ã€ŠFatal Shotã€‹


 Chapter 1 - One-Hit Headshot

    <h4>Chapter 1: One-Hit Headshot</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    East of Silvermoon City

    Crimson Moon Gobi Desert

    Coordinates: 1990, 0813

    The vast, valley-like terrain was surrounded by steep slopes five to six meters high. In the middle was an expanse covered in sand and clouds of dust: the Gobi Desert.

    The sun zed in the cloudless sky, scorching the exposed earth and raising the temperature of the desert¡¯s surface, which seemed to be devoid of nts and vegetation, to 45 degrees Celsius. In this kind of weather, no ordinary man would dare to leave home, as he could never endure such frighteningly high temperatures. Even at this time of day, however, a group of people sat in three ck-hooded SUVs, wearing severe expressions, driving around and ¡°hunting¡± in the middle of the valley.

    Members of the group wore heavy alloy armor, held shing energy longswords, or wore elemental robes with mysterious symbols sewn on them. Some wore military helmets with camougebat uniforms and grasped oddly shaped assault rifles in their hands.

    They all had onemon identity¡ªyers of the virtual reality game, War!

    The Elite-Grade Crimson Moon Bloodwolf variant¡ªwith silverish fur and bloodthirsty, crimson pupils, at a high level of 52¡ªwas surrounded by three energy SUVs. The beast¡¯s AI was anything but low, and it had an irritable temperament. Each time it tried to escape, it would seed in pushing away the three Heavy Armor Warriors holding alloy shields blocking the way beside it. Its sharp, wolf-like ws left deep dents in their alloy shields.

    Every time it beat back the shields, however, it would be blocked by the Level-30 skill ¡°Earth Wall¡± used by the team¡¯s earth energy Maniptor, or it would be pushed back by a rain of bullets fired by the machine gunners wielding six-barrelled ¡°Metal Storm¡± heavy machine guns. The beast would subsequently be surrounded once again by the Heavy Armor Warriors who rushed forward in the meantime.

    After failing to escape several times, the Crimson Moon Bloodwolf revealed a hint of savagery in its bloodthirsty eyes¡ªthe look of a beast forced into desperation. However, the moment it revealed its ferocity, one of its eyes was urately struck by a bullet. It blew up with a loud pang as blood flew into the air. Overtop of its head, a yellow-colored damage indicator number shed by.

    Pang!

    ?1935!

    The damage number¡¯s yellow color indicated that this hit had delivered a special effect known as a ¡°weak point attack.¡± Moreover, the shot left a frightening, bloody hole in the face of the Crimson Moon Bloodwolf. It was a chaotic mess of flesh and blood, and half of its head had already caved in. It was well known that, within the Gunman profession, only a Sniper could deal such destructive power.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± said a middle-aged man on one of the SUVs. He held a ming staff with a magnificent dark red energy robe, and he was surrounded by several Heavy Armor Warriors. He turned to look at a yellow-haired youngster with a sniper rifle in his hands. ¡°Long, that shot was really urate! Let¡¯s see if this bastard still dares to stare at us!¡± Then he let loose a burst of insane, satisfiedughter.

    The youngster with a head full of yellow-dyed hair worebat uniform and sat on top of the vehicle with a ck AW sniper rifle in front of him. He stared nkly for a moment before shaking his head and replying, ¡°Boss, that wasn¡¯t me. My shot just now missed.¡±

    The middle-aged man known as the boss also looked confused. ¡°If not you, then was it Huo?¡±

    The boss turned around and looked at the top of the energy SUV on his right, at another yer. This yer was short and simrly held a sniper rifle in his hands. Among the 20 of them, only two were trained as Snipers. After all, the Sniper ss was somewhat useless in the early stages. Specialized armor-piercing bullets were expensive, and they could only deal single-target damage. As a result, not many people chose the Sniper ss.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t shoot!¡± the Sniper named Huo answered through the party channel, shaking his head.

    ¡°F*ck! Someone is kill-stealing!¡±

    By then, everyone knew what was going on. Since none of them had fired the shot, it was certain that it hade from someone else.

    In War, a game with hundreds of millions of yers, things like kill-stealing happened almost every second. The problem was, the members of this group were usually the ones stealing the kills of someone else. This time, however, someone had actually dared to use their own trick against them.

    This was simply unforgivable! Someone had actually dared to challenge the marshal? These damned people were brazen!

    Pang!

    ?2367!

    Out of nowhere came another 7.62mm armor-piercing bullet, once again urately hitting the head of the Crimson Moon Bloodwolf. A second row of weak-point damage numbers shed by. The HP of the Crimson Moon Bloodwolf had been lowered to a critical level. It would likely be a goner after just a few more hits.

    ¡°F*ck! Hurry up and find that guy!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be hasty! Let¡¯s kill the monster first!¡±

    ¡°The monster is going to get away! Warriors, block them!¡±

    Due to the sudden emergence of the Sniper, the group in the valley was suddenly in disarray. Some grabbed their binocrs and looked around, hoping to find the location of the Sniper. Some, on the other hand, panicked and used their offensive skills against the Crimson Moon Bloodwolf, whose HP was almost depleted. Some low-HP yers even frantically jumped off the SUVs, fearing they would be targets for the Sniper.

    Amidst the chaos, on SUV in the middle, the middle-aged man wearing the magnificent magician robe¡¯s¡ªpreviously well protected by several warriors¡ªwas left exposed. Over his head, a row of dark-red characters floated.

    ID: Wielder of the End of the World, Level 44 Fire Maniptor (Wanted for Execution)

    The report of a gunshot was followed by the familiar sound of a bullet hitting flesh.

    Pang!

    St!

    ?3623!

    The damage indicator numbers shed in red. A critical hit! However, the recipient of the attack was not the nearly dead Elite Crimson Moon Bloodwolf. Unexpectedly, the temple of the middle-aged man spewed forth a gush of fresh blood. Then, with a boom, his head exploded like a watermelon. A white light, signifying death, was emitted from his body, and after that, a huge load of equipment¡ªshining crystals, blood tonics, and other items¡ªburst out gorgeously.

    For a low-HP energy Maniptor, in a shieldless situation, the critical damage received from being hit by a sniper rifle was enough to result in a one-hit headshot kill.

    As for why the huge amount of items had burst forth upon death, it was due to the yer¡¯s dark-red name and his state of being wanted. This was a situation that would ur in War only after a yer¡¯s malicious yer kill (PK) amount surpassed ten, and the yer made it into the system¡¯s wanted list.

    ¡°F*ck! The boss died!¡±

    ¡°Damn it, it¡¯s a bounty hunter!¡±

    ¡°Hurry up and find him!¡±

    The group of yers was flustered and exasperated. They now knew that someone had epted the ¡°red name wanted mission¡± of killing their boss, whom they had surrounded specifically to protect while hunting monsters and gaining levels. They would never have thought that someone could still target him in arge squad, in this kind of situation, and take out their boss!

    It was simply shameful! It was a damned Sniper!

    This was why some people still trained in the profession regarded as most useless in the game of War. It was because this profession had a frightening long-range ability to kill. In the hands of an expert, it could have devastating and horrifying effects!

    The group was still shouting and scrambling about in the Gobi Desert while on a slope around 800 meters away, a young man with clear eyes, wearing a yellow camouge suit, slowly removed the camouge from his body. The bore colors that were simr to his surroundings.

    He half-crouched with one knee on the ground and disassembled the over-one-meter-long M110 sniper rifle in his hands with great familiarity before quickly putting it into a long, rectangr case. After that, he clicked on the personalputer on his wrist. A white sh passed by, and a metal motocross bike with a bit of science fiction re, loaded with four silver streamlined heat pipes, appeared in the empty space in front of him.

    [SCV-Type One Energy Motorcycle]

    Retail Price: 180,000 Credits

    Passenger Capacity: Two

    Maximum Speed: 300 km/hour

    Nickname: Land Bullet

    ¡°There!¡±

    The white light produced by summoning the transport attracted the attention of a yer with the scout profession in the faraway group, who was looking around with his binocrs.

    After that, three energy SUVs filled with angry yers roared toward the Sniper¡¯s location. They no longer even cared about the Level-52 Elite-Grade Crimson Moon Bloodwolf running away behind them.

    The team¡¯s two Sniper yers even started firing from their sniper rifles while standing on top of the SUV with the hard hood open. However, the effective range of their sniper rifles was 800 meters, so even if their bullets were to reach their mark, it would produce very little damage, as the distance exceeded their attack range. Moreover, with the skills of average yers, shooting while standing atop a turbulent SUV traveling through the Gobi Desert. Even a blind squirrel found a nut once in a while, but how could they hope to hit someone?

    ¡°F*ck, drive a bit more stable, will ya? How do you expect me to hit anything with all this shaking?¡±

    ¡°Drive faster, man! The guy is gonna get away!¡±

    ¡°We have to avenge our boss!¡±

    The group continued arguing andining about each other. By the time the vehicles found a location where they could put the pedal to the metal and rush up the steep slope, a huge booming sound that no one would have expected erupted from the ground in front of them. A shockwave of hot air burst outward, sending yellow sand flying several meters into the air and covering the whole group with sand and dust. But the biggest problem was that this shockwave flipped over the forward SUV, sending it toppling backward to crush the other two vehicles behind it.

    As for the SCV-Type One Energy Motorcycle, known to yers as the ¡°Land Bullet,¡± it had already long departed from the Snipers¡¯ field of vision, leaving a trail of sand and dust in its wake.

    ¡°Sh*t. There was even a damned time bomb buried here!¡±

    ¡°How did he know we would go through here?¡±

    ¡°Idiot! This is the only ce where SUVs can get up there. That bastard must have nned this long ago!¡±

    Devices referred to as bombs could not deal as much damage as weapons personally wielded by yers, as their power was limited in the game, but when used in the right situations, they always produced miraculous effects.

    Reasonable use of various equipment and items¡ªand the nearly 100 percent realistic environmental factors¡ªwere the most appealing charms of the technologically advanced online game, War.

 Chapter 2 - S-Grade Talent

    <h4>Chapter 2: S-Grade Talent</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°yer Feng Zhi Luoye has sessfullypleted an E-Rank hunting mission, obtaining 15,830 experience and 800 credits. Return mission deposit of 1,000 credits. Congrattions. Your hunter level has increased, and you have obtained authorization to ept D-Rank hunting missions!¡±

    Silvermoon City spanned over 100,000 square meters. Inside the Hunters Guild, which was over 100 stories tall, Feng Luo handed over his hunter card to the beautiful NPC that checked and epted missions.

    ¡°Congrattions,¡± said the female voice in the system. ¡°Your level has been increased to Level 39!¡±

    With a sh of white light, Feng Luo¡¯s level finally reached 39, which meant he was hot on the tail of the mainstream yers.

    In War, increasing one¡¯s level was not easy. The game¡¯s server had started half a year ago, but until now, ording to the rumors, the highest-level yer was only at Level 49, with no one even reaching the level cap of 50 for the current version. Normally, any yer above Level 40 would be counted among the mainstream yers¡ªespecially for the Sniper profession, which did not have any crowd damage abilities and hence, leveled slowly.

    Of course, the main reason Feng Luo¡¯s level was so far behind the rest was that prior to now, he had focused on other matters. It was only during the past month that he had begun to put all his energy into leveling.

    As for methods of leveling, it would have been very unwise for a Sniper to hunt monsters, like other professions. That was because even the mostmon armor-piercing bullets cost three credits per round, and other special bullets with attack bonuses were even pricier. The expenditures from killing monsters were something that normal yers could not afford. Moreover, for a profession that only possessed single-unit attack abilities, the Sniper¡¯s leveling efficiency could not bepared to the Maniptors, Machine Gunners, and other professions with crowd controlling or crowd damage skills. As such, Feng Luo had chosen to join the Hunters Guild toplete wanted missions from the system.

    For this sort of hunting mission, every time he killed a red-name yer on the wanted list, he would be able to obtain the 20 percent experience dropped by his target. And for the low-level Feng Luo, this would increase his experience by around 40 percent. In one short month, he had already gained seven levels and 60 percent experience bypleting wanted missions¡ªa leveling speed that was considered lightning fast.

    It might even be said that these sorts of wanted missions had been specially created for Snipers. That was because only Snipers like Feng Luo were able to take yers¡¯ heads from 1,000 meters away, scoring a fatal headshot on a target with just one shot!

    And then, before the target¡¯s teammates could react, Feng Luo would escape with ease.

    ******

    Wind Mark Gun Shop was located South of Silvermoon City. It was a small-scale yer shop that covered an area of just over 40 square meters. The shop mainly sold guns and ammunition, and due to its diminutive size, the majority of the 500,000 yers in Silvermoon City had never visited this tiny shop. As a result, the business had always been so-so.

    The moment Feng Luo entered the shop, two beautiful female NPC shop assistants with near-perfect body and face ratios, clothed in Western cowboy attire, immediately bowed to him and said with sweet voices, ¡°Boss!¡±

    It was true; this gun shop was Feng Luo¡¯s asset in War, and this was what he had been busy with throughout the past six months since starting the game.

    War was a science-fiction online game that was highly realistic, so yers did not have to limit themselves to battles and hunting monsters. In this game, yers could do many things. They could open and manage a business, explore ancient ruins, conduct science and research development, start apany, establish a corporation, construct a floating city... Official data even revealed that in the future, they would open up maps in space, allowing yers to carry out extraterrestrial immigration.

    The potential of the game was undeniably huge. Otherwise, it wouldn¡¯t have been so popr. It upied 80 percent of the entire market share of virtual reality games, and it had a staggering number of users.

    ¡°Where is Old John?¡± asked Feng Luo, looking around in the shop.

    The two beautiful assistants were mid-rank sales NPCs he employed using credits. Their intelligence levels were decent, and apart from being able to sell items and serving as eye candy, they served fine for simple exchanges. As for Old John, he was an NPC employee of the shop. To be urate, he was a Caucasian bum of an NPC who was a Gun Mechanic. Mechanics were a type of ¡°Life Profession¡± within the game whose main abilities were to create, repair, modify, and maintain all kinds of guns and essories.

    ¡°Master John went to the bar!¡±

    In War, the intelligence level of mid-high-rank NPCs was very high. In fact, they were not all that inferior to human beings, and moreover, they had their own hobbies, traits, and ways of life. Old John was a Gun Mechanic Feng Luo had saved during one of his previous missions. After that, Old John had just stayed with him and was reluctant to leave. He loved drinkingrge quantities of vodka, but he always got drunk after just a sip. As a result, the total amount of time in the day in which he was sober did not exceed two hours. When he was sober, he would make some items and create a few guns for sale, but his creations were never anything but verymon items; there was not a lot of profit even when they sold. They were just enough to cover the costs of his food and drinking. Sometimes, Feng Luo even had to lose a bit of money to cover for him.

    In spite of this, Feng Luo had no intentions of chasing him away because he surmised that there was a hidden quest concealed somewhere within Old John. He just hadn¡¯t yet discovered the method to trigger it.

    Hidden quests were something that one could only dream of. They could not be found by intentionally looking for them!

    Feng Luo entered the gun shop. The interior was several timesrger than the storefront outside, and it was decorated with all kinds of mechanical workshop areas. From his spacial backpack, he took out the case containing the disassembled M110.

    Feng Luo opened the case with great familiarity. With an oily rag and maintenance tools in his hands, he wiped and cleaned every single part of the M110 in detail.

    Most equipment in War required maintenance, especially equipment with exceptionally high-performance requirements like sniper rifles. These needed daily maintenance. Otherwise, their attributes would deteriorate. The M110 in Feng Luo hands, in particr, was his pride and joy. Naturally, he needed to be serious about its maintenance.

    Feng Luo trained in two Life Professions: ¡°Gun Manufacturer¡± and ¡°Ammunition Manufacturer.¡± A portion of the goods sold in the gun shop was manufactured by him.

    In War, Life Professions were no less important than Combat Professions. That was because all equipment and support items¡ªsuch as guns, medicines, defense equipment, and even military vehicles like tanks, armored helicopters, submarines, missiles, etc.¡ªcould all be manufactured through Life Professions. As such, Life Profession yers could arguably wield more influence on the game than Combat Profession yers. Many of their products could help other yers, or, perhaps, an entire force of other yers, to significantly improve their strength!

    Of course, in light of this, it was not easy to be a top Life Profession yer. The Life Profession in War was not like other games where yers only needed to click a few buttons and wait offline while equipment was manufactured. War¡¯s system required yers to control the machines personally or to operate them manually. Some equipment even needed yers to design, test, and modify them in person.

    All Life Professions had high requirements when it came to knowledge and experience rted to the profession itself (which could be learned in the game). This affected the ¡°realism¡± factor of War. Of course,pared to theplex manufacturing processes of military products in reality, equipment and items in the game were far lessplicated to build.

    The manufacturing processes were not only simplified, but many of the steps could bepleted with the aid of artificial intelligence. Even so, training in a Life Profession required a great deal of time, which was why Feng Luo¡¯s level wasgging so far behind the pack. After all, he trained in two Life Professions at the same time!

    But now, both of his Life Profession proficiency levels had already reached the cap of the current game version: the ¡°Expert¡± level. Wind Mark Gun Shop¡¯s business was also finally in full swing. This had made it possible for him to find time to increase his level. And besides, considering the ¡°Talent Rating¡± attribute of his character, if he were to have trained solely in Life Professions, it would have been considered a reckless waste of a God-given gift!

    Talent Rating was a specialty of War. After one month of game time, every ount would receive a systematic rating for the talent of their character. ording to power and rarity, Talent Rating was divided into a range of five gradesprised of S, A, B, C, and D. The majority of yers received D-Grade Talent Ratings. Only around one-tenth of all yers received Talent Ratings above C-Grade.

    As for the highest grade, S-Grade, every time its details were exposed, it invited the admiration and jealousy of countless yers. And the talent for Feng Luo¡¯s ount was...

    Lethal (Talent)

    Final damage of normal attacks reduced to 75 percent, final damage of weak-point attacks increased by 50 percent, final damage of lethal attacks increased by 100 percent

    Talent Rating: S

    It was a top-ss Talent Rating best suited for a Sniper!

 Chapter 3 - Nightclub

    <h4>Chapter 3: Nightclub</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In a room on the highest floor of a humongous silver skyscraper that was over 200 stories tall, the silver door of an apparently live game capsule slowly opened. The strong, muscr body of Feng Luo, clothed only in his underwear, crawled out of the capsule.

    Standing in the highest floor of the building¡ªwhich was so tall that it would have caused the knees of anyone with acrophobia to immediately buckle¡ªFeng Luo gazed out of the single-sided transparent nano window in front of him to look at the two silverish moons of different sizes in the sky. Suddenly, he felt a sense of nostalgia. Yes, there were two moons¡ªbecause this was not Earth!

    This was the 17th Administrative. Its full name was ¡°Star Federation¡¯s 17th Administrative,¡± and Feng Luo did not even know where it was located in terms of its ce in the wider gxy. It had an environment that was very simr to Earth, and it was a suitable habitat for humans.

    Feng Luo was not a native citizen of this. He actually came from 21st century Earth, where he had been an international mercenary earning money by putting his life on the line. Once, he had been hired by a billionaire from Saudi Arabia, along with another group of other people, to protect several archaeologists.

    The team had entered an underground area of a pyramid that had never before been exposed to light. They were there to procure a specific item that the billionaire desired. Then the pyramid had copsed. Everyone had been buried in the cave-in. But Feng Luo¡ªwho had managed to hold on tightly to the item that was the object of their mission¡ªhad been sucked into a ck whirlpool. After that, he had appeared in this world.

    It was a world that was both very strange and very familiar to him. Strange because the technology was amazingly advanced. Humans had obtained the ability to leap through space and had entered an era of extraterrestrial travel. The Star Federation owned over 20 administratives and thousands of resources, as well as huge star fleets. Based on the technology of the 21st century, none of this could have been achieved even after several centuries!

    As for the familiarity factor, this and Earth definitely had many simrities and associations. The most obvious proof was the officialnguage of the Star Federation, which was 70 percent simr to Mandarin. Moreover, the world also had anguage and numeric system that was simr to the Englishnguage.

    Apart from that, Feng Luo could also find traces of Earth influence in architecture, lifestyle, personal habits, and various other aspects. However, the thing that puzzled him was that the people of this world had never heard of ¡°Earth¡± before. It could not even be found on the inte.

    ¡°Otherworld? Cross-world? A parallel world?¡±

    In the past, Feng Luo had considered the multiple possibilities, but he had never been able to find a satisfactory answer. It had gotten to the point that he even started to wonder if Earth and his life as a so-called ¡°international mercenary¡± were simply experiences he had imagined. Perhaps he was actually just a hospital patient with severe mental illness. However, hanging in front of his chest was the mission item that he had held onto back then. It had been turned into a ne, and the icy feeling delivered to his body whenever the item touched his skin was a reminder that those past experiences were not hallucinations.

    And then, just half a year ago, the virtual reality game called War had been released across the Federation. Scenes released during the game¡¯s promotion confirmed the authenticity of Feng Luo¡¯s previous life.

    Type 99 main battle tank. Apache helicopter. F-22. AK-47. Cobra. Stinger...

    The familiar weapon names and models, one after another, had helped to clear the fog from the memories of his past life, which had grown vague after living in this new world for three years.

    To the people of this world, these military equipment items were simply equipment in a virtual world; they were just objects imagined by game designers. But Feng Luo knew that these things actually existed in another world!

    He could even remember being on a mission in a region of Saudi Arabia. A friend of his, a retired U.S. Marine, had used a shoulder-mounted ¡°Stinger¡± missile to turn a triumphant-looking Apache helicopter into an enormous fireball. He¡¯d done it with a smirk on his blood-streaked face.

    That feeling¡ªdeadly and exciting! As such, Feng Luo had entered War for the first time hoping that, perhaps, this game could help unravel the mysteries within his heart.

    Feng Luo stopped reminiscing. He dropped to the ground toplete over 100 push-ups. After that, he walked into the 30-square-meter bathroom, showered, and changed his clothes before putting on a coat and unlocking his digital lock. After that, he took the elevator and headed to the 100th floor of the building where the levitating vehicle car park was located. He took a levitating vehicle and drove toward his destination.

    ******

    Night Club!

    The colorful neon lights andrge gold letters shed on a huge screen, advertising the use of the luxurious building that was thousands of square meters in size but only around ten stories tall.

    ¡°Brother Feng! You¡¯re here!¡±

    Feng Luo, d in a ck coat, walked through the main door. Beside the door, several sexy attendants wearing purple cheongsams immediately greeted him with bows. Some wore thick makeup while others wore light makeup, but all had smiles on their faces.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡± Severalrge, muscle-bound men in ck suits and sunsses, seated in the hall, nodded to Feng Luo with respect.

    ¡°Hey!¡± Feng Luo casually replied, then proceeded toward the automatic rotating esctor that guided him towards the second floor.

    The contents of the nightclubs of this world were simr to the ones on Earth and bore simr names. The only difference was that because this world¡¯s technology was so advanced, contraband items like drugs had gone practically extinct in ces like these. Instead, people could take part in all kinds of experiences in virtual worlds that were not much different from the real world¡ªsimtions achieved through the sensory nerves of the body. Naturally, individuals did not need to stimte themselves by relying on drugs that had immensely negative side effects on the body. As such, from a certain point of view, these nightclubs were cleaner than ones in the 21st century. Of course, a limited number of special transactions between humans still existed.

    Feng Luo was here because of his real work in this world as the manager of this nightclub. To be precise, he was the assistant manager. He held a position and received a sry and bonuses, but, in reality, he never actually had to show up to work.

    Even though he only held the title for show, Feng Luo still visited the nightclub asionally. He would also go to one of the bars on the second floor for a visit or head to the gym on the fifth floor to work out.

    As for the underground casino in the basement first floor and the underground fight club on the basement second floor, he was not really interested. However, by the time he had entered the bar that he frequented, he discovered that the atmosphere today was out of the ordinary.

    The people inside were not drinking or chatting. No one was dancing, either. Most of them were just standing in the middle of the dance floor as if they were spectating something.

    As Feng Luo walked to the side of the bar, the words of the bartender, a man clothed in a tuxedo, cleared the doubts in Feng Luo¡¯s mind. ¡°The new activity that Brother Wu organized is to auction the equipment for War in the bar,¡± he said as he poured Feng Luo a drink. ¡°It has been going on for a few days now. The number of peopleing every night has been increasing.¡±

    ¡°Brother Wu¡± was Mu Wu, the manager of the nightclub¡ªits actual manager. He was not yet 30 years old, but he was perceptive in dealing with people, and he had a certain way of doing things. Of course, it was a given that he was someone with a noteworthy background; there was no way an ordinary person would have been able to hold such a position.

    ¡°Auctioning game equipment? Mu Wu¡¯s newest idea is quite fresh.¡±

    Feng Luo held the alcoholic drink, known as a ¡°Blue Starry Sky¡± in this world, and took a seat beside the bar, watching the center of the stage. Onstage, a tall, slender, enchanting beauty wearing a sexy red bunny outfit, her face flushed with excitement, hosted the auction of the game equipment. She would have been an eight out of ten¡ªafter makeup.

    ¡°Mr. Fang with a price of 3,300! Oh! Ah, this gentleman who just arrived has bid a price of 3,600! How generous! 3,600, going once. Does any gentleman want to increase the bid!? Yes? Sir, he actually bids again! 3,800, going once!¡±

    To overhear this provocative-sounding exchange, one would have undoubtedly mistaken it for a negotiation in an exchange rted to the flesh. Especially when it was apanied by a scantily d woman in a bunny outfit with meter-long legs, a sweaty, flushed face, crimson lips, and an alluring gaze. It increased the heart rates of the assembled men¡ªwho represented the majority of the crowd¡ªquickening the flow of blood throughout their bodies, as well as the pace of their breathing.

    ¡°Mu Wu certainly has his methods...!¡± Feng Luo spun the ss in his hand and gave a gentle smile.

 Chapter 4 - Desert Eagle

    <h4>Chapter 4: Desert Eagle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°3,800 going twice! Is there anydy or gentleman who wants to increase the bid? This staff is actually an amazing Level-44 piece of equipment. After equipping this, energy attacks will be increased significantly. There¡¯s also a fire-based percentage damage increase. You won¡¯t have any problem fighting same-level Elite-grade monsters at all! Don¡¯t miss this chance, everyone!¡±

    The ¡°zing red lips¡± beauty onstage continued to provoke and tease the emotions of the attendees below with her sweet voice. On the virtual screen behind her, the attributes of the magnificent staff were disyed, along with an image of the staff itself. It was embedded with a fiery red ruby with mes and backlight surrounding it, spinning slowly.

    Heart of Fire (Energy Converter)

    Grade: Excellent

    Attack: 480

    Intelligence +9

    Increase Fire Energy Damage: 8%

    Level Requirement: 44

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    Equipment in War was categorized into four grades. From the lowest to the highest, they were Normal, Fine, Excellent, and Rare. Above that were they additional levels of Legendary, Epic, Mythical, etc., but those were not yet avable, as of the current version. Excellent-grade equipment did not seem to be the rarest variety of equipment at the moment, but, in reality, the equipment worn by most current War yers were simply nk items that did not have any additional attributes on them.

    Any high-level Fine-grade piece of equipment could be sold for several hundred star coins. The prices of Excellent-grade weapons were in the thousands, especially staffs (the official name for a staff in War was ¡°energy converter¡±), which were the main weapons of energy Maniptors. Because an energy converter needed to be assembled in multiple parts, it was even more expensive. Selling it for 2,000 to 3,000 was not umon. Of course, 4,000 was a bit too much, but the customers below the stage were actually still increasing the bid!

    It seemed like the atmosphere of the bar, and the influence of Miss zing Red Lips standing onstage had everyone¡¯s blood pumping. After all, alcohol and hormones were the two substances that most induced impulsive behaviors.

    It was no surprise that Mu Wu would have thought of such a method. Compared to buying items from the in-game trading post, the atmosphere of this sort of live auction got the blood pumping. Moreover, it also pleased those who wanted to show off and attract attention to themselves in reality.

    In the end, that staff was won for a price of 4,500 by a balding, middle-aged man with a bulging belly and a beautiful woman in his arms. The woman, wearing heavy makeup and transparent ck silk, was overjoyed and gave him a big kiss on his cheek.

    ¡°The next item is a pistol. It is also the main event today¡ªone of the three Rare pieces of equipment avable.¡±

    Onstage, Miss zing Red Lips in the bunny outfit began introducing the equipment. Behind her, the image on the virtual screen changed, turning into a ck pistol with distinct edges and sharp corners. It had a metallic shine and emanated a vague, murderous aura.

    ¡°A Rare pistol? Hmm. This model is...¡± As he studied the strangely familiar pistol on the screen, Feng Luo was unexpectedly shocked.

    Desert Eagle (Pistol)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 410

    Attack Coefficient: D

    Agility +15

    Effective Attack Range: 100m

    Bonus Effects: Increase movement speed by 10% when in possession

    Level Requirement: 39

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Onstage, the long-legged beauty began to passionately describe the amazing qualities of the pistol. However, Feng Luo wasn¡¯t listening at all. His familiarity with the Desert Eagle was, without a doubt, better than hers by at least 100 times.

    The Desert Eagle had been considered the most popr pistol of the 20th century on Earth. Most people with military knowledge would have heard about it. It had a structure simr to that of a rifle, so bullets fired from this handgun carried frightening kic energy. Within the effective range, conventional bulletproof equipment was as fragile as paper against its AE bullets. Within 100 meters, it could easily burst the head of a human, and outside of 100 meters, it was still powerful enough to kill arge beast in one shot. It was a prime example of a powerful pistol.

    However, although it had great power, the Desert Eagle had limited uses apart from hunting. Its weight of two kilograms as an empty weapon was too heavy for a pistol. At the same time, the recoil was frightening. A slightpse in concentration could cause the shooter to suffer bone fractures. Moreover, the pistol had a limited ammo capacity and low reliability; it easily broke down in poor environmental conditions, so it was also impractical. As such, this was not a good gun in reality!

    As a piece of game equipment, however, this Rare-grade Desert Eagle was almost perfect. This was because, for a yer, the overall weight and rate of deterioration were simple problems, and the recoil was a problem that could be remedied by putting more points into the Strength attribute.

    Whenpared to its high attack of 410 and its Rare grade, those weaknesses were negligible. The attack power wasparable to some of the game¡¯s main weapons and would have enough to impress most yers¡ªeven non-gunners. That was because the equipping limit in War was very small. As long as the attribute requirement was satisfied, yers could actually use the equipment of any profession. That made this Desert Eagle just as attractive to non-gunner yers.

    Of course, without the profession bonus, a yer wearing the equipment of another profession could not take advantage of all the attributes of that piece of equipment. Furthermore, different professions required different types of main attributes. As such, entric yer types like ¡°Violent Maniptors¡± or ¡°Submachine Gun Warriors¡± could never enter the mainstream.

    For Feng Luo¡ªas opposed to other yers¡ªthis Desert Eagle had one additional important use. As an expert Gun Mechanic, he could analyze the structure and the materials of the Desert Eagle through disassembly, and then he could try to design a new kind of weapon.

    In War, life yers were allowed to design their own equipment, but it was not easy to design a piece of Rare-grade equipment.

    ¡°The final price of this item will surely be over 15,000!¡±

    Feng Luo made a quick calction in his mind and discovered that it would be a little difficult for him to purchase this gun because his pocket was already a little bit empty.

    It couldn¡¯t be helped. War was a game that really burned through one¡¯s money, as evidenced by the piece of virtual equipment in front of him worth over 10,000 credits.

    The initial investments for Wind Mark Gun Shop had also eaten into his bank ount. The remaining money had been used to purchase the Land Bullet SCV-Type One Motorcycle that he used for his hunting missions. So although he was not yet considered penniless, his Federal bank ount only had around 5,000 star coins in it at the moment. With that tiny amount of money, there was no way he could win the bid for this Rare-grade Desert Eagle.

    At that moment, the bunny girl on the stage announced the starting bid.

    ¡°Level 39, Rare Desert Eagle. The starting bid is 8,000 star coins. Minimum increments of 500.¡±

    The moment she finished her sentence, the price soared and immediately went over 10,000, then 13,000... and straight to 15,000. Even then, there were still five to six peoplepeting for it. It seemed like it was possible for it to reach 20,000 star coins.

    Feng Luo tried to make a bid in the middle because he really liked this Desert Eagle. If he did not have enough money, he could get an advance from the nightclub first, and then he could sell a couple pieces of equipment he did not use in the game to pay it off. However, the moment he announced his price, he was overtaken, and before long, the price of the Desert Eagle had reached 20,000 star coins.

    Beside the bar, Feng Luo shook his head, calmed down, and drank. He did not continue to bid.

    In truth, the price had already overtaken the true value of this Desert Eagle. Even if it was a Rare-grade weapon, it was not a main weapon; the price would normally remain around 10,000.

    The purchasing power of the Federation star coins in this world was simr to the Chinese yuan of the previous world.

    Feng Luo had stopped bidding, but a young man with golden wire-rimmed sses and a leather suit walked over. He held a wine ss containing dark red wine, and the corners of his lips were lifted upward. He sat down beside Feng Luo and looked at the Desert Eagle on the screen. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Got your eye on this gun?¡±

    ¡°Brother Wu!¡± the bartender immediately greeted, his face full of respect.

    This man dressed in gentlemanly attire was the manager of the nightclub¡ªthe man called Mu Wu whose creative methods drew respect even from Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo picked up the mixing bottle at his side and poured more Blue Starry Sky into his ss. He sounded a little depressed as he said, ¡°Yeah, but I don¡¯t have the money to afford it!¡±

    Mu Wu smiled. ¡°Hehe! Hua, tell Xiao Yao that I bid 30,000!¡± he told the bartender.

    Themunicator that the employees of the nightclub wore on their bodies had an internal channel. At a time like this, it made it possible for Mu Wu to participate in the bid as a customer so that he did not break the rules of his own auction.

    Hearing the message from the bartender through her ear mic, the flushed red face of the beauty onstage became even redder. ¡°30,000!¡± she shouted in a loud yet delicate voice. ¡°A new customer bid the price of 30,000! Is there a higher bid?¡±

    However, the price was already too high. Those few who had still been involved in the bid chose to give up after hearing this price.

    Mu Wu turned around and put a palm-sized tablet in Feng Luo¡¯s hands. Then he shook the wine ss in his hand at Feng Luo. ¡°Enter your ount ID and location. They¡¯ll send you a parcelter when they get online.¡±

    Although almost everyone who frequented the nightclub had an ount in War, and many of them actually yed together, Feng Luo was an exception. He always trained and yed alone. Even Mu Wu did not know Feng Luo¡¯s ount ID.

    ¡°30,000!¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Old Wu, one who is unountably generous is hiding evil intentions.¡± He looked at Mu Wu¡¯s face, then finished the Blue Starry Sky drink. His expression was one of genuine interest.

    Mu Wu did not try to hide anything. ¡°Thepany wants toplete an important mission soon in War, and we need an expert we can trust,¡± he said, revealing his true objective. ¡°The boss asked me to ask you if you can give us a hand.¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t even know my ount name,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°How can you be sure that I am an expert?¡±

    Feng Luo grabbed the terminal and entered his ID in War, as well as his address in Silvermoon City before handing it back to Mu Wu. In the game, yers could use the system courier service and have the equipment delivered via a flight to any city.

    Mu Wu took the tablet. ¡°If you aren¡¯t, then you owe me 30,000 coins!¡±

    ¡°Get out of here!¡± Feng Luo scolded, but he did not decline the offer. Naturally, this meant he epted it.

    The ¡°boss¡± whom Mu Wu referred to was the real owner of the nightclub, and the dynamic between them was not a normal employee/employer rtionship. In truth, Feng Luo had been specially hired by the boss to be the assistant manager of this ce in name only. As such, there was naturally no need for him to feel restrained. A sry and bonuses were considered the remuneration of being the assistant manager of the ce. However, when Feng Luo was asked to do something else, it was natural to receive other forms of payment.

    Getting paid to do something¡ªthis was the age-old principle of being a mercenary!

    Such rules were not to be broken!

 Chapter 5 - Open-Air Mine

    <h4>Chapter 5: Open-Air Mine</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Three dayster

    Silvermoon City

    Open-Air Mine

    Coordinates: ?1013, 2405

    The Open-Air Mine was a popr map in Silvermoon City because the monsters in the area were in the range of Level 35 to Level 45, which was exactly what was needed for mainstream yers to power-level.

    Moreover, there was a high probability of the monsters dropping ores, specifically some high-ss ores. Whether they were sold to yers or to the system shops, high-ss ores fetched decent prices. As such, if one were to continuously power-level in this area, one would be able to both level-up and earn credits, neither of which could be neglected.

    Wearing armor that consisted of a camougebat uniform, Feng Luo crouched on a two-meter high boulder. He ced the M110 in front of him and looked through the scope, aiming at a Mutant Dog not far away from him.

    Approximately 150 meters away from Feng Luo¡¯s position, the odd-looking greenish-ck dog rolled around on the ground of the mine, using its two front paws to dig at something it was eating. It had lost some of its fur. Drool flowed continuously from its mouth, and its eyes were blood-red.

    The Mutant Dog was a Level-35 monster. It was considered a ¡°mutant¡± monster that had been affected by radiation after the war, and it had extremely quick speed and high-velocity attacks; however, it had a rtively weak defense.

    Monsters in the Open-Air Mine dropped valuable items, and they also gave a wealth of experience, so the strength of the monsters was naturally abnormal. The monsters here did not just have high attacks, but most had amazing defense, too. But the defense of the Mutant Dog was fairly average. If it received a critical hit from a bullet fired by the M110, given Feng Luo¡¯s S-Grade talent of 100 percent increase in lethal damage, there was a high probability for it to be an instant kill.

    However, this Mutant Dog¡¯s movement speed was extremely fast, and it also had high vignce. As soon as it was attacked, it would quickly run away or counter. Feng Luo needed to take the opportunity to kill it with one shot.

    Temperature: 31 degrees

    Humidity: 45%

    Wind speed: 3 m/s

    The personalputer terminal connected to the scope of the sniper rifle disyed a few rows of simple environmental information so that he could adjust some of the parameters to ensure the uracy of his shot.

    In War, the personal terminal was a vital piece of equipment. It stored most of the moremon monsters¡¯ information, as well as the regional maps of some of the already explored areas. It also had the function ofmunication, positioning, and receiving missions, among other functions. A yer¡¯s personal terminal was delivered entirely by the Federation.

    The backdrop of War was a setting in which human civilization had developed to the space era; however, a crisis had urred around 100 years prior. The human survivors on the had discovered lost technology left behind amid the rubble and ruins, and they had established a new civilization. After 30 years, they had created a unified federal government. However, the still featured countless varieties of organisms, uncontrolled mechanical beings, and multiple underground research facilities, military bases, experimental facilities, and various other forbidden areas left behind by civilizations from centuries before.

    The mission of the yers was to ept themission of the federal government to explore these ruins and forbidden areas, discovering lost technology while exterminating the monsters that roamed these ces. As such, the federal government had created a personal terminal for every yer to make it easier for the yers toplete their tasks.

    ¡°Good opportunity!¡± whispered Feng Luo.

    After he finished adjusting the parameters, he noticed that the Mutant Dog seemed to have finished eating. It raised its head to look around, so Feng Luo took the chance and decisively pulled the trigger of the M110.

    The trigger pushed by the index finger spurred movements of the rifle¡¯s hammer to hit the thimble that struck the primer of the armor-piercing bullet. The primer exploded, igniting the smokeless gunpowder within the armor-piercing bullet. The explosion of the smokeless gunpowder then forced the gas within the bullet to expand several thousand times, and the expansion pushed the 7.62mm armor-piercing bullet to spin and exit through the rifle barrel at a speed of around 800 m/s. All of this happened in the short span of 0.2 seconds!

    Pang!

    150 meters away, the Level-35 Mutant Dog that had just raised its head was hit in the left eye by the armor-piercing bullet. A bright red row of damage numbers appeared overtop of its head.

    ?3545!

    It immediately dropped on the ground.

    The red damage number signified that the shot had hit a vital spot, producing lethal damage with a super high bonus. Thanks to Feng Luo¡¯s S-Grade ¡°Lethal¡± talent effect, the damage of that hit had been doubled. As such, the Level-35 Mutant Dog¡¯s HP had beenpletely emptied in a single hit.

    Damage in War could be separated into four types. White meant normal damage, yellow meant weak-point damage, red meant lethal damage, and gold meant a critical hit.

    For example, when an attack struck the defensive equipment of an opponent without piercing through a yer¡¯s defense, the damage delivered would be normal damage. When an attack hit an area not protected by any protective gear¡ªor perhaps a point of attack that had already lost most of its defense capability (over 50 percent)¡ªthen the damage would be the yellow-colored weak-point damage, which carried a certain amount of bonus damage. In a situation where a yer¡¯s defenses had beenpletely broken, attacks to three key areas¡ªnamely, the top of the head, the throat, and the heart¡ªwould produce the high damage bonus of lethal damage.

    As for the gold-colored critical hit, it would not appear in situations when yers attacked each other; it only appeared when yers faced monsters, and there was a low probability of it urring. When it was triggered, the final damage output would be increased by two to ten times. It was the equivalent of a ¡°lucky hit¡± in other games!

    After Feng Luo killed the Mutant Dog, a system message shed by on the corner of his field-of-view interface.

    Killed one Mutant Dog. Obtained 65 experience points!

    And after the Mutant Dog died, a brown ore and several tiny gray energy crystal pieces the size of fingernails dropped.

    Energy crystals were the same as gold coins dropped by monsters in normal games, and in the game, the federal government exchanged credits for these crystals at a one-to-one ratio. This type of energy crystal piece had the lowest value. The selling price offered by the system was one credit each.

    F-grade energy crystals were called gray crystals due to their dull grey color, and their value was 10 credits each. E-grade energy crystals were called white crystals due to their grayish-white color, and their value was 100 credits each; the D-grade silver crystals were valued at 1,000 credits each, while a C-grade diamond crystal was worth 10,000 credits each.

    As for energy crystals that were B-grade and above, due to their rtively bigger size, they were widely used but rare. Under normal circumstances, they would not be used in currency cirction.

    The ratio of credits to star coins fluctuated around a ratio of ten to one. That meant that this Mutant Dog had earned Feng Luo a few cents and a piece of pretty low-quality ore. It wasn¡¯t bad. At least he hadn¡¯t wasted his armor-piercing bullet, which cost three credits.

    Just as Feng Luo prepared to put away his sniper rifle and head over to collect the dropped items of the Mutant Dog, in his field of vision through his scope, he saw the sudden appearance of a greenish-ck Mutant Dog that was at least double the size of the previous one. It was in the mine pit on the opposite side. This was a Giant Mutant Dog that was almost two meters in length. It had a pair of blood-red eyes, and both of its canine teeth looked like white daggers. It rushed to the side of the Mutant Dog that had just been killed and sniffed at it. It immediately raised its head and howled in anger.

    Level 40 Elite-Grade Mutant Dog

    HP: 10,500

    High attack power, fast movement speed!

    The information ryed from the scope briefly stunned Feng Luo. After that, the Mutant Dog used God-knows-what method to lock onto his direction. Two bloody red eyes filled with hate stared straight at him.

    ¡°Oh, f*ck... An Elite monster!¡±

    The M110 in Feng Luo¡¯s hands trembled a little.

 Chapter 6 - Level-40 Elite Mutant Dog

    <h4>Chapter 6: Level-40 Elite Mutant Dog</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Monsters in War were separated into Normal, Elite, Commander, Quasi-Boss, and Boss¡ªfive grades. Monsters in different grades differed significantly in terms of strength.

    For a Normal-Grade monster, in a one-on-one situation, most same-level yers would be able to get rid of them without taking any damage. When facing Elite-Grade monsters, a yer with only average equipment andbat awareness might not be able to ovee it. Higher-grade monsters like Commander-Grade monsters required small parties of over ten yers with a strongbination of professions and excellent teamwork to be able to deal with them. As for the Bosses, since the start of the server, the number of boss kills within the region of Silvermoon City could be counted on one finger. Even the lowest-level Boss monster, the Level-35 Crimson Moon Scorpion King in the Gobi Desert, had not been defeated more than a few times.

    Even in the few instances when it had been defeated, those had been organized byrgepanies, and the boss had only been defeated by the tactic of cramming more than 100 yers into such raids.

    Monsters in War were simply far stronger than those in normal games. As such, when a Level-40 Elite-Grade Mutant Dog appeared so close to him, Feng Luo could not help but get a small headache. However, he reacted very quickly and immediately turned the muzzle and aimed the M110 at the Elite Dog.

    Truth be told, if the distance between the two was over 300 meters, he could be 90 percent certain that he could kill it without incurring any losses. However, the distance between them was currently only a couple hundred meters. For a monster that was famous for its speed, it would be able to get to him in ten seconds.

    Gunners were like Maniptors; they were both professions with low HP, and they were most afraid of high-speed and high-attack monsters getting close to them!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    After the Level-40 Elite-Grade Mutant Dog roared at Feng Luo, it locked its hate-filled, bloody gaze on him. Its four limbs pushed against the ground as it exploded into a run across the steep, bumpy mine, rushing toward Feng Luo¡¯s position. Its velocity wasparable to an arrow being shot through the air.

    So fast! Thought Feng Luo.

    Shock shed in his eyes, but he quickly calmed his mind. The muzzle of the M110 immediately began to move, following the movements of the Mutant Dog as Feng Luo¡¯s brain calcted a bit before pressing the trigger.

    Pang!

    The bare bullet that shot out of the muzzle hit the Elite Mutant Dog right in the nose, and a row of yellow numbers appeared, indicating that this shot inflicted weak-point damage.

    ?2314!

    Damage on monsters and humans was determined differently; monsters did not wear any equipment, so as long as the attack hit an area that was not covered in fur or scales, or if the area that was hit had already received a great amount of damage, then the damage inflicted would be considered weak-point damage.

    As for the factors determining lethal damage, they still required the condition ofpletely breaking or bypassing defense. Moreover, due to the differences in monster types, the vital areas were different, so normally, it was still quite difficult to deal lethal damage.

    Two secondster, Feng Luo fired a second shot, which only hit the front limb of the Mutant Dog.

    Pang!

    ?450!

    The damage dealt was simple, white-colored normal damage; moreover, due to Feng Luo¡¯s talent, the damage was only 75 percent.

    In the midst of the Mutant Dog¡¯s high-speed sprinting, it was far too difficult to urately hit its head. No matter how good one¡¯s skill was with the gun, there was absolutely no way to do it. However, this shot was notpletely in vain because. When it was hit in its front leg, the Mutant Dog trembled, and its speed reduced a little. This gave Feng Luo time to prepare for a third shot.

    In War, every attack that hit the target would create certain side effects. For example, attacks could destroy, cause injuries, produce bleeding, etc. It was simr to reality. Even broken limbs, crippled movement, and other special effects would sometimes ur. However, ultimate effects like ¡°headshot¡± or ¡°decapitation¡± would only appear when the enemy¡¯s HP had beenpletely depleted!

    Apart from that, the game had a ¡°Gory Visual Effects¡± option. If one were to disable the gory visual effects, the gory, restricted scenes would not be seen. This was mainly to protect some of the female yers, as well as underage yers.

    Pang!

    ?1983!

    Feng Luo¡¯s third shot hit the head of the Elite-Grade Mutant Dog, and this inflicted almost 2,000 points of weak-point damage. But by this time, the Elite Mutant Dog was already in a position where it was only around 30 meters in front of him. At this distance, it would have been unwise to continue to use a sniper rifle that was more than a meter long.

    Feng Luo threw the M110 to the ground and extended his hands into his spacial backpack, grabbing a ck, metallic pistol emanating a murderous aura. It was the Desert Eagle!

    At a distance of around 15 meters, the Elite Mutant Dog opened a mouth filled with white canine teeth. Green saliva flew into the air as it roared, and a stench originating from its mouth was spewed in Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    Although the distance had been closed, Feng Luo did not seem to panic much. Both of his hands firmly gripped the Desert Eagle. He aimed the pistol with huge recoil at the Mutant Dog before firing the first shot.

    Pang!

    ?646!

    The powerful AE bullet from the Desert Eagle urately hit the stomach area of the Mutant Dog. Due to the defense provided by its fur, the damage was limited, but it still turned the left side of its rtively soft abdomen into a mess of flesh and blood. It was only after firing the first shot did Feng Luo leaped forward, rolling directly downhill from the boulder he was hidden behind, avoiding the first tackle of the Elite Mutant Dog.

    ¡°Awooo!¡±

    Missing its first attack, the Elite Mutant Dognded on the boulder and immediately let out a howl. It turned around and attempted to tackle Feng Luo again.

    Pang! Pang!

    Feng Luo¡¯s body rushed to the side to avoid thending point of the Elite Mutant Dog. At the same time, the Desert Eagle in his hands did not rest. He fired two consecutive shots. Both hit the stomach of the Elite Mutant Dog rushing toward him from the boulder.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    With its second attack also failing, the Elite Mutant Dog¡¯s anger was clear. In the next moment, it leaped and attacked Feng Luo again, but Feng Luo¡¯s movements were more agile than it had imagined. With the ¡°10 percent increase in movement speed¡± bonus of the Desert Eagle, Feng Luo actually managed to dodge the third attack of the Elite Mutant Dog.

    However, something unexpected happened!

    Although Feng Luo had evaded the Elite Mutant Dog¡¯s third attack, the creature¡¯s body hit the wall of rock behind Feng Luo after it missed.

    Crack!

    Its ws left ten deep scratch marks in the boulder, and as stone chips flew into the air, the Elite Mutant Dog¡¯s momentum ceased. Immediately, all four of its limbs pushed against the boulder as it leveraged its body weight against the wall and shot back at Feng Luo¡ªwho had not yet turned around for its fourth attack.

    This unforeseen event was enough to make anyone panic, and Feng Luo took a direct hit from one of its paws in the back. The sudden force from behind threw Feng Luo several meters away from this violent attack. He rolled across the ground two times and almost lost his grip on the Desert Eagle.

    ?1530!

    The number that shed overtop of Feng Luo¡¯s head was a row of yellow numbers. He was wearing a decent Level-30 Finebat uniform, but the sh from the sharp ws of the Mutant Dog shredded it into rags.

    Feng Luo¡¯s total HP amounted to no more than 3,200, and around half of it had already been taken away by a single scratch from the Mutant Dog. What frightening attack strength!

    ¡°Awooo!¡±

    The Mutant Dog delivered a hit. A fierce look came from its crimson eyes, and by gaining momentum, it crouched on all four of its limbs, then leaped into the air. Once again, it rushed at Feng Luo. If he was hit one more time, given his current condition, he might die.

    It was a moment of crisis, but Feng Luo¡¯s mind remained calm. He did not get up hastily, he justy on the ground, raised his head, held up the Rare-grade Desert Eagle in his hand, and fired a shot.

    Pang!

    ?3966!

    After the gunshot rang out, a damage indicator nearing 4,000 appeared overtop of the head of the Elite-Grade Mutant Dog. It was a bright red number, which meant that this shot had struck a vital spot and inflicted ¡°lethal¡± damage.

    The Desert Eagle in Feng Luo¡¯s hands had fired its fourth bullet from the cartridge. It had been a perfect shot to the beast¡¯s left side that had previously been hit by the first shot, allowing the powerful and lethal AE bullet to tear through its body and directly into its heart, destroying itpletely!

    The murderous and bloodthirsty aura vanished from its gaze in an instant. The body of the Elite-Grade Mutant Dog that had lost its life was sent into the air by the impact dealt by the Desert Eagle, then fell to the ground. As itnded, dust flew into the air.

    The Elite-Grade Mutant Dog certainly had high attacks, but its HP was only a little over 10,000, and even if one included recovery during battle, its HP would not exceed 11,000. Feng Luo had been calcting the total damage amount. By relying on the cumtive damage from his earlier shots, as long as he could hit a vital area with hisst shot, he had known it would be enough to win the battle, which was why he had not dared to dodge. Of course, this also required confidence in his own marksmanship.

    ¡°That sure was close!¡± he said. ¡°Elite-Grade monsters aren¡¯t easy to deal with.¡±

    Feng Luo panted as he got up from the ground, his gaze still on the corpse of the Elite Mutant Dog several meters away.

    The items dropped from a Level-40 Elite-Grade Mutant Dog were certainly better than the previous Normal monster. Beside the corpse, several gray crystals that were worth ten credits apiece appeared on the ground. There was also a light bronze ore that was about the size of a fist.

    ¡°Copper Ore Gem!¡±

    Feng Luo recognized this type of ore, it was a type of rare material used to manufacturebat armor and shields. With such arge piece, selling it at the exchange would him at least 2,000 credits or more.

    ¡°Looks like my luck is pretty good!¡±

    Feng Luo patted a pack of blood tonic on his body and got up from the ground. He prepared to walk over to pick up the dropped items. However, at that moment, the sound of a gunshot rang from afar.

    Pang!

    Feng Luo¡¯s chest felt as if it had been crushed by a rock. His HP fell by arge amount, and there was less than one-third of it left.

    A system message shed by, revealing the reason.

    You received the malicious attacks of Lonely Gunner (Sniper), I Love Loli (Light Warrior), and I Love Strong Women (Wind Maniptor). You have the right to counterattack within 30 minutes!

 Chapter 7 - Bug-Like Damage!

    <h4>Chapter 7: Bug-Like Damage!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In any game,bat between yers was unavoidable. And in an online game with such a high degree of freedom like War, fights and battles between yers were directly reflected in the form of ying killing (PK)¡ªor murder.

    In a highly realistic, science-fiction simtor online game, human nature was easily driven by one¡¯s emotions. PKs or murders were undoubtedly one of the methods for people to vent their feelings. As for the reason for a PK, it could be real-life depression, kill-stealing, being dumped by a girlfriend, being unhappy with a certain hairstyle... The list went on, and there was never ack of possible reasons.

    Of course, there was only one reason Feng Luo was being attacked right now. It was due to the rare ore emanating fluorescent light on the ground.

    Item ownership in War was determined by one¡¯s contribution to a battle (as calcted by the system). Only when the contribution of individuals or groups surpassed a certain degree when killing a monster would they be able to pick up the items dropped by the monster.

    However, this did not mean that there was no way to kill-steal. The simplest method was to kill off all the yers with ims to item ownership over the dropped items. Then the items would be in an unowned state, and anyone could pick them up.

    A single copper ore gem had a market value of around 2,000 credits, which was close to 200 star coins, which was more than enough to entice the average yer.

    To Feng Luo, however, one level¡¯s worth of experience was substantially more valuable than 2,000 credits. So, upon hearing the reminder from the system, he did not hesitate. Feng Luo immediately gave up the copper ore gem in front of him. He quickly crouched down and rolled to his side. This action helped him avoid the follow-up attacks that came immediately after the initial gunfire.

    Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

    Three light green energy des descended from the sky and left three long, thin marks on the sandstone ground where Feng Luo had been standing. Sand and dust flew into the air. A wind energy Maniptor!

    Pang!

    Another gunshot. The enemy Sniper¡¯s second shot hit the ground behind Feng Luo and sent dust flying three feet into the air. But by this time, Feng Luo had already started running. He leaped onto the boulder where he¡¯d left his M110. After he extended his hands to pick up the sniper rifle, he immediately crouched down with his head low.

    Pang! Swoosh!

    A bullet and two wind des flew toward him, but they were all blocked by the hard boulder.

    This boulder had been carefully selected by Feng Luo beforehand for his hunting session. As long as he crouched down, it was difficult for any long-range attacks to hit him. However, there were three opponents. Apart from the Gunner and the Wind Maniptor, there was also a Light Armor Warrior.

    Light Armor Warrior was the profession that was most proficient in handling close-quartersbat, and if Feng Luo were to allow the enemy to get close to him, there was 90 percent he would lose.

    So, I must attack! he decided immediately in his heart.

    After another wave of attacks from the enemy Sniper and Wind Maniptor, Feng Luo raised the M110 with his hands and determined the location of his opponents based on the sound of the gunshots. He looked through the scope, and within one second, he found and locked onto his target. In a position around 100 meters away from him, a Maniptor wearing elemental robes and a Gunner in a camouge uniform were preparing for their next attack. In front of them, a warrior wearing light armor had already initiated the ¡°Charge¡± skill and was rushing toward him!

    Charge was a skill that yers with the warrior profession and was learned at Level 20. The skill allowed the yer to increase their speed by several times within a certain distance. The distance of Charge was rted to the skill level. If it reached the Expert level, the distance would be about 100 meters. That meant that as soon as the enemy¡¯s Charge ended, he would almost be beside Feng Luo!

    However, although the Charge skill of the warrior was very quick, it had a fatal weakness: During the process of the Charge, a change of direction was limited in some ways. If the attacker¡¯s agility was low and skill proficiency was insufficient, it was easy for an expert to predict the limited trajectory of the charge.

    So Feng Luo¡¯s muzzle was naturally aimed straight at him!

    Pang!

    As soon as Feng Luo pressed the trigger, a rotating 7.26mm armor-piercing bullet burst out of weapon¡¯s red-hot muzzle. In less than one-fifth of a second, the shot urately hit the helmet of the Light Armor Warrior.

    ?543!

    As it was blocked by the helmet, the shot only dealt normal damage. Moreover, due to Feng Luo¡¯s talent, one-fourth of the damage was deducted. As such, the total damage did not even reach 600.

    At first, the yer known as ¡°I Love Loli¡± was shocked that the opponent had actually managed to hit his forehead while he moved at such a high speed. This level of skill was certainly that of an expert. However, after he looked at the system message about getting hit and saw that the damage was barely over 500 points, he rxed. Compared to his nearly 8,000 total HP, it was negligible. He could not help but think triumphantly about the set of Level-42 Fine-grade equipment he had just changed into. The defensive capabilities were indeed amazing.

    Hehe! A game is a game, after all, he thought. Equipment is the definitive truth. No matter how good your skills are, there is no way to remove the disadvantages brought about by inferior equipment!

    Pang!

    ?753!

    However, just as he was in the middle of enjoying the moment, another bullet hit his helmet. The time between this shot and the previous one was only around two seconds, and the point of impact for both the bullets was also almost identical.

    F*ck, what kind of marksmanship is this?

    I Love Loli was shocked. The first shot to his helmet had surprised him a little, but he had not been altogether amazed. He knew that Snipers had a skill called ¡°Precise Shot,¡± which allowed Snipers to significantly increase their hit rate in the first shot. His opponent might have trained the skill to a high level, and with the decent skills a Sniper had to begin with, he was able to hit his helmet in the beginning.

    However, he was no longer thinking like that. ¡°Precise Shot¡± could only be used once; moreover, the cooldown was ten minutes. The fact that the opponent had found his helmet again, and in such quick session, was enough to prove that the opponent was a genuine expert Sniper who could seed without the help of skills¡ªeven in endeavors that other people could not achieve even with the help of skills!

    If the distance between them had been over 400 meters, and if he had not had two other teammates behind him, I Love Loli would have immediately turned around without any hesitation. In a situation where there were no trees or bushes in the surrounding area, the attack damage of an expert Sniper was frightening. Even if I Love Loli had a Fine-grade helmet, he would not be able to hold out. As soon as the defense was broken, it was highly likely that he would be killed off immediately by a headshot.

    However, at that moment, he was only around 30 meters away, and with the speed of his advanced charge skill, the opponent only had one more chance to fire. Considering the damage amounts of the two previous attacks, and his 6,000-plus remaining HP, even if he was hit by a lethal attack, there was no chance the hit would take him out.

    Plus, I am not fighting alone! I Love Loli thought.

    As expected, he immediately saw a row of white numbers of around 600 sh overtop of the head of the opponent. This was the damage dealt by the wind de of his teammate. However, his other teammate¡¯s armor-piercing bullet did not hit; instead, it struck the boulder in front of the opponent, creating a deep hole in the rock. The gap between the target and the point of impact actually reached half a meter.

    Sh*t! thought I Love Loli. I¡¯ve heard it said that a bullsh*t buddy sucks more than a godlike enemy. The statement certainly rings true, considering their difference in levels of marksmanship!

    His expression was a bit distorted, but I Love Loli was still very calm. That was because, by now, he was only around ten meters away from the opponent. He only needed to move two steps forward to initiate his warrior skill known as ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± and directly engage the gunman.

    A Sniper who allowed a Light Armor Warrior¡ªwho still had more than half his HP¡ªto get close was as good as dead, even if the opponent was an expert Sniper! The odd thing was that the opponent did not seem to panic. He still held his sniper rifle and did not switch to a close-quarters weapon like most people would have.

    ¡°I don¡¯t care! Thunder Leap...!¡±

    The moment he entered skill range, I Love Loli immediately cast the Level-30 Warrior skill Thunder Leap sh. He raised his alloy longsword as his body leaped into the air. With a gust of strong wind, he shed toward the gunman ten meters away.

    Pang!

    ?6582!

    Overtop of his forehead, which now wore a helmet with a hole drilled straight through it, a row of red damage numbers appeared. It was a frightening number that was around ten times the amount of the previous two shots. I Love Loli¡¯s HP fell to nothing in an instant.

    I Love Loli¡¯s body was still in the air, but a white light had already shed by. I Love Loli¡¯s eyes still showed a look of disbelief.

    Fu*ck...! What kind of damage is this? This must be a bug!

    It was hisst thought as he received the headshot.

 Chapter 8 - Shameless Gunner

    <h4>Chapter 8: Shameless Gunner</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    I Love Loli did not even notice some of the details about Feng Luo¡¯s previous two shots. They had not dealt a lot of damage, but with the destructive power of the 7.62mm armor-piercing bullets, they had already damaged the area on his helmet by over 90 percent. And when the third shot hit the same position, the system judged that that shot had alreadypletely prated the defense of his helmet, and the damage dealt was considered lethal damage. With Feng Luo¡¯s talent, the lethal damage was double the amount of a normal yer.

    The bonus damage of lethal attacks was already terrifying, and that damage was doubled as a basis. Forget Fine-grade equipment¡ªeven for a tank equipped with a full set of Excellent equipment, when facing a shot that ignored defense, there was a high probability that the yer would receive a headshot as well.

    In truth, Feng Luo¡¯s talent was truly fitting for a Sniper!

    I Love Loli dropped a pair ofbat boots after he died. Intentional PKers, designated by their yellow names, had double the chance of dropping items after death, and it just so happened that one of his set items dropped. He was probably going to be devastated when he got back.

    In reality, I Love Loli was not all that enthusiastic about kill-stealing and PKing yers. The set of Fine-grade equipment on his body was worth ten times the amount of the items dropped by the Mutant Dog.

    The one who had fired the first shot was the yer in his party named ¡°Lonely Gunner.¡± As for the identity of this Lonely Gunner, he was actually just a random yer that he and his friend had formed a party with while hunting in the Open-Air Mine. He would never have imagined that this fellow would get greedy and try to steal ores when he discovered that Feng Luo had killed the Elite-Grade Mutant Dog. The rules of War stated that if one yer within a party attacked, the entire team would be deemed as having agreed to the PK, so he had beenbeled as a yer that was ¡°yellow named.¡±

    Of course, he was not entirely innocent. After all, after his name turned yellow, his first choice had not been to exin or retreat but to rush forward and try to PK Feng Luo. What I Love Loli had not realized was that he was jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Not only had he thrown away an entire level¡¯s worth of experience, but he had also lost a piece of equipment.

    Moreover, he had made another mistake by thinking that Feng Luo¡¯s low damage was due to inferior equipment.

    In reality, the attributes of Feng Luo¡¯s M110 were:

    M110 (Sniper Rifle)

    Grade: Excellent

    Attack: 568

    Attack Coefficient: D+

    Agility +7

    Effective Range: 1,000m

    Level Requirement: 35

    Creator: Feng Zhi Luoye

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    An Excellent piece of equipment, evaluated as Perfect. When it came to its attributes, it was not inferior to even some of the Rare equipment. Even if the level was lower, the attack power was not any weaker than most Level-40 sniper rifles.

    It was only due to the effects of the Lethal talent, which reduced Feng Luo¡¯s normal attack by 25 percent, that I Love Loli had the illusion that Feng Luo had weak equipment. However, the only thing that was lowered was the damage; the destructive power of the bullets against the helmet did not diminish at all. As a result, after two shots, I Love Loli¡¯s helmet damage had already far exceeded his expectations. And because attributes and information like equipment damage were not directly disyed, it had not even urred to I Love Loli, in his excitement, that one of the areas of his head had almostpletely lost its defenses. In the end, he received the terrible fate of a fatal headshot in the third shot.

    In truth, this same error in judgment created by the talent had been experienced by several red-named yers when Feng Luo conducted hunting missions. It was undoubtedly a great tool for tricking people.

    After killing the Light Armor Warrior, Feng Luo rolled back toward the rocks behind him. He once again dodged two light green wind des that came from the sky with a swoosh. The attack speed and range of the Wind Maniptor was quick and long, but his attacks were rtively weak. The previous attack that hit him had reduced his HP by around 600. Compared to the over 2,000 HP he had regained by using recovery potions, it was not serious.

    Of course, the person he wanted to thank most was the Sniper. At around 100 meters away, he had actually only hit him the first time by using the ¡°Precise Shot¡± skill. His second and third shots had been off by at least half a meter.

    ¡°Just what kind of sniper is this?¡± muttered Feng Luo. ¡°Could this be a Machine Gunner training after changing sses?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s lips disyed a certain degree of mockery.

    It was, of course, a joke. However, in War, it was certainly possible for something like that to happen. Since the equipment limitations in War were low, Snipers, Machine Gunners, and Scouts alike could all use sniper rifles inbat. However, because of these low weapons requirements, due to the different bonuses of different professions, only the most suitable weapons could be fully utilized to exert their full potential.

    For example, if Feng Luo were to use a machine gun, the damage he inflicted would not even be half of what a yer with the profession of Machine Gunner would be able to deal. And this was an instance involving a fellow Gunner profession who already enjoyed certain bonuses from using a gun. If a non-Gunner profession character were to use a Machine Gun inbat, they probably would not have been able to deal even one-fourth of the base damage. Onlyughable posers would try to use the main weapon of another profession.

    After dodging these two energy des, Feng Luo peeked his head out from behind the boulder and noticed the Wind Maniptor among the two called ¡°I Love Strong Women.¡± He had discontinued his attacks. Instead, he had chosen to retreat.

    Makes sense, thought Feng Luo. A Light Armor Warrior with 8,000 HP was just killed after using the Charge skill¡ªbefore he could even get close. Anyone with a brain ought to reconsider whether you should continue to make life difficult for yourself.

    Feng Luo thought that this Wind Maniptor was being quite prudent. However, the world was still filled with idiots. Especially in games.

    Not only did the enemy Sniper not choose to retreat, but he seemed even more determined. He cast the skill ¡°Rapid Shooting,¡± then raised his rifle and shot continuously in Feng Luo¡¯s direction. Rapid Shooting was an active Level-20 skill of Snipers. It allowed the sniper rifle to greatly reduce the intervals between its shots. However, the destructive power of the bullets would decrease.

    Feng Luo had also learned this skill, but, under normal circumstances, he would not use it. That was because sniper rifles were intended for headshots that required high uracy and lethality. No matter how quick a sniper rifle was, it could not bepared to a machine gun that fired multiple shots per second. Moreover, the heat produced by Rapid Shooting increased the chance of the weapon overheating, which could severely damage the functionality of the gun.

    For a Sniper, the reliability of his gun was crucial.

    Feng Luo took cover behind the boulder and used another blood tonic on his body before slowly removing the cartridge in the M110 that held the armor-piercing bullets. He switched it with another cartridge that he grabbed out of his backpack. As an Ammunitions Expert in his Life Profession, he naturally carried more than normal armor-piercing rounds. He had continued to use these because he hadn¡¯t had time to change his bullets. But now, he decided he ought to bring out something good to really treat his opponent.

    After about 14 seconds¡ªhe counted that the opponent had fired 15 shots¡ªFeng Luo suddenly peeked his body out from the boulder and aimed the M110 muzzle in the direction he had long memorized. He did not worry about the fact that his opponent would continue firing shots; as a Gun Manufacturer, he had already noticed the model of his opponent¡¯s sniper rifle the first time he saw it through the rifle¡¯s scope. He knew how many bullets were in the cartridge of that rifle model.

    Moreover, even if he made a mistake, and even if the bullet cartridge of the opponent had been modified to hold more rounds, it was fine. His HP had recovered to more than 2,000. There was no way for the opponent to one-hit KO him.

    Through the scope, he saw that the opposing sniper really had run out of bullets. However, the person was still hiding behind a boulder rather intelligently to reload, only exposing the side of his uniform and making it impossible for Feng Luo to hit him.

    But Feng Luo was not hasty. Since the enemy was already in Feng Luo¡¯s sights, all he had to do was wait for him to expose his head. He was 90 percent confident that he could finish the battle within three seconds of the opponent exposing his head.

    However, what Feng Luo did not expect was that after more than 20 seconds, the enemy still had not yetpleted reloading. His body was still well-hidden behind the boulder.

    Something¡¯s not right!

    Feng Luo felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately moved his muzzle into another position and scanned the area quickly with his scope.

    Sure enough, in an area not far away from the enemy Sniper, seven to eight yers were running in their direction. Moreover, one Light Armor Warrior was in Feng Luo¡¯s two o¡¯clock position, and another was in his ten o¡¯clock position. They were quietly sneaking toward his position, and they were only around 200 meters away from him.

 Chapter 9 - Red Name

    <h4>Chapter 9: Red Name</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    God damn it, this bastard really doesn¡¯t have any shame, does he? thought Feng Luo, his expression a bit solemn.

    Clearly, this Sniper knew that he was not Feng Luo¡¯s opponent, so he had sneakily called for backup. The ten people that were called over clearly belonged to aplete team. Apart from armored warriors, Maniptors, and other damage-dealing professions, there were also support professions like Scouts and Doctors.

    To call for backup when one was on the losing side was not unusual, but the key factor was that this guy was in a situation where three people had lost after initiating a malicious sneak attack. Now, he had called for backup in the form of ten people to surround and attack a single opponent.

    Did he even consider his reputation?

    However, now was not the time to think about something like that. There was a total of 11 opponents. The people who yed in this area would not be lower than Level 35, and with theprehensivebination of professions in the team, facing them head-on was definitely impossible.

    The best choice was naturally to retreat straight away.

    ¡°However, if I don¡¯t pay them back several times after getting hit like this, I won¡¯t feel right,¡± Feng Luo said softly.

    At the same time, he extended his hands quickly and took a ck item from his backpack. He threw it to a position several meters in front of him.

    Pang!

    Dense ck smoke rose into the air. The smoke of the D-grade smoke bomb, which he had manufactured himself, expanded quickly and rose into the air, blocking the entire area in front of him. After that, he quickly grabbed his M110 and ran backward, simultaneously casting the Quick Sneak skill.

    Quick Sneak was a Level 25 Gunner skill. Although it had the word ¡°sneak¡± in its name, it did not really allow users to really be invisible like thieves in normal games. The effect of the skill was to ¡°increase movement speed by 30 percent (Advanced), and to reduce the sound of footsteps, reduce the traces left behind through movements, and to decrease the probability of being discovered by monsters.¡±

    Compared to the beginner skill of a Warrior¡¯s Charge, which provided a 200 percent bonus to speed, the speed increase of the skill was quite weak, but the advantage was that itsted longer and that the user was able to move freely.

    The two warriors who had already snuck within 100 meters noticed the ck smoke rising in front of them and knew that their actions had been noticed by that Gunner.

    ¡°F*ck! We were discovered,¡± said one of them. ¡°Rush straight ahead!¡±

    They no longer stayed hidden. Both used their Charge skill at the same time, leaving storms of sand and dust in their trails as they dashed toward Feng Luo¡¯s position. But by the time they got there, Feng Luo had long vanished. Plus, due to his Quick Sneak skill, there weren¡¯t any traces left behind, so they could not determine the direction he had gone by searching for footprints.

    ¡°Fu*k! This kid sure escaped fast!¡± said one of the Light Armor Warriors wearing gray armor, irritated.

    ¡°It¡¯s normal to run away,¡± the other warrior, a man in silver armor, said in a deep voice. ¡°We have so many people with us that if that guy actually dared to stay behind, then we would be the ones who would need to be careful!¡±

    At that point, the gray-armored Warrior noticed the boots left behind by I Love Loli. He picked them up and checked their attributes with clear delight on his face. ¡°Yo, this pair of shoes sure looks good. It¡¯s actually a part of the Wind Combat set. This is a lot stronger than the stuff I¡¯m wearing!¡±

    ¡°It must have been dropped by one of the two yers that Gunner said he¡¯d been partied with before,¡± said the silver-armored Warrior. ¡°The price of the boots far surpasses the value of this piece of Copper Ore Gem. That guy sure got screwed by that Gunner.¡±

    ¡°This isn¡¯t the first time that bastard has screwed people over,¡± the gray-armored Warrior said with contempt. ¡°What a joke. Three guys can¡¯t even beat a Sniper, and he still had the balls to call for backup. This piece of trash is lucky the captain wants to hook up with his sister, Lonely Qing Wu. Otherwise, I would be too busy toe help him.¡±

    The silver-armored Warrior frowned but did not say anything.

    The two of them stood in ce and waited for a while. The Sniper known as Lonely Gunner soon walked over, followed the other eight yers. They had been informed through themunicator that Feng Luo had run away.

    A big, tall male yer around the age of 30 with a gloomy looking face asked, ¡°Did you see where he went?¡± He was the captain of this group of yers, a Level-47 Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°We didn¡¯t see it clearly,¡± said the Light Armor Warrior in the silver armor, shaking his head. ¡°He must have used Quick Sneak. There aren¡¯t any trails or traces in the area.¡±

    Among the neers, a pure-looking young woman wearing a white nurse¡¯s uniform with a treatment box behind her back looked dissatisfied as she said, ¡°He¡¯s a Gunner, and two of you Light Armor Warriors with Charge failed to get to him? Are you guys taking this lightly?¡±

    Her name was Lonely Qing Wu, and her profession was that of a Doctor. She was the sister of the yer called Lonely Gunner who had sneak-attacked Feng Luo.

    ¡°Qing Wu!¡± said the captain. The Heavy Armor Warrior frowned, and his tone revealed his displeasure. He looked around and saw no trace of Feng Luo. ¡°Forget it. This time, Lonely Gunner initiated the PK, we didn¡¯t lose anything from the guy running away. On the contrary, we earned an ore. Third brother¡¯s pack is full right now, and we need to clear it up back in town. Gunner can join our party and train with us for a while.¡±

    The maximum number of yers in a ¡°small party¡± in War was ten. Any team with more than ten members was considered a ¡°medium party,¡± and the amount of experience gained from killing monsters would decline a certain degree. As such, yers generally formed small parties with fewer than ten yers to level.

    That was why Lonely Gunner had been excluded previously and had needed to form a random party. Of course, it was also because he was too weak. He was an awful yer and was considered such a dead weight that nobody wanted to y with him.

    Hearing the words of the Heavy Armor Warrior, Lonely Gunner immediately looked delighted. ¡°Thank you, brother-inw! Thank you, brother-inw!¡± he kept saying with the sniper rifle in his hands.

    The two times the phrase ¡°brother-inw¡± was used were well-received by the Heavy Armor Warrior. The Doctor in the white nurse uniform, Lonely Qing Wu, blushed a little, looking pure and innocent.

    However, in the middle of this moment of romance, a bloody hole erupted in the center of Lonely Qing Wu¡¯s brow, followed by the sound of a gunshot.

    Pang!

    ?3563!

    Fresh blood spewed forth from the back of her head as a bullet blew a hole straight through her head. In the next moment, a white light shed past her body. Lonely Qing Wu fell to the ground with her eyes wide, thoroughly puzzled.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± someone shouted.

    ¡°It¡¯s that sniper!¡± yelled another.

    ¡°Find that damned bastard!¡±

    Seeing their team Doctor killed right in front of them, the entire team of yers was dumbfounded for a moment. Then they became enraged. The face of the captain, the Heavy Armor Warrior, was even more vicious.

    You killed a yer in malice. You are red-named, and you cannot hide your information. When you are killed, there is a 100% chance for you to drop at least one item.

    The system message rang out in Feng Luo¡¯s ears. However, this did not move the M110 in his hands.

    His current location was an abandoned mine shaft surrounded by shrubs and bushes on the mountain of the Open-Air Mine. his field of vision was high, and he could clearly see down below. It was an exceptional spot for sniping.

    Why did he have to kill Lonely Qing Wu first? It was simply because her nurse uniform was too obvious.

    There was a saying in War: ¡°One can lose a team battle, but the Doctors must die!¡±

    The Doctor profession was very special in War. It was one of the rare dual professions thatbined both the Life and Combat professions. Unlike normal games, where yers could use healing skills to recover HP, yers in War needed to use recovery potions, stimnts, hormones, and various other drugs to achieve effects like HP recovery or bonus effects.

    This setting was more realistic. Of course, it was still a game. After all, there was no way it could be the same as reality. Especially when, in reality, administering liquid drugs required people usually required the use of a syringe. If the game were to do this, professions like Gunners and Maniptors would be able to do them, but it meant that other professions that were usually covered by heavy armor would have to take off their equipment and expose their muscles every time they needed to recover some health.

    As such, using blood tonics in War did not require injections; yers only needed to ¡°pat¡± them on their bodies. Moreover, there were also no restrictions when it came to the use of drugs or medicine¡ªany profession could use them on themselves directly.

    So what was the use of a Doctor? First of all, when other professions used drugs, they needed to be close enough to the target to physically pat them against part of the body. Only Doctors could use the drugs by throwing them at mid-range.

    Secondly, among the specialized skills of the doctor profession, there were a lot of amazing bonuses for the use of drugs or medicines that significantly improved the effects of HP recovery and bonus effects.

    For example, if other professions were to use a D-Grade blood tonic, the HP recovery per second was 50, and itsted 20 seconds, so the total amount recovered would be 1,000 HP. But when a Doctor with the bonus effect for blood tonics used the same tonic, it would recover 200 HP straight away, and then, for the next 20 seconds, the yer would recover 75 HP per second, regaining a total of 1,700 HP. Moreover, this effect would improve as the Doctor gained rted skills.

    It was important to note that any drug in War had a cooldown for use, and the normal cooldown period was not low. For the same D-Grade blood tonic to allow a yer to recover an extra 700 HP when used by a Doctor, the benefits were self-exnatory. Apart from that, because the Doctor was also a Life profession, Doctors could gain many manufacturing methods for special medicines or drugs as they leveled up. After that, the products manufactured by doctors had much better effects thanmon drugs sold in stores.

    Plus, when doctors reached a certain level, they could even throw medicinal packs that contained multiple bonus effects, instantly increasing thebat prowess of yers significantly.

    ¡°That¡¯s why doctors must die!¡± Feng Luo said with a sigh. After that, he casually moved the M110 to search for his next target.

 Chapter 10 - Deflagration Armor-Piercing Bullet

    <h4>Chapter 10: Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Pang!

    ?1435!

    Within the group of yers with Lonely Gunner, the Scout who held a pair of binocrs in hand and was quickly searching for Feng Luo¡¯s position was suddenly hit in his chest. He dropped the binocrs in his hand as his body was blown backward. After that shot, the camouge uniform of the Scout began to burn in an instant. It made him crawl up from the ground quickly, trying to extinguish the mes on his body by beating at them with his hands.

    Attempting this kind of solution while in range of a Sniper was undoubtedly a deadly mistake!

    Pang!

    ?1603!

    A shot hit his forehead with pinpoint uracy. The Scout quickly followed in the footsteps of the young Doctor.

    As for why the shot had caused a burning effect, it was due to Feng Luo¡¯s new cartridge of bullets.

    Degration Armor-Piercing Bullets (D-Grade Ammunition)

    Increase attack by 15%. Degration and burning effect will trigger when mmable targets are hit, producing a certain degree of burning damage.

    Ammunitions were considered expendable items in War. They were categorized by grades simr to crystals, ranging from F-Grade to S-Grade. yers normally used the mostmon F-Grade ammunition that did not provide any bonus attack or special characteristics.

    The degration armor-piercing bullet, as D-Grade ammunition, not only increased attack power by 15 percent but also had a special characteristic of burning. Compared to normal armor-piercing bullets, its power was increased by at least one-third. One could not afford to look down on this one-third. In many instances, monsters that originally needed three shots to kill could be taken care of with just two. For a Sniper who pursued kill efficiency with every shot, that meant a lot. Moreover, the burning effect created a me that, under certain circumstances, could guide snipers in terms of direction, guaranteeing hits in consequent attacks.

    Apart from that, War had all kinds of special bullets with different special effects. For example, high-energy liquid projectiles, smart res... This was also the reason why Feng Luo specifically trained in Ammunition Manufacturing. Of course, the price of special ammunition was naturally notparable to normal ammunition. The cost to produce each degration armor-piercing bullet was around 20 credits, which was several times that of a normal armor-piercing bullet. But even this price was low, since the ammunition was made by Feng Luo himself. In the system store, a degration armor-piercing bullet cost 50 credits each. Plus, they were often out of stock.

    That is why when Gunners PK, they are really using credits! Feng Luo though, shaking his head.

    His muzzle had already locked on to his next target: the Sniper who had first started attacking him. Why did he not aim at the Maniptor? It was because after the Scout died, all of the opposing Maniptors immediately equipped a half-transparent energy shield that looked like an eggshell.

    The shields of Maniptors represented a major headache for Sniper. That was because as long as the shield did not break, the Maniptor would not lose any HP while receiving all kinds of attacks.

    It would have been a mistake to underestimate the low case HP of a maniptor. For maniptors with expert skill level in their energy shield, their ability to take damage was not all that inferior to some warriors. More importantly, some of the Energy Maniptors who yed slyly loved to jump out into the fray during PK and bombard the area with their skills after putting on their ¡°Eggshell.¡± Then, when the shield was almost broken, they would take cover and wait until the shield skill cooled down before jumping out again. This sort of tactic was enough to depress most Snipers. As such, Feng Luo decided to ignore the three Maniptors for now and to think about that after he killed the Sniper known as Lonely Gunner.

    After he took his aim, he pulled the trigger!

    Pang!

    ?1345!

    A degration armor-piercing bullet hit Lonely Gunner¡¯s shoulder. Because of the location, Feng Luo¡¯s shot failed to inflict lethal damage. However, even if it were normal damage that was reduced by 25 percent, it had still taken half of Lonely Gunner¡¯s health. His shooting hand¡¯s defense, after all, was iparable to that of a warrior. However, with the burning effect of the bullet, his uniform started to burn. Lonely Gunner looked frightened and panicked.

    In War, realism was also reflected another key point. yers perceived pain and all kinds of sensations. When yers were in a different environment or if they were attacked, the information provided by the system would stimte the human¡¯s nervous system and create various kinds of feelings such as numbness, pain, suffocation... Although one could adjust the severity of the pain, one could notpletely block it out. The minimum limit of pain receptors for male yers was 10 percent, while it was 5 percent for female yers.

    A mere 10 percent was nothing to scoff at. For ordinary people who didn¡¯t usually get hurt in real life, that meager 10 percent alone was too much for most people to bear.

    One could only imagine what Lonely Gunner was going through, with his entire body on fire.

    In this highly realistic game world, the immersive and realistic experience of being engulfed in mes would make most people subconsciously forget that it was just a game. As such, Lonely Gunner behaved just like the previous scout. He quickly used his hands to beat at the mes on his shoulder, and this action was as good as a death sentence.

    Pang!

    ?1473!

    Another gunshot rang out, apanied by a sh of white light. Lonely Gunner was hit in the neck and became the third victim of the M110. At the same time, a piece of equipment burst out of him. Unfortunately, Feng Luo was unable to pick it up.

    You¡¯ve rightly killed a yellow-named yer, Lonely Gunner. In retaliation, there is no punishment!

    Currently, the original team of 11 had only eight left. They were the two Light Armor Warriors, two Heavy Armor Warriors, three Maniptors, and one Gunner. As the Scout was eliminated, the survivors could not quickly determine Feng Luo¡¯s location, which gave Feng Luo a lot of time.

    The only thing is, there is a Machine Gunner among them. This might prove troublesome!

    Feng Luo frowned as he looked through the scope and saw a Machine Gunner quickly taking out machine gun parts and setting them up from his anti-gravity spacial backpack under the protection of two Heavy Armor Warriors.

    In War, gunners were separated into three main categories: Snipers, Machine Gunners, and Scouts. Their corresponding bonus weapons were the sniper rifle, the machine gun, and the assault rifle, respectively.

    If the Sniper was considered the master of ranged single-target kills, then the Machine Gunner was without a doubt the king of mid-range.

    With consideration to bnce, the attack power and range of the machine gun had been greatly reduced, but one still could not block all the bullets from a machine gun! The multi-barrel heavy machine gun, for example, could normally fire more than 20 bullets per second, which meant that it dished out a rain of bullets numbering in the thousands within minutes.

    Even if the attack strength of the machine gun were reduced to only one-tenth of the sniper rifle, that was still ten times the damage dealt by a Sniper. Moreover, Machine Gunners were not actually nerfed to one-tenth; in reality, their damage was nerfed by only one-fifth. As such, whether in terms of leveling or during group PK battles, their impact was substantial.

    One might wonder, since the Machine Gunner ss was so strong, who would pick another profession? Wouldn¡¯t everyone choose it?

    Of course, that would not happen!

    The first prerequisite for being a Machine Gunner was that one had to be rich! In War, bullets were exhaustible items. Even the mostmon F-Grade machine gun standard bullets cost around one credit each. That meant that a Machine Gunner would spend over ten credits per second. In a minute, he could use up thousands of credits.

    This so-called ¡°rate of burning through money¡± was unsustainable for ordinary people. In reality, apart from tycoons or professional yers with the Machine Gunner profession specifically groomed and supported bypanies or groups, no one could really afford to y it. So in War, the number of Machine Gunners was limited. In truth, they were even fewer than Snipers.

    In truth, there really wasn¡¯t any profession that didn¡¯t burn money in the game of War. Gunners needed to purchase bullets, and Energy Maniptors needed to buy energy crystals. The expenses of these two indispensable items were huge.

    Even skilled Warriors who could use a single de to sweep through an entire continent in normal games had to spend a considerable amount of money in War. That was because the equipment in War could be broken. So, for Warriors that needed to be in close quarters in order to do battle, the expensive repair fees after an intense battle could very well break their hearts.

    This was also why Feng Luo had prioritized getting his Wind Mark Gun Shop on the right track first. Without any money, nothing was possible in this game!

 Chapter 11 - Shock and Awe

    <h4>Chapter 11: Shock and Awe</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Pang!

    ?314!

    Another shot rang out from the M110. Naturally, the target for Feng Luo¡¯s shot was the Machine Gunner protected by the two Heavy Armor Warriors. However, due to the cautious movements of the Heavy Armor Warriors, the shot that was originally supposed to be a rare opportunity had failed. It only hit one of the Heavy Armor Warriors, and the damage was just over 300.

    As the profession with the highest defense in War, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s nickname of being the ¡°worst enemy of Gunners¡± was not in vain. Before Feng Luo had destroyed the defense capabilities of the opponent¡¯s equipment, his ¡°Lethal¡± talent could not show its strength.

    Moreover, at that time, the enemy had finally confirmed his direction.

    The Light Armor Warriors came from two sides and rushed toward the mountain. As for the two Heavy Armor Warriors, they took out their alloy shields. One of them stood in ce and continued to protect the Machine Gunner, who was still setting up his machine gun, while the other protected the three Maniptors with their energy shield covering their bodies and moving behind the Light Armor Warrior toward Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    The path that the two Light Armor Warriors chose was a pincer attack from the left and the right. As they ran, they even had the awareness to use an S-shaped path, relying on the uneven geography of the mountain mine and pits and holes as cover. Clearly, these two yers had experience dealing with Snipers.

    A normal Gunner faced with this situation would have had to immediately retreat because there would be only death waiting for a Sniper facing two Light Armor Warriors at close range. However, Feng Luo did not n to retreat. That was because the shrub he had chosen was around 500 meters away from his opponents. This distance greatly weakened the damage of machine guns, and the attacks of Maniptors could not reach him. Even if the two Light Armor Warriors were to cast Charge, they would need at least half a minute to get to him.

    He had at least ten more seconds!

    To a Maniptor, ten seconds was probably only enough to cast two fireballs or create a wind de. But for a Sniper, it was enough to kill a person.

    The muzzle of the M110 moved quickly. The crosshair locked directly on the gray-armored Light Armor Warrior. Feng Luo quickly calcted his trajectory in his mind. And then, after a second, he fired a shot!

    Pang!

    ?785!

    Just as the gray-armored warrior moved passed a covered pile of gravel and ran towards the mine shaft to the side, his body suddenly shook as his left leg was hit. Although it did not deal weak-point damage, the gray-armored warrior did not have high defense, which allowed Feng Luo to inflict almost 800 damage. The only drawback was that it hit the yer¡¯s armor, so the burning effect did not trigger.

    For damage at this level, a Level-40 Light Armor Warriors with an average HP of around 7,000 like the gray-armored warrior should have been able to take seven or eight shots. If he were to use blood tonics in between those shots, then it would probably take another one or two hits.

    Of course, this was under normal circumstances. For Feng Luo, if he destroyed the opponent¡¯s defenses, he might only need to deliver a single lethal blow to drain the HP of the opponentpletely.

    The gray-armored warrior had no way of knowing this. So after he was shot once, he calcted how many shots he could take and shed a mocking smile. He no longer took cover and exposed his body before rushing toward Feng Luo¡¯s location.

    Simrly, Feng Luo¡¯s lips curled upward as his right index finger pulled the M110 trigger yet again. This is exactly what I want!

    Pang!

    ?2013!

    Yellow damage numbers!

    With around 350 meters between them, the shot once again urately hit the left leg of the gray-armored warrior, which was continually shaking due to moving at high speed. The row of yellow damage numbers proved that this shot had hit practically the same spot as the previous shot hit. The previous bullet had already damaged this area¡¯s defense by more than 50 percent. As such, the second shot achieved a weak-point damage effect! This shot alsopletely destroyed the defense of that area of the warrior¡¯s leg, and the impact of the sniper rifle bullet also triggered an ¡°attack special effect.¡±

    The gray-armored warrior felt as if his leg had been hit by a heavy hammer. His body, which had been running at full speed, fell immediately. After that, he continued to roll on the ground several times due to unstoppable momentum.

    F*ck! the gray-armored warrior cried out in his mind.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior captain protecting the three Maniptors with his shield was also in disbelief to witness the point of impact of the shot and the damage value that appeared in his team¡¯s party channel.

    Naturally, the damage was considered high. With one shot, around one-third of the gray-armored warrior¡¯s HP was gone. However, this was not what really shocked the captain. What made his heart tremble was the uracy of the shot!

    At several meters apart, hitting a warrior running at high speed twice in a row was not easy, but it was also not impossible. Among the Snipers he knew, there were more than one who could achieve this. But these two shots had to hit the exact same spot. Among the Snipers he knew, there was absolutely no one who could do such a thing! In fact, if he hadn¡¯t seen it with his own eyes, he would not have even believed that there were yers who could do it!

    Oh f*ck! The Heavy Armor Warrior captain looked despondent. Lonely Gunner, you idiot! Just who did you mess with?

    However, what he did not know was that hitting the same spot and achieving a weak-point effect was also quite shocking to Feng Luo. His objective in taking the shots had been to hopefully, by continuously hit the leg, use the impact of the bullet to slow the progression of the enemy. He hadn¡¯t thought that the shot would happen to hit the same spot as the previous one, even triggering a rare special effect. So, in truth, there was a lot of luck involved in this shot!

    Unfortunately, the damage of the shot was not high enough; otherwise, it might have been possible for a special effect like ¡°Leg Break¡± to appear. In that case, the Light Armor Warrior would have be a sitting duck with no choice but to await his fate.

    However, based on the current situation, the Light Armor Warrior who had fallen to the ground¡ªand had not yet stood up¡ªstill made a nice target. It was way too easy to take him out.

    Feng Luo raised his M110 in preparation to finish off this gray-armored warrior¡ª

    Pow! Pow! Pow!

    At that moment, a cacophony of gunfire rang out. The Machine Gunner on the opposing side hadpleted assembling his weapon: a metallic Level-40, six-barreled ¡°Hydra¡± Heavy Machine Gun. Six alloy gun barrels rotated at high-speed as tons of bullets sprayed toward Feng Luo.

    The entire forest of shrubs trembled as if a strong gale had blown past. Trees exploded one by one, and bullet holes appeared one after another on the ground. The smoke and debris that rose into the air also blocked Feng Luo¡¯s field of vision and made himpletely lose his uracy from his previous shot. Apart from that, three rows of damage numbers also appeared consecutively over his head.

    ?292!

    ?356!

    ?301!

    The machine gun was 450 meters away, and its damage was weakened considerably. Due to the long distance and the poor stability of the shots, the bullets deviated from their trajectory significantly, so only three bullets hit Feng Luo. However, it still reduced around one-third of his HP.

    The explosiveness of a Machine Gunner was too much! Plus, this explosive strength could continue until the entire 1,000-round cartridge belt was emptied entirely.

    Pow! Pow!

    The crazy wave of over a dozen bullets per second forced Feng Luo to press his head down. He could only take cover. He did not even have the opportunity to use M110 to fire a shot.

    As for the uninjured silver-armored warrior, he had already taken the opportunity to cast Charge and rush straight at Feng Luo.

    As he crouched down to hide from the onught of the machine gun, Feng Luo could not see the movements of the opponent, but he could guess them. It was a good thing he had long been prepared for this sort of situation.

    The location he had chosen to hide in was not a pure shrub forest. In reality, it was an abandoned mine shaft that had been excavated. As long as one remained hidden, one could avoid being seen while changing locations. Moreover, he had also prepared a little something in the mine shaft. If the Light Armor Warrior got that far, perhaps it could be used.

    While crouched down, Feng Luo picked up the M110 and crawled ten meters to another position, simultaneously removing the degration armor-piercing bullets cartridge and switching to another new cartridge of bullets.

    After quietly switching positions to the back of the shrub, Feng Luo quietly peeked his head out. He set up his sniper rifle, aimed at the head of the heavy Machine Gunner, and quickly adjusted the shooting parameters.

    Machine Gunners had crazy firepower and had the frightening ability to put pressure on opponents. However, their weaknesses were also pronounced; their bullets were depleted too quickly. A box of shells could be emptied in no time, and the moment the Machine Gunner reloaded, there would be gaps that their opponents could exploit.

    In addition, as soon as a heavy machine gun was assembled, it was hard to move or dodge, which meant that they lost the mobility that Scouts and Snipers possessed. Faced against a strike, they were practically live targets. So although Machine Gunners were the nemesis of Snipers, Snipers were also the nemesis of Machine Gunners!

    In just three seconds, Feng Luo pulled the trigger.

    Pang!

    ?364!

    ?2830!

    7.62mm armor-piercing bullets flew over 400 meters and hit the Machine Gunner in the head. The high-speed, rotating, armor-piercing bullets tore through the transparent safety mask of on the head of the opponent and urately hit the bridge of his nose, exploding into a fountain of blood. This shot invoked the ¡°Heavily Injured¡± condition on the Machine Gunner instantly!

 Chapter 12 - Double Armor-Piercing Round

    <h4>Chapter 12: Double Armor-Piercing Round</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    There were a lot of special damage effects in War. Among them, the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± and ¡°Weakened¡± states were ones yers encountered most often.

    Heavy Injury

    When HP is below 5 %, the character will be in a heavily injured state. All life indicators will be at their lowest point. Movement will be extremely difficult. Plus, inbat, one might not even have the strength to apply a blood tonic to replenish HP.

    Apart from that, when HP was below 15 percent, yers would be in a weakened state. This status was a negative status simr to the heavy injury status but on a less severe scale.

    Feng Luo¡¯s shot had shaved off over 95 percent of the heavy Machine Gunner¡¯s HP straight away, sending him directly into the Heavy Injury status. And because of the shot¡¯s impact, the Machine Gunner¡¯s body was knocked backward.

    His hands still tightly gripped the Hydra heavy machine gun the moment he was shot, and the angle of his aim shifted just a little. Very unluckily, several of his bullets hit the gray-armored warrior hiding behind a pile of dirt, who was just about to administer some blood tonics on his body.

    ?245!

    ?214!

    ?199!

    ?203!

    ?235!

    Consecutive damage numbers appeared overtop of the head of the gray-armored warrior. The impact from several bullets sent the blood tonics in his hand to the ground.

    The gray-armored warrior was stunned by this attack from behind, and his reaction was to shout at the machine gunner who had fired those bullets. ¡°F*ck! Old Huo, what the hell are you doing?¡±

    It was important to note that in War, there was no setting that nullified friendly fire just because yers were in the same team. There were also no settings such as ¡°Peaceful mode¡± or ¡°PK Mode.¡± In truth, under whatever circumstances, yers in War could attack each other at any time. The only difference was that after teaming up, damage from members from within the same party was regarded as ¡°idental Injury,¡± so the damage would be reduced to one-third of the original damage.

    The gray-armored warrior was less than 200 meters away from the Machine Gunner. Within this range, the Machine Gunner¡¯s damage was not reduced due to distance. As such, even if the damage was only one-third of the original, it was still high, shaving off almost 1,000 HP of the grey armor warrior¡¯s remaining HP instantly.

    The ¡°idental Injury¡± setting of the game undoubtedly made the game more realistic, while at the same time substantially increasing the difficulty of the game. In this case, yers could no longer swarm high-level boss monsters with high numbers like in normal online games because when the number of yers hunting a boss exceeded a certain quantity, it was highly likely for hrious situations to ur¡ªsuch as a Warrior tanking on the front lines to be killed not by the boss monster but by the attacks of Maniptors and Gunners standing behind him.

    Assuming that he had suffered an idental Injury, the gray-armored warrior turned around looking annoyed, but then the scene that awaited him left him dumbfounded.

    The Machine Gunner known as ¡°Old Huo¡± was on the ground, his eyes filled with panic while the Heavy Armor Warrior rushed toward him with his shield raised to protect him. However, an armor-piercing bullet was one step ahead. It had already flown past the shield and hit the head of the Machine Gunner!

    Pang!

    ?145!

    Although it was simple, white normal damage, it was enough to take care of thest drop of HP of the Machine Gunner!

    As he watched his teammate die in a matter of seconds and turn into a sh of white light, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s face froze. Machine Gunners needed a wide field of vision and plenty of space to shoot; he clearly could not have stood directly in front of the Machine Gunner to block him, but he could have held the shield while standing beside him. He knew that there was only one opponent, and that opponent was being suppressed by the heavy firepower of the machine gun. As such, he had not been worried because he didn¡¯t think anything would go wrong. He would never have imagined that the Sniper would still dare to counterattack under this situation, let alone actually manage to break the defense of his teammate¡¯s headgear in one shot, cing his teammate in a Heavy Injury condition.

    By the time he had reacted and tried to raise his shield to protect him, it was already toote.

    ¡°Just what is the grade and level of his gun?¡± said the Heavy Armor Warrior. ¡°How can it have such destructive power? He only used one shot to break the Excellent-Grade protective facemask of Old Huo!¡±

    The heavy armor warrior was puzzled by this, while Feng Luo was satisfied with the effect of the new bullets inside his M110 cartridge.

    Double Armor-Piercing Round (D-Grade Ammunition)

    Increase attack by 5%, attacks inflict damage twice. The first attack will have an extremely powerful effect in piercing the defense of equipment below D grade.

    The structure of this bullet was akin to putting a small bullet inside arger bullet casing, so the second damage that appeared would have stronger weak-point damage. The principle was simr to the effect achieved by Feng Luo¡¯s previous two shots, which had hit the same point twice. This was also why a white and yellow damage value had appeared overtop of the Machine Gunner.

    Feng Luo had manufactured this type of bullet himself. The cost for each bullet was as high as 80 credits. They were expensive, but the effects were outstanding. That was because there was a high probability that the double armor-piercing round would directly break the defense of equipment below D grade.

    Defense coefficient, attack coefficient, material coefficient... These were all the special coefficients used in War, and they affected the attack and defense of yers substantially.

    The higher the attack coefficient, the easier it was to break the defense of the opponent. If the gap between the two wasrger, one could evenpletely ignore defense and prate through. Even with a piece of equipment in between, the shot could still deal weak-point damage or even lethal damage. Apart from that, the disparity between attack and defense coefficient also affected the value of the damage.

    When the gap between the attack coefficient and the defense coefficient was one whole grade, the damage would be reduced by half. When it was two grades, the damage would be reduced by 90 percent. And when it was three grades, it resulted in a special characteristic called ¡°anti-defense break.¡±

    However, the attack coefficient of the M110 was ¡°D+.¡± Compared to the moremon D or E-grade defense coefficient of most yers at the moment, its destructive properties were quite significant. Adding the armor break characteristic of the double armor-piercing round that increased the probability of breaking armor, normal defensive equipment below C grade would not be able to withstand more than a few shots.

    ¡°Sh*t!¡± said the Heavy Armor Warrior. ¡°If this bastard managed to break the Excellent defensive mask of Old Huo with one shot, then wouldn¡¯t it also be possible for him to break my armor in one shot?¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior made sense of things and knew that the attack coefficient of Feng Luo¡¯s sniper rifle was astounding. Or perhaps he was using some special ammunition. After that, the Heavy Armor Warrior immediately crouched behind his shield, not exposing any parts of his body whatsoever.

    The armor on his body only had D or D+ defense coefficients, and his boots were only E+. It was clear that his defensive gear did not guarantee safety.

    Although Heavy Armor Warriors were the natural enemies of Gunners, in situations when the armor of a Heavy Armor Warrior could notpare against the destructive power of a Gunner, the advantage was reversed. The slower Heavy Armor Warrior would undoubtedly be the best target for the hit-and-run tactics of Snipers.

    However, at the moment, Feng Luo did not have time to deal with this Heavy Armor Warrior because another Heavy Armor Warrior, who was at Level 47, had already led three Energy Maniptors within less than 300 meters away of Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    Two light green wind des, one zing fireball, and three crystal clear ice spears all flew toward the forest where Feng Luo was hiding!

 Chapter 13 - Duel

    <h4>Chapter 13: Duel</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The attack range of professions in War could be divided into long-range, long-mid-range, mid-range, and close-quarters.

    The ss that represented long-range was naturally the Sniper. Their firing range was between 800 meters to one kilometer, far exceeding the attack range of other professions.

    Representatives of long-mid-range professions were Machine Gunners. They had frighteningly destructive damage within a range of 600 meters.

    There were also mid-range professions¡ªEnergy Maniptors, Scouts, and other professions whose attack range could reach around 300 meters all qualified. Among them, the ones with the longest range were the Wind Maniptors, whose attack range could reach 400 meters.

    As for the representatives of close-quarters professions, naturally, the attack range of Warriors was the smallest. Most of their skills could also realize their full potential in close quarters.

    It was important to note that the attack power of all professions in War had a ¡°half-range reduction¡± setting, in which the damage of skills and bullets would start to decrease after the distance exceeded half of the maximum attack range. However, the degree of damage reduction also differed between different professions. The reduction for Snipers was rtively lower; even at the periphery of their attack range, the damage would generally maintain about 50 percent of the original damage. The damage reduction for the skills of Maniptors was the worst. By the time an attack reached the maximum distance, the damage would only be 10 percent of its original amount.

    Due to this fact, although the three Maniptors initiated their attacks against Feng Luo, Feng Luo did not choose to retreat. Instead, he quickly shifted the aim of his gun in another direction and locked his aim on the silver-armored Warrior using the Charge skill.

    The silver-armored Warrior had not been disturbed all this while had already charged to a position less than 50 meters away from Feng Luo.

    At that moment, the rtive position of the two was that one had higher ground while the other did not. However, both could clearly see the expressions of each other¡¯s face. One was calm; the other wasposed.

    The moment their eyes locked¡ª

    Pang!

    A dull gunshot rang out from the M110. However, for the first time, no damage value appeared. That was because the moment the gunshot resounded, the silver-armored Warrior had already thrown himself forward onto the ground with great speed. So, for the first time, Feng Luo¡¯s bullet missed!

    Of course, the silver-armored Warrior had not dodged the shot by relying on the sound of the gunshot, since the initial velocity of bullets traveled faster than sound. Rather, the first time the silver-armored Warrior had locked gaze with Feng Luo, he had immediately taken evasive maneuver on instinct. As a result, he seeded in achieving a feat that seemed impossible: dodging a bullet. This was a pure disy of PK awareness.

    An expert! thought Feng Luo.

    As the shot missed, a chill went down Feng Luo¡¯s spine. At the same time, a fireball and two wind des reached Feng Luo¡¯s body.

    ?97!

    ?350!

    ?315!

    The damage of the fireball was reduced greatly due to the distance and did not even reach three digits. The damage of the wind de was also decreased, but the damage was still anything but weak. As for the three ice spears, they were off-target by some distance and fell into the shrubs behind him, puncturing several leaves in the trees.

    Skills in War did not have automatic tracking functions like normal games. Instead, it required yers to predict enemy maneuvers and control their attacks ordingly, so based on the uracy of skills, one could easily differentiate the experts from the normal yers.

    Although the ice spears missed, the cooldown times for these sorts of basic long-range skills were very short. Just five seconds after the first wave of attacks, another two wind des and three ice spears flew over. Not only that, but the air above Feng Luo¡¯s head suddenly turned very hot, and a strong pressure came from above. It felt as if something terrifying was brewing!

    ¡°An ultimate skill!¡±

    Feng Luo did not hesitate. He grabbed his M110 immediately and cast Quick Sneak before running quickly towards the mine pit behind him.

    Boom!

    More than a dozen giant fireballs with zing dark red mes fell from above, creating a huge wave of heat that blew the dust off the ground and into the surrounding air. They even dried up all the nts and trees in the forest within the attack range. The dry leaves on the ground began to burn fiercely. It was the Level-40 ultimate skill of Fire Maniptors: Meteor Rain!

    It was a good thing Feng Luo had started running in advance. He was fortunate that this breathtaking skill hadn¡¯t hit him.

    In truth, due to damage reduction from the increased range, even if the ultimate skill were to have hit him, he probably wouldn¡¯t have died. However, the intention of the opponent was clearly not to hit him but to alter the environment of the surroundingndscape. If the trees, branches, and leaves around him were burned, Feng Luo would have nowhere left to hide.

    In addition, the dense ck smoke produced from the terrible fires would substantially affect the field of vision and visibility of the Gunner. It could have been said that this single move negated most of Feng Luo¡¯sbat strength. And with this, the silver-armored Warrior on the team would be able to take care of Feng Luo easily.

    In fact, the Light Armor Warrior had already rushed forward by then. He turned his head and, through the thick smoke, spotted Feng Luo quickly ¡°escaping¡± into the interior of the pit.

    Without a hint of hesitation, the silver-armored Warrior rushed toward Feng Luo. As he ran, a white light shed in his hands, and a silvery-white alloy longsword appeared.

    ¡°Damn!¡± Feng Luo cursed, and an ¡°anxious¡± look appeared on his face. After that, as if knowing that he could no longer escape, Feng Luo turned around and raised the M110, aiming right at the silver-armored Warrior, as if this was hisst stand.

    The silver-armored Warrior was calm and did not disy any panic. He knew that with his defense and HP, even against a Sniper with a full set of Rare equipment, there was no way he would die within three or even four shots. And at such a close distance, the opponent would have the opportunity to take one shot, at most. The moment he closed the distance, he would be able to end the duel within ten seconds. He had absolute confidence in his ability!

    ¡°It¡¯s finished!¡± said the silver-armored Warrior.

    He took half a step forward, and his right foot stepped onto the ground of the mine pit. Then, as if a powerful force exploded from beneath his feet, the Level-30 skill of the Warrior, the Thunder Leap sh, started its cooldown.

    Boom!

    However, at that moment, a loud sound came from beneath the ground where he had stepped. After that, the silver-armored Warrior could only feel his body being swept away by a huge wave of heat.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face suddenly appeared calm. Although the damage of the bomb he had nted there long ago only reached the hundreds, the shock wave threw the silver-armored Warrior high into the air, creating an opportunity for him to continue dishing out his attacks.

    What...? This unexpected turn of events changed the facial expression of the silver-armored Warrior.

    Pang!

    ?552!

    ?2734!

    The body was still in the air, but the sound of the M110 rifle had already rung out!

    The mighty, destructive force of the D-Grade double armor-piercing rounds demonstrated their full potential at close range. One shot was all that was needed to pierce a fist-sized hole through the belly of the alloy armor of the silver-armored Warrior.

    Immediately after the first shot, Feng Luo threw the M110 to the side and switched to the Desert Eagle, increasing the distance between them while firing away.

    In War, all guns were limited in their rate of fire. The M110 had a lengthy reload time. If one did not use the Rapid Shooting skill, one needed approximately two seconds to take another shot. As for the Desert Eagle, one could shoot once in less than one second. Although the damage of a single shot was lower, the total damage was certainly not weak. Moreover, it was more flexible.

    ?1430!

    ?1520!

    Feng Luo fired the Desert Eagle in his hands twice. Both shots urately went through the same hole pierced through the belly of the silver-armored Warrior¡¯s armor. Although they didn¡¯t deal lethal damage since it was not a vital area, with Feng Luo¡¯s talent, dealing weak-point damage also meant bonus damage of 50 percent.

    After just three shots from Feng Luo, the silver-armored Warrior had already lost over 6,000 HP!

    However, after the two shots from the Desert Eagle, the silver-armored Warrior hit the ground, rolled over, and quickly stood up. By now, the confidence had left the face of the silver-armored Warrior. This was because his remaining HP was now at less than 15 percent, and he was in a ¡°weakened¡± state. Feng Luo had also managed to increase the distance between them to more than 15 meters, and the next shot from the Desert Eagle was already leaving the barrel.

    Pang!

    The silver-armored Warrior attempted to dodge, but at such close range, even a celestial being could not have dodged the shot.

    ?437!

    Although the normal damage from the Desert Eagle was not high¡ªdealing just over 400 damage to the silver-armored Warrior who had just stood up¡ªit was enough to send the enemy falling to the ground while he gazed up to the sky in resignation.

    His HP was now lower than 5 percent, thus cing him in the ¡°heavy injury¡± state!

 Chapter 14 - Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group

    <h4>Chapter 14: Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Pang!

    ?335!

    The fourth shot of the Desert Eagle took away thest remaining HP of the silver-armored Warrior. After the white light of death shed, a silverish-white alloy longsword was left on the ground.

    You intentionally PKed and killed yer Sword of Wind and Cloud. Your PK value has reached five points. The period of your red name status will remain for 15 days game time.

    ¡°What luck! This must be unprecedented!¡± said Feng Luo, looking astounded as he gazed at the silverish alloy longsword on the ground.

    Everyone knew that when yers died in War, the probability of a white-name yer dropping a piece of equipment was only 30 percent, while a red-name yer always dropped at least one piece of equipment. When a white name was killed by a red name, the probability of dropping a piece of equipment was less than 1 percent!

    Since Feng Luo had killed multiple yers in session, his name had turned red long ago. As for this yer called Sword of Wind and Cloud, he was a white-name yer. Who would have thought that after he died, he would drop a piece of equipment? Plus, it was his main weapon: an alloy longsword.

    ¡°It¡¯s too bad this game doesn¡¯t have a lottery system,¡± muttered Feng Luo. ¡°Otherwise, I would definitely have to buy one today.¡± Feng Luo sighed.

    Halfway up the mountain in the mine, the three Maniptors¡ªunder the protection of the Heavy Armor Warrior who was running up the mountain¡ªwere shocked to see the status of the silver-armored Warrior in their party column changed to ¡°Dead.¡±

    ¡°Sword actually died! How is that possible?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s a Sniper! How is it possible for him to KO a Light Armor Warrior in such a short amount of time?¡±

    They were not alone; the gray-armored Warrior hiding behind a pile of dirt and trying to recover his HP also looked shocked. As a Light Armor Warrior, of course, he knew the weaknesses of a Sniper in close-quartersbat.

    The captain of the party, the Heavy Armor Warrior, looked gloomy and suddenly said after a moment of silence, ¡°Retreat!¡±

    ¡°Captain?¡± the other four called out at the same time, clearly not understanding what he meant.

    ¡°This person is absolutely an expert!¡± said the captain. ¡°Even Sword didn¡¯t manage to get rid of him. Even if Seven gets up there, he won¡¯t be a worthy opponent. Without Light Armor Warriors, it is too difficult to catch a Sniper who has already increased his distance from us. Furthermore, if we are careless, we might all die from hit-and-run strikes.¡± He shook his head with a solemn expression. ¡°Don¡¯t forget that we still have to do that mission today. If anybody else dies today, we certainly won¡¯t be able toplete the mission!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior sounded calm, but hidden in his eyes was a sense of gloom.

    ¡°But he killed six of us!¡± said the gray-armored Warrior called ¡°Seven¡± after hearing the words from the captain. ¡°Are we going to just let him go?¡±

    After considering this for a while, the Heavy Armor Warrior said coldly, ¡°Of course we can¡¯t leave the situation as it is! We will retreat first. We will make a decision after we check with Sword about what exactly happened. There is no way this matter will be left like this. We can¡¯t embarrass the mercenary group!¡±

    ******

    Silver Will (Two-Handed Sword)

    Grade: Excellent

    Attack: 520

    Attack Coefficient: D?

    Material Coefficient: D+

    Strength +19

    Agility +7

    Level Requirement: 45

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    Feng Luo looked at the alloy longsword with outstanding attributes in his hands and once again let out a sigh as hemented the luck of the silver-armored Warrior.

    In truth, given the attributes of this sword, if Feng Luo had allowed the Warrior to get close to him, he might have been destroyed with two to three skills from the opponent. It was no wonder the opponent had seemed so confident. However, the more confident a person was, the easier it was for that person to fall into a trap¡ªespecially in a game like War, where there was such a high degree of freedom. Confidence was often directly associated with hubris.

    By now, that Light Armor Warrior was probably in his capsule feeling regretful. The penalty for dying in War was not light. Not only did yers lose experience, but they were also unable to reconnect to the game for 12 hours in real time. But his biggest regret was surely that he had dropped the longsword.

    As a piece of Level-45 Excellent equipment, the other attributes of the sword were ordinary, but the ¡°Strength +19¡± attribute was beyond amazing.

    It was important to note that in War, every yer obtained just one free attribute point per level. At the same time, every two level-ups increased all attributes by +1. That also meant that under normal circumstances, if a yer did not increase his or her Strength during level-ups, then the yer would only have 20 points in Strength. After equipping this sword, his or her strength would almost double.

    Of course, in reality, it was impossible for the yer wielding this weapon to double their Strength. This was because the sword suited the Light Armor Warrior best, and for a Light Armor Warrior, Strength was their main attribute. Normally, they would focus most of their main attributes on Strength.

    With the bonus effects of equipment, on average, a Level-40 Warrior might have around 80 points in Strength. Even so, the added Strength from this longsword would increase that by one-fourth. For any Warrior, it was considered a significant increase.

    If it were ced in the exchange, by Feng Luo¡¯s estimation, this sword would probably fetch a price of 30,000 credits. It was far more valuable than that piece of copper ore gem he had lost.

    Since the opponent had dropped a valuable piece of equipment, Feng Luo guessed that the others would not give up just like that.

    Oddly enough, after waiting for a while, he noticed that the opponents were not only neglecting to continue their attacks, but they were actually retreating under the protection of the two Heavy Armor Warriors.

    What¡¯s going on?

    While Feng Luo was pondering this, a phone call reminder message appeared from themunicator.

    yer ¡°Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡± requesting a call!

    In War, long-rangemunication between yers could only be achieved by connecting with themunicator of the personal terminal. However, it was only possible to perform super-long-range phone calls within cities. Outside cities,municators were affected by the maic field and, hence, could only work within a few kilometers.

    That implied that the person calling him through themunicator right now had to be one of the few yers on the mountainside. It was his attacks that had created the malicious PK situation, so the opponents already knew his ID, meaning they could call him on hismunicator directly.

    As expected, as soon as Feng Luo connected the call, a slightly deep male voice arose from within. ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye! I am Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group!¡±

    The person on the opposite end announced his origins. From his cold tone, one could also get a sense of his arrogance¡ªand the sense that he was a real son of a b*tch.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?¡±

    Feng Luo frowned. Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was one of the strongest forces within Silvermoon City. He lived in Silvermoon City, so he naturally knew the reputation of his mercenary group. Moreover, the key yers of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Groups all put the words ¡°Roaring Dragon¡± in front of their ID names. Based on this factor alone, it could be inferred that Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡¯s position within the ranks of the mercenary group was not low.

    In War, there were many types of yer organizations such as mercenary groups,panies, guilds, clubs, alliances... As long as they were recognized by the Federation, paid the required registration fee, and didn¡¯t do anything illegal, they were considered legal organizations.

    Mercenary groups were a type of mid-sized organization. The minimum number of members was ten while the maximum number was 10,000.

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was the one and only mercenary group in Silvermoon City with the maximum number of members. It also happened to be the force with the most members. After all, Silvermoon City was only a small city with a poption of less than 50,000. For a force with tens of thousands of people, their influence was significant enough.

    In truth, due to their strength, people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group always walked through Silvermoon City with upturned noses. This was also why Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star spoke in such a high-and-mighty tone of voice¡ªand did so as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye, in this incident, Gunner was the one who was at fault, but you¡¯ve already killed him and taken your revenge. So I won¡¯t say anything else. Return the longsword dropped by Sword of Wind and Cloud and apologize in the forum. Then we will not continue to pursue this incident of you intentionally killing six of us. Otherwise, you will know...¡±

    Feng Luo resisted the urge to vomit, but he felt puzzled in his heart. The silver-armored Warrior should not have been able to reconnect for another 12 hours, so how did these people know that a longsword had been dropped? He was reminded that yers followed the ¡°Fundamental Offline Law,¡± which was to exchange messages in reality. It was no surprise that they had grasped the situation so quickly.

    Feng Luo was in deep thought, so did not respond immediately. Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, thinking that he was stunned, used a less intimidating tone as he continued, ¡°After you apologize on the forum, this can all be settled through dialogue. The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would even wee an expert like you to join our ranks. We won¡¯t know each other unless we fight, after all¡ª¡±

    ¡°Crazy bastard!¡± Feng Luo said, cutting him off.

    Feng Luo did not want to bother saying more. With a loud ¡°pa¡± sound, he disconnected themunicator and cklisted Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star straight away.

    On the other side, the face of Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star turned dark. His expression was clouded after hearing thest words of Feng Luo and receiving the system message notifying him that he was blocked.

    ¡°Ungrateful bastard!¡±

 Chapter 15 - Town of Exiles

    <h4>Chapter 15: Town of Exiles</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The ¡°Town of Exiles¡± was a unique town around 200 kilometers south of Silvermoon City. From its name, one could tell that the function of the town was to exile! Exile whom? Convicts of the Federation¡ªincluding a few infamous NPCs and red-name yers who killed others or vited federalws.

    Due to the rules of the system, red-name yers could not enter normal cities. Otherwise, they would be wanted by the city guards. They could not use some of the transportation, too. As such, after yers were red-named, apart from helping their friends transport supplies, their only other choice was to go to the ¡°Town of Exiles,¡± which wasmonly called the ¡°Red City.¡±

    There were many towns of exiles in War. In any location between cities, there was bound to be at least one Town of Exiles.

    In somerge cities with poption capacities of over 10 million, the Town of Exiles beside these metropolitan areas could even house millions of yers. It was not an exaggeration to call these towns ¡°Red Cities.¡±

    yers in towns of exiles were safe from the attacks of the Federation¡¯s army, and they could obtain supplies and repair their equipment. The only problem was that in towns of exiles, the prices of ammunition and supplies were several times higher than those in a normal city.

    Riding the SCV-Type One Motorcycle nicknamed ¡°Land Bullet,¡± Feng Luo arrived at the Town of Exiles less than an hour after leaving the Open-Air Mine.

    Aftermitting a PK and bing a red-name yer, one needed three days to be a yellow name, and after that, an additional one day to return to a white name. However, this was the situation for a yer with a PK value of only one point (one PK). Every time the PK value went up by one, the number of days one remained as a yellow-name yer would increase ordingly.

    Feng Luo had killed five yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group (killing Lonely Gunner and I Love Loli were considered reasonable retaliation). He needed to wait 15 days before he could ¡°turn yellow.¡±

    It was too long. He couldn¡¯t wait that long. His only choice was to go to the Town of Exiles since there was a method to ¡°clear¡± one from being a red name.

    A yer wearing a brown jacket on top of a gunner¡¯sbat uniform smiled at Feng Luo, showing a row of yellow teeth. ¡°Hey, brother. First time in a red city?¡± he said in a familiar tone as Feng Luo was getting off his bike.

    He passed him a cigarette and nced at the SCV-Type One quietly. Enthusiasm shed in the eyes of this ¡°Yellow-tooth.¡± An energy motorcycle like this had an aura of power and science-fiction that was the dream of most male yers in War.

    ¡°No need!¡± Feng Luo waved his hand and declined his cigarette. He did not smoke because for a Sniper, getting the urge to smoke while hiding was a very troublesome thing.

    Yellow-tooth paid thement no mind and took out a metallic lighter, lighting a bunch of cigarettes for himself as he looked at Feng Luo¡¯s ID overtop of his head. ¡°Hey, brother! Looks like you killed around five people. You got skills!¡±

    Red names were separated by different degrees. The more yers one killed, the darker the color. To a certain extent, the red would be dark red. Beyond that, a name would be purple or even ck, which was what the yers usually referred to as, ¡°so red that it is turning ck.¡± Experienced yers could roughly determine the PK value of a yer based on the color of their name.

    ¡°Brother, if you want to clear your red name, I can provide you with some information,¡± Yellow-tooth announced. ¡°You just need to pay a finder¡¯s fee!¡±

    Yellow-tooth did not seem concerned about hiding his intention, puffing the cigarettes clipped between his right-hand fingers, which were roasted ck.

    ¡°How much?¡± Feng Luo asked. He looked around and noticed that there were many other yers like Yellow-tooth in front of him, waiting around at the intersection of the town of exile. Every time they saw the arrival of a neer, someone would immediately walk over. It seemed like this had be quite a profitable business.

    ¡°For your situation, around 200 to 300 will do,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°As for the specifics, I¡¯ll collect the payment after it is done.¡±

    ¡°All right!¡± sand Feng Luo.

    He was also very straightforward. It was his first time in the Town of Exiles, and he just wanted to get rid of the PK value as fast as possible. It was far preferable to allow someone who was familiar with the topic to guide him, rather than groping about blindly by himself.

    ¡°There are three ways to clear a red name,¡± Yellow-tooth said. His expression became more formal now that a deal was in ce. ¡°The first is to spend money. For PK values below ten, spending 1,000 credits wipes off one point. As for PK values above ten, the price of one point is 10,000. PK values above 100 will require 100,000 credits for one point... The higher it goes, the more expensive it bes. This method is usually only avable for the wealthy.¡±

    That really is dark, thought Feng Luo. For those with PK values above 100, it¡¯s the equivalent of spending 10,000 star coins to reduce the total by one point. Even tycoons wouldn¡¯t be able to afford that!

    It would have been a mistake to think that it was difficult to get 100 points in PK value. In fact, PK numbers in the hundreds were not umon in War.

    For example, in a chaotic battle involving thousands of people, if a Machine Gunner with decent equipment were to seize the right opportunities, clearing a cartridge belt with 1,000 rounds could certainly him over a dozen PKs. Or, in another instance, if a good Maniptor with high-level equipment were to use an area-wide skill, the results would be simr.

    Even Snipers who could only deal single-target damage, if the equipment and awareness were both decent, could simrly the yer with hundreds of kills while hiding in a suitable spot. So, considering how easy it was to kill a yer, the money needed to reduce the PK value was indeed expensive.

    ¡°The second method is toplete missions,¡± continued Yellow-tooth, ¡°which involves taking on clearing missions in the mission center in the Red City. The difficulty depends on how much PK value needs to be cleared. However, a deposit is needed when receiving missions, and the deposit will not be refunded if the mission ends in failure.¡±

    This method sounds pretty good, thought Feng Luo. The only thing is that the difficulty of the mission is not entirely clear.

    ¡°As for the third method...!¡± Yellow-tooth pursed his lips and breathed out a green smoke ring. ¡°It¡¯s to PK!¡±

    ¡°PK?¡± Feng Luo was dumbfounded.

    ¡°Yes, PK! If you kill other red-name yers, you will be able to clear half the number of that yer¡¯s PK value. Killing white-name yers decreases the PK value by two fixed points. However, killing yellow-name yers is useless.¡±

    ¡°White-name yers? There are white-name yers here?¡± Feng Luo looked around. The people around them practically all had yellow or red names floating above them. There wasn¡¯t a white-name yer in sight.

    ¡°Very few,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°But there are always some white-names who get here due to missions. Killing white-names reduces a PK count by two. It is much more effective than killing red-name yers.¡± Yellow-tooth showed an evil grin. But then, sensing that Feng Luo seemed to have been moved by this, he hastily added, ¡°However, I won¡¯t advise you to choose the third method.¡±

    ¡°Oh?¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Why?¡±

    Feng Luo thought this was weird. PK was clearly the fastest method to clear one¡¯s name. He would not even need to spend money.

    ¡°First, it is because the red-name yers whoe here are mostly not good people. After getting killed, they are bound to hold a grudge. Even if your strength far exceeds them, being the target of revenge for people like that will be quite troublesome.¡±

    Feng Luo frowned. That was definitely a problem. After all, although one could not really kill a person in the game, one could still harass someone to the point that the game became unyable!

    ¡°Second, it is because many people have the intention of using this method, which is why many of them form teams specifically to do this. If you were to make the rash decision to leave town alone, it is very likely you would be a target of people using you to clear their names¡± Yellow-tooth flicked some ashes.

    ¡°My only choice is the second method then,¡± Feng Luo said. He hadn¡¯t expected there to be so many ways to cleanse one¡¯s red name.

    ¡°Yup,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°I do advise you to clear your name bypleting missions. However, if you want to select the third method, I can also introduce someone to you who is quite experienced in this matter.¡±

    ¡°Forget it,¡± Feng Luo said as he shook his head. ¡°I¡¯ll just choose the second method. Where do I get these clearing missions?¡±

    As for spending money to get rid of the red name, although a price of 5,000 credits wasn¡¯t much, Feng Luo currently had no choice. He was low on money.

    ¡°Follow me!¡±

    The yellow-toothed man led him through abyrinth of roads before finally arriving at a three-story building beside the administration hall.

    ¡°This is the mission center in the Town of Exiles,¡± he said.

    Rather than the beautiful NPC who greeted people with a smile at the hunter¡¯s guild in Silvermoon City, the NPC handling mission assignments here was a gigantic, burly man with a beard. He received Feng Luo¡¯s mission application with a cold face and passed a mission chip to him.

    After Luo Feng ced the half-transparent chip into the personalputer reader, the mission information was disyed.

    Mission Objective: Head toward the forest of exiles and kill a captain of the underground rebel army.

    Mission Reward: PK Value reduced by five points; one manufacturing blueprint of the Eye of the Thunder Gun Barrel.

    This mission requires a deposit of 2,000 credits!

 Chapter 16 - Hidden Mission

    <h4>Chapter 16: Hidden Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    On the mission data interface, there was a grayish-ck 3D picture of a gun barrel that had silverish-white electric current coursing across its surface from time to time.

    Eye of the Thunder (Rare-grade Sniper Rifle) Barrel

    Increases effective attack range by 250 meters. Bullets have a 1 percent probability of additional electric effects.

    Rare gun barrel with an increase of 250 meters in effective attack range!

    These two attributes immediately made Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shine. In War,rge guns like sniper rifles or machine guns were categorized as assembly-type equipment. Most of the time, yers only received parts of a gun. After that, they had to collect and assemble all the parts before obtaining aplete gun. The parts of different gun models could not be used interchangeably; however, they could be modified and then assembled by a gun manufacturer.

    This ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± gun barrel could be used on the M110 after some slight modification, which would allow the M110 to have the attribute ¡°increase effective attack range by 250 meters.¡± The importance of adding over 200 meters to the attack distance of a sniper rifle was obvious.

    It was important to note that the effective attack range of mainstream Sniper yers was approximately 800 to 1,000 meters. Feng Luo¡¯s M110 originally had a 1,000-meter attack range, and it was already at the maximum limit of an Excellent-grade sniper rifle under Level 40. To exceed 1,000 meters, one would likely need to own a Rare-grade sniper rifle.

    The catch was that it wasn¡¯t easy to obtain a piece of Rare-grade equipment. As an assembly-type weapon, a Rare grade sniper rifle was, without a doubt, several times more difficult to obtain than the Rare Desert Eagle in his possession.

    I never would have thought that the Town of Exiles would actually have a mission that had the manufacturing blueprint for a sniper rifle part! thought Feng Luo.

    He was a little excited. The reward for the mission was only the manufacturing blueprint of the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel and not the barrel itself, but for Feng Luo, the value of the blueprint was much higher! That was because his Gun Manufacturer level was already at ¡°Expert.¡± Theoretically, he could manufacture Rare-grade equipment. As soon as he got the blueprint, manufacturing the gun barrel wouldn¡¯t be a problem at all!

    ¡°If there are extra rewards forpleting these red-name-clearing missions, why didn¡¯t you mention it during your introduction?¡± Feng Luo asked the yellow-toothed guy behind him.

    If not for hisck of credits, Feng Luo might have chosen to spend credits to clear his red name and, in that case, would have missed his chance at this mission.

    ¡°Extra reward?¡± Yellow-tooth, still smoking his cigarette, looked dumbfounded at Feng Luo¡¯s words. Soon, his expression turned into genuine shock. ¡°Brother, it looks like you really are an expert to even be able to trigger a hidden mission like this!¡±

    ¡°Hidden mission? You mean this extra reward is because of a hidden mission?¡± Feng Luo understood a little bit more.

    ¡°Of course, normal mission rewards only have one objective, which is to clear off the PK values. However, when the system¡¯s evaluation of the yer is higher, there is a certain probability for a hidden mission like this with extra rewards to appear. This is a specialty of the missions in a Red City, man.¡± Yellow-tooth said this in admiration, then added, ¡°However, the difficulty for hidden missions like these are also quite high. The system would never allow yers to have so many advantages so easily.¡±

    ¡°The mission needs me to kill a medium-sized squad captain in the rebel army,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Is this difficult?¡±

    ¡°How should I say this...?¡± Yellow-tooth pondered aloud. ¡°The underground rebel army is made up of humanoid-type monsters. More precisely, they are considered humanoid NPCs. You¡¯ve heard about them, right?¡±

    ¡°The official briefing is that they are an armed force that rebel against the federal government,¡± Feng Luo said.

    War was meant to be set in modern times, and the current federal government was the by-product of a war that had urred in the human world around 30 years prior. However, humans had not achieved true peace, as there were still various forces disassociated with the leaders of the government. Among them, the underground rebel army was one example. They controlled arge expanse ofnd outside the jurisdiction of the federal government. They could be considered the second-strongest armed force, just behind the federal government in War.

    This information could all be found in the background information published by the official gamepany. Feng Luo was quite meticulous when doing his homework on the game, so he knew this much.

    ¡°Deep in the forest of exiles,¡± said Yellow-tooth, ¡°west of town, there is a base established by the rebel army. The people inside are nning something in regard to Red City, and they often kidnap yellow- and white-name yers who enter the forest.¡±

    This piqued Feng Luo¡¯s curiosity. ¡°Monsters are kidnapping yers?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°Don¡¯t think of the rebel army as normal monsters. In truth, they are more like humanoid NPCs. They are familiar with the use of weapons and equipment, and they can even learn skills, use strategies, and make ns. They arepletely different from normal monsters.¡±

    Suddenly, Feng Luo was interested in this rebel army. ¡°Why are they kidnapping yers? To get them to join them? Or to ckmail them for valuables?¡±

    ¡°The main thing is to ckmail them for money and valuables,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°They hardlyck manpower. Since red-name yers are regarded by the Federation as convicts and criminals, the rebel army isn¡¯t all that interested in them. They mainly target white- and yellow-name yers. If the yers are captured, they will be used as hostages to get the federal government to pay a ransom. And if, by the end of the time limit, they don¡¯t receive the ransom, they will kill the hostages.¡±

    ¡°And the federal government doesn¡¯t pay the ransoms, right?¡± said Feng Luo with a smile. ¡°After all, the yers aren¡¯t actually going to die.¡± The idea of yers actually being kidnapped and killed by monsters was a bit funny.

    ¡°Whether or not they pay the ransom depends on the yer,¡± replied Yellow-tooth. ¡°The ransom amount is actually directly deducted from the kidnapped yers¡¯ ount. The yer can choose not to pay. Of course, in that case, he or she drops one level of experience and maybe even drops a piece of equipment.¡±

    ¡°Since they target white- and yellow-name yers, then red-name yers should be safer, right?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°Of course not. When they encounter red-name yers, most of the time, they will just kill them.¡± Yellow-tooth puffed some smoke out of his mouth and wiped his neck. ¡°You say your mission is to kill a medium-sized squad captain of the rebel army? This will be really difficult to do solo. If the bonus reward isn¡¯t very good, my suggestion is not to try.¡± As Yellow-tooth said this, he stared directly at Feng Luo¡¯s face as if trying to detect something.

    ¡°Why? Are medium-sized squad captains of the rebel army very strong?¡± Feng Luo asked, changing the subject. He had no intention of revealing the existence of the Rare-grade gun barrel manufacturing blueprint.

    ¡°A small-sized squad captain in the rebel army is a Level-40 Elite-grade monster,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°A medium-sized squad captain normally will be a Level-45 Elite-grade monster.¡±

    ¡°A Level-45 Elite-grade monster?¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°The difficulty isn¡¯t that high. Is it?¡±

    A Level-45 Elite-grade monster was six levels higher than he was, and it would definitely be much harder to deal withpared to a Level-40 Elite Mutant Dog. However, if he had enough time to prepare and went in armed with the several kinds of unique bullets and ammunition in his arsenal, killing a Level-45 Elite-grade monster wouldn¡¯t be too strenuous.

    ¡°Perhaps killing the captain won¡¯t be too difficult,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°The most difficult part is escaping pursuit. Although a medium-sized squad captain in the rebel army is only an Elite-grade monster, it usually has several rebel army soldiers protecting it, so its true strength is perhaps equivalent to a weakened Commander-grade monster.¡±

    Yellow-tooth had revealed the factor that would prove most troublesome. In War, a monster above the Commander grade would normally have subordinates alongside it, which were normally referred to as ¡°mobs.¡± Although a medium-sized squad captain was only an Elite-grade monster, if it had around 30 rebel army soldiers on its side, it would be almost equal to half a Commander-grade monster. And a Commander-grade monster was definitely not something a solo yer could deal with!

    ¡°Moreover, a unique trait about the rebel army is that they are not afraid of death,¡± Yellow-tooth added. ¡°Even if you kill their captain, the remaining rebel army soldiers will not falter and run away. Instead, they will pursue you to the ends of the earth. Many yers have been killed during the pursuit afterpleting their missions.¡±

    ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then this really is a problem!¡± Feng Luo frowned. ¡°Forget it. I¡¯ll go take a look first. If I really can¡¯tplete it, then I¡¯ll give up.¡±

    He understood the situation, but the temptation for the Rare-grade gun barrel blueprint was too much. He decided to check it out first.

    ¡°Since you¡¯ve already decided, then 300 credits as a token of gratitude,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right¡ªI¡¯ll give you a free map of the forest of exiles. It should prove useful!¡±

    Seeing as Feng Luo had decided, Yellow-tooth smiled brightly. He had merely wagged his tongue a little, and he had made 300 credits. The transaction had certainly been worth it. As for the map, he only needed to make a copy using his personal terminal, so there wasn¡¯t even any cost involved.

    Feng Luo took three white crystals (equal in value to 300 credits) and handed them to Yellow-tooth. After that, he asked him for the location of the shops and equipment store. He still needed to get some supplies, and there was a damaged area on hisbat uniform that needed some repair.

    After Feng Luo left, Yellow-tooth spun the three crystals in his hands as he walked casually into a bar beside the mission center.

    He was clearly a regr in the bar. The moment he entered the bar, someone greeted him, saying, ¡°Hey! Yellow-tooth justpleted another deal.¡±

    ¡°Just earning some small change!¡± Yellow-tooth said and threw one white crystal to the boss, a man with big ears who stood behind the bar. Then Yellow-tooth extended his hand to grab a ss of whiskey.

    The boss epted the white crystal while his other hand was busy searching for information using theputer on top of the bar. He then raised his head and spoke loudly, using his booming voice to drown out the noise in the bar.

    ¡°Hold on!¡± he said. ¡°Quiet, everyone. I want to announce a bounty. Silvermoon City¡¯s Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group wants to offer a reward for a red-name yer with the name ¡®Feng Zhi Luoye.¡¯ Killing him once, with video footage confirmation, will earn a reward of 5,000 credits. Unlimited kill counts allowed. If anyone sees him in Red City, you can earn some quick cash.¡±

    Bars in War featured an eclectic mix of people, and it was the best channel for yers to announce missions and bounties.

    ¡°Yo! Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group? They¡¯re really breaking the bank! 5,000 for one kill!¡± a yer shouted to create a ruckus.

    Other yers were unimpressed. ¡°Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group ain¡¯t good people...¡±

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye...?¡± Yellow-Tooth, who had just grabbed his whiskey, first looked stunned. Then a smirk shed across his face. ¡°Brother, I¡¯m sorry,¡± he muttered under his breath. ¡°But I¡¯m a businessman. I can¡¯t resist a payday. Moreover, I¡¯m also quite curious... Just what is your reward for the hidden mission?¡±

 Chapter 17 - Forest of Exiles

    <h4>Chapter 17: Forest of Exiles</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The forest of exiles was a sizeable indigenous forest west of the Town of Exiles. The gap between the levels of monsters within the forest was vast, ranging from the 20s to the 50s, and there were also many kinds of monsters that dropped decent items. It was supposed to have been a popr ce for people to hunt and level up.

    However, to level here, one had to face off not only against monsters that were adept at hiding, but also members of the rebel army who were always in squads. As such, yers who were not strong enough did not dare to set foot inside the forest.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face was painted with a thickyer of camouge oil paint, and hisbat uniform was coated with special bug repent. He held his M110 and walked quietly on a forest floor that was littered with dry leaves.

    Most people who had never been in an indigenous forest before would probably have assumed that it would be thick with all kinds of vegetation and that one¡¯s field of vision would be narrow. One might have thought that zing a trail would require the use of a hunting de to cut through the nts blocking one¡¯s view.

    In fact, this sort of situation would only ur in a rainforest. Drier indigenous forests featured few nts or vegetation on the ground, and although sunlight was limited, it was not all that dark. This was because the indigenous forest of the northern climate could support 100-year-old trees that stood over a dozen meters tall. These tall, straight trees allowed for a great deal of empty space below them. As such, upon entering the forest, one would actually find it more spacious.

    Although a forest like this limited a Sniper to an extent, the effect was not great, so Feng Luo still held the M110 in his hands and did not switch to the Desert Eagle.

    Carrying a weapon was necessary because the density of monsters in the forest was anything but low. Monsters entered his field of view practically all the time.

    Pang!

    ?1433!

    A Level-42 Mutant Mountain Monkey with ck fur and dark green pupils hung in a tree. It had intended to ambush Feng Luo, but Feng Luo had detected it in advance. With one shot, Feng Luo hit the arm of the monkey holding the tree branch, dropping it from the tree branch that was over ten meters above the ground.

    ¡°Eek!¡±

    Although the Mutant Monkey was hit in the arm and dropped to the ground, the forest floor was covered withyers of leaves, and it did not suffer much from the fall.

    As soon as it hit the ground, the Mutant Monkey leaped up. Murderous intent emanated from its dark green pupils. All four of its limbs moved to grasp therge tree trunk, and it rushed toward Feng Luo.

    Pang!

    ?3767!

    However, it was still in the air when Feng Luo¡¯s second shot reached the Mutant Monkey. In a bloody spectacle, a high-temperature rotating bullet entered its neck from one side. The force generated from the rotation of the bullet minced flesh, muscle, and blood vessels. By the time the armor-piercing bullet exited the other side, the wound was the size of a sd bowl. The neck of the Mutant Monkey was broken straight away by the close-range shot. Five meters from Feng Luo, its body dropped like an empty sack into a pile of leaves on the ground.

    Most agile monsters such as this one had low HP. Two shots, totaling around 5,000 damage, had instantly depleted the HP of the Mutant Mountain Monkey, killing it.

    However, after the Mutant Mountain Monkey died, several gray crystals and a pack of blood tonic burst onto the ground, which struck Feng Luo as an umon urrence. Normally, when monsters died, they dropped energy crystals, materials, and¡ªvery rarely¡ªequipment or equipment parts. Items like supplies were only dropped by Boss monsters and not by normal ones. It seemed like the monsters in the forest of exiles were somewhat unique.

    Feng Luo put the Grade-E blood tonic, which could only recover 500 points of HP, into his backpack and continued moving forward while carrying the M110.

    Since the mission did not specify which captain of the rebel army he had to kill, he could kill any rebel army captain to satisfy the missionpletion requirement. Based on the mission information, the rebel army often sent teams into the forest of exiles to hunt and kidnap yers. These teams were normally in squads.

    A small squad would have at least 10 members, a medium squad would have at least 30 members, and arge squad would have 90 or more members. Feng Luo¡¯s mission target was a captain of a medium-sized squad the rebel army, which meant that the number of enemies he would face could be over 30.

    The average level of a member of the rebel army was over Level 40. Considering the strength of monsters in War, there was no way Feng Luo could fight and win against 30-plus soldiers with high AI, let alone four Elite monsters (one medium squad would also contain three captains of small squads). It was a good thing he was a Sniper and could utilize a long-range assassination tactic toplete this mission. As such, this mission was not impossible.

    However, the situation in the forest of exiles seemed a bit out of the ordinary. It had been over half an hour since he had entered the forest. He had already traveled over five kilometers, but he had not yet encountered even one member of the rebel army.

    Aren¡¯t there supposed to be a lot of small rebel army squads in the forest of exiles? thought Feng Luo.

    As Feng Luo pondered this, he heard a vague sound from somewhere close by.

    Huh?

    Feng Luo listened carefully and immediately recognized the source of the sound.

    I can hear machine guns, sniper rifles, and even the explosions of fireballs in the distance, thought Feng Luo. Could it be that there are yers battling monsters ahead?

    Apart from setting the pain perception to 50 percent, Feng Luo set the game¡¯s other perception levels to 100 percent. As such, his hearing was very good, and he immediately distinguished the situation through the sounds.

    In War, not everyone would set the perception settings to the maximum. This was because the higher the perception settings were, the more realistic the game would be. And in some situations, a highly realistic situation could be extremely ufortable to yers! Examples included the feeling of drowning underwater or traversing a desert with a temperature of over 50 degrees Celsius, with the agony of being under the hot sun without a drop of water to drink¡ªor even situations like the one faced by Lonely Gunner earlier, when his clothes had caught on fire. As a result, most people would limit the perception level to a range that suited them.

    Relying on the maximum perception setting, Feng Luo quietly headed toward the source of the sound. After moving forward for about 300 to 400 meters, he discovered that, just as he predicted, people were engaged inbat with monsters within the forest of exiles. Moreover, the number of yers was quite high. Within Feng Luo¡¯s field of vision alone, which was mostly blocked off by trees and vegetation, there were 20 to 30 yers. They were fighting a group of green-eyed Mutant Mountain Monkeys numbering in the hundreds.

    Although the monsters had the advantage in terms of numbers, these yers were quite strong. They werepletely dominating the Mutant Mountain Monkeys that outnumbered them.

    These people seem to be from a guild, thought Feng Luo. Are they here for a mission?

    Feng Luo observed the battlefield through the scope of the M110 from a hidden position over 100 meters away. He noticed the same symbol on the chest of each of these people. It was obvious they belonged to a particrly powerful yer organization. But it was probably not an organization from Silvermoon City, since Feng Luo had never seen this organization¡¯s symbol before.

    Oh, right, thought Feng Luo. Maybe their mission is rted to the rebel army. If there is a chance, perhaps I can follow them from behind and use this as an opportunity toplete my mission!

    A n took form in Feng Luo¡¯s head as he observed the battle from his hidden location. During missions in War, if there wasn¡¯t a strict condition requiring the yer toplete the mission alone, it normally meant that others could help. The main mission holder just had to y a main role in the process. In a killing mission like this, for example, the condition would normally be that one¡¯s contribution during the hunt reached a certain ratio, in addition tonding the final hit.

    It was not that Feng Luo had not considered forming a team with others toplete this mission; it was simply that, first of all, he was used to moving alone, and second, one could not really be at ease when forming alliances with red-name yers from the Town of Exiles.

    However, encountering this party by coincidence was undoubtedly an opportunity. With so many yers present in the depths of the forest of exiles, there was no way they were there to simply hunt and level up. It was possible they were trying toplete missions, too.

    Missions in the forest of exiles were practically all associated with the rebel army. If this group of yers was to encounter a squad belonging to the rebel army, perhaps Feng Luo could take out a captain in the chaos.

    As he thought about this, Feng Luo shifted his scope and focused on a yer who was in the middle of talking, protected by several Heavy Armor Warriors. He appeared to be themander of these yers.

    From around 200 meters away, Feng Luo could not hear what the person was saying, but that didn¡¯t mean he couldn¡¯t guess the meaning behind his words. After all, fluency in lip reading was a skill that waspulsory for a professional international mercenary.

    After ¡°listening¡± for a while, Feng Luo confirmed the objective of this group of yers. It was indeed to do something in the rebel army camp. As for the details of what they intended to do, the person who appeared to be themander did not talk about it in detail. But knowing that their objective aligned with his was enough.

    Looks like my luck is pretty good today, Feng Luo thought.

    After that, he discovered something else that slightly shocked him. Just 50 meters in front of him, there were two scout yers hidden on a tree.

    They hid between the leaves, and their gazes were focused on their surroundings and on their nks. It was only because Feng Luo had been careful in his movements and had found a ce to hide out of habit that he had not been discovered by the two.

    Interesting! Feng Luo thought.

    Why would they have scouts defending them in secret while fighting in the forest?

    Just what are they defending against? The rebel army?

 Chapter 18 - Mad Dog Military Knife

    <h4>Chapter 18: Mad Dog Military Knife</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The equipment of these yers was quite decent. Plus, they had a unified and centralizedmand. Although the Mutant Mountain Monkeys were more numerous, they clearly could not create too many problems for the yers. So, very quickly, after most of the Mutant Mountain Monkey were cleared away by the group of yers, the morale of those remaining copsed. After reassessing the situation and seeing that it was no longer in their favor, they retreated while squealing. These yers did not pursue them. Instead, they continued moving forward after picking up all the dropped items from their victory.

    After ensuring that the two scouts protecting the group¡¯s nk had left, Feng Luo packed his M110 into his spacial backpack and followed along.

    To prevent being discovered, Feng Luo intentionally kept a safe distance of around 100 meters between them. With over 100 people traversing through the forest, there was no way they would not leave any trail. For Feng Luo, who had been professionally trained in tracking, this degree of tracking was very easy.

    As he moved forward, Feng Luo paid special attention to the corpses of the monsters that had been killed and left behind. In War, the corpses of monsters would remain for a longer period of time before they refreshed. This was mainly to make it more convenient for life profession yers to collect materials. yers who were more experienced could easily get a ton of useful information from the corpses of monsters.

    After approximately 30 minutes, Feng Luo noticed, for the first time, a corpse in the form of a human body. The body wore a camougebat uniform and wielded an assault rifle as a weapon. The face of the corpse was not much different from normal people, but beneath thebat uniform, the surface of its skin was covered with a denseyer of brown scales.

    Rebel army!

    Feng Luo confirmed the identity of this ¡°human.¡± This was indeed a soldier of the rebel army. As for the scales on its body, they were the product of gic modification technology.

    Of all the information released by the Federation, the most important piece of information was that the rebel army conducted immoral and illegal practices, including mass-producing clone soldiers and creating gically modified beast soldiers through gic biotechnology. It was also one of the reasons the federal government continued to use the rebel army of breaking thew.

    The rebel soldier on the ground was clearly one of those gically modified beast soldier!

    Judging by the wounds on its body and the damage to its equipment, it was not hard to deduce that the HP and defense of the beast Warrior were higher than a yer of the same level. The catch was that the AI level was unknown.

    Feng Luo was dyed a little as he observed the body of the rebel army soldier. By the time he caught up with the yers in front of him again, he suddenly discovered something shocking. Behind the two scouts, a ck shadow was quietly following behind them!

    It was a gically modified beast Warrior from the rebel army with the silhouette of a human body. It wore no shoes and had the features of an ape, allowing it to grab hold of tree branches and move swiftly through the trees.

    Even the abilities of two scouts around Level 40, at a distance of only 20 to 30 meters away, were not enough to discover that they were being followed!

    Rebel army Reconnoiter!

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes brightened. He was certain that this was the profession simr to the scout in the rebel army. ording to rumors, these beast soldiers had a retro title: ¡°Reconnoitre!¡±

    The rebel army Reconnoiter tracking the yers was agile, and its speed was amazing. Not only was it able to move up and down trees over ten meters tall, but it also made practically no sound when running over ground covered with dried branches and leaves. In addition, there was the brownish-greenbat uniform it wore, giving it excellent camouge ability. Feng Luo estimated that if he hadn¡¯t been behind the enemy, it would have been difficult for him to have noticed it.

    It probably appeared before I caught up, thought Feng Luo. Otherwise, it might have already noticed me. But the key question is, just what exactly is this Reconnoiter trying to do, following so close behind yers? Forget it. I¡¯ll find out once I catch up.

    Feng Luo thought about this a bit. Then, just to be safe, he took an army knife out of his anti-gravity spacial backpack and positioned it on his waist where it was easily essible.

    The appearance of the army knife was nothing to fawn over, but if one were to have studied it in detail, one would definitely have discovered its uniqueness. The ck epoxy ss knife handle could withstand the impact from pistol rounds, and the bright white de was covered with ayer of hardened chrome as if emanating a sharp, murderous aura. It was none other than the famous ATAK military knife, aka ¡°Mad Dog.¡±

    ATAK Advanced Tactical Military Knife

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 370

    Attack Coefficient: D+

    Material Coefficient: D

    Strength +15

    Bonus Effects: 20% chance of directly breaking defense below grade C (not inclusive)

    Level Requirement: Level 33

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    This had been Feng Luo¡¯s one and only Rare-grade piece of equipment before getting his hands on the Desert Eagle. Although the level requirement was only 33, in terms of its power and damage, it was not inferior to some Level-40 military piercing weapons.

    The attribute of ¡°Strength +15¡± was almostparable to the two-handed sword previously dropped by the silver-armored Warrior. Having that military knife in hand during close-quartersbat would be undeniably advantageous. However, the most important trait of the weapon was the rare attribute of a 20 percent chance to break defense below grade C!

    Equipment in War was only categorized into four grades, namely, Normal, Fine, Excellent, and Rare. Normal equipment was the white equipmentmonly referred to by yers, and their attributes were moremon.

    Fine equipment would have an increase in attribute numberpared to normal equipment, and Excellent equipment would be another level uppared to Fine equipment. At the same level, the fundamental attribute of a piece of Excellent equipment could even be 50 percent stronger than a piece of Normal equipment.

    However, the difference between the first three equipment grades was only the value of the attributes. As such, it was only a numerical change. Only equipment at the Rare grade was fundamentally different. That was because,pared to an Excellent-grade piece of equipment, a Rare-grade piece of equipment would have an additional bonus effect.

    The primary reason that Rare equipment was so rare was because of this additional bonus effect. The strength of attributes also determined the value of a piece of Rare equipment. For example, the Desert Eagle wielded by Feng Luo had a Rare attribute of ¡°Increase movement speed by 10 percent when holding the weapon.¡± This was, of course, a strong attribute. This was especially true for professions afraid of being closed down on by fighters like Maniptors and Gunners. A 10 percent movement increase was certainly practical, which was also why the price had soared so high during the auction in the nightclub.

    The Rare attribute of the military knife ¡°Mad Dog¡± was even stronger: a 20 percent chance of breaking defense below C grade. For a close-range weapon, it was nearly perfect!

    It was important to note that the defense coefficient of most yers could never reach C grade. Even the alloy armor of many Heavy Armor Warriors had defense coefficients lower than C grade. That meant that, in theory, when in close-quartersbat, there was a chance for Feng Luo to prate through the alloy shield of a Heavy Armor Warrior straight away with the ATAK military knife in his hands. The ¡°Mad Dog¡± tactical military knife, hailed by so many in his world, certainly lived up to its name.

    After equipping the military knife, Feng Luo intentionally waited for a while. After increasing the distance between himself and the rebel army Reconnoiter, he became even more vignt as he progressed forward.

    However, several minutes after he started moving, the sounds of intense battle erupted in front of him.

    Compared to the scuffle a while before, the sound this time was more distinct and noisier; it seemed like the situation was quite intense. There was even a possibility that it surpassed the battle against the Mutant Mountain Monkeys.

    Did they encounter arge group of monsters? Or is it arge squad of the rebel army?

    Feng Luo elerated his advances while hiding cautiously. After passing a tree that had been blocking his view, he saw the situation faced by the yers.

    Hundreds of rebel army beast fighters¡ªclone soldiers wearing military garments of the rebel army¡ªrushed out of the forest, initiating attacks from three sides against the yers. A barrage of bullets tore through trees and nts. Energy lights of all colors shed by as they transformed into wind des, fireballs, or ice arrows. There were also many beast soldiers roaring into the air as they rushed forward while holding their alloy longswords.

    In addition, two ¡°Hydra¡± six-barrelled heavy machine guns were set up on two strong gun stands. They were controlled by two rebel army beast soldiers with thick, muscr arms, shooting tightly packed bullets at the yers!

 Chapter 19 - Underground Rebel Army

    <h4>Chapter 19: Underground Rebel Army</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A huge swarm of rebel army soldiers appeared. They even surrounded the yers.

    Feng Luo instantly understood the objective of the Reconnoiter of the rebel army. It was highly likely that it had been tracking the yers and had informed their location to itsmander in real time after discovering the yers. Then they had set up this ambush in the path of the yers.

    This also exined why there had been only one or two encounters with the rebel army in the forest of exiles, which was normally popted with rebel army soldiers. It was because the rebel army in the region had all gathered in this single ce for the ambush.

    In the forest, there was at least onerge squad surrounding the yers, which totaled over 150 rebel army soldiers. The profession makeup was also veryplete: Machine Gunners, Maniptors, Warriors¡ªthere were even Doctors, Snipers, and various other professions. It was highly simr to the party of yers.

    As for their strength, the strength of the rebel army soldiers, whose average level of 40 was slightly inferior to the group of yers. On the one hand, they had a numerical advantage. Plus, the captains within the rebel army were considered Elite-grade monsters; they were several more times powerful than average yers. And there were more than ten of these Elite monsters! In addition, the ambush gave them the initiative, which naturally threw the yers into a crisis.

    Fortunately, the yers did not panic and make a grave mistake. Instead, after a shout by themander, whose face was filled with anxiety, the yers quickly set up a line of defense. They had practiced for this sort of situation in advance.

    Over ten Heavy Armor Warriors with their levels in the 40s hastily raised their shields and rushed to the front to block the beast soldiers of the rebel army rushing toward them. Machine Gunners started firing away without any regard to exhausting their bullets or the heat of their guns¡¯ muzzles. Doctors carrying medical packs on their backs threw treatment packages while under the danger of the rain of bullets, trying to save those who had been injured. The battle instantly reached a climax!

    Feng Luo hid behind a tree at the yers¡¯ nk, observing the situation in detail. After he confirmed that the Reconnoiter of the rebel army had disappeared, he took the M110 out of his anti-gravity backpack and quickly set it up. He set the parameters and immediately aimed his gun in the direction of the rebel army.

    In this massive battle involving hundreds of individuals, the responsibility of a Sniper was to kill the enemy that represented the highest level of threat. After all, a Sniper was always the best at taking the head of a general among an army of 1,000. Moreover, there was no doubt that his chance toplete the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± gun barrel mission was right in front of his eyes.

    The Elite captains of the rebel army were rtively easy to distinguish. Their outfits differed from normal rebel army soldiers, and theirbat strength was also on a different level.

    A rebel army captain with the Heavy Armor Warrior profession raised hisrge alloy shield and charged forward with a scream. Not even four or five Level-40 yers could have blocked it. This sort of strength was befitting of an Elite humanoid-type monster that was over Level 45.

    Click!

    The D-grade double armor-piercing bullet was fed into the gun chamber. Feng Luo¡¯s muzzle was already aimed at his first target.

    His aim was naturally not on the Heavy Armor Warrior holding the shield. It was instead on a Fire Maniptor who was in the midst of firing off his skills, positioned in the middle of the rebel army squad. He was a rebel army captain who wore a magician¡¯s robe while wielding a ginger-colored staff in his hand. A fireball with a diameter of around one meter flew toward the group of yers. It exploded on impact and created a huge circle of me, turning several yers with dangerously low HP into white shes of light.

    As the branch of Maniptors with the most potent attacks, Fire Maniptors dealt devastating damage. A well-protected Fire Maniptor could even achieve results of over ten kills in a single battle.

    The body of the rebel army Maniptor was covered by a red energy shield that blocked the attack skills and bullets of the yers. However, the color of the shield gradually turned lighter after getting hit by the skills and the bullets of the yers.

    The attacks of Fire Maniptors may have been the strongest, but their defense shield was the weakest of the four branches. It was rtively easier to break their shields.

    Feng Luo¡¯s index finger rested on the trigger. His eyes focused on the color of the shield of the Fire Maniptor in his scope. He did not even blink once, so focused was he.

    For monsters at and above the Elite grade, the game system would calcte the contribution of yers after the monster was killed before distributing rewards ording to their contribution. Shield break, first damage, highest damage, final damage, and other special actions provided bonuses in terms of contribution. Facing an Elite-grade monster like this, if Feng Luo wanted toplete his mission, his contribution needed to be over 50 percent.

    The requirement for Elite monsters was 50 percent. Commander-grade monsters required 30 percent, Quasi-Boss monsters required 15 percent, and Boss monsters required 5 percent... These were the hidden conditions forpleting missions when receiving help from other yers, discovered through other yers¡¯ calction.

    An Elite-grade humanoid monster would not have high HP. If, before it was killed, it umted too much damage from the other yers, it was possible that Feng Luo would fail to reach a 50 percent contribution. As such, Feng Luo had to seize the opportune moment to try and get the bonuses of ¡°shield break¡± and ¡°first damage!¡±

    Finally, after getting hit by several skills from the yers, the shield of the Fire Maniptor of the rebel army went from its original zing red to a half-transparent red color. The moment it was about to vanish...

    Pang!

    The barrel of the M110 produced a dull noise!

    ?750!

    A double armor-piercing bullet¡ªfired at just the right moment¡ªflew over 100 meters and hit the shield. Like the straw that broke the camel¡¯s back, it broke straight through the energy shield, which was already on the verge of copse. As for the hard alloy core of the double armor-piercing bullet, it elerated after the explosion and hit the chest of the rebel army Maniptor. The second hit dealt white-colored damage of over 700.

    ¡°Ha! Pretty decent luck!¡± said Feng Luo.

    He sighed in relief. However, his finger did not stop. He moved as fast as he could and pulled the trigger, firing the second shot. After the energy shield of the Fire Maniptor disappeared, several yers noticed it and immediately focused their attacks on the Maniptor captain. Several long-range skills flew toward him at the same time.

    ?420!

    ?1075!

    ?811!

    ?503!

    A second after the shield was destroyed, several damage values appeared in quick session above the Fire Maniptor¡¯s head. In one short second, he had already lost around 3,000 HP.

    ?420!

    ?2550!

    This time, Feng Luo¡¯s second shot also arrived. The 7.62mm double armor-piercing bullet, rotating at high speed, apanied by a powerful force, struck the bridge of the rebel army Maniptor¡¯s nose, flinging his head all the way back. After that, his body fell on the ground. As he fell on the ground, he lost his grip on the ginger-colored staff. It flew out of his hands.

    ¡°Mistake!¡± Feng Luo muttered with a frown.

    He had made a slight error in judgment, having been influenced by the variety of colorsing from the energy shes across the battlefield. The distraction had made him miss the vital point of the rebel army captain, so he had only managed to inflict yellow-colored weak-point damage. Plus, the damage was off by a little bit. It had only knocked the Fire Maniptor to the ground and put him in a state of ¡°heavy injury!¡±

    In the current situation, even if he wanted to fire a third shot, he would not have had the opportunity to do so because the skills of several yers had already started flying toward the heavily injured rebel army Fire Maniptor lying on the ground. Unfortunately, given that the opponent had less than 5 percent of its HP remaining, any skill would be able to kill him if it hit.

    ¡°I lost the kill shot!¡±

    Feng Luo sighed slightly. He never would have expected that at that moment, a two-meter tall alloy shield would suddenly appear in his field of vision. A pair of thick, muscr arms covered in gray hair, a Heavy Armor Warrior of the rebel army, suddenly appeared and stood in front of the Fire Maniptor.

    Boom!

    ?179

    ?207

    ?251

    ?206

    ?67!

    The sudden appearance of the Heavy Armor Warrior blocked the consecutive attacks of the yers with his shield. Any one of those skills would have easily dealt with the remaining 5 percent of the Fire Maniptor¡¯s total HP if they had touched his body, but instead, they only dealt a total of less than 1,000 damage. The shield of a Heavy Armor Warrior, after all, had a base 50 percent damage reduction. Furthermore, there was a damage reduction from skills as well as his own defense. Even if he were to face off against the attacks of four or five yers at the same time, a Heavy Armor Warrior would be able to hold out for quite some time.

    Moreover, within the rebel army, there was a soldier with the Doctor profession with medical packs in hand, currently rushing toward the Maniptor to treat and help him recover. In this case, the lost HP of the rebel army captain would be quickly replenished. And after waiting a little longer, after the cooldown of the energy shield was over, he would have almostpletely recovered and returned to the battlefield to continue to unleash his skills and prowess.

    This specific Maniptor, Doctor, and Heavy Armor Warriorbination tactic was one of the mostmon among yers when they hunted monsters. This time, however, it was being used by the rebel army¡ªand it was being used to deal with the yers.

 Chapter 20 - Military Knife Draws Blood

    <h4>Chapter 20: Military Knife Draws Blood</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The group tactics disyed by the rebel army truly exceeded Feng Luo¡¯s expectations. He had initially thought that although the rebel army had more people, and while there were also several Elite-grade captains of middle and small squads, they did not really have a high chance of winning when faced with a team of yers who had a unifiedmand, were familiar with all kinds of battle tactics, and could continue to replenish their health and treat themselves.

    However, now that he saw the actions of the rebel army were no different than that of the yers¡ªor perhaps were even more familiarized with tactical cooperation¡ªFeng Luo knew that he had underestimated the AI of the humanoid monsters.

    Based on the current situation, the yers held no advantage. On the contrary, they were at a great disadvantage! Because although they were ahead in terms of level and equipment, a yer over Level 40 did not have thebat strength to deal with two Level-40 rebel army soldiers at the same time. Additionally, the incrediblebat strength of over ten Elite-grade captains further emphasized the disadvantage of the yers.

    In fact, just as Feng Luo thought, on the battlefield at that moment, the yers were already at a serious disadvantage. White light shes of death kept on appearing.

    ¡°Looks like have no time to waste!¡± muttered Feng Luo. Noticing that the tide was turning, Feng Luo knew that time was of the essence. ¡°No... My line of sight ispletely blocked!¡±

    Looking through the scope of the M110, he saw that the alloy shield was still between him and the body of the Fire Maniptor. A look of anxiety shed across Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    Forget it, he thought. I¡¯ll switch to another target.

    With no other choice, Feng Luo could only move his muzzle and search quickly for a new target. The Elite-grade captains of the rebel army had practically all joined the battle. As such, from the position he was hiding in, Feng Luo could see the captains of five small squads and two captains of medium squads.

    The two medium squad captains were a Heavy Armor Warrior and a Light Armor Warrior, respectively. The Heavy Armor Warrior holding a thick shield was the first one he excluded. The remaining target was the Light Armor Warrior.

    At that moment, the Light Armor Warrior was just about to cast the Level-35 Warrior skill ¡°Raging sh.¡± The alloy longsword made the leaves on the ground fly into the air as it shed violently against the shield of a Heavy Armor Warrior yer.

    Peng!

    ?3288!

    Even if the yer was a Level-45 Heavy Armor Warrior, this hit dealt over 3,000 damage, and the alloy shield in his hands was almost cut in half.

    As the Light Armor Warrior pushed the Heavy Armor Warrior back, he created a gap in the defense perimeter of the yers. It was a good thing these yers were not just a motley crowd. Seven or eight of them immediately focused their firepower on him. Whistling bullets and skills of all sorts of colors instantly stopped him in his tracks.

    ?599!

    ?792!

    ?664!

    Faced with the concentrated firepower of the yers, the Light Armor Warrior captain instantly lost around 3,000 to 4,000 HP.

    Hold on, thought Feng Luo. I seem to have forgotten something.

    A problem suddenly urred to Feng Luo just as the muzzle of the M110 locked onto the head of the Light Armor Warrior captain and he was about to fire. Since the start of the battle, this Light Armor Warrior had remained on the front lines of the battlefield. He had already received quite a few attacks, and now, he had even lost around 3,000 HP.

    ¡°Then just how much HP does he have left?¡± muttered Feng Luo.

    Even if I were to kill him, is there any guarantee that I will be able to reach the 50 percent contribution needed toplete the mission?

    Feng Luo was a little dumbfounded. In a situation like this, the problem existed not only for the Light Armor Warrior; in fact, any other captain of a medium-sized squad would present the same problem because all the captains of the rebel army had already joined the battle. Moreover, they had already been attacked by the yers. Even if Feng Luo were to switch and find another target, the same problem would persist.

    Unless... he killed the Fire Maniptor with low HP.

    It was the only way to guarantee that he wouldplete the mission!

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Feng Luo cursed. He struck the ground with his right fist, depressed. He then immediately got up and moved through the forest with his body bent.

    He had no choice. His only recourse was to find a position where he could hit the Fire Maniptor. Otherwise, he couldn¡¯t guarantee thepletion of the mission.

    After shifting his position by around 25 degrees, Feng Luo finally found a position on the periphery of the battlefield where he could barely see the area behind the shield. His position was actually slightly behind the rebel army. Since the area was covered by trees and nts, and because Feng Luo moved cautiously, the rebel army did not notice there was a yer who was so daring as to approach them from the rear.

    ¡°I have no choice,¡± whispered Feng Luo. ¡°To kill the Fire Maniptor, I must take a great risk to gain a high return!¡±

    Feng Luo gritted his teeth. The current position wasn¡¯t all that much better. Around 150 to 160 meters away, his field of view was almost obscured by dense vegetation. Even if he were to zoom in to the maximum, he could only see half of the Fire Maniptor captain¡¯s head¡ªbarely.

    However, if I can see the head, there¡¯s a chance!

    For an Energy Maniptor who didn¡¯t have a shield on, the head was the biggest weakness!

    Although Gunners and Maniptors were professions with weak defense, their defensive equipment wasprised of headgear,bat uniform, boots, and belt, as well as gloves, for a total of five pieces of equipment. However, a Gunner could wear an iron helmet with decent defense while Maniptors usually just wore decorative headgear with low defense.

    Based on the name ¡°decorative headgear¡± alone, one could guess that the main use of the equipment was not for defense. In truth, this sort of equipment was mainly used to increase the casting speed and the recovery rate of a Maniptor¡¯s energy. In terms of defense, it was fragile.

    As such, to a Sniper, the head of a Maniptor was the best target!

    Feng Luo¡¯s finger squeezed the trigger. The crosshairs of the scope were zoomed to the maximum and focused on half a head wearing me-colored headgear through a dense forest.

    For this shot, his focus heightened to the maximum!

    Pang!

    The gunshot rang out, and a double armor-piercing bullet burst out of the gun barrel at a speed of 800 meters per second. It flew over 100 meters through the tiny gaps between the trees and branches¡ªas well as the rebel army soldiers¡ªand urately struck the right temple of the rebel army Maniptor.

    With a bang, the Maniptor¡¯s head was blown off.

    ?567!

    ?5430!

    Red-colored numbers appeared above the Maniptor¡¯s head. Super-high lethal damage!

    The HP of the Fire Maniptor, which had just been recovered thanks to the Doctor, was reduced to nothing by Feng Luo¡¯s shot. This was, without a doubt, a kill shot. Itpletely stunned the rebel army female Doctor, whose face was sshed with red and white matter.

    ¡°Phew!¡± Feng Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

    Truth be told, this shot had been quite challenging for Feng Luo because the environment and the angle of the shot were dreadful. At such a distance, even if it was a static shot, hitting the vital area was extremely difficult. That was because there was a multitude of trees in front of him, and there were many people too. If the muzzle were to have moved even a little, it would have been highly likely to have caused this shot to miss. And it was a given that he would not have had a chance to fire a second shot.

    Killed the Level-46 Rebel Army Medium Squad Captain. Contribution 65.4%. Received 2,300 experience.

    After reading the information that appeared at the corner of his visual field, Feng Luo nodded in satisfaction. Over 60 percent contribution was enough to clear the mission.

    However, at that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s expression suddenly changed!

    Without any hesitation, Feng Luo threw the M110 on the ground as his right hand quickly unsheathed the ATAK military knife hanging at his waist. He then swung his hand back and shed at a particr area.

    ng!

    The ¡°Mad Dog¡± military knife and a military stiletto dagger known as the ¡°Sanleng Thorn,¡± emanating a blue light, shed together, creating a bright spark!

    The impact that came from Feng Luo¡¯s wrist pushed his entire body forward as he fell to the ground. However, he also used the momentum to roll across the ground two times to widen the distance.

    The ambusher holding the stiletto that emanated a blue light was clearly stunned. He had no idea how Feng Luo could have urately blocked his sneak attack from behind¡ªa lethal thrust to the heart.

    Does he have eyes in the back of his head? wondered the attacker.

    After a slight daze, the ambusher quickly reacted and did not allow Feng Luo the chance to adjust. A vicious look appeared on his face as he raised the stiletto in his hand and swung it viciously at Feng Luo, who was just turning around after he got up from the ground.

    Pang!

    A mass of dried twigs and leaves were thrown into the face of the ambusher as Feng Luo kicked with his right leg, causing his action to pause for a moment.

    Not only did Feng Luo not retreat at that moment, but he moved forward with a simrly vicious expression on his face. He held the military knife backhanded with his left hand and lunged at the ambusher.

    He had clearly seen the face of the ambusher. He had a small body with a bright leg and a greenbat uniform, which was very simr to the appearance of the Reconnoiter from the rebel army who had tailed the group of yers earlier. The only difference was that this one was not barefoot; he wore a pair of brownbat boots. Apart from that, on his shoulder, there was also a symbol that signified that he was the captain of a small squad of the rebel army!

    Of the three main Gunner professions, Snipers were clearly meant for long-range kills, Machine Gunners were defined by their suppressive firepower from mid-range, and Scouts were a bit different, withbat powers that were more well-bnced. Apart from having quite a few recon and hiding skills, this profession could also use mid-range harassing attacks using submachine guns and assault rifles. They also possessed decent close-quartersbat abilities that were not all that inferior to Light Armor Warriors. This was especially true when they used a stiletto or a military knife, with which Scouts possessed extremely high attack bonuses. Compared to the other Gunner professions, they had a distinct advantage in close-quartersbat.

    The rebel army Reconnoiter was also a type of Scout profession. And the small squad captain was an Elite-grade monster. In terms of equipment and attributive strength, it was in no way weaker than high-level yers. Which was to say that if Feng Luo were to engage in close-quartersbat against this rebel army Reconnoiter, it was very likely that he would be at a disadvantage.

    So why did Feng Luo actively close the distance?

    It was because Feng Luo¡¯s real choice was...

    Pu!

    Feng Luo extended his right arm and grabbed the left wrist of the opponent that held the military stiletto. After that, he pressed his entire body against him. The force generated from being tackled by someone one head taller knocked the rebel army to Reconnoiter captain off-bnce. He was thrown to the ground by Feng Luo.

    After that, Feng Luo¡¯s left hand, gripping the Mad Dog military knife, quickly followed. With a whistling sound generated by the knife slicing through the air, the snow-white de of the ¡°Mad Dog¡± knife shed violently at the neck of the opponent.

 Chapter 21 - Rare-Grade Combat Boots

    <h4>Chapter 21: Rare-Grade Combat Boots</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In truth, if one only looked at the deadlines, the three-edged military stiletto was far more deadly!

    This was due to the structure of the military stiletto. In fact, the wound created by a three-edged military stiletto will be in a square or rectangr shape, making bleeding difficult to stop because each side wouldpress against each other. Moreover, military stilettos had ¡°blood grooves¡± that could quicken blood loss and cause oxygen to enter and block the veins, increasing the mortality rate.

    The game reflected the characteristics of the three-edged military stiletto by inducing the ¡°bleeding¡± special effect and causing the injured yer to continue to suffer damage whenever someone was hit by the weapon. Only after special drugs or treatment from a Doctors would the effect be removed. Otherwise, one would have to wait until the ¡°bleeding¡± effect¡¯s time limit ran out.

    But the three-edged military stiletto did not have the attribute of ¡°Strength +15.¡± It did not provide its wielder with the power to turn the tide in a hand-to-hand fight.

    The two of them tangled together on the ground covered with branches and leaves. Feng Luo¡¯s gaze and expression were savage while the face of the rebel army Reconnoiter, the captain of a small squad, was flushed red. He was unable to block the Mad Dog military knife that was inching closer and closer to him!

    Pu!

    ?6070!

    The rebel army Reconnoiter captain resisted for a few dozen seconds before the white de of the Mad Dogpletely punctured his camouge-painted neck. The moment an artery was severed, a red-colored damage value of over 6,000 appeared overtop of his head.

    The color gradually drained from the despairing eyes of the Reconnoiter captain. The severed artery sprayed out a huge amount of fresh blood. Some even sshed on Feng Luo¡¯s face. The stench of blood stimted his nervous system!

    Killed Level-41 Elite Rebel Army Reconnoitre Small Squad Captain. Received 1,500 experience. Received one medal point.

    ¡°Phew!¡±

    Hearing the notification from the system, Feng Luo rxed his grip. Panting heavily, he pulled the bloodstained Mad Dog out of the Reconnoiter captain¡¯s neck before standing up.

    He guessed that the small squad captain died with such an aggravated expression because, as a Reconnoiter of the Scout profession, he was the most adept when it came to close-quartersbat. Yet, before he could disy any of it, Feng Luo had turned the fight into a super close-range melee through the most direct and violent method.

    Although the difference between close-quartersbat and super close-range melee was small, this difference, in fact, negated all the skills-based advantages of the Reconnoiter of the Scout profession. The fight was simply apetition between attack and strength.

    In terms of strength, Feng Luo had the ¡°+15 Strength¡± attribute gained from the Mad Dog military knife. Normally, this attribute was only present in the equipment of warriors. As such, even if the opponent was two levels higher than Feng Luo, there was no way his strength was higher.

    Based on the damage of their close-range weapons, Feng Luo should not have been able to beat the small squad captain Reconnoiter who specialized in assassination. However, one couldn¡¯t forget that Feng Luo had the S-grade talent, ¡°Lethal.¡± The bonus increase of a 100 percent chance of inflicting lethal damage was not limited to bullets. He could use any type of weapon, and as long as he scored a hit on a vital point, he would inflict lethal damage that exceeded others by 100 percent. This alone was sufficient to make up for the gap of damage between their de weapons in the fight!

    This was especially true in fights against humanoid monsters such as soldiers in the rebel army. Although they possessed AI andbat techniques not inferior to yers, as well as the ability to use equipment and skills, the rebel army monsters had a clear disadvantage. Their HP was a lot less than other monsters of the same level. Compared to amon Elite-grade monster that had around 10,000 to 20,000 HP, this rebel army small squad captain actually only had a little over 6,000 HP, which was considered extremely low. It was due to this fact that Feng Luo had gained the opportunity to slice its throat!

    The emotions generated in this sort of extremely close-rangebat was undeniably amazing. It was rare for Feng Luo to have an opportunity to kill opponents at close range, as he was used to being a Sniper who dispatched his enemies using bullets at long-range. The moment the de of the Mad Dog sliced into the neck of the opponent, as blood sshed onto his face, Feng Luo had felt a sense of exhration that was hard to put into words.

    ¡°This feeling... It has been a long time,¡± Feng Luo said, looking at the body of the rebel army Reconnoiter captain.

    His eyes were still wide open, and hey on the ground on a bed of bloodied leaves. Feng Luo was quite certain that this Reconnoiter had died very confused, as he had executed a near-perfect ambush. Just how had he been discovered, and why had his attack been blocked?

    In truth, it was due to a special skill Feng Luo¡¯s character learned: ¡°Death Sense.¡±

    Death Sense was a passive skill, and its effect was as the name implied; when an opponent initiated an attack that would be lethal to him, he would be able to sense the direction of the attack. This was not a skill of the Gunner profession. It was actually a rare skill that Feng Luo had learned during a hidden mission he had previouslypleted.

    Skills in War could be learned by buying skill chips sold in stores. Apart from that, there were also rare skill chips that were not sold in stores that could only be obtained through missions or through killing monsters. Rare skills were not necessarily stronger than normal skills. However, they usually had unique effects, which was why the value of rare skill chips was quite inted. They were not even inferior to the price of Rare-grade equipment.

    Feng Luo had been lucky to obtain the rare skill from a mission. And today, it had resulted in a tremendous effect. Apart from that, after getting rid of the Elite Reconnoiter captain, the system had awarded him with one medal point in addition to the experience.

    Medal points were rewards that were difficult to obtain. Only bypleting extraordinary kills or special mission would one be able to obtain medal points in War. Furthermore, after the Elite rebel army Reconnoiter captain died, several white crystals and the brownbat boots he wore dropped onto the ground beside the corpse.

    As Feng Luo picked up thebat boots, he found out that, to his surprise, they a piece of Level-38 Rare-grade equipment!

    Assassination Reconnoiter Combat Boots

    Grade: Rare

    Defense +65

    Defense Coefficient: E

    Agility +10

    Movement Speed +15%

    Bonus Effect: Decrease Stamina consumption by 35% when moving

    Level Requirement: 38

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    In War, most equipment did not require item appraisal because the personal terminals of yers stored information on a lot of themon equipment and items. One only needed to scan the item to learn the attributes of a piece of equipment. Only some items obtained through quests or dropped from monsters of the Commander-grade or above required item appraisal services from a professional appraiser.

    Feng Luo hadn¡¯t expected the Elite rebel army Reconnoiter captain to drop a piece of Rare-grade equipment. Although in theory even low-level monsters had a chance of dropping Rare pieces of equipment, the probability was so low that it probably did not even reach one in ten million.

    Elite-grade monsters mostly dropped Fine-grades equipment of the same attributes, and the probability of dropping a piece of Rare-grade equipment did not even reach 0.001%. However, Feng Luo remembered reading the conclusion of a yer on an online message board, stating thatpleting an ¡°outstanding kill¡± alone would increase the chances of Rare equipment being dropped. Perhaps this was the reason the Reconnoiter captain had dropped a Rare piece of equipment.

    Although thebat boots were only at Level 38, their attributes were actually pretty decent. In particr, the rare attribute that decreased Stamina consumption by 35 percent when moving definitely piqued Feng Luo¡¯s interest.

    In War, there was an attribute known as Stamina. All actions and activities of yers consumed Stamina, and once Stamina reached a certain value, yers would enter a ¡°weakened¡± state. If the Stamina value were to reach the bottom, one might even enter a ¡°fainted¡± state.

    Stamina recovered constantly. However, intensebat or running at full-tilt for a short period of time was certain to make it so that the Stamina recovery rate could not keep up with the consumption rate, and, as a result, it would decrease substantially. In the fierce battle between Feng Luo and the rebel army Reconnoiter, both sides had exerted their strength and fought for only a few dozen seconds, and now, Feng Luo¡¯s Stamina was only at 62 percent.

    Even though there were potions to replenish Stamina, the rate of recovery was fairly slow. Moreover, the cooldown time was quite long. As such, yers normally had to keep a constant eye on their Stamina in battle, in addition to their HP value. Plus, the Stamina recovery rate of the three main professions varied. Maniptors were the slowest, followed by Gunners, and Warriors¡¯ Stamina recovery rate was far better than the other two.

    Gunners that focused on agility actually had a faster maximum movement speed than Light Armor Warriors who focused on increasing their strength. However, the main reason why Gunners could not widen the distance after being closed in on was that the Stamina recovery rate of the Warrior profession was far greater than that of Gunners. In addition, high-speed running consumed a lot of Stamina.

    Gunners couldn¡¯tst very long if they ran at full speed, while Warriors could maintain high-speed pursuit for a long time. Furthermore, when paired with the explosive Charge skill, which increased speed, a Warrior¡¯s rate of movement was sufficient to make it so that most Gunners would be unable to shake their pursuit.

    That was why the attributes of this pair ofbat boots were so good. A decreased Stamina consumption, plus a bonus of 15 percent to movement speed, paired with the 10 percent movement speed bonus from the Desert Eagle¡ªif a Light Armor Warrior were to close in on Feng Luo in the future, he would clearly have the upper hand.

    He had enjoyed a thrilling kill and obtained a piece of equipment. This battle had certainly been enjoyable!

    Feng Luo was in a great mood! However, what he needed to do right now was leave immediately. The formation of the yers on the battlefield had started to crumble. The momentum seemed to have shifted toward the rebel army. The victor had been decided!

    After equipping thebat boots of the Reconnoiter¡ªexchanging them for his original Level-35 Fine-gradebat boots that granted an 8 percent speed bonus¡ªFeng Luo quickly disassembled the M110 that he¡¯d thrown to the side previously and put it in his anti-gravity spacial backpack. After that, he immediately ran toward the direction he hade from.

    Perhaps it was only an illusion, but before he retreated, he nced behind him and thought he saw the shadows of two energy off-road military vehicles behind the rebel army.

    For military vehicles to appear in an indigenous forest did not seem reasonable. But Feng Luo, who was in a hurry to leave, didn¡¯t give it much thought.

 Chapter 22 - I Hate Being Tricked!

    <h4>Chapter 22: I Hate Being Tricked!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio#

    Pang!

    A Level-25 Mutant Wild Boar¡¯s head was burst open by the 5.0mm AE bullet of the Desert Eagle. Feng Luo, wearing his camougebat uniform, walked out of the Forest of Exiles.

    Relying upon the twofold movement speed increase from the rarebat boots and his Desert Eagle, Feng Luopleted the return journey within an hour. The thing he needed to do right now was to quickly head into town and submit the missionpletion request and remove his red name status. However, the moment he exited the forest, he noticed a person standing in a bush beside the intersection, waving at him.

    ¡°Yellow-tooth?¡±

    Feng Luo was dumbfounded as his eyes narrowed. After that, he remembered that his map was from Yellow-tooth, so he guessed that Yellow-tooth had probably deduced his point of exit from that. But why would Yellow-tooth be waiting for him here?

    At first, Yellow-tooth crouched on the roadside and smoked his cigarettes. The moment he saw Feng Luo, he stood up and got straight to the point. ¡°I say! Brother, did you offend someone from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?¡±

    Feng Luo frowned. The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group moved faster than he expected. They actually pursued him all the way to the Town of Exiles just from one incident of conflict, were they not over exaggerating a little? Could it be that that guy called Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star actually had a unique status in the mercenary group?

    ¡°Why?¡± he asked. ¡°Have people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group reached the Town of Exiles?¡±

    ¡°Not to this extent...¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°However, they already sent out wanted posters to everyone. They put a 5,000 credit reward on you. A lot of people in the Red City are looking for you right now.¡± He looked at Feng Luo and used his middle finger to flick his cigarette with a yful expression. ¡°Brother, you sure have bad luck. The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group is a group that seeks revenge even for the smallest grievances. Moreover, they¡¯re kind of reckless in how they handle things¡ª¡±

    ¡°You waited for me here specifically,¡± Feng Luo cut in. At the same time, his eyes scanned the surrounding quietly. ¡°It can¡¯t be that you¡¯re here just to give me a reminder, right?¡±

    ¡°Heh! A situation like yours is rtivelymon in Red Cities,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°So there are people who specialize in the protection business, receiving a certain amount of money to ensure that you aren¡¯t killed while you are in the Red City. I can be your intermediary!¡±

    After stating his objective, Yellow-tooth cracked a wide smile and exposed his signature row of yellow teeth.

    ¡°Oh? And what¡¯s the price?¡± Feng Luo said, wondering if he was being overly suspicious since he saw no traces of an ambush in his surroundings.

    ¡°10,000 credits to ensure that you are safe within the vicinity of the Red City and the town for one day,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°They require 50 percent as a deposit. Apart from that, I will take 1,000 credits asmission.¡±

    Hearing the words from Yellow-tooth, Feng Luo was genuinely interested. ¡°11,000 credits? This sure is profitable for you guys!¡±

    He was now a red name. If he were to be killed by someone, he would drop one level and most certainly drop equipment. Moreover, if he was killed while he was a red-name yer, after revival, he would have to be ced inside the federal prison for a while¡ªa bit like a ban in other games.

    Whether the cost was in time or experience, the loss of credits was huge! But the critical factor was that he still needed to enter the Town of Exiles toplete his mission, and he was most certainly going to receive the blueprint of the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel. There was definitely a risk of getting killed.

    As for why Yellow-tooth chose to protect him rather than to kill him, this was easy to understand. It was because although the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group promised 5,000 credits per level if one were to kill him, at most, one would earn 5,000 credits. Feng Luo¡¯s ce of revival was in Silvermoon City. In addition, a red-name yer would be imprisoned for some time after revival, so, in the short term, one could only kill him once, at most.

    Byparison, choosing to protect him would ensure Yellow-tooth a profit of 10,000 credits. As such, in terms of believing the words of Yellow-tooth, Feng Luo was about 70 percent convinced!

    Of course, Feng Luo did not believe Yellow-tooth¡¯s words when it came to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group informing everyone in the Town of Exiles that he was wanted. The wanted orders of yers could not bemunicated through a system announcement. At most, they could announce it in the forums or perhaps in a public chatroom. With the high flow of yers within the Town of Exiles, the number of people paying attention to the news would be limited.

    The words of Yellow-tooth were mostly attempts to intentionally make the matter seem more serious than it was so that Feng Luo would be willing to pay for his peace of mind. This type of sales method was very old-school! However, considering the importance of the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel blueprint, Feng Luo indeed wanted to avoid an ident. He was prepared to agree to the terms. After all,pared to the blueprint of a piece of Rare-grade equipment, 10,000 credits wasn¡¯t that expensive!

    But at that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes detected a sh of light.

    ¡°Huh?¡± Feng Luo felt a chill crawl up his spine.

    For a normal person, this type of sh, which vanished instantly, would have been ignored. As a Sniper, however, Feng Luo was all too familiar with this sort of situation. It was a situation that urred when a person¡¯s head was within the sights of a sniper rifle. The sh of light was a phenomenon created when the scope of the sniper rifle moved past the eye!

    A sniper! Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank, but his face remained calm. Is it an ambush? Or perhaps is it a yer just passing by.

    Feng Luo immediately eliminated thetter exnation. No passerby would intentionally aim their sniper rifle at someone else¡¯s head unless he had ulterior motives. The only exnation was that they were friends of Yellow-tooth!

    It seems I have underestimated the intelligence of Yellow-tooth!

    Feng Luo¡¯s brain raced as he suddenly thought of another possibility. It was very likely that the real intention of Yellow-tooth was to broker a deal between Feng Luo and his friends, but after receiving hismission and the deposit, he would think of a way to sell him out and im the reward from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, too. Not only would he earn more, but it did not require much time or effort. Plus, he would not offend the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Feng Luo even suspected that Yellow-tooth had ideas about acquiring his mission reward. It was possible that someone as perceptive as Yellow-tooth had deduced that the reward for the mission was umon based on their previous conversation.

    What a well-calcted n! thought Feng Luo. However, does he not fear to destroy his reputation?

    Feng Luo felt troubled. Logically, people in Yellow-tooth¡¯s line of work needed to value their reputation; if he broke the rules and lost the trust of others, how could he continue with his work?

    After a while, though, Feng Luo came to his senses. This was a game, not reality! In reality, brokers and informants in the mercenary industry who did this were certain to die. But in a game, death only meant losing one level, and if they really couldn¡¯t survive, they could easily just delete their ount, create a new avatar, and go back to conning people!

    As this thought passed through his mind, Feng Luo felt a chill, but his face remained still.

    The ident with the reflection of the light from the scope had exposed Yellow-tooth¡¯s n. It was a coincidence.

    Yellow-tooth¡¯s profession was that of a Machine Gunner. Although he was also a Gunner, it was highly likely that he did not know it was possible to detect the reflection of light caused by the scope of a sniper rifle being aimed at someone¡¯s head.

    Professional snipers usually equipped sun shields on their scopes to counteract the effect. The only problem was that doing so would reduce the brightness of the sniper¡¯s vision substantially, which greatly affected yers. As such, most yers chose not to use them.

    A non-Sniper would most likely not notice a phenomenon like the sh, which only urred asionally. After all, it only affected people at certain angles, so the probability of being exposed was actually quite low.

    Unfortunately for them, Feng Luo was a Sniper¡ªa top-notch Sniper!

    ¡°What are the details of the capabilities of the group of people you mentioned?¡± Feng Luo asked, intentionally making it seem like he was interested but still hesitant. He tried to get more from Yellow-tooth. ¡°Do you have some idea of their levels and stats?¡±

    ¡°Everyone is above Level 43,¡± said Yellow-tooth. ¡°The highest is a Level-47 Light Armor Warrior. Rx. Since they¡¯re brave enough to take on the job, they are definitely capable ofpleting it.¡± He flicked and discarded the burnt out cigarette in his hand, smiling. He clearly felt that his n was almost sessful, so he was feeling quite happy.

    ¡°Yeah, a Level-47 Light Armor Warrior. is indeed an expert,¡± Feng Luo said calmly. ¡°All right, I agree to it, but I want to see the person before we get into the details!¡±

    ¡°No problem. I¡¯ll contact them right now.¡± Yellow-tooth looked delighted as he lowered his head to send messages through hismunicator.

    Just as Yellow-tooth was in the midst of calling someone through themunicator, Feng Luo suddenly asked in a fairly casual manner, ¡°Oh yeah, and how many people did you guys prepare to ambush me?¡±

    ¡°Five¡ªyou!¡± Yellow-tooth muttered half a sentence before reacting. He looked shocked, then immediately moved his hand toward the pistol hanging on hisbat belt.

    However, the ATAK tactical military knife, emanating a chilly aura, had already punctured through the defense of hisbat uniform like a mad dog gnashing its teeth. Feng Luoughed coldly. A bloodied knife tip that glittered like frost and snow emerged out of Yellow-tooth¡¯s back.

    ?2850!

    A red damage number nearing 3,000 appeared overtop of his head. A white sh of light immediately passed through Yellow-tooth¡¯s body.

    ¡°I hate being tricked!¡± Feng Luo said coldly as he stared into Yellow-tooth¡¯s eyes, the knife still in his hand.

 Chapter 23 - Rebel Army Attacks!

    <h4>Chapter 23: Rebel Army Attacks!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo was in a bad mood. His initial joy atpleting the mission to clear his name hadpletely vanished thanks to Yellow-tooth. However, now was not the time to be angry.

    After killing Yellow-tooth, he immediately cast the skill Quick Sneak and rushed toward the Forest of Exiles using a serpentine motion as quickly as possible.

    Pang!

    The dull sound of a Sniper¡¯s shot rang out. However, the armor-piercing bullet that came from a cliff around 300 meters away hit nothing but the air behind him. Yellow-tooth¡¯s sudden death had clearly stunned his teammates, who had been waiting in ambush for a while. After that, the Sniper had frantically moved his gun to fire a shot at Feng Luo¡¯s back. In his haste, he had missed by quite a lot.

    Feng Luo reached the forest within ten seconds. The dense vegetation on the periphery of the forest blocked the vision of the ambushers, making it impossible for the ambushers to attack from behind. However, Feng Luo did not rx.

    From what Yellow-tooth said, he knew that there were five more of them. That was less than half of the previous squad from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, but Yellow-tooth had been confident enough to n to get rid of him. After all, Yellow-tooth had known that Feng Luo had epted a hidden mission and would not have treated him as a weak newbie, so he must have been confident in the skills of this group.

    As such, the danger was still present. There was no way the opponent would give up after Yellow-tooth died!

    Feng Luo quickly rushed into the forest. As he ran, he shed around to leave behind obvious clues with his military knife. After running for 50 meters, he stopped in front of the path he had previously passed through. Then turned around and ran for a distance before sheathing the ATAK military knife back to hisbat belt. He then climbed up a tree beside him like an ape and used the dense leaves topletely cover his body.

    This was a simple mental battle. The average person would try to escape into the forest. The opponent would never expect Feng Luo to reject an obvious escape into the Forest of Exiles in favor of a peculiar course of action like climbing trees. Moreover, he had intentionally connected his current path with his previous exit path. The opponent would be in a rush to give chase; it was certain that they would not carefully observe the trail. As such, it was possible they would continue to follow the path deep into the forest.

    Feng Luo sat on the branch with a cold smile. He took the M110 out from the anti-gravity spacial backpack and quickly assembled it. Even while in a tree, he still managed toplete the assembly within 20 seconds because of his familiarity with the weapon.

    After Feng Luopleted all this, two Light Armor Warriors holding alloy longswords came running in his direction. They followed the traces he had left behind and continued their pursuit without another thought.

    ¡°Hunter or hunted?¡± muttered Feng Luo.

    A light shed in his eyes as he fed the double armor-piercing bullet into the chamber with an apanying ka-chak! After that, he raised the M110 and aimed it in the direction the two Light Armor Warriors hade from.

    There were five opponents. Only two Light Armor Warriors had passed by, which meant that another person, as well as the Sniper who had fired at him, were naturally the only ones left behind. Warriors with Charge would widen the distance between them and the other three by around 20 seconds. This was his chance!

    Feng Luo held the M110 and hid quietly at the top of the tree. He counted urately in his mind as if he was a timer.

    One! Two! Three... Fifteen... Huh?

    By the time he reached 15, Feng Luo suddenly thought he heard something.

    The 100 percent auditory perception setting afforded him a great ability to distinguish sounds. And the source of the sound seemed to being from...

    From within the Forest of Exiles?

    Feng Luo held the M110 and quickly looked toward the source of the sound through his scope.

    Through the fully zoomed scope, he saw the trees in one direction of the Forest of Exiles falling down one after the other. And beneath the trees, it looked as if a giant monster wasing slowly towards him.

    What is this monster? he thought. Eh? No, that¡¯s not a monster. It¡¯s a machine!

    After looking at it more carefully, Feng Luo was shocked to discover that a gigantic armored machine was moving through the Forest of Exiles.

    It was an armored machine that was at least eight to nine meters tall. In front and on both of its sides was a row of equipment that looked like electric saws. It had wheels covered with treads, and everywhere it passed within the forest, the trees and nts were severed by the electric saws. After that, they were pushed aside by the mechanical arms installed on the machine. It seemed to be opening up a walkable path through the Forest of Exiles.

    ¡°What¡¯s the story here?¡±

    Feng Luo was still shocked and after that, a scene that shocked him even more appeared within his sights. Behind this gigantic machine were four Tiger A-50 Robots that were five meters in height!

    Yes, robots naturally yed a role in a sci-fi online game like War. Not only were robots present, in fact, but there was also even a Robot Pilot profession specifically designed to use robots inbat. Simr to the Doctor, the Robot Pilot was a special profession thatbinedbat and life professions. The difference was that the number of people with the unique Robot Pilot profession was very limited. Its ratio to doctors was not even 1,000 to one.

    The reason they were so rare was that Robot Pilots really burned through cash! The cheapest Level-30 Wind Wolf A-30 Robot had a base cost 50,000 credits. Currently, the most expensive model sold in stores was the Tiger A-50 Robot¡ªthe ones moving through the forest right in front of Feng Luo¡¯s eyes. The level requirement for piloting the model was Level 50, and the retail price was as high as 12 million credits!

    In addition, the consumption of energy crystals and ammunition used by robots inbat was extremely high. Spending hundreds of thousands of credits in a single battle was amon urrence. And if the robot was damaged during battle, the maintenance and repair fee would also be quite painful.

    In the real world, a simple dent to a luxury car could mean a repair fee of several hundred thousand. The same was true for showboatybat tools like robots driven by highly vain pilots. What better way to show off one¡¯s wealth than to spend a million or at least 800,000 credits in a single battle?

    That was why only rich people could afford to y as Robot Pilots. Compared to that, the Machine Gunner Profession¡ªwhich was sometimes referred to as a profession only for tycoons¡ªwas nothing. This was the difference between a normal tycoon and a godly tycoon!

    Of course, there was a reason why the robots were so expensive! The Tiger Type A Robot model, for example, had a grayish-ck high-tech alloy body made of expensive metals. It was filled with explosive strength and frightening defensive capabilities. The four 12-barreled metallic heavy cannons on its back were touted as a ¡°meat mincer¡± on the battlefield. The energy cannon, which required a C-Grade energy crystal for a single shot, was enough to destroy Elite-grade monsters below Level 50, and it even had two small missileunchers with four missiles. Thebat strength of the Level-50 Tiger Type A Armor made it an unrivaled presence at the game¡¯s current stage!

    Of course, the might of the Tiger Armor did not mean that Robot Pilots were unbeatable in War! Just as Machine Gunners were restrained by certain game mechanics, Robot Pilots could not reach an ¡°imbnced¡± level in PK.

    For one, the attack damage of the robots would be nerfed when facing monsters above the Commander-grade and yers. Even if one Tiger Robot had enough ammunition, in reality, it would not be able to defeat the lowest of Level-35 Bosses. Secondly, robots had piloting level requirements. The lowest level limit for piloting the almighty Tiger Robot was Level 50.

    Moreover, there was absolutely no way there was a Pilot who had reached level 50 yet. That was why, since the opening of the server, the almighty Tiger Robot had only been seen standing in the robot store within Silvermoon City, receiving the admiration and jealousy of the people.

    For this reason, Feng Luo had never expected that he would personally see four Tiger model robots while in the Forest of Exiles. And upon seeing the same rebel army symbol that he had seen two hours earlier, imprinted on the silverish-gray alloy body of the tiger robot before him, Feng Luo sucked in a breath of cold air.

    What is the rebel army up to?

    Holding the M110 in his hands, Feng Luo was truly stunned¡ªso much so that he no longer cared about the two Light Armor Warriors, presently fleeing in panic beneath his tree.

    His mind no longer lingered on Yellow-tooth and his gang. First of all, it was because the rebel army was closing in. If he started fighting them now, it was highly likely that the rebel army would notice them, and one energy cannon shot was all it would take to take care of all three of them then and there.

    Secondly, the scale of the rebel army was huge. It was likely that arge story mission had been triggered.

    Arge story mission! In War, yers could participate in certain missions without the need to receive them personally. Wars between NPC powers represented one such example. Many unique rewards that were normally inessible or unavable would appear in missions like these.

    The scale of the rebel army was so huge that they cleared a path straight through the Forest of Exiles, moving directly toward the Town of Exiles. No matter how one looked at it, it seemed clear they weren¡¯t there for a tour. Feng Luo¡¯s guess was instantly proven true as a voice message sent by the federal army through the internal messaging channel rang in hismunicator.

    ¡°Attention to all federalbatants in and around Town of Exiles 1022. A huge wave of the rebel army is heading toward the Town of Exiles. Please return to the Town of Exiles immediately and partake in its defense. Repeat. Please return to the Town of Exiles immediately and partake in its defense! Also, to all citizens, please head toward the emergency shelter immediately! Repeat. All citizens, please head toward the emergency shelter immediately!¡±

    Everymunicator of the personal terminal given by the Federation had an encrypted internal channel. It was used specifically by the Federation¡¯s military unit. The one who announced this message was clearly the city guard of the Town of Exiles. And after the message was announced, on the lower-left corner of the terminal, every yer in the Town of Exiles had a new mission reminder that read, ¡°Protect the Town of Exiles.¡±

    Story mission ¡°Defense of the Town of Exiles¡± has begun. All yers around Town of Exiles 1022 can head toward the mission hall to im the temporary Certificate of Conscription to be eligible to participate in the mission.

    During the mission, medal points will be awarded for killing rebel army units. Medal points can be used to exchange for resources, equipment, and other items. During the mission, yers within the vicinity of the Town of Exiles are prohibited from fighting against each other. Vitors will receive severe punishment!

 Chapter 24 - Temporary Conscription Mission

    <h4>Chapter 24: Temporary Conscription Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Town of Exiles, Mission Center.

    At that moment, the normally quiet mission center was filled with people. Multiple yers queued up while waiting to im their temporary certificate of conscription, and even more yers were yelling.

    ¡°Level-43 Heavy Armor Warrior looking for a party! I have an Excellent Grade D+ grade shield and advanced skill level for Heavy Armor Defense!¡±

    ¡°Level-44 Fire Maniptor party leader looking for members! Requirement: Level 40 and above with at least two pieces of Fine-grade equipment.¡±

    ¡°Level-45 Scout with Expert-level Detection skill, looking for reliable teammates...¡±

    It was an unbelievably lively scene. Only heads could be seen moving. The yers filled the mission center as well as the road in front of the entrance. Because most of the yers had red names, a horde of bright red IDs floated overtop of every head. For a short moment, Feng Luo had the illusion that it was a 2D online game back on Earth.

    Since the system announced the rule that yers were prohibited from fighting each other while the mission was in progress, Feng Luo could enter the Town of Exiles without worrying. One could even say that this story hade just at the right time.

    ¡°Completed ¡®Clear Red Name¡¯ Mission. Removed five PK value. Obtained 1,200 experience. Obtained the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel blueprint (Usage Count 0/20). Returned mission deposit of 2,000 credits.¡±

    After receiving the mission card from Feng Luo and confirming that the mission was sessfullypleted, the soldier wearing the military uniform of the Federation guard who sat behind the window of a temporarily opened booth handed a chip containing detailed information about the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel to Feng Luo. In truth, ¡°blueprint¡± was just what yers were used to calling these. Actually, this chip had theplete manufacturing process for the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel.

    On top of the blueprint, there was also a usage count, bearing a mark of ¡°0/20.¡± This was a mark that all blueprints in War had. It signified the number of times the blueprint could be used.

    It would have been a mistake to believe that by acquiring the blueprint, a yer could manufacture a Rare-grade piece of equipment like the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel as many times as they desired. Considering how selfish the system was, there was no way it would give such a treat to the yers. Every equipment blueprint would automatically be deleted from the yers¡¯ terminal after reaching the maximum usage count. Which meant that the maximum number of equipment pieces that a yer could produce was the same as the usage count of the blueprint. Plus, one had to also deduct the number of failed attempts. As such, the value of an equipment¡¯s blueprint was highly corrted with the usage count.

    However, there was one exception in the event of an extremely unique situation! If the yer could produce a piece of equipment that the system evaluated as ¡°Perfect¡± within the maximum usage count, then the yer would acquire authorization to use the equipment blueprint permanently.

    The only caveat was that creating a piece of equipment with the Perfect rating was more difficult than one could imagine. It was practically impossible to achieve it, unless one tried dozens or perhaps even hundreds of times.

    As a result, the main sources of high-end equipment were still missions and boss monsters. Equipment that could be mass-produced by life profession yers would always be slightly outdated. Of course, if a yer had both good luck and excellent skills, and they sessfully produced a piece of Perfect equipment within the blueprint usage restriction, then there would be no doubt that the yer had struck gold!

    ¡°I still want to take on the conscription mission!¡± Feng Luo told the soldier after he inserted the chip into his personal terminal and read the blueprint information within it.

    ¡°Deduct 500 credits for deposit,¡± said the soldier. ¡°This is your temporary certificate of conscription. You can use this to head toward the resources center and receive somebat rations!¡± The soldier passed a new card to him and added sternly, ¡°Please bear in mind that once you¡¯ve epted the mission, you will be seen as a normal soldier. If you disobey orders during the mission, any member of the guards will have the authority to kill you on the spot!¡±

    The soldiers would say this to every yer. However, most yers would not pay much attention to the warning.

    A message notification appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s lower-left field of vision.

    ept temporary conscription mission. The medal point counting system in the Town of Exiles 1022 has been activated. Current medal point: 0.

    After that, Feng Luo walked out of the mission hall filled with yers. He then followed the prompts on the roadside signs and ran toward the resource center to receive abat ration designated for Snipers.

    60 E-Grade armor-piercing bullets that increase attack by 5%!

    Five packs of C-grade recovery potions. Recovers 50 HP every second within 20 seconds of use.

    Five packs of E-grade Stamina recovery potions. Increases Stamina recovery rate by 70% after use. Lasts for three minutes!

    The three types of items received were rtivelymon. Their total value was around 700 credits. However, truth be told, this was considered a decent ie for normal yers.

    Of course, if yers wanted to hide and avoidbat after iming their rations, it was impossible. There was no way the system would allow such gaps for yers to take advantage of. For everyone who received rations, if their medal point did not reach 100 points by the end of the mission, 700 credits would be deducted from their ount as punishment. Moreover, the 500-credit deposit would also not be refunded! As a result, once they had epted the mission, they would give their all and fight!

    Outside the resource center, there were also many yers screaming at the tops of their lungs, hoping to find someone to party up with them.

    For a mission with a war storyline, getting teammates who cooperated together would certainly be safer than going solo.

    Times like these disyed the difficulties of joining a party for the various professions. The most weed profession was the Doctor. After all, a healing profession would be extremely important in almost every situation. However, there probably weren¡¯t many Doctors in the Town of Exiles because¡ªas a profession that was severelycking in attack methods and could only use negative potions to attack their opponents¡ªit was quite difficult for a Doctor to kill someone and earn a red name. Even if there were a few red-named Doctors, they were probably yers who chose to remain in the Town of Exiles for the long term, much like Yellow-tooth. These yers would already have fixed teams, and normal yers would not dare to join them.

    After the Doctor, the most wee professions were, naturally, those that possessed powerful crowd-damage abilities such as the Machine Gunners and Energy Maniptors. This was a mission to defend against a siege, after all, so these two professions had an absolute advantage in this regard. Next in line after them were professions that fulfilled special roles like the Heavy Armor Warriors and the Scouts. Most teams and parties would consider having one or two of each.

    As for the Snipers and Light Armor Warriors, the two professions that were often enemies became fellow sufferers in this instance. No one wanted to party up with them!

    Although the Sniper had amazing long-range damage dealing ability, in a battle like this, they would not be able to earn medal points as fast as Machine Gunners, who could take out more than a dozen enemies with one box of bullets. As for the Light Armor Warriors, they would not have many opportunities to disy their usefulness until the defense of the city was breached.

    It was important to note that after yers partied up, medal points would be distributed ording to certain ratios. As a result, the two soy sauce professions were naturally given the cold shoulder.

    However, Feng Luo never did want to join a party. As a Sniper, he had long ago gotten used to working alone. For him, unless he could find a teammate who would have his backpletely, then working alone was perhaps the best partner a Sniper could ask for!

    After exiting the resource center, Feng Luo quickly moved up to the rooftop of a building. However, by the time he reached the rooftop, he discovered that the rooftop he had identified earlier already had two or three snipers hiding there. They already upied the best geographical location. Clearly, more than a few people had had the same thought!

    As he disliked having someone else being beside him when he sniped, Feng Luo gave up on that location. After trying three other buildings, he finally found a sniping spot on top of an old abandoned building that was over a dozen stories tall. Although the location was not ideal, it was near the periphery of town, and the field of view was decent. He set up the M110, and he could see a Tiger CV Robot outside town.

    The rebel army had already surrounded the Town of Exiles an hour before. However, they had not yet attacked. This was probably the system intentionally allowing the yers some time to make their preparations to fight in a storyline mission that could possibly drag on for a very long time. After all, the yers still had to deal with many trivial matters in the real world in advance.

    The sun gradually sank. Another half an hour passed. By the time the sky was dyed with the dull red of dusk...

    Boom!

    A small missile was fired out of theuncher on one of the Tiger robots. It flew across thousands of kilometers, apanied by yellow and orange mes, and collided with the defensive constructs outside the Town of Exiles. Shattered pieces of stones flew everywhere as smoke rose into the air!

    The defense of the Town of Exiles had officially begun!

 Chapter 25 - Bombing Mecha

    <h4>Chapter 25: Bombing Mecha</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The numerous rebel soldiers began to attack the Town of Exiles from several directions, and the yers in the Town of Exiles defended under the arrangement andmand of the town guard.

    As a ce threatened by the mutant beasts in the Forest of Exiles and rebel bases, Town of Exiles 1022 had strong fortifications and an NPC garrison of more than 500 people.

    The fierce gunshots were like thunder. The bullets flew, and energy skills of various colors whizzed past. The sounds of explosions came in waves. There was no forey; the battle for the Town of Exiles heated up quickly!

    On top of the roof, looking at his target through the M110 sniper scope, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were calm and not as full of excitement as other ordinary yers. He had experienced war more than once in the past, so there were no nervous feelings in his heart.

    Click!

    An ordinary armor-piercing bullet was loaded, and the muzzle of M110 was aimed at a rebel Machine Gunner who was shooting 700 meters away. In this kind of battle, there was no need for him to use his own special bullets. Even the E-ss armor-piercing bullets that were produced were not necessary. After all, the E-ss ammunition with attack bonuses of 5 percent cost almost five credits per round.

    The Machine Gunner apparently did not know that he had been targeted and was controlling the six-barreled machine gun in front of him, violently firing at the defenses of the Town of Exiles. The bullets that were continuously fired formed six streams of orange and red mes at the end of the gun, making the Gunner¡¯s animalistic face even more hideous!

    Bang!

    ?1574!

    Feng Luo¡¯s first shot hit the chest of the rebel Machine Gunner. As a humanoid monster, his level and equipment were slightly lower than ordinary yers, so the shot not only tore the rebel Machine Gunner¡¯sbat suit, but the residual impact of the bullet caused over 1,000 points of yellow weak-point damage.

    Outside the Town of Exiles, the rebel Machine Gunner that was shot in the chest showed some panic, then threw himself down, trying to take cover behind the metal ting on the bottom of the six-barreled machine gun.

    ¡°Very good reflexes!¡± Feng Luo praised.

    However, the Machine Gun didn¡¯t provide much cover. The rebel Machine Gunner only managed to block his head and chest, and a small part of the body was left exposed.

    For ordinary Sniper yers, it would have been difficult to hit such a small target from 700 to 800 meters, but it was not difficult at all for Feng Luo!

    Bang!

    ?1945!

    The second shot of armor-piercing bullets broke through and depleted the remaining HP of the beastly rebel Machine Gunner. A system prompt message appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s field of vision.

    Level-42 rebel Machine Gunner killed. 80 XP. Town of Exiles 1022 gained 5 medal points!

    This ¡°medal point¡± was not the same as the ¡°merit¡± that had been previously rewarded for killing the rebel Elite captain. Thetter was much more difficult than the former. However, defeating a Level-42 Machine Gunner only yielded five medal points. It seemed like it would not be so easy to gain 100 points.

    Fortunately, there were many rebels outside the town, and many mutant beasts at Level 35 or above were constantly converging on the Town of Exiles. As such, it would not be difficult to earn more medal points.

    Bang! Bang!

    The M110 fired at a steady pace, shooting a round every two seconds and soon killed a Level-39 Wild Boar with a pair of sharp fangs, gaining three medal points for Feng Luo.

    It was said that the rebel army had invented a powerful technique for controlling the brains of mutant organisms through their deep research into biotechnology. Therefore, it was possible for them to influence some mutant organisms to join the battle. That was one of the reasons the federal government had been unable topletely destroy them. These monsters were all ¡°brainwashed¡± by the biotechnology of the rebel army, so they violently attacked the Town of Exiles!

    After about half an hour of fighting, the situation gradually fell into a stalemate.

    The town¡¯s defenses had the perfect number of yers, with 1,000 to 2,000 total, plus several electromaic energy cannons. But the rebel forces had the advantages of possessing more mechs, and the firepower of their attack had not diminished. Only a few attacksunched in session could be suppressed by the support of the guards and the yers. In the process, the yers who had the long-range attacks naturally earn a lot, and even Feng Luo, who only attacked with his sniper rifle, had reached more than 70 medal points. But the acquisition speed was slowing down because the sky was almost dark.

    There were differences in the daytime and nighttime environments in War. In general, night in the game was even more dangerous because there were many special mutant creatures that came out to hunt and move in the dark. Of course, a high risk also meant a high return; many special materials and equipment in the game could only be collected from nocturnal monsters. Therefore, there were many yers at night in War.

    For Snipers, who relied on vision the most, night was undoubtedly very unsuitable forbat. Feng Luo was preparing to put away his M110, thinking he would take a break or shift positions to a more obvious ce. At that moment, a series of windy whoosh sounds could be heard above his head. A momentter, the entire Town of Exiles was brightened by ammunitions exploding in the air!

    Looking up over his head, Feng Luo saw res suspending in the air like small suns. ¡°Tactical res?¡± he said, a little surprised.

    These res, which were unique to this game, couldst for more than half an hour and were the most desirable consumables for many yers fighting in the dark. Because the price was so expensive and they were such rare items, general yers could not get them. Only NPC forces could afford to fire hundreds of them into the skies.

    Thanks to the res, the problem of limited vision was solved, and Feng Luo aborted his n to change position. As a Sniper, he had never tried to fight at night in the game, so this would be a novel experience for him.

    Repositioning the M110, Feng Luo began to focus on an A-50 Tiger mech 50 meters away from town.

    The rebel forces were using a lot of mechs and armored vehicles to attack together in all directions, causing great trouble to the defenders. In particr, the four A-50 Tiger-style mechs, along with their own heavy firepower and defense, had destroyed many defensive structures in the Town of Exiles.

    However, the more conspicuous a yer was on the battlefield, the more attention it drew. Hence, the mech spearheading the attack had been damaged very badly, and the heavy machine guns and the cannon on its back had ceased fire.

    Boom!

    A shell from the guards fell on the left side of the mech and hit the mech¡¯s armor, bursting into pieces. There were also many remote attacks from the maniptors in the town, such as wind des and fireballs.

    There were reasons for the yers to attack so zealously¡ªdespite the fact that when the mech was destroyed, there was no way to collect any items from it. This kind of mechanical unit was recognized as an Elite or even a Commander level by the system and would definitely award yers with more medal points than those of mutant beasts or ordinary rebel soldiers.

    Additionally, if a weak spot was hit and its core structure was destroyed, with a yer striking the final blow, many medal points would be awarded (the mechanical unit had no life points, so the core needed to be destroyed in order to destroy the unit).

    The weak spot of the Tiger mech was located on the right side of the abdomen. Feng Luo knew this because he had studied the structure of the mech and knew the position of the core control chip. If the control chip could be destroyed, the mech would lose control, and the unit would be deemed by the system as having been destroyed.

    However, the weak spot of this kind of mech was thoroughly protected by alloy armor. Even if Feng Luo had used the M110 in his hand with D-ss double armor-piercing bullets, it would have been impossible to directly damage the control chip of this Tiger mech because ayer of high-alloy armor was protecting it.

    Although the damage factor of the double armor-piercing bullet was high, the kic energy of the 7.62mm bullet was not enough to support the pration of such thick armor. Therefore, Feng Luo did not even think about getting a final blow. He just thought aboutnding a few shots on the mech. When it was finally destroyed, he could get some experience points and medal points based on the contribution percentage.

    However, the situation on the battlefield changed with time. No one expected that the control core of the Tiger mech would suddenly be exposed.

    Just after Feng Luo aimed with the M110 and took two insignificant shots, a shell from the guard¡¯s fort happened to hit the ammunition box on the right side of the Tiger mech.

    Boom!

    There was a thunderous bang, along with orange mes and thick ck smoke, and the armor protecting the chip was torn off by the explosion.

    ¡°An opportunity!¡±

    Watching this through the sniper rifle¡¯s scope, Feng Luo was astounded. Without any hesitation, he instinctively aimed at the position of the Tiger mech¡¯s control chip, and the trigger was pulled.

    Bang!

    The M110 made a dull bang, and an armor-piercing bullet tore through the air, spinning at high speed over a distance of more than 300 meters. It passed through the ck smoke pouring from the Tiger mech and plunging into its body.

    Click!

    The five-meter body of the Tiger mech was suddenly stunned, then bombarded by many yers who also noticed the breakthrough.

    Level-50 Tiger A-50 mech destroyed. Contribution 10.2%. 306 medal points obtained from Town of Exiles 1022.

    Unfortunately, these yers were one step too slow!

 Chapter 26 - Boss Battle (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 26: Boss Battle (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°More than 300 points! Jackpot!¡±

    Feng Luo showed a smile. He couldn¡¯t help it. The points he got on this shot were several times more than he had obtained in thest half an hour. He had not only met the requirements of the 100-point task but greatly exceeded them. But it was pleasing to score even higher medal points, as he could get equipment that was not avable in the store.

    The Tiger Mecha should only be equivalent to a monster at the Commander level, thought Feng Luo greedily, with 10 percent contribution worth 300 points. If it is a Boss, then maybe 10 percent of the contribution will be worth thousands of points!

    But he immediately banished this idea because Bosses in War were too overwhelming. His first consideration when he met a Boss was definitely to run instead of killing to earn points.

    ¡°Hey? What¡¯s going on underneath?¡±

    Moving the M110, Feng Luo was preparing to find his next target. When he swept his view over the square below, he was shocked to witness a strange phenomenon.

    There was a huge square with an area of thousands of square meters next to the building he upied, bordered by huge buildings on three sides. yers and guards were standing along the innermost line. Under the bright light of 100 res in the sky, Feng Luo noticed, to his surprise, that there were cracks appearing in the square.

    The cracks on the ground violently spread, creating a huge spider web pattern that covered the center of the square. It had happened without Feng Luo even noticing it!

    Now, the center of the square was shaking violently!

    Although the yers in the square had their full attention focused on the battle, it was impossible not to notice what was happening. Everyone began to panic as they realized what had happened.

    ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡±

    ¡°Damn, is it an earthquake?¡±

    ¡°Oh my gosh! Look down!¡±

    Boom!

    The web-like cracks bloomed outward from the center of the square and suddenly mmed upward. Hundreds of boulder with abined weight of thousands of kilograms rose from the ground and mmed down like cannonballs.

    Boom!

    More than 10 rays of white light were emitting simultaneously, making the square even brighter than the res above. They were the lights emitted by yers rushed to death by the boulders.

    The personal terminal on Feng Luo¡¯s wrist produced a mad rm. There was even a series of bright red warning messages scrolling nonstop through the corners of his view.

    Warning! High-energy life detected! Warning...

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    The situation was enough to make even Feng Luo curse.

    In War, there was only one reason for such a situation: the emergence of a Boss lifeform, the ultimate creatures in War! His thoughts had be a reality!

    Crack!

    In the center of the broken square, a huge ck figure shaped like a beetle slowly climbed up, breaking through the earth. The hard, thick concrete floor was cracked and broken by its huge body. The surrounding streetmps, flower beds, and sculptures in the square were copsing one after another...

    When the sniper scope was aimed at the ck giant beetle, the scanner connected to Feng Luo¡¯s personal information terminal library listed some simple information. It was enough to make Feng Luo sweat in fear.

    ¡°A Boss-ss creatures at Level 45,¡± he muttered under his breath. ¡°What the type is? And attributes?¡±

    It was a Level-45 Boss!

    Level 45 may not have seemed very high. It even did not reach the level of some of the yers here. But it was a Level-45 Boss!

    ording to the official standard index, the strength of Boss-level enemies in War was equivalent to the average strength of 500 yers of the same level! Which mean they would need 500 yers with the equivalent level to kill a Boss!

    Moreover, that did not mean that the Boss would definitely be killed. It only meant that if 500 yers were willing to trade one level of experience in exchange for the life of the Boss, then there was a 50 percent chance for them to destroy themselves along with Boss. In fact, a team with at least 1,000 members¡ªor more than 300 elite yers¡ªwould be needed to definitely kill a Boss at this level. And it had to be done under the strict coordination of amander.

    Although there were almost 2,000 red-name yers in the Town of Exiles, there were only 200 people around the square, and their strength was unevenly distributed. Plus, there was no unifiedmand. For these yers to kill a Level-45 Boss was totally impossible!

    Should we leave? wondered Feng Luo. Seeing the Boss appear in front, he was ready to leave without hesitation, but he considered for a moment as he stood up with the M110.

    Logically, the system would certainly not arrange a task without a possible solution. A Level-45 Boss had appeared in the town would definitely cause terrible damage.

    The Town of Exiles would be unprotected if they decided to let it go. The only solution was to settle it.

    It seemed he could not escape even if he began at that moment. And there was a long distance between them. The Boss probably would not realize his presence at first.

    I¡¯ll observe for a while, Feng Luo decided.

    He was actually quite curious about the Boss.

    He had never encountered a Boss in all his time since entering War. In the past, he had only watched videos of bigpanies or yer corporations encircling Bosses. Based on those videos, he knew the strength of a Boss. While Feng Luo was immersed in his thoughts, yers began to attack the Boss.

    Bang!

    A football-sized fireball, burning with red mes, slowly flew from the window on the second floor of amercial building facing the street to the back of the Beetle Boss. It was the fastest skill a Fire Maniptor had in their arsenal: ¡°Fireball.¡±

    Bosses in War were extremely rare. Although yers had heard of the terrible Boss, many did not believe that they could be so strong that yers would be unable to deal with. The very word ¡°Boss¡± was synonymous with horror, but it also represented top materials and rare equipment. The temptation of credit points was enough for many yers to ovee their fear.

    Woosh!

    After the first Fireball appeared, countless other skills, bullets, and energy beams were fired off at the same time,unched at the Boss. The sky looked gorgeous under the shining light.

    The ck Beetle Boss was slowly moving its eight giant limbs, supporting its body to drill at the ground. It did not make any counterattack and showed no fear¡ªa characteristic of legendary Boss-level creatures.

    Is this the opportunity from the system? wondered Feng Luo. A period in which we can attack it first?

    The countless skills and attacks fell as one against the shell of the Beetle Boss, and suddenly there was a dense cluster of damage values over its head.

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    ?56

    ?77

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    Looking at the white-colored damage indicators that couldn¡¯t even reach three digits, Feng Luo took a cold breath, and slowly spat a single word from between his teeth.

    ¡°Incredible!¡±

    It was such an incredible defense level! The total damage could not even reach 300 points¡ªnot even when the strongest single-target skill from a Level 45 Fire Maniptor hit its body. And the Machine Gunners¡¯ bullets were only doing single-digit damage!

    The yers around the square were shouting obscenities. They were shocked andpletely dumbfounded by the low damage their dealing.

    ¡°How the f*ck are we gonna kill this b*tch?¡±

    At the same time, the Boss was finally supporting itself with its eight giant limbs. Its whole body had emerged from the ground, and it began to reveal its first attack!

    Boom!

    A vibrating, invisible sound wave came out from its wide, enormous mouth, sweeping around in overwhelming style!

    Boom!

    Everything around the Boss was shattered into powder by the sound waves, which were then driven by the power of the sound waves to form a translucent sphere that spread into the surroundings. The area it covered was in a state of pure destruction. It was a catastrophe straight out of science fiction.

    Boom! Boom!

    A few white lights shed, and the stunned Scouts and Maniptors who were closest to it were killed by this horrible sound wave instantly. The rest of the yers in the square were in the process of receiving damage values from injuries. Even Feng Luo, who was located the top of a 10-story building, realized that his HP had suddenly fallen greatly!

    The yers were collectively shocked! However, the full range of sound wave attacks against the group was only the first attack pattern of the Beetle Boss. The next moment, two whiteser energy columns were shot from its eyes, and they suddenly sted the wall of a two-story building located a few dozen meters away,pletely evaporating a yer hiding inside, turning them into white light. It was the Fire Maniptor who had used Fireball.

    What a vengeful Boss!

    The two whiteser beams did not disappear after killing the yer who caused the first damage to it. Instead, as the Boss¡¯s head turned, the beams moved like twoser cannons, devastating all the objects in its rampant path. Its destruction was impartial!

    What severe destruction and damage! Even as yers rushed to hide behind the bunker, the white light of death in the square continued. Only a few high-level Heavy Armor Warriors could block theser with their shields the moment they were hit. They then rushed to escape with only a little health remaining.

    Observing the situation, the yers finally realized that the Boss was not something they could defeat. Without a unifiedmand, it was impossible to pose any threat to the Boss even if there had been more than 200 yers around the square.

    The yers were in chaos!

 Chapter 27 - Boss Battle (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 27: Boss Battle (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The yers were in chaos. Not only were their attacks in disarray, but their minds were utterly confused.

    No one would want to throw away the experience of an entire level here. Furthermore, many of the yers were red names. If they were killed by the Boss now, causing them to drop some of their equipment, the loss would be quite significant. Many yers thought of retreating, plotting to escape quietly and stealthily before the Boss could notice them and target them.

    Unexpectedly, an NPC¡¯smanding voice suddenly came in through themunication devices of all the yers present. It was broadcast through internalmunication channels by an NPC guard Staff Sergeant in the corner of the square.

    ¡°Everybody, do not retreat!¡± said the Staff Sergeant. ¡°Reinforcements will be arriving soon. Attack! Full-on offense!¡±

    At the same time, a red-colored system warning appeared at the bottom-left of the yers¡¯ HUDs.

    Warning: Orders must be obeyed during this mission, or yers will face severe punishment!

    ¡°Damn! No wonder the mission¡¯s NPC soldier would specifically give us a heads-up.¡± Feng Luo clenched his jaw, looking pale.

    Damn!

    Many yers started to curse in their hearts. They felt like they had been conned and tricked by the system. Staying here to fight such a terrifying Boss would be akin to waiting around for one¡¯s own death.

    But, as Feng Luo has guessed, the system did not assign an impossible mission to the yers.

    The low hum of engines erupted suddenly from the end of the street. Immediately, seven brownish-green Energy Military Vehicles bearing the insignia of the Federal Guards emerged swiftly from the crossroads. Sitting on the vehicles were about a dozen guards. Every vehicle was armed with a science-fiction-looking, electromaic, six-barreled, two-meter-long heavy machine gun. Then, with an electromechanical screech, the six barrels spun vigorously, unleashing their heavy payload onto the Boss.

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    A huge cluster of damage indicators appeared right overtop of the giant Beetle. Due to its crazy defense, the damage dealt by each bullet was quite low, but the output of seven electromaic machine guns clumped together was frighteningly concentrated. The damage dealt was far higher than the yers¡¯ attacks. Small indentations even started to appear on the Boss¡¯s thick, ck armor.

    ¡°We have a chance!¡±

    The yers who were cursing and hiding behind covers have just realized that, with the powerful firepower support from the guards, beating the Boss suddenly seemed to be a possible feat.

    Bang!

    You have dealt damage to the mysterious Boss lifeform! 1 Medal Point has been awarded!

    Several yers tried to hurl some Wind des and Fireballs at the Boss. Surprisingly, hitting the Boss now rewarded them with Medal Points directly. A few hits would be equivalent to killing a monster.

    ¡°Wow!¡±

    Some of the yers who were in the proximity and were trapped in the mission stopped trying to escape. If they couldn¡¯t beat this Boss, everyone in the Town of Exile would drop in level anyway. If they attacked more now, they could at least earn more points.

    Not only the ranged characters, but even the melee yers were moving forward. As helpless front-liners in this battle, they¡¯d had nothing to do all this time. They had been hiding behind cover like tortoises in their shells¡ªuntil now. Now they can get Medal Points just by hacking at the Boss. To the hopeless Warriors, it was tempting indeed. At the very least, they had to take this chance to try to collect 100 Medal Points!

    Melee yers had yet another benefit; by staying behind the Boss, they couldpletely avoid the Boss¡¯s immensely powerfulser sweep. As for the Boss¡¯s sonic wave attack from the side, while it boasted a wide area of effect (AOE), the damage was not very high. These Warrior-ss yers, who had high HP, could naturally be confident in taking such hits. As such, many Warriors quickly rushed out from every corner, using Charge to get beside the Boss and attack it with the weapons in their hands.

    Luo Feng, on the top floor, did not stay idle either. He pulled his trigger repeatedly, firing his M110 at a consistent rate. At the same time, his Medal Points were rising steadily.

    The yers and the NPCs continued to attack with their full strength, and the Boss¡¯s HP started dropping at a quicker pace. The damage indicators on the Boss were appearing so quickly that no one could keep track of them. However, if one assumed that this would be enough to defeat the top Boss lifeform in War, they were wrong!

    ¡°Shriek!¡±

    The Boss immediately let out a thundering cry. A translucent yellow energy shield rose around it. Immediately, all the attacks were blocked by the protective barrier. Even the powerful six-barreled machine guns¡¯ bullets could only create ripples in the shield.

    Not only that, but the Boss shook angrily, disying a new type of attack against the Warrior yers squirreling around it like ants. A stream of green gas spurt out from its belly, covering an area with a radius of 10 meters. The melee Warriors were all swallowed by the cloud of greenish gas. Suddenly, a number of high damage indicators popped up consecutively overtop of the yers. In just a few seconds, damage dealt over time had depleted their HP. A few bright white lights shed immediately.

    Poison Attack! It was another huge AOE attack, and it dealt a terrifying amount of damage!

    The impregnable ck shell on the Beetle Boss¡¯s upper body, a protective energy shield surrounding it, a huge AOE poison gas attack, unpredictable sonic waves, and a long-rangeser that fired continuously¡ªthese capabilities made the Beetle truly worthy of being called a Boss!

    Even though it moved slowly, its impregnable defenses made it seem undefeatable. Now, the Warrior yers no longer dared to approach it. The Gunners hit by theser sweep immediately lost half of their HP. If they were hit one more time, their HP would most likely be emptied.

    And what about the Maniptors? Facing this immense ball of strength, they could onlyin. The yers and the Boss both had shields, but why was the difference between their energy shields so vast? The yers¡¯ shields were broken within seconds when they came in contact with theser. Currently, the ck Beetle Boss¡¯s shield had taken more than 10,000 points of damage, yet it did not seem to be weakening one bit!

    ¡°How do we fight this? What should we do!¡±

    The emergence of the shield and the gas has shaken the hearts of the yers once more. But instead of thinking of fleeing like before, most yers were concentrating on their attacks. After all, no one knew the consequences of running away.

    Even with firepower support from the guards, the difference in power was clear. With the shield up, all these attacks were just scratches to the Boss. It stood firm on the ground, unmoving. It merely swept itssers around, casually taking out several dozen yers and three military vehicles.

    In the meantime, only one-fifth of its shield had been depleted. If this continued, the final victory will no doubt belong to the Beetle Boss!

    Tzzz!

    But, at that moment, a blue cannon shell fell from the sky directly onto the Boss¡¯s shield. As it exploded, a cluster of sma burst out, dimming the Beetle Boss¡¯s energy shield to a significant degree.

    It was a charged attack from the town Guards¡¯ electromaic cannon. It was so devastating that a single st could have annihted a Level-40 Eagle Mecha.

    ¡°More support from the system hase in!¡±

    On the top floor, Luo Feng, still shooting with his M110, let out a breath of relief. In just a short while, he had used up two magazines. The M110¡¯s barrel was steaming hot and in need of a cooldown.

    But the Guard¡¯s electromaic cannon did not stop. After seven or eight consecutive hits, the yellow shield surrounding the Boss flickered a few times and disappeared!

    ¡°Attack! Attack!¡±

    The Staff Sergeant¡¯s loud voice red out over the yers¡¯ms. Immediately, the three Energy Military Vehicles started to fire their electromaic machine guns at the Boss.

    Hearing themand from the Staff Sergeant, the yers started to madlyunch their skills as well. After all, the moment of an enemy¡¯s weakness was the opportune moment for attack. But, of course, the melee yers are not so foolish as to throw away their lives. They depended on the ranged yers to bring down the Boss¡¯s health. Nevertheless, even under the fire of so many parties without its shield, the Boss¡¯s ck armor was still insanely strong.

    Under the heavy firepower support of the guards and the full-on offense from the yers, it seemed like its HP was dropping steadily.

    Perhaps there was a hope of killing this Boss.

 Chapter 28 - Boss Battle (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 28: Boss Battle (Part 3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Killing a Boss. What wasmon in other games was a very difficult feat in War¡ªnot only because the strength of any Boss was very powerful but because the result of killing the Boss was often the death of the whole group.

    Also, because the AI level of Bosses in War was extremely high, they weren¡¯t as stupid as standard monsters in the normal game. They fought hard against the yers. However, once they found that their lives were in danger, most of them would escape.

    To stop a Boss from running away was extremely difficult. Therefore, even if yers were capable of defeating a Boss, they were usually unable to kill it. In the six months since the server hadunched, the number of Bosses killed by yers was very small.

    But today, all the yers present saw a glimmer of hope!

    The movement speed of this Beetle Boss was so slow that it was certainly incapable of escape. And as this Beetle Boss was a loner, it was also impossible to escape the yer¡¯s pursuit by sending out suicidalckeys. The mostmon reason Boss monsters were difficult to attack was because of little monster by their side. Bosses in War hadrge groups of Normal, Elite, and even Commander monsters to escort them.

    But this Beetle Boss was an exception. The rebel army could control it but apparently did not control its mobs. The yers present were lucky to have encountered such a rare loner Boss. Otherwise, even with the help of the Guard NPCs, it would have been difficult to defeat a Level-45 Boss with the support of countless mobs.

    In the meantime, at least 50 yers and more than 10 NPC Guards turned into white light, killed by the Boss. But the Beetle Boss was also heavily scarred. Green mucus flowed down to the ground, one eye was blinded, and three of the eight sharp limbs were broken.

    ¡°Kill it! Get the rare equipment!¡±

    Seeing that Boss¡¯s HP was decreasing, many yers were delighted.

    However, the ck Beetle Boss that appeared to be dying seemed to be deliberately continuing the fight with the yers.

    Just as the yers grew excited, the Boss unleashed a new method of attack. A ball of white energy brewed within its mouth. It spat the ball toward a moving Guard vehicle driving along the square.

    Boom!

    The energy ball hit the guard vehicle and burst into a shing white light, blinding everyone¡¯s eyes!

    By the time the white light had dissipated, the Guard vehicle had disappeared. On the ground where it had been located, there was arge crater, and the surrounding area had been burnedpletely ck. Liquid metal and the ck chunks of tires flowed from the point where the vehicle had melted. Even the soil on the inner wall of the crater was turned into heated ash.

    Many yers were shocked. This was an extremely horrible power! This Boss, even in the current situation, still had the power to resist?

    Boom!

    ?4020!

    But just as the Boss opened its mouth and was going to spit out another energy bomb, a yellow weak-point damage value totaling over 4,000 appeared!

    Feng Luo had seized the opportunity to shoot the Boss in the mouth, and the damage of this attack was unexpected. It seemed that although its shell was very hard, its internal defense was very weak!

    ¡°Ok?¡± he said. ¡°Damn!¡±

    However, his pupils suddenly shrank after he regained focus. He grabbed the M110 and hurriedly ran backward.

    ¡°Hey!¡±

    Aser beam like a cutting torch sliced through the wall of the tall building, cutting all the way to the top, melting ss, cracking cement, and sending gravel flying all around. After two seconds, a white energy bomb flew out andnded on the outer wall of the building behind Feng Luo.

    Boom!

    The ceiling of the top floor was hit with a st, and the resulting shock wave quickly spread outward.

    Feng Luo was thrown to the ground. Fortunately, he had reacted quickly enough. He lost 1,500 points of health just from the shock wave from the energy ball. He could not imagine the damage he would have received if he¡¯d been hit by that energy bomb. He probably wouldn¡¯t have turned into white light straight away; more likely, all the equipment on his body would have been destroyed, too. When he resurrected, the underwear would have been all that was left.

    ¡°This Boss really does harbor bitter resentment!¡±

    Feng Luo, still in shock, stood up and looked back at the Boss. His face immediately grew even more haggard. The Beetle Boss on the ground-level square was gathering white energy, and a new bomb was forming. Worse still, it was still aimed at him.

    ¡°Sh*t!¡± Feng Luo cursed and fled.

    But at that moment, an electromaic bomb suddenly fell from the sky into the open mouth of the Beetle Boss.

    Boom!

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    The sma from the electromaic bomb exploded in the mouth of the Boss, which led to the explosion of the energy bomb in the Boss¡¯s mouth. Half of the Boss mouth was blown off, and the head was nearly blown off.

    This was the highest damage amount since the beginning of War! Over 50k HP had been lost¡ªenough to seriously damage even a Level 45 Boss!

    ¡°Hey!¡±

    The badly damaged Boss was furious and started attacking in all directions. The horrible sound wave attack smashed the town square into half. Theser beam in its remaining eye swept through buildings, yers, creatures, and nonliving things alike.

    That electromaic shot had not destroyed its energy-emitting structure, but it had caused the partially severed head of the angered Boss to swing around. White energy balls flew in all directions.

    Many yers, unprepared for this, were killed as a result. Dozens of white lights shed around the square like a gorgeous light show of death! The rest of the surviving yers, however, were not afraid at this time but full of excitement. Based on their experience, they knew the Boss¡¯s HP must have dropped to a very low level.

    The chance to kill a Boss was right in front of them!

    ¡°Attack, attack!¡± the voice of the Guard Staff Sergeant roared, growing hoarse.

    On the roof above, Feng Luo¡ªwho that escaped certain catastrophe¡ªwas also filled with excitement. He quickly found a new position to set up the M110 and then, without hesitation, equipped the D-grade special ammunition: double armor-piercing rounds.

    Now the Boss was constantly turning its body, and his head was not facing this direction. From this position, Feng Luo couldn¡¯t attack the weak point in the Boss mouth, but through the sniper rifle¡¯s scope, he located another better target.

    It was a region that had been hit by many bullets and various attacks, causing the shell to be deeply dented. The center was a fist-sized pit where green mucus steadily flowed out. The wound was located was just behind the Boss head.

    Distance: 102.4 meters. Wind speed: 5 m/s. Aiming...

    Within two seconds, Feng Luo analyzed all this data in his brain and reached the desired conclusion. The next moment, the M110¡¯s fired, and the double armor-piercing round flew out!

    Bang!

    ?14200!

    After traveling 100 meters, the double armor-piercing round luckily entered straight into the fist-sized wound. Subsequently, a value totaling over 10,000 points of damage floated over the head of the Beetle Boss, and the indicator was shining bright gold!

    Gold indicator! Critical hit!

    Regardless of the small probability, the lucky shot by Feng Luo which was the highest damage he had dealt since entering War. To his surprise, the Level-45 Boss received a massive amount of damage from his attack!

    Feng Luo hands holding the M110 can¡¯t help shaking! ¡°That was lucky!¡± he said.

    This Beetle Boss had an extremely powerful shell, but the inside of the shell was filled with soft meat, just like an ordinary Beetle. Plus, its head was its weak point. Only the uniquebination of these conditions¡ªcoupled with Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Deadly¡± talent¡ªallowed him to make such an amazing shot!

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Feng Luo had originally intended to get up after he fired the shot because the Boss would attack him again with energy cannon, but he stayed behind cover. Through the view provided by the M110¡¯s scope, Feng Luo watched as the Beetle Boss made a sharp and miserable scream after being shot by the double armor-piercing round.

    The screams pierced through the night sky, and a series of double-digit damage values appeared overtop of Feng Luo¡¯s head. At the same time, the ck shell on the Beetle became rapidly discolored. Everyone felt the pressure released by its mighty breath.

 Chapter 29 - Boss Battle (Part 4)

    <h4>Chapter 29: Boss Battle (Part 4)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Is this a pattern of unleashing super skills?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s facial expression changed. He immediately dismissed this guess because the Beetle Boss¡¯s condition seemed to indicate another scenario.

    ¡°No, this is... self-destruction!¡±

    Some Bosses used the self-destruction skill as a counter-attack when dying in War. Self-destruction didn¡¯t just cause great damage to surrounding enemies. More importantly, if yers could not stop it in time, the Boss¡¯s most valuable energy crystal core or mechanical core would be destroyed when the Boss died.

    This was undoubtedly a sneaky n by the gamingpany! The only way to stop the Boss from self-destructing was to attack its vital point and cause lethal damage, due to the fact that most active skills in War could be halted by a vital-point attack. This was also why lethal damage had a higher value than normal damage in War.

    However, no one could stop this Boss¡¯s skill because, during the boss¡¯s self-destruction, an energy shield slightly darker than the previous one appeared over its body, blocking the attacks made by all the yers.

    Boom!

    Less than ten secondster, the Beetle Boss¡¯s originally ck shell turned red, and there seemed to be mes burning within it. When it turned extremely red, a loud boom quaked sky above the entire Town of Exiles.

    The power of self-destruction from the Level-45 Boss was indescribable. A spherical yellow energy storm started to spread rapidly, as overwhelming as a sandstorm. Debris weighing thousands of kilograms was swept up by the shock wave, creating craters and holes on the ground and the surrounding buildings. People could feel the earth rumbling from the strong impact!

    Although he was in a prone position on the ground, at the top of a building almost 100 meters away, and even though the building blocked most of the impact, Feng Luo¡¯s HP still dropped more than 1,000 points from this self-destruction. If he hadn¡¯t used a blood tonic to recover his HP above a safe level after being damaged by the energy st earlier, perhaps he would have sustained a heavy injury or even ended up with a Game Over.

    ¡°Level-45 Boss killed,¡± said a voice over Feng Luo¡¯s yer terminal. ¡°6.3 percent kill contribution. 3,015 experience points awarded. 1,890 Town of Exiles 1022 Medal Points awarded!¡±

    Listening to system¡¯s audio, Feng Luo leaned on the top floor of the heavily damaged building while holding the M110. Fear lingered in his heart.

    ¡°Phew, I¡¯ve finally downed this Boss!¡±

    Then his face turned sour. In the square below, following the Boss¡¯s self-destruction, many energy crystals, shining pieces of equipment, and rare consumable supplies which were not avable in most markets were being blown around by the residual energy from the self-destruction storm.

    Bosses would drop equipment after self-destruction. Even though there would not be energy crystal cores, the equipment that did drop would not be ofmon value. Not only would there be rare pieces of equipment, but there would also be special materials that were not dropped by mostmon monsters.

    The problem was, Feng Luo was standing on the tenth floor of the building, and it was impossible for him to grab those things.

    Scratch!

    Feng Luo felt so dejected that he wanted to shoot himself with his M110. Especially given the fact that his kill contribution was as high as 6.3 percent. 6.3 percent! Subtracting the NPCs¡¯ contributions from the total, he was most likely at the top among the yers. However, the yer with the highest contribution could only stare at the items dropped by the Boss. Many yers who were too scared to advance into battle and hadn¡¯t made any contribution stormed out greedily to loot the items dropped by the Boss.

    Feng Luo was truly bitter. ¡°F*ck,¡± he said. ¡°Why didn¡¯t I think of this before?¡±

    Clink!

    Even as Feng Luo was feeling despondent, a clear clink was heard from the rooftop beside him. It sounded as if something had fallen onto the ground and flipped twice. Feng Luo turned his head and realized that it was a silver, half-transparent chip the size of two fingernails.

    ¡°This seems to be an item dropped by the Boss,¡± he said.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face went nk. Could it be that one of the drops by the Boss fell to his side because it was blown to this building by the power of the self-destruction?

    ¡°Um, no,¡± he concluded. ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem likely.¡±

    He gazed through the M110¡¯s scope and realized that, based on the trajectory of the items scattered after the explosion, other yers who had attacked while he was attacking the Boss were also receiving drops.

    ¡°If so, I suppose the system intended to divide the drops following the Boss¡¯s self-destruction!¡± Feng Luo guessed.

    Even though the Boss had not spawned for very long, it had caused a flurry of activity on the square and caught the attention of all the yers from the Town of Exiles. When the Boss had been nearly dead, many yers had called their acquaintances over through themunicating system with the intent to loot the Boss¡¯s drops. After all, dropped items were not bound to anyone during this kind of huge mission. Anyone could loot those items. Therefore, if items dropped by the Bosses were picked up byzy Light Armor Warriors or even taken by new yers who arrived only for the drops, it would be too unfair for those yers who had actively participated in the battle.

    Feng Luo suspected that the Boss¡¯s self-destruction had been preset by the system, as most of the credit for damaging the Boss belonged to the Guards. If not for the huge damage dealt by the Guards¡¯ electromaic cannon, which had destroyed the Boss¡¯s morphed safety shield, it would have been impossible for these red-name yers with their varied motives to kill this Boss. That was why it was impossible for the system to drop the expensive energy crystal core. Instead, they chose to let this Boss self-destruct instead and distribute the drops ording to contribution points earned in killing the Boss.

    ¡°I think that must be it!¡± said Feng Luo.

    Holding the silver chip¡ªwhich was slightly hot¡ªin his hand, Feng Luo discovered a few question marks in its attribute column. This situation only happened in cases of unidentified equipment. This had clearly been dropped by the Boss!

    There were no Appraisers in the Town of Exiles, so he would have to wait until he returned to Silvermoon City to learn what this thing was.

    He ced the chip in his anti-gravity spacial backpack and focused his attention back on the square. Battles had erupted down there. No new monsters were spawned; it was the yers PKing each other instead.

    Thump!

    In a corner of the square, fire meteorites were falling from the sky and hitting the ground, producing mes. Clearly, some Fire Maniptor yers were attacking using the ¡°Meteor Rain¡± skill in an attempt to loot the drops from the Boss. Not just that, but there were also machine gun noises, Warriors¡¯ shouts as they used their ss skills, and curses voiced by some yers. It was obvious thatbat hadn¡¯t erupted solely in one area.

    People would die for money, not to mention Boss drops with umon value. The pieces of equipment that had been dropped around the square, especially five or six of them that were shining, had drawn too much attention. After all, drops by Bosses of this level had a 100 percent chance of being Rare-grade equipment, and each would cost at least thousands of credits.

    Even though the system had warned yers not to fight against each other earlier, some of them obviously couldn¡¯t help it when they saw the equipment dropped by the Boss. However, the fighting did notst long. Several new military vehicles drove over from the side of the square. Subsequently, six electromaic machine guns on the vehicles started to operate, dishing out fatal barrages and reducing the troublemaking yers to Swiss cheese, transforming them into shes of white light.

    ¡°The rebels are attacking from the outside, yet you are all killing each other in here!¡± a sergeant-ranked Guard officer shouted angrily. ¡°Do not think that you can ignore the military¡¯s orders just because you are temporarily recruited. You are all Federal soldiers as soon as you step into the battlefield. This is the consequence for those who dare to defy the orders and fight among each other!¡±

    Behind him, on the military vehicles, Guard soldiers stood emotionless one after another, holding their guns.

    The few yers who had initiated PK to loot items ended up with horrible fates. After they were shot to death, all their equipment, crystals, materials, and supplies were scattered to the floor and destroyed. Perhaps when they resurrected, all they would have left was their underwear.

    Feng Luo ced his M110 on the rooftop. He actually enjoyed the scene. If the drops truly were distributed ording to contribution points, he assumed that the item he got was the best. The chip with unknown attributes in his backpack must have been even more valuable than the other Rare-grade equipment.

    He¡¯d been worried that if the system didn¡¯t stop the fighting in time, someone with bad intentions would notice that he¡¯d gotten the best item and cause him trouble.

    Beep. Beep...

    Feng Luo¡¯smunicator beeped, and a male voice came from the battlemand channel.

    ¡°Hey, is this Feng Zhi Luoye? The Commander has demanded your presence at Battle Command Department at Number 35, New South Street. You have a new mission!¡±

 Chapter 30 - Do Enemies Often Cross Each Otherâ€™s Paths?

    <h4>Chapter 30: Do Enemies Often Cross Each Other¡¯s Paths?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    After the Boss Beetle was eliminated, the attacks of the rebel army began to weaken. Perhaps it was also because nightfall was near, and even if they used res, it was not convenient to fight. However, the rebel army still managed to build several constructs outside the town, which disyed an attitude that implied that they would take down the Town of Exiles no matter the cost.

    One good thing among everything was that the system probably took the difficulty of the mission into consideration. At the very least, the rebel army did not send out military helicopters or other air transport vehicles. Otherwise, given the current standards of the yers, they would not have had the capability to participate in air defense.

    When Feng Luo received the notice from the Guards and reached the outside of the Battle Command in the center of the town, he discovered that he was not the only one who had received the notice. More than a dozen yers were already waiting outside the Battle Command.

    As the yers in the Town of Exiles were either red-named or yellow-named, and their ID and levels were disyed on top of their head, Feng Luo swept his gaze over all of them and noticed that these yers were not at low levels. Excluding him, the lowest-level yer was at Level 44. Furthermore, each and every one of them had pretty good equipment on their bodies.

    These were definitely elite yers. Compared to them, Feng Luo, who was only at Level 39, appear rather out of ce, especially given that he was also a Sniper.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye? This name seems unfamiliar,¡± a Water Maniptor said with a slight twitch in the face, showing some suspicion.

    ¡°Maybe he¡¯s a neer who managed to get his contribution up,¡± a Level-45 Heavy Armor Warrior beside him said after ncing at Feng Luo. ¡°In this mission, it seems like there are also contribution points for killing unique monsters.¡±

    Although the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had announced a bounty, it was a bounty that had been created by yers. After all, it was impossible for it to spread throughout the entire Town of Exiles for everyone to hear about it.

    In truth, most people went to the Town of Exiles to remove their red-name status and were mostly busy clearing missions. The ratio of people who had seen the bounty posted by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was quite low. As such, almost no one gave Feng Luo a second nce. Instead, they turned around to continue with their personal discussions.

    Only three people revealed expressions that were slightly odd when they looked at Feng Luo. However, they did not do anything out of the ordinary. After all, the Town of Exiles currently prohibited PK. No matter how gutsy they were, they wouldn¡¯t dare to disobey the rules.

    From the few people discussing the mission, Feng Luo received a piece of useful information: The condition to trigger this mission was that one needed to reach a certain amount of contribution!

    Contribution in War was a bit like ¡°faction reputation¡± inmon games. When contribution toward a particr force (stronghold, city, town, country, etc.) was high, one would get extra benefits when trading orpleting missions.

    Feng Luo¡¯s contribution was very high in Silvermoon City. It had already reached the level of a ¡°Second-ss Honorary Citizen.¡± However, he had never been to the Town of Exiles before, so how would he have any level of contribution?

    Killing unique monsters rewards contribution? thought Feng Luo.

    As he considered the words spoken by the Heavy Armor Warrior, Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced. He quickly opened the system interface to check. It was then that he discovered that killing the Boss Beetle and the Tiger Robot earlier had earned him a decent amount of contribution toward Town of Exiles 1022. By now, it had just reached the threshold of being the Town of Exiles Second-ss Honorary Citizen.

    Apart from that, his cumtive medal points for participating in the war had also reached over 2,200 points. He was probably ranked first among all the other yers, and among them, the Boss Beetle had definitely contributed to arge chunk of those points. That was why hunting Bosses was a good way of bing rich.

    I wonder what these medal points can be exchanged for? thought Feng Luo after understanding the mission trigger.

    Since the ¡°Exchange¡± option in his personal terminal was still gray and could not be selected at the moment, Feng Luo still didn¡¯t know what the medal points could be used to purchase. He could only hope the gamepany wasn¡¯t too stingy!

    As Feng Luo was checking the information, a cold voice suddenly rose up behind him. ¡°It¡¯s you! Feng Zhi Luoye!¡±

    Feng Luo turned around and saw three people staring at him with unhappy expressions: a Light Armor Warrior wearing grayish-ck armor, a Scout wearing a steel helmet, and a petite Sniper! The Light Armor Warrior in the grayish-ck armor had an unbelievably cold expression. He gazed at Feng Luo was as if he craved human flesh.

    An old saying shed in Feng Luo¡¯s mind. ¡°Enemies often cross each other¡¯s paths!¡±

    This Light Armor Warrior was one of the Light Armor Warriors who had previously tried to ambush him with Yellow-tooth. Moreover, seeing that the three of them were in a gang, it was highly possible that the other two had also tried to ambush him!

    ¡°F*ck! You f*cking backstabbed Yellow-tooth, and you still dare to saunter through the Red City?¡± the Sniper said gravely, wearing a straight face.

    ¡°He only has himself to me!¡± Feng Luo answered coldly, paying no respect.

    ¡°You...!¡± The Sniper¡¯s expression darkened. He extended his right hand and immediately went for a silver pistol hanging on hisbat belt.

    ¡°Don¡¯t be impulsive!¡± said the ck Light Armor Warrior, extending his hands to stop him. He had clearly seen the miserable end of yers who had disobeyed the no-PK order. He was afraid that if his teammate took out his gun, he would be killed by the Guards.

    At that time, the number of yers outside the Battle Command had reached over 20. The other yers, noticing the conflict, only watched with pleasure from the sidelines, asionally pointing here and there.

    For yers who spent a lot of time in Red Cities, PK instances were all toomon! If it weren¡¯t for the current war status, yers would even be PKing in the streets of the Town of Exiles. This was quite normal, and as long as they didn¡¯t hurt the NPCs or damage the official buildings too much, even the system Guards were toozy to be bothered by matters pertaining to the yers. The rules of Red Cities especially created for exiled convicts and criminals were naturally different from normal Federal cities.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye,¡± said the ck Light Armor Warrior. ¡°We will not continue bothering you about the matter of killing Yellow-tooth. Although we were careless, it was still a matter of your ability, after all. However, the funny thing is that you have offended the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. The bounty of 5,000 credits they put on you will go to waste if we don¡¯t do anything about it. You had better hope that you find a way to leave the Red City before the ¡®war¡¯ status ends!¡±

    The ck Light Armor Warrior was very sinister. He knew they could not fight, so he intentionally brought up the matter of Feng Luo being wanted by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. The surrounding yers looked at Feng Luo with odd expressions. Although 5,000 credits wasn¡¯t all that much, it was still enough to purchase one normal-attribute, Excellent-grade piece of equipment.

    Other yers, however, did not seem to care about this, nor did they seem to really acknowledge the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. A tall, slim Scout yer who emanated a military aura, upon hearing the name of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, couldn¡¯t hide the look of hatred that shed across his face. After that, his expression as he looked at Feng Luo was one of curiosity.

    ¡°Heh!¡± Feng Luo pulled out his Mad Dog Military Knife and intentionally flicked the white de. The meaning was clear even without any words. This was the knife he had used to stab Yellow-tooth to death right before the eyes of these ambushers!

    ¡°You! Humph!¡± The expression of Yellow-tooth¡¯s associates turned ugly.

    However, they did not have a chance to do anything because, at that moment, the main door of the Battle Command opened. A muscr Guard officer with the rank of sergeant walked inside with two soldiers. He asked the yers to follow him into the meeting room.

    A total of 23 yers followed the military officer. They moved forward and reached a spacious meeting room.

    A somewhat plump military officer of the Guard with symbols on his uniform indicating the rank of captain was already seated in the central seat in the middle of the room. After all the yers were seated, he stood up and said, ¡°Everyone. You are the elite adventurers who performed extremely well in this town, and you have contributed greatly to Town of Exiles 1022. Now our town faces an assault by the rebel army, and the reason we¡¯ve gathered you here is because we have an important mission for you!¡±

    As he said this, he signaled to a soldier beside him. The soldier then proceeded to turn on arge projector screen located in the middle of the room. On it, a Caucasian face, half-covered by a silverish metal mask, appeared.

    ¡°We received a secret report from our spy in the rebel army that amander of the rebel army, nicknamed ¡®the Silver-Faced Eagle,¡¯ Harry Luden, will be passing through the Dark Moon Valley before dawn tomorrow in a car. He will reach the base of the rebel army in the Forest of Exiles tomand this attack.¡±

    The captain of the city guard looked solemn. He then continued, ¡°This rebel army attack on the Town of Exiles is not an isted maneuver. It is rted to an important n of theirs. As such, after much research, the decision from the higher-ups is to send you all to carry out an operation to kill Harry Luden. Some of his information has already been sent to your personal terminals.¡±

    ¡°A kill operation!¡±

    Upon hearing the description of the mission, joy shed across the faces of the yers on the scene. After all, just by hearing the name alone, one would know that it was an umon mission. Naturally, the rewards would not be normal¡ªespecially since this was during a war storyline, and a mission to assassinate the enemymander would be exceedingly valuable.

    However, as soon as they read the target information sent by the Guards to their personal terminals, several people were shocked.

    Harry Luden. Wind Maniptor. Level-55 Rebel Army Commander. Likes to wear a silver mask. Real face: Unknown!

    The rest could be ignored; all that mattered was that this Rebel Army Commander¡¯s level was as high as Level 55!

 Chapter 31 - Assassination Mission

    <h4>Chapter 31: Assassination Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    It was worth mentioning that in the current version of War, the level cap for yers was Level 50. This meant that, at most, yers could only reach Level 50, with 0 percent additional experience. There was actually not much difference between this and Level 49 with 99 percent experience; in the current version, yers still could not learn Level-50 skills (although they could use Level-50 equipment).

    The reason this was noteworthy was that based on the information revealed by the official gamepany, after yers entered the realm of Level 50, their strength would increase substantially. This was also one of the excuses used by the official gamepany to reject nerfing monsters¡¯ Strength. They exined that after breaking through Level 50, top-ss yers¡¯ abilities might even reach a level where they were not any weaker than advanced monsters.

    As such, for yers, Level 50 was an important watershed for capability. Simrly, this same watershed applied to humanoid NPCs and humanoid monsters like the rebel army! So although the information from the Guards did not provide much detail on Harry Luden, the simple im that he was a Level-55 Wind Maniptor made it clear to every yer in the meeting room that this person was not an easy opponent.

    Moreover, as a Commander, this person known as Harry Luden would definitely have a good number of rebel army soldiers protecting him. This mission was quite risky!

    Although it was not good for yers to speak loudly with each other in front of the NPCs in the meeting room, several yers who knew each other still discreetly exchanged nces with one another, each having ideas of their own.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, everyone,¡± said the captain. ¡°Since this mission is not easy, our team of City Guards will provide you with our full support. Apart frommodities like bullets, potions, and other supplies, afterpleting this mission, you will receive the authority to exchange for some unique resources in Town of Exiles 1022!¡±

    As if the captain knew what the yers were thinking, he signaled to the assistant soldier beside him. The soldier nodded and extended both his arms to operate the opticalputer in front of him.

    Town of Exiles 1022 medal point exchange system unlocked. You can now view the exchangeable items.

    A notification shed past the eyes of the seated yers, and the initially grayed-out ¡°Exchange¡± option was now clickable.

    Feng Luo clicked and entered, driven by his curiosity, and discovered there were certainly quite a lot of things within it.

    SCN-Five (Military Knife). Grade: Fine. Destruction Coefficient: D+. Level Requirement: 40. Medal Point Exchange Requirement: 100.

    Viper S7 (Combat Uniform). Grade: Fine. Level Requirement: 42. Medal Point Exchange Requirement: 120.

    Eye of the Flying Eagle (Scope). Grade: Excellent. Level Requirement: 44. Medal Point Exchange Requirement: 340.

    There were pieces of equipment above the Fine grade, supplies, and expendable items with amazing effects, as well as many rare materials that were impossible to obtain through normal missions. The system¡¯s stockpile was indeed fat and rich. Even the military res used by the Guards previously could be purchased using medal points.

    However, the price is actually as high as 30 points per re, thought Feng Luo, shaking his head. For an expendable item, that¡¯s certainly too expensive.

    Items from the system would definitely not be cheap. It was clear enough, based on the low credit amounts offered to yers selling unwanted items to the system stores, just how crappy the prices offered by the system were. However, when Feng Luo selected the ¡°Guns¡± option on the exchange page, the items that appeared before his eyes instantly attracted his gaze.

    Eye of the Thunder (Stock) Blueprint. Medal Points Exchange Requirement: 400; First-ss Honorary Citizen of the Town of Exiles!

    Eye of the Thunder (Magazine) Blueprint. Medal Points Exchange Requirement: 500; First-ss Honorary Citizen of the Town of Exiles!

    Eye of the Thunder (Sniping Scope) Blueprint. Medal Points Exchange Requirement: 600; First-ss Honorary Citizen of the Town of Exiles!

    Eye of the Thunder (Main Body) Blueprint. Medal Points Exchange Requirement: 1000; First-ss Honorary Citizen of the Town of Exiles!

    The uniform-colored words ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± upied four rows consecutively. It made Feng Luo¡¯s heart race.

    In the exchange option, there was actually the entire set of blueprints for the Eye of the Thunder!

    Feng Luo¡¯s breathing hastened. He never would have thought that there would be a possibility of directly exchanging for the full set of blueprints for the Eye of the Thunder. The value of the entire set of blueprints was ten times the value of the single gun barrel blueprint!

    This was because a sniper rifle was considered an assembly weapon in War. A sniper rifle was made up of a stock, a gun barrel, a magazine, a sniping scope, and a main body¡ªa total of five parts.

    Individual parts could be installed onto other sniper rifles as long as the model fit or the part had been sufficiently modified by a gun mechanic. For example, if Feng Luo were to manufacture a gun barrel based on the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel blueprint, after modifying it, it could be used on the M110, and it would not affect the usage of the M110; its performance could even improve. However, this sort of mixing setup would most certainly decrease the performance of the sniper rifle in other areas to a certain degree.

    The only thing was, the Eye of the Thunder gun barrel was part of a Rare-grade piece of equipment. Its attributes were far superior to that of the M110¡¯s gun barrel, which was why even if it were to lower some attributes of other areas, the overall performance would still increase.

    Compared to a mixture of parts, when all the parts of a sniper rifle came from the sameplete set of blueprints, the attributes of the assembled gun would not decrease¡ªon the contrary, they would increase substantially. In this regard, it was like a ¡°full set of equipment!¡±

    When Feng Luo saw the blueprint options for four Eye of the Thunder parts avable on the exchange page, he clicked them and checked the 3D images of the parts. Seeing that they looked the same as the actual item, his heart skipped a beat! However, to obtain all of the blueprints for the Eye of the Thunder was no easy task. In terms of thebined medal point requirement for exchange, apart from the huge amount¡ª2,500 to be exact¡ªhis contribution to the Town of Exiles also needed to reach ¡°First-ss Honorary Citizen¡± as well.

    This was a very demanding requirement!

    Everyone knew that contribution was not easily obtainable. If Feng Luo hadn¡¯t contributed so much to the destruction of the Tiger Robot and the killing of the Boss Beetle during the mission, his contribution level would certainly not have reached the ¡°Second-ss¡± level. Using the other yers in the meeting room as examples, most of them had probably spent a lot of time clearing missions before reaching the same level.

    However, even though he was currently already a Second-ss Honorary Citizen, he was still a long way away from First ss, as the contribution level required to reach First-ss Honorary Citizen was ten times the amount needed to reach Second-ss Honorary Citizen! Which meant that unless Feng Luo blew up ten more Tiger Robots and helped kill another ten Boss Beetles, there was no way he could raise his contribution to the Town of Exiles to reach First ss in the short amount of time avable. He could only do as the other yers did and slowly clear missions in the Town of Exiles to build up his contribution until it satisfied the requirement before exchanging for the Eye of the Thunder pieces.

    This matter sure is difficult!

    Feng Luo was in a dilemma. He did not want to see the Eye of the Thunder parts that were right in front of him slip away. However, he couldn¡¯t stay here and waste timepleting missions to umte contribution points. Moreover, whether the Town of Exiles could be sessfully defended was a problem in and of itself. Even if he were to work hard and increase his contribution, where would he go to purchase the items if the Town of Exiles disappeared?

    But what the captain of the Guards said next cleared all the hesitation from Feng Luo¡¯s mind.

    ¡°Oh yeah,¡± he said. ¡°To show the importance of this mission to the higher-levels, the exchange authority of the person who delivers the killing blow to Harry Luden will temporarily move up a level. Additionally, there will also be a bonus of a unique reward. So, everyone, I hope that you will do your best.¡±

    This statement from the captain of the Guards was undoubtedly an immense motivation to the yers!

    ¡°It is our honor to serve the Federation!¡±

    ¡°It is our duty to protect the Town of Exiles!¡±

    ¡°We have zero tolerance for the rebel army!¡±

    Each and every one of the yers instantly became psyched and excited.

 Chapter 32 - Crazy Ripper

    <h4>Chapter 32: Crazy Ripper</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In the dark underground tunnel, a group of people advanced forward quickly without exchanging a word.

    No one would have thought within the Town of Exilespletely surrounded by the rebel army¡ªthere would be an underground tunnel connected directly to an area a few kilometers outside the town, which allowed yers to break through the encirclement to execute a ¡°kill mission¡± that would influence the tide of the war without making a sound.

    Special Armor Piercing Bullet (Grade C). Increases attack by 25% and increases effective shooting attack range by 100 m. High probability of breaking the defense of equipment below Grade C (inclusive). (Non-tradeable).

    Military Stamina Recovery Potion (Grade C). Increases stamina recovery rate 1.2 times,sts for five minutes. (Non-tradeable).

    This is some good stuff! thought Feng Luo. It¡¯s unfortunate that they are non-tradable; otherwise, I¡¯d be able to earn at least 2,000 credits!

    Feng Luo, who was positioned in thest third of the entire team, focused his thoughts on the two rations given by the Guards and put them into his bag. These two items were expendable items that life profession yers were currently unable to produce. They could only be obtained through missions. They had excellent attributes, and their price was not something to be trifled with. Unfortunately, the quantities of the two items were low. There was only a magazine of 20 of the special armor-piercing bullet, and there were only five military stamina recovery potions.

    The captain had confidently stated that they would provide their full support to the actions of the yers, but one might as well have believed that the beautiful women in the game were just as beautiful in real life; the captain¡¯s ims were just about as likely. The gamepany would never allow the yers to have too great an advantage. The supplies worth 2,000 credits could just be the payment for one level lost during this mission on the part of the yers.

    All 23 yers who attended the meeting chose to ept the mission. This was not surprising. Feng Luo was certain that everyone had seen something that had struck their fancy in the system exchange store. After all, there was no way an ordinary yer would be able to withstand the seduction of an item at the same level as the Eye of the Thunder.

    Apart from the yers taking part in the mission, 17 fully geared Guards also joined in the operation. The one leading them was the sergeant who had led them into the meeting room. Assault rifles were in the hands of the soldiers, and the bags on their backs were filled with ammunition. Only the muscr, two-meter-tall Guard held an eye-catching machine gun in his hands. It was a Level-45 Rare-grade weapon that was famous among the yers.

    Metallic ck like the night. Eight high-tech S-series alloy gun barrels. An electrical chip that supported shot calction. With a firing rate that could reach 9,000 shots per minute, the gun was nicknamed ¡°Crazy Ripper¡±!

    This superior machine gun weighed 45 kilograms while empty yet was easily carried by only the right hand of the muscr guard. His movement did not slow at all, which sufficiently demonstrated that his strength had already reached a level that was hard for yers to attain. It also showed that he must have possessed multiple strong pieces of equipment that increased his attributes on his body. (Note: In War, humanoid NPCs could also equip items).

    Feng Luo could feel several yers sneaking nces at this NPC sergeant, especially the Crazy Ripper in his hands. They were probably wondering¡ªif they could devise a way to kill him¡ªif there was a chance for his machine gun to drop. It was well known that the price of this Rare-grade Crazy Ripper had already been spected at five million credits on the exchange. Moreover, the situation was such that the gun was practically priceless. It was extremely difficult to attain.

    However, the yers only thought about it. None of them actually dared to try it.

    Although the degree of freedom of War was rtively high, and it definitely would have been possible to ambush and kill this NPC, the consequences were not something one could easily withstand. The killer would certainly face multiple rounds of endless bounties from the system. That would be a real bounty, which was a whole lot more advanced than red-name bounties gained for murdering ten people.

    In fact, the yers who received this mission were quite lucky. Before they left for the mission, the captain had actively cleared the names of everyone and turned them all into yellow names. This also meant that if they died during the mission, at the very least, their equipment losses would not be too terrible. Plus, they would be revived after death and would not be locked in prison.

    Is this an intentional trap devised by the NPCs? wondered Feng Luo. To make yers willingly sacrifice their lives for them?

    Feng Luo spected out of boredom. Soon, the 40-man team had reached the exit of the tunnel.

    The position of the tunnel exit was inside a secluded cave. Therge, digitally controlled door, camouged and hidden by heavy boulders, opened slowly after the Guard NPCs entered the password and scanned their retinas.

    Awaiting them outside was the dark night, which was apanied by the constant, faint sounds of bombinging from behind them.

    After two soldiers left to scout ahead, the sergeant lowered his voice and called out, ¡°Safe. Everything is here. Keep up!¡± He held the Crazy Ripper and walked out, bent low at the waist.

    The rest of the soldiers from the Town Guard followed closely behind him. Behind them were the slightly confused yers. Their discipline could clearly not bepared to NPC soldiers; while they were in the cave, they created quite a racket. However, the exit was sufficiently hidden, and they were already three kilometers away from the Town of Exiles. The territory of the rebel army did not extend this ce, so the effect was minimal.

    After that, it was another wave of hasty traveling. It was only after half an hour that the group of people reached their destination: Dark Moon Valley. This was the original location of the Town of Exiles, at coordinates ?4345, 0780.

    The area was a valley. In the sky, the pale moon was blocked by the clouds. The sandstone road between the two small mountains on either side of the valley was visible only asionally in the moonlight.

    After reaching the stipted point, the sergeant started to distribute tasks and responsibilities.

    ¡°The next task will be executed in groups,¡± he said. ¡°Every group will hide in the location I designate. Be stealthy! When we start to take action, you will follow and attack. Make sure to kill Harry Luden. We mustplete the mission even if it costs us our lives. Apart from that, from now on, allmunications are prohibited. Everyone, turn off yourmunicator!¡±

    ¡°We¡± naturally meant the NPC soldiers. As for ¡°everyone,¡± it meant the yers. The dozen NPC soldiers all had a solemn expression, tightly gripping the assault rifles in their hands. The yers did not feel as tense. Since they were no longer at risk of facing the punishment of dying as red names, they would only lose one level¡¯s worth of experience after death.

    Of course, the reward of this mission was exceptional, so the yers did not n to bezy. After all, they had to kill the target to receive their rewards. And the captain had said that the results depended on their overall performance throughout the mission.

    ¡°Hold on, Sergeant,¡± A Level-44 Light Armor Warrior suddenly spoke up, confidence showing clearly on his face. ¡°There¡¯s no need to turn off themunicator, right? If we turn it off, we can¡¯tmunicate, so how can we guarantee we¡¯ll know the exact time to attack and retreat? I suggest everyone keep theirmunicators on so that we maintain contact, and we can use attack tactics to lure enemies deep into our ranks based on the time gaps. This can better guarantee the mission¡¯s chances of sess. Even if a situation arises, it would be easy to retreat!¡± Based on the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s shiny, luxurious equipment and his smooth, plump face, it was a safe guess that he was likely a genuine second-generation tycoon.

    The sergeant nced at him coldly out of the corner of his eye. ¡°Because we must use disruptors to block the SOS signals of the enemy, so during that time, themunicators will be as useful as a brick. Are you prepared tomand everyone at the top of your lungs in this huge valley then? Also, who told you we need to consider retreat? There are only two options for this mission: sess or death. There is no retreat. Whoever dares to say this is trying to lower morale and will be executed on the spot. Our squad does not need cowards!¡±

    His words made the Light Armor Warrior flush red. Clearly, he had not considered blocking the enemy¡¯s signals. He had only wanted to say a few words to share his thoughts and feel a sense of superiority. What had not urred to this bastard was that the NPC in the game paid quite a lot of attention to military discipline. So instead, he was scolded andbeled a ¡°coward¡± by an NPC!

    The Sniper, an associate of Yellow-tooth, had already taken a grayish-ck sniper rifle out of his bag. He hadpleted assembling it and was in the midst of testing it as he smirked and said mockingly, ¡°What an idiot!¡±

    The flushed face of the Light Armor Warrior sank, and he stared straight at the Sniper. ¡°What the f*ck did you say...?¡±

    ¡°Everyone shut the hell up!¡± the stern-faced sergeant shouted in a low voice.

    Over a dozen soldiers behind him instantly loaded the assault rifles in their hands and aimed at the two of them with uniform movements. With over a dozen guns pointed at their heads, neither of the two dared to make another sound.

    This mission... It¡¯s probably going to be interesting... Feng Luo thought quietly, standing by himself.

 Chapter 33 - Dan Hen

    <h4>Chapter 33: Dan Hen</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°As a soldier, there is only one thing you need to do, and that is to obeymands,¡± the sergeant said coldly as he scanned the faces of everyone with a dark expression. ¡°Don¡¯t be a smartass about things that are not within your jurisdiction. We¡¯ll begin getting into our groups now. ck Bird, Gray Bullet, Dark Assassin... The lot of you are in a group. Go behind that pile of rocks!¡±

    The three associates of Yellow-tooth stood out upon hearing his instructions. As the Light Armor Warrior left, he nced at Feng Luo mockingly. Feng Luo was expressionless.

    ¡°Sister I Want, Wing of the Sky... You lot go behind that thicket,¡± the sergeant continued. Two Maniptors and a Heavy Armor Warrior formed another team.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye, Dan Hen, Marauder Swordsman. The three of you are in a group. Go somewhere near the coordinates ?2210, 0705. Find a good spot to hide.¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    The Scout who had shown disgust toward the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group outside the Battle Command stood out. He seemed to be in his 30s. He wore a jungle camouge military uniform, and hisplexion was a pathological sallow, although a sense of sharpness could be seen in his eyes. After a standard military salute, the Scout grabbed his equipment and headed straight to the destination.

    Marauder Swordsman walked slowly with an unhappy expression, mumbling in dissatisfaction, ¡°Humph. It¡¯s just a game. Is there really a need to be like this? One after another, they¡¯re all sick!¡± He was the Light Armor Warrior who had tried to show off just now.

    ¡°Soldier?¡± Feng Luo asked the yer a few steps behind him. It was the man with the ID name called ¡°Dan Hen.¡± Dawn was still a few hours away, and if he did not find someone to talk to, it would be difficult to endure the wait. Plus, Feng Luo had noticed earlier that this yer hadn¡¯t been impressed by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, so he did not have to worry about his opinion of Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°wanted¡± status, as posted by the group.

    ¡°Retired!¡± answered Dan Hen.

    The man had a scar that covered half of the right half of his face. It looked like an old gunshot wound, giving him an appearance that was a bit striking. When yers created characters in War, they could choose to change the outer appearances. Dan Hen had not done that, and with that name, he was probably someone with a story.

    ¡°Which regimen?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    He was definitely interested. Although the world he entered was a unified federation, it still had a standing army. Army service was notpulsory. Everything was voluntary.

    The main task of the military was not for war between member nations of the Federation. Rather, it was mainly to protect space routes and resource extraction on variouss. It was safe to say that in this world, most of the locations where soldiers served weres that were not yet fully developed, space stations, or space battleships. It was quite different from soldiers back on Earth.

    ¡°T-456 fleet, Third Marine Corps,¡± answered Dan Hen. ¡°Main task was to patrol the area near the 23rd Administrative!¡± There was a sense of yearning in Dan Hen¡¯s tone, and the sharp gaze in his eyes also seemed to have softened a bit.

    Marauder Swordsman walking behind them suddenly interjected at that moment. His lips curled upward as he said in an arrogant and mocking tone, ¡°A big soldier, huh? What¡¯s the effing use...? Stuck in stinky protective uniforms, not able to see a woman for months at a time. And barely any entertainment joints to visit. There¡¯s only so little money after retirement. Not even enough to buy a house in Sector 11¡ªnot even on par with a single month of my spending money.¡±

    He had been protected by the NPCs earlier and had embarrassed himself in front of everyone. The reason he spoke up now was to attempt to use his sense of superiority to regain some dignity¡ªto try to shift the awkwardness to someone else. Unfortunately, the two people in front of him did not pay any attention to him. They only continued their conversation. Their expressions and behaviors clearly showed that he was being ignored.

    Anger shed in Marauder Swordsman¡¯s eyes. ¡°Damn it!¡±

    The feeling of being ignored was undoubtedly even worse than the prior feelings of awkward embarrassment. The thought process of a second-generation tycoon who spent his life as the center of attention was something ordinary people could not easilyprehend.

    The ambush location the three of them were assigned to was positioned on the right side of the intersection at the front of Dark Moon Valley. It was essentially the firstyer of the ambush circle.

    The difficulty of defending this ce is hardly low, thought Feng Luo. Considering the terrain of the valley, if the enemies wanted to retreat, there was a high chance they would choose this ce. Based on the intelligence level of the system in War, assignments are normally based on strength evaluation. In this case, whether it is Dan Hen beside me or the second-generation rich kid called Marauder Swordsman behind me, they must be yers with decent strength ording to the evaluation of the system.

    One could forget about the wealthy kid. After all, he was fully equipped with high-level items, so it was normal for him to receive a high valuation.

    The defensive equipment on Dan Hen¡¯s body, however, seemed to be pretty ordinary, especially considering he was a Scout. There was definitely some other reason he had received such a high evaluation. In addition, he did not seem to like the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Perhaps they could be friends. Feng Luo was not a person who liked to exclude others. In fact, as a mercenary, he had needed to learn how to build good rtionships with his associates. At the very least, it was wise to ensure that they would not shoot you in the back on the battlefield.

    After reaching the ambush position, Feng Luo used the dim moonlight to observe the surroundings in detail. In the end, he found a reasonable sniping position. He cleared a space and set up his M110.

    He closed his left eye while his right eye inched toward the scope. He looked into the scope and found that everything in view was pitch ck. The light entering the scope was insufficient; even if he were to equip a night vision, it was hard to say whether he would be able to shoot urately in such an environment.

    With light like this, it was practically impossible to snipe. It was a good thing that, based on the intel, the ETA of the mission target was at dawn. By then, the conditions for sniping ought to be sufficient!

    After setting up the M110, Feng Luo turned around and discovered that Dan Hen had procured his main weapon from his backpack: a submachine gun with a silver glow that looked simr to an MP-5.

    ¡°Nice gun!¡± he said.

    ¡°Death Messenger, Level-45 Excellent-grade weapon,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°Fastest firing rate is 350 rounds per minute. Perfect evaluation. A modified item!¡± He touched the gun with pride. His tone indicated that he was showing off a little.

    A Scout could use daggers, stilettos, and other close-quartersbat weapons, as well as submachine guns, automatic rifles, and other mid-range and long-range weapons. A submachine gun with a Perfect evaluation and Excellent grade, when modified properly, would be on par with a piece of Rare-grade equipment.

    Feng Luo understood why the system had evaluated Dan Hen so strongly. It seemed like his normal defensive equipment was just a front¡ªthe man was a wolf in sheep¡¯s clothing.

    ¡°M110, Level-35 Excellent weapon. I created it myself!¡± Feng Luo said to Dan Hen while patting the butt of the M110.

    Although the gap between their guns was 10 whole levels, the fact that he had created it himself filled him with confidence.

    ¡°You created this gun yourself?¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°I never would have thought that you were actually a gun mechanic, Brother Feng. Moreover, your level probably isn¡¯t low, right? A piece of Excellent-grade equipment¡ªonly advanced-level life profession yers can create something like this!¡±

    Dan Hen did not try to hide his shock. Moreover, the way he called Feng Luo ¡°Brother Feng¡± showed that Dan Hen¡¯s emotional sensibilities weren¡¯t nearly as cold as his outer appearance would have led one to believe.

    ¡°I reached Expert level not that long ago!¡± Feng Luo said, smiling slightly.

    ¡°Expert Gun Mechanic! How strong!¡± Dan Hen said, giving Feng Luo a thumbs up. The phrase was filled with genuine sincerity. Then he paused and went silent for a while before asking, ¡°Brother Feng, did you start a feud with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?¡±

    ¡°I was ambushed by their people, and I killed a few of them in retaliation,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Then I hung up on a call with an idiot known as ¡®Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star.¡¯ But I never would have thought that they would actually ce a bounty on a nobody like me!¡±

    Feng Luo did not hide anything. In truth, this was the effect he had wanted when he¡¯d revealed the information about his life profession level.

    Even inrge yer groups, yers who had reached the Expert level were few and far between¡ªeven among yers who trained specifically in life professions. This was because increasing life profession levels in War was not done purely through simple equipment manufacturing to umte experience. Without luck and talent, it was extremely difficult to be an Expert. In the game¡¯s current version, any Expert-level life profession yers would be highly valued. It was enough to receive invitations from most powers in the game.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star!¡± said Dan Hen. A look of recognition filled his face as he repeated that name. He smiled at Feng Luo. ¡°Brother Feng, I won¡¯t hide it from you. I am someone from the Veterans Tribe!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Veterans Tribe. These were the two strongest forces in Silvermoon City, and they were also two rival forces thatpeted against each other.

 Chapter 34 - Veterans Tribe

    <h4>Chapter 34: Veterans Tribe</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The Veterans Tribe was one of the oldest powers in Silvermoon City. It had been established when the server first began. The catch was, due to stringent requirements to join, the increase in the number of members was slow, not even exceeding 5,000 to this day.

    As for the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, it was considered the newer and younger generation. It had not even been three months since their founding. However, since they did not have any limitations to new members, their numbers had overtaken the Veterans Tribe, and their main group¡¯s membership number had already reached 10,000 members. They even set up several secondary subsidiary groups.

    The two powers had been involved in several not-so-small-scale conflicts in the past month. Due to the number of members, the Veterans Tribe had gradually gone from being the stronger force to the one at the disadvantage. However, when it came to their reputation among the yers, the Veterans Tribe was much better than the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Based on the events at the main entrance of Battle Command, Dan Hen already knew that Feng Luo was in opposition to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, which was why he had exposed his identity as a member of the Veterans Tribe, stating that both of them were on the same side.

    ¡°I guessed as much,¡± Feng Luo said with a smile, then added, ¡°Seeing your expression just now, it seems like you know Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star.¡±

    ¡°How do I put this...?¡± Dan Hen said and became quiet for a while. ¡°He is considered one of the higher-ups in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. In terms of strength, he¡¯s actually average, but he is one of the people who¡¯s been following Roaring Dragon Invincible and conquering ces since the very beginning. So his voice has some authority in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. As for his personality, I¡¯ve heard he¡¯s a bit arrogant and fairly narrow-minded. So hearing that you actually killed his people¡ªand even hung up on him on themunicator¡ªI kind of understood the reason for your bounty.¡± Heughed. ¡°I am guessing this bounty on you was a decision he made. Roaring Dragon Invincible definitely does not know about it; with his personality, he wouldn¡¯t make an enemy out of an advanced-level life profession yer like you. At least, that¡¯s how it appears on the surface.¡±

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Invincible?¡± said Feng Luo. The ID definitely sounded domineering. After all, ordinary people would not dare to name their IDs with words like Invincible or Dragon XX.

    ¡°He¡¯s the Corp Leader of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°He has a way of dealing with things, and he¡¯s also very resolute when dealing with people. The only issue is that he is too ambitious!¡± As he said this, there was a tinge of admiration and respect in his tone.

    ¡°These sorts of people are the most aggressive!¡± Feng Luo said with a nod.

    Feng Luo¡¯s words were not spoken indiscriminately. Although he had mainly trained his life profession, as a yer whose resurrection point was in Silvermoon City, he had also personally witnessed the step-by-step expansion and growth of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. It was well known that throughout their entire development process, the Roaring Dragon Invincible had continuously used all kinds of methods to either buy, devour, or divide the other powers. Only then had they been able to slowly grow to their current stage.

    In Silvermoon City, the other old-school groups founded around the same time as the Veterans Tribe had almost all been devoured by them. Moreover, there were rumors that imed that several financial conglomerates in the real world injected funds to support and back the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, which was why they acted so arrogantly and without much concern for consequences. After all, in the virtual world, money was power. In a sense, this fact was even more pronounced in the game than in reality.

    In truth, manypanies and conglomerates in the real world had already established their own forces in War, since anyone with eyes could see that the game called War had endless potential!

    In the technologically advanced Star Federation, machines and intelligentputers had already reced most humanbor, and the work avable for humans to do was, in fact, very limited. Apart from somebor that required brain power, as well as tasks that could only bepleted by humans, most citizens were unemployed. Due to thepleteness andprehensiveness of the social security system, no one was in danger of starving to death. However, the gap between the wealthy and the poor had be evenrger, and inequality was bing increasingly serious.

    Wealthy people could take vacations through the stars in spaceships, eat all kinds of delicacies from Administratives several light years away, raise various kinds of alien species as pets, and go through gic modifications and organ cultivation surgeries to increase their lifespans. As for the poor, they could only live in old slums, eating the food distributed by the federal government¡ªsynthetic food without much vor¡ªand stare dumbly at the gray sky.

    Only after War appeared had normal people finally been able to taste all kinds of delicacies, experience all sorts of interesting scenes, and live the life of the upper ss in the game. Even though everything was virtual, for many people, it was attractive enough.

    In addition, the federal government gave every legal citizen a lowest-level game helmet, which maximized the coverage of the game. On the 17th Administrative alone, there were more than two billion yers.

    Therge poption base brought about endless business opportunities, and the prospect of monopolizing the benefits of a game city definitely attracted the attention of capitalists. That was why the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group actively put all their efforts into expansion. That also meant there was no possibility of them reconciling with the Veterans Tribe.

    ¡°The Veterans Tribe is different from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°Our guild was founded by several retired soldiers. Our main objective is to helprades who were forced to retire due to injuries. It is also to make it more convenient for everyone to gather. As such, although the financial conglomerates backing the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group announced several bids to buy us off, our guild leader could never agree to such a thing. Lately, it seems they have lost their patience. Perhaps we¡¯ll have to give them a violent fight!¡±

    As Dan Hen said this, he unconsciously clenched his hands, and a murderous aura emanated from his tone. After that, Dan Hen raised his head and looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Brother Feng, knowing Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡¯s temper, I¡¯m sure Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s bounty on you won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon. So if you face any problems in Silvermoon City, perhaps the Veterans Tribe can help you, since both of us are already their sworn enemies.¡±

    ¡°Then I will just say thanks to Brother Dan Hen!¡± Feng Luo said as he nodded.

    Dan Hen¡¯s words further increased Feng Luo¡¯s opinion of him. Dan Hen had not started inviting him to join his guild after learning that he was an advanced-level Gun Mechanic, like most people would have done. Instead, he had spoken indirectly, leaving a good impression without allowing anything embarrassing to ur. A person like this probably also had an umon position in the Veterans Tribe.

    Perhaps feeling that the topic was no longer appropriate to pursue, Dan Hen onlyughed and turned around to look at the M110 beside Feng Luo, saying, ¡°Hey, Brother Feng, how do you think they designed this game? How can they have such a huge backstory in the game, as well as a seemingly endless amount of new and interesting weapons and equipment? Moreover, the key is, these pieces of equipment do not seem to be entirely imaginary. I have a friend who assembled several guns in reality based on gun data and information and discovered that they werepletely usable.¡±

    As Dan Hen said this, his tone showed that he was genuinely puzzled and amazed. However, he then shook his head and added, ¡°The only thing is, the weapons aren¡¯t all that powerful since old-school gunpowder weapons like these have long been eliminated in the military nowadays. Even underground dealers in the ck market would not use guns like these to fill up their inventories.¡±

    I¡¯ve actually been seeking the answer to this very question, Feng Luo thought.

    Why did 20th- and 21st-century weapons appear in suchrge numbers in War? Were there more clues rted to Earth? These were questions Feng Luo hoped to find answers for in the game.

    However, obtaining the answers to these questions was not all that urgent to him, since his instincts told him that one day, the answer would reveal itself.

    Feng Luo was not a person who would ignore a lifelong pursuit of answers. He decided that at the same time, he would thoroughly enjoy the process of ying the game. VR games, after all, had been one of his dreams when he¡¯d still lived in his old world.

    Throughout the conversation between the two yers, the Guard soldiers separated into two teams and went down. They set up something on the road in the middle of the valley, probably something like a trap. And at their side, the second-generation wealthy Marauder Swordsman had already put down a sleeping bag from his backpack, staring lifelessly toward the sky¡ªclearly idling and already sleeping.

    The game allowed idling in the nonbat state for yers to visit the forum or sleep, especially for yers who used game capsules. This was because the nutrient solution was sufficient to support staying in the game continuously for an entire month. As such, many yers chose to sleep in the game. Of course, one could set a timer for idling. When the time was up, the system would automatically wake the yer, so it normally would not dy any missions.

    However, Feng Luo and Dan Hen did not choose to idle.

    Although the mission stated that the target would only pass by at dawn, any qualified soldier or mercenary knew that they had to reduce unexpected factors as much as possible during the mission. That was why both of them decided to stay awake and wait for the arrival of their target.

 Chapter 35 - Operation Decapitation (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 35: Operation Decapitation (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Seven hourster, the sky finally turned bright in the east.

    Feng Luo¡¯s shirt was wet with dew as hey on the hill beside the canyon. The air was somehow freezing but fresher than ever. Although this was not the first time he had experienced dawn, he was still be amazed by the authenticity of the graphics in the game.

    The next minute, he and Dan Hen saw several bright lights shining through the forest behind them, along with the humming noise of energy military vehicles. The arrivals of these vehicles put an end to their long night of waiting.

    ¡°They have finallye!¡±

    Dan Hen turned over and sat up straight while taking out army-green binocrs from his backpack. He looked in the direction of the sounds as he halfy in the bushes at the edge of the hill.

    Scouts in the game of War were equipped with multifunction binocrs that consisted of detection, forming images, and even detecting heat signatures. Compared to a sniper, who observed by using his rifle¡¯s scope, Scouts were able to detect targets in a shorter time frame, as well as scan for hidden individuals in the vicinity of the target area.

    These multifunction binocrs certainly would have been suitable for Snipers, but without a Scout¡¯s professional training, they could not be utilized as effectively. Therefore, most of the Snipers in War would team up with a Scout yer, because the Scouts in the game could perform the same function as a spotter in real life.

    A few minutester, two dark green energy military vehicles equipped with bright white headlights arrived from the gravel road outside of the canyon. There were also eight energy motorbikes with two soldiers each surrounding the energy military vehicles. There were around 30 rebel soldiers.

    Feng Luo had one of his eyes closed, and he ced his index finger on the M110¡¯s trigger. He then turned the rifle scope slightly away from the opposing light source to get a clearer view of the rebel army from 1,000 meters away. Although the light was bad at the moment, the target vehicles were clearly visible. Through the magnified view of the rifle¡¯s scope, none of the rebels shows any signs of alert on their faces. Clearly, there was no advanced warning of the ambush n.

    As the military vehicles drew closer and closer, Feng Luo and Dan Hen did not fire a shot. Instead, they only took out their weapons to prepare for their uing maneuvers.

    Even the drowsy Marauder Swordsman, who was d in purple, took out a purple two-handed alloy sword after being woken up by the system alert. He lowered his body down to the ground and carefully hid in the bushes.

    Now was not the time. They had to wait for the enemies to step into the ambush. Only then could they engage, after the NPCs started making active attacks.

    The rebel convoy was moving quickly, and their formation was scattered. Feng Luo and Dan Hen took a nce to each other. They knew that the enemies weren¡¯t prepared for what awaited them.

    Since the Town of Exiles waspletely surrounded, it was indeed impossible for the enemy to know that arge group had set up an ambush on both sides of the canyon. Moreover, unless an inside man provided information, there was no reason to suspect that the enemy would know the exact time when their fleet would pass by.

    Just as the entire rebel convoy had entered the canyon, something happened to the first energy military vehicle.

    Boom!

    A huge sound suddenly erupted from the ground of the canyon. At the same time, a light blue, electromaic field burst up from below the vehicle, vibrating with pulses of energy. The energy was nearly blinding in the pre-dawn light.

    The electromadmine explosion created a disruption in the maic field. It not only caused the operating systems of the energy military vehicles to go idle, but a few of the motorbikes suddenly malfunctioned, causing the rebel soldiers to fall heavily to the ground. One of them even crashed into a giant rock at the side of the road, reducing two of the riders to sloppy flesh.

    The aftermath of thendmine explosion was a two-meter-deep hole in the middle of the road, blocking the way for any other vehicles. But the explosion did not stop there. Two huge noises came from the hills behind the rebel troops. All the rocks and trees copsed as the noise ended, blocking their only way out.

    ¡°Attack!¡±

    Without the need for anymands, the yers all started to attack at the same time.

    Zoom! Zoom!

    There were bullets everywhere. The sounds of gunfire resounded through the entire canyon. The sounds of bullets echoed off the cliff walls on both sides, creating the illusion that a single weapon was more than ten machine guns firing at the same time. In addition, colorful energy skills sting down from the sky. Countless fireballs, light green wind des, and transparent frozen arrows created a marvelous scene in the dull atmosphere. There were even yers who were casting skills with areas of effects, such as Meteor Rain, Hurricane, and others. All the skills were cast toward the rebel troop again uponpleting cooldown.

    ¡°Ahh! Ahh!¡±

    The most unfortunate rebel soldiers were those who had been thrown from their bikes to the ground. They were totally exposed, without any cover to hide from the attacks. They were still recovering from the dizziness when five or six of them were swallowed by peppered bullets and skills, leaving only screams behind.

    ¡°Defend! Retreat!¡±

    The continuous ambush and attacks had put the rebel troops into a state of chaos. However, as a part of the escort team, they were obviously trained professionals. After the first attacks, they got into cover and started to fight back using the weapons in their hands.

    On top of the military vehicle that was still working, there was an XM214 machine gun simr to the one the armed Guards had used to defend the town. One of the rebel soldiers climbed up and started firing the XM214 machine gun, sweeping across the battlefield. In just two seconds, the bullets had formed a wall with a wide coverage area.

    ¡°Argh!¡±

    Some overexcited yers who had hopped out from the ambush point to cast their skills were instantly wiped out by the machine gun.

    Based on Feng Luo¡¯s experience of ughtering the Beetle Boss, he knew that the power of the machine gun bullets was indeed stronger than the guns of the yers. It would only take two to three shots for a normal yer to be defeated.

    Furthermore, this powerful machine gun had roundsrger than 15mm. If one were to get shot in the arm or the leg, it would be a ¡°Critical Hit.¡±

    The suppressive power of the XM214 machine gun was awful. With the support of its tremendous firepower, the rebels could actually fight on par with the yers and the Guards, using the two energy military vehicles as cover. Certainly there were still a number of yers who had chosen not to unleash their full power.

    That¡¯s weird, thought Feng Luo. I thought themander was supposed to show himself by now.

    Feng Luo had his finger on the trigger of his M110, but he hadn¡¯t fired a shot because he had only one target: themander of the rebel army, Harry Luden.

    In order to retrieve the remaining four parts of the ¡°Eye of Thunder,¡± he would have to obtain the level of First-ss of Honorary Citizen from the Town of Exiles. Therefore, he had to get the ¡°Final Hit¡± against themander of the rebel army. As for rewards gained from defeating random thugs, they were nothing to Feng Luo; he had already obtained more than 2,000 medal points. Therefore, he chose not to attack. Instead, he waited patiently for his target. If a Sniper were to simply fire a shot and reveal his position, it would reduce half of the threat to the enemy.

    The first round of mad bombardment caused the deaths of 12 to 13 casualties on the rebels¡¯ side. Eventually, a man with an energy robe and a silver mask emerged from the middle vehicle. He held a magic staff as he stepped out of the vehicle. As his feet touched the ground, his magic staff shed, and a green transparent energy shield appeared around him.

    Furthermore, there were four fully armored Heavy Armor Warriors hopping down alongside him, raising four shields to cover the man and protect him from attacks in every direction. They immediately escorted the man to the foot of the mountain.

    Part of the rebel soldiers stayed with the energy military vehicle, shooting at the yers and Guards with their weapons. The rest were charging in the direction of the four Heavy Armor Warriors.

    It was impossible topletely lock down the huge canyon because the Guards and the yers were limited in number. During the first round ofbat, the rebels had spotted the loopholes in their ambush. Now, they were heading toward the point where the firepower was the weakest. However, the rebels did not know that the soldiers were only appetizers for the ambushing yers. The main dish was the Wind Controller wearing the silver mask.

    ¡°The Boss is here!¡±

    ¡°He finally decided to show up. I thought he had already escaped.¡±

    ¡°Attack! Attack!¡±

    The next moment, the sky was covered in bullets raining down. Dozens of multi-colored energy skills started to change direction, speeding toward themander of the rebels with firepower that was twice as strong as the previous attacks. Within seconds, the Wind Controller and four of his shielded Heavy Armor Warriors werepletely overwhelmed by the various attacks.

    Even though Harry Luden was a Level-55 Wind Maniptor, his energy shield¡¯s defense wasn¡¯t high. After all, among the four types of Energy Maniptors, the defense level of the energy shield of a Wind Controller was only slightly stronger than that of a Fire Controller.

    As the yers¡¯ ambush points were all on high ground, most of the attacks came from above the rebels¡¯ heads. Therefore, although the Wind Controller was protected in all four directions by the Heavy Armor Warriors, his energy shield still got hit a few times. After a few seconds, the shield wobbled and faded away.

    ¡°We have broken the armor!¡±

    Every one of the yers was excited. Without the protection of the shield, the Energy Controller was amb awaiting the ughter. No matter how great his offense was, low defense and low HP were critical weaknesses, just as it was for monsters.

    Feng Luo, who had contributed a huge part of the fight with three continuous shots from his C-grade custom-made armor-piercing bullets, felt confused by the results.

    There¡¯s something strange about this mission, he thought. Is this supposed to be so easy?

 Chapter 36 - Operation Decapitation (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 36: Operation Decapitation (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo¡¯s assumption was proven correct. The next moment, themander of the rebel troops would show the yers how powerful he was as a Level-55 Wind Maniptor.

    Facing a barrage of attacks, themander who had his energy shield destroyed immediately cast a green energy light from his staff. In the blink of an eye, a light green hurricane instantly formed, shrouding Harry Luden and the four Heavy Armor Warriors within. Normally, it would take 10 seconds for a Wind Maniptor to cast a Level-40 ultimate skill, ¡°Hurricane,¡± but it only took a split second for him to do it.

    Aspared to the miniature hurricane yers could produce, which was only five to five meters tall, the rebelmander¡¯s Hurricane was at another level. Within a few seconds, it grew to over 10 meters tall.

    The light green wind energy turned brown as it sucked massive amounts of soil and rocks from the ground into its high-speed rotation. All of a sudden, the Hurricane turned into a humongous dragon made of earth, charging toward the barrage of attacks cast by the yers.

    Such a scene was extremely stunning in the eyes of the yers!

    Bullets, wind des, and fireballs were everywhere on both side of the mountain, while a ten-meter-tall brown hurricane pierced through the sky, churning with sand, rocks, and leaves. Tons of skills cast by the yers were instantly sucked into the rotating wind energy and copsed as they came in contact with the Hurricane, while many of the bullets shot by the Guards were either blocked by the soil and rocks or thrown off-course and became stray bullets.

    The yers had not expected that the Hurricane skill, which they were quite familiar with, to have such a powerful hidden effect. Not only that, but due to the massive amounts of sand, rocks, and soil absorbed by the Hurricane, the yers had issues with line of sight, making them unable to aim or to attack the rebelmander.

    However, the hurricane did notst long. Fortunately, it slowly faded away a few minutester.

    However, by using the Hurricane as a distraction, the rebelmander and the four Heavy Armor Warriors made it safely to the foot of the hillside of the mountain under the cover of ten-odd rebel soldiers. They were heading into the deep forest.

    ¡°Damn it! We have failed! That stupid NPC should have listened to my words!¡± The angry Marauder Swordsman punched the ground heavily with his fist to vent his anger.

    ¡°Not yet!¡± Dan Hen said coldly, staring at the rebel soldiers as they broke into the forest.

    Ta-ta... Ta-ta...

    Suddenly, there was the sound of severe gunfire. It sounded like shredded metal. What followed were eight streams of blue me, bright and clear under the dull sky, and a terrifying tide full of metal¡ªnearly 200 bullets in a second.

    Deep in the forest, a bunch of Guards had set up an ambush and were waiting for the moment the enemy entered their circle. They clenched their teeth as they held the roaring ¡°Death Ripper¡± machine gun, firing over 1,000 rounds within 10 seconds. At the same time, there were also seven to eight Guards firing at the enemies with the same weapons on either side of him. The apparent weak spot in their first attack was just a ruse!

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    A series of damage values appeared overtop of the frightened rebel soldiers. Over 1,000 bullets formed a mad tide and turned into a deadly blockade.

    ¡°Argh!¡±

    ¡°Help!¡±

    During their breakout, the rebels had naturally ced theirmander and the four Heavy Armor Warriors in the middle. Therefore, those who were shot first were the rebel soldiers surrounding them.

    As the machine guns started roaring, stumps, broken arms, organs, and brains were sprayed all over the ce, along with blood and soil. Ten rebel soldiers who had charged to the front were torn to blood and flesh under the fire of the ¡°Death Ripper¡± within a minute. Fortunately, no female yers were present for the gunfight. If so, even without turning on the bloody visual mode, the idea alone would have caused them to vomit.

    After all the normal rebel soldiers were dead, one of the four Heavy Armor Warriors with alloy shields was the next target for the shots.

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    A series of damage values shed across his helmet. All the bullets hit the shield, which dealt massive damage. However, against such a huge amount of continuous bullet damage, it only took four to five seconds for him and his shield to turn into a sieve under the attacks.

    On the other side of the mountain, Dan Hen, who held a Death Ripper not far from Feng Luo, taking shots to obtain medal points, suddenly eximed, ¡°This machine gun is too powerful! I should have chosen the Gunman profession from the very beginning!¡±

    This extremely violent weapon, the Death Ripper, was definitely a dream weapon for any yer. Even Feng Luo was amazed by the power of the machine gun, though the Sniper was his favorite profession in the game.

    However, it was obvious that this machine gun would not be overpowered. All weapons in the story of War were upgraded through profession mastery. Therefore, the profession mastery of a normal yer had nothing on the NPCmander.

    Ta-ta... Ta-ta...

    On the other side of the mountain, the metal-ripping roaring from the Death Ripper was still going on. A specially made extended bullet cartridge was enough to produce 2,000 shots, which allowed them topletely suppress the enemies within 15 seconds. Following the death of the Heavy Armor Warrior who was protecting themander from the front, the next target for the tide of bullets would be the rebelmander, Harry Luden, who was wearing a silver mask.

    ¡°Oh, God!¡±

    At the moment, all the yers had the same thought. Whoever managed to acquire the final hit against the rebelmander before his death would be granted a bonus reward and also a level-up in medal points. This was the main reason why the yers had decided to take part in the fight.

    ¡°I shall not allow an NPC to snatch thest hit!¡±

    Feng Luo immediately fired a shot, but unfortunately, it was not possible for him to deal the final damage in this situation. Something beyond expectation urred. A brownish-yellow colored energy shield suddenly appeared over the rebelmander, cing him under protection in a sh.

    ¡°As expected, the Boss has a hidden protection barrier!¡±

    Feng Luo realized this mission would not be so easy. If an NPC could easily eliminate the mission target, then there was no reason for the yers to be there.

    As Feng Luo expected, the brownish-yellow energy shield over the rebelmander swallowed the shots from the entire bullet cartridge of the Death Ripper, though the color of the shield faded away eventually.

    Of course, it was impossible for the rest of the normal rebel soldiers to escape under such gunfire. The soldiers, along with the three Heavy Armor Warriors, were sted into a bunch of corpses and mounds of flesh under the punishment of the Death Ripper.

    ¡°It¡¯s time!¡±

    All the yers started to engage when they realized the opportunity had arrived. Within seconds, wind des, bullets, fireballs, and all kinds of ranged attacks were cast toward the rebelmander. Before he even had a chance to escape, he was submerged in countless skills and attacks.

    After a series of damage values appeared over his head, the rebelmander in his long energy robe was crushed to pieces and eventually fell.

    ¡°Is he dead?¡± said Marauder Swordsman in shock. He had been waiting until it was time for the yers to engage, and the rebelmander had fallen before he had cast a single skill. He even had his alloy longsword ready, as well as his assault mode activated. He was unprepared for this situation.

    Dead? Feng Luo thought, stunned.

    He couldn¡¯t believe that such a powerful character would be taken down in a single round of umted attacks. He had only been able to fire a single shot in the duration. Furthermore, he hadn¡¯t even been able to hit the weak point, let alone get the final hit. He felt that this mission was somehow iplete.

    Yes. This doesn¡¯t seem right!

    A thought suddenly urred to Feng Luo. He turned and looked at the system¡¯s prompt message.

    You have sessfully eliminated the rebel captain. Contribution points: 0.79%. Experience gained: 650. Provisional operation medal points: gained 8 points!

    This was not the rebelmander!

    ¡°No!¡±

    ¡°How could this be? This is only a rebel captain?¡±

    Several yers realized the issue at the same time. How could this be? The corpse was not Harry Luden!

    Was it possible that the Guards had given them the wrong information? The man inside the vehicle was not the rebelmander?

    Just as everyone was dazed by the situation, a giant, tumbling cloud appeared overtop of the mountain where the Guards and a few soldiers were located, which brought a feeling of oppression to the atmosphere.

    ¡°What is going on?¡±

    ¡°It looks like our skills are in cooldown.¡±

    The yers were stunned. They did not know what to do. None of them noticed that there was a man hopping out of another energy military vehicle that the yers had ignored from the very beginning. The man was wearing a silver mask and an energymander robe.

    The moment the mysterious man stepped onto the ground, he immediately lifted his magic staff¡ªembedded with a dark green crystal¡ªand pointed it in the direction where the Guards were hiding.

    Boom!

    Dozens of dazzling white lightning bolts sted down from the tumbling cloud, covering the ground within an area 40 to 50 meters wide.

 Chapter 37 - Operation Decapitation (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 37: Operation Decapitation (Part 3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    If the Guard Staff Sergeant had showcased the powerful, explosive force of the upation of a Machine Gunner, then at this moment, this mysterious Maniptor was about to showcase the terrifying ranged-attack ability of the Maniptor!

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    The group of low, dark clouds in the sky were tethered to the ground and instantly unleashed dozens of bolts of pale lightning. Violent thunder prated the air, making it clear that themander¡¯s intention was to kill the Guard Staff Sergeant and the other seven to eight Guards who were preparing an ambush in that forest.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Screams rang out after a round of lightning strikes. The seven to eight normal Guard soldiers were suddenly struck and turned to ash. As for the Guard Staff Sergeant currently loading ammunition into the Death Rippe, he was struck by a few lightning bolts before his tall body fell to the ground.

    Not only that, but the rebel Machine Gunners in the canyon, who were operating the six-barreled railgun, seemed to have received some sort of instruction. They turned the machine gun and shot the area where another Guard soldier was lurking. Hundreds of shots of over 15mm bullets swept across the area. Even the rocks that they had used as cover were sted to dust.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Once again, there was a series of screams. In addition to the Guard soldiers killed in the previous exchange, the members of the Guard were all killed in just a few seconds!

    ¡°Damn! What happened?¡±

    ¡°How could all the NPCs be killed instantly?¡±

    The sudden changes made the yers¡ªwho had yet to even recover from the previous shock¡ªeven more frightened.

    The system¡¯s calm announcement could be heard by all the yers: ¡°Because his substitute was killed, Commander Harry Luden has entered into an angry state and decided to fight in person. Please be careful!¡±

    ¡°Substitute?¡±

    Upon hearing this system prompt, Feng Luo hurriedly changed the angle of the M110 and suddenly saw the real rebelmander standing at the center of the canyon.

    The information the Guards had received was only the image of Harry Luden wearing a silver metal mask and the nickname, Silver-Faced Eagle. Thus, the yers had naturally assumed that the silver-masked person who had been the first to get out of the vehicle was Harry Luden. But, in fact, this had obviously been a trap purposely set up for the mission.

    The nickname Silver-Faced Eagle already implied sneakiness. It reminded Feng Luo of a general from the history of the Earth called ¡°The Eagle of the Empire.¡± He also had another nickname: ¡°Desert Fox¡±!

    Obviously, the mission had been set up so that if the yers did not know in advance that the rebelmander protected during the breakout was a fake, then, after the substitute was killed, the mission would enter a second stage.

    The Guard NPCs who were supposed to help in the fight had all died. The yers could only rely on their own strength toplete the remaining objectives.

    ¡°This setting is really tough,¡± said Feng Luo, gritting his teeth.

    Although he had suspected that something was off, he hadn¡¯t considered the possibility of a substitute at all. In the end, he had still underestimated the AI of the game¡¯s NPC¡ªor, to be more precise, he had been tricked by the system. But now was not the time toin, because without the help of firepower from the NPCs, even if the rebel army was wiped out, it would still be impossible topletely seal off the canyon. If the rebel army¡¯smander decided to escape, it would certainly be impossible to stop him this time. Therefore, the only option was to attack him first in order to firmly engage him inbat and prevent him from escaping!

    Many other yers had the same idea as Feng Luo. In fact, several yers had already rushed to attack the real Harry Luden in the canyon. Two wind des and a fireball flew down with massive energy and struck the body of the rebel armymander.

    It was well known that when fighting an advanced-level monster, the first attack would result in additional contribution points. Although the points were not as high as the points for the final blow, it still ensured that the yer would earn quite a lot of medal points.

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    Even though these skills were sessful in dealing damage, the moment the rebelmander was attacked, the dark green energy stone embedded on the staff in his hand shed with a ray of light. A dark green shield appeared instantly and shrouded him. The yers¡¯ subsequent attacks were all stopped by the shield.

    Although theycked firepower support from the Guards, there were still a lot of yers. Yet they could not break the rebelmander¡¯s energy shield in the first round of attacks.

    While the rebelmander was being attacked, the remaining five or six rebel soldiers and Machine Gunners on the military vehicles all turned their guns before violently firing unloading in the direction of the two yers who hadunched the attacks. Worse still, the Machine Gunner was a terrifying source of firepower. The two-meter-long six-barreled railgun turned, and a series of bullets were fired, forming a web of death.

    Pop-pop...!

    Two streaks of white lights shed. Of the two yers who had sessfully attacked themander, one was eliminated by the concentrated firepower of the rebel soldiers, and the other was torn into pieces by the bullets of the six-barreled railgun.

    ¡°Damn! How can I fight this?¡± the wealthy Marauder Swordsman murmured forlornly as hey down in the grass. ¡°If I hit him, I will be attacked by the mob!¡± He wasn¡¯t stupid, as he instantly identified the most difficult part of killing the rebel army¡¯smander.

    Dan Hen, on the other hand, contemted for a moment and immediately figured out the key to breaking the game. ¡°I must kill the Machine Gunner first!¡±

    The other rebel soldiers actually weren¡¯t much of a threat. The key was the Machine Gunner on the energy military vehicle. The bullets issued by the two-meter-long six-barreled railgun¡ªatrger than 15mm¡ªcould even prate a tank¡¯s armor ting.

    ¡°I¡¯ll try to kill the Machine Gunner with one shot!¡± Feng Luo said in a low tone.

    Upon saying this, Feng Luo lowered his head. After locking his left eye on the target through the scope, he turned the M110¡¯s barrel towards the rebel Machine Gunner operating the six-barreled railgun, who had exposed his position with his sweeping attack earlier.

    Boom!

    A secondter, the M110¡¯s muzzle spat a sh of orange fire. The special C-ss armor-piercing projectile rotated at high speed, passing over a distance of nearly 200 meters before urately hitting right at the middle of the helmet of the Machine Gunner.

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    White damage!

    Unfortunately, the probability the shot would destroy the properties of the C-level defense did note into effect this time. The Machine Gunner only dropped less than 1,000 HP and was not killed instantly.

    Even more unfortunate was that the rebel armymander suddenly turned his head, and a pair of cold eyes stared at Feng Luo through the sniper scope. Then the gorgeous staff with the green energy stone embedded in it began to shine!

    Feng Luo¡¯s pupils shrunk abruptly. He managed only to call out, ¡°Oh, no! Hide!¡± before leaping into the grass beside him, taking the M110 with him.

    A small tornado formed by more than a dozen rotating wind des quickly flew upward in a spiral pattern and came flying toward him from the canyon. Wherever the tornado of des passed, the leaves and grass were sent flying, cut into pieces as if they had passed through a meat grinder. Fortunately, Feng Luo had noticed the situation through the scope and managed to avoid being hit by the edge of the wind de by only a couple of centimeters.

    As for Dan Hen, who was at Feng Luo¡¯s side, his reaction was as to be expected of the Scout profession. He rolled behind arge stone with just the support of one hand. The tornado wind de scratched the stone as it passed, peeling off ayer of it and causing stone chips to fly.

    Marauder Swordsman, however, did not run away. As a Light Armor Warrior, his reaction time was not as good as the two Gunmen. He actually dared to get to his feet and attempt to flee up into the mountains. As a result, the rotating wind de responded as if it had a life of its own; it turned to chase after him from behind.

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    After three consecutive damage values of nearly 3,000 points apiece, the wealthy Marauder Swordsman turned into white light and disappeared. If that damage had struck Feng Luo or Dan Hen, it would definitely have resulted in their instant deaths as well.

    The series of wind des finally crashed into a group of trees and vanished. Meanwhile, Feng Luo and Dan Hen looked at each other in embarrassment. Obviously, this demonstrated that the rebelmander and the Machine Gunner belonged to the same ¡°entity.¡± That meant as long as one of them was attacked, the yer would be countered by the other. And no matter whether it was the six-barreled railgun or the rebelmander¡¯s ranged skills, the yer would be instantly killed as soon as they were hit! What could they do about this situation?

    There had to be a solution. For example, all the yers could attack together, for¡ªdespite the risk of one or two yers being killed¡ªthey could still kill the Machine Gunner. Then they would deal with the other mobs, finally leaving only the rebelmander to deal with, which would be an easier task.

    Because the rebelmander was a humanoid and of the Maniptor profession, his attacks were terrifying, but his HP was certainly not very high. Even at a high level of 55, it seemed unlikely that he had the ability to battle 20 elite yers at once. The problem was that themunicators had been scrambled and interfered with by the electromaic pulse, so there was simply no way to synchronize their attacks.

    Moreover, Feng Luo suspected that yers who had been ying in a Red City for a long time would have their own priorities. Even if they agreed to attack together, there would still be many people who would deliberately slow down their attacks to let the risk of being countered be transferred to others. If they wanted to cooperate, they had to first trust each other.

    Feng Luo and Dan Hen looked at each other. After a short moment of silence, Dan Hen spoke up.

    ¡°Brother Feng,¡± he said, ¡°I will attack to draw their attention. You then seize the opportunity to try again and see if you can kill the Machine Gunner in one shot!¡±

    ¡°Okay!¡± Feng Luo said, nodding.

    It was now necessary to take the risk. The other yers had beenpletely suppressed by the rebel army, and they did not dare to attack for fear of exposing their positions. If this situation continued, the mission would definitely fail.

    Although he had only known Dan Hen for a few hours, Feng Luo already ced a rather high amount of trust in this tall, skinny veteran. Perhaps it was because of Dan Hen¡¯s earlier actions, which had been rather ridiculous¡ªspecifically, when he had saluted an NPC staff sergeant. Or perhaps it was because before he became a mercenary selling lives for money, Feng Luo had also served in an army toon in the south for three years as a soldier, and he valued the sentiment of sacrificing one¡¯s life for his country.

    In short, the two felt as if they understood each other.

 Chapter 38 - Operation Decapitation (Part 4)

    <h4>Chapter 38: Operation Decapitation (Part 4)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The two of them spent only a few seconds to decide on their tactics. Then Dan Hen rushed downward swiftly by shimmying down a tree using one hand while holding his submachine gun in the other.

    Their original position was already exposed. If they went back, they would be sitting ducks. Therefore, they had to move first. If Dan Hen started to attack, they would surely face the counterattack immediately. Thus, it was only natural for Feng Luo not to stick with him.

    By using the trees as his cover, Feng Luo moved to the side. After running for around 10 meters, he found a new ce to set up the M110 and speedily set up. He then aimed at the operator of the six-barreled railgun on the military vehicle below.

    Even though not even one of the yers present was courageous enough to attack and attract animosity, the rebel army still used cover-style attacks on those who exposed their positions. The coordination between the Wind Maniptor energy skills andrge-caliber machine gun bullets that could shoot through trees and stones caused several yers to die within a short period of time.

    However, the most terrifying skill was the lightning attack from the staff of the rebelmander. A streak of white lightning struck the ground and burned the surrounding trees until they were charred ck as crackling sounds appeared from the ground.

    Electric energy was not within the category of the four basic energies of Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth. Rather, it belonged to a special type of attack method. Feng Luo was not a Maniptor, so he did not understand much about energy principles and skill effects. However, he knew that a serious error had urred in the Guards¡¯ information¡ªnot just the appearance of the substitute but also the fact that the rebel army¡¯smander was not just a simple Wind Maniptor. However, thinking about all that was meaningless at the moment. Feng Luo¡¯s primary task was to kill the Machine Gunner from the rebel army, and he most likely had only one chance.

    Dan Hen found a suitable spot to attack from with high visibility. He held the t end of the Death Messenger in front of his chest with both hands. Then he ced his finger on the trigger and started to fire using the fuside mode.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    In War, the rate of fire of submachine guns was limited and iparable to machine guns, yet they were still much better than rifles. Moreover, Dan Hen¡¯s gun had been reconstructed, and its highest rate of fire was increased to 350 shots per minute. That meant it could fire around six shots per second at its best.

    Even though his position was more than 100 meters away from the canyon which caused the trajectory of the submachine gun¡¯s shots to be scattered, the shots were enough to cover a wide area. Therefore, Dan Hen¡¯s attack caught the attention of the rebelmander and the gunners all at once.

    ¡°Now!¡±

    Feng Luo squinted. A second after Dan Hen¡¯s gunshot, the M110 in his hands let off a dull roar. A Grade-C armor-piercing bullet flew toward the brain of the Machine Gunner in the canyon like a fierce tiger that had broken free of its cage.

    The Machine Gunner turned the six-barreled railgun toward Dan Hen and fired a few shots. He did not expect a 7.62mm unique armor-piercing bullet toe racing at his head from the direction of a 15-degree deviation from his bullets.

    Boom!

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    This time, the armor-piercing bullet¡¯s characteristic of automatic damage to shields under Grade C finally showed results and sted a hole the size of a fist through the gunner¡¯s helmet. The residual energy also caused remarkable yellow weak-point damage and brought a bombardment of force like a hammer, causing the gunner¡¯s head to snap back involuntarily.

    ¡°Sess!¡±

    Feng Luo pulled the trigger a few more times, and shots of Grade-C armor-piercing bullets were fired from the M110. Several bullets were fired from a slightly different angle from the previous shots. After he opened fire, he immediately picked up the M110 and ran toward the side without even looking at the results. This was because the rebel army¡¯smander was enraged and sted two spherical lightning bolts that were ring toward the hill like striking rays of light. The two spherical lightning bolts were targeted toward him and Dan Hen below.

    Based on the rebelmander¡¯s previous skill power, it was highly possible that it would be an instant kill if he was hit by the spherical lightning. Thus, it was definitely impossible for Feng Luo to stay in his original spot.

    By contrast, Dan Hen¡¯s position was even more dangerous than his. Not only was he facing themander¡¯s spherical lightning but also thest shots fired by the rebel Machine Gunner before he died. The machine gun bullets and spherical lightning bolts almost blocked any possible path for him to dodge.

    However, Dan Hen had clearly figured out a way to escape beforehand. There was a slope with a five- or six-meter drop in front of him, so when he cleared out his magazine, he jumped down the slope without any hesitation.

    Boom!

    Spherical lightning struck the grass behind Feng Luo and exploded to form a web of lightning almost 10 meters wide. Although Feng Luo had already fled a few meters, he still got grazed by the edges of the explosion.

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    Feng Luo felt a huge amount of energy strike his back before he was thrown forward by the impact. When he fell, all his muscles were shaking, and he could not control his limbs. Digits nearing 2,000 drifted above his head. At the same time, a system notice appeared in his field of vision.

    You were hit by the sma Ball, triggering the Electrified status.

    ¡°Electrified status?¡± muttered Feng Luo.

    At first, he was stunned. Then he immediately turned his head to check out Dan Hen¡¯s situation. As expected, although he had jumped down, Dan Hen had also been grazed by the edges of the explosion of spherical lightning and was simrly affected by the Electrified status.

    As a result, despite having jumped to the bottom of the slope, his body waspletely paralyzed. He couldn¡¯t grab hold of anything to bnce himself as he had nned, so instead, he continued rolling down after reaching the ground, falling from the 10-meter-high canyon below.

    ¡°Dan Hen!¡± Feng Luo shouted, but his vision was blocked by the rebounded trees. He couldn¡¯t see where Dan Hennded or what sort of state he was in.

    At that moment, the rebelmander in the canyon did something beyond all the yers¡¯ expectations. He swung the staff in his hands, and faint green Wind Energy appeared, lifting his body off the ground. Then he flew toward the sky at high speed.

    ¡°Dang! This guy is so crazy he can even fly!¡±

    ¡°Turns out he¡¯ll escape after we kill the Machine Gunner. Why is this mission so troublesome?¡±

    ¡°Shoot him down! Or else we¡¯ll fail the mission!¡±

    When they saw this situation, the yers could guess that the rebelmander was escaping. Amid their chaotic shouts, they immediately started to attack him in midair. Bullets, wind des, fireballs, and ice arrows shot up at him all at once. All were directed toward the rebelmander whose body was high in the air.

    Themander still had a Wind Energy Shield remaining on him, but it was clearly impossible for this shield topletely block so many attacks. So although many of the skills fell in empty space, after the shield on the rebelmander stood for seven or eight seconds, it let out a pop sound and dimmed before disappearingpletely.

    ¡°We¡¯ve broken his shield!¡±

    The yers who were underneath showed joy on their faces. However, at this time, the rebelmander had already flown over 200 meters away. Most yers¡¯ attacks were already heavily weakened, so the attacks that actually hit him could not do much damage to his HP.

    ?334

    ?255

    ?46

    ?756

    Although damage values kept appearing over his head, thismander clearly had higher damage resistance than normal Maniptors. If this went on, he would most likely escape sessfully! At such a long distance, what kind of attack could retain him?

    Boom!

    The dull sound of a gunshot could be heard.

    A Grade-C armor-piercing bullet shot through the air, flew for nearly 400 meters, went into the back of themander, and then pierced through his chest with blood spraying out.

    ?4999

    Nearly 5,000 points of red fatal damage flew across all the yers¡¯ vision.

    The faint green Wind Energy that surrounded the rebel armymander, flying around 30 meters above the ground, disappeared instantly. The body, which had lost its power, fell in a parabolic arc into the woods below.

    Rebel Army Commander Harry Luden (Level 55 Commander) killed. Contributing points: 15.3%. 2980 EXP awarded. 2 Merits, 459 Sudden Medal Points awarded!

    After looking at the message in the corner of his vision, Feng Luo disassembled the M110 and stored it in his backpack. Then he turned and ran down the mountain.

 Chapter 39 - Operation Decapitation (Part 5)

    <h4>Chapter 39: Operation Decapitation (Part 5)</h4>

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    ¡°He¡¯s down!¡±

    ¡°Must be a Sniper! What aim!¡±

    ¡°That damage¡ªit¡¯s absurd!¡±

    The yers were immersed in their tion atpleting the mission. Though they hadn¡¯tnded the final hit, at least it was much better than letting the rebelmander escape. However, there were also yers with lightning-fast reflexes who were holstering the weapons in their hands and rushing toward the spot where the rebelmander had fallen.

    ¡°What are they doing?¡±

    ¡°Sh*t! They¡¯re looting the equipment!¡±

    The rest of the yers came to their senses, immediately holstering their weapons and following after the others. This rebelmander was a Commander-grade Level-55 mob. If it dropped any equipment, it would at least be at the Excellent grade worth no less than tens of thousands of credits. Plus, it had a fixed drop chance of a Rare-grade piece of equipment.

    A Rare-grade piece of equipment can be worth tens of thousands of credits! thought the yers.

    There were still a few rebel soldiers left¡ªrelying on the energy military vehicles¡¯ defenses and making theirst stand¡ªbut most of the yers were no longer paying attention to them, with the exception of a handful of Maniptors with subpar agility who knew they couldn¡¯tpete with the yers in looting themander. With the mindset of farming a few more medal points, they used their attack skills and focused on nothing else. The other Gunmen and Warriors were all heading toward where the rebelmander had fallen.

    Of course, those who ran the fastest were naturally the Light Armor Warriors who used Charge. Because this mission had featured no instances of meleebat, they¡¯d waited a whole night without any rewards. However, this very fact also made them the yers who had the most Stamina and MP left, enabling them to use Charge with maximum speed. If they picked up the loot, they would definitely be the ones who profited the most from this battle.

    Feng Luo had raced down the hill right away, but because of how high his position was, by the time he reached the foot of the hill, it was already toote. Plus, as soon he came down, the first thing he did was check up on Dan Hen¡¯s situation. Since Dan Hen wasn¡¯t there, he thought he might have suffered a ¡°heavy injury¡± in the process of jumping down from the hill. If that were the case, and if Feng Luo didn¡¯t heal him, he might die.

    In Feng Luo¡¯s subconscious, he still considered the life of arade to be much more important than a piece of equipment¡ªeven inside a game where dying only took away a level¡¯s worth of experience.

    However, Feng Luo did not find Dan Hen in the valley where he¡¯d jumped. By the time he decided to leave, a few of the Light Armor Warriors had already rushed into the forest where the rebelmander had fallen.

    What happened next, however, exceeded everyone¡¯s expectations. Just as the Light Armor Warriors entered the forest, someone wearing a camougebat uniform with many spots and tears on his uniform¡ªa slim figure with an expression as cold as ice¡ªappeared from the other side of the forest. In his hands was the staff of the rebelmander embedded with a dark green energy stone.

    ¡°Here! It¡¯s for you, Feng Luo!¡± Dan Hen didn¡¯t hesitate for a second. He handed the staff to him immediately when he saw him.

    ¡°Brother Dan Hen, this...!¡±

    Feng Luo would never have guessed that Dan Hen would simply hand him the piece of equipment so willingly. Although he hadn¡¯t seen its attributes, he knew this staff was at least an Excellent-grade weapon or even a Rare-grade weapon. Hence, he actually hesitated before epting the staff.

    ¡°Take it,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°Killing thismander was mainly due to your efforts. I didn¡¯t do much. If it helps to make you feel less guilty, I only picked this up because I saw many people trying to steal it who didn¡¯t have the right to take it.¡±

    The ability to snatch this loot away from a handful of Warriors using Charge spoke volumes about Dan Hen¡¯s skills.

    ¡°If you say so, I¡¯ll take it,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Since neither of us can use it anyway, as soon as I sell it, I¡¯ll split the credits with you.¡±

    Feng Luo thought for a while before epting Dan Hen¡¯s trade request, but atst, he chose the ¡°Agree to Trade¡± option.

    (In War, yers could trade directly, one to one, and the system would conduct rtive judgment.)

    He wasn¡¯t nning on pocketing the equipment for himself. Instead, he was nning to split a reasonable profit with Dan Hen when he sold it at the Exchange.

    ¡°Humph! What are you two talking about?¡±

    At that moment, a voice of dissent rose from behind Dan Hen. Feng Luo turned to look and saw the Light Armor Warrior who had been in cahoots with Yellow-tooth. Apparently, after entering the forest, he had discovered that the rebelmander¡¯s body had already been looted by someone else and had run back out hastily after that. In addition, behind him were three other Light Armor Warriors who had entered with him. They were all staring at Feng Luo and Dan Hen with malicious intent.

    ¡°Do you n on pocketing the equipment for yourselves?¡± said the Light Armor Warrior, pointing his finger at the staff in Feng Luo¡¯s hands.

    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± Dan Hen asked, staring at him coldly, squinting his eyes ever so slightly.

    ¡°A Boss¡¯s loot belongs to all those who had participated in the battle!¡± the Light Armor Warrior said very loudly¡ªso loud that it attracted the attention of all the yers who were heading over. ¡°Aren¡¯t you belittling our efforts by slipping that piece of equipment into your inventory?¡±

    ¡°Oh! Do you by any chance want to share the loot?¡± said Feng Luo sarcastically. ¡°What even gives you the right to ask?¡±

    ¡°What gives me the right? Even if I did notnd any attacks against the Boss, two of my friends dropped their levels just to kill thismander. I am obligated topensate their losses.¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior had indeed found a sound reason. His partners, the Scout and the Sniper, were nowhere to be seen. Based on what he said, he probably meant that they had died.

    Dan Hen¡¯s face grew even colder. The broken skin caused by shes during his fall showed his muscles contracting, and he emitted the menacing aura of a hunting leopard. ¡°And if we don¡¯t want to?¡±

    At the same time, Feng Luo put one of his hands into his anti-gravity backpack, reaching for a cylindrical-shaped object.

    re-MK II shbang, thought Feng Luo. They cost 500 credits apiece, and a single blueprint can only be used 15 times for crafting. Using one on these people is a bit of a waste...

    At that moment, a dozen yers and counting had already gathered. The Light Armor Warrior revealed a smile, acknowledging his n¡¯s sess.

    ¡°All of us put in a lot of effort to defeat the rebelmander,¡± he said. ¡°Its loot may be worth tens of thousands of credits. What is your basis for iming the right to loot the equipment? I suggest we take this staff, auction it off, and split the credits among all of us...¡± Looking at the intentions clearly showing on the yers¡¯ faces, the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s eyes glinted with a hint of cruelty as he continued trying to persuade them. ¡°But you have to give us the item first. Because of your actions just now, none of us feel we can trust you...¡±

    Oddly enough, Feng Luo stayed silent and focused his attention on a spot behind the Light Armor Warrior. The Light Armor Warrior didn¡¯t notice Feng Luo¡¯s odd behavior and continued his instigation of other yers.

    ¡°Besides that,¡± he continued, ¡°don¡¯t think that just because the mission forbids infighting, you can pocket the loot for yourselves. Since all the NPCs have died, even if we kill you, we won¡¯t be punished by the system anyway.¡±

    Because War pursued realism, the system didn¡¯t punish yers by using conventional, straightforward in-game punishment systems such as insta-death. Instead, it used a more borate system. In lieu of a traditional method, it mainly relied on NPCs to punish yers ording to the system¡¯s rules.

    Just like at the Town of Exiles, yers who disobeyed the rules and robbed others of equipment would only be punished when the Guards arrived. The Light Armor Warrior was inly relying on this feature by purposely mentioning that the equipment was worth tens of thousands of credits, attempting to instigate the yers¡¯ greed, then gank Feng Luo and Dan Hen.

    This was his true intention. He had already anticipated that Feng Luo and Dan Hen would never hand over the equipment. The only thing he could do was convince the other yers to kill Feng Luo. And, judging by the yers¡¯ reactions, he seemed to have seeded.

    ¡°Dead? Who said all the NPCs are dead?¡±

    At that moment, a smiled unfolded on Feng Luo¡¯s face, and he pocketed the staff into his anti-gravity backpack, ignoring the greedy yers surrounding them.

    ¡°All of you,y down your arms!¡± a voice roared, and, a staff sergeant with a bulky figure came limping out from behind the tree where he had been hiding. Even though hisbat uniform was tattered, his face and neck were ck as coal, his right hand weakly clutched the side of his body, and his foot was bleeding nonstop, he was still roaring furiously. ¡°Infighting is strictly forbidden! Are all of you deaf?¡±

    F*ck! This guy actually survived! cursed the Light Armor Warrior in his heart.

    Apparently, this was a part of the mission¡¯s scripted event; if the yers seeded in killing the rebelmander, the Staff Sergeant would survive, leading the yers back to the Town of Exiles. On the other hand, if they failed the mission, the Staff Sergeant most likely would have died. This setting undoubtedly thwarted the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s scheme.

    ¡°Sir, the mission you appointed has beenpleted. The Rebel Commander Harry Luden has been eliminated. Awaiting further instruction, sir!¡± Dan Hen took a step forward and bowed to the Staff Sergeant with honor, and his old habit as a retired army soldier made him looked especially serious.

    Feng Luo¡¯s instincts told him that Dan Hen may have once lived through a real-life experience simr to this one.

    ¡°Well done, recruit!¡± Using his only hand free to move, the Staff Sergeant returned a salute to Dan Hen and turned his body around and to all of the yers, shouting, ¡°Retreat!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s face went pale, but he had no other ns against them.

    This troublesome mission, which had been so torturous and had spanned a whole night, had finally ended.

 Chapter 40 - Badge of Honor

    <h4>Chapter 40: Badge of Honor</h4>

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    Badge of Honor of the Town of Exiles

    Grade: Rare

    HP +350

    MP +250

    All Basic Attributes +5

    All Energy Resistance +5%

    Non-tradeable, non-droppable

    Bonus Effects: Increases the drop rate of red name yers by 50%!

    Level Requirement: 40

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Seeing the silver badge with red borders that looked like a military badge in the opened box held by the guard captain, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shone. He was pretty satisfied with the ¡°Mystery Reward.¡±

    In War, equipment could be ssified based on three categories: weapons, defensive gear, and decorative items. Among them, decorative items that seemed inconsequential were actually more expensive than defensive gear. Their value might not even be all that much lower than a main weapon. This was because the total number of decorative items in the game was incredibly low. Decorative items above the Fine grade were less prevalent than Rare-grade equipment.

    The rings on both of Feng Luo¡¯s hands were white goods bought from shops. Together, they only increased 50 HP and 30 MP. Basically, it was simply a case of ¡°something being better than nothing.¡± As for badges like this, stores did not even sell them. They were only obtainable through missions. Moreover, most badges obtained through missions had the ¡°non-tradable and non-droppable¡± condition. This was because badges were set up as rare items that signified honor. They were like ¡°Titles¡± in other games, showcasing an honorable experience achieved by the yer.

    For example, the Badge of Honor of the Town of Exiles in front of him had a rare attribute was increased the drop rate of red-name yers by 50 percent! This attribute, without a doubt, corresponded with its identity as originating in a Red City.

    Although the limits of this attribute were quiterge¡ªit was only effective against red-name yers¡ªit was still an extremely valuable rare attribute. Red-name yers with a PK value of one would drop a piece of equipment 100 percent of the time, and as the PK value increased, the probability of dropping extra equipment also increased. However, the badge directly increased the probability of red-name yers dropping items by 50 percent. This could be understood as creating a 50 percent chance that a red-name yer would drop two items. For Feng Luo, who had the identity of a bounty hunter, there were even more benefits.

    After Feng Luo received the Badge of Honor from the guard captain, a system notification rang in his ear. A message popped up.

    yer Feng Luopleted the ¡°Kill Mission.¡± Obtained Experience 5,000. Congrattions! Your level has increased to Level 40!

    At the same time, a white light shed by, and Feng Luo¡¯s level finally passed the huge Level-40 threshold.

    Initially, afterpleting the previous hunting mission, Feng Luo¡¯s experienced had reached around 20 percent beyond Level 39. Over the past few days, he had also hunted several monsters, and before reaching the Town of Exiles, his experience gauge had already reached around 60 percent beyond Level 39.

    On the first day he arrived at the Town of Exiles, his experience went up even faster. Whether it was the Boss Beetle, the rebel armymander, or the Tiger Robot, all of them gave him a huge amount of experience. After adding in this ¡°Kill Mission,¡± which awarded 5,000 experience points, the fact that he had leveled up was not unusual. And now that he was at Level 40, Feng Luo could equip the Badge of Honor of the Town of Exiles in his inventory.

    After equipping the silver military merit badge with a red border on the chest of hisbat uniform, Feng Luo looked satisfyingly at his HP. It had increased to 3,700, and his MP also increased close to 700. In addition, all his attributes increased by five points. In terms of attributes alone, he was probably not that much weaker than Level 45 yers. After all, after equipping this badge, it was almost as if he had one extra piece of equipmentpared to others.

    After exchanging a few words of pretense with the captain of the guards, but before leaving the Battle Command building, Feng Luo changed the badge setting to the ¡°Hidden¡± mode. The otherwise distinct silver badge gradually faded from the front of his chest.

    Decorative items in War could be hidden. After being hidden, not only would others not be able to see them, but they would also be unable to touch them. This sort of setting was mainly out of consideration for yers inbat. For example, for the Gunner profession, wearing a ring would undoubtedly affect one¡¯s grip on the gun and, as a result, the ability to shooting. Moreover, the light reflected from a decorative ring would expose one¡¯s position.

    Another thing with a simr setting to decorative items was the backpack. The anti-gravity spacial backpack used by yers could also be set to hidden. It would only appear temporarily when in use. After all, it was still all right for a Gunner wearingbat uniform, but for a Maniptor wearing a luxurious and beautiful robe, a huge backpack would definitely look out of ce.

    ******

    The Town of Exiles had removed the ¡°at war¡± status temporarily. Since themander had been killed, the rebel army had given up their offensive against the Town of Exiles. Instead, they withdrew all their forces back to their base in the Forest of Exiles.

    However, Feng Luo estimated that the story wouldn¡¯t end just like that; although the rebel army had retreated, the regr army of the Federation and all kinds of war machines kept pouring into the Town of Exiles. Large-scale transportation vehicles even appeared in the air, sending in huge amounts of army supplies. This proved that the war was not really over. One could even say that it had only just begun!

    However, Feng Luo had no ns to take part in the consecutive missions. Currently, he just wanted to get his hands on the blueprint for the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± and search for the materials so that he could assemble this Rare-grade sniper rifle.

    There probably weren¡¯t many Gun Mechanics who had entire sets of a Rare-grade sniper rifle blueprint in the entire game. Moreover, to personally manufacture a top-ss sniper rifle was undoubtedly a meaningful task.

    The location to exchange medal points was not in the mission hall. It was in the resource center. However, by the time Feng Luo rushed outside the resource center, he found out that there were already three extremely long lines of yers. The yers who hade to make exchanges formed a queue that reached the corner of the street and even wrapped around the corner.

    ¡°Hey, Brother Feng! Over here!¡± Just as Feng Luo was looking for a queue to join, a familiar voice greeted him.

    ¡°Older Brother Dan Hen!¡± Feng Luo turned around and discovered that Dan Hen was together with a few yers also waiting in the queue. Since he knew during the previous mission that Dan Hen was 32 years old, he did not feel odd calling him ¡°older brother.¡±

    ¡°Come here and let me introduce him to you,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°This is my friend, Feng Zhi Luoye, whom I met in my previous mission. He¡¯s an expert Sniper with amazing marksmanship and awareness.¡±

    By the time Feng Luo walked over, Dan Hen had already finished talking to the yers around him. He was smiling, and his tone implied that he wasplimenting him. Then he pointed toward the five people beside him and introduced them.

    ¡°Brother Feng, these are my brothers and sisters from the Veterans Tribe,¡± he said. ¡°Ultimate Heavy Armor, Frozen Red Giant, Ion me, Sk, and Grassy.¡±

    Among the five yers, Ultimate Heavy Armor was a Level-45 Heavy Armor Warrior. Frozen Red Giant was a Level-45 Light Armor Warrior; Ion me was a Level-47 Fire Maniptor; Sk was a Level-44 Sniper. And Dan Hen was Level 46.

    ¡°Excellent marksmanship? Big Boss Dan Hen, I¡¯m hurt.¡± The yer with the ID ¡°Sk¡±ined jokingly. He was a young man in his 20s with a handsome face. ¡°I don¡¯t think you¡¯ve everplimented me on my marksmanship.¡±

    ¡°Although Sk is also a Sniper, whenpared to you, Brother Feng, his skills are still quite a ways from yours,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°When we were in the army, this kid was a machine gunner on and cruise vehicle through and through. But, in the end, he stubbornly chose the Sniper profession in-game. Kept saying that apart from being able to look cool, this profession would also help him hit on chicks.¡±

    Dan Hen did not show any mercy in revealing his true assessment. One could see that he held a leadership position among this group of yers.

    ¡°Because I couldn¡¯t take it anymore in the army,¡± said Sk. ¡°I was pulled into the game by my brother immediately after I retired, okay? Also, Snipers are definitely cooler and more handsome than Machine Gunners. Isn¡¯t that right, Brother Feng?¡±

    Sk¡¯sments made a couple of his associates giggle, and his words also attended to Feng Luo. Feng Luoughed. He never would have thought that he would actually encounter a real-life machine gunner who had opted to change his profession in-game to a Sniper.

    However, in the end, the one who surprised Feng Luo most was the yer with the ID called ¡°Jie Bian Xiao Cao,¡± since she was actually a petite youngdy who was around 1.6 meters tall. Her profession was that of a Doctor. She seemed to be more introverted and only smiled at Feng Luo before lowering her head. With a white medical box on her back, her body seemed to be weak and fragile, and judging by her appearance, she did not look like she was from the army. The Veterans Tribe didn¡¯t recruit army personnel only, so it was not strange for her to be a member of the Veterans Tribe. It was, however, rare to see a Doctor yer inside a Red City, so it was inevitable for one to do a double take.

    ¡°Oh, right. Brother Feng, you also came here to exchange some items, right?¡± Dan Hen asked.

    ¡°Yeah. I just went to the Battle Command to receive the reward for defeating the rebel armymander,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I did not expect such a long queue here.¡±

    ¡°I would have forgotten if you hadn¡¯t mentioned it,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°You¡¯re the one who got thest hit on the rebel armymander. Your honorary citizen level must have gone up one level. So, how was it? Have you decided on what you want to exchange?¡±

    Dan Hen did not ask what the Mystery Reward was that Feng Luo had received. After all, they had not yet reached that degree of familiarity.

    ¡°I want to purchase a couple of blueprints!¡± Feng Luo said without hiding anything.

    ¡°Gun manufacturing blueprints?¡± Dan Hen asked. He knew his life profession.

    ¡°Gun manufacturing blueprints? Brother Feng is also a Gun Mechanic?¡± asked Ultimate Heavy Armor. His appearance fit well with his name¡ªa body bound with muscle and a height of 1.9 meters. Compared to the yers around him, he looked like a crane standing in a group of chickens.

    ¡°Brother Feng is not just any Gun Mechanic; he¡¯s a Gun Mechanic Expert,¡± Dan Hen said, smiling.

    ¡°Expert-level! Amazing!¡± Ultimate Heavy Armor¡¯s face was filled with respect. He raised his right hand and gave a thumbs up.

    They all knew that getting a life profession to the Expert level was no easy feat. In fact, even among the entire Veterans Tribe of 5,000 members, the number of yers with Expert-level life professions could be counted on one hand.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right!¡± Sk suddenly interrupted. ¡°Brother Feng, don¡¯t tell me the blueprint you want to exchange is the blueprint for a sniper rifle!¡±

    ¡°Yeah,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I want to exchange a set of blueprints of the Eye of the Thunder!¡±

 Chapter 41 - Exchange

    <h4>Chapter 41: Exchange</h4>

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    ¡°Eye of the Thunder!¡± Sk could not help but exim. ¡°That¡¯s a Rare-grade sniper rifle that costs 3,000 medal points! Damn, Brother Feng! You¡¯re not really that much of an anomaly, are you? Even though I worked my ass off all night, my medal point count did not even reach 300.¡±

    As a Sniper, Sk had, of course, also checked out the sniper rifle option in the exchange list. But the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± listed on top was something he could only stare and drool at. That was because, even ignoring the Honorary First-ss Citizen requirement, the 3,000 medal points cost was not something a Sniper could easily achieve.

    Sk had spent the entire night defending the city with his four other teammates, and, in the end, he did not even earn 300 points. Even the one who had earned the most points among them all, the Fire Maniptor named Ion me, had only earned around 650 medal points. As such, for Feng Luo, a Sniper, to have enough points to buy the entire set of blueprints of the Eye of the Thunder worth 3,000 medal points, it definitely shocked everyone.

    ¡°I also don¡¯t have over 3,000 medal points,¡± Feng Luo exined. ¡°Only 2,000-something. But because Ipleted a mission previously and obtained the gun barrel blueprint, so I only need 2,500 points to buy the remaining four parts.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s still 2,500 points,¡± said Sk. ¡°That¡¯s eight times mine! Brother Feng, don¡¯t tell me you killed a Boss. Otherwise, how could you have so many medal points?¡±

    Sk was actually making a joke. After all, every yer knew that it was not that easy to kill a Boss.

    ¡°Well, I really did kill a Boss,¡± said Feng Luo, ¡°and I was very lucky to have gotten thest hit.¡± Feng Luoughed. This was a situation where he was going to be sincere whether he liked it or not.

    ¡°No way... I was joking...¡± Sk looked at Feng Luo, almost speechless.

    ¡°We were defending the East Gate and heard that the yers at the West Gate eliminated a Level-45 Boss,¡± said Ion me. ¡°Initially, we thought it was just an exaggeration and thought that it was, at most, a Quasi-Boss. I never would have thought that it was true. Brother Feng is strong!¡±

    Ion me was thin and looked weak. He wore a light-colored Energy Maniptor robe, and he had a gentle disposition. He extended his hands and gave Feng Luo a thumbs up.

    ¡°I only relied on the help of the NPCs and was lucky to have defeated it,¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°Truth be told, if the energy cannon and the NPC electromaic machine gun of the city defense hadn¡¯t been there, I¡¯m guessing everyone on the square would have lost a level¡¯s worth of experience. Moreover, that Boss did not have any subordinates, so it could be said to have been a weakened version.¡±

    Ultimate Heavy Armor nodded in agreement and said, ¡°That¡¯s true. The Bosses in this game are way too overpowered. yers can¡¯t take their damage down at all. Our guild tried fighting a Level-40 Bloodthirsty Wolf King once. The end result was that we threw away a level¡¯s worth of experience for several hundred yers. And, in the end, we even let it get away.¡± Boss monsters had frightening attacks, and as a Heavy Armor Warrior, he understood that more than anyone.

    ¡°I¡¯m guessing only after yers go over Level 50 will we be able to kill Boss monsters with fewer sacrifices,¡± Feng Luo said after thinking about it a while. ¡°After all, the game officials said that after yers go over Level 50, their strength would increase substantially.¡±

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right,¡± said Sk. ¡°Didn¡¯t Big Boss Dan Hen mention that your mission targetst night was a Level-55 rebel armymander? How was his strength? Was he strong?¡±

    ¡°Amazingly strong,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°He far exceeded the strength of current yers. Moreover, he actually had a flying skill. He almost escaped in the end!¡±

    Feng Luo remembered the Tornado and the Rotating Wind de of the rebel armymander, as well as the scene filled with dark clouds and lightning. One couldn¡¯t help but say that it was far from what current yers could currently achieve. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that they¡¯d had sufficient numbers¡ªand, furthermore, all of them were elites¡ªthe yers would never have been able to take out the rebel armymander.

    ¡°Flying skill! Can anyone over Level 50 have that?¡± asked the female Doctor who had remained quiet until then, Jie Bian Xiao Cao. Her tone was gentle with a tinge of curiosity and yearning.

    ¡°Probably only Wind Maniptors can do it,¡± Dan Hen answered. ¡°After all, that guy seemed to be using Wind Energy to fly.¡± Then he looked to the side to look at Ion me, whose face showed a disappointed expression. ¡°See? I told you in the beginning to choose Wind. You were stubborn and chose Fire. Aren¡¯t you regretting it a bit now?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m feeling a bit of regret,¡± Ion me said after some thought. ¡°After all, it¡¯s flight! The allure is definitely strong. However, I think that since Wind Maniptors can fly after Level 50, then Fire Maniptors will definitely get some abilities that aren¡¯t inferior to flight. So there¡¯s no need to be too envious.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s a good point,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°All professions will definitely get some strengthened skills after Level 50. It¡¯s like a second advancement in normal games.¡± Dan Hen nodded and looked toward Feng Luo. ¡°Oh, yeah, Brother Feng. You¡¯ve just reached Level 40 today, so you haven¡¯t learned any Level 40 skills yet, right?¡±

    ¡°Not yet,¡± Feng Luo said.

    In War, after every five levels, a yer could learn one skill tied to their profession or an allpatible skill. And when learning skills, the first agenda was to obtain the skill chip.

    Skill chips could be bought in system stores. However, system stores only sold normal skills. If one wanted to obtain unique, rare skills, one would have to head to the yers¡¯ exchange to ¡°treasure hunt¡± or toplete hidden missions. Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Death Sense¡± skill had been obtained through a hidden mission. Apart from this skill, the other skills he had learned were normal skills purchased from stores.

    ¡°I have a friend,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°Not long ago, he obtained a Level-40 Rare skill chip for Snipers called ¡®Maximum Shooting.¡¯ When the bullet reaches its maximum range limit, it still maintains 80 percent of its power. So, if you think that it is suitable, I¡¯ll help you ask him about it.¡±

    Feng Luo was moved the moment he heard those words. Due to the effects of the ¡°half-range reduction¡± setting, bullets fired from sniper rifles would only have 50 percent of their original power when fired at the maximum distance. And if he were to learn this ¡°Maximum Shooting¡± skill, there was no doubt it was the equivalent of raising the power of the bullet at the maximum distance to increase by 60 percent. The improvement for long-range sniping would be substantial.

    ¡°Then I¡¯ll have to trouble Older Brother!¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°Sure. I¡¯ll contact him now.¡± Dan Hen nodded and switched on hismunicator. ¡°Hey, Monkey. Is that Maximum Shooting skill chip still in your hands? I have a friend who needs it... What? It was sold this morning...? Forget it then. Remember to reserve any Rare-grade chips for me, yeah?¡±

    After hanging up themunicator, Dan Hen looked at Feng Luo a little awkwardly. ¡°Brother Feng, I¡¯m really sorry. The kid just sold the chip on the exchange this morning.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s all right,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I¡¯ll check out the exchange after I get back to the city. Perhaps I can still buy it.¡±

    Feng Luo also thought that it was a pity, since Rare-grade skills were always in short supply. Missing this vige might also mean missing this shop. It seemed he would have to go on a shopping spree when he returned to Silvermoon City. He hoped he would be able to buy one.

    The lot of them continued chatting as they queued. After an entire half an hour, it was finally Feng Luo¡¯s turn.

    He handed over the temporary Certificate of Conscription. Beneath the stunned gaze of the beautiful female NPC receptionist, Feng Luo spent all of his 2,700 temporary medal points and exchanged them for the items he¡¯d long had his eye on.

    Eye of the Thunder Gun Stock. Reduces recoil by 25%. There is a 1 percent chance for the bullets shot out of the gun to have an electricity effect. Usage Count: (0/20).

    Eye of the Thunder Magazine. Increases reload speed by 30%. There is a 1 percent chance for the bullets shot out of the gun to have an electricity effect. Usage Count: (0/20).

    Eye of the Thunder Main Body. Strength +10; Agility +25. There is a 2 percent chance for the bullets shot out of the gun to have an electricity effect. Usage Count: (0/20).

    Eye of the Thunder Sniping Scope. Increases field of vision distance by 300 meters. Possesses automatic recognition and calction functions. There is a 1 percent chance for the bullets shot out of the gun to have an electricity effect. Usage Count: (0/20).

    Having spent a total of 2,500 medal points, Feng Luo purchased the four Eye of the Thunder parts. For the remaining 200 medal points, Feng Luo purchased ten C-grade military blood tonics, which could instantly recover 500 HP and, in the following 20 seconds, recover 100 HP per second, healing a total of 2,500 HP. The item was currently not sold in stores. Adding in the supplies imed before the mission the day before, which included the remaining half a magazine of C-grade Unique Armor-Piercing Bullets and five Stamina Recovery Potions, one could say that this trip to the Red City had been very lucrative.

    By the time Feng Luo finished his exchange and got out, he found Dan Hen and his group of six already waiting for him outside the resources center. After all, they did not purchase many items, so they did not spend a lot of time like Feng Luo.

    ¡°Brother Feng, are you heading back to Silvermoon City next, or are you staying here toplete missions?¡± Dan Hen asked.

    ¡°Returning to Silvermoon City,¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°Quite right,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°We¡¯ve also cleared our red names and are headed back. You should join us.¡±

    It was because, in the medal point exchange list, there was an option to directly clear red names, so the people of the Veterans Tribe had all returned to yellow-name status.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Feng Luo agreed.

    He knew that Dan Hen was worried he would be ambushed by red-name yers who remembered the money promised by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. That was why he invited him to join them. After all, the war status was now over. Even if he were to stay in town, there wasn¡¯t any insurance. Feng Luo would remember this favor deep in his heart.

    Feng Luo and the group exited through the main entrance of the Town of Exiles in an AH-40 Energy SUV that Ion me had taken out.

    In a location near the town entrance, in a position near the window of a luxurious cafe located on the tenth floor of a business building, a middle-aged man held a cup of coffee and turned his gaze downward.

    ¡°Tell them to abandon the ambush,¡± he told the Light Armor Warrior who was an associate of Yellow-tooth standing beside him.

    The Light Armor Warrior was confused. ¡°Boss... Can I ask why?¡±

    ¡°Those people. They are elite yers of the Veterans Tribe. They¡¯re not weak, and they might not be able to handle them. Moreover, there is no need to offend the Veterans Tribe based on some trivial issues. You have to understand that the things we want to do require secrecy. There¡¯s no need for us to be dragged into the conflict in Silvermoon City right now. This time, the issue will be handled like this¡ªtemporarily. He¡¯s a lone yer. There¡¯s no need to waste time on him. However, you can pass this information on to Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star. Tell him that Feng Zhi Luoye has be friendly with people from the Veterans Tribe.¡±

    The middle-aged man turned the coffee cup in his hand, and a sharp light shed in his eye.

    ¡°These people, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe, are currently fighting for the advantage in Silvermoon City. They are already at a point where they can¡¯t tolerate one another. Anyone associated with the Veterans Tribe will be a target for Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.¡±

    As he finished speaking, his tone changed.

    ¡°Also, the thing yesterday with Yellow-tooth was too great a failure...¡±

    As he heard this, cold sweat suddenly appeared on the forehead of the Light Armor Warrior. His eyes filled with hidden fear.

    ¡°Forget it this time,¡± the middle-aged man said quietly. ¡°Take away one month¡¯s worth of reward money from him. This should also help improve his memory.¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior felt as though a huge burden had been lifted off his shoulders, and he quickly bowed to convey his gratitude.

 Chapter 42 - Hurricane Controller

    <h4>Chapter 42: Hurricane Controller</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Hurricane Controller (Energy Converter)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 662

    Intelligence +25

    MP +300

    Effective Attack Range +50 m

    Increases Wind Energy Damage by 12%

    Bonus Effects: Increases Wind skill casting distance by 20%

    Level Requirement: 50

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    Inside the equipment appraisal office in Silvermoon City, Feng Luo looked at the attributes that appeared on the staff the appraiser handed over, his eyes showing unanticipated delight.

    This was a staff dropped by the rebel armymander. Although it wasn¡¯t out of the question that it would be a piece of Rare-grade equipment, by Feng Luo¡¯s estimates, the probability was higher that it would be an Excellent grade. However, he did not expect that the attributes after the appraisal would not only be a piece of Rare-grade equipment, but it was a staff that had extremely valuable Rare attributes.

    Increases Wind skills casting distance by 20 percent!

    It was worth noting that the biggest advantage of Wind Maniptors was that their casting distance was several hundred meters farther than the other three energy maniptors. An attack casting distance of around 400 meters made it so that they were really something in hit-and-run tactics. And the Rare attribute of this staff actually increased the casting distance of Wind skills by 20 percent. Moreover, among its basic attributes, there was actually a bonus of increasing attack distance by 50 meters!

    Just what did this mean? It meant that Wind Maniptors who equipped this staff would have an attack distance of around 550 meters. This distance rivaled the attack range of Machine Gunners. It was close to two times the attack range of other Maniptors. It even exceeded the casting range of Earth Maniptors by a factor of two. (The Earth Maniptor¡¯s attack distance was the lowest in War, at only 250 meters.)

    The value of Rare-grade equipment was best reflected by its Rare attribute. Without a doubt, based on this Rare attribute alone, this staff named the ¡°Hurricane Controller¡¯s¡± price had far exceeded Feng Luo¡¯s previous estimation of a few hundreds of thousands of credits.

    In addition, although the level requirement of Level 50 was a bit high, based on the current leveling progress of the yers, someone in War would likely be able to reach the maximum level in, at most, about 20 days. So, there were definitely yers on the lookout for Level-50 equipment. Plus, by wielding a piece of Rare-grade equipment with such strong attributes, the owner would never have to worry about being unable to sell the item for a high price in War.

    However, Feng Luo put the staff in his backpack after he learned its attributes. Right now, he was more concerned about the silver chip dropped by the Boss Beetle. Just what kind of item would a Level-45 Boss drop?

    ¡°Hmm, this chip?¡± said the appraiser.

    He was a middle-aged man wearing square, high-tech appraisal spectacles. Rows upon rows of data shed by the disy screen, emanating blue lights. The man had an Advanced-Level Appraiser badge equipped on his chest. After fumbling about with the chip about for a while, he raised his head to look at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Excuse me, sir,¡± he said. ¡°I can¡¯t appraise this chip of yours. However, I can transmit the information and data from your chip onto the internal opticalputer of the Appraisers Guild and ask for the help of the knowledgeable Appraisal Masters. I¡¯m wondering if you would agree to me doing this?¡±

    The words made the expectant Feng Luo¡¯s spirits drop. It was an irritating feeling¡ªlike holding in a sneeze.

    ¡°Huh?¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Then... Then you should hurry up and upload it!¡±

    He had no other recourse. Equipment appraisal in War was unlike other games, where appraisers simply needed to cast ¡°Appraise,¡± and, after a sh of light, the appraisal would beplete. Item appraisal in War was done by either NPCs or yer appraisers based on their knowledge, as well asparisons between the data obtained through technology like the appraisal spectacles worn by this NPC and the database of the Appraisers Guild to help rify the attributes of the item. It was kind of like appraising artifacts and cultural relics in reality!

    However, due to the fact that there was a limit to the knowledge base and the level of expertise, not every Appraiser was 100 percent guaranteed to be able to appraise every item. In fact, an Advanced-Level Appraiser¡¯s sess rate of appraising items was only around 85 percent. And when faced with a situation in which they failed to appraise an item, the Appraiser would inquire whether the yer would be willing to enter the information of the item into theputer terminal before uploading the data onto the internalwork of the Appraisers Guild to allow some more knowledgeable Master Appraisers help identify the item.

    Of course, Feng Luo felt that this was something the gamepany had intentionally set up to help them cheat yers for more money. Items that normal Appraisers failed to identify would need the service of higher-level Appraisers, which meant that yers would need to pay for more expensive appraisal fees. The catch was¡ªeven though he knew he was being cheated¡ªwhen faced with this sort of situation, he could only bite his tongue and ept his fate.

    The middle-aged appraiser finally raised his head after around five minutes and spoke to Feng Luo after he readjusted the spectacles on the bridge of his nose.

    ¡°There, got it,¡± he said. ¡°Storm City¡¯s Master Rnd replied saying that he can identify this type of chip. However, sir, you will need to bring the chip to his appraisal office personally!¡±

    ¡°Storm City, huh?¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Good thing it isn¡¯t too far.¡±

    He let out a sigh of relief. At least he was not like some yers who had to take an airship and travel across half the Federation just to appraise an item. Storm City¡ªa city whose name ovepped with the city name of another game from Feng Luo¡¯s memory¡ªwas a giant metropolis several timesrger than Silvermoon City. It was one of the top tenrgest cities of the Federation. The number of yers alone exceeded 15 million. Adding in the NPCs who lived inside the city, the total poption of Storm City exceeded 50 million. Additionally, it was also the direct superior city of Silvermoon City. In terms of administration, it had jurisdiction over the management of Silvermoon City.

    Taking an aircraft from Silvermoon City to Storm City would take about an hour. It wasn¡¯t all that far, but it was just a bit of a waste of time. In War, riding on transports required the yer to physically stay inside the vehicle throughout the trip. It was not like other games where yers only needed to go through cut-scene videos of getting on and off an aircraft. Fortunately, yers could choose to idle when riding on transports. Then they could switch to the forums to chat or watch movies, and when they reached their destination, the system would wake them or notify them. So the process wasn¡¯t too boring.

    However, Feng Luo still wasn¡¯t ready to go to Storm City. He wanted to head to the Exchange first and sell the staff dropped by the rebel armymander. After that, he would use the earned credits to go on a shopping spree and look for the materials needed to manufacture the Eye of the Thunder.

    The materials needed to manufacture a Rare-grade sniper rifle were certainly not cheap. They would probably cost, at the very least, several hundred thousand credits. And with the probability of failure, he needed to prepare at least 400,000 to 500,000 credits. Finally, he still needed to search for Level-40 skills chip, such as ¡°Maximum Shooting,¡± suitable for Snipers at the Exchange.

    ******

    The Exchange was perhaps one of the busiest ces in Silvermoon City and had been so since the server wasunched. That was because yers could buy all kinds of equipment, materials, and mission items, as well as sell the equipment and supplies they obtained here. The daily flow of people in the area was several times greater than the Mission Hall or the airport.

    ¡°What? Rare-grade equipment requires a 5 percent exchange administration fee?¡±

    Feng Luo frowned as he heard the words of the beautiful female NPC attendant. He was just about to turn the Hurricane Controller over, after already handing over the ¡°Silver Will¡± alloy longsword dropped by the silver-armored warrior and the Fine-grade boots.

    This wasn¡¯t the first time he had auctioned off items at the Exchange, but he had never auctioned off a piece of Rare-grade equipment before. Only now was he informed that the gamepany charged such a high administration fee for trades involving Rare-grade equipment.

    If it were a piece of normal equipment, an administration fee at this rate would have been nothing. The key, however, was that Feng Luo estimated, based on the attributes of the Hurricane Controller alone, that its final price would not be less than 700,000 to 800,000 credits. It might have been even higher. So that 5 percent administration charge was just too expensive.

    The administration fee alone would be enough to purchase a piece of Fine-grade equipment with normal attributes! Feng Luo thought after doing some calctions in his mind.

    The problem was, if he did not use the Exchange, his only other option was to take it to auctions held by yers.

    Compared to the Exchange, yer auctions attracted higher-end yers. They also marketed the products in advance, so, in most cases, equipment could be sold at higher prices. The catch was that the administration fees of yer auctions weren¡¯t cheap either. Some normalrge-scale auctions would charge administration fees even higher than 5 percent.

    Not only that, but if he were to sell the item at an auction, then the process would take longer. He might have to wait anywhere from ten days to half a month before receiving his money, and, at the moment, he urgently needed the money from selling the staff to purchase materials for the Eye of the Thunder, as well as a Level-40 skill chip.

    Moreover, although Dan Hen had said that he did not contribute much to acquiring the staff, Feng Luo had no intention of keeping it all for himself. He was prepared to mail a piece of suitable equipment to Dan Hen after selling the staff. So the staff needed to be sold as soon as possible.

    Just as Feng Luo was hesitating, a Businessman life profession yer wearing a suit suddenly smiled and asked him. ¡°Sir, do you have a piece of Rare equipment for sale?¡±

 Chapter 43 - Red Wine Coffee

    <h4>Chapter 43: Red Wine Coffee</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Hello! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Red Wine Coffee, an Expert-level Businessman life profession yer and first-ss salesman of the Starry Sky Company.¡±

    A businessman yer in a leather suit shook Feng Luo¡¯s hand with a smile on his face before sitting down in the cafe located on the second floor of the Exchange.

    ¡°We can help you sell your equipment to the most suitable person at the highest price and the fastest speed,¡± Red Wine Coffee said with a bright smile, his tone filled with confidence.

    ¡°One mocha. Thank you,¡± said Feng Luo and sent away the NPC waiter who came to take the order. Then he turned around and said to Red Wine Coffee, ¡°Starry Sky Company. I¡¯ve heard of it before.¡±

    He had heard about equipment brokers like this. They were like sales agents in real life. They could build bridges and make connections between yers who wanted to sell equipment by using theirpanies¡¯ internal client lists.

    Starry Sky Company was a famous equipment agentpany. ording to the rumors, they had dozens of auction houses and over 10,000 salesmen in War who specifically sought rare and valuable pieces of equipment at the Exchange before helping the owners sell them for amission. Apart from that, it seemed thepany had recently received a huge investment, so their business was expanding very quickly.

    ¡°How much is your agent fee?¡± Feng Luo asked Red Wine Coffee.

    ¡°Between 2 percent to 4 percent,¡± said Red Wine Coffee. ¡°As for the actual percentage, I¡¯ll have to look at the attributes of the equipment before deciding!¡±

    ¡°Okay,¡± Feng Luo said.

    He took out the Hurricane Controller and set the equipment to ¡°exhibition mode¡± before cing it on the table in front of them. This way, Red Wine Coffee would be able to see the attributes of the staff.

    ¡°Great item! It¡¯s actually a Level-50 Wind Staff. It even has an amazing Rare-grade attribute. Certainly, you don¡¯t have to worry about ack of buyers!¡± Red Wine Coffee¡¯s eyes shone as he saw the Rare-grade attribute of the Hurricane Controller.

    ¡°How much do you think it will fetch?¡± asked Feng Luo. He stared straight into Red Wine Coffee¡¯s eyes before receiving the coffee from the waiter and stirring in two spoonfuls of sugar.

    Bargaining was a science, and one easy method was to stare straight into the other person¡¯s eyes. Doing this would, to a certain extent, prevent the opponent from ying tricks.

    ¡°A Level-50 Rare piece of equipment with decent attributes will definitely not get a low price,¡± Red Wine Coffee said as he raised his head after he took a picture of the Hurricane Controller¡¯s shape and attributes with the camera on the personal terminal. ¡°Although no yer has reached Level 50 as of right now, based on reliable sources, there should be yers hitting the maximum level next week, at thetest. So to sell it now might be a little premature, but it won¡¯t affect its value too much.¡±

    The information revealed by Red Wine Coffee¡¯s words shocked Feng Luo a little. It seemed that his estimation regarding leveling speed had been too conservative; it was much faster than he¡¯d imagined.

    ¡°Moreover, even after they have reached Level 50, the game officials will probably not increase the level cap anytime soon, so the staff¡¯s value will not depreciate for a long while...¡± Red Wine Coffee added after continuously entering numbers in his personal terminal topute something. ¡°Because this Hurricane Controller has an excellent Rare attribute, its price will range between 800,000 and one million credits. If met with a buyer who likes it, there¡¯s a possibility of it increasing even further.¡±

    ¡°Sounds about right.¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    Red Wine Coffee¡¯s estimation was higher than he had imagined, but that was probably a good thing. He was the professional, after all.

    ¡°Since the value of this equipment could go beyond a million credits, themission for this piece of equipment is the lowest. Two percent,¡± Red Wine Coffee said, answering Feng Luo¡¯s initial question. ¡°Mr. Feng, what are your thoughts?¡±

    A 2 percentmission was far better than the 5 percent administration cost of the Exchange. Feng Luo nodded to imply that he agreed.

    ¡°Then I will proceed to contact interested clients,¡± Red Wine coffee said politely. ¡°I will have to trouble you to wait for a while.¡±

    ¡°No problem,¡± Feng Luo said with a nod. ¡°This gives me the chance to check out the Exchange.¡±

    Feng Luo connected to the Exchange through his personal terminal. He then opened the list of items for sale. Apart from selling the Hurricane Controller, he also wanted to purchase a rare skill chip from the Exchange.

    In the selection window, after he entered the Level 40, Rare Skill Chip, Gunner options, rows upon rows of chips, featuring their images and data, appeared on the virtual page.

    Eagle Eye. Learning Level Requirement: Level 40. Current Bid: 80,960 Credits; Buyout Price: 120,000 Credits.

    Raging Shooting. Learning Level Requirement: Level 40. Current Bid: 117,400 Credits; Buyout Price: 150,000 Credits.

    Bullet Time. Learning Level Requirement: Level 40. Buyout Price: 99,900 Credits.

    ¡°They sure are expensive!¡± Feng Luo muttered.

    Looking at high sales prices one after another, Feng Luo gritted his teeth. Although he had heard long ago that rare skill chips were expensive, prices ranging in the hundreds of thousands still made him speechless.

    But the effects of these skills were definitely amazing. After all, the Level 40 skills of other professions were almost entirely ultimate skills that were anything but weak, and although most of the skills of Gunners were more supportive in nature due to their position, the skills were not much weaker.

    For example, the first skill, Eagle Eye created a mark on the target that only the caster could see. As long as the target did not leave the field of vision of the caster, the caster would be able to recognize the target immediately. This was especially useful for kill missions in densely packed crowds.

    As for the Raging Shooting skill, it was the upgraded version of the Level-20 Rapid Shooting skill. It increased the firing rate of the sniper rifle even further. It also removed the debuff of reduced damage. Moreover, after learning the skill, it would rece the original Rapid Shooting skill, which meant that a Level 20 column would be freed up!

    As for Bullet Time, it significantly improved the dynamic vision of the yer. In theory, when the level of the skill was maximized, a yer could clearly see the paths of bullets with the naked eye. Of course, there was a caveat for this skill. Since merely seeing a bullet¡¯s path did not mean one would be able to react, the applications of this skill were actually quite limited. As such, the price was lower.

    What Feng Luo wanted most was the Maximum Shooting skill chip Dan Hen had mentioned before. This was the skill that most suited hisbat style. So Feng Luo narrowed the search parameters and searched directly for the chip he desired.

    Sorry. We have failed to find the item you¡¯re looking for.

    A notification appeared on the Exchange page. This disappointed Feng Luo a bit. The number of skill chips with the word ¡°rare¡± in the title was quite low. As for rare skill chips like Maximum Shooting that had clearly beneficial uses, there were many businessman yers or purchasers of powerful forces who were always standing-by, refreshing the Exchange pages, and as soon as the merchandise appeared, they would purchase it immediately. So the Maximum Shooting chip that he wanted to buy was probably not going to be easy to find, unless...

    Feng Luo looked at Red Wine Coffee, who was in the midst of contacting buyers through his personal terminal to his side, and wondered if he should ask this equipment agent.

    At that moment, Red Wine Coffee happened to have just finished his work. He noticed Feng Luo looking at him just as he raised his head, so he asked politely with a smile, ¡°Mr. Feng, is there something I can help you with?¡±

    ¡°Does yourpany also trade in rare skill chips?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°We can help you get anything of value in War, including rare skill chips,¡± Red Wine Coffee answered confidently.

    ¡°Then please help me check if anyone is selling the Maximum Shooting skill chip!¡±

    ¡°All right, please hold!¡± Red Wine Coffee nodded and lowered his head to search on the terminal. ¡°Got one. A VIP client has a Maximum Shooting skill chip in her hands. The only thing is, she¡¯s located in Storm City and has asked that the buyer negotiate face-to-face, personally. Moreover, she also has a very unusual request. The buyer has to be a real Expert-level Sniper.¡± Red Wine Coffee looked puzzled.

    ¡°Storm City? A Sniper Expert?¡±

    Feng Luo frowned. To actually request a face-to-face meeting and to request a Sniper... Clearly, this buyer had other intentions. However, he was on his way to Storm City to appraise the chip anyway, so he could also go meet the seller. After all, he considered himself to be a passable Sniper.

    ¡°Do you mind telling me her name?¡± Feng Luo asked after thinking it over for a while.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Feng, due topany policies...¡± Red Wine Coffee declined with a smile on his face. ¡°However, if you do happen to go to Storm City, you can contact the ID ¡®Green Plum Boiled Wine.¡¯ Ourpany will do our best to serve you.¡±

    ¡°All right, I¡¯ve made note of it.¡±

    Feng Luo understood that Red Wine Coffee was afraid of the buyer bypassing the agent and directly dealing with the seller. Declining to tell him the name was understandable, and he agreed to it happily.

    ¡°Oh right, have you contacted the buyer for the Hurricane Controller?¡± he asked.

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s done,¡± said Red Wine Coffee. ¡°A total of 11 buyers showed interest. Two of them are currently in Silvermoon City. They are prepared toe to the Exchange personally, so I¡¯ll have to trouble you to wait for a bit longer.¡±

    ¡°Okay, but just not too long!¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    After that, Feng Luo opened the Exchange page again. Although he could not get the Rare Skill Chip he wanted, he could still pre-select the equipment he wanted to give Dan Hen. Giving him credits directly would definitely not work, but sending him equipment would mean that he had no way to decline it.

    On the Exchange page, he chose the Scout option, and, before long, Feng Luo found an item he was satisfied with.

 Chapter 44 - Black Rose

    <h4>Chapter 44: ck Rose</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Blood Tooth Knife (Stiletto)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 450

    Attack Coefficient: D+

    Material Coefficient: C?

    Strength +12

    Agility +8

    Bonus Effects: Deals 600 extra damage on the flesh of the target. (Cooldown on the same target: 10 minutes.)

    Level Requirement: 45

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    For Scouts, the most important weapon was actually not the submachine gun but the short weapon used in close-quartersbat: the military knife or stiletto.

    That was because, in many situations, the Scout would function simr to a thief ss in normal games, undertaking infiltration and scouting jobs. If one were to use guns forbat, the sound of the weaponry would be a big problem. Moreover, the damage of submachine guns in War was notparable to sniper rifles and machine guns, so the mid- to long-range killing ability of the Scout was not all that great. By contrast, in close-quartersbat, since they had a high short-range weapon bonus, Scouts specialized in meleebat skills that might not even lose out to Light Armor Warriors. So a good close-quarters weapon was definitely something that was close to a Scout¡¯s heart.

    This Blood Tooth Knife was, without a doubt, a great melee weapon since its Rare-grade attribute greatly supplemented the weaknesses of weapons like stilettos. In War, stilettos and knives were categorized as two kinds of weapons (while, in reality, stilettos would have been categorized as military knives). The main difference between the two was that the average attack of a military knife was higher, and stilettos had bloodletting grooves on them that inflicted a continuous ¡°Bleeding¡± effect.

    Due to the existence of the Bleeding effect, the damage of stilettos was not lower than military knives. The additional damage over time might even be higher. The only thing was that the initial damage output was slightly underwhelming.

    The Rare-grade attribute of this Blood Tooth Knife remedied the weakness of the stiletto. 600 bonus damage was pretty much one-fifth of the HP of ¡°ss cannon¡± professions like Gunners and Maniptors.

    Feng Luo was confident that Dan Hen would like this stiletto because, apart from the attributes, its appearance was just as impressive. Through the 360-degree virtual image on the Exchange page, one could see that the Blood Tooth Knife was 35 centimeters long, with the edge of the de being 25 centimeters. Its shape was much like the M1 trench knife used by the US military in the Second World War. The entire de was covered by ayer of dark red coating. It looked like it was the umtion of blood after killing multiple people. Hence the name: the Blood Tooth Knife!

    Of course, this stiletto was not cheap. The buyout price was 198,000 credits. For a non-assembly type Rare-grade piece of equipment, it was definitely expensive. However, Feng Luo did not hesitate to bid and buy it. After all,pared to the possibility of earning a million credits from the Hurricane Controller, a mere 190,000 credits wasn¡¯t much.

    Feng Luo genuinely wanted to befriend Dan Hen. Although he had already grown used to working alone, it never hurt to have one more friend.

    ¡°Mr. Lightwind, over here!¡± After Feng Luo bought the Blood Tooth Knife, Red Wine Coffee stood up and waved at someone at the door to make a signal.

    A yer wearing a white suit whose profession could not be determined from his outfit walked over. He was in this thirties and emitted a prating gaze.

    ¡°Red Wine, is it just me this time?¡± He first greeted Red Wine Coffee, then sat himself down beside the table. He nced at Feng Luo, giving off the vague sense that he was evaluating him.

    Red Wine Coffee grinned. ¡°No, there¡¯s another buyer. He¡¯ll be right over. Apart from that, another nine buyers are bidding through the terminal. So, Mr. Lightwind, it is unfortunate, but you have quite a number ofpetitors.¡± Then, after he checked hismunicator, Red Wine Coffee extended his neck and looked toward the entrance before signaling to two people. ¡°Look, the second buyer has also arrived.¡±

    This time, the person walking inside was a female Scout yer. She wore a yellowish-brown camougebat uniform and high ck military boots. A fine silver pistol hung from at her waist. She was at least 1.75 meters tall. Paired with her ear-length short hair and light brownplexion, she exuded a heroic aura.

    Upon seeing the person who arrived, Mr. Lightwind looked surprised. ¡°I¡¯d never have thought that it would be you.¡±

    ¡°Humpf!¡± The new arrival nced at Red Wine Coffee coldly and, without uttering a word, walked over to sit down in the seat opposite Feng Luo.

    ¡°This is the owner of the equipment, Mr. Feng,¡± Red Wine Coffee said, still smiling. His demeanor did not change due to the attitude of the female yer; instead, he introduced Feng Luo to the other two first. He did not reveal Feng Luo¡¯s full ID because the Starry Sky Company strictly forbade revealing a buyer¡¯s information before the deal was struck. In truth, Feng Luo did not reveal his full ID anyway.

    After introducing Feng Luo, Red Wine Coffee began introducing the two buyers.

    ¡°This is Roaring Dragon Mercenary Club¡¯s Minister of Logistics, Mr. Roaring Dragon Lightwind. He¡¯s responsible for the procurement of equipment for their mercenary group, as well as an important business partner of our Starry Sky. And this is the scouting team captain of the Veterans Tribe, ck Rose. The Veterans Tribe is another of our huge clients!¡±

    Feng Luo instantly understood the reason behind the sour mood of the female Scout. Feng Luo snuck a nce at ck Rose and noticed that she was already preupied with gazing at the staff on the table.

    ¡°Decent staff,¡± said ck Rose. She picked up the Hurricane Controller from the table and had a feel of it. ¡°With this attribute, it must have burst out of a Commander-grade monster over Level 50, at the very least.¡±

    ¡°It is very good indeed,¡± said Roaring Dragon Lightwind. His tone was calm, and his facial expression did not change because of ck Rose¡¯s attitude. ¡°A Rare attribute that increases the casting distance by 20 percent can be considered the ultimate attribute for Wind Maniptors. But... The attack of this staff is just too low. Even a Level-45 staff¡¯s attack won¡¯t be below 500. As a Level-50 main weapon, this staff¡¯s attack is only around 600. This will definitely lower its value!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind seemed calm andposed. The first half of his assertion was quite on point, but the second half was, without a doubt, bullsh*t! The average attack of a Level-45 Fine-grade Staff was around 400. Only the very best Fire Staff had 500 attack, and the attack power of Wind Staff was one-fifth lower than a Fire Staff, on average. Moreover, the attack power of the Hurricane Controller was not 600; it was 660. Its attack was not on the low side!

    However, Feng Luo did not say anything. Negotiating was always about trying to lower the opponent¡¯s price.

    He was initially worried that Red Wine Coffee would find associates who would try to pressure him to lower the price, but now, seeing that one buyer was from the Veterans Tribe while the other was from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the worry dissipated from his heart.

    As expected, ck Rose confronted Roaring Dragon Lightwind. She did not so much as try to mask the ill intent in her tone as she said, ¡°If the attack is low and it has no value, why are you here? I, for one, do not think that this staff has any weakness. It¡¯s aplete and ultimate item.¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind was stunned speechless.

    His words had, of course, simply been an attempt to lowball Feng Luo. He never would have thought that he would be paired with an ¡°associate¡± who was so clueless in business as to actually praise the seller¡¯s item without holding anything back.

    Gah, what a rubbish teammate! Thought Roaring Dragon Lightwind. Big breasts and no brains...

    If he hadn¡¯t been striving to maintain his dignity, he might have spoken the words on his mind out loud.

    ¡°If I remember correctly, Roaring Dragon Invincible is a Wind Maniptor,¡± said ck Rose. ¡°I haven¡¯t seen him in a while. He¡¯s probably out somewhere hunting monsters to get to Level 50, right? Then does this mean you¡¯re buying this staff for him?¡±

    ck Rose was clearly not brainless. After a few simple deductive statements, Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s face dropped.

    ¡°All right,¡± said Red Wine Coffee to ease the increasingly tense atmosphere. ¡°Since both of you have seen the equipment, please make your bids.¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind did not continue with the chatter and calmly made a bid. ¡°700,000.¡±

    ¡°800,000!¡± ck Rose said, increasing the bid by 100,000 credits in one go.

    ¡°820,000!¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind frowned and added another 20,000 credits.

    ¡°920,000!¡± ck Rose said.

    It seemed like she was targeting him on purpose, adding another 100,000 credits. Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s face changed color. This time, he did not continue increasing the bid. He hesitated. It seemed like the price had already reached his limit. Seeing the situation, the heroic eyes of ck Rose emanated a sense of pride.

    ¡°Uh... That...¡± Red Wine Coffee suddenly interrupted. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but there¡¯s another yer bidding 940,000 on the terminal!¡±

    Since the number of buyers was not limited to the two of them and had another nine people on the other side, ck Rose¡¯s bid was not even higher than that of someone else, making her bid a voided bid.

    ck Rose¡¯s expression seemed strange. At first, she stared angrily at Red Wine Coffee. Then, after a short moment of hesitation, she bit her lip and increased the bid again. ¡°One million.¡±

    One million credits!

    Feng Luo sat back, looking rxed, but the number made his heart skip a beat. 1,000,000! Just how many zeros was that? (And how many people were counting them?)

 Chapter 45 - Transaction

    <h4>Chapter 45: Transaction</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A million!

    ording to the ratio of ten to one, a million credits was only 100,000 star coins, which was not a big deal for rich people, but at least it sounded cool.

    ¡°1.03 million!¡±

    Red Wine Coffee looked at the terminal and again reported the bid of the yer through remote bidding. The bidding was over 30,000, and ck Rose hesitated. Obviously, the price of 1 million had reached her upper limit. Increasing the price was a problem worth serious consideration.

    ¡°1.13 million!¡±

    At that time, Roaring Dragon Lightwind spoke softly to increase the price by 100,000 credits just like ck Rose¡ªwhich was obviously intentional.

    ck Rose¡¯s eyebrows straightened as she stared at Dragon with anger. ¡°You!¡±

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you continue to increase the price?¡± said Roaring Dragon Lightwind, lifting his eyelids and staring back at her with a smile.

    ck Rose clenched her teeth and opened her mouth a few times, but she did not increase the bid. She had no money left. Otherwise, her character may not have been able to endure this.

    ¡°The other nine buyers have given up on bidding!¡±

    Red Wine Coffee looked at the terminal, but his eyes snuck a look at ck Rose with a weird expression.

    Red Wine Coffee then turned to Feng Luo. ¡°The highest bid is Mr. Lightwind¡¯s 1.13 million credits. Are you satisfied with this price, sir?¡±

    Although the buyerspeted for the final price, the decision to sell was still in the hands of the seller.

    ¡°Well, yes I am!¡± Feng Luo said, cing the empty mug on the table.

    The face of Roaring Dragon Lightwind revealed a smile. ¡°Very well. Mr. Feng, let¡¯s proceed with the transaction.¡±

    Feng Luo smiled and stared into the eyes of Roaring Dragon Lightwind. ¡°Oh, sorry. I think you may have misunderstood. I am satisfied with the offer of Miss ck Rose, so the two parties of the transaction will be her and me. Sorry for wasting your time.¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s confident smile disappeared. ¡°You...!¡±

    ¡°Did I hear you wrong?¡± ck Rose¡¯s face was shocked as she looked at Feng Luo with a weird expression. She was probably thinking, What is this guy trying to do?

    ¡°No, you didn¡¯t!¡± said Feng Luo. He was still smiling and said to Roaring Dragon Lightwind, ¡°Let me introduce myself. My ID is ¡®Feng Zhi Luo Ye.¡¯ I guess you must have heard of it.¡±

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luo Ye...¡± said Roaring Dragon Lightwind. ¡°Very well. I understand.¡± He calmed himself, stood up, and walked away. His face suddenly became frosty as he turned around.

    Looking at the back of Roaring Dragon Lightwind, Red Wine Coffee¡¯s face waspletely puzzled. ¡°What exactly is going on?¡± he asked.

    ¡°Sorry. I¡¯ve had bad experienced with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Corps,¡± Feng Luo exined. ¡°They are currently looking for me, so...¡±

    Understanding the reason, Red Wine Coffee shook his head with a helpless face. ¡°This... Mr. Feng, you could get me killed!¡±

    ¡°Humph!¡± ck Rose grunted with a pair of heroic eyes gazing at Red Wine Coffee.

    Red Wine Coffee, who had remained polite, now said bitterly, ¡°I was wrong. I was wrong... cousin!¡±

    Cousin... So, it turned out that they were rtives in reality. This surprised Feng Luo. No wonder they had reacted weirdly before. However, it was clear that Red Wine Coffee had been neutral in the previous trading process and hadn¡¯t helped her because of the rtionship between the two. In terms of character, Feng Luo gave him a full 10 out of 10.

    ck Rose turned her head and looked at Feng Luo. ¡°Mr. Feng, I still don¡¯t understand. Even if you don¡¯t deal with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary group, you didn¡¯t have to agree with my offer. You know there¡¯s still a buyer whose offer is higher than mine.¡±

    ¡°Hey, do you fancy my cousin?¡± joked Red Wine Coffee. ¡°You did this to get closer to her, didn¡¯t you?¡± But he stopped after seeing ck Rose ring at him with a face of shy anger.

    ¡°The reason is that this equipment was obtained by me and a friend, and that friend is from your Veterans Tribe,¡± Feng Luo exined with a smile. ¡°Hence, a little discount is fine.¡±

    ¡°I see,¡± said ck Rose. ¡°What is your friend¡¯s ID? I might know him.¡± Apparently, she did notpletely believe him.

    ¡°His name is Dan Hen. You must know him, right?¡± Feng Luo asked unsurely.

    ck Rose¡¯s face was stunned. Her vignt look vanished. ¡°I see! You are Brother Dan Hen¡¯s friend! Since you are a friend of Brother Dan Hen, then I shall not let you be at a disadvantage.¡± ck Rose had a smile on her face, but the smile meant something else as she turned his head and said to Red Wine Coffee, ¡°Xiao Jiu, give me 50,000 credits. I will pay you cash when I go to your house at night.¡±

    The expression on the face of Red Wine Coffee suddenly soured as if he was crying. ¡°Okay, cousin. I admit it. I will transfer the money to you, and you don¡¯t have to pay me back. Please don¡¯te to my house at night!¡±

    ¡°How could I?¡± said ck Rose. She still had a smile on her face, but Feng Luo felt a cold and murderous aura emanating from her. ¡°You have lent me so much money, it is necessary for a sister to thank you in person. Then we can discuss the practical usage of the 18th set of military boxing!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the uneasy Red Wine Coffee. Brother, I wish you all the best! he said in his heart.

    The transaction process was very smooth. The virtual transaction contract applied to the system was signed. Then the process was carried out by a third-party person¡ªRed Wine Coffee representing the Starry Sky Company¡ªand the Hurricane Controller was assigned to the new master. However, in the end, Feng Luo refused the price increase offered by ck Rose, insisting on only receiving 1 million. This move gave Red Wine Coffee and ck Rose a good impression of him.

    ¡°Oh, can you bring something to Brother Dan Hen for me, Ms. ck?¡± said Feng Luo.

    After the transaction wasplete, Feng Luo had ck Rose wait for a while. He went to the first floor of the Exchange and retrieved the Bloodtooth Knife that he had bought for Dan Hen. He ced it in a box and handed it to the ck Rose to pass on to him. As for why she was called Ms. ck, it was at ck Rose¡¯s own request. This female Scout spoke like someone from the military.

    Before Red Wine Coffee left, he didn¡¯t forget to put an advertisement for hispany. ¡°Mr. Feng, nice working with you,¡± he said. ¡°If you have any equipment to sell in the future, please do contact me. Starry Sky Company can definitely help you sell at the best price.¡±

    ¡°Sure!¡± said Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo smiled as they left the cafe. He turned his head and went back to his position, opening the trading panel. It was time to buy the materials of the Eye of the Thunder. With almost 800,000 credits earned, the material cost was enough. He intended to restock something for Feng Zhi Dan Hen Ammunition Store on the way.

    ******

    A three-person video conference was underway in a deluxe room on the second floor of the Exchange, where Feng Luo was shopping for the materials of the Eye of the Thunder.

    ¡°Yes, and that was what happened,¡± the gloomy Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star informed the other two people through the floating screen about the conflict with Feng Luo and the Veterans Tribe.

    ¡°Lightwind... any suggestions?¡±

    The voiceing from the screen sounded serious. Through the camera, it was clear that the speaker was farming monsters. Behind him, a team of dozens of Maniptors and Machine Gunners were constantly casting skills against a dense group of monsters. The monster¡¯s deaths could bring about many experience points. The man was wearing a mage¡¯s robe with pale blue trim, and there was an aggressive gaze in his long, narrow eyes. He was the head of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group: Roaring Dragon Invincible.

    ¡°Ruinous Star was a bit unwise this time,¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind said. ¡°We ought to be trying to attract this caliber of yer to our group. Especially given that he is a sniper. If he is secretly against us, it will definitely cause trouble. Moreover, ording to the information obtained, he is an expert Gunman. How valuable is this professional to us? How could you know that?¡±

    He sat back on the ck leather sofa in the luxurious room with aplete set limited edition giant projector and wine cooler. Few people knew that this guy who specialized in scouting Exchange centers and logistics was actually the brains behind the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, as well as one of the people in charge of the entire group.

    Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star bowed his head and said, ¡°I was indeed not rational in handling this matter.¡± But in his heart, he was indifferent.

    Roaring Dragon Invincible did not notice the subtle movements of Ruinous Star but continued to ask Lightwind, ¡°Lightwind, do you mean to revoke his wanted order?¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind whispered. ¡°If I had known this half an hour ago, I guess I would have advised you to do this, but this is beyond my control now. Keep his wanted order but also raise the level. Increase the credits for a first level kill reward to 10,000. And then, when we kill the Veterans Tribe, we shall send men to kill him all the way back to Level 0! It seems that something major happened.¡±

    After hearing the words of Roaring Dragon Lightwind, Ruinous Star was stunned.

    Roaring Dragon Invincible smiled and did not ask for the reason. ¡°Then will do it your way. Now, our main goal is the Veterans Tribe. The board of directors is very dissatisfied with the dy in taking over Silvermoon City, so the task must bepleted in four days. This mission determines how quickly we can destroy the Veterans Tribe.¡±

    Roaring Dragon Invincible broke his transmitter after speaking.

 Chapter 46 - Storm City

    <h4>Chapter 46: Storm City</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Three dayster, a BY-747rge passenger spacecraft from Silvermoon Citynded slowly on the runway in Storm City.

    After the orange jets ejected from the spacecraft thrusters werepletely extinguished, the five silver-gray spiral ramps were lowered, and the heavy alloy door slowly opened. NPCs with their briefcases or luggage and yers who exhibited excitement and fatigue alike spilled from the ship.

    On arge screen several floors above thending point, amercial was being broadcast. A beautiful female NPC with a size 36E bust, wearing a camougebat uniform, held a heavy gun with a caliber of over 10mm and was using it to st a Level-40 Elite Mutant Sand Scorpion into pieces with one shot. When she finished, she licked her golden hair, then rotated the pistol in her hand a few times before inserting it into a holster on her long leg.

    ¡°Wee to Storm City,¡± said themercial. ¡°The ¡®Union Weapon Shop¡¯ is open today with big sales. All equipment is 10 percent off. A D-ss blood supplement valued at 50 credits will be given away with any purchase of 999 credits. If you spend 1,999 credits...¡±

    Then a subtitle was disyed on the background: ¡°Union Weapon Shop, Quality Assured!¡±

    ¡°The Thunderfire P-2 looks cool and all, but its level is only 25, and there are design ws with its terrible specs,¡± Feng Luo jested bitterly while walking down the ramp. ¡°How could that gun possibly headshot a Level-40 Elite monster? This advertising fraud is too much. There should be a management team for this!¡±

    He lifted his head and stretched his back, sucking in some murky city air as his eyes swept over the endless metal buildings and flying cars outside thending point. As a giant city with a yer poption of over 10 million, Storm City¡¯s facilities were much more advanced than Silvermoon City. In addition to these high-rise metal towers and floating automated taxis, there were ¡°sky-eye¡± surveince systems and fully automated weapons densely packed throughout the city. If any yer dared to use weapons tomit crimes in the city, the fully automatic defense weapons under the control of the systems would reduce him to g.

    In the automated floating car, a soft, electronically synthesized female voice sounded after Feng Luo sat down. ¡°Wee to Storm City. May I ask where are you going?¡±

    ¡°The Appraisal office, please!¡±

    Feng Luo hade to the Storm City for two main purposes. The first was to look for Master Rnd, as rmended by the middle-aged appraiser, to identify the chip from the beetle boss. The other was to contact ¡°Green Plum Boiled Wine,¡± who Red Wine Coffee had told him would sell the chip that contained the ¡°Extreme Shooting¡± skill. However,pared to buying the skill, he was still more interested in learning what was in the chip from the Beetle Boss, so he decided to go to the appraisal office first.

    At a speed of more than 70 km/h, the floating car shuttled between Storm City¡¯s buildings. It took less than ten minutes to reach his destination. Feng Luo paid 20 credits through the interface on the terminal with a swipe of his card, then the door of the floating car opened, and one of thendmark buildings of Storm City¡ªthe appraisal office¡ªappeared in front of him.

    This appraisal office would have been more urately called an appraisal ¡°center.¡± It was a luxurious building with an area of more than 100,000 square meters and a height of more than 130 floors. There were countless floating cars in the area, as well as countless yers entering and leaving at every moment.

    Master Rnd¡¯s appraisal room was located in Room 99 on the 108th floor. After Feng Luo registered on the first floor, he took the internal maglev elevator and arrived within a minute.

    Ding!

    Feng Luo pressed the retro copper doorbell. After a few seconds, the double doors¡ªbuilt from a whole piece of golden Nanmu wood¡ªslowly opened on both sides. Gorgeous silver chandeliers decorated with amethyst hung from the ceiling. Handmade rugs were on the floor, and thousands of paper books lined a rosewood bookcase in delicate patterns. These decorations told Feng Luo that the owner was a person who highly fancied ssical culture.

    A white-haired old man sat between a variety of instruments behind a huge red wooden table. He wore high-grade identification sses glowing with purple light and held a silver-colored vintage magnifying ss in his hand, studying a pen-like antique.

    Seeing Feng Luo, Master Rnd raised his head and smiled under his appraisal sses. ¡°Please, sit down!¡± he said.

    ******

    A minuteter, after carefully observing the silver chip in his hand, Master Rnd raised his hand, and his wrinkled face revealed a sly smile. ¡°This is the kind of chip I imagined I would discover, but I didn¡¯t expect an adventurer like you to get it.¡±

    ¡°Nice!¡± Feng Luo said, feeling better.

    ¡°But...¡± Master Rnd suddenly changed his tone.

    Damn! Feng Luo cursed in his heart. He knew that trouble wasing when he heard the word ¡°but.¡±

    ¡°I am sorry to tell you that this chip has been damaged,¡± said Master Rnd. ¡°If it is not repaired with special materials and special techniques, it has no value.¡± He gently rubbed the lines on the chip with his thumb and gazed at it with a nostalgic face.

    ¡°What? It has been damaged?¡±

    Feng Luo spoke in an impression of an astonished tone. Talking to an advanced NPC, the yer had to try to be consistent with the context.

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s damaged, and it¡¯s very serious.¡± Master Rnd nodded. ¡°But... I have a way to fix it because one of my professions happens to be a Chip Expert.¡±

    ¡°Chip Expert?¡±

    No matter how much Feng Luo thought about it, it was impossible to imagine how this room¡ªdecorated like the chamber of a medieval aristocrat or an archaeologist¡ªcould be the studio of a Chip Expert. The Chip Experts was a life profession at the forefront of federal technology. There were many types of equipment, weapons, orrge mecha that used chips, and Chip Experts specialized in the design of these chips.

    This old man named Rnd was a master of appraisal and a Chip Expert. Like yers, NPCs could also have varied life careers but generally only considered one as the main upation.

    ¡°What do you need to fix this chip?¡± Feng Luo asked, prepared to spend more money.

    ¡°Oh, there is not much that I need,¡± said Master Rnd. ¡°I have most of the materials here. I onlyck one special material, but I also know where to get it. So you need to help me to get some of it¡ªand something else, too.¡±

    Obviously, this is another mission! Feng Luo thought, but out loud, he said, ¡°No problem. Can you first tell me the purpose of this chip? It¡¯s from a Level-45 Beetle Boss.¡±

    Master Rnd raised his appraisal lenses and looked at Feng Luo. ¡°That¡¯s right. And how do you think the rebel forces control those unruly and aggressive mutants?¡±

    ¡°You mean...?¡±

    A thought popped into Feng Luo¡¯s head, and he was suddenly shocked.

    ¡°Yes,¡± said Master Rnd. ¡°This is a biochip that can affect the brainwaves of mutant organisms after being injected into the body. It even enables them to understand the simple words of human beings. This is... an amazing chip.¡±

    Master Rnd once again showed an inexplicable look in his eyes, as if marveling at the power of this tiny chip.

    After Feng Luo heard this, his heart raced with excitement. Although the words of Master Rnd did not directly indicate as much, the word that crossed Feng Luo¡¯s word was a single noun: ¡°pet¡±!

 Chapter 47 - Biochip

    <h4>Chapter 47: Biochip</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Currently, the pet system in War was not open yet. There was also no official information about how to acquire a pet at all. All that existed so far was the mere mention of their existence.

    Following the sci-fi setting of the game, one could be assured that yers would not be able to employ mystical methods such as summoning ormitting blood contracts. Then how could the yers get their own pets?

    Feng Luo had read many theories on the forum, some of which did not seem reliable, and others were justpletely out of this world. Some imed cloning, data imnting, or even gicbination and memory editing would be the means of acquiring pets. But who would have thought that it was through the use of biochips!

    Biochips were a rathermonly used technological item in War. Through a specialized injector, a liquified nanochip¡ªinstalled with super memory functionality¡ªcould be injected into the body. Through blood cirction, a ¡°biochip¡± with special functions would be created.

    A biochip gave the human body an extra terminal that regted human metabolism while strengthening some functions and qualities of the human body. Why only the ¡°human¡± body? Because biochips were not foreign to the yers of War.

    When yers first chose their upations in War, it was done by inserting biochips provided by the Federation to give them the specializations associated with their chosen upations, thus boosting some of their Attributes.

    ording to the Federation, all the skills, experience point amounts, and Attribute boosts were actually effects from different functions of the biochips boosting the yer¡¯s body. Thus, this established the scientific theory behind leveling up and learning skills, amongst other things.

    A thought suddenly shot through Feng Luo¡¯s mind. ¡°Wait. So you¡¯re saying that biochips can control mutant lifeforms? So you can control humans with it?¡±

    Feng Luo was shocked. The idea blew his mind. Artificial Life, Sk, Red Queen... The conspiracy of the game mastermind to control the entire human poption... Many other fictional plotlines from novels appeared in his head.

    ¡°You¡¯ve got quite the imagination, kid,¡± said Master Rnd. He seemed to have guessed what was on Feng Luo¡¯s Mind. He put down the silver chip in his hand and shook his head with a smile. ¡°The chips the Federation makes can only activate the potential of the human body. The human mind isplex. Even the highest-grade third-gen biochip, like this one, can only control some low-intelligence lifeforms like mutated tigers and jaguars. And even then, you can¡¯t exercise precise control but merely direct their consciousness. This technical threshold is simply too vast to achieve human brain control. The mystery of the human body is far deeper than you can imagine. Hmm... But, given the current speed of this technological renaissance, these mysteries should be revealed soon.¡±

    Master Rnd sighed. A lot of information was contained in his words, clearly referring to future updates for the game. Sadly, Feng Luo did not think carefully about these words. He just thought that his reaction was odd.

    War was operated by Star Gaming and was distributed by the Star Federation federal government to the selected elites from the more than 100 billion citizens of the Federation. How could they let such an absurd thing happen?

    ¡°Right,¡± said Feng Luo. His thoughts returned to the chips, and he continued, ¡°Master Rnd, you said this chip is the highest-grade third-generation chip. So there are different grades of biochips? ¡±

    ¡°Of course there¡¯s a difference! Biochips were the greatest invention back in the times of the Gxy Empire. It is the key to humanity¡¯s entrance into a spacefaring civilization. Only with the help of the chips¡¯ regtion and strengthening could humans adapt to theplexities of the universe, survive in various ever-changing environments, and fend off all sorts of viruses, bacteria, and other dangerous lifeforms.¡±

    Rnd seemed very interested in these questions, through which he could fully disy the extent of his technical knowledge. In no time, his answer transformed into a lecture.

    ¡°The greatest human biologist, one of the seven pioneers of the Gxy Empire, Sir Wude, created the first biochip, PG-1, in Year 23 of the Empire Calendar. The first-gen chips used the ZH-I architecture technology, which could connect 30 billion human cells. They improved the condition of a human body by more than three times. Because of his great invention, the council agreed to recognize him with the highest badge of honor, which would not be awarded for another hundred years or more. You know, this kind of medal, at that time...¡±

    Master Rnd¡¯s lecture had touched upon the background of War. As previously mentioned, the timeline of War took ce after the humans had experienced a great cmity. Civilization and technology were being restored within a period of 100 yearster, yet they were stuck on this small.

    But before the great destruction, human civilization had already stepped into the era of space. Humans had already upied several thousand administratives during the development of the Gxy Empire. The numbers continued to increase by more than 100 per year.

    The Gxy Empire was not exactly a real empire because there are no royals. At its core, it hadn¡¯t been much different from the Federation that was currently controlling this through military-based, authoritarian rule. The power was entirely in the hands of the assembly of a council¡ªwithout any dictator or representative king.

    The reason it had been called the Gxy Empire was because, on the night before humans first stepped into the universe, the 10.3 billion citizens had decided to amend the constitution to bear the name ¡°Empire,¡± thus showing humanity¡¯s determination to conquer the universe. That same day was dered the first year of the Empire!

    At the same time, the vote also restored an ancient system to use an honorary knightship system to recognize and reward people who contributed greatly to the advancement of the human civilization throughout space.

    This information was recorded on the official website and could be checked by any yer. But when Feng Luo heard that Rnd was going into game lore, he quickly stopped him and switched the topic back to the chips.

    ¡°Well... Master Rnd,¡± he said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry to interrupt, but I really want to know. What¡¯s the market price for one of these third-gen chips after fixing it? Then at least I¡¯ll know if it¡¯s worth fixing or not.¡±

    Feng Luo was helpless. He couldn¡¯t keep listening to an NPC yammering on about some virtual history of a game. Thankfully, Master Rnd didn¡¯t mind and still had a smile on his face. He knew that an adventurer like Feng Luo wanted his items to be appraised mainly to know their price.

    After some thought, he replied, ¡°I can¡¯t tell you the actual price, but after repairs, it won¡¯t cost anything below a Type ZC-7 Bulletproof Combat Vehicle.¡±

    Type ZC-7, thought Feng Luo. Also known as ¡°Moving Forts.¡± Currently the priciest mass-producednd vehicle! Even the ones with the lowest specs cost more than three million credits!

    The data whizzed through Feng Luo¡¯s mind¡ªespecially the value of three million. He immediately revealed a fierce smile, and said, full of determination, ¡°All right, Master Rnd. I will get what you need, no matter the odds!¡±

 Chapter 48 - The Red Queen

    <h4>Chapter 48: The Red Queen</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°This mission is somewhat ridiculous!¡±

    Feng Luo sat near the window of a tea bar, looking at a system prompt showing the mission details given by Master Rnd with a troubled expression.

    Mission epted: ¡°Master Rnd¡¯s Request.¡± Mission requirements: Get to Gray Water, look for the military base S-53, retrieve a bottle of FX-9 nano liquid material and SH-3 biochip manufacturing materials!

    Gray Water was a rather vast ind sea located roughly 700 kilometers south of Storm City. It had once been a military zone with high strategic value before the Great Destruction. Even now, numerous hidden military bases could be found scattered across the area. Meanwhile, the area had suffered from extreme radiation pollution in the past, and due to it being an ind sea, many creatures in the Gray Water had undergone mutation.

    The monster level at the edge of Gray Water could reach Level 30 and above, and the average level of these monsters would get higher and higher as one approached the center of Gray Water. In fact, the levels of the monster in the area marked by the virtual map given by Rnd Master was generally above Level 48.

    ¡°There¡¯s simply no way for a lone wolf toplete this mission, I¡¯m afraid!¡±

    Feng Luo was troubled, it was not easy to sniff out an abandoned military base in the vast ind sea, especially whencking the precise coordinates. Besides, this type of hidden military base was usually hidden away in the ocean or deep on an ind. One would even trigger defense systems the moment one stepped into the base. Hence, to get into a base and retrieve a quest item, one would have to go through numerous obstacles.

    This type of military base exploration was generally done by guilds or elite members of certain organizations, simr to an ¡°open instance dungeon¡± in some games. For a solo yer to try doing things that could only be done by elite squads organized by guilds... Even Feng Luo knew it was utterly impossible no matter how confident he thought he was.

    ¡°I¡¯m screwed. I responded too quickly. I should have squeezed more intel out of him.¡±

    Feng Luo thought back to how he had epted the quest right away without any second thoughts after learning the value of the chip once it was fixed. The smile Master Rnd had given him was so kind after his agreement. But, now that he looked back, Feng Luo realized that the high-level NPCs in this game were undoubtedly tricky!

    ¡°I can¡¯t me him, after all,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°This chip is likely to be the first ever ¡®pet¡¯ chip avable in War, and thus, it¡¯s to be expected that the task will be slightly difficult. If worstes to worst, I¡¯ll just hire NPCs to sail with me. Yet the coordinates are indeed an issue, and no relevant missions have been published by yers on the forum, either.¡±

    Some NPCs in the game were allowed to ept employment by yers. Their roles were simr to those of mercenaries. This setting was primarily used to assist some of the solo yers inpleting their quests, since they preferred not to let others know the details of certain hidden special missions.

    If one decided to hire an NPC, they are remarkably reliable in most situations and would not leak any sort of intel to anyone once the contract was signed. Yet yers had to pay for a great amount ofpensation if these NPCs were killed in action, and NPCs would not get involved in fights between yers.

    ¡°Good day, Mr. Feng. I¡¯m Green Plum Boiled Wine. Sorry for the wait!¡±

    Just as Feng Luo was pondering with his mission n, a lovely female voice came from in front of him, apanied by a scent of sweet violet. A beautiful woman in a white office uniform sat in front of him, holding a light yellow briefcase.

    ¡°Greetings,¡± said Feng Luo.

    He raised his head and looked at this clerk of the Starry Skypany introduced by Red Wine Coffee. She was about 1.65 meters tall with clean, shoulder-length hair framing a confident expression on her smiling face. With some light makeup, she was easily an eight out of ten. Her eyes and mouth were the highlights. The eyes were charming¡ªnted upward, slender yet lively, and a perfect match for her slightly upturned lips.

    Everyone knew that the Starry Sky was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding equipment agencies in War, as all their attendants were carefully selected and had rather impressive temperaments.

    Green Plum Boiled Wine took a glimpse at hermunicator, and said in an apologetic tone, ¡°Mr. Feng, the seller is already on their way and will arrive in roughly two minutes. Please wait until then.¡±

    Feng Luo waved his hand and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±

    ¡°Well then, in this short period of idle time, would you mind if I brief you on some of ourpany¡¯s business?¡± The charming eyes of Green Plum Boiled Wine blinked as she smiled, and she took out a stack of quality brochures from her briefcase.

    ¡°Uh, all right.¡± Feng Luo said. He was a bit taken aback, as this the first time he had encountered such a dedicated clerk in the game.

    ¡°Starry Sky is currently thergest in-game equipment salespany in War,¡± she began. ¡°We currently own more than 40 auction houses, and over 15,000 employees are stationed throughout 30 or so cities in the War... Thepany is well funded. A few days ago, the top tenpany in the federal government, Xiao Enterprise, even invested 23 billion yuan...¡±

    The fluent words of the smiling Green Plum Boiled Wine reminded Feng Luo of how different some ces in this world werepared to Earth. Since the entire civilization spanned 24 administratives and thousands of resources, the Starry Sky Alliance far exceeded the riches and power of the entire Earth. Each of the top tenpanies in the Starry Sky Alliance had a market capitalization that exceeded 20 trillion star coins, which was more than the total assets of a medium-sized country in the Federation.

    In a federal society where politics could be manipted by capital, these enormouspanies were, in fact, no different than kingdoms! By contrast, the million credits Feng Luo had earned by selling his staff¡ªand even the biochip, which would be worth three million credits when the mission waspleted¡ªwas a drop in the bucketpared to dozens of trillions in capital. Yet even an enterprise of their size had created in presence in War, which spoke volumes about the value of this game.

    Maybe, just maybe, a plutocrat of such a level could one day be born out of this very game. There¡¯s no telling what will happen in the future!

    ******

    ¡°Mr. Feng, the seller has arrived!¡±

    The seller of the rare skill chip ¡°Extreme Shooting¡± had finally arrived. Feng Luo had been listening to a minutes-long promotion from Green Plum Boiled Wine and had promised to help out the business of Starry Sky in the future.

    What surprised Feng Luo was the fact that there were three of them: one man and two women. The male was a Sniper, whereas the two women were Fire and Water element Maniptors.

    ¡°This is Mr. Feng Zhi Luoye, today¡¯s buyer!¡± Green Plum Boiled Wine said, introducing the parties. ¡°This is Ms. Red, Ms. Ice, and Mr. ck Panther!¡±

    ording to thepany¡¯s practice, she would only introduce the title to the seller instead of the full name. This was to prevent the seller from secretly intercepting and hijacking the buyer¡¯s equipment in the case of an unsessful deal.

    ¡°Red Queen, zed Ice, ck Panther!¡±

    Despite thepany¡¯s custom, the woman whose call sign was ¡°Red¡± bluntly revealed their IDs rather than trying to conceal them. ¡°Red Queen¡± was a name that fully defined her character. She was a woman in her early 30s, Fire Maniptor was her upation, and her vibe emitted a strong feeling of arrogance.

    ¡°Take a seat,¡± Feng Luo invited with a nod.

    ¡°That¡¯s okay. Let¡¯s just get the work done while we stand,¡± Red Queen said with a shake of her head. ¡°I bet Mr. Feng is rather curious about our intentions. Why would we purposely ask the Starry Sky to set us up with the buyer in a face-to-face conversation for a mere skill chip and even go out of our way to specify that the buyer must be a Sniper?¡±

    Feng Luo nodded. ¡°Yes. It¡¯s rather strange indeed.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s because we need an expert marksman who is superior enough to assist us in a special mission,¡± said Red Queen. ¡°Hence, we went through Starry Sky to sell this chip. This Rare-grade skill chip will straightaway be used asmission for this mission!¡±

    Green Plum Boiled Wine furrowed her brow as she heard the words. She was about to speak, but Red Queen turned her head and said to her, ¡°Ms. Green Plum, regarding the agency fees for Starry Star, I will make the payment ordingly, and your manager has already consented to this.¡±

    ¡°Very well then!¡± said Green Plum Boiled Wine. Then she shut her mouth and nodded helplessly.

    ¡°A mission,¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°Got it. However, I would love to ask beforehand, is this chip only able to be obtained by assisting you on a mission? Maybe you can trade with me and take the money to the mercenary guild to hire an excellent Sniper!¡±

    ¡°No can do,¡± Red Queen replied immediately with a stern tone. ¡°This chip will not be sold directly!¡±

    ¡°All right then...¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I wonder how you determine whether a Sniper is an expert? Equipment, character level, or his specialized skill level?¡±

    He was rather confident in his own strength, but if the other party valued equipment or level over the individual, then he was nowhere near level of an expert¡ªespecially in the case of level, as Level 40 was somewhat looked down upon.

    ¡°Equipment ain¡¯t important,¡± said Red Queen. ¡°We can even loan you some, if need be. Neither does character level matter. Level 40 and above will do. The abilities of a true expert marksman cannot be mastered through an in-game skill tree, so...¡±

    Red Queen looked at the Sniper whose name was ck Panther. ck Panther¡¯s pupils shone like a cheetah¡¯s eyes, and he stared at Feng Luo with careful scrutiny.

    ¡°We are not going to look at your level nor equipment,¡± said ck Panther. ¡°All we want is a duel between you and me!¡±

    A Sniper? thought Feng Luo, finally feeling thrilled.

 Chapter 49 - Duel (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 49: Duel (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Combat in War was conducted in a sci-fi manner. In the game, leisure points like bars or cafes always had a designated area for gamers to do battle through cabins connected to the federal virtualwork. Through these connected ¡°game cabins,¡± gamers could upload their data and enter a virtual PK Map.

    It was a rather interesting arrangement. In fact, it was a virtual sci-fi game where gamers could y virtual fighting games within it. This setting reminded Feng Luo of a movie. What had it been called...? Oh, yeah. The Thirteenth Floor.

    On a desert that kept going on and on, the zing sun shone perpendicrly, toasting the ground intensely until it was above 50 degrees Celsius. Apart from endless yellow sand and continuous sand dunes, the surrounding scenery consisted of a few dying trees that were scarcely distributed, casting their shadows on the sand.

    Feng Luo stood in the middle of the desert and observed the map. From the corner of his left eye, he saw a debuff notification from the system.

    Special Duel Map¡ªDeadly Desert: Stamina depletion increased by 100%. Health points reduce by 0.1% per second (doubles after seven minutes). Use of blood tonics prohibited!

    In certain PK Maps, the system would add negative elements based on the surroundings of the gamer. This was mainly to increase the pace of the duel for a quicker ending. It prevented gamers from intentionally avoidingbat, which would cause battles to drag on too long.

    With the health point reduction debuff, plus the prohibited use of blood tonics, gamers wouldn¡¯t be able to regenerate health fast enough to recover lost HP. In that sense, most yers would choose to finish a fight as quickly as possible.

    Although gamers were not allowed to use blood tonics, there was a small supply pack located in the middle of the map that would restore the gamer¡¯s health by half. That also meant that if the gamer chose to stay in one spot, he was sure to lose.

    The issue was getting to the supply pack. Running as fast as possible would drain arge amount of the yer¡¯s Stamina. This could cause one to have to stop halfway, which opened up opportunities for ambush attacks from the opponent.

    A ce as wide and open as this was tailor-made for a Sniper to perform a perfect shot.

    Feng Luo saw a small map at the bottom-right corner of his HUD. The area shown on the map was a rectangr shape approximately two kilometers in length. The desert beyond the PK map could be seen but couldn¡¯t be entered.

    For other professions, two kilometers would have seemed huge. Other sses might not even bump into each other before exhausting their HP due to the effects of the environment. But for two Snipers, all they would need to do was walk to a position where they could see one-third of the map, and they could attack practically every corner of the area.

    Feng Luo was rushing toward the center of the map while taking out his sniper rifle and started to assemble it: a muddy-brown gun body with the familiar length of slightly over a meter. At first nce, it seemed like a typical M110, but there was something very different about it.

    M110 (Sniper Rifle) (Modified)

    Grade: Excellent

    Attack: 610

    Attack Coefficient: D+

    Agility: +7

    Vision: +300m

    Effective Attack Distance: 1000 + 250m

    Special Attribute: 2% chance of electrified shot

    Level Requirement: 40

    Modifier: Feng Zhi Luoye

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    What else could it be but the Eye of Thunder?

    Why was Feng Luo holding an M110? Feng Luo was ready to give the Eye of Thunder a makeover, but after he¡¯d created the first parts, he had realized that he had overlooked one important aspect¡ªthe level requirement. The lowest level requirement for theplete Eye of Thunder was not Level 40 but Level 45!

    Faced with a situation like this, he didn¡¯t know whether tough or to cry. By right, a Level-45 Rare-grade piece of equipment must have been worth more than a Level-40 one. This was a good thing. But it also meant that even if he created the Eye of Thunder now, he couldn¡¯t put it to use yet.

    ¡°Goddamnit!¡± he cursed.

    This shocking realization was starting to affect his mood. To make do with what he had, he had improvised a basic M110 by installing the two most important parts from the Eye of Thunder, namely the scope and the barrel. This way, the modified M110 was upgraded to Level 40¡ªperfect for the asion.

    The limitation set by the system wasn¡¯t unreasonable. Stronger equipment needed to require a higher level, or else the game would lose its bnce. Besides, in terms of attributes, the modified M110 was nothing less than many mainstream Level-40 sniper rifles. In fact, with two Rare-grade parts installed, the gun was stronger than standard Level-40 rifles in a few ways.

    For instance, the maximum range of 1,250 meters was much longer than 99 percent of current rifles. The scope had an additional field of 300 meters, which made it even easier for him to spot enemies. For a Sniper, these two attributes were of utmost importance, which was also the reason why he had changed these parts in the first ce.

    Moreover, it had the iplete yet rare attribute of a 2 percent chance of producing an electrifying shot. He recalled how the electric ball from themander of the rebel army had grazed him a few days prior. Theplete numbness he had felt then was still fresh in his mind.

    It might not have been theplete Eye of Thunder, but this M110 was no doubt still a strong gun!

    ******

    ck Panther was like a real panther. He crept quietly behind a sand dune, waiting for his prey.

    A lot of people couldn¡¯t tell the difference between a cheetah and a panther. In fact, the panther, which would wait patiently for its prey, was much more dangerous than the cheetah, who used pure speed for hunting. Panthers could stay still all day, lying in wait for the perfect moment to pounce and unleash a deadly attack when its prey appeared.

    A hefty sniper rifle longer than 1.2 meters was ced in front of ck Panther. The gun was covered in a nano light camouge pattern. From afar, apart from the ck hole of the gun¡¯s opening, it would have been difficult to tell that there was anything there.

    ck Panther had maintained this position for close to five minutes, searching for traces of the gamer called Feng Zhi Luoye. As one of the leaders who had served the Fifth Space Force Special Mission Team, his record for lying in ambush was half an hour at the mouth of an active volcano with temperatures of over 100 degrees on the 19th Administrative. There, he had sessfully killed a highly alert volcanic gargantuan, a highly dangerous creature that consumed volcanic rocks. It was a species that was unique to the 19th Administrative.

    Of course, to achieve such incredible results, he had depended on the special equipment from the Federal Army. Thetest high-energy-particle battle outfit allowed him to endure more than 40 minutes even at extreme temperatures of over 300 degrees. On the contrary, the Level-45 grade Excellent-grade Viper Battle Outfit he was currently wearing had an automated camouge feature, but the temperature regtion feature of below 50 degrees was far from impressive.

    Under the zing hot sun, the temperature of the desert far surpassed 50 degrees. The Viper Battle Outfit¡¯s temperature regtion feature wasn¡¯t sufficient. Even though he hadn¡¯t moved a single muscle this whole time, he could feel the hydration being sucked out of him.

    Truthfully, ck Panther quite enjoyed this type of game, where the weapons and equipment were far behind reality. Perhaps, for a normal person, the firearms, armors, and aircraft in the game were exciting and mighty. But, having witnessed high-tech weapons from the Federal Army, the technology in this game was simply shabby.

    Some people imed that these games were invented by the Federal Government to scout for talents. He had alwaysughed in disdain at the idea. Without high-tech equipment, he couldn¡¯t even unleash his full potential as a Federal Special Agent.

    Despite that, he had utilized all sorts of skills he had gained as an army soldier to be a Sniper at Level 45 in just a few months. Without any sort of help from the system, he had achieved precision shooting within the range of 700 meters. He believed that based on his skills in this game, as long as an opponent¡¯s equipment wasn¡¯t stronger than his, not many people couldn¡¯t beat him inbat.

    Although the map looked like an environment where it would be difficult to lie in ambush, he had a gifted talent for wait patiently for his prey.

    Camouge (Talent)

    All camouge skill equipment effects increased by 50%. A fixed percentage of neglecting detection abilities.

    Overall Evaluation: A

 Chapter 50 - Duel (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 50: Duel (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A few minutester, Feng Luo crouched behind a sand dune. He looked with satisfaction at the trap he had set up in 30 seconds. It was a simple trap made up of drinking water, a helmet, and a Level-35 Elite sniper rifle from his backpack.

    Relying on the 15 percent movement speed bonus and the 35 percent stamina reduction from the Rare-grade Reconnoiter Combat Boots, as well as his almost Expert-level Quick Sneak skill, Feng Luo reached a position around 400 meters from the center within two minutes. It was at the edge of a sand dune with extremely high terrain, and a woond filled with dry trees was at the bottom of the dune. It was also the location of the supply center marked in the map.

    The field of vision from this position was quite decent. It was well-suited for an ambush or for sniping. Most yers would have probably chosen this ce to set up their ambush before capitalizing on the time advantage gained to wait for the opponent to show up, thus gaining the opportunity to fire the first shot. However, Feng Luo did not do this since hiding in a location without moving did not truly ensure that one had the advantage.

    Both sides were Snipers. Considering that they could both observe the situation through their scopes, the probability of going discovered in such a spacious, empty environment was very small; in contrast, if one were to hide in a location well-suited for an ambush, it increased the likelihood of being discovered by the enemy due to increased vignce and focus.

    Feng Luo did not even n to duel conventionally with ck Panther because ck Panther¡¯s level was as high as Level 46. In addition, they had dared to use a rare skill chip worth hundreds of thousands of credits as themission for a mission. It was clear that the opponent did notck money.

    Notcking money also meant that they were tycoons, and if they were tycoons, it meant that their equipment would be better than his. The difference between the opponent¡¯s sniper rifle with his modified M110 would not be all that great. In terms of defensive equipment and HP, he was also certainly at a disadvantage.

    At such a disadvantage, of course, he could not use conventionalbat methods. As such, Feng Luo had nned from the beginning to build a trap. This trap was called ¡°drawing the snake out of its hole!¡±

    ******

    ¡°This person still has not shown himself, even now. There weren¡¯t any trails left on the way to the supply center, either. Is it possible he¡¯s been hiding like me, without moving?¡±

    With the passage of time, ck Panther began to look doubtful as he continued waiting for Feng Luo to appear. After entering the map, he had quickly understood that the key to winning on this map would be to rush to the middle first to reach a position with a view of the entire map where the sniper rifle could take control. Then he would have enough opportunities to lock on to the opponent¡¯s movement. Moreover, the center was also the location for the supplies. It was the key to victory.

    As such, he had gotten there as fast as he could and had only taken a little longer than four minutes to reach a ce under a huge sand dune not 300 meters away from the center before hiding. After which, he fixed his sniper rifle¡¯s muzzle on the position of the supply point. He believed that in such terrible weather, normal yers could never be able to withstand it for long, especially when relying on standard and simple equipment in the game. They would inevitably make a move.

    The only issue was that the yer called Feng Zhi Luoye seemed to be more patient than ck Panther had imagined. He still had not exposed any trail even up until now, and he also did not move hastily toward the dried forest in the middle. It seemed like the opponent was also pretty smart and knew that the supply bag was actually a trap by the system on this PK map.

    The supply bag was a good item, offering recovery of 50 percent of HP. Anyone who obtained it and hid would be able to ensure victory. However, the supply bag was also not such a great item, because although the supply bag was surrounded by many dried trees, anyone who hid on one of the surrounding dunes, which offered higher elevations, they would be able to keep the area within their sights.

    The muzzle of ck Panther¡¯s sniper rifle never left the center location of the supply point. He began to raise the military binocrs with an eight-times zoom function in his hands to cautiously observe any location within the line of sight where the enemy could be hiding without destroying his camouge.

    When the binocrs went past the 11 o¡¯clock direction on his left, which was a sand dune he had inspected several times, ck Panther¡¯s gaze paused.

    The photographic memory that he mastered through rigorous training in the military allowed him to sharply detect the differences between this scene and the scene he had observed 30 seconds ago with the precision of noticing a one percent difference.

    This ability helped him detect a slight change in the dune from before. A semicircr object whose color was slightly different than the dune¡ªabout the size of a bowl¡ªwas partially exposed at the top of the sand dune.

    ¡°Found you!¡±

    A cruel and cold smirk appeared on ck Panther¡¯s face. He put down his binocrs lightly and lowered his head to slowly move his sniper rifle in that direction.

    After his sniping scope was modified, the magnification range was 15 times. This was much higher than the range of the binocrs, which only zoomed to eight times. So, through the sniping scope, he could clearly identify whether or not the item he had discovered in his line of sight was the helmet of his opponent.

    Perhaps some people might have been curious; since the game disyed such a high level of technological advancement, shouldn¡¯t they have been able to make the magnification range much higher. Wouldn¡¯t that make it so that they could see even more clearly? So why was the range of the military binocrs of ck Panther only eight times zoom?

    In truth, many people misunderstand this issue. They thought that the higher the magnification range, the better. The reason for the limited range was not because the technology wascking. When it came to technology, high-magnification binocrs were not difficult to make. If one was willing, one could make them magnify to any range. The problem was that a high magnification range would bring about many negative side effects!

    The first would be the brightness. Since, when a person used binocrs to observe an object, the object¡¯s surface area was increased exponentially, the drop in brightness was very obvious; the higher the magnification range, the darker the object would appear.

    Secondly, holding the binocrs in one¡¯s hand involved a certain degree of hand tremors. At a low magnification range, the effect would be minimal. However, at high magnification, the tremors would be extremely obvious. Everything seen would appear to be shaking.

    As a result, the magnification range of binocrs was typically between five to eight times. Byparison, since the scope of a sniper rifle could utilize a rifle stand, its stability was much better than binocrs, so the magnification could be higher.

    Through the scope of the sniper rifle, ck Panther quickly saw the item behind the sand dune. Although only the top was exposed, the exposed camouge patterns confirmed that it was abat helmet.

    The helmet was covered with wet sand, and above it was anotheryer of dry sand. It was very obvious that it had been used specifically to deceive. However, the opponent had not considered the fact that in such hot weather, the water molecules within the sand would dry up quickly, which made the deception something that exposed his disguise.

    ¡°After all, he¡¯s just a sniper in a game,¡± ck Panther muttered coldly. ¡°To be able to think of making a disguise like this is prettymendable. You can¡¯t expect too much!¡±

    Moreover, there was also a fairly dull-looking ck gun muzzle in an area covered by the sand. This made ck Panther even more certain that the opponent was hiding there.

    To be able to camp and persevere for so long in such a terrible environment, this person sure is willful!

    Upon finding the hiding spot of the opponent, confidence exuded from ck Panther¡¯s gaze. However, he did not rush to fire. Instead, he covered up and hid his body all over again to ensure that his perfect disguise, whichplemented his talent, would not be discovered by the opponent.

    It was because, in the situation where the opponent only exposed a little bit of his helmet, his shot would only hit the opponent¡¯s helmet. Given the defense coefficient of the helmet, even the sniper rifle in ck Panther¡¯s hands, which had a C-grade Destruction Coefficient, did not have much of a chance of prating through the defense in one shot. This also meant that the first shot was likely to only be able to deal white-colored normal damage.

    With the attack power of his sniper rifle and the distance from the target, the normal damage for hitting the helmet of the Gunner was around 1,000. It was far from enough to be a one-shot kill.

    As a retired soldier of the Federation, ck Panther was quite disgusted by the setting of defensive equipment in the game. In theory, there was no way a thinyer of steel armor could block the impact of a bullet traveling at over 1,000 meters per second. Instead, it would most likely prate the helmet¡ªalong with the brain.

    This sort of setting, which vited reality, made it impossible for him to experience the joy of killing an enemy with a single shot. Instead, he often had to fire two to three shots. This annoyed him.

    However, today, it seemed like he could attempt to enjoy the feeling of killing the enemy in one shot. Because on this PK map, there was a debuff that continuously decreased HP. If the HP dropped to a certain degree, with the attack of the sniper rifle, one shot was enough to be fatal.

    As such, ck Panther did not rush to start his attack. Instead, he continued to hide like a hunting panther, waiting for the opportunity to deliver a fatal shot.

 Chapter 51 - Duel (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 51: Duel (Part 3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°The ck Panther will lose!¡±

    In the spectator¡¯s area in the dueling arena, the eyebrows of Red Queen, who sat beside a ss table, were raised slightly.

    ¡°This method of his, it¡¯s a bit shameless.¡± zed Ice wore a snow-colored energy robe, and her voice gave off a feeling of purity that was pleasant to the ear; it was quite suited to her ID.

    She considered Feng Luo¡¯s trap somewhat shameless because she felt that this method would only work on a PK map. On a PK map, as soon as one side died, every item that was thrown on the ground would return to the backpack of the yer, so setting a trap like this meant that no losses would be incurred. If it were a map in the wild, if a yer were to be killed or if the yer strayed too far away, the item left on the ground was very likely to be judged by the system as abandoned. So, normally, yers would not dare to use their equipment as traps.

    However, what she did not know was that Feng Luo was just that sort of daring person. Even if he were to fight in the wild, he still would have been willing to risk losing the item to create a backup n. This was Feng Luo¡¯s gaming principle, which was to use all environmental factors and tools to maximize his likelihood of winning.

    ¡°When ites to tactics, it¡¯s either a sess or a failure,¡± said Red Queen softly. ¡°This game suits people who know how to use their brains more than it suits purebat experts!¡± Clearly, Red Queen¡¯s view was simr to that of Feng Luo. She then asked zed Ice, ¡°Has the information we asked Hunting Dog to acquire been sent over?¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡± zed Ice nodded and answered as she opened a page in themunicator.

    Feng Zhi Luoye. Level 40. Combat Profession: Sniper. Life Profession: Gun Mechanic, Ammunition Manufacturer. Among them, it is estimated that he has reached the Expert Level for his Gun Mechanic Profession. His level for Ammunition Manufacturer is unknown.

    As she read through this, shock shed in zed Ice¡¯s eyes.

    Registered as a D-rank hunter in the Hunter¡¯s Guild. Total epted Red-Name Bounty Missions: 17 times. Sess Rate: 94%. Five days ago, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group (B-grade Evaluation) of Silvermoon City issued 5,000 credits per level¡¯s bounty, and three days ago, it was upgraded by 1,000 credits per level...

    Overall Evaluation: A?, highly capable with a slightly lower level. Incredibly high potential.

    ¡°Hunting Dogs¡± was a unique mediator organization in the game. They sold information rather than items and equipment. Whether it was information on NPCs or yers, as long as one could afford it, they would be able to find the information you wanted. Moreover, they were very fast and efficient. They were in high demand among higher-end yers and powers in War.

    ¡°Not bad,¡± said Red Queen, nodding. ¡°It¡¯ll be him, then!¡±

    ******

    In the PK map, ck Panther continued to stare at his HP value with the peripheral vision of his sharp eyes. Since the debuff reduced HP based on a percentage, the HP of both yers was at 30 percent. Moreover, the rate of HP reduction right now had reached 0.3 percent per second! That meant that if neither of them moved, in around one minute, both of them would die.

    However, it would not be a draw since the automatic recovery rates of their HP were certainly different. Whoever recovered HP faster would be the ultimate victor.

    Could it be that he is very confident about his HP recovery rate? Or perhaps his talent is an HP recovery type?

    Noticing that his opponent, ¡°Feng Luo,¡± still did not yet n to appear, doubt started to germinate in ck Panther¡¯s mind. But he wasn¡¯t worried. Right now, he had the initiative. He only needed to fire a single shot to be victorious!

    Time passed second by second. Throughout this time, ck Panther paid more attention to inspecting and observing that sand dune and noticed that the location of the steel helmet had changed slightly.

    That was enough to indicate that the opponent was indeed hidden behind that dune.

    HP was reduced to 25 percent!

    ¡°Just a little more!¡±

    ck Panther licked his dried lips due to theck of moisture. He wanted a guaranteed a one-shot kill, so theoretically, the remaining HP could not exceed 1,000. If he were to take into consideration the HP recovery talent of the opponent, he would need to wait a little longer for better insurance.

    25 percent... 22 percent... 19 percent... 18.5 percent...

    Their HP continued to fall. The moment their HP crossed the 20 percent mark, the HP reduction rate increased to a decrease of 0.5 percent every second!

    ¡°It¡¯s time!¡±

    When his HP reached 17 percent, ck Panther squinted one eye, and his right index finger pressed the trigger of the sniper rifle.

    Bang!

    A specially made D-grade armor-piercing bullet with 20 percent bonus damage¡ªapanied by the strong smell of gunpowder and murderous intent¡ªflew across a distance of 700 meters while rotating at high speed before urately hitting the target.

    Bang!

    The camouge helmet was hit by the bullet. After that, it flew into the air. The impact of the bullet also sted the surrounding sand into the air.

    The long premeditated final shot did not show any damage indicator after the target was hit. ck Panther looked stunned for a while before quickly reacting.

    ¡°That¡¯s not right... Why is there no damage? Sh*t, it¡¯s a trap!¡±

    The only problem was, it was already toote!

    A double armor-piercing bullet came flying into the side of his camouge helmet as if a heavy hammer had just hit the side of his temple.

    ?587

    ck Panther raised his head before falling to the ground. His remaining 15 percent HP was instantly emptied. His body turned into a white sh of light before disappearing.

    In his one o¡¯clock direction, the smoke from Feng Luo¡¯s M110 gun barrel slowly dissipated. His tactic of ¡°drawing the snake out of its hole¡± had worked effectively. However, ck Panther¡¯s forbearance had exceeded Feng Luo¡¯s expectations. To be able to hold out until his HP had fallen to 17 percent before taking the shot¡ªthis had nearly forced Feng Luo to expose himself.

    Feng Luo did not know that it was actually because of ck Panther¡¯s odd preference and an error in judging his talent that the duel was dyed long enough to reach a situation where victory was decided in one shot.

    ******

    Pow!

    The capsule door of the virtual pod opened before being forcefully closed again. ck Panther walked out of it with a dark expression.

    On the other side, Feng Luo opened his capsule door slowly with a calm expression. It was clear who was the winner and who was the loser.

    ¡°You¡¯ve won,¡± ck Panther said coldly to Feng Luo. ¡°But it¡¯s impossible to use this kind of tactic in a real battle, don¡¯t you think? Do you think that being sneaky and using the dueling rules of the PK map to your benefit is fair?¡±

    ¡°Fair? Heh. Maybe.¡± Feng Luo looked calm and did not express his opinion.

    What ck Panther did not know was that, in a certain sense, this PK wasn¡¯t fair for Feng Luo from the beginning. It was not due only to the inferior equipment; it was also because Feng Luo¡¯s normal attack was forcefully reduced and could only deal 75 percent damage. Even after the M110 was modified and the attack had increased substantially, there was no way his damage could be higher. In a PK between Snipers, since both sides would have the awareness to protect their weaknesses, it was practically impossible to deal weak-point damage or lethal damage. So the difficulty for Feng Luo to win had already been pretty high from the beginning.

    ¡°Humph!¡± said ck Panther. ¡°The equipment in the game sucks. In real life, with two basic pieces of equipment, the G-27 particle imager and the super-long-range life detecting machine, your simple trick would never have been able to fool anyone. Even the outdated CF series sniper rifle could ignore the sand barrier within 20 meters and directly kill the person hiding behind it...¡±

    ck Panther spoke hatefully. He was clearly annoyed that he had been tricked.

    Red Queen¡¯s face darkened. ¡°ck Panther, shut up. You¡¯ve lost. Stop making excuses!¡± Then he looked at Feng Luo and said, ¡°Mr. Feng, I wee you in joining us for this mission. Please take a look first, and if there isn¡¯t any problem, please sign on this electronic agreement!¡±

    Red Queen sent Feng Luo an electronic agreement through the terminal.

    In the game, an electronic agreement was protected by the Federation¡¯sw. If one were to breach the agreement, one could be sued in court, and the one who breached the contract would receive heavy punishment. Of course, game agreements also had word traps, so in uncertain situations, most yers would not sign an agreement.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Feng Luo lowered his head to check the agreement. Very quickly, he showed a shocked expression. He raised his head and said to Red Queen, ¡°The mission objective is to head toward a military base in the Gray Waters?¡±

    ¡°To be precise, it is a military base abandoned for many years!¡±

 Chapter 52 - Out to Sea

    <h4>Chapter 52: Out to Sea</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    On the vast, light-gray ocean, a medium-sized cruise ship moved slowly through the waves.

    It was a double-decker cruise ship that was almost 20 meters in length, and three distinct characters, Hui Yi Hao, were on the silverish-gray hull of the ship alongside a string of red English characters. However, the thing that attracted the most attention was the 40mm three-barreled close-in cannon beneath the ship¡¯s control room, as well as the two sets of six-barreled rail guns at the back of the ship.

    Hui Yi Hao was a weaponized cruise ship!

    On top of the synthetic deck covered by ayer of instion materials, Feng Luo sat on a sun lounger while disassembling the Desert Eagle with great agility. He used an oilcloth to do his daily maintenance.

    Taking a cruise out to see would normally have been a leisurely excursion. Blue sky, white clouds, the ocean... Fishing, tanning, eating coconuts... When the surrounding scenery was just a vast and endless sky, with nothing to do apart from ying in the ocean, it was easy for people to forget their worries. One¡¯s mood would naturally lighten and improve.

    However, Gray Water was an exception.

    The seawater here had been polluted, and the entire ocean seemed to carry a slightly gray color.

    Gray was a color that could easily generate negative feelings in people to begin with. Moreover, Snipers were not well-suited forbat in the ocean. Although the sea allowed for an unobstructed field of vision, the effects of the waves and the wind on the ship were too great.

    Feng Luo had made a few attempts after boarding the ship. When he used his rifle to snipe at the sea birds, the sudden movements of the ship would often offset his urate aim. By the time his bullets reached their destination several hundred meters away, the deviation was substantial. He wanted to solve the problem of being inurate, but at the moment, he still did not have any good ns.

    It was a good thing everything had gone ording to Red Queen¡¯s n. The group of people would only travel by boat for around a day and a half. The real mission destination was a military base on an ind.

    That was right¡ªit was precisely the same military base marked on the mission map given to Feng Luo by Master Rnd. A coincidence like this had to make Feng Luo wonder if Red Queen and the others had other ns or other intentions. However, upon remembering that he was the one who had chosen to go with them, the only word that could be used to describe the situation was ¡°coincidence¡±!

    At that moment, Red Queen stood in front of a table on the left of Feng Luo and used the equipment on the table to project a 3D virtual image of the ind while saying to the group of six yers around the table, including Feng Luo, ¡°Our destination is just a little south of the central region of the Gray Water: Silver Leaf Ind. We¡¯re entering the military base with the serial number S-53! This is a secret military base from before the Great Destruction in the history of the game. At the moment, no one ought to have explored it before, so there will definitely be some dangers in there. We have to be careful when we enter.¡±

    After that, the projected image changed into a middle-aged Caucasian male NPC wearing a whiteb coat and a short-haired young woman with the same type of whiteb coat on, wearing a pair of spectacles with ck frames.

    ¡°However, our mission does not require us to explore the entire military base,¡± said Red Queen. ¡°We only need to protect these two NPCs and obtain something from the mainboratory. This middle-aged Caucasian is a specialist in gics and virology. His name is Aike, and this 17-year-old, short-haired young woman is his assistant, Lin.¡±

    ¡°Lin. A 17-year-old science assistant,¡± said a slightly shorter yer with a darkerplexion who looked a little bit like someone of Indian descent. ¡°A genius young woman among the NPCs. Huh... A ruddyplexion...¡± His eyes shifted back and forth between the bust of the short-haired NPC¡¯s uniform and her butt as he made a series of ¡°tsk, tsk¡± sounds. ¡°Yup. With this body, you can¡¯t tell that she¡¯s only 17 years old!¡±

    This guy¡¯s ID was ¡°Big Pineapple,¡± and he was a Level-47 Heavy Armor Warrior.

    The mission team that Red Queen had gotten together consisted of seven people. Apart from ck Panther and zed Ice, there was also a Level-46 Light Armor Warrior called ¡°Neutron Star¡± and a Level-44 female Doctor called ¡°White Crescent.¡±

    A Fire Maniptor, a Water Maniptor, a Heavy Armor Warrior, a Light Armor Warrior, and two Snipers, as well as a Doctor; this seven-man squad wasprised of two branches from the three main professions. Defense and attack, melee and long-range damage-dealers¡ªeverything was there. Added to that was a healing profession. It was perfect for small-scale fights. The only regret was that there was no Machine Gunner, so they would not be able to use firepower to suppress the enemy when necessary.

    The main reason for this was that Machine Gunners expended too much ammunition, and ammunition would take up a lot of inventory spaces. There was a limit to the space and weight of yers¡¯ anti-grav spacial backpacks. Once the limit was exceeded, the load would weigh down the character just like in real life, and, as such, movement speed and stamina consumption would be greatly affected. Small squads with fewer than ten people would normally not have a Machine Gunner to avoid the risk of a Machine Gunner bing a burden instead of a benefit.

    Among the seven yers, apart from Feng Luo and the Doctor, the others were above Level 45. Among them, Red Queen had actually reached Level 48, which made her the highest-level yer Feng Luo had ever met.

    However, thebatants on the ship were not limited to only the seven yers. The ship also had 15 NPCs whose levels were above Level 40. They were the crew of this weaponized cruise ship, and they had a certain degree ofbat strength. Even the over-40-year-old ship captain was a Level-43 Elite model who had high AI. Rumor had it that he had been a Corporal of the Federal Guard.

    It was true. These crew members were the NPC mercenaries whom Feng Luo had considered hiring before. The rich and wealthy Red Queen had hired 15 of them.

    Red Queen turned around to face to the yer who wasmenting and pointing at the young female NPC. She looked a bit cold. ¡°Mr. Big Pineapple, your most important task is to protect and ensure the safety of the two NPCs after we get on the ind. After weplete the mission, the 20,000 credits promised to you will be transferred to your ount without a single credit less.¡±

    ¡°Okay, I guarantee I willplete my mission!¡± Big Pineapple agreed quickly. His sneaky eyes turned and nced at the cleavage of the female Doctor, White Crescent, before receiving a fierce stare from her.

    Only now did Feng Luo know that this Heavy Armor Warrior called Big Pineapple was like him; neither of them had been members of this squad prior to this mission. They were yers who were here for the money.

    20,000 credits. The price was slightly higher than his ¡°Maximum Shooting¡± skills chip. Of course, this guy was Level 47, so it was natural that he was worth more than Feng Luo, who was only Level 40.

    However, if one were to add the price of his Rare Skill Chip and themission price of the Heavy Armor Warrior, the total money spent was already more than the price of Rare-grade equipment. Added to that were the expenses paid to hire the mercenary NPCs and the cruise ship.

    Just what exactly was the reward for this mission if they were willing to invest so many resources?

    ¡°Regarding the situation of the two target NPCs,¡± said Red Queen, ¡°the introduction will stop here. Since they will shut themselves inside their cabin to conduct experiments, protecting them while at sea won¡¯t be that difficult unless a sudden emergency happens.¡±

    When Red Queen mentioned ¡°sudden emergency,¡± she meant the monsters beneath the sea.

    Even though they were on a cruise ship, it did not mean that they couldpletely avoid the attacks of monsters. They had already encountered several waves of monster groups since going out to sea, although they had not caused too many problems. After Red Queen finished saying this, she closed the projecting device.

    ¡°That¡¯s all for now,¡± she said. ¡°We¡¯ll now operate among ourselves, and around noon tomorrow, we¡¯ll have reached our target ind.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Big Pineapple extended a hand gesture to signal that he understood.

    ¡°I¡¯m going inside to check on the employer¡¯s situation.¡± Red Queen stood up and walked into the cabin.

    As everyone left, Feng Luo was prepared to go idle and switch to the forum and watch a movie, but a sound came from above his head.

    ¡°How about a wager?¡±

    ck Panther, who had changed into a brown camouge uniform, stood beside him. His 1.8-meter body blocked half the sunlighting through as he red intensely at Feng Luo.

 Chapter 53 - High-Stakes Combat (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 53: High-Stakes Combat (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Oh? What are we betting?¡±

    Feng Luo was just feeling a little bored, so he did not directly decline a provocation that was recreational.

    ck Panther extended one hand to grab his sniper rifle while the palm of his other hand expanded, exposing a bunch of yellow bullets. ¡°Everyone has ten normal bullets,¡± he exined. ¡°The target is that group of Level-25 Sea Vultures. One point for injuring one, two points for killing one. We¡¯llpare the final total. I saw you practicing with the sky for a while from the ship, so this should not be taking advantage of you, right?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the prize?¡± asked Feng Luo.

    He raised his head and looked at the sky. Around 100 meters behind their cruise ship, a group ofrge sea birds with gray feathers and bald necks with wingspans over one meter circled the sky. This type of monster, called ¡°Sea Vultures,¡± had simr eating habits as the birds that lived onnd and in higher elevations on Earth. They enjoyed eating rotten meat.

    Of course, this sort of rotten meat did not only include dead fish floating in the sea. It also included human corpses...

    The Gray Waters was extremely dangerous. However, yers often entered due to missions or treasure hunting, and many would be killed by monsters. Then the Sea Vultures would have the chance to enjoy a delicacy. If they were to encounter a single small boat or yers left behind, they might even attack, using their sharp ws and beaks to peck at their favorite food.

    Pa!

    ck Panther ced a clip on the table.

    Electromaic Armor-piercing Bullet (D-grade Ammunition). Increases damage against mechanical type monsters by 15%, and there is a probability of causing an electromaic disruption effect.

    This was highly limited specialized ammunition. It was mainly used against mechanical-type monsters. Due to the specialized structure of the bullets, upon impact, the explosion would create a disruption effect that was like an electromaic field and, hence, temporarily ¡°short-circuit¡± mechanical-type monsters.

    Mechanical-type monsters were different from biological-type monsters. They did not have health bars, and one needed to destroy their core to actually ¡°kill¡± them. But normally, the core of mechanical type monsters would be highly protected, and it would not be easy to directly attack it. If one were to use an electromaic armor-piercing bullet and to attack one while it was disrupted, it would be much easier to destroy its core.

    Although this ammunition was quite limited, due to its special feature, the electromaic armor-piercing bullet¡¯s market price was around 70 credits per shot. Although this clip of 20 shots was not worth much, it was quite difficult to obtain.

    ¡°Sure!¡±

    So Feng Luo agreed to it. After that, he grabbed his M110 from his backpack and threw a magazine clip full of bullets on the table.

    The degration armor-piercing bullets were also D-grade specialized ammunition. But since they were manufactured by Feng Luo himself, the cost was lower. If they were to be sold on the market, the price would have been at least 50 credits per bullet.

    ¡°Yo? Gambling? I like it!¡± At this time, Big Pineapple, who was bored and looking around aimlessly saw the situation unfolding at Feng Luo¡¯s side and became interested. In fact, he quickly set up a ce to ce bets on the table before Feng Luo and ck Panther began their wager. Then, he started calling out to gather the others. ¡°Come,e,e! Taking in bets, taking in bets! Our two Snipers are having an ultimate battle. Just who will emerge victorious, and who will be the loser? Anyone putting a stake on ck Panther, the rate is 1.5 to one, and anyone buying for this handsome Brother Feng will be two to one. A draw is five to one. Walk by it, pass by it, but no matter what, don¡¯t miss it!¡±

    ck Panther¡¯s expression was cold. He frowned but did nothing else. He only lowered his head before quickly doing a final check and adjustment on his sniper rifle.

    Feng Luo, on the other hand, showed a bitter smile in resignation. Big Pineapple¡¯s behavior reminded him of a buddy he¡¯d had when he was a mercenary. He had been a ck brother from Ethiopia. Gambling had been his hobby, but he lost almost every time. Thus, he would spend all the dors, euros, and other currencies he earned from missions where he had gambled with his own life. Sometimes, he would even have to borrow money from others just to buy a pack of smokes. However, losing was just losing. He was always still very happy with a big smile on his face that showed all his white teeth.

    In truth, for mercenaries who were not guaranteed to see tomorrow, gambling was certainly one of the best ways to vent their emotions. The other method was to party and get high.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s gambling setup on deck attracted the attention of zed Ice and the other two. They were probably bored too, so they ced their bets.

    However, what surprised Feng Luo was that a few NPC crew members also came over and began to throw paper notes,monly used in the Federation, and energy crystals equivalent to certain amounts of credits on the table.

    From this point, one could see just how realistic the AI of NPCs in War was.

    ¡°Okay, done calcting the bets! Yeah, brothers, looks like they don¡¯t favor you, huh? However, I allow contestants to buy in for themselves. If you buy in for yourself, it¡¯s two to one. Buying a draw could you four times immediately.¡±

    Big Pineapple squinted AT Feng Luo, his tone kind of encouraging.

    Feng Luo looked at the table in front of him and discovered that almost all of the bets were on ck Panther¡¯s side. On his side, there were only two crumpled-up Federation paper notes.

    This meant that if ck Panther won in the end, Big Pineapple would have to pay a hefty amount, which was why he wanted to encourage Feng Luo to bet on himself.

    Of course, if Feng Luo were to be stupid and chose a draw, Big Pineapple would be even happier. It wasn¡¯t just the five-to-one odds; for two snipers to shoot ten shots, the probability of a draw was quite unlikely¡ªunless Feng Luo skills far exceeded ck Panther and intentionally made the score that way. But since it was on the surface of a rough sea, the shots were down to luck to a certain degree. It would have been practically impossible to achieve this.

    Moreover, from the odds and the bets, regardless of whether it was Big Pineapple or the other yers¡ªeven the NPCs¡ªmost of them were more optimistic of ck Panther. It was mainly because even beyond the level of their equipment, ck Panther seemed a lot stronger than Feng Luo.

    ¡°All right.¡± Feng Luoughed and grabbed two half-transparent D-grade Energy Crystals emanating a gradual silver light from his backpack (Silver Crystals: 1,000 credits) and put them on his side.

    Since no one is betting, I¡¯ll bet on myself.

    Big Pineapple smiled happily. ¡°Okay, the betting isplete. You shall begin.¡±

    ¡°Wait a minute!¡± ck Panther said coldly before throwing an Energy Crystal on the table too.

    This was apletely transparent Energy Crystal without colors. Under the sunlight, its surface refracted the light into seven colors, emanating a sense of beauty just like a diamond. A C-grade Energy Crystal. Also called the ¡°Diamond Crystal.¡± One¡¯s value was 10,000 credits.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s face dropped as he said in a pained voice, ¡°F*ck! Brother, that¡¯s not nice... A small bet is recreational, but a huge bet hurts the body and soul. Why don¡¯t you take this back...?¡±

    However, ck Panther did not pay him any attention. Instead, he raised the sniper rifle in his hands and asked Feng Luo coldly, ¡°Are you ready?¡±

    ¡°Okay!¡± Feng Luo raised the M110 and aimed toward the Sea Vultures in the sky through the scope.

    From his position, he could see the 1.5- to 1.6-meter expanded wings of the Sea Vultures. Dark blue mixed with some gray feathers. They had sharp, hooked ck ws and rotten meat still hung from the ends of their beaks. Apart from that, in his field of vision, he could also see a row of data shing past.

    Sea Vultures. Level 25, Normal Lifeforms. Predicted HP: 1,500. Muzzle distance: 105.42m; Movement Speed: 15m/s...

    The first few rows of words did not change, but the distance and movement speed, as well as other data, kept changing. This was the ¡°automatically identify and calcte¡± function of the Eye of the Thunder sniping scope. Compared to the original sniping scope of the M110, the data was undeniably more urate and straightforward.

    The most important part was that it had the function to predict HP. Although this sort of prediction was not urate and only estimated the HP of the target based on the database as well as the opponent¡¯s equipment, it was still valuable as a decent point of reference. Especially during solo PK, when it was even more useful.

    ¡°All right then, I¡¯ll start,¡± ck Panther said in a low growl. ¡°Each person has a shot, and the maximum aim time is ten seconds!¡±

    The sniper rifle in his hands had already been raised to the sky and aimed at the Sea Vulture group. Five secondster...

    Bang!

    A bullet casing exited the cartridge, and after a few tenths of a second, it hit the wing of a slightlyrger Sea Vulture.

    Caw!

    That Sea Vulture let out a horrible shriek. Its body flew horizontally for a few meters due to the impact of the shot before it dropped downward. However, after falling for several dozen meters, it pped its bleeding wings before flying up again.

    ¡°A hit, but not lethal. One point!¡± said Big Pineapple as he extended one finger, observing the situation. He had military binocrs in his hand as he acted as the referee.

    The Sea Vultures were only Level 25, and their HP was only 1,500. So, with the effects of sniper rifles, if a shot hit a vital point, it would certainly be lethal.

    ck Panther¡¯s shot only hit the side of its wing, so the damage had not been lethal. However, the Sea Vultures did not seem to have high AI. After theirpanion got hit, not only did they not try to flee. Instead, they flew toward the cruise ship. As they closed in, they let out ¡°caw, caw¡± noises as they pped their wings in a frenzy.

    However, as they reached around 100 meters from the ship, they became scared of the high number of yers and only dared to circle over the ship while making noises.

    ck Panther put down his gun and said to Feng Luo with a dark face, ¡°Your turn!¡±

 Chapter 54 - High-Stakes Combat (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 54: High-Stakes Combat (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    While ck Panther shot, Feng Luo kept his M110 nted. He did not aim because of the ten-second limit ck Panther had mentioned. As such, only after ck Panther made the statement did he raise his M110 toward the sky. He aimed for around four seconds before pressing on the M110¡¯s trigger.

    Bang!

    A bullet flew into the air with the sound of the gun; however, the shot flew through a location around one foot away from two Sea Vultures and did not hit any of them. The Sea Vultures and the cruise ship alike kept moving, so to hit the target urately, not only was technique important, but luck was important, too!

    ¡°No hit, zero points!¡± Big Pineapple held the binocrs and saw more clearly than anyone. He used his right thumb and index finger to gesture a zero.

    Feng Luo put down the M110 and did not seem dispirited. Instead, his gaze showed that he was in deep thought. The failure of this shot, as well as the shooting he had done for half a day earlier, created a thought in his mind.

    Bang!

    ck Panther aimed for a few seconds before firing his second shot. This shot hurt another Sea Vulture¡¯s wings.

    ¡°Hit. One point. Total, two points!¡± Big Pineapple reported.

    Feng Luo raised the M110. This time, he aimed for a full ten seconds and only fired when time almost ran out.

    Bang!

    The gunshot rang! The bullet was only half an inch away from the head of a Sea Vulture, scaring it and sending it squealing and flying into the sky. Which also meant that this shot also missed.

    ¡°F*ck, brother. You should work harder!¡±

    Big Pineapple seemed a bit nervous. After all, almost everyone had bet on ck Panther, and ck Panther himself had also bet a Diamond Crystal on himself. If Feng Luo lost, he would really have to pay a lot.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Feng Luo smiled at him. However, his eyes showed that he was still thinking. He closed his eyes and seemed like he was resting for the next shot.

    ck Panther made a mistake on his third shot because as he fired, the ship was affected by the waves, so this shot was at least one meter away from the target. Then Feng Luo opened his eyes and quickly raised the M110. He pressed on the trigger without aiming much.

    Bang!

    The bullet flew far away and did not even touch the feather of a bird. It went astray even more than ck Panther¡¯s!

    ¡°Two to nothing... Brother, you¡¯ve screwed me over!¡± Big Pineapple nced at Feng Luo with resentment while reporting the score.

    Feng Luo smiled at him again.

    Bang!

    ck Panther¡¯s fourth shot hit the neck of a Sea Vulture. The 7.62mm armor-piercing bullet¡¯s strong inertia, paired with the high-speed rotation, broke the fragile neck of the Sea Vulture, leaving a headless body that rolled and fell hundreds of meters from the sky into the sea. It created a huge ssh as itnded.

    ¡°Kill. Two points. A total score of four to nothing!¡± Big Pineapple announced the score without any energy.

    It was a good thing Feng Luo¡¯s fourth shot hit the wing of a Sea Vulture. It took off a dozen or so ckish gray feathers, and they slowly floated from the sky to the surface of the sea.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes shifted as color seemed to return to his face. ¡°Sh*t. Thank God. Finally hit one. The score is now four to one!¡±

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s fifth shot missed again! Now, Big Pineapple¡¯s face was bleak.

    However, ck Panther also missed his fifth shot, so the score was still four to one. Feng Luo was only behind by three points!

    The sixth shot: ck Panther hit, and it was another kill. He scored two points!

    The sixth shot: Feng Luo hit the tail of a Sea Vulture and dealt around 1,400 damage, almost killing it¡ªjust a little short.

    The gap between them widened to be six to two. Feng Luo was now behind by a total of four points!

    ¡°I¡¯m so stupid,¡± Big Pineapple mumbled to himself with a sigh. ¡°I always knew that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose when ites to gambling, but I never knew that watching myself lose little by little could be so depressing. I¡¯m so stupid. Really...¡± Clearly, he no longer believed in Feng Luo.

    In truth, among everyone spectating, whether it was a yer or an NPC crew member, they had the same view. He was behind by four whole points, and moreover, he had only hit once in his previous four shots. No matter how one looked at it, Feng Luo¡¯s gunmanship was several times weaker than that of ck Panther.

    Only Feng Luo was smiling. It was as if he were still in the lead.

    Big Pineapple saw Feng Luo¡¯s expression and wondered if he had overdone it. Perhaps his words just now provoked him. ¡°Poor guy. He¡¯s reached the stage where he has to use a smile to hide the awkwardness already. Huh...¡±

    The seventh shot: ck Panther missed due to the same reason¡ªthe shaking of the ship. It caused his muzzle to alter the shot¡¯s course slightly. The end result was that when the bullet reached the vicinity of the Sea Vulture, it was two to three meters off!

    Feng Luo held the M110 and was the center of attention of a crowd that had lost interest. He aimed for around three seconds before firing his seventh shot.

    Bang!

    Under the force of the gunpowder, the 7.62mm normal armor-piercing bullet flew into the sky at a velocity of around 900 meters per second while rotating at high-speed. Then it hit the bald head of a Sea Vulture before sttering blood up higher into the air, leaving a red trail in the sky.

    ¡°Headshot! Two points!¡± Big Pineapple said. He rubbed his eyes in a bit of shock after he confirmed that the headless Sea Vulture that fell into the sea was killed by Feng Luo.

    However, he still did not believe that Feng Luo had any chance of winning because, on the eighth shot, ck Panther got another kill. So with one shot more, he was still leading by four points!

    Feng Luo was, however, not bothered by that. He raised his M110 and aimed for three seconds before shooting again.

    Bang!

    Another Sea Vulture. Its chest was punctured by the armor-piercing bullet before it fell into the sea.

    ¡°Kill! Two points! Hmm?¡± Big Pineapple looked at Feng Luo suspiciously. He did not say anything.

    The ninth shot: ck Panther missed, and Feng Luo made another kill. This time, he broke the neck of a Sea Vulture, just like ck Panther¡¯s first kill. And the time he used to aim this time was also only three seconds.

    Three consecutive shots, each resulting in a kill. Moreover, he did not really aim that long before shooting. The people spectating began to change how they looked at Feng Luo. They were really not sure if Feng Luo was just lucky or truly skillful. If it was due to skill, then why had his previous six shots seemed sockluster, resulting in only two hits? If it was due to luck, then Feng Luo had no reason to only aim for three seconds before firing. That sort of behavior seemed more likeplete confidence in his marksmanship.

    The people watching were only suspicious. ck Panther, however, who had ced a bet on himself, was feeling great mental pressure. Feng Luo¡¯s three shots tied the score. His earlier lead had disappeared. Moreover, his score had gone from a lead to a draw. His mind was in a disadvantageous position, and what made it worse was that they had been three consecutive kills! So for thisst shot, ck Panther aimed for a whole nine seconds. He only pressed the trigger at thest second.

    Bang!

    A Sea Vulture fell from the sky into the sea. A ssh could be seen as it dropped. Then blood and feathers spread across the ocean surface.

    As the referee, Big Pineapple extended two fingers after considering for a moment. ¡°Kill. Two points!¡±

    This shot had not killed the Sea Vulture outright, but after it fell from the sky, all its remaining HP disappeared due to the impact with the sea and the bleeding, so it could also be counted as a kill.

    ck Panther breathed a sigh of relief and slowly lowered his gun. He did not notice that the palm he used to hold the gun was covered with sweat. Feng Luo¡¯s three sessive kills had put too much mental pressure on him. He was different from Feng Luo. Perhaps Feng Luo did not care too much about winning this gamble, but ck Panther was determined to win because he wanted to prove that his marksmanship and shooting techniques were superior. If it weren¡¯t for the trap earlier, Feng Luo would never have beaten him.

    This was not just a matter of dignity, it was an issue of confidence!

    Fortunately, he was now off the hook. What was left was Feng Luo¡¯s luck; the result did not matter to him anymore. He had made a kill in his tenth shot, so the worse result now was a draw.

    If he does not hit in this shot...

    ck Panther was suddenly a bit nervous. He stared straight at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Haha! There really is a chance for it to be a draw!¡± The originally hopeless Big Pineapple had a lewd smile on his face since no one had wagered on a draw. If the end result was a draw, he would win everything.

    But would Feng Luo intentionally take a dive so as to not let him win the money? Big Pineapple considered that for a while before extending his hands to pat Feng Luo on the shoulder and encourage him. ¡°Brother, good luck. If it¡¯s a draw, I¡¯ll return all your original bet to you. How¡¯s that for a brother?!¡±

    Feng Luo did not pay any attention to him. Instead, he breathed in and slowly raised his M110. His eye gradually closed in on his scope as he aimed at the sky.

    One second... Two seconds... Three seconds...

    There was no gunshot. Unlike the previous seventh, eighth, and ninth shot, Feng Luo was still aiming after three seconds.

    Six seconds... Eight seconds... Ten seconds!

    The moment it reached the tenth second¡ª

    Bang!

    A gunshot.

    And then, as Big Pineapple looked through the binocrs into the sky, his jaw dropped. His mouth was bigger than a goose¡¯s egg. It was because, up in the sky, two Sea Vultures dropped!

    ¡°F*ck! Is something wrong with my eyesight?¡±

 Chapter 55 - High-Stakes Combat (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 55: High-Stakes Combat (Part 3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Big Pineapple couldn¡¯t believe his eyes.

    ¡°Killing two Sea Vultures with one bullet? Is that even possible?¡±

    This was totally possible in reality, sniper rifle bullets had such strong abilities that they could pierce through not just two Sea Vultures but even ten, and it wouldn¡¯t have been anything strange. However, in a game, this seemedpletely impossible because in War, if bullets didn¡¯t kill the target when it was hit, the damage will be ¡°absorbed¡± by the targetpletely. In this situation, even if a bullet pierced through a target¡¯s body and kept moving forward, the living object that was hit would only take mandatory minimal damage.

    Unless this bullet¡¯s damage was so high that it was enough to have more than half of the residual power after killing the target, then the bullet would continue to cause damage after it pierced through the target. But this kind of damage would be deducted forcibly. Even if it was initially over 1,000 points of damage, the second target would only receive damage of less than 100 points.

    Therefore, with these few points of secondary damage, it was impossible to take down a Sea Vulture¡ªin theory. So how could Feng Luo kill two Sea Vultures with his tenth shot?

    Actually, at first, Feng Luo¡¯s bullet pierced through the first Sea Vulture¡¯s neck, creating 1,500 points of fatal damage¡ªan instant kill. Then, with some leftover power after the bullet, it hit the other Sea Vulture¡¯s wings, causing 60 points of white damage. What Big Pineapple and the others could not have guessed was that the second Sea Vulture hit by the stray bullet was also the wounded Sea Vulture that had been hit in the tail by Feng Luo¡¯s sixth shot and had dropped to around 1,400 HP.

    In the end, even though only 50 points of damage had been done, its HP was reduced to less than 5 percent and took on a ¡°Heavily Injured¡± status. Therefore, two Sea Vultures had been taken down in one shot!

    Moreover, while falling to the sea from 100 meters in the sky, the second Sea Vulture¡¯s leftover HP was cleared due to the impact against the water, resulting in XP for Feng Luo.

    ¡°Two Vultures with one bullet!¡± A Light Armor Warrior with the ID ¡°Neutron Star¡± smacked his lips and looked at Feng Luo admirably.

    ¡°What a pro!¡± said a female healer yer named ¡°White Crescent,¡± also looking at Feng Luo in awe.

    Feng Luo lowered the M110 and looked at Big Pineapple with a big smile. ¡°Well, how should this be calcted?¡±

    ¡°Huh? Damn! What is this?¡± Big Pineapple rubbed his head.

    How could this happen? ording to the game, it would normally be impossible to hit two birds. Moreover, it wasn¡¯t just one hit. He¡¯d killed two of them at the same time.

    However, Feng Luo had not killed the second Sea Vulture directly. He¡¯d only hit it, and it had died while falling to the sea. So, how many points should be given? Two? This was not suitable. Three points? Four points?

    While Big Pineapple was still in a dilemma, ck Panther took the initiative and admitted his defeat. ¡°I lost!¡±

    The way he looked at Feng Luo was aplicated mix of frustration and shock. However, due to his pride as a Sniper, he took the initiative to admit his defeat. After all, following the rules of two hits with one shot, even if thetter Sea Vulture hadn¡¯t been killed by being hit, Feng Luo should get at least three points.

    ¡°Pure luck!¡± Feng Luo said.

    ck Panther¡¯s look became serious suddenly. ¡°This isn¡¯t luck! Your first few shots didn¡¯t miss because you couldn¡¯t hit the target. They missed because you were experimenting. When you were shooting, you paid most of your attention on the boat, so the first few shots had weak results. On the sixth shot, you found what you wanted, so all four shots after that hit the target. The tenth shot even killed two targets. To be honest, I had already lost this contest when you started the sixth shot!¡±

    ck Panther¡¯s words caused surprise in the others¡¯ faces. By most people¡¯s calctions, it was impossible to shoot with high precision on a rocking boat like this. Did ck Panther mean that Feng Luo had managed to shoot precisely just now?

    ¡°How is this possible?¡± said Big Pineapple.

    Big Pineapple stopped fussing about matters of points. After listening to ck Panther¡¯s words, he immediately looked at Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    Feng Luo smiled faintly, not admitting anything, but also not denying it.

    ¡°I originally thought the three continuous shots were luck,¡± ck Panther said in a disappointed tone. ¡°But when I finished shooting and watched your tenth shot carefully, I realized that when you were aiming, your body was swaying in a rhythmic pattern. Although the boat was affected by the wind and waves, the travel direction and speed did not change, and the wind¡¯s strength and direction were stable, so this kind of rocking has a pattern. However, precise mental calction and an astounding shooting instinct are needed to adjust the deviation caused by the pattern when firing, plus hitting the sea birds flying in the sky.¡±

    ¡°Are you two bullsh*tting?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s head swiveled back and forth between Feng Luo and ck Panther, looking left and right.

    ¡°I have to admit, I¡¯m not as good as you are at this,¡± said ck Panther. ¡°I never even considered oveing the deviation caused by the wind and waves by adjusting using my body. Actually, I always thought that high-tech equipment like the solobat assistive system could do calctions forrge data in this kind of circumstance to correct shooting deviations.¡±

    While saying this, ck Panther kept looking at Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    Listening to him, Big Pineapple looked at Feng Luo like he was looking at a monster. His facial expression at that time, if tranted, would have been: I didn¡¯t study much, but don¡¯t you guys lied to me!

    ¡°I willpete with you again next time!¡± Finishing his sentence, ck Panther held his sniper rifle, turned, and walked toward the cabin.

    After ck Panther left, Big Pineapple stared and Feng Luo and asked, ¡°Do you have anything to say?¡± His face was full of curiosity, just like the people around them.

    ¡°Like what?¡± Feng Luo said with a smile.

    The truth was roughly as ck Panther had described it¡ªjust not as incredible as the precise mental calction he had described. Feng Luo did it mainly depending on one thing. Instinct!

    Instinct was difficult to clearly describe. For example, in a baseball game, the right moment to swing at a pitch arose instinctually, but it was impossible to describe the feeling. Shooting was simr. For some excellent Snipers, the moment the bullet was fired, some already knew they could put away their gun.

    This was because characters in games had much higher sensitivity with fully open perception, which was at a level several times that of reality. It wasn¡¯t hard to grasp the concept of the rocking pattern and the degree of variation on the ship; the tough part was to ovee the shooting deviation from the swaying.

    Feng Luo couldn¡¯t have done it at first either, but half a day of training of shooting on a boat had helped him develop this skill. After his first shot whenbat began, he had a faint feeling. After a few experimental shots after that, that ¡°feeling¡± became clearer. On the sixth shot, his body absorbed the feelingpletely. Then he¡¯d had thetter four continuous hits!

    Feng Luo believed that if ck Panther had continued trying, he also could have deduced this feeling.

    It wasn¡¯t easy to describe, so Feng Luo did not bother trying to exin. Instead, he said to Big Pineapple, ¡°Hey, banker, time to settle the bill!¡±

    ¡°Settle? Oh... Settle...¡± Big Pineapple was shaken from his daze, thenughed. ¡°Sh*t. I¡¯m distributing now, huh?¡±

    As everyone had ced their bets on ck Panther, even if he lost his silver crystal to Feng Luo, he could still have earned at least 10,000 Credits. He was the biggest winner of this high-stakesbat!

    ¡°Haha...! Sorry, excuse me. I¡¯ll treat everyone a meal next time I¡¯m back in Storm City.¡± Whileughing, Big Pineapple speedily swept the money and the crystals on the table into his backpack with one slick movement. ¡°Oh yes, this is yours!¡±

    Big Pineapple was still rather trustworthy as a banker. Aside from returning the silver crystal ced as a bet by Feng Luo, he also gave him a Federation note of 1,000 credits.

    Just as the two of them were distributing the money, the female Doctor known as White Crescent suddenly pointed towards the sea and shouted, ¡°Hey! Look, there¡¯s something behind us!¡±

    ¡°Hmm? Let me see!¡±

    The telescope used by Big Pineapple was still on the table. Hearing White Crescent¡¯s words, he raised it to his eyes and gazed behind the boat. A few secondster, Big Pineapple let out a bewildered shout.

    ¡°F*ck! We¡¯re in big trouble!¡±

 Chapter 56 - Stingray

    <h4>Chapter 56: Stingray</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Big trouble?¡±

    Feng Luo repeated the words unsurely and lifted the M110. He then looked over the right side of the ship through the scope.

    There was something in the water producing waves at a range of about 500 meters from the side of the cruise ship. A huge ck shadow was swimming rapidly in the direction of the cruise ship.

    The ocean in War was anything but a friendly ce. If there were sea eagles in the sky, there were naturally even more monsters in the sea.

    Strange creatures in the sea were naturally greater in size than animals onnd. Plus, they were mysterious and threatening. Especially in the Gray Water territory, where there were many creatures that were contaminated and mutated. It wouldn¡¯t be beyond expectations to see a mermaid with a human face.

    However, the source of ¡°big trouble¡± was obviously not a mermaid. It could be seen that its body was at least eight to nine meters in size. Such a giant creature chasing their cruise ship definitely was just not passing by.

    ¡°Warning! Warning!¡±

    The crew in the observatory had noticed the situation and had triggered the rm before the yers even realized it. NPC crew members who could act asbatants during an emergency had already done their job. They then immediately drew weapons such as assault rifles from their respective ces and prepared for the battle.

    The six-barrelled electromaic machine gun ced on the rear deck of the ship was set up by one of the crew, but there was no shooting because the monster was too far away. With the degree of dispersion of the machine gun¡¯s trajectory, it would take up to five or six shots tond a hit.

    The monster in the sea was moving fast. Within 10 seconds, it had already reached a location that was three meters from the ship. They could see its true body through their telescopes and rifle scopes.

    ¡°What is this? A bat?¡± said Big Pineapple in a curious tone.

    The appearance of the monster was indeed strangepletely different from a normal fish. Its body was not in vertical shape but was a giant, t mass that looked like a great kite consisting of a triangle and a disc. The exposed part at the back was dark gray in color, scattered with white spots. Big Pineapple¡¯sparison was understandable. This creature did look like a bat, but it was a giant bat magnified 1,000 times.

    Feng Luo and Big Pineapple were amazed by the strange fish at first due to theirck of marine knowledge. However, after some adjustments made by Feng Luo, his M110¡ªloaded with the Eye of Thunder¡ªallowed him to analyze the species of the monster.

    Super Stingray (Level 55 Elite creature). A gentle creature, its weakness is the diamond-shaped area on its abdomen. Estimated 150,000 HP!

    An Elite-grade creature over Level 50 was nothing to them, but 150,000 HP was certainly abnormal. Feng Luo rarely saw monsters with more than 100,000 HP unless they were Boss monsters. But looking at its body, which was nearly 10 meters wide, it made sense that such a giant volume of HP would be contained in his humongous girth.

    Although the name ¡°Super Stingray¡± sounded fearsome, the data tagged it as ¡°gentle,¡± which indicated that it was not an actively aggressive monster; it would counterattack only in the event of being attacked. So how had they pissed off this monster?

    ¡°Wait, look at its direction. It seems to be moving from the direction where we made the bet with ck Panther. It can¡¯t be... A bullet?¡±

    After considering for a moment, Feng Luo did not discount this possibility. Back in another world, he had tried to fire at oblique upward angles of 45 degrees. Thending force of a bullet on a downward trajectory was not enough to kill a man, but it was enough to leave a deep mark. However, Feng Luo had also heard about incidences where shooting into the sky had resulted in idental injury and even death.

    ¡°It couldn¡¯t be... What are the chances?¡±

    Feng Luo rushed to look at his system log and found out that within a few seconds of his fifth shot, the system had issued a prompt showing that he had dealt 23 damage to an unknown creature.

    ¡°Wow! What a coincidence,¡± said Feng Luo whileughing. However, he immediately decided to remain silent. He couldn¡¯t risk admitting that this big guy had been attracted by his shot!

    As the Super Stingray drew closer, an NPC crew member suddenly shouted in panic after getting a clearer view of it. ¡°God, it¡¯s a Stingray!¡±

    ¡°Why panic? It¡¯s just a Level-55 Elite monster,¡± Big Pineapple said calmly. ¡°Don¡¯t be scared by its size. We have so many people here that even if it was a Level-50 Commander-grade monster, we could still manage to kill it!¡±

    ¡°That is a Stingray¡ªthe devil in the sea!¡± said the NPC. ¡°Whenever a ship in the sea triggers one, it gets turned over and sinks into the sea. This is the wrath of the God of that Sea who punishes those who disrespect the sea by sending the Stingray!¡±

    ¡°Cut the nonsense!¡± Big Pineapple scoffed in disdain. ¡°Don¡¯t talk about God and the devil in this modern era. As an NPC in a high-tech game, such superstition is not necessary¡ª¡± But he cut himself off, suddenly crying out, ¡°Did you just say it will overturn the ship?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it will!¡± said the NPC. ¡°If the God of Sea is angered, the Stingray will sink our vessel!¡±

    The NPC crew nodded.

    The Big Pineapple began to freak out. ¡°God! We must eliminate it as soon as possible!¡±

    The sea currently stretched on with no end in sight, and yers in War were not invulnerable to water. If the boat turned over, they would all lose one level¡¯s worth of experience. He would be devastated if he lost the experience.

    Boom!

    A dull gunshot was released from Feng Luo¡¯s M110 before Big Pineapple even finished his sentence.

    ?444

    A low damage value shed before their eyes. From the perspective of superstition, this number was unlucky!

    The next moment, the Stingray revealed an ability which confirmed Feng Luo¡¯s feeling of being unlucky after taking the shot. The wing-shaped fins on the sides of the Super Stingray began to p intensely, elerating its movement speed. After swimming for more than 10 meters, it jumped out of the water with a bang.

    Seawater flowed like a waterfall from its body, but the Stingray had already burst into the sky as high as 20 meters. Who had ever seen a fish flying in the sky? Let alone a fish resembling a bat and weighing several dozen tons.

    The Stingray¡¯s skin was smooth, and as the sea water refracted the evening sunlight on the horizon, it produced a magnificent sight. After bursting into the air, its entire body stretched t. The surface of the two wing-shaped fins was covered with a sheen of water energy. It was like a glider flying from the surface of the sea straight toward the cruise ship.

    No¡ªit didn¡¯t look like a glider. It was more like a bomber!

    Boom!

    After the Stingray slid through the sky for more than 100 meters, it dropped again. The broad body mmed down with the force of a bomb sting in the sea. A wave two to three meters high was sent outward from the location of itsnding, apanied by light blue water energy that spread out in rings.

    The wave hit the tail of the cruise ship after a few seconds, and a sudden impact made the entire body of the ship shake heavily.

    Obviously, this was a certain skill belonging to the Stingray! It was strong enough to use the waves with water energy to shake the hull even though it was far away. If it flew and struck the ship¡¯s side, it was very likely to cause the cruise ship to overturn.

    This ¡°flying bombing skill¡± stunned the yers. The Stingray¡¯s location rtive to the cruise ship was now closer, at a distance of 150 meters.

    ¡°Fire! Fire now, everyone!¡± Big Pineapple yelled loudly, ordering the NPC crew to attack with their weapons.

    Sha...! Sha...!

    The six-barreled electromaic machine gun at the stern began to rotate at high speed. At the same time, the crew who held other firearms also started firing. Hundreds of bullets were shot toward the Stingray. Icy ze and Feng Luo, as the yers with remote attack abilities, also unleashed attacks, firing bullets and ice arrows at the Stingray.

    However, their attacks were all wasted! The Stingray did not appear on the surface of the sea again after falling into the water but disappeared from the yers¡¯ vision before the bullets!

 Chapter 57 - Stone-Skipping Fish?

    <h4>Chapter 57: Stone-Skipping Fish?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The intangible threat would be the most deadly weapon!

    As the Stingray dove for the bottom of the sea, itpletely disappeared in front of everyone. The yers could not even track its movements.

    It was a mistake to believe that one could see anything at the bottom of the ocean¡ªespecially in the middle of the sea. In fact, due to the distraction caused by the reflection of the water¡¯s surface affecting their vision and the decreasing visibility beneath the water, the yers¡¯ human eyes could only see the white item under the sea within a few dozen meters. Not to mention gray-colored stuff; the water quality was unfavorable, so they could only see around 10 meters deep under the water surface from the ship.

    Furthermore, the Stingray¡¯s dark gray back was simr to the color of the sea, which granted him great camouge capabilities. In addition to the distance, once it entered the deeper parts of the ocean, it would be almost invisible to their sight. However, it definitely would continue to chase the ship. The Stingray was 150 meters away from the ship before entering the ocean, and, considering its previously observed movement speed, it would take about 10 seconds for it to get to the cruise. This estimation was made assuming that the cruise ship was charging in full speed, at over 30 kilometers per hour.

    Feng Luo took his rifle scope and quickly scanned the surface of the ocean to see if he could discover any sign of the Stingray. As a Sniper, he was equipped with high visual awareness mastery. However, he was still unable to track the location of the Stingray. Under the current circumstances, only a Scout yer would have been able to detect its coordinates by using special skills. But there were only Doctors, Snipers, Warriors, and Maniptors aboard the ship. None of them were Scout yers.

    Hold on a second! There are still several Scouts here! Feng Luo realized. He hadpletely forgotten about the NPC sailors on the ship.

    NPCs in the game had their own professions. The 15 sailors on the ship all were of the Gunner profession and were able to operate machine guns. Among these sailors, there would certainly be a Scout. After all, they were the ¡°professionals¡± who spent most of their time sailing in the ocean. Therefore, there was bound to be a Scout sailor among them.

    As expected, one of the sailors started to report information in a loud tone while looking at an instrument in his hand. ¡°The Stingray is that going way, 10 meters beneath the water¡¯s surface, 87 meters from the stern of the ship, charging at 11 meters per second, slowly getting closer to the cruise... 84 meters... 80 meters...¡±

    A middle-aged NPC with a bushy beard, wearing a blue sailor¡¯s uniform, immediately began giving orders. He was the chief of the ship, and he had previously been a junior officer of a guard team at a town by the seaside.

    ¡°Ready!¡± he said. ¡°Aim...! Fire!¡±

    Not all of the sailors believed in the theory connecting the god of the sea, Poseidon, with the Stingray. In fact, the greater the technological advancement in themunity, the less superstitious the people tended to be.

    Ta-ta...! Ta-ta...!

    The sailors with machine guns did not hesitate. They set up the six-barreled electromaic machine gun and started to fire at a rate of hundreds of bullets per second, with blue me erupting from the weapon¡¯s muzzle.

    The Stingray was hiding in the sea at a depth of over 10 meters. Normally, when machine gun bullets dropping into the water, the high-speed spinning bullets would lose their bnce due to the water¡¯s resistance, instantly causing them to lose their lethality and reduce their damage effect within five meters.

    Even if the rounds being used were the armor-piercing bullets fired by Feng Luo¡¯s M110, they would still lose their power within 10 meters upon entering the water surface. However, the bullets fired by the six-barreled electromaic machine gun situated at the aft of the ship were custom-made for hunting sea creatures, which could still guarantee significant lethality within 20 meters of entering the sea. As the bullets came swarming out of the machine gun, the surface of the sea within 100 meters became like water boiling, producing numerous meters-high water columns.

    Boom!

    The Stingray burst to the surface, its humongous body emitting light blue water energy as it flew over. After taking a bit of damage, the Stingray had entered a state of fury. Its airspeed was now faster, and it flew even higher than before!

    ¡°It¡¯s flying over here!¡± White Crescent cried out in fright. As a Doctor, she was unable to make any sort of contribution to the current situation. The scene was so thrilling that she had almost forgotten she was in a game.

    After the Stingray rose above the sea like a bomber, it started gliding toward the ship. Although the vessel was already moving at full speed¡ªover 20 meters per second¡ªit was still not fast enough topare to the high-speed flying Stingray, which was getting closer. They were at risk of being overturned and dumped into the sea!

    What possible course of action could manage to stop this giant flying fish? The Stingray was exactly 20 meters above the sea, exposing its abdomen with a grayish-white color that differed from its back. In the middle of the abdomen, there was a diamond-shaped area the size of a washbasin, producing the dim blue light of water energy.

    ¡°A diamond-shaped area?¡±

    Feng Luo immediately recalled the tips from the information obtained by the rifle¡¯s scope, which had mentioned that ¡°the diamond-shaped area on the abdomen¡± was its weak point. Previously, its abdomen had not been exposed and could never have been hit because the Stingray was hiding under the water. However, it had burst into the sky, flying up high above the sea. And the weak point had been exposedpletely, right in front of the yers.

    Feng Luo squinted as he immediately brought up his M110. He took aim at the Stingray and, within a second, regained the previous feeling he¡¯d discovered while hunting the sea eagles.

    Unlike the previous bird-hunting quest, it was time to go fishing!

    Fish-hunting in the sky? Who would ever have believed that?

    Bang!

    A sharp bullet sted from the gun. It pierced through the air and was fired directly at the targeted diamond-shaped tender area on its abdomen.

    ?8992

    Within a second, the armor-piercing bulletnded directly in the targeted area. The high-speed, spinning, armor-piercing round sted through its skin and flesh and traveled deep into its body. Eventually, a massive damage amount of nearly 9,000 points appeared over the head of the Stingray.

    The number was blood red! A critical hit!

    In War, critical hits could not only deal massive damage but also had a special effect, which was to interrupt the enemy¡¯s skill!

    At this crucial moment, Feng Luo had managed to take the shot! The Stingray¡¯s abdomen was left with a hole as big as a bowl after getting hit by the bullet. Large quantities of blood poured down from the wound. The t, floating body trembled. The light-blue luster on the surface instantly faded away. In addition to the tremendous pain, the Stingray could no longer glide and eventually fell to the water¡¯s surface 50 meters away from the ship.

    Boom!

    The Stingray dropped heavily onto the surface of the sea, but what happened next stunned every yer on the ship.

    After falling onto the water¡¯s surface, the Stingray did not sink into the sea. Moreover, its kite-shaped body created a strange physical effect in contact with the sea. Upon the fall, its body rebounded against the surface of the sea and ¡°jumped¡± back up into the air, bouncing toward the direction of the cruise.

    ¡°Holy God! Did that really just happen?¡± the Big Pineapple shouted, watching with ssy eyes.

    Yes, of course it had. Actually, the theory was simple. The Stingray was like a skipping stone¡ªa game many yers were familiar with from childhood, where a t stone would bounce off the surface of the water continuously after being thrown sidearm.

    The difference was the ¡°stone¡± in this situation had been erged by 10,000 times, with an estimated weight of over ten tons!

    Although the cruise ship was already at full speed, fleeing from the Stingray at over 30 kilometers per hour, the speed of the ¡°skipping Stingray¡± was faster. Without a doubt, the Stingray would connect with the aft part of the ship, generating a massive collision that would be enough to overturn the ship!

    The crisis had yet to be averted!

 Chapter 58 - Freeze and Kill!

    <h4>Chapter 58: Freeze and Kill!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    At the crucial moment, one of the yers stood up! It was not Feng Luo. As a Sniper, all he could do in the face of such a situation was take a shot, and even if he were extremely lucky andnded a 10-times golden critical hit to kill the Stingray, its corpse would still cause enough impact to flip the ship.

    The one who stood up was zed Ice, the Water Maniptor. She had been standing still ever since the Stingray hopped out of the water the second time. Her magic staff was glowing with dim water energy as she prepared to unleash a massive skill.

    Finally, the skill waspleted. A crystal-clear mini ice ball was formed on top of her magic staff, which then instantly broke away and flew toward the Stingray.

    As the Stingray neared their location at full speed, the crystal-clear ice ball crashed into the Stingray¡¯s body just after its second bounce above the sea due to abination of speed from both sides.

    Compared to a bungalow-sized Stingray, an ice ball the size of a fist was insignificant. However, when two of them collided¡ª

    Ka!

    The yers could see that the water on the Stingray¡¯s body surface had turned into white snowkes uponing in contact with the ice ball. The icy area then immediately spread to the entire body, forming ayer of a transparent shell in the blink of an eye.

    A huge Stingray of 10 meters in size was frozen within two seconds!

    Furthermore, as the Stingray rebounded toward the ocean, the frozen part in contact with the surface of the sea spread once again, freezing up the seawater below. Therefore, during on third ¡°bounce,¡± a giant ice block was formed below its body. The irregr ice block destroyed the ¡°skipping stone¡± physics, causing it to no longer bounce back upon hitting the sea. Instead, it dropped heavily into the sea about seven meters away from the ship.

    Ssh!

    Together, the Stingray and the ice block weighed several dozen tons. Even though the impact had been reduced halfway down, the waves it yielded still rocked the ship. Water sshed and drenched the yers on the back half of the ship!

    However, the yers on the vessel didn¡¯tin. The speed of the collision from the frozen Stingray had been greatly reduced. Although it was still moving toward the ship due to inertia, it would no longer be able to catch up with the ship.

    The crisis had been averted!

    Looking at a frozen Stingray, weighing in at several dozen tons, Big Pineapple was shocked and excited all at once. ¡°Thisdy here is indeed extraordinary!¡±

    This was a powerful skill and, without a doubt, it may have been one of the rarest skills in the game.

    In War, the specialty of a Water Maniptor was crowd-control, with multiple AOE and single-target slowing skills that could gracefully torture all melee monsters. But it still depended on what kind of monsters they were!

    This Stingray was nearly 10 meters in size. Although its body was t, its surface area was not toorge. But facing such a the gigantic impact, a normal Water Maniptor could never have managed to control it.

    This yer had been silent most of the time, without a bit of presence, but surprisingly, she was an Elite-ranked yer after all! In addition, the sea was an environment well suited to her capabilities.

    In War, Maniptors¡¯ skills were strongly affected by the environment. A Water Maniptor would gain a double boost to the water skills while in the sea. On the other hand, the effects of water skills would be greatly reduced in a desert or in volcanic terrain.

    The surface of the Stingray was now covered in thick ice, while its lower body had been turned into a solid block of ice. However, it did not immediately sink into the sea with its forward movement.

    ¡°This skill doesn¡¯t deal any damage!¡± zed Ice immediately informed the stunned yers. ¡°You guys better kill it before it sank!¡±

    ¡°Aww, such a honeyed voice you have there Ms. Icy...¡± said Big Pineapple. ¡°I could listen to your voice my whole life without growing tired of it!¡± He had recovered his yful attitude, which proved he still had the motivation to flirt with someone.

    Ta-ta-ta!

    However, a series of deafening noises erupting from the machine gun covered his filthy voice. One after another, the bullets sted from the six-barreled electromaic gun zoomed sporadically at the Stingray a few meters away. Simultaneously, the rest of the NPC sailors triggered their weapons and fired a series of bullets at the Stingray.

    On the surface of the sea, theyer of ice on the Stingray¡¯s body began to breakyer byyer as it was fired upon by the machine guns and assault rifles. Numerous bullet holes peppered its body. In within 10 seconds, a giant creature with a total of 15,000 HP was destroyed by the yers. It was only an Elite monster, after all, which was not all that powerful. Even though it had 150,000 HP, it was still eliminated under thousands of point-nk shots.

    Sessfully killed a Level-55 Elite creature. Contribution points: 12.4%. Experience gained: 536!

    The system message was telling the yers that this previously aggressive Stingray had died after taking countless shots. After that, the yers eventually stopped attacking.

    ¡°I would definitely copse at the sight of this if I were trypophobic!¡± Big Pineapple whispered to himself, averting his eyes from the Stingray after seeing the body covered with 1,000 gaping wounds.

    Indeed, the Stingray¡¯s appearance was miserable, with the body covered in bullet holes and blood. Along with the countless white spots on its back and the many blocks of ice dyed with blood, it created a strong visual impact.

    Ssh!

    After casting the skills, zed Ice had already knitted her beautiful, willow-like eyebrows. However, upon hearing Big Pineapple¡¯s words, she suddenly covered her mouth. Obviously, zed Ice was the one with trypophobia, and she was vomiting hard on the other side of the ship. Perhaps she had forgotten to turn off the bloody visual mode.

    ¡°Oops!¡± shouted the Big Pineapple innocently. ¡°My bad!¡±

    Feng Luo was speechless as he stared at Big Pineapple. It was the first time he had ever wanted to seal a person¡¯s mouth.

    Big Pineapple rolled his eyes and immediately switched to another topic. He pointed at the glowing things floating on the water¡¯s surface, which was covered with bloody ice blocks.

    ¡°Hey! The Stingray had dropped some equipment! Quickly go and pick up some!¡±

    When a water creature was killed, the items dropped would appear on the water surface for a period of time. This was to allow yers to pick up the equipment easily.

    ¡°I¡¯ll go!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior with the ID name Neutron Star was extremely interested in picking up those pieces of equipment. He walked to the side of the cruise and dropped down an intable boat. He and two NPCs who were in charge of rowing the boat started moving toward the items. The ship had already started slowing down by then. Therefore, it only took a while for Neutron Star to finish picking up the equipment. Then he returned to the ship with the two NPCs. He brought back a small Elite-grade energy ring. It was one of theponents used to build the magic staff (also known as an energy transfer device) of a Water Maniptor. However, the level requirement for the equipment was Level 55.

    The only Water Maniptor, zed Ice, who was pale after vomiting, declined to take the equipment. The majority of the yers on the ship would not be interested in the equipment dropped by an Elite-grade monster because they were equipped with at least a few Excellent-grade and even Rare-grade items already. In addition, the Stingray had also dropped some E-rank and F-rank energy crystals. Each of the yers would also be awarded dozens of merit points.

    In conclusion, the value of the drops was beyondpare with the number of bullets used by the electromaic machine gun. After all, one could never earn enough money by defeating a single monster in War.

    At that moment, a calm voice interrupted the party channel. It was from Red Queen. She mentioned that the previous heavy swing had caused a problem in the experiment of the NPC scientist, Acre. She and ck Panther was busy in theboratory and therefore unable to help. Moreover, they were satisfied with Feng Luo¡¯s performance in handling the crisis. Therefore, he would be rewarded a 1,000 merit points.

    Red Queen¡¯s tone was calm, and her rate of speech was surprisingly steady, which might have led the yers to believe that she didn¡¯t care about what had just happened.

    Big Pineapple turned off the party channel voice box and whispered to Feng Luo beside him, ¡°Such a cold and elegantdy... It would definitely be hard to get along with her! But in bed...¡±

    Feng Luo paid no attention to his words. He stood on the ship¡¯s deck, staring into the sky. The sun had fallen behind the horizon, and soon the sea would be dark.

    We have to stay on the cruise for tonight, he thought.

 Chapter 59 - Pirates (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 59: Pirates (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The next day, before dawn, Feng Luo was awakened by the rm. He had set up a system rm when he rested for the night. If someone around him entered a battle state, the system would wake him up.

    Feng Luo sat up from the bed of the double room. Although the room in the cruise ship had good sound instion, he could still hear gunshots from the boat and shouts from the deck.

    ¡°What happened?¡±

    On the other side of the bedroom, a beam of white light shed through Big Pineapple, and he sat up. In War, if the yer went offline while in a vehicle, their body would be left in the vehicle and would move along with it. However, in this state, the yer was protected from attacks by other yers, and, in the case of an unexpected situation, the yer¡¯s party could remind him to go online through the virtual pod or the helmet.

    Everyone had decided to go into ¡°hibernation mode¡± in the game, but Big Pineapple had sneakily gone offline in the middle of the night just because he was a picky sleeper.

    Big Pineapple yawned with a pair of sleepy eyes. ¡°We were almost overturned during the fight with the Stingray. What monster do we have to deal with now? I can¡¯t even sleep well! What a hard mission!¡±

    Feng Luo had already assembled his M110 and had identified the sounds from outside. Many of the shouting sounds on the deck were unfamiliar, and some were talking in a garblednguage. ¡°Not monsters. It¡¯s a human!¡±

    ¡°Humans?¡± Big Pineapple was confused.

    Over the team channel, Neutron Star gasped, ¡°Hey, Luo Ye, Pineapple¡ªare you guys awake?¡±

    In order to prevent sudden situations during their sleep, all yers except Red Queen were on duty, and this time, it was Neutron Star¡¯s turn.

    ¡°What happened?¡± asked Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Sh*t! We¡¯ve encountered pirates!¡± said Neutron Star, sounding a bit irritated.

    ¡°Damn, pirates!¡± said Big Pineapple. ¡°This is interesting! I¡¯ve never seen one before.¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s reaction defied Neutron Star¡¯s expectations. He was stunned, then shouted, ¡°Come out and help! Their numbers are quiterge. The problem is that some NPCs have been killed!¡±

    The death of NPC hired crews was a terrible thing. Not only because Red Queen would need to pay a huge pension, but, more importantly, because if these NPCs died, the cruise ship could no longer move, and they would be trapped on the sea.

    ¡°Okay!¡±

    Feng Luo did not go to the deck but went straight to the window and lifted the curtains to extend the M110. Their room was on the second floor. Hence, he did not need his scope. In that position, he could clearly see the firefight and melee happening down on the decks. On one side of the battle was the NPC crew wearing blue and white uniforms; the other side were people who had tattoos all over their bodies and wore exotic clothes. Obviously, they were the pirates mentioned by Neutron Star.

    ¡°The situation is still a good one!¡± said Feng Luo.

    Overall, the crew had the advantage, but there were new pirates on the sea climbing aboard by using hooks thrown onto the ship.

    Boom!

    An armor-piercing bullet knocked back a pirate who had just climbed up the hooked rope, sending him into the sea. Then Feng Luo added another shot to the Level-38 virtual pirate to send him sinking beneath the sea permanently.

    The sun had just emerged above the ocean horizon. These pirates had clearly nned to sneak aboard the ship and raid it during the night.

    ¡°Hang on, I aming!¡±

    Bang!

    With a dull bang, Big Pineapple, who was wearing a full set of heavy-duty alloy armor, jumped right out of the window of the next room. However, his action drew too much attention. A pirate a few meters away seemed to be shocked. Then he screamed and fired a shot at Big Pineapple with his assault rifle. The pirate¡¯s gun was red and ck in color and produced an odd, hoarse sound. The gun recoiled sharply with his continuous shooting¡ªthest few bullets even flew upward instead of straight.

    ¡°Hey. That weapon...¡±

    The gunshot sounded familiar to Feng Luo. He was certain, after seeing the weapon¡¯s shape and the effect of its shot, that it was the famous AK-47!

    The AK-47 was like the Desert Eagle in that it was well-known by any military enthusiasts on Earth. The gun was famous because it had been designed by the Soviets in 1947. It was simple in structure, durable, and had a low failure rate. It had once been the most produced assault rifle on the, issued to soldiers from nearly 100 countries. Six countries which even printed the gun¡¯s logo on their national emblem. However, the reason why most people were familiar with it was likely because it had been favored by many illegal armed forces and terrorists. Even in this game, it was a special gun that could only be purchased by terrorists.

    Even the pirates in War used the AK!

    Bang!

    ?2790

    Feng Luo lifted the gun and shot at the head of a pirate carrying the AK, resulted in a direct headshot.

    ¡°Hey, are you okay?¡± Feng Luo asked Big Pineapple who was taking his own alloy shield from his backpack.

    ¡°It was nothing,¡± Big Pineapple said, waving his hand indifferently. ¡°This guy didn¡¯t even take out a quarter of my life points after using a mag. Thank you, Feng.¡±

    ¡°Not even a quarter?¡±

    Feng Luo was a bit surprised. The pirate had just sted a full magazine of bullets from the AK-47 at close distance, with at least 20 of them hitting Big Pineapple¡¯s armor. An ordinary Light Armor Warrior would have been killed in seconds. But Big Pineapple looked like he didn¡¯t even care, saying that not even a quarter of his life points were lost.

    How high is this guy¡¯s defense? wondered Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo had to admit, anyone hired by Red Queen for a price of 200,000 credit points was bound to be abnormal. This applied not only to Big Pineapple but also to the performance of the Light Armor Warrior with the ID ¡°Neutron Star.¡± He was also amazing.

    At that point, Neutron Star was on the deck, fighting a burly figure with scars on his face. It appeared to be a Pirate Boss. This pirate was nearly two meters tall and wielded a machete in his right hand with a length of one meter. Whenever the knife touched the deck, a big hole was left in its wake.

    Neutron Star¡¯s weapons were a pair of one-handed swords. In War, Light Armor Warriors could use two-handed swords, small shields, and one-handed swords, but most people chose to use a two-handed sword or a single one-handed sword with a small shield.

    Feng Luo had never encountered a Light Armor Warrior like Neutron Star who used two single-handed swords. Moreover, his two swords were special. One was longer than the other. The longer sword was his main attack weapon, while the shorter one blocked while attacking. He fought unlike other Light Armor Warriors. Rather than relying on critical strikes as main damage, he used ordinary attacks to m the pirate boss continuously.

    ?1033

    ?1152

    ?1099

    Although they were just normal attacks, the number of consecutive damage values appearing over the pirate¡¯s head totaled more than 1,000 every time¡ªfar exceeding the attack damage of other Light Armor Warriors. The normal damage of a Light Armor Warrior was mainly based on skill damage. A set of skillbos was almost enough to take down a weak enemy. But their ordinary attacks rarely dealt high damage.

    Due to the rtively realistic settings of War, the ordinary attack of a Warrior was rted to various factors such as the yer¡¯s Strength, attack angle, and the speed used in the attack. Naturally, the damage caused by a gentle attack using the sword tip would be very low, and if the sword was held in both hands, the damage of a heavy sword would far exceed the former.

    However, Neutron Star¡¯s attacks clearly vited this rule. The speed of the two swords was very fast, and the damage was high!

    A gift? Or rare skills? wondered Feng Luo.

 Chapter 60 - Pirates (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 60: Pirates (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Neutron Star had clearly gained the upper hand in the battle on the deck. Although the pirate with the scarred face was gigantic and looked savage, he was forced to retreat at every turn.

    ¡°Walijigu!¡±

    However, the pirates would certainly not let their leader fight alone. A Level-38 ck pirate who crawled up screamed in somenguage that Feng Luo did not understand while firing a string of bullets at Neutron Star with his AK-47.

    Whoosh!

    ?1201

    However, just as he pressed the trigger, an ice arrow hit the back of his palm, making him release the pressure on the trigger due to the pain, and the AK-47 that had just fired seven to eight bullets stopped firing.

    Bang!

    ?1899

    Immediately after that, an armor-piercing bullet came from somewhere on the left of the deck and punctured the ck pirate¡¯s throat. After the red lethal damage appeared, all that was left was a corpse.

    This shot was not from Feng Luo; his position did not allow him to hit the pirate¡¯s throat. The person who had fired the shot was naturally ck Panther.

    ck Panther hid in a very concealed location on the deck, shooting after every few seconds with every shot killing a pirate.

    As for zed Ice, after she helped Neutron Star, she quickly released a skill that created a whirlpool in the sea, capsizing a hovercraft the pirates were using to try to sneak in from the side of the ship. It resulted in one pirate who had not yet climbed onto the ship falling into the sea before getting killed by another two of her skills.

    White Crescent, who carried thebat medical kit on her back quickly rushed behind Neutron Star and urately threw a healing pack over to recover Neutron Star¡¯s HP¡ªwhich had already dropped to two-thirds¡ªback to almost full.

    As for the scarred Pirate Boss at the end of his rope, a head-sized fireball came from afar and hit his head, taking out the rest of his remaining HP.

    When every yer on the ship joined in the battle, the result was decisive. Three NPC crew members on the ship died while another six were injured, and among them, two were heavily injured. A total of ten still had somebat strength. Meanwhile, the 20 pirates were all killed.

    However, their troubles were not over. To be precise, they had just begun!

    Red Queen looked toward the sea behind the ship. Her expression was as cold as ever, but the slight frown showed her true emotions. It was because, in a position around three kilometers behind the ship, with the help of half a sun just rising up from the sea, one could see a ship that was twice as big as the Hui Yi Hao. It seemed like it was a modified military vessel that had be the pirates¡¯ ship, and it was closing in rapidly.

    Gray Water had many pirates. They upied some of the inds deep in the ocean and robbedmercial and passenger ships while also doing the sort of things that the rebel army did, such as kidnapping yers or NPCs as hostages so that they could ckmail money from the Federal Government.

    The Federal Government¡¯s army had sent out fleets of aircraft carriers several times to try to destroy them, but every time, they failed to thoroughly eliminate them. The number of pirates in Gray Water was never reduced, mainly because the Federal Government did not have absolute control over the entire.

    Although the Federal Government had been established for over 30 years, all kinds of separatist, non-governmental armed forces still controlled over 40 percent of the territories. It was also the reason why the rebel army had dared to directly attack a town belonging to the Federal Government.

    Many of the pirates of Gray Water were supported by non-governmental armed forces. Some of them were even part of these illegal forces. So even if the Federal Government wanted to annihte them, it was impossible to do so.

    Of course, all of the above consisted of background information easily found on the official website of the gamepany. In reality, there was a more logical exnation, which was that the gamepany had intentionally designed it to be that way.

    There were still many inds and sea regions that were not yet explored in the Gray Water, and the monsters within those areas would often drop rare and unique materials and items. If one were to find a location like that, the haul would definitely be substantial. So, to increase the difficulty, the system specifically set up the pirate threshold.

    As the saying went, the greater the reward, the greater the risk.

    ¡°Cruise at maximum speed. Can we shake them?¡± asked Big Pineapple as he used the military binocrs he had used the day before to watch the pirate ship from behind.

    The NPC Chief Officer with a mutton chop beard, whose arm was bandaged due to a gunshot wound, shook his head. ¡°No. The pirate ships all have specially modified power systems. Their estimated speed is already almost 40 knots while our ship can only reach 35 knots at most. It¡¯s impossible for us to shake them.¡±

    A knot was a measurement unit used to measure cruising speed. One knot was equivalent to 1.85 kilometers per hour.

    ¡°Then aren¡¯t we finished?¡± asked Big Pineapple as he put down his arms and looked at Red Queen.

    The distance was still pretty far¡ªeven using the binocrs did not show it clearly. But judging by the size of the pirate ship alone, one could tell that it must have held at least 70 to 80 people. It was possible that there might be over 100 people. After all, the pirates definitely had supply points in close proximity, so they did not need to travel far. As such, the ship did not need to hold too many food stores or provisions, which also meant more space for people.

    From the look of things, even if they had already taken care of 20 pirates, and even if the average level of the pirates was only Level 35, dealing with over 100 of them was not going to be easy.

    More annoying was that the one pursuing them was a military vessel modified into a pirate ship. The heavy weapons on the ship would outnumber those on their cruise ship. No matter how strong the seven of them were as individuals, facing a huge number of heavy weapons would still put them at a disadvantage.

    Heavy weapons were what yers called weapons that could not be disassembled and put into their backpacks and had to be set on a stand to be used, such as the six-barreled electromaic railgun fixed on the energy military vehicle Feng Luo had encountered previously, the small energy cannon, the small missileuncher on the Tiger Mecha, etc. Simrly, the 40mm close-in cannons on the weaponized cruise ship belonged to the same category of weapon.

    These weapons were often incredibly powerful. They had a frightening range of destructive power. Considering the current strength of the yers, it was practically impossible to face them head-on.

    Facing the six-barreled electromaic railgun on the energy military vehicle used by the rebel army before, normal Level 40 yers only needed to be hit five to six times before their HP was depleted; moreover, it had automatic ammo reload feature. As long as there were enough bullets, it was a powerful killing machine.

    However, the power of heavy weapons would be restrained when used by yers. When PKing with other yers and fighting against monsters above the Commander rank, the damage would be reduced so that professions like Mechanist did not reach an overpowered level.

    However, the ones controlling these heavy weapons right now were the pirates, so they could realize the full power of the heavy weapons. As such, when pitted against this pirate ship, the yers really did not have much hope of winning.

    ¡°No, we still have a chance!¡± Red Queen said in a low voice. ¡°I learned about it on the forum before. Although the pirates we¡¯re facing on the sea are also humanoid monsters, they are not fearless like the rebel army. Normally, once their battle strength reduces by 75 percent, they¡¯ll choose to flee.¡±

    ¡°75 percent. That¡¯s still pretty much impossible!¡± Big Pineapple frowned.

    75 percent, excluding the previous 20, would mean that the yers still needed to kill at least 40 to 50 more. However, in a situation where the opponent had quite a few heavy weapons, no matter how many they killed, they would be pretty ravaged at the end, and they would no longer be able toplete the mission.

    ¡°No, we can fight,¡± Red Queen said cooly. ¡°It¡¯s because there¡¯s a hidden feature, which is that every time an Elite Pirate Boss is killed, the percentage goes down by five. If we can kill the Pirate Captain, we could even lower it by 50 percent! If it were any other profession, it would be impossible, but with a Sniper who specifically targets their Elite... if we¡¯re lucky, we might not need to face off against their Heavy Weapons!¡±

    When she said this, Red Queen nced at Feng Luo and ck Panther.

    ¡°Is this why you hired Snipers?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°Part of it!¡± Red Queen answered.

    ¡°Sh*t! What are they trying to do?¡± Big Pineapple, who was using the binocrs to observe the pirate ship eximed before Feng Luo could continue his questions.

    Feng Luo raised his sniper rifle and zoomed in to the maximum magnification of the scope. He saw three assault boats dropped to the waters from the two sides of the pirate ship. After that, they quickly steered toward them.

    ¡°They¡¯re probably going to head toward our front and our sides to block us and seal off our escape routes!¡± Neutron Star surmised.

    ¡°To use assault boats to disrupt a cruise ship. The weight isn¡¯t even in the same ss. No way they can seed.¡± zed Ice had voiced a rare opinion.

    ¡°Oh, God! Don¡¯t let the assault boats near us, no matter what!¡± the injured mutton-chopped Chief Officer NPC suddenly roared. ¡°Otherwise, there¡¯s no way we can escape!¡±

    ¡°Why?¡± Red Queen asked.

    ¡°The assault boats of these pirates are modified. They have torpedos equipped on them. They can fire a type of micro-torpedo, and they only need to be within 250 meters to fire. The torpedoes aren¡¯t powerful, but if our hull is hit and water floods into the cabin, the ship¡¯s speed will significantly decrease!¡±

 Chapter 61 - Pirates (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 61: Pirates (Part 3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Micro-torpedoes? Right, the pirate ship is a modified military vessel. Not only micro-torpedoes, but they might even haverge torpedoes that could blow up military vessels. If they were to shoot a torpedo at our ship and sink us, what could we do?

    Big Pineapple seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly looked defeated. Then he noticed that everyone on the boat looking at him oddly.

    ¡°Why are you looking at me like that?¡± Big Pineapple asked suspiciously.

    ¡°It¡¯s impossible that they would fire a normal torpedo because, for pirates, the most valuable thing is the cruise ship itself,¡± the mutton-chopped NPC Chief Officer exined to Big Pineapple. ¡°So why would they ever blow it up? What they want to do is catch up with us and board our ship to kidnap everyone before taking the ship back to their base.¡±

    ¡°Sh*t. So I worried for nothing... Then, you guys continue!¡± said Big Pineapple in embarrassment.

    ¡°Based on the range of the Six-barrelled Electromaic Railgun,¡± said Neutron Star, ¡°without ounting for losses of ammunition, we can probably take them out directly at the 300-meter range. These assault boats aren¡¯t much of a threat.¡±

    ¡°The electromaic railgun can¡¯t be used!¡± Red Queen said.

    ¡°What¡¯s the problem?¡±

    ¡°The electromaic railgun was destroyed,¡± exined the mutton-chopped Chief Officer. ¡°Not only that, but the 40mm close-in cannon above it also seem to have a problem. The group of pirates who arrived earlier was here specifically to destroy the ship¡¯s defensive weapons!¡±

    Big Pineapple touched his helmet in annoyance. ¡°This is why I really hate encountering humanoid monsters. We need to pit our IQ against them!¡±

    Red Queen immediately made a decision. ¡°The micro-torpedoes will only be fired after they get within 250 meters. At least that still leaves us with sufficient time to deal with them. I can take care of one of the assault boats. ck Panther, Mr. Feng, the other two will be left to you!¡±

    A golden staff over 1.5 meters long appeared in her hands. The surface of the staff was carved withplex patterns. On top of it, there was a Fire Energy Crystal that was about the size of the fist. The entire thing looked like abination of science fiction and fantasy, and it was quite captivating. Feng Luo thought thatpared to Red Queen¡¯s staff, the ¡°Heart of Fire¡± that he had seen a few days at the Nightless City auction was like a burning stick. It was 100 percent a piece of Rare equipment!

    ¡°I¡¯m fine!¡± ck Panther nodded quietly and grabbed his sniper rifle before heading to find a sniping spot.

    ¡°I¡¯m also fine!¡± said Feng Luo.

    ¡°Old Feng, do you need cover?¡± Big Pineapple asked. He and Feng Luo were both hired guns, so after a day of interacting with each other, they got along quite well.

    Feng Luo nodded. ¡°Help cover me a bit. The pirates on the ship might have guns!¡±

    The assault boats that the pirates rode were really quick. They were as ferocious as three sharks pursuing their prey, and within a few minutes, the had already gotten within 1,000 meters of the cruise ship¡¯s range.

    By now, it was clear that each assault boat carried six pirates. All of them were brandishing their des or AKs, asionally firing into the air.

    Bang!

    When the first assault boat reached around 1,200 meters, Feng Luo¡¯s M110 fired its first shot.

    ¡°Shooting when they¡¯re still so far away?¡±

    Big Pineapple heard some gunshots and showed some doubts as he stood slightly in front of Feng Luo while raising an alloy shield, his other hand on the binocrs to observe the scene. However, within his field of vision through the binocrs, after around one second, the windshield in front of the driver of the assault boat shattered as if hit by a hammer. Cracks like a spider web appeared on the transparent ss pane.

    ¡°This shooting range... It¡¯s so far!¡± Surprised shed past Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes.

    Clearly, the windshield in front of the assault boat was quite bulletproof, so Feng Luo¡¯s shot did not have too many effects. However, Feng Luo was not anxious. Instead, he took out the normal armor-piercing bullet magazine from the M110 and switched it to the destructive double armor-piercing round.

    Bang!

    ?724

    The effect of the double armor-piercing round was much better than the normal one. This shot punctured a fist-sized hole in the windshield of the assault boat before hitting the chest of a pirate, dealing around 700 white damage.

    After that, Feng Luo¡¯s sniper rifle did not stop firing. It continued to fire at a steady rate. Double armor-piercing rounds were fired one after another at the first assault boat.

    It was not until the tenth shot rang out with a bang that the tempered ss of the windshield of the assault boat shattered. And by then, the second assault boat had already entered the 1,000-meter range.

    Bang!

    A gunshot came from the top of the two men. The windshield of the second pirate assault boat lost a huge chunk as a blue bullet hit it.

    ck Panther crouched and leaned against a railing on top of the ship¡¯s observation deck. The sniper rifle in his hands changed automatically into grayish-brown under to match the environment. It seemed to have merged with hisbat uniform. The bullets he fired were all illuminated with a light blue glow.

    ¡°Damn, Old Feng. The bullets that dead fish face uses are higher-grade than yours,¡± Big Pineapple said, gloating a little. ¡°His one shot was enough to break a chunk of that ss!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s 100 percent a C-grade bullet,¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°The average price is 300 credits per shot. The key is that it¡¯s not avable at the Exchange. There¡¯s no way I¡¯m going to be so charitable and use these things to kill small fries.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s face remained unchanged, and while they spoke, he fired another shot.

    Bang!

    ?304

    ?2295

    As the tempered ss of the windshield had already broken, the double armor-piercing round¡¯s first attack punctured the defense of the pirate¡¯sbat uniform. Following that, the second hit was weak-point damage that took care of the rest of its HP.

    Bang!

    On the other side, ck Panther fired another shot, which shattered another huge chunk of the ss of the second assault boat.

    It seemed that what Feng Luo had spent ten shots to aplish was aplished by someone else in two to three shots.

    It¡¯s not just the bullets, Feng Luo guessed in his mind. There¡¯s also a gap in the weapons. His is a Rare-grade sniper rifle!

    None of the yers on the ship were normal.

    Neutron Star possessed a talent that increased normal damage. Paired with his dual-wielding quickbat style, he could ensure that he would not be like an average Light Armor Warrior whosebat strength would diminish substantially when they ran out of MP; his ability to fight on continuously was shocking.

    As for the healing pack that White Crescent had thrown earlier, it had actually recovered one-third of Neutron Star¡¯s HP instantly. It was important to note that even though a Light Armor Warrior of Neutron Star¡¯s level used offensive equipment, his HP was not lower than 6,000. This meant that White Crescent had the ability to instantly heal at least 2,000 HP.

    This was no simple matter. In War, HP recovery was not as fast as in normal games. The D-grade blood tonic, for example, could recover a total of 1,000 HP, and the recovery rate was only 50 HP per second; one would need 20 seconds to fully realize its effects. Moreover, there was a long cooldown time.

    Even the C-grade military blood tonic that could be exchanged using Medal Points which he had used in the Town of Exiles could only instantly recover 500 HP. White Crescent¡¯s healing pack, however, had instantly recovered four times the amount of the C-grade blood tonic.

    Even if Doctors received special bonuses for using medicines and recovery items, there was no way the bonus could reach such an exaggerated level. The only exnation was that White Crescent¡¯s skills or talent had a huge bonus effect on ¡°instant recovery.¡± On this point alone, White Crescent already surpassed most other Doctor yers.

    As for Big Pineapple, even though he did not look particrly reliable, based on the previous situation, when he had only lost around one-fourth of his HP after standing against the AK¡¯s shots without taking his shield out, it was clear that his defense was crazy. For a Heavy Armor Warrior, it was, without a doubt, the most important ability.

    As for zed Ice, when they had fought the Stingray the day before, she had disyed an amazing, Rare skill.

    Apart from Red Queen, who hadn¡¯t done much yet, everyone on the ship had the strength to beat average Elite yers.

 Chapter 62 - Pirates (Part 4)

    <h4>Chapter 62: Pirates (Part 4)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

    ?445

    ?2655

    This was Feng Luo¡¯s 19th shot. The bullet flew through the back of the neck of thest pirate¡¯sbat uniform, finally finishing off the pirate minion who was scared sh*tless and had lowered his head and rolled himself into a ball to hide behind his dead mate¡¯s corpse.

    By now, the first assault boat¡¯s six pirates werepletely annihted!

    Bang!

    ?3155

    At almost the same time, ck Panther also fired thest shot. A glowing, blue light emanated from the armor-piercing bullet as it hit thest bald pirate¡¯s chest on the second assault boat, puncturing a hole in the ragged ck vest he was wearing,pletely mincing his heart.

    ck Panther removed the empty magazine 15-round magazine from his sniper rifle with a calm expression before putting in a new one. With the amazing effect of the C-grade unique bullets, as long as he hit the pirate¡¯s body, it was a one-hit kill. So, inparison, ck Panther was more efficient than Feng Luo.

    This round, both of them were neck and neck. There was only one assault boat left. Its distance to the cruise ship was only around 300 meters. The two shirtless pirates on the ship had already stood up and started firing away at the cruise ship with their AKs.

    However, the biggest weakness of the AK-47 was its low uracy at long range. From 300 meters away, it was impossible to shoot urately, so although the two pirates fired at the cruise ship, their bullets did not really hit anyone.

    By contrast, on the ship, the luxurious staff that was almost half a person¡¯s height, held by Red Queen¡ªwho had kept a nk face all the while¡ªstarted to be surrounded by illusory red me energy from the bottom to the top.

    The pirate on the assault boat was shocked to discover that the originally gray colored water suddenly turned red. It became redder than the prior sunrise.

    The seawater became red? No, it¡¯s not that the sea turned red. It¡¯s that the sky turned red!

    On top of thest assault boat, more than a dozen red fireballs with ck smoke covered several hundred meters of the sky, which formed a ¡°Fire Rain¡± that fell toward the sea!

    The Level-40 ultimate skill of Fire Maniptors: ¡°Meteor Rain!¡±

    Compared to the Meteor Rain cast by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s Fire Maniptor, Red Queen¡¯s skill was far stronger visually as well as perceptually. That was because, in the game, skills were not their ultimate form immediately after being learned; most skills required training to increase familiarity.

    From Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, to Expert level... Every level up would change the skill attributes as well as its visual effect. Red Queen¡¯s Level-40 skill had undeniably reached the Expert Level.

    The pirates on the third assault boat looked pale. The driver tried to steer the assault boat clear of the falling meteors. However, the coverage of the Meteor Rain was just too big.

    Boom!

    A fireball meteor dropped into the assault boat, and immediately after that, with a boom, it burst into mes.

    ?1300

    A damage value of over 1,000 appeared instantly over the head of the pirate who was hit. What was worse was that overtop of his head, several lower-digit damage numbers kept appearing.

    ?130

    ?130

    ?130

    These numbers were the manifestation of bonus damage that could be from poison, bleeding, or burning. Almost all Fire Maniptor skills had a burning effect. This was also the reason why the attacks of Fire Maniptors were among the strongest of the four types of Energy Maniptors.

    However,mon burning damage was around 20 to 40 percent of the skill¡¯s original damage.

    The burning effect of Meteor Rain at the Expert Levelsted for ten seconds. With 130 damage per second, ten seconds would equate to 1,300 damage from burning, which meant that Red Queen¡¯s burning skill damage was as high as 100 percent! Moreover, she definitely had equipment on her that increased her attack range, so skills cast from beyond 300 meters still maintained high damage.

    ¡°I knew it. Red Queen is the strongest one among all of us here!¡±

    The damage of Fire Maniptors was already quite scary to begin with. What was more was that Red Queen¡¯s equipment was definitely among the best. With her 100 percent burning damage, Feng Luo felt that his 3,700 HP would probably only be able to take two or three of her Fireballs if he didn¡¯t take any blood tonics.

    ¡°I wonder. With Big Pineapple¡¯s defense, how many could he take?¡± While mumbling to himself, Feng Luo turned around and found that Big Pineapple, who was beside him, also had a nk expression.

    ¡°F*ck! This woman¡¯s damage is way too crazy!¡± he said. ¡°If I didn¡¯t use my shield, I¡¯d probably, at most, take 10 of her fireballs before dying!¡±

    You¡¯re yet another crazy person! Feng Luo thought.

    To be able to take 10 of Red Queen¡¯s fireballs without using a shield! That meant that a normal Maniptor would probably need at least 20 fireballs to hit before taking care of him. Of course, Maniptors would not continuously use the same basic fireball attack, but neither would Big Pineapple keep his shield stowed away for all that time. And it was important to note that a Heavy Armor Warrior with and without a shield could practically be regarded as two entirely different professions.

    Byparison, Feng Luo could not help but regard himself as the weakest among the seven, at least in terms of skills and equipment. This made the ever-confident Feng Luo feel a bit down, but his attention was quickly pulled toward a loud explosion.

    On the surface of the sea, when the fourth fireball hit the assault boat, the boat, which had turned red due to the burning, suddenly exploded into pieces. mes burst into the air while seven- to eight-meter waves were produced. Considering the situation, it was highly probable that the micro-torpedoes on the assault boat had exploded from the mes, which had created this dazzling explosion.

    All three assault boats were eliminated. However, the danger was not over. The pirate ship behind them still maintained its full speed while pursuing them relentlessly. The distance between them was being narrowed!

    ¡°How long before the railgun and the close-in cannon can be fixed?¡± asked Red Queen with a frown as she watched the pirate ship gradually closing in.

    ¡°It¡¯s not an easy fix!¡± said a middle-aged NPC crew member. He was roughly 40 years old and who wore gray maintenance uniform. He was currently shaking the six-barreled electromaic railgun at the back of the ship while covered in sweat. ¡°They threw a few core parts into the sea. Unless we disassemble the parts from the machine gun in front to use them here, there is no way we can fix it.¡±

    Red Queen looked resolute. ¡°Then disassemble them!¡± After speaking, she extended her hand into her backpack and grabbed an item that she passed to Feng Luo. ¡°For you!¡±

    ¡°What?¡± Feng Luo was a little puzzled.

    A system notification came up.

    Red Queen requests to exchange ¡°Maximum Shooting¡± skill chip!

    ¡°You¡¯re giving it to me now?¡± Feng Luo looked at her, slightly surprised.

    After signing the electronic agreement, Red Queen had the authority to only hand over the skill chip as payment to him after the mission was finished. Of course, it did not matter whether the mission seeded or failed.

    ¡°I believe in you!¡± Red Queen said coldly.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Feng Luo epted the chip, and the system judged that there had been a change in ownership. Now, the chip belonged to him.

    Of course, he would ignore and not take to heart such pleasantries as, ¡°I believe in you!¡± However, in the current situation, the effect of long-range sniping would definitely improve a lot after learning Maximum Shooting from the chip. It was beneficial to the concurrent battle ns. Red Queen definitely had the same idea.

    After receiving the chip, Feng Luo plugged it into his personal terminal. Then after that, the terminal connected to the human body loaded a huge string ofplex data. After a few seconds, a system notification popped up.

    Learned Maximum Shooting. Skill Effect: Weakens the half-range reduction effect when fired bullets reach half of their maximum range. The maximum range bullet has 80 percent of its normal damage!

    As previously mentioned, due to the half-range reduction setting of War, all attacks outside half of the maximum range would have their damage reduced, and it was getting worse every year. No matter how strong the bulletsing from a sniper¡¯s rifle were, when they reached their theoretical maximum shooting range, they would only produce 50 percent of their damage.

    After learning Maximum Shooting, this reduction effect would be weakened, so even when the bullet reached its maximum distance, the damage would still be 80 percent.

    For Feng Luo, this sort of skill, which improved long-range capability, was the best he could ask for.

 Chapter 63 - Pirates (Part 5)

    <h4>Chapter 63: Pirates (Part 5)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    After learning Maximum Shooting, Feng Luo checked his skills interface. Including the Level-40 skill he had just learned, he currently had nine skills. However, among these skills, only two were active skills. The rest of them were passive skills.

    In War, yers could learn a skill every five levels, but that was after they reached Level 10. This was because yers could only change their profession after Level 10, so they couldn¡¯t learn any skills between Level 1 to Level 9. When they changed their profession at Level 10, they would straightaway receive two fixed profession Specialized Skills and be allowed one selection of a Specialized Skill.

    The two fixed Specialized Skills for Snipers were General Gunner Proficiency and Sniper Proficiency.

    General Gunner Proficiency included: Medium damage increase when using all kinds of guns; transforms agility stat into medium damage increase; increase basic movement speed, and etc.

    As for Sniper Proficiency, it included: Large damage increase when using sniper rifles;rge increase in visual perception; long-range ballistic correction, etc.

    As for the third selected Specialized Skill, Feng Luo had chosen Close-Quarters Short Weapon Proficiency. This skill increased the damage and destruction dealt when using daggers and stiletto-type weapons inbat.

    This was the direction most snipers would choose, which was to strengthen their close-quarterbat ability in moderation to avoid being helpless when closed in on by monsters.

    After the profession change, yers would be able to start learning a new general or profession-specific skill every five levels from Level 15. Which meant that yers would have six more skills by the time they reached Level 40.

    Feng Luo¡¯s six skills were the following.

    Level 15 Skill: Vehicle Driving Proficiency (General). Improves the main capability of the driven vehicle to a certain degree. Familiarity (Advanced Level 49%).

    Level 20 Skill: Rapid Shooting. Reduces the time gap between shooting by 35%. Damage dealt by bullets reduced by 25%. Skill duration: 45 seconds. Familiarity (Intermediate 41%).

    Level 25 Skill: Quick Sneak. Increases movement speed by 30%. Also reduces footstep sounds, weakens movement trails, and decreases the probability of being discovered by monsters. Skill duration: One minute. Familiarity (Advanced 92%).

    Level 30 Skill: Death Sense (Rare). Allows the user to perceive the direction of a deadly attack. Unable to level up.

    Level 35 Skill: Ambush. When the user remains stationary, there is a certain probability of avoiding the effects of detection skills; reduces the probability of being discovered by monsters. Familiarity (Intermediate 33%).

    Plus, the newly acquired Level-40 skill Maximum Shooting (Rare), which weakened the half-range reduction effect when firing bullets and was unable to be leveled up. Six skills. Two among them were Rare skills, and the other four were Normal skills purchased from the store.

    Something that needed to be pointed out was that actually in War, Rare skills were not necessarily more powerful than Normal skills; their value was derived more from their unique functions.

    For example, Death Sense¡¯s function was to avoid deadly attacks, and the increased bullet damage after Maximum Shooting weakened the effects of half-range reduction. Compared to that, the Sniper¡¯s Level-30 Normal skill Precise Shot and Level-40 Normal skill Prating Shot were not in any way inferior, especially when both these skills werebined together. It would be enough to make an average Sniper look like a master on the first shot. For yers who liked the Sniper profession but only had average skills, this was extremely beneficial.

    Moreover, neither Death Sense nor Maximum Shooting could not be leveled up. This meant that by theter stages of the game, it was highly likely that the effects of these Rare skills would be weaker than the effects of the maximum level of Normal skills. This was also why someone with the financial resources to easily purchase a Rare skill chip, like Red Queen, would still learn a Normal Level-40 skill such as Meteor Rain.

    Of course, for most yers, they were definitely more willing to learn a Rare skill. After all, skills that one had while others did not¡ªno matter what its effects were and no matter whether it suited one¡¯s ownbat style¡ªwere enough to satisfy one¡¯s vanity. It was enough to make average yers pursue them like a flock of ducks. If that hadn¡¯t been the case, the price of Rare skill chips would never have been pushed so high.

    However, for Feng Luo, he had not gotten this skill to feed his ego. It was because neither Precise Shot nor Prating Shot was very useful to him. Byparison, Death Sense and Maximum Shooting powered him up a lot more.

    After learning Maximum Shooting, Feng Luo had nothing to do at the moment. The six-barreled electromaic railgun at the rear of the ship was not yet fixed, so they needed to continue running away for a while before they could initiate their attack. After all, although the decision was to have him and ck Panther capitalize on their long-range advantage to diminish the pirates¡¯ strength¡ªor perhaps even reduce their strength by 75 percent to force the pirates to flee¡ªthey still needed to take into consideration a backup n, which included the likelihood that they would be engaged in a battle between Heavy Weapons.

    Although the cruise ship¡¯s heavy firepower was far inferior to that of their opponent, having something was better than having nothing.

    After approximately five minutes, the six-barreled electromaic railgun was finally fixed by the middle-aged NPC mechanic, while the pirate ship behind them had closed in to reach a location that was only around 1.4 kilometers away from them.

    At that time, the sun seemed to have already risen from the sea, and at this distance, it was possible to see the situation on the pirate ship. However, since the deck of the pirate ship was higher than they were, Feng Luo and Big Pineapple changed their location to the second level of the sightseeing tform before observing them through the sniping scope again.

    The number of people on the pirate ship was as high as their prediction. One nce showed at least 50, and if they were to include the pirates who were in the cabin as well as those who had already been eliminated, the total number of pirates was certainly around 100. Many of those on deck were either shirtless or wore jackets. Each and every one of them held des, AK rifles, and other weapons as they shouted with expressions filled with greed.

    And at the bow of the ship, a one-eyed pirate wearing abat uniform and a gray army hat was holding a monocr to observe their side.

    Within the field of view of the Eye of the Thunder Sniping Scope, a row of data suddenly appeared that stunned Feng Luo.

    ¡°Huh? What¡¯s this?¡±

    One-Eyed Dragon (Level 49 Elite). Head of the ck Fire pirate ship. Estimated HP: 5,000. Federation C-Grade Wanted Criminal. Bounty: 10,000 credits. Medal Points: Four!

    Feng Luo quickly figured it out. Since the data on the Eye of the Thunder was connected to his personal terminal, and because the Federal Government would send the wanted criminal list to all yers, the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s automatic identification function provided him with the information.

    ¡°A C-grade wanted criminal? 10,000 credits. Not bad!¡±

    Feng Luo was also a bounty hunter, so he was, of course, no stranger to bounties from the Federation. However,pared to when yers were wanted, this reward was much higher. A price of 10,000 credits was the equivalent of an Excellent-grade piece of equipment with average stats. Moreover, there was the even rarer medal point reward.

    Is the pirate captain the only one with a bounty? Or...?

    As Feng Luo thought of this, he immediately scanned through the group of pirates with his scope, looking carefully.

    Scarface (Level 45 Elite). The Third Head of the ck Fire pirate ship. Heavy Armor Warrior. Estimated HP: 9,000. Federation E-Grade Wanted Criminal. Bounty: 3,000 credits. Medal Points: One!

    Feng Luo understood why these pirates were ¡°Wanted Criminals.¡±

    On the surface, the reason was, of course, because of the Federal Government¡¯s mission to get rid of viins and criminals and to take a ¡°zero tolerance¡± approach when dealing with the sinful pirates who forcibly upied the Gray Water. However, the truth was that these bounties were probably the reward for killing the huge pirate squad.

    Normally, when yers encountered pirates who owned a ship, even if they were strong enough and force the pirates to flee after reducing their strength by 75 percent, due to the speed of the pirate ship, it was impossible to pick up the items dropped by the pirates. So, the system had set up a pensation¡± n. Every pirate head would have a decent bounty reward. Killing each would the yer a certain amount of credits and medal points. This way, the yers would not have done all that work for nothing.

    Feng Luo scanned through the pirates thoroughly and discovered that, apart from the ¡°Head¡± and the ¡°Third Head,¡± there were two other Elite Pirates. They were a Pirate Maniptor Captain (Level 44) and a Pirate Warrior Captain (Level 43). Their wanted grades were F-grade, and their bounties were 1,000 credits. They did not provide medal point rewards. However, judging by the names of the pirates, there must have been a ¡°Second Head¡± around, although Feng Luo could not find him. Perhaps he was in the cabin.

 Chapter 64 - Pirates (Part 6)

    <h4>Chapter 64: Pirates (Part 6)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The pirate ship modified from the military vessel wasparably faster than Hui Yi Hao, so after a dozen or so seconds, it was already within the 1,250-meter range.

    This was already within the shooting range of the M110, but Feng Luo did not hurry to shoot. He was not sure how high the AI of these pirates were. If they were like the rebel army, once they were attacked, they would react with the correct tactic, which is to immediately hide. Then, even if they had sniper rifles, they would not be able to eliminate many pirates.

    So the best way was to wait and only shoot when the pirate ship entered ck Panther¡¯s range. This way, both of them would be sniping, and they would be able to kill as many pirates as they could before they hid. After another two minutes. The pirates finally entered the 1,000-meter range.

    ¡°We can now start!¡± Feng Luo half-crouched on the ground, and with his sniper rifle raised, he aimed at his first target.

    Bang!

    The M110 let out a dull-sounding gunshot. A D-grade degration armor-piercing bullet exited the cartridge and flew toward the pirate ship.

    The main target: the Pirate Maniptor!

    ?1125

    The Level-44 Pirate Water Maniptor Captain was hit in the chest, and a white damage value appeared above his head. Maximum Shooting¡¯s effect of an 80 percent increase was instantly seen. The shot was quite far. It did not deal weak-point damage, but it still dealt as much as 1,100 damage!

    Moreover, the burning effect of the degration armor-piercing bullet was triggered, so, in an instant, the Pirate Water Maniptor¡¯s Energy Robe was ming. Above his head, ¡°-50¡± numbers of burn damage kept appearing!

    Following the first shot, the second degration armor-piercing bullet also quickly exited the muzzle. The gap between the two shots was only 1.5 seconds. However, Feng Luo underestimated the Pirate Head. After getting hit, the Pirate Water Maniptor¡¯s reaction was not to try to put out the fire by beating against it; instead, the staff in his hand shed, and, in an instant, a light blue half-transparent shield covered his body.

    Bang!

    The second degration armor-piercing bullet was blocked by the Water Shield, and the Pirate Maniptor Captain had already taken cover behind a bunker.

    ¡°Really high AI. This is gonna be tough!¡±

    Feng Luo frowned slightly. Initially, he wanted to directly get rid of this Pirate Maniptor. After all, although it was an over Level-40 Elite monster, as a humanoid monster, it did not have high HP. Without a shield, there was a chance that it would die in two shots. However, it seemed now that these pirates were definitely simr to the Elite Captains of the rebel army. They had mid-rank AI, and theirbat awareness was not lower than average yers.

    After the Water Maniptor was shot, the Light Armor Warrior Pirate Captain also immediately hid himself. Even the Third Head, ¡°Scarface,¡± quickly raised a shield from the deck, hiding himself as well as the Pirate Head wearing the military hat behind it.

    It seemed like their n for capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers had already failed!

    Fortunately, not all of the humanoid monsters had such high AI. After all, theputing power of the mainputer that controlled the game was limited. Normally, only Commander-level humanoid monsters or high-ranking NPCs would possess intelligence around the level of humans.

    The normal pirate minions were clumsier. Although they saw the movements and actions of their leaders, they did not follow immediately to dodge and hide; instead, several of them were still shouting on the deck with their weapons raised.

    After some thought, Feng Luo temporarily gave up the idea of killing the pirate leaders. Instead, he would focus on dealing with these normal pirates. With the D+ attack coefficient of the M110 and its attack of over 600, even without a double armor-piercing round, it would be quite easy to break through their defenses and deal a fatal shot.

    ?2599

    You¡¯ve killed Pirate (Level 35 Normal). Received 30 experience!

    ?2864

    You¡¯ve killed Pirate (Level 36 Normal). Received 31 experience!

    The M110 rang out consecutively. Every three shots killed one normal pirate, on average. One kill in three shots seemed a bit slow, it was important to remember that this was a sniper kill from 1,000 meters away. Moreover, both parties were on shaking ships. At that distance, one second would pse between the bullet leaving the cartridge and reaching its destination, so the efficiency was not low at all.

    Moreover, apart from Feng Luo, ck Panther¡¯s attacks never stopped. His sniper rifle, paired with the unique bullets¡¯ offensive power, was even higher. As long as his bullet hit, it was a certain kill.

    The pirates on the deck dropped to the ground in session. Within a minute, Feng Luo had already sniped and killed nine pirate minions. However, just as Feng Luo made a new pirate minion his target and was about to press on the trigger, he thought he saw something fly by his eyes. Immediately after that, his left shoulder felt a strong impact.

    Bang!

    ?1540

    You¡¯ve been hit by the Second Head of the ck Fire Pirates, ¡°Poison Snake.¡± Lost 1540 HP!

    A searing pain came from his shoulder, and his entire arm went numb. His new Level-40 Excellent-gradebat uniform with decent defense now had a burnt hole in it, courtesy of the bullet.

    ¡°Sniper!¡±

    Feng Luo bit his lip and endured the pain as he quickly rolled his body to the side.

    Bang!

    An armor-piercing bullet struck the ce he had been previously located, puncturing a hole through the metal cabin wall. Clearly, the Second Pirate Head that Feng Luo had not been able to find was a Sniper hiding in some dark area; moreover, he was a sniper with a decent attack.

    Right now, the distance between them was at least 800 meters. To deal 1,540 damage in one shot¡ªif that shot had hit his vital spot, it might have even KO¡¯ed him in one go. Of course, the probability of that happening was not high. After all, ever since equipping the Badge of Honor, his HP was as high as 3,700.

    ¡°Old Feng, what¡¯s wrong?¡± Big Pineapple, who was standing while holding his shield, did not react in time, but his reaction wasn¡¯t slow, either. He immediately raised his alloy shield andpletely blocked off the two of them.

    ¡°There¡¯s a Sniper among the pirates, and he¡¯s an Elite monster,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°The estimated Level is over 45!¡±

    Feng Luo felt the pain in his shoulder slowly subside. It was a good thing it had not created a Disabled special effect. Otherwise, he would not have been able to shoot for a while.

    ¡°F*ck, that¡¯s so annoying!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s brows furrowed together into a bunch. He clearly found the situation quite irritating.

    ¡°I have to recover some HP!¡± said Feng Luo.

    But just as he was prepared to take out his blood tonic¡ª

    ¡°Let me!¡± White Crescent said. She was already beside the two of them. She extended a hand and pped a blood tonic on Feng Luo¡¯s body.

    White Crescent applied a D-grade Healing Pack on you. Recovered 1505 HP. Received 80 HP per second recovery for 20 seconds!

    Feng Luo felt a sudden warmth as the blood tonic started flowing all over his body from the applied location. His HP, which was reduced by almost half, recovered in an instant to almost full health. As for White Crescent, her hands did not stop. She threw two more healing packs on Feng Luo.

    White Crescent applied MJ-23 pack on you. Received bonus 15 agility for 600 seconds!

    White Crescent applied HP-36 pack on you. Received increase of Max HP by 300 for 600 seconds!

    Seeing his attack increased due to a small increase in agility and his HP breaking through the 4,000 threshold, Feng Luo could not help butment how different it was with a Doctor around.

    Bang!

    Again, the sound of bullets hitting flesh. From the team¡¯smunication channel came ck Panther¡¯s grunt. Clearly, he had also been hit by the pirate Sniper.

 Chapter 65 - Pirates (Part 7)

    <h4>Chapter 65: Pirates (Part 7)</h4>

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    ¡°Summon all the NPCs to the cabin,¡± Red Queen demanded calmly.

    She had put on an energy shield that was semi-transparent and had res of fireballs spinning in the middle. This fire energy shield was marked as an Expert-level item. It wouldn¡¯t break easily even if a Sniper managed to strike her. But the NPC crews were different. They were the key to controlling the ship. If they were dead, it would be impossible to continue the mission.

    ******

    After providing Feng Luo with his gains, White Crescent proceeded to the top level under the cover of Neutron Star to restore ck Panther¡¯s health.

    Once Feng Luo regained full health, the first thing he did before leaving Big Pineapple¡¯s shield was to rece his gun magazine with something more lethal: the double armor-piercing rounds.

    The pirates¡¯ second inmand had a very high Sniper attack. Feng Luo needed to take him down first. Otherwise, he would risk being killed by a Sniper himself. The previous shot had revealed his approximate position. Feng Luo wondered if the AI of this Pirate Lieutenant would use the technique of switching positions after each shot?

    Once he changed the bullets, Feng Luo waited for a moment before stooping behind the alloy shield and revealing his head. He raised the M110 to pretend that he was going to shoot. It was a fake move. A secondter, he quickly retreated behind the shield again.

    Pow!

    A 7.62mm armor-piercing bullet flew by Big Pineapple¡¯s alloy shield and pierced a hole in the ship behind them.

    ¡°He must still be in the same position!¡±

    Byparing the pathway of the two armor-piercing bullets, Feng Luo was sure that the Pirate Sniper did not move but had maintained his position.

    This was both good and bad. The good thing was it was easier to take him down. The bad thing was that the opponent already had his eyes locked on Feng Luo. The muzzle of the sniper rifle was likely aiming directly at his position, so any movement might be lethal. This meant that by the time Feng Luo found the opponent¡¯s precise position, the opponent would have had the chance to fire two or even three shots.

    One shot wasn¡¯t a big deal. The second shot was when things started to get dangerous. And the third shot... Even if the hit rate wasn¡¯t high¡ªsince both parties were on ships¡ªit wasn¡¯t worth the risk. So...

    ¡°ck Panther!¡± Feng Luo called into the group channel.

    ¡°What is it?¡± ck Panther¡¯s voice was low. He had just gotten shot in the head. Luckily, his helmet had a high defense coefficient, so the bullet didn¡¯t go through, and not much health was lost. There was nowhere to hide on the top level, so now was not the time to go up. He needed to change positions.

    ¡°Let¡¯s join forces and take care of that Sniper!¡± Feng Luo suggested.

    Two Snipers joining forces was amon tactic used by hired mercenaries. During missions, two Snipers would focus on one target¡ªone as the main Sniper, the other as the spotter and a second Sniper. That way, the second Sniper could help out when the first Sniper missed a shot.

    Of course, there was no need to have a primary and secondary Sniper while facing this Pirate Sniper. All they need was one person to distract him while the other took him down.

    ¡°Okay!¡± ck Panther agreed.

    There was still animosity between the two, but under these circumstances, this was undoubtedly the best way to go.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you get ready then?¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°Done. I¡¯ve moved to a new position!¡± ck Panther replied through the group channel a few secondster.

    ¡°All right then. I¡¯ll be the bait.¡±

    This wasn¡¯t an act of generosity by Feng Luo in volunteering to take on the role of bait. It was mainly because Big Pineapple was right next to him. In case he got hit, he could quickly retreat behind Big Pineapple. Meanwhile, ck Panther could be protected by Neutron Star, although the small shield of a Light Armor Warrior wouldn¡¯t be enough to shield his whole body.

    ¡°One... two... three!¡±

    After confirming their n, Feng Luo counted through the group channel. Once he said ¡®three,¡± he immediately lifted the M110 and left cover, half kneeling on the ground, one eye aiming through the scope toward the opponent¡¯s estimated position. His finger was on the trigger, but he didn¡¯t pull it.

    At that moment, the sun floated above the sea surface. It wasn¡¯t a re that was strong enough to affect one¡¯s vision. But in his magnified vision, Feng Luo noticed a scope re from the pirate ship across the way.

    Pow!

    An armor-piercing bullet grazed past him next to his ear. He could even smell the gunpowder in the air.

    Even an NPC Sniper couldn¡¯t always have the perfect shot. The Pirate Sniper had missed!

    More importantly, Feng Luo had discovered the opponent¡¯s exact position. Hiding behind the cannons on the pirate ship, a sniper rifle and half of the Pirate Sniper¡¯s body were visible. Furthermore, he daringly was not wearing a helmet. Wearing only a red bandana, he opted for the headgear typical of a desperado.

    Pow!

    A gunshot was fired from the right side of the boat by ck Panther.

    A bullet with faint blue lights flew out and hit the top of the Pirate Sniper¡¯s forehead. Although it wasn¡¯t a kill shot from ck Panther, his headshot prevented the pirate from getting up and escaping. It had bought them only a little bit of time, but that was enough.

    Pow!

    The M110 fired with a thud, and a double armor-piercing round burst out of the barrel.

    ?3849

    Red lethal damage!

    The distance between the two boats was now approximately 700 meters. With the additional skill of a limited hit, the damage by Feng Luo¡¯s shot was not affected. The double armor-piercing round would cause extreme damage to armor below grade D, so it pierced directly into the pirate¡¯s forehead.

    Killed Pirate Lieutenant ¡°Venomous Snake¡± (Level 47 Elite). Contribution: 85%. Experience gained: 850. Terminated an E-rank federal wanted criminal. Reward: 5,000 credits, 1 medal point. Please proceed to the Hunters Guild to collect your credits.

    ¡°So it¡¯s the Hunters Guild. Huh...¡±

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t find this strange. The tasks avable through the Hunters Guild weren¡¯t limited to red-name wanted yers. Being one of the tworgest federal associations, they epted all bounties, including those against the NPCs and certain special monsters.

    It was recently rumored that the Hunters Guild had be the mainpetitor of the Mercenary Guild because they had started up a bodyguard business. Letting a group of killers be bodyguards wasn¡¯t such a bad idea. Since they were expert killers themselves, naturally they¡¯d know how to protect their employers from being killed.

    Feng Luo and ck Panther had joined forces to eliminate the most dangerous Sniper. But now, the situation was getting worse!

    Presently, the pirate ship was only 700 meters away from the ship. If they got any closer, they would be within range of the Machine Gunners. Yes, there were Machine Gunners among the pirates¡ªand not just one. In fact, even their leader was a Level-49 Elite Machine Gunner. There were also multiple railguns. On the front of the pirate ship, three six-barreled railguns, which were longer than two meters, were mounted. This definitely represented one of the biggest threats to the yers.

    The best way to avoid situations like this was to take down the Gunners. Of all the pirates, the leader was the one who had to be killed as quickly as possible.

    Since the beginning of the battle, the captain¡ªwho wore a soldier¡¯s uniform and a general¡¯s hat and was also known as the One-Eyed Dragon¡ªhad never gone to hide in the ship. He had remained standing steadily on the deck.

    Standing in front of him was a bulky, sinewy man known as Scarface. The pirates¡¯ third inmand held arge, heavy alloy shield covering both of them. ordingly, Feng Luo and ck Panther gave up on the thought of killing him by sniping.

    Nevertheless, they had to face this situation. Otherwise, even if the pirates didn¡¯t use weapons like the torpedos or guided missile, the three six-barreled railguns would be enough to suppress them for good.

 Chapter 66 - Pirates (Part 8)

    <h4>Chapter 66: Pirates (Part 8)</h4>

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    ¡°It¡¯s the Captain!¡± ck Panther called out into the group channel. His intent was clear.

    ¡°The Heavy Armor Warrior is also an Elite,¡± Feng Luo replied. ¡°I¡¯m guessing it won¡¯t be easy to break through his shield!¡±

    ¡°I have a grade-C energy armor-piercing round,¡± ck Panther muttered. ¡°It¡¯ll break down any armor grade-C or below by 100 percent. Even if his shield is extra thick, two or three more bullets will do the job!¡±

    Feng Luo was speechless. He had to admit, you really could do whatever you wanted if you were rich.

    As an Expert in ammunition, he naturally knew about the energy armor-piercing rounds. Besides having extremely high damage, this type of ammunition also increased attack by 20 percent with the addition of 100 points of non-attribute energy damage. It was safe to say that this bullet was one of the best among grade-C ammunition.

    This item wasn¡¯t avable for purchase in shops, and there weren¡¯t any yers who manufactured it. The only way to obtain it was by collecting relics left from the Great Destruction orpleting certain missions. In an auction not long ago, 300 rounds of energy armor-piercing rounds had been sold at a high price of 150,000 credits¡ªan average of 500 credits per round.

    It spoke volumes that ck Panther was willing to use such a precious bullet against a small opponent. This was more than the usual act of extravagance. No wonder he was able to break the bulletproof windows of the sea vessel with just two shots.

    ¡°All right!¡± Feng Luo agreed. It wasn¡¯t his bullet or money, anyway.

    ¡°I¡¯ll attack, then!¡± ck Panther said as he pulled the trigger which was aimed towards Scarface¡¯s shield.

    Feng Luo watched it all happen through his scope. A blue light shed, and a dent the size of a washbasin appeared on the ck alloy shield that covering their guns, and it quivered heavily from the impact.

    Pow!

    ?402

    Due to the impact force caused by the bullet against the shield, a damage value of more than 400 appeared above Scarface¡¯s head. (Note: Shields didn¡¯tpletely block all damage. They just greatly reduced damage!)

    Before Scarface could even react, ck Panther had fired another shot within milliseconds. Clearly, he had activated ¡°Rapid Shooting¡± mode, allowing the sniper rifle to attack at a much faster rate.

    The second bullet struck the left side of the shield, slightly off from the first one, but it still had the same effect. The two bullets had managed to deform a shield that otherwise seemed to be indestructible.

    Pow!

    ?1024

    A sh of blue light. ck Panther fired a third bullet right into the center of the shield. This time, it made a fist-sized hole in the dented shield. The bullet pierced right through the shield and sheared off more than 1,000 HP from the pirates¡¯ third inmand.

    Pow!

    Feng Luo also started to shoot. The situation required him to activate Rapid Shooting mode as well. The M110 repeatedly fired armor-piercing rounds within milliseconds.

    ?1034

    The alloy shield, which had been heavily damaged by the energy armor-piercing rounds, had a much lower defense now. Feng Luo¡¯s bullet managed to pierce through it, causing another set of damage to Scarface.

    With ck Panther and Feng Luo both having activated Rapid Shooting mode, in addition to the usage of special bullets, even a Level-45 Elite Heavy Armor Warrior like Scarface couldn¡¯t take it any longer. Immediately, he raised his shield to cover the Captain and retreated to the back of the ship. But under Feng Luo¡¯s and ck Panther¡¯s speedy attacks, the Heavy Armor Warrior with more than 9,000 HP could only hold on for at most five or six more seconds.

    Five or six seconds was enough for him to reach the door of the cabin. ck Panther fired another energy armor-piercing round to knock off all Scarface¡¯s remaining HP.

    Pirate Third in Command ¡°Scarface¡± (Level 45 Elite) killed. Contribution: 27%. 270 experience points awarded.

    The system notification only disyed rewards to experience points. It made no mention of credits or medal points. Obviously, that was because ck Panther had been thest one to shoot Scarface. The system had decided that he would be the one toplete the bounty mission.

    However, although Scarface the Heavy Armor Warrior had fallen, the Captain, One-Eyed Dragon, was only a few steps from the cabin. This short distance would only allow for one shot per person.

    A single shot per person to take down a Captain with about 5,000 HP¡ªthe chances of sess obviously weren¡¯t high.

    We¡¯re bound to make mistakes! Feng Luo sighed in his heart.

    Earlier, the two of them had both missed a shot, which had bought Scarface a second. And now, they were only left with a chance for two shots. The probability of instantly killing this Elite creature, One-Eyed Dragon, with 5000 HP, was slim. But even if there wasn¡¯t much hope, they had to give it a try!

    Pow!

    Once again, Feng Luo pulled the trigger on the M110. He felt the gun tremble slightly as if the bullet he had just fired was different from the ones before.

    If it viewed from God¡¯s perspective, Feng Luo saw his double armor-piercing round flying toward the Captain. It was shrouded in ayer of flickering blue and white energy just like lightning.

    Pow!

    ?1023

    ?1000

    The Captain was preparing to rush into the cabin when the bullet struck him. His running body seemed to lose control. He stopped dead in his tracks, staggered, and fell.

    Your attack has triggered the ¡°Electrified¡± effect. 1,000 points of electricity energy damage and special effect ¡°Electric Shock¡± to Captain (Level 49 Elite).

    Feng Luo was slightly stupefied when he saw the system notification. He had almost forgotten that the M110 was equipped with two parts from the Eye of the Thunder, which came with the iplete yet rare attribute of a 2 percent chance of an electrifying effect. A chance of one in 50 was quite low; out of the many shots Feng Luo had fired, none of them had ever triggered this effect, which was why he had selectively ignored this special attribute of his gun.

    Who would have thought that, at the most crucial moment, it would trigger against the most suitable opponent!

    The Captain was in an electrocuted state. He couldn¡¯t move, as his body was numbed in convulsions. The consequence of this situation was undoubtedly a lethal one!

    Pow!

    ?2620

    Blue light shed as ck Panther shot again. The grade-C energy armor-piercing round with strong destructive power pierced through the Captain¡¯s battle uniform, creating yellow weak-point damage.

    However, worthy of a Level-49 Elite creature, even after losing 4,500 HP in session, he was still alive. In fact, a pirate carrying a medicinal kit quickly threw a blood pack toward the Captain.

    But it was toote. Under the Rapid Shooting mode, Feng Luo fired the next shot within milliseconds.

    Pow!

    ?456

    A white damage value of not even 500 was enough to take away thest of the Captain¡¯s HP.

    Captain ¡°One-Eyed Dragon¡± (Level 49 Elite) killed. Contribution: 55%. Experience points gained: 1,100. D-rank Wanted Federal Criminal killed. 10,000 credits, 4 medal points awarded. Please proceed to the Bounty Association for credit collection.

    Just like that, all three leaders of the pirates had been terminated!

    However, the pirate ship and the ferry ship were now only about 600 meters apart, which meant they had entered the shooting range of the electromaic railgun.

    All the members of the pirate crew that had been hiding before were now ready for action. They peeked out from every corner. In fact, one had already climbed quietly onto the 40mm three-barreled autocannon.

 Chapter 67 - Pirates (Part 9)

    <h4>Chapter 67: Pirates (Part 9)</h4>

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    Pow!

    ?2688

    The pirate crew was smiling broadly as the lone pirate found the control lever on the cannon. Then there was a sh as a light-blue, armor-piercing round pierced right through his throat.

    It was worth mentioning that the system did provide some leeway to yers; at least all the heavy weapons on the pirate ship weren¡¯t encased in bulletproof windows or heavy armor casing. Instead, they were essible to long-range shooters and their bullets.

    Feng Luo and ck Panther locked their eyes below the heavy weapon and took every chance to kill any crew member who tried to put their hands on it. In addition to the pirates they had eliminated before, the total kill count had now reached over 50 people.

    However, the remaining pirates somehow seemed to have gotten smarter. All of a sudden, they stopped revealing themselves, causing Feng Luo and ck Panther to not receive any rewards for the next few minutes.

    The pirates¡¯ decision to y defensively made Feng Luo uneasy...

    The two ships kept getting closer and closer, from 600 meters to 500 to 400... Sure enough, as soon as they were roughly 350 meters apart, 20 or more pirates wielding AK-47s suddenly emerged from the cabins and bunkers and started shooting.

    Rat-a-tat-tat-tat!

    Nearly 20 AK-47 machine guns were firing in their direction. The firepower from the crew was by no means inferior to the three railguns. The AKs might not have been very urate at a range of 300 meters, but the sheer quantity of bullets was just too much to resist.

    ?302

    ?317

    ?285

    Instantly, Feng Luo was shot several times in session. If not for the fact that the damage from assault rifles and machine guns was limited¡ªin addition to being reduced by the 300-meter distance¡ªhe reckoned he would have lost half of his HP immediately!

    It was obvious that there was a Scout among the pirates. Almost all the shots fired by the pirates were aimed toward him and ck Panther. Luckily, Big Pineapple was right next to Feng Luo. All he needed to do was lean sideways and use the alloy shield to block the barrage.

    ?47

    ?56

    ?69

    The AK-47 shots were able to chip away 300 HP from Feng Luo, but they weren¡¯t as effective against ck Panther who was holding up a shield. However, there were so many bullets that even Big Pineapple couldn¡¯t take it any longer.

    ¡°Fall back. We can¡¯t take this!¡± he said as he held the alloy shield. Damage values kept appearing above his head like raindrops. The strong force of the bullets¡¯ impact even made him take a few steps back. If not for the high defense coefficient of his shield and the fact that machine guns and assault rifles had moderately low attack coefficients, his shield would have shattered beneath this heavy rain of bullets just like the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s had.

    Through the group channel, Feng Luo saw that ck Panther¡¯s HP dropped to less than 20 percent within two seconds. Luckily, White Crescent, who was right behind him, quickly restored his health with a blood tonic. After that, none of them dared to stay out on the deck. Everyone ran into the cabins.

    ¡°That was a sudden counterattack!¡± Big Pineapple panted heavily. ¡°These bastards.¡±

    It made his heart ache to see all the bullet dents on his alloy shield. This shield was a piece of Level-46 Excellent-grade equipment with the Perfect rating. The attributes were even better than some Rare-grade shields. Now that it had been damaged, not only were its defense abilities greatly reduced, but fixing it would cost him a few thousand credits.

    They had sustained so much damage¡ªand before even reaching their destination. This 200,000 creditmission wasn¡¯t easy to obtain.

    Listening to the continuous hail of bullets hitting the walls and hull of the ferry, Feng Luo gave himself an extra blood tonic, then looked slightly disturbed.

    ¡°Well, that didn¡¯t go well,¡± he said. ¡°What do we do now?¡±

    Nobody had thought that the pirates would suddenlyunch a counterattack like this. Now, the pirates who were controlling the electromaic railguns and cannons were the ones in charge. Anyone who went out there would definitely be killed by the pirates¡¯ concentrated fire.

    In the group channel, Feng Luo could see that White Crescent was still tending to ck Panther. Neutron Star was with them. He had been shielding ck Panther before and now had only half of his HP left. The Red Queen and zed Ice were silent. Nobody knew what they were up to.

    ¡°Hmm. The ferry seems to be... turning?¡± Big Pineapple questioned curiously.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Feng Luo was stunned and concentrated for a moment. The ferry was, indeed, turning. In fact, it felt like it was turningpletely around.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Big Pineapple shouted. ¡°Could it be that that red woman is steering us toward the pirate ship?¡±

    The only one who could give orders to the boat captain was Red Queen. It appeared that Red Queen had decided to steer the ferry to face the pirate ship head-on.

    This wasn¡¯t a good decision.

    ¡°Oi! Red! What are you doing?¡± Big Pineapple shouted through the group channel.

    Red Queen didn¡¯t reply. Even zed Ice didn¡¯t say anything.

    No words were spoken. The two of them looked at each other, then ran toward the deck.

    ¡°Huh? Feng, look!¡± Big Pineapple said, pointing in surprise as thedies ran.

    These two women, thought Feng Luo. What are they up to?

    Feng Luo looked over and noticed that the Red Queen and zed Ice were standing together. Clothed in a red and a white gown, respectively, they both had on a semi-transparent energy shield. Meanwhile, on the tip of their staffs were concentrated, gleaming lights. Thedies were now on the left side of the ferry, in the inner part of the observation deck. Shots fired by the pirates were blocked by the cabin walls, failing to hit them. But since the ferry was turning, their position would soon be revealed to the pirates.

    I get it now... What a brilliant n, although quite troublesome.

    Feng Luo nodded. He understood the Red Queen¡¯s intent.

    The two ships were now about 300 meters apart, entering the attack range for Maniptors. Single attacks by a sniper could be suppressed because they required time to carry out. However, a Maniptor with a wide-range attack would only need to unleash a single skill to deal massive damage.

    Even though the ranged attack skills of Maniptors took a long time to cast, it wasn¡¯t a process that can be altered at will. Moreover, the attack location had to be decided through observation beforehand. But, in a situation like this, nobody dared to use such a skill because of the rain of bullets outside.

    In response, they had concocted a very creative solution. While they couldn¡¯t move, the ferry could!

    Standing on one side of the ferry, they channeled their skills while the NPC steered the ferry. Once they were facing the pirate ship, they would have enough line of sight to activate their skills.

    Furthermore, they were shielded by the cabin walls to begin with, so they needn¡¯t worry about the heavy weapons from the pirate¡¯s ship during the transition period.

    Feng Luo had to admit that this was an interesting n. Making use of the ferry to unleash a skill was the sort of style that Feng Luo liked to adopt. However, once they had direct line of sight, the pirates would notice them and start attacking. What would they do then?

    Naturally, Red Queen had considered this.

    As the ferry started to face forward, zed Icepleted her skill casting. The stream of a waterfall rose from the surface of the sea and spanned the distance between them and the pirates.

    The Water Maniptor Level-30 skill ¡°Water Curtain¡± was different from other skills in that it had a very special attribute. There weren¡¯t any attack abilities but with its long-distance flying attack, but the damage of bullets or skills would be greatly reduced. Moreover, the higher the level of the skill, therger the area of the Water Curtain would be. At the same time, the Water Curtain could seriously interrupt observation skills and devices. And since, in this case, it was a water skill activated on the sea, the effects were almost doubled; zed Ice¡¯s Water Curtain was almost five meters tall.

    The pirates across the way had noticed the sudden appearance of the Water Curtain, but since they were AIs and couldn¡¯t see what was going on behind the screen, they continued to shoot carelessly. These shots weren¡¯t a great threat to Red Queen and zed Ice. Even if they were hit by a Zero Star bullet, the energy shield would absorb all the damage.

    Five secondster, the pirates who were recklessly firing all looked up to the sky in astonishment. It was the great skill channeled by Red Queen¡ªan attack that covered a frightening area of effect. It was the Fire Maniptor Level-40 ultimate skill known as ¡°Meteor Rain¡±!

    Meteor Rain, at the Expert level, had a cooldown of less than 10 minutes. Its power had already been demonstrated against the pirates¡¯ speedboat previously!

    The pirates were panic-stricken to realize that the sky above their heads had suddenly grown dark, followed by the falling of more than 10 smoky fireballs and countless meteorites. About half of the pirate ship was shrouded within the area of Meteor Rain.

    Compared to thest time, the two ships were even closer than before¡ªless than 200 meters apart. Every pirate who got struck by the smoky ck fireballs suffered a value of ?1500 appearing above their heads. Moreover, the 100 percent burn effect resulted in a continuous reduction in their HP. Even the deck, which was made of special fireproof materials, burned.

    ck smoke rolled above the ship. The pirates on the deck didn¡¯t even think about shooting anymore. Each one looked horrified as they cried out, trying to avoid death from the meteorites in the sky above.

    ******

    This skill unleashed by Red Queen must have killed more than 20 pirates. It was a total that Feng Luo and ck Panther had taken quite a long time to achieve using their sniping skills. It had to be conceded that the truly violent upations in War were the privileged Machine Gunner and Fire Maniptor.

    As they closed in to within about 150 meters to the pirate ship, an rm suddenly went off. Then the ship quickly changed course and steered away from the ferry.

    ¡°Have we killed more than 75 percent of them?¡± asked Big Pineapple.

    ¡°We killed three elite leaders,¡± Feng Luo replied. ¡°We shouldn¡¯t have to reach 75 percent.¡± He sighed. ¡°Nevermind. The pirates are dealt with. I need a rest.¡±

    In all honesty, he felt like this had been quite a tiring battle. Many assumed that sniping was an easy task. But on such a wobbly boat, for every single shot, he had to ount for factors such as wind speed and distance. It also took a lot of concentration to find that ¡°feeling.¡± For Feng Luo, this long battle with the pirates had been a lot more tiring than hunting red-name yers.

    Finally, the pirates retreated. This task was consideredplete. Now, it was time to head to Silver Leaf Ind.

 Chapter 68 - Silver Leaf Island

    <h4>Chapter 68: Silver Leaf Ind</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°This is Silver Leaf Ind?¡±

    It was one o¡¯clock in the afternoon when they reached Silver Leaf Ind. They had deviated a bit from their intended course due to the attack by the pirates. The sun was burning high above, and it was so hot that even the wind across the deck felt hot.

    Feng Luo looked at the ind in the distance. It was so named because it looked like a leaf on the map. It was covered with tropical trees of all kinds, and some birds were flying about. In the middle of the ind was a thick jungle. The map showed that the ind wasrge¡ªat least 10 kilometers long and about 5 kilometers wide¡ªand the former S-53 military base was located in the middle of the jungle

    ¡°Ah, we¡¯re here atst!¡±

    After more than a day, Aike, the white scientist NPC who had been in his cabin, and his assistant, a 17-year-old girl named Lin, finally showed their mysterious faces. Two men, each with a silver chest in their hands, stood on the deck, gazing at the ind not far away with excited faces.

    ¡°Let¡¯s switch boats!¡±

    After circling the ind at a distance and finding that there was no suitable ce for the cruise ship to dock, Red Queen decided tond using small boats.

    A total of seven yers and two NPC scientists, plus five hired NPC crew members armed with assault rifles, got off the ship and took three hovercraft to Silver Leaf Ind. As for the remaining five NPC crew members who were still capable of fighting, they would stay on-board to guard the ship.

    14 people rode on three hovercrafts. When they had nearly reached the shore, Feng Luo suddenly found that something was not right with the sandy beach before them. The t, smooth beach, buffeted by the rising and falling tides all year round, was riddled with fist-sized pits. While this was not very noticeable, it was strange.

    ¡°Don¡¯t go up there yet,¡± Feng Luo warned. ¡°Why are there so many holes in the sand? There may be monsters hidden there.¡±

    Red Queen¡¯s reaction was quick. ¡°Well, attack!¡± she told the NPC crew on the first hovercraft.

    Calling on an NPC crewman instead of a yer was, of course, a good way to avoid losing yers if there was a real danger, since monsters usually fought back against their attackers.

    ¡°Yes!¡± the NPC scouted obediently. He immediately raised the assault rifle in his hand and shot a series of bullets at the beach.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    The bullets from the assault rifle hit the beach, creating small holes that sent sand flying more than a meter high.

    Shh... Shh...

    Sure enough, after the attack, something began to take ce. Out of the pits crawled monsters that were nearly the same color of the sand but with small ck eyes and brown tails the size of a palm.

    Mutant Sand Scorpion (Species code: CHV-20765). Level 40 monster, HP 1500. Skills: Burrow, Neurotoxin!

    An NPC crew member used the recon ability to quickly report the results, and the recon skills and instrumentation data were much more detailed than those obtained by the Thunder Eye Scope.

    Thankfully, I didn¡¯t go up there! thought Feng Luo.

    Normal Level-40 monsters were not considered to be high-level. But it was noteworthy that the HP of these Scorpions was only 1,500 points. There must have been something special about these monsters if they had such low HP at such a high level. And based on the reconnaissance data, it was likely that its ¡°Neurotoxin¡± skill was very dangerous.

    It is not difficult toe to this conclusion, so the staff in the hands of Red Queen quickly began to shine. Burning mes appeared in the sky. It was the move Meteor Rain!

    Looking at dozens red and ck fireballs tumbling down from the sky, Feng Luo had to admit that using a skill in any situation was the best way to brush up one¡¯s proficiency. The expensive MP recovery potion and the energy crystals required for skill use were nothing but unremarkable credits in the eyes of someone like her. It was no wonder she had been able to train her Level-40 skills to reach Expert level so quickly.

    The meteorites rained over half the beach, and as fireballs fell from the sky, the entire beach was barbecued. The Sand Scorpions could burrow into the ground to escape, but even the sand is baked to the point of discoloration; there was no ce to hide.

    One by one, the Mutant Sand Scorpions writhed in the mes. The ?150 burning damage value popped up above their heads. Before the skill was finished, many of the Sand Scorpions in the center of the skill were already fried.

    ¡°Roasted Scorpions smell good, but are they poisonous?¡± Big Pineapple said, revealing his gluttony as he sniffed the aroma from the beach.

    The meat of many monsters in War was edible through specific actions. After letting the system detect the action of collecting food ingredients, the harvested ingredients could be preserved for a long time. yers who had a career as a Chef could even use these ingredients to cook foods that added to attributes over time. However, most yers wouldn¡¯t have the courage to try Scorpion meat.

    Disgusted by the thought of eating Scorpion meat, White Crescent frowned at Big Pineapple. ¡°You¡¯re disgusting!¡±

    ¡°Eh, what¡¯s so gross about it?¡± said Big Pineapple. ¡°Scorpion meat is actually very tasty. In fact, the more ugly a creature is in appearance and the more poisonous they are, the more delicious the meat tastes.¡± Unashamed, he proudly listed more exotic ingredients. ¡°Like snakes, spiders, cockroaches, bees, and a kind of fish in this game called the pufferfish.¡±

    zed Ice and White Crescent were disgusted by his words, while Neutron Star and Red Queen were visibly ufortable. Only ck Panther and Feng Luo remained calm. Feng Luo had tried these bizarre ingredients in the real world¡ªeven raw scorpion meat. How could it be too much to imagine the taste in the game? As for ck Panther, he always remained calm and expressionless. As a federal soldier, he would have experienced such things before. Only when Neutron Star threatened to throw him overboard did Big Pineapple finally stop.

    When the effect of Meteor Rain waspletely gone, the Mutant Sand Scorpions were all scorched and scattered across the beach. Beside them, glints of crystals and other materials were left behind. There was even a small shield for Light Armor Warriors.

    The mes scorched the beach to a temperature of at least 80 or 90 degrees Celsius, making it impossible tond directly. In the game, however, this didn¡¯t create much of a hassle. The staff in the hands of zed Ice quickly condensed into a stream of water energy. Water energy rose above the beach, turning into freezing cold rain. It was the Water Maniptor Level-25 area-of-effect skill ¡°Arctic Rain¡±!

    The rain, which was nearly zero degrees in temperature, fell on the already parched ground, nching it in a white mist and quickly cooling the beach. It was finally safe tond.

 Chapter 69 - Neurotoxin

    <h4>Chapter 69: Neurotoxin</h4>

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    ¡°These materials dropped by the scorpions are good. The Doctor yers would definitely like them.¡±

    When the team had reached the beach of Silver Leaf Ind, Big Pineapple was the first to reach out and to pick up the material dropped from one of the Mutant Sand Scorpions. Feng Luo also picked one up to check the properties.

    The venom nds of the Mutant Sand Scorpion can be used to produce a refined toxin that causes attenuation of the optic nerve, resulting in temporary blindness.

    As expected, unexplored maps often dropped good stuff.

    In War, apart from the beneficial potions, there were also a variety of potions with negative effects. For example, yers from the Doctor profession would usually cast attacks through all kinds of negative potionsmonly known as ¡°poisons,¡± which would cause monsters or enemies to be poisoned in order to obtain a kill.

    The toxin from the Mutant Sand Scorpion could cause ¡°blindness,¡± and it was definitely an excellent potion material. It would be as useful like sh grenades if put to good use. After all, although sh grenades were easy to use, they could also be avoided or prevented. However, this kind of toxin, which could directly react with the human body, was difficult to dodge.

    However, it required the life skills from the Doctor profession to extract and produce such toxins. Therefore, it would be less useful for average yers to have it on hand. Moreover, those were Red Queen¡¯s prizes for killing the scorpions. Therefore, some of them collected the materials and passed to White Crescent while she opened up her own portable medical box to put in the scorpion venom nds.

    A Doctor¡¯s field kit was also a kind of toolbox that could carry simple pharmaceutical tools so that the Doctor could configure some simple drugs at the battlefield. Of course, the drugs produced this way would not work as effectively as those made with specialized equipment in the pharmaceuticalb.

    Strangely, the NPC scientist, Aike, came forward with his eyes staring at the scorpion venom nd on her hands. ¡°Miss White,¡± he said. ¡°Sorry to bother you. Can I have some venom please?¡¯

    ¡°No problem...¡±

    White Crescent looked at Red Queen, who beckoned her yes. This that might be the flow of the mission.

    ¡°Great! Just a moment, please.¡± Aike opened the silver case in his hand and took out a small instrument with a ss tube. He then carefully extracted some of the poison from the scorpion¡¯s venom nd into the container. He and his assistant, Lin, stared at their instrument¡¯s screen as if they were expecting something to happen.

    Big pineapple leaned his head closer to Feng Luo. ¡°What are they doing?¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head. ¡°I don¡¯t know!¡±

    It could be assumed that only Red Queen, among the three of them, would know. In fact, it was quite clear that only Big Pineapple and himself were frencers among the seven yers.

    If the seven were positioned in apany, the two of them would have been regarded as temporary blue-cor workers. They were only charged with finishing the task assigned without understanding the objective of the mission.

    Red Queen, ck Panther, and zed Ice were familiar with each other, but Red Queen¡¯s status was obviously higher than the other two. Therefore, Red Queen must have been the boss while the other two were the white-cors at the top management level of thepany.

    Moreover, White Crescent and Neutron Star seemed to be new to the team, as they did not talk or work as quickly as ck Panther and zed Ice. They behaved themselves in front of Red Queen; they could have been considered neers still in a trial period.

    This ranking of positions was not groundless. In fact, judging from the way Red Queen spoke and her various habits, she was definitely a person of status who was rich in reality. zed Ice was likely her assistant or secretary, while ck Panther must have been a driver or a bodyguard. As for the White Crescent and Neutron Star, they must have been the professional yers recruited by her in the game.

    It waspletely normal for the wealthy from the Star Federation to hire people to y games with them¡ªand in War, in particr. War was almost 100 percent realistic in-game, and the business opportunities were almost limitless. Many people who spent a lot of money initially would actually make more money.

    ***

    Since the NPCs were doing an experiment, everyone had to wait and watch. After over a minute of waiting, the middle-aged NPC scientist and the female assistant looked disappointed, as if they had failed to discover what they sought in the venom of the Sand Scorpion.

    Afterward, the yers were asked to obtain a living Sand Scorpion for Aike. This was not a difficult task to do. Although the scorpions underneath the beach where they hadnded were all killed, there were still many living scorpions outside the Meteor Rain attack range.

    However, average yers would not be able to aplish this. The majority of the yers feared a scorpion when it came to dealing with it. White Crescent Moon and zed Ice turned pale upon hearing the words. ck Panther remained calm. He was thepany¡¯s white-cor, and he was a high-level one. Therefore, he would not do such dirty work. Although Feng Luo and Big Pineapple were temporary workers, they only did as stated in the contract. The rest of the tasks were none of their business. So the task fell to Neutron Star.

    Even this Light Armor Warrior with sharp fighting skills was still afraid of the scorpions. However, he had to ept the mission under the boss¡¯s orders. As a result, when Neutron Star managed to grab a Sand Scorpion, he was stung by its tail and went ¡°blind¡± for five seconds and lost 100 HP per second, unfortunately.

    Five seconds was not long, and 100 points per second of HP damage was low enough. Therefore, it was observed that the Sand Scorpion¡¯s neurotoxin was not all that potent. But it soon became clear why these Sand Scorpions had a level of 40, as their blindness effect was stackable.

    The blinded Neutron Star was stung once again by another Sand Scorpion crawling out of the sand as he made his retreat. Imagine if they hade ashore and been attacked by these Sand Scorpions, and everyone had gone blind! Due to the multitude of Sand Scorpions¡ªand under the constant refreshing of the blindness state¡ªeveryone would have likely died here.

    Luckily, Feng Luo had noticed this. Then the middle-aged scientist carefully put the captured Sand Scorpion into a small container and ced it into his own silver case.

    ¡°Is there anything else, Mr. Aike?¡± asked Red Queen. ¡°If not, let¡¯s go straight to the base.¡±

    ¡°Er... Okay, let¡¯s go to the base!¡± the middle-aged scientist replied after a pause.

    Feng Luo thought this was a little strange. When the NPC Aike spoke, his eyes seemed to look at Lin, but he only gave a quick reply.

 Chapter 70 - Giant Forest Python

    <h4>Chapter 70: Giant Forest Python</h4>

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    ¡°It¡¯s too difficult to walk here!¡± Big Pineapple was grumbling.

    The 14-man squad was currently walking through a dense tropical rainforest.

    Cha!

    Neutron Star, who was walking at the front, used the short alloy sword in his hand to hack off a vine blocking their way. With the other hand holding the small shield dropped by the Sand Scorpion earlier, he pushed away and ttened the shrub on the right.

    As the one responsible for opening the path, he was far more tired than Big Pineapple, who was standing guard beside the two NPCs. Not only was his light armor stained all over with leaves and mud, but even hisbat boots were alsopletely covered by mud due to stepping through uneven, muddy surfaces while scouting the path. However, he could me no one, as he was the newbie in thepany still under a trial run. Manualbor was a stage that the low-level people needed to experience.

    ¡°Tropical rainforests are like this,¡± said Feng Luo as he walked in the front of the group with his Mad Dog military knife in his hands instead of the M110, cutting the branches that Neutron Star missed. ¡°Not only do they constantly have sedimentary water all year round, but it¡¯s also very humid, and they have all kinds of annoying bugs. Moreover, due to the humid weather and the unique geographical environment, after the nts and animals in some ces rot, they create miasma that not only smells bad but can even cause sickness in people who walk through it.¡±

    He had already experienced trekking and marching in tropical rainforests before. Compared to the hazardous Amazon that did not have any trace of human existence, where one could be stuck for months, the forest on this ind was a simple matter.

    In a tropical rainforest, the real dangery not inrge beasts; instead, the tiny critters like poisonous spiders,rge mosquitoes, and grasshoppers that were at least a dozen centimeters long were the real dangers. Everyone in the group had applied the potion specifically concocted by White Crescent to repel insects. However, it was still not enough to prevent insects and bugs from biting or stinging them.

    Feng Luo noticed that the expressions of the female yers were especially bad. They kept swatting at the insects on their bodies. It was particrly apparent when White Crescent and zed Ice screamed when they noticed a green grasshopper resting on their legs when they took a step. It seemed like their experience of this mission would not be forgotten for a long time.

    On the other hand, the 17-year-old NPC assistant called Lin was very calm. She walked slowly with a silver box in her hand and, after putting on a glove, even caught a colorful poisonous frog and put it into the box while on the way. As she noticed Feng Luo looking at her, she smiled gently at him with a very meaningful gaze.

    After hearing the high-pitched screams of the two women behind him, the one in the lead, Neutron Star, turned around in resignation. ¡°Based on the distance, we¡¯ll reach our destination in five minutes, at most. I say, aren¡¯t you worried that screaming will attract the attention of some powerful monsters?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not that easy!¡± said White Crescent. ¡°It¡¯s been so long since we entered the forest, and we haven¡¯t even encountered any two monsters!¡± Her Doctor¡¯s coat was already so dirty that the original color could no longer be determined. However, it would not be difficult to solve. They just needed to wait until they reached a clear area, take it off, and put it in the backpack before taking it out again, and it would be as good as new. The game¡¯s settings were pretty decent; at least it did not force yers to continue to wear dirty clothes due to the pursuit of realism.

    On their way through the forest, they really did not encounter many monsters. The main reason was that the monsters in the game were also powered by AI. Upon seeing that there were so many yers, and if they did not think they could win, they would normally choose to avoid them.

    However, just as White Crescent finished her sentence...

    ¡°High energy life forms detected from the front!¡±

    The detector of an NPC crew member suddenly let out a low rm. At the same time, a yellow light constantly shed.

    ¡°A Boss?¡±

    Everyone was shocked.

    ¡°No. The detector will go off as long as it¡¯s a monster above the Commander-grade,¡± reported the NPC crew member from the ship. ¡°However, the color of the rm is yellow, so it should only be a Commander-rade monster. Its level is unknown.¡±

    The NPCs also had the concept of monster grades within their understanding. In truth, the previous Gxy Empire had long ago created a lifeform grade system that categorized the threat levels of living objects and non-living mechanical objects into different grades when they entered space. And now, the Federal Government also followed this method to categorize the grades of living beings after the Great Destruction by referring to their original standards. This was the origin of the ¡°Grades¡± system in the game.

    ¡°Commander-grade monster, huh? That¡¯s a relief!¡±

    Upon hearing that it was just a Commander monster, everyone let out a sigh of relief. If they were to really encounter a Boss blocking their path, then it was a given that they would bepletely annihted. Even if they were to encounter a ¡°Quasi-boss¡± monster, it was also certain that they could not beat it. It wasn¡¯t even a given that they would be able to escape.

    However, if it were only a Commander monster, then there wasn¡¯t much to worry about. Although under normal circumstances a Commander-grade monster of the same level had thebat strength of over a dozen yers, the yers here were elites among the elites. If all seven of them cooperated and worked together to fight a Commander monster, although the fight would not be easy, it would not be too difficult, either. Moreover, Commander monsters in unexplored maps like this were certain to drop good items. Just like the Sand Scorpion before.

    Everyone stopped moving forward and focused their gazes on Red Queen. After all, she was the principal of the mission, so everything they did had to be based on her decision.

    Red Queen frowned and said, ¡°It¡¯s better if we don¡¯t create problems. We¡¯ll head toward the military base; first, we¡¯ll see after we achieve our mission objective!¡±

    In her mind, it was clear thatpleting the mission first was more important. After all, in light of her financial well-being, she would not care about the items dropped by the Commander-grade monster.

    The others felt a little bit of regret; it was quite rare to encounter a Commander-grade monster in the game. They felt wronged for not being allowed to fight it. Although Red Queen said that they would fight it when they returned, monsters were not stationary creatures, so when they returned, there was no guarantee that it would still be around. But the boss had already made a decision, and they could only obey.

    However, what happened next was out of everyone¡¯s hands.

    As the group cautiously followed the guidelines of the Scout and prepared to pass the Commander Grade monster by going around it from the side...

    Zhi!

    A ¡°ck vine¡± hacked by Neutron Star suddenly let out a high-pitched shriek, and the hacked area actually started to bleed. After that, the two ¡°vines¡± that had been cut dropped to the ground and began to leap continuously. One of them even leaped onto White Crescent¡¯s body.

    ¡°Aaaah!¡± White Crescent let out her loudest scream since entering the forest.

    ¡°Stop screaming! The vine is clearly the disguise of an insect!¡± Neutron Star saw the notification on his window informing him of experience points and realized that it was only a Level-10 monster.

    However, White Crescent¡¯s scream attracted the attention of something more troublesome than a Level-10 monster.

    ¡°This is bad!¡± the NPC Scout eximed. ¡°The Commander-grade monster is headed toward us. It¡¯s fast! Around 35 meters, 30 meters...¡±

    On his detector, the yellow light rm kept shing nonstop. There was no need for him to continue to report the distance, since everyone could already hear it directly. From around 20 meters away, on their left, the trees continued to shake. Rustling sounds could also be heard as if a beast was closing in on them at high speed.

    ¡°Hurry up, prepare for battle!¡± Neutron Star reacted and quickly threw away his shield. He then took out his other one-handed sword.

    Feng Luo also quickly sheathed the Mad Dog military knife to his tactical belt and at the same time quickly took out the not yet disassembled M110.

    In War, the usage of the backpack was not unlimited. Apart from heavy weapons, items that were too big (excluding the shield of the Heavy Armor Warrior) and other unique mission items could not be ced inside the backpack. Using the backpack inbat mode would also increase the time required to put in or take something out of the backpack.

    This was also why Feng Luo sometimes would throw his sniper rifle on the ground and switch weapons inbat; it was because the time spent putting the sniper rifle into the backpack was enough for others to take one or two shes.

    Apart from that, other than the weight limit of the backpack, there was also a space limit. Moreover, the space of the item was determined by the rectangr shape formed by the edge of the item. Since the sniper rifle took up arger space inside the backpack when not disassembled, most yers would disassemble it into five parts before putting it back into the backpack.

    Plus, since the sniper rifle in War could be assembled, some experts had the habit of creating specialized sniper rifle boxes with all kinds of rifle parts inside that could be selected prior to battle depending on the situation.

    Assembling guns! It was actually an interesting way to y!

    Of course, in a situation where battle could ur at any time, the sniper rifle would not normally be disassembled and returned to the box. Instead, it would be put directly into the backpack so that it could be avable for immediate use when needed.

    By the time Feng Luo got the M110 out of his backpack, the Commander monster that was detected had already entered the yers¡¯ line of sight.

    It was a giant snake. No¡ªto be precise, it was a giant python!

    It was over ten meters long, thicker than a bucket, with brown patterns on its body that were covered with palm-sized scales buried in mud¡ªa super-gigantic python whose hyacinth-like tongue continued toe in and go out of its mouth.

 Chapter 71 - Battle between Human and Python

    <h4>Chapter 71: Battle between Human and Python</h4>

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    ¡°Mutant Giant Python (Level 50 Commander, Solo)! Species code: JMS-30987. HP: 95,000. Skills: None. Danger Level: High!¡±

    The NPC Scout announced the stats of the Giant Python on the equipment as fast as he could.

    There was no mistake. It was a Commander monster, but it was actually a solo-type monster.

    In War, most Commander-grade monsters had a lot of minions, which was where the word ¡°Commander¡± came from. However, this was not absolute. In truth, there were also monsters that were used to living and acting alone. These monsters were generally stronger than normal Elite monsters, and they did not have minions hanging around to protect them. Like this monster.

    In the system categorization, this monster would be marked with a ¡°Solo¡± symbol, which meant that yers did not need to worry that a group of kamikaze minions would suddenly appear from their nks in the midst of the battle. Since there were no minions, these types of monsters were generally weaker than true Commander monsters. Of course, in terms of individual strength, these types of Commander monsters were anything but weak.

    This Giant Python was a Level-50 mutant. Although it did not be substantially stronger, like humanoid NPCs when they reached Level 50, it was definitely still a lot stronger than monsters in the Level-40 range. Regardless, it was probably not difficult to deal with.

    The ship¡¯s hired crew members reacted quickly. Five of the NPCs raised their submachine guns at the same time and started shooting at the exposed head of the Giant Python. However, the bullet damage from submachine guns was on the weaker side. As the bullets flew at the body of the Giant Python, several of them actually bounced off its mud-covered scales, with the damage dealt being only two-digit amounts. Its defense was not broken.

    However, the Giant Python was infuriated by this, and it slithered its over ten-meter-long body toward them. As it moved, vegetation that was around the height of an average human was pressed t against the ground.

    ¡°Block it!¡± With the two swords clutched in his hands, Neutron Star cast Thunder Leap sh against the Giant Python. After all, he could not allow that bastard to get to the group, as that could endanger the lives of the two NPCs who were their mission.

    Bang!

    The impact produced by the Level-30 skill of Light Armor Warriors, Thunder Leap sh, sent the mud and dried leaves beneath Neutron Star¡¯s feet flying. At the same time, he flew toward the Giant Python with lightning speed and dealt a normal attack.

    ?479

    A normal attack that would have dealt at least a thousand damage on a pirate could not even deal a few hundred damage on the body of the Giant Python. It really is a Commander-grade monster.

    Moreover, after enduring the pain, the Giant Python counterattacked immediately.

    Boom!

    The giant snake raised its head high into the air before mming it downward with great strength. Neutron Star retreated a few steps as if his body had been hit with a giant hammer.

    ?3010

    3,000 damage actually appeared above Neutron Star¡¯s head. That hit from the Commander-grade Giant Python took out almost half of his total HP of around 7,000 straight away.

    What crazy high damage! Neutron Star can¡¯t take it!

    Gamers knew that the Tank character was the key to beating a boss in a game. As long as the Tank could withstand the damage, then no matter how strong the boss was, it could be defeated in the end. But the damage done by the Giant Python was far too high. With Neutron Star¡¯s attack-oriented equipment, there was no way he could withstand it.

    However, he had never been the Tank of the team; the real person who absorbed damage on the team had already raised an alloy shield and rushed toward the monster, coincidentally blocking the giant snake¡¯s next headbutt.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s body had already received several buffs from White Crescent. His defense and HP had already improved quite significantly.

    ?947

    One could not help butment just how shocking Big Pineapple¡¯s defense was. He was able to reduce the damage that had taken out almost half of Neutron Star¡¯s HP to below 1,000¡ªnot even one-tenth of his total HP.

    Moreover, his positioning was also exquisite. The giant snake¡¯srge body was now stuck between two huge trees, and it could not use its body to wrap around him.

    ¡°Attack!¡±

    Without needing any instructions, everyone on the scene knew that now was the time to throw everything they had at the monster. Especially since they already knew, based on the information provided by the Scout, that the Giant Python was probably a Commander monster that did not have energy attacks.

    Although its physical strength seemed great and its attack damage was high, it did not have long-range attacks, so it posed no threat to Maniptors and Snipers standing on the backline.

    The staff in Red Queen¡¯s hand started to be surrounded by mes. From its top, five fireballs appeared consecutively, and every one of them struck the Giant Python¡¯s body, burning the area hit and charring it into ck charcoal, inflicting over 1,000 Normal damage and burning damage over time.

    The basic skill of Maniptors could not only be released through normal means, but they could also be released after Energy Condensation, which strengthened the skill. For example, after spending some time to guide the Fire Maniptor skill Fireball, it could be morphed into high-damage skills like Giant Fireball or Chain Fireball, which consecutively spewed fireballs. The skill that Red Queen was currently using was thetter.

    On the other hand, zed Ice raised her hands and created a ring of ice beneath the Giant Python. The Level-25 skill of Water Maniptors, Ice Ring, apart from dealing decent damage, could also greatly reduce attack and movement speed.

    As for Neutron Star, whose HP was replenished by White Crescent, he rushed forward while holding two alloy swords and shed vertically on the snake¡¯s side.

    However, the Giant Python was no idiot. After it was hit by the highest damage¡ªwhich was around 5,000 HP dealt by Red Queen¡ªand felt all that pain, it immediately gave up on attacking Big Pineapple. It turned around and stared straight in the direction of Red Queen in anger with its yellowish-orange eyes glowing like lightbulbs.

    Usingmon gaming terms, this was because the damage output was so overpowered that the ¡°aggro shifted.¡±

    Under such circumstances, what was required was a Tank with a taunting skill to regain the aggro. However, War did not have any powerful taunting effects set up. But there was a skill with a simr effect.

    The shield in Big Pineapple¡¯s hands was raised and swung violently at the Python¡¯s head.

    Shield Bash. Level-15 Heavy Armor Warrior Skill. Deals an extremely painful hit on the monster. The pain effect is non-existent against yers, but hitting certain correct body parts will cause a short stun.

    As one of the trademark skills of Heavy Armor Warriors, Shield Bash could be regarded as a godly skill in both PK and PvE situations. Although it did not have the effect of a taunting skill, most monsters that were hurt by it would attack the Heavy Armor Warrior who had dealt the blow in a frenzy, and they would no longer change their target to anyone else. The ability to attract aggro was definitely top-ss.

    As expected, after getting hit by Big Pineapple¡¯s Shield Bash, the Giant Python turned its gigantic head back around and hissed in anger with its red tongue before exerting even more strength and power than before, aiming to tackle Big Pineapple.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Big Pineapple eximed and hastily straightened his shield.

    At the same time, with both his hands gripped tightly behind the shield, he cast the Level-40 Heavy Armor Warrior skill, Immovable Mountain.

    Bang!

    ?1525

    Over 5,000 damage appeared above Big Pineapple¡¯s head. However, even though he had received such a heavy blow, both his legs sank into the mud covered with rot and dry leaves. He did not retreat even a little bit. Instead, he stood firmly in ce.

    Immovable Mountain. Level-40 ultimate skill of Heavy Armor Warriors. For a period of time, defense increases greatly, movement speed decreases by a certain amount. At the same time, it greatly reduces the force of impact felt by the body.

    This Level-40 Heavy Armor Warrior skill could also be called a godly skill. When familiarity of the skill reached a certain level, it was even possible for Heavy Armor Warriors to hold off the impact of giant monsters weighing over a dozen tons and not be sent flying.

    As its rage-fueled tackle failed to send its prey flying as per its expectation, the Giant Python became even more erratic. It moved its body, thick as a bucket, and tried to wrap around him. But in this case, it was difficult for its over-ten-meter long body to move, since two trees on two sides blocked its path. It could not get around the 1.8-meter alloy shield to wrap up Big Pineapple.

    Big Pineapple was not tall, but he purposefully used an extremelyrge shield. This made it so that his entire body was behind the shield, and it was impossible for the Python to directly attack him. Moreover, the giant shield also made it impossible for the Giant Python¡ªa beast that could devour lifeforms several times its size because it could open its mouth to over 150 degrees¡ªto put the shield directly into its mouth.

    As the Giant Python attacked Big Pineapple, the attacks of the others behind it did not stop even for a second. The five NPC crew members¡¯ submachine guns had already cleared their first magazines. They quickly reloaded with new magazines that they carried on their bodies and continued the attack.

    Red Queen did not use any other skills. She only continued to fire off consecutive Chain Fireballs. In truth, when the familiarity level of a basic skill reached a very high level, the damage per second was not that much inferior to an ultimate skill.

    ck Panther did not move. He raised his sniper rifle and waited calmly beside the two NPCs. Big Pineapple, who was initially set to follow the two NPC scientists, had already gone to face the monster, so he temporarily took over the role.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo held his M110 up. He had been aiming, but now, he finally grasped the opportunity when the Giant Python raised its head and opened its mouth to fire a double armor-piercing round into its mouth that emanated an acrid smell.

    ?7899!

    Red damage!

 Chapter 72 - Equipment Dropped!

    <h4>Chapter 72: Equipment Dropped!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The angle of this shot was very tricky. The armor-piercing round did not only go into the mouth of the Giant Python, but it directly hit the roof of its upper jaw. And from what could be seen, the damage of that shot even reverberated through to its brain. This was also why it dealt red lethal damage.

    And with the bonus from his Talent, the high damage of around 8,000 also made everyone look at Feng Luo with a bit of a shock. Previously, in truth, when Feng Luo shot the Stingray, he dealt even higher damage. However, since the previous distance was far, and the situation was dire, many people did not even see it.

    This time, they discovered that Feng Luo¡¯s lethal damage was incredibly high, but none of them said anything since they already guessed that it was probably due to his Talent or one of his Skills.

    However, this lethal damage shot created a big problem. It was because when the Giant Python had its vital spot attacked, it felt an unprecedented death threat. As a result, the head that had been originally attacking Big Pineapple stopped, and the fierce re of the snake turned toward Feng Luo.

    Crack!

    One of the huge trees that were blocking its way was actually snapped in half from the sheer force of its bucket-thick body. After that, the Giant Pythonpletely ignored the moving shield held by Big Pineapple right under its eyes. Instead, it wrapped around the other tree and moved swiftly into the air before it leaped straight toward Feng Luo from the sky, apanied by a foul wind.

    ¡°Hmm!?¡± Feng Luo had not expected things to suddenly go out of control. However, he reacted quickly and instantly cast Quick Sneak before running to his side.

    Boom!

    The Giant Python rushed toward Feng Luo as if it had fallen directly out of the sky. Its upper bodynded heavily in Feng Luo¡¯s previous location. Feng Luo was not hit, as he had already run a certain distance to the side.

    However, the Giant Python¡¯s head suddenly jerked forward. Its red tongue, which was as thick as a person¡¯s arm, shot out as quick as lightning and wrapped around Feng Luo¡¯s trailing right leg.

    Feng Luo felt a strong forceing from his leg as his entire body was pulled before falling to the ground. After that, he was pulled backward toward the mouth of the Giant Python. At the same time, the thick body of the Giant Python flew quickly to wrap around his body.

    The squeezing strength of pythons was undoubtedly their greatest weapon. In theory, an adult giant python could easily kill a crocodile around half its size by squeezing it, so there was no need to imagine what would happen to the fragile human body. Moreover, this creature¡¯s tongue was definitely the by-product of mutation. On the surface, there was ayer of reverse-hook snake¡¯s teeth. Feng Luo felt thebat uniform around his calf being torn to shreds, and his ankle was in great pain due to the squeezing.

    In this moment of crisis, Feng Luo turned and sat up. He extended his hand and grabbed the Mad Dog military knife on his tactical belt before shing at the tongue of the Giant Python.

    Chi!

    ?3255

    The scales of the Giant Python were tough, but it did not mean that its tongue also possessed high defense. The red tongue that was as thick as an arm waspletely cut in half by Feng Luo¡¯s sh. At the same time, a foul stench apanied by the python¡¯s blood sshed across Feng Luo¡¯s face and legs.

    Ang!

    The Giant Python let out a sound that was hard toprehend after suffering the painful blow.

    Its tongue immediately retreated from Feng Luo¡¯s hand as its entire body started to shake and tremble violently. The rage it felt after having its tongue hurt seemed to have truly awakened its wildness. It lowered its head and mmed against Feng Luo who had not yet gotten back to his feet.

    With its attack, if Feng Luo were to get hit, it could possibly lead to an instant kill! At that moment of crisis, arge alloy shieldnded heavily on the right side of its head!

    Bang!

    Big Pineapple who had his shield raised mmed into it like a wall. Even if the Giant Python weighed several tons, its head was sent iling in the other direction due to the impact of that hit, and over a thousand damage appeared on its head.

    ?1450

    This skill was not a normal skill of Heavy Armor Warriors. It was a Level-45 Rare skill that Big Pineapple had bought at the Exchange, Shield Punch. This was an upgraded version of the Level-20 Heavy Armor Warrior skill, Shield Rush.

    It allowed him to umte power while rushing with the shield, and as he reached the side of the target, all the umted power would be transformed into damage. The further the rush distance and the straighter the path, the higher the damage.

    The reason the damage he had caused was low¡ªnot even reaching 1,500¡ªwas because the rush distance was too short. If given a straight 100 meters to rush, Big Pineapple could even deal over 5,000 damage and instant-kill some low-HP professions. This was an extremely powerful rare skill, and it could be upgraded.

    After Big Pineapple¡¯s hit, he followed it up with another Shield Bash. The alloy shieldnded heavily on the python¡¯s body, forcing it to change its target upon suffering excruciating pain.

    He!

    ?3560

    Neutron Star, whogged a few steps behind, did not just sit around and do nothing. He leaped into the air andnded a heavy sh on the tail of the Giant Python, His full-powered sh paired with the effects of a skill actually helped him cut down its tail.

    The Level 35 Light Armor Warrior skill, Devastating sh, had amazing destructive power against armored type defense, and it was a must-have skill for all Light Armor Warriors.

    ?5340

    An enormous fireball condensed by Red Queennded heavily on its body and dealt another over 5,000 points of high-output damage. At the same time, a fist-sized white ice ball that did not really seem all that impressive had alreadynded on the Giant Python¡¯s body and turned into snow and ice that kept spreading.

    After a dozen or so seconds, the Giant Python¡¯s HP had fallen to less than 5 percent after all the continuous attacks. As it fell into a heavily injured state, its body and attacks weakened, and in the end, it was finished off by a normal attack from Neutron Star.

    You¡¯ve participated in killing the infected Mutant Giant Python (Level 50 Commander). Contribution: 9.75%. Received 975 experience.

    ¡°Wow! It dropped equipment!¡± Big Pineapple eximed as he ran to the side of the Giant Python¡¯s corpse.

    He picked up a helmet that was emanating a slight glow. (Newly dropped equipment would always glow for a certain period of time in yers¡¯ eyes so that it was easier for them to pick it up).

    Normally, Commander-grade monsters would definitely drop at least one piece of equipment, so no one was particrly shocked. However, Big Pineapple quickly found another piece of equipment beside the Giant Python¡¯s body. This item was very small and fine, so no one noticed its glow at first. However, right now, there was no doubt that this piece of equipment had attracted everyone¡¯s attention. That was because it was a ring. It was a ck ring with its surface wrapped around by a simple-looking python.

    As previously mentioned, decorative equipment was very rare in War. A Fine-grade decorative item could be priced around the same on the Exchange as a Rare-grade piece of equipment with slightly weaker stats.

    The ring itself looked quite nice, and there was a possibility that it would be a Fine or even Excellent-grade piece of equipment! However, all the stats of the ring were represented with question mark symbols, which meant that it could only be determined after it was appraised by an appraiser in the city.

    Based on the principles generally recognized by the yers of War, for mercenary missions like this that involved huge spending, any items or equipment dropped by monsters that were killed by everyone would generally be owned by the employer¡ªunless it was stated otherwise in their contract.

    As such, although many people wanted the ring, Big Pineapple handed it to Red Queen.

    Red Queen clearly did not give too much attention on the ring, whose value was not inferior to a piece of Rare equipment. Instead, she handed the ring straight to zed Ice and instructed her to send the stats of the ring to everyone after it was appraised in the city. If anyone wanted it, he or she could bid for it, and the final amount received for the ring wouldter be distributed evenly among the others. The decision of the boss undoubtedly gained the favor of everyone, whether it was the new employees or the temps.

    Apart from that, the helmet was a piece of Heavy Armor Warrior equipment: Level 45, Excellent-grade, with decent stats. Moreover, the stats could be identified easily after a scan by the personal terminal. In the end, Big Pineapple spent 13,000 credits to nab it. The money was handed over to zed Ice to be distributed along with the money to be received for the ring.

    As the yers were in the midst of distributing the ¡°leftovers,¡± the NPC scientist called Aike had already taken out a detector in excitement and was running to collect the fresh blood spilling from the corpse of the python.

    As for the young NPC girl called Lin, she looked at Feng Luo¡¯s face in amusement. Her gaze behind her ck spectacles was somewhat odd.

    Feng Luo also thought it was a little weird, since normally, wasn¡¯t it more normal for the assistant to do the dirty work? Why was the middle-aged scientist called Aike the one who was always busy, while, on the contrary, the supposed young female assistant always just observed from the side?

 Chapter 73 - Virus Infection

    <h4>Chapter 73: Virus Infection</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Old Feng, what do you think of this helmet?¡± Big Pineapple asked as he happily changed into his new helmet.

    The shape of this helmet was a bit weird. On top of it was a greenish-brown python head that was covered with scales when inspected carefully. It looked like the scepter head of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. However, Big Pineapple did not seem to mind since the stats of the helmet were certainly quite nice. Not only was the defense coefficient as high as C?, but it also had a 2 percent increase in energy defense for all stats.

    ¡°Not bad!¡± Feng Luo answered.

    But as he said that, he thought that he sounded off. His body seemed to feel a bit warmer than usual.

    ¡°Huh?¡± Big Pineapple also noticed that Feng Luo seemed a bit off. He got closer to him and said, ¡°Old Feng, you don¡¯t look too good. You¡¯re not sick, are you?¡±

    The game had a ¡°sick¡± condition. If yers continued to stay in an extreme environment for a long time, there was the possibility of decreased stamina, dizziness, feeling faint, and other symptoms associated with being sick. And Doctor yers could not solve these sorts of conditions. It was necessary for a sick yer to return to the city and seek the help of an NPC Doctor. The alternative would be to endure the suffering until the sick condition disappeared.

    Feng Luo looked pale, and his voice became hoarse. At the same time, his body started burning up, which were all symptoms of being sick.

    ¡°Examine body status!¡± After thinking for a while, Feng Luo used his voice tomand the personal terminal.

    All personal terminals issued by the Federal Government to adventurers had tiny nano-needles on them that could examine the body¡¯s status. It could even coordinate with the biochip inside their bodies to check the status of the blood and cells in the body. Later, after the program ran for around a minute, a red warning sign suddenly started shing on the personal terminal.

    Warning. You have been infected by an unidentified virus. Virus species... Unable to identify. For your health, please treat it as soon as possible. Rmended hospital: Storm City General Hospital. Grade: First-ss A-grade. Has 37 specialists...

    Infected by an unidentified virus? What the hell?

    Feng Luo was shocked and immediately began going through the system logs.

    You were attacked by the Infected Giant Python Mutant and was infected by the mutant virus. Infected Time Remaining: Six hours. Predicted result of infection: 50% chance to permanently increase all attributes by two points; 50% chance to permanently lose two points on all attributes!

    As he read that, Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank. Generally, yers could only increase their basic stats in the game through level-ups and equipment. However, apart from those, there were other special circumstances.

    Half a month after War opened its server, a yer dered on the forum that he had managed to permanently gain a ¡°Strength +3¡± stats increase after using a potion he had obtained through a story mission. The thread had gone viral. It became a hot topic, and in the replies were various methods used by yers to permanently increase their stats.

    By then, the yers knew that basic stats could be permanently increased under certain circumstances, and it was not limited solely to only level-ups and equipping equipment.

    Of course, there were those that increased stats¡ªas well as those that decreased them. yers were alsomonly seenining angrily that their stats had been permanently reduced due to different reasons on the forum, asking the gamepany to recover their stats.

    However, Star Company never agreed to such requests. Customer service would always reply with a standard answer: ¡°War is a game with extremely high degrees of freedom, and all stats-rted problems created in the game will require the yers to explore and find the solutions for themselves!¡±

    Feng Luo had once read those posts with the mindset of an onlooker. To the people who had managed to increase their stats naturally, he felt admiration and jealousy. As for those who lost stats, he even took pleasure in their misfortune; he never would have thought that this time, it would be his turn.

    A 50 percent chance. Half and half. It seemed quite favorable.

    However, with Feng Luo¡¯s personality, even if there had been a 90 percent chance for a stats increase with only a 10 percent chance of stats reduction, he would have been unwilling to try it. He preferred to maintain control of his character¡¯s development. However, right now, the situation was out of his hands.

    At that moment, the middle-aged scientist suddenly eximed excitedly to his young female assistant, ¡°Ah, found it! Indeed. The Evolution Virus exists in the blood of this Giant Python! But it must be a form of a virus that mutated multiple times. The blood of this Giant Python has high research value. We should collect some!¡±

    ¡°Is the virus in the veins of the Giant Python the same as the virus in my body?¡± Feng Luo asked before his mind sparked an idea.

    He immediately remembered from Red Queen¡¯s briefing that the scientist was called Aike, and he was a gicist and virologist. Moreover, based on what Feng Luo had heard just now, his mission here was rted to the Evolution Virus!

    Evolution Virus, thought Feng Luo. Based on its name, logically speaking, it should increase stats, no? Why would it be possible for stats to decrease as a result? However, the word ¡°virus¡± itself never has any positive meaning, so it is reasonable for there to be side effects. It looks like this NPC virologist called Aike knows something about this Evolution Virus. Will he be able to solve the problem with my body? Hold on. Is this actually a hidden mission?

    Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced as he suddenly thought of a possibility.

    Could it be that being infected by the virus is actually a kind of hidden mission? Maybe interacting with the NPC after the yer is infected will trigger the hidden mission?

    The more Feng Luo thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

    Gicist and virologist. Evolution Virus. No matter how he looked at it, they were rted.

    Moreover, it was two points of basic stats!

    One should know that in War, every level up only afforded one stat point that could be allocated freely by the yer, and every two level-ups would increase one basic stat for all attributes, namely Strength, Agility, Intelligence, and Vitality.

    As he came to a conclusion in his mind, Feng Luo immediately spoke up.

    ¡°Mr. Aike, what do you mean by Evolution Virus? The terminal found that my body has been infected by an unidentified virus. Could this be the Evolution Virus you were talking about?¡±

    ¡°What?¡± Aike was stunned after hearing this.

    As for the young girl called Lin, a light shed in her bespectacled eyes. It seemed like the reason she had looked at Feng Luo with a strange stare was that she had already discovered the problem.

    ¡°How do you feel right now?¡± Aike got up and quickly walked toward him from beside the Giant Python.

    ¡°A sore throat, and I¡¯m burning all over!¡± Now, Feng Luo was even more certain that this was a hidden mission!

    ¡°I need to take some of your blood to check!¡± Aike looked serious and immediately opened his box, grabbing a small syringe from within it.

    ¡°F*ck. Old Feng, what¡¯s wrong? It looks like a hidden mission,¡± Big Pineapple said enviously in the party channel. ¡°You¡¯ve hit the jackpot!¡±

    Feng Luo smiled. ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ve hit it, all right. The system notification said that there¡¯s a 50 percent chance of a plus-two increase for all basic stats once infected by this virus!¡±

    He intentionally only revealed the first half of the notification.

    After hearing about this, everyone had happy looks on their faces and turned to stare at the Giant Python blood sttered all over the ground, eager to try it out.

    ¡°And there¡¯s also a 50 percent chance of a minus-two to all stats!¡± Feng Luo said, only now revealing thetter half of the notification.

    Everyone looked stunned.

    50/50 was not too bad, but if it were up to them, they would rather not take that risk.

    The key was that an increase of eight points in basic stats would not strengthen a yer by all that much, but if a yer lost eight points of basic stats, he or she would look a lot weaker than the average yer.

    ¡°Let¡¯s see what the NPC says. I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Feng!¡± Red Queen said.

    After all, although Feng Luo had triggered a hidden mission, in the game of War, triggering a mission did not necessarily mean that it was going to bepleted. If Feng Luo lost stat points from this, she would also feel bad about it; for a yer of their level, even one stat point was very important. As such, she apologized first.

 Chapter 74 - Gene Agent

    <h4>Chapter 74: Gene Agent</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Huh? Your blood...¡±

    Aike had already put Feng Luo¡¯s blood into the inspection container. Then he moved his eyes closer overtop of an observation scope and spoke, sounding a little bit suspicious.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s weird... I¡¯ve never seen anything like this...¡± Aike¡¯s brow furrowed.

    ¡°Hmm? Let me take a look!¡± At that moment, Lin pulled a silver thread out from the side of her ck spectacles. Then she put the thinner end of the thread into the container, and a multitude of data and images appeared on the lenses of her sses.

    Indeed, no spectacles in War were ever just decorative items.

    After approximately half a minute, Lin removed the silver thread and raised her head.

    ¡°How is it?¡± Feng Luo asked, looking at her.

    ¡°It is interesting, indeed!¡± A light shed past Lin¡¯s ck spectacles as she showed interest. ¡°Perhaps I should brief you guys about the Evolution Virus!¡±

    ¡°The Evolution Virus is one of the greatest inventions ever in the history of the Gxy Empire,¡± she said. ¡°In terms of value, it is at the same level as the biochip. The only difference is thatpared to the biochip that is already widely used right now, due to the difficulty of controlling the mutation of the virus itself, this invention was not widely used on the citizens on arge scale. It was only used sparingly in the Empire¡¯s army for a time.¡±

    Lin¡¯s gaze seemed deep and profound.

    ¡°Evolution Virus. It sounds really high-ss! Prettydy, what¡¯s the use of this virus?¡± said Big Pineapple nervously, ncing at her breasts.

    Lin raised her ck spectacles and mentioned four points in session. ¡°To develop the potential of the human body and to increase the pace of human evolution. To change the human body from the most fundamental level through gic restructuring!¡±

    ¡°The functions sound awfully simr to that of the biochip!¡± Big Pineapple said as he licked his lips.

    ¡°It¡¯s not the same,¡± exined Lin. ¡°What the biochip does is, it regtes the human body at the cellr level. However, the Evolution Virus can alter the human body on the most fundamental level. More than that, it can allow humans to possess the genes and abilities of other species!¡±

    ¡°Gically Modified Beast Warriors!¡±

    Everyone thought about the Beast Warriors of the rebel army almost at the same time.

    F*ck! Old Feng won¡¯t be like them, will he? wondered Big Pineapple, slightly shocked.

    If yers started to grow hair on their body or scales and started to look like beasts, then it might be better to just delete their ounts and start new ones. Most yers probably couldn¡¯t ept having an appearance like that.

    Lin nodded. ¡°There¡¯s a certain probability. After all, the Evolution Virus he got came from the Giant Python. It¡¯s possible that it already carries the gene of the Giant Python!¡±

    ¡°Then there should be a solution, right?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    He remained calm. He didn¡¯t believe that the system would allow yers to turn into ¡°monsters.¡± Moreover, he was pretty sure that this was certainly a hidden mission.

    ¡°There is!¡± As expected, Lin nodded. Then, she opened the silver box that she carried with and took out a syringe filled with a blue liquid solution. ¡°Inject this gene agent into your body. It will give you more control over your body. It will prevent any drastic changes to your body while you are infected and let you remain in your human form. However, this gene agent and the Evolution Virus in your body will affect each other, and since the virus has already mutated significantly, the results are unpredictable. To inject or not to inject¡ªthat will be your own choice!¡±

    ¡°This... We aren¡¯t waiting for Mr. Aike¡¯s examination results?¡± asked Feng Luo as he nced toward Aike, who still had his head lowered while observing the test.

    ¡°No, I can make the decision for this!¡± Lin¡¯s tone and attitude did not seem like that of an assistant; she totally ignored Aike¡¯s opinion.

    Feng Luo felt a bit hesitant. The development of the story was a little different from what he had expected. Moreover, at that moment, he noticed that a system notification had just appeared in his field of vision.

    You¡¯ve triggered the mission: Lin¡¯s Interest. Mission Requirements: ept Lin¡¯s Gene Agent. Mission Reward: Lin¡¯s Approval.

    ¡°Mr. Feng!¡± At that moment, Red Queen¡¯s voice suddenly came from the party¡¯smunication channel. ¡°I suggest you agree with her, because the identity of this NPC girl is not as simple as the assistant of Aike!¡±

    That was all Red Queen said, but the meaning implied was already very apparent.

    It was because of her words that Feng Luo suddenly remembered that ever since they had arrived on the ind, Lin had never given off the feeling that she was only an assistant. More than that, the nagging feeling she gave off was that she was ranked higher than Aike, and her words clearly demonstrated that point.

    It was clear that this was a time when a choice was to be made. So, should he continue waiting for Aike¡¯s test results or simply ept Lin¡¯s agent and inject himself?

    ¡°Inject it!¡± said Feng Luo as he took a deep breath.

    His instincts told him that this would be the right choice!

    ¡°You made a wise decision!¡± Lin had a bright smile on her face as she injected the syringe needle into Feng Luo¡¯s arm.

    At that time, Aike called out to Lin after seeing noticing what she was doing and finally lifting his head away from the observation scope. ¡°How odd! A rare change actually happened after his blood integrated with the virus. This is something I¡¯ve never seen before. Ah... Lin, are you injecting him with the immunologic agent to fight against the Evolution Virus?¡±

    ¡°Yes... All done!¡±

    Lin executed the shot smoothly. All the agents in the syringe she held had entered Feng Luo¡¯s body.

    ¡°Old Feng, how do you feel?¡± Big Pineapple asked Feng Luo through the partymunications channel. ¡°It can¡¯t be that this little girl tricked you, can it?¡±

    Although Red Queen had allowed Feng Luo to receive the agent, he still thought he should have waited for Aike¡¯s opinion. After all, a profession like this, which was simr to that of a Doctor, was more reliable the older they were. It was a cognitive habit that umted with years.

    ¡°Much better!¡± said Feng Luo.

    His voice definitely sounded better. His burning-hot body temperature had also quickly dropped to normal. The effects of the gene agent were immediate. After that, he looked at his system logs expectantly.

    Injected unknown Gene Agent. The agent interacted with the unknown virus. Interaction time remaining: two hours. Interaction result: unknown!

    The system notifications were three unknowns!

    Is this good, or is this bad? wondered Feng Luo.

    By now, even he wasn¡¯t sure anymore. He did not know whether his choice had been the correct path for the mission. Moreover, Aike had clearly said, ¡°immunologic agent for the Evolution Virus,¡± but the system notification read, ¡°unknown gene agent.¡± The system log was clearly not wrong, so this meant that Lin definitely had not injected him with the ¡°immunologic agent for the Evolution Virus.¡±

    Just what is this strange NPC girl doing?

    Feng Luo scanned past Lin and found that her gaze was firmly fixed on him. A very familiar shine came from the eyes behind that ck spectacle.

    It couldn¡¯t be that I was just used as a guinea pig, could it?

    Feng Luo was slightly worried. However, as he shifted his focus, another system log stunned him.

    You¡¯vepleted the mission ¡°Lin¡¯s Interest.¡± Obtained Approval from Lin. You¡¯ve received some information about Lin.

    Lin. Level: 45. Gicist Master. Chip Master. Virologist Specialist. A young female genius with over 300 IQ.

    Not only did she have three life professions, but two of them were at the Master level. It was vital to know that the Master level was a higher level for life professions than the Expert level. At the moment, there was not even a single Master-level life profession among the yers.

    Even among NPCs, Master-level life profession characters were scarce.

    The key was that she was only 17 years old. Moreover, she had an IQ of over 300! It looked like increasing the approval rating of a high-potential NPC like her was very valuable!

    Since she already approved me, she wouldn¡¯t... do anything stupid. Right!?

    Red Queen was clearly more anxious about entering the base, so after she saw that the situation had almost been resolved, she urged everyone, ¡°Since Mr. Feng is fine, we should continue. We should hurry up and obtain the target item after getting into the military base to avoid unnecessary problems caused by undue dys.¡±

    No one objected as they continued with their journey.

 Chapter 75 - Military Base

    <h4>Chapter 75: Military Base</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°We¡¯re finally out!¡±

    The squad walked for another 10 minutes. When Neutron Star split open a bush with broad leaves using the alloy longsword to carve out a way, a new sort of scenery finally appeared in front of their eyes. There was an enclosing wall in front of them, mostly in ruins, and there was a broad, sparse meadow behind the wall.

    ¡°There¡¯s a sign here,¡± said zed Ice, pointing at a rusty metal sign on the remaining wall. ¡°It says ¡®S-53 Military Base, Do Not Enter Without Permission.¡¯ This seems to be the destination!¡±

    White Crescent looked around curiously. ¡°Isn¡¯t this a military base? Why does it look so deste and overgrown with weeds?¡±

    ¡°This was a military base before the Great Destruction over 100 years ago!¡± eximed Aike. ¡°It¡¯s impossible to keep a military base like this clean, even with its closed design. After all, variables like earthquakes or tsunamis could cause huge areas of soil to cover it up, perhaps even causing the base to be buried. Fortunately for us, it isn¡¯tpletely buried.¡±

    Within their field of vision, some row of buildings and freestanding structures could be seen around 100 meters away. Even though different shrubs and weeds grew on the buildings, the yers could still make out what the military base looked like.

    ¡°Mr. Pineapple, please protect the two employers well!¡± Red Queen said over the team channel.

    In ordance with the rules of other games, it was highly likely to experience battles while in close proximity to the end of a mission like this, especially on maps that had not been explored, such as this one.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Big Pineapple said with a nod. He held his shield in his hand and stood in front of the two NPCs. The others also clutched their main weapons.

    The squad walked past the enclosed wall and went to the meadow. After setting foot in it, they realized this meadow had originally been the main square of the military base, but the ground was now covered in soil, allowing grass to grow freely on it.

    A distance of around a few hundred meters separated the enclosing wall from the nearest building. The NPC¡¯s recon meter did not detect any tracks of any monsters throughout the journey, and they reached the front of the first building without trouble.

    Compared to the ruined enclosing wall, this building looked a lot better. Aside from the weeds on the walls, there was no indication of any copse on its exterior. After all, this was a military base, so the buildings were very sturdy.

    Red Queen seemed to have a structural map of the military base in her hands. She led everyone in passing the building and approaching the inner part until they reached thergest, grayish-ck building located in the middle.

    The Red Queen stopped in front of the huge door. ¡°We¡¯re here.¡±

    The building only had two stories, but each floor had a height of close to seven meters, making it as tall as a normal five-story building.

    The material of the walls looked like a single, unbroken chunk of rock from afar. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be made of an ingredient simr to ss. However, it was not reflective like ss, as the sunlight that shone upon its surface seemed to be absorbed by it instead. Even the huge, tightly shut door, which was almost five meters tall, was built using the same material. The whole building looked like a ck fortress.

    ¡°This is the super light energy alloy researched during the Gxy Empire era,¡± said Aike. ¡°The ck side absorbs sunlight to store energy, then releases it from the other side to be used as illumination. Therefore, even if it¡¯s a fully enclosed room, by using this material, it can be as bright as day.¡± He was more than willing to provide scientific trivia about this game to the other yers.

    Big Pineapple lifted his head and looked around but saw no path for them to enter directly. ¡°How do we get in? Should we break in?¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Red Queen said.

    She held her staff in her hand and took a few steps forward to the door. She took an identity card-like object from her backpack and inserted it into a barely visible gap in the huge door.

    Clunk!

    Aser-like light scanned the card once. A few secondster, the heavy doors slowly moved aside.

    As the huge doors opened, a clean and tidy hall appeared in front of their eyes. The floor was covered in unique silver-white, anti-slip metal, and there were more than ten huge white marble-like pirs for support. There wasn¡¯t a speck of dust on the floor, walls, or ceiling. Soft white light was being constantly emitted due to the use of the light energy material. This did not look like a ce that had been abandoned for over 100 years whatsoever.

    ¡°Get inside,¡± said Red Queen.

    She left an NPC waiting at the door as a precaution in case an unexpected situation urred. Subsequently, the others gripped their weapons, followed her, and walked in.

    ¡°Wow, it¡¯s sofortable in here!¡± Big Pineapple said. He stomped his foot and left distinct muddy prints on the white floor.

    They had passed through a rainforest filled with insects and muddy waters, causing them to be horribly dirty. To suddenly enter such a clean and tidy ce was surprisinglyforting. Moreover, it seemed like no battles were required, as there were no enemy alerts from the recon meters of the NPC crew.

    After enduring for so long, White Crescent and zed Ice immediately cleaned the stains from their weapons by putting them back in their backpacks. zed Ice even used water energy to create some water for her and White Crescent to wash their faces. The few guys present, however, were still alert, observing the surroundings of the hall while gripping their weapons.

    Feng Luo held the M110 and turned around in a circle.

    ¡°On the wall!¡± he suddenly shouted, raising his head.

    On the wall, which was emitting a faint white light thanks to the unique material, there was a robotic squid with a fully metal exterior. Several robotic tentacles greater than two meters in length were nestled t against the wall. Its body seemed to be sucking on the wall.

    Neutron Star frowned. ¡°How did the recon meter not pick up its presence?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s been 100 years,¡± Big Pineapple said. ¡°Even if it¡¯s a robotic monster, it shouldn¡¯t have power anymore. Or maybe it ¡®died,¡¯ so it cannot be detected?¡± All the same, he raised his shield to protect Lin and Aike behind him, separating them from the ¡°dead¡± squid.

    However, at the moment he finished speaking, the robotic squid¡¯s body vibrated suddenly. Red light shone from both of the eyes on top of its head, rotating and scanning through the crowd swiftly! At the same time, a cold, electronic synthetic voice was emitted from its body.

    ¡°Number of people entering: 13. Identity recognition in process... One has Confidential Area Level 2 Staff permission. Others¡¯ identities, unable to be identified. Level of danger assessment... moderately high!¡±

    ¡°Careful!¡± Red Queen warned quickly. At the same time, mes circted on her staff. She had already cast an Expert-level Fire Shield on herself.

    The situation was not at all surprising; they had predicted that battles would be likely as they drew nearer to the mission target, so no one panicked. They immediately raised their weapons to protect Lin and Aike.

    The robotic squid¡¯s electronic eyes, emitting red light, turned slowly as it said in a cold electronic voice, ¡°Warning. This is the Empire S-53 Military Prohibited Area. You do not have permission to enter. Please leave within 30 seconds. Warning. Please leave within 30 seconds! 30... 29...¡±

    ******

    What Feng Luo and the others didn¡¯t know was what was happening elsewhere while they were entering the military base.

    On the side of Silver Leaf Ind opposite where they had moored their ship, a huge military ship¡ªbig enough to carry 200 people¡ªwas parked. Arge crowd of yers carrying weapons got on smaller boats and approached the ind. There was a power emblem very familiar to Feng Luo on the yers¡¯ chests. It was a golden dragon¡¯s head that was extending its neck and soaring.

    After the yers in front cleared the surrounding monsters, two male NPCs wearing white research coats finally stepped out from the ship, carefully protected by over ten Heavy Armor Warriors and Doctor yers. There was a red and white umbre symbol on the silver cases they held!

 Chapter 76 - The Mecha Octopus

    <h4>Chapter 76: The Mecha Octopus</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Inside the S-53 military base...

    ¡°20... 19...¡±

    The cold, electronic synthesized voice of the robot squid echoed through the hall. The group of yers in the hall below looked at each other for a moment upon hearing the voice.

    ¡°Attack!¡± The Red Queen said decisively in the team chat.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Without any hesitation, the NPC crewmen followed the order from Red Queen, raising their assault rifles and firing at the robot squid. However, the results were poor. The bullets of the assault rifles merely yielded sparkles against the squid. The damage dealt was insignificant. There were only a few dents on Octopus¡¯s metallic sheen mechanical body.

    The main reason was because the SMGs and assault rifles hadparatively low attack coefficientspared to sniper rifles and machine guns in War. This caused such weapons to be less effective when used against robotic monsters with immensely high physical defense stats. When coupled with the fact that these NPCs had only ordinary equipment and low damage output in spite of being over Level 40, only insignificant damage was dealt to the robotic squid.

    Bang!

    Byparison, ck Panther¡¯s damage was higher. A single shot sessfully sted away a huge part of the robotic squid¡¯s metal alloy body. Moreover, as they were in a party, all of them could acquire partial information from the enemy if one of the party members managed to deal damage to it.

    ZY-55 Mecha Octopus Guard: Level 55 (Elite)

    A Level-55 Elite monster. High ranking and difficult to be destroyed at the same time. It would not be easy to deal with it.

    The Mecha Octopus stopped its counting abruptly after the attack. Ayer of electromaic energy shed across its body. The tips of the eight mechanical tentacles were undergoing contraction and deformation. Eventually, they morphed into multiple drills spinning at high velocity.

    ¡°The intruder has attacked the guard. ording to the 25th security code, execute order ¡®Exterminate¡¯!¡±

    As the word ¡°Exterminate¡± was produced by the cold, electronic synthesized voice, the Mecha Octopus¡¯s eyes instantly changed color. Two whiteser beams burst out at the crowd.

    ?500

    ?500

    ?380

    ?380

    ck Panther and the NPC who had attacked first were swept by the beams. Hundreds of damage values appeared over their heads once every half second.

    Laser beams dealt continuous damage. ck Panther and the NPC immediately moved around while attacking constantly in order to escape from the attack. They used pirs as cover to block the attacks.

    Robotic monsters did not feel any pain. Therefore, they would not be taunted by Shield Bash. They required a different method of attack than normal monsters. Most robot monsters would primarily target yers who inflicted the highest damage because their programming would treat them as the highest threat. Therefore, when a yer dealt high damage to the Mecha Octopus, he could run around in front of it to trigger its ¡°aggro.¡±

    However, it only worked for normal robotic monsters. In fact, many of them above the Elite rank had various standards of judgment. The tactics needed to fight against them were mainly dependent on the specific situation. Of course, the key strategy was to destroy the power core and theputer chip. This was the specific way to ¡°kill¡± a mechanical monster.

    Pow!

    Red Queen¡¯s magic staff started to glow. After channeling for five seconds, a giant fireball smashed onto the Mecha Octopus and exploded against its head. However, due to the fact that mecha monsters did not have HP bars and did not take burning damage, the high damage dealt by Red Queen was ineffective in these circumstances.

    Boom!

    The Mecha Octopus jumped off the wall. Four of its eight tentacles supported its body to move at high speed while theser beams emitted from its eyes were still sweeping after ck Panther and the NPC crewman. The Mecha Octopus threw its four other tentacles, spinning like drills, at four targets: the three NPC crewmen who were shooting at it and Neutron Star, who was charging toward it. Evidently, its logical judgment was to use its ranged attack to take out the most dangerous enemies while using melee attacks to get rid of the closest ones.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo fired a shot. A double armor-piercing bullet struck the tentacle that was attacking Neutron Star. The bullet took off ayer of its alloy ting, revealing intertwining circuits underneath.

    Neutron Star was agile with his movements. He managed to dodge the tentacle drill and unleashed a strong destructive skill¡ªthe Level-35 Warrior¡¯s move ¡°Devastating sh¡±¡ªagainst the part of the tentacle where Feng Luo hadnded his shot.

    ck!

    A little less than half of the tentacle was chopped off by Neutron Star, twitching on the ground for a few moments before it stopped.

    The Mecha Octopus¡¯s red electronic eyes gleamed, and it turned its head around unexpectedly, causing theser beams previously targeting ck Panther and the NPC to turn in the direction of Feng Luo and Neutron Star.

    ¡°Evaluating threat...¡± it said. ¡°Increase threat level... Exterminate!¡±

    ¡°Damn!¡± shouted Neutron Star.

    He quickly retreated and moved away to dodge the beam. Even with more than 6,000 HP, there was no way for him to stand against aser beam head-on, especially when the beam was able to deal over 100 points of damage every half a second. The only one who would dare to take such an attack head-on would be Big Pineapple. However, he needed to protect the two NPCs for the sake of the mission. Therefore, he could not afford to participate in this fight.

    Bang!

    After Feng Luo fired another shot, he immediately threw himself behind a pir he had seen earlier.

    Zing!

    Theser beam brushed past him, leaving a charred ck streak on the silver floor.

    ¡°Ah!¡± an NPC crewman suddenly screamed in agony.

    He stumbled while running and was pierced through the back by the high-speed spinning drill. It prated through his chest, and the blood and flesh spilled all over the floor, leaving red stains everywhere. In addition to his blood and flesh, his horrible cry before death caused both White Crescent and zed Ice to turn pale. Even though they had turned off the bloody visual mode, they could still visualize the disgusting scene.

    ¡°Help me!¡± another NPC crewman shouted as he ran. The Mecha Octopus was attacking his back after killing another crewman.

    Bang!

    Out of nowhere, a bullet sted through the Mecha Octopus¡¯s chest, taking off one small piece of the alloy carapace. At the same time, the bullet shed with an electromaic blue light. The Mecha Octopus was reaching out its tentacle to a distance less than 10 centimeters away from the back of the NPC. However, it suddenly stopped in mid-motion!

    Electromaic armor-piercing bullets. The one who fired the bullet was ck Panther, who had just finished reloading behind a pir. The shot had hit the outside of the core chip, which greatly disrupted its system¡¯sputation.

    ¡°The interruption will onlyst for five seconds!¡± ck Panther yelled in the team chat. ¡°Focus fire on its head!¡±

    Upon activating Rapid Shooting, ck Panther started continuously firing a series of electromaic armor-piercing bullets with his sniper rifle one after another.

    ¡°Hit it!¡±

    Feng Luo, Neutron Star, zed Ice, and Red Queen, along with the three NPC crewmen left, unleashed all their skills and bullets onto the lower head of the Mecha Octopus!

    Even though the metallic body of a robotic monster was rigid, but with such a tremendous intensity of attacks, it would be impossible for it to handle the damage dealt.

    Sessfully defeated the ZY-55 Mecha Octopus Guard (Level 55 Elite). Contribution: 4.5%. Experience gained: 225!

    ******

    By the time the team had eliminated the Elite Mecha Octopus, the other group was at the same site as their ship on Silvermoon Ind. Therefore, they were unable to see each other because the terrain had obstructed their view. After braving the angry sea, six yers, which consisted of five males and a female, rushed to the beach in arge assault boat.

    ¡°Wait, don¡¯t go first!¡± a guy yelled while looking on his recon meter when they were about to reach the beach. There was a silver Death Messenger assault rifle hanging on his chest, and inside his high boots was a military stiletto: the ¡°Bloodtooth Knife.¡± He was Dan Hen.

    ¡°There are monsters underneath the beach!¡±

    ¡°Grassy!¡±

    ¡°Okay!¡±

    Grassy, who was wearing a white Doctor¡¯s suit, took out an ejector from her medical kit. She sprayed the solution all over the beach, producing arge amount of green mist. In a blink of an eye, a few scorpions the size of a man¡¯s palm crawled out of the pits on the beach. They were twisting when they revealed themselves, with ?200 poison damage values continuously popping up over their heads.

    Within 10 seconds, the entire beach was filled with the scorpions¡¯ corpses.

    If Feng Luo had witnessed this situation, he would have understood the reason Grassy had been in the Town of Exiles because of a red name. It was unbelievable that such a powerful poison skill had been cast by a weak little girl with a shy smile.

    ¡°All right! Let¡¯s get on to the beach!¡± Dan Hen said after making sure that the scorpions on the beach were dead. ¡°ording to the insider¡¯s information, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group has been preparing for almost a month for this mission. If they were toplete it before us, it would put us on the defensive in the Silvermoon City.¡±

    Dan Hen told his team about the situation they were facing with a dignified expression after all six of them had hit the beach with their equipment at the ready.

    ¡°On the contrary,¡± he continued, ¡°if we manage to sabotage their mission, all their work will be wasted, which will be enough to relieve the pressure facing our guild. They did a good job at keeping the mission a secret, but our insider was unable to extract the information regarding the exact mission location. Our guild ordered us to dy the n because the ambush area we arranged was closer. If anything happened, our reinforcements would be here in less than two hours. Therefore, we have to work harder!¡±

    ¡°Okay!¡± said the five team members. They were Ultimate Heavy Armor, who was over 1.9 meters tall, Frozen Red Giant, wielding a white longsword, Ion me, who wore a fire element robe, Sk the careless sniper, and Grassy, who was carrying medical kits on her back. All five of them nodded as they acknowledged Dan Hen¡¯s words.

 Chapter 77 - Invading the Mastermind

    <h4>Chapter 77: Invading the Mastermind</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

    The energy core of a Level-45 Normal-rank Mecha Octopus was destroyed by Feng Luo with a single shot. Its metallic body threw out a series of sparks, and all eight robotic tentacles immediately fell to the ground. However, a Level-44 Mecha Mantis instantly appeared right after it fell, moving four of its ck metallic joints across the Mecha Octopus. It then started to swing its allow de¡ªwhich whirred at high speed like a chainsaw¡ªshing at Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    ck!

    Neutron Star, who was standing beside Feng Luo, responded quickly. He lifted two of his alloy longswords to block the attack.

    The Light Armor Warrior managed to block the attack with his Level-25 skill ¡°Parry,¡± which helped to remove the majority of the force and damage from the Mecha Mantis¡¯s attack.

    Suddenly, a Level-43 Mecha Electric Snake popped out from the back of the Mecha Mantis. It wrapped around the Neutron Star¡¯s alloy sword and released a strong light blue electrical arc from its body.

    ?1080

    Over 1,000 points¡¯ worth of electrical damage appeared disyed above Neutron Star¡¯s head. His body trembled at the same time, causing him to enter a paralyzed state. He had an ¡°electrified¡± status!

    Luckily, Feng Luo immediately shot the Mecha Snake, which was less than a meter long, sting it in two with his incredible uracy. At the same time, White Crescent had already injected a potion into Neutron Star¡¯s body to remove the negative debuff.

    ¡°How much longer do you need? Let¡¯s move already!¡± Big Pineapple raised a 1.8-meter alloy shield to block the non-stop attacks from a Level-45 Mecha Octopus and two Level-44 Mecha Mantises.

    Right behind the four of them was a sealed room that could only be essed via this door. The room was adorned with several rows of scientific instruments that looked like some sort of terminals. The entire wall of the room was built into a ring-shape screen 3 meters high.

    In the next second, the screen disyed rows of data at great speed. Lin was staring closely to the screen with a dignified expression in front of the instruments. Her high-tech, ck-rimmed sses were connected to the instrument through a silver cable. The same data flow shed across her sses.

    This was the S-53 Military Base security room. It had taken over 20 minutes for Feng Luo and his team to take refuge and hide there after countless detours. Yes¡ªto ¡°hide¡± there!

    They had made an error in judgment. The security forces in this military base were far stronger than they had expected. The base¡¯s mastermind remained semi-dormant and was yet able to fully activate the defense system, but the patrolling mecha guards upied every corner of this base.

    Apart from the Level-45 Normal-grade Mechal Octopus¡ªwith its wall climbing andser abilities¡ªthere were also Level-44 Mecha Mantises with des as big as chainsaws. However, the most annoying enemies were the Mecha Electric Snakes, which were over a meter long. They could not deal physical attack damage, but if they were toe in contact with a yer¡¯s weapons or his body, they would release fearsome electrical energy. This would deal over 1,000 damage and would likely result in the ¡°electrified¡± status.

    Furthermore, the entire base was shielded by some sort of scouting skill. All the recon meters of the NPC crewmen had bepletely useless and were unable to provide any warning as to the mecha guards¡¯ locations.

    Fortunately, the mecha guards spawning at the moment were only Level-40 Normal-grade monsters. Compared to the Level-55 Elite Mecha Octopus they had encountered previously, these were significantly weaker. By learning their weaknesses, the team had discovered that a sniper rifle could destroy their core chips in two or three shots.

    However, the number of mecha guards was still overwhelming. Within five minutes of Feng Luo entering the building, 15 mecha guards had been chasing them. Other than the mecha guards, there were also varieties of defense mechanisms and booby traps inside this core building.

    At this point, only one of the four NPCs that had followed them into the base remained. The first one had been killed by the Level-55 Elite Mecha Octopus, while another had been cut down by aser while crossing the aisle. The had been killed by a Mecha Mantis with its Chainsaw de, which had emerged suddenly from the beneath the floor.

    Red Queen¡¯s decision to hire the NPCs was, without a doubt, a wise one. Without them to explore¡ªat the cost of their lives¡ªthe yers would have been in even deeper trouble.

    ¡°Have you finished yet?¡± demanded Big Pineapple. ¡°I can¡¯t hold it anymore!¡±

    He was blocking the entrance to the room with his shield. Even with all the buffing potions given to him by White Crescent and the extremely rare B-grade blood tonic they obtained from the mission, his HP was still dropping due to the relentless attacks of the mecha guards.

    The good thing was that the tunnel at the door was narrow. Only three to four mecha guards could attack at once. Plus, Big Pineapple would have been dead by now if it hadn¡¯t been for the assists provided by Feng Luo¡¯s firepower.

    It had been Lin¡¯s idea for them to enter the base¡¯s security room. This was because she could connect to the mastermind that was linked to the base. Lin¡¯s main purpose was to invade the mastermind and gain the maximum security clearance, or at least change their identities as intruders.

    This might have been an impossible mission. It wouldn¡¯t be easy to intrude the military base mastermind of the great Gxy Empire.

    However, it was quite practical. Before the Great Destruction, the Gxy Empire had been equipped with technologies more advanced than the Federal Government, but their technology in machine intelligence fell short of that of the Federation.

    One of the reasons was that the Federation¡¯s research and development of machine intelligence, robotics, and electronic chips were on another level¡ªstrong enough to be on par with the biotechnology the rebel troops relied on all the time. Next, the Gxy Empire themselves suppressed the intelligence levels of their own creations.

    ording to the game¡¯s background introduction, during the middle years of the Gxy Empire, there was a military intelligence terminal with the code name ¡°Dark Night.¡± It had developed a consciousness simr to that of a human being, which it then used to control the mecha army, starting a war with the Empire¡¯s army. Afterward, the Gxy Empire started to prohibit the use of authentic, intelligent systems. Most of the masterminds and terminals they used were only categorized as ¡°semi-intelligent.¡±

    Therefore, Lin, as a Master-level Chip Expert who specialized in the research of intelligent systems, and who also possessed an IQ of 300, waspetent enough to invade the mastermind in this base.

    ording to Feng Luo, however, this was probably an intentional decision made by the gamingpany. Otherwise, it would only have been possible toplete the mission by storming the base with an army of over 100 of yers due to the powerful mecha guards.

    ¡°Just hold on a little more! I¡¯m almost done!¡± said Lin.

    Lines of data shed on Lin¡¯s sses as she informed Feng Luo and the team of her progress. At the same time, she ced her finger on top of a red button, getting ready to smash it at any moment.

    ¡°You said the same thing a few minutes ago... Oh, God!¡±

    As soon as Big Pineapple finished his words, a tentacle from the Mecha Octopus drilled through his shield and crashed into his armor. The damaged shield had beenpletely prated by the tentacle.

    ¡°Oh my God!¡± Big Pineapple shouted out loud. ¡°We are going to get wrecked!¡±

    Almost at the same instant, the data flows on Lin¡¯s ck-rimmed sses stopped. ¡°Done!¡± she said, and she immediately mashed the red button.

    Boom...!

    The group of mecha guards that were madly attacking suddenly stopped. In the blink of an eye, they retreated through the tunnel, returning to their original positions.

    ¡°Phew!¡± Big Pineapple gasped, throwing his alloy shield, which was now full of holes, down to the ground. Hey on the ground, all four limbs open wide, panting heavily. His HP was almost empty. Even his Stamina bar had dropped to the minimum point. And this was after Feng Luo had provided him with two packets of C-rank Stamina potions obtained from the Town of Exiles.

    Red Queen and zed Ice did not look satisfied. They had been unable to join the fight because they had already used up their MP in the previous battles, and the MP potions were still in cooldown. Therefore, they had been unable to cast any skills at all.

    Although Maniptors had very powerful skills, their MP costs were insane. Other than the energy crystals on their staffs, which provided them with energy, each skill required a lot of MP consumption. Without the support of MP, Maniptors were the weakest ss of all in War.

    There was no limitation to equipment in War, so Maniptors could still take a dagger and a pistol as weapons to fight with when they ran out of MP. However, without an upgrade in mastery level, the damage output was extremely low.

    This issue deterred many yers from choosing to be Maniptors even though they had such strong attacks; rather, most yers chose melee professions like Warriors, who could deal consistent physical damage. After all, Maniptors might run out of MP, and a Gunner might run out of bullets, but Warriors could always rely on their normal attacks to deal damage.

 Chapter 78 - The Chip Mission

    <h4>Chapter 78: The Chip Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Now that I have obtained the supreme authority, which is on par with the supervisor in this base,¡± Lin said confidently while lifting her ck-framed sses. ¡°I granted you all the same level of authority as the level-1 staff in the ssified area, which allows you all to gain ess to the majority of the base.¡±

    Then she operated a device right in front of her, and it projected a 3D virtual model of the entire base on the 360-degree screen surrounding the room.

    ¡°We will proceed to Area 13 next. There is a fully locked down hiddenboratory, and inside theb, we are able to obtain the evolving virus stock solution and its relevant research data prepared by the people in this base. However, I might need some time to copy the rest of the data on the base. It will take about two minutes.¡±

    As for an NPC, all the research data and even the civil information from the Gxy Empire were extremely valuable.

    Research data? thought Feng Luo as something suddenly urred to him. He remembered that his mission was to acquire a specific document.

    ¡°Miss Lin. Can you do me a favor?¡± asked Feng Luo immediately.

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± said Lin as she turned to Feng Luo. ¡°Could you please check for me the storage location of the ingredients of the FX-9 Nano solution and the manufacturing documents of the SH-3 biochip?¡±

    ¡°FX-9, SH-3...¡± said Lin. ¡°Those are third generation biochips. What do you need those for?¡±

    Feng Luo was a little panicked when Lin took a nce at him and asked this question. At the same time, the rest of the yers were curious about Feng Luo¡¯s purpose. They had actually heard of the biochips. Although they had no idea what a third generation biochip was, they clearly knew that it was nothing simple, judging by the name.

    After seeing Lin¡¯s expression, he recalled that she was a Chip Master in her real-life upation. With her experience and knowledge, she would probably know the two things Feng Luo was looking for.

    ¡°Previously, I obtained a broken biochip,¡± said Feng Luo, deciding to speak honestly. ¡°A chip professional told me that the only way to get it back in working order is to acquire these two items.¡±

    ¡°FX-9, SH-3...¡± Lin considered for a moment, then revealed, ¡°Well, sadly, one of my missions here is to obtain these two items, too. Therefore...¡±

    Badoom!

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart dropped. He never would have expected such coincidence to happen. Two missions ovepped with each other?

    It was possible for such issues to happen in War because all these material-hunting missions were repeatable. Therefore, two missions could share the same objective. In such a condition, it would not be like other games, whereby after the first yer took the item, and then it would duplicate and reappear, waiting for the next yer to redeem it.

    In fact, in this game, objective-based items were only avable on a firste-first-serve basis. The yer who came in second would have to wait for the mission to refresh. Only then could they acquire the item.

    Feng Luo was extremely disappointed with the ovepping mission this time. It would have been eptable if such a situation happened some other time but definitely not at this critical moment.

    ¡°Would you like to consider stealing the items?¡±

    Feng Luo might have looked calm on the outside, but deep in his mind, he was calcting the possibility of the n.

    Red Queen, ck Panther, Neutron Star, and White Crescent... It would be exceedingly difficult to take the mission items from them...

    ¡°However...¡± Lin suddenly continued. ¡°If you promise to be my experimental subject, then I¡¯ll pass these two items to you. After all, they are not my main purpose here.¡±

    Lin told Feng Luo with a sense of excitement while staring into his eyes.

    ¡°Experimental subject....¡±

    Feng Luo considered, but, at the same time, he was thinking quickly, trying to decide whether this would be the subsequent mission or the previous one.

    Lin decided to directly exin her main purpose upon observing Feng Luo¡¯s hesitation. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m only interested in the mutated evolving virus in you. You have to know that the evolving virus is anything but simple. Although the syringe I¡¯ve made is believed to be effective, I have never experimented on a living human being before. Therefore, the syringe might yield a special effect upon going through fusion with your mutated evolving virus, or there might also yield a negative effect that I am unaware of...¡±

    Triggered Mission: Lin¡¯s interest (2). ept Lin¡¯s request and provide assistance to her research on herplete ¡°W¡± series evolving virus. Mission reward: Unknown.

    The system prompt reminded Feng Luo that he had sessfully triggered the subsequent mission.

    ¡°All right!¡±

    Feng Luo epted the mission. Most yers would definitely ept these continuous hidden missions because the rewards were likely to be significant. In addition, in order to repair his biochip, he had to ept the mission.

    ¡°All right then!¡± Lin said and nodded with satisfaction. ¡°I will send you a copy of the manufacturing document of the SH-3 biochip afterpleting the copy process.¡±

    ******

    Sessfully obtained the manufacturing documents of SH-3 biochip. ¡°Master Rnd¡¯s Request¡± degree ofpletion (1/2)!

    Two minutester after Feng Luo received the documents Lin transferred to him from the terminal, the system prompt showed that the mission was halfwaypleted.

    ¡°What? Something¡¯s wrong!¡± Big Pineapple suddenly shouted while looking at the edge of the screen. ¡°What happened?¡±

    All of them looked up to the screen and realized that it was a picture of one of the security cameras located outside the base. In the real-time security camera image, there were approximately 100 armed yers crossing over the grasnd. They were approaching the base.

    ¡°Darn! It¡¯s them!¡± Aike was shocked at the sight of two scientific researcher NPCs who were under the protection by the group of yers.

    ¡°Are they the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?¡± Feng Luo asked curiously, studying the yers.

    ¡°Feng! You know these people?¡± asked the Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Well, some of them.¡±

    Among the yers, Feng Luo saw Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, the gray-armored Warrior, the Scout, and a female Doctor yer with an innocent look.

    ¡°They are one of the forces form the Silvermoon City,¡± he exined. ¡°If we were to take into ount the yers in the sub-group, they¡¯re made up of tens of thousands of yers. Therefore, their powers are extremelypetitive.¡±

    ¡°What are they doing here? Is it for the mission?¡± said zed Ice in confused.

    Aike nodded. ¡°All right. We both share the same purpose, which is to obtain the solution for the evolving virus and the research documents!¡±

    These words implied that the two NPCs were protected by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    ¡°We have to take the items first before they do and immediately leave this ce!¡± said Lin, her expression changing slightly. ¡°I¡¯ll activate the base¡¯s entire defense system and let the mechanical guards stop them.¡±

    She touched the top of the screen a few times with her finger. The screen showed that a Level-45 Mecha Octopus, a Level-44 Mecha Mantis, and a Level-43 Mecha Electric Snake were heading quickly toward the location of the yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Feng Luo and others immediately left the observation room and rushed toward the previously locked destination: Area 13, the undergroundb.

    Before leaving, Feng Luo took a final look at the big screen. He realized that the umbre-shaped image on the box carried by the two scientific researchers in white robes was familiar to him. However, he couldn¡¯t seem to recall where he had seen it before.

    The secretb was 30 meters below the ground. Fortunately, Lin had obtained the authority to enter, which saved them a lot of time while essing theb. Theb was empty, as expected. However, there were 10 Level-45 Mecha Octopuses guarding a frozen, specially made container in an isted area nearby. One of them was a Level-55 Elite-rank Mecha Octopus.

    Obtaining the stock solution of the virus, gathering the documents, and more... These processes consumed almost seven minutes.

    ¡°Take it!¡± Lin said.

    She kept her promise, handing the FX-9 nano solution ingredient in a transparent tube container over to Feng Luo.

    Sessfully obtained FX-9 nano solution ingredient. ¡°Master Rnd¡¯s Request¡± degree ofpletion (2/2)!

    Feng Luo felt a lot better after putting the ingredient into his backpack. This mission ingredient would not explode upon the death of the yer, which proved he had sessfullypleted the pet biochip mission. All he had to do was to submit the mission items.

    ¡°Faster, everyone!¡± said Red Queen. It was the first time she had disyed any impatience in hurrying the team.

    The noise-canceling system in the underground secret room was good, but the yers could still hear the firefight, an explosion, and some other noisesing from the above.

    The evacuate progress went smoothly. Since Lin had obtained top-level security ess, she could easily open up those sealed doors and defensive facilities. She could even observe the progress of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, which allowed the team to avoiding in contact with them through her ck-framed technological sses, which were connected to her mastermind. However, their smooth sailing came to an abrupt end upon exiting the main base.

    A Scout yer and a Light Armor Warrior yer who were setting an ambush at the grasnd outside the base shouted at them as they saw Feng Luo and othersing out from the main base. They were both holding their weapons.

    ¡°Who are you guys?¡± they demanded.

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had arranged a few yers to do the patrol around the military base and to sound the rm. They had their guard up, which had made it difficult for Feng Luo and the others to avoid them.

    However, although they could not avoiding in contact with them, it wasn¡¯t a big deal.

    ¡°Get rid of them!¡± Red Queen said in a cold tone as she continuously moved forward.

    Boom!

    ?2977

    ck Panther ced a shot into the Scout¡¯s chest. With the advantage of his equipment and level, it took only one single shot for his HP to reach the final bar. A single frozen arrow shot by zed Ice was enough to finish off and easily killed this Level-44 Elite-ranked Scout yer.

    Ka!

    At the same time, Neutron Star had activated his ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± as he leaped towards the Light Armor Warrior while shing his two alloy longswords in his face.

    ¡°Block!¡±

    The light-armor warrior was clearly experienced, as he immediately used the Block skill to shrug off the majority of the damage from the hit. However, he still faced Neutron Star¡¯s continuously high-damage strikes. He moved with great agility to dodge his skills, but the Light Armor Warrior did not even have the chance to fight back.

    Although he was at Level 45, with equipment that was above average, the huge disparity in strength meant that it took less than 10 seconds for Neutron Star to finished him off.

    However, their presence had been detected by the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group; over the party channel, the party members would receive death notices if any party members died within a specific range. Moreover, the others could even see the HP status of all the party members within close range.

    ¡°Leave now!¡±

    Feng Luo and others immediately retreated and charged in the direction of the ship.

    Less than two minutes after they left, a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group formed by 20 yers arrived at the location where two of their members had been killed.

    The leader, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, scanned the battle trails on the ground with a gloomy face and said coldly, ¡°Go after them!¡±

    With advanced scouting skills, the Scout yer could track the heat signatures left by the footsteps within a certain period of time. Therefore, it wouldn¡¯t be too hard to find Feng Luo and the rest.

    Furthermore, as they were surrounded by wet, muddy grasnds, they could easily track the direction the group was headed at a nce, even without any detection apparatus.

 Chapter 79 - The Mutated Leech

    <h4>Chapter 79: The Mutated Leech</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    An insane pursuit was in progress within the wet, muddy rainforest. It had been over six minutes since the pursuit had begun between the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and Feng Luo¡¯s team, and the distance between both teams had been shortened to less than 100 meters.

    The main reason for the slowdown was because the two NPCsckedbat capabilities. Therefore, they couldn¡¯t manage to break away from the pursuing troops behind them. Fortunately, they had chosen to retreat the same way they¡¯d entered, which meant they didn¡¯t have to expend more energy to clear the path. Moreover, D-rank smoke bombs self-made by Feng Luo had assisted the entire team during their retreat. He dropped one every time they reached specific intervals.

    The dense smoke generated by his smoke bombs blocked the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s way and even managed to dy their pursuit due to the possibility of an ambush waiting for them behind the smoke. They were considering making a detour across the area affected by the smoke bombs, but then they would have to clear their path all over again, which could cost them as much time as waiting for the smoke to clear.

    Although there were only 20 in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, in terms of overall strength, Feng Luo¡¯s team had better odds of winning a fight. The problem was that it would take time to get rid of the pursuing troops. If they were to start a fight near the military base, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would be able to call in backup in the blink of an eye if anything happened. Therefore, Feng Luo and his team had decided to flee from the beginning, without any thought given to starting a fight. Instead, they were trying to draw the enemies away from the base.

    ns, however, were always subject to change.

    Suddenly, two of the scouting NPC sailors detected something with their recon meter at the same time.

    ¡°There are massive signs of biological activities 20 meters away!¡± said one of the two NPCs.

    Yes, two. Only two NPC sailors remained. One was the NPC who had been left to guard the base entrance. Upon detecting the arrival of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, he had immediatelymunicated with Red Queen through hismunicator (NPCs were equipped withmunicators tomunicate with yers via a specific channel). However, due to the signal interference inside the base, he had failed to make contact. But this NPC was clever. He had chosen to head over to the wall that connected to the rainforest and had rejoined the team when he saw Feng Luo and the teaming out.

    A monster?

    After receiving the message from the two NPC sailors, everyone stopped walking. In War, the sensor that was known as the ¡°recon meter¡± functioned differently when it was used on yers as opposed to monsters. Normally, within a specific area, the recon meter could discover any monster as long as it did not have specific hidden abilities. In addition, if they could scan the monster directly, they could obtain the monster¡¯s information.

    However, while using the meter against yers and humanoid NPCs, the effective reconnaissance range would be much smaller. Moreover, it could only detect signs of life¡ªnot theplete set of information.

    Plus, Scout yers not only had reconnaissance abilities but also anti-reconnaissance abilities. The disruptive function of a recon meter could greatly affect the Detection function of an enemy¡¯s recon meter within a certain range. This was the reason most of the squads in War had a Scout with them. Of course, such disruptive functions did not guarantee a 100 percent sess rate, but they definitely affected the reconnaissance abilities of both sides, which could define a victory.

    The level of a Scout¡¯s reconnaissance ability would be affected by two factors: the level of the recon meter and the mastery level of the Scout¡¯s reconnaissance skills. Among the factors, the quality of the recon meter was key. Compared to the Detection skill needed to trigger its effect, the recon meter was still a better option for maintaining reconnaissance in the long term. Therefore, the price of a good recon meter could be even more expensive than an energy converter (magic staff) used by a Maniptor.

    The recon meters owned by two the NPCs were average. However, the target they had detected was not a yer. Instead, it was a group of monsters gathering and radiating strong signs of life.

    ording to the information shown in the recon meters, there were over 100 monsters converging in the area in front of them. Most of them were only a foot tall¡ªnot very big. However, a few were over a meter in length. They looked like snakes, but their bodies were much wider. Furthermore, they did not move toward Feng Luo and his team, implying that their sense of awareness was weak.

    ¡°That location is where we ughtered the Anaconda!¡±

    With his professionally trained memory power, ck Panther could recall anything that had happened in a specific area by observing his surroundings.

    ¡°Detour!¡± Red Queen said, making up her mind after hesitating for only a second.

    Given the circumstances, they did not have time to mess around with monsters.

    Although it was a detour, they could not afford to stray far. The team started to clear a path about 10 meters away from the monsters.

    As they took the detour, Feng Luo dropped a smoke bomb at their location to confuse the enemies as to their true path if they caught up to them. And just in case something unexpected happened, Feng Luo activated his ¡°Quick Sneak¡± skill. He carefully stepped forward while pushing back the broad leaves of the nts that blocked his view of the monsters that had converged on their path.

    What he eventually saw made him shiver.

    The over-10-meter-long Mutated Anaconda they had killed before had turned into a shriveled snake¡¯s body that had lost all its blood. The entire body, as well as the ground where the blood had touched, was jam-packed with squirming mollusk-like creatures. Blood-sucking leeches!

    This type of pest was normally seen in the rainforest. However, it was terrifying in this setting. Usually, a leech was the size of a finger. These, however, after sucking in the blood from the Anaconda¡¯s corpse, had grown to incredible sizes. By Feng Luo¡¯s observation, the smallest was over a foot long, while thergest there was over a meter long. Over 100 leeches were densely crowded together, entwining each other.

    On the body of the meter-long leech, there were a series of brown patterns simr to those on the Anaconda. And as it opened its round mouth, there was a blue, forked tongue exposed between hundreds of sharp teeth.

    Feng Luo wisely stepped back and walked away. He then immediately caught up with his team, who had already changed the path.

    ¡°Feng! What¡¯s the situation?¡± Big Pineapple had been curious therefore and could not help but to ask Feng Luo about it as they hurried along.

    Feng Luo shook his head. ¡°You¡¯re better off not knowing. You guys don¡¯t want to see it. It is disgusting.¡±

    ¡°Pfft! I bet I¡¯ve seen worse!¡± said Big Pineapple with disapproval. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t feel nauseated!¡±

    However, his expression soon changed. The newly cleared path was not far from the original path, and it turned out that the vegetation in a specific area was low. Therefore, the team could see the state of the Anaconda¡¯s corpse through a gap between the trees.

    ¡°Ugh!¡±

    A few of the yers gasped cold air. Although it was only a game, the sight still made them feel nauseated and shocked. Even Big Pineapple got goosebumps all over his body, although he did not say anything.

    Lin¡¯s expression, however, did not change. She lifted her ck-framed sses and came to a scientific conclusion.

    ¡°Viral infection!¡± she said. ¡°Those leeches are infected with the mutated evolving virus inside the Anaconda¡¯s body. By absorbing its genes, the leeches have acquired some of the Anaconda¡¯s attributes.¡±

    ¡°But that¡¯s too fast!¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I thought it took six hours for a virus toplete the infection.¡±

    Feng Luo remembered thest time he had been infected by the evolving virus. The system prompt had told him that it would take six hours for it toplete the infection. After seeing that the leeches had acquired some of the features of the Anaconda, he sincerely prayed and hoped that the syringe Lin had injected him with would be effective¡ªand that the system would not trick him.

    ¡°This is a different species,¡± said Lin. ¡°The leech is one of the lower forms of life and wholly depends on sucking blood to stay alive. Their cells can easily fuse with the evolving virus after sucking in such massive amounts of blood from the Anaconda.¡±

    Lin was still very calm. She even clicked the button on her sses to snap a picture of the scene before their eyes.

    ¡°Let¡¯s leave. These leeches are too disgusting!¡± said White Crescent.

    Her face was as pale as a paper. Feng Luo believed that if she were witnessing such a sight in real life, she would have already vomited. In fact, zed Ice, who had trypophobia, covered her mouth and turned away when she saw the situation. She did not dare to continue watching. Even Red Queen¡ªwho was always cold and detached and managed not to show a reaction on her face at first¡ªtwitched at the corners of her mouth. Therefore, as soon as White Crescent finished speaking, everyone decided to continue moving. After all, there was still a group of pursuing troops behind them.

    ¡°Wait!¡± Feng Luo said, suddenlying up with an idea. ¡°Perhaps we can utilize the conditions of this ce to fight back!¡±

 Chapter 80 - Start of the Counter

    <h4>Chapter 80: Start of the Counter</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Counter!¡± Red Queen stopped in her tracks.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, counter! The current distance is far enough. It¡¯s not easy for the people from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group to support them. Moreover, it¡¯s impossible for us to bring them all the way to the beach because if they discover the location of our ship, they might chase us from the sea.¡±

    ¡°They have a lot of people, so it¡¯s certain that they have a fast,rge ship,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°There¡¯s a possibility for us to get caught in the middle. By then, we will really have no way to fight back.¡±

    ck Panther, who had been silent all the while, sided with Feng Luo. ¡°That¡¯s right. I agree with his decision.¡±

    ¡°Did it have to be in such a disgusting ce?!¡± White Crescentined with a light cry.

    Red Queen paused for a short while before quickly making a decision. ¡°Follow Mr. Feng¡¯s suggestion!¡±

    The will of the boss is above anything else. No matter how disgusting it was for White Crescent and zed Ice, they could only endure them and prepare for battle.

    ¡°You two. Stay close to the grasshoppers. The moment they get close, use your skills to disrupt them from noticing their distance with the monsters!¡±

    ¡°Mr. Big Pineapple, I¡¯ll have to trouble you to retreat a little and protect Mr. Aike and Ms. Lin. Please do not get close to the battlefield!¡±

    As soon as the decision was made, Red Queen executedmands decisively and quickly, assigning tasks and responsibilities to everyone immediately.

    The two NPC ship crew members naturally listened to the orders of their employer, Red Queen. With their submachine guns and equipment in hand, they ran toward the Mutant Grasshopper¡¯s vicinity with slightly pale faces. Before that, they had already used Detection on the Grasshoppers and obtained more detailed information about the Mutant Grasshoppers.

    Mutant Grasshoppers (Infected by the Evolution Virus). Level (20¨C45, Normal). HP: (2,000¨C12,000). Skills: Shoot, Blood Drain.

    Special Traits: Loves blood. Extremely sensitive to the taste of blood. Especially loves fresh blood.

    ¡°This special trait isn¡¯t bad. There might be a chance to use this!¡± said Feng Luo as he hid behind a short butrge tree with the M110 raised. As for his hands, he had already taken out two cylinder-shaped items from his backpack and put them beneath his feet.

    Not five seconds after they finished setting up their ambush, the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already caught up. As their line of sight was disrupted by the smoke grenade, they could not directly see the odd situation with the Grasshoppers in front of them.

    ¡°F*ck. This sort of tactic again!¡± a Fire Maniptor said, exasperated.

    Every time they encountered a situation like this, they dared not move forward rashly, which was why they kept failing to catch up with their opponents. It was because the first time a smoke grenade was used, the opponentid two Snipers behind the smoke screen, and with just four shots, a Heavy Armor Warrior who entered to scout with his shield raised was killed. After that, as they rushed to form their defense, the Snipers had already escaped. As a result, every time they encountered a blockage from smoke grenades, they did not dare to simply enter.

    It was just as long as they did not have any Water or Wind Maniptors who could use rain or tornadoes to blow away these smokescreens, which resulted in them always having to wait until the smokescreen dissipated before they continued their pursuit each time they were blocked. But the opponent had notid any ambushes at all in thest few smoke grenade blockages.

    ¡°We can¡¯t keep dying it like this,¡± said Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star decisively to the other three Heavy Armor Warriors in the team. He stood in front of the thick smoke screen with his heavy ck armor and a very ck face. ¡°Otherwise, they might actually be able to get to the sea. You three, go ahead and scout. Scouts, cast your Screen skill to prevent them from urately positioning themselves.¡±

    ¡°Roger!¡± the three Heavy Armor Warriors answered in unison.

    All of them took their alloy shields out and raised them in front of their bodies before rushing into the smokescreen. At the same time, the two Scout yers in the team also turned on the ¡°disturb¡± option on their recon meters.

    ¡°Really can¡¯t take it anymore?¡± Feng Luo mumbled to himself. After a dozen or so seconds, he saw three vague ck shadows appear within the smokescreen.

    The recon meter could disrupt scouting skills, but it could not disrupt the judgment of the eye.

    Feng Luo held the M110 with one hand while extending the other to grab one of the cylinder-shaped items beneath his feet, biting off the safety pin before throwing it.

    Pow!

    The smoke grenadended between the Grasshopper group and the three Heavy Armor Warriors. It rolled on the floor as smoke quickly exited from the small canister, making the gradually thinning smokescreen even thicker, blocking the sight of the three Heavy Armor Warriors and preventing them from seeing the Grasshopper group.

    Although he had initiated the attack previously, Feng Luo did not get a red name because of that. The people from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group did not manage to learn his ID from the system notifications, so all the while, they did not know that Feng Luo was the one who had thrown the smoke grenades.

    The reason a situation like this urred was due to the fact that the Gray Waters belonged to a ¡°Chaotic Region,¡± and yers were allowed to PK freely over there.

    War did not strictly prohibit PK. In fact, the only ces where PK was truly not allowed in the game was only, apart from the Town of Exiles, inside big cities. ces like these were called ¡°Lawful Regions¡± by the yers since these ces strictly prohibited the usage of weapons inbat. Anyone found to have broken thew would be brutally killed by the Federal Guards or the automatic defense systems. Moreover, after being resurrected, the offender would be caught and thrown in prison.

    Apart from Lawful Regions, the game also had two other kinds of maps: the ¡°Orderly Regions¡± and ¡°Chaotic Regions.¡± The Orderly Regions were ces around cities or regions strictly controlled by the Federation. Both were under the jurisdiction of Federal Laws. However, since there were no agents enforcing thew, intentionally killing someone would only result in a red name and an increase in PK value, with the red-name yers having the option to head to the Town of Exiles to clear their red names.

    As for the Chaotic Regions, these were ces outside the jurisdiction of the Federation. Federal Law would bepletely ineffective in such ces. For example, in the Gray Waters, killing someone was not illegal. yers could PK all they wanted without having to worry about the problem of red names. To put it simply, these were equivalent to safe zones, wild maps, and PK maps in normal games.

    The three Heavy Armor Warriors still had no clue what was going on. They were still scouting ahead in the smoke-covered region without knowing that they were gradually moving closer to the territory of the Mutant Grasshoppers!

    ¡°Yi!¡± a Heavy Armor Warrior cried out, feeling weird all of a sudden.

    What¡¯s this soft thing that I just stepped on?

    However, he did not think too much about it since soft mud was everywhere in a tropical jungle. Thebat boots he wore had long since been covered in mud, so his perception was no longer very sensitive. After that, he raised his shield and continued scouting the path. In the end, before walking another half-meter, he was tripped by something and fell forward with his shield.

    ¡°Ah!¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior eximed in surprise.

    In a rush, his natural survival instinct made him loosen his grip on the heavy alloy shield. Instead, he chose to protect himself from the fall by putting his arms against the ground to prevent his nose and face from hitting the ground.

    After that, when both his hands touched the ¡°ground,¡± he felt that he had touched the thing he had just stepped on. It was wet, slippery, and a little bit sticky.

    ¡°What is this?¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior was shocked.

    His eyes bulged as he looked at the thing on the ground. Although the smoke was very thick, the visual acuity of game characters was actually a lot better than in the real world. Moreover, it was very close, so he managed to see it clearly. The thing under his palms was a green and somewhat brownish-red, disgusting thing that looked like a giant grasshopper.

    And at that moment, the grasshopper had its head raised. It extended its blue forked tongue to lick his face. After that, it opened its round mouth that was about half the size of the man¡¯s head, filled with saw-like teeth, before sucking at his face.

    ¡°Ahhh! Help!¡±

    A panicked call for help came from within the smoke field inside the tropical forest.

 Chapter 81 - Yet Another Deflowering

    <h4>Chapter 81: Yet Another Deflowering</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Ah...!¡±

    Upon hearing the panicked and fearful crying from within the smoky region, the expressions on the faces of the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group changed. They had no idea what had happened.

    ¡°Hao Zi, Hao Zi... Damn it! Themunicator is jammed!¡± a Light Armor Warrior hastily shouted into themunicator but found out that he could not even contact the people inside. He immediately turned around and asked Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, ¡°Captain Ruinous Star, what should we do?¡±

    This question put Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star in a tight spot. At that moment, this veteran character of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had a downcast expression, as he did not know what to do.

    The main reason was the scream from the warrior. It was far too wretched and panicked. It was as if he had encountered an extremely frightening thing. And in the party channel, they could also see the HP of the three Heavy Armor Warriors dropping. The HP of the Warrior who had screamed had already dropped to less than one-third of its original.

    ¡°Captain. There are monsters. Hao Zi fell inside the monster horde... Damn it, these damn monsters. Weird!¡± It was a good thing that a Heavy Armor Warrior inside the smoke field directly shouted to them and told them the reason.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior was not positioned too far forward, so he only had one Grasshopper that was about two feet long, sucking on his leg that was not covered by the armor. It also shocked him a lot. It was not only because the Mutant Grasshoppers looked disgusting, but also because their attacks were extremely odd and ignored defense, reducing HP ording to a certain ratio.

    It was a good thing he reacted quickly and immediately swung his leg forcefully, sending the huge Grasshopper that had not yet fixed itself firmly on his leg flying away. However, what he did not know was that this Grasshopper behaved as if it did not want to surrender the food that was already in front of it. After it fell onto the ground with a leap, its soft and wet bodynded once again on his shield inside the smoke, and it slowly snuck toward his brain.

    ¡°Hurry up and retreat!¡± Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star shouted with a dark face.

    ¡°But... Hao Zi!¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior was a bit hesitant.

    ¡°Forget him!¡±

    Indeed, they could not bother with the Heavy Armor Warrior in the Grasshopper horde since more than a dozenrge Mutant Grasshoppers were attached to his body, face, and head. Under the skill of Blood Drain¡ªwhich ignored defense and decreased HP based on a certain percentage¡ªwithin ten seconds, his HP had already been depleted, and he turned into white light. One could only hope that this yer remembered that this was only a game and wouldn¡¯t have any post-traumatic stress because of this.

    ¡°Yes!¡± Seeing that hisrade had already died, the Heavy Armor Warrior immediately replied with a yes!

    Bang!

    An armor-piercing bullet flew less than five centimeters away from and past his body as if his position was determined by his voice.

    ¡°Sniper!¡±

    The unique sound of sniper rifles allowed this yer with decent PK experience to immediately notice what was going on. He straightened his alloys shield in front of him.

    Pow!

    The next bullet came immediately after, as expected. However, they were inside a thick smoke, after all, so the opponent clearly could not aim urately, so the next shot was directly blocked by the shield.

    But why does the noise of the bullet hitting the shield sound a little weird?

    Following his doubts, blood apanied by a foul smell sshed onto his shield and body. It was actually the Mutant Grasshopper that was on his shield; it was hit by the bullet, and its body exploded like a balloon, spurting out a huge amount of liquid.

    ¡°F*ck! Unlucky!¡±

    After he reacted and realized what was going on, the Heavy Armor Warrior felt disgusted, but he did not dare to stop moving. Instead, he immediately lifted the shield and continued retreating. But what he did not know was that after that Mutant Grasshopper was hit by Feng Luo¡¯s bullet and exploded, all of the other Mutant Grasshoppers¡¯ bodies trembled slightly. They turned their heads to look toward him as if they had smelled something unique.

    After that, most of the Grasshoppers¡¯ bodies contracted. Then they sprang toward the Heavy Armor Warrior as their bodies straightened again. Their speed was much faster than before when they had been slowly crawling.

    ******

    Feng Luo felt a bit of regret because he could not see his target after all. Only one of the two shots that he fired, based on estimated position, managed to hit. Moreover, that shot onlynded on a shield.

    He initially wanted to see if he could deal any damage special effects by firing a few shots. If any of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s yers had the ¡°bleeding¡± effect, then one of the attributes of the Mutant Grasshoppers¡ªtheir ¡°bloodthirsty¡± special characteristic, to be exact¡ªwould undoubtedly make them chase after and attack the group of yers. By then, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers would certainly fall into chaos.

    However, it was extremely difficult for a yer¡¯s attack against another yer to create a damage special effect unless the skill or the attack itself had a unique effect. Otherwise, normal shots would not be able to inflict a bleeding effect. However, what Feng Luo did not know was that his idea had already been realized due to other reasons.

    Although the two shots did not cause the Heavy Armor Warrior to bleed, the Mutant Grasshopper¡¯s blood was sttered on his body and shield, and the Grasshopper horde in front of them had already smelled it and was flying toward the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group like a swarm of flies.

    ¡°Are you two okay?!¡± Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star raised his shield and stood in front of his girlfriend, who was a Doctor, Lonely Qing Wu, and another Doctor. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two battered Heavy Armor Warriors rushing out of the smoke.

    The three Heavy Armor Warriors who had gone scouting had encountered an ambush, which made his heart sink. The decision to rashly scout ahead had been made by him, and for something like this to have happened, he would have to take some responsibility.

    If this had happened before, it would have been fine. However, right now, he was a little worried since his position within Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was no longer as safe as it had once been.

    Although he was a veteran who had followed Roaring Dragon Invincible since the beginning, as the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group expanded, more and more capable new members joined, and many of the veterans in the group were being forced to give up their positions to these new members. He was already considered one of the few veterans left, but his position was coveted by many new members.

    In addition, he had made mistakes thest few times he¡¯d led groups outside, which had caused his prestige within the group to drop to a dangerously low level. If another big problem were to ur this time, it was certain that his rivals would seize this opportunity.

    Good thing only one died! Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star thought.

    However, just as Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star celebrated in his mind, his expression changed drastically. Because a momentter, everyone saw a huge horde of giant grasshoppers behind the two Heavy Armor Warriors. They were leaping toward them.

    They had brownish-red slimy bodies with blue-colored, snake-like forked tongues, and the most disgusting round mouths filled with sharp teeth. There was nothing about these monsters that would indicate that they were pushovers.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°Hurry, help me!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! These monsters!¡±

    ******

    Upon hearing the panicked shouts and screams from the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, although Red Queen was not sure how it happened, she still guessed that they were being attacked by the Grasshoppers. So she immediately made a decision, which was for everyone to attack.

    ¡°Arctic Rain!¡±

    zed Ice waved her staff and cast the Level-25 Water Maniptor skill, Arctic Rain. Cold rain fell in a wide range and blew away the smokescreen in front that was already starting to dissipate, making it so that everyone¡¯s line of sight was no longer blocked. A short momentter, she used the rainwater that had juste down to create a half-transparent wall of water that could decrease the damage effects of long-range attacks: the Level-30 water skill Water Curtain.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo aimed through the sniping scope, and after he pressed the trigger, a double armor-piercing round flew a little more than 30 meters before urately hitting between Lonely Qing Wu¡¯s two eyebrows. A ssh of blood burst into the air and dyed her white doctor¡¯s gown red.

    Coincidentally, her pose and confused expression when she fell to the ground were exactly the same as thest time she had been killed by Feng Luo.

    Tsk, tsk! Feng Luo himself could not help butment in his mind, feeling that he was getting more and more cold-hearted.

    However, the M110 in his hand never stopped working. Bullet after bullet flew at the scouts of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group who were trying to evade therge grasshoppers in the midst of the chaos.

 Chapter 82 - Annihilation

    <h4>Chapter 82: Annihtion</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Qing Wu!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star just raised his alloy shield and used Shield Bash on a one-meter Grasshopper, pushing it into a tree and turning it into bloody mush. He did not expect that when he turned around to look at his girlfriend, he would see her once again being sniped.

    ¡°Sniper, I¡¯ll f*ck you up!¡± Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star could not contain his hot-headedness and cursed. After that, he shouted at the top of his lungs, ¡°Everyone, attack! They don¡¯t have many people. They are definitely weaker than us!¡±

    However, not many people responded to his words. For one, most yers were busy with the oing Grasshopper horde. Secondly, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star did not have absolute authority in this party because this party did not belong to him.

    ¡°Captain Ruinous Star, we have to retreat...¡± The Light Armor Warrior who had spoken before shouted at him.

    In the sky above them, a reddish-ck cloud that looked like it was burning was forming, which was a sign of energy condensation caused by the ultimate skill of Fire Maniptors: Meteor Rain.

    Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star turned around and shouted at the Light Armor Warrior, ¡°Retreat, my ass! We have more than 20 people, and we¡¯re going to just tuck our tails behind between our legs and run? If you¡¯re scared, get out of here yourself!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior could not abide being scolded, and he shouted back, ¡°Are you really nning to send us to our deaths? How can we make it through that horde of grasshoppers!?¡±

    He had never been part of Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡¯s party, and he was the subordinate of another newer member who had apetitive rtionship with Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star. He had only been called up in the base and was assigned to follow Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, so he dared to argue with him.

    ¡°You...¡± Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star restrained himself from shouting the profanities that he wanted to say. He was not stupid. He had just lost his cool for a while due to the scene with Lonely Qing Wu. After taking a deep breath, and with some difficulty, he finally shouted the word, ¡°Retreat!¡±

    But they could not retreat because the Meteor Rain in the sky had already beenpleted. More than 10 fiery fireballs emitting ck smoke came falling from the sky. Before they even hit the ground, the air had already begun burning, and it became so hot that it was hard to breathe. However, the good thing was that although Meteor Rain dealt area-of-effect damage, apart from being hit directly by the fireballs, the other damage wasn¡¯t that high.

    This group of yers were the elites of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Their levels and equipment were good, so it was impossible for this area-of-effect skill to destroy them in one go. There was still time to retreat if they were to do it then. Including the two Doctors and two Heavy Armor Warriors, they had already lost a total of seven people due to the grasshopper horde and the urate sniping of the enemy sniper. However, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡¯s thoughts showed his overconfidence.

    The Meteor Rain being cast in the sky was not cast by just any average yer. The caster was a person called ¡°Red Queen.¡±

    This name that was certain to ring loudlyter in War had finally exposed her conquering, queen-like area-of-effect damage in this battle. An entire set of Rare equipment. Expert Level skills. Added to that was all the positive effect buffs received from White Crescent, paired with her talent bonus, which added 100 percent burning damage. The stacking damage could not be calcted using normal logic!

    Boom!

    The first fireballnded on the ground and hit the ground in front of a Level-45 Scout. The Scout failed to avoid it and was burned by the trailing mes that spread after the fireball hit the ground. Immediately after, a high damage value of around 1,400 appeared overtop of his head. Following that, continuous burning damage of ?140 kept appearing.

    The Scout¡¯s HP had already dropped to a dangerous level after getting hit by the Grasshopper horde. After getting swept up by the me, it only took two seconds before he knelt on the ground with a heavy injury. After another two seconds passed, he turned into white light.

    In this sort of situation, the results were not limited to the yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. After the fireballs reached the ground, the area became a sea of damage values.

    Your teammate killed Mutant Grasshopper (Level 20, Normal), obtained nine party experience.

    Your teammate killed Mutant Grasshopper (Level 30, Normal), obtained 15 party experience.

    Your teammate killed Mutant Grasshopper (Level 42, Normal), obtained 26 party experience.

    Feng Luo saw the experience notifications that kept appearing in the corner of his eyes, he could not help butment that in terms of leveling, no other profession couldpare to Fire Maniptors. With just one skill, their experience filled up quickly.

    As Red Queen cast her skill, she not only killed the yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group; she also killed arge number of Mutant Grasshoppers at the same time. It was clear that although the attacks of these Grasshoppers were odd and they looked disgusting, their defense and HP were not really that high. Plus, they had also received attacks from people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, so many of them were also in a low-HP status.

    As a result, Red Queen¡¯s Meteor Rain killed arge number of Mutant Grasshoppers and yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group within the skill¡¯s range. Complementing that with Feng Luo and ck Panther¡¯s continuous sniping, after half a minute, among the over 20 people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group initially giving chase, only five yers¡ªincluding Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡ªwere left to run away flustered and with dangerously low HP.

    Feng Luo and his group, on the other hand, wanted to utilize the range of the sniper rifles to get rid of two more people from behind. However, among the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group members left alive, there was an Earth Maniptor. After casting the skill Earth Wall, a wall of earth around two meters tall and five meters wide appeared from the ground and blocked the line of sight of both Feng Luo and ck Panther.

    As such, in the end, the five of them did not die there.

    ******

    What Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star did not expect was that before they had even run 100 meters, they would be attacked again.

    ¡°Chain Fireball!¡± rang out a murderous voice through the air.

    Five head-sized fireballs appeared from a bush at the side and flew at the Earth Maniptor.

    The Earth Maniptor¡¯s shield had already been destroyed in the previous battle, and the skill was currently on cooldown. As such, he was caught off guard and was hit directly by the five fireballs. A total of over 1,800 damage depleted all his remaining HP.

    ¡°Thunder Leap sh!¡±

    At almost the same time, the shadow of a Light Armor Warrior leaped into the air, and when itnded, it cast a Level-35 Devastating sh and a Level-40 Hurricane sh¡ªtwo high-damage skills that could easily take out a Light Armor Warrior¡ªconsecutively.

    Bang!

    ?2460

    However, before he killed the enemy, an armor-piercing bullet had alreadye from a tree on the side and prated the throat of the low-HP Light Armor Warrior.

    Ta, ta, ta!

    There was also the sound of submachine gunfire increasingly closing in. Only half of the 30-bullet magazine hit, but it was enough to turn the Fire Maniptor and the shield that had just been put up into white light.

    In the blink of an eye, of the five Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group survivors with low-HP who had gotten away, only Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star was left, standing alone in ce.

    A tall and thin figure walked out from the bushes on the side. ¡°Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star. You sure look wretched!¡±

    Looking at Dan Hen, who held the silver-colored Death Messenger submachine gun in his hand while looking at him with a smile, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star gritted his teeth. ¡°It¡¯s you!¡±

    There was nothing more painful or annoying than to let your oldest rival see you in your most wretched and pathetic state! Moreover, at that time, hismunicator suddenly rang. After that, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star nced at the message he received, and his expression became even worse.

    ¡°All right... All right...¡± he said. ¡°Your Veterans Tribe sure is conniving. You¡¯ve actually sent someone to destroy our mission. Wait till we return. It will be time for the war between us to really start!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star clearly misunderstood and thought that Red Queen and Dan Hen were in cahoots, so his tone turned hysterical as he spoke to Dan Hen.

    ¡°Destroy your mission?¡± Dan Hen was a little stunned, but he maintained the expression on his face as he spoke calmly. ¡°Eh, I¡¯m truly sorry. It¡¯s just that I¡¯m not sure, my brother, why you guys are so weak. Initially, we were supposed to outnk you, who knew...?¡±

    ¡°You...¡± Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡¯s face turned dark, and suddenly, his body lunged forward as he extended his arms to try and take hold of Dan Hen.

    He had already put away his shield in his backpack running away and was empty-handed right now, so he was not slow.

    However, Dan Hen only sighed.

    ¡°Why?¡±

    With a side step to the right, he evaded Roaring Dragon Invincible¡¯s tackle, and at the same time, he pulled out his military stiletto with his right hand and skillfully twirled it past his throat.

    ?1340

    The Bloodtooth Knife itself had a rare damage attribute. Paired with the melee bonus of the Scout profession, this sh to the throat instantly removed half of Roaring Dragon Invincible¡¯s HP, which had only recovered to one-fourth of its original.

    Bang!

    ?1288

    After that, Sk fired another shot and depleted Roaring Dragon Invincible¡¯s remaining over 1,000 HP.

    ¡°He was seeking death intentionally!¡± said Ion me calmly as he looked at Roaring Dragon Invincible¡¯s corpse, which had dropped two crystals on the ground.

    ¡°He knew that we would never let him go, so he wanted a more respectable death,¡± said Dan Hen with augh. ¡°The only thing is that by the time he returns this time, his position in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group ought to be pretty shaky.¡±

    ¡°F*ck. I thought he still had the balls to jump right now!¡± Sk walked out from behind the tree with his sniper rifle raised.

    Frozen Red Giant used his head to indicate Feng Luo andpany¡¯s direction with a silver alloy sword that was around half a foot wide in his hand. ¡°Boss Dan Hen, are we going to the center of the ind next? Or...¡±

    ¡°They fought against the people in Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, so they must not be enemies,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°Moreover, from what Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star said, they might have destroyed Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s mission...¡±

    ¡°Then doesn¡¯t this mean that we have nothing left to do?¡± Sk eximed with delight.

    ¡°Not necessarily,¡± said Dan Hen, analyzing the situation. ¡°If such an important mission were destroyed, with these peoplepletely annihted, therge party of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group will definitely make a move. So they ought to be rushing here right now.¡±

    ¡°Then we should leave immediately!¡± Ion me nodded in agreement.

    ¡°Yes. But before we leave, we should at least notify them,¡± said Dan Hen as he looked toward Feng Luo andpany¡¯s direction.

 Chapter 83 - Final Thrill

    <h4>Chapter 83: Final Thrill</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    As the people from Veterans Tribe dealt with the few that got away¡ªRoaring Dragon Ruinous Star andpany¡ªsomething thrilling was happening on Feng Luo¡¯s side.

    After the people from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group ran away, Feng Luo andpany quickly picked up the few pieces of equipment dropped by a few Mutant Grasshoppers and some Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers. After that, just as everyone prepared to continue with their journey, sounds of gunshots suddenly came from the direction where the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had escaped.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Feng Luo and ck Panther subconsciously nced toward the direction of the gunshots.

    Although the dense forest had plenty of trees and vegetation blocking the path, the sound was very clear. It was probably the sound of some type of submachine gun! However, they remembered quite clearly that no one among the five Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group members had the Scout profession.

    And then, at that moment¡ª

    Bang!

    An extremely unexpected gunshot rang through the air. It was the sound of a sniper rifle ringing out. After that, a 7.62mm armor-piercing bullet flew out from the center of dense vegetation beside them and hit Lin¡¯s chest.

    No one would have thought that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would have a Sniper hiding on the side, let alone for the Sniper to have gone undetected by the recon meter. Then, just as everyone¡¯s attention was pulled toward the gunshot, this Sniper who had hidden like a poisonous snake fired a fatal shot on one of the mission NPCs: Lin.

    The situation took everyone by surprise. Not only did Neutron Star, White Crescent, and the others¡¯ expressions change, but Feng Luo was also just as surprised. After all, Lin was connected to his hidden mission.

    Moreover, the integration of the virus and the gene agent inside his body had not yet ended. A problem might arise by the time it ended, and, at the very least, he would have liked to have had an NPC, whose approval he had acquired, to be avable to solve it.

    But now, a single thought shed through Feng Luo¡¯s mind.

    It¡¯s over!

    Although Lin was at Level 45, she was a nonbat profession; none of her equipment gave her additional HP, so the long-awaited and well-nned shot had a 100 percent chance of killing her.

    Both sides failed to gain any advantage after so much trouble. But while everyone else went in the face, Red Queen¡¯s face remained unchanged. Instead, she focused her gaze and turned toward the direction of the Sniper.

    The reason why she was so calm was because...

    Bang!

    The bullet struck the location of Lin¡¯s heart, but just as the bullet reached her body, there was a sh of white light, and then, she was perfectly fine.

    However, Big Pineapple, who was standing beside her, had a super high damage of ?5,600 appeared overtop of his head. He let out a suffocating groan.

    ¡°Motherf*cker!¡± Big Pineapple cursed.

    He immediately raised the backup alloy shield in his hand that he had been wielding since the earlier battles and put it in front of Aike and Lin.

    Bang!

    The Sniper from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group clearly had not expected a situation like this, and his second shot was a little slow. In the end, it was blocked by the shield.

    And he did not have the chance to fire his third shot because Feng Luo and ck Panther, who had recovered from the initial shock, had already quickly locked on to him. Two armor-piercing bullets hit his chest and head consecutively. Before the fireball in Red Queen¡¯s hand could even be unleashed, the Sniper, who almost seeded in his ambush, had turned into white light.

    After killing the Sniper, Feng Luo could not help but think, This person was definitely sly enough. He justcked a bit of luck!

    It was clear that he had gotten closer by relying on the chaos of the battle and then, using the Level 30 Sniper skill Ambush, had avoided being detected by the recon meter. He had then seized the opportunity to initiate his sneak attack.

    His guts and his cunning were strong; the only thing was that he had been one step behind Red Queen.

    Only after scanning the area with ck Panther¡ªboth with rifles raised¡ªdid Feng Luo walk over.

    ¡°Mr. Big Pineapple has a rare skill,¡± exined Red Queen. ¡°After the skill is cast, the fatal damage dealt on the target will be doubled and transferred to him.¡±

    It was then that Feng Luo understood why Red Queen would spend 20,000 credits to hire Big Pineapple. Apart from his amazing defense, this rare skill was probably even more important. He was definitely the best choice in the bodyguard industry.

    And Big Pineapple had been effective this time. Lin was probably more important to Red Queen¡¯s mission than Aike.

    As for Feng Luo, he definitely owed him one.

    ¡°The gunshot just now was a little odd,¡± ck Panther said in a low voice. ¡°There was no Sniper among those who escaped!¡±

    ¡°That means that their backup is here. Why are you still so calm!?¡± eximed Big Pineapple in response. Half his HP had already been replenished by White Crescent.

    ¡°No! If someone hade to support them, the few from before would definitely not have run away so quickly,¡± reasoned ck Panther. ¡°Instead, they would have tried to dy us. Moreover, there was definitely no need for the Sniper to expose himself to try to kill the mission NPC...¡±

    ¡°No matter what, we should leave first!¡± said Red Queen, making a decision after a moment of silence.

    Indeed, no matter what had happened, the best choice was definitely to leave.

    However, at that time, the two NPC ship crew members who had survived suddenly stared at the recon meters in their hands and said, ¡°Someone is closing in from behind. Moreover, they¡¯ve specifically turned on the publicmunication channel. They are currently 40 meters away!¡±

    Recon meters had a unique function. They could directly detect a special frequency band of the public signal and determine the location of the other side through it. As such, yers would use a certain behavior or activate such public signals as an action to signal that they have no ill intentions. However, themunication range of this variety could only work within a 50-meter range.

    ¡°Good day. We are not your enemies,¡± said a deep, hoarse voice from the other side of the public channel. It sounded very familiar to Feng Luo. ¡°We just want to let you know that people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group are probably in pursuit. We advise you to leave as soon as possible.¡±

    ¡°Dan Hen? Older brother?¡± Feng Luo ventured.

    ¡°And you are...?¡± Dan Hen clearly did not recognize Feng Luo¡¯s voice. His tone was a little suspicious.

    ¡°Big bro Feng, is that you?¡± asked another voiceing from the public channel.

    ¡°Sk?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°So it¡¯s younger brother Feng,¡± said Dan Hen. ¡°I never would have thought it was you!¡±

    Dan Hen never would have expected Feng Luo would be one among the group of people who had helped them destroy an important mission of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    ¡°Friend?¡± Red Queen asked softly in the party channel.

    ¡°Yes, friend,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I¡¯ll head over for a bit. You guys can go ahead. I¡¯ll catch up.¡±

    He did not ask Dan Hen and the rest toe over because he was currently employed by Red Queen. Although he trusted Dan Hen and did not believe this group would be detrimental to the mission, he still had to minimize all risks. It was an issue of professionalism.

    However, Red Queen was very magnanimous and said, ¡°No need. Ask them toe over.¡±

    ******

    ¡°Younger brother Feng, I never would have thought that we would actually meet here!¡±

    After half a minute, Dan Hen¡¯s team of six walked over after putting all their weapons in their backpacks. When they saw Feng Luo, all of them had bright smiles on their faces.

    When they found out that Feng Luo had been there previously, their first reaction was shock because all of them knew that Feng Luo was wanted by Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. But this time, the vital mission that the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group spent half a month preparing for had been thwarted by Feng Luo directly. This kept them wondering about what had happened in the meantime, which made them admire Feng Luo and be more curious about him at the same time.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡± Ion me nodded to Feng Luo. His eyes scanned past Red Queen and the others, and when he saw their equipment, his eyes showed that he was quite surprised.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡± Sk, wearing a brownish-green camougebat uniform with his face painted with oil paint, greeted Feng Luo joyously.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡± Grassy, who carried her medical box on her back, called out softly. She was very introverted, and as she saw the faces of so many people, she showed a slight trace of fear on her face.

    This exchange of words concluded with the introduction of some key information.

    ¡°You¡¯ve really helped our guild big time this time,¡± said Dan Hen seriously. ¡°Anyway, we¡¯re extremely grateful. The Veterans Tribe will definitely remember what you did for us today. If you encounter our ship when you¡¯re leaving, you can mention our names!¡±

    Whether or not Red Queen had really helped them or not, to have sent an elite team from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group packing with their tails between their legs¡ªand without losing anyone with just this team of expert yers¡ªwas enough for Dan Hen to express his kind intentions. Everyone knew how to deal with things in a game.

    ¡°Then we¡¯ll thank Mr. Dan Hen!¡± replied Red Queen. ¡°Since everyone¡¯s ship is parked on this side of the ind, why don¡¯t we travel together? If the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group catch up, there will be more insurance with the two teams together.¡±

    ¡°All right!¡± Dan Hen nodded decisively.

    After the two parties teamed up, Grassy suddenly asked Feng Luo, ¡°Brother Feng... Uh, why do you look a little weird?¡±

    ¡°Do I?¡±

    As Feng Luo said this, he suddenly felt dizzy. It was as if the world was spinning and the surrounding trees and nts had lost their colors. He fell backward with his body still straight.

    Thest thing he saw was the people from both sides rushing and running toward him in surprise. After that, the light surrounding everything dimmed, and everything turned dark. And in his system logs, the ¡°Integration¡± time of the Evolution Virus and the gene agent dropped to exactly one hour!

    (P.S. The next chapter should be the most important chapter of the book.)

 Chapter 84 - S-Grade Talent, Evolve!

    <h4>Chapter 84: S-Grade Talent, Evolve!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°God! Look, you guys!¡±

    Egypt.

    Hidden beneath a copsed pyramid, a group of mercenary soldiers stared at the scene in front of them with stunned expressions.

    On top of a staircase-like pentagon-shaped silver tform made by unknown materials withplex patterns sculpted on it, the golden coffin of the pharaoh sat quietly. However, what stunned everyone was the golden staff floating in the air beside the golden coffin.

    On top of the staff was the head of a python, something used to symbolize the guardian of the pharaoh. And on the snake¡¯s head, a green light came from its right eye, which looked like it was made from some type of gem.

    ¡°We¡¯re rich!¡± mumbled a mixed Asian youngster who wore gold spectacles and held an archaeological toolbox in his hands as he looked at the golden snake staff, his eyes lighting up.

    He was not a mercenary; instead, he was the assistant of an archaeologist hired by a Saudi Arabian tycoon specifically for this mission. He held two PhD degrees in Archaeology and Construction obtained from Stanford University in the United States. His mentor was a world-ss authority in archaeology¡ªa professor at Harvard, Oxford, and many other universities, Professor Smith.

    The Saudi tycoon had used two million dors and prestige to lure the professor into agreeing to this mission, and he had also hired a group of mercenaries to explore the unexplored regions in the underground areas of the pyramid.

    ¡°Professor Smith, what are you looking at?¡±

    Feng Luo observed the entire main burial chamber while holding his gun. He confirmed that the weird snake eye staff that floated in the air had no other anomalies. However, the ¡°authority¡± and ¡°specialist¡± beside him was crouched in a corner of the wall with a shocked expression. The light from the torch in his hands was aimed at the blurry words and abstract pictures on the walls, eroded by the ages.

    ¡°Weird, weird...¡± Professor Smith mumbled to himself, his face showing excitement and confusion. ¡°These characters, these words. Many of them aren¡¯t even ancient Egyptian characters. Whether the structure or the glyph... Even... It¡¯s unlike any knownnguage on earth... Oh, there¡¯s an ancient Egyptian exnation. Let me see... Yup, this tform is a holy relic granted to the supreme and eternal pharaoh by the gods. It grants the pharaoh immense and iparable strength. It allows him to be immortal and forever oversee thend of Egypt...¡±

    ¡°Immortal! Who would believe such bullshit?¡± eximed a tall, burly Russian mercenary with a bushy beard and a scowl, speaking in broken English.

    For mercenaries who constantly put their lives on the line, immortality or anything of the sort was an ironic joke.

    ¡°Oh, the immortal pharaoh has be a mummy and will be exhibited in the museum!¡± mocked the mercenary with the bushy beard. ¡°Perhaps one day, it might be like the corpse in the movie Night at the Museum!¡±

    ¡°Ancient Egyptians believed in gods and spirits,¡± said Professor Smith. ¡°They believed that the spirit would not disappear after death; instead, it would be attached to the corpse, which is why they turned the dead pharaohs into mummies, believing that this will grant them eternal life. There is even a legend that says that he could resurrect in the underworld. To prevent tombs from being raided, pharaohs would generally ce evil curses in the chambers!¡±

    Professor Smith was like most specialist schrs when talking about their specialties¡ªpassionate and very excited. As he spoke, he pointed to a sentence on the wall and tranted.

    ¡°Look. This ancient Egyptian sentence means, ¡®If someone were to disturb the peace of the great pharaoh, he would be sent to a faraway hell and forever be prohibited from being reincarnated¡¯!¡±

    However, at that moment, his peripheral vision saw his assistant, Victor, who was of Asian descent, moving step-by-step closer to the tform as his eyes shone, his gloved hands moving closer to the floating golden staff.

    Smith¡¯s expression instantly changed to fear, and he quickly screamed, ¡°Victor! Wait, don¡¯t touch it yet!¡±

    ******

    ¡°Oh, God! The pyramid is going to copse!¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re dead!¡± said the bushy beard Russian mercenary, looking up in despair at the increasingly unstable boulders overtop of their heads as the entire pyramid shook violently.

    The pyramid had a depth of over 200 meters. It even exceeded the height of the world¡¯srgest pyramid, the Great Pyramid of Giza.

    200 meters underground. How could anyone escape such a situation? No one could survive it! Was this the curse of the pharaoh?!

    ******

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The Asian man called Victor¡ªa student with two PhDs from a world-renowned university¡ªwas crushed by a falling boulder and turned into a pile of meat. He died on the side of the staircase of the pentagon-shaped tform. As for the golden cobra staff in his grasp, it fell out of his hands.

    Pow!

    The cobra staff bounced on the ground a few times. The left eye that emitted the green light flew out of the staff and flew directly at Feng Luo, who was crouched in a corner, trying to hide from the falling rocks. Feng Luo grabbed it without thinking.

    After that, the green light in his vision expanded. Stars moved, and things changed.

    ******

    Feng Luo¡¯s awareness and thoughts wereplete chaos.

    In reality, something just as amazing also happened to his body inside the game capsule. The originally silverish-white insides of the game capsule were suddenly lit up by a light-green luster that made the insides as bright as day.

    To be more precise, the source of the green light was the ne hanging on his neck. In particr, it was the pendant of the ne, an item that was about the size of a knuckle.

    ******

    When Feng Luo opened his eyes, he was already on the ship, Hui Yi Hao. Moreover, he was inside theboratory of the ship.

    The shirt he¡¯d been wearing had been removed, and he was only wearing underwear while lying on the metal experiment table, his body connected to several instruments.

    ¡°F*ck! Old Feng, you¡¯ve finally woken up!¡±

    Big Pineapple, who sat beside him, initially had his gaze fixed firmly on Lin¡¯s 34-D chest while she was focused on analyzing data. He turned around after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s groan as he woke up.

    ¡°What happened to me?¡± Feng Luo looked at Big Pineapple, confused.

    ¡°It¡¯s due to the interaction between the Evolution Virus and the gene agent. It probably produced some stimulus. So, your body fainted as a self-preservation mechanism.¡±

    The one who had answered was Lin. She and Aike wore entire sets of protective gear while looking at their experiment data with happy expressions.

    ¡°Moreover, your body really exceeded our expectations,¡± said Aike. ¡°The cells actually integrated perfectly with the mutated Evolution Virus. This must be the effect of the WM-2 Gene Agent that Lin injected you with during the adventure. However, more importantly, it¡¯s due to the unique characteristics of your cells.¡± His tone revealed great excitement.

    ¡°Your data will definitely help me move the W-series Evolution Virus research to the next stage!¡± Lin pushed her ck spectacles. Her tone also indicated uncontainable excitement.

    ¡°W-series Evolution Virus?¡± Feng Luo said.

    He remembered that in the hidden mission he seemed to have received, there had been mention of helping Linplete the W-series virus research work.

    Does this mean that my fainting was due to the virus integration? he thought. But this isn¡¯t right. yers do experience fainting, sleeping, and other situations due to the requirements of story developments, but, in reality, yers don¡¯t actually faint in such situations. It¡¯s just that the character cannot move. In reality, the yers can choose to get on to the forum or watch a movie, like when they are on a transport vehicle.

    But my memory about the game from then until now is zero. It¡¯s clear that I really cked out. I think I even vaguely remember some of the things that happened before I was sent to this world... Isn¡¯t this a bit weird?

    ¡°Old Feng. How are you feeling right now?¡± Big Pineapple asked Feng Luo quietly through the party channel. ¡°It looked like you really passed out just now!¡± They had found out earlier through the party condition that Feng Luo hadn¡¯t just fainted inside the game. ¡°I checked on the forum and found that it is because the game stimtes the human nervous system to achieve 100-percent realism, so some yers faint in the game while ying. However, most do not experience any side effects. It¡¯s just a matter of adaptability.¡±

    Looking at Big Pineapple¡¯s concerned expression, Feng Luo replied, ¡°I... should be fine!¡±

    Although Big Pineapple sometime said unreliable things¡ªbeing the sweet and smooth talker that he was¡ªas a friend, he was excellent. He was no phony. However, his exnation was probably the more reasonable one for his situation. Feng Luo had also heard simr exnations from the official gamepany, stating that it was due to the yer¡¯s adaptability.

    This was akin to people getting dizzy from 3D games back on Earth with keyboard and mouse games, but, after ying for a while, one would get used to it. And these types of VR games stimted the nervous system of the human body through all kinds of methods and frequencies on the most fundamental level, so perhaps the virus integration process in the game had coincidentally stimted a particrly sensitive nerve of his?

    It was a good thing this sort of stimtion really did not have any side effects. Right now, in fact, Feng Luo felt much better than ever before. Things looked even clearer than before! Perhaps it was just because two consecutive days of missions and battles were really tiring. So, after fainting and sleeping for a while, his mind and spirit had recovered.

    As he thought about that, Feng Luo did not listen to the ¡°scientific conclusion¡± in the game, which the two NPCs were talking about beside him; instead, he looked at his system log. Then, involuntarily, his eyes grew as big as they could get.

    Congrattions! You¡¯ve awakened your second talent: Evolution.

    Evolution (Talent)

    Throughout the game, you can permanently increase some physical stats of the body under certain unique conditions. The increase can only ur once under simr conditions.

    Overall Evaluation: S!

 Chapter 85 - Great Attribute Enhancement

    <h4>Chapter 85: Great Attribute Enhancement</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°A second talent?¡±

    When Feng Luo saw the notification in the system log and the icon in his talent menu, he was pleasantly surprised.

    ¡°So there¡¯s a second talent in this game?¡±

    Luo Feng honestly hadn¡¯t known this. It was not on the official site, nor was it ever revealed in the discussion forums among the yers. Clearly, there were either no yers who had received a second talent¡ªmaking him the first one¡ªor a few yers who had achieved this, but they had kept it a secret. After all, they would want to keep this benefit to themselves, not wanting others to know this secret, because the yers in this game were allpetitors.

    This second talent, known as ¡°Evolution,¡± seemed to be a passive growth talent that would only be effective as the yer continued to develop in the game. But the talent description, which read ¡°permanent physical attribute enhancement can only be triggered by special events,¡± was rather ambiguous. What events triggered it, exactly? How much would the attributes be enhanced each time? These details were not specified. As such, he couldn¡¯t tell the exact strength of this talent. Was it worthy of an S-rank talent?

    Just when he thought of this, Feng Luo¡¯s gaze fell on the next two lines in the system log.

    As youbine the unknown primary mutation virus and WM-2 gene agent, all base attributes +2, all resistances +2%, all senses slightly enhanced!

    In the process ofbination, your Evolution talent has been activated. Bonus: base attributes +2, all energy resistances +2%, all senses moderately enhanced. You have obtained most of the primary mutation resistances from the Evolution Virus.

    It was confirmed. It was definitely an S-rank talent. Afterbining with the virus, the attribute enhancement was doubled! To put this into context, when he was awarded a badge of honor for a mission in Town of Exiles, it had given him ¡°base attributes +5, all resistances +5.¡± With the added bonus attributes increase now, neglecting equipment stats, his basic attributes were higher than normal Level-50 yers! You might even say this was savage!

    Additionally, this was not just a one-time effect talent. It could continue to improve various character attributes¡ªnot only the four basic attributes but including others like senses and virus resistance. It was quite priceless!

    Feng Luo could feel that his physical attributes were about to embark on an exceptional path. And perhaps, with a significant improvement in perception, he could feel his train of thought bing much clearer.

    Before this, when aiming a shot from very long distance, he would need two seconds to clearly calcte the effects of wind speed, temperature, and humidity for his shot. But now, it seemed like the answer would simply pop into his mind. To a Sniper, this increase was even more significant!

    In fact, ignoring all other factors, having two powerful S-ranked talents in War... He was probably the only one.

    ¡°Hey, Feng! Say something, man. How do you feel now?¡± Big Pineapple stood aside, looking at him with his tilted head and waiting for his reply.

    Feng Luo looked at the endless sea and endless sky outside the cabin with shining eyes. ¡°Excellent!¡±

    ******

    Compared to the rxed mood of those aboard the ferry, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary yers were mostly dejected.

    A handsome young caucasian NPC with short, light-blonde hair spoke to Roaring Dragon Invincible calmly while holding a silver case with an umbre symbol etched on it.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Corp Leader, you were unable to obtain the evolutionary virus serum from the S-53 military base, and the data in the base mainframe has beenpletely deleted. As such, it is regrettable for us to inform you that not a single agreement we had beforehand will be fulfilled by thepany!¡±

    As his Rare-grade Level-48 green and gold-fringed energy robe swayed in the sea breeze, Dragon Roaring Invincible furrowed his brow and replied with a frown, ¡°Mr. William, I hope you can consider this for a moment. This situation was truly too sudden. We did not think that anyone else could obtain this information and proceed ahead of us. Furthermore, to help yourpany, we have expended many resources and personnel. Don¡¯t you think a littlepensation is reasonable?¡±

    The Dragon Roaring Mercenary Group had spent more than half a month nning this mission and had utilized three squads. Thending had even taken 150 expert yers. The group was not feeling so well after spending so much time, money, and effort on this mission¡ªand getting nothing in return.

    ¡°That¡¯s your problem and none of our business,¡± the NPC called William replied coldly without batting an eye.

    ¡°William, don¡¯t be so cold to them,¡± spoke up an Asian-looking researcher. He looked at Invincible with a smile. ¡°Corp leader, I have a suggestion. Why don¡¯t you consider it? Virus experiments require a huge amount of living samples. And now, the T-series virus is entering the final phase. So we¡¯re running out of inmates. You adventurers are individuals who will never truly die. Maybe we could continue our nned partnership by having your corps take on some of the experimental work. This will be a huge benefit to you, right?¡±

    Before Invincible said anything, the yers around him looked pale, as if remembering something terrible.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Fujiwara, but I cannot ept this proposal!¡± Invincible rejected in a firm tone.

    His answer was swift and stern. He remembered that half a month ago, a corps member had triggered a secret mission from thispany known as the ¡°Umbre.¡± He had discovered that they were developing a virus that could trigger human evolution, like a gene chip. After injecting this virus into the yer, their character attributes would be enhanced. This was clearly the rare mission with an additional attribute bonus that was being hotly discussed on the forum.

    After learning about the mission, they had immediately contained all information and conducted a negotiation.

    The aim of the negotiation was to split the profits. The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was quiterge. There were too many people and too few missions. Even the higher-ups of the various branches would quarrel just to get some missions. But what was the end result?

    It was true that after injecting the T-series evolutionary virus, yers did have a chance to get stronger. Even their character¡¯s base attributes, senses, and resistances would be increased significantly. But the sess rate ofbining with the virus was only 10 percent! The remaining 90 percent of yers would not only have decreased stats, but their appearance would be extremely disgusting and horrifying. Whether their faces could be called ¡°human¡± would even be debatable.

    For yers who failed in thebination, their only choice would be to die and lose a level of experience points to restore their normal appearance. Furthermore, it would not be a full restoration. Even if they were revived, they would still be missing some attributes. As such, more than 40 elite Roaring Dragon yers had lost their attributes, and only five of them had gained some. Talk about a loss!

    Dying was actually not the only option after bing a monster. Invincible thought of the top Heavy Armor Warrior in the group now. He was the only one who had continued to participate in the experiment after his appearance was altered. And now, his capabilities far surpassed the other yers in the group. He also had the potential to be one of the first few yers to reach Level 50. But his face now was so...

    ¡°Since we do not have an agreement, it¡¯s too bad that we can only be partners another time.¡±

    Mr. Fujiwara revealed a disappointed expression. Then he lifted the case in his arms and walked with William toward a ck-colored armed helicopter parked not too far away.

    Invincible looked at the gradually shrinking silhouettes of the two NPCs. A hint of doubt appeared on his face, but his expression firmed up quickly.

    At this moment, a pretty yer in a white uniform turned on her terminal virtual screen, came close to him, and said, ¡°Leader, I have something to tell you! The directors are very displeased with the failure of this mission and are contemting cutting our funds next month. Also, they have suggested that you ept the proposal from Umbre. After all, even lowering the attributes of nine yers and losing their XP in exchange for one powerful yer is a very logical choice now. For the development of the guild, we need to sacrifice the normal yers for a star yer! Finally, they stress that they hope you can find someone to be responsible for this failure. After all, some of them need to give an exnation...¡±

    The female yer looked at Invincible who wore a calm expression. After a short pause, she continued.

    ¡°They meant... Ruinous Star.¡±

    Invincible closed his eyes as if he was thinking of something.

    Just when the female yer¡ªa secretary sent to him by the directors¡ªthought everything had settled and was starting to rx, Invincible suddenly wheeled on her and stared at her coldly. This frightened her, and her face turned pale. Then he spoke.

    ¡°It¡¯s true that they are investors,¡± he said. ¡°I will not let them suffer any losses. But Roaring Dragon is still my group. I decide its development. Also, tell them this: Personnel issues in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group are none of their business!¡±

 Chapter 86 - Pet Biochip

    <h4>Chapter 86: Pet Biochip</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Two dayster, Appraisal Office, Storm City.

    ¡°This... is the biochip?¡±

    Feng Luo sat in Master Rnd¡¯s appraisal room, staring keenly at the liquid encased within a test tube mped in a vice on the table. Its color was simr to the FX-9 type nano liquid material¡ªpale blue, just like colored water. But when shaken, it was as viscous as mercury. These liquids that looked like they could be drinks were biochips?

    Of course they were chips! Before biochips were injected into biological bodies, they were in liquid form. After being injected into the body using a special injector, a tiny chip core would be formed in the center of the material. And the rest of the liquid would merge with human flesh and blood as nanoparticles, regting the body under the control of the chip.

    Master Rnd looked at Feng Luo and said with a faint smile on his face, ¡°But this chip is not for human use. Every biochip has a specially programmed control software. This means that a type of chip is specialized for each type of lifeform.¡±

    Feng Luo could not wait any longer and wanted to take the metal tube but was stunned for a moment. He understood why it could not be used by humans; he had suspected that it was a pet biochip from the start! But if it was only for a specific type of lifeform, that meant...

    ¡°Really? What a scam this is!¡±

    The realization was almost enough to make Feng Luo puke blood. What a joke! Would he really be forced to carry around a heavy, ugly ck beetle as his pet?

    It was undeniable that the Beetle Boss had an overpowered defense. It was resistant to damage and also had long-range attack capabilities. On paper, it was no doubt the perfectplement. But the problem was its turtle-like speed. For a Sniper, who needed to switch positions rapidly, a slow pet would easily be a burden.

    Other than that, although the Boss was strong, it does not mean that it would be equally strong as a pet. Theoretically, in consideration of the game¡¯s bnce, even if yers owned a Boss as a pet, the pet would certainly not possess the same fighting capabilities as a Boss. At most, it might be a little stronger than normal monsters (But this was merely a theory, so it may have been incorrect in some regards).

    More importantly, even if Feng Luo was powerful, he could never capture an actual Boss to be his pet.

    ¡°The first pet in War costs... three million credits¡ªthe price of a ZC-7 Bulletproof Combat Vehicle!¡±

    Feng Luo stretched his hand and lifted the ss tube a little powerlessly. In his heart, he had decided to sell the pet biochip. Through NPC estimation, the price was three million, but it was only the price ording to the game¡¯s settings.

    In reality, considering that this was the very first pet biochip in War, it would definitely be worth more than three million. Perhaps it could even be sold for over ten million! Ten million credits were currently worth a million star coins.

    Selling was sure to prove profitable for him. Not to mention that buyers wouldn¡¯t care about the fact that it could only be used on beetles. After all, the real draw was just being the first in War to have a pet. Maybe, after a few days, they would have already gotten a new pet.

    Feng Luo held the tube in his hands, finally able to see its Attributes.

    Third-gen biochip (Model XP-S3) ss: Highest. Applicable range: JCG-0XXXX type lifeforms.

    He had almost forgotten that this chip was a highest-ss third-gen biochip¡ªtruly a drop worthy of a Boss. Furthermore, the word ¡°highest¡± listed in the chip Attribute was written in purple. It was Feng Luo¡¯s first time seeing this font color in the game. This seemed to suggest that this chip was unique.

    ¡°Oh, right, I forgot to tell you something,¡± Master Rnd added. ¡°I must say that you were too darn lucky! This chipnded in your hands by pure coincidence. You must treasure it. Don¡¯t simply use it.¡±

    ¡°Coincidence?¡± Feng Luo was startled for a moment. ¡°So it wasn¡¯t a Boss drop from killing the rebel-controlled Boss?¡±

    ¡°Of course not!¡± Master Rnd looked at him a bit angrily. ¡°The technology the rebels used to control the mutant lifeforms is highly confidential. They would never leave any parts of the biochip core behind. In fact, there was a self-destruct program on this chip. But for some reason, it didn¡¯t work. I don¡¯t know if it was someone¡¯s n or pure coincidence, but to get this type of chip using the same method? The chances are less than one in 1,000. After all, third-gen chips of the highest ss were rare even back in the ages of the Gxy Empire. The rebels can¡¯t have mastered the production technology of these biochips yet. I¡¯m guessing this was a nk chip found among some relics, and it was reprogrammed.¡±

    Master Rnd¡¯s words put doubts in Feng Luo¡¯s heart. He was put at a crossroads.

    He wanted to sell the chip at first so that he had more money to put toward purchasing a more suitable pet biochip when the pet system was released. But from what Master Rnd now said, this was obviously an extremely rare chip, something that would be exceedingly difficult to obtain even after the release of the pet system.

    There was only one in 1,000 chance to kill a Boss controlled by the rebels. This fact proved the worth of this chip in the game.

    How should... I choose? wondered Feng Luo.

    ¡°I know that you adventurers like to trade your loot for credits,¡± Master Rnd said calmly, as he seemed to have sensed some of Feng Luo¡¯s doubts from his face. ¡°But let me give you a piece of advice. You should keep some of this good stuff, as long as you aren¡¯t desperate for money...¡±

    Hmm... Do I need money?

    Feng Luo thought it through and came to the conclusion that he didn¡¯t really need that money.

    The Wind Mark Gun Shop was on the right track. It was now managed by NPCs and making about 1,000 to 2,000 credits every day. Even if he used up the remaining uses of the Eye of the Thunder blueprints and assembled the parts into sniper rifles, he could probably earn at least three million credits. What would heck then? Perhaps he wouldck friends.

    He hade to this world alone and had been here for three years. He¡¯d been ying this game alone for half a year. In most circumstances, he faced all kinds of problems alone. He couldn¡¯t even share some of the troubles in his heart.

    Snipers were usually lone wolves. But no one really liked being lonely. Wasn¡¯t that right? Maybe he should find a pet.

    In games, other than helping in battles, pets were a presence that could certainly ease one¡¯s loneliness. The people in reality and the yers in the game had their own hidden thoughts and might betray others. But pets would not betray you. They were the only reliable friends in the game!

    Feng Luo raised his head and asked Master Rnd after taking a deep breath, ¡°Is there any way to check if the lifeformpatible with this chip is suitable?¡±

    ¡°You can load the program in this chip into your terminal, allowing you to scan the creature type and some of the attributes of most life forms,¡± said Master Rnd. ¡°This will help you roughly identify the sess rate of control with the chip!¡±

    Master Rnd was well prepared. He took out a readable chip that could be loaded into a terminal from his drawer.

    ¡°There¡¯s a sess rate?¡± Feng Luo asked with a doubtful face.

    ¡°Of course there is! Haven¡¯t I told you before, this biochip can only control lifeforms of lower intelligence. Don¡¯t even try to control some high-intelligence mutant lifeforms. However, this is a highest-ss third-gen chip, so its target might be stronger than ordinary chips!¡±

    Master Rnd had revealed some useful information.

    ¡°All right. What¡¯s the price?¡± Feng Luo took the chip.

    ¡°It¡¯s cheap! Just 50,000!¡±

    Master Rnd had a friendly smile, but the price was not too friendly.

    ¡°How is that cheap?¡±

    But Feng Luo did not negotiate the price. In fact, spending 50,000 was nothingpared to a biochip that was worth more than ten million.

    ******

    After leaving the appraisal center, Feng Luo considered solving the pet problem immediately.

    Beep! Beep! Beep!

    Suddenly, a notification alert came in from themunication device.

    ¡°Boss, someone is causing trouble in our store!¡± an anxious female voice said. She was the NPC salesgirl he had hired for his shop.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face turned solemn. ¡°What?¡±

    (PS. A note about the pet: That¡¯s right, it¡¯s a beetle! But it¡¯s important to note that it is a unique, huge, and powerful pet. No one can guess what it will look like!)

 Chapter 87 - Hit Them, Yellow Name!

    <h4>Chapter 87: Hit Them, Yellow Name!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    It was rather easy to open shops in War.

    The game¡¯s NPCs had high artificial intelligence, so hiring one would solve all the trivial daily tasks such as watching over the store, buying and selling items, etc. In fact, once there was a fixed channel, matters of importing and exporting could even be handled by an NPC merchant with high AI.

    This was all to say that to open in a shop in War, yers didn¡¯t even have to personally keep watch over it. It would be just like some retail shops in real life. All it required was some initial investment and hiring a few NPCs. As they said, invest intelligently and grow your wealth!

    For this reason, at the beginning of War, shops were very popr. Almost all the shops in every system city with a good location had been grabbed by yers. Star Gaming had also made a good profit out of the system. But, very quickly, the initial investment surge led to a massive wave of bankruptcy within just half a month.

    Owning a shop in War wasn¡¯t difficult, but to manage it without losing money was no easy task. If one were to depend solely on items imported from system shops, not much profit could be gained out of the sales.

    In the beginning, yers tended to have low life professions and skills, so a high rate of crafted items and equipment went to waste. Since the attributes weren¡¯t even that great, it was better to just get default equipment from system shops.

    This situation typically persisted for about three months and got better when yers upgraded from a normal-level life profession to mid-rank. This was when a yer¡¯s shop would start to turn losses into profits.

    Feng Luo¡¯s shop was just like that. A month and a half after he had entered the game, he had gotten his small shop in Silvermoon City. Then he had spent more than four months¡¯ time getting the Wind Mark Gun Shop on the right track. The time and effort spent were tremendous. In addition, this shop could have been considered his refuge.

    In his ¡°previous life¡± in the army, Feng Luo¡¯s biggest dream had been to make enough money to retire in a country where the selling and purchasing of guns was legal. There he would find a small town and build a tiny gun shop by the mountains. In his spare time, he would go for target practice whenever he wanted, or even go camping and hunting in the mountains.

    Since firearms were actually illegal in the real world, he¡¯d have to realize his dreams here in the game. And because of that, he had put great effort into his ammunition ship, resulted in his overall level being far behind mainstream yers. Hence, the shop had a soft spot in Feng Luo¡¯s heart, which was why he red up at the mention of trouble at the shop.

    When Feng Luo got back to Silvermoon City from Storm City, he noticed something strange in front of his shop. There were seven to eight yers of different professions hanging about the shop, blocking all the entrances. There was nothing strange about lingering around, but every time a yer tried to enter the shop to buy something, the loiterers would give them a menacing look to chase them away.

    Normally, yers would get pissed off at this, especially since it was easier to lose one¡¯s temper in a game. They would fight anyone who got in their way because no XP would be lost even if they died. But instead, all the other yers seem to be leaving quietly¡ªall due to the shiny golden dragon head symbol on these yers¡¯ chests.

    Feng Luo stood by the entrance. It was hard to tell whether he was gloomy or angry. Beside him stood a few nosy yers chatting away.

    ¡°Hey, dudes, what¡¯s going on?¡± someone asked. ¡°Why is the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group blocking the shop¡¯s entrance?¡±

    ¡°Not too sure why, but pretty sure it wasn¡¯t anything good. The shop is doomed just by their presence,¡± answered another. ¡°If they block it for seven or eight days straight, everyone will know that the shop isn¡¯t in favor of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. By the time they¡¯re gone, the business will surely have suffered a disastrous decline.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s one ruthless move! But are they not concerned about the shop owner reporting them to the guards, getting them locked up?¡±

    ¡°Why would they get locked up? They aren¡¯t physically blocking people. In fact, they don¡¯t even utter a word. Hehe! Could this a w in thew?¡±

    ¡°Moreover, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group is famous among the NPCs. It¡¯s said that NPCs have such high intelligence that they have their very own personalities. Quite often, they treat members of the mercenary group in a different manner.¡± He sighed. ¡°I¡¯d love to join that group. Too bad it¡¯s already full.¡±

    ¡°Look! That guy is walking straight ahead. Does he not see the situation?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t know. Simpletons are everywhere. Let¡¯s just enjoy the show.¡±

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t care what the yers thought. He walked grimly toward his shop.

    ¡°Hey, my friend. You¡¯re lost!¡± a droopy-eyed Machine Gunner said in a low voice after Feng Luo ignored the nce that was intended to chase him away. He clearly didn¡¯t recognize Feng Luo.

    Although the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had disyed the wanted order, Feng Luo¡¯s face wasn¡¯t disyed on it. This was due to the game¡¯s identity protection system. All photos or portraits taken would be edited automatically if the owner didn¡¯t grant their permission. That was why the group didn¡¯t have a portrait of Feng Luo. Only a few from Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡¯s squad who had met him would recognize him.

    ¡°My friend, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group has some work to do. Let¡¯s not make a scene. We don¡¯t have to...¡±

    The Machine Gunner¡¯s voice got lower as he saw that Feng Luo had no intention of stopping. He didn¡¯tplete his thought by saying ¡°do this the hard way¡± because it might trigger the system¡¯s provocativenguage detection. This yer was certainly very skilled in these matters,; he knew how to avoid viting thenguage rules.

    Feng Luo stared at his shop as he said frostily, ¡°Get out!¡±

    The machine gunner was stunned for a few moments, as he hadn¡¯t expected Feng Luo¡¯s verbal attack. ¡°You... What did you say!¡±

    ¡°I said get out, all of you!¡± Feng Luo hissed as he turned to re at him.

    Warning! You have conducted a personal attack with malicious intentions. You are yellow-named for five minutes. Please stop all uncivilized behavior. Otherwise, the punishment period will be extended.

    The system reminder only made Feng Luo even more upset. He suddenly felt like hitting someone.

    ¡°It¡¯s you! Feng Zhi Luoye!¡± The Machine Gunner said. He finally realized the truth after seeing Feng Luo¡¯s ID be yellow. His revealed a triumphant smile on his droopy-eyed face. ¡°You finally showed up. I¡¯ve got to say, it¡¯s been hard work looking for you...¡±

    ¡°Boss!¡± came the soft, sobbing voices came from two NPC salesgirls who were dressed as cowgirls. Their worried faces were looking at Feng Luo from the entrance.

    ¡°Hey, Boss! You¡¯re generous with your credits, aren¡¯t you?¡± said the Machine Gunner. ¡°Can¡¯t believe you hired two highly intelligent and beautiful NPC as your employees. Rich people. In fact, they are quite intelligent. I mean, they did manage to inform you so we didn¡¯t have to wait so long!¡±

    The Machine Gunner had an irritating expression. He was clearly toying with Feng Luo¡¯s emotions.

    ¡°But, Feng Zhi Luoye, you¡¯ve stayed hidden for days,¡± he continued. ¡°It¡¯s actually quite disappointing. Normally¡ª¡±

    Pow!

    The sound of a fist hitting flesh was followed by shocked expressions on the faces of all the surrounding yers. Feng Luo had thrown a punch at the Machine Gunner to make him eat his words.

    Warning! You have physicallyunched a malicious attack on a person in the city. Your bad behavior has been reported to the guards. Your name will remain yellow for up to 12 hours!

    This reminder made Feng Luo cringe at the red-name system in War. But that was the setting in the game. The opponent had managed to avoid viting thews of the system through selectivenguage and behaviors, while Feng Luo¡¯s choice of words, ¡°get out,¡± was a forbidden term that was well against thew. And now, his yellow name period had been extended due to his ¡°malicious attack.¡±

    He knew the opponent¡¯s intent. But if he had to give up timidly without even being able to strike someone in this kind situation, then it almost wasn¡¯t worth it to even y this game.

    So what if his name was yellow? He¡¯d hit someone if he wanted to!

 Chapter 88 - Another Encounter with the Staff Sergeant

    <h4>Chapter 88: Another Encounter with the Staff Sergeant</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Silvermoon City was iparable to Storm City. It wasn¡¯t covered with satellite systems and automated defense weapons, but it did have City Guards patrolling everywhere. Within five seconds of the system reminder, a Guard on an energy-driven motorbike drifted right in and stopped in front of Feng Luo¡¯s shop.

    ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± demanded the Guard. ¡°Why are all of you gathering here and ruining the city¡¯s aesthetics? Spread out, spread out!¡±

    The low-rank Guard soldier came down from his energy motorbike and used his electric baton to chase the crowd away. He had a small frame and a beard that would have looked more at home on the face of a monkey, and there was a dreadful gleam in his droopy eye.

    ¡°Sergeant Rogue,¡± said the Machine Gunner, ¡°we were just waiting for someone over here. But out of nowhere, this man scolded me and started to throw punches!¡±

    The Machine Gunner looked indignant, though it wasn¡¯t hard to pretend because his angry re toward Feng Luo was genuine. His original n had been to provoke Feng Luo so that he¡¯d be yellow-named. Little did he know that Feng Luo would punch him so early in his own game.

    Being hit in the face in front of so many other yers had given him an indescribable knee jerk response. He had almost punched back automatically. But he had remembered the orders from the top. He had to restrain himself. So he saved face andined indignantly to this NPC guard who looked like a skinny monkey.

    At that moment, Feng Luo wanted tough. How could a scene straight out of an urban drama appear in a game like War? The guards in the game were fast, but in a non-battle situation, they wouldn¡¯t appear this quickly. Moreover, how did this Machine Gunner know that the Guard¡¯s name was ¡®Rogue¡¯? Obviously, the guard was part of the n¡ªmost likely bribed.

    NPCs from the game could be bribed? In a normal game, such a thing would never happen. But War was different. Because each NPC in this game had their own personalities and role settings, in their daily life, they acted was almost the same as a normal human in real life.

    NPCs with higher AI, especially, would have even more distinct personal feelings and characteristics. They were not as mechanical as they were written to be in the software.

    A few important NPCs that Feng Luo had encountered before¡ªsuch as the Staff Sergeant, Master Rnd, Lin, and Aike¡ªall had these special characteristics. When they weren¡¯t on duty, they would live their lives based on their unique personalities. When they were on duty, their personalities were the main factors that would affect their behaviors within certain hidden limitations set by the system.

    At the same time, since they were independent characters, they also had personal preferences. Whether or not they liked a yer was based on a factor ¡°likability.¡±

    For instance, from the virus mission, Feng Luo had gotten a favorable impression from Lin. From then on, anytime he met Lin, he would get better treatment from her than other yers. However, this likability wouldn¡¯t be disyed through system notifications. An NPC¡¯s likability toward a yer was a hidden attribute. yers weren¡¯t able to see it physically, but they could feel it. During missions, NPCs would help yers out or provide some privileges within the extent of their power. Sometimes, they would even help a yer directly in certain situations.

    Feng Luo was almost sure that this Guard soldier had been bribed by the mercenary group. The problem was, he didn¡¯t have any proof. Even if he did, he couldn¡¯t do anything to this NPC, since he was the one who had walked right into the trap of yellow-naming himself.

    NPC Guards wouldn¡¯t do anything to a white-named yer, but they were harsh toward yellow-name yers simply because these yers were the reason their workload increased by tenfold.

    Even though he knew defending himself was pointless, Feng Luo still blurted out anyway, ¡°These people surrounded my shop and are stopping people from entering. They¡¯re affecting my business. Then they verbally provoked me, which was why I attacked in defense.¡±

    The guard looked around with his fiendish eyes and said impatiently, ¡°What he said... Can anyone of you vouch for that?¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was an influential group. No ordinary yer would dare to go against them, so not a single one of them came forward. Even the NPCs surrounding the scene chose to keep quiet after they saw the face of the ¡°Skinny Monkey¡± Guard.

    ¡°We can!¡± Two clear voices rang at the same time. The two NPC salesgirls dressed in cowgirl outfits stood up.

    The Machine Gunner was still clutching his face. The pain from an attack like that would onlye and go, but no marks would be left. And yet, he had been hit in the face. Psychologically, there was still a strange feeling of resentment. ¡°They¡¯re employees of the shop,¡± he said. ¡°Of course they¡¯ll vouch for their boss. Sergeant, their words can¡¯t be proof.¡±

    This Machine Gunner was the ¡°victim,¡± so this would seem more realistic.

    ¡°Hmm, why is it so crowded? Wind Mark Gun Shop should be here. Manager...¡±

    At that moment, a male and female yer came around the corner of the street. The female yer was tall and slender with lovely long legs. She wore a fiery red energy dress with white linings on the edge¡ªa definite 8.5 out of 10. This gorgeous Maniptor turned to the male yer and said, ¡°There¡¯s a situation. Let¡¯s see what happens.¡±

    The ¡°Manager¡± was a Light Armor Warrior wearing silver armor. His had a slight frown on his handsome face as if he was thinking about something.

    A high-ranked patrol car with a six-barrel machine gun stopped by the road. Its engine roared loudly. A well-built officer with a lieutenant¡¯s badge on his shoulder walked down sternly, followed by four armed guard soldiers.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on! Why is everyone crowding around here, blocking the traffic!¡± he said in a remarkably calm manner. Something worth noting: His right sleeve was floating in the air.

    Since Skinny Monkey was only a low-ranking Guard soldier, he immediately raised his hand to salute the lieutenant, then reported in a whiny voice as he pointed at Feng Luo. ¡°Lieutenant! A dangerous man is making trouble.¡±

    The lieutenant was slightly surprised to see Feng Luo. Although his expression was still stern, his gaze grew a lot warmer. ¡°It¡¯s you...¡± he said. The lieutenantpletely ignored Skinny Monkey and asked Feng Luo, ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Lieutenant!¡± Skinny Monkey blurted out as beads of sweat started to form on his forehead.

    ¡°Keep quiet,¡± the lieutenant replied coldly. ¡°I wasn¡¯t asking you!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the lieutenant whom he had met not too long ago on a mission in the Town of Exiles, having barely made it out alive. ¡°They were blocking my shop,¡± he exined. ¡°Then this guard...¡±

    As he spoke, his eyes took note of the missing right arm and the military badge on the lieutenant¡¯s shoulder, and Feng Luo suddenly felt sorry for him.

    ¡°Hmm, I see...¡± The lieutenant turned to face Skinny Monkey, whose face was white as a sheet. ¡°Is there anything you¡¯d like to say?¡±

    Instead, the Machine Gunner started to speak. ¡°I¡ª¡±

    He only managed to utter a word before the burly, disabled lieutenant cut him off coldly,manding, ¡°Take them away!¡±

    ¡°Yes, sir!¡±

    The four Guard soldiers raised their assault rifles and aimed at both of them.

    ¡°No... Lieutenant! This a dangerous person¡ªyou can¡¯t trust him!¡± Skinny Monkey shouted in vain. He was quickly struck heavily on the back by one of the soldiers with the butt of a gun and was dragged into the patrol car.

    The Machine Gunner wanted to protest, but he surrendered after a thought. The consequences of attacking a policing NPC were too heavy to bear. Meanwhile, the remaining members of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group looked at each other before quietly taking off.

    The onlookers were stunned.

    ¡°What the hell? What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°A member of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was caught? I can¡¯t believe this!¡±

    The tables seemed to have turned out of nowhere. The person who had conducted the assault didn¡¯t get caught by the NPC; instead, the victim was the one who was going to jail.

    ¡°From the looks at it, it seems like the boss and the lieutenant knew each other. Could it be that NPCs can choose who they favor?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s nothing to be surprised about. The emotion simtions were done extremely well on the NPCs in War. The way they treat a person they know as opposed to a stranger ispletely different. Also, I heard that if an NPC really likes you, they¡¯ll even give you secret missions!¡±

    ¡°Really?¡±

    ¡°Who knows? You can try it for yourself...¡±

    The surrounding yers were whispering among each other, either with curiosity, jealousy, or simple interest in the drama. But Feng Luo wasn¡¯t interested in them. He just looked at the departing patrol car and felt something tugging at his heart.

    It was clear that the lieutenant couldn¡¯t ept any more battle missions because he had lost an arm, which was why he¡¯d been transferred to the calmer Silvermoon City. The military badge on his shoulder may have been a higher rank, but to him, leaving the realm of gunpowder smoke and bullets wasn¡¯t necessarily a happy thing.

    Luckily, in War, technology was advanced enough to clone an arm. For an NPC, the recement limb may not be as dexterous as before, but that was better than being disabled.

    Strange. I¡¯m feeling sentimental for an NPC, thought Feng Luo. This game truly sucks you into its depths of nowhere.

    Feng Luo shook his head. The trouble at his shop had been temporarily settled. He was sure that as long as the lieutenant was around, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group wouldn¡¯t dare to do something like this again. But the group had a very strong presence in Silvermoon City. They wouldn¡¯t let it go so easily and were bound to find another way to get at him.

    Still, Feng Luo wasn¡¯t too worried. There was no point in getting anxious. He could easily migrate to a new city. Since the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was only powerful in one small system city, nobody out there would care for them.

    Feng Luo was the type of person who acted rationally. He wouldn¡¯t lose his temper and go head-to-head against his opponent. Of course, he also didn¡¯t want to be someone who lost everything and couldn¡¯t find his way back.

    A familiar voice rang out behind him.

    ¡°How unbelievable. Brother Feng, I didn¡¯t think you had that card up your sleeve. Even the NPC Guards obey your words. Tsk! This really feels like a movie.

    Feng Luo turned around in surprise. ¡°Brother Wu?¡±

 Chapter 89 - Friendsâ€™ Reunion

    <h4>Chapter 89: Friends¡¯ Reunion</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°What¡¯s up, Brother Wu? Did youe all the way to Silvermoon to see me?¡± Feng Luo looked at the smiling Mu Wu, who was fully dressed in silver armor. ¡°But you¡¯ve changed a lot! Brother Wu, I never knew you were so good-looking. Have you had some surgeries done?¡±

    Mu Wu was the manager of Nightless Club in real life¡ªone of the few real friends that Feng Luo had in this world. In real life, he was a soft-spoken gentleman and wore a pair of gold-framed sses. But his overall vibe wasn¡¯t much like the manager of a nightclub at all.

    In the game, Mu Wu was dressedvishly in silver armor and exuded a handsome aura. He seemed like a new man, his eyes shining with sharp confidence. If the grade of equipment was used to describe one¡¯s appearance, then Feng Luo would only be considered Fine. At most, he might be Excellent, if someone was really into his style. But Mu Wu¡¯s current appearance was at the least Excellent. In fact, he could even pass as Rare. The shining silver armor matched his six-foot frame. He looked like the typical Mr. Perfect.

    You could change your appearance in War,¡ªlong as you were willing to spend the money. The big belly you had in real life could be edited into an ultra-ripped body, or love handles into an hourss figure. It was all easily achievable. yers called this ¡°facial surgery,¡± and it was one of the main features that attracted so many yers.

    When Feng Luo took a closer look, he realized that Mu Wu hadn¡¯t changed his facial features at all. He had merely taken off his gold-framed sses, which was enough to change his whole persona.

    Strange, thought Feng Luo. Why does he always wear them? He looks so much better without them!

    With the technologies avable in this world, nearsightedness wasn¡¯t a problem. sses were more like essories. Most people would only wear a pair to look fashionable. Feng Luo had never seen Mu Wu without sses, and he now realized that the gold-framed sses didn¡¯t make him look better. Instead, they were like a veil obscuring his outstanding looks. Was there a reason behind it? As Feng Luo was pondering this, the red-dressed Fire Maniptor called out to him with a smile, pulling him back to his senses.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    Hmm... This stunningdy was definitely a Rare. Not muchin about in regards to her figure or personality, that was for sure. Feng Luo was stunned for a few seconds, suddenly realizing that he recognized her.

    ¡°You¡¯re... ming Red Lips!¡±

    She had been the host of the equipment auction for War the at Nightless City club¡ªthe one dressed as a bunny. She wasn¡¯t wearing as much makeup as before. Although ¡°ming Red Lips¡± was maintaining a red theme, she barely had any makeup on this time. She looked so different barefaced that Feng Luo hadn¡¯t recognized her at first.

    She may have been barefaced, but she wasn¡¯t like some girls, who turned ugly as soon as they took their makeup off. To be honest, a 175-centimeter-tall Maniptor walking around in the game in her fiery red dress would attract the attention of most yers even if she didn¡¯t have any makeup on.

    ¡°Brother Feng, I¡¯m Little Witch!¡±

    ming Red Lips¡ªno, actually, Little Witch¡ªsmiled sweetly at Feng Luo. She hadn¡¯t been working at Nightless City very long, but she¡¯d always been smitten with her mysterious vice manager.

    Feng Luo had always yed the game of War alone. He¡¯d nevere across any staff from Nightless City, so this was the first time they were officially meeting in-game.

    What had just happened reassured Little Witch of what the vice manager had said: that this person was no ordinary man!

    ******

    The three of them walked into the ammunition shop and sat in a small tea room. After the NPC staff served them their drinks, Mu Wu spoke to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Brother Feng, it looks like you got yourself into some trouble,¡± he said. ¡°Those people who were just here. I¡¯m pretty sure they were members of the almighty Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, right?¡±

    Even as he spoke, he tried to push his sses up his nose out of force of habit, only to realize he wasn¡¯t wearing sses.

    ¡°This is all because you sold that Rare gun!¡± Feng Luo replied jokingly. ¡°If I hadn¡¯t killed their men while testing the Desert Eagle, things wouldn¡¯t have gone so far. So, Brother Wu, this is all your fault!¡±

    Little Witch felt a little awkward upon hearing that, since she was the one who had hosted the auction for the Desert Eagle.

    Mu Wu revealed a faint smile, clearly trying to help ease the situation. ¡°He¡¯s just joking! Don¡¯t listen to him. A guy like him wouldn¡¯t care for these trivial matters!¡±

    His reaction made Feng Luo nce at Little Witch from the side. There¡¯s a situation here, he realized.

    As far as he could remember, Mu Wu had lived his life strictly. Even as the manager of arge nightclub, he had never had a woman by his side and would never misuse his power to do something against thew. This displeased women who sought to sleep their way to the top. They secretly thought that he was gay.

    As a result, Feng Luo had received some furtive nces because of the special treatment given to him by Mu Wu. He was, after all, a male! Even Feng Luo had been starting to wonder. But now, he could finally set his worries aside.

    ¡°I can¡¯t say that this matter hasn¡¯t been a pain for me,¡± Feng Luo said in his usual calm manner, ¡°but the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group isn¡¯t in charge of all of Silvermoon City. Plus, if it keeps happening, I could just move to another city. They can¡¯t keep chasing me around wherever I go. However, ording to the developing trends of War,petition between yers in the system city is getting more intense. Solo yers will find it harder to survive. So moving to another city wouldn¡¯t make much of a difference...¡±

    Feng Luo frowned slightly as he spoke these words.

    ¡°Anyway, don¡¯t you worry about me,¡± he concluded. ¡°Instead, I¡¯m curious as to why you¡¯re here. Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re just visiting.¡± He brought the topic back to Mu Wu¡¯s arrival.

    ¡°If you say so,¡± Mu Wu said. ¡°I won¡¯t ask any more questions. We dide here for an important matter. Remember that important mission I told you about?¡±

    ¡°Not bad.¡± Feng Luo nodded. ¡°I seem to recall that themission fee was 30,000 bucks. Are we doing it?¡±

    ¡°Oh, you still need to wait for a few more days!¡± Mu Wu lifted his coffee cup and blew off the steam.

    Feng Luo stared into his eyes and wanted to strangle him.

    Mu Wu didn¡¯t seem to notice Feng Luo¡¯s malicious re and replied calmly, ¡°Once the final stages of the city-building mission have been activated, it needs to bepleted within a certain time frame. But before that, we need to conduct the site selection first. So you have to wait a bit longer.¡±

    ¡°City building?¡± Feng Luo blurted, truly surprised to hear that.

    In War, yers could build cities. In fact, they could build fortresses, battle bunkers, shipping ports, airports... There wasn¡¯t enough staff in the Federal Government Army, and they were constantly faced with anti-government forces trying to impose their influence. So they were actually quite happy to let risk-takers invest their money in building a city.

    However, even if the government had no objections against it, building a city in War was still not an easy task.

    Setting aside theplicated process of a city-building mission, what made this game different from others was that a yer would need toe up withprehensive facilities for every aspect out of thin air, including all sorts of NPCs and systems for the buildings. To be honest, city building in War was literally what it meant: building a city! Every single brick, tile, de of grass, or tree, up to basic facilities such as streets¡ªeither the yers or their hired NPCs had to design and work on them from the ground up.

    At the same time, there wouldn¡¯t be any NPCs or building refresh systems in the newly built city. One had to go into the system¡¯s business district to look for ultra-high-AI NPC merchants who were just as intelligent as the yers. It was just like finding entrepreneurs for joint ventures when creating a new industry.

    The involvement of different types of NPCs was required for this process as well. Hence, city building in War not only required arge sum of investments, but also a whole lot of time and effort. Which was why, up till now, no more than 100 cities had been built by yers. The poption count in the most developed ones was not over 100,000 people and fewer than 50,000 NPCs. None of them wereparable to any of the system¡¯s cities.

    Naturally, the most important limitation was always the initial investment. Whether it was manpower, materials, or logistics, everything required credits. How much material and manpower was needed to build an entire city?

    The credits used in War had a currency exchange rate of 10 to 1 with star coins. So building a city in the game would probably require one-tenth the investment of building a simr-scale city in real life. Of course, in reality, it would probably have been less than one-tenth; manpower could be greatly reduced by offering various privileges to attract yers and to build the city together.

    A lot of yers wouldn¡¯t mind volunteering because they could train their skills and upgrade their profession level during the city-building process. Moreover, technology was quite advanced. A lot of high-tech machinery could be utilized to reduce cost and time.

    Feng Luo quickly returned to his usual calm self and voiced his curiosity.

    ¡°I have a question,¡± he said. ¡°Building a city requires a veryrge investment. Plus, the game has only been around for half a year. In reality, it¡¯s still under observation by many financial groups. Why is thepany so eager to start early?¡±

    The amount of resources needed to build a city was immense. But, ording to the development of the game, as the game started to progress at a faster rate, the increase of technology could greatly reduce the resources required. Naturally, they couldn¡¯t wait forever, but it seemed to Feng Luo that the best time to build a city was after the update.

    ¡°Because...¡± Mu Wu spooned some sugar into his coffee, then met Feng Luo¡¯s eyes as he spoke. ¡°Soon, there¡¯s going to be a war. And the results could change everything!¡±

 Chapter 90 - Build a City

    <h4>Chapter 90: Build a City</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°A coup?¡±

    Feng Luo was surprised for the second time in this short period of time.

    Mu Wu put down his sugar spoon and looked straight at Feng Luo. ¡°Haven¡¯t you noticed that, previously in War, there were minor conflicts between government and rebel forces in many ces? As far as I know, there was a fight in the Town of Exiles next to Silvermoon City against the rebels not long ago, right? What does this mean?¡±

    Feng Luo thought for a moment. ¡°The fighting between the rebels and the government forces has been going on all the time. But this means that there will be a big war or even a coup, does it?¡±

    The fact that the Federation Government did not have absolute dominance in the game meant that localized conflicts took ce every day. Nothing substantial could be inferred from this.

    ¡°From just looking into a single case, it is impossible to reach this conclusion,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°If the game¡¯s progress is taken into ount, the chances of arge-scale battle are at least 90 percent. As for a coup, although the possibility is not very high, it should not be ruled out either!¡± Mu Wu¡¯s eyes were slightly narrowed, and there were two brilliant lights in his eyes, which were not covered by sses. ¡°I got the news a few days ago. It¡¯s estimated that somebody will reach Level 50 tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.¡±

    ¡°So soon?¡±

    Feng Luo looked stunned. The news Mu Wu shared was in line with what Red Wine Coffee had told him previously.

    ¡°Combine these two pieces of information,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°Judging by the game¡¯s progression, when the yer reaches Level 50, the level limit will definitely not be changed right away. However, it will certainly result in some new content¡ªpossibly even the first version update. Coincidentally, both the government and the rebel forces are already engaged in battle with each other, and they have mobilized their troops on a grand scale. It¡¯s certainly not a coincidence but a storyline that should appear after the achievement of obtaining Level 50¡ªwar!¡±

    Mu Wu¡¯s tone was t, but his eyes were full of confidence. Little Witch was smiling while looking at Mu Wu beside her, who was in high spirits.

    Feng Luo had to admit that Mu Wu possessed a very strong ability to judge the situation. In military terms, Mu Wu possessed an excellent vision for strategy. For example, Mu Wu had thought of holding an auction in a bar andbining its operation with War. Feng Luo would never have thought of that himself.

    Well, that was probably why Mu Wu was a manager, and he was only an assistant manager. In fact, he had originally been reluctant to ept his boss¡¯s invitation to be an assistant manager because he was not so keen to do it.

    ¡°It was you who suggested the idea of building a city to the boss, wasn¡¯t it?¡± said Feng Luo to Mu Wu.

    From the very beginning, he had never thought that the construction of the city was for Mu Wu¡¯s own interests. Although Nightless City was in a prime location and this endeavor wouldn¡¯t be bad for business, the total value of the city was worth at most 200 to 300 million star coins, with the running liquid capital at only ten million.

    Moreover, Mu Wu was only a manager. He had no right to use the money directly. Therefore, the one who built the city was the rich owner of Nightless City¡ªthe aforementioned boss. He was a billionaire in his fifties who had a worth of more than five billion star coins. Several manufacturing bases for mechanical parts on Administrative 17 were also under his name. In an interster society like the Star Federation, five billion was not all that much wealth. But in the eyes of ordinary people, at least, he belonged to the truly rich ss.

    Mu Wu nodded. ¡°Yes. He decided to invest a billion star coins first. If it wasn¡¯t enough, he would invest up to 500 million more.¡±

    ¡°A billion star coins. The boss sure is bold! However, if it were to fail, they will lose a lot of money.¡± Feng Luo was truly surprised¡ªfirst, by the boldness of the boss, and second, by the trust that Mu Wu had for the boss.

    Having five billion star coins did not mean that it was possible to directly spend five billion star coins¡¯ worth of funds. As a matter of fact, the main business of the owner of Nightless City was the manufacture of mechanical parts, which was an entirely real-world industry. Most of the capital was tied up in equipment, so the liquidity was not high.

    It could even be said that the one billion definitely exceeded his liquidity cap. It was not easy to gather so much money. Fortunately, the billion was not nned to be injected in one go. Although it wouldn¡¯t take long to build a city in War, it would take at least a few months toplete it, so the fundraising was not all that urgent. However, a whole billion star coins directed into a game was really unbelievable, even if the game had been widely recognized to contain business opportunities.

    Feng Luo all of a sudden felt that they were on a whole other level. Be it the million credits from the Hurricane Controller or the estimated value of tens of millions of credits of the pet biochip, both amounts were crushed to cinders in the face of one billion star coins¡ªan amount that was equivalent to ten billion credits.

    To truly make money in War, the long and difficult route was the way to go. Also, one had to have the courage to spend money and ept the risks.

    The Little Witch, who had not spoken at all, suddenly cut in. ¡°It wasn¡¯t the big boss but the little one who decided it!¡±

    ¡°Oh, so it was the young master!¡± Feng Luo finally understood. The boss had three daughters but only one son. Naturally, it went without saying who would inherit the family business.

    Moreover, this young master was not a rich yboy. As a result of the boss having some health issues, the conglomerate had been in his hands for two years. Its performance had not declined. On the contrary, it had improved a lot. Therefore, the staff members were genuinely sold on this ¡°young master.¡±

    Of course, Feng Luo did not really use the phrase ¡°young master¡± in a respectful tone. In fact, when he was with Mu Wu, he was more ustomed to referring to this young boss as ¡°Rich 2G¡± (second generation). But Feng Luo felt a little strange. He noticed that when Little Witch was talking about the young boss, Mu Wu¡¯s eyes seemed to change for a moment, but the look disappeared quickly.

    ¡°So, you guys havee to Silvermoon City to choose a site. Wait, could it be...?¡±

    Feng Luo did not pursue the matter at first. He just looked at Mu Wu doubtfully. Finally, he said, ¡°Don¡¯t tell me, that the city is to be built near Silvermoon City?¡±

    ¡°To be precise, they¡¯re not all that close. The straight-line distance between them will be about 150 kilometers.¡± Mu Wu opened the electronic map of his terminal and projected a virtual three-dimensional image on the table. ¡°The Ruins Area numbered NC-5504 was a medium-sized city before the Great Destruction. Although it has been 100 years since then and it ispletely deserted, some basic facilities can be used if they are sorted and repaired. Building a city here can save expenditures on infrastructure to the greatest extent. The good geographical location provides more training spots for Levels 20 through 50 in the surrounding area. Most importantly, it may be the only passage to enter the battlefield in the future!¡±

    Mu Wu erged an area to the west of Silvermoon City on the three-dimensional map to show Feng Luo.

    ¡°Battlefield?¡± Feng Luo raised his head and asked. ¡°Are you nning to make money from yers who enter the battlefield?¡±

    ¡°Indeed. Once the war breaks out, the rebels and the Federal Army will definitely focus on taking over thisrge area south of Silvermoon City.¡± Mu Wu¡¯s eyes sparkled.

    Feng Luo looked at Mu Wu. ¡°That¡¯s too dangerous. Aren¡¯t you afraid that the war between the two sides will destroy the city?¡±

    It was known that in War, a yer city¡¯s defenses were iparable to those of a system city. Once involved in the war, yers could resurrect indefinitely. As for a city, however, if it were to be destroyed, the loss would not bepensated.

    ¡°The difference between a yer city and an NPC city is that the yer responsible as city manager need not take a stance,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°As a matter of fact, ording to my calctions, after the end of this worldwide war, it will turn into factional confrontations. So, if necessary, you can join the dominating side.¡±

    Mu Wu¡¯s demeanor was very calm. To him, betrayal was not an issue. The pursuit of maximized interests was what he needed.

    ¡°Well, I¡¯m not going to say anything regarding the building of a city,¡± said Feng Luo, ¡°but you still haven¡¯t said what you are going to do in Silvermoon City.¡±

    Feng Luo found himself baffled by Mu Wu. He still had not figured out the answer to his first question.

    ¡°The nned area for the city is within the Ruins Area, which contains arge number of monsters at grades that aren¡¯t all that low,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°As you know, the first phase of the task, cleaning up, means clearing out all the monsters in the nned area for the city within a day. Otherwise, they will constantly respawn. It will take a lot of people toplete this task. However, thepany is short on people, and they don¡¯t n to spend too much on it. So they want to hire some yers to help with this cleanup.¡±

    Feng Luo finally understood. ¡°And if you want to hire people, naturally it¡¯s best to get people nearby. So that¡¯s why you came to Silvermoon City.¡±

    ¡°Indeed,¡± Mu Wu said, looking at Feng Luo¡¯s face. ¡°My original n was to just hire a guild. I did not expect the situation in Silvermoon City to be soplicated. I hired the two biggest forces in Silvermoon City, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe, at the same time to avoid offending either of them. In this case, though, it seems that you and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group don¡¯t get along well... If you don¡¯t want us to hire the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, you can tell the boss. I think he might just grant it because he regards you highly.¡±

    Little Witch, who was at the side, had a surprised expression frozen on her face¡ªprobably because she couldn¡¯t believe that Feng Luo, the assistant manager in a nightclub would have the guts to ask the boss to withdraw from the deal he had signed.

    Feng Luo shook his head said hesitantly, ¡°No thanks...¡±

    ¡°All right!¡± Mu Wu seemed to have guessed what choice Feng Luo would make. He did not show surprise on his face but went on with the topic. ¡°However, the monsters in these ruins are quite troublesome. It is estimated that it will take a long time to clean it up. If there¡¯s not enough manpower, it might be difficult to handle.¡±

    ¡°Troublesome?¡± Feng Luo said with some doubt in his voice.

    ¡°ording to the information obtained from probes, there should be Boss-grade monster in the area, maybe even more than one. In addition, even the little monsters are not easy to handle¡ª¡±

    ¡°Mainly because the monsters there are disgusting,¡± Little Witch interrupted again, the expression on her delicate face a bit sour. ¡°Especially beetles of all kinds!¡±

    ¡°Beetles?¡± Feng Luo was genuinely stunned this time.

 Chapter 91 - Preparation

    <h4>Chapter 91: Preparation</h4>

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    ¡°Ruins Area NC-5504. A midsize city ruin measuring about 250 square kilometers. It is divided into four different regions: North, South, East, and West.¡±

    The next morning, convoys of energy SUVs rolled through the yellow sands as they drove toward Ruins Area NC-5504 in the morning sun. In the backseat of one of the cars, in the middle of the center row, Mu Wu¡¯s personal terminal projected a detailed three-dimensional map of the ruins while he exined the details of the clearance mission to Feng Luo.

    ¡°All the monsters in Ruins Area are at least Level 20, and it increases as we move toward the center. ording to the monster grade, areas from the outside toward the center can be segmented into a Level 20 Area, a Level 30 Area, a Level 40 Area, and possibly a Level 50 Area in the core.¡±

    ¡°Possibly?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°Yes. It is possible because a few of our scouting yers got instant-killed when they snuck into the Level 40 Area. They were targeted by a Quasi-Boss monster. Hence, the information collected was iplete. However, before they were killed, they saw what appeared to be a holy shrine building in the Level 40 Area. They realized it was saturated with monsters around it, so that must be the core.¡±

    ¡°A holy shrine? There are shrines in the game?¡±

    Feng Luo was curious. A shrine? But isn¡¯t this a sci-fi game?

    ¡°Who knows? Maybe the NPCs are superstitious,¡± Mu Wu answered.

    Feng Luo nodded. He recalled the mission on Silver Leaf Ind. The NPC sailors there believed in Poseidon and demons, too. It seemed like the advancement of technology did not diminish the people¡¯s belief in deities. As long as there were questions that science could not exin, theology would thrive.

    ¡°It is impossible to clear a total of 250 square kilometers in one day without the help of 10,000 people or more,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°Luckily, the criteria of the city-building mission is not that demanding. We just have to clear out all the monsters within 100 square kilometers around the core area. ¡± He erged the 3D map and marked a circle on it. ¡°Besides the 1,000bat yers from ourpany, we hired another 500 elite yers from both the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe. There will be more than 3,000 people in this mission, including the participating supporting staff.¡±

    More than 3,000 people!

    The number was insignificantpared to the 500,000 yers from Silvermoon City. However, it was certainly not small for a single mission. The key point was that two-thirds of the 3,000 yers belonged to the elite group. Theirbat power wasparable to 10,000 normal yers.

    The basic requirement to participate in this mission was to be Level 40 or above. Feng Luo had just met the bare minimum criteria. Furthermore, he had no clue that if the mission was aplished, the prize set by the employer was 3,000 credits per person.

    Thepensation for death, causing a yer to drop a level, was between 7,000 and 10,000 credits. Any finishing blow to Commander-level monsters would be rewarded with an extra 50,000 credits or more. Moreover, any loot from monsters would not be collected by thepany, except for those from the Boss.

    To sum it all up, this was essentially a paid grinding trip, so all the yers were pretty hyped up and would certainly fight harder.

    ¡°It would be difficult tomand a group of 3,000 people, so the final decision was to divide all of them into four groups to clear out monsters in the East, West, South, and North regions,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°As for us, we are assigned to the Southern Region!¡±

    Mu Wu stretched his hand and erged a segment on the 3D map. Clearly, the southern region was the smallest of the four regions. It was only one-third the size of thergest area, the northern region.

    ¡°The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe do not get along with each other, so thepany assigned them to be in charge of the eastern and western areas, respectively,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°Thergest area, the northern region, will be taken care of by the over 1,000bat yers from thepany headquarters. Lastly, the over 300 people from our club will be fully in charge of the southern region.¡±

    The ¡°club¡± Mu Wu referred to was Nightless City¡¯s club within the game: the Nightless Club.

    Even though Nightless Club was just an entertainment club, it had more than 400 staff members, and all of them had joined the game upon Mu Wu¡¯s request. Besides, Mu Wu took full advantage of his connections in the real-world nightclub. He had invited many loyal customers to join the Nightless Club in-game. There were over 1,300 members, and more than 700 of them could fight.

    Furthermore, those who frequented the nightclub were not those of low levels. Out of the 700 people, most of them had high-ranking equipment. They were as well-equipped as the elites from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Hence, Mu Wu didn¡¯t think it would even be a challenge to be responsible for clearing the entire southern region, even if there were only 300 of them.

    Feng Luo looked at Mu Wu and said indifferently, ¡°That means I won¡¯t be doing much, right?¡±

    He was supposed to be involved in the final phase of the building mission rather than this clearance mission, so he did not want to get too involved in this. The only reason he was participating was because he was highly interested in the beetles from the ruins.

    The ruins were located south of Silvermoon City, and 100 kilometers west of the ruins was Town of Exiles 1022... Which means it was highly probable that the Level-45 beetles controlled by rebel army hade from these ruins. That was the reason Feng Luo had joined the team.

    ¡°What? Not doing much? No!¡± Mu Wuughed as he closed the map. ¡°You gotta give your full 100 percent! Contribution charting services will be provided in this kind ofrge-scale mission. All contributions by every yer will be calcted and disyed on a scoreboard. Our boss has also promised that 100,000 credits will be rewarded to the top 100, whereas 5,000,000 credits for top ten and 20,000,000 credits for number one! It isn¡¯t a lot of money, but it will be nice if you can buy everyone a meal with the number-one prize.¡±

    Feng Luo rolled his eyes at Mu Wu. ¡°Do you seriously think that what you just said is even possible? I might stand a chance if I were a Machine Gunner or a Maniptor. Snipers are almost definitely in the bottom percentages. Hmm... I might score even worse than a Doctor!¡±

    Feng Luo knew that a Sniper¡¯s advantage was in one-on-one fighting and innding attacks against a Boss¡¯s weakness. The Sniper was among the least efficient ss for grinding in War. While Doctors handled medicine and did not fight monsters, they could still contribute by providing treatment. Hence, their degree of contribution was about the same as other upations.

    ¡°What¡¯s more, the most effective grinding tool in War, mechas, will appear in this mission. I think Mechanists will get to grind more than Maniptors and Machine Gunners!¡±

    Feng Luo was almost certain that he would see yer-controlled mechas in this mission. It was known that mechas required great energy to operate but were ideal against groups of monsters. A battle against Normal-grade monsters could even be a massacre. And be it the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group or the Veterans Tribe, all the big forces would train a few Mechanists to be used in a mission like this.

    ¡°The mechas will not be listed on the scoreboard,¡± Mu Wu said with a smile. ¡°Otherwise, other upations would not be able to outrank them. Besides, in the data, the system will use a conversion standard based on profession to assign contribution points, or else it will be too unfair for Snipers and Heavy Armor Warriors. So you don¡¯t have to worry.¡± His expression changed to a more serious face. ¡°Feng, take it as a personal favor to me. If it¡¯s possible, take chances to perform throughout the mission. ¡±

    Feng Luo stared into Mu Wu¡¯s eyes and fell silent. He was still not wearing his sses, and his eyes were brilliant. Feng Luo could tell that Mu Wu was serious about this.

    ¡°All right!¡± he said. ¡°But I¡¯m only a Sniper. I might not be that helpful, so I can¡¯t guarantee any results. The main reason is that my level is quite low, and I don¡¯t have good gear.¡±

    Feng Luo nodded but was actually feeling uncertain. Even though his basic stats wereparable to those of Level-50 yers, his gear was at Level 40¡ªinferior to Level-50 gear.

    ¡°No worries,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°I have prepared a secret weapon for you!¡±

    Mu Wu smiled and passed him a box with something inside.

 Chapter 92 - Arrival

    <h4>Chapter 92: Arrival</h4>

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    Energy Shield Breaking Bullet (Model I). C-Grade Ammunition.

    Increases attack power by 20% and additional energy damage by 100 points. It has a very strong damaging effect against C-grade and lower level defenses and an additional 5% final damage effect.

    When Feng Luo opened the box and saw the 150 rounds of special armor-piercing bullets neatly ced and emitting a faint blue light, a thought shed through his mind.

    This is an authentic C-grade bullet!

    Energy shield breaking bullets were known to be highly expensive. The market value of a single round was at least 500 credits. It was also appraised as special ammunition with attributes as high as B-grade. These had been used by ck Panther in the previous mission. The damage dealt by one shot was equivalent to four or five shots of C-grade double armor-piercing rounds from Feng Luo.

    A 20 percent attack increase, a very strong damaging effect against C-grade and lower level defenses, and 100 points of additional energy damage... Each of the first three attributes was very practical, not to mention a very special attribute¡ªan additional 5 percent final damaging effect.

    In the equipment descriptions in War, there were special terms for certain attributes that were rarer than general attributes¡ªfor example, ¡°final attack,¡±¡±absolute resistance,¡±¡±total defense,¡± etc. The meaning of the word ¡°final attack¡± in this case referred to the added improvement after stacking the weapon¡¯s attributes with the upgrades made to it.

    It may not have been easy to understand, but this could be capitalized on by using Feng Luo¡¯s talent. Among the attributes of his Lethal talents was one that increased the final damage of lethal attacks by 100 percent. This would mean that the 100-percent increase in lethal attacks would be added to the base damage after calcting the stacked body attribute bonus, profession specialization bonus, equipment attack power, and skill damage bonus. This meant it would double the damage of attacks.

    By contrast, if the word ¡°final¡± wasn¡¯t in the attribute description, the addition would generally be based either on equipment, body, physical fitness, etc., meaning the effect could be far lower.

    For example, the description of the Warrior¡¯s primary skill, Charge, had specified that speed of movement was increased by 200 percent. But this did not mean that once a warrior used Charge, the maximum speed would be three times that of a Warrior not using Charge. Due to 200 percent of Charge being based on the bonus of the movement speed of the body itself, it would not add the bonus to attributes such as the speed ofbat boots, speed increases from essories, or speed increases from buffing potions. Therefore, one¡¯s speed certainly could not reach three times the original speed! Thus, it could be said that attributes including the words ¡°final,¡±¡±absolute,¡± or ¡°whole¡± were regarded as rare among otherwise normal attributes.

    Any piece of equipment with such attributes had a much higher value than simr ss equipment. As long as the other attributes were decent, a piece of equipment with such excellent attributes could be sold at no less than the price of Rare-grade equipment. This was also the reason why the talent system rated Feng Luo¡¯s talent as an S-grade talent, because increasing final damage by 100 percent effectively doubled his lethal damage.

    ******

    ¡°Good stuff!¡±

    Feng Luo used his thumb and the index finger to pick up an energy shield breaking bullet and examine it. It was a 7.62mm diameter bullet with the tip painted in ck and blue. The shell was made of special material that appeared translucent. But the most unique feature was that a small segment of a light-blue energy crystal could be seen inside.

    From the bullet¡¯s name, it could be known that it was not conventional gunpowder ammunition; it used energy crystals as a propent instead.

    On a rted note, this was already a kind of ammunition that was more high-tech than gunpowder weapons. Fortunately, it had no special requirements for a specific model of gun in the game, so it could just be used with the M110.

    ¡°Oh, and another thing, Feng!¡± said Mu Wu, suddenly remembering something. ¡°As the area of ??this mission is very wide, I have divided the 300 people into groups of ten and specially reserved a position for you in a small team. Mu Zi will bring you to them in a moment.¡±

    Mu Zi, a Level-45 Scout with the ID ¡°Neer Mu Zi,¡± was the driver of their energy SUV. Feng Luo knew that he was a member of the security department of the nightclub, had decent fighting skills, and was very smart. Mu Wu would certainly not arrange him into a team without consideration, so Feng Luo nodded.

    Then the voice of a middle-aged man came from themunicator¡¯s mission channel. ¡°Hello everyone, please turn on the screen of the mission channel. Young Master Lu has a few words for everyone.¡±

    For thepletion of the mission, everyone was tuned to a unified mission channel built by thepany. In the original settings of War, themunication distance of yers was generally only within a range of ten kilometers. This was due to the disruptions caused by energy crystals and maic fields. However, if a dedicatedbatmand vehicle was purchased,munication range could be extended to 100 kilometers. The person who was speaking on the channel was obviously sitting in themand vehicle.

    After about ten seconds, a handsome man who was about 25 years old, a Fire Maniptor, appeared on the virtual screen of the mission channel.

    ¡°Hello everyone! I am the Acting President of Lu Conglomerate, Lu Chen.¡±

    He stood tall and straight and spoke with a strong tone and a smile, but he had a very confident gaze in his eyes. Lu Chen, the young master of Lu Conglomerate, had the gamer ID ¡°Dark Night Stars¡± and was a Level-48 Fire Maniptor. His gaze reminded Feng Luo of someone.

    Feng Luo turned his head and found out that Mu Wu was closing his eyes at the moment. It seemed that he was tired after two continuous work days, so he was taking a short nap.

    There was really nothing to listen to. The ¡°young master,¡± or ¡°Dark Night Stars,¡± was saying things that were not useful. In summation, it was about encouraging everyone to fight well and work hard for thepany to advance.

    h, h, h... thought Feng Luo.

    In the end, though, he finally brought up something more motivating, which was that the yers who had the top 50 contributions in this mission could earn a unit of free housing of 100 square meters after the city was built, and the number-one yer would get a 200-square-meter street shop in a bustling location. In addition, if a house or a shop wasn¡¯t wanted, it didn¡¯t matter. These two rewards could also be converted directly into credits or stars coins.

    ¡°It sounds generous but actually is a more effective method!¡± Feng Luomented, referring to the actions of Dark Night Stars.

    Dark Night Stars may have sounded generous, but he actually had nothing to lose. After all, in this kind of mission, the yers who could earn the top 50 contribution totals were definitely the best of the best. It would be worthwhile to tie them to the new city by giving them a house.

    He also specifically said that the reward could be converted into credits, which would not dissatisfy the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group or the Veterans Tribe of Silvermoon City. Even if a member of these groups entered the top 50, they would not feel that he had deliberately taken the opportunity to steal their talent. Such a person could be considered equivalent to Mu Wu. Feng Luo thought so in his heart.

    He turned back and nced at Mu Wu. His eyes were calm and were looking at the scenery outside the window.

    About ten minutester, the energy SUV gradually stopped and the driver Mu Zi called to them. ¡°Brother Wu, Brother Feng, we have reached our destination!¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡±

    Feng Luo and Mu Wu open the vehicle door on each side and disembarked.

    The location where the team stopped was on the outskirts of the Ruins Area, so when Feng Luo got out of the car, he saw the city ruins hundreds of meters away. It was a big city. Even though Feng Luo used his enhanced vision, he couldn¡¯t see where the borders of the ruinsy.

    The situation was simr to the S-53 military base. However,pared to the fortified military buildings, most of the high-rise buildings in the city had already copsed. Maybe just one out of ten still stubbornly stood. In addition, on the ruins formed by the copsed buildings, some ces were covered with dense weeds and tall trees. Monsters could even be briefly seen as they moved through the grass or under the trees amid these ruins.

 Chapter 93 - Party Members

    <h4>Chapter 93: Party Members</h4>

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    A Scout, a Gunner, two Energy Maniptors, two Heavy Armor Warriors, and a Light Armor Warrior, as well as a Doctor. These were eight members of the ten-member party Mu Wu had assigned to him. When he was led by Mu Zi to the meeting spot, there was still one yer who hadn¡¯t entered the party channel yet.

    Among the eight yers, there were four female yers, dividing the team equally between men and women. Feng Luo realized that he recognized all of the yers in this squad with the exception of a gentle-looking female Doctor who appeared to be in her twenties. Obviously, this was a deliberate arrangement by Mu Wu.

    ¡°Hey, Brother Feng!¡±

    As Feng Luo approached them, the first one to greet him with a wide grin was a gigantic man in his forties who weighed more than 250 pounds at about five and a half feet in height. His profession was Light Armor Warrior. However, despite the dark brown set of light armor that he had equipped, each individualponent was nearly bursting with rolls of body fat, creating the illusion that it was a set of heavy armor rather than the light armor it was designed to be.

    This man¡¯s surname was Meng, known to many people as Mr. Meng. In reality, he owned more than a dozen shops in the bustling area near Nightless City, which he had rented out, enabling him to lead a leisurely life of collecting rent.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    Clinging to Mr. Meng was an attractive female yer who was wearing an energy robe that signified her profession as a Wind Energy Maniptor. She too smiled widely as she greeted Feng Luo. She was an employee of Nightless City, her ID stating that her yer name was ¡°Orange.¡±

    She was not some kind of ¡°special worker.¡± In reality, although Nightless City did not prohibit that certain kind of transaction, they did require that their permanent employees refrain from getting involved in such activities. This woman was known to be ¡°Fatty¡± Meng¡¯s lover, and a very favored one at that.

    ¡°Ah, Manager Feng!¡±

    Standing on the other side of Mr. Meng was a skinny guy who was barely 1.65 meters tall. With a weight of around 100 pounds, he was the absolute opposite of Mr. Meng. His surname was Jiao, and as he had founded a meat processing nt. People had taken to addressing him as Chairman Jiao. He had draped himself in a flowing earth-yellow energy robe, indicating his profession of Earth Energy Maniptor.

    He also had a femalepanion at his side. She had a tall stature and carried herself with a confident, assured air. She was a Heavy Armor Warrior. Golden bronze skin peeked out of the gaps between her armor, and her entire person exuded a vibrant energy.

    ¡°Hi, Brother Feng!¡±

    This female yer was also a Nightless City employee, employed as a professional fitness trainer at the fifth-floor gym. She knew Feng Luo fairly well.

    Mr. Meng and Chairman Jiao may have differed dramatically in size, but nevertheless, they were best friends. They were even known by a phrase that served as a sort of nickname for the two of them: ¡°Jiao doesn¡¯t leave Meng.¡± These two frequented the fifth-floor gym and the second-floor bar at Nightless City, which happened to be Feng Luo¡¯s usual haunts. That was how they had gotten acquainted with each other after bumping into each other several times.

    ¡°Little Feng, so you¡¯re joining our party as well!¡±

    The fourth person to speak had an extraordinary status, as could be inferred from how he addressed Feng Luo. He was also a Heavy Armor Warrior around age 40 like Mr. Meng and Chairman Jiao. This person was known as Chairman Qian, a diamond-level VIP customer of Nightless City. Feng Luo had no clue as to the extent of his assets or properties. His game ID was also very intriguing, calling himself ¡°Lots of Money.¡±

    However, contradicting Chairman Qian¡¯s ID was the fact that his equipment wasn¡¯t very good. It was just slightly better than that of normal yers. Additionally, at Level 43, he also had one of the lowest levels among them all except for Feng Luo.

    Compared to him, the equipment of thest member of the group¡ªa Machine Gunner¡ªappeared pricelessly luxurious. The Gunner weighed around 45 kilograms, the rare eight-barreled railgun nicknamed ¡°Death Ripper¡± was ced innocuously next to this yer¡¯s feet, and attached to a wide tactical belt was a golden IMI Desert Eagle. It was the same model and make as the one Feng Luo had except with arger caliber, as well as a kukri de.

    Thebat suit this yer wore was also fairly extraordinary. If Feng Luo was not mistaken, it ought to have been installed with a smart control microchip that enabled automatic regtion of body temperature and chameleon-like camouge, lowering the possibility of detection. It was also made up of multipleyers of bulletproof material. Thus, its protection was evenparable to some light armor SUV-bulletproof bodysuits.

    Besides that, she was at Level 48, the highest among all of them. Yes¡ªthis yer was a ¡°she¡±! Not a he!

    This exceptionally high-level yer, who possessed premium equipmentparable to that of Red Queen¡ªequipped with the extremely violent machine gun known as the Death Ripper, capable of explosive firepower¡ªappeared to be a female yer in herte twenties.

    ¡°Little Feng, why haven¡¯t you visited the PVP arena recently? I have not found a decent sparring partner for a quite a while. Last time I dragged Mu Zi to spar, he couldn¡¯t evenst for one minute. No fun at all!¡±

    As Feng Luo came over, she removed her helmet, revealing a head of short blond hair, clear blue eyes, and an easy smile.

    Standing next to Feng Luo, the Scout Mu Zi lowered his head as he heard what she said, as if remembering a terrifying experience.

    ¡°I¡¯d definitely y with Sister Rui if there was a chance!¡± Feng Luo said with a smile.

    This woman was also a diamond-ss VIP customer, and despite what her youthful appearance might have suggested, her actual age was somewhere in the thirties. Of course, the people of the Star Federation had an average lifespan of over 110 years, which made over 30 seem fairly young. In fact, even the one who looked the oldest among them, Chairman Jiao, had an appearance resembling a 30-something Earth dweller. The development of technology had undoubtedly benefited people most in terms of lifespan.

    ¡°Fatty¡± Mr. Meng seemed very happy to see Feng Luo, but when he noticed Feng Luo¡¯s level on the party channel, he spoke his mind. ¡°By the way, Brother Feng, you¡¯re a little low in level, aren¡¯t you? I, as your brother, have already reached Level 46. Do you need me to set aside some time to assist you?¡±

    ¡°No doubt, I can¡¯t measure up to Mr. Meng in gaming ability,¡± Feng Luoplimented jokingly.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk, Brother Feng. That¡¯s nice to hear. To be honest, your Brother Meng grew up ying virtual reality games. No matter what game it is, I¡¯ll definitely be one of the top yers. If you don¡¯t believe it, you can ask Lao Jiao. When he¡¯s defeated, I¡¯m the one who will lead the rescue team to help him find his way back.¡±

    Skinny Chairman Jiao raised his head as he replied with a face of derision, ¡°Come on, Lao Meng. What kind of sh*tty expert are you? If it weren¡¯t for me covering for you every time, you would have been destroyed by your opponents during PK.¡±

    ¡°Wow!¡± replied Mr. Meng. ¡°Would a certain someone surnamed Jiao please speak based on your conscience...?¡±

    ¡°What do you mean I don¡¯t speak based on conscience? I¡¯ve only spoken the truth!¡±

    ¡°You scumbag! How about we have a duel to verify that!¡±

    ¡°Why not? Come at me!¡±

    Seeing that the two of them were about to start quarreling, Feng Luo deliberately changed the subject. ¡°So, virtual reality games already existed during your childhood? I didn¡¯t know that.¡±

    ¡°Virtual reality games had been around for a long time. At least hundreds of years,¡± Mr. Meng said that with a tinge of wistfulness. ¡°It¡¯s just that none of those games was 100 percent realistic like War, and their NPCs were also a lot less intuitive and intelligent. Therefore, it was nearly impossible for them to gain the support of the federal government to promote them. Currently, most of these games have be so unpopr that they had to shut down their servers, including ssics that had been around for decades.¡±

    Chairman Jiao nodded in agreement. ¡°Indeed, this game¡¯s ystyle may not be as unique as some older games, and the weapons and technology featured here are somewhat outdated. But in terms of how real it feels, it would absolutely annihte itspetitors. Otherwise, it wouldn¡¯t have attracted so many yers to y it. In fact, in the process of ying, I asionally question if this game was truly made with human technology!¡±

    ¡°So you think there is some involvement by intelligence from outer space?¡± Mr. Meng scoffed immediately. ¡°The problem with your theory is, even after many years, we are still unable to discover any civilizations sophisticated enough to be on par with humanity, let alone to surpass it.¡±

    ¡°The universe seems endless! There is a 100-percent chance that a more advanced civilization exists...¡±

    The dispute between the two was resumed once again. Feng Luo wisely did not pay attention to them this time, instead turning to the female Gunner next to him who was maintaining her firearms.

    ¡°Oh yeah,¡± he said. ¡°Sister Rui, who¡¯s the missing member? Why isn¡¯t he or she here yet?¡±

    ¡°Hi everyone, sorry for beingte!¡±

    Just as Feng Luo finished asking his question, a tall, long-legged beauty in a red energy robe with white ents walked over and smiled at him. ¡°Hi, Brother Feng!¡± she said.

    ¡°Little Witch?¡±

    Feng Luo had never imagined that thest member would be Little Witch. It seemed that Mu Wu had high hopes for her, going so far as to assign her to this team.

    ¡°This is my ssmate, Little Snow,¡± she said.

    The identity of thest member, the Doctor, had finally been revealed. Little Witch linked arms with the female Doctor and introduced her to them with a warm smile.

    ¡°Hi, guys!¡± said the Doctor with the yer ID ¡°Little Snow.¡± She seemed very shy. Presumably, the presence of several heavy hitters on the team had stressed her out a bit.

    Mr. Meng¡¯s chubby face was ck with surprise. ¡°ssmate? Little Witch, the two of you are still students?¡±

    ¡°We are Business Management students at First Business School!¡± Little Witch replied with a smile. ¡°We have alreadypleted the free courses, so we are currently working part-time while studying.¡±

    The Star Federation¡¯s education system was abination of free and paid education. Every citizen could enjoy free education for up to 15 years, and after that limit, any extra education had to be paid for out of their own pocket. There was no age restriction for students, so even if someone was 70 to 80 years old, it was still possible to enter school for further studies. Other than that, there was no strict time limit, so students could spend time in the virtual pod before attending sses as long as they could pass their academic certification. This was the era of free learning.

    ¡°Hey, the mecha is here!¡±

    Mu Zi¡¯s voice attracted everyone¡¯s attention. Three six-meter-tall units of Level-45 C-45 Bear-type Mechas, famous for their imprable defense, were loaded on arge energy vehicle that was slowly pulling over in front of the ruins. The 50mm autocannon on the mecha¡¯s back and the miniature missiles in the side-mounted missileunchers glinted in the rays of the awakening sun.

    The arrival of the mecha also signified the end of the preparation for today¡¯s mission.

    The mission is about tomence.

 Chapter 94 - The Beetleâ€™s First Appearance

    <h4>Chapter 94: The Beetle¡¯s First Appearance</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

    A gunshot sted out of the M110 in Feng Luo¡¯s hand. A normal armor-piercing bullet shot out, sting the Level-25 brown mantis-like monster over 20 feet away into pieces. Body parts and greenish-ck body fluid were sttered onto the grass.

    Ratta-tat!

    Beside him, Mu Zi held an assault rifle and fired consistently to the other side. A Mutant Mantis simr in appearance was hit until its head detached from the body and the abdomen burst into experience points.

    The ce where they were at was originally was a square, but their surroundings had now turned into a jungle. Beneath this patch of grass and trees that covered most of the area, there were arge number of mutant insect monsters above Level 20. A Level-25 Mutant Mantis would hide in the ruins and stay still. When a yer passed, it would then pounce on them andunch a sneak attack, waving its two one-foot-long greenish-brown scythes to at vital organs such as the chest or neck.

    If a yer of Level 20 encountered such monster, there would be a good chance that the yer would be insta-killed. But when facing a team of yers all above Level 40, these Mantises could only be ughtered one-sidedly.

    The mission had been going on for an hour already, and Feng Luo and his team had advanced nearly 500 meters into the ruins, killing over 1,000 monsters over Level 20.

    The efficiency of killing monsters in a team versus that of killing as individuals was quite different. If Feng Luo had to do it alone, it would have been difficult to reach 1,000 kills even if he had a week¡¯s time because the attack power of these Level-20 Mutant Mantises was not considered low. If he were besieged by seven or eight simultaneously, his HP and defense wouldn¡¯t be able to hold up. Hence, he would need to alternate his position while running.

    Now that he had Heavy Armor Warriors to help defend and Earth Maniptors to create obstacles to divide the group of monsters, he could easily cause damage and farm XP, reaping monsters one shot at a time. In an hour, the monsters that died in Feng Luo¡¯s hands were close to 100. This was because the team spent most of the time figuring out the monsters¡¯ locations.

    Of course, he was not the yer who caused the most damage; in the whole process, more than 300 monsters died at the hands of Little Witch. The effective cement of the Fire Maniptor¡¯s Level-45 ranged skill ¡°Sea of Fire¡± would cause continuous spreading damage as long as there was an adequate supply of MP and energy crystals. Sea of Fire could have been called one of the most useful skills for killing low-level monsters among all the professions.

    As for ¡°Sister Rui,¡± who also belonged to a violent damage output profession¡ªthe Machine Gunner¡ªshe had killed fewer than 50 monsters. This was because the monsters were not concentrated enough. Hence, she didn¡¯t use the machine gun on her side. Instead, she just shot precisely with the golden Desert Eagle, sting the Mutant Mantises into smithereens one by one.

    ¡°Hey, there¡¯s a big guy over here!¡± came an excited voice from the side of the two of them, apanied by a low, muffled roar.

    A giant mantis three times the size of amon Mutant Mantis appeared. Its two sharp sickles had been transformed from brownish-green in color to brownish-ck. Its pair of dark red eyes reflected the happy, chubby face of Mr. Meng¡ªwho was about the same height¡ªin front of it.

    Mutant Mantis (Level 29, Elite). Estimated HP: 12500.

    ¡°You guys stay back,¡± said Mr. Meng. ¡°I¡¯ll take this one on myself!¡±

    As an experienced, older yer who had grown up ying games, Mr. Meng was skillful indeed. He brandished a 1.5-meter alloy longsword magnificently, steadily striking the over-two-meter Elite Mantis. The most damage the Mantis could do to him with a cut from the sickles would be less than 500 points, whereas if he shed with his sword, the damage would exceed 1,000 points. Hence, no one was interested in watching this one-sided fight.

    Feng Luo lifted his M110 as he stood on higher ground, observing the surroundings with the scope. It had been a long time since they¡¯d entered the ruins. They had killed more than 1,000 monsters, yet strangely, they hadn¡¯t encountered a single beetle. As a result, his idea of testing the chip could not be implemented.

    It was worth mentioning that when Mu Wu had sent someone out to scout, plenty of beetles had been seen in the Level-20 region. However, it was as if they had all vanished without a trace today, as not even a single one had been seen. This was really odd...

    Feng Luo lifted the M110 and turned half around, setting the Eye of the Thunder scope to the maximum magnification of 15 times. He scanned the hidden locations, such as windows of the surrounding buildings and the trees, but nothing was found.

    The only thing that was special was the upper portion of a five-meter statue, which was estimated to be a person of importance in the city. Fist-like holes were hewn out on the statue. The ck recesses made it somewhat aesthetically displeasing; in fact, even though there were some strange features on these statues, they could have been interpreted as artistic. Ordinary people would not have understood the truth.

    Feng Luo observed carefully and did not find anything strange on the sculpture, so he quickly shifted his gaze away. He lowered the M110 and requested of Mu Zi, who was following him closely, ¡°Mu Zi, do a reconnaissance of the situation!¡±

    ¡°Got it, brother Feng!¡±

    Mu Zi nodded and fiddled with his recon meter. He then turned on his cooled-down Detection skill to provide a buff. The result of the Detection showed that, aside from the Level-29 Elite Mantis, which was being beaten to a pulp by Mr. Meng, all the monsters in the surrounding had been cleared.

    Mu Zi¡¯s talent was the strengthening of his Detection effect. Although it was only a B-grade talent, it was undoubtedly one of the best talents of a Scout. Therefore, everyone was confident in the results of Mu Zi¡¯s reconnaissance.

    ¡°Now that the area is cleared, let¡¯s move. Keep going!¡± Chairman Qian said in a low tone.

    Since his equipment was average and he was a Heavy Armored Warrior, he did not kill any monsters on the front line. Instead, he held a shield to protect the only Doctor on the team. However, everyone had agreed to make him the captain due to his status. His decision would overrule the others in some cases.

    Even though there might have been undetected monsters still hiding in this region, it wouldn¡¯t matter much anymore. For one thing, the mission did not ask forplete clearance of the area. For another, they were tasked only to conduct a rough initial clearing of the area, and a different squad woulde after them to clean up the rest. Any leftover monsters won¡¯t be much of a problem.

    The team was just about to move forward when over ten yellow dots suddenly appeared on the recon meter.

    ¡°Wait! A dozen of monsters suddenly appeared behind us!¡± Mu Zi hastily shouted to stop them.

    They turned around after they heard what he said, discovering that the position of the monsters that appeared this time was in the air.

    It was a type of gray beetle with a diameter of three centimeters. Its appearance was simr to that of a scarab. Its gray, metallic-looking body was round, and its translucent hindwings pped rapidly underneath the unfolded wing cases. This created a multitude of afterimages produced loud noises.

    Speed of flight is 11 to 12 meters per second. Distance is approximately 24 meters...

    Without needing the help of the M110 scope, Feng Luo¡¯s brain, which had a significant improvement in senses, immediately projected the estimated data.

    Suicide Bombeetle (Level 20, Normal). Species Code: JCG-02347. HP: 500. XP-S3 chippatibility: 29%. Speed of flight: 11.53 m/s, Distance: 22.7 m. Height: 7.43 m.

    Aside from the normal data that could be seen in the past recon in his sniper scope, Feng Luo¡¯s rifle also had the ability to identify the types of monsters because it was loaded with the chip Master Rnd had given him.

    The ¡°chippatibility¡± information was included at the end. This showed him the chances of sessfully controlling this type of beetle if he were to use the control chip in his hand. The probability of 29 percent was so low! But none of the other species of monsters that Feng Luo had experimented with had apatibility of over 10 percent.

    The Suicide Bombeetle¡¯s 29 percent was rtively high. And judging from the data, the previous Level-45 Beetle Boss might have indeed been connected somehow to these ruins.

 Chapter 95 - Suicide Bombeetle

    <h4>Chapter 95: Suicide Bombeetle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It¡¯s a Suicide Bombeetle! Everybody, be careful! Do not let them near you!¡±

    Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter had already scanned the information on the beetles. He then shouted to inform others, but he was toote. Mr. Meng, who was trailing at the back of the team after finishing off the Elite Praying Mantis, was getting being up by the chasing beetles.

    Bang! Bang! Bang...!

    ?533

    ?549

    ?511

    ?499

    When four beetles flew on top of Mr. Meng, a small red dot appeared on their stomachs. Then they stormed down twice as quickly as their previous speed. In the process, the red dot continued to expand. In the end, it looked like a red light shining through a half-transparent body.

    When it touched Mr. Meng, the beetle blew up in mes and was reduced to a bundle of ck smoke, causing around 500 points of damage.

    Bang! Bang!

    Feng Luo kept firing his sniper rifle, working with others to shoot the remaining dozen beetles and to prevent them from getting close. These airborne monsters, several centimeters in width, were difficult to hit using a sniper rifle when they moved at high speed. Feng Luo shot four times, but only two of his shots hit their target.

    These beetles, which were below Level 20 and had less than 500 HP, were easily killed by an armor-piercing bullet. But their deaths were different than those of ordinary monsters. They would explode when they died. The nearby beetles would also explode as a result of the explosion, causing a chain reaction of explosions to ur, forming a sort of fireball. At this time, the sky was filled with mes like fireworks.

    Chairman Jiao, who was enclosed in a yellow ochre energy shield, looked at the plump Mr. Meng¡ªbeing bombed until his armor was tainted with dark and gray spots¡ªandughing merrily at the expense of his misfortune. ¡°Hey, Mr. Meng, aren¡¯t you an expert? Your face is covered with dirt!¡±

    ¡°Damn, these monsters remind me of the self-destructing spiders in an old game,¡± Mr. Meng grunted. ¡°They were all so irritating!¡±

    At his side, a Wind Maniptor with the ID ¡°Orange¡± hurriedly took out a wet tissue and wiped Mr. Meng¡¯s face.

    ¡°Mr. Meng, how¡¯s the damage dealt by these beetles?¡± Mu Zi took the opportunity to gather information, simultaneously asking Mr. Meng about the monsters while inputting information and uploading the video of the beetles.

    ¡°The explosive power isn¡¯t major,¡± said Mr. Meng. ¡°It was equal to roughly 1,000 damage. The enhanced armor was able to reduce it to roughly 500 damage.¡±

    Mr. Meng brandished the alloy longsword in his hand. This sword had a very distinct appearance. Not only was it one and a half meters in length, but it was also one foot and five inches in width. The sword¡ªas long as a door and nearly as broad¡ªwas shining with a vaguely golden light. It might have been a high-ranked Rare-grade piece of equipment.

    ¡°Roughly 1,000 damage, will cause a chain reaction of explosions...¡± Mu Zi quickly uploaded the information to the Lu Company¡¯s centralmand channel.

    Thepany had assigned a few Scouts, especially in the archaeological site to get information about the monsters inside. When these Scouts were infiltrating these sites, they did not dare to startle the monster, so their data on the monster¡¯s damage was unclear. During the cleaning process, the Scout on each team would upload the data and the image into the data storage in themander car. This would enable other teams to handle the same type of monster in the future with ease. The big guilds would apply the same standard operating procedure (SOP) when conducting such missions.

    Mr. Qian, who was holding the alloy shield analyzed the situation. ¡°1,000 damage for a Level-20 monster is considered high. By the looks of it, they can only attack at short range. It will not be much of a problem if we are careful.¡±

    Mu Zi, who was transmitting the data, was shocked. The recon meter in his hand began to show concentrated yellow dots. ¡°Sh*t. Numerous monsters are getting close. There are at least 300 of them!¡±

    ¡°Damn!¡±

    Everyone could see the monsters. Roughly 100 meters behind them, a bunch of Suicide Bombeetles came out of nowhere. Under the sun, their shells glimmered with gray lights. The buzz of their wings could be heard hundreds of meters away.

    300 Suicide Bombeetles was a terrifying number. One explosion could cause 1,000 basic damage. Once they get close, even a Heavy Armor Warrior could not withstand 20 to 30 explosions.

    Although Mr. Qian¡¯s equipment was not very good, he was very adept in teambat and did not panic when givingmands. ¡°Wind Maniptors, use your ultimate skill, Tornado! Fire Maniptors, ready Firewall! Heavy and Light Armor Warriors, protect the Healers and Maniptors! Machine gunners¡ª¡±

    ¡°I know! I have been waiting for this situation for a long time!¡± The blonde Sister Rui was excited even before Mr. Qian had finished his words. She kept her Desert Eagle on herbat belt. Then she ran toward the almost assembled Death Ripper on the floor and quickly assembled the gun.

    ¡°Firewall!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor Level-30 skill only required two seconds to activate. So while everyone else was getting ready, Little Witch¡¯s staff was already glowing with fire energy like a ming torch. She pointed the staff toward the front.

    At that moment, the wastnd roughly 70 meters away from the team burned up with a me that roared straight up. Dead leaves and green leaves alike across thend were burning up in the fire.

    The mes were contained by an invisible energy and did not spread to the surroundings. Instead, they burst upward, forming a wall of fire roughly three meters high. When looking through Firewall, the vision and the air were distorted in shape.

    Boom!

    The position of the Firewall was just in ce, at least 30 self-destruct beetle were killed in the fire.

    Although Firewall¡¯s damage was not as high as the Level-40 Meteor Rain, the beetles were not even at Level 20 and had less than 500 HP, so it was enough to kill them instantly.

    The Suicide Bombeetles, as though they were beingmanded, circled around the fire to minimize the damage, causing the skill to be less effective. But this had already bought enough time.

    Ratatatatat...

    Waves of gunshots produced a deafening sound like metal being rent asunder. 150 bullets in one second, shot from eight-barreled alloy gun powered by electromaic energy. The stream of bullets went flying at the Suicide Bombeetles. The continuous chain of bullets was not visible to the naked eye, but the shells were bouncing out and gathering into a pile on the ground.

    The aggressive Suicide Bombeetles were unable to withstand the waves of bullets. The beetles were numerous; there were 300 of them left even after they went through the Firewall. But this number was iparable to the number of bullets shot from the Death Ripper in two seconds.

    Although the bullets had low damage, they could still kill a beetle with two shots¡ªsometimes one. More importantly, the chain reaction caused by these beetles exploding was killing their partners nearby. Even more beetles exploded when the machine gun switched angles.

    If the chain reaction caused by ten beetles was a fireball, then this was an inferno. The explosions of several hundred beetles was a spectacr feast for the eyes! Half the sky was set aze, turning red instantly. Clouds of rolling ck smoke spread and filled the air above them. The situation was made even more extreme by the Firewall still burning intensely.

    There were still a few Bombeetles that charged toward the yers, flying straight into the bullets... This in-game spectacle wasparable to watching a science-fiction blockbuster.

 Chapter 96 - Beetle Storm

    <h4>Chapter 96: Beetle Storm</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    What made everyone delighted was not just the explosion in the sky but also the amount of experience points that popped up. This made them even happier.

    Although the Suicide Bombeetles were only Level-20 monsters, there were penalties for killing the same monsters in War, resulting in reduced experience points. The experience point from these beetles, however, was double that of the average monster. All of their experience point totals went up a notch when hundreds of the beetle died.

    ¡°Sister Rui! Well done!¡± Mu Zi praised while giving a thumbs up. He then started firing with the assault rifle in his hand.

    Nearly 300 beetles had been reduced to 50 after charging through the machine gun assault. What awaited them was an expert Wind Maniptor¡¯s Level-40 Tornado.

    The spinning typhoon swallowed everything, including the Suicide Bombeetles. A damage indicator of ?300 appeared over their bodies continuously. They exploded into balls of fire after two seconds.

    The tornado, now filled with me and smoke, blended into the fiery sky. The scene was a jaw-dropping visual sensation.

    The remaining beetle was unable to battle the elites.

    ¡°Good, settled!¡±

    A female yer took a leap with the heavy alloy shield and crushed thest Suicide Bombeetle.

    A ?190 appeared overtop of a brown-skinned girl with an afro. Her ID was ¡°Thorny Rose,¡± an expert trainer. She massaged her hands and seemed to be very satisfied with her work.

    This violent behavior had frightened Chairman Jiao. The regrettable thing was that although the XP gained from these beetles was rtively high, no items were dropped. The system must have designed it that way.

    Mu Zi looked at his recon meter and used his detection skill. ¡°There should be no more monsters.¡±

    ¡°Then let¡¯s go,¡± said Chairman Qian with a hesitant voice. He was holding his shield.

    Hisment was cut off by the Crazy Ripper. The sound wasing from approximately 100 meters behind the area where the Suicide Bombeetle hade from! This time, they could vaguely see a cloud flying through the air, and they heard thunder strikes from the ck clouds.

    ¡°What¡¯s that?¡±

    A doctor named Xiao Xue was shocked. ¡°Big trouble!¡± she said.

    Feng Luo grew tense. He was the only one who could clearly see what that ¡°ck cloud¡± was.

    ¡°It¡¯s Suicide Bombeetles!¡± Mu Zi screamed. His recon meter originally showed nothing but now was filled up with yellow dots.

    But unlikest time, the Level-45 recon meter could not even estimate how many beetles there were. It could only estimate that the number was rising¡ªbreaking 8,500 and was still going up.

    10,000 Suicide Bombeetles! Tens of thousands of normal beetles wouldn¡¯t have been frightening. But this was a horde of monsters. And even if they were just Level-20 monsters, it was still terrifying.

    Previously, 300 beetles had been enough to be a threat to them. Now, nearly 10,000 of them would give the yers no chance to fight back.

    The ¡°ck tornado¡± in the sky was a mirage formed by countless flying beetles, and the thunderous sound was made by thousands of beetles pping their wings at the same time.

    ¡°Are you serious?¡± Chairman Jiao was bbergasted after understanding the situation.

    The fearless, chubby boss, Mr. Meng, was also at a loss. ¡°Oh crap! We are no match for them!¡±

    Sister Rui did not talk much, but she had already disassembled the rifle and was putting it into her bag. ¡°Let¡¯s run!¡± she shouted, and she started took off with the remaining pieces still in her hands.

    Without hesitation, everyone ran after her.

    Feng Luo, however, lingered behind. He wanted to initiate a series of explosions by shooting at the beetles.

    Given that these beetles were so densely packed, the act of killing one would cause a chain reaction, and the experience he would gain would be greater than killing with his rifle.

    The reason he did pursue this course of action was because he noticed that not all beetle were flying in this direction. Only 10 percent of them were chasing the yers. He was worried that by shooting one of them, he would attract the rest of the Suicide Bombeetles, thus digging his own grave then. Therefore, he could only let the idea go.

    ******

    They ran quickly, and the beetles¡¯ flying speed was slow. Although the yers faced a lot more obstacles on the ground, they managed to enter a broken-down building just as the beetles were catching up. They did not have time to consider whether the old building would be safe.

    Boom!

    After everyone was inside the building, two Heavy Armor Warriors lifted their alloy shields to block the door, activating the Level-40 Warrior skill ¡°Immovable Mountain.¡± However, the door was resounding with the knocking sounds of Suicide Bombeetles trying to break in. Thebined noises sounded like a hailstorm. They were lucky that these Suicide Bombeetles did not see their targets and, therefore, did not self-destruct. If they had, the door would have been broken by just a few explosions.

    ¡°Be careful...¡± someone spoke up. ¡°The windows!¡±

    The building seemed like a residential block. Their position should have been near a side door, so there were norge windows. But there were two small, one-meter windows along the side that wererge enough for the Suicide Bombeetles to enter.

    Crack!

    One of the windows shattered into pieces, and five to six Suicide Bombeetles immediately flew inside.

    Ratatatatat!

    Mu Zi squeezed his assault rifle¡¯s trigger and immediately opened fire, rattling off numerous shots to kill three of the beetles.

    Bang! Bang!

    Sister Rui dropped the pieces of her assault rifle and swapped to the Golden Desert Eagle. She shot at the remaining three beetles with high precision. At the same time, the mes caused by the explosions blocked the windows. Now, the beetles were unable to enter. The attackers had be the defenders.

    Feng Luo quickly shot a flying beetleing in from another window with his M110. His shot, coupled with Little Witch¡¯s Fireball and Orange¡¯s Wind de, was able to hold off the beetle.

    ¡°No! We are unable to hold them off!¡±

    The two Heavy Armored Warriors, along with Chairman Qian and Thorny Rose, were signaling distress. They were both relying on the Immovable Mountain skill to block the door. Once the skill¡¯s duration was depleted, they would not be able to hold back such strong attacks.

    ¡°Ah! Mu Zi, quickly! Call for help!¡± said Chairman Jiao immediately. He had sweated all the way through his headgear. Although it had been only a dozen-meter sprint, it was exhausting for a Maniptor who had never increased his Stamina points. His Stamina was reduced to half.

    The efforts were in vain, thought Feng Luo. They must have sustained some damage!

    Feng Luo noticed that the entire group of Suicide Bombeetles was organized. They broke into ten different directions to attack the ten teams of yers in Nightless City. This way, the beetles could all take care of themselves.

    In reality, the whole southern team channel was filled with noises. They could not even hear what each other was saying.

    That¡¯s why it is better to rely on yourself rather than others, said Feng Luo in his mind.

    ¡°There¡¯s a dungeon here with an alloy door,¡± said Mr. Meng. ¡°It should be able to hold back the beetles!¡± He had already scouted the area and reported the good news in the team channel.

    But Feng Luo did not care about overruling others. Right away, he gave the order. ¡°Little Witch! Get ready with Firewall. Chairman Qian, Thorny Rose! Move away!¡±

    The two Heavy Armor Warriors synchronized their actions. First, they used ¡°Shield Bash.¡± Then they both optimized the skills¡¯ recoil to withdraw swiftly.

    When the alloy shields were taken away from the door, the Suicide Bombeetles immediately broke through and rushed into the building. However, a Firewall was unleashed just in time, emerging in the middle of the room to separate the yers from the beetles. This line of defense initiated another round of explosive chain reactions and bought the yers some time.

 Chapter 97 - The Mutant Rat Commander

    <h4>Chapter 97: The Mutant Rat Commander</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Thump!

    A single sh from an alloy sword cut off the weighty chains that hung on the iron gate. The chains then dropped heavily to the ground, blocking the surging Suicide Bombeetles from outside the building.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    An intense noise of collision came from the other end of the gate. The noise went on for a while and slowly faded away.

    ¡°Finally! A little peace!¡± Chairman Jiao sighed while leaning against the wall in the basement.

    ¡°I don¡¯t think so!¡± Feng Luo suddenly said, looking at a specific location.

    The yers¡¯ hearing was still not yet fully recovered. They had only just escaped from the terrible bombing noises of the Suicide Bombeetles. However, Feng Luo¡ªthrough his keenly enhanced hearing capability¡ªcould clearly sense that the gloomy basement was not actually silent. No¡ªtechnically speaking, it was an underground parking garage for a residential building rather than a basement.

    With the dim lighting from their equipment and the glowing energy crystal on their magic staffs, they could see clearly that there was metal debris from an unknown car model beside them. Furthermore, there wereponents scattered around the floor.

    nk!

    Feng Luo took out a specially made re from his backpack and threw it ten meters away. The re gradually lightened up their surroundings.

    ¡°Ah!¡± Orange, who was beside Mr. Meng, suddenly cried out, pointing her finger in a specific direction.

    ¡°R¡ªr¡ªrat!¡¯

    ¡°Come on! It¡¯s just a rat!¡± Mr. Meng said tly, defending her from the front with his armor supported by his fat body and door-sized alloy greatsword.

    ¡°! It isn¡¯t any normal rat!¡± Orange said in a trembling voice behind Mr. Meng, her lovely face going pale.

    Orange was right. The thing she referred to was 30 meters away, and it was no ordinary rat. It was a giant rodent with a body over two meters long. Some of the dark gray hair on its body had fallen off, and its razor-sharp teeth were as red as blood. It was staring at them with crimson eyes, preparing to attack. The Eye of the Thunder scope gave them information about this rat in the blink of an eye. It could hardly match the pet chip¡¯s standard, as it was not a beetle.

    Mutant Rat (Level 35 Commander). Species Serial Number: LSB-39874. Estimated HP: 28,000. XP-S3 Chip Compatibility: 0.45%!

    Squeak!

    The Mutant Rat squeaked as it grew irritated by the re. It bent its body lower and prepared to attack at any second.

    Squeak! Squeak... Squeak...

    More and more squeaks sounded as the Mutant Ratpleted its summoning skill. Countless red eyes gradually appeared deep inside the garage where the re¡¯s light was unable to reach. Several were the size of an adult rabbit, and they were many over Level 30 throughout the garage. Around 50 to 60 pairs of crimson eyes could be seen ring out of the darkness.

    ¡°Great! It seems we don¡¯t have time to take a rest after all!¡± said Sister Rui.

    She leaned her body while slightly shaking her blond hair to take an aim. She then yelled while firing her Golden Desert Eagle at the Mutant Rat Commander with her right hand.

    Bang!

    ?2345

    Yellow weak-point damage! The 50-caliber bullet knocked out one of its teeth as the Mutant Rat Commander opened its mouth.

    ¡°Attack!¡±

    Everyone knew what to do even if nomand had been given. yers belonging to vulnerable sses like Feng Luo, Little Witch, and Orange retreated backward, while Little Snow, who was a doctor, retreated further back to the rear position until she reached the wall. Meanwhile, Chairman Qian and Thorny Rose, the two Heavy Armor Warriors, raised their shields and stood on the front lines. They immediately used their shields to bash back two rats that were rushing over to them, intending to prevent them from reaching the yers in the rear position.

    Squeak! Squeak!

    The gunfire from the sniper rifles, handguns, and assault rifles were all mixed together. Wind des, Fireballs, and Earth Spikes were all used in session. The Mutant Rats that were trying to cross the front line were knocked back.

    Compared to the Level-20 monsters the yers had faced previously, these Level-30-plus Mutant Rats could obviously take more hits. It was difficult to kill them with one shot unless one were to hit their weak point.

    With such a tremendous amount of rats charging at them all at once, the first line of defense formed by the two Heavy Armor Warriors and Mr. Meng became vulnerable and full of holes.

    Squeak!

    A Level-33 Normal-grade Rat broke through the defensive line below Mr. Meng¡¯s legs. It then jumped from the ground and threw itself at Little Snow, who was busying healing the Heavy Armor Warriors. It opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp teeth while its crimson eyes revealed bloodlust.

    Bang!

    There came a gunshot by a sniper rifle. Feng Luo fired a shot at the rat immediately while it was on airborne to knock it back. The rat bled while falling to the ground.

    However, the Level-33 Normal-grade Rat was not dead yet hitting the ground. Its eyes turned a darker shade of red as it squeaked at a high pitch. It then changed its target to Feng Luo, throwing itself at him.

    The system determined that the defensive stats of the Mutant Rats¡¯ skin was above average. Normal armor-piercing bullets from Feng Luo¡¯s M110 could not guarantee a kill with one shot.

    Bang!

    Sister Rui¡¯s Desert Eagle once again sted a report. It was no weaker than the sniper rifle. The 50-caliber bullets followed up Feng Luo¡¯s previous attack, breaking the Rat apart in midair.

    ¡°Hey, Feng! I just saved you!¡± Sister Rui said, ignoring the bloody situation. She unloaded the Desert Eagle¡¯s empty magazine with a single sweep of her right hand. Then she reloaded her gun with a new magazine from the pocket of herbat suit.

    ¡°Thanks, Sister Rui!¡± said Feng Luo.

    He smiled and took the opportunity to load a magazine of double armor-piercing bullets from his backpack. After activating Rapid Shooting, he started to quickly shoot the Mutant Rats that were continuously charging at them.

    Even with the light from the re and all the other lighting tools dropped by the others, the underground parking garage was still dim due to its expansive size. Furthermore, there were pirs and abandoned cars that obstructed the view. Plus, the Mutant Rats moved rapidly. They could even bounce off the walls and ceilings. Their movements were even more agile than those of a cat. In addition, their reaction time was astounding. The rats could dodge Fireballs and Wind des from just 10 meters away!

    All these factors caused many of their attacks to miss. At one point, the yers were even overwhelmed by the rats. Moreover, the most annoying part was the two-meter Level-35 Commander Rat. It squeaked as the other rats attacked. Due to the mutation process, it had grown ws on all four feet that were more like des. After the attacks of all the smaller rats, it squeaked and rushed toward the yers¡¯ defensive lineup.

    Bang... Bang... Bang...

    Mu Zi sprayed bullets from his assault rifle,nding most of his shots on the Mutant Rat, though the results were poor because of its 28,000 total HP. Moreover, it kept bouncing in different directions as it ran. It would be impossible to kill it before it reached them. If it rushed to the rear line, it would definitely destroy the yers of the vulnerable sses with one hit.

    Fortunately, the previously useless Chairman Jiao finally did something. Just as the two-meter-long Commander-grade Mutant Rat was rushing at them from less than five meters away, a yellow wall emerged out of nowhere and blocked its way.

    Boom!

    The Mutant Rat Commander couldn¡¯t change its course because it was running at full speed. Therefore, it crashed against the ¡°Earth Wall,¡± a Level-30 skill cast by Earth Maniptors.

    Many cracks instantly appeared on the wall, which was made of sheer energy, after the Mutant Ratmander crashed heavily against it. Nevertheless, the wall had sessfully blocked its way. Thereafter, Chairman Jiao followed up by casting an ¡°Earth Ring¡± in one slick move, forming a temporary cage.

    The surrounding terrain had changed a lot in the wake of the two spells. It had managed to reduce the surface area where the yers could be attacked.

    Little Witch cast another spell after channeling. Fire came out of thin air and started to spread everywhere, covering the empty space in front of everyone and eventually forming the skill ¡°Sea of me¡± to seal the way.

    The two spells cast by the Maniptors, coupled with the blockade by the Heavy Armor Warriors, managed to narrow down the opportunity for the rats to attack. The rats could only hop from one part of the wall and the ceiling now.

    The yers could see things more clearly after the initially dire situation had stabilized. And with that, the tables were turned.

    Although there were quite a lot of Mutant Rats, they were all Normal-grade monsters that were below Level 35. Their attacks were anything but weak, but they had very low defense ratings and low HP.

    The dim environment was not favorable for a Sniper. However, Feng Luo was surprisingly getting better and better at shooting. Facing all these fast-running monsters that kept jumping and changing direction, he still managed tond headshots every single time with his freshly loaded double armor-piercing bullets in the M110.

    Even the Level-35 Mutant Rat Commander was unable to bear the situation presented by these well-prepared and well-equipped yers.

    A short 40 seconds was enough to wipe out the small ones, leaving the Commander alone.

    The only thing that troubled everyone was that this enemy could yield water energy. Duringbat, it had cast a spell that extinguished the Sea of me with a stream of water. Not only that, but the water had poured into the crowd, dealing 10 seconds of continuous damage to them. However, that was not enough to change its fate of being killed.

    Bang!

    ?3345

    The Mutant Rat Commander knew something was not right. It instinctively started to flee. Feng Luo fired hisst bullet into its rear leg as it was about to escape, and the rat was killed along one side of the wall in the parking garage.

    After the death of the Mutant Rat Commander, there appeared to be a round crystal lying next to its body. It was half the size of a fist and glowed with a light blue color.

    ¡°Crystal Core!¡±

    ¡°This monster surprisingly dropped a Crystal Core!¡±

    The yers were happy. This spherical item glowing with water energy was not a normal crystal. It was actually a Crystal Core!

    Compared to other crystals of the same level, a high-quality Crystal Core would be worth up to the times more. That was because a Crystal Core could be used to craft or to enhance the magic staffs of Maniptors, increasing some attributes of the staffs considerably. A single strong elemental Crystal Core could possibly double the power of an Energy Converter (staff). Moreover, it was not limited to Maniptors. In fact, other professions such as the Mechanic and the Warrior could enhance some of their equipment with a Crystal Core.

    Crystal Cores could only be dropped by monsters that were above the Commander grade, and the chances of a drop were less than 50 percent. In addition, if the monster were to kill itself, no Crystal Core could be obtained. For this reason, they were the most valuable loot that could be dropped by a Boss.

 Chapter 98 - The Gatherer Beetle

    <h4>Chapter 98: The Gatherer Beetle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°We are in luck!¡± Mu Zi said with a smile. He was going to pick up the Crystal Core. However, just as he was about to take a step...

    ¡°Wait!¡± Feng Luo yelled and stopped him while looking at the Crystal Core.

    Mu Zi stopped hesitantly. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Feng?¡±

    Feng Luo did not say a word. However, the Crystal Core beside the Mutant Rat Commander began to shake. It then floated into the sky and started ¡°running¡± away along the corner of the wall.

    Chairman Jiao was stunned. ¡°What? The Crystal Core can run?¡±

    ¡°Something is wrong with this game!¡± Mr. Meng remarked apprehensively.

    Bang!

    While everyone was stunned and surprised, Feng Luo fired a shot with his M110.

    Bang!

    The Crystal Core clinked as itnded on the ground. At the same time, the other yers saw a system notification.

    Your teammate has killed a Level-25 Gatherer Beetle (Normal). You have gained 16 EXP...

    ¡°Oh! No wonder!¡±

    Everyone finally understood what had happened. It wasn¡¯t a ghost that had picked up the Crystal Core but a monster.

    With his strengthened vision, Feng Luo had been able to vaguely see the monster that was trying to steal the Crystal Core. It was a type of brown-colored beetle with lumps on its dark brown shell.

    Well, they were not beetles, technically. Their bodies were not in the same circr shape as the Suicide Bombeetles they had encountered. They were oval-shaped. They had scorpion¡¯s pincers and six limbs underneath their lower bodies. It grabbed the Crystal Core dropped by the Mutant Rat Commander with one of its huge pincers and ran away quickly on its six limbs.

    In such a dark environment, it was difficult to notice their brown bodies. In addition, they were moving along the wall where the light could not reach. Therefore, none of the yers could track them.

    They had finally realized that these monsters were trying to pull a fast one on them after Feng Luo managed to kill one.

    Nevertheless, simr to the act of stealing equipment among yers, all of them were unhappy with this ¡°Crystal Core thief.¡± Forget the yers who snatched equipment. Nowadays, even monsters could steal drops?

    ¡°Ah! Look! There are more of them!¡±

    Due to the strange situation that had happened previously, Orange was scared as she hid behind Mr. Meng. She looked around and realized that more thefts were happening. Not just the Crystal Core¡ªeven some of therger crystals dropped by the normal rats were being snatched by a few of the brown Gatherer Beetles. They took off hastily after grabbing the crystals.

    ¡°Stop them, quickly!¡± Chairman Jiao shouted.

    The magic staff in his hand glowed, and, the next moment, an over 50-centimeter high earth spike came out from the ground, knocking a brown Gatherer Beetle out of the sky. However, the beetle still managed to hold onto the crystal firmly with itsrge ws, even when it was sent flying.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo was still feeling like himself. He blew the beetle up in the midair with his incredible uracy to get it to let go of the grade-E energy crystal. However, despite the fact that everybody was trying to intercept them, one of the Gatherer Beetles still managed to escape eventually. It crawled into a dark corner and disappeared behind a pir the size of two men. However, Feng Luo obtained the monsters¡¯ information.

    Gatherer Beetle. Level 25 Normal. Species Serial Number: JCG-02364. Estimated HP: 2800. XP-S3 Chip. Compatibility: 35%.

    In contrast to the Suicide Bombeetle before, this ¡°Gatherer Beetle¡± had over 35 percentpatibility, which indicated that it would guarantee a one-third sess rate. However, it had failed to spark any interest in Feng Luo. Judging from the name of the beetle, he already knew it was probably a support-type pet. What he needed most was a pet that could support him inbat. However, there might still be something worth his while in these ruins, given the presence of these beetles.

    ¡°Hmm... Why does the sculpture on this pir look like a statue of a god?¡± Chairman Jiao, who had failed to catch the beetle, raised his magic staff and go around the pir twice. He sounded uncertain.

    Statue of a god? Feng Luo was stunned and then walked quickly toward him.

    This ¡°pir¡± had an uneven surface. It was roughly the size of two people and stood four meters tall with its top connected to the ceiling of the parking lot. Its color was ckish gray. Its exterior was uneven, and its center was shaped like a man. Perhaps that was the reason why Chairman Jiao thought it was a statue of a god.

    There were holes on the pir that were the size of bowls. The Gatherer Beetle that had snatched away the Crystal Core might have hidden in one of these holes.

    ¡°That look...¡±

    The image of Feng Luo seeing a statue-like building through his M110¡¯s scope emerged in his mind. The simrities between the two materials... They both look like stone but except for the texture. There were simr holes on both of them, but the previous ones had beenrge enough to fit the Suicide Bombeetles. The holes in front of him wererge enough to be entrances for the Gatherer Beetles.

    ¡°I get it!¡±

    Feng Luo now figured out why suchrge numbers of Suicide Bombeetles had emerged suddenly behind them. These guys were using the pirs as their tunnels to crawl out of the statue!

    With a shlight pointing at the statue, it was possible to see that the holes were linked to tunnels underground. They might have beening out from underground. It was possible that the tunnels were dug everywhere throughout the ruins. Or perhaps they were using the city¡¯s sewer system.

    The beetles might have been underneath the yers right now.

    But how could they avoid getting detected? Do the tunnels and the statue shield them from the scouting function? Or maybe...

    Feng Luo thought of another possibility, but he was unable to prove it. Not now.

    At the same time, a notification appeared on hismunicator telling him someone was calling. Mu Wu¡¯s voice came through themunicator.

    ¡°Hey, Feng. Where are you guys? How was it?¡±

    ¡°We are hiding inside an underground parking garage,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°We managed to escape from the Suicide Bombeetles, and there aren¡¯t any casualties, for now. What are the losses on your side?¡±

    Feng Luo assumed that the ambush from the Suicide Bombeetles had cost them a lot. Even if they were to warn Mu Wu and the Chief Commander immediately after discovering the situation, there would not have been enough time for everyone to retreat safely.

    ¡°We suffered severe losses,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°This ambush by the Suicide Bombeetlespletely wiped out three of our squads. It even took out a Mecha with hundreds of them surrounded it. The total casualties are 93. It could have been worse if some of the Bombeetles hadn¡¯t changed their target to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe!¡± Mu Wu sounded serious. Such a situation went beyond his expectations at the start of the mission. ¡°It was not what we anticipated. We had already faced simr problems like this in the Level-20 zone. There might be simr ones in the Level-30 and Level-40 zone. Therefore, our boss has decided to recruit 500 yers from the Veterans Tribe and Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Otherwise, we couldn¡¯t have evenpleted the mission!¡±

    ¡°Well, we have already spent this much money,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°It won¡¯t matter if we spend more!¡±

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t care much anyway since it wasn¡¯t his money. A massive reduction in the number of yers by almost 100 would definitely affect the n considerably. This was due to the grave death penalty in War. Not only would it remove one level from the dead yers, but they would receive a twelve-hour ban before they would be able to return to the game.

    All these yers could only rejoin the battle the next day. Therefore, increasing the number of hired yers was definitely a must.

    ¡°Moreover, more yers were left in the North headquarters since they didn¡¯t suffer from the ambush of the Suicide Bombeetles,¡± Mu Wu continued through themunicator. ¡°They have decided to send five squads to assist with our progress, which would help in preventing the monsters from focusing on attacking a specific area with slower progress than others.¡±

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t think 50 people would be enough. But Young Master Night Star was themander, and he had made his decision. Therefore, he couldn¡¯t do anything.

    ¡°Oh! ording to our investigations, these beetles might...¡±

    Feng Luo informed Mu Wu about his suspicions about the ¡°statue of god.¡±

    Mu Wu sighed on the other side of themunicator. ¡°Are you saying that these beetles wereing out from the holes of the statue? And their tunnels might be lying underground?¡±

    ¡°To be more urate,¡± said Feng Luo, ¡°I don¡¯t think this thing is actually a statue of god. The beetles made it while they were digging the dirt out to build their tunnels. Some insects are able to excrete a special fluid while building their nest which will make their nest as strong as concrete.¡±

    ¡°Then all these patterns on the statues make no sense,¡± replied Mu Wu. ¡°And you said its middle part looks like a ¡®temple¡¯?¡±

    ¡°Every species has their own architectural style,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Maybe these beetles like it this way. Or maybe the gamepany is being pretentious.¡±

    ¡°It is possible. All right. I will send a yer over to investigate this ¡®statue of god¡¯ right now.¡±

 Chapter 99 - Bladed Beetle

    <h4>Chapter 99: ded Beetle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo and his team had wasted quite a while in the underground parking garage. This was because they were surrounded by the self-destructing beetles from outside, which they could observe through the recon meter. They were trapped for almost half an hour before the beetles disappeared from the detection in the recon meter.

    When they decided to return to ground level, the iron gate they had used to enter was shut down due to the broken iron chain. Since their original path was blocked, they had to search for another way.

    It seemed like some kind of emergency situation had happened in this building in the past because some of the vents in the garage were blocked as if it was an emergency shelter. Fortunately, they managed to find a huge rusty gate on the other side of the garage that could be opened by pulling the hinge.

    As they were leaving through the huge gate, they realized that they were on the other side of the building, which was closer to the ruins area.

    Stepping out from the garage, Orange covered her eyes with her hands involuntarily. ¡°It¡¯s so bright!¡±

    After remaining in a dark environment for so long, they all suffered from eye irritation. However, their vision gradually adjusted as they entered the more brightly lit area.

    Feng Luo could feel that his adaptability had be stronger. He could adapt to the difort by swinging his head slightly. He lifted his head and looked toward the sky, realizing that the sun had almost reached the center of the sky. ¡°It seems like it¡¯s already noon!¡± he said.

    However, apart from the sun, he saw something else with his sharp vision.

    A monster he had never seen before was within his sight. It was located on a half-copsed building with overgrown grass around 40 meters away from them, and it was tearing at something in its mouth. It was a creature the size of a puppy. The hard maroon-colored carapace on its body revealed its ss: It was a new beetle type!

    ded Beetle (Level 33, Normal). Species Code: JCG-02351. Estimated HP: 3500. XP-S3 chippatibility: 40.

    Feng Luo held his M110 and looked through the Eye of the Thunder. He realized that this beetle¡¯spatibility with the chip was 40 percent, which was higher than the two previous beetles.

    This ded Beetle¡¯s appearance was true to its name. It had two huge scythe-shaped front limbs that were as sharp as des. However, unlike the Level-20 Mutant Mantis, this beetle¡¯s ¡°des¡± grew on both sides of its head, which was quite eye-catching. In addition, it had two front limbs with sharp edges and four muscr back limbs that looked strong. It also had a hooked tail covered by a carapace. Its rear end resembled an upside-down, triangr shell, and it had a pair of long, partially deteriorated wings.

    A beetle with a tail? That was strange! However, upon recalling the scorpion-like Gatherer Beetle, which was also categorized as a beetle by the system, Feng Luo reluctantly epted the fact.

    This beetle was looking for food. The maroon carapace covering its body looked like a fresh scab beneath the sun. Judging by the coordination between the des on the end of its front limbs and the tworger des, Feng Luo and the team had managed to recognize at first sight that this was thebat form of its evolution, which could only be achieved through the continuous hunting of prey.

    Feng Luo was confused. The ded Beetle¡¯s appearance was vaguely familiar to him. However, he had no time to think about where he had seen it before because the maroon beetle looked up suddenly and took a nce in their direction. The two jaws of its arthropod mouth rose and fell swiftly. It immediately abandoned its food and started to release sound waves that were inaudible to human ears.

    The Level-33 ded Beetle leaped into the air and jumped down from a 10-meter-high half-copsed building while fluttering its wings, flying toward them.

    Subsequently, the grass and trees in front of them started quivering with rustling noises. Countless maroon ded Beetles appeared from the bushes one after another. Moving on all fours, they rushed toward them. The nearest one was not even 10 meters away from them.

    ¡°So, another battle?¡± As an ace coach, there was no sign of panic on Thorny Beauty¡¯s face. Instead, she was excited. She dropped the alloy shield from her arms to the ground with a thump, creating some dust across the surroundings.

    In contrast, Chairman Jiao¡¯s expression was clearly bitter. He obviously felt that the fighting parts in this mission were too much for him and he shouldn¡¯t have followed.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Mu Zi had no time to find out the reason his recon meter was not working again. He gripped his assault rifle and attacked the ded Beetle that was charging toward him from afar, along with Sister Rui, who held the golden Desert Eagle, and three other Energy Maniptors. Mu Zi preferred to get rid of the monsters before finding out the answer!

    Feng Luo was the only one among them who did not aim at the ded Beetle rushing toward them. He turned around swiftly, raised the muzzle, and aimed toward the sky. This was because, thanks to his enhanced hearing, he could sense that the danger was not onlying from the front.

    He turned around to look, then immediately shouted to warn everyone.

    ¡°Heads up!¡±

    There were over ten simr ded Beetles the size of puppies behind him, pouncing toward the crowd by fluttering the deteriorated wings on their backs. They wereing from the abandoned building, which was almost 100 meters tall. As the sun shone down, it reflected over ten shadows with sharp des above the crowd.

    Sister Rui turned around after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s warning. Her short golden hair swayed with the movement of her head while covering half of her cheeky face. ¡°Goodd,¡± she said. ¡°This is such a cool scene!¡±

    She looked towards the sky while squinting. She swiftly raised the Desert Eagle in her hands and fired a shot at the root of the wings of a leaping de Beetle. It rolled a few times in the air as one of its wings broke off. However, it did not fall to its death; when it lost its bnce, its ded tail sprang out, and the sharp end stuck into the wall. Subsequently, its body scratched across the wall, leaving a long mark as dust flew. Itnded on a building¡¯s balcony with the help of the buffering force of its controlled descent.

    Some new ded Beetles appeared from the same building¡¯s balcony and windows and were preparing to leap.

    ¡°Retreat!¡± Feng Luo shouted.

    There was nowhere for them to take cover in their current position. If all these beetles were to bear down on them from all sides, it would be impossible to hold them off with just two Heavy Armor Warriors.

    However, there was a suitable defense location not far behind them: the underground parking garage they had just exited.

    ******

    Everyone understood the n. Therefore, while attacking to hold back the ded Beetles charging at them, they retreated backward swiftly.

    Fortunately, they were not far from the garage. They only faced a few ded Beetles that jumped from the lower floors as they retreated.

    Bang!

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    When a ded Beetle came within a certain distance, Feng Luo responded quickly by lifting his leg and kicking it away. At the same time, he fired into its brain with his M110.

    These beetles¡¯ defense was not too high, and their HP was only around 3,000. With the power of the shield-breaking energy bullets, one shot in the right spot would be fatal to them.

    However, the ded Beetles¡¯ damage was not low. Little Snow, who was a healer, dropped around 900 HP after a ded Beetle¡¯s tail assaulted her leg just once.

    Even as a Heavy Armor Warrior, Thorny Beauty had lost nearly 400 HP from a single sh from a beetle¡¯s de.

    High speed, high attack, low defense, and low HP! This kind of monster would be very hard to deal with if the yers were surrounded on all sides in an area without any cover. Fortunately, there was an underground garage that could block three sides.

    It would be time for a counterattack and some monster-farming when the yers returned to the garage.

    White Crescent was the first to reach the underground garage. She took out the Death Ripper essory that had been disassembled to fit into a backpack while she was running just now. With speed far surpassing normal yers, she assembled the machine gun within ten seconds. The eight alloy barrels on the Death Ripper started to rotate slowly as she turned the gun barrel around.

    Feng Luo raised his M110 and aimed toward the vital point on the head of a slightly bigger ded Beetle, which was confirmed to be an Elite-grade monster through the Eye of the Thunder.

    The energies on Witch and Orange¡¯s staffs emerged. A green light that represented Wind Energy and a red light that represented Fire Energy were fully charged and ready to roll.

    The two Heavy Armor Warriors already stood at the entrance while holding their shields, getting ready to push away the ded Beetles trying to enter the underground garage.

    Mr. Meng held his door-sized golden longsword, and his Level-40 Warrior ultimate skill, ¡°Hurricane sh,¡± waspletely charged. The look on his face said, ¡°My huge sword is thirsty for blood!¡±

    It seemed like a massacre was imminent.

    However, at that moment...

    Boom, boom, boom...

    A series of machine gun shots arose from the outside. The next moment, the entire horde of ded Beetles running toward them was hit by a flood of machine gun bulletsing from the side.

    Maroon carapaces were crushed, and red liquid sprayed as the ded Beetles were torn apart by the machine gun bullets. Some ded Beetles were even thrown back by the strong impact and broke into pieces in the air.

    A male voice speaking in a frivolous tone came through the public channel. ¡°Hey! Is this the team of Nightless City? We¡¯re from the head office, and we¡¯re here to help you guys! Your firepower isn¡¯t enough. Hold off the monsters from the inside. We¡¯ll attack them from the outside and rescue you.¡±

    The first part of the statement was nice to hear, but hisst sentence was annoying to them.

    ¡°Listen to us and stay there,¡± the voice continued. ¡°We will not be responsible if one of you is killed by the monsters! Heh!¡±

    Following the sweep of bullets from the machine gun, at least two more assault rifle volleys and some Fireballs, Wind des, and Ice Arrows flew at the de Beetle horde in front of them.

 Chapter 100 - Beetles? Zergs?

    <h4>Chapter 100: Beetles? Zergs?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Everyone in the garage was frowning. Feng Luo¡¯s facial expression was ice cold.

    Mu Wu had told him before that the head office in the northern area would send five small teams over to help them clean up. It wasn¡¯t a big deal, and he hadn¡¯t taken it to heart. If it came to pass, he would just let it be. There was no need to team up with them anyway, so nothing should be affected.

    However, the first encounter of the two teams had everyone feeling very upset due to their tone. There was no one with a good temper on this team.

    ¡°Why the hell should I take the f*cking responsibility!¡±

    Sister Rui smiled coldly and pressed down on the Death Ripper controls in front of her.

    Tatata!

    A torrent of bullets even more violent than those of the other team¡¯s machine guns was fired at the group of ded Beetles. They were already in disarray from the attacks. Hence, it was as easy as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood. 150 bullets per second immediately cleared up a blood-filled path of death across the meadows and the ruins in front of the garage.

    ¡°This guy is so full of himself,¡± said Orange, clearly displeased. She waved her staff and the channeled Level-45 skill ¡°Wind de Combo¡± ushered in a rapidly rotating cyan wind energy, destroying the ded Beetles outside the door.

    ¡°There are always these kinds of f*ckers!¡± Mu Zi rarely cursed. He gripped the assault rifle tightly in his hand and shot a whole magazine of bullets at the group of beetles.

    Feng Luo kept silent. He lifted up the M110 to find an opportunity. Atst, he found a heavily wounded Elite ded Beetle in his scope and fired off a shot as the finishing blow.

    However, when he looked at the ded Beetle through the scope, his heart pumped. A sense of familiarity surged up again.

    ******

    Aside from the melee yers, everyone on the team attacked with all they had. The victims of this slightly vindictive behavior were undoubtedly the ded Beetles that, previously, had believed themselves to be the predators in this situation. Their simple minds could not figure out how they had found been caught between two lines of fire, attacked from both sides. And they would definitely not understand why the enemy that they were chasing would suddenly unleash a massive wave of gunfire at them.

    The crossfire of two machine guns,bined with the unreserved attacks of the rest of the yers, made it unlikely for the ded Beetles to be able to withstand the bombardment even with theirrge numbers. Finally, the remaining small group of ded Beetles chose to flee after most of the group died.

    They moved their insectoid bodies and quickly ran into the ruins of the woods, covering their escape trails with the density of the grass and trees.

    In just a few minutes, at least 200 ded Beetles had died in the range of 30 meters in front of the garage. The ground and the trees were covered with bullet holes after the shooting, along with evidence that they had been burned by energy. Plus, there was a bunch of loot shining on the ground.

    Compared to the stingy Suicide Bombeetles, which had nothing, the de Beetles were clearly ¡°richer.¡± Striking rays of light reflected from many crystals and materials.

    ******

    ¡°A Death Ripper?¡±

    Shortly after the battle, a team of 10 men walked down from the side. The leader was a young man of about 25 years old. His profession was clearly Machine Gunner because his right hand was holding up a partially disassembled ck, six-barreled rifle. It was a rare Level-45 weapon nicknamed the ¡°Destructive Thundersnake.¡± Compared to the Death Ripper, it was slightly inferior in shooting speed. After all, one was six-barreled, and the other was eight-barreled.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to have such equipment,¡± said the young man who had spoken over the public channel before. ¡°It seems like I¡¯ve underestimated you. Even without our help, I think you could have wiped out these monsters, which were above Level 30.¡±

    He said this with a smile on his face and with a better tone than before. This was because he saw the Death Ripper in front of Sister Rui and the SUV-bulletproof bodysuit on her.

    It was noteworthy that the best of the Rare-grade pieces of equipment¡ªsuch as the Death Ripper and the SUV-bulletproof bodysuit¡ªwere not things that could be bought, even if one wanted to. One needed not just money but also connections or luck to buy them.

    And after seeing Sister Rui¡¯s equipment, the young man scanned everyone in the garage. Seeing the golden sword in Mr. Meng¡¯s hand and the staff in Chairman Jiao¡¯s hand, he revealed a hint of surprise in his eyes. In contrast, he did not show any changes in expression when he saw attractive women like Little Witch and Orange.

    Lastly, he looked away quickly when it came to Feng Luo and Chairman Qian because their equipment looked rather ordinary.

    Aside from the Destructive Thundersnake carried by the young leader, every yer from the head office team seemed to have rather good weapons. They were all of Excellent-grade and above Level-45. No wonder he had been so arrogant before this!

    However, more than half of Feng Luo¡¯s team members were above-average yers; equipment at the Excellent grade was an insignificant matter in their eyes.

    ¡°This kid is so defiant,¡± Chairman Jiao said over the team channel with a sneer on his face. ¡°He is doomed to suffer in the future!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t unt your seniority,¡± Mr. Meng said. ¡°As if you weren¡¯t just as arrogant when you were young.¡± It was like a conditioned reflex for Mr. Meng to immediately expose him.

    ¡°This is why I can never win,¡± Chairman Jiao retorted immediately. ¡°I¡¯ll be unlucky my whole life, knowing a friend like you!¡±

    Everyone either chatted on the team channel or simply did their own thing. No one cared about the group of yers from the so-called ¡°head office.¡± They were pushed to the side.

    Such a situation undoubtedly took the young leader by surprise. His face, which initially wore a disdainful smile, suddenly sank. He had probably expected the workers from Nightless City to at least send someone out as a sign of hospitality, even if they might not have been overly respectful. After all, his father¡¯s identity was extraordinary in the head office.

    However, the scene before him displeased him greatly. This group hadpletely ignored him. They either organized their equipment or talked to each other as if they did not see him at all.

    In fact, he couldn¡¯t figure this out at all. His team was no ordinary team like the staff of Nightless City. Rather, they were a team consisting of two Diamond-level VIPs and two Gold-level VIPs. They were all affluent yers. It was only a game, but he was expecting to be treated ording topany customs as in reality.

    Who would give a damn about him? It turned out that someone actually did.

    The young leader¡¯s sunken face lit up with a smile as Feng Luo finally walked toward him, disying an anxious look on his face.

    The youth was secretly pleased. Did he find out about my identity from the club¡¯s management? he wondered.

    After that, he froze again. His face began to turn green.

    This was because Feng Luo was not going to greet him. Instead, he ignored himpletely. Feng Luo went around him and quickly rushed to the carcasses of the ded Beetle¡ªas if even dead bodies were far more important than the only son of the head office director.

    Feng Luo did not actually care about these people. His mind was set on observing the carcasses of the ded Beetle. He had finally realized where his sense of familiarity with the ded Beetle came from.

    A word appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s mind: Zergling!

    The term ¡°Zergling¡± referred not to the conventional meaning of the world, as in a small dog. Rather, it was amon name for referring to a basic army unit by the yers of a famous RTS (real-time strategy) game he had yed back on Earth.

    Yes, this game was the famous StarCraft! The reason Feng Luo linked the ded Beetle to the Zergling from StarCraft was due to the simrity of the two designed models. They were more than 70 percent simr. He had not immediately made the connection because of the remaining 30-percent difference.

    After all, he had been transported to this world three years ago, so the memories of many things on Earth had be blurred. Moreover, one was from a third-person view, whereas the other one was from a first-person view. This made a rather big gap. Hence, he hadn¡¯t given it a second thought. But now that he looked closely at the carcasses of the ded Beetles on the ground, he saw that there really was a close resemnce to the ¡°Zerglings¡± of StarCraft.

    ¡°Motherf*cker...!¡±

    Feng Luo could not help swearing under his breath due to his uncontroble excitement.

    Now that he thought about it, the Gatherer Beetle that had seized the crystal was the Drone unit, and the gray Suicide Bombeetle corresponded to the suicidal Scourge unit, coupled with the previously organized sudden outbreak. It was exactly likeunching an offensive after collecting enough units.

    Even though the Zergs became beetles, they were still insects! And since there were already many other elements from Earth in War, such as the Desert Eagle, the AK-47, and the Mad Dog military knife, it would not be strange for monsters from StarCraft to appear.

    Feng Luo wasn¡¯t excited because he had discovered another element linked to Earth in War. Rather, it was because he thought that there would be some links between these beetles and the Zerg army.

    So, among the beetles in these ruins, would there be a type simr to the Zerg Overmind? Or something like a queen among bees or ants?

    If he could fuse the pet biochip into that monster¡¯s body, what kind of pet would he get? The nest, the queen, or the Overmind?

    (P.S. Mystery revealed! Yes, Feng Luo¡¯s pet is something simr to the Zerg race, which means the protagonist has several pets! There are readers who guessed that it was the Queen of des, but unfortunately, Kerrigan is a humanoid. ording to the settings, she cannot be controlled by the chip, so you¡¯ll have to be disappointed.)

    (In addition, the beetles are notpletely the same as the Zerg of StarCraft. However, they have a certain connection, as seen from the difference in the models of Suicide Bombeetle, Scourge, Thunder Beast, and ck Beetle Boss. This pet is actually a foreshadowing of the future StarCraft plot.)

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 Chapter 101 - Conflict

    <h4>Chapter 101: Conflict</h4>

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    After some time had passed, as Feng Luo hurried to the pile of ded Beetle carcasses, another situation arose in the underground parking garage.

    The words uttered by the leader of the backup squad sent by the head office had invoked feelings of hatred and disdain in the party members from Nightless City. Due to Feng Luo¡¯s deliberate action just now, this arrogant youth was first enraged. This was followed by a cocky arch of his eyebrow and a loud promation.

    ¡°He¡¯s going out in such a hurry to collect the loot dropped by the monsters, right? Don¡¯t worry. We won¡¯t fight any of you for it. All of the items on the ground outside shall be our gifts to you. Speaking of which, those are probably worth a few hundred credits if sold, enough to buy a piece of Fine-grade equipment.¡±

    In the city-building mission, the loot dropped by monsters was not bound in ownership to any individual yer, so anyone could pick them up right away.

    The loot dropped by the 200 or so ded Beetles might not have been of much value, but due to their sheer numbers¡ªas well as some Normal-grade pieces of equipment included among them¡ªit would add up to at least 1,000 to 2,000 credits.

    This youth had purposely stated the value to be a mere few hundred, in addition to saying that they were ¡°gifts¡± to them in a clearly mocking tone. Thus, it was clear as day that his intention was to get a rise out of them. Not to mention that he was specifically targeting Feng Luo by saying that, as he must have regarded Feng Luo and Chairman Qian as low-level yers due to their Normal-grade equipment. He must have assumed them to be weak yers that would covet Fine-grade equipment and ce great importance on such things.

    ¡°Young Master Lin, please watch your words,¡± a mature-looking female next to the youth, who was a Level-47 Fire Maniptor, admonished in their party channel. ¡°It¡¯s not appropriate to say such things, as we are supposed to be brothers-in-arms.¡±

    From his title of ¡°Young Master Lin,¡± everyone could have guessed where that arrogance came from.

    In truth, even though the Lu Conglomerate was a family business, there were still outsiders who held stakes in thepany. This young man¡¯s father was one of the directors at the main office. Despite not having that much of a stake in ownership, he still possessed considerable wealth worth billions of star coins. As someone born with a silver spoon in his mouth, naturally the youth would not be very considerate while handling matters.

    The young man¡¯s tone was impatient as he defended himself in the party channel. ¡°Don¡¯t you know that some of the Nightless City club members refused to be assimted into the head office by relying on the fact that they have the backing of several of our important clients? This has had a detrimental impact on us. What I¡¯m doing here is establishing the supremacy of the head office. Otherwise,ter on, when everyone moves into the new city, there will be problems due to their insubordination.¡±

    Of course, there was no way to prove how true or false his statement was. Whether he was fibbing to assert himself after being ignored or if what he said was genuine, no one could tell. Not only that, but he was openly admitting to trying to establish ¡°supremacy¡± right in front of these Nightless City VIPs!

    Mr. Meng lifted his head, the ever-smiling expression on his face slipping off, reced with a dark look. ¡°Brat, are you trying to pick a fight?¡± He mmed his golden broadsword into the ground, causing sparks to fly.

    Boom!

    A bullet barely grazed the youth¡¯s ear as it whistled by, mming into the garage wall behind the head office party, leaving behind a dark hole.

    ¡°Watch that mouth,¡± said Sister Rui. ¡°Otherwise, you wouldn¡¯t even know what killed you!¡±

    Her expression and voice were both cold as ice, her right hand sped around the recently fired golden Desert Eagle that was still smoking. Her golden hair cascaded down in waves, framing frosty blue eyes like chips of ice.

    ¡°So, did you guys do that on purpose just now?¡±

    At the same time, Rose Thorns, Orange, Mu Zi, and the rest of the Nightless City employees stepped forward as one, some raising their shields, some arming their rifles, some raising their staffs, their faces clearly disying their displeasure.

    Based on their tone, there seemed to be some kind of concealed situation at y here.

    ¡°Weird,¡± said Chairman Jiao. ¡°With the temper Little Feng has, he wouldn¡¯t remain silent, would he?¡±

    Chairman Jiao¡¯s bemusement was palpable as he peered out of the garage, wondering why Feng Luo wasn¡¯t uttering a single word. He didn¡¯t know that Feng Luo¡¯s mind was currently engaged in thinking about the Zergs, and in his absorption, he had not paid the slightest attention to what had transpired behind him. In fact, even if a monster had appeared behind Feng Luo at that moment, he probably wouldn¡¯t have noticed it at all.

    In the underground garage, the atmosphere became tense and hostile. Suddenly, the Fire Maniptor next to Young Master Lin hurriedly stepped forward to diffuse the situation.

    ¡°Everyone please calm down! Please excuse us. Young Master Lin has a straightforward personality, so he can be somewhat tactless with his words sometimes. Nevertheless, please be assured that he does not mean it...¡±

    At the same time, she started to speak to Young Master Lin via the party channel. ¡°Young Master Lin, before we came over, Young Master Night Star instructed me to refrain from instigating too much of a conflict with the club members. Therefore, please control yourself. Don¡¯t make things too hard for me.¡±

    Young Master Lin was initially displeased by her behavior, but after hearing her mention Young Master Night Star, his face soured like a lemon. He reluctantly swallowed the words that he was about to blurt out. Despite this, his gaze remained extremely unfriendly, especially when looking toward Sister Rui who had fired at him just now.

    ******

    As the group left the garage, Young Master Lin walked past and brushed shoulders with Feng Luo, who was in the process of returning to his party.

    After meeting the eyes of the obviously incensed Young Master Lin, Feng Luo furrowed his brow and walked back into the garage without a care or a backward nce.

    Seeing that Feng Luo had returned, Mr. Meng was the first one to ask in a worried tone, ¡°Brother Feng, are you okay?¡±

    Realizing that everyone was staring at him, Feng Luo was befuddled. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Mu Zi stepped up to exin. ¡°Just now...¡±

    ¡°Oh I see,¡± said Feng Luo a momentter. ¡°So that fellow tried to utilize the situation to mock me but was shut down by one of Lu Chen¡¯s underlings to prevent sparking a fight with you guys. All right. I get it now.¡±

    After rifying the situation, Feng Luo did not seem angry at all. He just nodded a few times to signify his understanding.

    Orange looked at Feng Luo, her wide, innocent, dark eyes expressing bafflement. ¡°It can¡¯t be, Brother Feng! In my memory of you, you¡¯re not usually this agreeable.¡±

    ¡°What? Do you really think I¡¯m such a vengeful person?¡± Feng Luo said as he turned to stare at her, his tone light and teasing.

    ¡°Of course not!¡± Orange said, smiling to hide her embarrassment.

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll admit that there¡¯s another reason behind it,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I¡¯m not nning to be too calcting with him over what happened. Moreover, revenge is a dish best served cold. I believe that our priority right now is to clear the ruins in the southern area as fast as we can, as the mission is our key focus, after all. Not only that, but since he thinks that we¡¯re ipetent, how about we rub it in their faces by proving our worth? We¡¯ll see if these so-called ¡®elites¡¯ of the head office are better than us ¡®normal yers¡¯ from the club.¡±

    Feng Luo smiled and casually steered the topic toward the mission.

    Truth be told, Young Master Lin¡¯s mocking did not trigger Feng Luo all that much, as he hadn¡¯t been there to hear it personally. In fact, it had been more incensing to see that Lin guy¡¯s pretentious and cocky attitude at the start while he was ¡°stealing¡± their monster kills. Additionally, his thoughts were currently focused entirely on clearing the mission.

    More urately, his focus was on the possible existence of a Zerg ¡°queen¡± or ¡°hive¡± at the end of the mission. Previously, while he had maintained a certain degree of interest in the mission, he hadn¡¯t been particrly passionate about it.

    Despite the fact that he had decided to use the biochip himself, deep down inside, he was having second thoughts about selecting a beetle as a pet. Even if it was one of the ck beetles with abnormal defense that they had run into in the Town of Exiles, that still wasn¡¯t quite what he had in mind for a pet. However, now that he had learned of a possibility of a ¡°perfect¡± pet right in front of him that mightpletely exceed his expectations, how could he stay still? He had to proceed to clear the mission area at full speed and scour the grounds to look for it.

    ¡°Since you¡¯re okay with it, I have noment either!¡± Sister Rui said as her pale blue eyes stared intently at Feng Luo for a moment, followed by her lowering her head to disassemble Death Ripper.

    Chairman Qian expressed his view as the tentative leader of their party. ¡°It¡¯s true that we have to settle the mission first. If we dy it for too long, it would be hard to exin to Mu Wu, and we would be jeered at even more by those people just now.¡±

    ¡°Only a few moments of rest, and now we gotta fight again?¡± Chairman Jiao said. He was someone who preferred to take it easy, as evidenced by his sour expression at the news.

    ¡°Say, Old Jiao,¡± said Mr. Meng. ¡°You wouldn¡¯t be wilting already, would you? We gotta show our true colors to that brat! Heh! While we were ying games, he was still ying in the mud!¡±

    Mr. Meng smirked and hefted his golden broadsword onto his shoulder, before making his way out of the garage.

    ¡°Wait, Brother Feng,¡± said Mu Zi. ¡°You wouldn¡¯t know about this, but regarding this matter, Brother Wu...¡±

    Mu Zi, who was bringing up the rear, seemed uneasy as he shook his head and swallowed the rest of the words that he had wanted to say.

    After everyone left, on the wall of the vacant underground garage, barely ten centimeters away from the bullet hole made by Sister Rui¡¯s Desert Eagle, a beetle the size of a fingernail started to materialize. It was translucent, with a unique external body structure. On the front part of its head was an organ that resembled an eye emitting a faint red glow. It revolved twice in the direction where Feng Luo and the others had left. After that, with a buzzing a pair of transparent wings, it flew toward the ¡°statue¡± that had been partially destroyed by Feng Luo and his party.

    Its initial position was barely ten meters away from Feng Luo and his gang. However, none of them¡ªnot even Feng Luo, whose sensing ability had strengthened exponentially after enhancement, and not even Mu Zi, who was a Scout with the skill Detection¡ªwere able to pick up on its presence at all.

 Chapter 102 - Seven Types of Beetles

    <h4>Chapter 102: Seven Types of Beetles</h4>

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    A Level-42 Elite ded Beetlerger than the others was sprinting on the edge of an abandonedmercial building. It moved very quickly in a straight line at a speed of more than 20 meters per second.

    After sprinting for a distance, the four segmented legs used their strength to push off, producing four deep scratches on the surface as it leaped. Propelled forward by the impact, it moved like a dark red ghost to the higher roof on the right. However, just as it leaped into the air and put its sharp forelimbs on the edge of the roof, an armor-piercing bullet with a faint blue light suddenly whistled from below at a 30-degree angle. The shot hit its dark red right forelimb, which had just mounted the roof.

    Bang!

    The blue energized armor-piercing bullet was like a heavy hammer, interrupting the progress of its front limbs, which were covered by ayer of red armor. The body of the Elite ded Beetle suddenly lost its bnce and fell toward the floor of the nearly 50-meter-high building. Nevertheless, it responded very quickly. Immediately ejecting its sharp dark red tail, it rolled toward a metal pole on the roof while pping its half-degraded wings on both sides to support itself.

    Bang!

    ?2430

    However, the shooter seemed to have already anticipated this. The next armor-piercing bullet, astonishingly, hit the center of its winding tail. After a snap, its tail was split in two.

    Suddenly, the body of the Elite ded Beetle, which had lost all its support, fell straight down through the air. Sharp sound waves inaudible to human ears were emitted from its mouth with two jaw tes, and it simultaneously pped its degraded wings, instinctively trying to save its own life.

    However, its efforts were in vain because the third armor-piercing bullet, which also emitted blue light, was steadily closing in. During the Elite ded Beetle¡¯s rapid fall, the bullet urately hit the weak point in the head that was exposed in its struggling tumble.

    There was a bang! The blinking blue bullet crushed its shell hard and sent blood sttering outward, sapping its remaining 3,200 HP with a red lethal damage value.

    It took less than five seconds for the Elite ded Beetle to be reduced to a corpse, falling straight to the edge of the lower floor and crashing into a pile of mud.

    Mu Zi who was prostrate and holding a grass-green military telescope in observation couldn¡¯t help whispering, ¡°Brother Feng, your skills are astonishing!¡±

    The two of them were now in side by side, at the edge of a building. Here in the Level 30 area, a low-rise building not more than 10 meters high.

    What they were doing now was sniping and killing monsters of Elite-grade and above. All of this was due to the provocation of ¡°Young Master Lin,¡± who had made the older employees of Nightless City, such as Mu Zi and Orange, indignant.

    When Feng Luo finally revealed his strength during the cleanup task in the afternoon, Mu Zi found that the shooting method of Feng Luo was absolutely superior to all the sniper yers he had met before. Like Mu Wu, Mu Zi encouraged him topete in the contribution point rankings.

    After some strange inquiries about the reasons, Feng Luo now knew about the conflict between Nightless City club and the head office of Lu Conglomerate, and he learned some of the reasons. Considering that he had promised Mu Wu to do his best and that this did not conflict with his own idea of speeding up the cleanup process, Feng Luo put his heart into it during the afternoon and tried his best to score points quickly.

    It was to the point that he was now ranked 51st out of more than 3,000 yers and third among all Snipers. However, it was slightly regrettable that Young Master Lin¡ªwhose ID was discovered by Mu Zi to be ¡°Prince Lin¡±¡ªwas ranked 33rd overall and fourth among Machine Gunners.

    They were third and a fourth within their categories. Within their respective categories, Feng Luo had a higher rank (3rd, Snipers) than Young Master Lin (4th, Machine Gunners), who, as a Machine Gunner, had a Rare Level-45 machine gun. But overall, Lin¡¯s total score was a bit higher than Feng Luo¡¯s score. This was mainly because Snipers and Machine Gunners were totally iparable in killing efficiency. Although the system converted points ording to profession, there were only five Snipers in the top 100 yers while there were 31 Machine Gunners.

    Clearly, it was very difficult for other professions to challenge the position of Maniptors and Machine Gunners. But after some experimenting, the yers had discovered a rule within the internal statistics system that provided extra bonuses for killing monsters above the Elite level and an even higher bonus for monsters above the Commander level.

    No doubt it was too difficult to face Commander monsters. Feng Luo was cleaning up for an afternoon, and they were almost done with the Level 30 area. The only Commander they had met had been a Level-35 Mutant Mouse Commander. But there were undoubtedly a lot more Elite monsters. It was easier to find a few in the monster-dense ruins, especially when teamed up with Mu Zi, who had the Detection skill.

    However, they had cleared up to the edge of the Level 30 area this afternoon, and if they went any further, they would step into the Level 40 area. The danger in this area was rtively higher, and now it was getting dark, so the team decided to stop. Some people would go offline to eat or rest in the rear section of the Level 30 area, preparing to continue the battle after dinner when it waspletely dark.

    Yes, some people had to stay for the fight tonight. Because some of the monsters in War only appeared in the evening, this procedure was unavoidable, which was a troublesome part of the 24-hour cleanup during the city-building process.

    Fortunately, many yers did not need to go offline because they used a virtual pod with special nutrients to provide for the body. They could even ensure that a yer could be online for more than half a month nonstop.

    Feng Luo and Mu Zi were these kinds of yers. They were now taking the time to find some new Elite monsters and gather information from the Level 40 areas for the toughest battle yet, after dawn tomorrow.

    After killing an Elite ded Beetle 200 meters away, Feng Luo asked Mu Zi beside him, ¡°Mu Zi, was there any information on beetles at the headquarters?¡± As he spoke, he searched for new prey through the Eye of the Thunder.

    As a Scout, Mu Zi had remained in constant contact with themand headquarters. In addition to uploading some useful information obtained by the team in battle, Mu Zi was also responsible for checking the information collected by other teams.

    They had been cleaning up at Level 30 that afternoon, and the only beetle monsters they had encountered were the ded Beetle and the Gatherer Beetle. But some other teams had even cleared the edge of the Level 40 area or had encountered some other types of beetles in some special ces, so they had obtained information about beetles that others did not know. Feng Luo was naturally very concerned about information on beetles.

    ¡°Well, there was a summary video,¡± said Mu Zi.

    He linked hismunicator and personal terminal and disyed some videos and beetle pictures he had downloaded frommand to Feng Luo, exining them.

    ¡°At present, there are six main types of beetles known. The gray Suicide Bombeetle can fly with high self-destructive damage, but its HP is very low, and it can be killed by long-range attacks. The brown Gatherer Beetle looks a little like a scorpion. It moves fast and has the ability to dig tunnels quickly. It steals the crystals dropped by monsters. The red ded Beetle has high attack power and speed, normal defense, and low HP, but it¡¯s huge in numbers.

    ¡°These three beetles are the types we have encountered, and there are three other types of beetles that we haven¡¯t encountered yet. The green-colored Spray Beetle can shoot venom from a distance. Any target sprayed with venom will suffer debuffs like attribute drops and corroded armor and energy shields. And the poison effects could be partially stacked! The white Energy Beetle is an energy-type defensive beetle. Their individual strength is weak, but they can link their respective energies together to form an energy barrier to prevent various flight attacks. This kind of energy barrier has a high defense value. Even when a mecha was attacked by mini Thundersnake missiles, it was directly blocked by an energy shield formed by hundreds of Energy Beetles.¡±

    Mu Zi paused here to add his own opinion. ¡°In fact, the beetles in these ruins do not have powerful individual abilities, but they have some sort ofbination, and their strength in numbers can be quite scary. For example, thest type, a ck beetle, is the Steel Beetle. It was discovered by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s squads, who first explored the Level 40 area of the district.¡±

    Feng Luo was squinting. He revealed no significant expression on his face as he heard mention of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    ¡°They have some crazy defense power. To break through a Level-40 ordinary Steel Beetle¡¯s defense, four to five assault rifle shots need to hit the exact same spot. They produce a high-energy sound wave that causes sustained AOE damage. Although the individual damage isn¡¯t high, it¡¯s simr to the energy beetle. After stacking multiple attacks, it seems that some effect will ur that multiplies the damage. Not only that, but the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s squads also met several Elite Steel Beetles and a Commander Steel Beetle.

    ¡°The Elite Steel Beetles were twice as strong defensively as ordinary Steel Beetles and had the added ability to deal sustainedser damage. The Commander Steel Beetle had some sort of energy shield on its body, which was much more powerful than a Maniptor¡¯s energy shield. It could even withstand nearly 1,000 shots from a mecha¡¯s six electromaic machine guns. Although this was partly due to the damage limit on Commander monsters, it was enough to show that the beetle was a challenge.

    ¡°Because there were many types of beetles in the Level 40 area other than the beetles mentioned, there were other beetles which also had reached Level 40. So, they won¡¯t be able to survive in there for long. For the time being, they returned to the Level 30 area. They are going to wait until tomorrow, when they are all on the same schedule, and then enter at the same time. In addition, these beetles seem to be able to gain experience and improve their ranks immediately after killing yers. Some yers even witnessed an ordinary ded Beetle evolving to an Elite after a series of battles.¡±

    ¡°Rapid Evolution?¡± said Feng Luo.

    In fact, this was the most significant takeaway that Feng Luo had gained from this intel.

    Each beetle in the ruins had a special ¡°evolutionary¡± ability to evolve from a Normal monster into an Elite, a Commander... or even a Boss. And each beetle had evolved to acquire new abilities.

    Feng Luo recalled how, during the battle in Town of Exile, he had encountered a Level-45 ck Beetle Boss. It seemed to have disyed a total of five attacks. Compared to the energy shield of the Commander-grade monsters, the Boss¡¯s energy cannon¡ªwhich could kill Heavy Armor Warriors in seconds andpletely destroy an energy military vehicle¡ªwas undoubtedly more powerful.

    ¡°In addition,¡± continued Mu Zi, ¡°afterprehensive analysis,mand suspects the existence of a beetle with reconnaissance capabilities because many teams in some areas have encountered sudden interference on their recon meters and have been attacked. But so far, no trace of them has been found yet.¡±

    Mu Zi¡¯sst bit of information revealed why his recon meter had frequently failed today.

    Gatherer, Scout, Suicide Bombeetle, ded, Steel, Spray...

    Feng Luo recalled the names in his mind and noted more and more connections to the interster Zergs, like Drones, Overseers, Scourges, Zerglings, Ultralisks, Vipers...

    Of course, there were also differences. For example, the Energy Beetle did not seem to have a Zerg counterpart, but rather, a Protoss one.

    After finishing his report, Mu Zi turned his head and suddenly gave out a soft ¡°Hey!¡± while pointing to a location. ¡°Look, Brother Feng. That¡¯s Young Master Lin¡¯s group that we met this afternoon. They seem to want to do something. Damn, that seems to be a Level 40 area over there!¡±

    As a Scout, Mu Zi¡¯s visual perception was no worse than Feng Luo before fusing with the evolutionary virus, so even in dim light, he could make out the identity of the group of yers more than a 100 meters away.

    ¡°Huh?¡± Feng Luo raised his head, adjusted the direction of M110, and looked through the scope.

 Chapter 103 - Stealing the Kill!

    <h4>Chapter 103: Stealing the Kill!</h4>

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    Feng Luo¡¯s vision was clear as soon as he saw through the Eye of Thunder¡¯s scope.

    Across the ground, Young Master Lin had a haughty expression in his eyes as he moved among the group heading towards the Level 40 area. He was turning his head sideways and was talking to a Fire Maniptor, the maturedy next to him.

    Through the scope, Feng Luo watched Young Master Lin¡¯s mouth and whispered back word by word: ¡°We were lucky to have such an opportunity. Nevertheless, it was better to tell everyone to keep it secret. After all, we weren¡¯t the first to hit the monsters...¡±

    With his lip reading skills, he could analyze the intentions of his opponents even if they were 100 meters away.

    Mu Zi was also observing with his telescope, and he raised his brows when he heard Feng Luo. ¡°Brother Feng, what are you talking about? Why am I not understanding you?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m just telling you what Young Master Lin said!¡± Feng Luo answered as he continued to read Young Master Lin¡¯s lips.

    ¡°Brother Feng, you must be kidding! It is impossible to hear clearly from such a distance, okay? Hmm... Did you install wiretaps on them? But yers can¡¯t install wiretaps on each other. And recon meters have anti-wiretapping functions...¡± Mu Zi¡¯s expression was somewhat surprised and confused.

    Feng Luo did not look at him. ¡°I remember you served in the Federal Army,¡± he said. ¡°Haven¡¯t you ever heard of lip reading?¡± He watched on through the Eye of the Thunder as Young Master Lin continue to do his work. He had gotten enough information from this fellow¡¯s words.

    Mu Zi widened his eyes in surprise, and his voice was suddenly more than a dozen decibels louder. ¡°Lip reading? No, I don¡¯t think so...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were still fixated on Young Master Lin, but his ears were delighted to hear Mu Zi¡¯s surprise. After all, this was one of his skills he was proud of. It was very difficult to master, and it required a certain amount of talent.

    ¡°Although lip reading is rtively obscure, honestly, Brother Feng, I do know about it. I read an article about the history of the army and saw that it was an outdated, low-end observation skill that has been obsolete for hundreds of years!¡±

    Despite Mu Zi¡¯s initial surprise, his second remark undoubtedly dealt Feng Luo a heavy blow.

    Obsolete, low-end observation skills...

    Feng Luo¡¯s M110 shivered slightly, and his face was expressionless.

    ¡°The risk of error from this method of pure observation by the naked eye was too high,¡± continued Mu Zi. ¡°Although the uracy varies from person to person, in most cases, it would not exceed 50 percent, and learning it was a troublesome process... So the Federal Firearms Corporation developed long-range lip recognition technology. Any soldier equipped with standard tactical eyewear could easily analyze what people said beyond a kilometer away via the recognition chip. The overall rate of error was no more than 3 percent. So, this backward technique, lip reading, can only be seen in history books...¡±

    Mu Zi held his head up and shared what he remembered as if reciting it straight from a textbook. Then he asked Feng Luo with an uncertain expression, ¡°Brother Feng, am I right?¡±

    ¡°Yes! Absolutely!¡± Feng Luo said, remaining expressionless.

    ¡°Hmm. Brother Feng, could it be that you know lip reading?

    ¡°Nope!¡± Feng Luo said in a low voice. ¡°Of course I don¡¯t know a low-end skill that¡¯s been obsolete for a century. I just want to use lipnguage to tell you that my the chip on my sniper rifle ran an analysis, and it says that your answer is... very good!¡±

    ¡°Oh!¡±

    Mu Zi was silent. He seemed to have realized what he had done wrong. Why was Assistant Manager Feng so silent?

    Feng Luo could not help but be amazed that the developments of science and technology had reced all kinds of human functions gradually butpletely. Compared to various kinds of high-tech tools, the only unique things that humans had were probably their brains, with thoughts and feelings. Was that a good thing or a bad thing?

    In fact, in the real world, the Star Federation had almost entered a stage where human beings could just focus on research and run all of society without obstacles by handing everything else over to the machines and AI. Materially, they could absolutely guarantee that any citizen could live a lifetime withoutck of food, drink, and medical treatment even if they did nothing.

    But in such a society, there were still many people who were working, something which had caught Feng Luo¡¯s attention when he¡¯d first arrived in this world. It took him some time to understand that most of the people working these jobs were actually afraid of doing nothing. Yes¡ªafraid of doing nothing at all!

    Humans, in fact, needed not only food and drink to live; most of them also needed spiritual ¡°food,¡± like sense of achievement, identity, meaning of life, and so on. In a society where science and technology were so developed, like the Star Federation, any sense of achievement by the human beings has been reduced to the extreme. Technology had reced human functions, and technology performed better.

    It was said that the Star Federation had passed a bill to rece all humanbor with intelligent machines in its early development. However, less than ten yearster, the bill had been abolished. The initial and overwhelming rejoice of the majority ended with an overwhelming desire to abolish the bill.

    Since then, the Star Federal Government had made an odd rule stating thatpanies working in any non-extreme environment must hire a certain number of human employees. That was why there were so many people in some of the bigpanies in the Star Federation. Even so, this could not really satisfy everyone. Or, to be exact, it could not satisfy everyone¡¯s spiritual needs.

    Until the appearance of War!

    The reason War was so popr was not only the promotion of the entire popce of the Federation but also because yers could find the meaning of life and experience a sense of achievement in this 100-percent realistic game. They could invoke one another¡¯s envy and satisfy their own inner desires!

    After all, in the game, the yer¡¯s role was not as inundated with high-tech weapons or smart machines as it was in reality. They could fully rely on their own Attributes, Skills, aircraft, warships, mechas, and other technological weapons to enjoy the process of fighting and the pleasure of destruction.

    For this reason, even in the surveys, many yers answered that they liked War the best. Perhaps, this was a protest of humans against the technology they themselves had created.

    This incident aroused Feng Luo¡¯sment, but it did not prevent him from continuing to read Young Master Lin¡¯s intentions from his lips. He shared the information he got from lip reading.

    ¡°They seem to have found a single Commander monster who escaped from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s East Area. The yers of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group have dealt with the mob monsters, sparing only their Commander. Not long ago, their Scouts found the trail, and then they decided to pick it up. Moreover, since the Young Master Lin has the highest score in their team now, they decided to give him the final blow. When that happens, his ranking is going to take a huge leap. It could even reach the top 20!¡±

    Mu Zi put down his military binocrs and pped the floor beside him with an annoyed face. ¡°Damn, their luck is so good! If that¡¯s the case, it¡¯ll be even harder for Brother Feng to catch up with Young Master Lin. In this ranking, Machine Gunners always have an unfair advantage!¡±

    ¡°Well, it isn¡¯t really unfair. After all, each job has different roles.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes narrowed slightly as he suggested mischievously, ¡°But who says that it must be their luck? Maybe... it¡¯s our luck.¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng... are you nning to...?¡± Muzi¡¯s face was puzzled at first. Then his eyes widened as he thought of the possibilities.

    Feng Luo put down his M110 and turned to Mu Zi. ¡°No one owns any of the monsters here in the ruins. Finders keepers. They¡¯ve just stolen our kill and bad-mouthed me. It seems like the perfect sweet revenge, don¡¯t you think?¡±

    ¡°Certainly! But didn¡¯t you say that revenge is best served cold?¡± Mu Zi¡¯s face was excited but a bit doubtful.

    ¡°Well, I¡¯m not too picky about my revenge.¡± Feng Luo looked back at him, then quickly packed up the things on the ground, ready to go down and track the other party¡¯s team.

    ¡°Eek!¡± Mu Zi was struck dumb for a while, apparently not expecting Feng Luo to answer so simply. He hurried to pack up his things and follow him.

    Although he was happy with the n, Mu Zi was also a little worried. ¡°But Brother Feng,¡± he said, ¡°they are many and strong. If we are caught stealing their kill, it may not end well.¡±

    ¡°Do you know how snipers steal kills?¡± Feng Luo asked as he walked.

    (PS: The conflict between technological progress and human spiritual needs is merely conjecture. Please don¡¯t argue with me on this.)

 Chapter 104 - Fire Ant Commander

    <h4>Chapter 104: Fire Ant Commander</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Two minutester, taking care to not be seen along the way, Feng Luo and Mu Zi¡ªwho were following the headquarters squad with the help of a recon meter¡ªheard a gunshot in front of them and knew that the other party had found the target.

    Sure enough, when they quickly dove into the nearby ruins of a building surrounded by grass and trees, they looked in the direction of the gunshot through the cover of the grass. They saw ten members of the headquarters squad, who were about 200 meters away in an open space near the Level 40 area, surrounding a red monster about three meters long.

    This was a monster that looked like a giant ant instead of a beetle. It had numerous wounds and bullet holes across the surface of its body, and one of its legs was even broken. It was apparent that it had been through more than a single skirmish. However, it was now protected by ayer of a burning me Shield. Although it seemed dim, the shield had helped it withstand most of the attacks from the ten ranged attackers.

    Mutant Fire Ant (Level 39, Commander). Species Number: HYD-94844, HP: 24203/55000, Skills: me Shield, me Jet, Violent Impact.

    Mu Zi used Detection to quickly get information on the injured Commander-ss monster. Unlike the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s scope, which could only roughly estimate the monster¡¯s HP, a Scout¡¯s Detection could urately view the remaining HP of a monster.

    This was undoubtedly the key to Feng Luo¡¯s n to steal the kill. After all, this was different from thest time, when the rebel captain was killed in the Town of Exiles. The captain had been a Maniptor but also a human Elite, so he¡¯d had less HP, and the timing had been easier to master.

    But this Mutant Fire Ant was a Commander, and its HP was over 50,000. Although only half of its HP remained due to its injuries, it was still far from thest hit. Therefore, they had to know the exact amount of HP and attack at the right time.

    He would only have a chance of taking two shots at most, because no matter how sessful a KS (kill steal) was, the squad yers would surely react, and there was an 80 percent chance that they would catch up to them.

    Feng Luo hid in the grass and held his M110 up, finger on the trigger and barrel aimed, fully focused on the Commander that was gradually being forced into a corner.

    The injured Fire Ant Commander failed several times to escape to the Level 30 Area and was being pressured by the yers. As for the Level 40 area, which was right behind it, it seemed like a certain fear was preventing it from retreating there. As a result, after a dozen seconds or so, it was finally pushed to the dead-end corner of a building by the ten-man squad just as its me shield waspletely broken.

    Mu Zi, who was also carefully concealed, took the telescope and kept quietly reporting reconnaissance information to Feng Luo.

    ¡°HP: 19,250. 35 percent!¡±

    Ratatatat!

    At this time, a machine gun started firing. Young Master Lin had found the opportunity to set up his machine gun and started up his Rare-grade, Level-45, six-barreled machine gun, the Destructive Thundersnake, to shoot at the Fire Ant Commander forced into the corner.

    Through the six-barrels that rotated at high speed, bullets rushed out in a quick, concentrated fashion, producing orange mes from the muzzle that faintly resembled six thundersnakes.

    The other squad members, on the other hand, had ceased their high-impact attacks and were ready to give the kill to Young Master Lin.

    ¡°HP: 18,844. 33.5 percent! Wow, that¡¯s quick! 30.1 percent... 23.4 percent!¡±

    The Fire Ant Commander¡¯s body, which was more than three meters long, was beaten back and forth by the impacts of machine gun bullets, and Mu Zi¡¯s could not keep up with reporting the HP drop. After fewer than two seconds, a fifth of the Fire Ant Commander¡¯s HP remained, and the explosive damage from the Rare-grade Level-45 machine gun was obvious.

    However, the Level-39 Fire Ant Commander, which was already in a desperate situation, seemed to have its instincts aroused by the danger around it. Instead of retreating or escaping, it suddenly turned around and opened its mouth, spewing a red ball of fire the size of a human brain in the direction of Young Master Lin.

    ¡°Be careful!¡±

    Seeing this, the Heavy Armor Warrior standing in front of Young Master Lin immediately held up an alloy shield and rushed forward quickly to block the fireball.

    Boom!

    ?1400

    The fireball struck the alloy shield and turned into a huge me against it, causing more than 1,000 damage to the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    Considering the numbers, if the ball of fire had not been blocked, even with Young Master Lin¡¯s best equipment, he probably would have been left with just a shred of HP or even be insta-killed. After all, the monster was a Commander; even though the Fire Ant was only a Level-39 Commander, it could kill more than 40 ¡°paper-ss¡± yers in seconds.

    While the fireball was blocked with the help of the shield, the tall alloy shield also blocked Young Master Lin¡¯s line of sight, making it impossible for him to continue shooting.

    After ejecting the fireball, the Fire Ant Commander stopped retreating. Using its five remaining legs, it rushed straight at Young Master Lin.

    The distance between the two was quite short¡ªjust a little over a dozen meters¡ªso before the other yers who had stopped using high-damage skills could respond, the Fire Ant Commander had rushed to the front of the machine gun formation like a caged animal.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior, with slight panic on his face, rushed to activate his Level-40 skill Immovable Mountain, trying to use his shield to stop the Fire Ant Commander in its tracks. However, the Fire Ant Commander jumped directly over his head at the crucial moment and continued its rush toward Young Master Lin, fully intending to drag him down to hell with it.

    Watching a huge, ck, three-meter shadow baring fangs and leaping out from behind the shield, Young Master Lin turned pale for a moment, threw his machine gun, and ran away in a panic.

    The Machine Gunner¡¯s melee attack was the weakest of all conventional professions. Faced with this monster with insta-kill capabilities, most yers would choose to flee immediately. After all, leveling up was a chore.

    But, afternding, the Fire Ant Commander did not stop. Rather, it immediately pursued Young Master Lin, with a new ball of fire brewing in its mouth. Fortunately, at this time, an Earth Maniptor in the team responded, releasing an Earth Wall to fend off the Fire Ant Commander at the dangerous moment. Young Master Lin fled awkwardly in trepidation.

    Holding the telescope, Mu Zi watched with an expression of great pleasure at Young Master Lin¡¯s misfortune. ¡°This fellow is a dimwit,¡± he said. ¡°He actually thinks that a Commander is an easy target!¡±

    The most suitable distance for a Machine Gunner to attack was 50 meters away, because at that distance, even if the target moved away, they would not need to angle the muzzle too much to follow it. Then they could rely on the impact of the bullets to prevent the enemy from closing in.

    If the parties were too close, and the opponent moved horizontally, the Machine Gunner would need to drastically adjust their muzzle angle. And it was not difficult to turn the muzzle when the bullets were firing so quickly. So to deal with a Machine Gunner, the best choice was to either use a Sniper beyond their firing range or to send a Light Armor Warrior to approach him.

    Young Master Lin relied too much on his own high-quality equipment, so he had snobbishly fired upon the monster at a close range of a dozen meters. He had not considered the possibility of being overpowered by the monster.

    Although the Fire Ant Commander was stopped, the original machine gun position had been destroyed. The Destructive Thundersnake, worth a million credits, was knocked over by the Fire Ant Commander and was trampled left and right across the ground. That was not to say that it waspletely wrecked, but using it now was out of the question.

    Because the machine gun had been ¡°seized¡± by the enemy, the team had to abandon its original intention of giving the kill to Young Master Lin. They all began attacking the Fire Ant Commander.

    ¡°HP: 11,052. 20.1 percent...¡± Mu Zi hurried on with the report. ¡°HP: 7,011...¡±

    And at the moment he said 7,000 points¡ª

    Bang!

    Feng Luo pulled the trigger of M110 in his hand and the C-ss special armor-piercing round he had gotten from the Town of Exiles mission¡ªwhich had no special color¡ªburst out of the muzzle and flew toward the Ant Commander dangling from the edge of death.

    ¡°Go!¡±

    After the shot was fired, Feng Luo did not stay to see the result but immediately picked up the M110, turned, and left. Real men never looked back!

    Of course, the fact was that Feng Luo was absolutely confident that he would not fail to hit such arge monster at a distance of less than 100 meters. However, if it failed, there will be no way out. They had to withdraw immediately because there wouldn¡¯t be a chance at a second shot.

    Bang!

    The sound of the bullet breaking the shell and entering the flesh echoed through the area.

    ?5430

    A red damage value appeared over the head of the Fire Ant Commander, clearing all of the less than 10 percent health remaining. It was the final blow!

    You killed the Mutant Fire Ant (Level 39, Commander)

    Kill Contribution: 12.8%

    XP Gained: 556 points

    Your ranking in the city-building cleanup task points has been updated. Current Rank: 39th!

 Chapter 105 - The Python of Death: Barrett

    <h4>Chapter 105: The Python of Death: Barrett</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Haha! Feng, you ran away too fast! You should have seen his face!¡±

    ¡°When they saw the monster falling down, all of them were cheered up, but when they heard that they weren¡¯t the one who defeated it, especially that young master Lin... Haha...¡±

    Mu Zi, who wasughing, told Feng Luo about the scene he had missed out on while walking. His KS had undoubtedly released some of his pent-up resentment from all this time.

    He had been following Mu Wu most of the time. Therefore, he would have acquired more information than the Nightless Club¡¯s members. As a matter of fact, the contradiction of opinions was not the only reason why Nightless City was rejected from merging with the head office.

    Mu Wu was only a manager. Even if the Nightless club had tons of crucial clients, he would not have the rights to reject the proposal of the acting chairman, Dark Night Stars, to merge both groups.

    The reason they had failed to merge was because Mu Wu¡¯s suggestion had already gained the agreement of the Boss. The Boss had agreed, but the Young Master had rejected it!

    This situation involved some intricate matters, but Mu Wu had ordered him sternly to not speak of this with Feng Luo. He could only resist the urge to tell him.

    ¡°39th ce,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I¡¯m ranked second ce in the Sniper rankings at the same time.¡±

    Feng Luo was actually satisfied with his kill-steal this time when he saw his score on the leaderboard.

    This ranking system¡¯s scoring mechanism would grant a great bonus score for yers who had obtained the ¡°Commander Finishing Blow.¡± It would fully increase his ranking by 12 ces, putting him just behind only one Sniper. Both of them had activated the skill Quick Sneak. Now that they had traveled far away from the Level 40 area, soon they would be returning to the camp that Mu Wu had set up during the night.

    What Feng Luo didn¡¯t know was that he had unintentionally attracted the attention of some people with shady intentions when his ranking went into the top 50 on the leaderboard.

    Now that his ranking had gone up to 39th ce, the yer in 40th ce he had overtaken was a familiar ID: ¡°Invincible Roaring Dragon.¡±

    Yes. It was indeed the leader of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    This time, although the Roaring Dragon Corp had already recruited mercenaries twice, there were only 1,000 yers. However, each and every one of them was an Elite. Even better, they were the troops he himself, Invincible Roaring Dragon, personally oversaw. As the leader of the group and the signature character of Silvermoon City, he had already reached a whopping level of 49.

    Previously, he had been trying to fully focus on training to achieve Level 50, hoping to be the top yer on the entire server. However, he knew that there was an obstacle prepared for yers who were trying to level-up from Level 49 to Level 50. Therefore, he decided to stop leveling. To raise a yer¡¯s level to 50, they not only had to kill numerous monsters, but they would also have to fulfill certain criteria.

    Furthermore, he was told that there would be someone who was going to reach Level 50 very soon. Therefore, the title for the first Level 50 yer in War could possibly be dropped into the hands of another yer.

    Moreover, during this period of time, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had too many tasks on hand that needed to be done, from the Evolution Virus mission to epting the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s city-building mission. Hence, the Invincible Roaring Dragon had to handle the group¡¯s matters personally.

    At the same time, the founder and the leader of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was at the Level 30 east ruins area¡¯smander room. With the help of themunication device¡¯s hologram function, they were able to have their discussion with another person through the hologram.

    The man in a tuxedo was holding a wine ss in his hand in the lounge of the trading house. His behavior was hinting at indolence, but his eyes emitted radiance. His fake identity was a logistics supervisor. However, he was actually the second most well- known yer, Light Wind Roaring Dragon.

    ¡°Lightwind. It looks like your judgment toward people was sharp, as usual. This Feng Luo is indeed not an ordinary yer.¡±

    ¡°Even though he didn¡¯t even reach Level 40 and his equipment is not even well funded, he managed to enter the top 50 on the leaderboard as a Sniper¡ªwith only the help of a bunch of Level-45 Gunners and Maniptors. It would not be possible for a normal yer to do that.¡±

    Surprisingly, Light Wind Roaring Dragon did not get irritated by Feng Luo for overtaking himself in the leaderboard. Instead, he was smiling.

    As a matter of fact, he did not even try to use full force to defeat the monsters. Instead, he was fighting the monsters whilemanding his troops. Otherwise, with his equipment and level, even if a Wind Energy Maniptor¡¯s nuking ability was weaker than the power of a Fire Energy Maniptor, it would still have been possible to break the top ten on the leaderboard.

    ¡°I have done some research on his background through my source,¡± he said. ¡°He used to be a Life Profession yer. After entering the game for over a month, he stopped leveling and started to put all his efforts into running a shop. That is the reason his level was so far behind. However, in the past six months, he has regained his pace of leveling by doing Red-Name Wanted Missions.¡±

    While swirling the wine ss in his hand, in a calm manner, Light Wind Roaring Dragon continued, ¡°Hence, that is why you ordered Seven to mess with his gun shop, forcing him toply?¡±

    Light Wind Roaring Dragon¡¯s face went dull. ¡°Unfortunately, he screwed up. Who would¡¯ve thought that there would be a handicapped NPC there interrupting my n.¡±

    ¡°No, it was not necessarily a bad thing that the n didn¡¯t work,¡± said the Invincible Roaring Dragon all of a sudden while shaking his head.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve received the information saying that although he is a casual yer, in reality, he has some connections with the underboss of the Lu Conglomerate,¡± said the Invincible Roaring Dragon after contemting for a while, looking at Light Wind Roaring Dragon¡¯s overcast face. ¡°You do know that the Lu Conglomerate might be one of our most important partners in the future. If we could team up with them to fight against the Veteran¡¯s Tribe together, our arrangements for Silvermoon City would bepleted very soon. So, what I¡¯m thinking is that we should leave him alone and remove the bounty on him. After all, this whole mess was provoked by Ruinous Star himself.¡±

    ¡°How benevolent of you!¡± Light Wind Roaring Dragon finally spoke out after being silent for a long while. However, he did not express his agreement. ¡°But your information is iplete. ording to my source, Feng Luo is the assistant manager of a nightclub that belongs to the Lu Conglomerate. He has received the recognition from the Lu Group¡¯s boss in the past. However, the rtionship of the nightclub and the Lu Conglomerate is in dispute, and he had already been isted by the Lu Group. Moreover, the controller of the group is now the boss¡¯s son.

    ¡°It is the group¡¯s head office that is important to us. To further exin in a more urate way, it is the heir of the Lu Conglomerate, ¡®Dark Night Stars,¡¯ who is important to us. Even if the underboss were to give him the recognition, obviously, he would not get closer to Feng Luo than his own son. Hence... let the bounty stay on his head, because that is the correct move in this game of chess.¡±

    Light Wind Roaring Dragon squinted his eyes slightly. He finished up the wine in the ss and lifted his head to look at Invincible Roaring Dragon.

    ¡°Besides, the board of directors have already noticed this matter. They hope that our mercenary group can set up an image of a headstrong and mighty group. If we were to retract the bounty on Feng Luo¡¯s head after hunting him for so many days but eventually fail to kill him, I am afraid that our prestige ratings will decline, leaving an opportunity to the Veterans Tribe to exploit.¡±

    ¡°They actually said that?!¡±

    Invincible Roaring Dragon grimaced. He stayed silent for a short while and then said, ¡°Very well... do as you see fit!¡±

    After turning off themunication device, the grimace on Invincible Roaring Dragon¡¯s face disappeared entirely. He raised his head and looked from the building at the once glorious city ruins.

    ¡°That bunch of people who only pay attention to financial reports¡ªhow could they ever notice such a small detail? Feng! I hope that he won¡¯t be affected by your emotions. Besides that, don¡¯t do things so out of line... Power is a good thing to have...¡±

    ******

    Other than the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, another person who had been paying attention to Feng Luo¡¯s ranking was the current holder of 13th ce on the leaderboard. He was the one holding first ce on the Sniper leaderboard who had also managed to reach 15th ce in the overall profession ranking.

    Bang!

    A thundering sound came out of nowhere. A 12.7mm shield-breaking bullet with a blue light trail was fired, shattering a Level-39 Elite ded Beetle.

    Inside the depths of the Northern Level 39 area, the Sniper who was in a party with a squad loaded with well-funded equipment was sniping down mobs. His expression was determined and conceit. In an amused tone, he said, ¡°Feng Luo! You are only Level 40! The Nightless City, huh? Interesting!¡±

    The sniper rifle in his hand was a dark gray color. Its total length was approximately a meter and a half long, and its muzzle utilized a conspicuous V-shaped double-roomed muzzle brake, making the barrel appeared to be muchrger than it really was.

    The 12.7mm muzzle was like a python, preparing to strike at any time, giving people the impression that this weapon would definitely be an ultimate weapon of destruction. If Feng Luo had been there, he surely would have recognized this gun at a nce. Just by looking at the design, he would have recognized the well-known gun from the other world: the Barrett M82A1.

    However, in War, this gun was called the ¡°Python of Death,¡± and it was the rarest Level-45 Sniper weapon with the highest attack stats of all in War.

 Chapter 106 - A Sudden Change

    <h4>Chapter 106: A Sudden Change</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    When Feng Luo and Mu Zi returned to the periphery of the Level 30 area, a remainder of themercial building had been selected by Mu Wu as the Battle Command in the evening. They found that there were already a few yers walking around, doing work, and transporting theirbat supplies into the building. Some of them had a guild logo representing Veterans Tribe on the front their chests, which consisted of a saber and a bullet.

    ¡°You¡¯re back.¡±

    As they walked inside the building, they saw Mu Wu standing in front of arge virtual projector and talking to a female Scout yer wearing a camouge suit with a Veterans Tribe insignia on her chest. When he saw Feng Luo and Mu Zi, he greeted them before gesturing to the female yer.

    ¡°Hey Feng! Let me introduce you to someone! This is themander designated by the Veterans Tribe to help us. Her ID is...¡±

    Due to the issue caused by the self-destructing beetle, they had lost a lot of people. Dark Night Stars had therefore decided to hire another 500 people from the Veterans Tribe and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. 200 of them were assigned to the Southern District where Nightless City was in charge. As for the female Scout yer who was indicated by Mu Wu, she was wearing a yellowish-brown camougebat uniform, and her lean legs were in tall ck military boots. Her short hair framed a slightly neutral face that was gorgeous and showed her heroic spirit.

    Most importantly, at the moment, she was surprised to see Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mr. Feng?¡± she said.

    Feng Luo smiled and greeted her. ¡°Miss Rose, we met again! What a coincidence!¡±

    The Veterans Tribe leaders were acquainted with Feng Luo. Their reconnaissance captain, the ck Rose, who was the female yer that hadpeted with Roaring Dragon Lightwind to buy the Hurricane Controller on the Exchange.

    ¡°Hi!¡± she said. ¡°It is surprising to see you joining this mission too.¡±

    ck Rose was actually a bit shocked. As the club president, it was the first time Mu Wu had introduced her to a yer with such an attitude, which undoubtedly showed that the rtionship between Feng Luo and Mu Wu was special. She even noticed that the yers from Nightless City looked respectful when they looked at Feng Luo. However, ording to her previous information, Feng Luo was just a casual yer.

    ¡°It seems I¡¯m not qualify as a Scout!¡± said ck Rose thoughtfully.

    ¡®Well! I didn¡¯t know that the two of you know each other! Let¡¯s have a talk!. Mu Zi,e over with me, I have something to ask you!¡¯

    Mu Wu smiled and deliberately called Mu Zi to move away, leaving Feng Luo and ck Rose.

    ¡®Oh! Dan Hen does like the military gill you asked me to give him. I thank you on behalf of him, Mr. Feng.¡¯

    ck Rose didn¡¯t feel awkward at all, she talked with decent.

    ¡°Don¡¯t mention it! It was actually what he deserved. As he does not ept credits, I gave him the equipment instead!¡± said Feng Luo.

    ¡°Unfortunately, Dan Hen and his team have a serial tasks toplete, therefore, they could not participate in this cleanup mission¡±, said ck Rose in regret.

    Feng Luo was also feeling regretted. He actually had a thought that he could fight alongside with Dan Hen and Grassy this time.

    He was almost confirmed that they would not being along when he couldn¡¯t see their names on the credits ranking.

    ¡°Wow, it was crowded here! Feng, you¡¯re here!¡±

    At the moment, a burst of white light shed over.

    A female yer who was also wearing a camougebat uniform, equipped with arge diameter Golden Deagle and a ck Recurve Saber, with her short golden-white hair was online and appeared next to Feng Luo and ck Rose.

    Sister Rui was holding the marvelous looking ¡°Death Ripper¡± when she came online, with her weapon equipped. This was the method that many yers would adopt mainly to prevent the attacks from monsters in the wild when they were going online.

    However, Sister Rui¡¯s outlooks attracted ck Rose¡¯s attention immediately upon her appearance.

    Both Sister Rui and ck Rose had totally reflected the style of female gunners. Although one was a scout and another was a machine gunner, but both of them were having a heroic spirits.

    ¡°ck Rose!¡±

    ¡°Wings-folded Dance!¡±

    They nced at each other, showing appreciation and admiration in their eyes while nodded at the same time.

    After all they were still female yers. Their ID was still equipped with some feminine atmosphere although the appearance and dresses are quite heroic.

    Sister Rui¡¯s ID was called ¡°Wings-folded Dance¡±. Feng Luo waspletely unexpected that she would give her such a gentle and sadness name since she was quite ¡®violent¡¯ in reality.

    He was not clear about the true identity of Sister Rui in reality. In fact, although Mu Wu has no permission to view the information of the VIP customers of Ever-bright City, only the big boss could have full ess to their information.

    ¡°Tik....¡±

    At this moment, there was a sudden call from Mu Wu¡¯smunicator.

    ¡°What happened?¡±

    Mu Wu¡¯smunication function waspletely opened for the whole day and people normally would just report to him via the channel. Such rm could indicate that something urgent was about to happen.

    ¡°Wu! There were a lot of beetles!¡±

    The voice in themunicator wasing from a male yer who was breathing heavily while running.

    ¡°A huge amount of beetles suddenly pushed out from the level 40 area. There are at least a few thousands in our direction. There are also quite a few elites andmander monsters among them!¡±

    This was a scout yer who was responsible for surveince on the periphery of the level 40 area. Mu Wu had sent more than a dozen scouts to guard for the 40-level peripheral areas and they would report him if anything happened.

    ¡°Ah! Wu! Is the BOSS....BOSS!¡±

    This information was a bit surprising. There was sudden shout in themunicator when Mu Wu was about to say something.

    The scout yer went offline upon finishing his sentence. It might due to the interruption inmunication service by the scout beetle or it might have been hung up.

    ¡°A huge amount of beetle was attacking! And there is the BOSS?¡±

    At this moment, the message had actually been sent to the regional mission channel by the other scouts.

    The expression of the yers around had changed in a sudden.

    If anyone could look from the above of NC-5504 ruins, the beetles that were originally densely distributed in the 40-level area had been divided into four directions and were crawling toward the area with the most yers.

    Therge number of beetle army had destroyed the grasnds and woods. They even caused the remaining buildings to copse. It was out of control.

    Beetle was not the insects on earth with the size of a thumb.

    The ded Beetle over level 30 was as small as a puppy and the Elite Rank Beetle could be double the size of a puppy. And for the Commander Rank Steel Beetle which was thergest of them all, it could be as huge as a heavy-armored tank.

    How many beetles are there in the relic?

    This could be estimated from the amount of the previous self-destructing beetle attack, which tens of thousands of beetles had bursted out.

    Although there were some self-destructing beetles which were smaller in size, lower in levels, and mostly gathered in the periphery, but the amount of six other types of beetles were definitely not less than the self-destructing beetles.

    Fortunately, the beetles had been wiped out arge part after cleaning for half a day. Therefore, the remaining beetles was not massive.

    But the key point was there was BOSS in between!

    ¡°What is a BOSS?¡±

    A BOSS was a strengthful living organism recorded in ¡°War¡± , which it could challenge hundreds of yers with the same level at the same time. It was not themander in the Town of Exile with no army anymore. A BOSS would have arge number of elites andmanders followers.

    As for the yers, tt was time for lunch, thus Mu Wu allowed the yers to take turns. However, there were least one third of yers who went offline.

    Especially in the Ever-bright City, there were not even a half of the yers online since they had to operate in the night.

    Fortunately,there were two hundred yers hired by the veteran tribe to y for the money, and most of them were online. Otherwise, withdrawing from the relic area could be their only option.

    ¡°Inform the others quickly! Go online as soon as possible if they could!¡±

    Mu Wu made the decision without hesitation upon receiving the order.

    ¡°Shui! Please repiled the yers ording to upation andyout the defense immediately!¡±

    ¡°Miss ck Rose. Please inform the yers from the Veteran¡¯s Tribe to coordinate with us.¡±

    ¡°Manager Wu. Please just directly conduct the strategies, the yers from the Veteran¡¯s Tribe will give full cooperation!¡±

    ck Rose nodded immediately.

    ¡°Well!¡±

    ¡°Tik...¡±

    Mu Wu wanted to say something but he was interrupted by themunicator¡¯s rm.

    ¡°What?!¡±

    Mu Wu was frowning when he heard the words from the people.

    ¡°Lin Aotian and some other yers were trapped inside a building located at the edge of area 40. Do they need my rescue?¡±

    ¡°Lin Aotian? The name of the young master Lin? It sounds posh!¡± said Feng Luo in his mind.

    ¡°Brother Wu. Are we going to rescue them?¡±

    When Mu Wu turned off themunicator,a light armor warrior standing next to him asked. He was an employee of the Ever-bright City, abat captain of the Ever-bright City Club in ¡°War¡±.

    ¡°Who is willing to go? 10 thousands of credits if you can rescue them ording to the bounty granted by the headquarter!¡±

    Mu Wu lifted his head and looked around.

    The crowd went silence for a moment. Most yers in the club were frowning. The yers from the Veteran¡¯s Tribes could see that the situation was not suitable for them to interject since they were the outsider.

    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me!¡±

    Feng Luo saw that Mu Wu has turned his head towards him. He waved his hands and took out the military knife ¡°Mad Dog¡± at his waist to pick his fingernail.

    ¡°After all, they are the people from the headquarter and they were trapped because of trying to provide assistance to us. We should take some actions!¡±

    Mu Wu was frowning and looking at the light armor warrior beside him.

    ¡°Please bring a squad to rescue them and please, do your best. However, the number of beetles overwhelming. Therefore, our yers may not be able to rush in, understand?¡±

    Mu Wu emphasised on ¡°do your best¡± but spoke the ¡°however¡± in slow.

    He didn¡¯t bother it anymore after givingmanding, but to turned around and asked Feng Luo something else.

    ¡°Feng, let¡¯s discuss the strategy. It seems a little troublesome!¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    The light armor warrior understood Mu Wu¡¯s sentences in a second. He immediately agreed to his order and started searching yers for the ¡®rescue¡¯ mission.

    Feng Luo smiled.

    Oh my god, Wu!

    (ps: I think you guys had already knew Sister Rui¡¯s full name now. Haha! I¡¯ve mentioned before that there would be easter eggs in this game. Allow me to get yful for a bit.)

 Chapter 107 - Decisive Battle Begins

    <h4>Chapter 107: Decisive Battle Begins</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The ck, three-meter-tall Level-40 Elite Steel Beetle was moving forward steadily like a heavy tank. Its sturdy ck carapace was like a piece of forged metal. The oing bullets, Wind des, and Fireballs could only dent or scratch it slightly as it deflected them with a thunk. The two and three-digit damage values that continued to appear over its head were insignificantpared to its 35,000 HP.

    Around it was a line of Normal Steel Beetles slightly smaller than itself assembled in a formation. There were two to three hundred of them. Although they did not have the insane defense of their Elite counterpart, they still boasted 15,000 HP and incredibly strong defenses, allowing them to march forward despite the constant barrage of various skills and gunshots.

    When the army of beetles reached the burned ground, the Elite Steel Beetle suddenly stopped moving its six appendages. Then two beams of whitesers shot out from a pair of its insectoid eyes, sweeping across the area in front of it.

    As thesers swept across thend, two straight beams of light would shine straight up into the sky anywhere theser touched, illuminating its enemies in front of it. They were a bunch of little creatures that looked like sticks holding unknown weapons. Some were running, some shouting, others holding the mysterious weapons and firing light and fire back at it. But thesers it fired hit the head of one of those stick-like creatures and continued to damage the creature until it melted into white light.

    Immediately, the Elite Steel Beetle felt a surge of energy enter its body. It felt a little depleted after shooting the whitesers, but it waspletely replenished now. So it continued going trigger-happy with itssers.

    Bang!

    But after shooting itssers for a while, the gigantic body of the Level-40 Elite Steel Beetle was suddenly shaken. It felt a heavy blow against its diamond-hard shell. Immediately, a hole was cracked open on the hard shell it took such pride in!

    Instinctively, it locked on to its enemy. It was a big fe, twice asrge as it. The big fe¡¯s color was simr to itself, but its ck body emitted plumes of smoke as it gave out a strange roar. The big fe smashed a red rock onto its own back, cracking its sturdy shell.

    Elite Steel Beetle instinctually wanted revenge, so it turned its body toward the big fe. As it was about to aim itsser at the big fe...

    Bang!

    ?5766

    At that moment, its eyes saw a sh of blue light. Immediately, it felt something flying into the big hole on its back, and then... it could feel nothing!

    But before it lost consciousness, its insectoid eyes, which had a wide field of vision, saw that behind it and beside it, countless beetles just like itself climbed over its body, charging at their enemies fearlessly!

    ******

    The battle was happening at the Level 30 border in the Southern Area. After some discussion, Mu Wu and Feng Luo finally decided to set up defenses at the Level 30 border. Otherwise, the battle would spread into the Level 20 area too. And, as a result, there would be not enough manpower. Also, the cleared area would be conquered by the beetle swarm again, forcing them to clear it again the next day.

    The mission time was limited to one day. If the area that needed to be cleared the next day was too wide, they might not make the deadline. However, the beetles¡¯ actions were too swift. Before the yers were ready with the defenses, the swarm of beetles covering the sky had already broken through their ranks.

    It only took five minutes for the battle to reach its fever point. Luckily, the ones that rushed in were the quickest ones: the ded Beetles. Although they had high attack points and were quick, their low HP and defense was their downfall as the vanguard of the swarm. When they faced the array of machine guns set up by the yers, they were fated to turn to ashes.

    But when the slow but sturdy Steel Beetles turned up, the yers started to have some trouble. After that, Energy Beetles that could produce protective energy walls, and Spray Beetles with a ranged attack as far as that of Maniptors, appeared in unison. The battle became even more intense after that.

    On the whole, the situation was still favorable to the yers. The nature of battle was changed when there were several hundred yers fighting at once. The sheer number of yers ensured certain control over the area, which prevented the monsters from rushing the backlines.

    For example, a dozen machine guns were enough to form a defense difficult to prate along 10 meters of the frontline. And a dozen Maniptors could use crowd-control skills, stacking up an insane amount of damage.

    Since the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s logistic team provided all the energy stones, ammunition, MP recovery items, and other consumables, they did not have to worry about running out of supplies and could attack with reservations. This allowed the Maniptors and Machine Gunners¡ªthe two ¡°killing machine¡± sses¡ªto unleash their full potential. Plus, with the Heavy Armor Warriors and Earth Maniptors protecting two C-45 Bear-type Mechas, they were a force to be reckoned with.

    Although Bear-types were more defensively powerful, they also had a considerable attack power. The 50mm machine cannons on their shoulders could wreak havoc against the Steel Beetles.

    Pow!

    Feng Luo pulled the trigger of his M110. Beneath the night sky, the Eye of Thunder barrel spat out a spinning bullet encased in blue me. It was a C-grade shield-breaking energy bullet that cost 500 credits a shot.

    When the energy shield-breaking bullet exited the barrel, not only did it have a unique blue light, but streaks of lightning coursed through it as well.

    ?890

    ?6575

    The special shot triggered the 2 percent chance of Eye of Thunder and pierced through a hole created by other yers in the head of a Level-44 Elite ded Beetle. The shotnded right in its brain, causing 7,500 points of fatal red damage.

    It was a final blow!

    Your contribution ranking in the mission has been raised! Current ranking: 25th.

    It had been possible thanks to Mu Zi standing behind him, who was using the recon meter and sensing skills to detect the position and remaining health of Elite or even Commander Level enemies. With the help of the energy shield-breaking bullet and his S-grade talent, he could deal up to 8,000 damage when he hit a critical spot. Even Fire Maniptors who were known for their offensive power couldn¡¯t do that. That was why Feng Luo had been able to rise in the rankings so quickly.

    That was also thanks to how densely packed the monsters were below. Under normal circumstances, a yer would only meet three to four Elite monsters in a day. But Mu Zi has already detected 200 by now. Even the extremely rare Commander-Level monsters were appearing one after another.

    Between the yers and the swarm, the battlefield was full of various shining crystals, materials, or even equipment and weapons. Many of them might have been Fine, Excellent, or even Rare-grade. But no one dared to pick them up. Because any yer, even Heavy Armor Warriors, would be in the line of fire as soon as they went out there. The poison sprays of Spray Beetles coupled with theser beams from Steel Beetles could melt even a rare alloy shield in a second.

    While yers could not pick the items up, Feng Luo could see an ironic scene through his scope from above. On the field full of dead Beetles, some scorpion-like Gatherer Beetles were tunneling out from the ground, collecting the crystals or crystal cores, and digging their way back into the earth.

    At least they wouldn¡¯t take the equipment like the rebels. Otherwise, the yers would have had cause to weep¡ªespecially those who had dropped their equipment upon death.

    It was bad enough losing experience. Losing your equipment to monsters would make you feel like there was simply no justice in this world.

    Bang!

    ?6686

    Feng Luo was a little disappointed, but it wouldn¡¯t affect the points he received. Seizing his chance, he expertly finished off a Level-39 Commander ded Beetle, raising his rank to 19th.

    But at that moment, he felt a sense of fatal danger spreading toward him. A chill went up his entire spine!

 Chapter 108 - Evolution: Debuff Resistance

    <h4>Chapter 108: Evolution: Debuff Resistance</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Watch out!¡±

    Without hesitating, Feng Luo pushed Mu Zi to the opposite side. At the same time, he picked up his M110 and sprawled behind the wall that was beside him.

    Boom!

    A ssh of transparent liquid that looked like rainwater shot in through the windows of the building they were hiding in. Each individual drop seemed like transparent rainwater, but when it touched the wall, a hole appeared on the wall as surely as if the wall had been hit by bullets.

    At the same time, the remaining liquid on the wall kept spreading around, corroding the wall and causing a white gas to fume out of it.

    Though Feng Luo was able to detect the threat and react quickly with his rare skill, Death Sense, he was still hit by a few drops of the ¡°rainwater.¡± A few small holes surfaced on his Level 40 Excellentbat suit as it was corroded. Meanwhile, ?300 damage values appeared over his head in session. His HP was immediately reduced by almost 1,500.

    And that was not all, because a system notification appeared in his sight.

    You are attacked by the Spray Beetle¡¯s (Level 39 Boss) Poison Attack (5 partial stacks). All of your basic Attributes have been reduced by 19%. Hearing and vision have been reduced by 38%. Movement speed has been reduced by 27%.

    All basic attributes were reduced! Hearing and vision were reduced! Movement speed was reduced!

    Feng Luo¡¯s movement was slowed considerably. In addition, his vision was a lot dimmer, the noises in his ears sounded very distant, and his body became weary.

    In War, the debuffs on the yers were very realistic. Debuffs did not just affect the characters¡¯ status values but really made the yers feel ufortable.

    All the debuffs for basic attributes, hearing, vision, and movement speed would no doubt be critical to any yer. They were even worse for snipers.

    Although Feng Luo already knew that the Spray Beetle was poisonous, he could never have imagined being attacked by a Boss from such a long range. Despite the warning from the Scout yer just now that there will be a Boss, the other Scouts could not find it even after using Detection. He had not expected to be almost insta-killed by one squirt.

    It is very likely that me finishing off the Commander ded Beetle triggered this Boss¡¯s aggro, Feng Luo reasoned.

    The Boss¡¯s attack was undoubtedly overpowered. Just a single drop of its spit dealt 300 damage.

    After Feng Luo had all his attributes increased after fusing with the virus, his HP was over 4,000. Yet if he was hit by every drop of the poison spray, it would definitely insta-kill him.

    Though Mu Zi who was on the opposite side of Feng Luo, having been pushed away by Feng Luo, he was still hit by 10 drops of the poison in total. His HP dropped until it was in the red, and the attack reduced him to a ¡°heavily injured¡± state.

    Fortunately, a Doctor yer assigned specifically by Mu Wu was behind both of them and immediately started to heal him by injecting antidotes. However, there were 10 Debuffs stacked on Mu Zi, which obviously made him feel worse than Feng Luo. Even when his HP recovered above the 5-percent threshold, he would still be ¡°weak¡± (below 15 percent HP) and ¡°poisoned.¡± He could barely even sit on the floor.

    The general purpose antidote was not potent, either. The Doctor yer had steadily applied a few shots of antidotes on Feng Luo, but they only removed the negative status effect by one-quarter. The status applied by this Boss was impossible to removepletely and quickly unless specially made antidotes that countered the poison were used.

    Of course, the system would not let the yers continue in this state for long. After the system alerted Feng Luo to the poisoned status, another message appeared on his terminal.

    Unknown poison detected. Biochip¡¯s poison removal function activated, estimated time required: 5 minutes!

    There was no duration of the debuffs in the earlier system messages because the duration actually depended on the yers¡¯ own biochip adjustment function. The time required by the biochip to remove the poison was based on the yer¡¯s corresponding poison resistance and some other special attributes.

    Feng Luo¡¯s resistance against this specific poison was 0 percent, and the ¡°debuffs resistance¡± in his body¡¯s attributes was also 0 percent. Both of them were zero. That was why the time required was a solid five minutes.

    With the injection of the general purpose antidotes, the duration had decreased to around three minutes. However, that also meant that Feng Luo had to wait here for a full three minutes before he could resume fighting. This would certainly impact his scoring strategy. Or so Feng Luo thought. He was soon to discover his body was recovering a lot more quickly than expected.

    The previously blurry vision cleared up quickly while his hearing and other perceptions also returned to normal within less than two minutes¡¯ time.

    ¡°Hmm... What happened?¡±

    Feng Luo was confused. He started reading the previous system logs because he did not understand what had urred. He was a little surprised after reading them.

    You were infected by the Spray Beetle¡¯s poison. Body Evolution Talent was activated.

    This was the first message, which had appeared not long after he was poisoned.

    With Evolution Talent, you permanently gained 50% resistance for the particr poison. You permanently gained 3% debuff resistance.

    This was the second log message. It had appeared just now, as soon as the debuffs on him were removedpletely.

    ¡°Evolution Talent?¡±

    This S-Rank talent hadn¡¯t done much after he¡¯d bonded with the Evolution Virus. Feng Luo had tried many ways to increase his Attributes, yet he had failed. But he had never considered that a single spray from that Boss would increase his poison resistance and debuffs resistance.

    50 percent of that particr poison resistance did not mean much, since the types of poison used by other monsters were different. The 3 percent debuffs resistance, on the other hand, was incredibly precious. It was a resistance against all Debuffs, including poison, stun, slow, etc. This meant that the effects of all debuffs on Feng Luo would be reduced by 3 percent.

    One could not underestimate this mere 3 percent! The key was that, with Evolution Talent, that amount could someday be 13 percent¡ªeven 30 percent! At that point, this effect would be extremely powerful.

    No wonder this talent is S-Rank! Feng Luo thought with excitement.

    Meanwhile, the debuffs on Mu Zi finally faded away too. Then the trio didn¡¯t dare to linger there. They all went out of the door to readjust their position.

    In the meantime, a lot was going on in the regional channel. After the appearance of the Boss, it had first attacked Feng Luo but had soon proceeded to killing other yers.

    This Beetle was just a Level-39 Boss, but it was not to be underestimated. Even the lowest-level Boss, the Level-35 Crimson Moon Scorpion King, was capable of insta-killing yers that were over Level 40.

    The Spray Beetle Boss continued to rain down on the base of the yers, spraying liquids bearing various status effects at them. Other than the liquid with the corrosive debuff shot at Feng Luo, there was a poisonous liquid that turned into a spreading cluster of poisonous mist. Once it hit the yers¡¯ base, it would cause continuous damage to the yers, forcing them to move. It even released arge green poisonous cloud that floated in the sky and kept pouring down acid rain.

    The yers¡¯ original formation was now in chaos, allowing numerous beetles to cross the front line. The impact of this was unquestionably grave. The Boss had only been out for barely a few minutes, yet it had killed at least 30 yers already.

    The yers were in big trouble.

 Chapter 109 - Three Bosses!

    <h4>Chapter 109: Three Bosses!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    After setting up the M110 at a better-concealed position, Feng Luo began to observe the beetle swarm using his Eye of Thunder Scope equipped with night-vision. With the help of res in the sky, Feng Luo was able to observe the rampaging Spray Beetle Boss among the swarm, 400 meters away.

    It was a dark green beetle with a rtivelyrge body. Although it was nowhere close to the size of the Steel Beetle Boss in the Town of Exiles, its height was more than four meters. It had a huge snake-shaped head and a lengthy throat, with a huge sac in the abdomen that stored its venom. The set of wings on its back were heavily degradedpared to other beetles. Its shell thickness seemed to be far thinner than the Steel Beetle, and hence, its defense should still be an eptable range.

    Spray Beetle (Level 39, Boss). Species no.: JCG-02335. Estimated HP: 200,000. XP-S3 chippatibility: 69%.

    Compared to the information gained from the Level-45 Steel Beetle back then in the Town of Exiles, the information gained from the Spray Beetle through the Eye of Thunder was more detailed. A certain type of counter-detection device embedded into the Steel Beetle after being captured by the rebels was likely the cause.

    A biochippatibility of 69 percent was undoubtedly a rtively high value. After all, the program of this type of chip was likely to be designed for the control of Steel Beetles only.

    In fact, through his observations of the Steel Beetle, Feng Luo had discovered that the Commander ss had apatibility of 90 percent and above. It was over 95 percent for the Elite ss and a whopping 99 percentpatibility for the Common ss.

    In other words, it would be a 100-percent sess rate if he wishes to capture a Steel Beetle as a pet.

    Yet, knowing that there could be a Perfect-ss pet lying ahead of him, Feng Luo would certainly never ept a Normal Steel Beetle as a pet.

    In contrast topatibility, there was one issue Feng Luo had yet to figure out: the sess rate of the pet chip he possessed if used on the ¡°King Beetle.¡±

    Judging by the current situation, the chippatibility was influenced by not only the type of beetle but also the ss of the target. For example, thepatibility rate of a Commander-ss beetle was lower than the Elite ss and was even lower than of the Common ss.

    What ss would the King Beetle be, given that this Spray Beetle has already reached Boss ss?

    ¡°A ss that exceeds Boss?¡±

    At present, the highest ss in War was the Boss ss. Since it had never been officially rified whether there would be an existence that exceeded the Boss ss, it was possible that it might just exist!

    Besides, it was clear the King Beetle, which stayed hidden behind the beetle army, possessed a certain level of AI, as it knew to send out Scout Beetles to spy on yer¡¯s intel and use them to its advantage byunching arge-scale counterattack against the yers.

    It was no mistake; even the Scout Beetle¡¯s existence had now been confirmed. One of the Scout yers who had an ability simr to Mu Zi¡¯s ability had been using a Rare-ss recon meter to scout the ce and had finally managed to discover the trace of a Scout Beetle near them.

    It was a small flying beetle about the size of a fingernail. Its capabilities included disguise, reconnaissance, information transmission, and even signal jamming. Hence, it was obviously the Scout ss of the beetle species.

    The ability to send out Scouts to spy on enemy undoubtedly proved that the King Beetle behind this scheme possessed a certain level of intelligence.

    It was important to know that Master Rnd had reminded Feng Luo that this Biochip could not control intelligent creatures with high AI, such as humans or higher-level creatures with mutated intelligence!

    Hence, Feng Luo was somewhat worried. With these two factorsbined, would the King Beetle have an underwhelmingpatibility with the biochip?

    But even if the chance was only 10 percent, he would still try it out because it would be so tempting. After all, this might be a unique and extremely powerful pet, making it worth a try even with a rather low sess rate.

    ******

    The emergence of the Spray Beetle Boss had caused a lot of trouble, and the yer¡¯s defenses were broken through. Dozens of yers were dead in a brief instant due to the beetles charging through the formation.

    Fortunately, Mu Wu had anticipated the situation, and arrangements had been made ordingly. Hence, the yers who participated in the war did not panic but instead began to retreat to the second line of defense prior to the warfare and kept on fighting using the remaining buildings as their posts.

    At the same time, a message from the Lu Conglomerate headquartersmand center had surprised everyone. They weren¡¯t the only ones who had encountered the Boss. In fact, several Bosses had been spotted in three out of the four areas. A Level-39 Spray Beetle Boss had been encountered in the Southern Area under Nightless City¡¯s control.

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group in the Eastern Area had also encountered a Level-43 ded Beetle Boss. It possessed terrific attacking power where even the Heavy Armor Warrior¡ªalong with his alloy shield¡ªwas sliced into half like a piece of paper by its three-meter-long de. Plus, its speed was horrible beyond equal, as not even the Machine Gunner¡¯s muzzle could keep up with its motion. As soon as it charged into the yer¡¯s formation, the ughter began, and hundreds of white lights, signifying deaths, immediately came directly out of the ground.

    The Western Area under the Veterans Tribe¡¯s control had encountered a Level-40 Energy Beetle. It formed an energy barrier that not only blocked all long-range attacks but even reflected and refracted those attacks. One after another, Chain Fireballs, Rotating Wind des, and bullets were reflected back by the energy barrier, causing the Veterans Tribe to be utterly exhausted.

    Although no Boss-ss beetles were spotted in the Lu Conglomerate headquarters area, a total of seven Quasi-Boss-ss monsters had emerged in the area.

    What was a Quasi-Boss? Since they were considered Quasi-Bosses, this ss normally indicated less attack power, lower HP, and a less powerful skill setpared to Boss-ss monsters.

    Yet these characteristics did not affect the threat they possessed. This was because they were capable of insta-killing most yers at the same level despite having less attack power than a typical Boss-ss monster!

    They may have had lower HP pools than Bosses, but they fought in numbers¡ªa total of seven of them! The name ¡°Quasi-Boss¡± was a rtive term when judging their less powerful skills. As a matter of fact, the skills of a Quasi-Boss Monster were much more powerful than a Commander Monster. Thus, it was no surprise that one of them could easily wipe out several people with its skill in the blink of an eye!

    Therefore, the battle in the Northern Area was, in fact, the hardest, as the yer casualties of the headquarters squad had exceeded 200 since the beginning of the battle. If not for the reinforcements from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, who had recently replenished their forces, a forced retreat would have been imminent.

    Three Bosses, seven Quasi-Bosses, and dozens of Commander-ss Monsters and tens of thousands of Elite-ss Monsters! The Beetle group in the ruins was far too powerful and had vastly exceeded the estimation done by the Lu Conglomeratemand post.

    I was important to note that in most of the areas on War, the highest-level monster was a Quasi-Boss. Some of them were even only guarded by a single Commander-ss Monster. It was impossible for a second Boss monster to appear in an area with a Boss Monster under normal circumstances. Otherwise, a battle between monsters would break out until one of the Bosses was driven out.

    This was what the yers referred to as a situation in which ¡°a King shall not see another King¡±! Yet three Bosses had shown up at once in the NC-5504 ruins.

    No, to be urate, there were four, as the most powerful Level-45 Steel Beetle Boss had been taken away by the rebels and had since died in the Town of Exiles. If that Steel Beetle had been present, the situation would have been out of hand and beyond saving.

    Feng Luo believed the ¡°Young Master,¡± Dark Night Stars would never have expected such a situation to ever happen. He had intended to save costs when building the city by fully utilizing the remaining urban facilities in the ruins. Yet he had never anticipated that the process would be so tough!

    With a total of three Bosses, along with seven Quasi-Bosses and thousands of their minions, the oue of the conquest was yet uncertain¡ªeven with the 1,000 newly recruited Elite yers and a total of 4,000 men included in the equation.

    Feng Luo thought he would start cursing as soon as he received the report. In fact, in themand room of the Southern Area just below him, Mu Wu was already frowning and clenching his teeth.

    The main reason was that he was the one who had first proposed the location, and therefore, he had to be the one to me. He carried more responsibilities than Dark Night Stars. But it wasn¡¯t the time for an argument. He had invested too much manpower and money on this city-building mission. Therefore, failure was not eptable!

    Mu Wu kept on giving outmands through the mission channel, receiving intelligence, shouting, and giving out orders. His clothes were drenched in sweat.

    At that moment, he had given his all.

    ******

    Considering the current situation, there was some good news, too.

    Due to the fact that all three Boss beetles had appeared at the same time, Feng Luo could justify the existence of a King Beetle behind the beetle group, and the AI ??of the King Beetle must not have been too high. This was because a creature whose AI was close to human beings would never have mobilized its forces so sparsely when it possesses such a powerful force.

    The best course of action would have been to stall the enemies in other areas with a small portion of the army while focusing its main forces on destroying the enemies in one area, then turn to another target. That would have been more efficient than fighting the enemies in every area, as the yers weren¡¯t put at an absolute disadvantage in thetter scenario. The current situation could be described as a war of attrition. Besides, there was no way for the monsters tost in attrition warfare when fighting against the yers who could endlessly replenish themselves.

    As Feng Luo thought about this, he felt a sigh of relief. He knew the chances of getting a King Beetle pet had risen again. He then picked up his M110 and resumed his journey of crazy hunting.

    Normal attacks would not be too great a threat to Feng Luo since he had ¡°Death Sense,¡± as long as it wasn¡¯t some high-speed, long-range attack or a melee attack. Besides, with his visual perception enhanced twofold, his sniping uracy and KS rate were surprisingly high even at night.

    The Feng Luo¡¯s rank had once again begun to slowly rise from 25th to 24th... 21st... 19th...

    As an aside, since they weren¡¯t able to hold up until the arrival of the Nightless City club¡¯s reinforcements, Young Master Lin Aotian and his squad from the headquarters had therefore missed the night battle, which could have increased his score in a magnificent way. Young Master Lin, who had originally ranked 30th, had now fallen to below 150th.

    Besides, the mission would have been long over by the time he respawned 12 hourster. In fact, judging by the level and scale of the fierce battle, the battle would be concluded roughly by that night¡ªlong before he could even respawn.

 Chapter 110 - Golden King Beetle

    <h4>Chapter 110: Golden King Beetle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The extremely intense war of attrition hadsted for a whole night.

    From having the upper hand initially to slowly losing, followed by gradually winning their advantage back bit by bit through attrition, the yers experienced an emotional roller coaster. The up and downs turned their initially boosted confidence into anxiety, then reignited their hope at the end of the journey.

    When the fight reached the second half of the midnight hour, the broken ¡°idol¡± that linked all the underpasses was secretly reconnected by the Gatherer Beetles. Shortly after that, a fair amount of various beetles, none of them higher than Level 20, appeared from inside and intended to surround the yers from behind.

    However, at this time, the first batch of yers who had been killed by the Suicide Bombeetles were revived and rushed over from Silvermoon City (the nearest city) and rejoined the battle.

    The yers now had the upper hand!

    The battlested for a total of nine hours. By the dawn of the second day, when the sun had started to rise, the Southern Area, where Feng Luo and hispany were located at, became the first region to have thoroughly eliminated all the beetles. At this point, they had fewer than 50 yers left, including the reinforcements from the Veterans Tribe.

    Later, Mu Wu issued amand, and the crew of a few yers started to march to the city center. Due to the rtively mild battles in the other regions, they were no longer required as reinforcements.

    They did not encounter a single monster on their journey. The whole ce was empty and quiet. Not one beetle was seen after they crossed a total of 40 areas.

    Later, they met the Scouts who had been sent out before the mission started at the building known as the ¡°shrine.¡± It was a tall, extravagant building. The design was somewhat simr to Greek temples on Earth. There was a maroon staircase of fewer than 100 steps. Outside the shrine, a row of worn-out stone columns covered in moss had been erected on top of the staircases. On the columns was a strange pattern that resembled the ¡°idols.¡± The shrine appeared to be very mysterious, almost sacred.

    A few of the Scouts among the troops, including those who possessed Rare-grade recon meters, ensured that there were no monsters inside the building before the group decided to enter the shrine.

    After taking the huge, long staircases, they finally arrived at the shrine. All of them were dumbfounded by the scene before them.

    ¡°Impossible!¡±

    Compared to the aged and shabby outer appearance of the shrine, it was apletely different world in the inside.

    The floor, made of pearl-white tiles, was sparkling clean. The wide, tall, arch-shaped ceiling was covered with a delicate oil painting as if it told a mythological tale. All the corners of the wall were decorated with gold and a fair number ofrge, ferocious-looking, unknown altars. There were also somevish statues that were seemingly carved out of gold.

    ¡°Hmm...¡±

    All the yers were looking at each other awkwardly. This exceeded their expectations!

    A Scout with a Rare-grade recon meter widened his eyes. He stretched out his finger and pointed in one direction while he mumbled, ¡°Hang on. There... Oh my God. There¡¯s a...¡±

    Everyone followed his gaze and saw a golden statue that was approximately five meters tall. Its appearance somewhat resembled a beetle.

    Precisely speaking, it was not a golden statue! It was not only coated in shiny gold, but ayer of faint white light encased it as well.

    Holy Goldbug (Level-100, Boss). Species Number: ??. Type: ??.

    The notification that appeared on the recon meter frightened everyone.

    ¡°A Level-100 Boss!¡±

    ¡°Damn it. Oh my God!¡±

    ¡°What is this? How can a monster this strong appear here? We can¡¯t possibly take it on!¡±

    Everyone spoke in low voices over the squad channel.

    In War, the increase of a Boss¡¯s level meant a significant improvement in fighting power. Now, they were facing a max-level Boss! A monster this powerful could probably destroy a town with a poption of 100,000!

    How had a Boss this scary appeared here? Why would the system set up such a high difficulty? Was this a trick to destroy the Lu Conglomerate?

    They had expended so much effort to assemble a crew of several thousand and had spent more than ten million credits. They had spent half of the day and nine hours of the night fighting this frightening battle. A few thousand yers had already dropped a level. And now, they ended up with a Boss that was impossible to defeat! Dark Night Stars would vomit blood if he found out about this.

    ¡°Retreat!¡± Mu Wu said cautiously through the crew channel with a solemn face.

    The Level-100 Boss Beetle seemed to be in sleeping mode and did not react to the arrival of the yers. However, all of them believed that they would be insta-killed if it woke up now. This was assured!

    After listening to Mu Wu¡¯s order, all of them retreated carefully. They took the lightest possible steps and did not dare to make any noise.

    However, there was one special person, Feng Luo, who initially lingered behind everyone.

    Feng Luo was a little skeptical. He had realized that there was something different about his eyes the moment he¡¯d entered the shrine. The scene in front of him appeared to be very foggy, and he felt some quaking and shaking. It was slightly simr¡ªalbeit at a very different level¡ªto the time when he¡¯d been attacked by the Spray Beetles!

    ¡°What happened? What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    This odd situation triggered his curiosity. Hence, Feng Luo immediately checked the system log.

    You were attacked by the Boss¡¯s mental energy. Your Evolution Talent has been triggered.

    Due to the Evolution Talent, your hidden ¡°mental resistance¡± stat was activated. Your resistance toward the mentioned mental attack was increased temporarily. Mental resistance: 10%... 22.6%... 33.7%...

    He was surprised when he looked at his log. Both of the notifications from the system appeared simultaneously. However, the percentage at the end of the second notification continued to refresh and increase.

    45%... 53%... 61%...

    ¡°Mental attack? Mental resistance?¡±

    Feng Luo furrowed his brow as he read this strange notification. He had never heard of a stat called ¡°mental resistance.¡± And he had been ¡°mentally attacked.¡± How was that possible? He was not bleeding, and there was no notification of any apparent debuffs.

    This strange log urged Feng Luo to slow down his pace. When the percentage of the ¡®Mental Resistance¡¯ rocketed to 70%¡ª

    Suddenly, Feng Luo felt a quake. The extravagant golden shrine was slowly vanishing from his vision as if a veil had been pulled back. Then the golden andvish shrine dimmed down abruptly. A new sight appeared in front of his eyes.

    It was an old shrine with worn-out walls. The color of the painting on the ceiling had faded so badly that the colors were no longer distinguishable. There were countless tiny beetles climbing all over the fallen idols and across the floor. All of the tiny beetles were below Level 10. There were even some miniature Level-1 beetles that were barely the size of a knuckle. They did not attack the yers but merely crawling about heedlessly. Some were also hibernating and staying still.

    In the meantime, the frightening Level-100 Holy Goldbug in the middle of the shrine disappeared. In its stead was a golden beetle that was merely the size of two human adult fists.

    Golden King Beetle (Level-40, Special Boss). Species: ??. HP:??. Compatibility with XP-S3 core: Unknown.

    Feng Luo inconspicuously raised the M110 in his hand and aimed at the golden beetle. He realized that most of the information was disyed as question marks. Even thepatibility was unpredictable. However, its identity had been exposed. The name ¡°King Beetle¡± made Feng Luo¡¯s heart skip a beat.

    The problem now was, how to approach it?

    Feng Luo thought a special Boss like this would not possess any special attacks that could insta-kill yers. However, being a Level-40 Boss, it was unlikely to merely threaten yers with something mysterious like a mental attack.

    Its location on the stage was about 20 meters away from Feng Luo. The floor between them was covered by thousands of various little beetles. Surely, Feng Luo would be attacked by all these beetles if he tried to approach the golden beetle! However, if he went back now, would he ever have the chance to seize this King Beetle?

    At this moment, the only ones here were their crew, which consisted of fewer than 50 yers. The battles in the other regions had yet to conclude!

    This King Beetle had a certain level of AI. It might have thought that the humans could do no real harm to it. Besides, the underlings at the ruins were still there. However, if Feng Luo returned now and waited for the battles in the other areas to finish before he attacked again with the rest of them, would this golden King Beetle slip away?

    His concern was correct!

    Meanwhile, the rest of the yers had exited the shrine. Because Feng Luo purposefully hung back from the squad, he was the only one left at the entrance of the shrine.

    ¡°One with guts will die with a full stomach,¡± muttered Feng Luo. ¡°One without guts will die starving!¡±

    Feng Luo hesitated shortly before making the bold decision to fight the Boss!

    He pretended to step back while he slowly took out the syringe containing the biochip from his backpack and held it tightly in his right hand. Then he swiftly activated his Quick Sneak, stepped forward, and ran toward the golden beetle at full speed.

    Feng Luo¡¯s movement seemingly threatened the lives of the surrounding tiny beetles. They released a shriek that exceeded the audible range of human¡¯s ears before they charged at Feng Luo.

    ded Beetles, Spray Beetles, Energy Beetles, Suicide Bombeetles... All the small beetles charged at Feng Luo at full speed. Some were attacking Feng Luo with their long-range skills.

    Even though the beetles were of low grade, there were thousands¡ªmaybe even tens of thousands of them. However, as they were spread to every corner of the shrine, it was impossible for them all to attack Feng Luo who was dashing at full speed.

    Nevertheless, beneath the attacks of a dozen beetles, his HP was dropping drastically. The attacks from the Spray Beetles were particrly troublesome. Even though the toxicity of their poison was nothingpared to the Spray Beetle Boss, with the huge amount of stacks, the effect was still quite shocking.

    Within three short seconds, Feng Luo¡¯s speed dropped by one-third. The front of hisbat uniform was covered with poison. Fortunately, he possessed 50 percent poison resistance and 3 percent debuff resistance. Moreover, the effect of the poison from normal Spray Beetle did not reduce his vision and hearing, and the effects could not be stacked indefinitely, after all. Hence, it wasn¡¯t a major obstacle for him.

    Consequently, Feng Luo ignored the attacks of the tiny beetles and sprinted full speed toward the Golden King Beetle with all his effort. With the assistance of his skills, and running as hard as he could, he arrived in front of the golden King Beetle within five seconds.

    Apparently, the golden beetle sensed the arrival of danger. It casually stood up, intending to crawl away. But Feng Luo caught it in his hand before it could escape. It began struggling violently as Feng Luo held it in his hand.

    Feng Luo felt an invisible rush of energy attacking his head. He felt as if his head was pummelled by a hammer. His vision turned dark, then blurry. Then it started to spin.

    However, a notification was shown on the system log. With his evolution stat, his resistance to the mental attack had increased to 85 percent. His vision, which initially turned dark, was recovering. Although Feng Luo still felt dizzy, he could see.

    But then Feng Luo realized that his HP was at 10 percent! As it was lower than 15 percent, he was in the ¡°weak¡± state!

    Hence, without hesitating, Feng Luo turned the body of the golden beetle upside down, took the custom-made syringe in his right hand, and injected the liquid biochip into the belly of the beetle that was barely the size of two fists. Luckily, the biochip was only of the size of a nail. Otherwise, Feng Luo would have had to worry about the liquid overflowing from its body.

    The action took only one second. But before he could see the results, Feng Luo was torn into pieces by an enormous swarm of tiny beetles.

    ******

    However, 10 seconds after Feng Luo turned into white light and died, his ranking on the city-clearing mission billboard took a leap of ten ces. From 11th ce, he rose to the very top!

 Chapter 111 - The Game Affects Reality?

    <h4>Chapter 111: The Game Affects Reality?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    It was nightfall.

    Today, all the dining halls on the third and fourth floors of thevish Nightless City nightclub had beenmandeered by the Lu Conglomerate. They were holding a major celebration party to congratte the Conglomerate on thepletion of the most important part of the city-building mission in War.

    The headquarters of the Lu Conglomerate were actually quite far from the Nightless City. Due to the focus of the Lu Conglomerate on engineering and processing, their headquarters were set up on the 17th Administrative and was partitioned to the 22nd Light Industrial Area.

    As for Nightless City, as it was in the entertainment industry, it was located in the 22nd Commercial Area. However, since they lived in an era with such developed technology, a half-hour journey by levitating vehicle was sufficient to travel more than a few thousand kilometers, not to mention the distance of 200 miles between the two ces.

    That was the reason Nightless City was weing a huge flow of guests tonightpared to normal days. The levitating vehicles arrived at the city one by one, dropping off the guests before immediately leaving again for the next ride. It was as busy as a beehive.

    This was the first time for most of the employees of the Conglomerate to ¡°spoil¡± themselves at Nightless City, a club they had been hearing about for a long time. Their expressions were painted with excitement, and they all looked trim in their outfits.

    As for the employees of Nightless City, although they held a grudge against the people from the head office, it was impossible for them to wee their guests with long faces at the moment. Especially when the acting chairman, Dark Night Stars, and the rest of the Conglomerate¡¯s directors were all going to attend this celebration party together with the superiors of the head office. After all, it was not possible for everyone in Nightless City to be on the same side as Wu Mu. Hence, the atmosphere was generally merry and joyful.

    There was a hubbub of voices everywhere, and it was extremely crowded in all the dining halls on the third and fourth floors of Nightless City. Meanwhile, at a closed multipurpose sports cabin that upied half of the basketball court on the fifth floor, Feng Luo, who was wearing only a pair of shorts, charged his half-naked body forward andnded a heavy punch on the artificial human target that was made of memory material and was used to test one¡¯s strength.

    Bang!

    As the punchnded on the target, a dent that resembled a fist appeared on the chest of the artificial body. Simultaneously, the body was thrown backward andnded in the distance. At the same time, the figure on the counter of the levitating virtual screen beside the target jumped straight up to 1,000!

    Of course, that 1,000 did not indicate the weight in kilograms. It was a specific measurement unit in this world to calcte impact, known as ¡°standard impact force¡±!

    This measurement unit was far lower than a kilogram. To be specific, it was even slightly lower than grams and closer to the unit of one pound on Earth.

    Of course, kilograms and pounds were never the measurement unit for measuring force. Most people on Earth would have only used kilograms and pounds to indicate the weight of their fists. By contrast, ¡°impact force¡± was a more urate term.

    How much, then, was 1,000 units of standard impact force? Only the top-ranked ¡°ck Boxers¡± in the Star Federation could achieve more than 1,000 on the standard impact force scale. Arge portion of professional boxers could only achieve about 500 to 600.

    Of course, this figure was much stronger than that of any professional boxer on Earth that Feng Luo knew about. The power of the underground ck Boxers already exceeded the strength of the boxers on Earth by a factor of at least two!

    If this sort of power was used against a normal human, they would end up just like the artificial body on the floor; their ribs would be broken, and their inner organs would be injured. There was a high possibility that they would die on the spot.

    This was no anomaly! Due to the advancement in science and generations of gic improvisation, the average quality of the bodies of the people in the Star Federation had increased substantially. Additionally, the ck Boxers of this world usually injected special microorganisms and gic medications to forcefully raise the capabilities of their bodies. Some of them could achieve a figure way higher than 1,000 standard impact force.

    Undoubtedly, all the formal fightingpetitions in the Federation prohibited contestants from using the forbidden drugs, as well as anyone who had used them in the past. However, these forbidden drugs were very popr in the underground ck Boxerpetitions. This was because scenes in which the contestants broke pirs with one kick, cracked the ground with an elbow, or dented metal-alloy tes with their fists during the bloody life-or-death fights were the ones that would most provoke the attention of yers who watched these battles!

    Despite the side effects of the forbidden drugs, there were still a lot of people who used the drugs willingly for the sake of money. However, Feng Luo did not inject any drugs into his body. He had gained his current strength as a result of his natural growth over the past three years.

    Three years ago, while Feng Luo had been traveling to the 17th Administrative, his power had not reached 300 units of standard impact force. However, after a period of time, he realized that the power and speed of his body were gradually increasing.

    In the beginning, he could not achieve 300 standard impact force with one punch. One yearter, it changed to more than 400 standard impact force, and another yearter, it changed to nearly 600 standard impact force... Then, half a month ago, when hest came to check, he had gotten a reading of 850 standard impact force!

    Due to this sort of situation, he had initially thought that there was something very wrong with his body. However, despite having utilized thetest model of medical pod deployed at the gym at the nightclub, which was said to be able to detect any kind of disease, he hadn¡¯t found anything unusual with his body.

    On the contrary, the results showed that his health status could not have been better! His cellr activity, nerve reactivity, durability... All the figures in each category were close to perfect.

    To exin this inyman¡¯s terms, Feng Luo¡¯s current physical quality could beat 99.999 percent of the users in the Star Federation who used the medical pod. Hence, he had not dwelled on this issue; if nothing could be detected by this top-rated medical pod, then there would hardly be a different result even if he visited the best hospital in the Star Federation. He had experienced traveling through space to another world, so it was not exactly odd for him to ept some changes in his body.

    However, as he had to wait 12 hours to be able to log in again after dying against the Golden King Beetle today, Feng Luo had decided to leave his game cabin for the first time in the past ten over days. Furthermore, he shockingly realized that his power seemed to have increased by a huge amount in one shot.

    But this time, it wasn¡¯t just power. His body also felt far stronger in many aspects. For instance, the extent of his vision and hearing sensitivity, as well as his reaction speed, had increased significantly. Most importantly, his mind felt as if it was several times more active than it had been in the past.

    He attempted to make a simple two-digits multiplication with his mind. The oue was as if he could instantly obtain the correct answer without thinking at all!

    Subsequently, he repeatedly attempted this with three-digit numbers (half a second) and four-digit numbers (one second). Eventually, the amount of time for him to obtain the correct answer for a five-digit multiplication problem did not exceed five seconds.

    Feng Luo was somewhat good at mathematics. As a sniper, there were many circumstances where he had to use mathematics to obtain the exact timing in advance to fire. Nheless, it was impossible for his mathematical skill to be this perfect. This super-active mind resembled the one mentioned in War, where one could only achieve this state with the help of the game system.

    War used the game cabin to activate and trigger all the nerves in the human body. Hence, one¡¯s mind usually acted faster in receiving and reacting within the game than in the real world.

    Theoretically, one¡¯s reaction time in the game could be up to ten times their reaction in real life. This was also the reason why yers could sometimes pull off many unimaginable, extreme actions in the game.

    This hyperactivity of the brain during the game could cause a yer to make incorrect estimations in real life once he or she had quit the game, which could result in severe consequences to the bnce of one¡¯s physical body.

    Hence, during the game, other than performing some special techniques, the frequency and reactivity of a yer¡¯s brain should not be changed too greatly. Instead, it was restricted to a reasonable range by the system.

    It was like how Feng Luo had been before, when he¡¯d noticed that his mind was moving more quickly after incorporating the evolution virus. He had been able to do the calction for a sniper shot within two seconds, as well as correctly obtain some statistics by relying solely on his naked eye. He had thought that these incidences had only urred because the system had increased the activity of his brain.

    However, he had now exited the game, only to realize that the hyperactivity remained. Although it seemed to be rtively weaker in the game, it was definitely better than it had been in the past. Even the power of his body, his hearing, and his sight were all increased...

    ¡°The game affects our bodies in reality?¡±

    There was shock in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes as he sucked in a deep breath.

    Could this have been the real reason the game of War was so heavily advertised by the Star Federation?

 Chapter 112 - Game Updated

    <h4>Chapter 112: Game Updated</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    However, it somehow seemed as if it could not bepletely exined. After all, the growth of his physical strength and speed had begun three years ago, back when War hadn¡¯t been released yet. Moreover, he had searched over the forum, sorting through the tens of billions of posts on the personal blogs, but he had not found anyone who had encountered a simr situation before.

    Mostly, people sighed because, due to their fast reaction times in the game, they mistakenly believed that they had also be stronger in reality and frequently did some unlucky and foolish things. Alternatively, some experts objected to this kind of stimting brain behavior and asked the federal government and the gamepanies to apologize to the citizens and stop operating War.

    Of course, as a state-owned enterprise, Star Gaming had no response to these requirements. Even most of the yers spontaneously reprimanded such grandstanding. However, the poprity of the gamepany¡¯s official forum was greater today than ever before. This was because of a message that was pinned at the top with a few big words: ¡°The first version of War has been updated¡±!

    Just half an hour after Feng Luo went idle, the Lu Conglomeratepleted the cleanup mission. A message from the system met the ears of all yers of War.

    ¡°Because there are yers who have reached level 50, the system will start its first version update. All yers are required to go offline within three hours. This update willst for 24 hours.¡±

    As for the updated content, there were only five simple paragraphs revealed in the official forum.

    Firstly, an adjustment on the leveling system: The level of experience required for yers was reduced for those from Level 40 to 50, thus reducing the difficulty for yers to upgrade from Level 49 to 50.

    Secondly, a PK system adjustment: The red and yellow ID name disy was removed and changed to the field of view disy, but there was a need to scan the terminal of the other party. At the same time, the PK value was converted to ¡°Illegal Points¡± and ¡°Criminal Points¡±!

    Thirdly, the pet system was opened. In the game, bypleting some specialized tasks or killing some specialized monsters, different levels of pet chips could be obtained. (Note: The difficulty of the chip task was high. Thus, it was not rmended for yers below Level 45 to collect them.)

    Fourthly, the faction system was partially opened. In the new version, yers could acquire new faction identities under certain circumstances. After the conversion of factions, the original faction¡¯s merit points could not be obtained. (Note: Under usual circumstances, yers could only have one faction identity.)

    Fifthly, yers were invited to experience other updates in the game.

    ¡°875 standard force!¡±

    While Feng Luo was testing his strength in the enclosed sports cabin, there were also a man and a woman doing simr things in arge sports cabin next to him. Witnessing the figure being heavily punched out, the sturdier man, who wore a loose ck training suit, frowned slightly.

    ¡°This condition is not too good. When I was in the army, sometimes I could reach more than 900.¡±

    The other woman wore a white evening gown and appeared to be about 30 years old. Her face looked mature, and her standing posture vaguely indicated a military demeanor. ¡°It¡¯s already not bad,¡± she said. ¡°Without using the banned drugs, it could reach the value of about 900. Perhaps only the talented people from your unit can reach it!¡±

    If Feng Luo had been here, he would have been able to recognize at a nce that this woman was the yer from Lu Conglomerate¡¯s headquarters and was the one who had been with young master Lin before. Apparently, she was also one of Lu Chen¡¯s assistants.

    If Feng Luo knew the ID of the man who was testing out his punching power, he would have also known that this man was the sniper who had remained in first ce on the task board before Feng Luo had exerted his power. But, at thest moment, he had increased his ranking from tenth ce with a final blow against a Level-40 Boss. It was a pity that even for tenth ce, he could only be ranked second among the snipers.

    Feng Luo¡¯s final score far surpassed his and even went further beyond the second-ranked Level-48 Gunner, but the system did not count the specific values, so no one knew.

    Judging by the words of the mature female assistant, this man must havee from an extraordinary unit.

    ¡°Actually, although the banned drugs were not used, we injected some drugs,¡± he said. ¡°It¡¯s just that throughout the long-term experiments in the military, it had been proved that there were no side effects of reasonable biology and gic agents. Otherwise, it was almost impossible to get up to more than 600 in strength with pure physical training alone!¡±

    The man took two steps back and rushed forward to unleash a punch. He saw that there was still no figure of 900 ??on the suspended screen. His brow slightly creased again before he spoke.

    ¡°To be able to achieve more than 900 without any side effects is as expected for the federal army!¡± There was slight admiration in the mature female assistant¡¯s tone. ¡°I vaguely recall that although there were somerge biologicpaniesunching a civilian version of the physique strengthening agent, the best effect was that it could only be raised to 700 and above in standard force.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s just on the surface. In reality, there must be some truly secret technology in thesepanies, especially those biopanies that are the top 500 of the Federation. Their research capabilities are not even inferior to that of the military. Take those banned drugs, for instance. Many of them were actually distributed by these biologicalpanies.¡± The man did not continue to punch but instead shook his head before continuing. ¡°However, our unit cannot actually be considered as the peak of the federal military¡¯s biotechnology. In fact, we once encountered a person whose physical quality was much stronger than ours!¡±

    A bit of fear could be seen in the man¡¯s eyes. It seemed as if he had thought of some bad memories.

    ¡°It was a woman I met when Ist performed the task three months ago. Although her specific identity could not be identified, it was certain that she was a member of the federal army. That time, both sides were on the same task, but a conflict urred midway due to somenguage problems. As a result, she defeated our team, which consisted of ten people, with her bare hands.¡±

    The mature female assistant could not hold back the expression of surprise on her face. ¡°A woman? Defeated ten of you with her bare hands?¡± She knew what unit the other party was from and therefore understood what it meant to defeat ten people single-handedly. Moreover, it had been done a woman? ¡°This... how can this be?¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s see. How do I exin this? Using the game as an example, I felt like I was a Level-20 free-skilled yer, while she was a Level-40 full-skilled yer. Her strength, speed, and responsiveness were all above ours. Even some of her movements went against the scope of our understanding!¡±

    The man¡¯s face appeared rather conflicted at this time and carried some unwillingness.

    ¡°There is still such a solo soldier in the Federation. Could it be the rumored super warrior n?¡± the mature female assistant guessed. ¡°This kind of person could perhaps be more horrible than the top ck Boxer taking thetest banned drugs!¡±

    ¡°Super warrior? Maybe.¡± The man¡¯s face returned to its calm state before he once againnded a heavy punch on the simted human body. This time, the value finally jumped to 912 units of standard impact force.

    ¡°However, the woman was said to be rather strong instead of horrible. One ought to know that in the game, level and skill are ced second in terms of priority. The most important thing is still equipment.¡±

    His tone still carried some coldness. After all, his faction¡ªhis original responsibility¡ªhad been actually savagely defeated by a woman.

    ¡°If it weren¡¯t for the fact that she wore a special identity chip and jammer¡ªcausing all of our hot weapons to lock up¡ªregardless of her strength and physical quality, it would still have been impossible for her to withstand a sniper¡¯sser.

    ¡°Also, from the present perspective, despite another few hundred years of biological and gic technologies development, it would still be impossible topete with mechanical, high-tech weapons. Unless there is some kind of great breakthrough which would allow humans to have supernaturally strong power.¡±

    ¡°But is this possible? It has been researched for hundreds of years, yet there is no breakthrough. Obviously, it is just an illusion!¡±

    The mature female assistant nodded in agreement. ¡°However, if your one punch has more than 870 standard force, it is estimated that this should be the new record for Nightless City! After all, at a sports club for ordinary people like this, it would generally not keep the data of those who had taken banned drugs.¡±

    The mature female assistant smiled, turned to the virtual screen, and said, ¡°Check the heavy punch record!¡±

    ¡°Checking...¡±

    ¡°1,000!¡±

    When they saw the exact value of 1,000 on the top, both of them were silent for a while.

    ¡°It seems that this person from Nightless City hasn¡¯t been doing things ording to the rules!¡±

    A disdainful smirk appeared on the mature female assistant¡¯s face. Then she touched themunicator which was about the size of a needle on her earrings.

 Chapter 113 - First Pet in War

    <h4>Chapter 113: First Pet in War</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Since you are the first yer who has gotten a pet in War, you are hereby awarded a special badge of honor, which has been sent to your inventory.

    When Feng Luo had first gone online after the system was updated, he respawned in his room in Silvermoon City. Just then, there was a notification of the good news.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Feng Luo stopped in his tracks. Never would it have crossed his mind that the online game War would offer awards for trailzers. Was he dreaming?

    However, based on the name, ¡°badge of honor,¡± it sounded like a simple memento, so he didn¡¯t expect too much from its attributes. He was not in a hurry to look for it in his inventory. Instead, he was excited about checking on his pet that he had worked so hard to gain.

    Regarding the incident of taming the Golden King Beetle, he could roughly guess that he had seeded, as it was only by taming it that he had managed to boost his points, although he had experienced an early death.

    ¡°Where has my pet gone?¡±

    At first, Feng Luo searched around for it, but to no avail. He then realized that there was a high-tech feeling of a silver-ck bracer strapped on his hand.

    Pet Space Bracers

    This constructs a special environment suitable for pets and acts as a home for pets (Note: if the pet stays too long in the space, its loyalty points will drop).

    While skimming through the properties to find out more about the usage of this essory, Feng Luo followed the instructions and pressed a button at the top.

    Then he saw that the air in front was suddenly moving like water ripples. A white light shed across his eyes, and a fist-sized Golden Beetle appeared on the table in front of him.

    Untitled, Golden King Beetle, Special Boss Pet. Species code: ??. Level: 1. Loyalty: 60%. HP: 100. Psionics index: 10. Egg storage: 10/10

    Pet¡¯s Talent: Devouring (S)

    Pet¡¯s Skills ¨C Mental Link, Eggs Injection, Wormhole (pseudo)

    The Golden King Beetle titled ¡°Boss¡± only had simple attributes shown on the menu, but this was because it was only at the first level. In fact, almost every one of its talents and skills came with a long, expandable property bar.

    For instance, for the talent of this beetle, Devouring (S), the specific content read, ¡°By devouring crystal cores, it has a chance to gain additional attributes or skills.¡± Undoubtedly, this talent,beled S-rank by the system, was somewhat simr to the evolutionary talent of Feng Luo, but it was actually more powerful than his because it could get additional skills.

    However, this talent devoured the crystal core rather than the crystal itself. In this regard, it was definitely a ¡°money-consuming¡± talent!

    A crystal core was only obtained when monsters above Commander rank dropped it by chance. Thus, even the lowest-grade crystal cores were worth thousands of credits. If it was a crystal core from a Boss, the price would be more than a million credits. Moreover, the king beetle also needed to devour the crystals as food, which was the reason why the Gatherer Beetles had previously been stealing crystals dropped by monsters.

    This pet was quite money-consuming. Whether it was worth spending so much on it, it all came down to its ability. Fortunately, the overall attributes of this Beetle King seemed to be worth the cost!

    There were only short descriptions for its basic attributes and skills. However, that didn¡¯t mean that they were ordinary. Each of them was indeed powerful.

    For instance, its first skill: Mental Link. There were not much of a description of this skill. It only said, ¡°The mental link is created through ¡®psionics index¡¯ to control the swarm of beetles.¡± This was why the Golden King Beetle had been able tomand the swarm of beetles before.

    However, it was the term ¡°psionics index¡± that held Feng Luo¡¯s attention.

    The term was in his memory from a setting within StarCraft. It was a kind of spiritual energy found in the mind. This energy had a connection with the user¡¯s brain, giving the user the ability to powerfully change the material world after undergoing some hardcore training. To put it simply, this was a supernatural ability simr to the mutant¡¯s abilities in X-Men or the Force from Star Wars!

    This boosted Feng Luo¡¯s confidence. The beetle was definitely rted to the Zerg in the StarCraft! Unfortunately, even if it had be a pet, the column for the species code was still upied with ¡°??¡±. Feng Luo had a feeling that there was a mystery to be unraveled.

    The second skill, Eggs Injection, was no doubt the core skill of the Beetle King. The Golden King Beetle could produce eggs and inject them into the corpse of a monster, which was then catalyzed by the psionic index to quicken the process of hatching small beetles. The little beetles would then consume the monster¡¯s body and absorb its energy, upgrading its own level and attributes in the process. The upgrade speed was much faster than that of a yer.

    Also, if the monster had been an Elite or higher rank, the hatched beetles would have a chance to evolve from an ordinary beetle to an Elite, then progress to Commander rank¡ªor even be Boss! In addition, they could also be upgraded when participating in the killing of yers.

    As he read this, Feng Luo heart skipped a beat. All the trouble of getting a pet biochip and risking his life in the process to catch the King Beetle had been totally worth it!

    This wasn¡¯t just a beetle pet; there was a chance to form a beetle army!

    However, such an extreme pet certainly would have its limitations. In fact, in the Level 1 state, the king beetle could only produce a single egg per day, and the maximum storage was ten eggs, so it was impossible to form a beetle army on short notice.

    Most importantly, hatching beetles and controlling them required the use of psionics, and the energy used could only be recovered slowly by the King Beetle itself. At present, the Golden Beetle only had a maximum of ten points in its psionics index, which was only enough to catalyze the hatching of Gatherer Beetles¡ªbeetles of the lowest level.

    Also, the more advanced Suicide Bombeetles, ded Beetles, and Energy Beetles required dozens of energy points, while Steel Beetles and Spray Beetles required hundreds. As for the Scout Beetles that had seemed to be the most advanced beetles during the previous battles, they required a total of 250 points of psionics index for incubation!

    The only good news was that the speed ofying eggs, the maximum capacity, and the recovery speed of the psionics index could increase by a certain amount each time it upgraded.

    If the King Beetle devoured a psionics crystal, it could immediately restore the psionics index, simr to how a yer could use an MP potion.

    Of course, Feng Luo didn¡¯t have to think twice to know that the psionics crystal was definitely a rare item¡ªrarer than the crystal core! In fact, he did not find any relevant information after checking the forum. This might not be something that could be owned by yers in the current game version.

    Lastly was the skill Wormhole (pseudo). The term ¡°wormhole¡± was easy to understand. In its astronomical context, it signified a fast-moving space passage that might exist in the actual universe. However, the content of this ¡°Wormhole (pseudo)¡± skill was more in line with its literal meaning.

    With the help of psionics, this skill was used by the King Beetle to open a portal for the beetles to pass through, so that the beetle could enter or exit the pet space easily. This may have actually been a special skill added by the system in order to release themon beetles more easily.

    But there was also a limitation: The skill consumed the psionics index, which meant that it was impossible for Feng Luo to fight using the tactic of releasing and collecting the pets continuously.

    Feng Luo was already mentally prepared for these restrictions. Although this King Beetle had once been a Boss, it had be a pet now. If it was powerful enough to deal with hundreds of yers before it was tamed, then the number after the fact would naturally be less.

    Even though there were all kinds of restrictions, this Golden Beetle was still undoubtedly a powerful pet. Plus, it was likely to be the only one of its kind!

 Chapter 114 - Investigation on the Umbrella Corporation?

    <h4>Chapter 114: Investigation on the Umbre Corporation?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°But does this beetle have an auditory organ? How should I control it?¡±

    At that moment, it struck Feng Luo that the beetle was certainly an AI. But could it understand hismands? And cooperate with him during fights?

    As soon as he thought of that, he felt a sudden tremor in his head. It seemed as though a message was being transmitted to his mind. He experienced a friendly and pleasing sensation.

    ¡°So, this is ¡®mental link¡¯?¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the dancing Golden Beetle on the table in awe. He had thought the mental link could only be used between the Golden King Beetle and ordinary beetles, but apparently, it also worked on him¡ªthe pet¡¯s owner.

    ording to the description he had previously read, the mental link was not just for transmitting messages but could also share the vision and hearing of the Scout Beetle. For a Sniper like him, this was beyond awesome!

    ¡°Level up! Level up!¡±

    Feng Luo already had a smug look on his face. He quickly stood up and prepared to level up¡ªsomething that he had wanted to do for a long time. Whether it was for him or the pet, leveling up was imperative.

    Ding...

    However, at that moment, someone contacted Feng Luo through themunicator.

    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± Feng Luo answered themunicator; Mu Wu was on the other line.

    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that you have forgotten,¡± he said. ¡°You promised the boss that you would help with thest phase of the building mission. This mission shouldn¡¯t begin until a few dayster, but Lu Chen decided to make hay while the sun was shining. He went ahead to the center and epted the mission today.¡±

    Feng Luo frowned. He remembered that he had ¡°sold himself¡± in exchange for the Desert Eagle. He had volunteered for the clearance mission previously, so he still had to keep his word inpleting this mission asked of him.

    ¡°What mission was that?¡± he asked.

    ¡°The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects that a biopharmaceuticalpany was working in collusion with the prison that carried out human testing on prisoners. They need someone to investigate their secret manufacturing base.¡±

    ¡°A biopharmaceuticalpany?¡± said Feng Luo.

    ¡°To be exact,¡± Mu Wu said into themunicator, ¡°it doesn¡¯t just involve a biopharmaceuticalpany. In fact, it¡¯s a conglomerate including the field of medicine, medical hardware, mechanics, biochips, and some of the most advanced technologies. It is said that they even have a security department consisting of thousands of people. Thepany has close ties with many federal senators and even high-ranking officers in the military, so the FBI can¡¯t conduct an official investigation on them without a warrant. Hence, they have entrusted this matter to the yers.¡±

    ¡°As expected, they¡¯re using some big shots for protection,¡± Feng Luo chimed in. ¡°It always happens, in every era and in every form of governments!¡±

    He knew thepany was already at fault without the need to investigate them. Otherwise, they wouldn¡¯t have entrusted this to the yers.

    ¡°Oh, you know about the Umbre Corporation? Mu Zi has mentioned it to you before?¡± Mu Wu sounded a bit confused from the other end of themunicator.

    ¡°No, I was only giving an example¡ª¡± said Feng Luo to rify, but he cut himself off. His voice went up a notch. ¡°Hold on... What did you say? Thepany is called Umbre?¡±

    ¡°Yes! Umbre. Why? What¡¯s wrong?¡± Mu Wu obviously found this strange. It was rare for Feng Luo to sound so surprised.

    ¡°No... This is not right!¡± Feng Luo said repeatedly.

    He suddenly recalled the time when he had been scanning through the CCTV in the Silver Leaf Ind military camp. There had been a logo on some boxes that were being carried by the two researchers dressed inb coats. Stripes of red and white¡ªwasn¡¯t that the logo of the Umbre Corporation in Resident Evil?

    No wonder he felt deja vu; he had never expected Resident Evil to appear in this game!

    Crap... thought Feng Luo. Resident Evil... T-virus infection and... Alice?

    At first, Feng Luo thought of a scene from the Resident Evil movie¡ªthe one about the apocalypse and a bunch of zombies.

    Then he thought of something else. The movie actually based on the video game Resident Evil. For some reason, it had turned out to be more iconic than the movie.

    No! It could be Chris, Ada Wong, or Leon!

    Since there were Zergs from StarCraft, he wasn¡¯t too surprised by the appearance of Resident Evil. After all, they were both ssics in another world. But this was a reference to Resident Evil! And he didn¡¯t know if it was based on the settings of the video games or the movies.

    Feng Luo was familiar with the Resident Evil series, both the video games and movies. This was because an American from California¡ªone of the members of the mercenary groups Feng Luo had had a long-term partnership with¡ªhad been a big fan of Resident Evil. He¡¯d collected various posters, videos, novels, PS3 video games, and even pirated versions of the video games.

    Feng Luo had yed this bloody, thrilling game, which also had scary scenes every once in a while, with his fellow mercenaries. The excitement and anxiety experienced while ying the game would sort of ease their tension, especially when they came across a grim reaper.

    As for the movie, he certainly had not had time to watch it in the cinemas. He had only watched it parts on hisputer during his leisure time. Hence, whether this was a setting taken from the movie or the video game, Feng Luo had a sort of prophetic advantage.

    However, Feng Luo thought that it wouldn¡¯t be much use relying on prophecies. After all, War was quite a flexible game. The involvement of yers would probably alter the storyline.

    At the moment, this advantage was no doubt still helpful. At least he knew about the Umbre Corporation and what they were up to. He also knew what monsters he would encounter in this mission.

    Feng Luo was thinking, yet it didn¡¯t stop him from asking Mu Wu, ¡°Hold on, for this mission... how many of us are participating? Do I know anyone? ¡±

    ¡°Not many,¡± Mu Wu replied. ¡°15 including you. Most of them are from the head office, but there are three that you know of. Mu Zi was selected because of his talent. Also, he just got a rare new graded recon meter yesterday. Plus, Sister Rui volunteered, and the boss approved. What I¡¯m trying to say is, at least you won¡¯t feel too lonely in this mission.¡±

    Mu Wu jokingly ced emphasis on the word ¡°lonely.¡±

    ¡°Lastly, Chen Ao Tian, who died the day before yesterday, was also on the list, but I¡¯m guessing you¡¯re not fond of this acquaintance.¡±

    ¡°Two Machine Gunners,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Are we getting ready for crossfire? When does our mission start?¡±

    ¡°We still have ample time,¡± said Mu Wu. ¡°Tentatively, it begins in three days. We will depart at 7:00 p.m.!¡±

    ¡°Three days? That¡¯s not so bad!¡±

    The frown that Feng Luo had immediately disappeared. He had been worried that he wouldn¡¯t have time to train his pet. Nheless, he had an idea.

    Lin and Aike seemed to have something on the Umbre Corporation, and he had Lin¡¯s contact information. Plus, he hadn¡¯t aplished the mission of helping Lin with the W-virus. This was a good time to get in touch with her.

    W-virus. T-virus. Judging from the simrities in names, it seemed as though they might have some connection. Even if there wasn¡¯t a connection, at least Lin would probably know a little about the T-virus. And, just to be safe, he might as well get some antivirus serum from Lin to prevent the disease.

    ¡°Oh yeah. One more thing,¡± Mu Wu added. ¡°The equipment dropped by the Boss Spray Beetle which killed during the clearance mission has been certified. One of them is a Level 40 rare SUAbat suit. I figured you could use it. Forget about it if you don¡¯t want it!¡±

    ¡°Send it over!¡± Feng Luo immediately dismissed Mu Wu¡¯s attempt to take away the equipment he deserved.

    SUAbat suits. They were probably the same series of armor that Sister Rui wore but with slightly lower attributes. At any rate, its level was behind her suit.

 Chapter 115 - Call Me Grandpa

    <h4>Chapter 115: Call Me Grandpa</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    South of Silvermoon City, outside the Town of Exiles. Coordinates: ?2534, 0372.

    A well-equipped, rather sleazy-looking Scout yer was driving an N7 energy SUV toward the Town of Exiles while leaving clouds of dust along the way.

    The Scout yer looked like nothing special, with no red or yellow light above his head. Traditionally, yers with white names like that would not travel to the Town of Exiles, which was full of yers with red and yellow names. However, Feng Luo, who was setting up an ambush in the bushes on a nearby patch of high ground, ced the crosshairs on his head through the rifle¡¯s scope with the Eye of Thunder.

    The Scout, who was wearing a Level-40bat uniform, had a translucent red box floating in front of his head as if the camera had locked onto his head. On the edge of the box, a row of semi-transparent messages appeared:

    Call me Grandpa, Level 45 Scout, Federal ss-D Wanted Criminal.

    In the past, when yers with red names achieved PK ratings of over 10, they would be wanted by the system. This had been modified after the game update. Now, the original PK ratings had been divided into the two categories of ¡°illegal rating¡± and ¡°criminal rating.¡± Any inappropriate behaviors shown by the yers would result in an increase of one or both of the ratings¡ªno longer creating yellow or red character names¡ªas well as the exposure of the ID.

    This overjoyed some yers, and the Scout yer was one of them. The thought that they would be finally free from the system that made red and yellow names such a pain for them.

    But they were wrong!

    The Scout yer who was driving started to curse with an extremely unhappy face. ¡°Damn! I only flirted with some women! How could I be on the system¡¯s wanted list?¡±

    After the update, he had discovered that flirting would no longer cause the yer to bebeled as a yellow name. Moreover, the other yers could no longer directly determine his own ID. This was like freedom in heaven. Especially when flirting with pretty female yers who had just switched their professions. They were angry about his attitude, but they could not learn his ID. Therefore, his heart was full of phenomenal satisfaction.

    As for those who the system prompted as deserving of ¡°illegal and criminal rating,¡± the yers¡¯ equipment drop rate upon death was increased when both of the ratings increased!

    He did not think it was a big deal. How bad can it be if the drop rate increased? As a Scout with a powerful escape ability, it won¡¯t be easy for yers with normal professions to kill him!

    However, he had not expected that this system modification would hide something so sinister! The increase in illegal ratings was not a big deal, but the illegal rating was cumtive.

    In the three days since the update, he had been mitting crimes¡± until his illegal rating had reached 1,000 points. All of a sudden, he had heard a warning from the system saying that he was wanted and could no longer enter the federal city.

    Immediately, he had received another message saying that some yers had epted the quest to take his bounty.

    ¡°Damn! I didn¡¯t kill any people. ying games is for fun, right? How could I be wanted for molesting a woman!¡±

    ¡°Call Me Grandpa¡± was very upset, but he dared not stay where he was. Once a yer was wanted by the system, every five minutes, the coordinates of the wanted yer would be reported to other yers who had epted the bounty order. It was clearly a condition where the enemy was shrouded while he was fully exposed.

    But that did not mean he was a sitting duck! Many yers were wanted in this game, but thepletion rate of wanted tasks was less than 50 percent.

    Previously, before the update, wanted yers were those who had achieved over ten yers kills. Of course, such yers were not newbies, and therefore, their PK skills were extraordinary, too. Many yers confidently took on wanted quests in the hope of gaining experience and points from the Hunters Guild but eventually ended up as ¡°prey¡± for the red-named yers.

    Secondly, the yers who were wanted would also be made aware that they were wanted by the system. Therefore, even if their strength was below average, they could gather a lot of friends and wait to kill the hunters.

    Even single yers without friends could opt for transportation to the Town of Exile to seek shelter immediately upon being wanted. These white-name hunters would not dare to break into a town that was full of yers with red and yellow names.

    As long as the wanted time passed, the only thing left for these hunter yers was ¡°mission failed.¡±

    If they failed, the yers who epted the wanted order would have not only wasted a lot of time, but they could also have arge amount of quest deposit deduced, and, most importantly, they would lose hunter points.

    Therefore, depending on doing wanted missions to level-up was not something an ordinary yer could take on.

    ******

    The Scout with the ID ¡°Call me Grandpa¡± was driving his car while keeping part of his attention focused on the scouting gear at the side.

    There would not be any monsters appearing on the roads between cities. However, it was not always true. In some cases, monsters would be chased to the middle of the road by other monsters, and some monsters with high AI levels would even hide on the hills or in the bushes on both sides of the road to ambush the yers.

    ¡°Damn it! What bad luck!¡±

    The Scout yer cursed because his scouting gear showed that there were three yellow points representing monsters right beside the road less than 100 meters away from him.

    However, judging by the energy response on the scouting gear, none of the monsters were high-level. Therefore, the Scout yer immediately stopped the car. He did not turn the car around but picked up his military binocrs to look toward the location where the monsters were while remaining seated in the car.

    With his high-level visual perception as a Scout, it could be clearly seen through the telescope that there was a Level-40 grayish-ck mutant leopard carcass lying in the bushes beside the road. Blood was still flowing from the leopard. It had obviously suffered a violent death not long ago.

    On top of this gray leopard¡¯s carcass, three little monsters that looked like scorpions. The brown beetles were moving around as if rummaging through the leopard¡¯s carcass.

    ¡°Gatherer Beetles. Level-20 Common monsters without any attack abilities?¡±

    Looking at the detailed information obtained from the scouting gear, the Scout yer knitted his eyebrows in a slightly strange manner.

    ¡°Gatherer beetles... What are they gathering?¡±

    As soon as he finished his words, he saw a brown beetle with a w that stood out from its body. It pulled out a blood-stained energy crystal that gave off a faint but attractive light from the dead mutant leopard¡¯s carcass.

 Chapter 116 - Beetleâ€™s Function

    <h4>Chapter 116: Beetle¡¯s Function</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°That¡¯s a diamond crystal!¡±

    The Scout yer was staring at the transparent crystal, which was reflecting sunlight like a diamond. His eyes were round with amazement.

    This kind of monster could make a crystal out of another monster¡¯s corpse?

    ¡°Damn! That¡¯s such a cool-looking monster!¡±

    ¡°Call Me Grandpa¡± stared at the diamond-like crystal mped in the hands of the Gatherer Beetle monster. This item would worth over 10,000 credits! And he had spent all his savings on the equipment and the Energy SUV so he could be a poser in the game. He had even overdrafted his credit ount with themonwealth bank and was worried about how he would make it up for this month.

    ¡°Gosh! I got it wrong. I¡¯m not unlucky at all. This is pure luck!¡±

    Checking the recon meter again and ensuring that there were no other dangerous monsters around, Call Me Grandpa immediately started up his Energy SUV and set it to the maximum energy output. With the engines started, he stormed toward the three brown beetles¡¯ position.

    The Energy SUV¡¯s speed was amazingly fast, as expected. He was near the target within ten seconds.

    Watching a gigantic thing getting nearer to them, the three brown beetles sensed danger. Two of them immediately jumped off the corpse and ran to the grasnd behind them. However, they seemed to be moving at a slow speed. The brown beetle with the diamond crystal in its pincers even lost its way in the midst of its panic. It unexpectedly ran a ways toward him before it turned around and retreated toward the grasnd behind it.

    ¡°Stop running!¡±

    Call Me Grandpa¡¯s eyes were already shining. It would be impossible for him to allow the credits that were almost in his grasp to get away. He stopped the SUV abruptly and stuck an assault rifle out of the window, intending to fire a shot. He switched off the safety, but the three brown beetles were faster and disappeared into the grasnd.

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Call Me Grandpa cursed and left his SUV while holding the assault rifle. He followed and ran into the grasnd.

    Call Me Grandpa ran to the bush beside the road. While he was trying to pull out the tall grass that was blocking his vision, he felt that something hit his head hard. A dyed gunshot was subsequently heard.

    Bang!

    ?2945!

    ¡°A sniper?¡±

    Call Me Grandpa reacted as soon as he was shot. He immediately rolled to the side and hid in the tall brush.

    ¡°Damn it! It must be a hunter! It¡¯s a trap!¡±

    Call Me Grandpa cursed while hiding in the bushes. If not for his helmet¡ªwhich had a solid thickness and was a masterwork with an Excellent-grade defense coefficient¡ªhe may have been killed by that one shot. Even so, his helmet had already taken damage of over 90 percent by the shot from the other yer. It was almost fully prated.

    The only thing that he could not understand was, if this was a trap, what was up with the Gatherer Beetles?

    ¡°Hmm? Why is he not shooting anymore?¡±

    Call Me Grandpa was confused. Logically, since the other person had ambushed him, he ought to keep shooting at him until he died. After all, although he was hiding in the bushes, the Sniper should have guessed as much; he would not choose a sniping position blocked by bushes.

    ¡°Perhaps this guy is a noob?¡±

    He thought so. Over ten seconds passed, yet the other yer still did not fire any more shots. Hope started to rise in Call Me Grandpa¡¯s heart.

    ¡°Gosh! I think he is really a noob!¡±

    Pondering in his heart, he extended his hand sneakily to the pocket of his battle suit to get a blood tonic.

    However, right when Call Me Grandpa took out the blood tonic...

    Bang!

    Another scalding shield-breaking bullet whirled at high speed and flew through the blockage of bushes and trees with high uracy, eventually striking the exact same spot as the previous shot on his helmet.

    ?333

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Call Me Grandpa could only watch helplessly as the blood tonic dropped from his hand onto the ground. He had almost managed to heal himself. He cursed this Sniper who was trolling with him.

    ¡°Damn it! If only if I could find out your ID...¡±

    Unfortunately, it would be impossible for him. In addition, he also did not know how great his loss would be due to this death.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Equipment, materials, and supplies, which were emitting faint light, fell to the ground and scattered around the grasnd. Blood tonics, MP potions, energy crystals, a recon meter, shoes, and even his battle suit were destroyed. When Call Me Grandpa respawned, it was possible that he would cry himself to death.

    However, he would first have to consider the problem of his bank ount.

    ******

    Two minutester, Feng Luo walked over slowly, holding the M110.

    He smiled with satisfaction while taking the crystals, materials, and equipment that had been picked up by the three Gatherer Beetles using their pincers and brought to his side.

    There was a Level-45 Excellent-grade piece of equipment, three Fine-grade pieces of equipment, energy crystals, and supplies that would worth thousands, at least. This round was definitely worth it.

    However, what made him even happier was the fact that his strategy of setting a trap using the beetles had been a sess. Not even a Scout yer had suspected anything!

    In fact, when he¡¯d hatched the first Gatherer Beetle, he had realized that aside from Golden King Beetles, beetles that were bred would not be considered pets by the system when other yers were using recon meters.

    Feng Luo had realized the value of this almost immediately. A Gatherer Beetle that would be treated as a monster could do many things. For example, setting up an ambush by pretending to be a mob, or luring enemies to get hints could be done. Most importantly, when spoils were not owned in a chaotic situation, this kind of beetle, which was able to dig tunnels, could also do something dreamed of by many yers: stealing... No, looting equipment!

    For a Sniper who was unable to pick up equipment dropped by others in a group PK situation due to the need to shoot from a sniping position far away from the battlefield, could there be anything more satisfying than this?

    Not to mention that, at present, he had managed to hatch not only these three Gatherer Beetles.

    Actually, Feng Luo was more excited about the King Beetle, which had finally reached Level 20 after he had leveled up that day. He had managed to collect 250 soul energy points and had hatched his first Scout Beetle. The lucky thing was, it had achieved the Elite grade once it was hatched, and its level went above Level 20 straight away because it had been hatched from an Elite monster.

    The Scout Beetle also possessed the skill of hiding its detecting skill to a certain degree, aside from the basic skill of detecting camouge. This was why he had let the Scout live for a few seconds longer. For the subsequent shot, he had used the Scout Beetle as a decoy and shot from another angle of vision.

    The result had been undeniably satisfying.

 Chapter 117 - The Change in the Badge of Honor

    <h4>Chapter 117: The Change in the Badge of Honor</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo put a few pieces of equipment into his inventory. The armor he was wearing was a Level-40 Rare-grade armor given to him by Mu Wu. Apart from his sniper rifle, most of his equipment was Rare-grade. Although they were not extremely rare, they would be more than enough for Feng Luo. Hence, the equipment the Scout had dropped could not attract his attention.

    Furthermore, the fact that the Scout had dropped so many pieces of equipment was not by sheer luck. As a matter of fact, apart from having high illegal ratings, his equipment drop rate was further enhanced by the badge on Feng Luo¡¯s chest: the Badge of Honor from the Town of Exiles.

    Originally, this Badge of Honor¡¯s rare attribute was ¡°increase red-name yers¡¯ drop rate by 50 percent.¡± However, due to the recent modification of the PK system, it had already removed the game mechanics of red and yellow-name yers and PK values. He realized the change in the badge¡¯s attribute when he went online.

    The attribute had changed to ¡°increase drop rate when illegal rating is 100 points or above or when crime rating is 100 points or above. The higher the points, the greater the drop rate. The maximum bonus drop rate is 100 percent!¡±

    Compared to the attribute in the past, the item had been absolutely buffed. This was because a yer¡¯s illegal rating and crime rating would not be decreased if one were to refuse toplete the mission to reduce bad ratings. It was nearly impossible for the majority of yers to not have these two values with them.

    In other words, the applicability of this rare Badge of Honor had increased tremendously. It would be extremely effective, especially when one was doing hunting missions.

    Throughout these three consecutive days of doing red-name missions, every yer Feng Luo had hunted had dropped tons of equipment and crystals. He had obtained over 20,000 credits by converting those items into credits. Undoubtedly, hunting yers like this was far easier than earning money by hunting monsters!

    Since there was still time until the scheduled 6:00 p.m. assembly to take over the mission of investigating the Umbre Company, Feng Luo decided to take on onest hunting mission.

    ******

    Inside the Silvermoon City¡¯s Hunter¡¯s Guild, a beautiful female NPC in a uniform took Feng Luo¡¯s Hunter Card and ced it behind the window. The sound effect of mission aplishment could be heard in Feng Luo¡¯s ears.

    ¡°yer Feng Luo haspleted a D-rank hunting mission. 25,830 EXP gained. 1,500 credits gained, reimbursing 2,000 credits of mission deposit. Judging by the aplishment of the mission, your hunter score has increased by 48 points. 560 points more to reach C-rank Hunter.¡±

    Feng Luo looked at his experience bar. It had reached Level 41 with 88 percent experience! Undoubtedly, this was a stunning speed. Within three days, he had gone from Level 39 to Level 42, which was impressive, indeed.

    This was also the greatest reward forpleting hunting missions. yers who managed to fulfill the conditions could receive 20 percent of the EXP from the yers in!

    In these three days, he had alreadypleted six hunting missions in total, and all the yers he¡¯d in had been Level 45 and above. umting all the experience points from these yers, it had increased his level by almost two levels.

    It had gone up by two levels instead of three because, although he had dropped from Level 40 to Level 39, due to his persistence in mobbing and his journey to Silver Leaf Ind¡ªcoupled with the city cleanup mission with the squad¡ªthey had in a total of over 1,000 of various types of beetles. This had granted him tons of experience points.

    In War, there was a limit to experience received for mobbing. However, as Feng Luo¡¯s experience points had already reached above 90 percent in Level 39, he was only one step away from Level 41. Hence, although his level had dropped to 39, to raise it to Level 40 had been only a matter of time.

    But after reaching Level 40, the experience points received from missions would be higher than they¡¯d been at Level 30. Even after he hadpleted a total of six hunting missions, he had been unable to reach Level 42.

    Of course, if Feng Luo¡¯s thoughts had been known by other yers, they could have scolded him for not being content with what he had.

    In War, after Level 40, the yers¡¯ leveling progression would be odd, and even though ordinary yers who mobbed every day to reach the daily experience point limit, they would still need about a week or longer to increase by just one level.

    Inparison, Feng Luo had increased by about two levels within three days just by doing hunting missions. His leveling progress was as fast as a rocket!

    Indeed, doing hunting missions was the quickest way to level-up in War. Of course, this would only be true for highly skilled yers. Outside of the intrinsic risks of hunting missions, there were also a few restrictions that yers had to consider when choosing to level-up by doing hunting missions.

    Firstly, yers below D-rank were only allowed to ept one hunting mission per day. The weekly mission limit was five.

    D-rank yers were allowed to ept two hunting missions per day, but there was also a weekly mission limit of seven.

    Moreover, not every hunting mission would be lucrative in experience points gained. Only when the hunting mission¡¯s level and the hunter¡¯s level (highest level reached) were the same or above¡ªand the target¡¯s level was above the hunter by at least one level¡ªwould they be allowed to receive experience points as a reward.

    Feng Luo¡¯s weekly mission quota had only one mission left. Hence, before investigating Umbre, he had decided to ept thest hunting mission to see if he could raise his level to Level 42.

    ¡°Excuse me, I would like to take on a new mission,¡± Feng Luo told the NPC girl behind the window. ¡°I hereby request a D-rank mission. The hunted yer¡¯s level must be above my level!¡±

    ¡°Affirmative!¡±

    The sweet-looking NPC girl worker behind the auto-weapon bulletproof ss operated for a while and then returned Feng Luo¡¯s hunter card.

    Feng Luo retrieved his card and then essed the personal connection terminal. He then entered his Hunters Guild¡¯s personal ount and found out that the target of the mission this time was a Level-45 Fire Maniptor called ¡°Huoyan Yan.¡± The target had a whopping crime value of 220 points. Furthermore, one yer had already failed the mission to hunt him down.

    For the hunting mission avable through the Hunters Guild, the wanted yer would be randomly selected based on the nearest distance upon deciding on the difficulty of the mission. Such a random way of assigning missions outrightly prevented the wanted yers from bribing hunters to first ept the mission and dy the wanted time.

    After paying the deposit of 2,000 credits for the D-rank mission, Feng Luo left as soon as he received the location provided by the Hunters Guild.

    After Feng Luo took the floating elevator out to the hall of the Hunters Guild, a Scout yer who was originally queueing to do business turned around and dialed hismunicator.

    Half a minuteter, a tall, handsome, baby-faced Light Armor Warrior yer came to the staff entrance of the Hunters Guild with a bunch of bright red ¡°sunflowers¡± in his hands.

    ¡°Linda. There¡¯s someone here for you. Pleasee out now!¡±

    The middle-aged female NPC gatekeeper greeted the man with a smile and then used the internal channel to inform the girl.

    ¡°All right!¡±

    The sweet-looking NPC who was handling Feng Luo¡¯s work had a pink flush to her cheek. She immediately tidied up her tasks at hand and then turned to walk out of her room.

    ¡°Wow! It¡¯s beautiful!¡±

    Taking the sunflowers that symbolized love around the Silvermoon City, the beautiful worker¡¯s eyes were glimmering as if with tiny stars.

    The handsome, silver-colored Light Armor Warrior was smiling at her as he handed over the beautiful flowers. On his equipment¡ªwhich was delicate-looking yet had the attributes of a Level-40 piece of equipment¡ªthe chest area of the shiny, silver light had a symbol of a golden dragon head partially exposed.

 Chapter 118 - The Prediction Made by Roaring Dragon Lightwind

    <h4>Chapter 118: The Prediction Made by Roaring Dragon Lightwind</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo was riding an SCV1-type energy motorcycle called the Land Bullet, and the wide, ck tires were carrying smoke all the way across the gravel as he headed toward the coordinates that had been notified by the system.

    The energy motorcycle, which was worth 18,000 credits, was one of the fastest vehicles in War, with a speed of over 300 kilometers per hour. If he could have utilized his specialized studies, he could have unlocked the advanced ¡°vehicle driving proficiency¡± skills, which would allow him to exceed the 300 kilometer-per-hour limit. Therefore, it was also known as ¡°The sh¡± among the vehicles.

    A golden beetle slightlyrger than his fisty quietly on his shoulder, as beautiful as a gold sculpture.

    Eastern Silvermoon City, Razor Swamp, Bat Cave. Coordinates: 3273, 0384.

    A middle-aged Fire Maniptor with a chubby face was blocking the entrance to the bat cave. Reddish fire energy was continuously gushing from the wand in his hand, which was half the height of a man, pouring into the sea of fire blocking the entire entrance of the bat cave.

    ¡°Sea of Fire,¡± as a Level 45 advanced skill of the Fire Maniptor, could burn and spread continuously as long as the Maniptor¡¯s energy output was consistent and his MP was sufficient. Compared to the level 40 skill ¡°Fireball,¡± it was more useful in some specific situations¡ªsuch as the current situation.

    There was only one type of Level-30 monster called the Blind Bat in this cave. It could barely drop anything except for energy crystals. However, the experience value it awarded was very high. Although this bat could move as fast as lightning, its HP was extremely low. As long as they blocked the entrance of their with an AOE skill and then bombarded it with minor skills, they could just sit and wait for the bats to ¡°put up the fire¡± to harvest experience.

    This had originally been a training hall for yers over Level 30. More than a month ago, there had been several PK scuffles between yers every day to seize the bats¡¯ir.

    It was because the mainstream yers had reached Level 40 or above, and there were plenty of yers who trained in the swamp. Therefore, the ce had be deserted.

    Of course, even if the ce was deserted, with such a good training ce to level-up, in general, there would definitely be some yers training there because, after all, there were always new yers who wanted to level up.

    Such a one-man supremacy situation could ur only because...

    A brutal middle-aged Maniptor yer with the ID ¡°Fire Ring¡± was holding up a Level 45 Excellent-grade staff. He was casting a basin-sized fireball in the burning Sea of Fire. He then waved in the direction of the cave, sting the fireball into the depths of the bats¡¯ir.

    Boom!

    A bunch of bats started thumping and squeaking,ing out from the cave while a series of experience values were granted across the field.

    The middle-aged Maniptor yer had a disdainful grin on his face as he scanned through the traces left by several dead yers on the ground in the cave. Previously, he had sent a seven-yer squad with each of them over Level 30 back to resurrect so that he could upy the upgraded treasure trove all by himself.

    As a Level 45, full-fledged Fire Maniptor, in the case of upying the ce in the first hand, it would be too easy to take out these normal yers with no more than one or two pieces of Fine-grade equipment.

    Although his rank was higher, the experience value was greatly deducted if he were to kill these bats that were lower than Level 30. However, there were enough monsters in the bat cave that could not be stopped, and their HP was low and had no fire resistance. Therefore, the speed of training when killing those dangerous monsters which were over Level 40 would be quick.

    ¡°Well, I¡¯m wanted? Damn it! Is he tired of living life?¡±

    As the Fire Maniptor yer saw a sudden reminder in his field of vision, his action was slightly interrupted. He then scorned it with a sneer on his face. A newly cast Fireball from the red staff was thrown, urately sting a Level-32 Elite Blind Bat with slightly higher HP that was trying to attack him. It was sted back by the Fireball to several meters away and eventually fell into the Sea of Fire where it was burned to ashes.

    Ring!

    In themunicator, a female artificial intelligence voice said, ¡°We have a stranger requesting a call.¡±

    The Fire Maniptor yer¡¯s face showed a disdainful smile. ¡°Stranger? The wanted yer is trying to buy me over with money? Did he ever think that I would kill him after I take the money!¡± He then switched in themunicator. ¡°Say what you want to say!¡±

    ¡°Hello, Mr. Fire. I want to cooperate with you!¡±

    The voice inside themunicator was rather dull, and there was no anger in the tone or words as if there was no fire.

    ¡°Cooperation? You want me to sell this Level 1 experience to you? How about 10 million dors? Ha!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor yer¡¯s voice was loud, but even during themunication period, his wand did not stop casting the Fireball, demonstrating his excellent skill control.

    ¡°I think you misunderstand,¡± replied the voice. ¡°I am not the hunter yer who was trying to take a bounty on you!¡±

    The voice on the opposite end of themunicator remained steady and light.

    ¡°If you¡¯re not, why do you want to get into contact with me?¡±

    The Fire Maniptor yer was a little interested at the moment, and he wanted to hear what this guy was talking about.

    ¡°I know that a hunter yer has received your warrant, and that yer happens to have a problem with me,¡± said the yer on the other side of themunicator. ¡°So I want to cooperate with you to kill him once. It¡¯s not bad for either of us, is it?¡±

    ¡°Cooperation? Why should I believe that you are not with that hunter? You say you want to cooperate, but in fact, you may be trying to cheat on me!¡± The Fire Maniptor yer sneered and threw the fireball from his magic wand into the bat cave, creating another sweeping me.

    ¡°My name is Roaring Dragon Lightwind. This name alone should be a guarantee. If you don¡¯t believe me, then we can add each other as friends to check the ID of themunicator directly.¡±

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Lightwind? The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group!¡± The Fire Maniptor yer appeared a pause, and he smiled grimly. ¡°I do not want to have any rtionship with your Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, so I do not want to cooperate. A hunter yer wants to kill me? What a joke!¡±

    ¡°I feel like you should really think about it, Mr. Fire,¡± said Roaring Dragon Lightwind. ¡°By the way, the yer¡¯s wanted questpletion rate was as high as 95.6 percent. Within a month and a half, he was promoted to a D-rank hunter. I think you should understand the significance of this data in hunting missions.¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s tone remained unchanged, but a number was faintly disyed.

    ¡°95.6 percent...¡± The Fire Maniptor yer¡¯s pupils shrank, and his eyes showed a sense of dignity. Obviously, this incrediblepletion rate of the hunting task had given him fear.

    ¡°Actually, if Mr. Fire wants to stand alone against him, we have no objection. If you were to work with us, in case you fail, I think we can at least avenge for you. Besides, you can also acquire the friendship with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.¡± He added softly, ¡°Mr. Fire, I sincerely think you could take this request into consideration!¡±

    After cutting onmunications, inside the long-term luxury box of the Silver Moon City Exchange, Roaring Dragon Lightwind turned to a Heavy Armor Warrior yer who was standing nearby and said, ¡°Tell them to get moving. This time, I do not want to hear of another failure.¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior yer said with a nod.

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s eyes closed. Hey back on the luxury leather sofa, looking tired. ¡°By the way, what about the group of yers who went to the Umbre Corporation base?¡±

    ¡°They¡¯ve been on an airship and are expected to be there by midnight.¡± After the Heavy Armor Warrior yer reported, he hesitated a little, and finally, he could not help but ask, ¡°It¡¯s just that, Boss Lightwind, do we need to report this mission to Boss Invincible?¡±

    ¡°Wuhen. You¡¯ve been with me for so long. Why don¡¯t you understand anything by now?¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind opened his eyes and gave him a stony stare.

    ¡°Yes, sir!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior yer couldn¡¯t help but feel a little shocked, and he immediately lowered his head.

 Chapter 119 - Revelation and Retaliation

    <h4>Chapter 119: Revtion and Retaliation</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The distance between the ruins of NC-3475 and Silvermoon City was under 100 miles. NC-3475 was a ce that resembled the old ruins of NC-5504. However, as it had originally been a smaller town, its surface area was alsoparatively smaller.

    Looking across the horizon, other than the trees and weeds growing on the ground, the ce was only left with six to seven abandoned buildings that were still standing. Due to the extremely low monster levels here¡ªbetween Level 10 and 20¡ªas well as the significant distance from Silvermoon City, there were barely any yers of any level who would step foot in this ce.

    About 700 meters away from the target location, Feng Luo had concealed himself in a bush on high ground. The barrel of his M110 could be seen sticking out of the bush. With the help of its sniping scope, he methodically surveyed the abandoned buildings and woods in front of him. He paid extra attention while inspecting ces that could potentially shelter hostiles lying in ambush. Hunters faced significantly life-threatening dangers while carrying out their missions. The most dangerous among them all was the risk of wanted yers hiring mercenaries to nt traps and organizing ambushes to catch the hunters off-guard.

    Although Feng Luo wished toplete this mission as soon as possible and reach Level 42, he could not act impulsively. After all, vignce and patience were the must-have qualities of a sniper.

    Three minutester, he had screened through the entire zone sessfully. Meanwhile, the system notified him again about the detected location, confirming that the target was still located in one of the buildings. Strangely enough, they had remained fairly stationary.

    Feng Luo shifted his line of sight away from his sniper rifle. In the past, he would have changed his position to continue his observation so that he could cover all of the blind spots that could not be seen from his current scope of vision. But now, he did not need to go through that kind of hassle anymore.

    Feng Luo set down the M110 and reached out to pat the patch of grass in front of ¡°24K,¡± his Golden King Beetle. It was originally a luxurious golden color, but it was currently camouged to look like a regr, boring beetle.

    ¡°24K¡± was the name he had given it. It also had a nickname: ¡°Little Gold.¡± However, this was only an abbreviation. Its full name was ¡°24K Pure Gold,¡± a fairly old-fashioned name. However, the old-fashioned name did not affect 24K¡¯s understanding of the meaning behind its name.

    A secondter, the scene in front of Feng Luo quaked. The surroundings of woods and ruins, blue sky and white clouds changedpletely.

    The new view resembled an aged, colorless, ck-and-white scene with colorful beams and balls of light superimposed on it. Through the unstable, continuously shaking view, he could see that he was facing a faraway building. About 500 meters away from Feng Luo, a transparent beetle roughly the size of a fingernail was flying silently toward the target¡¯s location.

    The perspective of the Scout Beetle was sent to the King Beetle, which would then transfer it via their mental link to Feng Luo¡¯s eyes. It was nothing like the vision seen by human eyes. It was basic vision constructed by the images perceived by the six pairs of eyes located around the Scout Beetle¡¯s body.

    The various colorful beams and balls of light had their own respective meaning. For example, they might represent an individual, a monster, a crystal, or the frequency of an energy source. This created a veryplicated picture. Moreover, it covered all 360 degrees and was three-dimensional. An average yer would havecked the brainpower toprehend the entire image. However, back when Feng Luo had gained possession of the Scout Beetle, in less than half a day, he had learned to filter out the required information from this bizarre scene. He was capable of this because he had an extraordinarily active mind that he put to use.

    Three minutester, the Scout Beetle arrived on the roof of the designated building. It started to circle the building, level by level, attempting to locate their target, a Fire Maniptor.

    Feng Luo felt that what he was doing seemed like cheating. Nevertheless, he did not feel overly guilty about it, as pets were technically regarded as part of a yer¡¯s ability.

    After flying around the building for a few minutes, the Scout Beetle had scanned through five floors, yet there was still no sign of the wanted Fire Maniptor. However, at that moment, a dim, distorted ray of blue light shed past in the neighboring building, which was picked up by the vision Feng Luo shared with the Beetle.

    The ray of light was fuzzy, but it made Feng Luo furrow his brows. The meaning represented by this color of light, in the eyes of the Scout Beetle, was categorized as the ¡°Water Energy Wave¡±!

    The problem was, the wanted yer with the ID of ¡°Huo Yanyan¡± was undoubtedly a Level-45 Fire Maniptor.

    This situation smells fishy!

    ******

    The Energy Wave had exploded from a secluded room in the building adjacent to Feng Luo¡¯s targeted building.

    ¡°Leaf, did I not tell you to refrain from using your skills?¡±

    A Scout yer with pinched eyebrows was admonishing an innocent-looking female yer who stood behind him. She was a Water Maniptor, characterized by her attire of an Energy Robe.

    ¡°But there was a Mutant Rat! It¡¯s so disgusting!¡± the female Maniptor whined with a displeased face. Just moments ago, she had fired an energy-charged Ice Arrow that had nailed a Level-20 Mutant Rat to death on the wall.

    ¡°It¡¯s okay, Captain! Stop scolding Leaf,¡± simpered a Light Armor Warrior. ¡°I hate to see those rodents too! If it weren¡¯t for the mission to ambush Feng Zhi Luoye, I would¡¯ve killed them all off earlier for you, Leaf.¡±

    He was obviously trying to help the female Water Maniptor by easing the tense atmosphere. Judging by the tone of his voice, it seemed like he was trying to please her.

    ¡°Such attitudes...¡± muttered the Scout yer as he shook his head.

    None of the yers in the room noticed the fingernail-sized beetle descending unobtrusively from the sky. The moment it alighted on the windowsill, its body, along with its wings, turned into an almost identical color to the structure beneath it.

    ¡°Boss Light Wind said that if we fail this mission again, our bonus for the month will be forfeitedpletely!¡± the Scout yer warned as he realized that hisrades were not taking his words seriously.

    ¡°Ah! Captain, I heard through the grapevine that Boss Lightwind intends to run for the position of the Vice Chairman of the council... Is that true?¡± As if she had suddenly thought of the matter, the innocent female yer brought up the question in a flirtatious tone.

    ¡°We¡¯re not supposed to discuss any matters pertaining to our superiors!¡± replied the Scout sternly.

    ¡°All right, all right...¡± The female yer dragged her sybles as she replied. However, from her expression, it was clear that she had no intention to let the matter rest.

    ¡°All right, everyone, stop chattering and hide properly. I believe that Feng Zhi Luoye is about to arrive!¡± the Captain Scout said with finality.

    They did not realize that their conversation had already been ryed to Feng Luo¡¯s eyes and ears by the beetle concealed on the window of that room.

    700 meters away, Feng Luo¡¯s expression had turned dark. He recalled the Scout Beetle, picked up his M110, and left the scene without turning back. Knowing when to retreat was also something that a true Sniper had to know.

    ******

    In a luxurious suite at the yers¡¯ Exchange in Silvermoon City, Roaring Dragon ¡°Lightwind,¡± dressed smartly in his white suit, lounged on a leather sofa while nursing a cup of gourmet coffee that had been brewed from the loot dropped by defeated monsters.

    On the table in front of him was a holoscreen projected by some high-tech devices. Various characters and diagrams were disyed on the screen. The names and logos representing Roaring Dragon ¡°Invincible,¡± the council, the Veterans Tribe, the Lu Conglomerate, etc., were projected on the screen, linked together by multiple lines and arrows.

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind extended his finger and paused underneath the name of Roaring Dragon Invincible. Then he drew a horizontal line underneath it.

    His eyes transitioned between a plethora of emotions. It started off with frostiness, then hesitance. Eventually, his gaze turned calm yet determined. Nobody knew what the Number Two of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was thinking.

    Ding!

    A notification chirped from hismunicator and shook Roaring Dragon Lightwind from his stupor.

    ¡°You have a voice message from an unknown number. Do you want to listen now?¡±

    When he nced at hismunicator and saw the ID of the message¡¯s sender, Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s expression turned solemn.

    ¡°Mister Roaring Dragon Lightwind, your underlings are obviously amateurs.¡± The voice on the message sounded calm, but it was clear that the sender was speaking in a mocking tone while trying to suppress hisughter. ¡°In fact, they practically presented their heads to me on silver tters! If there¡¯s a next time, please hire people who are more professional. On another note, do convey my warmest regards to thedies of your family.¡±

    Crack!

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind had snapped the teaspoon that he was using to stir his coffee. The coffee from the cup sshed onto his white suit, creating a series of unappealing, revolting stains.

 Chapter 120 - The Perfect Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine

    <h4>Chapter 120: The Perfect Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Recently, the business of Feng Zhi Dan Heng Ammunition Store had been taking a dive. Two tall, slender, attractive cowgirl sales assistant NPCs were lounging in boredom by the payment counter, their expressions nk.

    ¡°Wee! Oh, boss. It¡¯s you.¡±

    Their faces lit up when they saw what appeared to be a customer walk into their shop. However, after realizing that it was their boss Feng Luo, their faces turned despondent again.

    ¡°Woah, what¡¯s with the long faces? Am I not wee?¡± teased Feng Luo.

    Both of the NPCs had pretty good AI, so as long as you asked them questions that were within their scope of understanding, they would react just like any other human.

    ¡°No, boss... It¡¯s just that our business has been really bad these few days,¡± said the slightly taller sales assistant.

    ¡°Yeah! Boss, it¡¯s all because of the trouble that the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group has made,¡± Jing Xiangined disgruntledly as she clenched her fist and shook it twice in indignance.

    ¡°I see... Regarding this issue, I will take care of it!¡± promised Feng Luo.

    However, right after saying that, he frowned. To be honest, it sounded like he was justforting them. Everyone knew that the chances of winning were close to nil when it came to a battle between a singr person versus a force of tens of thousands. Despite that, it still could be possible if an opportunity like what had urred on Silver Leaf Ind were to happen again. However, chances like that were few and far between.

    Nevertheless, seeing that Roaring Dragon Lightwind had already pulled off a couple of these nasty tricks, it was impossible that Feng Luo was not slightly p*ssed off by it.

    Feng Luo decided to try to change the topic after seeing that both of his sales assistants were unmotivated. ¡°I shall settle the conflict between us and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group once and for all after I¡¯m done with this mission. By the way, where¡¯s Old John? Is he out again?¡±

    There was no sign of the aged Caucasian Gun Mechanic who had once followed him, looking filthy and homeless, into the shop and had refused to leave ever since. Having said that, Feng Luo was ustomed to his quirks and asional disappearances. Even as the boss, Feng Luo had only seen John for about one-tenth of all the time that he had spent in the shop.

    ¡°Yup, he¡¯s drinking at the bar again!¡± said Jing Xiang.

    ¡°Also, Master John wanted to collect 50,000 credits from us forpleting some kind of task for you,¡± Lan chipped in. ¡°I rejected him and only gave him 1,000.¡±

    ¡°50,000?¡± Feng Luo was taken aback.

    50,000 credits?

    50,000 credits was no small amount. It was enough to purchase some mediocre-quality but rare equipment.

    ¡°What the hell did heplete for me?¡±

    Feng Luo trusted Old John¡¯s character. He was fairly reliable as long as he was not in an inebriated state.

    ¡°Master John said that he left the item in the workshop,¡± Lan answered. ¡°By the way, a parcel arrived just now, and I¡¯ve sent it to the workshop too.¡±

    ¡°Parcel? Cool, all right!¡±

    That reminded Feng Luo of something.

    Has it already arrived?

    ******

    Feng Luo entered the workshop, which was a lot more spaciouspared to the shop in front. All the metallic, sci-fi looking machines were neatly arranged ording to a specific sequence. The machinery in this room, used to produce firearms and ammunition, were worth more than 5,000,000 credits. These were the greatest assets that Feng Luo currently possessed.

    In War, life professions required certain machinery and tools. If you didn¡¯t have enough money to purchase your own working space, the alternative would be to visit the Life Profession Center and spend some credits to rent a workshop.

    Fortunately, the rental wasn¡¯t too expensive. In fact, most of the main structure of any piece of equipmentponent in War was made from intelligent machinery, 3D-printed at the molecr level. Hence, the process of making a gun with aplex structure was much easier and fasterpared to back in old times.

    As Feng Luo approached an operating machine, he realized that the indicator on the machine showed that it waspleted. The virtual 3D hologram projected out of it disyed a gun magazine: Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine.

    Feng Luo remembered he had left a semi-finished gun magazine stored in a container of preservative solution this morning when he had left the workshop. It was now gone.

    ¡°Old Johnpleted this?¡± Feng Luo was doubtful.

    Looking at the data disyed, Feng Luo saw that the gun magazine was free of all residual energy and hadpleted the final procedure. Feng Luo entered his fingerprint and passcode to unlock the machine. The lid of the square machine started to levitate upward.

    A palm-sized silverish-gray gun magazine entered Feng Luo¡¯s field of vision. The surface of the new product was spotless, asionally reflecting what appeared to be beams of lightning. The unique texture of the metal would definitely attract everyone¡¯s attention. This gun magazine was a wless piece of art!

    Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine

    Bullet reload speed +40%, 1.5% chance of firing electrified bullets.

    Creator(s): Feng Zhi Luoye, John

    Overall Rating: Perfect

    ¡°No way... Is Old John actually a Master Gun Mechanic?¡±

    Feng Luo was shocked to see the word ¡°Perfect¡± sitting innocuously at the bottom of the data page.

    A Perfect-grade Rare piece of equipment was something truly extraordinary!

    Previously, it had been understood that the system would not automatically generate equipment based on the manufacturing blueprint a yer received. All equipment in War had to be built step by step by the yer ording to the procedure on the blueprints either by hand or with the help of machinery. To make things harder, this process did not have a guaranteed 100% sess rate. In fact, most life profession yers would fail on their first few attempts at crafting when they obtained a new manufacturing blueprint. This was because the procedure may have seemed simple, but the handling of the materials could be tricky.

    For a piece of Rare equipment, the materials required ranged from at least ten to several dozen. Furthermore, certain materials must go through aplex refining procedure before they can be used. A minor discrepancy in the parameter of the procedure would result in a failed product and, hence, a waste of the manufacturing blueprints.

    Take, for example, the time when Feng Luo manufactured the Eye of the Thunder Gun Barrel. He had failed the first three times due to some seemingly minor and harmless mistakes. He had seeded on the fourth attempt but had failed again on the fifth time due to another minor error.

    He had wasted ten opportunities to make the gun barrel and had only seeded in making four of them. Nevertheless, their overall rating was just ¡°Standard,¡± which was the lowest possible overall ranking.

    As for the gun magazine, he had failed in all of the three attempts he had made.

    In War, every sessfully crafted item would be appraised and then categorized by the system as Standard, Excellent, or Perfect. It wasn¡¯t a meaningless rating; in fact, a Perfect-grade piece of equipment would typically have much better attributes than Standard ones.

    For example, a Standard Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine would give plus 30 percent on bullet reload speed and a 1 percent chance of firing electrified bullets. A Perfect one would gain the benefits of bullet reload speed plus 40 percent and a 1.5 percent chance of firing electrified bullets. The difference between the two went without saying!

    Furthermore, if a yer seeded in producing a piece of equipment with a Perfect rating, he or she could keep the manufacturing blueprint and use it indefinitely. This meant that they would be making some big bucks from selling the finished products.

    Feng Luo himself had permanent rights to use the manufacturing blueprints of three items: the M110, the degration armor-piercing bullets, and the double armor-piercing round. The excellent-grade firearm and the two types of Grade-C special ammunition had contributed at least 3,000,000 credits to Feng Luo.

    However, Feng Luo realized that he wasn¡¯t granted the permanent rights to use the manufacturing blueprint of Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine after checking the system log. He reckoned it was because he wasn¡¯t the sole contributor to this gun magazine. But he had also found a digital diagram in the supeputer on his workbench. It had clearly outlined the reason of his failures on his past three attempts at crafting the Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine and contained some additional remarks regarding the precautions to be taken while crafting the otherponents of the Eye of the Thunder series.

    In fact, this diagram was worth millions!

 Chapter 121 - Anti-virus Serum

    <h4>Chapter 121: Anti-virus Serum</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Well, Old John is no average Joe, but this is unbelievable! Did he make an Eye of the Thunder before? Or is he really a Master Gun Mechanic just like the two NPCs said he was?¡±

    Feng Luo held the ammo magazine in his hands and observed its wless workmanship. He was both amazed and surprised. Previously, John had seemed like aplete drunk and a useless Gun Mechanic. He spent most of his time drinking and being a drunk. Sometimes, when he was sober, he would build some guns to pay Feng Luo to partially reimburse his living expenses here. But the quality of those guns was rough and inconsistent.

    Still, Feng Luo had watched him carefully and had realized that old John was very skillful at fixing guns. He could talk about the manufacturing of guns in detail, and sometimes, something remarkable would slip out of his mouth. So Feng Luo secretly regarded him as a gun expert. He thought John might have a secret mission, so he had allowed him to freeload in his shop for almost two months.

    Unexpectedly, all of a sudden, John had constructed a Perfect Rare-grade gunponent. His skills were even better than those of a professional.

    What is all this? Is this a sign that John¡¯s mission starting soon? Isn¡¯t that too good to be true?

    Feng Luo had a mild headache. After all, he was going to leave Silvermoon City tonight to investigate the Umbre Company with the people from Lu Conglomerate. Immediately after that, the Resident Evil story mission would start soon. But Old John had to create problems out of the blue.

    After considering for a while, Feng Luo shook his head.

    Never mind. Let¡¯s finish the case of the Umbre Company first. It¡¯s okay to put John aside first. If anything major happens, he wille looking for me anyway.

    Andpared to John, another NPC linked with the Umbre Company would not be inferior to a potential Master Gun Mechanic.

    Feng Luo shifted his vision to a workbench beside him. A rectangr ck parcel was on the bench.

    Lan had told him about the arrival of the parcel. In fact, he had already known the contents because when it passed through the terminal scanner, a rare mononym appeared on the sender column: ¡°Lin.¡±

    Feng Luo removed the wrapper, and a silver box about a foot long revealed itself. He keyed in the passwords given by Lin through themunicator, and the box opened up slowly with a soft click. When the box opened, a system notification shed by.

    You have activated the mission: Lin¡¯s Interest (3). Mission¡¯s requirement: Get five different sets of T-virus entity samples and send them to Lin. Mission Reward: Lin¡¯s trust!

    In the box, a row of five three-hole injectors and another row of five ss blood collection test tubes were neatly arranged. Among them, the test tubes with injection needles contained a spiraling light green solution. The solution¡¯s attribute popped up in detail when Feng Luo observed it.

    Anti Evolution Virus Serum (primary)

    This special serum resists most deep infections caused by a primary Evolution Virus and clears all mutation conditions caused by the Evolution Viruses in the human body.

    Yes, Lin had sent Feng Luo these five anti-Evolution Virus serums in the parcel. It was one of the major preparations for his mission.

    After he had learned the mission was happening at Umbre Company¡¯s base, he had been worried that he might be infected by the T-virus. Hence, he had consulted Lin¡ªwhose NPC approval rating of Feng Luo was ¡°Good¡±¡ªthrough themunicator.

    Lin was very interested in this mission. When she heard Feng Luo describe the characteristics of T-virus, she concluded that this T-virus might be a mutation of the Evolution Virus.

    The Evolution Virus was an inventionparable to biochips. This virus was limited for use in the military. After the Great Destruction, many biology research institutes had found them in certain relics and had carried out a series of researches on it.

    This T-virus was simr to the ¡°ancient virus¡± from the game Resident Evil. Since they had known the situation back in Silver Leaf Ind, Lin and Aike had carried out the same research on the Evolution Viruses, and they knew more about the Umbre Company. So when she promised to send five anti-virus serums to Feng Luo, she had also requested that Feng Luo get some samples of the T-virus. After Feng Luo had promised her, the system had given Feng Luo a mission that he needed to finish to obtain Lin¡¯s ¡°trust.¡±

    This kind of reward was weird. Lin¡¯s approval and Lin¡¯s trust... What was this? In fact, this was the standard for judging rtionships between NPCs and yers in War.

    War was not just a game of fighting and leveling up or a tform for yers to interact with each other. In fact, because NPCs had a high degree of freedom and variable personalities in War, the yers could get closer and be friends with NPCs¡ªand, under certain conditions, help them. One example was the Guard Sergeant NPC who had helped Feng Luo before, or Lin, who had provided Feng Luo the anti-virus serum by herself.

    If yers gained the support of a highly capable NPC or one with a special status, it was more useful than getting special equipment. Therefore, some yers used various methods to befriend these NPC and thus utilize their capabilities to gain benefits. For example, the famous intelligence organization ¡°Hunter¡¯s Dogs¡± was said to be equivalent to the FBI. They could get a lot of confidential information.

    Today, after Feng Luo had received the hunting mission, he had rushed to the destination immediately, but the yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already been lying in wait there.

    When this incident happened, Feng Luo pondered a few possibilities. The major problem might have been the Hunter¡¯s Guild. Hence, Feng Luo had requested that the Hunter¡¯s Guild carry out an internal investigation to find out the cause for the failure of his mission.

    It was a paid service. But if the investigation agreed with his ims, all the payment would be returned, and the Hunter¡¯s Guild also would alsopensate the yer. Compensation was not important to Feng Luo. He just needed NPCs to help him get rid of another NPC. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

    Also worth mentioning: The four stages of approval in War between yers and NPCs were Good, Trustful, Friendly, and Close. ording to rumors, there was a fifth stage, but Feng Luo had never heard about it.

    It was not easy to get through the first four stages. Feng Luo was well-acquainted with the two employees from Feng Zhi Dan Heng Ammunition Store and Old John. They had been spending time together for months, yet he had only been able to reach ¡°Trustful¡± with the two employees and to get on ¡°Good¡± terms with Old John. From this, he knew that his rtionship with Lin would be upgraded to Trustful once hepleted the mission.

    Lin was 17 years old, but she already had two Master Life Profession qualifications. One was the Professional-level Life Profession: ¡°Prodigy Girl.¡± As the game progressed, she would definitely reach another higher level.

    She was a candidate with very high potential. Although Feng Luo did not like to manage his rtionships with NPCs, he knew that it was important to build good rtionships with them. Therefore, he was so upied with this mission that he decided he could only ignore Old John temporarily.

    After putting the silver box containing the anti-virus serums into his backpack, Feng Luo started to make other preparations for the mission. He inspected and maintained his gun, then stocked up on special ammunition, blood tonics, endurance tonics, and a set of backup equipment.

    It was about 3:00 p.m. when he got everything ready. Feng Luo was ready to go to Storm City and meet the Lu Conglomerate before going to the Umbre Company¡¯s secret base.

 Chapter 122 - Brother Ling

    <h4>Chapter 122: Brother Ling</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Business Building, Landing Terminal, Storm City.

    When Feng Luo entered the lobby, he saw Sister Rui and Mu Zi, who were wearing the same SU seriesbat uniforms, unexpectedly walking in from the other exit.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    Mu Zi¡¯s sharp eyes spotted Feng Luo immediately.

    ¡°Hey, Mu Zi! Sister Rui! What a coincidence!¡±

    Feng Luo was actually preparing to go directly to the gathering ce, but it was actually better that he had unexpectedly met the other two. His rtionships with Sister Rui and Mu Zi was much closer than those he had with his colleagues.

    Mu Zi was pretty observant, so he noticed Feng Luo¡¯s new tactical belt straight away. ¡°Huh? Brother Feng, you leveled up so quickly? The tactical belt you¡¯re wearing is Level 41. I was using it, too, previously.¡±

    Tactical belts in War were, in fact, tactical vests. Butpared to the tactical vests used by armies or mercenaries on Earth, the suspension module was more centered around the waist, as itbined waist and thigh guards. Also, because yers usually liked to match it with Energy Maniptor and Warrior gear, it was known as a ¡°belt¡± by the yers.

    This tactical belt was Feng Luo¡¯stest addition¡ªa Level-41 Excellent-grade piece of equipment that could hold up to ten detachable modules for carrying ammo, small arms, and daggers.

    Carrying ammo was the greatest function of the tactical belt. With this, time would not be wasted inbat to retrieve magazines from one¡¯s backpack, and it would be easier to switch to small weapons like pistols or sabers.

    As a Sniper, Feng Luo typically did not use this kind ofplex tactical belt because they could not be hidden like essories, and they would inhibit certain actions when worn on the body. But considering what might happen during this mission, he had secured a tactical belt from the Exchange.

    ¡°I¡¯vepleted a few hunters¡¯ wanted missions these past few days, so I leveled up by a level or so!¡± Feng Luo answered.

    ¡°Hunter missions?¡± Mu Zi said with a smile on his face and walked closer. ¡°That¡¯s no easy task, and it¡¯s pretty risky. But with your peerless marksmanship, I¡¯m sure it was just a piece of cake for you toplete the task.¡±

    ¡°You little kiss-ass!¡± Feng Luoughed.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go together!¡± Sister Rui said and nodded to Feng Luo.

    Together, they headed to the scheduled meeting ce, which was a teahouse on the 20th floor of this business building.

    As they entered the door of the teahouse, a yer waitress in a blue and white cheongsam, bowing slightly to them.

    ¡°Wee,¡± she said. ¡°Do you have an appointment?¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡± Sister Rui ced a terminal identification system above the scanner on the side.

    ¡°Oh, you¡¯re Mr. Ling¡¯s friends,¡± the yer waitress said with a smile. ¡°Pleasee with my colleagues. They are waiting for you in the Xi Zhu Hall.¡±

    Another female yer who was also wearing a blue and white cheongsam led them inside.

    The two female yers were extremely good looking, and the cheongsams made them looked even more interesting. However, the cost of hiring NPCs in the game was usually only one-tenth the cost of hiring yers. The owner of this teahouse was clearly quite special if he used yers as servers.

    The three of them followed the female yer, and Feng Luo noticed that Sister Rui kept looking at the blue and white cheongsam the waitress was wearing.

    ¡°This kind of dress is very popr among the richdies these days,¡± Sister Rui whispered to Feng Luo, the excitement in her eyes overflowing with her wish to try on the clothes. ¡°I¡¯m really curious which famous fashion designer the game hired. Surprisingly, there are a lot of beautiful clothes!¡±

    Feng Luo smiled after listening to Sister Rui. Speaking of which, ever since War¡¯s server opened, the culture of the Star Federation had been impacted by ¡°Earth culture¡± every day, from thenguage to the food, from the clothing and apparel to the art.

    Feng Luo felt this the most. Since War started half a year ago, he had begun to see more and more familiar things in real life, such as jeans, cheongsams, hamburgers... Many times, it made him feel like he was back on Earth. A game had unexpectedlybined two worlds together!

    Mu Zi looked around and tutted. ¡°Storm City has a poption of more than 50 million, and Landing Terminal 1 is thergest among them. To establish such arge teahouse here must have cost a lot of credit points!¡±

    ¡°At least 50 million credit points,¡± Feng Luo said, also looking around as he walked.

    Theyout and adornment of this teahouse were quite ssical. Either the owner had really good taste, or it had been designed by some master designer NPC.

    They followed the waiter all the way until they came to a door in the middle with several bamboo nts. As the door slowly opened and the three of them entered, the scene changed suddenly. The interior of the antique teahouse, located in a building dozens of meters tall, suddenly transformed into an outdoor bamboo forest with sunny skies.

    The sea of bamboo was sorge that its ends could not be seen. The green leaves rustled in the breeze, and the bamboo forest had two connected wooden pavilions where eight or nine yers were already seated. And next to the pavilion flowed a crystal clear stream with fish swimming back and forth.

    In this environment, the trio could even feel the humidity on their faces from the moisture and the breeze.

    ¡°An environment simtion system!¡± said Mu Zi. ¡°A set costs at least two million credit points in the game!¡±

    He knew a lot about the luxuries in this game. His eyes glowed with excitement as he looked around. But the trio was not too surprised, as it was well known that the Star Federation had a sophisticated and widely used environmental simtion technology.

    ¡°The basic infrastructure costs 2.5 million credit points and would cost more depending on the area,¡± said the waitress. ¡°Hence, the cost is much higher than in real life. If you¡¯re interested, our boss can help you to get a contact.¡±

    She smiled and bowed before leaving.

    At this time, a rather deep and steady voice rang out.

    ¡°Brother Feng, you arete. As punishment, you have to drink three cups of tea!¡±

    A young Light Armor Warrior stood up from the pavilion in the bamboo forest and walked toward Feng Luo and the gang,ughing at Feng Luo down the road as he spoke.

    ¡°Brother Ling?¡± Feng Luo said.

    He was surprised to see this middle-aged male yer with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although he was not tall, he seemed to be very stocky and powerful.

    Feng Luo realized there had been a mistake in the information provided by Mu Wu. Actually, there was another ¡°acquaintance¡± involved in this mission¡ªthis over-40-year-old middle-aged yer in front of him.

    Brother Ling was the bodyguard of the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s big boss and had followed him for more than 20 years ever since the big boss first made his fortune. However, he was no longer in his position as a bodyguard. Over the past year, it had been arranged by the boss for him to take office into the Lu Conglomerate, and he was currently a member of the top management in the headquarters. Feng Luo had a good rtionship with him. They weren¡¯t close, but they knew each other well.

    The middle-aged man suddenly got up and left. The remaining yers in the pavilion looked at each other in astonishment. For as long as they had known him, they had rarely seen Vice Manager Ling take the initiative to greet a yer. It seemed that the rtionship between Ling and these neers were not bad. Or maybe they were special. But there were exceptions.

    A Sniper yer in abat uniform sat alone in another pavilion. He was disassembling and working on a conspicuous gray and ck sniper rifle that was more than 1.5 meters long on a table in the middle of the pavilion.

    He was not surprised when he saw the situation, but he was interested in the trio.

    To be more urate, he was only interested in Feng Luo. His sights fell on Feng Luo with a trace of scrutiny in his eyes.

    With a click, he assembled the Rare-grade Level-45 sniper rifle in his hands¡ªthe ¡°Python of Death¡±¡ªwhile exuding an unmistakable killing intent.

 Chapter 123 - A Present from the Big Boss

    <h4>Chapter 123: A Present from the Big Boss</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Brother Feng, I didn¡¯t expect you to be so good at ying games as well. In the mission two days ago, I was still so shocked that a Sniper could qualify for the game¡¯s overall ranking. In the end, it was only when I inquired about it that I found out that that person was you. Amazing, really amazing!¡±

    There was a smile on Brother Ling¡¯s face as heplimented Feng Luo.

    ¡°Come on, don¡¯t make fun of me, Brother Ling. I just had really great luck!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s words could not have been considered modest. After all, considering his game points, if he hadn¡¯t made a ¡°contract¡± with the ¡°24K¡± level toward the end, at best he may only have reached the top 10. There was no way he could have reached first ce.

    ¡°Hey, Brother Feng, don¡¯t be so modest. Others might not know your ability, but as your brother, I know it very well!¡±

    Nheless, Brother Ling smiled. Clearly, he thought that Feng Luo was truly being humble.

    ¡°Moreover, maybe you do not know about it, but among the first five, except for you, the rest are all from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe. Although the boss did not say anything after finding out about it, he was still somewhat disappointed, deep down. If you hadn¡¯t made it to the first ce, I guess all of us would have been ashamed.¡±

    Now, Feng Luo really did not know about this situation. As the mission ended one hour after he hung up, he didn¡¯t care about the identities of the yers who topped the rankings.

    ¡°By the way,¡± said Brother Ling, ¡°because you brought honor upon our conglomerate, Boss specially made me request something from the young master. Hey,e on, open it and have a look!¡±

    Brother Ling took out a case shaped like a long strip from his backpack. Then, with an enigmatic smile on his face, he encouraged Feng Luo to open it.

    ¡°This is... a gun case!¡±

    As a Gun Mechanic Master, Feng Luo recognized the function of the case at a single nce. It was not merely a gun case but rather a sniper rifle gun case. ording to the size of the case, it was estimated that the length of the gun, after assembly, would be more than 1.4 meters long.

    When Feng Luo opened the box and saw the grayish-ck gun that was split into more than a dozen parts and arranged neatly in the box, he could not help but to blurt out in astonishment. ¡°This is... a Barrett M82!¡±

    ¡°Barrett? No, this is the Python of Death, a super powerful and rare sniper rifle!¡± Brother Ling said after being stunned for a short while. ¡°Not long ago, at arge auction, there were two rare sniper rifles. In the end, the young master won the bid for this package at the auction. One of the guns already has an owner, and the remaining one the boss asked me to bring to you.¡±

    ¡°The Python of Death?¡±

    This name made Feng Luo feel an aura that was no less formidable than that of the Eye of the Thunder.

    He reached to take out the gloves in the gun case. He put them on. Then he carefully touched the parts of the gun. In the past, he had been so familiar with this gun. He could even tell the functions of all these parts with his eyes closed.

    After that, Feng Luo got to work with both his hands. In the end, he only took less than 15 seconds to assemble the sniper rifle¡¯s dismantled parts, disying theplete, ferocious appearance of the Barrett M82. This sort of speed made the eyes of the Sniper yer who had been staring at Feng Luo from the opposite pavilion light up immediately.

    ¡°Wow, Brother Feng! This gun!¡± Mu Zi said. Her eyes widened. Clearly, she was subdued by this weapon of mass destruction, which was more than 1.5 meters in length and featured violent-looking aesthetics.

    Python of Death (Sniper Rifle)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack power: 850

    Attack coefficient: C

    Agility +20

    Post-shooting recoil reduction: 50%

    Fastest shooting speed: 2s/shot

    Effective attack range: 1500 meters

    Level requirement: 45

    Special Attribute: a 15% chance to shoot a bullet which will cause a ¡°breakdown¡± effect, dealing 50% damage to subsequent targets

    Overall Evaluation: Standard

    Looking at the fully assembled gun, Feng Luo was genuinely amazed by its attributes. Almost 850 units of attack power. Compared to the M110 in his hands, it was an increase in attack power by almost two-fifths. Moreover, this was in the case whereby the evaluation was only Standard. If it was a Perfect-level Barrett, then what attack power would it reach? A little more than 900? Or would it exceed 1,000?

    Although the attack power of the sniper rifle was the highest among the primary weapons of all upations, at this stage, a sniper rifle that could reach almost 1,000 was no less than a superior ¡°artifact¡±!

    Beyond attack power, none of the other attributes of this gun were poor either. The attack coefficient¡¯s C-rank was two rankings higher than the M110. This meant that even without the use of special bullets, there was still a high chance to break straight through the defenses of those below C-rank.

    The effective attack range was 1,500 meters. Although that was lower than a real Barrett, considering how the range of most of Level-40 and above sniper rifles were within 1,000 meters, this value had already reached the limit.

    As for the rare attribute of the ¡°breakdown¡± effect, it could even allow a sniper to achieve the ¡°piercing¡± effect. Thus, even if a yer used his body to cover the front of the gun, it was still possible to kill a yer behind him. If this gun had been used during the previouspetition between Feng Luo and ck Panther, it would have been a lot easier for the final move: ¡°killing two birds with one shot¡±!

    The only problem was that the level requirement for this gun was Level 45, and the bullet used was 12.7mm, meaning it was temporarily impossible for Feng Luo to equip it.

    As for this gun and the Eye of the Thunder, there was no conflict between them. In fact, it had once been said that most Sniper yers would carry more than one sniper rifle; almost everyone would prepare a spare sniper rifle in their backpack. Many of the high-end yers would even prepare a variety of different gun parts that could be used as recements in their gun case. ording to the situation, they would choose different barrels, scopes, magazines, etc.

    Although the Eye of the Thunder and the Barrett were both considered sniper rifles, they had distinctly different positions.

    The Barrett¡¯s attack power was high, and together with its attack coefficient¡ªwhich was at C-rank level¡ªthe lethality of each shot would be impressive. When it hit a critical point, its ¡°headshot¡± would be anything but fictional.

    However, there was a weakness to this gun. The shooting speed was slower, as it took about two seconds for one shot.

    Shooting speed was a column added to the attributes of the sniper rifle after the update. However, in reality, this attribute had already existed. It was just that previously, it had been considered a hidden attribute of the sniper rifle.

    Taking into consideration the bnce of War, certain restrictions were made for different types of weapons. For example, the shooting range and damage of the machine gun, the steering speed and loading time during the process of shooting, the shooting speed and distance of the submachine gun, as well as destructive force, etc. As for a sniper rifle, except for its damage distance, the most significant restriction was the shooting speed.

    For most of the sniper rifles, the fastest shooting interval was about 1.5 seconds, and the bullets would not load fully before the time was up. The time requirement was inflexible unless a skill like Rapid Shot was used or the equipment itself had unique attributes. Only then would one be able to shorten the interval. However, Rapid Shooting would greatly reduce the attack power of the bullet.

    For this Barrett, which had been renamed the ¡°Python of Death,¡± there were no doubt some conflicts, as the gun was clearly positioned to produce a single shot with high damage. On the other hand, due to the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s attribute of increasing bullet fill speed by 30 percent in its magazine attributes, it could reduce its fastest shooting speed to nearly one second. Together with the Rapid Shooting skill, it could even reach about 0.8 seconds per shot!

    Even though the attack power of the Barrett¡¯s was not abnormally high, in some situations, the function was definitely greater. What¡¯s more, its rare attribute of a chance of triggering an electrified effect was undoubtedly affected by the shooting speed as well.

    In reality, the most critical reason for Feng Luo to rush to Level 42 earlier was that after reaching Level 42, anotherponent of Eye of the Thunder could be added onto the M110. The thirdponent that he had high hopes for was the magazine of the Eye of the Thunder. The moment it was installed, the performance of the M110 would increase. Particrly, there was still a bullet fill speed of plus 40 percent of the Perfect-grade Rare magazine with him now.

    Naturally, the M110 was only transitional equipment until he reached Level 45.

    A Barrett on his left hand and an Eye of the Thunder on his right¡ªonly such a scene could reveal one¡¯s status as a real master!

 Chapter 124 - A Fake Chip

    <h4>Chapter 124: A Fake Chip</h4>

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    ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why are you blocking the road and not letting us in?¡±

    Just as Feng Luo was putting away the recently disassembled Barrett into his bag upon testing its assembly for a while, there were some unpleasant soundsing from behind him.

    Lin Aotian, or ¡°Young Master Lin,¡± who was in the brand new SUV-bulletproofbat suit walked in through the door, ring at the people who were blocking the road. Behind him, a Heavy Armor Warrior and an Earth Element Maniptor yer followed him. From their facial expressions, it was clear that they were his followers.

    ¡°It¡¯s you guys?¡± After seeing Feng Luo and the other three who had just turned their heads back, the face of Lin Aotian, or Young Master Lin, quickly sank. Realizing that the other person was Brother Ling, Young Master Lin said with some dissatisfaction, ¡°Brother Ling, I thought you said people who joined this mission had to be elites? How is it that now even noobs can also join this mission!¡±

    Brother Ling¡¯s face went sullen, and the tone of his words was a bit cold with the intention to criticize. ¡°Xiao Lin! Be careful with your words. Don¡¯t talk nonsense.¡±

    After that, the four of them just ignored them and walked together toward the pavilion in the Bamboo Forest not far away.

    ¡°Damn, what¡¯s up with this guy?¡±

    Young Master Lin put on a long face and cursed the four of them in a low tone after they left. ¡°Damn it! He is just a mere bodyguard. I¡¯m already doing him a favor by addressing him as Brother Ling. How dare he be so damn ungrateful.¡±

    The Earth Maniptor standing behind him immediately spoke up. ¡°Young Master Lin, calm down. After all, he works for the big boss. However, the boss has not made an appearance for the past two years. So just wait until Young Master Lu takes the lead. He will not dare to pull long faces to you anymore based on the rtionship between you and Young Master Lu.¡±

    The four of them walked to the pavilion, attracting the attention of other people who had also participated in this mission.

    ¡°Come, let me introduce them to you all,¡± said Brother Ling. ¡°This is Ah Shui, Xiao Jiu... 100,000 Volts, Gunfire...¡±

    It was obvious that he had given some consideration to the order of introduction. Of the yers who were first introduced, most of them greeted Feng Luo and his gang immediately and enthusiastically, while those who were being introducedter were obviously a bit official and distant.

    Based on Brother Ling¡¯s introduction process, Feng Luo could determine in his heart that among the seven people¡ªwhich consisted of two females and another five males¡ªapproximately three of them had a rather close rtionship with Brother Ling, while the other four were just regr friends.

    On the other hand, there was a final Sniper yer who sat alone to the side. At that moment, he had just finished cleaning his rifle. He put it away in his gun case and closed it.

    After closing his gun case, the Sniper yer stood up and walked toward Feng Luo with a faint smile while his eyes stared firmly at him.

    ¡°You are Feng Zhi Luoye, right?¡± he said. ¡°I have been looking forward to meeting you since thest mission. I initially thought that we could meet previously at the celebration party in Nightless City. However, I didn¡¯t expect that upon my arrival, you would have apparently left already. Today, I finally manage to see you in person. ¡±

    Feng Luo saw the gun caseid on the table to the side and understood who the owner of the Python of Death mentioned by Brother Ling earlier was.

    ¡°This is Sha Lang,¡± Brother Ling said, introducing him to Feng Luo. ¡°He once served in a mysterious unit. Now he is the head of security at the group headquarters.¡±

    ¡°Head of security?¡±

    A shudder went through Feng Luo¡¯s heart. He remembered that Brother Ling had filled that position when he worked in Lu Conglomerate previously, but now, ording to other yers, he had been promoted to some sort of deputy manager. Would something happen between the two of them?

    He was no stranger to the ID ¡°Sha Lang.¡± It was during the previous mission that this yer had upied the first ce for a time in the list of the Snipers¡¯ umted points.

    ¡°It could be said that the two of you, who were the Sniper masters in this mission, helped the conglomerate to redeem their reputation,¡± said Brother Ling. ¡°In the Sniper upation, at least, we are utterly superior to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe. So the boss is hoping that this time, the two of you could continue to work harder and try to finish thisst city-building mission in one try.¡±

    At this time, Young Master Lin and the other two also walked over with stern faces. Without wasting any time, Brother Ling started to bring the topic back to the proper business. He switched on the terminal, and a 3D map was projected in front of everyone. He pointed toward an area full of mountains and forest that was about 500 miles from Storm City.

    ¡°The ce that we need to go in this mission is a small tourist town located in a ce called Ary Mountain Area.¡±

    ¡°Ary Mountain Area?¡± Feng Luo repeated.

    ¡°Brother Feng, is there any problem?¡± Brother Ling was slightly uncertain as he raised his head and looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°No, please continue!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head, but, in reality, he was pondering.

    Ary Mountain Area... This seemed like the plot of Resident Evil. In that game, the T-virus was first released at Roon City in the Ary Mountains. Only after that did the virus slowly spread to all of Roon City, unlike in the movie where the infection started directly in Roon City.

    However, on the map, the town was hidden deep in the mountains, and the only way to contact the outside world relied on the construction of a small navigation point near the city. Thus, it ought to be more difficult for the virus to spread out. Moreover, Feng Luo had searched all the federal cities using the terminal, but still, he could not find any ce named Roon City.

    From this point, it seemed like there was a connection between War and Earth¡¯s versions of Resident Evil. But were there some differences, too?

    While Feng Luo was thinking about this, Brother Ling continued to introduce the mission¡¯s situation.

    ¡°Maybe most of you haven¡¯t heard much about the Umbre Corporation. But based on the information given to us by the FBI, we can tell that it is arge, well-knownpany among the NPCs. It is engaged in medicine, military, machinery, robotics, and a variety of industries. It is said that there are thousands of security units inside. This means that this time, we might be fighting against the NPC armed units...¡±

    Brother Ling paused for a while before continuing.

    ¡°If we were to investigate their headquarters, it is certain that with this many people, we will not have a chance. However, one good thing is that this mission only requires us to look into the town. This is because the FBI suspects that there is a secret base belonging to the Umbre Corporation in the small town that is engaged in illegal human body experimentation.¡±

    After hearing about the human body experiment, Sister Rui frowned. She seemed to be slightly disgusted, and thus, interrupted at this point. ¡°Human body? What kind of human body experimentation?¡±

    ¡°Evolution Virus!¡± said Brother Ling. ¡°You guys may not have heard of it before. We also just learned about it from the intel. This is a type that can greatly increase the virus in the human body. But if it is used on a yer, it could increase the attributes of the character!¡±

    After Young Master Lin heard that, a trace of shock appeared on his originally cold face, and he opened his mouth to speak immediately. ¡°Increase the character¡¯s attributes? This is a good thing! We should take some of it out this time.¡±

    Brother Ling frowned and said, ¡°ording to the information, the Evolution Virus isn¡¯t stable, and the Umbre Corporation is still in the pilot phase, so it would most likely cause significant side effects. Also, I have to remind all of you that our task in this mission is to investigate the Umbre Corporation and get pieces of evidence that prove they are engaging in human body experimentation. So it¡¯s best not to save a little only to lose a lot.¡±

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Young Master Lin smiled disapprovingly. His eyes, along with those of the other two yers behind him, flickered discreetly.

    ¡°Also,¡± continued Brother Ling, ¡°to make it easier for us to move, the FBI has provided us with 15 identity chips in this mission. These chips will allow us to temporarily change our identity information within the span of five days and disguise ourselves as NPCs. However, it¡¯s just a data camouge, and it has no effect on the yers. Furthermore, if you use backpacks or special props in front of the NPCs, they may see right through you.¡±

    As Brother Ling spoke, he took out 15 nail-sized silver chips from his backpack and distributed them before giving a final summary.

    ¡°This is thest part of the city-building mission. If we fail, although we can change the mission and recollect again, it will lead to a big loss. Thus, for this mission, I hope that all of you here can do your best. The boss has already said that he will not mistreat everyone!¡±

    ¡°An identity chip to camouge as an NPC?¡±

    Feng Luo was curious about this type of chip. He epted his chip straight away and downloaded it into his personal terminal.

    You are using a camouge chip. Duration: 4 days and 23 hours. Before using, please follow the prompt to temporarily change your character ID.

    ¡°Change my ID? Who knew there was such a thing?¡±

    Feng Luo thought that this was slightly interesting, and, after giving it some thought, he entered two words onto the terminal: Illidan Stormrage!

 Chapter 125 - The First Sign of Trouble

    <h4>Chapter 125: The First Sign of Trouble</h4>

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    ¡°Illidan Stormrage? Your new ID sounds pretty special. It seems that you are fond of the word ¡®storm.¡¯¡±

    In the head cabin of the spacious passenger spacecraft, Sister Rui was curious about the new ID disyed in the team channel by Feng Luo.

    ¡°Hey, so do you think I prefer the word ¡®wood¡¯? I just changed it randomly without giving a second thought.¡± From the corner, Mu Zi interrupted the conversation. He had changed his ID to ¡°Woody.¡±

    ¡°Well, I actually do prefer storms,¡± Feng Luo said, beaming.

    The name Illidan Stormrage... Obviously, none of the people in this universe would understand the meaning of this name.

    At that moment, the airship was approaching its destination. From the spherical virtual screen suspended over everyone¡¯s heads, thend below the aircraft could be viewed directly¡ªthe continuous stretch of high and low primeval mountains, the crystal clearkes, the flowing streams, and the majestic waterfall

    By 7:00 in the evening, half of the sky was painted with shades of red originating from the sun, lined with a streak of pale gold trailing the tail of twilight.

    The town of Rogue, a small town in the middle of the mountains, had a poption of more than 1,000 NPC yers and was known for its tourism, which highlighted its most primitive natural features. However, in order to ensure that the world was not destroyed by foreign tourists, the town strictly limited the maximum number of people who could enter per day. That was why Feng Luo and the others were only able toe in numbers of 15, due to the avability of only 15 tickets acquired by the FBI.

    Of course, from a yer¡¯s perspective, this was actually due to the system¡¯s limit on the number of people in this mission. In addition, the information given by the FBI was interpreted as a guide for the mission.

    Arge part of thend in this town was actually under the property of the Umbre Corporation. As such, Umbre had turned thend into a wellness retreat for its senior staff. Thergest building in town was the staff sanatorium of the Umbre Corporation at the edge of the town, half of which was surrounded by forests.

    Without a doubt, the sanatorium was just a cover. ording to the details given, the sanatorium was equipped with an advanced private hospital, which was a secret research base of Umbre. It was suspected of illegal human trials, and it was also the target of Feng Luo¡¯s team.

    ¡°So beautiful!¡±

    After getting off the airship and walking 1,000 meters toward the town, the three female yers on the team immediately looked around with bright eyes. The whole town was maintained nicely with clean, paved roads, bluestone stairs, and buildings on both sides that were almost all made from wood or stone.

    There were no suspension vehicles, no energy esctors¡ªnot even any high-rise buildings in view. The tallest building had no more than three floors.

    yers who were starlings living in high-tech environments would have never seen such a ¡°primitive¡± environment before, so the scenery took their breath away. However, what Feng Luo felt was actually more like returning back to the Earth because it was simr to the resorts on Earth.

    The crowd of people were wearing casual clothes. At the same time, in order to blend in, all the weapons on their bodies had been stored in their inventories. Even some of the more noticeable equipment was not worn; there didn¡¯t seem to be any difference in clothing between them and the NPC tourists.

    Under the leadership of Brother Ling, the group went through the formalities and stayed in a small three-story hostel.

    While dealing with some matters in the hostel, Brother Ling weed everyone to explore first.

    ¡°Everyone is free to move around,¡± he said. ¡°Let¡¯s go and check the situation out. However, the threedies are exceptional. If you are tired from the journey, you can stay in the room to rest. Also, please keep in touch on the team channel. Call for help if needed.¡±

    ¡°No, we don¡¯t want to rest! It¡¯s hard toe to this original town. We¡¯ll take this opportunity to explore. Sister Rui, are youing?¡±

    The one who spoke up was a female Doctor from the team whose name was Xiao Jiu. Her dimples showed when she smiled. Her face was slightly round, and her appearance was adorable.

    Another female yer beside her, wearing silver-framed sses and sporting a long brown ponytail was a Wind Controller. Her level was only 44, which was the lowest among them except for Feng Luo, but still, nobody looked down on her because her side career was as a chipmaker who had already reached the Expert level. She was also one of only three people in the Lu Conglomerate who had reached Expert level in a side career.

    There was no doubt that friendships could be established between the women much more quickly than among the men. In the case of Feng Luo and Mu Zi, besides Brother Ling, they did not have much to say to another male yer. On the other hand, the three female yers looked as though they had be close friends.

    ¡°Okay!¡± With a smile on her face, Sister Rui tucked a baby blond hair behind her ear.

    Xiao Jiu turned back and looked at Mu Zi pleadingly. ¡°Right! Brother Mu Zi, can you apany us? After all, we are all girls here.¡±

    Mu Zi smirked and let out augh. When he looked at the Doctor yer named Xiao Jiu, he waspletely mesmerized by her.

    Young man, you will understand her intentionster! Feng Luo thought silently.

    ******

    ¡°Vintage¡± shopping may have been a pleasure for women, but for men, it only existed to sacrifice their time and energy.

    In fact, this situation clear after waiting for two hours. When night had fallen, bags of all sizes were seen on Mu Zi. Due to the inconvenience in using the inventory in public, everyone had to hold on to their shopping bags. Tragically, Mu Zi was the one who had been asked to be their coolie.

    Actually, this kind of situation was rarely seen in this world. After all, most of the time, people would only need to go through the virtual world and try on the garments in the online store. After payment, all they needed to do was wait for the delivery. Even in a real-life store, there were specialized vending robots that would follow the customers around, so there wasn¡¯t any need for humanbor.

    Feng Luo suddenly felt that the advancement of technology was a good thing. In conjunction with this, this world could finally liberate the hands of malepatriots from shopping bags.

    Presently, they were in a garment store. The three female yers were in the fitting room trying on clothes while Feng Luo and Mu Zi sat in the waiting area. In front of them was a wooden table where all the shopping bags had been ced.

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes kept darting back and forth toward the window, expecting the people surrounding them to suddenly be zombies like in the Resident Evil game. At that moment, his sensitive ears suddenly heard the two NPC saleswomen next to him who were whispering behind the counter.

    ¡°Have you heard? Billy is dead!¡±

    ¡°Goodness! How could this be? That handsome blonde guy with good archery skills?¡±

    ¡°I heard that it¡¯s true...¡±

    At this moment, the saleswoman who was speaking further lowered her voice.

    ¡°This is already the third time this month!¡±

    The other saleswoman spoke anxiously. ¡°God! Haven¡¯t the guards found out anything yet?¡±

    ¡°They only said that it might have been arge beast, but you saw the condition of Robert... It doesn¡¯t seem like a mere beast could do such a thing... ¡±

    ¡°I think they are hiding something. Did you know that these few nights...¡±

    The salesperson who spoke initially had lowered her voice until it could no longer be heard.

    ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about it. There are others here!¡± The other saleswoman turned towards Feng Luo and Mu Zi to indicate their presence, stopping her colleague from continuing.

    As expected, thought Feng Luo. Were there any clues?

    He stood up and walked toward the counter as Mu Zi stared puzzledly at him. Upon Feng Luo¡¯s arrival, the two saleswomen¡¯s expressions were a bit flustered, but they returned a smile at once.

    ¡°Sir, is there anything that I can help you with?¡±

    ¡°Excuse me,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°When I was at the bar, I heard people saying that the town of Rogue seems to have mysterious happenings, especially during the night...¡±

    ¡°Huh? How is this possible!¡±

    ¡°Sir, rest assured. The town of Rogue is the safest tourist town in the Federation. Although we have promoted the original ecology that was not affected by technology, the town guards have the most advanced weapons and can certainly guarantee all tourists¡¯ safety.¡±

    The eyes of the two saleswomen showed that they were panicking, but the words that came out of their mouths said otherwise.

    ¡°Oh, right! I¡¯ve always thought that Roguetown was very safe. The rumors are definitely fake...¡± Feng Luo gave them a smile, then returned to his seat.

    ¡°Brother Feng? Did you find out about anything?¡± Mu Zi whispered in the team channel.

    He wasn¡¯t stupid; he already knew what Feng Luo had discovered.

    ¡°Not sure,¡± replied Feng Luo. ¡°But if that is the case, I¡¯m guessing that the mission on our hands is quite troublesome!¡±

    Feng Luo looked a little dignified.

 Chapter 126 - Exposed?

    <h4>Chapter 126: Exposed?</h4>

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    After a moment of consideration, Feng Luo told Mu Zi, ¡°Mu Zi, stay here and wait for the girls toe out. I will go walk around on my own. Beware of strangers. Do not let theme close to you.¡±

    ¡°Sure thing. Be careful, Brother Feng.¡±

    Mu Zi nodded without questioning his actions.

    ******

    On his own, Feng Luo followed the paper map of Roguetown that he had bought from a shop along the streets and walked toward the guard bureau slowly and carefully. He remained vignt as he walked, observing his surroundings to avoid any sudden attack¡ªas in Resident Evil.

    He tried to recall the vague conversation he had overheard between the two saleswomen. There had been three unusual deaths in the past month. ording to the guards, the cause of death was a beast. But that contrasted with the conversation of the saleswomen, so things just did not add up.

    The two saleswomen seemed to have a lot to hide while he was questioning them regarding the matter. The reason was quite obvious. Roguetown¡¯s main source of ie was its tourism, so if something like this happened, it wasn¡¯t going to reflect well on their business.

    Since he knew he was not going to get anything out of questioning them, Feng Luo decided for a change of n.

    As he walked toward the guard bureau, he looked for a specific dark alley and entered for a while. When he finally left the alley, he was holding a silver metallic briefcase with a trace of golden light seeping through the gap.

    ¡°Status check, is everyone alright?¡±

    Brother Ling¡¯s voice broke out from the team channel.

    ¡°Number one, all clear...¡±

    ¡°Number two, all clear...¡±

    Each and every yer reported their status through the channel ordingly.

    ¡°Number 14, all clear!¡± Feng Luo answered.

    ¡°All right then. Everybody be careful. Don¡¯t let your prying for information expose our identities as yers.¡±

    After finishing thatst sentence, Brother Ling resumed radio silence.

    Feng Luo walked with his silver briefcase in hand, sighing heartily. It had been Brother Ling¡¯s idea for all of them disguise themselves as a group of tourists for this mission. But Feng Luo begged to differ.

    In his opinion, if they carried on with this strategy, as soon as something happened to one member, the others would be implicated and suspected. It was just a game, but considering that the NPCs were AIs, Feng Luo would have preferred that the team entered the game in groups of two to three. Each group would pretend they didn¡¯t know each other and would onlymunicate through the team channel.

    This way, their cover would be much better, and they wouldn¡¯t have to worry about their identities beingpromised due to one or two ck sheep.

    Sha Lang saw eye to eye with him in this matter, so when he heard about Brother Ling¡¯s n for the mission, he immediately rejected him with a cold expression. However, they were fairly helpless, as their disguised identities had already been arranged. Data in the disguise chip showed that the team had boarded the same aircraft, sat in the first-ss section, and had already arrived at Storm City. They couldn¡¯t change the n even if they wanted to.

    Regardless of how reluctant he was, there wasn¡¯t any way to change the strategy now. The only option was to just go with the original idea of a group of tourists. In the meantime, Feng Luo could only hope that the rest of the group was cautious enough to not make a mistake.

    He walked along the bluestone path at nightfall, carrying his silver briefcase as he observed his surroundings. For the past two hours, it seemed as though he was only doing something mundane. In reality, he was observing the town to determine if there were any surveince systems hidden in the corners.

    So far, this town did look just how it had been described in the tourist guide: ¡°primitive.¡± There wasn¡¯t any sign of advanced technology besides the basic lightning, let alone a surveince system.

    This was undoubtedly great news. Of course, there were chances that the surveince installments were too well camouged¡ªto the point that he hadn¡¯t noticed any.

    Seven minutester, Feng Luo arrived at the guard bureau. It was a three-story stone building. Despite the building being disguised as an antique that blended in with the surroundings, one could still tell that underneath it was a fortress equipped with machine guns and defensive heavy weapons. Judging by the conversation of the two saleswomen, Feng Luo estimated that the death of ¡°Billy¡± was quite recent.

    After surveying things, Feng Luo walked into the cafe directly opposite the guard bureau. He picked a seat on the first floor by a window.

    After ordering a cup of coffee, he raised the magazine he had bought just across the street, reading it with gusto. So far, no one had noticed that there was a special wave transmitting through the silver briefcase of his.

    Following that, from a ce beside the guard bureau where Feng Luo had just passed by, a semi-transparent beetle that was about the size of a fingernail flipped its wings silently and flew into the guard bureau. On the outside, it seemed as though Feng Luo was only reading a magazine, but what he was seeing waspletely different.

    The Scout Beetle flew rather slowly, but it made almost no sound, and even if did, no one would have noticed a semi-transparent beetle that was the size of a fingernail. With 24K¡¯s ¡°Mental Link¡± skill in the briefcase, Feng Luomanded the Scout Beetle to fly further in. Through the beetle, he could observe and listen to the conversation between the NPC guards.

    ording to the two saleswomen, Billy¡¯s death had happened recently. At this moment, the guards in the bureau ought to still be discussing this matter.

    For all those NPC guards, who were simr to police, death¡ªand especially serial deaths¡ªwere the most exciting topic to talk about.

    To Feng Luo¡¯s disappointment, he had guessed incorrectly. In fact, not one person mentioned the name ¡°Billy.¡± After entering the guard bureau, the Scout Beetle flew for five to six minutes, yet it still did not catch anyone mentioning Billy.

    Meanwhile, the psionics index of the Level 20 24K (the name he had given to the Golden King Beetle) had been used up to the point that there wasn¡¯t much left.

    The highest psionics index of 24K was only 300 points (an increment of 10 points per level, with a bonus of 50 points for Level 10 and Level 20). It only had 50 points left after it incubated the Scout Beetle.

    He had used the Mental Link skill in the previous two hunting missions, and the psionics index was wearing off. It had recovered a little during the journey, but after thest usage, it was only left with less than 20 points. It could only go on for another one to two minutes, maximum!

    Feng Luo was anxious, but he suddenly heard something from the Scout Beetle at this eleventh hour.

    ¡°Yes, I have helped to cover up the Billy issue.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart skipped a beat. Hemanded the Beetle to enter a room with a sign saying ¡°Director¡± hanging at the door. In front of his ¡°eyes,¡± was a luxurious office, an authentic leather sofa, real wood flooring, expensive antiques, golden decorations, oil paintings...

    And there sat arge, obese man with a huge belly on a leather massage chair behind the 1.5-meter-wide redwood table, talking into amunicator.

    ¡°I already told you all, Billy¡¯s issue has been settled,¡± he said. ¡°But it still caused a public panic. If I didn¡¯t tell them to put the town¡¯s economic interests first and not spread the news, it would have indeed gone viral. You¡¯d bettere up with a good exnation this instant... 500,000?¡±

    The corpulent director smirked, and a look of greed shed in his eyes.

    ¡°No, I want at least a million points of credit in the form of energy crystals. And have it delivered to me. You need to understand the tremendous risk being taken. If the federal government found out about this, I would be facing life imprisonment at this moment!¡±

    The fat director was still negotiating through themunicator.

    ¡°Fine. You need toy low for a few days. You¡¯ve got to remember that Rogue is my hometown, and as a guard who was entrusted by the citizens for their safety, I hope to see no more casualties.¡±

    After negotiating the price, he replied in a bureaucratic tone just before hanging up. He then reached out to a drawer, grabbed a handful of diamond crystals in his pale, stubby hand with satisfaction written all over his face.

    However, themunicator rang again shortly after he had just hung up.

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter this time?¡± the obese director answered themunicator. ¡°What? Three tourists tried to break into your sanatorium...? The security dismissed them, but you suspect that they have an ulterior motive... Do you want me to run a background check on them and keep watch over them for a few days...? All right, it can be done since it was such a pleasure working with you. I will help you for free. However...¡±

    That was thest bit that Feng Luo heard, as 24K ran out of its psionic index, so it could no longer support the Mental Link. Yet, deep down in his guts, he had a hunch that something was not right.

 Chapter 127 - Danger!

    <h4>Chapter 127: Danger!</h4>

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    In Brother Ling¡¯s hotel room, Feng Luo put down the curtain that was slightly pulled over. He turned and asked, ¡°Brother Ling, I am curious. How did this trust fund baby sneak into our ce?¡±

    Feng Luo immediately realized that the three tourists that entered the sanitarium were Lin Aotian and his two followers. Coincidentally, another two yers saw the trio that were chased out of the sanitarium. Immediately, a few inclothes officer NPCs appeared below. Feng Luo identified them instantly.

    Hearing Feng Luo¡¯s question, Brother Ling smiled bitterly. ¡°Didn¡¯t you already say it? He is no doubt a trust fund baby. His dad¡¯s on thepany¡¯s board of directors. The board of directors and the senior management have extremely powerful influence. Plus, thepany managed by the eldest young master has been developing well. In arger context, he is helping the young master all the while. ording to rumors, even his pretty daughter is also with...¡±

    He trailed off, then continued, ¡°As you know, the boss has health problems. So, most of the time, he doesn¡¯t care about the things in thepany, including the construction of the town, this time. He only made a few decisions before. But, the young master is the one who takes care of everything in thepany. The candidates for this mission, except for you and Miss Rui, were selected by the young master and his dad, so...¡±

    Brother Ling stopped speaking. After all, he was just a bodyguard, and it was not proper to talk about his boss behind his back.

    ¡°All right, even if the mission fails, I don¡¯t lose anything.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and said, ¡°Brother Ling, now you have to inform everyone so that they can act like real tourists. Stop going around collecting information anymore. Most importantly, do not inquire about news about the sanitarium under the Umbre Company.¡±

    ¡°To that extent? But, the mission...¡± Brother Ling hesitated.

    ¡°Brother Ling, don¡¯t assume the NPCs in this game to be as easy as other games,¡± Feng Luo said with a stern expression. ¡°And, in a real situation, it would be moreplicated than you imagine. I doubt we can depend on a mere minor investigation toplete this mission. Something may just appear and surprise you in the end.¡±

    Brother Ling frowned and considered for a while. As a senior in thepany¡¯s management, he knew that there were a lot of things he has to handle in the real world. Each update was arranged by a different small team from thepany. As a result, he didn¡¯t understand War properly.

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± he asked.

    ¡°I¡¯m not sure!¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°It¡¯s better that we don¡¯t do anything right now. We should just observe the situation quietly for these few days and act like normal tourists. I am 90 percent sure that if we wait two to three days, something will happen!¡±

    Brother Ling nodded. ¡°All right! Brother Feng, I hope you are right.¡±

    ******

    In the next three days, all the people behaved like real tourists. They yed, shopped, and had nice meals.

    Due to the security team spying on them, no one went offline for even a second. They were so d that they had prepared before the mission. Even though they did not go offline to eat, they survived through the liquid nutrients of the game cabins.

    Of course, during these three days, there were so manyints in the group chat channel. After all, this had happened because Lin Aotian had raised everyone¡¯s suspicions. Otherwise, they could¡¯ve just done their activities freely; they could¡¯ve even found the clues for the task andpleted the mission. However, Mr. Lin and his two followers had closed their group channel. The three of them even moved to another hotel, so he didn¡¯t know about all theints.

    Other than the three of them, one person was doing the task alone. This person was Sha Lang.

    In fact, Sha Lang shared the same thought as Feng Luo. He felt that if they all operated together, their identities would easily be exposed. Therefore, after they got off the airship, he took to the task alone. Sometimes, he would report to the group through the group channel.

    Over the three days, no one saw a trace of him, and they did not know what was he doing. But, after three days, nothing had changed in Roguetown, just as Feng Luo had said.

    Feng Luo was patient because he thought that the biochip was only valid for five days. Hence, he was sure that something had to happen very soon in this five-day period. Nothing had happened in these three days probably because of the conversations between the chief bureau and the Umbre Corporation.

    He did not stop working at all in these three days. In fact, every night, once 24K recovered its energy, he would instruct the Scout Beetle to go out and search for information using its own methods. Even though he had sent the Scout Beetle into the sanitarium a few times, it still could not find the research area where T-virus had been invented or any traces of clinical trials or studies.

    ******

    After wasting three days, all the mission teams from the Lu Conglomerate, with the exception of Feng Luo, started to lose their patience.

    The sanitarium owned by the Umbre Corporation was located on the east side of the town. Guarded byyers of gold alloy password gates, a base was hidden ten floors below ground level. Inside, two people were talking through theirmunication devices.

    A man wearing a ck trench coat and a pair of sunsses sat on a futuristic, silver-colored metal chair. His gold hair, streaked with white, wasbed back. His slightly square face gave off an indifferent impression.

    ¡°Mr. Wesker, how long you will take to get the final result?¡±

    In front of him, a holoscreen floated on top of themunicator. A man in a white tuxedo was sitting in a luxurious box. His face appeared calm, but his eyes revealed his eagerness as he spoke.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Mr. Roaring Dragon Lightwind,¡± the sunsses-wear NPC named Wesker answered expressionlessly. ¡°This experiment is very important to me. The use of prisoners for this clinical trial has already alerted the FBI, so the experiment almost had to be suspended. But your men have helped me a lot.

    ¡°The adventurer volunteers have better body buildspared to the usual prisoners. Of course, the trial will have a higher chance of sess. We just have to wait until tomorrow night. Then you can reveal to all of your directors the surprising results from our cooperation. Also, your followers will get this powerful evolution energy, bing a crushing force among the adventurers!

    ¡°Our cooperation is definitely a win-win situation, Mr. Roaring Dragon Lightwind!¡± Wesker said expressionlessly into themunicator.

    ¡°All right then, I hope you can hurry it up...¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind kept quiet for a while, trying to keep his anxious eyes in check before he hung up themunicator.

    At that moment, a virtual girl wearing a white dress appeared in the air in front of Mr. Wesker, and said to him in the synthesized voice of a child, ¡°Mr. Wesker, the fusion process for canine experiment subjects numbers 5 to 15 have beenpleted. They are ready to go into the actual test!¡±

    At the same time, a snow-white wall a few meters from Mr. Wesker slowly transformed into a transparent screen. Behind the screen, ten hairless, dposing zombie dogs with bloody flesh were locked up in a closed room. They were huddled together, tearing up a human corpse.

    Eventually, the white floor and walls were painted red with blood. Internal organs and even bone fragments produced by the dogs¡¯ strong bites could be seen everywhere.

    ¡°Very well,¡± said Wesker. ¡°Tonight, we will test the fighting power of these canine experimental subjects. But this is a project that requires a big movement. Remember to remind the greedy guard captain to control the situation after the experiment. You should know that the real highlight is tomorrow night. Before this, do not let the target of these experimental subjects be infected by the T-virus.¡±

    Wesker¡¯s lips were straight, and his eyes beneath his sunsses showed a shred of indifference.

    A series of data appeared in the eyes of the girl before she looked up and added, ¡°Other than that, thepany headquarters informed us that the officer from the Federal Bureau of Investigation might have already snuck into Roguetown.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s okay,¡± Wesker replied coldly. ¡°After all, when the experiment results are out tomorrow, nothing will be left of this town.¡±

    Then he stood up from the chair and went into a room to the side.

 Chapter 128 - ombie Dog (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 128: Zombie Dog (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The dim moon hung on the night sky, shaped like a crescent as it drifted quietly toward the west.

    In the hotel, all of the yers who participated in the mission were gathered in a room, except for Sha Lang, Young Master Lin and two other yers who were in the same group. At that moment, a heated argument broke out from the room.

    ¡°What? You want to go explore the Umbre¡¯s sanatorium at this hour? Absolutely not!¡± Brother Ling¡¯s voice boomed loudly through the team channel as he sternly refused their proposal.

    One of Young Master Lin¡¯s followers, the Earth Energy Maniptor channel replied coldly over the team channel. ¡°Do you expect us to just sit here and do nothing? You must be aware that the identity camouge chip onlysts for five days. If we cannotplete our mission within that time frame, who knows what might happen? It has already been three days since we did anything at all¡ªit¡¯s as if we really came to sightsee as tourists!¡±

    ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for your team who acted impulsively, we wouldn¡¯t have been forced to waste three days doing nothing,ined a Heavy Armor Warrior yer with the ID ¡°100,000 Volts¡± with a discontented tone. ¡°Aren¡¯t you ashamed to speak such words to us?¡±

    ¡°Back then, everyone¡¯s main purpose was to gather information, and the sanatorium was our best shot at a lead. Therefore, it was naturally a main target of ours. Who knew that the sanatorium would be so well protected? We were only noticed because of our carelessness. Fortunately, our cover wasn¡¯t blown, and nothing serious happened, so there wasn¡¯t a huge effect. But some of you were rather timid and would not dare to act. You chose to cower in the room.¡±

    Not only did the Earth Energy Maniptor refused to own up to his mistake, but he even raised his voice. ¡°Look at it this way. If our mission hadn¡¯t started off on the wrong foot, all of us wouldn¡¯t have known that the security team and the Umbre Corporation have connections. Our mission could have failed right from the start!¡±

    ¡°Are you kidding me? Are you saying that the three of you should be awarded in this matter?!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior yer¡¯s voice rose in volume. If not for the fact that NPCs couldn¡¯t hear the conversations of yers over the team channel, they would have been noticed by the NPC guards ages ago.

    ¡°No matter your decision of whether to join us, we have already decided to sneak into the sanatorium for further investigation. We are just here to inform you.¡±

    The Earth Energy Maniptor did not say anything further and even switched off the team channel¡¯smunication function.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior yer was fuming.

    ¡°Young Master Lin, do you think they will sneak in tonight?¡±

    Not far from Feng Luo, the Earth Energy Maniptor was smiling as he stood behind a curtain, observing Young Master Lin with a telescope from a luxurious room opposite Feng Luo¡¯s hotel room.

    ¡°Three days have already been wasted. There is no doubt that many of them probably can¡¯t hold their patience any longer. Besides, based on the bullet I¡¯ve seen, I have a hunch that there must be some internal disagreement that¡¯s been going on for a while now, but it has been repressed by Ling Lei. However, now...¡±

    Young Master Lin¡¯s eyes were full of arrogance as he coldly answered, ¡°We do not have Scouts in our team, so it isn¡¯t suitable for my team to ze trails. Instead, let them take the lead and see if they can draw the attention of both the guards of the security team and the Umbre Corporation. Then we will go to the sanatorium.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m pretty sure they have no idea about you possessing a rare talent that enables us to sneak into the sanatorium easily. What happened thest time was purely an ident!¡±

    ¡°Hey, in the end, they¡¯ll finally realize that they didn¡¯t contribute much to the mission, and it was us who aplished it. Until then, we can get your dignity back, Young Master Lin!¡±

    ¡°Dignity? Hmph!¡± Young Master Lin answered in a proud and cold manner. ¡°Do you know what they secretly nicknamed you? Boot Licker! And do you know what they called me? Trust Fund Baby! These idiots. They have no idea I was using them all along!¡±

    ¡°What a good scheme, Young Master Lin. But if Sha Lang joined us, our operation would have had a higher chance of sess. He does have some skills up his sleeves, but who knew he had the guts to reject you directly when you personally invited him?¡± The Earth Energy Maniptor grinned as he spoke.

    ¡°He was personally recruited by Brother Lu. Even my father asked of me out of respect for him. I wouldn¡¯t provoke him if I were you. Anyhow, what¡¯s that noise outside?¡±

    Before he had finished his sentence, Young Master Lin furrowed his eyebrows and turned toward the source of the sound.

    ******

    A few seconds prior...

    ¡°D*mn this Trust Fund Baby!¡±

    In the room, looking at the team channel monitor that showed three people at a disconnected state, even Brother Ling¡ªwho was a patient man¡ªcouldn¡¯t help but swear.

    ¡°Brother Feng, we cannot wait any longer. Who knows what sort of tricks they have up their sleeves this time? They might just cause trouble again! I think we should act tonight. I have observed the NPC guards downstairs, and they seem less aware today. It wouldn¡¯t be difficult to sneak in without alerting them.¡±

    As Brother Ling turned around to look at him, Feng Luo replied, ¡°Indeed, we should act tonight. Someone mentioned before that things could happen if we waited for a few days. But three days have passed since then, and nothing has urred. If we wait any longer, we might as well be sitting ducks waiting to fail the mission.¡±

    Meanwhile, the Heavy Armor Warrior yer who had previously cursed made ament, and his choice of words had brought on some anger. The Earth Energy Maniptor snapped back at him and switched off hismunication function before the Heavy Armor Warrior yer could even reply. This made the Heavy Armor Warrior yer furious. To vent his anger, he spoke to Feng Luo in a rather harsh tone.

    Surprisingly, Feng Luo did not respond. At that moment, he snapped his head toward something outside.

    ¡°I don¡¯t think we should wait either,¡± a Scout with the ID ¡°Gunfire¡± added. In the middle of it all, no one had noticed that the look in his eyes had changed. ¡°We should just attack the sanatorium right away. I¡¯m sure there must be some important evidence that we can get ahold of. All we need to do is send a video of the evidence back to them, and even if we don¡¯t survive, the mission will still be considered as a sess.¡±

    ¡°Aaah!¡±

    However, at that moment, everyone heard a loud, ear-piercing scream.

    It was known that the town took certain measures to maintain its original ecology. All stores were required to close when the clock struck 12 a.m.; thus, the streets would bepletely empty by midnight. The scream pierced through the peaceful night, making everyone¡¯s hair stand on end.

    Before it subsided, two loud and panicky shouts erupted from the floor below them.

    ¡°Aaah!¡±

    ¡°Help!¡±

    They were the voices of a male and a female.

    Everyone¡¯s expressions immediately tensed as they looked at one another before running to the window to search for the source of the cry for help.

    A young tourist couple who wore matching outfits were seen running frantically out from a small, dark alley opposite the hotel. Their clothes were a mess, and panic was written all over their faces.

    ¡°Dang! What in the world are those two doing in an alley in the middle of the night¡ª?¡± said a wretched-looking Wind Maniptor in the team. But before he couldment any further, he was interrupted by something else.

    ¡°Quick! Look! What¡¯s that?¡± said the team Doctor, Xiao Jiu. She let out a soft yelp as she pointed toward something that was behind the NPC couple.

    Suddenly, two ck, canine-looking shadows which were taller than a meter in height appeared in the dark alley behind the couple and started charging at them.

    At first nce, the Wind Maniptor gasped. ¡°Godd*mn it! What kind of monster is this? A skinless dog? It¡¯s quite disgusting!¡±

    The canine beasts appeared in front of everyone. Almost all of their fur had fallen off their bodies. The skin was severely rotten, and muscle tissue with ck and crimson patches of blood clots covered most of their bodies. Their lungs and hearts could be seen pulsating between their ribs.

    The scariest part of it all was their eyes¡ªblood-red pupils sharpened in the middle of the white sclera as red veins spread likeworks throughout their eyes. Their canine teeth were more than ten centimeters long and almost touched the floor, and the reverse cutting edges of the ws on their paws were covered with blood, leaving a trail of gore behind as they moved.

    At that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were fixated only on the creatures. Because deep down, he knew that he was truly familiar with this species.

 Chapter 129 - Zombie Dog (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 129: Zombie Dog (Part 2)</h4>

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    ¡°Mu Zi? Check out the information on this monster!¡± Sister Rui called out to Mu Zi.

    ¡°No, there is no information about such a monster in the recon meter database. It might be some kind of new monster!¡±

    Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter was always put in the room with the interference function on. The purpose was to prevent the guards from installing surveince equipment. However, this time, he hastily looked at the recon meter and shook his head.

    ¡°Use Detection!¡± Feng Luo reminded him.

    In War, the basic function of the recon meter was to provide information by scanning the characteristics of a monster and getting the attribute characteristics of the monster through a data match in the Federation¡¯s database. Obviously, that Zombie Dog was not recorded in the Federation¡¯s database. That was why yers of other upations could not get any information about it.

    Nheless, the Scouts were an exception. They could use the Detection skill and directly obtain details on monsters from the system. It could be considered a ¡°bug¡± skill. Of course, the level of detail in the information obtained depended on the yer¡¯s level of Detection.

    Zombie Dog (Level 45, Normal). A type of mutated dog infected by a virus. Species number: ??. HP: 4200. Skill: ??. Attack has great viral infectivity.

    After using Detection, Mu Zi quickly got part of the details on the Zombie Dog.

    ¡°A Level-45 monster. Even though it is at the Normal grade, it is still higher than imagined. I¡¯m not sure what grade the zombies are at, but it must be slightly lower than the Zombie Dogs.¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the two terrifying Zombie Dogs on the streets below. He thought that they looked quite simr to the one in the movie Resident Evil, but they were significantly bigger in size.

    As a Doctor himself, Xiao Jiu was apparently shocked by the disgusting and terrifying appearance of the Zombie Dogs. He was stunned for a moment before he managed to react. Looking at the two terrified NPC couple who were still holding their hands tightly while running for their lives, he seemed to be moved by the ¡°true love¡± between them. Then he hurriedly said, ¡°Hey, are we not going to save those people? Those two look like they are going to be caught up by the monsters!¡±

    ¡°Depends on how things go!¡± Feng Luo answered inly.

    In the game, he would not act hastily to save NPCs under normal circumstances. Due to the overly immersive scene and plot, certain situations would asionally impact people¡¯s hearts, causing them to be impulsive. For him, though, the spectacle below was not enough to evoke any reactions in him.

    Moreover, there were inclothes guard soldiers downstairs. If they were to use their weapons and expose their identities, there might be a high chance that the mission would fail.

    ¡°Argh!¡±

    The calf of the female NPC tourist was bitten by a Zombie Dog. The canine teeth, which were more than 10 centimeters long, sank into her mercilessly. Just one bite with a crack sound, and the calf, with a sandaled foot on the end, was bitten until it was distorted. It was quite evident that the bone had been broken.

    The bite force was powerful, thought Feng Luo. It can be estimated that its attack power is not weak either!

    Feng Luo secretly madeparisons between these two Zombie Dogs and the species he had once seen in Resident Evil. He realized that these two Zombie Dogs were significantly stronger in speed in attack power.

    Under the dim streetlight, it was very challenging to clearly observe the fast pouncing of the Zombie Dogs. The ¡°truly loving¡± young man was dragged back across the ground as his girlfriend was bitten by the Zombie Dog. Surprisingly, his reaction was to immediately throw his girlfriend¡¯s hand away. He quickly crawled a little distance across the ground in confusion, picked himself up using all fours, and then ran away without turning back. His face nched with fear at the piercing and ripping sounds that wereing from behind him; the fear even made him wet and sh*t himself.

    ¡°Urp!¡±

    Watching the limbs of the female NPC being torn apart by the two Zombie Dogs¡ªwith her heart, intestines all exposed¡ªXiao Jiu and the female Chipmaster could not help but puke even though they did not have the gory visual mode turned on. Sister Rui was the only one who appeared undisturbed. Other than a slight frown, she was not very responsive to the situation.

    However, it seemed like the T-virus infected Zombie Dogs had shed all their fur were not interested in people who had been bitten to death, or maybe they just did not want to let go of any prey. After nibbling a few bites on the torn-apart female NPC, one of the Zombie Dogs sprang up all fours and sprinted toward the fleeing young man.

    ¡°Ah! Help!¡±

    The young man who had run off after ditching his girlfriend smelled blood and heard the thuds of footfalls bearing down on him from the rear. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, while at the same time, he desperately screamed for help.

    Unfortunately, his screams could not stop the Zombie Dog from chasing him. With a leap into the air, it jumped a few meters ahead and swooped over. The young man was immediately thrown to the ground, with his calf bitten by the blood-dripping mouth of the Zombie Dog.

    ¡°Serves him right!¡± Xiao Jiu had his hand covering the mouth, but seeing that male NPC being hunted down by the Zombie Dog, he cursed in a low voice, then turned around to continue throwing up.

    Bang!

    Suddenly, a gunshot was fired. It hit the chest of the Zombie Dog that was biting the young man.

    ¡°Damn it! What is this? There¡¯s a beast¡ªfor real?¡± someone said.

    A few inclothes guard soldiers who had been secretly spying on Feng Luo and the gang were the ones who had shot it. They had let down their guard to rest in the room since Feng Luo and his group had not conducted any abnormal activities for three consecutive days. At this time, they finally came out of their hideout and fired hastily when they saw the scenario of the Zombie Dog attacking people.

    ¡°Whoa!¡±

    Unexpectedly, the Zombie Dog, which had been shot in its chest, reacted as if nothing had happened. It lowered its head again and tore a bloody chunk of flesh from the back of the young man. It then raised its head, wrinkled its nose and curled its lips back over its teeth. It looked at the guard soldiers with a murderous, bloodthirsty gaze as the blood in its mouth dripped to the ground and formed a puddle.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The young man let out a scream. He could not run after his leg had been broken by the bite. Now, the severe injury to his back was causing him to experience extreme pain.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    A tall, slim guard soldier fired his pistol continuously. With the distance being no more than 10 meters, each of his shots hit the body of the Zombie Dog urately, yet it took nearly eight to nine shots to kill the hairless Zombie Dog. It was covered with bullet holes, and its intestines were dragging across the ground when it finally dropped dead with its eyes open.

    ¡°Please, please... help... me!¡± To everyone¡¯s surprise, that young man was not dead yet. He extended his trembling, blood-soaked hand. His calf was broken, and at least two pounds of flesh had been torn from his back by the Zombie Dog. His bloody bones and pounding lungs could even be seen, but he was, surprisingly, still alive.

    Of course, Feng Luo was the only one who knew he could notst. This was because the moment he was bitten, the T-virus entered his bloodstream and spread throughout his body.

    ¡°Calling main party,¡± the slender guard soldier shouted at hismunicator while holding his pistol high. ¡°The streets in Area 14 have been attacked by some unknown mutated dogs. There is someone with serious injuries to his back and legs. Backup is needed! Backup is needed!¡± He ran toward the young man while yelling at him, ¡°Don¡¯t panic. Backup wille right away! Sh*t! Damn it! Why is the signal not connecting?¡±

    There seemed to be no response from themunicator, so the slender inclothes guard soldier swore loudly. He then ran over to the young man and helped to pull the body of the Zombie Dog off of him. He then helped the young man into a sitting position.

    ¡°Hold on,¡± he said. ¡°Backup will be here soon¡ªah!¡±

    As soon as he helped the young man to a sitting position, the slender guard suddenly shrieked. It turned out that the Zombie Dog was not entirely dead yet, even though it had already been showered with bullets until its intestines had spilled out. It suddenly opened its mouth and sank its two 10-centimeter-long canines deep into his calf.

    ¡°Sh*t!¡± the slender guard soldier screamed in pain.

    Luckily, his partner had caught up in time. The two of them fired about a dozen shots at the Zombie Dog. Finally, they managed to smash its brain with bullets.

    Fortunately, the strength of the Zombie Dog¡¯s bite was not as strong as it had been before; the officer¡¯s leg was notpletely broken like the young man¡¯s. However, the other inclothes guard soldier, who was shooting another Zombie Dog, came back empty-handed. This was because as soon as the first Zombie Dog copsed, the other Zombie Dog tilted its head, swung its hairless tail as if it had received an order, and turned around to run toward the dark alley it hade from.

    Although the guard soldier was chasing him from behind and firing at it continuously with his pistol, the Zombie Dog was unusually agile. It unexpectedly managed to avoid most of the bullets with its irregr running pattern. As for thest one or two bullets that peppered some holes into the Zombie Dog¡¯s body, the bullets prated its body, but it still ran away swiftly as if it entirely unaffected.

    After it ran for about 20 meters, just before it made it back into the dark alley¡ª

    Bang!

    A dull gunshot suddenly resounded through the alley. The Zombie Dog, which was running at high speed, seemed to have been walloped by something from the side. Its whole body was thrown back by the impact. Then its neck suddenly broke with a bang.

    The remainder of the body slid forward along the limestone road for some distance due to its inertia, scattering a long trail of blood and internal organs.

    ¡°Sniper?¡±

    Feng Luo twitched his ears and quickly turned his head toward the corner of the rooftop to a three-story building not far away. However, there were no signs of anyone on it by then.

    The Level-45 Zombie Dog was easily killed with just one shot. Even after breaking the neck of the Zombie Dog, the impact of the shot was still so powerful that it created a visible crater on the limestone road, demonstrating the power and lethality of the gun.

    This kind Lethal damage was indeed inflicted by the ¡°Python of Death,¡± the Barrett.

 Chapter 130 - Shadowing

    <h4>Chapter 130: Shadowing</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo pinpointed the location of the Sniper by identifying the source of the gunshot. However, by the time he looked over to the suspected location, Sha Lang, who had been on the roof of the opposite building, had already left.

    He had, after all, used a weapon; it would undoubtedly be troublesome if he was spotted by the guard soldier NPCs. Thus, it would be unwise for him to stick around.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    After seeing neither hide nor hair of Sha Lang, Feng Luo was about to turn away when he caught sight of several people out of the corner of his eye. Standing by the window of a room on the second floor of the building Sha Lang had been on were Young Master Lin and his followers. Their faces took on ghastly expressions as they watched what happened on the street through their window. Although the streetlights were fairly dim, with Feng Luo¡¯s sharp vision, he immediately singled out the binocrs sped in Lin Aotian¡¯s hands.

    Initially, the window was blocked by thick curtains. Thus, the interior of the room could not be seen from the outside. But obviously, due to what was happening in the street, Young Mater Lin and his followers had forgotten all about remaining undercover. Currently, all three of them were standing right next to the window, peering down at the street.

    ¡°So that is where they¡¯re staying. But what¡¯s with the binocrs?¡± Feng Luo murmured, feeling bemused.

    Before this, when Lin Aotian and hispanions left the hotel, they had not told anyone else where they had gone. Now, it appeared they had not gone far at all, as they had been staying in the opposite building all along. Feng Luo recalled that the building was supposed to be a hotel. It was also suspicious that their room provided a very clear and direct view of Feng Luo¡¯s building.

    Seems like there¡¯s some ulterior motive to this.

    As Feng Luo was pondering, he tried to refrain from looking directly at them. Instead, he chose to observe them out of the corner of his eye. Nevertheless, it seemed that Young Master Lin and his people still managed to realize that their location had been exposed. The Earth Energy Maniptor nced in Feng Luo¡¯s direction, then whispered something in Young Master Lin¡¯s ear. After that, they hastily drew the curtains.

    ¡°That look in their eyes was definitely panic. Hmm... Something smells fishy!¡± Feng Luo said aloud as his suspicions grew.

    He reached out with his mind. In his room, there was a silver briefcase lying on the desk. A beetle about the size of a fingernail slowly crawled out of it. It then buzzed its transparent wings and flew through the gap between the windows, heading toward where Lin Aotian and his people were located.

    Feng Luo decided not to switch his view to the vision of the Scout Beetle yet. He turned his eyes back to the street downstairs, to the young man who was seriously injured and the skinny guard soldier whose leg had been bitten.

    Of course, his gaze also fell upon the female NPC teenager who appeared to have died.

    The T-virus would not activate immediately after entering the human body. It would depend on how long it took for the immune system of the infected person to bepromised and cause the victim to lose their mind and their natural bodily instincts to go haywire.

    Generally, if it was a minor infection through contaminated water or air, even victims with frailer constitutions could survive for at least a day or two, whereas stronger people could actually bepletely immune to the virus. However, if the victim was injured, especially in cases of severe injuries, then the time of infection would be reduced to a few dozen minutes. As for people who had already been bitten to death, the onset time would generally be less than a few minutes.

    Of course, this information was all based on the data of the T-virus in Feng Luo¡¯s memory. In War, the T-virus was supposed to be a mutated species of another highly evolved virus. He was unsure of the exact effect it had. As a result, up until now, he could not even confirm yet whether this virus was the T-virus. Nevertheless, the possibility of it being the T-virus was extremely high!

    In the present moment, everyone could agree that the scene on the street outside was horrifyingly bloody. The fact that there was one dead and one injured was not overwhelmingly scary, but the gruesome thing was how the female NPC had died. Not only were her intestines torn out, but one of her hands and both of her legs had been ripped offpletely by the Zombie Dog, with only a mangled right hand still attached to her body.

    Moreover, the disaster was not only confined to this street. From all over Roguetown, awful screams, cries for help, and gunshots could be heard. It seemed that this was not the only ce where the Zombie Dogs were wreaking havoc.

    From the room windows around the hotel, the heads of many tourists and native townspeople could be seen sticking out to investigate themotion. However, most of them shrank back in fright after seeing the situation downstairs and hearing the sounds of gunshots around them.

    Only a few people rushed out of the surrounding shops and the hotel, running onto the street to help the injured young man and the guard soldier. Luckily, at this critical moment, there were still people who were selfless in extending help.

    ¡°Brother Feng, this can¡¯t be the thing that you said would happen, can it?¡±

    The sudden words blurted out by Mu Zi made the yers¡ªwho were initially curious or stunned by the happenings downstairs¡ªregain their bearings. Many of them lifted their heads to look at Feng Luo. They recalled that they had been discussing whether to act at night when that discussion was abruptly cut short by the emergency downstairs.

    The ironic thing was, right before this, the Heavy Armor Warrior ¡°100,000 Volts¡± had just been challenging Feng Luo¡¯s prediction of a mission-rted event happening during these three days. As a result, the situation downstairs was like being pped in the face by the facts.

    100,000 Volts looked slightly awkward. He tried to defend himself after seeing a lot of people looking at him. ¡°It¡¯s already past midnight,¡± he said, ¡°so it¡¯s been more than three days! Moreover, the situation downstairs might not be rted to the mission, anyway.¡±

    This time, nobody went along with him, not even the Scout with the ID of ¡°Gunfire,¡± who was too embarrassed to utter any words of support now. Everyone here was an elite yer. Of course, they would understand right away that the emergency downstairs was not entirely a coincidence. It definitely had something to do with the mission.

    However, while everyone was paying attention to Feng Luo, Feng Luo, on the other hand, had drifted off again. He had not been listening to what they were talking about whatsoever. It was because, at this time, Feng Luo was connected to his Scout Beetle through the ¡°Mental Link¡± skill and was eavesdropping on the Earth Energy Maniptor.

    ¡°Damn it! Young Master Lin, monsters suddenly appearing out of nowhere in this town and killing off the NPCs?¡± he eximed in a tone of chagrin. ¡°This can¡¯t be rted to the mission, right?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯d say it is!¡± Lin Aotian sounded slightly calmer, but his voice was tinged with annoyance.

    ¡°I just did not expect that this Feng Zhi Luoye person would actually be correct in his prediction. Before Gunfire had sent us a message, he was so close to persuading everyone to infiltrate the sanatorium...¡±

    ¡°The situation is unstable now, so it is unlikely that they will risk going there tonight,¡± said the Heavy Armor Warrior who was with them. ¡°After all, they had disguised themselves as tourists. In such a case, logically, they should be cowering in their rooms, not wandering about the streets.¡±

    ¡°If this is the case,¡± said Young Master Lin, sounding slightly annoyed, ¡°our earlier n of using them to draw the attention of Umbre Corporation and the guard soldiers while we sneak in undetected cannot be carried out anymore. Use themunicator to ask Gunfire about it!¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡± the Earth Energy Maniptor said and scrambled toply.

    Not one of them was aware that everything said had already been picked up by the beetle that was perching on the window, its body color blending in seamlessly with its surroundings. Not only that, but the information had even reached Feng Luo¡¯s ears, who was on the opposite building dozens of meters away.

    Listening up until this point, Feng Luo nced behind him at the Scout yer who was conversing with Brother Ling and the other yers about their next move. None of them could have expected that Young Master Lin was not as impulsive or brainless as he appeared to be. In fact, he was deviously tricky and cunning, ready to manipte and use everyone here to his own benefit.

    He had even gone so far as to nt a spy among them.

    However, after waiting for more than ten seconds, themunicator of the Scout yer named Gunfire did not ring at all.

    ¡°Huh? This is weird!¡± came the confused voice of the Earth Energy Maniptor through the Scout Beetle. ¡°Themunicator is disconnected! Themunicator failed to connect!¡±

    At that moment, some of the yers in the room had also noticed that something was wrong.

    ¡°Themunicationworks are blocked by interference!¡± said a female Wind Energy Maniptor whose life profession was Chip Expert. She removed her tech sses and gave them two solid whacks. ¡°There is a strong source of interference in this town!¡±

    Finally, someone voiced what everyone was thinking: ¡°What do we do now?¡±

    They had not even reached a final decision from their previous discussion when this unexpected situation had urred. Now, everyone was forced to consider the impact of theirmunicators being out ofmission.

    However, this did not include Feng Luo. After learning that Young Master Lin and his followers were just bluffing and that they would not go to the sanatorium tonight, Feng Luo turned his attention back to the street below¡ªto the dead female teenager who had been bitten to the point where her internal organs were exposed. It seemed that her face was slowly turning a pale greenish color. Feng Luo couldn¡¯t confirm whether or not it was a hallucination, but he could have sworn that he saw her wide, lifeless eyes move the slightest bit.

    It was such an inconspicuous movement that the young man lying on the ground and the guard soldier, both of whom were not far from her dead body, did not notice it.

    Feng Luo nced at the time, noting that about four minutes had passed since the moment she¡¯d been bitten.

    It takes around four minutes for the virus to take effect in a dead body?

    However, just as he thought the plot of Resident Evil would take ce and the dead woman would be resurrected and hug her boyfriend... a siren suddenly wailed, followed by a white medical ambnce rounding the corner of the street, speeding toward them. It pulled up next to the victims. A few men, encased head to toe in protective suits, got down from the vehicle. There was a logo of an umbre in red and white painted on the ambnce.

    ¡°Umbre Corporation?¡±

    Feng Luo was stunned. He wondered why the people from Umbre Corporation would be here.

    The men picked up the female teenager¡¯s ¡°corpse¡± and sealed her in a huge ck sack.

    At the same time, one of them discreetly injected something into her body. After that, her eyes, which had been starting to move, went back to being nk and rigid within seconds. The action was so subtle that no one had noticed it. But Feng Luo, who had been staring at them with razor-sharp focus, had caught it.

    Other than the men in the protective suits, there was also a middle-aged man in a whiteb coat who was in the passenger seat of the ambnce. He seemed to be a researcher, and he was trying to exin something to the guard soldiers who were trying to stop them.

    By reading his lips, Feng Luo got the gist of it. Due to many ces in the town being attacked, the local hospital was struggling with ack of emergency response personnel, so, as a part of themunity, the Umbre Corporation had generously dispatched their own medical team from the sanatorium to help treat the victims.

    Finally, two injured victims, plus one deceased, were all hoisted into the ambnce. The men employed by the Umbre Corporation returned to the vehicle and drove away.

    However, no one noticed that a translucent beetle had snuck into the ambnce.

 Chapter 131 - Accidental Findings

    <h4>Chapter 131: idental Findings</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo was in a hotel room. His eyes seemed to have lost focus. But actually, his vision was following the Scout Beetle, tailing a medical vehicle that was speeding towards the sanitorium owned by the Umbre Corporation.

    The psionics index of 24K was depleting quickly. The rate of consumption depended on the distance between the Scout Beetle and the King Beetle; the further it was, the faster the depletion.

    On top of that, the maximum scouting distance of a Level-20 Scout Beetle was within 1,000 meters. Luckily, he was situated not too far from the sanitarium. The discement from it was about 600 meters.

    Feng Luo wasn¡¯t unfamiliar with the sanitarium. He had been exploring most of the sanitarium with the help of the beetle for the past three days. However, he hadn¡¯t found the exact location of the secret base. This was mainly due to the exhaustion of the psionics index. He didn¡¯t have much time to inspect the ce each time.

    Right now, this was certainly a golden opportunity.

    A minute or soter, the Umbre Corporation¡¯s medical vehicle entered the main gate of the sanitarium, heading toward the subsidiary hospital in the sanitarium. However, halfway through the journey, the lead researcher got down from the vehicle.

    Feng Luo hesitated, then decided to let the Scout Beetle follow him. After all, entering the hospital wasn¡¯t a hard task, but going after this man might lead him to their secret base.

    However, rather than Feng Luo¡¯s expectation, this man who looked like the head of the researchers did not enter the secret base immediately as he thought he would. Instead, he walked for a few seconds to the edge of the forest, heading towards a wooden cabin that featured a majestic view.

    In the middle of the cabin, a man wearing a pair of sunsses and dressed in a ck leather trench coat sat on a chair,municating with someone via the virtual screen of amunicator. His call ended just as the head of researchers arrived, and the screen was switched off. But, through the Scout Beetle, Feng Luo managed to get a quick peek of the person from the other end just before it was switched off.

    Feng Luo was astounded by what he saw.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon ¡®Lightwind¡¯?¡±

    Feng Luo was startled. He would never have expected to see his all-time rival here.

    Roaring Dragon ¡®Lightwind¡¯ is associated with the Umbre Corporation? Is it just him alone or the entire Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?

    Thoughts shed through Feng Luo¡¯s mind. However, his attention was pulled back when the lead researcher addressed the man in the leather trench coat and sunsses.

    ¡°Mr. Wesker!¡± the head researcher in ab coat said, respectfully greeting the man in the sunsses.

    Wesker?

    The name made Feng Luo¡¯s heart stagger.

    Wesker was one of the most important characters in the Umbre Corporation from Biohazard. In the movie version, he was the biggest viin after the supeputer known as ¡°Red Queen.¡±

    Why would such an important character be here? Not to mention that he had just seen Roaring Dragon ¡®Lightwind¡¯. This mission was getting more and moreplicated.

    ¡°What¡¯s the status?¡± Wesker said without any emotion.

    ¡°Four groups have alreadypleted the test,¡± the head researcher reported. ¡°ording to the data, theirbat power have basically met our expectations. However, Sample Number 5 was killed by a kind of powerful sniper rifle. We suspect that some tourists may have been carrying highly lethal weapons. Nheless, it could also be armed personnel from the FBI.¡±

    Weapons weren¡¯t prohibited in many ces in War, hence many NPCs were armed¡ªnot to mention the yers. Having said that, Roguetown was one of the weapons-free zones.

    Feng Luo was shocked by the lead researcher¡¯s words. To his surprise, the Umbre Corporation already knew about the intervention of the FBI. If that was the case, wouldn¡¯t they be exposed easily from now on?

    ¡°The FBI?¡± Wesker asked coldly. But what he said next was beyond what was expected. ¡°Great. I was worried about the experiment tomorrow night. If we only relied on ordinary guard soldiers, it will not show the real power of my masterpiece. Now we even have some ¡®bugs¡¯ withbat power...

    ¡°Sir, what do you mean?¡±

    The lead researcher was uncertain about it.

    ¡°We don¡¯t have to bother about them as long as they do not attempt to enter the sanitarium. Also, we don¡¯t even have to waste our time to find them, as tomorrow night, they will alle crawling out. Till then, they will be smashed.¡±

    Wesker said frigidly.

    ¡°Yes sir!¡±

    The researcher nodded. Just then, the minimunicator on his ear buzzed.

    ¡°Is there a problem, Director Locke?¡±

    The lead researcher asked with a light tone.

    ¡°What the hell are you guys doing? Why are there so many disgusting dogs in the town all of a sudden? So far there has been 20 over casualties! Those including 13 tourists, seven residents and five guard soldiers! Do you know what this means?¡±

    The obese guard director¡¯s roar transmitted through themunicator.

    ¡°My apologies. There was an ident today, a few of our subjects have escaped!¡±

    The lead researcher replied calmly.

    ¡°ident? Do you know what are the consequences of this ident? Roguetown¡¯s tourism is screwed! I AM SCREWED!¡±

    The obese director was now shouting.

    ¡°No, Director Locke, this is just a small matter, it isn¡¯t as bad as you think. How about this, you just help to cover up this incident, we have already sent our men to deal with it.¡±

    ¡°Cover it up? And how am I supposed to do that? Even three of my people have been killed. Harley that old b*astard has been suspicious of my motives. You know he is well respected among the guards!¡±

    The obese director yelled.

    ¡°50 million credits!¡±

    ¡°Director Locke, I suppose 50 million is enough for your service this time? Besides, it wasn¡¯t your fault for what happened today, so your future will not be affected. Even if it did, and you have fled to the rebel army¡¯s territory, the money we are giving you plus those you have gotten previously are more than enough for you to splurge for a lifetime.¡±

    The lead researcher remainedposed.

    ¡°50 million?¡±

    The obese director¡¯s voice turned into a squeak; he repeated hesitantly for confirmation.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, 50 million! All converted to Energy Crystals, depreciation free guaranteed.¡±

    The lead researcher said emotionlessly.

    ¡°O...okay! ¡±

    The obese director sounded like he was gritting his teeth, but still he continued questioning.

    ¡°But why was themunication system cut off? If it wasn¡¯t the specialmunicator you guys gave, I wouldn¡¯t be able to reach my subordinates. This must have been your doings right?¡±

    ¡°Because of such severe mistakes, there will be severe negative impacts on ourpany¡¯s image if it was exposed. Hence we shut themunication system down temporarily to make time for our crisis management team to minimise the impact...¡±

    The researcher exined.

    ¡°Is that so?¡±

    The obese director sounded a bit doubtful.

    ¡°I don¡¯t have any reasons to lie to you! Director Locke, just help us to stabilize the situation for now. No worries, we will only need a day to settle everything, and the money will be ready by then too!¡±

    The lead researcher said before hanging up.

    ¡°Well done! This man could still proof that he is useful at the veryst moment.¡±

    Wesker stood up from the chair, giving hisst words as he turned around and left.

    The Scout Beetle that was perched on the window started pping its wings silently and followed behind him.

    Wesker walked through a rotating wall and entered a back room. He pressed a button in his hand and the floor in the center of the room slowly slid open, revealing an instation simr to an elevator. Then, he stood directly on it.

    The door shutpletely. On the surface was just wooden coated, but on the inside of it was actually an electromaic door made of superalloy.

    ¡°Abnormal air fluctuation detected from scans around you!¡±

    A virtual projection of a girl in white appeared beside Wesker out of the blue, as she looked up to him and reported.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Wesker with his sunsses raised an eyebrow.

    ¡°Advanced security check activated!¡±

    The little girl said with a childish voice.

    Three secondster, Feng Luo¡¯s vision turned pitched ck.

    Staring at the message from the system on the death of the Scout Beetle, Feng Luo became lost in his thoughts.

    ¡°Little girl? Was it a supeputer? Red Queen? Or the White Queen?¡±

 Chapter 132 - Is It Dawn?

    <h4>Chapter 132: Is It Dawn?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The second half of the night in Roguetown was nothing close to peaceful.

    From time to time, the sounds of howling and cries for help were heard from different locations. It only ended just before daybreak. However, when the sun rose from the horizon and shed light on this town deep in the jungle, its scenery, which had once been famous for its sightseeing, had turned into something else.

    The originally clean and neatly paved limestone street was now filled with debris and garbage. Pools of blood and trails of footprints of dried blood could be seen here and there.

    Some of the roadside stalls had been smashed, and the goods inside were a total mess. Some of the walls were painted ck with dried bloodstains. It seemed as if some creature had invaded the ce or someone had fled and hid herest night.

    A patrol car that had lostmunication was seen driving along the streets. It kept using the built-in speakers to announce that the events of the night before had been caused by a monster intrusion, and it had been taken care of. The voice imed that there was no need to panic.

    However, these efforts were in vain. For as soon as dawn broke, all the tourists took their luggage and rushed to the exit points outside town.

    Roguetown was severely damaged.

    ¡°Won¡¯t we be at risk of being exposed as soon as all these people leave?¡± Mu Zi said with a low voice as he walked through the streets with Feng Luo and Sister Rui.

    ¡°That is, if they manage to leave,¡± Feng Luo said calmly, shaking his head. ¡°If they can shut downmunications, the only exit point to leave the town will most likely be shut too. As for the reason, it¡¯s obvious.¡±

    For an entity like Umbre Corporation, if they wanted to suppress the news, they wouldn¡¯t stop at simply cutting offmunications.

    Mu Zi came to a sudden realization. ¡°That¡¯s true. The NPCs in this game are not as dumb as those in other games. By the way, Brother Feng, how did you manage to get that information?¡± he asked in confusion and excitement. ¡°If I¡¯m not mistaken, you¡¯ve hardly left your room these days, so it isn¡¯t possible that you were out gathering intel. Why do you act as if everything was under control?¡±

    Sister Rui was curious about it too. Last night, when everyone was arguing and unable toe to a consensus, this young Brother Feng had thrown out one piece of information after another that no one had had any clue about. He had stunned everyone, and they had decided on today¡¯s n based on his information.

    ¡°For now... let it remain a secret!¡± Feng Luo said.

    He smiled. He wasn¡¯t ready to tell anyone about the existence of 24K because he had just realized how rare it was to obtain a pet in War.

    It had been a week since thest update. Since then, plenty of yers had attempted pet missions in order to be rewarded with a pet. However, the results had left many speechless.

    Not only was the difficulty of the mission beyond imagination, but it was very time-consuming. On the other hand, thepletion rate was extremely low¡ªless than one-tenth. More importantly, the pet biochip rewarded was the lowest-ranked chip. It could only be used to control some Normal monsters with low intelligence levels.

    Pet biochips that could control Elite or higher-ranked monsters were not attainable through missions. They only spawned from a killed monster that was controlled by the rebel army.

    Needless to say, the urrence of such an event was dreadfully scarce!

    Currently, the price of such a pet biochip had surpassed that of a Rare, decently attributed equipment. As for a pet biochip that could control a Commander-grade monster, the price was more than 1,000,000 credits per chip. They were priceless due to the high demand, and it was impossible to purchase one through the Exchange.

    If news of him having a Boss-grade pet was leaked, he would be noticed by many. Worse still, all of War would know about the Golden King Beetle.

    It could bring him fame, but that was certainly not a good thing.

    Feng Luo shook his head and said to both of them, ¡°Brother Lin and his men formed three teams to the hospital and a few other ces. Our target is only the guard station.¡±

    The three of them were heading toward the town¡¯s guard station. Due to the chaos the night before, no one was watching them anymore. After three days, the yers could finally move freely.

    ording to what Feng Luo had heard from Wesker, the guard station was definitely an important location for the Umbre Corporation. Hence, he had decided to make it their first target. That was because Feng Luo had figured something out.

    The obese Director Locke might be the key to thepletion of this city building mission. He knew the most secrets about Umbre Corporation in all of Roguetown.

    Feng Luo noticed that they were in a blind spot. So far, they had only been thinking about evidence in the form of materials. They even thought about recording the crime scene through the terminal. They had not considered that if they could find someone to testify, it would be just as effective.

    The fat director had epted a huge amount of bribes to help thepany in many ways. He must have had some insider information. This had been confirmed by the two conversations he had tapped via the scout beetle. If he could testify against Umbre Corporation, half of the city-building mission would be considered done.

    However, it would be very difficult to get him to open his mouth under normal circumstances.

    From what they understood, the squad was made up of about 100 guards, and the director always stayed in the guard station. Forget about making a deal with him; it was difficult to even meet him. However, the guard station was at risk of being under attack tonight, so most of the personnel might be transferred to some other ce. This could potentially provide a chance for them.

    ******

    ¡°The situation seems to be really bad. The guards have been busy the entire morning.¡±

    It was past noon, and Feng Luo, Mu Zi, and Sister Rui were pretending to leisurely enjoy their afternoon tea on the second floor of a cafe situated right across from the guard station. At this hour, they were the only customers. The cafe was extremely quiet.

    The cafe was right across the guard station. Perhaps this was the reason why the owner wasn¡¯t too paranoid about being open for business after what had happenedst night.

    ¡°The exit point is closed,¡± Mu Zi whispered. ¡°The reason is that there is a huge crater in the runaway, which can only be fixed by tomorrow morning. Many tourists were forced to return to the town.¡±

    ¡°Little Feng, this was obviously done by Umbre Corporation!¡± Sister Rui eximed softly. ¡°Looks like they might have another Evolution Virus testing on a muchrger scale tonight!¡±

    ¡°Anyway, try to be safe and stay away from the zombies,¡± Feng Luo said as he eyed the guard station. ¡°If you are bitten by them, contact me immediately. I have some antidote in my bag. They need to be stored at a low temperature, so I can only give it as needed.¡±

    ¡°All right!¡± Sister Rui nodded.

    ¡°Hey, someone ising!¡±

 Chapter 133 - The Key to the Mission

    <h4>Chapter 133: The Key to the Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The wooden stairs creaked as someone ascended the steps. Two NPC guards in sweat-drenched uniforms walked into the cafe.

    ¡°Captain Harley! You must be exhausted from today,¡± greeted the owner of the cafe. He was an African man in his forties who greeted the elder of the two guards as soon as they walked in. ¡°Come sit down and have a drink.¡±

    ¡°Solo, did anything happen herest night?¡± asked Captain Harley in a tired voice. The Caucasian man who was referred to as Captain Harley seemed to be around 50 years old, a corporal near retirement age.

    ¡°Thanks to y¡¯all guard soldiers, everything is fine here. As a token of my appreciation, let me get you a drink, on the house. Captain Harley, this is one of the best from my cer...¡±

    ¡°Harley?¡±

    That name sounded familiar. Feng Luo flicked through his memories and recalled that yesterday, the fat director had mentioned a certain ¡°Harley¡± who was suspicious of his motives. Not only that, but he had alsomented that this Harley wasn¡¯t someone easy to deal with.

    So, this is the guy?

    He turned his head ever so subtly to the side to observe Captain Harley out of the corner of his eye. Captain Harley seemed to be quite tired. His eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he had been busy and hadn¡¯t slept at all sincest night.

    ¡°Captain, why did you agree to that greedy fatso? What happened yesterday night was clearly suspicious,¡±ined the younger guard¡ªwho seemed to be in his twenties¡ªin a low voice as soon as they sat down.

    ¡°The past three times,¡± said Captain Harley, ¡°they imed that it was caused by some beast that came from the mountains. However, I secretly extracted a sample and got it tested by a friend at the hospital, and I found out that Billy and the rest of them were infected by a special strain of virus.¡±

    ¡°Virus? This certainly has something to do with Umbre Corporation!¡± eximed the indignant young man. Even though his voice was soft, it was imbued by barely suppressed fury and agitation. ¡°There is definitely something wrong with the sanatorium! Let¡¯s just go in and investigate it. There must be some sort of clue there! You have always argued with him regarding this issue, but why is it that you have agreed to cover it up this time?¡±

    ¡°Sam...¡± Captain Harley remained silent for a moment before speaking up. ¡°Roguetown is our home. You should know the reason behind its advancement. If stories like this came to light in public, the impact on our tourism industry would be monumentally devastating. Enough to shut it down for good. Do you still remember how was our life was like ten years ago, before tourism was developed? What kind of lives did we live back then?¡±

    Captain Harley looked up and downed the ss of alcohol given to him by the bartender in one gulp.

    ¡°No one would want to go back to that kind of life! This is why I chose to cooperate with Locke for the time being. But I swore this would be thest time! I will report his wrongdoings to our superiors after this, we must remove this malignant tumor from Roguetown!¡± Captain Harley snarled thisst part with the utmost conviction. ¡°And Umbre! If they really are responsible for what happened, I will do everything within my power to make sure that they pay the price!¡±

    Feng Luo blinked, an idea shing through his mind.

    He leaned over to murmur something to Mu Zi and Sister Rui before leaving his seat and walking toward the table with the two guards.

    ¡°Hello, Captain Harley!¡± Feng Luo called out as he walked over to Harley.

    ¡°Wha...? what¡¯s the matter?¡± Harley looked up. His face was red from the vigorous drinking.

    ¡°Here¡¯s the thing, Captain Harley. I have some important information regarding what happenedst night. Can I have a private moment with you?¡± said Feng Luo as he looked into Harley¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°About what happenedst night?¡± Harley frowned a little.

    ******

    ¡°What? You mean what happened yesterday was the work of Umbre Corporation? Not only that, but the reason behind it was to use everyone in Roguetown to test the biochemical virus that they had invented?¡±

    They were in a separate room in the cafe. Captain Harley could hardly contain his astonishment and could barely keep his voice down after hearing what Feng Luo had disclosed.

    ¡°It¡¯s impossible,¡± he said. ¡°They couldn¡¯t have had the guts to do that! There are thousands of local Roguetown residents, and if you include the tourists here, that would add up to at least 2,000 people. Has the person in charge of Umbre lost his mind to conduct a biochemical virus experiment on a town with an approximate poption of 2,000?¡±

    Captain Harley denied what Feng Luo told him. Perhaps it was due to the fact that deep down, he could not believe that such a horrible thing was happening.

    ¡°Captain Harley, Umbre Corporation is a bigger daredevil than you could imagine,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I am not sure if the person in charge has gone nuts, but I do know that Director Locke was definitely bribed by them!¡±

    ¡°Locke, that parasite...¡± Harley wasn¡¯t really surprised to hear what Feng Luo had said.

    Come to think of it, it was impossible that the notoriously money-hungry Locke hadn¡¯t epted bribes from the onlyrge corporation in the town. Therefore, Feng Luo could understand why Harley wasn¡¯t surprised. Despite that, he still had enough bargaining chips to gain Harley¡¯s trust.

    Feng Luo reckoned that Harley could be a helpful character nted in for this mission by the system. After all, the yers in Roguetown were too weak to challenge the resource-rich and well-protected Umbre Corporation by themselves. Besides raiding the sanatorium and hoping for the best, they were left with the option of teaming up with the NPCs.

    However, due to finding out at the start that the guards were in cahoots with Umbre Corporation¡ªin addition to being monitored by inclothes guard soldiers these few days¡ªFeng Luo had instinctively developed a negative opinion and thought of them as enemies.

    Unfortunately, he had failed to take into consideration that the collusion was only between the director and the corporation. More precisely, between those supporting the director and the corporation. Meanwhile, Captain Harley, who was the director¡¯s rival, could have been a potential ally. If he had had Captain Harley¡¯s help from the beginning, he might have already seeded in gathering evidence on the human experiment that Umbre Corporation was carrying out.

    Feng Luo was aware of his mistake, but clearly, now wasn¡¯t the time for self-reflection.

    ¡°Captain Harley, actually I am¡ª¡±

    Suddenly, a loudmotion could be heard through the windows.

    A young guard¡¯s confused voice drifted out from the cafe. ¡°Huh? What¡¯s the matter? There seems to be a disturbance at the hospital!¡±

    Corporal Harley¡¯s face sank. Both of them stood immediately and hurried to look out of the windows. They saw crowds of people rushing from the gates of the hospital a stone¡¯s throw away from them. All of the people looked panicked.

    Faintly, dreadful screams and cries for help could be hearding from that direction.

    It was simr tost night¡¯s situation¡ªbut worse!

 Chapter 134 - Biohazard, Commence!

    <h4>Chapter 134: Biohazard, Commence!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Less than 10 meters away from Feng Luo, on the rooftop of the inpatient hospital, a scientific researcher who wore a full protective suit faced the terminal field in front of him. He was sweating profusely while knocking on something anxiously.

    Beep!

    ¡°What happened?¡±

    At that moment, a suspended virtual screen popped up from theputer terminal in front of him. The cold face of Wesker with sunsses appeared on it.

    ¡°There was an ident in the hospital. An infected patient was severely mutated. We injected him with a tenfold dose of sedative, but it worsened, and it started to mutate even faster! He attacked dozens of people, including the guards...¡±

    Beads of sweat started forming on the forehead of the Umbre Corporation¡¯s staff member who was wearing a hazmat suit, as he spoke incoherently.

    ¡°Has he been injected with a tracker before?¡± Wesker¡¯s voice was cold and did not fluctuate.

    ¡°By the time we discovered that the virus in his body had begun to mutate, we had already injected a microtracker to ensure that his data could be collected!¡± The researcher nodded. Then his face went a shade paler, and his voice trembled. ¡°However, Mr. Wesker, the hospital is now very chaotic. I hope that you can send a security team to control the scene, and, at the same time, to rescue us. The mutant virus is out of control!¡±

    From the hospital building below him, screams were breaking out from time to time, making the sweat on his forehead drip straight to the floor. However, his attention was focused on the screen, so he did not notice.

    At that moment, a dark shadow of a tall figure emerged behind him and suddenly jumped directly onto the rooftop of the building from the floor below.

    ¡°Behind¡ª¡±

    Before Wesker could finish his sentence, the researcher had already been thrown to the ground by the tall shadow from behind.

    ¡°Ahh!¡±

    The scientific researcher of the Umbre Corporation screamed painfully for thest time in his life. Then his brain was squashed by the dark shadow that rushed up to him as bloody, red-white liquid sttered all over the top of the building!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    Facing Wesker on the screen in front, the tall, dark shadow let out a roar and revealed its true face.

    A body with a height of more than 2.5 meters was crawling across the floor of the building. The exposed muscles on his upper body were more pronounced than those of bodybuilding champions. Although he was not as pale as the other infected patients, his skin was a slightly bloody gray. Judging from his uniform, which had been torn down to the underpants, he must have been a member of the guards before this.

    The most noticeable part was the thick right hand of his, which wasrger than his body size, and under the huge mass of arm muscles were long, sharp ws. These huge ws, with just one swing, had obliterated the hardest part of the human body¡ªthe skull of the scientific researcher.

    And at that moment, the monster even swung his ws mercilessly toward the image of Wesker ¡°in front¡± of him! But of course, he was just shing at the air. His huge ws scratched on the floor of the rooftop, leaving five w marks each of an inch deep.

    ¡°It¡¯s really is an extremely unexpected ident,¡± said Wesker. ¡°Even with the various attempts in theboratory that took up arge amount of time, never have they ever produce such an aggressive mutant! There was a total of dozens of secondary infections fromst night, but only one appeared. Within only a few hours, could its power really be so strong? To this extent? It seems that this test is worth carrying out, excluding what has been done by the adventurers!¡±

    Wesker quietly watched over the mutated Guard Soldier through the screen. Under the sunsses, his pair of cold eyes shed with interest, which was rather rare. Then he continued, ¡°Track its location and record its data!¡±

    At that moment, the mutant guard, who was frustrated that he was unable to attack the enemy, had already punched theputer terminal on the roof into shards of debris. However, it did not realize that, on the skin of its back, there was a ce where an object the size of a cigarette was shing red.

    In the room where Wesker was staying, a virtual girl in white clothes appeared and spoke in a childlike voice. ¡°Experimental subject number T-000 has officially entered the tracking state. Moreover, Mr. Wesker, in the hospital, there are currently nine people losing their vital signs. Have any rescue teams been sent?¡±

    ¡°Unnecessary!¡± Wesker said in a t voice. ¡°Our original intention was to temporarily control the time of the outbreak in the infected body so that the virus would only emerge at night. Then we could study and collect the data of the virus spreading at nighttime only. But now, this problem has surfaced, and it is impossible to get the situation under control unless we kill this new T-000 model mutant. But how can such a powerful mutant be killed directly? So... let¡¯s bring forward the testing!¡±

    Wesker¡¯s face tightened under his sunsses.

    ¡°Right away!¡± The eyes of the virtual girl in white began scanning through the data at high speed. ¡°Third team of Umbre Corporation, the 13th medium-sizedbat test for the biochemical weapons begins!¡±

    Kaaa!

    At the edge of Roguetown, a mountain cliff slowly vibrated and hollowed into a dark oblique hole after a few dozen seconds. Then a pale arm surrounded with dark green blood vessels stretched out of the hole. Its five fingers, each with long nails, distorted in an unnatural way. After that, the skull of a man¡¯s bald head followed behind.

    In his mind, he imagined that it had a face of dead flesh. The color of its protruding eyeballs were dull like the dead, and the pupils in the middle were not visible. The color of its lips was also as pale as a corpse, as reddish-ck liquid constantly dripped down from its yellow-ck teeth into the grass on the ground.

    When his whole body hade out of the hole, he faced the ring afternoon sun in the west. It squinted eyes that were missing their pupils, then hoarsely screamed at the sun.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    Behind him, the ¡°person¡± who followed him out also looked up and roared like him. Then, all of them turned their attention toward Roguetown, as if they smelled something tempting in that direction.

    This situation was repeating itself all around the town, on dozens of critical traffic routes.

    Biohazard,mence!

 Chapter 135 - Epic Level Story Mission

    <h4>Chapter 135: Epic Level Story Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Epic-Level Story Mission¡ª¡±Biohazard¡± begins!

    Current Mission¡ª¡±Biohazard Omen¡±

    Mission requirement: Defend Roguetown for 12 hours and destroy all enemy yers during the confrontation mission. Mission reward: Calcted based on performance during mission.

    ¡°As expected!¡±

    Even though Feng Luo had been expecting it when the system prompted the familiar message, his heart was still a bit thrilled.

    ¡°But... it¡¯s a confrontation mission! Enemy yers?¡±

    This part of the system prompt was beyond his expectation.

    Luo Feng wasn¡¯t the only one shocked. In fact, when the system prompt popped up, Brother Ling was at a building near the hospital, observing a member of the city guard snarling and mutating on the hospital rooftop. He was surprised when Feng Luo told him about the effects of the T-virus infection and was stunned when he saw the prompt.

    ¡°Biohazard? Epic-level story mission!¡±

    ¡°Aren¡¯t we on the city-building mission? How did it suddenly be an Epic-level mission? And what kind of level is Epic?¡±

    Brother Ling wasn¡¯t being ignorant. Up until now, the story missions that had appeared in War belonged to only four levels, which were Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Super.

    Beginner story missions usually involved fewer than a total of 10 yers and major NPCs, and the stories could beplicated but on a small scale. As for Advanced-level missions, they usually involved more than 1,000 to 10,000 people, just like the story mission that Feng Luo had taken part in to defend the Town of Exiles.

    However, the Epic-level quest was a mission level that no one had ever heard of before.

    ¡°Biohazard?¡± Brother Ling kept mumbling. At the moment, he didn¡¯t know what the name meant, and he couldn¡¯t even imagine the level of lethality of this invisible infectious virus.

    On the first floor of the cafe, Sister Rui was immersed in thought.

    ¡°Biohazard... It seems that our mission coincides with this Epic level mission, and I don¡¯t know if that¡¯s good or bad.¡±

    Her eyes were firmly locked on the T-virus-infected, naked, bloodied body that had grown muchrger after swallowing the killed scientist.

    In War, oveps between two different characters or stories weremon, resulting in changes in missions. When missions coincided, most of the time, they would be harder toplete.

    In one of the cubicles at the coffee house, Feng Luo was looking at the rooftop of the hospital. The size of the infected body was huge, with muscles and big ws. A sudden thought came to his mind: Tyrant!

    Tyrant. A powerful biochemical product that was produced by the T-virus.

    The T-virus, short for Tyrant-Virus, had a significant status in the game Resident Evil. In Resident Evil, Tyrant was a clone of a Russian soldier with terrible power and a height of around four meters in its full form. However, it did not make an appearance in the live-action film.

    Feng Luo did not expect to see a Tyrant here. Although it seemed that the Tyrant had not evolved in its full form yet, its three-meter height, huge ws, and its ability to swallow a dead body so quickly disyed its lethality and ferocity.

    However, from this point of view, it was obvious that the Biohazard story in War was quite different than the Resident Evil story on Earth. After all, there were no virus outbreaks in the United States, Eastern Europe, or Japan, like the original story. And with the intervention of yers, it was certainly impossible for the mission to fully follow the original story.

    The appearance of Wesker and the ¡°White Queen,¡± however, allowed Feng Luo the advantage of knowing the setting of Resident Evil in War. It could be useful to know which important characters would appear.

    While Feng Luo was thinking, Captain Harley was not idling around. NPCs would not get any hints from the system. Therefore, they didn¡¯t know what would happen next. But the one thing that he could be sure of was that he couldn¡¯t allow the crazy monster before him to threaten the lives of the residents in Roguetown.

    So...

    ¡°Damn, what is happening!¡± Captain Harley shouted as he took out a police assault rifle from his back. He went straight to the window and started shooting the Tyrant on the hospital roof.

    The hospital was less than 100 meters away from their location, which was within the effective range of an assault rifle. Therefore, the bullets almost instantly flew and hit the Tyrant.

    Bang, bang, bang...!

    The bullets hit the Tyrant, and holes immediately appeared on its bloodied body. Damage values were popping up continuously over the top of its head!

    However, when Harley¡¯s 30 rounds were all finished, the Tyrant¡¯s muscles immediately flexed, and the bleeding ceased from all its wounds. It looked irritated!

    The Tyrant turned around to face Feng Luo and Captain Harley¡¯s direction and angrily stared at them with its dark red pupil. Then his legs hunkered down. Its body jerked, jumping straight off the four-story roof.

    It jumped onto a streetmppost, grabbed it with its bare hands, and twisted the wood-covered steelmppost into a ball.

    Bam!

    The Tyrantnded on the ground and swiftly charged in the direction of the cafe.

    Along the way, all the obstacles on the road were knocked aside by his body. Even some tourists and residents who were escaping were caught by his ws and thrown more than ten meters away. They fell onto sharp corners, some cracking their heads, their brains flying all over the ce.

    Mu Zi, Sister Rui! Come on, let¡¯s fight!¡±

    As soon as Captain Harley started shooting at the Tyrant, Feng Luo knew the situation would be bad.

    There was no other way. He knew that under the current situation, the best course of action was to leave Harley behind so the three of them could quickly escape, but when he thought about the fact that Harley could still be useful, Feng Luo just had to try fighting.

    Feng Luo dropped his disguise as a tourist. After a shout, an M110 showed up in his hands.

    Bang!

    ?1995

    After the first shot, it took less than 0.1 seconds, and the shy blue shield-breaking energy bullet hit the abdomen of the Tyrant running toward them. The bullet spun at high speed and shredded the monster¡¯s bare muscles, drilling a small, bowl-sized hole in his stomach. But the Tyrant felt nothing and was still charging toward the cafe.

    Feng Luo kept on shooting.

    Bang!

    ?2813

    The second shot was more urate, and the bulletnded directly in the hole produced by thest shot to the abdomen. The yellow-colored weak-point damage value increased by a lot. However, the Tyrant continued charging toward them at a high rate of speed, ignoring Feng Luo¡¯s shots.

 Chapter 136 - Tyrant

    <h4>Chapter 136: Tyrant</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Ratatatat!

    In the lobby of the cafe next door, there was an assault rifle salvo.

    Mu Zi took out his assault rifle. As he was shooting at the Tyrant, he scanned the information of this monster using Detection and shouted loudly, ¡°It¡¯s a Level-45 Elite monster named ¡®Tyrant T-000,¡¯ but it has a lot more HP than the average Elite monster! Damn! It has close to 25,000 HP, and it¡¯s recovering over 300 HP per second! There is also an evolutionary state in its attributes that means it is not even in itsplete state yet!¡±

    Bang, bang...!

    ¡°Then we should kill it now, or else it will cause big trouble!¡± said Sister Rui. Apparently, she hadn¡¯t had enough time to assemble the Death Ripper, so she turned her palm over, and the powerful golden Desert Eagle appeared on her hand. With pinpoint uracy, she fired in session at the Tyranting toward them.

    Meanwhile, the young guard soldier who was dumbfounded at first also took out his police-issued assault rifle from his back and joined in the shooting.

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    The Tyrant finally lost its bnce after being attacked by four people at the same time. Instead of charging forward again, it began to jump quickly on the walls and roofs around the streets, trying to avoid the bullets.

    This was a very effective response. Since it was moving without a regr pattern, the young guard soldier and Mu Zi missed most of their shots¡ªnot even one in ten of their shots was able to hit the Tyrant. Only Sister Rui and Captain Harley, who had reloaded his bullets, were able to maintain a constant hit rate.

    And, of course, Feng Luo!

    Bang!

    ?3098

    A shield-breaking energy bullet shining with blue light struck the Tyrant¡¯s left ankle as it prepared to jump from the roof of a shop. The spinning bullet punctured the Tyrant¡¯s densely packed muscles, causing damage that tipped its body off bnce.

    Bang!

    The Tyrant¡¯s huge body, which was taller than three meters, fell from the roof to the ground and smashed into a heap of debris, causing a few NPC residents to scream in fright as they ran away, bewildered.

    But the Tyrant could not be bothered about them at the moment because it was in danger, too. Its current position was only a few meters away from Feng Luo and the gang; it only needed two jumps to reach their position, which was on the second floor of the cafe. But it had lost its chance, for, behind him, there was a sudden re of an electromaic machine gun.

    The Guard Bureau was just across the street from the cafe. How could the guards not respond to it with it being on the road for so long?

    A six-barreled electromaic machine gun in a concealed position sent a torrent of bullets flying at the Tyrant!

    ¡°Get down!¡± Feng Luo shouted.

    Everyone on the second floor of the cafe was on their hands and knees.

    Crack, crack, crack...!

    A barrage of hundreds of bullets per second swept through the cafe as it hit the Tyrant, tearing everything in their path to pieces.

    ******

    ¡°What? It has escaped?¡±

    After a minute, Mu Zi used Detection but could not find a trace of the Tyrant. Feng Luo was extremely upset but could only ept this fact.

    Unfortunately, most of the shots from the six-barrel electromaic machine gun had not hit the Tyrant, allowing it to escape without a trace with low HP.

    This Tyrant had yet to enter itsplete body state but was already this strong. If it had entered theplete body state, it was likely to break through the Elite level and be a Commander-level monster! And it would be a troublesome conundrum since it had now escaped and was hidden.

    However, even if there was a hidden danger, Feng Luo and the gang could be bothered about it anymore. Even without a sniper scope, Feng Luo could see with his naked eye that a group of seemingly slow-moving ¡°weirdos¡± were chasing after a huge crowd of tourists and townsfolk at the end of a street. They would surround and gnaw at the stragglers.

    The living dead¡ªzombies. A big group of zombies!

    Resident Evil! And this was only the beginning of it!

    Looking down the street at the crazy ¡°monsters¡± attacking tourists and residents, Captain Harley¡¯s face turned pale. ¡°That... and those... what are they?!¡± he asked Feng Luo in disbelief.

    ¡°Well, Captain Harley, long story short...¡± Feng Luo said while looking into his eyes.

    ******

    ¡°Oh God, where are you? Is there anyone to help me?¡±

    A fat NPC male doctory on the ground under a sickbed. He gazed out through the gap of a door a few meters away with eyes full of fear.

    In the nurse¡¯s station outside the door, a few zombies dressed as nurses or patients were huddled together, gnawing voraciously at the body of a middle-aged male doctor.

    Looking sideways at his position, a blonde beauty whose calf had been bitten off crouched there with a face covered in blood. She tore at the middle-aged male doctor with her hands and mouth.

    He thought about how this nurse had always liked to unbutton the top two buttons of her gown, revealing her plump breasts and deep cleavage. She was the coquettish blonde beauty who was known to be fantasized about by all the men in the hospital. She nibbled at the doctor who had molested her a short time before with the utmost concentration andmitment.

    Doctor Fatty could not help but feel a spasm of uncontroble fear.

    Poof!

    Fatty identally farted, producing a loud sound. It emitted the smell of his fear. He had failed to control his body!

    The blonde beauty, who had been concentrating on eating, seemed to have heard or smelled the fart. She shook her body while turning her head stiffly.

    A face covered in blood but still tempting stared at his position with a pair of eyes that had lost their expression.

    ¡°No, she didn¡¯t see me, she didn¡¯t see me...¡±

    Fatty¡¯s face turned as pale as a piece of paper. The sweat on his forehead and his urine flowed together, and he covered his mouth tightly with his hands.

    His prayer, however, was evidently futile because the blonde beauty crept slowly toward him. Her plump, deeply furrowed breasts rubbed a trail of death stained with blood and flesh on the floor. She was crawling because one of her legs had been chewed off by other zombies before she had turned, so she was unable to stand. The T-virus gave her body the ability to move despite the significant blood loss.

    ¡°Argh!¡±

    He faced the blonde who had crawled into the room toward the bed where he hid. The face that had once been a source of lustful temptation was now covered with blood and flesh and pale, bleeding lips.

    Fatty could not stop shouting. His body was weak and unable to stand, but fear had finally rejuvenated some of his strength. He kicked his legs at the blonde beauty, hoping to kick her away from him.

    However, as soon as he kicked his legs out, they were grasped firmly by the blonde beauty¡¯s right hand, which he had fantasized countless times would help him in doing something else. Her right hand, stained with the blood of the middle-aged male doctor, was so powerful that he could not free himself from its grip.

    Upon facing the blonde beauty preparing to gnaw on his leg, Fatty let out a intive cry.

    ¡°Ahhh! Help me!¡±

    Bang!

    It was a shot from far away. A Sniper¡¯s bullet broke through the window behind him and went spinning through the eyes of the blonde nurse. Then a loud bang was heard. The head, with its alluring, rapturous face, now had a blood-colored hole in it the size of a small bowl. What was left was a pile of red and white liquid and a shattered skull.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The Fatty who had survived through the disaster was sshed with a mixture of blood and some cerebral fluid. This time, he was so frightened that he defecated in his trousers.

    Because of his screams, several nurses and patients who had turned into zombies wobbled clumsily toward him from the door outside.

 Chapter 137 - T-Virus, 99% Mortality Rate

    <h4>Chapter 137: T-Virus, 99% Mortality Rate</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

    ?399

    At the three-story granite Guard Bureau on the side of the hospital, Feng Luo crouched in an area that was slightly higher than where the Fatty was. His hands were still feeling the residual heat from the M110 after firing.

    After killing the blonde beauty zombie, he was going to change his position before he continued shooting. But he kept shooting after he noticed that the noise made by the Fatty had drawn in several other zombies on the third floor of the hospital. But this also saved him the trouble of changing his spot.

    His new shot was not so urate due to his angle, so the bullet was slightly deviated and hit the face of the zombie that was closest to the Fatty. The shot ripped off half of the face of a zombie, which was also in a bloodstained nurse uniform. But the damage he dealt did not even reach 400!

    Feng Luo realized that zombies infected by this T-virus might have lower mobility but higher HP higher and faster regen. And hitting the normal body parts of the zombie caused low damage; around ten shots at the normal areas were needed to kill one.

    Only hitting them in specific critical targets such as their heads and spines, wrecking their nervous systems, would immobilize them.

    Bang!

    ?5072

    Another shot hit her head, and a sh of red damage status shed by. The additional weak-point damage depleted her entire HP bar.

    Zombie (Level 40, Normal) assassinated. 200 XP gained.

    As the experience point shed by in his scope, he spotted the dim reflection of a shiny blood tonic dropped by the female nurse.

    Although the zombies gave high XP, the drops were verymon¡ªsuch as bullets, stamina potions, blood tonics, and MP potions, etc. At the moment, Feng Luo had not even seen any equipment drops. Obviously, this kind of zombie was the most suitable to farm for ranged yers.

    Their low mobility made it difficult for them to threaten ranged characters. As long as the bullets hit the zombie¡¯s weak spots, yers could farm tons of experience.

    But of course, the risk was not small. Firstly, the location of these regr zombies was not directly shown on the radar. They would only be revealed after the yers used Detection for a brief period of time.

    The second biggest threat was that, once bitten or even scratched by the bleeding nails of a zombie, yers would be immediately infected by the T-virus. After a certain period, the body would transform into a zombie, and yers would experience instant death and drop a level.

    Of course, this kind of death was not absolute. Using an anti-virus serum could prevent it, and even without using it, the mortality rate was not 100 percent, either. The system logs hinted that after a yer was infected by the T-virus, they would have a 99 percent chance of turning into the zombie, and the remaining 0.9 percent chance would trigger a viral resistance. In that case, the physical attributes of the yer would improve instead. Thest 0.1 percent chance would cause a random mutation, simr to the guard member who had mutated into a Tyrant.

    The 99 percent mortality rate made Brother Ling and the other yers realize how dreadful this T-virus was, and also the meaning of the words ¡°Resident Evil.¡±

    Currently, there were only 13 people left in the Lu Conglomerate. The Scout named Gunfire had been pounded and bitten by an infected tourist NPC who had not had any noticeable signs of being a zombie.

    The T-virus had broken out in only half an hour after he was bitten. He had transformed into an Elite monster of his level. The skin of his whole body had shed entirely, and only his bloodied muscles and a very long tongue remained. He had be a Licker! Then Feng Luo and Sister Rui, who had been preparing earlier, had shot several dozen rounds directly into its brain without hesitation.

    That¡¯s right¡ªthere was some anti-virus serum in Feng Luo¡¯s backpack, but sadly, he would not use it on this ¡°spy.¡± In fact, he hadn¡¯t mentioned the anti-virus serum to anyone other than Sister Rui and Mu Zi.

    The anti-virus serum given to him by Lin was undoubtedly useful. Although its effect was still uncertain, it was likely able to save a whole level of experience of a yer infected by the T-virus. But there were only five tubes of anti-virus serums. Feng Luo had to keep three tubes for himself, Sister Rui, and Mu Zi, so there were only two tubes left to be given out.

    However, for now, Feng Luo did not n to give out the two tubes to other yers directly. Instead, he nned to use them on the Fatty named Locke and Captain Harley. These two people were most likely the key topleting the city-building mission. After all, to the squad members, the story mission of ¡°Resident Evil Omen¡± was not as important as rebuilding the city, which was their main priority.

    Another thing worth mentioning was that another one bitten was a Level-46 Light Armor Warrior. While attacking the zombies with his alloy sword, he had been surrounded by a group of zombies that had suddenly dropped from the top of the building. Then he was bitten to death¡ªeaten alive. Feng Luo imagined that this experience might be enough to give him post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Less than a minute after the yer died, the yer mutated into an Elite zombie of the same level with an extraordinary body size and powerful strength that allowed him to throw people around. This proved that if a yer died from the T-virus infection, he would immediately turn into an Elite monster of the same level.

    Feng Luo could already picture the situation if the T-virus got spread to a city that was crowded with yers. That would mean that a massive concentration of Elite monsters would appear, which would be scarier than the Resident Evil movie, for sure.

    Fortunately, at least in Roguetown, the others were NPC residents or tourists other than them, so the number of Elite monsters that appeared there was low. This was because, except for the initial Tyrant, the rest of the NPCs would turn into a Normal Zombie after their death.

    Oh, that is not right!

    Feng Luo was reminded that they were not the only yers in Roguetown. It had been mentioned on the system that there would be ¡°enemy yers.¡±

    From the word ¡°enemy,¡± he could guess that these people must be from the Umbre Company. The only thing he could not understand was, when would these yers appear? Or how and in what way would theye out?

    Bang!

    Feng Luo was a little distracted. However, the M110 in his hand did not stop even once. He was continuously aiming and shooting those zombies which were wandering on the second floor of the hospital opposite him.

    After he cleared all the zombies near to the staircase, all five yers appeared quickly from the staircase and appeared below. Brother Ling, who led the team, gave him a thumbs-up. Then the five of them started a quick search on the people wearing protective gear and ces where the medicines were kept. Although Feng Luo did not want to disclose to anyone the existence of the anti-virus serum he had, he still directed the other yers.

    Previously, when Brother Ling and his team were sent to scout the situation in the hospital, they had found some people who were wearing the protective gear that they suspected belonged to the Umbre Company. They were giving out sedative injections to the infected yers who were bitten, and they fell into a deep sleep after the injection.

    Feng Luo immediately thought, Since there are sedatives on these people, could they have the anti-T-virus medicine, too?

    Thus, after Brother Ling and others learned about the 99 percent mortality rate of the T-virus, they decided to take the risk of entering a hospital crawling with at least 100 to 200 zombies.

    The rest of the ranged yers, on the other hand, stayed in the Guard Bureau as backup¡ªespecially Feng Luo, the sniper who had never missed a single shot. After helping Brother Ling and his fellows to clear thest zombie that appeared in his vision, Feng Luo checked on his level disyed on the system panel.

    ¡°Level 41, 98 percent!¡±

    He was just one step away from reaching Level 42, at which point he could swap in the Perfect Eye of the Thunder Magazine. However, the zombies in his sights that could provide experience were still so numerous.

    Feng Luo looked down, observing the zombies that were wandering on the street outside the Guard Bureau. Generally, they moved slowly toward them. From time to time, they were knocked down by the gunshots from the Guard Bureau. They would stand up immediately after being knocked down or continue dragging their broken bodies, crawling toward them.

    It was 6:00 p.m. More than 85 percent of the people in Roguetown had turned into zombies, and the zombies upied 90 percent of the area. Most of the survivors were gathered inside the Guard Bureau because it was the only ce in the entire town with protective gear.

    In the meantime, the ¡°Resident Evil Omen¡± mission required Feng Luo and the others to stay in Roguetown for 20 hours, and it was only halfway over.

    However, he already had some ideas about investigating the Umbre Company¡¯s city-building mission.

 Chapter 138 - Obtaining Evidence

    <h4>Chapter 138: Obtaining Evidence</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Nursing home. The underground base of the Umbre Corporation.

    ¡°Illidan Stormrage once served in the Federation¡¯s 10th Mecha Unit, known as the ¡®Burning Legion.¡¯ However, he was discharged from the military due to a breach of confidentiality.¡±

    ¡°Amumu, a normal employee from a yground called Sherma in the Golden Desert, works as a role-yer for tourists on weekdays. He has no record of military training.¡±

    ¡°Rui Wen, a normal white-cor worker...¡±

    Wesker was wearing iconic sunsses while he sat on his silver metal chair. He quietly watched the virtual screen form on the wall in front of him. On it, a little girl in white reported messages in a child¡¯s voice.

    At that moment, the screen disyed the portraits of the dead Gunfire and 14 other Light Armor Warriors, along with some battle scenes.

    ¡°These people boarded Aircraft CZ-302 from Storm City and came to Roguetown four days ago. They im to be a self-funded tourist group... However, based on the pictures taken by the micro-trackers on some of the experiments, these people possessbat powers that do not match with their identities. Moreover, judging from their behaviors, their true identity must be adventurers. Deducing from these judgments, the possibility of them being dispatched to Roguetown by the FBI is up to 92.75 percent...¡±

    Data continually scrolled through the eyes of the girl in white, the brain of the base, as she spoke monotonously.

    ¡°Adventurers?¡±

    Wesker looked at the battle scenes ying on the screen. His eyes beneath the sunsses did not show much surprise. His brows wrinkled a little, and then the corner of his mouth made a smirk.

    ¡°This is good. I was concerned that I could not get the mostprehensivebat data using the usual way. Besides, if it were only focused on the fights of normal people or normal guards, Roaring Dragon Lightwind might not be satisfied with the data and battle records collected. For an adventurer, what¡¯s really needed is to fight against other adventurers and have an easy, crushing victory! Ridiculously, William and his gang still have their sights set on the major anti-government armed forces, not knowing that the numerous adventurers with huge amounts of wealth are the real market for our biochemical weapons in the future!¡±

    Wesker¡¯s voice revealed a prideful sort of coldness.

    ¡°Shouldn¡¯t the modifications on the group of adventurers sent by Roaring Dragon Lightwind be almostplete by now?¡±

    ¡°They have entered the final bonding stage. Do you want to awaken their consciousness?¡±

    ¡°Wake them.¡±

    Data streamed through the girl¡¯s eyes. Then the screen changed.

    A very wideboratory appeared. 10 transparent spherical nutrient pools were lined up in a row. There was a semi-naked person soaking in each pool with more than a dozen translucent tubes attached to each of their bodies. The tubes were continually transfusing blood and some unknown liquid in and out of the bodies.

    Just as the image was fixated, a burly man suddenly opened his eyes with a death stare.

    ******

    ¡°Release me! Let me tell you this, I am the Director of the Guards here. Are you aware that this is illegal imprisonment?¡±

    In an empty office on the Guard Bureau¡¯s second floor, Director Locke shouted, locked to a metal chair. His fat rolls were shaking, and his uniform was bulging.

    Bang!

    The office door was opened. Feng Luo came in with one hand carrying an M110 and a white box in the other.

    When he saw Feng Luo enter, Director Locke immediately shouted while wriggling his body. ¡°So, it¡¯s you! Where is Harley? I want to see him!¡±

    ¡°Captain Harley went to rescue the trapped tourists and residents outside,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°He has no time to see you. Say, Director Locke, you¡¯re still not going to admit that you were working with Umbre Corporation until now? Or about how you helped them n this biochemical attack?¡±

    Feng Luo ced the box he was holding on the table in front of Director Locke as he spoke to him.

    Director Locke showed signs but panic, but his face remained serious as he replied righteously, ¡°Working with Umbre Corporation? Biochemical attack? I have no idea what you are talking about! I am the Director of the Guards in Roguetown, and even a native here. How could I betray the people here?¡±

    ¡°To be honest, Director Locke, your mouth is zipped more tightly than I expected...¡± Feng Luo said with a straight face. ¡°Well, it seems that I have to show you what adventurers can do!¡±

    He was sure that this guy was not really informed about the ns of the T-Virus and the Umbre Corporation. But even though he was in the dark regarding this case, he must¡¯ve learned some of Umbre Corporation¡¯s secrets. Besides, to bring this guy back to Storm City and send him to the FBI as a suspect, he had to at least plead guilty.

    Feng Luo opened the white box that he had brought and revealed a syringe filled with blood that was slight ck-colored.

    Looking at the blood-filled syringe within the box, Locke seemed to think of something. He shouted with his eyes widened and his face showing panic. ¡°What...! What are you doing?¡±

    ¡°Director Locke, we adventurers admire people who can keep secrets like you. So, we will usually grant them an ending befitting of a hero!¡± Feng Luo used two fingers to take the syringe out of the box. ¡°This blood was taken from a Forager. Yup. It¡¯s the monster you saw earlier when one of ourpanions got infected and turned. Powerful, isn¡¯t it? In general, getting infected via blood injection is faster than being bitten. It will let your skin and body hair fall off within 10 minutes, leaving only the muscles and blood vessels exposed. Then, you will be the same attractive kind of monster!¡±

    Feng Luo was exining all this while he was stretching out the other hand to flick the syringe. The ck blood inside stirred. Director Locke was already soaked in sweat.

    ¡°Once you have gone crazy, we will take a few shots to kill you,¡± continued Feng Luo. ¡°Due to this type of biochemical virus causing the infected to bite or even eat people, the only way to deal with the infected is to kill them immediately. Therefore, the top management will not say anything about it to us. After all, you were identally bitten and infected... Well, maybe you can still get the title of a Federation Hero. Then you will have no more regrets in life.¡±

    While Feng Luo was speaking, the syringe in his hand had been lifted to the face of the fat director¡ªwithin a distance of less than half a centimeter.

    ¡°Ahhh!¡± Locke shouted. His body wriggled as he tried to back away. ¡°No...! Please don¡¯t! Please don¡¯t! I¡¯ll tell you, I¡¯ll tell you! I have evidence... I have evidence... I have evidence of their crimes. I have recorded every conversion I had with them!¡±

    With the blood-filled syringe next to his face, the fat director¡¯s face turned green, and he desperately spilled the beans.

    ¡°Plus, to prevent any emergence of big, unsolvable problems, I also sent people to secretly investigate the nursing home. I even uncovered a big secret, which is that they have been colluding with some prisons. They transported prisoners from the outside into the nursing home to conduct human experiments. Footage of it was taken.¡±

    Feng Luo was stunned for a moment, the results were far better than he had imagined. This fatty actually had what they needed most.

    ¡°Evidence!¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Evidence about human experiments on prisoners! You have it?¡± Feng Luo thought about it for a while, then showed some doubt on his face. ¡°No. With the technology and savvy of the Umbre Corporation, you couldn¡¯t possibly get evidence that easily.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t underestimate me,¡± said the director. ¡°I am also a professional. They secretly installed monitors in my office and at my home, and I modified some of their functions¡ªhey, take that thing away from me!¡±

    The fat director shouted as he saw Feng Luo identally touch his face with the cold needle of the syringe while interrogating him.

    ******

    One minuteter, a system announcement was sounded in the ears of the remaining yers.

    ¡°yer Feng Luo has obtained the secret chip and information from Director Locke from Roguetown. First stage of investigation on Umbre Corporation¡¯s secret base missionplete. Second stage: Deliver the relevant information and Locke to the FBI. Warning: If all yers die before the chip and data are delivered, the mission fails; if Locke dies, the mission partially fails.¡±

    ¡°What, the investigation mission has already beenpleted?¡±

    At that moment, on the streets near the Guard Bureau, three yers with their bodies stained with blood had just gotten rid of a bunch of zombies. They were panting and looked at each other in disbelief.

    ¡°Unexpectedly, they actuallypleted it already. And it was that guy who did it...¡±

    Young Master Lin¡¯sbat uniform was damaged, and he did not look happy.

    ¡°This is strange,¡± one of the followers, also a Heavy Armor Warrior, said while panting. ¡°They shouldn¡¯t be in the nursing home! How did they get the evidence?¡±

    ¡°But, Young Master Lin, the news we obtained from sneaking into the nursing home was at least as good as them finishing the task. It might even be said that if not for us, the investigation task may not have beenpleted even if they managed to obtain evidence from the investigation mission. Because everyone will¡ª¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right! This information is more important than the investigation mission! How could our contribution have been smaller than theirs?¡±

    Young Master Lin¡¯s face became confident again, and he said to the two followers, ¡°Come on, we¡¯re going to the Guard Bureau.¡±

    ¡°But, Young Master Lin, my body...¡±

    Another follower who had not spoken a word, an Earth Maniptor, did not look well. He showed five scratches on his right hand that were still bleeding beneath the rolled-up sleeves of his Energy Maniptor robe.

    ¡°Let¡¯s meet up with them first,¡± Young Master Lin said with a frown. ¡°Otherwise, the other yers will have problems with the task if we are to act alone. As for these scratches, keep the energy robe in the backpack and clean the bloodstains. They will not realize it anytime soon.¡±

 Chapter 139 - B-Rank Special Bullet

    <h4>Chapter 139: B-Rank Special Bullet</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Director Locke¡¯s secret chip.

    A chip which recorded several conversations between Director Locke and the Umbre Corporation as well as the evidence of the Umbre Corporation for running the illegal human experiment.

    The owner of the chip would be restricted from going offline within the mission period. The chip will be dropped upon death.

    In the Chief Security Officer¡¯s office, there was a secret switch beneath the stone wall. Feng Luo, who was holding a tiny translucent chip in his hand, couldn¡¯t believe that he had managed to acquire the most important item needed for the city-building mission in such an easy way.

    After listening to the system announcement, Feng Luo finally believed that the mission which had consumed almost four days for 15 yers had almost been aplished.

    ¡°Damn it! If we¡¯d have known earlier, we wouldn¡¯t have spent so much time hiding. We could have kidnapped the Chief Security Officer when there was a chance and could have forced him to give us more information by torturing him!¡±

    Feng Luo shrugged and smiled when he heard the words. But, of course, he was just joking with himself. Realistically, how could this mission be so simple?

    Taking into ount all the prior clues, it should have taken approximately two ways toplete this mission. One of the ways was to go directly into the rehabilitation center and invade or infiltrate the Umbre Corporation¡¯s underground secret base to retrieve the evidence rted to the illegal human experiments they were doing.

    However, considering thepetency of the Umbre Corporation and the underground base¡¯s strict security level¡ªwhich was under the mastermind White Queen¡¯s control¡ªthis n would most likely end in failure. And the remaining option was assumed to be in the hands of the Chief Security Officer.

    ording to the standard procedure, yers should first hear about the ¡°Billy incident.¡± Then they would start following on the clue about the ¡°man-eating beast,¡± and eventually, they would discover the conspiracy between the Chief Security Officer and the Umbre Corporation during the investigation process.

    After that, the yers were to find out about the conflict between Director Locke and Harley. From there on, the yers would have to find a way to arrest Director Locke and acquire the evidence with Harley¡¯s help.

    However, the yers were under surveince due to the fact that Young Master Lin and the other two had alerted the Umbre Corporation in the first ce, causing the head of the research center to inform Director Locke about the issue. This had ced the guard bureau on the opposing side, meaning it wouldn¡¯t have worked from the beginning; this undoubtedly had caused the second method to be cut off.

    However, fortunately, Feng Luo had some Scout Beetles with him. Therefore, he had retrieved some important information through scouting at both the guard bureau and the rehabilitation center. This had made up for the two crucial links, allowing them toplete the mission via a ¡°shortcut.¡±

    The missions in War really were this special. The difficulty of the important tasks would not necessarily be tough. Rather, they would be affected by a variety of factors such as the yer¡¯s actions and NPC¡¯s emotions in thepletion of the actual mission, which made it possible for a ¡°shortcut¡± to ur.

    For example, the Chief Security Officer was a greedy character. If they were to learn that he had the evidence, they could have obtained the evidence from him in exchange for a huge sum of credits! And the system would not cancel a reward just because one had taken a shortcut.

    For example, after Feng Luo put away the chip, he focused his attention on another item that was ced together with the chip. It was a ck box which was believed to have a long history.

    The Gxy Empire Era, 12.7mm bullet box.

    The attributes given by the system allowed Feng Luo to guess that there must be something inside. After he stored the chip, he opened the box.

    Impact Bullet, Type I (B-Rank Ammo)

    Increase attack ability by 10%. After the bullet hits the target, it will produce a strong impact force. The repulsion effect level depends on the target¡¯s weight, causing 1500 bonus damage.

    Note: The greatest effective shooting range is within 100 meters. Level requirement for 100% power of the firearm: Level 45.

    ¡°A B-rank bullet!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were shining. How rare were B-rank bullets? They were rarer than Rare-grade equipment!

    Up until now, the special bullets that the yers had used were mostly D-rank and E-rank. C-rank bullets were the items that were being highly promoted in auctions. The price was already high.

    With the yers¡¯ current profession level, it would be impossible to manufacture B-rank bullets. They could only be acquired through special missions or when a Boss dropped them. And almost every time, only two of three would appear!

    It would be safe to say that due to the spection on the market, a B-rank bullet would have an estimated value of more than 20 or 30 times that of a C-rank bullet! And inside this box, there were literally 15 of them!

    ¡°Isn¡¯t the system being a little too generous this time?¡±

    Feng Luo felt that this was a bit strange. However, after realizing the attributes of this type of ¡°B-rank impact bullet,¡± Feng Luo understood why there were plenty of them inside this bullet box.

    Frankly, even though this bullet was B-rank, it was not outstanding simply by its attributes. Its increase in attack percentage might have been iparable to C-rank energy armor-piercing bullets. Moreover, the effective distance was within 100 meters, which would make the userpletely lose the advantage of shooting from long range.

    This disadvantage was anything but minor; it was entirely on the losing endpared to other B-rank bullets with extremely powerful attributes that Feng Luo was aware of.

    However, it was a B-rank, after all. Therefore, its attributes would live up to this rank. Its attribute of creating a certain degree of repulsion effect and causing 1,500 bonus damage was undoubtedly the most valuable attribute. The functions of special bullets were not only about the attacking power but leaned more toward the word ¡°special.¡±

    The burning effect of degration shield-breaking bullets. The destruction of double armor-piercing bullets. The energy of shield-breaking bullets... And as for this impact bullet type I, the most important feature would be its impact and repulsion effect.

    To a Gunner¡ªespecially Snipers and Rifleman¡ª¡±repulse¡± would be a very useful special attack. These professions were vulnerable to melee professions and monsters at close distance.

    However, if the Rifleman had enough bullets, they would have aplementary repulsive ability, whereas Snipers would not be capable of doing this. Hence, these 15 cartridges were highly useful.

    The only slight downfall was that the bullets had a diameter of 12.7mm and couldn¡¯t be used in his M110¡ªnot even with the Barrett. This was because the bullet was not of the armor-piercing variety but designed for a pistol. Hence, these bullets were onlypatible with the Desert Eagle.

    He was using 50 BMG for his Desert Eagle. They were actually 12.77mm bullets, as 50 BMG was an abbreviation for 0.5-inch bullets.

    This was the gun that had been granted by Mu Wu as a mission reward in the beginning. Now, he had finally received a special type of bullet for it from this mission. This was undoubtedly a perfect coincidence.

    Feng Luo took the Desert Eagle out and used tweezers to extract the bullets one at a time from the bullet box, filling up the Desert Eagle¡¯s magazine.

    Ka!

    When Feng Luo loaded the magazine, he realized that this Desert Eagle, which he seldom used, was a Level-39 Rare pistol. It was far weaker than his M110 equipped with the Eye of Thunder. But if a single magazine was fully utilized, it could probably kill a Heavy Armor Warrior in a second!

    The Desert Eagle was only at Level 39, which was six levels lower than the level required to unleash the full potential of the bullet: Level 45.

    The level requirement to unleash 100 percent power of the gun appeared as a new attribute in the bullet list after the update. However, its attack speed was the same as a sniper rifle, and it had already appeared as a hidden attribute in the past.

    All the bullets in War had a certain level requirement. In cases where the gun¡¯s level was lower than the bullet¡¯s required level, the bullet¡¯s power, such as the bonus damage and the percentage increase in attack power, would certainly be reduced.

    This was to prevent low-level yers from depending solely on high-level ammo when facing yers and monsters at the same level, as this would result in an overwhelming victory. After all, at its full potential, this type of B-rank bullet could deal damage of up to 1,500 points with the bonus damage. If it were to be used against a yer slightly higher than Level 10, he could be murdered within seconds just because of the bonus damage. In fact, it was not only the bullets¡ªa lot of consumable items in War contained such restrictions.

    Feng Luo ced the Desert Eagle on his tactical belt and the rest of the eight bullets into his tactical backpack. He thought about Sister Rui¡¯s Level-46 golden Desert Eagle with perfect and Rare-grade equipment that could thoroughly unleash the full potential of these bullets. If the need arose, he could give her a few of these bullets.

    As Feng Luo was pondering this, someone started banging on the office door from outside, and Mu Zi spoke with a rather anxious tone.

    ¡°Brother Feng! Are you inside? Quickly,e out! Young Master Lin and his two followers have suddenly snuck back, but they got into a conflict with Sister Rui, and they are now in a stalemate.¡±

 Chapter 140 - The Confrontation; the Conflict

    <h4>Chapter 140: The Confrontation; the Conflict</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    At a secluded location in the Guard Bureau, Sister Rui pulled the sleeves of her SUVbat suit up to her elbows. Golden Desert Eagle in hand, she aimed mercilessly at the Earth Maniptor among the group of three men, one of whom was Young Master Lin.

    ¡°What is the meaning of this?¡±

    Young Master Lin¡¯s expression turned somber, while the Earth Maniptor beside him had an even grimmer look.

    ¡°It¡¯s true. What you¡¯re doing now isn¡¯t right. Don¡¯t you think? After all, they are also members of our team, even though they once used some means to exploit us, they didn¡¯t seed in the end, right? The mission is about to start anytime now. I suggest we don¡¯t fight among ourselves.¡±

    A male yer who was a Maniptor stood in front of Young Master Lin and the others, between the two parties, while attempting to convince Sister Rui to lower her weapon.

    Young Master Lin¡¯s expression was distorted. He had no idea how his ns had been discovered by these people. Logically, it was not possible. In fact, when confronting the woman in front of him, he would still be somewhat afraid of her.

    Firstly, this was because the equipment that Sister Rui carried on her was way morevish than his. Moreover, he had gotten wind that this woman was a Diamond VIP member of Nightless City; no ordinary wealthy person would be able to do that.

    Secondly, and most importantly, it was because they were the ones that sneaked into the Guard Bureau. If the Earth Maniptor was found to be infected, they would most likely be in hot water. Hence, although he was not exactly feelingfortable with the whole situation, he decided to momentarily keep his feelings in check and not react in an over-the-top manner.

    Moreover, the conversation they were having right now could be heard by all the team members through the channel except for the NPCs. Although the Umbre Corporation had turned off themunicator, fortunately for the yers, the most dependable voice message of the team was notpletely sealed off. However, because they were unable to use themunicator, they could onlymunicate face-to-face.

    ¡°I don¡¯t really mean anything by this. It has nothing to do with what happened yesterday, nor do I want to know how you guys managed to bypass the security checks and enter the Guard Bureau directly... However, all of you would have been asked to lift up your shirts and pants to prove that there weren¡¯t any bite marks or scratches on any of you, especially him!¡±

    Sister Rui was looking at the Earth Maniptor¡¯s nched face with utter coldness. She had been in a shooting position, clearing the zombies outside of the Guard Bureau using her Death Ripper. As a result, she had unintentionally spotted the three sneaking into the Guard Bureau, being led by the male yer.

    Midway through, an NPC guard soldier had noticed them. But after seeing that a yer was leading them, it had simply assumed that they were survivors rescued by that yer. Thus, it hadn¡¯t questioned them.

    However, she had immediately noticed something odd. When the Earth Maniptor was walking, his eyes wandered from side to side as if he was afraid to look anyone in the eye. Even his expression did not look right. It was apparent that something was wrong with him. Hence, she had confined them to a ce where there were no NPCs.

    ¡°I¡¯m not...¡± As soon as he heard what she said, he immediately denied it in a loud voice, but he couldn¡¯t stop from wincing a little.

    ¡°What? He was bitten...¡±

    As soon as the male yer heard that, he was stunned. He nced at the Earth Maniptor¡¯s reaction and couldn¡¯t help but take a step back. Then he turned to Young Master Lin with a shocked look on his face. ¡°Young Master Lin, you...¡±

    One of the followers of Young Master Lin stepped forward, a hint of impatience in his tone. ¡°F*ck. What¡¯s the big deal? He was only scratched a little! It¡¯s not like he¡¯ll turn into a monster straight away. You don¡¯t have to make such a big fuss about it.¡±

    ¡°Make such a big fuss about this?¡± Feng Luo voice was heard first. Then he appeared at the corner, raising his M110, his tone as cold as Sister Rui¡¯s. ¡°What do you mean by this? If he hadn¡¯t been discovered, were you guys nning to hide this from us, then enter the Guard Bureau? Do you know the consequences of this?¡±

    After Gunfire had been scratched prior to this incident, they had already found out that, after being infected by the T-virus, the system would not give any notification signifying when the victim will turn into a zombie. Not even the yer¡¯s chip could determine the exact time of infection. Hence, if anyone hid the fact that they were infected, it would undoubtedly cause havoc.

    As soon as the infection reached a certain threshold, the yer would immediately lose control of their body without the slightest warning. So when the time came for everyone to fight, it would be difficult to say whether or not someone would be attacked from behind by one of their own.

    As a matter of fact, after the yer infected by the T-virus turned into a zombie, they would not be just any ordinary zombies loitering around in the background. Instead, they would turn into something like an Elite Forager. During an ambush, they would even have the capability to insta-kill any vulnerable sses.

    Worse still, Foragers could even insta-kill Heavy Armor Warriors! This was because Foragers had the ability to swallow quite swiftly. It was so powerful that it could even stab a yer just by using its tongue, infecting them with the T-virus. The virus had a killing rate of 99 percent; regardless of the HP and defense a yer had, it would still be a ¡°critical finish.¡±

    ¡°Young Master Lin, you are indeed in the wrong here,¡± the male yer exined hastily with a distorted expression. ¡°You have to understand that if a yer was infected¡ª¡±

    ¡°An Elite monster?¡± said Young Master Lin with a frown.

    Apparently, the three of them did not know that yers would turn into an Elite monster after being infected. Hence, although their faces changed after learning this fact, they finally understood why Feng Luo and the team were so cautious.

    ¡°However, Young Master Lin, Brother Ling already went to the hospital. Perhaps he would be able to find an antidote for the virus, so his level probably wouldn¡¯t degrade. But if any one of you has been bitten, you should indeed speak up... After all, although we have the chip in our hands now, we still have to return in one piece in order toplete the building mission.¡±

    The male yer did not want to offend Young Master Lin at this time, so he purposely brought up the matter about Brother Ling going to the hospital to look for medicine.

    ¡°Humph! How did you think I was infected in the first ce? Of course, it was because I came looking for you guys! If it wasn¡¯t for the building mission, we would have already left Roguetown by now! Do you know what important information we got?¡±

    The Earth Maniptor was feeling so embarrassed that he couldn¡¯t help but expose the crucial information they had gotten from sneaking into the sanatorium.

    ¡°The Umbre Corporation¡¯s underground secret base covers a very wide area¡ªso wide that it takes up more than 50 percent of Roguetown...¡±

    The Earth Maniptor expected Feng Luo and the others to be surprised by this news, but they did not even flinch at it in the slightest. Because, in the beginning, Feng Luo had already told the others that there was a base underground. However, it had not crossed his mind that the area itprised was so wide.

    Seeing that Feng Luo and the team still maintained neutral expressions, the Earth Maniptor got even more embarrassed. He simply went straight to the most crucial information.

    ¡°Although that wasn¡¯t really an important piece of information, what¡¯s crucial is that they have already prepared to abandon this base after wrapping up this experiment. At 12 o¡¯clock, they will destroy all of Roguetown along with the secret base using high-energy bombs that they have set up at designated points in the underground base.¡±

    As soon as he has spoken, Feng Luo and Sister Rui were equally surprised. ¡°What?¡±

    The plot from Resident Evil/Biohazard suddenly shed through Feng Luo¡¯s mind. In order to cover up their crimes, the Umbre Corporation destroyed Roon City by using a nuclear bomb.

    Maybe I should have thought of this sooner... but isn¡¯t this a bit insane?

    At first, Feng Luo was surprised by the audacity of the Umbre Corporation. But on second thought, since they once used approximately 2,000 people to conduct their biological experiments, the matter of destroying the evidence like this would be like nothing to them.

    What was important was, what were they supposed to do now?

    Also, the mission ¡°Defend Roguetown for 12 hours¡± from the story mode of Biohazard was yet to bepleted. ording to the time remaining, it could only be aplished by 12 a.m. midnight. Were these two factors not in conflict?

    ¡°Bad news! Brother Feng, the Tyrant from before has suddenly appeared at the hospital!¡±

    Feng Luo did not even have time to think about the problem in hand. As Mu Zi¡ªwho he had previously sent to check out the situation and also to prevent NPC froming to where he was¡ªwas currently shouting for help.

    ¡°Help is needed! Go upstairs!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at Young Master Lin and the others. He had no time to get tangled up in this infection matter at the moment. Grasping his M110, he then immediately ran toward the roof of the Guard Bureau building.

 Chapter 141 - Tyrant Rematch

    <h4>Chapter 141: Tyrant Rematch</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Good heavens, has he alreadypletely transformed?¡± asked Feng Luo as he cast ¡°Quick Sneak,¡± rushing toward the top of the Guard Bureau building.

    He raised his head and looked to the side and sighed. He could see the Tyrant, which was about four meters tall, on the hospital building. It had a muscr physique. The gigantic ws on its right hand grew almost as long as its body, and the surface of the reddish muscles that had originally been exposed had evolved into a more chitinous material.

    ¡°Tyrant T-000 (Level 45 Solo Type Commander). Species Code: ? HP: 500,000. Base HP regeneration speed 500 per second...¡±

    Mu Zi was behind Feng Luo, notifying everyone of the enemy¡¯s data that he got from using the skill Detection. Other data aside, an HP regeneration of 1 percent every second was undoubtedly an overpowered attribute.

    As a matter of fact, the Tyrant¡¯s HP has a whopping amount of 500,000. And with its super healing speed, within 100 seconds, its HP would have increased to twice its original, which equated to 100,000 HP.

    Worst case scenario, if the battle dragged on for too long, its 500,000 HP would probably equate to the total HP of hundreds of thousands of monsters. This would, in turn, force yers to use an alternative method, as they would be unable to use their conventional dying strategy to defeat the Boss. Instead, they had to use a blitzkrieg strategy because it could heal much faster than the yers.

    At this moment, the Commander monster was using the ws of its gigantic right hand to grab onto the edge of the hospital building, while its body was hanging outside the four walls of the hospital, attempting to enter from the fourth-floor window where Brother Ling currently was. However, there was a gigantic alloy shield blocking more than half of the window, temporarily preventing the Tyrant from entering.

    Bam!

    ?80

    ?410

    Feng Luo opened fire without any hesitation. A double armor-piercing round flew over a few hundred meters,nding right on his back, precisely where its heart was. However, the first damage of the double armor-piercing round produced less than 100 points of damage. Even with its second set of damage points, the total damage could not even reach a value of 500.

    This kind of situation proved that a Rank-D double armor-piercing round alone could not take down the defense of a fully transformed Tyrant.

    Nevertheless, the double armor-piercing round had a strong destructive effect on monsters that were Rank-D and below. However, besides having an absurd amount of HP, the fully transformed Tyrant also had an astonishing defense. Worse still, after being hit by the bullet, it did not even bother turning its head around. Instead, it continued madly attacking Brother Lin and the other four. While maintaining its humanoid form, its left arm was still quite powerful. Even the window had been severely deformed to the point that it was almost falling off of the wall.

    ¡°As expected, it looks like I have no choice but to use my high-quality bullets!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression did not change much. Looking at the oue, he immediately unloaded the M110¡¯s magazine using his right hand. With a turn of his wrist, a bright-colored gray magazine showing traces of electricity was loaded into his M110.

    The panel above showed that he was now Level 42! The Perfect Eye of Thunder magazine, paired with shield-breaking energy bullets!

    Bam!

    In the next shot, a bullet with a glowing blue dim light, spinning with the speed of lightning, flew into the Tyrant¡¯s heart. It left behind a visible, faint trail of lightning that intertwined!

    Something worth mentioning was that Feng Luo had not purposely saved up his strongest shield-breaking energy bullets; in fact, he was now quite short on ammunition.

    The 150 shield-breaking energy bullets that Mu Wu had given him during the city cleanup mission had already been used up today. The shield-breaking energy bullets that were in his hands now had been bought from the Exchange at an expensive price, but it was just a few.

    During today¡¯s continuous zombie extermination, he had only used the shield-breaking energy bullets when a high destructive power was required, but still, quite a lot of bullets had been used. The bullets in his hands now were running low. Hence, he decided to save as many as he could.

    After Feng Luo reloaded a new magazine and shield-breaking energy bullets, the effect it had waspletely different.

    ?355

    ?2200

    The Tyrant¡¯s back was sted by the shield-breaking energy bullets, producing a wound asrge as the mouth of a bowl, to the point that it wasn¡¯t just the flesh that could be seen, but also its grayish-white bones.

    Moreover, because of the electric shock effect of the bullets, it could no longer support its gigantic body, and it started to lose its grip on the wall, causing it to plummet straight down to the ground.

    ¡°Attack!¡± shouted Mu Zi.

    As soon as he gave the orders, he started shooting at the falling Tyrant with his machine gun, unloading a stream of bullets at it.

    Ratatat...

    However, someone from a floor below him was one step ahead, as the familiar sound of metallic gunshots from the Death Ripper echoed through the air.

    Sister Rui had not followed Feng Luo and the others to the rooftop because she was initially farming monsters. Hence, she set up her Death Ripper in a shooting position at the Guard Bureau¡¯s fence wall so that she can assist Feng Luo in attacking. The stream of metal bullets was like a hive of bees chasing the falling Tyrant! Dust covered every inch as the swarm of bullets as they shattered the reinforced ss of the hospital building into pieces, covering the walls with a series of bullet holes.

    However, there were quite a few dense bullets that hit the Tyrant. Although the Tyrant had a terrifying strong defense, getting hit by 150 bullets per second¡ªeven if it was at a distance and falling rapidly¡ªits HP was still dropping quickly despite the fact that almost half of the shots missed.

    At the same time, Feng Luo was firing continuously. After changing to the Perfect Eye of Thunder magazine, the firing interval of his M110 was shortened to nearly one second. Hence, when the Tyrant was still in the air, the next round of shield-breaking energy bullets had already been unloaded.

    Among the hundreds of flying bullets, a sharp shield-breaking energy bullet carrying a trail of blue lightnded right in its neck, again harvesting more than 2,000 points of its HP.

    Thebination of the two was indeed an unspoken agreement!

    However, it was apparently impossible to finish off a Level-49 Commander monster by ending it this way.

    The height of the hospital building was no more than 15 meters, and the Tyrant was just a second away from the ground. Hence, after reducing about one-fifth of its HP, the Tyrant had already fallen into the greenery next to the hospital.

    The hospital and the Guard Bureau were positioned on the same side of the street, but fortunately, there were norge buildings between them. Moreover, there was a semicircr za, 30 meters in diameter, close to the Guard Bureau. Hence, it didn¡¯t have much effect on the viewing and shooting angle.

    Feng Luo and others still carried on attacking. However, as soon as both of its legs touched the ground, the Tyrant immediately jumped back up, directing its trajectory at Feng Luo and the others. It reached out with his gigantic ws that spanned half of its body size, guarding the front of its body

    The swarm of bullets from the machine guns concentrated on its ws. They emitted muffled sounds as though hitting its bones. Although initially the damage inflicted did not have arge effect, it now had further reduced its HP to less than one-fifth.

    Therge ws that spanned a width of more than a meter could actually have a mitigating effect on the damage caused by the shield of the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    At this moment, the Tyrant was already angered by the attacks of Feng Luo and the others. It raised its gigantic ws, shielding its weak points, as it rushed madly in the direction of Feng Luo and the others.

 Chapter 142 - Incredible Drops

    <h4>Chapter 142: Incredible Drops</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bam, bam, bam...

    The swarm of bullets shot from the Guard Bureaunded all over the Tyrant, destroying the greens and the statues around the hospital, sending soil and rocks flying all over the ce. However, most of the bullets hit the gigantic ws of the Tyrant, producing muffled sounds.

    The Tyrant raised its arm as though holding a shield in front of it. It rushed toward the Guard Bureau as bullets showered it! Moreover, even though it was infected by the T-virus and transformed into a Tyrant, after realizing that the attacks were depleting its HP rapidly, it unexpectedly ran between some of the buildings to conceal itself. Its course of action seemed to be quite tactical, as though it still retained some of its instincts as a guard soldier.

    This undoubtedly resulted in some weaknesses in the yers¡¯ attacks, especially for machine gun users. That was because, with an extrarge ammo box, even when firing at will, a machine gun could only support shooting for less than 10 seconds. Hence, Sister Rui intentionally controlled her shots. She also unleashed a chain of bullets about 50 meters around where the Tyrant rushed to, reloading her ammo one round after another.

    However, the Tyrant took the opportunity to take cover among the buildings while rapidly rushing toward the yers amid their attacks with its gigantic ws raised in front of it.

    Boom!

    A stone wall suddenly appeared in front of the Tyrant, attempting to obstruct its movement. But the Tyrant seemed unfazed. With its ws raised, it rammed straight through the stone wall, dissipating it into Earth Energy.

    Swoosh...

    Spinning at high speed, a spiral wind de formed by dozens of light green wind des hit the Tyrant. However, such powerful and extremely sharp des could only cause thin, bloody scratches on its ws.

    When it came to monsters transformed by the T-virus, only by hitting weak points or using a highly destructive gun could yers inflict substantial damage; hitting other parts would reduce the damage inflicted tremendously. Hence, the Tyrant quickly rushed toward the yers with unstoppable speed and was already less than 30 meters from their position!

    However, the distance remaining was undoubtedly the most difficult area to pass through! Because within this distance, there was no cover at all, making it the optimal battleground for yers to attack.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The moment it appeared from behind thest building¡ªwith its gigantic ws protecting its upper body¡ªa rain of bullets was there to wee the Tyrant!

    Ratatat!

    Aside from the gunshots from Sister Rui¡¯s Death Ripper, another type of gunshot could be heard simultaneously. Next to Feng Luo and the others, Young Master Lin was firing his six-barreled Destructive Thundersnake at the Tyrant in a frenzy while adjusting the angle of depression to its lowest setting. The muzzle shes produced by the six barrels were absolutely stunning.

    The six-barreled Destructive Thundersnake¡¯s rate of fire was not as fast as the eight-barreled Death Ripper, but it had the upper hand, as its bullets¡¯ destructive power was much stronger! With thebination of the two guns, the Tyrant could only advance less than 10 meters. The Tyrant¡¯s w, previously tough and strong, was now a bloody mush of flesh; some of the shots even pierced through its ws.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    Even though the Tyrant could mitigate arge amount of damage by using itsrge w, the attacks of the two Level-45 rare guns made it a bit difficult for it to rush toward them.

    In this kind of situation¡ªa Commander monster without an energy shield¡ªit was certainly no simple feat to rush directly at the yers. Moreover, at that moment, swooshing sounds could be heard as a stream of bullets even fiercer than the two of those gunsbined was unleashed from a position slightly below the Guard Bureau. The Guard Bureau¡¯s NPC soldiers had joined in thebat. They were equipped with a six-barreled railgun, which was much stronger and more effective than the two machine gunsbined.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    With the shots from the six-barreled railgun, the Tyrant waspletely prevented from moving forward. It even recoiled from the bullets¡¯ impact. With the continuous attacks, the damage values appeared continuously above its head, causing its HP to drop to less than one-fifth of its total HP. After all, it was only a Level-45 Commander-grade monster. No matter how strong its defense was and how much HP it had, it still wasn¡¯t strong enough to resist the hits from three assault machine guns.

    In fact, the Tyrant¡¯s ws, along with its body, were already gravely wounded. The creature had a horrifying regeneration capability, giving it the opportunity to heal its wounds with every passing second. But there was also an increasing number of bullet holes appearing on its body.

    At this moment, the Tyrant finally understood what fear felt like.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The Tyrant roared unwillingly, but it still fell backward immediately. Judging by its current state, it knew that if it rushed ahead without any consideration, not only was there a possibility that it would be unable to kill the enemies in front of it that it so strongly desired to consume, but it might also be a suicide mission.

    He prepared to step back a little. Relying on its strong regeneration powers, it only needed a short period of time to restore enough HP to rush through the line of the blockade!

    ¡°nning to escape again?¡±

    On the rooftop of the Guard Bureau, Feng Luo put down his M110 and pulled out arge ck pistol. The Desert Eagle!

    As the Tyrant was trying to rush toward the blockade, Feng Luo had already pulled out the Desert Eagle from his tactical belt. This weapon was loaded with rare B-rank Level-38 impact bullets. The damage was not inferior to the M110, but, more importantly, the Desert Eagle allowed him to have a certain ability to deal with close-rangebatants.

    However, when he saw the Tyrant preparing to escape, Feng Luo couldn¡¯t have cared less about the high value of B-rank bullets. He immediately raised his gun and prepared to shoot the Tyrant. Dealing with an ordinary Level-45 Commander monster was much less troublesome than a Tyrant in its final form.

    If it was not for this open space and the help of three machine guns, there was no way they could have pinned him down. The Tyrant had already escaped once. If it got away again and went into hiding¡ªnot to mention that it would change its strategy to ambushing¡ªit would likely cause a catastrophe. After all, this monster¡¯s regenerative powers were too strong! Hence, Feng Luo decided to not be stingy with his bullets anymore. He shot at the Tyrant¡¯s left leg using his Desert Eagle with a bang.

    Bang!

    The B-rank impact bullet looked ordinary when it first came out of the muzzle. Its spiraling speed of flight was even slower than ordinary bullets. However, when the bullet hit the Tyrant right in its left leg amid the stream of bullets, after a dy of 0.1 seconds, it was as though the air was punctured and a muffled sound.

    Thud!

    The Tyrant had originally retreated to the edge of the za. But, the next moment, its body suddenly began to seize. Its four-meter-tall body, weighing about one ton, fell straight onto the floor in a kneeling position. As it roared once more and tried to pick itself up, another round of bullets, much slower this time, hit its right leg.

    ******

    ¡°Is it dead?¡± said Mu Zi after a few seconds, finding it hard to believe.

    ¡°It¡¯s dead!¡± Feng Luo holstered his Desert Eagle and nodded because the system notification had already appeared.

    You participated in eliminating T-000 (Level-45 Solitary Commander). Elimination contribution: 12.8%. 1280 experience points gained.

    A total of three Impact Bullets held the Tyrant down for a full six seconds. The three machine guns nuked the Tyrant until it was only left with less than one-fifth of its health, how could it have possibly endured the damage. After all, it was only a Level-45 Commander monster!

    However, in all of Roguetown, this Tyrant was probably the strongest creature here. After it died, there was no way it wouldn¡¯t drop any loot.

    Within the yers¡¯ sights, at the edge of the open field, they could see three items glowing in dim white light around where the Tyrant had died. They were vials shaped like syringes. Two of them were colored green, and another one was colored blue!

    ******

    ¡°Brother Feng, there are incredible drops!¡±

    By the time everyone gathered on the first floor, Mu Zi had already picked up the loot with a happy expression stered on his face. In each of his hands were two different colored vials.

    After entering the Guard Bureau, he first showed everyone the two green-colored vials.

    Primary Evolution Virus (T) ¨C One-time use medicine

    After using it, it can eradicate the evolving T-virus inside the body. At the same time, it renders the user immune to the T-virus infection within an hour¡¯s time.

    ¡°Eradicate the T-virus?¡±

    Looking at this, the Earth Maniptor could not hide his excited expression on his face. After all, no one wanted to throw away a full level¡¯s worth of experience, as it would take tons of time to raise it back up again.

    As for Young Master Lin and the others, their faces also showed interest. Although they were not infected, it wouldn¡¯t hurt to have a preventative measure with them.

    Only the faces of Feng Luo and Sister Rui did not change much. That was because Feng Luo had already taken the antivirus vine; hence, they were not really interested in this medicine. What they were interested in was the other medicine. Since Mu Zi was so happy, then the really good loot must have been the blue-colored medicine.

    Primary Evolution Virus (T) Strengthening medicine Type-3

    After use, there is a 75% chance of sessful merging, Strength +4, Stamina +4, HP +300, and all senses will increase slightly; 25% chance of merge failure, all attributes -2. If merging is sessful, subject will gain partial resistance to the primary evolving virus.

    Quality: Excellent.

 Chapter 143 - Item Distribution

    <h4>Chapter 143: Item Distribution</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Attributes Enhancing Potion!¡±

    Everyone stared at the metallic vial containing the blue liquid.

    In War, the opportunity to increase one¡¯s attributes permanently was considered rare. Who would have thought that a potion like this would be dropped by a Commander monster!

    ¡°The Primary Evolution Virus could increase attributes?¡±

    Feng looked at the blue liquid in the vial and suddenly thought of something. It was rted to the Silver Leaf Ind mission, where he had been bitten by the Commander Mutant Giant Python and infected with the mutated Evolution Virus. After using the gene agent from Lin, he had gained permanent attribute increases.

    ¡°Evolution Virus, Evolution Virus...¡±

    As Lin had mentioned before, the purpose of developing the Evolution Virus had been to enhance one¡¯s body¡ªsimr to the purpose of the biochip. But since they had never found a safe way to stabilize it in past research, it had never been widely deployed.

    The T-virus developed by the Umbre Corporation was also a mutated version of the Evolution Virus. As Feng Luo recalled, the T-virus in Resident Evil/Biohazard (the video game) had initially been produced for the intention of enhancing human genes, thereby producing a new human race. It was clear that it had simr functions to the Evolution virus.

    Now, do the events in Resident Evil mean that the Evolution Virus is about to be added into the game? Feng Luo took a guess in his mind.

    However, the distribution of the three items in the hands of Mu Zi was the most urgent matter to settle.

    Two healing potions and an enhancing potion. How do we distribute them?

    This was definitely a difficult problem to deal with because everyone only had their eyes on the vial containing the blue enhancing potion. It could permanently increase one¡¯s attributes¡ªand was not limited to the basic attributes¡ªas well as one¡¯s HP and perception. No one in their right mind would turn down such good stuff. After all, they would still have increased by a level regardless of the healing potion. However, the opportunity to increase a character¡¯s attributes was hard toe by!

    At that moment, the five of them, including Brother Ling, who had explored the hospital building, returned with disappointment written all over their faces. There was nothing that could control the T-virus in the hospital. However, they became happy after seeing the three potions dropped by the Tyrant.

    ¡°How about we split them ording to contribution...?¡± Feng Luo immediately spoke up when everyone had arrived.

    This was the mostmon method used by yers. As a matter of fact, the contribution system was designed for this very reason: to allow yers to distribute their equipment.

    Nevertheless, there were two different ways to distribute ording to contribution. The first was ording to rank. The person with the highest contribution was to choose first, followed by the next-highest yer. Those who were left empty-handed at the end would bepensated by other yers with some credits or equipment from their own pile.

    If they chose this method, both Feng Luo and Sister Rui would be able to get their hands on some of the loot. ording to rank, Sister Rui, who got the ¡°Final Blow¡± on the Tyrant, had the highest contribution of 26.5 percent, thus ranking first. Lin Aotian, with 15.9 percent contribution, was ranked second, while Feng Luo, with 12.8 percent contribution, was ranked third.

    The fourth in line was a member of Brother Ling¡¯s team who dealt ¡°First Damage¡± on the Tyrant with 7.8 percent. Mu Zi had 4.3 percent contribution, ranking seventh.

    The contributions of both Sister Rui and Lin Aotian were very high. In such a short period of time, the explosive damage of the Machine Gunnerrgely ounted for their sess.

    However, the majority of the yers had nothing to say about this because the great damage done by the Machine Gunner required a high rate of consumption. The price of the cartridges in a single magazine alone was already higher than that of the average yer in a single battle perhaps by a dozen times. Therefore, them getting more during the distribution was not unfair.

    There was another reason behind Feng Luo getting the third-highest contribution. Although he had not gotten the Final Blow, he had been able to use thest three shots of his Desert Eagle to execute perfect crowd control. The system had given him a much higher contribution percentage for that. And, just as Feng Luo had mentioned, thest three shots were from B-Rank special ammo.

    B-Rank special ammo was expensive! Everyone knew that. They even felt that Feng Luo¡¯s contribution wasparatively low. But the system would not take the cost of B-Rank special ammo into ount.

    However, this method was not approved. They voted and decided to employ another distribution method, which was to convert the items¡¯ price into a ratio of contribution. The yers were then to form groups, and if the total contribution of the group exceeded a certain amount, the members of that group could have a share of the items ordingly. Then they would proceed to split the items among themselves.

    This method of distribution resulted in Feng Luo, Sister Rui, and Mu Zi taking the enhancing potion, which was worth the most. That was because all three of their contributions added together would exceed 60 percent of the overall yers¡¯ contribution.

    Keeping in mind that the guards had dealt quite a lot of damage with their six-barreled railguns¡ªin addition to the attacks by some of the Guard Soldiers¡ªthe overall yers¡¯ contribution did not equal 100 percent.

    The three including Young Master Lin had a total of 20 percent contribution. With that, they took one of the healing potions, which they needed.

    Thest healing potion was taken by Brother Ling and the rest because they had gained some contribution from dealing some damage to the Tyrant when they had previously encountered it in the hospital.

    The distribution of the items waspleted. However, as he handed the healing potion to the Earth Maniptor, Young Master Lin was still staring daggers at the enhancing potion in the hand of Mu Zi.

    Lin Aotian, who was looking at the blue vial in Mu Zi¡¯s hand, turned and said to Sister Rui, ¡°Sister Rui, is this enhancing potion up for sale? I can pay two million credits for it!¡±

    After hearing hisment, most of the yers were startled, thinking they had heard him wrong, except for Brother Ling and Feng Luo.

    Two million Credits! That was equivalent to 20,000 star coins! Even totaling up the money of half the people there wouldn¡¯t amount to that much money.

    When Lu Chen had selected people for this mission, he had not chosen them ording to their equipment and strengths. Some of them were chosen based on their specialties and talents, like Mu Zi.

    That was also why the ¡°biochip expert¡± female yer had been chosen for the mission, even though she was quite ordinary. Unfortunately, her ability to elerate the hacking of the intelligent system had been rendered useless, as it had no effect against supeputers of this level, like the White Queen.

    Nheless, a lot of people were dumbfounded by the proposed price of two million credits. All of this to preserve Young Master Lin¡¯s reputation, along with his deep pockets.

    If the potion could have a 100 percent sess rate afterbining with the yer, then it would have been reasonable for someone to propose such a price. But the sess rate was only 75 percent. There was a quarter of a chance that it could fail. One would only pay such a high price if he or she was not right in the head. The risk of reducing the attributes alone was enough to lower the price of the potion to one-tenth of its original price.

    Sister Rui¡¯s cold reply, however, stuffed all of Young Master Lin¡¯s words back into his mouth.

    ¡°Not for sale!¡±

    ¡°Forget it then...¡± Young Master Lin shook his head and gave up on pushing further.

    The main reason was that he was still a little afraid of Sister Rui. Otherwise, he would have offered the price at the very beginning. Most of the yers would have probably agreed on the first distribution method at that point.

    At the same time, the 75-percent sess rate of the potion had made him hesitate. He would have offered any price to get his hands on the potion, had the sess rate of it was 100 percent.

    Of course, if that had been the case, he still would not have seeded no matter how much money he crazily spent. The wealthy, like Sister Rui, for whom money was never a problem, would never have given it up for sale. Especially when the buyer was Lin Aotian. Also, the vial was owned by the three of them: Feng Luo, Mu Zi, and her. Based on her character, she would not just decide this all on her own.

    Xiao Jiu, who was a Doctor yer and a member of one of the five squads that had followed Brother Ling to the hospital, spoke up. ¡°Plus, we have no idea if the ability to gain immunity for some of the mutated Evolution Virus, stated in the enhancing potion¡¯s attributes, includes the T-virus. If it does, then we won¡¯t ever have to worry about the scratches and bites of a zombie...¡±

    Just when everyone was focusing on the first half of the sentence about increasing one¡¯s attributes, her attention, unlike everyone else¡¯s, was fixated on thest bit: ¡°If merging is sessful, subject will gain partial resistance to the primary evolving virus.¡±

    ¡°Virus immunity?¡±

    The phrase had caught Feng Luo¡¯s attention.

    He quickly looked through his attributes, as he recalled something. When he had been in the Gray Water, after bonding with the Evolution Virus, his attributes had disyed the description, ¡°gained immunity to most Primary Evolution Viruses.¡±

 Chapter 144 - Virus Immunity

    <h4>Chapter 144: Virus Immunity</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    I knew it!

    Among his attributes, Feng Luo found a description that got him thinking.

    ¡°Primary Evolution Virus immunity!¡±

    What does this mean? ording to the words, I suppose it¡¯s about gaining immunity against the Evolution Virus. Speaking of which, T-virus is also a mutated version of the Evolution Virus. And this seems to be categorized under Primary Evolution Virus. Does it mean it is one of the ¡°primary mutated versions¡±? If that¡¯s the case, what Xiao Jiu said could be possible!

    Perhaps, with the immunity to T-virus, he was the only yer here who was not afraid of being infected by the T-virus! Feng Luo immediately thought of this.

    ¡°It¡¯s very likely to be the case! Then the value of this potion would worth much more than the price stated previously...¡±

    Other yers have started their own discussions as well. They felt that this potion would probably be a permanent ¡°T-virus Immunity Potion,¡± which would be equivalent to the permanent effect of superimposed green healing potions.

    At the same time, a lot of the people were muttering in their hearts, too.

    Considering the situation, it was unjust for Feng Luo and the others to take the enhancing potion with only 60 percent of their contribution. However, the distribution of items was over. What has been done could not be undone. Even if there were people that wanted to have some of the credits taken by Feng Luo and the others, they wouldn¡¯t have the courage to speak up, so it was best to just ept the fact.

    The only person who would be extremely satisfied by this was none other than Feng Luo himself because the others would not have a clue regarding the kind of ssic storyline in Resident Evil (Biohazard), which probably would have a great impact. In the future, when the zombies reigned, a permanent potion like this, which could increase one¡¯s T-virus immunity, would be highly advantageous.

    With this fact alone, the Primary Evolution Virus (T) Enhancing Potion would be worth over 90 percent of the contribution.

    ¡°But is it only for the Primary Evolution Virus?¡±

    Feng Luo realized that in his attributes, the immunity against the Evolution Virus hinted that it applied to ¡°Most of the ¡®Primary¡¯ Mutated Version.¡± The T-virus was a primary virus. If there was a primary level, would there be other higher levels¡ªlike intermediate or advanced levels? If so, what would be an ¡°intermediate¡±? A G-virus? A C-virus? Or perhaps the bonding of both the T-virus and G-virus, known as the Ultimate Human Form of ¡°Uroborus Virus¡±? (These three were the viruses from Resident Evil/Biohazard.) Would these more advanced Evolution Viruses provide great strength to the yers after bonding?

    Following his train of thought, Feng Luo realized the extreme importance of the Evolution Virus to the yers. It certainly would not be inferior to the biochip.

    The legendary storyline told in Resident Evil/Biohazard had an unprecedented, epic plot that would definitely not be simple. It was highly probable that yers could bond with the Evolution Virus in the ¡°Biohazard¡± mission, activating the so-called ¡°Path of Evolution¡±!

    Perhaps his own Evolution Talent was indicating this. Moreover, what Master Rnd had said in the appraisal office might have hinted at it, too.

    ¡°The mystery of the human body is far deeper than you can imagine,¡± Master Rnd had said. ¡°But, given the current speed of this technological renaissance, these mysteries should be revealed soon.¡±

    Feng Luo hadn¡¯t given a lot of thought to that sentence back then. In retrospect, there was no doubt that it had been a sign indicating that in the updated version, some new powers would be discovered in the ¡°bodies¡± of the yers! Or perhaps the Evolution Virus itself was the key to the secrets of the human body?

    ¡°I don¡¯t need it, Feng. Which of you want this potion?¡±

    Feng Luo was not listening. When Mu Zi handed the enhancing potion to Sister Rui, she refused it without any hesitation. She refused to sell for two million credits, but she was willing to hand it over to her teammates so casually. Sister Rui was so wealthy that she could no doubt rub it in other people¡¯s faces.

    ¡°This... I don¡¯t want it!¡± Mu Zi shook his head. He rejected it without hesitation, as he realized his contribution points did not evene close toparing with Feng Luo¡¯s or Sister Rui¡¯s.

    Feng Luo also shook his head. ¡°It could be a waste if it is used on me...¡±

    He already possessed the Evolution Virus resistance, and he was not sure what would happen if he was to use the enhancing potion. It might just go to waste.

    Truth be told, the enhancing potion was not designed for Gunners, as it increased the main attributes, including Strength, Vitality, and maximum HP... Each of these attributes was very useful to Warriors, but not so much for the Gunner profession.

    As for Machine Gunners, it could be of use to them. The two attributes of Strength and Vitality were of some use to Machine Gunners because they needed Strength for movement and to fire a machine gun at high speed when shooting. They also needed a certain amount of Vitality and HP to avoid being insta-killed by those belonging to long-ranged professions during a firefight.

    Feng Luo thought of this suddenly and whispered in Sister Rui¡¯s ear, ¡°Sister Rui, you should keep this potion first. You don¡¯t have to use it. Perhaps I could increase the bonding sess rate or change the basic attributes that it would increase.¡±

    He only said so because he had thought of Lin. Lin, too, was studying the Evolution Virus. This potion might intrigue her. Also, a 75 percent bonding sess rate was nheless too low¡ªespecially when it would reduce all attributes by two if it failed!

    He had decided that if Sister Rui was not to use it, then he would take the enhancing potion to Lin to find out whether she could increase the sess rate of this potion or maybe even change the attributes that the potion could increase. It would be best if it could increase the attributes of a Gunner, like Agility, Speed, etc.

    When he thought of Lin, Feng Luo also thought of his mission, ¡°Lin¡¯s Interest.¡± He then hurried out of the Guard Bureau.

    Feng Luo ran quickly to the corpse of the Tyrant, which was covered in bullet holes. He took out a silver case from his inventory and opened it. He proceeded to take out a cylindrical metallic test tube. Using the extraction needle on top of it, Feng Luo took a sample of its blood. When he ced the metallic test tube back into its case, four out of the five test tubes were already upied with substances.

    During these few days, Feng Luo had not forgotten what he needed to do for Lin. To date, he had already collected four T-virus infected samples, including those of a zombie dog, an ordinary zombie, a Forager, and the Tyrant just now. Obviously, the blood sample of the Tyrant would worth the most out of all of them.

    At that moment, Feng Luo thought of a new possibility.

    If the Tyrant could drop the ¡°T-virus Enhancing Potion,¡± does it mean that Lin could find out how the enhancing potion was made through this blood sample? If she were able to produce an enhancing potion, we would probably be rolling in money.

    Of course, before considering any of this, it was necessary to increase his ¡°likability¡± with Lin. At the very least, he needed toplete the mission assigned.

    However, I have collected samples from every infected creature I¡¯ve encountered. Where could thest infection sample be?

    ******

    ¡°The testing result shows that it is approximately 5 percent away from reaching the standard of Intermediate B.O.W.¡±

    From the basement of the sanatorium, the voice of a little girl in white could be heard.

    ¡°s, our intentions were to do some testing and continue to cultivate it so as to manufacture a qualified intermediate bio-organic weapon (B.O.W). Never would we have thought that it would be defeated so quickly by this group of explorers.¡±

    The virtual screen disyed the entire process of the Tyrant being killed by the firepower of the yers.

    Wesker remarked expressionless while taking off his sunsses. ¡°Notify Party 5 to collect a full set of samples from it after the experiments have ended.¡±

    ¡°Yes, sir! Transmittingmand...¡±

    ¡°Well, it¡¯s almost time. Let¡¯s start the next test!¡± Wesker ordered in a deep voice while shaking its head slightly.

    The little girl in white had data streaming through her eyes. She replied with a childish monotone, ¡°Threshold Pressure Test,mence!¡±

    Then the screen in front of Wesker switched into a three-dimensional view overlooking Roon City. On this virtual three-dimensional map, red dots that represented zombies could be seen making their way slowly toward the Guard Bureau, surrounding it.

 Chapter 145 - City Surrounded by Zombies

    <h4>Chapter 145: City Surrounded by Zombies</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°By 12:00 midnight, all of Roguetown will be blown to smithereens!¡±

    After Feng Luo collected the blood of the Tyrant and returned to the Guard Bureau, the expressions on the faces of the yers were no longer as rxed as they had been while dividing up equipment.

    The news brought by Lin Aotian and his two associates, without a doubt, caught everyone by surprise.

    ¡°But don¡¯t we still have the mission to defend the town for 12 hours and eliminate the opposing enemy team?¡±

    ¡°The mission was announced by the system at around 12:00 noon. If we want toplete it, we need to wait until 12:00 midnight at the very least. Doesn¡¯t that mean that we have no time to escape!?¡±

    ¡°The system wouldn¡¯t give us a mission that sends us to our deaths, would it?¡± Brother Ling said with a frown. As the person responsible for the current mission, he had a headache right now. He was more adept at directbat and safety work. This sort of intelligence analysis work really was not his strength.

    ¡°Defending for 12 hours might not be absolutely necessary,¡± said Sister Rui calmly. ¡°I think that there is a reason the system put a time limit on the mission. In truth, it wants to keep us in Roguetown so that the ¡®Biohazard Omen¡¯ storyline can continue to develop through us.¡±

    Feng Luo interrupted and said, ¡°War¡¯s missions aren¡¯t always the same because, in the game, yers¡¯ actions can influence the development of the story to a certain extent. As such, many mission requirements change as the story develops. So, either it has some hidden requirements that allow us to shorten the time we need to defend the city, or we can think of something to dy the time of the explosion!¡±

    He had thought about this problem after he heard about it from Lin Aotian and gang, and his conclusion was the same as Sister Rui.

    The degree of freedom in War¡¯s missions was extremely high. There was no fixed procedure. The system¡¯s restriction on yers was mostly set to ensure the development of the storyline. For example, in the Town of Exiles, the rebel army¡¯s siege on the town had been to eliminate the Steel Beetle Boss that had entered the base. As such, this had not allowed yers to run away in the face of danger.

    The current mission needed the yers to defend Roguetown. Without a doubt, it needed to work with the Resident Evil/Biohazard storyline, so the system hoped the yers would remain in Roguetown for a certain period.

    However, as the mission was an automatically epted story mission, the yers did not receive a certificate of conscription like before, in the Town of Exile. As such, the system¡¯s requirements on the yers were not as strict. If the yers chose to break out and leave right now, then they would probably only cause the ¡°Biohazard Omen¡± mission to fail, and there would not be a severe system punishment.

    As such, at the moment, two choices were ced before the yers. The first one was to give up the ¡°Biohazard Omen¡± story mission and choose to break out and leave early. In this case, they would not have to endure the dangers brought about by the Umbre Corporation¡¯s behavior of destroying evidence. The second was to remain in Roguetown. Then they would have to think of a way to shorten the duration needed to defend the town or to dy the time of the explosion.

    If they chose the first option, it would undoubtedly be beneficial forpleting the city-building mission. After all, they had already obtained proof, so as long as they broke out, the city-building mission should no longer have any obstacles.

    As for the second option, the dangers and risk factors would undeniably increase; it could even cause the difficult, halfpleted city-building mission to fail.

    So, how should they choose?

    After a short moment of silence, Brother Ling was the first to speak. ¡°I think we should just leave straight away. Inform the NPCs about the news before getting the NPC guards to join us in breaking out. In that case, getting the fat director out of here shouldn¡¯t be too difficult!¡±

    ¡°I agree!¡±

    The male yer who had snuck Young Master Lin and the other two into the area immediately voiced his agreement. ¡°The city-building mission is more important. After all, thepany sent us on this mission because they trust us. If we fail the city-building mission because of a somewhat dangerous story mission, wouldn¡¯t we be betraying the trust that the young master and the board of directors have in us?¡±

    His words instantly obtained the support of several other yers. However, around half the yers remained silent.

    Common sense would dictate that the city-building mission was certainly more important, so the former option could not be disputed. However, in the hearts of many people, they were more inclined to the second option: to remain andplete the Biohazard story mission. It would definitely be riskier, but with that risk came greater rewards.

    A Level-45 Commander-grade monster had already dropped an enhancing potion that permanently increased a yer¡¯s stats. If they couldplete the entire mission, the ultimate reward at the end would definitely not be something normal.

    But the system would not reward the yers with anything after thepletion of the city-building mission. At most, thepany would show their gratitude, which would most likely mean credits.

    Some things, however, could not be bought by credits¡ªfor example, the enhancing potion in Sister Rui¡¯s possession. Moreover, the Biohazard story mission was not in conflict with the city-building mission. Completing the Biohazard mission would not cause the city-building mission to fail.

    One might even say that if the city-building mission were to fail, they could just dy for a while before going to im the rewards. It did not mean they could no longer build a city ever again. Of course, considering the loss caused to thepany due to the situation...

    Two different options. In truth, it was fundamentally a contradiction between thepany¡¯s benefit or the individual¡¯s benefit. As such, the people with other ideas were not in the minority. However, no one said anything because, more often than not, thinking about it was one thing; doing it was another.

    Brother Ling saw that no one was speaking up, so he decided things on his own, pretending to be ignorant.

    ¡°All right. Since no one has any opinion, we¡¯ll prepare to break out right now. Counting ours, there are around 300 NPCs in the Guard Bureau, among them include over 40 NPC guard soldiers. It¡¯s not dark yet. If we were to break out, we would have lost the advantage of Heavy Weapons, but with this many people, it will be impossible for the Umbre Company to stop everyone. The probability of entering the mountains surrounding the area shouldn¡¯t be too slim... So, let me divide the responsibilities...¡±

    As part of the senior management of thepany, as well as his not-so-enthusiastic attitude toward the game, he was probably the only person who genuinely did not want to take the risk of going on the Biohazard mission.

    However, just as Brother Ling finished his sentence, a series of gunshotsing from outside the Guard Bureau interrupted them.

    Bang, bang, bang...

    Less than 20 seconds after the series of gunshots, two patrol vehicles that had bloodstains on their front bumpers and wheels entered the main gate of the Guard Bureau at high speed.

    ng!

    The car doors opened, and seven or eight guard soldiers with raised assault rifles immediately rushed toward the entrance upon disembarking from the vehicles. Over a dozen rescued survivors got off the patrol vehicles with panicked expressions and ran toward the Guard Bureau building.

    The yers exchanged nces with each other andmunicated through their eyes: There¡¯s a situation!

    Thest one who exited the vehicle was the Caucasian guard captain, Harley. His face had not rested for the entire day and was grim and filled with anxiety. His eyes were bloodshot, and his body waspletely soaked with bloodstains and sweat. ¡°Captain Ling,¡± he said. ¡°So, you¡¯re all here. Hurry¡ª¡±

    ¡°Captain Harley, what is this...?¡± Brother Ling could only interrupt him and go toward him to inquire about the situation. After all, even if it was only for breaking out, they still needed the strength of the NPCs.

    ¡°There¡¯s trouble,¡± Harley said with a very grim expression. ¡°There¡¯s big trouble! I have to head to themand room immediately. Sam, you brief them!¡± After that, he instructed the young guard soldier before quickly dashing into the Guard Bureau building.

    ¡°Sam, just what exactly happened?¡±

    This Sam was a young member of the guard team who had not be a Tyrant and had fought with Feng Luo andpany before at the cafe.

    ¡°Living dead... A lot of living dead!¡± Sam¡¯s face was filled with fear, and his gaze betrayed an uncontroble sense of panic. ¡°All the living dead outside are headed toward the Bureau. We only made it here because we put our lives on the line all the way as we rushed over here!¡±

    ¡°What!?¡± The tone of the yers could not help but go up several octaves.

    ******

    ¡°Brother Feng! This scene. It¡¯s really epic! I must record it and bring it back to show the people from the club!¡± Mumbled Mu Zi, who was on top of the Guard Bureau building, his eyes wide as he looked at the scene below him.

    Under the afterglow of the golden dawn, the originally beautiful and scenic Roguetown had turned into a ¡°Town of the Living Dead.¡±

    Bloodstains were everywhere. Severed limbs and other debris littered the streets. ¡°Humans¡± who walked with tottering steps moved slowly toward them with distorted, stiff poses. These NPCs who had once been tourists or townspeople had no light in their eyes. Their skin was as pale as paper while their veins popped out. Their outer appearance was gruesome and horrifying.

    On the bodies of these tourists were expensive, brand-name clothing that had been torn to shreds. On the edges of the mouths of the ¡°people¡± were bloodstains left over from devouring human flesh. As for their arms or legs, many had lost one or more of them to their own kind.

    The zombies of all of Roguetown were headed toward the Guard Bureau. Looking over the scene, it was impossible to count the number of zombies that blocked every nook and cranny of the streets. They had already finished off quite a few zombies throughout the afternoon. However, it was now clear that that amount was a far cry from the ridiculous number of zombies heading toward the Guard Bureau right now.

 Chapter 146 - Forager

    <h4>Chapter 146: Forager</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Ratatatat...

    The body of a fat Caucasian male with a tie was hit by a dozen or so bullets continuously. The impact of the bullets made his body shake continuously. From inside his beer belly, which had been gnawed open, a length of intestines dragged across the ground. It was torn in half by the bullets. Multiple bullet holes appeared on the body.

    However, hepletely ignored all this as if it were nothing. His body withstood the force generated by the bullets as he walked slowly forward. His eyes, which had long lost their vigor and stopped moving, were fixed in one direction as if longing for something. It appeared to be as devoted as a person on a pilgrimage.

    It was a three-story building that was very wide. Outside and surrounding the building was a five-meter-tall, thick stone wall. On top of the wall were the continuous sounds of electromaic machine guns rolling, as well as other gunshots. Bullets upon bullets, as well as all kinds of fireballs and wind des, flew toward him like a sandstorm.

    Bang!

    Finally, a bullet hit the Caucasian male in the middle of his forehead. He fell backward to the ground while looking into the sky as if he had finally found sce and returned home. The eyes that had already lost awareness looked toward thest afterglow of the sun as if they did not want to close just yet.

    However, immediately after, in his ¡°field of vision,¡± a dark brown, bloodstained high-heel appeared. The heel rammed into his eye socket, popping his already gray eyeball like a balloon. ck, cold blood exited the eye socket as the heel was pulled out. After that, a blood-soaked white tennis shoe with mashed flesh on its sole stomped on his head before being raised up, moving forward, and leaving the head behind.

    The body that had been reduced to a pile of dead meat in the hot temperatures and had lost its life was quickly turned into a mess of flesh after being stepped on countless times, exposing guts, broken ribs, and other internal organs.

    As for the army of other ¡°pilgrims,¡± they continued to walk over him.

    ******

    On top of the Guard Bureau building, with the M110 raised in his arms, Feng Luo kept moving the rifle while aiming at the zombie horde below but did not take any shots.

    The sounds of machine guns and assault rifles firing were deafening in other locations either below his floor or behind him. Energy waves fluctuated, with bullets, fireballs, and wind des flying off toward the group of zombies already at the wall and the gate of the Bureau. However, the densely packed group of zombies did not seem to be reduced.

    Weapons like machine guns could be said to be one of the most powerful when used against other monsters, but when facing zombies, their power was greatly reduced. The same went for the skills of Maniptors. That was because these living dead who had turned into mindless monsters after being infected by the T-virus and could not resist it had no weak points on their bodies except for their brains and spines.

    Even Feng Luo¡¯s M110, equipped with the Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine with improved stats, could only deal less than 500 damage when hitting other body parts of a zombie, so there was no need to imagine the damage dealt by a single shot from a machine gun, which had low damage in the first ce.

    Moreover, the brains and spines of the zombies were harder regions. The destructive power of machine guns was weak, so these zombies would only die from umted bullet damage. As such, even if multiple machine guns fired and many area-of-effect attacks were continuously released, the huge zombie army still encroached upon the periphery of the Guard Bureau one step at a time.

    It was a good thing the machine gun bullets still made an impact. Added to that was the five-meter-tall stone wall surrounding the Bureau. The zombies still could not get into the Guard Bureau as of yet; instead, the building provided the yers on the scene with a great opportunity to get some experience.

    However, not all zombies failed to enter!

    An approximately two-meter-long monster with all of its muscle as well as its brain exposed on the outside¡ªwhose four limbs had already mutated into rows of ws¡ªmoved quickly inside the zombie horde. Its speed was so fast that it was hard for people to see it clearly.

    Forager, Level 45 Elite. HP: 12,000.

    Visual perception mutation. Exceptional auditory and olfactory perception. Possesses the ability to crawl on walls and ceilings, paired with amazing jumping ability. Devouring fresh meat increases its vitality recovery rate.

    12,000 HP wasn¡¯t too high. However,pared to the T-virus-infected zombies that moved slowly and did not have any means of attack, its threat level was on apletely different level. This Elite monster that had evolved and mutated from a zombie possessed agility that far surpassed the level that a ¡°dead person¡± could ever achieve, as well as frightening attack power. Its speed was also amazingly fast.

    Apart from that, the long tongue, which was simr to the Alien, could also easily pierce through the bulletproof vests worn by members of the guard team. It could even puncture through their eye sockets and directly destroy the brains by turning them to mush. Most importantly, it possessed the ability to crawl on walls like a gecko, as well as a ten-meter-long jumping ability.

    This meant that getting past the five-meter stone wall surrounding the Guard Bureau was as easy as jumping over hurdles!

    ¡°Jee!¡±

    After running at high speed among the zombie horde for half a minute, the Forager finally could be held back no longer. It leaped into the air, easilynding on the wall.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    In a bunker-like location on the wall, a guard soldier who was shooting with a guard-issue assault rifle shouted. Before he could fire his assault rifle¡ª

    Bang!

    A gunshot sounded. Above him, a bullet came flying downward and struck the body of the Forager.

    Bang!

    ?345

    ?2319

    The armor-break effect of the double armor-piercing round¡ªalthough itnded urately and created a bowl-sized hole in its head, the Forager in the game did not die straight away. The exposed brain was only its weak point; it was not its fatal weakness!

    At the same time, the Forager crawling on the wall raised its head and ignored the panicked guard soldier who was running away. Instead, it looked directly at Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    It had lost both its eyes. Recing them were unique, mutated sensory cells on the surface of its face that had an extraordinary defense. Although it could not directly ¡°see¡± things, it possessed the ability to sense the existence of life forms, even through buildings.

    As such, it came at him!

    Bang!

    ?203

    ?589

    The Forager moved at high speed. Its route was very erratic. Feng Luo¡¯s second shot failed to hit the right spot and only dealt normal damage that did not even reach 1,000.

    And at that time, it was already on the side of the Bureau building within the walls. It crawled quickly toward Feng Luo along the straight stone wall.

    Bang!

    ?366

    ?2356

    However, Feng Luo, who had already equipped the Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine, had a firing rate that far surpassed ordinary Snipers. His next double armor-piercing round had already exited the gun¡¯s chamber, and the target was the Forager¡¯s brain.

    The shot hit close to the location of the first shot. Although it still did not deal lethal damage, after three shots, the HP of the Forager was a little bit more than half. But by now, the Forager that was crawling on the wall was already less than three meters away from Feng Luo!

    From Feng Luo¡¯s angle, he could even already see its mouth, which was filled with sharp white teeth with slices of shredded red meat hanging between them. He could smell the foul stench of blood emanating from the mouth with its long tongue inside!

    ¡°Jee!¡± The Forager squealed in excitement. It could almost taste the nearby food that made its stomach grumble. It was only one step away from it.

    Bang!

    ?1099

    ?1845

    However, the distance of one step might as well have been an eternity.

    With the sound of a gunshot, the Level-45 Elite monster that was already within close proximity to Feng Luo was hit right in the center of its brain by a slowly rotating bullet.

    After that, the small item whose diameter was not even half a centimeter suddenly turned into a powerful force after it exploded and dissolved, dealing weak-point damage that exceeded 2,000.

    Even its ws that had incredible suction strength and were already deeply embedded into the wall failed to resist the strong force. Its body fell down as if it had been hit by a giant boulder. Its ten ws left w marks that went from deep to shallow on the stone wall, looking like de marks.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    In an instant, it fell almost to the bottom. The Forager finally stabilized its body before it raised its head and roared angrily in Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    Bang!

    However, just as it raised its head, its eye that already lost its vision suddenly felt something that was extremely hot and rotating at high speed.

    ?500

    ?2399

    It was more weak-point damage!

    Killed Forager (Level 45 Elite). Contribution: 100%. Obtained 480 experience and one Merit!

    Feng Luo put away the Desert Eagle and raised the M110 to search for another target. This was the third Forager he had killed!

    Only Feng Luo, a yer whose vision, firing speed, and uracy exceeded that of normal yers, could deal with Foragers as easily as this. Moreover, solo-killing an Elite Forager had earned him a Merit!

 Chapter 147 - Temptation of Merits

    <h4>Chapter 147: Temptation of Merits</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Killed Forager (Level 45 Elite). Contribution: 100%. Obtained 480 experience and one Merit!

    ¡°Merit!¡± After Feng Luo killed the first Forager and read the system notification, it was inevitable that he was pleasantly surprised.

    As previously mentioned, Merits were not obtained easily in War. They could only be obtained bypleting an incredible solo kill or through some unique monsters or certain special missions.

    Based on the information in the game, Merits were, in fact, something given by the Federation to express their gratitude to adventurers who made significant contributions. For adventurers, it was a sort of recognition and a record of their contribution.

    So, what were the uses of Merits? Naturally, their uses were not insignificant!

    For one, Merits allowed yers to exchange for unique equipment or rare materials that could not be obtained elsewhere at the office set up in the Federal Government and the military. For example, the blueprints of equipment, medicinal forms, unique energy crystals¡ªeven the hardest item to obtain, decorative badges¡ªmany rare items of the game could be found in the warehouse of the Federation.

    Secondly, Merits could be used to exchange for positions in some departments of the government and military. Through this, yers could obtain positions of authority in the game!

    For example, once a yer exchanged for a military rank using Merits, the yer would be able to obtain authority simr to that of NPC military officers, and from that, they would be involved in military missions and y their part in these missions, such as in the Guard Bureau of Roguetown. Since the guards in the game actually had the authority of being the police as well as the army, the military rank system would also be effective here.

    For example, Harley was a corporal, and the fat Director Locke was also a corporal. The two of them had the highest military rank in this small town.

    This small mountain town was, after all, not a military base like the Town of Exiles, so the military ranks of members of the guard were rtively low. Under such circumstances, if a yer were to have the military rank of a sergeant, then he or she would undoubtedly be the highest-ranking officer.

    Military ranks did not represent actual authority; being a sergeant did not mean that one would be able to directlymand Harley or the soldiers in the guard team. However, all the members of the guards would definitely show him respect. And if Harley and Locke were to die, if one seized the opportunity, one might even obtainmand of the guards!

    This would depend on the yer¡¯s ability. However, from what Feng Luo knew at the moment, the military rank of sergeant wasn¡¯t worth mentioning, as he had never even met a corporal before.

    Merits could not be earned like contribution points to cities, which one could earn bypleting missions. They were difficult to obtain through conventional methods and could only be obtained through merit missions, something a yer could only wish for!

    Feng Luo had yed the game for a very long time. He had never used Merits to exchange for anything, and still, he had only umted around 350 points. This amount of Merits was enough for him to get a military rank of only a medium-ss soldier.

    The military rank system of the Federation was notplex. It was categorized by soldier, sergeant, lieutenant, colonel, and general. Five levels. From the lowest to the highest military rank, the total Merits required were as followed: Low-ss Soldier (100), Medium-ss Soldier (250), First-ss Soldier (500); Corporal (1000), Sergeant (2500)...

    As such, exchanging for a military sergeant rank required 1,000 Merits, unless one encountered a hidden mission. Otherwise, at the moment, it was basically impossible to get that!

    However, the system actually awarded Merits for solo-killing this sort of Forager?!

    Moreover, it was not by chance. Feng Luo had already killed three Foragers, and he had actually gotten three Merits consecutively.

    This means that it is very likely the Resident Evil/Biohazard story mission is rted to Merits.

    Feng Luo could instantly imagine just how many yers the ¡°Biohazard¡± series of missions would attract. The temptation of Merits was extremely strong!

    Bang!

    ?4533

    In his vision, he did not find any trace of a Forager for the moment. Feng Luo raised his M110 and began to quickly kill the normal zombies outside the wall.

    Possessing the 40 percent increased firing rate of the perfect Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine, the gap between Feng Luo¡¯s shots was only a little over one second.

    Facing these zombies that moved slowly and did not even know how to dodge, this rate of fire could undoubtedly be utilized to its maximum potential. Paired with the double armor-piercing round, he would, at most, need two shots to kill a zombie.

    At that moment, the ground outside the wall surrounding the Guard Bureau was filled with the ¡°corpses¡± of zombies. Apart from that, there were also countless shiny blood tonics, magazine clips, MP potions, energy crystals, and other supplies that only yers could see. There were even two green one-time-use T-virus treatment potions!

    However, no monster had dropped the blue T-virus enhancing potion. Even those hidden among the zombies that had evolved to be Elite-grade infected only dropped healing potions, at most. This was enough to prove the value of enhancing potions. They were vastly superior to healing potions.

    Thend filled with supplies was very tempting to the yers because although they were happily killing monsters right now, they were faced with a very serious problem: the supplies they had were running out.

    Apart from Warriors, Gunners and Maniptors were professions that consumed a lot. They needed energy crystals and bullets in order to fight. The group had initially prepared sufficiently for the current mission, bringing a decent amount of supplies in their backpacks. However, the anti-grav backpacks were limited, after all, so they could not bring too many things. The battle in the afternoon never really stopped, so the expenses were naturally not low.

    This was especially true after the zombies began to surround them. By now, although it had not yet been an hour¡ªand the real full-scale attack had not yetsted more than 20 minutes¡ªthe consumables on most people had already been used up.

    If the Machine Gunners, who consumed the most bullets, could not replenish their ammunition from the armory of the Guard Bureau, Sister Rui and Lin Aotian¡¯s firepower might have already been extinguished, and they would only be able to rely on their pistols.

    The only thing was that the few Maniptors on the teamcked MP at the moment. They could no longer ignore calcting their MP recovery rate so that they could cast a skill at the most critical moment.

    As such, the supplies sitting on the ground outside had a strong allure. It was unfortunate that hundreds or even thousands of zombies were surrounding them outside and did not provide them with the opportunity to go out. Feng Luo even wondered if he should release 24K and send the Gatherer Beetle out to see if there was a chance to gather these supplies. However, after some thinking, he decided it was best to forget it. He still did not want to reveal his pet in front of everyone just yet.

    At that moment, Mu Zi, holding an assault rifle and huffing and puffing came running up the stairs of the building and said, ¡°Brother Feng. The NPC called Harley is calling for you. He has something he needs to talk to you about!¡±

    Bang!

    After Feng Luo blew off the head of a female zombie wearing seductive and revealing clothing who seemed to be in a certain unique profession, he put away the M110 and went downstairs.

    ******

    ¡°So, here¡¯s the thing. We¡¯re running out of ammunition. Even if we use it sparingly, we canst another half an hour at most before everything gets used up!¡±

    Amid the gunshots and chaos outside, inside the emergency meeting room within the building stood Feng Luo, Young Master Ling, and Harley. At that moment, as the actualmander of the guard team, Harley¡¯s tired expression seemed even more tired. There was even a hint of despair.

    ¡°Themunicator still cannot be used,¡± Harley said. He mmed his fist on the table angrily. ¡°Damn it! Those bastards probably set up a jamming device in the town a long time ago. We cannot contact any Federation cities. They have no idea what¡¯s happening over here!¡± He shifted his gaze toward Feng Luo and Brother Ling. ¡°So, I¡¯ve asked for the two of you here because I hope to hear your advice. How should we continue to defend the ce after we use up all our ammunition? Or perhaps more urately... How do we survive!?¡±

    Feng Luo and Brother Ling exchanged nces with each other.

    The situation really did change!

    One of them was the captain of the small yer party while the other was one who met Harley earliest. Harley had called them, and clearly, what the two of them said next had a high probability of influencing the development of the storyline.

    ¡°How about we tell him about the bomb right now?¡± Brother Ling whispered softly to Feng Luo through the party channel.

    Informing Harley of this piece of intelligence would imply that their next move would be to break out of the ce! It was because a bomb threat paired with the fact that no backup would being from the outside meant that for these NPCs, escaping Roguetown was the only choice.

    As for the yers, the breakout option also had some risks. For one, if they chose to break out, there was a huge number of zombies outside, so the probability of being caught and bitten was higher.

    Second, and more importantly, the previous mission mentioned ¡°enemy yers,¡± and until now, these people had yet to make their appearance. Were they already surrounded by these yers? Or perhaps they had been observing them in secret all the while as they waited for the right opportunity? It was hard to say.

    If they had the wall and the Guard Bureau building as their base, by borrowing the strength of the NPCs, fighting the enemy yers who had the help of the zombies would mean that they would not be in an extremely passive situation, even though it would also not put them in an advantageous position.

    And the moment they chose the breakout option, they would be vulnerable to an enemy ambush in the midst of their journey.

    ¡°Let¡¯s break out!¡± Feng Luo suggested after thinking for a while.

    Without theirmunicator and the Scout Beetles, it was certainly quite difficult to judge the situation. However, if they stayed there and used up all their ammunition and supplies, they wouldn¡¯t be able to break out even if they wanted to.

    So, they might as well begin the battle against these yers that was bound to happen anyway while they still had somebat strength. It would also help them gain the initiative!

 Chapter 148 - Breakout (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 148: Breakout (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Hurry, hurry...!¡±

    On an empty piece of ground in front of the building within the walls surrounding the Guard Bureau, a plow was installed on the front of a guard-issue energy firetruck, and it began to move slowly. Behind it, three guard patrol vehicles were parked together. The soldiers, holding assault rifles in their hands, escorted the elderly and children into the vehicles.

    On top of the wall directly opposite the main gate, as well as on top of the building, the six-barreled railguns, the yers¡¯ machine guns, and energy attacks all fired at full power, creating a bloodsoaked empty space directly in front of them after eliminating hundreds of zombies.

    The angry roar of the machine guns, the sounds of explosions, and the cries of frightened children were all mixed together, entuating the darkness as the sun gradually disappeared. Added to that, a gathering of dark clouds emerging from the East made the sky look darker than it should have been.

    ******

    ¡°Protect him well!¡± 100,000 Volts and another Heavy Armor Warrior stood together with their alloy shields raised in their hands.

    Standing between them was Bureau Director Locke, who was cuffed and wore twoyers of a bulletproof vest and a guard-issue helmet. He was fully equipped, yet his face was still and pale as snow, filled with terror. His body even shivered a little.

    The breakout was carried out in a hurry. In truth, after learning that Roguetown would be mercilessly blown up by the Umbre Corporation, the Caucasian guard captain, Harley, who had still been able to keep his nerve throughout the battle, lost his cool for the first time. After double and then triple-confirming that the information was not a mistake, Harley immediately decided that everyone in the Guard Bureau, including the tourists as well as the surviving citizens of Roguetown, would immediately try to break out of the ce.

    Of course, he promptly sealed off information regarding the Umbre Company¡¯s n to blow up all of Roguetown. This piece of information was only known to him and the yers; even the other guard soldiers were kept out of the loop. It was because once the information was leaked out, they would most likely experience unprecedented chaos. However, even if that piece of information had remained sealed, the scene was still very chaotic in the beginning.

    ¡°No! I¡¯ll never leave!¡± some NPC citizens shouted at the guards who notified them about the decision to leave. ¡°You are guards, and you receive credits from the Federation. Isn¡¯t now the time for you to go out there and destroy those living dead and create a path to survival for us?¡±

    ¡°Rose, my dear Rose... It¡¯s you. It¡¯s all your fault! You let the monsters outside bite her to death!¡±

    ¡°And now you not only do you don¡¯t want to remedy your mistake of failing in your duties, but you also want us¡ªa bunch of normal people who don¡¯t even have any weapons in our hands¡ªto participate in battle!¡±

    ¡°Break out? Why break out? This is just your excuse to get us to fight those monsters!¡±

    There were also some who rejected them, as their faces filled with fear. This was because the guard soldiers told them the guards had limited firepower, so the men needed to find some weapons and participate in the battle.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that you had the most advanced weaponry previously, in the advertisement on the travel channel? Where are the energy military vehicles? Where are the heavy defense cannons? Why aren¡¯t I seeing any of these right now?!¡±

    ¡°This is false advertisement! Wait till I get back! I¡¯ll sue you in business court. The court will make you pay dearly¡ªit¡¯ll bankrupt the entire town!¡±

    ¡°No, your town is nothing right now. Then all of you here should bear the cost of repayment!¡±

    There were also tourists who were shouting at the guards. Plus, they included the citizens of the town as objects of their anger, which almost caused conflict on both sides. Of course, as they shouted these things, their expressions showed extreme agitation; however, deep in their eyes were fear and terror.

    For the NPC tourists and citizens who stayed hidden inside the Guard Bureau building the entire afternoon, the living dead monsters outside who bit people were undeniably scarier than anything they had seen before.

    To fight against monsters like these? They must be joking!

    ¡°Don¡¯t go out. We¡¯ll wait here!¡±

    ¡°If somethingrge-scale like this has happened, the Federal Government will surely send someone to rescue us. We should just wait here in the building for help toe!¡±

    ¡°As long as we close the door of the Bureau, those slow-moving monsters would never be able to enter. These cowardly soldiers only want to trick us into fighting outside. Everyone, do not be tricked, the breakout is absolutely the wrong decision!¡±

    ¡°Humph! Do as you please!¡±

    Harley¡¯s decisiveness exceeded the yers¡¯ expectations. To the people who refused to leave the Bureau building and were shouting and cursing with pale faces, he did not even address them. Instead, he just set his jaw and began to arrange for those who were willing to leave to begin moving. He moved the elderly and the children into the armored vehicles first while distributing weapons to the men.

    All the weapons in the Guard Bureau were distributed. Among those who were willing to leave, there were people who had experience using firearms, so some of them were given a pistol or a suppressed submachine gun. Of course, there weren¡¯t many bullets. At most, they each had one magazine.

    ¡°Wait a minute...¡±

    ¡°No... Don¡¯t leave me!¡±

    Everything happened in little more than ten minutes. Upon seeing how ineffective their cries and tantrums were¡ªand as soon as they saw the people gathered downstairs and were ready to leave as they distributed weapons¡ªthe people who had made up all kinds of excuses to oppose the breakout finally cried and screamed, running downstairs and toward the group. Moreover, they sought to take the weapons that were being distributed. Some even tried to take the seats of the elderly and the children in the vehicles.

    Of course, what awaited such behavior was the heavy butt of a guard soldier¡¯s rifle, as well as warning shots.

    Rumble...

    The stone and metal main entrance of the Bureau slowly opened, controlled by a motor. The four-meter-tall firetruck was the first to exit.

    The plow that had been installed in front of the vehicle pushed away the corpses of the zombies umting on the bare ground created by the previous unreserved concentrated firepower. With a rumble, it created a three-meter-wide path that waspletely soaked and covered with blood.

    And behind it, three guard patrol vehicles and around 300 tourists and citizens of the town began to pour out!

    ******

    ¡°Finally can¡¯t take it anymore? Then let the final test begin!¡± Wesker said softly. His lips beneath, his shades, twitched slightly after he watched the firetruck rushing out of the gate on the screen in the underground base beneath the retirement home.

    ¡°Analyzing behavioral pattern. Calcting path...¡± A row of data shed by on the eyes of the little girl in white. At the same time, red-colored routes of different sizes appeared on a real-time 3D visual representation of the town floating in front of her. ¡°Test project number three initiate. Sending data!¡±

    In an empty street on the West side of Roguetown, a big and burly man who towered over two meters held a heavy gray alloy shield in his hand. The Heavy Armor Warrior yer, walking leisurely, touched the Umbre Companymunicator on his ear. ¡°Number one received!¡±

    After he replied, he raised his head. A demon-like, dark crimson color appeared in his pupils as he emanated a murderous aura.

    ¡°Okay!¡± On top of anothermercial building, a Sniper yer who also wore the same ear microphone pushed armor-piercing bullets with a light blue glow, one after another, into the ck sniper rifle magazine. After that, he smiled and said through themunicator, ¡°It finally starts, after we have waited for so long! Smoke Gun, right now, I can¡¯t wait to kill two people to try out my strength!¡±

    ¡°Really? You¡¯re confident you¡¯ve improved that much?!¡± In a position on another building, another Machine Gunner yer with a cigarette in his mouth was running quickly while carrying a half-assembled machine gun. Simrly, his dark and crimson pupils were striking in the darkness.

    ¡°Of course!¡± The Sniper did not hide the excitement in his tone as he aimed at the empty streets under the building. ¡°Even if I don¡¯t use the sniper rifle, I can clearly view a position from 150 meters away in an environment like this. After integrating with the T-virus, and with the bonuses from all kinds of potions from the Umbre Corporation, my attack increased by 40 percent, and my senses also improved on all fronts. I feel like even if the enemies are the people from the first team of the group, their only option is to wait to be destroyed by us!¡±

    ¡°The first team? You sure are confident!¡± The Machine Gunner threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth and seemed to have found his spot. He put down the machine gun in his hands and began to take out the remaining parts from within his backpack.

    ¡°The first team is only taking advantage of being favored by the corp leader. They¡¯ve been relying on the support of the guild the entire time,¡± the Sniper yer said in a tone that initially showed a little bit of contempt before returning to excitement. ¡°All the good equipment, rare potions, and special bullets would be given to them first. It¡¯s the only reason why they have such amazingbat strength. After ounting for these factors, they are nothing more than ordinary elite yers! And now, what we have experienced is a significant and genuine improvement to our body quality. The T-virus! What an amazing thing!¡±

    ¡°It certainly is a good thing,¡± the Machine Gunner replied. ¡°It¡¯s just a pity that we can¡¯t keep using it all the time. After the duration of the bonus from the potions pses, it will only be an improvement of around 15 percent of our battle strength! Moreover, to get the permanent stat increase, we need to achieve victory in thisbat mission! If we fail, not only will we be infected more deeply by the T-virus, but we will experience a permanent reduction in stats. The side effect of this mission is way too heavy.¡±

    ¡°Wealthes from taking risks!¡± said the Heavy Armor Warrior with a cold and deep voice through themunicator. ¡°With higher gains, there are naturally higher risks! If everyone doesn¡¯t want to drop stats, then we have to seed in this mission. So, only sess! No failure!¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s face and tone were full of determination. ¡°Moreover, this is also rted to Boss Lightwind¡¯s n, as well as everyone¡¯s future...¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ll definitely get rid of the enemies!¡±

    ¡°You can rest assured, Captain!¡±

    The voices of the other nine people sounded consecutively over themunication channel.

    ******

    At the same time, Roaring Dragon Lightwind, who was currently inside a luxurious private room within Silvermoon City, finally went from being anxious to calm upon hearing a one-sentence voice message after a notification popped up on hismunicator. After that, he raised his head and looked at the semi-transparent virtual screen floating in front of him. It was an infographic created by words and lines of different colors used specifically to analyze intelligence.

    His gaze stopped briefly on the three words in the middle: ¡°Roaring Dragon Invincible,¡± before moving on. He then sat down on the genuine leather sofa before closing his eyes to wait.

 Chapter 149 - Breakout (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 149: Breakout (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Hurry, hurry!¡±

    In Roguetown, a fleet of vehiclesprising of a firetruck and three patrol vehicles drove slowly down a limestone road. Surrounding the vehicles was a huge group of panic-stricken tourists and citizens following with frantic footsteps. At the rear and to the side were guard soldiers, as well as a few citizens holding guns in their hands, firing at the zombie horde that was relentlessly pursuing them.

    The result of the hurried breakout was still rtively sessful. At least, until now. The group had already rushed through the zombies¡¯ encirclement and was progressing toward a location chosen by Harley.

    Amid the rumbling sound of the energy-powered firetruck¡¯s engine, moving the truck that weighed over a dozen tons, the vehicle pushed away or crushed the debris as well as the corpses on the ground, opening up a path of survival for them.

    It was a good thing that, due to the town¡¯s pursuit of a primeval style, apart from the exterior of the Guard Bureau, the town did not have any other vehicles around, so at that time, they did not have to worry about the road being blocked by abandoned vehicles.

    However, was everything going to proceed so smoothly?

    ******

    ¡°100,000, Ashui, both of you have to pay absolute attention!¡± Holding a silver alloy sword in his hand, Brother Ling walked behind the third patrol vehicle and spoke to the two Heavy Armor Warrior yers in front of him, who had theirrge alloy shields raised, blocking the side and nk of Locke. He spoke through the party voice messaging system. ¡°You must protect the NPC. He is the key topleting the city-building mission. If he dies, then all our previous efforts will be in vain!¡±

    ¡°The others are fine. What we¡¯re afraid of are snipers. It will be hard to react if they can insta-kill Locke.¡± Brother Ling¡¯s tone and expression showed some worries.

    In truth, in regard to how they were to escort the fat director out of the area, Brother Ling and Feng Luo had differing opinions.

    Feng Luo did not agree to such high-profile protection, since it would be too obvious. Anyone with a brain would know that the fat NPC was important to them, so the probability of Locke being attacked would increase. His opinion was to simply tie up the person and throw him inside the patrol vehicle. He¡¯d even suggested that they simply change his outfit before throwing him straight into the crowd andpletely ignoring him. This was because, in a situation where there was no certainty of safety, this fat, cowardly director would never muster enough courage to escape. Then the yers would have spare strength to directly deal with the ambush of the opposing yers.

    However, Brother Ling also had his reasons for his choice. Locke was, after all, the key to the city-building mission. Moreover, as the Bureau Chief, he had long been in cahoots with the Umbre Corporation, so it was possible he had long made it onto the hit list of the Umbre Corporation. One of the mission objectives of the opposing yers might even be to kill the fat director. As such, although throwing him into the crowd might have reduced unwanted attention, it did not mean that it was safe.

    Apart from that, although they had checked earlier, it was possible there were infected people within the crowd who had not spoken up. There were a lot of people. If anything were to happen, they would scatter everywhere, and it would be practically impossible to control anything¡ªor anyone. By then, it would be too difficult to protect Locke.

    As for throwing him into a patrol vehicle, it was feasible. However, Harley had strictly prohibited Locke from getting in a patrol vehicle. They were only to be upied by the elderly and the children.

    ¡°In this light, the uracy of Snipers shouldn¡¯t be too high.¡± As a Heavy Armor Warrior, Ahshui raised his head and saw that dark clouds had covered half the sky as if rain wereing. His eyes continued to survey the tops of the surrounding buildings with vignce. ¡°However, if it were a Sniper, this sort of city terrain is certainly advantageous, especially in our current situation. They are in the dark while we are in the light. We don¡¯t even know how many of them are there or what their professions are...¡±

    ¡°If it¡¯s a Sniper, they should be left for Snipers to deal with!¡±

    ¡°We have two Snipers; moreover, both of them made it into the top 15 in the killing mission. If the enemy Sniper still manages to gain the advantage, then we really can¡¯t do anything about failing the mission.¡± Although 100,000 Volts was right, he was clearly trying to me someone.

    ¡°Oh, right! Brother Ling, where did Brother Feng go?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s also that Sha Lang,¡± said Ahshui. ¡°Ever since the first day we got here, I¡¯ve never seen even a trace of him. Did he actually retreat with us?¡± Ashui asked this at an odd time.

    ¡°Brother Feng is just close by. As for Sha Lang, I¡¯m not sure!¡± Brother Ling replied.

    ¡°I haven¡¯t seen him throughout the entire mission. Just what kind of guy is this?¡± Ashui said, a bit irritated. ¡°The acting chairman actually reced you with him as the safety supervisor¡ª¡±

    ¡°Ashui!¡± Brother Ling frowned and interrupted him. ¡°In this game, everyone has their own opinion. In truth, in the beginning, it was because I was not thorough in my considerations. Young Brother Feng and his opinions were correct. We should have entered in waves. It was my fault for oversimplifying and underestimating the game and the mission...¡±

    ¡°All right...¡± Ashui stopped talking while 100,000 Volts rolled his eyes twice as he heard that.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    At that moment, an exasperating cry suddenly came from somewhere behind them.

    ¡°What happened? Damn it!¡± Brother Ling turned around to look, and as he did, his expression changed.

    A male zombie suddenly jumped from the second-floor window of a building without any warning. It fell on the young guard soldier NPC called Sam. It had already opened its mouth and sunk its teeth into his neck.

    Bang, bang, bang...!

    The guards and tourists with guns beside him quickly rushed forward to shoot continuously, creating multiple holes in the head of the zombie.

    However, after the zombie was ¡°killed¡± and no longer moved, Sam also stopped moving. He used his hand to put pressure on the part of his neck that was bitten, his face pale. A huge chunk of his neck had been bitten off by that zombie. More importantly, blood poured out of his vein nonstop. One could clearly tell from the zombie¡¯s mouth that an artery had been bitten out of his neck.

    ¡°Ah, he¡¯s infected. Let¡¯s kill him. Otherwise, he¡¯s going to be a monster!¡±

    ¡°His artery was bitten. He¡¯s dead!¡±

    Upon seeing this situation, the originally pale and frightened tourists began to move forward in a hurry, especially the few who had previously invented all kinds of reasons to stay in the Guard Bureau. They were even shouting to have Sam killed.

    ¡°Shut the f*ck up!¡± a strong and burly guard soldier shouted.

    ¡°Sam!¡± Harley, who was initially givingmands from the rear, rushed to him. As he saw Sam¡¯s condition, his eyes¡ªbloodshot from not taking any rest in all this time¡ªalmost jumped out of their sockets.

    ¡°Uncle Harley, it looks like... I can¡¯t... with you guys...¡±

    Sam pressed tightly on his neck, but he still could not stop the bleeding. The ground beneath him had already turned into a sea of blood.

    ¡°Sam!¡± Harley¡¯s eyes were red. He rushed forward.

    Sam stopped him. His words were slurs that could not be heard clearly due to the amount of blooding out of his mouth. ¡°No! Uncle Harley... kill me. I... can¡¯t live anymore. I don¡¯t want to be like those monsters after I die...¡±

    The young guard soldier was only 19 years old when Harley introduced him to Feng Luo andpany. He was the son of a war buddy of his, and, just a month ago, he had just advanced from a recruit to a low-ss soldier. However, he was now going to die. In this situation, with people escaping frantically all around him, even yers who knew that this was only the story of the game felt somewhat heavyhearted.

    Sister Rui walked, overextending her hands into her tactical backpack pocket for something. However, after a brief pause, she brought nothing out. An injury like that was no longer just an issue of T-virus infection. Even if she gave him the antivirus serum, it would be useless. Currently, it was impossible for them to save him in that condition.

    However, although many people walked away, Xiao Jiu, who wore a Doctor¡¯s robe, walked forward with her medical box. Her gloved right hand held a light yellow syringe, and she said softly to Sam, ¡°This is a unique calming agent. After the injection, you will temporarily lose all senses. After that...¡±

    She did not finish the rest of the sentence, but everyone understood.

    Previously, Xiao Jiu had followed Brother Ling and the others to explore the hospital, and although she had not obtained the antivirus potion, it was not as if she¡¯d gained nothing at all. When used on NPCs and monsters, even if one were to be infected by the T-virus, this sort of calming agent could temporarily control the subject, who would be sent into slumber.

    ¡°Thank you...¡± said Sam in a slur. After that, he stopped talking because the massive blood loss caused his brain to lose function.

    ¡°I hope God will look over you...¡± Xiao Jiu mumbled before injecting the syringe into his body.

    However, just as she stood up after the injection, an incident urred!

    Bang!

    ?3599

    A sudden gunshot rang out. Xiao Jiu¡ªwhose doctor¡¯s robe had multiple blood stains due to battles and treating people throughout the journey¡ªhad a bullet hole appear between her eyes. A light blue sniper bullet exited while rotating through the back of her head, apanied by fresh blood.

    ¡°Xiao Jiu!¡± Mu Zi, who had just run over, shouted. His expression changed when he saw Xiao Jiu falling backward while staring into the sky.

    ¡°It¡¯s a Sniper! Nine o¡¯clock direction! Hurry up and hide in the crowd!¡± Sister Rui¡¯s expression was just as dreadful. However, she did not lose her cool just yet; she extended a hand and pushed Mu Zi into the crowd.

    However, she remained in ce and raised her hand to tap on a spot on her chest over her SUVbat uniform. After that, an invisible badge shed, and ayer of white light shed by.

    ¡°Ah, a Sniper!¡±

    ¡°Run! Someone has their gun aimed at us!¡±

    ¡°Run! Run! Forget the fleet of vehicles¡ª!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t panic, don¡¯t!¡±

    ¡°Quietly hide. Do not run. If you run, you will be a target!¡±

    Some people shouted, some people screamed, and some tried to maintain order. However, the chaotic scene was something that could not be contained.

    A breakout group of over 300¡ªwith just one gunshot, several people ran away in different directions, and, as a result, the entire breakout group copsed into chaos. This was a situation that most of the yers had not predicted.

 Chapter 150 - Breakout (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 150: Breakout (Part 3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°They really haven¡¯t realized that they¡¯re in a warzone, huh? For a Doctor to leave the protection of her teammates and expose herself for such a long time within shooting range in such a circumstance!¡±

    Sha Lang, who was observing things through the sniping scope, frowned and shook his head in resignation with the Python of Death raised inside a room where two dead zombies, who had been head-shot,y on the ground in a building not more than 30 meters away from the group.

    ¡°However, this Sniper¡¯s damage is certainly quite high, to take out a Doctor whose HP is around 3,500 in one shot. But it¡¯s only interesting this way!¡±

    The gun muzzle of the Python of Death, which was T-shaped, moved slowly in his hands as if a lone wolf in the desert were looking for its long-awaited prey.

    ******

    ¡°What childish behavior!¡± A Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Sniper wearing a micro-earphone and holding a ck sniper rifle in his hands moved his gun swiftly while the corner of his mouth curled up slightly. He was inside a room on the second floor of a retail shop around 100 meters away from the group. At that moment, a rather cold voice came from the microphone of hismunicator.

    ¡°Lin Zhi, did you fire the shot? Didn¡¯t I tell you to observe and not act on your own ord?¡±

    ¡°Captain, the Doctor in their team actually left the protected area and went to give an injection to an NPC on her own. How could I miss such a glorious chance? That¡¯s why I acted and took care of her!¡±

    ¡°A Doctor? How careless!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right, Captain. She looks like just a normal yer. Her equipment wasn¡¯t top-notch, either. She couldn¡¯t even take one of my shots! We don¡¯t have to be overly cautious. We can crush them with our current strength! My current attack damage can directly one-shot any low-HP professions. As long as I change my position after every shot, they will not be able to do anything to me!¡±

    The Sniper had already changed his position and was cautiously setting up his sniper rifle behind a window.

    ¡°Don¡¯t get cocky. The opponent also has Snipers!¡± The voiceing from themunicator did not seem happy. After a short pause, it spoke again and said, ¡°No. Retreat immediately. Wait until they enter the ambush range. Then we¡¯ll see.¡±

    ¡°Captain, you¡¯re way too cautious. Under such circumstances, even if they do have Snipers, they wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything to me. I will do as I please!¡±

    The Sniper had already pushed the muzzle of his sniper rifle outside the window. He aimed at a person standing outside the group, who was staring toward his position with a cold face. It was a pretty blonde-haired Gunner yer.

    ¡°I¡¯ll get rid of another one, and I¡¯ll return! A beauty. Not many on the 17th Administrative, huh? Unfortunately, it¡¯s useless even if you¡¯ve found me because...¡±

    The Sniper licked his lips and pressed the trigger hard while smiling.

    Bang!

    ?998

    ¡°What?¡±

    The light blue shield-breaking energy bullet flew out, and the distance of 100 meters was, naturally, covered in but an instant. However, what the Sniper did not expect was that the moment the bullet hit the chest of the blonde female Machine Gunner¡¯s chest, there was a sh of light, and a lightyer of an energy shield shed on her body.

    After that, his attack was reduced by half. The C-grade shield-breaking energy bullet¡¯s damage didn¡¯t even reach 1,000!

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    As he saw the situation, the Sniper cursed. After that, he decisively ducked his head and rolled a ways across the ground.

    Bang!

    As expected, the next moment, a sniper¡¯s bullet grazed the side of the window and entered the room, shattering a nearby vase into pieces. It also pierced deep into the wall of the room.

    ¡°As expected, there¡¯s a Sniper.¡± The Sniper gritted his teeth as his expression sank. ¡°Moreover, it looks like he¡¯s more troublesome than expected. He reacted really quickly!¡±

    He knew that if it were him, he would definitely not have been able to react as quickly and shoot as urately. If he hadn¡¯t dodge in time, the destination of that shot might have been his brain.

    ¡°That guy from the first team is probably the only one who could do this!¡± the Sniper said, irritated as he retreated while carrying his sniper rifle. ¡°Forget it. I¡¯m done ying with you guys. My level and mission are more important. I have no intention of failing miserably at a simple task!¡±

    The Sniper quickly ran to another side of the room and directly jumped out from the second floor andnded on the street. He was not worried about getting hit by the enemy Sniper. This escape route had been carefully selected. The field of vision of the enemy was mostly blocked, so there was no way the enemy yer would be able to hit him.

    The enemy only had one Sniper. This was the intel provided by the Umbre Corporation. Although the intel on one of the yers was iplete, he didn¡¯t feel that the yer would be a Sniper. Moreover, even if he or she was a Sniper, there was nothing to worry about, since the only positions where someone could have targeted him were directly ahead and diagonally in front of him.

    However, zombies had just passed by that location, so the enemy was retreating hastily. So there was no way someone would be left behind the zombie horde!

    Bang!

    However, the impossible became reality!

    The moment hended on the ground, a gunshot came from ahead of him. Before he could react, a light blue bullet had already hit his tactical helmet.

    The C-grade shield-breaking energy bullet¡¯s armor-breaking effect, with the support of the liquid energy propent within the bullet, was realized to its maximum potential. It broke straight through the defense his Level-44 Excellent helmet, and the degree of damage was 100 percent. The leftover kic force of the bullet still dealt weak-point damage nearing 3,000 after tearing through his helmet.

    ?2020

    Damn it. How is that possible? After the bullet broke through my helmet, even the weak-point damage was high!

    The Sniper yer was shocked. However, he immediately reacted and remembered that he was in a danger zone. Without any hesitation, he turned around and rushed into the retail shop behind him.

    Bang!

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    However, after he turned around and ran a few steps, and just as he was one step from getting into the shop, the next bullet had already reached him in a short amount of time. With a light blue glow, the sniper bullet pierced through hisbat uniform and entered through his back before exiting from his chest with a trail of blood, leaving a huge hole about the size of a transparent bowl under his bloodied vision.

    How is this possible?!

    In the short amount of time before his body turned into white light, the Sniper was filled with feelings of resentment as well as confusion. After the Sniper had been enhanced by the Umbre Corporation¡¯s various potions and T-virus, his HP was increased to more than 5,000, but it had been instantly reduced to nothing in two shots. In particr, the first shot, which had already lost a lot of power and momentum after breaking the helmet¡¯s defense, had still managed to deal over 2,000 damage of weak-point damage.

    Even if my attack increased by a whole 40 percent, and with the Level-45 Excellent sniper rifle in my hands, paired with the shield-breaking energy bullet provided by Boss Lightwind, there is still no way I can handle such high damage! Also, didn¡¯t the enemy only have one Sniper? What the f*ck is this situation? Why is someone behind us? Could it be that the one who was hidden was really a f*cking Sniper?

    Moreover, isn¡¯t the Umbre Corporation monitoring the enemy throughout? Why was there no warning from themunicator?!

    Around 50 meters away from him, Feng Luo appeared inside a room of a building behind the zombie horde. His eyes behind the window did not look back at the yer. Instead, he looked toward the position where the previous familiar gunshot had rung out from afar.

    ¡°Looks like he has been acting stealthily throughout. This is actually not bad. At least with two Snipers hidden, we can pressure the enemy somewhat!¡±

    Feng Luo nced over before shifting his gaze. He then held the M110 and started to move.

    To stay behind the zombie horde and employ gueri tactics alone naturally required the sort of guts that ordinary yers didn¡¯t possess. However, Feng Luo had done this because he was confident.

    First, he possessed the antivirus serum of the Evolution Virus. His body itself even had the ability to resist the T-virus already, so he wasn¡¯t afraid of these zombies. Second, moving alone meant he could deploy 24K when necessary.

    Third, the Level-40 SUV Rarebat uniform, which was the highest-ssbat uniform series, possessed extremely powerful camouge and anti-detection functions, and in a dark environment such as this, its effects could be maximized. This was also why he was not detected and monitored by the Umbre Corporation.

    The Umbre Corporation did not have monitoring devices set up everywhere, after all. They mostly relied on the items on some of the unique zombies to obtain information.

    Plus, it was already quite dark, so it was inevitable that the Umbre Corporation¡¯s monitoring and detection devices were affected. Although these devices had night vision and night detection functions, when facing the environment simtion and anti-detection functions of the SUVbat uniform, they were restrained.

    However, Feng Luo also did not notice that after he left, the corpse of the Sniper yer who had died on the street not far away did not be transparent and disappear like normal. Instead, on his face that was initially facing upward, his eyes, which were still open with dted and dead pupils, suddenly twitched.

    After that, the muscles on his body started moving, and his bones began to change shape while his blood vessels popped out one by one. His skin even started to crack as blood flowed out everywhere...

    After a few seconds, on the empty street, a huge figure slowly stood up. Its eyes were crimson red, filled with bloodlust and murderous intent.

 Chapter 151 - Breakout (Part 4)

    <h4>Chapter 151: Breakout (Part 4)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Captain, how is Lin Zhi dead?!¡± a yer asked the Heavy Armor Warrior beside him with a shocked face in the periphery of Roguetown who was part of the retreat path that Harley arranged.

    And behind them, several NPCs holding assault rifles wearing full sets of ck-coloredbat equipment with the Umbre Corporation¡¯s logo on them stood in rows.

    ¡°He did it to himself. It¡¯s his own fault for forcing it!¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior answered coldly, but his face was twisted.

    ¡°Not only did he throw away a level¡¯s worth of experience, but he also permanently lost stats. More importantly, we lost a Sniper, so our long-range threat has reduced substantially, and our future tactics are forced to change. This time, he deserved his death!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll repeat this one more time, I hope everyone obeys theirmand,¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior said in a deep voice while he scanned his surroundings to look at the other yers with dark crimson eyes. ¡°This mission is not just about your character¡¯s stats. It¡¯s connected to Boss Lightwind¡¯s ns... An important n!¡±

    However, at that moment, a simrly cold voice came from the earpiece that the Umbre Corporation had issued to them. ¡°Captain Roaring Dragon Mountain Sea, your team member really disappointed me. I¡¯m thinking Mr. Roaring Dragon Lightwind would also be quite disappointed with this sort of performance!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior answered in a deep voice, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Wesker. It¡¯s my fault for not better managing my teammate. But please rest assured. I will definitely get rid of those adventurers.¡±

    Wesker¡¯s voice had always been calm and did not fluctuate, but right now, he replied in a profound way. ¡°I hope you won¡¯t be careless again. That teammate of yours was killed by an enemy Sniper. Moreover, that Sniper seems to be quite brave to actually dare to stay behind and work alone!¡±

    ¡°A Sniper! So that¡¯s it. Mr. Wesker, may I inquire if you¡¯ve pinpointed the location of that Sniper?¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior asked tentatively as he looked at the other surrounding yers.

    ¡°Unable to pinpoint him,¡± Wesker stated through themunicator. ¡°He moves cautiously, and it looks like thebat uniform he wears has a disguise function that affects the monitoring effect. However, White Queen has already circled the locations where he is most likely to appear or hide in. After this, the spectacles in yourmunication package will provide real-time notifications that might point out his possible sniping location.¡±

    ¡°Also, another reminder: Based on the current weather situation, it will rain in about 20 minutes. By then, it will be inevitable that all of the monitoring devices will be affected... So, as for what you need to do, I¡¯m sure you know more than I do.¡±

    ¡°Yes, I understand, Mr. Wesker!¡±

    ¡°Start moving then. If you cannot end the battle in 20 minutes, then the help the NPCs can provide us will decrease.¡± After hanging up themunicator, the Heavy Armor Warrior spoke through the party channel in a deep voice. His dark crimson eyes seemed extremely focused under the slightly dusky sky.

    ¡°As for the Sniper behind us¡ªAh Yu, Bao Zi, I leave it to you. Try to finish it in 10 minutes. Find him and kill him.¡±

    ******

    On the other side, seeing that it was already dusk and starting to get dark, Feng Luo snuck quietly into a shop that seemed to sell souvenirs. However, the moment he stepped inside the shop, he detected the thick scent of blood.

    At the same time, a rope-shaped ck shadow lunged straight toward his head from the ceiling above him!

    Bang!

    Feng Luo did not panic and took one step backward. He raised the M110 in his hands and fired a blue shield-breaking energy bullet that hit straight in the middle of the dark shadow.

    ?934

    Boom!

    The impact of the bullet sent the dark shadow flying backward a ways. After it fell on the bloodied floor inside the shop, its true identity was revealed.

    ¡°A Golden Python! Was it infected, too?¡± Feng Luo was a little surprised.

    Hisss!

    The thing that suddenly attacked Feng Luo was a Golden Python that was around three meters long. However, the only thing that made it different from normal Golden Pythons was the fact that growing at the end of the python¡¯s tail was a spiral ring much like the rattle of a rattlesnake.

    At the same time, inside its open mouth that was hissing at Feng Luo, multiple sharp reverse-hook teeth were there, and in between these teeth was the one-meter long ck, forked tongue that swayed crazily as if it were a small snake.

    Apart from that, around one-meter away from the brain of the python, the bowl-sized hole that had been created by the M110¡¯s shield-breaking energy bullet was bleeding red and ck liquid.

    Infected Golden Python (Level 25, Elite). Species Code: ? Estimated HP: ?

    The information provided by the Eye of the Thunder Sniping Scope was limited. However, from its low level of Level 25, Feng Luo knew that one shot using the shield-breaking energy bullet was enough to remove half of its HP.

    Although the Golden Python had not yet died, it was still moving and struggling with its upper body, extending its forked tongue and sharp teeth to try to charge at Feng Luo...

    Bang!

    ?2188

    However, the next shot from the M110 sent its entire three-meter body flying. The sniper rifle bullet¡¯s impact sent it crashing heavily against the shop¡¯s wall. Its broken brain was crushed like a pile of ground meat, and beside the corpse was a translucent red crystal.

    That¡¯s not bad. A white crystal is worth 100 credits. Although, whenpared to the price of the two shield-breaking energy bullets, it is only 10 percent of the cost.

    Killed Infected Golden Python (Level 25, Elite) Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 0 (reached today¡¯s limit, can no longer obtain experience).

    The system notification showed that this deal was actually a bad one; not only did he not earn any experience, but there was no merit, either. However, Feng Luo was not really surprised. The Golden Python was, technically, not categorized as an Undead monster. Moreover, its level was low, so it probably did not meet the requirements for rewarding merits.

    This Golden Python was definitely infected by the T-virus, but it wasn¡¯t like the giant python on Silver Leaf Ind. It wasn¡¯t a resurrected monster.

    The original objective of the Evolution was not to kill the host. Compared to humans who could barely bear the T-virus, most animals could sessfully ¡°evolve¡± after infection and thereby gain a powerful mutation ability. Clearly, this Golden Python was one of those.

    In the corner of the shop, Feng Luo saw a few ss tubs with water and rocks inside.

    However, at that moment, the ¡°water¡± inside the ss tubs were more like bloody water. And on the side of the tubs were torn shreds of clothing and sticky pieces of flesh that had been spat out after first being devoured.

    Clearly, the Golden Python was a pet of the shop¡¯s owner, but for God knows what reason, it was infected by the T-virus. And unfortunately, the pet python¡¯s owner had be the pet¡¯s food.

    Pet...

    As Feng Luo thought of that, his mind raced. Then, on the system¡¯s interface, Feng Luo exposed the ¡°pet space bracer¡± that was hidden in his wrist. After that, he clicked the button that said ¡°release pet.¡±

    Following that, there was an airwave in front of Feng Luo. After a sh of white light, 24K, who looked like a king beetle that was made of gold, appeared in front of him. It pped its golden wings that did not seem like it should fly. As it appeared, it turned its head toward the corpse of the Golden Python and fixed its gaze on it. At the same time, it sent an apple-polish message to Feng Luo through the mental link.

    ¡°All right, all right. I¡¯ll give it to you. But you have toplete the mission first!¡± Feng Luo knew that the little fe had probably seen the energy crystal dropped by the Golden Python, so he implied that he agreed to let 24K eat it.

    But the reason he¡¯d called 24K out was not to feed it crystals; instead, he had a task for it.

 Chapter 152 - Breakout (Part 5)

    <h4>Chapter 152: Breakout (Part 5)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Over the past few days, Feng Luo hadn¡¯t revealed 24K in front of other people. For one, it was because the people who participated in the mission this time had also taken part in the city-clearing mission earlier. Naturally, they would recognize the seven types of normal beetles. Even though, due to the unique situation at the end in the temple, they did not know what the 24K looked like, most of the people had already guessed that there was a king beetle with amand ability among the beetles inside the ruins.

    If he were to use any other beetles apart from the Scout Beetles in front of these people, it would be easy for them to deduce that Feng Luo had obtained it from the temple. Then they would also probably be able to guess the grade of 24K.

    Of course, even if they managed to guess the truth, it would be fine, since it was not something that one needed to be ashamed about.

    The only issue was that, at the moment, Feng Luo did not want to reveal the fact that he had pets. Instead, he was preparing to reveal this only after more people had pets. That way, he would avoid being the center of attention. Based on current trends, it was extremely difficult for yers to own a pet, and a Boss-grade pet waspletely unheard of; Feng Luo did not n to make himself everyone¡¯s topic of conversation.

    Apart from that, after the Elite-grade Scout Beetle died, he would not be temporarily unable to use 24K. So, he had been keeping 24K inside the pet space and only asionally let it out so that he could feed it some energy crystals to prevent the ¡°Intimacy Level¡± from dropping.

    Truth be told, there was no doubt that the Scout Beetle had huge uses. After all of Roguetown¡¯smunications had been locked down by the Umbre Corporation, the yers werepletely out in the dark. All their decisions felt very weak without the Scout Beetle.

    As such, Feng Luo always had a n in mind to re-incubate a Scout Beetle. However, certain conditions needed to be met in order to incubate a beetle. Apart from the fact that the king beetle needed to have eggs in its body, there also needed to be sufficient psionic energy to catalyze the egg and, most importantly, the corpse of a monster at a certain level!

    Did Roguetown have any such monsters? Perhaps so. The Zombie Dog he had encountered earlier was considered one, and its level even reached Level 45. However, the corpses of the two Zombie Dogs had been taken away by the people from the Umbre Corporation. Moreover, the Elite-grade Scout Beetle still had not yet died at that point, so Feng Luo hadn¡¯t thought about incubating it.

    A few dayster, due to theplete breakout of the Resident Evil/Biohazard storyline, all of Roguetown had turned into aplete and utter mess. After that, almost all living beings had been eaten by the zombies. Right now, even Level 1 Rats were non-existent, let alone monsters that met the level requirement.

    What about the huge number of zombie corpses? Well, Feng Luo had also only found out that the King Beetle¡¯s eggs could not beid inside the corpses of humanoids or humans. That meant that the zombies all across Roguetown could not be used to incubate the Scout Beetle. It was also why Feng Luo never had the chance to replenish one Scout Beetle.

    Right now, encountering this Golden Python was undoubtedly luck. It was not only categorized as a monster, but it was also at Level 25, which was the bare minimum requirement for incubating a Scout Beetle.

    Monster corpses of certain levels were needed to incubate different types of beetles (different beetles had different requirements) because, during the incubation, the beetle would ¡°devour¡± the corpse of the monster. Of course, ¡°devour¡± did not mean that it would really eat the corpse. It was just an expression.

    Truth be told, given that the size of the Scout Beetle did not even exceed a human thumbnail, it was not reasonable to think that it would eat the entire body of the Golden Python, which measured up to three meters long. Even if it could eat it, it would need at least ten days to half a month, roughly.

    As such, the word ¡°devour¡± referred more to absorbing the essence from the body of the Golden Python. In other words, it meant ¡°obtaining experience.¡± After the beetle egg was finished incubating, the newborn beetle would gain a certain ratio of experience from the monster thaty before it.

    This setting was undoubtedly one that gave Feng Luo peace of mind. He did not have to spend long periods of time trying to level-up the tiny beetle, and the beetle squad would bebat-ready in no time.

    ***

    An exquisitely carved half-transparent beetle egg that looked like rice was inserted into the body of the Golden Python. After that, the egg started to have a golden glow. It was a type of energy called ¡°psionic energy¡± by the system. It began to flow into the body of the Golden Python, creating a unique energy pathway structure made up of multiple lines.

    The entire corpse of the Golden Python also began to glow. However, it seemed like the nutrition continued to keep flowing out of it. The gold scales on its body began to lose their luster while its rattlesnake-like tail began to cave in.

    Although the Level-25 Golden Python just met the incubation requirements for the Scout Beetle, it was still an Elite monster, so its energy and experience supply was greater than normal monsters.

    A system notification appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s vision.

    The Scout Beetle is in incubation. Estimated Time Required: 180 seconds!

    The stronger the monster corpse, the more time it would take the beetle egg to absorb its nutrition. The previous Elite-grade Scout Beetle had been incubated from a Level-45 Elite monster, and it had taken around ten minutes toplete it.

    However, 180 seconds was not really all that long, considering the current circumstances¡ªwith the people on the frontlines having retreatedpletely. There was no way Feng Luo would wait there for three minutes. Moreover, he had already fired two shots, so he couldn¡¯t stay in that position for very long. If he did, he would be locked onto by the Umbre Corporation.

    After the incubation information appeared, Feng Luo chose to leave immediately. As for the Scout Beetle, the moment it hatched, a mental link would be created with 24K, and by then, it would innately fly to his side.

    However, after he walked a few steps outside the door with his gun, Feng Luo suddenly remembered something.

    ¡°Wait a minute...¡± he muttered to himself. ¡°Damn it. I actually forgot one thing!¡±

    If yers were infected by the T-virus, they might be Elite monsters after death!

    He wasn¡¯t sure if the enemy Sniper had been infected, but, although he had only nced at his face for a brief moment, Feng Luo had noticed that his pupils were a dark crimson¡ªunlike normal people.

    Perhaps this unique phenomenon is not as simple as it seems!

    With a thought, Feng Luo leaped out of the window on the other side and immediately changed his direction. He quickly headed toward a location where there was an angle for him to see the corpse of the yer. After a few seconds, he confirmed that no one was there. However, ck blood stains and the crushed pieces of abat uniform were on the ground.

    Feng Luo now knew that it was as he had imagined. A loophole had indeed been found.

    Light, bloodied footprints that showed sharp ws were left on the street in front of the shop, and the trail extended straight toward the group of people who were currently retreating not far away. Feng Luo could also hear the noises and panicked screams of the breakout group. Not even the reports of many varieties of gunshots could drown out the sounds.

 Chapter 153 - Breakout (Part 6)

    <h4>Chapter 153: Breakout (Part 6)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

    ?456

    ?2611

    One gunshot. One double armor-piercing round that zipped across over 100 meters and broke a tightly shut window with thick curtains of a retail shop across the street. After that came a muffled whimper that implied that someone was hit.

    Inside the house, two Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Light Armor Warriors were hiding in the corner of the wall in a fluster. One yer had his head lowered as he covered a location on his helmet. Its defense had beenpletely broken by the shot.

    ¡°F*ck,¡± said the yer. ¡°How is he still so urate even with a shut window and a wall!¡±

    To deal with this lone Sniper yer behind the zombie horde in order to remove any additional worries in future battles a few minutes ago, the Heavy Armor Warrior captain arranged for them to sneak behind the zombie horde based on the information provided by the supeputer of the Umbre Corporation.

    It was because, based on the real-time intelligence analysis provided by the Umbre Corporation¡ªeven though the Sniper moved cautiously under their search¡ªthe supeputer managed to narrow down the number of ces where he could hide. In the end, it managed to narrow it down to only a few spots.

    The only problem was that they did not expect the Sniper to have such sensitive senses. Just as they split up and tried to get closer, one of them carelessly stepped on a stic box. The Sniper hiding in the house managed to discern it. After that, he did not flee in a panic like normal Gunner yers did when closed in on by Light Armor Warriors; instead, he exposed his head and fired a shot straight at them.

    A fragile, low-HP Sniper actually dared to face off against two Light Armor Warriors only around a dozen or so meters away from him? What a joke! Was the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s reputation¡ªof being the arch nemesis of the Sniper within 100 meters¡ªunfounded?

    Not to mention the fact that after fusing with the T-virus and huge amounts of potions provided by the Umbre Corporation, the attacks of both yers had increased by almost half, and their HP had also surpassed the 10,000 threshold. Even if they were to rush straight on against the shots of the Sniper, they had total confidence that before their HP dropped to half, they would be able to get rid of the Sniper with a series ofbined skills.

    Although the Sniper was on the second floor while the two of them were still in the streets on the ground floor, there was no reason for the Sniper to think that he could slow them down. The beginner level of the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s Level-30 skill, Thunder Leap sh, allowed them to leap over two meters. The expert level would enable one to easily leap onto buildings that were four to five meters tall. So, for them, this one-story building was not much of an obstacle!

    ¡°Thunder Leap sh!¡± After entering the skill range, the yer who was in the lead cast his skill. Heat was generated in his legs as his right leg pushed strongly against the ground under him. Then his body leaped into the air toward the building.

    In his dark crimson eyes, he could see the face of that Sniper getting closer, yet he was not in the least bit panicked. He could also see a ck pistol in the Sniper¡¯s hands, which had an unbelievablyrge caliber...

    That¡¯s not right, thought the yer. A pistol? When did he switch guns?!

    Before he could gather his thoughts, he heard a loud pow! There was a sh of light created by the mes from the shot of the huge-caliber pistol in the dark environment. Then he felt his chest get hit by a bullet.

    In the next second, a huge impact came from his chest, sending his body, which was already in the air, flying backward as if hit by a giant hammer.

    Peng!

    The Thunder Leap sh skill that had already been cast was actually stopped forcefully halfway. He dropped andnded butt-first and gracelessly on the bloodstained limestone street.

    Even though I¡¯m a little unlucky, thought the yer, my partner should have also used Thunder Leap sh and gotten up there. He must have already seeded in closing in, right?

    Just as he thought of that¡ªonly half a secondter¡ªanother figure flew out from the building with a thud.

    Just what kind of pistol is this? With a pistol like this, how are we, Light Armor Warriors, supposed to continue ying!?

    After embarrassingly returning to the street, the two Light Armor Warriors were full ofints. They did consider the bullets and assumed that it was a rare characteristic of the enemy¡¯s gun. After all, the model of the high-caliber Desert Eagle was quite eye-catching.

    The cooldown time for one of the strongest close-quarter skills of warriors, Thunder Leap sh, was quite long. So, after they fell to the street, their only option was to rush inside the shop to continue their pursuit.

    However, at that moment, the Sniper began to retreat.

    The Sniper moved through the shops and the other buildings beside it that were connected. His agility wasparable to Scouts, and the routes he chose were allplex and difficult to traverse. The path upon which he jumped and ran was the quickest as well as the most efficient.

    In the end, the two Light Armor Warriors were stunned after half a minute. They had allowed a Sniper to escape their encirclement.

    It was important to note that the Charge skill of Light Armor Warriors waspletely unusable in a pursuit within aplex building structure, so their maximum speed was actually inferior to a Sniper who had cast Quick Sneak. This was especially true for this Sniper, who was not even over Level 42. His running speed was faster than the Level-50 Scout they had encountered before. In such a dark environment, when he ran, he was like a shadow.

    Of course, they could have reluctantly epted this fact on its own. What they couldn¡¯t believe was that after the Sniper reached a safe position, he did not continue to run. Instead, he turned around and started shooting at them with his sniper rifle.

    It was at that moment that they were truly shocked and learned the frightening uracy of his marksmanship!

    The previous defeat of their team¡¯s Sniper was not due to carelessness; it was simply the huge difference in strength! In a situation where the light was dim, vision was limited, and both sides were continuously moving, the bullets of the enemy were like homing missiles. Every shot targeted their weaknesses.

    If it wasn¡¯t the chest, it was the head. Moreover, none of the shots missed. And throughout the firing process, even the enemy increasing the distance was ineffective. They did not even have the chance to shorten the distance while the enemy was in the process of aiming. With this, the offensive and defensive situation was reversed.

    A Sniper was using hit-and-run tactics on two Light Armor Warriors? Who would believe that? But he really was!

    It was because, while the enemy had already fired five to six shots, they had not even managed tond a single hit. The only positive point was that the attack of the opponent was not very high. The normal damage to their bodies did not even reach 1,000.

    The situation seemed eptable because, after they had fused with the T-virus and applied the bonus from the potions of the Umbre Corporation, they had over 10,000 HP. Moreover, their HP recovery rate was also extremely high, if they used another blood tonic, they could easily recover 1,000 HP in a matter of seconds. Plus, although the Sniper was extremely agile, when it came to endurance recovery rate, it was iparable to that of a Warrior. Especially when moving at high speed, one¡¯s endurance would be depleted extremely quickly.

    If things continued like this, as long as they could drain the opponent¡¯s endurance, victory would still belong to them!

    However, their assumption changed after a short moment. The expected depletion of the opponent¡¯s endurance never came, and they were no longer able to continue bearing the attacks of the opponent.

    It was because, after the first few bullets fired by the opponent in the beginning broke a sufficient percentage of their armor, the shots that followed were all high, terrifying weak-point damage!

    Weak-point damage was several times more powerful than normal damage, and every shot took away around 3,000 of their HP. Even if the two of them had over 10,000 HP and were under the effects of potions¡ªwith their defense increased substantially¡ªthey could not withstand so many shots from this opponent.

    Hide?

    The two of them had the same thought at the same time. After that, along with their low HP, they hurriedly hid inside a tightly closed shop. After enduring past the cooldown time of the blood tonics, they immediately applied some to recover their HP.

    Then, unexpectedly, after just over a dozen seconds, a gunshot rang out again.

    The opponent¡¯s shot actually managed to hit them¡ªeven though he could not see them urately. It was as if he knew exactly where they were hidden.

    Just what kind of crazy person is this?!

    Inside the shop, the two Light Armor Warriors looked panicked.

    ¡°What the hell! Could it be that the gun of the enemy Sniper has a heat detection function?¡±

    ¡°But every yer in War has a biochip in their body. In situations like these, it would automatically regte body temperature to some degree. In such a short amount of time, and with the wall between us, the heat detection wouldn¡¯t be able to locate us so easily, would it?¡±

    By now, both of them had HP that was less than one-third of its original, and the blood tonic was in cooldown status. Even though the effects of the Umbre Corporation¡¯s drugs endured¡ªresulting in an HP recovery rate that reached an astounding 0.5 percent per second¡ªif they got hit two more times, they would die. Or, if they received a hit to their critical points, they might even be killed in just one shot.

    And if they were to die, they would have to receive the penalty of dropping stats permanently.

    ¡°Captain, we¡¯re in trouble!¡± After retreating to a corner where they were certainly safe from being shot, one of the Light Armor Warrior reported through his internalmunicator in a panic.

    Ra-ta-tat...

    From the other side of themunicator came the sounds of a fierce battle. There were tearing sounds of machine guns and zipping sounds of assault rifles, as well as the sounds of explosions. There were even sounds of people screaming for help.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on!?¡± The tone of the Heavy Armor Warrior from the other side seemed a little dark.

    ¡°This Sniper is an expert amongst experts,¡± the Light Armor Warrior said as he felt his face burning. ¡°Even the two of us couldn¡¯t get close to him, and right now, we¡¯re almost done for!¡±

    After all, to be forced into this situation by a Sniper when it was two against one¡ªjust how were they supposed to face such a situation when both of them often called themselves ¡°elite experts¡±?

    ¡°Two Light Armor Warriors versus one Sniper. And you can¡¯t even get close?¡± The voice of the Heavy Armor Warrior was frighteningly cold. ¡°You¡¯ll have to think of something yourself. We can¡¯t spare anyone to help you guys! It¡¯s impossible. As long as you can dy him, it¡¯ll be thanks to your strength. We can¡¯t have another Snipering here!¡± After speaking, he hung up themunicator.

    ***

    The Heavy Armor Warrior had an awful expression as he stared at the security personnel provided by the Umbre Corporation being headshot one by one. In particr, he saw a Machine Gunner from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group being struck in between the eyes.

    ¡°Damn it,¡± he said. ¡°Sniper. They¡¯re all snipers! Howe the enemy has two insanely powerful expert Snipers with them?¡±

    He could vaguely feel that this mission was heading toward something called ¡°failure.¡±

 Chapter 154 - Breakout (Part 7)

    Chapter 154: Breakout (Part 7)

    Behind the zombie horde, Feng Luo held his M110 and cast Quick Sneak on the dimly lit street before silently moved toward the shop the two Light Armor Warriors were hiding inside.

    On his shoulder, 24K, who was paintedpletely ck by Feng Luo using camouge paint, used six of its ws to clench tightly on his tactical vest, conveying its somewhat depressed mood to him through the mental link. On the other side of the mental link, a fingernail-sized, half-transparent Scout Beetle was quietly staring at the two Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Light Armor Warriors through its needle-sized eyes while hanging on the ceiling of the shop quietly.

    Infected Scout Beetle

    Level: 12

    Grade: Normal

    HP: 600

    MP: 60

    Maximum Mental Link Distance: 360m

    Maximum Flight Speed: 12m/s

    Talent: Camouge

    Skills: Mental Link (Passive); Infection (Usage Count 1/1)

    The hatched Scout Beetle had a lower level. It was only Level 12, but among its attributes was one that surprised Feng Luo: the word ¡°infected¡± written on the information board.

    Clearly, this was because it had been incubated from a Golden Python infected by the T-virus, so the Scout Beetle actually had the T-virus inside its body after it hatched. However, being infected by the T-virus did not increase its basic stats significantly or change it substantially; there was simply an additional one-time skill called ¡°Infection¡± in the skill window.

    It was important to note that a Normal-grade Scout Beetle only had the passive skill ¡°Mental Link,¡± and they could use this to exchange more in-depth information with 24K¡ªunlike other beetles¡ªand they did not have any other skills.

    The skill called ¡°Infection¡± was undoubtedly something that it had obtained after integrating with the T-virus. As for the skill¡¯s effects, in the condition where the Scout Beetle injected the virus into the body of the opponent, there was a certain probability for the target to be infected by the T-virus (depending on the resistance of the target¡¯s body). However, the skill could only be used once.

    Although the basic stats of the Scout Beetle were a lot lower than the Elite-grade Scout Beetle from before, it wasn¡¯t difficult for it to monitor the two Light Armor Warriors who did not have any detection abilities.

    The two Light Armor Warriors wouldn¡¯t have even dreamed that they, who had originally found Feng Luo¡¯s position based on the monitoring information obtained by the Umbre Corporation, would be monitored by Feng Luo, and that every action taken and every word spoken by them would be known to him¡ªthrough a method they could never have conceived of.

    ¡°What do we do now?¡± Upon hearing the sound of themunicator hanging up, one of them looked helplessly at the other.

    ¡°Dy!¡± the other said mercilessly.

    ¡°In this situation, if we choose to run, we¡¯ll never be able to face the others when we get back. More importantly, we won¡¯t be able to exin ourselves to Boss Roaring Dragon Light Wind!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why we¡¯ll keep dying him like this. Wait until we replenish some HP and we¡¯ll see. I don¡¯t believe that a Sniper like him would dare to enter this room to initiate close-quartersbat with us.¡±

    Feng Luo, who was walking in the darkness toward the ce, heard this through the Scout Beetle, and he was initially stunned.

    ¡°Boss Roaring Dragon Light Wind... What a familiar name!¡±

    However, after that, the corner of his mouth curled upward as he smirked slightly. If it had been someone else, he probably wouldn¡¯t have thought about it too much and would have treated this as just another mission. But Roaring Dragon Light Wind?

    ¡°Looks like, no matter what, I¡¯ll have toplete this mission!¡±

    As he pondered, he cast Quick Sneak and initiated the disguise function on his rarebat uniform.

    By then, the person who had made the monitoring of the Umbre Corporation fail the most, Feng Luo, had already reached the door of the shop the two Light Armor Warriors were hiding. He crouched and moved to the window that he had broken earlier, then took something out of his tactical vest with his left hand.

    With a simple shake of the hand, a ck cylindrical item was thrown inside the shop.

    ¡°Kuang Tang.¡±

    ¡°What is tha¡ª!¡±

    A shout came from within the shop before thick smoke quickly filled the entire house. The two yers started coughing.

    ¡°F*ck! A smoke grenade!¡± one of the Light Armor Warriors shouted, even though this sort of shouting had no meaning whatsoever.

    The shop was quickly filled with smoke, turning his already limited vision in the darkpletely ck. The Warrior who had lost his sight was turning around dizzily¡ªlike a bird that had fallen into ake. As for Feng Luo, who switched to the unique vision of the Scout Beetle, wasn¡¯t really affected by it.

    Ding!

    The locked door of the shop was broken by Feng Luo with a gunshot. After that, he entered through the door before raising his gun and shooting in one direction.

    Bang!

    ?2711

    The Light Armor Warrior whose helmet¡¯s degree of damage was already at 100 percent was hit directly at the point of a previous wound. After nearly 3,000 points of lethal damage appeared, his head looked upward, then he dropped heavily on the ground. Blood flowed from the back of his head across the ground.

    ¡°Bring it on!¡±

    The other Light Armor Warrior knew clearly that right now, there was no way out, so he forced himself to determine the location of the enemy through hearing and ran a few steps forward. With his alloy longsword raised, he pushed away some debris blocking his way while rushing toward Feng Luo, who stood at the door.

    However, the M110 that had the Perfect Gun Magazine installed had a firing rate of only about one second between shots. How could Feng Luo give him time to close in?

    Bang!

    ?430

    ?2555

    ?782

    The double armor-piercing round triggered the ¡°Electricity¡± effect that had a low trigger probability and flew toward the Light Armor Warrior who was rushing forward while rotating at high speed. At the same time, as itnded between the eyes of the Light Armor Warrior and produced a Final Hit, it blew his head to pieces.

    Feng Luo had intentionally aimed the two shots at their heads. Although yers and NPCs had different measurement criteria when receiving damage, it was harder to generate disabilities in yers in particr when attacking. But if it were a Final Hit, under the gory visual mode, it could really create an extremely realistic visual effect. As such, blowing up a yer¡¯s head was entirely possible. And the reason Feng Luo had targeted their heads was, naturally, to prevent the two of them from bing zombies like the previous Sniper.

    After that came the system notification, which proved that his guess was correct.

    yer Feng Luo killed two enemy yers. Reduce mission requirement of defending the town by one hour. Current time remaining to defend Roguetown: Three hours and 11 minutes!

    Killing the Sniper earlier had not generated a notification like this. It meant that the system did not recognize that he had thoroughly killed the Sniper yer. As for the two right now, they had been truly killed.

    Killing enemy yers to reduce the total defense time¡ªthis was a notification that the system sent to all the yers of the Lu Conglomerate when the first enemy yer died. It informed them of the hidden condition to reduce the total time of defense. So, killing the enemy meant that they could escape Roguetown before the explosion, which also meant that it would not cause them to fail the mission. As such, killing enemy yers was an important task.

    As for the yer who was the first to receive the notification about killing the enemy yer on their side, it was Sha Lang, who had disappeared a long time ago! Of course, technically, this should have been Feng Luo. However, he had identally overlooked the probability of the Sniper being turned into a zombie after being infected by the T-virus. As such, he had failed to obtain the honor of drawing ¡°first blood.¡±

    Apart from that, the second yer to kill an enemy yer was actually Brother Ling. The captain who seemed a little out of ce sometimes had seeded in saving face and regaining some respect this time.

    Of course, along with kills naturally came death. They had killed four enemies while five had died on their side.

    Including 100,000 Volts, an Earth Maniptor, and the male yer who had brought Lin Aotian into the Guard Bureau, a total of five yers had been killed by the enemy.

    In fact, if Feng Luo hadn¡¯t single-handedly gotten rid of the two yers, the total death count on both sides would have actually been two to five.

    The huge difference in data was due to the fact that half of them were not really adept at PK. Secondly, it was because the enemy had the initiative while they were mostly passive and reactive. However, as long as Feng Luo could join the battle on time right now, he would be able to cause a lot of trouble for the enemy and shift the scales of victory, as a Sniper was extremely powerful in a city like this.

    That was why, after Feng Luo picked up some of the useful supplies dropped by the dead yers, he quickly equipped the M110 and left after waiting for only around half a minute to ensure that the two dead yers did not show any signs of resurrecting.

    The two yers had dropped quite a lot of stuff. In particr, one of the Light Armor Warriors had actually dropped a Level-44 Excellent-grade belt, which was estimated to be worth a few thousand credits. In this case, considering that he had used two B-grade bullets, Feng Luo hadn¡¯t lost much money in this battle.

    Just as Feng Luo walked out of the shop, a strong gust of wind suddenly appeared, sending debris and trash in the street flying everywhere. After that, a light suddenly shed in the sky above him, illuminating the initially dark sky. After a two-second dy, a loud roll of thunder rumbled. The rain finally started to pour from the dark sky after thunder¡¯s roar.

 Chapter 155 - Breakout (Part 8)

    <h4>Chapter 155: Breakout (Part 8)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Heavy rain poured from the sky. asional lightning would light up Roguetown below.

    On the ground, a fierce battle was ongoing. Intense gunshots were interwoven, and the sound was in no way inferior to that of the thunder. As for the bright and colorful explosions created by all kinds of energy skills, they were in no way inferior to the shes of lightning, either.

    The people from the Umbre Corporation had the absolute initiative, and, relying on the advantage they had gained from the beginning, they had already pressed the guard soldiers and yers inside the retail shops and multi-storied buildings.

    As for the initially huge number of citizens and tourists, some of them had already run away while others had be corpses in the streets during the course of battle.

    For Captain Harley, this breakout operation was already a failure. Multiple citizens had been killed while the firetruck and the three patrol vehicles were broken down. As for the guard of the town, they could only hide inside the building and rely on the guns in their hands and their soon-to-be depleted ammunition to make a hopelessst stand.

    For the yers, however, it was not yet time to despair.

    This was because the mission target, Director Locke, was still alive even in this chaotic situation thanks to their focused defending. It also meant that their highly important city-building mission could still bepleted. And although their dead numbered more than the enemy at that moment, they still had seven people left, which exceeded the opponents.

    However, the current situation was still very serious. The attack from the armed forces of the Umbre Corporation and the opposing yers hadpletely blocked the path in front of them. Therge zombie horde behind them was still continuously closing in on them. Some zombies were even wailing as they tried to break into the shops the yers were hiding in. As for ammunition supplies, although there wasn¡¯t much left, they could still hold out for a while.

    ******

    On the other side, the Heavy Armor Warrior who was the leader of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group didn¡¯t have it easy either. Most of the opponents were already trapped inside the few shops and were experiencing a pincer attack from them and the zombie horde. It seemed like it was only a matter of time before they were eliminated.

    However, there were still two Snipers who weren¡¯t within the encirclement!

    Although there were only two Snipers, the threat they posed was much more than that of the yers and NPC guards pressed inside the buildingbined! It was because these two Snipers were real experts! One of them had already killed over five Umbre Corporation armed personnel as well as one Maniptor yer, reducing their firepower significantly. As for the other one, he had killed two Light Armor Warriors single-handedly just a little while ago. For him to have taken out these two associates himself, he must have been an expert.

    More importantly, due to the stormy weather, the monitoring capabilities of the Umbre Corporation hadpletely lost track of the second Sniper¡¯s location. These sorts of hidden threats were often the most fatal!

    ¡°Damn it! If I¡¯d known this mission would turn out like this, I would have just brought two more Snipers!¡±

    The reason the Heavy Armor Warrior was grumbling was that apart from the threat posed by the enemy Snipers, the situation had be uncontroble due to the initial rashness of the Sniper on his side, which had caused him to get killed instantly.

    They were both Snipers; he could onlyment that he had a God-like opponent and a pig-like teammate!

    ¡°Fire, fire! Suppress them! Do not let them out!¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior shouted through themunicator channel as hemanded the remaining yers and over a dozen armed personnel from the Umbre Corporation currently scattered about and shooting.

    As he shouted, he raised his shield and provided cover for a Machine Gunner and a Doctor yer. They still had the initiative at the moment because as long as they could keep the enemy pressed within the few shops, therge zombie horde would help them eliminate the enemies. That had been their battle n from the very beginning.

    ¡°Everyone pay attention. Be careful of Snipers, do not engage them!¡±

    Just as the Heavy Armor Warrior was giving orders loudly, a barely detectable fingernail-sized beetle had already reached a location above them, pping its wings with great difficulty amid the storm.

    In the corner of a street less than 100 meters away from the Heavy Armor Warrior, the muzzle of a gun could be seen through the shes of lightning. Behind a wall, a sniper rifle that seemed to have electricity coursing through it was already aimed at the Machine Gunner from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group who was firing suppressing fire at the yers from the Lu Conglomerate!

    Bang!

    A light-blue sniper bullet pierced through the curtain of rain as it flew across the distance. The bullet, spinning at high speed pierced through rainwater and created a path in the air that was difficult for a normal eye to discern!

    ?3322

    The Machine Gunner¡ªwho was initially using the six-barrelled machine gun toy down suppressive fire¡ªcould not help but jerk at that moment. Above his head, weak-point damage nearing 3,500 appeared.

    ¡°Careful!¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior said, reacting quickly. He swung the alloy shield in his hand and immediately blocked the Machine Gunner behind it. ¡°It¡¯s another Sniper!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior felt somewhat relieved.

    I¡¯m not afraid of you appearing, he thought. I was more afraid that you would keep hiding forever!

    However, the moment his shield covered the Machine Gunner...

    Bang!

    ?5057

    Red lethal damage appeared overtop of the exposed Doctor¡¯s head because the Heavy Armor Warrior had shifted his position. Then the Doctor yer, who had been preparing to replenish the HP of the Machine Gunner, fell on the ground. The HP was at less than 5 percent¡ªa ¡°heavy injury¡± status!

    The direction of that shot¡ªand Feng Luo¡¯s direction¡ªwas around 60 degrees, and it used a unique C-grade bullet that was simr to the shield-breaking bullet that increased one¡¯s attack. However, its attack was far less than Feng Luo¡¯s M110.

    The Python of Death was a rare Sniper rifle among all the current best yers. Paired with the effects of the unique bullets that increased one¡¯s attack percentage, a single shot was enough to put the Doctor yer in a ¡°heavy injury¡± status.

    As a matter of fact, there was even more! If this Doctor yer hadn¡¯t fused with the T-virus, allowing his HP and defense to greatly increase, it was highly probable that he would have been killed.

    ¡°Ah Nuan!¡±

    Upon seeing the Doctor fall to the ground, the Heavy Armor Warrior did not have time to think. He raised his shield and ran toward the Doctor out of habit. Due to the amount of HP, no matter where the next shot hit, it would bring about death and a level-drop!

    However, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s emotional reaction was undoubtedly the wrong choice! Because after that, two gunshots rang out consecutively. A light-blue bullet and an orange bullet hit the Machine Gunner, who did not have time to get cover.

    ?3334

    ?341

    A sh of white light signified that the yer with the strongest suppressive firepower of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had lost all his HP!

    ¡°Lin Feng!¡± shouted the Heavy Armor Warrior with wide eyes as he shielded and dragged the Doctor yer to a location that was out of the line of fire of the Snipers.

 Chapter 156 - Breakout (Part 9)

    <h4>Chapter 156: Breakout (Part 9)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    At that moment, the Heavy Armor Warrior realized that he had made a big mistake. The first target of the Snipers would always be the Machine Gunner, since only the Machine Gunner had the ability to suppress others. As such, protecting the Machine Gunner was his main task; it might have even been said to be his only task.

    Prior to this, he had already considered this principle. However, the moment he had seen the team Doctor fall to the ground with a heavy injury, he had quickly forgotten about it and abandoned the task of protecting the Machine Gunner to save the Doctor. This was simply because not all yers could calmly make the right decision when faced with emergencies.

    In this game that was brutally realistic, most people were too easily affected by visual stimtion. Even if, in the previous moment, one was extremely logical, the same person might be driven crazy by the contents of a scene the next moment. As such, real experts needed to have a calm or perhaps even a cold-blooded head.

    For example, a Sniper!

    Bang!

    Yet another light-blue shield-breaking energy bullet hit the corpse of the Machine Gunner, striking the head of the Machine Gunner whose HP had already hit zero.

    ¡°Ah!¡± the Heavy Armor Warrior roared with his mouth wide open.

    His eyes widened so much that it seemed like they would pop out. It was a battle between yers. This sort of ¡°corpse-whipping¡± behavior that defiled the dead had always been considered the most despicable method of provocation.

    However, Feng Luo, who was holding his sniper rifle, didn¡¯t give it much thought. After he fired the shot, he shifted his position because the shot had exposed his position. Several guns were already firing at his general location. But Feng Luo had long ago obtained information regarding the position of everyone within the visual field of the Scout Beetle. As such, the attacks of the opponent all missed as he dodged in advance.

    For him, the hunt in the storm had just begun.

    yer Feng Luo killed an enemy yer. Reduce mission requirement of defending the town by half an hour. Current time remaining to defend Roguetown: Two hours and 25 minutes!

    And as he was changing position, the corner of Feng Luo¡¯s mouth curled upward into a smile as he read the system notification that appeared in everyone¡¯s visual field.

    The shot that had taken out the Machine Gunner¡¯s remaining HP had been fired by Sha Lang. However, over the course of his previous kills, he had probably gotten used to head-shotting for the kill, so he didn¡¯t yet know that when dealing with the yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, he had to shoot the head before the system recognized it as a kill. His previous shot had missed slightly.

    Feng Luo initially only wanted to be careful and add another shot. However, he had identally ¡°stolen¡± the kill. He was guessing that Sha Lang was probably feeling quite depressed right now.

    In fact, on the rooftop of another building, Sha Lang was, indeed, quite depressed. He had left the team to solo the mission this time mainly because he had disagreed with the n of Brother Ling. That was why he had decided to do things his way. At the same time, he also didn¡¯t want to be led by Brother Ling.

    However, he hadn¡¯t forgotten one of his original intentions for this mission, which was topete against Feng Luo¡ªonce and for all¡ªduring this mission.

    Even though in the previous clearing mission he¡¯d had the double advantage in both weapons and levels, he had still lost in the rankings in the end. However, ever since then, almost everyone could see that Feng Luo had triggered some condition in the end that had helped him obtain a huge amount of points, so Sha Lang didn¡¯t think he had really lost.

    He was extremely confident in his technique, especially when he obtained another unique talent that was extremely well-suited for the Sniper profession. As such, thisst battle was, without a doubt, the time for the two of them to duel each other. The only unexpected factor was that extra shot just now.

    It was quite clear that I was the one who got thest hit on that Machine Gunner, taking away his remaining 300-plus HP, so why did the system disy that it was Feng Luo who killed him? he wondered. Furthermore, he had already killed two other enemy yers, previously. So our current kill count ratio is already one to three¡ªan absolute disadvantage for me.

    ¡°As expected, you can¡¯t underestimate him!¡± Sha Lang mumbled, his eyes glowing brightly. ¡°This makes things interesting.¡± Now his face showed resolution that had never been seen before.

    Feng Luo, who was on the other side, didn¡¯t know Sha Lang¡¯s thoughts, but as an ex-mercenary, his professional principle that was developed throughout his career was that he would give it his all toplete the mission. So, he did not hold back.

    In fact, the current situation on the battlefield didn¡¯t allow them to hold back. It was because, in a situation where every one of their opponents had the T-virus and enjoyed the bonus of potions, the enemy¡¯s attacks weren¡¯t any weaker than theirs, and the enemy¡¯s HP far exceeded theirs. They had the ability to two-shot the enemy¡¯s low-HP people, but the enemy probably only needed one skill to dispatch them. The two of them could only exert their full strength and rely on the natural advantage of Snipers fighting inside a city to equalize the situation.

    The third minute:

    yer Feng Luo killed an enemy yer. Reduce mission requirement of defending the town by half an hour...

    The fifth minute:

    yer Sha Lang killed an enemy yer. Reduce mission requirement...

    The eighth minute:

    yer Feng Luo killed an enemy yer...

    The tenth minute:

    yer Sha Lang...

    The battle between the two expert Snipers also gradually revealed the final victor of the mission.

    Although the yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group were elites and their attacks and stats were not weaker¡ªand might have even been stronger than the two of them¡ªwhen it came to awareness and techniques, they could notpare to top Snipers like Feng Luo and Sha Lang. Moreover, the two of them still had their own unique trump cards.

    Sha Lang had excellent equipment. Paired with his unique talent and bullets, any hit from him in a situation like this would be able topletely break the opponent¡¯s defense, even to the extent of cing someone in a ¡°heavy injury¡± status.

    As for Feng Luo, he still had the visual field advantage from the Scout Beetle, allowing him to easily find the best shooting angle.

    Of course, the weather was also an extremely important bonus factor. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that there was a storm and it was already deep into the night¡ªboth of which greatly affected the monitoring of the Umbre Corporation and made it extremely difficult for the enemy to pinpoint their location¡ªit would have been quite difficult for them to get this battle result.

    The result of this secret confrontation between the two was...

    After ten minutes, among the five remaining yers, four had died in the hands of the Snipers, and the result of thepetition was: two to two. A draw!

    If one were to discount Feng Luo¡¯s previous lead of two kills, then the final deciding factor would have to be the body of thest man standing, which was the Heavy Armor Warrior captain.

    ******

    Inside the defense construction that was supposed to be used for attack, thest remaining Heavy Armor Warrior yer from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already been forced into a position at the corner of a wall. Even with the bonus of all kinds of potions, his HP, which was almost 20,000 overall, had dropped to less than one-third of its original.

    With his back to the corner, he looked at his battered alloy shield riddled with bullet holes and the corpse of the Doctor yer who had been head-shot earlier. His dark, crimson eyes, which were upset and filled with anger, suddenly became calm.

    ¡°Two Snipers. I really did miscalcte this time!¡± said the Heavy Armor Warrior softly. ¡°However, the ultimate victory belongs to us!¡±

    Determination filled the face of the Heavy Armor Warrior as he grabbed a dark red syringe from the backpack with his right hand before jabbing it into his neck.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The dark red potion flowed into his body like blood. Immediately after that, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s muscles all over his body began to bulge. His spine and the bones in his thigh started to change shape. The skin on his body started to tear,yer byyer, and blood came gushing out of the cracks! From his mouth came blood-curdling screams. He could not endure the excruciating pain.

    After a dozen or so seconds, a three-meter humanoid figure slowly stood up inside the room. A red light, filled with murderous intent and bloodlust, could be seen within its gaze.

 Chapter 157 - The Last Battle (Part 1)

    <h4>Chapter 157: The Last Battle (Part 1)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In the underground base of the sanatorium, looking at the ¡°Biochemical Weapon¡± that looked simr to the previous Tyrant on the screen, Wesker disyed an interested expression under his shades.

    ¡°Have they already used the halfpleted potions?¡± he said. ¡°Then let the real experiment begin!¡±

    On the ground and beneath the storm, Feng Luo observed everything happening inside the defensive construct through the vision of the Scout Beetle nestled on the wall inside. Regrettably, he couldn¡¯t find an angle to attack the Heavy Armor Warrior, so even though he could see him, he could not prevent the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s actions.

    He and Sha Lang needed to kill thest remaining Umbre Corporation armed personnel as quickly as possible so that they could save Sister Rui and the others, who were surrounded by the zombie horde. Apart from that, they also needed to protect the NPC vital to the city-building mission, Director Locke. And the people within the shops werepletely surrounded by the zombie horde.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Through the dark night, shot after shot of double armor-piercing rounds hit the foreheads of the slightly panicked armed personnel of the Umbre Corporation like guided missiles. To prevent these people from mutating after death like the yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, Feng Luo treated them all the same and tried to deal with them via headshots.

    However, after killing yet another armed personnel, leaving only three hours left for the people from the Umbre Corporation, Feng Luo¡¯s body stopped moving. With a ka-cha sound, he switched to the Eye of the Thunder Gun Magazine loaded with shield-breaking energy bullets with his right hand. Then he raised the gun and aimed it directly at the defensive construct before firing a shot.

    Bang!

    A bullet with a light blue glow exited the chamber and left a trail in the storm for an instant. In a few tenths of a second, it spun and flew across over 100 meters.

    Jiang!

    ?199

    The sound of the bullet hitting something rang out. However, it was clear that it had not hit a human body.

    A humanoid figure over three meters tall appeared overtop of the defensive construct. In its hand was a 1.8-meter alloy heavy shield, but it was held as easily as if it were a normal Light Armor Warrior¡¯s single-handed shield.

    The moment before the bullet hit, the human figure had put the shield in front of its body. The mighty force of the shield-breaking energy bullet caused another spot on the alloy shield to cave in; however, the damage dealt did not even reach 200!

    The Heavy Armor Warrior from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group shook its head. Its bloodshot, dark crimson eyes nced coldly toward Feng Luo¡¯s position, and the humanoid creature spoke almost indiscernibly through its mutated mouth, saying, ¡°Terr¡ªible!¡±

    After that, it jumped into the air. Itsrge body flew several meters through the storm andnded on the ground. The allow shield in its hand hit the puddle on the ground and created a huge ssh.

    The scene was quite intimidating! But what was even more intimidating was still toe.

    It did not even bother with Feng Luo and Sha Lang¡¯s barrage of attacks. With the heavy alloy shield raised in its hands, it rushed withrge steps toward the shop where the guards and the yers hid inside.

    Boom, boom, boom...

    On this rainy night, a huge shadow carrying a heavy shield in its hand stepped heavily onto the flooded ground. Every single step sent the water sshing into the air. And as this humanoid figure endured the sniping of two Snipers, its body continued to elerate without trying to dodge. It rushed toward the hiding spot of the guards and the rest of the yers from the Lu Conglomerate. It resembled the Tyrant from before.

    At that moment, the shop the guards and the yers from the Lu Conglomerate were in was already surrounded by the zombie horde. However, it was clearly impossible for that to stop the footsteps of the Heavy Armor Warrior who had been injected by the potion and had be an unstoppable Tyrant.

    Bong. Bong...

    The Heavy Armor Warrior started his Charge¡ªan over 200 percent speed increase. As it ran at full speed, even the pouring rain seemed to be pushed away by his imposing momentum, leaving a trail in the rain behind it.

    After a few seconds, as it reached the outer periphery of the zombie horde, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s Heavy Armor Warrior waved his right hand. The 1.8-meter alloy heavy shield was used as a weapon as his hand extended outward.

    Boom!

    Seven to eight zombies within the zombie horde surrounding the shop were sent flying after being hit by the shield. The first one hit flew around ten meters through the rain. Its head hit amppost on the street, and a cocktail of red and white gooey liquid leaked out.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior then looked as if he were entering no man¡¯snd. With his shield raised, he entered the shop against the barrage of bullets fired from within it.

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Feng Luo knew that his worst fears hade true.

    Possessing the high strength and defense that was not inferior to the Tyrant, and maintaining the intelligence of a yer, this Heavy Armor Warrior had clearly chosen to ignore Feng Luo and Sha Lang¡ªthe two Snipers outside¡ªand instead had entered the shop to kill Sister Rui, Mu Zi, and the others. Moreover, during the Charge just now, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s skill, ¡°m,¡± had disyed amazing attack power. This meant that he was not a Heavy Armor Warrior who walked the conventional ¡°tank¡± path.

    The Heavy Armor Warriors in War mostly focused on close-quarter control and long-range defense. In terms of damage, they were only slightly stronger than Doctors, who focused mainly on healing. However, that did not mean that all Heavy Armor Warriors walked this path.

    The characters in War did not have only a single path when it came to their professions. In fact, every basic profession had a series of conventional main skills and another series of nonconventional optional skills. Added to that was an optional third specialization, as well as other general skills. Even if two yers had the same profession, it was quite rare for two different people to have all the same skills. This also made it so that the same profession could have different evolution and progressions.

    For example, a Scout would have scouting andbat ability at the same time. Although most people would select the scouting path, some would actually choose thebat path, and thebat path was divided based on their weapons, such as the assault rifle type or the close-quartersbat type...

    Simrly, the Heavy Armor Warrior also had aplete defense path and an attack and defense hybrid path¡ªtwo types of skills routes for the profession. The second route of the Heavy Armor Warrior would require the yer to learn some attack skills. Although, in this instance, their defense would be slightly weaker than other Heavy Armor Warriors, when it came to attack and output, they would experience a significant increase. This was especially true if the Heavy Armor Warrior yer also learned some other powerful Rare-grade attack skills. Then his or her damage might even beparable to Light Armor Warriors of the same level.

    And clearly, this Heavy Armor Warrior had chosen this path!

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t have any choice. As he saw the Heavy Armor Warrior rushing into the shop, he put away the M110 and manipted the Scout Beetle so that it followed the Heavy Armor Warrior inside. As it flew, Feng Luo cast Quick Sneak and ran at full speed toward the shop.

 Chapter 158 - The Last Battle (Part 2)

    <h4>Chapter 158: The Last Battle (Part 2)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The shop that Sister Rui and the others had chosen to hide in was tightly sealed. It was because of this that they were able to hold off the Umbre Corporation and the enemy yers¡¯ attacks. However, it was also because of this that Feng Luo could not find any suitable shooting position from outside, so he could only choose to run over there to execute his attack.

    For a Sniper to be forced to fight a close-range battle inside a sealed shop, there was definitely no other choice. If it were anyone else, the situation would have been fine, but the mission target, Locke, absolutely could not die. Otherwise, the hard work of everyone over the past few days would all be in vain!

    Feng Luo ran at full tilt. At the same time, he switched his weapons to the Desert Eagle. Although the Desert Eagle was only a Level 39 weapon, the 10 percent increase in movement speed, a rare attribute, was extremely useful in such a situation.

    The zombies surrounding the shop began to converge together once again after the Heavy Armor Warrior charged inside. It was not as easy for him to charge inside. However, it was different when it came to the impact-based bullet.

    With Feng Luo running at full tilt, he reached the side of the shop in less than 10 seconds. And in this short period of time, the system had already sent two notifications regarding the deaths of yers on their side.

    Before he reached the shop, the zombies around the shop turned around immediately and iled their stiff arms as if they had already detected the smell of a human. They produced unintelligible sounds from their throats while their lifeless white pupils stared at Feng Luo.

    After a day of infection, the zombies looked much more disgusting than they had been initially. Their bodies were notpletely green and white, and it was unclear whether it was due to the fact that the blood in the body had stopped flowing or if it had simply adapted to the T-virus.

    Bang!

    Impatience was prominent in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes, so he naturally did not move slowly. He raised the Desert Eagle and immediately fired a shot at the zombie horde ahead of him. A B-grade impact bullet spun and hit the body of a zombie that was blocking the entrance. After that, the powerful impact sent it, as well as another five to six zombies, flying outside. The scene greatly resembled the one in which the Heavy Armor Warrior had swung his shield and sent them flying.

    If the zombies still had consciousnesses, they probably have felt quite depressed while cursing in their minds, F*ck! I¡¯ve already died and be a monster. I even have a virus in my body, but I still have to continue to be batted aside and sent flying? What is this? What about my promised role? How did I be a walk-on character so quickly!?

    Feng Luo did not pay any mind to ¡°giving face¡± to these zombies. He immediately ran across the path that was cleared away and charged into the shop.

    Of course, the reason he was so daring was because he already knew what was happening inside. Thanks to the vision of the Scout Beetle, he knew that there was no danger for him if he charged straight through the front door.

    Inside the shop, a typical Boss battle scene was underway. The only Heavy Armor Warrior left in the Lu Conglomerate was casting his Level 40 ultimate skill, Immovable Mountain, with his shield raised as he tried to block the advances of the mutated Heavy Armor Warrior who was charging toward them withrge strides.

    Boom!

    Heavy shields shed against each other. It looked like a mighty duel between two yers of the same profession!

    However, the shield held in the hands of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s Heavy Armor Warrior¡ªwho towered over three meters and almost reaching the ceiling¡ªrammed into the other shield with frightening force. It was like a lotive train was colliding with a normal car.

    Bang!

    The Lu Conglomerate¡¯s Heavy Armor Warrior was sent flying. On his head, the number ¡°?2970¡± appeared, and his HP that had already been reduced to half from resisting all kinds of attacks from the zombies and yers was instantly emptied. He turned into a sh of white light even as his body was still in the air.

    Immovable Mountain was a skill that could help yers withstand impacts that were around ten times their body weight, but if the hit was enough to kill the yer directly, then it was also impossible for the yer to remain ¡°immovable.¡± The drugged, mutated Heavy Armor Warrior now had frighteningly high attack strength. He was not all that inferior to theplete state of the Tyrant before!

    After taking out two yers consecutively, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s attention was already on his next target, which was the person who could only use her Golden Desert Eagle to attack him due to the depletion of her machine gun ammunition: Sister Rui.

    Bang, bang, bang...

    Faced with the Heavy Armor Warrior charging towards her, Sister Rui remained calm. As she fired shot after shot, she quickly tried to widen the distance between them. The only problem was that the shop itself was not wide. Facing the huge Heavy Armor Warrior whose attack range reached four to five meters with his wingspan and his shield in his hand, she didn¡¯t have many ces to retreat to even if she wanted to.

    Bang!

    Luckily, at a critical moment, Feng Luo¡¯s Desert Eagle rang out.

    A B-grade impact bullet hit the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s body with not a hair¡¯s breadth to spare. After getting hit by the Impact Bullet, even this T-virus giant of a Heavy Armor Warrior injected with drugs could not help but retreat several steps backward. This also allowed Sister Rui to widen the distance between them.

    However, even if Sister Rui widened the distance, another person was put in danger¡ªand that person was Mu Zi!

    At first, Mu Zi was still some distance away from the Heavy Armor Warrior. Moreover, he was not the first target of the opponent, so he wasn¡¯t in much danger. However, Feng Luo¡¯s shot had sent the Heavy Armor Warrior a few steps closer to him. And the Heavy Armor Warrior also had quick reaction speed. Although he was forced back by Feng Luo¡¯s shot, he reversed the situation as he used the momentum generated to propel himself toward Mu Zi.

    Inside this rtively small shop, Mu Zi didn¡¯t have many ces to dodge. As for Feng Luo, who was behind him, he was in a dilemma. If he were to fire another shot from his current position, he would help the Heavy Armor Warrior again!

    Inside the shop, all the professions with control skills had already died. Among the remaining yers, apart from Feng Luo¡¯s B-grade bullets, none of them had any crowd control skills. The end result was that Mu Zi, who was forced into the corner, could only retaliate onest time. He pressed the trigger of the assault rifle and showered his remaining bullets on the Heavy Armor Warrior!

    However, after taking the drug, this ¡°T Giant¡± warrior of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group now had ridiculously high defense and HP. Even without the protection of the shield, the attacks of the assault rifle were only a bunch of 100 to 200 damage numbers. Even after emptying an entire magazine, there wasn¡¯t much damage.

    As for Mu Zi, who had emptied his assault rifle¡¯s magazine, his neck was grabbed by an arm that was about twice his size, and he was lifted into the air.

    ¡°Mu Zi!¡± Feng Luo and Sister Rui both shouted and fired the Desert Eagles in their hands at the same time.

    Bang! Bang!

    ¡°Haha!¡±

    However, before Feng Luo¡¯s impact bullet could strike him, the Heavy Armor Warrior who had turned into the ¡°T Giant¡± shook his arm, and Mu Zi was flung away. His back mmed hard into a wall as the crisp sound of cracking bone could be heard.

    Peng!

    A number, ¡°?1450,¡± appeared over Mu Zi¡¯s head. Like the others, his HP, which was at less than half, was instantly emptied.

    However, although the white light had already shed across his body, Mu Zi still lifted his head with great effort at the end. In his eyes, he still looked expectantly at the torso of the Heavy Armor Warrior that was exposed due to the body¡¯s expansion.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo¡¯s impact bullet hit the body of the Heavy Armor Warrior. Although it pushed his body against the wall behind him and restrained him for two seconds, the damage dealt to him during that time by the remaining survivors, even at their full strength, was minimal.

    Among the damage numbers that appeared overtop of the T Giant¡¯s head, none exceeded 500!

    ¡°Motherf*cker!¡± said Brother Ling with his shield raised from a corner of the shop. ¡°A yer actually became as tough as a Boss? This game is way too unbnced!¡±

    He was the only one who did not participate in the attack because behind him was the fat director with handcuffs on his hands. He was crouched on the ground with his hands over his head while sweating profusely and trembling nonstop.

    ¡°Haha, I know!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior who was initially pushed to the corner of the wall by Feng Luo¡¯s shots suddenly smiled, quite pleased.

    He¡¯s actually still protecting that NPC in a situation like this. This fatty must be connected to their mission! So, I¡¯ll kill him first...

    The smile suddenly disappeared. After that, the Heavy Armor Warrior raised the shield that was in front of him and relied on the reactive force generated from the wall. He pushed against the wall with his feet and charged toward Brother Ling and Director Locke.

    ¡°Get out of here, quick!¡± Brother Ling shouted as he kicked the fat director behind him.

    However, Locke, who was sweating all over the ce, only knew how to cower in a corner at that moment. He did not even stand.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± Brother Ling shouted. He had no choice. He could only raise the alloy longsword in his hand, cast a skill, and do his best. But in a situation like this, clearly, no one felt that they could stop the charge of the enemy.

    However, at that moment, something happened that no one expected. The Heavy Armor Warrior, who was initially charging forward with a raised shield, suddenly staggered. Then, immediately after that, the second-tost impact bullet in Feng Luo¡¯s magazine sent him flying. The alloy shield even fell out of his hand.

    Bang!

    ?1266

    ?2244

    Hmm?

    Feng Luo felt odd. The damage was much higher than before, and the T Giant¡¯s reaction after getting hit was also very clearly different from before.

    What¡¯s going on?!

    The Heavy Armor Warrior who was originally rampaging all around was suddenly in a panic. He was half-crouched on the ground beside the wall. His originally huge body seemed to have lost some support and was currently shrinking. His bones were changing shape while his muscles shrank, and at the same time, the strength in his body...

    When he lowered his head, he saw a light-green, screw-like syringe pierced in a spot on his abdomen, the serum within it already injected into his body.

    ¡°What is this? How can this...?¡±

    His face was filled with confusion. Clearly, he did not even know when this thing had been stuck into him.

    On the other side, Feng Luo was also a little shocked.

    This serum... he thought. It looks familiar! Isn¡¯t this the anti-T-virus serum? Then, Mu Zi...

    Previously, just to be safe, Feng Luo had given the antivirus serum that Lin gave him to Mu Zi and Sister Rui before the retreat. He didn¡¯t know that Mu Zi had not used it all this time but had instead used it in the battle just now¡ªinjecting it into the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s body.

    Moreover, it had caused an unexpected effect!

    But aren¡¯t yers restricted by the system when ites to using potions or drugs directly on another yer, unless it¡¯s a mission item? Moreover, how would Mu Zi know that this serum would be useful...?

    Although Feng Luo still had some questions, he knew that he could only clear things up by asking Mu Zi himself after they returned. Right now, the most important thing was to...

    Bang!

    ?2433

    ?4756

    Headshot! Finishing Blow!

    yer Feng Luo killed an enemy yer. Biohazard: Omen defense mission time limit removed. Thest phase of the mission has begun: Escape Roguetown in ten minutes!

 Chapter 159 - Mission Complete and Reward (Part 1)

    Chapter 159: Mission Complete and Reward (Part 1)

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Damn it! What was that serum? For it to actually restrain one of my best works!¡±

    In the underground base under the sanatorium, Wesker, who was originally sittingfortably on the metal chair, finally showed irritation and anger in his voice.

    However, at that moment, the virtual image of a young girl in a white shirt suddenly appeared in front of him. Rows of data shed quickly in her eyes as she spoke rapidly. ¡°Emergency! Emergency!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve detected the formation of a small party of the Federation Airforce headed toward us from Storm City. Their estimated arrival time is 10 minutes!¡±

    In the corner of the virtual screen, a 3D simtion appeared. In the dark night, five red dots were closing in the 3D image that represented Roguetown!

    ¡°What?¡± Under his shades, Wesker had a shocked expression.

    ¡°Received one unencrypted channel message. The content mentions that the Fifth Airforce Corp of the Federation from Storm City is conducting a military exercise, and they will enter the airspace above Roguetown!¡±

    ¡°Military exercise? To give an excuse that could only trick children? Unspeakable!¡±

    ¡°Ten minutes...¡±

    Under his shades, Wesker looked uncertain. After thinking for a few seconds, he raised his head and made a decision.

    ¡°Notify everyone that we willpletely evacuate the ce in ten minutes and then initiate the self-destruct sequence!¡± said Wesker coldly. After that, he stood up before turning around to leave.

    ******

    Amidst the pouring rain, arge ck shuttle fighter that looked like an F-117 was gradually lifted above ground through the exit of the underground base beneath the sanatorium.

    After that, white and blue energy mes burst from the bottom of the ck shuttle fighter as it slowly lifted into the air in the rain. After it reached an elevation of around 10 meters above the building, it started to elerate, and before long, it had be just a bright dot in the sky above Roguetown.

    Boom!

    Less than 30 seconds after the fighter jet left, with a loud bang, various locations within Roguetown started to explode, and white balls of energy erupted.

    ces everywhere started to copse, and, after these explosions, the balls of energy did not sh with each other. Instead, they merged. In the end, all of Roguetown waspletely surrounded by a huge white energy ball, and, with a huge bang loud enough to silence thunder, the ce turned into an empty field.

    The high-energy bombs of this sort in the game generated extremely high temperatures and energy after the explosion. It destroyed everything within range and did not leave any difficult-to-deal-with radiation behind as pollution. As such, it was¡ªin a sense¡ªa sort of more ¡°humane¡± weapon.

    Of course, this kind of humane weapon was being used to destroy evidence of an inhumane biological experiment, so perhaps it seemed like more of an insult. On the ground behind a hill in a forest outside Roguetown, a group of people whose HP was still reduced by at least half due to the shockwaves created by the explosion slowly stood up. As they looked at the sunken area that was at least a dozen meters deep, they could not help but feel a little bit fortunate.

    After that came the sense of relief and joy that came when onepleted missions!

    Of course, for the NPCs¡ªincluding three remaining guard soldiers, Harley, and the tourists that numbered less than 20¡ªthe scene before their eyes was, without a doubt, an ending that could hardly be epted. The yers who ultimately made it out were only Feng Luo, Sister Rui, Brother Ling, Sha Lang, and another Light Armor Warrior. A total of five. Their losses were definitely quite heavy.

    ¡°It¡¯s a good thing Locke is still alive. At least the city-building mission can be consideredplete!¡± Brother Ling¡¯s expression was still a happy one because the fat Guard Bureau director, who had alreadypletely exhausted himself as he ran for his life earlier and was currently lying on the ground and refusing to get up, was still alive.

    At least the mission waspleted. Or was it?

    ¡°But how should we get out now?¡± the Light Armor Warrior asked Brother Ling. ¡°This is deep inside the mountain, after all!¡±

    ¡°Our camouge chip has a GPS function. After themunication lockdown is released¡ª¡±

    Before Brother Ling could finish, a loud, piercing sound came from the sky between the roars of thunder. In the sky, a huge wing-shaped aircraft called ¡°Sky Castle¡± and four fighter jet escorts slowly appeared.

    ******

    ¡°Thank you, everyone. You¡¯ve made great contributions toward the Federation. If it weren¡¯t for you, we would never have been able to know that the Umbre Corporation was actually so crazy. These viins will face severe punishment before thew!¡±

    A middle-aged man wearing the colonel military badge on his shoulder and standing in front of the wing-shaped spacecraft shook the hands of each of the five yers. Behind him, two fully equipped Federation soldiers were taking away Locke, who waspletely pale.

    Harley and the other three soldiers were also escorted to a rest cabin on the spacecraft. However, before they left, Feng Luo received a message notifying him that his approval rating with Harley turned into ¡°Approved.¡±

    Of course,pared to the approval rating with Harley, what was more important to Feng Luo were the rows of system notification that kept appearing.

    Story Mission ¡°Biohazard: Omen¡± has finished. Your Mission Performance Rating was S?. Overall ranking: No. 1

    You¡¯ve received experience: 18,555; Merit points: 150.

    You¡¯ve received the following items: Primary Evolution Virus (T) Enhancement Potion, Type 4 (Perfect Grade); Received Unique Reward: Tyrant (Pistol).

    It had been a somewhat difficult mission, and the rich rewards exceeded Feng Luo¡¯s expectations. Perhaps it was because it was the beginning of a series of Epic-level missions!

    Over 10,000 experience was considered decent, but it was still only a few percentage points of a full level, after all. However, the 150 merit points were definitely something to be called ¡°extremely generous.¡± Feng Luo currently had only a little over 300 merit points. With these 150 merit points, he had directly surpassed the huge 500-point threshold, which was enough to exchange for a First-ss Soldier military rank.

    But the really good things were undoubtedly thetter two item rewards.

    Primary Evolution Virus (T) Enhancement Potion, Type 7

    100% integration sess rate after use. Receives: Agility +10, HP +200, Movement Speed +10%, slight increase in visual perception. Acquire partial resistance to mutation of Primary Evolution Virus.

    Grade: Perfect.

    A Perfect-grade enhancement potion. Its stats were several times stronger than the ¡°Excellent¡± enhancement potion dropped by the Tyrant earlier. Moreover, the stat increases of this Enhancement Potion with the ¡°Type 7¡± suffix were definitely well-suited to Snipers. That was because the bonus was to Agility, the main stat of Sniper yers. At the same time, it increased movement speed by 10 percent and increased visual perception, both of which were extremely important to Snipers.

    Of course, the most, most, most important thing was that the integration sess rate was 100 percent, so there was no need to worry about a drop in stats after failure!

    That alone made it worth ten times more than the ¡°Excellent¡± enhancement potion from before. In terms of market value, there were definitely wealthy people who would be willing to spend millions of credits to purchase it.

    Feng Luo guessed that if Lin Aotian were still around after the breakout, naming a price of three to four million credits would probably make him buy it. Of course, Feng Luo would never sell it. He was definitely going to keep it for himself. Although he already had resistance to the Evolution Virus, the extent of the effects of the potion was still unclear. Still, something this rare was definitely worth a try.

    Apart from the potion, the other unique reward, the pistol, was even more satisfying for Feng Luo. This pistol, which was named ¡°Tyrant,¡± also had a violent and powerful outward appearance. Because... it was a retro-looking,rge bronze revolver!

 Chapter 160 - Mission Complete and Reward (Part 2)

    Chapter 160: Mission Complete and Reward (Part 2)

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A revolver. The term referred to the fact that it did not have a magazine. Instead, it had a loading wheel that could be pulled out from the side to reload the bullets; that wheel was where the name came from. And this revolver had the same name as a Commander-grade monster that was infected by the T-virus. It also had a violent style which suited its name.

    It was a 50-caliber weapon like the Desert Eagle, and its almost 30-centimeter body was bronze in color. However, the handle was constructed of a dark crimson, unknown material that made the revolver heavy in the user¡¯s hand. Its weight was a lot heavier than the Desert Eagle.

    Tyrant (Pistol)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 700

    Attack Coefficient: C

    Strength +20

    Recoil: ?75%

    Loading Capacity: 5

    Effective Attack Range: 80m

    Bonus Effects: Attacks have a certain degree of knockback effect!

    Level Requirement: Level 45

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Not only was the name violent-sounding, but even the stats and attributes were simrly violent. As a secondary weapon, its main bonus was actually not the gunner¡¯s main attribute, Agility; instead, it added 20 to the Strength stat. It even surpassed the Strength stat bonus of the Excellent-grade two-handed sword, ¡°Silver Hand,¡± that had been dropped previously. Normally, something like this would never have appeared on a pistol that received the ¡°Perfect grade.¡±

    As for the rest of its attributes, they also seemed pretty odd!

    ¡°75 percent recoil reduction!¡± The recoil reduction stat normally appeared in sniper rifles with higher calibers since these guns produced powerful recoil and would significantly affect the shot. For example, the Python of Death Barrett that Brother Ling had brought to him had a 50 percent recoil reduction stat.

    However, this Tyrant pistol actually reduced recoil by 75 percent, which was higher than the Python of Death. THat implied one thing, which was that the recoil of this pistol was considered more powerful than the 12.7mm caliber Python of Death with a firing range of 1,500 meters that was evaluated as the most powerful Rare-grade sniper rifle. There was no doubt that it was incredible for the recoil of a pistol to be more powerful than a heavy sniper rifle. (Note: This referred to the recoil prior to the buffer provided by the gun¡¯s structure.)

    In reality, and under normal circumstances, it was very rare, but in the game, it wasn¡¯t all that odd. After all, it was a game. Although War simted the rules of the real world in most aspects, it still had some game ¡°principles.¡±

    For example, the stats and attributes of a weapon were not only influenced by its own structure. The influence of the construction material might also be even higher.

    Almost all Rare-grade equipment used materials dropped by monsters with unique attributes, and this was where the ¡°Rare Attributes¡± of Rare equipment came from! And clearly, whether it was 75 percent recoil reduction or Strength +20, they were there to bnce the attributes of this Rare gun¡ªwhich was that attacks would be apanied by a certain degree of knockback effect!

    This was a powerful Rare attribute. It was much more valuable than the 10 percent increase in movement speed of the Desert Eagle!

    The might of the knockback effect had been experienced directly by Feng Luo from the 15 B-grade impact bullets he had obtained in the mission. The only problem was that all 15 of those impact bullets had already been used, and with the rarity of the B-grade bullet, even if he wanted to buy them right now, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to. As a result, Feng Luo had felt quite a bit of regret after using them all. But clearly, this pistolpletely made up for his regrets!

    Without a doubt, this ¡°Tyrant¡± was, until that moment, the best pistol Feng Luo had ever seen. The 700 attack was higher than the M110 in his hands. The Grade-C attack coefficient was alsoparable to the Python of Death. These two stats were contained in a pistol. Only the word ¡°Strong¡± could be used to describe it!

    Added to that was the rare knockback effect...

    Although the knockback effect would definitely not be as powerful as the special bullets, it was already very satisfying for Feng Luo. After all, a pistol like this was definitely a weapon that any gun-wielding yer would desire. It also made all the pain and hard work over the past few days worth it.

    Sister Rui was just beside Feng Luo. The storm had stopped. She was using a white towel to dry herpletely soaked blonde hair when she started speaking to Feng Luo. ¡°It looks like you got some decent rewards, huh? A score of S-grade must have resulted in some cool items, right?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s definitely something good!¡±

    Feng Luo sent the 3D image containing the stats of the Tyrant through themunicator to her.

    Sister Rui¡¯s blue eyes brightened as she looked at the Tyrant with its appealing stats and appearance. ¡°Good gun! Better than my gun!¡± said Sister Rui in themunication channel. She then sent the stats of her Golden Desert Eagle to Feng Luo.

    Golden Desert Eagle (Pistol)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 599

    Attack Coefficient: C?

    Agility +12

    Strength +7

    Recoil: ?35%

    Loading Capacity: 7

    Effective Attack Range: 150m

    Bonus Effects: When continuously attacking the same target, every follow-up attack causes 10% stacking damage (Limited to one magazine)!

    Level Requirement: Level 45

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    ¡°Wow!¡± Feng Luo looked at it and felt that Sister Rui was just being modest.

    In fact, the stats of the Tyrant and the Golden Desert Eagle showed that they each had their own unique specialties. One had high single-shot damage while the other had powerful continuous damage. Theparison was quite simr to the Eye of the Thunder that he was preparing to use and the Barrett.

    But all of Sister Rui¡¯s equipment is really quite powerful. I wonder where she got them.

    Feng Luo noticed that Sister Rui was quite mysterious. Whether it was the Death Ripper or the SUAbat uniform¡ªas well as the Golden Desert Eagle with rare stats¡ªthey were all items that might not even have been able to be purchased even if one had the money!

    Sister Rui suddenly thought of something, put down the towel she was using to dry her hair, and said to Feng Luo, ¡°Oh, right. I received a Perfect Enhancement Potion just now, so I can¡¯t really use the serum that you gave me anymore. If you need it, just take it.¡±

    ¡°I also received an Enhancement Potion as part of my reward. I¡¯ll ask Mu Zi after I get offline. If he really doesn¡¯t want to use it, I¡¯ll bring it over to an NPC Master. Perhaps she will be able to find out something.¡±

    As he had guessed that Sister Rui had received an Enhancement Potion, Feng Luo did not decline. The only problem was that Mu Zi had failed to survive this mission. It could be said that he had suffered a huge loss. Moreover, one could say that he had contributed a great deal to killing the Heavy Armor Warrior, in the end. If he wanted that serum, he should have it. If he was afraid that he would lose stats and refused to use it, then Feng Luo would bring it to Lin.

    As for the mission Lin had given him, he had alsopleted it. The five virus samples were collected and ced in his backpack. After he returned, he would bring them to her.

    At that moment, Sha Lang walked past the two of them with a soft smile on his face. However, his eyes stared profoundly at Feng Luo before turning around to leave.

    ¡°You¡¯re strong,¡± said Sha Lang. ¡°I hope that we will have more opportunities to work together. I also hope that you can level up a bit more!¡±

    His overall score was only ¡°A.¡± Although he was ranked second just behind Feng Luo, he had clearly lost again.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡±

    It was time to board the ne.

    A group of people began to follow behind a few soldiers and headed toward the ramp that dropped down from the cabin door of the aircraft.

    However, what Feng Luo did not anticipate was that as he, thest person, entered the cabin door, a soldier standing guard on the side with a gun in his hand would suddenly extend an arm to pass something to him.

    ¡°Sir,¡± said the soldier, ¡°Colonel Andre asked me to pass this to you. This is the reward for your perfect performance during this incident. Also, please allow me to say this. Please value the information within this. It¡¯s an extremely rare opportunity!¡±

    There are more special rewards?

    Feng Luo received the item in his hand suspiciously. It was a translucent information chip.

    ******

    Silvermoon City Exchange.

    Although it was night, Roaring Dragon Light Wind did not have any intention to rest. Instead, his eyes were closed as he sat still on the leather sofa inside the luxurious private room that belonged specifically to him.

    Vrr, vrr, vrr...

    At that moment, themunicator vibrated rapidly, which meant that it had received an emergency message. Roaring Dragon Light Wind, whose eyes had been closed, instantly opened his eyes. With a sense of urgency that could not be concealed, he switched themunicator on.

    And then, upon reading the message in themunicator, his face sank.

    Unprecedented grave feelings and... disappointment...

    He maintained that posture without moving. After two to three full minutes, he raised his head. In his eyes was renewed determination.

 Chapter 161 - Level 45: A New Journey!

    <h4>Chapter 161: Level 45: A New Journey!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Storm City West, Dusk Swamp

    Coordinates: ?8779, 0198

    A Level-45 Swamp Rock Crocodile was hiding in the foul-smelling, muddled water filled with mud and leaves. Only its mouth, which was almost the same color as the swamp water, as well as its eyes, which had the same color as the mud and were easy for yers to overlook, were exposed.

    In its line of sight, a strange creature covered with ayer of a red carapace that was around half a meter in length was around ten meters away from it. It looked like arge bug and had two knife-like pincers on top of its head.

    Although the creature looked strange, it was a legendary hunter of the swamp; as the master of the swamp that did not even fear a five to six-meter long Swamp Python, the Swamp Rock Crocodile never feared any other creatures in this region.

    Except... those adventurers who always had weapons in their hands and never fought using their natural strength alone!

    Half the eye of the Swamp Rock Crocodile floated above the water. It looked around cautiously. After confirming that those humanoid creatures that only knew how to rely on external objects were nowhere to be seen, it slowly dove into the muddy water and swam toward the ¡°prey¡± located not far away!

    The red bug clearly looked like itcked vignce. It was only scratching the ground with its six de-covered legs continuously, as if it were looking for something to eat. It was only when the crocodile was very close that it felt that something was off. It turned its head left and right but did not detect the dangers lurking in the muddled water.

    Boom!

    The Elite-grade Swamp Rock Crocodile leaped from one meter underwater. Its entire body soared across a distance of around five to six meters before it opened its bloody mouth while flying toward the bug.

    Pu!

    However, the moment its four-meter-long bodynded, it felt nothing but a dark crimson light sh across his eyes.

    The carapace-covered bug creature that it had treated as its prey actually jumped forward a certain distance as it leaped, which meant that its confident tacklepletely missed its mark.

    Moreover, apart from that, the red bug quickly hopped and ran toward the thicket not far away immediately after that!

    How can this be?!

    The Swamp Rock Crocodile¡¯s simple AI did not do much thinking. It immediately moved its webbed crocodile foot covered with scales and started pursuing its food. However, after pursuing the hopping ¡°prey¡± across the thicket, the yellow eyes of the crocodile showed surprise.

    In front of it were five red bugs that looked exactly the same. The only thing was that these were slightly smaller than the one it was pursuing!

    While it was still dazed, five red bugs with knife-like legs leaped towards it, and before long, their bodiesnded on its t and wide back.

    Pu!

    ?980

    The Swamp Rock Crocodile felt pain in its back. Its proud, thick, tough skin covered by ayer of mud with amazing defense was pierced through by something, leaving it with an injury.

    No, not just one wound!

    Immediately following the initial pain came some less painful cuts. Four consecutive cuts were made. And over its head, numbers appeared as a result!

    ?466

    ?498

    ?655

    ?494

    Roar!

    The Level-45 Elite Swamp Rock Crocodile instantly went into a rage. As the overlord¡ªthe ultimate predator of the 50-meter swamp in the southern area of Dusk Swamp¡ªit was actually being injured by small creatures like these that looked like bugs!

    The enraged Swamp Rock Crocodile began to twist and spin its body like crazy. It swung its tail in an attempt to throw the bugs on its back off. However, the bugs¡¯ six limbs pierced deep into its tough skin like the des of knives. The two tough, crescent-shaped pincers on their heads also continuously shed at the crocodile as ear-piercing shrieks came from their mouths.

    ?1530

    ?760

    ?698

    ?735

    ?704

    The bugs were ruthless and merciless. Upon creating a wound after shing at its thick skin with their big, knife-like pincers, they would continue to attack and sh at the same position nonstop. The thick skin on its mud-covered back had a high defense, but when thatyer of skin was cut, the flesh inside did not have any way to protect itself. As such, beneath the continuous shes, it could feel blood gushing continuously from its back.

    From another perspective, the Level 45 Elite Swamp Rock Crocodile, which was mainly a defensive monster and had over 30,000 HP, had already had its HP reduced by one-third in less than five seconds.

    Finally, it instinctively found a method of defense, which was to rotate and roll its body in the thicket. As expected, by doing this, the big red bugs could no longer stay on its back. They were all thrown off. They leaped away one by one.

    However, what it did not consider was that by rolling on the ground, it left its white belly¡ªthat did not have much defense¡ªexposed, and before long, the extremely agile red bugs had already made a few cuts on the side of its belly.

    ?1938

    ?907

    ?898

    ?934

    ?876

    It was more painful than before. With the pain, the continuous blood loss, and these ridiculously agile opponents, the originally enraged Swamp Rock Crocodile began to show panic in its yellow eyes.

    Immediately after that, it rolled over and stood on the ground before turning around and rushing toward the swamp that wasn¡¯t far away. The five red bugs, on the other hand, jumped on its back again and resumed attacking its wounds mercilessly. But the Swamp Rock Crocodile did not roll on the ground crazily this time; instead, it just charged straight toward the swamp.

    As long as I enter the swamp, I can even defeat a Level-48 Swamp Python. If these tiny things dare to enter my home turf, then I¡¯ll let them know who¡¯s boss!

    The Swamp Rock Crocodile pushed its four limbs to their limit as it charged toward its home turf. As less than a quarter of its HP was left, it was finally only just one step away from its ¡°home turf.¡±

    However, this distance of one step was clearly a step that would never be taken because...

    Bang!

    After a muffled gunshot. A searing hot bullet rotating through the air, tinged with a lightyer of electricity, entered its back!

    ?676

    ?3255

    Yellow weak-point damage. A finishing blow!

    The HP of the Swamp Rock Crocodile fell to zero in an instant. It finally dropped to the ground not more than three meters away from the swamp.

    Among the five ded Beetles, thergest one was a Level-34 Elite ded Beetle. A sh of light signifying a level-up shed across its body, and its size, which was already bigger than its other Normal-gradepatriots, grew even bigger. Its level was also increased to Level 35.

    However, its level-up light was iparable to that of the other side. The level-up light on the young male yer holding the M110 sniper rifle and wearing a camougebat uniform was much more significant.

    Killed Swamp Rock Crocodile (Level 45, Elite). Contribution: 21.5%. Obtained Experience: 430.

    Congrattions. You¡¯ve leveled up. Current Level: Level 45!

    Level 45!

    Finally, Level 45!

    Feng Luo stood up beside a bush with the M110 in his hands. A bright smile that could not be hidden was on his face. Over the past half month, he had expended a lot of effort trying to level up. Although he had chosen not to continuously do Hunting Missions because he needed to increase the levels of the ¡°Pet Beetles,¡± he still had finally managed to increase his level to 45 today!

    On Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder was 24K, who looked funny after being painted with camouge paint again. Its size was one sizerger than before. It was currently the size of half a fist.

    At that moment, it was swinging its head on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, instructing two scorpion-like Gatherer Beetles to crawl toward the corpse of the Swamp Rock Crocodile. As for the Scout Beetle beside the swamp, it flew slowly toward Feng Luo and surveyed the surroundings above Feng Luo.

    At the moment, 24K was already at Level 29. As a Boss-grade pet, the experience required for it to level up was certainly very high. It was a good thing it was currently at 80 percent at Level 29. With a little bit more effort, it ought to be able to level up to Level 30 by today or tomorrow.

    Even more noteworthy was that while hunting over the past few days with Feng Luo, 24K had managed to grasp several methods to work and cooperate with Feng Luo by relying purely on its AI. This made it a lot easier for Feng Luo tomand the previous five ded Beetles when creating traps and encircling prey. It could even rece Feng Luo andmand the little beetles itself.

    Of course, right now was not the time to talk about this. For Feng Luo, who had finally made it to Level 45, the thing he wanted to do more than anything else was to rece the ¡°Main Body¡± part of the M110 with the ¡°Main Body¡± part of the Eye of the Thunder so that the sniper rifle he had been longing for all this time could realize its true potential!

 Chapter 162 - Complete Eye of the Thunder!

    <h4>Chapter 162: Complete Eye of the Thunder!</h4>

    Eye of the Thunder (Sniper Rifle)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 750

    Attack Coefficient: C?

    Strength +10

    Agility +25

    Shooting Speed: +35%

    Recoil: -30%

    Field of Vision: +400m

    Effective Attack Range: 1,000 + 300m

    Unique Attributes: Bullets fired from the gun have a 15% chance of being imbued with electricity effect that causes 1,500 electric damage!

    Level Requirement: 45

    Creator: Feng Zhi Luoye

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Over the past 15 days, Feng Luo¡¯s bestbat profession achievement had been to reach Level 45. If one were to minimize the factors that had caused his level to be low, then his achievements in his life profession were even greater! This was because, upon closer inspection, the Level-45 Rare-grade sniper rifle that had electricity coursing through it had the word ¡°Perfect¡± written in its stats.

    A piece of Rare-grade Perfect equipment¡ªthere was naturally no need to repeat what this meant!

    For Feng Luo, the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± blueprints that he had managed to get his hands on during the mission in the Town of Exiles by coincidence had turned into a money-printing machine that had produced credits.

    Of course, this was exaggerating it a little. Because although he had produced a Perfect-grade Eye of the Thunder¡ªwhich meant that Feng Luo could use the Eye of the Thunder blueprints without limits¡ªit did not mean that he would be able to produce countless Eye of the Thunder in a short amount of time! In War, when it came to producing equipment, there was a hidden limit: ¡°raw materials.¡±

    Apart from traditional materials, in the production of the Eye of the Thunder, there was also a Rare mineral called ¡°Thunder Sand¡± and a chitin material dropped by a Level-40 monster called the ¡°Ultralisk.¡± The former could be obtained through mining at an extremely low probability, while thetter was only dropped by Ultralisks that were above the Commander grade.

    This directly restrained Feng Luo¡¯s production rate of the Eye of the Thunder. Even when he specifically put out information on the Exchange about trying to purchase the material at a high price, he had still failed to purchase many over the course of the past 24 hours.

    Judging by the current situation, obtaining seven to 10 batches of materials a day on average was the limit. Of course, even if he only had seven batches of materials, he would still make a killing. That was because the stats and attributes of aplete Eye of the Thunder were definitely not inferior to the Python of Death Barrett that yers coveted right now!

    The reason the Barrett was so coveted was because of its powerful attack and attack coefficient that reached C grade. Added to that was the rare piercing effect stat that could be said to maximize the potential of every bullet fired from the gun to its absolute limit.

    It needed to be noted that one should not underestimate the 850 attack stat of the Barrett that the Big Boss had taken from Lu Chen¡ªwhich was supposed to have been gifted to Feng Luo¡ªthinking that it had only 100 more attack points than the Eye of the Thunder. Thus, it was not really high.

    One had to pay attention and note that the Eye of the Thunder was of a Perfect-grade while the Barrett was only a Standard-grade. For a sniper rifle like the Barrett, which had attack power as its strongest stat, if a Python of Death that was evaluated as Perfect were to be created, its attack stat would probably reach 950 or even 1,000. That would mean that it was one-third more than the Eye of the Thunder. Its attack was, without a doubt, the best!

    The reason why the Eye of the Thunder was not inferior to the Barrett in terms of its stats and attributes was that the Eye of the Thunder was not an attack-focused rifle; it was coveted for its attack speed!

    Afterpletely assembling the gun, the stat ¡°Bullet Loading Speed +40%¡± became ¡°Shooting Speed +35%.¡± Calcting through this, the rate of fire for Maximum Shooting was only around one second, which was a degree faster than the Barrett!

    Furthermore, with theplete set, the trigger rate of the electricity effect was directly increased to 15 percent, and naturally, there was no need to talk about that effect!

    (Note: The sniper rifle was considered a ¡°set item.¡± It was mentioned earlier that after a sniper rifle waspletely assembled, the stats of the rifle would experience partial enhancement.)

    Apart from that, among the basic stats of the Barrett, there was only an increase of 20 in Agility. As for the Eye of the Thunder, there was an increase of 25 points in Agility and 10 points in Strength. This was enough to make up for the attack power gap between the two.

    As such, the Eye of the Thunder was really no weaker than the Python of Death. It was only because most yers were used to pursuing pure attack power that the Barrett¡¯s price was pushed so high.

    Feng Luo believed that truly top-notch yers would naturally be able to analyze the advantages and disadvantages between the two and select the sniper rifle that best suited the individual. There was definitely no need to worry about the price of the Eye of the Thunder.

    ******

    At that time, two Level-30 Gatherer Beetles had already brought back the items dropped by the Swamp Rock Crocodile from a distance away.

    A white crystal worth 100 credits...

    Feng Luo generously threw the crystal to 24K¡ªwhose gaze was fixed firmly on the crystal while standing on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder¡ªallowing it to use two of its small golden ws to grasp the crystal while munching on it.

    There was no choice. He was going to have some money soon. As for the transparent crystal material held by the other Gatherer Beetle, it was the real reason he hade here.

    Crystallized Tear of the Swamp Crocodile: A crystal that contains unique substances. Has the function of soothing the central nervous system and can be used to produce some unique medicine.

    Feng Luo put this material into his backpack before flipping through his system logs.

    Obtained 100g of Crystallized Tear of the Swamp Crocodile. Lin¡¯s Request (II) Mission Completion Rate: Four/Six.

    It was true. The reason why Feng Luo had stayed close to Storm City was that he needed to help Lin with her mission. Or, more precisely, it was the mission toplete Lin¡¯s request.

    In fact, the mission hade because he had been looking for it. After he¡¯d personally delivered five sets of T-virus samples to Lin¡¯s researchb in Storm City and his rtionship with Lin had directly increased to ¡°Trustful,¡± he had brought the Excellent-grade Type Three Enhancement Potion that Mu Zi hadn¡¯t wanted. It had a sess rate of 75 percent, and he wanted to see if Lin could find a way to increase the sess rate of the potion. At the same time, he did not pay attention and let slip the fact that he had an Enhancement Potion with a 100 percent sess rate on him.

    Unexpectedly, the Enhancement Potion had piqued Lin¡¯s interest. She¡¯d even ditched the five T-virus samples on the side and directly asked him for the T-virus Enhancement Potion with a 100 percent sess rate. Moreover, it was presented in the form of the system issuing missions. If he epted the mission, then his approval rating with Lin would increase even further, and they would enter into a ¡°Friendly¡± status. If he were to decline the mission, however, Lin¡¯s approval of him would drop straight to the lowest level. To put it simply, they wouldn¡¯t even be friends anymore.

    Rip-off... This is a total rip-off!

    Feng Luo cursed the system in his mind as he exchanged the Enhancement Potion that could be sold for a couple of million credits for the approval of an NPC.

    Unless one was a super wealthy tycoon, under normal circumstances, how many people would be able to still their hearts and ept a mission like this? However, after Feng Luo cursed in his mind, a smile quickly appeared on his face as he took the Perfect Enhancement Potion out from his backpack before speaking to Lin.

    ¡°Yeah, if you want it, of course. Here, take it!¡±

    He had no choice. When facing NPCs, acting on the spot was also a type of skill!

    As for whether it was worth it? A young, busty woman who was a genius, a chip expert, and a gicist double master, as well as a virology expert... But wait¡ªno. When Feng Luo hadst met with Lin, he¡¯d discovered that she had reached the Master level for virology! The friendship of a young female genius at the Master level in three life professions... Was that worth several million credits?

    On this, one only needed to refer to the pointers given by Old John, whom Feng Luo suspected was a Gun Mechanic Master. The pointers allowed him to ultimately produce a Perfect-grade Eye of the Thunder, which would bring him a huge amount of credits in the future. It was enough to determine whether it was worth it.

    Of course, it was worth it!

    However, the only unfortunate thing for Feng Luo was that after Old John left the shop that day, he had only returned once when Feng Luo was in Roguetown.

    The two salespersons followed Feng Luo¡¯s instructions and gave him crystals worth 100,000 credits, but Old John only took 50,000 credits that he¡¯d mentioned previously before leaving Silvermoon City. He hadn¡¯t returned to the shop since. Feng Luo wondered if it was something he had done, or if perhaps Old John¡¯s mission procedure was just like that...

    However, he couldn¡¯t do anything at the moment, since Old John hadn¡¯t left behind any information or clues. It was incredibly difficult for a yer to look for an NPC in the huge world of War. It was also improbable for Feng Luo to look for intelligence organizations like the Hunter¡¯s Guild, since it might bring Old John¡¯s Gun Mechanic Master identity to their attention. Plus, apart from Lin¡¯s current mission, he still had a more important mission that he needed to start doing in a few days. It was rted to the content of the chip that the Colonel had asked the soldier to hand over to him after the Roguetown mission had ended.

    Within the chip was a mission that no yer would ever pass up. It was a unique, hidden mission that affected a yer¡¯s profession.

    Beep...

    At that time, Feng Luo¡¯smunicator suddenly rang. As Feng Luo nced over, he found that it was actually Mu Wu! Dusk Swamp was not very far away from the Storm City, so themunicator could receive long-rangemunications from over there.

    ¡°Old Feng, there¡¯s good news for you,¡± said Mu Wu. He tried to keep Feng Luo guessing for a bit before continuing, ¡°There¡¯s an internal conflict in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group!¡±

 Chapter 163 - Joining a Guild?

    Chapter 163: Joining a Guild?

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Internal conflict in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group? How could that be?¡±

    This information was certainly unexpected for Feng Luo. As the only opponent that waspletely ipatible with him ever since he had started ying the game, Feng Luo naturally had a certain degree of understanding of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was the number one power in Silvermoon City, and as the number one power, they were currently at their peak. Even after Feng Luo had messed up their important mission of working with the Umbre Corporation, they hadn¡¯t been really hurt at all.

    Their expansion during this period was also overwhelming and aggressive. Even one of the oldest guilds, the Veterans Tribe, was pushed to the point where they could hardly keep their heads up.

    The person who had integrated the group, devoured the other powers in Silvermoon City, caught up from behind, and brought Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group to the number-one spot in a short amount of time, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star¡ªthe leader of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡ªwas widely recognized as a highly ambitious and powerful person.

    To think that person like that and a guild like that would actually experience an internal conflict at such a critical moment in their development!

    Feng Luo never would have predicted that.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t expect that, did you?¡± On the virtual screen created by themunicator, Mu Wu was smiling. He would only remove his serious face in front of familiar faces. ¡°In truth, most people didn¡¯t expect it. It seems like within the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group that seemingly follows the words of Roaring Dragon Invincible, another person is hiding in the background. In the end, the two of them began to fight against each other, and now, there¡¯s an earthquake within Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group!¡±

    ¡°Another person?¡± Feng Luo asked suspiciously as an image of Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s smiling yet somber face shed across his mind.

    ¡°That¡¯s right! Turns out, although Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group looked like it was controlled solely by Roaring Dragon Invincible, he was only the guild leader on the surface. Behind them, in the dark, there was another ¡®guild leader.¡¯ The reason Roaring Dragon Invincible shone so much and was called the strongest in Silvermoon City was because of the development strategy of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. They had created him for a superstar effect, but in truth, he was just the frontman.¡±

    ¡°So that¡¯s it!¡± Feng Luo said, nodding.

    In games, incidents like this happened a lot. It was because many yers adored and admired strong yers. Some of the top yers in War were even more sought after than real-life superstars. That was why many guilds would specifically create and groom superstar yers like these, giving them names like ¡°The Four Heavenly Kings,¡±¡±Top Ten Machine Gunners,¡± and the like.

    ¡°Of course, the situation faced by Roaring Dragon Invincible is still quite unique, since, apart from his own strength, he is also strong-handed. Plus, as one of the cofounders of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, he isn¡¯t just some normal frontman. He actually has some true power and authority within the guild.¡±

    As Mu Wu said that, admiration could be seen on his face.

    ¡°However, as a frontman, most of his efforts were spent onpleting missions, leveling up, and increasing his strength. He even has topete against others for the highest-level position. So, in truth, most of the daily management of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was handled by the behind-the-scenes guild leader. It was only because they needed to maintain Roaring Dragon Invincible¡¯s image that he kept himself hidden behind the scenes. So all of the credit went to Roaring Dragon Invincible.¡±

    An image of Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s calm and somber expression shed across Feng Luo¡¯s mind once more. ¡°The person behind the scenes sure sacrificed a lot already,¡± he said. ¡°Then the reason behind the internal conflict¡ªwas it because of this person?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right! To put it simply, the source of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s internal conflict is that the person behind the scenes no longer wants to stay behind the scenes. He wants to take center stage. So, he pulled in the investors who invested in Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group during this time, as well as several other yers who were also shareholders of the group, in an attempt to oust Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star. Or, at the very least, to get him out of his current position.¡±

    ¡°So, that¡¯s how it is...¡±

    Feng Luo finally understoodpletely.

    The guilds pany, clubs, conglomerate groups, etc.) in War were unlike those in normal games, where the guild master had absolute power and authority. Fundamentally, guilds in this game were more likepanies in real life. The people who founded the guild in the initial stages would have their shares determined through an electronic agreement. Then they would obtain decision-making power through the shares they owned. These shares could also be exchanged and diluted, so the decision-making power could, naturally, also change.

    Although Roaring Dragon Invincible was a cofounder of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, if he were to lose his decision-making power, losing his guild leader position and even getting kicked out of the guild he¡¯d helped build would not be surprising or unheard of. That was among the disadvantages and hidden costs of epting funds from financial groups for some guilds in the game.

    As such, most of the time, the founders of guilds would only allocate shares when epting investments from financial groups and try to retain decision-making power. However, most of the time, these sentiments were one-sided. In a game where huge benefits were involved, it was a stage for the ambitious and the conspiring;mon people could not evenpare when it came to messing around with capital.

    After thinking for a while, Feng Luo asked Mu Wu through themunicator, ¡°But to kick Roaring Dragon Invincible out of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group shouldn¡¯t be this easy, right?¡±

    ¡°Yup, of course. It¡¯s not that easy. Although many of Roaring Dragon Invincible¡¯s achievements were ced on him, he himself isn¡¯t just some normal individual. Calling him a warlord might be a bit much, but he is definitely a distinguished person. Moreover, he still has one of the most important resources in the guild: the hearts of the people!

    ¡°Having been ¡®Number One in Silvermoon City¡¯ for a long time, as well as a person who is said to have an S-gradebat talent, even if the halo surrounding him has dimmed a bit, his influence within the guild is still something that would be really difficult for someone else to reach. From what I heard, those people who want to oust him found a Level-50 Heavy Armor Warrior to rece his number one expert position. He certainly looks quite strong, but his face... Oh right, that Heavy Armor Warrior. I¡¯m guessing he¡¯s rted to the Biohazard mission you experiencedst time, but he¡¯s probably not thatst one that you guys encountered...¡±

    ¡°Biohazard?¡± said Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo was slightly stunned, but he had known from the beginning that Mu Zi would definitely tell Mu Wu about the mission. Moreover, there was no need to hide it. After all, Brother Ling and the others from the mainpany would definitely record all the details of the mission. For some big guilds, the information gathered through various missions were also extremely useful for data analysis.

    ¡°Yeah. Regarding the Biohazard storyline, which is an Epic-level storyline, I still have some matters that I wish to discuss with you. It¡¯s not urgent, so let me finish talking about the subject of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group first.¡± Mu Wu touched his nose. It was his habit when he was thinking.

    ¡°All right!¡±

    Feng Luo knew how good Mu Wu¡¯s strategic foresight was, so he did not mind revealing information about the Resident Evil/Biohazard mission to him, since he could, perhaps, analyze it and learn something from it.

    ¡°It¡¯s difficult for Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star to be ousted. At the very least, at the moment, before he is reced, he won¡¯t be kicked out since. As the frontman of the guild, most yers joined because of him. The moment he is kicked out, the losses the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would incur wouldn¡¯t be small... If he were to create a new guild in Silvermoon City with the people who leave with him, and if they oppose the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the situation would be even worse. This is precisely the situation that the investors don¡¯t want to see...¡± A light shed in Mu Wu¡¯s eyes. ¡°Of course, this situation is the one I want to see the most!¡±

    Although the Lu Conglomerate needed to build a city near Silvermoon City, it had a working rtionship with the tworgest powers in Silvermoon City. They were even extremely close with the number one power, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. But there was no doubt the Lu Conglomerate enjoyed and weed the internal conflict within the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. It was because, although the two guilds did not seem to have any conflicts at the moment¡ªeven seemingly working together nicely¡ªthere was no guarantee that they wouldn¡¯t be enemies in the future! And although Nightless City was not on good terms with the Lu Conglomerate headquarters and was unwilling to merge with and be a subordinate guild of the headquarters, it had still agreed to move into the new city.

    Being prepared was a natural consideration in terms of strategic nning. In truth, Feng Luo still considered Mu Wu¡¯s behaviors in the game to be quite odd.

    The reason he¡¯d refused the merger was that he was clearly not fond of the group headquarters, but, at the same time, when it came to building the city and the current matter, he would immediately consider the benefits of the Lu Conglomerate...

    However, Mu Wu did not say that he didn¡¯t n to ask; he didn¡¯t even waste time to specte. Because whether it was the Nightless City or the Lu Conglomerate or even the problems between the two, they were not that important to him. He would not be constrained by the two.

    Mu Wu¡¯s face suddenly became serious as he spoke to Feng Luo. ¡°Old Feng!¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°I have a question I want to ask you.¡± Mu Wu¡¯s face showed hesitation for a while before he opened his mouth again. ¡°With your strength, have you ever considered joining our club and bing our frontman?¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head. ¡°No. At the moment, I don¡¯t n on joining any guild.¡±

    Currently, he had no ns toe out into the limelight.

    Mu Wu was not in the least surprised by his answer; instead, he just kept asking his questions. ¡°Then what if one day we were to leave and establish a guild that belongs to ourselves?¡±

    Feng Luo stared straight into Mu Wu¡¯s eyes. After a short pause, he finally gave a vague answer. ¡°This... We¡¯ll see when the dayes.¡±

    Chi!

    At that moment, the Scout Beetle above him sent him a warning signal.

    Feng Luo raised the Eye of the Thunder in his hands, turned around, and pulled the trigger after aiming in a certain direction.

    Bang!

    A double armor-piercing round crackling with electricity exited the chamber at a speed of around 900 per second, leaving a blue and white trail in the air.

    ?364

    ?1344

    ?5422

    A Level-40 Swamp Gray Python, still in its growing stage, had crawled quietly toward him. It was hit urately in the heart by the powerful and destructive double armor-piercing round, leaving a bowl-sized wound in its ce. It was electrocuted by electricity that coursed through its entire body after the effect was triggered by the Eye of the Thunder.

    A fatal shot!

 Chapter 164 - Stats of the Pet Badge

    Chapter 164: Stats of the Pet Badge

    Storm City South. Withered Desert

    Coordinates: 2349, ?5198

    Feng Luo sped across the desert road covered in yellow sand on his SCV-Type One Energy Motorcycle, leaving a trail of yellow dust on either side of the road. The temperature reached as high as 40 degrees Celsius. Although the sun above was already a little westward, it still burned and emitted searing heat, shining upon Feng Luo, who was riding alone on his energy motorbike. It created a nostalgic scene.

    The Withered Desert was not a leveling area for yers around Storm City. This was due to the special habits of the creatures that lived there. During the day, most of them hid under the sand, and they only came out at dusk or even after it got dark. Moreover, the monsters did not have high levels, but there were many types of monsters that lived in groups. The danger level was far higher than in normal leveling zones.

    For example, the Level-30 Desert Ant, Level-35 Desert Scorpion, Level-38 Desert Tarant, etc... Once a person was surrounded from beneath the sand in secret, it was already toote to escape!

    As Feng Luo rode his energy motorbike, he turned on the smart steering system to ride on at a moderate speed. In his mind, he kept thinking about what Mu Wu had just told him.

    On the point of joining a guild, his subjective opinion was that he wasn¡¯t really against it. A lot of missions were much easier when done in a grouppared to doing it solo.

    For example, at the very beginning, in the Town of Exiles, if someone had been there to work with him during the ¡°Eye of the Thunder Blueprint¡± mission that he¡¯d received for clearing his red name, it would have been incredibly easy for him to kill a Captain of the rebel army. Or perhaps the mission on Silver Leaf Ind. If it hadn¡¯t been for Red Queen¡¯s small party, it would have been extremely difficult for him to get into the military base and obtain the chip materials alone.

    Then there was Lin¡¯s mission. Getting thest two rare materials that were obtainable only in the Withered Desert would have been easier if he were with a small party, as it would definitely be much safer to enter a danger zone like this with so many groups monsters. That was especially true if the small party had a Fire Maniptor. When facing low-level monsters like these that worked together, the effects of Fire Maniptors were incredibly amazing!

    However, regarding the possibility of being the frontman of the guild mentioned by Mu Wu, Feng Luo was not that interested.

    Although Feng Luo had to admit that he had thought about making a name for himself in War and to make himself known to other yers so that he would feel pride and satisfaction, he did not want to be a person or a yer who was ¡°groomed¡± or ¡°created¡±! To act like a ¡°superstar yer¡± and have his words and actions monitored by many people, as well as working hard every day to ensure that he maintained hispetitive strength¡ªFeng Luo did not want that!

    A game was still a game, after all. The focus was supposed to be to ¡°have fun.¡± Doing all that would be far too tiring!

    Otherwise, he would have directly exposed his identity as ¡°The First Pet Owner of War.¡± With that, his objective of wanting to be famous would have been reached straightaway. It would definitely not have been any less than the first person to reach Level 50, a Machine Gunner called Death Roar.

    If he were to even expose the grade and stats of 24K¡ªwho was holding tightly onto the chest area of hisbat uniform with its six ws and was enjoying being blown by the desert wind¡ªit would definitely cause an uproar in War. By then, even if he wanted to, it would be impossible for him to maintain a low profile anymore.

    It was important to note that although the game had been updated more than 20 days ago, the number of pets in War was still very low. Most yers could not evenplete pet missions. Even if they did, they only obtained the ¡°Beginner Pet Biochip.¡±

    For top yers, they definitely could not ept the idea of having the mostmon pet, so the price of pet biochips of intermediate levels and above were pushed sky high, to the point where they were a lot more expensive than Rare equipment and even Rare skill chips. Pet biochips even became publicity stunts for some auctions, which then attracted arge number of yers to participate!

    As such, for a Boss-level pet, once it was exposed, it would be impossible to maintain a low profile even if one wanted to. Moreover, Feng Luo also had a piece of equipment that could prove the identity of 24K as ¡°The First Pet of War,¡± which was the Pet Badge of Honor that the system awarded him after the update.

    Feng Luo had initially thought that the reward was just a sign of gratitude. After all, from the word ¡°Honor,¡± one could that it should probably be something like a normal certificate. What he did not expect was that the stats of the badge would actually be quite decent.

    Pet Badge of Honor

    Grade: Unique

    Single Stat: Directly revives dead pet and reduces death penalty by half (Cooldown: 15 days)

    Evaluation: The Badge of Honor that represents the first pet in War

    In War, pets dying would not only result in a loss of levels but would also reduce loyalty, with a single death costing up to 10 loyalty points. Moreover, they could only be revived after three whole days, and revival cost several information points as well.

    This undoubtedly stopped yers from considering using their pets as fodder, since experience was one thing, while the loyalty points of pets increased very slowly. Over the past few days, Feng Luo had fed all kinds of crystals to 24K. He¡¯d even let it have a taste of a diamond crystal. The result had been eight loyalty points. This implied just how heavy a 10 loyalty point penalty was.

    And the fewer loyalty points, the less obedient the pet would be. When one¡¯s loyalty points hit zero, the pet would betray its master and escape or will not be able to be revived. Also, yers could not exchange pets to increase loyalty points, since the loyalty points of the new pet directly inherited the loyalty points of the original pet. This meant that when the loyalty points of a pet reached zero, the yer could never have a pet ever again!

    In light of such severe punishment, the Pet Badge of Honor¡¯s stat was very valuable. Whether it was loyalty points or an experience penalty, the penalty received upon death was halved, and it could also directly revive the pet.

    The point about immediate revival was particrly important. Feng Luo thought only for a while before realizing its full potential.

    Apart from that, the badge did not have anybat attributes, so it was not in conflict with the badge he was currently wearing. There was no problem of choosing either one, which was as great as it could get!

    As Feng Luo rode on the self-steering vehicle, he zoned out. At that moment, the light rumbling of an energy vehicle came from behind. A six-seater yellow middle-energy SUV drove slowly past him.

    As the energy SUV overtook Feng Luo, Feng Luo saw that three men and three women were inside it. Among the three female yers, two had ice cream cones in their hands as theyughed and pointed at him. The red-haired Scout female yer even gestured a ¡°Low¡± to him using her mouth. Clearly, she felt thatpared to them¡ªeating ice cream inside their energy SUV with air conditioning¡ªFeng Luo, who was under the sun and eating sand, was in a sorry state.

    Moreover, as the energy SUV overtook Feng Luo and was in front of his bike, it sent yellow sand flying and elerated, ¡°feeding¡± Feng Luo a crazy amount of sand!

    ¡°F*ck!¡± cursed Feng Luo. ¡°Don¡¯t you lot know that motorbikes are the true love of men? Bullet! Initiatebat mode!¡±

    With the entire unique helmet over his head, Feng Luo looked at them with contempt before using the voicemand control system he had set up to switch from autopilot to manual drive. Then he used both of his hands to turn the energy valve, maximizing the energy output of the SVC-Type One.

    The top speed of the SVC-Type One Energy Motorcycle known as ¡°Land Bullet¡± was 300 kilometers per hour. It was no joke. It immediately elerated toward the energy SUV with gusts of wind and sand following close behind.

    Within a few seconds, Feng Luo had already seeded in overtaking it. At the same time, he intentionally swayed his bike from left to right in front of the energy SUV. He even let go with his right hand and showed his middle finger behind his back.

    Upon seeing his outrageous behavior, two of the three female yers eating ice cream inside the energy SUV immediately mmed their hands against the back of the seat in front of them. Through the virtual screen on the motorcycle, Feng Luo could see them screaming at the male driver, who was only around 16 or 17 years old, to elerate and catch up to Feng Luo.

    However, the unmodified energy SUV¡¯s maximum speed was set at 220 kilometers per hour, so how could it catch up to Feng Luo¡¯s Land Bullet? It could only gaze ahead and eat sand as Feng Luo flew far off.

    After ten minutes, with a trail of sand and dust behind him, Feng Luo stopped the Land Bullet at a rundown supply market built at the end of the road. This ce was thest supply point after entering the Withered Desert. A lot of unique and rare materials that were unique to the Withered Desert were sold in stalls here.

    Desert Flea Market! This was the name of this supply point.

 Chapter 165 - Abnormality in 24K

    Chapter 165: Abnormality in 24K

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Copsed walls, old buildings, and yellow sand were everywhere. Modified SUVs ormercial trucks had been turned into stalls parked beside the road. This was the supply point that yers called the ¡°Withered Desert Flea Market Stall.¡±

    Supply points were unique inevitabilities that appeared due to the needs of the yers. They were not set up by the system but were created and developed by yers. Since there was a limit to the storage capacity of the anti-grav backpacks of the yers, and because the consumption rate in War when leveling was so high, it wasmon for yers to run out of supplies or space in their backpacks. At times like these, returning to towns or cities to replenish supplies would be a waste of time under certain circumstances.

    It was important to know that maps in War were veryrge and wide¡ªeven bigger than the real world. For example, the Withered Desert was over 200 miles long. To travel from one end to the other, even with Feng Luo¡¯s SCV-Type One, would have taken at least an hour.

    There was no need to even mention the pain and suffering that one had to endure under the searing heat of over 50 degrees while hurrying through a journey. Although the biochip inside yers¡¯ body could regte heat and allow yers to endure this type of high temperature, the body would still be fairly ufortable.

    Thanks to Feng Luo¡¯s double regtion through his SUAbat uniform and the biochip, he was able to travel as if the heat was nothing. Ordinary yers could never have done that. As such, many Merchant yers would use transportation tools registered through the Merchants Guild and set up shops and stalls near hot leveling zones to purchase and trade items.

    The Withered Desert was not considered a hot leveling zone, but the location was close to Storm City, which housed more than 10 million yers. Plus, the desert produced special materials that could not be found anywhere else, so although the supply point was notrge, the number of Merchant yers staying there was anything but small.

    A bearded Merchant¡¯s eyes locked on Feng Luo. He greeted Feng Luo as he got off the science fiction-looking Land Bullet, put away the energy motorcycle, and dusted off the sand and dust from his body. He put thebat uniform into the backpack before taking it out again.

    ¡°Hey!¡± said the Merchant. ¡°Brother, what do you want to buy? Come and take a look! I¡¯m not exaggerating, but my shop has everything!¡±

    As a Merchant who spent a lot of time around supply points, this type of yer was very sharp¡ªespecially when the target¡¯sbat profession was also the same as his. A Gunner. At a nce, he knew that thebined value of the equipment on Feng Luo¡¯s body, along with the Land Bullet, was no less than 500,000 credits!

    Tycoon. Whale. Can¡¯t let him past!

    This thought went through the head of the smiling Merchant with a stubble of a beard.

    One could not deny the fact that in games, the equipment on a person¡¯s body provided ¡°details¡± about that person¡ªespecially the most obviousbat uniform.

    For example, during the city-clearing mission earlier, Lin Aotian had thought that Feng Luo was a ¡°normal yer¡± (In his eyes) because thebat uniform that Feng Luo was wearing at the time was just an Excellent product that he¡¯d gotten from the Exchange. However, the moment he switched to the Rare Level-40 SUAbat armor, which was highly recognized among professionals, anyone who knew quality products would know that this was a ¡°top¡± yer.

    Furthermore, Land Bullet, which was valued at 180,000 credits, was also an extremely attractive transport vehicle in the eyes of motorcycle lovers. After all, not everyone could be as rich as Lin Aotian or Sister Rui, to view a couple of million credits as nothing but small change.

    In truth, the equipment worn by most yers was a mixture of Normal and Fine-grade equipment. Owning an Excellent-grade weapon meant that someone would be considered an elite yer. This was because, after the update, more and more yers were above Level 45, so that the amount of high-quality Level-40 equipment kept increasing. Otherwise, Normal-grade white equipment was mainstream.

    The reason Feng Luo¡¯s previous equipment seemed behind was that the teammates who surrounded him were either tycoons or top yers. For example, Red Queen, the group of VIP customers from Nightless City, and even Sha Lang and Lin Aotian were among those who had the best weapons in all of War. Then there was his lower level, which made Feng Luo¡¯s equipment seem inferior.

    If Feng Luo¡¯s equipment waspared to the rest of War, it would have definitely beaten 99 percent of other yers, and if the Eye of the Thunder and the Barrett were also included, then another two-ninths would have needed to be added behind the decimal point. That was why the Merchant with the sharp eyes and the stubble was so friendly with Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo walked over, walked in front of the stall made up of an energy truck specifically used to set up shop, and looked over the products set up as ¡°disy items¡± before asking, ¡°Yeah, I need the Crystallized Spit of a Desert Rock Lizard and a Desert Fire Ant Egg. Do you have those here?¡±

    ¡°Crystallized Spit of a Desert Rock Lizard and a Desert Fire Ant Egg...¡± Upon hearing the items Feng Luo had requested, the stubble-bearded Merchant was shocked. His eyes rolled as he changed the topic. ¡°Two Rare materials, huh...? Brother, you¡¯re using them for a mission, right? Heh. Let me tell you¡ª¡±

    ¡°If you don¡¯t have it, I¡¯ll head to another shop.¡± Feng Luo did not fall for it and turned to leave.

    ¡°Ah. Wait a minute!¡± the Merchant said loudly, seeing that Feng Luo was really leaving. ¡°Brother, let me tell you the truth. Even if you go elsewhere, you won¡¯t find it. You came at the wrong time, brother. The stockpilers just came by, so a lot of rare materials were already bought, and this includes these two materials!¡±

    ¡°Stockpilers.¡± Feng Luo frowned as he heard this word.

    In War, it was, in fact, supposed to be quite easy for yers to purchase materials. That was because the entire Exchange was directly connected to the virtualwork of the Federation. As such, after they purchase an item, they could send the item straight to the corresponding Exchange through the Exchange in the city they were in. After that, they just needed to collect the item.

    But this was limited to Common materials or Rare materials that were not in high demand. Some low-output Rare materials or incredibly valuable Rare materials would be targeted byrge guilds or Merchant organizations, who would purchase those materials in bulk directly from the production location. Then they would put a high price on them in the Exchange and even use all kinds of methods to increase the price or control it.

    These methods weremonly seen in ¡°futures exchanges¡± in the real world, and it was just as effective in the game. However, the ones who paid the price were, without a doubt, the ordinary yers. When they needed these materials, they would have no choice but to buy them at that price, or they would have to grind for them themselves.

    Even more detestable was the fact that to manipte the price, some Merchant organizations would stockpile all the materials for a certain period and only start selling them after the price rose to a certain point.

    It was impossible for Feng Luo not to dislike this kind of behavior, but he did not hate it since it was also a way to y the game. Most yers had stockpiled before. The only difference was that these Merchant organizations did it so thoroughly.

    The only thing was, the incident he had encountered today would cause him a lot of problems.

    The original mission Lin had assigned him was to collect six rare materials. It did not limit the method of acquisition or require them to be dropped while hunting monsters, so Feng Luo initially thought that he could purchase them through the Exchange. But upon further inspection, he had discovered that all three materials were nowhere to be found. As a result, he could only hunt the Swamp Rock Crocodile in the Dusk Swamp before personally heading here, to the supply point in the Withered Desert, to see if he could buy them.

    Upon hearing the Merchant¡¯s words, that these materials were indeed targets of stockpiling, and that he¡¯d even missed the crucial time...!

    Looks like I really have no choice but to grind for them myself in the desert! Feng Luo thought.

    He knew that the stubble-bearded Merchant in front of him could, at best, tell him the contact information of those stockpilers. But he wasn¡¯t prepared to ask yet because buying materials from this kind of person always made him feel ufortable and annoyed!

    Feng Luo did not like those feelings.

    If worst came to worst, he would hunt for the materials by himself. With his current preparation, Level-40 maps like the Withered Desert were not really that hard.

    Feng Luo thought for a bit, turned around, and prepared to leave.

    ¡°Hey, don¡¯t leave. Brother, although I don¡¯t have the Crystallized Spit of the Desert Rock Lizard or the Desert Fire Ant Egg, I still have other good items. Take a look! There might be something you need!¡±

    The stubble-bearded Merchant was feeling a little anxious. A fat whale like this did note around very often.

    ¡°No, thanks!¡± Feng Luo shook his head and prepared to go past the stall.

    ¡°Brother, really! Let me tell you. I have a lot of good stuff here. They¡¯re all rare equipment. The energy core crystal of the Desert Fire Ant...¡±

    As he watched the business in front of him turning to smoke, the stubble-bearded Merchant became anxious. He immediately clicked something on his personal terminal and opened a silver safe on his energy truck in an attempt to attract Feng Luo¡¯s attention.

    ¡°No need...¡± Feng Luo stopped mid-sentence and suddenly stopped walking. He looked at his wrist oddly.

    On his wrist, the hidden pet space bracer appeared, and the screen disyed an image of 24K, who was stored inside. It was pping its wings and ¡°dancing¡± around with its six golden ws as if it wanted to be let out immediately.

    At the same time, a mental link broke through the bracer¡¯s limit and was transmitted to Feng Luo¡¯s brain. It carried a sense of urgency and desire.

 Chapter 166 - Young Ones, to Compete Against Brother Fengâ€¦

    Chapter 166: Young Ones, to Compete Against Brother Feng...

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Feng Luo was stopped in his tracks due to 24K¡¯s disturbance.

    Feng Luo clicked on the pet space bracer. After a sh of white light, 24K, whose feathers shone like gold under the sunlight, appeared after exiting the pet space. The little guy pped its wings and charged toward the safe with its wings iling everywhere.

    The only thing was that its wings had always been decorations, so it could not fly very far. As such, halfway through its flight, it curved downward and fell toward the sandy ground.

    ¡°Don¡¯t be hasty!¡± Feng Luo had sharp eyes and nimble hands, so he caught 24K and called out to 24K through the mental link.

    ¡°Ahh! Brother, this... It¡¯s a pet, no?!¡± said the Merchant. ¡°Brother, you¡¯re indeed a top yer. To even have a pet already. Moreover, this pet of yours... Yes, it¡¯s certainly very magnificent!¡±

    The stubble-bearded Merchant¡¯s smile returned to his face after he saw Feng Luo stop in his footsteps. His smile became ever brighter, especially after seeing 24K charging toward his stall. He initially wanted to say a few words of praise, but upon seeing the fist-sized 24K¡ªwhich clearly looked like itckedbat strength¡ªthe words that were on the tip of his tongue changed into a few adjectives.

    ¡°Yes!¡± Feng Luo answered nonchntly. In fact, he was asking 24K what it had seen through the mental link.

    The only thing was, 24K could not express itself clearly. It took a long time before letting Feng Luo know that there was an item extremely important to it inside that safe.

    ¡°An extremely important item?¡±

    Damn.

    Feng Luo knew that he was probably going to get ughtered. Clearly, 24K¡¯s earlier behavior had already let the stubble-bearded Merchant notice the reason why Feng Luo had stopped moving, so no matter what he bought, Feng Luo guessed that the guy was going to name a ruthless price. Whatever 24K wanted, Feng Luo had to buy; it was no longer possible for it to be cheap. In fact, it was very likely that he was going to get a really bad deal.

    Theme tactic often employed in novels, where one pretended to ask for the price of one item before buying another cheap item¡ªwhile asking the boss to include an expensive, valuable item to apany the purchase¡ªwould not work in this situation. The sharpness and wit of Merchant yers who spent their time in flea markets in the game could not bepared to the NPCs who had been dumbed down. It was extremely difficult to trick them! So Feng Luo did not bother to pretend and pointed straight at a transparent metal box on the side of the first row within the safe.

    ¡°That¡¯s an energy core crystal, right?¡± he said.

    From the transparent box, one could see an almost transparent thumb-sized core crystal emanating fire energy within, its light illuminating the entire safe in a warm fiery color.

    ¡°Yes! It¡¯s a core crystal. The core crystal dropped by a Level 39 Commander Grade Fire Ant. Moreover, it¡¯s system evaluation is of the Excellent grade!¡± The stubble-bearded Merchant had a bright smile as he looked at 24K, who was staring wide-eyed at the safe. He was very happy.

    ¡°All right, bring it over and let me see it!¡± Feng Luo actually did not even know what 24K wanted. He only let the boss bring the most probable item over. After all, 24K had the ¡°Devour¡± talent, so it liked energy core crystals and normal crystals a lot.

    Feng Luo had prepared to test it out first, but a woman wearing abat uniform suddenly extended her hand from the side and grabbed the box the stubble-bearded Merchant yer was handing over to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Wait a minute!¡±

    ¡°Boss, I¡¯ll take this core crystal!¡±

    Feng Luo frowned and turned his head. ¡°Huh?¡±

    A 16 to 17-year old female Scout yer with short hair dyed red stood beside him. She wore thick makeup, wore big silver earrings and a camougebat uniform, and was chewing something in her mouth. She opened the box while staring at Feng Luo with a mocking expression.

    Around five to six meters behind her, two female yers and three male yers, a total of five yers, smiled while watching Feng Luo and the girl with the dyed hair.

    Is this what is meant when people say ¡°enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road¡±?

    It was not a coincidence. This was a typical case.

    This group of people was the small party he¡¯d encountered earlier. They had overtaken Feng Luo and were then overtaken by him shortly after¡ªjust before Feng Luo had given them the middle finger.

    Six people. Three men and three women. All of them looked young. Probably not older than 16 or 17 years old. To be precise, they must have been teenage boys and girls yers. If this were on Earth, they would be students at their age. However, although they looked like students, apart from one girl who did not speak, the other five had good equipment on them. One might have even said that their equipment looked stronger than most working people.

    In fact, one would have been able to tell from their transport. The cheapest energy SUV, the lowest spec E-01, cost 50,000 credits, and the one they drove was the full-spec Type C-10 that cost 200,000 credits. So these people were clearly the sons and daughters of the wealthy. Or at the very least, rich in-game.

    That is, apart from the one Fire Maniptor who did not speak and did not point or make gestures at Feng Luo. Her equipment seemed rtively normal. Most were Normal-grade, with a couple of Fine-grade in between. Compared to her friends, the gap was clear. However, she seemed a little more mature than her friends.

    ¡°We¡¯ll take this. Boss, name a price!¡± The short-haired girl red at Feng Luo, closed the box lid, and spoke to the stubble-bearded Merchant.

    The Merchant walked one round between Feng Luo and the girl. Then he rolled his eyes before naming a price. ¡°The price of this core crystal is... 30,000 credits!¡±

    The thickly drawn eyebrows of the short, red-haired female Scout straightened like a sword as she eximed, ¡°What? 30,000 credits! Why don¡¯t you rob us instead!?¡±

    Core crystals were definitely priced high, but core crystals of Level 40 and below Commander-grade monsters were only several thousand to 10,000 or 20,000 credits. 30,000 credits was definitely too much.

    ¡°30,000 credits, huh? It¡¯s a bit high, but it¡¯s just an energy core crystal. Feng Luo said while calming 24K down through the mental link. ¡°It has always been for the rich, if you don¡¯t have the money, you should put it down.¡± At the same time, he narrowed his eyes and looked sideways at the short-haired girl while smirking, provoking her.

    ¡°You! Who says I don¡¯t have money! 30,000 credits. I¡¯m taking it!¡± The short-haired girl bit her lip and almost cursed aloud.

    Her equipment was good. At the very least, it was a lot better than that of ordinary yers. Naturally, she could still produce 30,000 credits.

    Of course, the same guidelines still applied. It depended on the party in question.

    With Feng Luo¡¯s observation skills, he could tell from a nce that the five had mostly Excellent equipment, with a small number of Fine-grade pieces of equipment mixed in. With that level of equipment, an entire full-body set would cost at least a few hundred thousand credits. It was pretty good.

    However,pared to Feng Luo¡¯s equipment, they still had some ways to go, especially the two Rare weapons that Feng Luo did not even bother to take out. The 16 to 17-year old Light Armor Warrior standing opposite him was looking from left to right, holding a Level-45 Excellent-grade ¡°Silver Will¡± alloy sword and wearing a Fine-grade light armor to make himself look good while breaking the bank.

    Of course, for young boys and girls who did not have much experience, it was not easy for them to recognize the fact that Feng Luo had so many rare pieces of equipment on him. After all, War had too many types of weapons and armor. It was impossible for normal yers to differentiate between them all.

    However, after speaking, the short-haired girl returned Feng Luo¡¯s nce with a provoking expression, clearly feeling that she had ¡°won.¡±

    But little girl, yourpetitor hasn¡¯t spoken yet... Feng Luo thought.

    With a smug expression, he said, ¡°35,000 credits. I saw this item first. Same words, if you don¡¯t have the money, put it down!¡±

    ¡°You... Who says I don¡¯t have money! I bid 40,000!¡± The short-haired girl was clearly triggered. Her eyebrows rose even more.

    ¡°45,000!¡± Feng Luo raised another 5,000 credits without hesitation.

    ¡°I...¡± The short-haired girl was just about to increase the price without thinking but suddenly stopped. Then her pupils lost focus.

    Hmm? Is she using her party channel...?

    yers could use the party channel to transform audio into text that appeared in the target person¡¯s channel. That way, the conversation would be harder for other yers to detect.

    Of course, that depended on the individual. For a sniper who had such sharp observational skills, how could he miss a detail like this?

    Feng Luo moved his body sideways slightly, and the five people behind the short-haired girl were within his vision. As expected, four of them were chatting quietly. Only the Maniptor girl did not participate.

    Feng Luo¡¯s auditory senses were decent, but in a noisy market like this, he couldn¡¯t hear what they were talking about. But just because he couldn¡¯t hear it did not mean he could not ¡°see¡± it.

    Huh. Learning a traditional skill is useful everywhere!

    After a five to six-second pause, the short-haired girl finally spoke. Her tone seemed to be morefortable.

    ¡°50,000!¡±

    By now, the stubble-bearded Merchant was on cloud nine. It¡¯s true! Only when people be hot-headed will I make money!

    In a short amount of time, his energy core crystal, which he¡¯d bought for 15,000 credits, was now at three times that price.

    ¡°55,000!¡± Feng Luo also showed a triggered expression as he called a price without hesitation.

    He had already ¡°read¡± the n of the group of boys and girls, which was to raise the price of the core crystal as much as possible until a certain point, at which point they would give up. Then they wouldugh at Feng Luo for buying it at such a high price.

    One could not ignore the fact that this ¡°n¡± was... Yup¡ªit was extremely unoriginal!

    The short-haired girl hesitated for a moment. Clearly, she was reading the messages in her party channel. ¡°60,000!¡± she said.

    And after receiving the message, she immediately looked annoyed and angry before calling another price while trying to provoke Feng Luo with her expression.

    Feng Luo looked at their lips. It seemed like the leader, a handsome and tall Machine Gunner, was already talking through the party channel. He was telling her to stop increasing the price after 60,000 credits. Otherwise, Feng Luo might stop bidding.

    ¡°60,000, huh...?¡±

    Feng Luo intentionally hesitated for two seconds. In an instant, everyone tightened their stomachs. The short-haired girl in front of him in the thick makeup stared at him nervously.

    ¡°I call...¡±

    As Feng Luo prepared to continue raising the price, a few of them rxed. After all, although the five of them came from well-to-do families, they were still students. So how could they have that much money?

    Moreover, to purchase an energy core crystal worth 15,000 credits for 60,000 credits was a massive loss!

    Feng Luo shook his head and changed his tone halfway through his sentence. ¡°Forget it. If it¡¯s 60,000, I don¡¯t want it anymore!¡±

    ¡°F*ck!¡± In an instance, the six boys and girls were stunned. All of them wore weak expressions.

    They had never imagined that Feng Luo¡ªwho¡¯d had an extremely aggressive expression when raising the price¡ªwould give up so quickly, blocking them at the crucial moment of their n!

    ¡°Young ones, topete against Brother Feng...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face became calm again, but underneath his calm demeanor was a cruelugh.

 Chapter 167 - Spotting Treasures

    <h4>Chapter 167: Spotting Treasures</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Beside the flea market stall, the expressions of the six teenagers went dark. Only the girl with the weaker equipment, who hadn¡¯t yet spoken, seemed calmer than the others. It was because the n had been concocted by the others. She hadn¡¯t participated since the beginning. So, right now, she only nced at Feng Luo curiously.

    ¡°Ah, this youngdy! You sure have an eye for good products to recognize that this core crystal is rare. Spending 60,000 credits for it is definitely worth it. Right. So, will you be paying by crystals or a transfer from the terminal?¡±

    The stubble-bearded Merchant, who was smiling so wide that his eyes could no longer be seen, spoke to the short-haired girl beside him, whose expression seemed a bit crazy.

    In this world, the words ¡°youngdy¡± didn¡¯t have any negative connotations. However, upon hearing his words, the short-haired girl¡¯s face was clearly bleak. Although she already knew that she was being ripped off, under Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°provoking¡± gaze, this sort of youngster, whose skin was not thick enough, did not dare to go back on her words to say that she did not want it anymore.

    ¡°Humph! Thisdy here is rich! Unlike someone who can¡¯t afford it. Terminal transfer!¡± As such, she could only utter these words and use her personal terminal to transfer the credits.

    ¡°Boss, get those... those... from your safe...¡±

    ¡°Anyway, those rock-like, rare materials¡ªthose core crystals or whatever¡ªbring them all out. I have no choice. My pet likes to eat core crystals... However, don¡¯t bring me anything more than 60,000 credits. The thing is it doesn¡¯t eat core crystals over 60,000 credits. This little thing is a very picky eater!¡±

    Feng Luo actually had a sharp tongue, especially now, after he had leveled up and be rich. He was more than happy to have an argument with this non-mainstream-looking, short-haired girl.

    ¡°You!¡± The short-haired girl¡¯s face was already twisted. As she heard this, the girl holding the box containing the Fire Ant Commander¡¯s core crystal red in anger at Feng Luo through her eyes rimmed with thick makeup.

    However, at that moment, the group noticed 24K caught in Feng Luo¡¯s hands and connected to Feng Luo through the mental link, which was filled with resentment at its master as it iled all six of its ws around. They couldn¡¯t help it as their gaze turned towards 24K.

    For one, pets were extremely rare. Secondly, although 24K was a beetle, its appearance was indisputable. Its round body looked as if it were made of gold while its round eyes kept rolling around. It was not like normal beetles that gave off a scary vibe.

    Of course, to Feng Luo, this group of people had already been put aside. His attention was now focused on the boxes containing materials or core crystals that the stubble-bearded Merchant handed to him.

    When the stubble-bearded Merchant brought the things in front of him, 24K finally confirmed what it was that it had wanted. Through the mental link, 24K told Feng Luo, with yearning, that in the second box from the left, the grayish-blue rock that was about half the size of a fist was the item that it felt that it wanted to eat.

    All right!

    From ¡°very important¡± to ¡°very tasty.¡± It looked like 24K also knew that it had to make things sound more serious and important for Feng Luo to satisfy its needs!

    However, in regard to the item 24K thought was ¡°tasty,¡± Feng Luo also became interested after looking at it. It was because the item that looked like a grayish stone was actually the only item inside the box that did not have any stats or attributes!

    Can¡¯t see its attributes? Feng Luo grew curious.

    It was important to note that it was extremely difficult to spot and acquire a missed treasure since items only needed to be appraised before their stats and attributes appeared.

    (Of course, as mentioned previously, in regards to appraising in War, it was possible for the appraised attributes or stats to be iplete or even wrong, depending on the knowledge of the appraiser.)

    Whether it was a good or a bad item, as long as one saw its stats and name, it was naturally very easy to determine its value. That was why there was no way any of those sharp and resourceful Merchant yers would be easily tricked by a cheap method like that.

    But the stats of this stone can¡¯t actually be seen? Then it looks like there is room to maneuver, Feng Luo thought while his expression remained calm as if nothing was wrong. At the same time, he notified 24K to not act too obvious through the mental link while he picked up the ¡°rock.¡±

    Then Feng Luo said, ¡°This thing looks decent. How much?¡± Among all the seven to eight boxes, only this did not have any stats. Anyone would have seen it immediately. If he were to pretend and try to disguise himself, it might have made the stubble-bearded Merchant more suspicious.

    ¡°This is really a good item!¡± The Merchant nced at the thing Feng Luo had picked up before starting to boast and talk immediately.

    ¡°This thing was brought back from underground ruins by my friend. Half of their team died back then before they acquired this item. It was stolen from their of a Boss after a lot of trouble...¡±

    ¡°Really? A good item without stats.¡± Feng Luo shook the ¡°rock¡± in his hands and looked at the Merchant with a faint smile.

    ¡°Hey, it hasn¡¯t been appraised yet. Rx. As long as you appraise it in an appraisal office, it¡¯s definitely going to a good item. It¡¯s from a Boss. There¡¯s absolutely no way it¡¯s normal...¡±

    The stubble-bearded Merchant smiled awkwardly while his mouth continued to ramble. Feng Luo knew that none of the words this guy mentioned were true, so he did not believe him in the slightest.

    The item had not yet been appraised, so it was possible he¡¯d gotten it from another yer as he was trying his luck to spot a treasure. In the end, the NPC appraiser had failed to appraise it, so now, it was left stuck in his hands.

    The only reason it was left in the safe was that the Merchant recognized the fact that it was unappraised, and perhaps some generous and gullible person would believe his words and purchase it for a good price.

    Yes. Speaking of generous and gullible individuals, the short-haired girl with thick makeup had not yet left. She was holding the box containing the core crystal while staring coldly at him from the side.

    ¡°How much is this?¡± Feng Luo asked while shaking the ¡°rock¡± in his hands.

    ¡°This one. 30,000 credits!¡± The stubble-bearded Merchant turned his gaze toward the short-haired girl and named the same price as the core crystal.

    ¡°30,000 credits, huh? Oh, that¡¯s right. Do you want this?¡± Feng Luo intentionally threw a nce at the short-haired girl. Provoking her one more time.

    ¡°Humph! Only an idiot would buy that!¡± The girl with the thick makeup had a dark expression as she let out a cold snort with her nose. After that, she no longer stopped as she stomped two steps on the ground, creating a cloud of sand before turning around and walking toward her friends.

    After being snubbed, the young boys and girls did not stay any longer. They gave Feng Luo an annoyed look before turning to leave together.

    ¡°All right, the gullible charity has left. This piece of rock. 3,000 credits. Deal?¡± Feng Luo turned around and asked the stubble-bearded Merchant after the group left.

    ¡°3,000!¡± the stubble-bearded Merchant eximed loudly with a shocked expression. ¡°Brother, you¡¯re a little too cruel with your negotiation, aren¡¯t you? This is a good item that hasn¡¯t been appraised. You should know that items that need to be appraised cost at least 5,000 to 6,000 credits, don¡¯t you?¡±

    ¡°So, this item worth 50,000 to 60,000 credits¡ªyou¡¯ll sell it to me at 30,000?¡±

    ¡°Ugh...¡± The Merchant realized that he had gone a bit too far, and now, he was caught in between his words.

    ¡°You can¡¯t appraise this item, right?¡± Feng Luo red at his eyes with a faint smile.

    ¡°Hey, brother. Look at you speak. How can it not be appraised...?¡± A look of guilt shed across the stubble-bearded Merchant¡¯s eyes, but his expression was one that implied that it could definitely be appraised.

    ¡°All right, I won¡¯t bullsh*t you anymore,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Truth be told, I don¡¯t even know the use of this item. It¡¯s just that my precious pet likes to eat core crystals, rocks, and the like. Just now, it was hungry and told me that this was the one it wanted, so I don¡¯t really care if the stats and attributes of this thing can be appraised.¡± He was certain about his judgment. ¡°I¡¯m paying 3,000 for this thing, but, if you really want it to be 30,000, it¡¯s still a deal! Let¡¯s sign an electronic contract. You¡¯ll appraise this thing, and no matter the appraised stats or attributes, I¡¯ll pay 30,000 for it. If the appraisal is unsessful, you¡¯ll pay me 10,000 credits instead, how¡¯s that?¡±

    ¡°This...¡± The stubble beard Merchant turned to look at 24K and noticed that all six of its limbs were waving and iling around. It was really trying to grab the ¡°rock¡± in Feng Luo¡¯s hands. ¡°All right, brother. We¡¯re honest people, and honest people don¡¯t do underhanded things! This item was really found in some underground ruins. Moreover, there was really a Boss monster near it, so it¡¯s definitely not some junk item! I bought it for 4,000 creditsst time, and I spent another 1,000 appraising it. So, you should at least supplement my cost, right? 6,000, and it¡¯s yours. I won¡¯t say it again!¡±

    As if he¡¯d made up his mind, the stubble-bearded Merchant had transformed into a very straightforward person.

    However, Feng Luo still smiled. He wouldn¡¯t be tricked by the honest demeanor of this person. In truth, most of his words were still lies¡ªat least in regard to his cost. Those were definitely lies.

    Merchants and businesspeople, whenever the negotiation process was nearing its end, would always pretend to be a sincere person and trick youngsters who were inexperienced. But against a veteran like Feng Luo, it was ineffective! But, for just 3,000 credits, he really didn¡¯t bother too much at that moment. Moreover, he was really interested in that piece of ¡°rock¡± because 24K had never shown so much desire in wanting to eat something.

    After all, 24K had the ¡°Devour¡± talent. Who knew what kind of benefits it would gain after eating this rock?

    That was why he no longer tried to barter. Instead, he extended his hand and threw the ck rock in his hand to 24K, who could not wait any longer, allowing it to use its tiny ws to catch and hug the rock that was one-third the size of its body size. After that, Feng Luo faced the Merchant and said, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll take it for 6,000! Also, do you have any food bait that can lure Desert Rock Lizards and Desert Fire Ants? Give me ten of each. Also, give me a map of Withered Desert Five!¡±

    Monster lures used to attract monsters concocted by life profession yers weremonly sold at popr supply points. At the same time, maps with detailed monster locations would never be in short supply.

    ¡°All right. At once! But, brother, you sure are willing to spend!¡±

    The stubble-bearded Merchant saw that Feng Luo really did feed the ¡°rock¡± to 24K without any hesitation. His originally suspicious face turned into one of admiration, as he truly did not know what else to say except toment in admiration.

    To be so willing to spend on raising a ¡°decorative pet,¡± I really don¡¯t understand how the tycoons of the world think! But who cares what they think? The junk item I spent 2,000 credits on helped me earn a hefty amount in the end!

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right,¡± said the Merchant. ¡°Brother, let¡¯s exchange electronic name cards. I¡¯m called ¡®Good Honest Merchant,¡¯ and I¡¯m almost at the Expert Level. Let¡¯s conduct business again in the future if we have the chance!¡±

    As he was packing a few sets of monster lures for Feng Luo and copying the map into the terminal, the stubble-bearded Merchant finally remembered to exchange name cards.

    Feng Luoughed. Good Honest Merchant. Even the name showed the patterns of a profiteer!

 Chapter 168 - Psionics Crystal

    <h4>Chapter 168: Psionics Crystal</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The sunset fell upon the westernmost sand hill as a red and orange veil of light covered and weakened the bright and striking sunlight. What was left was the warm illumination of the remaining sunlight. As for the temperature in the desert, it finally, gradually lowered to below 45 degrees Celsius.

    Feng Luo wore his camouge uniform that automatically changed its color to match the yellow sand that was the same as the desert background while carrying the Eye of the Thunder. Hey unmoving and hiding behind a sandhill that had a few bushes of sharp weeds growing on it. Beside him, the golden 24K did not need any kind of disguise, as it perfectly assimted into the desert environment. There was no sign of disruption whatsoever.

    At that moment, 24K was crouched under the shadows of a sharp weed, its golden ws firmly holding onto the ¡°rock¡±¡ªthe remaining half that had not yet been munched away, that is¡ªwhich Feng Luo had spent 6,000 credits to purchase.

    However, this rock that was originally grayish-blue had undergone a drastic change in its outer appearance. It had gone from its initial grayish-blue to the current light blue. It was so clear that it looked as magnificent as a crystal.

    While looking through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder sniper rifle at the monster trap set up with the favorite food of the Desert Rock Lizard lying on the sand over 200 meters away, Feng Luomented in his mind that if it weren¡¯t for 24K today, he might have missed out on something good. This piece of simple-looking rock that even the appraisers of the Federation did not recognize injected psionic energy into 24K as it hugged it. After a few minutes, unexpected changes urred.

    The initially hidden information appeared, and the stats of the rock really surprised Feng Luo.

    Psionics Crystal

    Grade: ??... Psionic Energy Amount: ??... Grade: Excellent.

    Although most information had the question marks attached to it, the most important information that was the name that had appeared: Psionics Crystal!

    Feng Luo remembered that in 24K¡¯s stats introduction, the system had mentioned a type of rare mineral called the Psionics Crystal that could quickly replenish depleted psionic energy. It could even directly increase its maximum psionic energy.

    Just how important was psionic energy to 24K? To put it simply, it was as indispensable as MP was to Maniptors!

    Whether it was manipting normal beetles orying eggs, as well as all of its skills, 24K needed psionic energy toplete all those tasks and cast those skills. Without psionic energy, 24K would be a ¡°Toothless Tiger,¡± and its subordinates would fall into chaos.

    Feng Luo knew that it was probably the system¡¯s method for restraining 24K¡¯s strength. After all, as a unique pet, 24K was clearly a little too powerful, since it could create andmand all kinds of Elite, Commander, and even Boss-grade beetles. Moreover, it was not just one or two of them! With this sort of strength, even whenpared to other Boss pets, it was still way overpowered!

    As such, after it had be his pet, 24K¡ªwho had originallymanded over 10,000 normal beetles to fight one entire day and night against over a thousand yers¡ªwas greatly nerfed. Its psionic energy recovery rate and maximum amount were reduced.

    At the moment, 24K would deplete all of its psionic energy in 30 minutes of continuousbat whilemanding 10 normal beetles. And if itmanded Scout Beetles, the psionic energy usage was several times greater; moreover, the further the distance, the more psionic energy required. Commanding at the maximum distance wouldpletely deplete 24K¡¯s psionic energy in just around one minute.

    This was also the reason why Feng Luo kept training and leveling 24K instead of trying to develop and grow more normal beetles. The only thing was that although the maximum psionic energy amount would increase when 24K leveled up, even experiencing a slight boost when it reached Level 10 and Level 20, at the moment, 24K did not have enough psionic energy.

    That was why obtaining a ¡°Psionics Crystal¡± that increased maximum psionic energy amount and the psionic energy recovery rate was, without a doubt, finding a treasure!

    After munching down half of the Psionics Crystal, there was an extra ¡°Evolving¡± stat among 24K¡¯s stats, and at that moment, the evolution process was already 95 percentplete.

    In just a little while longer, Feng Luo would know how much psionic energy was added after the evolution. Feng Luo even vaguely felt that 24K might experience more than just an increase in psionic energy after the evolution. That was because it had the S-grade talent called Devour. Although he had fed 24K several pieces of core crystals, they had not triggered any extra stats.

    But 24K was quite interested in this piece of rock. Even when its ¡°Satiation Level¡± reached 100 percent, it still clung tightly onto the Psionics Crystal with its ws.

    Perhaps it¡¯s different from normal core crystals? Feng Luo thought as he detected some movements through the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s scope.

    In the sand field beside the food trap, a bulge suddenly appeared on the ground. After that, a yellowish, lizard-type creature whose exterior was extremely simr to the color of sand, popped its head out of the sand cautiously to scout around. It was a Desert Rock Lizard, and it was also one of Feng Luo¡¯s targets in the Withered Desert.

    The habit of the Desert Rock Lizard was different from the other creatures in the Withered Desert. It was mainly active at night, but it was most active in the evening. Foraging during this time allowed it to avoid most of its natural enemies. Moreover, Desert Rock Lizards liked the ¡°not too hot and not too cold¡± temperature of the evening.

    It was also for this reason that Feng Luo would rush to set up a trap at this hour in the Withered Desert, and stay by the thump and wait for the hares!

    Desert Rock Lizard. Level 45, Normal-grade creature. Species Code: SMS-O9887. Estimated HP: 5,000.

    Distance: 253.78m

    Wind speed: 0.544m/s

    Humidity ?5%

    The automatic detection function of the Eye of the Thunder sent real-time data into Feng Luo¡¯s field of vision. However, in an open environment like this that did not have strong winds, given Feng Luo¡¯s marksmanship, even if he were to disregard these factors, he would not miss.

    The only unfortunate thing was that it was only a Normal-grade Desert Rock Lizard, and the chances of it dropping the rare material known as ¡°the Crystallized Spit of the Desert Rock Lizard¡± were quite low.

    Before this, he had already lured over a dozen Desert Rock Lizard, and none of them had given him any returns. At this time, the Desert Rock Lizard within Feng Luo¡¯s scope had clearly already scanned its surroundings carefully. It probably did not see any yers or other predatory creatures around, so it lowered its alert and crawled out from the sand, exposing its over one-meter-long body while walking toward the trap Feng Luo had made.

    As it reached the side of the ¡°delicacy,¡± with just around one meter to go, it opened its mouth and shot out a bluish-green forked tongue that was about as long as its body to wrap around the food used as a trap.

    The only thing was that when it attempted to retract its tongue, it found out that the food was immovable!

    With its simple AI, it naturally could not figure out the reason, but, of course, it did not need to figure it out anymore, since...

    Bang!

    A high-temperature bullet rotating at high speed came from in front of the lizard. It had already flown into its open mouth after flying less than one meter off the ground and almost touching the sandhill. The angle of Feng Luo¡¯s shot was extremely difficult to make. It went in just as the Desert Rock Lizard opened its mouth. Moreover, and more importantly, the bullet was covered in crackling electricity!

    Bang!

    ?1420

    ?1084

    ?4537

    A rare stat that had a 15 percent trigger chance was triggered. The 1,500 bonus damage inside the Desert Rock Lizard¡¯s soft and weak mouth did not experience any damage reduction. This was added to the effect of the Eye of the Thunder, which was the doubled damage of the double armor-piercing round.

    In one shot, the Level-35 Desert Rock Lizard whose pride was its defense was killed without any chance of resisting. It dropped beside the trap with a loud thud.

    Killed Desert Rock Lizard (Level 35, Normal). Obtained Experience: 70!

    However, the unfortunate thing was that it was just as Feng Luo had expected. After the Desert Rock Lizard died, it only dropped a few pieces of crystal that were not worth much money. The rare material Feng Luo needed, the Crystallized Spit of the Desert Rock Lizard, was nowhere in sight.

    ¡°As expected, this material was a rare drop. Otherwise, those people wouldn¡¯t need to stockpile them!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head but did not put down the Eye of the Thunder in his hands. He only called 24K, who was beside him, through the mental link. After that, in a spot not far from the corpse of the Desert Rock Lizard, two brown scorpion-like Gatherer Beetles crawled out from underneath the sand. Their ws waved in the air as they ran toward the trap.

    The Desert Rock Lizard was a very sensitive and perceptive creature that could detect the presence of their species nearby. It was no longer possible to set a trap within around a 100-meter range of the corpse of the Desert Rock Lizard. Feng Luo needed to move the trap elsewhere.

    However, for this sort of task, the Gatherer Beetles were there, so Feng Luo did not need to personally traverse over 300 meters to set up the trap. Instead, he only needed to control the Gatherer Beetles through 24K to remove the trap.

    The two Gatherer Beetles left two trails in the sand as they moved their brown limbs. After more than a dozen seconds, they had reached the side of the trap. However, at that moment, the sand beside the trap suddenly shook before arge swathe of sand burst upward and flew toward the sky.

    After that, a greenish-blue tongue that was as thick as a child¡¯s arm burst out from the sand and ensnared one of the Gatherer Beetles. Then, as quick as lightning, a mouth that had two rows of dense teeth mped down. Brownish-green blood sttered over the gold-like sand.

    And within Feng Luo¡¯s sights through the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s scope, a three-meter-long Desert Rock Lizard covered in densely packed, palm-thick mud and yellow scales appeared as the sand and dust were blown into the air settled.

    Desert Rock Lizard (Level 38, Solo-type Commander). Species Code: SMS-O9887. Estimated HP: 50,000!

    Ugh, what kind of luck is this?! I just wanted to lure an Elite monster, but a Commander-grade big fe actually appeared instead!

 Chapter 169 - Desert Rock Lizard Commander!

    <h4>Chapter 169: Desert Rock Lizard Commander!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder, the Commander-grade Desert Rock Lizard devoured a Gatherer Beetle the moment it appeared, which made Feng Luo hesitate for a moment.

    In the end, after several seconds, he managed to endure and stop the finger that had almost pressed the Eye of the Thunder trigger from pressing down. He had no choice. He was not confident at all in facing a Level-38 Commander monster alone!

    In truth, even if it were a Level-50 Machine Gunner with a full set of Rare-grade equipment, the Machine Gunner wouldn¡¯t be confident in soloing a Commander-grade monster over Level 35 without meeting some special conditions, let alone a Sniper like him.

    It was important to note that theoretically, Commander monsters in War could only be defeated by a small elite party of the same level or 20 normal yers of the same level! For example, the previous Mutant Giant Python Commander, Mutant Rat Commander, and the Fire Ant Commander... They had all been defeated after the cooperative efforts of a small elite party, where the Heavy Armor Warriors tanked while high-output professions like Maniptors and Machine Gunners dealt damage.

    Even if the Desert Rock Lizard in Feng Luo¡¯s scope was just a mid to low-level Commander that was only at Level 38, it was also a solo-type Commander that did not have minions. But Feng Luo still did not think he could best this big fe¡¯s prowess.

    If he had been a kilometer away, he might have attempted it by relying on the distance advantage. But right now, the distance was less than 200 meters. Rashly attacking might cost him a level¡¯s worth of experience. That was why, in the end, Feng Luo remained still and hid behind the sand dune with the SUAbat uniform¡¯s disguise function as well as the Level-35 Sniper skill, Ambush.

    Theoretically speaking, Feng Luo judged that the Commander-grade Desert Rock Lizard shouldn¡¯t be able to detect him.

    However, to Feng Luo¡¯s surprise... As the saying went, ¡°idents happen!¡±

    The spot he had chosen originally was upwind rtive to the location of the trap. Although the wind in the desert was not strong, there were asional sandstorms, so if he were to hide in a downwind position, it would be very ufortable.

    Of course, he was not in the spot that was directly upwind, since Feng Luo knew just how sensitive the olfactory system of the Desert Rock Lizard was. Even if there was a gap of 200 meters between them, if the wind carried a human scent, it would immediately detect it!

    That was why the location he¡¯d originally chosen was a ce that would never allow the wind to carry his scent to the location of the trap. However, at that moment, the wind¡¯s direction changed slightly. A wind that rotated slightly blew past his position and headed straight to the location of the Commander Desert Rock Lizard, along with some sand and dust...

    The Commander Desert Rock Lizard had already devoured both of the over Level-20 Gatherer Beetles with its tongue. A section of its forked, bluish-green tongue and mouth were still exposed, and at that moment, its tongue flew outward as it extended its neck to sniff the air. Immediately after that, its yellow eyes bulged. Its elliptical pupils, carrying a dangerous re, suddenly turned in Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    Trouble!

    Noticing the gaze that came straight toward him as well as the behavior of the Commander Desert Rock Lizard through his scope, Feng Luo knew that he was detected. The thought quickly shed through his mind: Should I run? Or fight?

    The thought was still racing through Feng Luo¡¯s mind as the gigantic Desert Rock Lizard Commander was striding forward with its four thick, yellow limbs. It ran toward Feng Luo with agility and speed that far surpassed Feng Luo¡¯s imagination, sending the sand and dust on the ground flying into the air.

    ¡°Okay, looks like there¡¯s no need to think anymore!¡±

    Indeed. He did not need to think anymore since, with the movement speed of this Desert Rock Lizard, even if Feng Luo were to cast Quick Sneak, their rates of speed would be about the same.

    As a Sniper, moving at high speed burned endurance fairly quickly. In the sparse, empty desert, there was no way Feng Luo¡¯s endurance could allow him to outrun the Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

    That was why he only had one choice left.

    And that was to fight!

    The next moment, beside Feng Luo, 24K¡ªwho was still holding the Psionics Crystal tightly¡ªpped its wings and quickly crawled to Feng Luo¡¯s shoulders. Bright yellow light shone from its two eyes as it released its psionic energy!

    A ck hole appeared on the ground around ten meters in front of the two of them. It was pitch ck as if it were connected to an unknown space.

    As 24K used the ¡°Wormhole¡± skill to summon normal beetles, Feng Luo was not sitting idly by. Since he could not avoid a battle, he straightened his body and locked the Eye of the Thunder muzzle on the Desert Rock Lizard Commander running towards him.

    Such a close range. Such a huge target. It was impossible to miss!

    Bang!

    A Double Armor-piercing Round, apanied by the smell of gunpowder, drew a straight line in the air as it shot towards the yellow bowl-sized eyes with elliptical pupils of the Desert Rock Lizard.

    ?83

    ?684

    What low damage!

    Thending point of the bullet was slightly off-point. That was because, while running, the Desert Rock Lizard¡¯s body rocked a lot, so the bullet only hit its face, which was covered with thick and heavy scales. In the end, the bullet actually made sparks before bouncing right off!

    And the damage values that appeared over the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s head also made Feng Luo¡¯s heart sink. It was definitely worthy of being a monster with the word ¡°Rock¡± in its name. This bastard¡¯s defense was crazy! Even the C-grade destructive power of the Eye of the Thunder, paired with the double armor-piercing round failed to break its defense.

    Of course, this was also rted to the fact that it was a Commander-grade monster. At least it was impossible for Normal-grade Desert Rock Lizards to have this sort of resistance against the double armor-piercing round.

    Upon noticing this situation, Feng Luo did not hesitate. He extended his hands into his tactical vest. He grabbed an Eye of the Thunder magazine containing the shield-breaking energy bullets that he¡¯d obtained from an auction and switched out the existing magazine that contained double armor-piercing rounds.

    One could not deny the fact that being able to create an unlimited amount of Eye of the Thunder parts was extremely advantageous to Feng Luo. Especially when it came to switching magazines, the process became a lot faster.

    It was unlike the magazine of the Barrett, where changing a type of bullet would mean refilling the magazine. This was also one of the reasons why Feng Luo did not use the Barrett, which had a higher attack, when hunting.

    And as Feng Luo changed the magazine, 24K¡¯s ¡°Wormhole (Pseudo)¡± skill had already beenpleted.

    Inside the ck hole that was around 10 meters away, a green Spray Beetle with a long neck, sharp mouth, and big belly had already crawled out from the hole. It stuck four of its limbs into the yellow sand and extended its neck before firing ¡°Spit¡± toward the Desert Rock Lizard Commander in the distance.

    The light-green spit that flew across the sky like an arrow made of water flew approximately 200 meters beforending urately on the Desert Rock Lizard¡¯s body.

    Immediately following that, the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s high-speed run slowed down as a ¡°?200¡± damage value shed above its head. Its speed was reduced by one-twentieth!

    But the ¡°spit¡± of the Spray Beetle did not stop. With a firing rate of one per second, it shot toward the Desert Rock Lizard. Almost every spray of ¡°spit¡± hit the body of the Desert Rock Lizard, making the speed of the Desert Rock Lizard ever slower.

    Bang!

    After three to four sprays of spit from the Level-27 Spray Beetle that was the first to crawl out of the hole, Feng Luo had already finished switching the magazines. He pressed the trigger, and a light-blue shield-breaking energy bullet exited the barrel and flew forward.

    Theoretically speaking, when facing a Commander-grade monster like this with exceptional agility and defense, a lone Sniper barely had any chance to emerge victorious.

    However, one should not forget that Feng Luo was not really alone. He still had 24K, who was holding tightly to the Psionics Crystal, as well as the ¡°Beetle Army¡± that had been collected over the past dozen days.

    Was it a solo duel?

    No! He decided that it was safer to turn it into a group beating!

 Chapter 170 - An Alarming Moment

    Chapter 170: An rming Moment

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

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    Feng Luo¡¯s second shot was still aimed at the eye of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. Moreover, this time, the error rate was lower. After flying across around 200 meters, it hit above the left, bowl-sized eye of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that was running.

    Although its outer skin¡ªespecially the thick eyelid¡ªhad a strong defense, it did not mean the eyeball inside the eyelid had the same strength to resist the shot of the bullet. This shield-breaking energy bullet blew a hole in its left eye, dealing high yellow weak-point damage!

    ¡°Tsssttt!¡±

    The Desert Rock Lizard let out a howl of pain. Its body, which was in the midst of high-speed running, could not help but tremble violently. Its four limbs, covered in yellow scales, stomped holes in the desert while its swaying tail swept sand and dust up to float in the air. And at that moment, inside the pitch ck ¡°wormhole,¡± the second green Spray Beetle crawled out.

    Pu!

    Another light-green spray of spitnded on the body of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that was howling in pain. Another spray of spit¡ªthat debuffed targets, reduced stats, corroded opponents, and reduced speed¡ªwas stacked on the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s body.

    Although the spit of a normal Spray Beetle was iparable to the spit of a Boss Spray Beetle, after stacking several times, the effects were also very powerful. The main factor was that the area hit by the spit would receive the ¡°Corrosion¡± effect as poisonous liquid permeated the skin, reducing and weakening the strongest stat the Desert Rock Lizard relied on: its defense. It was almost the same as the effect of a Doctor using a debuff potion. It was important to note that Feng Luo was not fighting alone.

    Bang!

    The Eye of the Thunder rang again. Its firing rate far exceeded the Maximum Shooting of other normal sniper rifles. It reduced the gap of Feng Luo¡¯s shots to only one second.

    The shield-breaking energy bullet, emanating a light-blue glow, flew toward the bloodied left eye of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that had not yet lost all of its function from a predicted yet incredibly difficult angle.

    Pu!

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    The bullet of the Eye of the Thunder was close to 900 meters per second. At such a short distance, it was pretty much instantaneous.

    Again, this shot urately hit the left eye of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. The shield-breaking bullet, rotating at high speed, produced a powerful impact that blew off its eyeball after entering its eye, dealing over 4,000 damage.

    Two continuous weak-point damage attacks took out around 8,000 of its HP. From the looks of things, even if this Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s HP was as high as 50,000, taking it down did not seem that difficult. Right?

    Apart from that, within the wormhole, another dark green Spray Beetle crawled out and began attacking the Desert Rock Lizard Commander with its spit attacks. The three Spray Beetles were almost at Level 30, and Feng Luo¡¯s output created several corroded spots on the Desert Rock Lizard¡¯s yellow skin and super-high defense scales, changing the color spot by spot. However, if a Commander-grade monster only had this ability, it would not be an enemy that yers regarded as something that was practically impossible to solo.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo¡¯s third shield-breaking energy bullet flew off. This time, it was also very well-executed. The only difference was that the target had switched to the good right eye of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. For him, this sort of close-range, stationary shot was almost guaranteed to hit as long as the external effects weren¡¯t too great.

    Dong!

    However, just as the light-blue shield-breaking energy bullet had almost hit the target...

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    A translucent yellow energy shield appeared over the body of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that had be enraged after having one of its eyes shot out. This shield-breaking energy bullet, which was as urate as the previous shot, hit the earth energy shield. Energy shed against energy. Although the shot made the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s energy shield tremble, it remained sturdy.

    Energy shield!

    Feng Luo was shocked. Not every monster in War possessed energy shields. Only when the entity had the ability to manipte energy would the entity be able to cast an energy shield. And most monsters that possessed energy shields had ways to initiate long-range attacks themselves!

    This is going to be trouble!

    The earth energy shield appeared and enveloped therge body of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander within it. After that, it red viciously at Feng Luo with its remaining yellow eye while stomping all four of its thick but short limbs violently on the sandy ground. Then it started charging toward Feng Luo again.

    Pu!

    Pu!

    Pu!

    The attacks of the three Spray Beetles continued. The only issue was that after the Desert Rock Lizard Commander cast the energy shield, the poisonous liquid that could inflict the corrosion effect and reduce movement speed could onlynd on the shield; not only did they stop dealing damage, but they could not even dy it anymore. It was because this type of energy shield could theoretically block all physical and energy attacks!

    Moreover, at that moment, the Desert Rock Lizard Commander had already charged within 150 meters from Feng Luo.

    Bang!

    Although Feng Luo was shocked, he did not panic. The Eye of the Thunder in his hands still maintained its steady rate of fire. Although the energy shield was powerful, it had a maximum damage limit. The moment that limit was breached, or if it suffered an extremely powerful special attack, the shield would break. Moreover, even if it were a Boss, it was impossible to continuously create shields within such a short period of time.

    However, just after he shot a shield-breaking energy bullet, he sensed something dangerous and fatal from beneath his feet.

    Danger!

    Without any hesitation, Feng Luo grabbed the Eye of the Thunder and leaped sideways.

    Boom!

    A 1.5-meter yellow Energy Earth Spike with a five-centimeter diameter pierced upward from under the sand in Feng Luo¡¯s previous location. Sand and dust filled the air. The spike just missed Feng Luo by a hair¡¯s breadth¡ªa difference of just a few milliseconds.

    If Feng Luo had been hit by that spike, one could only imagine the result...

    As expected, it has long-range attacks! Cold sweat appeared on Feng Luo¡¯s forehead. Commander-grade monsters sure are difficult to deal with.

    More importantly, a system notification shed across his visual field. A Spray Beetle had died!

    One of three Spray Beetles was pierced by an Earth Spike as if it were a skewer of M Tang!

    The carapace of the Spray Beetle that did not have much defense in the first ce¡ªcoupled with its low HP of around 2,000¡ªcould not withstand a casual energy attack from the Commander-grade monster.

    ¡°I can only fight!¡±

    Feng Luo had no choice. As he directed 24K tomand the remaining two Spray Beetles to run away and hide behind a sandhill through the mental link, he simultaneously cast Quick Sneak and moved quickly sideways.

    At the same time, the Eye of the Thunder in Feng Luo¡¯s hands did not stop moving. He fired another shield-breaking energy bullet at the Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

    Bzzzt!

    The bullet triggered the 15 percent probability rare effect of the Eye of the Thunder and wasced with blue and white electricity!

    The only problem was that even if it were a shield-breaking energy bullet that wasced with a bonus attack, when it hit the energy shield covering the huge body of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander, it was just a white electrical current that spread across the outeryer of the yellow energy shield. The defense of the earth energy shield was the strongest among the four elements to begin with, not to mention the fact that the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s strongest stat was the defense stat.

    The situation reminded Feng Luo of the time where they had been surrounded the Steel Beetle Boss back in the Town of Exile. Faced with such aplete energy shield, absent certain types of attacks, it was quite difficult to break through it with cumtive damage alone.

    Luckily, he actually had a special type of attack.

    At that moment, the fourth and fifth beetles finally crawled out of the ck ¡°wormhole.¡±

    Two gray beetles around the size of half a fist with round, metallic gray bodies appeared. Under their expanded and tough beetle wings, translucent inner wings pped at high speed. As soon as they exited the wormhole, they flew toward the Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

 Chapter 171 - The Real Application of the Suicide Bombeetle

    Chapter 171: The Real Application of the Suicide Bombeetle

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Suicide Bombeetle!

    Moreover, they were two Suicide Bombeetle that reached Level 30!

    If one were to have asked Feng Luo which, among the seven types of beetles, he did not want to see incubated, the Suicide Bombeetle would definitely have ranked at number one.

    Although this sort of one-time consumable beetle¡ªwhich required one entire beetle egg and a lot of effort to level up¡ªcould deal a lot of damage in that one hit, the total effort invested and the end result was quite disproportionate. After all, it was a one-time attack, so it could only exert its full potential when it had a significant advantage.

    For example, if over a dozen Suicide Bombeetles exploded, even if the defended yer were a fully equipped Heavy Armor Warrior, only death awaited. However, if the number was low, then it wouldn¡¯t have too many applications. After all, this sort of Suicide Bombeetle could be easily destroyed in midair.

    However, after reviewing detailed information about the Suicide Bombeetle¡¯s stats, Feng Luo discovered that the Suicide Bombeetles weren¡¯t as bad as he¡¯d initially imagined. As one of the seven beetles, the Suicide Bombeetle actually possessed two positive traits that the other beetles did not have.

    The first was that the bomb target would be infected with a special scent. This scent made it a target of pursuit for the other beetles, which meant that after the Suicide Bombeetle exploded and hit its target, at the very least, until the scent disappeared, it would be extremely difficult for the target to evade Feng Luo¡¯s pursuit.

    The second was its explosion. The explosion had extremely powerful destructive effects against energy shields and other shield-type skills. However, the prerequisite was that it would have to coordinate with the Spray Beetle for the effect to be maximized! That was because the spot on the energy shield hit by the ¡°spit¡± of the Spray Beetle would constantly be weakened, resulting in energy fluctuation. If the target were to be hit by the Suicide Bombeetle at that moment, then the damage would be much greater than a normal direct suicide bomb attack. The ability would also have the same effect on the shield and heavy armor of Heavy Armor Warriors!

    It was because of this that Feng Luo incubated two of the Suicide Bombeetles that had looked like liabilities, and had even painstakingly brought them up to a pretty high level: Level 30!

    Clearly, now was the time to use them!

    Apart from that, after the two Suicide Bombeetles crawled out, one dark crimson ¡°scythe¡± that looked like a de also crawled out of the wormhole. Compared to the others of its same species, it was a sizerger. The Level-35 dark-red Elite-grade ded Beetle started to crawl quickly out of the wormhole.

    ded Beetle, Spray Beetle, and Suicide Bombeetle! The ¡°Beetle Squad¡± that Feng Luo had incubated for all this time finally began their first co-op battle!

    Bang! Bang!

    Feng Luo, who had his Eye of the Thunder rifle raised, shot at the Desert Rock Lizard Commander charging toward him while running to avoid the sharp, difficult-to-defend-against Earth Spike of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

    The bullet drew a light blue trail through the air. Even as Feng Luo kept running, his bullets never missed their mark. All of them hit the energy shield of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that was around 100 meters away. This sort of marksmanship might have been impossible for him before. However, Feng Luo felt that his uracy had been improving day-by-day ever since he¡¯d woken up after integrating with the Evolution Virus on the ship in Gray Water.

    After half a month, he could even execute such a ¡°dazzling¡±bat method. However, this sort of shooting was not easy in the slightest. Sweat kept appearing on Feng Luo¡¯s forehead.

    It was not only because moving at high speed under such intense heat of over 40 degrees was very stamina and endurance-consuming; it was also because the Earth Spike attack of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander was very hard to defend against.

    Earth Spike was a basic skill of Earth Maniptors, and, it was the only basic skill that could reach its intended target with obstacles in between. However, the Earth Spikes cast by yers would have a short dy before they shot out from the ground. The ground might even change color, in most instances.

    As for the Earth Spike of this Desert Rock Lizard, there was no warning, and the attack was also incredibly high!

    It was important to note that skill attacks that could trigger Feng Luo¡¯s Death Sense were skills that could instantly kill him. With the equipment he had right now, paired with his level up, his HP now exceeded 4,000. For an Earth Spike to be enough to instantly kill him, it showed just how powerful this Commander monster was, even with a simple attack method.

    However, it was also a good thing that the attack of the Earth Spike was high enough to insta-kill Feng Luo, since that meant he could rely on the passive skill, Death Sense, to avoid the fatal strike that came from the ground at such extreme times!

    In just over a dozen of seconds, the Desert Rock Lizard Commander had charged within 50 meters of Feng Luo.

    However, by that time, the two gray Suicide Bombeetles flying in the air had already reached an area above the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s head. The entire belly of one of the Suicide Bombeetles flying above the Desert Rock Lizard Commander started to flush red, but it elerated suddenly, doubling its speed as it charged downward toward a spot on the energy shield that still had remnants of the corroding poison liquid.

    Boom!

    The Suicide Bombeetle seded in tackling the yellow energy shield of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. Then it exploded into red and ck mes.

    Under Feng Luo¡¯s continuous shield-breaking energy bullet attacks, the energy shield¡¯s color, which had already be lighter, could no longer withstand the impact. It shook violently.

    At the same time, Feng Luo seized this opportunity. One shield-breaking energy Bullet reached the energy shield at almost the same time as the collision of the Suicide Bombeetle, crashing into the violently fluctuating energy shield.

    Bang!

    The energy shield that was on the brink of shattering finally vanished into thin air after Feng Luo¡¯s strike. The huge, three-meter body of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander appeared clearly again in Feng Luo¡¯s sights atst.

    However, at that time, something happened that surprised Feng Luo.

    Due to the sess of its partner, the Suicide Bombeetle that Feng Luo had intentionally left behind was ordered, through 24K by Feng Luo, to immediately retreat. He did not want to waste and sacrifice the Suicide Bombeetle that he had painstakingly trained to Level 30 to initiate an attack.

    Unexpectedly, at that time, the Desert Rock Lizard Commander suddenly raised its head. A bluish-green forked tongue that was almost as long as its body shot out of its mouth at lightning speed. Then, before Feng Luo could react, the Desert Rock Lizard Commander wrapped up the Suicide Bombeetle that was still in the air and quickly pulled it into its mouth.

    ¡°What!?¡± Feng Luo looked shocked. ¡°Devouring a Suicide Bombeetle, eh?¡±

    But after thinking about it and digesting the situation, Feng Luo could not help butugh.

    Boom!

    As expected, as the Desert Rock Lizard Commander closed its mouth, a huge and muffled exploding sound came from within its mouth. It had eaten something it shouldn¡¯t have eaten, and the consequences were beyond dire!

    The mouth of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander was forced open by the powerful impact from the Suicide Bombeetle. From Feng Luo¡¯s angle, he could see dark smoke rising from the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s mouth. The long, agile, bluish-green tongue was torn in half by the explosion. If Feng Luo were to move closer, he would be able to smell roast meat.

    ?7863

    Over its head, there was also a high damage value of almost 8,000!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The Desert Rock Lizard Commander became quite muddled by the explosion in its mouth, and what came after was excruciating pain inside its mouth. In the single eye that it had left, it disyed rage that far surpassed the anger it had felt when its left eye had been taken out.

    The only thing was there were no Suicide Bombeetles left in the sky, so its target could only be the 10 dark-red ded Beetles on top of the sandhill not far away, which were jumping and running toward it.

    At that time, thest ded Beetle crawled out of the wormhole, making a total of 10 ded Beetles above Level 20, with five of them even exceeding Level 30. With six limbs jumping and running on the sandhill, they charged toward the Desert Rock Lizard not far away.

    If one were to have looked down from the sky, the situation would have looked like a group of hunting dogs charging toward a huge tiger.

 Chapter 172 - Killâ€”Dropped Equipment!

    Chapter 172: Kill¡ªDropped Equipment!

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Perhaps a single ded Beetle would have no strength to fight back against arge Commander-grade monster like this, since even if it was the Level-35 Elite ded Beetle, it would not be able to withstand one swipe of the tail or one hit from the Earth Spike of the Level-38 Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

    Simrly, no matter how strong a hunting dog was, it would not really be able to have any effect in front of a tiger.

    But! There were 10 ded Beetles. Moreover, each of them possessed high movement speed and jumping methods, as well as umon attacks. The high movement speed, paired with the long leaps of the ded Beetles due to their beetle wings, made it very difficult for the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s fatal Earth Spike to hit them as they kept dodging them.

    Although the evasion rate was not 100 percent, in the end, it only cost two ded Beetles. The remaining eight ded Beetles seeded in charging to the side of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. After that, they tackled the Swamp Rock Crocodile like before and attacked as if their lives depended on it while attached to the target¡¯s body!

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    At the same time, the two Spray Beetles that had hidden behind a sandhill crawled back out again as they again began ¡°spitting¡± at the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that the ded Beetles were entangled with.

    The light-green corrosive poison liquid steadily struck the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s body, permeating through its rock-hard skin and weakening the defense that the big, sharp ws of the ded Beetles hadn¡¯t been able to cut through before. And because the ded Beetles were members of the Beetle group, the poison liquid of the Spray Beetles did not have any effect on their dark red carapaces even when itnded on them. Clearly, the ded Beetles had the same poison immunity.

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    The coordination between two types of beetles¡ªone close-range, the other long-range¡ªwas equivalent to two Maniptors and eight Light Armor Warriors.

    Although the Desert Rock Lizard Commander possessed incredible defense, it did not have any area of effect skills, so when faced with eight tiny bugs crawling onto its body, it was clearly in a bit of a bind. Its tail swung from left to right and created a yellow sandstorm that covered practically the entire battlefield. A Level-20 ded Beetle that failed to avoid the tail on time also died directly from the blow.

    Its unbelievably tough yellow skin covered in thick scales became weak due to the corrosion of the liquid poison, and under the continuous ¡°scythe¡± attack of the ded Beetles and the stabs from their six limbs, the blood and number of wounds increased as the damage amounts that appeared over its head also slowly went up.

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    In truth, when faced with these sorts of ¡°tiny bugs,¡± it should have possessed an ultimate weapon¡ªits long, difficult-to-evade, bluish-green tongue, which was as fast as lightning and almost as long as its body. Even when faced against the Desert Fire Ants, nicknamed ¡°Bullet Ants,¡± which were extremely fast in the desert, it could easily catch them in the air and devour them as delicacies!

    However, its ultimate hunting weapon was blown to pieces because it had eaten the wrong thing just now. At the moment, it was still bleeding and could not be used. As such, for the moment, the hunting dogs were actually on even ground with the fierce tiger; one might have even said they held the advantage.

    Apart from that, since the attention of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander was focused on the ded Beetles on its body, Feng Luo, who was around 50 meters away from it, could finally stop running. The released Feng Luo did not hesitate to cast the Rapid Shooting skill. He raised the Eye of the Thunder and continuously fired multiple shield-breaking energy bullets at the Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

    Bang, bang, bang!

    The shield-breaking energy bullets looked even clearer under the gradually darkening scene. Most importantly, after a few seconds, Feng Luo finally seized the chance and blew up the remaining right eye of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. Now, it had finally turned it into a ¡°blind beast.¡±

    The pain that the Desert Rock Lizard Commander felt made it even angrier, and, by relying on its very sensitive nose, it could still fight. It even caught a ded Beetle on its back and threw it off its body due to the range. It then used its scale-covered leg to stomp heavily on the beetle, reducing it to insectoid mush. However, it could not prevent the tide of the battle from turning in Feng Luo¡¯s favor.

    Bang, bang, bang!

    Feng Luo continued shooting. Although the enraged Desert Rock Lizard Commander continued to spin its body, making it hard for Feng Luo to hit its vital spot¡ªand only three bullets were left inside the Eye of the Thunder magazine¡ªand even after triggering the special effect of the rifle for a total of three times, the HP of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander was still at less than one-fifth.

    By then, only four out of 10 ded Beetles were left. However, it was a good thing that a Level-35 Elite ded Beetle was still alive, so the losses were still eptable.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    As its HP was reduced to 15 percent, the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that finally sensed death roared. It dove headfirst into the sand and cast the skill Escape!

    However, by performing this action, it allowed Feng Luo, who seized the opportunity, to fire a shield-breaking energy bullet to strike the injury on its eye. The bullet rotated at high speed and pierced and entered its skull.

    Red lethal damage that reached over 6,000 damage dropped its remaining HP to less than 5 percent and put it in the ¡°heavy injury¡± status, meaning it could no longer move.

    Bang!

    The next shield-breaking energy bullet followed quickly. It neatly took out its remaining HP of just over 1,000.

    Several ¡°battle trophies¡± emanating a white glow in the visual field of yers dropped and scattered on the ground around the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s corpse the moment it fell. At the same time, the system notification rang in Feng Luo¡¯s ears: ¡°Killed Desert Rock Lizard (Level 38, Solo-type Commander). Contribution: 70.9%. Obtained Experience: 5,072. Obtained Merits: Five.¡±

    After that came the white shes that signified the level-ups of two of the four remaining ded Beetles and one of the Spray Beetles, as well as 24K¡¯s experience moving up to 92 percent of Level 29. It was now only 8 percent away from Level 30.

    ¡°Finally got rid of it!¡±

    Feng Luo held the Eye of the Thunder with the now empty magazine. He was still panting heavily, and hisbat uniform was soaked in sweat.

    As a Sniper, the high-speed running had caused Feng Luo to consume a lot of stamina, and his endurance was left with less than 30 percent. If he hadn¡¯t been wearing the Assassination Reconnoiter Combat Boots that he¡¯d gotten in the Forest of Exiles, which reduced endurance consumption by 35 percent when moving, even if he¡¯d used one endurance recovery potion, his endurance would definitely have been less than 10 percent by now. Moreover, once a yer¡¯s endurance was low, the recovery rate would be greatly reduced. For example, recovering from 90 percent to 100 percent would only require a few seconds, but recovering from 10 percent to 20 percent would probably take a few minutes.

    After over a dozen seconds, as Feng Luo¡¯s endurance recovered to 35 percent, he raised the Eye of the Thunder and ran toward the Desert Rock Lizard while examining his loot from this battle.

    In this battle, his contribution toward killing the Desert Rock Lizard Commander was 70.9 percent. The reason it wasn¡¯t 100 percent was that the attack damage dealt by the normal beetles was not counted toward his contribution. However, the contributions of themanding beetle, 24K, were also his, which was why it was so high.

    Of course, the contribution did not really mean anything. For him, the reward of five points of Merit was much better. Like killing the previous rebel army Elite captain reconnoiter in the Forest of Exiles, the five Merit points signified extra rewards from this kill, which would move the loot from the Desert Rock Lizard Commander up a few tiers.

    Just what kind of items were dropped?

    The answer to this question became clear as Feng Luo walked to the side of the corpse of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. Normally, the loot that had the highest proportion were crystals. Over a dozen gray and white crystals with different varieties of shine were scattered on the ground, their total worth being around 1,000 credits.

    If only these had been dropped, then it definitely wouldn¡¯t have been worth it for him to have emptied an entire magazine of shield-breaking energy bullets, as well as waste six ded Beetles, two Suicide Bombeetles, and one Spray Beetle. That was the cost of almost half his Beetle Squad, which had not yet beenpleted. Fortunately, apart from these energy crystals, there were four other items on the ground.

    One light-yellow, diamond-shaped crystal; one energy crystal overflowing with Earth energy; one translucent skill chip; one muddy yellow ring with a small rock lizard pattern sculpted on it.

 Chapter 173 - Rare Skill: Sneak Attack

    <h4>Chapter 173: Rare Skill: Sneak Attack</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Crystallized Spit of the Desert Rock Lizard (250G)

    Grade: Perfect

    First, Feng Luo confirmed the light-yellow, diamond-shaped crystal, and luckily, it was the objective of his mission this time. Moreover, it was a lot more than the 100g requested by Lin; the grade even reached the ¡°Perfect¡± grade.

    The materials, core crystals, and other consumable items had a system evaluation just like equipment. The only thing was that the evaluation standard was slightly different from that of gear. For materials, core crystals, etc., the system¡¯s evaluation was categorized into four categories¡ªnamely, Defect, Normal, Excellent, and Perfect.

    However, there was one simrity: For the same items with different grades, those having the Perfect grade were much more expensive than the Normal and Excellent-grade items.

    After he picked up the light-yellow, diamond-shaped crystal, the system notified Feng Luo that the mission ¡°Lin¡¯s Request (Two)¡± was five-sixthspleted. Then Feng Luo rested his gaze on the core crystal emitting strong Earth Energy.

    Desert Rock Lizard Commander Core Crystal (Earth)

    ss: C

    Grade: Perfect

    The core crystal of a Level-38 Commander monster. Moreover, the grade was simrly of the Perfect Grade. Although it was an Earth Energy Core Crystal that was worth less, due to its evaluated Perfect grade, its selling price was still higher than the Level-39 Fire Ant Commander¡¯s core crystal that the stubble-bearded Merchant had been selling before. Of course, that meant its normal market value, not the ripoff price that reached 60,000 credits.

    As for the third item, the translucent chip, even if Feng Luo hadn¡¯t checked it out, he still would¡¯ve guessed what it was.

    It is definitely a rare skill chip!

    A ¡°Rare skill chip¡± with a market price of over 100,000 credits. For some unique or special skills, the price would even be pushed to over a million credits.

    Sneak Attack (Unique Skill Chip)

    Skill Effect: Increases the Destructive Power of the first attack on the target by 5 percent and final damage by 5 percent under the condition that the target does not know the presence of the skill user. (Beginner Level. Can level up).

    Level Requirement: Level 35

    Required Profession: Sniper

    Sneak Attack. Increases Destructive Power and Final Damage!

    Upon seeing the stats of the chip, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes brightened. He had heard of this type of rare skill chip before. It had appeared once during an auction, and the final bid had been 400,000 credits.

    Although it was only 400,000 credits and seemed to be some distance away from the rare skills that cost over a million credits, for Feng Luo, this type of skill chip was undervalued. Especially for someone like him¡ªwho had a high probability of dealing incredibly high damage on the first shot¡ªthe value of this chip was definitely not limited to the ¡°millions¡± category.

    It was important to note that although Snipers could deal incredibly high damage in War, to really get rid of an enemy in one shot was practically impossible if the level of equipment was not too far apart. That was because the game still needed to be bnced, after all. If they allowed Snipers, the profession with the longest attack range, to easily fire ¡°fatal shots,¡± then most of the other low-HP professions would have no chance of defeating Snipers. That was why, under most situations, when the level of equipment was simr, Snipers would need two to three shots to kill their opponents.

    However, Feng Luo was different. Due to the 100-percent bonus to his Final Damage, Feng Luo, who possessed the ¡°Lethal¡± talent, had a very high chance of one-shotting an enemy if he dealt lethal damage. If he were to add the effects of this skill chip, then it was quite possible for him to achieve the one-hit fatal shot that many Sniper yers dreamed of. That was also why Feng Luo remembered this skill chip.

    Of course, the prerequisite of a fatal shot was that the skill level had to be increased to a certain level! After all, the 5 percent destructive power and final damage bonus of the beginner level was inconsequential. It was also probably one of the reasons it was not highly sought after by the yer poption.

    However, the most probable reason was probably that it was only a Level-35 skill!

    Level 35 did not mean that it was a low-level skill. The power and strength of skills in War were not rted to the levels at all. Any skill with which a yer had a high enough familiarity level would be very powerful.

    For example, the Level-15 basic skills of Maniptors¡ªFireball, Wind de, and others¡ªcould be even more useful than some Level-40 ultimate skills, in reality.

    The reason why a Level-35 skill was troublesome was that almost all Sniper yers learned the Ambush skill at Level 35. Learning the Sneak Attack skill would rece this skill.

    If it were any other skill, recing it would have been fine. However, the Ambush skill was not one that people could easily abandon, since the skill description for it was, ¡°When the user remains stationary, there is a certain probability for avoiding the effects of detection skills; reduces the probability of being discovered by monsters.¡±

    This passive Level-35 skill and the Sniper¡¯s Level-25 skill, Quick Sneak, could be described as the core skills of Snipers. They were considered indispensable. That was because thebination of the two skills allowed Snipers to remain in dark, hidden locations¡ªto a certain degree¡ªwhether the Sniper was moving, camouged, or stationary. They were the two skills that Snipers relied on the most when PKing against the detection skills of their ¡°brothers from the same house,¡± the Scouts.

    As such, if he only had to rece a skill like Rapid Shooting, a skill that Feng Luo did not really care much about, he wouldn¡¯t have even thought twice. But when it came to recing Ambush, most Snipers would be put in a dilemma.

    ¡°Ah, what a headache!¡± Feng Luo stared at each of the skills listed on his skills interface and felt a migraineing on. ¡°Hmm. Perhaps...¡±

    At that time, he suddenly saw the Level-45 skill that he had yet to learn since leveling a while ago. An idea came to him. After that, he temporarily put the Level-35 rare skill chip inside his backpack and decided to deal with it when he returned to Storm City afterpleting the mission.

    Next, he rested his gaze on thest ¡°trophy.¡± It was a muddy yellow ring with a rock lizard sculpted pattern.

    ¡°I never would have thought that there would be a ring!¡±

    Feng Luo could not help butment his luck. Then when he picked up the muddy yellow ring. Question mark symbols flooded the stat column, which meant that the ring needed to be appraised.

    ¡°A ring that needs to be appraised!¡±

    As Feng Luo studied this situation, his face showed joy that could not be contained. Items that needed to be appraised were mostly great items!

    This was especially the case when it was something dropped from a Commander-grade monster like this, it had a higher chance of being a rare item.

    A rare ring. Just how much will it be worth?

    A high price. One might even consider it a high-demand item with no supply.

    It was mentioned earlier that among equipment in War, the most valuable ones were decorative items, which included a pair of rings, badges, and nes. A Level-40 mainstream Fine ring with decent stats would be sold for more than an Excellent piece of equipment at the Exchange. As for a Level-45 Excellent ring, it could definitely fetch a higher pricepared to a Rare main weapon.

    As for a Rare-grade ring, it was, without a doubt, in short supply! One might even have said that under normal circumstances, Rare rings would not even be sold at the Exchange. Instead, they would be sold for a high price at auctions. Especially if one possessed a set pair of Rare ring items that granted a ¡°set bonus¡± after equipping them¡ªthen it would definitely be used as the grand finale item of arge-scale auction.

    Due to the fact that there was a small chance that this ring was a Rare-grade ring, Feng Luo felt uncontroble joy.

    This battle, which had incurred substantial losses, had also produced returns that exceeded his imagination!

 Chapter 174 - The Road is Really Narrow for Enemies!

    Chapter 174: The Road is Really Narrow for Enemies!

    Incubating Gatherer Beetle. Estimated Time Required: 380 seconds

    In the desert filled with traces of battle, Feng Luo stood beside the corpse of the three-meter Desert Rock Lizard Commander while waiting for the new beetles to be hatched.

    Although he had gained a lot during this battle, in truth, his losses were also quite significant. The Beetle ¡°army¡± that he had just established and had not yetpleted was halved, and, apart from one mutant Scout Beetle, the only remaining ones were four ded Beetles and two Spray Beetles. That was why Feng Luo could not waste the body of the Commander-grade Desert Rock Lizard lying beside him.

    As to what type of beetle he should incubate? ded Beetle, Spray Beetle, or perhaps one that Feng Luo had never incubated before¡ªthe Steel Beetle, which had a stronger defense than the Desert Rock Lizard... Undoubtedly, all these threebat-type beetles were decent choices.

    The only thing was, Feng Luo¡¯s final decision was very surprising. He chose to incubate a Gatherer Beetle from the hard-toe-by Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s corpse.

    A Gatherer Beetle was definitely the beetle with the lowestbat strength among the seven types of beetles. More precisely, it barely had anybat strength!

    Apart from gathering resources, its mps that seemed very strong actually had extremely weak attacks. A Level-30 Gatherer Beetle could not even defeat a normal Level-15 monster inbat.

    However, the Gatherer Beetle was like the Scout Beetle, it had uses that the other beetles could not rece. Specifically, the Desert Rock Lizard was a Level-38 Commander; using its corpse to incubate a beetle meant that there was a certain percent chance that a Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle would be incubated.

    A Gatherer Beetle Commander. Although it would also not have any attack strength, it would have one more special skill and abilitypared to normal beetles. Moreover, it would also have very high HP. Even if the Gatherer Beetle that hatched was not a Commander-grade and was only an Elite-grade Gatherer Beetle, it would not be much of a loss. That was because Elite-grade Gatherer Beetles had the ability to fly temporarily. Compared to normal Gatherer Beetles, they were also a lot stronger!

    In fact, among all seven beetle types, the Elite and Commander-grade beetles were a lot stronger than the Normal-grade. At the same time, they also had additional skills or abilities!

    But... even if that were the case, wouldn¡¯t it be better to incubate abat-type ded Beetle or a Spray Beetle using the corpse of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander?

    In fact, it was not that Feng Luo did not want abat beetle. The main reason was due to an issue that was constantlying up, which was the fact that 24K did not have enough psionic energy!

    Although on the system interface, the psionic energy required for a ded Beetle was 50 points, the first time he¡¯d actually incubated a beetle, Feng Luo had discovered that there was a pitfall in the system description. Apart from the basic psionic energy required to incubate the beetle, throughout the incubation process when the beetle absorbed the ¡°Nutrition¡± from the body of the monster, the process needed to consume extra psionic energy. Moreover, the extra psionic energy was determined by abination of factors including the level, size,bat strength, grade (Normal, Elite, Commander) of the monster when it was alive, as well as other factors.

    If one were to only spend 50 psionic energy to incubate a ded Beetle, it was still possible, but the ded Beetle would only be at Level 1 with less than 50 HP. It would barely have anybat strength! Only by spending extra psionic energy would it be possible to have thervae absorb more nutrition from the body of the monster during the incubation process so that it would have a higher level after it hatched.

    For example, Feng Luo had tested this before. Hatching a ded Beetle from the corpse of a Level-40 Normal-grade Wolf required a total of 90 (50+40) psionic energy points, and the hatched beetle was Level 20, Normal Grade! And if the beetle hatched from a Level-40 Elite Swamp Piranha, it needed 150 (50+100) psionic energy points, and the hatched beetle would be Level 30, Normal Grade; there was even a chance of it being Level 20, Elite-grade!

    If the beetle were to hatch from the current Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s corpse, it would consume a total of 550 (50+500) psionic energy, which exceeded 24K¡¯s current maximum psionic energy.

    24K was now at Level 29, with a maximum psionic energy of 490 points (10*29+100+100). This was because every time it leveled up, there was only a 10-point increase in psionic energy max value, but at Level 10 and Level 20, each increased by an additional 100 points.

    Based on the current trend, to use the corpse of the Level-38 Desert Rock Lizard Commander to incubate a ded Warrior, Feng Luo would have to at least wait until 24K leveled up to over Level 30.

    Of course, since he¡¯d obtained a rare psionic energy crystal today, although 24K¡¯s evolution was still not yetplete at the moment, Feng Luo felt that once it wasplete, its maximum psionic energy would continue to increase.

    However, he was not prepared to wait there, since although Commander-grade monster corpses were rare, it was not like he would never encounter one again. And to have the chance to obtain a Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle, Feng Luo was still expectant!

    ******

    Since the incubation of the Gatherer Beetle still needed six more minutes, Feng Luo put the other beetles away and only left 24K and a Scout Beetle outside, waiting beside the corpse of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander. At the same time, he shifted his attention to the forum of the Withered Desert map.

    yers could visit game forums, watch movies, or browse websites when not inbat or during special missions. However, the reason for Feng Luo¡¯s forum visit was not casual. It was for his next mission.

    Among thest two mission items of Lin¡¯s mission, the fifth item, the ¡°Crystallized Spit of the Desert Rock Lizard¡± was now in his hands. But the real headache was actually the sixth item: the ¡°Desert Fire Ant Egg.¡±

    On the desert map, the most dangerous monsters were not monsters that acted alone like the Desert Rock Lizard. They were the small, low-level, pack monsters and their ridiculous numbers.

    The Desert Fire Ant was one of those pack monsters. Moreover, its numbers were insanely high. Although they were only at Level 30, under normal circumstances, a nest would contain several thousand, tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of Desert Fire Ants.

    Even if most of them were Worker Ants that were like the Gatherer Beetles and did not have highbat strength, as the saying went, ¡°with enough ants, even an elephant could be killed.¡± Normal yers would definitely not try to mess with them.

    However, for pack monsters like these, due to their huge numbers, although the experience and drop rate of items weren¡¯t high, once umted, the reward for getting rid of a Desert Fire Ant nest was no less lucrative to beating a Quasi-boss or even a Boss monster, so the draw for yers was anything but low.

    As such, some Scout yers would specifically look for the nests of these pack monsters onrge maps. Then they would earn money from it by setting the location of these nests as paid posts so that other yers had to pay money to view them. This was another way to y the game.

    As for Feng Luo, at that moment, he was specifically looking for these types of posts on the forum; moreover, it would be best if the post had been posted today.

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    What surprised Feng Luo was that after he entered the forum of the Withered Desert map through his virtual screen, but before he began looking for the newest posts regarding the Fire Desert Ants, he noticed a free thread that had been posted just a few minutes before. It had been bumped to the top few rows due to its poprity with the title, ¡°Provide free Desert Fire Ant nest address. Everyone close enter quickly! Will start fighting soon!¡±

    ¡°Coordinates: 2873, 4887. Discovered a mid-sized Desert Fire Ant nest. Due to the mission, providing free address. Everyone hurry. Firste, first fight...¡±

    ¡°Publishing the address due to a mission? So generous!¡±

    Feng Luo was a little suspicious, but judging by the content of the post, it did not seem to be fake. Because, in the replies below, there were already yers who had reached the area and were calling for others to join. Moreover, the replies in the thread had reached the hundreds.

    Although the Withered Desert was not a popr leveling zone, it still could not withstand the sheer number of yers in Storm City¡ªa total of 15 million yers. Even if one in1,000 came to train here, it would mean 10,000 people.

    The only thing was that the Withered Desert was too big, so it was unlikely for yers to encounter each other.

    Yes, perhaps I should go and take a look! With so many people, even if I don¡¯t get a Desert Fire Ant Egg, someone else might get one.

    Feng Luo thought for a bit and closed the forum after recording the coordinates. Then he entered them into the terminal and noticed that on the 3D map, the target destination was around 50 miles away from his location.

    ¡°Not that far away. Hmm...¡±

    However, at that moment, the Scout Beetle parked not far away suddenly sent him a warning signal through 24K¡¯s mental link.

    Feng Luo raised his head and saw that an energy SUV wasing from behind a tall sand dune not far away. It sent the yellow sand flying into the air in the gradually darkening night sky.

    Most importantly, the car¡¯s style seemed very familiar. It was a full-spec C-10 energy SUV that cost 200,000 credits. It was notmon to encounter a second one of these in the Withered Desert, a ce where few came to level up.

    Six young male and female yers sat inside the air-conditioned energy SUV. Almost at the same time Feng Luo saw them, they noticed the lone Feng Luo, standing beside the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s corpse.

 Chapter 175 - Winding Path along Mountain Ridges

    Chapter 175: Winding Path along Mountain Ridges

    The technology of transports in War was very advanced. For example, energy SUVs were transport vehicles that had many uses. Not only could they be driven in deserts, but they could even move without any problem in water up to a certain depth.

    Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Land Bullet¡± also had this function. Otherwise, he would never have traveled alone across several hundred kilometers to the supply point in the center of the desert.

    However, yer vehicles were not usable in all situations. Apart from some maps prohibiting the summoning of vehicles, after this version update, the restraints on vehicle summoning and retrieval became even stricter. Right now, once they entered battle status or if they umted the aggro of monsters, they could not summon or retrieve their vehicles.

    It was due to this that Feng Luo could not use the energy motorcycle to help him get away from the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡¯s pursuit and was forced to fight.

    Of course, summoned vehicles would not be forced into the vehicle space during battle. As such, in a more dangerous wild map, most yers would not use their vehicles, since, if a yer died, the vehicle would not automatically return to the space and would remain there instead. Moreover, it could be attacked and destroyed or even ¡°upied.¡± Only when the yer was revived could he select the ¡°Recall¡± option.

    In the event that the vehicle wasn¡¯t ¡°upied,¡± it could be recalled free of charge, but in such a situation, most vehicles would be destroyed by monsters or yers who were venting their anger. The repair cost would be quite expensive.

    ******

    ¡°Yoyo!¡±

    ¡°Look, isn¡¯t that the Sniper who ripped you off?¡±

    Among the six, the first to see Feng Luo was one of the two girls who had mocked Feng Luo thest time. However, it wasn¡¯t the short-haired Scout girl with thick makeup. It was the other Doctor yer.

    At that time, she was seated on thep of a tall, well-built young man whose profession was a Heavy Armor Warrior. She was using military binocrs, so even at over 300 meters apart, she could clearly see Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    ¡°I see him!¡± the short-haired girl said as she bit her lip. Her eyes, rimmed with a lot of makeup, widened. She also held binocrs in her hands. Moreover, as a Scout, she saw things more clearly than her friend.

    ¡°Tangtang, you¡¯re telling me that the one riding the energy motorcycle is that loser Sniper?¡± At that time, the attention-seeking Light Armor Warrior wearing a full set of silver Excellent armor took off his helmet and kept touching his hair while staring at the camera of the terminal.

    ¡°That¡¯s him!¡± The energy SUV was not fast in the desert, but as the distance closed and the clearer Feng Luo¡¯s face appeared to the short-haired girl, the stronger she gritted her teeth.

    ¡°This idiot, how dare he bully Sister Yoyo!¡±

    ¡°Right, Brother Fei. When you stop the car, I¡¯ll go down and PK him directly.¡±

    ¡°Since we won¡¯t get a red name after a PK now, at most, there will be some criminal points,¡± the silver-armored showoff said to the Machine Gunner yer after he fixed his hair, which was long enough to cover his eyes to the side. Contempt and confidence showed on his face. ¡°As for what kind of equipment he will drop, I definitely don¡¯t give a crap!¡±

    ¡°Huh? This person is actually not running after seeing us! Does he not recognize us? Or perhaps he thinks we won¡¯t do anything to him?¡± The tall Heavy Armor Warrior grabbed the binocrs from his girlfriend. He was very calm as he looked through the binocrs and spoke about Feng Luo, who was also exceedingly calm. ¡°He probably hasn¡¯t recognized us. After all, we¡¯re all sitting in a car.¡±

    ¡°Monkey, you really wanna fight him one on one?¡± said his Doctor girlfriend, who shook two buff potions she¡¯d taken out of the silver medical box on the side. ¡°Why don¡¯t I give you two buffs first? Don¡¯t let one Sniper beat you! That would be humiliating!¡±

    ¡°Huh? Guys, look. The corpse of the monster beside him. It sure looks familiar!¡±

    At that time, the Heavy Armor Warrior noticed the three-meter-long, eye-catching corpse of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander thaty on the chaotic battlefield not far from Feng Luo.

    ¡°It sure is familiar!¡±

    ¡°It looks like the... Level-38 Desert Rock Lizard Commander!¡±

    At that time, since the distance was now very close, the attention-seeking, silver-armored teenage boy could clearly see the scene around Feng Luo without the binocrs.

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s the Desert Rock Lizard Commander!¡±

    ¡°We came here once when we were at Level 40. In the end, we encountered a Desert Rock Lizard Commander, and then we were annihted!¡±

    The girl Doctor yer seemed to have also remembered. Her face showed fear at first, then doubt. ¡°That¡¯s not right. Could he... have killed a Desert Rock Lizard Commander alone?¡±

    ¡°How is that possible? Bullshit!¡±

    ¡°How could one Sniper kill a Commander-grade monster?¡± the attention-seeking showoff said with disdain. ¡°I¡¯m sure someone else killed the monster and left the corpse here, and before it refreshed, this guy came and is probably trying to see if some items were left behind.¡±

    ¡°Just what level is the Desert Rock Lizard Commander? Just think of that Earth Spike attack! Even a Light Armor Warrior would lose half his HP!¡±

    The girl Doctor suddenly sighed and said loudly, ¡°Monkey, hearing you say this reminds me of something!¡± She could not stopughing. ¡°Monkey, I remember whenst time, your behind was... by the Earth Spike...!¡±

    ¡°We agreed¡ªthat incident is off-limits!!¡± The attention-seeking boy looked as if his Achilles heel had been hit, and he immediately shouted awkwardly. After that, he said to the Machine Gunner driving the car, ¡°Brother Fei, Brother Fei! Hurry up and stop the car. For Sister Yoyo, I want to fight this Sniper one-on-one!¡±

    The people in the car were joyously making a ruckus, not paying much attention to Feng Luo. After all, most of them thought that a Sniper had zero chance of winning against six ¡°Elite yers¡± who were in energy SUVs.

    However, there was one exception!

    ¡°Qin Fei, don¡¯t stop the car! We should go directly over. It¡¯s best we don¡¯t mess with this person!¡±

    At that time, the quiet girl who had not spoken at all throughout the exchange and whose equipment was far inferior to the rest¡ªonly a Level-40 white Maniptor robe¡ªsuddenly made a remark. Although she looked calm, there was a look of shock in her eyes that she could not contain, as if she had seen some sort of weird scene.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± The Machine Gunner boy driving the vehicle was not tall, but he seemed more mature than the rest. As he heard this, the energy SUV that was already moving toward Feng Luo suddenly changed direction. He truly trusted the Maniptor girl with the verymon equipment.

    ¡°I say, Miss ss leader. You don¡¯t speak a word all throughout the journey, and when you speak, you¡¯remanding Brother Fei now?¡±

    ¡°That won¡¯t do. ¡°As the vehicle changed direction, the silver-armored showoff was clearly unhappy. Heined to the Maniptor girl inside the SUV, ¡°I already said it! I have to go and fight this Sniper one-on-one. Aren¡¯t you preventing me from keeping my word?!¡±

    ¡°Jingjing, don¡¯t tell me you used that...¡± The short-haired girl who was originally very annoyed was suddenly not mad anymore. Instead, she widened her eyes, rimmed with thick makeup, as she looked at the Maniptor girl.

    ¡°Yes!¡± The Maniptor girl nodded to her, then shook her head.

    ¡°F*ck! Count him lucky.¡± The short-haired girl¡¯s face twisted. In the end, she stomped her feet.

    The vehicle changed direction around 100 meters away from Feng Luo and brought the yellow sand away with them.

    As for Feng Luo, he was calm from the beginning until the group left and made a bend behind a sandhill that he could no longer see.

    Boom!

    In a location that was in the original path of the vehicle driving toward him, the seemingly normal desert ground suddenly copsed inward, creating a giant hole that wasrge enough to engulf an entire energy SUV. A scorpion-like brown mp could be vaguely seen inside the hole.

 Chapter 176 - Unique Talent, Genius Girl

    <h4>Chapter 176: Unique Talent, Genius Girl</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Withered Desert Region. Coordinates: 2873, 4887

    Night fell. The temperature in the desert dropped drastically. The high temperature nearing 50 degrees in the day was now less than 30 degrees.

    At night, the entire ground of the Withered Desert had an oddyer of a red glow. The red glow came from the sand scattered across the desert that looked yellow under the white sunlight in the day. At night, under the moonlight, most of them had a light red glow. The Withered Desert had another nickname. It was also called the Crimson Desert, which was because the sand possessed certain minerals that glowed red at night.

    The reason the Withered Desert became a leveling zone at night was also due to this glow. yers did not need to bring any lighting tools to continue fighting.

    Feng Luoy on arge boulder that also emitted a light-red glow and looked through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder to observe the glowing ¡°castle¡± around 800 meters away from him.

    The Withered Desert map had not been a desert before the Great Destruction. ording to the backstory, it was only because of the terrain shift over the centuries that the desert covered everything. It was also due to this that under the yellow sand, yers would asionally discover ¡°ruins.¡± After exploring them, they would gain unexpected rewards.

    However, at that time, through the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s scope, Feng Luo noticed that the huge ¡°castle¡± over 700 meters away from him was not a ruin created by homo sapiens curing the Gxy Empire era. Instead, it was arge nest created by multiple creatures smaller than humans!

    The Fire Ant nest was over 20 meters high and glowed red in the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s scope since the building material for this castle was the same special sand with the light-red glow in the desert. However, although the ¡°castle¡± glowed, the brightness was iparable to the thousand or even tens of thousands of Desert Fire Ants.

    Fire ants, which were almost 10 centimeters long and long and bullet-like in shape, had me-like translucent bodies!

    Desert Fire Ant Worker Ant (Level 30, Normal). Species Code: SMH-O0247. Estimated HP: 2,500.

    Data regarding the ant was transmitted through the Eye of the Thunder Sniping Scope. Low HP. Just 2,500 HP. Theoretically, it could not even take one hit from the Eye of the Thunder.

    However, inside this mid-sized nest, there were more than 50,000 Desert Fire Ants. Even if he were to kill one in a single shot, Feng Luo did not have that many bullets in his backpack.

    The total, 50,000, was notputed by Feng Luo. Rather, it was the number several Scout yers had obtained by using recon meters to scan the area before providing the data in the zone public channel through theirmunicators.

    At that time, in the public channel¡ªwhich covered a radius of five kilometers¡ªthere were already countless voices that made the ce extremely noisy.

    ¡°Wow! There really is a Desert Fire Ant nest!

    ¡°Amazing. This is my first time seeing one. The nest of the Desert Fire Ants is actually quite beautiful. I¡¯ll feel a bit bad about destroying it in the future!¡±

    ¡°Why haven¡¯t we started? It¡¯s getting dark. I still have a missionter.¡±

    ¡°Any youngdies who still don¡¯t have a party? A Level-48 fully equipped sword-wielding Light Armor Warrior is looking for a party! Also looking for a sugar momma!¡±

    No response.

    Feng Luo looked at the channel and saw that the number of people in the channel had was 104. That meant that the number of yers who were attracted to the free thread and also followed the directions and requirements of the thread to join thismand channel had reached over 100.

    As for the people who had the public channel activated, a yer with the ID ¡°Unparalleled Violence¡± kept speaking through the channel by using his authority.

    ¡°Everyone, please calm down,¡± he said. ¡°We will speak again when there are more people. Right now, taking the nest with our current numbers might be a little risky.¡±

    ¡°I hope that everyone stays outside the 300-meter range and avoids attacking first. The aggro of these Desert Fire Ants is triggered as soon as you kill one.¡±

    ¡°Everyone, listen to ourmander. If it¡¯s too chaotic and we get annihted, nobody wins...¡±

    ¡°Us?¡± Feng Luo ced emphasis on this word, as his expression showed he was thinking.

    ******

    Over 200 meters across from Feng Luo, behind arge sand dune, six young yers were fully equipped and were casually chatting away while holding their weapons.

    The non-mainstream young girl with the short red hair, wearing thick makeup and big silver earrings, said in disbelief, ¡°Jingjing, your talent showed you something that happened previously in that ce, which means that that Sniper really killed the Level-38 Desert Rock Lizard Commander by himself?¡±

    ¡°Whether he did it alone, I¡¯m not entirely sure,¡± the Fire Maniptor girl said. She looked very quiet and gentle, but her brows furrowed slightly as if she were trying to remember the scene she¡¯d witnessed about half an hour ago. ¡°But there¡¯s a 70 percent chance he did. You should know that although my talent lets me see the scenes of certain ces for a certain period, most of them are passive and I can¡¯t control them. Moreover, the scene I saw was a bit weird. It¡¯s hard to analyze...¡±

    To think that a Sniper¡ªconstantly running at high speed while facing the continuous fatal Earth Spike attacks of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander¡ªcould actually dodge all the attacks by a hair¡¯s breadth every single time. And even if he were running at high speed, the sniper rifle in his hands had been frighteningly stable. All the shots he fired actually hit the body of the Desert Rock Lizard Commander that was over a dozen meters away.

    Even more peculiar were the two brown and eight dark crimson beetle creatures. They seemed to have been under hismand and had initiated attack after attack against the Desert Rock Lizard Commander.

    Commanding monsters, huh? Just what kind of ability is that? she wondered. Is it a unique talent like mine? Or is it because of a mission? Perhaps even a hidden profession? But this person is also incredibly strong himself. Moreover, he seemed so calm back then. He was clearly not worried about us closing in on him at all... Yeah, I must record his data in the database. It ought to be useful to the organization...

    The Fire Maniptor had a lot of doubts, and her eyes showed that she was in deep thought. However, she consoled her friends. ¡°Although I can¡¯t confirm whether or not he killed that Desert Rock Lizard Commander by himself, I can confirm that he is an expert, at the very least. Based on my calctions, our chance of victory against him is below 30 percent!¡±

    ¡°Expert? What kind of expert? Is he better than Flowing Wind Sword River?!¡± The short-haired girl was clearly not convinced, but the moment she mentioned the name ¡°Sword Ki Long River,¡± her face became that of a fangirl.

    Flowing Wind Sword River was the ¡°face¡± and ¡°master¡± of one of thergest guilds in Storm City, the ¡°Nine Star Group.¡± He was a Light Armor Warrior with a full set of Level-50 Rare-grade equipment who was also widely recognized as a top yer in Storm City. He had a duel record of one versus over 30 in which he¡¯d emerged victorious.

    In the Storm City yer Power Ranking, which had over three million yers, he was listed as one of the Top 10 Masters of Storm City! For teenage boys and girls of that age who were yers, idolizing someone was extremelymon, especially when Flowing Wind Sword River also had the title of ¡°Storm City¡¯s Most Handsome.¡±

    ¡°There isn¡¯t a lot of information. I can¡¯t confirm whether he is stronger or weaker than Sword Ki Long River, especially since he¡¯s a Sniper. It¡¯s hard topare him to the Light Armor Warrior profession that is supposed to be strong against his profession... However, if I were topare him to Ghost Eye, I would say they aren¡¯t that far apart.¡±

    When the girl maniptor mentioned Sword Ki Long River, her face was calm. It was as if this ¡°Storm City¡¯s Most Handsome¡± superstar yer was very normal in her eyes.

    ¡°Ghost Eye?¡± The short-haired girl¡¯s eyes widened, and after that, her face revealed that she did not believe her at all. ¡°The Sniper who is ranked seventh on the Top 10 Masters list? Jingjing, you must be overestimating him!¡±

    ¡°How is that possible? If he were someone with that kind of strength, he would have gotten famous since a long time ago, wouldn¡¯t he? But I¡¯ve never seen his face before.¡±

    ¡°Perhaps he isn¡¯t a yer from Storm City. Or perhaps, he¡¯s that kind of low-profile yer who doesn¡¯t like to be famous!¡±

    ¡°And Yoyo, don¡¯t think that those ¡®Top 10 Masters¡¯ are really the best yers. These people are certainly strong, but most of them are perked up by the huge resources their guilds pour on them. In truth, they ought to be called the ¡®Top 10 Most Popr Masters!¡¯¡±

    ¡°Storm City has around 15.634 million yers right now, and the number of hidden Masters within it is not low,¡± the Maniptor girl said confidently. ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve analyzed it before. There¡¯s a 0.00054 percent chance that there should be at least over 70 hidden yers with the ability of a Top 10 Master.¡±

    ¡°Gosh! Little Yu Jing, nicknamed the human terminal¡ªcan you refrain from always speaking in decimal points and percentages?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, don¡¯t you always brag that your IQ score was over 300?¡±

    ¡°So why didn¡¯t you give me any reminder when I was tricked just now?¡± the short-haired girl said upon hearing that her ¡°enemy¡± was actually assessed to be a Master. Her expression showed that she was disappointed. She noted her friend¡¯s mistake and said, ¡°That was also very weird. How did he know that the maximum price that you guys discussed was 60,000 credits?¡±

    ¡°Five percent chance that it¡¯s a coincidence. 17 percent that his threshold was the same as yours. 72 percent that he used a skill to detect the content of your discussion...¡± The Maniptor girl frowned. Clearly, she was also confused.

    ¡°There... There... you¡¯re doing it again!¡±

    ¡°Ah! Hurry up and check themunication channel. The mission is starting!¡±

    The short-haired girl showed an annoyed expression. Upon hearing something from the public channel, she quickly changed the subject.

    However, if Feng Luo were to hear the words of the Maniptor girl, he would definitely have been quite shocked. Initially, in his eyes, they were just a group of adolescents, yet among this young and dumb group of six was hidden a genius with incredibly high IQ. At the very least, her assessment of how Feng Luo had determined their threshold for the item¡ªstating that it was because Feng Luo possessed a skill to detect the content of their discussion¡ªwas very close to the truth.

    Although, no matter how smart she was, there was no way she could have guessed that it was a natural skill and talent that he had himself: lip reading.

    The only issue was¡ªover 300 IQ? Wasn¡¯t that Lin¡¯s trademark?

 Chapter 177 - Top 10 Masters?

    Chapter 177: Top 10 Masters?

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Hello, everyone. I believe everyone came here after reading the post. First, I would like to thank everyone foring to help. Our number is close right now. Soon, we¡¯ll start attacking this ant nest.¡±

    In the public channel, the person who had started the channel finally started speaking.

    ¡°This Fire Ant nest is a mid-sized nest. There are over 50,000 Desert Fire Ants inside. Since everyone came here, I believe everyone knows the difficulty of fighting a Desert Fire Ant nest like this, so I hope that everyone will follow themandster and work with each other.¡±

    ¡°Of course. It¡¯s not mymand.¡±

    ¡°Tomand elite yers like you, an unknown pawn like me is not qualified, but I¡¯m sure there¡¯s a person I know who everyone knows...¡±

    Feng Luoy on the boulder where he had set up the Eye of the Thunder and listened to the yer called Unparalleled Violence who used his authority to speak through the channel. Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were looking at 24K¡¯s stats interface as ity beside him, because a system notification had just appeared in front of his eyes.

    Your pet¡¯s evolution isplete. HP +500. Maximum Psionic Energy +350. Psionic Energy Recovery Rate +20%. Maximum Beetle Egg Storage: +10. Daily Egg Production Speed: +1.

    Your pet learned a new skill: Psionic Energy Shield!

    Finally finished evolving!

    Upon learning this, Feng Luo felt a burden lifted off his shoulder. Truth be told, he thought that 24K¡¯s ¡°Devour¡± talent¡ªwhich required it to eat core crystals¡ªwas a headache. Over the past few days, even after he¡¯d fed 24K several Commander-grade core crystals, there had been no change.

    This time, he¡¯d identally came across a ¡°Psionics Crystal¡± and had finally met the ¡°Evolution¡± prerequisites. In regards to the result of the evolution, he was both expectant and worried. Fortunately, the result was quite satisfactory. The HP, Maximum Psionic Energy, and even the stat that was hardest to obtain, the Egg Production Speed, had increased by one.

    24K¡¯s title of ¡°War¡¯s First Pet¡± was now probably even more consolidated!

    However, what interested Feng Luo most was the newly acquired ¡°Psionic Energy Shield¡± skill.

    Psionic Energy Shield

    Consumes a certain amount of psionic energy (Basic 20 points) and creates an energy shield surrounding the bodies of the beetles or king beetles connected through the mental link. The strength of the shield depends on the amount of psionic energy consumed.

    Good skill!

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes lit up. At a nce, he saw the best use for the skill. Although this ¡°Psionic Energy Shield¡± could not be used on him and did not really increase his strength, it was extremely useful in increasing thebat strength of his Beetle Squad. Especially the Suicide Bombeetle or the ded Beetles that had high attacks but weak constitutions.

    A Psionic Energy Shield could also have great protection effects. It was important to remember that although a group of beetles looked strong, in truth, the weakness of each type of beetle was very obvious. For example, there was the low HP and low defense of the ded Beetle, and its fear of area-of-effect skills. The slow movement speed of the Spray Beetles made it difficult for them to dodge skills. And the slow flying speed of the Suicide Bombeetle and the loud noises produced by the buzzing wings made it a clear target that could be easily taken out while in the sky...

    Previously, when facing the Desert Rock Lizard Commander, the only reason Feng Luo had won was that luck had been on his side. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the Desert Rock Lizard Commander had only one long-range attack, the Earth Spike¡ªor if it had possessed a long-range air attack¡ªit could have destroyed the two Suicide Bombeetles from afar.

    And if it had possessed any close-range area-of-effect skills, the ded Beetle with high attacks but low defense and HP would not have been able to get close, since one area-of-effect skill would have been able to instantly destroy all the ded Beetles. Also, if its greatest weapon, its tongue, hadn¡¯t been blown in two because it had eaten the wrong thing, the eight ded Beetles could have been pulled straight into its mouth and been reduced to crushed bugs after getting too close to it...

    But with the Psionic Energy Shield... At appropriate times, it would be extremely useful.

    ******

    ¡°Next, let¡¯s wee the Level-50 Machine Gunner, Crimson Gun me, tomand everyone and brief everyone about the uing n!¡±

    At that time, the yer called Unparalleled Violence speaking in the public channel had finally finished all his gibberish. Next, the main speaking authority was switched to another person.

    The moment Unparalleled Violence finished talking, the public channel suddenly became flooded with voices again.

    ¡°Crimson Gun me. Is it the Crimson Gun me who was once on the Top 10 Masters list?¡±

    ¡°Although it has been two months since he¡¯s been evaluated as one of the Top 10 Masters, his votes still rank among the top 20, and his strength is definitely at the top-10 level!¡±

    ¡°My idol! He¡¯s actually at Level 50 already!¡±

    ¡°Where is he?¡±

    ¡°Top 10 Master?¡±

    ¡°The yers in Storm City are really unlike the yers from rural areas like Silvermoon City,¡± Feng Luo said with an amused expression. He was surprised by the sudden ruckus on the public channel. After hearing what the yers said, he understood that this person was probably a ¡°star yer¡± in Storm City.

    Silvermoon City was a small city, and it did not have many yers. The only yer who was truly popr among all themon yers was Roaring Dragon Invincible. And in Silvermoon City, there wasn¡¯t really an atmosphere where people chased after masters. Everyone seemed to prefer ying in their own style. Feng Luo would never have imagined that the yers in Storm City would be so passionate about superstar yers, to the extent where there was even a Top 10 Masters list!

    ¡°Hello, everyone!¡± said a voice. ¡°I believe that most of you have probably heard of me. It is a coincidence that I was here working on a mission tonight and was spotted by Captain Unparallelled Violence before he brought me over to be the temporarymander! I hope that everyone gives me face and is not overly self-centered after the fight starts. After all, everyone¡¯s objective is to destroy this Fire Ant nest!¡±

    ¡°Master Crimson, if it¡¯s you, we¡¯ll definitely give face!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, idol!¡±

    On the public channel, some people immediately gave positive replies. However, although their IDs were hidden (yers could choose to not disy their IDs on public channels, and their names would be reced with numbers based on their entry into the channel), upon closer inspection, it wasn¡¯t hard to find out that the people who went along with him only numbered in the tens. After all, not everyone was an idol-chaser. Some were even disgusted with this sort of ¡°superstar yer.¡±

    The reason? Everyone naturally knew.

    ¡°All right, then I¡¯ll start the n now. Scouts, please scout the surrounding carefully to check if there are any hidden monsters around!¡±

    From Crimson Gun me¡¯s voice, there was a tinge of pride in his poprity. Then he started giving instructions.

    ¡°Doctors, please buff your teammates! Maniptors, please take out your staffs and wait for mymand before we cast area-of-effect skills! Machine Gunners¡ª¡±

    As he spoke, there was a gunshot. On top of the Desert Fire Ant nest, something was knocked off by a bullet, and a Desert Fire Ant was killed straight away!

    Boom!

    After that, like a rock thrown into ake, the entire Desert Fire Ant nest became chaotic. A huge number of ants the size of sniper rifle bullets came crawling out of the nest.

    ¡°What was that? Who fired that shot?¡± In the public channel, Crimson Gun me¡¯s voice sounded exasperated.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, it misfired!¡± replied a yer with a hidden ID who sounded a bitzy. It sounded as if he had intentionally changed his voice.

    ¡°Misfire?¡±

    ¡°No f*cking way the guns in a game would ever misfire!¡±

    Instantly, yers defending Crimson Gun me began to shout and curse through themunication channel.

    ¡°Stop bickering.¡±

    ¡°The Desert Fire Ants have awoken, and they are moving toward us. Hurry up and prepare for battle, stop messing around! You think we can¡¯t fight just because we have nomand?¡±

    Some yers who had been silent the whole time began shouting.

    ¡°Tsk-tsk. As expected. Superstars aren¡¯t always popr. Everyone¡¯s ying a game. How many would be willing to follow orders...?¡±

    Around the outermost periphery of the group of yers, lying behind the propped-up Eye of the Thunder equipped with a magazine that contained normal armor-piercing bullets used for leveling, Feng Luo shook his head. After that, he used the sniping scope and zoomed in to start looking for his sniping target.

    Feng Luo was not the one who had fired the shot. He did not know this Crimson Gun me, so he would definitely notmit such a ¡°public-pleasing¡± stunt.

    However, thanks to the stunt of that Sniper, the entire Desert Fire Ant group was awake, and everyone could only begin to attack. Fireballs, Wind de, Bullets, and even Meteor Rain and other ultimate skills flew toward the Fire Ant nest. The tactics andmands that they had previously discussed all turned to smoke in an instant.

    One could imagine just how bad Crimson Gun me looked at that moment. Superstar yers did not have it as easy as one might have imagined.

 Chapter 178 - Desert Fire Ant Commander

    Chapter 178: Desert Fire Ant Commander

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Bang!

    ?2644

    A normal armor-piercing bullet shot out of the Eye of the Thunder muzzle and flew across approximately 700 meters before hitting the Desert Fire Ants that were also ¡°flying¡± in the air.

    The reason the ants were said to be ¡°flying in the air¡± was that in the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s sights, in the entire night sky, countless red, bullet-like things looked like they were flying.

    Desert Fire Ants¡ªalso called Desert Bullet Ants! The bullet ant nickname was not like the insect on Earth with the same name where its name came from the fact that after being bitten by the creature, the pain was like being hit with a bullet. Plus, the body of the fire ant was long and slender like the bullet of a sniper rifle, and when it jumped, it moved extremely quickly, just like a bullet. The great force generated by its impact was just like a bullet!

    At that time, within Feng Luo¡¯s sights, half the zoomed-in sniping scope was upied by red ¡°bullets¡± that kept jumping around while the other half was upied by the Desert Fire Ant¡¯s nest.

    Within the 20-meter-tall, mid-sized nest that looked like a hollow castle in the desert, countless Desert Fire Ants kept ¡°firing¡± in the direction of the sand and the yers surrounding the nest. Beneath the night sky, the scene resembledser particle beams being fired from abat fortress in science fiction movies. It was exceedingly beautiful.

    However, as beautiful as it was, none of the yers were in the mood to admire the beauty.

    The Desert Fire Ants were only Level-30 monsters, with Worker Ants making up over 90 percent of the entire ant poption and extremely low attacks. They could only rely on the impact umted through charging, which dealt less than 400 damage against the yers. Although the damage was low, their quantity could make up for that. The entire nest wasprised of more than 50,000 Desert Fire Ants. To distribute their numbers to the 150 yers at the scene, one person would have to deal with 300 ants on average.

    Moreover, apart from the Level-30 Worker Ants in the Desert Fire Ant group, there were also Level-33 Soldier Ants, Level-35 Male Ants, and Level-37 Female Ants that had much higherbat strength!

    And also, the Desert Fire Ant Commander was over Level 38!

    Any monster that reached the Commander grade would have a fundamentally different power. There was no need to even mention that in a Desert Fire Ant nest of this level, there would normally be more than just one or two Commander-grade monsters!

    Bang!

    ?1433

    ?4634

    The Eye of the Thunder in Feng Luo¡¯s hands rang out again. This time, it triggered the normal armor-piercing bullet that triggered the rare characteristic of the Eye of the Thunder flew less than 200 meters before hitting the body of arge fire ant of around one meter with a football-sized head, creating a surge of bluish-white electricity.

    Killed Desert Fire Ant Soldier Ant (Level 33, Normal). Obtained Experience: 66.

    The Desert Soldier Ants that were around half the size of a person were only Level 33, but they had incredibly high HP. Without the ¡°electricity¡± effect being triggered, the Eye of the Thunder loaded with normal armor-piercing bullets would not have been able to kill them in one shot. Moreover, their eye-catching mandibles also had strong attacks¡ªeven a Heavy Armor Warrior would lose close to 1,000 HP when clipped by them!

    However, after killing this Soldier Ant, Feng Luo stopped firing randomly. Instead, he switched to the double armor-piercing round magazine before aiming through the Eye of the Thunder scope to search for his true target amid the sky filled with energy attacks, skills, and bullets.

    His target was not the normal Worker Ants and Soldier Ants but the Female Ant that dropped the rare material: Desert Fire Ant Egg!

    The number of Female Ants in a Desert Fire Ant nest of this scale was not high. Normally, there would be around 50 to 100 of them. Moreover, not every Female Ant would drop the Fire Ant Egg. This was also why the Desert Fire Ant Egg was considered a rare material. Which was why Feng Luo was prepared toplete the mission before doing anything else.

    Feng Luo raised the Eye of the Thunder rifle and painstakingly tried to identify and differentiate it in the sky filled with bright and colorful skills, energy, and bullet attacks.

    After a dozen or so seconds, he found a Female Fire Ant that was not that much smaller than the Soldier Ant flying in the air with light red wings.

    ¡°Ah, found one!¡±

    Bang!

    Feng Luo immediately fired. However, coincidentally, just as Feng Luo¡¯s finger pressed on the Eye of the Thunder trigger, the Female Ant was hit by stray bullets from a series of assault rifle shots that flew across it. It then fell straight down through the air while scattering a series of battle trophies bathed in a light glow.

    The double armor-piercing round was several seconds slower as it flew through the air.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    Feng Luo was depressed.

    It was important to note that items dropped from monsters killed by yers had a period of protection. If Feng Luo wanted to steal the loot, he would have to deal proportionate damage to the monster before the yer killed it. Clearly, even if Feng Luo had Gatherer Beetles, the items dropped by the Desert Female Fire Ant were inessible to him.

    I can only switch to another one!

    Feng Luo gathered his thoughts and immediately switched his sights. However, at that time, he noticed that several yers¡¯ attacks suddenly focused on one direction.

    Hmm? Did a Commander-grade monster appear?

    Feng Luo moved the sniping scope curiously. As predicted, in the sky around 300 meters away from his position, a giant red ant was encapsted in a transparent Fire Energy Shield. It had a pair of translucent wings like flowing mes.

    A Female Ant?

    It was certainly a Female Ant. The only thing was that it was not just any Female Ant!

    Desert Fire Ant, Female Ant (Level 39, Commander). Species Code: SMH-00251. Estimated HP: 35,000!

    A Commander-grade Fire Ant!

    At that moment, many skills and attacks flew toward the Female Ant Commander. After all, it was a Commander-grade monster. Killing it would ensure some decent items; even if one did not deal too much damage, as long as one reached a ratio where one was eligible to pick up items, it would be enough. So, the yers had to create the conditions where they could pick up items after the battle.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo also followed the trend and shot through his Eye of the Thunder rifle. Luckily, he triggered the rare effect once again.

    However, when the double armor-piercing round covered in crackling electricity hit the energy shield of the Desert Fire Ant Commander, it only became bluish-white electricity that spread chaotically around the energy shield. There was no effect.

    For a Level-39 Commander monster, 35,000 HP was not that high. But if one were to take into ount the energy shield that surrounded its body, then the total HP would have been over 80,000. After all, Maniptor professions and monsters were always shameless enough to block everything with their energy shields. Apart from that, monsters that possessed this type of fire energy shield usually had powerful attack skills!

    Zhi!

    Powerful me energy condensed in front of the mandibles of the Female Desert Fire Ant Commander flying in the air. After a good five to six seconds, the ball of me started to whiten, which meant that it was a giant, super high-temperature fireball. It shot it in a certain direction.

    Boom!

    The white fireball flew across over 200 meters like a cannonball shot from a chamber and hit a sand dune. As itnded, it exploded before dispersing into a sea of fire. The surrounding sand on the ground was blown seven or eight meters into the air before falling heavily back to the ground!

    ?3533

    ?4533

    ?3764

    ******

    Five white shes came from the sea of fire. By the time the sand returned to the ground, only one Heavy Armor Warrior was left in that ce. He grabbed his shield that was roasted ck and used the skill, Charge, to escape in a fluster.

    However, as the Female Ant Commander spat out this Fireball, which was clearly a skill, the energy shield covering its body almost disappeared. After all, Feng Luo was not the only person doing the attacking.

    In those few seconds, the Female Ant flew in the air and cast its skill. This time, over a dozen yers focused their attacks and continuously attacked it.

    Even if it dodged many attacks as was constantly flying around¡ªwith many Worker Ants helping to block a lot of the damage in the air¡ªaround half of the attacks still hit it. Defense was not its strength, and naturally, the Fire Energy shield could not withstand too much damage. By then, its color was already very dim. It looked as if it would disappear at any moment.

    Bang!

    The moment the energy shield was about to disappear, Feng Luo fired a double armor-piercing round just a bit early!

    ?390

    ?3145

    The first explosion of the double armor-piercing round, rotating at high speed, pierced straight through the extremely thin and weak energy shield, and the second damage struck the abdomen of the Female Ant Commander.

    First damage that grants contribution! Got it!

    But what Feng Luo did hadn¡¯t thought about was that the moment his attacknded, the Female Ant Commander¡¯s head immediately turned toward him.

    It expanded its mandibles. Fire energy flowed out as another white fireball was prepared.

 Chapter 179 - A Shot of Luck and Strength

    <h4>Chapter 179: A Shot of Luck and Strength</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°What?¡±

    Danger loomed in an instant!

    Feng Luo seized the opportunity and obtained the first damage, but, in the end, the aggro of the Female Ant Commander was locked onto him.

    Even as the Fireballs, Wind des, bullets, and skills hit its body, the Female Ant Commander in the air was not distracted. It flew straight at Feng Luo as the Fire Energy inside its mandibles continued to rise.

    ¡°Sh*t!¡± Feng Luo had a grim expression.

    This Female Ant¡¯s Fireball, which is like an ultimate skill¡ªit can actually continuously cast it? What should I do now? Hide? It¡¯s not that easy to hide!

    That was because Feng Luo had just noticed that not only did the white Fireball that the Female Ant had shot earlier flew exceptionally quickly but could also change directions, to a certain degree, after it was shot.

    Moreover, after it hit the ground, the ssh damage spread across a range of around 10 meters. This meant that even if he were to cast Quick Sneak, it would not be easy to escape from the damage range. Also, it wasn¡¯t time to run right now; it should be after the Fireball was released. Then Feng Luo would predict the path and try to dodge it.

    Feng Luo aimed at the Female Ant Commander preparing its skill in the sky through the scope as he thought, Is there no other way?

    Although it took a long time to describe everything, in reality, only around two to three seconds passed. At that time, within Feng Luo¡¯s sights through the Eye of the Thunder scope, the white Fireball in the Female Ant Commander¡¯s mouth was quickly forming. In around two seconds, the destructive Fireball that was capable of instantly killing all the low-HP professions after the Heavy Armor Warrior was about to fall upon him.

    Feng Luo looked at the Desert Fire Ant Female Ant Commander flying toward him with its mandibles open while preparing the Fireball energy skill while surrounded by the bullets and skills hurling towards it...

    ¡°Wait... This situation...¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly felt a sense of deja vu, as he could vaguely remember seeing the scene in front of him before.

    Town of Exiles!

    In that instant, Feng Luo suddenly thought back to the Town of Exiles, where the Level-45 Steel Beetle Boss had been controlled by the rebel army. That was when the Boss had spat the ¡°Energy Cannon¡± at him because Feng Luo had umted the aggro. Although one was in the sky while the other was on the ground¡ªand one was a Fireball while the other was an Energy Cannon¡ªboth were the spitting image of the other!

    And that time, the reason he hadn¡¯t gotten wiped out was that...

    At that time, the energy Fireball in the Female Ant Commander¡¯s mandibles was in thest stage ofpletion. The surge of energy was so hot that it appeared as if the air around its mandibles was being bent.

    24K, who sat on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, seemed to have also sensed looming death. Its six ws tightly clenched Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform. Its pea-like eyes were full of fear.

    Bang!

    Before the white energy Fireball in the Female Ant Commander¡¯s mandibles reached its peak, Feng Luo¡¯s Eye of the Thunder rang out. When Feng Luo fired the shot, he seemed very calm. The Eye of the Thunder in his arms did not shake in the slightest.

    At that moment, the Female Ant Commander was around 250 meters away from Feng Luo¡¯s position. To be precise, based on the Eye of the Thunder¡¯sputing function, the distance it disyed was 253.42 meters!

    This distance did not seem far in the sniper¡¯s scope, which magnified the scene before him by five times. However, if one were to look at it with the naked eye, the glowing red Female Ant Commander would have only seemed like a ball around the size of a person¡¯s thumb.

    Moreover, in his sights, there were shes of skills, bullets flying everywhere, as well as countless red-colored Worker Ants zipping about to disrupt the attacks. As such, for a normal Sniper, scoring a hit on the Female Ant Commander would have been enough to bring joy!

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s aim was not simply to hit the Female Ant Commander! Instead, it was...

    Bang!

    The double armor-piercing round rotating at high speed drew a path that the naked eye could not see in the sky, crossed a gap of over 200 meters behind by the various Desert Fire Ants dancing in the air, and pierced through the mouth of the Female Ant Commander that was still preparing the energy Fireball.

    After around one second¡ª!

    Boom!

    A huge explosion sounded as the entire head of the Level-39 Female Ant Commander flying through the air was engulfed in a cloud of white mes.

    ?3244

    Yellow weak-point damage was caused by the double armor-piercing round!

    ?8877

    The second number was the ¡°reflected¡± damage caused by the Fireball skill¡¯s explosion. The two damage numbers appeared one after the other. A high damage output of around 13,000 directly took out one-third of the Desert Fire Ant Commander¡¯s HP. And this was all of its remaining HP!

    It was clear that this Female Fire Ant Commander had been seeking death. To continue to fly in the air so far out in the open. What yer around it would not pass up such an opportunity?

    Even if it was a Commander-grade monster, it couldn¡¯t withstand the concentrated attacks of over a dozen yers for long. And while it was preparing the Fireball to use against Feng Luo, the Female Ant Commander had lost around half its HP to the other yers.

    In the end, it lost control of the energy Fireball, and it was countered by the huge explosion that pushed it to the abyss.

    Killed Desert Fire Ant Female Ant (Level 39, Commander). Contribution: 28.8%. Obtained Experience: 1089!

    By the time the system notification appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s sight, he had already picked up the Eye of the Thunder and cast Quick Sneak and was in the process of running like crazy toward the back of a sand dune.

    Upon seeing the system notification, he stopped his footsteps as his eyes rxed, feeling that he had lucked out again. The reason why he¡¯d fired at the Female Ant Commander¡¯s mouth was that he had remembered a simr scene from before.

    During the Defense Mission in the Town of Exiles, the Level-45 Steel Beetle Boss that had been preparing its Energy Cannon to fire at Feng Luo had been hit by the Electromaic Cannon prepared by the guardsing in for anding from the sky. Their shot had ignited and caused the Energy Cannon to explode prematurely, sting it into a stunned and confused state.

    As such, just now, in a moment that could have definitely been regarded as a crisis, he¡¯d thought of recreating the previous scene, which was why he¡¯d fired a double armor-piercing round at the Female Ant Commander¡¯s mouth when it was preparing the Fireball.

    However, as the bullet had exited the chamber, he¡¯d remembered that the method was not a guaranteed sess. That was because the reason the Steel Beetle Boss¡¯s Energy Cannon had exploded was that the powerful sma mass after the electromaic cannon exploded made the Energy Cannon destabilize before exploding!

    But the power of the shot was definitely far inferior to the guard team¡¯s electromaic cannon. Moreover, it did not even trigger the electricity effect of the Eye of the Thunder. The chances of detonating the Female Ant Commander¡¯s Fireball had probably been lower than 10 percent!

    Which was why Feng Luo had immediately started running.

    But, clearly, today was his lucky day.

    Not only did Feng Luo spot a treasure and acquire the psionics crystal and solo-killed a Commander-grade monster that dropped a rare chip and ring, but this improbable shot had actually detonated the Fireball in the Female Ant Commander¡¯s mouth!

    What Feng Luo did not know was just how lucky this shot really had been.

    The force generated by the first explosion of the double armor-piercing round had actually been insufficient. It had only created some dissonance in the energy Fireball at the crucial moment. However, the alloy core produced by the second explosion that dealt higher damage had coincidentally hit the mouth of the Female Ant Commander¡ªthe spot crucial to condensing the fire energy.

    The ¡°vital organ¡± had been injured, and the Female Ant Commander had failed to control the fluctuation of the energy Fireball at that crucial moment, which was why the explosion of the Fireball had been dyed for a bit.

    Otherwise, to rely on a fairlymon D-grade bullet to disrupt the key skill of a Commander-grade monster would have normally been impossible!

    However, to simply attribute it to Feng Luo¡¯s luck would have also been rather unfair. After all, in a situation like that, normal yers would have lost their cool and would have been scattering to hide. Where would they have found the courage to face the monster and shoot rather than quickly trying to find a ce to hide?

    Moreover, the whole incident had taken only a few seconds. Even if an average Sniper had been to take a hurried shot, how likely would the Sniper have been to hit the mouth of the Desert Fire Ant that was less than 10 centimeters wide amid a sky filled with disruptions? So, in fact, the shot was the result of abination of luck and skill!

    If it hadn¡¯t been for the skills and techniques that Feng Luo possessed, where would the ¡°luck¡± havee from that had helped kill the two Commander-grade monsters today?

 Chapter 180 - Huh? Whereâ€™s the Equipment?

    <h4>Chapter 180: Huh? Where¡¯s the Equipment?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Peng!

    In the air, the Desert Fire Ant Commander, cleared of its HP, fell hard into the sand below, sending reddish-yellow sand particles flying several meters high.

    After itsnding, scattered around its corpse were Energy Crystals of various colors, a pair of Warrior gloves, and seven to eight red-tinged, semi-transparent ant eggs the size of half a fist.

    ¡°Desert Fire Ant eggs!¡±

    Standing on the sand dunes and raising the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo recognized with a single nce that this was thest of the six rare items to be found on his mission assigned by Lin. Furthermore, the bigger the Desert Ant eggs, the higher their Grade. The Fire Ant eggs obtained from the female ants of this Commander and the items obtained from the Desert Rock Lizard Commander before were both of Perfect Grade.

    However, the point where the female Ant Commander had fallen was more than 200 meters away from his location. Also, the army of Desert Fire Antsprised of Level-30 Desert Worker Ants and Level-33 Desert Soldier Ants¡ªwas already making its way to the Commander¡¯s location at that moment, advancing toward yers located all over the battlefield. Therefore, even if the surrounding yers had noticed the items from the Commander-grade female ant, they were temporarily unable to go for them.

    Presently, despite the ground gleaming with lustrously glowing items and crystals, and even a few pieces of equipment, no yer dared to enter the center of the battlefield. This was because of the countless Worker Ants swarming in the air and the simrly countless Soldier Ants clustered on thend, turning the whole ce into a death zone. Charging straight in, even for a Heavy Armor Warrior with a shield in hand, would not guarantee finding a way out in one piece!

    Nheless, it did not mean that the items out of reach for the other yers would be simrly out of reach for Feng Luo!

    A mysterious smile appeared on Feng Luo¡¯s face. He delivered amand via mental link to 24K lying on its belly on his shoulder. As 24K rolled its little eyes, a spot in the sand about 20 meters away from them suddenly trembled slightly.

    ******

    ¡°Leader, stop cking off!¡±

    ¡°I told you to change to better equipment, but you refuse. You¡¯re a Fire Maniptor, yet your output can¡¯t even match up to a Light Armor Warrior like me!¡±

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    ?2655

    The mboyant young man in a silver armor unleashed a Level-15 Warrior skill, ¡°Heavy sh.¡± His silver Level-45 Superior Sword formed an arc of silver light as it sliced a Level-30 Fire Worker Ant that had fallen beside him clean in two.

    ¡°No rush. I¡¯ll see once I¡¯ve tried other specializations. I¡¯ve not yet decided which specialization is best!¡±

    Behind him, the young Fire Maniptor girl waved her Level-40 Normal Staff, producing a seemingly harmless elementary Fireball less than the size of a fist.

    ¡°So, you¡¯re going to do a mission transfer and change to another specialization every half a month?¡±

    ¡°Please, leader, if you do it like that, all your skill sses would be at the basic level, and you¡¯ll be wasting this role!¡±

    A look ofplete defeat appeared on the mboyant, silver-armored young man¡¯s face.

    ¡°Look at Brother Fei. Half his skillpetency level has already reached Expert level. This level of skill, I presume, is not inferior to that Crimson Gun me. This must be the right gaming attitude!¡±

    Rendered nearly speechless, the mboyant young man could only point to the young Machine Gunner in front of them, protected on two sides by a Heavy Armor Warrior and a Doctor, firing a machine gun at the horde of Desert Fire Ants charging toward them.

    ¡°Qin Fei¡¯s skill level is about 32 percent stronger than yours, but considering the same level of equipment, his skill level is, at most, only 63 percent of Crimson Gun me. As I see it, your skill level should only be about 48 percent of Crimson Gun me. If we really were to fight him, even three people might not be enough to defeat him.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s obvious. Skill ss is not the main determining factor ofbat power!¡±

    The young Fire Maniptor girl shot the small fireball in her hand toward a Desert Fire Ant in the distance, causing less than 500 points of damage.

    ¡°Gosh...¡± The mboyant, silver-armored young man was speechless.

    The six young men and women were about 200 meters from Feng Luo. Since the team had a better spread of specializations, despite being closer to the front, they could still more easily finish off the rapidly advancing Desert Fire Ants.

    ¡°What a shame. The items from that Commander Grade female ant can¡¯t be picked up now. Once these Desert Fire Ants are finished, who knows if we¡¯ll still be able to snatch up the items. There are so many people with the right to pick them up who went for them just now!¡±

    The entric girl with smoky makeup andrge, circr earrings raised an assault rifle, aimed it at a vicious Soldier Ant 50 meters from her and pulled the trigger.

    Ping, ping, ping...

    Hit by a stream of bullets, the ferocious Level-33 Soldier Ant with its gigantic jaws wide open was reduced to pulp.

    ¡°Why not let me Charge straight in? My Charge Skill is already at the Expert level. A round trip would only take 10 seconds.¡±

    The mboyant, silver-armored young man eyed the female Commander Ant about 500 meters in front of them. Seven to eight Desert Fire Ant eggs surrounded it. He gazed at the pair of gloves that was obviously a Warrior-ss piece of equipment. His eyes were yearning for the items.

    The short-haired girl shook her head. ¡°Forget it. The density of monsters there is far worse than here. Plus, there is no Doctor here to heal you. Risking losing one whole level for a few items and some equipment of unknown Grade would not be worth it.¡±

    ¡°F*ck!¡± the mboyant, silver-armored young man shouted all of a sudden. ¡°Damn it!¡±

    ¡°Zhao Hao, you rascal! Who are you scolding?¡± Hearing him, the short-haired girl raised an eyebrow, enraged.

    ¡°No!¡± the mboyant silver-armored young man yelled, hurriedly exining himself. ¡°Sister Yo¡¯yo, what are you angry at? I wasn¡¯t scolding you!¡±

    ¡°Rubbish! I heard it!¡± The short-haired girl with her eyebrows raised was unforgiving.

    ¡°No, no, really! Hey, you guys, look over there!¡± Unable to exin himself at the moment, the mboyant young man raised a hand and pointed toward the position of the female Commander Ant instead.

    ¡°Huh?¡± The short-haired girl was bbergasted. There was a look of shock in her eyes. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Are my eyes ying tricks on me? How is the female Commander Ant gone...?¡±

    The area was nowpletely empty. Where was the female Commander Ant? Or any of those items, crystals, and pieces of equipment?

    Both of them were dumbfounded.

    Just then, all of a sudden, the young Fire Maniptor girl had a different image reflected in her eyes.

    The Fire Ants in the sky were soaring, and the Soldier Ants on the ground marching. However! Out of the blue, the sand beneath the area where the female Commander Ant had fallen and spawned the items sank and formed arge hole. After which, the corpse of the female Commander Ant, the Warrior gloves, all the Fire Ant eggs, and the heap of energy crystals fell straight in!

    In the blurry mess, a scorpion-like w shed by.

    ******

    In another direction, a whole 500 meters from Feng Luo¡¯s position was an elite team of more than 20 yers with aplete spread of specializations and with seemingly fantastic equipment. These yers were also facing off against the charging Desert Fire Ant army.

    Meteor Rain, Tornado, Landslide, Spiral Wind de... With each attack unleashed at full power, the Desert Fire Ants charging toward them had no chance to advance.

    Even though it looked as if it was a vicious fight in this direction, at least 10 people were actually cking off. Most of them were moving as slowly as snails, and there were even two yers snuggled up at the back of the team, chatting away.

    ¡°Hey, Fatty, where did Crimson Gun me go?¡± asked the slimmer of the two elite yers¡ªboth of whom were above Level 45.

    ¡°Cooling off over there. He was angered by those yers who didn¡¯t buy from him yet purposely caused a nuisance!¡± The other chubby Heavy Armor Warriorughed.

    ¡°Serves him right. He was really thinking he had be a ¡®star.¡¯ Always so arrogant.¡± The Gunner licked his lips, a mocking look on his face.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior had a look of doubt. ¡°But I still don¡¯t really understand. Why would the boss make us pretend not to know him? And yet ask the leader to give upmand to him?¡±

    ¡°You really don¡¯t understand?¡± the Gunner said, suddenly lowering his voice. ¡°I tell you, our mission today requires so many yers. If this matter were leaked out, if he, as a star character, was really revealed to be in it with us, his poprity would definitely plummet. No need to achieve a ¡®Top 10 Master¡¯ position¡ªhe might even be forced to strip away his rank.¡±

    ¡°What star yer? He¡¯s just better-looking, that¡¯s all. He might not defeat me in a real fight!¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior roared, raising the alloy shield in his hand and picking up a pile of sand.

    ¡°Hey, you rascal. Lost your pride? With what you have, you¡¯d only need 10 seconds at most before you were gone if you really were to fight with Crimson Gun me! I¡¯d even believe it if you said that the leader could defeat him.¡± The Funner looked to his side at a Light Armor Warrior fully d in Rare equipment, staring intently at the battlefield. ¡°Hey, the leader¡¯s ability is definitely ranked among the real Top 10 Masters.¡±

    The fat one was a little dissatisfied. ¡°But with the leader already, why would the boss still want to let Crimson Gun me join this mission and even let the leader give up hismand?¡±

    The Gunner rolled his eyes, disdainful. ¡°Hey, how could your dim mind guess what the boss was thinking? Crimson Gun me¡ªthis rascal made famous by the boss¡ªreally thinks he can now call the shots, even bing disrespectful and disobedient in front of the boss. So the boss let him join this mission, to expose him straight away if he still dares to do anything funny!¡±

    ¡°Oh, so it¡¯s like that. I understand now¡ª¡±

    At that moment, two Light Armor Warriors d in ck Rare equipment beside them suddenly turned, loudly reprimanding the two chattering yers. ¡°Are you two done with your discussions? It¡¯s almost time. Better start doing work!¡±

    ¡°Yes, yes.¡±

    ¡°Leader Unparalleled!¡±

    The two yers, flustered, hurriedly shed smiles at the Light Armor Warriors before quickly running off in the direction of the Desert Fire Ant nest.

    ¡°Star yer!¡±

    Unparalleled Violence¡¯s eyes were locked on Crimson Gun me in the distance, who was firing a stream of bullets at the Fire Ant nest with a Destructive Thundersnake six-barreled gun and a grave expression on his face.

    The side of his mouth crept into a smile, and a look of pity shed across his face.

    ******

    ¡°Hurry, hurry! Fire the stuff over!¡±

    With the Heavy Armor Warrior providing cover above them, the two ran to a sand dune near the Desert Fire Ant nest.

    ¡°How brilliant! A Boss-grade Crystal Core... What a shame it¡¯s a mission item. If not, it could easily fetch a few million credits, couldn¡¯t it?¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior fished out from his bag a ming Crystal Core the size of a fist.

    ¡°Stop talking and hurry up¡ªif we miss it, the leader will go crazy again!¡± the Gunner said, trying to rush him as he held up a rocket-like device on his shoulder.

    Poof!

    Seconds after the soft bang, seemingly without anyone noticing, a fist-sized Fire Crystal Core was shot deep into the Desert Fire Ant nest.

    Right after that, chaos erupted from within the Desert Ant colony¡¯s nest!

 Chapter 181 - Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle

    <h4>Chapter 181: Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Peng!

    Behind a towering sand dune more than 700 meters from the core of the Desert Ant nest, on the reddish-yellow dune, a huge pile of sand particles was suddenly sent flying upward.

    Bursting out together with the sand particles was a heap of premium-grade energy crystals and eight semi-transparent Fire Ant eggs, each half the size of a fist, as well as a pair of silvery-gray Warrior gloves.

    Feng Luo, holding the Eye of the Thunder and with 24K on its belly on his shoulder, knelt onto the ground to pick up the items. As expected, these Desert Fire Ant eggs were of Perfect Grade. Furthermore, since Lin¡¯s mission had only required two, he had absolutely overperformed one this mission.

    As for the energy crystals, they were only a bunch of gray and white crystals that would total up to 1,000 credits at most, nothing much. On the other hand, the attributes of the pair of Warrior gloves were something else.

    Power of the Fire Ant (Gloves)

    Grade: Excellent

    Defense -+50

    Defense Coefficient: D

    Vitality +5

    Fire Energy Defense +2%

    Required Level: 40

    The Maniptor¡¯s energy conversion, the Sniper¡¯s rifle, and the Warrior¡¯s armor were simrly categorized under ¡°suit¡±; after collecting equipment of the same set, the effects of the equipment attributes would be enhanced.

    Even though this pair of gloves was only a Level-40 Excellent-grade piece of equipment, its attributes were rtively good, and it was likely to be exchangeable for 7,000 to 8,000 credits whenbined with a ¡°Desert Fire Ant¡± card into a set.

    After Feng Luo had ced all the items into his bag, a brown w¡ªwhich looked like that of a scorpion but much bigger¡ªemerged from the ground in front of him.

    An enormous brown Gatherer Beetle slowly wiggled half its body out of the sand.

    It was a Gatherer Beetle with a length exceeding half a meter¡ªmuch longer than a typical beetle of 10 to 20 centimeters in length. Its stomach was evenrger, making it look disproportionate to its six stick-like legs.

    At that moment, the stout Gatherer Beetle stretched out its head, widening its mouth to the maximum, and vomited onto the ground.

    Poof!

    A tattered, dull, red-colored corpse of more than a meter in length, with its wings and head battered beyond recognition, had been spat out. After vomiting out the female Commander Ant¡¯s corpse, the Gatherer Beetle shrank in size, bing only about 80 centimeters, though still more than two timesrger than a typical beetle.

    ¡°This... 24K, your little brother is so smart!¡±

    Seeing the female Commander Ant corpse at his feet, Feng Luo was overwhelmed with surprise. Immediately, he praised 24K via mental link.

    24K swayed its head, now colored once again by Feng Luo with camouge oil paint, and waved its little ws, seemingly proud of its little brother¡¯s performance.

    ¡°Haha...¡± Feng Luoughed, then turned his attention to the Gatherer Beetle more than two timesrger than typical Gatherer Beetles and with a darker brown shell.

    Gatherer Beetle (19 Level, Commander). Talent: Mucus Hardening (B). HP: 3800. Maximum Storage Capacity: 3.8m. Skill...

    There was no mistake, it was a Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle that had been hatched by the Commander Rank Desert Lizard from before!

    Feng Luo was absolutely sure that today was his lucky day!

    It was important to note that even though it had been said that a Commander-grade monster corpse technically had a certain probability of hatching a Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle, the probability was definitely not high. Even Feng Luo would have dared to say that it would be very low. He had recently used up over 10 Elite-grade monster corpses to hatch beetles. In the end, only one had resulted in an Elite-grade ded Beetle. One could only imagine how high the probability of hatching a Commander-grade beetle from a Commander-grade monster¡¯s corpse was.

    Feng Luo thought that the only possible reason could be that the luck point in his hidden attribute was especially high today. War yers had a hidden attribute category known as ¡°luck.¡± This category randomly changed every day and could even fluctuate multiple times throughout the day.

    The ¡°luck point¡± acted just as its name implied; it could cause a yer¡¯s luck to surge, allowing one to achieve miracles in the game. Such miracles included increased power when facing a Boss, obtaining ultra-rare items, obtaining rare items even when fighting small monsters, etc.

    As such, the luck point was known to War yers as the most significant attribute value!

    However, one¡¯s luck point waspletely hidden and unknown to the yer. Also, even among the most superior and rarest equipment ever known, none had ever been known to be able to be enhanced by ¡°luck.¡±

    Nheless, Rare equipment was not all the game had to offer... Perhaps enhancement by ¡°luck¡± would still appear in more powerful equipment.

    ******

    It was worth mentioning the attributes of this Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle.

    3800 HP might not have seemed high, but considering the fact that it was not even at Level 19 was enough to showcase its prowess. Even though the Gatherer Beetle did not have much attack power, its rate of HP recovery was sufficient for it to collect equipment amid a shower of bullets. As for the maximum storage capacity, it was a unique attribute to this type of Gatherer Beetle.

    Feng Luo only learned after the hatching that the Gatherer Beetle did not only simply collect crystals and Crystal Cores for its king. It had another important purpose, which was to collect monster corpses and take them back to its nest for its king to carry out ¡°egg injection¡± and hatch new beetles, as well as to help its own species collect ore for strengthening their shells after consumption. The collection of these items relied on storage capacity!

    The structure of Gatherer Beetles was extremely unique¡ªthe many sections of their brown shells and their scorpion-like bodies were huge cavities capable of storing objects.

    Furthermore, their bodies could be extended outward to arge extent, and, like a snake, they could even swallow objects more than 10 timesrger than themselves. Because of this, the half-meter-sized Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle could effortlessly carry a one-meter-long Female Ant Commander.

    Moreover, even though the Mucus Hardening ability of the Gatherer Beetle was only ranked B in the system assessment, this talent had a significant purpose.

    In the process of collection and movement, the Gatherer Beetle could secrete a special type of mucus from the surface of its body. This type of mucus could cause changes in the physicality and even the chemical structure of matter! For instance, it couldpress loose grains of sand and soil so that they could be more easily moved underground, and it could also soften hard rocks so that the beetles could use their ws obtain fine fragments of crystals from within...

    When the SUV from before had been charging toward Feng Luo, it had been this Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle that had used its mucus and storage capacity to dig a hole up from beneath the sand, quickly creating a ¡°trap.¡± Unexpectedly, that SUV had changed its course near the trap, avoiding it.

    Even though the Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle didn¡¯t have much attack power, it could nheless achieve a surprise win if it was well-utilized.

    ¡°Since you¡¯re the first Commander-grade beetle, let¡¯s call you ¡®Unify¡¯!¡±

    Feng Luo thought for a long while before finally deciding to give this Commander-grade beetle a name.

    After that, he turned his attention to the Female Ant Commander at his feet. He thought to himself, Another Commander creature!

 Chapter 182 - Quasi-boss!

    Chapter 182: Quasi-boss!

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°What a shame. Psionic energy is running low!¡±

    Feng Luo looked impatiently at 24K lying on its belly on his shoulder. 24K, justcking thest bit of experience before reaching Level 30, stared innocently back at him with its two little eyes.

    While hatching Gatherer Beetle before, 24K¡¯s psionic energy had already been half-drained. After that, even though it hadpleted evolution and its overall energy had been raised by 300, that 300 was added to the ¡°maximum limit.¡± Hence, it did not directly restore the psionic energy point.

    That was in addition to losing much psionic energy in guiding Unify¡¯s long journey from before, so 24K¡¯s psionic energy was now not left with muchpletely insufficient to ¡°digest¡± this Female Commander Ant that was one grade higher than the Desert Lizard.

    Feng Luo could let 24K absorb the remaining half of the psionic energy crystal instead. It was just that 24K might not be able to absorb it with its satiation level still at 98 percent. Even if it could, Feng Luo would be reluctant.

    Rare items that could restore psionic energy like the psionic energy crystal should obviously be used in times of emergency. Though it would be a pity to pass up a Commander monster corpse like this one, one could still be found again in the future. On the other hand, the sources of psionic energy crystals werepletely unknown. He could not bring himself to use it now!

    Hence, after owner and pet met each other¡¯s eyes for a while, Feng Luo finally passed up the opportunity of using the female Commander Ant. He turned and picked up the Eye of the Thunder, changed into a normal shield-breaking bullet, engaged Rapid Shooting, and started to swipe the Journey of Experience chip.

    ******

    Your pet leveled up. Current Level: 30. Your pet¡¯s loyalty increased. Currently: 80%.

    Over 10 minutester, 24K¡¯s body shed with a beam of white light¡ªit had finally reached Level 30!

    At the same time, its body size was erged with its level up, now bing close to the size of two fists. Even its loyalty had been raised by two points, finally reaching 80 percent with the addition of the 10-point raise from the psionic crystal from before.

    Feng Luo was about to open 24K¡¯s attribute panel to check out its Level 30 attributes. But at that moment, multiple voices of anxiety and confusion suddenly sounded from the regional public channel.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s this?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s... a Quasi-boss! How¡¯s that possible!¡±

    ¡°Quasi-boss? Impossible!¡±

    Hearing this, Feng Luo¡¯s heart skipped a beat. He immediately picked up the Eye of the Thunder and quickly scanned the battlefield.

    He saw it in an instant. A gigantic red-colored ant over two meters in height, with a simr appearance to the female Commander Ant but without the fiery red semi-transparent wings, had appeared beside the Desert Fire Ant nest out of nowhere.

    The Fire Energy surrounding this giant Fire Ant burned furiously, as if scorching the air around. It appeared as a mess of distorted lines through the scope. There was ayer of eerie ck gas at its abdomen, constantly diffusing into the air in all directions. The normal Desert Fire Ants affected by the ck gas instantly became restless.

    Mutant Desert Fire Ant Commander (Level 40, Quasi-boss). Species: ?. Estimated HP: ?

    ¡°It really is a Quasi-boss!¡±

    With the simple briefing provided by the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo was quite perplexed. Logically, there would be, at most, only seven or eight Commander monsters in such a type of medium-size nest, totaling up to 50,000 in number. Having a Quasi-boss-grade Desert Fire Ant would be impossible!

    More importantly, it was a Quasi-boss! Though not as indestructible as a Boss, it had unimaginable destructive power for a Level of only 40.

    But even so, if this one Quasi-boss allied with the remaining tens of thousands of Desert Fire Ants, it would raise the probability of wiping out all the 100-plus yers on the field!

    It was worth noting that even though there had originally been more than 150 yers there, dozens of them had been killed in the battle before this, and the remaining yers had also been drained. Facing these tens of thousands of Desert Fire Ants had been exhausting. And now, a Quasi-boss like this had appeared?

    ¡°What a hack! It must be kidding!¡±

    ¡°Huh? That¡¯s not right! Look!¡±

    An anonymous yer suddenly spoke through the public channel.

    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡±

    ¡°Huh? How strange. Why are the Desert Fire Ants suddenly retreating?¡±

    ¡°That Quasi-boss is strange, too. Why is it attacking its own soldiers?¡±

    Discussions broke out among the yers in the public channel as a situation unexpected by everyone had arisen. The first move of this ferocious Quasi-boss-grade Desert Fire Ant upon appearing was to smash arge area of Fire Energy Skill onto its own species beside it.

    Boom!

    Reddish-ck mes rose, and all the ¡°soldiers,¡± including a Level-35 Commander-grade Desert Soldier Ant, were instantly burned to ash. Simrly, the Desert Fire Ants initially charging at the yers turned abruptly to attack the Quasi-boss Queen Ant aze with Fire Energy.

    ¡°What on earth is going on...?¡±

    Some of the yers were stupefied.

    ¡°I know. This is a guild of monsters. A good chance!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t waste this chance! Everybody, charge together and get this Quasi-boss¡¯s rare equipment!¡±

    ¡°F*ck all you slow bugs. Watch me beat all of you! I¡¯ll go first!

    Just then, there were quite a few anonymous yers yelling loudly in excitement through the public channel all of a sudden.

    ¡°Right. It must indeed be the case. I have seen this situation once...¡±

    ¡°I encountered this once, too, but it was another type of Level-35 Desert ck Ant...¡±

    Two more anonymous yers immediately came to the realization, bringing up their own experiences.

    ¡°They are right. I think this situation is correct...¡±

    Other yers also reacted, thinking that the possibility was indeed high. Above all, it was a Quasi-boss!

    Though unable to match up to a Boss, it was still a monster second only to the Boss. Simrly, it could also produce rare equipment, items, and even set items far better than those of Commander monsters!

    Furthermore, it could be said that probably half the yers present had either never met a Quasi-boss or had met one but had instantly been wiped out 90 percent of the time. Today, the situation seemedpletely different. Monsters were turning against themselves; how could such a good opportunity be missed?

    Hence, many yers were enticed and had started moving...

    ¡°Is this situation because of the mission?¡±

    Standing behind a towering sand dune and looking at all this through the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo did not follow the retreating Desert Fire Ants or run toward the nest like the other yers. Instead, there was doubt on his face.

    He thought of the free post from before that had produced the coordinates of this Desert Fire Ant nest. That yer had said that it was publicized for free only because of the mission.

    ¡°But why do I just feel like that doesn¡¯t make sense?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s forehead creased. Somehow, he could never pinpoint why anytime he felt that a situation was weird.

    On the battlefield, near the ¡°castle-like¡± Desert Fire Ant nest, it had alreadypletely transformed into a fascinating show! The sizable Quasi-boss Queen Ant constantly twitched its body, attacking with its ck, gas-coated Fire Energy one after another, setting the 10-meter area around it aze with fiery mes.

    The outnumbering Desert Fire Ants, which were still left with more than 10,000 in number even after battling with the yers for so long, were suicidallyunching themselves from the sky and from the ground at their own Queen Ant as if seeking their own deaths.

    Every Desert Fire Soldier Ant looked like a red sniper bullet when it was shot through the air.

    These ¡°bullets¡± diving into the fiery mes headfirst did not make it far before they had lost energy and exploded into mes. Then there seemed to be countless fireworks lighting up the night sky, indicating clusters of deaths. What added mor to this scene were the countless yers, Fireballs, Wind des, bullets, Water Dragon¡¯s Laments, Spiral Wind des...

    Ping!

    In the end, Feng Luo could not resist. After changing to an energy shield-breaking bullet, he aimed and fired at the Quasi-boss-grade Desert Fire Queen Ant through the scope.

    Ignoring everything else, at least a definite amount of damage had been done, reserving the chance to pick up the equipment.

    The energy shield-breaking bullet, dimly glowing blue, left behind a track on the retina, then plunged an entire 10 meters into the fiery mes and hit the Quasi-boss on the head.

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    Golden numbers¡ªfive times damage!

 Chapter 183 - A Strange Situation

    Chapter 183: A Strange Situation

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Five times the damage!

    ¡°That¡¯s why I say that today must be my lucky day!¡±

    Through the field of view through the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo saw that among the densely clustered damage points on top of the Quasi-boss¡¯s head were tens of thousands of eye-catching golden damage points.

    Thest time he¡¯d caused such a level of damage had been at the Town of Exiles, when a bullet had been shot into a hole in the shell of the Boss beetle. Yet firing this bullet today was, once more, against a Quasi-boss.

    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me I still have a Boss-buster hidden talent? Hmm. Not good!¡±

    Feng Luo thought about it with a little self-satisfaction but snapped out of it right after. Technically, this Quasi-boss Queen Ant, having been hit by him with such high damage, would definitely attack him with a vengeance. The attack of a Commander-grade female ant alone just now already had the ability to finish him off. With the long-range attack of this Quasi-boss, he would definitely be dead!

    Despite being more than 700 meters away from the Quasi-boss, he was effectively the outermost of all the yers.

    However, for a long-range attacking Quasi-boss to fire more than 700 meters away, it would definitely not require much power!

    Therefore, Feng Luo subconsciously wanted to avoid it. But in the end, he did not move. Because through the field of view of the Eye of the Thunder, that Quasi-boss Queen Ant unexpectedly had not reacted the least bit to his attack, and its ¡°Death Sense¡± was not triggered at all.

    This two-meter Quasi-boss Queen Ant was not bothered at all by yers¡¯ attacks. It just stood rooted next to the nest, repeatedly using its ranged skill on the Desert Fire Ants charging wildly at it, burning its own ¡°little ones¡± into ash. At the same time, there were some of the normal Desert Fire Ants with higher HP that had seeded in transcending the ¡°walls of mes¡± and had rushed to the side of the Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

    Then, along its red legs and its gigantic abdomen dragged along the sand, they climbed up to its body sections and maniacally ripped and tore at its abdomen, which was releasing a kind of eerie ck gas. But as the Quasi-boss Queen Ant repeatedly shook its body, many of the Desert Fire Ants were sent flying into the air tond in the mes, burned to ash.

    The sight of this scene piqued Feng Luo¡¯s interest in the ck gas being released from the abdomen of the Quasi-boss Queen Ant and the ck parts of the ranged fire skill.

    ording to his intuition, perhaps the reason behind the Desert Fire Ant guild was here! However, to most of the yers, whatever this ck gas was, it was far from their concern.

    After discovering that this Quasi-boss would not bother them at all, most of the yers with long-range skills were no longer concerned after trying a few times. They just went straight for this Quasi-boss with all their firepower.

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    One after another, various energy skills, Level-40 moves, machine gun bullets, and assault rifles rounds formed a densework of attacks, hitting not only the Quasi-boss but also the countless Desert Fire Ants surrounding it, killing them.

    Killed one Desert Fire Ant (Level 30, Normal). You have earned Experience: 30...

    You have earned Experience: 30...

    Earned...

    With the announcements from the experience point assessor, every yer was over the moon. What overwhelmed them with passion was the Quasi-boss Queen Ant, which had almost beenpletely beaten by the two-way attack from the yers and the Desert Fire Ants.

    ¡°Let¡¯s work harder, everyone. The Boss¡¯s HP is only left with 20 percent...¡±

    On the public channel, one anonymous Scout yer was consistently reporting the HP of this Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

    ¡°HP is only left with 15 percent! Hurry up and fire! Don¡¯t let it get a chance to make a move.¡±

    He would yell into the public channel every few seconds. The rapidly decreasing HP statistic was overwhelming many yers with anxiety.

    ¡°Already reduced to 10 percent! Come on. Just two more skills for some major damage!¡±

    In the blink of an eye¡ªless than a few minutes under the two-way attack of the yers and the Desert Fire Ants¡ªthe Level 40 Quasi-boss had lost an entire 90 percent HP!

    However, when it reached 10 percent, the anonymous Scout yer went silent, no longer reporting the Queen Ant¡¯s HP.

    ¡°Why the stop? What about the Boss HP? How much is left?¡±

    There were anonymous yers shouting into the public channel.

    ¡°You fool!¡±

    ¡°He has stopped reporting, which means it¡¯ll be reaching the 5 percent critical point right away. Why would he still be reporting at this point and letting you snatch the final blow from him?¡±

    There were also new anonymous yers who had already seen through that Scout yer¡¯s intentions.

    ¡°Damn it. So it¡¯s like this! This fellow is really sinister!¡±

    One anonymous yer was aghast with histe and sudden realization. He shouted in a tone of confusion, ¡°Hey! Why are you all running forward and not attacking already? The damage is weakened by so much. Continue attacking!¡±

    After that, many yers hade to realize that the Boss would already be reaching the 5 percent ¡°seriously damaged¡± critical health limit in a jiffy. At that time, if one had not quickly rushed forward, the equipment released by the Boss would have beenpletely snatched up by the other yers!

    Hence, in the next moment, half the yers had stopped attacking and started running in the direction of the Desert Fire Ant Boss.

    Boom!

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    At the same time, an Earth Maniptor, converted into a gigantic boulder using a Level 40 Heavenly Meteorite Drop move, fell from the sky and smashed into the Quasi-boss. With that, the Queen Ant¡¯s HP was finally reduced to below 5 percent, entering the ¡°critically injured¡± state!

    Buzz...

    With his HP almost at rock-bottom, the Desert Fire Ant was in a terrible state.

    Its body had originally been powerful when it first appeared. Even the Fire Energy of its burning mes had now be very bleak. Its surrounding fiery mes on the ground, which had initially been a few meters high, were now reduced to lower than five meters, whereas the remaining Desert Fire Ants on the battlefield still totaled up to thousands at the least.

    Clearly, within this ¡°guild¡± of monsters, the victorious were the normal Desert Fire Ants. However, thest victory undoubtedly belonged to the surrounding yers who were speeding toward the Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

    While the Desert Fire Ants and the Queen Ant turned on each other, the yers had thestugh. The yers had already unleashed their firepower the moment the Desert Fire Ants turned against their own Queen Ant.

    Even though many of the yers had begun with depleted HP and were utilizing insufficient HP, they had healed considerably throughout the period of time when the Quasi-boss Queen Ant and the normal Desert Fire Ants were battling.

    Now, seeing a Quasi-boss with less than 5 percent remaining HP in front of their eyes, most of them were deeply thrilled. Many were throwing their best attacks at the dying Desert Fire Queen Ant as they ran. At this time, they were taking out even high-grade healing potions and special bullets that they had earned from typical days, but they had been reluctant to put into use.

    No sacrifice, no victory! Besides, it was a Quasi-boss already seriously damaged and stripped of its attack energy! If one could grab the ¡°final blow,¡± his experience points would be extremely rich, at the very least, not to mention all the others¡ªlet alone the possibility of getting extremely rare Medal Point rewards, Rare-grade equipment, and Crystal Cores...

    It was a totally alluring satisfaction. Who could not be tempted?

    ¡°How strange. There really are people who aren¡¯t tempted?¡±

    On a sand dune, through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo could clearly see the horde of yers a few hundred meters away, running toward the Desert Fire Ant Commander from all directions.

    The Warriors using Charge sent sand flying behind them. The Scouts using Quick Sneak left only light footprints while walking across the sand.

    Even those carrying energy shields, those using the Level-30 ¡°Wind Cave¡± Skill to increase their speed, and the Wind Maniptors charging forward like Warriors... There were at least over 50 yers who had already rushed up to less than 200 meters from the Fire Ant nest, just like the Desert Fire Ants from before charging straight at the Quasi-boss Queen Ant.

    However, what was very strange was that through the Eye of the Thunder, which had night vision capabilities, he had unintentionally noticed that in front of a sand dune about 500 meters diagonally in front of him was a group of quite a few yers who were retreating!

 Chapter 184 - Fire Ant Queen, a Horrifying Boss!

    <h4>Chapter 184: Fire Ant Queen, a Horrifying Boss!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Strange. Really strange...¡± Feng Luo mumbled.

    With his slight change in thought, Unify, who was speeding toward the Quasi-boss Queen Ant beneath the sand slowed down. What was about to happen next made him even more perplexed.

    At that moment, the attack moves that filled the sky were blinding¡ªrare skills, special bullets, energy condensation moves... The whole sky was radiating with rainbow colors due to the light emitted from the energies.

    The only target of these attacks was the Quasi-boss Queen Ant lying outside the Desert Fire Ant nest, left with less than 2 percent HP.

    It was also at this moment that the greatly attack-weakened Quasi-boss suddenly made a new move.

    Boom!

    The Quasi-boss, already almost paralyzed, suddenly released a violent breath from within its pair of ck eyes. After which, within that huge abdomen bitten and torn by the countless Desert Fire Ants, the ck gas, which had been released into the surroundings and which had now engulfed more than a 100-meter radius, rapidly receded back all of a sudden.

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    In a swift moment, as the ck gas receded, the surrounding fiery red Soldier Ants, initially madly attacking the seriously injured Queen Ant, rained down from the air onto the sand.

    The Desert Fire Soldier Ant, which was the size of a human, crawled on the ground with its huge jaws opened. A high damage number simrly shed above its head, and copsed onto the ground, twitching after being engulfed by the ck gas.

    There was even a glimpse of almost invisible ck gas shooting out from their corpses and merging into the ck gas cloud receding back. Thereafter, all of the floating ck gas shrank back to surround the body of the dying Quasi-boss Queen Ant, forming ayer of an almostpletely opaque ¡°energy forcefield¡± encircled by reddish-ck-colored mes before it could meet the strongest attack by the yers.

    Boom!

    The reddish-ck energy forcefield rebounded more than 10 attacks from the Quasi-boss left with less than 1 percent HP that allnded on the forcefield. Although it waspletely opaque, the forcefield was constantly vibrating, encircled by reddish-ck mes,pletely absorbing the round of attacks!

    ¡°F*ck. What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Almost...¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t make sense. Why do I feel like something is wrong...?¡±

    Many people instantly spoke in shock through the public channel. The situation was signaling some transformation that was going to happen to the queen ant, which was totally unexpected by everyone!

    Also, many yers developed a bad feeling. The Warrior yers who had charged ahead were already less than 50 meters from the Desert Fire Ant. Even the slower Maniptors were too already within a 100-meter-plus radius. At this distance, it would take some time to retreat if something were to go wrong.

    Additionally, there were some ignorant yers who continued firing many bullets and high-damage skills at the reddish-ck ¡°Fire Forcefield.¡±

    Surprisingly, following the skill attacks, the seemingly substantial Energy Forcefield cracked open. No¡ªthe Energy Forcefield was not broken, but...

    It had transformed into wings!

    Weng!

    The reddish-ck Fire Forcefield split open down the middle and became two narrow wing-like extensions more than 10 meters in length, encircled by reddish-ck mes. And at the root of the wings was the Quasi-boss Queen Ant, left with less than 1 percent HP!

    But no. It was no longer a queen ant, because...

    ¡°Warning, warning! A high-energy creature has been discovered! Warning, warning...¡±

    At the appearance of the wings, theputer terminals of all the yers suddenly simultaneously sounded warning announcements. The only possibility for such a warning was...

    A Boss!

    In War, the creature with the most superiorbat power¡ªthe horrifying creature that could wipe out hundreds of yers with just one blow¡ªwas a Boss!

    Boom!

    The Fire Queen Ant pped its two fiery, 10-meter-plus wings. A reddish-ck ring of fire formed by the zing mes, standing over five meters in height, started twisting and spreading to its surroundings.

    After its wrath, the desert was like rolling waves on the surface of the sea after a hurricane and formed horrifying sandstorms of crystallized sand particles scorched by the Fire Energy.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Streaks of white light shed, indicating the deaths of the yers who werepletely powerless to react. The rolling sandstorms spread until an entire 200-meter radius from the Queen Ant before gradually diminishing!

    The yers originally charging forward and within a 200-meter radius from the Queen Ant had alreadypletely vanished. All that was left on the battlefield were the yers¡¯ equipment, ammunition, and potions, as well as energy crystals.

    Mutant Desert Fire Ant Queen (Level 45, Boss). Species number: ?. Estimated HP: ?.

    ¡°Indeed, a huge problem!¡±

    Through the Eye of the Thunder, watching the Boss-grade Queen finishing off 50 to 60 yers with a mere p of its wings, Feng Luo was d to have stopped Unify earlier.

    An attack that was able to wipe out Heavy Armor Warriors with tens of thousands of HP would have probably been able to kill Unify straightaway, which had less than 4000 HP and was a Commander-grade beetle that had not been hatched very easily.

    Normal beetles could be easily hatched, but if a Commander-grade beetle was killed, who knew when another could be hatched again? However, Feng Luo had never thought that his relief would have to be so quickly reced with anxiety.

    Because, seconds after the Desert Fire Ant Queen suddenly ¡°evolved¡± into a Boss and stood next to the nest that was half demolished by its skill, it raised its head once more and sucked in a deep breath.

    Weng!

    As its mouth opened, the surrounding fire energy engulfed by ck air could be seen to be sucked in as well, darkening the surrounding light rays.

    Poof!

    Two or three seconds right after, its mouth swung open. 10 red-colored Fireballs erupted with ck smoke andunched out of its mouth into the sky, flying in different directions.

    One of them was headed straight for Feng Luo!

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes widened. A premonition of death surged through his bones, consuming his entire body.

    Without hesitation, he immediately picked up the Eye of the Thunder and took off. The speed of this type of red Fireball was much slower than that of the female Commander Ant from before. It seemed like there was some hope of escape! However, after running for more than 20 meters, the sense of danger in him not only remained but became even stronger!

    ¡°What?¡±

    Feng Luo looked back while running and discovered that the track of the Fireball in the sky hadn¡¯t changed much. It was still headed directly toward him and was less than 100 meters away.

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Feng Luo instantly engaged Quick Sneak and ran with all his might, hoping to escape the range of that skill. Still, it was all in vain. He could feel the increasing heat on his back. The reddish-ck Fireball in the air behind him was still locked in position, and he could now even clearly see the long shadow cast in front of him by the re of the Fireball.

    Calcting the height ratio, the Fireball was already less than 20 meters from him!

    ¡°I¡¯m finished. It looks like the experience from this level is going to be gone here. I just hope that the mission items and Barett will not be lost. If so, that would really...¡±

    Feng Luo let out a sigh, knowing that he was definitely not going to be saved today.

    A Boss with a long-range attack was already difficult to fight. What was unexpected was that it even had this kind of ¡°target lock¡± skill. With this realization, Feng Luo willingly slowed down.

    At that moment, he felt his shoulder lighten.

    It was then that 24K, with its eyes filled with panic, loosened its ws and pped its deteriorated wings with all its might,unching itself toward the fireball.

    Boom!

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    The reddish-ck Fireball exploded in midair, while 24K, with its little body less than two fists in size, waspletely engulfed by the zing mes!

 Chapter 185 - 24Kâ€™s Death

    Chapter 185: 24K¡¯s Death

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°24K!¡±

    Feng Luo, who quickly turned around to see this scene, screamed as both his eyes widened!

    Your pet is dead. Level decreased to Level 29. Loyalty Points decreased by 10%. Countdown to revival: 72 hours!

    The system¡¯s notification made Feng Luo¡¯s heart sink even more. After that, he immediately looked at his Pet Bracer. On the bracer, the pet¡¯s status had turned to ¡°Dead!¡±

    At that time, the searing crimson ck energy mes in the air had finished burning. A ck object dropped from within and fell onto the sandy ground that was glowing red. One could vaguely tell that it was the shape of a bug.

    ¡°24K...¡± Feng Luo had an odd feeling that he couldn¡¯t understand upon witnessing the scene before him. He felt depressed, guilty, and a little bit angry...

    Technically, 24K was only a virtual pet in a game. Feng Luo, who could clearly differentiate the game from reality, had been mentally prepared to face 24K¡¯s death in battle, so his emotions should not have fluctuated the way they did. But what Feng Luo did not expect was that 24K¡¯s first death would be through a method thatpletely exceeded his expectations, which was why it affected Feng Luo emotionally for a moment.

    Perhaps, from a logical perspective, the previous scene was but a change in a bunch of data. Or perhaps it was the result of the system¡¯s calction after 24K¡¯s loyalty points reached 80 percent, which had made 24K ¡°save¡± its master.

    But another more sensible scene kept repeating itself in Feng Luo¡¯s mind: the fear and panic in 24K¡¯s little eyes as its ws had clenched tightly to Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform. 24K, who was incredibly sensitive to energy fluctuations, had clearly felt the danger of the ¡°thing¡± flying toward them at high speed. It knew full well that it could easily kill it.

    No! It would not only kill it, but it would also kill its master.

    And with 24K¡¯s not-so-high but not-so-low AI, which was around the intelligence of a child, it calcted and concluded that if it were to continue running like that, both it and its master would die. As such, as it felt that there was no way to avoid the fatal danger, it had released its ws holding the master¡¯s body in thest second and flown in the opposite direction of its master¡ªcharging toward the iing fireball like a moth darting into a me!

    At that moment, perhaps it did not even know that it could be revived after dying...

    Revival! Yes, the Pet Badge!

    As he thought about revival, Feng Luo immediately reached into his backpack and quickly pulled out the Badge of Honor that could not be dropped or traded. Feng Luo had noticed that a ¡°Revive Pet¡± option was added among the stats of the badge.

    ¡°Revive!¡±

    Feng Luo seemed anxious as he clicked the option.

    The pet is a Special Boss-grade Pet. Credits Required to Revive at the Current Level: 15,000. Confirm?

    ¡°Revive!¡±

    Feng Luo did not hesitate.

    Since you used the Badge of Honor to revive the pet, the death penalty of the pet has been halved. Experience reduction decreased to 50% of current level. Loyalty points decrease reduced to 5%.

    Vwoong!

    Immediately after that, a bright white light appeared from the Pet Badge and shone on 24K¡¯s burnt corpse on the ground. After that, the corpse disappeared.

    And in front of Feng Luo, 24K¡¯s golden body, which was slightlyrger than a fist, gradually appeared. It went from vague and illusory to firm and real. However, all six of its tiny ws were still tangled together. Its little eyes remained tightly shut as if it was afraid and was enduring something...

    After a few seconds, a hand caught 24K, who was falling straight from the air toward the ground. Upon noticing a familiar scent, 24K cautiously opened its two tiny eyes. What it saw was Feng Luo¡¯s smiling face gazing down at him.

    An intimate feeling came through the mental link. Immediately and happily, 24K climbed back onto its master¡¯s shoulder along hisbat uniform.

    ¡°Here!¡±

    Feng Luo rubbed it with his finger and put a silver crystal he had taken from his backpack into 24K¡¯s tiny ws. After that, he raised the Eye of the Thunder and looked toward the battlefield that had quieted down a while ago.

    At that time, the entire desert behind him had be dead silent. Even Feng Luo, a Sniper who was 800 meters away, had hardly escaped the Fire Ant Queen Boss¡¯st crimson-ck Fireball, so how would any of the other yers who were closer to the Boss have any chance to survive?

    ¡°Yeah¡ªno, wait! Someone is actually still alive?

    Within his sight through the Eye of the Thunder, behind the sandhill across the back of the Ant Queen Boss, three people crawled out.

    Feng Luo recognized them. Those three were among the group of people who had been oddly retreating when everyone else was scrambling forward to get the loot dropped by the Quasi-boss.

    At that time, among the three, a yer who looked like a Doctor was injecting a dark red colored syringe into the bodies of two Heavy Armor Warriors wearing red armor. Immediately after that, the two Heavy Armor Warriors actually cast the skill Charge, raised their shields, and charged toward the Fire Ant Queen.

    Boom!

    Upon seeing two tiny bugs appear in the ¡°territory¡± that was just cleared, the Fire Ant Queen Boss lowered its head, opened its mouth, and released a sandstorm tornado formed by dark crimson mes at the two Heavy Armor Warriors.

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    The damage actually did not reach 4,000! A long-range breath skill of the Desert Fire Ant Queen that had evolved to a Boss monster actually failed to insta-kill those Heavy Armor Warriors. Even the HP that was lost was being recovered quickly due to the strong blood tonic the Doctor had given the two of them earlier.

    Without a doubt, they were equipped with full sets of fire-resistant gear and were also injected with very special fire-resistant potions.

    ¡°But why did they Charge at the Boss?¡±

    Feng Luo was suspicious as he looked through the Eye of the Thunder. It was definitely a suicidal move, so it was really weird. However, he did not think that those people were idiots; they definitely had their reasons for charging at the monster at that moment.

    The two Heavy Armor Warriors charged at high speed after casting Charge. Before long, they were already right beside the Fire Ant Queen.

    ¡°Tssst!¡±

    However, the Fire Ant Queen was already roaring in a rage. It released a skill that looked like a sea of fire beside it.

    The searing red mes burned the sand as ck smoke rose into the air. Although the mes were only around half a meter tall, it roasted and morphed the surroundingndscape.

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    The moment the two Heavy Armor Warriors stepped into the sea of mes, continuous damage over time (DOT) numbers of around 500 each immediately appeared above their heads. Clearly, even if they had full sets of fire-resistant gear paired with potions, it was obvious they wouldn¡¯t be able to hold out for long against a Boss of this level.

    As expected, within 10 seconds, and by the time the two Warriors reached the side of the Fire Ant Queen, two white lights shed within the searing sea of mes. But Feng Luo also sharply noticed that, before being killed, one of the Heavy Armor Warriors injected a silvery white syringe he held in his hand into the abdomen of the Fire Ant Boss.

    ¡°Tssst!¡±

    The Fire Ant Queen¡¯s eyes actually showed pain before it let out a crazy roar. Immediately after that, the fire energy around its body suddenly rose into the air. The sky was gradually filled with dark fire energy. It looked as if water was flowing upward into the sky.

    After a few seconds, with the Fire Ant Queen Boss at the center, arge amount of fire energy condensed and transformed into an incredibly dark and heavy cloud of fire over 500 meters above the Boss monster¡¯s body.

    Energy that was difficult to withstand also spread outward from the clouds.

    This is probably the real, final ultimate skill!

    At that moment, Feng Luo, who held the Eye of the Thunder while watching from afar, dared not breathe. It was because he could clearly feel the oppressive energying from the cloud in the sky even from so far away. Even 24K, whose six limbs were all clenched tightly to Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform, had dropped the silver crystal it was munching on to the ground.

    Is this Boss really just at Level 45? Why do I feel like it¡¯s even crazier than the one we encountered in the Town of Exiles?

    Feng Luo could not help but feel suspicious again.

    But at that moment¡ªa sudden mutation! It became lighter, and the dark energy in the abdomen also began to show signs of copse.

    On the battlefield, with the dark, burning clouds in the sky serving as a background, the Fire Ant Queen Boss looked majestic and incredible. But then, the dark crimson mes on the surface of its body began to fluctuate as the color of itsrge wings also began to change. Even the dark, burning clouds in the sky that were already formed started to dissipate!

 Chapter 186 - Evolution Activation

    Chapter 186: Evolution Activation

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Hmm? This situation...¡±

    The situation waspletely beyond Feng Luo¡¯s expectation. It looked like the Boss was facing a major problem with its body. Could it be that it couldn¡¯t control its energy and skills?

    Ratatat...

    Immediately following that, a cacophony of machine gun shots suddenly appeared. It also made Feng Luo immediately shift the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s scope toward it.

    Boom!

    Around 200 meters away from the Fire Ant Queen, the top of a sand dune was suddenly cleared and ttened by an area of effect Earth Energy Skill. Sand and dust flew into the air as a group of fully equipped yers appeared and began firing.

    A total of 10 six-barreled machine guns were neatly lined up on the fortified location created by an Earth Maniptor¡¯s skill, creating a row of bullet streams around 200 meters away from the Fire Ant Queen.

    Meteor Rain, Tornado, Heavenly Meteorite Drop, Blizzard... Multiple energy ultimate skills were sted by Maniptors at the Fire Ant Queen Boss! Although it was a group of around 20, their strength was in no way inferior to the group of over 100 yers just now!

    Of course, more importantly, was the reaction of the Fire Ant Queen Boss. The frightening boss monster that used a ¡°Fiery Sandstorm¡± skill to instantly KO all the yers within a range of 200 meters immediately after it appeared, then used over a dozen Fireballs to send the rest of the surviving yers to Samsara. It looked like it had lost its strength. The fire energy surrounding its body were unruly and unconcentrated. It could only draw back its dark wings to create a ¡°shield¡± to protect its body.

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    However, the defense of the wings was iparable to earlier. Even if the wings seeded in blocking the attacks of the yers, continuous DOT damage of hundreds and over 1,000 kept appearing over the Fire Ant Queen Boss¡¯s head.

    A Level-45 Boss monster that had looked absolutely magnificent and mighty just a few moments ago was suddenly oppressed by just over 20 yers.

    The mission... Understood... Looks like this was the n of some schemer all along!

    After learning the reason behind it all, Feng Luo still looked calm. No wonder the location of the Desert Fire Ant nest had been announced for free. Clearly, the person wanted to utilize these ¡°greedy¡± yers. One might have even said that Feng Luo was one of the ¡°greedy¡± yers who had been tricked.

    However, Feng Luo was not really angry. It was normal for yers to use all kinds of means in the game; as long as they did not step too far over the line, Feng Luo would never get angry just because he¡¯d been tricked or plotted against.

    But just because he was not mad did not mean that he did not have his own ideas in regard to the Fire Ant Queen Boss.

    Any normal yer would have an idea or two when a Boss monster that was about to be killed was put right in front of them. Moreover, if a person were to be tricked or plotted against, that person would feel somewhat annoyed or displeased, at the very least. Especially when 24K had actually died once because of it. That was why, although Feng Luo looked very calm, he crouched behind the sand dune. After observing the group through the Eye of the Thunder scope, he noticed that a Scout yer from the group whom he¡¯d seen earlier hadn¡¯t revealed himself. Clearly, he was hiding in a corner or was searching the periphery of the battlefield to prevent any surviving yers from kill-stealing their Boss monster while they were under attack.

    However, since Feng Luo was ever-confident in his marksmanship, he had been 700 meters away from the battlefield from the beginning. And, while trying to avoid the previous Fireball, he had retreated, so his current position was actually over 800 meters away from the Boss. At night, even if an enemy Scout were to search quite thoroughly, it would be impossible to observe such a long distance very clearly. Moreover, the Sniper¡¯s Level-30 skill, Ambush, also had a strong disruption effect on detection skills. Still, just to be safe, Feng Luo crouched a little.

    The fight continued on the far-off battlefield. The Fire Ant Queen Boss was passively defending against a total of 10 six-barrelled machine guns, as well as the full-strength attacks of a bunch of Maniptors. It quickly dropped to below 15 percent of its HP and was in a ¡°weakened¡± state. Clearly, although it had evolved from a Quasi-Boss to a Boss when it had been left with 1 percent HP, its HP had notpletely recovered. And right now, it was drugged and facing more sudden attacks, so temporarily losing control of its energy made it fail to even cast a shield. And for a Boss with a frightening and highly long-ranged attack, its HP and defense were, naturally, not as scary.

    As such, the defeat of this Boss was only a matter of time!

    ¡°But the final one to im the Boss is still undecided!¡±

    Feng Luo squinted his eyes and put the Eye of the Thunder into his backpack. After that, he took a rectangr rifle case out of the backpack. He used his biometrics and password to open the case before quickly assembling the gun parts inside it. After 10 seconds, a 1.5-meter ck sniper rifle emanating a murderous aura was in front of Feng Luo.

    ¡°Python of Death. The Barret!¡±

    The effective attack range of the Barrett was 1,500 meters, which was the longest range for sniper rifles under Level 50. Although the distance of 800 meters was more than half that range, with his Maximum Shooting skill, the damage reduction on his shots was negligible.

    As for the super-high attack, which reached 850¡ªwith the 12.7mm shield-breaking energy bullet that he had specifically bought through an auction, as well as his Lethal talent¡ªhis chances of firing a shot that was strong enough for him to im the final hit on the Boss were greatly increased!

    When it came to single-shot damage, even Fire Maniptors¡ªwho were widely recognized as high damage dealers¡ªwere no match for Snipers!

    After changing his sniper rifle, Feng Luo did not immediately attack. Instead, he took the energy motorcycle, ¡°Land Bullet,¡± out from his vehicle space. With the distance and his intentional focus, the white sh from summoning the vehicle was blocked by a sand dune and did not attract the attention of the Scout.

    Now, all the preparations wereplete. Next came the thing he was most familiar with in Hunting Missions: the long-distance fatal shot. Then he would jump on his Land Bullet and ride away into the distance while the opponents watched.

    Vweng!

    After half a minute, both the wings of the Fire Ant Queen Boss werepletely battered. They could no longer protect it. As for the fire energy on its body, it was already quite dim, and its HP was now less than 5 percent. It entered the ¡°heavy injury¡± status.

    Feng Luo ced his finger on the Barrett¡¯s trigger while his eyes, body, and sniper rifle followed the Fire Ant Queen Boss¡¯s heavily injured head 800 meters away¡ªvery, very closely!

    Boom!

    On the battlefield, the Fire Ant Queen Boss squealed as its huge body fell heavily on the ground.

    Its HP was at less than 1 percent. Currently, it could no longer move, and a sense of human-like regret could actually be seen in its dark crimson eyes. One could easily tell it was time to collect the kill, but the group of Machine Gunners and Maniptors stopped their attacks all at once.

    Only a Light Armor Warrior equipped with a full set of rare ck equipment used the skill Charge to move beside the monster¡¯s body. He then raised his long sword high in the air¡ªthe Light Armor Warrior¡¯s Level-30 skill, Thunder Leap sh. He leaped toward the Fire Ant Queen!

    Chi!

    The ck energy longsword drew a rapid trail in the air as it shed fiercely at the Desert Fire Ant Boss.

    Bang!

    A light-blue shield-breaking energy bullet suddenly flew past the longsword of the Light Armor Warrior who was in the air and hit the Fire Ant Boss before the alloy longsword could reach it, drilling through a previously created hole in the head of the Desert Fire Ant Queen, whose eyes still showed that it did not admit defeat.

    ?4755

    Weak-point damage!

    A finishing blow!

    Killed Mutated Desert Fire Ant Queen (Level 45, Boss). Contribution: 3.5%. Obtained Experience: 1094. Obtained Merits: 10.

    A total of 10 Merit points? It made Feng Luo wonder. Even weirder was the fact that after the Boss was killed, nothing was scattered on the ground.

    But this was no longer important. He¡¯d gotten thest hit. He had achieved his objective. It was time to retreat.

    ******

    The group of yers was exasperated. The ck-armored Light Armor Warrior even had veins bulging in his face. He was furious and shouted for the others to search for the perpetrator.

    Feng Luo had already put the Barrett back into his backpack. He rode Land Bullet across the glowing red desert sand and rode off, leaving a trail of yellow sand floating in the air.

    However, what Feng Luo did not notice was that a dark gas that was impossible to detect with the naked eye in a night environment like this suddenly flew out of the Fire Ant Queen¡¯s corpse. It flew toward the SCV Type One at an incredible speed, moving beneath the sand.

    After a dozen seconds, the dark gas caught up to him and crawled into his body like a snake.

    And the moment the dark gas entered his body, inside the game capsule in reality, the ¡°mysterious rock¡± on the ne hanging on Feng Luo¡¯s neck had a light green glow. After that, it returned to normal.

    Then Feng Luo heard the familiar system notification sound.

    Due to unknown reasons, your Talent Evolution is activated. You¡¯ve received...

 Chapter 187 - W-virus Enhancement Potion

    Chapter 187: W-virus Enhancement Potion

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    After five days, on the highest floor of the 250-story gold and gray skyscraper inside Storm City...

    ¡°Is it necessary?¡± said a voice whose tone was filled with doubt.

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    ¡°How much?¡±

    ¡°At least 1,000 ml!¡±

    ¡°Can you take less?¡±

    ¡°No!¡± The answer was firm.

    ¡°All right, then...¡±

    Feng Luo rolled up his sleeves in resignation as he looked at Lin, who wore her ck-bordered high-tech sses whilepletely focused on him. She inserted a blood-extraction device attached with a transparent test tube into his arm. Fresh blood flowed into the test tube through three silver needles on the device that automatically tracked down blood.

    As his blood was being extracted, since he didn¡¯t have anything to do, Feng Luo raised his head and looked outside the window where an airship would asionally fly across the sky.

    ¡°Say, yourboratory is located in such a high ce,¡± he said. ¡°Ignoring the fact that some people might be afraid of heights, if the Evolution Virus spread inside this densely popted city, wouldn¡¯t that pose a huge problem?¡±

    Lin rxed her grip on the blood extraction device, pushed her sses, and said, ¡°Rx. I have the most secure defense mechanism and intelligence system. It¡¯s absolutely impossible to lose control!¡±

    After that, a silver mechanical arm extended and appeared from the floor that had cracked open. It grabbed the metallic silver test tube containing the blood that had just been extracted before returning beneath the floor.

    Lin spoke to a red king parrot standing on a bird stand beside her that was continuouslybing its feathers. ¡°Store it in the storage rack number 32. Execute S-01 storage method...¡±

    The red parrot opened its mouth, nodded its head, and used a cute, dumb voice to say, ¡°Roger!¡±

    After that, it pped its wings. Its silhouette, as well as the stand it was standing on, faded before they gradually disappearing from the room.

    ¡°Yeah, I almost forgot that you are a Master-level Chip Expert. But the virtual image of your supeputer is a bit...¡±

    Lin turned around to look at Feng Luo with an odd gaze. ¡°A bit what?¡± But after that, she looked like she had just remembered something as data flowed across her ck sses. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. This is for you!¡±

    Ka!

    The ground beside Feng Luo split open, and a gray mechanical arm appeared and ced a silver password-protected box in front of Feng Luo. After that, the alloy lock on the box transformed before it opened with a ck!

    Inside the box were four neatly ced injection tubes with slightly different colors.

    Injection tubes... Could it be? Feng Luo thought and immediately checked the stats of the contents of the tubes.

    Primary Evolution Virus (W) Enhancement Potion ¨C Type I

    100% integration sess rate after use. Obtains: Vitality +10, HP +300. All energy resistance +5%. Base HP Recovery Rate +20%. Acquires resistance to some primary Evolution Virus mutation.

    Grade: Perfect

    Upon seeing the stats of the first potion, Feng Luo could not help himself and eximed, ¡°Enhancement potion! You¡¯ve already created them!¡±

    Lin nodded with confidence. ¡°Yup!¡±

    ¡°But why are there four? Moreover, the colors are different.¡±

    Feng Luo then shifted his attention to the second potion.

    Primary Evolution Virus (W) Enhancement Potion ¨C Type II

    100% integration sess rate after use. Obtains: Intelligence +10, MP +300. Energy Condensation Rate +5%, Base MP Recovery Rate +20%. Acquires resistance to some primary Evolution Virus mutation.

    Grade: Perfect

    Then Feng Luo understood.

    Lin nodded and said, ¡°Yes, these four potions enhance the main physical attributes. Namely, Vitality, Strength, Agility, and Intelligence. And the bonus stat enhancement is also associated with the main stat.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shone as he immediately thought of the key question. ¡°So, what¡¯s the maximum number a person can use?¡±

    ¡°Theoretically, a person can only use four! At most!¡± Lin answered. ¡°Every time an enhancement potion like this is used, the body will create some resistance, which causes potions of the same color to lose their effect. Even the effects of potions of other colors may be substantially weakened. Theoretically, only the first four will have any effect. As for the fifth, it will have no effect whatsoever!¡±

    Feng Luo understood now. It was clear that the system wanted the yer to make a choice. The first enhancement potion to be used would be for the stat that suited one¡¯s profession, and the less important a stat was to that particr profession, the more uses it had at ater stage.

    Before Feng Luo could extend his hand to grab the potion, Lin suddenly said, ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. There¡¯s also this. Before you take the potions, you must sign this.¡±

    The virtual red king parrot appeared and flew a virtual paper contract to him.

    ¡°Cooperation and Dividend Agreement of the Enhancement Potion!¡±

    Feng Luo browsed through the contents of the agreement with suspicion and noticed that the main content was to prove that he and Lin worked together to establish apany to research, market jointly, and sell this type of enhancement potion. And, in the agreement, it noted that he needed to invest 30 million credits in the initial stage to ensure further research and manufacturing of the potion.

    ¡°30 million credits!¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly realized that everything rted to Lin would require a huge initial investment. Last time, the T-virus Enhancement Potion had been worth around two to three million credits, and this time, the cost had gone up tenfold to 30 million credits!

    However, he knew the potential of the enhancement potion. In a sense, even if it were not just 30 million but 300 million credits, if it were possible, he would still do whatever it took to borrow the sum.

    But what is this use? ¡®B Party needs to provide his blood for the manufacturing and research of the potion in the long-term. At least once a month on average, and every time, the amount must not be below 1,000 ml!¡¯ This sentence made Feng Luo slightly dumbfounded. So that¡¯s why Lin took my blood earlier. It¡¯s for this. But why is my blood rted to the manufacturing and research of this Evolution Virus Enhancement Potion?

    ¡°It¡¯s because your blood cells are one of the main ingredients of this type of Enhancement Potion!¡± Lin adjusted her sses. In between them, aplex virtual 3D image of blood and cells, which Feng Luo did not entirely understand, appeared.

    ¡°The structure of the potion you gave me was veryplex. Although I¡¯ve been able to decipher all the ingredients of it, there were many problems throughout the manufacturing process. I¡¯ve tried all kinds of methods to try to extract the T-virus from the samples you brought back and synthesize potions with simr functions, but I did not seed!¡±

    Lin¡¯s technical sses shot a ray into the 3D image in front of them both. Then the 3D image was erged as the scene began to move. However, Feng Luo did not understand at all. Lin might as well have been ying the lute to a cow.

    ¡°It was not untilter that I gave up the T-virus and turned to trying to use the blood I extracted from you on the Hui Yi Hao cruise ship back then to create a simr potion using my own manufacturing process, which provided me with an unexpected breakthrough!¡±

    ¡°My blood? How?¡± Feng Luo was first shocked. Then he thought of something. ¡°Could it be... Is it because it integrated with the Evolution Virus?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s blood had actually integrated with the Mutated Evolution Virus inside the giant python¡¯s body. Moreover, due to his ¡°Evolutionary¡± talent, perhaps had been other mutations.

 Chapter 188 - Evolution: HP +1,000

    Chapter 188: Evolution: HP +1,000

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    That¡¯s right. Speaking of the ¡°Evolutionary¡± talent, Feng Luo remembered the incident in Withered Desert about five days ago, when the Evolutionary talent that was oddly triggered had actually increased...

    Then his memory was immediately interrupted by Lin¡¯s words.

    ¡°Yup, that¡¯s right. As of now, you are the one who has most perfectly integrated the Evolution Virus. Moreover,pared to the T-virus mutation sample that you gave me previously, the mutant Evolution Virus that appeared after entering your body from the giant python and synthesizing inside your body is much gentler. The integration process is much less hazardous to the human body.

    ¡°The mutation of the Evolution Virus with this sort of characteristics is just what Professor Aike and I were looking for. After separating the Evolution Virus mutation of this type from your blood, I¡¯ve been researching for a while. That is why I thought of using it to manufacture another new type of enhancement potion. Oh, that¡¯s right! I¡¯ve named the virus as the ¡®W-virus.¡¯ W means perfect!¡±

    ¡°Perfect virus...¡±

    Feng Luo felt that the name,pared to the T-virus that represented ¡°Tyrant,¡± wasparatively weaker. But perhaps it had another meaning?

    ¡°Yes, the perfect Evolution Virus! This is precisely my objective: to develop a kind of Evolution Virus that can really, perfectly push a human to evolve.¡±

    Lin nodded seriously as a row of data flew by her ck spectacles. The next moment, the 3D image in front of Feng Luo had transformed into powerful creatures that had easily eliminated humans in multiple battles. The Level-39 Boss, Double-headed Blood Snake; Level-42 Boss, Thunder Lion Tiger; Level-50 Quasi-Boss, Desert Giant Beast; Level 55-Quasi-Boss, Crystal Silver Shark... There were even some Boss and Quasi-Boss monsters that Feng Luo had never even heard of.

    ¡°Compared to many species, although we humans can use all kinds of weapons to increase our battle strength, when ites to our individual raw strength, we are far inferior to these creatures. Perhaps the perfect Evolution Virus will open the door for physical human evolution...¡±

    Perfect virus? Human evolution? Feng Luo thought. Could the words of a special genius life profession master called Lin be rted to the future development of the game?

    Just as Feng Luo thought of that, a system notification arrived in front of his eyes and in his ears almost at the same time.

    You¡¯ve triggered the Epic-grade Mission: Road to Evolution!

    Mission Requirement: Sign the electronic agreement and work together with Lin toplete the perfect virus research. Mission Reward: Unknown.

    Epic mission? Another Epic-grade mission!

    A mission with the same grade as the Biohazard/Resident Evil mission. And based on the name, it was obvious that the mission was clearly connected to the Evolution Virus. Moreover, it really was a special mission that could affect the future development of the game!

    Should I ept it or not? thought Feng Luo. What a foolish question! Sign? Of course, I have to sign. It¡¯s just 30 million credits!

    Feng Luo bit his lips as he made the decision. It was but 30 million credits. He would auction off the sniper rifle he¡¯d manufactured from all the Eye of the Thunder ingredients and all the materials he¡¯d collected over all this time, then look for Mu Wu to try to make up for the rest. A month¡¯s time and 30 million credits. It was still possible.

    Moreover, 30 million wasn¡¯t just some wasted investment. Didn¡¯t Feng Luo get back four potions by giving away the one earlier? 30 million credits in exchange for the chance to work with a Master-level NPC, as well as the research and sales rights of the enhancement potion that would certainly make him money.

    After Feng Luo signed the contract, Lin extended her hands. The next moment, the virtual paper agreement was in her hands. After that, while she uploaded a backup onto the Federation¡¯smercial mainputer, she said to Feng Luo, ¡°Oh, there¡¯s one thing I should remind you. It¡¯s a good thing you did not directly inject those types of T-virus earlier. The experiments I conducted told me that although both the W-virus and T-virus are mutations of the Evolution Virus, they reject each other. If you had rashly used that T-virus Enhancement Potion back then, the best result would have been that the W-virus would have eliminated the T-virus in your body, and the repercussions would have been minimal. As for the worst result... Naturally, it¡¯s... You should know that the invasiveness of the T-virus is much stronger than the W-virus.¡±

    Upon hearing Lin¡¯s words, Feng Luo secretly rejoiced in his heart. He¡¯d been initially not afraid of the T-virus since he had the Primary Evolution Virus (T) resistance, which was why he¡¯d dared to go deep behind the zombie horde in the previous mission. But now, it seemed like he had been careless.

    ¡°However, you don¡¯t have to worry now,¡± said Lin. ¡°If you inject this enhancement potion and have them integrate, then even the mutated virus of the samples you brought back, which is a more invasive T-virus, will not affect you that much. However, simrly, you will not be able to use other types of enhancement potions manufactured through the Primary Evolution Virus!¡±

    ¡°So, that¡¯s it...¡±

    Feng Luo wasn¡¯t really surprised. He knew that this was probably the system¡¯s restrictions on enhancement potion usage. The Primary Evolution Virus Enhancement Potion could only be integrated four times (integration failure did not count).

    However, just what was the best sequence for using the four potions in his hands? Especially when he also had the Evolutionary talent!

    The S-Grade talent had been triggered after he¡¯d integrated with the Evolution Virus. This time, if he were to inject the enhancement potion created with the W-virus, just what would happen?

    Moreover, speaking of the Evolutionary talent...

    As Feng Luo thought of that, on the panel, not far in front of the mission notification about the ¡°Road to Evolution,¡± there was a system log.

    Due to unknown reasons, Evolutionary Talent activated... Evolution Result: HP +1,000!

    Five days ago in the Withered Desert, the Evolutionary talent had been activated without any reason, and in the end, it had given him 1,000 extra HP! No matter how he thought about it, he could not figure out the reason for that incident. Apart from that system log, no other stats of his had changed in any way, and he also hadn¡¯t felt anything out of the ordinary.

    It was important to remember that every time the Evolutionary talent was activated, it had been under a special situation. So that was incredibly weird. However, ignoring the reason, the 1,000 HP increase was definitely something worth celebrating for now! Because, for a Sniper with ordinary gear who traveled on the Agility path, 1,000 HP was one-third of his total HP.

    For Feng Luo, who was half-equipped with rare equipment as well as the Badge of Honor¡ªand after integrating with the Evolution Virus which substantially increased all his stats¡ªthe 1,000 HP was around one-fourth of his total HP. More importantly, an increase in HP like that was even more valuable due to the rare stats of the item dropped by the Level-38 Desert Rock Lizard Commander and the ring he¡¯d had appraised.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Since we are now partners, there¡¯s one thing I should tell you!¡± Lin suddenly said. ¡°After seeding in manufacturing these four samples, we¡¯ve contacted an auctionpany run by you adventurers. They will have somebody here to discuss with us the sales strategy for the potion. Yup! On this, it is natural for you, an adventurer, to wee and deal with them. As for me, I will go and prepare to manufacture new potions.¡±

    ¡°Did you think about selling the items to the adventurers yourself? An auctionpany... Yes, this is a good decision!¡± Feng Luo was first quite stunned, but then she nodded.

    The rare enhancement potion should naturally be sold in an auction.

    The second-generation-wealthy Lin Aotian was willing to spend two million credits to buy an Excellent-grade enhancement potion with a 75-percent sess rate. So why wouldn¡¯t the wealthy be willing to name a higher price to purchase a Perfect-grade enhancement potion that had even better stats?

    It was because, truth be told, there were a lot of yers richer than Lin Aotian. After all, War had two billion yers on the 17th Administrative. In addition, the Star Federation was in a space colonization era, andpared to Earth, wealth was much more concentrated in the hands of a few. Even big bosses valued at over five billion were not considered the absolute wealthy ss.

    As such, as the Biohazard crisis had not yet broken out, if an enhancement potion that had not yet appeared in the market were to appear in an auction, it could rake in a ridiculous amount of credits¡ªif it was done right!

    ¡°Of course, I thought about doing it myself,¡± said Lin. ¡°But considering what you adventurers are like, being stupid with a lot of money, it¡¯s the only way the potential of these potions can be maximized.¡±

    Lin pushed the ck spectacles on her nose. When she said that, her eyes showed pure suspicion.

    ¡°Stupid and... a lot of money!¡± Feng Luo was speechless.

    At that time, the red king parrot¡¯s virtual figure suddenly reappeared. It flew above them and shouted, ¡°Master, thedy who has an appointment with you has entered the building. She will arrive at theb entrance in approximately 30 seconds.¡±

    At the same time, a row of data shed past its bird eyes, and the figure of a female yer appeared in front of the 3D image of the two.

    ¡°Eh?! How could it be...?¡±

    When he saw the person on the screen, Feng Luo was quite surprised.

 Chapter 189 - Unexpected Person

    Chapter 189: Unexpected Person

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Sister Rui?¡±

    Feng Luo was really surprised when he saw that the person who walked through the automatic door and took off her SUVbat uniform to change into smart casual wear of a white shirt and a light yellow short skirt was Sister Rui!

    ¡°Little Feng, I can¡¯t believe it really is you!¡±

    When Sister Rui saw Feng Luo, her surprise was no less than his. However, after the expression of recognition, it looked like she had expected it.

    ¡°Looks like the two of you know each other?¡± said Lin. ¡°Then, that¡¯s great. Miss Wu, Mr. Feng is ourpany¡¯s adventurer partner. On matters rted to the potion, I¡¯ll leave it to him to discuss with you. I still have an experiment that I need to attend to.¡±

    Upon seeing that Feng Luo and Sister Rui knew each other, Lin did not show any hint of curiosity. Instead, as she saw that she was not needed, she just left the two at the side as she turned around to return to herboratory.

    It was, indeed, true. A genius young woman with extremely high IQ. However, her EQ might be in the negative.

    ******

    Sister Rui stood there and looked around at the small hall across theboratory that was separated and asked Feng Luo, ¡°You started apany?¡±

    ¡°To be precise, this is a realmercialpany in the game, not like thepanies of yers,¡± Feng Luo exined.

    He had just signed an agreement to ¡°sell his body,¡± which meant that he and Lin had just jointly registered apany with the Federal Government. So, to say that he¡¯d started apany would be correct. However, under normal circumstances, when yers talked about panies,¡± what they really meant were yers¡¯ guilds.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Let¡¯s forget my small in-gamepany. Talk, Sister Rui¡ªyou¡¯ve never told everyone just what it is you do. In the end, you¡¯re actually one of the higher-ups of the Huan Yu Company!¡±

    Feng Luo had already read through some of the information Lin had sent to him through the terminal, so he already knew who Sister Rui represented and in what capacity. She was the person in charge of the Huan Yu Company in the Storm City region.

    Feng Luo suddenly understood why Sister Rui had so much rare gear on her that even normal rich people couldn¡¯t afford. The Huan Yu Company and the Starry Sky Company were both equipment trading agencies, and they mainly targeted high-end yers. At the same time, they had their own auction houses in variousrge cities in War, and they were rtively famous throughout War.

    However,pared to the Starry Sky Company, which had always firmly sat in the first-ce spot in the industry inside War, Huan Yu Company was still some ways behind. The main reason was that they¡¯d started in the game a bitter, and the first batch of important clients had already been affiliated with the Starry Sky Company. Anyters to an industry would have it tough if they wanted to challenge the entity dominating the market at that moment.

    However, Huan Yu Company was not just anypany. It was because, in reality, it was a core business of the subsidiarypany of one of the top three family-run conglomerates in the entire 17th Administrative Region, the Mu Rong Conglomerate.

    Although it was a family-run conglomerate, the Mu Rong Conglomerate had umted great wealth. Even in the entire Star Federation, it was ranked in the top 1,000. A conglomerate like that certainly had the capability to challenge the Starry Sky Company.

    As for Sister Rui, who was one of the higher-ups of the Huan Yu Company, it wasn¡¯t odd for her to be a Diamond VIP member of the Nightless City club.

    The only thing was that the Starry Sky Company was also umon. Although it was only a small business, in reality, due to capitalizing on the excellent opportunity after entering the game, setting up the stage in advance and sessfully taking the market share, it had now already be the go-topany for many big conglomerates interested in the industry.

    And recently, they even made it to the top 20 rankings across the Federation. Their wealth and capital could even bepared to countries, as it received capital injections from another family-run conglomerate, the Xiao Conglomerate!

    As such, neither organizationcked money, and they had probably already started a price war in reality. The only thing was that War wasn¡¯t a ce where money could solve everything, especially for middleman agencies and auctionpanies that went the high-end equipment route. To attract high-end customers, they needed items that could really attract attention! Rare gear, rare skills, Boss core crystals...

    To average yers, these things were valuable; however, for wealthy yers, they were clearly not all that rare! After all, even if half of the two billion yers were all pure life profession yers, and if only one in 10,000bat profession yers managed to get one rare piece of equipment from their kills per day, the daily rare equipment production was still 10,000 pieces. This was also why the price of the highest-ss rare equipment in an international all-inclusive game simr to a ¡°second world¡± was only worth around 10,000 Star Coins.

    Of course, if it were really top-ss rare equipment, the price would be quite high. For example, the Death Ripper and the Barrett would be over a million credits. As for core crystals of Bosses above Level 50, it was highly likely for them to reach a price of over 10 million credits in an auction!

    ¡°In truth, when Lin contacted me earlier, I had suspected that the potion would be rted to Little Feng, you.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s because the stats of the W-series Enhancement Potion that Lin showed me was extremely simr to the T-virus Enhancement Potion that we received in the Roguetown mission previously. Moreover, didn¡¯t you sayst time that you were going to bring the Enhancement Potion to a Master-level NPC to conduct research? That¡¯s why, after getting this information, I specifically came here myself.¡±

    ¡°The first thing is that thepany takes an Enhancement Potion like this that can permanently increase stats very seriously. Secondly, I also wanted to know if it were really connected to you.¡±

    Sister Rui smiled as she lightly put her blonde hair blocking her eye behind her ear.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that I didn¡¯t imagine that not only is the potion rted to you, but you actually started apany with an NPC.¡±

    ¡°Good luck. Triggered a special mission.¡±

    ¡°However, I¡¯m only a hardborer of thispany,¡± said Feng Luo as he forced a smile. ¡°I still have a headache here, trying to solve all these problems.¡±

    In the previous agreement, Feng Luo was not only the ¡°raw material¡± (yes, apart from being the test subject), and he also had to invest 30 million credits and be in charge ofmunications and sales negotiations with adventurers. Also, he owned 25 percent of the shares of the joint venture!

    The ratio was incredibly low. However, Feng Luo knew that this was definitely an incredibly lucrative deal. The system probably wouldn¡¯t have let the yer have any chance to increase the ratio further. As such, he signed without any opinion.

    But Feng Luo still felt that he overestimated the price of the Enhancement Potion. He would never have been able to predict back then just how much benefit and return the small 25 percent share he owned had brought him.

    It was because the length and importance of this Epic mission were far longer and more important than he¡¯d thought.

    And there was a saying: ¡°Time is money!¡±

 Chapter 190 - Sister Ruiâ€™s Surprise

    Chapter 190: Sister Rui¡¯s Surprise

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°This kind ofbor¡ªI want to do it too!¡±

    ¡°Do you know how much this type of Enhancement Potion is worth on the market?¡±

    Seeing the skeptical smile on Feng Luo¡¯s face, Sister widened her eyes.

    ¡°Hmm? One should be able to fetch 200, 300 credits. Since it¡¯s a long-term potion that can increase bodily attributes, there¡¯s no way nobody will be willing to offer a price for it.¡±

    Feng Luo thought for a while and offered a rtively conservative price.

    ¡°Not bad. At least 200, 300 credits each. But only if it¡¯s released all at once!¡±

    ¡°If the advertisement and operation are well done and it is sold little by little with a small release each time, then the price would double, at the very least. It would even be possible to fetch 10,000 credits with the first batch of sales!¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re not satisfied even with this price?¡± Sister Rui said, looking at Feng Luo. ¡°If even this is unsatisfactory, I¡¯d rather trade myself...¡±

    Feng Luo coughed, revealing his awkwardness. Why did it sound a little biased? But Sister Rui had not noticed any problem in what she¡¯d said.

    He said in a straightforward manner, ¡°The price is considerable, but the quantity is limited. Lin had told me before that for this type of potion, currently only around 100 are manufactured per month.¡±

    Feng Luo had stated the biggest problem. Any version of the newest, hottest, Rare-grade items would have had a limit imposed by the system. The recipe of this type of potionprises many rare materials, as stated in the list given to him by Lin. There were, amusingly, even unique ¡°Rare materials¡± like his ¡°blood¡± included in it.

    Although yers could use blood tonics to recover HP, the system would not have let him use this loophole. The system had stated before that this kind of blood withdrawal could withstand, at most, only 1000 milliliters per month. If not, it would cause HP and other attributes to decline.

    In fact, this type of supply from raw materials was limited, just like the Eye of the Thunder he had made himself. It was considered to be a bnce of the quantities of rare items made by the system. Only when there was a new version or at the end would the limit be removed.

    ¡°Right. Speaking of the Eye of the Thunder...¡± Feng Luo suddenly remembered something. ¡°Sister Rui, since your Huan Yu Company has had many auctions in War... I thought of something else. Please help to arrange its publicity. See if you can enter it in the nearest auction as soon as possible.

    Feng Luo thought about the 3,000 credits, still a little troubled.

    ¡°Hmm? What is it?¡± Sister Rui asked.

    ¡°This!¡±

    Feng Luo fished out his own Eye of the Thunder from his backpack, showing its attributes to Sister Rui.

    ¡°Hey, this sniper rifle¡¯s attributes are really good. The rare attributes are also outstanding, and it¡¯s even a super-scarce Level-45 Perfect Rare piece of equipment!¡±

    Sister Rui¡¯s attention was sparked. She studied the Eye of the Thunder in Feng Luo¡¯s hand and touched the gun body, which was sparkling as if with electrical current.

    ¡°Hmm,¡± she said. ¡°Let me exin it to you. Publicize it well, and you could probably sell it for 70,000 or 80,000 credits at Storm City¡¯s big auction in a month, or perhaps even up to 100,000 credits!¡±

    ¡°Sister Rui, you didn¡¯t understand what I meant...¡± Feng Luo said with a smile, looking into her eyes.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± Sister Rui¡¯s forehead creased as she looked at Feng Luo. Her blue eyes shed with confusion.

    ¡°I am a Gun Mechanic!¡± Feng Luo said, raising a hand and pointing to the ¡°Creator¡± column of the rifle¡¯s attributes. ¡°I made this rifle myself!¡±

    ¡°You made it?¡± Looking at the ID in the Creator column, surprise appeared once more in Sister Rui¡¯s eyes. ¡°Oh, right, I saw your name written in the Creator column just now. But my attention was all on the rifle attributes, so I didn¡¯t take note. Little Feng! So, you actually are an Expert Gun Mechanic. Never thought that your Life Profession grade could be so high¡ªeven creating a Perfect-grade Rare sniper rifle! Wait... Perfect-grade!¡±

    Sister Rui finally came to the realization and immediately stared at Feng Luo, unable to hide the surprise in her eyes.

    ¡°Little Feng, you mean... this Eye of the Thunder sniper rifle. You can mass produce it?¡±

    The volume of her voice had risen! Sister Rui was right to be surprised. For an equipment intermediary auctionpany like hers, there was a reliance on high-grade Life Profession yers and Life-type NPCs. Regardless of whether it was the Huan Yu Company or the Starry Sky Company, the vital strategic resources they fought over were the Life Profession yers and the NPCs. As only high-grade Life yers could surely and sessfully provide all kinds of superior equipment, special potions, and other items, they were highly essential topanies that specialized in rare item intermediary and auctions.

    Although there were fewer individuals among the high-end yers who chose to be Snipers, there was still great auctioning value for the Eye of the Thunder due to its superb attributes. More importantly, there were thousands of high-grade and above Gun Mechanic yers who had business partnerships with Huan Yu Company, but there was no Gun Mechanic Master who could manufacture this type of Level 40 and higher Rare sniper rifle.

    This was true not only for the Huan Yu Company but also for the Starry Sky Company! Therefore, being able to mass produce the Eye of the Thunder would be a trump card inpeting with the Starry Sky Company on the high-end market, just like the W-virus Enhancement Potion.

    ¡°Little Feng, you¡¯re really my lucky charm,¡± Sister Rui eximed to Feng Luo. ¡°Thepany¡¯s business has been controlled by Starry Sky Company in Storm City before. That¡¯s why I took over this region, but there has never been a good solution. Now, with the Enhancement Potion and this Rare sniper rifle¡ªtwo high-end items that can be mass produced¡ªwe, Huan Yu, could definitely at leastpete with Starry Sky Company in the Storm City Region!¡±

    ¡°If Sister Rui needs, I can give the subsequent right of sales of the Eye of the Thunder to you all. But, Sister Rui, I hope that you can sell out the first batch of the Eye of the Thunder as soon as possible!¡±

    ¡°Why? So, you are in need of money?¡± Sister Rui said, looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Yeah,¡± Feng Luo exined with a sheepish smile. ¡°Opening a business requires investment capital, this request...¡±

    At first, he thought that with the Eye of the Thunder, he would be able to escape the ¡°peasant¡± ss and spend freely. But, looking at the situation now, there was not enough money again!

    After all, regardless of whether it was the Eye of the Thunder or the Enhancement Potion, fetching high quantities of credits was not the profit¡ªthe cost of the capital had to first be subtracted.

    It was important to note that the cost of Rare-grade equipment itself was not low. In order to umte the material for the Eye of the Thunder these days, Feng Luo had almostpletely spent all his credits, while his extra equipment had also had all been put up at the Exchange. Even some of the products in the ammunition store had been cleared out by the low prices.

    Therefore, to him, the 30,000,000 credits worth of investment capital he¡¯d put in with Lin had to reap sales returns from the Eye of the Thunder!

    He had initially intended to make contact before entering into a partnership with ¡°Green Plum Boiled Wine,¡± Starry Sky Company¡¯s sales assistant in Storm City whom he was familiar with. But Sister Rui was from the Huan Yu Company and was also Storm City Region¡¯s (including Storm City and the subordinate cities like Silvermoon City) person-in-charge.

    Therefore, obviously, dealing directly with Sister Rui would be best.

 Chapter 191 - The Rage of the Stone Lizard King (The Left Ring)

    Chapter 191: The Rage of the Stone Lizard King (The Left Ring)

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°So, it¡¯s like this... How about this!¡±

    After listening to Feng Luo¡¯s reasons, Sister Rui said without hesitation, ¡°Ourpany has dedicated personnel at the Exchange point and also has business rtionships with some Merchant yers who specialize in hoarding Rare-grade materials. They can collect and purchase the materials directly and also pay the material fees for you first, then charge you only after the auction. As for the batch with the Eye of the Thunder in your hands now, I will arrange for auctions in all the major cities within a month in order to avoid price reduction due to saturation. Actually, Little Feng, if you need credits, just tell me directly...¡±

    ¡°Thank you, Sister Rui. But it¡¯s not too urgent.¡± Feng Luo smiled. He did not like to owe money to someone. Then he thought of another matter. ¡°Oh, right. Since there is someone in yourpany at the Exchange point, could I ask a favor from you?¡±

    ¡°Hmm?¡± Sister Rui nodded straightaway.

    ¡°Please help me to be vignt¡ªI want to see if there¡¯s anyone selling the matching right ring of this ring, or if there¡¯s anyone with this right ring in hand.¡±

    Feng Luo took off the ring on his left hand and ced it on the table, then showed the attributes of the khaki-colored ring, engraved with the pattern of a miniature stone lizard, to Sister Rui.

    The Rage of the Stone Lizard King (The Left Ring)

    HP +350

    Vitality +10

    Basic Defense +50

    Debuff Resistance +15%

    Bonus Effect: 0.2% HP additional recovery per second

    Level Requirement: 40

    ¡°This... Little Feng, you¡¯ve really got a lot of good stuff on you. But as a Sniper, isn¡¯t it a bit of a waste of resources?¡±

    Sister Rui looked at the attributes of the ring with surprise and disbelief in her eyes.

    ¡°It¡¯s luck.¡±

    Feng Luo smiled. It was impossible to obtain a Rare-grade ring with such good attributes without a bit of luck. Apart from solo-killing the Commander-grade monster, his hidden ¡°lucky day¡± probably also could not be ignored.

    However, Sister Rui¡¯s words were not unfounded, either. The ring was indeed not suitable for Gunners but for Heavy Armor Warriors!

    With a Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s tens of thousands of HP, by using the rare attribute of this ring, the additional recovery per second would exceed 20 points. That was almost equivalent to a never-ending F-grade blood tonic recovery effect¡ªand furthermore, with no cooldown time. For Heavy Armor Warriors, who had high defense, it would be possible to have no health loss at all even when fighting normal monsters.

    On the other hand, for Gunners with HP not over 3,000 to 4,000, there could only be a few points of recovery per second¡ªa very different effect. Furthermore, the main attributes added were vitality and HP, as well as basic defense power and debuff resistance. For the Gunner profession, without high vitality attribute benefits, it was obviously not very suitable.

    However, Feng Luo was different from the other Sniper yers!

    Because of the ¡°evolutionary¡± talent and the fusion with the W-virus, his current HP was far beyond that of a normal Sniper. When wearing the ring, his current HP reached 5,430 straightaway! This was in addition to thebat suit with the highest added HP, which he was wearing, and the Level-40 equipment. If he changed to the Level-45 SUVbat suit¡ªthe same as that of Sister Rui¡ªhis HP would have broken through 6,000!

    6,000 HP was equivalent to a Light Armor Warrior with normal equipment and was two times the standard of an average Sniper. As such, the rare attributes of the ring would have greatly advantaged him. Not to mention that he now had in his hands four Enhancement Potions that strengthened attributes. Lin had said before that these four Enhancement Potion samples were mission rewards for him to keep and not counted for in the ounts of their partnershippany!

    Frankly, if the four potions were to be auctioned at the price estimated by Sister Rui, the 30 million credits required by the mission would have been sessfully umted. However, Feng Luo did not have any intention of auctioning the four samples, because he had waited for more than an entire month for these Enhancement Potions. He was now so eager to use them that he was not prepared to wait until the release of new drugs!

    Moreover, Lin had also told him before that because the Federation was very loose in its management of adventurers¡¯ usage of potions, with her enlisting the help of others, it would only take 10 days in total to apply for a patent and a listing inspection for this type of new potion. 10 dayster, many new drugs would probably have been created, and his four potions would no longer be worth so much.

    ¡°However, the testing of drugs used by yers only takes 10 days before entering the market. Gosh!¡±

    Thinking about this, Feng Luo sighed inside. No wonder Lin had said that adventurers were rich but silly!

    Feng Luo had already decided the order of taking these potions¡ªhe would take them in the order of agility, vitality, and strength.

    Agility was the main attribute of Snipers and even Gunners. It had a very high additional effect on firearm attack power and was also the most important basic attribute of Gunners.

    Vitality could increase HP and basic defense (the definite standard of defense of the yer¡¯s role even when there is no equipment), plus endurance, HP, and recovery. It was a necessary addition for any profession!

    As for strength, it was mainly used to improve the fighting ability of melee professions, making it considerably less important for Snipers, but it still had a certain advantage and therefore was ranked third.

    But thest one, the intelligence potion, was really not of much use to him. Thus, it could be given to Sister Rui to be auctioned. As for a Maniptor yer who had attracted local tycoon yers due to his charming appearance and skill, this Enhancement Potion might help relieve him of arge proportion of his finances.

    Feng Luo remembered something else and hastily asked Sister Rui, ¡°Right. Sister Rui, have you used the T-virus Enhancement Potion that was a reward from the Biohazard mission before?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve used it,¡± Sister Rui said, doubtful. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°This is bad. There¡¯s a conflict between the T-virus and the W-virus. Wait a moment, I¡¯ll ask Lin if there could be any solution...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyebrows creased. He thought for a while and shouted to his side, ¡°Supeputer? Parrot? Or something...¡±

    Once again, he was in a panic! Even now, he still did not know the name of the supeputer in Lin¡¯sboratory.

    ¡°Hello, what¡¯s the matter?¡±

    The king parrot created through virtual intelligence pped its wings and flew out from theboratory.

    ¡°Please help me ask Lin about...¡±

    Feng Luo told the super-intelligent parrot about Sister Rui using the T-virus Enhancement Potion.

    ¡°Please wait!¡±

    It listened to Feng Luo. Then a trail of data flowed through the eyes of the supeputer parrot. After a few moments of silence, it lit up once more, speaking in its cute, synthetic electronic voice.

    ¡°The master said, as this Enhancement Potion does not use a fully active evolutionary virus, it would not be fully integrated with human cells, so the conflict between different Enhancement Potions would not be toorge. But the repulsion between the W-virus and the T-virus is more serious. Thus, the probability of conflict is indeed not low.¡±

    Hearing that, they both frowned.

    ¡°However, the master told me to convey this to Miss Wu: If everyone¡¯s cooperation is sessful, and if she is satisfied with the conditions satisfied, she can solve your problems for free. ¡±

    In the eyes of the supeputer parrot, a simtion of humanity¡¯s craftiness shed by.

    Meeting Feng Luo¡¯s eyes, Sister Rui said with a faint smile. ¡°Please tell Master Lin not to worry. Huan Yu Company will definitely offer the most favorable conditions!¡±

 Chapter 192 - Hidden Profession!

    Chapter 192: Hidden Profession!

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°So, Sister Rui, I¡¯ll hand the Enhancement Potion matter over to you!¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°It¡¯s finally off my mind! I actually get very stressed out handling management matters, not suited for all this.¡±

    On the middle floor of the Hurricane Building, through the entrance of a mobile levitating lounge tform suspended at a 100-meter height, a smiling Feng Luo and Sister Rui entered side by side.

    ¡°Little Feng, you¡¯d better not say the word ¡®thanks,¡¯¡± Sister Rui said with a smile. ¡°The Enhancement Potion and the Eye of the Thunder are both blessings to me. If it weren¡¯t for you, I wouldn¡¯t have known how to get out of this Storm City situation, so I ought to be the one saying thanks.¡±

    She opened the terminal and scanned a piece of a virtual chip with a ¡°VIP¡± symbol at the control panel.

    The two had just settled the sales n of the Enhancement Potion and the Eye of the Thunder, and Sister Rui had readily agreed with Feng Luo that she would handle the more trivial matters such as the material, products, handover, and other issues. With this n, other than some important matters that Feng Luo had toplete himself, he did not have to worry about most of the other matters.

    This allowed him to heave a sigh of relief, especially since he immediately had one more extremely important task to do.

    ¡°Eh, ninth brother. Look, isn¡¯t that Miss Rui!¡±

    The two walked into the lounge tform suspended above Storm City, which started to shift slowly, taking off into the air. They found an automatic floating seat for two and sat down. At that moment, from inside the levitating lounge tform, a Light Armor Warrior yer suddenly pointed at the two of them and spoke to the male Water Maniptor yer beside him.

    This male yer was dressed morously in a white western suit handmade by a Master Stylist in the game and with special attributes added. He was well-built, tall, and slender, with a handsome-looking face and a pair of narrow eyes, and he was constantly smiling as he nodded his head at the many surrounding people who were greeting him.

    ¡°Mm! It¡¯s indeed her.¡±

    Seeing Sister Rui, who had just walked in, the male yer¡¯s eyes¡ªwhich looked as if they held many secrets¡ªlit up.

    But upon seeing Feng Luo, dressed in normal, ck, casual attire, smiling and talking to Sister Rui, his eyebrows frowned. Nevertheless, he immediately resumed smiling because a few young female yers were screaming and excitedly running toward him, opening their terminals to the camera function to attempt to take photos with him. There was even one young girl who attempted to give him a kiss.

    ¡°F*ck. Old Liu. Who¡¯s this fellow looking so smug?¡± At the other end of the lounge tform, a slightly aged Light Armor Warrior yer d in newbie attire pouted as he spoke to his partner beside him.

    ¡°You don¡¯t even know him?¡± The yer beside him was a middle-aged Merchant yer only at Level 30. Only after asking the question did he say, ¡°Oh, right. I forgot that you¡¯ve only just joined the game. Have you heard of Storm City¡¯s Top 10 Masters? This person is September Night Rain, ranked fourth. A Level-50 Water Maniptor. Very popr among thedies.¡±

    ¡°Woah, it¡¯s the one you spoke about. That star yer or something. No wonder...¡± The middle-aged Light Armor Warrior had a tinge of astonishment on his face, then spoke with a tone of jealousy once more. ¡°F*ck. A game yer who is so appreciated he has fangirlsing up with kisses. Tsk, tsk. It really is a different era. Are the yers now really so ridiculous...?¡±

    ¡°The top yers of this version of the game having fans is not strange at all, is it?¡± the other yer said with nostalgia in his eyes and tone. ¡°Old Niu, when we were ying this game back then, those godly yers all had fans too, didn¡¯t they? It was only because there were too many games at that time. No one game could develop trulyparable and realistic top star yers!¡±

    ¡°But it¡¯s different in War. Everyone in the whole federation has a game ount. Even though not everyonees in to y, a definite number of yers still stands.¡±

    ¡°How much of a business opportunity is there in a national game like this? How great is the chance of meeting? How great is the potential?¡±

    ¡°I tell you, the poprity of the true top star yers of this game is no longer inferior to stars in real life!¡±

    ¡°In this period of time, I was considering finding a star yer in this game to do ambassadorship, or, rather, create a star yer myself. That way, mypany might be able to step up!¡±

    Intelligence gleamed in the Level-40-plus middle-aged Merchant yer¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°You want to sign this whatever-September guy?¡± the Light Armor Warrior yer said with a grin, looking at September Night Rain.

    ¡°No, not this September Night Rain. His poprity is not bad, but I¡¯ve heard that this person is full of pride. He¡¯s not good to approach... It¡¯d be better to find a more down-to-earth person for such a thing as cooperation.¡±

    ******

    ¡°Miss Rui, how coincidental to meet you here!¡±

    At that moment, after quickly dismissing the few lovey-dovey fangirls, September Night Rain, who had been evaluated as the prideful number one on Storm City¡¯s ¡°Top 10 Masters¡± list, walked straight to where Feng Luo and Sister Rui were sitting, apanied by a few of his ¡°escorts.¡±

    With a ¡°warm¡± smile and one side of his mouth crooked, he greeted Sister Rui.

    ¡°Mister September! Is anything the matter?¡± Sister Rui looked up, but her answer was neither warm nor cold.

    September Night Rain¡¯s face maintained its smile as if he¡¯d been expecting Sister Rui¡¯s chilly vibe. ¡°How unexpected it is that it was only yesterday that everyone was split to their different missions, and how coincidental it is that we meet again today! It seems like destiny. Oh, right. I guess this is Miss Rui¡¯s friend. Hi, my friend. I¡¯m September Night Rain!¡±

    While speaking, September Night Rain stepped up beside Feng Luo. He had his hand¡ªclothed in specially handmade casual wear worth an entire 20,000 credits in the game¡ªoutstretched toward Feng Luo.

    ¡°Hi!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face was uninterested as he lifted his hand¡ªd in casual wear worth less than a few thousand credits¡ªand shook his hand without standing up whatsoever.

    ¡°Hmm...¡±

    Displeasure shed in September Night Rain¡¯s narrow eyes, especially at Feng Luo¡¯s facial expression. He was looking as if he had never heard his name before. Still, he recovered his ¡°warm¡± smile as he turned to speak to Sister Rui.

    ¡°Oh, yes! Miss Rui, I came over to thank you for your help in yesterday¡¯s mission. If not for that, I wouldn¡¯t have gotten the Hidden Profession Mission opportunity.¡± As he spoke, he maintained his smile but intentionally darted his eyes in Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    Hidden Profession Mission!

    Hearing the words, the calm expression on Feng Luo¡¯s face changed subtly but noticeably.

    At Feng Luo¡¯s change in expression, September Night Rain¡¯s crooked mouth crept into a smirk.

 Chapter 193 - Expert Gunner

    Chapter 193: Expert Gunner

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo was indeed shocked.

    The ¡°Hidden Profession¡± had been the most heated discussion topic in recent years and no other. Only three months after the start of the game, a yer had made breaking news on the forum about finding clues to a Hidden Profession in War, then constantly updating his progress in the ¡°Hidden Profession Mission.¡± This breaking news had garnered the attention of many yers, allowing that top star yer to surge in poprity in a single go.

    The joke was that the news proved to be fake in the end. It was false hype that a yer and hispany had used to attempt to gain fame. After which, there had been a constant stream of other yers who asionally posted news on the forum stating that they had received something like a Hidden Profession transferred mission, but in the end, all had been proven to be simple fabrications for fame. Only when the game version was updated did the topic resurface.

    This time, it was not fake anymore.

    Some yers had really received clues to the Hidden Profession, and there were some who had even released a direct screenshot of the system log. This proved one thing: that there really was a Hidden Profession in War.

    However, about one month after the recent game update, there had been no news of any yerpleting the Hidden Profession mission, nor was there the appearance of any real Hidden Profession yer.

    As such, the topic had begun to cool down. Until three days ago, when one piece of news brought this topic to the top of the charts once more, like adding oil to fire!

    At that time, ¡°Death Roar,¡± a Machine Gunner profession star yer and the first yer to reach Level 50, had officially announced hispletion of the Hidden Profession transferred mission, earning the Hidden Profession of Gunners¡ªExpert Gunner. As proof, he¡¯d uploaded his holographic battle video to the forum after the transfer. Relying on his own ability, he had taken on a Level-35 Commander-grade monster without a scratch!

    When the video was released, it instantly aroused the interest of all the yers. In the video, thebat power of the ¡°Expert Gunner¡± Hidden Profession, disyed by this yer known as Death Roar, had indeed seemed far above that of a yer of a normal profession.

    The Hidden Profession, although it sounded like a Life Profession, could freely use all the gun-type weapons, including machine guns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, assault rifles, handguns... In the video, he first used a Rare-grade sniper rifle and continuously fired at a solo Level-35 Commander-grade Gobi Rock Crocodile from 1,000 meters away. Then he waited until the Level-35 Commander-grade monster had been angered and was furiously charging at him with ws that could crush rocks. When it reached a distance of 600 meters from him, he immediately dropped his sniper rifle and picked up the six-barreled Rare machine gun propped up beside him, unleashing rapid fire.

    When the specially lengthened chain of bullets was used up, and when the Commander-grade monster with no long-range attack abilities was at a distance of 300 meters, he switched to an assault rifle loaded with unique bullets and swiftly retreated as he fired, climbing onto a rock that had been prepared earlier, and continued to make use of this ¡°retreating¡± technique.

    After which... There was no ¡°after,¡± as the unintelligent, Level-35, close-range-type Commander-grade monster, which charged even more unhesitatingly upon being angered, was already dead.

    In an environment like the Gobi Desert, with no cover at all, the monster¡¯s defense had first been broken by the sniper rifle loaded with unique bullets. Then it had received a steady stream of more than 500 machine gun bullets. Following that, it had absorbed another unique bullet from the magazine of a Rare-grade submachine gun... Even if its HP had been more than 50,000 and even with its thick skin, it could not take the attacks. It had been stripped of itsst HP by the submachine gun before it¡¯d gotten a chance to escape.

    ¡°Level-50 Hidden Profession unharmed in challenging a Level-35 Commander-grade monster, solo!¡±

    The holographic video had been at the hottest position in the forum for thest few days, and its current viewer count had exceeded 800 million.

    The ID of ¡°Death Roar¡± had been made known to many yers as ¡°War¡¯s Top Gunner¡±! At the same time, he had taken the ce of the godly idol singer originally at the top of the yer Poprity Chart of the Star Federation 17th Executive Star Virtual Network, leading the chart in his yer identity. This showed howrge the influence of the game of War now had.

    Feng Luo had simrly watched the battle video and had reyed it a few times, even making use of the paid services rmended on the official forum, directly recing himself virtually with Death Roar in the video, engaging in the operation and battling in ce of him. In the end, the conclusion was that the Expert Gunner profession really was a big deal!

    This profession had especially high damage addition, which could cause tons of damage regardless of whether using sniper rifles, submachine guns, or heavy machine guns.

    It was important to remember that even though there was no restriction of profession for the equipment in War, so Snipers could technically operate machine guns, due to profession specialization, the damage would be very low. Thus, no one would use cross-profession weapons.

    But the Hidden Profession had broken that tradition,bining the three basic Gunner profession weapons so that there would be a suitable gun in any circumstance.

    It also had the strongest single attack (the sniper rifle), the strongest explosive ability (the machine gun) and the most mobile firing ability (the assault rifle). No wonder it was called the ¡°Expert Gunner¡±!

    But naming this ¡°Death Roar¡± as the top Gunner? He was a little overrated.

    In the video, Death Roar¡¯s operation had actually earned him quite a bit of damage. For instance, when using the sniper rifle, his aim was inurate, and his posture was amateurish. It was only because the unique bullets in that Rare sniper rifle had a certain degree of automatic calibration that the aiming error had not been toorge. His use of the assault rifle at the end was simrly wed.

    His use of the sniper rifle was more of a show¡ªnot even 5 percent of the Gobi Crocodile¡¯s HP had been reduced after 10 shots.

    When Feng Luo experienced it himself, he reduced 19 percent of its HP within the same charging distance of the Gobi Crocodile!

    Of course, that was likely because Death Roar was originally a Machine Gunner, so he was not yet very familiar with the sniper rifle and the assault rifle. When operating the gun of his ¡°designated profession,¡± the star yer known as Death Roar had nheless demonstrated amendable performance.

    With a weapon like a machine gun, it would be extremely difficult to fire at fast-movingnd targets. The uracy rate of normal yers was likely to be less than 20 percent. In the few times that Feng Luo had tried, his highest was not even at 50 percent.

    But Death Roar had a proven 70-percent uracy rate!

    His feat of being the first to reach Level 50 was certainly not due to luck alone.

 Chapter 194 - The Power of the Top 10 Masters

    <strong>Chapter 194: The Power of the Top 10 Masters</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°That¡¯s why, Miss Rui, I really must thank you. After all, if not for you, we would¡¯ve failed the mission yesterday, and I would¡¯ve lost this chance at the Hidden Profession Mission.¡±

    Seeing that Feng Luo had already been ¡°locked in ce,¡± the smile on September Night Rain¡¯s face was even warmer.

    ¡°It¡¯s just quite a pity that you, Miss Rui, hadn¡¯t joined this mission of ours earlier. If not, ording to mission contribution, I think this chance at the Hidden Profession Mission should¡¯ve belonged to you, Miss Rui. This would then really be rewarding the deserving... Also, I¡¯ve been thinking that the system should¡¯ve given Miss Rui¡ªsuch a high-standard, beautifuldy yer¡ªsome exclusive treatment. After all, in all of War, there are very few female yers who could have such an ability as Miss Rui¡¯s. If War needed an ambassador, you¡¯d definitely be more suitable than Light Dancing Sparrow because...¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly felt like his own rather self-confident speech paled inparison to that of this Water Maniptor who was presumably a star yer. Or he could say that he was not as thick-skinned!

    ¡°Mister September, don¡¯t you have your own things to do?¡± Sister Rui suddenly spoke up, her voice still calm but obviously much colder. ¡°What a pity. These words have been used on the wrong person...¡±

    Feng Luo knew that Sister Rui was already extremely angry inside. The more angered she was, the tter and chillier her tone became.

    Although there was a part of this September-whatever¡¯s words that Feng Luo actually agreed with, which was referring to Sister Rui as not inferior to that ¡°Light Dancing Sparrow,¡± whom many nerdy male yers had called War¡¯s Number One Goddess. Sister Rui would not have been touched by this kind of praise with her personality.

    ¡°Er¡ªindeed, I have things to do. Two friends entered the PK field just now. I was prepared toe here to watch the battle. Didn¡¯t expect to see Miss Rui; forgot about that for a moment.¡±

    Sensing the change in Sister Rui¡¯s tone, the smile on September Night Rain¡¯s face was still ¡°warm¡± as he turned to say to the Scout yer at his side, as if suddenly remembering something.

    ¡°Quickly go inform He Zong. Let him use my friends¡¯ spectatorship authority to broadcast to everyone not to miss this showdown between de and Shadow!¡±

    ¡°Well then, Miss Rui, I¡¯ll take my leave. The one in charge of this lounge tform, He Zong, is my friend. Just call out to the staff if you want anything!¡±

    Finishing with a smile, September Night Rain brought his few yers and walked off toward the control station of the lounge tform.

    Seeing that September Night Rain had left, Sister Rui looked at Feng Luo and suddenly said, ¡°I went to do a serial mission with a rtive¡¯s daughter over these two days, met a mission merger situation, and wasbined with his mission. The mission was smoothlypleted in the end, but that jerk exposed much of my information.¡±

    She didn¡¯t even know herself why she had exined all that.

    ¡°This means that Sister Rui, you are charming...¡± Feng Luo joked.

    ¡°Little Feng, if you say something like that again, I¡¯ll use you as a human shield next time.¡± Sister Rui¡¯s eyes briefly nced at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Okay, Sister Rui! Show some mercy¡ªI¡¯m not suited as a human shield.¡± Feng Luo hurriedly begged for mercy.

    At that moment, from themunication station of the lounge tform levitating in mid-air, someone¡¯s voice resounded. ¡°Breaking news, breaking news! Two of the Top 10 Masters have just entered the PK field, prepared to engage in a single three-round friendly match. Light Armor Warrior ¡®Icy de,¡¯ in seventh ce, versus Scout yer ¡®Hopeless Bullet,¡¯ known as ¡®Shadow God,¡¯ in eighth ce! The stage has already obtained consent from both sides; a broadcast of this ultimate showdown will being up on holographic channel one!¡±

    ¡°Everyone should know that typically, the Top 10 Masters are secretive; they would seldom PK publicly in an arena. So you mustn¡¯t miss today¡¯s incredible battle! Also, to disclose to everybody, our spectatorship of the battle today is owed to the friends of the God September Night Rain. At the moment, the God September Night Rain is just on our number 23 lounge tform, spectating the match with everybody. Everybody, please wee him!¡±

    ¡°Hello, everybody!¡± September Night Rain said with his maic, attractive voice from the control station.

    ¡°The mighty September God!¡±

    ¡°So, September God is actually here! I shouldn¡¯t have cut the movie just now¡ªdidn¡¯t notice.¡±

    ¡°Shadow God! My idol.¡±

    ¡°F*ck! Shadow God versus de God! How could it be so exciting!¡±

    A wave of cheering instantly sounded from the tform, disying the influence of the top 10 Master-grade star yers in Storm City.

    ¡°Boss He, cease with the suspense. Hurry up and switch on the broadcast!¡±

    However, there were also many people on the tform who were not very interested in ¡°stars¡± and what-not. But even for those who did not follow the stars, they were still very much looking forward to watching the PK between the masters. After all, the various sorts of experiences and moves in masters¡¯ battles were valuable lessons for normal yers.

    ¡°Right now, right now!¡±

    The voice from before spoke again. Secondster, the surroundings of the entire tform werepletely changed¡ªfrom its original position high in the air near the Hurricane Building to a levitating spectator tform that was a tournament map.

    This was not an actual change in position; it was the use of holographic projection and environmental simtion technology on the surroundings of the spectator tform, changing the surrounding scenery. This was also the reason why this lounge tform could attract so many yers! Furthermore, people who were not interested in tournaments could switch themselves out.

    But Feng Luo and Sister Rui had no intention of switching out.

    Feng Luo did have quite an interest in a battle between masters like these. At the moment, on the holographic tournament map, a Level-50 Light Armor Warrior and a Level-50 Scout had already begun to fight.

    This tournament map was not considered veryrge¡ªonly about 300 meters in diameter and much smaller than the advanced desert map from before, when Feng Luo had fought with ck Panther, which was almost two kilometers.

    However, this map was part of a natural forest region. Although only 300 meters, it provided enough operational space for both the Scout and the Light Armor Warrior. At the very least, the spectatorship of the battle between the two Top 10 Masters was sufficient.

    From the Scout¡¯s scouting of his opponent at the start to his secretive shift of orientation, he silently found a firing angle and made use of his head start tounch a sudden first strike. He fired a magazine of bullets that slipped through the gaps in the forest, urately hitting the Light Armor Warrior in the chest and straightaway reducing the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s HP by one-third.

    After which, not backing down at all, he engaged ¡°Quick Sneak¡± to widen their distance, swiftly and silently hiding in the dense forest!

    The Light Armor Warrior¡ªwho was not holding an alloy sword but an alloy longsword¡ªpretended not to know his opponent¡¯s position. He then all of a sudden engaged Charge as he turned around, vigorouslyunching himself toward the Scout¡¯s hiding position.

    Every single move of the two yers back and forth garnered cheers from some of the yers on the tform!

    ******

    ¡°No wonder they¡¯re so-called ¡®Top 10 Masters.¡¯ These are at least some pretty strong abilities!¡±

    Seeing the performance of the two, Feng Luo had gained a bit more understanding of the abilities of the ¡°Top 10 Masters¡±.

    Truly, the two on the field could indeed be considered to be masters. At least, among the people he had met, only Sha Lang, Red Queen, Sister Rui, and a minimal number of other people wereparable. However, they could not bepared to the masters who could make him feel stunned and stressed!

    Their strength was mainly due to theplete set of Rare-grade equipment and the umted rare skills on them. Their mindfulness and the skills they disyed in battle were worthy of recognition, although they could not be considered truly top-notch. In the game, equipment itself was a part of one¡¯s strength¡ªthat much was undeniable.

    ¡°Wow, look!¡±

    ¡°Unbelievable!¡±

    At that moment, the spectator tform suddenly burst with a loud uproar.

    On the PK map, the two had simultaneously activated their pets!

 Chapter 195 - Win/Lose Ratio?

    Chapter 195: Win/Lose Ratio?

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Two pets appearing on thebat map made most yers who did not yet have a pet incredibly jealous. Especially when, regardless of their looks or grade, the two pets were extremely umon!

    The pet called ¡°Shadow¡± belonging to the Scout yer was a one-meter wolf that waspletely ck when it first made its appearance. However, after appearing in the forest, the fur on its body, as well as its eyes, started to quickly change color. After a few seconds, it was the same color as the grass and trees around it. If it did not move, it was incredibly hard to detect it.

    Shadow Wolf. Level 39 Elite-grade pet. Possesses ¡°Optical Disguise¡± ability. Can merge the color of its body with the environment. Adept at sneak attacks, explosive attacks.

    The pet of the Light Armor Warrior called de was a blood-colored bat that wasn¡¯t even the size of a palm. The moment it appeared, it started fluttering its wings and flew quickly into the air.

    Shockwave Bat. Level 38 Elite-grade pet. Possesses the ability to cast special soundwave attacks. Extremely fast flying speed. Very hard to deal with.

    The two Elite-grade monsters that appeared on the scene garnered admiration and praises, as well as some shouts and screams from some fans on the observation deck. After all, at the moment, Elite-grade pets were extremely rare. For special pets like these two, in particr, the sess rate for controlling the pet biochip was very low.

    Even when a normal yer was lucky enough to get his or her hands on an average-ranked pet biochip, he or she would have no way to get an ¡°extremely rare¡± pet like one of these. One would have to burn through several chips before seeding!

    The moment the two Elite-grade pets appeared, the ¡°Duel of Trump Cards¡± between the Top Ten Masters became much more entertaining.

    Two highly appealing pets attracted the gazes of several yers. With one running on the ground while the other flew in the air, crisscrossing each other throughout, it certainly gained the attention of many eyeballs!

    In fact, if they were in the wild, anyone would have been cautious when using their pets. After all, the loyalty point penalty for having it die once was utterly painful. However, in a PK match, the death of a pet would only cause a drop of one-tenth in loyalty points; moreover, there were no experience or credit penalties, so pets had be frequent participants in PK matches.

    ******

    In a spot not far away from Feng Luo, one of the ¡°Top Ten Masters¡± September Night Rain and his gang were also watching the match.

    At that time, a yer beside him asked, ¡°Brother September? Pray tell¡ªif faced against de and Shadow, do you think you can win easily?¡±

    With a condescending expression, another yer said, ¡°What rubbish! Brother September is definitely stronger than them. After all, Brother September¡¯s rank is a lot higher. Isn¡¯t that right, Brother September?¡±

    Brother September said calmly, ¡°You¡¯re right, but not entirely right... Although there¡¯s a difference in ranking, everyone¡¯s strength is around the same level. So if we were to really fight, victory wouldn¡¯t be guaranteed! But this is in terms of our individual strength. If it were a match like this where pets are allowed, then...¡±

    The person who had spoken earlier immediately finished his sentence while smiling. ¡°Then Brother September, you¡¯ll definitely win!¡±

    ¡°They definitely won¡¯t know that Brother September has already finished a chain mission and obtained an Advanced-level pet biochip, then obtained a Commander-grade pet. As long as you level up the pet, your strength will definitely far surpass them!¡±

    ¡°Victory isn¡¯t guaranteed,¡± September Night Rain said calmly. ¡°After all, even if it was a Commander-grade monster, after bing a pet, it would be nerfed, and it might not be a decisive factor. Yup, if both sides were to use pets, then it would probably be seven to three. They have around a 30 percent chance. However, it can¡¯t be on this map. This map is too advantageous for Light Armor Warriors and Scouts.¡±

    ******

    If it were on this map, then it¡¯s probably at around 50 percent...

    At that moment, Feng Luo was also calcting his chances of winning against the two in the match.

    ¡°50 percent to win, and also 50 percent to lose!¡±

    After reaching this conclusion, Feng Luo¡¯s gaze became calm.

    A 50-percent chance to lose; the strength that those two disyed did not appear all that strenuous for him, which was not in conflict with his assessment. That was because the 50-percent chance was based on this PK map!

    This sort of forest terrain was quite disadvantageous for Snipers. Although he¡¯d previously experienced severalbat situations in forests, a solo PK match against people like these two was different. After all, a Sniper was a profession that feared close-quartersbat, and whether it was a Scout or a Light Armor Warrior, they would be able to maximize their potential in this sort of terrain.

    Apart from the terrain and profession restraints, the 50-percent chance to lose was also due to his gear and level. His equipment was considered quite decentpared to normal yers. However,pared with those two superstar yers who were covered in rare Level-50 set of equipment with excellent, rare stats, he still had a way to go. After all, the stats of Level-40 equipment could neverpare to the stats of Level-50 max-level equipment!

    However, this was before using the Enhancement Potion. After he used three Enhancement Potions, the gap in strength would be reduced to nothing in an instant. Moreover, after using the Enhancement Potion, if they were to switch to a broader map and increase the distance between them to over 500 meters, then he believed his chances would increase to 80 percent or even higher.

    Perhaps two to eight...

    Of course, this was in a situation in which there were no pets.

    What if pets were allowed? Hmm... Then wouldn¡¯t that be bullying?

    This was especially true after the past few days, when he had developed two more Elite-grade Beetles and several Normal-grade beetles!

    ******

    At the same time, in a casual rest tform in Storm City, on two seats that werepletely cut off due to the holographic projection, two yers were watching this battle. However, the theme of their discussion was about somethingpletely unrted to the PK match.

    ¡°I heard that you failed your mission,¡± said an Earth Maniptor wearing normal, casual yellow clothing, much like Feng Luo¡¯s brand, sitting on the left.

    ¡°Not entirely a failure. That mission NPC agreed to give me another chance. If I seed this time, then the mission can continue.¡±

    Unparalleled Violence, who was wearing an entire set of dark armor, breathed a sigh of relief, then,ter, his expression turned cold again.

    ¡°The Sniper who foiled my mission that night... If I learn who he is, I¡¯ll show him who¡¯s boss!¡±

    ¡°If you keep scheming against others, it¡¯smon for you to be schemed against. There¡¯s no need to get so angry, Old Vio!¡± The Earth Maniptor held a beverage in his hands and added slowly, sounding veryzy, ¡°I really don¡¯t want to get mad!¡±

    Unparalleled Violence¡¯s face rxed as he looked helpless. ¡°You should know that I¡¯ve been on this mission for over half a month. Moreover, to continue doing the mission, I¡¯ve been forced to buy a Level-50 Fire Boss core crystal from an auction. A total of 13 million credits, man! It¡¯s half of all my money!¡±

    ¡°What about your boss? Did he say anything?¡± The Earth Maniptor sucked on the straw of the beverage in his hand.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t n to rely on his strength too much for this mission,¡± Unparalleled Violence said with his mouth turning sideways as he shook his head. ¡°You should know that I don¡¯t want to rely on him too much. Otherwise... I might end up like Crimson Gun me...¡±

    ¡°All right. Let¡¯s stop talking about this. Since your boss isn¡¯t a good person...¡± The Earth Maniptor stretched his back as he indicated the battle below them with his chin. ¡°Old Vio, what¡¯s your opinion on these two down there?¡±

    Unparalleled Violence shook his head as he stared at thezy-looking Earth Maniptor and said, ¡°Due to this chain mission that is incredibly annoying, I haven¡¯t been able to increase the level of my skills. I¡¯m now quite behind in terms of strength. If I were to go down and fight them right now, I probably wouldn¡¯t have much of a chance. However, if it were you, it would probably be seven to three, in your favor! After all, you¡¯re not the only one who managed to get a spot in the Top Ten Masters list based solely on your own strength and without someone backing you up.¡±

 Chapter 196 - Enhancement Potion Injection

    Chapter 196: Enhancement Potion Injection

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Miss Rui! I was wondering if I could have the honor of inviting Miss Rui to dine with me at the Michelin Restaurant for lunch. To show my gratitude for yesterday¡¯s mission!¡±

    The arena match had a lot of ¡°ups and downs.¡± In the previous two rounds, the result between the match between the two top ten masters was a win each. As such, thest match had been extremely heated. In the end, the Light Armor Warrior called de had won narrowly with just 6 percent of his HP left.

    This ¡°fierce¡± match had earned the praise andmendation of many, and the poprity of the two Top Ten Masters was higher than ever. However, Feng Luo and Sister Rui only exchanged nces as they came to a mutual conclusion, knowing that the third round was just an ¡°act¡± that both sides had earlier negotiated. As such, just as the match was about to end, both of them stood up and prepared to leave.

    However, at that moment, unexpectedly, the ¡°Handsome Superstar¡± September Night Rain appeared with a bunch of his followers behind him while extending the invitation to Sister Rui with a bright smile on his face.

    Have lunch together?

    Inmon games, eating within a game would be quite meaningless. However, it was slightly different in War, since eating in a highly realistic game like this could directly stimte a person¡¯s sense of taste and allow the body to really ¡°taste¡± something. On a deeper level, for yers using the game capsule, since the AI system of the game capsule would automatically replenish the body with nutritional liquids when they ate, it could even create a feeling of fullness and satiation in real life after eating delicacies in the game.

    As such, many people opted not to return to the real world to eat the not-so-bad-tasting food in the real world that was mostly synthesized, fake food products during mealtime. Instead, they preferred to eat and drink in-game, especially when it came to rare food ingredients in the game. They were incredibly tasty, and if they were prepared by a Master-level Chef NPC, they could even provide a temporary stat boost.

    The Michelin restaurant September Night Rain mentioned was one of the restaurants in Storm City that had a famous Master NPC Chef as its main chef. There was no way for normal yers to get a reservation there.

    ¡°There¡¯s no need,¡± Sister Rui said casually with a cold expression. ¡°We already have reservations at the Star Ocean Night Sky restaurant.¡±

    Star Ocean Night Sky Restaurant was also a famous restaurant in Storm City. As it used environment simtion technology on arge scale, each of the tables in the restaurant looked like smalls in space, and the dining experience was mesmerizing. More importantly, this restaurant was an incredibly famous couple¡¯s restaurant in Storm City!

    After seeing Feng Luo and Sister Rui casually enter the automatic flying car parked beside the tform, a follower looked at September Night Rain¡¯s face and said cautiously, ¡°That... Brother September...?¡±

    ¡°Help me get people from the Hound Organization and check the guy¡¯s background.¡± September Night Rain stood in ce with a stiff expression, his long and thin eyes filled with anger.

    After that, by the time he turned his head around, his expression instantly carried the same ¡°warm¡± smile he always carried as he faced a few young female yers running toward him from the tform.

    ******

    Afternoon, game time. Inside Lin¡¯sboratory on the highest floor of the Hurricane building...

    You¡¯ve injected ¡°Primary Evolution Virus (W) Enhancement Potion Type IV.¡± The synthesizing time for the potion is half an hour. Synthesizing...

    Due to the Enhancement Potion, your ¡°Evolution¡± talent has been activated...

    Feng Luoy inside a ball-shaped vessel containing nutritional liquid while witnessing a silver, medical mechanical arm injecting the Enhancement Potion into his body very slowly. After that, a system notification popped up in both his visual and auditory windows!

    Feng Luo felt a dead and cold feeling when the Enhancement Potion entered his body, butter, it gradually turned hot, entering his bloodstream as the potion flowed to every part of his body. Every cell in his body seemed to obtain new strength after the heat coursed through his veins. The feeling made Feng Luo close his eyes subconsciously.

    After half an hour...

    Synthesized Primary Evolution Virus (W) Enhancement Potion Type IV. Obtained: Agility +10, HP +300, movement speed +5%, basic endurance consumption rate ?20%...

    The notification that appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s system logs when he opened his eyes meant that the synthesis of his body and the potion had been very sessful.

    There were some key differences in terms of stats between the W-virus Enhancement Potion that Lin created and the T-virus Enhancement Potion that Feng Luo had obtained through a previous mission. The Agility (W-Virus) Enhancement Potion was the same as the Type-Seven (T-virus) potion. The main bonus attribute was a +10 in agility.

    As for the HP increase of 300, it was 100 more than the 200-HP increase of the T-virus. However, the increase in movement speed was 5 percent less! And as for thest bonus attribute, the T-virus gave ¡°slight improvement of Visual Perception,¡± while the W-virus was ¡°decrease endurance consumption rate by 20%.¡±

    All in all, it was hard to say which one was better than the other. But for Feng Luo, who possessed the ¡°Rage of the Stone Lizard King (Ring),¡± the HP increase was better than the movement speed increase. After all, a Sniper rarely needed to utilize his maximum movement speed. (Note: The movement speed increase means increasing the maximum movement speed, which means the maximum speed when running at full speed, but the endurance consumption rate while running at full speed would be extremely high).

    Apart from that, on the lower part of the system logs, there was another notification that came straight after.

    Due to the activation of your ¡°Evolution¡± talent during the synthesis process, you¡¯ve gained an extra: +2 Agility, HP +50, Movement speed +1%, basic endurance consumption rate ?40%, Primary Evolution Virus resistance increased!

    Upon seeing this message, Feng Luo wasn¡¯t sure if he should be happy or disappointed.

    When he heard the system notification telling him that the Evolution talent was activated, he was definitely quite excited. Although he had guessed previously that the first Enhancement Potion might activate his Evolution talent, it had still been a guess, after all, so he hadn¡¯t been 100-percent certain.

    In the end, he¡¯d guessed correctly. Feng Luo was filled with expectation when it came to the ¡°Evolution.¡±

    It was important to know that the first time the Evolution Virus had synthesized and integrated on the Feiyi Hao when they¡¯d first met, the Evolution talent directly doubled his permanent stats that increased when it was activated!

    As for the night a few days ago, when it was suddenly activated for some weird reason, he had an extra 1,000 HP! Due to this, Feng Luo had high expectations regarding the Evolution talent¡¯s activation this time.

    However, in the end, unexpectedly, the increase of the additional stats was only just one-fifth of the Enhancement Potion.

    Perhaps I¡¯ve been too greedy, Feng Luo thought whileughing at himself in the nutrition liquid.

    The Evolution talent was actually already quite amazing. By just relying on this talent, his basic stats were already a lot higher and better than other normal-level yers. One might have even guessed that the stat increase Feng Luo experienced while using the Enhancement Potion was much higher than an average yer, so what was there to be dissatisfied about?

    While Feng Luo was lost in thought, Lin, who had been standing there the whole time, had already recorded all his body information. Then, after Lin extracted some blood from him, she let the medical mechanical arm inject the second potion, which was the vitality Enhancement Potion.

    You¡¯ve injected ¡°Primary Evolution Virus (W) Enhancement Potion Type One. The synthesis time for this potion is 30 minutes. Synthesizing...

    The system would send out a notification after the vitality Enhancement Potionpletely entered the body.

    Due to the Enhancement Potion, your ¡°Evolution¡± talent was activated...

    However, a notification that Feng Luo did not expect at all suddenly appeared!

    ¡°Wait!¡±

    After hearing that notification, Feng Luo froze.

    How is that possible? The Evolution talent is activated? Doesn¡¯t the Evolution talent have a restriction that states that the stats can only increase once in the same situation? Then, based on logic, this type of Enhancement Potion should only be effective if it was the first one, right?

    Feng Luo could not wrap his head around the entire ordeal. This was not what he had expected.

    Just what is going on?! Could it be that the activation condition for the Evolution Talent is different from what I imagined?

 Chapter 197 - Analyzingâ€ the Evolution Talent

    Chapter 197: ¡°Analyzing¡± the Evolution Talent

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Synthesized Primary Evolution Virus (W) Enhancement Potion, Type 1. Obtained: Vitality +5, HP +150, all energy resistance +2.5%, basic HP recovery rate +10%...

    After half an hour, the system logs disyed the final effects of the vitality Enhancement Potion.

    Clearly,pared to the results of the Agility Enhancement Potion from before, the effects of the Vitality Enhancement Potion were only half as potent. No wonder Lin had mentioned that the effect of the second potion,pared to the first one, would be greatly reduced!

    It¡¯s just... This reduction is too much, isn¡¯t it? It shrank by 50 percent!

    However, Feng Luo cared more about the second notification in the system log. His eyes widened when he saw it.

    Due to the activation of the ¡°Evolution¡± talent while synthesizing, you¡¯ve obtained the following: Vitality +2, all energy resistance +1%, basic HP recovery rate +4%, Primary Evolution Virus resistance increased!

    The extra stats increased due to the ¡°Evolution¡± talent were actually unaffected. Compared to the previous Agility potion, it was only missing the ¡°HP +50¡± stat.

    ¡°But why did the Evolution Talent also work on the second Enhancement Potion?¡± Feng Luo still could not figure it out and was still quite confused.

    ¡°Very weird...¡±

    It wasn¡¯t just Feng Luo who was feeling confused. Lin, who was wearing her research coat and her ck-framed spectacles, frowned as she stood outside the nutritional capsule while observing and recording Feng Luo¡¯s physical data. In the space in front of her, there were a lot of data and continuously moving and changing 3D images. The data flowing inside her sses was also refreshing at high speed.

    ¡°This result is quite different from my previous experiments. Your physical attributes actually received more enhancement than my prediction based on past experiments!¡±

    Lin¡¯s brows knitted together as the virtual 3D images in front of her continued to shift and change at a terrifying rate.

    ¡°Hmm... So that¡¯s it...¡±

    After several seconds, she suddenly stopped the images and erged one 3D image of a cell. Beside the image, multiple streams of data kept flowing and changing.

    ¡°What is it?¡± Feng Luo asked while still inside the ball-shaped nutritional liquid capsule. He was also very curious. Could it be that yers¡¯ talents could also be ¡°analyzed¡± by NPCs?

    ¡°Some of the cells in your body were found to have some out of the ordinary reaction to substances of the potion. After most of the cells formed primary resistance to theposition of the Enhancement Potion that carried the W-virus, these cells actually bypassed the W-virus and automatically synthesized with some of the effective substances of the potion. Then there were structural gene mutations... This is the equivalent of carrying the Evolution Virus yourself! But this type of special cell will be normal cells after leaving your body. Odd... Too odd...¡±

    Lin controlled the mechanical medical arm and obtained some ¡°mutated cells¡± from Feng Luo¡¯s body but quickly found out that upon leaving Feng Luo¡¯s body, these cells would quickly deteriorate and be normal cells.

    Looks like the system provided some scientific exnation for the Evolution Talent... To synthesize with substances from the potion... So that¡¯s it. I understand now.

    By then, Feng Luo had understood. It wasn¡¯t the Enhancement Potion that had activated the Evolution Talent; instead, it was the substances inside the Enhancement Potion.

    The three Enhancement Potions targeted different stats, so it was natural that they had differentpositions. The effect of the talent that could ¡°only be effective once¡± was naturally very specific. This was also why, after the first Agility Potion increased his HP, thetter two potions no longer added to HP.

    ¡°Your body really is very different from the others... Yes, it looks like I didn¡¯t miscalcte. You can definitely help me create the real perfect virus!¡± eximed Lin as she observed all kinds of data floating in the air while standing beside the ball-shaped nutritional capsule.

    ¡°The real perfect virus...¡±

    Upon hearing that, Feng Luo, who was initially thinking about issues pertaining to his Evolution talent inside the nutritional capsule, suddenly reacted. ¡°Hold on!¡± Feeling that Lin¡¯s words might have other implications, Feng Luo asked quickly, ¡°Is the W-virus not yet a sess?¡±

    Lin pushed her ck-framed spectacles up her nose bridge and said, ¡°Of course it¡¯s not yet a sess! Rememberst time when we went to the abandoned military base? From there, I obtained encrypted data. After decrypting the data over the past few days, I found out that that military base had already reached a very high level when it came to research on the Evolution virus. They¡¯ve researched and produced advanced-level mutated versions of the Evolution Virus far greater than the W-virus!

    ¡°Apart from that, there were those samples that you brought back from Roguetown. There was also a T-virus mutation that had a much better effect on the human body than the Enhancement Potion I created. Of course, that mutation was too destructive and was difficult to control!¡±

    The Tyrant...

    An image appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s mind: the being infected with the T-virus that had such amazing strength it could bend amppost with one hand. It had charged even when facing multiple yers, guard soldiers, and the onught of several six-barreled machine guns. Clearly, the powerful T-virus mutation that Lin mentioned was the sample collected from the body of the Tyrant.

    Advanced Level Evolution Virus mutant... Looks like there will also be the intermediate-level and advanced-level enhancement potions appearing in the future, Feng Luo thought, confirming the guesses in his mind.

    ¡°Although I call this Evolution Virus ¡®Perfect,¡¯ to me, the current virus is still very far away from being truly sessful!¡± Lin continued to manipte streams of data in front of her while talking to Feng Luo. ¡°The reason I decided to release the Enhancement Potion¡ªwhich I am not satisfied with¡ªto the market and to work with you is because I need capital for research. A huge sum of capital to support the continuation of my research! So, I have to let you know that in regard to the money we obtain from the Enhancement Potion auction, I will invest 90 percent into the research for the perfect virus!¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    Ugh! System, you¡¯re joking with me...

    Upon hearing Lin¡¯s words, Feng Luo was shocked. He only had 25 percent of the shares in the first ce, and now, he had to take 90 percent of that and invest it into ¡°research.¡± That meant that the remaining capital that could be used for dividends was just 10 percent. That was before deducting administrative and material costs, as well as taxes, etc....

    The sky-high profit that he was initially expecting was long gone, and now, Feng Luo didn¡¯t even know when he would be able to break even...

    This is a scam! This is way too evil! What was that about making a profit immediately!?

    ¡°Tssst!¡±

    Lin did not care about Feng Luo¡¯s pain. Instead, she simply injected the third ¡°Strength¡± Enhancement Potion into Feng Luo¡¯s body.

    After half an hour...

    Synthesized Primary Evolution Virus (T) Enhancement Potion, Type 4. Obtained: Strength +2.5, HP +75, all negative effects resistance +1.25%, Endurance recovery rate +5%.

    Due to the activation of the ¡°Evolution¡± talent while synthesizing, you¡¯ve obtained the following: Strength +2, all negative effects resistance +1%, Endurance recovery rate +4%, Primary Evolution Virus resistance increased!

    ******

    As expected, and just as he¡¯d predicted, the effect of the third potion was only a quarter of the first.

    At that moment, Feng Luo felt that his decision of not using the Intelligence Enhancement Potion, and instead, asking Sister Rui to auction it off, had been the correct one. After all, it was a potion that had the potential of fetching a value of over 10 million; to use it to just gain one point in intelligence, around 30 plus points in MP, and a few tenths of condensed energy stats that he did not even use would have been too much of a waste. He might have even considered not using the third strength potion if he did not receive the extra stats from his Evolution Talent.

    However, after using the three Agility, Vitality, and Strength Enhancement Potions, Feng Luo truly believed that his physical traits had been strengthened¡ªespecially his vitality and HP. After multiple enhancements, his HP was now over 6,000, reaching a total of 6,215 HP! 6.2K HP wasparable to a Light Armor Warrior with normal gear who was mainly focused on damage dealing.

    Even a very powerful Sniper¡ªunless they used unique or special bullets and also possessed a ¡°Fatal¡± attack talent like his¡ªwould have no way of being able to one-shot kill him!

    More importantly, with this, he had enough HP for self-preservation. So, for the incredibly important mission that Feng Luo was going to do next, he was now more reliable!

    Feng Luo opened the system interface and found the encrypted message hidden in the chip that Colonel Andre had ordered a soldier to sneak to him after he¡¯dpleted the Roguetown mission. After he flipped through it, a confident smile shed across Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    You¡¯ve earned qualification to take part in the examination of a hidden profession. Please head to the Shangri-La Hotel in Storm City, room number 1034 on July 10. Minimum level requirement for the mission: Level 45!

 Chapter 198 - Feng Luoâ€™s Hidden Profession Mission

    Chapter 198: Feng Luo¡¯s Hidden Profession Mission

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Storm City. Shangri-La Hotel, Level 99.

    Inside a high-ss luxury suite that had been turned into a dimly lit meeting room through the environment simtion function, Feng Luo sat in front of a ck rectangr table. Sitting across from him were a man and a woman. The two of them looked like middle-aged white-cor NPCs.

    ¡°Here is some information regarding your mission...¡±

    Wearing a typical white-cored shirt and a suit, the male NPC turned on the miniature terminal on the table and produced a floating, transparent screen in the middle of the three of them. On the floating screen were densely-packed words, pictures of people, and images of items. Skimming through them, there were at least 10,000 words and over 100 pictures. In a dim environment like this, just a nce at the sight was dizzying.

    ¡°Confidential. Sorry. We can¡¯t give you the information on the mission. What you can do is to record it. Here...¡±

    The white-cor female NPC had a nk expression all the while and said, ¡°Time. Half an hour!¡±

    With a subtle, barely perceptible movement, she moved her ring finger. Then a timer appeared on the floating screen, which read, ¡°Countdown: 1800s.¡± After that, the two of them no longer spoke and just sat there, waiting for Feng Luo.

    ¡°Half an hour...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression remained unchanged, as well. But upon hearing those words, his eyes immediately moved to the image. He waspletely focused on browsing through the screen.

    After five minutes, Feng Luo moved his eyes away from the floating screen and nodded to the two NPCs. ¡°Recorded!¡±

    ¡°Good!¡±

    The male and female white-cor NPCs first switched the image on the floating screen before exchanging nces with each other, revealing a shared look of surprise.

    ¡°Looks like the military did not rmend the wrong person,¡± said the white-cor man as he shed a smile at Feng Luo. ¡°You really are a talent suited to be a Special Agent!¡±

    That was right! A Special Agent!

    After Feng Luo had obtained an S rating for the ¡°Resident Evil Advent¡± mission, the hidden profession mission he¡¯d obtained was a ¡°Special Agent¡±¡±profession change¡± mission!

    Special Agent!

    This was definitely a cool title! Upon hearing these words, most people would think about the protagonists of movies like 007, Mission Impossible, The Bourne Identity, and others¡ªphysically strong with an agile mind, paired with all kinds of technologically advanced weapons and tools, and using all kinds of methods to extract important information from theputers, mouths, and brains of the higher-ups of the enemy. When necessary, they were even capable of assassinating enemy government officials, military key personnel, changing the results of wars or battles single-handedly.

    This was the ¡°Special Agent¡± in most people¡¯s hearts! However, as an international mercenary for hire in his previous life, Feng Luo, who had faced Special Agents more than once, knew that the title did not just refer to an intelligence and espionage officer.

    Special or unique people with fiercebat strength, or who possessed spy capabilities, were not the only ones who could be called Special Agents. In fact, any official staff member working in a specialized department would be considered a Special Agent. For example, the two NPCs without muchbat strength sitting in front of him were both Special Agents.

    Feng Luo could sense that the two NPCs, who looked like normal white-cor workers, had already started the ¡°examination¡± the moment he¡¯d first stepped foot into the room. Their tone, movements, and facial expressions... The position of the table and chairs inside the simted environment inside the hotel room, the sound, and even the luminosity changes... All these factors carried either strong or weak psychological suggestion effects!

    This feels more like a character simtion game!

    Feng Luoined about it a little in his mind, though he continued staring at the two of them nkly.

    ¡°During this time, multiple illegal armed forces have been eager to move and have had conflicts with us, either out in the open or in the dark,¡± said the white-cor examiner. The people from the Special Agent Department have begun to run out of ways to deal with them. As such, the higher-ups have decided to choose a couple of elites from among you adventurers so that we may increase our strength. At the same time, we can also take advantage of your identity to help us settle some cases that might prove more difficult for us.¡±

    The white-cor examiner smiled. ¡°That memory test was just the first test, and you¡¯ve sessfully passed it.¡±

    ¡°However, this is just a meaningless test,¡± the white-cor woman suddenly added without changing her expression. ¡°Even if you¡¯d failed to remember anything, it wouldn¡¯t have affected your chances of going through...¡±

    ¡°Really?¡± Feng Luo was calm as he watched her.

    He was calm because he really had memorized the information that the two NPCs had disyed on the screen, thanks to his efforts in continuously trying to improve his memory and mental acuity.

    In fact, in the past, although Feng Luo had undergone temporary memory training, memorizing so much information in just half an hour would have beenpletely impossible; at most, he would only have been able to memorize 50 percent of it. However, ever sincepleting the city-building mission¡ªand leaving the game capsule, only to notice that his mind had be noticeably more active¡ªhe found that his brain and body were now continuously ¡°evolving¡± all the time. Now, it was even possible for him to memorize huge quantities of words and image data in a short span of time.

    ¡°Was the information really meaningless?¡± asked Feng Luo.

    How could that be possible?!

    ¡°You¡¯ve passed the first stage. Let¡¯s move on to the second stage.¡± The white-cor male examiner had a look of admiration in his eyes for a brief moment. Then he passed an information chip to Feng Luo. ¡°There are 20 identities inside this. They look simr to you. Also, with the special disguise skill chip and disguise potion, you can effectively take on their identities. But you can only choose five from among these 20 identities. You can now view and select them on your terminal.¡±

    ¡°Hmm.¡±

    After Feng Luo inserted the chip, he initiated the scanning function of the terminal. After confirming its attributes, he then put it inside his personal terminal, which was able to defend against unwanted eyes.

    The two examiners exchanged nces again and nodded to each other. As usual, they did not offerment.

    ¡°Retired Guard Corporal Ono Linichi, Gun Mechanic shop owner Sanjiro Aoi, casino frequenter Fujino Kaori, female stripper Hanota...¡±

    The heck...? There¡¯s even a woman. Can the system be even more of a hack?! Feng Luoined again in his mind. But... these names... This proves that my guess was correct. The destination of the mission is indeed a city in War that is rted to Japan on Earth: a city called Dongsang City...

 Chapter 199 - Fierce Competition

    Chapter 199: Fierce Competition

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The reason Feng Luo felt that the game of War was connected to Earth was that, apart from the familiar equipment and weapon names, the names of people and ces also served as proof.

    When it came to the names of NPCs, there was great variety. Apart from Chinese names like Jing Xiang or Ah Lan, there were also Western names like Andre and Old John. There were even Russian name endings such as -chev and -sky, and the name ¡°Lin¡± was definitely a unique name.

    Under most circumstances,rge cities of the Federation contained a mixture of NPCs with different types of names and skin colors. For citizens of the Federation, it was not unusual at all for their names or skin colors to differ. However, there were also cities where people of certain skin colors and names represented the majority.

    Dongsang City was one such city. It was arge, second-tier Federation city (second to main cities) with a poption of over five million. The most prominent specialty of the city was that it contained a huge number of people with traditionally Asian features, with Japanese names and characteristics. Feng Luo had once been there for a mission, and when he¡¯d seen those names, he had wondered about the connection.

    And from what the white-cor woman said next, he was certain about his guess.

    Her expression was cold. Seeing that Feng Luo had chosen his disguise identity, after which the other identity information within the chip self-destructed, she continued to speak.

    ¡°Next, we¡¯ll get into details about the examination mission. Dongsang City is situated east of ournd. It is arge city beside the ocean. It joined the Federation seven years ago! However, although it is under the jurisdiction of the Federation in name, and the public democratically chooses the government, the person who controls the city is the military chief of the city: Federation Lieutenant General Ichiro Yamamoto!¡±

    The white-cor male NPC¡¯s eyes moved, and information on an individual appeared on the floating screen. This was a yellow-skinned Asian wearing the lieutenant general uniform of the Federation who was not very tall. He looked very cold, but he also had a solemn expression. His gaze seemed to indicate a certain degree of cruelty.

    ¡°Apart from being an important port city of the Federation in the eastern seas, all of Dongsang City is also an important military base of the Federation against the rebel army. ording to our intel, Ichiro Yamamoto secretly made close contact with the higher-ups of the rebel army a while ago, and he has already promised them that in the next ten days, he will initiate a coup as they break off from the Federal Republic! Almost all of the higher-ups of the military of Dongsang City have agreed to his decision because these people are loyal to him!¡±

    At that moment, the female white-cor NPC finally showed some emotion. Clearly, she was somewhat angered by Ichiro Yamamoto¡¯s betrayal.

    ¡°As for your examination mission,¡± she said, ¡°you are to use the identity of the disguise chip, head to Dongsang City, andplete some tasks ording to the requirements. Apart from trying to obtain important information, when necessary, you¡¯ll have to cooperate with our agents to assassinate or even just kill Ichiro Yamamoto!¡±

    The white-cor female NPC sounded as cold as ever, and her gaze while looking at Feng Luo was intense.

    Feng Luo looked right in the eye, and he allowed no shock to show on his face, nor did he try to avoid her gaze. ¡°Of course!¡± he said.

    It was just killing an NPC. Even though this character¡¯s identity was that of a lieutenant general, he was still just a bunch of data. Simrly, this woman was also just a bunch of data.

    ¡°However,¡± Feng Luo said, shifting his gaze and scanning the two NPCs, ¡°I have some questions, and I need you to answer them!¡±

    Far from not feeling annoyed by Feng Luo¡¯s choice to take the initiative, the male white-cor NPC disyed respect and smiled before asking, ¡°What¡¯s your question?¡±

    Feng Luo considered for a while, then asked, ¡°The first question. For a mission of such arge scale, it must not be just me taking part, right?¡±

    The male NPC nodded and said, ¡°That is correct; it¡¯s not just you.¡± He changed the image on the screen again. It was now a full map of the Federation. ¡°For this examination, each of the 33 main cities of the Federation¡ªapart from the main city that Dongsang City belongs to¡ªwill send out one adventurer to take part in the qualifier, and every main city region (meaning the area containing a main city) will have 10 candidates, which means...¡±

    320...

    Upon hearing the number and the mission description, Feng Luo knew that the difficulty of this mission was far greater than the previous mission in Roguetown. Especially because although he still did not know the conditions for receiving the ¡°qualification to take the examination of the hidden profession change,¡± he knew that for him to obtain the opportunity to take part in this mission, it had at least something to do with achieving an ¡°S?¡± assessment in the primary mission of the epic ¡°Resident Evil/Biohazard¡± mission.

    For the rest of the participants, even if they¡¯d obtained their entry ticket via other means, it wouldn¡¯t be a surprise to realize that it wasn¡¯t easy. They were definitely elite yers.

    Now, the question was, among the 320petitors, how many would be sessful and end up with the hidden profession in the end?

    Feng Luo did not hide his thoughts and asked directly, ¡°How many vacancies are there for the Special Agent?¡±

    ¡°Five spots for the first recruitment. The top five candidates of the mission will be a Special Agent straight away. After that, there are 15 backup spots reserved for people to take part in the next exam!¡±

    Feng Luo nodded. ¡°If it¡¯s 60 to one, the difficulty is still eptable!¡±

    He knew early on, based on the post of Death Roar, that the hidden professions in War weren¡¯t unique to just one, so he didn¡¯t find it odd that they were recruiting more than one agent.

    ¡°However, theoretically speaking,¡± he said, ¡°in any mission, if I were to get first ce, there must be advantages, right?¡±

    Given his personality and strength, he naturally had some ideas about being the ¡°Number One Agent.¡±

    The white-cor male NPC admired Feng Luo, and he answered diligently without annoyance. ¡°The higher your ranking, the higher your cumtive points in the mission. The points themselves will be a sort of reward. Of course, the one ranked as number one will receive a special reward at the end. We don¡¯t know what it is right now.¡±

    Feng Luo stared straight into the male white-cor NPC¡¯s eyes. ¡°Last question¡ªwhich is also the most important question. After bing a Special Agent, are there any specific benefits? Also, will there be any conflict between my current Sniper profession?¡±

    In truth, this was what he wanted to know most. Because if the Special Agent hidden profession created a conflict with his Sniper profession and made it so that he could not use a sniper rifle, he would definitely choose to give up this opportunity, no matter how difficult it was to get this chance!

    ¡°In regard to the specifics of the benefits,¡± said the NPC, ¡°it¡¯s not convenient for me to reveal them to you here. However, from the equipment that we provide you for this mission, you might be able to notice something... Apart from that, I can tell you that the Special Agent profession and your current profession will not conflict. In fact, the Special Agent profession will not only result in zero conflict with your current profession, but it will even provide you with extra power...¡±

    ¡°All right,¡± said the male white-cor NPC. ¡°If you don¡¯t have any other questions, then please act ording to the mission chip.¡±

    ******

    After Feng Luo had left, the male white-cor NPC turned around and took off a one-sided transparent screen that he¡¯d pasted on his eyes so that Feng Luo could not detect him. He said to the female NPC, ¡°The overall score of this candidate is probably the highest so far!¡±

    ¡°Yes,¡± she agreed. ¡°Memory, observational skills, thinking ability... He scored high in every category. Especially the first category, memory. The test system analyzed that ording to the reaction measured in his pupils and facial expression, he memorized at least 95 percent of the content. In five minutes, normal people would have probably only been able to speed-read it once.¡±

    ¡°This is currently ranked second among all the candidates. Moreover, it¡¯s 10 minutes faster than the third-ranked person, with 25% more content memorized!¡±

    The female NPC, who had maintained a cold expression, now revealed a look of shock. ¡°If it weren¡¯t for the crazy abilities of that 17-year-old youngdy who ranked first in the memory test... he would have definitely been able to be first in this category!¡±

    The male NPC also showed shock that he did not try to hide, then said, ¡°Yeah. He only scanned through it once, and it looked like he permanently memorized them like photographs. He could probably even repeat the content urately without missing a word¡ªor even draw an image just like the original. If a talent like this wasn¡¯t an adventurer, the higher-ups probably would have hired him immediately on special grounds.¡±

    ¡°Among all the adventurers, there really is quite a lot of talent. There¡¯s a good chance that we, Storm City, will be able to get an official Special Agent spot!¡±

    ¡°The only thing is... I¡¯m a bit worried about that youngdy. Her physical traits andbat strength are so low, and it¡¯s highly likely that she will be eliminated...¡±

    ¡°All we can say is that it¡¯lle down to her luck!¡±

 Chapter 200 - Marvelous Agent Gadgets

    Chapter 200: Marvelous Agent Gadgets

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Beginner Agent Passcode Chest (Mission Period Use Only)

    Sitting in a driverless automatic hovercraft, Feng Luo studied the little box, made of an unknown ck material, on hisp. It had been obtained from a normal System Store after a series of identity collection and verification, as instructed by the mission chip.

    Judging by the name of this item alone, it was obvious that whatever was inside were the items required for this mission. But what, specifically? Feng Luo was yearning to know. From the vague words of the white-cored male NPC from before, he had guessed that the items were ¡°blessings¡± after the transfer to ¡°Agent.¡±

    ¡°Please enter the identification password!¡±

    Feng Luo pushed a button on the ck passcode chest and pressed on a virtual keyboard with the line of narrow words that had appeared on the passcode chest.

    3S5Dc...

    Feng Luo entered the password as shown on the mission chip.

    ess verified!

    The words began to shift, and, with a soft click, a dent the size of a thumb appeared on the box, and a red dot appeared slightly to the left.

    Please ce your thumb at the dent and focus on the red dot!

    Feng Luo followed the instructions.

    Fingerprint verified. Iris verified. DNA, personal terminal, biochip code verified...

    Seeing the line of continuous verification information, Feng Luo had to admit that it was no wonder his personal information had to be collected before¡ªin any case, it was an agent item.

    Ka!

    After two seconds, the heavily guarded ¡°Agent Passcode Chest¡± had finally been open. Appearing before Feng Luo, in the many inneryers of the box made of a special, soft material, were consumables and several pieces of equipment guaranteed to be unbreakable even if dropped from a 100-meter height.

    Beginner Disguise Potion (Mission Item)

    Upon consumption, influences shape of muscle and skin cells. Partially changes facial appearance. Lasts for 12 hours (12 hours cooldown time).

    ¡°A Disguise Potion, what an amazing item!¡±

    Feng Luo saw that on the highestyer were 10 mini-sized potions and recalled the words of the two NPCs from before, knowing that they were probably the most essential items for ¡°disguising¡± as an NPC in this mission.

    This type of disguise was unlike the changing of personal digital information from before when he¡¯d gone to Roguetown. This type of disguise potion could alter human muscle and skin, and the disguise chip was actually a type of infusion with a biochip capable of changing human muscle and skin. With thebination of the two, a person couldpletely change his facial appearance to a certain degree, transforming into the look of the NPC indicated on the chip. This type of fast-speed ¡°face transformation¡± was equivalent to ¡°stic surgery.¡±

    Speaking of ¡°stic surgery,¡± it was undoubtedly a significant characteristic in War. yers had an endless choice of stic surgery centers in every city. After all, not everyone was like Feng Luo¡ªunbothered by the default facial appearance given by the system based on one¡¯s original appearance, especially for some female yers and some idealistic male yers, or for yers of a different sexuality than their appearance.

    In this game, even a two-meter tall, heavily muscled man in reality could undergo stic surgery to be a petite, delicate littledy if he was willing to spend money. Furthermore, this waspletely legal, since thews of the Star Federation supported the citizens¡¯ freedom to strive for what they truly loved! Of course, the results of this were asional articles with titles like ¡°The History of XXX¡¯s Blood and Tears¡± and ¡°My Wife is a Macho-Man¡± on the forum.

    All right¡ªback to the topic. Actually, when Feng Luo saw this type of disguise potion, what he first thought of was not using NPCs but using other yers!

    If used wisely, an item capable of such a quick ¡°appearance transformation¡± would be like a ¡°magical skill¡±! Imagine being hunted down by yers of the opposition after killing the target of an assassination mission. Just by using the potion for a change of appearance, once hidden around a cornerbined with a change of clothes¡ªone could be a different person and slip away.

    Furthermore, if disguising oneself as a ¡°man¡± would be easily discovered by the opposition, then one could disguise himself as a woman. In this way, they would not think of it, even if they were gods!

    ¡°Of course, disguising as a woman...¡±

    Feng Luo thought about the name list of disguises provided to him by the two NPCs from before¡ªthe choices were a female stripper, a restaurant waitress, a bespectacled teacher in uniform... etc.

    He felt a chill run down his spine... After that, he turned his attention once more to the items in the passcode chest. The first item was already so powerful, what about the second then?

    Strong Blinding Needle (Mission Item)

    When shot into the body, results in a slight dy of distance-judgment optic nerve, causing a rapid blinding effect. Lasts for 10 seconds (gradual recovery of vision). Effective distance of 10 meters!

    ¡°Blindness!¡±

    A scene appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s mind. It was from when he was on the Silver Leaf Ind mission¡ªthe look of Neutron Star, powerless in the grasp of the Desert Scorpion after being blinded.

    Despite specializing in agility and being a top Light Armor Warrior with highly agile limbs, he had nheless lost hisbat power entirely when he¡¯d been blinded. It was easy to imagine the consequences if an average yer were to be affected.

    However, he was not very afraid of this item. As long as there was a Scout Beetle present, he would not be affected even if he closed his eyes!

    The following two items were an almostpletely transparent ball of thread and an arrowhead-like object.

    ZB-03 Agent-Use Traction Line (Mission Item)

    Made of super synthetic materials. Holds rapid memory function. Highest pulling force threshold of 20T.

    Intelligent Small Traction Anchor (Traction Line Set)

    Includes mini intelligence chip, a small controble traction anchor with grasping ability, high grasp threshold of above 20T.

    ¡°Traction anchor!¡±

    Feng Luo had never expected that these two items would be in the passcode chest.

    The main purposes of such items were climbing or escaping, which made them useful for entering high floors of buildings from the outside or for climbing down stairs. Other than for climbing and escaping, there seemed to be other purposes as well. Such a memory thread, with such silk-like transparency and a pulling force threshold of 20T, would have far better uses than just as rope! If this transparent thread were to be attached to strategic structures in a dimly lit ce and targeted at fast-moving targets, it could effectively cut like a knife! Such a scene was certainly conceivable.

    Now, Feng Luo was a little excited inside. These pieces of equipment were far stronger than those he had used when he was a mercenary. After all, the technological advancements of the two were iparable.

    Based on these gadgets, the Agent Hidden Profession really seemed like it was not bad! However, how could these items be used? How could the arrowhead-looking anchor be controlled?

    Feng Luo immediately looked at the following item.

    Beginner Agent Wristwatch (Mission Item)

    Grade: Rare

    A wristwatch with a modr concept design, capable of equipping andunching more than 150 types of Agent-Use mini gadgets.

    Installed with the internally researched number 4 Agent-Use Intelligence Program ¡°Hummingbird,¡± capable of interfering with surveince monitors when within a specific range, detecting systems, and hacking super-intelligent programs (this function drains energy).

    Required Profession: Agent (Specific Use in Mission)

    Required Level: 45

    ¡°It¡¯s decided,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I have to get this Agent Profession no matter what!¡±

 Chapter 201 - A Change in Number, Joining the Hound Organization!

    Chapter 201: A Change in Number, Joining the Hound Organization!

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Dear passengers, we have arrived at Storm City. Number 10 Exchange.¡±

    The gentle female voice of the control system sounded as the automatic hovercraft gradually came to a stop.

    After paying using the terminal, Feng Luo slowly walked out of the gradually opening vehicle door and into the number 10 Exchange. It was over 300 levels and was far more enormous than thend area of Silvermoon City. He hade to this ce to purchase the final preparations for the Hidden Profession Mission.

    Knowing the key contents of the mission, then saving up for a rainy day¡ªand preparing a few items for potential use¡ªhad always been Feng Luo¡¯s habit. However, after seeing the items in the Agent Passcode Chest this time, he realized he would no longer have to use many of the items he had originally nned for!

    That was good, too. At least it would save him a huge sum of money! At present, his finances were indeed in a disastrous state.

    ******

    After half an hour, Feng Luo walked out of the Exchange. However, the strange thing was that he did not board the automatic hovercraft at his side, but walked slowly step-by-step as if strolling.

    After walking for about two minutes, he reached a deserted ce. There, Feng Luo suddenly stopped in his tracks and said coldly, ¡°You¡¯ve been following me for so long. Could you finally exin why?¡±

    ¡°You have good eyes, mister, noticing me so quickly.¡±

    The silhouette of a Scout yer appeared behind him. His entire body gradually gained visibility as if slowly appearing out of thin air.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face was unamused. But, at the sight, he was not the least bit surprised. Having an Optical Disguisebat suit was not an umon sight in War, but this Scout yer must have had a rted talent to be able to maximize the use of the skill and look as if he¡¯d blended into the surroundings. However, it was not easy to fool Feng Luo¡¯s five senses.

    ¡°Let me introduce myself. I am a Hound, code 1007!¡±

    Upon being discovered, the Scout yer wearing an Optical Disguisebat suit did not panic but revealed himself, shing a brief smile as he spoke.

    A Hound!

    Hearing the identity of the Scout, his pupils contracted in shock.

    It could be said that the Hound Organization had been heard by most yers in War. It was an ¡°intermediary¡± organization of high power with a mysterious background. But what they transacted was not equipment but all sorts of information!

    Regardless whether it was yer-rted or NPC-rted news, or even some hidden missions, as long as one could afford it, the Hound Organization could help collect the information at high speed and uracy! However, the location of the Hounds was different from that of the Huan Yu Company, Starry Sky Company, and others that were considered to be high-end yer organizations.

    Feng Luo, who had been considered a ¡°peasant¡± in the past, had nevere into contact with the Hounds before. But this Hound was actuallying up to look for him? What for?

    The Hidden Profession Mission!

    Feng Luo identified the reason in an instant. His forehead creased.

    ¡°I guess mister has already guessed my purpose.¡±

    This Scout yer, who did not reveal his name but only introduced himself as Hound code 1007, still smiled at Feng Luo¡¯s slight change in expression.

    ¡°First of all, congrattions to you, mister, for getting the Hidden Profession Mission. You should know that in War, as far as we know, there haven¡¯t even been 100 people who have gotten the transfer to the Hidden Profession¡ª¡±

    ¡°Spill the beans!¡± Feng Luo cut him off, though indeed a little surprised by the information revealed by this Hound, code 1007.

    He hadn¡¯t expected that so many people would have been transferred to the Hidden Profession in just a few days since Death Roar¡¯s first transfer. There were, indeed, quite a lot of secretly talented people in War... Simrly, the Hounds¡¯ informationwork was quite incredible, indeed!

    ¡°If mister prefers, I will get straight to the point,¡± said the Hound. ¡°Following you was an order from the higher-ups. I am only an executor, so I hope that mister can forgive me.¡±

    Although Hound 1007 had said ¡°if mister prefers,¡± he still spouted a line of rubbish before getting straight to the point.

    ¡°Perhaps mister does not know, but the Hidden Profession Mission you have only has a quota of 50 and 15-second timers in total, but only 300-plus yers had been awarded the mission¡ª320 people to be specific.¡±

    ¡°I know!¡± Feng Luo said, cutting him off once more. Perhaps some yers wouldn¡¯t have asked, but he¡¯d already heard the answer from the male white-cored NPC.

    ¡°It seems like I have thought too highly of myself.¡± Hound 1007¡¯s eyes shed with a spark of light. After which, he said, ¡°Have you, mister, ever thought that even though the requirements of the mission haven¡¯t been known until now, it is obvious that everyone will be apetitor. Facing 319petitors, how high is your chance of winning?¡±

    ¡°30 percent!¡± Feng Luo said, looking at the Hound personnel with an unchanging facial expression. But in his heart was another answer.

    Above 90 percent!

    He was not a boastful person, but he was already destined for this mission. In addition to his current abilities, the presence of 24K had granted him the capital and the confidence.

    ¡°Mister is so confident!¡±

    The smile on the Hound personnel¡¯s face was unchanged, as if he was not the least bit surprised by Feng Luo¡¯s answer of ¡°30 percent¡± instead of the supposed ¡°about one in 60.¡± He congratted him again and continued speaking.

    ¡°However, mister, if I told you that among the 300-plus people who have joined the mission, there are already more than 30 percent¡ªmore than 100¡ªwho have agreed to cooperate with us, how high would you think your chances would be of getting the Hidden Profession Mission?¡±

    More than 100 people!

    Hearing the number, Feng Luo¡¯s face turned grave. ¡°This mission is a solo mission, right?¡± he said.

    ¡°Right. It¡¯s a solo mission. The system doesn¡¯t allow teams and cannot engage in group channels, either. It even restricts the frequency and duration of going offline. But, as you know, there are still many ways...¡±

    Hound 1007 had a smile on his face.

    There were, indeed, many ways. Even though the intelligence of War was linked with the main intelligence of the 17th Executive Star¡ªso as to control some methods of ¡°cheating¡± in the whole federal virtualwork and maintain fairness in the game¡ªit could not stop yers in reality from disseminating information using conventional means that did not go through the virtualwork. Simrly, it could not control the power of Star Coins!

    ¡°More than 100 people, but only five ¡®quotas¡¯ in total. How can such a thing be determined? By luck of the draw?¡±

    Feng Luo smiled, knowing that it could not be by luck of the draw, personal draw, or anything like that. He had said it on purpose.

    ¡°Mister, you must be mistaken. The five quotas would bid¡ªthe one in five who offers the highest will earn it. Also, the 15 lower bidders will earn 12 second-time participation quotas, while the rest will be responsible for helping them to umte points in the mission!¡±

    ¡°Working for others¡¯ benefit, would they agree?¡±

    Feng Luo stared at Hound 1007.

    ¡°Yes, of course they would! Because everyone would not have been working for nothing.¡±

    The smile on Hound 1007¡¯s face remained the same. ¡°After we Hounds have withdrawn a fraction of the intermediary fees, the money from the yer who has bought the five quotas of the transfer¡ªand from the 15 second-time participation yers from before¡ªwill be split among the yers who participated in the mission ording to their contribution to the mission. In addition, after the sessful mission, we Hounds will provide the yers with a piece of information about the Hidden Profession Mission, free of charge. It¡¯s a guarantee that there won¡¯t be any huge loss.¡±

    ¡°What an exaggeration!¡± Hearing that it was as if he was undervaluing the Hidden Profession, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes narrowed.

    ¡°The people of the Hounds have always had a good reputation!¡± The Scout yer¡¯s face always hung a calm smile.

    ¡°Right, then. If I were to buy a transfer quota, how much would it cost?¡± Feng Luo asked, looking at him.

    ¡°Eight million! This is currently the price at fifth ce.¡± Hound 1007 raised his right hand, showing an ¡°eight.¡±

    ¡°Eight million credits?¡±

    Hound 1007 shook his head, smiling even more widely. ¡°Star Coins!¡±

    ¡°What a ridiculous sum!¡±

    Feng Luo finally understood why that many yers had joined them. If fifth ce had already offered eight million, the ces in front would have offered much more, adding on to the money from the 15 ces behind.

    Calcting this, each person who gave up the chance to the profession transfer would presumably be able to get hundreds of thousands of Star Coins! Hundreds of thousands of Star Coins merely for giving up just a one in 60 chance of getting the Hidden Profession¡ªonly a fool would choose not to do it!

    Feng Luo was even more speechless at the idea of yers who would spend eight million just for a nonexclusive Hidden Profession. Were they crazy? He was practically beating himself senseless just for 30 million credits, yet there were actually good-for-nothings who would spend eight million Star Coins in exchange for a nonexclusive Hidden Profession? He had really underestimated of the ¡°spending power¡± of the rich people in War!

    ¡°If you¡¯d just like one of the spots in the quota,¡± Hound 1007 added, ¡°based on the currentst ce, just 130,000 Star Coins would be enough.¡±

    ¡°Forget it, I don¡¯t have that much money!¡± Feng Luo replied in a straightforward manner and shook his head, not intending to continue the conversation with the Hound personnel. ¡°Besides, I don¡¯t intend to join you...¡±

    ¡°What a shame, I¡¯ll take my leave then!¡±

    Hound 1007 did not harass him further and simply walked off.

    ¡°The two assessor NPCs. The Shangri-La Hotel. The Exchange...¡±

    Watching the disappearing silhouette of the Scout yer, Feng Luo¡¯s head was spinning with thoughts. But no matter how he looked at it, there was something wrong about him being noticed by the Hounds. It was now no longer important!

    The important thing was that the Hound Organization had joined this mission and even had more than 100 yers gathered together. With this, the originally, supposedly fair solopetition mission had already be especially unfair to solo yers.

    The difficulty of the mission had undoubtedly been increased once more! His initial 90-percent confidence might really have to be adjusted!

    ¡°The Hounds...¡± Feng Luo said, his forehead creased. ¡°Who knows if they uncovered my identity or if they have something against this mission?

    That Hound 1007 had addressed him as ¡°mister,¡± not ¡°Mister Feng,¡± from the start until the end, meaning he must not have known his ID. Without a person¡¯s ID, investigating his background information would be quite difficult.

    In War, photos taken without consent would cause alterations to the character¡¯s appearance. Thus, the Hounds would have been unable to use legitimate ways to obtain information on his appearance and would be unable to use his appearance to directly ess his terminal database.

    However, they could have used ¡°cheat¡± methods to synthesize a rough portrait by memory outside of the virtualwork. But with the disguise potion from this mission, the method would be nothing to be afraid of.

    Furthermore, after being transferred to ¡°Agent,¡± and with the disguise potion, there would simrly be no need to worry about being followed by the Hounds! It was just that a Hound like that one¡ªeven though he was always smiling¡ªwas nheless quite aggravating!

 Chapter 202 - Disguise, Private Detective

    Chapter 202: Disguise, Private Detective

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Dongsang City, Landing Point Number 1!

    Arge civilian airship flown from Storm City graduallynded. A few minutester, a young man in neat silver, casual attire with meticulously styled hair walked down among the crowd.

    On his face was a very cool pair of branded sunsses, and in his hand was a ¡°luxurious, limited edition¡± silver-colored business case. He walked intentionally slowly, even asionally stopping in his tracks to look left and right. His purpose was obvious enough to be guessed¡ªto disy his sses and the business case in his hand.

    The sses were the newest technology. Released by the famous federal spectaclepany ¡°Spectacr Snake¡± in the game, they were worth hundreds of thousands of credits and were said to be able to increase one¡¯s vision by two times and increase facial aesthetic by 10 times. As such, it was well-loved by the many superficial youths in the federation, bing a good disy tool in crowded ces.

    But it was obvious that, regardless of the ce, the youth who disyed their goods would not gain the attention of most people. Therefore, the surrounding NPC passersby just walked away hurriedly with one eye closed. The yers were simrly in a rush. Those who hade to thisnding point to spend time taking the airship were either in need of long-distance travel for missions or were returning from a mission and rushing to submit it.

    As there were many more NPCs than yers in War, everyone was already used to all kinds of NPC characters. With thending point nearby, there wouldn¡¯t be new yers rushing over to make conversation or try their luck for the Hidden Profession, either.

    Thus, having stood for a while in the crowd without attracting any looks of admiration, the young man looked right and left as if feeling a bit awkward. He muttered something. Then, holding his ¡°limited-edition business case,¡± he continued following the crowd outside.

    ¡°Indeed, there¡¯re quite a few people waiting...¡±

    If one could stand closer, the young man¡¯s words could have been discerned by his slightly, almost imperceptibly quivering mouth as he spoke.

    Beginner Agent sses (Mission Item)

    Grade: Rare

    Made from full memory synthetic material,rge-scale transformation capability. Beginner version can be changed into more than 50 designs (including thetest models of federal, branded items).

    High scanning capability, capable of obtaining detailed information of most creatures and arge number of defense weapons when used with Agent Wristwatch ¡°Hummingbird.¡±

    Required Profession: Agent (Mission ess)

    Required Level: 45

    Disguised behind his luxurious sunsses, Feng Luo scanned the surroundings through the Agent-Use sses. Under the vision of the sses, there was a rapidly changing number floating above everything in the surroundings.

    With his field of view blocked and him ¡°stupidly¡± standing there looking all around, it was not difficult to identify the yers waiting for him through his observation.

    As for these waiting yers, were they ¡°Hounds,¡± or were theypetitors? Actually, it did not matter. Anyway, even though many had noticed them, they looked away after only a nce, continuing to look around within the crowd. It was because, technically, yers who joinedpetitive missions would try their best to maintain a low profile¡ªwhy the heck would there be anyone who desperately wanted to be high-profile enough for everyone else to see?

    But that was exactly what Feng Luo wanted¡ªto attract attention!

    Other than being a counterintuitive disguise, his behavior was also due to the character of the identity of this NPC he was disguised as. His current identity was not Feng Zhi Luo Ye but an NPC named Gong Teng Xin Yi, whose profession was a small-time but rtively famous private detective.

    This NPC, who was thebination of Feng Luo¡¯s memory and the name of a famous detective character, had apletely opposite personality in War¡ªarrogant, high-profile, and willing to vitews to achieve personal goals. Only yesterday, because of his many incidences of illegal evidence collection and work, he had been arrested by the Federal Agent Bureau for epting a bad check in Storm City.

    His identity had been entered into the disguise chip. Based on the name and profession, this identity had been Feng Luo¡¯s first choice when the female, white-cored NPC gave him the choices of disguise identities. At the moment, famous detective ¡°Gong Teng,¡± carrying in his hand the ¡°limited-edition business case¡± bought from a local stall with 300 credits, was preparing to enter an automatic hovercraft beside him.

    Emergency, emergency!

    A red message line suddenly popped up right in the forward field of view of the agent sses.

    ¡°A business inspection team of 100 people will be boarding at the number 1 Landing Point five minutes from now. ording to internal news, there are two advanced-level military personnel and one expert negotiator infiltrated in this business inspection team. Their purpose is to head for the rebel army region to personally meet them and represent Yamamoto Ichiro in discussing the rebellion.¡±

    Announcing the first investigation mission. Intercept the business investigation team. Assassinate the three: Kashiwagi Yuichi, Amaha Eiji, and Minami Saburo!

    The investigation rules are...

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Feng Luo paused in his actions, smoothly stepping into the automatic hovercraft.

    But after entering the hovercraft, he said softly, ¡°Engage one-way travel mode. Stop for a while once risen to five meters. I haven¡¯t thought of where to go.¡±

    ¡°Yes, sir. One-way travel mode engagement in progress, please sit tight...¡±

    After the female artificial-intelligence voice had spoken, the upper half of the automatic hovercraft body started to be transparent. The surroundings outside could be seen even through some parts of the lower half of the vehicle body.

    This was a general purpose of ¡°automatic hovercrafts¡± in the game specifically to allow passengers to enjoy the scenery while riding in them. Plus, due to the one-way light transmission, the people outside would not be able to look in.

    Once the mode had been engaged, Feng Luo instantly turned back to look at the crowd of people near the entrance of thending point. After that, he focused on the NPCs and yers who were either standing rooted to the spot staring nkly, looking at their wristwatches, or wearing spectacles andpletely motionless.

    ¡°One, two, three...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes scanned through them, memorizing the appearances of these people.

    The inclusion of yers was because this mission was different from the one in Roguetown, where a disguise before infiltration might not be necessary.

    It was important to note that the NPC resident poption was around 5,000,000, and the yer poption was almost 2,000,000. Dongsang City was a second-grade federal city. For such a city, the number of foreign yers who came for mission purposes every day was no less than 200,000. Hence, yers¡¯ identities were, in and of themselves, great methods of disguise!

    If not for being worried that his identity would be uncovered by the Hounds, Feng Luo would have chosen to enter directly with his own yer identity without using a disguise potion to disguise himself as an NPC like he had done now. But it was obvious that using such a drug was still worth it.

    At the very least, he had found at least 15 suspects forpetitive yers at this time. Especially two of the yers whom he had already discovered to be intentionally observant¡ªthey were simply marching straight to their own deaths!

    ¡°All right. To the Royal Hotel!¡± Feng Luo said after looking back. Then he continued to read the mission details on the agent sses.

    Agent-selected mission investigation mission rules: Every participating agent will earn unequal points based on their contribution. Assassinators will earn respective additional reward points for every mission target or for obtaining mission-required target files or informants.

    Basic mission reward points!

    Dongsang City Army Colonel Kashiwagi Yuichi: 400 points!

    Eastern City Army Lieutenant Colonel Amaha Eiji: 380 points!

    Dongsang City Government Chief Expert Negotiator Minami Saburo: 400 points!

    There were also a simple video and a virtual portrait under each name. Seeing the looks of the three people, Feng Luo suddenly said softly in shock, ¡°Eh? These three people!¡±

 Chapter 203 - A Piece of Cake? A Trap?

    <h4>Chapter 203: A Piece of Cake? A Trap?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    All three mission targets in the portraits that appeared in the agent sses were yellow-skinned men of average height. Except for Amaha Eiji, who was slightly plump, they did not have many defining characteristics.

    But when Feng Luo saw these portraits and videos, he instantly recalled what he had seen on a screen before. It had been during the first part of the investigation from before, when the two white-cored NPCs had shown him a screen full of words and pictures requiring half an hour of memorization. The portraits of these three people had been on it.

    However, the photography angle and clothing were different in those portraits and in the videos now. If not for him clearly remembering those details, it would have been difficult to match the two.

    But matching them up now, Feng Luo already had a guess.

    ¡°Could it be that the mission targets to be hunted down now are the people from those more than 100 photographs from before?¡±

    If that really was the case, he who had memorized all the pictures and words would have secured a great head start! Also, since the portraits were of use, then could the tens of thousands of words have been hiding something, too?

    ¡°But this is still just a guess. I¡¯ll have to wait until tomorrow to confirm it...¡±

    Feng Luo was rather calmer inside. He knew that the system definitely would not troll the yers, making yers spend half an hour memorizing something with no use at all¡ªthis seemed unlikely.

    At the moment, the almostpletely transparent levitating vehicle, engaged in travel mode, had risen into the air and was flying toward the Royal Hotel near thending point! Feng Luo switched off the mission information in his vision and lowered his head to start pondering about the mission.

    ¡°Only five minutes of preparation time. ording to what the mission said, this was due to just receiving the internal news and the emergency release of the urgent mission! But 15 minutes is way too tight. If it were for yersnding at the other twonding points, rushing over would take at least 12 minutes. Then, as for these people, preparation time would be even more insufficient... Furthermore, killing people at an area with such tight defense as thending point would make it extremely difficult to escape even with disguise potions and Agent equipment. Already such a difficult mission from the start! No matter how I look at it, there are definitely other motives...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes glistened as his attention shifted down to the various sorts of defense weapons and patrolling guard soldiers at thending point.

    ¡°This mission feels like it might be a trap designed by the system for yers, disguised as a piece of cake! The tight time is actually intentional so as not to give yers much time to think. And all three assassination targets, disguised as business investigators and losing their protection, added together are worth over 1000 points. It¡¯s undoubtedly a huge ¡®piece of cake¡¯ full of allure!¡±

    ¡°But,¡± Feng Luo reminded himself, ¡°it must be remembered that the value of these 1,000 mission points has yet to have an assessment standard. If the value of killing these three people rises due to the critical nature of the situation, then 1,000 points might be sufficient enough to set a yer apart from the rest. It might even be enough to secure an outlying spot among the quota. That would probably cause people to choose the risky route despite knowing the danger! And this rate won¡¯t be small. Not every yer will be able to resist the temptation of this ¡®piece of cake¡¯!¡±

    Feng Luo closed his eyes, still thinking hard in his mind.

    As such, thending point will be a mess before long. Staying here wouldn¡¯t be ideal... But there¡¯s no concrete evidence for this prediction, so leaving wouldn¡¯t be a good choice, either... Plus, if I stay, I¡¯ll be able to observeter how fast the NPC army¡¯s reaction can be! If there are more people thinking the same as me, then the most suitable observation point would be...

    ¡°Mister Kudo, we have arrived at the Royal Hotel. May I know if you have booked a room and if you need S-10403 to send you to your room?¡±

    At that moment, the automatic hovercraft hade to a stop, sounding a reminder in its female artificial-intelligence voice.

    ¡°No need, I¡¯ll exit here!¡± Feng Luo shook his head and alighted from the vehicle after swiping his credits.

    But before getting out of the vehicle, he first took out some blue casual attire and a hat from his case and changed into them.

    The time on the agent sses indicated that three minutes had already passed¡ªfour-fifths of the preparation time left!

    Holding his branded business case from a local stall, Feng Luo started walking on foot after alighting from the vehicle. He did not enter the Royal Hotel just a few steps away but opted for another direction, as if enjoying the scenery as he strolled.

    After walking for about three minutes, another one-fifth of the time had passed, and he opened his personal terminal.

    ¡°Hello, Mister Kudo! Ginza Hotel wees you. How can I help you?¡±

    On the terminal screen appeared a beautiful, smiling NPC attendantdy wearing a pink uniform.

    ¡°I would like to book a room at the highest floor of the hotel,¡± Feng Luo told her. ¡°A room with a view of thending point.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, but thest room that fits your criteria was booked five minutes ago!¡± The beautiful attendant¡¯s voice was delicate and apologetic.

    ¡°Oh... Then could you show me the booking status of your hotel? I¡¯d like to choose a room I like.¡±

    ¡°Sure!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the line of rooms already indicated as booked on the highest floor facing the direction of thending point. He tilted his mouth slightly and raised a hand to tap on a room. ¡°This one, then!¡±

    ¡°Sir, you have chosen room 21-105,¡± said the attendant¡¯s voice. ¡°This room is back-facing thending point. Would you like to confirm?¡±

    ¡°Confirmed!¡±

    At that moment, Feng Luo had already stepped into the grand entrance of Ginza Hotel near thending point.

    ******

    ¡°What? We¡¯re giving up this mission?¡±

    On the fourth level from the top of Ginza Hotel, in a luxurious suite in the direction of thending point, September Night Rain spoke. He wore Agent sses with his forehead creased, and he was looking at the Light Armor Warrior yer at his side.

    ¡°No way. This is a 1,000-point mission. If it¡¯s taken by someone else, we¡¯d be inferior from the start! Also, don¡¯t forget that I¡¯ve given you all 13,000,000, transfer guaranteed. If it weren¡¯t for you all screwing up, I could¡¯ve achieved this mission with my own ability, even if I hadn¡¯t cooperated with you all!¡±

    With that, September Night Rain¡¯s face turned sour.

    There was a slight smile on the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s face, just like Hound 1007 before. ¡°September Night Rain, please calm down. The main thing is that this mission is a little more than it seems. The higher-ups don¡¯t wish for us to be the first to charge.¡±

    ¡°More than it seems? How much more than it seems? It¡¯s impossible for the system to release fake missions!¡± Although September Night Rain¡¯s face was not very pleasant, he was not very angry, either, as he spoke, staring at the suspicious Light Armor Warrior Hound.

    ¡°Of course, fake missions are impossible. The points awarded for killing the three targets would definitely be worth it,¡± the Light Armor Warrior said. ¡°But now, with everyone still unprepared, the only way to kill those three targets is to storm them! That way, there would be a high probability of revealing your identity. It may not be possible to escape even with the disguise potion. One person revealed is nothing much. The most important thing is if it affects everyone¡¯s continuation of the n¡ªthat wouldn¡¯t be worth the loss!¡±

    ¡°What do we do now, then?¡±

    September Night Rain was not a foolish person. After listening, he turned and looked through the one-way light transmission window outside, at thending point with all sorts of airshipsnding and taking off, as if feeling the calm before the storm.

    A light smile hung on the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s face. ¡°Wait and watch!¡±

    ******

    More than 10 floors beneath them, in room 21-105 at a rear-facing position from thending point, Feng Luo spent some time circling the whole room and looking at his agent wristwatch, which indicated no surveince instation discovered. After which, he pulled up a sleeve cuff of his casual wear, and his Pet Space Bracer gradually appeared.

    Finally let out of the pet space, 24K initially wanted to instantly leap onto him. But seeing Feng Luo¡¯spletely changed appearance, 24K¡¯s bean-like little eyes were filled with uncertainty.

    With a poof, it almost fell onto the floor. Luckily, Feng Luo held onto it.

    Feeling a message transmitted by the mental link, 24K regained its focus, then waved its two little front ws, asking Feng Luo for ¡°spirit losspensation fees.¡±

    ¡°Humph! Little glutton, it¡¯s time to do some work!¡±

    Feng Luo smiled as he threw it a crystal, then transmitted a request to it via mental link.

    Chomping greedily with its two ws clutching the crystal did not affect 24K¡¯s psionic energy release. A wormhole gradually formed on the wall, and a semitransparent Scout Beetle only about the size of a fingernail flew out.

    Scout Beetle, Elite. Talent: Disguise (A). Level: 29. HP: 2900. MP: 290. Longest Mental Link Distance: 1160 m. Highest Flying Speed: 29 m/s.

 Chapter 204 - Two Women

    Chapter 204: Two Women

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Landing Point, Ginza Hotel.

    A young man who looked like a tourist, followed behind by an automatically driven small ck suitcase, headed toward the top-floor hotel room with a scenic view that he had just booked.

    His eyes darted all around, and there was a very careful expression on his face. However, he was not aware at all that inside the mouth of the venttion duct that he had just passed by, a small bug only the size of a fingernail, its body colorpletely camouged into its surroundings, was turning its reddish eyes to follow him.

    On the highest floor, close to the direction of thending point, more than 10 guests were sessively amodated within six to seven minutes. All the faces of these people had been clearly seen by the little beetle hidden in the venttion duct.

    Of course, most yers, even if they had noticed this beetle staring at them, probably would not have given it much notice or raised their guard. After all, no one would have expected that there was actually a pair of human eyes behind the eyes of this seemingly inconspicuous little beetle!

    Moreover, it was not only this area that had hidden eyes. In fact, unbeknownst to these people, another pair of eyes stared from behind the hotel¡¯s mandatory surveince camera¡ªa pair of very beautiful, charming yet burning eyes.

    In the monitoring room in the basement of the hotel was a female Light Armor Warrior as tall as towering mes. She had red-dyed, shoulder-length hair, and she wore hollow light armor of the same fiery red color.

    Looking at the young man of ¡°amateurish acting skills¡± on the surveince screen, her eyes, made up with red eyeshadow, narrowed, and her red lips whispered in a moan-like voice, ¡°Yet another fool. This is the 15th guy who¡¯ll be out!¡±

    ¡°Prettydy, your coffee!¡±

    A male NPC wearing a security uniform ced a cup of coffee on the surveince monitor in front of the fiery red light-armored beauty. His eyes were subconsciously staring at the plump, snow-fair breasts below that hollow armor of hers, which specifically revealed many of her key areas. With dryness in his throat, he swallowed hard and hurriedly poured the coffee in the cup in his other hand into his mouth.

    ¡°Thank you very much, Mister Yoshisuke!¡± The beautiful Light Armor Warrior said, meet his eyes.

    The NPC security guard with ¡°Aoki Yoshisuke¡± on his identity tag almost fainted at the look. ¡°No need to thank me, no need to thank... But, prettydy, you mustn¡¯t ever tell anyone that I let you in here. After all, the hotel still has its regtions¡ª¡±

    The enchanting Light Armor Warrior beauty¡ªhot red-colored from head to toe¡ªfaced him and breathed out softly through her me-red lips, ¡°I know. Isn¡¯t this a secret between us...?¡±

    ¡°Yes, yes... Secret, secret...¡±

    The security guard¡¯s eyes were mesmerized. He had alreadypletely lost all senses.

    While the female Light Armor Warrior toyed with the NPC security guard, her eyes never actually left the surveince screen. Just then, she saw yet another person entering the top floor. The smile on her face was even wider. ¡°Hmm. 16 already...¡±

    ******

    ¡°Suspicious targets at the top level. The 16th already!¡±

    ¡°ording to the field of view of this person¡¯s observation habits, his minor actions, and when he walks, the probability of his profession being a Scout is 43 percent. Sniper, 35 percent. Light Armor Warrior, 9 percent...¡±

    The same surveince screen was disyed in another room less than 10 meters from Feng Luo. In the room, a female yer who looked no older than 16 or 17 years old, wearing a pair of silver, high-tech sses and light-yellow casual attire, was constantly analyzing her surroundings.

    In front of her, in the air, a giant virtual screen that upied more than half the room disyed the surveince screens of all the floors of the entire hotel building. The average person would probably have felt dizzy from just one nce at such a screen, but the young girl seemed to be observing all the screens at the same time, constantly speaking, and with countless streams of data shing through the silver, high-tech sses on her face.

    Those sses were not the Agent sses worn by yers who joined the mission, but technical sses that only Chip Experts, Appraisers, and other such Life Profession yers would be equipped with.

    The young woman who directly invaded the hotel management system to obtain the surveince images was quite obviously superior to the ming beauty yer with the betraying sex appeal. However, she was not the only one who could think of this method.

    ¡°Huh? Another person has attempted to hack into the hotel system. Excellent. Yet another self-reveal!¡±

    The young girl¡¯s facial expression was very calm. As she saw the message sh across the corner of her vision in the sses, her mouth crept into a slight smile.

    ¡°The capabilities of the Agent Wristwatch equipped in this mission are indeed very useful¡ªusing them on typical hotel customer systems is effortless. But equipment is still just equipment. In War, other than equipment, skills and profession specialization exist, too!¡±

    After effortlessly trolling the hacker, then ¡°kicking¡± him out, the young genius with an IQ of 300 nodded her head.

    ¡°This Chip Expert¡¯s Life Profession is not bad, indeed, and feels very smooth; it¡¯ll rise to Advanced level in 10 or more days. Feels like it¡¯s best suited for my profession. Hmm. It¡¯s decided. My Life Profession in the future will be mainly practicing to be Chip Expert!¡±

    Thereafter, a troubled look appeared on her face.

    ¡°But what shall I choose as my battle profession? After trying so many, I still feel unsatisfied, somehow. I wonder what this Agent Hidden Profession would be like...¡±

    ******

    Time was passing by, minutes and seconds, and the first investigation mission countdown had already entered its final minute!

    Just then, a convoy of business vehicles made up of 10-plus luxurious energy airships finally appeared at a corner of the city¡¯s skies, flying quickly toward thending point. The convoy was heading for the VIP zone of thending point, where average yers and NPCs did not have the authority to enter.

    ¡°So, to make a move is only possible outside thending point! Who, then, will be the one to first take the bait¡ªor step into the trap?¡±

    In the Ginza Hotel room, Feng Luoy on his stomach on the bed, looking as if he were sleeping soundly due to the fatigue of long-distance travel. But, in actual fact, he had already picked up all that was happening at thending point through a normal Scout Beetle which had flown into the sky above thending point to get a moreplete view than the yers who¡¯d secured most of the view of thending point from the top floor of the hotel but had also directly revealed themselves.

    Having learned his lesson in Roguetown, Feng Luo now never kept just one Scout Beetle in his Pet Space. Even though a Normal-level Scout Beetle¡¯s disguise ability was slightly weaker than that of an Elite beetle, staying hidden in such a wide-open area of the sky would not require much energy, either.

    Time: final 30 seconds!

    Vehicle convoy distance: less than 200 meters!

    ¡°Coming!¡±

    In the hotel room, Feng Luo, eyes closed, felt a quiver in his heart.

    That was because, through the special field of view of the Scout Beetle, a beam of red light appeared out of the blue in front of the luxurious vehicle team! And it was growingrger andrger.

    It was the signal of the umtion of a humongous amount of fire energy!

    Only two seconds after the convoy entered a 100-meter radius of thending point¡ª

    Boom!

    A mass of arge-scale skill made up of countless mes¡ªlike a Wind Energy Tornado move¡ªwhizzed from the ground up into the sky. Like a giant, roaring, fiery dragon, it swept toward the speeding convoy of luxurious vehicles!

    Level-40 Fire Maniptor Rare Move: Fiery Windstorm.

 Chapter 205 - Chaos at the Landing Point

    <strong>Chapter 205: Chaos at the Landing Point</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Boom!

    The radius of the ming tornado rising from the ground into the air was astonishingly huge. In an instant, it shed with the vehicle squad that was speeding over.

    The energy aircraft, traveling in auto-pilot mode, were not prepared for such a situation. Even though the intelligent program had instantly reacted, most of them were still devoured by the Fiery Windstorm.

    Since they were luxury aircraft, they were iparable to average vehicles. As they were sucked in by the mes one by one, the tops of the aircraft projected semi-transparent energy forcefields!

    Although this Fiery Windstorm skill was a Level-40 skill, its power was clearly dispersed significantly due to its huge radius, and as such, it was unable to destroy the forcefields around the high-end aircraft.

    But there was no need to be anxious! This Fiery Windstorm was actually like an attack signal¡ªa signal that lured out countless yers who took the bait!

    Seeing that someone had taken action first, the many yers intending to take action knew the clock was ticking. They dared not wait any longer and, one by one, released attacks that had been prepared long before.

    In the sky, a kaleidoscope of energy beams appeared one after another¡ªWind des, Fireballs, Ice Arrows...

    Boom!

    A khaki-colored ¡°meteorite¡± with a diameter of over three meters fell from the sky, heavily smashing onto the forcefield of a luxury aircraft that was already escaping from one side.

    Although it was essentially an attack made up of energy just like the Fiery Windstorm, an Earth Maniptor¡¯s Level-40 ¡°Heavenly Meteorite Drop¡± move was much stronger and also much heavier!

    Crack!

    The forcefield around that luxury energy aircraft instantly shed as it was sent tumbling straight down more than 10 meters in the air by the force of this attack.

    Boom!

    Even though the energy aircraft that was made of a new model of alloy material, it was unable to escape unharmed after falling from such a height¡ªthe energy forcefieldpletely vanished, and the vehicle body was badly mangled from the fall.

    Other than this one, the other two fleeing energy aircraft were simrly seriously dealt with. Countless bullets and energy attacks wereunched at them. In practically an instant, the weakened energy forcefields were hit, dealing them the same fate as the first aircraft.

    The fear of an area made chaotic by energy attacks was actually a weakness of energy aircraft in War! This was because their levitation capabilities and movements in the air were dependent on energy crystals; upon entering a region containing the mayhem of chaotic energies¡ªand with their energy forcefields already destroyed¡ªtheir power systems would greatly be affected! This was also the reason that so few energy aircraft were used out in the wild (yers were unable to store energy aircraft in their ¡°vehicle space¡± in the first ce).

    These three were the main targets because seated in these three vehicles were the mission targets. This had been thest key information released by the ¡°internal line¡±! It was also why so many yers had dared to attack following the Fire Maniptor. It was clear that, at thest moment, the system had deliberately added to the fruits of their potential victory!

    However, even though the three energy aircraft had all fallen to the ground, their high-grade material meant that the degree of safety they offered was extremely high. Even after the vehicles crashed down from the sky, not one target elimination notice appeared. And by now, more than 10 minutes had already passed since the starting attack. No more than 100 meters from thending point, a few levitating armed patrol aircraft were starting to fly over.

    Will I have time to seed? This was not only Feng Luo¡¯s thoughts but also those of the yers watching the battle from inside Ginza Hotel and those concealing their identities in the surroundings, who were still holding back from taking action.

    Dadada...

    At that moment, a sudden string of gunshots resounded.

    Hidden in the green corridors in the surroundings were actually who had taken out six-barreled heavy machine guns and were firing towards the vehicle squad. A trail of bullets hit onto one of the energy aircraft, creating countless bullet holes across the body of the vehicle. Even bulletproof luxury aircraft wouldn¡¯t have been able to withstand the close-range, continuous firing of the machine gun bullets!

    ?399

    ?459

    ?384

    A string of damage coefficients appeared above the vehicle, representing the passenger inside being ripped into pieces by the machine gun bullets. A system message shed across the vision of every yer participating in the mission.

    Mission target Kashiwagi Shinichi has died. The assassin yer earns 400 points!

    ¡°Hmm,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°It seems that these NPC army officers are not considered by the system to be Quasi-Boss models. As such, the difficulty of this kind of assassination mission should basically be reduced.¡±

    By calcting the damage and realizing that this federal personnel¡¯s HP was only around 7,500, Feng Luo realized that for this mission, the system had not set the NPC targets to be the rebel Commanders previously exiled from the city. They were not equivalent to the kind of Commander-grade monsters that required over 10 people to kill them.

    Feng Luo heaved a sigh of relief inside. Come to think of it, this mission had originally been a solo investigation, so the targets certainly wouldn¡¯t be set to too high a level of ability¡ªthat would have been exceeding a yer¡¯s solo-kill limit!

    But they even dare to take out and use machine guns straight away. It seems I¡¯ve overestimated the intelligence of these yers who have earned the right to this mission.

    Even though this Machine Gunner yer had obtained the top prize of all those points, Feng Luo had, in his heart, already deduced this yer¡¯s impending death!

    With the obvious gunshot sounds of the machine gun and the yer¡¯s firing position, the Guards would effortlessly pinpoint his location, and he wouldn¡¯t have enough time to quickly retreat¡ªnot with his machine gun taken out. Even if he had enough money to choose to simply leave his machine gun behind, it would still be extremely difficult to retreat if he was noticed by the Guards!

    ¡°Damn! What the f*ck is going on?!¡±

    ¡°How exciting! I have to take down this situation.¡±

    ¡°Brothers, how brave of y¡¯all¡ªactually attacking NPCs!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! Brothers, is this a Hidden Mission?¡±

    Near thending point, there were quite some yers and native NPCs. At a time like this, NPCs¡¯ first reaction upon seeing this kind of ¡°horrifying attack¡± would be to scream and run. yers, however, were different. Many would stay on the spot with excitement on their faces. Some were rejoicing in the cmity, wanting to see these daredevil yers who had attacked the NPCs be subsequently reduced to ash by the guns of the Guards.

    Some other yers were a little smarter, suspecting that this was probably some kind of mission as they loudly chattered with the people around.

    ¡°Right, it is a Hidden Mission!¡±

    ¡°Brothers, hurry up and fight! It¡¯s rebel Commanders seated in these cars. If hit, contribution can be earned, and rare equipment can even be produced!¡±

    Some yers participating in the mission turned and answered immediately, ¡°Everyone, help! Once it¡¯s done, we¡¯ll give everyone a share!¡±

    But this method would not fool the yers into helping them fight. Because just as these yers started to attack, they immediately received a system warning, and their Criminal Points had instantly surged.

    ¡°F*ck! I¡¯ve been given 500 Criminal Points! My total just surged by 10 times!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve been given 1,000! F*ck it, already got the system wanted message!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! These guys are cheating!¡±

    Cheating or not was another matter. In any case, Feng Luo had discovered a yer who really might have been ¡°cheating¡± the others. The Scout beetle was highly sensitive to energies. Thus, Feng Luo was the first to locate the Fire Maniptor yer who had unleashed the ¡°Fiery Windstorm¡± attack at the start.

    It was a tall, skinny male yer wearing a suit. He looked like a normal white-cor worker. He had simply fished out a staff from the case in his hand and assembled it, then unleashed the Fiery Windstorm before immediately turning to leave, as if unconcerned with points or whatever else followed!

    ¡°This person has some other intention...¡±

    This had made Feng Luo rather interested.

    At that moment, the system shed the second message.

    Minami Saburo, has died. The assassin yer earns 300 points!

    This meant that only one target was still alive and was definitely inside the energy aircraft that had barely managed not to explode despite being seriously mangled.

    ¡°F*ck! This guy is still not dead!¡±

    ¡°This won¡¯t do. Must retreat already!¡±

    ¡°Hurry up and fight¡ªjust a bit more!¡±

    But the site where thest energy aircraft had crashnded was closest to thending point. Before it could explode, over 10 armed levitating Guard aircraft had flown over from thending point, entering the attack range.

    Moreover, there were numerous patrol aircraft and even energy helicopters flying in from all directions, converging on Dongsang City. The weapons on board the vehicles fired madly at the crowds of people below.

    Unsurprisingly, the NPCs were now fleeing in terror. Left near thending point were the yers participating in thepetitive mission, not including the Dongsang City yers who had taken out their weapons and attacked before. Thus, the actions of some of these greedy yers could be expected!

    ¡°47 seconds!¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°The dispatch speed is much faster than I imagined. It seems like in this mission, if quick thinking were enough, there¡¯d be no need for an assault!¡±

    Feng Luo lowered his head and looked at the remaining time disyed on the terminal, indicating how long it would take for the Guards topletely surround them.

 Chapter 206 - Kill

    <h4>Chapter 206: Kill</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Inside Dongsang City, with its Japanese-style buildings, the newest public announcement from the government was repeatedly broadcast to themunicator of every citizen, as well as the giant floating screen that asionally flew across the sky.

    ¡°A small group of Kud terrorists has entered Dongsang City through illegal means. The Guards have been deployed to investigate the case and have already captured and killed most of the terrorists! The newly appointed Guard Bureau Director, Director Murata, has already received the approval of General Yamamoto and will deploy military squadrons to be stationed in key zones across the city to help the Guards capture the remnants of the terrorists! We urge everyone not to panic. Dongsang City¡¯s government and military have the strength to guarantee the personal and property safety of all citizens of the city.¡±

    At the same time, various energy aircraft began to ascend and descend nonstop. The number of patrolling Guards around the municipal building had already increased.

    An energy aircraft used specifically by key members of the government, closely protected by four floating patrol aircraft, gradually lifted into the air from the parking tform of the government building. However, as the small convoy of aircraft reached an altitude of around 100 meters, the protected government energy aircraft in the middle suddenly dropped as if it had lost all control. Itnded heavily on top of a patrol vehicle floating beneath it!

    Boom!

    The collision was unavoidable, and a void appeared in the protective formation that was intended to be kept tight. At the same time, there was a loud sound.

    Ka!

    Inside the energy aircraft that had lost control, two government employees and a normal-looking NPC that appeared to be an average citizen were thrown out from the craft by the vehicle¡¯s safety system.

    However, they did not fall to the ground. The ejector seats carrying their bodies transformed into devices somewhat like jetpacks, saving their lives.

    But of course, this ¡°life saving¡± was closer to a trap!

    Pu!

    It was light, dull sound¡ªlike a can of beer being popped open. This was the sound of a sniper rifle equipped with an Advanced-level silencer!

    Inside a toweringmercial building by the name of ¡°Nagoya,¡± around a kilometer away, a Sniper fired a shot. The bullet traveled at around 900 meters per second and hit the chest of the NPC with the average clothing while he was in the air, before the Wind de Combo being conjured up inside another building or the series of bullets from an assault rifle could be unleashed.

    Bang!

    After the 12.7mm sniper bullet, spinning at high speed tore through the shirt and the light bulletproof vest hidden beneath, it entered the chest of this ¡°citizen¡± and blew his heart to pieces before exiting through his back, leaving behind a frightening hole as wide as a tree trunk!

    ?4844

    A blood-red damage value appeared above the head of the NPC dressed inmoner¡¯s clothes, who had been tightly protected by the Guard team. Lethal damage nearing 5,000 cleared the HP bar of this seemingly ordinary NPC.

    As for the two attacks that immediately followed and hit the NPC, they could not even get a single contribution point because they had been a step too slow!

    Inside a nearby building, a Wind Maniptor with posh-looking Level-50 gear and a Scout who was also equipped with an entire set of rare Level-50 gear cursed at the same time. ¡°Motherf*cker!¡± Their eyes were filled with rage!

    ¡°What the hell?! It can¡¯t be that Sniper again, can it!?¡±

    However, even as they were furious at being denied a portion of the pot after risking their necks, they didn¡¯t dare to stay where they were or to attack again. Above their heads, the few floating patrol aircraft that had failed in their protection services were, at that moment, locked on to their position. The six-barreled electromaic machine guns on the aircraft started firing a swarm of bullets at them.

    For low-HP, fragile professions like the Scout and the Wind Maniptor, even if they had full sets of Rare equipment, it would be impossible for them tost more than two seconds against such an onught!

    However, they didn¡¯t need to tank the damage; two Heavy Armor Warriors beside them stepped up, holding heavy alloy shields in their hands.

    Tatata...

    ?234

    ?301

    ?323...

    Damage values kept appearing above their heads. Even after casting Immovable Mountain, they were pushed back as the heavy alloy shields in front of them were heavily battered by the powerful electromaic machine guns¡¯ bullets. Their 10,000-plus HP was emptied out in just three seconds!

    However, that three-second dy was enough for the two yers with the luxurious gears escape ording to their n. Moreover, the Guard team¡¯s floating aircraft did not have enough time to pursue, for suddenly, many attacks suddenly came their way from the ground.

    Condensed Fireball, Wind de Combo, Energy Meteor... In an instant, more than a dozen attack skills hit the few energy aircraft and forced the drivers to pull their vehicles up.

    As for the Scout and Wind Maniptor, they seized the opportunity and escaped, fleeing far away. Clearly, the yers who had initiated the attacks and the two yers with luxurious gear belonged to the same ¡°terrorist cell.¡±

    After initiating the attack, many of them were also locked onto by the analysis system of the aircraft as well as the monitoring system within the city. But, in the end, because they were well-prepared and chose to strategically escape in different directions, only three of the ¡°terrorists¡± were killed by the pursuing Guards.

    As for the mysterious Sniper, who was the source of trouble?

    Although the analytical system onboard the Guards¡¯ aircraft managed to pinpoint the firing position through the residual thermal reaction left by the bullets that had flown through the air, by the time they reached the location, what was left was only an emptymercial lot on a high floor with a destroyed control system. And the CCTV of the surrounding buildings hadn¡¯t managed to capture the appearance of the suspicious person!

    ******

    Nearby, in the megamall building of Nagoya, a young man in casual clothing and wearing a pair of sunsses boarded an automatic hovercraft, a limited-edition leather bag in his hand.

    ¡°Head to the Kabuki Town. Night Tease Bar.¡±

    ¡°Night Tease Bar. Estimated time of arrival, five minutes. Mister Kofuji Shinichi, wee to automatic hovercraft S-38445. Please be seated!¡±

    The automatic hovercraft flew past the chaotic municipal building and headed toward the busiest ce in the city.

    Inside the vehicle, Feng Luo turned on his system logs.

    Prevent important personnel of the rebel army negotiation group from leaving Dongsang City. Mission Contribution: 34.8%. Obtained Mission Points: 35.

    You¡¯ve killed the key intelligence officer of the rebel army, Kannou Koji. Obtained reward points: 150.

 Chapter 207 - Point Ranking

    <h4>Chapter 207: Point Ranking</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Looking at the notification in his system logs, Feng Luo nodded satisfactorily.

    ¡°185 points. Not bad!¡±

    It was currently the fifth day since the mission had begun. Over the course of those five days, Dongsang City, infamous for its high crime rate, had turned intoplete chaos in no time at all. Thousands of Guards in the Guard Bureau werepletely swamped.

    Stemming from the earlier ¡°terrorist attack¡± at the airport, incidences had begun to ur at every turn in Dongsang City, every day. Apany¡¯s important documents suddenly went missing; high-ranking officers of some corporate groups were kidnapped, and there were also chaotic scenes happening in various parts of the city and at various times. And then there were also the assassinations of key members of the government and the military...

    The city was situated at the periphery of the Federation-controlled territories, and they often had to face the militants of the rebel army and the illegal militants from the sea, so the city had always had poor security; the citizens were used to that type of lifestyle.

    If this had been another city, all its citizens might have already surrounded the municipal government and started protesting by now! However, even if there were no protests, public approval within Dongsang City municipality had reached its lowest point. In fact, the leaders could hardly face anyone anymore. This was because, in the past few days, the Dongsang City¡¯s Guard Bureau director had already changed three times. The previous two bureau directors had been assassinated by the ¡°terrorists!¡±

    It was, without a doubt, a direct challenge to Dongsang City¡¯s defense capabilities, which humiliated the Guard Bureau!

    The saving grace was that the Guard team were no pushovers. Over the past few days, they¡¯d killed a total of over 190 ¡°terrorists¡± and taken out almost 100 adventurers who had used the opportunity to disturb the peace.

    ¡°We will not let another terrorist attack ur!¡± said the new bureau director, Murata Musashi, on a live broadcast to the entire city in his inauguration ceremony.

    However, in less than an hour, thewless ¡°terrorists¡± forced him to eat his words!

    ******

    Obtained the confidential document chip with the codename ¡°Dark Night Operation.¡± Rewarded Points: 250.

    Took part in Operation 10. Mission Contribution: 33%. Obtained Points: 66.

    Killed Advanced Level Rebel Army Intelligence Officer, Uesugi Masaki. Rewarded Points: 200.

    ...

    Examinee Number 99. Current Cumtive Points: 1,264. Current Ranking: Four!

    Feng Luo went through the missions that he had participated in during that span of time in his system logs. His attention rested on the word ¡°Four¡± at the end.

    Yes, only ranked fourth! Although it wasn¡¯t too far away from the 1,435 points held by the first-ce person, Feng Luo could not help but admit that he had underestimated the people who chose to rub elbows with the Hound Organization.

    The hidden profession mission was supposed to be a simple solopetition, but it had created an extrinsic motivation for some because star coins were involved. For others, it was clearly harder for one topete against a group.

    The points on the ranking list were still normal on the first day, and the gap between each yer wasn¡¯t all that big. However, starting on the second day, the gap between the top five yers and the rest grew as if a rocket had beenunched. Even Feng Luo had been a little unprepared in the beginning and had been knocked down to a double-digit ranking.

    If it hadn¡¯t been for the fact that, as a Sniper, he was adept at these assassination and intel collection missions¡ªand that he had sessfully ¡°cut off¡± his opponents three times in achieving their mission objective in the past two days¡ªthere would have been no way for him to get to fourth ce!

    The strength of a group is definitely significant. Or perhaps one should say that wealth was power. Feng Luo felt it quite strongly this time.

    ¡°But this fourth-ce ranking should be enough to make some people choke!¡±

    Feng Luo smirked. He wasn¡¯t all that worried about his current fourth-ce ranking. The content he¡¯d memorized from the screen in five minutes during the first test wasn¡¯t useless. One might say that the information could even be a lethal weapon. Moreover, when it came to things like ranking, who could ever say anything for certain until the final buzzer sounded?

    It was fair to say that it would be fine even if he failed to catch up. Because, for this mission, the person with the highest cumtive points wouldn¡¯t be the winner. Instead, the winner was the one with the highest cumtive points¡ªwho was still alive!

    ¡°Yup. Kabuki Town. Dongsang City¡¯s famous red-light district. You can¡¯t not visit this ce at least once if you¡¯re in Dongsang City!¡±

    Feng Luo said this with a smile on his face while looking down below the automatic hovercraft, which was in browsing mode at that moment and moving ever closer to a busy district of red and green lights.

    ******

    ¡°F*ck! If I knew who that guy was, even if I were to spend 10 million, I would get someone to bring me his head!¡±

    ¡°Argh! What a bitch!¡±

    Inside a luxury hotel suite, the Wind Maniptor wearing an entire set of the best gear had a terrible expression. He extended his hand and threw all the utensils, bowls, and tes on the table down to the carpet.

    ¡°Young Master Xiao. Why should you be angry and take out your anger on these kitchen utensils?¡± said the Light Armor Warrior who was a member of the Hound Organization. He wore the same smile as he always wore.

    ¡°Not get angry? Why should I not be angry!?¡±

    The Wind Maniptor¡¯s face waspletely distorted as he turned around and shouted, pointing his finger at the smiling man. ¡°Remember, your Hound Organization promised me that I would be ranked first in this profession change mission. I gave you 2,000 million, and now you¡¯re telling me I¡¯m in fifth ce? Tell me, what should you do!?¡±

    ¡°Then there¡¯s my eight million,¡± said the Scout wearing the full set of rare equipment. ¡°I¡¯m not even in the top five.¡±

    ¡°Our mission targets were stolen by that Sniper three consecutive times, and this resulted in the loss of our initially substantial lead as our points did not even go up. And now, I¡¯ve already fallen to seventh ce!¡±

    As the Scout spoke, a greedy glint could be seen in his eyes. ¡°Can you even do it? If you can¡¯t, then we¡¯ll switch you to the group with that beauty to help us.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Young Master Gou. Since the teams were prearranged, it is better for different teams to reduce the probability of running into each other; this is to prevent the NPCs from discovering clues to take us all outpletely!¡±

    ¡°You should also know that the NPCs in this game have higher IQ, so it¡¯s better to be more cautious when doing these sorts of missions.¡± The smile of the Light Armor Warrior remained, though his eyes showed a bit of disdain.

    ¡°F*ck! You should at least give us a solution!¡± the Scout yer said angrily upon seeing his request rejected. ¡°If you don¡¯t get rid of the Sniper, I will be very unhappy! I feel like I¡¯ve lost all motivation toplete missions and don¡¯t feel like doing it anymore!¡±

    However, after having lost to NPCs, he knew that the mission could probably not bepleted by sheer firepower alone. That was why he thought he could not directly confront and create a scene with the yer who called himself ¡°Hound 0033.¡± It was because if it weren¡¯t for the fact that someone had nned and made arrangements in their previous missions, they would have already died a few times.

    ¡°I never imagined a situation like this urring! Not since the beginning! Truly!¡± The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s smile was more reserved now, and his expression also seemed more serious when he spoke. In regard to the identity of that Sniper, we now have three guesses as to his identity. The only thing is that up until now, we haven¡¯t even been able to see his face once. And we have also failed to determine just who he is. After all, there are at least a dozen Snipers taking part in this mission!

    ¡°Then tell me, what should we do?¡± The Wind Maniptor called ¡°Young Master Xiao¡± became restless and annoyed once he heard about the mysterious Sniper who had cut off his mission multiple times.

    ¡°Time to adapt to the scheme and make it work for us instead!¡±

    The Light Armor Warriorughed again, looking remarkably confident.

 Chapter 208 - Big Pineapple: Pretending to be a Pig to Prey on a Tiger

    <h4>Chapter 208: Big Pineapple: Pretending to be a Pig to Prey on a Tiger</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Night. Dongsang City, red-light district, Kabukicho.

    Yes, that¡¯s right! It was that kind of red-light district.

    It was already 7:00 p.m. Feng Luo, disguised as NPC Kofuji Shinichi, changed into ck formal attire, holding his ¡°limited-edition business case¡± in hand as usual and walking on the street that was now full of human traffic.

    The streets on both sides featured all sorts of colorful electronic signboards and shop entrances. Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were drawn to the seemingly wless women¡ªcreated by virtual imaging and used to attract customers¡ªas well as the tall, handsome, well-built men. He walked through the streets alongside NPCs and many joyful-looking yers. This was not only an NPC¡¯s heaven, but simrly, it was also heaven for some male and even female yers!

    ******

    At the edge of Kabukicho, ¡°Night¡¯s Charm¡± Bar!

    This was a buildingprised of only three stories, looking very retro on the outside and appearing quite unique amid the surrounding modernized buildings of at least six or seven stories.

    It was actually not difficult at all for the technology in War to create tall buildings as tall as 1,000 stories, but, in fact, tall buildings were scarcer than buildings with few levels. Other than aesthetics and lighting, the reason was also due to the fact that many cities asionally met with all sorts of sudden urrences¡ªeven unique situations like the intrusion of a Boss. If a gigantic building of a few thousand meters copsed, it would undoubtedly cause a horrible disaster, and the loss would be immeasurable.

    ¡°Wee, sir!¡±

    As Feng Luo walked up along the white-stoned path, two beautiful NPCdies wearing light-yellow kimonos printed with lotus flowers and wearing light but very delicate makeup spoke softly and bowed to him. After which, following the lead of one of the beautiful NPCdies, Feng Luo followed entered a simrly retro and more dimly lit bar lounge, after cutting through a long wooden corridor.

    Compared to other shops¡ªespecially ¡°Night Tease¡± Bar, not far away and currently withrge numbers of people streaming in¡ªthis bar appeared much more serene. In the whole lounge, there was only light, slow musicing from the stage at the center.

    A female NPC dancer wearing a kimono and holding a sky-blue-colored umbre danced gracefully to the slow,forting music in rain created by the environment simtion system!

    Counting Feng Luo, the audience was only 10 or more scattered people. With one look, Feng Luo realized that all of them were NPCs. Or at least they looked like NPCs.

    The beautiful NPCdy in kimono who had led him in smiled as she asked, ¡°Sir, what would like to drink?¡±

    ¡°A mix of a quarter each of margarita, Glenlivet, whiskey, and tequ,¡± Feng Luo answered, raising his head to look at the kimonody¡¯s reaction. ¡°Add a slice of lemon and two pieces of crushed ice...¡±

    ¡°Sure, Sir, please wait...¡±

    The face of this beautiful NPCdy in the light-yellow kimono showed no change at all, but as she bowed and left, her footsteps had quickened.

    Hmm. It doesn¡¯t look wrong. There¡¯s indeed a Hidden Mission here, Feng Luo thought as he sat at the table, appearing to be watching the performance on the stage.

    He hade here at this time after having decoded the secret hidden in the words on the screen during the prior Shangri Hotel investigation. Decoding the words through a certain pattern, he¡¯d obtained a message containing the time, location, and contact.

    In Feng Luo¡¯s message, the time was tonight, while the location in the message was this ¡°Night¡¯s Charm¡± Bar, which was a little distinctive from its surroundings! His instincts told him that this must be a Hidden Mission within this investigation¡ªa Hidden Mission that could only be discovered by decoding the secret in the words!

    There was another point, which was that the Hidden Mission on that screen epassed not only his but also otherpeting yers¡¯ Hidden Mission times and locations¡ªonly without others¡¯ contact methods.

    This was the ¡°great weapon¡± that Feng Luo had spoken about, which probably would be of use!

    Of course, this was his weapon, but Feng Luo was worried that this was others¡¯¡±great weapon¡± as well. It was possible that his Hidden Mission location had been decoded by others, too. If that was the case, then in this bar, there could be someone disguised as an NPC who had arrived long before, waiting for him to ¡°walk right into the trap¡±!

    But it seems that now, there isn¡¯t anyone lying in ambush. I worried too much, Feng Luo thought. He had already carefully observed the 10 scattered NPCs in the bar, now realizing that they did not look like disguised yers participating in the mission.

    Of course, that did not rule out yers who had such great acting skills that even he couldn¡¯t tell! Hence, he continued to act like an NPC. Perhaps he still needing to ¡°up his game¡± when it came to acting!

    But what Feng Luo had not expected was that the time when he¡¯d need to ¡°up his game¡± would begin so soon.

    Feng Luo had been sitting in the bar for about a minute. Just then, another person was led in from the entrance.

    ¡°Eh? Why are y¡¯all so quiet here? Business seems average... but the ss doesn¡¯t look bad...¡±

    Furthermore, to Feng Luo¡¯s surprise, the voice was very familiar to him.

    That voice...

    Feng Luo paused and borrowed the reflection of the ss in his hand, turning it to a suitable angle to look toward the person who had just entered without altering his expression.

    The one who had entered this time was a yer (Feng Luo¡¯s current identity was an NPC). He was a short, small-statured, dark-skinned yer who looked Indian. The yer was following a beautiful female NPC in a kimono, his eyes continuously darting around, ncing up and down the neck and buttocks area of the woman walking in front of him, even repeatedly inhaling with his nostrils.

    How could it be such a coincidence?!

    Viewing the person through the reflection of his ss, Feng Luo had, for a moment, almost forgotten about his disguise. Watching the yer behaving so wolfishly and with a wretched expression, Feng Luo felt a sense of fondness. Because this person was not only a familiar face but also a familiar face with whom he had done missions.

    Big Pineapple! Why would this guy havee here? Is it just for leisure, or has he also joined this mission? If he has joined the mission, could it be that he also decoded the mission message hidden in the words on the screen?

    Feng Luo was indeed bbergasted; he hadn¡¯t assumed that he would be the only one to decode the message of the Hidden Mission hidden in the words. However, if even a brain like Big Pineapple¡¯s had decoded it, didn¡¯t it prove that the difficulty of the Hidden Mission was a little low?

    Furthermore, the mission yers here tonight seem to be Number 33, Number 105, Number 183, and Number 294... Three among them have already been eliminated. Could Big Pineapple be Number 105 left?

    Feng Luo¡¯s face still did not show any change, but he was truly shocked inside.

    Big Pineapple... Could this guy have been ¡°pretending to be a pig to prey on a tiger¡± all along?!

 Chapter 209 - A Taste of Old Blood!

    <strong>Chapter 209: A Taste of Old Blood!</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Still, the following situation made Feng Luo a little confused. First, under Feng Luo¡¯s deliberate observation, he noticed that the alcohol ordered by Big Pineapple was very hasty, seemingly unlike the ¡°contact signal.¡± And the beautiful NPCdy who had led him in did not have an unusual reaction, either. Furthermore, once he had received his alcohol, Big Pineapple did not drink at all but instead started to look left and right, his eyes darting around suspiciously.

    Something fishy going on?

    Feng Luo made a certain spection, but his face remained unchanged as he drank at his seat. After that, the field of view of Big Pineapple looking around with his ss raised in his hand directlynded on Feng Luo, who was sitting alone in a corner near the back. He stared for a while!

    No way! This guy!

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyebrows twitched uncontrobly, bing even more shocked inside. Because after looking at him for a while, Big Pineapple actually stood up straight, left his own position, and walked over in Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    ¡°F*ck, I can even recognize you like that! I¡¯m so great!¡±

    This guy! Could his role have some kind of rare skill that can see through disguises?

    For a moment, Feng Luo was certain that Big Pineapple had been ¡°pretending to be a pig to prey on a tiger,¡± but in this sort of situation, his self-preservation reminded him that he had to continue to up his acting game ¨C even if he was seen through by Big Pineapple, he had to still continue to act as an NPC.

    After all, he was still uncertain if there were any more opponents with simrly brilliant acting skills hiding among the NPCs surrounding him!

    ¡°Hey, big brother! Treat you to a drink?¡±

    Once Big Pineapple had walked over, he ced his own ss in front of Feng Luo with a smile, then turned his head to look left and right once more as if to check if anyone was watching him.

    ¡°Mm... Antis, added with a bit of Regal. Iced soda should be used. Not a bad taste!¡±

    Feng Luo put his nose to it and smelled it, distinguishing it with his eyes as if enjoying it. Then he opened his eyes and secretly turned his eyeballs twice toward Big Pineapple as a signal. The acting performance he had just done was the look of a brilliant NPC alcohol-taster, maintaining his demeanor.

    Of course, even for a brilliant alcohol-taster, it would still be very difficult to truly tell theposition of a cocktail just by its smell. But since he had already heard what alcohol Big Pineapple had ordered, this pretentiousness could still be acted out!

    However, Big Pineapple looked as if he had not seen his signal at all. He hazarded a nce from his left to his right, then sneakily moved closer and said some words to him.

    These words nearly made Feng Luo vomit blood!

    ¡°Well, big brother... I¡¯d like to ask. This ce. Does it provide that kind of service...? Um, you know... How could I...?¡±

    Big Pineapple looked left and right again and realized that no one had noticed him. He spoke quietly to Feng Luo with a sneaky expression.

    ¡°Pfft!¡± Feng Luo spit the cocktail straight out from his mouth!

    ¡°What the f*ck?!¡± Big Pineapple eximed as some of Feng Luo¡¯s alcohol hit him. ¡°Hey, big brother, no need for such a huge reaction right. I just asked one question... F*ck, you¡¯ve choked on your alcohol. Was it really that funny?¡±

    Cough, cough...

    Feng Luo really had choked on his drink and was now coughing continuously. He was even more bitter on the inside.

    I¡¯m beaten! This guy... actually is a real pig!

    Feng Luo now understood that the reason Big Pineapple had walked over was not at all as he had been expecting. Rather than approaching because he had seen through Feng Luo¡¯s disguise, it had been to ask him how he could get ¡°that kind of service¡± here.

    No wonder his actions before had been so wretched¡ªand so cautious. His true reason was his embarrassment, not a high degree of vignce of anything like that!

    After getting to know Big Pineapple for a period of time, Feng Luo had actually seen through this guy. Even though he typically acted as if his tongue was slick, he spoke clumsily. He was actually one of those lustful people but who had no real balls; in reality, he might have been a nerd who had not even touched a woman¡¯s body before! Otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t havee to such a ce in-game. Plus, he¡¯d deliberately picked a bar that looked deserted and, moreover, had specifically approached him as he sat alone to the side.

    F*ck. I actually got scared of this guy just now...

    Feng Luo looked closely at Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes and realized that he did not appear to have seen through him. His dark-skinned face only reddened. Clearly, he felt awkward due to Feng Luo. Thus, he was speechless.

    F*ck. I have to find a way to bounce back from this situation. Otherwise, there¡¯s really no ce for my reputation!

    Feng Luo stared at him, secretly thinking with determination.

    But his ns could not keep up with change. Just then, the beautiful NPCdy in the light-yellow kimono who had previously led him in suddenly entered from outside. She walked to his tableside and bowed slightly to him.

    ¡°Sir, Miss Haruko calls for you.¡±

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Feng Luo took a look at the time on his terminal, knowing that it ought to be time to set off for his Hidden Mission.

    ¡°Sigh. Count yourself lucky.¡±

    Turning to look behind at Big Pineapple¡ªwhose eyes slid to stare at the snow-white neck of the beautiful NPC exposed by her silk cor as she bent her head to bow¡ªFeng Luo knew that this guy was lucky that today, he had no time to ¡°take revenge.¡±

    ¡°Well then, could I trouble you to wait a moment for me to say something to my friend?¡± Feng Luo said, smiling to the beautiful NPCdy.

    ¡°Of course, sir!¡±

    The beautiful NPC bent down to bow once more, then took a few steps backward.

    ¡°Well, big brother, are must be kidding. This bar is different from those lowly ces around, this is a high-ss region!¡± Feng Luo imitated Big Pineapple, looking left and right, then moved closer to Big Pineapple as he said softly, ¡°As a high-ss region, the people whoe here are not as desperate as you. Didn¡¯t you see how serene the performance on stage was? With its ambient music? How could you think of those vulgar things at this time?! But seeing as you treated me to a drink, I shall share a secret which only frequent customers know.

    ¡°You¡¯d only have to spend 30,000 credits here tonight, then wait until 12 midnight. Then you¡¯d be able to attend a big exclusive party. You definitely haven¡¯t experienced that kind of party... You can¡¯t tell anyone else about this!¡±

    Feng Luo had ¡°sincerity¡± written on his face as he spoke softly in Big Pineapple¡¯s ear.

    ¡°Really?!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s dark-skinned face flushed. Delight shed in his eyes.

    ¡°Mmm. Definitely true! Don¡¯t worry, brother. Just because of this ss from you, I surely would not bluff you!¡±

    Big Pineapple definitely had not seen that Feng Luo¡¯s eyes and mouth were smirking a little.

    ¡°Remember, don¡¯t speak to anyone else again and don¡¯t ask anymore, either. Just sit at your ce and spend at will... If not, other people are likely tough at you. Not everyone is as helpful as I am...¡±

    ¡°Oh, understood. Thanks a lot, big brother!¡±

    Big Pineapple was grateful as he watched Feng Luo leave with the beautiful NPCdy in light-yellow kimono.

    ******

    ¡°Miss Haruko, Mister Kofuji is here.¡±

    ¡°Pleasee in!¡±

    On the second floor of Night¡¯s Charm Bar, the panel of a rustic wooden sliding door was gradually pushed open.

    An NPC woman in a snow-white silk kimono patched with red sakura and ck hair let down like a waterfall was kneeling on the floor, quietly boiling a kettle of tea.

 Chapter 210 - Agent! A Second Profession?

    <h4>Chapter 210: Agent! A Second Profession?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Mister Kudo, please sit!¡±

    Feng Luo walked into the house after taking off his shoes and changing into a pair of clogs and sat on the ground seiza-style. Thedy in a snow-white sakura kimono said in a gentle, delicate voice. ¡°Mister Kudo, please wait a moment. This kettle of gyokuro will be done in a short while!¡±

    She sat seiza-style quietly beside the tea set, slowly and orderly boiling the tea. Her smooth, light movements had a sense of rhythmic beauty.

    Feng Luo had to admit that even though this was in a virtual game, the rustic fragrance of this house and even the screens of antique paintings on the surrounding walls produced a considerable aura. He temporarily forgot about the mission, settled down, and quietly enjoyed the tea-boiling scene.

    ¡°Mister Kudo, please taste it. Please forgive any inadequacy!¡±

    Five minutester, a half-transparent porcin tea bowl designed with blue flowers was ced in front of Feng Luo. On the surface of the tea, still whirling in light green, floated ayer of white tea foam releasing a light, calming fragrance.

    ¡°Good tea!¡±

    Feng Luo held up the tea bowl and sipped from it. Even though he did not know much about the Tea Ceremony or whatever it was, good and bad tastes were nheless self-evident. What surprised him more was that after taking the sip, a message sounded from the system.

    ¡°You have drunk Rare-grade tea ¡®Quality Gyokuro.¡¯ Finishing a bowl, you have obtained: Full Attribute +5, Water Energy Resistance +20 percent. Effective Duration: one hour. As the tea has been prepared by a Tea Ceremony Master, additional 50 percent effective duration!¡±

    ¡°Tea Ceremony Master!¡±

    Holding the tea bowl in his hand, Feng Luo paused in his actions.

    Under the use of special forme and rare materials, some food-rted Life Professions could produce food that could temporarily or even permanently increase attributes. This type of Rare-grade ¡°gyokuro¡± tea could be created by Expert-grades. However, it was indeed shocking to him that this beautiful NPCdy was actually of a Master-grade Life Profession and could even raise the enhancement effectiveness by 50 percent.

    Yet another Master had appeared. Were Masters so easily produced nowadays?

    Feng Luo thought about it. Within this period of time, he had indeed met many Masters: Lin, Old John, this Haruko, Master Rogue... These high-grade Life Profession NPCs seemed to be growing in number now. Could it be that this was a signal? Because technically, Experts correspond to Rare grades. And Masters technically were superior to Rare grades.

    Up until now, no yers were known to have broken through to the Master grade. Even though there had been much discussion on the forum, no one had ever provided a truly effective method of breakthrough. But, from this tea bowl, at least, it could be seen that a Master-grade Tea Master had directly raised the growth enhancement of the effective duration by half! This was obviously much stronger than Experts.

    Apparently, the jump from Expert-grade to Master-grade Life Profession had a definite qualitative growth!

    ¡°I wonder how big a gap it is between the Expert grade and Master grade of the Gun Mechanic. And Old John¡ªwhere on earth has he gone?¡±

    Feng Luo was slightly distracted. But he knew that in this ce, it was no time to be distracted, so he immediately regained focus.

    ¡°I am most happy that Mister Kudo could be here. Today, I will finally not have waited for nothing again. This kettle of quality gyokuro might not have been suited to Mister¡¯s taste, but please ept it as Haruko¡¯s act of goodwill!¡±

    The beautiful NPCdy with waterfall-like long hair, and clothed in a snow-white sakura kimono, finally entered the main topic.

    ¡°No, no. This tea from Miss Haruko is really the best I¡¯ve ever tasted.¡± As Feng Luo replied with his thanks, his heart was reying the first half of what the NPCdy had said.

    Will finally not have waited for nothing again...

    This obviously meant that there had not been any yer who was able to decode the hidden message within the words before today. That was why she had waited for such a long time.

    This also revealed that there had not been many people who hade in the recent few days¡ªmore so, that there had not been a single investigator yer who hade in the entire day before.

    This was not initially strange. He knew that it was really hard to decode the hidden message in the words. Technically, he presumed that only two or three people in 100 would be able to discover it. However, this was in the case of solo-questing, under the circumstances whereby everyone had not engaged in information exchange. Since the Hounds had gathered hundreds of yers, the rate of discovering the message of this hidden mission was technically a very high probability.

    How strange. With that being said, why haven¡¯t a huge number of the Hounds¡¯ peoplee? Could it be that no one among them has discovered the hidden mission, or that they¡¯ve discovered it but for some reason chosen not to do it? Could it be possible that there¡¯s something special in this hidden mission?

    Feng Luo quickly scanned through a few possibilities but still had some uncertainty. But this uncertainty perhaps could be answered by this NPCdy right in front of him.

    ¡°Mister Kudo has limited time participating in this investigation mission, I¡¯ll go straight into the topic, then,¡± Haruko said, smiling.

    After that, a wooden nk on the floor beside her flipped downward, and an open silver-colored Agent Passcode Chest gradually ascended. In the Agent Chest were 10 syringes filled with gray substances arranged neatly. They looked like some sort of potion. However, Feng Luo knew that these were not injections, as it was not the first time he had seen these things. These were something every yer needed before they transferred and controlled their pets: biochips!

    Biochips were in liquid state before they were injected, and after being injected into the human body, a section would form the chip core while the other section would split to all parts of the body like a sort of consciousness, relying on depletion of the organism¡¯s energy to function, regte, and strengthen itself.

    The pet biochips used by animals and the chips used by humans had some slight differences in terms of the syringe structure. Those in the passcode chest were all human-use chips!

    ¡°These biochips? Could these be...?¡±

    Feng Luo had a guess in his heart. His eyes stared straight at Haruko.

    ¡°These are 10 mission biochips!¡±

    Indeed, the words of the smiling Haruko confirmed Feng Luo¡¯s guess. ¡°Other than the Sniper Profession, the biochips of all the three main basic profession branches, in addition to the two professions of Mechanist and Doctor, can be found in these 10.¡±

    ¡°Impossible...¡±

    Hearing that, Feng Luo actually nearly confirmed his guess.

    A second profession!

    Could it be that this is the true ¡°hidden¡± element of the Agent Hidden Profession? Allowing yers to possess a second basic profession!

    Feng Luo couldn¡¯t control his excitement.

    ¡°Mister Kudo must have already guessed something,¡± Haruko said. ¡°Right. Injecting this type of Profession Biochip researched in coboration with the three agent departments would formte a new chip core in the body. For you adventurers, it would mean possessing a second basic profession!¡±

    Haruko sat with a few strands of hair blown on her face and continued to smile as if guessing Feng Luo¡¯s thoughts.

    *A traditional Japanese formal way of sitting on the ground, whereby one first kneels, then folds the legs under the thighs, and rests the buttocks on the heels.

    ¡°Cherry blossom¡± in Japanese.

    Traditional Japanese female attire.

    A type of shaded green tea from Japan.

    Also known as the Way of Tea, a Japanese cultural activity involving a ceremonial preparation of matcha (powdered green tea).

 Chapter 211 - Hidden Profession â€œWith a Futureâ€

    <strong>Chapter 211: Hidden Profession ¡°With a Future¡±</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It really is!¡±

    Hearing this answer of confirmation, even with hisposure, Feng Luo felt an uncontroble rise in his heart rate!

    ¡°I¡¯ll go! It¡¯s a second basic profession!¡±

    Probably every yer in War could haveprehended what a second basic profession meant.

    It was important to note that any basic profession in War had its own definite pros and cons. For instance, the Heavy Armor Warrior had high HP and defense but low attack power and movement speed, and it was easy to be made use of by Gunners.

    Machine Gunners did enough damage and had high explosive power but were immobile once the machine gun was propped up, and they would be exposed with a gap in attack once the chain of bullets had been fired, thus making them easy to be counterattacked. Although Fire Maniptors had extremely high attack power and various ranged skills, their energy shields had low defense, and they had low HP. Thus, they were easy to defeat.

    But if these basic professions were apanied by a second profession to make up for their deficiencies, it would bepletely ¡°perfect¡±!

    Imagine¡ªa Sniper yer with a Light Armor Warrior second profession. He could first continuously attack the enemy from 1,000 meters away and deplete its HP, maybe even finishing off the opponent.

    Even if it was not finished off and a Light Armor Warrior from the opposing team moved in close, there would be no need to run. To the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s shock, the yer could raise his own alloy sword and parry without fear, swiftly finishing off the enemy head-on. Then the enemy would copse with a vomit of blood, face full of resentment.

    If there were too many on the opposing side, Charge could be engaged for an escape! For Gunners who were enhanced by agility, if the Charge was engaged, typical Light Armor Warriors, who were enhanced by strength, would never be able to catch up. Once he had ¡°escaped¡± to a safe zone, he could then continue using the sniper rifle, killing at long-range! This was almost indestructible!

    Another example was a Machine Gunner with a Heavy Armor Warrior second profession. Even though the Machine Gunner originally had high explosive power and also high attack power and range, his starting HP was too low. Furthermore, he was always the first target of attack by the opponent on the battlefield and thus required the protection of a Heavy Armor Warrior.

    But if a Machine Gunner already had a Heavy Armor Warrior second profession, he would be able to straightaway raise an alloy shield to block in front of him after finishing a round of bullets, then steadily continue loading bullets while resisting the attacks¡ªthe opponent would probably be stunned! Especially since the Machine Gunner would already have a certain amount of physical attributes, and if it was furtherbined with the high HP and additional physique of the Heavy Armor Warrior, wouldn¡¯t it be a surge in HP? Even exceeding his current amount of almost 6,500 ¡°rad¡± HP wasn¡¯t impossible!

    A profession with high attack power paired with one of high survivability would be simply invincible. Also, these Profession Biochips even included Mechanist and Doctor choices. These two professions were already considered ¡°special professions¡± among the basic professions! If the essences of the first and second professions were stacked, the enhancement from the four main basic attributes would be far beyond that of a normal yer!

    This could create a yer with high attack, high defense, and high HP, who could be far, be close, fight monsters, and even assist.

    Wait. If it really is like this, isn¡¯t this Agent profession a little too overpowered?! Feng Luo thought, a little doubtful.

    He had personally experienced the ¡°Gun Mechanic Expert¡± hidden profession of War back then. Thebat power was indeed iparably strong. It could even be used with Sniper, Scout, and Machine Gunner weapons at the same time, at far and close distances and could take on even Commander-grade monsters in singlebat.

    But after careful consideration, it was still not as good as the power of twoplementing basic professions joined together!

    Furthermore, this Agent hidden profession had many unique exclusive pieces of equipment like the ¡°Agent Wristwatch¡± and the ¡°Agent sses¡±; if further added to the skills of double professions and the specializedplementary enhancements, it would be far beyond the Gun Mechanic Expert!

    Both were hidden professions¡ªwith the other as War¡¯s first hidden profession. Even with a standard differentiation that existed for hidden professions, it would not be such a huge difference, would it?

    There must be something I haven¡¯t thought of... Feng Luo pondered.

    Feng Luo suddenly thought of a point, then looked at Haruko as he said, ¡°Huh? Wait, what if the double professions used two biochips? Then would it be unable to use the two professions¡¯ skills and specializations simultaneously?¡±

    ¡°Mister Kudo sure is shrewd,¡± said Haruko. ¡°Only one of the two biochip cores can be activated at a time. For you adventurers, you would only be able to enjoy the specialized enhancements of one profession at a time and be able to use the skills of one profession. To use the other profession, it would be necessary to switch to the other biochip core. Usage of multiple biochips at once is a challenge in technique that, temporarily, has not been grasped. However, there perhaps will be a new breakthrough very soon. After all, the Federation has now already retrieved much of the technology lost from the great demolishment. It should be known that the Gxy Empire in the past was already established in such technological research...¡±

    Haruko smiled. Her eyes shed with a sense of admiration, her words revealing a great amount of information.

    ¡°It also means that currently, this type of ¡®double basic professions¡¯ will be partially restricted, as the specializations and skills are unable to be added, so their power wouldn¡¯t be as indestructible as imagined.¡±

    But following the development of the game, theter Agent profession will even possess the true double... No, I should say multiple-profession hidden professions, because what she had said was ¡°usage of multiple Biochips at once...¡±

    Feng Luo had picked up the hidden message in the NPC¡¯s words. Obviously, the ¡°double professions¡± obtained after transferring to the Agent hidden profession at the time still had a partial restriction. However, with the progression of the game, this restriction would be eradicated with ¡°technological recovery.¡± In fact, the second basic profession was not the end point of the Agent hidden profession¡ªit was possible for a ¡°third or fourth basic profession¡± to be introduced!

    An ordinary person would definitely have found it difficult to catch the most important information in the words of the NPC, but Feng Luo, on the other hand, had caught on. The conclusion of the matter naturally brought him happiness.

    ¡°Even though there is still some restriction now, this Agent hidden profession is undoubtedly very powerful indeed!¡± said Haruko. ¡°What¡¯s more, it still has much of a future! Mister Kudo can choose any one of these 10 biochips. But I must remind you that there is a restriction set in this type of biochip: It can only be activated during the investigation mission period. If you cannotplete the uing mission, it¡¯s a pity, but it¡¯d be reimed tomorrow. It¡¯ll also be reimed afterpletion of the investigation mission!¡±

    Haruko, in her snow-white sakura kimono, said as she looked at Feng Luo, ¡°Understood!¡±

    Feng Luo did not feel that it was strange, as he had already guessed that this item must have been a mission item. After all, the real ¡°second profession biochip¡± would definitely have been obtainable afterpletion of the mission and bing an Agent.

    It was also undoubtedly required of him to take up this profession mission.

    Haruko smiled as she said, ¡°Very well, Mister Kudo. The mission you have toplete has already been transmitted to your Agent Wristwatch. Now then, please choose one from the 10 biochips!¡±

    ¡°Hmm. I choose...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s vision shifted left and right across the 10 metallic chip syringes.

 Chapter 212 - One Fatal Slice!

    <h4>Chapter 212: One Fatal Slice!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A few minutester, as Feng Luo was about to step out of the wooden sliding door of the rustic room, he suddenly stopped in midstep, turned, and said to Haruko still sitting seiza-style on the floor, ¡°Right, Miss Haruko. I still have something I¡¯d like to ask.¡±

    ¡°Please ask, Mister Kudo.¡±

    Haruko, d in her snow-white sakura kimono, had a calm expression. Her ck, waterfall-like hair, as a backdrop for her face, had a unique taste of serenity.

    ¡°The mission this time is a solo mission, isn¡¯t it?¡± Feng Luo said, looking at Haruko who had her forehead slightly creased. ¡°But apparently, some people have vited the rules. They have been gathered by an organization named Hound, sharing mission information, then umting the joint mission rewards on a few people, allowing the few people to have very high points. They alsomunicate offline. Is this considered cheating and being unfair to other yers?¡±

    Feng Luo looked hard at Haruko. Asking this, he had actually already thought of Haruko¡¯s reaction¡ªshe would assess just how high of a level of intelligence the War game mastermind had reached, or whether the gamepany had regtory measures regarding such behavior.

    It was obvious the split-second that Haruko had appeared stone-faced after hearing his words¡ªpresumably undergoing data exchange with the system mastermind. Thereafter, her face quickly regained life, and she said, looking at Feng Luo with a pair of deeply enlightened eyes, ¡°Thanks for Mister Kudo¡¯s reminder. The investigation team has already been informed regarding this situation. As for the people who have vited the rules, they will naturally receive their punishment...¡±

    ******

    In the dimly-lit lounge on the first floor of a system-replicated ¡°Night¡¯s Charm¡± Bar.

    ¡°Hurry up, hurry up! I want a bottle of Special Design 1915 Chatour. And one roastedrge mutant snail, one 70 percent steamed sandstone turkey... Yes, serve up all these.¡±

    While walking past the waterfront¡¯s wooden corridor, Feng Luo heard Big Pineapple¡¯s gruff shouts from within with his extremely acute hearing.

    A smile was uncontrobly revealed on his face! Thereafter, he walked straight out of the white stone steps of Night¡¯s Charm Bar and mounted an automatic hovercraft summoned using his terminal.

    ¡°The Exchange, Southern Square!¡±

    After stating his desired destination, Feng Luo sat into the automatic hovercraft engaged in one-way vision, put on his Agent sses, and checked out the mission just released by Haruko.

    ¡°Dongsang City Army Captain Aoki Kazuo has arranged to meet two bargirls at ¡®Sakura Court,¡¯ a luxurious lounge of ¡°Seduction Night¡± Bar tonight at 8:15. ording to the exact report, he is Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s absolute confidant, responsible in secret-liaising with the intelligence officer of the rebellion...¡±

    Mission Requirement: Assassinate Aoki Kazuo before 12 a.m. tonight. Mission Completion Rewards: 1. 200 points (Assassination Sess); 2. Extended use of the second profession Biochip (Investigation Mission Limited Use).

    ¡°Assassinate! Second profession biochip...¡±

    Feng Luo scanned through the Hidden Mission requirements. To him, such an assassination mission shouldn¡¯t be very hard. Having the assistance of 24K and a Scout Beetle¡ªregardless of whether they were assassination missions or intelligence missions¡ªhe would definitely have it much easier than other yers. Of course, more importantly, he had a clear and meticulously thoughtful head!

    If it wasn¡¯t for the Hound Organization interfering, he wouldn¡¯t actually have had much difficulty in attaining the top three or even the first position in points in this hidden mission. After all, up until now, it seemed that overall, the amount of brainpower required by this mission was obviously much more than the yers¡¯ own abilities!

    Of course, considering the consistent mission bncing by the system, perhaps there would also be ability requirements in the followup missions! But in terms of ability, his ability definitely had qualitative improvementpared to before entering Night Charm¡¯s Bar. He had already injected the temporarily obtained second profession biochip only for this hidden mission!

    Compared to thepetitive yers who did not have or did not know about this mission, he clearly had an overpowering advantage.

    What about this second profession? What was it?

    Feng Luo looked at the message from not long ago in the system log.

    You have obtained the ¡°Scout¡± second profession biochip; the Biochip will instantly take effect upon injection into the body. Effective Duration Countdown: 4h 32 min (extension afterpletion of ¡°assassination¡± mission till missionpletion).¡±

    That¡¯s right¡ªhis choice was the Scout! And not his most desired Light Armor Warrior.

    Regarding the choice of his second profession, Feng Luo had contemted for some time. Machine Gunner, Earth Maniptor, Wind Maniptor, Heavy Armor Warrior... These were, to a certain extent,plementary to the Sniper profession. But, in the end, his sight still fell on the two syringes of the Scout and Light Armor Warrior second profession biochips.

    The Light Armor Warrior undoubtedly was technically the mostplementary profession for the Sniper. With this second profession, the Sniper could be said to be truly proficient at long and short distances alike¡ªhaving the furthest attack distance as well as the strongest short-distancebat power!

    At the same time, due to the attack power of the Light Armor Warrior already being energetically enhanced and simrly also being enhanced in agility (but with a rtively weaker enhancement system), it could allow the enhancement of the agility-specialized Sniper to take effect.

    In addition to the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s higher initial defense and HP enhancement, as well as highest assured ¡°Charge¡± skill, there would be a definite explosion in survivability!

    The Scout profession was simrly a great match with the Sniper.

    As Gunner-rted professions, the advantages of both the Scout and the Sniper were very close, and, after switching professions, one could straightaway fight without even the need to change equipment.

    The Scout¡¯s ¡°Detection¡± skill and strong hiding and sneaking abilities were extremely useful for any profession!

    Adding onto the Scout¡¯s simrly strong close-rangebat power, one could battle to a certain extent with the Light Armor Warrior (although considered a round of explosive attacks due to stamina)! Therefore, the Scout was definitely the number one most suitable choice for a Sniper.

    All in all, Feng Luo was biased toward the Light Armor Warrior. After all, he had a Scout Beetle, already possessing strong scouting ability; if the Scout beetle had evolved into a Commander, it could even shield Scout skills within a range (see the previous chapter on the city-building mission).

    It could be said that the Scout beetle already reced the Scout¡¯s biggest advantage! Therefore,pared with the Light Armor Warrior with the godly skill of ¡°Charge,¡± the Scout Profession inevitably declined quite a bit in meaningfulness to Feng Luo.

    However. The second-profession biochip of this mission was only of temporary use and would be straightaway reimed at the end. Thus, the choosing of a second profession should be determined based on the circumstances of the mission.

    Compared to the Light Armor Warrior, which he had yet topletely familiarized himself with, the Scout was simrly under the Gunner profession branch and had strong assassination abilities. It was obviously able to be more effective in an assassination-rted mission. Hence, he had, atst, chosen the Scout!

    ¡°Switch to second-profession biochip!¡±

    Feng Luomanded on the system panel.

    You have switched to ¡°Scout¡± Profession.

    You have obtained this profession¡¯s Basic Specialization: General Gunner Proficiency...

    You have obtained this profession¡¯s Basic Specialization: Scout-Use Proficiency...

    The system continuously sounded messages.

    Please select your third profession specialization.

    ¡°Closebat specialization!¡±

    You have selected closebat specialization: increase in your attack power, attack speed, and stamina recovery speed when in closebat!

    Yes, the system messages ended here. Because the rest of the skill columns of the Scout second profession were still aplete nk.

    ¡°The system sure is inexplicable, not providing even a cheap general skill.¡±

    Feng Luo smiled feebly. He had wanted to go to the Exchange to purchase Level-15 to Level-45 Scout general skills. If not, this second profession would actually have been less than it seemed!

    ¡°At least,pared with rare chips, the normal skill chips of the respective professions are all ¡®cheapo.¡¯¡±

    ******

    Two minutester, a levitating hovercraft stopped at the square beside the yers¡¯ Exchange, and an NPC carrying a silver-colored business case walked to a nearby shop. A minuteter, a Sniper yer in casual attire walked out of the shop and into the 100-leveled domelike building of the bustling Exchange nearby.

    Half an hourter, another automatic hovercraft flew from a position near the yers¡¯ Exchange in the direction of Kabukicho. Five minutester, this automatic hovercraft stopped at the entrance of ¡°Seduction Night¡± Bar. A bespectacled, middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket walked down and was weed in by a group of women dressed in beautiful, flowery clothing.

    15 minutester, a shrill female scream from Kabukicho¡¯s Seduction Night Bar tore through the night.

    The Dongsang City Guard Bureau and the Federal troops stationed outside all went on emergency dispatch!

    Lieutenant General Yamamoto¡¯s confidant Captain Aoki Kazuo had been found naked and dead in a private room in ¡°Seduction Night¡± Bar with his throat slit by a sharp object, his bath towel stained with blood.

    Based on inspection of the wound on Aoki Kazuo¡¯s neck, the experts of the Guard Bureau made a preliminary judgment that the killer had used an ¡°ATAK¡± type of high-grade tactical army knife, with an extremely precise angle of the knife, delivering... one fatal slice!

 Chapter 213 - Everything Gone Wrong

    <h4>Chapter 213: Everything Gone Wrong</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    ¡°What the f*ck is going on?¡±

    ¡°Hound 0033, why is the system messaging us that there¡¯s a cut in half the points because of an unauthorized joint operation in the mission?¡±

    In a luxurious detached vi hotel room, a Wind Maniptor fully d in quality equipment had an extremely sour face as he threw a teacup down heavily onto the floor.

    ¡°Half the points! I¡¯ve now fallen straight down through 20 ces!¡±

    Another Scout yer fully d in rare equipment was even more pale-faced with anger, ring at the Light Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you Hounds guarantee that we wouldn¡¯t get penalized by the system and guarantee that we¡¯d all enter the top five! What¡¯s going on now? Already six days of the mission duration had passed now. How do you catch up with this gap in points? And yesterday night, didn¡¯t you also guarantee that the ¡®luring¡¯ n you arranged would absolutely seed? That the Sniper continuously spoiling our mission would definitely be discovered and finished? And what happened in the end?!

    ¡°F*ck this! Lure, my ass! We¡¯ve waited for a whole afternoon and half the night. That Sniper didn¡¯t even reveal his shadow. The mission news used as ¡®bait¡¯ was, in the end, actually snatched away by a 10-year-old little girl!¡±

    (Feng Luo probably would have also been speechless if he had known the situation. His energy yesterday had all been spent on the hidden mission and the second profession. The rest of his time was all used on familiarizing himself with the Scout profession skills. Who would have thought that there was actually a group of people in another corner of the city that had set up a ¡°ground-covering¡± and had foolishly waited for him an entire night...)

    ¡°Not just this!¡± The Scout yer had spit flying all over, pointing at the Light Armor Warrior in front of him and scolding nonstop. ¡°Now. You¡¯d better see who the first on the leaderboard is!¡±

    At that moment, on the leaderboard, which could be seen by all of thepetitive yers, four of the five names originally at the top had already been changed, and ¡°Number 99,¡± originally in fourth, had already leaped to first ce.

    N01, No.99, Points: 1464.

    N02, No.37, Points: 986.

    N03, No.205, Points: 874.

    ¡°Number 99. Humph! F*ck it! It¡¯s that Sniper yer!¡±

    To thepetitive yers, although they would not have been able to know others¡¯ numbers at all, other than themselves, they could determine most of the yers¡¯ corresponding identities based on the movement of points at the moment of missionpletion.

    Thus, even though they did not know that Feng Luo was Number 99, they had already learned much earlier that the ¡°mysterious Sniper¡± was Number 99. (Was this easy to understand?)

    The face of the Scout yer was nowpletely grim with rage. After all, regardless of who it was, it was impossible not to be infuriated after spending an entire 8,000,000 to purchase a hidden profession, yet getting absolutely nothing out of it in the end!

    Even though 8,000,000 star coins might not have been a big loss to wealthy top-grade second-generation yers, whereby what was lost on a normal day would just simply be lost, the key was that what he had lost now was not only money but also his prestige!

    This Scout yer, ¡°Gou Shao,¡± was so utterly exasperated because, other than the money, he had, more importantly, bragged to his group of toxic friends earlier on, saying that he could immediately transfer to the hidden profession!

    With the emergence of this situation in the end and his boasted hidden profession going down in mes, he would surely be indefinitely mocked by his toxic friends!

    ¡°F*ck this! How do y¡¯all get paid to do things?!¡±

    Thinking of things up until, the Scout yer fiercely pointed at the Light Armor Warrior once more.

    In contrast to the Scout yer, who waspletely fuming with rage, the Wind Maniptor nicknamed ¡°Xiao Shao¡± had calmed down after smashing the teacup. Turning his head, he said with his eyes staring coldly at the Light Armor Warrior, Hound 0033, ¡°Tell me, what solution is there?¡±

    ¡°Xiao Shao, please calm down!¡± The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s face, no longer with the smile from before, was very grave and simrly grim. ¡°Regarding yesterday night¡¯s n... Honestly speaking, the n was my formtion, and the mastermind of the team carefully supplemented the team. It could be said that the n in the end waspletely perfect¡ªtechnically, it would have been impossible for the opponent to discover it!¡±

    ¡°Impossible to discover?¡± A mocking smile appeared on Xiao Shao¡¯s face as he asked coldly, ¡°So paying for the mission, plus losing the manpower yesterday, has just been the two of us dreaming?¡±

    ¡°Xiao Shao, stop joking.¡± The Light Armor Warrior lowered his head with a face of self-me, but a tinge of jest appeared in his eyes. ¡°Even though the failure of yesterday¡¯s mission was due to someone undercover, I admit that I should shoulder arge part of the responsibility!¡±

    ¡°Undercover?¡± Hearing the word, the Scout yer¡¯s face stoned.

    The Light Armor Warrior looked at his stern expression and said with a serious face, ¡°Yes, there¡¯s a mole among us! There¡¯s a yer. He has taken our money but has privately also taken the opponent¡¯s money, acting as a double agent and hiding within us, revealing our information to some solo yers, including that Sniper and the little girl from yesterday night!¡±

    ¡°Undercover?¡± Xiao Shao stared coldly at him but clearly had not noticed the tinge of jest in the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s tone. Xiao Shao¡¯s voice was extremely frigid, hiding viciousness as he asked, ¡°What¡¯s the identity of this person? I mean his real-life identity... Aren¡¯t you Hounds omnipotent? You wouldn¡¯t be unable to do such a small thing, would you?¡±

    ¡°Xiao Shao, don¡¯t put me in a difficult situation. You know our Hound rules¡ªwe absolutely do not investigate yers¡¯ information in real life. Also, under the omnidirectional surveince controlled by the Gxy Intelligence and the Sk system monitor, illegally investigating others¡¯ private information would be very easily locked on by the supeputer. When it bes extremely serious, it¡¯ll be quite possible to be penalized with lifetime surveince and a position-lock!¡±

    A bitter smile appeared on the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s face, but there was once more a bit of contempt in his eyes, clearly because of his own fluke sess and his feeling of scorn toward their methods.

    These two conceited, rich second-generation rich yers made the Light Armor Warrior, who was from an impoverished background, unhappy and scornful deep down inside! But he knew how to control and how to bury these emotions deep in his heart.

    ¡°Forget it!¡± Xiao Shao said with a grave face after meeting his eyes for a moment. ¡°Enough talk about this. The problem now is, what about our points?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Xiao Shao. The system has set a restriction, but the higher-ups are already finding a way around the system restriction,¡± The Light Armor Warrior said, his eyes bursting with sparks. ¡°Although catching up with the points of the people at the top may seem hard, it is actually very easy, because y¡¯all can do the ¡®Hidden Mission!¡¯¡±

    ¡°What? Hidden mission!¡±

    Hearing that, the two second-generation rich yers instantly stared at him.

    ¡°There¡¯s such a hidden mission? Why haven¡¯t you said it before?¡± Xiao Shao asked, staring at his face.

    ¡°Because this hidden mission is too great, and it involves the true secret of the hidden profession of Agent!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s face revealed his signature smile once again.

    ¡°Too great!¡±

    ¡°The true secret!¡±

    The two rich second-generation wealthy yers both repeated a phrase each.

    Thereafter, the Scout yer Gou Shao¡¯s tone was even more anxious as he eximed, ¡°Hurry up and say it. Stop keeping me in suspense!¡±

    ¡°Yes, Gou Shao. The true secret is that besides being able to obtain all sorts of specialized, powerful equipment and tools, this Agent hidden profession can also gain a second profession!¡±

    ¡°What!¡±

    ¡°A second profession!¡±

    Hearing that, the Scout Gou Shao¡¯s eyes lit up, and Xiao Shao¡¯s voice was uncontrobly excited.

    ¡°Xiao Shao, you would definitely know,¡± said the Light Armor Warrior. ¡°With the level of corruption in these normal yers, if they knew that this Agent hidden profession could obtain the second profession everyone dreams of, it would likely be impossible for many people to give up this mission. By then, there might be all sorts of concerns and troubles arising. So, we know about this information and have delegated someone to act on it. Although it did not go through, it did not give everyone full disclosure.¡± The Light Armor Warrior smiled slightly.

    ¡°Right,¡± the Scout Gou Shao said, seemingly making some sense of it as he said, ¡°With such a level of virality in War, one who obtains the Hidden Profession could 100 percent be a star yer, and, after bing a star yer, one would naturally not be short of these few tens of thousands. Anyone with half a brain might go for it...¡± But after that, his face appeared scornful once more as he said, ¡°Humph! Star yer... What can those people mean before me? Even if it¡¯s Light Dancing Sparrow, my Bro Xiao¡ª¡±

    ¡°Gou!¡±

    Gou Shao was cut off. Xiao Shao was suddenly ring at him.

    ¡°Yes... yes, Brother Xiao, I¡¯ll stop!¡± Gou Shao smiled sheepishly, immediately shutting up.

    War¡¯s first female star yer, Light Dancing Sparrow, is connected with these two people... the Light Armor Warrior said in his heart, but he certainly would not say it aloud. Indeed, an impoverished goddess. Rich...

    ¡°How to do this Hidden Mission? Since you¡¯ve already said it, hurry up and finish speaking!¡± Shao Xiao said as he turned to look at the Light Armor Warrior.

    ¡°This... The higher-ups told us that we must be even more careful in the game, some things would be better discussed...¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior lightened his tone and nodded his head toward the sky.

    ******

    ¡°There¡¯s still a follow-up for the hidden mission?¡±

    Having already abandoned the Kudo Shinichi identity and changed into new, simrly urban, white-cored attire, Feng Luo was walking out from a highrise business building.

    In his vision, he was looking at a message that had just shed past on the Agent sses, requesting an assembly once again at Seduction Night Bar tonight at 8:00 p.m.

    ¡°Assembly? So, this mission doesn¡¯t only involve me? I¡¯m rather interested...¡±

    The side of Feng Luo¡¯s mouth quivered. He raised his hand to insert a mini message chip in his hand into the Agent sses.

    Earned Sanryo Group bribery evidence. Rewarded points: 100. Current points: 1564. cing: N01.

 Chapter 214 - A Second Type of B-Grade Bullet

    <h4>Chapter 214: A Second Type of B-Grade Bullet</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Seduction Night Bar, 8:00 p.m.

    A levitating hovercraft flown from the Television Center building nearby graduallynded. Worthy of mention was that there had been a murder at the 237th floor of the Television Center building 30 minutes before.

    A star war reporter¡ªwho had risked his life up to 100 times entering the rebel-controlled region to film war images and whose attitude was strongly against the war¡ªhad been discovered dead alone in the lounge. He had died in a simr manner as Aoki Kazuo, who had died at the same timest night¡ªsliced in the throat by a special type of army knife in one fatal attack!

    Furthermore, a message chip had been left beside the corpse. In it were images of the war reportermunicating in secret with a few higher-ups of the rebel army every time he¡¯d entered the rebel-controlled region. However, this message chip had been imed by the Dongsang Guard Bureau executives, who had rushed down and ordered nondisclosure of all the information.

    ******

    Feng Luo, disguised as a trendy young NPC, walked with quick and light steps into the retro bar. It was not very prosperous. Compared to the connection processst time, it was much easier this time. He was directly led to Haruko¡¯s tea preparation room by the staff.

    ¡°Mister Feng Jian, please sit!¡±

    Pulling open the sliding wooden door and entering after changing into clogs, Feng Luo found an unexpected scene before his eyes.

    In the room, Haruko, who was still sitting seiza-style on the floor, had apletely different look than she had worn yesterday. Today, she was not wearing her snow-white sakura kimono but full-ck attire with unknown, dark-red flower petals that looked a little simr to that of a ninja but also a little it like that of a samurai.

    Also, on the floor in front of her was a belted samurai sword about one meter in length. Her originally let-down, ck, waterfall-like hair had been pulled up into a high ponytail. Her face was stern as she nodded slightly at Feng Luo.

    If the Haruko of yesterday had been a kettle of clear tea, the one in front of Feng Luo now was a knife. A knife which had not been sheathed but was already radiating viciousness.

    Right. Feng Jian. Yes, this was the identity of the NPC whom Feng Luo was disguised as, an average employee of a gun shop.

    Haruko sitting seiza-style on the floor said simply, ¡°Mister Feng Jian, please wait for a while. The rest of the people should be here in a moment. Oh, right. This. It is given to you by the investigation team as a reward for your informationst night.¡±

    With that, Haruko stretched out a hand and moved the scabbard of the samurai sword in front of her, then lightly pushed the small silver-colored box ced on the floor beside her. Thereafter, the box, seemingly made of some special metal, moved a distance across the floor and stopped perfectly beside Feng Luo.

    ¡°Reward?¡±

    Picking up the box, Feng Luo showed enthusiasm in his eyes. Regarding the ¡°report¡± from yesterday, he had initially not expected much. After all, the gamepany logically would not really penalize such ¡°consumerist¡± yers, who could easily take out hundreds of millions. He had not expected this today.

    His points had risen straight from third to first ce afterpletion of the hidden mission! Now, he had done another three investigation missions. His points had reached more than 1,900¡ªalready a whole 800-plus points away from the person at second.

    Instinctively, he felt that the points not only influenced the cing but perhaps were also rted to the reward at the end of the mission.

    For him, earning points had gone much faster than the other yers. As he¡¯d expected, the 100 portraits on the screen from before, which he had memorized in five minutes, were indeed the mission targets. Although not all were assassination targets, they were nheless important characters or locations of every mission.

    It was important to note that even though the system released up to 10 to 20 missions a day, thesepetitive missions were released to allpetitive yers¡ªthere was absolutely a higher demand than there was supply!

    Plus, besides the first emergency mission at the start, the information released in the other missions was not clear-cut. Most of the mission information on the Agent Wristwatch was vague to begin with. Only after some time would the scope of the mission targets be narrowed by subsequent information. This required each yer to think of narrowing the scope of the targets themselves, then strive toplete the mission before others found the targets.

    In light of this, Feng Luo, who had memorized all the images on the screen, had naturally secured a huge head start.

    The war reporter had noticed a match of one portrait in the 100 images in his memory and the staff information from the Television Center much earlier. Hence, he¡¯d imed 125 points one step ahead of all thepetitive yers.

    Besides the 100 images, the tens of thousands of words implying every yer¡¯s hidden mission were simrly of use.

    If not for tonight¡ªand if he had a hidden mission¡ªhe would have been waiting at the connection point of another hidden mission at this time. That way, it was very likely that he would wait until he became a Hound¡¯s ¡°client.¡± Because he had already noticed before that, among the yers tonight during the hidden mission connection period, there were two people who were yers initially ced at first and second! They were also two of the Hounds¡¯ five most important clients!

    Feng Luo thought that the Hounds must have known about the existence of hidden missions. Even though he didn¡¯t know why they hadn¡¯t let many people participate, and even though it was understandable for normal yers not to do the missions, it was impossible for the yers who were keen on obtaining cement to give up on them. Especially in the event of an entire half of their points having been cut.

    ¡°What a pity!¡± Feng Luo shook his head.

    Although he had relied on few confrontations during missions and a Scout Beetle to pinpoint the identities of a portion of Hound¡¯s yers, there were still some people hiding in the shadows.

    Among the five people who had spent a load of money buying the transfer quota, he had only known of the Scout and the Wind Maniptor. The other three originally in the top three positions had remained in the shadows, acting cautiously. After all, even with the possession of disguise potions, it was nheless rather difficult to discover otherpetitive yers. Therefore, he had initially wanted to wait for two of the three other people today, but he had received his own hidden mission and thus, could onlye over here first.

    ¡°But if I must, it¡¯s still more than just a loss!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the things inside the open box in his hand.

    Mini Tracker Bullet ZZ-2 (B-Grade Special Bullet)

    Attack power +10%, can be shot with a gun or the Agent Wristwatch, mini tracker inside will enter the body once being shot, can be tracked using the Hummingbird system. Effective Duration: 24 hours (effect instantly lost upon yer¡¯s death).

    Inside the box which was secured by a fingerprint and DNA lock were five 12.7MM handgun bullets with aplex structure within and with seemingly semi-transparent bullet shells.

    B-Grade bullets!

    This was the second type of B-Grade bullets which Feng Luo had earned. Compared to that of Impact Bullets, the effect of these five bullets was undoubtedly even more unique.

    Feng Luo looked at the detailed introduction ¨C this mini tracker in this bullet would not be able to be detected by Biochips and Agent Wristwatches in typical situations.

    Such a unique ability as tracking would definitely be able to add a great surprise effect at right times!

 Chapter 215 - Big Pineappleâ€™s Incredible Luck

    <h4>Chapter 215: Big Pineapple¡¯s Incredible Luck</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Miss Haruko, guest Number 187 is here!¡±

    After Feng Luo had put away the bullet, a female voice sounded from outside on the left of the wooden sliding door.

    ¡°Bring her in!¡± Haruko said in a high-pitched voice.

    Thereafter, the wooden sliding door was pulled open from one side, and a short teenaged girl in ck-framed spectacles, wearing a blue and white sailor suit and white stockings, walked in. She appeared to be high-school aged. The moment she walked into the room, the eyes behind her spectacles swept toward Feng Luo. Then she turned her head to look at Haruko seated on the floor as she said, ¡°Sister Haruko.¡±

    Haruko nodded in response. ¡°Miss Shizuko, please sit.¡±

    After which, the yer disguised as a high school girl sat opposite Feng Luo and beside Haruko.

    After she sat down, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes looked her up and down in amazement. Number 187¡ªcurrently ranked fourth ce in points!

    No one would have thought that the individual ranked in fourth ce was actually a female yer who appeared to be a student of less than 16 or 17 years of age. Of course, this appearance was, perhaps, a disguise created using chips and potions, but Feng Luo felt like this girl yer¡¯s true age wasn¡¯t that old to begin with.

    At that moment, the teenage girl yer was simrly studying him. The serenity in the eyes behind her ck-framed spectacles carried a sense of close inspection and slight suspicion.

    Feng Luo felt even more suspicious. The eyes and expression of this teenage girl evoked a slight sense of familiarity. But, because of the disguise potion, even his shockingly brilliant memory was unable to match this person¡¯s appearance with the yers whom he¡¯d met in the past. Furthermore, there was no time for him to ponder in detail. Because at that moment, the third yer had already arrived.

    The person who had entered this time was Number 37!

    ¡°Number 37!¡±

    Hearing this number, Feng Luo paused and immediately turned. Number 37 was currently in second ce on the point-ranking leaderboard for this mission¡ªclose to him!

    The person who entered this time was a young, light-skinned yer dressed in Western-style attire who looked like an urban office worker. With a gentle face, he walked in and greeted Haruko first before straight away sitting beside Feng Luo.

    The distance between the two was about two meters; it was a distance sufficient for getting up from a seated position and reacting in the event of a sudden situation.

    What¡¯s going on? This person¡¯s eyes seem a little familiar, too...

    Feng Luo felt that this was quite strange. It was as if he had felt a sense of familiarity with everyone here. Especially upon seeing the eyes of these two people.

    It was important to note that even though a disguise potion could transform a person¡¯s body and outward appearance, it could not change internal features like the eyes and teeth. Hence, he had looked at the eyes while observing the two yers who had entered. But his observation had resulted in a sense of familiarity.

    Could it be because I¡¯m being too sensitive?

    Feng Luo was a bit uncertain. His intellect was bing more active by the day. Simrly, it caused his momentary thoughts to seem more and moreplicated.

    At that moment, another person arrived. This time, it was Number 9!

    This individual was very close to Feng Luo¡¯s 99. However, when the owner behind this number revealed her face, all three people in the room were taken aback.

    Red¡ªfiery red! Warm, scorching red like raging mes!

    It was a woman with red-dyed, shoulder-length hair, a pair of narrow eyes colored with red eye shadow, and red-painted lips. Wearing a simrly fiery red-colored fretwork of light armor. This tall female Light Armor Warrior was like a ball of mes! Feng Luo felt as if a ball of mes had walked into the small rustic room.

    The three yers originally in the room¡ªa female student in a sailor¡¯s suit, a white-cored urban man, a normal-looking fashionable youth (Feng Luo)¡ªwere allpletely overwhelmed by this neer. Only Haruko, in her ck samurai attire with a ck samurai sword, sitting on the ground expressionlessly, could stand on the same ground as this female yer!

    Right¡ªfemale yers! This Number 9 yer actually hadn¡¯t used the NPC disguise potion at all but had entered using her yer identity and original appearance.

    ¡°It seems like I¡¯mte.¡± Slightly parting her fiery red-painted lips and her teeth, she let out a moist breath. The woman scanned her surroundings with a seductively charming smile like a deadly red spider lily.

    This feeling made Feng Luo recall one person: Red Queen!

    Only Red Queen could be such a rose. Even though she was noble and carried thorns, making her unable to be approached, she was not deadly like the red spider lily, Lycoris radiata! Thanks to Feng Luo¡¯s state of mind, it was impossible for him to be affected by a woman. But what astonished him was that beside him, the Number 37 white-cored male yer and the teenage girl yer looked simrly calm, seemingly unaffected by the woman¡¯s aura. They weren¡¯t all that bothered by her.

    Hmm. If that teenage girl did not stare at her own in ¡°sand dunes¡± and show a depressed expression after seeing the towering ¡°mountains¡± beneath this Lycoris radiata¡¯s feminine fretwork of light armor...

    There were already four people. Were there any more?

    Feng Luo looked toward Haruko, still sitting seiza-style.

    ¡°Everyone, please wait,¡± she said. ¡°Thest person should be here in a moment!¡±

    Haruko had asked everyone to wait for a while more.

    One minuteter, the beautiful female NPC staff member clothed in a kimono led someone to the wooden sliding door once again.

    ¡°Miss Haruko, guest Number 105 is here.¡±

    Number 105?

    Hearing this, Feng Luo went stone-faced once again.

    Unless I¡¯ve remembered incorrectly, Number 105 ought to be the person who came with me to this Night Bar to receive the Hidden Mission. Which means that after I left yesterday, there were still yers whopleted the Hidden Mission here at Night Bar?

    Feng Luo was truly surprised. After all, upon seeing such a situation, there ought to have been only three people who hadpleted the Hidden Mission under Haruko over the course of the five previous days. He hadn¡¯t suspected that there would actually be two people who hadpleted itst night!

    Who¡¯s this person? Feng Luo wondered. A yer who was disguised as an NPC hiding in the bar before? Or one who entered after I had left?

    If they¡¯d been hidden in the bar while he was still present, then this person definitely could not be taken lightly. Whereas, if they had arrived after that, when he¡¯d gone to assassinate Aoki Kazuo, then it would be difficult to say.

    At that moment, the wooden sliding door was pulled open.

    A short, stubby, dark-skinned person with the top of his hair wrapped in a bandana¡ªthe clogs at the ends of his hairy legs creating da-da noises as he kicked them¡ªwalked in with his eyes leering this way and that.

    No way...

    Feng Luo was floored for a third time¡ªthis time, really floored.

    Because this person was exponentially more familiar to him than the Number 37 white-cor man or the Number 187 teenaged girl! This person who had entered immediately focused his gaze on the red-clothed female warrior¡ªspecifically on the revealed areas of her chest, neck, and other areas of her light armor¡ªwith eyes staring. Even his footsteps became dyed. After Haruko coughed softly, prompting the neer to finally go over and sit embarrassingly at the male side, Feng Luo knew that his guess was correct.

    This guy, Big Pineapple, really is apetitive yer! How could it be?! Is he pretending to be a pig to prey on a tiger? Or is he really a pig? This certainly is troubling to understand.

    Feng Luo shot a sidelong nce at the Indian yer, Big Pineapple, whose eyes did not refrain from staring at Lycoris radiata¡ªthe female Light Armor Warrior opposite him¡ªafter sitting down between him and the Number 37 white-cor male yer.

    Feng Luo was feeling a little dizzy in the head. Even though his mind was sharp, he still couldn¡¯t fullyprehend what was going on.

    What Feng Luo was unaware of was that at that moment, despite keeping his eyes busy, Big Pineapple sitting beside him was actually thinking deeply about some critical matters.

    Last night was really some luck! Originally, I just went there wanting to explore the red-light district in this game and, conveniently... cough... didn¡¯t want to randomly walk into a deserted bar. Coincidentally, it was actually a Hidden Mission set-off point!

    But, in all honesty, I still must thank that big brother who had clearlye to do the Hidden Mission and was disguised as an NPC. He very likely had discovered my identity and thus, deliberately and subtly told me that I needed to spend greatly until midnight. Due to the set-off method of my mission, I needed to stay there until midnight and, meanwhile, order two fruit tters with a mix of three types.

    Indeed, there are still many good people in this world. Big brother, I, Big Pineapple, owe you one. Hmm. But that might not be right. It might not be a brother at all! As everyone knows, a disguise chip can allow someone to take on the appearance of the opposite sex. It might have been some beautifuldy yer disguised as a male NPC. Then, because of my good looks... Hmm. Naturally...

    If Feng Luo had known Big Pineapple¡¯s fantastic thoughts at that moment, he probably would have vomited blood, then let out a sigh.

    This guy was beyond lucky!

 Chapter 216 - Mission Suspension?

    <h4>Chapter 216: Mission Suspension?</h4>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Since everyone has already arrived, I shall get straight to the point.¡±

    All five people in the room had already arrived, and Haruko in her ck samurai attire with dark red petals spoke after raising her head to look one round at her audience.

    ¡°All five of you have passed the hidden round of investigation. It can be said that you¡¯re the true elites among the chosen people participating in this investigation mission. At the same time, it seems from your current points that you¡¯ve all passed the investigation with a certain probability, bing the first five people to obtain the qualification of the first batch of Adventurer Agents. Especially you, Mister Feng Jian!¡±

    Saying this, Haruko, with her samurai sword ced before her, nodded specifically toward Feng Luo. This action undoubtedly drew the attention of the other four people.

    Even though Haruko¡¯s words had not explicitly stated as much, the four people seemed to have instantly guessed or confirmed Feng Luo¡¯s identity.

    ¡°Number 99!¡±

    The current first-ce holder on the point ranking system.

    It was just a guess for some but a confirmation for others; Feng Luo had been the first person to enter, so he knew the numbers of the following individuals who had entered, but clearly, none of thetter four knew his number. However, Number 37, disguised as a young, white-cor man¡ªwho had been the third to arrive and was ranked second¡ªcould naturally determine Feng Luo¡¯s identity ording to his own ranking.

    As such, at that moment, Number 37, whose face had been quite gentle ever since he¡¯d entered, though his actions disyed much self-confidence, could not help but reveal a tinge of astonishment on his face. His eyes gazed a bit doubtfully at Feng Luo.

    The other one who could confirm his identity was Number 187¡ªthe teenaged girl yer in a sailor suit who appeared to be a high school student. She had been the second to enter. She knew the identity of Number 37 and so, naturally, could determine Feng Luo¡¯s rank. But in contrast to Number 37, she looked somewhat baffled as she gazed at Feng Luo. Her original look of suspicion and observation now transformed into a look of certainty.

    As for thest two¡ªBig Pineapple and the fiery female Light Armor Warrior were¡ªeven though they could not confirm Feng Luo¡¯s rank, they could still guess from Haruko¡¯s tone that he must have been the one whose points ranked highest among the five.

    Considering that their own positions (ninth for the female Light Armor Warrior and thirteenth for Big Pineapple) were considerably high, they supposed that Feng Luo must have been one of the top three.

    The female Light Armor Warrior, alluringly red from head to toe, shed a seductive smile and winked at Feng Luo. Whereas the Indian-looking Big Pineapple, with a bandana wrapped around his head, openly raised a thumb at Feng Luo.

    Haruko took in everyone¡¯s reactions. Then her tone changed suddenly.

    ¡°However... The time limit of thepetitive mission has yet to end. Any sudden situation can change the final ranking as well as the entrance qualification.¡±

    Everyone knew that this must have been the true topic of conversation, so they looked at her without interrupting.

    ¡°Everyone has been gathered here tonight of a sudden situation. For some reason, your investigation mission in Dongsang City will very likely be required to be temporarily suspended!¡±

    Big Pineapple, previously sneaking a nce at Haruko¡¯s neck and eyes, instantly widened his eyes as he said, ¡°What? Suspended? My points are still insufficient...!¡±

    But other than Big Pineapple, no one spoke, knowing that the system certainly would not have made such a jest¡ªthere was clearly another reason for Haruko¡¯s words.

    ¡°Mister Nohara, please do not panic,¡± Haruko said tly, looking at Big Pineapple. ¡°The suspension of the Dongsang City investigation mission does not mean the end of your profession investigation missions!¡±

    ¡°Oh!¡± Big Pineapple looked left and right, then shut his mouth.

    Just then, Haruko, sitting on the floor, threw a question at everyone. ¡°I¡¯m not sure¡ªdoes everyone knows what the final objective of this investigation is?¡±

    The high school girl wearing ck-framed spectacles and a sailor-suit was the one to answer. ¡°To prevent Dongsang City from breaking away from the Federation and joining the rebellion¡¯s side!¡±

    ¡°Mm. Miss Shizuka is correct.¡± Haruko¡¯s expression became stern. ¡°Although this mission is an investigation to test whether you have the qualification to join the agent department, it actually has an important objective as well, and that is to prevent Dongsang City frompletely breaking away from the Federation! However, how could we stop Dongsang City¡¯s separation?

    ¡°Even though we have already assassinated many traitors in the government and in the army who have coborated with the rebel army, slowing down the progress of this issue, it is still far insufficient to truly make Dongsang City stay with the Federation! Because, as long as one person is still living, it will still be possible for Dongsang City to be sold out by the traitors to the rebel army at any time.¡±

    ¡°Yamamoto Ichiro!¡± The fiery red female Light Armor Warrior was the one who let the name spill from her red lips.

    ¡°Miss Phoenix¡¯s mind is clearly sharp. Correct. In the end, the key point of this matter still falls on the Federal Lieutenant General, the Chief of Dongsang City¡¯s defense force, Yamamoto Ichiro!¡±

    As Haruko said this, the petaled samurai attire seemed to radiate a fierce, murderous intent.

    ¡°Only with Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s death will the rest of the traitors disperse like dust in the wind. Then the Federal government and the army will be able to righteously and justifiably intervene with Dongsang City¡¯s matters and clean up the situation!¡±

    Phoenix...

    Feng Luo¡¯s attention had fallen on the female Light Armor Warrior¡¯s ID. Phoenix. This name was as fiery as her mes and certainly suited her!

    Regarding the situation of Yamamoto Ichiro being the ¡°final boss¡± of this mission, no one present was very surprised. Because after receiving this mission, everyone already understood a great deal about the background of Dongsang City and knew Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s important position as Dongsang City¡¯s ¡°local emperor,¡± the absolute autocrat holding the political and military authority!

    ¡°More than 20 years ago, Dongsang City was in a state with no government and in a mess with a regime of all sorts of weapons and armed forces. Yamamoto Ichiro was just a child of an impoverished family in Dongsang City and had to enter a small armed division at the age of 15 in order to survive. Who would have thought that this would be a life-changing moment for him?

    ¡°Within all sorts of bullets raining through the forests and battles of life and death, hisbat talent gradually developed. During a mission when he was more than 20 years of age, due to solo-killing a Desert Scorpion Commander evaluated as Level 35 during the era of the Gxy Empire, he was promoted by the head of the division to be a personal bodyguard. A few yearster, the leader of that division suddenly died one night, and Yamamoto Ichiro, who was personally protecting him, produced evidence to incriminate the second-in-power of the division as the mastermind of the murder of the leader. The other party had yet to receive the message before he was killed by the furious trusted squad of the leader, led by him, who charged into his apartment!

    ¡°At 25 years of age, he became the leader of the division to which he had belonged. Then, within 10 years, he developed the small division into the number-one division in all of Dongsang City!¡±

    Haruko¡¯s expression was stern as she gradually revealed the historical background of Yamamoto Ichiro.

    ¡°Eight years ago, the Federal government decided to clean up the mess of the Eastern coastal regions, including Dongsang City, once and for all. At that time, Yamamoto Ichiro was the first to send men to contact the Federal government to express agreement in actively joining the Federation. Obtaining the Federation¡¯s military and equipment aid, Yamamoto Ichiro eliminated all thepetitive opponents within a year and, in the end, let Dongsang City join the Federation as nned.

    ¡°However, seven years after joining the Federation, the Federation¡¯s authority over his troops and the Dongsang City government had not improved whatsoever... Although all of Dongsang City is nominally under Federal rule, it has always been controlled by the hands of Yamamoto Ichiro!¡±

    Typical yers probably would have neglected Haruko¡¯s long story, seeing it as useless mission background information. But among the yers sitting here, at least three had extracted many useful messages from it.

    First: This person, Yamamoto Ichiro, was definitely not a simple character. Born average, he had gradually worked up the ranks, murdered his boss, set others up, and relied on the Federation at first before lending someone a knife with which to kill!

    Patient in waiting for the kill, vicious, resolute... But the most important thing was that he had powerful abilities of his own! If he had been able to solo-kill a Level-35 Commander-grade monster many years back, his ability now must have been even more terrifying.

    This person was not like army officers or government executives killed by yers these days, who were of normal quality and were considered to have very little ability. They could be easily finished off solo thanks to yers¡¯ current abilities! This was a Commander-model humanoid monster, which clearly could only be defeated with the coborated attacks of at least 10 or more people!

    They were focused on this point because everyone had, more or less, understood that the mission this time was very likely to assassinate Lieutenant General Yamamoto Ichiro!

 Chapter 217 - Rad Mission

    <strong>Chapter 217: Rad Mission</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Having said this much, I bet everyone is a little confounded as to why, since Yamamoto Ichiro is the key character in this issue, we never provided you with Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s information before. Why didn¡¯t we let everyone mark him as the assassination target right from the start?¡±

    Haruko looked around at everyone once more.

    Her words indeed raised a valid question. If the final goal of the mission was to kill Yamamoto Ichiro, why not finish Yamamoto Ichiro off right from the start when he was unprepared instead of undoubtedly seriously alerting him via the various assassination operations?

    Of course, the reason was 100-percent discernable from the perspective of the yers. Doing missions was just like fighting through dungeons; since Yamamoto Ichiro was the ultimate Boss, how could he possibly appear right at the start? A whole half of his henchmen had to be wiped out before he could be seen! However, the system¡¯s justification could also be explored.

    ¡°Although Yamamoto Ichiro is indeed the source of the evil, the higher-ups did not have the intention of killing him at the start.¡± Haruko¡¯s face was cold as she spoke. ¡°He is, after all, a Lieutenant General of the Federation. Plus, having operated for so many years in Dongsang City, he is powerful and has been deeply rooted. He holds various powers in Dongsang City, so it wouldn¡¯t be so easy to take down. Furthermore, once he dies, Dongsang City¡¯s state of affairs will certainly be in a predicament. It is very likely that the rebel army will jump at the chance to attack and conquer Dongsang City!

    ¡°Hence, the original decision of the higher-ups prevails. The previous operations were actually just an act of deterrence toward Yamamoto Ichiro. The objective was to observe his attitude in response...¡± The side Haruko¡¯s mouth revealed a slight mockery at that moment. ¡°Isn¡¯t this quite ironic...?¡±

    ¡°Governance is essentially a trade-off of interests...¡± Feng Luo said tly.

    ¡°So why do we have to kill him now?¡± said Phoenix, the female Light Armor Warrior. ¡°Because of his bad attitude, desperately wanting to oppose the Federal government?¡±

    ¡°His attitude is certainly not good, but this is not the main reason!¡± Haruko said. ¡°Actually, Yamamoto Ichiro hasn¡¯t been in Dongsang City at all. He was not in the military base either but on an isted ind.¡±

    Hearing this, everyone understood why Haruko had said before that the Dongsang City mission had to be temporarily suspended. Because this mission of assassinating Yamamoto Ichiro could not be done in Dongsang City at all!

    ¡°If such a huge matter happened in Dongsang City, how can he still be on vacation on an ind? This really is...¡± Big Pineapple scratched his head, a little speechless.

    ¡°What¡¯s he doing on an ind?¡± The teenage girl yer, Number 187, had curious eyes under her ck-framed spectacles.

    As for him being on vacation, only Big Pineapple thought that way.

    An unusual look appeared on Haruko¡¯s face. ¡°He is preparing a very unique ¡®game.¡¯ A game that will be participated in by four parties: adventurers, civilians, the rebel army, and our agent organization!¡±

    A game! What game?

    At that, everyone was absolutely clueless. What the heck was the system up to?

    Suddenly wanting everyone to y a ¡°game¡±? And, moreover, a game participated in by yers, the rebel army, civilians, and the yers representing the Federation?

    ¡°This game is called a ¡®battle royale¡¯!¡±

    Haruko reached out a hand and held onto the ck samurai sword ced on the floor in front of her.

    ¡°A battle royale?!¡±

    Everyone looked unconvinced. Only Feng Luo¡¯s face was stiff!

    ¡°That¡¯s right, a battle royale!¡± said Haruko. ¡°A death game to be carried out on an isted ind, where all the participants will be prey and predators for one another, hunting down and killing one another. The one who survives until the end will be the champion!¡±

    It was as if Haruko¡¯s jet-ck eyes had engulfed the light, shing a somewhat peculiar aura of killing intent!

    ¡°Also, under typical circumstances, assassinating Yamamoto Ichiro, who is heavily guarded and has powerful personal abilities, would be extremely difficult. But this time, when Yamamoto Ichiro was inviting the top three departments of the Federation with agent authority to participate in this ¡®game, he promised that those who sessfully lived to the end of the game would have the opportunity to engage in a battle to the death with him!¡±

    ¡°Indeed!¡±

    A Japanese film that Feng Luo had seen on Earth had alreadye to his mind. He instantly drew a parallel between this sickening type of gamey and that movie of the same name in his memory!

    ¡°A battle royale!¡± His eyes shed with a spark.

    ¡°This really is a battle royale game!¡±

    ¡°This type of game is just sickening!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m rather a little interested in this game already!¡±

    Hearing about this type of gamey, the five people had contrasting reactions. The faces of Feng Luo and the Number 37 yer disguised as a young white-cor looked indifferent. Big Pineapple, on the other hand, was loudly giving an evaluation of the degree of ¡°perversion¡± of this type of game. While Phoenix¡¯s reaction was a look of great enthusiasm with her face flushed and her lips pursed¡ªthis woman¡¯s way of thinking was clearly beyondpare!

    But even Feng Luo himself actually felt a measure of excitement inside. Among the five, it was, unexpectedly, the high school girl in the spectacles, who had remained soposed, who had the strongest reaction. When she heard the game rules, her face had instantly turned grim, as if she were extremely troubled.

    Haruko nced at the five people, the five fingers on her right hand lightly caressing the icy-cold sheath of her samurai sword. ¡°Everyone ought to have already guessed that the purpose of asking the five of you here is because you who have passed the Hidden Investigation will have the right to the priority of choosing whether to participate in this killing game!¡±

    The Number 37 male yer disguised as a white-cor suddenly spoke up. ¡°Miss Haruko, I have a few questions. Could I ask?¡±

    ¡°Mister Masao, please ask!¡±

    ¡°You spoke of the right to the priority of choosing just now. This means that it¡¯s notpulsory to participate in this battle royale mission. Which also means that we can choose to stay at Dongsang City and continue conducting the original investigation missions?¡±

    ¡°Correct. The participation in this mission is not mandatory due to the danger of this mission, which you all must be able to imagine. In such a hunting game, the proportion of people who will be able to live to the end is certainly not high!¡± Haruko¡¯s eyes were sparkling.

    ¡°Thanks.¡± The Number 37 male white-cor yer nodded his head.

    Number 187, the high school girl, heaved an obvious sigh of relief.

    ¡°Miss Haruko, I have two questions as well,¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°I¡¯m not sure if I could ask.¡±

    ¡°Please ask, Mister Feng Jian...¡±

    ¡°In this mission, how many participants will there be in total from us? Also, you said just now that the Federation still has three organizations of agent authority. I¡¯d like to know¡ªwhich three? And if we¡¯ve passed the investigation, which department will we belong to at the end?¡±

    ¡°The Federation has three organizations of agent authority: the three departments of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Safety Bureau.¡± As Haruko answered, her eyes shed with a sense of praise and admiration. ¡°However, due to certain reasons, everyone now has some ovep in responsibilities. Hence, the rtionship between them is not so good!¡±

    ¡°Recruiting you adventurers as agents this time is a matter of participation by the investigations and recruitment of the three departmentsbined. However, due to the higher-ups permitting a quota of only five, the issue of allocation became a somewhat tricky problem. But after Yamamoto Ichiro invited the three departments to y this ¡®game¡¯ together, the higher-ups found a way to solve this problem! And that was to choose five people from those who have participated in the investigation from each of the three departments, then have an agent instructor lead them in this battle royale.

    ¡°The department that is victorious at the end will have all of you as the first batch of adventurer agentmissioners within that department.¡± Haruko, in her ck samurai attire and with her ck samurai sword ced in front of her, sat up straight, an even more radiant spark appearing in her eyes. ¡°It is I who will be your agent instructor, representing the ¡®Federal Investigation Bureau¡¯!¡±

 Chapter 218 - Killing Points

    <strong>Chapter 218: Killing Points</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°So, Miss Haruko, you¡¯ll be doing the mission with us? This is awesome!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s attention was obviously focused on Haruko¡¯s words, ¡°will be your agent instructor,¡± as he revealed a wretched smile on his dark-skinned face upon hearing this.

    The bespectacled teenage girl in a high school uniform who had not been speaking for a period of time suddenly stood up and spoke. ¡°Miss Haruko, apologies, but I choose to withdraw from this mission!¡±

    Hearing this, everyone looked toward her with shock. After all, even though this mission sounded dangerous and challenging, as a Hidden Mission, it 100 percent should have been more prestigious than staying in Dongsang City and fighting for missions with the remaining yers.

    She had actually chosen to forgo it straight away without even listening to the more detailed information of the mission¡ªthat was practically iprehensible!

    Haruko raised her head to look at her. ¡°Miss Shizuka, are you certain?¡±

    There was hesitation in the eyes of the bespectacled teenager, but she said, ¡°Certain!¡±

    ¡°Well then, it is such a pity! However, your decision might be correct.¡± Haruko¡¯s face was unchanged as she lowered her head and spoke to the four remaining people. ¡°I will need to remind everyone about the fact that this ¡®battle royale¡¯ game is highly demanding on one¡¯s personal ability! Also, there will be a certain restriction on the use of weaponry and equipment. As such, if anyone else would not like to participate in this mission, you can withdraw like Miss Shizuka!¡±

    The Number 187 yer dressed as a teenage girl had already stood up, pulled open the wooden sliding door, and walked out.

    ¡°Well then, is there anyone else who would like to withdraw from this mission?¡± asked Haruko, holding her ck samurai sword, her hair pulled back into a high ponytail, as she looked expressionlessly at the remaining people.

    The four people in the room looked around at one another, no one rising or speaking.

    Feng Luo had even noticed that both Number 37, the white-cor young man, and Phoenix, the female Light Armor Warrior who was fiery red from head to toe, had sparks of conviction in their eyes. They were clearly confident in their own abilities.

    Big Pineapple, on the other hand, had some noticeable hesitation on his face. He was, after all, a Heavy Armor Warrior¡ªvery unsuitable for such a killing game. However, he¡¯d stillpleted the Hidden Mission from before and should have chosen an output-type profession. That didn¡¯t mean he had no means of participating in such missions! Therefore, he remained seated.

    ¡°Very well!¡± Seeing that none of the four people had expressed an intent to withdraw, Haruko¡¯s eyes showed satisfaction. Then she said, ¡°I have already informed another chosen person to make up the number of people for the mission. Since the four of you have decided to participate in this battle royale game, let me exin the corresponding game rules.¡±

    ******

    The night was tense as the rolling clouds in the sky asionally blocked the moonlight. Beyond the Eastern Federal regions above the vast, endless sea, a few ck, armed transport aircraft were traveling at about 3000 meters toward an ind with a soft, low rumbling sound!

    In the spacious cabin of one of the transport aircraft, Feng Luo stood in one corner, looking at the many yers of various professions. Around 200 stood scattered in the surroundings, eyeing one another with looks of caution.

    After waiting for the arrival of the supplementary fifth yer, Haruko had led them to exit Dongsang City. They had entered a secret military airport after a car ride of over an hour long. After that, the six people had separated.

    In this transport aircraft, Feng Luo was alone!

    It¡¯s not bad being alone, either!

    After learning the details of the mission from Haruko, Feng Luo felt that acting alone right from the start would perhaps be more advantageous to his own operation.

    But it seems as if everyone in here is a yer. Weren¡¯t there supposed to be NPC civilians?

    Feng Luo was not disguising his identity now, and no one among the surrounding yers had shot strange nces at him. Adding on to his deliberate low-profile, he did not stand out among the more than 100 yers.

    However, even though the yers were cautious toward one another, with so many yers in the same cabin, it was impossible to haveplete silence between one another. Even though this mission required them to hunt and kill one another, it was actually just arge-scale group PK for the yers, and the mission, after all, had not truly started yet. Thus, there were many yers trying to be friendly, searching for someone to chat with.

    ¡°Hey, big brother, how did you get the chance tond this Hidden Mission?¡± A yer who was clearly a Maniptor came up to Feng Luo. His eyes darted all around as he spoke.

    Feng Luo looked at him and invented an excuse. ¡°Not sure! I don¡¯t know why, but a mission prompt appeared on my terminal. Then I just went to the military airport at the designated time and ended up here.¡±

    He had already known from these people¡¯s conversations that all these yers had obtained the qualification for this ¡°battle royale¡± game through all sorts of missions. But he definitely could not reveal the agent investigation mission to these normal yers.

    ¡°F*ck. Big brother, your luck is too good. For this mission, I did over 10 rounds of prerequisite missions before I got the qualification!¡± The Maniptor yer had a sorrowful tone, but his eyes clearly revealed a great deal of doubt.

    He was probably whispering in his heart, Do you think I was born yesterday? Still, this fellow did not leave but continued to probe at Feng Luo. ¡°Right, big brother, which profession are you?¡±

    He asked because even though Feng Luo was now dressed in camouge clothing, he had not taken out any main weapon, so it was impossible to determine which division of Gunner he was.

    ¡°Scout!¡± Feng Luo answered.

    ¡°Scout! F*ck, you¡¯re really earning big! Unlike us Maniptors, with the default 300 killing points almost gone just after taking out our main weapon, the system¡¯s ability restriction right at the start is far too big!¡±

    Hearing Feng Luo¡¯s profession, the Maniptor could not help butin.

    Feng Luo looked at this seemingly friendly Maniptor yer¡ªwho was actually sugar-coating his words. He was changing the subject to ¡°killing points.¡±

    Killing Points!

    Battle Royale Mission Rules: With each kill of a battle royale game participant, killing points can be earned.

    Only by spending certain killing points will yers be able to unlock the equipment, weapons, and locked skills. Usable default killing points for each yer: 300 points!

    These were the threetest mission prompts in the system log.

    Feng Luo had already noticed that since he¡¯d boarded the transport aircraft, all the tools and equipment in his backpack had been locked, unable to be taken out of the backpack. And the rings and emblems worn on him had all lost their bonus attributes and enhancement effects! It was the same in the case of skills¡ªother than the three specializations and talents of his profession, all his active skills had been disabled.

    The 300 points given by the system were not sufficient for unlocking many of these things. This means that in the beginning stage, the disparity between yers¡¯ equipment and skills would bergely offset.

    Clearly, thepetition in the beginning stage of this mission was not about equipment and skills but the yers¡¯ fundamentalbat skills and ability to adapt on this ind! No wonder Haruko had said before that there would be an unexpectedly huge restriction on the yers¡¯ weaponry and equipment.

    But this is apparently a chance to cheat¡ªdeliberately given to me!

    Feng Luo could not help but reveal a slight smile as he looked at his own attribute panel. Although his equipment enhancement had been lost, he far exceeded normal yers¡¯ basic attributes in an ¡°equipment-naked¡± state due to his Evolution talent and Enhancement Potion!

 Chapter 219 - Feng Luo: â€œCheatingâ€

    <strong>Chapter 219: Feng Luo: ¡°Cheating¡±</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    HP: 3815!

    Feng Luo looked at his ¡°equipment-naked¡± HP, close to an entire two-thirds greater than that of simrly enhanced Gunner yers, as well as his exceeding Level-50, full-grade Gunner agility, physique, and strength!

    To sum it up, in a simrly equipment-naked state, his basic attributes were probably almost 40 percent higher than others. If one were to add in his simrly locked S-grade talent of ¡°Lethal,¡± then it would have been even more ¡°rad¡±!

    A 50-percent damage enhancement and a 100-percent lethal damage enhancement! In typical scenarios, in order tond weak-point damage, arge proportion of the opponent¡¯s critical points had to first be hit. Whereas, in order to hit lethal damage, the defenses of one¡¯s critical points had to bepletely broken! As such, even though this talent of Feng Luo¡¯s was named ¡°Lethal,¡± it could not always truly deal highly enhanced damage with ¡°a fatal shot¡± and could not always finish off someone in one shot!

    However, what about in a situation where one was equipment-naked?

    It was important to remember that there would no longer be defensive equipment involved when yers were equipment-naked. Any attack would be able to hit weak-point damage, and as for dealing lethal damage, it could be done by just attacking the critical points!

    Feng Luo had no doubt that even if he were to stab other yers¡¯ critical points with a Level-40 Fine-grade dagger now, he would have had a 90-percent possibility of finishing off a yer of a vulnerable profession!

    What about for a Heavy Armored Warrior?

    Hmm. At most, another one or two stabs!

    As for whether these battle royale yers would spend the default 300 points on unlocking defense equipment? Feng Luo believed that logical-minded people would never do such a foolish thing!

    ¡°Er...¡±

    Just as Feng Luo was thinking of this, he saw a Heavy Armor Warrior not far away, taking out a medium-sized ck alloy shield. He gave it a heavy p.

    F*ck. I forgot. A Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s shield is both a weapon and a defense tool!

    He had decided to take back a portion of his words.

    ¡°Hey, big brother, why didn¡¯t you say that¡ª?¡±

    The Maniptor yer before him still wanted to attempt to probe deeper into Feng Luo. But just then, a sudden sound interrupted everyone¡¯s actions.

    A levitating, semi-transparent screen had appeared at the top of the cabin, and on it was a middle-aged, yellow-skinned man. He was not very tall and had a cold face¡ªexpressionless with grave eyes. With a single look at him, Feng Luo recognized his identity: their true goal on this mission, the Federal Lieutenant General Yamamoto Ichiro.

    ¡°Ladies and gentlemen, silence, please!¡± Yamamoto Ichiro said tly.

    It was as if his voice had some sort of magic power, instantly attracting the attention of everyone in the cabin the moment it resounded.

    Mm, all right...

    Actually, what had truly attracted everyone¡¯s attention was not him, per se, but what was behind him!

    ced inside the semi-transparent disy behind Yamamoto Ichiro were a few piles of high-grade cubic energy crystals and a pile of crystal cores. If not for the disy¡¯s light-filtering effect, all the yers would have probably been blinded by now! Especially since the quality of these energy crystals was obviously that of diamond crystals (C-grade) and above.

    There were B-grade energy crystals¡ªpossibly even A-grade energy crystals! The price of one was at least a few tens of thousands of credits. That meant the price of these few piles was probably no less than a billion credits! Whereas, for that pile of energy crystal cores, the price was even more immeasurable!

    ¡°I am Yamamoto Ichiro, the organizer of this battle royale game. Very happy to see so many people willing to participate in this humanity-unleashing survival game!¡± Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s face was still very expressionless to all the yers, including the yers and NPCs talking in the other transport aircraft. ¡°There are a total of 1,000 participants in this battle royale game. The limit of duration for this game is three days. After three days, those who live and have sessfully reached the designated location will earn these energy crystals and crystal cores, ording to your killing points. As for the means of earning killing points, I think everyone is already very clear. That is, to kill yourpetitive opponents!¡±

    Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s expression was very cold, but his fingers put in front of him were shivering uncontrobly, as if he felt insuppressible excitement.

    ¡°Also, throughout the mission process, random hunting and killing missions will be announced. Please beware of the people beside or near you¡ªperhaps in the very next moment¡ªwill be a mission target worth 10 crystals or even a crystal core... Of course, the prerequisite for iming these rewards is still that you must to be able to live to the end!¡±

    The energy crystals and crystal cores in the disy case behind him were given arge zoom-in by the image on the screen. The clear and sparkling crystals and the crystal cores radiated strong energy waves!

    One by one, the yers in the cabin grew excited, their breathing quickening. After the mission, up to a billion credits could be shared among the people who lived?

    Share? Why share with others?

    Feng Luo had already seen that many of the yers in the cabin had be red-eyed, intensifying their wary looks and guarding against one another!

    In such a situation, there will probably be no one at all who is truly able to cooperate by the end!

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression had not changed much. The energy crystals and what-not were all virtual; in his heart, it was still the Agent Hidden Profession Mission that was more important!

    But it had to be said that this move by the system was well crafted. In this case, it would definitely be impossible even for the yers who had intended to cooperate, to fully trust one another. Even if there was no internal strife in the process due to the random killing missions, it was still highly likely that they would backstab one another for the precious mission rewards at thest moment!

    After all, how attractive was a billion of credits?

    One less person meant an additional share for oneself! And if all were killed, wouldn¡¯t it all belong to one?

    Especially when they were strangers to one another, there would be no mental burden associated with killing others.

    Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s eyes shed with a spark as he spoke, facing the screen.

    ¡°The region of this game is within awless, stormy sea. Even the Federation¡¯sws are of no restriction to anyone. You can all kill to your heart¡¯s content, relieve all your dissatisfaction, and be able to earn these energy crystals worth a billion credits! Of course, perhaps some among you are uninterested in these energy crystals but have other motives... I am a man of his word... I just don¡¯t know how many of you will be able tost until the end!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at Yamamoto Ichiro on the screen, knowing that these words must have been meant for the yers from the three agent departments.

    Clearly, the higher-ups of the Federation and Yamamoto Ichiro had reached some kind of special agreement. And the number of investigator yers who lived to the end in this killing game would perhaps determine the oue of this agreement. What would be of it in the end?

 Chapter 220 - The First Death

    <h4>Chapter 220: The First Death</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°And these are all the rules!¡±

    ¡°Well then, let me now ask everyone to put on your own intelligent parachute devices yourselves. We will be arriving at our game location in a moment¡ªthe skies of Death Hunter Ind!

    On the virtual screen at the top of the cabin after Yamamoto Ichiro finished, the wall made a ck sound, and many small ck airborne devices hung down, suspended from an opening in the ceiling of the transport cabin.

    ¡°No way. Skydiving?¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re parachuting? Aren¡¯t wending directly on the ind?¡±

    ¡°F*ck this! I don¡¯t know how to do it at all. Plus, it¡¯s nighttime now!¡±

    ¡°What the heck is this? The system is kidding us! Jumping from this height, what if we fell into the sea?¡±

    ¡°Damn it, I have a serious fear of heights!¡±

    Seeing the airborne devices hung down at everyone¡¯s side, many yers in the cabin became grave, even shouting out loud. But at that moment, with a prompt message sounded by the intelligent automated voice, the floor of the back of the cabin opened straight to 90 degrees!

    Hu!

    A strong wave of chilly, high-altitude night air rushed into the cabin, sending things flying.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    Many nearby yers were almost sucked right out by the strong high-altitude air current. Luckily, everyone had on their bodies a fixed safety device that had been tightly secured before the cabin had been engaged.

    In addition, the technological capabilities of this transport aircraft were clearly much higher than that of transport aircraft on earth. The intelligent air current control device in the cabin had instantly taken effect, so it was only the first wave of air current when the door was opened that had a strong impact, after which, there was not much of an effect!

    But the air current wasn¡¯t the problem¡ªit was the skydiving!

    Furthermore, it was skydiving in such a high-altitude night environment, with thend below all ck, with nothing able to be seen at all. Even Feng Luo, who had had experience in parachuting, felt that it was problematic. But obviously, Yamamoto Ichiro, who could invite the Federal Agent Department to y a killing game, was not as easy-going as he¡¯d seemed.

    ¡°Jump, jump quick!¡±

    ¡°Better hurry up and jump! Stop dragging and wasting time!¡±

    When all the yers in the whole cabin were contemting, the suspended screen at the top of the cabin suddenly switched to what looked like an image of the inside of another cabin. A virtually projected, wrinkle-faced NPC soldier d in a ck army uniform was shouting loudly at a person standing at the cabin door.

    ¡°No, no!¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t want to participate anymore, I want to go back! I want to withdraw!¡±

    The middle-aged Caucasian man being pointed at was stunned for a moment and after looking at the empty, ck opening of the cabin door, suddenly screamed with a fear-stricken face. Then he tore off the safety device on him, attempting to retreat backward into the crowd.

    ¡°Hmm. They actually have three on this transport aircraft.¡±

    Feng Luo noticed Haruko in her samurai attire, Big Pineapple disguised as an NPC, and the urban white-cored Number 37 yer in the crowd. The three already had on their parachuting equipment. Judging by their positions, it seemed they should have been able to jump sessively.

    If the three of themnd together like that, they might get a great advantage... Feng Luo thought.

    His line of sight fell onto the people in the cabin. It was obvious that most of the people in this cabin were NPCs. Compared to the many yers with exhrated looks on their faces due to stimtion by energy crystals, most of these NPCs¡¯ faces did not look too good. There were even some who looked like average NPCs without muchbat power at all who were even more pale with anxiety, trembling uncontrobly in fear.

    I wonder if these people were captured and brought here by Yamamoto Ichiro. Or was it voluntary due to mary temptation? But undoubtedly, these average NPCs are probably going to be the first batch of cannon fodder for people to loot ¡°killing points.¡±

    There was no sympathy in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes. In any case, these people were just a bunch of numbers. Even if they were real people, if they had participated in such a great death escape game for money, they would not have deserved any sympathy, either. However, to agent investigators who used disguise potions, the existence of these NPCs could perhaps be something they could make use of.

    A thought urred to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    At that moment, from the cabin on the screen, there came a sudden cry of shock and subsequently, a bit of chaos. As the middle-aged Caucasian NPC was trying to take off the safety equipment on him then escape into the crowd of people behind him, a ck metallic gun barrel suddenly extended out of the cabin wall beside him.

    Thereafter, there was a ping, and a small bullet was shot into his brain, leaving a slowly bleeding gunshot hole in his temple. This middle-aged Caucasian survival game participant who had tried to escape had not evenpletely taken off his safety equipment, yet he¡¯d fallen onto the ground just as quickly as he¡¯d stood up! Due to the onscreen live-streaming, he had undoubtedly fallen in front of the eyes of all the participants watching the scene through the virtual feed.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Unlike the unworried yers who would only lose experience if they died, not all the participants in this cabin¡ªalmost fully filled with NPCs¡ªcould maintain theirposure. Participating in this game, they were already mentally prepared for death. But seeing a person who had just been alive die right in front of their eyes just like that, the visual stimulus was enough to make a normal person¡¯s heart thump or even to trigger a physiological response. After all, to an NPC, this person had really died!

    As such, many of the NPCs in the cabin on the screen wore grim faces, some women were screaming with pale faces, and some had even started to puke! But for the yers, who were used to killing humans and monsters, they were clearly indifferent to such a scene. There was practically nothing worth seeing. In fact, there were quite a few yers in the cabin Feng Luo was in who were chattering with smiles on their faces.

    ¡°Really that timid...¡±

    ¡°Why am I not allocated to the same group as them? These NPCs are really just free points.¡±

    ¡°That NPC girl doesn¡¯t look too bad... If I can protect her in the mission, do you think...?¡±

    ******

    ¡°Everyone must have already seen. Since you decided to participate in this game, the moment you stepped onto the transport aircraft, there were only two choices for you. Either get killed in the game! Or kill others, then walk away alive three dayster with a load of fortune!¡±

    With a switch in image, the wrinkle-faced, yellow-skinned NPC soldier in his ckbat uniform appeared cold-faced on the screen.

    ¡°So, please stop dragging, or this person¡¯s fate will be the oue!¡±

    On the virtual screen, the blood from the temple of the middle-aged Caucasian man¡¯s corpse on the ground had already stained a huge area on the floor.

    ¡°Right. A friendly reminder. It¡¯s best if y¡¯all take out your own weapons before parachuting, because on the ind, other than humans, there are also quite a lot of pretty unfriendly creatures. Perhaps, once you are down there, they will give y¡¯all a surprise!¡±

    With that, a gleam of ferocity shed in the eyes of the wrinkle-faced soldier, a hideous smile appearing on his face.

    ¡°What? There are monsters on the ind, too!¡±

    ¡°F*ck it. With my skills and equipment locked, even if it¡¯s just a Level-30 Normal monster, I might not be able to defeat it!¡±

    ¡°The system is too sinister. They didn¡¯t even mention that before...¡±

    Hearing the news, many yers in the cabin instantly had faces of shock and voiced theirints. But, already being on the aircraft of no return¡ªwith the oue of neglecting to participate still disyed on the virtual screen above their heads¡ªno one had any way out even if they wanted to back out now.

    ¡°Hurry up and jump. First person¡ªyou stop f*cking dragging!¡±

    ¡°Getting down earlier might even give you a chance to grab a good spot!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! So timid! What¡¯d you join this mission for?!¡±

    Since there was no choice but to jump, the yers at the back started to jeer.

    ¡°F*ck! Stop pushing me, I¡¯ll jump!¡±

    Plop!

    The first yer carrying parachute equipment on his back shut his eyes tightly as he jumped, quickly disappearing into the darkness of the night.

    ¡°Quickly follow up, follow up!¡±

    The yers in the cabin one by one started to hold tightly to their weapons and jump out.

    Feng Luo was queuing at the middle of the group. He took out the weapons he had prepared to unlock while carefully observing the weapons and equipment that the yers in front had in hand. His increasingly inhuman, radical memorization ability allowed him to do all this without any stress at all.

    When it was his turn, he jumped from the cabin door and free-fell almost 100 meters in the air. After strong air currents rushed into his mouth and into hisbat uniform, causing a wave of icy coldness through his body, his parachute finally automatically sprung open.

    Feng Luo then realized that his efforts just now had actually been futile.

    Because, once the intelligent parachute carried on his back opened, it did not fly in the direction of the wind but started to adjust its speed and direction after stabilizing in the air. Then his distance from the people who had jumped before him grew wider and wider. In an environment lit only by the moonlight that was not considered bright, everyone would soon disappear from one another¡¯s sight.

    Considering this, even if anyone jumped together, they might notnd together at all in the end.

    Feng Luo understood. It was very obvious that this type of parachute had a fixed program control, able to intelligently adjust his direction.

    This ensured that the participants would not fall into the sea and, at the same time, ensured that no two people wouldnd at the same ce even if they had simultaneously jumped from the same cabin door.

    It also meant that Big Pineapple¡¯s group of three could not operate as a team at all. They would have to fight solo from the start, just like him!

    Yamamoto Ichiro had clearly already considered this point, not allowing the three from the Agent Department to ¡°cheat¡± in this killing game.

 Chapter 221 - Death Hunter Island

    <h4>Chapter 221: Death Hunter Ind</h4>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    You have entered Death Hunter Ind. Upon death on this ind, all your unlocked items will not be reimable (including trophies earned)!

    Under the moonlight appearing and disappearing through the dark clouds in the chilly night, Feng Luo held his breath as he observed the surroundings, realizing that hisnding point was not bad at all. He hadn¡¯tnded on trees, where he would have easily gotten stuck, but had directlynded on an open beach on the edge of the ind.

    Luckily, this beach was unlike that of Silverleaf Ind from before, which had been the dwelling ce of Mutant Sand Scorpions with a horrifying ¡°blinding¡± neurotoxin. If so, in his equipment-naked state, he would have likely been in a highly life-threatening situation!

    However, although unaware of the density and grade of the monsters on this ind, Feng Luo believed that many yers were verbally scolding the system at that moment.

    Other than some of the unlucky fellows who might havended in clusters of monsters, more of them would definitelyin without end after seeing the system message which had just shed past.

    Unlocked items would actually be destroyed straight after death! This was undoubtedly an extremely ridiculous rule.

    In this case, once a yer died, the loss would not just be a level of experience and a rtively low rate of the destruction of some random equipment, as previously assumed. It would be absolute destruction upon death!

    Losing all those items would definitely be heartbreaking to the yers! Because throughout the game, yers would choose to unlock the strongest equipment on them. After all, to survive until thest day, one couldn¡¯t just rely on a bunch of garbage equipment to defeat his enemies, could he?

    ¡°So the problem is this...¡± Feng Luo said with a calm face as he quickly undid the parachute equipment on him. ¡°In order to get the reward at the end, the most valuable equipment must be unlocked. But if the most valuable equipment is unlocked, the loss upon death will be the most substantial...¡±

    ¡°Energy crystals and energy crystal cores worth billions of credits. A mission with such bountiful reward¡ªhow would the risk possibly be small? But I didn¡¯t expect that the system would give the notice only at this time. Some yers might already be thinking of backing out... Besides, dying once and losing one level of experience is nothing much, but if the best equipment were lost, it would be absolutely devastating!¡±

    The structure of the parachute equipment was a littleplex, secured on the back like a backpack. Feng Luo¡¯s speed in undoing it was very fast, and he was already almost half done.

    ¡°But with this, it would definitely aggravate the intention of yers to kill one another. After all, a rare piece of equipment is worth just hundreds of thousands of credits. In this game, the reward for killing a yer is far greater than that of fighting monsters on typical days.¡±

    Feng Luo thought about this. His parachute equipment had already been undone to thest part, left only with a bit above the shoulder.

    ¡°Huh? What!?¡±

    Just then, Feng Luo suddenly eximed, as the parachute equipment undone to thest part underwent an unexpected transformation all of a sudden.

    With a soft kacha, two gray-colored metallic semicircles suddenly extended from the shoulder section of the parachute equipment on his back and closed around his neck, forming a ring-like device!

    ¡°F*ck! What¡¯s going on?¡±

    A look of shock appeared on Feng Luo¡¯s face, and he reached up to grab the metallic-like ring on his neck, feeling its cold surface.

    ¡°A bit of a surprise, right, yer?¡±

    At that moment, it was as if the metal ring hade alive. It projected a small, semi-transparent virtual screen in the air in front of him. The wrinkle-faced army officer in ck uniform from before appeared on the screen, wearing a smirk on his face.

    ¡°A reminder. You must not attempt to remove this intelligent cor. Because if you attempt to destroy or remove it, the mini high-energy crystal bombs stored inside will explode. Even though there are only 10 mini bombs inside, they are definitely enough to blow your whole neck apart.¡±

    ¡°Humph! So insidious!¡±

    Feng Luo understood, loosening his hand on the cor.

    ¡°Perhaps you might feel angry. But once you have learned the many benefits and capabilities of this cor, you ought to be thanking us! This cor is the only tool y¡¯all get in epting the mission and is also your survival map on this ind. It records the rationing locations and includes detailed regions of the distribution of dangerous creatures on the ind... but the rationing will only be airdropped at specific intervals!¡±

    ¡°Thanks...¡± A somewhat cold smile appeared at the side of Feng Luo¡¯s mouth.

    The expression of the wrinkle-faced, ck-uniformed army officer on the screen gave one the urge to give him a punch. However, the map¡¯s capabilities should, indeed, be pretty useful. After all, he now shouldn¡¯t have had anything to fear of the other yers. But in this default ¡°equipment-naked¡± state, even a Level-30 Elite monster was quite capable of taking his life, so the ¡°monster distribution¡± capability of the map was naturally extremely useful!

    ¡°Right, one serious reminder. When you open the map, please find a safe position, as all the surrounding people will be able to directly see your position from the map during that time!¡±

    The wrinkle-faced, ck-uniformed army officer¡¯s smirk widened as he said this.

    In front of the screen, Feng Luo creased his forehead slightly. This map capability was clearly a sickening plot, actually meant to increase the violence of this great death escape game! By looking at the map, one would be discovered by the game participants in the surrounding region. By not looking at the map, one would die an even worse death if he were to cluelessly barge into a cluster of monsters!

    But if one were to stay put on the spot, wouldn¡¯t there be no need for the map?

    ¡°Again, a reminder to y¡¯all. Although the missionsts for a total of three days, at 12:00 noon each day, weak participants with points that are too low to reach the requirement will be eliminated. It is now 3:00 a.m. If you do not even have 20 newly earned killing points by 12:00 noon today, then you do not deserve to continue in this game, and that little thing on your neck will automatically explode!¡±

    ¡°By the way, I¡¯d just like to say that the requirement for the first day is actually very undemanding. You will only need to kill any one person to satisfy the 20 least points. Now, y¡¯all still have nine hours of time!¡±

    Clearly, Yamamoto Ichiro had already considered this point.

    Thisst line was undoubtedly the cruelest rule. One couldn¡¯t choose to not kill people, because not killing others simrly meant one¡¯s own death!

    ¡°Since you¡¯ve joined this game, you must abide by the rules, mustn¡¯t you?¡± An even more sinister smile appeared on the wrinkle-faced army officer¡¯s face on the screen before the whole image vanished.

    With a ka sound, the parachute equipment was finallypletely dismantled from Feng Luo¡¯s body. But the icy-cold cor on his neck was a clearly a reminder to every participant of the death game: Do not try to escape this ind, as the organizer has the ability to easily cause your death!

    ¡°I don¡¯t know if the Federal Agent Department higher-ups already knew that Yamamoto Ichiro woulde up with such a move. An assassination mission¡ªnot before everyone has been yed dead!¡±

    But regarding this point, Feng Luo was actually not too worried. Logically, the system should not really allow yers to be blown up by NPCs unless it was a mission failure.

    Now was not the time to ponder this. The more important thing now was clearly to make reasonable use of the default 300 points-unlocked equipment and skills to harvest the prey on this darkness-engulfed ¡°death ind¡±!

 Chapter 222 - The First Prey

    <h4>Chapter 222: The First Prey</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    You have unlocked ¡°ATAK Advanced-Level Tactical Military Knife.¡± This is a Level-33 Rare-grade piece of equipment. Killing points spent: 165 points.

    You have unlocked the ¡°Quick Sneak¡± skill. This skill is a Level-35 Sniper general skill. Killing points spent: 70 points.

    You have unlocked one D-Grade recovery potion. Killing points spent: 20 points!

    These were the three most recent messages in Feng Luo¡¯s System Log.

    Standing on the beach he hadnded on, Feng Luo looked at the ¡°Mad Dog¡± military knife in his hand, with a de exceeding 25 centimeters in length and coated with ayer of gray-colored nano-coating on the slightly bent body of the knife, done at a tool shop he had specially found.

    His pair of narrow eyes shed with a ¡°hunter¡¯s¡± spark!

    That¡¯s right, the weapon which Feng Luo had unlocked was a Mad Dog military knife and not a firearm. It was not that he did not want to unlock a firearm but because, regardless for the Tyrant, the Eye of the Thunder, or the Barrett, they were all top-grade Rare pieces of equipment¡ªthe killing points needed for unlocking them were far more than just 300!

    Feng Luo felt that they, as Agent investigator yers, had all been bluffed by the system. It was very likely that the other yers had gotten the notice in advance, knowing from the start to prepare some firearms of a lower grade.

    As for him, because he had cleared a huge proportion of his weapons earlier in order to purchase the materials for the Eye of the Thunder, he currently did not even have a spare Normal-grade pistol on him. Also, since he already had the Barrett and the Eye of the Thunder, there was naturally no need for a spare sniper rifle. Hence, the Mad Dog military knife became a choice that could not be helped.

    But the knife was not so helpless. In fact, Feng Luo felt that a default-stage firearm might not have been a suitable weapon. Because besides firearms, consumables like bullets and recovery potions still required the spending of killing points to be unlocked, whereby the ¡°price¡± was not cheap!

    Just one recovery potion required 20 points, equivalent to the basic points earnable from killing one opponent as prompted by the wrinkle-faced army officer just now!

    A normal F-Grade armor-piercing bullet required five points, which meant that even if a sniper rifle had been unlocked, it would be very easy tond in a situation of having a gun but no bullets in the initial stage!

    On the other hand, an unlocked army knife clearly presented no such problem. With a knife on hand, one could sh as many times as he pleased, with no need to worry about being depleted when no one had even been killed, and there was no new increase in points.

    The most important thing was that Feng Luo now had in his body the ¡°Scout¡± second profession Biochip. In such a dark, forested environment, there was no profession more suited for hunting prey than the Scout!

    ¡°Well, then. The challenge now is to first earn enough points needed for firearms. Then, striving to quickly unlock the...¡±

    Lastly, Feng Luo nced at the hidden, silver-colored fantastical wristband-like object on his left wrist.

    Pet Space Bracer. Killing points required to unlock: 1500 points.

    With just a Scout beetle after unlocking the Pet Space Bracer, the danger in this game would undoubtedly be reduced to the minimum!

    Although 1500 points seemed to be quite high, Feng Luo was actually not too worried about the possibility of not umting enough. Since the basic reward was 300 points, it was unlikely that all the objectives would be worth only 20 points. It was highly likely that the greater the performancepetency in the objectives, the more killing points would be earned after the kill. Or that the higher the number of ¡°heads¡± one earned for the objective, the higher the reward upon killing!

    Once everything had been prepared, Feng Luo calcted that he had already stayed at thisnding point for nearly two minutes. Obviously, this was not a good tactic. Also, he had prepared to engage the map to observe for a moment.

    If he wished to find targets in this dark environment and avoid the monster clusters that might exist in the surroundings, engaging the map was a must! However, engaging the map on an open beach was undoubtedly not a wise choice. Thus, he quickly started to move, running toward a spot on the beach that he had already decided on in advance. There, arge rock could vaguely be seen, and there was the ¡°whoosh¡± sound of the periodic crashing of waves blown by the night wind.

    10 secondster, having touched the edge of the rock, Feng Luo, now in a more hidden position, reached up to push a button on his cor. After which, a semi-transparent, t virtual map was projected onto the sand before him.

    ¡°Hmm. It¡¯s a t map. Seems more convenient and easier to remember!¡±

    On the beach by the sea under the night¡¯s dim light, the projected map radiated a faint white glow, illuminating Feng Luo¡¯s focused face.

    As quickly as possible, he filtered out the most important information on the map. As shown on the map, the Death Hunter Ind was mostly an oval shape, with a length of roughly 20 miles and a width of about 10 miles. Thend area was certainly not small. With 1,000 people distributed on such a huge ind, they would technically not be too close to one another.

    ¡°But we won¡¯t be too far, either. On average, there will be one person roughly every 70 meters! If there wasn¡¯t a dark sky right now¡ªand if I were situated on the edge¡ªI would¡¯ve probably already seen one or more targets within my range of sight.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s brain obtained this numerical data in just a few seconds. However, what was ridiculous was that most of the area of the entire ind on the map was now ck. Only a range of 500 meters in diameter surrounding him on the map was illuminated!

    ¡°Clearly, by only disying the surrounding 500-meter range, it forces yers to frequently open the map.¡±

    Feng Luo understood that this was obviously the original intention of the map design of this killing game: to let the yers who had opened the map discover one another¡¯s position and then...

    ¡°Could y¡¯all see the scene that y¡¯all want to see?¡±

    Feng Luo looked left and right with cold eyes. He knew that it was very likely that there were surveince devices all around on this ind, whereby the cor on his neck could constantly track his position.

    It was highly likely that the people watching the game behind the surveince included not only one Yamamoto Ichiro but some rich or executive people of this world.

    Hmm... Don¡¯t the movies always write it out like that?

    ¡°Hmm. The light-yellow-colored regions must be the active grounds of normal monsters. The orange dots would be Elite monsters...!¡±

    Feng Luo turned his focus once more on the map, realizing that the t map was very thorough, capable of performing 100-times magnification and allowing one to delete unnecessary information. It was so thorough that it was even capable of searching for the past movement trails of Elite monsters over a period of time.

    ¡°This tells me that the organizer doesn¡¯t hope that the people participating in the game will meet and be killed off by Elite monsters straight away.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes sparkled. The neurons in his brain were extraordinarily active as he relied on his powerful memory to rapidly memorize all of the regions on the illuminated portion of the map.

    Opening the map had benefits but also presented quite a danger. After all, this was equivalent to exposing one¡¯s own position in the sight of all the people who had simrly opened the map. Hence, he prepared to switch it off right away after memorizing it.

    However, the n was still subject to change. Just as Feng Luo had almost memorized all the numerical data in the surrounding 500-meter range on the map, a steadily blinking ck dot suddenly appeared on the map! The ck dot represented another death game participant who had simrly opened the map.

    Feng Luo knew that he was now, simrly, a blinking ck little dot on the opponent¡¯s map.

    And the most critical factor was that this ck dot representing thepetitor¡¯s position was less than 50 meters from him.

    ¡°In the forest!¡±

    Feng Luo immediately turned his head and realized that that position was just in the forest on the beach, at the inner side of the ind. In the cloud-covered night, under the dim moonlight, even with his enhanced vision and perception, he could only vaguely see the silhouettes of some tree branches.

    ¡°Hmm! It¡¯sing directly!¡±

    The subsequent turn of events caused a look of shock on Feng Luo¡¯s face. Because two or three secondster, that ck dot actually became an arrowhead and rapidly moved toward his position.

    The direction of the arrowhead represented the yer¡¯s direction of movement!

    ¡°It¡¯s something!¡±

    Holding his Mad Dog military knife in reverse in his hand, Feng Luo focused his eyes.

    Being so courageous, charging over straight after discovering the enemy, this yer was either a fool or very confident with his own abilities.

    It was obvious that not many fools would be daring enough to participate in such a deadly game, but there were definitely many who were confident in their abilities!

    Lifting his head and ncing at the rock above him, Feng Luo immediately made a decision.

    10 secondster, a humanoid silhouette¡ªcarrying an alloy shield in hand but one head taller than the heavy shield of a whole 1.8 meters in height¡ªcharged out of the dark forest.

    Under the light of the moon, which had just peeked out from behind the dark clouds, the shadow that this person cast onto the snow-white beach seemed to be a little different from that of a typical person!

 Chapter 223 - Two Slices!

    <h4>Chapter 223: Two Slices!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A dim, blurred half-moon had just snuck out from behind the rolling dark clouds in the sky.

    Under the glow of the moonlight, thisrge-framed Heavy Armor Warrior running out from the dark forest without any cover had an eerie tinge of green in his pair of cold eyes. As he raised his shield, it could be seen that on the surface of the skin across his whole bare upper body was covered in thick brown hair.

    This ¡°person¡± who had unhesitatingly charged head-on after discovering Feng Luo¡¯s position on the map, looked like a human-shaped monster.

    Correct¡ªit was a ¡°humanoid monster¡±!

    Only rebel soldiers who had received biological, technological gene modification would have such mutated biological characteristics on their bodies. After all, the participants of this mission were of four types: normal yers, the Agent mission investigators, the rebel army, and the NPCs. It was obvious that this was a gically modified beast warrior of the rebellion.

    This rebel beast warrior, with green light shining from his eyes, only paused for a short moment upon running out of the forest before raising his gigantic alloy shield and running straight toward the rock which was Feng Luo¡¯s hiding position. It was as if the dimly lit environment was not much of a hindrance to his vision.

    Very clearly, his glowing green eyes under the moonlight were the same as those of wolves and cheetahs, offering vision enhancement effects in dark, poorly lit environments by concentrating the weak, scattered rays of light in the surrounding.

    It was not even 30 meters from the forest to the position where Feng Luo was back-facing the reef rock. Therefore, this rebel beast Heavy Armor Warrior had already found, in just a few seconds the position, where Feng Luo had been while checking the map.

    However, at that moment, the spot was empty with only sand and a trail of footprints¡ªthere was nobody at all.

    But a trail of footprints? Clearly, the rebel beast warrior had already seen this. And so, he stopped in his tracks about seven to eight meters from the rock, with the alloy shield in his hand raised up high to protect himself. Then he raised his head up straight, staring directly at the rock with his cold, green-glowing eyes, slowly advancing.

    As the sea wind howled, the waves at the side crashed against the reef rock, making low rumbling noises. The huge rock, almost 17 to 18 meters tall, which had been made slippery by the crashing waves and sea wind, could not be climbed within such a short period of time even by the most agile Scout.

    And so, atst, the sight of the rebel beast warrior fell onto the big, ck hole about five meters above ground on top of the giant rock,rge enough for a person to hide curled up inside.

    It was very obvious that Feng Luo had miscalcted this time.

    In another environment, hiding in a position above the enemy then suddenly striking, was highly likely to create a surprise effect! Because in such a dark environment, a person¡¯s focus would fall on ces below eye-level. But this was a beach environment! Without the high-tide, it was impossible to erase the only remaining line ofbat boot footprints on the ground, stretching all the way to the bottom of the ck hole.

    But was it really a miscalction?

    Just then, the moon in the sky was once again covered by the rolling, dark clouds. The light rays on the beach were instantly darkened!

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    In the almost pitch-ck darkness¡ªwith the loud rumbling sound caused by the howling sea wind and the waves crashing against the reef rock¡ªthere came a soft shing sound of a sharp weapon behind the neck of the rebel beast warrior as he raised his head to look at the rock!

    ?2288

    Blood sttered out of the rebel¡¯s neck. Subsequently appearing in front of his sight was an unaffected, gray-coated knife de that caused a D+ grade attack coefficient!

    A yellow damage number appeared above the head of the rebel beast warrior, acting as a backdrop to the shock in those green-glowing eyes of his.

    ******

    Seconds crept by.

    When the rebel beast warrior, raising his alloy shield, had run to the side of the giant rock to make a vignt stop, at about 10 over meters from him, a ck silhouette had crept out from the seawater, which appeared ck due to the angle of the moonlight, with hisbat uniform all wet.

    Thereafter, just when the rebel beast warrior¡¯s sightnded on the rock, unable to clearly see the inside of the big, ck hole due to its height, the ck silhouette holding a dagger with a de length of more than 25 centimeters, held reversely in his hand, felt his way to less than five meters behind the rebel beast warrior. Simrly, due to the moon¡¯s angle in the sky, his nted shadow cast on the sand had been entirely behind him,pletely unnoticeable by the rebel Heavy Armor Warrior.

    Then, just as the moon in the sky was once again covered by the dark clouds and the surrounding light rays darkened for a moment, the ck silhouette moved all of a sudden!

    With a burst of energy in his feet, he made a dash as fast as lightning, closing thest bit of distance. The dagger in his hand whooshed through the air and brought out an afterimage with its speed. From behind, it swiftly backhandedly sliced the throat of the beast warrior!

    ******

    Feng Luo had thought long before of the fact that the sand could not cover footprints at all, and the hole in the rock would have been very easily discovered by the enemy, too. Thus, in the course of a few seconds, what he had really done was to climb out of the hole in the rock, then jump from the hole into the seawater. With the constant, loud noise of the waves crashing against the reef rock, it was enough to conceal the sound created by this series of actions!

    Due to the problem of the angle of the moonlight, his slow circling while hiding beneath the seawater would also have been very difficult to detect by someone on the beach. In addition, with the Quick Sneak skill engaged even before emerging from the water, it was as if no sound of footsteps at all was produced as he ran on the soft sand! And so, this ¡°fatal¡± de would have been very difficult to escape even if it had been aimed at him.

    ¡°Argh!¡±

    The throat of the rebel beast warrior was sliced with one sh, and shock appeared in his green, glowing eyes, as if he had never even considered that the enemy might not emerge from above the rock but instead attack from the back!

    But with his throat cut and with blood spilling out, this fellow still had strength remaining for retaliation.

    Peng!

    His right hand,rger than that of an average person by a third and covered with thick brown hair, threw an elbowed behind him, hitting Feng Luo heavily in the stomach!

    ?1330

    Cough!

    Feng Luo felt his stomach convulse, and his whole body contracted backward from the intense pain. The strength of the beast warrior¡¯s barehanded attack had reduced his HP by a whole third.

    The Warrior was the only profession that could produce such a highly powerful close-range attack with just a bare hand!

    Feng Luo did not understand why his mighty sh hadn¡¯t caused this fellow to fall and did not cause life-ending damage! But, when drafting this tactic, Feng Luo had already prepared for this point.

    Thus, despite being hit by this elbow, his bodily reaction to pain¡ªalways being 100-percent ready¡ªwas extremely great. Feng Luo showed no sign of retreating at all as he held up the Mad Dog military knife in his hand and fiercely sliced at the throat of the rebel beast warrior once more!

    ?3355

    This time, it was a blood-red-colored number that had appeared above the head of the rebel beast warrior.

    Red lethal damage!

 Chapter 224 - An Alloy Shield, a Bone Necklace

    <strong>Chapter 224 An Alloy Shield, a Bone Ne</strong>

    ¡°Woo...¡±

    Consecutively attacked twice at the critical points, even the rebel beast warrior who had been mixed with monster genes clearly could not endure!

    After Feng Luo, with a twist of his body, heavily drew back his Mad Dog military knife with a stter of blood, the throat of the beast warrior only produced a hoarse sound. He scrambled a few steps forward on the sand, and before he died, he turned his head to look at Feng Luo standing behind him, his pair of green, glowing eyes full of hate!

    With his throat entirely cut by the sharp military knife and his mouth spillingrge amounts of blood profusely, he fell onto the sand on his bare, hairy upper body, taking away everyst bit of energy in him.

    Plop!

    The beast warrior¡¯s body, lying on its back on the beach, created a dent in the wet sand.

    The force of Feng Luo¡¯s first surprise strike had been absorbed by that dense hair on his neck and hadn¡¯t really cut into the critical point. As such, it had only caused low, yellow-colored damage! But the second sh had caused more than 3,000 points of red-colored lethal damage!

    With both shes, despite this beast warrior already having more than 5,000 HP in an equipment-naked state, he nheless could not withstand two of Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Lethal¡± talent-enhanced attacks.

    Besides, Feng Luo was now in a state whereby he had switched to the Scout profession, and he had extremely high damage enhancements to the profession¡¯s specializations in military knives, military stilettos, and rted weapons.

    Even in a situation without other weapons, the damage done from just a stab using a military knife would not be low at all!

    This beast warrior had already had his HP depleted, having been shed twice by Feng Luo, and his gushing blood was what had snatched away hisst bit of life force! Although his green, glowing eyes looked horrifying, malicious eyes would not be able to kill anyone!

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    10 secondster, the body of the rebel beast warrior that had fallen onto the ground and lost excessive blood had stopped convulsing!

    Killed the Rebel Beast Warrior (Level 45, Elite). Kill Contribution: 100%. Experience Earned: 450. Killing Points Awarded: 1.

    You have killed a death game opponent. ording to the opponent¡¯s strength evaluation, killing points earned: 50!

    Two consecutive system messages shed in Feng Luo¡¯s vision.

    ¡°Indeed...¡±

    A look of confirmation appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes. This first ¡°prey¡± had already provided him with 50 killing points instead of 20. It was very obvious that it was indeed as he had guessed¡ªthe number of points awarded was influenced by the strength of the opponent. But his first encounter with an Elite model of the rebel beast warrior¡ªwhich was at Level 45 ¡ªhad been quite unexpected.

    It was known that the rebel soldiers¡¯ original AI was a lot stronger than that of typical non-humanoid monsters and would use various weapons, equipment, and even skills. In addition to having beastified genes, the Elite-grade rebel warrior,e to think of it, was a lot stronger than even equal-level Elite yers!

    If the rebel soldiers of this killing game were all of such an Elite model, it would be possible that the threat would be greater than that of yers fearless of death. The difficulty of this game was greater than he had anticipated!

    ¡°Luckily, this rebel Heavy Armor Warrior looked the same as other yers¡ªthey, too, only have two pieces of default equipment on them at the start. Otherwise, even a surprise attack might not have been able to take him down!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the corpse of the rebellion¡¯s Heavy Armor Warrior on the ground, realizing that other than the alloy shield, there was no other visible equipment on him at all. Most noteworthy was that there was no defense armor on him. This was also the reason why he had been able to finish off this beastified warrior with just two shes.

    It was essential to know that the importance of alloy armor to the Warrior profession was actually, in certain aspects, more meaningful than that of other weapons.

    ¡°But it seems like this shield can be directly picked up and kept in my backpack!¡±

    Feng Luo struggled slightly to pick up the alloy shield that the rebel beast warrior had dropped on the sand, after which realized that he could indeed see the attributes of the shield.

    FA-45 model Alloy Shield

    Grade: Excellent

    Basic Damage Reduction 45%

    Defense +115

    Defense Coefficient: C

    Bonus Full Attribute Energy Resistance +9%

    Physique +10

    Level Required: 45

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    ¡°It actually is a Perfect, Excellent-grade shield. With such attributes, it¡¯s probably worth at least above 15,000 credits at the Exchange!¡±

    There was surprise in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes as he looked at the attributes of the alloy shield in his hands. It was actually a Level-45 Excellent piece of equipment that this rebel beast warrior had produced.

    It should be known that logically, the rate of Fine-grade equipment resulting from killing an Elite-grade monster was not even 50 percent, let alone Excellent-grade equipment

    ¡ªalthough notpletely impossible, the rate was really low!

    ¡°Is this my good luck?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s forehead creased.

    ¡°Hmm. Wait... It looks like this thing is different from the stuff normally gained by killing monsters. It doesn¡¯t have the faint white glow.¡±

    Feng Luo noticed a strange point all of a sudden. The items gained after killing monsters would glow with a faint white light in most yers¡¯ eyes. This shield did not appear like that.

    ¡°But technically, as long as the attributes can be seen, yers should be able to use it, right? Which means that this shield must be a trophy.¡±

    Feng Luo realized that this situation was contradictory to what he had encountered before.

    ¡°Hmm, could it be...?¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly thought of a possibility. After which, he shifted his sights to the rebel beast warrior¡¯s corpse on the sand.

    From top to bottom, carefully studying the corpse of this rebel beast warrior, Feng Luo once again found a piece of equipment that had visible attributes. On the neck of this fellow, within the thick hair, was a metallic ne supporting a silvery-gray pendant. He had not noticed it before, as it was concealed by blood-stained hair.

    Bone Ne (essory)

    Grade: Fine

    HP +300

    Physique +5

    Strength +10

    Required Equipment Level: 45

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    ¡°A piece of equipment. More so, an essory!¡± The surprise in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes intensified, then turned to relief. ¡°Seeing this, it is indeed as I¡¯d guessed.¡±

    Feng Luo had understood that this mission clearly used the same rules for rebel soldiers as for yers, but upon the death of rebel soldiers, all of the ¡°unlocked¡± items would be released. This rebel beast warrior had attribute-enhancing equipment items on him by default¡ªwhich were clearly the Excellent shield and this Fine-grade ne. Hence, after Feng Luo killed him, all these could be collected and used straight away.

    ¡°As such, the rewards for killing apetitive opponent appear to be much more generous than what I had initially anticipated!¡±

    Excitement appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes. It was understood that the worth of a Fine-grade ne at the Exchange was no less than that of high-grade ¡°Fine¡± main weapons. Furthermore, since one was very difficult to obtain, it would be sold in a second as long as the price was not too unreasonable.

    The ne on Feng Luo now was only a Level-35 Fine-grade main agility-enhancement ne, but nheless, it had needed to be snatched at a high price. Although the main attributes enhanced by this Level-45 ¡°Bone Ne¡± were physique and strength, it was more suitable for the Warrior. But with such ¡°equipment-naked¡± attributes now, it was also very useful to the Scout second profession. Because, if the +10 strength from this ne was added together with the +15 percent strength from the Mad Dog military knife, his strength would be an entire 25 points higher!

    Adding on the enhanced strength attribute from the evolved talent and the Enhancement Potion... He had already experienced the powerful effect of the basic attribute of strength in closebat! More importantly, just one rebel soldier had produced such abundant trophies, equivalent in worth to two pieces of high-grade Excellent equipment!

    Well, then, if one lived until the end of this mission, what kind of equipment would be umted on one person?

    Feng Luo could already imagine that the person in this hunting game who could live until the end would probably not only have his person already filled with high-grade equipment, but also have his backpack stuffed with Fine equipment! Plus, those energy crystals and energy crystal cores from Yamamoto Ichiro were worth billions of credits!

    The person who lived to the end of this round of death could definitely get rich overnight.

    ¡°But the volume and weight of the anti-gravity space backpack are kind of a big problem.¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the backpack in his hand, which now exceeded 85 percent in volume and weight used after the alloy shield was put in. The shield of a Heavy Armor Warrior was the same as a heavy machine gun-both greatly took up the volume and weight of the bag

    pack!

    ¡°Sigh... If I had known this earlier, I would¡¯ve thrown away all the things in this backpack and only brought some necessities.¡±

    Feng Luo was a little regretful.

    ¡°But it¡¯s still nothing much. At most, I can just discard this shield once I meet better trophies. I can even spend some killing points and discard some of the worthless things that take up space! I¡¯d better continue ¡®hunting¡¯ now!¡±

    Feng Luo reached up to press the button on the cor on his neck, and the semitransparent virtual map once again appeared before his eyes!

    This time, in the lighted regions of the map, two ck dots appeared!

 Chapter 225 - The Guy Who Delivered the Gun

    <strong>Chapter 225: The Guy Who Delivered the Gun</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Yes, two enemies.¡±

    ¡°One 83 meters away, and the other 146 meters away.¡±

    Feng Luo scanned the map once and determined the distance of the two from him without looking at the coordinates.

    ¡°The target, which is farther away, is located just outside the active area of an Elite monster. It could be dangerous if the monster were to be startled frombat! Then I¡¯ll choose the closest one as my target... Huh. The map marked specifically that this is a grassy in? Is this a special intent of the organizer?¡±

    Before Feng Luo could finish his soft whispers, he noticed that the ck dot farther away had turned into a triangle, and it was running quickly toward the closer ck dot!

    ¡°Looks like I¡¯m not the only one who is always confident! However, I wonder if any one of them is a beast-modified person from the rebel army?¡±

    Feng Luo looked a bit stunned, but after that, he had an idea. He smirked and opened the virtual map. Then he charged toward the ck dot that was not moving.

    ******

    ¡°Sh*t. I can¡¯t be that unlucky, can I!?¡±

    Around 70 meters away from Feng Luo¡¯s original position, a Sniper who had just taken off his parachute getup opened the map and stared at the two ck triangles charging at him from his left and his right.

    His face soured. His current position was a wide, grassy in filled with grass that grew to half a person¡¯s height. There was no hard cover avable. As for the speed of those two ck dots, he did not need to think much before determining that he didn¡¯t have enough time to escape thisrge grassy area!

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    He highly suspected that his currentnding position had been set up specifically by the system. Otherwise, how could there have been such a coincidence? The surroundings were forested, yet his location was amid vast, empty grasnds.

    ¡°F*ck! You motherf*ckers really think that I¡¯m your prey?!¡±

    The Sniper only hesitated for less than a second, then disyed vicious determination. After that, he opened his backpack and grabbed arge silver pistol from within.

    ¡°I knew I had to be prepared, depending on the situation, which is why I didn¡¯t listen to that NPC. I unlocked my equipment when I was still on the cargo ne. Otherwise, I wouldn¡¯t know how to deal with this situation!¡±

    Although the Sniper sounded fierce and aggressive, in truth, his heart was heavy. The pistol was a Level-40 Excellent-grade weapon. Unlocking it had cost him a total of 280 kill points. In addition, every bullet cost four kill points. He had spent all of his 300 initial kill points, but that couldn¡¯t even fill the magazine of the pistol, which had a capacity of seven rounds.

    Spending all 300 of his points also meant that once these bullets were spent, unless he managed to gain something in the process, he would no longer be able to continue with the mission! After all, although Snipers could engage in meleebat, they still needed to prepare military knives, daggers, or some other short weapons in advance.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    These two bastards... As long as I can get rid of one of them, I will be able to earn points to unlock new bullets.

    The Sniper made his ns as he moved quickly toward a grassy mound that offered a slightly higher vantage point.

    That¡¯s why I should try my best to get rid of one of them before considering the other one! Although I¡¯ve lost my equipment and skills bonus, everyone is in the same ¡°naked¡± situation. If I can continuously hit three or four shots, it won¡¯t be difficult to take out an enemy!

    Moreover, it¡¯s not necessary for me to get rid of them both. Clearly, in a dark environment like this, apart from Snipers and Scouts, the other professions will have substantial visual impairments resulting in a disadvantage! I just need to close my map and hide well. They might fight among themselves first. Or perhaps one will grow wary and retreat!

    The Sniper¡¯s mind raced as he considered the many possibilities. As a yer who had qualified to take part in this ¡°Battle Royale,¡± he was not a normal, low-level yer who only knew how to spam skills to hunt monsters. It was important to note that his Illegal Points and Criminal Points never went below 300, and before the system update, he had been a regr visitor of the Town of Exiles. He¡¯d spent half his time in the game as a red-name yer. As such, PKing was just business as usual to him!

    His map was already closed; the glow emanated by the virtual map would expose his location in a dark environment like this. However, just by relying on the data he¡¯d obtained from the map, he knew that one of his enemies had already arrived.

    As expected, before a second passed, by listening very carefully, he was able to hear footstepsing from the forest directly in front of him. By relying on the moonlight¡ªshining down from a moon that was no longer covered by clouds¡ªand being a Sniper with enhanced vision, he was able to see a shadow holding a longsword creeping out of the forest.

    ¡°Sh*t. What is this?¡±

    However, as he saw the shadow, and his gaze met a set of cold and green eyes, glowing under the moonlight.

    The Sniper looked stunned for a brief moment. The city where he was from wasn¡¯t connected to the rebel army¡¯s region, so he had never encountered the rebel army during his normal missions. As such, he hesitated at the sight of this yer¡¯s appearance.

    However, even though he failed to react, his experience in PKing helped him choose to wait calmly instead of initiating the attack on this anomaly, who was highly likely to be a Light Armor Warrior. He knew, based on the positions indicated on the map that he had consulted just now, that the other enemy was running toward this location!

    It would be best if the two of them discovered each other and fought first, thought the Sniper. Then I could make my appearance and clean up the survivor. That would be for the best!

    However, he did not consider one fact: In an environment with moonlight, a gically modified beast warrior from the rebel army actually had better vision than a Sniper¡ªeven one with enhanced visual perception like him.

    ¡°Hoo!¡±

    Out in the forest, the anomaly with glowing green eyes actually stared straight at the position of the Sniper after a brief moment. It was as if he had discovered his presence!

    F*ck! the Sniper cursed in his mind.

    After that, he did not hesitate and raised his right arm. He aimed the silver pistol at the sword-wielding shadow and pulled the trigger.

    He did not know why this guy had glowing eyes or if he had used them to find him. However, as a Sniper, he did know one thing; after his location was exposed by a Light Armor Warrior, who was a Sniper¡¯s nemesis within 30 meters, the only choice was to fight back in full force!

    Moreover, this was in a situation in which they were practically naked. The HP and defense advantage a Light Armor Warrior had against a Sniper was halved. And the teeth-gritting Sniper, who had unlocked an Excellent-grade pistol, definitely had the advantage when it came to their equipment!

    In an inverse rtionship like this, even if he, as a Sniper, only had five bullets, it wasn¡¯t impossible for him to kill a Light Armor Warrior. As for how the fight had begun, would these circumstances allow the enemy charging toward him to get thestugh? At that moment, he couldn¡¯t worry about that.

    Bang!

    One definitely had to admit that this Sniper had decent gunmanship. His shot urately struck the chest of the rebel army Light Armor Warrior.

    ?1570

    Yellow weak-point damage appeared above the head of the gically modified beast Light Armor Warrior!

 Chapter 226 - A Fight Between a Sniper and a Clam

    <h4>Chapter 226: A Fight Between a Sniper and a m</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Upon seeing the damage exceed 1,500, the Sniper was delighted.

    ¡°There¡¯s a chance!¡±

    He knew that theoretically, the HP of a Light Armor Warrior¡ªeven one who had focused on increasing the vitality stat¡ªin a ¡°naked¡± state would not have more than 5,000 HP! And judging by the damage inflicted just now, he could see that the defense of the Light Armor Warrior with the somewhat strange eyes was lower than he¡¯d expected.

    As things stood, he only needed, at most, three shots to get rid of this enemy! Of course, this was also because the pistol was a 12.7mm, and its attack was not low among Level-40 pistols!

    The Sniper calmed his mind. He did not waste any time before aiming and firing again immediately after the incredibly short cooldown period of the pistol was up!

    Bang!

    The second shot was also aimed at the chest of the dark shadow that appeared to be a Light Armor Warrior.

    However, the Sniper¡¯s chest tightened. His second shot had missed!

    After getting hit by the first shot, the Light Armor Warrior had instinctively crouched on the ground right away, then rolled quickly to the side, which had made the Sniper¡¯s second shot fly by above the warrior¡¯s head!

    ¡°Sh*t!¡± the Sniper cursed.

    Now that the opponent was crouched down on the ground, his vision would be seriously affected by the tall grass, which was half the height of a person. Moreover, in a dark, moonlit environment such as this, there was no way for him to gauge the enemy¡¯s position urately!

    If he could not see his enemy¡¯s position, how could he shoot?

    A normal yer would have chosen to retreat in resignation in a situation like this. However, as a yer who treated PK as a normal daily activity, he knew that the decision to retreat was the most dangerous possible choice. Leaving one¡¯s back open to a Light Armor Warrior at close range was just about as stupid as leaving one¡¯s back open to a Sniper at long range.

    Moreover, who says you can¡¯t shoot without seeing your target?

    Confidence shed across the Sniper¡¯s face.

    Bang!

    He pulled the trigger of his silver pistol with arge caliber once again. A rotating bullet flew out of the barrel with a sh and headed toward a spot covered by the grass in the forest!

    ?1472

    In the corner of his vision, another weak-point damage notification appeared. The Sniper revealed a smile of delight. Although he could not see the exact position of the enemy, with his wealth of PK experience, his estimated blind shot had urately hit the enemy.

    Another shot dealing around 1,500 damage. With these two shots, I¡¯ve taken out 3,000 of his HP!

    By now, the Sniper waspletely calm. Theoretically, those two shots had taken out almost 80 percent of the opponent¡¯s HP. He only needed to hit once with his remaining two shots to im the life of his opponent! Moreover, he already saw that his enemy was hastily rushing back into the forest after getting hit a second time. He did not even dare to show his head for a while.

    Humph! The assertion that a Light Armor Warrior is the nemesis of low-HP professions also depends on the individual! You really think I¡¯m a pushover?!

    The Sniper snorted. Yup. Based on the reaction of this person, his HP is definitely under 1,500. He might even be on the brink of a Heavy Injury status! He won¡¯t be charging toward me for a while. Instead, he will probably hide in the forest to replenish his HP. With a D-grade blood tonic that recovers 50 HP per second...

    Although the Sniper¡¯s tone made it seem like he was underestimating the opponent, he was still very cautious, agonizing over this situation.

    Hold on! F*ck! Blood tonics!

    As he thought of that, he suddenly remembered an important problem. His face distorted yet again.

    He had overlooked a critical possibility. His opponent might have ¡°unlocked¡± a blood tonic.

    It was likely amon choice for many! As for the Sniper, he no longer had any points to unlock any ammunition, and his magazine only contained two remaining rounds!

    He still had a chance to take out the opponent¡¯s remaining HP with one shot, but this was only if the opponent did not recover his HP. If the opponent simply hid and waited for his HP to recover before charging at him, what would happen?

    In that case, he who only had two bullets left on him would have no chance to win!

    F*ck... Big mistake!

    When the Sniper realized this, cold sweat started to form on his forehead. It was then that he acknowledged that using all his initial kill points to unlock the pistol and bullets had been a serious mistake!

    If I had unlocked thebat boots and the Quick Sneak skill, with my speed bonus, I should have been able to get into the forest before those two bastards got here, and I wouldn¡¯t have had topete against these two!

    The Sniper was very frustrated. In a situation like this¡ªdiscovering two unknown enemies charging at him with abandon the moment he opened his digital map¡ªno one would have been able to remain calm.

    This was especially true of a yer who only ever pursued others; normally, he would never face a situation where his enemies were closing in on him! Most importantly, as a Sniper, his instinct had been to unlock a gun immediately!

    Sh*t, system. You¡¯re definitely doing this to me on purpose!

    The Sniper grimaced as he spat on the ground. He knew that he did not have much time left to choose what to do. Because based on the movement speed of the arrows on the map just now, the other enemy who was charging toward him was also almost there!

    Retreat!

    After hesitating for half a second, a look of determination shed in the Sniper¡¯s eyes. Escape. That was the most suitable choice.

    He may not have had a chance to counter-kill the enemy, but running away shouldn¡¯t be a problem, right? He had already crippled the Light Armor Warrior. Even if he used a blood tonic, it wasn¡¯t possible for him to recover his lost HP immediately. The only thing the Sniper needed to be wary of was the other person.

    And based on the map disyed earlier, that person¡¯s movement speed wasn¡¯t very fast. He shouldn¡¯t have been able to exit the forest in that short time. However, even if the enemy had reached the periphery of the ins, the Sniper did not need to worry much. Although the grasses weren¡¯t exceedingly tall, they could still effectively impair one¡¯s vision.

    He did not believe he was really so unlucky.

    There¡¯s no way I could coincidentally encounter two enemies who possess incredible night vision at the same time, right?

    As he thought about that, the Sniper had already lowered his body and was crouched in the bushes while moving quickly in the opposite direction of the enemy who had not yet appeared!

    ¡°One second, two seconds...¡±

    Using his maximum speed, the Sniper only took three to four seconds to reach the edge of the grassy in.

    Once he reached the periphery of the grasnds, a pitch-ck forest stood in front of him due to the low light. He believed that once he stepped into this forest, he would have a good chance of getting away. After all, it was all too easy to hide in aplex environment like a forest at night!

    F*ck! I¡¯ll definitely get back at them in the morning! the Sniper thought furiously as he ran toward the forest.

    A night environment presented too much of a hindrance to a Sniper.

    However, as long as I can hold out till morning...

    Just as he thought about that, the Sniper reached the forest. He finally rxed when he stepped onto the ind forest¡¯s soft ground covered with rotten leaves.

    However, before he could adapt to the darkness of the forest, his eyes immediately widened. Because, behind a tree as wide as three people, situated not far away from him, the shadow of a person holding a dagger in a reverse grip had suddenly appeared!

 Chapter 227 - Silver Wing Handgun

    <strong>Chapter 227: Silver Wing Handgun</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The ind descended into darkness again as a thinyer of cloud blocked the moon in the sky.

    Pang!

    A gunshot rang out.

    Pu!

    The sound of a sharp object piercing through flesh resounded.

    ¡°How did you...¡±

    As the indistinct crescent of the moon poked through the small piece of cloud, the Sniper, whose chest was pierced by a military knife, looked confused and bewildered as the ¡°-2769¡± Fatal Damage number appeared above his head.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I ran a bit slower in the beginning!¡± Feng Luo smiled at him. Then, he pulled out the Mad Dog military knife.

    The white light of death that only yers could see shed on the body of the Sniper, whose skills of marksmanship and awareness were quite decent, as he unwillingly dropped to the ground. ¡°F*ck me...¡±

    The silver handgun also dropped beside his body. The shot that had been fired from it had been avoided by the Sniper¡¯s opponent at close range and now there was just one bullet left.

    You¡¯ve killed a Death Game opponent. Based on the assessed strength of the opponent, received kill points: 50

    ¡°Another 50 points in the bag! These kill points are easy to collect!¡± Feng Luo said lightly while holding the Mad Dog military knife in a reverse grip.

    If the yers all over the ind who were being pursued by the beast warriors of the rebel army with their night vision, they would probably start cursing at him.

    The ¡°Killing Game¡± had started around midnight this time. Although there was a dim moonlight, most yers rarely, if ever, operated at night. For one, apart from Snipers and Scouts, the vision of most professions would not allow them to fight in this environment without encountering any obstacles. Although almost every yer would have a lighting tool in their backpack, they needed several kill points to ¡°unlock¡± such tools.

    More importantly, even if they spent the kill points, they wouldn¡¯t dare to use the unlocked lighting tools since in an environment that was pitch ck, a single lit up area was a sign of suicide. It was simply a call to die!

    However, what the yers did not expect was that the group that was initially regarded as a target to ¡°spam¡± points in the game had multiple Elite gically modified beast warriors with night vision abilities. Once these beast warriorsnded, they would immediately start looking for their enemies nearby!

    The vision disadvantage already made it so that most yers did not have the capability to fight against these rebel army beast warriors, let alone the Elite models. As such, many yers who were attracted by the rewards of the game on Death Hunter Ind, and who had initially been full of confidence, were already cursing left and right by then.

    Only Feng Luo could conclude that things were ¡°Easy!¡±

    ¡°Could I unlock a pistol? These people... they really do have some interesting ideas...¡± Feng Luomented with a smile. Then, he bent down and picked up the handgun the Sniper had dropped on the ground. It felt heavy in his hands.

    The silver handgun did not seem that big but it was a little heavier than he expected.

    Silver Wing (Handgun)

    Grade: Excellent

    Attack: 400

    Attack Coefficient: D-

    Agility +10

    Effective Attack Range: 80m

    Level Requirement: 40

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    ¡°Looks like there¡¯s no rush to unlock the Tyrant!¡± Feng Luo looked at the gun¡¯s attributes in satisfaction. Although its power was far inferior to that of the ¡°Tyrant,¡± its attack was certainly decent. If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that its Attack Coefficient was slightly lower, it might even beparable to the Desert Eagle he had already eliminated from his inventory. Moreover, in this sort of ¡°Naked¡± situation, a D- attack coefficient was sufficient. More importantly, the gun was also a 12.7mm caliber handgun like the Tyrant. This meant that he did not need to worry about bullets.

    As for the normal bullets that cost four kill points per round? He had justted 50 kill points, so one magazine was no problem.

    ¡°Hmm?¡±

    As Feng Luo picked up the Perfect Excellent Level 40 Handgun that could be sold for at least ten thousand credits, his ears picked up the sound of footsteps closing in on him from the grassy ins outside the forest.

    The beast warrior of the rebel army has already replenished his HP, huh? Feng Luo looked around his surroundings and seemed to be thinking of his best course of action.

    After three seconds, the rebel army Light Armor Warrior that was following the trail of the Sniper began charging towards him with a one-meter long alloy sword. Upon seeing the corpse of the Sniper lying face up amid the dried leaves, his glowing green eyes instantly became alert. He immediately used the alloy sword to protect his heart¡¯s position as he adopted a defensive stance!

    ¡°This is odd. What¡¯s wrong with your eyes? Does the organ structure of your body change as well after synthesizing with the genes of wild beasts?¡± A curious voice came from behind the warrior.

    The beast rebel army Light Armor Warrior raised his head and noticed that 20 meters to his right, in a spot that was theoretically his blindspot, an adventurer ying with a gray military knife was talking to him.

    ¡°You touched my prey!¡± The beast warrior seemed upset and unsure of how to react.

    ¡°You sure he¡¯s your prey? I feel like the situation just now was the reverse, no?¡± Feng Luo used his head to signal at the corpse of the Sniper which had given him 50 points.

    The beast warrior did not give Feng Luo any chance to try to obtain any intel. ¡°Die!¡± he growled. Then, he raised the alloy longsword before charging towards Feng Luo.

    ¡°He!¡±

    Feng Luo stood in ce and did not move while one of his hands raised the Silver Wing.

    Pang!

    Just then, a dark shadow shed in front of him, and the beast Light Armor Warrior disappeared.

    ¡°Hmm? Interesting.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes glowed as he quickly raised his head to look up. The Light Armor Warrior had leaped onto the branch of a tree to Feng Luo¡¯s side in an instant. He moved from branch to branch a few times as if he was just walking normally. Then, he jumped onto another tree. The series of moves looked like they came right out of a movie screen.

    However, when one looked carefully at the soles of his feet, the source of his ability became clear. His feet were ridiculously simr to those of the Elite reconnoiter Feng Luo had encountered earlier, and he wore no shoes.

    Clearly, when he was fighting against the Sniper earlier, the warrior¡¯s strength had been constrained due to the in environment. The forest helped him to achieve a ¡°flying¡± effect. Under the night sky, he became a dark shadow, and it was incredibly hard to locate his position. Normal yers who needed to rely on game skills would probably not be able to hit him even once after firing ten shots.

    The rebel army beast warrior moved between the trees extremely quickly. After just two seconds, he had already closed the gap between them and was only a little over ten meters away from Feng Luo.

    Pang!

    3655

    Just then, a gunshot rang out.

    The beast Light Armor Warrior lost his bnce and fell from the tree, ttening the rotten leaves and soil on the ground.

    ¡°No matter how good your jumping ability, without any gears, one shot is enough to take you down!¡± Feng Luo put down the Silver Wing Handgun. The barrel was still extremely hot.

    The gun was designed for average marksmen, and clearly, Feng Luo was not among the normal gunners.

    Killed Rebel Army Beast Warrior (Level 42, Elite). Kill Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 420

    You¡¯ve killed a Death Game opponent. Based on the strength of the opponent, obtained Kill Points: 40

 Chapter 228 - Bowl of Instant Noodles

    <h4>Chapter 228: Bowl of Instant Noodles</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Hoo, hoo!¡±

    Bowl of Instant Noodles was a Level 48 Light Armor Warrior. He cast the Charge skill and charged forward through the dark forest as his body was covered with mud and all kinds of grass, leaves and tree branches.

    Once the distance of the Charge skill that had already reached the Expert Level was attained, hey his back on arge, wet and slippery rock while his hands supported him by grabbing onto the branch of a nearby tree. He was panting heavily.

    ¡°Sh*t, these rebel army beast warriors who possess night vision abilities are too disgusting. And they¡¯re actually Elite models! The worst thing about it is just how many the rebel army reconnoiter has killed now? He must have at least five to six pieces of equipment.¡±

    After resting for a few seconds and slightly recovering his endurance value that had dropped to less than 30%, Bowl of Instant Noodles said unhappily, ¡°How can I, who has only unlocked a Level 40 backup longsword, fight him?¡±

    Compared to other professions, warriors had a huge advantage when it came to endurance consumption and recovery. However, this was when the warrior wore armor. It was because the armor of a warrior wasn¡¯t just any normal metal armor: it was more like the exoskeleton of an individual soldier, abined armor that had an intelligent tactical chip inside it. It could support the warrior inbat while coordinating with the biochip and reduce strength consumption during operations or battles. The endurance recovery rate of a Light Armor Warrior without armor was not necessarily much faster than other professions.

    The rebel army reconnoiter who was chasing Bowl of Instant Noodles did not have anybat boots so was not particrly fast. His advantage was the eyes that allowed him to see in the dark, which he had obtained after he synthesized with the beast. They made it possible for him to lock on to his target and continue its pursuit.

    Although he had seeded in shaking off the reconnoiter twice by using the Charge skill, in less than half a minute, the enemy would have already caught up.

    As a yer who hadpleted several missions rted to the rebel army, he was very aware of the frighteningbat strength of the Elite rebel army reconnoiter in this dark environment.

    As such, even if he was a Light Armor Warrior which was, theoretically, the best melee fighter, in this instance, he could only choose to escape!

    ¡°D*mn it!

    ¡°This is too motherf*cking wrong!¡±

    ¡°Just you wait, it¡¯s going to be dawn soon!¡±

    ¡°When daybreaks, I¡¯ll find a chance to sh you to pieces!¡±

    By the time his endurance had recovered to over 40%, Bowl of Instant Noodles, who even kept his alloy longsword in his backpack, had started his journey of running for his life.

    As he ran, he looked into the sky with determination. Through the gaps between the trees in the forest, he could red light appearing in the sky covered by dark clouds. On an ind like this, once the sun appeared, it wouldn¡¯t take long before the ce became bright!

    Finally, I¡¯m almost out of this night filled with death!

    Less than a dozen seconds after Bowl of Instant Noodles left, a dark shadow holding a military knife coated with a grayyer of something walked toward another ce in the vicinity without making a sound. After walking a few steps, the shadow stopped moving.

    His gaze rested on the rock with scratched off moss that Bowl of Instant Noodles had leaned against earlier, and the ground with the trace of a human. After scanning it, his eyes shifted, and he looked towards the direction Bowl of Instant Noodles had escaped in. In his eyes, there was a look of a hunter looking at its prey. Just then, the human figure¡¯s ears moved again.

    He turned around. His eyes did not glow green yet seemed like they had a glint of sharp light in them, and they looked in the direction opposite to that in which Bowl of Instant Noodle had escaped.

    After more than a minute, Bowl of Instant Noodles charged out of the damp, vegetation-filled forest. He noticed that he had reached a beach. Clearly, he had reached the edge of the ind. Bowl of Instant Noodles now had nowhere else to run, and he started to curse while trying to catch his breath. ¡°F*ck, I¡¯m seriously unlucky!¡±

    However, the light in the sky had pierced through the clouds that had shrouded the ind for the entire night. The environment started to brighten up.

    ¡°Forget it! No need to run anymore. If that guy really catches up, I¡¯ll fight him to the death. What is this situation where I, a warrior, is continuously running away from an NPC?¡± Bowl of Instant Noodles said hatefully. He leaned his body against a tree to recover his endurance.

    He did not unlock his most important gear anyway. Even if he lost in the end and died, his losses wouldn¡¯t be that bad.

    As he thought about that, Bowl of Instant Noodles began to observe his surroundings.

    The light that brightened the ce made his vision a lot clearer. Then, he immediately noticed that there was a series of footprints on the beach that extended to a faraway ce.

    There¡¯s someone here. And he¡¯s only just passed! Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯ chest tightened as he quickly raised his head to look around.

    It didn¡¯t take long before Bowl of Instant Noodles noticed that there was a piece of parachute equipment that everyone used when jumping off the ne sitting in the middle of the beach. Hmm? There¡¯s a parachute getup over there!

    Someonended here. He became cautious, but Bowl of Instant Noodles wasn¡¯t overly worried.

    Theoretically speaking, no one would stay in the same ce theynded. This sort ofnding equipment was too eye-catching, and leaving it in ce made it easy for the enemy to discover it.

    Very quickly, his gaze rested on the side of arge reef not far away from thending equipment.

    Hmm? There¡¯s a corpse over there?

    It was a very hairy humanoid corpse lying on the ground face up.

    ¡°That¡¯s a rebel army beast warrior?¡± he said in surprise.

    After recognizing the identity of the corpse, Bowl of Instant Noodles grabbed the alloy longsword from his backpack as he walked cautiously over with curiosity.

    Hmm? It¡¯s actually a Level 45 Elite Heavy Armor Warrior! It was killed by a lone enemy. The damage all came from a Level 33 Rare Grade Military Knife. The first hit went for the throat, and with just two shes, the Heavy Armor Warrior was killed!

    F*ck! Thest hit was over 3,000! In this ¡®Naked¡¯ status, this damage is way too overpowering. Moreover, there aren¡¯t any traces of battle on the beach. This rebel army beast warrior didn¡¯t even have time to react, and the battle was already over. The time of death was three hours and 52 minutes ago.

    Observing the corpse, Bowl of Instant Noodles looked shocked. Due to his profession, he was very good at identifying the injuries on a corpse, and the information he obtained from the corpse was due to his unique talent in the game. Due to that, after getting all the information, he was incredibly shocked. Just over three hours and 50 minutes ago. Which meant that this battle urred right after theynded on the ind.

    Theoretically speaking, at that time, everyone only had their initial equipment. Which was probably when they were still ¡°Naked.¡±

    To actually deal over 3,000 damage with just a Level 33 Rare Grade military knife in a ¡°Naked¡± status was impressive. Moreover, it was on an Elite Grade rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior. This person¡¯s ability to deal single instant damage was incredibly frightening!

    Bowl of Instant Noodles looked at the footprints beside the corpse that extended towards the forest that he had juste from.

    Shit! I can¡¯t stay here any longer. The thought shed across Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯s mind as his face distorted.

    However, at that moment, in his vision, a notification appeared.

    You¡¯ve taken part in killing a Rebel Army Reconnoiter (Level 44, Elite).

    Kill Contribution: 4.5%. Obtained Experience: 42

 Chapter 229 - â€œCrazyâ€ Equipment

    <h4>Chapter 229: ¡°Crazy¡± Equipment</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    What happened? Why did I suddenly get kill a contribution? I clearly did not participate in killing anything!

    Bowl of Instant Noodles looked shocked.

    Wait a minute... Could it be...

    However, he immediately thought of a possibility, and his eyes widened. In War, one didn¡¯t need to enact damage on the target in order to obtain contribution points. If the system judged that a yer had contributed to the process of killing an Elite Grade target, then the yer would be able to obtain Contribution points and experience.

    For example, the scouting information from a Scout, the treatment and buff potions from Doctors, and even some active ¡°aggro¡± behavior...

    There was only one Elite Grade monster associated with him recently, and that was the Elite Grade Rebel Army Reconnoiter that had been pursuing him all the while! The only exnation for him receiving the Contribution Points just now was that the Rebel Army Elite Reconnoiter, wearing five to sixbat gears and who had been chasing him all this time, had just been killed. The system had judged that he contributed in some way or another, and as such, he received that notification and experience.

    ¡°That means... That rebel army reconnoiter is dead!¡± Bowl of Instant Noodles said in disbelief.

    The rebel army elite reconnoiter had already killed several people throughout the night, which was why he had five to six pieces of equipment that were his spoils of war.

    If Bowl of Instant Noodles was honest with himself, in his current condition, he would most likely lose utterly 80% of the time if he were to fight a Level 44 Elite monster with ¡°Top-notch¡± equipment like that person. That would be the result where the opponent only had a military knife and not any guns or other long-range attacking methods as a weapon...

    The rebel army reconnoiter had died, but Bowl of Instant Noodles did not know whether he had been killed by an NPC or another yer.

    ¡°F*ck! It better not be a yer!¡± Bowl of Instant Noodles thought with his eyes wide open.

    If it were under any other circumstances, this sort of ¡°life-saving¡± yers would be good. After all,pared to an NPC, yers would feel more camaraderie between each other and feel that they were on the same side, which meant that it would be easier towork. One could even say there was a chance to ride on their coattails!

    However, in this game right now, Bowl of Instant Noodles really hoped that it wasn¡¯t a yer who killed that Elite rebel army reconnoiter. It was because whether it was a yer or the rebel army, themon identity of all of them was that they were all ¡°participants¡± in this game of death. So in this game, anyone and everyone was an enemy, and each and every participant would have the desire to kill their opponent. Bowl of Instant Noodles was more willing for the opponent he faced to be the rebel army reconnoiter rather than a yer who was able to kill that rebel army reconnoiter.

    After all, if he were to fight the rebel army reconnoiter, he could still win, but if it were against that yer...

    For the energy crystal reward valued at over 100 million, he was certain that yers would be far more ruthless than NPCs in a fight.

    Hold on. That rebel army reconnoiter shouldn¡¯t be too far away from me just now. That means that the person who killed this Elite rebel army reconnoiter is very likely to be nearby!

    Bowl of Instant Noodles focused his attention on the forest he just exited, and he had a feeling that there was a high probability that the enemy would charge at him from that direction. After all, he had been busy escaping just now and had not had time to erase his tracks.

    Sh*t! I don¡¯t like this uneasy feeling. This won¡¯t do. I have to hide first!

    After hesitating for a moment, Bowl of Instant Noodles looked around him. He noticed a small cave on the side of a giant boulder that could not be seen easily from below.

    He quickly ran a few steps, and relying on the explosive strength of Light Armor Warriors, he leaped at full stretch from the beach and climbed up the edge of the boulder. Then, he immediately hid there.

    Just a few secondster, Bowl of Instant Noodles felt relieved that he had just hidden. F*ck! Someone really dide. He peeked through a tiny hole in the side of the cave and looked toward the direction of the forest. A figure wearing a camougebat uniform was slowly walking out of the forest that was still a little dark.

    F*ck, this b*stard! He¡¯s really f*cking crazy!

    The person who appeared seemed very calm. His movements also showed that he wasn¡¯t really vignt.

    However, Bowl of Instant Noodles still could not help but silently exim. The equipment worn by the yer who looked like a gunner truly made him admire him. Anti-infrared camougebat uniform, wendbat boots, two military knives, a silver handgun, a pair of ck tactical gloves, a high-end tactical vest... Apart from missing a helmet and a main weapon, his equipment as a gunner was pretty muchplete!

    Bowl of Instant Noodles only had a pair of boots and had merely unlocked a backup longsword. How could he stand it emotionally?

    However, apart from admiring him, what also surprised Bowl of Instant Noodles was that the camougebat uniform the guy was wearing was exactly thebat uniform the rebel army elite reconnoiter was wearing. Without a shred of doubt, this showed the person¡¯s identity.

    ¡°F*ck! How can I keep ying when there¡¯s a yer who obtained such a huge advantage in just a few hours throughout the night?¡± Bowl of Instant Noodles couldn¡¯t help but think.

    This person was really another yer! Among all the yers who were sent scattering all over the ce by the rebel army the night before, there was actually a yer like this who could collect an entire set of equipment even more ¡°luxurious¡± than the rebel army elites. This person¡¯s strength was frightening.

    F*ck! Why is heing over? Is it because he noticed the corpse of the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior and he¡¯sing here to search? Please don¡¯t be...

    The gunner whose profession wasn¡¯t yet clear but whosebat strength was more than enough topletely crush him was actually walking straight towards Bowl of Instant Noodles. He quickly pulled his head back into the cave and prayed.

    However, events took an unfortunate turn.

    ¡°Come out!¡± After a few seconds, a calm yet somewhat deep voice sounded not far away from his hiding ce. Although the voice was quite low, it was strong and clear and entered his ear like the roar of the waves mming into boulders.

    F*ck, I¡¯ve been discovered! Wait, no! Is he trying to trick me? This cave is quite high up. There¡¯s no way he can see me on the ground! He might be saying this habitually to trick people... After hesitating for a moment, Bowl of Instant Noodles left the cave.

    ¡°Let me remind you. When you hide; perhaps you should do something about the footprints you leave on the beach. Apart from that, your location isn¡¯t a suitable hiding ce. On the contrary, if you were to jump into the sea from there, it would be a good way to run!¡± the young gunner wearing multiple gears said calmly. His words continued to flow into Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯ ears.

    F*ckkk! Footprints!

    Upon hearing that, Bowl of Instant Noodles was infuriated as he knew that the opponent had certainly found his hiding ce.

    However, jumping into the ocean, that¡¯s a decent idea!

    However, after hearing the words of the opponent, an idea shed across Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯ mind.

    The only thing was that just as his body wanted to move, he started to have doubts again.

    He is clearly trying to kill me to earn kill points. Why would he tell me the way to escape? It must be a trick!

    Bowl of Instant Noodles hesitated again.

 Chapter 230 - Sickening Rules!

    <h4>Chapter 230: Sickening Rules!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°This Light Armor Warrior sure can stayposed...¡±

    Surprise shed in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes as he lightly held onto the ¡°Silver Wing¡± in his hand, able to easily finish off the Warrior with just one shot once the Warrior jumped out from the hole to attack him or jumped into the sea.

    Unexpectedly, even in such a situation, the Warrior did not show himself! Not only did he, as a Warrior, not choose to charge out and attack a Sniper who was already very close by, but he also chose not to follow the ¡°reasonable escape route¡± of jumping into the sea that had been pointed out for him!

    ¡°Now this is rather troublesome!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the surroundings. As the position of the big hole was close to a five-meter height above sea level, anyone standing on the beach at the top would not have been able to shoot at someone squeezed inside the hole at all. And in this situation, in which the opponent was a Warrior with unknown equipment and skills, if he had chosen to go closer or to charge forward, an ident was possible!

    As for why Feng Luo was certain that it was a Light Armor Warrior hiding inside despite not seeing the person, it was because that line of fresh footprints on the sand had revealed the opponent¡¯s identity!

    However, it was not really that there was no way to tell. The dense trees on the inner side of the beach were over 10 meters tall. By climbing up one, it ought to allow him to find a suitable shooting angle.

    Even for him, it was very hard to maintain uracy in shooting at high speed while climbing a tree. If the opponent had jumped at the chance to leap into the sea and escape during the process, it would have clearly indicated an escape route for the opponent! But since the ¡°luring¡± n had failed, there was no harm in using the second n.

    If these at least 20 killing points had been obtained, he would then be able to unlock the Eye of the Thunder or the Barrett already!

    Feng Luo looked at his current killing points and started to slowly move backward. In the process of moving, the gun muzzle of the Silver Wing was still locked on the position of the entrance of the hole¡ªwithout a tremble at all!

    Still, the n could not keep up with change. Just when Feng Luo had shifted a few steps backward, the indicator light on the cor on his neck blinked all of a sudden, after which, it automatically projected a semi-transparent screen right in front of him.

    The wrinkled face of the army officer in the ck uniform appeared on the virtual screen. ¡°Congrattions, everyone, for surviving until daylight! Of course, this is for the 739 still living!¡± While saying this, the face of the army officer took on a mocking appearance.

    ¡°739... Seeing this, there were more than 250 ¡®yers¡¯ killed in the four hours,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Hmm. This number is more or less reasonable. After all, the rebel army secured too much of an advantage. Many people have been hunted down!¡±

    Feng Luo continued to retreat, the Silver Wing in his hand still aimed at the target, his expression not affected at all by the tone of the army officer in the ck uniform.

    ¡°Some among y¡¯all are probably feeling relieved!¡± The mocking expression on the army officer in the ck uniform was even clearer. ¡°After all, you¡¯ve already survived the past four hours, already almost one-twentieth of the game¡¯s time limit. But everyone has apparently forgotten about one thing. And that is that by 12 noon today, if the killing points you¡¯ve earned have not reached 20... then the cor with mini high-energy crystal bombs on your necks will...pletely separate your heads from your bodies with a ck!¡±

    The wrinkle-faced army officer in his ck uniform showed the same smirk as he had the day before.

    ¡°Not even 300 people have been eliminated. This rate is absolutely too low, as it means that there are still more than 400 people who haven¡¯t killed anyone at all. It also means that if this situation continues until 12 noon today, the cors on the necks of more than 400 people will explode. I think y¡¯all shouldn¡¯t like to see that kind of scene! Simrly, I don¡¯t like it, either. Because a yer who dies of such a cause really hasn¡¯t disyed the worth he should have!¡±

    The tone of the army officer in the ck uniform remained mocking. At that moment, his face looked as though he had thought of something else, and he continued speaking.

    ¡°Woah! Right. I¡¯ve said something wrong just now! Not more than 400 people¡ªbut more than 500 people! Because up until now, there actually are more than 500 of those among y¡¯all who haven¡¯t even earned one killing point, ounting for two-thirds of the remaining number! Such a situation exists because many of those who contributed killing points died at the hands of just one person!¡±

    The wrinkle-faced army officer in the ck uniform had his eyes radiating with ridicule. ¡°I can partially reveal to y¡¯all that the yer in first ce now has already finished off 15 opponents, earning more than 700 killing points! Perhaps y¡¯all will think that this is nothing much, since you just have to kill one opponent to make it past the selection at 12 noon today.

    ¡°Hmm. Correct. It¡¯s precisely so! But there¡¯s one thing I feel I should tell y¡¯all earlier. And that is that the selection on thest day will be decided ording to the ranking of points! Those in the lower half of the ranking will all trigger the cor explosion straightaway!¡±

    The wrinkled folds on the face of the army officer in ck uniform constantly quivered due to hisughter.

    F*ck me! This person is too sickening, the system is sickening too!

    Hearing this, Bowl of Instant Noodles¡ªin the big hole in the rock by the seaside¡ªalmost scolded out loud even though he knew that the Sniper¡ªalready in full-body ¡°luxurious¡± equipment¡ªwas definitely below and hadn¡¯t left.

    Thest selection criterion was absolutely sickening!

    This was just to force all the people whose points were in the lower half to perilously attempt to kill others in order for their points to rise above the average. But the key was that every one person killed would mean a reduction of the total number of people; that would simrly mean that the half-point-limit threshold would be raised by one!

    In a situation in which everyone was wildly killing people, thatst selection criterion would consistently increase. It simrly meant that the number of people able to survive to thest would constantly be reduced!

    This also meant that there would not be any possibility ofpromise at all between the yers with points in the upper half and those with points in the lower half!

    It was even possible that in this situation, there would only be one person who survived to the end!

    ¡°What a madman! Had I known that thisst criterion would be so sickening, I wouldn¡¯t havee to participate in this whatever ¡®battle royale¡¯ game¡ªthis is just giving away experience and equipment!¡±

    Knowing his own ability and aware that he was already at the edge of death, Bowl of Instant Noodles already felt that it waspletely hopeless. There was not even the least bit of a chance for him to survive to the end.

    ¡°But that person ranked first now has actually already killed 15 people in a mere three hours! Such a person, with his 700-plus killing points now and the equipment gained from killing people¡ªI¡¯m afraid he might already have reached an indestructible state. Just like that sickening Sniper yer outside, with such a great advantage, he might already be building up momentum like a snowball!¡±

    Bowl of Instant Noodles gritted his teeth as he said, ¡°F*ck. Why are there so many sickening people? Wait a moment? That person who has killed 15 people¡ªcould it be that guy below?¡±

    At that time, knowing that he probably could not survive to the end, Bowl of Instant Noodles inevitably felt a little curious about the opponent below.

 Chapter 231 - Who Is in First Place?

    <h4>Chapter 231: Who Is in First ce?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°15 heads, more than 700 points! It¡¯s clear I¡¯ve underestimated the opponents in this mission a little¡ªthere are quite a few good people!¡±

    Unfortunately, the person who had gotten such a strong record and ranked first was not Feng Luo. At the moment, Feng Luo¡ªwho had already retreated to the edge of the beach and the forest¡ªwas just as shocked as Bowl of Instant Noodles.

    Feng Luo¡¯s current head count was 10 people, while his killing point total was only 400-plus, nearing 500! That meant that he was still some distance from the person ranked first.

    As for these killing points, due to it being unlike the points of the Agent missions and the past city-building missions, which provided a ranking leaderboard, he had no way to determine where he stood. Nheless, based on the information revealed by the army officer, the gap in the number of kills between him and the person whose points ranked first could at least be known!

    But regarding this conclusion, Feng Luo was actually not very surprised. Because his achievements throughout the past three hours in the night were not considered all that great.

    Other than consecutively killing the three targets¡ªwho were, namely, the rebel beast Heavy Armor Warrior, the Sniper yer, and the rebel beast Light Armor Warrior¡ªswiftly earning him more than 100 killing points, the process of obtaining points had slowed down.

    This was mainly because most of the people did not have the ability to fight at night at all. Therefore, they had all chosen to cautiously find a hiding ce nearby and to not even open the electronic map!

    In such a situation, even if Feng Luo had intended to take advantage of everyone¡¯s ¡°equipment-naked¡± state at first to ¡°snowball¡± his early advantage, but it was still very challenging to find targets at night without the map¡¯s position indicator.

    Moreover, the coverage of Death Hunter Ind was not small, and itsyout was veryplex. The map even had marked special positions where the ¡°organizer¡± had specially set up some ruins and buildings.

    Although his vision had already been enhanced by the W-virus, it still did not match up to the night vision ability of the rebel beast warriors, who had vision like that of wild creatures! Therefore, up until finishing the rebel Elite Reconnoiter just now, the heads he had imed amounted to just two, while his killing points would reach 500 in just a bit!

    ¡°But this first person¡ªwill he be a friend?¡±

    Feng Luo had a slight guess.

    Even though to most of the participants of this killing game, everyone on the ind¡ªother than themselves¡ªfell under the category of either prey or enemy, Feng Luo was a bit of an exception! Because his participation in this mission was actually part of the ¡°Agent¡± investigation mission. And there were indeed four ¡°teammates¡± and one ¡°instructor¡± participating in this ¡°battle royale¡± game with him.

    No¡ªin fact, if counting the five yers and one NPC instructor, respectively, from each of the other two Agent organizations, it could be said that among 1,000 people, there were 17 ¡°teammates¡±! And the abilities of these people certainly would not be weak, especially the three NPCs who could even be ¡°instructors.¡± So, then, surviving in this killing game and even earningrge numbers of points shouldn¡¯t be a huge problem, right?

    ¡°So, this first person may not be a yer!¡±

    ******

    All the yers on the whole ind were looking dignified or delighted due to learning thest selection criterion of the game. Meanwhile, beside a Japanese-style bamboo house built at the foot of a mountain, with flowing spring water slightly to the right of the center of the ¡°Death Hunter Ind¡± map, a Level-45 Wind Maniptor of the rebellion¡ªwearing a light blue-colored energy shield on his body¡ªwas fleeing in the direction of the bamboo house with his face filled with panic.

    As a Wind Maniptor, due to the energy-enhancement skill, his speed might not have even been inferior to that of a sprinting Sniper over a short period of time.

    But even if he had been faster, he would not have been faster than the snow-white de of light behind him, brighter than the rays of the rising sun in the sky!

    Peng!

    A samurai sword longer than a meter in length, with a ck handle and a snow-white de, struck the rebel Wind Maniptor¡¯s energy shield with huge impact from behind!

    Ka!

    The light blue energy shield with strong defense capabilities was instantly,pletely shattered! While the strength of the samurai sword seemed not to have been weakened at all!

    After breaking the energy shield, the tip of the sword, glimmering with a chilly spark beneath the sunlight, pierced through the thinyer of the energy robe on the body of the rebel Wind Maniptor straight away!

    A look of fright was on the rebel Wind Maniptor¡¯s face as the chilly de pierced through the gap between two ribs in his back!

    Peng!

    With a powerful impact, the samurai sword¡ªtogether with the heart area of the body of the rebel Wind Maniptor it had pierced through¡ªhit the bamboo wall of the house!

    ?3642

    A blood-red lethal damage indicator gradually appeared above the head of the rebel Wind Maniptor who had been pierced through by the samurai sword.

    Da da...

    ¡°Federal Investigation Bureau¡± Agent Instructor Haruko stood tall in high ckbat boots and a ck samurai uniform with flower petals, on which bloodstains were now visible. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail. She walked over. Gripping the ck handle of the samurai sword pierced deep into the bamboo wall, she effortlessly pulled it out, along with a stter of blood!

    Pu!

    Haruko¡¯s face was cold and nk, turning a blind eye to the body of the Wind Maniptor who had fallen to the sword right before his death. She only raised her head and looked up at the bright sky. After which, holding her samurai sword with its bloodstained de, she drew a special symbol on the side of the bamboo house, then turned to leave.

    At the moment of the rebel Wind Maniptor¡¯s death, the point total of the person ranked the highest once again rose by 40 points, breaking 800 points!

    ******

    ¡°Everyone is looking a little enraged!¡±

    The wrinkle-faced army officer in ck showed the same mocking smile on the semi-transparent screen in front of every ¡°yer.¡± Obviously, the cors had surveince capabilities, and he must have already seen the grim faces of countless yers.

    ¡°Could y¡¯all have forgotten something I said earlier? Since you¡¯ve joined this game, you must abide by the rules! Y¡¯all have already seen the consequences of not abiding by the rules, but have you forgotten about it after just a few hours¡¯ time? But it¡¯s nothing much to have forgotten. I have a little something that can perhaps remind y¡¯all a bit!¡±

    Once the army officer in ck finished speaking, the screen switched to a view of the beach and the sea¡¯s surface. Someone, undoubtedly an average NPC, wearing a cor on his neck, could be seen swimming rigorously in the sea, moving in a direction away from the ind.

    Then, at the next moment, a white-colored water column rushed up from the water¡¯s surface with a whoosh.

    Once the sea spray hadpletely fallen, the waters surrounding the original position of that person became blood-red in color with two floating body sections!

    ¡°A reminder to everyone, never ever try to escape by sea. That intelligent cor on everyone¡¯s necks has an extremely acute positioning system. Once you¡¯ve gone beyond a certain range in the sea, it¡¯ll happily explode automatically!¡± The army officer in ck continued to y his role of mocking the yers.

    The area of the screen that had just disyed the explosion was followed by another horrifying scene. The entire surface of the water suddenly seemed like it was boiling as the already separated sections of the average NPC¡¯s corpse were rapidly ripped to pieces by something in the water!

    ¡°Right, I¡¯ve forgotten another thing! There are also many highly aggressive mutant man-eating fish species in these waters. Thus, even if you enter the sea within the cor-bounded area, you might still be directly throwing your life away! That precious life of yours ought to be converted into others¡¯ points, not used to feed these low-life fish, should it not?¡±

    The image was switched back to the smirk on the wrinkle-covered face of the army officer in ck!

 Chapter 232 - Bait

    <h4>Chapter 232: Bait</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°F*ck, this Sniper sure has a scheme!¡±

    In the hole of the huge rock, looking at the pale red seawater that looked as if it were boiling and the NPC¡ªwith even his clothing ripped to all sorts of pieces on the screen¡ªBowl of Instant Noodles stared with a stony gaze. He was secretly relieved that he had not been lured by that Sniper outside to jump into the sea just now.

    What he did not know was that Feng Luo, who had now already retreated to the forest, was just as relieved as he was.

    Yesterday night, he had relied on submerging himself underwater to defeat the rebel Heavy Armor Warrior with two surprise shes; it could be said that the seawater had been of great help to his move then. Only now did he know that his action before entering the water had actually been quite dangerous!

    Perhaps it had been his good luck that there were no such monster fish in the surroundings, or it could have been because he had not entered deeper regions, so he hadn¡¯t attracted the attention of these sea monster clusters.

    If not, even with his 4,000 HP in his ¡°equipment-naked¡± state, facing such a cluster of horrifying fish could have cost him his head straight away!

    But seeing this, that Light Armored Warrior probably wouldn¡¯t dare to jump into the sea at all. This is a rather good situation! Feng Luo thought, already searching for a suitable tree to climb in the surroundings from the corner of his sight.

    At that moment, the wrinkle-faced army officer in the ck uniform on the screen had once again started speaking, and the contents made Feng Luo partially shift his focus.

    ¡°I¡¯ll say no more about the rules. Since you¡¯ve already joined the game, then there¡¯s only one way to leave¡ªto kill others! Whereas to help everyone achieve this goal and at the same time prevent too many people from being eliminated by the skin on your neck due to not getting even the basic 20 killing points yet, our General has just made a decision: to now open the first Random Mission!

    ¡°Within the following four hours, at every one-hour interval, 50 people will be randomly selected without repetition as prey. Every five minutes, their positions will be announced once for 30 seconds, consecutively until 12 noon!¡± The flesh on the face of the wrinkled army officer jiggled with his mockingughter. ¡°Which means, there¡¯ll be a total of 200 people able to enjoy this special treatment!¡±

    ¡°Yet another sickening rule.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression turned grave. ¡°In such a situation, aren¡¯t the selected people sure to die...?¡±

    He felt that with such a sickening ¡°method of y,¡± even if it was him who was chosen, it would probably be very dangerous! After all, even if a person¡¯s ability was powerful, it would be very difficult for him to survive longer than an hour in a situation where his position was exposed to everyone! Especially for the period of time nearing 12 noon.

    Feng Luo believed without hesitation that at thest moment, those yers who had not secured enough killing points to survive would definitely hunt down those with their positions exposed with unimaginably manic fervor!

    ¡°Those who have been selected, don¡¯t feel that it¡¯s unfair. It¡¯s randomly selected, so it can only be said that your luck is bad!¡± On the screen, the wrinkle-faced army officer was continuouslyughing coldly. ¡°However, this might actually be a form of luck! Because all those selected only have to make it past one hour¡¯s time and will immediately earn 200 points of reward killing points. And they still can earn another advantage¡ªin the following six hours, their own positions can be unrevealed when they engage the map! Moreover, those who are selected between 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. and have survived will earn double the reward! How about that? Indeed... very fair, right?¡±

    The officer in ck finished hisst line with a smirk. ¡°Well, then. This game shall start now. The first batch of 15 people has already been randomly selected!¡±

    The next moment, with a switch, the image projected from every person¡¯s cor became a very minimalisticrge-scale map of Death Hunter Ind, on which only positions could be determined.

    On this map were 15 rtively spread out, steadily blinking red dots!

    ¡°Hmm...¡±

    Presently, Feng Luo was already temporarily ignoring the Light Armor Warrior still hidden in the hole. He first shot a nce at the respective positions shown on his map.

    ¡°I¡¯ve not been chosen...¡± Feng Luo was unsure of whether to be rxed or slightly disappointed.

    Actually, although he knew that it would have been extremely dangerous if he¡¯d been chosen, he already had a great advantage. Subconsciously, he had a fleeting thought of wishing to be chosen, then killing all those who came for him one by one!

    Using himself as ¡°bait,¡± putting himself in danger in order to achieve a greater benefit¡ªin the past, he never would have done such a thing. Perhaps it was the consecutive kills the night before that had triggered some risk-taking genes in him, causing him to have such a thought. It was a bit of a pity that the system had not given him this chance!

    ¡°But the closest red dot... It really is!¡±

    Feng Luo raised his head and looked toward the huge rock within his sight.

    The corresponding position of the closest blinking red light to him was the location of that Light Armor Warrior hidden in the hole!

    ¡°So it¡¯s like this... Perhaps... luring the enemy could be a change of ns!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart quivered.

    ******

    Time gradually passed.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    In the hole in the rock, the face of Bowl of Instant Noodles was already grim to the maximum!

    When he saw that his position on the map had be an eye-catching red dot, he lost all motivation to continue in this sickening mission. It was his rotten luck!

    Initially, the ¡°sickening¡± Sniper below had already, from the start, made him feel hopeless. The Sniper casually refraining from making a move on him had inevitably caused him to gather a few glimmers of hope. Perhaps the opponent feared him due to not seeing his equipment and not having a shooting angle to attack this position.

    Bowl of Instant Noodles analyzed the situation. He¡¯d continued hiding in the hole to guarantee that he could not be shot by the Sniper on the beach. But now, having been so unluckily chosen at random, with his position directly exposed in front of everyone, if he continued to stay in the hole, he would be 100 percent dead meat!

    ¡°This is madness. No way out in any direction. Why not try it out?!¡±

    Thinking of this, Bowl of Instant Noodles felt determined in his heart and fiercely picked up the spare alloy longsword at his side. But, just in case, he tested the waters by looking through the tiny hole with his eyes toward the beach.

    Ping!

    With just his right eye moving close, he heard a sudden gunshot, after which, a bullet flew and urately hit a spot outside of the tiny hole!

    If not for the texture of this rock, hardened by long years of erosion by the seawater, and for the thick walls of the cavern that caused the bullet to get stuck midway, he suspected that the bullet might have hit his eye, maybe even causing a blinding special damage effect!

    ¡°What the f*ck is this level of shooting?!¡±

    Bowl of Instant Noodles was pale with shock. The courage he¡¯d just mustered had been crushed in half in an instant!

 Chapter 233 - Upper Hand

    <h4>Chapter 233: Upper Hand</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°You in the hole! Your best choice now is actually to stay inside and note out! In this way, you still ought to have quite a high chance of surviving this one hour with your position exposed while being hunted down by all the people on this ind.¡±

    After the highly precise shot, which had made Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯ eyes close out of reflex, the ¡°sickening¡± Sniper¡¯s voice faintly reached his ears.

    Hearing that ¡°sickening¡± Sniper outside speaking once more, Bowl of Instant Noodles yelled out uncontrobly, ¡°What do you mean by that?!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m prepared to borrow this situation¡ªyour position being exposed on everyone¡¯s map¡ªto do some things. You noting out would be more beneficial to both you and I. I think you ought to understand!¡±

    ¡°Borrowing my exposed position on everyone¡¯s map...¡±

    Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯ mind spun quickly, understanding what Feng Luo meant in just a few seconds!

    F*ck me! Using me as bait to ambush the peopleing over! Beneficial to me, my ass!

    Understanding the words of the Sniper outside, a look of bitterness instantly appeared on Bowl of Instant Noodles¡¯ face. Holding the spare alloy sword in his hand, he could not resist jumping out.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s subsequent words made him stop for a moment and think twice!

    ¡°If you stay there and don¡¯t move,¡± said the Sniper, ¡°then after this hour has passed, I can let you go and not kill you! If youe out, think about that shot just now. Let me just tell you that the damage I do now is only minor. If critical points were hit, it¡¯d only be about a 4,000-plus damage coefficient!¡±

    ¡°4,000-plus!¡±

    Hearing this astounding damage coefficient, Bowl of Instant Noodles looked even more hesitant.

    Other than a spare alloy sword and a pair of shoes he now had on him, the other defense equipment all had not been ¡°unlocked¡±; even as a Light Armor Warrior, his HP only just reached 3,000!

    This meant that the opponent had the ability to finish him off with just one shot!

    With the highly precise shooting demonstrated by the opponent just now, he believed it would not be too hard for the opponent to hit his critical spots once he jumped out!

    Hesitatingly for a few seconds once longer, Bowl of Instant Noodles shouted toward the outside, ¡°Do you mean what you say?¡±

    Bowl of Instant Noodles had to admit that regarding Feng Luo¡¯s promise, he indeed felt quite inclined.

    It was important to remember that in order to qualify for this ¡°battle royale¡± game, he had spent much time and energy and had even wasted a few thousand credits toplete the preceding missions. More important to consider were the astonishing mission rewards seen on the transport aircraft from before! Billions of high-grade energy crystals and a pile of valuable but unavable high-quality energy crystal cores!

    The rewards of this mission were definitely the richest he had ever heard of throughout his time ying this game! It was impossible for anyone to willingly give up the chance to win such a humongous fortune!

    He had initially felt hopeless due to Feng Luo¡¯s ability and being randomly selected. Now, after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words, his hopes had risen quite a bit!

    After all, Feng Luo¡¯s whole body of equipment was absolutely ¡°rad,¡± in addition to the shooting he had demonstrated just now. It would not be impossible for him to kill off all the ¡°yers¡± who woulde after having seen his position.

    With Feng Luo ambushing them from the side, surviving through this hour might not be impossible after all!

    Just by making it past this hour, 100 killing points could be earned straight away. Even though that would not enable him to unlock such ¡°rad¡± equipment like that of the Sniper, he would definitely catch up with most of the normal yers and also avoid the fate of being ¡°chosen¡± today at noon.

    More importantly, it could give him six hours of unexposed map-use time! As he saw it, this was undoubtedly an even more useful reward than 100 killing points. Because as long as they were yers who had sufficient ability, they would definitely be able to make use of this point to create a ¡°snowball¡± effect.

    Although his own equipment was not considered the best, Bowl of Instant Noodles was nheless quite confident in his own abilities. If not, he would not have considered that he might have a definite chance of winning battling against the rebel Elite Reconnoiter in a situation where he had extremely poor equipment!

    As long as he could survive and make good use of the next six hours to ¡°snowball¡± his equipment and points, then... It might not be impossible for him to survive to the end and obtain a share of the reward of billions of credits!

    He might even be able to eliminate all thepeting opponents and solely earn all of the energy crystals! It went without saying that this same point was shared by all the yers who had joined the death game!

    ¡°I can promise you.¡± From inside the hole in the rock, Bowl of Instant Noodles rolled his eyes and shouted loudly, ¡°But to prevent you from going back on your words, I want the signing of an electronic contract!¡±

    ¡°You can choose to ept what I had just said,¡± the Sniper shouted back, ¡°or you can choose to ept a bullet. Your time for choosing is down to ten seconds! Ten, nine...¡±

    The Sniper¡¯s tone left no room for negotiation. Straight away, he started to count down.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Bowl of Instant Noodles secretly cursed.

    But hearing the continuously reducing count in his ears made him helplessly forgo his impractical idea.

    ¡°I promise! I¡¯ve promised... I hope that you can keep your promise!¡±

    ¡°Very well. Now, then, you shall just stay in the hole!¡±

    Outside the big hole in the rock, Feng Luo put down the Silver Wing. His finger had remained constantly on the trigger.

    His current position was in a tree facing the side of the hole in the rock, where he only needed to advance less than half a meter upward to have the shooting angle to hit Bowl of Instant Noodles. But, given Feng Luo¡¯s prudence, how could he have wasted four killing points on the bullet he¡¯d used to deter Bowl of Instant Noodles and force him to talk about their terms of cooperation?

    In fact, there was one more true purpose for that shot. And that was to seal off the sight that Bowl of Instant Noodles could have used to see him in action without raising his head!

    After the shot¡ªin the short period of time when the few lines of conversation between him and Bowl of Instant Noodles were being spoken¡ªFeng Luo had already silently climbed up to the top of this tree with his high agility!

    If Bowl of Instant Noodles had rejected, then it would have only been a matter of spending another four killing points for one more bullet!

 Chapter 234 - Unlocked: Barrett

    <strong>Chapter 234: Unlocked: Barrett</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Unlock Python of Death?

    This equipment is a Level 45 rare sniper rifle, required killing points for unlock: 400 points!

    ¡°Unlocked!¡±

    Feng Luo, hidden in the lush bushes hanging down a distance above therge rock, retrieved a long ck gun case from inside his backpack. 10 secondster, a ferocious-looking, dark gray sniper rifle, seemingly radiating killing energy, appeared in aplete state in his hands.

    Python of Death: ¡°Barrett¡±!

    Even if a full Level-50 sniper rifle were to have appeared now, this was still the favorite Rare-grade sniper rifle of countless Snipers!

    Actually, along with the kills of the previous night, Feng Luo¡¯s killing points were already sufficient enough to unlock either one of the two Rare sniper rifles on him. But Feng Luo had been hesitant as to whether or not he should choose the Eye of the Thunder or the Barrett.

    Come to think of it, the Eye of the Thunder built by him and evaluated by the system as ¡°Perfect¡± was slightly superior in terms of overall attributespared to the Barrett, which had only been evaluated as ¡°Normal¡±!

    In addition to its originally doubled shooting speed, the efficiency of ying monsters would be higher. As such, Feng Luo was used to having the Eye of the Thunder as his number-one choice of weapon!

    However, in this situation, it was not about ying monsters but ying people!

    The people who had joined this mission¡ªregardless of whether they were yers or NPCs or the rebel army¡ªwere not the kind of low-intelligence monsters that would instantly run and hide upon being hit by one shot.

    Also, the battlefield on this ind was full of trees and weeds, making it very easy to find positions for cover. When a shot did not kill the opponent, it was very likely for the enemy to escape and even counterattack. Therefore, Feng Luo had, atst, decided to unlock the Barrett, which had more than 800 attack and, thus, a ¡°C¡± grade attack coefficient and an effective damage distance of a whole 1,500 meters!

    With such a great killing machine¡ªin a situation in which most of the ¡°yers¡± of this battle royale game were still in an ¡°equipment-naked¡± state¡ªin such a life-threatening situation, Feng Luo had secured a one-shot kill!

    But in order to prevent the gunshot sounds and the gunfire from exposing his position for an ambush, he specially attached the silencer in the gun case. This silencer had a negative attribute of ¡°reducing 15 percent damage and maximum shooting distance,¡± affecting, to a certain extent, the performance of the sniper rifle! But, as a Sniper, concealment while shooting was clearly more important!

    ******

    ¡°There are already only 33 people left?¡±

    Feng Luo was hidden on top of arge rock a whole 17 to 18-meter height from the surface of the sea. It would be very hard for him to be discovered from below.

    Once the Barrett had been propped up, the time for the second announcement of the people whose positions had been exposed was already there. On the minimalistic map of the ind, the blinking red lights this time had actually been reduced by a third!

    In less than a short five minutes¡¯ time, the 50 randomly selected people had already seen 17 killed. The ¡°horror¡± in the situation of having one¡¯s position exposed in this game was clearly evident!

    ¡°But this is also a piece of ¡®good news¡¯!¡±

    Looking through the sniper rifle scope, Feng Luo was looking for the ¡°targets¡± in his sight from above! It was a piece of good news, as the fewer people whose positions had been exposed were still alive, the more people would clearly be focused on targeting where they were.

    It was not like that during the first five minutes, when there had been no oneing over due to the beach being located near the edge. However, with this second announcement, Feng Luo believed that there were already people who could not wait to put their necks into the noose!

    Well, then, he only needed to continue anticipating!

    ¡°Hmm? They¡¯ve reallye?¡±

    10 secondster, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes lit up. Looking down from above, he could see the situation below.

    At that moment, from the forest on the inner side of the beach, which appeared emptier when viewed from above, a humanoid silhouette holding an alloy longsword in its hand was advancing toward the beach!

    This person was very slim and tall, wore a chest te, shoulder guards, and a few other pieces of equipment, and was quiet as he ran. However, he did not charge straight onto the beach but suddenly stepped up onto a tree trunk just as he was about to run out of the forest. After which, his body made use of the momentum and leaped to the trunk of another tree.

    After jumping a few times from two nearby trees, the silhouette had leaped onto a bigger branch of a tree five or six meters from the ground! Thereafter, he hid behind the tree, spreading open the dense leaves that blocked his sight. With a pair of eyes with pupils different from those of typical people, he observed the situation on the beach!

    ¡°No way. Could it be that I¡¯m really an enemy of the rebel army?¡±

    Feng Luo realized that he did not know whether to call his luck good or bad. The first target of this ambush was a rebel beast warrior!

    Also, it was clearly a Light Armor Warrior and was highly likely to have ¡°beastified¡± genes simr to the one he¡¯d met the day before.

    But this was actually understandable. Although there were 50 people having their positions directly exposed, most of the yers would definitely still be cautious in their actions. After all, they were still uncertain if they could even defeat this prey. Would it be possible to not be able to kill it, only to give advantage to others?

    By contrast, the rebel beast warrior who had made use of his night vision to gain an upper hand yesterday night was undoubtedly able to be a lot more ruthless. Though the scope of the sniper rifle, Feng Luo even saw that there were fresh bloodstains on the alloy longsword held by this rebel beast warrior.

    Very clearly, this ¡°beastified¡± Elite Warrior had just killed some ¡°prey¡±! However, he would not have thought that he had, at that moment, simrly be ¡°prey¡± in someone else¡¯s eyes!

    Ping!

    The sound produced by the silencer-equipped ¡°Python of Death¡± was as light and low as opening a beer bottle.

    A normal armor-piercing bullet that cost five killing points was instantly shot spinning toward the ¡°beastified¡± Elite warrior who had just emerged, at a negative angle of 30 degrees from the camouged bushes.

    Shoo!

    In Feng Luo¡¯s magnified sight through the scope, the spinning bullet passed through multiple tree branches and leaves obstructing the line of sight and even brushed past the edge of a tree with a mere gap of a millimeter, leaving only its whooshing, air-cutting sound in its tracks!

    But it was clear that the rebel Elite beast warrior¡ªwho¡¯d disyed a series of actions in the style of a Wulin master before¡ªdidn¡¯t have the ¡°location detection by listening to the wind¡± ability of a Wulin master, which would have allowed him to dodge the bullet! Because even with the effect of the silencer, the speed of the sniper bullet still greatly exceeded the speed of sound!

    Ping!

    The 12.7mmrge-caliber bullet was only a normal one, without any additional attribute enhancement, but under the enhancement of the base C-grade attack coefficient of Barrett, it could nheless effortlessly blow out an enemy¡¯s brains if unprotected by a helmet.

    The spinning bullet hit slightly to the left of the center of the rebel beast warrior¡¯s eyebrows. The immense impact straight away blew out half the brains of the rebel beast warrior.

    ?5644

    A bright red damage coefficient appeared! Even redder than the bloodstained sword in his hand!

    Therge-caliber bullet, which had, incredibly, fulfilled its true purpose, did not stop flying after blowing up half the head of the rebel beast warrior. It prated straight through the trunk of the tree behind him¡ªwhich was wide enough for several people to have collectively wrapped their arms around¡ªleaving a bullet hole ringed with blood and brain juice!

    It was the rare special attribute of the Python of Death Barrett: ¡°bullets shot have a 15 percent rate of disying the ¡®pration¡¯ effect, causing 50 percent damage to the subsequent target!¡±

    Peng!

    The corpse of the rebel beast warrior with half its brain lost fell straight from the tree, after which, it was engulfed by the dense cover of various sorts of shrubs below. If not within a close range of several meters, people from outside definitely would not be able to see that there was a fallen body.

    Killed Beast Warrior of the rebel army (Level 46, Elite). Attack contribution: 100%. Experience earned: 460.

    You have killed a death game opponent. ording to the opponent¡¯s ability evaluation, killing points earned: 80!

 Chapter 235 - Depressed Big Pineapple

    <h4>Chapter 235: Depressed Big Pineapple</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Puff!

    A light gunshot that sounded like a beer can opening rang out. A 12.7mm Armor-piercing Bullet spun at high speed while flying towards a target over 200 meters away.

    Pang!

    -2988

    The energy shield of the Earth Maniptor, who was running away in a panic, had already lost most of its defense value from an earlier sho. As the Earth Maniptor ran away with his back to Feng Luo, the energy shield was broken into pieces.

    The bullet of the Barrett was remarkably lethal. After tearing through the Earth energy shield that was supposed to be famous for its defense, it also pierced through the thin energy robe the yer wore, striking his heart through his back.

    Even though the Earth Energy Maniptor looked like he had killed two or three people, and the energy robe on his body had been unlocked using his kill points, he still had no way topletely block the shot which had an attack coefficient of C-grade.

    A Red Damage number nearing 3,000 meant that this shot was a critical hit. It totally cleared the HP of the yer which had not even reached 3,000.

    You¡¯ve killed a Death Game opponent.

    Based on the opponent¡¯s strength, obtained Kill Points: 65

    ¡°The ninth one!¡±

    Above therge boulder, Feng Luo kept the Barrett, bent his waist and shifted to a new position before crouching down again.

    At that moment, 55 minutes had passed since the first batch exposed their position. In those 55 minutes, Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Sit and Wait¡± tactic had a pretty decent return. He had umted a total of nine kills. Apart from the first rebel army beast warrior, the rest of them were either yers or NPCs. Most of the yers had already killed someone else, and the number of unlocked gears on them were either three or four.

    As for the NPCs, each of them had a different style. Apart from the two NPCs that did not seem weak, there was even a moner¡± beautiful female NPC whose clothes had been torn by tree branches, exposing her snow-white skin. She seemed incredibly frightened and anxious. However, the moment she appeared, Feng Luo shot her exposed snow-white chest without any hesitation.

    What a joke!

    In a situation like this, where the body and the shirt were smeared and filled with mud and leaves, while the skin was still so clean and the makeup on the face still intact... Only an idiotic NPC would be tricked!

    When the female NPC died after being shot in the chest, the dumbfounded and hateful stare in her eyes proved Feng Luo¡¯s guess to be true. It was clear that one should not underestimate the NPCs. They actually knew how to use a seduction tactic!

    In those 55 minutes, the movement and behavior of all nine of the people who entered his sniping scope were very cautious.

    However, their caution did not stop Feng Luo, who had a higher vantage point, a vast field of view, and whose visual senses had been enhanced through the W-virus. He also held a rare sniper rifle in his hands with over 800 attacks and an attack range of over 1,000 meters

    Eight kills provided him with over 390 points, which was close to the number of kill points he spent unlocking the Barrett. However, Feng Luo had a feeling that he had probably reached the limit. After all, yers and NPCs were not idiots. They would notice that for more than 50 minutes, the red dot of a yer inside the cave did not even move and was not killed either. This was enough to make people vignt. It was highly probable that apart from some NPCs who faced the pressure of ¡°being chosen¡± and some incredibly confident yers, no one else would probably go close.

    There¡¯s still five more minutes before the first round ends. Just how many are still alive right now?

    Feng Luo continued to hide within the dense vegetation above therge boulder. At the same time, he noticed that the time had reached 55 minutes, so he flipped open the button on his ne. On the simple ind map inside, the 50 red dots that signified the randomly chosen yers had been reduced to just eight.

    Eight!

    The number was surprising to Feng Luo. It wasn¡¯t that it was too few; it was that it was more than he expected.

    In his mind, in a situation where their position was exposed, the number of people who could survive was probably less than 10%. But for this first round, it seemed that the number was going to be more.

    After all, it wouldn¡¯t be too hard for the people who had survived until then to cling on for another five minutes. In this situation, at most, one or two might die.

    It might be because it¡¯s just the first round. Some of those who have not yet received any points are still hopeful and are participating as a spectator. If it were the third or fourth round, even if it were thest minute,plete annihtion is a possibility!

    While looking at the moving and shing red dots on the map, Feng Luo had an idea.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± Suddenly, he stared at a position on the map. Then, Feng Luo breathed out lightly and muttered, ¡°Interesting...¡± On the map, the closest red dot to him was charging straight toward him, and its speed was incredibly fast.

    What is this? Is this confidence? Or is this a way to transfer the losses to me? Sh*t! What the hell, there¡¯s only a little bit of time left. As if I¡¯ve actually been pursued by two crazy people!

    Wearing two to three temporarily put together pieces of armor while holding a gray alloy longsword, the dark-skinned Big Pineapple was running with the ¡°Charge¡± skill in operation. As he ran, heined about his situation. He felt depressed.

    After hended on the indst night, his results were quite decent. First, he killed a rebel army beast Light Armor Warrior who charged at him and got 50 points as a reward.

    Then, along the way, he met a yer, and by relying on the powerful meleebat skills of the ¡°Light Armor Warrior¡± second profession chip from the special agent mission, he decisively killed the Fire Maniptor with just a few shes. The Fire Maniptor did not even have time to cast his shield.

    After that, as the day went on, he encountered an NPC holding a handgun. Although it was a bit tough, with the bonus defense provided by his talent bonus, he still got rid of that NPC gunner after spending points on a blood tonic and getting shot four times.

    The three kills gave him a total of 140 points.

    With the additional ¡°unlocked¡± gears dropped by these three that he could directly use, Big Pineapple was in a more advantageous position. However, at that moment, he became part of the first batch which was randomly selected to appear on the death map.

    Although he gestured with his middle finger and cursed the system a few times, Big Pineapple who was adept at PK and even running away, still managed to intelligently use the gap of a few minutes after the location was disyed to move, shift and hide.

    In addition to his own strengths, after killing a Light Armor Warrior along the way, he seeded in holding out for over 50 minutes.

    However, what he did not expect was that due to the reduced number of exposed people, the focus each person received increased exponentially.

    When the announcement at the 50-minute interval was made, he was discovered by two rebel army elite beast warriors. If they were normal rebel army beast warrior, he might not even need to run. The key was that those two were not only Elites, but they were also NPCs who had seeded in killing at least five people throughout the night of the first round, so their equipment was clearly a lot better than his.

    Moreover, one of the rebel army elite reconnoiters actually had a submachine gun. When the two sides met, the first shot directly reduced his HP to less than one-third of its original.

    As for the other beast warrior, his body was covered with ayer of heavy scale armor that could not be cut even if the alloy longsword were to hit it.

    F*ck, only an idiot wouldn¡¯t run in such a situation. Also, that¡¯s cheating! Isn¡¯t everyone the enemy? Why are two beast warriors so persistent in chasing me instead of killing each other?

 Chapter 236 - Dumbfounded Big Pineapple

    <h4>Chapter 236: Dumbfounded Big Pineapple</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Big Pineapple looked at the translucent map projected in front of him while conducting his ¡°tactical retreat.¡±

    Thest location notification thatsted 30 seconds had already appeared. Big Pineapple saw that the red dot that had stayed in the same position since their location wasst exposed was still quietly staying put in the same ce.

    Good! The guy is still there and hasn¡¯t moved!

    Big Pineapple breathed a sigh of relief.

    Since the beginning, this guy has stayed in the same spot. It has been over 50 minutes, and no one has killed him! This red dot is either in a very safe and secure building that outsiders cannot enter, or he is incredibly powerful, and he has taken out anyone who came to kill him. Regardless of which it is, I can make use of him.

    Moreover, his style of staying put and not moving ispletely different from the rebel army beast warriors who are incredibly aggressive. It¡¯s highly unlikely he is a third rebel army personnel!

    Although Big Pineapple was normally fairly clumsy, when it came to battles, his mind worked very fast.

    Pang!

    -356

    However, at that time, a bullet from long-range hit his body.

    ¡°Damn it. These two b*stards are really annoying.¡±

    Big Pineapple turned to the side and stepped into a forest, evading the iing bullet.

    It was a good thing he had widened the gap between them after using Charge. It was not so easy for the opponent to hit him. Added to that, the NPC also had limited ammunition, so it was impossible for the rebel army reconnoiter to fire shots continuously.

    Otherwise, with targeted by the Excellent Grade assault rifle, even with Big Pineapple¡¯s S-rated defense bonus talent, there was no way he could withstand continuous shots with so few gears equipped.

    I¡¯ve finally reached the ce! Hmm? Why is no one here? Did he die?

    After a minute, Big Pineapple who had reached the beach, vaguely saw the position the red dot on the map must have been in.

    It looked like it was a beach with arge boulder in it. The only problem was that there was only a corpse on the beach.

    ¡°Finally, he¡¯s here,¡± Feng Luo thought, He was on top of the huge boulder, and he aimed the Barrett towards the direction where the red dot was charging from.

    Whether you¡¯vee here to kill because of your confidence in your strength or any other objectives... Since you¡¯reing here, just leave some points for me!

    At that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s finger was already on the trigger of the Barrett. He was prepared to press down on it at any given moment. However, when the target appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s sights...

    Hmm? What the f*ck!

    Feng Luo had almost pressed down on the Barrett¡¯s trigger, but he had no choice but to stop.

    Big Pineapple... It¡¯s actually him!

    Looking through the scope, Feng Luo saw a guy covered in mud and grass while wearing individual armor parts which made him look even more disgusting. If one were to say that Feng Luo was surprised, he or she would be right.

    Initially, he had wanted to shift his location afterpleting this ambush so that he could go and find the other five who took part in the mission, as well as Haruko.

    However, unexpectedly, Big Pineapple appeared in front of him!

    How did this guy get into this predicament?

    With his finger still on the trigger, Feng Luo thought it was kind of weird. Feng Luo was very well aware of Big Pineapple¡¯s strength. In all honesty, Big Pineapple was definitely among the best yers in the game. Hisbat awareness and techniques, especially his crazy defense, were all incredible. His defensive ability was definitely number one among all the yers Feng Luo had ever encountered.

    Even with the killer weapon called the Barrett in his hands right now, Feng Luo was notpletely confident that he would be able to take out Big Pineapple holding an alloy shield in ten shots!

    Added to that, Big Pineapple seemed to have also epted the hidden mission, which also meant that he probably also had a second profession chip on his body. Based on that, he shouldn¡¯t be in such a predicament in this mission, right?

    However, immediately after Big Pineapple¡¯s appearance, a rebel army Reconnoiter and a Heavy Armor Warrior, both equipped with better gears than Big Pineapple, with one even holding an assault rifle in his hand, appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s sights. It was then that Feng Luo understood the reason why. ¡°Ah, so that¡¯s it!¡±

    At that moment, Big Pineapple, who was almost out of the forest, was a little dumbfounded. Due to Big Pineapple¡¯s running direction and location, it was impossible for him to see Bowl of Instant Noodles inside the cave on the boulder.

    As for Feng Luo, he was hiding within the vegetation high up above the boulder, and he also used some camouge. As a Heavy Armor Warrior, Big Pineapple did not have very good observation skills while running for his life. As such, when he saw the corpse on the beach, Big Pineapple was shocked.

    Thest round of announcement had already passed, and he had no way to urately determine the location of the red dot that hadn¡¯t moved since the beginning.

    Is it possible that in the just one minute, my rade¡¯ who had held on for over 50 minutes has fallen?

    Just as Big Pineapple thought about that, a light gunshot rang out. An Armor-Piercing Bullet flew past the top of his head and continued flying towards the head of the Elite rebel army Reconnoiter behind him!

    Big Pineapple¡¯s position was close to the edge of the ind. The two rebel army elites, who were intent on catching and killing Big Pineapple, were on the beach that had no cover. This, without a doubt, created an amazing shooting angle for Feng Luo who already had a higher vantage point and a great visual field.

    The rebel army Reconnoiter raised the assault rifle in his hands again as he ran and fired another shot towards Big Pineapple¡¯s position.

    However, without warning, a bullet of the same caliber flew towards him and struck his brain from the opposite direction.

    Pang!

    3245

    The high caliber sniper round rotating at high speed struck the head of the rebel army Reconnoiter. Under the gory visual mode, the powerful impact tore through the skull of the Reconnoiter just like Feng Luo¡¯s previous shot on the first beast warrior, bringing along red and white substances as the bullet exited the skull.

    ¡°Brother!¡± The rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior following behind the beast Reconnoiter roared. His eyes that did not seem much different from a human¡¯s almost popped out of its sockets!

    What¡¯s going on?

    Big Pineapple, who had already charged into the forest after being surprised by the unexpected situation, couldn¡¯t help but turn around after hearing the roar of the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior.

    In the end, what he saw was, naturally, the headless corpse of the Elite rebel army Reconnoiter lying on the beach.

    F*ck, there¡¯s a Sniper!

    Big Pineapple suddenly felt a little numb. There¡¯s actually a Sniper here¡±

    Big Pineapple was now 100% sure that he was correct. By then, the Heavy Armor Warrior, who had entered into a frenzied rage, was also hit and a ssh of blood was produced from between his eyes!

    The scaled surface of the skin that even an alloy longsword found hard to prate cracked when the sniper¡¯s bullet hit, leaving a bloody hole in ce.

    2855

    A yellow Weakness Damage floated above the head of the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    Certainly, although the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior was covered in scales that the normal attacks of his Level 40 Fine Grade alloy sword could not even pierce, the destructive force of sniper bullets was more than one level stronger than the ¡°Fake Light Armor Warrior¡± who did not even have aplete set of armor and did not have many strength stat points added.

    When it hit the Heavy Armor Warrior, the extremely high Weakness Damage that neared 3,000 gave Big Pineapple goosebumps.

    Oh f*ck, I¡¯ve served myself up on a tter this time!

 Chapter 237 - â€œCold-bloodedâ€ Sniping

    <h4>Chapter 237: ¡°Cold-blooded¡± Sniping</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s initial reaction was one of shock. The rebel army beast Heavy Armor Warrior, who was shot in between the eyes but whose head did not explode due to his scale-covered skin, had descended into aplete and utter rage!

    From his roar earlier, one knew that the elite rebel army Reconnoiter that Feng Luo had killed just now was his ¡°Younger Brother.¡±

    Clearly, although their bodies were synthesized with the genes of wild beasts, the rebel army still retained the familial kinship of humans.

    Upon seeing the head of his brother whom he had grown up with explode after getting shot by a Sniper who was hiding in God knows where, the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior seemed to have totally forgotten the familiar tactic used to deal with Snipers he learned from his daily training. Instead, he just looked up into the sky, ignored everything, and charged towards the corpse of the rebel army Reconnoiter lying on the beach.

    However, there was no doubt that emotions often had very serious repercussions! To be controlled by one¡¯s emotions when facing a Sniper would mean that the repercussion was going to be even worse.

    Pu!

    -3055!

    The muffled gunshot of the sniper rifle equipped with the silencer rang out once more. Another 12.7mm caliber sniper bullet hit the head of the helmetless rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that he leaned forward slightly when he was running, the shot would have struck the bloody hole created by the previous shot, and the damage dealt would have been a Fatal Damage that was even higher. Even if he was equipped with four to five armor parts, over 6,000 damage was definitely at least half of his total HP!

    Roar!

    The rebel army warrior looked furious. However, Feng Luo¡¯s shot had clearly woken him up from his anger a little. He swung his thick, scale-covered right arm and held the alloy shield he was carrying with him in front of him. He stopped his forward charge.

    If this is the case...¡±

    On the boulder, the half-crouched Feng Luo holding the Barrett was still extremely calm. He waspletely unaffected. During the sniping process, he habitually kept himself in a state of ¡°Cold-blood.¡±

    Upon seeing the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior blocking his line of fire with the alloy shield so that not even his limbs were exposed, Feng Luo did not hesitate to slightly shift the angle of his shot!

    Pang!

    The third sniper bullet flew out.

    Pu!

    Under the gory visual mode, on the beach dyed red from the fresh blood, the remaining half of the head of the rebel army Reconnoiterpletely ¡°Exploded¡± as if a sledgehammer had just struck it. Red blood, crushed pieces of meat mixed with white brain matter sshed on the shield and body of the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior who was only two meters away.

    ¡°Brother!¡± The rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior could still see his younger brother¡¯s corpse even with his shield raised. His eyes becamepletely red. He wailed in agony like a lone wolf who had lost itsstpanion. The rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior roared and could not help but move the alloy shield in his hand to protect the corpse of his younger brother. However, this movement could not help but expose some parts of his body!

    Pang!

    -2455!

    For Feng Luo, who had been aiming the Barrett with a nk expression, that small exposed part was more than enough.

    Pu!

    As his stomach was hit, the corpse of the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior, whosest 2,500 HP was taken out, dropped down heavily beside his younger brother.

    The beast warrior had four to five pieces of equipment, and with its own added effect of beast genes that granted bonus HP, its HP was close to 9,000. However, under the powerful offensive of the Barrett, it didn¡¯t evenst more than three shots.

    F*ck me!

    Witnessing the scene unfold before him, Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes turned green. The damage inflicted by the Sniper was so high that it was scary. This Sniper was also ¡°inhumane!¡± Although Big Pineapple did not really treat NPCs as humans, in a highly realistic game where the AI of the NPCs was also incredibly high, it was difficult not to be affected when you watched them die.

    Big Pineapple would hesitate before using the corpse flogging tactic that forces enemies to expose their weakness, but this Sniper did it in an instant.

    F*ck, he¡¯s cold-blooded! Hold on. After taking care of these two NPCs, his next target will be me, won¡¯t it?

    Big Pineapple immediately remembered his situation.

    I¡¯m in a life and death situation, and I have no time toment the death of my enemy!

    As he thought of that, Big Pineapple immediately turned his body to the side and attempted to run into the depths of the forest to get out of the visual field of this Sniper. From the location where the two rebel army beast warriors were shot, he had already estimated the direction of the opponent. However, just as he started to move, a sound made him slow down.

    ¡°Big Pineapple. What are you running for? Pick up the equipment those two dropped ande over here!¡±

    What? This guy actually knows me?

    Big Pineapple was stunned yet again. He couldn¡¯t help but stop in his tracks.

    What¡¯s going on? Does this Sniper actually know me? The voice really does sound familiar, but I just can¡¯t think of who it is right now.

    Upon hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words, he stopped walking, but he did not follow Feng Luo¡¯s instructions to pick up the equipment.

    Though he is probably an acquaintance, what if he¡¯s an enemy? An enemy is still an acquaintance, right?

    Perhaps the opponent told him to do that because he was in a spot where the opponent¡¯s line of fire was blocked, and he wanted him to trick him into going outside to pick up the dropped gears.

    Big Pineapple did notpletely rx.

    After all, the mission was rted to switching into a hidden profession. One should be cautious above everything!

    F*ck... This guy...

    Seeing that Big Pineapple hadn¡¯t moved after a while, Feng Luo could guess what he was thinking about.

    As such, he spoke once more.

    ¡°Stop just standing there. Did you not see the sign on the boulder?¡±

    Sign?

    Upon hearing the familiar voice speak once more, Big Pineapple was stunned again.

    He was busy running away from the pursuit of the two Elite rebel army warriors just now and only cared about getting himself hidden in the forest. He only scanned the boulder and the beach quickly so had not noticed any signs.

    However, since he knows the sign...

    Upon hearing about the sign, Big Pineapple knew that the person was a friend and not a foe. The sign was a method which was used to identify and search for teammates that Haruko told them before they participated in the ¡°Big Escape¡± game. That meant that this person was definitely someone who took part in the special agent mission. No wonder the person didn¡¯t attack him.

    Who is this guy then? Is he number 99 or number 37? Or perhaps he¡¯s the backup? That number 243?

    Big Pineapple had his ideas about Feng Luo¡¯s identity.

    Once he had a chance to sneak a nce at the top of the boulder, he found out that the sign was actually quite easy to spot. Then, he knew that the Sniper was definitely a teammate.

    After knowing that the Sniper hiding in the dark was a friend and not a foe, Big Pineapple finally rxed and quickly ran towards the corpse of the two rebel army warriors. In truth, for the ¡°Gamers¡± who participated in this mission, the real profit wasn¡¯t the kill points gained after killing an enemy, but the equipment they dropped.

    These gears could significantly strengthen them; as for the kill points, they were only a requirement to pass the selection!

    As such, if the two equipment-filled corpses were discovered by someone, it would definitely incite another battle. He had to get down quickly and put them in his backpack. However, he forgot one thing. When he participated in the special agent mission, he had used a disguise potion as well as a fake name. So just how did this person know his real ID?

 Chapter 238 - So Much Equipment that Some Needs to be Discarded

    <h4>Chapter 238: So Much Equipment that Some Needs to be Discarded</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    After he had spoken to Big Pineapple, Feng Luo remained on top of therge boulder. He was half-crouched and had changed his position, but he continued to hold the Barrett in his hands while aiming at the area near Big Pineapple.

    His eyes which had been strengthened by the W-virus did not rx in the slightest and continued to search for any suspicious activities within his vision.

    Although the exposed period for the first batch of yers was already over, he did not let his guard down. He was worried that if a ¡°Gamer¡± with amazing camouge skills was hiding nearby, then his exposed location would be dangerous. After all, being cautious and vignt prevented big mistakes.

    Even though he had already killed nine people, his sense of danger had prevented him from leaving the boulder to go and collect any of the dropped equipment. However, now that Big Pineapple was there, the problem was solved. There was no doubt that the gears on the ind were several times more valuable than his head at the current moment. If no one initiated an attack or tried to steal the gears while Big Pineapple picked them up, then no one was probably hiding or lurking around the ce.

    So, it was alright, although thest time Big Pineapple acted as a ¡°bait¡±, he was pretty rubbish! But this guy was tough and thick-skinned, so even if it were a machine gunner, there was probably no way to take him out instantly. That made him the best choice for these sorts of dangerous operations.

    After five minutes, Big Pineapple reached the bottom of the boulder Feng Luo was on. He looked like an entirely new person. Apart from the fact that his armor was almostplete, even his alloy sword had been exchanged for the one the rebel army Light Armor Warrior that Feng Luo had killed earlier used.

    In his other arm, Big Pineapple was holding the alloy shield that the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior had dropped as if it were a tool. On the shield were over a dozen gears, ammunition, potions, and other supplies. Looking at the joy emanating from Big Pineapple¡¯s face, Feng Luo could tell that the stats of these gears were quite decent.

    That was indeed the case. After all, from the two pieces of equipment dropped by the rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior that Feng Luo killed first, it was easy to tell that the value of these gears on the ¡°humanoid monsters¡± was not normal. They were almost all equipment at the Excellent Grade. There was even a very rarely seen Fine Grade decorative item called the ¡°Bone Ne!¡±

    As for the yers, most of them had already killed someone, and they would have one or two unlocked pieces of equipment that were quite decent. After all, apart from guns, most weapons could be unlocked without too many kill points being needed. Even a rare of equipment like the Mad Dog military knife only cost a little over 100 points. Of course, that was probably also because of its lower level of just 33.

    Nothing out of the ordinary happened while Big Pineapple picked up the items. Perhaps even if someoney in hiding, after knowing that there was a Sniper hiding somewhere while another Heavy Armor Warrior that could hardly be killed in one hity below, the only choice was to retreat sulkily.

    However, although there was no one around, with a huge bunch of items and equipment, there was another problem. There was simply too much stuff and the backpack could not carry it all.

    Feng Luo had killed 11 people in total, but half of them had already killed someone else. After a yer died, all the ¡°unlocked¡± items would drop, including those inside their backpacks. As such, the number of pickable equipment with stats from these corpses was more than 50.

    50 pieces of equipment. If their backpacks were empty, fitting them in wouldn¡¯t be much of a problem. However, Big Pineapple was like Feng Luo, and both of them were on their special agent mission. To be prepared, their backpacks were 70% filled, and after taking part in this mission, they couldn¡¯t take out the locked items inside their backpack. This meant that even if they wanted to discard some of their unwanted items to make some space, they would first need to spend some kill points to unlock them.

    The kill points were connected to the final ¡°selection.¡± It would probably be quite difficult for normal yers to decide to use the kill points to unlock some unwanted equipment just to clear their backpack space.

    Big PIneapple threw the equipment on the shield on the ground below the boulder, putting them together with the 20 pieces of equipment and consumables before shouting up to Feng Luo. ¡°Brother, a total of 54 gears. They¡¯re all here! I¡¯ve taken five of them. After exiting the game, tell me your ount number, I¡¯ll transfer the money to you directly. Also, there¡¯s a lot of gears that will be useful for gunners like you. It¡¯s better if you hurry down and pick the ones you want.¡±

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll be right over.¡± After observing the surroundings for onest time and finding no problems, Feng Luo put the Barrett back into his backpack.

    After that, he tightened his tactical glove and leaped down. He grabbed the branch of a tree in the middle of the boulder to act as a buffer. Then, his entire body dropped from the giant boulder that was at least 17 to 18 meters tall,nding before Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Big Pineapple! It¡¯s been a while!¡± Feng Luo greeted Big Pineapple with a smile.

    ¡°Old Feng! It¡¯s you?¡± Big Pineapple eximed. His face was frozen as he was filled with surprise and delight.

    After that, he immediately remembered something and continued to shout loudly. ¡°Wait, that means... You¡¯re the No. 99 ranked number one in the rankings in the Dongsang City mission?¡±

    The sign on the boulder was used specifically by the six of them from the ¡°FBI,¡± and he only needed to check Feng Luo¡¯s height and body shape.

    Big Pineapple thought for a moment and confirmed Feng Luo¡¯s identity.

    Number 99!

    ¡°I was saying. The kind of marksmanship that doesn¡¯t miss, where every shot is a headshot, no ordinary yer could do that. If it¡¯s you, then it¡¯s not weird anymore. Your marksmanship is one of the rare skills which I can use the word ¡®crazy¡¯ to describe!¡± Relief could be seen on Big Pineapple¡¯s dark face.

    After two minutes, Big Pineapple nced at Feng Luo who was holding a gray submachine gun while leaning on a tree and said, ¡°Old Feng, what about the rest of this equipment? My backpack can¡¯t take anymore.¡±

    ¡°Throw them into the sea. We can¡¯t use them anyway, but if we leave them here, it will make things easy for others. In apetitive mission like this, I¡¯d rather destroy them than to hand it over to my opponents.¡±

    ¡°Throw them into the ocean? F*ck, there¡¯s a couple of Excellent Grade equipment pieces here. Although their stats are average, if we were to bring them to the exchange, we could at least earn a couple of thousand credits! It¡¯s such a waste to just throw them into the ocean...¡± Big Pineapple looked at Feng Luo beseechingly.

    ¡°Just wait! If everything goes smoothly, we might even be forced to throw away Rare Grade equipment, let alone Excellent Grade equipment. That¡¯s why it¡¯s better to move quickly.¡± Feng Luo smiled and pressed his finger on the trigger of the gray submachine gun that looked like an MP5 model. His eyes signaled to discard the Excellent alloy shield used as a transportation tool on the ground.

    The work was still left to Big Pineapple in the end.

    Although no one was probably around them, this was still an ind with danger lurking everywhere, and they still needed one person to focus specifically on defense, just in case.

    Feng Luo thought for a bit and pointed to the corpses inside the forest before speaking to Big Pineapple. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Throw the two corpses into the ocean too. From the scenes earlier, those piranhas are really sensitive to the smell of blood. Two corpses with gun injuries should be able to attract a huge amount of piranhas. That way, no one would dare enter the ocean to pick up these gears!¡±

    While he spoke, he threw a meaningful nce inside the cave in the middle of the boulder.

    ¡°Friend, I¡¯ve already stayed hidden inside for an hour as per our agreement. You won¡¯t go back on your words, will you?¡±

    The warrior inside the boulder finally spoke.

    ¡°F*ck, there¡¯s someone else?¡± Big Pineapple was shocked, and he instinctively raised the gray alloy sword in his hands. He had not realized that someone was still hiding inside the cave in the boulder.

    ¡°It¡¯s alright. I¡¯ll tell you the detailster.¡± Feng Luo shook his head. ¡°Just wait a little longer. We¡¯ll deal with these things and then we¡¯ll leave.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s better if we don¡¯t see each others¡¯ faces. Otherwise, it might be a little awkward when killing each other!¡±

    Feng Luo smirked.

    Around a minute after the two of them had left, Bowl of Instant Noodles quickly jumped out of the middle of the boulder while holding his backup alloy longsword. He stood on the beach and looked at the sea that had been dyed light red, filled with piranhas moving about while torn clothing floated in the sea. His face showed clear disappointment!

    F*ck! This gunner is really ruthless. He¡¯d rather throw the pieces of equipment into the sea and destroy them. He hasn¡¯t even left one or two behind!

    Bowl of Instant Noodles looked at the sea in disappointment once more before turning around to leave. However, he memorized the location of this beach. He was going to return here to take another look after a while. Perhaps some of the equipment would be washed ashore.

 Chapter 239 - Rare Equipment â€œDouble Eagleâ€

    <h4>Chapter 239: Rare Equipment ¡°Double Eagle¡±</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Death Messenger (Submachine Gun)

    Grade: Excellent

    Attack: 320

    Attack Coefficient: D

    Agility +12

    Maximum Shooting Rate: 300 rounds per minute

    Effective Range: 250m

    Level Requirement: 45

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    On a slope covered in vegetation that was seven to eight meters high, Big Pineapple was half-crouched as he observed a thicket more than a dozen meters below the hill with a pair of military binocrs.

    Beside him, Feng Luo was adjusting the gray submachine gun that he had obtained from the elite rebel army Reconnoiter. It looked simr to an MP5.

    Death Messenger!

    Feng Luo was no stranger to that name. During the mission at the Town of Exile where they had to surround and kill the rebel armymander at the Dark Moon Valley, Dan Hen from the Veterans Tribe used this type of submachine gun.

    However, his was a modified type with Perfect Evaluation. Its shooting rate had been increased to a shocking 350 per minute

    The submachine gun and assault rifle were both main mid-range weapons that Scouts could use, but there was a clear distinction between the two. In general, an assault rifle would have a greater attack range and could reach over 300 meters. At the same time, its attack would also be higher. The maximum attack range of the submachine gun would be less impressive, normally reaching about 200 meters. Its attack would also be lower. However,pared to an assault rifle, a submachine gun had a much faster shooting rate, and it could even be double its rate.

    This Death Messenger was a ssic example of a weapon with a high shooting rate. 300 rounds per minute meant that a 50 round magazine would be emptied in just ten seconds in extreme circumstances.

    Of course, yers wouldn¡¯t normally do that since the recoil from continuous shooting would definitely make thetter part of the shooting shift from its mark. That would be the case unless the yer was incredibly familiar with the changes the gun would make and could adjust it ordingly while shooting.

    However, to Feng Luo, the biggest problem of the third hot weapon in his hand wasn¡¯t this. It was the ammunition. The bullets in War of the same caliber of the same type of guns were interchangeable. The bullets of handguns, machine guns, and sniper rifles, all used the same production standard, so as long as the caliber was the same, they could be used. However, the bullets of different gun types could not be used interchangeably. For example, although they were both 12.7mm, the Barrett could not use the bullets of the Tyrant. As such, Feng Luo was faced with a huge problem, and it was that there were only 19 bullets in the magazine of the submachine gun, which was less than half its magazine.

    This amount of bullets won¡¯t evenst a little bit in a battle.

    Feng Luo shook his head and put the Death Messenger back into his backpack. Due to the limitation of the ammunition, he could only temporarily use it when it was necessary. Or perhaps it was better to say that he would have to think up ways to get his hands on more submachine gun bullets.

    But it is actually possible to get my hands on arge number of bullets!

    Feng Luo thought about the supply point and the airdrop supply that the ck-shirt military officer had mentioned.

    Generally speaking, it should not only drop food. It was possible ammunition and energy core crystals, and other consumables were also dropped. After all, normal NPCs would not have backpacks that could pack food like yers.

    In fact, even if it were a yer, they would still have to fight for the supplies since Feng Luo discovered earlier that the extra food that exceeded 10% of the backpack¡¯s capacity could not be unlocked.

    Supply point... Airdrop. By then, a lot of people would probably have been killed. Clearly, this is also the organizer¡¯s objective...¡±

    Feng Luo thought carefully, but his eyes shifted to the eye-catching ck tactical gloves in his hands.

    ck Eagle (Tactical Glove)

    Grade: Rare

    Defense +53

    Defense Coefficient: C+

    Agility + 8

    Strength +7

    Unique Attributes: Reduce endurance consumption by 30% when climbing, decreases body weight by 25% when climbing

    Level Requirement: 40

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    The pair of tactical gloves had been dropped by a Scout yer who was killed earlier. One had to admit that the attributes of the gloves were really good. It increased agility and strength, two basic stats that were very useful for Scouts. The pair of gloves also had the rare attribute of reducing endurance consumption and bodyweight when climbing. It could help save a lot of energy when climbing, which was particrly good for Scouts.

    There was another reason why the gloves were very valuable. It was the most important reason. The Defense Coefficient of the glove reached the C+ grade. This was a level that even many Heavy Armor Warrior shields couldn¡¯t even reach. With such a high defense coefficient, theoretically speaking, this glove could hold the de of a dagger in meleebat. If the attack coefficient of the military knife itself was insufficient, it could not pierce through this pair of gloves. With this glove, Feng Luo even wanted to try catching a de with his bare hands. However, he didn¡¯t know if he would have the chance to do so.

    ¡°Old Feng, you sure that guy will hide here? Don¡¯t make a mistake and waste our time! After all, we still have other choices right now!¡± Big Pineapple said to Feng Luo while scanning the surroundings with the military binocrs in his hands.

    ¡°Rx! It will be half a minute more. Before the next announcement is made, he¡¯ll definitely shift position!¡±

    Feng Luo extended his hands and pulled arge pair of heavy ck sses from the top of his head down to cover his eyes. After that, along with Big Pineapple, he also started to check a few suspicious locations.

    After meeting up with Big Pineapple, the two of them nned to continue ¡°killing people¡± without any fear so that they would have enough kill points to y this game to the end. After all, although they didn¡¯t reallyck gears, when it came to kill points, the more, the merrier! After all, Haruko seemed to have secretly hinted that the kill points were connected to the special agent examination mission. Feng Luo also needed to collect 1,500 kill points to unlock his true killer weapon, the 24K.

    The rare gear that he was now wearing in front of his eyes also came from the unlucky yers and NPCs whom he had killed earlier.

    Night Eagle ¨C Type Three (Tactical sses)

    Grade: Rare

    Defense +41

    Defense Coefficient: D-

    Agility + 10

    Level Requirement: 38

    Rare Unique Attributes: Increases effective range of Detection by 20%!

    Overall Evaluation: Normal

    Tactical sses and helmets were both headgears. Unlike helmets, tactical sses weren¡¯tpletely defensive equipment. They were more like pieces of equipment with a detection function. Their scanning and analysis functions, as well as other embedded abilities, made it possible for them to identify monsters and observe enemy information.

    This function was very simr to the sniping scope of the Sniper; however, inparison, there was a slight difference. In most circumstances, Snipers used headgears to increase their defense, and Scouts would generally use tactical sses to enhance observations.

    However, Feng Luo still hadn¡¯t unlocked his headgear, so the tactical sses that one of the ¡°preys,¡± a gunner, dropped became the recement for his defensive headgear.

    In truth, among the over 50 spoils of war they had collected earlier, these two weren¡¯t the only Rare Grade pieces of equipment. The only issue was that the rest of the items were for other professions, and the only things that suited him, a gunner, were these two.

    As for equipment below Excellent Grade, there was no need to mention them.

    After Feng Luo put on the tactical sses, he quickly locked his gaze onto a particr spot. Then, he said to Big Pineapple, who was beside him, ¡°11 o¡¯clock. Beside that swamp. The guy has already appeared. You¡¯re not thorough enough in your observations!¡±

    Big Pineapple moved his binocrs towards the direction Feng Luo mentioned and eximed, ¡°Eh? You¡¯re right!¡±

    As a warrior, although he could also use the binocrs among the spoils of war, he was still a lot weaker than Feng Luo when it came to searching out targets

    However, as a fragile gunner, even if Feng Luo¡¯s HP was no longer that much less than a Light Armor Warrior after the enhancement from his Evolution Talent and the Enhancement Potion, his defense was still a lot weaker than Big Pineapple¡¯s.

    The two of them actually worked very well together. In this game, if they coordinated well, they would definitely be able to produce a multiplication effect, especially because the clumsy-looking Big Pineapple also possessed an S-grade talent.

 Chapter 240 - Call Me a Master

    <h4>Chapter 240: Call Me a Master</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Haha! These morons...¡±

    ¡°Call Me a Master¡± was now very pleased!

    Just 35 minutes ago, he had unluckily been randomly chosen in the second batch to have his position exposed for one hour. However, unlike others, he was not in much of a panic at all. Because on this ind with quite a lot of monster clusters, he who had a unique talent would not be like the other yers who could only escape.

    By bravely engaging the map, he had already taken note of the monster distribution of a nearby region the previous night. This data would provide him with the greatest help!

    Within these 35 minutes, there had already been three people hunting him down whom he had lured into the monster region.

    These people had then been wiped out by the monsters on the ind. The creatures were not high in grade but were overwhelming in number, and all of the participants¡¯ faces looked awful before their deaths. These people never could not have suspected that his unique talent could allow him not to be chased by the monsters. After which, he had picked up the equipment dropped by these people within the cluster of monsters.

    However, he would not be satisfied by merely making use of monsters to defeat his enemies.

    A few minutes before, he had even lured one of the people who were hunting him down near to another person who had meant to ambush him. As a result, the two people had fiercely fought each other, and he perfectly cleaned it up at the end!

    Since his position had been exposed, he had already finished off five yers and NPCs who were intent on killing him. Moreover, it had been donepletely without bloodshed.

    ¡°These morons really thought it¡¯d be so easy to kill me? Treating me as prey... Humph! My talent is so great, yet it¡¯s only evaluated as B-grade¡ªthis trashy game really has no insight!¡±

    With the equipment on him coated with silt, some weeds, and leaves, Call Me a Master hid quietly at the edge of a stretch of swamp, scornfully letting out aint. After which, he shifted his sight once more to a region across the mire.

    ¡°Hmm. At the next position announcement, I¡¯ll move there! I¡¯ll lure those guys into that cluster of Level-25 Rainforest Poisonous Wasps with paralytic toxin!¡±

    ******

    ¡°Old Feng, I¡¯m stumped. How did you know that this guy woulde here?¡±

    Big Pineapple on the slope revealed a look of surprise on his face, already holding up the Level-45 Excellent alloy sword at his side.

    ¡°By guessing ording to his movement tracks, along with the information on the map!¡± Feng Luo said, putting one eye to the scope of Barrett.

    ¡°The map? That can¡¯t be. You haven¡¯t been looking at my map, have you? I haven¡¯t seen you opening your map either.¡±

    Big Pineapple was doubtful. As he was one of the first batches of ¡°yers¡± who had survived one hour with their positions exposed, he had, as a result, earned the special entitlement of being able to open the detailed map without having his personal information exposed for six hours. As such, he would frequently open the map on the way to see if there were people in his surroundings who had simrly opened the map.

    However, unfortunately, it had already been 35 minutes, yet he had not locked onto a suitable target. This was because most of the people would only engage the map for a few seconds, then immediately switch it off, causing him to be unable to clearly see the target before it was lost.

    This made Big Pineapple¡ªwho had arduously survived past one hour and was initially feeling a bit of self-satisfaction¡ªfeel hateful and disinterest in this situation! However, what made him even more curious was that when he had opened the map along the way, it seemed like Feng Luo had not really looked over, so how would he have known the corresponding regions of this ¡°prey¡¯s¡± tracks?

    It was important to remember that there was no detailed geographical information for these monsters on the minimalistic map at all. In fact, it was not that Feng Luo had not seen the map¡ªhe was only ¡°seeing¡± from within his own mind!

    During his killing operation the previous night, he had circled around the eastern edge of Death Hunter Ind. At every interval of about more than 200 meters at the edge of the previous view of the map, he would engage the map and recall it once.

    At this point, one-fifth of the map of Death Hunter Ind was essentially in Feng Luo¡¯s mind! And it was coincidental that that region of this suspicious target¡¯s movement just happened to be on a portion of the map that was in his mind.

    ¡°I¡¯ve noticed from the past few announcements that this guy¡¯s movements are actually strategically leading people to chase him in the direction of ces with monster clusters. And every two times, he changes to another monster region. All these regions have generally simr characteristics. I specte that he personally has a unique skill or talent that allows him to easily arouse the aggression in these monsters, so the people lured over there by him are falling for it. His profession is likely to be a Warrior, as a Warrior¡¯s movement speed is very fast, and it¡¯d be easy to escape and also lure people with Charge¡ªthis is probably the reason he¡¯s survived until now.¡±

    Although Feng Luo did not know of Call Me a Master¡¯s specific profession and skills, such a guess was almost right on the money.

    ¡°As for the map, it¡¯s all here...¡± Feng Luo pointed to his own head.

    ¡°What?¡± Big Pineapple widened his eyes, suddenly looking toward Feng Luo, then said, ¡°Forget it, I¡¯m not thinking anymore. Anyway, Old Feng, what do we do now? Can your sniper rifle finish him straight from this position?¡±

    Big Pineapple used his eyes to scan for the motionless Light Armor Warrior below.

    ¡°The speed of finishing him won¡¯t be very high. After all, he is a Light Armor Warrior. Plus, his head and chest areas are all protected. I don¡¯t think one shot will kill him. Plus, the shooting interval of this sniper rifle is a little long!¡±

    Feng Luo, who already had Barrett aimed, shook his head. Although he was confident, he was not overconfident¡ªhe knew that the reason he had been able to kill with every shot was the great difference in equipment, whereas this Light Armor Warrior, wearing a whole half-body of equipment, would not be as easily defeated.

    After all, the HP and defense of Light Armor Warriors were higher than those of more vulnerable professions. Even if he was unable to hit lethal damage with one shot, the chance of a finishing move wasn¡¯t high.

    ¡°Let¡¯s just act ording to the n,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°You go around to his side, Charge up, and attack straight to block his movement track. But as a precaution, it¡¯d be best if you carry with you a blood tonic to guard against the possibility that there might be other people waiting in ambush in the surroundings who might suddenly attack!¡±

    ¡°Okay!¡± Big Pineapple nodded, grabbed his alloy sword, and started to take action.

    ******

    Half a minuteter, Call Me a Master, with shock on his face, watched the ¡°Light Armor Warrior¡± yer with a slightly boorish-looking appearance in front of him, who had suddenly run out from behind a bush to hide his tracks.

    The Warrior equipment on this yer was actually moreplete than his! This made his initially self-satisfied heart a little resentful. But his confidence in his own ability allowed him not to take this disparity in equipment to heart.

    What surprised him was that, without a word, the slightly dark-skinned Light Armor Warrior across from him¡ªwith a wretched expression on his face as he held an alloy sword, dirtied and gray but seemingly not of a low grade¡ªwas rushing over with a Warrior¡¯s Level-30 ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± skill!

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    With a change in expression on his face, Call Me a Master quickly used the ¡°Parry¡± skill with a wave of the silver-colored alloy sword in his hand, blocking the opponent¡¯s alloy sword!

    ng!

    ?487

    As the two alloy swords shed in the air, the heavy impact sent Call Me a Master, who was quick to defend, staggering a few steps backward. Thebat shoes on his feet even sank halfway into the soft, moist ground, emitting a rotting stench!

 Chapter 241 - Big Pineappleâ€™s Rad Defense

    <h4>Chapter 241: Big Pineapple¡¯s Rad Defense</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    Seeing the message indicating damage taken in his own vision, Call Me a Master was stone-faced for a moment, but then his expression turned into delight. Because even though the opponent¡¯s ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± move was full of strength, the damage inflicted on him was not very high!

    A damage coefficient of not even 500 was a bit too low, considering the opponent¡¯s seeminglyplete, ¡°luxurious¡± equipment, wasn¡¯t it? In fact, even though he had blocked the opponent¡¯s ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± skill with a ¡°Parry¡± skill, the familiarity of his ¡°Parry¡± skill was only up to an Advanced level of 70 percent; the damage reduction was not all that high. In such a situation, and with the opponent¡¯s attack using a skill, the damage done to him was still not even 500!?

    Absolutely, without a doubt, this meant that the opponent must have been the kind of casual gamer who liked to use equipment to disy an apparent advantage while putting very little effort into skill-usage, resulting in low skill familiarity!

    ¡°F*ck. Almost fooled by this brat!¡± Discovering that the damage done by the opponent was not as high as he¡¯d expected, Call Me a Master quickly becameposed. ¡°For Warrior skills in this game, it¡¯s not that the familiarity is higher the more they¡¯re used. Learning to use a skill in an actual battle is necessary to have truemand over it and the essence of its power in order to inflict truly the highest damage!¡±

    Call Me a Master had a cold, condescending smile. He held onto his alloy sword with both hands and engaged the Warrior Level-35 ¡°Devastating sh¡± skill.

    With a sh of light from the de, the alloy longsword in his hand made a ferocious howl in the wind and shed toward the chest of the Light Armor Warrior who had just fallen! His ¡°Devastating sh¡± had already reached ¡°Expert level 40 percent¡± and was able to break the opponent¡¯s armor with one sh in most cases¡ªmore than enough to inflict more than 2,000 damage in just one move!

    ng!

    The alloy longsword, which had just used a skill,nded heavily on Big Pineapple¡¯s chest, followed by the sound of shing metal. A white-colored damage indicator gradually appeared above Big Pineapple¡¯s head.

    ?445

    Seeing the damage of not even 500¡ªeven lower than his own damage¡ªabove the head of his opponent, a look of disbelief shed across Call Me a Master¡¯s face!

    Such low damage! Not even 500?! How was it possible?!

    Moreover, he¡¯d delivered an attack using the Expert-level ¡°Devastating sh¡± to sh the opponent¡¯s armor, yet it had only left a scratch, while the destruction caused was not even 30 percent!

    Although the alloy longsword in his hand was not his main weapon but only a spare item, it was still a Level-42 Excellent-grade piece of equipment. Moreover, with its attack coefficient having reached D+, technically, even if it was faced with a C+ defense armor, it still should not have been unable to break the defense.

    Could it be that the defense coefficient of the opponent¡¯s armor was B-grade? How would this be possible?!

    Up until now, he had never even heard of Warrior equipment that had reached B-grade. How would it be possible that this piece of rather inconspicuous-looking, normal armor was radical B-grade defense equipment?

    ¡°Hey!¡±

    On the other side, Big Pineapple smiled brightly with a sh of wretchedness. In terms of output, he certainly did not match up to this Light Armor Warrior. The opponent was a true Light Armor Warrior, and all his skills would definitely have been practiced to an extremely high familiarity¡ªhe would even have been able to learn rare skills! However, Big Pineapple was a ¡°counterfeit¡± like Feng Luo, having purchased a series of Light Armor Warrior normal skills from the Exchange only one day before.

    With only one day or more of practice, during which he had not be very familiar with some of those skills, it was clearly impossible for him to surpass his opponent in terms of damage. The opponent had these skills as his original main output and had decent equipment. But it was even more impossible for the opponent to cause high damage to Big Pineapple!

    With equipment alone, and with a sufficiently high original defense coefficient, even if the equipment attributes were not very high, his talent would still be able to give him rad defense enhancement!

    Even though this chest te, which had just been selected from Feng Luo¡¯s prizes, was only a piece of Level-35 Excellent equipment, its defense coefficient had reached a ¡°C?.¡± If further apanied with his talent... To other Warriors, it was essentially as difficult as breaking as an alloy shield. In most cases, when met with such a situation, the people who PK¡¯d with him would have turned pale.

    ¡°Hey!¡±

    Big Pineapple had a sleazy smile on his face.

    ******

    Call Me a Master¡¯s face had gone pale. This wretched Warrior¡¯s fighting method was simply unprincipled. With the high degree of damage reduction afforded by his own armor with an extremely high defense coefficient, he totally stood up to the opponent¡¯s skills and normal attacks. Rather, he continuously made use of his own undamaged equipment and the advantage that he was difficult to hit with a highly damaging effect. He relentlessly exchanged blows with him. It was ¡°an eye for an eye,¡± shing at each other again and again.

    In such a situation, even with better PK techniques, it was not possible to go easy in the fight. Especially when he had not even knocked 3,000 HP off the opponent with the Level-40 ¡°Devastating sh¡± move he¡¯d just engaged!

    In the face of this situation, Call Me a Master thought with hate, This kind of rad defense definitely isn¡¯t a matter of equipment alone. This guy definitely has an A-grade or above defense-typebat talent!

    There were many talent types for yers in War. Besides the differentiation of their S, A, B, C, and D grades, talents were also categorized by yers into bat talents¡± and ¡°nonbat talents,¡± based on whether they were useful in PKbat.

    His talent could be used when he was facing Normal and Elite-grade monsters, whereby it would not be easy for him to trigger the aggression of the opponents. As a result, he would be able to freely enter and leave some regions of clustered monsters. Such a talent was actually already quite superb, but because it waspletely useless inbat, it belonged to the category of ¡°nonbat talents.¡±

    On the other hand, it was the opponent¡¯s defense-type talent which was 100 percent considered to be abat talent¡ªit would essentially be like possessing a strong additional passive skill in PK, causing the opponent to be at aplete disadvantage!

    F*ck! Why does this game not allow the choice of one¡¯s own talent? My talent, when facing a yer with such a strongbat talent in PK, is not fair at all!

    Call Me a Master¡¯s face was grim. Even though he was already very satisfied with his own talent, he had to say that deep down, he desired abat-type talent more.

    This was because those who had nobat talent would forever be at a disadvantage against those who hadbat talents. And in this game, there was no one who did not hope to be able to defeat everyone else!

    Can¡¯t go on¡ªI must retreat!

    Gritting his teeth, Call Me a Master was, at the same time, getting increasingly restless. As time passed, his position was being constantly exposed on the map¡ªthose who had wanted to kill him could certainly have been able to easily find their way over here.

    If he continued to be bothered with this Light Armor Warrior with low damage but rad defense, even if he ultimately finished him off, he might likely fall into others¡¯ traps.

    ¡°Retreat!¡±

    Having made up his mind, Call Me a Master immediately unleashed a Light Armor Warrior Level-15 skill, which was also the most important basic skill: ¡°Heavy sh.¡± With a firm swing of his longsword, the repelling effect of this move was used to send the Light Armor Warrior across from him staggering a few big steps backward. Thereafter, Call Me a Master immediately engaged the ¡°Charge¡± skill, prepared to run toward a monster-clustered region at one side of the mire.

    Ping!

    But at that moment, he heard the low sound of a gunshot. At the same time, there was a pain in his chest as if his chest te had been heavily crushed by a stone, and after that, blood spilled!

    His originally undamaged chest te, kept perfect throughoutbat, now had a hole drilled through it.

    ¡°A Sniper!¡±

    In an instant, the expression on Call Me a Master¡¯s facepletely changed!

 Chapter 242 - Equipment Produced Once More!

    <h4>Chapter 242: Equipment Produced Once More!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    For the professions in War, the possibility of a Sniper hiding in the shadows forever could not be neglected. This was an issue even for a Light Armor Warrior, which was technically the most effective at restricting a Sniper in closebat!

    In typical situations, if a Light Armor Warrior had just used a skill, one sh would be able to deal more than 2,000 damage! As for the Sniper profession, which boasted the strongest single attack in War, even a normal attack without the use of any skill could possibly reach 3,000 to 4,000 damage in one shot! As such, any yer who had discovered that a Sniper in their surroundings had locked onto them would not be able to keep theirposure! Moreover, this mission had ¡°mary potential¡± involving billions of credits.

    ?2144

    This shot from Feng Luo did not hit a 3,000 to 4,000 explosive damage, as it did notpletely break the defenses of Call Me A Master¡¯s chest te. After all, he was a Light Armor Warrior; unlike more vulnerable professions, it wasn¡¯t so easy for the armor on his body to be pierced through by armor-piercing bullets.

    However, with the Barrett having already reached a C-grade attack coefficient, this shot had already reduced the defenses of Call Me A Master¡¯s armor by more than 90 percent at the ce where it had been it, resulting in enhanced, yellow-colored weak-point damage!

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    Panic shed across Call Me A Master¡¯s face.

    He¡ªwho had already engaged Charge¡ªinstantly turned tail and ran, but at that moment, Big Pineapple was already charging over from the position he had been forced back to, shing Call Me A Master with a Warrior¡¯s Level-15 basic Heavy sh skill, returning the attack and, at the same time, intercepting the escaping Call Me A Master!

    Forced to block the attack once again using his sword, Call Me A Master said in frustration, ¡°There¡¯s a Sniper around, and you¡¯re still f*cking bugging me? Both of us are going to die!¡±

    His HP had initially been reduced by more than half by Big Pineapple. Although he had found a chance during the battle to fish out a blood tonic and apply it on himself, after Feng Luo¡¯s shot, he once again found himself in a situation where his HP had fallen below 25 percent. If the Sniper fired one more shot then, he would possibly be finished! How could he not be frustrated?

    Call Me A Master didn¡¯t consider the possibility that the Sniper and the wretched Light Armor Warrior before him were in it together. After all, even though this ¡°death game¡± didn¡¯t state that it restricted yers from acting together, technically, anyone would have been highly guarded against others. For one thing, everyone here was inpetition with everyone else. Plus, the army officer in the ck uniform had said before that it was possible for surrounding yers to suddenly be selected as ¡°prey.¡± In that case, the first to kill you would likely be the panions¡± around you! Therefore, he hadn¡¯t remotely considered that Big Pineapple and the Sniper in the shadows were working together. He thought that the Sniper was a yer or NPC who had followed his position and rushed over in preparation to kill him.

    ¡°What? There¡¯s a Sniper?¡± Big Pineapple shouted, imitating a look of shock. ¡°Oh, God! Where?¡±

    But his hand did not halt its action, engaging the Warrior Level-40 Hurricane Rage sh move, ferociously shing his sword at Call Me A Master!

    ¡°F*ck...¡±

    Call Me A Master didn¡¯t react, assuming that Big Pineapple had wanted to use his own high defense to kill him and then escape or turn to face the Sniper. Thus, he cursed aloud and hurriedly engaged his Parry skill because its cooldown hadpleted. Once again, he used his alloy sword to block Big Pineapple¡¯s starter movebo.

    Ping!

    ?1530

    Red lethal damage!

    Just then, the two seconds of cooldown time had passed and the Barrett¡¯s second high-caliber armor-piercing bullet had already burst forth from the muzzle, once again urately hitting the chest te region that had already been destroyed by more than 90 percent by the first bullet.

    A bright red damage coefficient appeared. Although it seemed low, at only slightly more than 1,500, it had actually depleted all the remaining HP of Call Me A Master!

    ¡°Apologies, brother. Confidentially, I¡¯ll tell you: That Sniper and I are in this together...¡± Big Pineapple said with a wretched expression. He put his alloy longsword between his arm and body as he watched the Light Armor Warrior before him, who already had a white light of death shing across him.

    The Light Armor Warrior slowly fell knee-first to the ground, bleeding from his chest. Seeing Big Pineapple¡¯s wretched expression and hearing the truth pushed him over the edge in hisst moments, and Call Me A Master could not help but curse!

    ¡°F*ck you guys¡ª¡±

    But before he could finish his sentence, he had been kicked out of the game due to his death.

    You have killed a death game opponent. ording to the opponent¡¯s ability evaluation, killing points earned: 90!

    At the moment of the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s death, the reward message shed in Feng Luo¡¯s vision.

    Reaping 90 killing points was a significant kill! It probably was because this Light Armor yer had killed quite a lot of people, which was likely, judging by the full-body equipment he¡¯d umted! If so...

    Feng Luo looked at his own killing points. He now had more than 600 points¡ªalready two-fifths of the way to his goal of unlocking the Pet Space Bracer!

    As for why it was Feng Luo who had reaped the killing points obtained from the kill of this battle, it was because the two had already discussed it before. If the target was a Warrior, Big Pineapple would try to yield, whereas if it had been a Sniper, then Feng Luo would have tried to yield. Through this distribution method, when one party earned killing points, the other party would be able to get whatever equipment he could use. Thus, neither party would lose out.

    Of course, all this was as the situation allowed. If it was an emergency situation or if the battle needed to be quickly fought and won, there would be no yielding. In that case, Feng Luo would have been the main source of damage and would have directly imed the enemy¡¯s life! There was no choice in the matter. Feng Luo didn¡¯t mean to take advantage of Big Pineapple in this way, but his output was a bit of a ¡°knock-off¡± even with the Light Armor Warrior as his second profession.

    ¡°Yo! Just how many people has this guy in to have so much equipment on him?¡± Big Pineapple eximed.

    The prizes obtained from his kills¡ªincluding those kept in his backpack¡ªhad been produced upon the death of Call Me A Master beside the mire. There was an entire eight or nine pieces of equipment of various professions, as well as some supplies on the ground, in addition to the armor, alloy shield, and other pieces of equipment that had to be taken off of his body... The return was quite a haul.

    ¡°Let¡¯s hurry up and pick them up! Or someone might get envious.¡±

    As he spoke, Feng Luo, who had been bending over, suddenly raised the Barrett in his hand up to a precise angle, violently turned the gun barrel toward a position in a forest a distance away, and fired a shot.

    Ping!

    An armor-piercing bullet entered a gap between the vegetation on the side of the slope and flew an entire 50-meter distance, hitting something inside a bush!

    ?2034

    Within Feng Luo¡¯s vision was a yellow-colored weak damage prompt. But even though it had hit, Feng Luo did not opt for a follow-up attack. Because the yer who had seen the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s position on the map and had sneakily run over and hid to the side to watch the battle was an Earth Maniptor.

    After being hit by Feng Luo¡¯s shot on his thigh¡ªreducing his HP by two-thirds¡ªhe had covered himself with a khaki-colored Energy Forcefield with a wave of his staff. Then he hurriedly retreated back into the forest.

    Seeing this, Feng Luo lost the desire to continue attacking. First, the shooting perspective of the opponent in the forest was very poor. Second, although the Earth Maniptor was also a vulnerable profession, its remarkably strong forcefield was sufficient to absorb a huge amount of damage.

    Even if he had responded with another two shots, it might not have been enough to finish off the opponent. Thus, he did not pursue or attack.

    ¡°Yo, a good piece produced!¡± Big Pineapple, who was harvesting prizes from the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s corpse, suddenly shouted with a face of surprise. ¡°Old Feng, this time you really have it big. Most of the Warrior equipment on him isn¡¯t even up to my attributes¡ªthere¡¯s not even one piece of rare equipment. It¡¯s nothing much. But it¡¯s highly possible that he slew an Earth Maniptor yer before. This thing is practically tailor-made for you!¡±

 Chapter 243 - Golden Bullet Pendant

    <h4>Chapter 243: Golden Bullet Pendant</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Golden Bullet Pendant (Ne)

    Grade: Rare

    HP +300

    MP +150

    Overall Debuff Resistance +8%

    Unique Attribute: in the situation of the previous shot hitting lethal damage, the following shot will cause 20% bonus final damage!

    Required Level: 35

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    ¡°The rare attribute of this ne is indeed high-quality!¡±

    On the edge of a ¡°cliff¡± with an over 10-meter drop, Feng Luo¡¯s hand held an icy-feeling ne with a miniature golden bullet hanging on it.

    This Level-35 Rare ne essory was as Big Pineapple had said¡ªpractically ¡°tailor-made¡± for him.

    In the situation of hitting lethal damage, it¡¯ll enhance the following shot by 20 percent damage!

    To think of it, it was definitely Sniper yers that it was most suited for! Because, out of all the professions, the one that was most likely to hit lethal damage was, undoubtedly, none other than the Sniper.

    The destruction coefficient of the sniper rifle was at the forefront of the averages of all the other weapons, and, in addition to the powerful destruction of the special armor-piercing bullet, the chance of hitting lethal damage was much higher than that of the other professions.

    Both the output methods of the Scout and the Sniper were mainly reliant on the damage by a high number of bullets to overwhelm the opponent. Although they could simrly cause lethal damage, the Scout could not unleash the maximum effect of the rare attribute of this ne.

    Of course, although the Sniper profession could unleash the maximum effect of this ne, it was definitely also dependent on the user. In battle, typical snipers could probably hit lethal damage only two or three times. Plus, they might not be able to achieve high damage with an effect-enhanced bullet. That would result in wasting the effect of this ne.

    Only top snipers like Feng Luo, who could highly guarantee hitting lethal damage, could truly unleash the attribute of this ne to its limit! Especially since his own ¡°Lethal¡± talent was such that the damage would already be astonishingly high with a hit to a weak point or a critical attack. If added on to this 20-percent bonus damage enhancement... This was definitely a piece of equipment suited to him. It may have been the greatest return so far in this death game!

    The only w was probably the low grade of this ne¡ªLevel-35 equipment was a little low for his current grade. Plus, the rest of the attributes were quite normal, only adding some HP and debuff resistance, which were not of much use to HP and Snipers.

    The ¡°Perfect¡± evaluation may have been a little far-fetched, but no matter what, it was indeed a piece of high-quality Rare equipment! Especially since it was a Rare-grade essory!

    An essory! This point alone was enough to make its price a few times higher than other equipment with equivalent attributes; putting it up for auction would definitely attractpetition among a huge number of Sniper yers.

    Feng Luo was now already very sympathetic for the unfortunate yer who had unlocked this equipment but had been eliminated by others. He probably would be cursing in the real world right now!

    ¡°Sh*t!¡±

    ¡°This brat didn¡¯t escape on this nice, wide, t in but actually jumped down this cliff, making it so troublesome for me just to pick up equipment!¡±

    At the moment, the peopleining were not only the yer who had produced the quality ne below Feng Luo¡¯s position, but also Big Pineapple, who was ¡°looting equipment¡± from the corpse of a Wind Maniptor who had just been finished off by two people.

    Feng Luo holding Barrett shouted to Big Pineapple down below, ¡°Stopining! If it wasn¡¯t for you acting rashly and alerting the enemy, this brat wouldn¡¯t have almost escaped! Hurry up and pick up the valuable stuff. We¡¯ve already wasted a few minutes¡¯ time. We¡¯d better quickly change positions!¡±

    At the same time, there were a few red dots moving on the semitransparent minimap at his side. It was already past 10:00 a.m. The third batch of 50 people who had been randomly selected to have their positions exposed was now undergoing thest position announcement.

    On the map, the only three red dots were already fleeing in all directions.

    And just 30 seconds after the announcement, one of the red dots vanished. Which meant that the lucky survivors of this round were only left with two people!

    In just over 50 minutes, of the 50 people who¡¯d had their positions exposed, only two people had survived!

    Unlike the first batch, of which at least six or seven people had survived, this third batch only had two yers who had ¡°lived¡± to the end. This confirmed the fierceness of the methods of everyone ¡°pack-hunting¡± the exposed targets!

    Big Pineapple was really lucky; if he had been in this next batch, he might not have been able to live to the end. For yers who had, up to this point, still not yet imed anyone¡¯s head, there was now only an hour left until the time limit. These people would be at the brink of madness.

    All in order to live! Kill, kill, kill!

    Even ignoring the difference in equipment ability and making use of all sorts of environmental ambushes, setting traps, luring monsters... These situations resulted in some people¡ªwho didn¡¯t have very good equipment¡ªto start to cooperate, ganging up to kill targets who had already widened the gap between equipment and skills.

    Of course, there was no way these impromptu teams could enjoy any trust among themselves. Feng Luo did not doubt that they were all plotting in their minds ways to strike their teammates with a lethal attack before 12:00 noon and, as such, allow themselves to live.

    However, this kind of cooperation still had an effect. Even Feng Luo¡¯s duo had met with troubles once or twice, thus returning without aplishment. There was even one time¡ªduring an unfortunate run-in with a team of seven or eight rebel beast warriors¡ªwhen the duo had been forced to retreat, even though they had better equipment.

    This kind of situation clearly signaled that the game ahead was likely to be even more difficult. Nheless, the issue of these people forming ¡°teams¡± was actually not the biggest problem¡ªthe bigger problem was that, due to not having eaten or drunk from start until now, both of them were already feeling a little hungry and thirsty!

    In the game, yers did not need to strictly consume food in most situations¡ªeating was more for the enjoyment of satisfying the taste buds. But in some special missions, yers would have the same requirements as in reality, quickly feeling hunger and thirst as well as physical fatigue. Just like this ¡°battle royale¡± game.

    Starting from the middle of the night until now, almost noon, after such a long period of continuously chasing and battling¡ªand furthermore, without supplies¡ªthe two had physically exerted much.

    ¡°Sh*t! All the food in my bag can¡¯t be unlocked!¡± Big Pineappleined as he worked hard to climb the cliff and pick up the prizes. ¡°Such a huge ind, yet there¡¯s not even one edible wild fruit. The most ridiculous thing is that there¡¯s not even water to drink. All the water on this ind has light toxins. Once drunk by humans, they will cause weakness and even diarrhea...¡±

    Thest statement referred to an especially disheartening personal experience! Regardless of whether it was dew or seawater, once the water on this ind was drunk, it would cause diarrhea and would affectbat power.

    ¡°Food, water... There¡¯s no way at all to make these things on this ind, so everyone should just hold off for three days on an empty stomach?¡±

    Big Pineapple fiercely picked up a staff and looked at it with his face full of difort. ¡°Hey, this is actually a Level-40 Rare piece of equipment, and its attributes are really not bad. It can fetch at least 150,000 or 160,000 credits at the Exchange. It¡¯s even able to be put up for auction!¡±

    Thereafter, there was once again a delightful spark in his eyes¡ªjust like when saw credits!

 Chapter 244 - Half of Death

    <h4>Chapter 244: Half of Death</h4>

    ¡°This won¡¯t do, Old Feng. If this goes on, I¡¯ll have no more strength to continue!¡±

    After picking up all of the prizes, Big Pineapple climbed up from under the cliff with the help of Feng Luo, theny on the soil, panting.

    Unlike Feng Luo¡ªwho had no need to move throughout the sniping process¡ªas a Light Armor Warrior, albeit a ¡°knockoff,¡± he always had to move forward to pin the target during action. Plus, he had to do the hardbor of picking up equipment every time. Hence, his physical exertion was far greater than that of Feng Luo, and his character¡¯s status deterioration was faster, too.

    ¡°No eating, nor drinking¡ªno more energy!¡± Big Pineapple said, lying down.

    ¡°Who made something for you just now? But you didn¡¯t eat.¡± Feng Luo, not feeling very tired, on the other hand, was still alert and holding Barrett in his hands.

    ¡°Please! Those worms? With the heads removed? Aren¡¯t you afraid of poisoning me?!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve scanned them with my terminal,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Although it¡¯s unable to connect to the Federal website here and themunicator ability can¡¯t be used, the built-in creature database still can scan which parts were poisonous...¡±

    ¡°Okay, then!¡± Big Pineapple waved a hand, uninterested. ¡°Even if the worms can be eaten, what about water? It seems like all the water on this ind is problematic.¡±

    ¡°There is a solution for that, too,¡± Feng Luo said tly. ¡°The toxins in the water are typically cleared after evaporation. ¡°Only a simple setup is required.¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s interest was quickly piqued. ¡°You sure?¡±

    The average people of the Star Federation definitely didn¡¯t have much experience in outdoor survival, so Big Pineapple was rather curious about this point.

    ¡°Of course...¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°But starting a fire here is definitely not a good idea, as it¡¯s highly possible for others to locate this position by following the smoke.¡±

    ¡°F*ck! Then there¡¯s still no solution!¡± Big Pineapple had regained some strength and sat up from the ground.

    ¡°Who says there¡¯s no solution?¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°I feel it shouldn¡¯t be that troublesome. Have you forgotten that when we werending on the ind, that ck-attired army officer said that there¡¯d be supplies airdropped...? This game is a killing game. It¡¯s not about ind survival. There¡¯s no need to let everyone fight on empty stomachs, so there¡¯ll be food in the supplies. I¡¯m 100 percent certain. No need to think of other solutions at all. We only need to temporarily bear with the hunger for a while.¡±

    As if to prove what Feng Luo had said, as soon as he had finished speaking, both their cors lit up, after which, on the semitransparent screen projected in the air, the mocking face of the hated army officer in the ck uniform¡ªwhom everyone was already too familiar with¡ªappeared.

    ¡°I¡¯ll tell everyone a piece of good news,¡± he said. ¡°The number of people in this game has already been cut down to 500 people. Woah¡ªmore precisely, 499 people, because as I was saying that, another died!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! So fast!¡± Big Pineapple said, looking a little surprised.

    After all, in just a few short hours afternding on the ind, half the people had actually died! But, considering the achievement of him and Feng Luo within those two to three hours, the number was not too shocking.

    ¡°500 people eliminated so quickly.¡± The wrinkled-face of the army officer in ck shed a mocking smile. ¡°We, too, were a bit surprised. The abilities disyed by some of y¡¯all were really pretty unexpected...¡±

    A few images were disyed on the levitating screens in the room he was in. On one of the images was a stern-faced Haruko, dressed in a ck samurai attire with a ponytail, emotionlessly lifting her ck samurai sword from the body of a Level-45 Elite Rainforest Wolf that had been chopped into two.

    On the second image to the side was a Scout dressed head-to-toe in camouge attire with a mocking smile on his face. The two submachine guns in his hands were continuously firing while he moved, immediately shooting a rebel beast warrior from behind and turning it into a sieve!

    The third image was a tall and well-built, serious middle-aged Warrior with a sh scar on his face. He was lifting up his spiked heavy alloy shield. Under the blood-stained shield was an Elite Beast Rock Tortoise that had been smashed into minced meat!

    Additionally, there were smaller images simrly disying somebat scenes. The faces of Feng Luo and Big Pineapple were, ¡°luckily,¡± among the images, too, although they were in positions that were not very eye-catching!

    ¡°But even though the number of people is already cut down to 500, there are still 117 people among y¡¯all who haven¡¯t earned any points up until now. I don¡¯t feel like repeating what I¡¯ve said... because I¡¯m now suddenly looking forward a little to that exciting scene at 12:00 noon of explosions and split body parts everywhere with flesh and organs flying all over!¡±

    The signature smirk surfaced on the face of the army officer in ck uniform.

    Big Pineapple bid farewell. Looking at the smirking NPC on the image, he said, ¡°This guy will definitely be killed by the ¡®yers¡¯ at the end. Don¡¯t you think?¡±

    ¡°Hmm?¡± Feng Luo looked at him curiously.

    ¡°Most stories are like that. The greatest viin might not die, but this kind of arrogant-looking guy definitely will not live!¡±

    ¡°Er...¡±

    ******

    Clearly, the army officer in ck uniform at the opposite end had not paid attention to Big Pineapple¡¯s words.

    After heughed derisively, his expression suddenly turned cold.

    ¡°Now, I¡¯ll say one thing. Since your numbers have already been cut down to 500 people, the goal of the first part has been met. Well, then, the first round of supplies will be airdropped 10 minutes from now. The airdropped supplies will include bullets, medicine, energy crystals, food and water, and...¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯ve really got it!¡± Big Pineapple could not help but exim.

    Feng Luo nodded his head. ¡°Listen to him continue...¡±

    ¡°Once the supply box is in the air, it¡¯ll start to transmit signals. The signals will be transmitted in intervals. They¡¯ll only indicate bearings. They won¡¯t indicate the exact position. Once onends, it¡¯ll randomly transmit signals for 24 hours, but supply boxes that haven¡¯t been opened after 24 hours will self-destruct! But I need to state one point: Only people who open the detailed map and keep it open for longer than 10 seconds can receive the signals of the supply box!¡±

    As he said this, his eyes emanated an aura of deceit.

    ¡°F*ck! Need to open the map? For the remaining people to all be exposed and kill one another!¡± Big Pineapple yelled.

    ¡°Of course, if your luck is good, you¡¯ll be near the location where the supplies havended, and you can directly see thending spot of the supply box. Then there¡¯ll be no problem, even if you don¡¯t open the map!¡±

    The army officer in the ck uniform spoke mockingly, having already seen the sour-turned expressions on everyone¡¯s faces.

    ¡°However, I must remind y¡¯all about something. Every supply box can only be opened by spending a certain number of points. So, for those who have no points, y¡¯all don¡¯t even deserve to get food! Also, the airdropped food is only a sufficient amount for 250 people. If you feel that it¡¯s not enough... the solution is simple. Dead people don¡¯t need food whatsoever. Isn¡¯t that right...?¡±

    After saying this, the image closed, and the silhouette of the army officer in the ck uniform had already vanished from the air.

    ¡°Only enough for 250 people... What a bluff!¡± Big Pineapple said, raising his head to look at Feng Luo. ¡°Old Feng, didn¡¯t you say they wouldn¡¯t let people battle on empty stomachs?¡±

    ¡°I miscalcted,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I never expected that the system would actually make such a big deal out of the supply box. In this way, the fight for the supplies would be even fiercer and more glorious than previously imagined. Especially with the need to utilize the map!¡±

    Feng Luo more or less understood the purpose of this kind of rule.

    Plus, there would soon be thest round of the random exposing of 50 people¡¯s positions and the approaching 12:00 ¡°selection¡± time.

    Thisst hour of killing one another would probably be even more brutal!

    ¡°In this kind of situation, won¡¯t our n to ambush those yers with their positions exposed not work anymore?¡± Big Pineapple said with hesitation on his face. ¡°After all, the supply box is more important!¡±

    ¡°Who says it can¡¯t be done anymore?¡± Feng Luo smiled a little. ¡°We do have a huge advantage: Your map can be engaged without exposing your own position! And those who fight for the supply box may not be fewer than those who hunt people down. If there¡¯s a chance to ambush them, it will probably be even more convenient than specifically intercepting the exposed yers!¡±

    Due to surviving the first round of the randomly exposing mission, Big Pineapple¡¯s map could not expose his position when it was engaged. And in order to find the supply box in the process of everyone being forced to engage their map for at least 10 seconds and over, this was undoubtedly an extremely useful trump card!

 Chapter 245 - Battle for the Supply Box

    <strong>Chapter 245: Battle for the Supply Box</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    After a few minutes, in a spacious high vantage point with a wider visual field, Feng Luo who was wearing the night eagle tactical sses looked at the sky and said, ¡°The airdrop has begun!¡±

    Under the bright and sunny sky, a ck shuttle transport vessel flew towards the ind from the ocean and hovered less than 1,000 meters away.

    After a certain period of time, around 20 silvery-white boxes with mini parachutes would fall from the ne¡¯s cabin onto various parts on the ind.

    Feng Luo frowned. Clearly, as the supply boxes were dropped in batches, the first few batches would definitely attract people to fight over them.

    This airdrop method... They¡¯re really intentionally trying to induce battles!

    After a few seconds, the first batch of supply boxes hadnded in a certain location.

    ¡°That direction!¡±

    A white arrow appeared on the digital map that had been kept on in front of Big Pineapple.

    However, with his extraordinary sight, Feng Luo had already identified the supply box that was closest to them from the boxes in the sky. Compared to the signals on the map, in a situation where he could directly see the target, the tactical sses were much more useful!

    ¡°A signal appeared when the distance is 500 meters... Yeah, in that case... Let¡¯s go!¡±

    The two of them ran towards the supply box that hadnded closest to them. As a Light Armor Warrior and a gunner who had the Charge and Quick Sneak skills that increased movement speed substantially, even if these boxes flew faster with the help of thesending devices, they would still be able to catch up.

    After a minute, the two of them ran to the middle of the forest where the vegetation was denser.

    ¡°There!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes were still quite sharp. In an instant, he saw a silvery-white supply box whose parachute was hanging on a tree around 20 meters away.

    ¡°Hold on!¡± Feng Luo suddenly stopped. At the same time, he also halted Big Pineapple, who wanted to run straight towards it.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s a situation on the map!¡±

    ¡°Oh!¡±

    Although Big Pineapple¡¯s map was kept open, he did not really spend much time looking at it while in pursuit. However, Feng Luo was different, and he had already noticed one ck dot and three ck triangles running towards them in the 200-meter radius observable in the map projection.

    One of the triangles had also clearly noticed that others in the surrounding area had the same target as him.

    After hesitating for a second, the triangle that changed directionpletely disappeared from the map. Clearly, he knew that he wasn¡¯t strong enough so he could only give up. On the other hand, the ck dot stopped for one second before turning into a triangle and started running towards them.

    Feng Luo made a judgment about this person in his mind. Just because you want to fight doesn¡¯t mean that you are confident!

    But who didn¡¯t have confidence?

    ¡°Three people. Hehe, looks like there are more points to be collected. This n of defending the supply boxes sure works well.¡± Big Pineappleughed while looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Old Feng, the same old n?¡±

    The ¡°Old n¡± was, naturally, for Big Pineapple to go out and ¡°sell his flesh,¡± and then, Feng Luo would just hide somewhere and deal the damage, taking advantage of their opponents¡¯ unpreparedness. After all, they had not yet exposed their positions on the map.

    ¡°No, we have to change a little. Let¡¯s use n B!¡±

    Before speaking, Feng Luo had already scanned the surrounding environment once. Then, he quickly ran towards a hidden position with dense vegetation not far away.

    The forest was packed with trees and vegetation, so sniping here would definitely be affected, and the Barrett would also be constrained. As such, there was a need to tweak the previous tactic.

    Apart from being a Sniper, Feng Luo was someone who possessed a second profession, the Scout. Although Feng Luo¡¯s Scout skill levels weren¡¯t high, a Scout was unlike a warrior. Duringbat, they did not use their skills to simply cause a little damage. Instead, they relied more on dealing high, critical damage in vital areas to instantly kill their enemies!

    High damage had always been Feng Luo¡¯s trump card.

    Big Pineapple who was ¡°Alone¡± chuckled. He then retracted the alloy longsword in his hands and took out the medium-sized alloy shield before running towards the location of the supply box.

    Everything was now in ce, and the only thing left was to wait for those people to bite!

    As expected, within five seconds, all of the triangles that they saw earlier in the map had arrived.

    The first to arrive was actually a Wind Maniptor with a fierce-looking scar on his face. Although he did not have signs of being modified into a beast warrior on his body, the rebel army symbol on the energy robe he wore proved his identity. He had an energy shield protecting him, and clearly, he had now seen the supply box hanging from the tree. Upon seeing the box, he immediately wanted to rush over.

    However, before he did, he saw Big Pineapple holding his alloy shield in front of him standing beside the tree, looking as if he was defending the ce. The Wind Maniptor immediately stopped in his tracks.

    Clearly,pared to beast warriors with slightly deficient IQ, the rebel army Wind Maniptor was much more vignt. From the almostplete set of gears he wore on his body, one could tell that he was definitely not any weaker than a beast warrior.

    Less than two seconds after the rebel army Wind Maniptor arrived, the second person also appeared.

    This was a yer. Moreover, he was a Light Armor Warrior with decent equipment.

    Light Armor Warriors were the ones with the most advantage in this ¡°game.¡± After all, everyone was in a ¡°naked¡± state, and the Light Armor Warrior that had the strongest meleebat ability could gain advantages more easily than others.

    After the yer and NPC appeared, the third person did not seem to appear. However, this did not deter the battle that ensued between the three sides.

    The rebel army Wind Maniptor initiated the attack. He waved the energy converting staff and released the Level 35 Wind Maniptor skill, Spiral Wind de, that flew towards Big Pineapple¡¯s head. The target of the skill was the silvery-white supply box hanging in the tree!

    Fwaaah!

    The skill was made up of over ten continuous light green wind des. Like an urate guidance missile, it had swallowed up all the leaves and branches of the trees around the supply box.

    Pu, pu, pu...

    All the branches with a diameter of less than 5cm were broken by the continuous wind de. Even the branches that had thicker diameters were cut by the light green wind de, leaving deep cut marks on them.

    The leaves were also crushed into pieces by the continuous wind de skill that continued to spin. The crushed pieces of leaves flew into the sky before falling slowly. It was as if the sky was raining leaves.

    One could not deny the range and destructive power of the Energy Maniptor¡¯s skill. It really made the other professions envious, especially gunners whose attack skills were quite weak.

    However, no one really felt like that at that moment since everyone¡¯s gaze was fixed on the supply box after the rope that kept it hanging was snapped!.

    ¡°F*ck! To drop the thing that I¡¯ve been protecting just like that!¡± Big Pineapple shouted. He quickly raised the alloy shield he was holding before charging towards the supply box.

    He was closest to the supply box, so if someone was going to catch it, he would definitely be the first.

    The other Light Armor Warrior yer was also clearly caught by surprise by the situation. He also hastily cast Charge and dashed towards the location of the falling box.

    His aim was the box, but whether his real aim was the man or the box, one did not know!

    However, at that time, something that both warriors did not anticipate had happened.

    The supply box on the ground suddenly flew up into the air by itself, and then flew towards the rebel army Wind Maniptor!

    If one were to observe carefully, one would be able to vaguely see a light green energy wind tunnel in the location where the box dropped.

    The Wind Maniptor used the Wind Hole, the Level 30 skill that had long-range maniption as well as trap functions.

 Chapter 246 - Military Knife Sees Blood Again

    <h4>Chapter 246: Military Knife Sees Blood Again</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Big Pineapple shouted. He clearly hadn¡¯t been expecting something like that.

    The opponent¡¯s skill control is actually that urate?

    It was a two skillbo that directly took the supply box from right under his eyes.

    However, it wasn¡¯t a good idea for him to go and pursue the Wind Maniptor since the Light Armor Warrior was charging towards him. In a situation like this, Big Pineapple was faced with a dilemma.

    It was a good thing the Light Armor Warrior wasn¡¯t stupid. Upon seeing the supply box being blown away towards the rebel army Wind Maniptor, he knew that there was no point in running towards Big Pineapple. Without a shred of hesitation, he changed the direction of his charge midway through and rushed straight at the rebel army maniptor. He did not make contact with Big Pineapple.

    After all, even if he were confident of his strength, for a Light Armor Warrior to kill a defense-focused Heavy Armor Warrior was pretty much impossible, especially within half a minute!

    He might not even be able to do it in more than half a minute, and in this amount of time, the rebel army Wind Maniptor would have already been able to grab the supply box and leave. After all, Wind Maniptors were like the warrior professions, and they also had movement speed boosting skills.

    ¡°Drop the box!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s Charge skill was clearly at a high level. He moved very quickly and just as the box reached the hands of the rebel army maniptor, the Light Armor Warrior was already less than ten meters away.

    ¡°Thunder Leap sh!¡± The Light Armor Warrior cast his strongest meleebat skill. In the forest filled with trees and branches, he leaped over ten meters like a cannon firing towards the rebel army maniptor.

    Whoosh!

    The alloy sword produced the sound of a violent wind. It shed at the energy shield of the rebel army maniptor who was just about to catch the supply box blown over to him by the wind!

    Pa!

    A violent shockwave appeared on the light green energy shield as it lost some of its colors. However, it was not destroyed by the sh. Clearly, the rebel army Wind Maniptor also had a high level in his shield skill.

    F*ck! They actually ignored me? Big Pineapple was a bit annoyed. The two targets were entangled together, leaving him, the one who was initially defending the supply box, on the sidelines.

    Clearly, the two opponents did not pay too much attention to him, a Heavy Armor Warrior who did not have much attack prowess. Theoretically, even if they had very low HP after fighting each other, they were still confident that they would be able to escape from him with their speed advantage. The speed of a Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s Charge was iparable to a Light Armor Warrior!

    However, the problem was, Big Pineapple wasn¡¯t alone.

    Old Feng, why haven¡¯t you done anything?

    Big Pineapple held his alloy shield and doubtfully ran towards the two fighting targets.

    ¡°Fight. Fight violently! Wait till the three of you finish fighting. Then I¡¯ll be able to get a few kills and gears!¡± Inside a bush within the forest around 30 meters away, a Scout yer with rtively weaker gearsy on the ground with a submachine gun. He spoke in an excited whisper with a happy expression.

    He was the third person who had been rushing towards the map and then had suddenly ¡°disappeared.¡± In reality, he had simply used the powerful camouge and sneak skills of the Scout profession and hid on the edge of the battlefield.

    ¡°Motherf*cker, these three bastards sure have amazing equipment. Good thing I was alert just now.¡± Upon seeing the three characters charging towards the supply box and seeing the equipment used by all three, including yers and NPC, were so much better than his, the Scout yer couldn¡¯t help but feel a bit jealous.

    However, after a while, his envy turned to joy. He increased his grip on the submachine gun in his hands while waiting for the right moment to take advantage of the situation and earn his rewards. He was sopletely immersed in the fight in front of him that he had forgotten to maintain his vignce.

    ¡°Ah...¡± Suddenly, his mouth was held by someone from behind. Immediately after that, he felt a cold and sharp item on his neck. The sensation quickly turned into a searing pain that came from being injured.

    -2566

    The Scout yer had been trying to be the canary, waiting as a mantis aimed to catch a cicada, before stealing the bounty. Now he widened his eyes. As he saw the blood-red damage notification that exceeded 2,500 appear in front of his eyes, a sense of despair filled him. Although his equipment was good, and the damage from the sh did notpletely empty his HP, his HP was reduced to below five percent, and due to bleeding, his HP continued to fall. This made him enter the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status, so he did not even have the strength to fight back.

    As for the enemy whose face he did not even see, he was strong. The hand that covered his mouth was as hard as iron tongs, making him feel as if his jaw had been crushed. He couldn¡¯t even open his mouth!

    ¡°Mhmm! Mhmm...¡±

    The biological reaction that came from huge blood loss through his wounds, which made him lose strength was insufferable.

    Now, he was feeling regret. Why did I set the pain perception up to 40% and make the realism of injuries at 80%? This is way too painful!

    However, in the next moment, he no longer had to suffer the pain. His opponent followed up the initial attack with a stab thatpletely drained the Scout¡¯s HP.

    -144

    Thest bit of HP was reduced to nothing with a red Fatal Damage!

    You¡¯ve killed an opponent in the Death Game.

    Based on the opponent¡¯s assessed strength, obtained kill points: 50

    Although the kill points weren¡¯t high since the yer wasn¡¯t very strong, after the yer died, the submachine gun he held in his hands fell on the ground. And more importantly, apart from the gun, the remaining spoils included two magazines.

    ¡°This guy probably spent all his kill points on ammunition. This is like sending warmth to those in dire need!¡± Feng Luo was surprised and delighted.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    At that moment, the three-way battle for the supply box had undergone some changes.

    The rebel army Wind Maniptor was a high damage dealer as well as a low-HP profession NPC. He was faced with the focused firepower of the two warrior yers, and his wind energy shield was broken. Although he immediately cast a skill and widened the distance between himself and the two yers, it wasn¡¯t really easy to widen the distance when facing two warriors, especially that Light Armor Warrior.

    It hadn¡¯t been that long since the Light Armor Warrior hadst used the skill of Thunder Leap sh. As he focused his strength and, while borrowing the momentum from the maniptor¡¯s skill, he rebounded and propelled himself off a tree trunk to fly towards the rebel army maniptor again. His leap left a huge footprint on the tree trunk. Clearly, he had used another rare assault skill!

    ¡°Hmph!¡±

    The rebel army Wind Maniptor who had picked up the supply box had a cold expression, but he did not seem to be panicking. He waved the wind energy staff in his hand, and a spinning energy shield quickly appeared around him.

    Pa!

    The alloy swordnded on the energy shield and was sent flying backward. At the same time, the rebel army Wind Maniptor waved his staff again, and a light green wind de struck the chest of the Light Armor Warrior. However, the Light Armor Warrior actually kicked the supply box in the rebel army maniptor¡¯s hand away.

    F*ck! These two are really going at it!

    Big Pineapple, who was feeling a little ignored on the sidelines, was a bit stunned by the yer who had two assault skills and the NPC who had two shield skills. However, even if the opponents had double skills, they could not beat his advantage, which was a double team!

    Ta, ta, ta!

    At that time, a series of noises of a submachine gun being fired came from the forest.

 Chapter 247 - Powerful Scout

    <h4>Chapter 247: Powerful Scout</h4>

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯ve finally moved!¡± Upon hearing the sound of a submachine gun firing, Big Pineapple was full of joy.

    However, his face froze soon after as he felt the armor on his chest tremble. He had been hit! The Light Armor Warrior and rebel army Wind Maniptor were also hit. They were all within the firing range of the submachine gun.

    Ta, ta, ta...

    The bullets of the submachine gun flew across the forest and tore off the branches and leaves of trees and nts. They also dealt constant damage to the three standing on the battlefield.

    -545

    -526

    -504

    Before Big Pineapple could react, he was hit three times. The damage notification that shed in front of himpletely shocked him!

    ¡°F*ck. That¡¯s a lot of damage!¡± Big Pineapple was shocked. He quickly raised the alloy shield in his hands and held it in front of him. The three bullets that hit him all exceeded 500 damage.

    The damage caused by submachine guns and machine guns was simr. When used to attack yers, they would experience a certain degree of damage reduction and could not deal full damage.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s talent was an S-grade defense talent. Added to that, the armor covering his chest had a decent defense coefficient of C-. So, the submachine gun attacks on his body should have experienced substantial damage reduction. Prior to this, even if the opponent were to use rare submachine guns with special bullets, none of them had ever exceeded 500 damage!

    ¡°Oh crap, we¡¯ve encountered someone tough!¡± Big Pineapple shouted. He had realized that the person firing wasn¡¯t Feng Luo. Even Feng Luo couldn¡¯t deal such high damage.

    As such, he quickly put the alloy shield in front of him, and at the same time, quickly retreated.

    Big Pineapple was ok, thanks to his crazy defense. He had only lost over 1,000 HP with three shots. Compared to the total HP of over ten thousand for a Heavy Armor Warrior, it was nothing.

    However, the other two were ¡°seriously injured.¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior was clearly one who chose the path of an attacker. That was why his defense was not high, so the damage value that appeared above his head were all in the thousands. With just a few shots, he had lost four to five thousand HP, which scared him into crouching and lying on the ground and immediately rolling towards a bush.

    The rebel army Wind Maniptor was in a slightly better position since he had already cast an energy shield on himself, so the first two shots did not make him lose HP. However, the newly cast energy shield was destroyed in just two shots. The immediate shot that followed hit him firmly on his energy robe.

    -2045

    He had suffered magnificent damage that exceeded 2,000. This was almost a damage that could only be reached by a sniper rifle.

    The scar-faced rebel army maniptor¡¯s initially calm and collected expression showed slight panic for the first time since being ¡°surrounded¡± by Big Pineapple and the Light Armor Warrior.

    He hastily pointed the staff in his hand towards a direction, and a light green wind de immediately flew towards the source of the bullet.

    Whoosh!

    The wind de produced a crackling noise in the air. Clearly, it was very powerful.

    However, what happened immediately after thatpletely shocked everyone at the scene.

    Pang!

    A single bullet flew across the battlefield in the aftermath of the submachine gun¡¯s flurry of attack and directly hit the light green wind de in midair.

    ¡°A bullet just stopped the skill!? Are my eyes ying tricks on me?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Is it possible to dissipate a maniptor¡¯s skill after he had cast it?

    Theoretically speaking, it was. Energy attacks were based on specific energy structures which formed the different states of the attack. If one could destroy the structure, then naturally, one could disrupt the skill. As such, when executed well, one could use a long-range attack to disrupt some of the condensing skills of maniptors. However, that was meant for thoserge-scale condensation skills. In battle, it was practically impossible to disrupt basic skills like wind des or ice arrows. Maniptors¡¯ wind des, fireballs, and ice arrow types basic skills flew at high speeds. They weren¡¯t any slower than bullets. That was why it should have been impossible to destroy a wind de with a bullet in midair.

    None of the yers at the current stage would dare to say that they could do it. Even Elite Grade NPCs also couldn¡¯t do it.

    When the rebel army Wind Maniptor with the scarred face saw that his wind de was destroyed in midair by a bullet, his expression finally changedpletely. Without hesitating, he turned around, used a wind movement speed boosting skill on himself, and ran towards the forest. He did not even bother to pick up the supply box, which was not far away from him at all.

    However, no matter how fast he was, how could he be faster than a bullet?

    Pang

    3448

    A red Fatal Damage floated above his head. The rebel army Wind Maniptor dropped to the ground.

    ¡°F*ck, Old Feng, if you don¡¯te out now, I¡¯ll be dead soon!¡± Big Pineapple called.

    This damage was not scientific at all. Even with his shield, Big Pineapple wasn¡¯t confident that he would be able to tank the opponent¡¯s attacks!

    ¡°Come out? Does that mean that there¡¯s someone else? Let me think... It¡¯s examinee number 99, right?¡± Feng Luo said,

    However, what surprised everyone was that, at that moment, an unexpectedly cold voice came from the location of the shot. ¡°Examinee number 99?¡±

    Upon hearing that, Big Pineapple was dumbfounded, as was the Light Armor Warrior. His had been preparing to flee after applying the blood tonic on himself, but he stopped.

    Their opponent did not continue shooting; instead, he walked out from a spot that they did not even see. The main reason why everyone stopped was because of what the person then said.

    ¡°Number 105, your performance was terrible! You did not know where your teammate was and your loud shouting exposed their existence.¡±

    A male Scout holding a submachine gun in each hand with a cold expression walked out. Clearly, he was not a yer, and he was an Asian-looking NPC.

    Then, his expression just as cold, he turned to the Light Armor Warrior holding the alloy sword and said, ¡°Number 74... your reaction speed isn¡¯t slow, but do you really think that I can¡¯t hit you if you¡¯re lying there on the ground? You haven¡¯t even determined my position. This type of hiding method just makes you a sitting duck!¡±

    ¡°As for number 99!¡±

    Then, the male Scout NPC turned his head around and with a coldugh said, ¡°No wonder you¡¯re the number one seed in this examination, your performance was a little better than these two. However, did you really know the strength of the opponent? To fight against me using a submachine gun or a short-ranged weapon with that amateurish meleebat strength of yours, there¡¯s no way for you to win! If you were to widen the distance and fight me as a Sniper, then perhaps you would have a one in a hundred chance to defeat me.¡±

    ¡°Sir instructor?¡±

    Feng Luo appeared from behind a tree while looking at the cold-faced Scout, aiming the submachine gun dropped by the earlier Scout yer at the male Scout NPC.

 Chapter 248 - Special Agent Instructor

    <h4>Chapter 248: Special Agent Instructor!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°That¡¯s right. I¡¯m the instructor,¡± the male Scout NPC said coldly.

    Big Pineapple breathed a sigh of relief and put down the alloy shield. ¡°So it¡¯s that instructor...¡±

    ¡°So, you are our instructor!¡± The Light Armor Warrior looked happy.

    The words of the Light Armor Warrior showed that he was probably a candidate chosen by another one of the three main special agent bureaus, and clearly, unlike Feng Luo¡¯s group who had met Haruko before, he had never met his instructor.

    That meant that it was probable that not all special agent instructors were in Dongsang City.

    ¡°No, that is incorrect. I am only your instructor, number 74. Their instructor is Sakura.¡± The male Scout NPC¡¯s cold smile remained. He nced at Feng Luo, who had never moved the submachine guns in his hands, as well as Big Pineapple, who had raised his shield again after hearing his words.

    ¡°Sakura? Who¡¯s Sakura?¡± When Big Pineapple spoke, he moved a few steps towards Feng Luo.

    The male Scout remained in his position and did not react upon seeing Big Pineapple¡¯s movements; he only continued to speak coldly. ¡°Didn¡¯t Sakura tell you her codename? Every Federation Special Agent has a codename. This represents a recognized identity in the corresponding special agent bureau.¡±

    ¡°Oh, that means that Miss Haruko¡¯s codename is ¡®Sakura.¡¯ I wonder what, instructor, your codename is?¡± Big Pineapple saw that the NPC did not react to his movements. So, he rxed and walked over to Feng Luo¡¯s side with the alloy shield in his hand.

    ¡°Nightingale.¡± The male Scout¡¯s voice was cold, and his codename was simrly cold.

    ¡°Instructor Nightingale, forgive me for asking a question. If you appeared here, does that mean you will be working with us?¡± Feng Luo had not moved since the beginning, and he stayed in a position where he could easily retreat behind arge tree. He wanted to keep an eye on this ¡°Nightingale.¡± Haruko had mentioned before that the rtionship between the three main special agent bureaus in this mission was apetitive one. They were notpletely working together. As such, Feng Luo¡¯s question was intentionally testing the opponent¡¯s attitude.

    After all, thebat strength disyed by this Nightingale just now was enough to make him and Big Pineapple feel threatened. So, he had to ensure that he wouldn¡¯t do anything to the both of them since they had been nning to ambush the number 74 Light Armor Warrior just now.

    ¡°Rx. Although I am his instructor, I will not directly interfere with thepetition between you examinees. The three of us instructors will not directly join thepetition between you before the end of the third day. After the third day... If you survive in this death game until then, you will naturally find out.¡± As he said that, Nightingale¡¯s eyes had a cold and mockingugh.

    ¡°Then thepetition between us, are there any restrictions?¡± Feng Luo had already been given the answer to this question from Haruko, and he just wanted to confirm it.

    ¡°There are no restrictions. Even if you killed the contestants of the other bureaus, it would not negatively influence the assessment of you.¡± As Nightingale said that, he stared straight into Feng Luo¡¯s eyes, however, he also showed a colder smile.

    After hearing these words, the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s expression changed immediately. He quickly raised the alloy sword in his hands as he became very cautious. After all, Feng Luo was ¡°That number 99!¡± In the exam mission on the sixth day in Dongsang City, no one would have missed the number one ranked person who widened the gap with the second-ranking person by more than a hundred points!

    Feng Luo nodded without showing any expression and said to Big Pineapple, ¡°Understood. Big Pineapple, let¡¯s go!¡±

    ¡°Old Feng!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s shield was raised in front of Feng Luo. He used his eyes to signal the supply box on the ground.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Feng Luo simply turned around and headed towards the forest. However, while turning around, he did not loosen his grip on the submachine gun raised in front of his chest; moreover, his other hand held a tiny cylindrical item.

    Behind the two of them, the Scout instructor codenamed ¡°Nightingale¡± stood beside yer number 74 as he gazed coldly at Feng Luo and Big Pineapple.

    ¡°F*ck! That¡¯s so annoying, to have it stolen by an NPC,¡± said Big Pineapple, irritated, after they walked a certain distance out of the forest.

    ¡°We did all that for nothing. In the end, we don¡¯t even know what¡¯s inside that box. That number 74, he¡¯s probably pretty happy right now!¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, truthfully speaking, if we work together, we might have a chance,¡± said Big Pineapple while he looked at the slightly serious-looking Feng Luo. ¡°If I cast my defensive skills, I could probably tank his attacks for a while. Moreover, you should know that rare skill of mine. It should be able to ensure that you won¡¯t get instantly killed by him. His attack is so ridiculously high, theoretically speaking, his HP and defense shouldn¡¯t be too high... With your damage, probably... In five shots...¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re oversimplifying things.¡± Feng Luo shook his head. ¡°Don¡¯t forget, he¡¯s an instructor for the special agent mission, which means that he has at least two professions. Moreover, it might be a mix of multiple professions. Before finding out what the opponent¡¯s profession is, we don¡¯t really have any chance of victory if we were to really fight with him. However, the strength he disyed isn¡¯t necessarily a bad thing.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not?¡± Big Pineapple looked at Feng Luo with a surprised expression.

    ¡°The strength disyed by the higher grade NPCs in War isn¡¯t like in other games where their HP and attacks are increased forcefully, which means that Nightingale¡¯s strength is something that we can also reach after we sessfully change our profession into this hidden profession. I¡¯m now looking forward to this Special Agent hidden profession even more!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s gaze showed he was in deep thought.

    ¡°Of course you can look forward to it. You¡¯re number one on the ranking. Moreover, you¡¯re leading the second rank by a huge gap. The spot for the hidden profession is pretty much a given for you.¡± Big Pineapple said. ¡°But I still don¡¯t have enough points. The mission in Dongsang City isn¡¯t easy. I only got lucky and managed to push my points into the tens, and this is because more than ten of those who ranked higher had their points deducted for some weird reason!¡± Big Pineapple did not know that the point deduction was actually connected to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Did you forget the questions I asked him?¡± Feng Luo looked at Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Before the third day ends, us yers belong to different bureaus, and killing the opponents does not entail punishments... That¡¯s why we only need to find opportunities to get rid of the examinees from the other two bureaus. That way, we¡¯ll be able to eliminate a number ofpetitors!¡±

    ¡°The yers who can take part in this death game are mostly those who are ranked higher in the ranking, probably the top ten. Furthermore, as long as we kill Ichiro Yamamoto in the mission, there¡¯s probably going to be a lot more points rewarded at the end. That way, with your initial rank 13 points, you might even make it to the top five and obtain the qualification to change profession. I really do think that, for this special agent hidden profession, it¡¯s worth changing.¡±

    ¡°Heh, hearing you say all that makes me think that I really do have a chance!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes also glowed. However, he immediatelyined right after. ¡°However, right now, let¡¯s find some supplies. If we don¡¯t get something to eat, my body is really going to be weak!¡±

 Chapter 249 - Ruthless Character

    <strong>Chapter 249: Ruthless Character</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Some prisoners stood in a mountainous forest terrain on the edge of the Death Hunter ind.

    ¡°Walk in front. Move faster, don¡¯t dawdle!¡±

    Two NPC prisoners wearing the prisoner identification bracelet of the Federation with many tattoos on their body walked forward carefully.

    One of the prisoners was very tall and had a clear bullet wound on his chest. He aimed a ck handgun he held in his hand at the other NPC prisoner walking several meters in front of him. This prisoner looked thin, weak, and nervous and was also wearing the bracelet. ¡°Don¡¯t try anything funny or I¡¯ll really shoot you and kill you!¡± the prisoner with the handgun shouted fiercely.

    At the same time, he turned to a slightly shorter but equally burly man beside him who held a dagger with a red glow and said, ¡°Second brother, remain alert!¡±

    ¡°Sh*t, what is this stupid game? To actually have so many ruthless people and adventurers participate... There are even half man, half beast people! If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that we canpletely clear our names and get a new identity just for surviving, I would have never joined this crazy-*ss ¡®game!¡¯¡± As he spoke, the tall prisoner kept looking left and right.

    After half a minute, the three prisoners reached the edge of the forest and entered a ce that had a wider view.

    ¡°What¡¯s this? Leader! Look! It looks like there¡¯s a box over there!¡± The slightly shorter NPC prisoner suddenly fixed his gaze at something. He could see parts of a small silvery-white box on a in just outside the forest.

    ¡°A supply box!¡± The eyes of the tall prisoner who was referred to as leader glowed.

    ¡°Finally. Because we didn¡¯t dare open the map, we haven¡¯t picked up even one supply box until now... leader, I¡¯ll go bring it over!¡± The slightly shorter prisoner, a.k.a. ¡°second brother,¡± held the dagger in his hands and headed towards the forest.

    ¡°No, stop!¡± The prisoner leader shook his head; at that moment, he seemed calmer than before. ¡°Let Skinny Monkey go! Hurry, go and bring it over to me. If you dare try to escape, I¡¯ll kill you with one shot. You know my marksmanship. It¡¯s useless even if you hide in the bushes!¡± The prisoner leader aimed his handgun at the thin and weaker NPC prisoner, intimidating him.

    ¡°Leader Will, I¡¯ll listen to whatever you say. Please do not shoot... I¡¯ll go, I¡¯ll go right now!¡± The thin and weak prisoner looked as pale as a drug addict. His body kept shaking, and he ran and crawled towards the position of the supply box.

    ¡°There are multiple dangerous creatures on this ind!¡± the leader said to second brother. ¡°Although this bush looks fine, and there doesn¡¯t seem to be anyone hiding around so there should be no traps, it¡¯s hard to say if there aren¡¯t any mutated creatures hiding in the bushes. That¡¯s why I made Skinny Monkey go. If he wants to live, he should show some value. Otherwise, I don¡¯t think there¡¯s a need to bring him along.¡±

    The prisoner leader hid his body within the bushes in the forest while he stared at the panicking weaker prisoner who was walking towards the supply box.

    ¡°No wonder you promised to bring this weakling along back then. You were already preparing to use him as fodder!¡± The slightly shorter prisoner second brother had a look of realization on his face.

    ¡°If the other two fodders didn¡¯t get killed when we encountered the half man half beast fe, there would be no need for us to use such a cowardly person.¡± the leader said. ¡°It¡¯s fine either way. Although there¡¯s no way for a person like him to live till the end, he¡¯s easy to manipte!¡± The prisoner leader showed a savage smile.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, leader, about the thing you promised me...¡± The prisoner ¡°second brother¡± wore a slightly anxious expression.

    ¡°Rx... You¡¯re not like him. Back then, if you didn¡¯t help shoulder some of my convictions, I would have probably already been sentenced to death. That¡¯s why, so long as I¡¯m alive, I¡¯ll bring you along to leave this ind.¡± When the prisoner leader spoke, he sounded very sincere; however, in his eyes, there was a glint of ruthlessness.

    At that moment, the thin prisoner had already picked up the supply box on the ground. He turned around excitedly and signaled to the other two prisoners that he had got the box.

    ¡°Leader Will, I¡¯ve got the supply box...¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s inside? Is there anything to eat?¡± Second brother couldn¡¯t manage his hunger any longer.

    ¡°There¡¯s food! There are cans of fish and beef, and then there¡¯s also...¡± However, before the thin NPC prisoner could finish, his head exploded like a watermelon. Red blood and white brain matter spread all over the grass and the box.

    Pang!

    Just as he was shot through the head, the crisp sound of the gunshot that sounded like a beer being opened rang out and reached the ears of the two prisoners amidst the sound of the wind.

    ¡°F*ck. Leader Will, what should we do? This is really a f*cking trap! And there¡¯s actually a Sniper nearby!¡± Prisoner second brother was in a panic.

    ¡°Why are you flustered? Since he didn¡¯t fire at us, it means that he can¡¯t reach our position. As long as we camp here and don¡¯t go out, a Sniper wouldn¡¯t dare toe here rashly!¡±

    The prisoner leader was clearly a lot calmer. He clenched the handgun in his hand tightly and curled his body inside the bush while his eyes scanned and searched for the enemy¡¯s position.

    ¡°Leader, we can¡¯t stay here forever!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s already after 11.30 now. It¡¯ll be 12 in little more than 20 minutes. By then, it will be the time for the ¡®selection¡¯ as mentioned by that ck shirt instructor!¡±

    ¡°I haven¡¯t killed a single person. You promised to let me kill Bill after a while, but now Bill has been killed by someone else. What should I do? Leader, let¡¯s just run, open the map, and try to kill the people who have exposed their position. Otherwise, there won¡¯t be enough time.¡±

    Pang!

    ¡°Leader Will, you...¡± The prisoner called second brother looked bewildered as he looked at the hole in his chest that was bleeding profusely. He looked at the dagger he clenched tightly in his right hand, and then at the prisoner leader whose hand was holding the gun that still had smokeing out of the barrel.

    ¡°There¡¯s only a little time left. There¡¯s not enough time to find the people who have umted enough points and are hiding now. And I don¡¯t want to take too many risks to help you kill the people who are exposing their position at random! You should know that those people have already been pursued by multiple people. Even if I am confident in my ability, I wouldn¡¯t be able to guarantee that I can help you kill anyone! That¡¯s why it looks like I cannot keep my promise to you. And all I can do is to bring you relief so that you don¡¯t have to go through the pain of having your neck blown off!¡± As he said that, a ruthless and savage expression filled the prisoner leader¡¯s face.

    ¡°Rx! You¡¯ve helped me before! That¡¯s why, after I win this killing game and convert those energy crystals into credits, I will take good care of your wife and parents. I¡¯ll treat them as my own. Second brother, go in peace!¡±

    ¡°You... You...¡± Prisoner second brother still wanted to say something, but the blood gushing out of his mouth prevented him from doing so. Finally, he stopped breathing, his eyes remaining wide open.

 Chapter 250 - â€œSawtoothâ€ Stiletto

    <h4>Chapter 250: ¡°Sawtooth¡± Stiletto</h4>

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve really seen it, there are such cruel people even in the NPCs of this game!¡±

    Just then, a noise suddenly sounded above the prisoner leader¡¯s head.

    ¡°Who¡¯s that?¡±

    His expression changed, and his gun barrel quickly pointed up. But at that moment, a silhouette holding onto an alloy longsword in hand had already jumped off of a nearby tree at his side.

    Peng!

    At the moment itnded, the silhouette¡ªonce again as if flying into the air¡ªleaped using ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± right beside the prisoner leader and heavily swung the alloy sword in his hand.

    Pow!

    The gun, which the prisoner leader did not even have a chance to fire, was knocked flying right out of his hand!

    ¡°An adventurer!¡±

    Seeing the dark-faced person¡ªnot very tall and wearing alloy armor from top to bottom¡ªthe prisoner leader who¡¯d lost his handgun finally had a look of panic on his face.

    Even though he was an NPC, he knew that the increase inbat power that the opponent¡¯s alloy armor could provide was not just one grade! He who¡¯d had his weapon knocked away did not have the ability to escape from an adventurer with a Warrior second profession!

    Almost immediately, the prisoner leader took a step backward as he shouted, ¡°Wait, don¡¯t kill me! I can do a deal with you!¡±

    ¡°A deal? What have you got on you that can be exchanged for your life...?¡±

    Jumping down from the tree which Feng Luo had arranged for the ambush, still with some twigs and leaves on him for camouge, Big Pineapple halted his actions. He had initially intended to attack straight away. For an NPC to actuallye up with such words, it made him a little interested.

    ¡°You must be one with that Sniper!¡±

    At that moment, the prisoner leader regained hisposure and shouted, raising a dagger with a light red luster in his hand. He had just snatched it from the second prisoner second right in front of him. ¡°This dagger in my hand and that handgun you¡¯ve just knocked away are, as y¡¯all call it, ¡®Rare equipment.¡¯ These two items, in exchange for my life, is definitely a reasonable deal!¡±

    ¡°Rare equipment?¡± Big Pineapple eyed the dagger in his hand.

    An NPC knowing how to use equipment to trade for his life? Nheless, after noting the selling points of the dagger in his hand, he concluded that it was, indeed, a decent piece of equipment.

    ¡°Old Feng, what do you think of it?¡± Big Pineapple said, speaking in a certain direction.

    Feng Luo¡¯s silhouette was already walking in from outside the forest. ¡°Kill him,¡± he said. ¡°These two things, together with the other things he definitely is keeping a secret from you, are all your prizes...¡±

    ¡°Right!¡± Big Pineapple realized that his thoughts had nearly been taken over by this NPC!

    ¡°You...¡± Looking towards Feng Luo, the prisoner leader¡¯s eyes shed with an aura of hatred, but he instantly suppressed it and shouted desperately, ¡°If y¡¯all kill me, you¡¯ll earn, at most, 20 or 30 killing points! But if you spare me, there¡¯ll be another benefit for y¡¯all.

    ¡°I know of a ce where there are a lot of people with ¡®beastified¡¯ characteristics on them. Plus, they¡¯ve collected a lot of equipment, and the supply box is hidden there. I know you adventurers would definitely be interested in this! And I also can open my map and act as bait to help y¡¯all lure people over. You must know that by now, anyone who doesn¡¯t have killing points has certainly gone mad with the desire to kill. Spare me. Think of the killing points y¡¯all can get...¡±

    ¡°¡®Beastified¡¯ characteristics? Rebel beast warriors?¡± Big Pineapple was on the same page as the NPC, smiling as he looked at Feng Luo. ¡°And used as bait...¡±

    ¡°Yes, I really have value for being used alive! Y¡¯all can confiscate all the things on me. I definitely won¡¯t retaliate!¡±

    As the prisoner leader said this, there was a tinge of hatred in his eyes. At the same time, he¡¯d tightened his grip on the dagger in his hand, and his body had also tensed up a bit!

    ¡°If it¡¯s really as you say... then we really could save us some trouble...¡± A look of apparent intention topromise appeared on Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    Seeing the adventurer ¡°take the bait,¡± the prisoner leader once again tightened his grip on the dagger in his hand, and his eyes disyed a sneer of satisfaction.

    ¡°Hmm,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°As such, you shall... hit the road!¡±

    ¡°Then I shall... what?!¡±

    The prisoner leader had not reacted.

    Bang!

    ?3022

    A handgun bullet struck heavily against his unprotected forehead, instantly spilling blood. A red lethal damage number appeared!

    Bang! Bang!

    Feng Luo did not stop. The Silver Wing handgun in his hand fired two more bullets, simrly hitting the prisoner leader on his body, depleting all his HP!

    ¡°You...¡±

    The dagger in the prisoner leader¡¯s hand slipped out and fell onto the ground, and he fell backward with his bloodstained face full of shock and vengeance. As he died, his expression was identical to that of the second prisoner before.

    Big Pineapple still had not reacted. He was only looking at Feng Luo as the prisoner leader fell to the ground. ¡°Woah! Old Feng, why¡¯re you so ¡®sinister¡¯? Taking action while talking! I was under the impression that you really felt that this n would be fine!¡±

    ¡°Needless to say, it could be discerned from his eyes that he was pretending to surrender,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t have spared him even if he was surrendering for real! Even if what he said about some rebel soldiers gathering together was true, it wouldn¡¯t be possible for just the two of us to take them down! I¡¯d rather continue using this supply box to set a trap and loot points one by one from those whoe.¡±

    Feng Luo had already seen that this prisoner leader had given him 40 killing points. In addition to the 20 points from the slim prisoner from before, another 60 points had been added into his bank. And now, his total points were already close to 900¡ªanother step toward unlocking the Pet Space Bracer!

    ¡°Right, search him properly. I feel that there are definitely more than just two Rare pieces of equipment on him,¡± Feng Luo said to Big Pineapple, who had already looted the prisoner leader¡¯s corpse.

    ¡°Hey, hey, I know!¡± Big Pineapple retorted. Thereafter, he first picked up the dagger illuminating a faint red glow in the prisoner leader¡¯s hand. Looking at it in his hand, he said with a smile on his face, ¡°This dagger is certainly a good piece. But not much of a fit to yourbat style. See if you want to use it!¡±

    With a toss, Big Pineapple threw the dagger to Feng Luo¡¯s side.

    The dagger had actuallypletely pierced through the ground from just the gravitational pull on its fall, clearly disying its outstanding sharpness. But this item actually should not have been called a ¡°dagger.¡± urately speaking, it was a stiletto!

    Sawtooth S-3 (Stiletto)

    Attack: 500

    Attack Coefficient: C?

    Material Coefficient: C

    Strength +10

    Agility +10

    Enhancing Special Feature: causes double the HP damage, lengthens duration of HP loss by one!

    Required Level: 45

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    A really decent dagger¡ªespecially with its a rare attribute!

    ¡°HP loss¡± was a stiletto¡¯s special feature! Compared to the army knife, because the stiletto had a ¡°blood trough,¡± when it was pierced into the human body, the resulting wound would put pressure on itself and thus be difficult to heal. The game disyed it as continuous ¡°blood loss¡± damage.

    The average attack power of War¡¯s stilettos was lower than that of an army knife, but, strictly speaking, considering the overall damage, stilettos were actually superior to army knives.

    Since the debuff effect of the stiletto¡¯s ¡°blood loss¡± required a long period of time¡ªand could be healed by a Doctor or by using one¡¯s own consumables, like lifesaving bandages and such¡ªsome yers preferred to use army knives. Including Feng Luo, whosebat style demanded aplement for his talent of dealing the highest damage in a single attack. Thus, the blood loss effect of the stiletto was not much of a benefit to him!

    Nheless, this stiletto¡¯s attributes were certainly good. Perhaps it could be used as a spare dagger or put up for auction, where it ought to fetch a decent price.

 Chapter 251 - â€œHurricaneâ€ Handgun

    <h4>Chapter 251: ¡°Hurricane¡± Handgun</h4>

    Of course, it must be mentioned that this ¡°Sawtooth¡± stiletto¡¯s attack coefficient was a ¡°C?.¡± This was the reason why it had been able to pierce all the way into the ground just by itself just now!

    A C? Grade was already extremely high! Although the attack coefficient of army knives, stilettos, and rted melee short weapons would be higher than that of the Warrior¡¯s alloy sword, until now, C? Grade attack coefficients had been difficult to find!

    ¡°Yo, this handgun¡¯s attributes are not bad either! Old Feng, why do I feel that your luck today is so much greater than mine? The qualities of the prizes are all suitable for you. I¡¯m so tired already, yet I haven¡¯t seen many that match my tastes.¡±

    At that time, Big Pineapple once again picked up the ck handgun that he had knocked out of the prisoner leader¡¯s hand before and protested once again after ncing one look at the attributes. He jadedly tossed the gun in his hand in Feng Luo¡¯s direction once again.

    Hurricane-I Model (Handgun)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 400

    Attack Coefficient: D

    Agility +12

    Maximum Magazine Capacity: 16

    Effective Attack Distance: 120M

    Required Equipment Level: 44

    Special Attribute: reduction of 50% internal cooldown!

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    In War, all firearms had an internal cooldown interval. For instance, the sniper rifle¡¯s basic cooldown was 1.5 seconds, while the handgun¡¯s cooldown was 0.5 seconds. This meant that when yers were using the handgun as a weapon, even if their speed was any faster, they would still need a 0.5-second interval before being able to fire the next shot. Of course, this duration was influenced by the ¡°loading time¡± attribute of the firearms, which could be longer or shorter.

    For instance, the cooldown of the ¡°Tyrant¡± was more than 0.5 seconds, whereas the cooldown of this ¡°Hurricane¡± was only 0.25 seconds. A cooldown of 0.25 seconds also meant that it could actually fire four shots in one second¡ªessentially a handgun-version of a ¡°machine gun¡±!

    ¡°Not bad, indeed!¡±

    Feng Luo yed around with this handgun named ¡°Hurricane,¡± unloaded its magazine, and discovered that it had 7.62mm medium-caliber bullets loaded in the double-row arrangement within the magazine. He realized that it was already left with only thest seven or eight bullets in the magazine.

    ¡°It¡¯s fortunate that the supplies in thatst box opened before coincidentally had handgun bullets of this type of caliber... Does this count as not having spent 30 killing points on ¡®box-opening¡¯ for nothing?¡±

    Feng Luo took out from his backpack a row-type charger clip and loaded the bullets in it into the new handgun.

    The contents of the airdropped supply box were, indeed, as he had guessed¡ªbesides necessary food, there were also bullets, energy crystals, and even bandages, medicine, and other unique supplies.

    ¡°But the things in the supply box have clearly been used by the organizer to set up some traps!¡±

    Feng Luo attached the loaded magazine back onto the handgun. Even though every supply box certainly was as stated¡ªcontaining some canned food, dry food, and water¡ªthe food and water were definitely only enough for one day for one person.

    Besides food, the other supplies in every box werepletely random; they could perhaps be bullets or energy crystals, or maybe even blood tonics. But to open a box required the spending of 30 killing points, which, furthermore, could not be default points!

    That meant that only when one had killed people would he be able to open a box. Those who did not kill or who had only gotten 20 killing points after killing actually did not even have the right to open a box! For those who only had 20 points and thought they would be able to temporarily pass, this would undoubtedly make them curse and swear. They would have to continue killing others! Moreover, as supplies other than food were randomized, there was a high chance of discovering that the things werepletely useless after spending points to open the box.

    This was true for Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, who had already searched for and grabbed three supply boxes. Other than the blood tonic in one box and low-grade energy crystals in another box, there were finally 50 bullets in thest box. But what was a bit of a rip-off was that they were 50 7.62mm handgun bullets!

    It was important to note that regardless of whether it was the ¡°Tyrant,¡± which had not been unlocked, or the ¡°Silver Wing,¡± which was a prize from before, they were both 12.7mmrge-caliber handguns. That meant that these bullets were of no use at all to Feng Luo before this.

    Fortunately, he had now gotten this ¡°Hurricane.¡± Now, it was not considered a waste that he had spent those 30 points on ¡°box-opening¡±!

    ¡°But this ¡®box-opening¡¯ code has actually appeared in this killing game, too...¡±

    This noun, ¡°box-opening,¡± had awoken some of Feng Luo¡¯s memories from another world, as it had been the favorite money-reeling tactic of game operators of that world.

    ¡°Hahaha... Finally, it¡¯s my turn to get the good stuff!¡± At that moment, Big Pineapple, standing to the side,ughed loudly, waking Feng Luo from his slightly distracted state.

    He was greeted by Big Pineapple, who was initially looting from the prisoner leader¡¯s corpse, holding a ck ring in his hand that shed with gem sparkles. His dark-skinned face was filled with a wretched smile.

    ¡°Hmm? What are the attributes?¡± asked Feng Luo. He was a little curious. With Big Pineapple smiling so greedily, it definitely would not be a normal ring, would it?

    Could it be¡ªanother Rare-grade essory?!

    ¡°Heh-heh! See for yourself!¡± Big Pineapple set the attributes of the ck ring in his hand to disy mode.

    Will of the ck Stone (Right Ring)

    HP +500

    Basic Defense +100

    Quality +20

    Full Attribute Energy Resistance +10%

    Special Attribute: reduction ofst damage taken by 15%

    Required Equipment Level: 50

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Indeed, it was a Rare-grade essory. And also a Perfect-evaluated essory!

    Considering the attributes, it was definitely not inferior to the ¡°bullet ne¡± he had gotten just now! Even better, because this ring was a piece of Level-50 full-grade equipment, while the bullet ne was only a Level-35 Rare piece of equipment. Big Pineapple had already been at Level 47 during the Silverleaf Ind mission. These days, he had naturally longpleted full-grade missions. Thus, he could use this ring straight away.

    Feng Luo had to admit, this ring was tailor-made for a Heavy Armor Warrior. The rare attribute of ¡°damage reduction by 15 percent¡± was definitely every Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s dream!

    ¡°Right, speaking of a ring...¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the roaring lizard-engraved ¡°Rage of the Stone Lizard King¡± on his right hand and thought for a while before taking off this right ring¡ªsimrly of Rare grade¡ªand throwing it to Big Pineapple.

    ¡°I shall lend you this ring to use for two days,¡± he said. ¡°Although it¡¯s not of the same set, the effect of using both rings together will definitely be more significant! Of course, you have to fork out the points for equipment-unlocking yourself!¡±

    Feng Luo had lent the Rage of the Stone Lizard King to Big Pineapple, as the ring¡¯s rare attribute was ¡°bonus recovery of 0.2 percent HP per second.¡± This was not just a piece of Level-40 equipment; to a Heavy Armor Warrior, this rare attribute was definitely of ¡°S grade,¡± equivalent to a continuous F-Grade blood tonic¡ªespecially for Big Pineapple, who was a particrly resistant guy!

    As for himself, even though it was simrly of great benefit, unlocking it required 250 killing points, which meant, after thinking it over, he was not able to unlock it.

    ¡°F*ck! Old Feng, you have such a supreme item! Oh, what a waste, what a waste... You, a Sniper, actually wearing such a god-grade ring!¡±

    Big Pineapple looked at the attributes of the Rage of the Stone Lizard King in his hand and instantly shouted, wearing a look as if Feng Luo had utterly wasted a heavenly item.

    ¡°Are you wearing it or not?¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°If not, then return it to me!¡±

    ¡°Wearing, wearing! Of course, I¡¯ll wear it...¡±

    Big Pineapple clearly would never throw back a good item he had gotten his hands on. He immediately used his own killing points to unlock the ¡°Rage of the Stone Lizard King¡± in his hand, equipping it on himself.

    ¡°Hey, hey! Wearing this ck stone gem together with this ring of yours, even without using skills, I probably can resist that Scout NPC instructor¡¯s attack. If a solo yer with weaker equipment were to hit my shield, my HP might not even drop much!¡±

    Looking at the health recovery speed of tens of points every few seconds on the attribute panel, a signature wretched smile appeared on Big Pineapple¡¯s face.

    ¡°Your brother¡¯s defense can probably be called ¡®Commander-grade¡¯ now!¡±

 Chapter 252 - Itâ€™s 12PM!

    <strong>Chapter 252: It¡¯s 12PM!</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Ping ping ping!

    The ck ¡°Hurricane¡± handgun in Feng Luo¡¯s hand fired a string of bullets.

    A Level 35 Elite forest python, silently slithering from the fallen leaves on the ground towards the position where the two of them were lying in ambush, was directly hit in the brain and killed by Feng Luo¡¯s six bullets.

    ¡°Eh, Old Feng, why did you fire again? Don¡¯t we want to ambush?¡± Big Pineapple turned to nce at him.

    ¡°It¡¯s time. There should be no one around at the moment.¡±

    Feng Luo weighed ¡°Hurricane¡± in his hand, still more satisfied with the feel of this gun. At the same time, he tore his eyes from the supply box used as a trap not for away.

    ¡°It¡¯s time? What time?¡± Big Pineapple asked.

    Peng, peng, peng...

    A very vague sound traveled simultaneously from all directions into the two¡¯s ears. Due to the cover of the trees, this sound was a little unrealistic.

    ¡°It¡¯s 12PM!¡± Feng Luo raised his head to look at the noon sun¡¯s rays in the sky. The sun today was quite scorching, and there was still a little warmth left in it as it shone on the skin even through the dense forest.

    ¡°12PM? Oh right, it¡¯s the selection time. Well then, those sounds just now were the sounds of the explosion of the mini Energy Crystal bombs.¡± There was shock in Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes as he understood the situation.

    ¡°Everybody, those in the middle ofbat, please pause for a while!¡± At that moment, the cors on both of their necks suddenly projected the semi-transparent virtual screen.

    The army officer in a ck uniform carried a smirk as his wrinkle-filled face appeared once more before everyone.

    ¡°I¡¯m sure everyone has guessed what has just happened. Just now, those weaklings who weren¡¯t able to pass the selection have been immediately eliminated. As for the number of people eliminated, I can tell y¡¯all that it¡¯s 50! That amount of people eliminated isn¡¯t unusual, but the sight of 50 people exploding simultaneously is one of rare gorgeousness.I had to interrupt all of you who are still enjoying the killing game so that I could share the gorgeous scene with you. I hope everyone can properly enjoy the following few minutes!¡±

    With that, the image on the screen changed suddenly. In a forest, a middle-aged NPC holding a dagger in his hand was running wildly like a madman. His eyes were full of red streaks and he had no concern at all for his whole body and face, which was full of wounds where it had been cut by tree branches and some nts. He was madly searching for people.

    ¡°yer number 103, as you have not earned 20 killing points, promotion failure, you¡¯ll be obliterated!¡± Suddenly, the cor on his neck sounded a chilly voice of warning. At the same time, the warning lights on the entire cor changed into a continuously blinking lethal red color.

    ¡°No, no, I beg you! Give me a bit of time, give me a bit more time. I¡¯ve already discovered his tracks, I¡¯ll be able to find someone right away. I beg you, I beg...¡± The face of the middle-aged NPC instantly changed into ultimate fear as he yelled in panic.

    ¡°Obliteration engage!¡± The red lights on the cor blinked faster and faster until they were ring at his pale-white face, seeping in like blood.

    Then after a subsequent icy-cold sound, it exploded.

    Peng!

    The power of the mini Energy Crystal bombs with a directional release design was not very strong but it was sufficient to separate the head and the body of this middle-aged man. Flying blood and shredded flesh stained all the surrounding trees and nts into a patch of blood-red.

    The scene changed.

    On a beach, two people were wrestling each other. They had caught hold of each other¡¯s necks, and both of their faces were ashen as they used all their might and will to kill each other.

    ¡°Die, you die!¡±

    ¡°Die already!¡±

    Indistinct words came from their mouths.

    They were using various parts of their body to attack each other, even biting each other¡¯s neck and ears.

    ¡°yer number 453! yer number 790! You have not earned 20 killing points, promotion failure, you¡¯ll be obliterated!¡±

    At that moment, each of their cors sounded the same chilly voice of warning, and the red light on them started to quickly sh.

    ¡°No!¡±

    Both their faces showed ultimate fear.

    ¡°Obliteration engage!¡±

    Peng!

    With the two explosions sounding at once, the beach was stained red with blood.

    Some shreds of flesh and blood had flown into the water due to the explosion, attracting the ¡°boiling¡± of the water surface as countless man-eating fish fought.

    The scene changed again.

    On the grass in a forest, a woman had already fallen on a pool of blood. A male NPC wearing a matching couple attire the same as hers was using a very sharp stone to heavily smash her head again and again.

    ¡°Die! Die already, hurry up and die! I¡¯m sorry, Sha, I just want to live!¡±

    After hitting her more than 10 times, this NPC youth seemed to break down as he suddenly threw down the blood-stained stone and copsed onto the ground, crying painfully.

    ¡°yer number 650, as you currently have not earned 20 killing points, promotion failure, you¡¯ll be obliterated!¡±

    At that moment, his cor suddenly produced a chilly voice, at the same time a blood-red light started to blink.

    ¡°No, no!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve killed someone, I¡¯ve obviously already killed her. You¡¯ve got it wrong, you¡¯ve got it wrong...¡±

    The face of this NPC young man was instantly filled with fear as he pointed at the woman already motionless on the ground.

    At that moment, the ¡°dead¡± woman suddenly moved slightly and spat out a huge amount of blood from her mouth. Her movement revealed her neck which had been covered by her hair.

    Her cor which was alreadypletely covered in blood was simrly blinking quickly with red light!

    ¡°No!¡±

    The young man of the couple shown ultimate fear on his face and stretched out a hand, wanting to pick up that stone beside him once more. But on the already blood-stained red ground, it was impossible to tell where that same stone which had simrly been stained in red was.

    ¡°Obliteration engage!¡±

    Peng!

    The images on the screen switched one after another, each time a small section of the scene before death. Atst, these death scenes shrunk and were arranged together to upy the entire transparent screen.

    Pleas, curses, screams of pain and the final sounds of explosion fused into one, overwhelming ears and eyes beyond toleration.

    Feng Luo believed that if it were female yers of normal temperament who had seen these scenes, they probably would have already vomited as much as they could. He and Big Pineapple were people with a steady temperament, so they only looked at the images with cold eyes without too much of a reaction.

    ¡°F*ck, is this a little too sickening? I can¡¯t watch it anymore. I¡¯m afraid I wouldn¡¯t be able to stand it.¡± Big Pineapple immediately turned his head to the side and shut his eyes.

    Feng Luo took back what he had thought!

    ¡°The previous time in the sea, due to the angle, y¡¯all probably didn¡¯t see very clearly. With so many explosion scenes just now, bet y¡¯all have all already very clearly understood the effect of the bombs on your necks! So, don¡¯t hold on to any luck. Only by killing others and then earning sufficient points will you be able to avoid the fate of being eliminated and survive in this game to the end.¡±

    The screen switched back to the cold smiling face of the army officer in ck uniform.

    ¡°Let me announce now that after the elimination selection just now, there are still 334 people left. Very luckily, this number has already reached our originally nned number of eliminations. As such, following this, y¡¯all will be able to have six hours of rest time. In this period of time, we will not be releasing any special missions, but y¡¯all can still kill to get points. Tonight, there¡¯ll be even more exciting gamey!¡±

    The voice of the army officer in ck uniform carried a taste of mockery, after which his face became stern once more.

    ¡°Onest point. From now onwards, for all the remaining people, the basic killing points earned from killing opponents will be increased by 50 points. With every person killed, the killing points he contributes after his death will be increased, without limit! This means that your earnings will bergely increased. Furthermore, if you¡¯re able to kill that person now ranked first, you¡¯ll be able to earn more than 500 killing points, immediately pushing you up by 30 spots! Isn¡¯t that an attractive proposition? Let me just say that she has already killed 39 people, so some of you had better cooperate and gang up to kill her. My personal suggestion is that at least 10 people will be needed to secure victory!¡±

    With ast signature mockingugh by the army officer in ck uniform, the image on the screen vanished with a sh.

    ¡°Attractive my *ss! This is totally letting our previously hard-earned advantage in points instantly be canceled out!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s mental reaction this time was extremely quick. He had instantly figured out that this point adjustment which was seemingly a ¡°reward¡± was actually a kind of ¡°impairment¡± to those who had already obtained an advantage earlier on.

    ¡°The rules are up to them to set, we have no choice. It may not be a bad thing.¡± Feng Luo was rather unconcerned by the change; he would be continuing to kill anyway.

    Moreover, with the increase in value of heads, it was definitely a good thing to him, as it also meant that the time for unlocking the ¡°Pet Space Bracer¡± could be pushed forward.

    ¡°However, six hours of time. Bet it¡¯s not possible for most of the people to ¡°rest¡± at all...¡±

    Feng Luo thought about it with calm eyes. He would not be wasting this period of time. But for tonight, what activity would there be? This was rather worth looking forward to.

 Chapter 253 - â€œQualityâ€ Machine Gunner

    <strong>Chapter 253: ¡°Quality¡± Machine Gunner</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°F*ck, so unlucky!¡±

    A machine gunner yer with quite a lot of quality but unlocked equipment on him was running quickly through arge area of short bushes.

    Being a machine gunner yer, it had to be said that this so-called ¡°battle royale¡± game was actually extremely unfriendly to him. As the machine gun could not be taken out of the backpack at right from the start due to its high ¡°unlock¡± price, he could only rely onbat with his military knife. Luckily for him, he had depended on his unusual skills and had killed quite a few people, so he wasn¡¯tgging too far behind.

    This afternoon, he had finally umted enough points and unlocked his quality machine gun. Only then had he realized that the bullets were actually the true biggest consumption. It was one point to unlock one machine gun bullet. He would only be able to unlock a few hundred bullets and then all his points would be spent.

    He had never been bothered about typical training days for leveling up. He would happily use up a few thousands of bullets in a minute and even had someone who specially loaded ammunition for him, this was simply fatally restrictive!

    ¡°Damn it, this is too f*cking unfair,¡± the machine gunner yer said as he ran, his face furious.

    Boom!

    At that moment, there was a sudden sound behind him of Energy being broken.

    An orange-red Energy condensed fireball the size of a basketball smashed into a broadleaf nt behind him, the heat from the Energy explosion instantly burning the gigantic leaves to a crisp

    -566!

    A damage coefficient appeared above his head when he had not even been hit by the fireball.

    ¡°F*ck! Damn it, he¡¯s close again.¡±

    The machine gunner yer hurriedly sped towards an area to the side with an even denser coverage of vegetation. He had been chased by this rebel Fire Maniptor for three or four minutes already, and he was greatly diforted.

    If it wasn¡¯t for me having no more bullets, I¡¯d turn back and explode you in just two seconds. You¡¯re just a bunch of numbers!

    The machine gunner yer¡¯s thoughts were full of hate as he continued to flee.

    This patch of bush was not very tall, but there was still a lot of dense vegetation coverage at the center. Even if the opponent was close behind him, the opponent would not have much of a chance to directly lock on him with the fireball.

    However, at that moment, he suddenly felt some heat on top of his head. At the same time, there was a repressive force, as if something terrifying was brewing.

    ¡°F*ck, that¡¯s a big move!¡± The machine gunner yer could not help but panic a little.

    The range of a Fire Maniptor¡¯s big move skill was enough to cover an area of a few tens of meters. The machine gunner was not certain about where the position of the source of the opponent¡¯s skill was and was not clear about which direction he should flee in.

    Pu!

    Just then, he suddenly heard a soft, low sound like that of a beer bottle being opened next to his ear.

    Following that, it was as if the Fire Energy above his head had lost control as it gradually dispersed. The initial feeling of repression deliberately created by the system had also vanished. Despite this, the machine gunner¡¯s expression became even tenser.

    ¡°F*ck, a sniper!¡±

    He was facing a sniper. This person was of a gunner profession like him and so could be considered an arch enemy.

    In an instant, the machine gunner had already determined that the sound just now was produced by a sniper rifle fitted with a muffler, and its position was over 10 meters to one side. The opponent was clearly camouged, and the machine gunner had not noticed him at all when he was hurriedly fleeing.

    ¡°Run!¡± The machine gunner yer was now deep in panic, quickly turning and running in another direction. But it was clear that in this kind of situation, no one would be able to escape bullets, let alone aparatively clumsy machine gunner!

    Pu!

    ¡°-3355!¡±

    Following another soft sniper gunshot sound, the machine gunner felt like his right leg had been hit by a bullet as he lunged forward uncontrobly and his whole body rolled onto the muddy ground full of dried up branches and leaves. Above his head emerged a weak damage coefficient of 3500. That one shot had put him into a ¡°weakened¡± state.

    More importantly, the hit on his leg had actually triggered a special damage effect due to its exceedingly high damage, and his right leg had lost its sense of touch in a moment.

    ¡°I¡¯m finished! My quality rare machine gun is going to be exploded at this rate!¡±

    The machine gunner yer was enraged, knowing that with his leg injured, it would be impossible to escape. Once he died, the piece of quality rare equipment which had cost him a million points to unlock and which could not be bought at auction would be exploded!

    ¡°If I find out who sneak-attacked me, I¡¯ll show him when I revive...¡± the machine gunner yer said hatefully.

 Chapter 254 - Hellish Meat-Grinder (Machine Gun)

    <h4>Chapter 254: Hellish Meat-Grinder (Machine Gun)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Wait a little while longer. You¡¯ll find out very soon!¡±

    Feng Luo did not give Big Pineapple an exnation, but he did not n to keep Big Pineapple in the dark forever. Through cooperating with Big Pineapple for a whole day, the two indeed had developed a great mutual understanding and trusted one another without feeling that they needed to fight over the sharing of prizes.

    The feeling Big Pineapple, with his somewhat loud personality, gave him was a little like arade he had had a good rtionship with when he was a mercenary before. That person had been sincere and flexible in his attitude towards friends.

    Also, ording to probability, the Pet Space Bracer should be able to be ¡°unlocked¡± tonight, but this ¡°game¡± still had tost another two days.

    Therefore, after unlocking it, 24K and the various beetles would definitely show themselves and would not require too much of concealment.

    There was no need to exin all of this now. Big Pineapple would understand in a while.

    ¡°Alright!¡± Big Pineapple did not probe the issue further. After all, who did not have a secret in the game? It was just like how he and Feng Luo had never asked what each other¡¯s talent was. Although they could guess it, because one was a quality attack talent and one was a quality defense talent, they did not ask directly. That was because talent was considered a secret to mostbat-type yers.

    ¡°Hey, so this guy¡¯s a machine gunner. Such a bullet-burning profession as a machine gunner is probably pretty restricted in such a mission.¡± Big Pineapple had alreadynded his sight on this gunner yer¡¯s prizes. He wore a surprised smile when he saw the ground covered in ck machine gun parts. ¡°Eh, the model of this gun doesn¡¯t look bad!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s attention focused on the gun, and he picked up a machine gun part in his hand to check out its attributes. As he looked at it, Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened.

    ¡°F*ck, no wonder this guy looked so resentful. He looked like he was dying to eat me up. This machine gun is of excellent quality! Old Feng,e over quickly and assemble it. I¡¯m not very proficient at machine guns,¡± Big Pineapple said to Feng Luo excitedly.

    ¡°Oh?¡± Seeing Big Pineapple¡¯s reaction, Feng Luo was rather interested and came over to lend a hand.

    As a Gun Mechanic, he had a certain familiarity with machine guns. Half a minuteter, a six-barreled railgun, only 60 centimeters tall without its stand, all-ck and made of an unknown alloy, appeared before the two¡¯s eyes.

    Hellish Meat-Grinder (Machine Gun)

    Grade: Rare

    Attack Coefficient: D

    Attack Power: 700

    Strength +15

    Agility +15

    Recoil -50%

    Highest Firing Speed: 3000 bullets/minute

    Effective Distance: 500M

    Special Attribute: after passing through the target, bullets fired will cause 50% surplus damage (Greatest Target Pass-Through Layer: 4)!

    Equipment Grade Required: 50

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    ¡°Tsk, tsk! If there were enough bullets, even when all defensive skills are engaged, I wouldn¡¯t dare to try and use a shield to block this gun for 10 seconds!¡± Big Pineapple was full of praise as he touched the machine gun.

    ¡°Not bad! These attributes are indeed strong!¡± Feng Luo also looked impressed.

    This machine gun¡¯s attributes were just one thing. The key was its attack power and rare attribute. Reaching ¡°700¡± attack power, it was on the same level as Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Tyrant¡±, and only 50 less in attack inparison to the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡±. For a machine gun, this number was simply so high that it was remarkable. The reason was probablyrgely due to the fact thatrge-caliber machine gun bullets were used by this gun. The diameter of the bullets of this gun was 15MM ¨C this was already muchrger than the 12.7MM of that of Barrett, so it was no wonder its attack power would be so high.

    Of course, the attack power of a machine gun could not really be so simply calcted. Machine guns would have a damage attenuation when shooting at yers and monsters of Commander-Grade and above, so in actual fact, the damage hit by each bullet in PK was far lower than the Eye of the Thunder. This was only the case for yers and monsters of Commander-Grade and above. When facing normal and elite monsters, this machine gun would definitely live up to its name of ¡°Hellish Meat-Grinder¡±.

    After the bullets passed through ¡°living¡± targets in ¡°War¡±, the surplus damage attenuation caused was actually very serious.

    And this machine gun could maintain the pass-through damage at 50% ¨C it was essentially a makeover model of Barrett¡¯s rare attribute and even stronger. More importantly, being able to pass through fouryers meant that it could achieve a ¡°pass-through¡± output ability in dense human crowds or monster clusters. In apaniment with its exceedingly high attack, it would definitely be able to cause horrifying explosive damage inbat.

    ¡°Old Feng, if I were to transfer to agent profession, could I choose machine gunner as a second profession?¡± Big Pineapple caressed the Level 50 heavy machine gun, his eyes full of joy.

    ¡°Mm, it¡¯ll do!¡± Feng Luo thought, holding the Barrett in his hand.

    ¡°Machine gunnersparatively don¡¯t have a high demand on the familiarity grade of skills. Not much skill training is needed in order to be able to unleash enough power. And thebat method isparatively more brainless, so it¡¯s suitable for you! Plus you¡¯re a Heavy Armored Warrior. Ifbined with machine gunner as a second profession, your defense and attack power would both strong!¡±

    ¡°Hm! Hearing these words is strange. I feel like there¡¯s a twisting. Are you praising me?¡± Big Pineapple put down the hand caressing ¡°Hellish Meat-Grinder¡±. His eyes were doubtful.

    ¡°I heard that person say just now that he was the younger brother of the guild leader of the Guild of Heaven¡¯s Will. I feel it¡¯s highly likely that this machine gun was exploded from the Guild of Heaven¡¯s Will fighting a high-grade BOSS!¡± Feng Luo casually changed the topic.

    ¡°Guild of Heaven¡¯s Will, Old Feng, you¡¯ve heard of this guild?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s attention had been attracted by his words.

    ¡°You know about Storm City¡¯s top 10 guilds, right?¡± Feng Luo said, looking at him.

    ¡°Mm, of course I know,¡± Big Pineapple said.

    They were both yers of Storm City, so had an understanding of all of these.

    ¡°The Guild of Heaven¡¯s Will is a guild of about this grade. It is ranked in the top three among the top 10 guilds and is considered the number one of the best guilds in the Northern City!¡±

    ¡°No wonder that brat actually threatened me just now. It seems like there¡¯s really a reason for him to be so angry.¡± Big Pineapple touched his chin.

    ¡°This machine gun¡¯s attributes are of such quality, and it¡¯s also Level 50 equipment. The number of them will be very low, and some people will probably have taken note of whose hands these guns are in. So if you want to transfer to a machine gunner, you will perhaps have to be careful when you use it,¡± Feng Luo said, with the name of ¡°Hound¡± shing through his mind.

    ¡°However, there¡¯s no need to be too careful. Just don¡¯t bump into that machine gunner and you shouldn¡¯t be recognized. Nobody can prove that this gun is theirs,¡± Feng Luo said, smiling.

    Honestly speaking, Big Pineapple was such a sociable yer, and even if he had built up a bit of a grudge against the people of some big guilds, it would not be anything much.

    In this game of ¡°War¡±, there was no one guild orpany had the ability to truly be able to force normal yers to the edge. Furthermore, due to having to take public opinion into ount, those especiallyrge guilds were rather meticulous when settling controversial matters. Most of these big guilds were in actual fact sponsored or held by financial groups orpanies. Even the names they used were those ofpanies. As such, operations must consider thepanies¡¯ reputation.

    A major reason why Feng Luo had some connections to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was that his ammunition shop in Silvermoon City had been a little restricted. This was in addition to the fact that the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had not progressed to a more attention-grabbing standard. Hence, some big guilds in ¡°War¡± were actuallyparatively on the contrary more ¡°reasonable¡± than small guilds.

    The two disassembled the ¡°Hellish Meat-Grinder¡± then stored it into Big Pineapple¡¯s backpack along with the other prizes. Of course, to store this heavy machine gun with a weight exceeding 25 kilograms, Big Pineapple had needed to throw away much of the equipment ofparatively lower attributes that had previously filled his backpack.

    Through today¡¯s ¡°battle royale¡±, both of their backpacks were already filled to the brim with all sorts of quality equipment. They had even been forced to give up many prizes worth thousands of credits. It was clear that after three days, it would be necessary to throw away even rare equipment, as Feng Luo had predicted right at the start.

    However, this was something to be consideredter. The most important thing now was that the time on the two of their terminals had already ticked to 6PM. The six hours of ¡°rest¡± time had already ended!

    Pai!

    The cors on their necks projected the semi-transparent screens once more, revealing the wrinkle-filled face of the army officer in ck uniform.

 Chapter 255 - Hunter Corps

    <strong>Chapter 255: Hunter Corps</strong>

    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°The six-hour rest period is up!¡± The ck-uniformed officer¡¯s dissatisfied cold smile appeared on the translucent projection screen.

    ¡°At the moment, 241 participants are alive. It¡¯s very surprising that fewer than a hundred were eliminated in those six hours!¡± the ck-uniformed officer said with a grim tone, clearly annoyed.

    ¡°It looks like you haven¡¯t realized the importance of obtaining points in your current situation. Or perhaps it¡¯s because you¡¯ve passed the first round of the selection, and you have blind faith that you will be able to survive until thest day. Since we have so many people left, the difficulty of tonight¡¯s mission will also increase. What I want to know is, just how many people can avoid being eliminated tonight!¡± After the ck-uniformed officer finished talking about it with a cold sneer, the scene changed.

    The scene that appeared next was the internal cabin of amon transport vessel. A group of big and burly soldiers wearing all-ckbat uniforms and shades appeared on the screen in front of everyone. They were standing and their faces were expressionless.

    ¡°The mission tonight is actually quite simple. You must survive until daybreak tomorrow under the pursuit of the Hunter Corps!¡± The ck-uniformed officer¡¯s coldugh sounded through the screen.

    ¡°Survive, and you will pass. And for those who fail... Is there a need to say anything?!¡±

    ¡°Hunter Corps? This means that we are the prey, right? These people wearing shades, do they have any special skills? Or perhaps they are incredibly powerful?¡± Big Pineapple was unsure.

    However, Feng Luo, who stood beside him, did not reply. Instead, he frowned and stared at the unmoving ck-uniformed soldiers on the screen.

    ¡°Before you say anything, I did discover something unique.¡± Big Pineapple did not look at Feng Luo so had not noticed Feng Luo¡¯s odd behavior and reaction. Instead, his face showed that something had attracted his interest.

    ¡°Old Feng. Look at the faces of these people. Don¡¯t you think they look like they are from the same model? Even their height is simr!¡± Big Pineapple said, amused.

    He was correct. The soldiers from the Hunter Corps really did greatly resemble each other. More precisely, they were pretty muchpletely the same. There was no difference in the shape of their face or their hairstyle. Even their ears, mouths and noses were identical. This was the reason for Feng Luo¡¯s frown. He felt that the odd situation was somewhat off. At the same time, he also felt a sense of familiarity with the faces of the ¡°soldiers¡± of the Hunter Corps.

    After a brief moment of silence, Big Pineapple suddenly eximed, ¡°Ah, I understand now!¡±

    ¡°You understand now?¡± Feng Luo turned around to look at him.

    Did Big Pineapple really figure it out first this time?

    ¡°These people are probably simr to the rebel army, and they are cloned by Ichiro Yamamoto using biotechnology on human cells. That¡¯s why they are pretty much identical!¡± Big Pineapple said confidently.

    ¡°No!¡± Feng Luo shook his head. ¡°Even if it were cloning technology, it¡¯s difficult for them to make all of them look exactly the same. Unless the lot of them went through stic surgery after they were developed. But of course, there¡¯s no need for that. Moreover, did you not notice that it has already been over ten seconds. These people are just standing there. Their bodies and faces haven¡¯t even moved a tiny bit. This eliteness that they exhibit, it¡¯s impossible even for the special forces of the Federation.¡±

    ¡°True! None of them actually moved their faces or bodies at all. It makes one think that they are just like robots,¡± Big Pineapple mumbled as he touched his chin, somewhat confused.

    Upon hearing that, Feng Luo turned around to look at Big Pineapple. ¡°Hmm? What did you say?¡±

    ¡°I said that none of them actually moved their faces or bodies at all.¡± Big Pineapple repeated his words.

    However, Feng Luo didn¡¯t really need him to repeat it since Big Pineapple¡¯s words had suggested something to him, and he had now figured it out.

    ¡°Robots... That¡¯s what they are! The Hunter Corps isn¡¯t made up of living human beings. They are a batch of robots. They are probably covered by synthetic silicon skin, that¡¯s why they look very simr to humans.¡±

    At the same time, Feng Luo also found the source of the sense of familiarity. The faces and bodies of the soldiers of the Hunter Corps were actually 50 to 60% simr to the main character of a movie he remembered on Earth. It was a movie aboutbat robots.

    The movie was called...¡±Terminator!¡±

    The shaded look, face, and muscr body of the soldiers of the Hunter Corps were quite simr to Arnold Schwarzenegger; the only difference was that they looked much crueler.

    No way... Not that long ago, the story of ¡®Resident Evil¡¯ just began, and now something connected to the ¡®Terminator¡¯ actually appeared! If this continues, the entirendscape of the game world might really ¡®change¡¯ just like what Old Wu said, and arge-scale war might really happen in the next version!

    Feng Luo felt a migraineing on.

    Getting ¡®recruited¡¯ to be a special agent of the Federation... Does this mean that I¡¯ve joined and have bepletely embedded into the Federation camp? I wonder if there¡¯s a chance to switch sides... Mu Wu had already guessed that the next version of the game would include arge-scale war. Now that I think about it, since the ¡®Terminators¡¯ has also arrived, this might really be a possibility. Moreover, ¡®Terminator¡¯... War and Earth, there really are a lot of connections there.

    Feng Luo seemed a little out of it but quickly snapped back into reality. The problem that he needed to think about right now was the arrival of the Hunter Corps.

    Thebat strength of the Terminator is clear to see, and if the members of the Hunter Corps are all the Terminator, then that¡¯s going to be very problematic! Especially when we don¡¯t even know the weakness of these b*stards as well as the location of their control chip.

    Feng Luo tried to remember the chip and energy source location from the Terminator movie, but he couldn¡¯t find it because he only skimmed through it without paying attention.

    Looks like I can only try itter. I just hope that the models of the Hunter Corps aren¡¯t too advanced!

    The scene on the screen had returned to the cold and fierce-looking face of the ck- uniformed officer.

    ¡°Attention. Everyone will have information on the position of the Hunters on the map. Of course, they will also obtain information on your location, whether you open the map or not! If you are confident, you could perhaps try to kill the Hunters because each kill will earn you 300 kill points as well as a mysterious reward,¡± the ck-uniformed officer said. As he spoke, his tone was filled with mockery.

    ¡°This guy¡¯s expression... Are these ¡®Hunters¡¯ really that powerful? They can¡¯t be at the Commander Grade, can they?¡± Big Pineapple asked.

    ¡°Probably not Commander grade, but they should be at the Elite grade. Regardless, they won¡¯t be easy opponents!¡± Feng Luo said.

    If it were a Commander grade mechanical monster, then it was a given that 99% of the yers would have no way to resist them. Even their chance of escape would be less than 10%. In that case, the elimination rate would be too high. The game needed tost three days, and they would probably eliminate between ten to 20 on that one night, so it wasn¡¯t very likely.

    ¡°It¡¯s now 06.05. At 07.00, the Hunters Corps will officiallynd on the ind!¡± the ck-uniformed officer said.

    ¡°Initially, we prepared 15 hunters from the Hunters Corps. However, due to the sheer number of survivors, I¡¯ve decided to increase the number of hunters to 24. Furthermore, the top 24 ranked people will be the main targets of the hunters. Everyone enjoy the game tonight!¡± the officer said with a savageugh. After that, he disappeared from the projected screen.

 Chapter 256 - Let the Hunt Begin

    <strong>Chapter 256: Let the Hunt Begin</strong>

    On top of arge boulder that was 17 to 18 meters tall and covered with dense vegetation and trees, Feng Luo put the translucent shell that contained liquid substances neatly into the ammunition storage area on his tactical vest. They were on the edge of a beach, and it was covered with signs of a chaotic battle.

    ¡°Wow, Old Feng, you¡¯ve really spent a lot! You¡¯d need at least 15 kill points to unlock a single C Grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet, right?¡± Big Pineapple stood beside Feng Luo and had a heavy-looking dark gray alloy shield sitting beside him.

    ¡°20 points per shell. These ten bullets cost me 200 points!¡± Feng Luo set the bullets in ce and raised the Barrett in front of him. Then, he looked at the sky.

    By unlocking those ten rounds of C Grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullets, his 1,300 kill points immediately went down to just 1,100 points. Furthermore, he had also unlocked Maximum Shooting and Rapid Shooting, which had cost him another 100 plus points.

    However, remembering the strength of the ¡°Terminator¡± in the movie as well as how difficult it had been when he encountered mechanical monsters in the game, Feng Luo decided it was better to be well-prepared.

    In either case, if he were to kill a Hunter, the reward of 300 kill points, as well as the mysterious reward, would probably help him to breakeven.

    ¡°But Old Feng, how are you so sure that the Hunter Corps won¡¯t be easy to deal with? You¡¯re preparing so much. Even if it were an Elite Grade Level 50 mechanical monster, with ourbined strength, it shouldn¡¯t be too hard to take care of it, right?¡±

    Big Pineapple had switched to his Heavy Armor Warrior profession. The heavy alloy armor he wore maximized his defense, and his HP had also exceeded the threshold of 15,000.

    ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong with being cautious. After all, this mission affects our hidden profession mission.¡± Feng Luo made final adjustments to the Barrett.

    After that, he showed some slight hesitation on his face for a brief moment before taking a few more bluish-ck bullets out of his backpack and putting them in his tactical vest. With that, he had just spent another 50 points.

    ¡°What are those bullets?¡± Big Pineapple looked curious.

    ¡°Electromaic Bullets. They increase damage to mechanical type monsters by 15%. Additionally, when the target is hit, there¡¯s a certain percentage of triggering the electromaic interference effect!¡± Feng Luo briefly introduced the attributes of the bullets.

    The electromaic bullets were the best type of bullets to use against mechanical type monsters.

    However, Feng Luo doubted their effect on the Hunters that were like the ¡°Terminator¡± since those b*stards were covered with synthetic human skin. They looked like they could really stop the effect of the bullets.

    ¡°You don¡¯t have to charge this time. Just focus on protecting me. I hope that these Hunters don¡¯t have any super long-range missile-type weapons! Otherwise, it might be very troublesome.¡±

    Feng Luo lowered his head and nced at the time disyed on his terminal and found that it was almost seven o¡¯clock. ¡°Yup. Time¡¯s up. Are they here?¡±

    He raised his head and noticed that a ck dot had appeared at the edge of the sky.

    ¡°3,500 meters altitude. Approximately one minute before they reach the ind!¡±

    The Night Eagle Tactical sses on Feng Luo¡¯s head had been switched to a Rare Grade tactical helmet. However, he could still use the sniping scope of the Barrett to measure the distance of the transport vessel.

    ¡°Hehe, Old Feng, if others knew what you were trying to do, would they be shocked?¡± Big PIneapple looked at the transport vessel flying quickly while a strange smile appeared on his face. ¡°If we do this, will we be punished?¡±

    ¡°I did not break any rules, so they would have no reason to punish me.¡± When Feng Luo spoke, he intentionally kept his expression nk while aiming at a location in the sky. There was a rice-sized mini monitoring device floating around aimed at them that was ridiculously hard to detect.

    At that moment, in a luxurious yet somewhat closed off manor, a group of people sat scattered on their chairs.

    The virtual screen in front of each of them had some monitoring scenes caught by the monitoring devices or cors.

    ¡°What did he mean by that?¡± A big-bellied NPC wearing all kinds of rings on each of his fingers frowned after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words on the screen.

    ¡°He means that if he does something that we did not prohibit, it would be within the rules of the game.¡± The only person who was standing was the ck-uniformed officer. He still had his cold smile as he stared at Feng Luo¡¯s expressionless face on the screen.

    ¡°What he¡¯s about to do? What is he...Ah, could it be? Does he want to use the sniper rifle to attack the transport vessel?¡± asked a big-bellied NPC, who looked like an upstart, in a surprised tone.

    ¡°He¡¯d be shooting at the sky. With the standard of weapons the adventurers currently have, even if it¡¯s a sniper rifle, they can¡¯t reach very far. Unless he uses the anti-gravity sniper rifle orposite bullet that they still can¡¯t use. Moreover, the transport vessel isn¡¯t something a few bullets can take down!¡± said another ck-uniformed NPC. He was wearing shades and was clearly unhappy with the upstart¡¯s guess.

    ¡°Surely, he wants to snipe the Hunters when theynd. Or perhaps destroy thending gear they wear. That way, even if these Hunters are robots, falling from over a thousand meters will certainly incur serious damage. They might even be destroyed!¡±

    ¡°This is certainly an interesting idea. However, the marksmanship required for that is way too high. After all, thending speed will be quite fast. Moreover, thending gears are controlled by artificial intelligence!¡± the big-bellied rich NPC said, slightly confused.

    ¡°Did you not notice that this guy has never missed in the previous battles?¡± asked the ck uniform NPC. He looked at Feng Luo who had taken aim at the sky with the Barrett raised. The NPC¡¯s gaze under his shades was one of a predator looking at his prey.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. If any of you gentlemen are interested in any of the participants, you can start increasing your bet right now. The maximum betting amount for this round is five billion credits!¡± The fierce-looking face of the ck-uniformed officer showed wore a cruel smile.

    ¡°I bet 10 million credits that he willst until thest ten before dying!¡± eximed the big-bellied rich NPC. He grinned, showing his row of gold teeth.

    ¡°I¡¯ll add another 13 million credits. He¡¯ll definitely survive until the end!¡± said the ck-uniformed NPC who was wearing shades. His face wore a meaningful expression.

    ¡°I bet 20 million credits that he will not be among thest 15!¡± A cold voice sounded. It came from a tall and muscr man who wore a ck mask like ¡°Harley.¡± However, from his less than normal looking pupil and the rebel army high-rankingmander uniform, one would know his identity.

    Feng Luo and Big Pineapple had encountered and eliminated a lot of rebel army beast warriors and maniptors on that day due to luck. No wonder the rebel army high-ranking officer sounded so annoyed.

 Chapter 257 - Sniping at the Sky

    <h4>Chapter 257: Sniping at the Sky</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    An obese caucasian man wearing white silk pajamas poined at the screen in front of him and said, ¡°Hey, why would you bet on an adventurer?. If it¡¯s about pure strength, he¡¯s nothing! Help me ce 100 million on this woman. I feel like she¡¯s going to be there till the end!¡±

    On the screen, Haruko, whose ck samurai uniform was covered with blood, stood upon a cliff somewhere. She held her Sakura samurai sword in her hands as she stared coldly at the transport vessel closing in from the sky.

    Underneath her feet was a beast warrior rebel army Heavy Armor Warrior. He was lying on the ground with disbelief in his eyes. The highly defensive heavy armor he had on and the tough and thorny skin that covered his body formed a doubleyer defense. However, it had been pierced by a sharp weapon. It had been a one-hit kill!

    ¡°What a perfect woman. Strong, beautiful...¡± The obese man disyed a debauched smile as he ced his bet.

    ¡°If he lives, I want all the info on this woman. You should be able to provide that, right?!¡±

    ¡°Of course!¡± The ck-uniformed officerughed sinisterly.

    The NPCs that did not seem ordinary watched the yers and rebel army, as well as some citizen NPCs, kill each other inside the manor.

    On the edge of Death Hunter ind, above the giant boulder, Feng Luo had already raised his Barrett and aimed it into the air.

    After the ck shuttle-shaped transport vessel reached the sky above the ind, it had lowered its altitude to less than 1,000 meters. One by one, the Hunters, who were still wearing their shades and were equipped with guns, jumped out of cabin very quickly. They were wearingnding devices that were somewhat different from the ones Feng Luo and the other contestants used.

    There were more than 20 Hunters and they looked like 20 ck dots in the sky. They did not initiate theirnding devices immediately after exiting the aircraft; instead, they were just in a state of freefall!

    Naturally, descending using this type of method was extremely fast. In just over ten seconds, they had already reached an altitude of less than five to six hundred meters. After that, the intelligentnding system on their device kicked in and shot out strong air pressure that slowed their descent.

    At the same time, the intelligent control system began to spread out the Hunters¡¯ positions so that they allnded in different spots on Death Hunter Ind.

    Feng Luo guessed that each of the Hunters wouldnd near to the yers ranked in the top 24 contestants left in the game. One of them was flying towards his and Big Pineapple¡¯s position.

    However, we yet don¡¯t know who is the hunter and who is the prey!

    Pang!

    The Barrett¡¯s muffled gunshot rang out from the top of therge boulder on the edge of the beach. A 12.7mm normal Armor-piercing Bullet shot out of the gun barrel as a foot-long me and gunsmoke burst into the air.

    The sound produced by the ¡°Python of Death¡± sniper rifle, when there was no silencer attached and a me arrester was added, was incredibly powerful. The power of the shot corresponded to its sound and the bullet that exited the chamber possessed incredible initial speed and lethality.

    ¡°Will it hit?¡± Big Pineapple asked nervously as he held an alloy shield in one hand. In his other hand, he held a pair of military binocrs in order to track the Hunter who had be Feng Luo¡¯s chosen target. He knew that the variables that one had to calcte when aiming for a target in the sky werepletely different from shooting a target on the ground.

    The intelligentnding device used by the Hunters also made a sessful shot more difficult. Additionally, it was highly likely that the Hunter was a robot, so he wouldn¡¯t be affected by the force generated from increased eleration, which made the descent extremely quick. As such, there was hardly any time remaining for Feng Luo to take aim.

    One further issue was that the Hunter¡¯s current distance from Big Pineapple and Feng Luo¡¯s position as almost the limit the Barrett could reach. After all, when shooting at a target in the sky, the distance a bullet could travel was iparable to shooting at a target onnd. This was also the reason why the man wearing the shades had said that it was impossible for Feng Luo to shoot at the transport vessel.

    Even if Feng Luo had a sniper rifle like the Barrett in his hands, the bullet wouldn¡¯t be able to travel a thousand meters so high up in the sky. Of course, that was excluding special ammunition with self-eleration functions.

    Pang!

    One had to admit that, due to those various factors, even Feng Luo could not guarantee an error-free shot.

    Looking through his sniping scope, Feng Luo saw the Armor-piercing Bullet deviate half a meter, fly past thending device, and strike the back of the Hunter! However, although he was hit, no damage number appeared above the head of the target. The body that was hit by the high-caliber Armor-piercing Bullet did not have a ¡°Blood Cavity¡± damage special effect. The bullet had hit the side of the Hunter¡¯s body and had slid down it. It had scratched the skin of the opponent, leaving metallic silver material exposed. Feng Luo¡¯s previous prediction had been proven correct. These Hunters were terminator-type robots, after all.

    The Hunter was hit while he was still in the sky. After a while, he started to lower himself through the air. Thending device that shot out jet streams on his back also helped him change direction as an unknown heavy weaponry it held seemed to begin to move.

    The situation had suddenly be dangerous.

    Big Pineapple quickly raised his alloy shield and prepared to help Feng Luo block the attacks of the enemy from above.

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression did not change at all after the error of the first shot.

    He looked through the sniping scope of the Barrett as he stared straight at thending device on the Hunter. He waspletely focused as he calcted numbers and data that exceeded the limits of ordinary humans.

    Pang!

    Feng Luo, who already cast Rapid Shooting earlier, fired the next shot from the Barrett within just a few seconds. The Armor-piercing Bullet was spinning at a high-speed as it flew hundreds of meters across the sky. The shot hit the part of thending device on the Hunter¡¯s chest that was exposed after the Hunter had turned around.

    Boom!

    It was a shot of extreme difficulty and Feng Luo did not miss.

    After thending device was hit, electromaic sparks began to appear, and thick smoke also rose in the sky.

    Chiii!

    At the same time, the impact of therge-caliber bullet pushed the body of the Hunter to a certain angle.

    Ta, ta, ta...

    The Hunter¡¯s body position shifted in the sky. The bullets of his heavy,rge-caliber gun hit the beach in front of therge boulder that Feng Luo and Big Pineapple had concealed themselves in. These bullets left bowl-sized craters on the beach. Sand flew two to three meters into the air. Clearly, the power of the gun was terrifying.

 Chapter 258 - â€œPersistentâ€ Hunter

    <h4>Chapter 258: ¡°Persistent¡± Hunter</h4>

    Feng Luopletely ignored the situation. He looked extremely calm as his gaze fixed onto the Hunter who was enveloped in the ck smoke. The muzzle of the Barrett shifted its angles with hard-to-detect movements. This was a ¡°Serious¡± mode that Feng Luo only disyed when facing challenging targets!

    He was neither bothered or shocked by the fact that the opponent had not fallen after hisnding device was hit, even though it was already sparkling and smoke was billowing out of it.

    Feng Luo reflected on the fact that even the parachutes on Earth had backup chutes. Based on the technology levels of the game, it was highly unlikely that thending devices for the soldiers would be renderedpletely useless after being hit just once. Instead, it was likely that there were backup systems.

    However, so what if they had backup measures? As long as the Hunter was in the air, when facing a top-ss Sniper, he was just a live target!

    Pang!

    Feng Luo fired for the third time. Another Armor-piercing Bullet flew into the sky and headed towards the Hunter, just as he appeared out of the smoke with his body stabilized.

    Pa!

    The shot hit the side of the Hunter¡¯s jet streaming device. It also triggered the 15% probability rare attribute of the Barrett. After hitting the jet streaming part of thending device, the bullet did not slow down in the slightest; instead, it also destroyed the other side of thending device.

    Boom!

    This surprise shot had achieved greater sess than Feng Luo¡¯s previous effort. It seemed to have destroyed some importantponents. The other jet streaming part of the Hunter¡¯snding device now stopped functioning.

    The inevitable result was that the Hunter, who had once again raised the heavy weapon in his hands and intended to target Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, began to freefall. He was still around 300 meters away from the ground.

    ¡°Beautiful, Old Feng!¡± Big Pineapple shouted while holding the military binocrs in his hand.

    ¡°Is he dead?¡± Big Pineapple asked Feng Luo after a dozen seconds or so.

    They couldn¡¯t form teams in this mission, so he couldn¡¯t receive the notification to see if the Hunter was killed. However, Big Pineapple knew that if it had ¡°died,¡± Feng Luo would have probably received a system notification.

    ¡°Nope, looks like they¡¯re harder to deal with than imagined!¡± Feng Luo shook his head, already looking at the map turned on in front of him. He was specifically trying to locate the Hunter¡¯snding position. A red dot had remained in the same spot on the map for seven or eight seconds. However, since the red dot still existed, it meant that the 300-meter drop just now did notpletely destroy it.

    ¡°It hasn¡¯t be junk after falling from over 300 meters? That¡¯s crazy!¡± Big Pineapple said, a little speechless.

    ¡°It¡¯s probably due to the location. I¡¯ve miscalcted!¡± As Feng Luo spoke, he was quickly loading the Shield-breaking Energy Bullets from his tactical vest into the magazine he got out from the Barrett.

    The ind was mostly covered in trees and grass ins or even swamps. There was only a handful of buildings and hard ground. Feng Luo had seen that the area in which the Hunter had fallen was marked as rocky terrain on the map. It was possible though that the Hunter had been lucky and some trees or suchlike had broken his fall, meaning the robotic yer hadn¡¯t been destroyed.

    It was already incredibly rare for Feng Luo to perfectly execute his sniping n and hit his target so urately in such a short amount of time. Even if Feng Luo¡¯s mind was quick, it was very difficult to consider so many factors all at once.

    ¡°Since he fell from over 300 meters, even if he did notnd on the rocks, he won¡¯t be in great shape!¡±

    Big Pineapple seemed intent on doing something as he stared at the non-moving red dot on the map.

    ¡°Perhaps he has lost his mobility after the fall. Should we go ahead and get rid of it right now, before anyone else gets to it? It¡¯s worth 300 points and a mysterious reward after all!¡± However, Big Pineapple was then rendered speechless because, immediately after he finished speaking, the red dot that represented the Hunter on the map started to move.

    At first, it only moved slightly. After a while, it became a red arrow heading straight for them!

    ¡°F*ck, this is crazy. It¡¯s still functional and can move so quickly even after falling like that!¡± Big Pineapple said in dismay. He picked up his alloy shield and stood beside Feng Luo steadily.

    The moment the red dot started to move, Feng Luo already had his Barrett aimed in the direction the opponent wasing from. Due to the trees in the way, he could not yet see the situation clearly.

    The red triangle was not moving too rapidly. The Hunter who they had plotted against appeared after one minute.

    Yup, he looks a little more wretched than expected.

    The muscr and tall body of the robot that resembled Arnold Schwarzennegger had already be quite battered. The synthetic human skin was full of scratches from tree branches and sharp rocks, and its chest seemed to have also been damaged by rocks, leaving arge chunk of golden skeleton exposed.

    Its right ankle had been torn off, exposing metallic structure and wires. Clearly, this was also the reason it did not move fast. However, the worst part of it all was its head. It was distorted as if something had pressed against it. It waspletely tilted and hung on its neck.

    The shades that it had been wearing were long gone. One of its eyes had popped out of its sockets while the other eye no longer had any pupil. Instead, a red dot that continued to move and shoot out a ray of red light, remained.

    ¡°What the f*ck? Why do I feel like this is incredibly scary?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes were wide. After all, the person still had a human¡¯s figure and seeing it walk with a limp and with its head hanging like that really did give off a very peculiar feeling.

    However, Big Pineapple had not experienced a scene from ¡°Resident Evil¡± in real life. After being infected with the T-virus, Roguetown had been full of scenes like that, so this scene did not affect Feng Luo at all.

    Instead, his attention was focused on the arms of the Hunter. They had beenpletely broken in the fall and its gun had been lost.

    In this situation, who would dare to get close to it?

    ¡°Yup, it certainly isn¡¯t right. Don¡¯t let him get close!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s instincts told him that something was off, and he had an ominous feeling. That was why he quickly picked up the Barrett and started firing at the Hunter almost as soon as it appeared.

    Pang!

    The Shield-breaking Energy Bullet with the light blue glow directly hit the right leg of the Hunter. Its leg was barely intact, but Feng Luo¡¯s shot failed to destroy the right leg of the Hunter. It only tore off the skin and exposed the metallic skeleton that caved in slightly from the shot. Feng Luo had used a C Grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet with amazing defense-breaking ability paired with the high attack coefficient of the Barrett. Despite this, the Hunter had not sustained serious damage.

    It was a good thing that, if one shot was not enough, two shots could make it so!

    Pang!

    The second shot made the slow-moving body of the Hunter fall, leaving the robot lying on the beach.

    Pang, Pang!

    Feng Luo could not care about wasting bullets. He aimed the Barrett at the Hunter¡¯s head, chest, and other parts while continuing to shoot, trying to find the location of the control core and energy core.

    However, the Hunter did not seem to care about Feng Luo¡¯s attacks. It dragged both of its useless feet behind it on the ground and used its almost destroyed hands to crawl towards them.

    ¡°What the f*ck! What is this guy trying to do?¡± Big Pineapple was despondent. This was a situation he disliked the most because he couldn¡¯t figure out what was going on.

    However, whatever the Hunter wanted to do, the answer would be revealed very soon.

    Once it was around 20 meters away from Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, something suddenly flew out from the Hunter¡¯s abdomen. Within the item, there was a cylindrical object containing translucent liquid.

    ¡°Eh? I¡¯ve seen that before. It looks like his energy core. Doesn¡¯t it mean death for robots when they take out their energy core? He can actually still move. Does he have backup energy?¡± Big Pineapple sneaked a look at the Hunter from behind his alloy shield.

    ¡°Energy core...¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly remembered that the energy core of the terminator in the movie was some sort of miniature nuclear reactor. T-800 from the movie used his own energy core to blow up a terminator that was more advanced than himself!

    ¡°No way! Hide!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s pupils contracted.

    At the same time, the skill that was unlocked earlier, Death Sense, had already issued a fatal alert the moment the Hunter threw the energy core towards the two of them.

 Chapter 259 - T-750

    <h4>Chapter 259: T-750</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Boom!

    -3447

    -13697

    A loud earth-shattering explosion apanied by a bluish-white energy ball with a radius of over ten meters devoured the trees and nts on top of therge boulder. The trees and vegetation, their roots as well as the earth they sat on top of, even the rocks underneath the earth were all sted away by the explosion

    ¡°That was close!¡± Feng Luo looked relieved as he turned around to see the aftermath of the explosion caused by the energy core that the Hunter had thrown toward them. The explosion hadpletely obliterated a small portion of therge boulder.

    It was a good thing that when he selected his sniping position, he always considered his escape route for when emergencies urred. So this time, the instant the Hunter threw the energy core towards him, he quickly jumped behind the boulder.

    Although the edge of the explosion still took out around 3,000 of his HP, it wasn¡¯t much of a problem.

    Of course, this was because the energy core of the Hunter was not a miniature nuclear reactor like the terminator in the movie; instead, it was apressed liquified high-energy crystal. Although the power of the explosion was incredibly powerful, it wasn¡¯t as devastating as one caused by a nuclear reactor exploding.

    Cough, cough!

    At that moment, Big Pineapple, who wasying on the ground not far away from Feng Luo, got up after coughing. Compared to Feng Luo, he looked much more miserable. Multiple parts of his alloy armor were damaged. The Level 42 rare shield that he obtained from earlier battles was more than 70% damaged. Big Pineapple had used it to block his body from behind, and its stats had decreased substantially!

    ¡°Motherf*cker, I almost got done in. Good thing I cast my ultimate skill and ced the shield behind me, otherwise, I might have really died!¡± Big Pineapple eximed. He felt a sense of lingering fear as he dusted off the sand on top of his body and head whileid on the shield that was now almost junk.

    Compared to the fast-reacting Feng Luo who had jumped out of the way without any hesitation, Big Pineapple¡¯s reaction was a little slower. That was why he absorbed most of the damage from the explosion. If it weren¡¯t for his crazy defense, the shield, and his more than 15,000 HP, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to survive the attack.

    In fact, even with his threeyer defense, he lost around 15,000 HP, and due to his low HP, he actually went into the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± condition. It was a good thing that the rare attribute of the Wrath of the Rock Lizard King ring that Feng Luo had given him earlier was, indeed, ¡°Godlike.¡± Within a few seconds, his HP recovered, which was why he had the strength to get back up.

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯re right again. This b*stard was way too strong. That self-destructing power is at least at the Commander grade. Even a normal Heavy Armor Warrior will find it tough to take that.¡±

    Big Pineapple used a blood tonic on himself; then he picked up the alloy shield.

    As the self-destruct explosion caused by the Hunter caused a hugemotion, it was likely that they had attracted the attention of others around them, so he had to recover his HP quickly!

    ¡°Normal Commander grade monsters don¡¯t necessarily have this sort of power. The self-destruct seemed a little too powerful!¡± Feng Luo seemed a little doubtful.

    Although generally, Commander grade monsters had the strength to kill low-HP professions in one hit, it was highly improbable that it would be able to instantly kill a Heavy Armor Warrior with a shield as well as all of their defense skills on.

    The power of the Hunter¡¯s self-destruct almost killed Big Pineapple with his shield and ultimate skill activated in one hit! So it seemed a little odd.

    Moreover, the Hunter should only be Elite grade.

    You¡¯ve sessfully killed A Hunter T-750 (Level 50, Elite).

    Obtained the Big Escape mission kill points: 300.

    Obtained Merit: Five. Obtained exemption authority: One

    Feng Luo looked at the new system notification.

    T-700

    The name convinced him that the Hunters were connected to the terminator movie since the humanoid series of the terminator all began with the letter ¡°T.¡± It was simr to the naming rule of the Tyrants in the ¡°Resident Evil¡± missions.

    Although the action of the Hunter earlier should be deemed as a ¡°Suicide,¡± the kill points were awarded to him. 300 points in the pocket, which was enough to supplement his earlier spending on unlocking the Shield-breaking Energy Bullets and the two skills.

    As for the ¡°mysterious reward¡± that the ck-uniformed officer mentioned earlier when killing the Hunters, could it be this ¡°Exemption Authority?¡±

    ¡°Exemption, exemption from what?¡±

    Feng Luo looked at it carefully and saw that it actually meant the authority to be exempted from a ¡°Compulsory Mission¡± once, for example, the random position exposure on the map earlier. If one were to use the authority, one would be exempt from being exposed.

    ¡°This mysterious reward could be useful.¡±

    Feng Luo stood up while carrying the Barrett and shouted to Big Pineapple whose HP was already half full. ¡°Let¡¯s go. We¡¯ll check out that Hunter first.¡±

    The two of them walked toward the forest from behind the boulder. Big Pineapple went first to scout with his shield raised. After over a dozen seconds he had ensured that there was no enemy around, and the two of them worked together to move the body of the T-750 Hunter to a spot in the forest where it was harder for them to be attacked.

    ¡°Old Feng, why did we bring this thing here?¡± Big Pineapple asked, confused.

    ¡°Autopsy!¡± As Feng Luo spoke, he had already brought out a dagger emanating a light red glow.

    It shouldn¡¯t be too hard to use this incredibly sharp ¡°Hunters Tooth¡± Stiletto with C Grade material to dissect the tough metallic body of this Hunter.

    Feng Luo waspletely immersed in removing the damaged synthetic human skin from the T-750 Hunter¡¯s body on the ground. Then, one by one, he took apart each of theponents of the Hunter that he had been able to remove. In an instant, the ground had fingers, teeth, and even very realistic throat and heart parts scattered all over it.

    Watching carefully, Big Pineapple was astonished.

    ¡°Yo, Old Feng. Looking at your incredibly calm expression and your incredibly familiar technique, you must be in the human dissection line of work in real life!¡±

    ¡°No!¡±

    Feng Luo remainedpletely focused on ¡°dissecting¡± the Hunter, not even leaving out the smallest of details.

    In fact, the most useful thing about killing this T-750 Hunter wasn¡¯t 300 kill points or the Exemption Authority reward. For Feng Luo, the biggest benefit was actually the chance to find the location of the Hunter¡¯s control chip and energy core, and find the weaker parts in its body structure. Although mechanical monsters did not have lives, one could still damage the important parts to make them losebat strength!

    However, it¡¯s probably best not to attack the location of the energy core. It might cause an explosion directly, so the focus should be on the control chip.

    Feng Luo¡¯s objective was clear.

    ¡°Hah, found it!¡±

    Feng Luo spent some time trying to pry open a tightly sealed apparatus on the back of the Hunter. Once he did so, he found a thumb-sized silvery-white chip inside.

    ¡°Eh?¡±

    Using the Hunters Tooth stiletto to pry the chip out, Feng Luo picked it up with his hands and discovered that the chip was actually considered a ¡°Spoils of war¡± as it could be put in his backpack and brought away.

    T-750 core control chip ? ?

    Chip. Another chip. Moreover, it¡¯s a chip that doesn¡¯t disy its stats. I probably won¡¯t be as lucky asst time. Feng Luoughed and put the silver chip inside his backpack before continuing his ¡°dissection¡± operation.

    Among the NPCs he knew, Master Rnd knew a thing or two about chips while Lin was also a Chip Master. Perhaps they would know what the chip was for.

    After over a dozen minutes, Feng Luo, who had dissected and analyzed most of the parts and structures of the Hunter and had memorized the info, stood up, picked up the Barrett and said to Big Pineapple beside him, ¡°Yup. Although tough, it¡¯s probably alright to try it on a Hunter!¡±

 Chapter 260 - A Familiar Face? A Foe!

    <h4>Chapter 260: A Familiar Face? A Foe!</h4>

    Night fell as the setting sun at the edge of the sky lost thest of its remaining glow.

    ming zing mes was running through the forest with an ominous look on his face. Behind him, a tall and burly ck silhouette carrying a limitlessly pressurizing force kept chasing him.

    This towering humanoid silhouette, which was wearing sunsses, was like a beast closing in with heavy steps and constant rhythm. It did not even try to avoid the skills that he would asional turn back to unleash. The fireballs that smashed on his body only exploded into lumps of Energy mes without any damage coefficient.

    What the f*ck? What the hell is this creature?

    ming zing mes did not fully understand what the opponent was made of and cursed furiously in his mind.

    A few days earlier, due to both his Criminal Points and Illegal Points breaking through a thousand, and also his killing of two yers who had taken his bounty-hunting mission, ming zes mes had triggered this mission while he was going to the Town of Exiles to clear his name.

    Under the invitation from an anonymous NPC, he had epted this mission with a malicious smile. To him, this kind of murder mission was undoubtedly his forte and he did not expect to encounter any difficulty.

    ording to his estimation, even if he could not get into the top three, top ten should definitely be within his grasp. He had not expected that this so-called ¡°battle royale¡± game would slip out of his grasp right at the start!

    He had justnded and had finished listening to the description of the rules by the army officer in a ck uniform. He had not even clearly studied his surroundings when a Light Armored Warrior with green-glowing eyes came charging over to kill him!

    A rebel beastified warrior!

    As a frequent visitor to Silvermoon City¡¯s Town of Exiles, ming zing mes had a good understanding of the rebellion¡¯s beastified warriors. He sensed a threat at the sight of his opponent¡¯s eyes and quickly fled.

    Luckily, due to his understanding of the rebellion¡¯s beastified warriors, even though he had been battered and was exhausted from being chased, he had still escaped in the end. However, his expectation of iming the advantage by carrying out his initial n of mass-killings had been doomed.

    When he had finally seized the chance to kill over 10 people consecutively in the daytime and had unlocked most of the equipment on him, he had thought that his points should have already been very high, possibly even in the top five.

    Hence, seeing that a ¡°Hunter¡± hadnded not far from him, he already had the intention of testing the ability of the opponent. He had not expected that the ¡°Hunter¡± would show no interest in him, carrying his heavy firearms and running off towards another direction.

    Very clearly, this Hunter¡¯s actions undoubtedly proved one thing ¨C he was not on the primary hunting list of these Hunters at all, which meant that his ranking was not even in the top 24.

    Damn it, how is that possible?

    He followed the ¡°Hunter¡± with a dark face.

    Over 10 secondster, his expression hadpletely changed when he had personally seen with his eyes a fight between this so-called ¡°Hunter¡± and a Light Armored Warrior he suspected must be ranked in the first 24!

    The Light Armored Warrior was very powerful indeed, possibly even more powerful than ming zing mes. However, when facing the ¡°Hunter¡± charging straight up to him without any attempts to conceal itself, he was utterly defeated.

    The Light Armored Warrior¡¯s HP had been reduced by half due to the heavy firepower of the Hunter when he was still some distance away.

    When he had finally closed in, the Light Armored Warrior was even more unexpectedly crushed in closebat by this Hunter. ming zing mes had thought that the Hunter must be of the gunner profession, but this did not seem to be the case. The Light Armored Warrior was finished off without barely a chance to retaliate.

    An instantter, the Hunter looked straight towards ming zing mes¡¯ position. Even though his eyes were blocked by sunsses, ming zing mes could feel the expressionless re beneath them.

    Damn it!

    Totally giving up the impractical thought of killing this Hunter, ming zing mes first covered himself with a forcefield then quickly fled.

    Luckily for him, after killing the top-ranked Light Armored Warrior, the weapon in his opponent¡¯s hand had already been depleted of some of its bullets. The Hunter now carried an Alloy Sword he had picked up from beside the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s corpse.

    Without the long-range threat of the opponent¡¯s firearms, ming zing mes was at least a little more rxed as he fled.

    It was as if this Hunter had locked on him, persistently chasing behind him.

    As a Maniptor, his original movement speed was not fast, and so sprinting at high speed was extremely draining. Therefore, even if this Hunter¡¯s movement speed was not very fast, ming zing mes still had no way of shaking him off.

    The fact that he had been moving about in this region today was a good thing. It allowed him to be very clear about the surrounding environment. As he fled, he had deliberately lured this Hunter into a densely forested region.

    It was now already evening, and the deep parts of the forest were already very dark., ming zing mes quickly realized that his thought of wanting to rely on the darkness to escape was futile. As soon as they entered the deep part of the forest, the eyes of the Hunter had shone two dots of red light.

    In the unlit environment, looking at this rebel beastified warrior which looked even more obvious than the rebel beastified warrior with red-glowing eyes from before, he recalled one thing.

    The ck-uniformed army officer had said that, regardless of whether the map was opened, these Hunters could actually know the positions of the surrounding ¡°yers¡±.

    Damn it, I forgot about this!

    ming zing mes¡¯ face fell. He unleashed another obstructing fireball behind him as he hurriedly ran towards the edge of the forest.

    ¡°Hm, has hee out?¡±

    10 secondster, on a tall and steep slope on the outskirts of the forest further away, Feng Luo was holding the Barrett and staring through the scope at a position at the edge of the forest.

    Due to the fact that the movement tracks of all the Hunters would directly appear on the map, it was actually very easy for him to determine the moving targets of these Hunters.

    For this Hunter now, it was clear from his movement tracks that he was chasing a ¡°prey¡±.

    But what surprised Feng Luo was that the Fire Maniptor yer with a grave face being chased out of the forest was actually a ¡°familiar face¡±!

    Of course, familiar faces must be differentiated into two types: friend or foe, and this person belonged to the second type.

    During this round of system version update, in order to quickly level up, he had previously carried out bounty-hunting missions for a few days consecutively.

    Thest mission target he had received was a Fire Maniptor yer with the ID of ¡°ming zing mes¡±. His mission had failed, not because of the ability of this Fire Maniptor, but because this Fire Maniptor had coborated with Roaring Dragon ¡®Lightwind¡¯, especially making use of his Wanted Mission to set a trap for Feng Luo.

    Luckily, 24K had already hatched the first Elite Scout beetle at that time. Feng Luo had relied on the Scout beetle¡¯s special sight to discover Energy fluctuations in the buildings of the ruins region and escaped.

    However, although he had sessfully gotten out, he had failed the mission, which was one of his only two failures at hunting missions.

    Hence, the rtionship between Feng Luo and ming zing mes could be said to be foes.

    Feng Luo had not really taken this grudge to heart and had not intended to get back at this ming zing mes in any way, but now the opponent was putting his head right in front of Feng Luo¡¯s gun!

    How could one not happily im such a head?

 Chapter 261 - Snipe-Kill!

    <h4>Chapter 261: Snipe-Kill!</h4>

    ¡°Finally, he¡¯se out!¡±

    Seeing a withered yellow grass patch of half a person¡¯s height outside the forest, ming zing mes held his staff as he continued to flee.

    He had thought himself clever by luring the ¡°Hunter¡± behind him into the forest, not expecting that not only had it not widened the gap, it had also allowed the opponent to get even closer instead.

    Now, the ¡°Hunter¡± behind him, wearing sunsses and with red-glowing eyes, was already less than 20 meters from him.

    However, it seemed like he was on the verge of aeback! For a Fire Maniptor, the withered patch of grass before him was undoubtedly an awesome battleground.

    Pu, pu, pu!

    He activated a string of Fireball Combo fireballs which exploded onnding. They fell onto the grass behind ming zing mes as he ran, and instantly set the grass patch on fire!

    The dense yet withered vegetation was like wood meeting fire. The Fire Energy had formed a tall ming region in just a few seconds, the mes one to two meters in height.

    ¡°That should stop you for a while!¡± ming zing mes turned back to look as he ran, smirking.

    Knowing how to use the environment to one¡¯s advantage duringbat ¨C this was the difference between elite yers and master yers in the game!

    Wh...What?

    When he turned back and saw the situation, disbelief could be seen in his eyes.

    The tall and burly,pletely expressionless ¡°Hunter¡± holding an Alloy Longsword had actually ignored the zing mes in front of him. With heavy, unwavering footsteps, he stepped straight onto the burning vegetation, continuing the chase. However, the patch of grass was burning faster than he had imagined, and the Hunter had only taken a few steps before he was engulfed by the mes which had linked up to form a sea of fire.

    Does he want to die?

    ming zing mes¡¯ fleeing footsteps had already slowed down a little.

    Damage created by making use of the environment was simrly able to cause damage and was even stronger than the damage of yers¡¯¡±Sea of Fire¡± skill.

    Was the Hunter very self-confident or was he wildly arrogant?

    As ming zing mes was thinking about what to do next, the Hunter walked out of the area of the ¡°Sea of Fire¡±.

    It was impossible that this fire would have failed to have any effect. Theyer of artificial skin on Hunter T-750 had been scorched ck. Some parts had beenpletely destroyed, revealing the metallic color of the mechanical structure inside.

    Now ming zing mes understood the Hunter¡¯s identity.

    Damn it! So these so-called Hunters are actually robots. I didn¡¯t realize!

    ming zing mes was now very worried, especially after seeing that the Sea of Fire had caused very little damage, apart from some on the surface.

    Fire Maniptors actually restricted mechanical creations. Because most parts of mechanical creations or chips had environmental operating conditions and could not operate for too long a period of time in hundreds of thousands of degrees in temperature, thus the temperature of Fire Energy was an extreme restriction to them. Clearly, this Hunter was apparently immune to such mes.

    This meant that ming zing mes¡¯ skills would be unlikely to damage his opponent.

    What also made ming zing mes¡¯ face grim was that at that moment, the Fire Energy Forcefield on him had disappeared due to the time being up.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± ming zing mes cursed furiously. He could only turn and run. He had no intention of facing this robot inbat.

    Suddenly, it felt as if his head was trembling. He felt as though he had been smashed by a heavy hammer. His entire head had jerked uncontrobly backward!

    Ping!

    -2905!

    A yellow-colored weak damage message shed past his vision.

    If it was not for the Rare-Grade headwear on his head that he had obtained from killing a rebel Maniptor, this shot could havepletely reduced his HP of only over 3000!

    ¡°F*ck, a sniper!¡± ming zing mes cursed once again.

    The uracy of this shot was really a little horrifying. It had actually hit him right in the middle of his forehead, even making his heart tremble!

    It was highly likely that the opponent had noticed a while ago, and had attacked the moment his forcefield had disappeared. He must have used the ¡°Precise Shot¡± or some aiming skill to have shot so urately.

    ming zing mes had instantly made a judgment in his heart, after which a vicious look appeared on his face.

    You think you can nail me just with a sneak-attack?

    The Energy staff in his hand was already glowing. Less than one secondter, a blinding white ring of mes had rapidly spread from his body outward to a range of a few meters surrounding him.

    ¡°zing Ring of Fire!¡±

    This was a life-saving skill he had always kept up his sleeve. It was a rare skill purchased for a high price at an auction.

    Although a sniper with a headstart with a rifle was a huge threat to a Maniptor, it was not the case that Fire Maniptors had no power to retaliate.

    The 360-degree ring-shaped mes produced by Ring of Fire moves were able to cause great interference in the line of sight of a sniper who was staring at the target through the aiming scope.

    As for his Ring of Fire move, it was an upgraded version of the Rare ¡°zing Ring of Fire¡± skill. Not only did it possess strong damage ability, but it also could radiate a very powerful blinding white light at the same time.

    Furthermore, the light now was already growing dimmer.

    In such circumstances, the sudden appearance of bright white light would definitely take one by surprise.

    Once the zing Ring of Fire had been unleashed, ming zing mes had already hurriedly moved off with all his might, ignoring his endurance depletion as he charged towards another bush area at the edge of the vegetation. He only needed to make use of the few seconds of time bought from using the zing Ring of Fire to be able to escape.

    Ping!

    Another gunshot rang out. His body had only moved less than five meters when a bullet hole appeared in his head!

    At the same time, this ¡°-786¡± blood-red lethal damage had depleted all his remaining HP.

    The shot had also hit his forehead with unbelievable uracy. It was only a millimeter from thending spot of the previous shot.

    How is this possible! Is his vision not affected at all?

    This was thest thought in ming zing mes¡¯ head as his body radiated death¡¯s white light before he fell onto the ground and arge number of prizes exploded out from inside his backpack.

    You have killed a death game opponent.

    ording to the opponent¡¯s ability evaluation, killing points earned: 150!

    On the slope, Feng Luo smirked while holding the still-smoking Barrett in his hand.

    His vision had indeed been affected, but it was only his right eye. It had been his left eye behind the Barrett¡¯s aiming scope

    When he was shooting just now, he used his right eye to aim while his left eye was closed. Both eyes would not be affected by the brightness of the Ring of Fire move.

    When a sniper was shooting, it was fine to close just one eye or to keep both eyes open. However, if both eyes were open, the field of view would actually be even wider, with one eye aiming and the other being able to observe the surrounding situation. This was why most armies required snipers to open both eyes during training.

    Of course, for such a level of sniper as Feng Luo, opening or closing his eye did not have much of an effect on him. Whether he closed his other eye was dependent on thebat situation.

    This Fire Maniptor¡¯s PK experience was rich, but so was Feng Luo¡¯s.

    Once he knew his opponent¡¯s profession, he had already predicted that the opponent would use this move. In the hands of a high-end Fire Maniptor, instantly unleashing ¡°Ring of Fire moves¡± to interfere with the enemy¡¯s sight and counterattacking was not some secret technique.

    Hence when he had realized that he had not finished off the opponent with the first shot, he had already been preparing to face the ¡°Ring of Fire move¡±, immediately closing an eye.

    As such, in the next moment, the opponent¡¯s white ring of fire which was much brighterpared with normal Ring of Fire moves had only affected the sight of his right eye behind the aiming scope.

    And to him, there was not much difference in using his left or right eye to aim.

    With this considerably short distance, the chance of failing to hit a Maniptor who had not concealed his position at all was almost zero!

 Chapter 262 - Something Up Big Pineappleâ€™s Sleeve

    <h4>Chapter 262: Something Up Big Pineapple¡¯s Sleeve</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Another 150 points. If I carry on like this, my points are almost there already!

    Feng Luo turned the Barrett to aim at the metallic skeleton-looking Hunter T-750. Much of his metallic structure had been revealed due to his disguise skin being burnt by the continuous mes.

    There was another 300 killing points up for grabs here. If imed, the 1500 killing points for unlocking the Pet Space Bracer would be met!

    The T-750 had walked out of the burning vegetation with his head already turned in Feng Luo¡¯s direction. The two blinking red dots under his sunsses were already very clear under the darkening sky.

    The Hunter had no reaction when he saw the dead Fire Maniptorid on the grass nearby. After all, thisbat robot was designed purely to kill, and it did not need any simtion system of human emotion.

    ¡°Mm! When selecting targets, the priorities of itsbat program will be to first finish off the targets who attacked it, then search for the people whose points are in the top 24.¡± Feng Luo looked through the Barrett¡¯s scope,ing up with this conclusion from the reaction of the Hunter T-750. This must have been the reason why T-750 had been chasing ming zing mes previously and had not switched its attention to him immediately.

    ¡°This is clearly an aspect I can make use of!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shone with a spark but he did not rush to fire. There was a reason for this.

    ¡°Ha! Eat my shield!¡±

    From inside the bush area which ming zing mes had attempted to escape into, Big Pineapple¡¯s silhouette suddenly charged out, targeted at T-750. He held the reddish-ck Alloy Shield in hand.

    With Charge engaged, although he was carrying an Alloy Shield, Big Pineapple was extremely fast. In just two seconds, he was already right in front of the Hunter T-750!

    Big Pineapple heavily smashed his reddish-ck shield on the Hunter T-750 who was still rooted to the spot.

    Bam!

    A huge force burst violently on the shield. The tall and burly Hunter T-750, which was an almost fully metallic structure, was sent flying by Big Pineapple¡¯s attack. The Hunter was heading uncontrobly toward the sea of fire that was still burning behind him.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s attack had left more of its metallic skeleton disfigured and damaged. This powerful attack was a Rare skill which Big Pineapple had unleashed before on Silverleaf Ind when facing a Commander-Grade giant python. The skill was Shield Punch and it would allow Big Pineapple to carry the momentum umted from charging while carrying his shield. Once he struck the target, he would be able to convert all this power to inflict damage instantly. The further the distance of the charge, the higher the damage caused would be. With enough distance, it could even hit an explosive power of a few thousand, immediately finishing off some vulnerable professions.

    The only disadvantage was that it was actually difficult to hit when facing yers, as yers would be avoiding him at all costs. However, the control program of this T-750 clearly did not have the words ¡°dodge attacks¡±.

    As such, the metallic body had been directly hit by Big Pineapple¡¯s attack mmed back into the sea of fire which had not yet been extinguished. As itnded, the Hunter stirred up a whole cloud of ck ash which rose into the air.

    ¡°Has it been destroyed?¡± Big Pineapple popped his head out from behind his shield, looking forward to the effect of his Rare skill which Familiarity level he had already raised to Expert level. However, it was soon clear that he would be disappointed with the oue.

    The T-750, which was still able to move after falling onto the ground from a height of 300 meters, which had needed Feng Luo to use the Barrett together with Energy armor-breaking bullets and needed at least two shots hit at the same spot to be able to be significantly damaged, certainly would not lose itsbat power just with this mere m.

    Thus, in the next moment, from within the sea of fire, the tall and burly ck humanoid silhouette was already gradually standing up. The sunsses on its face had already fallen to the ground, revealing the skeletal eye sockets with blinking red dots inside the two ck holes that had emerged due to the skin being already burnt away.

    Raising the Alloy Longsword in its hand, this Hunter T-750 immediately charged right at Big Pineapple. Itsbat speed was not slow, and it reached Big Pineapple¡¯s side with just a few steps.

    The Alloy Longsword was swung by its mechanical arm and shed at Big Pineapple with a vicious whoosh and an afterimage.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Big Pineapple cried out, quickly pushing his Alloy Shield with both hands to block the attack.

    Chiang!

    The astonishingly powerful Alloy Longsword struck the reddish-ck Alloy Shield, producing sparks of violent friction between metal.

    Big Pineapple who had not been able to engage ¡°Immovable Mountain¡± was sent staggering a few steps backward by the force of the attack.

    A ¡°-795¡± HP-reduction number appeared above his head.

    But a little unexpectedly, after absorbing the forceful sh, only a shallow dent had appeared on the reddish-ck Alloy Shield in his hand. It seemed like there was not much damage.

    ¡°Hey hey!¡± A wretched smile of satisfaction appeared on Big Pineapple¡¯s face. This shield in his hand was a quality piece of equipment he had always kept up his sleeve.

    When used inplement with his S-Grade talent, even if it was facing a Rare longsword with an extremely high attack coefficient in the hands of the top Light Armored Warrior, it would be unlikely to be broken with three, or even with five, shes.

    However, at the thought of having used an entire 500 killing points to ¡°unlock¡± this shield and having to lose this high-priced super quality shield if his mission had really failed, Big Pineapple¡¯s face turned into a look of worry about his gains and losses.

    ¡°Old Feng, you must give me some strength!¡± When Big Pineapple was muttering under his breath, Feng Luo was staring at the battleground with full attention.

    The Barrett¡¯s muzzle was always moving in order to continuously track the silhouette of this Hunter T-750, but his finger resting on the trigger had never pressed down. He needed an opening, an opening created by Big Pineapple for him to be able to attack the control chip that was heavily protected in the opponent¡¯s back.

    ¡°What the f*ck?¡±

    In the middle of the battleground, although Big Pineapple¡¯s first heavy m attack with his shield had caused the T-750 a fair degree of damage, it had also triggered its vengeance.

    The violent attack of the Hunter meant that Big Pineapple was extremely vulnerable. Even if he were a Light Armored Warrior with enhanced overall power, he probably would not be able to win in closebat with a robot. As a Heavy Armored Warrior, Big Pineapple was vulnerable whening under attack. Fortunately for him, his strength was also ining under attacks!

    The damage reduction of the shield in his hand was extremely high. Together with the ¡°Wrath of the Stone Lizard Ring¡± and the ¡°Will of the ck Stone¡±, the two Rare-Grade rings in his possession, the damage he could bear far exceeded that of normal Heavy Armored Warriors.

    Thus, even though he was facing this T-750 with immense closebat attack power, he was able tost for a period of time. He would only be able to finish off the Hunter with Feng Luo. Everything depended on his performance!

    Ping!

    Big Pineapple had managed to get the Hunter T-750 to turn so that the side of his body faced Feng Luo. The Hunter¡¯s Alloy Longsword was raised high in the air about to sh down on Big Pineapple when the Barrett¡¯s signature muffled gunshot finally sounded once again.

    An Energy armor-breaking bullet carrying behind it a trail of pale blue fire was sent spinning at high-speed under the already darkened sky as it was aimed at a small area revealed by T-750¡¯s raised arm!

 Chapter 263 - Big Pineappleâ€™s â€œDeathâ€!

    <h4>Chapter 263: Big Pineapple¡¯s ¡°Death¡±!</h4>

    Ping!

    Under the dim rays of light, the track drawn across the sky by the Energy armor-breaking bullet with its pale blue light could be clearly seen.

    Feng Luo¡¯s position was less than 100 meters from patch of grass.

    The speed of a bullet fired from the Barrett was almost 900M/S. This distance would be covered in less than one second. Thus, when T-750 was raising his Alloy Longsword high in the air and had not shed it down on Big Pineapple, the Energy armor-breaking bullet glowing in pale blue light had already hit a spot below its arm!

    Chiang!

    With a loud metallic sound, Hunter T-750¡¯s body was uncontrobly knocked to the right by the force of the bullet. A deep, seriously disfiguring dent the size of an entire fist appeared in the small area below its arm.

    With its arm already having been affected quite a lot by Big Pineapple¡¯s attack, its Alloy Longsword shing onto Big Pineapple¡¯s shield had only caused white damage of less than 300!

    ¡°It didn¡¯t pass through?¡± Feng Luo was staring intently through the sniper scope to see what the oue would be. Disappointment could be seen in his eyes. His shot did notpletely pass through the outer metallic shellyer of the opponent, so had been unable to cause damage to the most vital control chip.

    Fortunately, he had long anticipated such a situation, and they were now dependent on Big Pineapple¡¯s reaction speed!

    ¡°Hey!¡±

    At that moment, Big Pineapple, who initially had been attacked and outfought by the Hunter, suddenly made a move with a loud yell.

    His right hand fiercely brandished his reddish-ck Alloy Shield and with a whoosh, it viciously smashed onto T-750¡¯s metallic arm. The robot was still holding its Alloy Longsword which had not yet been withdrawn.

    It was the Level 15 Heavy Armored Warrior basic skill ¨C Shield Bash.

    Even though this Hunter T-750 was a mechanic monster, this skill of ¡°Shield Bash¡± had lost its strongest abilities of Taunt and Stun. However, the Shield Bash skill that Big Pineapple had trained to Expert-Level could provide his attack with sufficient charging power enhancement.

    With this advantage-taking m, T-750, which already had a bit of an imbnce due to being hit by the Energy armor-breaking bullet, its arms raising its Alloy Sword naturally had no way of quick retrieval, and at the same time its body had no way of instantly adjusting its orientation.

    Feng Luo now needed Big Pineapple to help by filling up the gap in the period between the two bullets fired from the Barrett.

    Ping!

    The second muffled gunshot sounded following Big Pineapple¡¯s action; there was almost no shift in either of Feng Luo¡¯s hands as he steadily pulled the trigger of his gun.

    Dong!

    The Energy armor-breaking bullet radiating pale blue light had hit precisely the position of the bowl-sized dent created by the first bullet. Thebined destruction of the two C-Grade special firearms had finally torn a hole through the alloy metallic shell of T-750. The high-speed spinning Energy armor-breaking bullet had viciously drilled through.

    Tch!

    A mass of Energy flow shed across Hunter T-750 all of a sudden, while its body which was initially attempting to regain bnce had instantly be sluggish.

    The red dots in the two metallic skeleton-looking eye sockets of the Hunter had stopped moving and were slowly bing dimmer.

    ¡°Is it finished?¡± Big Pineapple turned to look, stopping the movement of the Alloy Shield he had initially meant to continue mming the robot with.

    ¡°Technically, it should be sessful.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression was a little uncertain, and the Barrett in his hand was still aiming at T-750.

    One second, two seconds...

    The T-750 still maintained its original pose while the red dots within its metallic eyes had alreadypletely vanished.

    ¡°Old Feng! Ha, it really is finished. Your shooting! I absolutely give it to you! Although mechanical monsters are hard to beat, it¡¯d be insufficient to say that when faced with a top sniper. With the powerful damage of sniper bullets, and if the shooting was urate, destroying their Control Core would be easier than for other professions!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s expression had remained alert. He mmed his shield onto T-750 which showed no reaction. Big Pineapple turned to face Feng Luo¡¯s direction as a wretched smile appeared on his face.

    But his words were actually a little exaggerated. Snipers indeed had the capability to do such things. But realistically speaking, how many snipers could be found in ¡°War¡± who would dare to say that they could deliver urate hits for all shots?

    ¡°Is it really finished?¡± Seeing Big Pineapple¡¯s actions, Feng Luo suddenly looked uncertain. Even though that shot just now logically should have destroyed this Hunter¡¯s Control Core, why did it just feel like something had been missed out?

    ¡°Eh, it¡¯s wrong! Why hasn¡¯t there been a system message? There¡¯s a problem! Big Pineapple, retreat!¡±

    Suddenly determining the existence of a problem, Feng Luo quickly yelled to Big Pineapple. However, with more than 100 meters between them, Big Pineapple could not hear his voice at all!

    Just as Big Pineapple looked towards Feng Luo, the pair of red dots in the Hunter T-750¡¯s empty ck metallic eye sockets suddenly lit once again. They were multiple times brighter than before and were also continuously blinking at a high rate. They were just like the warning lights of the cors on the necks of those people who had been eliminated.

    As the red dots were blinking, there was a ¡°snap¡± sound. A spot at the robot¡¯s stomach area sprung open, and an elliptical object with blue-colored liquidpression energy fell onto the ground.

    ¡°An Energy Core!¡±

    Big Pineapple was already aware of the difference in T-750, and his expression had instantly changed as he nced at the small ellipse-shaped object that had fallen at his feet.

    The two of them were no strangers at all to this object; it was thrown at them right before the previous Hunter T-750 had been finished and was something which could cause an enormous explosion ¨C an Energy Core!

    The bluish-white liquid Energy in the Energy Core on the ground had already quickly turned bright. Then, with a boom, it exploded into a mass of bluish-white Energy which rapidly twisted in all directions!

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Big Pineapple cried out. There was only time for him to raise the shield in his hand to in an attempt to block the st.

    Thereafter, he was entirely swallowed by the expanding mass of Energy.

    After engulfing Big Pineapple and T-750, this mass of Energy was still continuously expanding. It sucked in the burning mes and therge amount of ck ash left behind by the burnt bushes in the surroundings.

    From Feng Luo¡¯s direction, his vision through the sniper scope had already turned into a mass of reddish-ck light.

    ¡°Damn it, Big Pineapple!¡± Feng Luo yelled. He instinctively stood up, still holding the Barrett in his hand. He then engaged ¡°Quick Sneak¡±, running over to the site of explosion at full force.

    The n this time was set by him, and the two of them ambushing the Hunter T-750 was his suggestion too. Simrly, he was to me for failing to consider the possibility of such a situation at all, and letting Big Pineapple be in a dangerous spot. If Big Pineapple had died, Feng Luo really had a responsibility he could not shirk.

    Falling a level and having equipment exploded were just small matters. What was more important was the fact that once dead, Big Pineapple¡¯s agent transfer mission would clearly fail.

    That would be hard for anyone to ept.

    Was the chance of Big Pineapple being finished by this explosion high? It was very high, of course. The likelihood of him having being killed was close to 100%!

    When the Energy Core of the previous T-750 had exploded, Big Pineapple¡¯s position was a distance of a few meters from the center of the explosion, and at the same time he had engaged ¡°Unmovable Mountain¡±, the Level 40 Heavy Armored Warrior defense move. He had still been reduced to a ¡°heavily injured¡± state with less than 5% HP left.

    This time, he was even closer to the center of the explosion, with ¡°Unmovable Mountain¡± already used up previously to pin down T-750, and he was now still in the process of cooldown. Therefore, the chance of Big Pineapple surviving this explosion was pathetically low.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face was as grim as could be. The speed of his running at full force with the ¡°Quick Sneak¡± skill engaged far exceeded that of normal yers.

    In less than 10 seconds, he had already run to the edge of the patch of grass. Soon, due to the dispersal of the ash and mes, the initial chaotic sight became slightly clearer.

    Cough, cough...

    ¡°F*ck, are you kidding me? Even with the Control Chip demolished, it could actually still self-destruct?¡±

    A silhouette, its face full of all sorts of soil, vegetation and ck ash, suddenly emerged from a pile of soil which had been exploded into a bowl shape, looking really battered. From the cursinging from him, it could at least be seen that his condition was not that bad!

 Chapter 264 - Unlocked: Pet Space Bracer

    <h4>Chapter 264: Unlocked: Pet Space Bracer</h4>

    ¡°What the f*ck? My shield! Why is it spoiled again?¡±

    Big Pineapple reached out a hand to the soil piled up by the force of the explosion picked up the Alloy Shield which had beenpletely ckened by the explosion. Seeing this, his dirty and gray face revealed a painful expression.

    ¡°Luckily, the destruction level should be below 30%. How¡¯s your injury?¡± Feng Luo had already run over to him. He looked at the shield and discovered that the destruction was not that serious.

    Actually being able to sustain such a level of destruction in such an explosion was enough to show how powerful the defense coefficient of this shield was ¨C no wonder it Big Pineapple always kept it up his sleeve!

    Big Pineapple had been ¡°swallowed¡± by the Energy mass, and it was more serious than the previous time. Even though NPC attacks on yers were unlikely to cause a disability effect, it was not impossible. If a yer was disabled by such a situation, it would be very hard to settle.

    ¡°Luckily, the shield took the brunt of the st, so I wasn¡¯t hit head on. My body is fine. With the recovery by the Stone Lizard ring for the 600 HP left previously, I¡¯ve already made it past the ¡°heavily injured¡± state.¡±

    Big Pineapple had checked his shield too and discovered that it was not the kind of unfixable destruction. He was relieved.

    ¡°Was it over 600 points? Like this, the damage done to you by this explosion is almost the damage coefficient previously, even less!¡± Feng Luo said curiously.

    Logically speaking, Big Pineapple was closer this time, was unable to jump away or hide behind a rock to avoid the damage. Also, his defense move was still in cooldown. Why was it that it was almost no different from the damage received from the previous explosion?

    ¡°Right, almost...I¡¯m curious too, logically, I should¡¯ve been very likely to be finished this time. Why was it rather even less?¡± Big Pineapple shook his head, with a confused expression.

    ¡°Could it be to do with your shield? Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°It¡¯s not likely. Although it¡¯s better this time for my shield: the one before was a little stronger. Due to not having ¡°Unmovable Mountain¡± engaged, the damage reduction wasn¡¯t like the previous time. This is definitely the explosion having a weaker power. How strange! Why is it like that?¡± Big Pineapple was not very sharp in analyzingbat coefficients.

    ¡°Hm, forget it. Let¡¯s not worry too much about this. There¡¯s nothing much we can do anyway.¡±

    ¡°Mm, with Big Brother¡¯s defense, even if he used a suicide attack it¡¯d be futile!¡± Big Pineappleughed slyly.

    Feng Luo looked apologetic. ¡°This time it¡¯s me who wasn¡¯t thoughtful enough. I never expected that this T-750 actually would have self-destructed even with its Control Chip destroyed.¡±

    Even though Big Pineapple was still being loud, Feng Luo knew that Big Pineapple was being deliberately so to a certain extent. After all, with all 15,000 HP gone, the 600 left was actually extremely fortunate! The intention of Big Pineapple¡¯s expression and words were to relieve him of any burden.

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯re wrong. Just now it was me who wasn¡¯t aware of the danger. I got too close to that guy, I should¡¯ve only let my guard down after you had received the notification from the system,¡± Big Pineapple said rather remorsefully, having no dissatisfaction with Feng Luo¡¯s arrangement.

    ¡°It¡¯s me who wasn¡¯t thoughtful enough...¡±

    ¡°My carelessness...¡±

    ¡°It was me...¡±

    The two each shared their thoughts, then looked at each other and smiled, ending it there.

    ¡°Alright, let¡¯s not discuss this matter any further!¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, that Hunter just now should be yours to count. You should already have 1500 points. What on earth is the good stuff you want to unlock, hurry up and let me see!¡± Big Pineapple smiled, showing enthusiasm in his eyes.

    ¡°Hm, I¡¯ll keep the prizes first and tell you more once we¡¯ve changed position!¡±

    Feng Luo had not had the intention of keeping Big Pineapple in the dark in the first ce, but the ce they were now in had seen too much activity through T-750¡¯s explosion. It would perhaps attract some people, so it was time to leave.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s condition was not too good, so it would be better to be more careful.

    As for the prizes, the most important was referring to the Fire Maniptor sniped by him earlier.

    Because the body of this T-750 had already been ripped by the force of the explosion by its own Energy Core, then buried in the pile of soil, it would be troublesome to get it out. Digging it out actually would not be of much use since the only ¡°Core Control Chip¡± which could be seen as a prize had already been destroyed by Feng Luo¡¯s second shot.

    Hence, what the two needed to do was only to take the prizes with value dropped by ¡°ming zing mes¡± who had been sniped by Feng Luo, and then they could leave.

    ¡°The item I want to unlock is this!¡± Half a minuteter, in the deserted forest, Feng Luo showed his Pet Bracer to Big Pineapple.

    ¡°This is the Pet Bracer!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes lit up. Although he had not had a pet, almost everyone in ¡°War¡± recognized the appearance of the Pet Bracer.

    ¡°So it¡¯s like that. Old Feng, you¡¯re spending such a high price to unlock it, so it definitely isn¡¯t a normal pet inside. It must be an Elite-Grade pet!¡± Big Pineapple was shocked by the realization.

    ¡°Nope!¡± Feng Luo shook his head, his eyes smiling. He had already requested to unlock the Pet Bracer in the system.

    ¡°F*ck, Old Feng, you¡¯ve actually gotten an Commander-Grade pet. You¡¯re too envied and hated.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes had already widened.

    ¡°Nope as well...¡± While saying this, Feng Luo was a little embarrassed, because even though he was not deliberately showing-off, these words made it sound as though he was.

    But with the performance and ability that 24K was about to showcase, even if the answer was a ¡°Commander-Grade¡± pet, Big Pineapple probably would also be in awe.

    After all, ¡°Unify¡± (Commander-Grade Gatherer Beetle No.1, 24K¡¯s little brother) was already a Commander-Grade creature, let alone having all sorts of powerful beetle little brothers. The value of 24K was definitely unmatchable by Commander-Grades.

    You have unlocked Pet Bracer.

    This item is a special equipment.

    Killing points spent: 1500 points.

    Just then, the system prompt had already sounded, indicating that the Pet Space which had already been confined for almost a day was finally able to be used.

    ¡°What the f*ck, big brother...awesome, you¡¯re awesome!¡± Big Pineapple was alreadypletely dumbfounded.

    Not even Commander-Grade. So was it a quasi-BOSS? Or a BOSS!

    Regardless of which it was, once emerged it would be enough to stir up a storm among the yers.

    After all, up till now, the strongest pets that had emerged were all of Commander-Grade. The reason why Big Pineapple had never gotten a pet was that he wanted to get a Pet Chip which could fuse into the body of a Commander-Grade creature. He had not thought that Feng Luo, whose level was previously much lower than his now, actually already had a ¡°BOSS¡± Grade pet!

    ¡°Should be a BOSS, if it¡¯s a BOSS...my heart probably wouldn¡¯t be able to take it!¡± Big Pineapple felt that his heart was a little painful, thinking that while he was still waiting for a Commander-Grade pet, someone had actually already gotten a quasi-BOSS-Grade pet!

    It must be known that he had personally done pet missions before and knew that the difficulty of getting a high-grade pet. It was practically hopeless!

    ¡°Engage!¡± Feng Luo had already pressed the button on the unlocked Pet Bracer and let out 24K.

    The space that appeared before him quivered slightly and with a sh of white light, a gold-sparkling 24K appeared and was like its usual self, first directly falling into Feng Luo¡¯s receiving palms.

    After which, a delightful cheer sounded through the Mental Link, then it moved its six golden limbs, grabbing onto Feng Luo¡¯sbat singlet as it climbed up towards his shoulder.

    ¡°Er!¡±

    ¡°Old Feng...that, I¡¯m not seeing it wrong, this is your...pet?¡±

    Big Pineapple had been full of envy and jealousy. Suddenly, there was a strange expression on his face when he looked at 24K, who was the size of a fist, climbing up towards Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder with an adorable look.

    Even though the ability of the pets in ¡°War¡± typically speaking were not proportionate to their body size, at least in typical situations, thebat power of creatures with a big body size would normally be a little stronger. This was not just true for the closebat physical attack-type monsters but was simrly of a certain logic for Energy-based monsters.

    With arger body size, more overall Energy would naturally be storable in the body, and the skill range and power would also be stronger than normal.

    Although this was not absolute, most small-sized insect creatures like 24K belonged to those group-type creatures with only a grade but iparable ability to those solo-type creatures of the same grade!

    ¡°Old Feng, why does this pet of yours look so much like a beetle? Its selling point is rather decent, gold and shin. Tell me it¡¯s a viewing-assisting-type pet!¡±

    At that moment, Big Pineapple¡¯s face already had a bit of wretched mockery, pointing at 24K, which had climbed on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder andid down on its belly.

    Feng Luo took out a semi-transparent Energy Crystal from his backpack and threw it to 24K on his shoulder. These Energy Crystals were exploded from those yers of Maniptor professions or from NPCs, not requiring any additional spending of points for unlocking.

    24K had its ws spread out at Big Pineapple, disying its dissatisfaction and threat towards his doubting words. But it was quickly attracted by the Energy Crystal that had been thrown over by Feng Luo and hugged the crystal radiating a lustrous glow tight, noisily and delightfully chomping on it!

    ¡°Tsk, tsk, this little fellow¡¯s AI is so high, it could actually understand humannguage. But Old Feng, a silver crystal is worth 1000 credits, and you just fed it directly to it?¡±

    Big Pineapple was pretty shocked at 24K¡¯s reaction; after all, typically speaking, the AI of such insect type pets was very low, so it was very difficult to have mutual understanding with yers inbat.

    This was also the reason why he had thought that Feng Luo had only gotten a viewing-assisting-type pet just now. Of course, he also had the intention to tease; after all, 24K with its size only about a fist, its appearance was like a piece of artwork carved in gold ¨C it was really hard to make people feel how off-the-charts itsbat power was.

    ¡°I have no choice. This is ultimately set by the system. High-grade pets have more troublesome rearing conditions.¡± Feng Luo looked at 24K¡¯s clear message of hatred towards Big Pineapple through the Mental Link and smiled.

    He had so generously taken out a silver crystal for 24K was because he had not let 24K out to get some fresh air for so long, so he had to spoil this little fellow a little, to avoid decline of the Intimacy Level.

    On the other hand, it was actually also because the lousiest in his backpack now was only this D-Grade Energy Crystal (silver crystal) worth 1000 credits.

    In order to attach the two Rare equipment among the prizes left by the Fire Maniptor just now, he had disposed of some excellent equipment with extremely decent attributes and worth at least five or six thousand credits.

    As for the grey crystals and white crystals worth not more than 10 and 100 points, he had disposed of them long ago. Even though this had wasted some of his killing points, it was luckily not much.

 Chapter 265 - Competitors for the Special Agent Mission Appear

    <h4>Chapter 265:</h4>

    <h4>Competitors for the Special Agent Mission Appear</h4>

    ¡°Hey Old Feng,e on! Quickly show me what¡¯s so special about this pet of yours!¡±

    Big Pineapple continued to stare curiously at 24K while it hugged and chewed on the energy crystal. Although Big Pineapple didn¡¯t really like 24K¡¯s appearance, when he considered that 24K was a Boss-type creature, he knew that 24K was definitely something special! His previous words were somewhat teasing, but his curiosity never decreased.

    Feng Luo saw that 24K¡¯s satiation level had gone over 80 percent, which meant that it wouldn¡¯t throw a fit if he asked it to do something. So, Feng Luo said, ¡°24K, summon a few ded Beetles and a Scout Beetle!¡±

    A psionic energy wave shed across 24K¡¯s fist-sized body.

    Zhi, zhi...

    After that, a ck hole appeared on the empty ground filled with leaves in front the both of them. An 80-centimeter creature with a barbed tail, a pair of reddish-brown sickles, and six strong, sharp limbs crawled out of the ck hole! After it crawled out, it started waving its pair of sickles at Big Pineapple and fiercely opened its mouth. This was a Level-37 Elite ded Beetle!

    24K seemed as if had intentionally summoned its best subordinate first.

    But wait¡ªthe Elite ded Beetle was actually the second one to crawl out. In truth, the Elite Scout Beetle had been the first to crawl out, but due to its environmental camouge ability, it was incredibly hard to detect it in a dimly lit environment like this with the naked eye. By that time, it had quietly flown over Big Pineapple¡¯s head and had already circled one round!

    ¡°What the f*ck? Old Feng...! This... This is... Your pet can summon minions! Moreover, based on the appearance of this minion, it looks like abat-type creature. It can¡¯t be Elite-grade, can it? One, two, three... There¡¯s more!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes were now as wide as pineapples. He stared at the ck hole. Beetles crawled out of it one by one. Upon looking at them, he knew that the ded Beetles were definitely for use in battle.

    However, he had not yet noticed the flying beetle above his head, almostpletely merged into its surroundings. The Scout Beetle hidden in the dark was the real killer for Feng Luo!

    ¡°All right. That¡¯s enough!¡±

    Feng Luo pped the back of 24K¡¯s head. Then he told it through the mental link what it should do.

    24K received the message. The Elite Scout Beetle flew away from Big Pineapple¡¯s head and continued to fly upward toward the sky! Feng Luo¡¯s vision also changed after the Scout Beetle flew past the top of the tree; the view became somewhat empty.

    Big Pineapple waspletely focused on four of the ¡°hostile¡± ded Beetles that had surrounded him after crawling out of the wormhole. He did not notice Feng Luo¡¯s action. The Scout Beetle flew rather fast. By the time it reached a height of around 50 meters, its vision already covered a range 500 meters.

    Although it was already dark, the Scout Beetle¡¯s special vision was not really affected.

    After half a minute, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes returned to normal. Then he spoke to Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go over there!¡±

    ******

    Inside a rtively sparse forest on the edge of the hunter ind, an Earth Maniptor was fighting against a T-750 while retreating at the same time with another Light Armor Warrior yer!

    The heavy weapon in the Hunter¡¯s hands seemed to have already run out of ammunition from their previous battle. As such, it was holding the alloy shield of some unlucky Heavy Armor Warrior. This Hunter¡¯s offense was much lowerpared to when it could still use its gun¡ªorpared to the Hunter using the alloy sword that Feng Luo and Big Pineapple had encountered earlier! However, with the herculean strength of the T-750 Hunter, the defensive equipment, and the alloy shield, it had also be an incredibly lethal and powerful weapon!

    The T-750 swung the heavy alloy shield toward the Light Armor Warrior with its mechanical arm, producing sounds like leaves rustling in the wind as it moved. However, the Light Armor Warrior reacted quickly and leaped backward out of the range of the shield with his Thunder Leap sh. As such, the alloy shield struck a tree trunk and produced a dull collision sound.

    Bang!

    The bark of the tree, as well as the trunk beneath, began to crack.

    ¡°F*ck. What crazy strength. It¡¯s definitely not easy to deal with!¡± the Maniptor standing behind the Warrior eximed.

    He waved the staff in his hand. The energy condensed, and a sharp, one-meter Earth Spike appeared from the ground and struck between the legs of the T-750 Hunter. The location of the strike was incredibly urate. Any normal yer or humanoid NPC would have had its face turn green as a result!

    However, at that moment, it was clear that even an energy Earth Spike could hardly deal substantial damage to the T-750 Hunter. When the supposedly tough and sturdy Earth Spike struck the metallic exoskeleton hidden underneath the synthetic skin of the T-750, it simply transformed back into the yellow-colored ball of energy it originally had been!

    ¡°Crazy defense as well!¡± the Light Armor Warrior eximed while continuing to retreat. ¡°Mechanical monsters like these are indeed not easy to deal with!¡±

    However, these two yers were certainly strong. They kept retreating all the way, yet they didn¡¯t appear haggard and miserable! That was because the Light Armor Warrior was incredibly flexible andpletely avoided direct confrontation with the T-750. As for the Earth Energy Maniptor, he was able to halt the forward progress of the Hunter pursuing them at crucial moments. Thanks to their cooperation, even this Hunter fell victim to these ¡°hit and run¡± tactics.

    Of course, the two yers did not notice a beetle about the size of a fingernail, almostpletely transparent, flying quietly above their heads. Its needle-sized eyes emanating an unnoticeable red light.

    These two probably have the strength to get in the top 30. They aren¡¯t as easy to deal with as those previous yers!

    Feng Luo looked serious. The Barrett in his hand was loaded with the shield-breaking energy bullet that he¡¯d unlocked with all the kill points he had remaining after unlocking the pet bracelet.

    ¡°Old Feng!¡± said Big Pineapple. ¡°I¡¯m so envious of your pet¡¯s ability. This is like having a Scout, as well as several Light Armor Warriors, apanying you all the time!¡±

    Big Pineapple, who was standing beside Feng Luo, looked like he was going to drool. He kept turning around to stare at 24K, who was hugging and chewing a new piece of energy crystal after being paintedpletely ck with oil paint by Feng Luo.

    In the bushes around 20 to 30 meters away from those two, the grass rustled as the dark red shell of a ded Beetle was asionally exposed.

    ¡°Stop admiring them,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Get ready forbat. It¡¯s going to be a tough one! But, all in all, our luck ain¡¯t so bad. We didn¡¯t really work too hard for this... To actually encounter another two Special Agentpetitors so quickly...¡±

    As Feng Luo spoke, he revealed a smile.

    No doubt about it. Those two were bothpetitors in the Special Agent Mission.

    A few minutes earlier, by using the Scout Beetle¡¯s special vision, Feng Luo had discovered powerful earth energy fluctuations not far from them. It was well known that all the Hunters used guns to fight and their energy cores were allpressed liquified energy with no elemental attributes, which indicated that the sources of the fluctuations were either yers or NPCs!

    And when the Scout Beetle reached its destination, based on the conversation between the two, Feng Luo had obtained important intel that the two yers were also candidates of the Special Agent Mission.

    For Big PIneapple, who longed to seed in the Special Agent profession change mission, this was definitely good news that excited him. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that 24K¡¯s beetle summoning andmanding abilities shocked him so much and brought him many pleasant surprises along the way, Big Pineapple might have already lost patience and charged them.

    However, at that moment, Feng Luo suddenly frowned.

    ¡°Hmm. No. There are three of them. This might be troublesome!¡±

    In the visual field of the Scout Beetle, the two Special Agent Missionpetitors had already lured the Hunter to the beach. And at that moment, the sound of a gunshot rang out.

    From a position off to the side came the re of a gunshot. Then a shield-breaking energy bullet with a light blue glow struck the body of the Hunter! Immediately after that, the two yers turned around at the same time and used their strongest attack on the Hunter!

 Chapter 266 - Sniping with a Forest in Between

    <h4>Chapter 266: Sniping with a Forest in Between</h4>

    Three yers! Moreover, they did not look weak and were confident enough to kill a Hunter together!

    Moreover, the third Sniper yer appeared to be a wealthy yer. He kept shooting those shield-breaking energy bullets with blue glow toward the T-750 Hunter on the beach, showing no intention of being economical. Although he wasn¡¯t very urate¡ªand could not hit the same spot twice to directly break the alloy armor of the T-750 like Feng Luo¡ªas long as he was willing to spend these bullets that cost at least 500 credits per round, no matter how tough the defense, he would be able to break it eventually!

    Also, his ¡°low uracy¡± was only inparison to Feng Luo. Truth be told, one should know that it was practically impossible for normal yers to hit the spot twice with a margin of error of less than one or two centimeters on a target that was constantly moving! There must have been fewer than 50 people capable of doing something like that throughout War!

    It was already pretty amazing that the Sniper yer could hit the body of the T-750 with every shot in this battle. In War, there also existed many Snipers who med others when their bullets flew astray. After all, the profession had charms of its own and attracted many yers to choose it!

    Three people, and the location of the ambush is also very good. No wonder they kept ¡°running away¡± just now. Feng Luo frowned as he held the Barrett. The truth is, they were just luring the Hunter there!

    The beach where the battle was ongoing was a small penins; one side faced the forest while the other three sides faced the ocean, and it was quite simr to the beach Feng Luo had firstnded on!

    This also meant that the only direction he and Big Pineapple could utilize, were they to attack these three, would be from the forest. The problem was, the forest blocked his field of vision. Long-range professions like Maniptors and Machine Gunners would have zero chance of seeding.

    Big Pineapple heard the gunshots and looked impatiently at Feng Luo. ¡°Old Feng, it looks like they¡¯ve started. Are we going in or not?¡±

    After all, this concerned his Special Agent profession change mission!

    ¡°You head there first. Be careful not to get discovered. Charge after I start attacking, I¡¯ll send a few beetles with you!¡±

    Feng Luo sent the impatient Big Pineapple there first while he set up the Barrett sniper rifle on the spot!

    The opponent had definitely chosen this spot intentionally. It ensured that they wouldn¡¯t be ambushed by others while they were fighting against the Hunter. However, on an ind that was filled with death traps everywhere, there was no safe ce, especially when facing the profession that possessed the greatest single-target damage and the longest attack range: the Sniper.

    Compared to the location where Feng Luo hadnded, the vegetation of this forest was much less dense. The distance between trees was more than five meters, leaving a lot of gaps and spaces in between.

    Perhaps it would be difficult for energy attacks like fireballs or wind des to fit through, but a sniper rifle bullet of less than one centimeter would have multiple ways of getting through!

    Of course, for other Snipers, there was another important problem, which was the fact that Snipers had a high vision requirement. It was incredibly difficult to ascertain the exact location of a target with trees in the way, not to mention the fact that these targets were also moving.

    But Feng Luo was different. He had a special visual field, and the positions of all three yers were within his sights! For him, even in a situation where he could see nothing, he could even snipe blind!

    ******

    Feng Luo raised the Barrett. His eyes went nk as he waited patiently for an opportunity.

    24K, who was on his shoulder, did not move. The two ded Beetles and a Scout Beetle that were freshly summoned waited loyally around him. Meanwhile, Big Pineapple was already running toward the battlefield a couple of hundred meters away with a few ded Beetles under the cover of the night sky!

    As for the three yers on the beach, they had gained the advantage in the battle against the T-750 Hunter! The Earth Maniptor¡¯s Earth Ring, Earth Wall, Earth Spike, and other skills each had extremely powerful control effects.

    As a robot, although the Hunter had incrediblebat strength, its heavy bodycked agility, which was one of its inherent defects. Moreover, when the Level-35 Light Armor Warrior skill, Devastating sh, had a high level of familiarity and was paired with an alloy sword with a high attack coefficient, the defense-breaking effects of the Light Armor Warrior wouldn¡¯t necessarily be any weaker than a sniper rifle against the T-750¡¯s defense!

    One could even say that the uracy of the Warrior¡¯s skill was much greater than that of a Sniper, who needed to aim and make a lot of predictions. At the very least, the Warrior¡¯s margin of error would be smaller. As such, even if the Sniper¡¯s uracy wascking, the Light Armor Warrior engaged in meleebat would be able to make up for it.

    Under the flurry of attacks, creating multiple partially damaged parts on the Hunter thanks to the shield-breaking energy bullets, even the metallic body of the Hunter with its defense could note out unscathed!

    Ka!

    One of the mechanical arms of the Hunter was chopped off its body and fell on the beach after the Heavy sh skill of the Light Armor Warrior when his alloy longsword struck! However, a T-750 Hunter wouldn¡¯t just sit idly by as it suffered attacks. A red glow came from its metallic eye sockets before its mechanical arm swung violently against the alloy shield, causing it to fly outside of the area controlled by the Earth Maniptor¡¯s Earth Ring skill. The alloy shield flew, crashing violently against the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s body!

    Bang!

    ?3445

    A hit that almost reached 3,500 damage reduced the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s HP by half as he flew seven to eight meters away andnded on the beach, leaving arge crater in the sandy ground. However, the Earth Maniptor immediately cast an Earth Wall between the Warrior and the Hunter, blocking the T-750 Hunter from pursuing.

    The Light Armor Warrior capitalized on the time provided by his teammate by quickly using a blood tonic on himself. Then he picked up his alloy longsword, which had fallen on the beach, before charging toward the Hunter once again.

    Meanwhile, after firing a shot, the Sniper would immediately change his position during the rifle¡¯s internal cooldown time. This was, without a doubt, a habit he had developed after a long time conducting PKs, which would make it difficult for other yers to aim at him.

    However, at the moment, this habitual action increased the likelihood of him getting shot by Feng Luo.

    ******

    ¡°Come on, guys; we¡¯re almost done!¡±

    After just over a dozen seconds, the Hunter was at a disadvantage in the battle on the beach. After all, the three yers weren¡¯t weak. Plus, their professionsplemented each other.

    If this had been a one-on-one fight, the Hunter would definitely have ughtered them, but when it was one versus three¡ªwhen it only had an alloy shield as its weapon¡ªits insane strength could not be fully utilized!

    ng!

    The sound of shing metal rang in the air. The other arm of the Hunter, as well as the heavily damaged alloy shield, fell on the beach. The three yers looked delighted.

    Then, at that moment, the muffled sound of a gunshot rang out.

    Bang!

    A bluish-white bullet flew between the gaps of the branches and vegetation in the forest, traversing over 130 meters to hit the helmet of the Sniper who had changed his position after firing hisst shot!

    ?3422

    The destructive power of the Barrett paired with the shield-breaking energy bullet was frightening. The defense afforded by the Sniper¡¯s helmet waspletely broken in an instant after being shot by Feng Luo, and a red-colored fatal damage number appeared above the head of the Sniper yer.

 Chapter 267 - Bladed Beetleâ€™s Last Hit

    <h4>Chapter 267: ded Beetle¡¯s Last Hit</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, there¡¯s a Sniper!¡±

    ¡°What a crazy attack!¡±

    A ssh of blood appeared on top of the Sniper¡¯s head as his expressionpletely changed. He quickly picked up his sniper rifle and took cover behind something opposite Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    ¡°Almost 3,500 damage. I was almost instant-killed even with full HP!¡± As he hastily applied a blood tonic that he got out of his tactical vest, he said with disbelief, ¡°Sh*t! I could probably only suffer this sort of damage when fighting white-gears!¡±

    His helmet was a Level-45 Excellent-grade piece of equipment, but its defense had been broken through by the opponent¡¯s shield-breaking energy bullet! Even if he were to use the Rare-grade sniper rifle he held at that moment and also use a shield-breaking energy bullet, at most, he would only be able to take out 80 percent of its defense. Not to mention that the opponent¡¯s bullet still took out almost 90 percent of his HP after breaking the defense of his helmet, where a lot of the damage would have already been absorbed!

    What kind of crazy damage is this?! Good thing I wasn¡¯t killed. As long as I¡¯m alive, the problem isn¡¯t critical! Moreover, it sounds like he shot came from outside the forest; in that case, it¡¯s just a coincidence that he hit me. Also, as long as the two of them get rid of that Hunter outside...

    The Sniper yer was rolled into a ball, as he did not even dare to take a peek. However, he didn¡¯t look all that worried because he had two other teammates.

    However, at that moment, he seemed to hear a slight rustling.

    Hmm? What was that sound?

    The problem was, due to the loud energy explosions and metallic nking from the battle between his two teammates and the Hunter, he wasn¡¯t sure.

    His vision suddenly swirled as an odd ck shadow crawled out of the forest. The shadow wasn¡¯t all thatrge but was indistinct due to the dark environment. It looked somewhat like a puppy wielding tworge sickles.

    What the f¡ª?!

    The Sniper yer¡¯s expression changed as he quickly raised his sniper rifle. However, before he could take aim, the ¡°puppy¡± had already leaped forward, closing the short seven to eight-meter distance with great agility. Itnded in front of him in an instant! At the same time, two sickles¡ªwhich appeared to be covered with dried blood¡ªand a barbed tail became prominent in his visual field!

    ?754

    His HP, which had not yet recovered past 1,000, was instantly reduced to almost nothing! Immediately after that, another ck shadow jumped forward and brought him to despair!

    ?208

    You¡¯ve killed a Death Game opponent. Based on the opponent¡¯s strength, obtained kill points: 180.

    You¡¯ve killed a Special Agent Missionpetition, obtained extra Special Agent Mission points: 200.

    ******

    A few seconds before...

    Sniper?

    When the Light Armor Warrior and Earth Maniptor who had cut off both the metallic arms of the Hunter on the beach heard the agonizing shout of their Sniper teammate after he was shot, their expressions changed.

    It was obvious that they¡¯d specifically lured the Hunter to that location. That was because this location could minimize their risk of being ambushed by others while they were fighting with the Hunter. The forest would not only cover the shes created by their skills, but it could also minimize the sound of the Sniper¡¯s shots, reducing them to the minimum!

    One thing that should be noted was that in War, the air was filled with all types of ¡°energy elements,¡± which made thews of physics slightly different from the real world! For example, the sounds of gunshots decreased quickly with distance, while the destructive power of nuclear bombs and normal explosives was slightly weaker. This also included the distance limit of thermal induction, night vision, and other factors...

    Of course, to the yers, it was, in fact, the system¡¯s way of bncing things out. Or perhaps, it was a setting that was convenient for yers! For example, regarding the issue of gunshot sounds, since popr leveling hotspots attractedrge numbers of yers, there were huge numbers of Gunners hunting monsters in those areas within a radius of just a few hundred meters.

    If the Barret had produced real gunshot sounds¡ªwithout any lusion in dry air and without a silencer¡ªthe sound waves could have traveled several kilometers. In that sense, leveling would have been torture on the ears, especially when fighting Bosses. When Machine Gunners gathered in packs, the noises would have likely drowned out the sounds ofmands!

    As such, the gunshot sounds in War actually decreased substantially and quickly in all directions except for the direction of the bullet. Moreover, when there were obstacles, the decrease was even more significant.

    This was also the reason why when Feng Luo did not install the silencer on his Barrett even though they were on an ind that wasn¡¯t exactly huge, half the people on the ind came looking for him!

    Naturally, since there weren¡¯t many people left¡ªwith 200 spread out on arge ind like this¡ªit was incredibly difficult to find a target without any scouting methods!

    ¡°F*ck, we¡¯re really unlucky!¡± the Earth Maniptorined. However, his actions weren¡¯t affected in the slightest. The staff in his hands shed, and an Earth Energy Shield covered his body. ¡°Hurry up and get rid of it!¡±

    However, after he cast an energy shield on himself, he did not retreat or attempt to hide; instead, he continued his attacks on T-750!

    He!

    After a brief dy, an Earth Spike mmed into the right knee of the armless T-750. The Hunter had lost its weapon; this was their best chance, and they didn¡¯t want to let their earlier efforts go to waste.Visit web novel. live If You like manga ,ics

    As for the Sniper, they were confident that he could take a shot or two!

    Ka!

    The metallic leg of the T-750 Hunter was also battered after the previous battles. As such, the Earth Spike¡¯s strike broke its leg off just like its arms!

    ng!

    At the same time, the Light Armor Warrior seized the opportunity andpleted another Heavy sh, cutting off the T-750¡¯s remaining left leg!

    Pow!

    The Hunter¡¯s body fell on the beach as sand and dust filled the air!

    ******

    ¡°Heh! The Sniper stopped shooting. Maybe he understood the situation and retreated after seeing the Hunter fall?¡± the Light Armor Warrior said with disdain after checking that the weapon and all four limbs of the Hunter had been dealt with and confirming that no threat remained.

    It had been seven and eight seconds since the Sniper had fired. No other shots had been fired after that. But, just in case, he moved behind a tree. At the same time, he raised his head and shouted to the direction of his teammate, ¡°255! You okay?¡±

    However, as soon as he said it, he saw a sh of white lighte from the Sniper¡¯s body!

    ¡°What?¡±

    Shock filled the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s eyes as he headed for cover.

    That Sniper from the other side of the forest only fired one shot and failed to kill our Sniper teammate. That much is certain. Why did he just die? Could it be because of a special attribute of the opponent¡¯s gun? Or perhaps it¡¯s his talent? To kill a Sniper wearing a full set of gear that was at least Excellent-grade¡ªisn¡¯t that a bit over the top?!

    Since the position of the Sniper was somewhat blocked, he did not even notice the shadows of the two ded Beetles in the dark environment. At the same time, he also did not notice, when his line of sight shifted toward that Sniper, a pair of shing red eyes from the limbless T-750. It had lost all four of its limbs, depleting its bat strength,¡± and now seemed to be counting down to death!

    Just as doubt began to fill his mind...

    Pow!

    The chest of the T-750 Hunter opened, and a cylindrical item rolled onto the beach.

    Boom!

    In the next moment, a half-sphere of bluish-white energy engulfed a radius of ten meters on the beach!

 Chapter 268 - MP-45 Combat Uniform

    <h4>Chapter 268: MP-45 Combat Uniform</h4>

    ¡°Cough, cough. Damn! It could actually explode!¡±

    As the me and the light receded, a human figure whose head and energy robe werepletely covered in sand sat up on the edge of the inside of the beach.

    The Earth Maniptor looked terrible as he spat out the sand in his mouth!

    The self-destruct ability of the Hunter had caught thempletely by surprise, and the power of the explosion was even more frightening! If it hadn¡¯t been for the fact that he¡¯d been standing at the edge of the explosion¡¯s radius, as well as the fact that he was covered in an Earth Energy Shield with the highest defense stats, there was no way he could¡¯ve survived the explosion.

    However, even with all those factors, his HP was now left with less than 500 points. At this point, any skill¡ªor a shot from a Sniper¡ªcould easily kill him. But fortunately, he was located behind a huge tree, so the Sniper shouldn¡¯t be able to hit him from his position!

    At that time, the Earth Maniptor who had already sat up discovered that his teammate, the Light Armor Warrior, was walking toward him. ¡°Hmm, you¡¯re also still alive? Good, this way, there¡¯s no way the Sniper would dare toe!¡±

    However, due to the powerful bluish-white energy explosion from just now, as well as the dark environment, his eyesight had not yet recoveredpletely. He only recognized his teammate from the human silhouette and the alloy longsword held in front of him.

    ¡°Yup!¡± the Light Armor Warrior, who was just a ck shadow, answered, but his voice seemed intentionally lowered.

    ¡°Why are you...?¡± The Earth Maniptor who had just stood up instantly changed his expression. He waved the staff in his hands and wanted to cast a skill. ¡°No¡ªyou¡¯re not number 17!¡±

    ¡°The heck! You can even recognize that?!¡±

    With a change of voice, Big Pineapple¡¯s wretched face appeared as the shadowy figure charged out of the forest.

    Although he had been discovered, it did not change anything. Thunder Leap sh was already activated as he leaped toward the Earth Maniptor on the beach.

    Thunder Leap sh closed the distance of not even seven meters in an instant! As for the Earth Maniptor, who had no shield and had only 500 HP left, when facing a Light Armor Warrior with incredible close-quartersbat ability, even if the Light Armor Warrior was a ¡°fake,¡± he barely had any chance to resist!

    ?455

    A white light shed on the beach!

    ******

    ¡°Wow, Old Feng. We¡¯re rich now!¡±

    By the time Feng Luo arrived, Big Pineapple was already in the midst of happily going through the spoils of battle. He held the alloy longsword of the Light Armor Warrior in his hand, and, based on his tone, Feng Luo could tell it was probably another Rare-grade weapon.

    ¡°This sword is actually a Level-50 Rare-grade piece of equipment. Moreover, it¡¯s got decent stats. Someone would definitely buy it for 300,000 credits on the Exchange!¡±

    The value of a Warrior¡¯s main weapon was rtively low, so 300,000 credits was already a high price!

    ¡°However, that¡¯s probably not our best item!¡± eximed Big Pineapple as he pointed at the Earth Maniptor. ¡°This bastard actually has an Excellent decorative set on him; it¡¯s no less impressive than a Rare=grade decorative item! Plus, his staff is also a Level-50 Rare item, and the rare attribute is even better. Although the price of Earth Maniptor items is pretty low, getting 300,000 to 400,000 credits for it shouldn¡¯t be much of a problem! Tsk, tsk. These three are definitely much better than those NPCs...¡±

    Big Pineapple looked through the spoils while throwing stuff from his backpack onto the ground. He had no choice, after all. He had now reached a point where he was running out of space to keep the Rare-grade gear!

    The items dropped by the three totaled at least 30 to 40 pieces; it wasparable to their haul for an entire day.

    ¡°The three of them were participants of the Special Agent Mission who alsopleted the hidden mission. They were probably ranked quite high in the Dongsang City ranking, so it¡¯s natural that they aren¡¯t weak! In addition, simr to us, they¡¯ve probably already ambushed many targets. That¡¯s why it¡¯s not odd at all that they have a lot of good things on them!¡±

    Feng Luo carried the Barrett, looked at Big Pineapple and did not move. Instead, he headed towards the dropped items of the Sniper yer, currently guarded by the two ded Beetles.

    In fact, Feng Luo wasn¡¯t all that interested in the items dropped by the Light Armor Warrior and Earth Maniptor. This was because the three operated together and their wealth was evenly distributed, so they would have already distributed their gear long ago. As such, it seemed likely that the items dropped by the Sniper would best suit him.

    ******

    ¡°17 shield-breaking energy bullets, five C-grade frost bullets, a Level-42 Rare-grade Military Knife, a Level-42 Rare-grade sniper rifle, a pair of Level-48 Rare-gradebat boots, and a Level-45 Rare-gradebat uniform... There are also various submachine gun and handgun bullets!¡±

    Feng Luo looked through the spoils and found that he was very satisfied.

    As a Sniper, the items collected by this yer were clearly well-suited for him¡ªespecially those 17 shield-breaking energy bullets and five very rarely seen ¡°frost bullets¡± with the special frostbite effect! Also, there was the Level-45 Rarebat uniform, which he could equip right away.

    MP-45 (Combat Uniform)

    Grade: Rare

    Defense +80

    Defense Coefficient: D+

    All energy resistance +7%

    HP +600

    MP +350

    Vitality +10

    Agility +15

    Light camouge, automatic thermal adjustment, infrared absorption...

    Level Requirement: Level 45

    Unique Attributes: Max HP +5%

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    In fact, though thebat uniform was also a Rare-grade item, it was still a distance from Sister Rui¡¯s ¡°SUV series¡±bat uniform. Still, Feng Luo was quite satisfied with the rare attribute of the uniform. A percentage increase of his maximum HP was always a good attribute. Most of the time, an attribute like that appeared on the equipment of Heavy Armor Warriors. However, when it appeared on Gunners, it was a little odd. But that wasn¡¯t the case for Feng Luo since he had high HP!

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. It looks like there¡¯s another one!¡±

    Feng Luo shifted his gaze to the metallic body of the T-750 Hunter that had been blown away on the beach due to the explosion.

    ******

    Over a dozen minutester, the sky had bepletely dark, and after Feng Luo and Big Pineapple left, heavy footsteps suddenly came from within the forest.

    Arge and burly shadow walked slowly onto the beach while carrying a heavy shield with a 50-centimeter alloy spike sticking out. It looked simr to a shield used in westernbat.

    The moonlight illuminated his old scar, which stretched from his right eye to the left side of his face, giving him an extremely menacing appearance. However, he looked incredibly calm while surveying the three corpses on the beach.

    ¡°Numbers 17, 146, and 295... Examination failed!¡±

    After speaking, he carried away the heavy alloy shield covered with bloodstains as he left without even looking back. The direction he was heading toward was a marked location on the map where a T-750 Hunter was supposedly lurking!

 Chapter 269 - Granting a Favor to a Beauty

    <h4>Chapter 269: Granting a Favor to a Beauty</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Hu! Hu!

    In the cloudless sky, the half-crescent moon illuminated a spot in a forest on the edge of the ind. Phoenix, a Light Armor Warrior¡ªwearing stylish, enchanting, fiery red alloy light armor while holding a light female-styled alloy sword¡ªcast Charge and ran forward. Her fiery red shoulder-length hair pped in the wind as she ran at high speed, almost leaving afterimages of the snowy white thighs below buttocks covered with exquisitely made red light armor.

    They¡¯re still at it? How am I so unlucky?! To actually be pursuit by both the rebel army and the Hunters! Is there no mercy hidden within the codes of these NPCs?

    At that time, she reached her Charge¡¯s maximum distance, and Phoenix¡¯s speed began to slow down!

    No. My stamina is at less than 20 percent. And the stamina potion is still in cooldown... At this rate, I won¡¯t hold out for much longer!

    She leaned her body on a tree and ced her fiery red alloy sword on the ground. Therge, perky breasts under her armor moved up and down violently!

    Although Light Armor Warriors recovered stamina quickly, if they continued to move at high speed, their stamina recovery rate couldn¡¯t keep up with consumption. Moreover, the recovery rate would also gradually slow down!

    It had already been over 20 minutes since the Hunter had started pursuing her. Now, she was left with less than 20 percent stamina. Plus, she had already used her stamina potion, and it was still on cooldown. In fact, even if it wasn¡¯t in cooldown, she no longer had any kill points left to unlock a stamina potion, which cost 50 kill points. That was because unlocking the mboyant Rare-grade set of equipment she was wearing had cost her all the kill points that she had umted from killing 15 to 16 targets!

    But I haven¡¯t even unlocked all the Red Lotus Battle Set. Missing this bracer is definitely going to affect the overall aesthetics! What a rubbish unlock rule! It¡¯s so godd*mn annoying!

    Even now, she still had the time and strength to worry andin about aesthetics!

    Ta, ta, ta...

    However, before she had been resting for even ten seconds, a series of muffled gunshots suddenly rang from within the forest.

    Shots hit the vegetation and the ground beside her. One shot even splintered a tree branch the size of an arm. The soil on the ground was also sent flying high into the air, which exhibited the tremendous force generated upon impact!

    ¡°Damn it! This Hunter just won¡¯t go away! It caught up again!¡±

    Phoenix picked up her alloy longsword on the ground with an ugly expression and quickly continued to run forward.

    Around 30 meters behind her, two red dots glowed from two metallic eye sockets as the Hunter emerged carrying a heavy gun with one hand. It stopped after firing a few bullets. Its other arm carried an alloy shield as it moved its heavy footsteps to pursue Phoenix! And even further back, a rebel army Earth Maniptor was also running in the direction of the Hunter!

    Over a dozen seconds after Phoenix resumed her escape, she passed by an empty space within the forest.

    Under the night sky, she did not notice the head of a nail-sized translucent beetle that was emanating an unnoticeable glow as it suddenly turned around.

    ******

    Behind a secluded boulder some distance above the ground, Feng Luo, holding his Barrett, couldn¡¯t help but whisper, ¡°Huh? No way...¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Old Feng?¡± said Big Pineapple. ¡°Did you already find the Hunter in the forest? Is it chasing someone? Should we just go ahead and take the kill?¡±

    Big Pineapple, who held the Level-50 Rare-grade longsword dropped by the earlier Number 17 Light Armor Warrior, looked like he was raring to go. The huge haul obtained after killing the three yers made him passionate about the n of courageously following the movements of the Hunter. Moreover, theoretically, those who were being pursued by the Hunters right now were likely people ranking in the top 24, so they would definitely have some good stuff in their backpacks!

    ¡°This time, you should forget about taking the kill!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes showed that he was still observing things through the vision of the Scout Beetle, and as he spoke, a smirk appeared on his face.

    Big Pineapple looked stunned as he stared at Feng Luo. ¡°Why?¡±

    ¡°Because this time, the person being pursued is one of our own!¡±

    Feng Luo saw the model of the Hunter chasing Phoenix. It was a Hunter that possessed a heavy firearm and an alloy shield; it looked much more difficult to deal with than the previous two!

    ¡°Our own? Which one?¡±

    ¡°That toyboy, the Scout who cameter, or that enchanting and exquisite beauty?¡± Big Pineapple replied quickly, understanding what Feng Luo meant.

    ¡°The red-head beauty,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°She is being pursued by a mechanical Hunter. It doesn¡¯t look good!¡± At the same time, he had already instructed 24K to control a Scout Beetle to follow Phoenix.

    ¡°F*ck. Old Feng, then why aren¡¯t we moving to help her!?¡± Big Pineapple said as he stood up with bright eyes. ¡°She¡¯s one of us! Plus, disregarding anything else, we¡¯ll all be ¡®colleagues¡¯ after the profession change, and we might even be friends. For that, we should definitely help!¡±

    With his alloy longsword raised, Big Pineapple seemed to be growing impatient! However, this rescue operation still needed Feng Luo¡¯s approval. That was because the forest was anything but small. Even for a warrior like him, it was quite impossible to find someone in an environment like this with the aid of moonlight alone.

    Feng Luo had switched his visual field back, and he looked at Big Pineapple with a faint smile. ¡°All right!¡±

    He knew that Big Pineapple was just thinking with his body again. Although he was a person who had dirty thoughts but did not have the courage to act on them, he clearly didn¡¯t want to let the opportunity of being a hero saving a ¡°damsel in distress¡± to pass him by!

    Still, Big Pineapple¡¯s logic was sound. After all, since every agency had five representatives participating in this mission, it was highly likely that the final number of survivors would likewise be evaluated.

    Apart from that, if their team could achieve the final victory, it was highly likely that they would be able to change their profession in the end by relying on the points that the others had umted in the mission. In this case, granting someone a favor would naturally be a good choice.

    Also, she¡¯s a beautifuldy. Of course, she¡¯s going to receive better treatment in games!

    However, Feng Luo would never have admitted aloud that he had a thought like this.

    ¡°If we¡¯re going to save someone, it¡¯d be better if you switched back to your Heavy Armor Warrior profession,¡± said Feng Luo as he carried the Barrett. ¡°That way, you can help block the bullets for thedy, and if you save the damsel in distress at the crucial moment, she will be even more grateful!¡±

    Feng Luo had already instructed 24K, sitting on his shoulder, tomand two ded Beetles to open up the path for them.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes shone. ¡°Hmm? Good idea!¡± Then, he quickly took the exquisite alloy shield out of his backpack.

 Chapter 270 - Saving A Damsel in Distress

    <h4>Chapter 270: Saving A Damsel in Distress</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Hu! Hu!

    In the forest, Phoenix¡¯s running speed had already been greatly reduced. She felt like both of her legs were powerless, and presently, she nearly tripped over a tree vine on the ground.

    ¡°Damn it, why make this game so realistic?¡± Phoenixined aloud as she panted hard. ¡°Why should ying a game be so torturous?!¡± She felt like she was indeed unable to run anymore and had to stop for a while first. ¡°My stamina is only left with 11 percent. Even if I were to continue running, I would, at most,st just another one or two minutes!¡±

    Taking time to stop and look at her attribute panel, Phoenix¡¯s face, still enchanting under the shine of the moonlight, turned a little grim. It was important to note that the lower one¡¯s stamina went in the game, the slower its rate of recovery would be¡ªto fully recover her stamina level now would require half an hour¡¯s time. But with this Hunter¡¯s ability to be able to directly lock on to the positions of all the participants of the ¡°battle royale¡± game, it would clearly be impossible for her to have half an hour¡¯s time.

    ¡°If I had known it would be a bad thing for points to exceed the original, I shouldn¡¯t have let here out and help!¡±

    Just then, with a conflicted look on her face, she suddenly let loose a strange outburst. After that, however, her face changed again into an expression of distress.

    ¡°Losing levels upon death isn¡¯t so bad. After all, to train my way back is still very easy. But it wasn¡¯t easy to collect my Red Lotus full set; it¡¯d explode if I were to die on this mission!¡±

    As she thought of her full set of Level-45 Rare armor¡ªalready unlocked except for one piece¡ªPhoenix¡¯s forehead creased in distress! Plus, the Agent Hidden Profession Mission would be failed as well... She personally did not really like this mission, but she, on the other hand, was determined to own it!

    ¡°Right, where are the other four people of the investigation? I¡¯ve already left quite a few signs at eye-catching points, but I haven¡¯t met anyone even up until now. It can¡¯t be that they¡¯ve all been finished off by other yers or NPCs!¡±

    The pupils of Phoenix¡¯s red eye-shadowed eyes disyed a look of doubt.

    ¡°But it can¡¯t be... It¡¯s fine if it¡¯s those from the other two departments. This group of ours boasts the first and second-ce positions on the leaderboard. Logically, they shouldn¡¯t die so easily on such a mission!¡±

    Phoenix recalled the two yers disguised as NPCs sitting across her in Haruko¡¯s room. She had intentionally neglected Big Pineapple, of course, who was ranked behind her.

    ¡°Hmm... Why am I wasting time thinking about this? No way! I must continue running. Humph! If I¡¯m not inst, I can¡¯t admit defeat no matter what!¡±

    Phoenix regained her senses, straightened up, and pped the tree beside her with a hand as she said, gritting her teeth.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    However, with that p, apletely unexpected situation urred. Her arm, unprotected without a hand guard, suddenly felt pain. At the same moment, a ¡°?1846¡± damage coefficient appeared above her head.

    ¡°There¡¯s a snake hiding on the tree!¡±

    Phoenix had already withdrawn her hand as she looked at the area her hand had pped. There, she now spotted a triangr-headed, ck venomous snake that could only be vaguely distinguished amid the dark environment.

    ¡°It¡¯s a Level-40 Elite monster!¡±

    She hurriedly raised the Alloy Longsword in her hand and unleashed a Level-35 ¡°Devastating sh,¡± slicing the snake clean in two right at the center with a more than 2,000-point lethal damage coefficient!

    However, this snake, even with its body cut into two sections, still was not dead yet. Its head, which had fallen onto the ground, actually sprang back up, quickly biting the armor at her thigh!

    Although most of the parts of the armor on her body were empty, the system¡¯s calction of defense still applied. As such, while the message after the first attack indicated it was a Level-40 Elite monster venomous snake, the second bite only caused white damage of less than 700.

    Phoenix, who waved her longsword once again, used two normal attack damages of over 1,000 topletely finish off the venomous snake!

    Clearly, based on the damage sustained, this red suit of armor was definitely not just equipment for superficial attractiveness.

    ¡°So unlucky! To actually encounter an Elite monster at this time! Hmm... What...? I¡¯m poisoned...!¡±

    After finishing off this venomous snake, Phoenix¡¯s expression changed as she looked at the system message.

    It was important to know that there were quite a few clusters of monsters and Elite monsters on this ind; during the ¡°equipment-naked¡± period at the start, at least 100 people had died from the attacks of these monsters. However, the equipment of the participants was almost full now. Although the damage of this Elite venomous snake, at only Level 40, wasn¡¯t much of a threat to average yers, it was even less of an issue for Phoenix, who was fully d in Rare equipment. She had finished it off with just two shes.

    The problem was, beyond its physical attack, this venomous snake also had a very rare ¡°numbing¡± toxin. After a slight dy, it would send the victim into a ¡°numb¡± state for a certain period of time. Only by using an antidote would this toxin¡¯s effect be able to be reduced or eliminated. Or she could wait for the Biochip to detoxify it automatically, but this detoxification process required at least half a minute¡¯s time!

    ¡°Half a minute! This is killing me!¡±

    Feeling her body already losing control, Phoenix gritted her teeth. She had the antidote in her backpack, but she did not have enough remaining points to unlock it, and half a minute¡¯s time would be more than sufficient for the Hunter behind her to close in.

    In actual fact, there was no half a minute to spare¡ªwithin only 10 seconds, the huge, heavy silhouette of the Hunter with the blinking red dots in its metallic eye sockets, glowing in the dark of the night, had already entered her field of view. With its night vision ability, it was obviously impossible for it not to see Phoenix as she moved!

    Ka! Ka!

    The red dots of its eyes blinked as they locked onto its target. The powerful heavy firearm in Hunter T-750¡¯s hand was already raised and aimed straight in Phoenix¡¯s direction, and the metallic-golden fingers revealed from the broken artificial skin had already pressed down hard on the trigger.

    Just when it seemed that in the next moment, Phoenix, whose defense was not considerably high, would be shot dead by the bullets from this powerful assault rifle and unfortunately be eliminated...

    Ping!

    Suddenly, a low, muffled gunshot resounded from inside the forest.

    A bullet with a faint blue glow shot out from behind her to the right without warning, outstandingly striking a precise hit to the right wrist of the Hunter holding the firearm!

    ng!

    Despite the power of the Barrett,bined with the power of an energy armor-breaking bullet, it was still impossible to break the alloy arm of T-750 with a single shot. But the powerful force of arge-caliber bullet at a distance of less than 100 meters was sufficient to strike a distance from the metallic arm of a robot with astonishing strength!

    Ta, ta, ta...

    nts bent and snapped beneath the bullets, tree bark cracked, and the dirt on the ground erupted in all directions! T-750¡¯s finger had nheless pulled the trigger. By relying on his Scout Beetle¡¯s vision, Feng Luo had managed a one-in-a-million shot, which caused the Hunter¡¯s rifle muzzle to swing far out of range!

    ?607

    ?543

    As the barrage swept in Phoenix¡¯s direction, only two bullets hit her red armor. However, the bullets had actually caused over 1,000 damage to this yer with a full set of Rare equipment! It felt like the power of the firearm in the hand of this Hunter was no lower than the damage caused by the Scout ¡°agent instructor¡± from before!

    Phoenix was still in a ¡°numb¡± state. Due to more than 2,000 HP being lost from thebat with the Elite venomous snake, her HP had already been reduced by half. Even though Feng Luo hade in with a godly shot¡ªsaving her from an attack from a distance away¡ªthe danger actually hadn¡¯t been eliminated!

    Even though urately hit by the energy armor-breaking bullet, the powerful strength of the Hunter T-750 allowed it to adjust the muzzle of its heavy assault rifle back into aim.

    Due to the Barrett¡¯s problem regarding firing intervals, even if Feng Luo had engaged ¡°Rapid Shooting,¡± he would not have been able to fire continuously within a second. That means he wouldn¡¯t be able to save Phoenix again as nned!

    Ta, ta, ta...

    The Hunter T-750 pulled the trigger once more. mes erupted from the rifle¡¯s muzzle like a fiery snake in the darkness of the night as a series of bullets were fired straight at the paralyzed Phoenix!

 Chapter 271 - Success

    <h4>Chapter 271: Sess</h4>

    Although Feng Luo indeed could not make it in time to fire the second shot to save a life, he had note alone!

    Big Pineapple, being of a yer of the Warrior profession, was faster than Feng Luo in short-distance movement speed after engaging Charge. Not to mention the opportunity to save a damsel in distress¡ªBig Pineapple¡¯s speed was even faster now than when he picked up prizes!

    ¡°Hey, trying to kill our teammate? Not if we have anything to say about it!¡±

    Thus, the moment when the Hunter T-750 pulled the trigger once more, Big Pineapple, carrying an enormous reddish-ck alloy shield in his hand, bellowing a foolhardy yell, had already charged fiercely in front of Phoenix. His shield heavily pounded against the ground.

    Ping, ping, ping...!

    All the bullets released by T-750 were blocked by the high-quality shield in Big Pineapple¡¯s hand! The flying sparks from the friction between the bullets and the shield were clear in the dark night, but the effect only produced damage coefficients of less than 200 shing above Big Pineapple¡¯s head!

    ¡°This power, way too weak...¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s face had a cool, condescending smile, and the alloy shield plunged into the ground fiercely released a powerful wave of energy!

    Boom!

    The power umted by the ¡°Charge Shield Smash¡± Rare skill on the run exploded, sending out ayer of dirt from the ground and skull-sized rocks to the side, mixing with the continuous flow of iing bullets!

    ¡°This fool is really a little embarrassing...¡±

    If Feng Luo were to have noticed Big Pineapple¡¯s action, he probably would have cursed impatiently under his breath. But, at that moment, there was no spare time for him to bother, because after the second round of shots from the Hunter, the Barrett¡¯s two-second firing interval was finally over!

    Ping!

    Taking advantage of the time, Feng Luo fired. The Barrett in his hand resounded with a low, muffled gunshot once more, and a faint blue energy armor-breaking bullet drew a swift streak through the darkness of the forest, marking its trajectory straight for the metallic arm of the Hunter holding its rifle!

    Ka!

    Since the Hunter wasn¡¯t moving, the difficulty for this shot to be lethal was minimal¡ªat least, it was for him!

    The result of two continuous energy armor-breaking bullets hitting at the same spot¡ªnaturally the critical point of the metallic arm of this T-750¡ªwas that it was broken by the sniper rifle¡¯s bullet. The assault rifle ceased to fire!

    ¡°Teammate? Y¡¯all are...¡±

    Just then, Phoenix, on the ground, reacted to Big Pineapple¡¯s previous words. She did her best to hide a new sense of delight and shock after such a cmity. A moment before, she had indeed believed that she would die beneath the attack by the Hunter, as the ¡°numb¡± effect had rendered her unable to effectively control her body to dodge the Hunter¡¯s shots whatsoever. She had not expected that there would suddenly be someone to save her life!

    That shot was indeed a little astounding; even though she had no control over her body, she had more or less determined from the sound that the person who¡¯d fired it was at a distance of over 20 meters from her position. As such, the distance between the firing position and the Hunter was over 40 meters.

    In such a dimly lit environment¡ªmoreover, an environment full of vegetation coverage and trees¡ªto hit the arm of someone more than 40 meters away was not something that average Sniper yers could do!

    More importantly, if it was just one shot, perhaps the uracy could have been due to the use of some skill or it could have been happenstance. But the opponent had fired two shots, and the Hunter had ceased fire. Clearly, this was not happenstance but true ability!

    ¡°Teammate, which investigator is this Sniper?¡± Phoenix said with a nce, already guessing in her mind.

    Big Pineapple, at that moment, had already turned his head to sh Phoenix a slight ¡°confident¡± smile. ¡°Beautiful Lady Phoenix,¡± he said, ¡°I am Number 105! Rest assured, you¡¯re definitely safe under my protection. We¡¯ve already in two Hunters before. This Hunter was here only to give his life away...¡±

    However, if he¡¯d known that Phoenix¡¯s attention was now ced on Feng Luo, he probably would have been depressed to death.

    It was his own fault for cing his alloy shield in front of Phoenix to block the bullets, inadvertently blocking Phoenix¡¯s view, as well. As a result, she hadn¡¯t even seen the effect of his charging shield attack, nor his pretentiously manly actions.

    However, Phoenix still yed along and revealed an expression of surprise, her big, flirtatious eyes widening. ¡°Number 105? You¡¯re... Nohara Shinnosuke? Your defense is so high! You did not even lose HP after being attacked by a Hunter!¡±

    Meanwhile, she was pondering inside: If this is the case, that Sniper must be either Number 37 or Number 99... The Snipers. Based on my feelings, the rate of Number 99 should be greater...

    As for the name of ¡°Nohara Shinnosuke,¡± it was the identity of the NPC that Big Pineapple had been disguised as before.

    They had not revealed their true appearances and information while at Haruko¡¯s ce, and Haruko had never requested for them to do so. Thus, Phoenix was unable to directly determine his identity based on his appearance. But because Phoenix used her yer identity, Feng Luo and Big Pineapple could recognize her at a nce. Of course, even if she had used an NPC to disguise her identity, her fabulous set of fiery-red feminine light armor alone would have been enough to discern her identity.

    Just then, Feng Luo shouted from the side. ¡°Stop chatting, the Hunter is not finished yet!¡±

    Simultaneously, a ping sounded as Barrett in his hands fired once more at the Hunter!

    However, this energy armor-breaking bullet did not achieve any effect, as it was blocked by the alloy shield in the Hunter¡¯s hand with a pai sound! Although this Hunter had lost an alloy arm as well as its firearms, the alloy shield in its hand could still be used as a weapon, and itsbat power was definitely still above that of normal yers!

    After Feng Luo had destroyed one of its alloy arms, he was now seen as a primary threat ording to the program of this Hunter. The pair of red dots in its metallic eyes blinked as it held its heavy alloy shield in front of it and advanced toward Feng Luo, striding with heavy footsteps.

    ¡°I¡¯ll help you!¡± Phoenix shouted.

    She first applied a blood tonic on herself, then gripped the feminine alloy longsword at her side and leaped to her feet! She had 90 percent poison resistance in her equipment attributes, and by now, the numbing effect as a result of being poisoned had already vanished!

    ¡°No need. Your HP hasn¡¯t recovered,¡± Feng Luo shouted between shots. ¡°Hide to the side first, far from the battlefield! Big Pineapple, hold T-750 up.¡±

    ¡°Well then, okay...¡±

    Phoenix took a look. Her HP had indeed not recovered much yet. After all, blood tonics required time. Furthermore, she also had the intention of observing Feng Luo and Big Pineapple¡¯sbat abilities.

    ¡°Already slew two Hunters. Is this really something to brag about?¡±

    To Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, facing off Hunters was considered their forte. This type of Elite robotic monster would, perhaps, be very difficult for one person to y, as its energy control core was protected. To break its four limbs to make it choose to self-destruct its energy control core was no easy task.

    But with two people cooperating, it was a multiplied effect! Heavy Armor Warriors had many skills, all enhanced with powerful strength and solo-control effect, able to hold up even against Hunters with powerful strength.

    As for this Heavy Armor Warrior, Big Pineapple, he was probably the one and only yer who couldst for more than a minute when in closebat with a Hunter.

    One minute¡¯s time was sufficient for the Barrett in Feng Luo¡¯s hand to fire!

    ******

    ¡°Lady, stand back a little! This guy is going to self-destruct now!¡±

    When Feng Luo made use of Big Pineapple¡¯s containment and had destroyed all four alloy limbs of this Hunter within just 30 seconds, Big Pineapple ran over from behind holding onto his shield. At the same time, his big mouth loudly reminded Phoenix, who was standing to the side, watching thebat with a look of genuine shock.

    ¡°Self-destruct?¡± Phoenix looked doubtful but immediately stepped back a little more.

    Boom!

    A mass of bluish-white energy twisted to a 10-meter circumference, sending the weak and vulnerable vegetation cover and dirt flying. This marked the third T-750 in by the two of them!

 Chapter 272 - An Extremely Dangerous Enemy!

    <h4>Chapter 272: An Extremely Dangerous Enemy!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°These Hunters actually can still self-destruct¡ªand with such powerful force!¡±

    After the explosion energy hadpletely disappeared, Phoenix stood up from behind a tree, her fiery red armor heavily stained with dirt. Gazing at the center of the forest, where a slight crater of about 10 meters in circumference had formed on the ground in an empty area, she could not help but feel a little shocked by the power of the explosion!

    ¡°But... these two really slew this Hunter. And they did it as if didn¡¯t result in much of a loss!¡±

    At the same time, Phoenix could not hide her surprise. She had personally witnessed the attack power and strength of Hunters while fleeing before this, but Big Pineapple had actually been able to withstand it for a long time. Plus, his HP had not fallen much¡ªhis defense was simply rad!

    Just as rad was Feng Luo¡¯s shooting. He was able to consecutively hit the same spot even in such a dimly lit environment, and without a single miss throughout the whole process.

    Their cooperation was full of mutual understanding, allowing them to lure the Hunter to its death! No wonder the two were able to y not just one Hunter before; against such ability and mutual understanding, unless the Hunter had firearms on hand, it would truly taste what it meant to give up its life!

    ¡°He also has the Scout Beetle vision. If not, attempting to y this Hunter would probably still require the spending of some effort.¡±

    However, Feng Luo himself did not think that this Hunter had ¡°given up¡± its life. If not for theplement of the Scout Beetle vision, even with his strengthened sight, the Barrett¡¯s sniper scope night vision capability alone wouldn¡¯t have been enough. It would have been impossible to maintain such a high rate of precision in such an environment!

    The ability of these T-750s was very strong indeed. However, they were still robotic monsters, after all, so their adaptability inbat was not up to that of yers. Plus, they had weaknesses that could be targeted!

    ¡°Old Feng, I¡¯ve taken this Hunter¡¯s points, but I don¡¯t want that chip. You take it!¡± Big Pineapple shouted to Feng Luo, giving the points for this Hunter straight to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mm...¡± Feng Luo nodded. He took out the ¡°Hunter¡¯s Tooth¡± dagger from his backpack and walked in the direction of the T-750¡¯s corpse.

    After taking just two steps, his face suddenly changed. His eyes, shining brightly under the moonlight, turned toward behind the Hunter as a thought suddenly urred to him.

    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± Phoenix asked with a doubtful face.

    ¡°A ded Beetle has been killed!¡± Feng Luo said with his forehead creased.

    Just a moment ago, 24K had told him via mental link that contact with a ded Beetle he had dispatched to patrol the outer surroundings had been lost!

    ¡°ded Beetle?¡±

    Phoenix knew nothing about Feng Luo¡¯s pets and thus didn¡¯t understand what Feng Luo was saying.

    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me...¡± Big Pineapple was stone-faced as he instantly picked up his alloy shield, which he had already put down.

    The Elite Scout beetle in the air had already flown speedily towards that direction. Feng Luo¡¯s forehead was still creased as he turned to Phoenix and asked, ¡°Number 9, besides this Hunter, were there any others hunting you?¡±

    ¡°Yes... There¡¯s a rebel Earth Maniptor. He wanted to follow behind this Hunter to freeload,¡± Phoenix said, staring at Feng Luo. ¡°Humph! Watch me... No, I should¡¯ve already shaken him off!¡±

    ¡°Oh, it definitely is that guy who has caught up,¡± said Big Pineapple, already showing off loudly. ¡°Hey, an over Level 40 Elite monster really has balls. I¡¯d be able to y it easily even with my second profession activated¡ª¡±

    ¡°Watch out, he¡¯sing!¡± said Feng Luo.

    He hadn¡¯t even finished speaking before he turned the Barrett in his hands in another direction.

    ¡°Certainly not low on alertness!¡±

    Just then, a tall, middle-aged NPC, standing at a height of more than two meters and built like a Hunter, with a long scar on his face, appeared. His right hand carried a uniquely designed alloy shield dripping with red blood and green beetle goo as he walked slowly out of the dark forest where Feng Luo had aimed his Barrett!

    Just then, with his eyes shining with a faint green glow, a low voice came out from his mouth.

    ¡°A rebel beast warrior!¡±

    Seeing those ¡°signature¡± green-glowing eyes, the three already recognized his identity.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say it was an Earth Maniptor? How has it be a Heavy Armor Warrior?¡± Seeing the face of this humanoid silhouette¡ªwhich was a little slow, like himself¡ªBig Pineapple said with a rxed smile, ¡°But no matter. Even if it¡¯s an Earth Maniptor plus a Heavy Armor Warrior, there¡¯s no threat at all. Hehe! It¡¯s here to bless us with points either way!¡±

    Indeed, even if there had been an apanying Fire Maniptor, there would not have been much of a problem, given Big Pineapple and Feng Luo¡¯sbined capabilities¡ªlet alone a Heavy Armor Warrior with not much attack power.

    ¡°Something¡¯s wrong!¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°This person has a dangerous feel to him. His eyes are different than those of normal rebel beast warriors!¡±

    Feng Luo stared at the scarred middle-aged NPC with calm eyes, unlike the irritability of previous rebel beast warriors. His expression turned grave.

    This rebel beast warrior exuded a sense of hidden danger. Such ¡°senses¡± in the game were actually sensations specially created by the system, arisen from stimting yers¡¯ nerves as a means of representing unusual things. For example, this urred when a Maniptor¡¯s Level 40 move was unleashed or before a Boss showed itself!

    Even though this rebel beast warrior¡¯s sense of ¡°danger¡± was very weak, it was actually highly possible that this was because the system did not want to prompt yers so obviously. In the next moment, when this knife-scarred beast warrior took action, it was possible that his danger sense would ¡°explode¡±!

    ¡°Hey, if he¡¯s here to bless us with points, we can¡¯t ignore it!¡±

    In contrast, the loud Big Pineapple didn¡¯t feel this at all. He even had a head start in taking action already! He raised the reddish-ck alloy shield in his hand, engaged the ¡°Shield Bash Charge¡± skill, its cooldown having alreadypleted, and charged toward the knife-scarred, middle-aged ¡°beast warrior¡± less than 20 meters away!

    Even though the distance between them was less than 20 meters, due to the huge piece ofnd ttened by the energy explosion, Big Pineapple¡¯s Charge was almost in a straight line! Hence, in merely a second, his speed rose to its peak, and the shield in his hand umted a wave of explosive energy!

    ¡°Hm?¡±

    The calm andposed eyes of the knife-scarred-faced beast warrior moved slightly, as if a little interested in this skill of Big Pineapple¡¯s, but his body still stood motionlessly rooted to the spot. All he did was effortlessly raise the alloy shield in his hand in front of him.

    ¡°Hey!¡±

    Big Pineapple, who had already charged to his side, wore a look of surprise on his face. The opponent actually did not dodge¡ªthis was simply stupendous! Everyone knew that this move was easy to dodge!

    You actually dare to take me on? Big Pineapple thought confidently. Watch me knock you to the other side of the world!

    Gong!

    The two huge alloy shields struck hard against each other, producing a low shing sound.

    Consequently, the scarred beast warrior¡¯s body did not move an inch, and the shield in his hand showed no movement at all. Only a ¡°?103¡± white coefficient appeared above his head!

    Big Pineapple, on the other hand, had been sent staggering backward a few steps by the force of the rebound, and a ¡°?298¡± damage coefficient appeared above his head!

    ¡°What?!¡± Big Pineapple yelled in disbelief.

    This move of his had cracked open the brain of the giant python on Silverleaf Ind before. Plus, the damage of this kind of straight-line charge technically should have been well above 1,500, yet the damage dealt to this enemy was less than one-tenth! Furthermore, he had been reduced by almost 300 HP!

    What was this sickening defense or Rare skill?

 Chapter 273 - Sickening Knife-Scar-Face!

    <h4>Chapter 273: Sickening Knife-Scar-Face!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Really!¡±

    Seeing this situation, Feng Luo¡¯s pupils shrank. The sense of danger given off by this knife-scarred beast warrior was indeed different than usual! Since Big Pineapple had already taken action, he undoubtedly could not stand and watch. Thus, with a ping sound, he had pulled the trigger on Barrett in his hand!

    Phoenix¡¯s face had simrly changed slightly, but she also immediately engaged her ¡°Charge¡± skill, raising her alloy sword and charging at the scarred beast warrior!

    Even though the ability disyed by this scar-faced beast warrior was certainly shocking, the three did not dy for long. As in this killing game, there was only one choice: kill or be killed!

    The expression of the scarred beast warrior showed no apparent change. He only said tly, as if in the tone of a senior evaluating a junior, ¡°Still can do!¡±

    While he spoke, the shield in his hand rose swiftly toward his head!

    Ping!

    An energy armor-breaking bullet with a faint blue glow was barely blocked by part of the edge of the shield.

    This shot, which Feng Luo had urately directed at his head, had actually ¡°missed¡±! It was not that this scarred beast warrior¡¯s hand was so fast. Rather, he had actually predicted the position and timing of Feng Luo¡¯s shot and had already moved his shield into ce the moment Feng Luo pulled the trigger!

    ?289

    When the energy armor-breaking bullet hit the shield, the damage coefficient that emerged above the head of the scarred beast warrior made Feng Luo¡¯s expression even more grave!

    Less than 300 damage¡ªthis was definitely the lowest damage coefficient produced, except for final shots, since he had gotten the Barrett. The defense of this rebel beast warrior was terrifyingly strong!

    And it was not just his defense power; in reality, the subsequent attack power he was about to disy was simrly outstanding!

    Just then, Phoenix, who had engaged Charge, entered a 10-meter radius of him. As a Light Armor Warrior with the godly ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± skill engaged, she had already jumped above the scarred beast warrior¡¯s head in an instant with a great leap.

    The fiery-red alloy longsword held tightly in both her hands fiercely shed down, like a red sh of lightning under the glow of the faint white moonlight in the sky. It even created a visible trajectory!

    This sh, judging by its vigor, obviously carried great power! Also, the Warrior profession had a specialized attribute: The power of the skill would be enhanced by the strength and speed of the alloy sword¡¯s movement. Hence, through an almost 20-meter enhanced Charge, an Expert-level Thunder Leap sh had already been reached¡ªin addition to the full set of Rare equipment on Phoenix.

    If this chopping sh connected, even if the defense of this rebel beast warrior was incredibly strong, his HP would still fall by quite a lot!

    ¡°What the?!¡±

    Still, the following scene made all three of them tense up once again. Because the fiery-red alloy longsword that had shed with such powerful force suddenly froze in midair!

    Correct! It was at a standstill! That was because the five fingers of the thick right hand of this scarred beast warrior were grasping this shing alloy longsword. The shockingly vigorous alloy longsword was like a choked snake, unable to advance!

    A triggered Big Pineapple could not help but shout out, ¡°What the f*ck?!¡±

    This scene was a bit ridiculous! Absorbing a skill with a bare hand? And furthermore, without damage appearing on his head? This was simply unbelievable!

    The instructor from before, known as ¡°Nightingale,¡± had been able to use bullets to destroy a Maniptor¡¯s skill. And now, this scarred beast warrior was able to use just five fingers to absorb a Light Armor Warrior skill! Why were there so many perverts among NPCs? If this was the case, the yers of this game were f*cked!

    The emphasis on the five fingers was because only with close inspection would one be able to discover that the five right-hand fingers of this scarred beast warrior were actually curved¡ªlike pincers locking Phoenix¡¯s alloy sword¡ªnot even relying on the palm to absorb Phoenix¡¯s sh attack!

    After all, this longsword in Phoenix¡¯s hand was simrly a top-grade Rare piece of equipment. Its sharpness was not inferior even to Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Hunter¡¯s Tooth¡±¨C it was impossible to say that he would not be injured even if he was a ¡°beast warrior¡±!

    This alone was enough to shock people. The three already knew the strength of this scarred beast warrior, but they hadn¡¯t expected the strength to be at such a level!

    But that wasn¡¯t all. Just then, Phoenix¡¯s face changed suddenly once again. Because after grabbing her alloy longsword, this ¡°rebel beast warrior,¡± whose face hadn¡¯t changed from the start, already had his right leg raised. He viciouslyshed out at Phoenix who had justnded and kicked her out of the air!

    Bang!

    The strength of this kick was immense, striking Phoenix¡¯s stomach area! In the end, Phoenix was sent flying into the air once more by this beast warrior¡¯s kick!

    ?2045

    As she flew, an over 2,000 damage coefficient appeared above her head! With no weapon, using only a bare hand, this level of damage definitely could live up to the word ¡°all-powerful¡±!

    Luckily, Phoenix had survived until now in this killing game and had entered the top 24 names on the killing points ranking, implying that her ability was anything but weak! Even though she had been kicked flying, when she was in the air, she was still able to twist her body to steadilynd on a tree!

    Plus, when he¡¯d unleashed his kick, the scarred beast warrior had rxed his hand, meaning that the alloy sword had not left her hand. However, it could still be seen from her pale face and cold-sweating forehead that the kick had been very painful. Even though she was a female yer, her pain sense should have been high from the start.

    ¡°F*ck, I still don¡¯t believe it!¡±

    In the interim between Phoenix¡¯s attacks, the staggered Big Pineapple regained his momentum. He lunged forward with a yell, the reddish-ck alloy shield in his hand stirring up a violent whoosh as he viciously swung at the scarred beast warrior¡¯s head from the side! It was the Heavy Armor Warrior Level-15 basic skill, ¡°Shield Bash¡±!

    Against robot-type monsters, Shield Bash skill clearly a little weak. But against humans, it could cause a fainting effect when a hit struck the head. This was, without a doubt, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s god-skill!

    Plus, Big Pineapple¡¯s timing was impable, striking before the scarred beast warrior had fully drawn back his leg after kicking Phoenix. As such, this scarred beast warrior could only block his skill by shifting the alloy shield in his hand. If not, if he fainted after being hit in the head by Shield Bash, he would definitely lose ayer of skin no matter how much stronger he was.

    But if he made use of his alloy shield to block Big Pineapple¡¯s attack, it wouldn¡¯t be very effective, as it would give Feng Luo the chance to shoot. With Feng Luo¡¯s shooting technique andbat knowledge, it was impossible not for him to jump at this chance!

    Big Pineapple may have been a loudmouth, but he was nheless pretty quick-witted inbat.

    However...

    ¡°What?¡±

    The next moment, Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened.

    He had actually miscalcted again, as this scarred beast warrior did not turn and block him with his alloy shield. Instead, he merely used his one right arm! It was his right hand, clenched into a fist about two timesrger than that of a normal person, cutting through the air with a whoosh and smashing toward his shield!

    Boom!

    ?404

    For a fist of bare flesh to strike an alloy shield, the fist technically should have been smashed into pieces! Yet it was Big Pineapple again who was sent backward! It was as if he had been caught in the explosion of a bomb, sent staggering severalrge steps backward. A damage coefficient of over 400 appeared over his head once more! The damage above the scarred beast warrior¡¯s head, on the other hand, still did not exceed 300!

    This scarred beast warrior had casually fully absorbed the attacks from all three of them. And furthermore, without much loss in HP. This level of ability was simply unthinkable!

    The seemingly unbeatable Hunter from before was just a joke byparison! In strength as well as in defense, it was iparable to this scarred beast warrior.

 Chapter 274 - Instructor, Hunting Tiger!

    <h4>Chapter 274: Instructor, Hunting Tiger!</h4>

    If not for the damage coefficient emerging above this scarred beast warrior¡¯s head, Feng Luo might have suspected that this guy was actually a robotic warrior of a model even more advanced than the T-750. However, even if it was an unbeatable robot, he could not hold back at this point!

    Ping, ping, ping...

    In the forest, gunshots resounded once more! But this time, they were not the low, muffled gunshots of the Barrett butparatively more crisp and continuous gunshot sounds.

    A ck, medium-sized handgun was held in Feng Luo¡¯s hand as it fired three bullets at the scarred beast warrior in quick session! The ¡°Hurricane¡± handgun had a super high rate of fire, able to consecutively fire four bullets in a second!

    Furthermore, these three shots from Feng Luo were not aimed at the same spot. He was at a distance of over 20 meters from the scarred beast warrior. Thus, when shooting, he only needed to move his wrist slightly to be able to shoot any desired spot on the opponent. The angles of these three consecutive shots were very specific and precise¡ªspecifically, they were directed at the scarred beast warrior¡¯s right hand, right leg, and left eye. Plus, the gap in time between the three shots was super short!

    Pa, pa, pa...

    Following that were the sounds of the three consecutive bullets striking metal!

    Even though the scarred beast warrior was onlybatting Big Pineapple and Phoenix, his attention was as if also simrly ced on Feng Luo¡¯s gun muzzle. As Feng Luo fired, his huge, thick alloy shield produced a blur of motion as it moved and actually, unbelievably, blocked all three consecutive bullets!

    ¡°What the f*ck?!¡± Seeing this situation, Big Pineapple, who had been knocked back and had his eyes fixed on the scene, could not help but spout out a curse once again!

    Meanwhile, although Feng Luo¡¯s expression was just as grave, he still did not stop shooting with the Hurricane in his hand!

    Ping!

    The fourth bullet sted out the moment the trigger was pulled!

    ¡°Hm?¡± The scarred beast warrior¡¯s face showed a bit of surprise this time.

    Because even though he had blocked out three shots, his shield moved upward a bit as a result. The fourth shot was aimed at his calf, rendering him unable to move down to block it! Clearly, this had been the real purpose of Feng Luo¡¯s three previous shots¡ªthe three previous shots were just to create the opportunity for the fourth!

    Ping!

    With this fourth shot, the scarred beast warrior¡¯s calf was unavoidably hit!

    ?506

    A damage coefficient of over 500 finally appeared above the rebel beast warrior¡¯s head!

    ¡°Not bad, still!¡±

    But with the bullet clearly hitting that body of his, with not much equipment, the damage was still not high. It only left a line of blood as a mark!

    But what was unexpected was that at that moment, the ¡°rebel beast warrior¡± who had disyed its powerful prowess suddenly put down the shield in his hand and said tly, ¡°All right! Everyone, stop!¡±

    ¡°What? Stop? Why would we stop when you say stop?¡±

    At practically the same moment, there was a tender shout with a bit of rage, and a fiery-red alloy longsword already appeared before him once more. Phoenix, who had just been kicked in the stomach, had already regained momentum. Her longsword was pointing out once again, covered in ayer of a faint red glow! Clearly, this must have been some unique Rare skill! Also, it could be deduced by her words that she was holding a grudge.

    Facing her sword and this unknown skill, the scarred beast warrior only said calmly, ¡°I called for a halt because you¡¯re not my match at all!¡±

    Boom!

    Thunder Move!

    With a violent wave of his left hand, his spiked alloy shield swung violently toward Phoenix¡¯s alloy sword. The alloy shield, with a weight of definitely more than 100 kilograms, was wielded in his hand as effortlessly as if it were a stiletto.

    Tch!

    The red, glowing longsword and the spiked shield shed together, creation an eruption of sparks! After which, the shield¡¯s crushing power sent the longsword flying, then crashing into Phoenix¡¯s red armor with even stronger force! However, when the spikes on the shield came into contact with Phoenix, it brushed past at an angle, only knocking her flying once again!

    Smack!

    ?2540

    Phoenix was once again sent flying backward into a pile of brush, and her flying alloy sword fell to the ground far away!

    ?1053

    But simrly, a damage coefficient of over 1000 shed above the middle-aged, scarred beast warrior¡¯s head. There were also clear scratches on the spiked shield!

    ¡°Hm?¡± The eyes of the scarred beast warrior revealed slight surprise at this. But he regained hisposure in a sh, then said something quite unexpected by the three. ¡°Stop, I¡¯m your investigation mission instructor!¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    Big Pineapple had already retrieved from his backpack a secret he¡¯d kept up his sleeve: a special enhancement potion. He had injected it and was about to lunge forward violently with his reddish-ck alloy shield once more. He wore a ferocious face due to the potion¡¯s effect, but he stopped in his steps, dumbfounded.

    Feng Luo, who had initially already summoned a Suicide Bombeetle and a Spray Beetle through 24K, preparing to use the duo to destroy this Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s unconquerable defense, simrly went stock-still. He was forced to stop his hand, which had been about to fire with the Hurricane handgun once more.

    However, he did notpletely halt in his actions. Behind a huge tree beside the battlefield where there was no light, there was already a Spray Beetle with a dirty green-colored shell and a long body crawling out from inside a ck hole on the ground! The Level-37 Elite ded Beetle and the two Normal Beetles had alreadypleted their task of surrounding the area too.

    Phoenix had already stood back up with her brilliant armor stained with a great deal of dirt. Her charming but mocking eyes became a little cold as she said, ¡°Instructor, what evidence do you have? How would you exin your rebel-like eyes?¡±

    ¡°You all can address me as Instructor Hunting Tiger. As for evidence, my ability is evidence!¡±

    The middle-aged scarred beast warrior swept across him, his green-glowing eyes still very calm, not giving much of an exnation for his beast-like characteristics.

    ¡°Hunting Tiger, agent investigation instructor?¡±

    Feng Luo recalled Nightingale¡¯s words from before; this Hunting Tiger must have been an agent codename. This person indeed must have been an agent instructor, and the ability he had shown just now certainly could be considered evidence of his identity. After all, if such powerful abilities belonged to a normal ¡°yer,¡± then this mission would have been beyond unfair!

    ¡°If you¡¯re an instructor, why did you attack us just now?¡± Phoenix¡¯s face was still nice, but her line of sight silently swept to her alloy longsword that had fallen onto the ground!

    He could have attacked the ded Beetle because he¡¯d seen it as a monster, but since he had since learned their identities, the attack just now had definitely been on purpose!

    And even if he was an instructor, it didn¡¯t necessarily mean that he was a friend!

    Just like the Scout-profession instructor ¡°Nightingale¡± from before, whom Feng Luo had harbored no suspicion towards; if he and Big Pineapple had wanted to take that supply box then, it was highly likely that Nightingale would have flipped on them!

    The three agent departments had apetitive rtionship in this mission. But as for the answer to Phoenix¡¯s question, Feng Luo actually already had a guess in his mind.

    ¡°Because the three people that those two killed were my team members!¡±

    Sure enough, Hunting Tiger¡¯s one cold statement made the three of them tense up once more all of a sudden.

 Chapter 275 - Naturally Born Potential?

    <h4>Chapter 275: Naturally Born Potential?</h4>

    As expected! Feng Luo thought.

    Hunting Tiger¡¯s words confirmed his guesses. However, in this situation, the first to speak was not Big Pineapple or Feng Luo himself; instead, it was Phoenix, who asked, fully alert, ¡°Then you¡¯re saying that you¡¯re here to avenge them?¡±

    When she said that, she couldn¡¯t help but nce at Feng Luo and Big Pineapple. What the scarred-face NPC was referring to were the three other Special Agent mission candidates who had been killed by Big Pineapple and Feng Luo. This was another incident that shocked and surprised her.

    Of course, with the surprise also came joy. After all, this also meant that she had two fewerpetitors in the mission. Joy was joy. The problem at that moment was the position of this ¡°Hunting Tiger¡± with its signs of ¡°beastification.¡±

    Judging by the strength disyed earlier, even if the three of them were to work together¡ªwithout knowing his weakness¡ªtheir chances of victory would probably be close to zero.

    ¡°Avenge...¡± Hunting Tiger looked at the three, and from his gaze, it looked like he was assessing them. Then, unexpectedly, he said, ¡°No! Why should I avenge them? Although I am their direct instructor, my number-one role is the examiner of the selection! The rules of the selection state that during the two days on the ind, you are free to fight among yourself, and killing your opponent is not a problem! Of course, it¡¯s not necessarily for two days. In the event of an emergency, I will discuss things with the other two instructors and change the examination method!¡±

    Hunting Tiger¡¯s words caused these three, who were on high alert, rx.

    Even though Big Pineapple¡¯s face appeared rxed, he had more doubts in his mind. ¡°Then... Why did you attack us just now?¡±

    ¡°This must be part of the examination!¡± said Feng Luo. Although the contents of his sentence were uncertain, his tone was firm.

    ¡°That¡¯s right!¡± Hunting Tiger nced at Feng Luo with admiration, but his gaze remained fairly calm. ¡°Since I¡¯m an examiner, I also have to bear the responsibility of the examination mission. We three instructors will test your abilities and make an assessment. As for your performance just now, it will affect your final position!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! An exam? The system didn¡¯t even notify us! We¡¯re screwed!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s expression changed; three ck lines appeared on the side of his already dark forehead.

    If I had known that this was a test earlier on, I would have initiated an all-out attack right from the beginning!

    In the end, the three of them hadn¡¯t managed to threaten this scarred-face man¡ªnot even after working together¡ªso it was likely that their test results would be dreadful!

    ¡°One¡¯s performance during emergency situations speaks a lot about a person¡¯s strength!¡± Hunting Tiger¡¯s gaze went from Feng Luo to Phoenix, then to Big Pineapple. ¡°That¡¯s why, before the test, there was no way for you to know our identities. And after the test, we also won¡¯t be moving with you. Even if you battle against the people we¡¯ve trained, we won¡¯t interfere...¡±

    ¡°It all sounds so nice...¡± Big Pineapple mumbled softly. ¡°But it¡¯s just sweet talk...¡±

    After all, Nightingale had interfered during their ambush on Light Armor Warrior Number 74. Nightingale had not only taken the supply box but also allowed Number 74, who had almost certainly been going to die, to live. The NPCs in War each had their own personality traits. Unless there was a system notification, the words of NPCs were not to be trusted 100 percent.

    ¡°The test is over. Your overall performance was very average. However, there are areas that can be further uncovered!¡±

    By then, Hunting Tiger had already turned around and was walking toward the dark forest while carrying the alloy shield. When he turned around at the end, he nced at the location where Feng Luo¡¯s three ded Beetles were hiding.

    ¡°Remember one thing. It¡¯s impossible to improve your strength to reach the peak by relying on external forces! To gain real strength, you can only rely on yourself to awaken your naturally born potential!¡±

    After he said this, Hunting Tiger entered the forest, still carrying his alloy shield. His voice gradually faded with him.

    Big Pineapple looked confused. ¡°F*ck! What the hell does that mean? I feel like there¡¯s a deeper meaning to his words.¡±

    As for Feng Luo and Phoenix, they looked to be in deep thought. Feng Luo had a vague guess.

    Naturally born potential? Does this mean our talent...?

    After several seconds of silence, Big Pineapple suddenly pped his forehead and shouted, ¡°Ah, I forgot something!¡±

    The other two raised their heads and looked at him. ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Just now, didn¡¯t Phoenix say that, apart from the Hunter, there was another rebel army Earth Maniptor chasing her? We didn¡¯t pay attention to that just now. By now, he¡¯s probably gone!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s words were regretful.

    ¡°No,¡± said Feng Luo calmly. ¡°Did you not notice the trail of fresh blood on Hunting Tiger¡¯s shield when he appeared? The rebel army Earth Maniptor was probably smashed into a pile of mush by him a while ago.¡±

    ¡°How would I have noticed that?¡± said Big Pineapple. ¡°It¡¯s not like I have a pet with night vision that can help me scout like you. In fact, if it weren¡¯t for the fact that it was too dark just now, I would never have been pressured so much by an NPC that I can¡¯t retaliate,¡± he added, attempting to exin and defend his earlier clumsy behavior.

    ¡°Pet?¡± Upon hearing this, Phoenix looked at Feng Luo, surprised. ¡°You need 1,500 points to unlock the pet bracer. You¡¯ve already umted enough?¡± Clearly, from her words, one could deduce that she also had pets.

    Big Pineapple shed a wretched smile as he exined earnestly to Phoenix, ¡°Not us. Just Old Feng. I don¡¯t have pets! There, the pet is sitting on Old Feng¡¯s shoulder!¡±

    ¡°Shoulder?¡± Phoenix¡¯s eyes with crimson eyeshadow looked plenty interested. Then she shifted her gaze. ¡°That... Is that a beetle?¡±

    However, when she saw 24K¡ªwho was paintedpletely ck by the camouge paint and looked not much different from a normal beetle¡ªsitting on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, she couldn¡¯t hide the doubt in her tone of voice. However, if Feng Luo had spent 1,500 points to unlock 24K, she guessed that 24K was probably something special.

    ¡°Number 99,¡± she said. ¡°This pet of yours. It must have some special characteristics, right?¡±

    ¡°Old Feng?¡± Big Pineappleughed.

    24K¡¯s stats and abilities were all Feng Luo¡¯s private information. Even though Big Pineapple was the kind to put gals before pals, he still knew his boundaries and wouldn¡¯t expose his secrets without Feng Luo¡¯s permission.

    ¡°Yes...¡± Feng Luo nodded without caring too much.

    Since they¡¯d encountered Phoenix, they had to ept the fact that they would be working together as a team going forward. 24K¡¯s abilities would be exposed in the end, so there was no need to hide them.

    ******

    ¡°What?! A Boss-grade pet? And it has a summoning skill?¡±

    As Big Pineapple exined 24K¡¯s skills¡ªas well as its ¡°Boss¡± status, which would certainly have shocked any yer¡ªFeng Luo¡¯s gaze was already on the corpse of the Elite Level-40 Poison Snake not far away that had been killed by Phoenix earlier. Although Hunting Tiger had killed a Normal ded Beetle, there was an Elite-grade monster¡¯s corpse nearby, which meant that Feng Luo could get another Beetle back. Moreover, with an Elite-grade corpse, there was a certain probability for him to incubate an Elite-grade beetle!

    Incubating ded Beetle. Estimated time required: 300 seconds.

 Chapter 276 - Night Rain

    <h4>Chapter 276: Night Rain</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Night. The sky was pitch ck. Heavy rain fell from the sky, and three figures moved on the muddy ground toward the cliff in the middle of the Death Hunter Ind.

    ¡°Old Feng, are you sure the ce you marked is here? It¡¯s really troublesome for me to move in this kind of weather!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s armor was anything but light, and he also carried an alloy shield on his arm. This made him susceptible to slipping, and it was extremely difficult for him to hike up a mountain in this heavy rain. Byparison, Phoenix, still equipped with her fiery red light armor, moved with swift steps,pletely unaffected by the state of the ground.

    Phoenix pushed away the hair stuck on her forehead due to the rain as she replied, ¡°It¡¯s definitely correct. I¡¯ve seen the mark. The location should be here!¡± Even in weather like this, that exquisite red makeup of hers didn¡¯t change in the slightest.

    ¡°Phoenix is definitely right. If we¡¯ve got your guarantee, then it¡¯s certainly correct!¡± Big PIneapple quickly smiled, leaving Feng Luo, who was using his Scout Beetle to scout the area, speechless.

    By then, it was no longer the night of the first day; it was the second night! And over the course of the entire second day in between, Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, and Phoenix moved together.

    As for the effect? Naturally, it was quite good! Two hours earlier, an announcement made by the ck-shirted officer revealed there were only 32petitors left on the ind. The three of them were naturally part of the 32!

    ¡°We¡¯ve only encountered one special agent mission yer after an entire day. It¡¯s quite disappointing!¡± Big Pineappleined while using his alloy shield to hold onto a branch to stabilize himself.

    Although the three of them had gotten rid of 15 enemies in one day, only one of those had been apetitor of the special agent mission! And now, it was already past 10 p.m. In a little more than an hour, they would be entering the third day.

    Based on the rule mentioned by Haruko and Nightingale, yers would no longer be allowed to fight among themselves on the third day. This also meant that their tactic¡ªexploiting the rule that allowed them to attack and eliminate the candidates of other special agent bureaus¡ªwas no longer viable!

    ¡°Can¡¯t do anything about it,¡± Phoenix said as her brows furrowed together. ¡°For the people who have been able to survive beneath the pursuit of the Hunters, whether due to their caution or their strength, they are much stronger than they were yesterday. They won¡¯t reveal their locations unless they¡¯re forced to!¡±

    It was important to note that though her ranking in the six-day Special Agent Mission in Dongsang City had been better than Big Pineapple, she was only ranked in the ninth spot. And this rank did not guarantee her a spot to change her profession in the end. At the moment, Big Pineapple might even have ranked higher than her, because the 200 Special Agent Points earned for killing the onlypetitor they¡¯d encountered had been given to Big Pineapple.

    However, though her Special Agent points had stopped increasing, each of their kill points had exceeded 3,000 (including the points they¡¯d spent)! It was because,pared to the day before, the ck-shirted officer would issue bonus missions that rewarded extra points every hour through the cor.

    And the most issued missions were hunting missions that revealed people¡¯s locations! Almost everyone who was currently alive would have their locations exposed at least once in that day and would be at risk of being constantly pursued!

    Among the three of them, Big Pineapple was unlucky enough to have been chosen four times! However, by relying on the Exemption Authority obtained by killing the Hunters, the three of them had used that chance to set up traps and kill a few yers who came looking for them.

    By working together, they ensured that the solo yers or NPCs who came looking for the three of them would be walking to their deaths¡ªespecially when two Scout Beetles were constantly flying in the air. Additionally, with the Rare-grade recon meter Feng Luo had obtained in the morning, as well as the Detection skill that he¡¯d unlocked with extra points, almost no one was able to get within a radius of 50 meters without being detected! Of course, they weren¡¯t reallypletely out of danger since one profession could perfectly counter the close-range detection skill.

    And that was the Sniper!

    The three of them had encountered a joint ambush by an alliance of two Snipers. Even Feng Luo had only noticed them after they¡¯d begun shooting. If they hadn¡¯t miscalcted Feng Luo¡¯s HP, which had caused them to fail to kill him with two shield-breaking energy bullets, their three-person team would have been disbanded.

    Apart from that was the fact that the ¡°Patrol Squad¡± formed by the Scout and ded Beetles, which was very secure, could not be used limitlessly. That was because although 24K had already reached Level 30¡ªand even though it had already eaten a psionic energy crystal and its psionic energy had increased substantially¡ªit still couldn¡¯t sustain mass consumption to support a huge number of beetles! For this reason, Feng Luo usually kept 24K in the pet space during the day and only summoned it in certain battles.

    However, when night came, especially after the three discovered Haruko¡¯s mark and had rushed over to this ce, the Scout Beetles became necessary! At that time, Feng Luo had released the Scout Beetle for half a minute.

    With such heavy rain, the Scout Beetle was also substantially affected, and its detection range was reduced to less than 50 meters. As such, it could no longer observe the surroundings by simply going high up in the air like before. It would need some time to scout the peak of the cliff, even though it wasn¡¯t all that tall.

    After another dozen seconds, Feng Luo switched his vision back.

    ¡°Old Feng, what¡¯s the situation up there?¡± asked Big Pineapple, who was leaning against a tree.

    ¡°The situation is a bit odd,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Let¡¯s go up first. You can keep your shield. We shouldn¡¯t be fighting for a while!¡±

    Feng Luo frowned and looked like he was in deep thought.

    After five minutes, the three reached the peak of the cliff. After they had passed through a forest, a 200 to 300-meter tform appeared in front of them. On the edge of the tform, just beside the cliff, there seemed to be a wooden pavilion with a fire burning in the middle on top of rocky ground.

    At that moment, three people sat in a circle within that pavilion: Haruko, wearing ck samurai garb with sakura patterns and a samurai sword ced in front of her, a Scout wearing a camouge uniform who had an extremely cold expression, and a middle-aged ¡°Beast Warrior¡± with a scar across his face! The three NPC Special Agent Instructors were all on top of the hill.

    This was also why Feng Luo had thought it was a bit odd earlier. However, he already had some guesses in his mind.

    The moment the three of them stepped on the hill, Nightingale suddenly smirked and said to Hunting Tiger, ¡°Sakura¡¯s people got here first. Hunting Tiger, I owe you 500 points.¡±

    At the same time, a sharp and frightening, eagle-like gaze scanned the three of them!

 Chapter 277 - Assembly of the Competitors

    <h4>Chapter 277: Assembly of the Competitors</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°They¡¯ve arrived.¡±

    After Nightingale spoke, Haruko did not look at him; instead, she simply nodded to the three calmly.

    ¡°Hey!¡± Nightingaleughed coldly while Hunting Tiger remained expressionless.

    ¡°This... What¡¯s going on?¡± Big Pineapple mumbled.

    ¡°If I¡¯m not wrong, this is probably the assembly point for the yers with the Special Agent profession change mission,¡± whispered Phoenix. ¡°As for the objective of this gathering... We¡¯ll have to ask those three over at the pavilion.¡± She gazed at Nightingale with hostility.

    Before meeting up with Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, she had been attacked by a Scout using a dagger at close range. The Scout had messed with her for a while, but she hadn¡¯t even caught a whiff of the opponent even though she¡¯d almost died. It was possible that it had been Nightingale¡¯s test for her.

    ¡°Hunting Tiger, why don¡¯t we bet who will being next? If you lose, you¡¯ll pay me back double!¡±

    ¡°No more bets,¡± said Hunting Tiger calmly.

    ¡°Looks like you aren¡¯t confident of your team members!¡± Nightingaleughed coldly as his eyebrow curled upward.

    ¡°Oh yeah. Three of them were annihted in a two-versus-three situation. Adding the one who died this morning, you should only have one left, right!?¡± As he said this, he again scanned through Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, who had already walked to the side of the pavilion.

    Hunting Tiger¡¯s expression did not change. ¡°You only have two left. Moreover, two of them actually died at the hands of the rebel army.¡±

    ¡°Huh!¡± Nightingale¡¯s expression darkened.

    The two of them chatted among themselves and did not pay any attention to Feng Luo and the other two who walked into the pavilion. As for Haruko, after her initial greeting, she just sat beside the fire with the ck sakura longsword on her knee as if she were resting.

    Feng Luo and Phoenix were both people who were patient, so they did not say anything. Big Pineapple grumbled a little but also did not say anything.

    The three of them simply stood beside Haruko. For a while, only the sound of fire crackling could be heard within the pavilion.

    ******

    After a minute, two other yers reached the top of the hill from another route.

    The people who came this time included a Light Armor Warrior and a Wind Maniptor. Although the fire was very bright, it was still very dark. However, with Feng Luo¡¯s enhanced vision, he still managed to recognize the Light Armor Warrior walking in front. He was Number 74¡ªthe guy whom he and Big Pineapple had tried to ambush but failed because of Nightingale. However,pared to the Light Armor Warrior, who could have been regarded as an ¡°acquaintance,¡± the Wind Maniptor who walked further behind was, unexpectedly, a real ¡°acquaintance!¡± One of the top ten masters of Storm City, the superstar yer: September Night Rain!

    However, at that moment, September Night Rain¡¯s light green wind elemental robe with golden linings wasn¡¯t very eye-catching under the moonlight. His hair was also stuck to his skin from being drenched in rainwater. His whole temperament seemed somewhat dark and sullen; he no longer had the fake warmth and gentleness that he normally carried.

    After reaching the pavilion, he couldn¡¯t help but nce at the three standing beside Haruko. Since Feng Luo was standing across from him, and since it was fairly dark, he did not seem to recognize Feng Luo. However, the Number 74 Light Armor Warrior immediately recognized the unique-looking Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Humpf!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior looked ready for battle, but he did not make any sound. Instead, he and September Night Rain moved to stand beside Nightingale. Clearly, the two of them were the two yers left in Nightingale¡¯s team.

    After September Night Rain and Number 74 entered the pavilion, another yer walked over in the heavy rain from another side of the tform. This was a Scout yer wearing ck tactical goggles on his head. He held a ck dagger that did not glow, as it was covered with ayer of something. His footsteps were light and fast in the heavy rain! Apart from Feng Luo, the other yers did not even detect his presence until he was within 10 meters of the pavilion!

    ¡°This guy isn¡¯t normal!¡± Big Pineapple showed a rare sign of vignce as he stared at the Scout yer whose face couldn¡¯t be seen clearly.

    ¡°That¡¯s already six... Is everyone here?¡± asked Phoenix as she looked around.

    ¡°No!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s attention shifted to the Scout yer who had reached behind Hunting Tiger but remained in the shadows outside the pavilion, as if his entire body had merged into the night rain. Even Feng Luo had only detected the Scout¡¯s presence after he was within 15 meters of Feng Luo. Although the weather and the environment were partly responsible, and he had already put away his Scout Beetle, it was still enough to prove that the Scout yer had extraordinary concealment ability!

    However, it was clear that not everyone had arrived, since the three NPC instructors inside the pavilion still did not speak. They were waiting for others.

    After half a minute, another person arrived. This time, the one who arrived was a thin and normal-looking ¡°NPC¡± who wore a fire energy robe and was disguised as a maniptor.

    ¡°Not an NPC. He must be Number 37!¡± eximed Phoenix in a whisper after looking at him.

    From the conversation between Nightingale and Hunting Tiger, they knew that the remaining people from the two teams had all arrived, so this person could only be from their group.

    As for the body and disguise of the NPC, he did not seem like the yer who had reced Number 187, who had been disguised as a female high school student, after Number 187 had chosen to quit. This meant that he must have been Number 37, the yer who was ranked second in the Dongsang City ranking, just behind Feng Luo.

    As for his false identity as an NPC, it was clearly because he had used a disguise chip and a disguise potion! This person did not want to expose his identity!

    In fact, since Feng Luo had a disguise potion, he had also thought about disguising himself as an NPC afternding on Death Hunter Ind. However, he¡¯dter found out that there was no real need to disguise himself as an NPC for this mission, since¡ªregardless of whether it was an NPC or a yer¡ªthere was only one result if two sides were to encounter each other!

    Moreover, the items inside the agent passcode box needed a lot of kill points to unlock. Based on the principle of putting points where they would really count, Feng Luo had not unlocked any of the agent tools; instead, he¡¯d collected points to unlock his pet bracer. Now that he had extra points, he¡¯d also unlocked two special agent tools, but those didn¡¯t include the consumption-type disguise potion.

    ¡°Eh? No wonder I thought he looked familiar earlier...¡±

    However, Number 37¡¯s disguised face reminded Feng Luo of a doubt he had.

    Earlier, inside Night Charm¡¯s Bar, he¡¯d thought that Number 37, who had disguised himself as a white-cor person, had familiar-looking eyes. Now that he saw him, he remembered them. This Number 37 was the Fire Maniptor who had first initiated the attack and started the chaotic fight before pulling himself out of the fightpletely at thend route point!

 Chapter 278 - The Last Group Battle?

    <h4>Chapter 278: The Last Group Battle?</h4>

    After Number 37 arrived, Nightingale, who was inside the pavilion, spoke coldly again. ¡°Good. Everyone arrived within the stipted time. Otherwise, some of you might have been eliminated! The reason we assembled all of you here today is because of an unexpected situation. We cannot go ahead with our initial n. That is why, after the three of us instructors had a discussion, we decided to use a group battle to determine which one of you will be qualified to advance through this mission!¡±

    ¡°Group battle? Qualify to advance?¡±

    Upon hearing the news, everyone seemed shocked. The current mission had only reached the second night. Based on the initial three-day time period, they still had a little more than one day left. So why was it necessary to decide things with one group battle?

    ¡°Also, advance? Advance to what? Directly obtain the qualifications to change profession into a special agent?¡±

    Not only Big Pineapple frowned at this; even Feng Luo and Number 37 frowned.

    Only September Night Rain, who stood behind Nightingale, lightened up after hearing those words. His face showed an uncontainable joy. ¡°Special Agent qualification?¡± asked Nightingale with a cold sneer. ¡°Do you think that winning just a single battle would mean that he or she would possess the qualifications to join the Federation¡¯s special agent bureaus?¡±

    Haruko, who had remained silent, finally spoke, her tone very sharp and cold. ¡°It¡¯s not a direct qualification to be a Special Agent. It¡¯s just the qualification to take part in the next round of selection. As for who will be able to be qualified to be a Special Agent, ultimately this is based on the initial rules. We will look at your results in the battle as well as your points obtained back in Dongsang City before making a decision!¡± However, her tone wasn¡¯t as nauseating as Nightingale¡¯s tone.

    ¡°To be qualified for the next round of the selection. This sounds useless, doesn¡¯t it?¡± Big Pineapple grumbled.

    It was certainly a useless reward since he and Phoenix had enough points to get them into the top 15 without any problems! And the reward for those ranked from the fifth to 15th was that they were qualified to take part in the next Special Agent selection. As such, the reward was basically useless¡ªexcept for those who were ranked outside the top 15. Then it would be extremely attractive!

    As such, Number 74¡¯s eyes seemed to be beaming. He had already taken out a syringe that looked like an Enhancement Potion from his backpack with great enthusiasm and determination!

    ¡°Apart from the qualification, the winner of the group battle will also obtain examination points as rewards. In regard to how many points, that depends on your performance in the battle!¡±

    Examination points! Compared to the former reward, thetter one was much better. Examination points decided the final rankings of the yers, and the top five ranked yers would be qualified to change their profession to the hidden profession called ¡°Special Agent!¡±

    ¡°In terms of a group battle, we have four. Even if their two teamsbined together, they would have only three. There¡¯s really no need to consider who¡¯s going to win in the end!¡±

    Big Pineapple looked very excited, while Phoenix also seemed quite happy. They were all still quite confident in their strength, and with the numerical advantage, there was no way they were going to lose.

    Feng Luo, however, frowned. The Number 37 Fire Maniptor also looked very sullen, as if he had thought of something.

    ¡°Due to the numerical imbnce, the members of my team willbine with Hunting Tiger¡¯s team,¡± said Nightingale with a cold smile. ¡°At the same time, the two of us will also join the team. Naturally, Sakura will also partake in the battle.¡±

    ¡°What?! That¡¯s unfair!¡± Big Pineapple said. He was dumbfounded. Phoenix¡¯s expression also changed entirely.

    It was most certainly unfair. Feng Luo¡¯s group of three had experienced both the Special Agent Instructor¡¯s strength before. There was no doubt that even if the three of them were to work together and just attack one of them, they might still lose.

    And now, the enemy camp had two of these NPC instructors. Although they also had Haruko, at most, she would only be able to nullify one of them! Then the other one, by working with the other three yers, would easily suppress and even defeat them.

    ¡°What do you mean unfair?¡± said Nightingale. ¡°They¡¯ve always been my team members, and this has always been part of the original exam, even if no ident were to ur!¡±

    ¡°But your expression sure is interesting!¡± said Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Rx,¡± Nightingale said, mocking Big Pineapple as he sneered at him. ¡°Me and Hunting Tiger will not use our full strength. Moreover, after taking a certain amount of damage, we will admit defeat and exit the battle. That is, of course, if you are strong enough to deal enough damage to us!¡±

    Big Pineapple gritted his teeth and said in a whisper, ¡°Motherf*cker. I want to blow his head off!¡±

    Nightingale¡¯s expression suddenly became serious and cold. It was as if he was able to hear Big Pineapple¡¯s suppressed voice even in the heavy rain.

    However, at that time, the previously silent Hunting Tiger spoke. ¡°The battle range will be limited to this tform. Nobody can go into the areas below the forest; those who do will be eliminated! Everyone will be separated at the beginning of the group battle, which means that the people on your left, as well as your right, will be your enemy!¡±

    ¡°Apart from that,¡± Nightingale added coldly while intentionally staring at Big Pineapple. ¡°Since it hasn¡¯t reached the third day, there¡¯s no rule to prevent killings for this final test, just like before! Everyone¡¯s starting position will be decided by the bullet at your feet. Every bullet will have a direction carved on it.¡±

    Seeing Big Pineapple staring right back at him without cowering, Nightingale sneered without making a sound. After that, he took a magazine out from his tactical vest! ¡°Don¡¯t suspect that I¡¯ve done anything. The bullets within this magazine were loaded by Haruko. I¡¯m only responsible for selecting the person! So the first bullet belongs to you, Number 24!¡±

    Nightingale¡¯s finger flicked the top of the magazine, and a yellow bullet glowed under the flickering light of the fire. It flew and dropped into the hands of September Night Rain, who was beside him.

    ¡°Number 24?¡±

    Upon hearing the Number, the reaction of all seven yers was different. The Light Armor Warrior seemed to know this already. He did not look surprised and only stared at the magazine in Nightingale¡¯s hands, eager to know his position.

    As for Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, Phoenix, and the me Maniptor, they showed a cold and yful smile.

    Because... Number 24! That was one of the people who dominated the top ten rankings in the beginning before having their points deducted! Moreover, Number 24 was the one who had maintained the second-ce rank!

    ¡°So, September Night Rain is Number 24...¡±

    Even Feng Luo¡¯s eyes seemed tough. No wonder September Night Rain looked forward to the group battle. It was because his points had been deducted, and now, his rank had dropped to double digits.

    As for Phoenix and Number 37, they also sneered because they had also paid attention and remembered the yers who were ranked higher. Only Big Pineapple continued to stare at the magazine held in Nightingale¡¯s hands with some nervousness. After all, although his defense was amazing, his attack was too weak; if he didn¡¯t get a good position, it was highly probable that he would have a tough battle in his hands!

    Among all of the yers, only the Scout yer with the ck dagger who wore the tactical goggles showed no expression. Although he walked over, his body still remained in the shadow.

    Finally, Nightingale spoke again. ¡°Next is you, Number 99!¡±

    However, this time, his middle finger holding the bullet spun the bullet with great force before flicking it out.

    The bullet actually spun in the air and flew quickly toward Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    However, the bullet missed! The moment his middle finger moved, Feng Luo had already moved sideways.

    Thud!

    The bullet hit the wood pir of the pavilion behind Feng Luo. Moreover, it actually sunk into the pir and did not drop to the ground!

    However, as Feng Luo moved sideways, this allowed September Night Rain to see Feng Luo¡¯s appearance. And the moment he saw Feng Luo¡¯s face clearly, September Night Rain¡¯s gaze and expression changed as he clenched the bullet in his hands tightly. ¡°It¡¯s you?¡±

 Chapter 279 - Group Battle Commences

    <h4>Chapter 279: Group Battle Commences</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The moment he saw Feng Luo, September Night Rain was quite shocked. Then his face became distorted. Naturally, he was shocked because he recognized him.

    Although the two of them had met on the leisure tform in Storm City a couple of days ago only once, due to Sister Rui, Feng Luo had left a deep impression on him. As for the distortion of his face that cameter, it was naturally due to the information revealed by Nightingale¡¯s words, which was that Feng Luo was Number 99!

    Number 99!

    After his group¡¯s points were deducted by the system as punishment, this Number 99 person sat firmly in first ce. If it were any other ranking, he would have definitely not cared, but for Number 99, he definitely remembered it. It was because this number had taken the spot that he thought belonged to him!

    Before September Night Rain took part in the hidden mission, he had resolved himself to kill Number 99¡ªif Number 99 also epted the hidden mission and if he were to encounter him during the mission.

    What he didn¡¯t expect was that now that he had met him, his face became distorted. It was clear that he had intentionally shown off in front of Feng Luo and Sister Rui before, saying that he was headed to a hidden profession change mission! He would never have imagined that the person he was gloating to had actually received the same Special Agent exam mission.

    And now, his points were so much more than his! He felt as if he had been punched straight in the face!

    However, though he looked terrible, September Night Rain¡¯s countenance sank.

    So what if he is ranked Number One? That¡¯s nothing.

    That was because, if his points weren¡¯t deducted because of the Hound Organization, his points would have been higher than Number 99!

    Moreover, the previous missions were either intel-gathering or assassinations. For missions like that, he, as a Sniper, has far greater advantagespared to me, an Energy Maniptor! But this is a PK battle. Combat strength is the most important! Also, as long as I get rid of him in the battle, all my shame and embarrassment will be returned to him, and with Miss Rui...

    September Night Rain¡¯s sunken gaze locked onto Feng Luo.

    He chose to ignore the fact that if it weren¡¯t for the help of the Hound Organization, he never would have been able to get to the second rank. One could have even said that if it hadn¡¯t been for clues provided by the Hound Organization, he might not have even been able to obtain intel about the hidden mission.

    ******

    However, when September Night Rain stared at Feng Luo, Feng Luo did not even look at him.

    At that moment, Feng Luo was picking up the bullet stuck into the pir behind him with a cold expression. Then he stared straight at Nightingale.

    ¡°Ha!¡±

    Seeing Feng Luo dodge the bullet he flicked, Nightingale sneered. He no longer made sudden gestures like that again. Instead, he only flicked the bullets within the magazine one-by-one into the hands of everyone!

    After 20 seconds, everyone held a bullet with a direction carved onto it. Then, at the request of Nightingale, everyone stepped out of the pavilion and moved to the center of the tform under the pitch-ck sky pouring with heavy rain.

    Only Haruko did not move. She remained inside the pavilion, but Nightingale and Hunting Tiger did not seem to object to it.

    ¡°Next, all of you just head toward your designated spot. Take note that after you¡¯ve entered the forest, you¡¯ll be able to move freely inside your zone! But you have to wait 30 seconds before you can start attacking each other. The group battle examination will end when five have been eliminated! Of course, if the three of us instructors sustain sufficient damage, we¡¯ll also be included in the eliminated name list!¡±

    Nightingale looked at all the yers gathered around him in the heavy rain and announced, ¡°Now, the examination has begun!¡±

    The moment Nightingale said the word ¡°begun,¡± a bolt of lightning struck across the raining sky and lit up everyone¡¯s faces.

    And the moment the lightning struck, every yer had already started to move.

    ¡°Charge!¡±

    Big Pineapple, Phoenix, and Number 74¡ªthe three warrior yers¡ªinstantly cast the Charge skill and charged in three different directions.

    ¡°It looks like Phoenix has pretty bad luck!¡±

    Seeing that Phoenix and Number 74¡¯s directions were side by side, Feng Luo knew that it was highly possible that the only two Light Armor Warriors among the ten would be the first to engage in battle!

    Phoenix wasn¡¯t weak, but in terms ofbat awareness, Feng Luo did not think that she was top-notch. Compared to Number 74, who also had rare skills, it was hard to say who would win.

    And the next one to move after the three warriors was the Scout yer who used the ck dagger. His body seemed to have transformed into a ck shadow in an instant before merging into the darkness shrouded by rain. In a few steps, even Feng Luo¡¯s enhanced vision could no longer see him clearly!

    ¡°Hey!¡± And moving after him was Nightingale with his usual cold smile. As for his direction...¡±Big Pineapple!¡±

    Feng Luo saw that the direction he moved toward was almost leaning in Big Pineapple¡¯s direction. His heart sank again. Although he wasn¡¯t sure if this was just bad luck or cheating, Big Pineapple seemed to be in real danger!

    However, the next moment, Feng Luo saw September Night Rain, who had cast a speed-boosting Wind skill on himself. He ran toward a certain area, and Feng Luo¡¯s gaze became sharp and cold.

    Looks like my luck isn¡¯t that bad!

    Before this, he hadn¡¯t really looked at September Night Rain, but he did feel September Night Rain¡¯s gaze.

    ¡°Storm City¡¯s top ten masters. Superstar yer. I wonder how he farespared to the two in the match we viewed that time...¡±

    Quick Sneak!

    Also using a speed-enhancing skill, Feng Luo¡¯s body charged into the night like an arrow, brushing off the raindrops in his way in a straight line.

    His direction? It was almost parallel to that of September Night Rain!

    ******

    In five short seconds, everyone had entered the dark forest!

    Only Haruko remained inside the pavilion. The fire illuminating her ck samurai uniform, she stood up slowly while holding her sakura-pattern ck samurai sword!

    It was because the position carved on her bullet was precisely there! It was the only bright ce just beside the cliff.

    ******

    ¡°24K!¡±

    The moment Feng Luo entered the forest, the psionic energy of 24K on his shoulders had already started to fluctuate!

    The next moment, a ck hole appeared on the ground with some puddles and fallen leaves, and two Scout Beetles exited the hole consecutively. Then, a sharp ¡°Sickle¡± appeared behind them!

    In truth, a battle within a limited space was incredibly disadvantageous for Feng Luo. The tform was only 200 to 300 square meters. Even if the forest on the edge were to be included, the diameter of the peak was less than 50 meters. It was impossible for a Sniper to realize his full potential within such a short distance.

    COMMENT

    However, after he had umted enough kill points to unlock the pet bracer, his strength was no longer constrained by thebat arena. Moreover, by saving his previous psionic energy consumption, 24K¡¯s psionic energy storage was enough for it to summon all of its beetles and support them for 10 minutes!

    He had sufficient trump cards in this battle in the night rain!

 Chapter 280 - Finishing September Night Rain!

    <h4>Chapter 280: Finishing September Night Rain!</h4>

    30 seconds on the countdown!

    Boom!

    A sh of lightning flitted across in the sky once more. In the sky above the forest with pouring rain, a beetle smaller than the size of a fingernail had already flown high up!

    The other Elite Scout Beetle, whose level had reached 29, was following closely beside Feng Luo. Besides them, four tiny crystal-looking, pure-white beetles that had never been deployed before had appeared on Feng Luo at that moment!

    The monster corpses on this ind were actually quite plentiful¡ªin the time leading up to today, he had hatched quite a few new beetles. He was prepared to give this battle his all.

    Five seconds on the battle countdown!

    Feng Luo held in his hands a sniper rifle, the surface of which looked as if it was concealing bits of thunder. But without any light reflection from this environment, his vision going into an empty hole!

    Four, three, two, one!

    Boom!

    In the sky, an outstandingly bright bolt of lightning struck once more, as if this were the system¡¯s intention.

    Ping!

    Tch!

    Dadada...

    The moment the lightning disappeared, the noises of gunshots and the shing of alloy longswords and flying skills sounded simultaneously! The sound of the surrounding rain was all but drowned out!

    Pai!

    Hiding behind a huge tree, September Night Rain put up a shield at thest second. But the next second, the shield jerked violently, and its defense coefficient fell by less than a quarter as a sniper bullet swirling with bluish-white electricity struck the transparent shield precisely in front of the center of his forehead.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± His face changed greatly. ¡°He¡¯s actually found me already?¡±

    September Night Rain was shocked. He had run into the forest before Feng Luo and had immediately hidden in the bushes below a tree. In order to prevent the light of his energy shield from exposing his position, he had dyed putting it up until thest second. But the opponent had opened fire at practically the same instant¡ªthis definitely could only be done long after his position was discovered!

    Although he was shocked, September Night Rain did not panic too much and instantly circled behind a tree in the opposite direction of where the bullet hade from, since his shield was still on him!

    At the same time, he waved the Energy staff in his right hand, and a faint green-colored Windde instantly flew in the direction of the opponent¡¯s gun! His left hand silently tossed something toward the ground in front of Feng Luo.

    Pai!

    The faint green Windde flew at an extremely high speed, cutting the falling raindrops along the way. However, it missed!

    After firing, Feng Luo had already repositioned himself two steps to the side; the Windde brushed past his shoulder in the blink of an eye!

    But the object which September Night Rain had tossed exploded violently once itnded on the ground.

    Pai!

    The forest erupted in an enormous beam of white light in an instant! The instantaneous white light was enough to cause everyone in the darkness of this area to lose their sight for five to 10 seconds!

    Also, there were objects like dots of light within the white light. Those dots flew onto Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform, instantly bing as bright as fluorescent light!

    ¡°Luckily, I¡¯ve long prepared for this situation!¡± said September Night Rain. ¡°To root for them previously, I spent 100,000 credits at the Huan Yu Company¡¯s auction to get this B-grade consumable. Though I¡¯ve lost a bit, its effect isn¡¯t bad. Other than a light-shing effect, it also has a tagging use. It just has to stick to a body or on one¡¯s clothes, and the body heat produced will be able to make it glow. Then you wouldn¡¯t be able to hide your position in the dark! And these five seconds are enough for my rarest single skill to be unleashed!¡±

    September Night Rain, initially hiding, instantly stood up straight. The Level-50 Rare staff in his hand had already umted an intense, faint green energy.

    Poof!

    However, at that moment, the energy shield on him¡ªwhich had been left with not even a quarter of its defense remaining¡ªsuddenly jerked, thenpletely shattered!

    ¡°What?!¡±

    September Night Rain¡¯s breath caught in his throat. In the light radiating from the Energy staff in his hand, he saw a creepy ck silhouette of about 70 centimeters tall jumping toward his chest!

    ¡°Damn it! Why would there be monsters here?!¡±

    This surprising situation caused his facial expression to drop! The next moment, after breaking the pathetic remnant of September Night Rain¡¯s Energy Shield, this Elite ded Beetle shed at his chest with its huge, hook-like ws!

    ?1123

    A Maniptor¡¯sck of immediate physical defense was even worse than that of Snipers. Thus, they were even more vulnerable against high-attack Elite monsters at close range. Despite September Night Rain¡¯s outstandingly luxurious equipment, it would still be impossible to defend very much against this Elite ded Beetle¡ªalready at Level 37!

    Moreover, there was not just one ded Beetle around him. Behind him and beside him were four or five ck silhouettes, all already entering a less than seven-meter radius around him. The pouring rain and thunder had obscured the sounds of their movement. Furthermore, no matter alert how September Night Rain was, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to conceive that in the process of battling Feng Luo, there would actually be a horde of ¡°monsters¡± helping the opponent to attack him. This was too illogical!

    Ping!

    ?2512

    Just as September Night Rain¡¯s expression changed greatly¡ªand as he was deciding whether to throw this skill of his, which he was about toplete, toward Feng Luo or toward this suddenly appearing damn monster¡ªa bullet with a faint blue glow had suddenly hit his chest. After breaking the defense of the energy cloak, the immense power of the energy armor-breaking bullet had caused a more than 2,500 lethal damage coefficient to appear above September Night Rain¡¯s head!

    The consequence of the appearance of a ¡°lethal damage¡± naturally cut down the skill that was in the middle of being unleashed. This utterly confused September Night Rain.

    ¡°How¡¯s it possible?! You didn¡¯t get blinded!¡±

    This shot had actually been fired by Feng Luo. And after this shot, the other five Normal ded Beetles had already jumped up high from the ground, waving their huge, hook-like ws, all shing toward September Night Rain!

    ?450

    ?433

    The huge ws of the first two ded Beetles had already attacked his body. These ded Beetles were of Normal grade, which was not considerably high, and the damage they caused was not high because September Night Rain wore a full set of quality equipment. However, September Night Rain would definitely be finished off with the addition of all the six Elite-grade Beetlesing for him!

    Because every part of a ded Beetle¡¯s body could be used as a weapon, its attack rate far exceeded that of a typical creature!

    ¡°Damn it!¡± Seeing this situation, September Night Rain cursed loudly in a rage.

    However, he had notpletely given up on resisting. The Energy staff in his hand glowed once more, though now with a faint red color.

    Boom!

    A ring of ferocious mes as tall as a person spread rapidly in all directions from below his feet. The heat from the mes evaporated the rainwater from the surroundings.

    It was the Fire Maniptor Level-35 skill, ¡°Ring of Fire¡±!

    How could a Wind Maniptor use the Ring of Fire move? In other situations, this certainly would have been strange, but Feng Luo was not shocked at all by this. It was simple. If Feng Luo had a Scout second profession, why would September Night Rain, who had simrlypleted the Hidden Mission, have only one profession?

    As for why September Night Rain had never used fire skills previously¡ªother than because his skill power was weak due to his low Maniptor familiarity¡ªit was clearly because the power of a Fire Maniptor¡¯s skills would be reduced by at least five times in this type of weather!

    The reason for September Night Rain finally switching his Profession Chip at thest minute and using a fire-based move was naturally also very simple. Other than to push away the five ded Beetles lunging at him, it was also in the hope of interfering with the Sniper¡¯s vision by using the intense light of the Ring of Fire.

    However, even this surprising secret weapon couldn¡¯t interfere with Feng Luo¡¯s vision. How could a mere counterfeit fire skill be effective against him?

    Ping!

    Just when September Night Rain used the ¡°Ring of Fire¡± and was attempting to run backward to flee, the Eye of the Thunder in Feng Luo¡¯s hands sounded once again, and an energy armor-breaking bullet hit his back!

    ?845

    A red coefficient! A final attack!

 Chapter 281 - NPC Instructorâ€¦ Internal Strength?

    <h4>Chapter 281: NPC Instructor... Internal Strength?</h4>

    A sniper rifle gunshot!

    A white light of death shed across September Night Rain¡¯s body, after which he slumped onto the ground with hate and vengeance on his face.

    You have killed an agent mission opponent. Bonus agent mission points earned: 200!

    Following the system message, an explosion beside September Night Rain¡¯s corpse produced arge pile of 20 to 30 prizes!

    These prizes were all undoubtedly high-grade goods. Feng Luo could tell from just a nce that quite a few pieces were high-quality Rare equipment whose three-dimensional figures he had seen before at the Exchange. Not to mention the Level-50 Rare staff in September Night Rain¡¯s hand, his Rare-grade energy cloak, and his head essory, simrly at Level 50...

    There were even two rings on his hand and the ne on his neck. The designs of the three essories were actually very simr, highly likely belonging to a set. The value of a Rare-grade essory set was hard to measure!

    With this explosion, even a star yer like September Night Rain would have probably taken the rewards. After all, quite a lot of them were top-quality equipment, unable to even be bought using credits!

    However, Feng Luo did not waste time to loot the whole area of equipment. Instead, he immediately shifted his sights with the Scout Beetle in the air to observe other battlegrounds!

    Although this battle between him and September Night Rain had seemed quite long, in actual fact, the length of time that had passed from Feng Luo firing the first shot to the white light of death shing across September Night Rain, had only been nine seconds!

    Correct¡ªonly nine seconds!

    For PK in War, in situations where there was no hiding, the conclusion would actually be very quick, especially between the Sniper and Maniptor professions, both of which had high attacks and low HP!

    Of course, neither of the two of them had HP that was very low. Feng Luo¡¯s HP had already broken past 6,000! September Night Rain had lost more than 5,000 HP before bing white light. This simrly showed the value of the equipment on him, because it was impossible for him to possess an ¡°Enhancement¡± talent like Feng Luo¡¯s. Such rich HP had clearly been umted by using equipment. Who knew? September Night Rain, who had already been kicked out of the game, may have currently been throwing a massive tantrum in reality, in the luxurious bedroom of the sea vi that was said to have over 10 servants!

    Boom!

    At the edge of the cliff, the fire burning in the wooden pavilion had already been extinguished. Because the whole pavilion was now slowly copsing, its ceiling and wooden pirs, heavy after being drenched by the rainwater, all fell off the almost 100-meter tall cliff!

    From inside the falling pavilion, two humanoid silhouettes speedily rushed out!

    Even though Feng Luo had cleanly finished off September Night Rain in less than 10 seconds, the true center of this team battle was still this fight because the two parties battling here were two NPCs: Haruko and Hunting Tiger!

    In the few seconds that had passed, the activity here had surpassed that of the other battlefields. Even the pavilion had been demolished!

    When Haruko jumped onto the empty space of the tform, her samurai sword sliced down on Hunting Tiger. The dense falling rain in the sky flew and shattered even though when the de had not evene into contact with the air¡ªit was as if her ¡°internal strength¡± alone was enough to do this. It was like a special effect in the movies!

    But in this type of science-fiction game, there was no such thing as ¡°internal strength.¡± Through the Scout Beetle¡¯s special vision, what Feng Luo was actually seeing now was... the samurai sword in Haruko¡¯s hand was covered in ayer of faint golden semi-transparent energy. This energy was as radiant as a Maniptor¡¯s energy, butpared to the four energies of fire, wind, earth, and water, the energy on the samurai sword waspletely different.

    This was an energy type that Feng Luo had never seen before! And it was not only Haruko¡¯s samurai sword that had that energy; Hunting Tiger¡¯s shield had the same energy protection too. Only, his was of a dark khaki color!

    ng!

    The samurai sword Haruko shed out, meeting the alloy shield wielded by Hunting Tiger. The moment the energies of the two seemingly simr yet varied colors shed into each other, it was like fire and water meeting. It erupted into the surroundings in an explosive manner!

    Boom!

    Within the five-meter radius around the two, everything was absorbed by the force. Even the raindrops that fell from the sky flew back up!

    ******

    Another battlefield belonged to Number 37, ranked at second ce, and that mysterious Scout! However, in the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision, there was only the silhouette of Number 37.

    Theyer of the energy shield protected almost his whole body, and the intense waves of the fire energy looked like a fireball! There was even a ¡°fire dragon¡±-like column of mes circling his body, continuously setting aze trees and vegetation cover, filling the region with densely rolling smoke!

    It was little wonder that Number 37 was the yer ranked in second ce in points!

    The ability of a Fire Maniptor in such weather, in the pouring rain, could be said to bergely restricted; one¡¯s skills and powers would probably be cut in half.

    However, his skills still caused a great effect! It was just that even if he made use of his skill to set aze everything in his surroundings, that mysterious Scout had practically vanished, making him unable to attack at all!

    ******

    But Feng Luo only nced once at these two battlefields¡ªwhat he was truly focused on was the third battlefield!

    On this battlefield, thebat was not between two people. It was among four people!

    Some time ago...

    When Big Pineapple saw that his opponent was Nightingale, he knew that it was almost impossible to triumph over the opponent. Hence, he used his advantage of being the first to enter the forest to hide carefully, then raised his shield and charged in Phoenix¡¯s direction with all his might the moment the countdown was up!

    Phoenix and Number 74 who were originally on this battlefield. Each had already discovered the opponent and thus had started parrying the moment the countdown had ended!

    A red alloy longsword and a ck alloy longsword continuously shed. They somersaulted, parried, rotated in the air, and shed simultaneously... A series of Light Armored Warrior defense-type and closebat-type skills were unleashed by the hands of these two!

    Their equipment and their abilities were not all that different, but Number 74 was a little stronger in the aspect ofbat knowledge. Thus, when Feng Luo finished off September Night Rain, after the two had fired off their first round of skills, Number 74 had secured a bit of an advantage. But right after that, Big Pineapple¡¯s entrance from behind put him in a state of being nked by two enemies¡ªin front and in back.

    But just when Big Pineapple and Phoenix were prepared to finish off Number 74 together with all they had¡ª

    Pai!

    An object like an incendiary bomb was thrown onto the battlefield.

    In the light of the fire¡ªnot with a submachine gun in hand but a grey stiletto raised¡ªNightingale, a look of mockery on his face, revealed himself!

    The scene had quickly turned into a 2V2 battle!

 Chapter 282 - Phoenixâ€™s Abnormality

    <h4>Chapter 282: Phoenix¡¯s Abnormality</h4>

    ?2340

    ¡°Humph! Woman, you perform too weakly! I¡¯m rather curious as to how you killed that teammate of mine I looked up to. Could he have let down his guard because you¡¯re a woman?¡±

    Nightingale shifted his body, speaking coldly after he swiped the stiletto in his hand across and wounded Phoenix¡¯s arm between her armor. He had not put too much strength into this sh, but the damage was still a third more than that of a typical Scout! Even if he had not used all his strength, following his promise from before, not even using his submachine gun, Nightingale still had a steady advantage against Phoenix!

    By then, 23 seconds had already passed in this battle, which had developed into a 2V2. In this short 20-some seconds¡¯ worth of time, Phoenix¡¯s HP was already left with just one-third! This was still the beginning of the battle, and she had already applied an extremely precious B-grade blood tonic to herself, which she had obtained from a Hidden Mission.

    Nightingale¡¯s ability was certainly sickening; although he had never once used a skill, he had nheless killed two full-level Warrior yers whose equipment was all certainly the cream of the crop.

    Of course, there was also Number 74, who was bothering Big Pineapple¡ªpart of the reason he could face Phoenix alone.

    ¡°F*ck! Come fight me if you have the balls! Don¡¯t just bully women!¡±

    Big Pineapple proceeded with a Shield Bash at the Number 74 Light Armor Warrior whose face already carried a triumphant smile, but he dodged straight away with a step backward.

    Even though Big Pineapple¡¯s current HP was still above the halfway mark, relying on his strong defense. He thought of his calction failure, which had allowed Nightingale to catch up, resulting in both opponents deciding to first finish off Phoenix, who had a greater propensity for attacking. This caused Phoenix, who initially still had a chance to be victorious, to be on the verge of death!

    At this thought, Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes reddened, and he was vexed. Although he had a wretched personality, he would not allow others to get hurt because of him¡ªespecially women! Therefore, Big Pineapple kept attempting to provoke Nightingale into attacking him instead.

    However, Nightingale did not attend to him at all, while Number 74, beside him, used a skill to block him from rushing over to help Phoenix. Even though it was difficult for Number 74 to kill him, it was not difficult to cling onto him!

    Just then...

    Tch!

    Phoenix had already been forced by Nightingale into a corner where she could no longer dodge. Nightingale, with a cold smirk, sent his blue, glowing stiletto piercing toward her chest like a venomous snake!

    ¡°Phoenix!¡± Big Pineapple yelled. His eyes widened as he thought of charging over but was once again forced to retreat by the sneering Number 74¡¯s Heavy sh.

    ¡°Your ability really disappoints me...¡± Just then, Nightingale¡¯s eyes shed with a condescending look, as if no longer in the mood to y with his prey and preparing to end the fight right here.

    In the light of the incendiary bomb, Phoenix¡¯s pupils contracted involuntarily, reflecting the viper-like blue stiletto as it came closer and closer!

    However, her pupils immediately contracted. When she recovered, it felt like she had changed entirely. In an instant, her eyes were cold as ice!

    Peng!

    Phoenix¡¯s body curved and fell backward. The top and bottom halves of her body bent to practically 90 degrees. The stiletto striking to pierce her chest stabbed only air!

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    This seemingly unavoidable stab had actually been dodged by Phoenix through some sort of method. Surprise shed in Nightingale¡¯s eyes. However, his pupils suddenly contracted as well!

    As at that moment, Phoenix, whose body hadpletely reclined to dodge, actually made a retaliation¡ªeven in such a state!

    Tch!

    Ayer of a faint red glow appeared on the feminine-looking, Level-50 Rare longsword in Phoenix¡¯s hand. The tip of the de was turned up, stabbing toward Nightingale¡¯s throat! It was precisely the same Rare skill that had scarred Hunting Tiger¡¯s shield and shocked him so greatly!

    ¡°I can¡¯t escape!?¡±

    Compared to Hunting Tiger, Nightingale¡¯s feeling now was even more intense! Because this sh from Phoenix was not only unexpected but also exploited perfect timing, just as his center of gravity had shifted forward from his release of energy! Thus, at this moment, he had a feeling of being unable to escape!

    The fiery red sword glow had created an icy sensation on his throat. In that instant, it made him recall the feeling of someone he had faced before.

    ¡°Psych!¡±

    But Nightingale was free of this negative affect. His face turned enraged, and his stiletto¡ªwhich had no time to be drawn back¡ªsuddenly flipped and stabbed straight down!

    Pai!

    The longsword slipped out of Phoenix¡¯s hand¡ªthis sure-kill sh was actually knocked effortlessly away, sending her sword flying by a spin of the stiletto!

    This situation was undoubtedly a little eerie. No matter how high Nightingale¡¯s strength attributes were, logic stated that with such a change in motion¡ªin a rush, and furthermore with a stiletto, which was a short weapon¡ªit should have been impossible for it to have the power to flick a longsword.

    But from another angle, through the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision from above, the answer could be seen in theyer of grayish-ck special energy on the stiletto!

    ¡°I¡¯m dead!¡±

    As if his mood had been affected by Phoenix¡¯s sh, Nightingale¡¯s cold voice was filled with rage. After the stiletto in his hand knocked the sword aside, it viciously went straight for Phoenix¡¯s underbelly, just below his waist. Theyer of ck energy on the de of the stiletto was exceptionally clear in the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision!

    But just then, there was a muffled gunshot, and a bullet had precisely hit the wrist holding the stiletto!

    Pow!

    Ping!

    No matter how strong Nightingale was, as a Scout, the strength of his wrist was impossible to maintain its original attack path after being hit by a sniper¡¯s bullet. A sniper¡¯s bullet could even redirect a Hunter¡¯s shot. Hence, this stab was a miss in the end!

    ?1522

    Also, a weak-point damage coefficient of more than 1,000 appeared above Nightingale¡¯s head. It was as if the same method used previously had saved Phoenix once again.

    Two consecutive failures of two seemingly sure-kill moves filled Nightingale¡¯s voice with rage. ¡°Y¡¯all are really damned!¡±

    With a quick shift of his body in the next moment, he created a blur of motion in the raindrops. Through the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision, the ck energy on the stiletto turned as dark as ink, sweeping like an icy-cold venomous snake toward the throat of Phoenix, who had just turned back to stand and pick up her longsword!

    ¡°Halt!¡±

    But just as he was about to take action, a clear, cold female voice sounded from outside the forest.

    ¡°Nightingale, you¡¯ve gone against the rules!¡±

    A ck-colored sakura samurai sword sliced through the air from outside the forest, its speed far exceeding that of the attack from Nightingale¡¯s finger before. It was aimed straight at Nightingale¡¯s neck!

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Nightingale, who was initially raging and had seemingly lost his senses, rapidly changed his expression. His body came to a stop at the same time, his head raised high and pulled back.

    The sakura samurai sword flew past Nightingale¡¯s face with a one-centimeter gap, but the momentum of the de did not stop. It struck heavily into a tree trunk behind Nightingale so wide that two or three people could have wrapped their arms around it!

    Boom!

    There was a sound loud enough to cover the noises of the storm. The ck samurai swordpletely sunk into the tree trunk, creating a bowl-sized hole at the spot where it had pierced through!

    At the same time, the force of the hit shook the whole enormous tree. The rainwater umted on the leaves and branches fell onto the people below. The power of this de definitely exceeded the technical limits of what could be wielded by yers!

 Chapter 283 - End of the Team Battle!

    <h4>Chapter 283: End of the Team Battle!</h4>

    A sword thrown from over 10 meters away almost pierced all the way through a tree trunk almost two meters in diameter. It was impossible to achieve this sort of power¡ªeven for Feng Luo using his Barrett together with an energy armor-breaking bullet!

    Furthermore, Nightingale had clearly avoided the de, yet a cut still appeared on his face, spilling blood!

    This situation was undoubtedly a little illogical; Feng Luo had guessed that this was likely the reason that the samurai sword was covered in ayer of mysterious golden energy.

    This means that this type of energy can actually be affixed to a weapon that has left one¡¯s hand, thought Feng Luo. If affixed to bullets, would it enhance the bullets¡¯ destruction and attack power or have other special effects?

    However, in such a situation, where even the type of energy was unknown, this kind ofpletely could not be proven.

    Having halted his attack, and even having his face wounded, Nightingale looked grim, but he calmed down from his rage. ¡°Your power has already reached this level?!¡± he said, looking at Haruko coldly, trying to hide a bit of fear in his eyes.

    ¡°I, too, didn¡¯t think that she had already grasped her power at this kind of level.¡± Hunting Tiger¡¯s silhouette walked into the battlefield, too, his calm face now carrying a bitter smile. ¡°Otherwise, I wouldn¡¯t have had to attack her with caution!¡±

    There were no obvious injuries on his body, but that hole on that exceptionally thick and heavy, spiked shield in his hand, which had been pierced straight through by a sword, indicated the conclusion of his battle with Haruko before.

    Hunting Tiger stared at Nightingale as he said, ¡°However, by using ¡®power¡¯ when fighting the investigators, you¡¯ve certainly gone against our prior agreement!¡±

    Nightingale¡¯s face was grim, but facing Haruko¡¯s and Hunting Tiger¡¯s scrutiny, he could only say, gritting his teeth. ¡°Humph... Then I¡¯m considered to have failed? This must be the case, right?¡±

    ¡°Instructor!¡±

    However, Number 74, who had been listening to his words from the side, wore apletely changed expression.

    When Haruko had forcefully intercepted, he had temporarily halted his actions, letting Big Pineapple charge to the line of defense. Then, throughout the course of the three NPCs¡¯ discussion, the two had not engaged in battle again. He did not know that Nightingale, who still had a look of might, had just now given in! In that case, wouldn¡¯t he be in a one-against-three scenario?

    No¡ªnot three, but four. Because that female NPC instructor, whom even Nightingale feared, was simrly on the opponent¡¯s side. One against four. Even if there were four of him, he still might not have stood a chance!

    Big Pineapple turned his head to reveal a smirk to Number 74. ¡°Hey, f*ck this. You¡¯ve had your fun beating me just now. Now I want payback!¡±

    However, to everyone¡¯s surprise, Phoenix, who had not spoken at all until now, suddenly said coldly, ¡°I¡¯m going to take him on one-on-one. You all, don¡¯t interfere!¡±

    She picked up her alloy longsword and walked past him toward Number 74.

    ¡°What?¡± Big Pineapple was a little dumbfounded, not yet noticing Phoenix¡¯s abnormality. ¡°Phoenix... this investigation is a team battle. Why would you...?¡±

    But Feng Luo had long before noticed Phoenix¡¯s oddity, so he just creased his forehead and did not express any objection.

    ¡°One on one! You¡¯re the one who said it!¡± Number 74 had a delighted look on his face as he leaped up with his alloy longsword raised high in his hand, shing down at Phoenix. It seemed that Phoenix would regret this decision.

    But Phoenix let out a cold ¡°Humph!¡± Her leg instantly side-stepping the moment the longsword came close!

    Hu!

    In this ¡°Thunder Leap sh¡± attack of Number 74¡¯s, the gray alloy longsword brushed past Phoenix¡¯s body and shed through the air.

    Pai!

    ?245

    Just as his longsword shed through the air, Phoenix¡¯s fiery red longsword carried a wave of energy as it was raised and pped onto his face!

    Correct¡ªit pped, rather than shed. Phoenix had only used the t of the sword! This attack did not use a skill, and it did not use the sword¡¯s de either. Thus, the damage caused was very low. It was not even 300!

    The problem was, this was a literal p in the face! This was different from the p that Feng Luo had given September Night Rain. This was truly a p in Number 74¡¯s face. Consequently, Number 74 was entirely unable to control his anger.

    ¡°Heavy sh!¡±

    Number 74 unleashed a loud yell as the alloy longsword in his hand violently struck toward Phoenix in a reverse-hand motion. But Phoenix looked as if she had long anticipated it, as she took two steps backward expressionlessly. The skill-enhanced longsword missed once again!

    ¡°Damn it! How¡¯s it possible...?¡±

    In the light of the re on the forest battlefield, Number 74 howled continuously. In this battle that had restarted between the two, the tables had turned.

    Phoenix¡¯s expression was always icy cold, but it was as if she saw through all of Number 74¡¯s attacks¡ªNumber 74¡¯s seventh and eighth consecutive shes and even the use of the Light Armor Warrior move ¡°Hurricane sh¡± allpletely missed.

    On the other hand, Phoenix had only counterattacked twice, and both strikes hadnded on Number 74¡¯s face.

    Pai!

    Number 74 was hit by Phoenix for the third time; even though he was not hit in the face this time, a damage coefficient of more than 2,000 appeared above his head! His HP¡ªwhich hadn¡¯t been full to begin with¡ªhad quickly fallen to less than a third.

    ¡°I¡¯m dead!¡±

    The expression on Number 74¡¯s face was already grim to the extreme. But just then, he suddenly stomped on the ground with one foot. Following that, his speed surged rapidly as the longsword in his hand pierced at Phoenix with immense power!

    It was the move Number 74 had used when facing Feng Luo and Big Pineapple before¡ªa Rare-grade rapid advancement move! This move was extremely fast, and it was unexpected. Even top yers would very likely have been caught off-guard!

    However...

    ng!

    The red feminine alloy sword blocked the gray longsword!

    ?534

    ?565

    ¡°An Expert-grade parry!¡±

    Seeing the damage coefficients sh over the opponent and himself, Number 74 finally showed panic on his face. Phoenix then turned and raised her long, snow-white leg under the fiery red light armor¡ªlikewise garbed in a metallicbat boot¡ªkicking hard on Number 74¡¯s leg joint with a back-leg!

    Ka!

    Number 74 was actually kicked forward to his knees by this kick from Phoenix! At the same time, a red alloy sword was already stabbing through his armor with a cold and fierce energy.

    ng!

    With a squeal of metal on metal, the red alloy longsword traveled through the armor, then stabbed through Number 74¡¯s heart. The blood-stained tip of the de was driven out through Number 74¡¯s chest te!

    ?3456

    Red lethal damage!

    ¡°An Expert-grade Devastating sh!¡± Big Pineapple eximed in surprise.

    Only an Expert-grade Devastating sh could have had the power to pierce through twoyers of armor!

    Compared to other Warrior skills, due to the very slow increase in the level of familiarity of ¡°Devastating sh,¡± this skill could only be increased through realbat. Probably not even 1,000 Warrior yers had familiarized themselves with this skill to Expert-grade.

    The power Phoenix had disyed in this battle was undoubtedly far stronger than before. This was quite strange!

    ******

    For a moment, no one in the forest spoke.

    This one-on-one fight had actually been quite brief. But from the start to the end, Phoenix had steadily owned Number 74. It even seemed as if Number 74¡ªwho was already considered a Warrior at the master level himself¡ªhad been yed by her all along.

    But Phoenix¡¯s consistent, icy cold, expressionless face gave the impression that this battle was not a game.

    ¡°How...?¡±

    With a vengeful, strenuous turn of his head, Number 74 looked at Phoenix before the white light of death shed over him. Thereafter, he fell onto the ground with a stter of blood after the sword had been pulled out of him, and a huge amount of loot spilled onto the ground all around.

    As Nightingale watched this conclusion, he coldly blurted out, ¡°Useless things!¡± But after that, he narrowed his eyes again as he looked toward Phoenix. ¡°Woman, you have some sort of motive. You look as though¡ª¡±

    Boom!

    But he had not finished speaking when there a loud noise attracted everyone¡¯s attention once more.

    On thest battlefield, tornado-like mes raged up tens of meters into the sky, lighting up every inch of the mountaintop and making it look like white chalk!

    This scene was the effect of the Rare skill of ¡°Fiery Windstorm¡± used by Number 37. Feng Luo had previously seen it at Dongsang City¡¯s Number 1nding point. If such a move had been used, then the oue of thest battle seemed a foregone conclusion!

 Chapter 284 - End of the Killing Game!

    <h4>Chapter 284: End of the Killing Game!</h4>

    A humanoid silhouette walked in slowly from outside the forest.

    Thebat attire on him had traces of significant damage and dirt, but the ck dagger in his hand was especially eye-catching. It was that mysterious Scout yer from Hunting Tiger¡¯s team!

    ¡°Number 37 has actually been defeated? I still thought we could achieve a full sweep!¡± Big Pineapple muttered.

    Feng Luo did not look surprised. ¡°It¡¯s not that easy. This Scout¡¯s abilities are very great... Plus, the help from the weather is too much!¡±

    Although Number 37 was ranked second in terms of points, the points could not determine his level of ability. After all, the Dongsang City missions from before had not been a measure of purebat power. There was still the all-important influence of environmental limitations.

    To a Scout, who specialized in hiding, a dark night was undoubtedly the best battlefield, whereas pouring rain was undoubtedly the most disadvantageous environment to a Fire Maniptor. Considering these two factors, even a Fire Maniptor who ranked among the Top 10 Experts probably wouldn¡¯t have been able to beat an Elite Scout with equipment one level weaker and with inferiorbat knowledge!

    It could only be said that Number 37¡¯s luck had been poor. If the environment had been changed, the victorious one might have been him! However, this team battle had resulted in four one-on-ones and half a match of 2V2. It had to be said that it had been a bit inconsistent!

    Feng Luo was strangely disappointed; he had initially allowed 24K to summon all the beetles, thus revealing his biggest trump card in preparation for a huge battle. Instead, he¡¯d had no chance to perform after finishing off September Night Rain alone.

    ¡°Hmm. Perhaps they were notpletely robbed of the chance to perform...!¡± whispered Feng Luo, quickly changing his viewpoint. For at the ce where he and September Night Rain had fought, the enormous Commander-grade Gatherer Beetle named ¡°Unify¡± was swallowing the prizes on the ground piece by piece.

    ******

    In the forest, the re on the ground was still providing light. Haruko broke her silence before and spoke, looking around at the four yers.

    ¡°Since the elimination match already has a conclusion, we should now move on to the real matter at hand! Perhaps you are all curious as to why it was so urgent to gather you all here, and furthermore, why we would use such a hasty method to determine the ones for promotion. The reason is a littleplicated, but, to put it simply, hunting operation that was initially established can no longer continue!¡±

    ¡°No longer continue? Why?¡±

    It almost went without saying that the one who immediately asked this question was Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Because Yamamoto Ichiro has already been assassinated by someone!¡± Nightingale said coldly.

    ¡°What?¡±

    It was not just Big Pineapple who was shocked. Even that Scout yer who was ustomed to hiding in the shadows wore an astonished expression. Feng Luo furrowed his brow, while Phoenix maintained her icy cold stoicism!

    Big Pineapple¡¯s face fell. He looked as angry as if he had just lost a major bet. ¡°Yamamoto Ichiro is dead? No way! I¡¯m still waiting for those crystals and crystal core rewards!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t concern yourself with thinking about the crystals anymore, as the person who killed Yamamoto Ichiro also looted all the crystals and crystal cores!¡± Nightingale said, his face revealing a little condescension. ¡°Moreover, the things y¡¯all have gotten from this ind... I¡¯m afraid their value might be even lower than 5,000,000 credits!¡±

    His condescension may not have been specifically for Big Pineapple, but, in general, for the news of Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s death.

    ¡°As a Federal Lieutenant General, Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s abilities must have been very strong,¡± Feng Luo hypothesized speedily. ¡°The Federal Government even had to deploy three agents to have a chance of killing him. How is it possible for him to die so easily? Also, this killing game did not look so simple. Although technically Yamamoto Ichiro wanted to measure the abilities of the rebellion and the Federal Government and gave the Federation a chance to kill him at the same time, now that he¡¯s dead, there¡¯s naturally no need to continue the operation.

    ¡°But would a person as formidable as Yamamoto Ichiro really be willing to put his own life at stake for a showdown with others? This ¡®death¡¯ might be just a pretense... Otherwise, if Yamamoto Ichiro is really dead, it obviously wasn¡¯t the people of the Federation who took action. This matter must involve the rebellion.¡±

    With the speed of Feng Luo¡¯s train of thought, his mind instantaneously analyzed a great deal of information. And sure enough, Haruko¡¯s next sentence confirmed his theory.

    ¡°Not more than 10 minutes after Yamamoto Ichiro¡¯s death, the rebel army stormed straight into Dongsang City. An entire half of Dongsang City has be a warzone. The initial investigations in Dongsang City are no longer able to continue! In turn, the killing game on this ind no longer has any meaning! The real war has started.¡±

    Hearing Haruko¡¯s words, Feng Luo was not all that surprised. After all, based on his hypothesis from before, starting an all-out war plotline in the game world had been only a matter of time!

    As for why Haruko and the others had been able to obtain this news, it was clear that they hadn¡¯t really lost contact with the outside worldpletely. They must have had some method ofmunication on the ind. If not, how had they discovered the yers¡¯ positions before?

    Once again, Feng Luo quickly came to a conclusion. ¡°But this should prove one thing.¡± After Yamamoto Ichiro died, the controller of this game must have reversed back to the Federation. If not, I¡¯m afraid these cors on our necks would have already exploded!¡±

    Just then, the cors of the three instructors all projected virtual screens featuring the wrinkle-faced army officer in the ck uniform. Butpared to the previous times when he had shown himself, his face was clearly a lot graver.

    ¡°Have y¡¯all prepared? The aircraft will be here right away!¡±

    ¡°ck Hand... I believe there will ultimately be a day when you receive the sanction of Federalw and thew enforcement team!¡± Hunting Tiger replied fiercely to the ck uniform officer.

    ck Hand? This was some sort of codename?

    ¡°Federalw?¡± The ck-uniformed officer shed a condescending look at him. ¡°Those only apply to y¡¯all. Ever since I¡¯d been free from it, no one can restrict me. As for thew enforcement team, now that Yamamoto Ichiro has been killed, the Federal Government needs the help of the power that rests in my hands. Without orders from the higher-ups, who dares to touch me?¡±

    ¡°Is Yamamoto Ichiro really dead?¡± Haruko asked suddenly.

    ¡°Dead or not, is there a difference now?¡± The ck uniform officer smirked, after which, the image was cut.

    At the same time, two bright streaks of airborne searchlights, like columns of light in the sky, were approaching through the rainy night.

    ******

    Elsewhere at this time, in the luxurious vi from before, several people were quarreling loudly!

    ¡°Aoki, what are you rebels doing? Actually wrecking the game!¡± A fat NPC with a nouveau riche vibe demanded, throwing a small tantrum.

    ¡°Right! You want to let me lose both my life and my money? And enrage every one of us here?¡± The face of the fat Eurasian who had pinned down Haruko before¡ªwho was at least 400 or 500 pounds in weight¡ªwas simrly very unfriendly.

    ¡°Humph! Wreck? It¡¯s them who wrecked the rules first, actually secretly letting three agents infiltrate this game!¡± A seniormander of the rebellion, wearing a Harley-Davidson-style ck mask, ignored the criticism and rage of all those surrounding him. ¡°F*ck. Isn¡¯t there no regtion saying agent members can¡¯t be deployed?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s totally just you who saw that there were not many of your people left already, plus they wouldn¡¯t be a match to those few Federal agent opponents, so you just yed your wrecking hand!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve taken out a total of more than 9,000,000! In the end, I can¡¯t even get back one credit now!¡± Nouveau Riche spat froth, pointing at him. ¡°You definitely premeditated this! No wonder you were able to yell just now to raise! But your ount was frozen without any real money in the end!¡±

    ¡°Whatever you say,¡± the ck-masked rebel seniormander said coldly. ¡°As for your credits, isn¡¯t ck Hand still relying on the help of the Federal Government? Go ask him for it!¡±

    After that, his virtual silhouette flickered in the seat, then vanished.

    ¡°F*ck! Damn it!¡± Nouveau Riche was red with rage all over his face. ¡°After this, I¡¯ll definitely not sell weapons to you rebels anymore!¡± He fiercely pped his own gorgeous, gold-colored sofa. Then his body vanished from the vi along with the sofa.

    The people in this house were just virtual images. Their real selves were actually in locations thousands or even tens of thousands of miles away!

    Among all the people, only a man wearing sunsses and a ck windbreaker wasposed. ¡°Something¡¯s up...¡± he said with sparks shing in his eyes. ¡°Perhaps this is a very good opportunity. An opportunity to let the value of the T-virus be felt by these powers!¡±

    After that, his silhouette slowly vanished as well.

    The battle royale, full of death and gore, thus ended there and then!

 Chapter 285 - Who Can Change Their Profession?

    <h4>Chapter 285: Who Can Change Their Profession?</h4>

    ¡°Searching brain wave. Verifying virtualmunication encryption. Scanning program body...¡±

    ¡°Identity verificationplete. Wee, Lieutenant Colonel Haruko!¡±

    A silverish-gray metallic door with a swirling petal pattern printed on it opened slowly, revealing the white light within.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡±

    Haruko entered first. Following behind her were Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, Phoenix, and the Scout yer, who was still wearing his tactical goggles.

    ¡°Wee everyone!¡±

    After walking past the sci-fi style door, an extremely unique and wonderful scene unfolded before them!

    An Asian military officer NPC smiled from his seat behind therge conference table. Apart from the officer and the chairs and tables, there was only white light that seemed to stretch on forever surrounding them.

    However, Feng Luo and the rest did not think it was odd.

    They knew that it wasn¡¯t the ¡°real¡± world; instead, they were in a virtual reality game, which was why such an improbable scene could exist!

    It might be difficult to understand when exined like this. To put it simply, their in-game character bodies were still inside the spacecraft, while their consciousness had used the spacecraft¡¯s internal login device to connect to the Federal government¡¯s in-game virtualwork.

    It was like when yers needed to login when PKing in cities.

    ¡°Everyone, please wait a moment. The rest of the examinees will be arriving soon!¡± said the Asian NPC. He had the Federation military rank of major general pinned on his chest, and he was seated in the main seat in the room. Then, about 20 silver chairs appeared around the table.

    After that, he signaled to the ¡°number two¡± seat on his left and said, ¡°Sakura, this is your seat!¡±

    ¡°Yes, sir!¡±

    Haruko nodded without any expression, walked over, and sat down.

    ¡°What a nice little atmosphere!¡± Big Pineapple whispered into the yerms channel. Now that they had left Hunter Ind, the yermunication channel that NPCs couldn¡¯t hear could be used again.

    After that, the four yers also sat down, respectively.

    However, from the seating position, one could easily determine the rtionships between them.

    Feng Luo and Big Pineapple sat together. Phoenix, who had be cold and silent, sat right in front of them across the table.

    The Scout yer who had a habit of hiding himself and had never taken off his tactical goggles sat alone, on the far end of the table.

    However, in this ce, it no longer mattered if they hid their identities. After they entered the virtual space, Feng Luo noticed that every yer¡¯s face became blurry, even their bodies changed slightly. If they weren¡¯t already familiar with each other, it would have been impossible to recognize someone from just their gear and equipment.

    This time, they did not have to wait long. Ten secondster, the door of the virtual space opened again as about a dozen people with blurred faces entered!

    ¡°Someone¡¯s already here? Wow, that woman and NPC look superb!¡± Eximed the Scout yer called Young Master Gou. His eyes lit up as he unconsciously sat between Phoenix and Haruko.

    ¡°These four can¡¯t be the people that the Hound Organization imed took part in that crazy secret mission, right?¡±

    After taking their seats and assessing Feng Luo and the others, the Young Master Gou whispered through the yer¡¯s channel to the Wind Maniptor called ¡°Young Master Xiao.¡±

    ¡°Fifteen took part, and only four survived... As expected, my decision not to take part in that ¡®Big Escape¡¯ game back then was a wise one!¡±

    After that, he showed a sly smile and said, ¡°Once those idiots were eliminated, 11 spots instantly cleared up on the ranking list.¡±

    ¡°Moreover, the other three guys who initially took part in the bidding have all been killed in the Big Escape game, so now the entire Hound Organization can just focus on us.¡±

    ¡°Although the efficiency is much lower after the method change due to the system¡¯s previous warning, Brother Xiao, you¡¯ve actually managed to reach the second rank now, which is much better than the points they umted on the secret mission!¡±

    ¡°Moreover, you¡¯ll soon reach 2,000 points. Even the third-ranking number 187 is over 100 points behind you. Although I¡¯m in a slightly worse situation, my total points are still ranked fifth, and I am still qualified to change my profession!¡±

    ¡°Those who went to Hunter Ind to fight to the death and ended up dropping levels can¡¯t evenpare to those of us who stayed in the city, huh?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why... Hidden profession mission or absolutely fair game...¡±

    ¡°When you¡¯re ying a game, money is the decider. If you spend 10 million, even a hidden profession can be just child¡¯s y!¡± The blurry image of Young Master Gou had an incredibly confident expression.

    ¡°You¡¯re certainly right there. Nothing can bepared to money... However, I¡¯m still a bit annoyed that I¡¯m only ranked second...¡±

    Young Master Gou looked a little sullen.

    ¡°He must just be lucky. Or perhaps he used some trick that the system hasn¡¯t discovered to cheat. That¡¯s probably how he managed to stay in the first spot after the previous top ten had their points deducted.¡±

    ¡°Wait until we find out his identity after we sessfully change profession! We¡¯ll have more than enough methods we can use to screw him up...¡± Young Master Gou spat spitefully. ¡°Number 99!¡±

    ...

    By the time everyone sat down, the NPC with the Major General rank had started to speak. ¡°I¡¯m sure you know the reason why we¡¯ve gathered all of you here!¡±

    ¡°Due to some special circumstances, the ten-day examination has to be cut short!¡±

    ¡°However, in the eight days of examination, everyone has been able to show their strength and abilities. That is why we¡¯ve already achieved the objective of this examination!¡±

    ¡°Based on the initial provisions, the top five in the ranking will be the Federation¡¯s Special Agents. Those ranked from sixth to 15th will directly qualify to take part in the next round of examination!¡±

    ¡°Now, without further ado, I¡¯ll announce the ranking!¡±

    After he finished speaking, arge screen appeared behind him, showing the ranking and points of everyone there!

    [No. 1: Number 99 (Feng Luo). Points: 2,340]

    [No. 2: Number 302. Points: 1,990]

    [No. 3: Number 187. Points: 1,820]

    [No. 4: Number 205. Points: 1,540]

    [No. 5: Number 172. Points: 1,520]

    [No. 6: Number 9 (Phoenix). Points: 1,420]

    [No. 7: Number 105 (Big Pineapple). Points: 1,370]

    ...

    ¡°Hey, look, Brother Xiao.¡±

    ¡°The official ranking is out. This way, it¡¯s confirmed that we¡¯ll be able to change to the hidden profession. Thank f*cking God the eight million star coins did not go to waste!¡±

    Young Master Gou smiled immediately after seeing the ranking.

    ¡°Yup. Looks like the Hound Organization is still pretty useful!¡±

    Young Master Xiao nodded quietly; however, he did not seem veryfortable.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that the 1,990 number kinda annoys me... If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the exam ended two days early, I¡¯m sure I would have definitely surpassed number 99 and changed my profession as number one!¡±

    ¡°Or perhaps if it weren¡¯t for the fact that our points were deducted in the first ce, I would have been qualified to change my profession long ago. Then, I wouldn¡¯t have to spend two days working so hard, even having to obtain intel on the rebel army¡¯s assault in advance at thest minute, to push my points over 1,900.¡±

    ¡°Just consider him lucky!¡± said Young Master Xiao.

 Chapter 286 - Profession Change Spots, the Dust Settles

    <h4>Chapter 286: Profession Change Spots, the Dust Settles</h4>

    ¡°Wow, Old Feng. You¡¯re ruthless, man! You¡¯re the only one who broke the 2,000 points wall!¡±

    ¡°But, with this, it looks like you took a loss by participating in this hidden mission. If you¡¯d continued with your previous momentum instead, you¡¯d probably have even more points!¡± Big Pineapple said to Feng Luo, smiling.

    ¡°Why are you looking at my points?... You¡¯re not in the top five right now, aren¡¯t you nervous?¡±

    Feng Luo nced at Big Pineapple and found that Big Pineapple was oddly very rxed. And in regards to Big Pineapple¡¯s remark stating that he had taken a loss, Feng Luo didn¡¯t think so.

    After all, in this Big Escape mission, apart from killing twopetitors and obtaining 400 points, the gains he received from the loot were enough to fill his backpack and even make it ¡°Overweight.¡± (Backpacks could be overweight; they just couldn¡¯t exceed their avable space. Overweight also meant an increased load!)

    And before the spacecraft arrived, he also used all his remaining kill points to unlock some of the items in his backpack that could be discarded before taking the most valuable items dropped by September Night Rain, even discarding a few pieces of Rare Grade equipment again.

    Right now, he had more than 40 Rare Grade gears in his backpack, and there were even several Excellent and Rare Grade decorative items.

    Previously, Nightingale mentioned that the loot from the mission would be at least five million. In truth, this was quite a safe and low estimate.

    NPCs did not consider the vtility of the market for gears when they valued the items. If Feng Luo put the items he obtained in an auction, it was absolutely possible for him to tens of millions!

    Moreover, Sister Rui¡¯spany¡¯s auction was going to start up soon!

    So although all the core crystals from Ichiro Yamamoto were kaput now, his actual gain wouldn¡¯t be that much worse than the other yers¡¯ crystal gain from the distributed kill points.

    After all, though the three NPCs were worth a lot of kill points, the yers might not obtain a lot of points from them.

    However, theputation of the kill points was certainly quite odd. The Big Escape mission had already finished, but their kill points on the game interface were still not yet cleared.

    Could it be that these kill points are still useful?

    Feng Luo looked at his kill points column that disyed ¡°24/4213¡± and wondered.

    ...

    ¡°I was initially quite nervous, but now that the results are out, I¡¯m not that nervous anymore. After all, I didn¡¯t really perform all that well in the mission, so if I can¡¯t get into the top five in the exam, I can only ept it.¡±

    ¡°Since the top 15 still have a chance to change profession in the future, I¡¯ll work hard to seed next time!¡±

    Big Pineapple was very optimistic. Clearly, he knew that in this mission, as well as the previous examinations, his performance wasn¡¯t very impressive.

    ¡°The hidden profession change mission was as hard as expected... Good thing I¡¯m still among the top 15, and I still have one more chance!¡±

    ¡°Can any expert who seeded in changing their profession add me as a friend?¡±

    ¡°F*ck, I¡¯m ranked 16! If the exam didn¡¯t end prematurely, I would definitely have made it into the top 15. I almostpleted an intel mission! Damn it to hell!¡±

    For the moment, the yers chatted among themselves.

    In truth, everyone had already seen the ranking earlier, they just weren¡¯t sure if there would be anyst-minute changes. However, now they felt as if the ¡°dust had settled,¡± so naturally, there were people who were all smiles while others frowned. As for those who were eliminated, naturally, they cursed.

    Of course, they cursed andined in the yers¡¯munications channel. After all, those close to the top 15 were still hoping for something to happen that could change the situation.

    Was there any chance to turn things around? Of course there was! The current ranking did not include the NPC instructors¡¯ assessment results.

    That was why the NPC major general frowned. He then mmed his hand on the table and barked, ¡°Quiet down! You are prohibited from making a ruckus!¡±

    After he said that, a mute notification appeared in front of every yer in the room. At that point, apart from within the yers¡¯m channel, they could no longer speak.

    ¡°This ranking isn¡¯t the final ranking. There are some other changes,¡± said the Asian NPC major general.

    After that, he looked at Haruko seated beside him.

    ¡°Sakura. Exin it to them!¡±

    ¡°Yes, sir!¡± Haruko replied. Then, with a cold expression, she said, ¡°For this examination mission, apart from passing the normal missions announced through the special agent wristwatch and sses, there was another secret mission.¡±

    Secret mission?

    Upon hearing that, since they couldn¡¯t speak, most people looked surprised. Only a few looked like they had suspected it and were now certain it was the case.

    ¡°The mission content is considered confidential Federation information. It is not open to the public, so I won¡¯t disclose anything about that.¡±

    ¡°I am only announcing the rewards of the four yers who made it through the hidden mission,¡± said Haruko coldly.

    Reward!

    Young Master Xiao frowned as he felt a slight irritation.

    ¡°Number 105. Instructor assessment: Hunting Tiger (64), Sakura (72), Nightingale (55). Group Battle assessment (70). Rewarded points: 261!¡±

    ¡°Number 205. Instructor assessment: Hunting Tiger (74), Sakura (80), Nightingale (86). Group Battle assessment (80). Rewarded points: 320!¡±

    ¡°Number 9. Instructor assessment: Hunting Tiger (75), Sakura (84), Nightingale (79). Group Battle assessment (92). Rewarded points: 330!¡±

    ¡°Number 99. Instructor assessment: Hunting Tiger (89), Sakura (93), Nightingale (88). Group Battle assessment (90). Rewarded points: 360!¡±

    After Haruko finished reading the first Number 105¡¯s (Big Pineapple) yer¡¯s reward, Big Pineapple¡¯s points increased immediately.

    He immediately rose to fourth ce. At the same time, he also pushed Number 172 (Young Master Gou) out of his original fifth spot!

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    Young Master Gou¡¯s eyes widened. He immediately wanted to stand up and curse.

    But he immediately found out that he couldn¡¯t; he couldn¡¯t even get his ass off his chair.

    Clearly, this was also due to the system¡¯s limitations!

    However, Big Pineapple only sat in the valuable fourth spot for a few seconds. It was because Number 205¡¯s reward quickly pushed him back down again.

    Number 205 was the mysterious Scout yer!

    Next was Number 9, Phoenix. Her more than 300 points pushed Big Pineapple down again.

    As for Feng Luo, since he was already in the first spot, his final point increase did not really cause any changes. It only increased his points to 2,700, widening the gap between him and Young Master Xiao by almost one half!

    As such, the ranking changed into the following:

    First Rank. Feng Luo (2,700)!

    Second Rank. Young Master Xiao (1,990)!

    Third Rank. Scout (1,860)!

    Fourth Rank. Number 187 (1,820)!

    Fifth Rank. Phoenix (1,750)!

    Sixth Rank. Big Pineapple (1,631)!

    Seventh Rank. Young Master Gou (1,520)!

    ...

    The ranking changed substantially in an instant. However, Big Pineapple was still one step away from being directly qualified for the hidden profession change while ¡°Young Master Xiao¡± still stood firm in his second spot!

    As for Young Master Gou, who had been pushed to the seventh spot and had thus lost his chance to change profession, he was already cursing andining in the yers¡¯m channel.

    ¡°Damn it, Brother Xiao! After you seed in changing your profession, you must help me investigate and find out who pushed me out of my spot!¡±

    ¡°Forget the eight million. The thing is, I¡¯ve already boasted to Hu Zi and the others. I said that it¡¯s a given that I¡¯ll be able to change my profession, and now I¡¯m just punching myself in the face!¡±

    ¡°The intel of the Hound Organization can¡¯t be relied on in the f*cking end. Damn f*ck!¡±

    Young Master Xiao checked the ranking and saw that Number 99¡¯s points had leaped forward once again, almost leading him by one half. He looked gloomy and said coldly, ¡°Rx, I¡¯ll definitely investigate.¡±

    However, the next moment, his expression changed drastically.

    ¡°Also, I¡¯ll announce another round of punishment.¡±

    ¡°As some people banded together in the examination mission to help a few individuals obtain high points at the end, thus seriously breaching the codes of conduct as well as the rules of the mission, we¡¯ve initially deducted half of their points as a warning. Unfortunately, to our surprise, some people still tried to test our limits!¡±

    ¡°Please don¡¯t think that you can break our world¡¯s rules by using simple tricks. The reason some things were ignored was simply that you¡¯re not qualified to be held ountable!¡±

    ¡°For those who broke the rules twice, they will be prohibited from joining the special agent bureaus. Permanently!¡±

    After that, the NPC major general looked at all the yers seated around the table. Then, banged his hand on the table before standing up and saying coldly, ¡°Star Gaming... F*ck...¡±

    Young Master Gou¡¯s face had fallen, and before he could speak, he was kicked out of the virtual space. Disappearing along with him were Young Master Xiao, who was still gloomy, as well as several others.

 Chapter 287 - A Lot of Merits!

    <h4>Chapter 287: A Lot of Merits!</h4>

    ¡°This... What on earth?¡±

    ¡°F*ck. Everything¡¯s happening too fast. I can¡¯t seem to react quickly enough!¡±

    ¡°One, two, three... Only 11 are left. Does this mean I¡¯m now qualified to take part in the next hidden profession examination?¡±

    Some of the remaining yers looked outright confused while others looked delighted.

    Especially those who had originally been out of the top 15. They had initially thought that they had utterly lost the chance to obtain qualifications for the hidden profession, and they would never have imagined such a drastic plot twist awaited them at the end. At least seven yers had been disqualified and kicked out.

    Now, there weren¡¯t even 15 left inside the virtual room, so even the person ranked inst ce would be qualified for the next profession change mission!

    Compared to them, Big Pineapple, who initially did not seem to care, stared dumbfoundedly into space for a few seconds, and said suddenly, ¡°F*ck. This means I¡¯m qualified for the profession change?¡±

    He had been prepared to fail. He would never have imagined that, after the points increase for the mission, he would really make it into the top five. Then, before he could rejoice, he would be pushed out of the top five by the Scout and Phoenix! Following that, when he thought that he had utterly lost his chance, the second-ranked yer was, amazingly, disqualified by the NPCs, and he had gone from the sixth rank to the fifth rank, thus being qualified for the profession change again!

    These announcements were just a bunch of twists and turns that made him feel as if he was riding a roller coaster!

    After all, though he said that he had epted the results and was at ease, everyone wanted to be able to change into a hidden profession, especially when the hidden profession was the Special Agent profession that was clearly a high-potential profession!

    ¡°My luck is really good after all!¡± Big Pineapple remembered the fact that he only triggered the hidden mission because he wanted to visit the red light district, and now, in a situation where it had seemed like he had no chance, he had made anothereback. He couldn¡¯t reel in his delight.

    ¡°Strength and whatnot, they¡¯re really not as useful as luck after all!¡±

    ...

    At that moment, Feng Luo looked like he was pondering some philosophical questions.

    The words of the NPC were clearly a warning to the yers.

    Was the warning something created by the game¡¯s intelligent program...? Or was it the game¡¯s senior management sending a message through the NPCs?

    Though the question might not seem to be important, Feng Luo could feel that it might be rted to the secret of the game that he was looking for...

    ¡°For the remaining yers, you¡¯re all talented individuals who have passed this examination. So, first, I would like to congratte the examinees ranked between six and 11. You¡¯ve qualified for the next examination.

    ¡°Someone will inform you when the next examination urs. There¡¯s nothing else today, so you may leave now!¡±

    As he said that, he waved his hand, and six yers surrounding the table vanished.

    And then, there were five!

    They were Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, Phoenix, Scout, and Number 187!

    Number 187!

    Feng Luo looked across the now-empty table. Not far away from Phoenix was a young female yer wearing casual clothes.

    He could not deny the fact that he was curious!

    It was because Number 187 had been the young female yer disguised as a high school student who chose to back out of the ¡°Big Escape¡± mission in Haruko¡¯s room.

    Generally speaking, giving up on the hidden mission and choosing to remain in Dongsang City was not a wise decision.

    One could easily tell from the fact that the worst performing yer, Big Pineapple, had been able to gain over 600 points (from the twopetitor kills and examination reward) as well as gears worth more than ten million credits from the Big Escape mission.

    However, the young female yer had stayed behind toplete normal missions in Dongsang City, and it also seemed like she did not excel inbat. Yet she had somehow managed to qualify for the profession change in the end!

    Over those two days, she somehow managed to increase her points by more than 700.

    Apart from Number 302 (Young Master Xiao) and Number 172 (Young Master Gou), that was definitely the highest point gain!

    Moreover, there was no ¡°cheating¡± involved.

    Clearly, that meant that she was not normal.

    Moreover, there was another point that Feng Luo remembered. He felt a vague sense of familiaritying from the gaze of the yer who was disguised as a high school student.

    And, by using the previous Number 37 as an example, he was certain that the sense of familiarity wasn¡¯t an illusion.

    So it was highly likely that he had met the Number 187 yer before!

    The only thing was that everyone¡¯s face had been blurred, so he couldn¡¯t really see it clearly.

    ¡°So, the five of you seated here. First, I would like to congratte all of you for sessfully bing Federation Special Agents!¡±

    The Asian NPC major general was suddenly full of smiles as he spoke to the five yers.

    [You¡¯vepleted the hidden profession ¡°Special Agent¡± profession change mission. Obtained Experience: 50,000. Obtained Merit Points: 500]

    [Congrattions. You¡¯ve leveled up to Level 46]

    A system notification rang in Feng Luo¡¯s ears. At the same time, a white light shed across his body!

    Fifty thousand experience points allowed his experience to reach 12% at Level 46 instantly. A white light also shed across the young female yer.

    As for Big Pineapple and the other three, they were already maxed at Level 50, so the experience did not really do anything for them.

    But the 500 Merit Points reward definitely surprised them. One should know that the previous Resident Evil mission that Feng Luopleted only rewarded him with 150 Merit points!

    If one were to exchange them for military ranks, it was enough to move from a First-ss Soldier rank all the way to one rank below a sergeant!

    ¡°Your instructors probably already informed you that, for this selection, all three sides have agreed that this first batch of special agents will join the Federal Bureau of Investigations!¡¯

    The NPC couldn¡¯t see the level up light of the yers, so the Federation¡¯s major general was, naturally, continuing to speak with a smile.

    ¡°I am the deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, or FBI, Rhodes. Wee!¡±

    p, p...

    Generally speaking, when a high ranking officer like that introduced himself and gave out his identity, one should show respect and p a bit.

    The only thing was that among the five, only Big Pineapple, who was excited because he had unexpectedly seeded in changing his profession, pped to show his excitement. The other four didn¡¯t show any reaction.

    Feng Luo and Number 187 seemed to be thinking about something while the Scout and Phoenix were expressionless.

    However, it was a game, after all. So, the NPCs did not really need the adventurers¡¯ responses. As such, the NPC major general did not look unhappy and simply continued to speak. ¡°Apart from that, I am also here to notify you of an appointment.¡±

    ¡°Due to Lieutenant Colonel Sakura¡¯s amazing disy in this mission, the higher-ups have decided to appoint her as the Chief of the Adventurer Special Agent Division, and to promote her military rank by one.¡±

    ¡°Which is to say that Colonel Sakura will be your direct superior from now on. And as for anything concerning you, it will all be handled by her.¡±

    The NPC major general signaled Haruko, who stood up beside him.

    ¡°I still have some matters to attend to. Please excuse me!¡±

    Then, he turned into white light before vanishing from within the virtual room.

 Chapter 288 - So Itâ€™s You!

    <h4>Chapter 288: So It¡¯s You!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°I¡¯m delighted to be working with all of you!¡±

    After the NPC major general left, Haruko, or more precisely, ¡°Colonel Sakura¡¯s¡± cold face showed a smile.

    Being around her reminded Feng Luo of the noblewoman he had met in the beginning, who had worn the snow-white sakura kimono while boiling tea!

    Her temperament could change drastically in an instant. It was definitely very intriguing!

    However, speaking of a temperament change...

    Feng Luo nced across the table at Phoenix, who had be reserved and had not said a word since her battle with Nightingale.

    It looks like there isn¡¯t only one around here...

    ¡°I should already be familiar with everyone here except Mr. Onishi!¡± As she spoke, Haruko looked at the Scout seated across from her.

    ¡°Onishi... This name sounds kind of familiar...¡± Big Pineapple mumbled to himself, scratching his head.

    ¡°Onishi. One of the top ten masters in the northern city. Moreover, he¡¯s a lone wolf. He¡¯s the only one of the top masters who doesn¡¯t have a guild!¡± said Number 187 mumbled softly.

    While in the virtual space, yers were not allowed to go into the forum to look for information. So, it was clear that Number 187 was speaking from memory.

    ¡°Yes... It looks like I¡¯m the only one who did not receive the hidden mission from Instructor Sakura!¡± said the Scout called Onishi. His voice was slightly hoarse.

    However, his words reminded the other four yers that he was the only one who hadn¡¯t who received the mission from Haruko. From this alone, one could say that Hunting Tiger and Nightingale had utterly lost. It was no wonder Haruko was the one promoted at the end instead of those two.

    ¡°However, this is undoubtedly a good thing!¡± Feng Luo was quite satisfied with this result. He had just seen a system notification that his approval rating with Haruko had just gone up from normal to good.

    Approval ratings with NPCs in War were really hard to increase. Obtaining the approval of an extremely powerful NPC who was also a ¡°supervisor¡± in the game would definitely help in quite a number of things, including getting missions!

    ¡°Mister Onishi, you don¡¯t have to worry. My attitude towards everyone here will not be affected by us being on opposing sides during the examination,¡± said Haruko with a smile. Then, she turned around and said, ¡°Since you will all have a lot of opportunities to work together in future missions, I want to remove the facial modification limit in the virtual room. Are there any objections?¡±

    No one objected.

    Then, Haruko pressed a button on the translucent screen in front of her. After that, the blurry camouge veils in front of everyone disappeared.

    For Feng Luo, naturally, the first person he saw was Number 187, who was sitting right in front of him.

    A young girl about 17 or 18 years old. Her thin, pale face wore a pair of technology sses with a thick silver border. Her temperament was very simr to Lin¡¯s.

    Now I understand!

    When Feng Luo saw Number 187¡¯s face, he finally realized where the sense of familiarity wasing from.

    The two of them really had met before!

    This girl had been one of the six teenage boys and girls whom Feng Luo encountered while he was journeying across the Withered Desert. Out of that group, she was a Fire Maniptor who had equipped the mostmon gear. Feng Luo had a slight conflict with them when buying the psionic energy crystal.

    ¡°It¡¯s you!¡± Digital Cat looked incredibly shocked.

    After all, among the five who passed the exam, her focus was mainly on Number 99!

    With her IQ of more than 300 and her incredible memory, even when the character¡¯s faces were blurred, she had already used minute details to determine that Number 99 was someone she had met!

    Number 99 had been able to gain points in the mission. He was a yer who hadpletely surpassed her since the beginning. Naturally, she was very curious about his identity and also a little dissatisfied!

    She once suspected that Number 99 was so efficient in gaining points because he had incredible memory like herself, and that he had memorized most of the recorded mission information before the examination.

    And the first time the two of them met inside Haruko¡¯s room, she had even more questions.

    Because both of them had used Disguise Potions, she had earlier verified and grasped the principles of how much change the beginner level disguise potion could make.

    Although the muscture could be disguised, the bone structure, as well as some important parts, could not be changed.

    As such, when she met Feng Luo, she felt a sense of familiarity just like Feng Luo did. Moreover, she quickly became certain that the sense of familiarity was because she had met Feng Luo before and because he had made a strong impression on her.

    However, she could not ascertain Feng Luo¡¯s actual identity.

    And now that she could finally see Number 99¡¯s face, she knew why she remembered Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    One should know that the battle scene she witnessed through her unique talent in the Withered Desert was quite shocking and amazing to her!

    A sniper had dodged a series of attacks from a Level 38 Commander Grade Monster, and the Sniper had even dished out attacks andmanded monsters at the same time. There weren¡¯t many yers like that in War, and it was also the reason why she prevented her friends from causing problems with him.

    With abilities like that, it¡¯s no wonder that he was able to obtain the highest rating in a mission as dangerous as this ¡°Killing Game¡± on the ind!

    Digital Cat came to a realization, and then, she had another thought. With a teammate like this, future missions should be much easier! At the very least, it¡¯s a huge upgrade from those good-for-nothing ssmates of mine!

    ¡°It looks like you know each other?¡± Haruko asked teasingly upon seeing their reactions.

    ¡°We¡¯ve met three times!¡± Digital Cat said.

    Most people would answer a question like this with ¡°We¡¯ve met a few times,¡± or perhaps ¡°We¡¯ve met.¡± However, Digital Cat¡¯s answer was a precise number. Clearly, this was due to the way she thought!

    ¡°That¡¯s great. You¡¯ll be able to work together better in future missions!¡± said Haruko with a smile. Then, she looked at the others and said, ¡°In regards to the collection of the temporary second profession chips and some of the special tools for the mission, we can only do it once the spacecraftnds in our bureau base.¡±

    ¡°However, this virtual room is an encrypted channel specifically for the special agent bureau. You can browse through some of the things that may prove useful to you in future missions.¡±

    ¡°You can trade for all of these items with your respective Special Agent Points (SAP)!¡±

    ¡°Special Agent Points?¡± Feng Luo asked curiously.

    ¡°We use an Ability-based Point system for all agents in the special agent bureau!¡±

    ¡°Special Agent Points can be obtained through arranged missions!¡±

    ¡°For example, your points in the examination mission have already been exchanged into Special Agent Points based on a 1:1 ratio. Apart from that, for those of you who have Merit Points, you can exchange them into SAP with a 1:5 ratio,¡± exined Haruko.

    ¡°Is that it... Special Agent Points, huh...¡±

    Feng Luo then remembered the gamble between Hunting Tiger and Nightingale on Death Hunter Ind. Back then, he thought it was weird and wondered why they were using kill points to gamble.

    Now that he looked back on it, the two were clearly gambling their Special Agent Points!

    ¡°What can these Special Agent Points be exchanged for?¡± Feng Luo was starting to feel curious.

    After all, this was a special bureau of the Federation in the game. Things that could only be exchanged by a hidden profession wouldn¡¯t be the same as those exchangeable through normal means!

    ¡°You can use the button in front of you on the table to open the exchange interface and browse through the selection there.¡± As Haruko finished speaking, small translucent screens appeared in front of the five.

 Chapter 289 - The Force and Legendary Equipment!

    <h4>Chapter 289: The Force and Legendary Equipment!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo followed Haruko¡¯s instructions and clicked on the button.

    In the next moment, his surroundings turned into a bunch of armors, weapons, and potions floating and rotating in mid-air.

    When Feng Luo¡¯s gaze rested on an item, a detailed exnation of the item and its attributes automatically appeared.

    ¡°Rare equipment. B-grade Special Ammunition. Boss Energy Core Crystal. Enhancement Potion...¡±

    At the same time, on top of every item was its cost in SAP or other points!

    [Shield-breaking Energy Bullet Type-two], B-grade Ammunition. Points Required: 20/round!

    [Night Eagle Tactical sses Type-five]. Grade: Rare (Excellent Evaluation). Required Level: 45. Points Required: 500!

    ...

    Feng Luo noticed that the items that were closest to him were gear and special bullets that he already possessed.

    However, the items floating around him had a higher grade!

    For example, the C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet had be increasinglymon after the system update, and its price had gone downhill. However, the B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet was much rarer.

    After that, Feng Luo¡¯s gaze rested on a dark gray sniper rifle with a murderous style that he was incredibly familiar with.

    [Python of Death]. Grade: Rare (Perfect Evaluation). Exchange Requirements: 1,000 points, One D-rank authorization!

    A perfect Barrett that only cost 1,000 points. Feng Luo was a bit shocked. It doesn¡¯t look expensive at all!

    It was certainly not expensive. After all, he had obtained 2,700 points in this mission alone. If he used his Merit Points to exchange for SAP, he would have more than 5,000 points.

    Anyone would be tempted to buy a perfect Barrett for just 1,000 points!

    However, Feng Luo noticed that apart in addition to points, there was another requirement for buying the rifle: D-rank Authorization!

    So what does that mean?

    At that moment, Haruko¡¯s voice reached his ears.

    ¡°Some special equipment and tools require a certain rank authorization for purchase.¡±

    ¡°Authorization can be obtained through missions assigned by the bureau. Apart from that, every federation agent will automatically obtain a monthly authorization reward ording to his or her own rank.¡±

    ¡°Additionally, as the first group of adventurers who passed the examination, all of you will be granted two D-rank authorizations immediately.¡±

    So that¡¯s what it is... As expected, the system would never allow yers to obtain such valuable gear and tools freely!

    Feng Luo understood the reasoning.

    ¡°However, with two D-rank authorizations as rewards, at least the system isn¡¯t too stingy. Since I have two, I should have no problem getting myself a Barrett!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s gaze once again rested on the rifle.

    The attributes of the perfect Barrett were a lot better than the ¡°standard¡± Barrett that Feng Luo had. Added to that, it would only cost one-fifth of Feng Luo¡¯s Merit Points if he exchanged them for SAP.

    ¡°Then I want to exchange Python of...¡±

    Hey, hold on a minute!

    Since they have a Perfect Barrett here, might they have an even better sniper rifle?

    Feng Luo had beenpletely mesmerized by the Barrett with the Perfect Evaluation earlier, and so he had failed to properly search through the avable rifles.

    The Barrett was one of the best sniper rifles below Level 50, and even some of the current Level 50 sniper rifles weren¡¯t that much stronger than it. Furthermore, its unique style made it a popr choice among snipers in auctions.

    However, in the exchange warehouse of the Federation¡¯s special bureau, would it be possible for much stronger weapons to exist?

    ¡°Switch to sniper rifles and parts!¡± Feng Luo issued amand.

    The surrounding equipment and tools immediately vanished. In their ce were all kinds of sniper rifle parts as well as sniper rifles of various models.

    After he cycled through the rifles for a moment, a pitch-ck sniper rifle gun barrel with red dragon carvings on its surface appeared in front of him. It was so dark that it seemed to absorb light.

    The attributes of the gun barrel were stunning.

    [T-rex Gun Barrel (Sniper rifle parts)]. Grade: Legendary (Perfect Evaluation). Exchange Requirement: 2,000 points; One C-rank Authorization.

    ¡°Legendary!¡±

    When Feng Luo saw the word ¡°Legendary¡± written in the attributes of the gun barrel, his heart skipped a beat.

    A Legendary Grade weapon!

    Before the game update, there was already chatter about the appearance of gear above the Rare Grade called ¡°Legendary¡± items. Some imed that the news came from NPCs, but most people disregarded the information.

    A month after the update, no one had yet seen, much less obtained, an item above the Rare Grade. As such, no one knew for sure what the higher-graded items in War were called, much less the uniqueness of their attributes. It was still a mystery!

    And now, in the exchange system of the Federation¡¯s special agent bureau, a piece of ¡°Legendary¡± Grade equipment had actually appeared. It surprised Feng Luo and delighted him at the same time.

    After that, he quickly reviewed its information.

    T-Rex (Sniper rifle gun barrel)

    Grade: Legendary

    Maximum Shooting Range +30%

    Shooting Sound -50%

    Force +50

    Unique Attributes: Destructiveness of Ammunition +5%

    Attached Skill: Wrath of the T-rex (Activated with at least three T-rex sniper rifle parts. Minimum Force Consumption: 100)

    Level Requirement: 50

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    A skill! Feng Luo¡¯s attention waspletely focused on thest attribute!

    Apparently, the difference between normal and Legendary equipment was that Legendary equipment had skills!

    An upgrade like this was simr to going from Excellent to Rare; it was a ridiculous leap!

    Moreover, Force +50... Force? What is this stat?

    Could it be... Feng Luo remembered the strength from the three NPC instructors he had seen earlier through the Scout Beetle. Could that have been a disy of ¡°Force¡±?

    Hold on, why does it seem like I¡¯ve heard this term before...?

    Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced quickly, and before long, memories of some of the movies he had watched came back to him.

    The Force. Isn¡¯t that the superpower used by the Jedi and the Sith in the Star Wars movies?

    COMMENT

    In the Star Wars universe, the Force was a sort of extraordinary and mysterious power that existed everywhere. It was an energy field that surrounded all lifeforms and existed throughout the gxy!

    And people who were blessed with the Force were like the mutants in X-men, possessing all kinds of amazing abilities!

    For example, telekinesis, telepathy, Force Lightning, etc.

    Moreover, the basic function of the Force was to greatly strengthen the body, to the point where one could even block the attacks ofser weapons!

    Clearly, the amazing strength of the three NPC instructors was due to the Force they possessed.

    Apart from that, there might also be another factor: the weapons they held. For example, Haruko¡¯s samurai sword, Hunting Tiger¡¯s shield, and Nightingale¡¯s submachine gun were all Legendary Grade weapons!

 Chapter 290 - Force Guidance Chip

    <h4>Chapter 290: Force Guidance Chip</h4>

    No wonder these NPCs are so much stronger than the yers! With the Force as well as Legendary Grade equipment, even if a yer were fully equipped with Rare Grade gear, he or she would have no chance of winning in a one-on-one situation! Feng Luo thought.

    However, Feng Luo did not think it was weird that a supernatural ability like the Force would appear in a sci-fi game like War. Even StarCraft used psionic energy, so the appearance of the Force from Star Wars wasn¡¯t something to be surprised about!

    But a Legendary Grade Gun Barrel actually requires a C-rank authorization to purchase. Looks like Legendary Grade gear won¡¯t be making an appearance that easily. It¡¯s definitely much rarer than Rare Grade equipment! Feng Luo pondered as he looked at the first piece of Legendary Grade equipment that appeared before him.

    The item required a C-rank Authorization. Clearly, it meant that he could not get it at the moment. However, Haruko had mentioned earlier that they would be able to obtain Authorizations frompleting missions, so it was just a matter of time before these pieces of Legendary equipment made their appearance!

    Added to the war between Dongsang City¡¯s rebel army and the Federation, there was no doubt that the game was entering a new stage!

    Since I can¡¯t buy it right now, I can forget about it for the moment. However, there¡¯s one thing that I can try searching for right now!

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes glowed, and then, he spoke. ¡°Search keyword: Force!¡±

    The items surrounding him changed again. And this time the thing that appeared before him was a tiny white biochip!

    [Force Guidance Chip (Beginner)]. Grade: Special. Points Required: 1,000 (Untradeable)!

    Feng Luo saw the name of the chip and was a little surprised.

    In his mind, something like the Force should be kept confidential. At the very least, it should be at the same level as Legendary Grade items. Much to his surprise, the system tagged it with a rtively cheap price!

    However, at that moment, Haruko¡¯s gentle and slightly surprised voice reached his ears.

    ¡°You searched for the Force chip?¡±

    ¡°Right. I was going to tell all of youter anyway. I might as well address it now!¡±

    As Haruko¡¯s words faded, the surrounding scene transformed once more.

    The bodies of the five yers and Haruko were instantly seated inside a dark and endless space surrounded by stars and gxies.

    ¡°Since someone searched for the keyword, ¡®the Force,¡¯ I¡¯ll be exining it to everyone.¡±

    ¡°The Force?¡± Big Pineapple seemedpletely confused.

    As for the girl genius, Digital Cat, her eyes glowed, and her gaze focused on Feng Luo.

    ¡°The Force is a special kind of energy. Back when the Gxy Empire entered the universe, they discovered this energy that spread across the entire universe!¡± At that moment, Haruko had already begun her exnation.

    ¡°To put it simply, the Force can be separated into Life Force and Universe Force.¡±

    ¡°Life Force is created by life, and only life forms can produce Life Force.¡±

    ¡°The Life Force of every living creature creates an energy field around it. Then, through a special method, a person can manipte their energy field and gain ess to incredible power without relying on high-tech weapons!¡±

    Haruko opened her palms, and spots golden energy began to appear. Then they converged to form a tiny energy ball.

    After that, she tossed the energy ball to the side. It flew about ten meters away from her into the void, then exploded.

    Boom!

    A wave of energy spread outward. It was just as strong as an energy burst from fireballs conceived through the energy converter (Staff) of top-ss maniptors after they had consumed crystals.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened.

    Digital Cat, Phoenix, and Onishi also looked shocked.

    Only Feng Luo maintained his cid expression. He had already seen something like that before through the Scout Beetle, so he was more aware of the Force¡¯s strength.

    ¡°In addition, by manipting Life Force, one can also strengthen one¡¯s physical stats. It could even help the human body realize its true potential!¡± As she spoke, a samurai sword appeared in Haruko¡¯s right hand, then a dark red alloy shield appeared in front of her. Immediately after that, she lifted the sword with both hands before shing at the shield.

    sh!

    The samurai sword shed with a light golden energy and the alloy shield was cut in half!

    That attack...

    Everyone looked stunned.

    ¡°Holy sh*t, why did she have to use my shield as an example...?¡±

    Big Pineapple discovered, with sadness, that the shield Haruko used was one of his best alloy shields. Of course, it was only a virtual space, so his actual shield was still in his backpack. As such, he did not suffer any losses.

    However, since Haruko used the shield as an example, it meant that she should also be able to cut the heavy alloy shield in half in ¡°real life.¡± Without a doubt, this proved that after mastering the Force, one¡¯s strength would increase drastically.

    It was especially significant for Feng Luo since he knew that Big Pineapple¡¯s shield was a Rare Grade Level 50 shield with amazing stats.

    ¡°Miss Haruko, can adventurers like us also use this Force?¡± asked the Scout, Onishi, eagerly. His eyes showed an amazing desire for strength!

    ¡°Yes!¡± Haruko nodded and said, ¡°Although it is difficult for one to awaken the Force, the Federal government found a relic from the era of the Gxy Empire not that long ago, and they¡¯ve discovered a few decent methods of awakening the Force!¡±

    ¡°Every Special Agent of the Federation can buy a ¡®Force Guidance Chip,¡¯ which will allow them to awaken the Force. It¡¯s especially easy for you adventurers to do so!¡±

    After hearing Haruko¡¯s words, everyone looked happy. Then, Big Pineapple asked excitedly, ¡°Then, after awakening the Force, will my attack also reach the level where I can cut an alloy shield in half?¡±

    Although Big Pineapple¡¯s defense was incredible, he had suffered quite a bit during the mission due to hisck of attacking strength.

    If he gained Haruko¡¯s attack, then he wouldpletely mend his weakness!

    Haha! I¡¯d be invincible!

    ¡°No!¡±

    However, Haruko¡¯s reply was like a pail of cold water poured on his face.

    ¡°Though the Force has certainmonalities, everyone¡¯s awakened Force will be significantly different. The stats of the Force will be closely rted to your potential and talent!¡±

    ¡°Talent?¡±

    The stats of the awakened Force will be closely rted to the talent. That exins what Hunting Tiger said earlier! When Feng Luo heard Haruko¡¯s words, he suddenly remembered something.

    Hunting Tiger told Feng Luo during the examination mission, ¡°To gain real strength, you must rely on yourself to awaken your naturally-born potential!¡±

    However, you can only rely on yourself... Isn¡¯t this theplete opposite of what Haruko just said?

    Feng Luo was a little puzzled.

    ¡°The Force chip will definitely help one awaken, but it is mostly a supporting tool. It can analyze your body¡¯s talent and physical attributes. Then, it can tell you how you should develop. So, essentially, to awaken the Force, you have to rely on yourself!¡±

    Haruko seemed to understand the confusion on the yers¡¯ mind, so she exined.

    ¡°Apart from that, there¡¯s one more thing; the stronger the individual is, the higher the probability of awakening the Force!¡±

    ¡°Which means that the awakening has a level requirement?...¡±

    Feng Luo and Digital Cat¡¯s eyes glowed.

 Chapter 291 - Prize: Legendary Equipment!

    <h4>Chapter 291: Prize: Legendary Equipment!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Miss Haruko, we understand your exnation of the Force. However, could you exin more about the connection between Legendary equipment and the Force?¡±

    Just then, Digital Cat suddenly interrupted.

    ¡°What connection?¡±

    Haruko turned back and nced at Digital Cat with its eyes sparkling.

    ¡°I have already exined that the Force has two parts: Life Force and Universe Force! Life Force is only possessed by living beings, so each individual energy field doesn¡¯t extend very far. Universe Force, however, is found in every corner of the universe, and its total energy is much greater than that of Life Force!¡±

    ¡°Hence, if Universe Force could be made use of, a great power could be unleashed, possibly even surpassing the greatest weapon already possessed by humans!¡±

    ¡°Therefore, in the era of the Gxy Empire, there were countless experimental organizations researching the subject. They ultimately invented a tool capable of using Universe Force: Legendary-Grade equipment!¡±

    Haruko¡¯s eyes were deep.

    ¡°However, this type of equipment has a restriction. To mobilize Universe Force, it requires Life Force as ¡®fuel¡¯; those with no Life Force can¡¯t unleash its true potential! Only those who possess Life Force can activate the skill enhancements of Legendary equipment!¡±

    Feng Luo had already guessed some of this.

    ¡°Thus, for those who have not acquired the use of Force, Legendary equipment is only half as useful. But even without the skill enhancements, it still surpasses Rare equipment just by its standard attributes!¡±

    Feng Luo recalled the ¡°T-rex Gun Barrel¡± which he had seen before¡ªits attributes were definitely stronger than the Eye of the Thunder and Barrett!

    ¡°Alright, that¡¯s all I will say regarding the Force. You all can continue browsing through the Equipment Exchange List.¡±

    ¡°Also, you won¡¯t have to spend points on the second profession chip, the disguise chip, and the Agent Wristwatch. Once you¡¯re back at the base, the Federal Investigation Bureau will grant a set to each agent newly enrolled into the department.¡±

    ¡°When I joined, it was just a default chip and the wristwatch. If higher-grade devices were needed, we had to spend our own points and use authorizations!¡± Haruko said wryly.

    ¡°Plus, regarding the second profession chip, you all can choose it here and then submit it. Once you¡¯re back to the base, you all can immediately switch the temporary chip within your body!¡±

    After Haruko had finished speaking, everyone was returned to the previous Exchange environment.

    I¡¯ll be able to save quite a few points if I don¡¯t have to purchase the standard equipment. That means I¡¯ll have enough points to buy some other things, Feng Luo thought, then looked up a search category using voice input once more.

    ¡°Sniper Special Skill Chip!¡±

    The surrounding products changed, and semi-transparent Skill Chips levitated around him. Feng Luo nced over the list and saw that there were at least 100 of them!

    ¡°Limitless Shooting, Insane Shooting, Eagle Eye...¡±

    Feng Luo scanned quickly over the chips. There were Rare chips from Level 15 to Level 45, many of which he had never even seen before on the forum.

    [Environment Simtion]

    ¡°Able to control body temperature, breathing, heart rate, and other biological processes and attributes through the Biochip, integrating well with the surrounding environment, unable to be discovered by average Scout skills. Automatic engagement-type skill, no cooldown.¡±

    [¡°Warning: causes serious negative effects to the body if engaged continuously for a long period of time.¡±]

    ¡°Level Required: 45, Exchange Requirement: 1000 points, one D-Grade Authorization!¡±

    Quickly, Feng Luo¡¯s gazended on a Level 45 Rare Skill Chip.

    ¡°This skill solves a problem I¡¯ve had for a while!¡±

    There was joy in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    After he killed a Rock Lizard Commander in the Withered Desert, he had obtained a Level 35 Rare skill called ¡°Sneak Attack¡± that was veryplementary to his talent. However, learning this skill would rece the Level 35 skill ¡°Ambush,¡± which was very important to Snipers. It was very troubling.

    But this ¡°Environment Simtion¡± skill would make a perfect substitute for ¡°Ambush,¡± and it would give him even better abilities! Although the description indicated side-effects, those shouldn¡¯t bother him if he avoided engaging the skill for an extended period of time.

    The description also indicated that this skill would be amazingly effective at close range. Almost miraculous!

    Thus, even though it cost 1000 points and an Authorization, it was unquestionably a great deal!

    Feng Luo then changed the search content to ¡°Light Armored Warrior Chip.¡±

    No mistake, he had already decided to choose Light Armored Warrior as his second profession.

    This was definitely aplementary profession to the ws of a Sniper!

    ...

    Half an hourter, in arge-scale base located more than 1500 meters underground, a line of people walked down a high-tech passageway densely lined with automatic defense weapons. They followed Haruko and entered a hall filled with staff wearing technological suits.

    ¡°Now, you can follow the support staff who will change out your temporary Profession Chips and tools, then set up an agent identity file for each of you.¡±

    ¡°Since you are the first batch of Adventurer Agents, your agent serial code will be M-001 to M-005!¡±

    ¡°Also, during the process of setting up your files, you can all choose a permanent disguise identity and your own agent codename!¡±

    ¡°Permanent disguise identity?¡±

    ¡°Agent codename?¡±

    Hearing this, the five yers¡¯ eyes lit up with interest.

    ¡°But, Mister Feng, let me first trouble you toe with me for a while!¡± Haruko said, turning to Feng Luo.

    As the remaining four people looked on with envy, Feng Luo followed Haruko out of the room.

    ...

    A minuteter, in a spacious room with environment-simtion capability, Haruko nced at Feng Luo as she typed some information into a semi-transparent screen.

    ¡°The Federal Government decided that the highest scorer on the exam would earn a special reward. Of course, Mister Feng, considering your performance, you certainly deserve to earn this present!¡±

    Following Haruko¡¯s words, the floor slowly opened, and a silver-colored metallic tform rose, bearing three items.

    They were the mainponents of a ck dragon-engraved sniper rifle, a set of handguns in a tactical belt of unknown material, and a reverse army knife with a ck and red de made of a matte material!

    ¡°Are these...?¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the three pieces of equipment, his heart skipping a beat.

    When his sightnded on the attributes of the equipment, his guess was confirmed.

    ¡°[T-Rex (Sniper Rifle Main Body)], Grade: Legendary. Included Skill: Wrath of the T-Rex. Overall Evaluation: Perfect!¡±

    ¡°[Thundersnake (Tactical Belt)], Grade: Legendary. Included Skill: Thundersnake Flurry Dance. Overall Evaluation: Standard!¡±

    ¡°[Ghost Weep (Army Knife)], Grade: Legendary. Included Skill: Ghost Power. Overall Evaluation: Excellent!¡±

 Chapter 292 - â€œGhost Weepâ€ Army Knife!

    <h4>Chapter 292: ¡°Ghost Weep¡± Army Knife!</h4>

    Three pieces of Legendary equipment!

    At that moment, Feng Luo was practically giddy.

    Honestly, he had almost forgotten about the bonus reward for whoever achieved first ce in the investigation. And he never would have guessed that the bonus would be so valuable!

    When he had previously seen that the T-Rex gun barrel required a C-Grade Authorization, he thought that it would still be a while before Legendary equipment officially made its appearance. But now he was being handed a piece of Legendary equipment on a silver tter!

    Of course, saying that he could choose between three pieces of Legendary equipment was not exactly correct. Of the three pieces of equipment, only two could be used as they were. The other was only aponent of a sniper rifle; it was notplete.

    However, even though it was just aponent, it was also the mainponent which was the most precious in value. The T-Rex gun barrel cost 2000 points, so the mainponent must be worth more than 3000 points.

    Furthermore, it would require at least a C-Grade Authorization!

    The tactical belt and army knife weren¡¯t as valuable as the sniper barrel, but they were plete¡± pieces of Legendary equipment, so their skill enhancements just needed to be activated before they could be used. They were unlike the T-Rex, which needed at least two moreponents before its skill enhancements could be activated!

    How to choose? Feng Luo sank into a sea of thought.

    ¡°You seem to be having trouble deciding?¡± Haruko said, as if she had noticed Feng Luo¡¯s doubt. ¡°I was just about to tell you something. Pieces of equipment that are Legendary or beyond have a patibility¡¯ with each yer, so you should choose the equipment mostpatible with you. That way, you can unleash all the power that the item possesses!¡±

    ¡°Compatibility?¡± Feng Luo paused. He couldn¡¯t see any such category on the attribute bars of the three pieces of Legendary equipment.

    ¡°Compatibility is rted to a person¡¯s Force. You have not awakened your Force or attached a Force Guidance Chip, so you are unable to directly obtain the coefficient disy.¡±

    ¡°However, you can touch these three pieces of equipment, then decide based on how natural they feel to you!¡± Haruko said, pointing at the equipment on the metallic tform.

    ¡°Touch them?¡± Feng Luo paused again. He was supposed to pick them up, like a child choosing a toy?

    Bute to think of it, she must be saying that the system would stimte yers¡¯ senses and nerves during the selection, thus prompting yers toward the most suitable equipment and adding a little mystery to the process.

    As he thought of this, Feng Luo found that he had already picked up the T-Rex sniper rifleponent.

    There was no doubt that he was drawn towards this Legendary sniper rifleponent. After all, as a Sniper, his main weapon held the dearest ce in his heart!

    It first felt ice-cold in his hand, but it quickly started to heat up¡ªit felt like some furious prehistoric beast was hidden inside the sniper rifle body!

    No wonder it¡¯s called the T-Rex... But is this the feeling that Haruko was talking about? Feng Luo wondered.

    He made himself put down the T-Rex and pick up the second piece of equipment, the ¡°Thundersnake¡± tactical belt.

    A dinosaur and a snake. The names fit the items rather well.

    But holding the belt was very different from holding the sniper rifle. The tactical belt didn¡¯t give off any distinct sensations, and even if he quietened himself down and felt it carefully, he only had an asional sense of touching an electrical current.

    However, Feng Luo looked at the attributes and realized that the belt¡¯s ¡°Thundersnake Flurry Dance¡± skill was really powerful.

    This was a skill simr to the Maniptor ¡°Ring of Fire,¡± which enable its user to shape a high-voltage electrical field within a three-meter radius. In addition to causing damage within that range, it also possessed ¡°numbing¡± and ¡°repulsion¡± effects!

    It was great and powerful, but it really had no feel!

    Feng Luo put down the Thundersnake tactical belt and picked up thest piece of equipment¡ªthe ¡°Ghost Weep¡± army knife!

    The name sounded a little creepy, but if viewed from its selling points, it seemed like it even surpassed the T-Rex rifleponent!

    The knife looked a little like one of the Kukri knives used by the Nepal army, (also known as a ¡°Dog Leg knife¡±). Its exaggerated shape and 30-centimeter ck body and blood-colored de gave off a sense of ice-cold killing intent and strength!

    A normal army knife was intending for stabbing, but this type of knife was more suitable for shing. Also, Feng Luo had no doubt that this knife would be able to chop off a person¡¯s head with just one sh!

    The ¡°attack coefficient¡± in its attributes had actually reached a B-Grade!

    [Ghost Weep (Army Knife)]

    Grade: Legendary

    Attack: 750

    Attack Coefficient: B

    Material Coefficient: B

    Agility +20

    Strength +30

    Force +100

    Unique Attribute: when the target location damage level exceeds 70%, damages defense of A-Grade (included) and below 100%!

    Included Skill: Ghost Power

    Force usage 50, using it greatly enhances the strength of the arm holding it,sts for 10 seconds. Able tost for one second for every 10 points of Force usage sts up to one minute)!

    Required Level: 50

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    An attack power of 750, identical to the Eye of the Thunder, an attack coefficient as high as B-Grade, and a basic attribute enhancement of an entire 50 points.

    As a sub-weapon, the attributes of this army knife even surpassed the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s main weapon¡ªeven his best Level 50 Rare longsword couldn¡¯t rival this knife!

    If he discounted the other attributes, just the B-Grade attack coefficient was enough to make this a superior weapon!

    Up until now, the defense coefficients of most of the Heavy Armored Warrior shields did not exceed D+ or C- Grades. When faced with this B-Grade army knife, their defenses would be as weak as stic!

    Furthermore, when he held it in his hand, this knife gave off a strong sensation as well!

    When Feng Luo picked up the knife, an icy-coldness instantly surged through his fingers and into his body, as if he was sinking into an endless void. Despite the fact that his eyes remained open the whole time, his surroundings seemed to darken quite a bit.

    But Haruko, standing in front of him, looked like she had been outlined. Her body had taken on a very faintyer of eerie red glow!

    An illusion? Feng Luo shut his eyes.

    When he closed his eyes, he could still feel Haruko¡¯s existence. That was unexpected. Even though his vision was ck, there was a faint red color in Haruko¡¯s direction!

    Also, he felt like something within his body had just been awakened!

    Then, he began to feel like he was drawn towards her!

    I¡¯m drawn to an NPC? Isn¡¯t this humiliating.

    However, this feeling was only fleeting, and it quickly vanished!

    ¡°Hm?¡±

    When Feng Luo had closed his eyes, Haruko¡¯s expression changed. Her eyes showed surprise, and at the same time, a little seriousness and a rare cautiousness!

    ¡°I¡¯ll choose this army knife!¡± Feng Luo said as he opened his eyes.

    It wasn¡¯t an illusion; the feeling this ¡°Ghost Weep¡± had given him was much stronger than what he had felt from the T-Rex!

    Perhaps, this is thepatibility Haruko was talking about!

    ¡°Mm, alright!¡± Haruko¡¯s face had already regainedposure, and she did not say anything about what had just happened.

    After she nodded her head, the metallic tform descended back under the floor, taking the two pieces of equipment with it.

    As for the ¡°Ghost Weep,¡± it disappeared into Feng Luo¡¯s backpack.

    But his backpack was now worth mentioning.

    [Basic Agent Backpack]

    An amazing 15 cubic meters of space, 1.5 times more spacious that the highest-grade backpack currently on sale in stores. Speed of opening inbat +20%, exchange price of 1000 credits and a D-Grade Authorization!

    Other than the ¡°Environment Simtion¡± Skill Chip, this was the second tool requiring Authorization which Feng Luo had bought.

    Actually, he had initially wanted to get a Light Armored Warrior Rare skill, but he had then suddenly realized that his current backpack was a little small.

    Even though his backpack was already the biggest backpack avable in the System Store, it was still a little insufficient. It had been especially annoying during this ¡°killing game.¡± If his backpack had been big enough, he would not have been forced to discard Rare equipment.

    In the end, he had decided to buy arge-sized backpack.

    As for the Warrior Rare Skill Chip, he could still purchase it through auctions and the Exchange, after all.

    And if he couldn¡¯t find the chips he wanted anywhere else, he could always wait until he had gotten Special Agent Points and Authorizations, then get what he needed through the Special Agent Encrypted Virtual Room.

    ¡°Now then, I need to consider the matter of a disguise identity... and also an agent codename!¡±

 Chapter 293 - Cloning a â€œTerminatorâ€?

    <h4>Chapter 293: Cloning a ¡°Terminator¡±?</h4>

    Storm City, No. 1 Landing Point.

    A silver-colored passenger aircraft that was more than 300 meters long gradually descended, and countless yers and NPCs spilled out from the 20 cabin doors!

    ¡°Top floor of the Hurricane Building, the perfect experimentingboratory!¡±

    Feng Luo entered a levitating aircraft at the entrance of thending point.

    Thereafter, he made use of the transport time to switch his vision to the yers¡¯ forum interface.

    <<¡°The rebellion army has assaulted 10 important military grounds of the Federation, suspecting the opening of a war plot!>> ¨C Poprity: 8.67 billion

    <<¡°The Dongsang City battlefield rages, new-model mech of over Level 50 has appeared,bat power outrageous!¡±>> ¨C Poprity: 5.21 billion

    <<¡°The Hidden Mission information statistics has currently totaled 17 kinds of Hidden Missionse to light!¡± (1 credit to purchase)>> ¨C Poprity: 1.73 million

    ...

    Many of the most popr posts discussed a series of big events which had happened in the game world during the time he had spent doing the Agent transfer mission.

    Also, there was one item among them which was rted to him.

    Among the statistics posts regarding Hidden Missions, there was actually some information on the ¡°Agent¡± profession. Of course, the information was notplete, and most of the content wasplete spection!

    This post is clearly a payable post, but its poprity is very high nheless. The person who posted this is earning a ton... Perhaps I can consider putting up some videos and a little information in payable posts while I¡¯m doing some missions.

    Feng Luo hummed in thought as he paid one credit to browse through the page of posts.

    The forum of this game was certainly different from the forums on Earth¡ªeven though they were mainly images with short blurbs, they epassed various types of high-tech ying methods!

    The post that Feng Luo opened brought him directly into the videos shared so that he could experience others¡¯bat scenes.

    He could even borrow others¡¯ perspectives to experience the game¡¯s various dangerous regions, which normal yers would not have been able to enter at all. This was well-liked by the Life yers, who did not likebat but enjoyed adventures and travels!

    These functions were chargeable, and the yers who posted would receive a share!

    As such, War¡¯s forum was very hot. Millions of yers, and even specialized organizations, were active on the forum at all times!

    Some hot posts could fetch millions of credits through the method of payment!

    Feng Luo was also considering the possibility of posting unique videos, like BOSS fights at the City of Exiles, Dark Moon Valley ambush missions...

    It could definitely be an additional source of ie. Of course, that was first assuming that these videos would not expose his own trump cards and important information!

    After browsing a little more, Feng Luo switched from the forum to Storm City¡¯s yers¡¯ tform.

    <> ¨C Poprity: 2.14 million!

    <> ¨C Poprity: 1.81 million!

    The two messages with the highest poprity represented the focus of Storm City¡¯s yers these past two days!

    Huan Yu Company was the high-end equipmentpany which Sister Rui was responsible for, and this auction today would be the stage for the W-virus produced by Lin and the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± created by Feng Luo!

    Clearly, Sister Rui had highlighted these two key points, putting them directly into the headline!

    Feng Luo had initially thought that the W-virus Enhancement Potion should be able to be the finale on this auction. He had never considered that the finale would be something else.

    What could it be? Feng Luo wondered curiously.

    But this was something he could soon ask Sister Rui directly.

    He was currently heading to Lin¡¯sboratory, and then he would immediately go to Huan Yu¡¯s auction house. After all, he had almost 100 pieces of quality Rare equipment in his backpack, including one Rare essory set from September Night Rain!

    He had so much because he had agreed to help Big Pineapple auction off his prizes as well.

    Thus, this auction tomorrow was very important to him.

    ...

    ¡°This thing...¡±

    In her ck-framed technological sses, Lin scanned the ¡°Hunter Control Chip¡± ced on the metallic tform, shing dense streams of numerical data!

    It was several minutes before she stopped, and her eyes looked grave as she spoke to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Where did you get this?¡±

    ¡°A kind ofbat robot called a Hunter. It had really strongbat power!¡±

    Feng Luo gave Lin a basic description of the Hunter T-750.

    The Federal Investigation Bureau had requested that the details of the ¡°killing game¡± of Death Hunter Ind not be revealed to anyone, but they had said nothing about discussing the Hunters.

    ¡°Hmm. Looking at the programming data in the Control Chip and what you said, thebat power of this kind ofbat robot isn¡¯t bad at all! However, this whole thing seems a little strange!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s strange?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°The core program of mechanicbat weapons is of utmost importance. Logically, unless the mechanicbat weapon is hacked or there¡¯s a w in the program design, it would destroy its own Control Core before its death!¡±

    ¡°Especially since you said that this robot was incredibly sophisticated, why didn¡¯t it destroy its Core Chip before self-destructing?¡±

    ¡°A Core Chip thisplete will not only let someone gain insight into the robot¡¯s Core program, but it could also let someone clone the robot!¡±

    ¡°Clone it?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression turned to stone, then changed into delight.

    He had only wanted Lin to help him determine if these Hunter chips were of any use. He hadn¡¯t expected to receive such great news!

    T-750 was definitely powerful. In a one-on-one situation, he had no idea how he would face one.

    If he really could clone a T-750, even if the clone only possessed 70% of the original¡¯s power, he would still be able to pin down most of the Elite-Grade yers!

    More importantly, he seriously suspected that Hunters were actually ¡°Terminators¡±!

    Cloning a Terminator would be... awesome!

    ¡°It¡¯s possible indeed. But don¡¯t get too excited!¡±

    ¡°First, this is just the control program, so there¡¯s no detailed data on the various types of body parts. Thus, the process of cloning would require someone to re-design its mechanical body parts. That would be a very time-consuming matter, requiring non-stop modification and testing!¡±

    ¡°In the near future, my energy will be spent on the W-virus and Enhancement Potions, so I¡¯ll have no energy to do this!¡±

    ¡°Second, as it¡¯s a highly dangerousbat robot, even if the cloning was sessful, the Federation wouldn¡¯t permit you to use to it. Only those with the mechanic control right who have the Federation¡¯s permit would be allowed to use it!¡±

    ¡°The most important thing is that the core control program of this kind of robot uses a kind of indecipherable algorithm, so I¡¯m unable topletely decode it. That means the robot would run the risk of losing control!¡±

    Those few sentences dashed Feng Luo¡¯s hopes.

 Chapter 294 - Somethingâ€™s Up!

    <h4>Chapter 294: Something¡¯s Up!</h4>

    ¡°The process of cloning would be so difficult, yet you could still lose control?¡±

    Lin¡¯s words were definitely troubling, but the first problem she mentioned actually wouldn¡¯t be hard to solve.

    When he was on Death Hunter Ind, Feng Luo had spent time conducting a full-scale dissection of a T-750 in order to understand the machine¡¯s structural weaknesses.

    Due to hisrgely enhanced memory, he had essentially memorized the T-750¡¯s structure. Although he hadn¡¯t performed the most thorough examination possible, it would still greatly shorten the process of cloning the body!

    Furthermore, the technology in War was advanced, so they would not have to build aplete clone in order to perform experiments. Most of the experimentation could bepleted on a supeputer or terminal, keeping the cost down as well!

    But the second thing Lin had said, that a Federation permit would be required to use the T-750, was really disappointing. Clearly, what Lin meant to tell him was that even if the Hunter T-750 was cloned sessfully, a Sniper like Feng Luo would not be able to make use of it!

    The Federal Government would only permit one group of people to usebat robots: the Mechanist profession!

    The Mechanists of War were now treated like local tyrants.

    Buying a mechanical could cost hundreds of thousands of credits, plus the bullets used and maintenance costs could run from twenty or thirty thousand to more than a hundred thousand credits!

    But in reality, the Mechanist was not purely a ¡°local tycoon¡± profession at the start!

    In addition to operating the Tiger-A50 and Eagle-C40, which hadrge-scalebat power, Mechanists could also choose to operate mechanical snakes, mechanical spiders, and rted small-scalebat mechanicals!

    In the game,bat mechanical organisms were categorized as ¡°Mechas.¡±

    But since these small-scale bionicbat mechanicals could not carry any heavy-type weapons at all, theirbat power was lower and they were easy to damage. The maintenance cost of owning one wasn¡¯t cheap!

    Thus, Mechanists had created a market forrge-scale mechanicals, then monopolized it!

    However, if the cloning of Hunter T-750 was sessful, it would undoubtedly usher in a new age!

    After all, with the Hunter¡¯s power, even a normal yer who had gotten a Hunter would be able to directly take on or even triumph over a star yer! In addition, the T-750¡¯s body was reasonably sized, and a humanoid robot could effortlessly follow yers on missions!

    Therefore, if Lin could really clone a T-750, it would definitely be a popr product! After all, even a mechanical bodyguard like ¡°Ah Nuo¡± was something to be proud of.

    As for the point that only Mechanists would be able to use Hunters, Feng Luo had now thought of a solution.

    From what Haruko had said on the ship, Feng Luo could predict that the Agent profession would most likely offer a third or fourth profession in the future!

    Until then, he could choose the Mechanist for his new Profession Chip¡ªthis problem would undoubtedly be swiftly solved!

    ...

    However, the truly problematic matter was clearly that Lin did not have any intention of researching how to clone a T-750. The reason was naturally thest problem which she had mentioned.

    ¡°A cloned T-750 has the danger of losing control!¡±

    When the T-750 self-destructed, why did it not destroy its own Control Core program? Why had it allowed its Core program to be studied, which would also allow the possibility of cloning?

    These unlikely events seemed to indicate something ominous.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s mind had suggested a possible exnation as soon as Lin mentioned the problem.

    Since the Hunter was very possibly a Terminator, then it was very likely that arger system was also involved: the ¡°Sk¡±!

    ¡°Unable to be analyzed but able to be directly replicated and cloned!¡±

    This inevitably led Feng Luo to a thought¡ªcould this be a conspiracy of Sk?

    People would first be aware of the threat of the Hunters, then Control Chips capable of direct cloning would fall miraculously into their hands.

    Plus with the war between the rebellion army and the Federation, a third party of armed forces would definitely jump at the chance to take action. And as the technology in this world was very advanced, building robots was a more cost-effective option for gainingbat strength than training human soldiers.

    Hence, many powers were very likely to start cloning Hunters to secure an advantage inbat... Then as more powers got involved, even the Federation would be forced to begin cloning!

    When thesebat robots reached a certain quantity, Sk would then appear once more, taking direct control, subjugating humans...

    Of course, all this was just a guess. The real situation was probably only known by the gamepany or the system supeputer!

    ¡°Lin, if the sections of code which cannot be analyzed were erased and the remaining control program was used as a reference and guide, could you think of a way to clone a simr type of robot?¡± Feng Luo asked, trying his luck.

    Honestly speaking, the profit potential here was too much to ignore, and since these things were prizes, it seemed impossible that they werepletely valueless!

    Until he could find some way to use the chip, Feng Luo would be relentless.

    Furthermore, even if this really was some scheme of Sk, the game still needed to develop some before that plot arc became feasible.

    Until then, it shouldn¡¯t really be a big problem, right?

    ¡°I could try, but I don¡¯t have the time. You know that I¡¯m in the most important stages of the W-virus research, so there¡¯s no way that I can split my focus to deal with this!¡±

    Lin¡¯s reply once again made Feng Luo a little restless. Clearly, Lin might refuse even more of his requests in the future using this argument.

    But following that, Lin¡¯s words made Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurch.

    ¡°I can look on the internal tform of the chipmaster guild to find someone willing to conduct the research you need, but this research would not be counted into our cooperation. Therefore, you¡¯ll have to provide all the research funding yourself!¡±

    ¡°Mm, understood!¡±

    Feng Luo heaved a sigh of relief inside. Clearly, the game wasn¡¯t shutting off the option of cloning T-750¡¯s entirely.

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ve posted the notification!¡± Lin¡¯s technological sses made short work of such simple tasks. ¡°Since you are going to Huan Yu Company¡¯s auction right after you leave here, you can take the Enhancement Potions we¡¯re auctioning off with you.¡±

    ¡°A total of 100, 20 of each of the four model numbers, and another 20 belonging to the new model number which should be more suitable for some people.¡±

    ¡°How things go tomorrow will be up to you!¡±

    The floor split open, and a silver-colored chest with a passcode lock slowly rose and stopped beside Feng Luo¡¯s leg.

    ¡°Okay!¡±

 Chapter 295 - Whisper of the Wind Equipment Set, 18.88 Million!

    <h4>Chapter 295: Whisper of the Wind Equipment Set, 18.88 Million!</h4>

    Storm City, Huan Yu auction.

    A rotating silver tower with very stylish infrastructure stood in the city, covering more than 10,000 square meters. At the moment, in a roof-like office on the highest level, Feng Luo was sitting in a guest seat and holding a steaming cup.

    Opposite him was Sister Rui in a ck uniform and a white formal shirt, which had been made by a Master NPC in the game. She sat at the head of the table, and she gave off the vibe of a chairperson.

    ¡°Little Feng, it seems like your mission went smoothly.¡±

    Sister Rui smiled as she spoke, but she was clearly keeping her posture as a career woman.

    ¡°Oh, it wasn¡¯t too bad!¡± Feng Luo said, nodding.

    To him, this agent mission really hadn¡¯t been too difficult, except the bit of trouble with the Hunters and Nightingale!

    ¡°I¡¯m guessing that box is full of W-virus permanent Enhancement Potions.¡±

    Sister Rui smiled, turning her gaze to the silver chest sitting beside Feng Luo.

    ¡°Yup, a total of 100. In addition to the potions for the four basic attributes, there are some hybrid-type potions as well!¡± Feng Luo said as he passed the box to Sister Rui.

    ¡°Great. With these permanent Enhancement Potions, the auction tomorrow is bound to be a sess. I believe it¡¯ll let Huan Yu draw in even more customers.¡±

    Sister Rui seemed delighted.

    ¡°But only 20 will be taken out to be auctioned tomorrow at the Storm City auction. I¡¯ll send the rest to the Huan Yu auctions in other main cities; the first batch of Enhancement Potions should be auctioned at the highest possible value!¡±

    ¡°Sounds good!¡± said Feng Luo. He had no reason to argue, as what Sister Rui suggested was undoubtedly the best option.

    Sister Rui ced the box on the mechanical storage tform which had risen up from the floor beside her, then turned back to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Also, Little Feng, didn¡¯t you say you still had some pieces of equipment to auction off? If you pass them to me, I¡¯ll register them!¡±

    Feng Luo hesitated slightly. ¡°Do you need to get someone to register the equipment? There¡¯s a lot of it, so registering it all will probably be troublesome.¡±

    ¡°A lot of it?¡± Sister Rui became curious. She knew that Feng Luo wasn¡¯t prone to exaggeration. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. The auction has already been set up, so I currently have nothing pressing to do!¡±

    After what Feng Luo had said, Sister Rui was even more interested in registering the items personally. She was especially intrigued when she remembered the ¡°Ring of the Desert Rock Lizard,¡± which Feng Luo had previously wanted her to find.

    ...

    A few minutester, the metallic tform was heaped with all sorts of equipment, and Feng Luo was still pulling pieces of equipment out of his backpack. Even Sister Rui, who was a Storm City auctioneer, was a little disturbed!

    ¡°Little Feng, please tell me you didn¡¯t rob the Exchange,¡± Sister Rui said jokingly. Her eyes were quite shocked, though. ¡°These pieces are all quality Rare equipment with really decent attributes. Even at the Exchange, any piece could fetch up to 100,000 credits. Where did you get all this?¡±

    She had at first thought that most of the items were low-tier, with a few pieces of Rare equipment thrown in. But looking closely, she realized that almost all of these pieces were actually of rare grades, or even essories above Excellent!

    Some of the pieces had even better attributes than the best Rare equipment she had already prepared to auction off tomorrow.

    Also, some of the equipment was actually in sets!

    There were almost 100 pieces in the pile already!

    The sight of such a huge quantity of Rare equipment was shocking. Only purchasing agents of big guilds or staff of the Exchange saw this many Rare items at once; average yers would have never seen it before!

    But she knew that in recent days, Feng Luo had been doing a lot of missions.

    Plus, with Feng Luo¡¯s personality, it was impossible that he could be a purchasing agent of any guild! Thus, Sister Rui was full of curiosity.

    ¡°Believe it or not, all this equipment came from the same mission!¡±

    Feng Luo smiled, reaching his hand once more into his backpack.

    Those able to obtain the right to participate in the ¡°battle royale¡± mission definitely would not be average yers¡ªthey would all have at least a piece or two of Excellent or even Rare equipment.

    Not to mention, there were still top yers like September Night Rain with a full set of Rare items!

    In addition to the cruel rule of ¡°full loss upon death,¡± the stakes of killing people in this mission were 10 times higher than killing red-name yers. It was simply an equipment spree!

    ¡°Mission?¡±

    Sister Rui¡¯s face went nk as Feng Luo took out thest three pieces of equipment.

    They were two faint blue-colored rings made of a clear, transparent material, and a ne with a long pendant. They looked very gorgeous and their styles were very unified. Even the Wind Energy Crystals embedded in them seemed impable!

    Very clearly, Feng Luo left the most valuable items forst!

    [Whisper of the Wind (Equipment Set)]

    Whisper of the Wind left ring (Level 48 Rare equipment), Whisper of the Wind right ring (Level 48 Rare equipment), Whisper of the Wind ne (Level 50 Rare equipment).

    Set attribute: bonus 10% enhancement of Wind Energy damage!

    These were the most valuable items among the equipment of September Night Rain: a full set of Wind Maniptor Rare-Grade essories!

    Each piece had the attribute of +10% damage, plus when all were worn, it would activate the set attribute which was a bonus enhancement of 10% damage! In total, this set would enhance a Wind Maniptor¡¯s damage by an entire 40%!

    ¡°Whisper of the Wind!¡± When Sister Rui saw this set of Rare ornaments, she could not help but exim in shock.

    It was not strange that she recognized them. After all, as a high-end equipmentpany belonging to the cream of the crop in War, she had seen most pieces of quality equipment before.

    Sister Rui recovered from her shock, but she still seemed a little shaken.

    ¡°Little Feng, you¡¯ve actually gotten the Whisper of the Wind! Do you know how much it¡¯s worth right now?

    Feng Luo hesitated a bit. ¡°Probably more than 5,000,000, right?¡±

    Pieces of quality Rare equipment were worth at least a million credits, whereas Rare essories were even more valuable. The fact that this was an equipment set would inte the value even more!

    ¡°Five million... Little Feng, your estimation is too low! Half a month ago, on a medium-scale auction organized by Starry Sky Company, this set of ornaments was used for the finale auction. Do you know how much it sold for? 18.88 million credits!¡±

    ¡°More than 18,000,000 credits?¡± Feng Luo stared at her nkly. This time, he was really dumbfounded!

    He had believed Sister Rui when she imed the W-virus Enhancement Potion would be worth up to 10,000,000. After all, the Enhancement Potion permanently enhanced attributes, and it was stillpletely monopolized!

    But equipment was different. The prices of Rare equipment in such arge, popr game could be very high. However, given that equipment prices were continuously depreciating and the rate of Rare equipment production was sufficient for the yer poption, it was not considered to be truly rare!

    Therefore, he previously estimated that he would receive 10,000,000 credits for the equipment he had gotten from Death Hunter Ind, and five or six million credits for the ornament set.

    But apparently, this ornament set from September Night Rain was worth far more than he had imagined!

 Chapter 296 - First Legendary Grade Equipment?

    <h4>Chapter 296: First Legendary Grade Equipment?</h4>

    ¡°It looks like I¡¯m really not well-versed in the auctioning business!¡± Feng Luo joked in a self-deprecating way.

    This couldn¡¯t be med on Feng Luo. It was mainly because his previous profession path hadn¡¯t required him to pay too much attention to top-ss equipment. He also rarely ever auctioned items in the past.

    And the most recent auction he took part in was the one in the bar in Nightless City where he got the Level 39 Desert Eagle.

    However, in truth, the auction in the bar was more of an event that Mu Wu organized to create a more lively atmosphere at the bar, and the items auctioned there weren¡¯t top drawer items. Naturally, the price difference between items auctioned there and at Huan Yu¡¯srge-scale auction was incrediblyrge.

    ¡°But I remember that the ornament, Whisper of the Wind, was bought by September Night Rain in the Starry Sky Company¡¯s auction. The September guild was backing him, and they used that opportunity to increase his fame,¡± Sister Rui said with an odd expression while looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°And I heard rumors yesterday that September Night Rain failed in his hidden profession change mission. Not only did he lose a level, but he also lost most of the best items he had...¡±

    ¡°Little Feng, this ornament can¡¯t be from him, can it?!¡±

    Clearly, this was the reason why Sister Rui had a weird expression on her face.

    After all, September Night Rain had only lost his stuff a day before, and Feng Luo was already in possession of one of his items. It was highly likely the two facts were connected.

    Furthermore, Sister Rui also noticed that among Feng Luo¡¯s gear, eight or nine of the best items were for Wind Maniptors.

    Thus, she had a pretty solid guess!

    In addition, Feng Luo and September Night Rain didn¡¯t seem very friendly when they encountered each other on the casual tform just a few days ago. It wouldn¡¯t be much of a surprise if Feng Luo had taken out September Night Rain during the mission.

    ¡°Yeah, September Night Rain¡¯s mission coincided with mine...¡± Feng Luo did not say it explicitly, but Sister Rui had already understood Feng Luo¡¯s words.

    ¡°That means that you¡¯ve seeded in the hidden profession change mission, and you are now that hidden profession!¡± The shock on her face was even more apparent now.

    In regards to the fact that Feng Luo defeated September Night Rain, she was not all that surprised. She was well aware of the real strength of the so-called ¡°Storm City¡¯s top ten superstar yers.¡± One should not forget that Sister Rui was also a top-notch Machine Gunner!

    ¡°Yup. I changed to a ¡®Special Agent¡¯...¡±

    Feng Luo briefly exined the Special Agent profession and examination mission to Sister Rui. The system did not restrict yers from divulging mission content information to others.

    ¡°I never would have imagined that the mission would be so interesting. A disguise mission, death game... It¡¯s unfortunate, really. I almost got the examination qualificationst time!¡± said Sister Rui regretfully after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words.

    ¡°If you want to participate, you¡¯ll definitely seed. Moreover, the hidden profession isn¡¯t a one-time thing; there are opportunities in the future!¡± said Feng Luo with a smile.

    ¡°Right. But for now, I don¡¯t have time. I will need at least a month to deal with the incident in Storm City. If I can¡¯t turn things around with this Starry Sky Company situation, I probably won¡¯t have time to do other things!¡± said Sister Rui, smiling. Then, she changed the subject back to the ¡°Whisper of the Wind¡± Feng Luo held in his hand.

    ¡°I will put the Whisper of the Wind set as the second tost item to be auctioned. I believe that it will be able to fetch a higher price thanst time. There might be a chance that we can sucker punch the Starry Sky Company!¡± Sister Rui was clearly very confident.

    The Whisper of the Wind ornament was definitely one of the best items for Wind Maniptors. Furthermore, it had a stylish look, and there was never ack of wealthy yers in War who would fight for it!

    More importantly, September Night Rain might spend a huge chunk of change to get it back!

    The top ten masters ranking wasn¡¯t fixed; moreover, once the public learned he had been killed and lost his items, September Night Rain¡¯s poprity would definitely drop. He might even be squeezed out of the top ten masters ranking!

    As such, he had to retrieve all his dropped items to make it seem like all the rumors of him losing his items were false before news spread. Only then would he be able to stabilize the situation!

    His other gear wouldn¡¯t be too difficult to retrieve if he was willing to spend a lot. However, for something like Whisper of the Wind, there were probably only a few of the items in the entire game. How would he get his hands on one in such a short time?

    That was why it was highly likely that the ornament would fetch a high price in the auction the next day; the final buyer was incredibly likely to be September Night Rain!

    However, Feng Luo was more curious about the final auction item that the incredible Whisper of the Wind could not beat. Just what was the grand finale item for the auction?

    When Feng Luo asked, Sister Ruiughed and asked in return, ¡°Do you know Glory Group?¡±

    ¡°Glory Group... Yes. I¡¯ve seen them on the forum before,¡± Feng Luo answered with a nod.

    Isn¡¯t Glory Group the guild that posted the hot thread on the Storm City forum about killing the Level 55 Desert Tarant in the Withered Desert?

    ¡°This Glory Group is a new growing power in Storm City. In just one month, they¡¯ve acquired over a dozen smaller guilds andpanies. If we¡¯re just speaking in terms of member number, they have even surpassed thest two guilds in the top ten guilds ranking!¡±

    ¡°And just today, Glory Guild organized another group of 5,000 yers over Level 45 to raid arge-scale Desert Tarant nest in Withered Desert, sessfully killing the Level 55 Boss inside!¡±

    ¡°Five thousand?¡±

    Although the Boss is indeed very strong, they shouldn¡¯t need so many people, right? At most, you¡¯d need 2,000 to take out a Level 55 Boss. Feng Luo frowned.

    Although the Bosses in War were scary, they weren¡¯t unkible. Theoretically speaking, around 500 mainstream yers would equal thebat strength of a Boss monster.

    Even if the Boss was Level 55, and the average level of yers was around Level 47 or 48, the gap should be filled with four times the number of yers!

    So 5,000 yers was a bit too much.

    Friendly fire was possible in War, so if a group of yers was toorge, it would be difficult for melee and long-range professions to work together. On the contrary, it would waste time and effort!

    ¡°They formed 20 groups and attacked in turns. In the end, over 2,800 died before they finally brought the Boss down!¡±

    ¡°Over 2,800 deaths?¡± Feng Luo frowned even more.

    Clearly, this was simply a human wave attack. It relied purely on the sacrifice of multiple lives and using numbers to overwhelm and overrun the Level 55 boss!

    A pure human wave attack was not very practical in War, and it was sure to incur huge losses! Dying in War, even while fighting a Boss monster, meant dropping not just experience, but items and equipment too.

    In other games, the items dropped by yers in a Boss raid could be picked up by one¡¯s teammates, so losses were limited to consumables and experience. The loot gained by winning made up for the losses.

    However, in War, it waspletely different!

    Apart from decorative items, every other piece of equipment in War could be damaged, and not all damage could be repaired.

    Especially in Boss battles. Since Boss monsters had powerful skills that were incredibly destructive, the items dropped by the dead yers might be obsolete after getting hit two or three times.

    Thus, the human wave attack would only increase the cost of fighting the Boss, even resulting in a loss!

    ¡°You¡¯re saying that almost 3,000 Level 45 yers died charging the Boss? How is this Boss so strong?¡±

    However, the reason Feng Luo frowned wasn¡¯t that he couldn¡¯t understand Glory Group¡¯s usage of the human wave attack; instead, it was due to the sheer number of deaths.

    Although Level 50 Bosses were really strong, they shouldn¡¯t have been able to take out that many yers. Other guilds had fought Bosses above Level 50 before too, and the casualty numbers were never that high!

    ¡°The Boss was a bit weird. From videos, it¡¯s obvious that it is incredibly strong. I feel like it¡¯s not a normal Level 55 Boss!¡± Sister Rui seemed to have understood Feng Luo¡¯s puzzlement.

    ¡°But we¡¯ve gotten off course. What I wanted to say is that after the Boss died, apart from dropping core crystals and Rare grade equipment, it also dropped a piece of special equipment, and information about the equipment was immediately locked down by the higher-ups of Glory Guild!¡±

    ¡°Special equipment... Could it be... Legendary Grade?¡± Feng Luo raised his head and looked at Sister Rui in surprise.

    ¡°Little Feng! You even know about Legendary Grade gear!? But you are right, it was indeed a Legendary Grade item, and it is also the grand finale item for our auction tomorrow. The first Legendary Grade equipment in War!¡± Sister Rui said while looking at Feng Luo, shocked.

 Chapter 297 - Sniperâ€™s Glory (Right Ring)

    <h4>Chapter 297: Sniper¡¯s Glory (Right Ring)</h4>

    ¡°The first Legendary Grade equipment in War?¡±

    This time, Feng Luo was the person who had a weird expression.

    After all, he had the Legendary Grade Ghost Weep military knife in his backpack. He wasn¡¯t sure which piece of Legendary equipment had been obtained first!

    ¡°But Little Feng, for you to guess that it¡¯s Legendary Grade on your first try... Could it be...¡±

    Sister Rui was now staring straight at Feng Luo. With her intelligence, she had already thought of a possibility.

    ¡°I got lucky and obtained a Legendary Grade military knife!¡± Feng Luo smiled. There was no reason to hide it from Sister Rui. He took Ghost Weep out of his backpack and set it on disy.

    ¡°What a beautiful knife!¡±

    From Ghost Weep¡¯s appearance alone, Sister Rui¡¯s eyes already showed admiration and praise. The kukri was synonymous with power and killing, and it was loved by many!

    The military knife forged by the descendants of the Mongolians was quite different from modern special forces military knife. Rumor had it that in the hands of a Nepalese soldier, the crooked 30 centimeter de could take the head off a wild bull in one sh!

    With such a reputation behind it, the ck knife looked like it was filled with power!

    As a Machine Gunner, Sister Rui was naturally also interested in military knives. After looking at the stats and attributes of the knife, Sister Rui eximed, ¡°These stats. It¡¯s no wonder that it¡¯s a Legendary weapon!¡±

    Ghost Weep had attacks powerful enough to bepared to sniper rifles, and itpletely exceeded the limits of melee weapons. It was so powerful that it wouldpletely crush the two-handed swords of warriors!

    ¡°It looks like Legendary Grade gear is way more powerful than normal gear. Even if we disregard the attached skill, the increased stats areparable to two or three pieces of Rare Grade gear!¡±mented Sister Rui.

    Feng Luo agreed. ¡°Indeed, I think that the appearance of Legendary Grade items will further increase the power gap between yers!¡±

    He hadn¡¯t even mentioned the Force. If one included the Force, scenes of one versus ten or even more might actually appear!

    ¡°Sister Rui, is there any confidentiality agreement between you and Glory Group regarding the Legendary equipment you are auctioning? Can I take a look?¡± asked Feng Luo.

    Huan Yu hadn¡¯t announced the stats of the Legendary Grade equipment in their promotion. There must be a reason for that, so he had to ask first.

    ¡°Of course you can. But you might be disappointed. This Legendary item isn¡¯t for a gunner.¡±

    Sister Ruiughed and pressed a button on the terminal on her wrist.

    Click!

    A transparent virtual screen appeared between her and Feng Luo. A 3D golden crown rotated on the screen.

    [Desert Crown (Head Decoration)]

    Grade: Legendary

    HP +1,200

    MP +1,000

    Intelligence +30

    Energy condensation speed +50%

    Force +50

    Unique Attributes: Range of energy skills increased by 20%

    Attached Skill: Desert Net

    Creates a continuously spreading force that can detect all lifeforms it touches and induce a ¡°slow¡± effect on their movement. The further the extends, the more Force consumed (No Cooldown time)!

    Level Requirement: Level 50

    Overall Evaluation: Excellent

    ¡°A top-drawer item!¡± Feng Luo assessed the item in shock.

    The item was a Maniptor¡¯s head decoration. Both the attached skill and the rare attribute were definitely top-ss.

    It both increased the Maniptor¡¯s skills range and limited the possibility of being approached by a melee fighter, which posed thergest threat to Maniptors!

    What surprised Feng Luo more was that the equipment added 1,200 HP. This was a Maniptor¡¯s item, and Maniptors had the lowest HP. But with just one head decoration, the Maniptor would¡¯ve gained over 1,000 HP.

    If one included other gear, just how much HP would a Maniptor equipped with a full set of Legendary Grade equipment have? 10,000? 15,000, or maybe even more?

    Perhaps Feng Luo was too conservative when estimating the power difference between normal yers and yers with Legendary Grade gear. The fundamental changes brought about by Legendary equipment might be a lot more dramatic than he had guessed!

    However, Feng Luo thought something was a bit odd.

    Since the finale item of Huan Yu¡¯s auction would be a Legendary item, they should be promoting it very eagerly, shouldn¡¯t they?

    Auctioneers would often keep the finale item a secret in order to attract attention by being mysterious. But if the Desert Crown was marketed as the ¡°First Legendary Equipment in War,¡± that would definitely attract a lot more attention, wouldn¡¯t it?

    Wasn¡¯t it a mistake to waste such a good opportunity and to y at being mysterious instead?

    Feng Luo put his doubts into words.

    ¡°We¡¯re actually doing this at Glory Group¡¯s request!¡± Sister Rui said whileughing in resignation.

    ¡°Glory Group? Aren¡¯t they the ones selling it?¡± Feng Luo paused. ¡°Ah, I understand. They¡¯re only trying to gain publicity!¡±

    Clearly, Glory Group did not really want to auction off the Legendary item.

    ¡°Auctioning War¡¯s first Legendary item is just a gimmick. Their objective is to make the guild or one of their yers more popr. War has a lot of superstar yers who made their names the same way!

    Keeping quiet about the item was part of their n!

    ¡°However, no matter what, the highest single bid since the beginning of War will probably appear in the auction tomorrow!¡± Sister Rui said with full confidence. Then, she said to Feng Luo, ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Little Feng, you can head straight to luxurious box number two tomorrow. I¡¯ve already reserved it for you!¡±

    ¡°Also, with regards to the right ring that you asked me to keep an eye out for, I¡¯ve got some leads. But the price is too high!¡± Sister Rui said, frowning slightly.

    ¡°How much?¡± Feng Luo asked after a short pause.

    The ring dropped by the Desert Rock Lizard Commander was a Rare Grade decorative item. Although it was only a Level 40 item, it was still top-ss. It definitely wouldn¡¯t be cheap.

    However, if the asking price was too high even for Sister Rui, that was saying something!

    ¡°Five million credits,¡± said Sister Rui as she shook her head.

    ¡°I understand... Then forget it. Anyway, just one left ring should be enough!¡± Feng Luoughed.

    Five million! This guy wants as much as I wanted for the Whisper of the Wind!

    ¡°But it¡¯s fine. There¡¯s also going to be a ring in the auction that you might want to take a look at!¡± Sister Ruiughed and touched the screen in front of her.

    The screen moved, and a ck ring carved with a tiny sniper bullet appeared.

    [Sniper¡¯s Glory (Right Ring)]

    HP +400

    MP +200

    Agility +12

    Vitality +4

    Unique Attributes: Increases damage once past half of maximum range. Every 10 meters will increase damage by 1%. Maximum 50% damage added to final damage!

    Level Required: Level 42

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    ¡°Sniper¡¯s Glory, another top-ss item!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes glowed. The ring was definitely custom-made for Snipers!

    The unique attributes of the ring went into effect only after the attack range exceeded half of the maximum attack range, so only a Sniper could achieve the maximum bonus. Moreover, only a top-ss Sniper who could ensure high uracy at long distances could realize the true potential of the ring!

    For Feng Luo, the effects of the ring would be even better!

    Normal Snipers would only be able to achieve 75% of normal damage, even with the added bonus of the ring, due to the 50% damage reduction when bullets reach their maximum range. However, it was different for Feng Luo. He had learned the rare skill called Maximum Shooting, after all, so even at his maximum range, his damage would remain at 80%! This meant that paired with Sniper¡¯s Glory, the damage he would deal at maximum range would be 120% of normal damage!

    His damage of over 1,000 meters would be greater than at 500 meters. Any yer would be dumbfounded by that fact.

    Feng Luo decided that he would definitely buy that ring.

    ¡°Since its level is rtively low, I¡¯ve arranged for it to be auctioned off in the group bidding round. Don¡¯t forget to bid then!¡± Sister Ruiughed.

    In arge-scale auction like this, tens of thousands of items would be sold at once, so it was natural that not all items would be sold one-by-one on stage.

    Most items would be auctioned off on a tform simr to that of the Exchange. yers would be able to bid on the items freely.

    In this case, the final price would definitely be lower than if it were auctioned on stage. Of course, due to earlier marketing and Huan Yu Company¡¯s high-end clients, even such a method would reel in a higher price than the Exchange.

    However, Sister Rui¡¯s arrangement would clearly help reduce Feng Luo¡¯spetition in bidding for this item.

    Otherwise, even if the equipment had a lower grade, with its unique attribute alone, a lot of expert Snipers would still bid for it!

    ¡°Thank you, Sister Rui!¡± Feng Luo nodded. Now, he had high expectations for the auction tomorrow.

 Chapter 298 - Special Agent Codename

    <h4>Chapter 298: Special Agent Codename</h4>

    The luxurious box was almost 300 square meters, and it had full environment simtion functions. Big Pineapple was looking left and right, touching things here and there as he rambled.

    ¡°Holy f*ck, Old Feng, you¡¯re really something. Not only do you have a private room, but it¡¯s also the magnificent box number two!¡±

    ¡°I heard that all the luxurious boxes after number five are upied all year round by the top ten guilds, while the top five world-ss boxes are all reserved for super VIP clients or the higher-ups ofrge financial groups in the real world! And here, you¡¯ve actually managed to get yourself the number two box. Tsk, tsk!¡±

    ¡°I say, Old Feng. You aren¡¯t the heir of somerge financial group, right?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re thinking too much. We¡¯ve provided Huan Yu Company more than a hundred Rare Grade items to sell, so naturally, we¡¯re considered VIP clients. So it¡¯s natural for us to get the number two box!¡± said Feng Luo. He was calmly seated on the sofa with a virtual screen floating on top of it, browsing through the auction catalog.

    Of course, he only said that to shut Big Pineapple up.

    Apart from his rtionship with Sister Rui, the real reason was probably due to the W-virus Enhancement Potion!

    After Huan Yu¡¯s marketing campaign, the W-virus Enhancement Potion had be incredibly popr. There were even threads appearing on the forum looking to buy one potion for as much as 10 million credits!

    Due to this, 100 Enhancement Potions could fetch an incredible price!

    Added to that, this was only the first batch. An endless supply would be provided to Huan Yu Company in the future, so the profits would be incredible.

    Moreover, based on the Epic Mission information, Intermediate and Advanced Enhancement Potions would appear in the future as a result of Lin¡¯s research. The potential value of those was the focus of Huan Yu Company, which was also the reason why Feng Luo and Big Pineapple were put in box number two.

    Big Pineapple toured the room one more time and sat beside Feng Luo on the sofa. With his usual carefree and casual look, he said, ¡°Alright, then. But Old Feng, I have a very important and serious question I need to ask you.¡±

    ¡°Hmm?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s gaze was still on the auction catalog. He wanted to see if there were any other items that would pique his interest in the auction.

    Puzzled, Big Pineapple asked, ¡°Erm... The Disguise ID and Special Agent Codename that you gave me yesterday, are they really meaningful names in War?¡±

    ¡°First of all, you¡¯re the one who said you have a problem with naming and asked me to help you make up the names, so you can¡¯t me me if they don¡¯t sound nice.¡±

    ¡°But the two names are definitely very strongly rted to the world of War. Rx, even if the yers don¡¯t understand it, the NPCs will definitely understand the awesomeness and deep meaning of your ID and Codename!¡± said Feng Luo without moving his eyes from the catalog.

    Big Pineapple thought for a bit and disyed a satisfied expression. ¡°Alright then!¡±

    ¡°I really can¡¯t understand the Codename ¡®ck Tortoise,¡¯ but it does sound kinda cool. As for the disguise ID Maori Kogoro, it sounds pretty nice. Alright then, Old Feng, thanks!¡±

    ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re wee!¡± Feng Luo replied.

    ...

    After a few minutes, Feng Luo finished browsing through the auction catalog.

    Then, the scene changed into the hall of the auction.

    The golden auction hall could amodate over 50,000 people, but it was already full. There were also multiple hovercraftnding and departing outside.

    Although the Federation army and rebel army had already begun their war, the yers weren¡¯t really affected. One might even say that the beginning of the war storyline spurred the market for higher-grade equipment and potions!

    In two days, a few yers who had received the war mission provided intel that war-rted missions gave impressive rewards. One could earn more than a hundred Merit Points in one short day!

    This was basically profiteering!

    Even Feng Luo, after hearing that piece of news, felt tempted. After all, Merit Points could be traded for SAP on a ratio of 1:5! That meant a huge amount of Rare Grade equipment, B-grade Special Ammunition, and high-ss energy crystals!

    However, at that moment, there was a ruckus near the entrance of the hall. It seemed like someone important was entering.

    ¡°Ah, he¡¯s here!¡±

    ¡°Prince charming? Ah, I see him!¡±

    As expected, a group of yers wearing either high-end casual wear or full sets of morous equipment entered together and walked towards the rotating tech lift beside the hall.

    ¡°Looks like a group from September Guild. Isn¡¯t the person standing in the middle September Night Rain?¡±

    ¡°September Night Rain-sama!¡±

    ¡°Prince charming!... You¡¯re so handsome!¡±

    A lot of young female yers, and even some younger male yers, shouted ecstatically at the top of their lungs.

    ¡°Hello, everyone!¡±

    September Night Rain couldn¡¯t help but stop. He gave the crowds a gentle and friendly smile, but his eyes were filled with darkness.

    Clearly, he wasn¡¯t in a good mood.

    He had failed the hidden mission at thest moment, and more importantly, he was killed by Feng Luo and his ded Beetles before he could even do anything to retaliate. It was as embarrassing as it could get.

    The worst part of it all was that among the items added to the auction item list published by Huan Yu Company yesterday were all of his dropped items, including his Whisper of the Wind ornament!

    He did not need to wonder where that equipment hade from.

    When they were on the casual tform, he had only tried to get close to Sister Rui because he knew her role as the person-in-charge of Huan Yu Company in Storm City.

    He would never have imagined that Sister Rui would treat him so coldly the entire time, even using the ¡°couple restaurant¡± topic to leave with Feng Luo after he invited her to lunch! It had been utterly embarrassing.

    He remembered the incident and had remained bitter about it ever since.

    With his poprity, if he needed a woman in War, the girls and women all throughout Storm City would line up and let him choose. They might even fight each other for him!

    But for a woman to ignore him?!

    However, he learned Rui¡¯s real-world identity from a wealthy youngdy who entered his September Guild after being mesmerized by him. After that, the anger he felt had all dissipated. It even spurred his desire to conquer this woman!

    As such, during the days he had been working on the hidden profession mission, he had asked his subordinates to continue sending flowers to her.

    And around ten days ago, he had even reserved luxurious box number six in advance.

    However, the items that Huan Yu Company added yesterday afternoon made his face green and blue. Itpletely pissed him off, and he had ended up breaking some of the nice things inside his mansion!

    He was certain that the woman was with the Sniper. She intentionally put his equipment on the auction, and even made his Whisper of the Wind the second tost item on the auction!

    News of him failing the hidden mission and losing all his equipped gear had been suppressed by the higher-ups of the guild, and they even denounced the people who were spreading word of what happened. The guild leaders imed it was fake news, and they initiated crisis management in their public rtions department.

    However, the moment Whisper of the Wind and the rest of his top-ss Wind Maniptor equipment were listed on the auction, external chatter and doubts peaked instantly. Severalpetitors had already started to take advantage of the situation.

    That was why he was so angry. Initially, he did not even want to participate in the auction.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the guild leader of September Guild was forcing him to cooperate in their attempt to repurchase his equipment and keep the PR situation from worsening, he never would havee!

    ¡°Broken Wing, Feng Zhi Luoye... Good!¡±

    September Night Rain looked gloomy. He turned around and walked towards his luxurious box on the top floor with hispanions.

 Chapter 299 - Eye of the Thunder, Bid!

    <h4>Chapter 299: Eye of the Thunder, Bid!</h4>

    Big Pineapple looked at September Night Rain¡¯s fake smile on Feng Luo¡¯s screen and asked, ¡°Eh? Doesn¡¯t this guy look familiar?¡±

    As it was dark and raining heavily when they had the group battle on Death Hunter Ind, Big Pineapple, who was a Light Armor Warrior at the time, hadn¡¯t really seen September Night Rain¡¯s face.

    However, upon seeing September Night Rain¡¯s face, which was amazingly popr with young boys and girls, Big Pineapple seemed to recognize him.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. I remember... Isn¡¯t this guy the Wind Maniptor that you took out one-on-one the day before yesterday?¡± Big Pineapple asked teasingly. ¡°Geez, looks like this guy is a superstar yer, and he looks pretty damn popr!¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, if you mention on the forum that youpletely crushed him and even made him lose all his equipment, perhaps some of these female yers will be your fans!¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, I think this might really be a good chance...¡± Big Pineapple said with a wretched smile.

    ¡°You¡¯re being naive,¡± answered Feng Luo calmly. ¡°Do you seriously believe that he became a superstar yer by relying on pure strength? Believe me when I say that even if youpletely crushed him in front of all these people, these female yers would never be your fans; on the contrary, they would curse and verbally destroy you!¡±

    Feng Luo imagined a victorious Big Pineapple extending his arms to wee and embrace all the female fans rushing towards him, a perverted smile on his face, only to be pushed to the ground and trampled by all the high heels. As he envisioned it, he couldn¡¯t help but smile.

    ¡°F*ck. It¡¯s just a world that looks at a person¡¯s face. Moreover, all of them have probably adjusted their looks, unlike yours truly, which ispletely natural. They have no taste!¡±

    Big Pineapple became despondent for a moment, then eximed, ¡°But it shouldn¡¯t be too difficult for me to take this guy out. As long as the terrain is right and I can get the Hellish Meat-Grinder up, even if 20 superstar yerse at me, they¡¯ll just be ground into mincemeat!¡±

    He had chosen Machine Gunner as his second profession. Hellish Meat-Grinder was the Rare Grade top-ss Level 50 machine gun he received from the Big Escape mission he did with Feng Luo.

    It couldn¡¯t be denied that a Heavy Armor Warrior and Machine Gunnerbination would be incredible. One had absolute defense, while the other had the strongest explosive attack. The two professions together would be more than the sum of their parts.

    Initially, it was a bit difficult to choose both professions because their equipment was extremely heavy and took up a lot of space. However, the problem could be easily solved by getting a Beginner Special Agent Bag!

    Big Pineapple was still staring at the screen in depression, but he suddenly called to Feng Luo, ¡°Eh? Old Feng, it looks like there are some familiar faces downstairs!¡±

    ¡°Yes, I see them!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s gaze rested on a few people walking towards the rotating esctor. He and Big Pineapple did not know a lot of people, but they recognized these four.

    ¡°Red Queen, ck Panther, White Crescent, Neutron Star... They¡¯ve increased their numbers!¡±

    The screen showed a woman who only wore a simple red gown, but she made it seem like all the attention was focused on her. She had been their employer the first time Feng Luo and Big Pineapple worked together. ¡°Red Queen!¡±

    And behind her, standing on her left and right, were ck Panther and Neutron Star, both wearing full sets of Rare Grade equipment.

    Behind them were White Crescent and a few other yers with simrly incredible and morous items. They looked like the entourage of a real queen.

    ¡°How unfortunate... This reddy is too intense. Otherwise, I might have epted her invitation!¡± Big Pineapple shook his head regretfully while his eyes shifted between Red Queen and White Crescent¡¯s chest.

    Feng Luo did not speak.

    Red Queen had extended an invitation to him as well, but he had also declined.

    This woman was definitely not simple!

    ...

    After half an hour, the auction finally started.

    ¡°Wee to Huan Yu¡¯s June auction.¡±

    Sister Rui, wearing a formal purple dress, appeared in the middle of the golden auction stage with a bright and calm smile. Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened again.

    ¡°Wow! This host sure is hot. She¡¯s in the same league as Red Queen!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t speak when you eat!¡± Feng Luo red at Big Pineapple, leaving Big Pineapple scratching his head.

    Sister Rui, standing in the middle of the golden stage, began speaking. ¡°This auction is thergest auction organized by the Huan Yu Company in Storm City. There are more than 150,000 high-end items in this auction, including 115,000 pieces of Rare Grade equipment...¡±

    ¡°Apart from that, the auction will also include manufactured Rare Grade sniper rifles and B-grade ammunition, potions and other consumable items...¡±

    ¡°Rare Grade sniper rifles?¡± Big Pineapple clearly hadn¡¯t done much research on the current auction, so he had never heard of the ¡°Eye of the Thunder¡± that Huan Yu had been promoting.

    However, he was well aware of themercial value of manufacturing Rare Grade main weapons!

    ¡°Motherf*cker. That Gun Mechanic sure got lucky!¡± Big Pineapple said enviously.

    Feng Luo really didn¡¯t want to bother speaking to him.

    ¡°Of course, I know that many yers came here specifically to get the W-series permanent stats Enhancement Potion.¡±

    ¡°The W-series potion is a top-notch gene-altering potion that permanently increases HP, strength, energy recovery, and other stats. We, Huan Yu Company, managed to obtain the exclusive sales rights of this potion by working with a Master level NPC and a mysterious yer in the game!¡±

    Sister Rui¡¯s words sparked strong discussions below the stage.

    ¡°Of course, I came here specifically for that potion!¡±

    ¡°Virus potion, huh? The name sounds a bit weird!¡±

    ¡°Mysterious yer! F*ck me! Did the yer trigger a hidden mission and manage to create these Enhancement Potions?¡±

    ¡°Enhancement Potion that increases stats permanently!¡±

    ¡°D*mn, Old Feng. This auction actually has potions like that? I have to buy one, man! I¡¯ll have to buy it even if it costs a million per potion!¡±

    Big Pineapple became excited while looking at the virtual screen, which had now shifted to a picture of the Enhancement Potion.

    Feng Luo remained silent.

    Before the auction, the W-virus Enhancement Potion had already reached 10 million credits per potion, and though Big Pineapple would probably make tens of millions in this auction, it was hard to say if he could actually get one.

    However, Feng Luo clearly could not say that he was the mysterious yer. Sometimes, bing rich while remaining silent was the best choice, after all!

    ¡°Apart from the permanent stat Enhancement Potion, there is also another mysterious item which will be revealed as the grand finale of the auction.¡± Sister Rui¡¯s speech on the auction stage wasing to an end!

    ¡°Now, I¡¯m sure everyone¡¯s raring to go. So, without further ado, Huan Yu¡¯s Storm City June auction officially begins!¡±

    Sister Rui turned around and left the stage. After that, a smiling man and woman walked onto the stage. At the same time, the first auction item appeared on the virtual screen in front of every yer.

    It was a 1.2-meter-long grayish-ck stylish sniper rifle made from a metallic material overflowing with electricity.

    ¡°The opening item, Eye of the Thunder!¡±

 Chapter 300 - The Eye of the Thunder and the Thunder Equipment Set!

    <h4>Chapter 300: The Eye of the Thunder and the Thunder Equipment Set!</h4>

    ¡°Eye of the Thunder, Level 45 Rare-Grade sniper rifle. Attack power 750, attack coefficient C-, +10 strength, +20 agility, 1300M effective firing distance...¡±

    As the three-dimensional image of the Eye of the Thunder levitated on the screens in front of everyone, the male auctioneer, dressed in white casual attire and possessing an energetic vibe, started to describe it.

    ¡°Unique attribute: bullets fired have a 15% chance of having an electrical effect, causing an additional 1500 points of electrical damage!¡±

    ¡°Of course, this is a Perfect-evaluated attribute of the Eye of the Thunder. But even for the Standard-evaluated Eye of the Thunder, the rate of effect of its rare attribute is nheless as high as 10%!¡±

    The male auctioneer continuously describing the various strengths and attribute qualities of the Eye of the Thunder, attempting to ¡°heat up¡± the auction.

    ¡°The most important thing, besides the 1500 additional damage, is that the electrical current can also trigger an ¡®electric shock¡¯ effect, which can send the target into a state of serious motor damage. I guess everyone would understand the importance of this point to a sniper!¡±

    ¡°Also, perhaps many people would think that a 10% chance is not high. But please note, there is a 35% firing interval reduction in the attributes of this sniper rifle; this means that when other sniper rifles fire two shots, it can fire three shots. This means that the chance of activating the rare attribute is increased by half!¡±

    The male auctioneer enthusiastically continued to dupe his audience.

    As a professional auctioneer, it was standard practice to use phrases that clouded buyers¡¯ minds but seemed logical. That was how to be sessful!

    Once the buyer received and scrutinized the item, then realized that it was actually nothing much, that would no longer be the auctioneer¡¯s problem!

    ¡°And a 10% rate is with only one Eye of the Thunder, but everyone please think for a minute; what if it were 10 Eye of the Thunders? The chance of triggering the rare attribute would be increased by 10 times, bing 100%!¡±

    ¡°Other sniper rifles cannot do this, but the Eye of the Thunder can. Because it is a rare, mass-produced sniper rifle!¡±

    Any math teachers in the audience would be having heart attacks, but the male auctioneer raced on with increasing excitement!

    ¡°I believe everyone knows the meaning of ¡®mass-produced¡¯ equipment¡ªthis is a title only able to be earned by creating a Perfect-Grade Eye of the Thunder!¡±

    ¡°At this auction, we will be providing everyone with a chance to bid on Perfect, Fine, and Standard levels of sniper rifles. In this first round of the auction, we¡¯ve made 10 Eye of the Thunders avable!¡±

    ¡°Imagine if 10 Eye of the Thunders were to fire at once, with the 100% rare attribute trigger rate! Whether the target was a yer or a monster, they would have no strength to retaliate!¡±

    ¡°Even if it were a high agility Level 50 Elite, Commander, or even a quasi-BOSS, they would all bepletely contained, let alone in PK, where they would cease to exist!¡±

    ...

    The two auctioneers on stage spoke one after another, rapidly praising the Eye of the Thunder¡ªsome of the yers already had sparkling eyes!

    Of course, there were also quite a few people who were clear headed. There were several huge problems with the auctioneers¡¯ ims.

    One, it was entirely nonsensical to say that one Eye of the Thunder had a 10% rate, and so 10 rifles would have a 100% rate of triggering the rare attribute.

    Two, during PK, the situation of 10 Eye of the Thunders being fired once was totally imusible. Even if the target was a 1000 HP Heavy Armored Warrior, there was no chance he would survive being hit 10 times consecutively by the Eye of the Thunder. There waspletely no need to trigger the rare attribute!

    Moreover, the ¡°electric shock¡± effect of the Eye of the Thunder was dependent on the situation. When faced with non-humanoid monsters,rger bodies would take less damage.

    Feng Luo had tried before, using the Eye of the Thunder to hit a Level 40 Elite single-horned mutant rhino with a weight of more than a ton; when the electric shock damage was triggered, that mutant rhino¡¯s movement hadn¡¯t been affected at all. The creature was enraged nheless, and it wacked several ded Beetles and sent them flying.

    ¡°F*ck, a sniper rifle with the rare attribute of a controlling effect; if I was really aimed at by 10 of those, I¡¯d die while I was still trying to get away!¡± Big Pineapple mumbled as he stared at the auction.

    Feng Luo had forgotten once again about this fellow beside him who was obsessed with defense.

    But Big Pineapple did not know that Feng Luo was the creator of the Eye of the Thunder, as yers who created equipment could choose to be anonymous.

    Feng Luo did not leave his ID on any of the rifles to be put up for sale.

    ¡°Well then, no need to say more, I bet everyone is already very interested.¡±

    ¡°The auction of the first batch of 10 Standard-Grade Eye of the Thunders shall begin!¡±

    ¡°Ten Standard-Grade Eye of the Thunders, starting price of 4,000,000 credits, each raise cannot be less than 100,000 credits!¡±

    ¡°4,200,000!¡±

    ¡°4,500,000!¡±

    ¡°4,800,000!¡±

    ...

    As the male auctioneer opened the bidding, bids were already flowing in, showing up on the screens!

    In the number 6 box, a dark-faced September Night Rain sat alone on the sofa, watching the progress of the auction. A subordinate bent towards him and spoke softly.

    ¡°Brother Night, these Eye of the Thunders are definitely valuable, and the Chairman would like you to bring 10 to 20 back with you. Also, we need to make people notice that we are bidding. That way, the outside world won¡¯t suspect that we are here for the Whisper of the Wind and your other equipment!¡±

    ¡°Hmph, okay!¡± September Night Rain ced a finger on a certain spot on the screen, then used his voice to input a price.

    ¡°6,300,000!¡±

    Smack!

    A roaring cheer sounded in the auction hall; the name of the person who had raised the bid by 1,500,000 credits showed on the screen as September Night Rain. He had used his name to get everyone¡¯s attention, rather than hiding his identity.

    ¡°September God!¡±

    ¡°Nine God!¡±

    ¡°September Senior, I love you!¡±

    In the hall, the excited cheering from fans resounded!

    This made September Night Rain¡¯s face soften into a slight smile.

    ...

    In the number 10 box, Neutron Star turned to ck Panther.

    ¡°Are you still going to raise?¡±

    ¡°This rifle¡¯s attributes are indeed very suitable for me, and it wouldplement my sniper rifle. But we have no need for ten of them, and the price has already risen too high.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll just take one when the Perfect-evaluated Eye of the Thunders are auctioned off one at a time!¡± ck Panther said, ncing at Red Queen¡¯s impassive face.

    ...

    A minuteter, the pack of 10 Standard-Grade Eye of the Thunders had been bought by the people of September Guild at a price of 7,100,000 credits.

    ¡°Seven point one million credits, congrattions to guest September Night Rain on winning this auction¡¯s opening item. Our staff will immediately send the Eye of the Thunders to your box, or you may also choose for us to send them to a specific locationter!¡±

    Of course, September Night Rain, who had bid aggressively for the 10 Rare-Grade sniper rifles the moment he started, had his ID cheered on by some people below once more.

    Furthermore, this opening price naturally quickly heated up the auction atmosphere, and the subsequent equipment prices followed and surged upwards!

    Of course, Feng Luo would actually be benefitting from September Night Rain¡¯s aggressive bidding. Feng Luo smiled slightly. He did not say anything, as earning a fortune was more important!

    ...

    ¡°Seven hundred and seventy thousand, done deal!¡±

    ¡°Congrattions, this Excellent quality Eye of the Soul ne to guest No. 10344!¡±

    On the auction stage, the tall female host, whose face looked wless after the system¡¯s stic surgery, spoke in a soothing voice. On the screen behind her, a Level 50 ne engraved with a ck eye showed a ¡°sold¡± status!

    ¡°Hehe!¡± Big Pineapple in the number 2 box was delighted.

    This essory was his first prize; although it was Excellent-Grade, it could match up with some quality Rare equipment. After all, Rare essories were too scarce! Of course, he had bought it for only 770,000 credits because there were too many people watching this auction.

    In addition to the 50,000 people present, there were a lot of people watching the auction through their personal terminals or the forum. Any product with decent attributes would be receiving bids from a few hundred to a thousand people.

    ¡°Old Feng, War is truly f*cked up! In the games I¡¯ve yed in the past, even the most precious equipment only costs 20,000 or 30,000 Star Coins per piece. Among today¡¯s solo-auctioned items, more than half of them have gone for 1,000,000 credits or above! ying this game could bankrupt you!¡± Big Pineapplemented.

    This point actually wasn¡¯t as strange as Big Pineapple was making it seem; typical virtual games naturally couldn¡¯t bepared to War¡¯s reality at all.

    Moreover, there was the Star Federation¡¯s hardcore promotion¡ªeveryone in the 17th Executive Star had a War ount. A monopolized game which covered all citizens was equivalent to a second-world country in reality.

    Other virtual games didn¡¯t stand a chance of matching up to the equipment here!

    Despite the continually rising prices of new quality Rare equipment and essory sets, Feng Luo knew things wouldn¡¯t be slowing down anytime soon!

    Due to the constant release of new equipment and the fact that the game was increasingly influenced by the Star Federation¡¯s economy in reality, the prices of new equipment would definitely still be increasing!

    Even the Legendary-grade finale item ¡°Desert Crown¡± would be sold at an unbelievable sky-high price!

    After all, there was support from backstage.

    ...

    ¡°The next item up for bids is a Light Armored Warrior armor set!¡±

    Just then, the female auctioneer on stage used a soothing voice as she moved on to a new item, and the huge screen behind her switched.

    [SSG-Thunder (Level 50 Rare ¡¤ 5-piece set)!]

    This was a Light Armored Warrior Alloy Armor of a blue-ck color. It was very light, with a vintage armor style, while also seeming reminiscent of a technological solo soldier armor.

    ¡°Starting at 2,000,000 credits, each raise cannot be less than 50,000 credits!¡±

    ¡°2,500,000!¡±

    Feng Luo sat up straight and named a price for the first time in the auction.

 Chapter 301 - 3.5 Million, Deal!

    <h4>Chapter 301: 3.5 Million, Deal!</h4>

    SSG-Thunder (Equipment Set)

    [Grade] Rare

    [Contents] Chest te, shoulder guard, thigh guard, helmet, belt

    [5-piece Overall Attributes]

    HP +4000

    Agility +80; Strength +40; Vitality +20

    All Energy Resistance +20%

    Defense +500

    Defense Coefficient: C-

    Energy Recovery Speed +100%

    HP Recovery Speed +50%

    Rare Attribute: bonus strength attribute enhancement of 35% agility attribute (the enhancement cannot add to attack power but provides strength effect)!

    Equipment Set Attribute: coefficient increase of 15% in strength enhancement!

    Required Level: 50

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    This was a very atypical Light Armored Warrior armor as its main attribute was actually Agility!

    The Light Armored Warrior¡¯s main attribute was unquestionably ¡°Strength,¡± as only by possessing War¡¯s highest range of strength effect enhancement could the Light Armored Warrior stand at an unshakable position in closebat!

    Therefore, for almost any Alloy Light Armor set, the main enhanced attribute would be Strength!

    However, the Agility attribute was also beneficial. Closebat damage in War was influenced by both Speed and Strength, so it was logically possible for a Light Armored Warrior to take the Agility route!

    Even so, the ¡°Agility-type¡± Warrior would definitely be at a disadvantage when faced with a ¡°Strength-type¡± Warrior! Insufficient body strength would result in difficulty parrying a Strength-type Warrior¡¯s attack in closebat, and it would even be possible for the Agility-type¡¯s weapon to be knocked out of their hand.

    This problem was undoubtedly very severe!

    Feng Luo¡¯s main profession was a Sniper, and his main enhanced attribute was undoubtedly Agility. Now that he had chosen Light Armored Warrior as his second profession, he was naturally facing this problem!

    Half of this problem was clearly solved by this ¡°Thunder¡± equipment set!

    The rare attribute¡¯s total of 50% Agility converted into strength effect was sufficient for him to face most Light Armored Warriors without being too inferior in Strength and also with the stats for closebat!

    Not to mention that the other attributes of this equipment set were simrly quite decent¡ªan enhancement of 4000 HP was considerably high, even among Level 50 Rare equipment.

    And the ¡°C- Grade¡± defense coefficient and 20% all Energy resistance were undoubtedly extremely eye-catching attributes!

    Thus, Feng Luo had submitted a bid immediately, raising by 500,000!

    However, it was clear that there were quite a lot of yers interested in this Thunder equipment set. The bid was quickly surpassed by others.

    The bid was continuously increasing, reaching 3,000,000 credits in 10 short seconds!

    ¡°Three million already!¡±

    In the number 11 box, the Light Armored Warrior called Neutron Star creased his forehead.

    He had just bid 2,950,000, but he had been outbid in less than a second, and as he was speaking, the price rose to 3,100,000!

    ¡°Seems like this auction¡¯s atmosphere is too heated up because of the permanent Enhancement Potions. Many pieces of equipment have far exceeded their true values already.¡±

    Seeing the persistently rising bid, Neutron Star helplessly decided to give up.

    Due to his talent, which was aplete enhancement in Agility, his ability would improve by quite a bit if he could get this ¡°Thunder¡± equipment set! However, he really could not pay more than 3,000,000, so he could only helplessly stop, grumbling to himself.

    ¡°But this person in number 2 box is rather persistent. After cing the first bid, he actually raised by 300,000 once again, as if he wants to finish what he started?¡±

    As heined, Neutron Star¡¯s eyes stared once more at the board and the number ¡°2,¡± which represented the current high bidder.

    He would never have suspected that the person inside that box was Feng Luo!

    ¡°Old Feng, 3,500,000... You really want it that much?¡±

    In the number 2 box, Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened, and his face looked almost like he was in pain. Feng Luo¡¯s frenzied bidding made him feel envious and also frustrated!

    He was envious of how Feng Luo raised the price without blinking. Even though Feng Luo would probably make a lot of money from the items he was selling in this auction, he still wasn¡¯t rich enough to throw out more than 3,000,000 credits without a second thought!

    He felt frustrated because of the unnecessarilyrge bids that Feng Luo was submitting. If Big Pineapple had been bidding, he would have added 50,000 every time. That way, he wouldn¡¯t spend any more than he had to!

    ¡°Still a good deal...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes stared closely at the auction stage.

    He had truly liked the ¡°Thunder¡± set, and collecting the set by other means would be extraordinarily difficult. Hence, as long as the price was not too ridiculously high, he absolutely had to win it!

    Unlike Big Pineapple, Feng Luo knew how his bids would affect the other bidders. Slowly entangling withpetitors in raising the price was not a good strategy, because in this way, it was too easy for the price to rise extremely high!

    On the other hand, raising the bid by sudden jumps was the easiest to eliminate the opponent¡¯spetitiveness.

    As expected, after Feng Luo had submitted arge bid once again, the other fewpetitors fell silent, all of them choosing to give up in the end!

    After all, although this equipment set was quite decent, its rare attribute could unleash its greatest effect only for Light Armored Warriors taking the Agility route. A price of 3,500,000 credits was already extremely high!

    ¡°Congrattions to the VIP in number 2 box, winning this ¡®Thunder¡¯ armor set with a bid of 3,500,000 credits, we will immediately be sending this equipment set to your box!¡±

    On the stage, the female auctioneer possessing a perfect face and figure and wearing a gold-colored formal dress spoke with a smile.

    ¡°What the f*ck! 3,500,000 credits, that¡¯s the same as 350,000 Star Coins!¡±

    ¡°Wow, he really wanted that!¡±

    ¡°The number 2 box, that¡¯s Huan Yu¡¯s top-grade box, right? It¡¯s supposedly reserved for big patrons or top star yers!¡±

    In the hall, some yers chattered, even raising their heads to gaze at the box region above their heads.

    Three point five million was one of the three highest selling prices so far!

    Not everyone participating in this auction had the ability to bid for these solo-auctioned pieces of premium equipment; in fact, more than half of the people in the hall did not have this ability.

    In addition, considering that Feng Luo was sitting in such an important location, they were naturally curious about his identity!

    But due to the Huan Yu auction using arge-scale environmental simtion technology, the people in the hall could not see what was in the luxury boxes above, and thus couldn¡¯t see what Feng Luo looked like.

    And Feng Luo certainly would not publicize his ID like September Night Rain did, and so the crowds regained their calm after the shortmotion.

    The auction continued...

    Having won the ¡°Thunder¡± armor, Feng Luo looked over the rest of the auction listing and found that he had no interest in the rest of the items. Thus, he switched the image on his screen to the group-auction list; there was still something there that he needed.

    ¡°Sniper¡¯s Glory!¡±

    Feng Luo entered the search content on the screen, quickly finding the ring which Sister Rui had specially reminded him about.

    At that moment, there were already quite a lot of people bidding on the ring. The starting price of 500,000 credits had already been raised to 590,000 credits!

    ¡°650,000!¡± Feng Luo overbid once again.

    However, he knew that getting a ring of this quality at such a price probably wouldn¡¯t be possible. The truepetition would most likely happen in thest second of the auction. But thankfully, finding the cash to buy this ring wouldn¡¯t be a problem!

    Because the auctioning process in the game was very quick, the 7,100,000 credits from selling the 10 Eye of the Thunders had already reached his ount. Minus the transaction fee and system tax, of course.

 Chapter 302 - W-virus Enhancement Potions, Auction Start!

    <h4>Chapter 302: W-virus Enhancement Potions, Auction Start!</h4>

    ording to Sister Rui¡¯s arrangement, there would still be a second batch of 10 Standard-Grade Eye of the Thunders and a third batch of 10 Excellent-Grade Eye of the Thunders, as well as three Perfect-Grade Eye of the Thunders to be auctioned solo!

    Therefore, the profits from just the Eye of the Thunders alone was probably around 30,000,000!

    Not to mention that there were still the 40 pieces of Rare equipment and the Whisper of the Wind ornament set, which were estimated to be worth almost 20,000,000!

    And of course, the all-important W-virus Enhancement Potions hadn¡¯t been sold yet either!

    Of all the sellers in the whole auction, only Glory Guild with their ¡°Desert Crown¡± stood a chance of earning as much as he would! Therefore, no matter how much this ring ended up costing, he would have sufficient credits to win it!

    In addition topeting for the ring, Feng Luo also bid on two types of B-Grade blood tonics and other rare consumables. After he ced the bids, a loud wave of cheering suddenly sounded from the screen before Big Pineapple!

    The huge screen behind the auction stage had revealed the next item, which was a blue-colored spiraling tube injection syringe!

    The basic W-virus Enhancement Potion!

    ¡°Wow, the Enhancement Potion is going to be auctioned next up!¡±

    ¡°Finally!¡±

    Many yers in the hall were already bing excited.

    ¡°This item is a Level 45 Warrior Rare Alloy Longsword, with an attack power as high as 550 and a C- Grade attack coefficient, at the same time it enhances...¡±

    On the auction stage, the male auctioneer in a leather suit was still smiling as he described the silver alloy sword currently on auction!

    ¡°Hurry up and auction the Enhancement Potion!¡±

    ¡°Who cares about that alloy sword!¡±

    ¡°Sell that thing off already! We¡¯re all waiting for the Enhancement Potion!¡±

    Some of the yers below the stage in the hall had already started jeering, and the distorted noises made the two auctioneers break into cold sweats as they hurriedly announced the start of the auctioning of this Rare longsword!

    In the end, nobody wanted to bid on the Level 45 Rare Alloy Longsword after only two rounds, and it was sold at a price of just 20,000 credits more than its starting price!

    The owner of this longsword was probably already in tears. But as he was crying, all the buyers were delighted!

    Because just then, with a change of image, a faint blue-colored spiraling tube Enhancement Potion had appeared on the screen in front of everyone!

    [Basic Enhancement Virus (W) Enhancement Potion ¡¤ Version II]

    100% rate of fusion sess upon use. Obtain: Intelligence +10, MP +300, Energy Condensation Rate +5%, MP Basic Recovery Rate +20%...

    Evaluation: Perfect!

    The first auctioned potion, main enhanced attribute ¨C intelligence!

    ...

    Which profession was the mostmon in War? The answer wasn¡¯t clear, because both Warriors and Maniptors had very high poptions, and the game officials did not give out the game¡¯s statistics!

    But if asked which profession had the most rich people? Then 90% of people would answer: the Maniptors! The Machine Gunners and Mechanists were also known for their wealth, but these two professions had rather small poptions.

    Only the Energy Maniptors, holding Energy converters (staffs), wearing gorgeous Energy clocks, controlling fire dragons, tornadoes, meteorites, and storms, possessing huge-range attack power, were the true profession loved by average local tycoons!

    After all, the Maniptors had gorgeous equipment, rad skills, and even huge-range attacks that could y entire groups of monsters!

    Inparison, Warriors and Gunners seemed like losers. Of course, except for the local tycoon Machine Gunners! Hence, Sister Rui had put this Intelligence-boosting Enhancement Potion up for auction first, clearly purposefully!

    ¡°War¡¯s first W-virus basic Enhancement Potion will now be auctioned, starting price of 3,000,000 credits, each raise cannot be less than 100,000 credits!¡±

    ¡°It starts now!¡±

    The male and female auctioneers on the golden stage did not need to do an introduction at all. All the yers participating in the auction were already well-versed with the attributes of this Enhancement Potion that had been heavily promoted by Huan Yu.

    Those who had decided on buying already could not wait!

    Therefore, even if the first W-virus Enhancement Potion¡¯s starting price was already as high as 3,000,000 credits, the price was still rising rapidly!

    ¡°3,500,000!¡±

    ¡°3,700,000!¡±

    ¡°4,200,000!¡±

    ¡°5,200,000!¡±

    In less than 10 seconds, the price of the first Intelligence-enhancing Enhancement Potion had already broken through the 5,000,000-credit gate, and the bids weren¡¯t slowing down!

    ¡°5,000,000 and it¡¯s still rising. These people are insane!¡±

    ¡°All the equipment I¡¯m carrying doesn¡¯t even cost 50,000 credits, and there are people who would spend 5,000,000 credits to buy a one-time-use Enhancement Potion!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s a very poor way to phrase that. This Enhancement Potion is not a one-time-use; it¡¯s permanent!¡±

    On the yers¡¯ forum where the auction was live streamed, the yers who were watching for enjoyment were already swiping the screen.

    ¡°What the f*ck, it¡¯s still rising. I prepared a total of 4,000,000 credits; didn¡¯t think I¡¯d be locked out of bidding in the first few seconds!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m worse off with 3,000,000. That¡¯s just barely enough for the starting price!¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ve got no choice. The first Enhancement Potion has surged so high, we¡¯ll have to wait for the next ones, see if they drop?¡±

    The yers in the hall were simrly glued to their screens on the region channel!

    ¡°Isn¡¯t this price a little too high? They should know that the enhanced attributes of one Enhancement Potion are not even equivalent to a piece of Level 45 Normal equipment!¡±

    There were also some yers who felt that such a price wasn¡¯t even remotely worth it.

    Realistically speaking, the attributes enhanced by the basic W-virus Enhancement Potion were indeed unable to match up to the attributes enhanced by most equipment. The attributes enhanced by anyone Level 35 or 45 Fine essory might even be higher!

    But clearly, it could not be calcted this way.

    yers¡¯ equipment was limited in quantity; when a yer was fully d in equipment, his attributes would have reached the limit. Other yers just needed to have the same equipment as him, and they would be able to achieve the same attribute enhancement effects!

    The permanently enhanced attributes after injecting the W-virus Enhancement Potion were undoubtedly different. Due to the quantity limit, only a few people would be able to acquire the potion, so it would create an important gap between any two parties with simr equipment!

    Taking an Enhancement Potion was actually equivalent to having one more piece of normal equipment than others. If someone took all four potions, then it would essentially be one more Rare-grade essory!

    To those local tycoon yers who were extremely wealthy, this was naturally something worth pursuing!

    And so, the price of the first Enhancement Potion was continuing to rise!

    ¡°7,800,000!¡±

    ¡°7,900,000!¡±

    ¡°8,000,000!¡±

    In the blink of an eye, the price had already broken through the 8,000,000 credit-gate.

    But at this moment, it seemed like the number of peoplepeting had been reduced.

    No one in the hall was bidding anymore; all the remainingpetitors were the yers in the luxury boxes!

    ¡°8,700,000!¡±

    ¡°8,900,000!¡±

    ¡°9,100,000!¡±

    After breaking through 9,000,000, the bidders in the boxes started to be quiet one by one.

    In the end, only number 11 and number 1 were still bidding!

    ¡°9,700,000!¡±

    ¡°9,800,000!¡±

    Between the two yers, the price continued to climb.

    But as the male and female voices called out bids, they werepletely rxed, as if nearly 10,000,000 credits was nothing to be concerned about.

    In actual fact, the people in the two boxes really weren¡¯t that concerned about that much money.

    Nine million credits was the same as 900,000 Star Coins, and to truly rich yers in War, it was not too big of a deal!

    And the fact that there were only two bidders stillpeting was not because the yers had no more strength topete. They just wanted to observe first, to see what kind of price this first Enhancement Potion would be sold at. Then they would decide their subsequentpetition strategy!

    After all, as Huan Yu had said before, this auction would have a total of 20 Enhancement Potions to be auctioned.

    And many people had truly prepared to bid for not just one, but a set of four!

    ¡°9,900,000!¡±

    ¡°10,000,000!¡±

    Thepetition between number 11 and number 1 continued, and the price had already shot past 10,000,000!

    Ten million credits to buy an Enhancement Potion that was basic-grade... Was this the local tycoons who were ridiculously rich?

    The audience on the forum and some normal yers in the hall held their breath, a little dumbfounded.

 Chapter 303 - Whisper of the Wind Equipment Set, Auction Start!

    <h4>Chapter 303: Whisper of the Wind Equipment Set, Auction Start!</h4>

    ¡°10,500,000!¡±

    In number 11 box, the Red Queen¡¯s face was very calm, but her bid was a 500,000 credit raise! She was clearly trying to convey her tenacity¡ªshe must get this Intelligence Enhancement Potion!

    ¡°11,000,000!¡±

    But the male voice from number 1 box did not show any sign of backing down, and the new bid was simrly a raise of 500,000 credits!

    ¡°F*ck, already exceeded 10,000,000 and it¡¯s still rising!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to faint!¡±

    All the observers were envious of the two remaining bidders, but they were also filled with curiosity, all wanting to know what kind of shocking price this little ¡°Enhancement Potion¡± would be sold at!

    ¡°12,000,000!¡±

    The Red Queen in box 11 creased her eyebrows as she raised once again.

    This time, it was directly raised by an entire 1,000,000 credits!

    ¡°13,500,000!¡±

    But right after, the voice of the male yer in box 1 sounded once more, directly adding 1,500,000 credits to the 12,000,000 base!

    ¡°F*ck, this price is really f*cking creepy!¡±

    ¡°The longer this goes on, the more rapidly the price rises. They are totally going to bid more than 15,000,000!¡±

    The crowd of melon-eating spectators were filled with jealousy and spite!

    But their prediction did note true.

    After seeing the opponent¡¯s determination, the Red Queen decisively chose to give up, no longer raising the price!

    ¡°A smart woman has no need to fight at a time like this. This first batch of Enhancement Potions are probably the only ones that will be sold for this much...¡±

    In the number 2 box, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shed with agreement.

    From the voice just now, he had already determined the identity of the bidder. The imperious voice of the Red Queen certainly made an impression.

    ¡°13,500,000! Congrattions to the guest in number 1 box, winning War¡¯s very first permanent attribute Enhancement Potion!¡±

    On the auction stage, the two auctioneers, finally seeing the conclusion, made the announcement with delighted faces!

    ¡°Spending over 1,000,000 Star Coins to buy a game potion which doesn¡¯t even provide much of an attribute enhancement... What the f*ck!¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s face was filled with shock and admiration. His own Rare equipment prizes were simrly being auctioned at impressive prices, totaling around 10,000,000!

    But the credits that were spent for just this little blue-colored potion hadpletely outweighed the profits from 40 pieces of Rare equipment¡ªthis was simply daylight robbery!

    Daylight robbery, of course it is... Feng Luo thought.

    The final bid of 13,500,000 credits was 30% more than his prediction; it was more than daylight robbery! But in truth, the real thief was the system, not him!

    His and Lin¡¯s shares were three to one, which meant that he could only get 3,750,000 of those 13,500,000 credits; considering the transaction fee and tax, his profit should only be around 3,300,000!

    But that was still a ridiculous amount of money, wasn¡¯t it?

    After all, 3,300,000 credits was almost the price of a ¡°Thunder¡± armor set!

    Nheless, there was still one problem; Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t really receive the 3,300,000 credits. As Lin had said before, 90% of the credits from the Enhancement Potion sales would be used in researching the perfect virus and creating even higher grades of Enhancement Potions!

    Hence, in reality, Feng Luo would only receive around 300,000 credits for the Enhancement Potion! The biggest share actually belonged to the system or the gamepany!

    Of course, Feng Luo was already very satisfied. After all, other than having to donate blood as an NPC¡¯sb rat, he still had to satisfy Lin¡¯s requests and help her search for more mutant evolution viruses.

    The things he had to do were actually much work, especially with Huan Yu Company¡¯s help in gathering the rare ingredients for creating the Enhancement Potions.

    Therefore, these 300,000 credits were essentially a fortune gifted by the system!

    Not to mention, if he got 300,000 credits for each, it would be 3,000,000 credits for 10. And Lin had passed him a total of 100, which meant 30,000,000!

    Three million Star Coins, and this was only the produce of 10 days from Lin¡¯sboratory!

    The price of the W-virus Enhancement Potion would definitely drop, and if the Resident Evil plot arc officially began, zombies of Commander-Grade and above would produce Enhancement Potions. That would make the potion prices drop dramatically!

    But no matter what, he was already striking it big.

    Plus there was one more thing to consider; when Feng Luo had finished his mission from before, he had used up three of the four Enhancement Potions he had been given by Lin.

    That remaining one Intelligence attribute Enhancement Potion he had kept deliberately. ording to the super-high price he had seen just now, this one potion could bring almost 10,000,000 credits into his ount!

    ...

    The auction continued!

    Sister Rui¡¯s grasp of the yers¡¯ psychology was very good, and the entire auctioning process went smoothly and steadily.

    Regardless of whether it was the Eye of the Thunder or the Enhancement Potions, they were all separated and auctioned in batches. Each auction for Rare equipment would be a round of intensepetition!

    Thus, the auction atmosphere stayed heated, and not only did the price not reduce for long, but thepetition among yers became rather insane as the auction drew closer to its end!

    The second round of 10 Standard-evaluated Eye of the Thunder sniper rifles had a total auction price of 7,500,000 credits!

    The first pack of permanent Enhancement Potions of four different attributes had an auction price of 47,300,000 credits (the prices of the other three were slightly lower than that of the Intelligence one)!

    The third round of 10 Excellent-evaluated Eye of the Thunder rifles had an auction price of 8,800,000 credits!

    The fourth round, one solo Perfect-evaluated Eye of the Thunder, had an auction price of 1,030,000!

    ...

    With the system directly assisting in the transactions and with more than one more auction stage going at the same time, the auction progressed very quickly. But with more than 5000 pieces of solo-auctioned premium equipment, it still made the duration of the auction quite long. The auction wasn¡¯t nearing its end until after 9PM at night!

    After thest round of four permanent Enhancement Potions had been auctioned off at a high price of more than 50,000,000 credits, this auction¡¯s second from thest item, the ¡°Whisper of the Wind¡± equipment set, finally took the stage!

    ¡°Whisper of the Wind series, Level 50 Rare 3-piece set, increases Wind Energy damage by 40%!¡±

    ¡°It is said that a hidden NPC ornament master created it, using a very precious rare crystal, in addition to more than 100 fine-cut Wind Energy Crystals of A-Grade purity¡ªit is known as a top luxury item among Rare equipment!¡±

    The female auctioneer had rested for a period of time halfway through the auction, and now she had once again stepped onstage. Even her eyes looked mesmerized as she introduced the Whisper of the Wind.

    After all, the allure of sparkling objects was the same to both women and dragons!

    The male auctioneer was more swift, knowing that the yers already could not wait!

    ¡°Starting price of 12,000,000 credits, each raise cannot be less than 200,000. Let the auction begin now!¡± he announced loudly.

    ¡°15,000,000!¡±

    His words had just been spoken when the male voice from box 1 sounded once again, this time raising 3,000,000 with the first bid!

 Chapter 304 - Record-Breaking Price

    <h4>Chapter 304: Record-Breaking Price</h4>

    ¡°Wow, the mysterious box 1 buyer is striking again!¡±

    ¡°He has already won five Enhancement Potions in this auction, not to mention the other 20 or so pieces of top quality equipment. He must have already spent a billion credits, at least!¡±

    ¡°One billion credits are 100,000,000 Star Coins! Plus, his voice is really maic, able to melt people¡¯s hearts, and I¡¯ll bet that his looks are decent. Handsome nouveau riche, do you have a girlfriend!¡±

    The moment the box 1 buyer took action, it had quickly triggered heated discussions among the yers in the hall.

    Although there were many local tycoons in this auction, the mysterious buyer in box 1 was definitely the most attention-catching! He had bid frequently throughout the whole auction, and his bids were always high enough to pressure others to give up inpetitions.

    Winning auction by dramatic overbidding was naturally attention-catching!

    But this time, the huge raise by the number 1 box clearly did not scare away the other bidders.

    ¡°16,200,000!¡±

    The Whisper of the Wind wasn¡¯t just a Level 50 Rare equipment set; it was known as the cream of the crop among quality equipment. This was the most sought after item in the auction so far, so the bid price was climbing steadily!

    ¡°17,300,000!¡±

    ¡°18,600,000!¡±

    ¡°19,200,000!¡±

    yers with good memories quickly recalled the auction of Starry Sky Company, Huan Yu¡¯s rival, not long ago.

    ¡°It has exceeded 19,000,000. Two weeks ago, when Starry Sky Company auctioned an identical set of the Whisper of the Wind ornaments, the final bid was only 18,880,000! Logically speaking, equipment prices should depreciate, so why is the price this time exceeding the previous?¡±

    ¡°Right, I remember the previous auction too. That set of Whisper of the Wind ornaments was the finale, and it was bought by September Night Rain for 18,880,000 credits, right? At that time, the September Guild navy had also been promoting September Night Rain on the forum for quite a while!¡±

    ¡°September Night Rain? Say, I heard something about him. Seems like September Night Rain lost all his equipment because of someone the day before yesterday, leaving him in only his undergarments after he revived!¡±

    On the yers¡¯ channel, some yers immediately exposed the ¡°fake¡± news loudly.

    ¡°Bullsh*t, how¡¯s that possible?¡±

    ¡°September Night Rain is one of the top 10 experts. Even if someone was able to kill him, it wouldn¡¯t be possible to make him lose it all... You¡¯re totally spouting nonsense!¡±

    There were yers who expressed disbelief, but there were also yers who instantly expressed support.

    ¡°He¡¯s not spouting nonsense, I can prove it. My friend is an executive in the September Guild, and he mentioned this to me privately...¡±

    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve heard it before too...¡±

    ¡°No wonder, that¡¯s why I say September...¡±

    And after these two people had spoken, there were more yers speaking up on the forum to discuss the matter of September Night Rain being defeated.

    As a top 10 expert, September Night Rain¡¯s poprity in Storm City had always been very high. He had many fans, and because of his handsomeness, he was loved by many youngdies! But such a person would clearly be the arch enemy of most men, and thus people would naturally spare no effort in hating on him as long as they were able to get a chance.

    In addition, some of his star yerpetitors were secretly orchestrating these conversations as well.

    ¡°If we consider just the Whisper of the Wind ornaments, there have only been five or six sets in the whole game up until now! In our Storm City, two sets have appeared in only two weeks, and both of them are of Perfect evaluation. Doesn¡¯t that seem unlikely? That¡¯s way too coincidental! Therefore, September Night Rain was definitely beaten by someone, and this ornament set is his!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, you¡¯re the one f*cking beaten! With September God¡¯s ability, he would totally be able to own you even without equipment and without skills! You¡¯re making up nonsense because you¡¯re jealous!¡±

    ¡°Yeah, you have no ability, you look pathetic, and you¡¯re still jealous of others...¡±

    However, it was clear that there was also a huge number of September Night Rain¡¯s fans¡ªif there were hardcore haters, there would naturally be hardcore supporters too!

    Thus, on the yers¡¯ channel, two huge groups of people had begun quarreling!

    In the number 6 box, September Night Rain¡¯s face was so dark it could have rained. As he read the variousments on the yers¡¯ channel, his fingernails on both hands were stabbing deeper and deeper into his palms.

    ¡°I still haven¡¯t won it?¡± he asked, his voice filled with rage.

    ¡°Brother Night, the guy in the f*cking number 1 box just doesn¡¯t give up!¡±

    In the number 30 box, a local tycoon yer who had no rtion at all with the September Guild was continuously raising the price,peting with the mysterious yer in the number 1 box!

    ¡°20,000,000!¡±

    ¡°21,800,000!¡±

    ¡°23,300,000!¡±

    On the auction screen, the price consistently surged upwards, while September Night Rain¡¯s face grew increasingly dark with panic.

    Once 20,000,000 credits had been surpassed, only the local tycoon yer personally arranged by the September Guild leader and that mysterious yer in the number 1 box were stillpeting. The other people had already given up on thepetition!

    However, this yer was still bidding continuously, even when the price was now beyond 25,000,000 credits. And his opponent apparently had no intention of giving up either!

    This situation made September Night Rain feel cold to the core. After all, his guild wasn¡¯t giving him any funds to buy the equipment back; he would have to fork out all of it himself.

    More importantly, the mockery from those people on the yers¡¯ channel was bing increasingly ridiculous!

    All because...

    September Night Rain¡¯s face became calm, and his eyes looked as sharp as a sword. Both his knuckles cracked out loud from being pressed so hard.

    ...

    ¡°30,500,000!¡±

    ¡°Congrattions to the guest in the number 1 box, winning this iconic, top-grade Maniptor, luxury-status Whisper of the Wind equipment set!¡±

    On the auction stage, the male auctioneer¡¯s face had already reddened.

    The auctioneers would also be rewarded for thisrge-scale auction today¡ªthe higher the final price, the more they would earn!

    ¡°Finished...¡±

    In the number 30 box, that local tycoon yer who had failed thepetition was breaking into a cold sweat.

    He hadn¡¯t stopped bidding because he was unwilling to continue, but because he had exhausted the funds given to him by September Night Rain. The auction time limit expired before they couldplete the quick transfer to replenish his funds!

    ¡°30,500,000 is more than half again the original selling price. Using so much money to buy a set of game equipment is totally sick...¡±

    He had initially thought that 30,000,000 credits would definitely be enough to win this ornament set; he hadn¡¯t expected that he would meet someone who treated credits like water!

    The face of the local tycoon yer was grim to the core, following that. As he thought of September Night Rain¡¯s real personality, the one that wasn¡¯t revealed to the public, his face turned pale and the sweat on his forehead intensified!

    ...

    ¡°30,500,000, what the f*ck, this price has broken records, right?¡±

    ¡°If I remember correctly, even the most expensive ornament set on record was sold for less than 22,000,000. This auction has just exceeded that by 8,000,000!¡±

    ¡°Not just the ornaments; even the most incredible 8-piece Perfect-Grade Warrior Rare equipment did not reach such a price! This set the record for all equipment!¡±

    The auctioneers made the normal arrangements for transporting the item, and the topic on the yers¡¯ channel finally shifted away from September Night Rain. The 30,000,000-price had undoubtedly left everyone shocked and envious.

    ¡°Such a record-breaking price probably won¡¯t be surpassed for a while!¡±

    ¡°No! You¡¯ve neglected the point that this is only the second-tost item in this auction!¡±

    ¡°Right, it¡¯s still just the second-tost item. The true finale item is still toe!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, Huan Yu is really ying it mysterious this time, not announcing what thest thing is. But it definitely must be even more impressive than the permanent Enhancement Potions and the Whisper of the Wind equipment set. If not, how could it be the finale?¡±

    ¡°Right!¡±

    All the yers reacted, and everyone on the forum, in the hall, and in their respective boxes had their eyes glued to the golden auction stage. At that moment, the auction¡¯s biggest piece of theater, the veil of the mysterious finale equipment, was going to be opened right away!

    ¡°Just what is it?¡±

    Many faces were anxious!

    ¡°Could it be...¡±

    Some had an idea.

 Chapter 305 - 999,999,999!

    <h4>Chapter 305: 999,999,999!</h4>

    Thest grand finale auction!

    The male and female hosts of the auction moved to the sides of the stage.

    In their stead, Sister Rui walked onto the stage again, still wearing her purple dress. She looked even more lovely than the female host who¡¯d had stic surgery.

    ¡°I¡¯m sure everyone¡¯s very eager to know just what our mysterious grand finale auction item is, so I won¡¯t keep you in suspense any longer... The final item of this auction is...¡±

    As Sister Rui¡¯s voice trailed off, all the lights in the auction hall extinguished, and the hall fell into darkness.

    Then, above the heads of the yers, a gigantic, magnificent, and beautiful golden crown appeared. It sparkled and shifted as if it had been constructed from golden sand.

    ¡°The first Legendary item in War: the Desert Crown!¡±

    Rumble!

    As Sister Rui finished speaking, all the stats and attributes of the Desert Crown appeared in front of the audience!

    [Desert Crown (Head Decoration)]

    Grade: Legendary

    HP +1,200

    MP +1,000...

    Energy Condensation Rate...

    Unique Attributes... Skill Attack Range increased by 20%

    Attached Skill: Desert Net!

    One after another, the stats and attributes of the crown were listed inrge golden characters in the air!

    Boom!

    Immediately after that came the discussion between the yers inside the hall as well as the yers watching the auction through the forum!

    ¡°Legendary!?¡±

    ¡°What does ¡®Legendary grade¡¯ mean?¡±

    ¡°Legendary? Is that a higher grade than Rare?¡±

    Most people were surprised that they hadn¡¯t even heard of the grade before!

    ¡°F*ck! This item has crazy stats. One piece of headgear is providing more stats than half of my entire set of defensive items!¡±

    ¡°More importantly, look at the attached skill! And this skill doesn¡¯t have cooldown! Light Armored Warriors wouldn¡¯t be able to close in on Maniptors anymore with this skill! Doesn¡¯t it break the bnce?¡±

    Some other yers focused their attention on the stats of the Desert Crown and held their breath!

    One couldn¡¯t deny the strong reaction the Legendary item brought out of the yers. After all, from the data, it was more than just a little better than Rare Grade equipment.

    Not to mention the attached skill!

    However, only Feng Luo and Big Pineapple knew that there was another crazy attributed attached to the Legendary equipment. The Force!

    In fact, only people who had awakened the Force could use the attached skills of Legendary gear. For people without the Force, any Legendary item would lose a lot of value!

    ...

    ¡°This piece of Legendary equipment was dropped by a Level 55 Boss Desert Tarant that the Glory Group killed after amassing around 5,000 elite yers. To achieve this feat, the Glory Group spent three hours and sacrificed almost 3,000 yers¡¯ experience!¡±

    ¡°As such, the starting bid of the Desert Crown is 30 million credits. Every bid needs to raise at least 500,000 credits!¡±

    ¡°Bidding start!¡±

    Just as Sister Rui finished talking, a bid appeared on the big screen!

    ¡°50 million!¡±

    It came from box number one!

    ¡°Woah! The rich guy has entered the fray!¡±

    All the yers at the auction hall became even more excited!

    It seemed that the yer in box number one had even more cash than people had realized. After all, the previous highest bid was only 30 million credits, and it was on a three-item set. Now, he had added 20 million to the starting price with his first bid!

    ¡°This is no longer just some wealthy tycoon; this is a Godly tycoon!¡±

    ¡°Fifty million? Prior to this auction, the record price of a single item was 15 million. He¡¯s already broken the record!¡±

    News of the Legendary item appeared on the forum, and due to this, the number of yers watching the live stream of the auction increased drastically. In a short amount of time, the number of viewers went from 20 million to around 50 million!

    And as they saw the incredibly high bid, many people became interested in the identity of the yer in box number one.

    ¡°Spending five million Star Coins to buy a game item. Moreover, it¡¯s an unimportant head decoration; is this guy so rich that he doesn¡¯t know how to spend his money anymore?¡± Big Pineapple mumbled inside luxurious box number two, which was right next to box number one.

    50 million credits... Right now, the real value of a Legendary Grade item should be around there. However, if someone wants to exploit the situation and push the price higher, 50 million will clearly just be the beginning. The final price will definitely shock a lot of people! Feng Luo thought.

    He was one of the few who remained calm after seeing the price tag.

    With regards to the yer in box number one, Feng Luo was pretty sure he was in cahoots with Glory Group.

    The man had maintained a very high-profile in the auction thus far, which was probably just preparation for thisst expensive bid to purchase the Legendary item. As such, no matter how high the bid went, Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t be too surprised.

    Regardless, 50 million was enough to stun a lot of yers.

    However, there were many wealthy yers in War, so the price didn¡¯t surprise everyone. After all, a package of four Enhancement Potions had reached this price earlier!

    The price disyed on the screen began to increase.

    ¡°55 million!¡±

    ¡°57.5 million!¡±

    ¡°62 million!¡±

    ...

    ¡°70.5 million!¡±

    The number kept going up, and before 10 seconds psed, the price had broken through the 70 million mark!

    ¡°Huh...¡± Feng Luo looked at the scene before him where more than 30 different yers were taking part in the bidding. The corner of his mouth then curved upwards into a smile.

    These people definitely did not know one thing, which was that Legendary items had a stat calledpatibility. Moreover, one needed to wield the Force to realize the item¡¯s true strength. So once they purchased the item, the buyer would probably stomp their feet in anger!

    However, since Glory Group had made prior arrangements, there was no way that any of these people would win the auction, so Feng Luo didn¡¯t bother watching it.

    He switched his screen to the group auction list. It was now thest round of items in the group auction, and there was only half a minute left before the auction ended! And since the appearance of the Legendary item had sparked a firestorm of bids, the yers were all busy spectating the auction of the Desert Crown instead of paying attention to the group auction. The prices in the group auction list barely moved.

    ¡°Hah, I can take advantage of this and save some money!¡± Feng Luo smiled. He quickly entered bids on some of the items that hadn¡¯t be overly expensive.

    ¡°Wow!¡± However, while he was taking advantage of the situation, the screen in front of Big Pineapple showed a sudden uproar!

    The price of the Desert Crown had now exceeded 100 million credits!

    One hundred million credits equaled 10 million Star Coins. For a game item, it was an insane price!

    However, 100 million credits clearly wasn¡¯t excessive in some people¡¯s eyes.

    The price continued to surge!

    After half a minute, after Feng Luo took the chance to bid on a few more consumable items, the price of the Desert Crown exceeded 150 million credits!

    After that, in just another 40 seconds, the price broke through the 300 million mark!

    ¡°Increase the bid! Increase more!¡±

    The audience in the auction hall was now in an uproar as they shouted and cheered for the bidder in box number one.

    After a minute and a half, the price reached 400 million credits!

    Several yers were now up on their seats, shouting at the top of their lungs with flushed faces.

    Two minutester, the price was 500 million credits!

    ...

    After four minutes and 57 seconds, the result of the auction was out!

    The first piece of Legendary equipment in War was sold for 999,999,999 credits!

 Chapter 306 - Wind God?

    <h4>Chapter 306: Wind God?</h4>

    ¡°Congrattions to our VIP client in box number one who sessfully bought the grand finale item of our auction, the first Legendary item in War, the Desert Crown, for 999,999,999 credits!¡±

    ¡°This legendary crown which also symbolizes the king of a Maniptor¡¯s items!¡±

    On the golden stage, the face of the female auctioneer flushed red. Her long and slender white thighs trembled in excitement as she shouted those words.

    However, she wasn¡¯t the only one who was excited; the entire auction hall was also in an uproar!

    Although the one billion credits weren¡¯t connected to them in any way, the incredibly high price showed one thing to the yers: War had unlimited potential! Opportunities were endless!

    Many yers probably thought that if they got lucky and obtained a Legendary item, they would be rich in an instant and stand atop the peak of life!

    Legendary equipment! Legendary equipment!

    An endless stream of yers were probably going to search for information on Legendary equipment after the auction ended.

    At that moment, the female host began speaking again in excitement. ¡°Apart from that, congrattions aside, our manager has a request. I¡¯m wondering if you, our honorable client, will agree to it?¡±

    ¡°That is... Can you show us your identity? I believe this is something a lot of our live audience is curious about.¡±

    ¡°Show your face... Show your face!¡± The yers quickly shouted in unison. As time passed, more and more yers join the chant. Naturally, many people were curious about the identity of the yer in box number one.

    Not only had he purchased a quarter of all the Enhancement Potions during the auction, he had also spent more than 30 million to buy the Whisper of the Wind set.

    He then rounded things off with a bid of one billion credits, breaking the record for the price of a single item by more than an order of magnitude!

    ¡°This...¡± The deep voice that came from within the box was hesitant.

    The female host quickly responded, ¡°Just show us a glimpse of your face. And I, Little Xin (ID), will ask you a few questions on behalf of everyone here. If you don¡¯t like it, we can blur your face!¡±

    ¡°Ugh, alright then...¡± the deep voice replied.

    Then, the spotlight in the hall focused on the middle of the golden stage. The Desert Crown floating on the virtual screen in the air also shrank and flew towards the pir of light as if weing the arrival of a conqueror.

    After a few seconds, a well-bnced shadowy figure became clear and appeared beside the female host standing on the auction stage.

    ¡°Hello everyone, I¡¯m called Gone with the Wind!¡±

    The mysterious yer in box number one showed his face. When the pir of light reached him, a young blonde yer with dark brows and sharp eyes, whose facial features were almost perfect, appeared on the 3D screen. He wore a gentle smile on his face and a bluish-white energy robe over his body.

    He was appearing through virtual projection technology. His actual body was still inside the box. However, the fact that it wasn¡¯t his real body did not deter the female yers in the crowd from screaming.

    ¡°Blonde! So handsome! So perfect!¡±

    ¡°His voice also sounds amazing!¡±

    ¡°Why do I feel like he¡¯s more handsome than Master September?¡±

    The eyes of many female yers were now glowing. They had found their new idol.

    At the same time, some male yers were also making a ruckus. After all, his move of throwing away one billion credits certainly made some yers jealous!

    ¡°Boss, are youcking anyckeystely?¡±

    ¡°Master, do you need something for your legs?¡±

    After a minute, the female host found her voice.

    ¡°Gone with the Wind... Your name really does sound artistic and meaningful...¡±

    ¡°But, if I may ask, what¡¯s with the energy robe that you are wearing? You look like a Water Maniptor, so why did you spend 30 million credits to buy that Whisper of the Wind ornament?¡±

    ¡°Of course, if this question invades your privacy, you can choose not to answer it!¡± The female host was now staring at Gone with the Wind with a flushed face. Even though she was interviewing a hologram, she wanted nothing more than to get herrge chest a little bit closer.

    ¡°There¡¯s nothing to hide here. It¡¯s because I seeded in changing into a hidden profession, so I can use all four types of Maniptor gear. Additionally, I have a rather special talent. So whether it¡¯s the Whisper of the Wind or the Desert Crown, their stats are extremelypatible with me. That¡¯s why I bought them.¡±

    When Gone with the Wind spoke, he gave another unassuming smile. Paired with his perfect looks, the girls couldn¡¯t help but scream again.

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Hidden profession?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s your hidden profession? How do you change?¡±

    However, the other yers in the hall were focused on what he said.

    ¡°Special talent? Is it an S-Grade talent?!¡±

    ¡°It probably is! From what he said, it must be an amazingbat talent!¡±

    Some other yers also perceptively noticed the content of his second sentence and asked loudly, ¡°Master, can you tell us your talent?!¡±

    ¡°Since everyone¡¯s asking, can you reveal a little bit of your hidden profession change process, as well as your talent, Master Wind?¡± asked the female host.

    ¡°Most of the hidden profession change wasn¡¯t too troublesome. But thest challenge required me to solo an independent Commander grade monster, so I had to rely on some luck and barely scraped by.¡±

    ¡°As for the talent, it¡¯s just some extra bonus energy damage based on percentage, and the talent grade is decent!¡± Wind said with that same smile. His voice still sounded humble when he spoke, but his words were filled with boasts!

    Soloing a Commander Grade monster, even if it were a Level 35 Independent type Commander grade monster, was something that even the top ten masters of Storm City might fail to aplish.

    Moreover, some yers were even reminded of the video of the first person who seeded in changing to a hidden profession, the superstar yer called ¡°War¡¯s number one gunner.¡± His name was Death Roar, and in the video, he had fought a Level 35 Commander Grade Gobi Rock Crocodile.

    One needed to have the title of ¡°War¡¯s number one¡± in something to achieve a feat such as soloing a Commander Grade monster!

    Someone inside the auction suddenly screamed the title, ¡°Wind God!¡±

    ¡°Wind God!¡±

    ¡°Wind God!¡±

    After that, people followed suit and started chanting the name. Then more people followed in excitement. In just a short while, the entire auction hall was filled with people shouting the title, ¡°Wind God!¡±

    Hidden profession, S-Grade talent, perfect face, extreme wealth... No matter how one looked at it, this was a perfect superstar yer who could be deified.

    ¡°Old Feng, what do you think?¡± Big Pineapple asked Feng Luo with an odd expression.

    ¡°What?¡± Feng Luo looked puzzled.

    ¡°Wind God. If you¡¯d listened to me and revealed to the public that you¡¯ve seeded in changing into a hidden profession and defeating September Night Rain, you¡¯d probably have taken the title of that toyboy by now!¡±

    ¡°Or if you revealed the fact that you have a Boss grade pet on the forum, I¡¯m 100% sure this nickname would be yours instead!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s voice had risen by several decibels.

    ¡°Yeah, but what¡¯s the use? It¡¯s just a nickname,¡± Feng Luo said with a smile. He really didn¡¯t care about a title.

    ¡°What¡¯s the use... Trying to talk sense into you is quite useless... But with your strength, you¡¯ll definitely be famous one day! By then, the best nickname will have been taken by someone else already, and instead, you might be left with nicknames like Emperor Wind or Prince Wind!¡± Big Pineapple said to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Oh no! How horrible!¡± Feng Luo was stillughing.

    ¡°Aiyo. Old Feng, you really aren¡¯t annoyed at all?¡±

    Big Pineapple stared at Feng Luo¡¯s face as if he wanted to see what Feng Luo was really thinking.

    ¡°I never really cared. Moreover, I don¡¯t really like the nickname Wind God,¡± answered Feng Luo.

    ¡°If you don¡¯t like this, which one do you like? Wind Emperor? Wind Prince? Wind Maniac?¡±

    Big Pineapple started listing a bunch of examples that started with the word ¡°Wind.¡±

    ¡°Why does it have to start with the word wind? If I had to choose one, I would probably choose... Grim Reaper!¡± A light shed across Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°Grim Reaper?¡± Big Pineapple was stunned for three whole seconds.

    Then, he gave Feng Luo a thumbs-up.

    ¡°Imposing!¡±

    ¡°Grim Reaper...¡± A look of profound thought shed across Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    For a Sniper, having the ability to take the life of his opponent, no matter who he or she or it was, to create a sh of white light after every gunshot, that would be the best!

    As for the nickname ¡°Grim Reaper,¡± it was probably the highest honor a Sniper could receive!

    As for the title of ¡°Wind God,¡± whoever wanted it could take it!

 Chapter 307 - S-Grade Assessment

    <h4>Chapter 307: S-Grade Assessment</h4>

    As the female host continued to bombard Gone with the Wind with all kinds of questions, wringing gasps of shock from the yers in the auction hall, Feng Luo packed up the things he had bought and prepared to leave.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± he called to Big Pineapple

    Coincidentally, when the two reached the rotating esctor, they encountered Red Queen¡¯s group, who were also leaving.

    Within Red Queen¡¯s group, Neutron Star was the one who was best acquainted with the two of them. He immediately noticed and greeted them.

    ¡°Feng, Big Pineapple... It¡¯s actually you.¡±

    ¡°Haha, yes! What a coincidence! Old Star, I didn¡¯t know you were here for the auction too!¡± Big Pineapple said, but his perverted gaze was already on White Crescent, who was standing beside Red Queen, as well as another very tall and slender female Scout yer.

    ¡°White Sis, long time no see. Wow, you¡¯ve be prettier!¡± Big Pineapple smacked his lips and gasped as he looked at White Crescent, who wore white office attire.

    ¡°Eh? Why isn¡¯t Sis zed Ice here?¡±

    ¡°Ice has a mission. Thank you, Mr. Big Pineapple, for thinking about her!¡± Red Queen remained calm andpletely ignored Big Pineapple¡¯s stare that always went for the vital spots.

    ¡°I¡¯ve always wanted to duel you again, under the condition where equipment and levels arepletely fair!¡± ck Panther had been staring at Feng Luo since the beginning. As he spoke, his desire for battle could be seen in his eyes.

    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve been rather busytely. I¡¯ll definitely oblige in the future if there¡¯s a chance!¡± Feng Luo answered with a smile.

    ck Panther was actually very strong. Among the Snipers whom Feng Luo had met, he was ranked number three. Like Sha Lang, he was one of the few genuine technical type Snipers (Corresponding type: Skill type) around!

    Moreover, Feng Luo pretty confident that ck Panther had been the person who purchased the Perfect Eye of the Thunder for 1.05 million credits. However, though he admired ck Panther¡¯s skills, Feng Luo was more confident about his own skills.

    Even if he did not activate his second profession, the Light Armored Warrior profession, he was confident that he could defeat ck Panther again!

    Moreover, it would be rtively easy!

    ¡°Mr. Feng, it has been a while!¡±

    Red Queen was in the center of seven or eight yers who were fully equipped with Rare Grade equipment. She wore a red energy robe with fine designs and an elegant cut, and she was equipped with three matching Rare Grade Fire-type decorative items as if she was shrouded in a ball of me.

    Compared to Gone with the Wind who was still strutting around on the golden stage, Red Queen had a much stronger aura! However, when she spoke, she looked profoundly at Feng Luo.

    ¡°It has been a while, Miss Red!¡± Feng Luo replied with another smile.

    During the Silver Leaf Ind mission, Red Queen had hired Feng Luo and Big Pineapple. His level and the grade of his gear were the lowest within the group, so their interactions back then weren¡¯t really the same.

    Apart from that, due to Red Queen¡¯s natural disposition and her full set of Rare Grade gear which gave her incredible strength, she seemed superior!

    However, at the moment, both of them could speak as equals!

    One could even say that Feng Luo had the upper hand since he now possessed the hidden profession as well as the Legendary knife, Ghost Weep, as his trump card!

    Of course, with Feng Luo¡¯s personality, even if he were a Level 20 yer with nothing but Normal Grade items and the opponent was a Level 50 yer fully equipped with Legendary Grade items, he would still not feel inferior in the slightest.

    He knew that as long as he wanted to, it wouldn¡¯t be too difficult to reach the level of the one standing in front of him.

    This was natural confidence!

    ¡°I never would have thought that I would meet Mister Feng and Mister Big Pineapple here at this auction. Everyone must be hungry after a full day ofpetitive bidding! Why don¡¯t I invite the two of you to dine with me at the Royal Gxy Restaurant?¡± Red Queen asked politely with a smile.

    ¡°Uh...¡± Big Pineapple was still staring at the cleavage of the tall and beautiful Scout, and his face showed that he was alreadypletely intoxicated.

    However, as he heard Red Queen¡¯s question, his eyes suddenly cleared.

    Before he said anything, he turned around to look at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Thank you, but we wouldn¡¯t dare impose on you. The two of us have an important mission tonight, but we thank you for inviting us,¡± Feng Luo replied politely while looking straight into Red Queen¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°Ugh, indeed, we have something on tonight. We have another event tonight...¡±

    Big Pineapple was a little dumbstruck, but he still managed to nod andugh, cooperating.

    ¡°Ah, that is unfortunate. We¡¯ll have to do it next time, then...¡±

    When she saw how Big Pineapple waited to determine Feng Luo¡¯s opinion before answering, Red Queen¡¯s eyes shone.

    By then, the lot of them had already reached the entrance of the auction hall. Feng Luo pulled Big Pineapple, who was reluctant to leave, away. The two of them walked towards the rental hovercraft parking lot far away.

    Seeing Big Pineapple and Feng Luo leave, Neutron Star, who did not notice Red Queen¡¯s expression, groused, ¡°I never would have thought that the two of them would work together. But they synergized well during the Silver Leaf Ind mission. Moreover, their professionsplemented each other, so it¡¯s logical for them to be teammates...¡±

    However, the tall and slender Scout standing beside Red Queen was very perceptive. She asked, ¡°Sister Red, are youmenting the fact that you failed to recruit them both?¡±

    This question drew everyone¡¯s attention to Red Queen in an instant.

    ¡°The two of them have goodbat awareness. Moreover, from our analysis of their performance during the Silver Leaf Ind mission, they possess amazingbat type talent!¡±

    ¡°The gunner¡¯sbat awareness and techniques are especially world-ss. Before this, there was still a level and equipment gap, but now, he has clearly closed that gap in at least one aspect. Someone who is able to sit inside the luxurious box area is definitely not someone whocks credits.¡±

    ¡°If he had agreed to dine with me, I would have tried to recruit them once more during dinner. I might have had a good chance of securing Big Pineapple... The only thing is, he didn¡¯t even give me the chance...¡± said Red Queen calmly.

    ¡°He¡¯s just a Sniper who doesn¡¯t look special at all! Is he really worth that much of Sister Red¡¯s focus and energy?¡± asked an average looking Machine Gunner who wore a red bandana.

    ¡°The Hound Organization¡¯s assessment on him was A-!¡± said White Crescent coldly.

    ¡°A-?¡±

    ¡°White, my assessment is A!¡± the Machine Gunner answered with pride.

    ¡°This A- was the assessment given to him by the Hound Organization. Back then, he was only Level 40, and he did not have a single piece of Rare Grade equipment on him!¡± answered White Crescent calmly. At the same time, she turned to look at ck Panther.

    ck Panther nced at the Machine Gunner and said in a low voice, ¡°He dueled me twice. I lost both times...¡±

    ¡°How¡¯s that possible? Brother Panther¡¯s assessment in the Hound Organization¡¯s database is A+...Ah! Could it be that he¡¯s the one...?¡± The Machine Gunner looked shocked.

    ¡°Don¡¯t believe that those shy star yers that the public reveres are the real top-ss masters in the game!¡± said Red Queen. ¡°For the truly strong, opportunities are abundant in a game like this. Even if a yer has a bad start, as long as they have strength, when the time is right, he or she will transform into a dragon!¡±

    After uttering that meaningful sentence, Red Queen turned around and walked towards a luxurious silver rental hovercraft. That kind of transportation cost several thousand credits per hour.

    ck Panther, White Crescent, and Neutron Star followed close behind her.

    The tall Scout¡¯s gaze followed White Crescent, who was beside Red Queen. A sharp light glowed in her eyes. Then, she walked to another red hovercraft.

    The others looked on as the scene unfolded in front of them. Then, they quickly followed her.

    ...

    However, what Red Queen did not know was that on the night before, the Hound Organization¡¯s database was updated!

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye. Level 46. Sniper (Second Profession: ?) ... Suspected of passing the Special Agent (Hidden Profession) mission examination and obtaining the first ce ranking. Suspected of possessing S-Grade attack type talent and powerful observational skills, memory, world-ssbat awareness...¡±

    ¡°Incredibly strong. Slightly low level. Amazing potential. Overall Assessment: S!¡±

    There was also an entry for Gone with the Wind, who had just obtained a Legendary Grade item and seeded in soloing a Level 35 Independent type Commander Grade monster. He also possessed a hidden profession as well as a suspected S-Gradebat talent. His poprity was soaring, and he was destined to be a superstar yer.

    His overall evaluation in the database was only S-!

 Chapter 308 - Unexpected Chipmaster

    Chapter 308: Unexpected Chipmaster

    ¡°It¡¯s you!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s you?¡±

    When the two met each other in Lin¡¯s guest room, they made the same surprised sound.

    ¡°Eh? You two know each other?¡±

    Lin, who wore her protective tech gear as always, was standing on one side with a weird look on her face. Behind her ck-bordered tech sses, her eyes scanned past Feng Luo and Digital Cat.

    ¡°Since you two know each other, this will work even better!¡±

    Lin turned to Feng Luo and pointed at Digital Cat, who was about the same height as her. ¡°This is the Chip Master that I helped pick from the profession guild. Though she is an adventurer, when ites to control programs and mechabat weapons, her understanding is very impressive. She¡¯s enough to help you build a T-750.¡±

    Then she put both hands in her pockets, turned around, and walked towards theb¡¯s exit.

    ¡°Since you know each other, mingle. I¡¯m going to prepare the new potion. Oh, that¡¯s right. Feng, remember to leave 100 ml of your blood sample. I¡¯m going to try creating a new number nine perfect Enhancement Potion!¡±

    ¡°Alright.¡± Hearing that, Feng Luo gave a bitter smile.

    If he extracted too much blood within 15 days in the game, his max HP would drop. However, it was a good thing that 100ml wouldn¡¯t make much difference; it was just a decrease of 100 HP. It did not really affect his total, which exceeded 6,500.

    However, at that moment, Digital Cat looked as if she had just remembered something.

    ¡°Perfect Enhancement Potion?¡± she asked through the yer channel, puzzled. Then something seemed to click. ¡°The W-virus Enhancement Potion! So the W-virus Enhancement Potion that was sold at a sky-high price at therge-scale auction yesterday in Storm City was made by this young NPC.¡±

    ¡°This means that she isn¡¯t just a Chip Master, but also a Virology and Pharmaceutics Master? That means you¡¯re also the mysterious yer who put the potion up for sale!¡±

    Smart! Feng Luo¡¯s brow moved. He never would have imagined that Digital Cat would be able to deduce so much from Lin¡¯s one sentence.

    However, Feng Luo didn¡¯t feel like there was a need to be too secretive on the matter.

    After all, if they wanted to, an organization like the Hound Organization would be able to gather information on Lin without too much difficulty! However, Feng Luo still wanted to change the topic.

    ¡°Let¡¯s focus on the main issue! I¡¯m sure by now, you know the reason why I¡¯m looking for a Chip Master. Can you tell me how confident you are in replicating the T-750 through these chips, and how long will it take?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°If we create it based on theplete replication process in the chip, it¡¯ll take 15 days, at most, to create prototypes that can be experimented on. But if I follow your requirements to remove and redesign the undecipherable parts in the chip programming, due to the level restrictions of my Chip and Mecha Mastery, I¡¯ll need more than a month.¡±

    Digital Cat looked very serious, and a professional gaze simr to Lin¡¯s came from behind the silver tech sses.

    ¡°Level restrictions? What¡¯s your level now?¡± Feng Luo frowned.

    The T-750 should only be Excellent or Rare Grade. I¡¯m sure an Expert Level Chip Master could create it. Is Digital Cat¡¯s life profession not yet at the Expert Level?

    ¡°Advanced 77% Chip Master. Intermediate 10% Mechanist...¡± answered Digital Cat honestly.

    ¡°Advanced and Intermediate...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s frown deepened.

    Isn¡¯t that way too low?!

    Her Chip Master level is alright, but a Mechanist is needed to manufacture abat mecha. Going from intermediate to advanced would take how long? More than a month? It should take a lot more than a month to get her Mechanist level up, right?

    The probability of creating a robot with the same strength as the T-750 Hunter was already pretty low. Now, given Digital Cat¡¯s situation, the Terminator storyline might have already started by the time the robot was finished! By then, there would no longer be a market advantage!

    But Lin picked her. There¡¯s no way Lin would make such a huge mistake, right? Feng Luo wondered.

    ¡°Indeed, I¡¯m an Advanced Chip Master at 77% and an Intermediate Mechanist at 10%... But it¡¯s been less than a month since I became a Chip Master, and in regards to Mechanist, it¡¯s my second profession!¡±

    ¡°Apart from that, I¡¯mpletely confident that I¡¯ll be able to break through and reach Expert Level Chip Master and Advanced Level Mechanist in one month!¡±

    Digital Cat seemed to have detected Feng Luo¡¯s thoughts, and she spoke to reassure him. When she spoke, a confident glow could clearly be seen shing underneath her silvery tech sses!

    ¡°Within a month... Second profession?¡± Feng Luo stared at the young girl seriously.

    He finally understood why Lin had chosen Digital Cat!

    It seemed that Digital Cat was also a genius, much like Lin. Moreover, she had the suitable Chip Master and Mechanist life professions (Mechanists and Doctors were all half life and halfbat professions)!

    In War, leveling life professions was a lot different than in other games. The traditional way of gathering experience through production waspletely useless!

    yers needed to learn, memorize, test, and really understand and gain the ability to control and produce, and once mastery reached a certain level, one¡¯s profession level could be increased!

    For example, Feng Luo had spent around four months to specifically develop his Ammunition Manufacturer and Gun Mechanic life professions to the Expert level.

    Even getting his Gun Mechanic profession to the Advanced level took him around two months, and now, Digital Cat had already brought her Chip Master profession close to the Expert level in less than a month!

    Although Feng Luo trained both life professions at the same time, one thing was still clear; the young girl in front of him was definitely gifted when it came to the Chip Master profession.

    Or one could say, in terms of the hidden attribute of Legendary Grade gear, that Digital Cat and the Chip Master profession were highlypatible!

    Of course, the Mechanist, which was both a life andbat profession, was also highlypatible with Digital Cat!

    Because it was a second profession, she should have only obtained the Mechanist profession around two days ago, and within that time, her familiarity of the profession had already surpassed the Beginner level.

    If her rate of progress was publicly known, it would be incredibly embarrassing and awkward for many of the wealthy Mechanists, who had started the profession half a year ago when the server started, but were still stuck in the Intermediate or Advanced Level.

    All these self-proimed ¡°veterans¡± couldn¡¯t evenpare against a young girl. They might as well find a rock and crush themselves to death with it in shame!

    ¡°Well, that sounds good to me. I¡¯m happy to choose you for the T-750 research mission. Shall we discuss some of themercial details?¡± Feng Luo nodded to Digital Cat.

    Although both of them had changed into the Special Agent profession, and they had even met before that, they weren¡¯t well-acquainted with each other. That was why Feng Luo still had to test the waters when he spoke.

    However, after hearing Feng Luo speak, Digital Cat¡¯s eyes shed and she said, ¡°No, please hold on a second. I have two questions I need to ask.¡±

 Chapter 309 - Digital Cat Joins

    <h4>Chapter 309:</h4>

    <h4>Digital Cat Joins</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Although Feng Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, he quickly nodded. ¡°Sure!¡±

    ¡°Lin told me earlier that you¡¯ve already memorized most of the internal and external physical structure of the Hunters. Is this true?¡±

    ¡°Yes, that¡¯s true... I can send you the data from within my brain after we¡¯vee to a cooperation agreement. This should significantly reduce the time it takes us to get results,¡± Feng Luo said, not seeing any reason to keep it a secret.

    ¡°As I thought...¡± Digital Cat¡¯s eyes glowed as if she had confirmed something.

    Feng Luo¡¯s answer most definitely proved her earlier suspicion that Feng Luo had an incredible memory, just like her!

    Feng Luo looked at Digital Cat and asked, ¡°What¡¯s your second question?¡±

    ¡°My second question actually concerns our cooperation.¡±

    ¡°With regards to my research on Hunter T-750, you will provide the chips and 80% of the material and experiment expenses, while I handle 20% of the research cost, the modification of the program, and the design of the mechanical structure. After the research isplete, I will be responsible for building it while you continue to handle materials provision and sales, as well as any issues rted to auctions with Huan Yu Company. We¡¯ll divide the profit 50:50!¡± Digital Cat looked at Feng Luo and pushed her silver tech sses up her nose.

    Feng Luo was stunned for a brief moment before shaking his head. ¡°No!vSince you saw the auction yesterday, you should know the result of the Enhancement Potion auction. You should also be able to guess the market value of the T-750, which is why a 50:50 split is impossible!¡±

    ¡°Then make it 45%!¡± Digital Cat quickly backed down a bit. It was obvious that Feng Luo would never agree to that demand!

    ¡°Still, no.¡± Feng Luo shook his head with a gloomy face. ¡°At most, I can agree to a 25% cut for you. You should know that the control chips are in my hands, so I can easily get someone else to do this!¡±

    ¡°Twenty-five percent is too little. I will need to spend at least a month on this, and I won¡¯t be able to level up orplete missions. I might even lose out in obtaining Special Agent Points...¡±

    ¡°In contrast, you¡¯re only providing a couple of control chips... That¡¯s why this ratio is too little. 40%, this is the lowest I can go!¡± Digital Cat shook her head too.

    ¡°Heh...¡± Feng Luo smiled.

    He didn¡¯t see anything wrong with a little negotiation. For coboration that involved money and profit, it was certainly better to make things clear from the beginning.

    ¡°Forty percent is too much... By the time you sessfully recreate the T-750, you¡¯ll reach at least the Expert level for both your Chip Master and Mechanist professions. This is also a great benefit!¡± Feng Luo said to Digital Cat.

    Building multiple items wasn¡¯t the best way to level up life professions in War; instead, seeding in the creation or assembly of a high-grade item for the first time generated a higher increase in familiarity. For example, when Feng Luo first created the perfect Eye of the Thunder, he obtained a 15% increase in familiarity!

    ¡°It won¡¯t be difficult for me to get to the Expert Level. Even without this opportunity, I would only need one month, at most. But if you use some other Chip Master, I¡¯m pretty sure thebat strength of their T-750 will not be as high as the one I create...¡±

    Digital Cat looked at Feng Luo. Her eyes underneath her silver tech sses still emanated incredible self-confidence!

    Upon seeing Digital Cat¡¯s confidence, which Feng Luo was incredibly familiar with, he smiled. Then, he decided to use his ultimate trump card!

    ¡°Indeed, perhaps getting to the Expert level won¡¯t be difficult for you... But what about the Master Level? What if, after you build the T-750, you reach the Master Level?¡±

    After he spoke, Feng Luo stood up and looked down into Digital Cat¡¯s eyes.

    As a 17-year-old girl, Digital Cat wasn¡¯t particrly tall. The top of her head only reached Feng Luo¡¯s nose, so when Feng Luo stood up, he could smell the pleasant scent from her hair.

    As expected, after Feng Luo made thatment, the teenage girl¡¯s expression changed. She raised her head and asked, ¡°Master level? You know how to get to the Master level?!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head and said, ¡°Not exactly, no...¡±

    Digital Cat looked confused. ¡°Then what did you mean just now?¡±

    Feng Luo looked at Digital Cat and said, ¡°It¡¯s because I¡¯m pretty confident that the T-750 model is just a low-level model. In the future, there will be T-800 and T-850 intermediate models; the T-900 and T-950 advanced models, and even the T-1000, T-X, and other super models...¡±

    ¡°You haven¡¯t personally witnessed the T-750¡¯s strength, but the truth is, even in the category of Level 50 Elite Monsters, they are among the best. I can even say that they possess strength equalling the best yers in War right now!¡±

    ¡°For something of this level, I¡¯m pretty sure only the best Advanced or even Expert Chip Masters and Mechanists can make them! Which is why I¡¯m wondering; for theter models that are even more powerful, just what level of skills would be needed? As for those Hunters, just how much improvement will they bring to a Chip Master and Mechanist?¡±

    As he looked at Digital Cat¡¯s surprise, Feng Luo knew that he was on the right track. For many technical type yers, opportunities to increase their life profession level were incredibly tempting!

    ¡°How do I know that you¡¯re not just making this up?¡± the teenage girl asked suspiciously, taking a breath.

    ¡°The T-800 is abat robot that greatly resembles a human. It will have synthetic human skin, a heartbeat, and other disguise functions. At the same time, it has a skeletal alloy frame which is much stronger than that of the T-750. It is incredibly tough, and normal bullets wouldn¡¯t be able to deal any damage to it. Apart from that, its control chips will have the ability to learn...¡±

    ¡°The more advanced T-1000 will be a super robot that is made from liquified memory metal. It can freely transform. Even if its body is crushed, it will be able to recover. Furthermore, parts of its body can be transformed into des, swords, and all kinds of weapons...¡±

    ¡°As for the T-X, it is a type of ultimatebat robot. Itbines the advantages and strengths of the T-800 and T-1000 models. It has a superalloy skeletal frame and liquified metal as its synthetic skin. It can perform micro transformation that the T-1000 cannot perform, and it also has incredible meleebat abilities...¡±

    Feng Luo quickly and briefly described some of the key features and unique traits of the Terminator models in the movies.

    His memory, which was getting better and better, made it incredibly easy for him to remember scenes from those movies!

    ¡°You got all this data from your intel mission?¡± Digital Cat looked shocked. She couldn¡¯t deny that her interest had been piqued by all the more advanced Hunter models that Feng Luo described.

    One reason she was interested, apart from the things he said that she could cross-reference with the T-750 program and validate through the data, was that she was fascinated by the liquifiedbat robot that Feng Luo mentioned.

    In the real world, she was taking part in a research group using a virtual identity, and it was the group¡¯s research topic!

    Digital Cat finally nodded.

    ¡°Alright. You¡¯ve convinced me. I can ept 30%. But you have to guarantee that I have priority rights to the chip research and model building process for the T-800, T-1000, and other models...¡±

    ¡°Also, this ratio will increase along with the increase of my profession level. Please put this inside the electronic agreement!¡±

    Feng Luo grinned and extended his right hand to the teenager.

    ¡°Alright! Then, to a sessful and happy cooperation!¡± He didn¡¯t mind Digital Cat¡¯s second request since, simr to the Enhancement Potions, the time to really earn money was before the storyline fully developed. By the time the Terminator storyline really started, some of the items would be avable as loot, so by then, the profit margin would definitely drop.

    Moreover, after her life profession leveled up, it was fair for her to get a higher share. After all, a Master Level Mechanist couldn¡¯t bepared to an Expert Level Mechanist!

    ¡°So, for now, you just focus on T-750 research. Try to recreate it as soon as possible. As for the Special Agent missions, you don¡¯t have to worry. If there are anypulsory group missions before you seed in your research, I¡¯ll do my best to help you get through them,¡± said Feng Luo.

    He knew that Digital Cat was weak inbat. It was easy to determine from her choice to give up on the ¡°Big Escape¡± game.

    As for the Special Agent Missions arranged by the system, they were unlikely to be easy; moreover, if it were a city mission like the one in Dongsang City, arge mecha wouldn¡¯t even be able to take part, so Digital Cat would be in more trouble.

    So until the T-750 could be manufactured,pleting missions and obtaining Authorizations and SAPs would definitely be a problem for Digital Cat.

    As for Feng Luo, after he obtained his Legendary gear, he had been substantially strengthened, so he could ensure that both of them couldplete the mission.

    Moreover, there was also Big Pineapple, a crazy fat tank who was already his ally! That was why their cooperation this time was definitely a win-win situation for them both!

    Alright. That¡¯s settled. So next, it¡¯s time to push for Level 50, prepare Ghost Weep, and increase the number andbat strength of the beetles!

    Of course, there¡¯s also the Force!

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shone with determination.

 Chapter 310 - Level 50 Mission

    <h4>Chapter 310: Level 50 Mission</h4>

    South of Storm City, Withered Desert, coordinates (0346, -7178)

    The scorching sun shone down with such might that even the most heat-resistant vegetation and creatures in the Withered Desert had involuntarily curled up, trying to keep their precious water supplies from being evaporated by the almost 120 degrees Fahrenheit!

    asional light winds swept over the terrain, sending tiny sand particles flying into the air!

    The desert was a wide swath of yellow-white, except for the side of a huge sand dune, where four big ck spots and six small ck spots were running.

    A small team of yers made up of two Warriors, two female Maniptors, a female Doctor, and a Sniper were sweating from head to toe, asionally turning back to look as they fled up the sand dune!

    However, the fourrge ck silhouettes behind them were clearly faster than the Earth and Fire Maniptors and the Doctor, and so the gap between the two parties kept closing up!

    The Heavy Armored Warrior in the lead stopped and gasped, ¡°No way, we can¡¯t run away... These sh*ts have eight legs, and they move across the desert like a fish moves in water. This is insane!¡±

    His eyes became decisive as he turned to the three female yers and two malepanions who were already pale and panting hard.

    ¡°I¡¯ll block them! You all continue running. Watermelon, once you¡¯re far enough from the battle, go get the Energy SUV and take the three girls back to the supply point!¡±

    Reaching into his backpack and taking out his shield, the Heavy Armored Warrior red behind him. Less than 100 meters away, the four monsters were speeding towards him. They stood more than two meters tall, with a pair of gigantic jaws the size of a washbasin and eight limbs more than three meters in length. They were covered with body hair the thickness of a little finger¡ªLevel 50 Elite Desert Tarants!

    The Light Armored Warrior in the team had stopped in his steps as well, reaching into his backpack and taking out an Alloy Sword. He shouted to hispanions who simrly wanted to stop, ¡°Right, you guys hurry up and go. Old Steel and I will distract them!¡±

    ¡°No, if it wasn¡¯t for my miscalcted sniping previously, everyone would¡¯ve alreadypleted the mission and gone home. We wouldn¡¯t have been chased by the four Desert Tarants. I¡¯ll stay too and help you guys contain these Elite Desert Tarants. Like this, the others will have a better chance of escaping!¡± said the young-looking Sniper.

    His face was filled with self-recrimination as he stopped in his steps as well, raising his sniper rifle with both hands and aiming at the Desert Tarants that were closing in.

    Ping!

    He instantly pulled the sniper rifle trigger, but this rushed shooting didn¡¯t have any uracy to speak of¡ªthe armor-piercing bullet flew directly below and past the fast-moving eight limbs of one of the Desert Tarants,nding in the sand, sending a cloud of sand particles flying!

    ¡°It¡¯s useless for you to stay; a Sniper facing agility-type closebat monsters has absolutely nobat power! Plus, even if we all die, we can¡¯t let the three girls walk out of the desert alone!¡±

    The Heavy Armored Warrior had already raised his Alloy Shield, engaged ¡°Shield Rush,¡± and begun charging towards the two closest Desert Tarants, creating a rolling track in the sand behind him!

    ¡°Go quick!¡± the Light Armored Warrior yelled, simrly engaging ¡°Charge.¡± He lifted his Alloy Sword and sprinted towards the other two Desert Tarants!

    ¡°Old Steel, you take on those two, I¡¯ll distract these two!¡±

    The Light Armored Warrior had already thought of a n, knowing that without assistance, it would be impossible for him to face two Level 50 Desert Tarants at once. These monsters were considered to be top-level among the Elite Grades!

    Thus, he swiftly engaged Charge, and when a Desert Tarant was within 15 meters, he unleashed the Light Armored Warrior signature move!

    ¡°Thunder Leap sh!¡±

    Tch!

    The Light Armored Warrior raised his Level 48 Fine-Grade Alloy Sword high in the air. It reflected the scorching sun like fire above his head, borrowing momentum from the speed-enhanced leap, then slicing down onto the leg which had just been raised by the defenseless Desert Tarant!

    Pai!

    As a high-attack and highly-damageable agility-type monster, the defense of the leg of the Desert Tarant could notpare to monsters like the Desert Rock Lizard. Hence, with this Thunder Leap sh enhanced by the charging momentum of both parties (closebat attack damage enhanced by speed), a section of its limb was instantly chopped off!

    From the opening of the severed limb, a wave of green sma spilled out, staining the steaming hot ground, even erupting into a faint green smoke!

    Tch!

    The Tarant produced a deafening shriek. Enraged by its injury, all its remaining seven limbs, other than the three supporting limbs, mmed down on the Light Armored Warrior!

    ¡°That won¡¯t be so easy!¡± the Light Armored Warrior yelled as his body rolled away, darting beneath the Desert Tarant¡¯s abdomen into a gap that was less than half a meter high!

    Then, with the Charge skill still in effect, he once again charged straight towards another Level 50 Elite Desert Tarant. The creature had already passed him and was chasing the three female yers not far away.

    ¡°Devastating sh!¡±

    When he had reached this Desert Tarant, the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s Alloy Sword whooshed sharply as it violently stabbed into the gigantic tarant¡¯s huge backside!

    ¡°-2055!¡±

    The Alloy Sword in his hand was just a Level 48 Fine weapon, so its attack power was indeed average, but his Familiarity with Devastating sh had already reached Expert-Grade!

    With this skill¡¯s effect so enhanced, a deep opening was sliced into the powerful monster¡¯s abdomen, and a weak damage of 2000 appeared above its head!

    Peng!

    Green sma sshed across the Light Armored Warrior as the injured Desert Tarant instantly burst into rage!

    Its front legs mmed into the sandy ground to stop its body, sending up showers of sand. Then its two long back legs viciously smashed into the chest of the Light Armored Warrior, who had no time to dodge, sending him sprawling to the ground!

    ¡°-1388!¡±

    ¡°-1356!¡±

    Above the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s head, two damage coefficients emerged, his HP having fallen by two-fifths in an instant!

    Tch!

    At that moment, the other Desert Tarant stampeded furiously towards him from behind. Its seven remaining hairy legs stomped down on him!

    Two enraged high-attack-type Level 50 Elite monsters against one Light Armored Warrior whose HP had already fallen to almost half!

    In this situation, it seemed like a 100% death rate!

    Unless...

    Ping!

    A 7.62MM armor-piercing bullet, circled by streaks of electricity as if it was carrying more heat than the sun in the sky, flew from behind a nearby sand dune!

    The rotating armor-piercing bullet, at high-speed and an incredibly precise angle, drilled through the wounded spot on the Desert Tarant that had previously been opened by the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s Devastating sh!

    Then right after, it carried a huge ssh of green sma as it once again ripped out of the other side of the Desert Tarant¡¯s body!

    There were also two red damage coefficients!

    ¡°-5033!¡±

    ¡°-1256!¡±

    A lethal damage, a concluding attack!

    Desert Tarants didn¡¯t have very strong defense, but they still had more than 9000 HP.

    That spider had been finished with one shot when it still had at least two-thirds of its health?

    Lying on the sand, the Light Armored Warrior had been perfectly positioned to see everything that happened. His eyes widened, and a thought appeared in his mind.

    ¡°A Sniper, and a top-tier Sniper at that!¡±

    In War, there was only one profession that was able to deal such amazing damage in a single blow!

 Chapter 311 - Great War on the Desert Tarantulas!

    <h4>Chapter 311: Great War on the Desert Tarants!</h4>

    Peng, peng!

    The Light Armored Warrior was distracted for a moment, and the enraged Level 50 Elite Desert Tarant behind him took the chance to jump forward. Its two long hairy legs dropped from the sky, jabbing heavily into the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s chest!

    ¡°-1432!¡±

    ¡°-1567!¡±

    Two damage coefficients emerged once again!

    Furthermore, due to the mere Fine-Grade armor on his chest being already damaged to a certain extent by the attack just now, the damage coefficient this time was higher than the previous.

    The Light Armored Warrior¡¯s HP quickly dropped to less than a quarter!

    The Desert Tarant stood above him on four legs and held its broken leg to the side. The two legs which had already attacked remained on the ground, and thest leg was also raised up high, about to jab down on him!

    Then the Sniper fired again!

    There was another armor-piercing bullet, with a burning scent and a faint red glow. Not even a second had passed since the previous armor-piercing bullet.

    Ping!

    The special-type armor-piercing bullet was like a cannon as it smashed heavily into the critical joint of the Desert Tarant¡¯s raised leg!

    Cha!

    ¡°-2303!¡±

    The spider¡¯s jointed leg, with the thickness of a person¡¯s entire calf, was actually broken by this red-glowing armor-piercing bullet.

    Green sma sttered onto the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s chest, instantly erupting into white smoke. At the same time, a string of ¡°-17, -20...¡± and other poisoned damage coefficients appeared.

    The sma of the Desert Tarant was poisonous, plus it had strong corrosive properties!

    However, the Light Armored Warrior wasn¡¯t the only one showing a continuous string of damage coefficients. Above the Elite Desert Tarant¡¯s head, a simr string emerged.

    ¡°-100, -102, -108...¡±

    They were all damage coefficients exceeding 100! Continuous burning damage!

    After hitting the back of the Elite Desert Tarant, that armor-piercing bullet with a burning glow had actually exploded into a ball of mes with a peng. As it was causing damage, it had also set aze theyer of thick hair on the Desert Tarant¡¯s body!

    Then, the spot where the Desert Tarant had been shot seemed like it had been drenched in gasoline. The mes rapidly engulfed the area, then spread out!

    Peng, peng!

    Right after, a fireball the size of a melon and a brown Earth Spikended on the Desert Tarant, one top and one bottom.

    Even though the damage they inflicted was not too high, they had nheless caused two damage coefficients of ¡°-1008¡± and ¡°-672.¡± They expanded the fire already burning the Desert Tarant, and that half of its body was quickly swallowed by the mes!

    A normal sniper rifle bullet had been fired at almost the same time as the fireball and the Earth Spike, but it had missed, mming into the sand across from the Light Armored Warrior!

    Instead of listening to him and leaving, hispanion had stayed to help?! Only, hispanion¡¯s abilities were insignificantpared to the unknown Sniper who had showed up to help!

    As the team leader, My World¡¯s face showed a bitter smile, but now was clearly not the time toment over a friend¡¯s techniques. Even though the Elite Desert Tarant behind him had been consecutively hit, it was still left with more than one-third of its HP.

    Also, after being burned by the armor-piercing bullet and the mes set by the fireball, the Desert Tarant let out a scream loud enough to cause trembling a short distance away!

    Tch!

    Gritting his teeth against the pain from his chest injuries and his ringing ears, My World grabbed his Alloy Sword, stood up, and shed viciously at the abdomen of the Desert Tarant.

    Following that, he jumped back, dodging the remaining six legs of the Desert Tarant, which were iling madly!

    ¡°-1221!¡±

    Ping!

    At the same time, a third armor-piercing bullet was fired within the short period of time, once again hurtling perfectly into the wound which the Alloy Sword had created!

    ¡°-1434!¡±

    The damage was not high, as it had already cleared all the remaining HP of the Desert Tarant!

    Final attack!

    The huge zing body of the Desert Tarant fell to the ground with a loud thud.

    A pile of Energy Crystals exploded out onto the sand after the death of the Elite Desert Tarant, but there was also an item radiating with a faint white glow!

    A ne decorative item with a spider-shaped pendant!

    ¡°A decorative item!¡± My World¡¯s eyes widened, but he didn¡¯t immediately pick up the nearby decorative item, despite the likelihood that it was Rare-grade.

    He just hesitated a little before directly turning back, lifting his Alloy Sword as he ran towards the Heavy Armored Warrior blocking the other two Desert Tarants!

    ¡°Help Old Steel!¡± he shouted to hispanion as he ran.

    Feng Luo was watching through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder, and he had clearly seen the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s change in expression as he turned to help his friend. Feng Luo smiled.

    ...

    The battle ended swiftly with the help of Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Rapid Shooting¡± and the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s uracy.

    A total of four Level 50 Elite monsters had been finished in a few short seconds.

    ¡°Big Brother Steel!¡±

    The female Doctor yer had already hurriedly brought over a first-aid box and attended to the Heavy Armored Warrior, whose HP was at less than one-tenth and who had almost gone into the ¡°heavily injured¡± state.

    As the others stood around, the eyes of the two female Maniptors could not help but fall on the spider ne produced by the second Desert Tarant!

    Decorative items in War were just too rare.

    Moreover, this was very likely to be one of the best-selling full-grade decorative items of the time, and it was extremely likely to be of Fine-Grade!

    ¡°Don¡¯t!¡± The Light Armored Warrior shook his head at the two, then he turned and shouted in the direction that the Sniper¡¯s shots seemed to havee from.

    ¡°Sniper friend, thanks for saving us! Could youe out for us to meet you?¡±

    Feng Luo was initially about to agree but suddenly creased his forehead. A meeting, huh? It would be better for you all to immediately retreat from there ande to where I am...

    After feeling the message via Mental Link from 24K lying on his shoulder, he spoke as his vision instantly switched back. ¡°Big Brother World... The decorative item?¡±

    Below the sand dune, the two female Maniptors looked a little irritated when they heard Feng Luo¡¯s words. The drop rate of decorative items in War was very low, let alone the decorative item produced by such an Elite monster which was highly likely to be of Fine-Grade!

    The equipment of their small team were very average, most of the pieces being Elite-Grade, not even Excellent-Grade. A Fine decorative item of equivalent value to a piece of lesser Rare equipment would be very precious to them!

    ¡°Okay, right now!¡± My World creased his forehead but decisively agreed. Then he exined on the team channel to someining teammates, ¡°Without this expert Sniper¡¯s help, we¡¯d already be finished, and our mission would¡¯ve also failed.¡±

    ¡°Among the four Elite monsters, three of them were killed by him, and even thest one was more than 50% his contribution. Honestly speaking, these prizes should indeed belong to him!¡±

    ¡°Also...¡± My World¡¯s eyes turned grave. ¡°With the ability that this Sniper has just disyed and the position advantage that he currently possesses, we¡¯re not his match despite outnumbering him. So this prize belongs to him...Tangerine, when this team gets decorative items, you and Milkshake will have first pick.¡±

    After he finished speaking, he called the Sniper and the Heavy Armored Warrior, who had already recovered some of his HP, to join him in climbing towards the top of Feng Luo¡¯s sand dune.

    Except for the Heavy Armored Warrior, the others all looked at the Energy Crystals and prizes the Tarant had dropped with regret... But they still did as they were told in the end.

    But just then, Sniper¡¯s voice suddenly sounded again, with a slight astonishment!

    ¡°Um, why¡¯re you guys not picking up the equipment and Crystals? You shouldn¡¯t leave them on the ground for the monsters, right?¡±

    The team yers climbing up the sand dune paused. ¡°You want us to pick them up?¡±

    When Feng Luo switched his vision back and saw the yers¡¯ expressions, he quickly understood that because of his distraction, his slightly careless words had made them misunderstand.

    ¡°Er... I think that I phrased my previous statement poorly. The items produced by that Desert Tarant are not of much use to me, so take whatever you need. But I need the eyeball from the Elite Desert Tarant!¡±

    ¡°Besides, you guys need to hurry up, because this battle isn¡¯t over yet,¡± Feng Luo said as he shifted the muzzle of the Eye of the Thunder in his hands.

    The Elite Scout Beetle¡¯s vision allowed him to see around the huge sand dune lying opposite him, and it had revealed a group of more than 30 Desert Tarants twisting their long legs, running towards him!

    As for the equipment on the ground, he really wasn¡¯t concerned about it.

    It had been more than two weeks since the Huan Yu auction. In that time, the Eye of the Thunders and W-virus Enhancement Potions, which Huan Yu Company had been auctioning off in various major cities, had all been sold at extremely high prices!

    Feng Luo was now essentially earning 1,000,000 credits per day, in addition to the fact that his equipment was now all high-grade Rare items.

    Thus, he really wasn¡¯t very interested in equipment produced by typical monsters, even if it was a Fine-Grade decorative item!

    He had noticed that the equipment of this small team of yers was not very good, but they had still been very persistent in the battle. He had been touched by their determination, and he didn¡¯t mind giving out the prizes from these four Elite tarants.

    Furthermore, he would need their strength for the remaining horde of Desert Tarants!

 Chapter 312 - Level 50 Mission Complete

    <h4>Chapter 312: Level 50 Mission Complete</h4>

    Ping!

    After traveling about 50 meters at an extremely precise angle, an armor-piercing bullet with a faint red color hit a Desert Tarant, twisting its eight long legs as the bullet sped through the creature¡¯s side and out the center of its back!

    ¡°-4566!¡±

    A red lethal damage!

    The power of the armor-piercing bullet opened a fist-sized hole in the Desert Tarant¡¯s back, immediately depleting the Level 50 Normal Desert Tarant¡¯s approximately 5000 HP!

    At the same time, the entry wound had erupted into a ball of mes, burning along its dense hair!

    [Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet Model II (C-Grade Ammunition)]

    Raises attack power by 25%, creates an explosion upon hitting target, causing continuous burning effect for a certain period of time. If target is lighted sessfully, it will cause a spread burn damage.

    Feng Luo put down the Eye of the Thunder, very satisfied with the effect of this C-Grade bullet he had won from the auction.

    In contrast to the D-Grade Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet, a C-Grade Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet did not have the limitation of only lighting mmable targets, as the high-energy liquid fuel in the bullet head could be lit after its explosion, and the attack power increase could be raised too!

    The only w was that, simr to the Energy armor-piercing bullet, it would trace an obvious trajectory in the sky when being shot at night, which would undoubtedly expose its position!

    But anyway, at a price of only 200 credits, it was still a lot cheaper than some C-Grade Energy armor-piercing bullets that were now a little downgraded, and it could even be luxuriously used for training!

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, your shooting is so urate!¡± said the young Sniper beside Feng Luo.

    He was also holding a sniper rifle, but he couldn¡¯t find any targets. Although he had already seen Feng Luo at work in the earlier fight, his mundane eyes still shone with surprise and envy!

    One fatal shot, every bullet causing a red damage!

    To a Sniper, that was the ultimate goal.

    In contrast, it seemed as if the sniper rifle in his hands was disobedient; if it was not for the enhancement of skills, there would be at least five times more chance of missing such a fast-moving and agility-type target as the Desert Tarant!

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, how is it that you¡¯re always able to hit critical points so effortlessly, causing fatal damages?¡± Watermelon Skin could not help but ask.

    He knew that Feng Luo¡¯s equipment was extremely good, which was why his shots were powerful enough to finish off a Level 50 Normal Desert Tarant in one strike. The rifle Feng Luo used was the Rare weapon that had recently be incredibly popr and sought after by most Snipers¡ªthe Eye of the Thunder!

    But the Rare equipment couldn¡¯t ount for Feng Luo¡¯s 70% rate of causing lethal damage, which would be almost 100% with the weak damage added! That string of red damage coefficients was more important to a Sniper than any equipment!

    ¡°To cause critical damage, you first have to find the precise critical point. Actually, for a Sniper, killing organism-type monsters and mechanic-type monsters are simr processes; the key to both lies in destroying the Control Core and the Energy Core!¡± Feng Luo turned, putting down the Eye of the Thunder.

    ¡°But there are too many types of monsters in War, and the critical point is very hard to determine. The information from the scope doesn¡¯t include indications of the critical point!¡± Watermelon Skin said with a troubled expression.

    ¡°There are two ways to deal with that problem. First, you can look up the information on the forum before missions, and second, you can determine based on experience!¡±

    ¡°Take the Desert Tarant, for instance. Although its mutant body is veryrge, its overall structure is still the same as a normal spider¡¯s. So its main critical point is the brain in its head, same as most monsters, but the defense at the head area is high, so it can be very difficult for a single shot to cause lethal damage. Another spot is not the heart but the aortic blood vessel in the spider¡¯s back, so to pull off a critical attack, you want to hit its back, not the abdomen!¡±

    Feng Luo thought for a moment.

    ¡°As for hitting the critical point or weakness with every shot... I suggest you try not engaging all your skills, or even deleting some of your passive uracy skills, thenpletely depending on your own judgment to shoot. Practice for three months, then start learning skills from scratch!¡±

    ¡°Practicingpletely without skills?¡± Watermelon Skin muttered, as if in thought.

    ...

    ¡°Come here, little thing, would you like something nice to eat?¡±

    Behind Feng Luo and Watermelon Skin, the two female Maniptors were holding out a white crystal, attempting to lure 24K away from Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder. Feng Luo had told them that 24K needed to eat Crystals, so they had taken out a Crystal in the hopes of getting 24K to crawl into their hands where they could pet him.

    Since pets were so rare, although 24K was a beetle and Feng Luo was perfectly happy if it remained so, it was still well-liked by many female yers!

    However, 24K did not pay any attention to them at all. It shook its little head scornfully, then crawled a few steps, took out an Energy Crystal out of Feng Luo¡¯s tactical vest, and began chomping on it delightedly and noisily!

    ¡°Ah, a silver crystal worth 1000 credits, how extravagant!¡±

    Seeing that 24K was used to taking things out of Feng Luo¡¯s pockets, the two female Maniptors could not help but exim in surprise.

    Since Feng Luo had recently be rich, he was naturally getting better items of all types, and so 24K¡¯s taste had also be more... refined. Now, if it was not super hungry, 24K would not even eat white crystals, let alone lower grade grey crystals!

    ¡°Oh god, Big Brother Feng, is this pet of yours getting too used to doing whatever it wants? I¡¯ve heard before that many pets eat crystals, but it¡¯s just crystal shards, grey crystals, stuff like that...¡±

    ¡°This beetle is actually eating silver crystals! It¡¯s too extravagant, plus it seems like itsbat power is not high...¡±

    The two female Maniptors were embarrassed as they put away their own crystals, but they were even more curious looking at 24K. Earlier, they had privately concluded that 24K must belong to the viewing and assisting category of pets; after all, with this build, it was not possible for it to participate inbat at all!

    From start to finish, none of the six people in this small team had noticed the Scout Beetle above their heads, and so naturally they did not know that 24K was a ¡°War¡¯s first¡±-titled BOSS-Grade pet!

    Just then, the Heavy Armored Warrior named Steel Fortress returned and disyed the prizes he had brought up.

    ¡°Brother Feng, for you!¡±

    Thereafter, My World once again passed three of the mission items called ¡°Eye of the Desert Tarant¡± over to Feng Luo!

    But he held himself differently from Watermelon Skin; he kept his admiration hidden, and his expression seemed a little conflicted. He was thinking about what had happened one hour before.

    After he had happily packed up his equipment, still a bit stunned by Feng Luo¡¯s generosity, a huge horde of more than 30 Desert Tarants had appeared close by!

    As My World¡¯s team had all turned pale, Feng Luo had simply started firing instead of choosing to retreat. As he fired, he enraged the Desert Tarant horde, which began charging directly towards them!

    My World¡¯s forehead creased involuntarily¡ªFeng Luo was a little too self-confident.

    They only had seven people, while opposite them was a huge ck horde of Desert Tarants; although most of them were of Normal-Grade, there were also three huge Elite-Grades!

    Even though they had previously finished off four Elite Desert Tarants, they had suffered greatly to do so, and they weren¡¯t even half-recovered yet.

    Perhaps My World¡¯s group would still have been able to escape if the Desert Tarants hadn¡¯t been enraged, but now that the Desert Tarant horde had been infuriated, there was absolutely no chance of retreating!

    Having no choice, they could only battle.

    But as they began to fight, he was surprised. Feng Luo was proving that his self-confidence wasn¡¯t just empty boasting!

    The Eye of the Thunder boomed continuously, spitting out a stream of hot bullets less than one second apart. With every gunshot, one of the charging Normal-Grade Desert Tarants fell to the ground, and so the Desert Tarant horde left a trail of corpses as they surged forward.

    By the time the horde had crossed a third of the distance to My World¡¯s group, Feng Luo had already killed 10 Normal-Grade Desert Tarants!

    After My World¡¯s team recovered from their shock, they quickly assisted in attacking at range!

    In the end, when thest Desert Tarant had stopped in its tracks 10 meters away from them, everyone was relieved and delighted.

    In addition to the Experience they had obtained from eliminating more than 30 Desert Tarants, allowing their Maniptors to gain an entire level, they had also once again received many prizes and Crystals, including Normal and Fine-Grade Level 50 items!

    This had also allowed the Maniptors in the team to replenish much of the MP they had initially depleted due to their average equipment, so they now had the power to continue killing monsters!

    And continuing to kill monsters was Feng Luo¡¯s original goal!

    ¡°Desert Tarants have a unique hearing organ that can receive distress signals in the air from very far away. Therefore, once we¡¯ve killed these Desert Tarants, there¡¯ll definitely be follow-up tarantsing, but since there are no nests nearby, it¡¯ll be a horde of less than 40.¡±

    ¡°With how we¡¯ve organized the battlefield, we¡¯d certainly be able to take on a group like that, and the Experience from killing monsters of higher grades is a lot higher than that of normal monsters! Of course, it¡¯s fine if you guys choose to leave, too...¡± Feng Luo said directly.

    ¡°Should we stay or leave?¡± My World asked. He found his answer in the anticipation filling his teammates¡¯ eyes.

    Following that, just as Feng Luo had said, the monsters came in small groups. By taking down a couple monsters every minute or two, they would have killed more than 200 Desert Tarants in an hour!

    In addition, Feng Luo wasn¡¯t remotely concerned about the items left behind by the Desert Tarants¡ªhe just wanted the Desert Tarant eyeballs which were mission items. To him, this hour or so of training was equivalent to four or five days of returns!

    But now, Feng Luo had all the mission items he wanted. Very clearly, this exceptionally effortless journey of killing monsters was about to end!

    Seeing that Feng Luo had stood up, Tangerine, a Fire Maniptor in the team who was apparently still a student in real life, turned to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, are you stilling here to train tomorrow?¡± she asked.

    ¡°Brother Feng should be doing a Level 50 promotion mission, and he should reach Level 50 after submitting the mission. Then he wouldn¡¯t have to train anymore...¡± My World said. He had already guessed what mission Feng Luo was doing from the mission item.

    ¡°Yeah, I should be leaving Storm City tomorrow and going back to Silvermoon City!¡± Feng Luo said, smiling. Unexpectedly, the yers¡¯ eyes lit up.

    ¡°Silvermoon City! You mean the Silvermoon City that is to the South, near the rebellion border?¡±

    ¡°Why, you all know about it?¡± Feng Luo was a little surprised.

    ¡°For this mission of ours, the next round would be to go to Silvermoon City. We could meet Brother Feng again!¡± Tangerine said with delighted eyes.

    ¡°Then you¡¯re wee to join me once I¡¯ve reached Silvermoon City, if there¡¯s time. I can be the host.¡± Feng Luo smiled as well.

    A little embarrassed, the mundane Sniper shifted his rifle nervously in his hands and asked, ¡°Well then, Big Brother Feng, could we exchange electronic name cards?¡±

    ¡°Sure!¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    After exchanging electronic name cards with everyone, Feng Luo took out the ¡°Land Bullet¡± SCV1 with a streak of white light.

    ¡°Goodbye then!¡±

    He mounted and the Energy engine slightly rumbled to life, and with 24K lying on his shoulder, he left a track in the sand running far away into the desert!

 Chapter 313 - Slot Machine, Lottery!

    <h4>Chapter 313: Slot Machine, Lottery!</h4>

    Feng Luo epted back his Mission Chip from the hand of an NPC staff in the Storm City No. 10 mission hall, and a sweet female voice spoke.

    [¡°You havepleted Level 50 Elite Promotion Mission, Merit earned: 100. Reward earned: one chance at a random lottery!¡±]

    [¡°Congrattions, you have leveled up to Level 50. Your overall attributes +2, all Energy resistance +2%, your HP +200, MP +100!¡±]

    Right after, a level up aura shed through him.

    This was an even more eye-catching white light than typical level-ups. It was as if he was entirely engulfed by the dense white level-up light!

    ¡°Finally, Level 50!¡± Feng Luo took a deep breath, smiling.

    The days of his level dragging behind everyone else¡¯s were over. And as far as equipment, he had finally gained the ability to use the Ghost Weep military knife and had thus surpassed most of the top yers in War!

    Over thest two weeks, almost 100 pieces of Legendary equipment had appeared in War, so he was not the only one who had one.

    No one could forget the Huan Yu auction two weeks ago, where that ¡°Desert Crown¡± had sold for a godly price of a billion credits. In addition to satisfying the star yer Gone with the Wind, whose poprity had surged into War¡¯s top 10, it had also given countless people new hope and motivation. Therefore, these days, there was a new piece of Legendary equipment exposed by someone almost every day on the forum!

    Eye of the Oasis, War Song, Death-G600...

    Most of the Legendary items wereing fromrge-scale organizations or guilds, obtained by gatheringrge numbers of yers to gang-kill unique-type BOSSes of Level 55 and above.

    Also, there were a few pieces found by yers onrge-scale Hidden Missions.

    These people were undoubtedly lucky fellows, since after the ¡°Desert Crown¡± had been hyped up by Glory Group and Gone with the Wind to the godly price of a billion credits, the auction prices of Legendary equipment had been sky high!

    Even though the subsequent auction prices of Legendary items were not as horrifying as the Desert Crown, they still sold for breathtaking amounts!

    Getting a Legendary item in the game really could make one rich overnight!

    ¡°But even though almost 100 have been released, realistically speaking, Legendary equipment is still really rare. If there¡¯s an average of 10 billion yers online in War, then there would be just one Legendary item among 100,000,000 people. It¡¯s already rarer than the godly devices in typical games...¡±

    Feng Luo smiled, after which put his focus on the ¡°lottery chance¡± that the system had mentioned.

    Level 50 was the current level cap of War, and it also required a promotion mission, so naturally it was different from the normal level-ups. In order to entice people, the game system had deliberately created the additional attraction of a lottery!

    Justpleting an Elite-Grade Promotion Mission would grant a chance to participate in a random lottery.

    The prize items were from the lowest ranked E-Grade Energy Crystals to the highest quality Level 50 Rare equipment. It waspletely random!

    Of course, most people received items in the middle range¡ªthere were very few people getting E-Grade Crystals or Rare equipment!

    So, it¡¯s up to luck! Feng Luo thought, then walked from the hall to a different part of the building. In a corner of the mission hall, he found a line of slot machines to be used for the lottery!

    Yes, they were actually slot machines, and furthermore, the tension lever type! Why was there a lottery facility with such Earthly characteristics in War? But thinking of all sorts of connections between this game and Earth¡¯s culture, Feng Luo was not surprised.

    ¡°F*ck, so unlucky, getting just 200 credits!¡±

    When Feng Luo walked over, there were many people standing around outside the virtual istion doors of the line of slot machines, spectating with excitement! asionally, there were also people walking out of the lottery region with disappointed expressions.

    Of course, there were those with rotten luck, but also those with bursting luck. A Scout yerughed heartily as he walked out of the lottery region.

    ¡°Haha, not bad! A Level 48 Fine Alloy Longsword. If anybody wants, I can sell it.¡±

    ¡°Give it to me, I¡¯ll offer a high price!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m from the Tianfeng Equipment Trading Company, do you need to auction it?¡±

    Subsequently, many yers among those standing outside came up to the Scout, some of them looking like Merchant yers from Huan Yu, Starry Sky, or simrpanies.

    ¡°These Merchant yers really know how to jump at any chance they get.¡± Feng Luo nced at them with an amused expression, then stood waiting at one side.

    Since Level 50 Elite Promotion Missions were only a little troublesome rather than being really difficult, many people were able toplete them. But since every yer only had one chance at the lottery, there naturally weren¡¯t too many people queuing here.

    And so, in not more than two minutes, it was Feng Luo¡¯s turn!

    When he walked in, the ss door which could not be seen through from outside closed automatically, and then he saw the slot machine at the center of the room with three pictures and a red lever!

    ¡°Indeed, the design is almost the same as what I remember. Alright, it¡¯s all down to luck!¡±

    Feng Luo rubbed his hands together. Back when he was on Earth, he was an expert at slot machines in the casino.

    But there was no way of increasing your odds in this situation, and it was not the type of machine that would only give a prize if the three pictures were the same.

    ¡°I¡¯ll start!¡±

    After rubbing his hands, he heavily pulled down the red lever at the side.

    Following that, the three pictures on the slot machine¡¯s virtual screen started spinning rapidly. Five secondster, the speed of the first picture became slower, then gradually came to a stop, showing a Chip-type item!

    ¡°Which means, thest prize will be a Chip? Don¡¯t know if it¡¯ll be a Skill Chip, a Control Chip, or a Biochip...¡±

    There were too many types of Chips in War. Feng Luo immediately shifted his gaze to the second box. Another five secondster, the second box had stopped as well¡ªa symbol representing a Skill Chip appeared!

    ¡°It¡¯s a Skill Chip? Please don¡¯t let it be a normal Skill Chip; those are only worth a few hundred credits at the market!¡±

    Feng Luo hoped that his luck would not be so unfortunate, although the chance of that happening was seemingly very high!

    Five secondster, the third picture had stopped as well, and on it was a symbol representing a general skill!

    Right after, the three pictures spun and fused together. There was a beam of white light, and a Level 15 silver-colored Rare Skill Chip appeared on the virtual screen!

    ¡°A Rare Chip! But it¡¯s only Level 15?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes lit up, but seeing that it was Level 15, his forehead creased as he was a little disappointed. After all, to most of the professions, the Level 15 basic skills were difficult to rece, and so the market prices of Level 15 Rare Skill Chips were more average!

    But then, when he had truly seen the attributes of this Chip, his eyes lit up once again.

    ¡°My luck... still seems decent!¡±

    ...

    ¡°Brother, what did you get? Anything good?¡±

    ¡°My luck isn¡¯t good, it¡¯s just a General Skill Chip!¡± Feng Luo said, shaking his head.

    He pretended to be dissatisfied, immediately shaking off the first person who tried to strike up a conversation with him.

    Naturally, seeing his response, the other Merchant yers who had started to crowd toward him lost interest.

    Beep¡ª¡ª!

    However, just as he walked out the exit of the mission hall, a message voice sounded from his Communicator.

    ¡°Mu Wu?¡± Feng Luo paused when he saw the name of the person on the Communicator and reached out to pick it up.

    ¡°Old Feng, have you already reached Level 50?¡±

    Mu Wu¡¯s voice, which he had not heard in a long time, came from the Communicator.

    ¡°Yup, just reached full-level!¡±

    ¡°Oh, then do you have any immediate ns? If you have nothing on, could you do our club a favor?¡±

    ¡°Ah...oh...okay, understood!¡±

    Ten secondster, Feng Luo ended the call and reached out a hand to call for a hovercraft.

    ¡°To No. 1 Landing Point!¡±

 Chapter 314 - Ruins Exploration

    <h4>Chapter 314: Ruins Exploration</h4>

    West of Silvermoon City, coordinates (-1223, 0254)

    An SN600 bulletproof Energy SUV drove down the path full of yellow sand, continuously passing other yers¡¯ vehicles traveling in the same direction.

    ¡°Old Wu, just what¡¯s the matter? You can now tell me in detail.¡±

    Feng Luo sat in the back of the vehicle, sipping on an iced beverage from the vehicle refrigerator. Mu Wu was wearing gold-rimmed sses while he drove.

    ¡°Yesterday, when Mu Zi and his team were doing a mission, they discovered a Ruins Area more than 10 miles south of the Lu Conglomerate, and they activated an Exploration Mission!¡± Mu Wu said with a grave face as he drove.

    ¡°Exploring Ruins Areas typicallyes withrge Merit rewards. Mu Zi¡¯s luck is not bad,¡± Feng Luo said.

    ording to the game organizer¡¯s background settings, the objective of yers as Adventurers was to explore ruins of the past and eliminate mutant monsters, allowing both parties to earn Merit rewards from the Federation.

    Especially in Ruins Areas, the first exploration would typically gather better equipment than the subsequent explorations, so discovering a new Ruins Area was naturally extremely valuable!

    ¡°It wasn¡¯t as lucky as you think. There is arge number of Elite monsters of Level 40 and above in that Ruins Area, and their team¡¯s specializations were not suitable for exploration! They only managed to explore a third of the Ruins before they were forced to return!¡±

    ¡°Then, as they were walking out of the Ruins, they were ambushed by another team. With their insufficient preparation and supplies, they were wiped out!¡± Mu Wu said with a low voice.

    Feng Luo was silent.

    Honestly speaking, such things happened every day in War, so he did not feel much rage. But if Mu Wu was speaking about the matter with such venom, he clearly had some other reason.

    ¡°The team which eliminated them had eight yers from the Lu Conglomerate head office!¡±

    As Mu Wu spoke, his expression under his gold-rimmed sses turned even darker.

    ¡°Hm? From Lu Conglomerate?¡±

    Feng Luo creased his forehead, his face darkening a little as well.

    ¡°When I objected to merging Nightless Club into the Lu Conglomerate Guild, it wasn¡¯tpletely because I wanted to secure power and personal interests,¡± Mu Wu said tly as he sped up the Energy SUV. ¡°Nightless City is meant to be Lu Conglomerate¡¯s recreation center for the socialization of some upper-ss people in the real world. One-third of the people among the club¡¯s yers are considered VIPs!¡±

    ¡°If my guests joined the Lu Conglomerate, the presence of all the VIPs would make them feel ufortable and out of ce!¡±

    ¡°Right!¡± Feng Luo nodded his head; to Diamond VIP members such as Sister Rui and Chairman Qian, they clearly would not be concerned at all about whether the guild they joined was powerful. To them, ying a game was just y; joining guilds that were full of fun like Nightless Club would be even more free and unrestricted!

    ¡°But those of the head office don¡¯t think this way, especially those newly-joined yers who now make up more than half of it. I don¡¯t know who instilled so many hostile ideas in them!¡± Mu Wu said tly.

    ¡°Newly-joined yers?¡± asked Feng Luo.

    ¡°The total number of yers in the Lu Conglomerate has already exceeded 50,000, and half of them are the newly-joined yers. Furthermore, this number continues to increase by thousands every day. Also, there are more than 5000 NPCs in the city now!¡± Mu Wu said.

    ¡°In thest two weeks? ...It¡¯s due to the war plot.¡± Feng Luo said certainly.

    ¡°Yes, because of the start of the war plot. This city of ours is built close to the rebellion and the Federation borders, and it¡¯s in a very good geographical location. Many yers have already set their respawn point here, and of course, most of them have joined the Lu Conglomerate!¡±

    ¡°This shows that your prediction was very right. At least, your decision to build a city here and y the war plot seems to be very sessful now!¡± Feng Luo said.

    He still remembered the sparks in Mu Wu¡¯s eyes when Mu Wu had talked about building a city.

    ¡°If everything goes ording to n, there¡¯s really no need to worry. But still, Lu Chen and that group of people of the board of directors of the Club are too greedy!¡± Mu Wu¡¯s face shed with obvious scorn.

    ¡°I suggested right from the start that all of this city should follow the construction style of a semi-military base, and that it should not allow too many NPCs to station in it. That way, even though less than a quarter of the city¡¯s construction waspleted in the past two months, it still possesses the strength to fend for itself against the war plot!¡±

    ¡°In addition to having the two semi-military cities Silvermoon and Sunset blocking at both sides, there¡¯s no need to worry about the head of the rebellion attacking their targets.¡±

    ¡°Until then, the yers¡¯ advantage of being able to be revived can bepletely relied on to develop the city step by step during the war!¡±

    At his own prediction, a look of confidence which Feng Luo was familiar with appeared once again in Mu Wu¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that Lu Chen¡¯s desires are too big, and many people on the board of directors are short-sighted and hot-headed!¡±

    ¡°Before a third of the funds had even been used, the board of directors worried that the coffers would run dry. They actually began to continuously ept NPCs, then they withdrew funds to open a store to allow the city to be expanded faster than it should!¡±

    ¡°So now there are already a lot of NPC armies in Silvermoon City and Sunset City, these two semi-military cities, and the defenses have been increased and made more rigorous. This yers¡¯ city oasis of ours, which was originally not eye-catching at all, is now very likely to be an important target in the rebellion¡¯s eyes!¡±

    ¡°To secure capital profit, they jeopardized the city,¡± Feng Luo said this calmly.

    In reality, he was not very concerned about the Lu Conglomerate being in danger or the money he had invested going down the drain.

    After all, he was just a temporary deputy manager of an entertainment city, and furthermore, he was now standing on the side of Nightless Club.

    However, he agreed with much of Mu Wu¡¯s prediction of the war plot situation.

    Not long before, he had already called two NPC staff of the ¡°Feng Zhi Dan Heng Ammunition Store¡± through the Communicator, asking them to ship all the items and devices in the store over to Storm City by air.

    Once plots in War started, there was no setting to make yers¡¯ financial property sacred and invible. The gamepany would notpensate yers for their losses!

    Therefore, one had to depend on one¡¯s own predictive powers to avoid crisis!

    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s talk a bit about Mu Zi and the rest. How do we settle the situation?¡±

    Feng Luo changed the topic to yesterday¡¯s matter.

    ¡°The ambushing team also entered to explore, but they didn¡¯t get too far at all before they were driven out in a bad state. After Mu Zi told me about this matter, I spoke about it at the director board meeting this morning!¡±

    ¡°However, the board of directors did not have any intention of punishing them; when those people were called up for a direct confrontation, they insistently stated that they were the ones who had discovered the Ruins. Since there was no way of videotaping at the Ruins, Mu Zi and the rest had no way of proving their story!¡±

    ¡°How did Lu Chen react?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°Until the exploration ispleted, a team has to receive the mission in order to enter the Ruins. Since there is a limit of only two teams for the mission per day, Lu Chen decided for us and them to send one team each to enter today.¡±

    ¡°Lu Chen¡¯s way of dealing with the problem doesn¡¯t sound too biased, but he might still know the truth of the situation!¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°Regardless, the decision is up to him, Old Feng. I can only plead for your help once more!¡±

    As Mu Wu was talking about Lu Chen¡¯s attitude, his expression quivered slightly, but he was much calmer when he looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mm.¡±

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t know why Mu Wu, as a manager of the Lu Conglomerate Subordinate Entertainment City, always went tit-for-tat with the only sessors of the conglomerate.

    However, Feng Luo was rather interested in this ruins exploration.

    At the same time, he did not mind eliminating that group of people from the Lu Conglomerate headquarters if he bumped into them!

 Chapter 315 - Dark Night Starsâ€™ Invitation

    <h4>Chapter 315: Dark Night Stars¡¯ Invitation</h4>

    Screech!

    The bulletproof energy SUV¡¯s tires drew a huge arc on the ground and stopped firmly between the two opposing groups of yers.

    When Feng Luo opened the car door and exited the vehicle with Mu Wu, the smaller group of yers burst into delighted greetings.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    Boss Meng, a Light Armored Warrior weighing over 250 pounds hefted a huge, stylish golden broadsword onto his shoulder and greeted Feng Luo, ¡°Young Brother Feng? So the cavalry Manager Mu promised is you!¡±

    ¡°Sweet! With you on our side, we¡¯ll have no problem taking care of these pawns in front of us!¡±

    ¡°Heh, Old Meng, you¡¯ve never been ssy when speaking, so it¡¯s very rare for you to be able to say something that captures the heart of everyone here. Nice!¡±

    Naturally, the one who spoke after Boss Meng was the extremely thin Earth Maniptor, Chairman Jiao. He spoke with a bright smile.

    Standing beside Chairman Jiao was the club¡¯s gold-medal female boxing coach with tanned skin and great style. She was also Chairman Jiao¡¯s girlfriend, Rose Thorns. She red at Chairman Jiao as she said, ¡°Is that apliment or an insult?¡±

    Chairman Jiao instinctively shrank back, looking like a henpecked husband. He looked to the others for help. ¡°I¡¯m definitelyplimenting Old Meng! Of course it¡¯s apliment! Isn¡¯t that right, Little Snow? Don¡¯t you think that Brother Jiao here is right?¡±

    Standing across from Chairman Jiao was Little Snow, who was carrying the medical kit on her back. She covered her mouth to hide herughter.

    ¡°It has been a while!¡± Feng Luo smiled.

    He had worked with half of these people back during the city building mission. They should have no difficulty working together during the mission! The only unfortunate matter was that Sister Rui was no longer there, though the team still had a Machine Gunner. He was a tall and silly-looking yer.

    In contrast to their small squad, the team from Lu Conglomerate¡¯s HQ had more than twice as many people.

    Among them, the most eye-catching person was undoubtedly Lu Chen, ID name Dark Night Stars. Fully equipped in Rare Grade Fire Maniptor gear, he was smiling as he chatted away with the others around him.

    Four Heavy Armored Warriors wearing the same sets of ck Level 50 Excellent Grade armor stood beside him, following his movements closely!

    The car behind him was a vehicle that cost around five million credits in the game. It was the top-end ZS-9 bulletproofbat vehicle nicknamed the ¡°Heavy Fortress,¡± with three shooter seats and an energy shield.

    Furthermore, in a hidden location somewhere closeby, Feng Luo knew even without looked that there would be a couple Snipers scanning the area constantly for threats, Rare Grade sniper rifles in their hands.

    One of them might even be Sha Lang, the Sniper who had worked with him previously in Roguetown and killed multiple yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    As the young master of Lu Conglomerate as well as the acting chairman who held real power, he certainly seemed more important than Mu Wu, who acted as the driver himself and drove all the way there!

    However, one thing that puzzled Feng Luo was that there were people wearing the badges of a different guild than Lu Conglomerate.

    ¡°They are from Storm City¡¯s September guild. They ambushed Mu Zi and the others earlier. In addition to the people from the HQ, a few are from September Guild, and from what I hear, one of them is the son of the financial group supporting September Guild.¡±

    ¡°Lu Conglomerate has been working with September Guild a lottely. It looks like they aren¡¯t even trying to hide it anymore. Not only did they allow their own to be bullied, but they have given outsiders three spots to join their ruin-exploration team. It¡¯s just ridiculous!¡± Rose Thorns exined to Feng Luo with a coldugh.

    ¡°Otherwise, why would I say that they are pawns?¡± Chairman Jiao added.

    ¡°September Guild?¡± Upon hearing this name, Feng Luo seemed dumbstruck for a moment.

    After all, he had operated in Storm City for a while, so he was very familiar with the name.

    He had even killed the superstar yer of the September Guild, September Night Rain, and auctioned off all his dropped items.

    However, he did not have a problem with any of the other yers from September Guild, which was why he only frowned and looked at the two people from September Guild after hearing Rose Thorns speak about them.

    However, though Feng Luo did not pay much heed to the people across from them, someone from the Lu group walked towards them.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, it has been a while. My father brought you up just a few days ago and asked me to invite you to our house sometime!¡±

    Dark Night Stars said to Feng Luo with a very confident smile.

    Faced with a situation like this, Feng Luo naturally did not back down. He smiled and said, ¡°I appreciate the chairman thinking about me. Has his health improved?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s doing a lot better now... Thank you, Mr. Feng, for asking!¡± Dark Night Stars responded. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Mr. Feng, you managed to rank number onest time in the city building mission, beating the rest by arge margin, so based on the reward rules set by the board of directors, you can get a residential and amercial lot.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ve just opened up selection for themercial and residential lots. Do you want me to have someone take you there so you can choose your reward?¡± Dark Night Stars smiled as he changed the topic.

    Feng Luo was stunned.

    Only then did he remember that Lu Conglomerate had given out amazing deals to attract expert yers to join them during the city building mission.

    He was ranked first in the mission, so he was eligible to receive a residential lot, a 200 square metermercial lot right beside the street, and two million credits!

    The two million credits had been credited to his ount immediately, and Feng Luo used most of the money on materials for creating the Eye of the Thunder rifle. As for the residential andmercial lots, since the city was still in the nning stage, he had not yet received them.

    However, there was no need for Dark Night Stars to mention it now. His choice to do so made things interesting!

    The Nightless Club yers didn¡¯t seem very happy. It was only due to Dark Night Stars¡¯ position that they did not say anything.

    ¡°Well...¡± Feng Luo became silent.

    Truth be told, due to the W-virus Enhancement Potion and T-750, he had decided to move permanently to Storm City.

    As for the two pieces ofnd inside the Lu Conglomerate city, he would have to get rid of them.

    At the time, Dark Night Stars had told Feng Luo that he could exchange themercial and residential lots for credits. He had said that to keep Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and Veterans Tribe from thinking it was a recruitment offer.

    However, right now Feng Luo was trying to decide if he should reject Dark Night Stars in front of everyone!

 Chapter 316 - Old John Returns

    <h4>Chapter 316: Old John Returns</h4>

    Dark Night Stars was the young master of the Lu Conglomerate, the heir to billions in assets, and Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°boss.¡± Despite all that, he didn¡¯t seem cocky to Feng Luo.

    That might seem a bit odd, but it made sense if he thought about it.

    For the various powers in the game, any world-ss yer was a potential marketing tool due to the superstar effect. Naturally, Dark Night Stars would lower his position to try to recruit Feng Luo, who had managed to rank first in the city building mission as a Sniper.

    After all, most top Snipers had genuine skills and strength!

    However, the most important factor in how Dark Night Stars treated Feng Luo was the attitude of the person who really controlled Lu Conglomerate. For Dark Night Stars to inherit his family¡¯s billion-dor assets, he needed to keep the favor of his father, who had retired and gone behind the scenes.

    It was easy to imagine how the big boss felt towards Feng Luo. After all, Feng Luo had been hired as the assistant manager for arge-scale nightclub without needing to do anything.

    Dark Night Stars understood this fact, and he pretty much considered Feng Luo an equal!

    However, due to Feng Luo¡¯s rtionship with the big boss, it wouldn¡¯t be good for him to reject Dark Night Stars in front of everyone, which was why he hesitated.

    However, just as he took a breath to respond, a rumbling sound came from the ground not far from the group of people. Then, the ground trembled and cracked as a gigantic silver door appeared.

    The mechanical door rotated and retreated as if it were the petals of a lotus, leaving behind a pitch-ck entrance that led downward into a hole!

    ¡°The entrance to the ruin is open. Only 20 people are allowed to enter. Hurry up, don¡¯t let them take advantage!¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng,e quick!¡± Mr. Meng shouted loudly while running towards the entrance with the golden broadsword on his shoulder.

    He was only a client of the Nightless Club, and he was not connected to the Lu Conglomerate in any other way, so he did not really have to bother with saving Dark Night Stars¡¯ face.

    ¡°With regards to the reward, let¡¯s talk about it after we explore the ruins. Apart from that, say hello to the chairman for me!¡±

    Feng Luo smiled at Dark Night Stars before turning around to chase after the people from the Nightless Club.

    ...

    As dozens of people from both groups walked towards the entrance, a yer wearing a September Guild badge on his chest stepped up beside Dark Night Stars and asked with a puzzled expression, ¡°Young Master Lu, it looks like you really think highly of that Sniper?¡±

    ¡°Mister Feng saved my father¡¯s life before. It is natural for the son to be polite to his father¡¯s savior!¡± Dark Night Stars said as he looked at Feng Luo¡¯s departing back. His eyes showed a slight sense of disappointment and irritation.

    However, it was only a brief moment. His expression returned to normal shortly after.

    ¡°Ah, I see. You truly seem to value kinship, Master Lu... However, he¡¯s a Sniper. He will bepletely useless in exploring the underground ruin. On the contrary, he might be a liability. It¡¯s a given that you guys from headquarters will be sessful in the exploration this time around!¡± said the September Guild member with augh. He was a higher-up of September Guild, so he was not restrained when speaking to Dark Night Stars.

    Of course, there was one thing he thought that he did not put into words. The September Guild had three yers in the Lu Conglomerate party, so if the Lu Conglomerate team was sessful, they would be sessful as well!

    ¡°A useless Sniper?¡± Dark Night Stars¡¯ expression remained calm; however, he was still clearly somewhat angry.

    And after he heard the words of the yer from September Guild, he retorted in irritation, ¡°Would you call a Sniper whopletely suppressed Maniptors, Machine Gunners, and other high crowd damage professions in a one-day city building mission, ultimately getting the first ce in the points ranking, useless?¡±

    He had sided with September Guild by giving them ess to the ruins because he wanted to build a cooperative rtionship with them. The Nightless Club, however, was still an asset of the Lu Conglomerate. As such, he was irritated by the fact that they were not only taken advantage of, but alsoughed at.

    The yer from September Guild did not notice Dark Night Stars¡¯ tone; instead, he frowned in surprise. ¡°Oh? He¡¯s that impressive?¡±

    After that, he raised his head and asked Dark Night Stars, ¡°What¡¯s his ID?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s called Feng Zhi Luoye!¡± answered Dark Night Stars.

    Feng Zhi Luoye! As the yer from September Guild heard the name, his face paled.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Young Master Lu. Mymunicator is ringing. Please excuse me for a moment!¡± As he finished speaking, he turned around quickly and walked to the side.

    ...

    ¡°What? Old John is back? And he¡¯s drunk?¡±

    Just as the yer from September Guild walked away using themunicator as an excuse, Feng Luo¡¯smunicator rang for real. It surprised him when he saw who was on the other end.

    ¡°Yes boss, Master John was asleep outside the entrance, drunk. We found him and brought him inside the building,¡± said NPC salesperson Jing Xiang through themunicator screen disy.

    ¡°Alright, that¡¯s good. Let him sleep. Have all the important items in the shop been transported to the spacecraft?¡±

    ¡°Yes. It¡¯s been done ording to your request. The goods are being transported to an insured warehouse in Storm City. It¡¯ll probably arrive by tonight!¡±

    ¡°Alright. Then you guys wait in the shop for a while. Once the war begins, take care of yourselves!¡± said Feng Luo to the two NPCs.

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s current ounts made the Feng Zhi Dan Heng Ammunition Store not so important, it was still an asset in the game that Feng Luo had poured a lot of his effort and time into. Moreover, his rtionship and approval status with the two NPCs had reached a high level by this point!

    Not to mention Old John, who had gone missing for a while and had finallye back. It was highly likely that Old John was a Master Gun Mechanic!

    Feng Luo disconnected themunicator.

    By then, the people from Lu Conglomerate and September Guild had already made it into the ruins.

    However, just as Mu Zi had told them, after entering the ruins, there were two paths. So, even if the other group entered first, they had nothing to worry about! After all, there was no way both sides would start fighting against each other at the entrance.

    ...

    At that exact moment, over 150 kilometers away from the ruins, inside the main building of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s headquarters.

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind stood on the highest floor of the building in the luxurious transparent office that originally belonged to the guild leader.

    Although multiple NPCs had been evacuated, the number of adventurers had only been increasing exponentially, with the total number of people inside Silvermoon City still exceeding a million.

    With his hands behind his back, Light Wind watched the war storyline unfold and asked, ¡°Is everything ready?¡±

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s ready!¡±

    ¡°Where is Roaring Dragon Invincible? Has he been dyed?¡±

    ¡°Yes, Chairman He has already invited him to take part in the dinner banquet. He will only receive the game message at nine in the evening. By then, we will already be sessful!¡± answered a Heavy Armored Warrior standing politely behind him.

    ¡°This is an opportunity. An opportunity for Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group to rise up! As long as we canplete this task, we¡¯ll be the first guild to join the rebel army camp. We will also obtain arge number of resources, missions, and NPC support!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind sounded calm, though if one listened closely, one could detect slight variations in his voice that showed excitement.

    ¡°The people we found can be trusted?¡± he asked.

    ¡°Yes, they¡¯re all our own. Absolutely no issue! Moreover, after everyone learned that they would receive one Beginner level pet chip for free as well as the mission that awards an Intermediate level pet chip, no one objected anymore!¡± said the Heavy Armored Warrior.

    ¡°Good, go out and prepare!¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior nodded and left.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Invincible, by the time the operation ends tonight, you¡¯ll bepletely kicked out of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group!¡±

    ¡°No, it shouldn¡¯t be the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.¡±

    ¡°Instead, it¡¯s now the Roaring Dragon Guild, Roaring Dragon Group!¡±

    Standing in front of the ss window, Light Wind¡¯s eyes shone with ambition.

    When the Heavy Armored Warrior left, Light Wind fell silent to think. After a while, he took a micromunicator out of his backpack and turned it on.

    After a few seconds, a virtual figure sitting on a silver chair appeared in the room. He wore a ck coat and a pair of shades that sat atop his cold face.

    ¡°Mr. Wesker, we¡¯re ready,¡± said Roaring Dragon Light Wind respectfully.

 Chapter 317 - Provocation? Headshot!

    <h4>Chapter 317: Provocation? Headshot!</h4>

    [You¡¯ve entered the underground ruins. You¡¯re qualified to explore the ruins. Number of people allowed to enter today: 0]

    After Feng Luo stepped through the entrance of the ruins, the petal-like alloy door closed slowly behind him.

    However, though the door was closed, the inside wasn¡¯tpletely pitch-ck. It was because the yers in both teams had already prepared light sources to carry with them!

    The entrance was not as narrow as Feng Luo had imagined. Instead of cramped tunnels and pathways, it was a vast mountain-like cave that was around a hundred meters wide. On opposite sides of the cave, there were tworge alloy doors!

    Each team had one yer wearing a pair of tech sses flowing with data seated in front of their respective door. They were using the terminal to enter all sorts of data.

    There would be many intelligent weapons and defensive measures in ce inside an underground ruin like this, and all those measures needed Chip Masters to crack the programs.

    Since War did not limit the number of life professions a yer could have, many yers would learn the basic skills of a Chip Master for situations like this.

    In a worst-case scenario where there were no Chip Masters or if the Chip Master¡¯s skill was insufficient, then the only solution for this sort of predicament would be opening the door by force. No one could predict what the consequences of that would be.

    However, since both sides valued this exploration operation greatly, each had their own Expert Level Chip Master, and naturally, it was more than enough to deal with this firstyer of defense.

    The only thing that slightly surprised Feng Luo was that Little Witch was the Expert Level Chip Master of the Nightless Club group.

    ¡°Brother Feng, hurry up and get over here!¡± Chairman Jiao shouted when he saw Feng Luo enter. He was gripping his staff as he stood behind the serious-looking Rose Thorn, who had her heavy alloy shield raised.

    While waiting for the doors to be cracked open, it was natural that both teams would be tense. There was too much bad blood for things to bepletely peaceful.

    In truth, both sides kept their res and gun muzzles trained on one another. As for the Heavy Armored Warriors, their shields were raised and ced at the forefront of their respective teams.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that they had to conserve their strength for exploring the ruins, the people from Nightless Club might have already attacked!

    However, as the tension reached its peak, the three yers from September Guild in Lu Conglomerate¡¯s team huddled together in a corner, whispering to each other.

    ¡°Seriously?!¡± said a Machine Gunner with luxurious-looking gear. He was looking in shock at the Maniptor who had just spoken.

    ¡°Yes, Brother Jiao said that we must think of a way to kill that Sniper. Even failing the ruin exploration is fine!¡± The Maniptor nodded and threw a nce at their Scout.

    The Machine Gunner had a slightly higher rank, so he raised his head and nced at Feng Luo before instructing the Maniptor directly, ¡°Then you go ahead. This situation is so tense, it feels like we¡¯re sitting on a keg of gunpowder. It¡¯ll light up with a simple spark! But try to let them start the fight. That¡¯ll make it easier to exinter!¡±

    ¡°Alright!¡±

    The Maniptor also sneaked a nce at Feng Luo. After that, he moved a few steps backward and got closer to a young-looking Level 50 Heavy Armored Warrior equipped with a full set of Rare Grade gear.

    ¡°Captain Jing Kong, I¡¯ve noticed a serious problem!¡± the Maniptor said quietly. ¡°We¡¯re definitely better than them in both equipment and profession synergy. If we split up and head off in two separate paths, we¡¯ll make much more progress than they do! They have probably already noticed this, as well. I¡¯m worried that instead of going through their door, they¡¯ll follow behind us, waiting for us to open the path for them while they enjoy the results in the end!¡±

    ¡°If that happens, not only will we be helping them, we might even get ambushed from behind while fighting against monsters, which would be even more dangerous. After all, though they were ¡®framed¡¯ for the issue yesterday, they definitely have ideas against us...¡±

    ¡°Yes, that makes sense. We should definitely be cautious about them!¡± The Light Armored Warrior leading the Lu group narrowed his eyes as he watched Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    ¡°We can try to goad them with words first. Make them say they won¡¯t follow and take advantage of us from behind. That way, we won¡¯t have to worry about being ambushed from behind while fighting monsters!¡±

    The Maniptor looked delighted as his n worked, so he added, ¡°I know that you guys are from the same group, so let us convey this message so that your organization¡¯s internal rtionship doesn¡¯t get affected any further!¡±

    The Light Armored Warrior had a stern face, but he smiled as he turned to the Maniptor. ¡°Our group... How can they be considered part of our group? They¡¯re just a group of people relying on a few rich members of their club. In the end, they are just a bunch of prostitutes, and their rtionship with us can¡¯t bepared to our rtionship with you, the September Guild!¡±

    He remembered that before the mission began, a higher-up from the conglomerate had instructed him to improve their rtionship with September Guild. That way, both sides coulde to an agreement with regards to their cooperation faster!

    ¡°Yourpliment is too kind. Brother Jiao would be delighted if he knew. I¡¯ll go and talk to them now!¡±

    The Maniptor¡¯s delight was even more obvious by then. After that, he immediately poked his head out from behind the shield and shouted to Feng Luo¡¯s group, ¡°You on the other side, to prevent you from following behind us and taking advantage or ambushing us, let¡¯s make an agreement now. We¡¯ll walk our own paths, and no one side will be allowed to enter the other side. Anyone who vites the agreement will be the other side¡¯s grandchildren!¡±

    The Light Armored Warrior looked slightly perplexed as he heard the words. Although he felt that the words seemed to be a provocation, he did not say anything. After all, the Maniptor had gotten the message across, even if he¡¯d done it rather rudely!

    ¡°F*ck. What the f*ck do you mean?¡±

    However, on Nightless Club¡¯s side, their reaction was a little more extreme.

    What the hell do they mean? Saying that we¡¯ll follow them and take advantage of their work!?

    Agreement? F*ck your agreement!

    The ruin was initially discovered by Mu Zi¡¯s group in the first ce. Now Dark Night Stars was using it as a favor, and they were still going to talk about an agreement?

    Although the thin Chairman Jiao looked like a coward in front of Rose Thorns, he actually had an incredibly bad temper. He immediately started cursing. ¡°You were still suckling on your mother¡¯s teats when I began ying virtual reality games. Agreement? Are you even qualified to make such an agreement?!¡±

    ¡°If it weren¡¯t for the fact that we would waste the chance to explore the ruins today, we¡¯d already be killing you right here. Do you really think that I¡¯ll let you go...¡±

    ¡°Hehe... You¡¯re really overconfident, huh? The Scout hadn¡¯t maxed his level, and you¡¯re even using Snipers to fill your numbers. Do you really think that your team canplete the ruin exploration? Your group will definitely trigger the ruins¡¯ defensive system, and we¡¯ll have to suffer because of that. It would be better if we settled things here...¡±

    The Maniptor intentionally insulted Feng Luo and the Level 49 Mu Zi who was killed the day before. Feng Luo was already raising the Eye of the Thunder with an ice-cold expression on his face.

    The Maniptor¡¯s contemptuous smirk was top-ss, and he definitely scored full marks for his provocation skills! By the time he finished speaking, he had already retreated behind the shield.

    His words should have done enough to bring about the results he wanted!

    However, just as he retracted his head, a dull gunshot rang out. After that, a white light shed.

    Bang!

    A bloody hole appeared in between the Maniptor¡¯s eyes. At the same time, a red lethal damage counter appeared above his head!

    ¡°-4266!¡±

 Chapter 318 - Flash Grenade, Complete Annihilation!

    <h4>Chapter 318: sh Grenade, Complete Annihtion!</h4>

    Headshot!

    Before the others around him could react, the Maniptor from September Guild was already falling to the ground, an expression of disbelief still stered across his face.

    As he hit the ground, a couple pieces of gear, an energy crystal, and some supplies popped out as well. The shiny white light attracted multiple eyeballs.

    The three from September Guild had probably thought that their whispers couldn¡¯t be heard by anyone.

    What they didn¡¯t know was that immediately after Feng Luo stepped through the entrance, he focused his attention on the three September Guild yers huddled in the corner.

    They spoke softly, and at such a distance, it was impossible to hear them clearly. However, it was worth remembering that Feng Luo had professional skills that did not belong to the game. Since both groups were using tools to illuminate the area, it wasn¡¯t hard for Feng Luo to read their lips. After all, his vision was far better than normal yers!

    After the three spoke, Feng Luo knew that the battle that was supposed to be in the middle or at the end of the exploration was, inevitably, going to start in the beginning!

    However, Feng Luo did not initiate the attack immediately after he learned his enemies¡¯ intention. He needed some time to prepare.

    First, he needed time to take two items out of his backpack.

    Second, he used the party channel tomunicate with the members of his team who were the best actors. At the same time, he also needed everyone to prepare for battle!

    The Maniptor had decent equipment. In a normal fight, even if the Eye of the Thunder were equipped with C-grade Shield-piercing Energy Bullets, Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t be confident of taking him out in one shot.

    However, the funny thing was that the Maniptor moved very slowly, and it gave Feng Luo enough time to take out the B-grade Shield-piercing Energy Bullet that he bought at thest auction!

    Even funnier was that the Maniptor did not cast an energy shield because he wanted his act to be wless. If it took Feng Luo more than one shot to kill a Fire Maniptor who wasn¡¯t even using an energy shield, it would be a disgrace to his S-Grade talent!

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    The Machine Gunner with luxurious equipment was setting up his machine gun behind the shield to assist the Maniptor, and he hadn¡¯t expected his teammate to be killed just as he was installing the ammunition belt!

    The Scout also cursed. ¡°F*cking hell, do you want to die!?¡±

    Upon witnessing the sudden death of his teammate, the Scout yer looked shocked for a moment before going into a rage.

    He screamed and raised his ck Rare Grade submachine gun, aiming it towards Feng Luo with his finger on the trigger!

    Bang!

    ¡°-2345!¡±

    However, what was faster than his finger was a 7.62mm sniper bullet!

    A B-grade Shield-piercing Energy Bullet emanating a bluish glow mmed into his wrist. Apart from the damage due to the broken defense of hisbat uniform, it rattled the hand that was about to pull the trigger, affecting his aim as he almost lost his grip on the gun!

    The realism of War was incredibly high, which meant that a yer¡¯s attack could be interrupted.

    When Feng Luo faced the T-750, he used the same method to save Phoenix. And in a cave at such close range, it was practically impossible for him to make an error!

    After the shot interrupted the Scout¡¯s attack, Feng Luo¡¯s aim shifted away from him to the Machine Gunner who had extended his hands to grab the eight-barrel Rare Grade machine gun.

    And after Feng Luo fired the second shot, all the illumination tools used by the Nightless City¡¯s side were instantly extinguished!

    At the crucial moment when the Machine Gunner lifted the machine gun, a blinding sh of white light suddenly bloomed and increased the brightness of the cave to more than a hundred times that of daylight.

    [You¡¯ve been affected by the sh grenade and have entered the negative ¡°blinded¡± status. Duration: 4.2 seconds!]

    [You¡¯ve been affected by the sh grenade and have entered the negative ¡°blinded¡± status. Duration: 3.5 seconds!]

    All the yers from Lu Conglomerate and the two from September Guild received the popup message. Their attempted counterattack was instantly sent into disarray.

    At the moment when the people from Nightless City had turned off the light, the pupils of the people from Lu Conglomerate and September Guild instantly increased in size to adapt to the change in brightness. Then they were unexpectedly hit by the sh of white light, and now, all they could see was a screen of white!

    The C-grade sh grenade and the D-grade smoke grenade were items that Feng Luo had ced at the bottom of his backpack.

    These sorts of special ammunition were incredibly difficult to obtain, and Feng Luo only managed to produce a few of them after getting two blueprints from a mission.

    In a crucial moment like this, the effect was definitelyparable to a Godly skill!

    Since the biochip in the yers¡¯ bodies could quickly regte their bodies, the effects of the sh grenade were not as powerful as in real life. However, the Beginner level ¡°blinded¡± effect of the C-grade sh grenade, even if they were decreased to a couple seconds due to resistances of all kinds, it was enough to determine the winners and losers of the uing group battle!

    The only character who could dispel the negative effect, the Doctor, had already been struck down by the attacks of the Nightless City yers immediately after the powerful sh vanished.

    Bang!

    ¡°-1333!¡±

    A Shield-piercing Energy Bullet covered in crackling electricity hit the Machine Gunner¡¯s chest before the white sh of death appeared yet again!

    The Machine Gunner, who had just lifted his machine gun and begun to pull the trigger, was also taken out by Feng Luo in one shot. A few pieces of equipment popped out and fell on the ground again. In addition, there were also a bunch of energy crystals and supplies!

    Normally, Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t have been able to one-shot a wealthy Machine Gunner equipped with a full set of Rare Grade items. After all, the target was an elite yer from the September Guild specifically chosen for this exploration, whose HP was close to 5,000!

    However, things were different after the unique attribute of the Eye of the Thunder was triggered.

    A bonus electricity damage of 1,500, though it did not double due to the effects of his talent, it was still enough to deal thousands of damage after the defense of thebat uniform was broken!

    After the Machine Gunner died, the opponents seemed to have lost their means toe out of the battle with a victory.

    The September Guild Scout wanted to retreat after getting shot by Feng Luo, but was tripped by a Lu Conglomerate yer and fell on the ground. Feng Luo¡¯sst shot took care of him.

    ¡°-2345!¡±

    The third killing shot. And the second headshot!

    Moreover, several pieces of equipment and supplies popped out yet again.

    ¡°It looks like these bastards were very protective of their good gear!¡± Feng Luo smirked.

    He knew the reason why all three dropped so many items. It was because, on Feng Luo¡¯s chest, there was the Town of Exile Badge of Honor, which had a unique attribute that greatly increased the drop rate of yers with high Kill or Illegal points.

    Clearly, the three from September Guild weren¡¯t rated as ¡°Good¡± people by the system, which was why they dropped so many items!

    Of course, this worked out fine for Feng Luo! The three from September Guild were all top yers, and each of them had multiple Rare Grade items. Especially the Machine Gunner; the grades of his gear wereparable to Sister Rui¡¯s stuff, so this drop was definitely a big haul for Feng Luo!

    At that moment, the effects of the sh grenade disappeared. None of the ten from Nightless City died.

    As for the opponents, only a Light Armored Warrior with less than 5% HP and who was in the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status remained. He was also the captain with the ID name Jing Kong!

    To achieve such high efficiency, apart from Feng Luo, the Machine Gunner from Nightless City¡¯s side should also be credited. A Machine Gunner¡¯s explosive damage was simply crazy in a narrow environment like that!

    Excluding Feng Luo, at least 50% of the damage came from this Machine Gunner; however, he also used a lot of ammunition which might affect thetter exploration.

    ¡°You guys... Just you wait... When you get out, I swear, the people from headquarters will be your enemies! Your Nightless City will no longer exist!¡±

    The Light Armored Warrior said with difficulty, standing on the floor filled with dropped gear and other items. His stare at the people from Nightless City surrounding him was filled with anger and hatred.

    ¡°Oooh, I¡¯m so scared!¡±

    ¡°Let me tell you something. For someone like Dark Night Stars, who sells out his own people and works with outsiders instead, even the guild he builds stinks to me. We won¡¯t need to exist with you! Hah!¡± Chairman Jiao smirked as his face was filled with mockery.

    Chairman Jiao was also an important part of the fight. With Feng Luo¡¯s hints, not only did he act out his role perfectly, keeping the opponent blindly focused on him, but he also cast his Earth Maniptor skill immediately after the sh grenade¡¯s effect disappeared, pushing away the two Heavy Armored Warriors in front of the opposing group and allowing the Machine Gunner to fire and kill all the rest who were in the nks!

    ¡°Good, good... When Young Master Lu knows what you¡¯ve said... It looks like the time Nightless City stays in Lu Conglomerate¡¯s city hase to an end. You should¡¯ve left a long time ago. What a bullshitty club. Motherf*cker, you¡¯re nothing but a bunch of old f*cks and prostitu...¡±

    Bam!

    ¡°-366!¡±

    A ck alloy shield was flung through the air and into his head by a well-built bronze-skinned arm. Along with the huge bang, the white sh of light illuminated Rose Thorns¡¯ angry face!

    An angry woman was very scary indeed!

    However, it wasn¡¯t only her. Even Little Snow and Little Witch had icy expressions. Chairman Jiao and Mister Meng also looked incredibly annoyed!

    Clearly, the rtionship between Nightless City and Lu Conglomerate headquarters had long ago moved beyond reconciliation!

 Chapter 319 - Bloodthirsty Bat Commander

    <h4>Chapter 319: Bloodthirsty Bat Commander</h4>

    Bang!

    ¡°-4200!¡±

    A gunshot rang out, and a C-grade Degration Armor-piercing Bullet hit the body of a flying Level 42 Elite Mutant Bloodthirsty Bat!

    After the powerful impact and heat of the Armor-piercing bullet tore the bat¡¯s translucent wings apart, theypletely destroyed its 30cm long body in the air, turning it into a ball of fire!

    At the same time, the high energy mmable liquid inside the bullet nose sshed everywhere upon impact, hitting the other two Normal Bloodthirsty Bats flying beside it. Their fur-covered wings began to burn, turning them into balls of fire too while they squealed in the air!

    However, these three balls of fire were immediately devoured by a dark blob!

    Over 150 Level 40 Mutant Bloodthirsty Bats charged at the group of yers. Their fangs were bared, and they made fox-like sounds indiscernible to the human ear in the dark ancient tunnel.

    However, as the ck swarm of bats flew within a dozen meters of the yers from Nightless City, a yellowish wall condensed through Earth Energy rose from the ground and shielded the tunnel with a bang, leaving only a gap of around half a meter at the top.

    The Level 30 Earth Maniptor skill, Earth Wall!

    Although it was possible for the bats to determine the position of obstacles through supersonic waves, they were caught off guard by the wall that appeared so unexpectedly!

    Bang, bang, bang!

    At least 30 Bloodthirsty Bats rammed into the Earth Wall, and due to their high speed, damage ranging from the double-digits to triple-digits appeared above their heads!

    However, only the Bloodthirsty Bats at the front were caught in the trap. The bats in the middle and the rear reacted quickly. They pped their powerful, muscle membrane wings as they changed direction and headed towards the half-meter gap at the top of the wall.

    After getting through, they quickly gathered and charged towards the yers again!

    Boom! Boom!

    However, just as they gathered in an empty space, two te-sized highly condensed high-temperature fireballs greeted them!

    Not only did fireballs condensed by Fire Maniptors have extremely high damage, but after exploding, they could also deal ssh damage. Two fireballs practically filled the entire two-meter wide tunnel!

    In an instant, all the Bloodthirsty Bats that got through the gap were devoured by fiery red mes!

    However, not all the Bloodthirsty Bats were low-HP normal bats; around one-third of them were Elite Grade monsters. That was why even after most of the Bloodthirsty Bats that got through the gap were fried, a bunch of Elite Grade Bloodthirsty Bats was still charging at the group of yers!

    At the same time, after sustaining the charge of the bats and the powerful impact of the fireball explosion, the Earth Wall crumbled.

    The remaining 70 or 80 Bloodthirsty Bats followed the Elite Grade bats and charged towards the yers!

    Tatata!

    However, what greeted them next was a rain of bullets.

    Rare Grade Six-barrelled machine gun bullets, paired with hydra-like gun mes, created a death zone in the sky!

    ¡°-534, -498, -502...¡±

    One after another, Bloodthirsty Bats dropped to the ground in quick session. There were also bats that were torn to pieces in the air by the flurry of bullets. Blood and gore sshed through the sky!

    In the end, only four Elite Grade Bloodthirsty Bats with limited HP reached the group of Nightless City yers, squealing and biting violently.

    Bang!

    ¡°-878!¡±

    Mister Meng swung his Rare Grade golden broadsword, which was as thick as a door panel, and easily pushed the Elite Bloodthirsty Bat with around 20% HP left into the wall!

    ¡°Ha!¡±

    ¡°-998!¡±

    Feng Luo swung his arm, and the Ghost Weep military knife drew a curve in the dark environment, cutting an Elite Bloodthirsty Bat that tried to attack him in half!

    The remaining two bats were taken care of by Mu Zi and his submachine gun as well as Rose Thorns with her shield.

    The swarm of over a hundred Bloodthirsty Bats was annihted!

    However, the battle had not yet ended.

    With every turn they made in the tunnel, there was another swarm of bats charging at them!

    ...

    ¡°Mu Zi, how much of the distance to the source of the signal have we covered?¡± Feng Luo asked Mu Zi, putting Ghost Weep back into his tactical belt.

    Mu Zi had a B-Grade Scouting talent, so he spent a lot of effort in Detection, and he had already reached Expert Level 83%. Throughout the entire game, there weren¡¯t many Scouts who were better than him!

    It was also Mu Zi who detected an odd energy signal using the recon meter when he was using Detection on top of the ruins. After that, he triggered and started the ancient ruins exploration mission!

    Mu Zi used Detection and looked at all the shing data on his arm. ¡°Around two-fifths!¡±

    ¡°Two-fifths. Not bad progress. Our supplies should be sufficient for us toplete this ruins exploration,¡± said Chairman Jiao.

    ¡°I¡¯ve only got 27% left on my MP bar. I need to recover a bit,¡± said Little Witch, signaling with her hands. Her crowd attack skills as a Fire Maniptor were excellent, but they weren¡¯t sustainable for long periods of battle!

    ¡°Me too! I only have 20% MP left!¡± eximed another Fire Maniptor in the team.

    ¡°Alright, then. We¡¯ll rest here for five minutes!¡± said Feng Luo, nodding.

    ...

    It had been an hour since Feng Luo¡¯s group started their ruins exploration, and they were less than halfway in.

    This was mainly due to the MP constraints of the three Maniptors in the group. When their MP reached a certain level, they had to wait for the MP potions usage to cooldown, so they were not progressing very quickly!

    However, through their past exploration, everyone understood that the ruin was probably an underground research facility, and it seemed extremely important!

    They knew this because they had gone through several mechanical alloy doors since they entered the ruin, and there were even more tunnels installed with fully automated self-defense systems.

    The good thing was that these automatic weapons had already been destroyed by someone else. Apart from that, the intelligent control system of the base had not yet appeared. It was as if the entire ce had entered hibernation!

    For the yers, that was definitely good news. After all, fighting against living creatures was a lot easier than fighting mechanical robots with artificial intelligence.

    Of course, when one said easier, it was only in rtive terms. Although the monsters inside the underground ruin were all in the Level 40 range, their numbers and density were incredible.

    At the moment, Feng Luo¡¯s group had only encountered Mutant Rats and Mutant Bloodthirsty Bats. However, every time they encountered the creatures, there were hundreds of them.

    Although social monsters normally possessed weakerbat strength than normal monsters, their numbers were more than enough to make up for that deficiency!

    Moreover, these monsters could appear from any of the gaps and holes spread all over the facility. They could appear without any warning. A group could even suddenly appear from both the front and the back to create a sort of pincer attack!

    If the Nightless City¡¯s party did not have two Fire Maniptors who were excellent in dealing with these sorts of situations, as well as an explosive Machine Gunner and an Earth Maniptor like Chairman Jiao who could change the terrain, they might have already lost someone.

    Even if they did not lose anyone, the yers were still feeling somewhat depressed. Neither the Mutant Rats or the Mutant Bloodthirsty Bats had dropped a single item. The only thing Feng Luo¡¯s group had gained was decent experience. However, everyone other than Mu Zi was at the max level, so experience was simply meaningless!

    That was why, at that point, the group had gained nothing from the exploration.

    Thankfully, the group had gained a number of nice items from the previous group battle, which could make up for their huge expenditure during the journey!

    Moreover, Feng Luo felt that theck of item drops might indicate that the end reward of the exploration was not something simple!

    Suddenly, a yellow light started shing on Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter while making warning sounds!

    Beep! Beep! Beep!

    At the same time, everyone who was resting suddenly felt dizzy as continuous damage numbers appeared over their heads. ¡°-40, -25, -33...¡±

    ¡°Careful! It looks like some tough bastard has arrived!¡± Mu Zi¡¯s face stiffened as he shouted a warning.

    Just as he finished speaking, a dark red bat that was several times bigger than a normal bat appeared at the entrance of the tunnel. At the same time, the disgusting and dizzy feeling increased in intensity!

    [Mutant Bloodthirsty Bat, Level 45 Commander. Species Code: SBF-00945. HP:30,000]

    [Talent: Bloodthirsty (B): After consuming blood, attack increases substantially, and also recovers HP quickly]

    [Skill One: Viral Infection: Anyone bitten will be infected by the virus the Mutant Bloodthirsty Bat carries]

    [Skill Two: Supersonic Attack: Able to detect all enemies in a certain range and cause dizziness, increased heart rate, and other status effects on enemies]

 Chapter 320 - Biohazard Crisis, Countdown!

    <h4>Chapter 320: Biohazard Crisis, Countdown!</h4>

    When Feng Luo and his people encountered the creepy Level-40 Bloodthirsty Bat Commander in the underground ruins, the sky outside had already more or less turned dark!

    ¡°It¡¯s time!¡±

    In Silvermoon City, in a room with all light devices switched off, a Machine Gunner yer with an RDMG symbol on his chest looked at the time on his personal terminal. Immediately after, he reached into his backpack and took out a light red-colored syringe and rolled up hisbat uniform sleeve.

    His face showed a slight hint of hesitation for a second before he gritted his teeth and jabbed the needle down, injecting the entirety of the light red liquid into his body!

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Less than two seconds after the injection, a huge amount of sweat formed on his forehead, and his face was pale as if he bore heavy suffering. Then the blood vessels, muscle, and skin of his whole body began to squirm. His neck, his forehead, and the arm under his rolled-up sleeve all tensed. But this process onlysted for less than 10 seconds, after which, this yer¡¯s face shown a delighted expression!

    ¡°Haha! I feel like I¡¯m full of strength. Boss Qing Feng didn¡¯t lie to me. Joining the rebellion and cooperating with the Umbre Corporation is so much better than staying in the so-called Federation faction!

    ¡°Although this type of T-Virus A-Type Enhancement Potion can only temporarily enhance attributes, if sufficient points can be earned in this mission, I¡¯ll be able to exchange for another type of T-Virus B-Type Enhancement Potion. Once the two are mixed, the permanently enhanced attributes will not be weaker than the W-Virus Enhancement Potion¡ªpriced at an insane 10,000,000! The permanent Enhancement Potion will no longer be exclusive local ¡®tycoon¡¯ yers. However, the true cost is switching factions!¡±

    Due to having injected the T-Virus potion, the smile on his face betrayed a wretched look. The Machine Gunner yer stood up, walked up to the single-sided reflective window¡ªin front of which, a six-barreled machine gun stood¡ªrevealing bloodshot eyes lit by the moonlight!

    The building that the six-barreled machine gun was aimed at was a Guard outpost on the streets of Southern Silvermoon City.

    ******

    Landing Point!

    In the sky, thestrge airship returning to Silvermoon City before nightfall gradually descended to the docking location.

    The 10 silver cabin doors opened at once, and a huge number of yers who had just returned from doing missions or leveling up walked out from inside, most of their faces filled with excitement, as they were discussing the Forest of Exiles and other battle regions in the day, as well as the Merit and prize returns earned from killing the rebels!

    Near thending point, on a high level of arge hotel more than 700 meters away, was a yer with bloodshot eyes, excitedly feeding an icy-cold, red, crystallized sniper bullet into the magazine. Then, with a ka sound, he loaded the magazine into the sniper rifle, which was already aimed at the crowds below!

    ¡°The T-Virus potion, with its special preparation, frozen at five degrees... Once it enters the body, it will continuously affect the activity of the T-Virus because of its lower temperature, allowing its rate of infection to increase by 10 times! Even if the target isn¡¯t shot dead, it¡¯ll be a host of the T-Virus in, at most, no more than half an hour! Moreover, ording to what Boss Qing Feng said, these yers will turn into Elite-grade infection hosts¡ªclearly superior to NPCs!¡±

    ******

    At that moment, a few hundred meters to the side, in a heavily crowded waiting room, a young Scout yer whose level was no higher than Level 15, utilized the cover of the baggy ck windbreaker he wore. Secretly, he attempted to inject a dark red-colored syringe into his raised arm.

    But at that moment, a little girl NPC who looked younger than seven or eight years old, wearing a gold pendant ne, with brown hair and eyes as beautiful as blue sapphires, walked to his side.

    ¡°Uncle, are you sick? Do you require an injection?¡± she said in a sweet voice as she hugged a white teddy bear.

    ¡°Hmm?¡±

    The young Scout yer creased his forehead, but the syringe in his hand had already pierced into his left arm!

    ¡°Xue Li is sick, too. My daddy has to give me an injection every few days. It¡¯s so painful every time.¡± The NPC little girl¡¯s nose wrinkled on her slightly sickly, pale face. Her eyes revealed a trace of fear. ¡°But every time, daddy will help Xue Li blow on it. Blow on it, and it wouldn¡¯t be so painful! Uncle, I can help you blow on it. Blow on it, and it wouldn¡¯t be painful anymore!¡±

    She smiled sweetly. Still holding her white teddy bear, she tiptoed forward and stretched her neck, using her mouth to strenuously blow two breaths at the spot where the young yer had injected himself.

    ¡°You...¡±

    Seeing this innocent NPC little girl¡¯s actions before him and feeling the warm air on his arm, blown out from the little girl¡¯s mouth, this newbie froze. He had just started not long ago and, only three days before, had joined a special forces team secretly assembled by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. He even felt a moment of hesitation in the act of injecting himself.

    ¡°Xue Li, hurry up ande here. We¡¯re going!¡±

    Just then, a middle-aged, yellow-skinned NPC woman who looked like a nanny, pushing a small trolley, shouted to the little girl from nearby.

    ¡°Auntie Lucy is calling me. Bye, Uncle!¡± The little NPC holding onto her teddy bear said sweetly. She reached out and made a goodbye gesture to the young yer. ¡°Don¡¯t be scared of the pain. You¡¯ll definitely get better after the injection. This is what daddy told Xue Li!¡±

    After that, she ran toward the yellow-skinned NPC woman.

    The young yer had paused midway through injecting the T-Virus potion.

    ¡°F*ck, what am I hesitating about? Isn¡¯t it just an NPC? Yet it actually made me hesitate!¡±

    He quickly came to his senses and loosening his hand on the control switch. All of the dark red-colored T-Virus potion in the syringe rushed into his arm!

    After injecting this type of T-Virus Tyrant T-001-Grade potion, a person will very quickly be pronounced dead, thought the young yer. Furthermore, there will be some permanently declined attributes after revival¡ªit could be said that a whole level is essentially wasted! But the Roaring Dragon chairman promised me that I just have toplete this mission, and I¡¯ll be able to get 5,000 credits and can join the newly built Roaring Dragon Group¡¯s Elite Squad! This only requires 10 days to be able to raise my level by one. In 10 days¡¯ time, not only will I be able to earn 5,000 credits, but I¡¯ll also be able to join the Roaring Dragon Elite Squad. Such a chance doesn¡¯te easily!

    After the young yer had injected the contents of the potion, he pulled hisrge windbreaker tightly around his head and body, copsed onto the chair in the waiting room, and gritted his teeth as he bore the pain. His sense of pain had declined to just 10 percent, yet he still clearly had a sense of pain and felt as if the muscles, the bones, and even the skin on his body were breaking apart as they rapidly expanded and transformed!

    Drops of blood crept out from the corners of his windbreaker and fell to the ground below the chair!

 Chapter 321 - Force Guidance Chip, Activated!

    <h4>Chapter 321:</h4>

    <h4>Force Guidance Chip, Activated!</h4>

    ¡°Supersonic Attack. This skill is so insane. Not lightened whatsoever by defense, my HP is dropping quickly!¡±

    In the underground ruins, the moment the pair of dark red eyes of a Bloodthirsty Bat Commander appeared, everyone fell into a daze. Amid their rapidly rising heart rates and other negative side effects, damage coefficients in the tens continued to appear over their heads at an rming rate! Even Muzi, who had the lowest Debuff resistance on the team, and that Machine Gunner yer with mainly attack equipment felt like the world was spinning!

    Da-da-da...

    As Mu Zi pulled the trigger, the bullets from the submachine in his hands nicked the edge of the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander and struck the tunnel wall. Under the circumstances, he couldn¡¯t even aim urately!

    Bang!

    The mass of a Fireball shot from the Fire Maniptor of the team. It flew out and struck the wall an entire half a meter from the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander, exploding into a ball of mes!

    In the glow of the inferno, behind this gigantic Bloodthirsty Bat Commander, a horde of Elite-grade Bloodthirsty Bats could be seen charging over. There were even more of them than there had been in the batch¡ªthere were at least 40 among them!

    Tch, tch, tch!

    The flocking horde of Bloodthirsty Bats once again produced deafening screeches that echoed through the whole tunnel!

    ¡°Block them! Can¡¯t let them reach us!¡±

    Realizing that the real danger had arrived, everyone had no choice but to bear the dizziness and nausea, and attack with all they had!

    Tch, tch, tch!

    With a sh of the staff in Little Witch¡¯s hand, a Fireballbo the size of five dinner bowls rushed into the horde of bats, setting the horde aze. Since there was no way of maintaining uracy with their impaired vision, they could only rely on the mass of their attacks to kill these brats!

    However, in terms of mass, the bullets from the six-barreled heavy machine gun were still clearly the true kings when it came to areas of effect. Even though he was simrly dazed¡ªperhaps even more seriously¡ªthe Machine Gunner of the team knew that, at the moment, he had to hold on, no matter what. If not, if they let these clustered monsters get close, even though they had only moderately strong attack power with low HP and defense, it was possible that they would be wiped out!

    The veins on his face bulged. His hands held tightly to the handle of his machine gun as he fired with all his might at the Bloodthirsty Bats spinning before his eyes!

    Da-da-da!

    Luckily, they had an advantage in the environment they were in. The bats were restricted by the tunnel¡¯s 10-meter size¡ªit would be impossible for them all to avoid the burst of fire from the machine gun! Hence, after the six fire streaks of fire shot out from the six-barreled machine gun, many among this batch of Bloodthirsty Bats fell from the bullets!

    However, the Level-45 Bloodthirsty Bat Commander was very clever. It hid behind the horde of other bats, repeatedly using Supersonic Attack with his mouth wide open, causing the continuous damage coefficients to rise above everyone¡¯s heads.

    Due to the fact that the damage of bullets in the game became limited after passing through targets, even a heavy machine gun wasn¡¯t a great threat to the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander!

    Da-da-da... Ka...

    Moreover, although the explosive force of a Machine Gunner was terrifying, it had an inevitable w. Its ammunition was limited.

    When a Level-50 six-barreled Rare machine gun, with a firing rate of over 5,000 bullets per minute, was used at the highest firing speed, a lengthened bullet chain could onlyst for seven or eight seconds! Thus, the moment the Machine Gunner¡¯s bullets ran out, the remaining Bloodthirsty Bats screeched and flew at them!

    Luckily, there were still three Maniptor yers on the team who were unleashing skills. As an Earth Maniptor, Chairman Jiao firstpleted his Rare skill. With a sh of light across the Energy staff in his hand, a gigantic ball-shaped boulder formed of Earth Energy appeared in front of everyone. It rapidly spun and crashed toward the horde of Bloodthirsty Bats charging through the narrow tunnel!

    This mass of brownish Energy in the form of a stone was veryrge, upying nearly 90 percent of the tunnel! Hence, with a rumbling roll, it forced the charging Bloodthirsty Bats to attempt to dodge. They dove toward the walls, which created an opening for the other two Fire Maniptors, who wielded great attack power!

    ¡°Firewall!¡±

    ¡°Bursting mes!¡±

    The skills of Little Witch and the other Fire Maniptor were unleashed almost simultaneously. One set a fiercely zing firewall, blocking off the whole tunnel, while the other fired a pale-white fireball the size of a brain.

    Boom!

    The white-colored fireball exploded after hitting the Bloodthirsty Bats as they dodged the gigantic boulder, causing damage of up to 1,000. They dispersed into fist-sized Fireballs. Then these little Fireballs exploded again, causing damage in the hundreds. Following that, they split into even smaller, finger-sized Fireballs, continuing to cause damage!

    Splitter-stter!

    This single skill blew up nearly 20 of the Bloodthirsty Bats that had clustered together. No wonder the Fire Maniptor was the profession with the strongest attack range in War.

    But even so, there were still many Elite-grade Bloodthirsty Bats that had broken through the firewall. Their zing bodies remained unseen as they lunged in front of the yers.

    Rose Thorns, Boss Meng, and another Heavy Armor Warrior¡ªclosebat yers¡ªinstantly engaged their defensive attack skills, starting the battle to protect the backline! Little Snow, as a Doctor, had already quickly thrown Recovery Potions to everyone, as well as potions that enhanced debuff resistance at the start of the battle!

    Everyone had joined the battle except one: Feng Luo.

    This time, Feng Luo unusually hadn¡¯t moved. He remained stone-faced with the Eye of the Thunder raised in his hands.

    In reality, the moment the Commander-Grade Bloodthirsty Bat had shown itself, Feng Luo¡ªwith his current mental reaction time¡ªcould have hit it with one shot straight! But just as everyone had been affected by the Supersonic Attack previously and had been feeling nauseous and dizzy, a system message had shed across his eyes!

    You have been Supersonic Attacked by the Mutant Bloodthirsty Bat Commander. Your Evolution talent has been activated. You have earned special resistance against soundwaves of simr frequencies. Resistance upgrade in progress... 10%... 15%...

    His ¡°Evolution¡± talent, which had been stagnant for so long, had suddenly jumped out!

    Furthermore, following this resistance upgrade, the damage coefficients emerging above his head had rapidly reduced, going from 35 per second to 32, then 30, then 27...

    This was actually nothing much. After all, such an extremely specific debuff resistance actually wasn¡¯t a big deal to him! But the key was, after the message about his Evolution talent being activated, a second message appeared and caught his attention!

    Force Guidance Chip (Beginner) activated. Your Force Guidance Level indication is engaged. Current progress: 1%... 1.5%...

 Chapter 322 - â€œTyrantâ€ Handgun Takes Center Stage!

    <h4>Chapter 322: ¡°Tyrant¡± Handgun Takes Center Stage!</h4>

    ¡°Force Guidance Chip!¡±

    If not for this suddenly appearing message, Feng Luo would have almost forgotten the Force Guidance Chip on his body!

    The purpose of the chip, which had been purchased from the equipment store at that time when he¡¯d switched to the Agent profession, was to be able to prompt and aid the ¡°awakening¡± of the Force; Feng Luo had spent an entire 1,000 Agent points at that time. Feng Luo had purchased it to see this attribute of it!

    It was important to note that although his ability now was already considered supreme among yers,pared to the three NPC Agents who possessed ¡°Force,¡± he wasn¡¯t even worth a mention. Even with the Ghost Weep military knife in his hand, if he hadn¡¯t ¡°awakened¡± his Force, the skills on it would have been unable to be used, and there would have been no way of unleashing the true power of this Legendary piece of equipment!

    What struck Feng Luo as a bit unexpected was that after exchanging for and using the Force Guidance Chip, there hadn¡¯t been a single reaction during his missions or his leveling up over the past half a month¡ªuntil today, when two consecutive messages had suddenly popped up.

    The Evolution talent is activated, and the Force Chip is activated, too! Don¡¯t tell me, only when one¡¯s talent is effective will the Force Chip also be effective? Hmm... It doesn¡¯t seem right!

    It was difficult for the Evolution talent to be activated even once, but the Fatal talent was activated countless times a day. Why had the Force Chip not been activated throughout this half a month?

    ¡°Hmm... Right. The level must be the reason!¡±

    Feng Luo remembered that Haruko had seemingly hinted that yers had to reach a certain level before the Force could be awakened! It seemed that this requirement must have been to reach Level 50. He had already reached full-level that afternoon. Hence, his Force Guidance Chip could now be activated! As for why his Fatal talent had not been triggered when he¡¯d already reached full-level, perhaps the criteria of the Force Guidance Chip activation were such that a frequently triggered talent was different.

    ******

    The triggering of the Force Chip was also the reason why Feng Luo had not attacked the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander at first chance! Because after the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander had been attacked, it had immediately ceased its Supersonic Attack. He couldn¡¯t be certain whether his Force Guidance progress would be affected or even fail to activate.

    But the current situation clearly did not allow him to hesitate any further! Because at least 20 of the Bloodthirsty Bats had already lunged into the crowd. Once these monsters of Level 40 and above¡ªwith low HP but high attack power¡ªgot in among the yers, they would definitely be a fatal threat to vulnerable professions!

    ¡°Furthermore...¡±

    Feng Luo looked in one direction, focused his vision, swiftly raised the Eye of the Thunder in his hands, and immediately pulled the trigger!

    Ping!

    An explosive armor-piercing bullet, carrying a faint red glow, shot toward a spot at the top of the tunnel.

    Deeper in the tunnel, the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander had jumped at the chance and moved through the gigantic rolling stone that had already dissipated and the firewall, which had been annihted by the force of the charging horde of bats. It was flying over at a speed multiple times that of the Elite-Grade Bloodthirsty Bats! During its flight, the supersonic waves from its mouth were not affected at all!

    The explosive armor-piercing bullet, carrying a red tail of mes, passed through the chaotic battlefield, targeting the head of the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander!

    However...

    ¡°A miss!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression was stillposed.

    He rarely missed, but this time, at such a close distance, he had actually missed! This Bloodthirsty Bat was just too fast. Plus, when the bullet of the Eye of the Thunder had been unleashed, the Bloodthirsty Bat had coincidentally leaped to the side, causing the explosive armor-piercing bullet to brush past its body, hit the wall, and burst into mes!

    Within 100 meters, the closer the proximity to small targets, the higher the possibility for a Sniper to miss, especially quick-moving monsters like the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander. With just a p of its wings, it could sail through vast distances, while the extent of the movement of a sniper rifle¡¯s muzzle might not be able to catch up to its speed.

    In addition, the supersonic skill was still taking effect; even though the effect was reduced for Feng Luo due to his Evolution talent, the resistance was, after all, not enhanced enough for there to be zero effect. Thus, this shot of Feng Luo¡¯s did not stop the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander from closing in¡ªit had already charged in front of the yers.

    ¡°Shield Bash!¡±

    ?1022

    However, in the nick of time, Rose Thorns, who had just struck down a Bloodthirsty Bat that had been on the brink of death, acted extremely quickly. She leaped up, and, with a violent swing of the shield in her hand, she blocked the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander that was about to charge!

    The Shield Bash skill had a ¡°pain¡± effect, attracting the ¡°hate¡± of the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander. It temporarily gave up on its intentions to attack the other people, and its mouth produced even more horrifying short-distance supersonic waves as it flew quickly at Rose Thorns! The tips of its bat wings and the sharp ws on its two legs continuously wed at the areas on Rose Thorns¡¯ body not covered by armor!

    ?734

    ?643

    ?708

    ?647

    In a mere second, Rose Thorns, a Heavy Armor Warrior suffered more than 2,500 points of damage¡ªmore than 3,000, including the supersonic waves. This attack was incredibly powerful!

    But luckily, just then, a door-like golden broadsword mmed t-side against the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander from the side with a sharp whooshing sound!

    Pai!

    ?2345

    ¡°F*ck! Eat my p!¡± Boss Meng yelled out.

    The attacks of Light Armor Warriors were naturally different from those of Heavy Armor Warriors. Furthermore, this broadsword of Boss Meng¡¯s was seemingly enhanced in attack and strength when used to ¡°p.¡± It instantly sent the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander flying violently to hit the ceiling of the tunnel!

    Then everyone else, who had already finished off most of the remaining normal Bloodthirsty Bats close to them, instantly concentrated their firepower on the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander flying through the air! After all, this was the biggest threat!

    ?1045

    ?2044

    ?3044

    A string of damage coefficients appeared above the head of the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander as it was hit by everyone¡¯s concentrated firepower. Due to its small body, in addition to the fact that it was airborne, the creature was unable to control itself for a moment as it was struck by the force of multiple skills and bullets.

    ¡°I¡¯ll help you recover your HP!¡±

    Little Snow, as a Doctor, hurriedly tossed an integrated recovery pack to the Machine Gunner, who did not have an energy forcefield and had suffered a critical attack from the horde of Bloodthirsty Bats; his rock-bottom HP was instantly pulled back up by half. Plus, his debuff resistance was increased!

    The biological defense of the Doctor profession wasn¡¯t high, but the passive debuff resistance obtained through skill was the highest among all professions! Hence, even though the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡¯s Supersonic Attack had persisted, the ratio of her HP drop wasn¡¯t considered high. Plus, her dizziness and nausea weren¡¯t all that serious¡ªshe could still save others in time! Against a monster like the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander, which had eerily high attack range, at least two Gunners or Maniptors, because they were HP-depleting professions, would definitely have died without a Doctor on the team!

    But the AI of monsters of Commander-Grade and above was very high in War. The Bloodthirsty Bat Commander had its HP reduced by close to a half by the yers who had made use of the chance to attack it consecutively. When it was finally free from the control of the attacks of the skills and bullets, with a p of its bat wings, the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander transformed into a dark silhouette. It charged over in a moment and quicklynded on Little Snow¡¯s back. Then, with a screech, its four white fangs¡ªeach as thick as chopsticks¡ªpierced violently into Little Snow¡¯s neck!

    Little Snow was unable to react whatsoever. Continuous coefficients of ¡°?500, ?500...¡± appeared above her head three times per second, whereas coefficients of ¡°+300, +300...¡± appeared over the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander!

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Little Snow was just a student. Furthermore, she was a female yer. It was a challenge to her emotional limit in the first ce to be in a ce like this, an underground ruin, facing off against hordes of creatures like Mutant Rats, let alone Mutant Bats. And now she was in the grasp of a Bloodthirsty Bat Commander the size of a washbasin; the feeling of warm, hairy ws holding her, coupled with the pain in her neck of ice-cold fangs piercing her flesh made her scream with a pale face!

    Bang!

    A gunshot!

    It was different from the Eye of the Thunder. This gunshot produced an ear-splitting sound like that of a heavy machine gun. It was even more terrible to human ears than the Eye of the Thunder!

    ?2055

    Yellow weak-point damage!

    The Bloodthirsty Bat Commander on the back of Little Snow¡¯s neck had been hit on the neck by a 12.7mm handgun bullet, sending it flying two or three meters to hit the wall!

    Feng Luo held in his hand a dark red gun two times the size of a normal handgun. It was a left-handed handgun with a bronze-colored body, its muzzle still smoking from being fired.

    This was the Tyrant handgun¡ªa rare handgun with the same name as the top-grade biological weapon ¡°Tyrant¡± created using the T-Virus! Grade: Rare. Attack power: 700. Attack coefficient: C. Overall evaluation: Perfect! This handgun, with a 12.7mm bullet produced such a ¡°knockback¡± effect that it ought to have been called a ¡°hand cannon¡±!

 Chapter 323 - Sonic Weapon Blueprint

    <h4>Chapter 323: Sonic Weapon Blueprint</h4>

    This Level-45 high-power Rare handgun was the reward Feng Luo had gotten after his ¡°Biohazard Crisis: Omen¡± plot mission.

    Considering its strong power, even many of the current Level-50 Rare handguns couldn¡¯t have matched up! But Feng Luo had used ¡°Tyrant¡± less often because its size was a bit too big. Plus, with its rare attribute¡ªthe effect of its recoil being even stronger than that of a Desert Eagle¡ªand with Feng Luo¡¯s strength, he needed two hands to grasp and to maintain its uracy!

    Furthermore, having the Eye of the Thunder and the Barrett, it was not often that he encountered a closebat situation (he hadn¡¯t unlocked the Tyrant on Death Hunter Ind), and so it had remained in his backpack. But in the current situation, it was clearly time for this powerful left-handed handgun with its ¡°knockback¡± attribute to unleash its effect!

    Pai!

    The Bloodthirsty Bat Commander was sent flying by the force of the bullet shot from the Tyrant, crashing against the wall. Its otherwise unstopping Supersonic Attack was cut off!

    Though it had been knocked back, its ferocity did not lessen. Its wriggly, fleshy bat wings trembled, and it attempted to charge at the yers once more! At the same time, the remaining Normal and Elite-grade Bloodthirsty Bats in the surroundings continued to harass and attack the yers!

    ¡°Don¡¯t get bitten by the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander. You¡¯ll enter the ¡®weak¡¯ state right away, and your overall senses will suffer a 50 percent reduction!¡±

    Little Snow¡¯s face was pale as she shouted this reminder to everyone. At the same time, she hurriedly injected a high-effect C-grade antidote into her body. Her reminder wasn¡¯t all that vital, however, as the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander had no chance to bite any of the others!

    Bang!

    ?2134

    Ping!

    ?764

    Ping!

    ?803

    Ping!

    ?4500

    Unaffected by the nauseating supersonic waves, Feng Luo fired the 12.7mmrge-caliber bullets from the Tyrant left-handed handgun. They seemed to cause tremors in the air, the muffled gunshots echoing through the tunnel! The Bloodthirsty Bat Commander, which was attempting to sneak-attack, was sent flying like a frisbee into the air by the Tyrant¡¯s consecutive bullets!

    Because the Tyrant used 12.7mm bullets, the magazine could only store five rounds of ammunition. Among the shots, even though two only caused white normal damage, thest shot had caused super-high lethal damage. As a result, the five bullets had taken out up to 10,000 of the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡¯s total HP!

    However, it was still only five bullets. After they had been fired, the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander finally regained control of itself!

    Tch!

    The Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡¯s dark red eyes shone with ferocious sparks in the tunnel. It let out a screech from its wide-open mouth, rimmed with four white fangs, and a shapeless supersonic wave rushed violently straight at the yers!

    Boom!

    The supersonic wave this time was even fiercer than the previous. Even the Maniptors of the Nightless City team, who were building up Fire and Earth skills, were disrupted by the tremors!

    ¡°F*ck! This brat¡¯s skill power can actually still increase!¡±

    Everyone instantly entered a state of dizziness once more; there were even some who couldn¡¯t help but covered their ears! But it was futile, as this type of supersonic wave attacked not just the ears but the entire body and organs, and it affected the nerves and senses!

    Furthermore, the damage coefficients emerging above everyone¡¯s heads were higher than before. The HP coefficients above the heads of Mu Zi and the Machine Gunner exceeded 300 every second!

    Among them all, only the coefficients above Feng Luo¡¯s head were decreasing¡ªthey had even reached the single-digits!

    ?5

    ?4

    ?4...

    Just then, a message was received in his system log!

    Evolutionplete¡ªyou have earned 90% special resistance against soundwaves of simr frequencies. You have earned 33% basic soundwave-type attack resistance. Overall debuff resistance +1%!

    Force Guidance Chip notification: Your Force Guidance progress currentpletion progress is 18%!

    With a 90 percent specific rate of soundwave resistance, it could be said that the ranged skills of the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander were essentially ineffective against Feng Luo. Even if the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡¯s Supersonic Attack was as intense as before, Feng Luo¡¯s HP would not drop.

    It was important to note that, besides Feng Luo¡¯s own HP recovery, there was also the percentage recovery enhancement provided by the Desert Rock Lizard ring. His recovery speed was not all that inferior even to Rose Thorns, who was a Heavy Armor Warrior!

    Ping!

    The Tyrant, which had just been newly loaded in Feng Luo¡¯s hands, opened fire once more! This shot, with the 12.7mm bullet carrying intense force, sted straight into the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡¯s widely opened mouth!

    Instantly, the tunnel fell silent once more. The ferocious and shapeless, undercurrent-like supersonic waves all disappeared!

    ¡°Quick!¡±

    ¡°All out!¡±

    ¡°Sh*t! This brat is so hard to finish¡ªcan¡¯t let it have another chance to attack!¡±

    With the nauseating supersonic waves gone, the Nightless City yers, recovered from their dizziness, instantly focused their firepower on the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander once more!

    This Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡¯s abilities were truly a marvel: fast speed, the ability to suck blood, and the supersonic ranged attack. But no matter what, it didn¡¯t change the truth that its defense wasn¡¯t high, nor that its HP was just 30,000!

    To Feng Luo¡¯s Tyrant, 30,000 HP was just a matter of three magazines. Not to mention that there was still a group of Nightless City Elite yers who had simrly decent equipment, all of whom were unleashing their firepower with all their might! Hence, after five seconds, the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander, which had nearly taken out some of the yers, was torn to pieces by bullets and skill attacks!

    You have in Mutant Bloodthirsty Bat (45, Commander). Contribution level: 47%. Experience earned: 3200. Merit earned: 3 points!

    The system message shed past everyone¡¯s vision.

    Among the 10 people, only Feng Luo¡¯s contribution level was close to 50 percent. Ranked second was the contribution level of Little Witch, who hadnded thest attack. Hers was only 19 percent.

    ¡°Who says a Sniper can¡¯t do this type of an underground ruins mission? That¡¯s just because of improper skills, isn¡¯t it? With Brother Feng¡¯s shooting, even a Sniper could beat a Fire Maniptor!¡±

    Many of the Nightless City yers felt simrly.

    ¡°Hey!¡± Little Witch said with a look of surprise, regaining everyone¡¯s attention.

    Looking in the direction Little Witch was looking, everyone then realized that the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander¡ªunlike its aplices, whose bodies had disappeared without a trace¡ªhad actually dropped something! And it wasn¡¯t just one thing that it had dropped. There was a chip-like object, but there was also a finger-sized object, glimmering with ayer of faint orange light!

    Orange light!

    Everyone knew that items produced by monsters¡¯ deaths appeared in yers¡¯ eyes as glowing with a faint white light. Even among these yers, who had yed this game for so long, no one had never seen a prize that radiated orange light!

    ¡°Orange light... Could it be...?¡±

    An idea shed through everyone¡¯s minds. Their eyes lit up!

    ¡°Captain, is it...?¡±

    Mu Zi, as the captain, had already walked over and picked up the two objects. All the Nightless Club yers, including Boss Meng and Chairman Jiao, stared with anticipation at Mu Zi.

    ¡°Yes...¡± Mu Zi nodded with delight on his face. ¡°But...¡±

    There was uncertainty in his tone as he uploaded the orange-lit object¡¯s attributes onto the team channel.

    ??. Grade: Legendary (Shard). ??? (1/4)!

    ¡°Indeed. Legendary equipment,¡± Feng Luo said as he looked. ¡°But the attributes can¡¯t be seen. In this case, it seems like we still need tobine the other segments for it to work!

    The shard was just the size of a finger, and it could not be seen at all. But clearly, the other yers were overjoyed!

    ¡°Legendary! It¡¯s really Legendary!¡±

    At this time, Legendary equipment had reached sky-high prices. Anyone who got their hands on a piece would be rich! To everyone¡¯s surprise, here in these underground ruins¡ªwhich were not considered extremely difficult¡ªa Legendary piece of equipment had actually appeared!

    Although it was just one shard, it stood to reason that after gathering four shards, they ought to be able to bebined. Until then...

    Everyone was delighted, even Chairman Jiao and Boss Meng¡ªwho, as local tycoons, were notcking in money. It was still a piece of Legendary equipment! There were currently fewer than 100 in all of War. Besides the price, taking it out would also be a symbol of superior status!

    Feng Luo was a little moreposed. He knew that Legendary equipment couldn¡¯t be so easily gained...

    However, he did not speak up. After all, everyone was over the moon. Perhaps they really would be able to get Legendary equipment in these ruins.

    ¡°Right. Isn¡¯t there still a chip-like thing also dropped by the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander. What¡¯re its attributes?¡±

    After confirming that there was no way of seeing this Legendary equipment¡¯s attributes, everyone¡¯s attention finally shifted to the chip-like object. Mu Zi uploaded the attributes of it, as well.

    NB300-50-Type Sonic Energy Weapon Manufacturing Chip, (1/4). ???.

    ¡°A Sonic Weapon Manufacturing Blueprint?¡±

    Everyone¡¯s eyes lit up once more.

    Sonic!

    In the past, nobody would have been likely to be interested in a soundwave weapon, nor even know what one was. But having just gone through the battle with the Bloodthirsty Bat Commander, the nauseating effect of the Supersonic Attack was etched in everyone¡¯s minds! Even though this sonic weapon¡¯s attributes weren¡¯t able to be seen, due to being iplete, it definitely attracted everyone¡¯s interest.

    ¡°Ha! Manager Feng, your act of finishing them off was quite correct!¡± Chairman Jiao said to Feng Luo, smiling. ¡°If not, the things produced in this ruin would be aware of us. Even if we finished them off after that, there definitely would have been some trouble!¡±

    Feng Luo considered for a moment, then decided that it was still better to give everyone a heads-up.

    ¡°They were seeking their deaths...¡± he said. ¡°However, this Legendary equipment probably isn¡¯t so easily gained. Everyone, please mentally prepare yourselves.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Little Brother Feng! We know!¡±

    Chairman Jiao, carrying his golden broadsword, smiled. Everyone¡¯s faces were filled with anticipation for the following exploration!

 Chapter 324 - The Biohazard Crisis Officially Starts!

    <h4>Chapter 324: The Biohazard Crisis Officially Starts!</h4>

    In the underground ruins, Feng Luo and his people continued the exploration mission!

    Outside, the sky had already turnedpletely dark. In Silvermoon City, a Biohazard Crisis created by evolved viruses and some yers arrived following the dark night!

    In the first minute, at the edge of a leisure square, an NPC couple could not suppress their passion as they sat on a clearing beside a small forest, hugging and kissing in an area where it was unlikely that they would be disturbed by others! But just when things were heating up and they were about to take the next step, a dark silhouette suddenly rushed out from the forest at the side¡ªrunning straight toward the NPC girl!

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The next moment, the NPC girl let out a painful scream!

    ¡°What happened?¡±

    The male NPC was shocked. He saw that attached to his girlfriend¡¯s pant leg was a white dog, dirty and with bloodshot eyes, biting hard!

    ¡°Damn it, get lost!¡±

    The male NPC was enraged. He stood andunched a heavy kick at the white dog!

    ¡°Dear, are you okay?¡±

    After kicking the dog away, he hurriedly went to check his girlfriend¡¯s leg. He saw that a small chunk of flesh had been torn out. Blood was spilling!

    Ah-ooo!

    The white dog was no more than 20 centimeters in size. It had been sent flying by the kick and had rolled an entire five or six meters. Its body was twisted, its spine broken. Yet it was still howling where it had fallen in the grass. Its dark, bloodshot eyes stared at them with ferocity. It could be seen that amid its messy fur, there was a very small, needlepoint-like hole!

    ¡°F*ck you! I¡¯ll kill you!¡±

    The male NPC was bursting with rage as he rushed over to step on the dog. He failed to notice the three or four giant humanoid silhouettes lying on the ground in the forest beside the clearing. Sets of seemingly nonexistent eyes gazed at his girlfriend, who was still in her original spot, covering the wound on her leg. More urately, they were gazing at the blood spilling from her leg!

    ******

    The second minute, in a bar.

    Many yers and young NPC men and women were in high spirits as they twisted their bodies in a hall transformed into a fantasy background by the environmental simtion system.

    ¡°Hey, Brother. You¡¯ve drunk too much!¡±

    Holding a beer mug in his hand, a handsome Doctor yer with orderly attire and a light smile on his face walked to a sofa to one side and sat down. Seated opposite him, a tall and stalwart Heavy Armor Warrior yer had his head slumped on the sofa.

    ¡°I¡¯ve drunk too much? Seems like it...¡±

    But when the stalwart yer slumped on the sofa raised his head, his eyes werepletely bloodshot!

    ¡°Ah...! What¡¯s this?! You scared me!¡±

    The handsome Doctor yer was clearly shocked. But quickly, his gaze fell once more on the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s chest, below his raised head, which was thick with muscle.

    ¡°Hey, Brother. Why are your eyes so red? Scaring people and making hearts race... Judging by your alcohol stench, you¡¯ve really drunk a lot. But it¡¯s not right. How could you drink to such a state? Oh, you¡¯ve taken drugs! This game isn¡¯t bad! Not only are you able to take drugs, but they¡¯re unable to cause any effect on the real body! This is especially great, since the feelings of some things are the same as in reality!¡±

    The handsome Doctor yer¡¯s voice became unexpectedly gentle, and he reached out to caress the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s face. But just then, the lights of the entire hall went out. The environment simtion also disappeared, and the previously loud music stopped!

    ¡°Huh? What¡¯s going on? The lights have all gone out. What¡¯s the problem?!¡±

    The handsome Doctor yer couldn¡¯t help but look up. He didn¡¯t notice that the Heavy Armor Warrior yer behind him had already stood up, swaying, his bloodshot eyes having lost focus. He opened his mouth wide and lunged fiercely at the Doctor yer¡¯s back!

    Perhaps the handsome Doctor was about to get his wish.

    ******

    The third minute.

    The moment the lights in the bar went out, chaos was breaking out all over Silvermoon City! Because even the two public backup energy supply systems had been cut off by someone. In an instant, except for the stores and buildings with automatic backup energy switches, the entire city fell into darkness.

    The continuous taking off andnding of levitating hovercrafts ceased. All those in the sky crashed down at once! Levitating hovercrafts were only able to fly at high speeds within the city due to the support provided by energy fieldsid on the ground. Thus, the energy SUV was still the main mode of transport in the wild!

    Luckily, all these energy hovercrafts carried emergency response functions. Thus, except for a few hovercrafts that crashed into one another or into tall buildings, due to not having proper time to react, the othersnded safely. This had jammed the traffic of the entire city¡ªonnd and in the air alike!

    But this was not the greatest source of chaos!

    ¡°Ah, help! Help me!¡±

    From the road beside the square, a male NPC¡ªhis body and clothes covered in bloodstains¡ªlimped as he rushed out. One hand covered his neck where blood was pouring out. It had stained his clothes. He shouted to yers, too afraid to attempt a rescue!

    ¡°F*ck! What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°An NPC? Is this a prank, or has this fellow killed someone?¡±

    On the road beside the square, many yers had clueless expressions. There were also some yers whose eyes lit up, wondering if this was a Hidden Mission. But after they saw what was chasing the male NPC, their faces changed!

    Beneath the moonlight were humanoid monsters greater than two meters tall. The skin covering their revolting brains had beenpletely peeled off, leaving only red flesh exposed on the outside covering the skull. They lunged at the yer on the field beside the square so quickly that their movements left a blur marking their trajectories. One among them was holding a woman¡¯s lower leg, chewing it in its mouth. Its super-fast speed caused the lower leg to leave a long trail of blood across the ground!

    ¡°F*ck me¡ªwhat¡¯s going on?! Why are there monsters appearing in the city?¡±

    One yer¡¯s expression changed, and he hurriedly took out his submachine gun from his backpack, prepared to fire at the revolting monsters!

    The yer¡¯spanion, standing beside him, quickly held him back. He tilted his head to indicate the Guard sentry post to the side.

    ¡°Shooting isn¡¯t allowed in the city. Do you want to be arrested by the Guards and sent to jail? There¡¯s a Guard sentry right over there!¡±

    But just as he turned his head towards the sentry post, what he saw made him freeze in shock!

    From a spot on the tall building at the side, an eye-catching patch of gunsmoke had erupted, simultaneously producing a wave of dense gunshot noises.

    Da-da-da...

    From the sentry post built by the roadside, the few NPC Guard soldiers who had run out carrying submachine guns after seeing the foragers had no chance. They weren¡¯t even able to fire before they were shot into sieves!

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?!¡±

    Just beside the sentry post, Watermelon Skin and a line of yers who had just returned frompleting a mission were initially prepared to submit the mission. But just then, they were nearly brought disaster by the six-barreled machine gun¡¯s shots.

    ¡°In the city, NPC Guard soldiers are being attacked! Furthermore, some were directly shot dead by a machine gun?¡±

    While they were still in shock, a system message already sounded in the ears of all the people in War.

    ¡°The epic plot ¡®Biohazard Crisis¡¯ has officially started. This plot is an open plot. All yers will be able to join and earn rewards of different content ording to the faction! A faction switch is officially open. yers may choose to join one. Once joined, existing Power Merit will be cleared to zero!¡±

 Chapter 325 - Chaotic Silvermoon City

    <h4>Chapter 325: Chaotic Silvermoon City</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Biohazard Crisis? Epic storyline? What are those?¡±

    The people from Nightless City were battling a group of Level-40 Mutant Rats about 20 centimeters long inside the underground ruins. When they heard the system message regarding the start of the Biohazard Crisis mission, Rose Thorns, Mister Meng, Chairman Jiao, and several other people looked puzzled.

    After all, these global notices rarely ever appeared in all the yers¡¯ logs. Clearly, this meant that the storyline called ¡°Biohazard Crisis¡± was very different! There were also those who paid more attention to the second notice.

    ¡°A faction change? Who would be so free to switch to the rebel army or other non-governmental militant factions? It would even reset the Merit Points...¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng?¡±

    Mu Zi, holding his submachine gun, immediately turned around to look at Feng Luo in shock. He was firing quickly at a fast-moving Elite Mutant Rat crawling from the wall to the ceiling.

    Among those in the party, only Mu Zi and Feng Luo had taken part in the Roguetown mission. Naturally, he knew what ¡°Biohazard Crisis¡± meant!

    He could still remember the scene in Roguetown back then¡ªa scene in which zombies had continued to close in on them through streets filled with muddied water and blood as the rain poured. Even after getting shot, even with their guts pouring out of their stomachs, the zombies had continued to chase after them with their innards trailing on the ground. Additionally, there had been the lightning-quick Elite Forager, as well as the ridiculously strong Tyrant T-000! Even Mu Zi, who was ustomed to the highly realisticbat scenes in War, had turned off the gory visual mode after that mission.

    ¡°Let¡¯s finish exploring the ruins first!¡± Feng Luo said as he frowned.

    Regarding the storyline of ¡°Biohazard Crisis,¡± Feng Luo took note of it and naturally wanted to know where it would begin. However, the problem was that the underground ruins blocked signals quite effectively. Not only hismunicator, but even his special agent wristwatch couldn¡¯t be used to contact anyone outside. Plus, since he was in the middle of the exploration mission, he couldn¡¯t switch to the forum to obtain information!

    ¡°Let¡¯s pick up the pace and try toplete the mission before ten o¡¯clock!¡± said Feng Luo. As he spoke, the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s red light shed, and another Elite Mutant Rat crawling out of a hole in the ceiling to try to jump into the crowd burst into pieces!

    ******

    Inside Silvermoon City, on the edge of a square that had gone dark because it had lost its energy source...

    ¡°He¡ªhelp!¡± shouted a male NPC covered in blood. He had his hand pressed to his bleeding neck as he rushed to the side of the yers.

    His panicked eyes glittered with hope. But just as he thought he would be saved, his body suddenly was thrown forward heavily to the ground!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    A Forager (Crawler) had leaped from the ground andnded on the NPC, mming him into the ground. Blood overflowed from what appeared to be an exposed brain on its head. Itsrge mouth, lined with sharp teeth, chomped down on the NPC¡¯s back!

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The male NPC screamed as parts of his back, as well as his blood-stained shirt, were bitten off by the Forager. His exposed innards were still pulsating.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡± said the Scout yer holding a submachine gun. The scene unfolding before him made his face go pale. He no longer cared about the consequences of firing his gun in the city. He pulled the trigger.

    Ta-ta-ta!

    A flurry of bullets hit the Forager in the back¡ªa back that appeared to have no skin, only exposed red muscles. The impact of the bullets created multiple bloody, cavernous holes across its back.

    ?345

    ?283

    ?374...

    A series of yellow and white damage numbers appeared overtop of the Forager¡¯s head.

    There were many of them, but immediately after that, the Forager produced a gulping sound and devoured the flesh it had torn off...

    +532

    A healing number of around 500 appeared over its head. And there were also visible signs of the wounds healing!

    Forager. Level 45 Elite. HP: 12,000. Visual perception mutation, powerful hearing, and olfactory perception. Possesses incredible leaping prowess and the ability to crawl on walls and ceilings. The Forager can also recover HP quickly by devouring fresh meat.

    As an Elite monster infected by the T-virus, the Forager¡¯s 12k HP wasn¡¯t considered high. However, its ability to recover HP by devouring fresh meat¡ªas well as its ability to move quickly on vertical walls and ceilings and its amazing leaping prowess¡ªmade it a frightening Biohazard weapon! Not to mention its incredible attack strength!

    A panicked scream resounded.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Only a few yers like the Scout reacted quickly and attacked using their weapons without a second thought. Many were still dumbfounded by this series of events and incidents happening throughout the city. The power had been cut to the entire city. Everywhere, hovercrafts were dropping like flies. NPC guards being killed. And the system¡¯s message to everyone...

    Apart from all this, some were still worried about the no-battle rule within the city, so they didn¡¯t really know what to do.

    The Forager was just too fast. In the blink of an eye, it was already in front of the yers. It quickly pushed two of them to the ground. The Forager opened its bloody mouth. Its long, stic red tongue shot at the heads of the yers it had pinned down.

    Screams and shouts filled the air! The heads of the two yers were punctured by the tongue of the Forager at close range. Two white lights shed.

    It was important to note that within the city, most yers wore casual clothing out of habit. Faced with a sudden development like this, they didn¡¯t even have time to change into their defensive gear. Without defensive equipment, even a Heavy Armor Warrior would barely be able to fend off the attacks of a Forager!

    ¡°F*ck. Biohazard Crisis. What is this storyline? These monsters are so disgusting!¡±

    A group of three female yers not far from Watermelon Skin¡¯s group turned pale after witnessing the two yers getting instantly killed. The sight of the Forager biting the back of the male NPC almost made them throw up!

    ¡°This scene is even scaring me,¡± said Watermelon Skin. ¡°Nope. I¡¯m turning off the gory visual mode!¡±

    Watermelon Skin felt a chill as he looked at the blood on the ground, as well as the male NPC who had stopped moving after being bitten a few times by the monster.

    ¡°Prepare for battle! I guess we won¡¯t bepleting our mission tonight!¡± As the captain, My World had already taken his weapon out as he looked around with a premonition of unease. The sounds of weapons firing and screams filled the air.

    ¡°Yes!¡± said someone in the team with a nod, albeit feeling panicked.

    What no one noticed was that the lifeless eyes of the male NPC corpse, which had lost its mobility due to blood loss, were gradually filling with veins. Its fingers twitched slightly!

 Chapter 326 - Rebel Army, Attack!

    <h4>Chapter 326: Rebel Army, Attack!</h4>

    Silvermoon City North. Inside the Veteran Tribe¡¯s headquarters, which was set up like a military camp.

    ¡°Just what the hell happened?¡±

    The Scout leader of the guild, ck Rose, d in herbat uniform, asked a yer wearing a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s badge on his chest. ck Rose spoke in a serious tone.

    ¡°Big Sis! Something major has happened!¡± said the yer wearing the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s badge. He actually called ck Rose his big sis as he answered her in a panic. ¡°The rebel army used a lethal biological weapon, a virus, on Silvermoon City just now. If infected, a yer can only obtain the antidote after joining the rebel army¡¯s camp. Otherwise, there¡¯s a high probability of dying and losing levels! Moreover, based on my sources, the virus was released by some yers under the instructions of Roaring Dragon Light Wind. The operation was very secretive, and I¡¯ve only just found out!¡±

    ¡°A lethal biological virus?¡± said ck Rose. ¡°What is Roaring Dragon Light Wind thinking? Even if Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group is the number one guild in Silvermoon City, doing something like this would make them the enemy of every other yer! Do they really want to get kicked out of Silvermoon City?¡±

    ck Rose frowned. She didn¡¯t panic and only seemed confused. ¡°Judging by the information I managed to obtain, Roaring Dragon Light Wind has already decided to have Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group join the rebel army. He has been preparing for this since before the war storyline began!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± said the yer. ¡°He has also said that the biological virus is very powerful. It¡¯s highly infectious, and before long, Silvermoon City will be an empty city of death! After that, the city will bepletely upied and taken over by the rebel army. It will be a subordinate city of the rebel army. By then, the only legal yer entity will be the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. They would own the entire city!¡±

    ¡°What?¡± ck Rose¡¯s expression turned ugly in an instant. ¡°Humph! This Roaring Dragon Light Wind sure is ambitious. It¡¯s no wonder even Roaring Dragon Invincible was kicked out of the guild!¡±

    In regard to Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s internal strife between the founders, ck Rose, as the Scout and intelligence team leader, naturally kept a close watch on it and even enjoyed surveying it. What she hadn¡¯t expected was that Roaring Dragon Light Wind would be secretly nning something like this!

    Joining the rebel army camp and then helping the rebel army to attack Silvermoon City? If Silvermoon City really fell to the rebel army, then Veteran Tribe¡¯s losses would be too great to bear! After all, 80 percent of the Veteran Tribe¡¯s assets were within Silvermoon City. If Silvermoon City really fell to the rebel army, the Veteran Tribe would suffer unimaginable losses!

    More importantly, with 35 percent of its members being retired soldiers, the members of this guild of veterans would never agree to join the rebel army side, which had a history of performing evil deeds. As such, even surrender wasn¡¯t possible.

    The only option right now was to stop Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s n. It wasn¡¯t to prevent Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group from joining the rebel army; it was to prevent Silvermoon City from being upied by the rebel army!

    ¡°All right,¡± said ck Rose. ¡°I understand the situation now. I will immediately convey the message to the leader. Continue your undercover mission inside the group. Immediately notify me if you discover any further developments!¡±

    ck Rose disconnected themunicator. As she heard the sounds of battle and wailing outside, her expression gradually cooled down.

    ¡°Silvermoon City won¡¯t be taken so easily. Don¡¯t forget, apart from thousands of City Guards, Silvermoon City is surrounded by several military bases filled with soldiers! Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group... Since you want to y this game, we¡¯ll take this opportunity. We¡¯ll see just who will be forced out of Silvermoon City.¡±

    ck Rose¡¯s well-trimmed and pretty brows furrowed as she showed a strong-willed expression.

    Because the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s leadership was currently embroiled in internal conflict, the alliance between the Veteran Tribe and several other smaller guilds had formed and stabilized under the expansion of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. If an all-out battle between the two sides were to ur...

    Though the alliance would be at a slight disadvantage, at that moment, Silvermoon City was still under the control of the Federation. Since the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had joined the rebel army, they would have to fend off both the offensives of the NPCs as well as the yers. As such, the alliance would actually have the advantage!

    However, ck Rose, who didn¡¯t understand the T-virus, did not notice that she had missed an extremely crucial piece of information.

    City of Death! This was not simply a metaphor!

    ******

    Ten miles outside of Silvermoon City, in the Federation¡¯s 15th Storm City defense base.

    Due to the deteriorating situation with the rebel army recently, the Federation army had stationed over 5,000 military personnel in the base. In addition, they had also stationed multiple mechas, battle tanks, missiles, stealth fighters, and other types of weapons!

    Inside was the NPC militarymand center, filled with hundreds of NPC soldiers seated in front of screens. This center, situated within the underground facility inside the military base hidden deep within the mountains, was equipped with strong defenses. An NPC with a Colonel military badge pinned on his chest shouted at the projected virtual image of a nervous-looking NPC guard standing in front of him.

    ¡°What? Mutated monsters and adventurers are attacking guards?¡± After a while, he nodded with a solemn expression and said, ¡°All right, understood. I¡¯ll immediately dispatch the air force. You go... What?¡±

    However, before he could finish his sentence, the virtual image of the NPC guard standing in front of him shook. Then he disappeared.

    ¡°Warning! Warning! Warning!¡±

    Multiple warning images and sounds popped up on the virtual screens across the entire base.

    ¡°Sir... Enemy attack! Enemy attack!¡±

    In the night sky, red dots indicating threats were closing in on the base at high speed! And on the scouting screen, equipped with night vision function, multiple advanced-level mutant monsters were moving over the ground!

    The rebel army really was attacking the city!

    ******

    Bang!

    ?2455

    A degration armor-piercing bullet wreathed with electricity urately struck the head of a giant 50-centimeter rat with incredibly tough red fur!

    Feng Luo finished off a Level-45 Mutant Red Commander with red lethal damage inside the main hall of a building that appeared to be aboratory within the ancient ruins.

    You¡¯ve killed Mutant Rat (Level 45, Commander). Contribution: 34%. Obtained Experience: 2,400. Obtained Merit Points: 2.

    After the Mutant Rat Commander died, a chip bearing a white glow and a piece of an item that seemed like a bracelet, emanating an orange glow, fell to the floor in front of everyone.

    Eximed Chairman Jiao excitedly picked up the two items. ¡°As expected. It¡¯s another blueprint for the soundwave weapon and a broken piece of a Legendary-grade piece of equipment! It looks like our guess was correct. The reward for the exploration of the ancient ruins is indeed Legendary-grade items!¡±

    Everyone smiled after seeing the attributes of the two items sent to their party channel.

    The Mutant Rat Commander, however, was capable of releasing a neurotoxin that affected arge radius. The team had almost been annihted trying to defeat it, but the end result was satisfactory. By now, they had collected two broken pieces of Legendary Grade equipment!

    ¡°Good thing it¡¯s a soundwave weapon,¡± Rose Thorns said,ughing. ¡°I was worried that the Mutant Rat would drop part of a blueprint for a poison weapon. If that were the case, it would really take a lot of hunting to really get all the parts for the soundwave weapon blueprint!¡±

    In War, most monsters dropped items associated with their own abilities. That was why, when the Mutant Rat Commander dropped something rted to a soundwave weapon, everyone knew that it was a setting rted to the overall mission!

    ¡°But there¡¯s no further path over here. What should we do?¡± Mu Zi frowned as he looked at the signal source on his recon meter that signified the mission objective.

    The location of the signal source was only about 10 meters straight ahead of the group. The problem was that there was no path in sight to take them there. The only thing in front of them was a silver metal wall with no gaps at all!

    Bam!

    Mr. Meng mmed his golden broadsword against the metal wall. Sparks flew everywhere, but only a not-so-deep sh was left on the silver metallic wall. Clearly, it was impossible to forcefully break through it!

    Everyone surrounded the wall and searched the hall, but, in the end, they didn¡¯t manage to find any clues.

    ¡°In a situation like this, it¡¯s likely that we have to find another way,¡± said the frowning Mr. Meng, carrying his sword on his shoulder. His tone spoke to the experience of his middle age. ¡°We have to take care of the other two Commander-grade monsters that might exist along the other route before we can find the clues to get inside.¡±

    ¡°Judging by the items dropped by the two Commander monsters, this is quite likely,¡± Chairman Jiao agreed while holding his chin. ¡°I think we should go back and try the other route!¡±

    The two old game hobbyists, who rarely agreed with each other, had the same opinion. After that, several others also sounded their agreements.

    Firstly, they had searched the hall thoroughly and had found nothing. Secondly, apart from the final objective of the mission, everyone was very interested in the two broken pieces of Legendary equipment! They only needed two more pieces!

    While everyone else stated their opinions and discussed the matter, Feng Luo said nothing.

    Because, at that moment, for some unknown reason, Feng Luo was feeling uneasy.

    ¡°Is the system hinting at something?¡± asked Feng Luo with a frown.

 Chapter 327 - Ammunition Store Crisis!

    <h4>Chapter 327: Ammunition Store Crisis!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Silvermoon City, inside Feng Zhi Dan Heng Ammunition Store.

    ¡°Ah!¡± screamed Jing Xiang and Little Lan, the two NPC salespeople, in a panic.

    Inside the tattered ammunition store, where the ss door of the main entrance had shattered, a tall, bulky male zombie holding a bloodied fire department ax was hacking down at the thick alloy door, standing between the store and the workshop!

    Beside the male zombie stood another savage-looking female zombie whose head dangled. Its neck was already half-broken. Part of the female zombie¡¯s scalp had been torn off. Like the male zombie, it stood banging against the door, though it only used its bloodied hands.

    Bang! Bang!

    Every time the tall male zombie swung the ax, the dent on the metallic door grew a little deeper. The hinges gradually warped.

    ¡°What should we do, Big Sis Lan?! Are we going to be eaten by the monsters?!¡± asked the younger one, Jing Xiang, inside the workshop. Her face was pale as she shivered and cowered in the corner of the room.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know! I don¡¯t know!¡± The other NPC salesperson, Lan, was as pale as a ghost. Her cowgirl-style work uniform was soaked with sweat from fear! ¡°Master John! Wake up, Master John!¡±

    She extended her hands to push the sleeping old Caucasian man, reeking of alcohol, on the ground. The two of them had worked together to carry him into the workshop. Unfortunately, Old John, the person suspected of being a Gun Mechanic Master, was extremely drunk. Even themotion caused by the ax banging on the door,bined with Lan¡¯s shoves, wasn¡¯t enough to wake him up!

    The alloy door¡¯s shape became even more misshapen as it continued to withstand the hits. It looked like it wouldn¡¯tst much longer!

    ******

    It had been more than an hour since Silvermoon City lost power. The border city that was home to millions of people had entered a state of extreme panic and had be a battlefield filled with man-eating zombies infected by the T-virus¡ªfilled with screams of agony.

    Due to the start of the war storyline, Silvermoon City had more yers than NPCs! Normally, if there were more yers, even if the Biohazard Crisis were to have begun, it shouldn¡¯t have spread so quickly!

    After all, although the T-virus was powerful, yers had the unique attribute of being unafraid of death. Even faced with undead zombies, they shouldn¡¯t have allowed the city to fall intoplete chaos!

    That was the theory, anyway, but this was only if all the yers worked together. In reality, when the Biohazard Crisis mission began, all the regional forums andmunication channels were no longer usable. As such, apart from some guilds, the yers could only fight alone. They could not regroup or reorganize.

    They faced the yers from they Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. They were prepared and had already grasped the uses of the T-virus. They had used the powerful T-virus potion, and the yers were hit hard¡ªinitially dumbfounded! By the time they regained theirposure, members of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already spread the T-virus to every part of the city, and their surprise attack had also crippled the city¡¯s guards.

    What left people speechless the most was that the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group used the strategy of sacrificing low-level yers to create arge number of Tyrant T-001s!

    The crazy strength of the Tyrant was self-evident. Anyone exposed to the virus would quickly ¡°evolve¡± after absorbing the nutrients and grow into a Solo-type Commander-grade Monster with crazy defense and attack stats! This was particrly true because a Tyrant T-001 could reach Level 50. Their strength was even scarier than the Tyrant T-000, which Feng Luo¡¯s group had previously faced in Roguetown.

    The only ones who could disrupt the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s n were the Anti-RDMG Alliance formed by the Veterans Tribe and the other groups¡ªafter they finally reacted. However, Roaring Dragon Light Wind had anticipated this, so he didn¡¯t face Veterans Tribe directly.

    The actions of the yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group were to achieve just one objective: to continue the spread of the T-virus by using methods such as T-virus bullets, T-virus syringes, T-virus animal infections, etc. These methods angered the members of the Veterans Tribe!

    What made them red in the face was that it was only up until then that people from Veterans Tribe learned of the true trump card of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. It wasn¡¯t the rebel army attacking Silvermoon City, which was intercepted by the Federation army. It was the biohazardous virus!

    The T-virus infection had a 100-percent kill rate on NPCs. For yers, it was the same. Once they were scratched or bitten by a zombie, depending on the physical traits and the degree of the injury (Warriors, Gunners, and Maniptors had different levels of resistance), within ten minutes to an hour, they would turn into Elite-grade zombies, Foragers, or other types of undead.

    In the event that one was injured by a Tyrant, there was also a possibility that they would turn into a Tyrant!

    The thought alone was staggering. With so many yers gathered inside Silvermoon City, with Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s interference, just how many Elite and Commander-grade monsters were inside the city now?

    Of course, the difference between yers and NPCs was that when yers were infected, they would receive a popup message from the system.

    You¡¯ve been infected by the mutated Evolution Virus (T). Estimated time before infectionpletes: XX minutes. You can use antiviral potion serum.

    ¡°Antiviral serum! Where can I find it?¡±

    Almost all of the infected yers asked this question. After that, they quickly learned that they could only get the antiviral serum by killing Elite-grade zombies or Foragers!

    Most infected NPCs turned into normal zombies. Only some of the NPCs withbat professions turned into Elite monsters. yers, on the other hand, were different. It was almost guaranteed that they would turn into Elite-grade monsters...

    Was this not the system ying dirty? Were they not creating conditions to cause yers to intentionally spread the T-virus¡ªcausing others to get infected so that they could get the antiviral serum?

    Clearly, that was not the system¡¯s intention, because there was another method to obtain the serum. One could purchase them through the points and merits obtained by killing zombies, Foragers, and Tyrants!

    An antiviral serum thatsted one hour cost only 20 points. 50 points, as well as killing an Elite-grade infected, would provide an antiviral serum thatsted 24 hours! Clearly, this was the real way to get through the Biohazard Crisis storyline!

    Of course, the items avable for purchase weren¡¯t limited to those two. At the end of the list was a potion that would have made most yers gasp. It was the T-virus Permanent Enhancement Potion!

    Although the price was ridiculously high, and it also required that yers sessfully kill five Tyrants, this was an incentive strong enough to make yers who had otherwise decided to leave Silvermoon City stay behind!

 Chapter 328 - Underground Ruins, Beetle?

    <h4>Chapter 328: Underground Ruins, Beetle?</h4>

    The scene returned to Wind Mark Gun Shop. While the tall Level-45 Elite male zombie continued to hammer against the alloy door with the ax, a group of yers in the streets near the shop was in the midst of a battle!

    ¡°Huh?!¡± eximed a handsome-looking Sniper yer in his 20s with a gun-and-bullet guild badge pinned to his chest.

    ¡°Did you guys also receive it?¡± asked a Scout yer beside the Sniper. He had a scar on the right side of his yellowish face and sharp eyes.

    At the same time, he quickly pulled his submachine gun¡¯s trigger, firing a series of shots, turning thest Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer, who was trying to escape, into a sh of white light.

    ¡°Yes! I received a protection mission,¡± said Sk. ¡°We need to head to the Wind Mark Gun Shop within one minute to protect an NPC called Old John. We then have to safely escort him out of Silvermoon City. Depending on the performance, at the end of the mission, Merit Points will be rewarded! Boss Dan Hen, should we take this mission?¡±

    Sk raised his sniper rifle and fired an armor-piercing bullet to hit the head of a zombie atop a nearby building, making it lose its bnce temporarily before it fell from the building.

    ¡°No, give it up!¡± said Dan Hen, shaking his head as he quickly popped another magazine into his gun. ¡°It¡¯ll be too hard to escort an NPC out of the city in the current situation. The entire city has lost its power supply. Fallen hovercrafts have blocked all the routes. To get out of the city from this area will require at least half an hour. If we encounter a situation, we¡¯ll need even more time! Moreover, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the zombies should be our main concern right now. All these side missions¡ªwe can¡¯t afford to take them!¡±

    ¡°No, captain! Hold on a sec,¡± said the Fire Maniptor of the team, Ion me, with a frown as he pondered the matter. ¡°This ¡®Wind Mark Gun Shop¡¯ sounds a bit familiar. I feel like I¡¯ve heard it somewhere before!¡±

    ¡°Familiar...¡± Sk¡¯s eyes brightened. ¡°That¡¯s right! I remember now! Isn¡¯t the Wind Mark Gun Shop Brother Feng¡¯s shop? Sis Rose told us that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group targeted him and sent someone to mess up his store. In the end, they were taken care of by the NPC Lieutenant you guys met at the Town of Exile. The incident was widely reposted on the regional forum for two days!¡±

    Dan Hen¡¯s initial act of turning around, preparing to leave, came to a halt. He hesitated. ¡°Brother Feng? He really helped us a lot during the Silver Leaf Ind mission. Otherwise, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group might havepleted the Biohazard virus mission, and we¡¯d be in a much tougher position! We haven¡¯t been of much help in terms of the issue of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group issuing a bounty on him. And he hasn¡¯t been around Silvermoon City these past few days... We haven¡¯t been able to repay his favor since.¡±

    After a brief moment of silence, Dan Hen continued, ¡°How about this...? Sk, Heavy Armor, both of you head over to the Wind Mark Gun Shop first and protect that NPC. Don¡¯t partake in the battle with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group for now. We¡¯ll decide whether to meet up with you guyster, depending on the situation!¡±

    ¡°All right!¡± said Ultimate Heavy Armor, the Heavy Armor Warrior holding a ck alloy shield.

    Sk, whose eyes were now shining, nodded.

    Immediately after that, the two grabbed their gear and rushed toward the location of the Wind Mark Gun SHop!

    But it wasn¡¯t just the people from the Veterans Tribe who had received the mission. In another location, Watermelon Skin¡¯s six-man team¡ªwho had just taken out a Level-40 Elite zombie¡ªalso received the mission popup message!

    ¡°Take it,¡± said the team leader, My World, after a moment¡¯s hesitation, ¡°since we are nning to leave the city. Worst-case scenario, we fail the NPC escort mission and lose some Merit Points!¡±

    ******

    If Feng Luo were there, he certainly would have been surprised. For the system to publish a protect-and-escort mission when Old John¡¯s life was in danger? Just what was his true identity?

    However, Feng Luo, deep in the ancient ruins where outsidemunications had been cut, had no inkling of the crisis unfolding at his Wind Mark Gun Shop.

    At the moment, Feng Luo¡¯s expression was one of surprise! The Nightless City team that had moved to the other route had just killed a Level-45 Mutant Cockroach Commander. Theoretically, they were only one step away from their final objective when they encountered apletely unexpected monster!

    ¡°A Beetle?¡±

    It was a fist-sized body with a ck shell that refracted the light and six limbs. A huge swarm of Level-30 Beetles that only appeared inrge numbers charged at the group.

    Apart from being ck and slightly smaller, these Beetles looked just like 24K!

    What the heck is going on? thought Feng Luo. Could it be that these ancient ruins are associated with 24K?

    It was worth noting that the underground ruins were located only around 10 miles away from the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s constructed city: the NC-5504 ruin. The two were connected above ground¡ªand underground¡ªby the ruins. However, the NC-5504 ruins were already being used by Lu Conglomerate as the site of a city. In addition, after 24K had joined with Feng Luo, there had been new Beetles. It was impossible to find any new clues. Perhaps Feng Luo could discover something in these underground ruins!

    Moreover, for a not-so-difficult exploration to drop Legendary equipment shards... thought Feng Luo. Perhaps this is also an indication of more things toe...

    Feng Luo may have seemed distracted, but he wasn¡¯t just going through the motions.

    Bang! Bang!

    Shot after shot, hit after hit, the Eye of the Thunder¡ªequipped with C-grade degration armor-piercing rounds¡ªhit the ck swarm of Beetles on the ground. The sshing liquid ammunition turned entire groups of the Beetles into fiery balls of me.

    The Beetles that seemed so simr to 24K were only around Level 30, which was a lot lower than the other three swarm-type monsters. In addition, there were no Elite grades among them. They were all Normal-grade monsters!

    The problem was that there were just too many of them! The ones in front of Feng Luo¡¯s group numbered more than 1,000. As they charged, they were like ck waves moving toward them. As they drew nearer, the Beetles made squeaking noises, and the scene was definitely enough to make a person with trypophobia go pale!

    It was a good thing their party had two Fire Maniptors. Fire Maniptors were the best at dealing with these sorts of low-level, low-HP, swarm-type monsters!

    ¡°Fire Wall!¡±

    ¡°Sea of Fire!¡±

    The two Fire Maniptors cast their signature skills into the tunnel.

    The next moment, mes filled the space, and all the Beetles had damage indicator numbers appearing above them! Naturally, everyone¡¯s logs were filled with the constant flow of experience gained. But apart from Mu Zi, these numbers were meaningless.

    Moreover, although the Fire Maniptors were able to seal off most of the Beetles from advancing, some of the ones that crawled along the ceiling or walls still needed to be taken care of manually! As such, everyone joined in the battle against the Beetle army!

    Feng Luo hesitated as he continued to shoot.

    ¡°24K!¡±

    With a sh of white, 24K appeared on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder!

    Feng Luo was at the rear of the group, and since everyone was busy dealing with the ck Beetles, no one noticed that he had summoned 24K!

 Chapter 329 - Powerful Black Beetle!

    <h4>Chapter 329: Powerful ck Beetle!</h4>

    However, it was fine even if someone had noticed 24K. It was because, although everyone at the scene had joined the City-building Mission, none of them had seen 24K before.

    Back then, inside the temple of the ruins, due to 24K¡¯s ability to create mental illusions, everyone had seen a Level-100 Beetle Boss. As a result, they had immediately retreated without even daring to make a sound!

    Only Feng Luo, due to his Evolution talent, had been able to increase his mental attack resistance. He had seen the true situation within the temple. He had then risked losing levels and seeded at injecting the biological control chip into 24K¡¯s body!

    That was why no one would know 24K¡¯s background unless 24K used the wormhole summoning technique! In addition, faced with the 1,000-Beetle army that was charging at them, no one had the time or strength to pay attention to what was happening behind them. It seemed unimaginably difficult for the yers to get rid of these ck Beetles that didn¡¯t even average over Level 30!

    ?933

    ?899

    ?374

    ?345

    ?408...

    The ck Beetles on the ground, surrounded by the Sea of Fire and Firewall, didn¡¯t seem to slow their advance even at the sight of the mes. They continued to charge forward like a rising tide!

    Even after they entered the ming area and were inflicted with high damage¡ªas well as a ¡°burning¡± effect¡ªthe damage that appeared over these Level-30 swarm-type monsters still didn¡¯t break 1,000!

    Clearly, these ck Beetles¡¯ fire resistance was certainly not low! One could even have argued that if the team had only had one Fire Maniptor, it might have been impossible to stop the creatures¡¯ continued advance!

    However, even as the swarm of ck Beetles on the ground was halted, those on the walls and ceiling continued their advance and crawled past the fiery zone. They had already reached the area in front of Rose Thorns, Mr. Meng, and other close-quarters fighters at the forefront of the group. After that, they leaped down at the yers from the ceiling and walls!

    ¡°Immovable Mountain!¡±

    ¡°Defensive stance!¡± shouted two Heavy Armor Warriors as they cast their defensive skills.

    Tworge alloy shields stacked together and blocked the path of most of the ck Beetles crawling through the ming area. However, immediately after they cast their skills, their expressions changed.

    A fist-sized ck Beetle, facing the alloy shield obstacle in front of it, did not try to go around it; instead, it opened its mouth and bit the shield!

    Ka-chang!

    The Level-50 Rare-grade heavy alloy shield made from various rare materials, capable of stopping continuous sniper fire, had a hole in it.

    ¡°Sh*t! How are their jaws so strong?! To be able to chew up a shield!¡± eximed the two Heavy Armor Warriors.

    At the same time, they quickly cast Shield Bash and other attack skills to shake off the beetles that hadtched themselves onto the shields, pushing the Beetles back into the Sea of Fire!

    Regardless, the number of ck Beetles getting past the barrier gradually increased. Some of them even came down after they reached the ceiling above the Machine Gunners or Maniptors, biting them as they jumped down!

    If their jaws could chew up alloy shields, they naturally would have no problems with thebat uniform of Warriors or the energy robes of Maniptors.

    ?334

    ?394

    ?208...

    Damage numbers appeared. The HP of everyone involved in the fighting was being reduced! The yers were forced to retreat as they fought to avoid these Beetles that kept falling from the ceiling. At the same time, they continued to get help from Little Xue¡ªtaking blood tonics and defense-boosting potions!

    Clearly, none of the swarm-type monsters inside the ruins were easy to deal with!

    Squeak, squeak...

    At the back of the party, Feng Luo quickly used a degration armor-piercing bullet to shoot the most densely packed areas. The impact of the bullets shattered the shells of the ck Beetle while the mmable liquid burned the surrounding Beetles!

    As for 24K, it sat on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder and sent a message to Feng Luo through the mental link: They are not beetle soldiers... Don¡¯t you think this feels familiar?

    Through the system¡¯s ¡°trantion,¡± Feng Luo seemed to understand 24K. He looked puzzled. But no matter what 24K was trying to tell him, he had to worry about the swarm of ck Beetles first!

    Bang! Bang!

    Ta-ta-ta!

    Boom!

    Fortunately, although these ck Beetles were highly destructive, their levels and attacks were only average, and their HP and defense weren¡¯t spectacr, either. As such, after two minutes, the first batch of over 1,000 beetles had beenpletely annihted!

    Pant, pant...

    No one was in very good shape. The battle with the ck Beetles had been their toughest since they¡¯d begun the exploration. Mu Zi was suffering from a ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status, as he only had around 200 HP left. Even Mr. Meng and Rose Thorns, as well as some other warriors, had their HP reduced to below one-third of their max HP.

    The main issue was that there were simply too many of them. Due to their ability to pierce through the yers¡¯ defensive gear, even though they weren¡¯t high in level, the cumtive damage they produced was incredible!

    If it hadn¡¯t been for Little Xue¡¯s aplished Doctor skills¡ªand the fact that she carried multiple C-grade potions with her and had healed them effectively¡ªone or two of the party members might have died!

    ¡°Should we continue to move forward?¡± asked the other Heavy Armor Warrior (other than Rose Thorns) after he checked his shield and found that it was damaged over 90 percent. Some of the parts had been almostpletely bitten through.

    Since the broadsword was a weapon, Mr. Meng had kept swinging it to attack; it hadn¡¯t taken very much damage. However, his lightweight armor had several holes in it. Regardless, after he heard the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s intention to turn back, he answered without any hesitation!

    ¡°Of course we¡¯re going to continue!¡± said Mr. Meng, resting the broadsword on his back. ¡°Even if we forget the Legendary shards, we have toplete this exploration mission even if just as a p in the face for Dark Night Star and September Guild! We can¡¯t be retreating now!¡±

    The tall Machine Gunner spoke up. ¡°Yes, I agree with Mr. Meng. We should continue! Apart from my Machine Gun, I¡¯ve only brought ammunition in my backpack. If I use it sparingly, it can stillst a while longer!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a Legendary Grade item, man!¡± Chairman Jiao also said with determination. ¡°Losing a level is nothing! After all, it¡¯s not that hard toplete a leveling mission and regain a level. We can¡¯t turn back now!¡±

    Mu Zi raised his head after he was cured of the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± and ¡°weakened¡± status thanks to Little Xue¡¯s treatment. He nced at the silent Feng Luo out of habit. It was then that he saw 24K sittingfortably on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, munching on a crystal.

    ¡°Ah! Brother Feng, you have a Beetle on your shoulder! Lower your head! I¡¯ll take care of it!¡±

    Mu Zi looked shocked and reacted to the sight by raising his submachine gun to aim it at Feng Luo!

 Chapter 330 - Giving 24K a â€œChange of Identityâ€!

    <h4>Chapter 330: Giving 24K a ¡°Change of Identity¡±!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo reached out and shifted the submachine gun in Mu Zi¡¯s hands slightly off its aim, then said to the surrounding people who had looked over, ¡°No! It¡¯s my pet!¡±

    ¡°Pet?¡±

    Boss Meng looked at 24K vigorously chewing on the crystal it was holding with its six ws on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, and said with a look of curiosity, ¡°Little Brother Feng, you actually have a beetle as a pet? Your taste is pretty unique!¡±

    ¡°But even though it¡¯s a beetle, it¡¯s so cute. So golden and shiny!¡±

    Little Witch¡¯s eyes sparkled with interest, and Little Snow¡¯s expression was simr. After all, 24K¡¯s shiny golden appearance was as alluring to women as sparkling treasure to dragons!

    Feng Luo had always been more low-profile. Other than on Death Hunter Ind in front of Big Pineapple and Phoenix, he had never exposed his pet in front of anyone else. Therefore, no one had ever met 24K before. This was their first time.

    ¡°Little Brother Feng, your pet seems like the same kind as the beetles in these ruins. Was this beetle of yours caught from a nearby region?¡±

    Of course, everyone was naturally curious about the fact that, other than its color, 24K was almost identical in appearance to the ck Beetles in these ruins! Having quite a few holes chewed out of his Energy robe by beetles, Chairman Jiao, who seemed a little worn-out, had an even more curious look.

    ¡°Judging by its brilliant appearance,¡± Boss Meng said with certainty after observing 24K in detail, ¡°Little Brother Feng¡¯s must be an Elite-grade. After all, someone like you definitely wouldn¡¯t take interest in a normal pet!¡±

    The conversation with the two middle-aged yers helped Feng Luo create a new background and type for 24K.

    ¡°No,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°24K is... a special mutant beetle... but it was indeed gained from my mission in this region previously!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head, initially wanting to reveal a little, but suddenly changed his mind mid-sentence. Because at that moment, he suddenly thought of something!

    Arge part of 24K¡¯s background was due to the opportunity boost gained from the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s city-building mission.

    He had to admit, at that time with the horrifying beetle poption in the NC-5504 ruins, it was not possible at all for normal solo yers and even small-scale guilds to enter and reach the temple to meet the golden king beetle!

    So then, even if he had a top-grade Biochip, it would still be impossible for him to get such a rad pet as 24K!

    However, if say 24K was gotten from the city-building mission, it was very possible that till the day 24K was famous and even named ¡°<War¡¯s> number one pet¡±, some yers of the Lu Conglomerate would definitely be spreading all sorts of rumors, even exaggerating the matter on the forum ¨C after all, jealous people were what was most abundant in games!

    If not for the close rtionship between Nightless City and Lu Conglomerate, or for him agreeing to be roped in by Night Star, this situation perhaps would not have emerged. Even if there were people spreading rumors, it would have been controlled by Night Star.

    But it was probably hard to avoid the contradiction between Nightless City and the Lu Conglomerate head office now, and so this situation would be highly possible!

    ¡°If so, why not do ording to what Boss Meng and Chairman Jiao said and separate 24K¡¯s background and the city-building mission, like this, it¡¯ll prevent trouble in the future!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes sparkled.

    This was also the reason why he had changed his mind mid-talk.

    ¡°A special mutant beetle?¡±

    Everyone¡¯s faces shown a ¡°no wonder¡± look.

    Other than themon Normal, Elite, Commander and (quasi-)BOSS differentiations, there were also some monsters in <War> with special attributes in their introductions such as ¡°mutant, leader, independent-type¡± and others.

    Monsters with these attributes were different from those of the same Grade, and even have a higher chance of being more powerful!

    In everyone¡¯s understanding, Feng Luo¡¯s words meant hinting that 24K¡¯s ability was stronger than Elite-Grade monsters; in today where almost all pets were Normal, it was undoubtedly deserving to be ¡°honored¡±!

    Of course, they would not have known where Feng Luo¡¯s honor hade from, the ¡°special mutant¡± was already an exceptionally low-key term.

    Because 24K¡¯s attributes, in actual fact, should have been described as ¡°special type BOSS¡±!

    ...

    Since having already decided to follow the exploration mission to the end in order to gather the four Legendary equipment shards and the Sonic Weapon blueprint, everyone did not dy for long. After resting for a few minutes and generally replenishing their HP, they continued on!

    The surrounding environment of the following route had many changes.

    The underground base passageway, suspected experimentalboratories and other ces which initially should have been mainly made from metallic infrastructure had many spots chewed up into a mess.

    There were even some ces where the metal had beenpletely bitten off, exposing the hard rockyer, and even the rockyer had been chewed into many ck holes.

    Undoubtedly, this was all the work of the ck Beetles, as 10 over ck Beetles would asionally emerge from these holes all of a sudden, lunging at the yers!

    Luckily, Mu Zi¡¯s detection talent and the Rare-Grade Recon Meter in his hand were enough a power boost ¨C beetles hiding within a certain distance would all be able to be found by him first thing!

    Then with the yers focusing their firepower altogether, it did not allow these scattered beetles to cause too great a threat!

    Of course, in contrast with the scattered beetles, once again meeting two hordes of up to thousands and even one horde with over 1500 beetles was truly a threat!

    The exploration team finally suffered some loss...not just Gunners, but also that Heavy Armored Warrior, havinghis main shield damaged and his spare shield also being destroyed by chewing in the end ¨C both of them had died in the third wave of beetles!

    This was furthermore when these beetles were all only of Normal-Grade, when there was not even one Elite-Grade!

    But no matter what, the remaining eight yers had finally advanced to a spot over 20 meters from the ¡°target location¡± and had found the ¡°final BOSS¡± which everyone had been anticipating ¨C the Commander-Grade ck Beetle!

    Above a silver-colored metallic wall simr to the passageway on the right but had been chewed up into many little holes, a beetle with a size four times that of a Normal beetley quietly on the ground. There were also another 100 ck Beetles two times the size of Normal beetles, continuously crawling on the ground around it and on the wall and ceiling!

    ¡°ck Beetle Commander, Level 40 ¡¤ Commander, Species Number: HSJ-98843, HP: 20000. Talent: ?, Skill: ??¡±

    ¡°ck Beetle, Level 35 ¡¤ Elite, HP: 7000. Species...Talent: Destruction (C), Skill: ??¡±

    Mu Zi had already quickly uncovered the attributes of these two types of beetles, although unable to uncover some of the parts, at least the HP was not high, and the Grade was considerably low inparison to most yers!

    These attributes undoubtedly made everyone relieved. They did not sound too powerful!

    ¡°Still, let¡¯s not be careless, its ability shouldn¡¯t be weakerpared with the previous three Commander monsters!¡±

    Feng Luo reached out to give the Eye of the Thunder a quick change of magazine.

    He had always thought that a mission with Legendary equipment would not be so simple!

    On his shoulder, 24K was hugging an Energy Crystal but no longer munching, its eyes stared straight at the Commander-Grade ck Beetle and there was as if doubt in its little eyeballs!

    ¡°Hu!¡±

    As the yers stepped into thisst stretch of distance, all the Elite-Grade ck Beetles began to move!

    ¡°Hu, hu, hu!¡±

    One by one, the Elite ck Beetles suddenly opened their hard shells, stretching out their semi-transparent wings, then with dense wing pping noises, charged in the air at the eight remaining yers!

    COMMENT

    ¡°What! These Elite ck Beetles can actually fly?¡±

    The three Maniptors in the team had already begun preparing skills. With the Machine Gunner and one Heavy Armored Warrior less, everyone knew that they had to use high-damage skills to try their best at mass-killing these Elite ck Beetles!

    But no one had thought that these ck Beetles could actually fly!

    Although it indeed looked like there were wings on these ck Beetles¡¯ backs, those previous few thousands of Normal ck Beetles had crawled along between walls ¨C there was none flying at all!

    Thus, this situation clearly took everyone by surprise!

    Once all the Maniptors had prepared, the 100 Elite ck Beetles had already charged up to half the distance, opening their mouthpieces capable of biting through Alloy Armors!

 Chapter 331 - B-Grade Energy Explosive Bullet!

    <h4>Chapter 331: B-Grade Energy Explosive Bullet!</h4>

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    A gun had sounded!

    For a moment, Feng Luo indeed did not react, but he was in a diligent and prudent attitude once he started, making him still the first to react!

    With his finger pressed down on the trigger, from the barrel of the Eye of the Thunder, a bullet carrying a faint blue glow burst out!

    But this was not like the Energy armor-piercing bullet from before!

    Because the speed of this bullet was far slower than the Energy armor-piercing bullet, and its bullethead was also significantly bigger than that of the Energy armor-piercing bullet ¨C within it was a unique structure.

    Of course, the slowness was inparison ¨C the flying speed of this type of bullet was undeniably above 400M/S, thus, in not even 0.05 seconds, this bullet had already collided with the charging horde of Elite ck Beetles!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    In the middle of the passageway, a blue-white Energy field appeared in an instant.

    The Elite ck Beetle hit was engulfed by the Energy field in an instant. Due to beingpletely unable to dodge, even the 20, 30 beetles behind it had quickly been knocked into the range of the Energy field!

    ¡°-3503!¡±

    ¡°-2685!¡±

    ¡°-2545!¡±

    A bunch of yellow damage coefficients shed across, almost all of them of 2500 and above, and among them was even one damage of more than 3000.

    If totaled, the damage output of this bullet had probably already exceeded 50,000!

    ¡°This damage...¡±

    Everyone had surprise in their eyes!

    Such a mass-attack range damage, calcting ording to the defense power and Energy resistance of these beetles from before, probably would not have been able to be achieved even if was a Fire Maniptor¡¯s mass-attack skill. And it had actuallye from a Sniper?

    ¡°Not a bad damage, but it¡¯s totally burning money!¡±

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Feng Luo raised the Eye of the Thunder; with Rapid Shooting engaged, a new bullet had already been shot out in just around 0.7 seconds!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-3611!¡±

    ¡°-2654!¡±

    ¡°-2587!¡±

    A blue-white Energy field appeared once more in the air, as well as a bunch of yellow weak point damage coefficients with 50% talent enhancement!

    [Energy Explosive Bullet (B-Grade)]

    Attack power increase by 30%, an Energy field will be created by the explosion upon hitting the target, causing range damage!

    B-Grade bullets!

    Right, the two bullets just now were two precious B-Grade bullets!

    Previously on the Huan Yu auction, he had won a few things, among which were a few types of special bullets. Other than the C-Grade explosive armor-piercing bullet, this type B-Grade Energy explosive bullet was one of them!

    This type of ¡°Energy explosive bullet¡± had caught his interest as it could cause range damage upon exploding!

    Always as a pathetic single-damage profession, the slowness of leveling up and the powerlessness of output when killing monsters were undoubtedly the closest personal experiences of every Sniper yer.

    Therefore, after seeing this bullet, Feng Luo was delighted for a moment and bid for it.

    As for the price...it was 2100 credits for one on average ¨C this was the reason why he had said that it was burning money!

    But luckily, the damage of this bullet was a boost.

    When it was able to cause such damage to a monster with such strong Energy resistance as the ck Beetle, the damage to typical monsters would probably be even higher!

    It was just that the price was indeed a little too expensive!

    A bullet which cost 200 bucks; if not for the team¡¯s loss of a Machine Gunner and thus theircking in explosive power, plus with the exploration mission already nearing its end, he definitely would not have used his precious B-Grade bullet on this!

    But it had to be said, these two bullets had at least pushed the horde of Elite ck Beetles back a bit, as a result allowing the other people in the team to follow-up with output and control!

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-280, -300, -345...¡±

    The Rare submachine gun in Mu Zi¡¯s hands had already spilled out a string of bullets!

    ¡°Sea of Fire!¡±

    ¡°Firewall!¡±

    The two Fire Maniptors once again threw out consecutive range skills enough to seal up the entire passageway!

    ¡°Energy Molecr Petrification!¡±

    Chairman Jiao, with a wave of his staff, once again threw out a Rare skill!

    The structure of a lump of Earth Energy in the air within the region suddenly changed, and the next moment, most of the Elite ck Beetles attempting to charge over had slowed down in their movement, like they were trapped in a quagmire!

    Thereafter, from their bodies appeared a shell-like thing, then one by one, they could not control their flying and fell into the sea of fire!

    ¡°-790, -877, -302, -299...¡±

    The ck Beetles that had fallen into the sea of fire immediately had dense damage coefficients appearing above their heads. Although the single damages were not high, adding up the two Fire range skills, they were rapidly dropping in HP!

    Not to mention, there were still Feng Luo and Mu Zi, the two Gunners, attacking without a care about their bullet expenditure!

    ¡°Ping, ping, ping...¡±

    However, when everyone was mainly focusing their attention on these Elite beetles, that Level 50 ck Beetle Commander lying on the ground near the silver-colored wall suddenly moved, slowly opening its mouthpiece, letting out a soundless scream in everyone¡¯s direction!

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    A shapeless force rushed through the entire passageway, till right in front of the group of people!

    ¡°Hm?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Have we yed too much of the game that our eyes have be blurry? Why can¡¯t I even see people clearly!¡±

    Everyone felt their brains sink all of a sudden, and their visions had as if darkened in an instant, the surroundings became blurry and they were unable to even see clearly where the beetles were!

    In a moment, other than the two Maniptors whose senses were less affected, Chairman Jiao, Rose Thorns, Mu Zi, these Warriors and Gunners, were in a mess in their actions!

    Only Feng Luo did not have strange feelings at all, but two messages shed across his vision consecutively, allowing him to understand what was going on.

    [¡°You have been affected by the Darkness Beetle Commander¡¯s Biological Mental Attack, as you possess an extremely high resistance relevant to this attack, the extent of the effect of this special attack on you is reduced!¡±]

    [¡°Your Force Guidance progress has risen, current progress: 20%...22%...25%...¡±]

    ¡°Mental Attack? High resistance?¡±

    Feng Luo paused ¨C these words sounded familiar!

    Also, for the extremely high mental resistance, when did he have mental attack resistance?

    No, it was as if previously during the city-building mission at the beetle temple, there had been once where the system had indicated that he was affected by a mental attack. That was a hallucination created by 24K as a BOSS beetle by using Biological Mental Attack to scare away all the yers, where he had earned the specific mental resistance because of his evolution talent!

    The question was, how was this Darkness Beetle Commander actually using this move too?

    Although the effect seemed a little weaker and it had not created any hallucination-rted effect, it had clearly proven that the ck Beetle and 24K definitely had an undeniable connection!

    ¡°24K?¡±

    Feng Luo instantly turned his head, then realizing that 24K, holding onto half an Energy Crystal on his shoulder, already did not have the look of bliss from before.

    Rather, it looked like it was in shock, it¡¯s yellow bean-like eyes no longer sliding around but fixed suddenly on the ck Beetle Commander far away on the ground beyond the silver wall!

 Chapter 332 - Colony Psionic Shield!

    <h4>Chapter 332: Colony Psionic Shield!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Not right, it¡¯s notpletely ck!¡±

    At that moment, Feng Luo looked closely and realized that as the ck Beetle Commander was standing up, its six limbs and its abdomen actually had tinges of gold!

    It was just because it was too dark at where it was, and previously following everyone¡¯s tossing of their lighting tools over, they could not see clearly. The brightness of the two Fire skills now had allowed Feng Luo to notice it!

    However, even though 24K¡¯s little eyeballs were staring at the ck Beetle Commander, the ck Beetle Commander seemed like it had not noticed its ¡°own kind¡± on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, while it just continuously opened its mouthpiece, persistently letting out its mental attack!

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Feng Luo swiftly opened fire; this shot he had fired was not an ¡°Energy explosive bullet¡± but a shot from ¡°Tyrant¡± hung on his tactical vest!

    ¡°-2879!¡±

    The bullet flew across the sea of fire and through the firewall which had blocked part of their line of sight, urately hitting the ck Beetle Commander and causing a damage coefficient of close to 3000!

    At the same time, the powerful force of the bullet sent the ck Beetle Commander instantly smashing into the silver metallic wall behind it!

    ¡°Hm? An average defense!¡±

    Feng Luo twitched a little.

    He had used just a very normal D-Grade handgun bullet with 20% damage enhancement, but it was actually able to deplete almost 3000 HP of the ck Beetle Commander by causing a weak-point damage ¨C this monster Commander¡¯s defense was actually lower than that of Elite-Grades!

    ¡°So it¡¯s the Mental Attack!¡±

    ¡°Sonic Attack, Mental Attack, Poison Gas Attack...there¡¯s no attack method of the monsters in this ruin that¡¯s typical!¡±

    After being strongly pushed back by Feng Luo with Tyrant, the ck Beetle Commander¡¯s mental attack was finally cut off, and everyone¡¯s vision had been restored!

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    But right after, the ck Beetle Commander below the metallic wall once again produced a distorted noise from its mouth. After which, its eyes suddenly shed a streak of gold color and its mouth once again widened facing them!

    ¡°Not again!¡±

    Everyone was dumbfounded, while Mu Zi instantly raised his submachine gun and fired a string of bullets at it!

    ¡°Pai, pai, pai...¡±

    But unexpectedly, it did not seem like a mental attack this time.

    When the submachine gun bulletnded on it, ayer of faint grey forcefield appeared on the outside of the ck Beetle Commander!

    ¡°An Energy Forcefield!¡±

    Seeing this, everyone rather heaved a sigh of relief. A ck Beetle Commander having an Energy Forcefield was not strange.

    ¡°Not right, why do all of them have forcefields!¡±

    Right after, Chairman Jiao let out an exmation of shock.

    In the rolling sea of fire in front of everyone, on those Level 35 Elite beetles which already had an entire half of their HP gone actually simrly had semi-transparent faint grey forcefields appearing around them!

    And after they had forcefields on them, the Elite Darkness Beetles as if instantly ignored the containment of the Earth Energy skill range as they one by one lunged towards the yers once again!

    ¡°It¡¯s actually a colony forcefield!¡±

    ¡°This won¡¯t do, everyone retreat, open the formation a little!¡±

    Everyone was dumbfounded again, then hurriedly retreated as they fought.

    They had no choice but to retreat, as although these Elite beetles¡¯ HP had fallen by quite a bit due to the two Fire range skills, in addition to the previous attack leaving many left with only half their HP, the addition of the forcefields was equivalent to adding a lot of HP plus having special effects.

    ¡°Ping, ping!¡±

    Feng Luo followed the team and retreated as well, changing back to the Eye of the Thunder in his hands and shooting the beetles which had already leapt above the front line of the team!

    ¡°Tch, tch!¡±

    However, when 24K who was initially ¡°confronting¡± the ck Beetle Commander saw the opponent¡¯syer of grey forcefield, its little ws suddenly waved, at the same time sending a message to Feng Luo via ¡°Mental Link¡±!

    ¡°You¡¯re saying, these are Psionic Shields?¡±

    Feng Luo was shocked once more.

    The Psionic Shield!

    This was the skill possessed by 24K at that time after its evolution and when it had reached Level 30 upon absorbing the power of the Psionic Water Crystal ¨C this beetle Commander was actually able to use it?

    What else was it able to do?

    ¡°Mental Link? Hatch eggs? Summon wormholes...¡±

    During the interval between two shots, Feng Luo looked carefully once more near the ck Beetle Commander!

    Unexpectedly, on the wall beside that faint golden beetle, indeed a ck hole had appeared and a dark red w-shaped limb stretched out from it!

    ¡°Sh*t, it really can do the wormhole thing!¡±

    ¡°And it¡¯s summoning Elite de Beetles which are furthermore of Elite-Grade!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression had really changed then!

    It must be known, even though 24K was a BOSS, because it had be a pet, its skills and everything else were considered of a weakened version. Due to its overall Psionic Energy and the small number of Normal beetles hatched from eggs, the number of beetles it summoned each time was not considered a lot.

    But the ck Beetle Commander was a full-fledged Commander-Grade wild monster, who the hell would know how many beetles it would be able to summon!

    ¡°This won¡¯t do, we have to stop it!¡±

    In the ck hole, there was already one dark red ded Beetle jumping out from inside. Right after, two grey Suicide Bombeetles had also charged out, with their ¡°buzzing¡± pping wings!

    ¡°24K!¡±

    Feng Luo panicked slightly; at that moment, he could no longer let 24K keep its ability hidden, and he made it engage ¡°Wormhole¡±, preparing to ¡°send troops¡±!

    He knew the ck Beetle Commander¡¯s weakness ¨C although able to direct a beetle army, its personal ability was very weak, therefore they would be able to eliminate the threat if they were just able to kill this monster Commander!

    Actually, in his subconsciousness, Feng Luo had all along been a little deliberate in hiding 24K¡¯s ability.

    Just like before this ruins mission, although he had let 24Ke out, he did not let it reveal its capabilities ¨C even if Chairman Jiao and the others had mistaken 24K to be an Elite-Grade pet, he did not exin!

    Perhaps, Feng Luo himself had not anticipated this situation? He also did not ponder much about the reason.

    But at that moment, he was already prepared to no longer keep it a secret.

    Feng Luo instantly told 24K through the Mental Link not to be concerned about the output and finish off the Darkness Beetle Commander, or at least drag the time until they had finished off the Elite beetles, and at the same time, he took out thest half a piece of Psionic Water Crystal to give it to 24K!

    ¡°Tch, tch!¡±

    24K called out and a wave of excitement came through the Mental Link!

    Then, the team of yers had already been forced by the horde of Elite ck Beetles to retreat until thest stretch of the passageway, with a turn around a corner, they had been separated from the Commander beetle and for a moment already could not see the situation on the other side!

    These Elite beetles with Psionic Shields and which had sessfullye close had created a huge threat to the yers!

    They originally had not bad a defense and their mouthpieces which were able to bite through shields were all the more able to cause threat to any profession.

    Once they charged among the group of yers, the Nightless City team, left with only one Heavy Armored Warrior who was Rose Thorns, should really be in trouble.

    After all, this was a situation whereby the over 40 Level 35 Elite monsters could not be eliminated by the range skill. The colony-type Elite monsters charging into the team was also of an extreme danger.

    Just then, on the ground on the other side of the corner, a ck wormhole had already formed, and simrly, a dark red ¡°w¡± reached out!

 Chapter 333 - Ghost Weep Unleashed!

    <h4>Chapter 333: Ghost Weep Unleashed!</h4>

    ¡°Ching!¡±

    The ck-red de tip drew a trajectory in the air as the reverse-type de of a length of 30 centimeters pinned an Elite ck Beetle bigger than a fist straight to the passageway wall!

    ¡°?2744!¡±

    A red lethal damage coefficient shed across?the Elite-Grade ck Beetle, which was initially full of ferocity, had been in with one sh!

    Feng Luo¡¯s right hand did not stop at all; with a twist of his wrist, he brandished his military knife and he viciously shed it towards his own calf!

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    The tip of the knife followed the edge of hisbat shoe in an arc and collided with the head of the Elite ck Beetle attempting to bite his calf!

    ¡°Pai!¡±

    The semi-transparentyer of Psionic Energy Forcefield on the Elite Beetle instantly shattered!

    The knife tip continued unrelentingly downward, sending the Elite ck Beetle off thebat shoe and smashing onto the ground, then viciously stabbed into its head!

    ¡°?3577!¡±

    Its attack power wasparable to the Eye of the Thunder as a Legendary-Grade weapon, and had a B-Grade attack system?even the tough shell of the Elite Beetle was of no use at all.

    A red damage coefficient shed past once more.With such a lethal attack, even if the remaining HP of this Elite Beetle was still above 3500, it would have been instantly destroyed.!

    ¡°Ching!¡±

    The cold gleam of a stiletto!

    ¡°?1844!¡±

    Near Feng Luo, Mu Zi had also put down his submachine gun and his hand simrly brandished a grey stiletto. He swept away the Elite Beetle whichnded on him, sending it flying!

    Although he did not have Feng Luo¡¯s super-high talent-enhanced damage, the closebat enhancement from the Scout profession was sufficient to allow Mu Zi to finish off a low-HP Beetle with just two shes!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    For Chairman Jiao on the other side, as a Light Armored Warrior, the king of closebat, such a closebat capability was his greatest forte, and so he was simrly on a killing spree.

    With a wave of the gold broadsword in his hand, it was like he was swatting at flies as he pped the surrounding Elite ck Beetles into pieces!

    ...

    However, inparison, the remaining yers were not having it so easy.

    The three Maniptors who were fighting and retreating at the same time were a little troubled.

    Because in such a narrow underground environment, the team¡¯s formation was unable to really pull open, causing them to be quite restricted in using their skills!

    It must be known, attacks in <War> were determined by group damage?under such a situation, range attack skills could not be used at all!

    They were only able to use Fireballs, Earth Spikes, Stone Bombs and rted small-range skills to finish off the Elite Beetles which were charging up to them one after another!

    The only good thing was that the three of their Energy Forcefields almost had their cooldownspleted; now, they radiated red and khaki and protectedpletely their bodies. The Elite Beetles¡¯ mouthpieces, able to effortlessly chew up Alloy Shields, had finally met their match?they wereunable to quickly chew through the Maniptors¡¯ Energy Forcefields.

    Thus, the three Maniptors facing the Beetles with simr Psionic Shields could only say one thing: ¡°Come on, let¡¯s wreak some havoc!¡± By relying on their forcefields, Maniptors could still hold on.

    But thest two yers indeed could notst much longer.

    Little Snow, the team¡¯s Doctor, had already lost five HP. Six Elite Beetles had surrounded her, leaving her with only thest bit of HP.

    Rose Thorns,as the only Heavy Armored Warrior,should have been the most able to hold on.

    However, as she had been at the front, she had automatically attracted the Elite Beetles¡¯ attention, resulting in almost half of the Elite Beetles all surrounding and attacking her, and so her HP was now less than 10%.

    ¡°Sister Rose, first-aid pack here!¡± Little Snow shouted, throwing the newly-prepared first-aid pack to Rose Thorns.

    ¡°Pai!¡±

    ¡°+2755...+202, +198...¡±

    Touching Rose Thorns¡¯ body, the first-aid pack instantly dissolved into white light and vanished.

    Rose Thorns¡¯ HP was instantly restored by a huge portion, and asting green recovery coefficient emerged above her head.

    However, the white light of death had shed across Little Snow.

    ¡°Tch, tch...¡±

    Seeing their target¡¯s death, the five or six Elite Beetles which attacking her instantly flew up and turned to attack the other people!

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    A Gurkha military knife violently stabbed through the body of a ck Beetle which had just risen into the air.

    Feng Luo, who was finally finished with the Elite Beetle on him, had a cold expression as he used ¡°Ghost Weep¡± and sliced this Elite Beetle in two with one sh!

    However, under the dim lighting, even Feng Luo had not noticed something.

    And that was when ¡°Ghost Weep¡± had cut this Beetle into half, its originally glossy ck shell had turned dull, whereas the color of the military knife had turned richer!

    ...

    This battle of fighting and retreating hadsted for close to two minutes.

    When thest Elite Beetle had been viciously smashed by Rose Thorns¡¯ shield and was reduced to a lump of protein, the battle had finally ended!

    However, the team was left with only six people. Other than Little Snow, the male Fire Maniptor had also been bitten to death after his Energy Forcefield was broken.

    Even if Feng Luo¡¯s ability was better, it would have been impossible to ensure everyone¡¯s survival in the chaos of battle!

    The most important issue was that the Doctor had died?the possibility of deaths in the following battles would be much higher than before. Though they had defeated the Beetles, it was hard to consider this battle a win.

    ¡°Luckily, it should be left with just one monster Commander, we should be able to take it down with everybody giving their all!¡± Chairman Jiao smiled.

    As an Earth Maniptor, his attack power was weaker inparison to the other three professions of the same branch. However, with good equipment, the defense coefficient of his Energy Forcefield had been high.Chairman Jiao¡¯s forcefield had only shattered in thest few seconds of the battle, so his HP now was still above 80%.

    ¡°Don¡¯t know why this monster Commander isn¡¯t attacking us together with the Elite Beetles, but like this, we indeed still have a chance?once we defeat it, our mission should beplete!¡±

    Chairman Jiao said in agreement as he held onto his Alloy Sword, staring at the ck Beetle Commander already at a distance of more than 30 meters due to them retreating as they were fighting.

    ¡°Let¡¯s wait a moment and replenish our HP. What a pity Little Snow had died, if not we would still be able to have our buffing state enhanced!¡± Little Witch said.

    Her HP was now the lowest, below 15%, but with the Blood Tonic still in cooldown process, she had to wait for a while before she could consume it.

    Furthermore, without a Doctor¡¯s enhancement of everyone¡¯s state, everyone¡¯s ability would be reduced by at least three folds.

    However, everyone was not very worried.

    After all, with everyone¡¯s high amount of top-grade Rare equipment and Rare skills, the possibility of being able to stand up against a Level 40 monster Commander would be very high!

    ¡°Would the possibility be high...¡±

    Only Feng Luo, standing at the rear of the team, knew that if they had been surrounded and attacked by all of the Beetle armies which the ck Beetle Commander had sent out from the wormhole, they would have definitely been wiped out already.

    But he was not wrong; his eyes revealed a slight emptiness as his gaze had already been settled more than 30 meters away, on another battleground!

 Chapter 334 - Last Two Beetle Types Take the Stage!

    <h4>Chapter 334: Last Two Beetle Types Take the Stage!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Ka!

    A huge scythe-shaped pincer the color of blood smashed on a body of a simr dark red color, tearing a hole in its low-defense shell!

    The attacked target let out a scream of rage. With a twist of its dark red body, its whip-like tail viciously stabbed into the dark red shell of the opponent.

    Green liquid sttered all around.

    At a position of a distance of more than 20 meters from the team, in a space at the end of the passageway much erged by the chewing of the Beetles, a heated battle between soldiers of ¡°insect n VS insect n¡± was in progress!

    One in the ground, one in the wall ¨C from inside the two ck holes of unknown linkage, Beetles of various colors were rapidly spilling out one after another!

    Where the ¡°solo units¡± shed on the battlefield, it had be a mess of Beetles biting one another!

    Most of the ground¡¯s metallic surface had been bitten off, leaving the rock exposed. More than 30 corpses littered the ground, indicating the intensiveness of the battle.

    ¡°Tch, tch!¡±

    However, the battle was just reaching its climax.

    This was now the true ultimate battle of ¡°insect n¡± soldiers as both parties went all-out in their resources for thest wave that would determine win and loss!

    In the middle of the metallic ground, a formation of 25 ded Beetles charged in the direction of 24K¡¯s wormhole!

    ¡°Growl!¡±

    In front of 24K¡¯s wormhole, another horde of identical ded Beetles roared as they lunged towards the wild monsters.

    This horde of 17 ded Beetles was vastly outnumbered, but they charged in with equal speed.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The two hordes of ded Beetles shed into each other!

    Huge, scythe-like pincers with sharp des and vicious reverse-hooked tails swung against their opponents. Their mouths ferociously bit into their opponents¡¯ limbs, ripping and tearing!

    Every part of the ded Beetles had been designed forbat and killing. Logically, the opponents which were superior in number should have had an upper hand.

    However, 24K¡¯s Beetles were not to be discounted.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    Among 24K¡¯s aplices, an unusuallyrge ded Beetle swung its ¡°scythe¡± at its opponent, slicing off a Level 30 ded Beetle¡¯s head straight off!

    ¡°ded Beetle, Elite, Level 45!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s oldest Elite ded Beetle raised its tail. This Elite beetle which had already levelled up to Level 45 and could y any normal Beetle below Level 35.

    However, as a target with an eye-catching body size, it attracted special attention from its opponents!

    ¡°Tch, tch, tch!¡±

    In an instant, three ded Beetles had turned to attack the Elited ded Beetle.

    ¡°Pai, pai, pai!¡±

    When the scythes of the three ded Beetles shed onto its body, the Level 45 ded Beetle was almost totally unharmed!

    Instead, where the Beetled had attacked, a colorless[1] forcefield had emerged. It was the ¡°Psionic Energy Forcefield¡± obtained by 24K after it had evolved to Level 30.

    This skill of 24K¡¯s and the Darkness Beetle Commander¡¯s Psionic Energy Forcefield was notpletely the same, as it did not even have any color. Thepletely transparent forcefield only temporarily appeared when an attack was made on the body!

    ¡°Pai, pai...!¡±

    Not only did the leading Elite ded Beetle have a forcefield, but all the other Beetles also had Psionic Energy Forcefields on them.

    Because of this, the first batch of fewer ded Beetles actually had not suffered from any deaths. Instead, it was the opponent ded Beetles which had five consecutive deaths!

    When the two parties hade into contact, other than the target attacked by that Level 45 ded Beetle, the other 16 ded Beetles had formed groups of four, attacking one target each?in just one round, they had yed the opponent¡¯s four remaining Beetles!

    If there were yers who had seen this sight, they probably would have frozen in shock. Was such teamwork really achievable by insect creatures with low AI?

    It was certainly impossible for typical insects, but with themand of a king insect as 24K, it waspletely different.

    Not only this, after the first round of ying five targets, pulling open a gap of three Beetles between the two parties, the horde of ded Beetles led by 24K had continued to unleash such a precisebat move to the maximum!

    The actions of each of the four Beetles were absolutely synchronized?no matter what the enemy did, the three Normal Beetles would follow closely behind the one Elite beetle in attacking the target.

    Only one attack was sufficient to y an opponent of the same Level, including Elite-Grade opponents!

    Yes, even when it was five Elite ded Beetles!

    In half a month, other than levelling up, Feng Luo had spent even more effort on the Beetle troop!

    In the ded Beetle troop till this day, there were already not just two Elite-Grade Beetles but five of them!

    With five Elite-Grade ded Beetles all at Level 35 and above withbat cooperation?even though the opponent ded Beetles were superior in number, they werepletely thrashed in an instant!

    However, this preparation of going all-out in an ultimate battle by the ck Beetle Commander was clearly not going to make use of just one type of soldier which was the ded Beetles!

    ¡°Buzz buzz!¡±

    In the air above the passageway, seven Suicide Bombeetles buzzed as they flew down, targeting at that Level 45 Elite-Grade ded Beetle which was in the midst of a killing spree!

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    Just as they had just descended, four beams of white light the width of a finger suddenly shot straight at the two lowest level ones among them!

    On 24K¡¯s territory, two Elite ck Steel Beetles over a meter long had shot two whiteser beams out from their eyes, hitting the Suicide Bombeetles in the air!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Two Suicide Bombeetles which had their stomachs already radiating red light were directly triggered by theser beams to self-explode in advance, triggering thepanions beside them to explode as well!

    ¡°Boom, boom, boom!¡±

    Lumps of reddish-ck mes consecutively erupted in the air, the force of the explosions created caused a few of the ded Beetles of the same side on the ground to have their shells cracked and their limbs broken!

    ¡°Tch, tch!¡±

    Above the silver metallic wall, the ck Beetle Commander seemed enraged as its screech surged in pitch!

    ¡°Squirt, squirt...¡±

    Standing beside it, the seven green Spray Beetles immediately stretched their necks, madly spraying acidic liquid on the ground!

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    As the light green-colored acidic liquid was sprayed onto the ground and the rock surrounding the passageway, and some of it even onto the metallic wall, it changed quickly in color, erupting a white smoke!

    But their dense brains had neglected something, that was these ded Beetles of their own kind which charged onto the battleground were practically immune to this type of toxic and acidic liquid!

    Despite being hit, the ded Beetles only had their movement slightly slowed as they one by one continued to massacre the opponent ded Beetles!

    The two Steel Beetles simrly were not hit by the toxic substance, because when the toxic substance had rained down, a semi-transparent Energy Forcefield had appeared in the air above the two Steel Beetles, blocking out all the toxic substance.

    At each corner of the forcefield was a white beetle the size of a thumb!

    Although this Normal-Grade Energy Beetle seemed like it had no ability, it could allow the engagement of an energy link with just an Elite-Grade Energy Beetle around. Then, it could form an Energy Forcefield in the air, able to defend against and even reflect most long-range attacks not exceeding the limit of the Energy Forcefield!

    Feng Luo had always not been tapping on thesest two beetle types ¨C this battle could be considered an all-out!

    If a forcefield has no color, then there¡¯s nothing to see through.

 Chapter 335 - 24K â€œSolosâ€ Commander Grade Monster

    <h4>Chapter 335: 24K ¡°Solos¡± Commander Grade Monster</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Scratch, scratch, scratch...¡±

    ¡°Pa! Boom! Pa!...¡±

    The unit production battle between the two Beetle Kings (Commander) had finally entered its final stage!

    Red ded Beetles, ck Steel Beetles, green Spray Beetles, Suicide Bombeetles, Energy Beetles...

    Apart from theck of Gatherer Beetles and Scout Beetles, both of whichckedbat ability, all the other types of beetles were biting, roaring, spraying, and attacking each other without regard to their lives!

    Just as a ded Beetle pierced through the head of another Beetle with the hook on its tail, it was immediately struck by a sneak attack from a Suicide Bombeetle that emanated a red glow in its belly, blown to smithereens by a big boom!

    As a green Spray Beetle¡¯s poison finally broke through the white defensive shield that the Energy Beetle created, corroding the shell of an Energy Beetle until it fell to the ground, a Steel Beetle¡¯s eyes would shoot outser beams that burned a hole through the Spray Beetle¡¯s poisonous sac!

    ...

    Commands of the ¡°King Beetle¡± were ranked above the soldier beetles. Even as they were engaged in a ¡°Kamikaze¡± battle like this, they had no hesitation. Beetles fell one after another, covering the entire tunnel with green blood!

    However, overall, the tide of the battle was leaning towards 24K¡¯s side!

    It was because the wormhole on the wall behind the ck Beetle Commander had already disappeared. This also meant that it had depleted all its psionic energy needed to maintain the wormhole, and it no longer had the ability to ¡°produce units!¡±

    As for 24K¡¯s wormhole on the ground, it was still there!

    ¡°Bzzzt, bzzzt...¡±

    Two Suicide Bombeetles with gray metallic wings flew out of the pitch-ck wormhole, the red dot on their belly started to expand as they spun high into the air to join the other seven Level 35 mates of theirs that were waiting. Then, from different directions, they charged towards the ck Beetle Commander protected by three Elite Steel Beetles!

    ¡°Boom! Boom!¡±

    Although during this time, two Suicide Bombeetles were blown apart by theser beams of the Elite Steel Beetles, since the distance between each Suicide Bombeetle was far enough, they did not affect the others.

    The remaining Suicide Bombeetles continued to p their wings and charged towards the ck Beetle Commander as the red dot on their belly continued to swell.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    On the ground, the Level 45 Elite-ded Beetle that was in the lead roared and swung itsrge-sized¡±scythe¡± at an enemy ded Beetle blocking its path, shing its head clean off!

    After that, it brought its remaining fivepanions with reduced HP to charge towards the ck Beetle Commander that had already lost all its ded Beetles!

    ¡°Pa!¡± At the same time, new psionic shields appeared to surround their bodies thrice, blocking all sorts of damages!

    As for the tworge Elite Grade Steel Beetles standing beside the ck hole, theirser beam targeting system also immediately switched their target to the ck Beetle Commander!

    ¡°It looks like I missed something. Although it can also cast ¡®wormhole¡¯, the system monsters aren¡¯t that difficult to deal with.¡±

    Feng Luo, who saw everything through the vision of the Scout Beetle, showed a glimpse of a smile.

    ¡°It¡¯s because it doesn¡¯t even know how tomand the beetle soldiers to battle, it is almost relying entirely on thebat instincts of the beetle soldiers.¡±

    ¡°24K, on the other hand...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s vision switched back to his body. 24K was making squeaking noise on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder whilemanding its remaining beetle squads to make a final center push through its mental link.

    24K¡¯s tiny eyes and ws were shrouded in psionic energy light. Through the mental link, Feng Luo could feel that 24K was feeling rather excited!

    Pet¡¯s AI in War could be increased!

    Using thenguage of the official game, ¡°Pets can learn and grasp all sorts ofbat skills through interaction with their masters and battles, increasing intimacy with their masters to truly be the sidekicks of yers!¡±

    Of course, the higher the starting AI of the pet, the faster the growth and maximum limit!

    As a Boss grade pet, as well as a King Beetle, 24K¡¯s AI was naturally very high. However, in addition to that, it also had the skill called mental link, which made learning highly effective! That was why under two months of gaming, with Feng Luo¡¯s intentional training and development methods, 24K had long obtained somemon tacticalbat maneuver skills tomand normal beetles!

    This was also the reason why 24K¡¯s beetle army was capable of annihting most of the enemy¡¯s forces even as 24K¡¯s forces had a numerical disadvantage. At that time, 24K even knew that the optimal strategy was to gather its forces and target the enemy leader!

    Of course, 24K¡¯s sess was also dependent on the terriblemanding skills of the enemy ck Beetle Commander, at least to a certain extent.

    The ck Beetle Commander did not even try to separate the Suicide Bombeetles in its squad, which took out their teammate when they exploded. In addition, even as it had a great number of Spray Beetles at its disposal, it kept having the Spray Beetles attack the ded Beetles that had poison immunity...

    There was no way 24K would lose this battle that was like a tinum grade yer fighting against a Bronze level yer!

    In addition to that, the ck Beetle Commander had now depleted its psionic energy reserve. It no longer had anything left to turn things around!

    In fact, though 24K was a Boss monster since it was a pet, its total psionic energy reserve was still lower than themander monster which was the same species!

    However, 24K had a wealthy master, so even though it had only a little bit of crystal shards left in its mouth, the psionic energy provided was enough to help it make thest push forward!

    The victor had been decided.

    ...

    However, in another location.

    ¡°What is that sound?¡±

    When the Steel Beetle destroyed the six Suicide Bombeetles and arge exploding sound rang, many Nightless City yers also noticed it!

    Everyone seemed to have stiffened!

    ¡°This is bad!¡±

    ¡°Arge number of monsters appeared in the tunnel in front of us, numbering over 60. Moreover, from the life signs, they are all stronger than the Elite Beetles earlier!¡± Mu Zi quickly cast the Detection skill.

    The Expert Level Detection skill paired with the bonus from his talent made it so that the signals immediately appeared on his recon meter even though the distance was great and there were multiple metallic obstacles in the way. Through the recon meter, he noticed the odd development in the deepest spot of the ruin where only one Commander Grade monster was left!

    ¡°What?¡± Upon hearing his, the group, whose HP had only recovered to around half of their total, paled.

    If they were to just face a Level 40 Commander Grade monster, with their current condition, they were still rtively confident.

    However, if it were a swarm of monsters that were stronger than the Elite Grade Beetles they faced earlier, then wouldn¡¯t that mean that they were going to fail the mission?

    Did that mean that they would have to give up the fourth, and only remaining, Legendary equipment shard left?

    There was no doubt that everyone was unwilling to ept that fate.

    After all, it was a Legendary Grade item!

    ¡°I¡¯ll head over to check things out,¡± said Rose Thorns with a solemn expression. She grabbed a backup alloy shield from her backpack and charged forward!

    Her HP had recovered to two-thirds of its maximum, and as a Heavy Armor Warrior, even if she were to get hit by a high-damage skill of a Commander Grade monster, she would not die immediately.

    ¡°Ah?? This...¡±

    However, just as she got past the corner in front of them and sneaked a quick peek at the situation in the tunnel ahead from behind her raised shield, her expression stiffened!

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Asked almost everyone apart from Feng Luo as they felt a chill down their spine.

 Chapter 336 - 24Kâ€™s Hidden Mission

    <h4>Chapter 336: 24K¡¯s Hidden Mission</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It¡¯s beetles from Lu Conglomerate¡¯s City Building Mission! And there¡¯s a lot of them!¡± Rose Thorns quickly retracted her head and shouted to the yers looking at her weird.

    ¡°What? Those beetles?¡± All of the yers present took part in the City Building Mission, so naturally, they knew what Rose Thorns meant. That was also why everyone was looking worse than before!

    It was because even though the beetles they fought during the City Building mission were also gregarious monsters, their individual strength was far greater than normal gregarious monsters, particrly the ded Beetles, Spray Beetles, and Steel Beetles. They were not inferior to normal solo-type monsters at all!

    More impressive was the synchronization and cooperation between different types of beetles. In the beginning, they created a lot of problems for the yers!

    ¡°We¡¯re finished. No way we can fight them and win. It looks like we can only try again next time!¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s retreat first. We¡¯ll prepare even more beforeing back again. We¡¯ll probably still be able to get those Legendary shards. It shouldn¡¯t stop dropping by the time wee back next time!¡± Said Chairman Jiao in the party channel in a disappointed tone.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, if we fight them and really get annihted, we¡¯d suffer great losses!¡±

    Mr. Meng and Little Witch both nodded with a disappointed expression.

    For a party, as long as they did not getpletely wiped out, the worst penalty would be a level¡¯s worth of experience, it was because all the valuable items dropped upon death could be picked up and returned.

    However, if the team were to be wiped out, the losses would be great, especially in an underground ruins like this with restricted ess. They would have to wait until the next day before entering again, and by then, the dropped gears would have already disappeared!

    However, at that moment, Rose Thorns, who was standing at the corner, suddenly spoke and objected the decision to retreat!

    ¡°No, perhaps we should wait a while...¡±

    ¡°Huh?¡± Apart from Feng Luo, no one understood what she meant.

    ¡°Those beetles are fighting among themselves right now!¡±

    Rose Thorns had an odd expression when she spoke; clearly, it meant that she could not figure out what was happening.

    One should know that to the yers, normal beetles were no different than an average monster. Even Mu Zi¡¯s Detection could not detect which ones, among all the beetles fighting against each other, were Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°pets!¡±

    ¡°Fighting themselves?¡±

    Naturally, Rose Thorns¡¯ words surprised everyone.

    ¡°Which side has the advantage?¡± Asked Little Witch.

    ¡°I can¡¯t see very clearly. The battle is quite chaotic. But right now, it looks like a bunch of beetles are surrounding and attacking the ck Beetle Commander. It¡¯s like they want to kill it!¡± Said Rose Thorns with uncertainty.

    Upon hearing that, Chairman Jiao¡¯s expression changed.

    ¡°They want to kill the ck Beetle Commander? Not good, we have to stop these beetles!¡±

    ¡°Why should we stop them? These beetles are helping us get rid of the most troublesome Commander monster. If they seed, we only have to deal with 40 to 50 normal monsterster, that shouldn¡¯t be much of a problem!¡± Said Little Witch, confused.

    ¡°No, he¡¯s right, it is quite troublesome!¡± Mr. Meng suddenly understood the reasoning.

    ¡°We did not deal enough damage on the ck Beetle Commander. If it dies, it might not drop any equipment, regardless if it¡¯s a blueprint or the Legendary shard... That¡¯s why if it dies from these monsters, we won¡¯t get anything in the end!¡±

    ¡°Hurry! While these monsters are killing each other, we should throw in a couple of area attacks and increase our contribution!¡± With Mr. Meng¡¯s reminder, everyone seemed to have realized the gravity of the situation. They quickly got up and ran towards the end of the tunnel!

    ¡°Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!¡± However, 24K, who was on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, for some reason, began to make a lot of noise. At the same time, it sent an SOS message to Feng Luo through the mental link.

    [Your pet has triggered the hidden mission ¡®Heart of a King Beetle (One).¡¯ Please prevent your teammates from taking part in the battle. If your team assists in defeating the ck Beetle Commander, your pet¡¯s mission will be deemed as a failure!]

    A message popped up in front of Feng Luo as a notification rang in his ears.

    If Feng Luo¡¯s mind was not so much more active than the average yer, he might have needed five to six seconds to read and listen to so many words, and there was no way he would have been able to stop Mr. Meng and the others¡¯ attack!

    However, as Feng Luo reacted quickly, and he understood the message in an instant, his expression changed. Although he wasn¡¯t sure what the situation was, Feng Luo shouted, ¡°No! Hold on, everyone! Don¡¯t go there!¡±

    As he shouted, Feng Luo quickly moved one step forward. As his footnded on the ground, there was a light tap. Then, he rushed to pursue the others!

    And his speed was astonishing.

    Feng Luo was thest to move, but within ten meters, he had already run past everyone, even past the Light Armor Warrior, Mr. Meng!

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, everyone, please stop!¡±

    The other yers only felt as if a shadow had gone past them, and before they realized what it was, Feng Luo was already in front of them, blocking everyone at the corner!

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Manager Feng?¡± Asked Rose Thorns as she turned her head to look at Feng Luo with a confused expression while her shield had already been raised.

    It was a good thing Rose Thorns knew that, as a Heavy Armor Warrior, even if she were to charge into the chaotic battle scene, she would have no chance of getting thest hit on the ck Beetle Commander. That was why she did not move and remained in her position, preparing to use the spot to protect the backline.

    Otherwise, if she had cast Shield Charge and had entered the swarm, despite the short distance, even if Feng Luo were to cast Charge, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to catch up.

    Yes, that¡¯s right. Feng Luo cast Charge just now; however, it was not a distance based on the normal warrior skill Charge; instead, it was a rare Light Armor Warrior skill called Raging Charge!

    So, did Feng Luo have any Light Armor Warrior skills?

    Of course, he did!

    Don¡¯t forget that after Feng Luo seeded in changing profession into a Special Agent, he chose his second profession using his second profession chip as a Light Armor Warrior!

    With his high agility stat, by just switching to the Light Armor Warrior profession and casting Charge, even Mr. Meng, a warrior equipped with top-ss gears, wouldn¡¯t be able to best him when it came to short-distance speed burst!

    Not to mention that it was also a rare skill!

    ¡°The system sent me a message just now. My pet has triggered a hidden mission, and it requires that no one interrupt the battle between these battles and the ck Beetle Commander.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why I have to quickly block your way, sorry!¡± Said Feng Luo humbly as he apologized while also pointing to 24K, who was on his shoulder.

    ¡°However, you don¡¯t have to worry about the Legendary shard. I¡¯ve already shot the Commander monster earlier and obtained a First damage that took 10% of its HP. That¡¯s why our team already took part in the attack. Moreover, since it triggered a mission, it shouldn¡¯t affect the drop rate of the Legendary shard at the end!¡± Feng Luo knew everyone¡¯s focus, which was why he added another sentence.

    ¡°Ah! So that¡¯s how it is.¡±

    ¡°Then, Brother Feng, we have to thank you since we don¡¯t have to deal with that Commander monster. It looks like we hit the jackpot, and here I was worried about being wiped out!¡± Little Witch was first a little stunned, but then, sheughed and spoke, keeping the staff in her hands.

    There was no doubt that she was a person who knew how to speak!

    ¡°A pet¡¯s hidden mission, huh? Brother Feng, you¡¯re way too lucky!¡±

    Mu Zi said happily without any objection.

    ¡°See! That¡¯s what I said, Young Brother Feng, your pet always looked like it had something to do with these ck beetles. It looks like you¡¯ve got it right with today¡¯s underground ruins exploration mission!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s this sorry this and that nonsense. If it weren¡¯t for you, we¡¯d have been wiped out since a long time ago. If there¡¯s anything you or that pet of yours need, just let me know!¡±

    Mr. Meng patted Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder and said generously as he put down his sword.

    In truth, Chairman Jiao wanted to say something. It was because of the damage done was within a range of 10 to 20%, based on the damage rules for Commander Grade monsters, there was no 100% guarantee that equipment would drop!

    However, as Rose Thorns red at him, he quickly backed off, put down his staff and said with augh, ¡°Haha... It¡¯s rare to see a pet¡¯s hidden mission. It¡¯s definitely something to prioritize... We can rx a lot more now that we don¡¯t have to fight that Commander monster... Young Brother Feng, you¡¯re pretty lucky!¡±

    Upon seeing that everyone, especially Chairman Jiao, did not voice their dissatisfaction, Feng Luo¡¯s determined gaze gradually softened!

    In the previous three fights against Commander monsters, Feng Luo¡¯s average contribution was approximately 50% of the entire team. If Chairman Jiao did not even give him that, he would have to reconsider his rtionship with everyone there!

    It was a good thing everyone agreed to stay out of it, so there was no need for their rtionship to sour!

    ¡°But... Heart of a King Beetle (One)... It looks like the mission name is implying something, isn¡¯t it? Probably a series of missions?¡± Feng Luo was full of expectation as he turned around to observe the battlefield.

 Chapter 337 - 24K, Evolve!

    <h4>Chapter 337: 24K, Evolve!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In thest zone in the underground ruins, 24K¡¯s battle had entered its final stage!

    ¡°Boom, boom, boom...¡±

    One after another, the Suicide Bombeetle, with their eye-catching red abdomen expanding to the size of a fist, pped their gray wings and charged at the ck Beetle Commander in a frenzy!

    ¡°-2043, -2384, -780...¡±

    Damage numbers floated above the body of the ck Beetle Commander as well as the three Steel Beetles that were protecting it!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    An ¡°Assassination Squad¡± that had a Level 45 Elite ded Beetle as its leader also charged at the ck Beetle Commander under the protection of a psionic energy shield 24K cast, not paying any attention to the green poisonous liquid shot from the Spray Beetles next to them.

    Furthermore, there were the two Spray Beetles and Steel Beetles that belonged to 24K...

    The ck Beetle Commander¡¯s HP was less than 20,000, and as it had depleted its psionic energy, it could not even use any ¡°mental attacks¡± anymore!

    As such, there was no longer any doubt who would be the ultimate winner!

    The moment the ck Beetle Commander died, a system popup message instantly appeared in front of Feng Luo.

    [You¡¯ve participated in killing the ck Beetle Commander. Kill Contribution: 52.7%. Obtained Experience: 2,635. Merit Points: 15]

    Contribution of 52.7%; which meant that there was a 100% chance that something would drop. This was also the reason why Feng Luo did not worry that 24K¡¯s hidden mission would influence the squad¡¯s exploration mission.

    Moreover, if one really wanted to be detailed, with regards to killing the ck Beetle Commander, Feng Luo¡¯s contribution could even be said to have reached 100% (The contribution of the beetle soldiers were not counted towards Feng Luo, but 24K¡¯s contribution were counted towards Feng Luo¡¯s)!

    It was because apart from Feng Luo¡¯s first shot using the Tyrant on the ck Beetle Commander, the others did not even attack since the beginning, so one could say that this was the second Commander Grade monster that Feng Luo dealt with by himself!

    After the ck Beetle Commander died, without Feng Luo saying anything, Mu Zi, who had his eyes glued to the recon meter, quickly announced, ¡°The ck Beetle Commander is dead! The exploration mission¡¯s progress has reached 80%!¡±

    ¡°Dead? Did it drop the shard and the soundwave weapon blueprint?¡± Chairman Jiao asked about the thing that he was most concerned with.

    Rose Thorns stood at the forefront. She sneaked a peek through a gap in her shield, looking slightly surprised. ¡°Can¡¯t see it. The remaining beetles are still fighting... No, they¡¯ve all suddenly stopped!¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng, what should we do now? Can we attack?¡±

    Little Witch nced at Feng Luo and asked.

    ¡°Just a little bit more!¡± Feng Luo shook his head though his eyes were filled with joy.

    It was because, at that moment, 24K suddenly sent him a message through the mental link.

    The message mentioned that after 24K killed the ck Beetle Commander, the remaining beetles ¡°submitted¡± to it. So, 24K asked Feng Luo if he wanted to bring along the enemy beetles with the wormhole!

    ¡°Yes, of course, it¡¯s a yes!¡±

    Feng Luo instructed 24K through the mental link without any hesitation. This was highly likely a reward of the mission, so it was natural that he would not reject it!

    One should know that the losses for this battle on both sides were great.

    Although they seeded in defeating the ck Beetle Commander, Feng Luo¡¯s beetle army umted in a long time was actually almost wiped out!

    Apart from the Scout Beetles and Gatherer Beetles, there were only around a dozen or sobat type beetles left, and among them, two-thirds were normal energy beetles without any attack strength!

    Although the remaining enemy beetle forces also numbered very few, there was at least one Level 35 Elite Steel Beetle, two Level 30 Elite Spray Beetles, and one Level 27 Elite ENergy Beetle. A total of four Elite beetles. This at least made up for his previous losses!

    After all, Elite beetles were far more valuable than Normal beetles!

    ...

    ¡°Eh? The surviving beetles are disappearing one by one!¡±

    After a minute, after all the beetles left through the wormhole 24K opened with itsst remaining psionic energy, the ruins were left with a field of green liquid and beetle corpses!

    However, the thing that really caught everyone¡¯s eyes was the corpse of the ck Beetle Commander!

    Everyone saw that two items were glowing beside the Beetle Commander¡¯s corpse.

    One was naturally the blueprint of the soundwave weapon while the other, emanating an orange glow...

    ¡°Legendary shard!¡±

    After everyone walked over, the captain, Mu Zi, picked up thest piece of item that was slightlyrger than the earlier three Legendary shards.

    ¡°Little Mu, hurry up and take out the other shards. I can¡¯t wait to see what kind of equipment it will be!¡± Eximed Chairman Jiao excitedly.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Answered Mu Zi. Then, he took something out of his backpack.

    As everyone was focused on the Legendary shard, Feng Luo¡¯s attention waspletely focused on another location.

    It was because, 24K, who was initially standing on his shoulder, suddenly jumped down. It pped its tiny wings andnded on the ck Beetle Commander¡¯s corpse.

    After that, its golden limbs moved. Then, amazingly, it actually pulled out a light gold crystal about the size of a thumb out from the corpse.

    Then, it opened its mouth and started munching on the crystal!

    [Your pet haspleted the mission ¡®Heart of a King Beetle (One).¡¯ Obtained Experience: 15,000]

    As 24K finished eating the entire gold crystal, a white light shed on its body as it leveled up to Level 39.

    [Congrattions, your pet has leveled up. Current Level: 39]

    As a Boss grade pet,pared to other pets, 24K needed a lot more experience to level up. That was why by then, it had not even reached Level 40 yet!

    However, was the reward for the hidden pet mission only experience?

    Of course, not!

    Feng Luo immediately checked 24K¡¯s attributes log and found the status ¡°Evolving¡± in it!

    ¡°Evolution?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart skipped a few beats.

    He was not unfamiliar with the situation. Back in the Withered Desert, after 24K ate half a psionic energy, it entered the ¡°Evolution¡± status once as well!

    Pets and yers were simr in War, stats could be increased through more than one methods, and for pets, they were also capable of increasing theirbat strength in certain situations.

    One could even say that they could increase not only theirbat strength, but even their grade could also be ¡°advanced!¡±

    Under special circumstances, a Normal grade pet would be able to evolve into an Elite grade pet; then, they could go from Elite to Commander, and after that, go from Commander to Qausi-boss...

    Of course, it was really difficult to reach an advancement, especially at thetter stages!

    The setting was probably a way to take care of the normal yers.

    After all, with current developments, a Beginner Pet Biochip that would allow one to control a Normal pet would cost several thousand credits; an Intermediate Pet Biochip would cost at least tens of thousands; and an Advanced Pet Biochip that could control Commander monsters would cost millions!

    For your average yers, a Commander grade pet was simply unattainable; at most, they would be able to get their hands on an Elite grade pet!

    However, as the game continued to develop and update, Intermediate and Advanced pet biochips would definitely be cheaper. For example, as long as yers joined the rebel army at that time, they would be able to get a Beginner pet biochip instantly; at the same time, they would get an Intermediate pet biochip mission (Pet biochip were developed by the rebel army, so it was a camp advantage)...

    However, there was a big problem, and it was that by the time the yerspleted the mission, they might have already developed a strong bond and connection with their pets, and would no longer be willing to change pets!

    One should know that situations like this had already appeared in other virtual games.

    Not to mention a game like War that was highly realistic. The pets simply looked like real living creatures, and as time passed, a bond would definitely exist!

    That was why game officials announced that pets could ¡°advance!¡±

    So, theoretically speaking, all pets could be advanced to the Boss grade!

 Chapter 338 - Legendary Pieces Assembled

    <h4>Chapter 338: Legendary Pieces Assembled</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In truth, it wasn¡¯t only pets that could advance; the monsters in War could advance as well. For example, back when Feng Luo was doing his mission in the Withered Desert, he encountered a Level 40 Quasi-Boss, the Desert Fire Ant Queen, in an Intermediate level nest.

    Just as the Quasi-boss was at its deathbed, it seeded in advancing itself into the strongest grade in War, the Boss grade Desert Fire Ant Queen. With one skill, it obliterated all the yers within a 200-meter radius!

    Of course, that situation was quite unique. It was because it was clear that a group of yers was trying toplete their mission back then, and they had used some unique method to induce the Desert Fire Ant Queen to evolve.

    Feng Luo was still using the Barrett back then, and after he stole thest hit on the Desert Fire Ant Queen from the Light Armor Warrior d in ck, for some unknown reason, it activated his talent¡¯s evolution and his HP also increased by 1,000 points.

    Even now, Feng Luo still did not know why it happened.

    Feng Luo was distracted, but after hearing the sounds of puzzlement and disappointment, his gaze shifted to the other side.

    ¡°Why and how did this happen?¡±

    ¡°What is this? Isn¡¯t it supposed to be a piece of Legendary Grade equipment? Is it a bracelet, wristwatch, or a decorative item?¡±

    The remaining five yers from Nightless City looked at the assembled ¡°bracelet¡± that Mu Zi held in his hands. They looked despondent.

    It was because ¡ª though they had collected all four pieces ¡ª they had never seen the assembled item before, so they did not know which profession it was for.

    One should know that apart from Mu Zi and Little Witch, the others in the team did not reallyck anything. They were more curious about the attributes and stats of the Legendary equipment than its value in the market.

    But now that they had made it to the end of the exploration after so much hard work collecting all four pieces, none of them recognized the assembled item. Even the attributes were all simplyrge question marks.

    ¡°The attribute here says that its status is currently ¡®broken¡¯ and it needs to be repaired. There are no other clues... We¡¯ve waited for this for so long. Four of us even died... And this is the result?!¡± Faced with the current situation, everyone was feeling a little down.

    Only Feng Luo wasn¡¯t surprised by the turn of events. He was very aware of the difficulty of obtaining a piece of Legendary Grade equipment as well as its value.

    It was quite improbable that they would be able to obtain a piece of Legendary equipment from just exploring an underground ruin and killing a few Commander Grade monsters ¡ª that was why Feng Luo guessed that they needed to do a lot more to finally settle this matter.

    ¡°The exploration progress is only at 80%, but the system gave us a hint, which was that we need to repair this Legendary item before we can move on to the next step!¡± said Mu Zi. He frowned while looking at the popup message in his mission logs as well as the recon meter he was holding in his hands.

    ¡°The source of the signal is just behind this silver metallic wall, but both routes on the left and right are blocked by this thing. It looks like we need to find a way to repair this item if we really want toplete this exploration mission!¡±

    On the silver metallic wall, there were several holes created from the bites of the ck Beetles; however, the deepest hole was only a dozen or so centimeters. Even the ck Beetles that could bite off alloy shields were unable topletely go through this metallic wall, so it was clear that they did not have the time nor the effort to force their way through.

    ¡°However, since we¡¯vepleted the first stage of the exploration, the ruin will only be open to our team for the next month. This also means that we will have one month to find an NPC who can repair this item.¡±

    Mu Zi was reluctant and unconvinced. He moved around and tried searching again. After failing to find any mechanism or instation to open the silver metallic wall, they finally decided that the only option was to leave and to repair this Legendary Grade equipment.

    ¡°One month? Okay, let¡¯s bring it to the Appraisers Guild and ask an NPC tomorrow!¡± said Rose Thorns while nodding.

    ¡°Sigh. This is disappointing. After working for half a day, all we managed to get was the blueprint of some weapon!¡± Chairman Jiaoined.

    ¡°Forget it! Since we can only get this far, let¡¯s return for now. It¡¯s not like this ce will be running away!¡± Mr. Meng was more optimistic; he carried his golden broadsword and turned around decisively. The others could do nothing else but follow.

    ...

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Young Brother Feng, I saw that your pet seemed to have leveled up just now. Did itplete that hidden mission?¡± Mr. Meng asked Feng Luo in the tunnel on their way back.

    ¡°Completed. That¡¯s right. I haven¡¯t thanked everyone yet!¡± said Feng Luo.

    ¡°Oh, please... If it weren¡¯t for your pet¡¯s mission, we might have had to fight against the Commander Grade monster. But Young Brother Feng, I¡¯m a bit curious. What¡¯s the reward for the mission? Can you let me know?¡± Chairman Jiao was initially quite down, but after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words, he seemed to have recovered and became curious.

    ¡°Of course! There¡¯s nothing that can¡¯t be said. The reward forpleting the mission is that 24K ¡®evolved¡¯ once!¡± answered Feng Luo with a smile. On his shoulder, Feng Luo¡¯s round eyes and body emanated an energy that was undetectable by humans.

    Upon hearing this, everyone seemed quite surprised, and Mr. Meng also said very loudly, ¡°Evolve?! Brother Feng, you¡¯re way too lucky! Your pet was already a mutated Elite grade! Now that it has evolved, isn¡¯t it at the Commander grade now!?¡±

    ¡°Yup... That¡¯s about right...¡±

    At that time, Feng Luo deemed it better not to say that 24K was already at the Boss grade, so even if it evolved, it could no longer advance its grade ¡ª he simply followed the flow of Mr. Meng and Chairman Jiao¡¯s conversation and allowed everyone to believe that 24K was Elite grade. If he were to rify things now, he might be suspected of being a poser. Moreover, though he had decided that he would no longer hide 24K¡¯s abilities, he could still keep its stats and attributes confidential, which was why he answered vaguely.

    ¡°Commander! Commander Grade pet!¡± Seeing Feng Luo ¡°acquiesce,¡± the five looked at him in admiration.

    ¡°Comparisons are odious!¡±

    ¡°I bought three Intermediate pet biochips at a high price and only managed to control one Elite grade Wind Thunder Bird, and even after so many days, I¡¯ve not even experienced evolution once! Moreover, there¡¯s no way to use it in a mission like this!¡± Mr. Mengined.

    After that, the topic of their conversation continued to revolve around pets.

    ...

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡±

    At that time, while Feng Luo talked to the others, 24K continued to send him messages through the mental link.

    ¡°You¡¯re saying that the ck Beetle is not the same as you!¡±

    ¡°It does not have the ability toy and incubate eggs. Moreover, the summoned beetles were originally your minions, but they did not listen to you at the beginning, which is why you got mad!¡± Feng Luo looked surprised since it was quite unexpected.

    Initially, he thought that the ck Beetle was the same species as 24K, and they had the ability to produce soldiers through the wormhole summoning technique; however, now it seemed like he was wrong.

    The ck Beetle Commander only possessed psionic energy. After that, for some odd reason, it managed to manipte the remaining beetles after 24K left.

    After all, the Lu Conglomerate city wasn¡¯t that far away from the underground ruins. Back then, during the City Building cleanup mission, many surviving beetles managed to escape, and it was highly likely they crawled their way to the underground ruins.

    ¡°But this is a good thing!¡±

    Feng Luo felt relieved, and he smiled.

    After all, if 24K and the ck Beetle were from the same species, it would mean that other people would be able to raise and develop a Normal or Elite ck Beetle and finally end up with a King Beetle. Then, 24K¡¯s one and only unique identity and role would be challenged!

    For Feng Luo, though he did not desire it a lot, he still hoped that a powerful pet like 24K only belonged to him.

    As for the reason why 24K was unable to control its minions earlier? Feng Luo knew that it was because 24K became his pet. The system would definitely not let him have things so easy. Otherwise, he only needed to spend some time looking for the beetles that escaped; then, he would quickly assemble a genuine ¡°beetle army.¡± Wouldn¡¯t that be too much?

    ¡°Squeak, squeak, squeak...¡±

    24K was still sending Feng Luo messages.

    ¡°Yes, the reason you ate its core crystal was that it was very attractive to you. Also, you felt a strong attraction to something behind the silver metallic wall, correct?¡±

    Feng Luo looked even more surprised now. He smiled, and then whispered to himself, ¡°In that case, I¡¯ll also have to participate in follow-up missions to go past that silver metallic wall. Perhaps there¡¯s a chance to trigger a follow-up mission to the ¡®Heart of a King Beetle!¡¯¡±

 Chapter 339 - Returning to Silvermoon City!

    <h4>Chapter 339: Returning to Silvermoon City!</h4>

    After around 10 minutes, the petal-like metallic door of the ruins opened slowly. Then, the team took the lift to return to the surface.

    ¡°Eh? What¡¯s going on? It¡¯s actually empty?¡±

    They initially thought that a lot of people would be above the ruins, with the possibility of several from the headquarters of Lu Conglomerate and the September Guild waiting to take revenge on them. That was why when they exited the lift, they were fully equipped and on high alert. However, now that they were out, they were quite surprised that no one was outside ¡ª even the people from Nightless City were nowhere to be seen.

    It was just an empty space. The bright moon hung in the sky, leaving the area covered only in the shadows of surrounding trees.

    ¡°That¡¯s odd. Did something happen?¡±

    ¡°Beep, beep...¡±

    Just as everyone was a little stunted from the situation, Feng Luo¡¯smunicator started beeping.

    ¡°Ah! Boos! We¡¯ve finally managed to get a hold of you!¡± A translucent screen appeared above themunicator, and what appeared was the anxious yet somewhat happy face of Lan, the ammunition store NPC salesperson, with her upper body dyed with dry blood.

    Upon seeing her situation, Feng Luo¡¯s heart beat faster.

    ¡°Bang! Bang!¡±

    However, just as he wanted to ask a question, two gunshots rang beside Lan.

    ¡°Sniper shot? Just what is happening!?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression changed.

    ¡°Boss, I don¡¯t know either. Yesterday night, the power supply of the entire city was cut. Then, a lot of monsters appeared. They are biting people like crazy... Even the guards have been attacked. Right now, Silvermoon City is filled with monsters, and there are people fighting all over the city!¡±

    ¡°Monsters? Biting people...¡±

    At that time, Mu Zi also received Mu Wu¡¯s message through hismunicator. As soon as he grasped the situation, he raised his head and said to Feng Luo, ¡°Oh no! Brother Feng! One of the trigger points of the biohazard crisis storyline is Silvermoon City. That¡¯s why Brother Wu had to return to deal with this emergency situation!¡±

    ¡°Biohazard crisis!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s gaze stiffened as he quickly asked Lan, ¡°What¡¯s your situation right now? Are Jing Xiang and Old John okay?¡± As Feng Luo asked the question, two more shots rang from within the screen; there was also the sound of someone shouting and a sh from a maniptor casting a skill!

    ¡°We¡¯re fine. A few adventurers appeared and said that they will protect and escort Old John out of Silvermoon City. After they woke up Old John, he told them to bring Jing Xiang and me along. That¡¯s why the three of us are with them right now!¡±

    ¡°But Boss, the monsterspletely wrecked our shop!¡± Lan said with a sad expression.

    ¡°It¡¯s alright. As long as you guys are alright!¡± Feng Luo shook his head. For him, right now, the Wind Mark Gun Shop wasn¡¯t a huge loss ¡ª after all, the inventory of the shop and the manufacturing equipment had all been sent to Storm City in the afternoon.

    On the other hand, the three NPCs were more important to him. As mentioned earlier, in a highly realistic game like this where yers would start to feel a sense of attachment and connection with their pets, there¡¯s no need to mention the connection with ¡°humans.¡±

    Although Old John, Jing Xiang, and Lan were only NPCs, it was natural for Feng Luo to feel a sense of attachment with them since he had been with them for a very long time. Naturally, he didn¡¯t want the three of them to die in a horrible storyline like the biohazard crisis!

    ¡°Boss!¡± Lan looked incredibly touched.

    However, at that time, a person suddenly poked his head over into the screen. With a smile, he said, ¡°Brother Feng, it¡¯s really you!¡±

    Feng Luo immediately recognized the young and handsome yer. Surprised, Feng Luo said, ¡°Sk? So it¡¯s you!¡±

    Beside Sk, a Heavy Armor Warrior holding arge ck shield also turned around and nodded at the screen. ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    Feng Luo also recognized the 1.9m tall Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Hey, Brother Feng, we were just around the area when we received a system-published mission to protect Master John! Apart from that, Boss Dan Hen also asked me to convey his thanks for your help in Silver Leaf ind!¡± said Sk, smiling.

    Clearly, he knew how to get to the point.

    ¡°Help me thank Brother Dan Hen!¡±

    Feng Luo breathed a sigh of relief. However, he felt somewhat puzzled; the system published a mission to protect Old John?

    But then, another gunshot rang. ¡°Bang!¡±

    Sk turned around and shouted in one direction, ¡°F*ck, Watermelon Skin!¡±

    ¡°Shoot more urately, you bastard. You missed even at such a close range. There¡¯s no way you pass as a Sniper!¡±

    ¡°Watermelon Skin?¡± Feng Luo was dumbfounded for a while.

    However, he did not think that it was the Sniper whom he saved and guided for a while when he was working on his Level 50 mission.

    After all, not everyone called each other by their ID names. Some familiar people would use nicknames, and the Watermelon Skin Sk called might be someone from Veterans Tribe.

    ¡°Sk, I¡¯ll have to trouble you then. Please try your best to protect them. I¡¯m at Lu Conglomerate City, and I¡¯ll be back in Silvermoon City soon,¡± said Feng Luo to Sk, who had just turned back around.

    ¡°Rx, Brother Feng! There are a lot of monsters, traffic ispletely paralyzed, and it¡¯s not easy for us to get out of the city! However, it¡¯s not difficult to hide if the situation calls for it!¡± said Sk confidently.

    ¡°Alright. That¡¯s good. What¡¯s your current position?¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re on 17, Main Silver Street...¡±

    ¡°F*ck, two Foragers areing! Everyone attack!¡± A slightly familiar shout came from Feng Luo¡¯smunicator.

    After that came sounds of attacks, and then the scene on the screen shed and became blurry. The signal was lost!

    ¡°The signal is lost!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face darkened.

    ¡°It¡¯s probably Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group or the rebel armypletely cutting off Silvermoon City¡¯smunication to the outside world!¡± said Mu Zi grimly. After that, he raised his head and asked Feng Luo, ¡°Brother Feng, are you going to Silvermoon City? I¡¯ll go with you!¡±

    ¡°Biohazard crisis... Mu Zi, you¡¯ve told us this storyline before. What an interesting story. I¡¯m just raring to go and have a look, too. Young Brother Feng, shall we?¡± Mr. Meng asked with a face full of curiosity and eagerness.

    After that, he extended his hand and pressed a button on his terminal, summoning his transport vehicle.

    There was a bright white sh. A Heavy Energy SUV with a passenger capacity of ten that cost millions appeared on the empty ground in front of them!

    ¡°No, it¡¯s better if you guys don¡¯t go. The situation right now isn¡¯t very clear. You should know that the real threat of the biohazard crisis isn¡¯t the monsters or the zombies ¡ª it¡¯s the infectious virus!¡±

    ¡°Due to unique circumstances, I can¡¯t be infected by the T-virus; however, if everyone were to go without any precautions and then get infected, you¡¯d lose levels!¡± Feng Luo shook his head and also pressed a button on his terminal.

    Another white sh. A silver sci-fi SCV-Type One energy motorcycle nicknamed ¡°Land Bullet¡± appeared in front of him.

    Feng Luo got on the bike quickly.

    ¡°You guys head back to Lu Conglomerate City first. It¡¯s not that far from Silvermoon City. If Silvermoon City ispletely upied by the rebel army, the Lu Conglomerate city might be the next target!

    ¡°Moreover, wepletely destroyed them in this ruins mission. Someone might still be trying toin about it to Dark Night Stars right now. I¡¯m guessing Mu Wu will also need someone to support him over there.¡±

    Vroom!

    Feng Luo started the SCV-Type One¡¯s engine and rode quickly towards Silvermoon City.

 Chapter 340 - Old John, Little Girl

    <h4>Chapter 340: Old John, Little Girl</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Swoosh!¡±

    On the straight linkway between Silvermoon City and Lu Conglomerate City, the SCV-Type One Energy Motorcycle known as ¡°Land Bullet¡± drew a white line.

    On the car with his face blown and turned ice-cold by the night wind, Feng Luo could not help but recall the history of Old John.

    The cause of the matter was more than five months ago; at that time, his life profession as a Gun Mechanic had just reached a basic mid-level, and his Wind Mark Gun Shop had also just opened not long ago. When he had gone to gather a special type of ingredient, he had discovered a worn-out Old John unconscious from drunkenness, being held in the mouth of a Level 30 Mutant Sabretooth Tiger and dragged towards its nest.

    As a yer seeing such a situation, there was no need to ask what one should do.

    After Old John was saved by Feng Luo, he seemed to have awakened.

    ¡°...¡±

    He sat on the ground and watched Feng Luo in silence for quite some time, then asked a strange question.

    Feng Luo could not really remember much else of the contents of what he had said ¡ª after all, Feng Luo¡¯s memory at that time was not so strong.

    He only knew that when Old John asked something, he had diligently answered because he had juste into the game not long ago. He had a lot of interest in NPCs because they carried Hidden Missions.

    In the end, he did not know how, but his words had seemed to trigger a soft spot in the drunken old man¡¯s heart. This NPC, who looked like he had some secret story, had followed Feng Luo all the way back and refused to leave his shop!

    Every day, he took the gun shop¡¯s money to drink at the bar, returned to the shop once he was drunk, slept the moment he copsed, and even vomited over the whole floor ¡ª the time that he was sober each day was probably not even three hours.

    He did not talk to Feng Luo at all, so Feng Luo was unable tomunicate with him, and the system did not prompt anything about Hidden Missions whatsoever.

    To average yers, such a situation would have made them impatient, but as a Sniper, Feng Luo ¡ª who was able to stay in one spot for three hours without moving in hunting missions ¡ª had the best tolerance and had been letting Old John eat and sleep in the shop.

    A monthter, Old John actually had some change.

    During the minimal times when he was sober, he would personally create some Normal-Grade firearms, which after being sold would fetch returns mostly equal to the money he had used on drinking alcohol every day.

    Two months ago, when Feng Luo was about to go to Roguetown to investigate the Umbre Corporation, Old John had suddenly created a Perfect-evaluated Eye of the Thunder magazine, allowing Feng Luo to sessfully obtain the permanent manufacturing right of this quality Rare equipment.

    All this had made Feng Luo confirm Old John¡¯s identity as a Gun Mechanic Master, which was a considerably great identity.

    But now that a biohazard crisis had broken out in Silvermoon City, would the system actually give yers the mission to protect Old John? This undoubtedly made Feng Luo even more surprised.

    ¡°Seems like I have to save Old John!¡±

    ¡°Hu!¡±

    Feng Luo held onto the handles of the SCV1 with his hands d in the ck Eagle tactical gloves, driving along the road and up a hill on the side. He then drove off a 10-meter cliff andnded with a thud on the ground behind it, continuing straight.

    The highest speed of the SCV-Type One Energy Motorcycle was up to 300 kilometers, including his Vehicle Driving Proficiency skill, which had now already reached a 95% high-level as of today.

    In at most four minutes¡¯ time, he would be able to reach Silvermoon City!

    Furthermore, even though Silvermoon City¡¯s connection to the outside world had already beenpletely cut off by either the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group or the rebellion, a map of Silvermoon City had already appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s mind ¡ª he was able to more or less determine their breakout route just by estimating the location where Sk and the others were previously at with reference to the gun shop.

    Therefore, he was onlycking in time!

    ...

    In Silvermoon City, the entire city was currently already fully submerged in the biohazard crisis state. From the T-Virus outbreak up till now, it was less than three hours¡¯ time, but the deaths of yers and NPCs had already exceeded half!

    Throughout the entire city, whether it wasbat, gunshots, explosions, screaming, or buildings copsing, the sounds were deafening.

    However, there was one ce that was still very quiet.

    In a secret base of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the face of Roaring Dragon Lightwind carried a satisfied smile as he was conversing with a man in sunsses and a windbreaker sitting on a silver chair in the virtual screen before him.

    ¡°Mister Wesker, everything is as I had said. Now that the situation in Silvermoon City is progressing exactly how I had calcted, all is within control. So, I hope that you can continue supervising the rebellion troops, and block the Federal troops advancing from the surrounding cities to reinforce!¡±

    ¡°Mm, I will pass this matter to Gordon for the reward. Have you already done what I asked you to arrange?¡± Through the screen, Wesker¡¯s voice was very t, as if without any fluctuations.

    ¡°Rest assured, Mister Wesker, I have already arranged for that little girl to be at the safest location. She will definitely not be infected, and there will be no one able toe into contact with her!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind smiled as he reached out and lightly waved his hand in the air, and a new virtual screen instantly appeared behind him.

    ¡°How about you take a look!¡±

    On the screen was the brown-haired little girl who had appeared previously at the airport carrying a white teddy bear, her face sickly and pale as she sat staring nkly in apletely sealed room in which there was only a big white bed.

    ¡°Daddy, where are you...¡± The little girl¡¯s face was filled with horror as the tears in her eyes kept rolling out. She did not let out any sobbing sounds as she just raised the back of her little hand, stripped of the color of blood, and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.

    ¡°Xue Li, don¡¯t cry. That¡¯s what daddy said...¡± the little girl, not even seven or eight-years-old, said softly.

    Outside the room was the average-looking Asian babysitter who had previously brought the little girl along. Her facial skin and muscle vibrated, after which she actually transformed into a very beautiful but cold-faced white woman.

    ¡°The girl has been sent safely. Can I leave already?¡±

    Turning around, the white woman spoke to the ck NPC man over two meters tall, wrapped in a thick and heavy high-cored coat with only his eyes and a bit of skin exposed. He was standing beside the only entrance to the room.

    ¡°Mister Wesker had requested to General Gordon that you should stay for a while more and officially put her in his hands!¡±

    The voice of the ck NPC man was very hoarse, as if he had a bit of a struggle in speaking, his words unclear.

    ¡°This little girl is very important to Mister Wesker¡¯s experiment and Gordon¡¯s big n. He¡¯s not very reassured with having low-ability Adventurers protect her. With you, safety would not be a problem at all!¡±

    ¡°Hmph, so troublesome. A little girl who has contracted an incurable disease actually needing so muchbor and creating such a fuss!¡±

    The white woman showed an unhappy expression, and her high-heels stood rooted to the spot. She then turned and walked off towards the passageway at the side with a cold face. After she lifted her feet, she left a clear mark on the metallic floor where she had just stepped.

    The tall ck man still stood at the room door, his eyes unwavering.

 Chapter 341 - Arrival, Jammed

    <h4>Chapter 341: Arrival, Jammed</h4>

    The few roads outside Silvermoon City were already jammed up by all sorts of vehicles. Among them, half of them were yers and NPCs leaving the city with panic on their faces, and the other half were yers attempting to enter the city.

    There were actually still people who would enter the city at a time of a biohazard crisis ¡ª wasn¡¯t this too strange?

    It was not strange at all!

    A previous system-wide notification had already greatly attracted the curiosity of War¡¯s yers.

    Following that, many yers had posted information on the forum regarding Silvermoon City and other cities on the border being attacked by the biohazard virus and the rebellion. They also posted about mission rewards for killing zombies, which had aroused the interest of some yers.

    Just the permanent Enhancement Potion alone was sufficient to draw the attention of more than 50% of the yers in War.

    And what exactly was a biohazard crisis?

    The T-Virus, zombies, Lickers, Tyrants...this series of things was just a theory of potential dangers to the yers who had never personally been in a city which had a biohazard crisis outbreak plot.

    Most importantly, yers were different from NPCs ¡ª they were not afraid of death at all!

    Even if they had really been infected or if they had unfortunately died, they would at most lose one level. If they were lucky, they might get a permanent Enhancement Potion...

    Thus, there was a rather strange situation happening outside Silvermoon City up till four hours since the virus outbreak.

    If it were not for the surrounding roads already controlled by the Federal troops restricting passage, there would have been even more people wanting to enter the city!

    This was simply a game version of a siege.

    The people inside Silvermoon City who had seen the craziness of the biohazard crisis wanted to escape, while the yers outside of Silvermoon City were dead-set on entering to ¡°send themselves to hell.¡±

    ¡°Move back, would y¡¯all?¡±

    ¡°How? I can¡¯t move back anymore; it¡¯s all cars behind me. Don¡¯t you know how to keep your vehicle and go on foot?¡±

    ¡°F*ck you! Within a 10-kilometer range around Silvermoon City, vehicles can¡¯t be kept back. You think I want to be stuck here? Y¡¯all outsiders are f*cking around! Can¡¯t wait to go to hell, eh? Wait ¡¯till the zombies and Tyrantse out and y¡¯all can all die together!¡±

    ¡°Die my *ss! You Silvermoon City yers are just cowardly. It¡¯s just a transformation into mutant monsters if you get infected. Watch us get y¡¯all!¡±

    ¡°Aren¡¯t Tyrants just monster Commanders? Which of the top 10 experts in North City can¡¯t take on a monster Commander solo? It¡¯s just your little border ce of a city that can¡¯t even take on a monster Commander!¡±

    ¡°Motherf*cker! You f*cking say it one more time and trust me, I can even give up my car to kill you!¡±

    Being stuck on the jammed roads, many yers were yelling and cursing at one another, having conflicts that were progressing towards physical assaults.

    The reason they had not really started fighting was because of the existence of a third party.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    At some part of the traffic jam, a deafening female scream sounded.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Right after, there was the sound of all sorts of gunshots and skills!

    A pale-faced male zombie wearing a suit with an obvious bite wound on his neck, dense greenish-ck veins, and grey, lifeless pupils was attempting to lunge at a yer!

    Thankfully, he had not lunged at anyone before being shot by the skills and bullets of the surrounding yers.

    In the heavy traffic, other than yers, there were also many NPCs.

    After some NPCs had been wounded in the city ¡ª unlike the yers ¡ª they did not know that they had already beenpletely infected by the T-Virus and had no way to exchange for anti-virus serums. They only had the thought of quickly driving away and escaping, but being jammed there for so long caused them to abruptly change into zombies!

    But luckily, as monsters with very slow movement speed after they had just been infected, it was difficult for the zombies to move ande into contact with people ¡ª they naturally did not cause too much chaos!

    Therefore, the yers on both sides were still in the mood to quarrel.

    However, since there were infected NPCs, there was, of course, the possibility that there were infected yers or Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who carried T-Virus injection syringes on them.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    The door of an Energy SUV suddenly sounded as it was banged open. A fully naked Licker with a blood-colored sticky substance on its muscles just mutted from an infected yer and charged forward.

    After its muttion, with ws as sharp as des and with a leap of his body like a bow, it jumped towards a nearby red convertible Energy sports car!

    On the gorgeous red convertible Energy sports car, a decently courageous female Water Maniptor yer was smiling proudly as she had just shot an ice arrow through the head of a zombie.

    What she had not expected that at that moment was a ¡°freak¡± forming a trajectory straight towards her!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Licker jumped onto the convertible Energy sports car, its four bare-fleshed ws quickly sending the female yer falling onto the seats.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    A sharp, deafening scream!

    Luckily, before the female yer had been knocked down, the system had already detected that her mental fluctuations were too strong and the following scene would exceed the upper limit she had set herself, so it sent her directly offline. She would not see the scene of ¡°herself¡± having her eyeballs quickly pierced by the Licker¡¯s long red tongue, or her brain being drilled into a pool of blood.

    If not, War would have probably had one less courageous female yer who dared to join the biohazard crisis plot!

    ¡°What the f*ck!¡±

    ¡°What kind of monster is that? Such a disgusting attack method!¡±

    ¡°Looks like that Licker is an Elite monster in the infected unit. It¡¯s a high-speed and high-attack-type monster!¡±

    A few surrounding yers from the outside were taken by surprise as they saw what was unfolding ¡ª all their faces changed drastically.

    Once they regained their senses, they realized the female yer had already been absolutely killed by the Licker, and the Licker actually seemed to possess a certain amount of intellect.

    When they were raising their weapons one by one attempting to attack it, it actually moved its four limbs once more, quickly jumping to the ground from atop the convertible car, causing the series of fireballs and wind des shot from the outsider yers to miss. Then, the Licker made use of its super speed and ran towards the border through the gaps between the vehicles.

    Even though the level of this Licker was not considered high, its movement speed was troublesome; furthermore, because it moved in a crawling motion, it was able to pass underneath all sorts ofrge-type vehicles.

    Along the way, it caused a chain of panic. While many yers tried their attacks, not many of themnded. There were even trails of bullets shot by some yers using submachine guns. However, due to inurate shooting, half of the bullets had hit a yer¡¯s car, creating a trail of bullet holes and making the car owner curse in rage.

    In the end, the Licker had actually sessfully escaped from the surrounding three to four hundred yers, and looking at the outermost ring beyond the range of the traffic jam, it could even potentially escape into the forest by the road.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Just then, a straight beam of white light shone on its body.

    A high-speed moving silver sci-fi Energy motorcycle appeared around a bend, practically traveling straight along the same route the Licker was about to take.

    There was no doubt that if the Licker was up against the Land Bullets¡¯ 300km/h speed, it would not have been able to change its direction in time.

    So...

    It went like ¡°boom¡±!

    The Licker was directly flung into the air in reverse by the silver Energy motorcycle, which had appeared just in time!

 Chapter 342 - â€œBikerâ€ Feng Luo!

    <h4>Chapter 342: ¡°Biker¡± Feng Luo!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    In the middle of the winding road, the front tire of the silver Energy motorcycle violently smashed on the chest of the Level 39 Licker.

    ¡°-1277!¡±

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    Even though the Licker had a body size of more than two meters, it was sent flying by the high-speed silver Energy motorcycle, and a damage coefficient of over 1000 emerged at its head ¡ª however, the reaction of this Licker was incredibly fast.

    When it was knocked into the air, its long dark red tongue shot out from inside its mouth lined with sharp teeth, instantly coiling around the body of the biker on the Energy motorcycle!

    Due to being coiled around the waist, the biker was forcefully pulled off the silver Energy motorcycle which had flown outwards from the inertia, smashing into a nearby SUV.

    ¡°Creak!¡±

    The Licker¡¯s special AI revealed a cruel expression. Having its escape n affected by the hit, it had already decided to devour the brat who had gotten in its way.

    Since its sight was already lost, leaving only its eyelids but even sharper sensory cells, it was able to detect that this humanoid organism¡¯s life force was ¡°richer¡± than those from before, making it feel even more bloodthirsty.

    ¡°Die!¡±

    The biker who had fallen off the silver Energy motorcycle was wearing a blueish-purple alloy light armor and a piece on his head which were clearly part of an equipment set, and a helmet which almostpletely covered his face, only revealing his pair of ice-cold eyes.

    Even when he had been coiled around the waist by the Licker¡¯s tongue, which had the same killing power as other lethal snake-species, his eyes did not have much movement ¡ª he just stared even more coldly and let out a loud grunt.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    With a sudden rise of the biker¡¯s right hand, a dark-red knife tip was in an instant drawn straight across the long red tongue of the Licker.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    An extremely painful cry came from the Licker¡¯s mouth. That tongue of its, possessing enough toughness and power to match up to a sniper bullet, actually broke right in front of its prey, spilling arge amount of dark red blood substance from where it was cut. It also meant that it had lost its most important attack mode!

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    Even with its special AI, the Licker had been instantly enraged. With a loud cry, it violently lunged at its prey, its sharp fingernails like stilettos as they created a swoosh in the wind. At such a short distance and with its speed, it was not possible for a humanoid organism to dodge its charged attack.

    It wanted revenge!

    Nevertheless...

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The Licker¡¯s ws had only scratched the air in the end ¡ª this attack of rage had actually missed!

    ¡°A miss!¡±

    The slightly special brain of the Licker was a little ignorant. It felt that at the moment when contact was close, the opponent had actually moved to the side at a speed inferior to its own, but the Licker was unable to change its course midair; it could onlynd past the opponent.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    It felt that as it went past the opponent, there was a very icy-cold sharp object stabbed into its body from its back.

    ¡°-4077!¡±

    A red damage coefficient ¡ª lethal damage!

    The biker held a reddish-ck reversed military knife as it plunged urately into the Licker¡¯s back. With a length of over 30 centimeters, the de had pierced straight through the Licker¡¯s most vital organ.

    A Licker¡¯s weakness was not its head, but that rapidly beating heart at the front of its body wrapped in a thinyer of muscle. As an organism transformed from a human infected by the T-Virus, it still retained some basic human body structures, including this fatal critical spot!

    Normally, in order to protect its critical point, the Licker stuck close to and crawled on walls or on the ground so the thick muscle and bones on its back would be safe from typical sniper bullets.

    ¡°Why, this humanoid organism¡¯s weapon was actually able to pierce through my body so smoothly!¡±

    The Licker had only pondered up to this point before its life ended.

    By then, a system message had already shed past the vision of the Light Armored Warrior biker.

    [¡°You have killed a Licker (Level 39 ¡¤ Elite), Experience earned: 390. Biohazard crisis plot points earned: 7, Merit earned: 1!¡±]

    ¡°How violent!¡±]

    ¡°His reaction was so fast!¡±

    ¡°What was that skill just now? A Rare Thrust skill?¡±

    Although it felt like this battle¡¯s duration was a little long, the entire battle process was actually not even five seconds.

    The yers who hade over chasing the Licker had not had the chance to attack before they had already seen the falling dead body of the Licker. Among them, many people had noticed the Superspeed Movement of this Light Armored Warrior when he was dodging the attacks of the Licker.

    ¡°What high damage!¡±

    ¡°Over 4000 damage from a sh? How could a Light Armored Warrior do that without using any skill?¡±

    There were also people who had their attention focused on the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s over-4000 lethal damage coefficient with just one attack.

    A Light Armored Warrior holding a one-handed short weapon and without using any skill was actually able to cause such a level of damage?

    ¡°How good must this person¡¯s equipment be?¡±

    ¡°But could it be...¡±

    There were people who thought of possibilities, their eyesnding on the red knife, which looked nothing like a typical military knife at first nce, used by the Light Armored Warrior.

    ¡°My friend, you¡¯ve smashed my car!¡±

    A voice suddenly sounded from the side of the battleground.

    From the SUV smashed by the silver Energy motorcycle, three yers walked out. The leader was a tall and slim Heavy Armored Warrior.

    ¡°Plus, that Licker should have been ours in the first ce before you suddenly charged out and snatched it away!¡±

    ¡°Oh?¡±

    Feng Luo stared uninterestedly at the Heavy Armored Warrior who had deliberately walked over. The greed in the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s eyes as he pretended to unintentionally nce at Ghost Weep had no chance of being hidden from Feng Luo.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you ¡®oh¡¯ me! You smashed into our car and snatched our prey ¡ª you must pay for the damages!¡±

    Standing beside the Heavy Armored Warrior, the Scout yer ¡ª a head shorter, with red hair and who was chewing something in his mouth ¡ª held a grey submachine gun in his hand and pointed it at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Pay? How much?¡± Feng Luo asked tly as he held onto Ghost Weep in his hand, not keeping it into his backpack.

    His eyes looked past the three closest people, silently scanning all the surrounding yers within a 20-meter distance.

    ¡°250,000 credits!¡±

    The red-dyed-haired yer¡¯s eyes lit up, spitting out a sky-high price.

    ¡°250,000?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s gaze was pulled back calmly, ncing sideways at him with a mockingugh.

 Chapter 343 - A Compromise?

    <h4>Chapter 343: A Compromise?</h4>

    ¡°250,000? F*ck, this fellow really dared to say it!¡±

    ¡°This NC-03 is selling for 500,000 credits in-store for the best edition, and his is obviously not even the best edition! Besides, after the SCV1 banged into the Licker, the force was already reduced by half. The remaining impact would have at most scratched a bit of the car, and repairs would have been a matter of one or two thousand credits!¡±

    Among the surrounding yers, there were those who knew exactly what was happening, talking to theirpanions beside them with a mocking tone.

    ¡°Then he¡¯s totally just being greedy? The Light Armored Warrior definitely wouldn¡¯t agree; the price is too high.¡±

    Hispanion was obviously not as clear about the situation as him, and so his words had a sense of doubt.

    ¡°Agree? Definitely impossible! But what they want is probably a disagreement...¡±

    The yers who were spectating lowered their voices a little, their faces showing anticipation of a good show.

    ¡°F*ck, what do you all know?¡±

    ¡°My big brother¡¯s NC-03 is a high-end modified good ¡ª he has already spent over 2,000,000 credits on modifications.

    ¡°Furthermore, it was modified by a life profession master requested from our Meng City, and they had reluctantly agreed because of my big brother¡¯s reputation. Now, with this dent, we¡¯d be owing them another huge amount if we brought it back for repair ¡ª 250,000 is already lower than it should be!¡±

    The red-haired Scout yer had super hearing, clearly listening in on the conversation between the two yers, immediately raising his voice as he spoke and turning back to re at them.

    Then, he turned back once more and his finger pressed against the submachine gun trigger still aimed at Feng Luo¡¯s chest!

    ¡°My friend, say no more! 250,000 credits, are you paying or not? If you¡¯re not, then don¡¯t me us...¡±

    This time, the one speaking was the Heavy Armored Warrior, his face still grave as he spoke in a deep voice, staring at Feng Luo.

    ¡°I¡¯ll pay up!¡± Feng Luo said tly as he stared at the three yers, his face revealing a smile that was not quite a smile. He nced at the cooldown time of his skill.

    ¡°F*ck, since you¡¯re not paying, then don¡¯t me...hmm, what did you say? I¡¯m talking about 250,000 credits! You¡¯re really paying?¡±

    ording to the red-haired Scout yer¡¯s script, it was naturally impossible for Feng Luo to really agree to pay so many credits, so he had already followed-up ording to his prediction ¡ª Feng Luo had actually agreed to pay?

    He inadvertently let out the second half of what he had said, which had undoubtedly earned the sarcastic and mocking expressions on the faces of many of the surrounding people.

    ¡°Damn it! Is this brat f*cking kidding?¡±

    The red-haired yer was at first dumbfounded, after which he was enraged once more by the mockingughter of the surrounding people. Feng Luo had already agreed to pay and he did not have any usable excuse to fight; thus, the red-haired yer could only re fiercely at Feng Luo. But it was not only him ¡ª even the pretentious Heavy Armored Warrior who was initially ring at Feng Luo had now momentarily revealed a stunned expression.

    The reasons they had found trouble with Feng Luo were that first, his Land Bullet had certainly crashed into their car, and second, they had taken interest in the Ghost Weep in Feng Luo¡¯s hand.

    When the Licker that was chased by so many yers was left with half its HP, it had been killed by Feng Luo with just one sh ¡ª that lethal damage coefficient of more than 4000 had drawn many people¡¯s attention to the Ghost Weep in Feng Luo¡¯s hand.

    The Heavy Armored Warrior had especially noticed the fact that Ghost Weep, which was initially covered in blood after piercing into the Licker¡¯s heart, did not have even a single drop of blood dripping from it; in just a few seconds of time, the bloodstains on it had actually already vanished.

    Regarding this fact, Feng Luo himself had overlooked it. His focus had been put on the surrounding yers, not noticing the unusual properties of Ghost Weep.

    ¡°This military knife, could it be a...¡±

    But as for the Heavy Armored Warrior, he quickly had a thought.

    Actually, they had originallye down just to demandpensation from Feng Luo for crashing into their car ¡ª although they were definitely going to scam Feng Luo, they still were not going to resort to naming such a ridiculous price.

    However, after he formted his thoughts, the Heavy Armored Warrior could not help but immediately send a message to the red-haired yer through the team channel, asking him to deliberately name a greater price. That way, if Feng Luo were to disagree, they would have a reason to take action.

    They had three men: a Scout, a Maniptor, and a Heavy Armored Warrior ¡ª aplete set of close-range, long-range, attack, and defense professions. In addition, all of their equipment was Level 45 and above Excellent-Grade equipment, and each of them even had one or two Rare-Grade equipment.

    Even though this Light Armored Warrior had the ability to finish off an entire half of a Licker¡¯s HP, he did not think that the three of them would be unable to take down this Light Armored Warrior.

    But still... weren¡¯t these three yers scared of the huge crowd behind Feng Luo?

    It must be known, at this stage, that Legendary equipment was as rare as hens¡¯ teeth ¡ª whoever who possessed Legendary equipment would definitely not be someone to mess with!

    But actually, it was mainly the fact that despite holding onto a stylish-looking Ghost Weep, the vehicle that Feng Luo was riding on was just an SCV1 worth 100,000 plus credits. As such, the Heavy Armored Warrior had already determined that Feng Luo must have just been a lucky yer who happened to find a piece of Legendary equipment, not some star yer or super tycoon.

    Even if he was some godly huge character, they were still not afraid!

    After all, it was just in the game. If they did encounter someone truly dangerous, they would at most hand over his equipment and then rey ¡ª the loss would just be one Level. In a Star Federation society constantly monitored by central intelligence, even if they were top tycoons, it would not be so easy for them toy hands on amoner in real life.

    Therefore, after the Scout yer had named the price, the Heavy Armored Warrior seemed to have a darkened face but was actually watching Feng Luo¡¯s move.

    Even though his Level 50 Excellent Alloy Shield, which he was already carrying when he came down from the car, had not been raised, he had prepared it for use long before. After all, he felt that it was definitely impossible for this Light Armored Warrior to agree to such a ridiculouspensation price.

    Nheless, it was clear that Feng Luo¡¯s reply had taken everyone by surprise.

    ¡°He agreed? A price of 250,000? He actually agreed?¡±

    Even the Heavy Armored Warrior who had mentally made preparations against all sorts of situations was dumbfounded for a moment. He immediately looked at Feng Luo¡¯s face, hoping to see from Feng Luo¡¯s expression whether his words were true.

    Unfortunately for him, Feng Luo¡¯s expression, with coldness hidden right beneath his eyes, was rather uncertain as he faked a smile, making the Heavy Armored Warrior clueless about the truth of his words.

    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me he has a mission on him and can¡¯t die now? Or is he afraid of being held up by us, allowing more people to notice his Legendary equipment ande up with their own thoughts, so he¡¯s scared and in a hurry to spend money and get out of the situation?¡±

    ¡°But 250,000...it¡¯s rather eptable!¡±

    Unable to tell anything from Feng Luo¡¯s expression, the Heavy Armored Warrior could not help but wonder; after all, even if they killed Feng Luo, they might not be able to have the military knife.

    Because the Criminal Points and Illegal Points on the three of them were not low, even though the unique talent of the red-haired Scout was able to guarantee an extremely high chance of equipment explosion upon killing people, the rate of exploding the military knife was not high.

    Rather, 250,000 credits seemed like a better deal.

 Chapter 344 - Rare Skill, Raging Charge!

    <h4>Chapter 344: Rare Skill, Raging Charge!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It¡¯s 250,000, right? Not a lot. But my game bank doesn¡¯t have that many credits at the moment.¡±

    As the three yers were exchanging nces, Feng Luo was already speaking again.

    ¡°How about this? Since this SCV of mine worth more than 1,000,000 crashed into your car, I¡¯ll give it to you aspensation. The extra is on me!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight turned to the SCV slightly disfigured from the crash. He had just noticed the system message that tools within a certain range of the biohazard crisis plot could not be kept back. Even if he really could not keep it back, it was not too big a problem ¡ª to him, the price of a Land Bullet SCV-Type One was just a small portion of the returns of manufacturing an Eye of the Thunder.

    But to pensate¡± these three people... how was that possible?

    Feng Luo scanned through the skills rack once more ¡ª from originally being on his way to save someone to being obstructed by these people made the coldness in his eyes even more intense!

    ¡°An SCV?¡±

    Feng Luo did not really mind the Land Bullet, but it was clearly impossible for the three yers not to be bothered. Hearing Feng Luo try to negotiate thepensation, they instinctively exchanged nces among themselves once more.

    The eyes of the red-haired Scout and the Maniptor yer were filled with joy. Only the Heavy Armored Warrior leader had felt that something was off, though he clearly could not identify the reason. After all, they had three men while the opponent had only one.

    The three of them had even made battle preparations in secret beforehand ¡ª the Maniptor was already loading a skill and the Scout yer already had his submachine gun aimed at the Light Armored Warrior, his finger pressed on the trigger.

    On the other hand, the Light Armored Warrior just stood there, lookingpletely without an intention to retaliate. He did not even have his Alloy Longsword taken out from his backpack, though he was still holding onto his military knife which undoubtedly looked like a piece of Legendary equipment.

    In War, Light Armored Warriors had enhancement when using any close-range weapon, but most Warriors would use the Alloy Longsword ¡ª after all, this weapon was more suitable for attacking thick-fleshed, high-defenserge-type monsters. Plus, the damage of dual-wielding weapon attacks was higher than that of single-wielding weapons. The military knife, although simrly usable by Light Armored Warriors, was ultimately not asplementary as the Alloy Longsword because it was too short.

    Although Legendary equipment was indeed useful on its own, it was truly powerful when used with enhancement skills that required Force. But for now, there were still no yers in the game who had earned Force, so even though the opponent was holding onto a Legendary-Grade military knife, he did not think that the opponent would really be able to take on three people.

    ¡°No way!¡±

    The red-haired Scout yer¡¯s expression had initially shown that he was already satisfied with Feng Luo¡¯spensation, but now that the Heavy Armored Warrior was silent with his forehead creased, he had misunderstood his frustration and instantly spoke to Feng Luo once more with a cold face.

    ¡°More than 1,000,000? You think you can bluff me? The price of this SCV model wouldn¡¯t be more than a hundred thousand credits even if it were brand new, let alone now that it¡¯s been smashed into such a state. Even 100,000 credits would be considered too high. No way it can cover for our loss!¡±

    Clearly, the red-haired yer was very knowledgeable about the price of the SCV Energy motorcycle.

    Even though this SCV model was not considered to be among the top among vehicles, it was the most high-end among Energy motorcycles. Moreover, the price of the updated version of the SCV Type-Two series had already risen above 500,000 credits.

    ¡°100,000? I think you¡¯ve got something wrong with your eyes. This SCV1 of mine is a modified good. I¡¯ve spent over 1,000,000 for an expert to modify it, so its true value is worth 1,000,000.¡±

    At that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s expression calmed down all of a sudden, his eyes revealing an unidentified spark.

    ¡°Who are you trying to bluff? Who the f*ck would spend over 1,000,000 to modify a vehicle worth so little? You¡¯re treating me like an idiot!¡± The red-haired Scout yer had not regained his senses as he instinctively spouted out his words.

    ¡°Yeah, only an idiot would believe that!¡±

    Feng Luo revealed his cold smile, the grip on his hand already tightened on Ghost Weep!

    ¡°You¡¯re f*cking ying me?!¡±

    The red-haired yer was first taken aback, understanding that Feng Luo¡¯s words were clearly meant to mock what he had said before about their car being modified. This simrly proved that what Feng Luo had said previously about thepensation was very clearly nothing more than just to y him for a fool.

    Hence, in a moment¡¯s rage, his finger below the submachine gun vigorously pressed down on the trigger!

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    A ray of sparks rushed out from the submachine gun muzzle as a trail of bullets hit Feng Luo¡¯s position!

    The spinning bullets flew in the air, and then...missed!

    Just like how the Licker had lunged at Feng Luo before, these submachine gun bullets had missed as well. The moment just before the red-haired yer¡¯s finger had pressed down on the trigger, Feng Luo¡¯s silhouette had already taken a step to the side.

    In an instant, his body had moved forward diagonally an entire two or three meters. Such speed, under the light from the moon in the sky and the res, had even made Feng Luo appear a little blurry to the weaker sighted yers.

    The submachine gun bullets had futilely hit where Feng Luo was previously standing.

    ¡°What? How!¡±

    Very clearly, the red-haired yer whose attack had missed was stunned ¡ª how was this Light Armored Warrior¡¯s speed so fast?

    Inparison to other professions, his sight as a Scout was still able to clearly see Feng Luo¡¯s movement, but that was precisely the reason he was shocked.

    ¡°Charge? Impossible!¡±

    Even if it was an Expert-Grade Charge, the highest eleration would be from a stationary point; the speed when the Charge first started was actually not considered fast, so it was impossible to rely on Charge to dodge a bullet!

    Furthermore, even though typical Light Armored Warriors had the fastest Charge speed, it would not have been possible to normally reach such a level... unless he was the kind of Light Armored Warrior with Agility enhancement!

    But how was it possible for an Agility-type Light Armored Warrior to have an attack of more than 4000?

    ¡°Not good!¡±

    As the red-haired yer was dumbfounded, the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s expression had changed. After he had dodged the Scout¡¯s attack, Feng Luo, whose face already had a mocking smile, lunged towards the three of them.

    With such a fast speed, he could not see clearly under such lighting ¨C it was essentially closing up a three-meter distance in one second!

    The trio had deliberately made the gap between them and Feng Luo to be out of the range of the Thunder Leap sh, not expecting that Feng Luo would not even use Thunder Leap sh at all, but instead would charge straight over on the ground.

    Previously, although he had seen Feng Luo use a simr method to dodge the Licker¡¯s attack, the Heavy Armored Warrior had actually thought that it was a short-distance Quick Dodge skill. But looking at it now, it was clearly a Charge-like Quick Movement skill, and it was so fast that people could hardly react.

    ¡°Dream on!¡±

    There was no time to hesitate, so the Heavy Armored Warrior yelled and raised his Alloy Shield up in front of the Scout, hoping to block Feng Luo; he knew that the opponent¡¯s target was definitely the red-haired yer.

    Nheless, with a ¡°swoosh,¡± his Alloy Shield had only blocked a gush of wind.

    With a twist of his leg and his super-speed, Feng Luo¡¯s silhouette had already surpassed the line of defense of the Level 50 Heavy Armored Warrior!

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The Heavy Armored Warrior only heard the remaining half of the suffocating groan from the Scout behind him. When he turned his head, there was already a long wound on the red-haired yer¡¯s neck spilling huge amounts of blood.

    ¡°-4177!¡±

    At the same time, the damage coefficient exceeding 4000 above his head was gradually dispersing. A throat-sh by a military knife; a lethal attack!

    Ghost Weep¡¯s damage coefficient was B-Grade, and its Rare attribute was the ability to cause damage to A-Grade defenses. The weak defense of the Scout¡¯s neck was essentially nothing, not to mention the damage coefficient enhancement earned from shing a human with a closebat profession weapon in such high-speed movement.

    Of course, more importantly, it was still Feng Luo¡¯s Lethal talent, and the Charge-like skill he was engaged in now!

    [Raging Charge], a Light Armored Warrior Level 35 Rare skill!

    ¡°When this skill is engaged, speed will be raised to the personal limit, earning 100% additional Agility attribute enhancement. Within the engagement duration, there is 10% MP loss per second and vision uses arge amount of Stamina (unable to level up, cooldown time determined by the engagement duration per round).¡±

    This was the Rare skill that Feng Luo had picked up at a high price at the Exchange. It rted to his second profession as the Agility-type Light Armored Warrior. It was enough to unleash his advantage in super-high Agility enhancement to the maximum!

    With this type of super speed-type skill in apaniment to his system-breaking B-Grade Ghost Weep and Lethal talent, this was the nightmare of every vulnerable profession!

    ¡°That¡¯s the first!¡±

    After splitting open the red-haired yer¡¯s throat, with his cold face and hisbat shoes stepping consecutively, Feng Luo¡¯s body reduced to a ck silhouette once more as he continued to lunge at the panicked Fire Maniptor. Having so much time taken up by these three yers, plus with such a jammed road to enter the city, Feng Luo had already been impatient long before.

    If it were not for using Raging Charge before to dodge the Licker¡¯s attack and thus needing the skill to cooldown, he would haveshed out long before. Why would he have let these three people drag on with so much nonsense?

    Since some people were greedy, the consequences served them right!

 Chapter 345 - Rare Skill, Throw!

    <h4>Chapter 345: Rare Skill, Throw!</h4>

    Under the effects of Raging Charge, Feng Luo, who was wearing the Thunder equipment set (obtained through an auction), was moving much faster than an average Light Armor Warrior.

    Just as the white light of death disappeared from the Scout, Feng Luo was only a few steps away from the Fire Maniptor.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor, who had been pretty much invisible throughout, couldn¡¯t help but panic. A condensed fireball quickly appeared on his energy converter¡¯suncher, and without wasting any moment, the Fire Maniptor fired it off at Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The fireball made from highly condensed energy was almost white. Before the fireball got close to him, the air ahead of Feng Luo had already be incredibly hot!

    But since even a submachine gun aimed at Feng Luo couldn¡¯t hit him, how would a condensed fireball that traveled slower than bullets reach him?

    ¡°Hmph!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s gaze was fixed on the color of the Fire Maniptor¡¯s energy converter. Before the Fire Maniptor fired the fireball, Feng Luo had already stepped sideways!

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The bright white condensed fireball flew past Feng Luo¡¯s face, but Feng Luo¡¯s eyes under his alloy helmet did not blink even once! Raging Charge made him extremely fast, with his full-strength step taking him over two meters away; even a condensed fireball with a certain direction-change ability would not be able to scratch the corner of his shirt.

    As Feng Luo had closed in less than two meters from the Fire Maniptor, Ghost Weep seemed as if it was already seeking blood.

    However...

    ¡°Vroosh!¡±

    Although the fireball missed, the Fire Maniptor managed to summon a translucent energy shield covered in moving me at thest moment!

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    As the energy shield covered him, the sweaty Fire Maniptor let out a breath of relief.

    He continued to retreat quickly while the energy converter in his hands lit up again. He wanted to coordinate with the enraged Heavy Armor Warrior, who had just turned around to initiate a pincer attack on Feng Luo.

    There was no doubt that he had the right idea. Unfortunately for him, he did not notice Feng Luo¡¯s cold smirk under the bright illumination from the me shield.

    ¡°Tap!¡±

    With onest step, Feng Luo had finally stepped in front of the Fire Maniptor. Ghost Weep in his right hand, synergizing his attack with the forward momentum brought from the charge, Feng Luo shed at the Fire Maniptor¡¯s shield!

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    A crack instantly appeared on the me energy shield where the de had touched. The energy shield received a powerful and destructive single attack and showed signs that it would directly crumble.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    ¡°Crazy!¡±

    The other yers who were watching the fight became pale.

    From the look of the shield, the Fire Maniptor¡¯s energy shield skill had already reached the Expert Level, so that meant that the Expert Level energy shield had failed to block a military knife attack from a Light Armor Warrior.

    Just what kind of attack power was it?

    Theoretically speaking, though the Fire Maniptor¡¯s shield had a lower defense stat since it was an Expert Level shield, it should not have failed to block a single attack from a Light Armor Warrior. However, Feng Luo was equipped with a Legendary Grade weapon; moreover, it was a Legendary weapon that had a destruction coefficient of B-grade.

    Maniptors¡¯ energy shields also had defense coefficients, though they were not based on the same form as warriors¡¯ armor. With Ghost Weep¡¯s destructive power, it would have an absolute advantage over any other type of equipment at the current stage, unless it was also a Legendary grade gear ¡ª not to mention, a Light Armor Warrior¡¯s attack was also affected by the movement speed of the character when swinging the weapon, in addition to the person¡¯s stats bonuses. As Feng Luo was under the effects of Raging Charge, he had increased his charging speed to the maximum, so his strike with the military knife would obtain a bonus of at least 30%.

    Finally, there was also an equipment advantage. Feng Luo used to face yers with better gear back in the day; however, this time, Feng Luopletely crushed his opponent when it came to equipment grades.

    That was why, considering all three factors, Feng Luo¡¯s sh had such a devastating effect!

    Although Ghost Weep¡¯s Charging Strike ended at the same time as the energy shield, would Feng Luo need a long time to make another swing with his knife?

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    As the shield cracked, the Fire Maniptor who had just rxed suddenly became pale. Naturally, he understood very clearly what it meant when a shieldless Maniptor faced a Light Armor Warrior in closebat.

    ¡°Resistance Ring of Fire!¡±

    Panicked, the light on the Fire Maniptor¡¯s energy converter quickly disappeared, and the huge amount of fire energy transformed into a bright red ring of fire that spread outwards with his body at the center.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A rolling me of around two meters spread outwards with great force, pushing away everything in its way.

    Naturally, Feng Luo, who had already raised Ghost Weep, could not avoid the attack as it would make him lose his distance advantage!

    ¡°Good thing my Resistance Ring of Fire is also at the Expert level, and I can cast it instantly. Otherwise, that would have been dangerous!¡± The Fire Maniptor looked relieved.

    As he raised his head to look at the retreating Feng Luo and the Heavy Armor Warrior charging at Feng Luo from behind with his shield raised, he could not help but feel proud that he had trained his skill familiarity in advance!

    Though in that short period of around two seconds, he missed his fireball attack and had his shield broken, he ultimately persevered long enough for his teammate to catch up to him.

    Heavy Armor Warriors had multiple single enemy control skills, and as long as his teammate could use one to restrict the enemy¡¯s movements, he would be able to cast his fire skills to instantly destroy the enemy!

    ¡°But why does it look like he¡¯s...¡±

    However, just as the Fire Maniptor looked up, when his gaze locked with the retreating Feng Luo¡¯s incredibly cold and mocking re, he felt that something was wrong!

    Outside the ring of fire, Feng Luo suddenly let go of Ghost Weep as he was constantly being pushed back and the dark red military knife quickly flew towards the Fire Maniptor!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor didn¡¯t have time to react. His vision turned ck, and as he opened his eyes, he found out that he was in the game capsule!

    Ghost Weep struck the Fire Maniptor¡¯s throat. The 30-centimeter reverse curved de prated halfway through his throat, and the dark red de emanated a vague and devilish ck aura.

    ¡°-4207!¡±

    A fatal attack!

    The Fire Maniptor had decent equipment, and his HP actually exceeded 4,200 ¡ª even higher than the Scout yer!

    However, even his rtively high HP could not prevent him from turning into a sh of white light due to Feng Luo¡¯s unexpected knife throw.

    Naturally, this hit was not a simple knife throw; it was also considered a skill!

    [Throw] Level 15 rare general skill!

    ¡°Throws an object in the hand and deals bonus damage based on basic attack (Final damage depends on the item thrown as well as the process of the throw).¡±

    ¡°Cooldown: 10 seconds. Basic consumption: 5% stamina, 100 MP¡±

    Since Feng Luo chose the Light Armor Warrior as his second profession and he became a tycoon who no longercked money, Feng Luo was incredibly picky with his skills. In truth, all the skills he learned for his second profession were rare skills. Moreover, almost all of them were skills that were very different from normal Light Armor Warriors¡¯ skills.

    Normal Light Armor Warriors would never learn a skill that would require them to throw away their weapons, especially when the Level 15 Light Armor Warrior Skill ¡ª Heavy sh ¡ª was considered a rather powerful basic skill and to many warrior yers, was also a Godly skill that could not be reced.

    Only someone like Feng Luo, who was originally a Sniper as well as a Special Agent with a different battle outlook and understanding from normal warrior yers, would learn these special skills.

    However, one thing worth noting is that the skill chip for Throw was something Feng Luo obtained when he was ying with the slot machine after hepleted his Level 50 leveling mission, which was why he said that he was lucky back then.

    It was indeed true that he was lucky. It was his first time using it on a yer, and he had already seeded in iming a life.

 Chapter 346 - Hound 1007 Reappears

    <h4>Chapter 346: Hound 1007 Reappears</h4>

    Although Feng Luo had killed the Fire Maniptor, Feng Luo had entered a crisis.

    It was because the Heavy Armor Warrior had charged to his side, and as he stared furiously at Feng Luo, he raised the giant alloy shield in his hands and mmed it downwards at Feng Luo!

    Shield Bash!

    It was the basic Level 15 skill of Heavy Armor Warriors, but at the same time, it was also a Godly skill for most of the yers. Once it hit the head, there was a high probability of inflicting a stunned effect.

    ¡°The Light Armor Warrior is in trouble!¡±

    ¡°Unless it¡¯s a main attribute of the individual or a Heavy Armor Warrior who had cast Immovable Mountain, there is no way any profession can remain steady after getting hit by the pushing power of the Resistance Ring of Fire!¡±

    ¡°Look at his attack! It¡¯s clear that he¡¯s equipped with pure attack and speed type equipment, so his HP can¡¯t be high. If he gets stunned by the Heavy Armor Warrior and the Heavy Armor Warrior continues to use a series of control skills, even if he survives, he¡¯ll be in big trouble!¡±

    The number of people surrounding the ce had increased, and all of them seemed to be there to check out themotion. After all, due to the traffic congestion outside Silvermoon City at the moment, it wasn¡¯t so bad to have a PK match to view.

    Of course, there was also nock of yers staring at the Devilish dark red Ghost Weep stuck in the throat of the Fire Maniptor.

    The only thing was that they had not yet moved; yers did not lose possession of their items immediately after they lost hold of them. Moreover, Feng Luo¡¯s action of taking out two yers just two to three seconds ago gravely frightened the yers.

    However, it was just as the yers in the audience said.

    Having been pushed backward by the force of the Resistance Ring of Fire, even if Feng Luo was still under the effects of Raging Charge, it was impossible for him to control his body, so he could not avoid the Shield Bash of the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    But...

    Since he could not dodge it, instead he would take it head-on!

    Even if a Heavy Armor Warrior were to increase the familiarity level of his Shield Bash skill to the Expert Level, the damage generally wouldn¡¯t exceed 2,000. Would that be too much trouble for Feng Luo, who was fully equipped with Rare Grade items with a high damage reduction percentage?

    As for the stun effect, since Shield Bash had an effect, the other skills had effects, too.

    Feng Luo looked very calm and no signs of panic could be seen from his face. As the alloy shield was just inches away from hitting Feng Luo, a popup message saying Guidance Sessful appeared in front of him.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Therge alloy shield of the Heavy Armor Warrior hit Feng Luo¡¯s Thunder Armor on his back, and the front of the shield smashed the back of Feng Luo¡¯s head!

    ¡°-1076!¡±

    As Feng Luo predicted, even if the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s Shield Bash was at the Expert Level, the damage inflicted on him could never exceed 2,000, and right now, with the high defense of the Thunder equipment set, the damage only managed to exceed 1,000.

    Although Feng Luo wasn¡¯t a real Light Armor Warrior, due to his Evolution talent and his Level 50 Rare Grade full set equipment, his current HP was actually higher than most Light Armor Warriors. A damage coefficient of over 1,000 was just around one-ninth of his total HP.

    More importantly, even though he was hit by Shield Bash, Feng Luo did not show the panic normally shown after getting stunned; instead, he used the momentum generated by the hit and rolled forward as the Resistance Ring of Fire had disappeared.

    After he stood up, Feng Luo had already retrieved Ghost Weep from the throat of the Fire Maniptor.

    ¡°The shield hit urately and hard ¡ª why is this guy not stunned? That¡¯s way too lucky!¡±

    The surrounding yers watching the battle initially thought that Feng Luo would be controlled by the Heavy Armor Warrior; however, unlike their expectation, Feng Luo stood up after the bash. His expression was still extremely calm. He held the military knife and red at the Heavy Armor Warrior who was two meters away from him. There was no stun effect!

    As such, some of the people watching the fight looked surprised while others seemed disappointed.

    A Water Maniptor who had secretly taken out his energy converter even said, ¡°That¡¯s not luck; he used a skill!¡±

    However, just beside the Water Maniptor, a Scout yer with a sharp gaze wearing abat uniform shook his head and said, ¡°Before he was struck by Shield Bash, he had already finished using a skill that increased his resistance to stun, blind, freeze, and slow, as well as immunity to bonus damage from most skills!¡±

    Compared to the beautiful and magnificent-looking skills of Maniptors, the skills of Gunners and Warriors in War were ¡°simpler.¡± Most skills wouldn¡¯t even appear and only top-notch experts would be able toe to the conclusion that someone was using a skill by observing the fine details.

    As for the skill that Feng Luo just used, it was a skill that relied on the Human Biochip to temporarily increase his physical traits, which was why his outer appearance did not seem any different. The Scout yer recognized it at once and from his tone, he seemed to know the effects of Feng Luo¡¯s skill.

    Clearly, a yer like this was not your average Joe.

    If Feng Luo were to pay attention to the Scout at that moment, he would find out that it was another acquaintance: Hound1007.

    Before Feng Luo headed to the Special Agent Examination Mission, Hound1007 specifically went to Feng Luo once. He was the Hound Organization member who went to Feng Luo and wanted Feng Luo to take Hound Organization¡¯s spot in the hidden profession change mission!

    ¡°An expert would never leave a battle to something like luck. It¡¯s highly likely that before he chose to kill that Fire Maniptor, he had already predicted and prepared for such a scenario.¡± Hound1007 spoke sternly as he stared at the expressionless Feng Luo, who was holding Ghost Weep and was already just two meters away from the Heavy Armor Warrior. Clearly, his words were also an objection to the Water Maniptor¡¯s im that it was down to luck.

    However, the Water Maniptor did not detect Hound1007¡¯s attempt to mock him, as after he heard about the effects of the skill, he looked stunned and scared as he eximed, ¡°F*ck! Immunity to bonus damage and increased resistance, including freeze and slow? Is this something to counter maniptors¡¯ control skills?¡± The energy flowing in his energy converter also started to slow down.

    ¡°Why haven¡¯t I heard of a skill like this for Light Armor Warriors before?¡± asked the Water Maniptor, not fully convinced.

    ¡°War has more than 100,000 Rare Skills at the moment. Do you think you¡¯ll know all of them?¡± Hound1007 answered in contempt. His eyes were only focused on the battle between Feng Luo and the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    After answering the Water Maniptor, Hound1007 no longer paid any attention to him. He waspletely focused on Spectating the battle.

    At that exact moment, at the end of the traffic congestion beside the shadows of the trees, Feng Luo and the Heavy Armor Warrior had shed together!

 Chapter 347 - Rare Skill, Battle Will!

    <h4>Chapter 347: Rare Skill, Battle Will!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    On the battlefield, Feng Luo¡¯s military knife shed against the raised shield of the Heavy Armor Warrior. Just as Hound1007 said, Feng Luo¡¯s body was under the effects of a skill.

    [Battle Will]. Level 40 Light Armor Warrior Rare Skill!

    Substantially increases the body¡¯s resistance tomon negative effects and provides immunity from the bonus damage of certain skills. After the skill¡¯s duration pses, some unique damage effects received when the skill was in effect will double (Familiarity: Intermediate 52%)!

    Active skill. Requires two seconds of guidance, consumes 50 MP. Cooldown depends on the total activated time!

    [Warning: If activated for a prolonged period of time, after the skill is deactivated, the user will enter a severe negative state.]

    From the system¡¯s introduction, the Rare Skill called Battle Will could only be described as powerful. If one were to disregard the side effects, one could even call it a Godly skill.

    Although the total guidance time required was two seconds, when Feng Luo began charging at the Scout, he had already activated the skill and before the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s Shield Bash hit him, the skill had already finished activating. Due to this, he instantly resisted the stun effect of the Shield Bash.

    Since he already knew that there was a Fire Maniptor and a Heavy Armor Warrior among his enemies, with Feng Luo¡¯s judgment and his PK experience, how would he not consider the two control skills, Resistance Ring of Fire and Shield Bash, and think of a way to counter them? Feng Luo¡¯s calction and preparation for the battle were actually moreprehensive and detailed than what Hound1007 thought.

    From the time he evaded the red-haired yer¡¯s submachine gunshots, sidestepped away after the Heavy Armor Warrior blocked his path, and made the enemy¡¯s first set of control skills miss to the time when the Fire Maniptor cast the Resistance Ring of Fire that pushed him back before getting hit by the thrown Ghost Weep, all of the actions and reactions of the three enemies were within Feng Luo¡¯s expectations. As such, even though there seemed to be a lot of idents in the fight, they were all the same to Feng Luo, which was apparent from his unchanging gaze.

    All of this had to be attributed to Feng Luo¡¯s increasingly active mind. Even as he moved at a high-speed, he could still react and respond to situations perfectly.

    ¡°Chang!¡±

    Ghost Weep moved quickly, leaving ck afterimages in its wake before mming heavily on the alloy shield swung by the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The shield produced from high-quality alloy metals was actually cut in the corner and the 30-centimeter dark red Ghost Weep sliced through the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s neck. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the alloy shield was of high quality and the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s defense was well-rounded, the Heavy Armor Warrior himself might have already been sliced open.

    ¡°How is that possible?¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior who was almost cut by Feng Luo looked stunned. One could even see some sort of panic forming in his eyes ¡ª first because the destructive power of the Legendary Grade weapon of the enemy was so frightening that it could slice off a chunk of his shield and second because his control skill had failed!

    When he shed with Feng Luo, he cast his Level 35 Heavy Armor Warrior Skill, m. The skill had an effect called Bone Crush, which reduced the target¡¯s movement speed. As a veteran PK yer, he knew its effect on an opponent who moved at insane speed during battles.

    However, what he did not expect was that the Light Armor Warrior actually did not slow down even a little bit even though the skill was a direct hit.

    ¡°Just what is this? A rare skill? Ignoring control skills? Damn it! Wouldn¡¯t that make pure attacking Light Armor Warriors invincible?¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s heart sank. He quickly moved the shield in his hands to temporarily switch from offense to defense. One could not deny the fact that the rare skill, Battle Will, was incredibly powerful; however, it was far from being called invincible.

    Firstly, the skill did not negate all skills¡¯ bonus effects. For example, with thebined impact of Shield Bash as well as Resistance Ring of Fire, the caster would still be able to certain control skills.

    Secondly, though the skill did not specify a skill length, it was actually quite simr to the skill Feng Luo exchanged at the Special Agent warehouse, Pseudo Environment. If it became activated for too long, the user would suffer severe negative ailments.

    So, what exactly were severe negative ailments?

    Feng Luo tried it once and found that after reaching a certain period of time, his HP, MP, and stamina, would all decrease quickly. Even his vision, hearing, and other perceptions would deteriorate. In addition, he would feel incredibly fatigued and have extreme muscle pain. And if he were to keep the skill activated for a longer period of time, his condition would be very simr to the Heavy Injury status, and he might even simply drop to the ground.

    Based on the system¡¯s exnation, the skill was actually a temporary overdrive of the body using the biochip. By stimting the human body¡¯s nerves, muscles, lotor, and other systems, the biochip would achieve an effect much like humans injecting themselves with adrenaline. As such, the user would be extremely powerful when the skill was activated, but the moment the skill deactivated, it would be time to pay the debts!

    It was a good thing Feng Luo had strong endurance and he did not reach a stage where he couldn¡¯t bear it. That was why he chose to learn this skill and gave up the Hurricane sh as well as other ultimate Light Armor Warrior Level 40 skills. However, since Feng Luo had already activated the skill, he had to finish the battle as soon as possible.

    ¡°Ka-chang!¡±

    With the effects of Raging Charge, Feng Luo took two steps and avoided the alloy shield. Then, with his right hand holding Ghost Weep in a reverse grip, he shed the gap in the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s armor on his waist.

    ¡°-2455!¡±

    Sparks flew as metals nged together. Half of Ghost Weep¡¯s de entered the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s alloy armor, and a number of over 2,000 appeared above the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s head.

    To receive almost 2,500 damage in one hit? The Heavy Armor Warrior looked shellshocked! However, what made him shiver was that after Feng Luo pulled Ghost Weep out from his armor, he did not back off as one would normally expect. Instead, he used his left leg to pivot; then, using the momentum from the spin, he kicked the Heavy Armor Warrior in the waist with his right leg, exactly where Ghost Weep had just been a few tenths of a second before!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Therge body of the Heavy Armor Warrior was actually pushed one whole step back from Feng Luo¡¯s roundhouse kick! He looked to be suffering from excruciating pain!

    ¡°-1124!¡±

    At the same time, a yellow weakness damage appeared on top of his head. Although the damage wasn¡¯t too high, one should remember it was only a kick. To reach damage as high as that, apart from Feng Luo¡¯s talent bonus, there were definitely other skill bonuses involved!

    ¡°Enhanced Martial Arts, huh? Another rare skill. This is definitely unexpected!¡± said Hound1007 with surprise on his face.

    ¡°Battle Will, Enhanced Martial Arts, Raging Charge... uses a military knife as his weapon...¡±

    ¡°Taking all these together... The finalbat style doesn¡¯t really look like a Light Armor Warrior. Why do I feel that it¡¯s more like a Scout?¡±

 Chapter 348 - Rare Skill: Enhanced Martial Arts!

    <h4>Chapter 348: Rare Skill: Enhanced Martial Arts!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    [Martial Arts] ¨C Normal Scout Level 20 Skill!

    Of course, it was also the only skill avable.

    Apart from Martial Arts, the other Level 20 skills of Scouts were Firepower, Enhanced Continuous Shot, and others. However, most Scouts would only choose the Martial Arts skill because it had decent effects.

    After learning the skill, the user would obtain certain bonus damage when attacking any body part in meleebat.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s skill was not the normal Martial Arts that only Scouts could learn, but a Level 30 general skill for all professions, the Enhanced Martial Arts skill! Compared to the normal Level 20 Martial Arts, the Enhanced Martial Arts did not really increase damage by a lot; however, it had a really useful effect, which was that it provided effect bonuses for any effects inflicted in meleebat!

    For example, the kick on the Heavy Armor Warrior after the sh would inflict ¡°impact¡± and ¡°pain¡± to the target, and due to the effect of Enhanced Martial Arts, the effect had been enhanced!

    Level 40 Battle Will, Level 30 Enhanced Martial Arts, Level 35 Raging Charge, Level 15 Throw...

    One could not deny Hound1007¡¯s foresight ¡ª it was just as he evaluated. Feng Luo did not set his second profession as a normal Light Armor Warrior; instead, hisbat style was much closer to that of a Scout, returning to a Gunner, whether it was in the game or from his past real-life experience.

    Feng Luo knew that he would never be able to adapt to the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s sword-wieldingbat style where he would have to continue spamming blood tonics and skills one after another to get rid of his opponents.

    Instead, he was used to nning before initiating an operation. Every time he initiated an attack, he would be aiming for a one-hit kill, or at the very least, achieving a certain battle objective! As such, though the Light Armor Warrior professionplemented the Sniper profession to a certain degree and it also had the amazing Charge skill, it was not aspatible as the Scout profession.

    Therefore, when Feng Luo was selecting his second profession, choosing between the Light Armor Warrior or Scout, he was certainly quite hesitant. It was not until he was reminded of one person did he finally decide to choose the Light Armor Warrior as his second profession.

    Although Light Armor Warriors generally used alloy longswords and relied on their skillbos to fight, one could not deny the fact that there were also yers who developedbat styles thatpletely deviated from the general gamey method.

    For example, the Light Armor Warrior, Neutron Star, from Red Queen¡¯s group used a two-handed longsword and a shortsword to fight. His talent provided bonus damage to basic attacks, so he used more parries and counters inbat, which was quite different from normal Light Armor Warriors. Despite a reliance on basic attacks, hisbat strength was definitely not any weaker than top-ss Light Armor Warriors.

    So, since Neutron Star could give up themon Light Armor Warrior skills based on his talent and develop his ownbat style, why couldn¡¯t Feng Luo do the same thing?

    War had more than 100,000 rare skills, and new skills continued to pop up every day. As long as he researched carefully and was meticulous, Feng Luo was certain that he would be able to create a Light Armor Warrior with a Scout¡¯sbat style.

    The only issue was that these rare skills were not cheap. A rtivelymon rare skill was priced above 100,000 credits, and the best among the best rare skills cost more than a million. Normal yers could hardly afford one rare skill chip.

    However, to Feng Luo, who had seeded in transforming himself into a Tycoon, money was no longer a problem.

    That was why Feng Luo¡¯s second profession, the Light Armor Warrior, had a fighting style that was almost identical to a Scout. Of course,pared to a normal Scout, his Light Armor Warrior version Scout had several advantages.

    He had more HP, higher defense, and after casting Raging Charge, he had frightening speed. All of these advantages were enough to provide him with survival and melee hunting abilities far greater than a normal Scout, especially in group battles.

    ¡°Ka-chang! -2077!¡±

    ¡°Pa! -1856!¡±

    ¡°Boom! -1022!¡±

    Feng Luo, who had activated both Raging Charge and Battle Will on the battlefield, disyed battle prowess and strength that made him seem unstoppable. Paired with Enhanced Martial Arts, the military knife in his hands and his powerful physical form, Feng Luo had turned all the tools at his disposal into viable weapons!

    Ghost Weep¡¯s destruction coefficient of B grade also turned the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s armor and shield obsolete. Under Feng Luo¡¯s barrage of attacks, the Heavy Armor Warrior could do nothing but defend.

    However, in about six seconds, he only had one-third of his HP left! This was surprising, considering he was a Heavy Armor Warrior equipped with gears and items of at least Excellent Grade, a Rare Grade alloy shield, and activated defensive skills!

    Unless it was an explosive Machine Gunner, it was practically impossible to deal such burst damage in such a short amount of time. Even the number one damage output profession, the Fire Maniptor, would find such a feat impossible.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± However, on the battlefield, the Heavy Armor Warrior seemed to have finally be fed up with just being on the receiving end. As Feng Luo closed in with Ghost Weep after retreating to avoid his skills, the Heavy Armor Warrior shouted in anger.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    His speed suddenly doubled as he swung his shield, and apanied by a gust of strong wind, he mmed towards Feng Luo¡¯s body.

    ¡°Shield Bash!¡± The Expert Level basic skill had a short skill cooldown and could already be used again!

    However, though he looked angry, the Heavy Armor Warrior was actually calcting. As he initiated the attack, his body seemed to have moved backward, suggesting that he was retreating towards the crowd.

    Although they plotted to gain Feng Luo¡¯s Ghost Weep, his two teammates were killed in a few seconds while his HP was reduced to one-third of the total without even touching their target. The Heavy Armor Warrior was more than certain that he would never be able to defeat Feng Luo.

    ¡°But just because I can¡¯t win doesn¡¯t mean I can¡¯t run!¡±

    ¡°Anyone would know that a military knife that can punch a hole in a Rare grade alloy armor is a Legendary weapon. I¡¯m sure I¡¯m not the only one who¡¯s thinking about this!

    Even if they did not think of it, as long as I shout it out, I¡¯m sure more than one will participate and try to surround and attack him. If this guy really still wants to give chase, worstes to worst, I¡¯ll take him out with me! the Heavy Armor Warrior thought.

    He did not know that all his subtle movements had already been captured and seen by Feng Luo. Feng Luo became expressionless while his body continued to move. His cold gaze quickly scanned around the surrounding yers.

    Clearly, many people had a glint in their eyes. There were even Maniptors whose energy converters had the light of condensed energy glowing. The only thing was, no one made a move; clearly, they were waiting for the right moment.

    ¡°Right moment... Hmph!¡± Feng Luo sneered. He first red fiercely at the Heavy Armor Warrior, then, with Raging Charge still activated, he tackled the Heavy Armor Warrior and made a move that caught everyone by surprise!

 Chapter 349 - Oddities of Hound

    <h4>Chapter 349: Oddities of Hound</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Faced with the iing alloy shield, Feng Luo retracted Ghost Weep suddenly and quickly put his arms in front of him, making a sort of blocking stance with his Thunder equipment as bracers.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The alloy shield mmed Feng Luo¡¯s arm. The powerful impact of Shield Bash pushed Feng Luo back a few steps, almost tossing him into the air.

    ...

    ¡°Everyone, hurry up! The military knife he¡¯s wielding is definitely Legendary... What is he¡ª?¡±

    Seeing Feng Luo¡¯s unforgiving gaze and ice-cold face, the Heavy Armor Warrior felt a chill down his spine and stopped in mid-sentence ¡ª he only managed to shout out half of what he wanted to say!

    It was actually Feng Luo, who had an absolute advantage, who suddenly made an error. As he was moving too fast, it seemed as if he failed to stop and as a result, failed to dodge the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s frontal assault.

    Although Feng Luo managed to put up his hands to guard to reduce the damage before getting hit, a number of over a thousand still appeared above his head while his body was mmed backward!

    It was actually not rare to see a situation where yers failed to stop in their footsteps. After warriors activated the skill Charge, their maximum speed would increase several folds. In situations like these, if the brain failed to react in time, it was incredibly difficult to control one¡¯s movements; some newbie warriors would even be caught in awkward situations such as crashing into trees after casting Charge.

    As for Feng Luo¡¯s Raging Charge, his movement speed was a lot faster than the speed of Warriors using Charge. Some of the warrior yers tried putting themselves in Feng Luo¡¯s shoes and found that at that speed, they would probably feel dizzy and it would be impossible for them to fight without making any mistakes. That was why, when they were watching the battle, they felt both shocked and jealous. After all, they could see a huge advantage in fighting at that high speed. The Heavy Armor Warrior did not even manage to touch Feng Luo.

    However, not everyone¡¯s brain could keep up with such speed, at the very least, most of the warriors did not believe they could do it.

    ¡°Damn! He finally made a mistake!¡±

    ¡°He focused on adding agility and had been using Raging Charge all this time. I knew he wouldn¡¯t be able to keep it up without mming into a wall!¡±

    As such, upon seeing Feng Luo finally make a mistake and get hit by the shield, a few of the warriors actually breathed a sigh of relief, and from the tone of their voice, they were enjoying the fact that Feng Luo had slipped up, probably because as they saw someone so much stronger than them, they were seeking some sort of bnce.

    ¡°No, that¡¯s not a mistake!¡±

    ¡°When he made that defensive stance, he already kept his military knife. If he¡¯s able to do that, how could he have failed to control his body?¡± Only Hound1007 rejected the notion that Feng Luo had made a mistake without any hesitation.

    One had to admit that Hound1007 was quite amazing as he guessed right again.

    Certainly, Feng Luo did not make a mistake; it was an intentional action.

    A normal Light Armor Warrior would certainly fail to keep up with the high speed after Charge was used. However, Feng Luo¡¯s brain had already ¡°mutated,¡± and it was a lot more active than your average Joe. Not to mention Raging Charge ¡ª even if his speed were to double, he would only need some time to adapt before he mastered it! That was why his action of getting hit by the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s shield after failing to react was intentional!

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    At that moment, as Feng Luo was pushed back by the strong impact from the shield bash, his cold and ring gaze had a sense of mockery in it.

    After that, in the next moment, his body spun quickly. His speed after Raging Charge was incredible, and before the yers who had any ideas could react, Feng Luo had already entered the dense forest.

    ¡°He... ran away?¡±

    The people watching the fight were stunned! Some of them reacted after a while. Then, their expressions turned ugly. Those who were prepared to attack or cast their skills suddenly looked ridiculous.

    They were waiting for the right moment, and now, ignoring the fact that the moment had not yete, their target was gone!

    The Heavy Armor Warrior with one-third of his HP also stopped himself mid-sentence because of this. Initially, he had already decided to announce the fact that Feng Luo held a Legendary grade item so that even if he had to die, he would take Feng Luo with him. But unexpectedly, Feng Luo, who had been suppressing him all the while and had even disyed a vicious smile, actually ran away in the next moment!

    The forest was very dense. Although the sun still illuminated the forest, it was quite dark inside. After Feng Luo entered the forest, no one would be able to catch him, even if they wanted to, due to his incredible speed.

    So, at that moment, only the tattered and battered Heavy Armor Warrior with less than one-third of his HP left was left standing on the battlefield with his scarred shield and damaged armor.

    ¡°Well, at least I¡¯m alive and didn¡¯t lose a level. Otherwise, with my Illegal points, I might drop an item or two!¡±

    Although he didn¡¯t know if the Light Armor Warrior left because he had detected danger or not, the Heavy Armor Warrior still felt relieved. At the very least, he managed to maintain his experience. Since his little group constantly used the red-haired yer¡¯s scouting talent to kill others, they had high Criminal Points. So, if he died, he might really drop a couple of items!

    ¡°Hold on... Dropped equipment, damn it...¡±

    At that moment, the Heavy Armor Warrior suddenly realized a problem and his face sunk.

    After Feng Luo left, he himself had be a target. Everyone¡¯s attention was now focused on him!

    No, to be exact, they were focused on the areas surrounding his teammates¡¯ corpses, the areas where the dropped items were gathered.

    Since the Heavy Armor Warrior and his two friends had high Illegal Points and Criminal Points, it might have been fine if they had been killed by someone else, but now that they were killed by Feng Luo, they should have really considered themselves unlucky!

    One should not forget that Feng Luo was equipped with the Town of Exile Badge of Honor, which had the unique attribute of increasing the drop rate of people with high Illegal and Criminal Points!

    As such, after the Scout and the Fire Maniptor died, a lot of items dropped on the ground. These included potions, energy crystals, special potions... and there were also a few pieces of equipment. And for a PK fight in the wild like this, the dropped items belonged to no one, so anyone could essentially go and pick them up.

    Although Excellent Grade items were no longer attractive to Feng Luo now, for the other yers who only had Fine Grade or below weapons, Excellent Grade equipment was incredibly tempting!

    Previously, because Feng Luo and the Heavy Armor Warrior were still PKing, the surrounding yers were all wary of each other and did not move.

    However, right now, the owner of all the equipment had died, and the other person who owned all the dropped spoils had left. The battlefield only had one low HP Heavy Armor Warrior who was an associate of the ex-owners of these items.

    More importantly, the Heavy Armor Warrior also had rtively high Illegal and Criminal Points, and if they killed him, it wouldn¡¯t even increase their Criminal Points. Plus, the yers who initially had some ideas but were caught off guard by Feng Luo¡¯s departure were feeling quite annoyed and irritated as their prepared skills and attacks could not be released.

    So, what would happen in a situation like this?

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°Pa, pa...¡±

    In a split second, at least seven to eight yers moved. A bunch of skills and attacks flew towards the Heavy Armor Warrior!

    ¡°Damn it!¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s face sunk. He picked up his shield and turned around. Then, he aimed his shield at the attacksing towards him. In the battle with Feng Luo, he had used up all his skills, so was it possible for him to block all these attacks with less than one-third of his HP and his tattered shield?

    ¡°-556!¡±

    ¡°-1045!¡±

    ¡°-223, -234, -244!¡±

    Though his shield blocked the attacks, as the skills and attacks hit, the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s HP dropped drastically, and in an instant, he was left with less than 1,500 HP!

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    ¡°-1077!¡±

    However, what puzzled him was that after he turned around to block these skills with his shield, a sound like popping a champagne bottle came from the empty forest behind him. After that, he felt a strong impact on the spot on his back that was previously stabbed by the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s military knife. Suddenly, everything turned ck!

    The Heavy Armor Warrior dropped on the ground with a puzzled expression as the white light of death shed.

    After that, just like hispanions, he dropped a bunch of items and gears, and as his Criminal Points were even higher, he dropped even more valuables. However, since the alloy shield was ced in a position where the angle was blocked, and due to all the vibrant colors from various skills, no one was sure who got the final hit to kill the Heavy Armor Warrior. Of course, no one really cared.

    Three yers with decent gears had dropped so much loot, and this, in turn, ignited a second round of battle!

    ¡°Not bad! This guy has incredible potential!¡±

    Although his line of sight was also blocked by the alloy shield and he did not manage to see the details of the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s death, Hound1007, who had decided to quickly leave the battlefield and was already a distance away, looked very satisfied.

    After that, he turned on his personal terminal and entered some information.

    ¡°ID: ? Name: ? Level: 50. Profession: Light Armor Warrior...¡±

    ¡°Rare Skills Possessed: Battle Will, Enhanced Martial Arts... Weapon: A dark red military knife suspected of being at the Legendary Grade...¡±

    ¡°Assessed Power: A+? Suggest being added to the Three-tier Observation List. Apply authorization for in-game tracking!¡±

    However, from the content recorded by the Hound member, it seemed like it wasn¡¯t merely simple intelligence on expert yers. It looked as if they had other objectives...

 Chapter 350 - Electromagnetic Machine Gun Operation Chip

    Chapter 350: Electromaic Machine Gun Operation Chip

    Western Silvermoon City.

    As a city on the border, besides typical defense infrastructure, at all the empty spaces there were also silver metallic walls built that were normally hidden underground and could be raised to a height of close to 10 meters in emergency situations. On top of these metallic walls, there were alsoser-firing devices at one-meter intervals, which were driven together by the city¡¯s defense system and single Energy Crystals.

    During times of war, theseser-firing devices would immediately be engaged to form a deadlyser with a range of a few meters above the Energy wall, preventing allnd organisms from entering the city.

    Silvermoon City had met many attempts at infiltration by the rebellion ¡ª this line of defense had been sessfully blocking the most threatening monster army of the rebellion¡¯snd troops. But clearly, any defense facility would only be able to defend against enemies from the outside.

    When Silvermoon City¡¯s number one guild had infiltrated the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s rebellion camps at almost every corner of Silvermoon City, thisnd defense which was supposedly Silvermoon City¡¯s steadiest had already been broken from the inside. The Guards, with their leadership already breaking down from having the entire power supply of the defense system cut and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s attack, did not have enough manpower at all to engage theser-firing devices.

    Hence, all that was left on top of the wall was dead silence and darkness!

    No... at that moment, there were also chewing noises!

    At a corner on top of the metallic wall where it was wider than the rest of the structure, soft noises sounded from the defense tform on which a six-barreled electromaic machine gun was standing. A ¡°person¡± wearing the Guardsbat uniform was squatting beside the bloodied machine gun with his head lowered, feasting on something.

    At a closer look, on this dimly-lit defense tform, there was an extremely pale-faced, wide-eyed NPC Guard soldier simrly wearing the Guards uniform, left with only the upper section of his chest!

    ¡°Click!¡±

    Just when the male zombie was fully concentrating on its feasting, a soft noise sounded above his head all of a sudden. A small arrow-like silver object had clung onto the tripod of the six-barreled machine gun beside it, after which six little ws sprung out from the arrowhead, firmly sping the tripod.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    The male zombie raised its head with the side of its mouth dripping with reddish-ck blood, itspletely expressionless pair of eyes left with only the greyish-white sockets.

    Its deteriorated eyes did not see anything from where the noise had sounded, and so after a howl, it continued its meal.

    ¡°Pai!¡±

    Suddenly, as if guided by something from outside the metallic wall, a ck silhouettended straight on this metallic tform.

    ¡°Seems like the situation is more serious than I expected!¡±

    His legsnded steadily; still wearing his Thunder Armor, Feng Luo saw the situation and his forehead creased.

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    The male Guard zombie was alerted by the fresh organism and when it realized that it was food, it quickly stood up and with its mouth wide open and lunged at Feng Luo with a howl.

    ¡°If even this ce has already been taken up by the zombies, then I¡¯m afraid the yers in Silvermoon City now are already doomed! The situation is out of control!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes showed a little panic.

    With a reverse attack with Ghost Weep held in his right hand, the reddish-ck knife tip had pierced straight into the head of the Guard zombie which hade in front of him.

    ¡°-4055!¡±

    This zombie was a Level 42 Normal-Grade infected person ¡ª its skull could not withstand the damage from being pierced through by the icy-cold knife de of Ghost Weep.

    [¡°You have killed a Zombie (Level 42 ¡¤ Normal), Experience earned: 42. Biohazard crisis plot points earned: 1!¡±]

    ¡°If only I hadn¡¯t wasted so much time being jammed on the road...¡±

    With a twist of his wrist, Feng Luo pulled Ghost Weep out, after which reversed the hold in his right hand and reached out a finger to tap on the Agent Wristwatch on his left hand.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    With the use of the almost transparent traction line able to withstand 20T of pull, the silver Intelligent Small Traction Anchor coiled around the tripod of the six-barreled electromaic machine gun, was quickly unlocked, and kept back into the Agent Wristwatch in a second.

    A traction anchor and a traction line.

    These two Agent tools had been used before and supplied to all participants and yers of the Agent Investigation Mission; now having felt the practicality of these things, Feng Luo had spent points to exchange for a set after his profession transfer.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that the system is still really a bit of a scammer. At that time, there was no limit at all on the usage frequency; this set now can only be used 20 times in exchange for 200 points. And it¡¯s not only this but things like Strong Blinding Needles and Basic Disguise Potions that all require certain points to be able to use them¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the usage frequency of the traction equipment set which had once again reduced by one, shaking his head. Thereafter, he did not stay for long as he turned and walked off towards the edge of the tform, preparing to jump off.

    But at that moment, on this dimly-lit tform where there was no lighting facility, the Guard soldier¡¯s corpse which had already been bitten till only half of it was left suddenly opened its eyes, revealing bloodshot eyeballs!

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    It twisted its head, howling as it moved its two arms in a crawling motion on the tform, wanting to grab Feng Luo¡¯s legs just as he was about to leap off!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2550!¡±

    A bullet hit its head, and a yellow weak point damage coefficient emerged.

    The powerful enhanced force of this bullet created a trail of blood out of the zombie as it crashed into the wall at the side of the tform. It was not that Feng Luo could not use guns while having double professions and wearing light armor.

    Despite the fact that it was now Light Armored Warrior equipment he was d in, he only needed one second of time if he wanted to switch to his Sniper profession.

    Moreover, the attributes of the Thunder equipment set were simrly mainly of Agility; although there would no longer be the profession¡¯s specialized enhancement after switching and so HP and defense would be a little affected, the effect on attack power was not extremely high. Besides, with Tyrant¡¯s 700 attack power, even if there was no enhancement from other equipment, it would also be able to hit produce damage!

    However, after being hit by Tyrant¡¯srge-caliber bullet in the head, not only did this corpse not die, but its critical point was also not hit even with the bullet embedded into its skull ¡ª it was actually still howling and crawling towards Feng Luo.

    ¡°Not dead yet?¡±

    Feng Luo froze slightly, after which realized that this half section of an infected being had actually be a Level 45 Elite-type zombie!

    However, having been chewed into this state, even if it was a Commander version, it probably did not have muchbat power at all ¡ª it would just be a target.

    ¡°Ping, ping, ping...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s Tyrant consecutively fired three shots once more, thest shot absolutely blowing up its head. Just then, there was another situation which he had unexpected, making him pause in his footsteps when he was initially already about to leave.

    A white-shining Chip-like prize had actually dropped from the Elite Guard soldier zombie!

    ¡°Zombies can also produce Chips?¡±

    Feng Luo was a little curious ¡ª after all, at Roguetown, the infected zombies seemed to have only produced supplies, Crystals, and Enhancement Potions.

    [¡°YYC-023 six-barreled electromaic machine gun, Immediate Operation Chip!¡±

    Grade: None!

    Upon use: able to operate corresponding six-barreled electronic machine gun model for one minute!]

    ¡°The corresponding...¡±

    Feng Luo took one look at the six-barreled electronic machine gun at the side, after which he stored the Chip into his backpack and did not stay any longer. With a leap straight into the air from the tform, he jumped to the ground from a height of close to 10 meters.

    To him, now was not the time to probe into just what ¡°techniques¡± the system had arranged for yers against zombies in the plot mission this time, but the time to first look for Old John and his men!

 Chapter 351 - True Sniper Expert?

    <h4>Chapter 351: True Sniper Expert?</h4>

    In the middle of West Silvermoon City, there was a luxurious flower-shaped hotel building isted from other infrastructure. A group of yers was standing around, with some people rapidly applying Blood Tonics on themselves or fishing out bullets, Energy Crystals, and other supplies from their backpacks.

    There were even more people with their firearms or Energy converters raised, facing the dark, three-meter long hallway with transparent flooring, attacking three Elite yer-turned zombies.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-244, -234!¡±

    ¡°Bazoom...¡±

    ¡°-545!¡±

    Dense bullets and Energy skill attacks interweaved, forcing the three Elite zombies many steps back. However, other than their heads, these types of T-Virus infected zombies did not have critical points ¡ª the damage was greatly reduced once they were hit.

    Therefore, even though the three zombies had been consistently pushed back by the force of the yers¡¯ skills and bullets, there was one which had had its stomach busted and both its legs broken but still had its greyish lifeless eyes wide open as it roared and scrambled to crawl forward!

    ¡°F*ck, these brats are really resistant!¡±

    ¡°Sk, why did y¡¯all bring along these three NPCs? With a situation like this, who still cares about missions!¡±

    ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for the three of them dragging us down, we would¡¯ve definitely left the city by now. We wouldn¡¯t have to be stuck here.¡± A Scout yer, wearing a ck Level 47 special operationsbat uniform with a sci-fi style submachine gun raised in his hands, had finished firing all the bullets in his magazine and was quickly changing it as he scolded with dissatisfaction.

    He wore a dark red-colored guild badge on his chest ¡ª there were three other yers in this team wearing the same badge. All their equipment appeared decent.

    There was a total of 17 people on the tform now; 14 yers plus three NPCs.

    Besides the team with Sk the Sniper, Ultimate Heavy Armor the Heavy Armored Warrior, and the ¡°civilian¡± yer My World, there were four casual Elite yers led by this Scout.

    However, My World¡¯s team members were already left with only four people.

    Two Maniptors out of the initial three female yers had chosen to forcibly pull themselves offline due to being unable to take the biohazard crisis plot, leaving one pale-faced female Doctor who did not dare to look ahead as she helped everyone replenish their HP with one eye closed.

    As for the three NPCs, they were Old John and two NPC sales assistants from the ammunition store.

    ¡°I¡¯ve said it before! This is a protection mission, and I had promised someone to ensure their safety!¡±

    ¡°Moreover, this ce was originally very safe; if it weren¡¯t for your people wanting to get points from attacking that Commander-Grade Tyrant, the alloy door of the linkway wouldn¡¯t have been destroyed and we wouldn¡¯t be in this situation now!¡±

    ¡°Luckily, the Level of that Tyrant wasn¡¯t high, and it had left when its HP was almost depleted. If not, everyone would¡¯ve already been done for!¡± At the edge of the tform, Sk¡¯s expression was simrly dissatisfied as spoke.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-2255!¡±

    The Level 50 12.7MM-caliber quality Excellent sniper rifle with a length of more than 1.5 meters in his hands fired, blowing up the head of an Elite zombie already left with minimal HP.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Beside Sk, Watermelon Skin fired a Fine sniper rifle at the same time, but he had made a mistake again as the Normal armor-piercing bullet hit the chest of the zombie which had already been shot dead by Sk, resulting in a meaningless overkill!

    ¡°Ah, I¡¯m beaten...I really just can¡¯t figure out why there are still so many people in the game who would choose the Sniper profession when one doesn¡¯t make it in output and doesn¡¯t make it in team battle Contribution either!¡±

    ¡°Especially when they can¡¯t bear to spend money, peasant yers choose the Light Armored Warrior or the Maniptor so that they can at least rely on skills for output. Would a Sniper without a sniper rifle with an attack power of 600 and above be of use to the masses on the battlefield?¡± the Scout yer asked in an enigmatic tone after seeing Watermelon Skin¡¯s attack, sulky after being criticized by Sk.

    ¡°Who says a Sniper is useless? Was it because of your submachine gun that we broke that Tyrant¡¯s defenses?¡±

    Hearing those words, Watermelon Skin raised his head and shouted, looking unfazed.

    ¡°Ah, you broke a defense once, but how high are your outputs throughout the entire process of fighting the boss, huh? Not mentioning anything else, is the Team Contribution of you two Snipers added together as high as mine? Furthermore, with this Death¡¯s Star in my hands, would breaking the Tyrant¡¯s defense again really be very hard?¡±

    The Scout yer seemed extremely satisfied with Watermelon Skin sounding out to argue with him as a secret smile shed his eyes. He deliberately raised his volume as the Level 45 Rare submachine gun in his hands, opened fire once more!

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    A string of blue-glowing bullets rushed out of the muzzle of the Rare-Grade submachine gun and hit the two remaining roaring Elite zombies. The two almost dying Level 40 and above Elite-Grade zombies had bullets flying through their bodies, both losing their lives in the blink of an eye!

    These were Energy-type special bullets of at least D-Grade and above ¡ª this Scout yer clearly belonged to the group of Star Coin yers who were not really concerned about money.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you look down on Snipers! True top Snipers would be able to absolutely y you with output from the same equipment and with the same Team Contribution!¡± Watermelon Skin¡¯s face was a little grave as he rebutted defensively; when he said this, his expression was clearly a littlecking in confidence.

    After all, Snipers were indeed on the losing end in terms of output per unit time.

    Even though the damage of a Scout¡¯s submachine gun could not match up to that of a sniper rifle, its firing speed was much faster, indeed able to surpass Snipers in output per unit time with the same equipment ¡ª this was an undeniable truth.

    But this was nothing more than a Scout who had met everyone an hour ago and joined the team in escaping from the zombies, an average yer who was so clearly mocking Snipers just because his equipment was good ¡ª it really frustrated Watermelon Skin.

    If it were not for the helpless situation, he would definitely have separated from this brat; the kind of person who loved to boast was absolutely not likable at all.

    ¡°Yo, a true Sniper expert? Where is he? Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re talking about Thousand Miles in your Storm City¡¯s Top 10 Experts? Even so, there¡¯s not much of a possibility to surpass me in output because my Talent is Critical Attack. Even if Thousand Miles had the S-Grade Talent True Eye... Don¡¯t tell me you didn¡¯t know that Thousand Miles had just been defeated by our North City¡¯s Top 10 Expert, Onishi, just yesterday?¡±

    Having already finished off this wave of crisis, the Scout yer raised his Rare submachine gun and continued speaking boastfully. When he was speaking of his own Talent, pride shed across his eyes, but as he was mentioning the Onishi, his eyes shed a sense of admiration and intense jealousy.

    In the game, yers who thought that if the expert yers in their city were brilliant, they themselves would be just as brilliant weremon. At the same time, they would also look down upon the other cities or top yers with power ¡ª there were some yers who loved to use this as a reason to mock others!

    ¡°Of course it¡¯s not Thousand Miles, it¡¯s...¡±

    Watermelon Skin could not help but spill it out.

    Appearing in his mind was a human silhouette in a dry desert surrounded by Desert Tarant corpses sprawled all over the ground, dead from being hit precisely at their critical points.

 Chapter 352 - Watermelon Skinâ€™s Determination

    <h4>Chapter 352: Watermelon Skin¡¯s Determination</h4>

    ¡°As a sniper being able to inflict lethal damage in every shot, he would definitely be able to y a Scout with the same level of equipment!¡± Watermelon Skin said with confidence.

    One should know that Watermelon Skin¡¯s shooting was not lousy either; he had not been using any skills when shooting these past two days, relying only on his own ability to aim and attack. As a result, his uracy had indeed greatly improved!

    ¡°But what purpose would there be to pull Big Brother Feng out to shut this Scout¡¯s mouth up?

    ¡°One, Big Brother Feng and I had just fought monsters together for half a day without any rtionship building. Who knows if he has already even forgotten who I am since we had only exchanged electronic name cards out of courtesy.

    ¡°Two, using others¡¯ ability and battle achievements as capital for my own retaliation ¡ª could this really earn me a sense of satisfaction?

    ¡°No, I don¡¯t want to bother Big Brother Feng to make him shut up! I must persist... I want to reach that standard too one day, where every shot is fatal. I¡¯ll p this guy¡¯s face with my own ability!¡± Watermelon Skin had a youthful face as a spark of determination shed across his eyes!

    ¡°Watermelon, don¡¯t speak with that brat anymore. Come over. Azure will recover your health!¡±

    Just then, My World, who was holding onto a simrly average Level 48 Fine Alloy Shield, shouted as he stood beside the female Doctor.

    ¡°Mm, be right there!¡± Watermelon Skin responded as he took up his sniper rifle and turned to leave.

    ¡°Yo, we¡¯re only halfway through. Why¡¯re you not speaking anymore? Didn¡¯t you say there was a Sniper whose output can y me...¡± Behind him, that Scout yer with luxurious equipment had a smug smile on his face as he persisted in agitating Watermelon Skin.

    But Watermelon Skin did not reply ¡ª he only secretly tightened his grip on the sniper rifle held in his hand.

    ...

    ¡°Sister Lan, are we going to die here? I¡¯m scared!¡±

    While the yers were temporarily resting and recharging, hiding in the VIP zone in a corner behind the tform was a pale-faced Jing Xiang, the NPC shop assistant. She spoke to Lan in fear. ¡°No, don¡¯t be scared. Boss¡¯s friends said that they would definitely protect us as we leave Silvermoon City!¡±

    Lan¡¯s face was simrly a little pale, but as an older sister, she nheless reassured Jing Xiang, who had already been very seriously traumatized by the situation.

    ¡°But they said that their mission was only to protect Master John!¡± She sounded like she was on the brink of sobbing as she spoke.

    Across the two, Old John, who reeked of alcohol, was actually still not very afraid. He merely sat beside the table silently, asionally raising the high-grade golden alcohol bottle in his hand to his mouth.

    ¡°Rx, you won¡¯t die... If I don¡¯t die, you won¡¯t die either!¡±

    Seeing that the two had looked over at him, an intoxicated John, whose white hair was messed up into a lump, twitched his face, forcefully pulling the side of his mouth up into a smile. He then rigorously raised his bottle and took a gulp. After that, it was unclear if he was speaking words of drunkenness or if he actually knew what he was saying.

    ¡°But living probably would be no better than dying...¡±

    The two NPC sales assistants clearly could not be as epting as he was; seeing Old John drunkenly spouting nonsense, the worry on their faces did not lighten one bit.

    ¡°If only Boss was here. He would definitely be able to settle all of this!¡±

    At that moment, Jing Xiang could only pray for theirst hope.

    ¡°Sister Lan, would Boss reallye and save us?¡±

    ¡°He will! Boss definitely will!¡±

    Lan hesitated slightly before her eyes became certain. ¡°But why has there been no response from Boss? I continuously contacted his Communicator but it doesn¡¯t go through.¡±

    ¡°Those Adventurers say thatmunication in Silvermoon City has already been cut off from the outside world. The whole city has suffered from a serious signal disruption, so unless Boss is within a few hundred meter-radius of us, we can¡¯t contact him... But no need to be scared. Boss will definitely be able to find us...¡± Lan nodded confidently at Jing Xiang, but deep in her eyes, there was hidden worry.

    ¡°The entire Silvermoon City is so huge; the location where we were before is already so far away. Would Boss really be able to find us? And would Boss really have a way to save us...¡±

    ¡°You have a message request!¡± Just then, a notification sounded from Lan¡¯s Communicator.

    ¡°Ah, Boss!¡±

    The moment she saw the name on the Communicator, Lan¡¯s eyes lit up with joy and she hurriedly chose to pick up.

    ¡°B...Boss, is that you?¡±

    The semi-transparent virtualmunication screen projection appeared, but seeing the person¡¯s image on it, Lan hesitated for a moment.

    ¡°It¡¯s me!¡±

    On the screen, Feng Luo froze slightly. He took off the Thunder helmet, revealing his face.

    ¡°Where are you all? How¡¯s the situation?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s voice was a little shaky, but luckily the image was only shing, not cut off.

    While Silvermoon City was cut off from long-distancemunication with the outside world, Communicators were still able to be connected within a certain range.

    This was something Feng Luo had especially noticed from before when he had switched to the forum, and so he was confident in estimating their rough breakout route based on the map of Silvermoon City. If not, even if his mental estimation ability was stronger, it would not be possible to find a group of uncontactable people in a city withbat everywhere.

    But of course, organizations like Hound would be able to think of a way.

    After Feng Luo had entered the plot region, the system had notified him before that if one forcibly pulled offline, the body would be maintained in the game and would need six hours to be able to log in again. Just this point alone had eliminated some people¡¯s intention to quickly exchange information offline.

    ¡°We¡¯re now...at Romanti Flower Hotel¡¯s...¡± Lan looked around for a bit, unable to find a specifdmark.

    ¡°Romanti Flower Hotel¡¯s No. 10 air tform!¡±

    Across the two, the intoxicated Old John make a noise.

    ¡°Old John, you¡¯re okay, too? That¡¯s great!¡± Hearing Old John¡¯s voice, Feng Luo heaved a sigh of relief, smiling slightly.

    ¡°Eh, Big Brother Feng!?¡±

    Just then, Watermelon Skin, who was recovering his status outside the VIP zone, happened to catch sight of Feng Luo and let out an exmation of shock.

 Chapter 353 - â€œCritical Attackâ€ Talent!

    <h4>Chapter 353: ¡°Critical Attack¡± Talent!</h4>

    ¡°Big Brother Feng?¡±

    Colorless Azure, the female Doctor yer who was recovering his condition, saw Watermelon Skin¡¯s delighted expression and paused before turning to follow his gaze!

    ¡°Watermelon, Azure? So it¡¯s all of you!¡± Seeing the two yers outside, Feng Luo¡¯s expression was simrly surprised. He certainly did not think that the Watermelon Skin that Sk had previously mentioned was a team member of My World and the others whom he had just met yesterday.

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, you still remember!¡±

    At that moment, Watermelon Skin had already walked in together with Azure, suddenly excited upon hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words. It was almost the same feeling of honor and joy as having one¡¯s name remembered by an idol.

    After all, from the situation before, Watermelon Skin was determined to practise his shooting until he was as good as Feng Luo because of that Scout. He never thought that in the next moment, he would actually ¡°see¡± his motivation in person!

    ¡°Big Brother Feng!¡±

    Azure also had delight on her face ¡ª since the Scout was previously arguing with Watermelon Skin with all sorts of disgusting tones, she, as a friend, simrly had felt wronged for Watermelon Skin.

    But with their team¡¯s peasant equipment, facing an opponent with much more luxurious equipment would be quite difficult, even if they all were to PK. After all, the advantage of equipment in the game was still, to a certain extent, dependent on personal technique.

    However, Feng Luo was not only top notch with his technique, but he also owned the most top notch in equipment. Especially after everyone had fought monsters together the day before, considering the Scout today who could only rely on good equipment for output, Azure knew that Feng Luo definitely had the ability to toy with that Scout.

    ¡°Hey, Big Brother Feng, why¡¯re you wearing Light Armored Warrior equipment?¡±

    Thinking to this point, Azure looked closely and realized that what Feng Luo was wearing now was not the Rare-Gradebat uniform from yesterday, but actually a set of blueish-ck light armor.

    ¡°I¡¯ll exinter. The situation is tight, I won¡¯t talk to you all any longer. I¡¯m already close by and will get to where you all are at in a moment!

    ¡°These three people are all my shop staff. Please help to take care of them and you must not let them get into any trouble. After we leave Silvermoon City, I¡¯ll definitely thank you!¡±

    Seeing that all three NPCs werepletely unharmed, Feng Luo was already relieved, but he was notpletely rxed as he still had to rush there in time.

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, don¡¯t be so courteous. If it wasn¡¯t for you yesterday, we definitely would¡¯ve had two people dead...We¡¯ll definitely protect¡ª¡± Watermelon Skin fought to speak before Azure could open her mouth, but his words were cut off halfway as the image flickered and Feng Luo had vanished.

    ¡°The signal isn¡¯t good. It¡¯s been cut off.¡± Azure creased her forehead, thenined as she red at Watermelon Skin. ¡°Watermelon, what¡¯s up with you? You think I¡¯ll agree to Brother Feng¡¯s reward?¡±

    ¡°Hehe, no. I just...¡± Watermelon Skin shook his head, his mood that was initially ruined by the scout yer was now strangely rxed.

    ¡°Azure? Where are you? Someone needs a Buffing Potion!¡± My World yelled from outside the tform.

    ¡°Alright!¡±

    Azure red once more at Watermelon Skin before picking up her medical kit and hurriedly walking out, leaving the Watermelon Skin inside to chat with and get to know the three yers. When they had epted this mission previously, they had also met Sk and the others in the mission but had never actually asked the three NPC yers who their shop owner yer was.

    ¡°Never thought it¡¯d be so coincidental that it¡¯d be Brother Feng¡¯s shop...¡±

    While applying asting Combined Buffing Potion on another casual yer, Azure told My World about this interesting matter.

    ¡°Such a coincidence! Initially I had regretted epting this mission. If not for it, Orange the two of them wouldn¡¯t have...¡± My World also had surprise on his face.

    ¡°Big Brother World, don¡¯t me this on epting the mission. It was the two of them who couldn¡¯t handle it themselves and forcibly went offline. Although I¡¯ve switched off my gory visual mode and reduced my realism level by 50%, the plot indeed makes people ufortable. If I weren¡¯t personally studying Medicine, I probably wouldn¡¯t be able to stand it either!¡±

    ¡°Honestly speaking, I actually doubt such a strange plot in this game. Not mentioning anything else, a plot of such subjective taste, no matter what, shouldn¡¯t be appearing on a Federation-promoted nationwide game!¡±

    Azure looked across to the linkway full of bloodstains at the zombie corpse which had thousands of holes from being shot by skills and bullets, her face uncontrobly turning pale once again.

    ¡°What¡¯s strange about the game having such a plot?¡± she asked. ¡°Isn¡¯t the point of ying such a highly realistic game to stimte the senses? If not, why y a simtion game at all? Besides, it¡¯s not that there are no restrictions; yers of 14-years-old and below wouldn¡¯t be able to enter specific regions without passing some tests.¡±

    ¡°Furthermore, sight and senses are adjustable. You just have to make these characters pixted and you wouldn¡¯t have such a huge reaction, Little Sister Azure!¡± Just then, the arrogant Scout from before walked over with a smile on his face. Meeting the beautiful Azure in a doctor¡¯s uniform, his expression waspletely different from earlier.

    ¡°What have youe over for?¡± Azure creased her forehead, greeting the Scout with cold eyes.

    ¡°This tform is so big. I¡¯m just walking up and down, using my Recon Meter to check if there are hidden zombies. Is that so bad? After all, typical Normal Recon Meters might not be capable of detecting some organisms with hiding ability... But as for that Sniper of yours, why do I still not see him?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t you feel that you¡¯re so great and think that Watermelon was lying? Wait and you¡¯ll see what a true Sniper expert is!¡± With a cold face, even though Azure was not willing to bring out the true Sniper expert, she could not help mentioning it once more.

    ¡°Oh? Little Sister Azure, your words have made me believe it. It seems like you all really know an Expert-Grade Sniper yer! But if he wants to kill me with output, that¡¯s practically impossible. My Talent is Critical Attack ¡ª you can search up what it means on the forum.¡±

    The Scout yer did not look surprised but smiled once again instead.

    [¡°Critical Attack (Talent)¡±]

    [¡°When causing damage to monsters of Commander-Grade and below, there will be a 10% rate of activating doubled critical attack damage, 5% rate of activating tripled damage, 1% rate of activating quadrupled damage, and 0.5% rate of activating five times the damage.¡±]

    Overall Evaluation: A

    This was an extremely powerful Talent. In most cases, yers needed to depend on their hidden luck attribute, whereby there was only a very small rate of being able to cause a golden critical attack coefficient. With this Talent, it was equivalent to having a 10% chance of hitting a golden critical attack coefficient, and there was even a chance to hit a supreme five times damage. If it were not for the fact that this Talent was only effective against monsters of Commander-Grade and below, it would have possibly even been an S-Grade Talent!

    ¡°You think your Talent is great? Well, Watermelon¡¯s Talent is¡ª¡±

    ¡°Azure!¡± Beside her, My World, who was simrly cold-faced, interrupted her.

    ¡°Hmph!¡± Azure stopped herself as if she had thought of something.

    ¡°My Talent is still not considered great? You mean the Talent of that Sniper of yours out there is greater than mine? Don¡¯t tell me he has an S-Grade Talent...haha...¡± The Scout yerughed loudly, clearly unbelieving.

    ¡°F*ck! There¡¯s something big nearby!¡±

    After a Scout among the four casual yers used Detection, a warning yellow light suddenly shed on the Recon Meter, indicating a Commander-Grade monster. It was located only one level above where they were standing!

    ¡°Something¡¯s off... Why are there suddenly so many threatening targets appearing? Its position is not far above us!¡±

    Furthermore, besides the yellow light, there were also many yellow dots simrly representing mutant non-human monsters. In a hotel in Silvermoon City, how could there be such a huge number of monsters?

    ...

    More than 700 meters from the Romanti Flower hotel, at the top of a low-level room, beside a Licker corpse with its heart pierced through by a military knife, Feng Luo had immediately held up his Eye of the Thunder the moment the Communicator was cut. Using its skill, he had already locked on the eye-catching flower-themed hotel building. Ultimately, the three NPCs were all safe and sound; even though he had wasted a little more time than he had estimated, at least he would still be able to make it on time.

    Lowering his head, Feng Luo looked at the slow-moving, wandering zombies covering the entire street below. In a few spots, there was light from the skills of some yers who were still battling.

    After that, he disassembled the Eye of the Thunder and hung it on the weapon chain at the back of the Thunder equipment set. Lastly, he applied an MP potion and a Stamina Potion on himself before he jumped down like a bird.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    As hended, his alloybat shoes influenced by the mini-sized Energy Chip and the Biochip within his body absorbed a huge part of the force, and so his legs only bent slightly before standing firmly on the ground filled with bloodstains and all sorts of junk.

    Then...Raging Charge, engaged!

    The Level 35 Rare Charge skill with all-out speed, enhanced by Feng Luo¡¯s super-high Agility, allowed him to speedily navigate between the ground and the tops of levitating hovercrafts. Along the way, the slow-moving zombies had only just felt that someone alive hade close before they had already vanished in the next instant.

    There were even some group attack yers with weaker sight who doubted their own eyes as he passed by.

 Chapter 354 - Shot of the Millennium, Here!

    <h4>Chapter 354: Shot of the Millennium, Here!</h4>

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    ¡°Bazoom!¡±

    ¡°Hurry to the top! We can¡¯t let it get here!¡±

    On the No. 10 tform of Romanti Flower Hotel, all kinds of gunshots, explosions, and yers¡¯ yells interweaved. Energy skills of various colors colored the night sky close to 100 meters above the ground.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? This is clearly the inside of the city. Why are there suddenly so many mutant creatures?¡±

    ¡°Some brats inside are even faster than the Lickers. I can¡¯t aim properly!¡± Holding onto his Rare sci-fi submachine gun, the Scout¡¯s expression was grim; the Energy bullet shot from the submachine gun in his hands had just ripped a small T-Virus-infected feline animal with busted skin and bloodshot eyes into pieces.

    But following that, a mutant infected zombie dogrger than a tiger, with blood continuously dripping from its mouth, leaped over the corpse of the feline animal, roaring as it went along the top the linkway and lunged towards the tform. Behind it, there were also some infected animals of other types and different sizes, simrly charging towards where the yers were situated. These animals had all juste through from a huge hole made in the strengthened ss wall of the main building of the hotel opposite of here, one level higher than where everyone was.

    With the yers¡¯ hard work in attacking, many of the infected organisms had lost their footing from the force of bullets or skills, falling straight off the linkway and down the 100-meter height. There were also some which had been ripped to pieces by the yers¡¯ mighty attacks, but the infected animals from the hole still kept jumping out one by one,pletely unfazed.

    ¡°That spot seems like the hotel¡¯s fresh delicacy ingredient zone; normally there would be at least a few hundred types of wild monsters locked up in there,¡± a Heavy Armored Warrior casual yer on the team said. He took out his personal terminal to take a look at the virtual screen projected from it as he held onto his Alloy Shield, standing before a bunch of long-range profession yers as protection.

    ¡°Ingredient zone? What¡¯s inside?¡±

    ¡°There are golden ferrets from the Forest of Exiles, Bullet Fire Ants from the Withered Desert...original-tasting seafood from the deeps of the Gray Waters, and tasty meaty birds from the high altitudes of Snowy Hintend in winter...¡±

    This Silvermoon City¡¯s casual Warrior yer actually had theplete data of this hotel saved in his personal terminal and had read out an advertisement.

    ¡°I¡¯vee here to eat a few times with friends. The stuff is pretty expensive and the taste is average,¡± the Heavy Armored Warrior yer said with a little awkwardness on his face.

    ¡°Birds?¡±

    My World¡¯s expression suddenly changed. The two of them had not finished talking when through the hole a huge number of mutant birds, with their eyes glowing red from being infected, rushed out in an instant!

    ¡°Squawk, squawk!¡±

    ¡°Kaw, kaw!¡±

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    After charging out from the hole, birds of all sorts of sizes swiped down towards the yers on the tform!

    ¡°Careful! Above your heads!¡±

    ¡°Quick, closebat defense up!¡±

    ¡°Maniptors, range skill!¡±

    In an instant, it was chaotic on the tform, with all sorts of yelling and attack skills lumped up into a mess. There was no trustworthy instruction in the team; this moment was weing the true crisis!

    ...

    ¡°Crap!¡±

    On the ground below Romanti Flower Hotel, Feng Luo had turned back to finish off two Elite Lickers that had relied on their speed to chase him all the way here. He looked up and saw the No. 10 tform, where the battle had clearly be more epic.

    He immediately gave up on his initial n of charging up the hotel from the stairs linkway.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    At the speed of a handgun bullet, a silver intelligent traction anchor shot out from his Agent Wristwatch straight towards the lowest petal-shaped dining tform about 20 meters above.

    ¡°Pai!¡±

    After hooking onto the tform railing, the anchor, norger than a finger, automatically sprung open,pleting its rotating coiling fixation. Following that, with his legs using his Intelligence Chip-controlled Thunder equipment set and his alloybat shoes, Feng Luo rapidly ascended into the air with a rigorous leap.

    ...

    Meanwhile, the battle on the No. 10 air dining tform was heated up.

    Due to the cut energy supply, the originally retractable semi-transparent forcefield was unable to be engaged, so there was no way of defending above their heads.

    The number of infected birds flying in the air had already reached above 20. They were unlike those infectednd animals which could only charge from that narrow linkway ¡ª these birds with heightened aggressiveness after being infected by the T-Virus were not restricted at all by thendscape.

    Among these birds that were initially used as ingredients for the hotel, many of them were originally Elite-Grade monsters, and now that they were infected by the T-Virus, it was equivalent to another evolution. Although they were not considered Commander-Grade, their ability was definitely much more powerful than average Elite monsters! On top of that, as a T-Virus host, any of their close attacks would carry the T-Virus ¡ª this in itself was incredibly dangerous.

    Within that short period of time on the tform, one sh of the white light of death had already shown. A casual Light Armored Warrior yer whose equipment was weaker had had his HP rapidly depleted upon being surrounded and attacked by five or six birds, dying before the Doctor could provide aid!

    This Light Armored Warrior had just died and his body was already being bitten and ripped apart by the infected birds.

    ...

    At the VIP zone of the tform, the main door was also unable to be closed because of theck of energy supply.

    If it were not for Ultimate Heavy Armor holding his Alloy Shield high in the air,pletely sealing the door and pushing back the infected birds charging over one by one, the three NPCs would have probably been doomed! However, a low-attack power Heavy Armored Warrior was indeed a little powerless against such infected birds.

    ¡°Kaw!¡±

    A crow-like infected bird, with a rotting stench and much of its feathers already fallen off, suddenly pped its wings hard, swooping down from above Ultimate Heavy Armor¡¯s head. Following that, the bird had attached itself entirely onto Ultimate Heavy Armor¡¯s head, its ws sped tightly onto the linking section of his armor. Its over 50-centimeter ck wingspletely blocked his sight.

    ¡°Crook!¡±

    Another Elite-Grade crow-like infected bird with a body size of over 30 centimeters pped its feather-shedding dark red wings as it flew towards the VIP zone.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Inside, Jing Xiang and Lan had already seen this situation, their faces instantly turning pale-white!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Just then, a silhouette leaped up from below the tform.

    Feng Luo¡¯s pupils contracted, and before he could react, the Ghost Weep military knife in his hand had already shot out, flying and cutting the air with a ¡°whoosh!¡±

    ¡°Crook, crook!¡±

    The wings of the Level 42 Elite infected bird, attempting to charge in, were pierced through and pinned to the metallic wall in the VIP zone by Ghost Weep!

    However, after being infected, the damage resistance ability of this originally well-tempered pigeon-like bird had clearly been greatly increased ¡ª it did not die from this sh!

    Moreover, its temper became extremely violent; after it was pinned, it continued to struggle, after which it actually tore itself away from its half-remaining wing.

    ¡°Pai!¡±

    The infected bird fell to the ground. With its bloodshot eyes still glowing red, it attempted to charge straight at the three NPCs inside!

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-3456!¡±

    However, right then, a heated sniper bullet directly blew up its head. The mmable substance in the explosive armor-piercing bullet exploded into a ball of mes,pletely surrounding this Elite T-Virus-infected bird.

    ¡°Who are you? What have you done?¡±

    Ultimate Heavy Armor had finally shaken off that crow-like infected beast stuck to his head and heavily smashed it against the metallic wall of the tform with Shield Bash until it formed a puddle of bird juice. He then held up his Alloy Shield and quickly turned to see Feng Luo, with his Eye of the Thunder raised, who had just fired a shot in the VIP zone.

    Because Feng Luo¡¯s Light Armored Warrior attire and the helmet of his Thunder equipment almostpletely covered his face, he could not recognize Feng Luo at all. Rather, as Feng Luo shot into the VIP zone that he was protecting, rage and a sense of guard appeared in his eyes.

    ¡°Brother Heavy Armor, it¡¯s me!¡± Feng Luo controlled the mask on his helmet to shift open, revealing his face.

    ¡°Brother Feng? How did you find this ce?¡±

    Just then, Ultimate Heavy Armor had also seen that the NPCs inside were safe and heaved a sigh of relief.

    When he saw Feng Luo¡¯s face, he was very surprised.

 Chapter 355 - Commander Monster That Doesnâ€™t Fight Back

    <h4>Chapter 355: Commander Monster That Doesn¡¯t Fight Back</h4>

    Before Azure and My World could tell Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor that Feng Luo was close, the battle had already started.

    That was why, up until that moment, Ultimate Heavy Armor still didn¡¯t know that Feng Luo had already made contact with the NPC and discovered their location. After all, in theory, in a situation like this, where the city was in chaos andmunication was disrupted, it was incredibly difficult to locate a group of people. Moreover, what piqued his interest was how Feng Luo managed to get to the tform that was several hundreds of meters away from the ground when all the tunnels had been upied by infected monsters or zombies.

    As birds were infected, most people were either looking at the sky or defending against the only tunnel on the other side, which was why no one noticed Feng Luo go up to the area using the Special Agent wristwatch.

    ¡°With a little bit of luck... And also some tiny tools!¡±

    Feng Luo needed to speak as loud as he could in an environment like that.

    At the same time, a degration armor-piercing bullet was shot out of the Eye of the Thunder, striking the head of a Level-40 Normal-grade red-eyed infected bird charging straight at him.

    Bang!

    ?4330

    Although he was only equipped with the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo still managed a one-shot kill with his ¡°Lethal¡± talent against a Normal-grade monster.

    ¡°Boss!¡±

    Jing Xiang and Lan had be pale after seeing Ultimate Heavy Armor¡¯s head being attacked by the infected bird. However, at that time, they suddenly recognized Feng Luo¡¯s face in the Light Armor Warrior who had saved them, and at that instant, their expression changed from despair to instant joy and surprise.

    ¡°You two stay inside with Master John!¡± shouted Feng Luo. At the same time, he also shouted to Ultimate Heavy Armor, ¡°Sorry, Brother Heavy Armor. The situation is critical. We¡¯ll talk about the detailster. I need to trouble you to help me defend this ce. I¡¯ll help get rid of those birds first!¡±

    Bang! Bang!

    Feng Luo had already cast Rapid Shooting. Using Eye of the Thunder, paired with the expensive C-grade degration armor-piercing bullets, Feng Luo dispatched bullet after bullet at the infected birds that were charging toward them!

    At that time, the sky was covered in all kinds of colors generated from skills. The team had two Fire Maniptors, which was also the reason why the degration armor-piercing bullets weren¡¯t all that noteworthy.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Ultimate Heavy Armor knew that now wasn¡¯t the time to talk. Plus, his mission was also to protect Old John. As such, he nodded and continued to stand guard at the door with his alloy shield raised after applying a blood tonic on himself.

    Earlier, he had already purchased an antivirus serum that wouldst five hours. At the moment, the duration of the potion hadn¡¯t yet psed, so even though he had been scratched by the infected bird, there weren¡¯t too many problems!

    ¡°Boss!¡±

    At that time, Lan passed Ghost Weep to Feng Luo, though her pale face still looked worried.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry. We¡¯ll definitely leave Silvermoon City safely!

    Feng Luo lowered the mask on the helmet as he nodded with a confident gaze.

    ******

    Bang!

    A searing hot bullet flew into the sky and burst into a ball of me after hitting the target.

    The only reason no one noticed a bird falling from the sky after each sniper shot was because the scene was too chaotic. Everyone was concentrating on giving their all in the battle, and lights of differing colors,bined with the sounds of skills and bullets firing made it distracting.

    Even some of the Elite-grade birds infected with the T-virus with high HP, which couldn¡¯t be killed in one shot, were afraid of the burning damage of the degration armor-piercing bullets. They were, after all, just birds with wings covered in feathers. As such, after Feng Luo joined the battle, all the yers across the battlefield seemed to feel the pressure from the monsters easing off! The infected birds flying above the tform had been putting a lot of pressure on the low-HP professions.

    ¡°Not good! That Commander-grade monster ising out!¡±

    However, at that moment, the warning sounds and the yellow shes indicating the appearance of a Commander-grade monster appeared on the recon meter of a random Scout yer. After ncing at it, he shouted in panic while pointing at the hole in the main building on the opposite side.

    Just as he finished his sentence, a pitch-ck, medium-sized bird with a wingspan of around 1.2 meters¡ªmissing feathers in various spots on its body¡ªappeared from therge hole!

    Evolved Desert Nighthawk (Female). Level-35 Commander. Species Code: SYY-09984. Estimated HP: 35,000...

    Moving his gun barrel quickly and using the automaticputation mechanism of his sniping scope, Feng Luo obtained information on the Commander monster in an instant! It was only a Level-35 Commander monster. From its HP of only around 30,000-plus, it must have been an Energy Attack-type Commander monster!

    The moment Feng Luo looked at the monster, his mind raced.

    The Scout¡¯s information specifically mentioned that it¡¯s a female? Does that mean there¡¯s another male one? A pair of Commander-grade monsters? But this Commander monster seems different from the other infected birds. At the very least, its eyes aren¡¯t red like the other birds, and its attributes also seem to point to...

    But why has it lost so many of its feathers? In addition, it has ayer of stains on its body...? It looks as if it has already been attacked by some other creature...

    The T-virus wasn¡¯t a virus that intentionally sought the destruction of humankind; instead, it was a mutation of the Evolution Virus in the game, and the effects were mostly to ¡°evolve!¡± However, since the T-virus was too strong, most people couldn¡¯t endure the infection process, which was why they turned into zombies.

    So, theoretically, some creatures could go through andplete the evolution process, and they would not lose their sanity. From the information provided by the system, the Commander-grade monster must have been different from the other birds.

    However, as Feng Luo thought about that, the female Desert Nighthawk was already receiving the concentrated fire from the yers on the tform! After all, it was a Commander-grade monster. Even if it wasn¡¯t a high-level monster, no one underestimated it. As such, even if they had to shift their focus for a moment and expose themselves to the danger of having their defenses prated by the other infected creatures, they still had to get rid of the greatest threat first!

    Auuu...

    Instantly surrounded by all kinds of skills, the female Desert Nighthawk let out an agonizing shriek!

    However, the odd thing was that the female Desert Nighthawk, which was quite clearly a ¡°Maniptor type,¡± didn¡¯t retaliate and counterattack. It didn¡¯t even cast an energy shield. Instead, it continued to p its wings to fly away, as if it only wanted to leave the area as quickly as possible!

    But, under the concentrated firepower of the yers, the impact generated from the bullets and skills created a force too great for a medium-sized flying-type monster to withstand. The Level-35 Commander monster was restrained to a spot near the wall of the hole while damage numbers continued to rise above its head!

    No, something¡¯s wrong. Why would a Commander-grade monster not fight back even in this situation? This reminds me of something... It¡¯s as if it is trying to... escape!

    Everyone was attacking the Level-35 female Desert Nighthawk, trying to gain experience and the loot that it would most likely drop! However, Feng Luo quickly shifted his gaze to a distant location. Through the light generated by various skills, he used the Eye of the Thunder sniping scope to observe the color of the enhanced ss of the building on the other side. At that moment, one part waspletely ck!

    Hmm? Why is itpletely ck? Technically speaking, with so many sparks and shes in the air, even if the enhanced ss in the building is translucent, there should still be subtle or slight color differences, right?

    Something¡¯s wrong!

    Feng Luo frowned, and his expression sank!

 Chapter 356 - Deep Sea Octopus Commander (Evolving)

    <h4>Chapter 356: Deep Sea Octopus Commander (Evolving)</h4>

    ¡°Tsk, tsk. It¡¯s just a weakling in the end! Scared me a bit there!¡±

    Feng Luo, who was standing outside the VIP area, focused his gaze on the unusual building behind the cave with a serious expression while the other yers breathed a sigh of relief!

    The yers initially thought that it was a Commander-grade monster that would turn the tide of the battle or, even worse,pletely wipe them out. However, now they found out that it was a Level-35 Commander monster whose HP was only around the 30,000 mark. And now, it was suppressed to the point that it couldn¡¯t even fight back! This was a Commander monster that certainly didn¡¯t live up to its title!

    When long-range yers concentrated their firepower to attack, the damage dealt was, naturally, quite considerable. The female Desert Nighthawk Commander above the cave was already covered in injuries. It continued to shriek in agony as its HP bottomed out!

    The Scout yer who loved to gloat looked excited. He shouted as the sci-fi style submachine gun in his hands let out a flurry of energy bullets with a blue glow. ¡°Hurry! It only had less than 20 percent of its HP left! Haha! A Commander-grade monster infected by the virus has a certain percentage of dropping the permanent Enhancement Potion when it dies!¡±

    The other yers were basically thinking the same thing! yers with long-range attacks no longer cared about the other infected monsters. Instead, they focused their bullets, skills, and any other means of attack on the Commander monster¡¯s body!

    As for the infected monsters charging in from the sky tunnel, as well as the seven or eight infected birds in the sky, many meleebat professions¡ªindividuals who couldn¡¯t attack the female Desert Nighthawk Commander¡ªwere there to deal with them.

    Ta! Ta! Bang! Boom!

    A variety of colorsing from energy skills and special bullets upied half the space of everyone¡¯s vision!

    In this sort of situation, no one noticed an eerie change that had urred ever since the female Desert Nighthawk Commander emerged from the cave. The cave had been producing infected beasts continuously in the past, but it had stopped spitting out newly infected beasts.

    The reddened eyes of the remaining dozen infected beasts became panicked as soon as they arrived. After that, one after another, they ran at full speed toward the tform!

    At the same time, seven to eight infected birds seemed to have also detected some sort of danger. Initially, after being infected, their instinct was to attack the yers on the ground. However, at that moment, their instincts had been suppressed. They all flew quickly into the sky!

    And as these things were happening, a dark shadow shot out into the sky from therge cave!

    Boom!

    Just as the female Desert Nighthawk Commander¡¯s HP was almost emptied, arge brown tentacle with a diameter of two meters covered in suckers flew out of the cave of the main building. It spanned a distance of around 10 meters before catching and wrapping around the body of the female Desert Nighthawk Commander that had only a little bit of HP left!

    ¡°Auuuuuu!¡±

    The female Desert Nighthawk Commander let out a shriek of despair! It was crushed and wrapped up by the powerful tentacles! As for the final round of skills and attacks aimed at the female Nighthawk Commander, they either missed or hit the dark brown tentacle.

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    The unexpected turn of events caught the yers awaiting their loot on the tform by surprise.

    Therge, wet tentacle extending from the main building did not retaliate; instead, it retracted in the blink of an eye, dragging the corpse of the female Desert Nighthawk Commander along with it!

    Beep, beep, beep...

    As this was happening, the recon meter of the Scout yers suddenly started making quick, high-pitched warning sounds!

    ¡°What? Another warning!?¡±

    ¡°Could this be a Quasi-Boss?¡±

    The expressions of the yers on the tform changed. Some of them were still engaged in battle with the infected birds and beasts that had charged toward them, which was why they didn¡¯t notice that the warning sign on the recon meter was still a yellow warning, indicating Commander-grade monsters!

    ¡°Although it¡¯s not a Quasi-Boss... It looks like we¡¯re in trouble this time!¡±

    Feng Luo, already focused on the outside of the cave, managed to obtain information through the Eye of the Thunder scope the instant the tentacle appeared.

    Infected Deep Sea Octopus (Solo-type Commander. Evolving). Level: 50. Species Code: TZY-39485. Estimated HP: 300,000!

    Although the information was simple and brief, it was enough to change even Feng Luo¡¯s expression! A Level-50 Commander-grade monster, which was a lot higher than the Level-35 female Desert Nighthawk Commander! Although levels in War did not directly corrte tobat strength, judging by its 300,000 HP alone, it was clear that this would be a difficult Commander monster to deal with!

    But that wasn¡¯t what worried Feng Luo. What really bothered him was the word ¡°Evolving!¡±

    A Level-50 Commander that was still evolving... If it seeded in its evolution...

    ¡°It¡¯s a Level-50 Commander-grade monster called Deep Sea Octopus! But, f*ck me! Its HP is 300,000. Moreover, it has an ¡®evolving¡¯ status!¡±

    The Scout yer also obtained information on the monster inside the building using his Detection skill. After finding out the information, he shouted out his findings, causing the expressions on everyone¡¯s faces to change!

    ¡°300,000 HP? And a Level-50 Commander monster?¡±

    Even a Level-50 Elite-grade monster with 300,000 HP would be incredibly difficult to deal with, let alone a Commander-grade monster. Moreover, it was a Commander monster with such a huge size! The tentacle alone was over 10 meters long, and the root of the tentacle was at least as thick as two to three humans. And, one ought to remember, an octopus had eight tentacles!

    As for the origin of the Deep Sea Octopus, one did not have to think much to know that it was most probably a food material. However, at the moment, the situation on the tform seemed to have been reversed!

    ¡°F*ck! Why are you guys still talking over there? Hurry up and help over here!¡±

    However, as the group of long-range attackers became distracted, the melee fighters became annoyed! Although the birds had escaped, the infectednd beasts¡ªwhich numbered around a dozen, originating from the sky tunnel¡ªhad already reached the edge of the tform. A few of them had even jumped onto the tform! Clearly, they were trying to escape from the Level-50 Commander-grade monster. At that moment, they were charging at the melee yers¡¯ line of defense without any regard for their lives!

    In the end, the melee fighters¡¯ HP dropped significantly, with one Light Armor Warrior falling to the ground!

    Although the Level-50 Commander-grade monster had frightening stats, its target at the moment seemed to have only been the female Desert Nighthawk Commander. It didn¡¯t even retaliate after getting hit by the yers¡¯ attacks.

    To the melee fighters, even if the Level-50 Commander monster woulde to ¡°eat¡± the yers after it digested the female hawk, they should still, at the very least, first take care of the monsters before their eyes!

 Chapter 357 - No Antivirus Serum?

    <h4>Chapter 357: No Antivirus Serum?</h4>

    The temporary end of the battle came more quickly than expected!

    Although there were quite a number of infected beasts still around, without assistance from infected birds, it wasn¡¯t too difficult for the yers to deal with them. As the yers on the tform focused their full-strength attacks on the monsters again, they were able to eliminate thest batch of monsters within 10 seconds!

    Of course, they only managed to clear out the monsters. The scene on top of the tform was far worse than before! Many corpses of infected birds emanating a foul odor were scattered across the chairs and tables on the tform. The floor was covered with blood. There were also severed body parts of infected animals, with smashed brains and tattered intestines and organs sttered all over the ce!

    The environment on the tform was, without a doubt, a psychological obstacle. It was a test for the only female Doctor remaining on their team, Azure. However, at the moment, Azure paid no attention to the gruesome surroundings. She was anxiously injecting My World, who was seated on the ground, with a C-grade antidote!

    My World looked like he was in bad shape. His eyes were bing increasingly bloodshot while veins popped out from his neck! The Level-45 Fine-grade alloy shoulder pad on his arm also looked distorted. It was studded with canine bite marks while his wounds oozed ck blood.

    The Light Armor Warrior who had been pushed to the ground by arge infected beast was My World! And, unfortunately for him, the duration of the antivirus serum he exchanged earlier had psed, so after his armor had been bitten, he¡¯d been infected by the T-virus. Worse still, it was a serious infection!

    In the Biohazard Crisis storyline, though yers could purchase the antivirus serum, that didn¡¯t mean they could overlook the T-virus. There was a constraint, which was that after an infected monster¡¯s attack caused bleeding, the antivirus serum¡¯s duration would decrease. The rate of decrease would depend on the severity and the method of the attack!

    The system¡¯s exnation imed that since the zombies and infected monsters¡¯ attacks had excess T-virus, the transmitted virus would neutralize the T-virus antibodies inside the antivirus serum. Simrly, for a yer without the antivirus serum, who had received continuous attacks from infected monsters, the spread and the rate of the infection would also increase substantially. My World was in exactly such a situation!

    At that moment, a Scout who was receiving treatment from a Doctor from the team turned around and saw that the color of the antidote Azure was injecting into My World seemed to be wrong.

    ¡°Miss Azure, he has been infected. Why are you injecting normal antidotes? They¡¯ll be ineffective!¡±

    My World, who was seated on the ground, replied coldly, ¡°Mind your own business!¡±

    Azure asked anxiously on the internal party channel, ¡°Big Brother My World, you used your points to help me purchase an antivirus serum when I was infected before. Do youck points right now...?¡±

    ¡°Watermelon, Steel... What about you two? Do you have enough points?¡±

    Normal antidotes were certainly ineffective in fighting against the T-virus. However, the C-grade antidote was her best potion at the moment, and it was also a reward she had received from an earlier mission. As such, she could only ask her two other teammates for help.

    Watermelon Skin and Steel Fortress remained silent.

    Their small party had normal equipment, and they were definitely average yers. One might even say that they were slightly weaker than average. As such, though they were always involved in battle, they hadn¡¯t managed to umte a lot of points!

    My World gritted his teeth as he endured pain in every part of his body and stood up with the help of his alloy sword. ¡°It¡¯s okay. There are 15 minutes before the infection isplete. I¡¯m short by only one point of getting the antivirus serum. Even a Normal-grade monster is enough. No biggie!¡±

    However, all four of them knew it was only an excuse. All the monsters had already been frightened away by the Level-50 Octopus Commander, so where would he get thatst point?

    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you guys don¡¯t have enough points to exchange for it?!¡±

    The Scout yer from the northern cities wasn¡¯t a great guy, but he was quite sharp. He somehow managed to ascertain the truth based on their expressions.

    After that, the Scout yer immediately shouted, ¡°F*ck! If he doesn¡¯t use the antivirus serum, judging by the look of him now, he might be infected, lose control, and start attacking everyone here!¡±

    At the same time, he and the Doctor beside him moved backward a little.

    After being infected by the T-virus, yers could generally tell how long it would take until the infection waspleted. But some yers might lose control of their characters earlier than the stipted time. Or if they received another attack from an infected monster, the amount of the T-virus would increase instantly, and the process would beplete instantly!

    As such, after hearing the Scout¡¯s words, the other yers turned around and looked at them! The yers on the tform grew calmer than when they had just found out about the Level-50 Octopus Commander¡¯s crazy stats.

    It was because right now, they were reminded of one thing, which was, by looking at the high HP of the monster, it was probable that the Level-50 Deep Sea Octopus Commander was just a high-HP, tank-type monster, and though its tentacles were very powerful, at 10 meters in length, they weren¡¯t long enough to reach the tform; the tform was at least 30 meters away from the main building on the other side!

    The Level-50 Octopus couldn¡¯t fly, so it could only get to them like the other normal infected beasts: through the sky tunnel.

    In that case, the yers could use the time it took to move in the air to initiate their attacks. It wasn¡¯t as if they had zero chance of victory! Earlier, they were simply stunned by the crazy amount of HP that the infected Octopus Commander possessed, and they hadn¡¯t thought of this point. That was why, when the Octopus Commander didn¡¯t immediately initiate an attack for some strange reason, the yers on the tform simply took on a defensive stance.

    However, the battle could begin at any moment. Someone was actually infected and didn¡¯t have enough points to purchase an antivirus serum. This was definitely an underlying threat to the uing battle.

    This was because after a yer was infected, the yer had a 100-percent chance to transform into an Elite-grade infected monster of the same level. By then, it would be extremely troublesome for them. It was as if their own backyard was on fire! That was why the Scout¡¯s words attracted the attention of so many yers.

    At that moment, a hand wearing a Rare-grade Warrior¡¯s glove¡ªholding a screw-shaped metallic tube of potion¡ªextended toward Azure and opened up.

    ¡°Azure, use this on My World!¡±

    The color of the liquid inside the tube was dark green!

    ¡°Huh? The grade of this antivirus serum... It looks like it¡¯s the highest grade, the type thatsts 24 hours!¡±

    ¡°Yeah! If I remember correctly, you need 50 points, and you need an authorization provided from killing an Elite-grade infected being to get that!¡±

    ¡°The Elite-grade monster authorization isn¡¯t all that much. But sh*t! How can this guy have so many points? As a Fire Maniptor, even I haven¡¯t been able to collect more than 30 points! He¡¯s a Light Armor Warrior, and he¡¯s exchanging stuff for his teammate. And it¡¯s one that costs 50 points!¡±

    ¡°Light Armor Warrior?¡±

    ¡°One, two, three... We have three Light Armor Warriors? What the f*ck? If I remember correctly, wasn¡¯t the guy who just died a Light Armor Warrior? Why are there three Light Armor Warriors?¡±

    The yers, who had temporarily exited the constant battles, suddenly discovered an odd problem!

 Chapter 358 - Human Affection Inconsistencies

    <h4>Chapter 358: Human Affection Inconsistencies</h4>

    ¡°Light Armor Warrior? Yeah! Why is there an additional Light Armor Warrior on the tform!?¡±

    Suddenly, everyone¡¯s attention was shifted to Feng Luo, who was fully equipped in his Light Armor Warrior equipment set.

    It was because, after Feng Luo used the traction line and the intelligent hook to ¡°fly¡± over to the tform, he had been staying put at the entrance to the VIP area, attacking only with the Eye of the Thunder! Due to the energy supply cut all across Silvermoon City, the illumination on the tform came only from a few tools used by the yers. Even with the sky constantly illuminated by other yers, visibility was still quite low!

    In addition, an entire minute after Feng Luo got on the tform, everyone was busy dealing with the infected beasts and birds. As a result, they only now noticed that there was another person on the tform!

    Watermelon Skin¡ªwho had previously seen Feng Luo through the screen of themunicator¡ªrecognized Feng Luo immediately even though he waspletely covered in his Thunder equipment set. As such, though he was initially looking very down and anxious due to My World¡¯s infection, he looked surprised and said, ¡°Ah! Brother Feng! You... When did you get on the tform?¡±

    Feng Luo had said that he would be with them soon. But due to the sudden influx of infected beings, which blocked off the only sky tunnel and the appearance of the scary Level-50 Deep Sea Octopus Commander monster, Watermelon Skin thought that, even with Feng Luo¡¯s strength, it would be impossible for him to get to the tform. At best, he thought Feng Luo would be able to reach the lower part of the hotel.

    To his surprise, not only did Feng Luo appear on the tform, but he¡¯d also used his points to exchange for an antivirus serum with the longest duration and gave it to My World.

    ¡°Big Brother Feng!¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    Watermelon Skin, Azure, and the only Heavy Armor Warrior yer left in My World¡¯s team, Steel Fortress, looked at Feng Luo in surprise. As for Sk, since Ultimate Heavy Armor had already notified him, he knew that Feng Luo was there. It was also Feng Luo who had spoken to Sk directly from behind, telling him that he didn¡¯t walk over to them. It was only after finding out that My World was infected and didn¡¯t have enough points to buy the antivirus serum that he used his points and authorization to obtain a serum before passing it to Azure!

    As for the 50 points he needed, perhaps that was a lot to other yers. After all, points were things one could use to exchange for a ¡°Permanent Enhancement Potion!¡±

    However, for Feng Luo, who had long been injected with the W-virus and possessed the permanent Enhancement Potion, these points weren¡¯t all that valuable. In addition, since he already had resistance to various mutations of the Primary Evolution Virus, he didn¡¯t need the antivirus serum. That was why, to Feng Luo, these 50 points weren¡¯t anything important.

    Furthermore, My World and his team had been protecting Old John and the other two for a long time. Although they were protecting Old John due to the fact that they had epted a mission, the other two NPCs weren¡¯t on the protection list, and they had been helping out either way. So, to Feng Luo, this favor was worth more than an antivirus serum.

    Apart from that, there was another factor to consider. Although Feng Luo had been speaking to Sk earlier, he had seen everything that had urred. In addition, the day before, in the Withered Desert, when he¡¯d first met these yers, My World¡¯s act of prioritizing the safety of his teammate while staying back by himself had impressed Feng Luo quite a bit! Although his equipment was average, My World¡¯s personality and skills were quite decent!

    As such, Feng Luo felt that those 50 points were worth it.

    ¡°Big Brother Feng... Thank you!¡± Azure said with gratitude overflowing from her face as she extended her hands to grab the metallic tube filled with green liquid. It seemed to be emanating life force. Then she injected the liquid into My World¡¯s arm.

    ¡°Thank you... Brother Feng!¡± My World was slightly older than the others, so he was more mature mentally. Although he didn¡¯t say much in regards to Feng Luo extending aid, he was actually very grateful to him and had mentally engraved this in his heart. Although his equipment wasmon and it would be quite impossible for him to repay Feng Luo¡¯s favor, he would never forget his help! Both of Feng Luo and My World felt they owed the other a favor, mostly they had simr personalities.

    ******

    The game had yers with good personalities and attitudes with bad equipment. Conversely, there was also nock of yers with good equipment and negative personalities!

    The Scout yer from North City focused on how Feng Luo appeared on the tform. When he found out from Watermelon Skin¡¯s conversation that Feng Luo came from below the tform they were fighting on, his face immediately brightened.

    ¡°Who are you?¡± he asked. ¡°How did you get on this tform? Does the tform have another entrance or exit?¡±

    He had decent equipment, and though his three other teammates had slightly less impressive equipment, each of them still had one or two pieces of Rare-grade equipment on them. However, since the monster in the opposite building was a Commander-grade monster with more than 300,000 HP, he didn¡¯t believe that the yers on the tform had the strength to defeat the Octopus Commander. Or, to put it another way, even if they could defeat the monster, he believed they would have to pay an extremely heavy price!

    And for him, he didn¡¯t believe that the items dropped by the Commander-grade monster would be worth it for him if he dropped his equipment in the process. That was why the Scout yer from North City was reluctant to fight against the Commander-grade giant octopus.

    The only reason they were preparing to fight it was because the Commander monster was located right above the tunnel, and half of the tunnel had been blocked by the corpses of the zombies. Basically, they had no choice and could only stay on the tform! As such, seeing Feng Luo get on the tform meant they might have a glimmer of hope of avoiding a battle with the giant octopus Commander!

    ******

    Judging by Azure, Sk, Watermelon Skin, and the others¡¯ eyes, Feng Luo already knew that they weren¡¯t exactly fond of the Scout yer, so he didn¡¯t bother to even respond to him.

    Instead, he approached My World and the Heavy Armor Warrior, Steel Fortress. After seeing My World recover from being injected by the antivirus serum¡ªhis bloodshot eyes gradually returning to normal¡ªFeng Luo asked, ¡°The antivirus serum can get rid of the T-virus infection; however, you and Steel¡¯s armor seemed to have been badly damaged. Do you guys have backup gear?¡±

    My World and Steel Fortress didn¡¯t reply. They certainly did have some backup equipment. However, in the three hours of battle, they had been engaged in a lot of fighting, and they had already changed into and damaged their backup equipment.

    After all, equipment in the game wasn¡¯t cheap.

    Not everyone could prepare fully and have equipment of a sufficient grade all the time!

    Seeing Feng Luo ignoring him, the Scout yer¡¯s expression sank. ¡°Brother, I¡¯m talking to you... Your attitude...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯splete disregard annoyed him greatly. After all, he was a person who had made a name for himself using one of the strongest guilds in North City. For a person like him, who loved to gloat, the worst thing one could do was to ignore him!

    However, before he could speak, the Light Armor Warrior in his party had a subtle change in expression and quickly said something in their party channel.

    ¡°Really!?¡± the Scout yer asked in a whisper, his face appearing slightly distorted.

    ¡°Yes, it is definitely the Thunder equipment set...¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior looked at Feng Luo¡¯s equipment with surprise and admiration.

    Other professions¡ªor perhaps lower-ss Light Armor Warriors¡ªmight not have been able to recognize Feng Luo¡¯s equipment.

    However, as a Light Armor Warrior with one to two Rare-grade pieces of equipment equipped, he could tell with just a nce that Feng Luo¡¯s equipment was not only a full set of Rare-grade items but an entire set of Light Armor Warrior equipment. It was considered the best of the best!

    More importantly, he also recognized the consistent blue and ck style of the five-item set that the Huan Yu Company had auctioned off a month before at a price tag of 3.5 million credits¡ªthe Thunder Armor!

    As an elite yer from arge guild, other than checking one¡¯s guild emblem pinned on the chest, the grade of equipment was amon way to evaluate a yer. As such, faced with My World¡¯s small party, who only used verymon gear, they didn¡¯t think much of them. In fact, they were very casual toward them.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s Light Armor Warrior equipment set was at least 10 times more expensive than his own. All of the Scout yer¡¯s equipmentbined would only have been worth around one-third of Feng Luo¡¯s. As such, he quickly voiced his opinion to give the Scout yer a reminder.

 Chapter 359 - Tycoon Feng Luo

    <h4>Chapter 359: Tycoon Feng Luo</h4>

    Upon hearing the words of the Light Armor Warrior, the Scout yer¡¯s initially unhappy tone seemed a little more suppressed. However, with some impatience, he said, ¡°Friend, since you know a way to get up here, why don¡¯t you hurry up and tell us?¡±

    ¡°Before that giant Octopus Commander starts attacking us, it¡¯s better if we get out of here. With your eyesight, you should know that it will be difficult for us to fight against it from here. It¡¯ll probably be fraught with grim possibilities!¡±

    ¡°Oh?¡± said Feng Luo. After that, he turned around to finally look at the four yers from an unknown guild. ¡°I have a way toe up here. That is certainly correct. But even if I tell you how, you won¡¯t be able to get down with the same method, so why do I have to tell you about it?¡±

    ¡°How do you know we won¡¯t be able to do it? Perhaps we can!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s provocation undoubtedly ticked off the Scout yer, so, with a satisfied expression, he said, ¡°I came from that position. Since you believe you are capable enough, try and go down from there by yourself then!¡±

    Feng Luo used his head and eyes to indicate the edge of the tform with a cruel and yful smile. With his vision, how could he have overlooked the visible irritation of the Scout yer? However, he had encountered people this the Scout way too many times in this game. Plus, it wasn¡¯t like he knew about the Scout¡¯s earlier actions, so he wasn¡¯t entirely cold to him. Still, Feng Luo would never give too much face to people like him!

    However, after the four yers heard about the location Feng Luo had used, they didn¡¯t care about his expression anymore. Instead, they quickly looked over. In the end, however, they found out that it was only another dining tform!

    ¡°Are you messing with me?¡± said the Scout yer, finally showing signs of anger.

    The tform was around 20 meters away from the current tform in terms of height and around 10 meters away in terms of horizontal distance. Even a Light Armor Warrior using the Thunder Leap sh skill or any other rare skills wouldn¡¯t have been able to get up from that tform! Simrly, a low-HP Scout like him would never be able to get down there from their current position. If he attempted the jump, he would only be seeking death!

    Feng Luo continued to ignore the Scout and spoke to My World and Steel Fortress. ¡°That means your equipment is also damaged? All right. We¡¯re definitely going to have to keep fightingter. I¡¯ll lend you the equipment set I¡¯m wearing now. Return it to me after we return to the city!¡±

    As he spoke, he pressed a button on his personal terminal.

    Ka!

    After that, the alloy armor equipped on his body started to separate under the control of the intelligent terminal, turning into multiple parts separated from his body. After that, Feng Luo ced these items in front of My World and Steel Fortress!

    Although Light Armor Warriors couldn¡¯t maximize the effects of heavy armor, Heavy Armor Warriors could equip light armor. This was a unique trait of the Heavy Armor Warrior profession. As such, Feng Luo¡¯s set of equipment was definitely enough to support both of them.

    However, the Light Armor Warrior who had been staring at Feng Luo with admiration and shock from the Scout¡¯s party couldn¡¯t help but speak up. ¡°Your equipment must be worth over five million credits, and you¡¯re lending it to them, just like that?¡±

    ¡°Worth over five million credits?¡±

    The other three yers, as well as My World¡¯s four party members, were stunned after hearing that!

    Even Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor, who had decent gear, looked surprised. When they¡¯d first met Feng Luo, he had only been carrying around an Excellent-grade M10, and the second time they¡¯d met each other on Silver Leaf ind, he had merely modified M10 with parts of the Eye of the Thunder. Now, after just two or three months, Feng Luo¡¯s gear was worth more than five million!

    ¡°Really? Five million credits?¡±

    ¡°It looks like it¡¯s real. His chest te, helmet, and other parts look like items from the Thunder equipment set. I remember the Thunder equipment set was very popr around half a month ago. One of those was sold at 3.5 million credits in Huan Yupany¡¯s auction, which sold the first-ever Legendary-grade equipment in the game. I¡¯m not going to even specte on the other stuff.¡±

    ¡°F*ck! 3.5 million? All my itemsbined are just around 30,000 to 50,000 credits, and just five of his items are worth more than 10 times the value of all of my assets!¡±

    The eyes of the three yers were nearly glowing. They stared at the items Feng Luo was passing to My World and Steel Fortress like degenerates staring at hotties!

    However, upon hearing the words of the Light Armor Warrior, My World and Steel Fortress hesitated.

    ¡°Brother Feng, if you¡¯re lending us your stuff, what are you going to wear?¡±

    They were quite surprised that Feng Luo would lend them such expensive equipment! Although the game had a rule that ¡°borrowed¡± equipment couldn¡¯t be sold by the borrower, if the borrower died, it was still possible for the item to be dropped! So if an item dropped, there was no way they would be able to make it up to Feng Luo, even with all of their itemsbined.

    Still, it would have been a lie to say that they weren¡¯t tempted to try on the amazing items that Feng Luo had handed over to them!

    After all, no matter what kind of yers they were, they would have spent some time walking around themercial districts, seeing the top equipment listed in shopping catalogs, imagining how they would look in top-of-the-line gear!

    It was especially true for moremon yers like the two of them. They would have envisioned themselves in those sorts of scenarios more than once. However, their self-control prevented themselves from acting on their impulses! Apart from that, they were also quite curious about Feng Luo wearing a set of Light Armor Warrior¡¯s equipment instead of a Sniper; however, they didn¡¯t ask him directly.

    Now that they heard that Feng Luo was lending them the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s equipment set, which cost more than five million credits, they suddenly felt as if they understood the reason.

    War didn¡¯t have any hard and fast rules on wearing different types of equipment. Theoretically, a Sniper wearing light armor would also experience a significant rise in defense and HP. And the reason that these items were so expensive was that they had amazing stats and were definitely a lot better than normal Gunner equipment.

    As such, they came to the realization that the reason Feng Luo wore the armor was because the armor had incredible stats and attributes, andpared to wearing normal Gunner gear, he experienced a significant increase in hisbat strength when wearing light armor, which was why he had ditched thebat uniform for the light armor!

    As they faced the situation before them, both of them felt dizzy and forgot one important thing. Although the defensive equipment of Warriors was more expensive due to having more parts, every profession had their own top-ss gear, and the price difference between the top-ss items wasn¡¯t all that different!

    Since Feng Luo could wear a light armor set that cost five million credits, he could most definitely also wear a top-notch Gunner set that cost five million credits. Gunner gear in the same price range also had the profession bonus, making it much better than cross-profession gear.

    Feng Luo¡¯s reason for wearing the light armor wasn¡¯t so simple. However, it didn¡¯t cross anyone¡¯s mind that it was because of a ¡°hidden profession.¡±

 Chapter 360 - SUV Series Combat Equipment Set

    <h4>Chapter 360: SUV Series Combat Equipment Set</h4>

    ¡°No need to worry. I naturally will have something to wear!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head, then reached into his backpack and took out a set of Gunner equipment. It was an entire set of Gunner equipment made up of a camougebat uniform,bat shoes,bat gloves, abat vest, a multi-capabilitybat helmet, and other items!

    ¡°This is the SUVpany¡¯s third seasonbat equipment set, isn¡¯t it?¡± As a Sniper, Sk had recognized this equipment set at one nce. ¡°With a Smart Control Microchip, possessing an automatically adjusted temperature, environmental simtion color change, reduced rate of detection, overall HP enhancement of more than 3,000... Plus, so manyyers of Rare bulletproof materials that the defensive power is even able to match up to some light armors...¡±

    The equipment taken out by Feng Luo was an ¡°SUVbat uniform,¡± which Sister Rui had worn before, at that time on the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s city-building mission. Its level of rarity was no lower than that of the Barrett.

    However, the SUV in his hands wasn¡¯t just an SUVbat uniform but a Level-50 rare ¡°SUV equipment set¡± consisting ofbat gloves, a helmet,bat shoes, a belt, and other items in the series! In fact, a Gunner¡¯sbination of defensive tools didn¡¯t have equipment set attributes. But due to theplementary Rare attributes of thisbat uniform set, it was able to raise a Gunner¡¯s singlebat power by an enormous extent, in addition to the fact that it, in itself, belonged to the same brand and series. It was known as an ¡°equipment set.¡±

    ¡°A Gunner? You¡¯re not a Light Armor Warrior?!¡±

    ¡°I understand now! So you¡¯re the Sniper they were talking about before!¡±

    The Scout yer had simrly recognized this top Rarebat uniform set. His darkened expression revealed a look of mockery.

    Feng Luo red at him with cold eyes. Not understanding the meaning of his words, Feng Luo did not respond.

    However, Azure, positioned beside him, quickly reported the situation. ¡°It¡¯s like this, Big Brother Feng...¡±

    Off to the side, Watermelon Skin seemed to feel a little awkward, but he also exined the fact that he had tried to practice his shooting and so had bluffed his teammate a bit.

    ¡°I see... Watermelon, it¡¯s not bad that you¡¯re preparing to walk down this road, you¡¯ll definitely be able to reap the rewards one day if you persevere. But rather, there¡¯s no need to be too hard on yourself. In some situations, you can still be flexible and adapt! The situation of the story mission this time is special. I suggest that you first make use of skills and continue again only after you leave Silvermoon City. Shooting is ultimately not a matter of days! Hmm... I¡¯ll lend you this gun. Return it to me again after you leave Silvermoon City!¡±

    Feng Luo showed Watermelon Skin an encouraging expression. Thereafter, he thought for a while before taking out a ck firearms case from his backpack. He unlocked it and, after opening up the assembly, passed the dark gray-colored, eye-catching sniper rifle of over 1.5 meters to Watermelon Skin!

    ¡°This... is the Python of Death!¡±

    Watermelon Skin naturally recognized it, as it was a Level-45 Rare piece of Sniper equipment with the highest attack power. It had made a huge name for itself in War.

    The Barrett, however, had a price that fluctuated in the millions, which was a sky-high price for a normal Sniper! Therefore, as Feng Luo passed the Barrett to him, Watermelon Skin felt as if it wasn¡¯t real. He nearly dropped it but managed to catch it in his hands.

    Feng Luo nodded, speaking as he quickly put on his equipment. ¡°Hmm. Do you have 12.7 mm bullets?¡±

    ¡°Yes... Mine is also arge-caliber sniper rifle,¡± Watermelon Skin said with a little excitement and also a bit of awkwardness.

    Although it was also arge-caliber sniper rifle, the attack of this Fine-grade sniper rifle was only half that of the Barrett. Plus, it didn¡¯t have many enhancement attributes, and its damage was iparable!

    Sk, standing to the side, was looking at the Barrett in Watermelon Skin¡¯s hands with envy! Although his weapon was decent, it was clearly couldn¡¯tpare to such high-quality Rare equipment.

    But Feng Luo only had two sniper rifles, and he was about to use the Eye of the Thunder. Thus, he could only shoot Sk an apologetic nce.

    The three Silvermoon City casual yers on the tform watched from the side. Observing Feng Luo¡¯s extremely generous act, the Heavy Armor Warrior and the Fire Maniptor¡¯s eyes were full of envy.

    ¡°F*ck! This person is way too generous. Why can¡¯t I have such a friend!¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m quite envious! Although it¡¯s only a loan, this is a top-quality piece of equipment worth millions. It¡¯s surely good enough!¡±

    Because My World, Sk, and the four people from the North City Guild all belonged to their own teams, the four casual yers had previously, voluntarily formed an immediate small team. Of course, with that Light Armor Warrior dead, there were only three people left: the two of them and that casual Scout.

    ¡°Huh? Old K, what¡¯re you doing?¡±

    Just then, the Fire Maniptor realized that there was one person short in the conversation. He then discovered, as he turned back, that the Scout yer was no longer behind.

    ¡°Damn it! Seeing so many pieces of high-quality Gunner equipment, I¡¯m so envious that it¡¯s getting ufortable! I¡¯ll try to detect the situation there at that Giant Octopus to relieve myself!¡±

    The casual Scout yer was then half squatting at a side on the tform near the sky linkway with a grieved expression, fidgeting with the Recon Meter in his hand!

    ¡°Something¡¯s strange. The Recon Meter can¡¯t see the movements of that Level-50 Commander monster again. It seems like it has the ability to avoid Detection and will only be detected when it attacks!¡±

    He didn¡¯t receive any information. Even when he¡¯d taken a few steps forward, moving closer to the hotel to strengthen the testing effect, the Recon Meter was still nk.

    Seeing that he was unable to get a result from the Detection, he turned back and said to the Scout behind, who had a curious expression, ¡°Your Recon Meter is more high-leveled. You try!¡±

    Previously, as this Scout had the best equipment among everyone, the attitude of the three casual yers definitely leaned toward the four guild yers to a certain extent. After all, anyone would wish to follow powerful teammates, so as to have a higher chance of survival or to gain mission points in the end.

    In the end, with an even more ¡°awesome¡± Feng Luoing along¡ªwho could lend someone a piece of equipment worth a few million¡ªthe casual Scout naturally didn¡¯t need to be as held back toward this North City Scout as before!

    However, just as he turned back and shouted, he saw that the yers behind were looking at him, and he suddenly changed.

    ¡°Be careful!¡± the casual Fire Maniptor yer yelled anxiously.

    ¡°What?¡±

    Beep, beep...

    The Scout yer froze. His expression changed as he saw the warning signal of the Recon Meter in his hands madly beeping once more.

    But it was already toote. By the time he regained his senses, the camougebat uniform at his waist had already tightened as if it was wrapped up by something. Then, as if he had been pulled off the ground by something with immense strength, his entire body flew up toward the hole opposite the tform!

 Chapter 361 - Conflict!

    <h4>Chapter 361: Conflict!</h4>

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The casual Scout yer let out a scream of panic! His entire body had already been brought above the sky tunnel by the brown tentacle, held by his waist by suction cups!

    Even though it was just a game, the sensation was astounding. Being hung high in the air at 100 meters above the ground and rapidly, uncontrobly pulled backward in a game with such high simtion level was a feeling that was still traumatizing! More importantly, this situation had happened so suddenly, and the speed of withdrawal of the Giant Octopus¡¯s tentacle was too fast. Having already been dragged over 10 meters, he was too far away. The yers on the tform couldn¡¯t react in time to attack and save him!

    Except, that is, for a sniper bullet encircled by streaks of blue electrical current!

    Ping!

    ?3333

    ?877

    A scorching C-grade explosive armor-piercing bullet caught up with the Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s tentacle wrapped around the casual Scout yer in front of the hole, hitting the fleshy tentacle where it was wrapped around his waist!

    Boom!

    The point of contact between the bullet and the tentacle instantly exploded into tiny mes, and ayer of sizzling electrical current appeared on the tentacle due to the activated Rare attribute of the Eye of the Thunder!

    At the same time, a weak-point damage prompt indicating over 4,000 damage shed across Feng Luo¡¯s vision!

    ¡°A weak=point damage?¡±

    Feng Luo froze. The shot had hit at the end of the tentacle. It was actually weak-point damage? And furthermore, the damage was pretty high!

    However, against the Giant Octopus¡¯s slimy tentacle, the zing effect of the explosive armor-piercing bullet was insignificant. Even the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s Electric Shock ¡°numbing¡± effect proved futile against the octopus Commander!

    Even Feng Luo¡¯s extremely powerful shot¡ªregardless in terms of reaction speed or precision¡ªwasn¡¯t enough to stop the tentacle dragging the unlucky Scout yer into the ck hole.

    ¡°Old K!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor yer finally regained his senses; with a wave of the Energy Converter in his hand, a stream of bowl-sized zing ¡°Chain Fireballs¡± flew into the huge hole!

    Ping, ping!

    At the same time, Watermelon Skin and Sk fired their sniper rifles! But just like before, after grasping for its ¡°food,¡± the Giant Octopus Commander ignored the attacks as if they were scratches, indicating no reaction whatsoever.

    Furthermore, after three seconds, a faint white light of death emerged from deep inside the hole!

    ******

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?! The tform is an entire 30 meters from there. That infected Octopus Commander¡¯s tentacle can actually reach all the way here!¡±

    Seeing that the Scout yer had diedpletely powerless to retaliate¡ªeveryone¡¯s face turned grim. Collectively, they fled from the side of the tform closest to the hole, all retreating to the rear edge of the tform beside the VIP zone!

    ¡°It can reach its tentacle and attack all the way here from inside the main building! How do we stand against it?¡±

    Everyone was aware that they would probably be unable to avoid battling this Giant Octopus Commander and its outstanding HP, but their chances of triumph seemed somewhat hopeless.

    After all, this fellow was far from the tform; if it were to attack, it would have to crawl over. That gap was the biggest opportunity for everyone to act. However, who could have anticipated that this Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s tentacle would actually be able to stretch further than expected and drag someone straight off of the tform from the main building?!

    ¡°Its tentacle is able to stretch and be withdrawn, then be thin and stretch long!¡±

    Feng Luo held the Eye of the Thunder that had just fired. His expression was grave.

    The others hadn¡¯t seen how the Giant Octopus Commander had stretched its tentacle all the way here, but Feng Luo had seen it clearly due to his enhanced vision.

    After stretching to a limit of over 10 meters, the tentacle, covered in fleshy suction cups, actually continued to lengthen as it violently shot out, stretching to nearly 40 meters and ultimately grabbing the casual Scout yer!

    A few thoughts rapidly shed across Feng Luo¡¯s mind.

    Is it because it evolved after being infected? Or is it because it already had such an ability? And is 40 meters the limit? Could it actually reach its tentacle all the way to us here?

    But the bullet just now had clearly hit the front section of its tentacle, and the system prompted that it caused weak-point damage. Plus, the damage actually exceeded 4,000 with the Rare attribute of the Eye of the Thunder activated! It seems very likely that since the octopus, as a soft-bodied organism, is set in the system to be unlike typicalnd organisms, which have hard shells or fur for defense. Maybe hitting any part of its body will cause high weak-point damage!

    If that¡¯s really the case, then this fellow actually shouldn¡¯t be as hard to face as we imagined! Hmm. The possibility is at least above 70 percent... If not, 300,000 HP to a Commander monster is over the top!

    In a short few seconds, Feng Luo¡¯s thoughts reached another conclusion.

    ¡°Brother Feng, what do we do? Fight it?¡±

    Just then, My World and Steel Fortress, who had already changed into the equipment given by Feng Luo, looked toward Feng Luo.

    ¡°Fight! Fight right now!¡±

    ¡°We first use long-range attacks to lure it out, then use ¡®Shield Bash¡¯ to draw its aggro. Then we just have to cause enough damage so it wouldn¡¯t be able to stay in there!¡±

    Feng Luo raised his head and looked through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder. Behind the ck enhanced ss, the silhouette of the Giant Octopus Commander still could not be seen! However, since he now knew that this octopus wasn¡¯t as remarkable as they¡¯d first thought, there was no need to dy any longer.

    But Feng Luo was worried about one thing: the fact that the attributes of this octopus Commander had been seen by the scope to have prompted ¡°evolution in progress.¡±

    If it wasn¡¯t quickly finished off¡ªif it got lucky and evolved into a Quasi-Boss¡ªthere could be no doubt that the people on the tform would be wiped out, including the three NPCs!

    But just then, a voice suddenly spoke up.

    ¡°No, I disagree with this n!¡±

    Naturally, the one to go against others was the North City Scout yer.

    When everyone on Feng Luo¡¯s side stared at him disapprovingly, he looked back with condescension in his eyes. ¡°Using a long-range attack to lure this octopus Commander out,¡± he said mockingly. ¡°Not only is this method troublesome, but it also risks having the attackers be targets of its tentacles. That¡¯s quite dangerous! No one can guarantee that this n will work. If someone dies again... Hehe!¡±

    The Scout yerughed coldly, ncing at everyone.

    ¡°Actually, there¡¯s no need to go through such trouble. Considering what happened before, this Giant Octopus Commander could actively attack and grab people after a period of time. We then just have to leave some bait at the front of the tform. When it grabs people the next time, we can jump at the chance to engage in an attack!¡±

    ¡°Let someone be bait? Isn¡¯t that cing all the risk on one person?¡± said My World, who had changed into the five-piece Thunder equipment set. He looked at him coldly. ¡°Who do you want to be the bait then? Your people, or...?¡±

    The two remaining casual yers¡¯ faces changed upon hearing the words.

    ¡°No... I won¡¯t try to deceive anyone. Have you forgotten? There are still three troublesome NPCs in there, quite suitable for being used as bait... In that case, since you¡¯re all so persistent about doing the mission, there¡¯s no need to be concerned about everyone¡¯s safety, right?¡±

    The Scout yer had a self-satisfied but sinister smile as he used his eyes to signal toward the VIP zone at the side!

    Bang!

    Just as he finished speaking, a high-velocity sniper bullet brushed past his face. Its scorch made him feel as if his face had been hit by it!

    ¡°I¡¯ll only say it once,¡± said Feng Luo. ¡°Don¡¯t let me hear such words again. If not, the next bullet will not be a miss!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s tone was ice cold¡ªthis time, he was really enraged.

    If the four people weren¡¯t there, finishing off this octopus Commander would be practically impossible. If it was possible for everyone to have been wiped out in the end, perhaps this explosive armor-piercing bullet would have already struck Scout¡¯s forehead!

    ¡°You actually attacked me?!¡±

    The Scout yer¡¯s face initially showed his self-satisfaction, bullying My World and the others by suggesting a ¡°perfect n.¡± In the end, this shot of Feng Luo¡¯s had made a fool out of him during his big moment.

    As an outsider, he didn¡¯t know anything about My World, Sk, or the others protecting the three NPCs. They were actually here more because of Feng Luo than for the mission. Making such a n at such a time was actually looking for one¡¯s own death!

    ¡°F*ck! Damn it!¡±

    But right after, he regained his senses. The Scout¡¯s face became extremely enraged, and he violently raised the sci-fi submachine gun in his hands to point it at Feng Luo!

    Bang!

    But the moment his submachine gun was raised, another scorching bullet, encircled by streaks of electrical current, struck his right hand at the submachine gun trigger.

    Pai!

    The powerful force caused his hand, which was initially about to pull the trigger, to be knocked back, and the sci-fi version submachine gun muzzle was violently knocked out of aim!

    Although it wasn¡¯t easy for yers to suffer from the damaging effect of being attacked, some attack effects were unaffected. Unfortunately, this bullet had actually activated the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s special attribute once again!

    Crack!

    A streak of bluish-white electrical current covered his right arm, spreading through his entire body in an instant.

    With a pai, he loosened his grip on the sci-fi submachine gun in his hands, dropping it onto the ground!

 Chapter 362 - Seeking Death!

    <h4>Chapter 362: Seeking Death!</h4>

    ?2401

    ?803

    The Scout yer let out a painful groan while two yellow damage coefficients appeared above his head!

    At the same time, after exploding upon hitting the target, the mmable substance in the C-Grade explosive armor-piercing bullet stained hisbat uniform, quickly resulting in a few red spots of fire!

    If not for the high grade of thebat uniform on the Scout and the fact that he probably had higher Fire and Electricity resistance¡ªplus the fact that this shot of Feng Luo¡¯s struck the point where his hand was holding the submachine gun rather than his chest, head, or critical points¡ªthe Scout yer would have likely entered a ¡°heavily injured¡± state or even lost his life due to the Rare attribute of the Eye of the Thunder!

    But even so, with Feng Luo¡¯s shot causing weak-point damage, the Scout yer¡¯s HP had dropped by more than half.

    And even though he was not ¡°heavily injured,¡± being ¡°electric shocked¡± by the activated Eye of the Thunder¡¯s Rare attribute meant that his body was unable to move!

    ¡°What are you doing?!¡±

    Because the conflict had happened so fast, most of the people on the tform were unable to react. Only then did the threepanions beside the North City Scout react. The Light Armor Warrior among the three of them quickly stepped in front of the Scout, using his body to block Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight, whereas the Fire Maniptor also quickly put a fiery-red Energy Shield over himself, his Energy Converter also lit.

    Thest remaining Doctor hurriedly applied a Blood Tonic and a Debuff Potion on the Scout with only half his HP left!

    ¡°As I said before, it¡¯s a warning!¡± Feng Luo was cold, not putting down the Eye of the Thunder in his hands!

    ¡°Humph! Yet again, it¡¯s Big Brother Feng who is so resolute. I actually considered doing this long before. He even deliberately pushed your two shop assistants before, nearly allowing them to be bitten by a zombie!¡±

    Sk showed a simr coldness on his face as he followed suit, raising the sniper rifle in his hands!

    In fact, on the way to this tform, the Scout had actually already requested ditching the ¡°burdens¡± many times. After Sk had coldly refused, he¡¯d even used the fact that he was a Scout and was able to discover the positions of infected units in advance, thanks to having a Recon Meter, to deliberately push Jing Xiang and Lan down in secret while running toward the tform. By doing so, he had hoped to let a hidden zombie bite Jing Xiang, saving him a bit of trouble!

    Sk had discovered this on time and had shot the zombie dead. The Scout had instantly denied what he¡¯d done, and without first-hand evidence¡ªplus the fact that there were still a few Lickers chasing them from behind¡ªSk hadn¡¯t been in a good position to turn the tables on this fellow with decent equipment!

    Moreover, two average shop assistant NPCs weren¡¯t too important in the eyes of typical yers. However, this Scout yer¡¯s unscrupulous words and pranks had already given Sk an unhappy feeling. In addition, Watermelon Skin had also had a conflict with him before.

    One step before Sk, with a grave face, Watermelon Skin raised the sniper rifle in his hands with the hollow ck T-shapedrge-caliber muzzle lit by the re!

    Three sniper rifles aimed. If they hit someone, there was no doubt that anyone other than a Heavy Armor Warrior with his shield up would never have been able to stand up to it! Let alone My World, simrly with a cold face, or Azure, who had a Debuff Potion held in her hand long before.

    Moreover, because the people on the tform were just beside the VIP zone, Ultimate Heavy Armor, who had been guarding at the VIP zone entrance, had a cold face as he disyed poise that indicated readiness for battle!

    ¡°Well...¡±

    The faces of the two people standing across at the front had turned really grim. It had to be mentioned that these people of the North City team were now feeling really troubled! With their personalities, they previously didn¡¯t even consider My World; only Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor with their decent equipment made them slightly fearful.

    But now, the civilian team, which they had initially considered not to be a threat, had been swiftly upgraded. Having exchanged their top halves for high-quality Rare equipment, My World and Ultimate Heavy Armor were no less remarkable than they were in terms of equipment¡ªor even better!

    The Barrett in Watermelon Skin¡¯s hands was obviously not a typical high-threat piece of equipment! What about Azure, who was the only one who did not change her equipment?

    More importantly, for a Doctor yer, one¡¯s skill level was of primary concern; equipment was secondary. And some of Azure¡¯s profession skills were even higher in level than the Doctor yers on their team. In addition to Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor, they were quickly at a disadvantage!

    Of course, the one who had made them most fearful was still Feng Luo!

    Since Feng Luo had revealed himself, they had seen him fire a total of three bullets. The first shot was when everyone had failed to react¡ªa shot that urately hit the octopus tentacle wrapped around the waist of the casual Scout yer who had flown into the air! If not for the Giant Octopus Commander being unbothered the yers¡¯ attacks, the shot might have had a chance to save that Scout!

    The second shot had brushed past the face of the Scout, missing by less than one centimeter. A miss was a miss, but it was clear to everyone, based on Feng Luo¡¯s words, that this shot hadn¡¯t been a miss at all!

    The third shot had also proven this point; before the Scout yer could raise his submachine gun and pull the trigger, Feng Luo had swiftly fired another bullet after the first, which had knocked the opponent¡¯s gun to the ground. What kind of uracy and reaction time did this require?

    ¡°Luck? Or is it skill...?¡±

    If it was just one shot, they probably would have been willing to attribute such shooting to sheer luck.

    However, it had been three consecutive shots... a callback to what Azure had previously said: ¡°Wait and you¡¯ll see what a true Sniper expert is!¡±

    Even if their brains were in their asses, everyone would now understand that this Sniper¡ªwho had initially been wearing quality Light Armor Warrior equipment¡ªwas truly a top expert who truly honored the rifle!

    More importantly, this expert also had horrifying attack power! Just a shot to the hand of a Scout with full-set Rare equipment had been able to break his Rare-gradebat gloves and deplete half his HP.

    If that shot had been aimed at another position, such as the chest or the throat, wouldn¡¯t it have been...?

    ¡°It¡¯s not just the equipment problem. His Talent is definitely an attack-type Talent, too. Plus, it¡¯s one of a high level!¡±

    The three people had all thought of this, their faces turning grim to the core.

    The Light Armor Warrior couldn¡¯t help but show a submissive expression. ¡°My friend, it was a misunderstanding! That previous situation was definitely not on purpose. It was really just an ident. Plus, our team leader didn¡¯t think that these three were actually your ¡®shop assistants.¡¯ That was why he was only making a joking suggestion just now¡ªit was all just a misunderstanding!¡±

    His reaction was faster. Based on Sk¡¯s words, he already understood that the two shop assistant NPCs, who hadn¡¯t seemed all that important, were actually this Sniper¡¯s shop staff.

    He also quickly understood the reason for Feng Luo¡¯s cold face! Although deep inside, he was a little clueless as to why Feng Luo actually took such worthless low-level civilian NPCs so seriously, he could only keep quiet on the matter, since Feng Luo was more powerful.

    ¡°A misunderstanding? You must be kidding!¡±

    Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t have guessed that this Scout yer would still be capable of something like this. Otherwise, his previous shot wouldn¡¯t have been aimed at his hand!

    Therefore, his expression didn¡¯t lighten at all as he still stared coldly at the Light Armor Warrior.

    ¡°It¡¯s indeed... a misunderstanding...¡± the Light Armor Warrior said with a sheepish smile. ¡°It is...¡±

    He hadn¡¯t even finished his words when the Scout yer¡¯s voice resounded from behind him, cold and enraged! ¡°F*ck! Who says it¡¯s a joke?!¡±

    In the face of such a tragic situation, the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s expression changed. ¡°Leader, you...¡±

    The Scout yer actually wasn¡¯t going along with him. Rather, he interrupted his words after recovering from the electric shock. Instantly, the atmosphere grew increasingly tense!

 Chapter 363 - Kill!

    <h4>Chapter 363: Kill!</h4>

    ¡°You want to fire? Fire if you can. I don¡¯t mind if everyone attacks together!¡± The Scout yer stood behind his two team members, his voice filled with hatred and mockery. ¡°Without us, do you think you have the ability to go up against that Level-50 Commander monster with over 300,000 HP?! Dream on!

    ¡°If I haven¡¯t guessed incorrectly, the worth of those three NPCs is certainly rted to some Hidden Mission. That must be why you take them so seriously. Especially that old geezer of an NPC. He might even be some Life Profession master! If we die, the rest of you will definitely be wiped out. In such a situation, don¡¯t even think of these three NPCs living. And your loss would definitely be 10 times greater than mine!¡±

    The Scout yer¡¯s voice grew even colder, but these words made Feng Luo and those on his side turn grim. Previously, due to Feng Luo taking action, in addition to the fact that they had disliked this Scout for a long time, everyone followed in the action.

    But now that they thought for a bit, the threat of the Giant Octopus Commander in the opposite building was indeed the most important. If they lost these people¡ªespecially the two with long-range output¡ªthen it would really be possible for them to be wiped out in the uing battle!

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression also seemed to have changed. Although his eyes were still cold, the Eye of the Thunder in his hands had slightly shifted a small distance!

    ¡°I¡¯ve hit the bullseye, haven¡¯t I?¡± said the Scout yer, his voice filled with mockery. ¡°Those three NPCs are really important to you! Plus, now that the unfortunate Scout has died, it¡¯s left for me to obtain the information on this Commander monster¡¯s skills and updated HP. You ought to know how crazy its Talent is. In battle, it can... Haha! Without all this information, you seek to kill this Level-50 Commander monster just with the three Snipers? And your trashy single, long-range damage outputs?¡±

    The Scout spoke as if he had been studying Feng Luo¡¯s actions all along, actually walking out from behind hispanions¡¯ backs just after Feng Luo put down his rifle. Whereas, his other threepanions were all a little stunned. But after his words, they revealed a look a delight.

    The Scout yer paid no mind to them at all but viciously looked at Feng Luo, who stared right back at him with cold eyes.

    ¡°Now do you see why he didn¡¯t dare to hit me on his first shot?¡± he yelled loudly, unleashing the emotions bottled up inside him. ¡°And why his second shot only hit my hand?¡±

    The point was that Feng Luo¡¯s first bullet had been like a p to the face, humiliating him to the core. yers like him normally loved to boast in front of others and had a great sense of pride. How could such a person be able to tolerate being pped in the face?

    Feng Luo¡¯s second bullet, which had knocked the submachine gun from his hand, had made him feel a little hopeless. His equipment was quite decent. Although not all of his full-set Rare equipment was high-quality, it was enough for him to effortlessly dominate normal yers and even some Elite yers. But in terms of PK technique, he didn¡¯t have much. Faced with opponents like Feng Luo¡ªwith equipment above his and whose techniques were unpredictable¡ªhe was unable to regain his pride in a one-on-one situation!

    Even with his prideful ¡°Critical Attack¡± Talent, he felt that he had no way of gaining a sense of superiority over Feng Luo! Because the damage of that shot of just now had, indeed, been a little over the top.

    That shot had broken the defense of a Level-50 Rarebat glove. It made him 100-percent certain that Feng Luo possessed an attack-type Talent! Furthermore, it was an attack Talent able to be used against yers. His ¡°Critical Attack¡± Talent, meanwhile, was strong, but it only worked against monsters. Furthermore, it was only effective against monsters of Commander-grade and below. When in PK with yers, it was, in fact,pletely useless!

    This increased his hatred greatly. He now only had one intention in mind: to regain his pride.

    Luckily, it wasn¡¯t as if he had no advantage. He was better than anyone at using his head. After Feng Luo missed the first shot and the second shot knocked away his weapon, he understood the situation. Actually, the two shots hadn¡¯t been aimed at his critical points for one reason: Feng Luo didn¡¯t dare to kill him at all! He could lose the equipment he had on him and his XP, but Feng Luo couldn¡¯t lose the three NPCs. Facing the threat of the octopus Commander monster across, Feng Luo didn¡¯t dare take such a gamble!

    ¡°Because he doesn¡¯t dare to kill us at all,¡± continued the Scout. ¡°If so, all of them would¡ª¡±

    Bang!

    ?4001

    A scorching armor-piercing bullet hit the Scout yer in the chest.

    The high-speed rotating bullethead tore through thebat uniform at his chest, after which, it smashed into his heart. At the same time, a lethal damage indicator of 4,000 emerged above his head; his HP, which had yet to recover, was emptied in an instant!

    ¡°You...!¡±

    The Scout yer¡¯s previous expression of mockery disappeared in an instant, changing into an extremely stunned expression!

    Thereafter, his body fell backward, and a white light of death shed across him!

    Feng Luo gripped the Eye of the Thunder, which he had raised once more, his eyes cold as ice!

    ¡°Leader, you...¡±

    The faces of the remaining three people on the other side changed drastically!

    Initially, the Scout yer¡¯s words had banished their fear. They had been even more relieved to see the changes in the faces of the crowd of people on the opponent¡¯s side. They had even felt superior again because they thought that Feng Luo didn¡¯t dare to attack at all!

    Unexpectedly, Feng Luo, who ¡°wouldn¡¯t dare to attack,¡± had attacked after all. And just one shot had in the Scout yer, whose HP had already recovered to 80 percent!

    A Scout yer wearing full-set Rare equipment had suffered 4,000 damage from a single shot. This made them doubt their own eyes!

    Bang! Bang!

    ¡°Heavy sh!¡±

    ¡°Shield Bash!¡±

    But that wasn¡¯t all. After Feng Luo fired his shot, Watermelon Skin and Sk also started firing!

    The two of them aimed at the most threatening Fire Maniptor at the same time. With one quality Excellent rifle and one Python of Death, just two shots destroyed the Fire Maniptor¡¯s forcefield, which didn¡¯t have a high defense coefficient!

    The Fire Maniptor wasn¡¯t in time to unleash the move prepared with the Energy Converter in his hand before a ck silhouette suddenly appeared in front of him. After that, he felt a chill. Thest thing he saw before his vision wentpletely ck was a reddish-ck reversed military knife!

    Ultimate Heavy Armor had already raised up his Alloy Shield and violently smashed it against the Light Armor Warrior, while My World used Thunder Leap sh on the Doctor yer, who had lost protection!

    The battle was over in a sh! In less than 10 seconds, the remaining three North City yers were all reduced to white light!

    Left on the ground were a few pieces of decent-looking pieces of equipment, some Crystals, and supplies.

    Under normal circumstances, the Scout yer had every right to be arrogant. His Illegal Points and Criminal Points had probably been quite high. After he was killed by Feng Luo, due to the attribute of the Town of Exiles badge, three pieces of equipment were produced beside the corpse! He was filled with Rare equipment. His inventory probably had even better spare equipment with decent attributes. But what was truly unfortunate for him was that among the three pieces of equipment was his sci-fi Rare-grade submachine gun!

 Chapter 364 - Summoning the Beetles!

    <h4>Chapter 364: Summoning the Beetles!</h4>

    ¡°Brother Feng?¡±

    Other than the two worried-looking, casual Silvermoon City yers who had moved aside and were on their guard, the others weren¡¯t all that concerned about the prizes on the floor. Rather, they looked toward Feng Luo.

    ¡°Apologies to have troubled everyone!¡±

    Feng Luo had already returned to normal, showing a slightly apologetic smile. He put away Ghost Weep, which had shed a few heads in battle to prevent them from mutating into Elite infected hosts, returning it to his tactical vest!

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, you¡¯re being too nice to us,¡± Sk said, looking over at the ck empty hotel main building. As if he concealed a lethal crisis, a grave expression appeared on his face. ¡°That brat¡¯s arrogant! We¡¯ve been longing to finish him! But without them, it probably isn¡¯t possible for us to finish this Giant Octopus. Why don¡¯t we retreat to the VIP zone first and defend? We sessfully contacted Older Brother Dan Hen and the others once just now. He said that they¡¯d be able to get over here very quickly!¡±

    ¡°No, this Commander monster wouldn¡¯t be giving us that much time,¡± Feng Luo said to the others, shaking his head, ¡°and they would be unable toe up onto the tform. Then it¡¯d be hard for them to join the battle!¡±

    He once again using the scope of the Eye of the Thunder to observe whether there was any movement in the hole opposite them.

    As for his choice to kill the Scout yer and the other three, he didn¡¯t regret it. His prior actions hadn¡¯t been decisions made on impulse.

    Everyone knew that the Scout profession yed a major role in any team. But if he intended to cause a ruckus, it would also be easy for him to secretly sabotage someone. Among everyone, only he was able to obtain the correct HP of a Commander monster. He was also able to possess most skills (even if he was not necessarily able to obtain them all).

    Since the conflict had already reached the point of no return, the Scout was clearly no longer able to cooperate well with them. Thus, the best choice was to finish off an unstable element in advance so as to prevent the next battle from being affected!

    Yes, the next battle! Now four people short¡ªwith only the individuals on the tform¡ªit would be impossible to face the Octopus Commander. But what about with pets?

    ******

    Tch, tch!

    With a sh of white light, 24K, which was like a piece of gold, was already pping its wings andnded on the SUV topbat uniform on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    ¡°A pet?¡±

    Everyone stared at 24K on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder with doubt on their faces.

    Regarding Feng Luo summoning his pet all of a sudden, they were a bit curious¡ªand clueless. Due to the T-Virus¡¯s powerful infectious ability, most pets were unable to escape from it. Many yers¡¯ pets had gone insane after being infected, then were freed from the yers¡¯ control and attacked their owners, even being deemed ¡°dead¡± by the system!

    The punishment for the death of pets in War was quite strict, and the credits required for revival were high. Thus, in such an environment, where death came so easily, no one would let their pets out. And in any case, normal pets facing a Giant Octopus Commander were indeed not of much use!

    ¡°Ah! Big Brother Feng, why have you let 24K out?¡± asked Azure. ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid it might be infected?¡±

    The little girl Azure had joy in her eyes. Yesterday, at the Withered Desert, the gold-like 24K had already gained the admiration of three female yers.

    ¡°He ought to have some strength, having eaten so many credits¡¯ worth of Crystals.¡±

    Feng Luo smiled. Then, through his Mental Link, he ordered 24K¡ªcurrently expressing affection toward him¡ªto engage the Wormhole.

    Feng Luo¡¯s decision not to summon 24K to join the battle previously wasn¡¯t because he deliberately wanted privacy. In reality, it was because 24K hadn¡¯t been suited for battle!

    Previously, 24K had lost its entire Psionic Energy index in the battle with that ck Beetle Commander before. Luckily, it hadter leveled up, in addition to its gradual recovery over time. But its Psionic Energy was still at less than one-third.

    But what truly affected 24K¡¯sbat power was the situation of the beetle army! In the previous battle, thebat beetle army that Feng Luo had been umting for so long had all entered the battlefield. Although they had triumphed in the end, not many of them were left. And almost all of the remaining beetle forces had lost or broken legs, had shattered shells, and were seriouslycking HP.

    The recovery of normal beetle forces was not as fast as that of yers! After a beetle was returned to the Wormhole, it would need at least a day¡¯s time to fully recover its HP. If one had a broken limb, a broken tail, or any other injury, it would need a few days to regenerate new ones and fully regain itsbat power!

    Therefore, these beetle forces now weren¡¯t suitable to be summoned to battle now. Especially going up against a Level-50 Giant Octopus Commander, it definitely would be a horrifying loss!

    Feng Luo had previously been very tolerant toward those from the North City, and it was for this reason¡ªbecause he didn¡¯t really want to let his precious beetle army be used here. This could be considered a hidden trump card up his sleeve¡ªa card he was only prepared to use in order to protect Old John and the others from being surrounded on the ground when met with a huge number of zombies!

    But the Scout yer had been too self-confident and arrogant. In order to avoid being stabbed in the back, Feng Luo decided not to keep him around!

    And there was another factor. Almost all of these remaining Spray, Steel, and ded Beetles were Elite-grade beetles. The death of a normal beetle wasn¡¯t a big deal, but the death of an Elite-grade beetle would truly be a pity! Clearly, Elite beetles weren¡¯t easy to be raised. To hatch them, one first needed at least Elite-grade monster bodies. At the same time, a higher consumption of Psionic Energy than normal beetles would be needed! Technically, 24K using up Psionic Energy for recovery each day had been used to spawn only five Level 40 and above Elite monsters, at most.

    The key was that there was no guarantee that it would be an Elite-grade Beetle that hatched; in most cases, what hatched would only be a higher-leveled Normal beetle!

    Feng Luo had calcted that trying to hatch Elite Beetles was an ¡°unproductive¡± endeavor. Because if this Psionic Energy was used for hatching Normal beetles, the Psionic Energy consumed in one day was at least able to ensure over 10 beetles hatched, allowing the ¡°beetle army¡± to form quickly!

    But Feng Luo, nheless, had to resort to this unproductive act. This was not just because Elite beetles had much strongerbat power than Normal beetles. It was because it wasn¡¯t just about spawning and hatching. The process ofmanding through the Mental Link would also consume 24K¡¯s Psionic Energy!

    This was also the reason why, in a typical scenario, Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t deploy all thebat beetles. Because the more beetles were summoned from the Wormhole, the higher the Psionic Energy consumed by Mental Link per unit. At the same time, consumption of Psionic Energy was also needed to maintain the Wormhole. The higher the number of beetles deployed, the longer the Wormhole needed to be maintained.

    And so, the consumption of Psionic Energy on the battlefield for a Normal beetle and an Elite beetle wasn¡¯t all that different! This also meant that Feng Luo had to walk the Elite route. After all, thebat powers of 20 Normal beetles and that of 20 Elite beetles were uparable!

    ¡°Clearly, this is also one of the system¡¯s hidden restrictions. However, if I¡¯m able to get some more Psionic Energy Crystals, perhaps the hatching rate of the Elite team can be increased. And for 24K¡¯s evolution this time, it should at least increase in Psionic Energy, right?¡±

    Feng Luo took a look at 24K¡¯s state¡ªstill ¡°evolution in progress.¡± Who knew when the evolution would bepleted and whether it would be like the previous time, whereby a new skill had been earned?

    Tch, tch!

    As Feng Luo was thinking, 24K quickly opened up a Wormhole beside everyone after understanding what he meant through the Mental Link.

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t intend to let it open the Wormhole anywhere close to the tunnel. If it was too close, the Giant Octopus Commander might stretch a tentacle over, and they could all be swept below the tform or crushed to death! After all, these beetles didn¡¯t have much HP left!

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s this!¡±

    ¡°Something¡¯s happening!¡±

    The moment the Wormhole appeared, there was panic on the tform.

    Especially from Azure, who had just been allocated a Rare-grade healing handgun and was preparing potion-injection bullets that only Doctors could use. She couldn¡¯t help but cry out.

    ¡°Don¡¯t panic! These are creatures summoned by my pet!¡± Feng Luo shouted to calm everyone down and stop the weapons that were already pointed a the ck hole!

    Then the first Elite beetle showed itself.

    A beetle-shaped organism¡ªwith a body close nearly two meters in length and glossy ck in color¡ªmoved its sectioned limbs, which were short of two. It crawled upward inside the ck hole, its bulky, slightly cracked shell looking like a battle tank!

 Chapter 365 - Shocked Everyone

    <h4>Chapter 365: Shocked Everyone</h4>

    ¡°Ah?! Summon monsters?¡±

    ¡°So, 24K isn¡¯t a support-type pet. I knew it. With Brother Feng¡¯s strength, there¡¯s no way 24K would be just any normal pet.¡±

    ¡°But this game actually has summon-type pets? Moreover, from the appearance of the summoned monster, it looks like a defensive type monster... Is that right?¡±

    Azure, Watermelon Skin, and the others had not seen the beetle soldiers before, so naturally, their reactions weren¡¯t too drastic. Of course, since they came to the conclusion that 24K was probably a summon-type pet from their private discussion the day before when therge Elite Grade Steel Beetle appeared before them, they were all incredibly curious. After they found out that the beetle standing before them was summoned by Feng Luo¡¯s pet, they also put down the weapons in their hands.

    ¡°This... isn¡¯t this that... Steel Beetle?¡±

    However, after Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor looked at each other, they looked incredibly shocked.

    Although they did not take part in Lu Conglomerate¡¯s City Building Cleanup mission, since they were working on another mission, many people from Veterans Tribe took part in it and recorded battle videos. As such, both of them had seen the Steel Beetle before, and from the Town of Exile town defense battle, they had also seen the video of the Level 45 Steel Beetle Boss invading the town on the forum. That was why they immediately knew the background of the beetle!

    Although the Steel Beetle had average attack, its HP and defense were insane. As it was an Elite Grade monster, it also had the long-rangeser attacks. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that it moved so slowly, it could definitely be considered a gunner¡¯s perfect pet.

    ¡°A pet that can summon other monsters. In addition to that, it can actually summon a monster as strong as the Steel Beetle. Brother Feng¡¯s pet is definitely special!¡±

    ¡°But most game settings will set a timeframe for summoned pets; moreover, if the pet is killed, the summoned monster will also disappear. Overall, I think it might be better to have an Elite Grade Steel Beetle as a pet... Just what is Brother Feng thinking...¡±

    ¡°Ah, this is...¡±

    Just as the two of their minds raced, their eyes became wider in the next moment.

    After the Steel Beetle crawled out of the wormhole, immediately after it came another ck and hardened tank-like beetle shell, though it also had some a few cracks from previous battles.

    ¡°Ah! Brother Feng! 24K can actually summon more than onebat monster?!¡± eximed Azure.

    The first Elite Steel Beetle that crawled up the tform stood there without moving, the top of its ck shell standing taller than Azure. Although two limbs on the beetle were broken and its shell was also slightly cracked, it still emanated abative aura.

    ¡°Two Steel Beetles and they are both Elite Grade!¡± Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor said in shock.

    Every yer¡¯s terminal could scan and obtain information about the grades of monsters. (Of course, the information obtained wasn¡¯t as detailed as the information obtained by the Eye of the Thunder sniping scope.)

    At the moment, most pets in War were mostly Normal Grade pets and a yer would be incredibly proud already just to have one Elite Grade pet. As for the number of people who had Elite Grade pets, it was definitely less than one percent.

    But the golden beetle on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, norger than a fist, actually summoned two Elite Grade fighter-type pets from a ck hole. Moreover, they were the Steel Beetle, which had incredible defense andbat strength. It was most definitely a lot stronger thanmon Elite Grade pets; one could even say that itsbat ability was on par with Commander Grade pets!

    After all, after Commander Grade monsters became yers¡¯ pets, their strength was also substantially restrained. It was hard to say if it could win in a fight against two Elite Grade monsters.

    ¡°Wait a sec... Not two, it¡¯s...¡±

    At that time, the second Steel Beetle had crawled on the tform and was standing beside the first Steel Beetle beside the wormhole. It was like two ck tanks were ced on the tform. However, another ck shell that had signs of being corroded appeared from the middle of the ck hole.

    ¡°Three?¡±

    ¡°Three? Could it be...¡±

    My World and the other four werepletely dumbfounded on the tform.

    Threerge Steel Beetles appeared. Although they did not know theirbat strength, they could feel a sense of pressure from their size alone. As for the other two yers watching cautiously from the side, they could not hide their shock as well.

    ¡°Oh my God! Brother Feng, just how many Steel Beetles can 24K summon?¡± Azure covered her mouth in shock.

    ¡°I¡¯ll brief you guys about the details of 24K¡¯s strengthter. We should quickly discuss our tactics right now!¡± Feng Luoughed and did not exin in detail. If he had done so then, they would have definitely asked more questions. To Feng Luo, it would be faster for them to witness it personallyter, which wasn¡¯t that far away. The reason was that the most important thing for them right now was to discuss and explore how they could face the Level 50 giant Octopus Commander.

    It had been over two minutes since they were distracted by the Scout yer; no one knew when the octopus would be hungry again and start attacking the tform!

    ¡°You two, if you don¡¯t mind,e here and discuss with us!¡±

    The two stunned yers stared at the third Steel Beetle emerging from the wormhole beside them. Then, they looked at each other in hesitance before nodding to Feng Luo and walking over.

    ¡°Next, we¡¯ll do this and that...¡±

    As they spoke, Elite Grade ded Beetles, Spray Beetles, and Steel Beetles crawled out from the ck wormhole, quickly upying a small patch ofnd on the tform.

    ...

    In another location, on the ground around 700 meters away from the tform: ¡°Phew... Have you made contact with Sk?¡± asked Dan Hen, panting, as he pulled the dark red Bloodtooth Knife out the head of a zombie. He pushed the Elite Grade zombie to the ground using his leg.

    The Fire Maniptor, Ion me, behind Dan Hen was waving hismunicator as he said, ¡°Can¡¯t get to him. Them¡¯s interruption is too strong!¡±

    Ion me was an Advanced Level Chipmaster. In a situation like this, the tools and skills of a Chipmaster could increase the likelihood of bypassingmunications blockage. However, they weren¡¯t as lucky as Feng Luo and failed to contact Sk.

    ¡°We can only try to get to tform 10 first. Let¡¯s hope they can hold on!¡± said Dan Hen with a deep voice while reloading the emptied submachine gun.

    ¡°Sk made the wrong choice; he shouldn¡¯t have gone to the rooftop. He should have stayed on the ground ¡ª at least there would be more retreat options,¡± said the Light Armor Warrior, Frozen Red Giant, behind him while sheathing his alloy sword after hacking off the head of a zombie. He panted a little before recovering. Compared to Scout¡¯s, Light Armor Warrior¡¯s stamina recovery and sustainability were much stronger!

    ¡°It¡¯s true that they would have been able to retreat if they were on the ground, but it is also more dangerous. There are zombies and infected monsters everywhere, especially...¡±

    ¡°Ah, look up! We have a situation!¡±

    After they took care of the zombies that blocked their path, a Veterans Tribe Doctor who suddenly joined their team saw arge humanoid figure that had sharp ws on its arms appear from the shadow on the ground created by the re in the sky on the edge of a not-so-tall building.

    As he shouted, therge humanoid monster had already leaped from the top of the building and was charging towards them!

    ¡°It¡¯s a Tyrant. Careful everyone!¡± Dan Hen shouted as his expression stiffened.

    At the same time, he raised his submachine gun and released a flurry of bullets on the rotting body of the Tyrant which was already just in front of the group.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    ¡°Heavy Armor Warriors, block it!¡±

    ¡°Earth Maniptors, control skills!¡±

    The group started unleashing their attacks and hastily engaged in battle.

    At the moment, it looked like there was no way for the Veterans Tribe backup to make it in time!

 Chapter 366 - Battle Against Giant Infected Octopus

    <h4>Chapter 366: Battle Against Giant Infected Octopus</h4>

    ¡°Pew, pew, pew!¡±

    Three whiteser energy beams shot towards the quiet ck hole form several hundreds of meters in the sky.

    Threerge Elite Grade Steel Beetles lined up straight, rooted on the tform, like a ck fortress.

    ¡°Psst, psst, psst!¡±

    Green liquid drew blurry lines in the night sky as they flew towards the hole in the hotel building. Four Elite Spray Beetles stood between the gaps of the three Steel Beetles. They extended their necks and worked hard to spray their corrosive spit at the ck hole in the opposite building.

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang!¡±

    Burning hot C-grade Degration Armor-piercing Bullets flew towards the building and created multiple bullet holes in its fortified ss. Wearing his SUVbat uniform and holding the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo sat behind the sevenbat type beetles, and in front of Feng Luo was an energy shield created by over ten white Energy Beetles.

    ¡°-223!¡±

    ¡°-83!¡±

    ¡°-145!¡±

    Seeing the damage numbers in his vision, Feng Luo, who had activated his Advanced Level Rapid Shooting skill, was also showering the hole with bullets without any worry of consuming ammunition.

    Although the Degration Armor-piercing Bullets did not deal much damage on the Giant Octopus Commander due to the fortified sses of the building, the high-temperature generated from the bullets was one of the things water-type monsters hated the most, so even a mutant monster infected by the T-virus could not ignore it.

    ¡°One, two, three... 20... And if we add the two in the VIP area...¡± In a location further back from the firing squad, Watermelon Skin and the others who were holding weapons in preparation for the uing battle still looked dumbfounded. They could not help but count the number of beetles within the Beetle Squad that were crazily attacking the hole in the opposite building.

    In particr, they could not help but pay attention to the two beetles standing beside Feng Luo. They had dark red shells that seemed like dried blood, as well as tworge and sharp des on top of their heads.

    Although the two dark red beetles were covered in cracks and battle bruises, with one of them having even lost its tail, the structure of their body seemed like they were designed purely for battle, which made everyone sense the two Elite Grade monsters¡¯ incredible fighting ability.

    ¡°Are they the number one pet in War?¡± This thought appeared in everyone¡¯s mind.

    The number one pet in War!

    The title appeared more than once in the game, and it was definitely one of the most popr titles that people paid attention to.

    Initially, right after the game¡¯s update, arge flying type Commander Grade pet had imed this title. However, as time passed, the number of Commander Grade pets had been increasing, and after the videos of some of the Commander Grade pets with special stats and attributes were released, others had been granted this title!

    As for the most recent pet that received this title, it was an extremely lucky yer who seeded in advancing his Commander Grade pet to the Quasi-boss level through a hidden mission just two days ago!

    ¡°Is it time for this title to change its master again?¡± The reason why everyone wondered if that should have been the case was that they had not yet witnessed the actualbat ability of the beetle squad in front of them. That was why they needed more proof. The main reason was that the gigantic octopus across them had not even tried to counterattack up till that moment.

    ¡°Wuuu!¡±

    Then, a low yet angry growl finally came from the hole in the building.

    After half a minute of assault, the Giant Octopus Commander that was waiting to evolve after devouring all that fresh meat finally made its move!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A brown and fleshy tentacle covered in suckers flew directly from the hole towards the tform. The tentacle that was only supposed to be a dozen or so meters continued to extend after reaching its maximum capacity, flying towards Feng Luo and his beetle fighters without losing any speed. Clearly, even if they stood the furthest back, there was no safety guarantee.

    ¡°It¡¯sing!¡± Shouted Feng Luo without any signs of panic on his face.

    He pressed a button and his biochip instantaneously switched him to the Light Armor Warrior profession. He activated Raging Charge and retreated in a burst of speed. He wasn¡¯t slow at allpared to the Octopus¡¯ tentacle.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The Giant Octopus¡¯ tentacle failed to catch Feng Luo. It only managed to wrap itself around an Elite Steel Beetle. However, the smooth surface of therge Steel Beetle¡¯s shell made it difficult for the Octopus to keep hold of it. In addition to that, there was also a dark human shadow that suddenly charged in front of the beetle¡¯s camp.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Raising arge alloy shield, the person mmed the shield on the Octopus¡¯ tentacle forcefully. After changing into Feng Luo¡¯s gears, Steel Fortress attacked the tentacle, and the impact from the strike even made the Octopus Commander¡¯s tentacle shiver as it had lost some of its sliminess due to being fully stretched.

    ¡°Shield Bash!¡±

    Although it was just a Level 15 basic skill of Heavy Armor Warriors, Steel Fortress had increased the skill familiarity up to Expert Level 70%. In addition, this Godly PK skill could create the effect of maximum pain after hitting the monster, and as a result, it would also attract the monster¡¯s aggro!

    ¡°Wuu!¡±

    The Octopus Commander made a low growl as it quickly switched its target. The slimy and disgusting Octopus tentacle that was initially trying to pull the Steel Beetle away immediately rolled towards the person who just made it suffer excruciating pain, Steel Fortress.

    The tentacle, which had shrunk to a diameter of 30cm, wrapped around Steel Fortress quickly. After the slimy tentacle wrapped around Steel Fortress twice, it pulled him violently away from the tform!

    [Immovable Mountain]!

    The Level 40 ultimate skill of Heavy Armor Warriors could even withstand the powerful impact of Boss monsters muchrger than themselves, and Steel Fortress¡¯ familiarity with the skill was also at the Expert Level!

    ¡°Wuu!¡±

    The Giant Octopus Commander growled in anger again as it was surprised and angered by the fact that the food that it could have devoured in one go was able to withstand a pull from its tentacle. However, immediately after that, a ck shadow holding an alloy longsword leaped from another side andnded beside the straight and outstretched tentacle. Then, with a whoosh, he cut downward using the 1.5-meter alloy sword in his hands.

    ¡°Heavy sh!¡±

    Another Level 15 basic Light Armor Warrior skill.

    However, was this basic skill also at the Expert Level?

    ¡°ck!¡±

    After being overstretched and straightened, the over ten meters long wet and slimy Octopus tentacle was split in half by My World¡¯s sh. However, the spot that was cut did not have a single drop of blood.

    ¡°Wuuu!¡± The Giant Octopus Commander inside the building across them growled again. This time, from the sound of the growl, it seemed like the Octopus Commander had be several times angrier!

    ¡°Ka! Boom!¡±

    Then, the fortified ss with multiple holes, courtesy of Feng Luo¡¯s previous attacks, started to crack. After that, tworge holes appeared from the cracks. Two gigantic tentacles flew from the holes and, along with the severed tentacle, waved crazily in the air!

 Chapter 367 - Ultimate Skill, Sunset Sword

    <h4>Chapter 367: Ultimate Skill, Sunset Sword</h4>

    ¡°Attack!¡±

    However, though the Octopus Commander became angry and used three tentacles at once, the yers on the tform were not fighting alone!

    ¡°Bang! Bang!¡±

    After Feng Luo began, Sk and Watermelon Skin, who had equipped the Barrett, also began firing from their sniper rifles. Moreover, they fired the C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullets with the blue glow that caused rtively high damage.

    Feng Luo knew the Commander monster was not going to be an easy opponent. Even with 24K¡¯s help, the yers on the tform had to do their utmost to support him. That was the reason why he decided that it wasn¡¯t the time to be stingy about his special ammunition. Moreover, under the effect of skills, Watermelon Skin¡¯s uracy increased.

    Two Shield-breaking Energy Bullets hit the giant tentacles that crushed the fortified ss of the building, puncturing the tentacles and making fist-sized holes in them as pieces of flesh and liquid sshed into the air.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    At the same time, a medicine bullet carrying gray liquid within it followed and hit one of the new tentacles that appeared.

    Although Azure had some trouble facing the disgusting zombies and infected monsters, the Giant Octopus Commander was not a problem at all.

    At that moment, she was holding a white-colored sci-fi styled pistol that looked stylishly simr to the Tyrant¡¯s gun. Apart from throwing potions and tonics on yers at close distance, Doctors in War were also able to use uniquely structured medical pistols to fire potions carrying all kinds of effects and functions at close range. Unfortunately, these medicine bullets were expensive to manufacture and even purchase. In a certain sense, it was as expensive as Snipers using special ammunition.

    However, the effects were also significant. After the medicine bullet hit the new tentacle of the octopus, the liquid within the bullet was instantaneously injected into the tentacle. Immediately after that, the originally dark brown spot on the tentacle that was hit turned gray and then the gray began to spread.

    ¡°Spread area energy resistance reduced by 15%, physical defense reduced by 10%, neural reaction slowed down by 12%. Lasts 15 seconds!¡±

    Azure quickly reported the effects of the drug on the party channel. Of course, the actual effects also depended on the resistance of the Giant Octopus Commander; without a Scout avable, there was no way for them to know!

    However, everyone knew that it wasn¡¯t that important to know how effective the drug was since, in their current condition where they could not retreat, their only option was to initiate an all-out attack.

    ¡°Wuuuu!¡±

    The Level 50 Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s tentacle was continuously hit by yers¡¯ attacks. It was also constantly receiving the long-range attacks of the four Elite Spray Beetles and three Steel Beetles on its shell, fur, and defenseless tentacles. In an instant, its tentacles were filled with bullet holes or parts corroded by the spit of the Spray Beetles.

    That was why another low growl came from the building across the tform. Soon after that, the two newer tentacles along with the tentacle severed by My World began extending towards the tform!

    ¡°Maniptors!¡±

    However, just as the Level 50 Octopus Commander was in the midst of its violent attack, it failed to notice the air above its three tentacles heating up.

    ¡°[Sunset Sword]!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor from the other group initiated his attack under the protection of his Heavy Armor Warrior teammate as well as an energy shield from the rearguard of the team. He looked a little nervous, but his energy converter was activated to its maximum when Feng Luo shouted.

    Immediately, the projection of a fiery sword appeared at the top of the energy converter.

    No, not just above the energy converter ¡ª it was also in the sky above everyone¡¯s head!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The huge amount of fire energy that had been brewing in the sky above the tform as well as the main building of the hotel suddenly converged to a center position.

    The fire energy condensed together and turned into the shape of a long sword above the energy converter of the Fire Maniptor. It became a me sword over ten meters long. After that, it dropped downwards while carrying the frighteningly hot me that burned everything in its way!

    The Fire Maniptor had decent equipment. His main weapon was a Level 45 Excellent Grade weapon; moreover, Fire Maniptors¡¯ skills always had a high damage bonus.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The midsections of the Giant Octopus¡¯ three tentacles that were stretched straight and were holding on to beetles as well as close to Steel Fortress was instantly hit by this giant sword formed by fire energy. The longsword crumbled and shrouded the entire ce in me after the strike.

    However, the me did not immediately extinguish; instead, it spread throughout the sky and shrouded the entire ce in fire, burning the three tentacles!

    ¡°Tssssttt!¡±

    Smells of roasted octopus instantly filled the air.

    Even the wet surface of the octopus¡¯ tentacles was roasted dry in the searing heat. Moreover, after the tentacles were stretched, the parts hit by the skill were not even more than half a meter thick. As a result, the parts struck by the tip of the fiery longsword had changed color and seemed as if they were already half-cooked. As for the tentacle that had already reached the tform, the front end was also affected; it spasmed and fell on the tform before quickly retreating backward.

    Sunset Sword.

    Another Level 40 Ultimate Skill that Fire Maniptors could learn apart from Meteor Rain.

    Although it did not have as huge a range and damage over time like Meteor Rain, in terms of style and magnificence, it did not lose in any way. Moreover, its attack was quite good.

    Due to the giant me sword that fell from the sky hitting all three tentacles, the Fire Maniptor saw three unexpected damage popup messages.

    This skill caused over 7,000 damage on the Giant Octopus Commander with one skill. Fire Maniptors¡¯ skill damage was not a joke!

    ¡°Wuuuuu!¡±

    Another painful growl came from the building across them.

    The Giant Octopus Commander that had, once again, failed to capture any food finally moved its entire body!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The fortified ss on the entire floor was crushed by the pressure. Arge shadow appeared in front of everyone¡¯s eyes.

    A pair of orange eyes the size of a small round table stared at the yers on the tform while arge and soft bodypletely filled the five-meter building fully, leaving no gaps at all.

    Apart from water originally used to rear seafood inside the building, blood flowed and dripped down from the edge of the building!

    ¡°F*ck! This body size... If it gets on the tform, the building will simply copse!¡±

    ¡°But no wonder it did not rush here in the beginning ¡ª it looks like it has been limited by the height of the building.¡±

    The Giant Octopus Commander showed its real body and itsrge size took the yers¡¯ breath away. However, it also made the yers rx a little since the hotel did not permit the Level 50 Giant Octopus Commander to move freely, which was why it could only use three tentacles to attack. And now, though it had tried to use five tentacles to attack, it was not easy.

    Moreover, since it had crushed all the fortified sses that protected the area, it also provided more angles for the yers to directly target its body.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo was first to fire without any hesitation.

    ¡°-4266!¡±

    After reloading, a gunshot rang as the Eye of the Thunder fired a C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet towards the monster. The bullet urately struck the eye of the Giant Octopus Commander and blew a fist-sized hole in its orange right eye!

    Although it was only a weakness damage, the damage number was a lot higher than when he was shooting at the tentacles. Weakness damage was distinct in that it depended on the structure of the monster. Clearly, hitting a few important parts on the Octopus Commander dealt a lot more damage than hitting the tentacles.

    Feng Luo was not the only one who noticed this. Watermelon Skin, Sk, and even the Fire Maniptor saw it, too.

    Everyone¡¯s attack target switched instantly. They no longer bothered with the three retreating tentacles; instead, they put all their focus on the head of the Octopus Commander stuck between the building as it could not rush out at the moment.

    Additionally, the seven Elite beetles with long-range attacks also joined the fun. Damage numbers in the hundreds and thousands suddenly started appearing above the head of the Level 50 Giant Octopus Commander!

    ¡°There¡¯s our chance!¡±

    In the few minutes after the battle began, the long-range attacks of the seven beetles and four yers took out at least 100,000 of the Giant Octopus¡¯ HP. Adding the earlier damage, its HP was probably already halved; it looked like eliminating it was going to be easier than imagined.

    ¡°Wuuu! Wuuu!¡±

    The Giant Octopus inside the building growled in anger. However, since its body was stuck and its movement was restricted by the building, even as it struggled and shook the entire building, it still could not adjust enough to send its other tentacles over. It could only stay on the receiving end, taking damage from the yers¡¯ attacks.

    It was a good thing it had already retracted its tentacles. It used its three tentacles that were half their original length to try to prevent the yers from scoring direct hits to its eyes and brain.

    ¡°Wait, half its tentacles? When did all three of its tentacles break?¡±

    ¡°Hurry, above the tform!¡±

    Feng Luo reacted quickly and shouted.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder was already aiming towards a specific direction and had just released a Shield-breaking Energy Bullet. However, at some unknown juncture in time, the three retracted tentacles were already broken earlier when it was being burned, and the burned parts werepletely severed from the octopus¡¯ body.

    Somehow, the broken off tentacles did not die. At the moment, they were still rolling around and moving quickly as their shapes changed quickly. It was not just three tentacles ¡ª there was also that small section cut down by My World earlier.

    While Feng Luo was shooting, four octopus tentacle parts had be four small Octopus monsters. They made weird noises as they waved around their tiny tentacles, charging and moving across the tform covered in infected monster corpses and flesh towards the yers and Elite Beetle groups.

    The unexpected change caught the yers by surprise!

 Chapter 368 - True Crisis, Quasi-boss Octopus?

    <h4>Chapter 368: True Crisis, Quasi-boss Octopus?</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder rang as a Shield-breaking Energy Bullet with rare attributes directly crushed a small octopus with eight tentacles waving around in the air, turning it into blood and pieces of meat.

    ¡°-3345!¡±

    ¡°-1034!¡±

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    However, after killing that small octopus, Feng Luo did not have any time to rest. In the short gap between shots, his right hand was already waving the dark red Ghost Weep military knife.

    ¡°-3500!¡±

    A small octopus with three tentacles wrapped around both of Feng Luo¡¯s feet tried to use its other tentacles to wrap his other body parts. With a swing of the 30cm Ghost Weep military knife, Feng Luo shed at its head, right between its pair of orange eyes. In an instant, the strong force emanating from the tentacles vanished as it spasmed before dropping limply on the ground.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Feng Luo stepped on it with his legs, and under the effects of Enhanced Martial Arts, damage of around 500 appeared. Finally, it no longer moved!

    [Infected Octopus. Level 50 Octopus Commander ¨C Fission Unit. Estimated HP: 4,000 ¨C 5,000!]

    The Giant Octopus Commander had the Fissure ability, which caught everyone by surprise.

    After having its HP halved by thebined attacks of the beetle squad and yers, it detached its wrists and threw its tentacles on the tform, fissuring its body parts and turning them into multiple smaller-sized octopus units.

    Moreover, it wasn¡¯t just the three injured tentacles; the Octopus Commander even detached its remaining tentacles stuck inside the hotel building. After that, these tentacles turned into multiple three-meter tall fissure octopus units that scampered out of the building. Then, the Giant Octopus Commander used the initially severed tentacle to throw them towards the tform. In an instant, they flew across the sky tunnel andnded among the yers. They charged towards and attacked the yers and beetles in a frenzy!

    These tentacle octopi did not have a lot of HP; however, their attacks were strange. They simply charged towards their target at high speed, then, they used their Octopus Hug topletely wrap and immobilize their targets. After that, they would release a ck liquid onto the yers¡¯ faces. yers hit by the poison liquid would be inflicted with the blind status instantly and enter a weakened state. In addition to that, they would also lose tens or even hundreds of HP over time!

    Even Feng Luo was hit by the ck ink as he failed to notice the quick and unexpected attack. An octopus unit tackled him from behind and managed to spurt some ink on him.

    It was a good thing 24K was on his shoulder as the little critter instantly activated an all-defensive psionic energy shield so Feng Luo did not lose his sight. Immediately after that, the two Elite ded Beetles already standing behind Feng Luo were quicklymanded by 24K to save their masters. Fourrge scythe-like des danced in the air, cutting the small octopus into multiple pieces.

    Feng Luo was only immobilized for a mere five seconds before getting free.

    The negative effect of the ink attack actually triggered Feng Luo¡¯s Evolution Talent. Although he only obtained a 40% resistance to restriction effects, the Force Guidance Chip¡¯s progress increased again by a huge leap of 50%. It looked like it wasn¡¯t that long before he could awaken the Force!

    However, though Feng Luo had the help of the ded Beetles and defeated the fission octopus unit without any difficulty, the other yers could barely struggle free from them. These tentacles were incredibly powerful and after getting restrained by all eight tentacles, even a yer wearing a full set of alloy armor would find it hard to struggle free.

    As such, the situation on the tform descended into a scene of chaos in an instant.

    The four Spray Beetles that had dealt a lot of damage to the Giant Octopus Commander were specifically marked by the fission octopus units as priority targets. Three of the four Elite Spray Beetles were killed as a result.

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    Feng Luo felt exasperated as he thought he should have prepared something to deal with the skill and talent of the Giant Octopus Commander. Among sea creatures, the octopus is the best in terms of losing a limb to survive. Simr to a gecko, it would discard a part of its body to escape.

    Moreover, the discarded body part would still have neurons and could attract the attention of the enemy even after being discarded and detached from the main body. In the game, perhaps due to the effects of the Evolution Virus, the ability had been strengthened and the tentacles could turn into little octopuses.

    But right now was not the time for Feng Luo to feel exasperated. He had to save the others first!

    ¡°sh!¡±

    ¡°-4345!¡±

    The sharp de of Ghost Weep shed open the head of a fissure octopus unit that was wrapped around the half suffocating Azure, who had only half of her HP left!

    Feng Luo chose to save the only healing professional in the team first.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    ¡°sh!¡±

    However, the two remaining Elite ded Beetle with reduced HP also charged towards two other directions, each saving My World and Sk respectively from the entanglement of the Octopus.

    24K put psionic shields around their bodies, which made these two Elite Beetles quite strong. 24K also put a psionic shield on the only remaining Elite Spray Beetle, too.

    However, at the same time, 24K sent a message through the mental link, a message that made Feng Luo¡¯s heart sink. It was that 24K only had less than one-tenth of its psionic energy left!

    ¡°We have to take care of this Giant Octopus Commander soon!¡±

    Feng Luo looked anxious. The Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s skill was really unexpected; no wonder the Scout yer said what he said earlier!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6077!¡±

    Feng Luo asked 24K to instruct the Elite ded Beetles to continue working together to help the others. He, on the other hand, grabbed the Eye of the Thunder and used the expensive B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet to attack the Octopus Commander directly.

    A blood cavity the size of a bowl appeared in between the yellow table-sized eyes of the Giant Octopus Commander that had managed to get half its body free from the building. At the same time, a damage number of over 6,000 appeared above its head.

    Red Fatal Damage!

    It wasn¡¯t like killing a few fission octopus units was without its benefits. Feng Luo found out that the weakness of these octopuses was in between their eyes, and he guessed that their brain was most probably located there.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6244!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6034!¡±

    Feng Luo kept shooting. As for the Elite Spray Beetle and two surviving Steel Beetles also joined Feng Luo in attacking it.

    ¡°Wuuu! Aauuuuu!¡±

    The Giant Octopus Commander howled in anger. However, with all its tentacles detached, it could not continue attacking the tform. Its four remaining halved tentacles rolled to the spot right below its body, which was the sky tunnel that connected to the tform.

    ¡°Is iting over?¡±

    ¡°Or maybe it wants to destroy the tform?¡±

    The other yers were all freed by then. Although there were a lot of fission octopus units, their short-term damage wasn¡¯t high.

    Apart from the Heavy Armor Warrior from the other group who died as he was unluckily targeted by three octopi, the other yers managed to recover their sight with the help of Azure¡¯s treatment.

    However, as they saw the Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s behavior, they couldn¡¯t help but feel shocked. Ignoring anything else, the size of the Commander monster was enough to crumble the tform if it ever made its way there!

    ¡°No, it looks like it¡¯s...¡±

    Sk had better vision as he was a Sniper, and he discovered something odd. Before he could finish speaking, the Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s remaining four halved tentacles transformed into four humans!

    No ¡ª to be exact, it was four human corpses!

    The bodies of the four North City yers who were killed in PK, including the Scout, were already dragged to the other side of the sky tunnel by a slightlyrger fission octopus unit. As a melee fighter, My World had just killed thest small octopus on the tform with the help of a ded Beetle. He panted as he said, puzzled, ¡°This guy is still eating in a battle like this?¡±

    Feng Luo had a different guess. ¡°No! Stop it!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder rang and a B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet spun at high-speed while leaving a blue glow in its trail. It flew quickly towards a location between the eyes of the Giant Octopus Commander.

    ¡°-6488!¡±

    Another damage number that exceeded 6,000, which also broke Feng Luo¡¯s highest damage dealt on this Octopus Commander.

    However, the Level 50 Giant Octopus Commander did not stop at all.

    Arge, fleshy, straw-like mouth appeared on its head. Then, with one strong suction, it sucked the corpse of the Scout into its mouth!

    Immediately following that, a strong pressure that did not belong to Commander Grade monsters started to emanate from itsrge body!

 Chapter 369 - Kill the Quasi-boss!

    <h4>Chapter 369: Kill the Quasi-boss!</h4>

    ¡°Ang!!!¡±

    A sense of pressure spread from the body of the Giant Octopus¡¯ body.

    At the same time, the wounds on its body inflicted upon it by the yers and beetles¡¯ attacks, the bullet holes and the corroded flesh, seemed to be starting to heal.

    Above its head, green numbers in the form of ¡°+500, +500¡± started to appear!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6199!¡±

    ¡°Hurry up and attack it! It¡¯s going to finish its evolution soon. It needs meat to increase its energy. Long-range professions, focus all your attacks in between its eyes. That¡¯s its weakness!¡±

    The information shown by the Eye of the Thunder sniping scope indicated the following stats, ¡°Level 50, Solo-type Commander; Evolving.¡±

    However, the thing that worried Feng Luo most was, unfortunately, going to happen.

    The reason the Commander Grade monster had beenzy and casual about the attacks of the yers was that, after it was infected by the T-virus, its physical traits allowed it to withstand the effects of the virus, and in addition, it obtained the opportunity to advance!

    Although it had been interrupted by the attacks of the beetle fighters earlier, the Giant Octopus¡¯ evolution progress did not stop.

    And right now, it had reached a crucial point. After devouring the body of the Scout yer, it obtained enough energy to formally enter the process to evolve into a Quasi-boss!

    However, since the octopus was already so difficult to deal with at the Commander Grade, would it mean total annihtion for the yers once it advanced to the Quasi-boss Grade?

    ¡°Nowe have to empty its HP gauge before it sessfully evolves. Otherwise...¡±

    Feng Luo seemed extremely anxious for the first time.

    It was fine even if the yers died, after all, everyone had died in the game before.

    However, apart from the yers on the tform, there were three NPCs. Among them, Old John was very likely to be a Master level NPC. Not to mention, he might still have a lot of hidden missions in him, so he should not die!

    ¡°Bang! Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6076!¡±

    ¡°-6288!¡±

    All the rounds fired from Feng Luo¡¯s Eye of the Thunder were aimed at the spot in between the Giant Octopus¡¯ eyes.

    In a short distance of around 50 meters, there was no way he would miss!

    Continuous Fatal Damage exceeding 6,000 quickly reduced the already halved HP of the Giant Octopus Commander.

    Feng Luo did not attack the bodies of the remaining three yers because those corpses were already in the ¡°hands¡± of the Giant Octopus.

    The tentacles holding the three corpses weren¡¯t outstretched tentacles with diameters of dozens of centimeters, each of these tentacles had a diameter of over one meter, even B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullets would find it hard to break them in half!

    The only thing was that while he shot those two shots, the evolving Giant Octopus Commander had already devoured the body of the second Light Armor Warrior!

    ¡°+1000, +1000...¡±

    The number above its head had doubled and reached 1,000 HP.

    The bowl-sized cavity on its body created by the Shield-breaking Energy Bullet earlier was also quickly shrinking and recovering as the life energy-filled its body.

    ¡°Hurry, full-strength attack!¡±

    ¡°Bang! Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2487! -3011!¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-566, -677, 788!¡±

    Sk, Watermelon Skin, and the other Fire Maniptor also attacked without any reservation from the tform.

    Sounds of Sniper fire kept echoing in the air, creating bullet holes upon bullet holes in between the eyes of the Giant Octopus Commander. Energy Fireballs exploded into scattered mes, burning and roasting the eyes of the Giant Octopus Commander.

    Even Azure and My World grabbed pistols from their backpacks to shoot at the octopus in order to help.

    War did not have strict equipment restrictions. Even a meleebat profession would have a pistol ced inside his or her backpack for a situation like this where long-range attacks were needed! After all, one extra point in damage was also something!

    However, even though damage numbers kept appearing above the head of the Octopus Commander, it did not seem to care at all.

    The straw-like mouth appeared again and devoured the corpse of the third yer, the maniptor!

    ¡°+2000, +2000...¡±

    The green recovery number doubled again, and the frequency the numbers appeared also increased. The damage dealt by the yers seemed almost unable to keep up with the recovery rate of the Giant Octopus Commander by then!

    ¡°No!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s face distorted. It has the first time he felt things spinning out of his control. He felt powerless, even with a rifle in his hands.

    He tried his best. 24Kmanded its beetle army while he dealt a lot of damage himself, at least half of the total damage was from Feng Luo.

    Up till then, they had definitely dealt more than 150,000 damage on the Giant Octopus, but...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Another C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet with a light blue glow shrouded in white electric current after triggering the unique attribute flew towards the octopusmander!

    ¡°-6021!¡±

    ¡°-950!¡±

    However, the 1,500 electric damage was reduced by the Giant Octopus Commander¡¯s resistance, not even reaching 1,000 or half of its HP recovery.

    ¡°We¡¯re doomed. We¡¯re going to be wiped out!¡± Said the Fire Maniptor as he looked to have given up.

    The recovery rate of the Giant Octopus Commander was too insane. It was practically not losing any HP even as the three Elite Beetles attacked it from long-range.

    And now, Feng Luo¡¯s MP made it so that he could only use onest skill. The two Steel Beetles were also almost out of energy. The light in their eyes had be a lot darker.

    If they lost three more damage dealers, there was no doubt that they could not kill the Giant Octopus before itpleted its evolution!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3067!¡±

    Watermelon Skin fired the Shield-breaking Energy Bullet he got from Feng Luo using the Barrett. However, even with the high attack power of the Barrett, and the shot hitting the weak spot, without the talent bonus, he could only deal around 3,000 damage.

    For the Giant Octopus Commander, it would recover that amount in an instant!

    However, at that moment, Watermelon Skin suddenly shouted to Feng Luo after his gaze shifted from hesitant to determined after a while, ¡°Brother Feng, I have a method to take out a huge chunk of its HP with one shot... But, there¡¯s a slight chance that it might damage your weapon!¡±

    ¡°Huge damage? Slight damage to the weapon!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6100!¡±

    Feng Luo fired another shot. However, his sensitive hearing already heard Watermelon Skin loud and clear.

    Although he was surprised by Watermelon Skin¡¯s words, he did not think Watermelon Skin was kidding. Feng Luo even saw the determined gaze Watermelon Skin showed.

    ¡°Do it!¡± Feng Luo nodded and fired another shot.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6022!¡±

    Even though it was another hit that exceeded 6,000 damage, to the Giant Octopus recovering its health so quickly, it had close to no effect.

    The injury the shot caused on its body was healedpletely within two seconds.

    ¡°Alright!¡±

    Watermelon Skin looked somewhat excited.

    However, his movements were quite, surprisingly, stable. He raised the Barrett and aimed in between the eyes of the Giant Octopus Commander. He then stopped moving for a few tenths of a second!

    At that moment, the Giant Octopus Commander had devoured thest yer, the Doctor¡¯s corpse into its belly.

    Immediately after that, a powerful and oppressing force spread across the entire battlefield!

    ¡°Mutant Giant Octopus. Level 45 Quasi-Boss. Species Code:...¡±

    The information shown in the Eye of the Thunder sniping scope hadpletely changed. Although its level went from 50 to 45, the term ¡°Boss¡± meant that there was a drastic increase in its strength.

    ¡°Warning! Warning! Discovered High-energy creature!¡±

    Although there was the word ¡°Quasi¡± attached, it was still a boss title. That was why the orange warning signal appeared in everyone¡¯s vision.

    At the same time, the recovery on top of the Giant Octopus ¡°Commander¡± doubled again to ¡°+4000, +4000...¡±

    Despair. That was the feeling everyone felt. Although they continued their attacks, they knew they were going to be wiped out.

    The Fire Maniptor¡¯s energy converter dimmed. With the slow MP recovery rate from the MP recovery potion during battles, he would not be firing off any skills in the next ten seconds.

    The two Steel Beetles also stopped firing off theser beams from their eyes. Theirsersted ten seconds, at most, every time. They had used up all their energy this time, so even if ten minutes were to pass, they would not be able to recover it!

    Moreover, with the insane and frightening recovery rate of the Giant Octopus, even if they had enough energy and they released all their attacks, they still had no way to defeat it!

    This was the first time Feng Luo encountered a crisis where total annihtion was a possibility!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, as the Eye of the Thunder rang, a shot also came from the Barrett.

    A 12.7mm energy sniper bullet that flew faster than a bullet from the Barrett pierced through the air and flew towards its target with an energy undetectable by human beings!

    A gold damage number suddenly appeared above the head of the Octopus Commander which had evolved into a Quasi-boss whose HP was recovering quickly!

    A basin-sized blood cavity appeared in a fully healed spot in between its eyes, turning the Giant Octopus Quasi-boss¡¯ head within into a mess. The bullet even went straight to its brain! As for the damage, it exceeded 30,000!

    ¡°-31440!¡±

    However, the Quasi-boss did not die!

    Clearly, after it evolving into the Quasi-boss, its remaining HP had exceeded 30,000.

    Not to mention the continuous green recovery numbers of over 4,000 that kept appearing above its head!

    However, what if there was another simr shot?

    Another B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet which would add 40% damage emanating a blue glow followed and entered therge cavity created by the Barrett¡¯s bullet while spinning at high speed, hitting the head of Giant Octopus again!

    Two consecutive bullets flying in the same path. The two bullets actually exited the barrel at the same time.

    The only thing was that the bullet from the Barrett received an additional force that did note from the rifle, so it moved at a faster speed!

    ¡°-6888!¡±

    Another over 6,000 damage. Moreover, since it hit the brain without any obstacle in between the damage was actually quite close to 7,000!

    And after the bullet blew up the Giant Octopus¡¯ brain, the oppressive feeling everyone felt vanished!

    A wonderful message popped up in front of everyone¡¯s vision.

    [You¡¯ve killed the Level 45 Quasi-boss Mutant Giant Octopus. Kill Contribution: 36.7%. Obtained Experience: 10,390. Obtained storyline points: 100. Obtained Merits: 30!]

 Chapter 370 - Watermelon Skinâ€™s â€œSâ€-Grade Talent!

    <h4>Chapter 370: Watermelon Skin¡¯s ¡°S¡±-Grade Talent!</h4>

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After the system¡¯s kill message had appeared, the Giant Octopus quasi-BOSS, which initially already had half of its body out of the main hotel building, quickly lost all its energy and fell on top of the sky linkway. Even its eight newly regenerated giant suction cup-filled tentacles had only wiggled a little before slowly sagging down!

    On top of its huge, moist body, a pile of white shining objects appeared ¨C it was clearly the prizes most awaited by the yers!

    ¡°Is it dead?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s dead!¡±

    But the faces of the yers on the tform were not all the same.

    Sk, Ultimate Heavy Armor and the casual Fire Maniptor yer werepletely stunned, with an expression of disbelief!

    After all, it was only a quasi-BOSS!

    Logically speaking, at least over 50 yers of the same Level would be needed to be able to defeat a quasi-BOSS-Grade monster. It had actually been defeated just like that by just a team of four long-range output Snipers?

    My World, Azure and Ultimate Heavy Armor did not look towards the Giant Octopus but turned straight to Watermelon Skin who had just fired!

    Feng Luo simrly looked towards Watermelon Skin in shock.

    It was a shot of more than 30,000 damage, furthermore on a Level 45 quasi-BOSS!

    The defense of the Giant Octopus was not high, but calcting the attack coefficient with Watermelon Skin using Barrett and an Energy armor-piercing bullet, Feng Luo could tell in an instant that the damage caused by that bullet was 10 times that of what Watermelon Skin originally should have caused!

    A 10-time golden critical attack!

    The chance of critical attacks in War was way too low, let alone this highest-enhanced ¡°10-time critical attack¡±!

    The random chance of ¡°Luck¡± in the hidden attributes must have been very high for this situation to arise?

    But it was clear that Watermelon Skin did not depend on ¡°Luck¡±, because he had said it before that he was able to fire a shot with great additional damage, though it would possibly damage Barrett slightly!

    As for whether Barrett would be damaged, Feng Luo was not very concerned.

    After all, Barrett was most of the time not a spare to be put in the inventory, and slight damage was not pletely damaged¡±. As a firearms expert, he was absolutely able to repair it on his own!

    What he was more concerned about was the source of Watermelon Skin¡¯s 10-time damage in one shot ¨C was it a special Talent or a Rare skill?

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, Barrett is still good, only the barrel is a bit damaged!¡±

    Watermelon Skin stood rooted to the spot after firing the shot and smiled at Feng Luo who had turned to look at him, after which, a bright white light suddenly shed across him!

    [¡°Team member ¡°Watermelon Skin¡± has been disqualified from the team!¡±]

    ¡°What¡¯s this? Why did he suddenly die?¡±

    Sk saw the system prompt shing across his vision, finally returning his gaze from the Giant Octopus and watching Watermelon Skin¡¯s fallen body in shock.

    ¡°This is the price of using his Talent!¡±

    My World¡¯s face was a little grave as he ced Watermelon Skin down on the tform ground from his arms.

    ¡°Watermelon Skin¡¯s Talent requires active usage, it¡¯s able to cause 10 times the damage when the target¡¯ critical point is hit, effective on both yers and BOSS. But the price is that he would die and lose a Level, and his weapon would have a definite chance of being damaged!¡±

    ¡°But the higher the weapon Grade, the smaller the rate of damage. Brother Feng, this Python of Death of yours is a Rare weapon, the damage wouldn¡¯t be toorge. Once Watermelon Skin is revived, we¡¯ll return the Python of Death to you immediately!¡±

    My World stood up and looked towards Feng Luo, his eyes a little troubled and worried.

    Perhaps he was worried that Feng Luo would feel unsatisfied ¨C after all, the market price of Barrett was certainly pretty high, pricier than all the equipment on them!

    ¡°No problem!¡±

    Since Feng Luo was able to lend the equipment to Watermelon Skin, he was naturally not too bothered about this situation.

    Rather, it was this shot by Watermelon Skin who had sacrificed one Level worth of XP which had really helped everyone out, to prevent everyone from being wiped out and to save the three NPCs.

    Otherwise, he would really have had no solution this time!

    ¡°What Grade is Watermelon Skin¡¯s Talent, A-Grade or is it an S?¡±

    Sk who was simrly a Sniper had quickly be interested in Watermelon Skin¡¯s Talent!

    ¡°It¡¯s a D-Grade Talent!¡±

    My World shook his head, saying somethingpletely out of Sk¡¯s expectation.

    ¡°A D-Grade Talent!¡±

    Sk froze once more.

    He had initially thought that such a Talent capable of causing a 10-time critical attack should have at least been an A-Grade Talent!

    But considering the serious negative side-effects of this Talent, he had understood. This Talent was indeed awesome, but its price was too high ¨C simply making yers not dare to use it at all.

    However, the attributes of Talents in <War> were undoubtedly determined by the system and the yer¡¯s performance in the game for a specific period of time ¨C they could also be deleted if unsatisfactory.

    Therefore, even if oneined about unfairness, one would not be able to find a fit either!

    ¡°This Talent is actually pretty good to a Sniper!¡±

    Even though this Talent of Watermelon Skin¡¯s was evaluated D-Grade by the system, Feng Luo felt that it was actually highly practical.

    With a 10-time lethal damage, any yer would be able to be killed with just a hit to the critical point ¨C even if the equipment was inferior by one or two levels, the kill would still be possible.

    It must be known, even with Feng Luo¡¯s own equipment, it could not be said that he could reach 100% ¡°a fatal shot¡±!

    Whereas when Watermelon Skin¡¯s Talent had hit a lethal damage, it would truly be able to be the Sniper¡¯s best.

    Though the price was indeed a bit huge ¨C the Sniper would have to exchange his life for another!

    ¡°Well then, for the equipment produced from the quasi-BOSS...how do we split?¡±

    Just as everyone was discussing about Watermelon Skin, the casual Maniptor yer finally could not help but voice out a reminder in an anxious tone.

    He had to be anxious ¨C it must be known that this octopus Commander was a quasi-BOSS!

    It had just Advanced and did not even have the time to unleash its quasi-BOSS power before it had been yed by the two bullets of Watermelon Skin and Feng Luo at the same time!

    Even when it was a quasi-BOSS which had just Advanced, the prizes produced would definitely be better than those of Normal Commanders, right?

    Not to mention that although this Giant Octopus did not zombify, it was also a unit infected by the T-Virus. In the system¡¯s introduction to the <Biohazard Crisis> plot, it had stated that monster units infected by the T-Virus in the plot would have a definite rate of producing permanent Enhancement Potions upon death!

    Permanent Enhancement Potions!

    Throughout more than half a month, although the prices of permanent Enhancement Potions had been falling, it was currently still at over 5,000,000 credits each, multiple times more expensive that a piece of quality Rare equipment.

    To most of the Normal and middle to high-levelled yers, this was definitely the most longed-for item after Legendary equipment.

    But precisely because of this, he could not help but feel a bit worried, worried that these people would kill him first then split the equipment, just like they had killed the Scout and hispanions before.

    After all, these people had clearly known one another long before.

    Only he was nowpletely inferior in power ¨C the casual Heavy Armored Warrior who was initially considered an immediatepanion had also been separated and squeezed to death by the octopus.

    He was a Maniptor yer whose HP had already depleted ¨C if these people wanted to kill him before splitting the equipment, he would not have any power to retaliate!

    ¡°Prizes naturally have to be split, let¡¯s first see what¡¯s produced!¡±

    However, there was indeed no one person among those present who was the type of yer who really only cared about Credits and did not care about morality, thus even My World¡¯s team whose equipment were normal did not have any intention ofying their hands on him.

    Nheless, the prerequisite of splitting prizes would naturally be to get the prizes on hand, and getting them from the Giant Octopus opposite was really quite a huge problem!

    ¡°This location is a bit troublesome, even a Light Armored Warrior wouldn¡¯t be able to reach it!¡±

    Half of the Giant Octopus hung out of the building, and the prizes had fallen on top of a sky tform an entire close to seven or eight meters above its body!

    Furthermore, even though it was dead, its body was still greasy all over ¨C even if a Light Armored Warrior leapt up onto it, he probably would not be able to stand firmly and might just fall hundreds of meters down!

    ¡°F*ck, how do we do it?¡±

    Everyone had not thought that this situation was rather a difficult problem!

 Chapter 371 - Evolution Virus Buffing Potion (Intermediate)

    <h4>Chapter 371: Evolution Virus Buffing Potion (Intermediate)</h4>

    ¡°Let me!¡±

    Just when everyone had their foreheads creased, Feng Luo sounded out.

    ¡°24K!¡±

    Feng Luo reached out and passed the little fellow on his shoulder an Energy Crystal, and pointed at the glittering prizes on top of the Giant Octopus Commander.

    ¡°Tch, ba tch!¡±

    24K grabbed onto the Energy Crystal with its two little front limbs and squeaked, shaking its little golden head.

    In the beetle army, there was not only thebat troops but also specific beetles for logistics and to clean up the battlefield!

    Whoo!

    A ck hole appeared at the middle of the tform over 10 meters from everyone!

    ¡°Buzz, buzz!¡±

    Right after, two Gatherer Beetles, shaped like scorpions and with a body size of about 30 centimeters, had already flown out pping their wings.

    Then, they immediately flew swiftly towards the shiny prizes on top of the Giant Octopus!

    Thest few remaining Elite beetles and over 10 white small Energy Beetles quickly climbed towards the hole as well, lining up to return to an unknown ce through the newly-opened wormhole.

    ¡°Ah, 24K is so awesome, it can even summon beetles! Big Brother Feng, what¡¯s the name of this type of beetle?¡±

    Azure was clearly a little blue due to Watermelon Skin¡¯s death.

    But seeing 24K actually ¡°summoning¡± such a type of beetle never seen before, she had be interested!

    ¡°These are Gatherer Beetles!¡±

    Feng Luo said briefly.

    Even if it was not an exnation, yers would be able to search up the information through their personal terminal ¨C Normal beetles were not as difficult to search up as 24K, but more rted to wild organisms.

    However, these two beetles were notpletely Normal Gatherer Beetles, but two Elite-Grade Gatherer Beetles of above Level 30!

    Elite Beetles had had the ability to fly a specific distance, although their speed was not considered fast, it was not very far between here and where the Giant Octopus quasi-BOSS had produced the stuff.

    Therefore, over 20 secondster, the two Gatherer Beetles had already flown back with plump stomachs, then ced the pile of prizes in their two ws into Feng Luo¡¯s hands.

    However, afterpleting this series of actions, 24K¡¯s Psionic Energy was finallypletely used up.

    After all the beetles had left via the wormhole, it was kept back into the Pet Space to rest by Feng Luo. Before thepletion of its ¡°evolution¡±, it should totally have no ability to participate inbat!

    In Feng Luo¡¯s hands, there were four metallic spiral test-tube potions slightly different in color, more than 10 Energy Crystals of different quality, and a small Blueprint Manufacturing Chip!

    ¡°Ah, there¡¯s actually no equipment?¡±

    Seeing that there was actually no equipment, the other people had slight disappointment on their faces. After all, logically speaking, a quasi-BOSS would definitely produce Rare equipment!

    However, as their line of sight fell onto the two blue spiral test-tube potions in Feng Luo¡¯s hands, everyone became interested again!

    ¡°Permanent Enhancement Potions!¡±

    Without a doubt, everyone had recognized the identity of the two potions.

    They were two basic T-Virus permanent Enhancement Potions ¨C the main attribute enhanced by one was ¡°Strength¡±, while the main attribute enhanced by the other was ¡°Vitality¡±!

    Besides Feng Luo, everyone¡¯s eyes had lit up looking at the two Enhancement Potions; the Fire Maniptor yer¡¯s breath had even quickened slightly.

    It was rather the other faint purple test-tube potions that were neglected by them after being nced at just once.

    Because these two test-tube potions were not permanent Enhancement Potions but ¡°instant buffing¡± potions!

    [Evolution Virus (Unnamed ¡¤ Intermediate) Buffing Potion ¡¤ Type 1]

    Earned after use: HP +1750, Vitality +40, additional HP recovery of 4% per second. Lasts for one minute, with 30 minutes cooldown period!

    Grade: Excellent

    Basic Usage Level Required: 50

    ...

    [Evolution Virus (Unnamed ¡¤ Intermediate) Buffing Potion ¡¤ Type 5]

    Earned after use: Strength +80, Agility +40, additional Stamina recovery of 4% per second. Lasts for one minute, with 30 minutes cooldown period!

    Grade: Excellent

    Basic Usage Level Required: 50

    [¡°Warning: usage of multiple buffing potions at once will result in a series of negative side-effects or abnormal changes, which will greatly lengthen the cooldown period of the potion type!¡±]

    Both potions were buffing potions whichsted for one minute.

    Even though the enhanced attributes were powerful, it still felt to everyone that the value was naturally iparable to the permanently attribute-enhancing Enhancement Potion.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight waspletely contrasting to the others; his eyesnded on the two potions neglected by everyone else, specifically speaking,nded on the word ¡°Intermediate¡± in the attributes!

    The T-Virus was only a basic evolution virus, whereas what was produced by the Giant Octopus, which had evolved into a quasi-BOSS after being infected, was a potion carrying the name ¡°Intermediate¡±!

    Wasn¡¯t this a bit strange?

    Not strange!

    Feng Luo had already understood from Lin that the ¡°evolution viruses¡± in the game had been set to be a kind of ¡°self-evolutionary type¡± virus which was able to rapidly fuse with the genes of different organisms and carry the organisms¡¯ genes while intruding, and which were extremely easy to be mutated!

    These different evolution viruses were known as ¡°variants¡±!

    There were many types of variants; the ones that Feng Luo knew were the T, W and also the ¡°primitive virus¡± gotten by Lin previously from within the Silverleaf Ind base!

    Clearly, after the T-Virus had entered the Giant Octopus¡¯s body, due to certain reasons, a mutation simr to that Guard soldier at Roguetown happened.

    The Giant Octopus did not zombify, but rather sessfully ¡°evolved¡± into a quasi-BOSS, while the T-Virus had also sessfully ¡°evolved¡± into an even stronger variant.

    ¡°Intermediate evolution virus!¡±

    If it were other yers who were not very clear about this plot, they probably would have also treated the two potions as ¡°more rad¡± buffing potions and auctioned them off at over hundred thousand credits!

    But Feng Luo was different ¨C he was one who had reached ¡°trustful¡± in his rtionship with ¡°Lin¡± who was Master Level at three disciplines.

    He had on him the Epic-Level mission to ¡°help Lin perfect the W-Virus evolution virus¡±¨C the use of these two Intermediate buffing potions to him was much more than to others!

    ¡°I¡¯ll take these two buffing potions and this Manufacturing Chip, as for the others, you all can discuss how to split them!¡±

    Feng Luo said directly, seeing that everyone was looking intently at the permanent Enhancement Potions.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Hearing this, everyone looked up towards him, a bit surprised.

    It was not that there were too many things which Feng Luo wanted ¨C there were too few things he wanted!

    They had all looked through the attributes of the two buffing potions; they had to admit that the attributes of these two buffing potions werepletely able to surpass all the current buffing potions!

    17500 of HP, 120-point basic attribute, super Stamina every second, and 100% HP recovery!

    Every attribute was definitely unattainable by the buffing potions currently created by yers; if it was taken to the auction, it would have been able to be auctioned at over hundred thousand or even 200,000.

    As for the Manufacturing Chip, everyone had seen that it was just a D-Grade special submachine gun bullet blueprint.

    It was just a D-Grade bullet and furthermore a bullet used by submachine guns and assault rifles; other than to Feng Luo who was the only ammunitionist, it was of not much of use to the others. Moreover, the value of the blueprint was at most only 100,000 credits!

    Summing it up, the three items that Feng Luo took were probably worth at most 500,000 credits in the market!

    Whereas the current market value of Enhancement Potions was more than 5,000,000 credits each!

    Feng Luo taking prizes of only 1/20 of the total value undoubtedly made them wonder if they had heard wrong. Was Feng Luo actually saying that he was going to take two permanent Enhancement Potions instead!?

    ¡°These two buffing potions are of a certain usefulness to me, I¡¯m personally an ammunitionist, so this bullet blueprint is also useful...¡±

    Feng Luo exined briefly ¨C this was also in order to prevent possible trouble in the future!

    With these two Intermediate buffing potions and then gathering some of the Giant Octopus quasi-BOSS¡¯s sma and body structures back to give to ¡°Lin¡±, the coboratedpany between him and Lin in Storm City would perhaps be able to bring another new item into the market!

    What about the permanent Enhancement Potions?

    Feng Luo was very clear that with the Biohazard plot engaged, once the T-Virus Enhancement Potion was able to be produced by killing monsters and to be exchanged for, its value would definitely fall down a straight line!

    Don¡¯t even say 5,000,000, it was very likely that the two Enhancement Potions now would not be sold if they were to be put up at the Exchange.

    Because many people would be observing and continuing to monitor the situation, and naturally, following the progress of the Biohazard Crisis, the price of basic Enhancement Potions would still continue to fall to a suitable point.

    Besides, the D-Grade bullet blueprint Manufacturing Chip was indeed not considered to be rare, even though the bullet attributes were decent.

    It must be known, among Feng Luo¡¯s prizes, other than the two Intermediate evolution virus buffing potions, there was still another prize in his inventory, and that was the sci-fi version Rare submachine gun produced by the Scout yer from before!

    The attributes of this rifle were not bad indeed, and if the Rare attribute of the rifle was matched with the effects of the D-Grade bullet, it seemed to be even better!

    And it seemed like his ¡°Light Armored Warrior Scout¡± n was stillcking in a suitable submachine gun?

    ...

    Upon being certain that Feng Luo indeed was not prepared to choose the permanent Enhancement Potions, the others heaved a sigh of relief and their eyes shone with delight.

    After all, with Feng Luo lending out equipment and firearms, and with his Elite beetle army contribution level, even if he had first chosen the two permanent Enhancement Potions, they probably would have had nothing much to say.

    But Feng Luo had actually voluntarily given up on the permanent Enhancement Potions which had the highest value ¨C the remaining people could better split among themselves.

    The conclusion of the discussion on splitting had quickly been decided!

    My World¡¯s team got one of the T-Virus permanent Enhancement Potions.

    Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor got the other T-Virus permanent Enhancement Potion, but needed to put it up on the Exchange and auction it off, where 10% and 30% of the credit earnings would have to be given to Watermelon Skin and the Fire Maniptor yer respectively!

    As for the pile of Energy Crystals worth more than 30,000 credits, they had decided to give them to Feng Luo topensate for his losses in the battle!

    The casual Fire Maniptor did not get anything, but as an old yer from Silvermoon City, the spot in Silvermoon City where the Veterans Tribe was situated was worth his trust, in addition to everyone having signed the electronic contract, and so he had nothing to debate about.

    However, after this plot, whether the Veterans Tribe would still be able to stand in Silvermoon City...

 Chapter 372 - Rise of the Snipers?

    <h4>Chapter 372: Rise of the Snipers?</h4>

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    The wall of the shot had a cluster of bullet holes hit into it by machine gun bullets, and the transparent strengthened face of ss had been shattered, creating spider-shaped crack lines!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A white fireballbo the size of a ser ball flew in to the ground from outside, setting aze a huge area of products, quickly creating a sea of mes!

    The other few members of Dan Hen¡¯s team and four Veterans Tribe members were then all stuck at the bottom level of a shop by the roadside.

    In front of them across the street of over 20 meters long were all sorts of skills, fireballs, ice des, submachine gun bullets and machine gun bullets sealing a blockade of death.

    Whereas behind them was a horde of infected zombies with broken limbs, open stomachs and intestines, ckened blood dripping from their mouths and grey eye sockets shining with bloodthirsting lust, continuously charging at the shop which they were in!

    On the metallic walls of the surrounding buildings on both sides were three of four Lickers of a body size of more than two meters rapidly leaping, attempting to eat the flesh of the clustered, delicious-smelling fresh human beings!

    ¡°F*ck it! These jerks of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group jamming up the road, trying to make use of the zombie hordes to kill us all!¡±

    ¡°Two Maniptors, one Machine Gunner, and a Scout are fine, the cruelest is that there are actually three Snipers ¨C whoever goes out dies!¡±

    A Heavy Armored Warrior yer wearing a Veterans Tribe badge on his chest raised his sturdy right arm, violently ramming his ck Alloy Shield forward.

    ¡°Bash!¡±

    A pair of vein-bulging hands which had already attached themselves to the window panes and had marked them with reddish-ck bloodstains were violently smashed down upon by the Alloy Shield ¨C half-sections of the hands together with the bones inside weakened by the T-Virus infection were smashed into flesh rubble with blood sttering all over!

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    The owner of the two hands let out a groan, its eyes without any look of pain.

    It stretched its fleshy head with half its skin gone past the window, opened its blood-stench mouth and attempted to bite the arm of the Heavy Armored Warrior!

    ¡°Screech!¡±

    But even the sharpness of a stiletto could not break the full-defense-type Alloy Heavy Armor with a thickness of over two centimeters. Let alone teeth, even this male zombie biting onto the Alloy Heavy Armor had only produced a disturbing metal-screech!

    ¡°Chop!¡±

    An Alloy Sword stained with a reddish-white substance followed up and chopped down from a side, slicing off the head of this zombie which had already had half its neck bitten off by others infected. Then, as the Heavy Armored Warrior wiped off the blood on his face with a ¡°pei¡±, he kicked the headless body of the zombie out!

    ¡°Leader Dan Hen, what now, are there anymore members replying to the SOS signal in the surrounding? Damn it, must have been that the signal is cut off, it can¡¯t even be sent out to 50 meters!¡±

    Standing outside the door that had already beenpletely broken down behind the shop, Frozen Red Giant withdrew his Alloy Sword and yelled loudly!

    The gorgeous Alloy Armor set on him which was originally like crystallized frost had now be like something just picked out from a trash can, and it even had some fresh-looking, foul-smelling blood on it.

    Other than that, at the chest part of this Excellent-Grade equipment set which defense coefficient was a D+-Grade, there were three deep sh marks which had already been stained red with blood and hadpletely cut through the armor, looking like they had been torn open by some huge-sized wild beast with sharp ws.

    ¡°F*ck, if we hadn¡¯t been ambushed by that Tyrant from before, causing Old Gun and Monkey to be killed, we wouldn¡¯t be taken advantage of by this bunch of Roaring Dragon Mercenary rascals!¡±

    The Heavy Armored Warrior said viciously as he withdrew his Alloy Shield, ignoring the two sections of half-broken fleshy fingers still stuck on it.

    Previously, this team of 10 people was originally on its way to save Sk and his people on the tform but had identally met a Tyrant here. In the end, the two Veterans Tribe yers originally with the team had been killed by the Tyrant in a second; even Frozen Red Giant, the Light Armored Warrior with decent equipment, had only half his HP left!

    Fortunately, the Tyrant¡¯s Level was not very high, only above Level 30 ¨C being all-out attacked by the remaining people, it had only killed two members before jumping up the surrounding buildings and escaping!

    But unfortunately, the Tyrant had just left when they were ambushed by the people of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, who had forced them into the shop with their long-range firepower.

    Even more unfortunately, the fresh corpses of two yers from before had as if aroused the appetite of a batch of zombies, sending them into a situation now of being contained by two enemies!

    ¡°The others will do; it¡¯s the Snipers!¡±

    ¡°If these rascals didn¡¯t have short-range professions and really got short-ranged by me, it¡¯s nothing difficult at all to face them, but them f*ckers actually have three Snipers hiding in the dark!¡±

    ¡°I say, even though Ion and Old Gun are dead, is your team¡¯s Sk still uncontactable? If he¡¯s still there, at least we wouldn¡¯t be so stuck!¡±

    The Heavy Armored Warriorined as he applied a blood tonic onto himself.

    ¡°The static in the Communicator is getting more intense, I¡¯ve tried infiltrating Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secretmunication channel but it¡¯s not sessful!¡±

    ¡°Very likely, this is a facility provided to them by the rebellion, considered as a restriction for our camp by the plot!¡±

    Hiding himself in a corner and continuously using Chip expert skills to activate the Communicator, Ion mes who was attempting to contact Sk and his people was grim.

    He did not participate in defense or attack, not because he was freeloading, but because he already had no means of attacking!

    The range of the skills of Maniptor yers was huge, but their weakness was that the usage was too much ¨Cpared with weak-skilled Gunners who would almost never have their MP depleted, it was very easy for Maniptors to lose their MP!

    This was also the reason why ¡°Intelligence-type¡± basic permanent Enhancement Potions were so wanted by Maniptors. The ¡°+20% MP recovery speed¡± was actually an even more useful attribute in the eyes of Maniptor yers than the main attribute of ¡°+10% Intelligence¡±!

    ¡°Sk and the others probably are outnumbered, a Level 50 Commander monster with 300,000 HP technically can¡¯t be taken down by anything less than more than 10 better yers with Level 50 equipment!¡±

    ¡°Plus their position is more of a dead end than ours here!¡±

    ¡°Seems like there¡¯s no way to return Old Brother Feng the favor this time, perhaps we¡¯ve even done something terrible, that NPC might be very important to him...¡±

    Dan Hen, whosebat uniform was cleaner than those of close-range professions but whose stiletto on his tactical vest had thick bloodstains, stretched out his submachine gun from the side. He pointed it at the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Sniper found by Detection to be behind a sculpture at the back of the square, continuing to fire a string of bullets!

    ¡°Da, da, da, da!¡±

    ¡°-345, -445, -456, -344...¡±

    Four consecutive damage coefficients shed across his vision; that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Sniper quickly hid behind the sculpture and the following bulletspletely missed him!

    The submachine gun had fast speed and could even consecutively fire quite a few bullets with the ¡°Continuous Shooting¡± skill learnt, which was specially used by Scouts.

    However, as the damage of each bullet was not high, at such a situation whereby it was difficult to adjust the shooting spot and angle, Snipers only had to hide behind their cover after hitting a bullet, and they would not be killed by the submachine gun at all!

    On the other hand, Snipers had high single damage; they just had to aim at a dying yer and hit a lethal damage and they would very likely be able to use one shot on each person.

    There was already a Veterans Tribe Doctor yer beside Dan Hen who had fallen into a pool of blood, with a cavity hit into his temple by a sniper bullet, his eyes wide open as he died!

    In the game, in some missions or plots, yers¡¯ corpses would not immediately vanish after their deaths, and were likely to exist until the end of the plot or until they were cleared away by NPCs!

    In actual fact, even in PK, yers¡¯ corpses did not disappear at the moment of the white light of death but would simrly stay a period of time.

    Of course, these corpses in the eyes of yers who had switched off their gory visual mode would turn into a few set types of default appearances. As for female yers who died, if some private parts were exposed, they would turn into default roles even in the eyes of yers who had their gory visual mode switched on.

    There was naturally no need to exin the reason!

    ¡°In such city environments, it¡¯s indeed too easy for Snipers to perform, there¡¯re no better ways to face a Sniper than using a Sniper!¡±

    Dan Hen¡¯s face turned grave as he quickly changed the magazine on his submachine gun.

    Although Snipers were powerless when fighting monsters in training, there was a need to admit that especially in group PK in cities, they stood with an extremely huge natural advantagepared with the other professions!

    But because there were not many in-city battles in the past, in addition to everyone focusing their attention more on the aspect of raising their Level, the Snipers¡¯ advantage was not taken seriously, and was even discriminated against for their freeloading in XP during training!

    But now that many people had already reached full-level, in addition to the openness of the camp system, this type of city PK would probably be greatly expanded and even be more of a norm.

    Then it was very likely that there would be more people choosing to Advance to be Sniper ¨C some guilds might even develop into organizational Sniper teams!

    The status of Snipers would very likely be raised!

    ¡°However, it¡¯s not so easy to train a high-leveled Sniper out of this game. It¡¯s very hard for most Snipers without skills to guarantee the uracy rate of hitting critical points, plus once at close-range, they would becking inbat ability and would be easy to die!¡±

    ¡°Speaking about Snipers, Old Brother Feng¡¯s sniping ability is rather really astonishing!¡±

    Dan Hen recalled the process of ambushing the rebellionmander with Feng Luo previously at Dark Moon Valley, admiration appearing in his eyes.

    He could not help but let a thought surface: if Feng Luo were really here and together with Sk, even if there were three Sniper yers on the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, there probably would not be much of a problem?

    ¡°It¡¯s just that by this time, I¡¯m afraid they¡¯ve already been wiped out!¡±

 Chapter 373 - Injured Tyrant

    <h4>Chapter 373: Injured Tyrant</h4>

    ¡°Sk?¡±

    Inside the shop being sandwiched between two attacking parties, Ion me looked in shock at the face which had appeared on the screen of the connected Communicator.

    ¡°Big Brother Ion, where are y¡¯all now? Yeah! Y¡¯all are attacked, and the zombies are the people of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?!¡±

    Sk initially had a delighted expression, but instantly changed upon hearing the close-rangebat noises from the Communicator.

    ¡°F*ck, there¡¯s both! We¡¯re jammed up by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group people, and it¡¯s f*cking zombie hordes behind!¡±

    The Heavy Armored Warrior at the side shouted as he ced his shield in front of him and violently pushed it forward, ramming a female NPC zombie out the backdoor.

    ¡°Them f*ckers have three Snipers in the shadows, since you son have nothing to do hurry upe and help! We¡¯re at the Traveler¡¯s Square...f*ck, careful, there¡¯s a Licker¡¯s tracks missing!¡±

    ¡°Heavy sh!¡±

    Guarded at the door of the shop, Frozen Red Giant howled and with a swing of the Alloy Shield in his hand with immense strength, he once again chopped off the head of a howling Normal zombie charging over!

    ¡°St!¡±

    White brain juice mixed with red blood water sttered on the ground.

    There was already foul-smelling zombie blood water covering the spot below his feet, which was now added onto.

    ¡°Da, da, da, da!¡±

    ¡°Y¡¯all lived, that Level 50 Commander retreated?¡±

    Dan Hen said loudly to Sk as he fired a string of bullets, breaking the forcefield of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Fire Maniptor, forcing him to move back to hide at his cover.

    ¡°We lived, we¡¯ve already finished off two Commanders, no, should be a quasi-BOSS. How sick, this brat actually Advanced with the effect of the T-Virus, we were almost wiped out!¡±

    Sk looked relieved at the fact that they had survived the ordeal.

    ¡°Quasi-BOSS?! Don¡¯t you f*cker lie to me, how was your little bit of people able to kill a quasi-BOSS?¡±

    Hearing this, the Heavy Armored Warrior yelled at the top of his lungs, at the same time bashing the head of the female NPC zombie left with only half a neck!

    ¡°Can¡¯t tell you the details now, Leader Dan Hen, just how¡¯s your situation now, why don¡¯t the two of us...¡±

    Sk did not intend to say anymore to this Heavy Armored Warrior who did not belong to their team and yelled straight into the Communicator, but he had only spoken halfway before the person on the other end disappeared again!

    ¡°The signal is cut off halfway, I¡¯ll need luck to connect again!¡±

    Ion me looked at the Communicator with its image lost and said to Dan Hen with his forehead creased.

    ¡°Actually, I feel that we should let Sk and the others leave, after all their team is still with three weak NPCs, if they came here to save us and died, that favor probably really wouldn¡¯t be returnable!¡±

    ¡°If Old Brother Feng was together, the problem shouldn¡¯t be big. It wouldn¡¯t be difficult if he could just finish the Snipers on the other side with long-range and if we faced the remaining people!¡±

    Dan Hen looked slightly doubtful but his line of sight swept across the ground in front of him and he turned grave.

    On the ground in the shop,pared to before, there was one more body of a Veterans Tribe yer, simrly hit in the head by a sniper bullet and had died straight with only half his HP left!

    ¡°Probably, but the problem of our connection being cut by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group is indeed worrying...¡±

    Ion me suddenly stood up, gave up on continuing his attempts to connect the Communicator, turned and activated the Energy converter in his hand!

    The connection this time was due to luck; Sk¡¯s side unexpectedly initiating contact with them was just a problem with the signal connection, the bigger problem was being unable to receive the guild¡¯s higher-ups¡¯ instructions!

    How was the overall power bnce in the battle between the Veterans Tribe Guild alliance and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group ¨C this group of people was not clear about it!

    However, no matter how the overall power was like, they had to at least win this small fight in front of their eyes now!

    ¡°Be careful!¡±

    Just before Ion me stood up and spoke, all of a sudden, the Heavy Armored Warrior and Frozen Red Giant in front of him shouted!

    ¡°Swoop!¡±

    A sharp wind-cutting noise as a horrifyingly high-speed flying object shot towards the back of his head!

    Just then, the Licker that had previously vanished from their watch suddenly charged into the shop from the front of the hole broken in the ss.

    Its four strong and sharp limbs climbed onto the ceiling, its tongue withbat power able to match up with that of a sniper bullet in its wide-open mouth shot towards Ion me¡¯s head!

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    Luckily, Ion me¡¯s MP had already recovered to a certain extent. Almost at the same time as the sounding of the reminder, a red Fire Forcefield covered over him, and the Licker¡¯s tongue was blocked by the forcefield at a distance of less than a centimeter from Ion me¡¯s head!

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    Frozen Red Giant cursed, hurriedly raising the Alloy Sword in his hand and going up gainst the intruding Licker together with the Heavy Armored Warrior!

    ...

    ¡°Big Brother Feng...¡±

    Already deep inside the hotel, Sk whose connection had just been cut turned to face Feng Luo who was at the back of the team, with a troubled expression!

    Feng Luo was actually simrly a little troubled; although he was responsible in looking-out being at the back of the team for the convenience of observing the surroundings, his hearing had actually clearly picked up the conversation Sk had.

    Dan hen and the others were now faced with two sides of enemies, the situation was bleak and needed immediate aid!

    Whereas their team had now alreadye down from the tform; the surrounding situation seemed well, and they did not meet with any zombie hordes or people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    It was just that to him, the main mission was clearly to bring Old John the three of them out of Silvermoon City!

    Because even though the entire Silvermoon City seemed like there were still noises ofbat and explosions of Energy skills all over, Feng Luo felt like it was already not as serious as before.

    This meant that the situation was likely to be quite predictable.

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s preparations hadsted for long, and it was a mass-announced ¡°Epic-Grade plot¡± by the system, thus with the changes in Silvermoon City, the chance of yers triumphing over zombies or the Veterans Tribe triumphing over the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was probably very small!

    He then definitely had to prioritize choosing to let the three NPCs get out!

    But Dan Hen and the others had not only let Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor help him protect the three NPCs, but now they were also contained by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group people because of wanting to provide aid to them on the tform.

    Regardless of what, because of this, he could not just leave by himself.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go together, first save Old Brother Dan Hen then leave Silvermoon City!¡±

    Feng Luo said in a low voice after taking a deep breath.

    ...

    When Feng Luo and the others were quickly leaving the hotel area and moving towards the Traveler¡¯s Square not more than over 500 meters away to provide aid,cking in Scouts and being unable to tap on Scout Beetles, plus with his mind clouded with troubling thoughts, he did not notice that a pair of eyes was staring at them for a period of time from apletely dark area of the underground carpark of this hotel building.

    More than 10 seconds after Feng Luo and the others had left, a tall humanoid organism walked slowly out from the shadows!

    It had a huge body of close to three-meters tall; ignoring the rotted parts on its skin, it was definitely a muscled upper body of the most perfect body-building champion, in addition to a left arm with humongous sharp fingernails the size of an entire body!

    It was a ¡°Tyrant¡±!

    However, this Tyrant was seemingly quite seriously injured ¨C there were bullet holes left on its body from which it was still bleeding, and its other shorter right arm had been cut off by a sharp weapon, where the part it was cut was still bleeding!

    Although a Tyrant had powerful recovery, once it suffered serious injuries, it would affect its healing ability, and seeing from its body size, this Tyrant should have only been Level 30 or higher ¨C not a high Level!

    The spot on which this Tyrant was standing on was covered in blood, its grey eyes with orange eye sockets stared at the backs of Feng Luo and his people, a sense of bloodthirsty longingness shed across its eyes!

    But just a few secondster, it withdrew its head again!

    Although Tyrants were biological weapons bred by the T-Virus, they were far from those beasts of low AI andpletely without judgment ability. Previously when it was injured by humanoid organisms which were originally seen as its food, it had already risen its guard against its own kind!

    Especially that reddish-ck sharp weapon on the waist of thatst Adventurer ¨C it had felt a very eerie ¡°danger¡± from it!

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    With a low-pitched howl, the Tyrant suddenly raised its head.

    Because just then, it felt like there was some substance that had dripped onto its face. As the T-Virus¡¯s enhancement grant gave it high tolerance towards pain, it had also given it heightened senses!

    It raised its head and looked over 100 meters up the hotel, at the huge blood-dripping corpse of the dead Giant Octopus quasi-BOSS.

    Its mouth slowly swallowed the substance that had dripped onto its dried-up bloodcking lips. After which, a look of uncontainable delight shed across the grey bloodshot eyes of this Tyrant of over Level 30.

    Turning swiftly, the Tyrant dragged its right arm along and used its gigantic left arm, injured but still sturdy and full of strength, and its fully-muscled legs to rapidly leap through the gap between the tform of close to 20 meters in height, ignoring the increasing tear in its wounds.

    From the irreparable rips in its Normal-Gradebat uniform on its body stained with blood which were either its own or others¡¯, a conclusion could be made ¨C before this Tyrant was mutated, it should have been a Gunner yer of not higher than over Level 10!

 Chapter 374 - Sniper Showdown (Part 1/2)

    <h4>Chapter 374: Sniper Showdown (Part 1/2)</h4>

    On the dark second floor of the building, in a room with a fallen male NPC zombie with a bowl-sized hole in its head, there was a quality Fine Sniper rifle stand of a ck matte material beside the window. There was also a yer with a golden dragon head insignia on his chest who was changing magazines with familiarity.

    As a yer who had taken a liking to the Sniper way of ying when he had just

    entered the game, Silvermoon Bullethead was really in love with this profession.

    Compared with other professions, this profession needed more personal skill, and the

    feeling of sting someone¡¯s head after aiming was very satisfying. However, the only w was that it was of too low an effectiveness when training.

    Even if it were the people of a guild leveling up together as a team, Snipers would often

    be seen by others as a burden. Many people were actually unwilling to have Snipers on their team.

    ¡°But who is there tonight earning more than us Snipers?¡± Silver Bullet mumbled with delight in his eyes as he loaded a magazine with a clicking sound.

    In this Biohazard Crisis plot, Snipers were much more effective than the other professions. It was not only due to battling in a city environment that allowed Snipers¡¯ PK prowess to be unleashed; it was also because the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had allocated the same mission to all the Sniper yers, which was to make use of the T-Virus bullet to attack vulnerable yers at the start of the plot, mass-spreading the T-Virus.

    When used in tandem with skills, the high destruction coefficient of sniper bullets was able to effortlessly tear open Gunners¡¯ uniforms or Maniptors¡¯ Energy coats, injecting the T-Virus-carrying bullets into the target¡¯s body. Among all the professions, only the Sniper could do this.

    ¡°Hey, Old Lei, how much Camp Merit have you gotten already?¡± From the team channel of the Communicator at his ear, a voice sounded. It was another Sniper of the team, Old B.

    The signal connection between Silvermoon City and the outside world waspletely

    cut off, but for the yers of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group who had followed

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind and had already joined the rebellion camp, it was not too

    huge a limitation.

    Just by joining the rebellion camp, they would be able tomunicate through an

    internal channel ¡ª this was also the reason why there were fewer people of the Roaring

    Dragon Mercenary Group joining the rebellion camp, yet they were unafraid of the yers of the Federation camp.

    As for the Merit reduction punishment of joining the rebellion camp, it was not considered anything serious to them because Roaring Dragon Lightwind had already anticipated this situation and had made them exchange their Merit long before. Furthermore, after joining the rebellion camp, they were more able to obtain huge

    amounts of rebellion camp Merit points through spreading the T-Virus and killing

    the Federation camp yers. They were also able to exchange many things that were currently unavable in the Federation camp.

    Rare skills, beast gene potions... the most important was of course the Biological Control Chip, which was well-known to yers as the Pet Chip. Just the Merit points he had earned from tonight were already sufficient for him to exchange for an Intermediate Pet Chip worth close to 10,000 credits ¡ª this was something that could only be obtained bypleting a series of Hidden Pet Missions in the Federation camp.

    ¡°I¡¯ll get 150 Merit points and be able to exchange for two Intermediate Pet Chips and a bottle of 24 hoursting Gene Enhancement Potion!¡± In the team channel, another voice answered with a sense of self-satisfaction.

    The person Old B was calling was Sniper Old Lei ¡ª both of them belonged to the Elite team of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, originally old yers who had entered when the Roaring Dragon Invincible Guild was founded.

    Their equipment was much better than his. With better equipment, it was naturally easier to use the virus bullet to destroy yers¡¯ defense to sessfully spread the T-Virus and earn huge amounts of Camp Merit.

    The umted points of the two people were at one time more than all of the other yers in the team ¡ª saying so in the team channel was definitely bragging. After all, Snipers could finally make a name for themselves now in this mission.

    ¡°Snipers...¡±

    Hearing two yers of the same profession showing-off in the team channel, Silver Bullet raised the scope of his sniper rifle. He did not continue attacking the Veterans Tribe yers below who hadpletely retreated back into the shop. Instead, he started observing the surrounding potential sniping spots to see whether there were any Snipers present.

    The habit he had built up ever since he had entered the game was that no matter what kind of situation he was in, he would not be careless and he would especially have his guard up against Snipers.

    ¡°But there should certainly be no Snipers on the other side. They would have retaliated long ago!¡± Silver Bullet was just thinking and then suddenly...

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    Two sharp sounds went to the ears of everyone in the team through the team channel.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Right after, Old Lei in the team channel screamed, giving the team members a scare.

    ¡°Old Lei? What happened?¡± the Scout yer who was of a closer rtionship with Old Lei quickly asked.

    ¡°F*ck, there¡¯s a Sniper! One shot and half my HP is gone! The worst thing is that it f*cking actually hit close to my eye! My vision is moderately damaged. I¡¯ve taken an injection but it¡¯ll need 20 seconds to recover. Thankfully, I wasn¡¯t so unlucky to be blinded!¡± Old Lei spoke with a pained voice.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t there no Snipers on the other side?¡± The other yers in the team were all shocked after hearing this.

    The main reason they couldpletely demolish the Veterans Tribe people was that there were no Snipers on the other side. Thus, everyone had victory in their minds and was just waiting to finish off the few Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers and get their Merit points.

    However, the opponent actually had Snipers?

    The Gunner yers and Maniptor yers who initially did not have any cover hurriedly shrunk backward.

    ¡°Should be new and just arrived. Give me 20 seconds. Once my vision has recovered, I¡¯ll immediately dig him out and finish him off!¡± Old Lei said confidently and also furiously, clearly very unsettled with the fact that his eye was almost hit.

    ¡°You be careful. Snipers indeed need to take on Snipers!¡±

    ¡°Hey...right, what about Old B? Why is there silence! Old B...¡± The Scout yer was concerned, after which he suddenly thought of the problem; the team channel did not directly report the state of yers if located at a spot outside a certain range.

    ¡°Dead, he¡¯s definitely dead!¡± Silver Bullet leaned against the back of the thick bunker as cold sweat formed on his forehead.

    ...

    Some time before, back to before the two sounds hade through the Communicator:

    ¡°There¡¯s a Sniper!¡±

    The others could not hear anything, but as a Sniper, Silver Bullet had instantly determined that one of the noises was the sound of a yer¡¯s brain being shattered,monly known as the sound of a headshot!

    As they believed there were no Snipers on the other side and Old B¡¯s sniping point was good, his HP must have beenpletely full. But even with full HP, he was swiftly taken out even though practically all the equipment on Old B as a Mercenary Group Elite team yer was Fine-Grade or Excellent-Grade.

    ¡°Not good! There¡¯s danger!¡± As he thought of this, Silver Bullet felt his hairs stand in an instant, and right after, he rapidly carried his sniper rifle and ducked behind the bunker.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    A bullet hit the chest of the zombie on the ground behind him. The high-speed spinning bullethead made another hole in the NPC zombie.

    Silver Bullet even felt the heat from the bullet tearing through the air as it brushed passed his ear. If his movement had been just a second slower, the bullet would have traced the edge of the bunker and hit him square in the head!

 Chapter 375 - Sniper Showdown (Part 2/2)

    <h4>Chapter 375: Sniper Showdown (Part 2/2)</h4>

    ¡°Eh? Quick reaction!¡±

    100 meters away from Silver Bullet, Feng Luo looked slightly surprised. The third Sniper yer unexpectedly dodged his shot!

    After leaving the vicinity of the hotel, Feng Luo and Sk quickly discovered Dan Hen and the others¡¯ position; after all, it wasn¡¯t that hard to spot a location with the intense battle and a horde of zombies.

    However, considering how he did not want to act rashly and alert the enemy, and also in consideration of the safety of the three NPCs, he did not head there directly.

    Instead, he asked the others from the team protecting the three NPCs to stay at a safe spot while he and Sk activated Quick Sneak and climbed to the top of the building to search for the enemy Sniper from a farther position.

    It was because they already knew there were three enemy Snipers, and two of them were really unscrupulous. When they fired their shots, they did not even try to conceal themselves, which made it possible for Feng Luo¡¯s group to identify their position easily.

    However, another yer was much more cautious. He was the kind of PK Sniper who did not fire unless he was absolutely confident getting a hit in. They spent more than ten seconds before locating him.

    After that, everything became simple!

    Sk and Feng Luo fired at the same time. They first aimed at the two unscrupulous Sniper yers. The enemies were hit before even realizing that they were the targets of enemy Snipers!

    One dead, one injured!

    With Feng Luo¡¯s equipment and ¡°Lethal¡± talent that granted 100% bonus damage when a fatal part of the body was hit, Gunners whose equipment had not reached the Rare Grade had a 90% chance of dying in one shot!

    As for Sk¡¯s gears, though he could not insta-kill the other Sniper, Feng Luo initially arranged for him to attack the eyes of the enemy!

    One should know that though yers had special bodies that did not get inflicted by negative status such as injuries easily, it still depended on the body parts.

    If a body part such as the eye was to be hit by a Sniper bullet directly, even though the probability of inducing blindness was low, the time the yers¡¯ vision would be affected was quite long!

    For most Sniper yers, losing their sight practically meant losing their ability to fight; after all, not everyone could adapt to fighting with a single eye.

    As for the remaining Sniper, Feng Luo initially nned to immediately move his muzzle and kill him after getting the first Sniper!

    The gap between shots from the Eye of the Thunder was very short; he could make the second shot after just one second. However, he did not expect the Sniper to be so vignt that he would immediately react and retreat after his teammate died, making Feng Luo miss!

    ¡°n failed; switching to n B!¡±

    Feng Luo signaled to Sk, who was not far away, pointing at the spot he attacked.

    After that, he rolled around and directly jumped from the top of the building to the street. A map of Silvermoon City quickly appeared in his mind.

    The next moment, he cast Raging Charge and turned into a ck shadow that zigzagged across the streetpletely blocked off by all kinds of vehicles. He headed towards a group of people from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group from the side!

    Sk had excellent marksmanship. Although he failed to hit the eye of the Sniper due to a slight error, he still managed to disable the enemy sniper temporarily!

    The two Snipers did not dare to attack at the moment, and as the Scout, Maniptor, and Machine Gunner could not attack him from their positions, and Feng Luo¡¯s casting of Raging Charge wasn¡¯t all that risky. If it were under normal circumstances, Feng Luo would choose to engage in a battle of will with his opponents, to slowly grind away the patience of the enemy or to initiate the attack, using a headshot to kill the enemy. This was a fighting method between Snipers!

    However, the current situation was different; it was because Feng Luo did not have time to waste.

    He needed to get the job done as quickly as possible!

    ...

    ¡°Everyone be careful, there¡¯s an expert Sniper among the enemy. Moreover, he has got some crazy gears. I was one-shot by the person!¡± Silver Bullet shouted to remind his teammate in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group party channel.

    He was crouched on the ground while moving sideways behind cover since he knew that there was an 80% chance that the enemy¡¯s gun was moving towards him. He had no choice but to give up this sniping spot!

    ¡°Old B was one-shot? No way!? No matter how good a Sniper¡¯s weapon, there¡¯s no way to kill someone with Old B¡¯s gears in one shot!¡±

    Noisy discussions came from the party channel, with some people from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group not believing it!

    Earlier, to find better angles to attack the Veterans Tribe yers hiding inside the shop lot, the three Snipers separated with the others from the team, and Old B also found a great spot on the third floor of a building!

    This also made it impossible for the other yers who did not dare to expose their location to determine Old B¡¯s actual fate.

    Of course, to not reply after such a long time, it was certain he was already dead!

    However, they did not believe Silver Bullet¡¯s words because Old B had decent equipment. Even if a Sniper used special bullets, it was impossible to one-shot him, was it?

    However, immediately after that, they knew that Silver Bullet wasn¡¯t lying!

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    It was because the enhanced ss of the room where Old B hid within suddenly broke. After that, a Forager with dark red muscles jumped out from the building onto the streets.

    In its mouth was the corpse of a Sniper with a bloodied face that looked extremely familiar to them!

    Clearly, the Elite Grade Forager that was extremely sensitive to the smell of blood detected and obtained its food.

    ¡°That¡¯s bad, Old B¡¯s blood attracted a Forager. Hurry up and get together, everyone. Be careful of the enemy Sniper!¡± Shouted Silver Bullet as he spotted the Forager moving quickly on the wall while dragging its food.

    The yers of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group were not impervious to the attacks of zombies. It was only because they had applied potions developed by the Umbre Company that affected the perception of the zombies. As such, as long as they did not bleed, zombies wouldn¡¯t pursue them!

    However, now that Old B¡¯s corpse was dragged along by the Forager, the fresh blood and brain matter littered on the ground would likely attract the zombies currently surrounding and attacking Veterans Tribe over!

    ¡°F*ck. I can¡¯t retreat. The Sniper is on to me. F*ck, he¡¯s way too good in choosing his spot. He has blocked off my retreat!¡± Old Leiined in the party channel, at the same time, vague sounds of bullets hitting the wall could also be heard.

    ¡°That¡¯s what you get for being carried away, not even nning an escape route before taking the shot, and you call yourself a Sniper from the Elite squad!¡±

    Silver Bullet thought in his mind while moving quickly downward after hearing Old Lei¡¯s anxious words.

    It was because, during the one month of crisis when Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group fell into an internal dispute, most yers had to choose a side. Veteran yers like Old Lei and Old B, who joined the guild at the beginning, were the main yers Roaring Dragon Light Wind tried to win over! As such, Old Lei looked down on newer yers like him and always treated them badly, and now, he messed up in front of Silver Bullet!

    ¡°However, who is the one shooting at him? Is it the one who shot me just now? Or...¡±

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    As he was still thinking, Silver Bullet¡¯s talent that granted him extra-sensitive hearing helped him detect a loud crash from above him that made him raise his head in alert!

    ¡°Who¡¯s there?¡±

    In 0.1 seconds, his rifle was aimed upwards, and at the same time, his body retreated quickly!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, it was already toote!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The shadow of a human seemed to fall from the sky!

    At the same time, a pair ofbat boots kicked at his arm holding the rifle. A powerful force pushed his sniper rifle off target, and as the trigger was already pressed, the bullet exited the barrel and only managed to brush past thebat uniform of the enemy!

    Immediately after that, in his night vision tactical helmet vision, a dark red knife appeared!

    Silver Bullet could only feel his Fine Grade tactical helmet on his head was split open like paper. After that, the cold and hard de pierced through his skull powerfully!

    At the same time, his mouth was also cupped by an iron-like hand. He could only let out sounds of him struggling from his throat!

    In his bloodied and vague vision, he saw the silver sniper rifle hanging on the tactical vest of the enemy!

    ¡°Sniper?!¡±

    After that, Silver Bullet¡¯s vision turned ck.

    The moment he was kicked out of the game by the system, his only reaction was probably aint!

    Weren¡¯t Snipers supposed to kill others from long-range? Wasn¡¯t a melee kill like that a foul?

    However, for the enemy Sniper to infiltrate into their team¡¯s hiding ce, even if they did not have any close-rangebat profession around, wasn¡¯t it too gutsy?!

 Chapter 376 - Ghost Weepâ€™s Suspicion

    <h4>Chapter 376: Ghost Weep¡¯s Suspicion</h4>

    ¡°Ching!¡±

    A 30cm sharp reverse military knife swung in the air, creating a dark red ¡°lightning¡± in the dark and narrow room.

    ¡°-2455!¡±

    ¡°Ugh...¡± The Scout yer from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group grabbed his neck as he fell backward slowly with his eyes wide open. The submachine gun that had just fired five or six bullets dropped to the ground from his limp hands as a white light shed across his body!

    Total time consumed: 37 seconds!

    The number of dead Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group members: Six!

    Profession and cause of death:

    Level 47 Sniper ¨C Cause of death: Bonus damage dealt from a boot kick to the arm; helmet split open by a military knife. Died in two attacks!

    Level 50 and 49 Maniptors ¨C Cause of death: One died because his energy shield was still on cooldown, and he did not have time to activate it. Chest wearing Level 50 Excellent Grade energy robe pierced by a military knife. Heart ruptured; Another maniptor had his energy shield broken with one knife sh; after that, he died from a sniper¡¯s headshot!

    Level 50 Machine Gunner ¨C Cause of death: Sniper bullet punctured the temple and destroyed both the helmet and invisible defense!

    Level 50 Scout ¨C Cause of death: Sniper bullet struck the thigh, struck in the throat by a military knife thrown from five meters away when firing shots from the submachine gun while retreating!

    Level 48 Doctor ¨C Cause of death: Military knife pierced through the throat. Died in one hit!

    Infiltrator status ¨C Level 50 Sniper (Hidden profession, Special Agent): Remaining HP: 51%; remaining stamina: 35%; Total equipment damage: 9%.

    That¡¯s right, Feng Luo only lost half his HP, and the damage to his equipment did not even reach ten percent, and he had already taken out the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group party that upied that ce.

    The reason for that was that he sneaked into their base and surprised his opponents by starting the battle directly. Additionally, the enemy camp did not have any meleebat profession that could equal him, and also, the bonus damage from his Lethal talent was important. However, there was also another important factor, which was his current equipment!

    [SUV seriesbat set]

    [Grade] Rare (Level 50)

    [Important basic stats]

    HP +3000

    MP +1000

    Agility +100

    Strength +30

    Vitality +20

    Average Defense Coefficient: D

    Defense: 420

    All-Energy Resistance +40%

    ...

    [Set Attibute] ¨C Increases camouge type skills effect by 25% when moving and by 50% when static.

    [Parts Main Attirbute]

    SUV Combat Uniform

    Environment simtion, temperature regtion, fireproof; [Rare Attribute] body part covered by thebat armor obtains a 30% damage reduction!

    SUV Combat Helmet

    Position alert for long-range head attacks, night vision, automatic scanning, underwater breathing; [Rare Attribute] Helmet absorbs a certain amount of damage based on the damage on the helmet (Maximum damage absorbed from a single region: 3000)

    SUV Tactical Vest

    Defense Coefficient of D+; reduces baggage weight by 50%; [Rare Attribute] Reduces final damage of physical attacks from weapons with attack coefficient lower than D by 75%.

    SUV Combat Boots

    Maximum movement speed +30%; Reduces stamina consumption by 25% when moving; [Rare Attribute] umtes strength when moving, when attacking enemies with thebat boots, a certain amount of impact force will be converted into bonus damage (Maximum bonus damage: 1500)!

    SUV Tactical Gloves

    Defense Coefficient C-; [Rare Attribute] Increase the destructive ability of military knives and stilettos by 20%.

    ...

    As one of the top 50 set equipment of gunners in War, the SUVbat uniform set could be said to have almost perfect stats.

    A set of SUVbat uniform wasparable to the Thunder equipment set, whether it came to attributes, states, or HP bonuses. One could even say that the 40% resistance bonus was even better than the Thunder equipment set!

    Of course, the Thunder equipment set only consisted five items, and in reality, a Light Armor Warrior¡¯s armor could be separated into seven or sometimes nine parts. In addition, the Thunder equipment set was not a type of defensive equipment set that increased a lot of HP. So, in fact, a Light Armor Warrior set still had a lot more bonus HPpared to a gunner!

    However, for a gunner, the stat bonuses of the SUV set were definitely much more valuable than the Thunder equipment set that boosted one unitary stat!

    D grade Defense Coefficient was higher than the defense of Fine Grade Light Armor Warrior armor. Furthermore, there was the 30% damage reduction to final damages. For gunners with low defense and were killed easily, it was incredibly meaningful!

    As for the ¡°Damage absorption¡± rare attribute of the helmet, it meant that for someone to want to take Feng Luo out in one hit while the tactical helmet was in prime condition, the single burst damage needed to exceed 10,000; and even Feng Luo himself wouldn¡¯t be able to reach such a damage, even if he were to use the B-grade bullets.

    The 30% movement speed bonus from thebat boots was one time more than the bonus provided by the old Assassination Reconnoiter Combat Boots. With the skill, Raging Charge, it was undoubtedly an amazingbination!

    The Tactical Vest¡¯s ¡°physical damage reduction of 75% to weapons that had Attack Coefficient lower than D-grade¡± meant thatmon submachine guns and alloy swords¡¯ normal attacks could hardly deal any damage to Feng Luo under normal circumstances.

    As for the set attribute of ¡°increasing camouge skill abilities,¡± it was extremely beneficial, even potentially game-changing, as Feng Luo had the core Sniper skill, Quick Sneak, as well as the ¡°Environment Simtion¡± that he exchanged with 1,000 SAPs!

    This was also why he was able to infiltrate into the enemy¡¯s base without being noticed!

    ¡°But... There is one problem... and that is Ghost Weep...¡±

    Feng Luo walked over to the side of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s corpse while holding the handle of Ghost Weep made from unknown materials. He lightly swung the knife and pulled the knife out from his neck.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    Only a bloodless scar remained at the punctured ce; no blood flowed out.

    On the dark red de of Ghost Weep, a thick and richyer of blood covered the de!

    However, the fresh blood did not drip on the ground, instead, they turned light quickly, and after just a few seconds, a dark red curved de remained.!

    The Legendary Grade military knife was like it was drinking blood. It made people feel quite amazing.

    There was also the odd feeling he felt when he first got into contact with the Legendary Military Knife when he visited the special agent military base. It made people feel quite peculiar after closing the eyes as if something had awakened and could detect all the lifeforms across thend!

    Back then, I thought that Ghost Weep worked really well with me... But now, I feel weird!

    ¡°Is this situation normal, or is it not?¡±

 Chapter 377 - Dan Henâ€™s Regret

    <h4>Chapter 377: Dan Hen¡¯s Regret</h4>

    ¡°Brother Feng, thanks!¡±

    After five minutes, Dan Hen¡¯s scarred and yellowish face showed a smile.

    He looked at Feng Luo, who was wearing a full SUVbat rare equipment set, with aplicated gaze.

    With his eyesight, it wasn¡¯t hard for him to spot the Federation SUV armspany logo on Feng Luo¡¯s gears, which was why he couldn¡¯t help butment the value and price of Feng Luo¡¯s equipment.

    ¡°Dan Hen Old Brother! Ion me, Frozen Red Giant...¡±

    Feng Luo smiled as he looked at Ion me and Frozen Red Giant, who were equally surprised as Dan Hen.

    ¡°Brother Feng, I witnessed your marksmanship during the missionst time and knew you would never remain normal. It¡¯s just that I never expected you¡¯d possess a strength that we can¡¯t ever hope to match so quickly.¡±

    Dan Henmented again. Back when the two of them met and worked together for the first time during the Town of Exile mission, Feng Luo was still using the Level 35 Excellent Grade M110.

    And now, the thing that was hanging on his Rare Grade tactical vest, which was one of the best in the game, was now the incredibly famous Eye of the Thunder!

    Truth be told, the Rare Grade sniper rifle blueprint was also an item that Feng Luo exchanged as a reward after killing the rebel armymander back then during the Town of Exile mission.

    When Dan Hen found out that Feng Luo was an Expert Level Gun Mechanic back then, he had even thought about inviting Feng Luo into Veterans Tribe, but he never really said it.

    However, by the looks of it now, Veterans Tribe would have never been able to ¡°raise¡± a ¡°rising dragon¡± like Feng Luo. (Dan Hen found out 24K¡¯s existence through Sk¡¯s group, so he wasn¡¯t onlymenting about Feng Luo¡¯s equipment and items).

    Not to mention the current situation in Silvermoon City and thetest information, Veterans Tribe¡¯s future wasn¡¯t even guaranteed!

    ¡°Eh? Eye of the Thunder... Hold on a sec... Is Brother Feng that...¡±

    At that moment, Dan Hen suddenly remembered something. Recently, most yers in the game knew of a mass-produced Level 45 Rare sniper rifle being marketed across the game by Huan Yu Company in their auction... That sniper rifle was also the Eye of the Thunder!

    ¡°Brother Dan Hen, you¡¯re ttering me. I¡¯m only lucky...¡±

    Feng Luoughed. His tone did not show any signs of being prideful.

    He knew that Dan Hen was also very skillful, and he onlycked good opportunities.

    Gaming skill was one important aspect, but one couldn¡¯t deny the importance of luck.

    The reason Feng Luo could get to where he was, whether it be the pet biochip, the Eye of the Thunder, or the Evolution Virus, luck yed a huge factor!

    ¡°F*ck me. That was amazing, bro! For a Sniper to infiltrate an enemy camp of six to seven yers and perfectly take care of them all, just from this fact alone, I gotta say, I¡¯m super impressed!¡±

    A Heavy Armor Warrior standing on the side gave Feng Luo a thumbs up with his right arm covered in heavy ck armor while holding hisrge alloy shield with his left hand.

    ¡°Thank you, Brother Security Door, and others who came to help us despite the danger. I¡¯ll remember your help. I¡¯ll pay the losses of anyone who died!¡± Feng Luo replied with a smile.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s ID was ¡°Professional Security Door,¡± like Dan Hen; he was also an elite squad captain of Veterans Tribe. Moreover, his squad was very close to Dan Hen¡¯s squad.

    The only thing was that he had a bad temper. This time, he was specifically asked by Dan Hen toe and save people, he did not expect to encounter the ambush by a Tyrant and the yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, which cost them three yers. One could say it was quite unlucky.

    ¡°Hey, this has got nothing to do with you. Those guys died because they weren¡¯t strong enough... Don¡¯t you dare mention anything aboutpensation... Dan Hen¡¯s brother is also my brother; we¡¯re just helping each other out in the game!¡±

    Security Door continued to speak as he extended his over-ten-kilogram-arm to pat Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    My World¡¯s squad, with only three left, stood on the side. At the moment, they were describing the fight against the Giant Octopus Quasi-boss to the three remaining yers from Security Door¡¯s squad.

    And in the middle of the room, in a position of safety, were the three NPCs who had all calmed down a lot more.

    Of course, Old John was always quite calm. In fact, he was still pouring liquor into his mouth!

    ...

    ¡°That¡¯s right, Brother Dan Hen! Do you have any follow-up ns?¡± After around two minutes of reminiscing old times, Feng Luo finally decided to change the topic.

    ¡°We just managed to connect to the guild channel, and we received information asking everyone to evacuate Silvermoon City for now... We¡¯ll wait till daybreak before deciding our next course of action!¡±

    ¡°F*cking b*tch. This Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group is way too treacherous... They actually joined the rebel army and even used a sinister method thatpletely disregarded the aftermath like the biological virus, and to also cut off the entire city¡¯s transportation andmunicationswork...¡± Before Dan Hen could speak, the Heavy Armor Warrior, Professional Security Door, eximed in anger.

    He was also a retired soldier. When it came to betraying the army and joining the enemy, even if it were just a game, he was still disgusted by it.

    However, Veterans Tribe¡¯s decision was good news to Feng Luo.

    ¡°In that case, let¡¯s not waste time. I know a good spot to get out of the city. Let¡¯s go together right now!¡± said Feng Luo while nodding.

    ...

    The group of over ten yers brought along the three NPCs and headed outside Silvermoon City.

    As they were leaving the city, above the tenth tform of Romanti Flower Hotel, beside the corpse of the Giant Octopus Quasi-boss, a three-meter human figure, with the blood of the octopus and green liquid stuck on its mouth, slowly turned around and stood up!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    This yer-turned Tyrant with T-virus injected let out an incredibly loud roar.

    On its head, a series of green numbers started to appear, ¡°+430, +546, +603...¡± as the wounds on its body started to heal. Whether the wounds were caused by sharp weapons or bullets, they were quickly closing and healing up.

    Even its broken right arm started to grow back quickly. Bones and flesh started to grow from the severed limb; moreover, after some time, it grew to be just asrge as its left arm, and three ws just as sharp as military knives that were over 30cm long popped up from above!

    Apart from that, the rotting flesh on its chest caused by the T-virus infection had also transformed into clean and new muscles. It looked like it was brimming with life!

    Solo-type Commander. Evolving. Level 36... Level 37... Level 38...

    And from another angle, a piece of information that only yers could see was also increasing very quickly. Atst, it stopped and stayed at Level 45!

    After that, the Tyrant switched its gaze down to a ce on the ground.

    A fierce re of ¡°vengeance¡± could be seen emanating out of its now-white and dted pupils.

 Chapter 378 - The Tyrant Arrives

    <h4>Chapter 378: The Tyrant Arrives</h4>

    Silvermoon City West. Past the main entrance of a straight and clean street, and on top of a low-rise coffee shop!

    ¡°12 o¡¯clock direction. Distance, 97.5 meters. Height, 38.5 meters. Top left corner of the gray spiral tform!¡± said Dan Hen lightly as he read the information on the recon meter in his hand.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A gunshot rang in the air.

    A searing hot sniper bullet exited the barrel of Eye of the Thunder. It rotated at high speed across around 100 meters, heading straight and urately towards the direction Dan Hen mentioned.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-4267!¡±

    A Level 45 Elite Grade Forager hiding in a dark corner of the street was struck, and its dark red head was split open. A yellow weak point damage of over 4,000 appeared on top of its head, taking out around half of its HP!

    However, the brain was not the main weakness of T-virus infected creatures such as the Forager, that was the main reason why it did not die even after having its head shot!

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    Instead, it opened its mouth to let out a roar towards the direction where the bullet came from!

    After that, it no longer hid its body. It jumped directly from the tform to a wide wall of themercial building.

    Its four limbs moved quickly as it crawled towards the yers.

    In the eyes of warrior yers who did not have the best vision to detect objects moving at high-speed, they could only feel a dark shadow closing in on them!

    ¡°Distance: 72m, HP: 54%!¡±

    Dan Hen and Feng Luo looked calm as Dan Hen quickly reported the HP of the Forager closing in on them!

    As for Feng Luo, the Eye of the Thunder in his arms moved and followed the Forager crawling quickly on the building wall; however, he was in no hurry to shoot.

    It was only until the Forager crawled past the wall of the building and was only about 50 meters from them and had leaped into the air, trying to reach the wall of the next building, that Feng Luo fired a shot!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The sniper rifle let out another ringing shot. A C-grade Degration Bullet emanating a red glow flew at high-speed towards the Forager less than 50 meters away! The bullet urately struck the main weak point of the Forager, the heart that was pumping quickly due to the Forager¡¯s actions, as it was in mid-air for only a few tenths of a second.

    ¡°-5066!¡±

    Five thousand! Red Lethal Damage!

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    The Forager¡¯s lifeless corpse fell from the sky to the ground.

    As it was moving at high speed, the momentum caused its body to roll a few times on the ground across a certain distance before mming into an SUV! The door of the SUV was scratched, while only half the body of the owner was left after being fed on!

    ¡°Threat eliminated. Continue forward!¡±

    Dan Hen gave Feng Luo a thumbs up before waving to the others to signal them!

    Below the two of them was the group made up of the three NPCs, a Doctor, and a Maniptor being surrounded by four shield-wielding Heavy Armor Warriors and two Light Armor Warriors on the outer circle.

    They quickly moved forward towards the street cleared by Feng Luo, Dan Hen, and Sk!

    ...

    At that moment, it had been seven minutes since Feng Luo and gang began their exit operation.

    And the retreating group made up of NPCs and yers was only 500 meters, just two streets, away from the exit of Silvermoon City.

    However, these 500 meters were also the most dangerous streets!

    Normally, the more central parts of the city would be more popted, and the edge of the city, such as these two streets, should have far fewer zombiespared to city centers!

    However, since Silvermoon City entered a state of war earlier, a ten-meter defensive metallic energy wall rose around the city. Apart from Tyrants that had explosive leaps, the smooth wall made it incredibly difficult for the monsters, including even the Foragers, to jump over the wall!

    As such, a lot of the zombies that were pursuing the retreating yers or NPCs were all stuck at the edge of the city wall.

    Although it limited the spreading of the T-virus to a certain extent, it was most definitely a problem for the others who decided to retreat and make their exitter like Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    The reason Feng Luo chose the route to make their exit was that the region was a nonmercialized and non-residential area. So, the number of zombies in the area should be fewer!

    In addition, the group had a top-ss veteran Scout, Dan Hen, who, even without the recon meter, could easily detect hidden Foragers within a radius of 300 meters by just using his night vision scanning ability through a pair of military binocrs!

    That was why the retreat was rtively smooth.

    The only nuisance was probably the only female yer of the squad, Azure!

    After all, whether it was the zombies or the Foragers, they still had human characteristics in terms of their appearance, and even if one were to turn off the gory visual mode, the brain would still be affected quite a lot.

    Fortunately, everything would end soon!

    ¡°There are only two streets left. The straight line distance is just 513 meters. In five minutes, at most, we¡¯ll be out of the city!¡±

    Dan Hen looked at his recon meter and projected a virtual 3D image of Silvermoon City into an empty space.

    As for Feng Luo, he naturally already came to the same conclusion in his mind.

    ¡°Finally, the difficulty of this mission was definitely quite high. Moreover, by staying in here for such a long time, I feel that even my mental state has been affected. After we get out of here and after I get offline, I¡¯m definitely going to go visit a beautiful virtual superstar doctor and have her treat my mental trauma,¡± joked Sk, who was standing by the side, holding his sniper rifle with a slightly rxed expression.

    ¡°Don¡¯t let your guard down. Thest stage isn¡¯t going to be any easier. There¡¯s even a chance of encountering a Tyrant!¡±

    Dan Hen did not rx. More than that, he used the skill, Detection, with the help of the recon meter to scan the surroundings behind them.

    However, he had already repeated this action around seven to eight times. Normally, no new Foragers would appear in the cleared out area, so he was only doing it as a habitual precaution.

    ¡°Beep, beep, beep...¡±

    Unfortunately, something unexpected happened!

    The initially quiet recon meter suddenly shed a yellow warning light while making loud beeping sounds after being used with the added bonus of the 85% Expert Level Detection skill!

    ¡°Boss Dan Hen, this mouth of yours!¡±

    Sk was dumbstruck as he stared at Dan Hen.

    ¡°High life energy reaction, energy reaction mid to low... Unable to determine the specific wave type, but from the extra information provided by the recon meter, there¡¯s a 70% that it¡¯s a Tyrant!¡± Dan Hen lowered his head quickly to look at the recon meter as his yellowish scarred face looked distorted!

    However, even if the recon meter did not show any signs, everyone would have been able toe to the same conclusion.

    After all, even when there were different variants of mutated creatures inside the city, around 95% of them were infected humans, and as such, the probability of it being a Tyrant was the highest!

    Moreover, Dan Hen and his group had already fought a Tyrant earlier, so the memory of its strength was still very fresh.

    And before long, their guess became a reality!

    It was because,ing from the direction shown on the recon meter, with the help of the illuminating tools as well as the moonlight, everyone could see an over-three-meter tall, dark human figure moving towards them quickly in front of therge buildings of the city!

    The dark figure moved in an amazing way; its entire body did not seem to touch the ground, even as it jumped quickly between the different residential andmercial buildings of different height.

    As long as the distance between two buildings was not more than 30 meters, it would only need one stronger leap with its powerful legs to ovee the distance. Even if the height difference between the two buildings was around 30 to 40 meters, it would not receive the slightest damage or stay any longer as itnded!

    As for the tworge ws that were around one-third of its body size, they clearly indicated what it was!

    ¡°Oh, my God... This guy will be difficult!¡± Sk mumbled as he saw the scene unfold before his eyes.

    ¡°Hurry up, battle formation!¡± Dan Hen shouted with a calm expression.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡± The Level 48 Rare Grade submachine gun in his hand had already released a flurry of bullets at the Tyrant that was by then, less than 200 meters away from them!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s Eye of the Thunder also let out a loud roar. A searing hot Degration Armor-piercing Bullet pierced through the air and flew towards the Tyrant, leaving a straight red trail in its wake!

    ¡°-96, -85, -95...¡±

    The submachine gun bullets hit the Tyrant¡¯s body in mid-air, producing damage numbers that did not even reach three digits. This produced a grim expression on Dan Hen¡¯s face.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-1343!¡±

    Although the bullet struck the Tyrant¡¯s cold-hard face, the less than 1,500 damage number also made Feng Luo¡¯s heart sink.

    ¡°It looks like this will not be an easy battle!¡±

 Chapter 379 - Unexpected Change!

    <h4>Chapter 379: Unexpected Change!</h4>

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    A low but loud roar of anger pierced the air!

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    A can-like human figure donned with a full set of heavy ck armor flew into the wall on the side of the street with a loud crash!

    The effect of the Level 40 ultimate skill, Immovable Mountain, had just ended. So, the person, along with the shield, were both sent flying by therge and powerful right w of the Tyrant!

    After falling to the ground, the alloy shield with over 50% damage had a few more scratch marks.

    The other parts of his heavy body armor were also damaged. His right shoulder te and bracer were also distorted.

    The only fortunate thing was that no one spot waspletely damaged, so he could still fight.

    ¡°F*ck. My shield¡¯s defense coefficient is C-grade; I spent a lot on it!¡±

    Security Door cursed in his mind. After that, he turned around and got back on his feet before charging back towards the center of the battlefield, where the Level 45 Tyrant was currently surrounded by three other Heavy Armor Warriors.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Standing over 30 meters from the battlefield, Feng Luo¡¯s Eye of the Thunder let out another muffled shot. A D-grade Double Armor-piercing Round covered in sparkling electricity flew towards the Tyrant¡¯s cruel and fierce head covered in blood!

    His chest moved up and down slightly. On his SUVbat uniform were three parallel scratch marks as well as wounds that were created by sharp weapons.

    Although Azure had already bandaged it and injected him with a blood coagtion potion, the blood that came gushing out dyed hisbat uniform red!

    Feng Luo was also injured by the Tyrant¡¯s w. If it weren¡¯t for the SUV equipment set¡¯s defense that wasparable light armor, as well as the bonus provided by his Evolution talent and the permanent Enhancement Potion, that made his HP 1.5 times more than the average gunner, he might have already died!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-234!¡±

    ¡°-1076!¡±

    ¡°-834!¡±

    The Double Armor-piercing Round struck the face of the Level 45 Tyrant and shaved off a small chunk of meat off its face.

    The dual damage of the Double Armor-piercing Round joined with the bonus damage from the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s rare attribute trigger equaled a total damage of around 2,000?

    Compared to the 4,000 to 5,000 damage that Feng Luo usually dished out, it was definitely iparable!

    The only thing was that the shot only dealt white normal damage, and Feng Luo only used the rtively cheaper D-grade Double Armor-piercing Round. The damage bonus and destructive coefficient were naturally notparable to the extremely expensive C or B grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet!

    ¡°How much HP left?¡±

    Feng Luo shouted to ask Dan Hen while his gaze remained glued to the Tyrant¡¯s movements.

    It wasn¡¯t that he could not hit the weak points of the target such as the eye or the brain; it was that he should not hit them!

    It was because this Tyrant... No, to be precise, it should be called a ¡°Mutant Tyrant!¡±

    ¡°Tyrant T-001 (Level 45 Commander Mutant; Evolving). HP: 80,000. Recovers 2% HP every second (Degree of injury affects recovery percentage)...¡±

    Compared to the Level 45 Tyrant T-000 that they encountered back in Roguetown, this Tyrant was definitely a lot stronger!

    Although the 80,000 HP was not as crazy as the 300,000 HP that the Giant Octopus Commander, the 2% HP recovery per second meant that as long as the battlested around one minute, its HP could be seen as being ¡°doubled!¡±

    As for the words ¡°Mutant, Evolving,¡± the emphasis should be ced on thetter. This meant thatpared to other Tyrants of the same level, this Commander Grade monster was a lot stronger!

    It had been less than a minute since the Tyrant caught up to the group, and there were already four fresh corpses on the ground, among them were My World, Frozen Red Giant, as well as Sk!

    The two Light Armor Warriors in the team died because their light armor could not hold out against the continuous powerful attacks of the Tyrant¡¯s two huge ws.

    Inparison, My World¡¯s only Fine Grade alloy longsword had no chance to cut into the incredibly tough skeleton that could block machine-gun bullets!

    Thergest contribution of the two of them was probably the deep wounds they left on the two legs of the Tyrant using their skills with high destruction coefficient, such as the Devastating sh, before their death.

    The wounds affected the Tyrant¡¯s movement, and at the same time, it also allowed the other yers to inflict weakness damage when they attack those wounds, which also meant decent bonus damage!

    The only thing was, under the Tyrant¡¯s amazing self-healing ability, the wound of the mutant Tyrant continued to heal rapidly. At that moment, the wounds on its two legs were alreadypletely healed.

    The only thing Feng Luo felt good about was probably that the powerful Level 45 Tyrant was very vengeful. It only attacked the yers, so the three NPCs who retreated into the building beside him werepletely safe!

    However, it was also due to the Tyrant¡¯s amazing ¡°vengefulness¡± that Feng Luo found it hard to initiate attacks.

    ...

    ¡°Auuu!¡±

    On the battlefield, the Tyrant, surrounded by four Heavy Armor Warriors, let out another angry roar!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-2050!¡±

    Immediately after that, another human figure was thrown far away by its arms. A figure wearing heavy alloy armor flew across the street andnded on top of a hovercraft, crushing the top of the vehicle downward!

    It was Steel Fortress. Although he was now equipped with the items Feng Luo provided, in general, his gears were still rtively average.

    Prior to this, he survived through his defensive skills, but this time, when hended on the ground, his HP was less than 5%, and he entered the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status!

    ¡°+2000, +150, +150, +150...¡±

    The only Doctor remaining on the team, Azure, quickly shot a blood tonic towards him, making the green recovery numbers pop up on top of his head, rapidly increasing his HP to prevent him from dying due to the Heavy Injury and blood loss!

    Her face was also quite pale since she earlier used her medical pistol to fire a negative effect potion to reduce the Tyrant¡¯s HP recovery rate. However, the result of her action was that the Tyrant immediately stopped its fight with the meleebat professions and quickly turned around towards her and leaped in front of her. Then, it swung itsrge ws which were half the size of an adult human at her head!

    If Feng Luo weren¡¯t right beside her, pushing her out of the way and taking the hit on his body immediately, with Azure¡¯s HP and equipment, she would have definitely died on the spot!

    Another one who met a simr fate was Sk. At the beginning of the battle, Sk performed splendidly. He urately hit the Tyrant¡¯s right eye with one of his shots!

    The next moment, the angered Mutant Tyrantpletely ignored anyone else¡¯s attempt to block it and dealt an over 5,000 Lethal Damage on Sk, reducing their team¡¯s number by one!

    That was why their only remaining tactic was to have the four Heavy Armor Warriors surround the Tyrant so that the remaining long-range professions could slowly reduce its HP, and by the time its HP dropped to a number, they would increase their overall firepower and wipe it out in one go!

    It was only a Level 45 Commander Grade monster, but the Tyrant forced them to use a Boss fight tactic!

    ¡°HP?¡± Feng Luo shouted as the Eye of the Thunder fired another shot, taking out 3% of the Mutant Tyrant¡¯s HP.

    Of course, with the enemy recovering 2% HP every second, the actual effect of the shot wasn¡¯t all that obvious!

    ¡°15.7%!¡± Dan Hen sprayed another flurry of bullets from his submachine gun!

    Although the four Heavy Armor Warriors surrounded the Tyrant, their alloy shields kept shaking. However, it did not deter Dan Hen as none of his bullets missed the Tyrant or hurt his allies, which signified his amazing gunmanship.

    The reason the Tyrant was so difficult to deal with was, apart from its ability to react to threatening yers and deal Lethal Damage on them, that its simrities to zombies due to the T-virus. This meant that attacks hitting its body parts would have significantly reduced damage while it could easily block attacks targeting its head and heart by waving around itsrge, tough, and incredibly powerful ws!

    In addition, it recovered 2% HP every second, and it was even faster than after yers had taken potions. It could also self-heal, so it was very hard to kill it.

    Also, the Veterans Tribe yers who had recognized its ¡°identity¡± also discovered it had precedents of running away before dying.

    That was why they had to take everything into ount if they really wanted to get rid of this bastard.

    The best method was to reduce its HP to a certain degree before dishing out extremely high damage on its weak points in one hit. To take out arge chunk of its HP in a short amount of time so that it did not have time to recover. The best-case scenario would be to send it directly into the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status so that it could not escape!

    Apart from trying to avoid bing the target of the Tyrant, the main reason Feng Luo continued to avoid attacking the Tyrant¡¯s weak points was to wait for that opportunity toe!

    And now, the time finally came!

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder magazine was changed very quickly. Feng Luo squinted his eyes and waspletely focused in an instant.

    His muzzle aimed at the head of the Mutant Tyrant, the grayish-green eyes, and its eyebrows seemed to berger in his sight.

    After that, Feng Luo pressed on the trigger!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-1845!¡±

    An expensive B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet flew across a distance of 50 meters and struck the Mutant Tyrant¡¯s jaw.

    Immediately after that, a white damage number appeared above the Mutant Tyrant¡¯s head.

    Jaw? Not the eye of in between the eyes?!

    Was it a mistake?

    Feng Luo actually made a mistake with such an important shot?!

    To have missed its eyes and inflict a Lethal Damage, even the high bonus damage of a B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet could not deal more than 2,000 damage!

    Combined with the attacks of the other yers, the Tyrant¡¯s HP still exceeded 7%!

    This definitely affected the result of their tactic.

    However, Feng Luo did not care about that anymore at that point, and the reason was that the moment he fired the shot, Feng Luo¡¯s head shook violently, which caused his entire body to go limp.

    As for the information disyed on his Biochip? It shocked him even more.

 Chapter 380 - Intermediate Virus Infection!

    <h4>Chapter 380: Intermediate Virus Infection!</h4>

    ¡°Warning! Unknown virus infection detected. Biochip unable to eliminate the virus...¡±

    A red warning signal shed across the transparent screen of the tactical helmet connected to the terminal.

    ¡°Unknown virus infection!?¡± Feng Luo felt surprised, although, he was no stranger to popup messages like this. When he worked on the mission on Silver Leaf Ind, he was infected by the Evolution Virus of the Level 50 Commander Grade Giant Python, the system also sent him a simr popup notification.

    ¡°But... How is this possible?¡± However, Feng Luo could not figure it out.

    Feng Luo¡¯s character had synthesized with the Evolution Virus a long time ago. However, he had used three W-virus permanent Enhancement Potions before. The system¡¯s description mentioned that he had reached a level where he waspletely immune to all primary Evolution Viruses.

    It was this reason why he couldpletely ignore the attacks of the zombies and Foragers, which carried the T-virus, during this Biohazard Crisis storyline and be free of the mental pressure the other yers faced.

    However, right now, his Biochip actually notified him that he had been infected.

    ¡°Just what is going on!?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face crumpled with fear. Then, he switched his attribute column to the system logs page.

    [You were attacked by the Mutant Tyrant T-001. Received weak point damage. Lost HP: 4,556.]

    [You¡¯ve been infected by the Mutated Evolution Virus (Intermediate). Since you possessplete immunity to all Primary Evolution Virus, the infection rate of the Intermediate Mutated Evolution Virus has been slowed down. Estimated Time of Completion of Infection: Two Hours.]

    [Infection Result: Unknown.]

    Three records, all appearing 30 seconds ago.

    Clearly, the w attack from the Mutant Tyrant that tore through his SUVbat uniform had infected him.

    His immunity had been ineffective because the Evolution Virus of the Mutant Tyrant was not at the Primary level; instead, it was the Intermediate (Mutated) Evolution Virus.

    ¡°What kind of bad luck is this!?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank after he understood the reason almost immediately.

    The name of the virus that he had guessed more than once had finally appeared, Intermediate Evolution Virus. However, when it appeared, he was the one who got infected again.

    If it were an Intermediate Virus infection that came from the evolved form of other types of Primary Evolution Viruses, Feng Luo might not have worried too much.

    The reason was that the Evolution Virus was something that was designed to help creatures evolve, and it was possible for Feng Luo to obtain permanent stats increase just like before when something simr happened to him on Silver Leaf Ind.

    However, the problem was that the Intermediate Virus on the Tyrant¡¯s body was clearly a mutated and evolved form of the T-virus. When the Evolution Virus of the T-virus was still at the Primary stage, people who were infected by it would turn into corpse-like monsters such as zombies, Foragers, or Tyrants. So, even if the Intermediate Evolution Virus was different from the Primary Evolution Virus, Feng Luo was quite certain that the result would not be something good.

    And the worst of it was that the system did not provide any exnation. It only gave him a simple phrase...

    Infection Result: Unknown.

    ¡°Unknown!¡±

    Feng Luo had a grim expression. It wasn¡¯t only his expression, and his face was really bing more and more deformed and ugly.

    His face started to turn pale with a bit of green and gray. As for the blood inside his body, it seemed to be boiling. His breath became faster as his forehead started to burn. He was also starting to feel a little dizzy. Clearly, the virus was quickly spreading all over inside his body.

    As he started to recall the past, Feng Luo clearly remembered that on the item exchange list for the Biohazard Crisis story, there was no anti-virus serum for the Intermediate virus. Preventing him to have a way to prevent the Intermediate Evolution Virus from infiltrating and destroying his body.

    The situation had, once again, gone out of his control. Earlier, it was when he faced the Quasi-boss Giant Octopus Commander Grade monster.

    ...

    As the virus that infected Feng Luo started to take effect, the situation on the battlefield was also changing.

    Auuu!

    The B-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet missed and failed to lower the Mutant Tyrant¡¯s HP under 5% to send it into the Heavy Injury status. However, with less than 10% HP, even if its AI had decreased after being infected by the T-virus and had been operating based on its instincts, its angry brain had finally detected danger.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    As such, Security Door, the Heavy Armor Warrior who had just charged over again, was once again sent flying by the giant ws. He flew eight meters away like a tin can before crashing into the ground.

    After the Mutant Tyrant tore a hole in the four Heavy Armor Warrior barrier, its legs,pletely healed from the previous sword wound, bent downward before exploding itself towards the top of a building on the side of the battlefield.

    It detected a death threat looming and decided to avoid the edge of the de that would endanger its life.

    As long as it could get away for a bit, its amazing self-healing ability wouldpletely recover its HP. Then, this group of battered adventurers would have no choice but to be its food as they would have lost all their strength.

    It was then reminded that there were three extremely weak human beings inside the room on the other side.

    ¡°Hurry, it wants to escape! Stop it!¡± Dan Hen shouted anxiously. His submachine gun was already firing bullets towards the Tyrant.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    ¡°-101, -124, -99...¡±

    However, even if the submachine gun bullets hit the Tyrant¡¯spletely exposed chest and waist, inflicting a series of damage, it was not enough to prevent it from getting away.

    A Scout did not have any long-range control skills and normal control skills would also be unable to limit the movement of the incredibly strong and powerful Mutant Tyrant, whose size and strength wasparable to a truck.

    Luckily, they still had an amazing crowd of professions with control skills.

    Just as the Mutant Tyrant¡¯s blood-stained body leaped into the air, Dan Hen¡¯s attacks flew towards it, the sky above them suddenly turned dark.

    A bunch ofrge oval boulders descended straight from the sky, crashing into the head of the Tyrant, which was already in midair.

    Earth Maniptor¡¯s Level 40 ultimate skill, Heavenly Meteorite Drop.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-3345!¡±

    The Tyrant, which had lowered AI after being infected, could not have anticipated the yer¡¯s skill. Moreover, since it was in midair, even if it had the strength to lift a mountain, it was impossible for it to dodge.

    As such, from top to bottom, the Tyrant¡¯s head met with the Earth Energy Meteor, crashing violently together.

    The meteor was formed through energy and did not physically exist. So, as they collided, the meteor immediately and directly reverted back into formless Earth energy.

    The Tyrant¡¯s head wasn¡¯t made of steel, so this collision not only took out half of its remaining HP, but its entire body was sent crashing into the ground from the air, sending it back to the battlefield.

    ¡°rm, you bastard... Damn, you didn¡¯t ¡®shrink¡¯ at this crucial moment!¡± Security Door shouted to his Earth Maniptor team member from afar while standing up with his shield raised after being sent flying far away by the Tyrant.

    ¡°...¡± The Earth Maniptor, Security Door rm, rolled his eyes at him.

    Immediately after that, his rolling eyes became a re. After falling to the ground in the middle of the battlefield, even though the Tyrant had less than 5% HP left, it did not ¡°shrink¡± as everyone expected.

    With just 5% HP, it should have been in the Heavy Injury status and lose its ability to continue to engage in battle. Instead, it let out a loud and deep roar that could be heard within a 1 km radius.

    At the same time, an intimidating aura emanated from its body that was riddled with bullet and energy attack wounds. Above its head, green healing numbers began to appear quickly. ¡°+1000, +1000...¡±

    ¡°F*ck me. It can still advance even in a situation like this?¡± Security Door cursed.

 Chapter 381 - Zombie Horde

    <h4>Chapter 381: Zombie Horde</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5566!¡±

    The Mutant Tyrant T-001 did not sessfully advance like the Giant Octopus Commander from before. As the aura pressure from the Boss Grade monster began to appear, a blue 7.62mm sniper rifle energy bullet had struck its left eye socket.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    The B-Grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet, which was more destructive, directly blew its left greenish-gray eye apart. Additionally, the bullet with an upward angle, followed through and pierced through the bones between its eyes and brain, crushing its confused and chaotic mind to pieces.

    Red Lethal Damage was over 5,000.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-3153!¡±

    Immediately after the bullet struck, a magnificent giant sword formed through boiling hot fire energy descended from the sky, striking the head of the Mutant Tyrant, which was already ttened by the energy meteor. After the fiery sword struck, it burst into mes that spread and soon after, engulfed the entire area.

    The Level 40 Ultimate skill of Fire Maniptors, Sunset Sword.

    The Mutant Tyrant, which was in the midst of its advancement, could only roar and growl in anger as it was hit by two attacks that totaled almost 9,000 damage, taking out almost all of its recovered HP.

    Its crushed head started to turn ck from the burning mes, and its only remaining greenish-gray eye was filled with hate and anger as it was swallowed up by the burning me. Its body fell on the ground and burst out a ton of glowing loot.

    The Tyrant, a yer mutated with the T-virus injection, probably never imagined that after losing and running away and obtaining the chance to return with recovered and greater strength to get revenge, it would be ultimately defeated by a group of yers it would consider food, that it did not even believe was a threat.

    [You¡¯ve killed Mutant Tyrant T-001. Level 45 Commander. Kill Contribution: 6.7%. Obtained Experience: 670. Obtained Story Points: 10. Obtained Merits: 2.]

    After getting another shot in to make up for his previous mistake due to the infection, Feng Luo endured through the slight dizziness he was feeling and shifted his gaze to the loot on the ground dropped by the Mutant Tyrant after it died.

    A blue Beginner Permanent Enhancement Potion, Two 24-hour Primary T-virus anti-virus serum, one crystal worth 10,000 credits and a few low-level energy crystals.

    ¡°There isn¡¯t any Intermediate Anti-virus serum,¡± said Feng Luo, looking through the loot.

    The items dropped by the Tyrant were quite valuable; however, Feng Luo still felt his heart sink.

    Based on normal game theories, since the Mutant Tyrant carried the Intermediate Evolution Virus, it should have had a certain probability of dropping a corresponding Anti-virus Serum.

    However, the theory wasn¡¯t absolute, perhaps because the Tyrant did not manage to advance to the Quasi-boss Grade, it wouldn¡¯t drop the Anti-virus serum.

    But with thebat strength of the Tyrant, if it had advanced to the Quasi-boss Grade, there was probably no need for the infection toplete, as their entire team would have beenpletely wiped out.

    Feng Luo took out a silver biological tech box from his inventory and moved forward quickly.

    The only thing he could do right now was to collect the blood and tissues of the Tyrant and to travel to Storm City immediately after they escort Old John and the others out of Silvermoon City and hope that Lin would be able to do something about it.

    It was a good thing there were two hours left, so he should still be able to make it, as long as something unexpected did not happen.

    ¡°Not good, the surrounding zombies are suddenly congregating here. The detected number has exceeded 100, and there are also over ten Foragers...¡± said Feng Luo, feeling the world was against him.

    At that time, the rm Dan Hen was holding suddenly rang. Looking at the rm, Dan Hen¡¯s expression changed drastically.

    ¡°F*ck, did the Tyrant call for its minions when it roared before it died? And now, they are here to avenge it?¡± Security Door was a bit rougher, amidst his roughness he was still observant and very detailed. In an instant, he made the educated guess.

    ¡°Impossible, the Tyrant is a Solo Type Commander, it can¡¯tmand other zombies or Foragers. Otherwise, even a 20-man team wouldn¡¯t be able to beat a higher-grade Tyrant!¡¯ said the Earth Maniptor, rm, denying the suggestion immediately.

    ¡°No, you didn¡¯t notice it earlier, the Mutant Tyrant did not have the word, ¡®Solo¡¯ in its name. Moreover, at the end, just now, it was at the edge of advancing. So, a Quasi-boss couldmand ordinary zombies...¡± said Security Door, quickly refuting rm¡¯s im.

    ¡°You two still have the time to argue about something as trivial as this? Come on, let¡¯s move!¡± Ion me shouted. After seeing Dan Hen pick up all the loot on the ground, he immediately turned around and ran towards the direction of the city¡¯s exit.

    ¡°F*ck, that¡¯s right!¡±

    The two of them exchanged nces before hurrying along.

    As for Feng Luo, Azure, and the others, they had long moved along with the other three NPCs.

    In a situation like this, no one had even considered finding a location and hiding there. Or perhaps to stay in ce and earn points by farming those zombies.

    The number of zombies was simply too high and there were several Foragers among them. With their speed, it was certain that before the team would be able to find a good spot, they would be surrounded.

    Their only choice was to run out of the city. At the very least, they would be able to block off the zombies who could not get past the metallic energy wall.

    Everyone was trying to do their best and rush across the two straight, less than 500 meter streets before being surrounded by zombies.

    Feng Luo held the Eye of the Thunder and ran at the rear of the team, following close behind the three extremely pale NPCs.

    Due to the sudden situation, the others did not notice the unusual symptoms shown on his face and body. However, Feng Luo personally felt his body burning up more and more, and now, even his mind was getting a lot blurrier.

    The feeling of being dizzy was not much different from when his real body felt sick, and it was pure suffering. It was a good thing that with his determination, he was able to persevere.

    ...

    500 meters was not actually very long, as the warrior profession always ran, it was 30 or 40 seconds. If one were to cast the skill Charge, the time would reduce even further.

    Apart from warriors and gunners, the group also consisted of three Maniptors and three NPCs.

    Two Fire Maniptors and one Earth Maniptor did not have speed bosting skills. And with the weak and fragile bodies of Maniptors, even if they used stamina recovery potions prior to running at full strength, their stamina consumption rate was a lot faster than one could imagine. They would be gasping for air very quickly.

    As such, by the time the group reached two-thirds of the total length, shadows of zombie hordes had already started to appear on the sides and edges of some of the buildings and streets.

    One after another, zombies wearing NPC or yer clothing stained with fresh blood looked towards them with their bloodshot yet gray-colored pupils. Their gazes were nk and some of their mouths still had chunks of flesh or fresh blood from eating something earlier.

    However, they did not move too slowly, as they growled and charged towards the group with their arms extended after they saw the yers.

    Some of the zombies on top of buildings jumped to the street directly. They fell on the ground just over a dozen meters from the yers, crushing the lower half of their bodies as theynded; however, their heads and mouths would continue to move.

    Upon seeing the scene before them, the two NPC sales staff in the group¡¯s legs buckled as they were about to cry from fear.

    The scene before them was definitely highly simr to a movie that Feng Luo had watched before in his previous life, ¡°Resident Evil.¡±

    However, there was something more dangerous than the slow-moving zombies around them. Foragers crawling towards them at high speed from the buildings, streets, and vehicles around them.

    One... Two... Three...

    As far as their eyes could see, the number of zombies on the street had reached the hundreds, and the number of Foragers closing in on them had reached a total of ten.

 Chapter 382 - Confidence

    <h4>Chapter 382: Confidence</h4>

    In the westernmost side of Silvermoon City, within 100 meters from the ten-meter metallic energy defense wall at the edge of the city, the retreating group was charged towards the exit.

    ¡°Hurry! Hurry up, everyone!¡±

    However, since the distance was quite far, and there weren¡¯t vehicles in the way to shield them, around 20 zombies had appeared.

    Wearing tattered clothes torn or bitten off by others and staring with their dted grayish pupils, the zombies moved and weaved their arms as their bloodied bodiespletely blocked the ess towards the group¡¯s destination.

    ¡°Don¡¯t stop, charge through them!¡± Dan Hen Shouted calmly as he continued to fire his Rare Grade submachine gun.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    The impact of the bullets shook the body of a male NPC zombie that looked like an ex-white cor worker moving at the forefront, making its ck and red blood stter all over.

    Dan Hen¡¯s decision was correct, they had to charge through.

    There were definitely fewer zombies in front of thempared to those chasing them from behind, and there were no dangerous Foragers.

    However, as they made their charge, they could not just charge in hastily.

    ¡°rm, bastard! Hurry up!¡± Security Door, holding his alloy shield significantly damaged by the Tyrant¡¯s w, shouted to urge rm, who was moving beside him, to move faster.

    ¡°Don¡¯t rush me, and it¡¯s done!¡± While running at full speed, the Earth Maniptor¡¯s energy converter had a sign that implied energy condensation had beenpleted. Maniptors had skills that could be cast or prepared in the midst of running; however, these skills tended to require extremely high familiarity before they could be performed.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    A yellow light shed in front of the group, and tworge energy rock pirs measuring several meters in length appeared. The two pirs flew towards the zombie horde like cannons.

    The zombies that were initially blocking the path were immediately sent flying away by the pair of energy rock pirs. In an instant, a two to three-meter space appeared in the middle of the zombie horde.

    The crowd control ability of Earth Maniptors wasn¡¯t a joke.

    ¡°Charge!¡±

    Four Heavy Armor Warriors raised their shields to block the side and the front, creating an alloy shield wall that pushed and shoved the zombies in the horde away from the group.

    Charge, Shield Bash, m... Skills with bonus strength struck at the zombies one after another, sending these zombies, which had their body destroyed by the T-virus flying away in all kinds of tumbles.

    A bunch of ss cannons, three Maniptors with energy shields cast, three NPCs, as well as one Doctor, Azure, ran at full strength, following the wall of shields.

    Roar!

    However, though the zombies were not agile, the hunger they felt after being infected by the T-virus made it so that they would not simply give up the bunch of fresh meat in front of them.

    After they were sent flying away from the shield wall, they immediately got back up again. This was especially true for the Elite zombies, which transformed from yers, as they were not weak and immediately stood back up. They waved their battered arms, roared and wed at Azure, Jingxiang, and Lan, the few females at the rear of the group.

    A zombie transformed from a female Doctor yer with half her face eaten before she turned, moved very quickly and was only a few centimeters away from scratching Azure¡¯s white and smooth face with her sharp nails bitten to pieces.

    It seemed as if she, who had her facepletely ruined, was jealous and wanted to destroy Azure¡¯s face.

    In such a situation, even Azure, who was more courageous and braver than ordinary girls, screamed. One could not deny the fact that the scary scenes from ¡°Resident Evil¡± were enough to affect most people.

    Feng Luo believed that he was probably not the only one who was feeling in the midst of a city experiencing a biohazard crisis. The high realism game provided extreme stimulus to the visual nervous system, and it was more than enough to cause the brain to lose its ability to differentiate real from fake temporarily.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3655!¡±

    However, the female zombie Doctor that wanted to destroy Azure¡¯s face had its n foiled as a 12.7mm caliber D-Grade pistol round smashed into its seemingly modified and a little overlyrge breast. Her entire body was sent backward by the strong impact of the shot. The impact was so strong that the female Doctor zombie even mmed into another zombie whose intestines were hanging out of its body and was dragged along the ground.

    The pale Feng Luo raised the bronze-colored Tyrant revolver with his left hand while holding Ghost Weep in his right. His right hand was ced on top of the back of his rifle to prevent his aim from being affected by the strong recoil of Tyrant.

    After his shot pushed the female zombie back, he shifted the Tyrant revolver to another angle and shot at the arm of a male zombie trying to grasp Jingxiang¡¯s legs.

    The impact of the bulletpletely tore off the arm of the zombie. Its body was even pushed back, leaving a trail of blood behind.

    However, this Elite Grade zombie that was transformed from a yer had high HP. The shot was not enough to kill it, and only after another three shots targeted towards the same spot by Dan Hen, who was at the rear, the zombie finally stopped moving.

    With Feng Luo¡¯s continuous shots helping out, the group finally escaped the dangerous encirclement of the zombie horde. Since the zombie horde was attracted to the rear, there were no zombies left on their path.

    A fork in the road appeared before them. The right side headed towards the main path, while the left side was towards the western side of the city.

    ¡°Don¡¯t head towards the city¡¯s main path, and there are more zombies there. We¡¯ll bepletely blocked!¡± Dan Hen, who was at the rear, shouted. His recon meter, paired with his Detection skill, could detect the life signs of lifeforms within a radius of over 200 meters.

    Many yers and NPC vehicles were stuck in the direction of the main city exit path, and by this time, there was no doubt that it had be a ce with a high concentration of zombie numbers.

    ¡°Follow the n and turn left. To the machine gun defense tform. Everyone will go there. I have a method to stop the zombie horde from attacking us!¡± Feng Luo endured the distress he was feeling and shouted. As he ran, he did not forget to turn around to shoot.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Tyrant revolver¡¯srge-caliber gun barrel shed and sent a Forager moving at high speed and was less than 30 meters away tumbling and rolling on the ground from the wall of a tall building nearby.

    ...

    Finally, the group reached the machine gun tform beside the metallic energy wall.

    ¡°Hurry! Heavy Armor Warriors, help the NPCs up there first. Long-range guys, you¡¯re with me, we¡¯ll deal with the Foragers!¡± Dan Hen stopped in his tracks and turned around to face the street where two Foragers were already within 30 meters of their location. Then, he started firing his submachine gun.

    The defense tform did not have a direct path upwards, but the group already had a n. However, for Feng Luo, it was even easier, as he already had a silver anchor was already in his left hand.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    Both his feetnded on the tform. Feng Luo was already holding a white chip, which he inserted into his personal terminal.

    [Six-barrelled railgun YYC-023, Temporary Control Authorization Chip.]

    The reward chip Feng Luo received earlier for killing the Elite Grade zombie, transformed from a NPC guard on the tform, was now definitely going to realize their potential. It was also the reason why Feng Luo believed he could create enough time for the group to retreat from the zombie horde.

 Chapter 383 - Weird Dark Energy

    <h4>Chapter 383: Weird Dark Energy</h4>

    ¡°Attack! Hold on!¡± Dan Hen shouted beneath the defense tform. The submachine gun he was holding continued to fire shots at the zombie horde around 30 to 40 meters in front of them, which were starting to surround them.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Ion me and rm, as well as one of the other Fire Maniptor; the three long-range professions¡¯ energy converters continued to cause shes of light as skills were released.

    Fireball, Earth Spike, Fire Wall, Sea of Fire...

    Multiple single target or crowd damage energy skills were thrown at the zombie horde, turning the area in front of the horde into a sea of fire, which dyed their advance.

    This was especially true for the Earth Maniptor¡¯s Petrifaction Zone. It caused the earth energy in an area in front of the group to sink, making it look like the zombie horde had walked into a swamp or quicksand, and in an instant, they were significantly slowed down.

    However, these attacks could only slow down or prevent the zombies that were walking on the ground from advancing.

    To the highly mobile and quick Foragers that could also easily crawl vertically on building walls, there wasn¡¯t much effect.

    Roar!

    A Level 50 Forager that was moving the fastest, with his entire body of exposed red muscles, had charged into the sea of fire.

    ¡°Careful! It¡¯s a Forager!¡± Steel Fortress shouted as he tried to advance in order to try to stop that Forager, holding the 70% damaged alloy shield.

    However, the Forager¡¯s agility was far beyond that of a Heavy Armor Warrior. Its four limbs exerted force and pushed itself onto the wall of a building on the side, pushing its ws against the wall, and within moments, its body was headed towards a spot on the defense tform.

    It was headed towards the three NPCs that did not have any self-defense capability, who were, at that moment, walking up the human stairs created by the shields of the Heavy Armor Warriors.

    ¡°Tzzt, tzzt, tzzt...¡±

    A low maic and mechanical sound came from above everyone. Bullets emanating light blue glow suddenly appeared one after another in the dark environment.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    The first light blue machine gun bullet struck the Forager¡¯s head. A thumb-sized blood cavity suddenly appeared on the exposed the Forager¡¯s weak brain structure.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    The second shot increased the size of the hole in its brain to two thumb-sized. In addition, the second bullet continued to spin at high speed and exited its brain from the back, leaving a trail of dark red fresh blood in its wake.

    ¡°Pu, pu, pu...¡±

    Then came the third, fourth, and then the fifth rounds of bullets.

    The Forager¡¯s head waspletely blown to bits by 50 rounds of energy bullets. Then, it¡¯s neck, shoulders, and exposed muscle structure was blown apart.

    Although the series of events took a long time to describe, it actually ended in a matter of a few tenths of a second. The Level 50 Elite Grade infected was still in mid-air before the remaining half body fell beside Security Door.

    ¡°F*ck, energy bullets machine gun?¡± Security Door asked with a surprised expression as he was using his shield to create a humandder.

    The six-barreled railgun on the defense tform did not use fire powder; instead, it used energy bullets. Since energy bullets had a different structure and they did not travel as fast as fire-powered ammunition, their attacks and destructive strength were much more incredible.

    The six-barreled railgun with barrels over two meters long, categorized as heavy weaponry by the system, was something that could cause significant damage to the shells of the Steel Beetle Boss. After switching to the Energy Bullet, when used against zombies and Foragers that did not have any tough defense, it was most certainly unstoppable.

    ¡°Tzzt, tzzt, tzzt...¡±

    Light blue energy bullets from the railgun continued to fizz across the battlefield, amidst the sound of electromaic waves. The growling zombies had reached a distance one after the other, which was only 30 meters from the group, were hit by over 50 bullets per second on their bodies. Even if the bullets missed their heads and only hit their legs or waist, special effects such as broken legs and backs also appeared. Damage special effects like these were simr to the real effects of a real high caliber sniper rifle bullet hitting a person.

    Two Elite Grade Foragers that had jumped on vehicles felt the dangers and quickly moved and tried to hide behind the zombie horde.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s main targets were highly agile creatures that posed the greatest threat, so the six-barreled railgun kept following them as it spun. The zombies that were blocking in front of them were crushed to pieces, and the energy bullets that did not stop continued their course and killed the two Foragers.

    Under the six-barreled railgun¡¯s barrage, the scene was a one-sided massacre.

    [You¡¯ve killed Zombie (Level 44 Normal). Obtained Experience: 20. Story Points: 0.2. Obtained Merits: 0.1 (Usage of city defense weapon, decreased reward).]

    [You¡¯ve killed Forager (Level 35 Elite). Obtained Experience: 33. Story Points: 0.3...]

    [You¡¯ve killed Zombie (Level 39 Elite). Obtained...]

    [You¡¯ve killed...]

    A series of system messages started to sh across the screen.

    ¡°F*ck. What crazy firepower!¡± Security Door eximed in admiration. Since they were in a party, the others also received the messages in their logs.

    ¡°Hurry! Now that the zombie horde is dyed let¡¯s all move!¡± Dan Hen shouted loudly,pletely focused onmanding and scouting, continuing to shoot and retreat to the tform.

    Although the six-barreled railgun was incredibly powerful, it was still quite impossible for it to cover the entire street area in a short amount of time. And the number of zombies was toorge, continuing to advance without hesitation, as their simple minds knew no fear.

    As such, getting to the tform was their number one task.

    ...

    As the other yers were rushing towards the tform, Feng Luo, who was operating the six-barreled railgun on the tform, suddenly felt a strange change in his body. Due to the infection of the Evolution Virus, his entire head was getting heavier and heavier, his body getting hotter and hotter, and his breath became faster.

    For some weird reason he suddenly felt an adrenaline rush in his body. At the same time, he could feel a stream of chilly energy flowing over his body.

    Dizzy and excited, hot and cold... These are supposed to be words with opposite meanings; however, at that moment, Feng Luo was having all of those contrasting sensations.

    The sensation that Feng Luo felt was quite real. It was so real that he could barely tell the difference between game and reality. He could not tell if it was an artificial sensation that the game system created by stimting his nervous system, or if it was his real body out in the real world being infected by some virus in the real world.

    The perception and sensation simtion in War was said to simte real sensations 100%, under the condition that all settings were turned on. This also made it very difficult for yers to differentiate between the real world and the virtual world.

    Subconsciously, Feng Luo understood that it was a system-generated feeling. However, the system¡¯s settings were really quite a pain in the ass. Feeling both hot and cold was not something he wanted to feel when ying a game. It was more like he was suffering.

    ¡°Hurry! Let¡¯s pick up the pace!¡± Feng Luo shouted to the yers crawling to the tform, continuing to shoot while enduring the pain. The three NPCs had already made it on the tform.

    Under the sound cover of the electromaic railgun¡¯s firing, Feng Luo did not notice that his voice was getting hoarse. Due to the mutated virus infection, a thin veil of dark energy that seemed to be pulsing with life started to appear within his bloodshot eyes.

    It was not only his eyes, but on his face and neck, as well as his body hidden under hisbat uniform. After the Evolution Virus infection, which caused his body temperature to rise very rapidly, parts of his body had be red from the rising temperature, and above these reddened parts was dark energy.

    The newly appeared and weird dark energy did not seem to mix well with the mutated Intermediate Evolution Virus. The parts that the dark energy covered had weaker signs of the virus infection. The dark energy even began to spread to other parts in an attempt to expel the T-virus infecting the body.

    However, the T-virus was also quite resilient and strong, the reddened and boiling skin that signified their existence also seemed to be expanding, seemingly trying to ¡°invade¡± the territories of the dark energy.

    One red and the other ck. It seemed like they were trying to annex territories on Feng Luo¡¯s body.

    Apart from that, in Feng Luo¡¯s system logs, that he did not have the energy nor time to look at, several messages appeared within a short few seconds.

    Among them was the number that showed how much time before the infection wasplete. However, the number was quickly reducing.

    [One hour 30 minutes... 55 minutes... 32 minutes... 19 minutes]

    Initially, the infection should have beenpleted in two hours. Now, the time left before the infection wasplete was less than 20 minutes, and continuing to go down.

    In a situation like this, there was no way Feng Luo would have enough time to get to Storm City and have Lin take care of the virus infection inside his body.

    However, at the same time, another system notification was also quickly changing. The only difference was that this number was continuing to increase.

    [Force Guidance Rate: 55%... 60%... 74%... 82%]

 Chapter 384 - Solo Tyrant?

    <h4>Chapter 384: Solo Tyrant?</h4>

    ¡°Tzzt, tzzt, tzzt...¡±

    Light blue energy bullets whizzed across the field. Under the heavy barrage of the six-barreled electromaic railgun, the others finally managed to get on the defense tform.

    ¡°Hurry! You guys get over the wall and out of the city directly! The electromaic railgun can only be used for one minute. There are only 28 seconds left!¡± Feng Luo, who was operating the six-barreled electromaic railgun, sounded a little anxious and a bit hoarse.

    It was only due to the sound generated from the six-barreled electromaic railgun¡¯s firing that the others did not notice. Since that side of the tform where Feng Luo was located was slightly darker, and also because the situation was quite dire, the others also failed to notice the changes that Feng Luo¡¯s body went through.

    After hearing Feng Luo, Security Door gave up his initial ns to farm some points under the cover of the railgun.

    The group of yers quickly got on the tform and worked together to get over the city wall behind the tform.

    Since the power supply of the city had been cut, the metallic wall¡¯sserunchers were turned off. For the yers, getting over the wall was quite easy. Even for the NPCs, under the protection of the four Heavy Armor Warriors, getting over the over ten-meter wall wasn¡¯t all that dangerous.

    The six-barreled railgun continued to rumble with 20 seconds left...

    Azure jumped off the metallic wall, falling into the area affected by the Earth Maniptor¡¯s skill that decreased speed, and was caught by Steel Fortress¡¯ shield.

    15 seconds...

    Old John was held and taken out of the city by Ultimate Heavy Armor.

    Ten seconds...

    Jingxiang and Lan jumped off and onto a row of shields.

    When Security Door, thest one to jump off the wall,nded, his heavy armor created a tiny pothole on the ground.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The six-barreled railgun on the tform finally entered the no ammo status, and the one-minute usage limit was up.

    Beneath the tform on the street, within a radius of around 40 meters, hundreds of zombies with broken arms and legs had turned into a pool of ck and red rot and blood.

    Some zombies that still had HP but had lost their mobilityy on the ground, their grayish-white eyes gazing at Feng Luo while their pale lips continued to open and close while they growled.

    Although their stomachs were pierced and their insides were rotted, the T-virus gave the zombies incredible life force, enabling them to continue to live. Having lost their mobility, death was just sooner orter for them.

    Surrounding these zombies were a lot of energy crystals, glowing weapons, armor, and five or six different colored potions.

    Although the number of rewards decreased since the city¡¯s heavy defense weapon was used, the number of zombies killed was still very high. Dan Hen and the others also killed quite a number earlier, so the items dropped from the horde were still quite decent.

    The six-barreled railgun hadpletely stopped spinning and Feng Luo was still standing on top of the tform. He looked at the street filled with severed limbs and body parts and dyed red from blood. He did not immediately jump over the wall to leave.

    It looked as if he was attracted by something from among the loot.

    However, without the energy bullet barrage from the six-barreled railgun, the remaining zombies from outside the 40-meter radius had started to advance towards the tform. The number of zombies remaining was not high, and there were only around 50 or 60 left.

    Compared to Foragers, the zombies¡¯ AI did not have fear programmed into them. Even as hundreds of their rades¡±y on the ground in front of them, their lightless eyes were still only focused on Feng Luo, the only piece of fresh meat still emanating a wonderful smell still standing on the tform.

    After being infected by the T-virus, the hunger they felt from the ¡°Evolution¡± was the only human instinct left for them, to eat.

    On the tform, Feng Luo still did not move.

    Roar!

    Around 50 meters away from the location, arge human figure suddenly appeared on a forked road.

    It was over three meters tall, and its left wed arm was at least one-third of its body size. Its violent and cruel gaze shifted towards Feng Luo, who was on the tform, immediately after it crossed the road. It roared towards Feng Luo from afar.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Therge human figure extended its hands and flung a hovercraft in front of it. It started moving its powerful and strong legs, running towards Feng Luo. As it ran, the slow-moving zombies in its way were sent flying.

    A Level 43 Tyrant!

    If it were a zombie horde, Feng Luo¡¯s stay would still be understandable.

    With the Foragers dead, it was actually quite difficult for the zombies to get on the tform, as it was quite far away from the ground. It would make sense for him to take the opportunity to farm a bit of points and get the items he wanted.

    However, the appearance of a Tyrant meant thingspletely changed.

    Even if the Tyrant had not evolved or mutated like the one from before, a normal Tyrant¡¯s strength was far above monsters with the same Commander Grade. It was especially true for Gunners with weak or no control skills. The Tyrant was, without a doubt, the worse opponent.

    There was no doubt that no yer in War had the ability to fight toe-to-toe against a Tyrant over Level 40.

    Even those incredibly popr yers such as ¡°War¡¯s number one Sniper, The First Hidden Profession,¡± ¡°Wind God, the first person to hold a Legendary Gear,¡± or the ¡°Top ten superstar yers¡± of various main cities... No matter how strong a yer was, there was a limit. Compared to Commander Grade monsters of the same level, there was no doubt that they would always be at a disadvantage.

    Feng Luo was also like that, if he did not use 24K and faced it head-on, there was no way that he could beat a Level 43 Tyrant.

    As such, no matter how attractive the loot of the zombie horde was, there was no way that Feng Luo could get them anymore. He should quickly try to escape. Feng Luo¡¯s body, which had not moved for a while, finally moved.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo jumped and leaped over the tform¡¯s protective grid andnded on the ground underneath the tform filled with zombie blood and guts. He did not turn around and leave the city but instead jumped down from the tform?!

    However, to be precise, this should no longer be ¡°Feng Luo.¡± As the whites of ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± eyes were all red, and his pupil had be ck. His face changed as well, turningpletely red but also covered with a thinyer of dark energy. His expression was something that was closer to being lost.

    The situation seemed a bit odd. More peculiar was that after hended on the ground and moved forward a few steps, dark energy seemed to appear from the hundreds of zombie corpses around the area. After the energy appeared, they converged around his body.

    ¡°Feng Luo¡± stood there, and before long, his body was covered by a clear and obviousyer of dark energy. Apart from moving around his body and continuing to fight for ¡°territory¡± against the Evolution Virus red areas, the other remaining energy gathered around a weapon.

    It wasn¡¯t the Tyrant Revolver, nor was it the Eye of the Thunder but the Ghost Weep Military Knife.

    The Legendary Grade military knife was now held in ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± hand.

    The 30cm dark red de was covered in ayer of dark energy, as well as ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± right hand holding the military knife.

    Roar!

    The Level 43 Tyrant had already charged towards him and reached a spot less than 10 meters from ¡°Feng Luo.¡±

    Behind it was a group of around 50 zombies. All of them charging towards ¡°Feng Luo.¡± He continued not to move as he stood in the middle of the field filled with zombie corpses. The dark energy surrounding him had almost covered his entire body.

    Is he nning to go one-on-one against the Tyrant, along with 50 or 60 zombies behind it?

 Chapter 385 - Force Guidance Rate: 100%

    <h4>Chapter 385:Force Guidance Rate: 100%</h4>

    <h4>As a melee type Comman der Grade monster, the Tyrant was much faster than the zombie horde.</h4>

    Just as the weird dark energy on the zombies gathered towards ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± body, the Tyrant leaped onto the middle of a hovercraft in front of him in the middle of the street.

    The strong impact of itsnding caused the top of the hovercraft to cave in. At about the same time itnded, its two-meter long dark red w swung towards ¡°Feng Luo.¡±

    ¡°Feng Luo¡± continued to look nk, but the Ghost Weep military knife in his hand shrouded in dark energy had already been swung towards the w.

    Military knife versus giant w.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    The Tyrant¡¯s hard giant w that could block sniper bullets was cut by the de of Ghost Weep, which had a Destruction Coefficient of B-grade. A deep wound that reached the bones could be seen.

    However, not one drop of blood came from the wound. Instead, a peculiaryer of blood appeared on the de of Ghost Weep shrouded in the dark energy.

    However, ¡°Feng Luo¡± was thrown far away by the powerful impact generated from the Tyrant¡¯s ws.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3555!¡±

    ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± body crashed into the metallic wall behind him. After he crashed into the wall, he bounced and fell on the ground. After hended on the ground, a damage number of over 3,500 appeared above his head.

    While wearing the SUVbat uniform, ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± HP was close to 8,000, which wasparable to your average Light Armor Warrior when wearing a full set of Level 50 equipment would have HP around 10,000.

    That hit took almost half of ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± HP. A Commander Grade monster¡¯s attack was definitely no joke.

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    Wearing his SUVbat boots, ¡°Feng Luo¡± stood firmly on the ground. The red pupils and the now ck ¡°whites¡± of his eyes still looked nk, there was no change in his expression at all.

    He still held the Ghost Weep firmly. His right sleeve surrounded by dark energy was torn slightly by the strike. His arm was covered in three bone-deep wounds received from the Tyrant¡¯s dagger-like w, and his arm was twisted in an unnatural way.

    Clearly, not dodging the attacks of the Tyrant and facing them head-on was not exactly smart.

    ¡°Feng Luo¡± did not seem to panic, after he sustained his injury the dark energy covering his arm would immediately move as if it was full of life. Around one-thirtieth of the dark energy entered his body through the wound. As if mysterious energy surged into him, the bone-deep injury started to heal rapidly.

    ¡°+1000, +1000, +1000, +333.¡±

    Four green healing numbers appeared above ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± head, filling up his HPpletely. Since he also had the Rock Lizard King ring and his body¡¯s physical recovery rate, there was no need to reach 3,500.

    Roar!

    However, when the Tyrant saw that ¡°Feng Luo¡± was healed, it let out another roar before charging towards him again.

    ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± red pupils and ck eye ¡°whites¡± were without feeling. He gripped Ghost Weep with his arm shrouded in energy firmly before also charging towards the Tyrant.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After a few steps, they collided.

    ¡°-2455!¡±

    Ghost Weep pierced the Tyrant¡¯s leg and produced a yellow weak point damage.

    ¡°+430!¡±

    However, immediately, a green healing number appeared on top of the Tyrant¡¯s head.

    Tyrants always had strong recovery abilities. Without injuries, its ability to heal 1% of its max HP meant that it could recover almost 500 HP per second.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    ¡°-3255!¡±

    The Tyrant¡¯s ws shed ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± chest and dealt over 3,000 damage again.

    ¡°+1000, +1000...¡±

    Again, the dark energy entered his chest, and green healing numbers appeared again. His HP seemed to recover faster than the Tyrant.

    Roar!

    ¡°-2214, +430...¡±

    ¡°ng!¡±

    ¡°-3445, +1000, +1000...¡±

    On the edge of the now-empty Silvermoon City, ¡°Feng Luo¡± was duking it out with a Commander Grade Tyrant T-001. When it came to his HP and recovery ability, it did not seem like he was at a disadvantage.

    ...

    As the in-game ¡°Feng Luo¡± and the Tyrant were engaged in that insane battle, Feng Luo¡¯s body was in a state of calm inside the game capsule. Hey inside the silvery-white game capsule horizontally as if he had entered a state of deep sleep.

    The ne created by the green jade he obtained from the Pharaoh¡¯s golden staff inside the underground pyramid before he crossed over was now emanating a green glow that was much stronger than before.

    The thumb-sized jade had an incredibly strong glow. The light emanating from the jade was so strong that Feng Luo¡¯s body that was covered in the special material underwear that seemed almost invisible.

    His physical traits had been continuously growing ever since he entered the parallel world. It had reached a point where his body was much stronger than top-ss elite soldiers in the current gctic era of the parallel world who had used all kinds of gene-enhancing drugs.

    His body did not seem abnormal, the only slight variation was his heart right below the green jade. It was pumping faster and faster.

    100 per minute... 150... 200... 250...

    Every time Feng Luo¡¯s heart beat, blood was sent through every single vein in his body. Slowly, the blood started to have glowing green dots, as if the green light from the green jade had be physical materials.

    Through this entire process, these green dots of light flowed with the blood, gradually synthesizing into each and every one of Feng Luo¡¯s cells.

    700... 800... 900...

    Finally, Feng Luo¡¯s heartbeat reached 1,000 per minute, clearly surpassing the limit of a normal human¡¯s body.

    However, the government-issued game capsule that had the ability to monitor yers¡¯ physical functions did not send the anomalies to the medical subputer of the administrative. Instead, it sent a ¡°data flow¡± that the Star Federation could not detect directly to the main supeputer of War.

    ...

    As Feng Luo¡¯s heart rate reached 1,000 per minute in the real world, in-game, a number on ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± system interface finally reached its maximum value!

    [Force Guidance Rate: 98%... 99%... 100%... Force Awakening.]

    This was the incredibly important high-level stat that signified the post-Level 50 era. The moment the system popup appeared, ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± body immediately...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ... was sent flying away by the charge of the Tyrant.

 Chapter 386 - Dark Red Blood Mist

    <h4>Chapter 386: Dark Red Blood Mist</h4>

    ¡°Feng Luo¡± was sent flying with that hit, even though he should, theoretically speaking, be dominating the fight since he had entered ¡°Force Awakening.¡±

    However, this time, ¡°Feng Luo¡± flew further than before, and while in the air, the HP that was taken out was now more than half. But this time, no healing numbers appeared.

    In the moment the ¡°Force Awakening¡± message popped up, ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± body had a sudden surge of powerful energy. The powerful energy immediately dealt an attack on the dark energy within his body.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The moment ¡°Feng Luo¡± awakened the Force, the dark energy residing inside various parts of his body were expelled from his body.

    The peculiar dark energy granted him amazing recovery ability, and it was also the reason why ¡°Feng Luo¡± was able to stand toe to toe with the Tyrant.

    Now that the dark energy had been expelled, naturally, it was inevitable that ¡°Feng Luo¡± would be sent flying.

    ¡°Feng Luo¡¯s¡± Force seemed to be unable to differentiate between friends and foe.

    In a situation where a powerful enemy was right outside, it actually implemented the national army¡¯s ¡°resisting foreign aggression in fitting¡± policy and exiled its ally.

    ...

    ¡°Feng Luo¡± was sent flying by the Tyrant¡¯s hit and crashed into the ground more than ten meters away. After hended his eyes were closed, and his body did not move. It was as if his character had been stunned by the Tyrant¡¯s hit.

    The dark energy that was expelled from his body quickly congregated on top of his body. After around one second, they formed an oval shape above his body in the shape of a bug.

    Bug? The dark energy actually transformed into the shape of a lifeform? Could it be that the dark energy was actually a sort of lifeform in the game?! (Where did the dark energye from? Do you remember?)

    The situation was definitely weird. However, even weirder was that the Tyrant currently charging towards Feng Luo had suddenly be confused. Its angry eyes showed a sense of puzzlement.

    It stopped its charge several meters from Feng Luo. It did not attack the him, even though he had lost more than half his HP on the ground.

    ...

    The unknown ck creature in the air, having dawdled for a while, seemed to have decided. It scattered and transformed back into a ball of dark energy before flying towards the unconscious Feng Luo on the ground, targeting his right arm.

    Although most of the dark energy had been expelled from Feng Luo¡¯s body, some of it remained in one ce, the Ghost Weep military knife that Feng Luo was holding with his right hand.

    The dark energy poured towards Feng Luo¡¯s right arm at high-speed. Even the residual dark energy on the Ghost Weep seemed to have immediately surged towards Feng Luo¡¯s right arm as if they had gone into a frenzy.

    However, after expelling the dark energy from other parts of Feng Luo¡¯s body, the energy inside himself seemed to have detected the convergence point of the dark energy, and also converged to his right arm, beginning the conflict between the two forces.

    The density of the dark energy around Feng Luo¡¯s right arm was definitely much higher, even the awakened force was unable to expel the dark energy immediately. The two forces wrestled against each other, none being able to get rid of the other.

    The Level 43 Tyrant stood beside Feng Luo and did not attack. Its greenish-white eyes darted around. Its originally confused eyes suddenly looked a bit menacing and it roared angrily again.

    It roared at four zombies that were initially standing on the sidelines when they suddenly charged towards the unconscious Feng Luo.

    Roar!

    Before they could reach Feng Luo, their bodies were struck by a giant w. The Tyrant attacked, but its targets were the zombies.

    Among the four zombies, two were Normal Grades, and they were sent flying. The other two were Elite Grade zombies, and they were torn apart by the Tyrant.

    The remaining zombies looked frightened and did not dare to charge towards Feng Luo anymore.

    The Tyrant and zombies were the same species, but the zombies were the failed product of the evolution process. The body¡¯s mechanism is destroyed since it could not withstand the destructive forces of the T-virus. So, the body died very quickly since it did not have enough food. Some would sessfully evolve into the Tyrant!

    The Tyrant was a rtively more sessful evolutionary product. Although they also had several rotted body parts, their recovery ability could keep up with the rate of rotting, which extended their survival time.

    Some, like the previous mutated Tyrant, could even negate the negative effects of the T-virus and transform into a stronger creature after the evolution. This is actually the T-virus¡¯ evolution objective, to create controble ¡°biological weapons.¡±

    The Tyrants had some authority over normal zombies. However, this sort of authority was limited, as Tyrants were ¡°Solo Type¡± Commanders.

    Zombies were never gregarious creatures, as they did not have any AI and instinctively feared the prowess of the Tyrant. However, if their instincts met another kind of stronger instincts, their behavior would change instantly.

    ¡°Pop, pop, pop!¡±

    At that time, Feng Luo¡¯s right arm suddenly made popping sounds. His right hand holding Ghost Weep, whether it was his veins or arteries, each of them began to pop out, and some even burst open with blood flowing out of the body in a gaseous form and spread out like a mist, almostpletely shrouding him.

    It was as if his right arm could no longer withstand the destructive forces generated from the battle between the dark energy and the force.

    The peculiar thing was that the blood that came out from his veins was not just red, but ck and red, as if someone had added the dark energy into fresh blood.

    The smell of fresh blood made the extremely hungry zombie hordepletely disregard their fear towards the Tyrant.

    Auuuuuuu! Rooooar!

    All the zombies began to groan and growl, waving their injured and battered arms while charging towards the spot where the smell of blood came from, Feng Luo.

    Before long, a few zombies reached Feng Luo arms, legs, and neck. They opened their mouths and bared their fangs as they prepared to bite him.

 Chapter 387 - Force Awakens!

    <h4>Chapter 387: Force Awakens!</h4>

    Arge zombie horde charged towards Feng Luo. Even as the Tyrant continued to roar while swinging its giant ws around, it was impossible for it to block over a dozen hungry zombies charging towards and biting Feng Luo. However, something unexpected happened.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    Just as the teeth of a Level 50 Elite Grade zombie reached Feng Luo¡¯s arm, a loud cracking sound could be heard. The ck and red teeth could not sink into his arm just as it was only one centimeter away from the skin.

    A very hardyer of armor had appeared and protected Feng Luo¡¯s arm.

    The dark redyer of blood mist that burst from the veins in Feng Luo¡¯s right arm should have already disappeared. Not only did the blood mist not disappear, but it moved just like dark energy as if it was alive when the zombies moved towards Feng Luo. The dark red blood mist quickly covered Feng Luo¡¯s entire body as if he had donned on a moving armor.

    And thisyer of not-so-thin dark red ¡°Blood Mist Armor¡± was actually as hard as a real armor when the zombies tried to bite it. Even the teeth of a Level 50 Elite Grade zombie could not prate it.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    As the Elite zombie continued to bite Feng Luo¡¯s left arm, its grayish-white pupils detected something sh across its face and something cold on its head.

    The Ghost Weep military knife cut across the Level 50 Elite zombie¡¯s skull as if cutting through paper.

    ¡°-12334!¡±

    A gold-colored damage number of over 10,000 appeared, a rare critical strike

    Feng Luo lied on the ground and opened his eyes. His pupils had returned to normal. However, his expression was still as nk as before.

    Roar!

    After Feng Luo woke up, the Tyrant that was attacking the zombies in a frenzy also returned to normal. However, it looked puzzled for a moment, but soon its fierce gaze returned as it roared towards Feng Luo.

    Its powerful legs started moving as it raised its giant left w in the air before swinging it at Feng Luo before he stood up. The Tyrant did not pay attention to the dozen or so zombies that were torn apart and blown away.

    The Tyrant was only two to three meters away from Feng Luo, so the moment he stood up, the ws were already at his head. In a situation like this, even if Feng Luo used Raging Charge, it would be toote.

    Feng Luo did not choose to dodge, instead he swung his right arm holding Ghost Weep to receive the attack.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    ¡°-1577!¡±

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    The sounds of flesh colliding against each other could be heard. At the same time, there was the sound of crisp cutting.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant let out a roar of anguish. On top of its retracted giant w, four of the five dark red sharp des that were supposed to be sharp enough to cut through alloy shields were neatly severed, and were spouting out blood.

    Although Tyrants were considered the moreplete version of evolutions, there was one aspect where zombies were considered better equipped as theyck the ability to feel pain. Heavy Armor Warrior could, to a certain extent, umte aggro from the mutant Tyrant.

    With four of its ws were neatly severed, the Tyrant roared in pain. Even part of its palm had been cut off, making its most threatening and powerful giant w attacks had been halved.

    It clearly did not possess enough strength to threaten Feng Luo with just the impact from its palm.

    When itnded its strike on Feng Luo, it only inflicted over 1,500 damage. When Feng Luo cut the Tyrant¡¯s ws, two green recovery numbers shed on top of his head. ¡°+500, +500.¡±

    Inparison, Feng Luo only lost around 500 HP in that exchange.

    After the yellow weak point damage of over 3,000 appeared above the Tyrant¡¯s head followed by the green ¡°+400¡± recovery, it received a lot more damagepared to Feng Luo, especially because, even with its strong recovering speed, it could not immediately regrow its severed ws.

    One more important thing to note was that Feng Luo did not get sent flying after receiving the powerful strike of the Tyrant head-on. In the previous battle, though Feng Luo stood toe-to-toe against the Tyrant, his main tactic was more like gueri-styled tactics.

    If he received the attack head-on, he would not be able to stop getting thrown away and sustaining heavy injuries such as having broken limbs or bones. This time, he actually blocked the giant w strike of the Tyrant using the military knife without moving an inch.

    Isn¡¯t Feng Luo a little too powerful after his Force awakened to be able to recover HP rapidly, possess an energy that healed wounds, create defensive blood armor, and directly withstand the powerful attack of the strength-based Commander Grade Tyrant?

    However, the answer should be directed to Feng Luo¡¯s right arm, which was directing another attack on the Tyrant.

    The Tyrant¡¯s left arm became gigantic because of the T-virus, and Feng Luo¡¯s right arm also seemed to have be twice asrge as normal.

    As for Ghost Weep, a different sort of dark energy seemed to have surrounded the knife. It was as if Feng Luo¡¯s right arm had be one with the Legendary Grade military knife. A chilly aura came from the de.

    [Ghost Power]

    Consumes 50 Force. Increases the strength of the arm holding the de significantly. Last 10 seconds.

    Every 10 Force consumed can increase the length of the skill by one second. (Maximum of one minute).

    The attached skill of the Legendary Grade equipment.

    ...

    Meanwhile, in the dark west region of Silvermoon City, 500 meters from the alloy energy wall on the edge of the city.

    A group of yers was engaged in battle while retreating in an orderly fashion

    ¡°Meteor Rain!¡± The Fire Maniptor¡¯s energy converter shot out of burst of red light.

    From the sky behind him,rge fireballs leaving trails of ck smoke in the air descended, turning the streets into a hellish scene as vehicles left on the street exploded chaotically.

    Apart from the vehicles, the growling zombie horde walking towards the group was also hit by the skill. Continuous damage kept shing above their heads.

    ¡°Earth Wall!¡± An Earth Maniptor shouted. A thick yellowish energy wall appeared out of nowhere behind the sea of fire.

    Two Foragers jumping and charging through the sea of fire could not react in time and mmed head-first into the earth wall.

    The powerful impact crushed the wall in an instant, making the two Foragers be dizzy after mming through the wall, being weed by a series of ice arrows, wind des, bullets, and searing-hot fireballs. In an instant, the two Level 40 Foragers were devoured by the attacks and transformed into experience points.

    Behind the group of less than 20 yers were at least ten Foragers and more than 40 Normal and Elite grade zombies. However, this number was not enough to prevent the group¡¯s orderly retreat.

    ¡°Coordinate 2034, 0102. Distance to ground, 108.7m. Sniper. Level 50. Equipment: Moderate!¡± Announced ck Rose coldly in the party channel while standing in the middle of the group, wearing her camougebat uniform.

    Her neat and short hair was now kept under wraps it the camouge tactical helmet she was wearing. Her cold gaze prated the transparent shield of the helmet as she looked towards the top of a tall building from their path of retreat.

    Althoughmunication systems had been disrupted, if both sides were close enough, the impact wouldn¡¯t be too serious and could still be used tomand a small squad.

    ¡°Bang! Bang!¡±

    The two Snipers of the retreating team immediately raised their rifles with a cold gaze.

    After firing two shots, a Sniper yer wearing a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group chest symbol fell from a dimly lit spot on the building. A white light shed across his body as he was still falling in the sky.

 Chapter 388 - Attached Skill: Ghost Power!

    <h4>Chapter 388: Attached Skill: Ghost Power!</h4>

    ¡°Continue!¡± Although they got rid of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer hiding in ambush, ck Rose did not show any delight on her face, as the team was retreating after suffering defeat.

    As the Scout team captain of Veterans Tribe and, now, managing the intelligence department of the guild, ck Rose was quite capable.

    However, she made a grave mistake this time.

    The first instance was when the Biohazard crisis urred, she took overmand because the guild leader was not online. She decided to contact the other ally guilds to strike at the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s operation.

    In her mind, even if Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group were the first ranked guild in Silvermoon City, and counting the branches and sub-branch guilds, their number did not exceed one-third of the yers in Silvermoon City, she thought that Veterans Tribe and their allies would have the advantage in numbers. (During the war storyline, the number of yers increased due to an inflow of yers from other ces). She also guessed that not everyone in Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would join the rebel army camp, so she imagined they would have far fewer enemies.

    Based on the number of online yers at that moment, it should have been two versus one.

    They had an absolute advantage, and if they averaged it out, the equipment grade and levels were also simr. They would most certainly be at a great advantage during an in-game guild war.

    Unexpectedly, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, or perhaps more urately Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s actions,pletely destroyed their advantage.

    The city¡¯s power andmunications to the outside were cut, internalmunications were disrupted, the guards and military outposts suffered attacks, and the spread of the biological virus weapon; Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s operations caught ck Rosepletely off guard.

    It was especially true after themunications were cut. Command and cooperation with Veterans Tribe¡¯s allies became incredibly difficult. One could even say that loss ofmunications was one of the three major factors that led to their defeat.

    However, she could not do anything about it.

    Large-scale battle urring in cities had never happened before in War, so no one had any experience in dealing with this.

    Although Veterans Tribe had prepared more than one scenario for wars against Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had been mired in internal power struggles for the past month. From the intelligence she received, though Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had a financial advantage due to the support of themittee from arge investment firm, Roaring Dragon Invincible was not an easy opponent. The battle should havested for at least one or two more months.

    As such, ck Rose¡¯s caution against Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group dropped. Then, Roaring Dragon Light Wind suddenly made his move in the midst of everything, making incredibly shocking moves.

    Biohazard Crisis! An Epic Level storyline mission that produced popup in every yer¡¯s bulletin. The T-virus that transformed humans into monsters.

    The moment the Biohazard Crisis storyline began, ck Rose¡¯s focus was on the fact that the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had decided to switch camps and help the rebel army attack Slivermoon City, instead of the storyline mission.

    Due to this information, she believed that Roaring Dragon Light Wind had made the wrong decision in his rush to take power. There was no doubt that most Silvermoon City yers would not switch camps easily and give up all their hard-earned Merit Points.

    By the time Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group switched sides, their enemies would not be limited to just a few guilds, it would be every yer inside Silvermoon City that belonged to the Federation camp. By then, the yer number ratio would no longer be two to one, but five to one, or ten to one.

    If it were ten to one, how would Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group even win?

    ...

    However, the current situation was that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had won without suffering many losses. Almost 70% of yers belonging to the Federation camp inside Silvermoon City had died from or had turned into Elite Grade zombies or Foragers.

    In four short hours, over 250,000 yers died and lost one levels¡¯ worth of experience during this Epic Level storyline mission. Silvermoon City had almost 700,00 yers, but the online rate was only around half of that at night.

    As for the remaining yers, there was no way they could withstand the assault of over 200,000 zombies and Foragers, especially when more than half of them were Elite Grade monsters.

    Logically speaking, with yers not being afraid of dying and being granted the chance to exchange for the anti-virus serum, the situation should not have deteriorated to this state so quickly.

    The fact of the matter was that the situation was indeed that bad, and there were three main factors why this happened.

    Number one was Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s suicidal tactic to spreading the virus. It allowed the T-virus to spread on a veryrge scale since the beginning, creating many powerful monsters like the Tyrants.

    One should know that the yers who were initially infected did not have enough points to exchange for the anti-virus serum. After these people died, they turned into Elite Grade infectious creatures with strong abilities.

    Secondly, though there were many yers, not every yer had the strength to deal with Elite Grade infected monsters. Especially when almost half of the yers were life profession casual yers who had lowbat strength. Since it was harder to farm monsters andplete missions at night, the number of mainbat yers who were online was lower. Unfortunately for yers, when these weaker yers turned into monsters, they actually turned into Elite Grade monsters that were not weak at all.

    Another important point was the mental pressure of the Biohazard Crisis storyline on the yers. Not every yer in the game could calmly face and attack the zombies charging at them. Not to mention the bloody and gory scene of zombies chewing and feeding on yers or NPCs.

    At least two-thirds of female yers chose to log off forcibly within 30 minutes of the start of the storyline. Their bodies turned into Elite Grade infected monsters after they left from a forced log off.

    If ck Rose didn¡¯te from the Star Federation¡¯s fifth army aviation toon and had faced many simr from her virtual military training, she might have also logged off after seeing those extreme scenes unfold before her eyes.

    ¡°Is everyone offline notified?¡± As she was reminded of those who had logged off, ck Rose asked an elite Sniper of the guild standing beside her.

    ¡°Yes, we¡¯ve told them to stay offline and wait until after the morning before we see how we can counterattack!¡± The Sniper nodded before firing a shot from his sniper rifle, taking out a Level 35 Forager behind him.

    ¡°Big Sis, where should we turn at the junction ahead of us?¡± A Scout¡¯s request for direction came from the party channel.

    ¡°Hmm? Hold on.¡± ck Rose picked up her expensive Level 50 Rare Grade recon meter, looked at it and frowned slightly.

    ¡°Odd. There isn¡¯t any life signature of zombies or monstersing from therge swathe ofnd ahead?¡±

    ¡°Beep!¡±

    An Expert Level Detection was cast. After that, the recon meter¡¯s scouting range expanded significantly.

    ¡°Beep, beep, beep!¡± The recon meter began to sound rms.

    More than 20 yellow dots appeared, including arge shing yellow dot on the virtual screen. There was also a shing white dot in the middle. Most of the time, a white dot represented an infected NPC or yer.

    ¡°Hmm? A Tyrant?¡±

    ck Rose did not seem worried, as her squad was one of the best in Veterans Tribe in terms of firepower and gears. Even if two Tyrants were to appear at the same time, they wouldn¡¯t be afraid.

    It was odd that the white dot yer was still alive even after five seconds of being surrounded by one Tyrant and a horde of zombies.

    ¡°Coordinates 2030, 0104. Monkey, go and see what¡¯s going on!¡± ck Rose shouted through the party channel.

    The team had other Scouts apart from her. As the guild consisted of more than 35% of retired soldiers, Veterans Tribe had a lot more yers choosing the Gunner professionpared to other guilds.

    The Scout on the channel had already climbed to the top of a building that could better observe the region shown on ck Rose¡¯s recon meter.

    ¡°Okay!¡± The Scout replied, replying again after two seconds. ¡°F*ck me! This can¡¯t be real... My eyes are ying tricks on me. What the f*cking hell? I really think something¡¯s wrong with my eyes! How is this even possible?¡±

    ¡°Monkey! Report!¡± ck Rose frowned and instructed him with an assertive tone.

    The Scout called ¡°Monkey¡± clearly knew ck Rose wasn¡¯t someone who would look down on others after obtaining a high position.

    ¡°Big Sis, this... It¡¯s better if youe and take a look for yourself. You might not believe me if I say it,¡± he said jokingly in the channel.

    ¡°What are you on about?¡± ck Rose charged and, with the help of her Rare Grade tactical gloves with the ck Eagle¡¯s rare attribute, she reached the top of the building with a few leaps and jumps.

    Using a simrly top-ss item, her rare tactical helmet¡¯s attached night vision scouting function, she magnified her vision ten times.

    A yer shrouded in a dark red mist wearing a gunner¡¯sbat uniform was using arger than normal right hand to hold on to the ankle of a Tyrant whose giant ws had been severed could be seen. Then, the Tyrant was violently swung in the air.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Tyrant¡¯s head smashed into seven or eight zombies, scattering the tiny yellow dots all around, before the Tyrant was mmed into the stand of a defense tform.

    In the magnified night vision scout sses, the impact of the m was strong enough to distort the tform.

    ¡°I¡¯m not hallucinating, right? This guy... is a yer. Moreover, he¡¯s a Gunner? Even if a Heavy Armor Warrior who put all his stats on strength wouldn¡¯t be able to hold a Tyrant with one hand, right?¡± Monkey thought aloud.

    The Veterans Tribe had one-third of its members as Gunners and would never make a mistake in identifying a fellow Gunner, especially if the person was holding on to a peculiar looking military knife in his hands.

    ¡°How is this possible... This strength and damage.¡± ck Rose seemed just as surprised.

    Her gears were several times better than Monkey¡¯s, making it so she was able to see the number that appeared above the Tyrant¡¯s head.

    ¡°-3011!¡±

    The yer could spin the Commander Grade Tyrant in the air with his bare hands and inflict over 3,000 point damage.

    No one would be able to have this strength and deal such damage, even the strongest strength-attack type warriors or the best superstar yers, let alone a Gunner.

    ¡°What¡¯s that dark red thing around him? Is he a hidden profession? Rare skill?¡±

    The number of Legendary Grade equipment was still quite low, and the Force being a requirement for attached skills was not well-known. However, ck Rose did not even think about that, as she was more interested in the yer¡¯s identity.

    ¡°Who is this person? Did Silvermoon City have someone like that? Or is he an outsider?¡±

    After that thought, she saw the person¡¯s face clearly.

    The Gunner shrouded in dark red mist with T-rex-like strength had just raised the Tyrant again and threw the it towards a hovercraft riddled with bullet holes in their direction.

    His body turned around and an unconvincingly familiar face she had seen before appeared under the dark red mist.

    ¡°It¡¯s actually him...¡± ck Rose looked utterly shocked.

 Chapter 389 - Silvermoon Cityâ€™s Number One Master?

    <h4>Chapter 389: Silvermoon City¡¯s Number One Master?</h4>

    Silvermoon City. Inside Roaring Dragon Mercenary Guild¡¯s secret base.

    Inside the 200 square meter office that belonged to the guild leader, Roaring Dragon Light Wind was seated and casually chatting with a person.

    ¡°Yes, Mr. Wesker, We¡¯vepletely gained control... The girl? Alright, I¡¯ll ensure her safety and provide her with the best of care.¡±

    ...

    ¡°Remember, this girl is extremely important for me and General Gordon, so there can absolutely be no problems. General Gordon¡¯s female Special Agent will stay with you until the thing is over. So if you encounter something that is difficult to deal with, ask for her help. But she has a bad temper, so it¡¯s best if you don¡¯t make her angry, otherwise...¡±

    In front of Roaring Dragon Light Wind, the image of Wesker¡¯s emotionless face with his ck shades slowly disappeared.

    ¡°That NPC woman? Special Agent?¡±

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s smile disappeared as he fell into deep thought.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    At that moment, the elegant rosewood door a dozen or so meters in front of him was mmed open by Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star. Roaring Dragon Invincible walked over with a Rare Grade energy robe over his body with Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star with his alloy shield followed closely behind.

    Behind them were several panicky Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group members who had failed to stop them from barging in.

    ¡°You¡¯vee online?¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind continued to sit on the guild leader¡¯s seat, raising his head and looked at Invincible, not showing any surprise.

    ¡°What is all this? Do you know the consequences of everything you¡¯ve done?!¡± Roaring Dragon Invincible had a grim expression but he did not shout or scream, he only red straight into Light Wind¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°Exactly what you¡¯ve been seeing and hearing. Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group has officially joined the rebel army camp starting tonight. We¡¯ve be the first yer faction that joined the rebel army camp. It won¡¯t be long before we be the only yer faction remaining within the rebel¡¯s Silvermoon City. Of course, you can choose to not join the rebel army camp, this is your personal freedom. However, the system rules dictate that, unless there are special circumstances, a guild cannot belong to two sides. So, if you want to stay in the Federation camp, I suggest you better leave early. Otherwise, when the rebel army enters the city tomorrow, and takeplete control of Silvermoon City...¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind finally showed a smile, the smile of a victor.

    ¡°Boss, Invincible gave so much for the guild, back when we first established the guild, did you forget everything you said?¡±

    Roaring Dragon Invincible did not show anger on his face as he listened to Light Wind.

    ¡°Going to financial conglomerates, buying shares, calcting and scheming, and now you want to kick the boss out of the guild. You¡¯re really willing to give up anything for money and power. Just how many of our brothers and sisters will agree to your choice and join the rebel army camp? What you¡¯re doing is destroying Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group!¡± Roaring Dragon Ruinous Statshed out, unable to contain his emotion.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Invincible, are you still that naive? Even now?¡± However, Roaring Dragon Light Wind only nced at him with a smirk. ¡°In a game that has hugemercial benefits like War, there¡¯s simply no way to use emotions to manage a guild like in other games. It¡¯s because those kinds of human rtionships are going to pull you down and as a result, the guild will never grow. If there¡¯s an issue with someone, the entire guild would copse, just like a real world conglomerate orpany.¡±

    ¡°To really grow strong in this game, the only important thing is ¡®benefits.¡¯ As long as there are real and tangible benefits, a guild will be able to easily keep a group of hundreds of thousands or even millions of members together.¡± Although Roaring Dragon Light Wind looked at Ruinous Star when he spoke, it was also directed towards Invincible.

    When Invincible heard those words, he fell into deep thought. As for Roaring Dragon Light Wind, he continued to speak coldly. ¡°Also, I want to tell you that even if you decide to stay in the guild, you will have to empty your Heavy Armor Warrior captain¡¯s seat. Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group in the future will have strong members take important positions while those who are weak are dismissed. Only through this will the guild have the strength to develop and grow into arge and powerful guild.¡±

    ¡°¡®The weak are dismissed?¡¯ F*cker, what the hell do you mean?!¡± Roaring Dragon Invincible looked grim. There was no way he would stay, but Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s words were definitely a p in his face.

    ¡°It¡¯s because I will assume the role of the Heavy Armor Warrior team captain.¡± A deep and hoarse voice like metal scraping against metal came from behind the two.

    Outside the rosewood door, a 2 and a half meter tall yer wearing arge ck military coat holding a gray alloy shield walked inside. The alloy shield and the hand holding it were traces of rotten flesh. He had thick veins popping out of his incrediblyrge arms which were at least twice as big as the average person¡¯s. His face was gray and parts had traces of rot. His greenish-gray eyes were bloodshot.

    ¡°Seven Kill, so it¡¯s you... So you¡¯ve been eyeing for my position, huh? This is a f*cking joke! You? A strong person!?¡± said Ruinous Star cruelly, staring at Seven Kill.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior who seemed to have been infected by the T-virus but had managed to retain his consciousness said coldly, ¡°Yes,pared to you, I am strong.¡±

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Ruinous Star was so pissed off he cursed. He raised his alloy shield and cast Shield Bash at Seven Kill¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Idiot!¡±

    Seven Killughed coldly, not moving his body as he also cast a Shield Bash using his gray shield.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-2877!¡±

    Shield and shield shed together, creating a deafening sound, sending Ruinous Star flying and mming into the wall.

    He fell on the ground and spat out blood, looking utterly shocked and unable to believe what had happened. His right arm shook unnaturally as a damage number nearing 3,000 appeared above his head.

    He was actually sent flying by a yer of the same profession while holding his shield, sustaining almost 3,000 damage.

    One should know that, though his equipment wasn¡¯t the best, it was still top-ss. Even the strongest Light Armor Warriors in War would probably have not been able to reduce so much of his HP in one hit.

    ¡°You¡¯ve bitten off more than you can chew!¡± Seven Kill insulted him while holding his shield in ce.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± Ruinous Star, who was still a little reliable, finally reached his breaking point. He got up and charged towards him with his shield raised.

    ¡°Really... an idiot!¡± Seven Kill smirked, raising his shield to initiate another attack.

    Invincible stood on the side of the room with aplex expression and did not stop Ruinous Star.

    ...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-2455!¡±

    Ruinous Star dropped his shield as his head was sent to the ground from the hit from Seven Kill¡¯s shield. He could no longer get up after that attack.

    The battlested for a little more than ten seconds. A battle between Heavy Armor Warriors should have been long, where the victor was usually hard to decide; but this time the opponent achieved a crushing victory.

    ¡°Seven Kill, are you satisfied with your current condition?¡± Invincible looked at Ruinous Star¡¯s corpse that dropped several pieces of loot and asked Seven Kill, who had the stench of rotten flesh, with a cold and expressionless gaze.

    He was the one who recruited Seven Kill. He possessed a rarely seen Grade-Abat talent, and was a yer who seeded in entering the second experiment in the Umbre Company¡¯s test. After the Silver Leaf Ind mission, many people opted out of the test, but he remained inside the Umbre Company¡¯sb.

    In terms of strength, he was definitely the number one Heavy Armor Warrior of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. However, in terms of experience and rtionship, Invincible still opted for the more experienced but slightly weaker Ruinous Star as the Heavy Armor Warrior squad captain.

    It wasn¡¯t surprising to him that Seven Kill was now standing on Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s side.

    ¡°Boss Invincible, I don¡¯t want to fight you right now. But you¡¯re wrong, everyone in the guild wants the guild to grow stronger. But you just want to keep your shares and many rejected investments offers from the board. You should know, the guild isn¡¯t just you. Although we do not have any shares, we should still have the ability to make decisions; it shouldn¡¯t be a guild where only one person¡¯s voice matters.¡± Seven Kill walked over Ruinous Star¡¯s corpse towards Invincible with his blood-stained shield raised as he spoke.

    ¡°I guess they promised to make you a superstar yer, right? Right now, you really do have that sort of strength. However, do you think that normal yers would like your current appearance? If done badly, you might turn into a joke.¡± Invincible stood in ce and looked at Seven Kill, his tone was insulting.

    ¡°Invincible, I didn¡¯t want to fight you originally, but now, I¡¯ve changed my mind. If I kill you in a direct fight, then that¡¯s even more proof that I am Silvermoon City¡¯s number one master!¡± Seven Kill looked angry, his speech was no longer polite.

    ¡°If I don¡¯t die here or kill both you and Light Wind today, I won¡¯t be able to face myself in the future!¡± Invincible looked calm as he stood beside Ruinous Star¡¯s corpse. He slowly raised the energy converter in his hands.

    ...

    30 secondster, Invincible, who held the title ¡°Silvermoon City¡¯s Number One Master,¡± had lost and died.

 Chapter 390 - Sulli and G-virus

    <h4>Chapter 390: Sulli and G-virus</h4>

    ¡°Beep, beep...¡±

    Over 200 miles away, in the spotless base of Umbre Company with all kinds of biochemical production equipment, Wesker¡¯smunication device disconnected. Quickly after, someone else contacted him.

    Upon seeing the name that appeared on themunications device, a stream of data flowed across Wesker¡¯s shades, and the signal connected. ¡°William? Finally, a reply!¡±

    ¡°Wesker, what did you do!? What did you do to Sulli!?¡± After the device was connected, William¡¯s voice of exasperation immediately came out.

    ¡°Rx, Sulli is fine. Actually, she¡¯s more than fine, and she¡¯s probably asleep right now. However, I remember Sulli contracted a fatal disease when she was born. If she does not receive the corresponding drug within a timeframe, she might not be that well...¡± Although it was quite impossible to tell Wesker¡¯s expression from under his shades, his lip had started to curve slightly upward.

    ¡°Damn it, what you want? Why did you kidnap Sulli!?¡± William¡¯s voice was filled with anger as well as worry.

    ¡°I want you to hand over the original G-virus strain and everything, including experiment data and any other information rted to the virus, to me.¡± Wesker did not waste any time with chit-chat and spoke of his objective.

    ¡°The G-virus, so that¡¯s your objective!¡± William, a NPC, said with a suspicious tone.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, the G-virus! Although you destroyed all the experiment data when you resigned, unfortunately for you, when I was going through all the stuff you left behind, I still found small traces and signs. That¡¯s what you¡¯d expect from the method used by an amateur, and it¡¯s way too rough. But William, I still have to say that I¡¯m slightly impressed by you. I always thought it was weird. Since Sulli¡¯s disease is a fatal one, even the best drugpanies in the world wouldn¡¯t be able to help her, so theoretically, she wouldn¡¯t have been able to live past five years old. However, unexpectedly, you were actually using the Evolution Virus to treat her. The data of the G-virus actually showed that it is even more perfect than the T-virus. Even a child can take it!¡± Wesker¡¯s eyes behind the shades glowed.

    ¡°You went through my stuff? Wait a minute, didn¡¯t you get fired by thepany before I resigned when you were found to be conducting illegal and inhumane experiments with the citizens of Roguetown and was put on the Wanted ¡®S¡¯ list by the Federal Bureau of Investigations? God damn it! I understand now! The Umbre Company fired you on the surface, but in truth, everything that happened in Roguetown was authorized by thepany! All ten of the viral infection incidents in various cities did note from the mutated Evolution Virus that the rebel army created. It¡¯s because, from the data, the symptoms shown by the people infected are the same as the symptoms of being infected by the T-virus! Frightening. You¡¯ve actually used more than a million people for your experiment. This is an act of pure evil!¡± William¡¯s voice showed that he was quite shocked.

    ¡°William Berken, you should not lecture me from your moral high ground. Did you not conduct human experiments by using prisoners to test your Evolution Virus, just to save your daughter? In fact, I believe you are the first person to propose working with adventurers to research and develop the Evolution Virus. It¡¯s just that thepany arranged for me to take over the projectter.¡± Wesker said coldly as his expression remained the same as before upon hearing William¡¯s conclusion.

    ¡°Apart from that, let me remind you that your daughter is inside Silvermoon City right now. At the moment, over 70% of the city¡¯s poption has beenpletely infected and among the infected, the number of Tyrants is around 1,000. But you can be rest assured that your daughter is currently located inside a secret base that local adventurers created. At the very least, it will not bepletely overrun by the infected. But... if time extends, that might be hard to say. Also, I don¡¯t know if the adventurers are able to take care of Sulli properly. You should know, they are just a bunch of people who only have battle and profits on their minds!¡± Wesker added.

    ¡°What? Silvermoon City? Wesker, have you gone mad? How could you put Sulli...¡± William sounded clearly worried and anxious. He did not expect Wesker to put his daughter in such a dangerous ce.

    ¡°That¡¯s enough, William. I don¡¯t want to continue this chit-chat. You have one day to hand me the G-virus, otherwise, I really cannot guarantee that Sulli will be in one piece.¡± Wesker¡¯s cold voice interrupted William¡¯s angry roar as he directly gave him an ultimatum.

    ¡°Wesker, I will give you all my research results on the G-virus. But there¡¯s no way for me to do it within a day, it¡¯s because right now, I am...¡± William trailed off.

    ¡°No, you have one day! William, I remember you¡¯re not a person to mess around. You should know that your daughter is only seven and a half years old. You wouldn¡¯t want her to stay alone in an unfamiliar ce for a few days, would you?¡± Wesker reminded him coldly.

    ¡°God damn it... Alright, one day. You have to promise to protect Sulli. Not one hair on her should be harmed. Otherwise, not only will you not get the G-virus, you¡¯ll be paying a price you wouldn¡¯t be able to imagine...¡± William¡¯s voice was filled with anger with that threat. He quickly disconnected themunications device.

    ...

    ¡°A price I can¡¯t imagine... Are you relying on the G-virus? Heh...¡± Wesker raised his expressionless head as he sat on the silver metallic chair.

    On a transparent screen that took up two-thirds of the room, a 3D virtual image showing all kinds of infected beings filling up the entirety of Silvermoon City detected by the remote sensing monitor appeared.

    ¡°The impact this time is quite decent. It¡¯s not difficult to have a few suitable human mutations with such arge number of infected beings. However, the G-virus¡¯ research data really does seem perfect. If we can get our hands on the original strand, we might even be able to create new biochemical warriors stronger than the Tyrant. Hmm? What¡¯s this?¡± Wesker¡¯s eyes under the shades scanned across an area close to the edge of the city, and he was slightly startled.

    A stream of data flowed past his shades, and the image on the screen changed quickly. Then, an image recorded from the sky appeared.

    The corpse of a Tyrant with all of its arms and ws severed, its head crushed to pieces like a watermelon,y on the ground, not moving an inch. In addition to that, on the ground surrounding the Tyrant¡¯s corpse were over a dozen dead zombies with their skulls pierced by some sharp knives lying on the ground.

    On the image, only an adventurer holding a dark red military knife and wearing a gunner¡¯sbat uniform dyed red by blood stood in the middle of everything. It was only due to the angle that he could not see the adventurer¡¯s face.

    Wesker frowned behind his shades. Another stream of data flowed through his shades, turning on the quick rey of the scene on the monitor.

    ¡°Someone as strong as a Tyrant actually appeared from among the adventurers... It looks like we need to increase our research pace in trying to strengthen our biochemical weapons research after we get the G-virus. It¡¯s a good thing we now have a huge number of experiment infected beings that we can use.¡±

 Chapter 391 - Dark Life Protozoa

    <h4>Chapter 391: Dark Life Protozoa</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, this is way too much. One person got rid of over 30 to 40 zombies, as well as a Level 40 plus Commander Grade Tyrant with just a military knife. This is definitely not a yer, he must be a disguised NPC!¡± Monkey spoke with disbelief on top of a building as he looked at the lone figure standing underneath the metallic wall.

    ¡°I can¡¯t believe he¡¯s actually this strong. Theoretically speaking, even the top ten yers on Hound Organization¡¯s power ranking list wouldn¡¯t be able to face one Commander Grade plus a dozen or so more Elite Grade and Normal Grade monsters. Could it be...¡± ck Rose looked at the bloodless tip of the military knife, Ghost Weep, that Feng Luo was holding, her face showing that she was in deep thought.

    ¡°Him? Hold on, Big Sis, do you know that crazy expert?¡± Monkey reacted very quickly, quickly understanding the hidden meaning of ck Rose¡¯s words.

    ¡°Yeah, you could say we¡¯re friends. He¡¯s Big Brother Dan Hen¡¯s friend. Two months ago, the world-ss item ¡°Hurricane Controller¡± was bought from him. We also worked with him and Lu Conglomerate during their city building mission.¡± ck Rose exined.

    ¡°Big Boss Dan Hen? So he¡¯s his friend, huh. So, he¡¯s actually a real yer... F*ck, I wanna cry. We¡¯re both gunners, but the gap between us is way too big. This game is too imbnced... Eh? Why did he fall down?¡± Monkey was halfway through hisint when Feng Luo, who was standing across them, suddenly fell backwards on the ground.

    ¡°Damn! He seemed to have fainted. Don¡¯t tell me he is in a state where he had taken an aphrodisiac was actually the result of being infected, and now, he¡¯s going to be a zombie!?¡± Monkey¡¯s eyes widened as he asked curiously.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go and take a look first!¡± ck Rosepletely ignored his musings and cursing. Her gaze was focused, and she quickly got up.

    Far away, Feng Luoy face-up in the middle of an area filled with fresh blood and zombie corpses with his eyes shut.

    His body did not show symptoms of being infected. Even the previous Intermediate Evolution Virus symptoms had disappeared.

    After the battle, the thinyer of armor created by the dark red blood mist also disappeared. The dark red mist circled around Feng Luo once, just like the dark energy from before, and after hesitating for a brief moment, all of the mist returned to his body.

    ...

    The Biohazard Crisis storyline in Silvermoon City had already caused more than 100,000 people to be infected, pushing the city into a serious situation where almost all NPCs had been killed and the number of Tyrants had reached 1,000.

    However, the nightlife of the yers living in the main city of Silvermoon City, Storm City, did not seem to be affected at all.

    Inside the arena had a surge of visitors every night.

    A Level 50 Light Armor Warrior, equipped with a set of magnificent ck armor as well as a Level 50 Rare Grade alloy sword shrouded with a thinyer of dark energy, leaped into the air with Thunder Leap sh from the top of a rock pir inside a ruin-like environment. The sh piercing into the chest of the opponent who had failed to dodge in time.

    ¡°-3556!¡±

    Over 3,500 damage. At the same time, the sh turned the opponent into a white light before disappearing. After that, a stream of barely visible dark energy streamed into the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s body.

    ¡°God Violence! God Violence!¡±

    ¡°Unparalleled! Unparalleled!¡±

    Over ten thousand yers were watching the battle in the virtual stand surrounding them.

    When the Light Armor Warrior achieved victory, many people became ecstatic as they screamed and shouted the ¡°God¡± nicknames that only the best superstar yers could have.

    Wearing a full set of Rare Grade equipment, Unparalleled Violence smiled and waved at the people while standing in ce, enjoying the cheers and apuse of tens of thousands of people after achieving victory.

    ...

    Inside a luxurious suite of a high-ss restaurant.

    ¡°God Violence, congrattions on beating Chilly de so easily. You¡¯ll definitely be able to move up to the third rank when the poprity ranking refreshes tomorrow.¡± A merchant yer wearing a casual suit with goodplexion raised a ss of wine and said.

    ¡°Everything about the endorsement deal has already been arranged. I¡¯ve fought for a more rxed agreement for you with mypany. Why don¡¯t we sign the deal tonight or tomorrow morning?¡±

    ¡°Oh, right. With regards to the advertisement... God Violence, ourpany is willing to add a 30% bonus in addition to the originally agreed sum, to show our appreciation.¡±

    ¡°Unparalleled, the conditions that the board gave me this time is very nice. 30 million credits per year. Moreover, every time your rank increases by one on the Ultimate Superstar Ranking List, you¡¯ll receive a bonus.¡±

    The other yers surrounding them alsoughed and added.

    These people were either the higher-ups of otherpanies or were bosses themselves, and their objective was quite apparent from the words they said.

    One should know that the top superstar yers in War had influence that surpassed the superstars of the Star Federation in the real world.

    For thesepanies, the price for getting superstar yers to sign an endorsement deal was rtively cheaper; however, the effects were considerably better than those from real-life superstars.

    Although the Light Armor Warrior standing in front of all those people had been nameless prior to this, he stunned the world around half a month ago. He continually challenged the top ten masters of Storm City as well as some of the ex-top ten masters. Resulting in his victory in each of those battles.

    September Night Rain from September Guild waspletely destroyed due to his failure in the previous hidden profession mission that received a lot of attention. This resulted in a huge drop in his poprity, and Unparalleled Violence had reced him as the fourth-ranked yer in Silvermoon City¡¯s Expert ranking list.

    One could even say that, by looking at his past performance, he could still climb the ranking. This person was really someone with a lot of hidden potentials.

    ¡°Haha, thank you for your praise. However, in terms of endorsement deals, you know that I¡¯m under contract, and I need to check with my boss. But I will definitely consider all of you first.¡± Unparalleled Violence raised his ss to a toast and smiled gently. Clearly, he was thoroughly enjoying the praises of the people.

    Unparalleled Violence had always been strong, and he was definitely not weaker than the top ten experts. He was busy with a long series of hidden missions, as well as other reasons, that he did not have time to walk the path of a superstar yer.

    At the moment the hidden mission had beenpleted, and the rewards for the mission was much more than he had initially imagined, so his strength also increased far more than he had imagined.

    In a situation like this, it would be a waste if he did not go the superstar path.

    That was why he finally agreed to the arrangement of the ¡°Boss,¡± and initiated this half a month¡¯s top ten experts PK challenge campaign. In one fell swoop he built a name for himself and earned the adoration of many fans.

    ¡°So that¡¯s how it feels to be a superstar yer. No wonder so many people like being superstars!¡±

    ...

    ¡°Beep! Beep!¡±

    As Unparalleled Violence was enjoying the apuse and praises of the group ofpany bosses or CEOs, hismunication device suddenly rang. As he looked at the popup message that appeared, his expression changed slightly.

    First, he smiled and politely excused himself for a while; then, he quickly entered a room outside and connected themunications device.

    The light dimmed and amidst a mist of dark energy, a tall and thin personpletely covered in dark cloak with his face hidden, appeared as a projection of themunications device.

    ¡°Mr. Cicero!¡± Unparalleled Violence¡¯s face stiffened as he said respectfully.

    ¡°Did you find the Dark Life Protozoa that you lost in thest mission?¡± The voice behind the thick dark energy and the ck cloak was hoarse. His voice had no variation, as if he had used some voice changing device.

    ¡°Ah, the Dark Life Protozoa? The one that I lostst time. Mr. Cicero, I¡¯ve been sending people to investigate these days, I believe that it won¡¯t be long before we find it...¡± After hearing those words, cold sweat started appearing on Unparalleled Violence¡¯s forehead.

    Although the person was a NPC, one could not deny the fact the incredible unscientific power that he disyed once before during a mission had made Unparalleled Violence feel a lot of pressure.

    More importantly, the NPC controlled his current fate as well as future wealth, and he was not like an ordinary NPC that he could ignore.

    ¡°I¡¯ll give you another three months. I don¡¯t want to see you using words like these to deal with me again! Remember, I can easily take back the Dark Life Protozoa in your body just as easily as I have given it to you. That is why, adventurer, show your worth!¡± The light turned on again, and the person cloaked within the dark energy had cut offmunications and had disappeared.

    ¡°F*ck!¡± After themunications device was disconnected, Unparalleled Violence¡¯s face became stressed and ugly.

    ¡°Who was the Sniper who affected our mission on the night when we invaded the Desert Fire Ant Boss¡¯ir!? In three months? I don¡¯t even have a clue or hint; where am I supposed to find it? If the ¡®boss¡¯ knew this, I¡¯m afraid...¡±

    In an instant, Unparalleled Violence¡¯s happy mood of bing a superstar yer had suddenly taken a turn for the worse.

 Chapter 392 - Reality, Hidden Data

    <h4>Chapter 392: Reality, Hidden Data</h4>

    Star Federation 17th Administrative, noon.

    ¡°Ugh...¡±

    Feng Luo opened his eyes from within the silver-white modern game capsule and frowned, scanning across the area above the game capsule.

    ¡°What happened? Wasn¡¯t I in Silvermoon City? Why did I log out of the game? Also, the time doesn¡¯t seem right?¡±

    The rotation period of the 17th Administrative was quite simr to Earth, as it also used a 24-hour calction method.

    The in-game time had a slight deviation whenpared to real-world time. If it were within the game, it should have been around eight in the morning at that moment, since the time the biohazard crisis event started was around eight in the evening the day before.

    Feng Luo had a slightly serious expression as his incredibly active mind started to recallst night¡¯s memory.

    ¡°When we started the operationst night from Silvermoon City, I used the authorization chip to operate the six-barreled electromaic railgun to stop the advances of the zombie horde. I was infected by the mutated Evolution Virus, so I was feeling very dizzy... When everyone sessfully retreated, I seemed to have received some sort of notification. Then, I entered a dreamlike trance... Everything turned nk, as if I had fallen asleep.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s brows knitted tightly together, recalling when he had experienced something simr before.

    After being infected by the Evolution Virus for the first time on Silver Leaf Ind, he fell asleep for two hours, and even dreamed about returning to Earth.

    At the time, he did not think much about it and figured it was probably the game system¡¯s simtion device stimting his nervous system after he was infected by the Evolution Virus, and it was because his brain was too sensitive that these problems appeared; he remembered someone mentioning something like that before on the forum.

    Additionally, when he went to the gym in Nightless Entertainment City and used the most technologically advanced medical device to check himself, he did not detect any anomalies, leading him to stop paying attention to it.

    Now it had happened again for a second time, due to him being infected by the Evolution Virus in-game.

    ¡°Could it be that, simr to the first time, my sensitive brain received strong stimtion?¡±

    Feng Luo looked confused, having some suspicions in his mind.

    Theoretically speaking, a program that stimted yers¡¯ brains, which caused negative effects would have produced logs in the mainputer of War, and the issue would be resolved never to happen again.

    With the technological capabilities of War, it shouldn¡¯t fail to do something as simple as this.

    ¡°Then, this situation is definitely abnormal...¡±

    Truth be told, Feng Luo definitely ced more emphasis on War than other yers.

    The game had all kinds of weapons and cultures that came from Earth. They even had immersive experiences that surpassed the technology of the Star Federation. War was not a simple virtual game.

    When it came to Feng Luo¡¯s worries, they weren¡¯t so serious. War is promoted by the Star Federation to every citizen, even if there were unique things about the game, it should not threaten the lives or health of the yer.

    ¡°I can even say that, after the stimtion from the Evolution Virus thest time, my mind has be more active and agile. Even my memory and calction ability have increased a lot.¡±

    Feng Luo was in deep thought. With regards to ¡°increasing his mind¡¯s activity¡± or ¡°mind¡¯s processing speed,¡± he had already confirmed it.

    Although he was a Sniper prior to entering the parallel world; his marksmanship, uracy, and calction skills were all top-notch, but they were still in a regr range.

    Not including the nation¡¯s military that had all sorts of hidden experts, even the international mercenary industry he was in, Feng Luo knew of three to four others who were at the same level as he was.

    However, after entering the game, due to continuous training and kills, his sniping skills had improved quite significantly, and he made several breakthroughs throughout. That was how he was able to achieve the results of ¡°taking out two birds with one shot¡± achievement during the duel between ck Panther on the rocking boat during the Silver Leaf Ind mission. Even then, those were still considered achievable by a normal human.

    During the Silver Leaf Ind mission, he fell into a deep slumber after being infected by the Primary Evolution Virus. After he woke up, he noticed that his mind processing speed had be considerably faster, and his calction and memory abilities had also be incredibly amazing. His arm muscles, finger¡¯s dexterity, and vision had also improved; all beneficial abilities for Snipers.

    In one short month, he felt his marksmanship improve again. In some sense, he had even reached a ¡°superhuman¡± level in the game.

    His body had gone through some changes in reality, though not as crazy as inside the game.

    Apart from his increased brain activity, he had also conducted an experiment inside the gym of the Nightless Entertainment City a few days earlier. His punching strength had reached a ¡°1,200 standard impact¡± level. For reference, this was the highest point that the best boxers in the world who had taken illegal drugs could reach.

    ¡°Is this sort of sleep a good thing?¡± Feng Luo shook his head and asked himself with a frown.

    His eyes inadvertently darted to focus on the transparent floating screen disying and recording his physical stats while inside the game capsule.

    ¡°Oh, I almost forgot, War¡¯s game capsules have incredibly detailed medical detection capabilities and treatment functions. It should be connected to the main supeputer of the 17th Administrative as well as the branch medicalputer; to avoid dangerous situations from culminating when yers are ying the game. I only need to check the data the game capsule recorded to understand my body¡¯s current condition. As long as I check the historical data, I¡¯ll also know my condition when I was asleep.¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought and quickly opened up the game capsule¡¯s intelligent program to check his data for the past few days.

    [Heart Rate Peak: 1,030/min. Reference Value: 30 ¨C 200.]

    [Brain Activity Rate: 29. Reference Value: 1 ¨C 10.]

    [Muscle Cell Metabolism Index: 31. Reference Value 1 ¨C 10.]

    [Static Energy Consumption...]

    ...

    Abnormal data, and these weren¡¯t ordinary abnormalities. Feng Luo was dumbfounded as he looked at the data.

    At least two-thirds of the data were ¡°in excess,¡± which wasn¡¯t just a few times over. Specifically, his heart rate when he was asleep had reached over a thousand per minute. This was definitely not normal.

    ¡°That¡¯s not right; all these super abnormal physical data have been recorded. Did the game capsule not notify the medical supeputer?¡±

    Based on normal procedures, when his heart rate reached an abnormal level the night before the game capsule should have already sent the medical supeputer a report. He should have woken up to a medical capsule for severe medical emergencies.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    Could it be that his game capsule was broken?!

    ¡°Beep!¡±

    [Assessing authorization based on your body¡¯s situation... You have received level one Hidden Data Query Authorization.]

    At that moment, a female voice came from the game capsule, and a bunch of data that Feng Luo had never seen before started to appear.

    [Seventh Brain Domain Development Rate ¨C 0.95%]

    [Known Hidden Gene Fragment Unlock Rate ¨C 0.224%]

    ...

    [S-1 Fragment Hidden Gene Unlock Completed ¨C 100%]

    [N-5 Fragment Hidden Gene Unlock in progress ¨C 12%]

    ...

    [Your body is currently normal. No need to worry.]

    [Note: Hidden data can only be queried by the affected person. No other organizations (including Federation Government, Star Gaming) or persons (Including the Federation President) can obtain the information.]

 Chapter 393 - Force Awakens, Stats Doubled!

    <h4>Chapter 393: Force Awakens, Stats Doubled!</h4>

    ¡°Wee back, Mr. Feng Luo. Do you want to enter War immediately?¡±

    ¡°No, I¡¯ll enter a little bitter.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s body slowly materialized in the login space that seemed like a vast universe filled with stars. He did not enter the game hastily; stopping instead for a while and opened the management list.

    One could only check some character information or data in the login space; and not change equipment and other behaviors.

    Feng Luo opened the system logs from the management list.

    For the yers, they could find the records of most of their game process in the system logs. Although some hidden mission information wouldn¡¯t appear in the system logs.

    Feng Luo needed to check what happened during the time he was asleep the previous night.

    ¡°Yes, right here!¡±

    [You¡¯ve been infected by the Mutated Evolution Virus (Intermediate)...]

    Feng Luo scrolled to the beginning when the Mutant Tyrant first started attacking; then, he continued to scroll down to start his search.

    [Your Evolution Talent was triggered...]

    [Your body¡¯s Beginner Force Guidance Chip has been activated. Force Guidance Rate Progress: 50%... 55%...]

    ¡°Force Guidance Chip activated... This means that it is as I predicted...¡± Feng Luo did not seem very shocked, and he continued reading through the logs.

    [Discovered the Dark Life Protozoa in your body. Current Species Level: Level 50 Commander. Current state: Parasite.]

    ¡°Dark Life Protozoa, what is this? Where did this Dark Life Protozoa notificatione from?¡± This time, Feng Luo frowned, feeling dumbfounded.

    Moreover, the term ¡°parasite¡± did not seem like a good thing.

    The system logs did not record a lot of details. The Dark Life Protozoa¡¯s name did not disy any other detailed information, so he could only search for itter.

    [Unknown Intermediate Evolution Virus infection speed increased. Estimate time ofpletion of infection: 100... 80... 5 (minutes).]

    [Dark Life Protozoa...]

    ¡°Reduced the infection time of the Evolution Virus. So, that¡¯s how it is. There was supposed to be half an hour left before the infection was sessful, but since the infection speed increased, I entered the deep sleep status earlier.¡±

    Upon seeing the system logs, Feng Luo started to understand why he could no longer control his character when they were retreating. But thest sentence...

    ¡°Another log that includes the Dark Life Protozoa doesn¡¯t show any details... Based on corrtion screening, let¡¯s first check: Force rted.¡± Feng Luo frowned and immediately used audio to rearrange the system logs, bringing the things he wanted to know to the forefront.

    [Force Guidance Rate: ...90% ...100%. Force Awakens.]

    [Your Force has been awakened. You¡¯ve obtained Beginner Tier Force.]

    [Due to the Force awakening, you¡¯ve obtained basic stats bonus: HP +20,000, MP +1,000, all stats +20, Force +200.]

    [You¡¯ve obtained a choice for additional rewards: HP +4,000, Strength +80, Agility +80, Intelligence +80. (Choose one)]

    ¡°As I thought!¡± Feng Luopared his system logs¡¯ data with the time of the data changes in the game capsule and quickly got the conclusion that he had wanted.

    ¡°Special situations in the game can really influence the yer¡¯s body in the real world, and help the yer ¡®evolve.¡¯¡± Feng Luo¡¯s mind was a sh as his face became excited; however, at the same time, he also seemed to be thinking deeply.

    He was excited when he was inside the game capsule, he had almost confirmed all of these things. He was still in deep thought as he was reminded of the game capsule¡¯sst notification message that mentioned the hidden data within the game capsule.

    ¡°Hidden data can only be queried by the affected person. No other organizations (including Federation Government, Star Gaming) or persons (Including the Federation President) can obtain the information.¡±

    A game that could affect a person¡¯s real body under certain circumstances where even the Federation President and gamepany were not allowed to ess or control the game¡¯s data... (Star Gaming is the operatingpany, thepany that developed War is currently unknown). From that, the mystery surrounding War increased.

    ...

    ¡°Forget it. Whether it¡¯s because the people from this gctic era have better personal data protection or if it¡¯s some other reason, I won¡¯t have to worry about being surrounded by a bunch of secret police or people wearing masks and whiteb coats when I wake up tomorrow morning... Not to mention the real world, in the game, the bonus stats that I received after awakening the Force is quite insane!¡±

    Feng Luo focused his gaze on the third and fourth messages on his system logs, his face showing surprise.

    yers basic stats increase after leveling up was one stat increase for all stats every two levels. Additionally, the yer would obtain one free stat to distribute among all stats every level.

    If yers did not use Permanent Enhanced Potions or receive stat bonuses from other special missions, even when a yer reached Level 50, the total of the four main stats should not be over 158 points. (Max level provides an additional +2 to all stats).

    By awakening the Beginner Tier Force, the basic stats bonus was already +20 to all stats. He could also choose the additional 80 points basic stats bonus, totaling 160 points. Awakening the Force directly doubled his basic stats.

    This was without any gears, but even if a yer were to equip gears, the stat increases after awakening Force would be ratherrge. This was because there was the attribute, ¡°Force +200.¡±

    Feng Luo could feel that the attribute, Force, would bring more strength increasepared to all of the other stats increasesbined.

    Just from the fact that it could affect the real world, Feng Luo knew its uniqueness. The next log that he read proved this point further.

    [As you have awakened the Force, your level limit has been lifted. Current Experience: Level 50, 24%]

    Although Feng Luo had only just reached Level 50 the day before yesterday, many yers had already been stuck at Level 50 for around a month. The first yer to reach Level 50, the person nicknamed ¡°War¡¯s number one gunner,¡± ¡°First Hidden Profession,¡± Death Roar, he had already been sitting at Level 50 for almost two months.

    Feng Luo always thought that the system did not make it possible for yers to achieve a higher level. He once predicted that going over Level 50 would be rted to the Biohazard Crisis storyline mission as well as the Evolution Virus.

    Now, it seemed like he was half right and half wrong with his prediction. It was because the real level limit breaker was the awakening of the Force.

    ¡°Hold on a minute, could I be the first person to awaken the Force?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of an important point.

    Since Death Roar, who used to be the highest level yer in the game, was still Level 50 at the moment, and nobody had announced that they had surpassed the Level 50 barrier on the forum, would he be the first person to awaken the Force?

    Feng Luo immediately got the answer to this question after seeing the next message on his system log.

    [Since you are the first person to awaken the Force, you¡¯ve obtained an additional reward ¨C One Force Skill-Fusion Chip.]

    Force Skill-Fusion Chip? What is this? What does it do?

    Due to its name, one could not easily tell what it was used for. However, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes brightened, seeing that the chip¡¯s name was orange.

 Chapter 394 - Bonus Attributes of the Force

    <h4>Chapter 394: Bonus Attributes of the Force</h4>

    Orange, Legendary Grade.

    Feng Luo immediately clicked on and opened the detailed attribute list that had information about the Force Skill-Fusion Chip.

    After using the chip, the user will be able to improve an existing skill of the user to a ¡®Force Skill.¡¯ The skill¡¯s final effect will be determined by the yer¡¯s Force stat as well as the selected skill¡¯spatibility. (After the fusion, both the original skill as well as the Force Skill will be able to co-exist.)

    ¡°So, that¡¯s what it is for.¡± Feng Luo understood the use of the Force Skill-Fusion Chip.

    To put it more simply, it was a chip that could strengthen an existing skill. It would strengthen the Normal or Rare Grade skill that normally consumed MP or stamina to a Force Skill that consumed the Force. The user would still be able to keep their original skill. With regard to Force Skills, it meant the attached skills on Legendary Grade equipment.

    Although Feng Luo had never tried it before and hence did not know of its strength and prowess, (The battle the night before with the Tyrant was when Feng Luo was in a state of deep sleep and did not remember), but he could feel that the skill should be quite powerful.

    This meant that though the chip had an orange name, it was still some distance away from being a piece of Legendary Grade equipment. It was just the equivalent of a bonus attached skill on a piece of Legendary Grade equipment. (This was clearly not the case, because after the fusion the skill will not be affected by the equipment usage limit).

    However, this was still within Feng Luo¡¯s expectations.

    War¡¯s gaming system would always reward the yers who managed to be first in something. These rewards were never insanely good, they were never items of top-ss Godly equipment or Boss Grade pets or something of a simr vein.

    The rewards would never be too shabby. For example, the Pet Honor Badge that Feng Luo received due to 24K that could directly revive pets immediately and reduce the penalty of pets dying was definitely an item that most yers could only dream of having.

    ¡°The effect of the fused skill depends on thepatibility of the yer¡¯s Force attribute and the skill itself. Just what does that mean? Does the Force have attributes?¡± Feng Luo felt curious in his mind.

    After that brief pause, he quickly returned to reading the content below.

    [Based on your talent and Force awakening process, your Force received the bonus attribute ¨C self-heal.]

    Force Bonus Attribute? Based on talent?

    Seeing this phrase, Feng Luo remembered an incident. Earlier, Haruko and Hunting Tiger, the two NPC special agent instructors, revealed that the Force was rted to a yer¡¯s talent.

    ¡°So that¡¯s what they meant. However, what did the words ¡®self-healing¡¯ mean?¡± Feng Luo quickly clicked on and opened the introduction page of self-healing.

    [Self-healing (Beginner Force Bonus Attribute).]

    Using the Force will enable the user to quickly treat the user¡¯s body from damage and injury special effects that the user received from attacks. The user will also receive HP and stamina recovery that correspond to the consumed Force.

    ¡°Treats damage and injury special effects as well as recovering HP.¡± Feng Luo frowned slightly.

    With regard to being able to treat special damage effects, it wasn¡¯t all that useful for most yers. It was quite rare for yers¡¯ bodies to receive severe special injury effects.

    Though rare, it was still possible to happen, and when more severe special injury effects do ur, such as an arm being severed or an eye exploding, things would be quite troublesome.

    Since Doctor yers were not able to treat severe injuries like these, yers had to go to hospitals in the game and go through specialized medical equipment for regenerative treatment before these injuries could be regenerated. If the yer encountered such serious injuries during a mission or during some special storylines, the effect would be immense.

    When all is said and done, the first half of this attached attribute was considered standard. If one were to use the Talent Grading to categorize it, it would most probably fall into a B or C-grade talent. The words, ¡°Recover HP¡± really brought light into Feng Luo¡¯s eyes again.

    For in-game characters, what was the most important thing? There was no doubt it was their HP.

    Once a character¡¯s HP gauge was emptied, no matter how high their attack or defense coefficient, there would be no meaning at all.

    As for the self-healing attribute, though the first half wasn¡¯t all that special, if one were to use the Talent Grading system to assess thistter half of the attribute, one could definitely say that it was an A or even S-grade talent.

    Feng Luo was still in the midst of thinking about this as his gazended on the next line in his logs. He was shocked, there was another notification about his talent.

    [Since you¡¯ve awakened the Force, your talent has been adjusted.]

    The message was, without a shred of doubt, something he did not expect.

    After awakening the Force, a yer¡¯s talent would actually be modified or adjusted. However, it wasn¡¯t something that was iprehensible.

    yer talent was something given to the yers by the system based on the yer¡¯s performance in the game during the first month. After that, in around half a year, the talent had not changed at all.

    However, some yers who were weaker at the beginning and did not perform well might have improved their abilities during this time period, and their skills might have gradually improved. In a sense, the low talent rating would no longer correspond with the yer¡¯s actual strength in the game. The system would have to readjust the yer¡¯s talent during an opportune moment, and it wasn¡¯t strange that the system wanted to readjust the yers¡¯ talents.

    Feng Luo remembered the hidden data that he queried earlier in the game capsule as well as the more detailed exnation regarding the development of the Seventh Brain Domain and the unlocking of the hidden gene.

    ¡°But to readjust yer talent when the Force awakened, could there be other more realistic reasons for this to happen now?¡± Feng Luo had a vague feeling. Both of his talents were S-grade talents. If they were to be downgraded to B or C-grade talent during this readjustment, it would be quite unfortunate.

    Feng Luo quickly switched to his talent interface page.

    [Fatal (Talent).]

    The final damage of Normal Attacks reduced to 75% of the original damage; Final damage of Weakness Attacks increases by 50%; Final damage of Fatal Attacks increases by 100%.

    Talent Rating: S.

    ¡°Nothing has changed.¡± Feng Luo thought it was weird. He knew the details of his Fatal talent, and this was exactly the same as before.

    ¡°Could it be that the Evolution Talent has changed?¡± Feng Luo continued to scroll down to look.

    [Evolution (Awakened Talent).]

    ¡°Throughout the game, some situations will allow the user to obtain permanent stats that strengthen the body, stats increase effect will diminish when situations are simr.¡± As expected, the talent that changed was the Evolution Talent.

    Apart from the description, the talent rating of ¡°S-grade¡± had also disappeared, and now, it had be ¡°awakened talent.¡±

    From the information of the description, the adjusted Evolution Talent did not seem to have been weaken; on the contrary, it seemed to have been strengthened.

    Feng Luo tried remembered that the original description of the Evolution Talent was, ¡°Throughout the game, some unique situations allow the user to obtain permanent stats that strengthen the body, stats can increase only once in simr situations.¡±

    Whenparing the before and after descriptions, the first thing to note was that the word ¡°unique¡± from ¡°unique situations¡± had been removed; secondly, the phrase ¡°stats can increase only once in simr situations¡± had be ¡°stats increase effect will diminish when situations are simr.¡±

    Although only simple changes of words and sentence structure urred, it was quite easy for Feng Luo to conclude that the Evolution Talent had strengthened.

    ¡°But hold on, why did the Evolution Talent have the words ¡®awakened¡¯ in them while the Fatal talent did not change at all?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of this important question.

 Chapter 395 - Life Protozoa, Symbiotic Stats!

    <h4>Chapter 395: Life Protozoa, Symbiotic Stats!</h4>

    ¡°Awakened... Awakened... Awakened Force, Awakened talent. Does this mean that the awakened ¡®Self-healing¡¯ Force only corresponds to the Evolution Talent, and it is not rted to the Fatal Talent at all?¡± Feng Luo frowned; his guess was not random.

    One of his talents was an attack-type talent, while the other was a passive type enhancement talent.

    The Self-healing ability was clearly not rted to attacks. One could even say that the words ¡°Self-healing¡± and ¡°Fatal¡± were the direct opposite of each other.

    Apart from that, the Force Guidance Chip notifications also hinted to Feng Luo that it was rted to the Evolution Talent because the progress notification always appeared immediately after he received an ¡°Evolution Talent has been triggered¡± notification.

    Additionally, only the Evolution Talent was adjusted. As for the Fatal Talent, there was no change. All signs pointed to the fact that his character¡¯s awakened Force had nothing to do with his Fatal Talent.

    ¡°Now, I wonder if I should be happy or worried about this.¡± Feng Luo shook his head. His original delight had started to dissipate, and his expression had calmed down.

    He had two talents. Although the second talent, the Evolution Talent, came to him quite mysteriously, there was no doubt that it was a great advantage since other ordinary yers only had one talent.

    However, the bonus attribute of the Force was supposed to be rted to a yer¡¯s talent, but Feng Luo¡¯s awakened Force only affected his Evolution Talent.

    The Force¡¯s attribute affects the power of Force skills (Also the Legendary Grade Equipment¡¯s Compatibility). Generally speaking, the Force of the awakened Evolution Talent should not have highpatibility with attack-type skills.

    The ¡°Self-healing¡± ability was only the Bonus Attribute of the Beginner Level Force. From the name, it was not hard to tell that there would be Intermediate Level Bonus Attributes or even Advanced Level Bonus Attributes. If thetter Bonus Attributes were all like ¡°Self-healing,¡± and they were all non-attack-type attributes, then Feng Luo would not be happy.

    After all, for a Sniper the Evolution Talent was not as useful as the Fatal Talent.

    ¡°Since I have two talents... Is it possible for both talents to awaken the Force?¡± This was a hypothesis that Feng Luo had on his mind.

    However, he had no way of knowing for sure.

    ...

    Feng Luo continued to scroll down and read. The next log that he read also left him dumbfounded.

    [The Dark Life Protozoa has devoured the Intermediate Evolution Virus inside your blood. The number of virus within your bloodstream has greatly decreased. Estimated time of infectionpletion increased... The Dark Life Protozoa haspletely devoured Intermediate Evolution Virus. Infection failed.]

    ¡°The Intermediate Evolution Virus infection failed.¡± Another unexpected turn of events that surprised Feng Luo.

    He thought that it was because the Evolution Virus infection had seeded, and he was kicked out of the game by the system. However, the content of his log indicated otherwise. The mutated T-virus did not seed in its infection.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, and if the infection had been sessful, I should have already lost a level.¡± Feng Luo felt a little relieved and happy, but at the same time he was also kind of disappointed.

    First, he was happy that the infection of the mutated virus did not seed; otherwise, he would most certainly have died and lost a level. He would have also had other material losses, losing any one of the gears he was equipped with would have cost a fortune.

    He was disappointed that the infection failed because it was natural that he would not be able to fuse with the Intermediate Evolution Virus.

    If he seeded in fusing the Evolution Virus, he would be able to raise his stats permanently. The stat increase of the Intermediate Evolution Virus would definitely be higher than the Primary Evolution Virus.

    Since he did not fall into deep slumber due to the viral infection, what was the cause? What was the Dark Life Protozoa and how was it able to devour something as powerful as the mutated T-virus?

    Feng Luo continued to read the next message.

    [Your body is the victim of Parasitic Control and is controlled by the Dark Life Protozoa, you have entered a state of unconsciousness.]

    ¡°Dark Life Protozoa, Parasitic Control, unconscious...¡±

    Was that the reason? Feng Luo frowned once more.

    ¡°Parasitic Control, and there¡¯s also the word ¡®dark¡¯ in its name... It appears this Dark Life Protozoa isn¡¯t something nice. Extract all information rted to the Dark Life Protozoa from the log.¡± Feng Luo reorganized the log again and browsed through it quickly.

    [Discovered Dark Life Protozoa inside your body. Current Species Level: Level 50 Commander. Current Status: Parasite.]

    [The Dark Life has started to devour the Intermediate Evolution Virus inside your bloodstream. The Dark Life Protozoa began to mutate after devouring the Evolution Virus. The number of species has decreased...]

    [Your body is the victim of Parasitic Control and is controlled by the Dark Life Protozoa, you have entered a state of unconsciousness.]

    [The Dark Life Protozoa inside your body used the skill, Soul Draw, on the surrounding zombies. The Dark Life Protozoa¡¯s species number has recovered, increased...]

    [The number of Mutated Intermediate Evolution Virus inside your bloodstream has been devoured by the Dark Life Protozoa, number decreasing... The Mutated Intermediate Evolution Virus has beenpletely devoured. Infection failed.]

    [Due to the awakened Force, your body¡¯s cells are rejecting the Dark Life Protozoa...]

    [The Dark Life Protozoa has evolved twice due to the influence of the Force and the Evolution Virus... The mutated Dark Life Protozoa has transformed into a new type of unknown protozoa. The unknown Life Protozoa has be ¡°symbiotic¡± with your current state.]

    [Congrattions, you¡¯ve received your own Symbiotic Life Protozoa. The current species of Life Protozoa is yet to be named. Current Species Level: Level 1 Commander.]

    [Your Symbiotic Protozoa created abo skill. The skill is yet to be named.]

    ...

    A series of notifications filled with information about the Dark Life Protozoa were bundled together. Even with Feng Luo¡¯s mind, it was a bit too much. He quickly extracted the general proceeding that urred.

    Last night (In truth, it was around more than a month ago in the Withered Desert), a type of creature called the Dark Life Protozoa hadtched on to his body; after that, it controlled his body and made his in-game character unconscious.

    The creature also devoured the Intermediate Evolution Virus spreading throughout his body. But, after devouring the Evolution Virus, it had indigestion, and began to mutate.

    After that, Feng Luo¡¯s Force was awakened. His body also started to reject and attack the Dark Life Protozoa creature. As this happened, the Force also affected the Dark Life Protozoa and caused it to mutate further. The creature finally gave up and was no longer ¡°Parasitic¡± but instead, had be ¡°symbiotic.¡±

    The system congratted Feng Luo. The ¡°Symbiotic¡± rtionship with the creature was considered a good thing. After the unknown Life Protozoa became Symbiotic, the creature¡¯s name had changed status and turned into something that allowed Feng Luo to investigate its stats and attributes in detail.

    As for its stats, itpletely shocked Feng Luo.

    [Unnamed Life Protozoa, Commander]

    Level: 1

    Status: Symbiotic

    Species Number: 100%

    [Talent Stats]

    Evolution: Under certain special circumstances, able to permanently increase symbiotic stats.

    [Symbiotic Stats]

    HP +200

    Force +10

    Defense +10

    Combo Skill ¨C Unnamed

    Uses the Force and the Life Protozoa to create a defensive Forceyer around the body. The Forceyer¡¯s defense coefficient is dependent on the Force Level and the Life Protozoa¡¯s Symbiotic Stats. The maximum defense value is the Life Protozoa¡¯s maximum HP (Force will be consumed when the skill is activated).

    Life Protozoa?

    Symbiotic Stats?

    Combo Skill?

 Chapter 396 - Powerful 24K!

    <h4>Chapter 396: Powerful 24K!</h4>

    ¡°The Life Protozoa is a cellr microorganism that originates from a from outer space. It can co-exist with its host through a parasitic or symbiotic rtionship, and can survive for a certain period of time after leaving its host. Since they can quickly dissolve or repair the cells of organisms, to the extent where they can even temporarily rece the body¡¯s metabolism and other physiological functions, the Life Protozoa can increase the host¡¯s abilities. Different species have different attributes. As such, they can bring unique powers to the host.¡±

    Feng Luo quickly read through the system¡¯s introduction of the Life Protozoa as he scrolled through the menu, its introduction was quite simple.

    ¡°From a from outer space... Does this mean that this thing is an alien?¡± After reading through all the information, Feng Luo was kind of shocked.

    Considering War¡¯s background, it wasn¡¯t weird that there was alien life on the. Since the had already entered the gctic era before the¡¯s culture was destroyed.

    ¡°What¡¯s weird is this thing¡¯s attribute. Isn¡¯t it a bit too powerful?¡± Feng Luo could not help but question gently, as it was incredibly powerful.

    At first nce, the unnamed Life Protozoa¡¯s symbiotic stats seemed terrible with just HP: 200; Force:10; Defense: 10. These stats were something that even better Normal Grade defensive gear for yers between Level 10 to 20 could reach.

    However, one should remember that this thing was only Level 1.

    Feng Luoter found that the Life Protozoa¡¯s stats growth before it reached Level 50 was ¡°HP +200, Force +10, Defense +10¡± per level, a 100% stats growth rate that increases so many stats at every level.

    Based on the stats growth rate, when it reached Level 50, the symbiotic stats would be 10,000 HP, 500 Force, and 500 Defense. Feng Luo was shocked.

    Just what does 10,000 HP mean?

    Theoretically speaking, this is the equivalent of wearing a full set of Rare Grade equipment. For ss cannon professions like Gunners and Maniptors, without focusing their stats on Vitality, there was no way their HP would reach 10,000.

    Using himself as an example. Before his Force was awakened, while wearing the full SUV tactical equipment set, he only had around 7,000 HP. This was also after his Evolution Talent granted him approximately 2,000 extra HP.

    Even after Feng Luo¡¯s Force had awakened, and he received the 2,000 HP and ¡°+20 to all stats (Some of which increased HP)¡± bonuses, meaning his HP had only barely passed 10,000.

    The 500 points in Defense was also just as insane. Continuing to use Feng Luo and his gears as examples, the five piece Eye of the Thunder set increased 500 Defense. If the Symbiotic Life Protozoa reached Level 50, it would be as if Feng Luo was wearing two armor sets.

    There¡¯s also the 500 Force bonus. Now that Feng Luo¡¯s Force had been awakened, this might be even more important than the earlier two.

    The system only granted Feng Luo 200 Force after it was awakened. Even Ghost Weep, being a Legendary Grade item with the evaluation of Excellent, was only given a bonus of 100 Force.

    In addition to everything else, the Life Protozoa also had the bo skill.¡±

    Although Feng Luo had not yet tried the real effects of the skill, since it was a skill that required the user to consume the Force, this skill was definitely considered a Force Skill.

    Adding the skills from the Force Skill-Fusion Chip and Ghost Weep, this meant that Feng Luo already possessed three Force Skills even though he had just awakened the Force.

    ...

    ¡°The stats are a bit too strong. For the Commander Grade Life Protozoa to be this strong. It sure makes me think that it¡¯s stronger than Commander Grade pets. Hold on... So, that¡¯s how it is. Symbiotic stats are different from normal added stats. It is dependent on the ratio of the Life Protozoa. When being attacked, the Life Protozoa species ratio will decrease along with the yer¡¯s HP. The stats-increase will also decrease as a result. When the species number recovers, the stats increase will also recover, but the Life Protozoa¡¯s recovery speed is slower. Normally, when the number reaches 10%, it would need around an entire day before it can fully recover. It has limitations, after all. But it looks like it won¡¯t have as much of an impact for non-meleebat professions, especially Snipers. It¡¯s hard for us to get hit in the first ce!¡± For some reason, when Feng Luo saw the limitations of the Life Protozoa¡¯s stats increase, he let out a breath of relief.

    Feng Luo felt the Life Protozoa was like a ¡°free lunch.¡± For something as nice as this to happen to him without any particr reason, Feng Luo felt quite uneasy.

    Feng Luo then shook his head and suddenlyughed at himself. ¡°Heh, when did I be so overly cautious? Who cares about the reason, if it increases my strength, it should be a good thing. But this Life Protozoa doesn¡¯t have any attacking abilities. It also needs a bunch of experience to level up like a pet. I already have a super customer in the form of 24K. With this addition, it looks like I¡¯ll be spending some time farming monsters.¡±

    Both the Life Protozoa and 24K could not get any experience from his Hunting Missions. So, the only thing he could do was to farm monsters andplete missions.

    ¡°After the status of the Life Protozoa changed from Parasitic to Symbiotic, it went from Level 50 to Level 1, making it quite simr to pets. Could it be that, fundamentally, the Life Protozoa is also a type of pet? yers can have more than one talent in War and more than one pet?¡± Feng Luo wondered in his mind. He remembered something else. ¡°Now that I¡¯m thinking about pets, 24K should havepleted its evolution by now.¡±

    In the login space, Feng Luo could not summon 24K, but the system log could show information about any changes to the yer¡¯s pet.

    Feng Luo used the audiomand again and selected content about his pet.

    [Your pet obtained 50,000 experience from devouring the ck Beetle Commander¡¯s crystal. Your pet has leveled up. It is now Level 40.]

    [Your pet¡¯s evolution has beenpleted. Obtained: HP +2,000; Maximum Psionic Energy +400; Psionic Energy Recovery Rate +35%; Maximum Beetle Egg Storage +10; Daily Egg Production Speed +1.]

    [Your pet obtained a new skill: Mental Attack.]

    [The mental link between you and your pet has strengthened.]

    As expected, 24K¡¯s evolution was a sess. Not only did it reach Level 40, but it had also obtained a new skill, just like when it devoured the psionic energy crystalst time.

    It was actually quite difficult to trigger 24K¡¯s Devour Talent even once. Although in the skill description, it said, ¡°Has a certain chance to obtain additional stats or skills from devouring crystals,¡± although it seemed to be more potent than Feng Luo¡¯s Evolution Talent, the probability was actually quite low.

    Feng Luo had fed 24K more than one core crystal. He even let 24K had a chunk of the Quasi-boss core crystal that cost over a million credits previously, and that also did not provide 24K with any additional stats or skills.

    It only Evolved twice; once was when it ate the Psionic Energy in Withered Desert, and the second time was after it ate the Dark Beetle Commander¡¯s core crystal the day before.

    Feng Luo was almostpletely confident that 24K¡¯s Devour Talent was actually quite simr to his previous Evolution Talent. They only activated when a specific set of conditions had been met.

    Now, there¡¯s another talent like this. The Commander Grade Life Protozoa¡¯s talent was also Evolution.

    ...

    [Mental Attack]

    Consumes Psionic Energy to initiate mental attacks on single or groups of enemies within a specific range. The simpler the target¡¯s thoughts or when the target is in a confused state, the easier it is for the target/targets to be affected.When used to target a single target, there is a certain percentage to manipte the target¡¯s actions and thoughts to a certain degree. (Consumes arge amount of Psionic Energy. Moreover, the stronger the target¡¯s mental strength, the easier it is for the target to resist. The probability of sess, when used on yers, is lower).

    ¡°Mental Attack, 24K actually obtained a skill like this.¡± Feng Luo was quite familiar with this skill, after all, he had seen it twice already.

    ¡°But from the description, it looks like this skill is even crazier than I had imagined. Not only is it able to create mental illusions, but it can also manipte single targets. Although it requires a huge amount of Psionic Energy, it is something that can definitely change the tide of battle in crucial moments. But control type skills are usually less effective on Commander or above Grade monsters. If it can only be used on Elite or Normal Grade monsters, then the skill might actually be more of a liability.¡± At that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s mumblings stopped, reading the next message in his log.

    [Since you are in an unconscious state, your body is temporarily being controlled by your pet through the mental link. Your pet used Mental Attack on Tyrant (Level 43 Commander).]

    ¡°Tyrant, I encountered a Tyrant after falling unconscious?¡± Feng Luo was stunned for quite a while.

    Naturally, there¡¯s no longer any need to mention thebat strength of a Tyrant. A Level 43 Tyrant¡¯sbat strength was estimated to be the same as an ordinary Level 50 Commander Grade monster. Even when he was awake, before he awakened the Force, there was no way Feng Luo would have been able to win in a close-range battle.

    ¡°24K actually used the mental link tomand my body. My game character¡¯s body sure has be a free-for-all vessel. Immediately after the Life Protozoa controlled it, it became 24K¡¯s turn. But since I did not drop level, it should mean that I managed to escape from the Tyrant. 24K used Mental Attack on the Tyrant. What¡¯s the result? Did 24K seed in manipting a Commander Grade like the Tyrant?¡± Feng Luo felt as if he was pped in the face by his own pet, but at the moment, he did not care about that at all. Instead, he quickly scrolled down to continue reading.

    [You¡¯ve used Ghost Power and consumed 50 Force. Continue to consume 10 Force...]

    [You¡¯ve dealt 4,560 weak point damage on the Tyrant. You¡¯ve dealt 4,467 weak point damage on the Tyrant. You¡¯ve dealt 8,322 lethal damage on the Tyrant.]

    [You¡¯ve killed Tyrant (Level 43 Commander). Kill Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 21,500. Obtained Story Points: 430. Obtained Merit: 50.]

    ¡°No way! ¡®I,¡¯ no, 24K killed the Tyrant?¡± Feng Luo was starting to not believe what he was seeing.

    24K manipted his character in the game and killed a Tyrant?

    No, no, no, not only one Tyrant.

    [You¡¯ve killed Zombie (Level 50 Normal). Obtained Experience: 500. Obtained Story Points: 1.]

    [You¡¯ve killed Zombie (Level 42 Elite). Kill Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 1680. Obtained Story Points: 3.]

    [You¡¯ve killed...]

    ...

    Among the remainder of the kill notifications below the earlier mentioned ones, half of them had the word ¡°Elite¡± in them.

    ¡°Alright, now I¡¯ve gotta admit that my pet has really pped me right in the face...¡± Feng Luo was now sweating a little. He had just realized that his game character¡¯s body was controlled by his pet and had sessfully defeated a Tyrant as well as a group Elite and Normal Grade zombies.

    ¡°Could this be the effects of the Force Skill and 24K¡¯s new Mental attack skill? But 24K should have been in the pet space the whole time, could his Mental Link be used when it¡¯s inside the pet space? Now that I think about it, this does sound usible. Earlier when I was at the flea market in Withered Desert, it did send me a message through mental link when it was in the pet space. But to solo and defeat a Commander Grade monster, a Tyrant at that, this is a bit too unbelievable.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and smiled bitterly.

    Why was he agonizing over it? After all, he just had to enter the game and test them out.

 Chapter 397 - A Guest From Capital Planet

    <h4>Chapter 397: A Guest From Capital</h4>

    After Feng Luo¡¯s body turned hazy and started to transform into white light to enter the game in the Login Space...

    Inside a Gctic Space Center floating above arge oasis on the 17th Administrative in the real world, arge ckish-gray metallic civilian passenger spacecraft slowlynded. It was over ten kilometers long and came from the 10th Capital. Afternding, hundreds of spiraling ramps were released. As the ramps were released, an endless stream of people and freight robots started pouring out of the spacecraft.

    The technology of the Star Federation was already very mature. As the spacecraft traveled, it was gradually adjusting its environment index to help the people limatize. As such, the passengers did not need to spend time entering an istion chamber or go through environmental survival experiments. They only needed to waste a bit of time going through scans before entering the space center.

    At that moment, a big limited edition luxurious hovercraft, the Star-S600, was parked at the entrance of VIP zone 1. Even though it was a rich area, it still attracted the attention of several passersby.

    The logo on the hovercraft was the Xiao Family, one of the top ten families in the Federation for financial prowess as well as influence.

    Beside this hovercraft, two people were standing there waiting for someone.

    Although there were mobile intelligent chairs behind the two of them, they chose to stand and wait. It was clear that they were waiting for someone very important.

    Before long, a woman wearing a pair of white high heels and sunsses walked over to the hovercraft. Behind her was a silver mover robot that seemed like a roller wheel pulling her luggage.

    ¡°Cousin Chen!¡± She said after entering the car, her clear voice carried the capital¡¯s ent that was quite different from the ent of people the 17th Administrative. She had no intention of taking the sunsses off her face.

    ¡°Cousin Luo Shui, wee to the 17th Administrative. If I remember correctly, it has been five years since west met!¡± Said a handsome and tall man wearing hand-tailored green and white clothes.

    The only defect was probably the fact that he would unconsciously squint his eyes when he spoke while the corner of his mouth would nt slightly to one side. It seemed to be a habit he developed.

    Beside the man was another young man who was shorter. His hair was dyed in multiple colors while a luxury ne priced at over 10 million, which was made from space crystal, hung on his neck. With a smile on his pale face that was the result of overindulgence in life, he greeted thedy wearing the sunsses. ¡°Miss Luo Shui!¡±

    He was shorter than the woman from the Capital who wore the most fashionable high heels. His eyes were only level with thedy¡¯s half-covered face, right underneath her sunsses.

    Of course, even if he were taller than his counterpart, as he unconsciously lowered his body while smiling, he would probably only reach his counterpart¡¯s chin.

    ¡°Five years, one month and three days. That¡¯s thest time we met! When you followed uncle to the Capital for grandpa¡¯s birthday!¡± Thedy¡¯s voice sounded distant, yet close at the same time. As for the shorter young man¡¯s greetings, she did not respond at all.

    ¡°Luo Shui, why were you on a civilian spacecraft? Moreover, you don¡¯t even have any bodyguards with you? This is dangerous! Uncle will be extremely worried!¡± The handsome man also did not seem to care that his partner hadpletely been ignored. He continued to smile and express his concern with regard to this ¡°cousin¡± of hers. The tone of his voice indicating that he was trying to please her.

    Bodyguards still existed in this era, and most of them were still humans.

    In truth, there was a period where robot bodyguardspletely reced humans in undertaking this extremely hazardous profession. However, a series of robot bodyguard programming problems that urredter that endangered public safety made the Federation impose limits on the activity range of robot bodyguards. Thus, many people started to like employing powerful experts as their bodyguards again, to put up a facade.

    Theoretically, no matter how intelligent machines were, without genuine consciousness, it was impossible for them to rece humans when doing certain thingspletely.

    What about robots with consciousness? They would be wanted and destroyed by humans.

    ¡°You know, I don¡¯t like to waste money on certain things.¡± Thedy shook her head gently. A few strands of ck hair swept past her snow-white jaw with the perfect curve underneath her sunsses.

    As he saw the scene before him, the overindulged short man had a weird look in his eyes. However, it vanished almost instantly. Then, he said while smiling, ¡°Miss Luo Shui, let me load your luggage into the car.¡±

    However, the mover robot had already pushed the luggage onto the car, so there was no need for humans to help.

    Thedy finally turned to look at the short man. She paused for a brief moment, ¡°You¡¯re called, Gou Fei [1]... Right?¡±

    ¡°Ugh... I¡¯m called Gou Pei!¡± The smiling short man¡¯s face sunk for a brief moment, but his smile quickly returned.

    If someone else were to dare call his name incorrectly like this, he would have 100% gone mad. Moreover, he would make sure that the person who made the error suffer for years toe.

    Even if thews of the Federation wereplete and the supeputerwork¡¯s monitoring was everywhere, it wasn¡¯t impossible for rich people to punish and kill someone.

    The only thing was he did not dare to do it to thedy in front of him, even if thedy remembered his name wrong, he could only cautiously correct her. Actually, he felt a little bit happy.

    Last time, when the short man, Young Master Gou, followed Xiao Family¡¯s Young Master Xiao to the Capital for a birthday celebration, his family, that had assets worth billions on the 17th Administrative, became nobody as millionaires and billionaires were nothing special in that ce.

    So, for this woman to remember him in a situation like that, it was definitely an honor.

    ...

    After a minute, seated alone in the backseat of the super luxurious hovercraft that was almost as big as a room, thedy¡¯s sunsses that covered her face slid to two sides automatically. They turned into objects that resembled earrings and exposed an alluring face with silky smooth skin that one would definitely regard as a beauty. At the same time, her face also seemed remarkably cool and noble.

    Even as the Star Federation¡¯s gene modification technology was quite advanced and even without stic surgery, most people looked quite nice, this level of beauty was not something you¡¯d see every day. Even a supposedly ¡°perfect¡± woman who had undergone a series of gene modifications, as well as stic surgery may not be able to beat her.

    Compared to this woman, those womenck temperament.

    The temperament of being born into one of the most influential and richest families in the Federation, receiving the most elite family education since she was a child, and being groomed within the highest-ss social circle; the temperament of nobles.

    Apart from that, even if those women had a simr temperament, they would stillck one more thing; their family name.

    The Xiaost name of the Xiao Conglomerate that ranked in the top ten influential families in the Federation, that controlled and owned over trillions of star coins, and wasparable to nations.

    Endnote

    [1] Gou Fei means decadent.

 Chapter 398 - Isolation Zone

    <h4>Chapter 398: Istion Zone</h4>

    When Feng Luo entered the game, he opened his eyes and found that he was lying inside what seemed like arge military tent, his surroundings were incredibly noisy.

    ¡°This... Where is this?¡± Feng Luo crawled out of the tent and looked around, puzzled.

    He noticed that there were many other tents just like the one he was in. White shes of light that signified yersing online kepting from many of the tents.

    ¡°Brother Feng, you¡¯re finally online!¡± The deep voice of Dan Hen appeared. He was seated with a bunch of other yers on a grass in outside a tent.

    Dan Hen, Ion me, Security Door, rm, Ultimate Heavy Armor, Steel Fortress. There were also a few yers Feng Luo did not recognize who also had the Veterans Tribe logo pinned on their chest.

    ¡°F*ck me! Expert! Idol! You¡¯re finally online!¡±

    Seeing Feng Luo get out of the tent, a thin Scout yer from Veterans Tribe, whom Feng Luo had seen before, stood up excitedly and rushed towards Feng Luo, almost ramming into him.

    ¡°Idol!! Can you please tell me what happened yesterday!?¡±

    ¡°Monkey, sit the hell down!¡± Dan Hen shouted and stopped the Scout yer.

    ¡°Brother Feng, this is a soldier from my previous T456 navy fleet. You can just call him Monkey.¡± Dan Hen nodded to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Monkey... Hi, nice to meet you.¡±

    Feng Luo remembered way back then, when he was in the Town of Exile, Dan Hen said that a friend of his had the skill chip for Maximum Shooting, but after contacting that friend, it was found out that it had already been sold. The friend that Dan Hen mentioned should be this guy, Monkey.

    However, Feng Luo was uncertain why Monkey was so excited at that moment. What happened yesterday?

    ¡°Brother Feng, you sure are amazing. To solo a Tyrant and then a zombie horde. Heh, I feel like I¡¯ve wasted my time ying the game.¡± Security Door said in respect, but at the same time, he also looked slightly depressed.

    Not only him, as the other yers, including other Veterans Tribe yers whom Feng Luo did not know, were all looking at him eagerly. Clearly, each and every one of them had a lot of questions for him.

    Dan Hen exined to Feng Luo what happened.

    After they retreated the night before, they noticed that Feng Luo did not follow them after passing through the metallic energy wall, and they waited. However, the energy metallic wall¡¯s outer structure and the surface were incredibly smooth and tall, and they could not get back inside quickly. It was only after two to three minutes since they realized the issue that Dan Hen figured something out and managed to get back on the tform.

    They saw Feng Luo standing in the middle of zombie corpses and the pool of blood, surrounded by glowing loot that scattered on the ground. ck Rose and Monkey, who were running towards Feng Luo, also recognized Dan Hen immediately. Naturally resulting in both retreating teams merging together.

    Afterwards, they found out from Monkey that the zombie horde, as well as the Tyrant, that died terribly, were all killed single-handedly by Feng Luo using the military knife.

    Dan Hen¡¯s shock was more apparentpared to many of the others who did not witness the aftermath of the battle. He seemed to be even more shocked than Monkey, who had actually watched the battle happen.

    Monkey had fought alongside Feng Luo before. Whether it was equipment or level, he surpassed Feng Luo. Moreover, he was a top yer who was incredibly confident of his own strength.

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s disy of power during the battle against the Giant Octopus Commander the night before made Dan Hen feel a lot of pressure, it was still within an eptable range, and he was not too shocked. He knew that if he had equipment of simr grades and levels, he wouldn¡¯t be too far behind Feng Luo.

    Although he was Feng Luo¡¯s friend, deep in his heart, he still sawpetition between them.

    This was the pride of an Expert yer.

    However, now that Feng Luo solo killed a Tyrant as well as a horde of zombies that included several Elite Grade zombies, he no longer feltpetitive, feeling that the strength difference was simply too great.

    It wasn¡¯t just the strength difference between Feng Luo and himself, but with all the other top yers in War. What Feng Luo achieved was something no one else could do.

    As such, Dan Hen¡¯s curiosity was definitely not any less than Monkey. The only thing was that Feng Luo was unconscious all the while, so there was no way he could answer.

    ...

    Everyone was gathered in this ce because it was actually within the scope of the storyline that involved Silvermoon City. This is also the reason why Feng Luo¡¯s body did not disappear after he lost consciousness.

    Steel Fortress was the one who carried Feng Luo¡¯s body on his back and retreated with the team.

    With the addition of around 20 elite Veterans Tribe yers from ck Rose¡¯s group, their remaining journey was no longer difficult. Even though there were still scattered zombies outside the city, it was impossible for the zombies to pose a threat to the group.

    However, what caught them by surprise was that just before the group could exit the storyline-affected zone, they encountered the Federation army thatpletely locked down Silvermoon City to prevent the spread of the T-virus.

    Everyone from the group was stuck inside temporarily set up tents in the area. They were required to be isted for 12 hours. Only after that would they be allowed to leave.

    Since the male and female NPCs and adventurers were separated, only a bunch of online male yers were gathered there.

    ¡°12 hours of istion. It looks like the guild¡¯s initialrge-scale counterattack n on Silvermoon City in the morning is no longer possible. We all know what Silvermoon City will be by the time the istion time finishes. We would also miss our chance to initiate our counterattack.¡± Dan Hen¡¯s scarred and yellowish face seemed grim and anxious.

    ¡°ns always fall behind changes.¡± Feng Luo agreed and nodded. The situation had also affected his original ns.

    Since he couldn¡¯t leave for the moment, he exined some of the situations from the night before to the others. He disclosed information about the Force, the level breakthrough, and awakened talents to Dan Hen and the others. With regard to the Life Protozoa and 24K¡¯s mental link stats, he did not disclose any details about them.

    Not everyone in the group was close to him, there were many Veterans Tribe yers he did not know. Whether it was the Symbiotic stats of the Life Protozoa or 24K¡¯s Mental Attack, these were all Feng Luo¡¯s privacy that concerned his battle strength. So, it was natural that he had to be reserved.

    Apart from that, the truth was that Feng Luo wasn¡¯t all that sure what had happened the day before. He could only say that he became the host of something called the Dark Life Protozoa before losing consciousness. Afterwards, he was not very sure about the details of the Force awakening. Feng Luo awakening the Force caused much more stir than before.

    After all, just half a month ago, the first Legendary Grade item was sold at a price of 999.999 million credits. After that, topics discussing the ways to activate the attached skills of Legendary Grade equipment became a hot topic as it continued to remain one of the top five topics on the forum. yers also kept posting info that they obtained from NPCs. Now, everyone had a general understanding of the Force.

    In terms of the process of obtaining the Force, popr superstar yers would post on the forum almost daily, stating that they would work hard to be the first yer to awaken the Force, and thus, bing the strongest yer. Their fans would be ecstatic and leave a bunch ofments to encourage their idols.

    Right now, it was clear that the words and promises of these stars were all null and void. As that the first yer to awaken the Force in War was now standing in front of them.

    Additionally, he was a no-name low-profile yer called Feng Zhi Luo Ye. The ID had never been heard of before.

    ¡°If we post this info on the forum, especially if we include info about the level breakthrough after awakening the Force, it is clearly going to cause a huge stir.¡±

    More than one person who was there felt a fire burning in them. What an amazing opportunity this was, a chance to be famous in the game with one simple move.

    The first yer to awaken the Force in War, the highest level yer in the game. A yer who is so powerful that he could solo a Commander Grade monster over Level 40 with just one military knife, apart from another 20 to 30 Elite Grade Zombies.

    If they were to post news about this on the forum, the attention that the yer would be able to get would most likely put him in the top three, or better yet, to number one.

    There was no doubt the information could cause a ruckus in the virtual world. The uproar would definitely not be any weaker than the one caused by Death Roar for being the first one to get a hidden profession.

    This sort of fame wouldn¡¯t be regional fame that regional superstar yers like the top ten experts of Storm City enjoyed. It would gain the attention from everyone on War.

    However, Feng Luo clearly had no intention to release the information. Naturally, he wanted the other yers present to not proactively release the information. They could only keep the information hidden in their hearts.

    At the same time, they were also looking forward to the time when they would awaken their Force.

    Since the first one wanted to be low-profile, the second one should also be able to cause a simrly huge uproar.

 Chapter 399 - Willful Game Company

    <h4>Chapter 399: Willful Game Company</h4>

    After the group asked Feng Luo a bunch of questions for a while, the topic of their discussion was pulled towards the storyline of the Biohazard Crisis.

    ¡°The official site and the forum went berserk yesterday night. A lot of people requestedpensation from the gamepany. A lot of people suffered ridiculous losses this time around.¡± Said a Veterans Tribe Maniptor that Feng Luo did not know.

    The Biohazard Crisis storyline did not just affect Silvermoon City. Another nine small to medium-sized fringe cities of the Federation were also affected, affecting millions of yers.

    Most yers in War were not free-to-y. Everything from living, eating, enjoying life in and around the cities of the game required credits. In addition, there was also the expenditure needed for battles, buying gears, and equipment. Most people invested quite an amount of Star Coins into the game.

    Among them were many yers who, like Feng Luo, had set upmercial businesses inside cities. As the traffic within the entire city was congested, meaning that yers couldn¡¯t use transportation vehicles, paired with the limited inventory space, it was impossible for them to take everything with them when they had to escape. In such an instance, the losses that came from the sudden start of the storyline was even greater.

    ¡°The gamepany won¡¯t pay anypensation, right?¡±

    ¡°I remember a use from the electronic terms and conditions we have to sign before entering the game. ¡®Everything in the game isputed and managed by the supeputer system. As such, the gamepany is not responsible for all losses caused by non-bug storylines.¡¯¡± Said Steel Fortress with some doubts.

    ¡°That¡¯s right. That¡¯s also the gamepany¡¯s official response.¡±

    Ion me and Dan Hen both frowned.

    ¡°Back when we chose to develop in Silvermoon City, one of our considerations was that it was a city on the edge, which means we can earn Merits by taking part in war missions. When the rebel army attacked the towns in the past, they never usedrge-scale lethal weapons to prevent being at a disadvantage. They didn¡¯t want to lose the public¡¯s trust by hurting civilians. So, the main battles were outside the towns or cities, so we were never really worried about this.¡±

    ¡°But who would have thought that the system¡¯s newest Biohazard Crisis would start from within Silvermoon City? There had been no symptoms, and more importantly, it was aided by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.¡± Said a Veterans Tribe yer that Feng Luo did not know angrily.

    ¡°F*ck, the gamepany is clearly messing with its yers. Without giving any notice, they¡¯ve made us lose all the hard work we¡¯ve put into building our foundation for the past few months in an instant.¡±

    ¡°We can¡¯t really say that we¡¯re unlucky and were chosen, right? If we paid more attention, we might have even avoided it.¡± Feng Luo thought, of course, he did not say it out loud.

    He had known for some time that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group epted missions connected to the Umbre Company. Even Veterans Tribe knew that since they worked together on Silver Leaf Ind to mess up their mission once.

    The storylines in War were allputed and developed by the supeputer. yers¡¯ actions could change the course of the story as well as missions. The Biohazard Crisis that happened in Silvermoon City might have been detected by Veterans Tribe if their intelligence work was better, or if they paid more attention to the actions of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    One might even im that if Veterans Tribe had shared their reports and intelligence to the Federal Government, they might have turned the tide and put Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group in a bind, rather than the situation right now. No matter what, one could only say that the game should not be treated as a simple game.

    ¡°Star Gaming is so willful! Aren¡¯t they afraid of yers rage-quitting the game?¡± The yer who spoke probably had assets in Silvermoon City, which was the reason why he keptining.

    Security Door was seeing things more clearly. He said while shaking his head, ¡°They really aren¡¯t afraid. Even if we ignore the fact that every yer had signed the agreement prior to joining the game, by just focusing on the number of yers ying War, a few million really isn¡¯t a lot.¡±

    ¡°If you don¡¯t y War nowadays, what will you y?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s true. If you¡¯ve yed War, you wouldn¡¯t be able to y other games anymore. One of the games where I used to y all day and night has less than one-tenth of its original yers left.¡±

    ¡°As for War, the number of yers online at the same time has exceeded one billion. This is the equivalent of half the people of the entire administrative being online at the same time. That¡¯s pretty much a second world. War¡¯s game capsules are free. With this alone, it¡¯s enough to make the other gamepanies kneel.¡± rm also shook his head and did not hold too much hope in the system providingpensation to the yers.

    However, the unknown yer was still not giving up. He probably lost a lot during this crisis. ¡°But, ignoring everything else, the gamepany should have, at the very least, notified the yers on their official page.¡±

    Feng Luo knew that the reason why that was impossible, the gamepany, or even the Star Federal Government for that matter, had no control of the developments in the game.

    ¡°There certainly won¡¯t be anypensation, but I think the game officials have just suggested a solution.¡± Dan Hen raised his head, after looking at the forum.

    ¡°During faction battles, after a side loses its camp to the opponent, yers¡¯ private belongings and items are temporarily in a protected state for a certain period of time, however this is not true for NPCs. If the side can counterattack within the protection time frame and eliminate a certain number of enemy camp yers or meet certain conditions, the system will deem that they have sessfully regained control of the city. With that, they can also reduce their losses.¡±

    ...

    ¡°¡®Take back the city.¡¯ The game officials¡¯ words show they are really indifferent.¡±

    ¡°Silvermoon City is probablypletely filled with zombies by now. A few hundred thousands of Elite and Normal Grade monsters, just how long and how many yers will that take? There are still Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers there. Ignoring everything else and just looking at the fact of us being stuck here not being able to take part in the counterattack. Just what is the percentage of sess with only those who weren¡¯t online yesterday attacking?¡± Asked another Veterans Tribe yer.

    ¡°Old Armor, why aren¡¯t you saying anything?¡± Security Door patted on the silent Ultimate Heavy Armor.

    ¡°I¡¯m thinking. Since the Federation Army still has enough manpower to keep us isted here, they should have enough to strike Silvermoon City directly, right? Is it possible to, ultimately, not only clean up the zombies in the city but to also take out Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group along the way? Make that Roaring Dragon Light Wind not only fail in stealing the chicken but also to lose his pants along the way.¡± Asked Ultimate Heavy Armor.

    ¡°Huh, interesting words. The Federation Government wouldn¡¯t just sit idly by and leave Silvermoon City alone, right?¡± Several yers had light in their eyes.

    ¡°That¡¯s impossible. To us, the zombies inside Silvermoon City are just monsters. But to the NPCs, they are people infected by the T-virus. Before being certain that there really isn¡¯t any way to save them, there¡¯s no way they would just kill them. Even if they had no way to save them, it¡¯s probably unlikely for the leadership to give the order to kill them all.¡± Said Dan Hen while shaking his head, throwing a wet nket on their face.

    ¡°There¡¯s no question that they won¡¯t attack Silvermoon City directly. Some yers in the rebel army camp revealed on the forum that the rebel army has not yet entered the city.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why it is clear, the system is giving time for the yers from both sides to deal with their own problems.¡±

    Feng Luo nodded, he agreed with Dan Hen¡¯s judgment.

    ¡°After all, it is an all-yer Epic storyline. There¡¯s no way the yers are only treated as wallflowers. That¡¯s why the NPCs won¡¯t be doing anything for a while. Counterattacking Silvermoon City might be a difficult thing for us. But for yers who have not experienced yesterday¡¯s scenes, it might be something they are looking forward to. Otherwise, there¡¯s no way so many yers from outside want to enter the city.¡± Said Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo remembered the congested traffic entering the city from yesterday night.

    If the Federation Army did not close the road, the small city might have already beenpletely destroyed by the huge surge of iing yers.

    War has more than a billion yers in the Federation camp. Just one percent would be enough to kick Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group out of the city.

    After thinking for a bit, the group also understood what Feng Luo meant. Over a hundred thousand zombies and more than a thousand Commander Grade Tyrants were inside Silvermoon City. Just how many Story Points were there for the taking? How many Enhancement Potions, experience, or equipment does that mean?

    Especially Permanent Enhancement Potions, this was now a ce, apart from auctions, where yers could get it.

    ¡°Although the Foragers and Tyrants aren¡¯t easy to deal with, the Normal Grade zombies are basically free points and items to most yers.¡±

    ¡°Speaking of loot. Brother Feng, I have something that I need to give you.¡± Said Dan Hen, suddenly remembered something. He put his hand inside his backpack to grab something.

 Chapter 400 - Eye-catching Loot

    <h4>Chapter 400: Eye-catching Loot</h4>

    Over ten potion tubes of various colors and a bunch of translucent energy crystals, as well as seven or eight pieces of equipment, were given to Feng Luo from Dan Hen.

    ¡°This is all the loot from the Tyrant and zombies you killed yesterday.¡± Said Dan Hen. Since he and Feng Luo were in a party, Dan Hen could pick up all the items that Feng Luo left lying on the battlefield yesterday.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, Brother Feng, here are the items you lent me.¡± Seeing Dan Hen take stuff out from his inventory, Steel Fortress was also reminded of his borrowed equipment.

    From his inventory, he also took out a few items and passed them to Feng Luo. It was the Rare Grade equipment that Feng Luo lent to him earlier. As for My World and Watermelon Skin, their death penalty had not yet ended.

    ¡°Hurry up and look over there, it looks like someone is showing off their stuff.¡±

    ¡°What the heck? What¡¯s the situation? That¡¯s a huge load of virus potions, just how many zombies did they kill yesterday?¡±

    ¡°There are also a lot of energy crystals. There are two diamond crystals, and the gears. That ck bracer is definitely a top-ss Rare Grade item. My friend¡¯s older brother¡¯s sister-inw¡¯s second uncle has one.¡±

    ¡°It took everything I had to get out of Silvermoon City yesterday night. For the points that I earned from killing the zombies, I used them all up by just getting that anti-virus serum. And these people still made it off with so many things. Comparisons are odious!¡±

    Many yers were still seated inside a military tent beside Feng Luo¡¯s group. As they saw that someone was ¡°showing off their gears,¡± it was natural that their attention was attracted.

    First, it was a pile of tube potions, they were already attractive enough since these types of potions only dropped from the zombies from the day before.

    With yesterday¡¯s situation, ordinary yers would need to form several teams to obtain such a fantastic battle result. Dan Hen¡¯s action was naturally very eye-catching.

    ¡°F*ck me! Those two blue ones, I¡¯m sure I¡¯m not making a mistake, those are the Permanent Enhancement Potions that I saw on the exchange list.¡± Someone recognized in the pile of potions, there were actually two ¡°Permanent Enhancement Potions.¡± The breathing of a few yers had hastened as they stared straight at the potions.

    ¡°F*ck me. I wonder if there are any system restrictions to PKing here.¡± A yer mumbled lightly.

    ¡°Are you looking to die? Look at the guild logo on their chest.¡± Another yer, who was the mumbling yer¡¯s mate, hurriedly covered his mouth and looked at his friend with an expression that said, ¡°Don¡¯t you pull me into your sh*t.¡±

    ¡°Damn, they¡¯re from Veterans Tribe. And from the looks of their equipment, they must be from the top elite team. They sure have good gears, no wonder they¡¯re able to get so many good items.¡±

    As one of the best guilds in Silvermoon City, Veterans Tribe¡¯s guild symbol could still serve as a deterrent of some sort towards ordinary yers. However, it was clear the yer was still stubborn, and in the end, he still whispered another remark.

    ¡°So what if they are the elite team, look at the state of Silvermoon City right now. They¡¯re probably going to lose their HQ, unlike me, who has no shop or house. All I need to do is simply change a city of residence.¡±

    It was clear that, by now, even a random Joe yer knew Veterans Tribe¡¯s current situation, so it was possible that they had taken a huge blow.

    ...

    However, as the protagonists, Dan Hen and Feng Luo did not pay much attention to the whispers of those people.

    ¡°Okay.¡± Feng Luo nodded to Dan Hen.

    Then, he put all the potions, crystals, and equipment into his inventory. He did not try to be dramatic by rejecting them; after all, they were originally his loot.

    There were two Beginner T-virus Permanent Enhancement Potions among the pile of potions; however, they did not have the Perfect evaluation. Instead, they were evaluated to be Standard.

    When used, the enhancement sess rate was only 50% and there was another 50% of losing stats permanently.

    As Feng Luo held the item in his hands, the system sent him a notification.

    [The Standard potion can bebined. Five can be transformed into one and be upgraded to a 75% Excellent rated item by spending some points. With another five Excellent rated potions, they can bebined again to be a 100% Perfect grade.]

    Based on the current market value, it was still valued at around several tens of thousands of credits.

    What surprised Feng Luo most was that there was actually a dark blue buff potion. This buff potion was an Intermediate potion. Its stats were much better than the two dropped by the Giant Octopus from before.

    [Evolution Virus (Unnamed, Intermediate) Buff Potion Type Six]

    After using, obtains: Vitality +100, Strength +50, additional stamina recovery rate of 5% per second. Duration: one minute. Cooldown Duration: 30 minutes.

    Grade: Perfect

    Level Requirement: 50

    The two Buff Potions dropped by the Giant Octopus earlier were only evaluated as Excellent. This was one rated as Perfect, so, its stats were also clearly more powerful.

    As for the actual monster that dropped the Intermediate Buff Potion, there was no need to say anything more. Feng Luo guessed that this was also the system recognizing that he had killed the Commander Grade monster by himself. That was why the loot of the battle had also gone up considerably.

    ¡°But a Perfect Grade Intermediate Level Buff Potion, isn¡¯t the stat increase a bit too strong?¡± Feng Luo said with a sigh.

    Ignoring other facts, the 150 basic stats bonus from the Buff Potion was simr to the doubling of his basic stats from awakening the Force.

    Feng Luo discovered that items before and after Level 50 were like heaven and earth apart.

    Before, earning two levels meant an increase of five basic stat points. After awakening the Force, he gained a whopping 160 points.

    Additionally, back then an Expert Level Buff Potion created by Doctor yers added, at most, 20 stat points, and the HP bonus would also be in the hundreds, at most.

    This Intermediate Level Buff Potion actually increased hundreds of stat points and thousands of HP.

    There were also Force Skills, Legendary Grade equipment, awakened Talents. No wonder the gamepany mentioned before that yers¡¯bat strength would increase drastically after Level 50.

    Apart from that, among the dropped weapons and armor, there was a dark red ring. When held in his hands, Feng Luo could feel that it had a heavy and chilling feeling.

    However, its stats were not shown. It probably meant that it needed to be appraised. And it was possible that it was dropped by the Tyrant.

    ¡°Vwoong!¡±

    As Feng Luo put thest item into his inventory, the invisible Special Agent watch vibrated gently.

    This meant that someone from the Federation Special Agent Department was contacting him.

    ¡°Sorry, I need to take this.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face twitched. He then apologized to Dan Hen and the others before quickly walking back into his tent.

    From his inventory, he took out his Special Agent spectacles that came with his Special Agent watch. After that, two items that resemble earphones that extended from the sides of the spectacles popped out, which he put into his ear.

    After that, an invisible screen that only Feng Luo could see appeared before him. On the screen, his special agent ¡°supervisor,¡± Haruko¡¯s serious face, appeared.

    ¡°Emergency mission.¡±

 Chapter 401 - First Special Agent Mission!

    <h4>Chapter 401: First Special Agent Mission!</h4>

    ¡°Emergency mission?¡± Feng Luo was dumbfounded but recovered immediately after.

    In half a month since he changed his profession to Special Agent, the system had not given him a mission, and now, it has finallye.

    The Special Agent warehouse had a lot of good items, even Legendary Grade items were in abundance. However, if he wanted to exchange for them, he needed points as well as a certain level of authorization.

    Points were alright since Merit points could be used to exchange for SA points. However, authorization was only attainable by taking part in missions.

    ¡°The mission is a rescue operation, the target is a seven and a half year old girl. After rescuing her and reaching a location, someone will pick you up.¡± As the instructor, Haruko did not say much else but got straight to the point, the content of the mission.

    On her side, a translucent screen appeared. On the screen was a blonde NPC girl with a very sweet smile, though her face seemed a little pale.

    ¡°The target¡¯s name is Sulli Parkins, and she is currently inside Silvermoon City.¡± Haruko continued.

    The name Sulli Parkins sounded familiar to Feng Luo. However, before he could activate his brain to try to recall the name, his attention was diverted to the mission location that Haruko mentioned. ¡°Silvermoon City?¡±

    ¡°Yes, Silvermoon City. From trails of your movement from yesterday, you should know what has happened to Silvermoon City. That makes things easier, you¡¯ll be in charge of the mission this time. ck Tortoise, Silver Cat, Undying Bird, and Shadow have all started moving. I have already sent the meeting point to your watch.¡±

    ¡°Four of them. Does this mean that all five agents have to take part in the operation? So, this is a team mission?¡± As Feng Luo heard Haruko¡¯s words, he seemed a little shocked.

    He did not expect his first mission to be a five-man team mission. Clearly, the mission was going to be quite difficult.

    As for ck Tortoise, Silver Cat, and Undying Bird, these were all the codenames of the other four agents. Every yer who became a Special Agent would have an internal codename.

    Silver Cat was Digital Cat, Undying Bird was Phoenix, and Shadow was that Scout called Onishi.

    ck Tortoise was Big Pineapple. His codename was given by Feng Luo. As for his codename, it was naturally a corresponding name...

    However, Haruko¡¯s answer surprised Feng Luo again. ¡°That¡¯s right, this is a team mission. However, you¡¯re not the only five. The target is a bit unique. To ensure sess, apart from your team, the other two Special Agent departments will also each send an experienced agent to take part in the operation.¡±

    ¡°This means that this is like a three-waypetition mission!¡± Feng Luo raised his eyebrows slightly.

    Among the three major Special Agent Departments, only the Federal Bureau of Investigations that they belonged to had five Special Agent yers. This meant that the agents sent by the other two departments were NPC agents.

    In the Special Agent examination around half a month ago, even Feng Luo was almostpletely crushed by the three NPC Special Agent instructors.

    It was onlyter that he knew that it was because these NPCs possessed the Force.

    However, this time, he had also awakened the Force, and wondered if he had the strength to fight on par with these advancedbat NPCs.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, can I...?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of something and asked Haruko on the screen, ¡°I¡¯ll take part in the mission. However, I am currently faced with a problem and am stuck inside an istion zone. You should be aware of the situation in Silvermoon City yesterday night.¡± Feng Luo described his current predicament to Haruko.

    ¡°Alright, stay there for a while. I¡¯ll deal with this. Also, I wish you all the best in the mission, Azure Dragon.¡±

    (The author apologizes for the eighth-grader syndrome name...)

    ...

    At the edge of the Federation, inside an old traditional mansion within a rural vige.

    William was walking towards the living room with two cups of iced juice that he got from the refrigerator in his hands.

    Inside the living room, a muscr African NPC was standing beside the window. Another Caucasian NPC was seated on the sofa in the living room, browsing through a paper document in his hands.

    This was the reason why he asked Wesker to give him two more days. He was being protected by two guards from the vige.

    He thought the decision he made yesterday after the disappearance of his daughter, was incredibly bad. He wanted to find his daughter very quickly. He used the G-virus and sought the help of the Federal Government.

    Now that he had finally found some gaps tomunicate with Wesker secretly and understood his conditions, the two guards who were initially sent to protect him had now be obstacles he needed to work around.

    He was not going to tell the two guards about his deal with Wesker. After he found out the situation of Silvermoon City, he was worried that the Federal Government would refuse him using the G-virus to exchange for his daughter.

    ¡°Inspector Sam, drink some juice.¡± When the iced fruit juice was ced in the hands of the cool looking guard wearing sunsses in front of the window, William¡¯s hands seemed to shake slightly.

    ¡°Mr. William, thank you!¡± The African Guard smiled, received the juice from William, and drank it in one gulp.

    ¡°Sorry, Mr. William, I¡¯d also like a cup.¡± The Caucasian NPC, who was looking through documents, raised his head and took the other cup of fruit juice from William. This made William, who was wondering how to ask the Caucasian guard, surprised and happy.

    ...

    After a few minutes, William let out a breath of relief as he looked at the two NPC guards sleeping on the floor and sofa.

    He quickly ran to his room on the second floor, grabbing a silver password-protected suitcase and quickly left his mansion.

    The two cups of fruit juice weren¡¯t lethal, and he only added sleeping agents that the biochip couldn¡¯t recognize. For an expert like William, it wasn¡¯t all that difficult to concoct a drug of that nature.

    William carried the silver password-protected suitcase carrying the G-virus out of the house and started his energy SUV¡¯s engine. As he did that, William did not notice a person sunbathing on top of a building over a dozen meters across from his mansion. The sides of the person¡¯s sunsses automatically extended as two earphones reached his ears. After that, the person said calmly, ¡°The target has left the building. Proceed as nned!¡±

    In an instant, two low-profile energy vehicles started secretly following William¡¯s energy SUV.

    As an ex-scientist of the Umbre Company, William put all of his focus on researching the G-virus and creating drugs to help treat his daughter¡¯s disease. Although he was amazing in virus research, in other aspects, he was definitelycking.

    For example, he did not know that for Chip experts, recovering the documents he destroyed was incredibly convenient and easy.

    Simrly, he did not know that all his actions, including all the details of his secret conversation with Wesker, were all within the control of the Federation¡¯s Special Agent Departments.

    With regard to the G-virus, the Federal Government ced more emphasis on it than William imagined.

    ...

    In a well-defended ce, a building that belonged to the Central Intelligence Agency, inside the capital of the Federation of the game.

    ¡°My daughter, I really need you on this. If it¡¯s someone else, I really won¡¯t feel at ease. I¡¯m not worried about the five new adventurers sent by the FBI, but I heard that the Security Agency is sending Nightingale. Although that guy has averagebat strength, you should know that he is one of the best for something like this.¡± A fat and bald guy who looked at the person in charge was speaking through hismunication device with a wretchedugh. He was a middle-aged fat man and had a Federation Senior Colonel military badge pinned on his chest.

    ¡°Yes, Nightingale! You should know, my intel has always been spot on.¡±

    On the virtual interface inside themunication device, a woman wearing Special Agent goggles and a tight red leather suit could be seen. Her lean and long legs had a gun holster wrapped around it, and the wind was blowing at her neat and short hair. She was riding a silver heavy eight-cylinder energy motorcycle at maximum speed. She held a ck revolver with a caliberrger than Feng Luo¡¯s Tyrant with her slender right hand that did not seem fit to wield that revolver. She pressed on the trigger gently with her index finger.

    ¡°BOOM!¡±

    A luxurious energy sportscar, in front of the heavy energy motorcycle, that was trying to escape flipped over after getting hit by the bullet. It rolled in the air beforending on the ground as a giant ming fireball.

    ¡°Of course, you are my best agent, Ada.¡± The deafening gunshot and the loud explosion of the energy sportscar made the fat man shout in order to be heard.

    The silver heavy energy motorcycle had already zipped past the burning zone.

 Chapter 402 - Apache

    <h4>Chapter 402: Apache</h4>

    ¡°Oi, how much longer is the quarantine?¡±

    ¡°Hey, you have no one ying any cards, one for 100 credits.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve brought something to eat? I¡¯ll buy it at a high price.¡±

    After Feng Luo contacted Haruko, he went back out of the tent. With increasing number of yersing online, the surrounding quickly became bustling with activity.

    ¡°We arrived at the armyst night at 11PM, calcting ording to the time, we¡¯d have to wait till after 11AM for the quarantine to be able to end.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s already been more than an hour since sunrise, many casual yers who have yet to make sense of the situation probably would have been eaten by zombies the moment they came online. The more the dy, the more the poption will decrease.¡± Worry and anxiousness appeared on rm¡¯s face.

    Relying only on the people of Veterans Tribe, there was definitely no guarantee in going up against the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the zombies. They wanted to borrow the strength of the casual yers who did note online the day before tounch a counterattack. By being quarantined here, they could do nothing.

    ¡°Hm, what¡¯s going on over there?¡±

    Just then, the initially jumbled up noises suddenly became louder.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Looks like there¡¯s an NPCing over!¡±

    Everyone looked up and discovered that a Federal NPC soldier with a Sergeant military rank on his chest had walked over to this region where their tents were.

    ¡°Hey, Sir. Could you help me and let me out in advance?¡±

    ¡°Sir, we¡¯re all not infected, the T-Virus infection takes effect in three hours at most, if there was a problem, it wouldn¡¯t have waited till now.¡±

    ¡°Hey, so are you letting me out or not?¡±

    ...

    Noisy chattering sounded from the yers.

    Many were addressed as ¡°Sir¡±¨C these people had all exchanged points for military ranks. In the game, yers could use Medal Points to exchange for military ranks. From this period of time to the start of the War plot, resulting in a higher speed of earning Medal Points than before.

    There were yers who already got the Corporal rank, but most of them were currently still at the Private rank, and so had to address such Sergeant NPCs as ¡°Sir.¡±

    Of course, there were those who did not exchange for military ranks at all ¨C they would address them however they liked.

    However, this Sergeant NPC was not concerned about them and ignored all the military ranked yers using all sorts of ways to get close to him, walking straight up to Feng Luo¡¯s tent.

    ¡°Excuse me, may I ask if you¡¯re Staff Sergeant Feng? I was ordered to fetch you out of here.¡± Said the NPC Sergeant, suddenly saluting Feng Luo.

    There was silence, a sudden silence in the surrounding before a loud eruption of noise and questions.

    ¡°What the f*ck, Staff Sergeant?¡±

    ¡°No way, we have such a rad yer here whose rank has already reached Staff Sergeant?¡±

    The attention was more intense than before when they saw Dan Hen take out a pile of prizes.

    Most of the Veterans Tribe yers, including Dan Hen and his group, had all exchanged for military ranks. Up to now, the highest rank was Private, still a huge gap from Sergeant.

    Staff Sergeant was even more out of reach, as the Merit needed for Staff Sergeant was two times that of Sergeant.

    ¡°Staff Sergeant?¡± Feng Luo was shocked as well before regaining his senses. This could have been Haruko¡¯s help, making up a fake title.

    ¡°Yes, I am.¡± He said, ying along.

    He did not say that he was really a Staff Sergeant, if he had really said it out, it would be awkward for him since he did not really have a military rank.

    Although he had many Merit Points, they had all been used to exchanged for Agent points. It was not possible that there would be extra points to be used on exchanging for military ranks.

    Now that he thought about it, he remembered that the Agent NPC instructors, Haruko and Nightingale, had military ranks ¨C Haruko was a Lieutenant Colonel, now promoted to Colonel.

    ¡°Brother Feng, you¡¯re really awesome!¡± Ultimate Heavy Armor¡¯s eyes were sparkling, he had also exchanged for a military rank, but the rank was still just at Private.

    It was really hard for typical yers to earn Merit Points as they could only rely on doing missions.

    Feng Luo could not exin, and could only shake his head with a wry smile. After seeing the faces of Dan Hen and the others, he suddenly thought of something and raised his head to ask the Federal NPC Sergeant. ¡°Would it trouble you to ask if my friends, who are all uninfected, to be able to leave along with me?¡±

    ¡°Apologies, Staff Sergeant Feng, this case is special this time. Your friends just have to wait till the quarantine time is up, make sure that they have not been infected and they would be able to leave, but now...¡± Said the NPC Sergeant while shaking his head.

    Feng Luo understood what he meant.

    ¡°Brother Feng, never mind about us, you go first.¡± Said Dan Hen.

    Although he did not know why Feng Luo was able to leave in advance and whether if it was because of his high military rank, Dan Hen knew that there was no chance to leave in advance and participate in the counterattack against Silvermoon City after hearing what the NPC said.

    ¡°Sorry, everyone, I have something on and shall make a move first. I¡¯ll head to Silvermoon City in a while.¡± Feng Luo said to the bunch of Veterans Tribe yers beside him.

    In the private channel, Feng Luo softly said something to Dan Hen, making Dan Hen¡¯s eyes sparkle.

    He then left with the NPC Sergeant under the doubtful and envious gaze of the surrounding yers.

    ...

    ¡°Staff Sergeant Feng, this way please, the higher-ups have arranged for me to fetch you to the destination.¡±

    About three minutester, Feng Luo saw the transport vehicle arranged for him and heard what the NPC chauffeur said to him, a look of shock appeared on his face.

    This transport vehicle was not a military vehicle nor an Energy SUV, but a military helicopter.

    In front of Feng Luo was an 18-meter-long, four-meter-tall, military helicopter with fully covered in ck and grey heavy metallic armor. It had a short wing on each side, on which each of it had a few small missiles hanging from the weapon mounting points.

    More importantly, he was very familiar with the structure of this military helicopter. This was an Apache helicopter, the most mainstream military helicopter that came through from former America.

    Feng Luo¡¯s memory of the Apache was very vivid. There was crossfire once on a mission on Earth before when a teammate carried a missile on his shoulder and directly shot down an

    Apache military helicopter sold to an Arabic country by America.

    That time was of a certain extent came down to luck. One, that Apache was not considered to be the most advanced model, and two, because the pilot was too arrogant then, daring to fly so close to the ground to fire the machine guns. However, in a practical situation, it was not so easy to take down an Apache.

    It was considered a heavy-typebat helicopter, the defense of its super-strong armor was able to hold against a short period of firing 23MM cannons, it could be described as a moving tank of the skies.

    However, the Apache in War was still a little different in structure from the American one.

    Feng Luo could tell that this thing should be fueled by Energy. In terms of weapons, it had more weapons than the Apache on Earth, with a more sci-fi feel to it.

    Now that he had been exposed to the Desert Eagle, AK47, and Barrett, Feng Luo did not feel as shocked at the appearance of the Apache.

    Before boarding, he turned back to thank the NPC Sergeant who had fetched him once more, then said. ¡°Sergeant Aiken, other than those Adventurer friends of mine, I still have three employees under quarantine. If it is possible, could I please ask you to help me look after them, they are...¡±

    ¡°Alright, no worries, Staff Sergeant Feng, once the quarantine ends and there is no problem discovered, we will fetch them safely to a region of definite safety and inform you.¡± At this request, the NPC Sergeant agreed very quickly, probably because yers treated NPCs differently.

    ¡°Thank you.¡± Feng Luo nodded at him, stepping up to the seat beside the cockpit on the Apache.

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    The close to five-meter long wings of the Apache started to spin at high-speed, sending the grass within a 10-meter radius rolling and pping madly like waves, before rising into the air with a surge of power.

    ¡°Never did I think that I¡¯d actually be able to have a chance to ride on an Apache in the game.¡± Feng Luo sat in the cockpit, looking down at the scenery getting smaller and smaller, and at the many yers with their heads raised and looking up into the sky from the huge region of tents in the quarantine zone.

    Every yer who travels back and forth between the various cities in the game would have the experience of riding onrge-type civilian passenger aircrafts, most yers would probably have no chance to have such an experience of riding on a military helicopter.

    Feng Luo, sat in the front beside the missile machine gun controls, and reached into his backpack, and took out a crystallized Chip and plugged it into the terminal on his wrist.

    The Force Skill-Fusion Chip was able to ¡°level-up¡± a skill into a Force Skill.

    He had previously pondered for very long, and had felt that he was unable to decide, just which skill should be advanced?

 Chapter 403 - Skill Enhancement Â· Martial Arts

    <h4>Chapter 403: Skill Enhancement ¡¤ Martial Arts</h4>

    It was able to fuse with skills and personal Force Compatibility. Once this Chip was plugged into the personal terminal, Feng Luo could see a series of coefficients out of a 100% that appeared behind the skills he had now.

    These coefficients in descending order were:

    [Sniper Profession]

    Pseudo Environment (70%), Quick Sneak (65%), Rapid Shooting (48%), Vehicle Driving Proficiency (42%), Danger Detection (3%), Ambush (0%), Maximum Shooting (0%).

    [Light Armored Warrior Profession]

    Battle Will (95%), Enhanced Martial Arts (88%), ..., Raging Charge (72%), ..., Throw (61%)...

    ording to the attribute introduction by this Chip, the skills advanced to Force Skills had ¡°Compatibility¡± with yers, affecting the power of the skills after their enhancement.

    What disappointed Feng Luo was that among the seven Sniper skills, there were actually only two skills, Quick Sneak and Pseudo Environment, that had a Compatibility of more than 50% with his Force attribute, all the other skills had very low Compatibility.

    The two skills, the Level 35 Ambush and the Level 40 Maximum Shooting, had a Compatibility of 0%. Even if he were to use the Chip to change these two skills into Force Skills, there would be no enhancement achieved in the end.

    What he anticipated hade true, the Force awoken by the evolution Talent really did not have a high Compatibility with the Sniper profession skills.

    Instead, it was matching with his Light Armored Warrior second profession, especially in this Light Armored Warrior Level 40 alternative ultimate move of ¡°Battle Will,¡± which the Compatibility had reached 95%. Based on the numerical data, it undoubtedly seemed the wisest to choose ¡°Battle Will,¡± a Level 40 ultimate skill. After enhancement, the skill effects earned should be really awesome.

    Still, Feng Luo was doubtful.

    The Sniper profession skills could only be temporarily excluded, as their Compatibility was not very high, he could only choose from among the Light Armored Warrior skills.

    The ¡°Battle Will¡± skill was precisely the reason why he was doubtful. Even though it had powerful effects, its usage limit was higher. In addition to having to Channel it in advance, it was also because this skill had serious negative side-effects. It would be impossible for its rate of usage to be very high.

    In contrast, the Enhanced Martial Arts and Raging Charge skills that had higher rates of usage would seem to have a higher value after they were enhanced. However, the problem was that their Compatibility was much lower than Battle Will.

    Feng Luo pondered once again for more than a minute and finally tapped his finger on the Enhanced Martial Arts skill with 88% Compatibility; deciding to enhance this skill.

    He was still interested in using weapons for closebat. Regardless of whether it was killing the rebel Scout that time at the Town of Exiles or in the ¡°killing game¡± on Death Hunter Ind, or when infiltrating the closebat within the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s team the night before, it had all given him a feeling that was different from killing people using a sniper rifle.

    The kind of heated blood-rush when killing people in closebat was different from the cold and stillposure right before long-range sniping. He loved to use the sniper rifle, but simrly did not discriminate against closebat stabbing.

    [Master Martial Arts]

    Greatly increased closebat ability, close-range attacks carry a certain extent of Force damage special effect, reduces damage from closebat attacks to a certain extent (continuous usage of 10 Force points per secondst).

    After Feng Luo had made his choice, the Chip in the terminal instantly vanished, while on the skills panel, a new skill appeared.

    ¡°Master Martial Arts? Increases closebat ability, this should be saying that there would be a certain extent of enhancement in strength, agility and other effects in closebat, simr to the raising of strength effect of the Heavy Armored Warrior Shield Bash. There is no overall rise in damage reduction over 100%, I¡±ll probably only able to test it out inbat. But carrying ¡°Force damage special effect,¡± what does this mean?¡±

    From the skill description given by the system, others were more understandable. Feng Luo did not really understand ¡°Force damage special effect.¡±

    Just as Feng Luo was about to look up the detailed exnation of this attribute, a warning signal suddenly sounded from the cockpit.

    ¡°High amount of Energy response detected, high amount of Energy response detected.¡±

    Below the rear of the Apache military helicopter flying in the air at close to 1000 meters from the ground, a mutant bird with ck feathers and a wingspan of over an entire 20 meters had suddenly appeared. It had an eagle-like head and four grey ws. The mutant eagle creature was pping its two gigantic wings, rapidly closing in on the Apache above it.

    In flight, a string of faint green-colored Energy Wind des flew out from it, slicing towards the Apache like dense continuously-fired cannons.

    In front of the military helicopter a huge two to three-meter tall faint green tornado was taking shape.

    ¡°Thud, thud, ching...¡±

    The dense Energy Wind des hit the Apache¡¯s alloy heavy armored body, leaving scratches of different depths; if it was not for the thickness of the Apache¡¯s armor, it would have likely already been cut through.

    It was fortunate that the attack hade from below; if it came from above it would cause the rotating wings to be sliced by the sharp Energy Wind des. There would definitely be the danger of them breaking whilst spinning at high-speed, resulting in the Apache crashing.

    ¡°Oh no, an Energy-type monster.¡±

    In the cockpit, seeing the image that had appeared on the virtual screen, Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurched.

    For small-scalebats in War, the Federation and the rebellion mobilized morend troops and would not engage air forces. A big reason for it was because in the skies in the game, the danger was actuallyrger than onnd.

    In real life, even a typical small bird crashing into airnes was likely to cause a serious air crash, let alone in War.

    As a world with all sorts of mutant creatures, although the monsters in the skies of War were not as high in poption and number of types as those in the ocean and onnd, they were still a great threat.

    The sky¡¯s field of view was wide, it would take any flying mode of transportation to not rise to a sufficient height and it would very easily be targeted by the sky creatures nearby.

    The Level 55 Barbaric King Giant Bird with a body size of over 50 meters, with wings that could break a fighter jet body with a p, the Level 50 Thunderbird which could create thunderstorm regions of up to 100 meters. Even the fist-sized Level 40 Diamond Bird which upon collision would be able to drill through rare alloy in a five-centimeter radius like a bullet.

    These were still only Normal monsters and Elite monsters, if a Commander, quasi-boss or even a boss was met, then even if one was onnd, it would likely be able to strike down a taking-off ornding wingedbat vehicle.

    If such a situation was met, escape would not be possible even by firing bullets. If shot from a flying vehicle, the bullets would bepletely unprotected targets and food to thoserge-sized monsters.

    Large-sized civilian aircrafts boarded by yers needed to be stronger. Since these aircrafts are a typical length of one or two hundred meters, they are also considered huge objects in the sky, with very thick and heavy armor. In addition, the flying routes would all be pre-arranged with detection facilities to prevent shing with powerful Boss-Grade creatures throughout the journey, making the dangerparatively less.

    It wasn¡¯t like there was no danger, as in War, many creatures possessed detection-shielding abilities. Resulting in up to a hundred incidents of transport ships being attacked by monsters each day, and there would also be a ne crash urrence almost every day.

    Just like how the gamepany would notpensate losses due to the game plot, the deaths due to these ¡°air idents¡± simrly would not bepensated for by the gamepany.

    However, it was fortunate that even though the gamepany in real life would notpensate, the game¡¯s Federal Government would, under the assumption that one had bought insurance in advance.

    In this instance, Feng Luo did not buy insurance before boarding this Apache. If this giant eagle was too powerful and destroyed the fighter jet, it would just be his bad luck. More importantly, it would also affect the Agent Mission he was about to do.

    Just then, the screen had disyed informative data on the giant eagle-like creature which was already catching up to the Apache.

    ¡°Mutant Giant Wind Eagle, species code: Level 45 ¡¤ Independent-type Commander.¡±

    A Level 45 Commander monster. Luckily, though its attack felt overwhelming, its Grade and Level were not considered high.

    For a creature with such a standard set of attributes, it was naturally harder to face it with the weapons on a normal small-sized civilian aircraft. With a heavy-duty Energy military helicopter belonging to the Federal army, it should not be unable to take down even a Commander monster of above Level 40.

    ¡°Di!¡±

    The missiles hanging down from the Apache¡¯s two short wings at its sides had automatically spun, turning towards the read and below.

    ¡°Rattlesnake-IV-type Energy air missiles, target lock-onplete.¡±

    A mechanic AI signalling voice sounded from inside the cabin. ¡°Fire!¡±

    Two small-sized air missiles with faint blue tails drew two long and thin snake-like trajectories across the sky as they were shot towards the Level 45 Giant Mutant Eagle Commander chasing the military helicopter about 1000 meters above the ground.

    ¡°Crr!¡±

    As if detecting the danger hidden in the two flying objects above its head, from the surface of the Mutant Eagle Commander¡¯s body emerged a faint greenyer of Energy Forcefield. With its gigantic pping wings, the trajectory in its flight shifted a distance towards a side.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    One of the missiles urately hit its Energy Forcefield, and the faint green-colored Wind Energy Forcefield immediately shattered from the explosion and vanished. But the other Rattlesnake missile had brushed past its side due to its dodging just in time.

    The Rattlesnake missiles in the game were clearly made much more intelligent than the missiles with the same name on Earth.

    The missile that had already flown more than 100 meters automatically changed its course in midair, its faint blue tail drawing a wide circle. After just a second, it turned back and hit the tail region of the Giant Eagle Commander, which had already been pretty injured by the explosion of the previous missile and was already falling downward.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Behind it, a bluish-white Energy field of an entire 20 meters appeared in the air andpletely engulfed the Giant Eagle¡¯s body.

    ¡°Target defeated.¡±

    The Apache continued flying in the course of its destination ¨C the entire battle process was actually only slightly more than 10 seconds.

 Chapter 404 - Capital Star, Life Protozoa?

    <h4>Chapter 404: Capital Star, Life Protozoa?</h4>

    After the Apache in the game had yed a Level 45 Commander-Grade flying monster attempting to provoke, it continued to send Feng Luo towards the gathering destination.

    ...

    In reality outside the game.

    In a sky floating luxurious vi above an endless sea, connected by a transparent lift stretching straight from the depths of the sea to 200 meters in the air.

    The beautiful and alluring Capital woman who had finally taken her sunsses off revealed an indifferent expression on her face, as she was sitting on the sofa and swiftly browsed through the floating screen before her.

    The contents on the screen would be familiar to any War yer, the yers¡¯ forum.

    ¡°Cousin Luo Shui, you¡¯re satisfied with the environment of this house, right?¡±

    A ¡°Xiao Shao¡± Xiao Chen who was impable in both dressing and etiquette was smiling as he stood holding a ss of red wine with a tall leg.

    Outside the automatically-adjustable transparency wall behind him, groups of greyish-white seagulls flew past, against the background of a blue sky with white clouds, natural scenery was undeniably much more gorgeous than the ones made by the environmental simtion system.

    ¡°Mm, not bad, Cousin Chen, you¡¯ve worked hard.¡± The woman referred to as Luo Shui raised her head and nodded slightly, but her sight was still on the screen.

    ¡°d that you¡¯re satisfied, I was initially worried that you would feel that it is too simple here, now that you¡¯ve said this, your cousin is relieved.¡± Knowing that Luo Shui¡¯s reply was clearly not very sincere, Xiao Shao, as a Wind Maniptor in the game, maintained the smile on his face, not showing any unhappiness.

    Although they were both of the Xiao family, there was a marriage within the family in the previous generation, he was addressed by this woman as older cousin. However, their positions in the Xiao family were of an extremely huge gap.

    Thus, Xiao Shao who could effortlessly give out 20,000,000 Star Coins just to buy a spot in the Hidden Profession in the game could not disy any prowess in front of this cousin of his.

    ¡°Mm, Cousin Luo Shui, I¡¯ve heard that War on your Capital is a lot different from ours.¡± But in the blink of an eye, Xiao Chen quickly found a topic that would definitely interest this cousin.

    Xiao Luo Shui raised her head.

    ¡°Mm, that¡¯s right. War on our is certainly quite different from the one on your Administrative, in aspects like the background, equipment, yer professions, et cetera. But it¡¯s not just the twos of ours; actually, the background of War on every is extremely different in some aspects, for instance, the War world in our has no pets.¡± Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s big eyes looked towards him.

    ¡°No pets? No way. Cousin Luo Shui, the pet system on War in your Capital hasn¡¯t been open even up till now?¡± Xiao Chen¡¯s face was filled with shock.

    He had actually known long before about the fact that there would be a bit of difference between differents War from information received from the people from the respectives, he brought it up just now just to introduce the topic.

    But pets, known as something mostmonly seen, logically should be present in every game.

    ¡°No, you didn¡¯t really understand what I meant. In the background of War on the Capital, there is no rebellion camp, and no huge quantity of Chips for controlling creatures either, so naturally, there would be no pets, at least there wasn¡¯t before I left.¡± Said Xiao Luo Shui.

    In the Gctic Era, the time gap between some people was rather more far-fetched than in the Era. Between the Capital and the 17th Administrative, even if gctic airships were able to continuously travel through spaces, they would still need close to two months of time to be able to reach the destination. Thus, what Xiao Luo Shui knew was only the situation in the version of the Capital War a little more than two months ago.

    ¡°But before I boarded the airship, the system was undergoing the first update, and the officials announced a new type of microorganism called the Life Protozoa, it¡¯s simr to the pets in your game here.¡± Xiao Luo Shui added.

    ¡°Life Protozoa?¡± This name was foreign to Xiao Chen.

    It was a coincidence that when Xiao Luo Shui boarded the airship, the Capital War was updated for the first time, information like this update would not have been posted onto the ¡°Outer Space Section¡± of the 17th Administrative forum, naturally, it would not have been possible for him to know.

    ¡°Mm, Life Protozoa, a type of microorganism able to enter the human body, and can allow the role to get enhancements of HP, MP, defense, strength, intelligence and other Symbiotic Stats.¡± Xiao Luo Shui added.

    ¡°Attribute enhancement, just like the permanent Virus Enhancement Potion?¡± Xiao Chen¡¯s eyes lit up, his hand unintentionally gripping tighter onto the winess.

    This was even more awesome than pets. If he had this, he would not have needed to spend so many credits previously to auction for a set of W-Virus Permanent Enhancement Potion.

    ¡°No, the two are very different. Permanent Virus Enhancement Potions are not considered rare on our, as our game background had previously also had a situation simr to your Biohazard Crisis before, therefore there are many Virus Enhancement Potions in some of the ruins regions. Of course, there are only Basic Enhancement Potions, I¡¯ve never heard of Intermediate Permanent Enhancement Potion, at least when I left, perhaps there would already be now.¡±

    Said Xiao Luo Shui, she shook her head and then spoke once more.

    ¡°The Symbiotic Stats that the Life Protozoa enhance are different from the permanent attributes enhanced by the Enhancement Potion. Symbiotic Stats are actually essentially Life Protozoa attributes, so the yer would only be able to obtain full-stat enhancement when the poption of the Life Protozoa species reaches 100%. Whereas in the process ofbat, the poption of the Life Protozoa species within a yer¡¯s body would be decreased every time an injury is sustained, hence if the yer continuously sustains injuries, this enhancement would constantly be reduced. If yers die inbat, the Life Protozoa would also die or disappear.¡±

    ¡°Dying and disappearing, sounds like they are different?¡± Xiao Chen seeing that he had finally made this cousin of his talk, he continued to express an interest in the Life Protozoa, even though this was a foreign matter, not in any rtion to the War of the 17th Administrative.

    ¡°The rtionship between Life Protozoa and yers is categorized into two types, parasitic and symbiotic. A species of Life Protozoa needs to be parasitic within a yer¡¯s body for a period of time before it will be changed into a symbiotic state, then provide attribute enhancement. Throughout this process, if the yer dies, it would leave the yer and it would be said to disappear. Whereas when the state has be symbiotic, the Life Protozoa would not disappear even after the yer dies, but would die; to revive it, one must spend quite a lot of credits.¡± Xiao Luo Shui seemed really interested in introducing the special trait on her own, and did not continue looking at the forum.

    ¡°No wonder, it seems very simr to the pets in War on our, just that it is unlike how we would be punished for the death of pets by the reduction Loyalty Points.¡± Xiao Chen said,ughing.

    ¡°Although Loyalty wouldn¡¯t be reduced, we do have punishment for death too.¡± Xiao Luo Shui shook her head. ¡°After revival, the poption of the Life Protozoa species would only be 0.1%; in such a situation, for revival to 100%, quite a few days of time is needed, since the smaller the species poption, the slower the reproduction. Unless one has extremely good luck and the Life Protozoa had awakened talent skills like ¡®Soul Draw¡¯ would one be able to more quickly regain the poption. However, only Life Protozoa which species Level had reached Level 50 plus is of Elite Grade and above would there be a chance for talent skills to be awakened.¡±

 Chapter 405 - â€œConcubineâ€ Xiao Luo Shui

    <h4>Chapter 405: ¡°Concubine¡± Xiao Luo Shui</h4>

    ¡°Elite Grade, do Life Protozoa also have Grade differentiation?¡± Xiao Chen¡¯s face of curiosity intensified.

    ¡°They naturally do. Like pets, Life Protozoa are categorized into the five Grades: Normal, Elite, Commander, quasi-boss and boss. Normal Life Protozoa only increase Life Points, and their attribute enhancement is not high, Elite-Grade Life Protozoa are also able to additionally increase one attribute other than Life Points. Commander-Grade Life Protozoa are able to additionally increase one to two attributes on top of this basis, and their enhancement is high. As for the quasi-boss and boss, the officials did not give out any information at all. But looking at all the information given by the officials, it can be said that the difficulty of obtaining Commander-Grade Life Protozoa is no less difficult than the Commander-Grade pets you have here, but even harder.¡± Xiao Luo Shui said, revealing a faint smile.

    ¡°However, personally speaking, I actually like pets more. After all, Life Protozoa as microorganisms cannot be like pets which have various specialbat powers and appearances. Ining to the 17th Administrative to take charge of our family¡¯s business in War, I can also start ying the game again here.¡±

    ¡°Cousin Luo Shui, I¡¯m relieved if you like pets, our Xiao family-invested Starry Sky Company is the top equipment intermediary and auctionpany in War. I¡¯ve just let them prepare for you 10 high-grade Pet Chips capable of contracting Commander-Grade creatures, suitable for all sorts of pets. You just have to reach Level 20 and above and you will get a definitely satisfactory Commander-Grade pet.¡± Xiao Chen said with a smile, looking satisfied.

    ¡°10 Commander-Grade Chips?¡± Xiao Luo Shui asked, hearing this news made her forehead crease.

    ¡°I¡¯ve checked it out just now, with the current price in the game, a Commander-Grade Pet Chip is currently auctioned at around 30,000,000 credits. Last night, there was a huge number of yers who joined the rebellion camp, looking at the news released on the forum that there is a way to activate missions in which high-grade Pet Chips can be earned after joining the rebellion camp. Although it¡¯s difficult, with just a rise in the number of people, the production of high-grade Chips would definitely increase. ording to the fastest novice progress on the forum, I would need at least 11 and a half days to be able to reach Level 20. With this situation, after 11 days these Chips would very likely be depreciated by more than half. Cousin Chen, I suggest you quickly let go of these high-grade Chips, you have a 99% chance of suffering a loss. In contrast, once I get to Level 20 and purchase a high-grade Pet Chip based on a pet type of my liking, it would be more worth it.¡± Said Xiao Luo Shui.

    The smile on Xiao Shao¡¯s face hardened, his hand originally sending the ss of red wine to his mouth stopped as well, then he smiled sheepishly.

    ¡°Cousin Luo Shui, you¡¯re right, I shall now let them sell off these Pet Chips quick at the soonest auction then.¡±

    ¡°Cousin Chen, your words have also reminded me. Since Huan Yu is able to turn their originally disadvantageous fate around by auctioning the first Legendary equipment and the subsequent permanent Enhancement Potions, then we Starry Sky can also use the same method to hype it up. Please make arrangements, if whoever is able to produce Boss-Grade Pet Chips, we Starry Sky shall purchase it at a high price.¡± Xiao Luo Shui, with a look of deep thought, was a bit ignorant to Xiao Chen¡¯s look of awkwardness.

    ¡°What about the price?¡± Xiao Chen put down his ss and asked.

    ¡°I¡¯ve seen that Huan Yu¡¯s first Legendary equipment auctioned previously was dealt at 9.9999 billion credits, but clearly it should have been because of the hype. However, we shall fix the price of a Boss-Chip at 50 billion credits, 50 billion credits fixed. War¡¯s first Boss-Grade pet should be worth this price.¡±

    Xiao Luo Shui said smoothly. ¡°50 billion?¡±

    This number had made Xiao Shao¡¯s face change. To the Xiao family, a price of 50 billion credits or five billion Star Coins was not considered a lot, he could take it out effortlessly.

    The key was that it was just for a virtual tool in the game, furthermore a tool without a definite 100% sess rate, giving up this price was too astounding.

    ¡°Cousin Chen, this game has its investment value. Since I am now in charge of our family¡¯s business in War, as long as the involved sum doesn¡¯t exceed 100 billion, I would have the right to transfer directly.¡± Xiao Shui Luo said tly, and the screen which was initially on the forum page had already switched to an image which looked like a statistical report.

    ¡°There are still a few more things that need to be done soon. From the data you have gathered for me, the Huan Yu Company is snatching away a huge number of our customers now is, to a certain extent, rted to their continuous supply of permanent Enhancement Potions and mass-produced Rare equipment. Regarding the permanent Enhancement Potions, I feel that we should take it seriously, we must know that in our server...mm, I¡¯ll talk to you in detail about thister... Who is that yer who manufactures Rare equipment? Could we cooperate with him, take the source of the so-called Eye of the Thunder equipment from the hands of Huan Yu, or think of a way to cut off their Rare-Grade raw materials used to manufacture the equipment.¡± Xiao Luo Shui thought hard as she spoke.

    Xiao Chen had not thought that this chat, which was initially one between rtives, had been changed to the family¡¯s business by his cousin after just a few words.

    He was originally in-charge of some portions of the family business, but recently, he had spent much time and money on women and his role in the game was normally having his assistant settle things with him only responsible for signing.

    He now rolled his eyes, speakingposedly. ¡°This isn¡¯t very good. That permanent Enhancement Potion was created by a master NPC, although we¡¯ve found that it seems rted to a yer, to search up his specific ID is very difficult. Besides, that firearms expert who creates sniper rifles hasn¡¯t been found yet. But among some firearms experts cooperating with us, there is already someone who will be producing a Perfect-evaluated Rare weapon soon, if only they can create...¡±

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you all directly let the Hounds help?¡± Xiao Luo Shui raised her head and looked towards him.

    ¡°The Hounds?¡± Xiao Chen¡¯s face froze, after which a slight annoyance appeared in his eyes.

    Speaking of the Hounds, made him feel a little angry.

    Thest time in the Agent Advancement mission, despite all sorts of promises made before, he had been kicked out by an NPC in the end. The Hounds rejected refunding everyone themission, only agreeing to provide them a new Hidden Profession Mission free-of-charge.

    To him, that portion of money was actually a small matter, the important thing that angered him much more than 20,000,000 was that he had lost his pride in front of his friends.

    ¡°Cousin Chen, I think that we should make a good rtionship with the Hounds, and build a long-term cooperative rtionship. You should know that such an intelligence organization is extremely important to any power. Plus, the Hounds¡¯ background isn¡¯t simple...¡± Xiao Luo Shui nced at him as she spoke, as if her eyes were looking through him, like she had seen something from Xiao Chen¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°But to rely on others isn¡¯t a long-term solution. If there¡¯s a chance, we should build up our own intelligence organization; we already have auctions spread over various major cities and a huge number of VIP yers gathered previously, it wouldn¡¯t be very troublesome to start an organization.¡± Xiao Chen argued.

    ¡°Well...because the entrepreneurial team is unwilling to continue receiving funds andpete with some financial groups, we Xiaos have not achieved a definite controlling power in Starry Sky Company. Therefore, we still need to go through the discussion on the Starry Sky Company Board of Directors meeting before we can decide on these things.¡± Xiao Luo Shui said, looking back at the screen again when she finished speaking.

    Some sweat appeared on Xiao Chen¡¯s forehead, feeling much pressure from this cousin of his. ¡°Let¡¯s act ording to n first, we¡¯ll definitely have the controlling power in no time.¡±

    ¡°Mm, good.¡± Xiao Luo Shui answered and lowered her head to continue checking on all sorts of news gathered on the screen, ending their conversation.

    Xiao Chen paused for two seconds before nodding and walking out.

    Although he was the ¡°older cousin¡±, he was actually an assisting older cousin.

    In this huge matter in the Xiao Conglomerate, Xiao Shao¡¯s position in the 17th Administrative was toorge a gap from that of the owners in the Capital.

    This woman was not only the second in-line to the heir of the Xiao family but also had a title of ¡°emperor¡¯s concubine¡± within the family. The emperor¡¯s concubine, Xiao Luo Shui.

    She was the ¡°emperor¡¯s concubine¡± as other than her position within the family, this woman, ravishing in both appearance and temperament, was also the ¡°fianc¨¦¡± of the first heir to another big family.

    ¡°Fianc¨¦¡± was not urate either, as this name was only a joke made between the two.

    A joke that was said by a family star-of-tomorrow, raised by a currently important family in the Star Federation political scene, during the first time he had met Xiao Luo Shui when he was young.

    But towards this joke, many people in the family were really set on it.

 Chapter 406 - Forum Madness

    <h4>Chapter 406: Forum Madness</h4>

    ¡°Staff Sergeant Feng, we¡¯re here.¡± The Apache began to descend, and the NPC driver soldiers reminded Feng Luo.

    Looking at the virtual screen in front of him from top to bottom, Feng Luo realized that the below was a small abandoned military base built on the mountainside. There was a ring of infrastructure simr to barracks, a small abandoned airport and also a road leading down the mountain.

    When the Apache had descended to a height of about ten meters from the ground, Feng Luo jumped down directly from the open cabin andnded on the dusty square of the abandoned base, while the Apache, which hadpleted its mission, ascended and left straight away.

    ¡°Old Feng, it¡¯s you! You actually have a military helicopter fetching you, why is this exclusive treatment much better than mine?¡± Not even a few seconds right after Feng Luo had stepped on the ground, a voice sounded out from the direction of the barracks, followed by a Big Pineapple, with a wretched Indian face, drilling his way out.

    ¡°If you go get quarantined for 10 hours first, you can enjoy this treatment. Why are you the only one who has reached?¡± Feng Luo raised his head to look at the surroundings and realized that other than Big Pineapple, the other three agents were not there.

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m the first to arrive. Last night, I saw on the forum that Silvermoon City is the starting point of the Biohazard Crisis plot. Once I was able to earn points and redeem the Permanent Enhancement Potion, I hurried over here. In the end, when I was halfway through, the army had already closed the road, not allowing anyone to pass through.¡± The Big Pineapple said, studying Feng Luo while walking over towards him.

    ¡°Fortunately, I have this task today, and little girl Haruko seemed to have said something to them. In the end, they treated me as a Staff Sergeant rank and let me here, and then I drove myself here.¡±

    ¡°Staff Sergeant rank?¡± Feng Luo froze for a bit. Haruko had also made the name of a Staff Sergeant rank for Big Pineapple? Is this just a coincidence or equal treatment?

    ¡°By the way, you just said quarantine, what quarantine?¡± After Big Pineapple had finished his question, he finally remembered there should be something behind what Feng Luo had just said.

    ¡°You couldn¡¯t have forgotten which city I belonged to in the game, right?¡± Feng Luo said to Big Pineapple who had his forehead slightly creased, temporarily halting his attention to the questions he had in his heart.

    ¡°Yeah, you belong to Silvermoon City...so, you were at Silvermoon Cityst night? Then how many Tyrants did you killst night, and how many points you have earned, are you able to exchange for a Permanent Enforcement Potion already?¡± Big Pineapple finally remembered that thispanion in front of his eyes was the yer from Silvermoon City. After which, his eyes actually filled with joy and he blurted out a series of questions.

    ¡°Wait...wait...how many have I killed? Could you really be thinking that Tyrants are very easy to deal with?¡± Feng Luo asked, feeling a little strange looking at a jolly Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Not mentioning the others, say a Level 40 non-mutant Tyrant, even a team with slightly weaker equipment would be wiped out upon meeting it, let alone a solo yer. As of now, even the top solo yers probably would not able to face a Tyrant of Level 35 and above head-on.¡± Of course, as he was saying this, Feng Luo considered for a moment if he should exclude himself.

    ¡°Tyrants are powerful? That¡¯s strange, howe...I¡¯ve just watched a video on the forum taken by a yer, it seemed like Tyrants are not that rad at all.¡± The Big Pineapple said, simrly curious and staring at Feng Luo with doubt on his face.

    ¡°A video on the forum?¡± Feng Luo froze. Under the guidance of Big Pineapple, he switched to the forum and found the video he was talking about.

    ¡°<A yer in Silvermoon City had yed a Tyrant! The Tyrant was suspected to have hidden weaknesses, to earn the Permanent Enforcement Potion, a must-read!]¡± ¨C Poprity: 1.02 billion

    The title of this video looked like it was eye-catching, but at first nce, Feng Luo had developed a hunch in his heart.

    Once he clicked on it and saw that familiar machine gun tform and therge slow-moving zombie on the ground, he knew that his hunch hade true.

    The image in this video had caused some difort, it was trembling and shaky and was filmed from a very far distance, with the very low brightness.

    It should have been shot from the roof of a tall building at least two or three hundred meters away, then uploaded to the gore-restricted game video section.

    In War, there were two ways for yers to take videos. One was to shoot making use of the help of the system, such videos require the spending of some credits; they would enable the entire surrounding region of the yer to be taken, and even generate something like a regional map. After such videos are posted onto the forum, yers can also pay a fee to enter them and rece the game character in the experience. The video of the previous time when Feng Luo had entered ¡°Death Roar¡¯s¡± Hidden Mission and killed a Level 35 belonged to this kind of video.

    The other type was that the system would not provide scenes that supported shooting, in such a scene, yers could only shoot by relying on the recording feature on their own terminal.

    This type of shooting was just like shooting in reality, as it could only be shot from one¡¯s own perspective, and there would not be anything like damage coefficients and attribute panels appearing on the screen. The Biohazard Crisis plot region belonged to this type.

    There was actually a type of scene that waspletely restricted to shooting and killing games, underground ruins, things like that.

    Regardless which way it was, if the video had other yers in it that enabled settings to not be recorded, the system would undergo modification of the yer to change the yer¡¯s face and equipment.

    Feng Luo had made this setting, and so the appearance of the person captured in this video was very different from him, and the equipment on him also had much different from his. Even the most conspicuous Ghost Weep had be a ck military knife of another model. He did not have to worry about this video revealing any of his important information.

    After Feng Luo had watched the entire video from start to finish, he finally understood more or less what the situation wasst night. It is not much different from the process he has guessed.

    However, regardless of whether it was the powerful strength-raising effect of the ¡°Ghost Power¡± skill carried by Ghost Weep, or the rad defense of ¡°Blood Fog Armor¡± formed from thebination of the Life Protozoa and his Force, they had enlightened him in the power of Force Skills.

    Additionally, he was also more or less clear about one thing, another reason why he was able to kill a Tyrant plus another 20 or 30 Elites and Normal zombies, at this time, the Life Protozoa should have notpletely be symbiotic. The Level was still at Level 50 Commander, thus he was able to be so triumphant in the battlest night.

    For now, the activity should not have dropped too much, as he had just gotten the third Force Skill and had chosen the additional attribute enhancement of Force Awakening.

    ...

    The poprity of this video where nobody knew which Silvermoon City yer it was posted by was very high, positioned in the top five on the poprity ranking, and the following replies were also refreshed by up to hundreds of thousands per second.

    Since the damage value could not be seen, most of the replies were like Big Pineapple. They felt that since a Tyrant plus a group of half-HP Elite-Grade zombies were actually brutally killed by a yer, Tyrants¡¯ strength was indeed worthy of doubt and should be much weaker than typical Commander monsters of the same Level.

    Although the Biohazard Crisis plot urred in 10 border cities, it had affected millions of game yers at once.

    All in all, millions of yers inparison to the huge poption of yers in War were of a pathetically small proportion. That was in addition to the fact that not all these city yers had encountered Tyrants yesterday, those who had truly seen the Tyrant¡¯s wrath only upied a small proportion among them.

    Therefore, this point of view had actually gained the approval of most yers. There were even somements originating from famous yers of traceable forums that had topped the list, really acting serious in analyzing where the Tyrant¡¯s weakness was in theirments.

    Their evidence was the military knife in Feng Luo¡¯s hand and his obvious Gunner¡¯sbat suit. A Commander monster which had been manhandled even by a Gunner would not be able to unleash any vicious strength no matter what.

    There were also some who had witnessed the Tyrant¡¯s wrath with their own eyes rebutting, even uploading their own videos of their brutality.

    Jumping up and down between a few hundred meters of high-rise buildings, effortlessly overturning cars, smashing a fleeing yer into a puddle of flesh with its gigantic w...

    These minority rebuttals had attracted the rebuttals of even more people. There were even some yers sounding out in mockery, saying that these were just that the abilities of the yers of these 10 cities were too weak, having no organization, even having lost their camp cities, et cetera.

    When the local regional attack began to more or less take a stand, there was nothing much to continue talking about.

    In particr, there was a party among them belonging to those ¡°superior yers¡± who were unable to enter the Biohazard Crisis plot range due to being stopped by the Federal army, and thus were furious and salty at heart from being unable to get the Permanent Enhancement Potion.

 Chapter 407 - Big Pineappleâ€™s S-Grade Talent

    <h4>Chapter 407: Big Pineapple¡¯s S-Grade Talent</h4>

    ¡°A Tyrant is not as weak as these people on the forum expect. Not only is it worse than Commander monsters of the same Level, but it is also even more powerful inbat power. It not only has rad strength and 100% HP recovery ability, but also has a very high attack power. Although it only uses physical attacks, even a Heavy Armored Warrior with good equipment using a shield definitely would not be able to hold for long.¡± At the square of the abandoned military base, Feng Luo, with a serious expression, gave Big Pineapple a theory of the fact that one should never underestimate a Tyrant.

    The mission this time was to go into Silvermoon City and save someone, it was very likely to encounter a Tyrant. If Big Pineapple really thought that it would be so easy to face a Tyrant, then even if he had astounding defense power, he would also possibly suffer great loss.

    ¡°As for the so-called weakness analyzed by these people on the forum, well...¡± Feng Luo smiled, not continuing with the second part of his speech.

    ¡°I see, Tyrants are actually very difficult to take down...¡± Big Pineapple revealed a tinge of disappointment, but right after, he seemed to have thought of something as his eyes rolled around before asking Feng Luo. ¡°But Old Feng, you said that this Tyrant only has physical attacks?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right, it has no Energy attack skills.¡± Feng Luo nodded. Most Commander monsters belonged to a single unit creature or an Energy-type creature, only a minority possessed both attack methods.

    ¡°Then if I were able to hold against its attacks, are you able to make use of the sniper rifle¡¯s long-range attack and finish it like previously facing the Hunter T-750 in the killing game?¡± Big Pineapple asked.

    Feng Luo froze slightly, then suddenly recalled, with Big Pineapple¡¯s rad defense power, holding against a non-mutant Tyrant¡¯s attacks head-on was really possible. If under the situation without awakening one¡¯s Force, who else in War would be able to take on a Tyrant head-on? Feng Luo felt that among the yers he knew, there was really only Big Pineapple, as his Talent was likely to be S-Grade.

    ¡°Hey! Old Feng, you should¡¯ve already guessed my Talent type.¡± Big Pineapple said with a smile that was very wretched and self-satisfying,

    ¡°Should be a defense-type Talent, and the Grade must definitely be pretty high. If not an A-Grade, it¡¯d be an S-Grade. The chance of an S-Grade should be exceeding 80%.¡± Feng Luo had a guess on Big Pineapple¡¯s Talent long ago, hence gave a confident reply.

    ¡°F*ck, seeing how there¡¯spletely no shock whatsoever on your face...I know that my guess is correct, your Talent is definitely also an S-Grade attack-type Talent.¡± Big Pineapple sounded a little bored.

    Clearly, Feng Luo¡¯s expression did not reveal any shock was unable to give him the satisfaction of finding a triumph card in which he was most self-satisfied with to reveal to others.

    ¡°My Talent is called Heavy Armor; it can raise the defense coefficient Grade of the equipment on me by an entire level.¡± For the first time, Big Pineapple said out theplete attributes of his own Talent in front of Feng Luo.

    ¡°Heavy Armor Talent, raises equipment defense coefficient by an entire level.¡± Feng Luo could not suppress his shock. Now he understood why Big Pineapple was so rad in defense.

    Other than the defense power attribute, yers¡¯ defense equipment also had the defense coefficient attribute, the correspondent of the attack coefficient of attack equipment.

    If the attack coefficient was lower than the defense coefficient by an entire level (referring to high Grades like B and C, and not lower Grades like B- and C+); for example, say a dagger of attack coefficient D was sliced on a C Grade chest armor, inparison to a chest armor with the same defense power coefficient but with a D Grade defense coefficient, it would typically suffer around 50% the damage of thetter.

    Of course, this was an approximated calction concluded by yers.

    In actuality, the difference between the coefficients of defense and attack powers was much moreplex, as yers¡¯ normal attacks had differences in strength, speed, angle, distance attenuation, and others; whereas skill attacks also had the effect of enhancing or reducing destruction, defense coefficient.

    Adding on to all sorts of active and passive defense skills of the Heavy Armored Warrior profession, the damage reduction attainable by this Talent of Big Pineapple¡¯s was even higher than 50%.

    Besides, Big Pineapple¡¯s equipment now was clearly very decent. After auctioning off the Rare equipment earned from the killing gamest time, Big Pineapple had simrly enjoyed rich returns.

    Other than essories, the equipment on him as of today clearly should be full-set Rare equipment; even though not considered quality, they were still much better than normal Heavy Armored Warrior equipment, plus the enhancement of this Heavy Armor Talent.

    To hold against a Tyrant¡¯s short-period attacks was not considered to be too difficult. However, Big Pineapple¡¯s mindset was still a little too simplistic.

    Although Tyrants¡¯ brains were not very useful, they were still not the kind of AI monsters which vengeance would be easily triggered.

    Even if he was able to hold the damage, it was still impossible for a Heavy Armored Warrior to maintain the vengeance, the Tyrant would very likely jump straight over him and attack Feng Luo at the back.

    With the powerful leaping ability of Tyrants, even if one were to shoot at one from more than 100 meters away, even long-range professions would not have much time to react.

    Of course, to talk about such a situation, Feng Luo was not really afraid.

    The day before, relying on Ghost Weep¡¯sbo skill of the Force Skill and Life Protozoa, under the control of 24K, one would even be able to triumph over a Tyrant plus a horde of zombies.

    Today, although the Life Protozoa had fallen to Level 1 and the Symbiotic Stats enhancement had reduced, he had earned a new third Force Skill Master Martial Arts, he would definitely have had some resistance against a Tyrant. Especially with the ¡°includes Force damage effect to a definite extent¡± statement in the description of this Master Martial Arts.

    After Feng Luo had carefully looked at this attribute, the more he felt a little excited to test out the power of this Force Skill after it was strengthened. At the same time, he understood Big Pineapple¡¯s mindset.

    The attractiveness of the Permanent Enhancement Potion was much higher than typical Rare equipment, as the exorbitant price of it from the Huan Yu Company auction half a month ago had made many yers essentially put it on the likes of Legendary equipment.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s character had always been one to be a little money-faced, it would be strange for him not to be lured in by these things that were able to fetch money.

    As such, he clearly wanted to kill five Tyrants on this mission to umte the Authorizations to exchange for the T-Virus Permanent Enhancement Potion; or if his luck was good, it might even be produced just in the process of killing a few Tyrants.

    As the Heavy Armored Warrior that he was, it was impossible for him to take a Tyrant on solo even with a second profession, he would have a possibility to achieve this only at least with the partnership of Feng Luo.

    But this time, it waspletely impossible for Feng Luo to ce his goal on killing Tyrants or earning points.

    During the flight, he was finally clear about the identity of the mission target, that little girl known as Sulli Parkins.

    Although she was a little different in age from the role in the Biohazard Crisis game on Earth, the plots in War were notpletely the same as on Earth.

    Feng Luo felt that there was a huge possibility that this little girl was the daughter of the William Parkins who had invented the G-Virus.

    ¡°The G-Virus!¡±

    To Feng Luo, such a basic virus as the T-Virus without mutation was already not much of a use.

    But the G-Virus is more powerful and very likely an Intermediate virus that has an important significance.

    He was now still shouldering the Epic-Level mission of helping Linplete the ¡°W (Perfect) Virus.¡± The G-Virus as a famous and important virus in the Biohazard Crisis game should be of some help to this mission.

    An Epic-Level mission.

    Not mentioning any others, just looking at this scene of the Biohazard Crisis plot, the position of an Epic-Level mission could be estimated.

    This mission of saving the little girl to him was much more important than killing Tyrants to exchange for the T-Virus Enhancement Potion.

 Chapter 408 - Skill Test

    <h4>Chapter 408: Skill Test</h4>

    What was a little more troublesome was such an idea of Feng Luo¡¯s. But in Big Pineapple¡¯s heart, the target of the rescue mission was not necessarily more important than the Permanent Enhancement Potion, and the other three agents also did not rule out this idea.

    In this case, it was very likely to affect the efficiency and final result of the uing rescue mission.

    This rescue mission was apetitive mission; the other two NPC agents definitely would not be interested in the T-virus Enhancement Potion and the Tyrants.

    Feng Luo creased his forehead while thinking, and decided to first take down this fellow that was Big Pineapple, putting him on the same line as himself.

    ¡°Alright, once we enter Silvermoon City, with the prior condition of not affecting the mission, we can team up to go kill Tyrants and zombies to earn points. Old Wave, set it straight first, you have to promise me two things.¡± Feng Luo said to Big Pineapple.

    Feng Luo called Big Pineapple ¡°Old Wave¡± instead of ¡°Old Bo,¡± because Big Pineapple¡¯s name in reality had the word ¡°wave,¡± which was what Big Pineapple had said himself.

    ¡°Two things? Okay, spill it.¡± Big Pineapple nodded. From Feng Luo¡¯s hesitation, he understood that Feng Luo was actually not too interested in Tyrants or ¡°worried about danger,¡± therefore he naturally had no objection towards Feng Luo naming conditions for agreeing to kill Tyrants.

    ¡°First, you have to listen to my arrangements in this operation. You must know that killing Tyrants to earn points can be very convenient, butpleting the mission is definitely the most important. After all, this is our first time epting an Agent mission, I don¡¯t wish to fail in the end. Plus there would be Agent equipment store exchange Authorization afterpleting the task, it wouldn¡¯t be lousier than the Permanent Enhancement Potion which has already depreciated.¡± Feng Luo said to Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Hehe, haven¡¯t the NPCs talked about it, this task is your responsibility. My mind can¡¯t really think of tactics and stuff like that anyways, will follow your guidance in missions.¡± Said Big Pineapple.

    ¡°The second condition?¡± Big Pineapple nodded as hepletely had noment on this, because Haruko had already informed him about this matter previously.

    In the cooperation of the two of them in killing previously on Death Hunter Ind, he had always been the role of an executor rather than a nner. ¡°The second matter is very simple.¡±

    ¡°Since the others are not here yet, I would like to test the effect of a new closebat skills. Your defense power is so high, could you be my shield for a while?¡± Feng Luo asked, looking at Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Test a new closebat skill, have you bought a new Light Armored Warrior Rare skill...¡± Big Pineapple knew that Feng Luo¡¯s second profession was the Light Armored Warrior, and Feng Luo also knew that he had chosen Machine Gunner as his second profession.

    He and Feng Luo had almost the same way of dealing with the second profession; they both chose Rare skills that did not need training for Familiarity, so as for the second profession take shape as soon as possible.

    Since there are too many types of Rare skills in War, many skills were clearly described but generally required testing for their effects to be able to be confirmed; therefore, he was not surprised at all at Feng Luo wanting to test out the skills.

    ¡°It¡¯s a skill generally usable across all professions. The first step, you just stand there, don¡¯t move and don¡¯t engage any skill. I¡¯ll Charge over, borrow the impact force and kick you, then see how the oue turns out.¡± Feng Luo shook his head.

    ¡°Oh, this is simr to my Shield Bash Charge.¡± Big Pineapple had a Level 45 Rare skill which was able to convert the impact force throughout the process of Charge into damage value making it a powerful skill.

    ¡°Not exactly the same, this is abat skill, the purpose of the Charge is to strengthen the effect.¡± Feng Luo told Big Pineapple. He had already moved back quickly, until he was almost 30 meters from Big Pineapple before he stood still. ¡°Are you ready?¡±

    ¡°Done...hey, wait a moment Old Feng, you forgot to change equipment.¡± Big Pineapple replied from standing 30 meters away, shouting for him to stop, pointing at the scarred SUV equipment set on Feng Luo.

    Last night, Feng Luo had been attacked several times throughout the battle with the Tyrant, even his SUV tactical vest with a defense coefficient of D+ Grade could not block against the Tyrant¡¯s sharp ws, thus there were many areas of damage.

    ¡°Not changing, this equipment is helpful for the test.¡± Feng Luo shook his head, as he had deliberately worn the SUVbat equipment set.

    The SUV equipment set had a ¡°100 points of Agility and 30 points of Strength¡± enhancement (the enhancement would be reduced by a definite extent in the case of damage), plus the Rare attribute of thebat shoes on his feet, more able to raise the damage.

    The first thing he wanted to try out an attack using Master Martial Arts, and borrowing the highest Charge speed enhancement and the Rare attribute of the SUVbat shoes, wanting to know what it could achieve.

    ¡°Old Feng, are you sure you¡¯re wearing abat attire to do the test? Although you have the Light Armored Warrior as second profession, don¡¯t me me for not reminding you, in the case where you don¡¯t change to Warrior strength equipment, the Gunner¡¯sbat-type skills probably have almost no effect on me. Until then, if I don¡¯t get the results of the test, I won¡¯t be responsible for it, hehe.¡± Big Pineapple patted himself on his full-set Rare Alloy Heavy Armor and smiled smugly.

    Even if a Heavy Armored Warrior did not engage defense skills, his profession specialization also increased much of the body¡¯s ability to resist impact. Even if it were a Scout with lower Strength attribute usingbat techniques to kick him, it was possible that he would not even flinch.

    ¡°I¡¯ll try this first kick then talk about it.¡± Feng Luo saidstly, took in a heavy breath and got into aunch-off posture.

    ¡°Come!¡± Big Pineapple stood confidently in the middle of the square with a smile on his face.

    ¡°Coming!¡± Feng Luo gave a warning and in the next moment, the legs took off violently.

    Level 35 Rare skill Raging Charge, engaged.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    Feng Luo took off borrowing the burst of energy from thebat shoes, stirring up a huge mass of dust like an explosion. His silhouette instantly turned into a shadow like an arrow released from the bow and rushed towards Big Pineapple.

    ¡°F*ck, how fast!¡± Big Pineapple standing motionless on the spot was dumbfounded.

    Under the ze of the scorching sun that rose in the sky, there was already a blurry afterimage appearing in his vision, he could not see Feng Luo¡¯s face anymore, showing that Feng Luo¡¯s charging speed was a little too fast.

    Due to various reasons, Feng Luo¡¯s attributes were high in the first ce, and after his Force was awakened, other than the basic ¡°full attribute +20,¡± he had unhesitatingly chosen ¡°Agility +80,¡± in the addition of the enhancement by the equipment on him. With all sorts of enhancements added together, it had made his Agility attribute be extremely horrifying, almost three times that of a normal yer.

    With Raging Charge (skill enhancement having an additional Agility enhancement) engaged, he was simply already even faster than a cheetah.

    In his sight throughout this running process, the backward-moving barracks in the surrounding had appeared as afterimages, and when his body had reached the highest speed, there was an uncontroble feeling. Fortunately in this test, he did not need to do too much action.

    He only needed to take a leap into the air when he had charged a few meters in front of Big Pineapple, then kick out with his right leg borrowing the impact force of the SUVbat shoes, and stepping on the armored chest of Big Pineapple who was wide-eyed and motionless.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-1345!¡±

    ¡°-302!¡±

    Big Pineapple who did not have any defense skill engaged, as if hit by a speeding Energy SUV, his heavy armor-d body flew back, picking up rolling dirt along the way andnding in a sand pit surrounded by a bunch of long weeds.

    Above his head, a yellow weak-point damage emerged, as well as a white damage-enhanced number.

 Chapter 409 - The Meaning of Force Damage Special Effect

    <h4>Chapter 409: The Meaning of Force Damage Special Effect</h4>

    ¡°Cough, cough...¡±

    ¡°How¡¯s this possible, it¡¯s totally not science!¡± After an entire few seconds, Big Pineapple climbed out from the sand pit with a face full of dirt and with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

    The damage of this kick where Feng Luo borrowed the strength of Charge was not considered high, only ¡°1650¡± added up.

    The problem was that it was a kick to him.

    Big Pineapple is a Heavy Armored Warrior, and under the situation without defense skills engaged, he was still able to earn an additional 50% damage reductionpared to other Heavy Armored Warriors.

    Meaning that this kick on other Heavy Armored Warriors simrly without defense skills engaged would have the damage coefficient multiplied to ¡°3300.¡±

    urately speaking, it was not just a multiplication. It was the full-set Rare equipment on Big Pineapple; although the attributes were not considered to be of great quality, they were still definitely a lot higher than normal Heavy Armored Warrior yers.

    The damage suffered by those Heavy Armored Warriors of Normal equipment would need to be increased by at least another 50%. Meaning that the damage coefficient would be 5000.

    This kick where Feng Luo borrowed the strength of Charge on a Level 50 Heavy Armored Warrior with Normal equipment would result in a damage of around 5000.

    Whereas calcting that a Heavy Armored Warrior with all Level 50 Fine mixed with Excellent equipment would have a HP of less than 15,000 on average, this kick was sufficient to take out a third of a Normal Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s HP.

    A Gunner (Light Armored Warrior) d in damaged equipment, without the use of weapons, borrowing the force of impact had kicked a Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s HP off by a third What damage was this!?

    The most important thing was that this kick was on a Heavy Armored Warrior with the highest physical defense among all the professions.

    If this kick hadnded on a Maniptor, Gunner, or other vulnerable profession, the conclusion would be...there would nothing more to say.

    ¡°Cough, just what¡¯s going on? This kick¡¯s damage is actually so high...cough, Old Feng, could you have cheated?¡± After climbing out from the sand pit, Big Pineapple walked towards Feng Luo. His speed of walking was a little slow, and he unintentionally bent at his waist and clutched his chest, consecutively coughing out twice.

    The damage of this attack was not a concrete value obtained by the system calction, but was enhanced by the Master Martial Arts Force Skill.

    [Master Martial Arts]

    ¡°Raises closebat ability by a huge extent, close-range attacks carry a definite extent of Force damage special effect, with a definite damage reduction facing closebat attacks.¡±

    In the description of this Force Skill of enhancing basic martial arts were only three statements, expressing the uses in three aspects.

    The first use was ¡°huge extent raising of closebat ability.¡± Closebat ability was a very general way of saying it.

    Actually, it could be understood as earning the additional effect of ¡°Strength, Agility, Vitality¡± and other attributes, as well as enhanced attack damage, in the process of closebat.

    In War, the process of disying skills yers were able to earn additional attribute effect increment, for instance the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s signature skill, Shield Bash.

    A Heavy Armored Warrior using Shield Bash inparison to a normal attack of bashing with a shield had the enhancement of ¡°Strength and Agility effects¡± to the Alloy Shield, increasing the speed and the strength of the bash. This allowed a Heavy Armored Warrior to be able to produce great power with high skill Familiarity, even when having weaker equipment.

    Another example was the Heavy Armored Warrior Level 40 Immovable Mountain skill with the huge extent of enhancement by Vitality Effect.

    This was also the reason why Heavy Armored Warriors were able to stay rooted even when being knocked into by monsters of a much bigger build after using this skill.

    Of course, this type of ¡°effect enhancement¡± was not a true basic attribute, and would only take effect throughout the process of using the skill, unlike how basic attributes would increase HP, defense, and other additional attributes. This was just like the Rare attribute of the ¡°Thunder equipment set.¡±

    But having such an enhanced effect would do. Feng Luo¡¯s SUV equipment set had 30 points of the Strength attribute, in addition to the awakened Force ¡°overall attribute +20,¡± his power was actually already not inferior to some Light Armored Warriors.

    In the game, speed could also be converted to impact force and damage. With exaggeratingly high Agility, together with the enhancements of martial arts and Raging Charge, Feng Luo¡¯s speed had already achieved a terrifying standard.

    With the Rare attribute of the SUVbat shoes, ¡°able to garner power in movement, able to convert to a certain extent of impact force, and additional damage when thebat shoes are used to attack enemies...¡±

    Putting all these elements together allowed the impact force of Feng Luo¡¯s all-out attack to destabilize Big Pineapple¡¯s footing, who did not have any skills engaged, and sent him flying pathetically while suffering a burst of weak-point damage.

    Two damage coefficients, one of them a yellow ¡°weak-point damage.¡±

    ¡°Cough...and the strange thing is, my chest still feels so painful...cough...almost like the after-feeling of being knocked in reality...¡± As he coughed, Big Pineapple checked the system prompt in his vision.

    ¡°F*ck, the Biochip shows that I¡¯ve suffered an internal injury. My organs have been hit, it¡¯d technically require five minutes for them to be able to expel the congested blood and recover. In this time, HP upper limit has dropped by 5%. Damage special effect! Old Feng, not only is this skill of yours ridiculously high in damage, but it actually also carries damage special effect.¡± Big Pineapple already could control himself and eximed. ¡°The Master Martial Arts also carried ¡®Force damage special effect.¡¯¡±

    The second attribute of the Enhanced Martial Arts was ¡°Force damage special effect.¡± Previously when he hadpleted fusion and was interrupted by the Giant Eagle Commander, Feng Luo did not make a clear sense of what this meant. After he had looked at it carefully, he then realized that it was perhaps the greatest part of the ¡°Enhanced Martial Arts.¡±

    Force damage special effect was a damage special effect of an even higher grade than normal attack damage. High enough that this was the point where this attribute was of the same effect on yers.

    yers¡¯ bodies were different from NPCs as it was very hard for them to suffer substantial damage when attacked. Even if shot in the eye by a sniper rifle bullet, they would at most lose vision for a while, after which their vision would return to normal.

    Force damage special effect had the same effect on yers, which meant that yers who got hit by skills carrying such an effect would have the same reaction as NPCs.

    Even with being kicked from so far away by Feng Luo, Big Pineapple¡¯s Alloy Heavy Armor had absorbed the shock, and any impact force would still be unable to bepletely cancelled out.

    With the effect of the Force damage special effect, his internal organs had been injured by the impact, and his HP had directly been cut by a portion.

    Most importantly, it was his upsetting coughing and chest pain that would not disappear, at least before he had regained his rigor or before the Biochip in his body had recovered his body to a certain extent.

    To a yer¡¯s previous PK battles, this was undoubtedly a great affect, as this was also the part of Master Martial Arts that Feng Luo felt the most satisfied about. However, this had also made him a little guarded.

    Since Master Martial Arts carried the Force damage special effect, then other Force Skills simrly had a possibility of having such an effect, facing Force Skills from here on would require an exclusive focus different from that on normal skills.

    However, as for this, he also did not have to be too worried, his Force¡¯s enhancement attribute was Self-healing, able to ¡°rapidly heal the damage and disability effects on the body as a result of suffering attacks.¡±

    As for the Force attribute of Self-healing, he had previously always felt that only the second part of ¡°recovers HP and Stamina¡± had some usefulness, the healing attribute of the first part was not too much of use to yers who seldom had to use body contact.

    But now, he felt that when there became many yers with their Forces awakened, when there were many skills carrying Force damage, the first part of this Self-healing Force attribute would perhaps be even more important than the second part of HP recovery in some situations.

 Chapter 410 - Phoenixâ€™s Talent, Dark Personality

    <h4>Chapter 410: Phoenix¡¯s Talent, Dark Personality</h4>

    ¡°A Force Skill, Old Feng, no way. We¡¯ve only separated for a few days and you¡¯ve actually alreadypleted your Force awakening!¡± Shouted Big Pineapple with a clear footprint on his chest, at the square of the abandoned military base.

    After Feng Luo exined the reason for the effects and damage of the kick was actually because he had used his Force and Force Fighting Skill, Big Pineapple¡¯s reaction was more surprised than Dan Hen and the others previously.

    A few of the Agent profession yers had seen the power of Force demonstrated before by Haruko, and had an intuitive understanding of how powerful Force was.

    ¡°F*ck, it¡¯s not working, it¡¯s not working...Old Feng, why did fate let us meet? Comparing myself to you really angers me, my Level had reached Level 50 more than half a month before you, howe there¡¯s not even a single Force Awakening reaction at all until now? Good for you, you¡¯ve just reached Level 50 yesterday and awakened your Force today. Quick tell me, aren¡¯t you the adulterine child the Star Game Company chairman?¡± After being shocked, Big Pineapple¡¯s face became full of mncholy again.

    The duration he had known Feng Luo was simr to Dan Hen At that time, Feng Luo fell behind him regardless in terms of equipment or Level. As of today, not only had Feng Luo¡¯s equipment level caught up, but even the skills he possessed had far exceeded his.

    Even his Level had exceeded, as Feng Luo now has no XP limitation and he would quickly be able to advance to Level 51, Level 52...

    What Big Pineapple did not know was that he had actually exceeded in terms of equipment too.

    ¡°However, it seems that the most depressed person shouldn¡¯t be me. Those first batch of star yers who had fought their way to Level 50, especially those star yers who had boldly imed that they would be the first to awaken their Force, would probably be even more depressed if they knew this situation.¡± As Big Pineapple thought, heughed with his eyes bing wretched. ¡°Hey, wait a minute, you awakened your Force yesterday? That one in the video who handled the Tyrant like a hammer, could it be...¡± Big Pineapple seemed to have suddenly thought of something, staring towards Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mm, it¡¯s me, but being able to do that was not just based on the effort of the awakened Force...¡± Feng Luo no longer had the problem of hiding his identity, because of what Big Pineapple had said.

    ¡°But after all, you had taken on a Commander monster and a horde of Elites solo. Awakened Force can actually multiply basic attributes, even attain Force attributes, enhance Talent...¡± The more Big Pineapple spoke, the more excited he became. ¡°Old Feng, quick tell the truth, how did you awaken your Force?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m still not really clear about this, even I¡¯m a little baffled, but the Force Guidance Chip will prompt...¡± Feng Luo creased his forehead, honestly speaking, he really had notpletely figured this out.

    Initially, he had thought that it was the Evolution Virus, but it did not look quite like it. Haruko had hinted before that the conditions for Force awakening was different for different people, this should have a certain rtion to Talent. Even if he told Big Pineapple his entire process, it might not be suitable for him.

    ¡°Right, there would be a prompt after exchanging for the Force Guidance Chip, didn¡¯t you notice?¡± Asked Big Pineapple, Feng Luo was slightly doubtful as he looked at him.

    ¡°I...didn¡¯t exchange for it thest time. Hehe...1000 points can be used to exchange for quite a lot of valuable equipment and material...¡± Big Pineappleughed a little slyly and Feng Luo was a little speechless.

    Big Pineapple definitely would have exchanged his Agent points for some valuable equipment or rare materials, as they would be able to be sold at the Exchange for a huge amount of credits.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t have so many points like you did, and Haruko said that the Force Guidance Chip only had a hinting effect, without any enhancement to the Force Awakening itself. I was toozy to waste my points to exchange for it. If I had known earlier that the Force Awakening would earn me such powerful attribute enhancements and could also enhance Talent, I¡¯d 100% definitely exchange for one. Basic properties multiplied and T-Virus Permanent Enhancement Potion is not on the same levelpared to this Force Awakening.¡± Big Pineapple scratched his head dejectedly.

    ¡°You¡¯re forgoing big things for small ones....¡± Feng Luo smirked, shaking his head.

    Feng Luo had not expected that by revealing the information about the Force would have raised Big Pineapple¡¯s enthusiasm towards this Agent mission, which was rather a good thing.

    ¡°However, beautifuldy Phoenix seems to have also redeemed the Force Guidance Chip, don¡¯t know how her Force Awakening progress is...¡± Big Pineapple recalled and said looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Hey...are you all talking about me?¡±

    Speaking of Phoenix, she had arrived. Along with a charming female voice that anyone could not help but turn to, a tall and slim feminine figure somersaulted up to the barrack rooftop from outside then jumped down onto the square.

    In a ming red-colored Rare women¡¯s armor which revealed at least one-third of her skin, with a pair of enchanting eyes adorn with dark red eyeshadow, fiery red lips, and flowing red hair behind her, Phoenix¡¯s dressing had not changed much aspared to the previous Agent mission.

    ¡°Beautifuldy Phoenix, you¡¯re here too... Wait a minute, so which one are you now? Ice Mountain Phoenix or Volcano Phoenix?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes lit up, staring at Phoenix¡¯s wobbling chest and snow-white thighs as she jumped off the roof, but after which, he spoke with his face showing curiosity.

    There was quite a big contrast in Phoenix¡¯s character between before and after the Agent transfer mission. Initially, everyone had been considered friends because of her, Big Pineapple, and Feng Luo cooperating as a trio for a day in the killing game. However after the final group battle, there was a sudden change in her character, and she had not spoken a word to them since; her ¡°fiery passion¡± at the start had turned into ¡°icy coldness.¡± There was obviously a reason behind this, and Feng Luo wished he knew what the problem was.

    ¡°Ice Mountain...Volcano...Big Pineapple, you¡¯re still giving me nicknames.¡± The smile on Phoenix¡¯s face remained, but her me-red lips tilted, her eyes condescending staring down at him.

    ¡°Let¡¯s talk nicely, don¡¯t fight!¡± Big Pineapple took a step back and said with his face showing embarrassment and restraint.

    This made Feng Luo feel a little curious. Could there be that something he did not know had happened between the two, during the time when he was collecting his first-ce legendary equipment from Haruko?

    ¡°Cough, cough...beautifuldy Phoenix, could you exin why you had two personalities?¡± Big Pineapple asked, feeling the curious look from Feng Luo. His face turned red but he did not move back further as he tried to change the topic.

    ¡°Must I exin?¡± Phoenix had already walked over, standing a meter away from the two with a tone that would make anyone¡¯s blood rush.

    She was tall and her alloybat shoes had a high tform. In addition to Big Pineapple¡¯s shortness, her chest waspletely in line with Big his sight.

    ¡°It¡¯s fine if you don¡¯t want to...¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s throat knotted as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

    ¡°You must!¡± Feng Luo spoke out impatiently, interrupting the guy whose head was probably secretingrge amounts of some hormone.

    ¡°Alright, everyone would have known itter anyway.¡± Seeing Feng Luo¡¯s expression that waspletely unaffected by her, Phoenix smiled and switched to the actual topic. ¡°My talent is called ¡®Dark Personality.¡¯ In special situations, it can passively awaken another virtual personality and would control my role, then rece me inbat and gaming. ¡°Her¡±bat power is very strong.¡±

    ¡°Dark Personality...certainly, is it like a double personality...¡± Feng Luo nodded, this was not much different from his spection from before.

    Phoenix¡¯s ability was, in general, at the same level as Big Pineapple in terms ofbat skills; considered to be an expert yer of a level stronger than Elites of typical guilds, though not yet considered a top yer.

    During thest group battle on Death Hunter Ind, when she was about to be killed by Nightingale, she was like a changed person as she dodged Nightingale¡¯s fatal attack and even defeated the No. 74 Light Armored Warrior who was initially evenly matched with her with absolute advantage in the following single battle.

    She had been chased by a T-750 during the mission, the prerequisite for this was that her points had to be in the top 24.

    To have achieved such a ranking in the death game mission should have been also from the help of her ¡°Dark Personality,¡± another S-level Talent.

 Chapter 411 - Onishiâ€™s Talent and Ability

    <h4>Chapter 411: Onishi¡¯s Talent and Ability</h4>

    This exined why Phoenix¡¯s personality had dramatically changed after the team battle. Clearly, it was the virtual personality in the game that was controlling her body at the time.

    ¡°Right, then under that situation, was your own consciousness kicked out of the game or still in the game?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought and asked Phoenix.

    ¡°Not kicked out of the game, I was only able to watch by the side or browse the forum, so in general situations, I actually don¡¯t wish to activate this Talent.¡± Phoenix said, slightly mncholic.

    ¡°No wonder...hmph, the Talents in this game are really strange in all sorts of ways, I wonder what Talents that young little girl and Onishi would have?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s looked a little stunned, then tried to change the topic once again a little awkwardly.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know what about the Talent of that little girl, but I know Onishi¡¯s Talent, it should be an S-Grade talent. It seems to be rted to shadows which can increase his camouge ability andbat power under shadowy environments.¡± Phoenix stared at Big Pineapple, uncertain whether to smile, then turned to Feng Luo and said. ¡°Ah, how did you know?¡±

    ¡°Haven¡¯t you ever heard of the name Onishi?¡± Big Pineapple asked, really surprised.

    ¡°It¡¯s somewhat familiar.¡± Phoenix said, ncing sideways at him.

    Big Pineapple scratched his helmet. ¡°Onishi! One of the top 10 most popr experts in North City. Plus, he is in the top fivebat power ranking recognized by the North City yers, and also the only lone-traveler expert who has not joined any guild. Most importantly, he is famous for having a personality. After the results of the poprity ranking are released at the beginning of each month, he will challenge the yer ranked one spot higher than him and win, thus those star yers of the North City fear being ranked in front of him most. ¡±

    ¡°Just top five, not number one. Plus, there are many overrated star yers, they can flex but may not really have true ability.¡± Phoenix said, her voice sounding a little yful.

    Big Pineapple was now re-equipped. Although he was hit and damaged by Feng Luo for a bit, he was still full of confidence against other yers.

    However, he seemed to be a little sour when speaking. ¡°In fact, he was already number onest month.¡±

    Phoenix nced at him, this time with a smile.

    The abilities of the top ten most popr yers in the main city might not be able to be confirmed as the best, as they had hype behind them.

    For the top three yers, they definitely had true abilities and to be able to fight this way to number one as a solo yer, Onishi¡¯s ability was naturally unquestionable.

    ¡°Then why did he fall to the fifth again this month, could his Level have fallen by someone secretly killing him off?¡± Phoenix asked slyly.

    ¡°It¡¯s the legendary equipment!¡± Big Pineapple said, still a little persistent.

    ¡°Legendary equipment?¡± Feng Luo interrupted.

    Big Pineapple froze.

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s still Leader Feng who¡¯s smart. Legendary equipment being so pursued must have a ridiculously high status in the hearts of yers. Nowadays, almost all those whose abilities are thought of to be ranked at the top few in the respective major cities possess Legendary equipment.¡± Phoenix exined.

    ¡°Leader Feng...¡± Hearing this title, Feng Luo felt that this prestige given by Phoenix would not be easy to carry.

    This mission had been arranged by NPCs for him tomand, the title of leader was not easy to undertake. However, Phoenix¡¯s attitude was obviously epting his right ofmand, she was considered to be another pulled in to be on the same page as him.

    ¡°So it¡¯s the Legendary equipment.¡± Big Pineapple was certainly a little discouraged when he heard Phoenix¡¯s words.

    Other than the far-from-reach Hidden Missions, Legendary equipment would only be produced from killing some powerful bosses of Level 55 and above.

    Killing this kind of boss would cause the loss of Levels of thousands of people and the loss of permanently destroyed equipment; only thoserge-scale guilds and financial groups in real life could afford it. Thus, for normal yers, there was temporarily almost no chance of obtaining Legendary equipment.

    ¡°Alright, maybe his ability is really strong, but no matter what, he can¡¯t be better than Old Feng...Old Feng is now...¡± Big Pineapple spoke halfway then shut up.

    Feng Luo¡¯s Force Awakening was still within his privacy, it could only be his own decision of whether to reveal it.

    There was doubt in the Phoenix¡¯s red-eyeshadowed eyes, she could clearly tell that Big Pineapple was hiding something. However, she did not pursue it, instead she stretched out a finger with a red-painted nail and pointed towards a direction in the sky. ¡°Over there...there should be someoneing again.¡±

    In the sky, there was a slowly expanding ck spot. A few minutester, a small ck verticalnding winged aircraftnded at the airport by the side. The metal cabin at the bottom of it opened slowly, and three people walked out in a line.

    In front of Digital Cat wearing a pair of technological sses and dressed in a white coat, a virtual mechanic-structured graphic levitated. Her eyebrows were creased as her eyes showed concentration, making people feel like she was not here for the Agent mission.

    Behind her was the former number one expert in North city, Onishi, dressed in a camougebat suit.

    He looked to be about 27 or 28-years-old, and his vibe was simr to Dan Hen but had a significant presence hard to be ignored. As his gaze swept across Feng Luo and the others standing together opposite of him, his face was calm and without any fluctuation.

    Thest person at the back of the line was an NPC wearing a pilot suit with three small ck passcode chests in his hands; he should have been the pilot of the winged aircraft.

    ¡°F*ck, why¡¯s everyone treated better than me?¡± Looking at this obviously high-tech winged aircraft, Big Pineapple said mncholically as he looked on with envy.

    Digital Cat walked towards the three of them, raised her head and nodded at Feng Luo, then stood to a side and continued doing her own thing.

    This very simple response surprised Phoenix beside, undoubtedly this meant that Feng Luo had already obtained the support of these four people.

    In this mission, the NPC had specifically said that they would have to obey the instructions of Feng Luo, the Silvermoon City local yer. As Phoenix and Big Pineapple had previously cooperated with Feng Luo before, and had also been rescued twice by Feng Luo in the Agent mission, considering their rtionship, she naturally had no objection to this matter.

    However, she originally expected that this ¡°Silver Cat¡± and Onishi would not be easily handled. After all, one is a top star yer and the other has never participated in a killing game mission, they might not be willing to ept themand of another yer.

    But looking at this situation, Feng Luo obviously knew ¡°Silver Cat¡± with technological sses, furthermore their rtionship should have been pretty good, otherwise she would not have only greeted Feng Luo alone.

    However, Onishi did not say anything. And after walking down from the aircraft, he stood alone, looking around and studying the military base environment.

    ¡°The three.¡± Only the NPC driver carrying three ck passcode chests halted before the three of them. ¡°As the mission this time is expected to be quite difficult, the Investigation Bureau has specially prepared a few things for each of you that may be useful. The engagement numerical password has already been sent to your Agent wristwatches.¡±

    ¡°The Agent Passcode Chest!¡± Big Pineapple was delighted as he reached out, excited to receive his box.

 Chapter 412 - Rich Rewards Expected

    <h4>Chapter 412: Rich Rewards Expected</h4>

    Earlier in the Special Agent profession change examination mission, there was the Agent Passcode Chest that included a lot of good items. That chest was only specifically used for the mission. After the examination, the chest was taken back by the government.

    As Special Agent Points weren¡¯t easy to get, apart from Feng Luo, not many others had been able to exchange for a lot of Special Agent tools. Instead, they spent their points on special materials and equipment.

    ¡°Holy crap, it¡¯s all good stuff! Temporary Communication Enhancement Chip, Beginner Disguise Potion, Alloy Traction Wire... There¡¯s actually B-grade Four-element Energy Resistance Potion, two percentage-type HP and stamina recovery potion, two B-grade maximum Vitality potion, and even two Nano cellr Recovery Injection Liquid that can heal injury status... A total of ten Advanced Level rare potions!¡± Shouted the surprised Big Pineapple after opening his passcode chest quickly when the NPC was still handing two passcode chests to Feng Luo and Phoenix.

    ¡°So many... Ten B-grade boost potions?¡±

    Feng Luo and Phoenix, of course, did not open their passcode chest in front of everyone. But as they heard Big Pineapple¡¯s shout, they were also quite surprised.

    Those items required at least 2,000 Special Agent Points to exchange.

    It might not be enough since Feng Luo had seen them before in the Special Agent Warehouse.

    The Nano Cellr Recovery Liquid Big Pineapple mentioned that could heal yers¡¯ injury status to a certain extent, actually needed 500 points as well as a D-Rank Authorization.

    ¡°But since the system gave us these items. Does this mean that we might face NPCs who have awakened the Force?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s mind wondered.

    For yers¡¯ bodies, only skills with Force Attack Special Effects could inflict injury status. So, this may be a hint from the system.

    ¡°I need to remind everyone that the items in the passcode chest aren¡¯tpletely free. The items on the first level are essentials that the bureau specifically prepared for you. However, the special items on the second level have to be returned if they aren¡¯t used after the mission has ended. If you used it, you need to pay the relevant amount of points and authorization.¡± Exined the NPC pilot.

    ¡°F*ck, no way, they¡¯re gonna deduct our points!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s face sunk as he became a bit depressed. He was really going through an emotional joyride today.

    ¡°Then, what if we fail the mission and do not have enough points to pay up?¡± Phoenix asked as her eyes moved.

    ¡°If the points for this mission aren¡¯t enough, then your Special Agent Points will continue to be deducted from your consequent missions. However, the owed points will be subject to a 5% dailyte payment interest.¡± The NPC pilot exined.

    ¡°F*ck, that¡¯s too much. To actuallypile interest, and what¡¯s more, it¡¯s so expensive!¡± Big Pineapple eximed in anger. When he saw the ten extremely potent and rare potions on the second level of the passcode chest, he couldn¡¯t help pick one up and shake it in front of him.

    These items were so rare one couldn¡¯t even buy them in auctions.

    ¡°This mission is probably going to be quite difficult.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and put the passcode chest into his inventory.

    It seemed like the mission this time was indeed going to be quite difficult. As such, the system directly gave the yers some of the rewards in advance. If they failed the mission and did not have enough points, they would have to cough up a lot of points at the end.

    ¡°Instructor Sakura also asked me to convey a piece of news to you. Your military ranks are currently being examined. After this mission, you will be able to receive official military ranks and badges.¡± The NPC pilot said, lightening up the agents¡¯ moods.

    ¡°Military Rank? Special Agents have military ranks?¡±

    Upon hearing the pilot¡¯s words, Feng Luo and the other two¡¯s eyes lit up. Even Digital Cat, who had been immersed in her own world the whole time as well as Onishi, who had been standing in solitude in a corner, raised their heads.

    ¡°Federation Special Agents are considered a department of the government. At the same time, they are also part of the military. Official agents will have a corresponding military rank. The reason you weren¡¯t given a military rankst time was mainly due to the fact that you have not yet participated in an official mission. That is why, after this mission, you will finally be eligible to receive a military rank.¡± The NPC pilot exined with a gentle smile.

    ¡°Can I ask what will our rank be?¡± Onishi asked with his hoarse voice.

    ¡°Instructor Sakura is applying for Sergeant rank. However, if you fail this mission, it might influence the final decision of the higher-ups. So, I suggest every one of you to do your best.¡± Answered the NPC pilot with a slightly stricter expression.

    ¡°Sergeant!¡± Feng Luo thought of something else when he heard that.

    No wonder Haruko arranged a Sergeant title for both Big Pineapple and himself. It was because it was actually possible that they would be granted the Sergeant military rank after the mission. However, the reward seemed to indicate yet again that the mission wouldn¡¯t be easy.

    ¡°Sergeant! It¡¯s actually a Sergeant! Holy f*ck, I¡¯m sure no one else in War has made it to the military rank of Sergeant yet Moreover, I heard that the Sergeant military rank badge is considered a Rare Grade Level 50 item that has incredibly powerful stats. Heck yes, I¡¯m a person who can have a Rare Grade Badge now!¡± Eximed Big Pineapple. His depressed expression had turned back into joy.

    For most yers who did not join a guild, it was quite difficult to get a badge. Even for yers who joined a guild, the stats of the badge they received would be quite ordinary. The yer badge of your average guild would only be the equivalent of a Normal Grade gear of the same level.

    As such, a Level 50 Rare Grade Badge was, without a doubt, a huge attraction for everyone present, not to mention the benefits of receiving a military rank.

    That was why, apart from Big Pineapple, even Phoenix and Onishi¡¯s eyes were glowing.

    Now, Feng Luo knew that all of them would no longer focus on Tyrants and the Permanent Enhancement Potions anymore with the motivation from obtaining the military rank as well as the pressure of having their points deducted. Clearly, the mission is well-emphasized.

    ¡°Since Agent Azure Dragon is most familiar with Silvermoon City, Instructor Sakura asked me to inform all of you that the mission will bemanded by him. Also, I will keep the car parked here and wait for you to rescue the target. After you secure the target and get back here, we¡¯ll retreat together.¡± The NPC pilot signaled Feng Luo.

    Big Pineapple, Phoenix, and Digital Cat had no objections. Even Onishi simply stared at Feng Luo for a bit and did not make any objections.

    ...

    After two minutes, the five of them stood beside an abandoned road that led toward the foot of the mountain outside the base.

    The location was still quite far away from Silvermoon City, making walking there impossible.

    ¡°Young sis Cat, get in my car.¡± Phoenix winked and smiled gently.

    She extended her finger with red nails to press on her terminal. A white light shed in the middle of the road before a fiery red-colored energy sportscar appeared.

    ¡°ST-107, a maximum speed of 450km per hour. It also has the third generation energy aeroengine.¡± Digital Cat was immersed in her calction, but after hearing Phoenix, she raised her head and looked at the energy sportscar that appeared in front of her before speaking.

    ¡°Do you also like this type of car?¡± Phoenix asked, smiling.

    ¡°No, I¡¯m not interested in cars. It¡¯s just that this car¡¯s energy driver instation can theoretically be installed on a medium-sized mecha. However, it requires some form of modification. Take out the turbojet part and add the control driver. Yes, if I use a power bridge of a driver made from materials mixed with the Rare Grade fire crystal, I should be able to increase the tolerance level by 32%... But this might increase the vtility of the energy output by...¡± Halfway through her mumbling, Digital Cat seemed to have remembered something. She lowered her head and continued with her calction.

    ¡°Ugh!¡± Phoenix was stunned. She was probably feeling the depressing feeling that Big Pineapple had.

    ¡°You two, wanna hitch my ride?¡± Big Pineapple also summoned his vehicle. A 2.3-meter tall, 5.5-meter long, ck heavy energy SUV ted with ayer of thick metallic armor appeared.

    ¡°Heavy Knight-13!¡± Onishi¡¯s eyes were filled with admiration.

    This type of armored energy SUV weighed more than four tons. It needed to consume B-grade energy crystals to move. Even if the model wasn¡¯t the top ss Knight-15, it still cost around two million credits.

    ¡°Hehe, get on!¡± Big Pineappleughed in satisfaction. He bought this vehicle using the money he obtained after selling the Rare Grade equipment in the auctionst time.

    ¡°Car lovers, a natural trait for most men!¡±

    Digital Cat got into Phoenix¡¯s red sportscar while Feng Luo, who left Land Bullet outside Silvermoon City, and Onishi got on Big Pineapple¡¯s Heavy Knight.

    Two vehicles, one in front of the other, headed toward Silvermoon City.

    Many mutant beasts and birds on both sides of the forest were startled as they passed. Some higher level and more aggressive monsters also changed into an attacking posture.

    After they saw therge armored body of the armored Heavy Knight that asionally spit out fire and wasparable to a Commander Grade monster, only a few scattered flying monsters pursued the vehicles in the air.

    ...

    ¡°I hope these adventurer agents canplete the mission smoothly.¡± The NPC pilot stood outside the entrance of the camp door. After he saw both the vehicles disappeared from his vision, he turned around and returned to the aerofoil spacecraft to continue waiting.

    ¡°Squeak!¡±

    At that moment, a mutant bird with dark red eyes and incredibly sharp beak suddenly rushed down and pecked at his arm.

    The wound was like a bullet wound. A bone-deep wound could be seen while blood gushed out from it. The bird tore a chunk of flesh, asrge as the tip of a finger, off the back of his hand.

    After the mutant bird¡¯s sharp attack, it flew back into the air with the torn-off flesh. It circled in the air before continuing to charge at the NPC pilot.

    ¡°Tsst!¡±

    Although the NPC was not an official agent and was a back-end staff of the Federation Department, he had still received professionalbat training. Though the pain in his hand made his sweat cold, when the red-eyed mutant bird returned once again after circling once in the sky and tried to attack him again, his face was calm. He grabbed a ck Desert Eagle pistol out and fired.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The mutant bird¡¯s brain was struck by the bullet directly. Along with blown off feathers, the headless body dropped on the ground with a plop. Blood quickly spread and stained the ground.

    ¡°How unlucky!¡± Covering his bleeding right hand, the NPC pilot quickly walked inside the aerofoil spacecraft. The spacecraft had a first aid kit, and a small wound like that wouldn¡¯t affect his piloting skill.

    As he rushed to treat his wound, he did not notice that the blood of the mutant bird that poured onto the ground beside the spacecraft was actually ck. The dusty air was also filled with an undetectable smell of rot.

    The lockdown of the army could only keep the zombies within the locked-down zone, and it could not contain the birds that could fly.

    Compared to other Beginner Level Evolution Virus mutation, the T-virus may not be the most potent in terms of increasing the ability of a creature; however, in terms of infection rate and spreadability, it was by far one of the best.

 Chapter 413 - Greed

    <h4>Chapter 413: Greed</h4>

    On a road covered in battered corpses and abandoned blood-stained vehicles approximately ten kilometers outside Silvermoon City, a group of 13 to 14 normal yers were fighting whilst retreating.

    ¡°Hurry! Attack, don¡¯t stop!¡±

    ¡°Fight while retreating, don¡¯t panic!¡±

    ¡°Be careful of the Foragers. We¡¯ve no idea where one of them went. Don¡¯t get sneak attacked!¡±

    The voices and soundsing from the group were chaotic. There wasn¡¯t a fixedmander since it was only a temporary teamprised of yers who just got online today.

    ¡°These Foragers are at least twice as difficult to deal withpared to normal Elite Grade monsters! F*ck. Those idiots on the forum actually said that the Foragers and Elite Grade Zombies are easy to deal with.¡± A Fire Maniptor of the team cursed with a distorted expression.

    The energy converter he held in his hand shed. A condensed fireball that had been brewing for the past few seconds flew towards a Level 45 Forager¡¯s head as the Forager crawled at an incredible speed towards the group from a bush on the side.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Faced with the condensed fireball, the Forager, whose eyesight had deteriorated yet still had incredibly perceptive senses, used its four powerful limbs to leap to the side.

    With that, the fireball struct the bushes behind the Forager, bursting into a ball of me, not really achieving much in terms of stopping the Forager.

    As a normal yer who logged off the game having had to do something the day before, and usually went back to his tent in the forest during the evening; this Fire Maniptor yer was actually quite happy when he heard that Silvermoon City encountered the Biohazard Crisis storyline.

    As an average yer, the rebel army taking Silvermoon City did not affect him much; however, the Story Points and the chance to obtain Permanent Enhancement Potions was something that truly excited him.

    As for the difficulty of dealing with the zombies and Foragers, he was quite worried at first after reading the Silvermoon City local forum section. After reading a few forum threads in the Storm City section, especially those from superstar yers that analyzed the weaknesses of the monsters, he no longer felt worried.

    Most yers in the Storm City forum section thought the reason the yers on the Federation camp inside Silvermoon City lost yesterday was due to Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group taking advantage of the situation, as well as the city and night environment during the outbreak. During the day, yers would have better vision, meaning the slow-moving zombies wouldn¡¯t pose much threat to the yers.

    Though the Foragers had amazing attack power, they did not have high HP or defense. With a team, yers would be able to easily get rid of Foragers with a focused attack.

    As for Tyrants, some even analyzed and said that since they had weak points, the Tyrants wereparably weaker than ordinary Commander Grade monsters.

    That was why the Fire Maniptor went online in the morning and decided that he would party with others to farm some points. However, the situation that weed him after he got online dealt a huge blow to his confidence.

    The location he logged off at was supposed to be a safe zone that was around ten kilometers away from the city. However, surprisingly, zombies appeared in that area. And just as he had gone online and before he could react, he was almost tackled and pushed to the ground by a zombie with a bleeding mouth.

    Luckily he cast a shield and was not bitten, otherwise, if the situation was he did not have enough points to exchange for the anti-virus serum, he would have definitely died and lost a level.

    Immediately after that incident, the difficulty of dealing with that zombie also made him feel that the yers¡¯ conclusions and theories on the forum were all armchair strategies.

    The zombies moved slow, that was true. However that was only inparison to fast-moving monsters. They were not that much slower than Maniptors. Compared to Maniptors, the zombies had a huge advantage as stamina was not an issue for them. As long as the zombie still had HP and its legs were notpletely crippled, the zombie would still chase after the Maniptor until it ran out of stamina.

    By the time the Fire Maniptor encountered the Forager, he discovered that theories were definitely not something that reflected reality.

    A focused fire attack was definitely a good tactic to use against agile monsters; however, the problem was that the Forager moved too quickly. As it crawled and moved on the ground, it was incredibly difficult to hit it with the fireball.

    As a temporarily assembled party thatcked teamwork, how could they achieve the goal of an ¡°instant-kill with focused fire?¡±

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Just as the Fire Maniptor was gritting his teeth and cursing the so-called ¡°Experts¡± on the forum in his heart, a Forager suddenly burst out from their blind spot. The Forager charged from underneath an abandoned bulletproof SUV that was around a dozen meters in front of the group and directly struck the body of another Maniptor yer in front of the Fire Maniptor.

    Its dark red tongue shot out like a sharp sword and pierced through the eye of the Water Maniptor whose shield had already broken. This caused his eyeball, along with his brain to burst open while red and white matter sshed on the ground.

    ¡°Ahhh! F*ck! Hurry up and block it!¡±

    The highly stimting death visual scene increased the adrenaline on the bodies of the remaining yers. They quickly turned around to attack the Forager.

    In an instant, energy skill attacks of various colors, as well as bullets, flew towards the Forager, which created a feeling of a focused fire attack for a bit.

    However, the AI of the Forager was not as low as the five Elite Graze zombies that only knew how to charge straight on. After killing the Water Maniptor, the Forager did not enjoy its food in the immediate aftermath, instead, it retracted its tongue, turned around, and retreated with the corpse of the Maniptor.

    ¡°-1022!¡±

    ¡°-203, -203, -144...¡±

    ¡°-899!¡±

    Only a few attacks of the group of yers struck the Forager. The rest missed, and the total damage they inflicted on the Forager was less than 4,000. Although a Forager over Level 40 did not have high HP, it should have at least 8,000 HP.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5466!¡±

    However, the head of the Forager which had almost seeded in escaping with its food suddenly exploded. Above its exploded head, a yellow Weak Point damage of over 5,000 also appeared. Its body that was connected to a half-blown head fell on the blood-stained ground beside therge bulletproof Energy SUV.

    ¡°Vroom!¡±

    The sound of energy vehicles came from behind the group of yers, but none of the yers from the group looked back.

    After the death of the Forager, their attention was caught by a blue spiral metallic tube that dropped beside therge bulletproof energy SUV. Every yer had seen that item on the forum before.

    ¡°Permanent Enhancement Potion!¡±

    Elite Grade monsters dropped Permanent Enhancement Potions, and though the ones dropped were normally iplete or normal grade items, they were still incredibly valuable. With War¡¯s looting system, even Elite Grade monsters had a small chance of dropping perfect graded items.

    The group of yers were stunned for a few seconds, to the point where the remaining Elite Grade zombies had charged through their defense line.

    Two yers from the party suddenly got up and ran straight toward the location of the Forager¡¯s corpse. A Light Armor Warrior and a Wind Maniptor.

    Light Armor Warriors were usually fast, but this Light Armor Warrior¡¯s Charge and Thunder Leap sh seemed to be in cooldown, so he could only run.

    As for the Wind Maniptor, though he had slow movement speed, for a short period, his movement speed was actually faster than a Light Armor Warrior who was not under the effects of Charge since he also had movement speed-boosting skills. The two yers¡¯ gazes were fixated on the tiny blue potion on the ground.

    ¡°F*ck! What the hell are you guys doing? It¡¯s the result of all our efforts!¡±

    ¡°We haven¡¯t even dealt with the zombies yet, what the hell are you guys fighting for?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to shoot, I really am!¡±

    As the two yers started moving, a flurry of curses and insults came from the party. Clearly, everyone else in the team knew what the two yers were trying to do. Only the Fire Maniptor seemed doubtful. The Forager¡¯s death seemed to be from a headshot from an incredibly powerful sniper rifle. If he remembered correctly, he could not recall a Sniper being in their team.

    During this flurry of skills and attacks were unleashed in this emergency situation, no one seemed to have noticed the unusually high damage number that definitely exceeded each of their attack strength.

    Before the Fire Maniptor found an answer to his question, his expression changedpletely in the next moment.

    ¡°Beep, beep, beep!¡±

    The yellow signal warning that came simultaneously from two Scout yers¡¯ recon meters, just as they also wanted to go for the potion.

    ¡°F*ck, guys, get back here! There is a high level Commander Grade monster nearby!¡± The Fire Maniptor shouted hastily, surprised.

    The two yers who temporarily joined the party seemed as if they did not hear his shout. They continued running towards the corpse of the Forager around a dozen meters away.

    Among the two, the Wind Maniptor actually had a light green energy shield up, which blocked the bullets and energy skills unleashed by three yers amidst the chaos.

    ¡°As long as I get the Permanent Enhancement Potion, losing a level is fine!¡± Thought the Wind Maniptor as his eyes sparkled.

    He had very bad equipment. He wasn¡¯t even Level 50 yet. As long as he got his hands on that Permanent Enhancement Potion, even if he died, he would make a profit.

    He was very close, ten meters, seven meters, five meters...

    The Wind Maniptor¡¯s eyes sparkled. Since he started earlier, he was a little closer to the Permanent Enhancement Potionpared to the Light Armor Warrior. Meaning that he was definitely going to be the first to reach the Permanent Enhancement Potion.

    He did not notice a dried puddle of blood underneath therge energy SUV made of bulletproof materials. Behind the ck and non-transparent window made of bulletproof materials, a pair of green bloodshot eyes suddenly opened.

 Chapter 414 - Spectator

    <h4>Chapter 414: Spectator</h4>

    The Wind Maniptor was faster and reached the Forager¡¯s corpse before the Light Armor Warrior.

    He charged towards the Permanent Enhancement Potion like a 100m dash sprinter charging through the finish line while he shouted, ¡°Hah, the Enhancement Potion is mine...¡±

    However, the moment his fingertips touched the cold spiral looking tube that was the Enhancement Potion...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Therge bulletproof SUV beside the Forager¡¯s corpse suddenly exploded from the inside. After that, arge dark red w extended from within the SUV, towards the Wind Maniptor¡¯s energy shield.

    ¡°Ka-cha!¡±

    The light-colored wind energy shield that blocked colored skills cast by two yers from behind cracked within 0.1 seconds. And just as therge dark red ws flew towards the head of the Wind Maniptor who suddenly looked panicked...

    ¡°Ah...¡±

    ¡°Smack!¡±

    ¡°-4066!¡±

    The upper half of the Wind Maniptor¡¯s body waspletely torn from the ground by the powerful ws. Sounds of cracking bones and crushed internal organs stting appeared, along with the brief yet devastating shout of the yer.

    A weak point damage number of over 4,000 appeared before a white light of death shed across his body.

    ¡°Ting!¡±

    The blood-stained Permanent Enhancement Potion that the Wind Maniptor just grabbed fell on the ground.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡± It wasn¡¯t just the Wind Maniptor whose expression changedpletely, the Light Armor Warrior was the same. The alloy longsword that he swung struck the backhand of therge giant w.

    Just a few milliseconds ago, upon seeing the Wind Maniptor getting his hands on the Permanent Enhancement Potion, the Light Armor Warrior became anxious and decided to cast a skill and attack the Wind Maniptor.

    He wanted to just strike the potion away and prevent the Wind Maniptor from putting it into his inventory. That way, the item ownership wouldn¡¯t be directly by the system.

    Unexpectedly, the sword did not strike his intended target.

    A dark red gigantic w suddenly crushed the Wind Maniptor in front of his eyes. The Wind Maniptor with a full HP bar was instantly killed.

    ¡°A Commander Grade monster was inside this SUV!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior panicked but the sword that he used all his strength to swing toward the Wind Maniptor could no longer be retrieved.

    ¡°Chang!¡±

    ¡°-877!¡±

    The alloy longsword shed the dark red giant w. The longsword that was imbued with skill effects that could easily cut open yers¡¯ armor only managed to cut the flesh on the ws. After piercing the flesh a little, the sword was blocked by the tough bones within, with the total damage did not even reaching 1,000.

    The consequence of the sh was devastating.

    Roar!

    An angry roar came from the SUV. Therge w let go of the dead Wind Maniptor and turned around and swatted at the Light Armor Warrior. It was simr to a person swatting a fly.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-3055!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior, with panic in his eyes, flew seven to eight meters backward as if he was struck head-on by an SUV. Before hended on the ground, a white light of death shed across the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s body just like the Wind Maniptor previously.

    His HP had already reduced a lot in the battle, in addition to his weapon and armor being quite damaged, which made it impossible for him to withstand over 3,000 damage.

    In an instant, two yers had been quickly killed. With its incredible strength and the frightening dark red giant arm, there was no longer any need to mention the identity of the Commander Grade monster.

    ¡°Tyrant!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s actually a Tyrant! It¡¯s also a Level 50 Tyrant!¡±

    ¡°Its attack is so high!¡±

    The recon meters of two Scout yers finally showed the detailed information of the Commander Grade monster.

    The Fire Maniptor already had a bad premonition when he heard the rm beeping, and when he saw that the Commander Grade monster was really a Tyrant, ¡°Hurry, retreat! We can¡¯t win!¡±

    ¡°Retreat? Why should we retreat? Don¡¯t Tyrants have weaknesses? There are even guides on the forum!¡±

    Two-thirds of the yers in the team only came online this morning, so at that moment, they did not know anything and had no fear. After the initial panic from seeing the Tyrant for the first time, their expressions had gone from panic to excitement.

    In that instant, the yers no longer focused on the Elite Grade zombies slowly closing in on them, instead, they focused all their attacks on the Tyrant.

    ¡°Idiots!¡± Shouted the Fire Maniptor. He stopped bothering and caring about these temporary teammates and turned around and started running backward.

    After experiencing first-hand that the zombies and Foragers were different from the so-called ¡°Experts¡± on the forum, the Fire Maniptor no longer believed their arguments about Tyrants having weak points. After the Fire Maniptor turned around, his face became stiff as he became dumbfounded again.

    A red sports car and arge ck vehicle heavy energy SUV were parked around 50 meters behind the group, and a few yers exited the vehicles.

    A yer who had already left the vehicle was a Sniper. He looked calm and held a sniper rifle that seemed quite familiar.

    ¡°Hold on. A sniper rifle? That means it wasn¡¯t a hallucination just now. The Forager that dropped the Permanent Enhancement Potion was definitely killed by this Sniper. I remember now. Isn¡¯t that the currently trending and famous Eye of the Thunder sniper rifle? Level 45 Rare Grade sniper rifle. No wonder it¡¯s so familiar. There¡¯s also that armored energy SUV, that should be the Heavy Knight. A normal spec is priced over two million credits, this is a group of tycoon yers.¡± As the Fire Maniptor saw the yers, he quickly came to a conclusion, and his retreating footsteps slowed down.

    With the Fire Maniptor¡¯s group, there was no way they could defeat a Tyrant. However, with the addition of those rich yers, even if the opponent were a Level 50 Tyrant, they should be able to win.

    After all, no matter how he did not want to admit it, being overgeared was still definitely the way to dominate the game.

    By the time the Fire Maniptor saw that the other yers had exited their vehicles, his panic and anxiety that he felt after encountering the Tyrant had lowered to the minimum level.

    A woman yer wearing a full suit of red with a bewitching face that gave off the feeling of a fireball walked out. However,pared to her sexiness, the Fire Maniptor was focused more on her female-styled fire light armor as well as a red alloy longsword she had just taken out of her inventory. They were definitely a full set of Rare Grade equipment.

    As for the Heavy Armor Warrior exiting the Heavy Knight SUV¡¯s driver seat, he was taking out a ck and red alloy shield that was definitely a top-ss item from his inventory.

    The behavior of those yers showed that they were clearly prepared for battle.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    At that moment, a horrible shriek came from behind the Fire Maniptor. From the party channel that he had not exited, two death notifications sounded. Upon hearing the sound, the Fire Maniptor¡¯s chest tightened.

    He quickly turned around and discovered that two long-rangebat professions who weren¡¯t that far behind him were crushed into pieces by therge doorless energy SUV. Another two bites the dust.

    ¡°Damn it! A Tyrant is hard to deal with after all! It¡¯s better to hold off and wait before attacking. I¡¯ll wait for these people to attract the aggro of the Tyrant before I cast any attacks. As long as I can ensure some amount of contribution, it¡¯ll be good enough.¡± The Fire Maniptor thought.

    A few seconds passed and after the angry Tyrant tore a Heavy Armor Warrior in front of the Fire Maniptor in half, he did not hear the gunshot he expected from behind.

    Feeling suspicious, he turned around to check. What he saw was the five yers standing in ce while looking at their group fight from afar.

    Ever since exiting the vehicle, the female yer wearing a Doctor¡¯s uniform and a pair of technology sses only stared at the Tyrant as if she was thinking of something.

    Thest person who exited the vehicles, a Scout yer, only frowned slightly while his face remained serious.

    As for the Heavy Armor Warrior and female Light Armor Warrior, ever since taking their alloy shield and alloy longsword out, they did nothing else. Even the Sniper yer who killed the Forager earlier did not shoot anymore.

    Clearly, though they were prepared for battle, the five yers had no intention of fighting the Tyrant with their group.

    ¡°Does this mean that the five of them believe that they are enough to kill this Level 50 Tyrant? These five people are just like this group of idiots and believe the things on the forum iming that Tyrants are easy to deal with. With only five of them, unless they are superstar yers, there¡¯s no way they can beat a Tyrant.¡± The Fire Maniptor couldn¡¯t help but curse at them in his mind, though it could be because, in some sense, his earlier n was no longer usible.

 Chapter 415 - The Otherâ€™s Second Profession

    <h4>Chapter 415: The Other¡¯s Second Profession</h4>

    ¡°This is a tyrant!¡±

    Apart from Feng Luo, Big Pineapple and the other four yers looked solemn as they gazed upon the Level 50 Tyrant that was showing its dominance against a dozen or so yers over tens of meters away from them. The Tyrant seemed fine even as the attacks of the yers focused on it, andter, it used a two-ton vehicle as a throwing weapon and produced yet another white light of death.

    They were also somewhat influenced by the opinions posted on the forum. Although apart from Big Pineapple, the others did not underestimate the Tyrant, they did not think too much about it either.

    Now that they had witnessed it themselves, they found the strength of the Tyrant incredibly frightening.

    It had the strength to flip over a vehicle, the attack power to instantly destroy ss cannon professions, hard to prate high defense as well as over 50,000 HP. Additionally, it also had the green recovery number that appeared every second on top of its head.

    Percentage HP recovery, definitely a power that gave yers headaches.

    Apart from those points, there was another factor that really affected them. It was the visual impact of the massacre that was unfolding in front of them.

    Whether it was the zombies, Foragers, or Tyrants, the visual impact their bodies created was incredible. There was no need to mention the gory and bloody scenes when they were killing yers.

    Noone could deny another hidden challenge attached to the Biohazard Crisis storyline; the yers¡¯ psychological strength.

    30 minutes after the storyline began in Silvermoon City yesterday night, most female yers forced themselves out of the game, which helped spread the T-virus faster. However, the two female yers in the team right now were definitely not one of those who couldn¡¯t take it.

    Phoenix had a solemn look, but it was only with regard to the Tyrant¡¯s incredible strength. As for the scenes where the Forager shot its tongue out, piercing through the head of a yer, as well as when the zombies ate the other yers, she remained unfazed.

    After all, Phoenix took part in the big escape mission. These sort of scenes would naturally not affect her much. Feng Luo even suspected that Phoenix was one of the rare female yers who turned all the gory visual settings on.

    As for Digital Cat, she made everyone else speechless.

    After observing the Tyrant¡¯sbat style, she quickly took a bunch of mechanical parts out of her inventory as if she had just experienced a Eureka moment and started piecing those parts together right there on the spot.

    Mechanists could keep small-scale battle mechas inside their inventories and set them up right before a battle, just like how a Machine Gunner would set up a heavy machine gun.

    ¡°Mechanist? Little Sister Cat, you actually have such a violent profession?¡± Big Pineapple asked curiously while looking at her.

    Since Big Pineapple mentioned professions, Feng Luo remembered something and turned around and spoke to the others. ¡°Since this rescue mission is a team mission, we will definitely be working together in battle. I suggest everyone announce both their professions and a few of yourbat traits. I¡¯ll start first. My main profession is a Sniper. My sniper rifle is a Level 45 Perfect Grade Eye of the Thunder. I am fairly confident in my marksmanship. My second profession is Light Armor Warrior. I chose the agility route but my defense is alright. I have over 10,000 HP.¡± Feng Luo directly announced his stats first.

    Since he was the Commander of this mission, he considered the difficulty of the mission and believed that it was necessary to know everyone¡¯s strength and to delegate tasks ordingly.

    At the same time, it was also a test to see how agreeable were the others to him being the temporary captain.

    Of course, Big Pineapple wasn¡¯t a problem. The main issue was the other three, or to be more precise, it was Onishi.

    ¡°10,000 HP?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s words caused a bit of a stir. The rest were fine, but the high HP number was enough to make everyone, including Digital Cat, look towards him.

    Most gunner yers, even if they had multiple Rare Grade equipment as well as a decent amount of vitality stats, would only have around 5,000 HP, and what Feng Luo announced was double that.

    For the average yer, 10,000 HP was something that only warriors could achieve. Even a Light Armor Warrior withmon gears wouldn¡¯t be able to have over 10,000 HP.

    However, Feng Luo who was a Sniper, which was the gunner profession that had the lowest vitality stat among the three main gunner professions, actually had more than 10,000 HP. Even Big Pineapple had his mouth wide open.

    Although Feng Luo previously told him that awakening the Force would double their stats and provided an additional 2,000 HP, Big Pineapple only imagined Feng Luo¡¯s HP to be around 7,000 or so.

    Big Pineapple was certain that Feng Luo, being a Sniper, would definitely choose the ¡°Agility +80¡± option when he was selecting his stats during the Force awakening, which wouldn¡¯t have affected his HP.

    ¡°But, could Old Feng have chosen the HP +4,000 option so that he can focus on developing the Light Armor Warrior profession?¡± Big Pineapple was quite confused, and at that moment, he could only make that guess.

    As for Phoenix and Onishi, they were quickly calcting in their mind as they wondered if Feng Luo meant his HP after he had equipped the armor of a Light Armor Warrior. As a Sniper with over 10,000 HP was theoretically impossible.

    However, Feng Luo did not exin, making it impossible for them to continue pursuing the question, and they could only temporarily keep their questions hidden on their minds.

    ¡°Main profession, Heavy Armor Warrior. Second profession, Machine Gunner. Self-proimed top-ss in defense. HP at 21,000. My main equipment includes a Level 50 Rare Grade Titanium Shield and a Level 50 Rare Grade Hellish Meat-Grinder.¡± Big Pineapple followed and announced his stats.

    21,000 HP, double the amount of Feng Luo¡¯s HP, which was already quite insane. For a Heavy Armor Warrior, the HP amount was still within a normal range. Though it was high, it was definitely not as shocking as Feng Luo¡¯s 10,000 HP.

    Onishi perceptively heard Big Pineapple¡¯s ¡°Self-proimed top-ss defense,¡± which was the main point. His gaze rested on Big Pineapple for a while.

    ¡°Main profession, Light Armor Warrior. Second profession, Fire Maniptor. Don¡¯t look at me, I just wanted to try ying with fire. As for my weapon and armor, a Level 45 Rare Longsword and the full Red Lotus set.¡± Said Phoenix, blinking.

    Apart from Digital Cat who had lowered her head to focus on setting up her mecha, the others couldn¡¯t help but stare at her.

    The Light Armor Warrior and the Fire Maniptor professions were quite ipatible. Just the weapons and armor switching would be troublesome enough. Additionally, there was also thepletely contrasting main stats being the strength stat and the intelligence stat.

    However, this was her choice, so the others couldn¡¯t really say anything. And if one really wanted to, it was still doable.

    Maniptors¡¯ equipment generally boosted the intelligence stat, as long as one had decent gears, the damage output could still be quite considerable.

    ¡°Main profession is temporarily a Doctor, secondary profession is a Mechanist. My Doctor life profession¡¯s level is very low, so my healing and buffing effects are quitemon, and my mech is still a prototype.¡± After Phoenix finished introducing herself, Digital Cat, who was still building her mecha, said calmly.

    Upon hearing that, everyone, Feng Luo included, became dumbfounded.

    Everyone else mentioned all the good things about themselves, Digital Cat on the other hand, only revealed negative information about herself. Her Doctor profession was only ¡°temporary,¡± and her healing and buffing effects, as well as her life profession¡¯s skill levels, were all low, which meant that she was telling everyone else to not get their hopes up.

    As for her second profession, it should have been the Mechanist with ¡°insane damage output,¡± but the mecha that she had in her inventory was only a prototype.

    This situation... She was definitely someone who would ¡°get in the way.¡±

    Digital Cat looked as if she did not detect everyone¡¯s shock. She simply raised her head, looked Feng Luo in the eye, and continued her work. Feng Luo unconsciously smiled bitterly.

    He and Digital Cat had an agreement that whenever both of them were in a special agent group mission, Feng Luo would do his best to protect and help Digital Catplete the mission.

    The condition was to help Digital Cat focus her energy on recovering the Hunter ¡°T-750¡± model. Initially, the chances of encountering a team mission in one month should have been quite low, but unfortunately, it really did happen.

    Since he had already agreed to it, Feng Luo had already decided that he would adhere to the agreement.

    However, something Digital Cat said made his heart beat a little faster.

    Prototype? What prototype? T-750? Didn¡¯t she say that she needed at least one month before it could be produced?

    Feng Luo looked at the mecha that Digital Cat was still building. From the outer appearance, he could tell that it was a humanoid machine. Though he hadn¡¯t yet seen the stats of the mecha, and the synthetic skin and outer appearance were quite different from the T-750 Hunter, Feng Luo was still feeling a vague sense of excitement and anticipation.

    Only Onishi was left. After a moment of silence, Onishi spoke and he also nced at Feng Luo while he spoke. ¡°Main profession, Scout. Second profession, Sniper. Level 50 Rare Grade recon meter. Level 45 Submachine gun, Death Star. Level 45 Perfect sniper rifle, Eye of the Thunder.¡±

    His second profession was actually a Sniper, and he also possessed the same Perfect Grade Eye of the Thunder rifle, just like Feng Luo.

    This was clearly one of the reasons why he kept looking at Feng Luo. The two of them had an identical weapon, and it seemed like a coincidence.

    However, it might also not be a coincidence. The number of Perfect Eye of the Thunder that Feng Luo created in that period was quite limited, so it was highly likely that Onishi, who chose Sniper as his second profession, had bought the Eye of the Thunder from the auction.

    However, in the other three¡¯s hearts, particrly Big Pineapple, they would probably murmur a bit.

    Sniper profession. Even the same sniper rifle... Isn¡¯t this clear provocation?

    Onishi seemed calm, and his eyes were calm and parallel to Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    The ¡°Number one Expert yer¡± from North City had been quiet throughout the journey. It was impossible to tell that he was a yer who became famous for challenging and defeating yers with higher PK rankings after the PK ranking was announced.

    Feng Luo did not feel that Onishi was trying to provoke him in any way. Since Onishi choosing Sniper as his second profession was within his predictions. When Feng Luo was choosing his second profession, he also considered either the Light Armor Warrior or the Scout.

    Although he chose the Light Armor Warrior profession in the end, in truth, the mostpatible profession for a Sniper was, without a doubt, the Scout profession. It was the same in reverse.

    Having the same profession wasn¡¯t much of a surprise nor was it intentional. However, when it came to his equipment, Feng Luo did not pay attention to the Eye of the Thunder, rather, he paid more attention to Onishi¡¯s submachine gun, the Death Star.

    The Scout yer from North City who died the other day on the tform also dropped a submachine gun with the same name after his death.

 Chapter 416 - Tyrant Battle (Part One)

    <h4>Chapter 416: Tyrant Battle (Part One)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Feng Luo and his group of five continued to spectate the battle in front of them. As this situation continued, the small squad of yers on the battlefield far away had started to crumble. More than two-thirds of the yers had already been killed by the Tyrant. The remaining yers had finally given up and started running for their lives.

    Clearly, by then, they finally knew just how scary Tyrants were. The perfect grade Permanent Enhancement Potion was not something that one could easily get.

    The yers were still quite smart as they spread out when they started escaping. Though the Tyrantpletely dominated them in terms ofbat prowess, it could only focus and pursue one yer.

    The Fire Maniptor from earlier ran towards Feng Luo¡¯s group with a tired and devastated expression while being covered in a translucent Expert Level energy shield.

    ¡°Ha!¡±

    Phoenix blinked lightly.

    ¡°He¡¯s running over here. He¡¯s trying to use us to divert the Tyrant¡¯s attention.¡± Onishi¡¯s gaze seemed colder.

    Situations like this, where yers tried to dump all their misfortune onto others, were quitemon. After all, dying once at such a high level was quite a considerable amount of loss.

    As Captain, Feng Luo did not criticize the Fire Maniptor. Instead, he said to Big Pineapple, who was already raring to go beside him, ¡°Old Pineapple, prepare for battle.¡±

    Since the party across them had already crumbled, it was time for their team to make a move.

    Although the mission¡¯s objective had nothing to do with the Tyrant, since they had encountered one on the way, it did not really make any sense to let it go.

    A powerful Commander Grade monster like this Level 50 Tyrant was also a good chance for them to test their coordination and cooperation skills. Considering the difficulty of the mission, it was better for them to get familiarized with each other as soon as possible.

    ¡°Charge!¡± Upon hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words, Big Pineapple activated the Charge skill.

    With the red and ck Level 50 Rare Grade alloy shield raised, Big Pineapple charged forward as if he was a bullet that had just exited its barrel. He flew forward quickly towards the Fire Maniptor who was covered in his energy shield running toward Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    ¡°Damn it...¡±

    The Fire Maniptor looked shocked and thought that he was Big Pineapple¡¯s target, and gritted his teeth and stopped, turning around midway.

    The shield-bearing Big Pineapple charged past him, ignoring the Fire Maniptorpletely; instead, rushing towards the Tyrant that had just killed another Scout yer not far behind the Fire Maniptor. After killing the Scout, the Tyrant opened its mouth and chewed off and swallowed a piece of flesh from the corpse of the Scout. Then, a wound it received from the battle on its body quickly recovered.

    This was one of the abilities of a Tyrant, very simr to Foragers¡¯ and zombies¡¯ HP recovery from devouring the flesh of corpses.

    After just devouring the bloody flesh, its grayish-green bloodshot eyes discovered Big Pineapple who was charging straight towards it.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant roared in anger, viewing Big Pineapple¡¯s action as provocation. It instantly threw away the iplete corpse of the yer and turned around, quickly leaping across a dozen or so meters beforending in the path of Big Pineapple¡¯s charge. Itsrge ws on the tip of its dark red left hand swung towards the red and ck shield in front of Big Pineapple¡¯s body.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    A loud collision between metal and flesh appeared. The two-meter shield collided with the three-meter Tyrant.

    The Fire Maniptor understood that he wasn¡¯t Big Pineapple¡¯s target after Big Pineapple moved past him. Not only did he not feel relieved, he was actually feeling quite annoyed.

    In addition to not participating in the battle earlier, Feng Luo¡¯s group of five only started engaging the Tyrant when his team had almost been wiped out. It was clear he could no longer hope for the loot from this battle against the Tyrant.

    After running away a certain distance, the Fire Maniptor did not leave but instead turned around, seeing Big Pineapple colliding into the Tyrant.

    He thought while insulting Big Pineapple in his mind, ¡°Hrious. He actually mmed directly into the Tyrant... Just how dumb do you have to be to choose a tactic like this? These people are just rich and have good gears, but when ites to battle tactics, they¡¯re newbies. Now there¡¯s no wonder they are so confident that they can kill the Tyrant with just five people.¡±

    ¡°-2745!¡±

    ¡°-1085!¡±

    Just as the Fire Maniptor wasughing at Feng Luo¡¯s group in his mind, the two damage numbers appeared above Big Pineapple as well as the Level 50 Tyrant¡¯s head.

    What surprised and left the Fire Maniptor speechless was the fact that the damage number above the Heavy Armor Warrior was only around 1,000. Instead, the Tyrant actually lost almost 3,000 HP in that collision.

    ¡°How is that possible?¡± The Fire Maniptor couldn¡¯t believe it, as he initially wanted to see the five yers make fools of themselves. Yet, the first one to make a move, the Heavy Armor Warrior, had made him feel as if he was pped in the face.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior in his team earlier actually lost one-fourth of his HP after getting hit by therge ws of the Tyrant. He only managed to tank a few hits before dying.

    As for Big Pineapple, who only lost a little HP, he had clearly used a recovery potion, so even if he were facing a Tyrant, he could probably tank for at least a minute.

    One minute. If the damage output was sufficient, even a Tyrant would have to die.

    After Big Pineapple collided with the Tyrant, Onishi¡¯s expression also slightly changed.

    During the Special Agent profession change mission, apart from the final group battle, he had not met Feng Luo and others before. He only killed Fire Maniptor Number 87 during the group battle and he had never witnessed Big Pineapple¡¯s battles before.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s tanking ability truly shocked him, now understanding why Big Pineapple was so confident earlier. With regard to Big Pineapple¡¯s damage, he wasn¡¯t shocked since he knew that Big Pineapple¡¯s skill, the Level 45 Rare Grade Shield Bash, could continue to umte power during the charge before transforming into an explosive hit upon impact. However, with a straight-line charge before impact as much, a change in direction would greatly reduce the effect, so it wasn¡¯t really usable during real PK battles.

    The Tyrant was dumb enough to use its body to collide against it, which was how a Heavy Armor Warrior like Big Pineapple could deal such high damage.

    ¡°+300... +300...¡±

    The Tyrant was still a Tyrant after al. As the peak product of the T-virus, its strength was not only expressed in one aspect. Big Pineapple¡¯s strike did indeed take out much of its HP, however, in an instant, it had already recovered one-fifth of them.

    When fighting against a Tyrant, being able to tank it was only the first aspect. More importantly, the damage output needed to be able to keep up.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    A silver sci-fi submachine gun appeared in Onishi¡¯s hands, the same type as the Scout yer who caused problems from yesterday.

    ¡°-350. -334, -345...¡±

    A series of light red energy bullets fired from the submachine gun. As the bullets hit the Tyrant¡¯s body, a bunch of damage numbers appeared, even though the numbers weren¡¯t high. Considering the shooting rate of submachine guns, the total damage of an emptied magazine was definitely something to behold.

    For Feng Luo who had been observing carefully, he noticed Onishi¡¯s urate gunmanship.

    Although Big Pineapple was engaged closely in battle with the Tyrant, Onishi¡¯s bullets didn¡¯t hit him at all. To be able to reach this kind of uracy at a distance of around 50 meters, it was clear that his title of being the number one expert in North City was not simple ttery.

    ¡°I¡¯m feeling a lot of pressure this way.¡± Feng Luo thought as he felt a slight sense of pressure in his heart. He raised the Eye of the Thunder and quickly pressed on the trigger. A light blue C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet exited the barrel and flew towards the Tyrant.

    What Feng Luo needed to do was not simply contribute to the fight, he also needed to make sure that he could make up Digital Cat¡¯s part as well.

    Digital Cat was still working on assembling the T-750 prototype; and she did not mention when she would be finished as well as whether that prototype was capable of battle or not.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4055!¡±

    A yellow Weak Point Damage of over 4,000 floated above the head of the Tyrant.

 Chapter 417 - Tyrant Battle (Part Two)

    <h4>Chapter 417: Tyrant Battle (Part Two)</h4>

    Feng Luo¡¯s shot hit the Tyrant¡¯s left eye. The Tyrant moved slightly and the shot did not directly hit the eye, due to the bullet¡¯s incredible destructive potential, it still chalked off half of the Tyrant¡¯s face, and the damage that the shot inflicted was still over 4,000.

    A Weak Point Damage of over 4,000 was not something Feng Luo had never inflicted before. He had inflicted a lot of Weak Point Damages exceeding 4,000 damage in the past. As such, this Weak Point Damage was actually on the lower end of the scale.

    This was after his Agility stat had doubled after his Force awakened, so technically, his damage should have been a lot higher than before.

    Feng Luo was not surprised since the shot¡¯s target was the Tyrant.

    Simr to zombie type monsters, damage on Tyrants was calcted differently. Attacks that strike areas apart from the brain, heart, or other fatal body parts would experience drastic damage reduction.

    In theory, if the shot hit another weak point of the target, the weak point damage number might have doubled.

    Roar!

    The attack that inflicted more than 4,000 damage after hitting its face caused the Tyrant to roar in pain and anger.

    It turned its head around, directly moved past Big Pineapple, who was standing right in front of it and red ferociously at Feng Luo. It raised itsrge and hard dark red ws to protect its body. Then, its two muscr legs started to bend, and it seemed as if it was ready to jump towards Feng Luo¡¯s location.

    ¡°Hehe, don¡¯t think of running away! Shield Bash!¡± Big Pineapple and Feng Luo¡¯s coordination had already reached a degree of perfection.

    Upon hearing the sound of a familiar sniper gunshot, Big Pineapple had already raised the alloy shield in his hand and swung it violently on the body of the Tyrant.

    The ultimate Heavy Armor Warrior skill that attracted aggro due to the intense pain effect it gave its target instantly shifted the Tyrant¡¯s anger and attention to himself. The dark red giant left w that was initially used to protect the Tyrant¡¯s body also swung towards Big Pineapple¡¯s head, who was only around half the size of the Tyrant.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-1520!¡±

    Over 1,500 damage floated above Big Pineapple¡¯s head, but his body did not move at all. With the Expert Level Immovable Mountain activated, even the Tyrant with its ridiculous strength, could not send him flying.

    Just as Big Pineapple tanked the Tyrant¡¯s strike of anger, a fireball shot at and struck the body of the Tyrant.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-2066!¡±

    ¡°-52, -53, -53...¡±

    Phoenix did not charge straight onto the battlefield like Big Pineapple. After witnessing the amazing attack strength of the Tyrant, she intelligently knew that she could only withstand two to three attacks of the Tyrant at most, and her equipped items would also be badly damaged.

    As such, she put down her alloy sword and took a red color energy converter from her inventory.

    The color of the condensed fireball that she released was clearly not of a high level, but the damage inflicted was quite decent, where the bonus damage that was attached to a rare attribute on the energy converter.

    In addition, the burn effect attached to Fire Maniptor¡¯s skills definitely dealt considerable damage.

    [Tyrant T-001, Level 50 Solo-type Commander. HP: 36,445 / 60,000...]

    After firing the first shot, Feng Luo quickly looked at the information of the Tyrant through the information presented on the sniping scope during the short interval between shots.

    ¡°It still has more than half of its total HP. It looks like those yers earlier didn¡¯t do much. But this Evolution Virus Infection Data Chip sure is useful.¡± After looking at the HP data of the Tyrant urate to the single digits, Feng Luo looked very pleased.

    Compared to the ¡°Estimated HP¡± info from when he looked at monsters before, the HP information extracted by the Eye of the Thunder this time on the Level 50 Tyrant was incredibly urate.

    The subtle change was due to a data chip that all five of them received on the first level of the special agent passcode chest.

    As long as the chip was loaded on the personal terminal, he would be able to view urate HP information of T-virus infected beings including zombies, Foragers, Tyrants, and others. It had an effect that was simr to a Scout¡¯s recon meter, which was especially useful item for a Sniper.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-803!¡±

    ¡°-4372!¡±

    The less than one-second shot interval of the Eye of the Thunder passed instantly and Feng Luo¡¯s second shot rag in the air.

    No more errors. The high-speed C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet entered the left eye socket of the Tyrant. The bullet head was also covered in ayer of electricity.

    Although the Tyrant¡¯s defense was insane, and it also had the ability to quickly recover, and its eyes weren¡¯t imprable.

    The Shield-breaking Energy Bullet¡¯s destructive ability directly blew the Tyrant¡¯s left eye to pieces. Arge bowl-sized dark red blood cavity appeared.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant let out its loudest roar of anger since the start of the battle. Its eyes had not degenerated like Foragers, and for the Tyrant, the eyes were still important perception organs.

    With one eye destroyed, the Tyrant that had been enjoying easy battles and had killed over a dozen yers entered an enraged state.

    Even Big Pineapple could no longer hold its aggro. The enraged Tyrant bent its knee and prepared to jump toward Feng Luo.

    ¡°m!¡±

    ¡°-1024!¡±

    Big Pineapple was still one step faster. Just as the Tyrant prepared to jump, Big Pineapple directly used his alloy shield as a front and plunged towards the Tyrant.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s Level 35 skill, m.

    It was a Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s skill that had the most strength effects. With a higher level, the skill could even allow warriors to smash boulders into pieces.

    As for Big Pineapple¡¯s violent m, it pushed the Tyrant¡¯s body back by one huge step. No matter how powerful or amazing the Tyrant¡¯s jumping ability, with both its feet moving, there was no way it could jump.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    ¡°-340, -354, 307...¡±

    Onishi¡¯s Death Star continued to shoot at high-speed. In a short period of time, the submachine gun had already emptied half its magazine, and none of the bullets missed.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Phoenix continued to use the fireball skill. A fiery red condensed fireball struck the body of the Tyrant and inflicted yet another 2,000 plus HP.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5172!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s third shot rang in the air, hitting the Tyrant¡¯s eye socket that was struck during his second shot. For the first time, a yellow Weak Point Damage that exceeded 5,000 appeared above the Tyrant¡¯s head.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant was nowpletely filled with rage, it nowpletely ignored Big Pineapple who was still trying to disrupt its movements.

    It started walking with big strides over Big Pineapple¡¯s shield that was supposedly blocking its path. It moved withrge steps towards Feng Luo as if it was arge SUV truck.

    Even as it was in an enraged state, it seemed to be wary of the two shots that Feng Luo previously released that made it suffer immeasurable pain. When it ran, itsrge dark red w was ced in front of its upper body to block against attacks.

    ¡°F*ck, can¡¯t attract its aggro anymore. Old Feng, you guys be careful!¡± Big Pineapple shouted.

 Chapter 418 - Five-digit Fatal Damage!

    <h4>Chapter 418: Five-digit Fatal Damage!</h4>

    The Tyrant was over three meters tall. The top of Big Pineapple¡¯srge alloy shield was, at most, beneath its chest area. It was quite impossible for Big Pineapple, as a Heavy Armor Warrior, to prevent it from moving forward since his skills were all in cooldown.

    However, Big Pineapple wasn¡¯t really that worried. On the Death Hunter Ind, simr situations appeared when they fought the Hunter T-750. However, in those situations, Feng Luo dealt with those situations without receiving any injuries.

    Not to mention that Big Pineapple already knew that Feng Luo had awakened the Force. He even knew that Feng Luo was the crazy gunner yer in the video posted on the forum that swung the Tyrant as a weapon. So, he did not worry about the backline at all.

    However, it was only Big Pineapple who knew this, the other three agents did not.

    Upon seeing the Tyrant putting itsrge w to cover its weak points like a shield and getting past Big Pineapple¡¯s blockade, Phoenix had put down her energy converter and picked up her red alloy sword. She began charging towards the Tyrant. As a Light Armor Warrior, she was the second line of defense of the team.

    Onishi had already emptied one magazine of his sci-fi styled submachine gun. He quickly reloaded it with one hand while his other hand moved toward a ck dagger hanging on his tactical vest.

    It was a good thing the Tyrant was still some distance away from them. With the Tyrant using itsrge w to block its upper body, it could not get close to them by jumping.

    As such, Feng Luo did not switch to Ghost Weep; instead, he continued to wait for a chance using the Eye of the Thunder.

    After activating Charge, Phoenix¡¯s movement speed reached its maximum with just a few steps. In addition to the Tyrant¡¯s speed, she managed to reach the Tyrant when it was still over ten meters away from Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    Phoenix swung her alloy sword at the Tyrant¡¯s right knee. The metallic longsword had a vague red glow, and it was a powerful rare skill that Phoenix used more than once during the Special Agent mission.

    ¡°-3055!¡±

    The angle that Phoenix swung her sword in was not directly against the leg of the Tyrant. If she did that, it was highly possible that the alloy longsword would be mmed right out of her hands; swinging the sword sideways to counter.

    The damage from this sh was not low at all, over 3,000 damage. With the Tyrant as the target, it was most definitely high damage.

    The effects of the sh were quite obvious. After briefly crossing paths with Phoenix, the Tyrant that was still running toward Feng Luo suddenly copsed toward its right side.

    Although the Tyrant had been strengthened by the T-virus, its movement still required the support of the body. Phoenix skill-attached sh hadpletely sliced the ligament of the leg in half. As such, even if the opponent were a Tyrant it had failed to maintain its bnce after that attack.

    Of course, losing its bnce wasn¡¯t a fundamental problem in itself, the main problem was when the Tyrant lost its bnce and its body leaned forward, it needed to move its giant w that was shielding its head to readjust its center of gravity, exposing half of its head.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder rang loudly for the fourth time. The C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet emitting a faint blue glow flew across the field and struck the wound on the Tyrant¡¯s left eye socket for the third time instantaneously as the giant ws moved away.

    ¡°-10,005!¡±

    After the destruction wrought upon the wound by the two earlier rounds, the third Shield-breaking Energy Bullet prated the bones of the Tyrant¡¯s eye socket and entered the brain that was as frail and fragile as a human brain, inflicting bright red Fatal Damage.

    A five-digit number, a final hit.

    Therge three-meter tall imposing figure of the Level 50 Tyrant fell on the ground along with its dark red w halfway through its charge, less than ten meters away from Feng Luo. A bunch of energy crystals and a glowing test tube dropped on the ground.

    ¡°F*ck me, are my eyes ying tricks on me? That final Fatal Damage looked like it was five digits?¡± The Fire Maniptor stared wide-eyed far away from the battlefield,pletely shell-shocked.

    He wanted to see Feng Luo¡¯s group fail, so the Fire Maniptor did not leave and stayed behind to spectate the battle.

    However, the conclusion of the battle was a disappointment to him. The Heavy Armor Warrior actually managed to tank the Tyrant¡¯s attack easily. The Scout did not miss a single shot using his submachine gun at such a distance, dealing continuous damage.

    These people were all experts. They were not, in any way, weaker than the superstar yers.

    One could even say they were stronger.

    The Sniper actually managed to hit the same spot with all four of his shots. He only adjusted twice before destroying the eye of the Tyrant over 50 meters from him.

    The distance was considered a short distance for Snipers, but the enemy Tyrant was not a static target. Its head and body continuously moved when it fought the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    More importantly, the interval between the first three shots of the Sniper was less than one second.

    With the Fire Maniptor¡¯s understanding of Snipers, there was not enough time to aim in such a short amount of time, not to mention urately hitting the target.

    ¡°And thatst shot, the damage was definitely in the five digits. It wasn¡¯t a gold color damage number, meaning that it is a non-critical hit that was over ten thousand!¡± This was the hardest part for the Fire Maniptor to swallow.

    Though Feng Luo¡¯s earlier three shots inflicted decent damage, they were bundled together with Onishi and Phoenix¡¯s damage, and the Fire Maniptor was also watching from far away, so he did not see them clearly.

    When it came to thest hit, only Feng Luo¡¯s damage number appeared, the only red Fatal Damage number that appeared since the start of the battle, so he saw it very clearly.

    More importantly, a five-digit damage number meant that, even if the Fire Maniptor were to activate his shield, he would end up getting killed by the Sniper in one shot.

    ¡°How do you expect me to continue ying this game? Is there no bnce!¡± The Fire Maniptor could not ept it mentally.

    ¡°Captain Feng, yourst shot was over ten thousand, right? I didn¡¯t make a mistake, right?¡± The other three, including Big Pineapple, also noticed the final damage number.

    They did not need to actually see the damage value, they knew by just watching the Tyrant¡¯s HP. It was due to the new mission chip that they could see detailed information about the Tyrant¡¯s HP.

    After Phoenix¡¯s sh, the Tyrant still had more than ten thousand HP, but after Feng Luo¡¯s shot, the Tyrant dropped and died directly; a high damage value was naturally implied.

    Of course, Onishi and Big Pineapple might have still wondered if it were a critical hit, but Phoenix saw it with her own eyes when she turned around. She knew that it was not a critical hit, so the shock and surprise she experienced was very much simr to the Fire Maniptor.

    The reason was due to the fact that it was a five-digit damage value.

    Most yers had only seen four-digit damage ever since the start of the game, and they could definitely only inflict damage in the four-digit range. Even if ignoring everything else, five-digit damage numbers had a different visual impact in itself.

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯re sure your shot wasn¡¯t a critical hit? Why is the damage so high?¡± Even Big Pineapple, who was walking over to Feng Luo, was feeling a bit shocked.

    He knew that Feng Luo dealt high damage, and he also knew that, due to the increase in agility stats, Feng Luo¡¯s damage would definitely be a lot higher after the Force awakening, but he did not expect it to be as high as it was.

    Five-digit damage on the body of the Level 50 Tyrant? Unless it was a critical hit, just how many people had seen a five-digit damage number before in War?

    ¡°There¡¯s definitely luck in y.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and did not deny Big Pineapple¡¯s words.

    The shot damage was in the five digits because of the precondition set by the second and third shots. Due to that, the Fatal Damage of the fourth shot did not experience any damage reduction, which was why he was able to inflict this sort of damage number on the Tyrant.

    Feng Luo¡¯s words actually told another story, which was that the shot was most certainly a five-digit number, and it was not due to luck alone.

    Onishi¡¯s eyes were also filled with shock. His talent was not suitable for this kind of environment, so he did not show his full strength in this battle.

    Even under the right circumstances and environment, he still knew that there was no way that he would be able to inflict almost 20,000 damage on a Level 50 Tyrant in such a short period.

    If he did not start attacking earlier than Feng Luo, his damage would not have even reached half of Feng Luo¡¯s damage. The short burst damage of a Scout should be higher than a Sniper, in theory at least.

    For the number one expert from North City, in terms of epting another yer as hismander for this mission, Onishi was not displeased at all; however, he did feel that it was a bit weird.

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s mission points during the Special Agent mission was far above his, he knew that the examination was not a test ofbat strength.

    The fact that Digital Cat, the weak teenage girl still assembling the mecha on the side, only had a few points less than himself was proof in itself.

    When it came to facing the zombie-filled Silvermoon City and rescue operation of the current mission,bat strength was clearly quite important. On this, Onishi was quite confident in himself. The fact that he could be the number one yer in North City was a testament to his strength.

    North City was just like Storm City, they were both main cities were actually among the top five VIP main cities.

    However, in this cooperative battle, Feng Luo¡¯s marksmanship and battle strength suddenly put a lot of pressure on Onishi.

    ¡°It looks like I¡¯ve been overconfident. This Azure Dragon is truly strong.¡± Onishi¡¯s eyes shone.

    Big Pineapple and the other two each had their thoughts. Meanwhile, Digital Cat was still assembling the mecha on the side.

    Feng Luo looked at the two messages that popped into his vision.

    [You¡¯ve killed Tyrant (Level 50 Solo Type Commander Grade Monster). Kill Contribution: 37%. Obtained Experience: 1850. Obtained Points: 37. Obtained Merits: 2.]

    [Your Symbiotic Protozoa obtained experience: 1850. Level up... Current Level: 5. Symbiotic Stats: HP +1,000, Force +50, Defense +50.]

    yer¡¯s pet leveling system allowed shared experience with the owner, and for the Life Protozoa that wasn¡¯t even Level One, the experience it gained from the killing of a Level 50 Commander Grade monster was, without a doubt, enriching.

    The Life Protozoa¡¯s level went straight to Level 5, and the increased stats directly quintupled; 1,000 HP, 50 Force, 50 Defense. The stats he gained were alreadyparable to a Rare Grade Level 40 gear.

    With this, Feng Luo¡¯s HP jumped again and reached 11,000. This was already two to three times the HP of an average gunner yer.

    When Feng Luo was looking at the messages, Phoenix lowered her head and looked at the loot dropped by the Tyrant. When she saw one of the items was a blue potion, she asked suspiciously, ¡°Eh? The blue test tube that the Tyrant dropped... Could it be the Permanent Enhancement Potion? Are we that lucky?¡±

    Big Pineapple spent a considerable amount of his stamina during the battle, so he only walked over very slowly. ¡°Permanent Enhancement Potion?! Where?!¡± However, when he heard Phoenix¡¯s words, his eyes sparkled before he started rushing to the spot.

    And at that moment, Feng Luo, who had just raised his head, changed his expression. He raised the Eye of the Thunder he was holding and raised it against Big Pineapple who was walking towards him.

 Chapter 419 - Internal Conflict?

    <h4>Chapter 419:</h4>

    <h4>Internal Conflict?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Permanent Enhancement Potion?¡± The Fire Maniptor, who was still in shock after seeing the five-digit damage value appear, suddenly regained his senses upon hearing Phoenix¡¯s words. Then he quickly looked toward the Tyrant¡¯s corpse.

    As expected, among the items dropped by the Tyrant, there was indeed a spiral-tube blue potion.

    ¡°T-virus Permanent Enhancement Potion, and it was dropped by a Commander Grade monster. Even if it¡¯s not a perfect grade, it should be at least the excellent grade, right?¡± The Fire Maniptor¡¯s breathing quickened.

    He knew there was no way he would have a chance to get the Permanent Enhancement Potion.

    He knew he was definitely not someone capable of messing with the group of five in front of him. The strength that was shown by the group was, without a doubt, at the top-ss level.

    He suddenly remembered his earlier cursing and his belief that only five superstar yersbined would be able to defeat a Tyrant.

    In the end, without the female Mechanist doing anything, the group of yers dealt with the Level 50 Tyrant easily. The entire battle did not even take more than 20 seconds.

    However, immediately after the fight, the Fire Maniptor saw the Sniper suddenly aim his rifle at the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°It looks like they¡¯re going to fight against each other for this Permanent Enhancement Potion.¡± The Fire Maniptor was shocked at first, but in the next instant, he felt a sense of joy.

    ...

    As the Fire Maniptor was specting on the side with ill intentions...

    ¡°Damn it!¡± Big Pineapple shouted after being dumbstruck for a brief moment. He raised his alloy shield with his hands; however, instead of shielding his front, he quickly turned around to block.

    There was no way Big Pineapple would ever suspect that Feng Luo was aiming for him. With Feng Luo, his good teamwork, and their tacit understanding between each other, he already knew that there was danger behind him.

    Roar!

    The moment he turned his shield around, the sharp ws and powerful limbs of a Forager, and its tongue shot out faster than a bullet andnded on the shield.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-445!¡±

    The Forager¡¯s tongue struck the shield, creating a crisp sound. At the same time, a damage number appeared above Big Pineapple¡¯s head.

    ¡°F*ck me! A Forager?¡± Upon seeing the long and stick dark red tongue almost pierce his head, Big Pineapple looked shocked.

    With Feng Luo¡¯s reminder and hint, Big Pineapple was able to directly block the Forager¡¯s most lethal weapon. Additionally, with the effect bonus of his S-grade talent, Heavy, even the tongue of the Forager that could pierce through a skull didn¡¯t inflict high damage to Big Pineapple.

    Even though its sneak attack had been blocked by the shield, the Forager¡¯s four powerful limbs were firmly fixed on the alloy shield. It started crawling up the shield as if it was climbing a building wall.

    Its head peeked out from the shield as it continued to hiss and roar. The dark red tongue inside its mouth curled outward towards Big Pineapple¡¯s neck.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The moment the Forager peered its head over the shield, a gunshot rang.

    A C-grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet flew past the edge of the shield and struck the exposed head of the Forager directly. Immediately, the head of the Forager now had arge hole in it.

    ¡°-4570!¡±

    Yellow Weak Point Damage!

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the head was not the main weakness of the Forager, that shot might have been yet another five-digit damage number.

    Even though it was just weak-point damage, the force generated from the powerful impact of the Shield-breaking Energy Bullet managed to make the Forager¡¯s head tilt to one side, and the tongue that wrapped around Big Pineapple¡¯s neck did not manage toplete its job.

    ¡°Shield Bash!¡± Big Pineapple, who had returned to his senses, reacted and flung his shield upward.

    ¡°-1400!¡±

    The Expert Level Shield Bash¡¯s strength bonus was quite decent. The Forager was also considered a humanoid monster. Though the Shield Bash skill could not inflict the pain negative status effect on the Forager, it could still effectively generate the ¡°stun¡± status.

    The Forager that had half its head blown to pieces instantly became slower and duller after being bashed by the alloy shield.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4072!¡±

    This time, the shot interval of the Eye of the Thunder had shortened even more. The Forager that had just regained its consciousness and had tried to attack Big Pineapple received a direct headshot from Feng Luo that blew up its head.

    The Sniper¡¯s high-level Rapid Shooting skill.

    Feng Luo did not let down his guard and rx, even after killing a Level 50 Elite monster with two shots. Instead, he had be even more vignt, especially regarding the Tyrant in front of him.

    Several shadowy figures stained with blood around Big Pineapple suddenly began to get up from the ground. Including the two yers who were killed by the Energy SUV thrown by the Tyrant earlier.

    At that moment, they were no longer yers. It had dark red muscles, a highly morphed skeletal structure, bloodshot dark red eyes, and limbs that became extremely powerful, as well as incredibly tough and sharp ws. They had all be Foragers.

    ¡°What¡¯s with this situation!?¡± Phoenix widened her eyes and was unable to understand the situation quickly.

    ¡°We¡¯ve made a mistake! We forgot that yers killed by zombies and Tyrants would be Elite Grade monsters.¡± Feng Luo cursed himself lightly. His focus was previously on the Tyrant, and after that, he focused his attention on the system messages. In the end, he had actually forgotten the fact that yers would turn into monsters, which was an incredibly important question.

    All of the mutant yers got back up, eight in total Foragers.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4390!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder in Feng Luo¡¯s hands produced yet another dull and muffled sound. The light blue sniper bullet struck the head of the Forager and inflicted over 4,000 damage.

    If it was a Fatal Damage shot, looking at the damage inflicted on the Tyrant, Feng Luo felt that he had a chance of one-shotting the Forager.

    The Forager also knew that; that was why when it crawled forward, it hid its heart tightly below its body, and Feng Luo could only go for the next best choice.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Under the effect of Rapid Shooting, Feng Luo¡¯s second shot followed after just 0.7 seconds.

    As for the Forager that had lost half its HP, its remaining HP couldn¡¯t withstand the second shot and died immediately.

    However, the rest of the Foragers, apart from the two that charged toward Big Pineapple, had already spread out to the trees and the roads, crawling at high-speed toward Feng Luo and the other three.

    Feng Luo and the others were less than 40 to 50 meters away from the Foragers. The time needed for the Foragers to cover this distance was only around two seconds.

    This meant that, even if Feng Luo could kill one per second, in this short time frame, he would only be able to kill two at most.

    This sudden turn of events was clearly more dangerous than when they faced the Level 50 Tyrant.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    Just as the Foragers began to charge, machine gun fire that sounded louder and denser than the firing of submachine guns came from behind Feng Luo and the other three.

    Yes, that¡¯s right. Machine gun fire!

    A stream of searing hot machine gun bullets flew towards the two Foragers in the street.

    ¡°-354, -365, -374...¡±

    The two Foragers charging from the street were covered by the stream of bullets, and their bodies made up of only muscles suddenly had multiple bullet wounds.

    A two-meter tall humanoid mechanical soldier constructed from metal stood in front of Digital Cat, who was wearing her tech spectacles and whiteb coat. The humanoid soldier had pitch-ck eye sockets with two shing red dots in between each socket.

    In its right hand, a four-barrel machine gun spun at high-speed. Four pirs of me shot out from each of the barrels as bullets flew toward the Foragers.

    There is no need to doubt the damage of a multi-barrel machine gun. Although the firing speed of the four-barrel machine gun could neverpare to the six-barrel, Foragers were only Elite Grade monsters. For them, the damage inflicted by the mecha of yers didn¡¯t experience any damage reduction. (Note: Mecha and machine gun damage on Commander Grade and above experienced a certain degree of damage reduction.)

    Amidst the roaring of the machine gun, the two Foragers were pinned to the ground by the impact of the bullets. Their heads werepletely blown off.

    The entire process only took one second.

 Chapter 420 - T-750 Prototype

    <h4>Chapter 420: T-750 Prototype</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°She really made it?¡± Even though the situation was dangerous, the sudden emergence of the machine gun fire still made Feng Luo take some time to look behind him.

    ¡°But wasn¡¯t it supposed to be a heavy assault rifle? Why did it change into a machine gun?¡± After seeing thebat mecha that had a structure simr to the T-750 but did not have synthetic skin, Feng Luo was not that much surprised.

    The original assault rifle had changed into the four-barrel machine gun. From what Feng Luo knew, to change the weapon of mecha required at least an Advanced Level Mechanist.

    It had not even been 20 days, did Digital Cat really upgrade her second profession, into an Advanced Level already? The rate of growth was too... Even Feng Luo was surprised...

    Now was not the time for him toment over that, two Foragers were killed by the four-barrel machine gun, the remaining three were now only less than 20 meters from their position.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    ¡°-340, -354, -307...¡±

    Onishi looked solemn and kept firing this silver sci-fi styled Death Star. Two-thirds of his bulletsnded on the body of one Level 50 Forager that was constantly moving at high-speed. The submachine gun bullets did not have sufficient impact to stop the Forager¡¯s movement, however a two-thirds hit rate was incredibly amazing.

    In the end, the explosive force of the submachine gun was iparable to a machine gun. Even though over a dozen energy bullets hit, the Level 50 Forager still had half its HP left. It continued to crawl quickly and charged towards him.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5077!¡±

    Feng Luo raised the Eye of the Thunder and fired another shot that struck the head of the Forager and inflicted over 5,000 damage. The Forager fell on the ground around ten meters away from the group¡¯s position.

    The remaining two Foragers still managed to reach the group. They came from the forest on the two sides of the road that had a lot of cover. As such, the T-750 prototype¡¯s four-barrel machine gun and Feng Luo¡¯s sniping could not hit them in that short time frame.

    However, one of the five from their team was a Light Armor Warrior.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    Phoenix cast a Thunder Leap sh and swung her red alloy longsword toward the Forager that had juste out of the forest.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    Onishi also changed his target and shot at the Forager the same time Phoenix attacked.

    Feng Luo looked towards Digital Cat¡¯s side because the other Forager had also exited the forest and was charging towards her, who was beside the T-750 prototype.

    This Forager was clearly better when it came to choosing its target.

    Among the group, whether it was Feng Luo, Phoenix, or Onishi, they were all individuals with amazing meleebat abilities. If it had charged towards any one of them, at most, it would be able to injure them a little. There was no chance of any of them being killed in one shot.

    Digital Cat was different, her professions were a Doctor and a Mechanist. Both were ss cannons and did not grant her any meleebat strength. To be attacked by the Level 50 Elite Grade Forager meant that there was a chance that she might die in one hit.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    Since Feng Luo had already guaranteed Digital Cat¡¯s safety, there was no way he did not think about such a scenario.

    Just as the Forager rushed out of the forest, Feng Luo was one step ahead and was running towards the location. His high movement speed was even faster than the Forager.

    ¡°Raging Charge!¡±

    Ayer of dark red ligh¡± undetectable by normal vision appeared over Feng Luo¡¯s body. Force Skill, ¡°Enhanced Martial Arts¡± was activated at the same time.

    He switched the Eye of the Thunder to his left hand. His right hand was now holding a dark red military knife, Ghost Weep.

    Roar!

    The Forager charged toward Digital Cat. The next moment, the Forager that did not have eyesight but had incredibly perceptive senses found that the target in front of it had suddenly changed.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    ¡°-6377!¡±

    The Forager felt a vibration on its chest, as something cold pierced into its burning heart.

    Red Fatal Damage!

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-3066!¡±

    It felt another hit, a heavy punch that felt just like a heavy hammer,nd on its back. The punch threw its body that had lost all strength due to its heart being pierced on the ground.

    As the Foragernded on the ground and had less than 10% of its HP left.

    ¡°Bzzt!¡±

    The T-750 prototype¡¯s two eyes suddenly shed in red and it used its entire metallic body and tackled the Forager on the ground.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The full metallic body mmed heavily into the Forager that was still trying to get up. The empty mechanical left hand of the mecha grabbed the Forager¡¯s neck before aiming the four-barrel machine gun it held with its right arm at the stomach of the Forager.

    After that, the machine gun began to spin and fire, and bullets flew and fresh blood sttered.

    ¡°-330, -324, -309...¡±

    The Forager that had already lost around 90% HP from Feng Luo¡¯s two shots, was now on the receiving end of the T-750¡¯s violent machine gun barrage.

    In an instant, its HP emptied and the Forager transformed into a bunch of experience, an anti-virus serum, and a few energy crystals.

    ...

    Feng Luo was a little dumbfounded, as he turned around to look at Digital Cat. The T-750 prototype actually knew how to kill-steal and go for thest hit?

    Digital Cat, who was on the side, did not seem surprised. She only slightly raised her brow while mumbling, ¡°When encountering unexpected situations, its reaction is still not enough... How should I adjust it...?¡±

    Feng Luo smiled bitterly as he shook his head. He did not bother Digital Cat, who was immersed in her thoughts at how to better fix T-750. Instead, Feng Luo focused his attention on the Forager that was facing Phoenix and Onishi.

    The Forager¡¯s tongue had already been cut in half by Phoenix¡¯s sh. Its four thick and strong limbs were also injured, leavingrge pools of blood on the ground.

    Although Foragers had high attack, in a melee battle against a powerful Light Armor Warrior, they were inferior. Not to mention when there was the Scout yer touted as the ¡°Number one expert¡± assisting in the battle.

    After two seconds, the five Foragers that charged at them had all died. Feng Luo also gained quite a decent amount of experience.

    Apart from Digital Cat, everyone else in the party had already maxed their levels. For Big Pineapple and the other two, experience points were meaningless.

    However, Feng Luo could continue to level up, and his experience gauge had now reached 28% at Level 50.

    Apart from that, the Life Protozoa had also leveled up again; now Level six, and its stats also increased substantially again.

    However, Feng Luo felt as if he had forgotten something.

    ¡°Hey, Old Feng. If you¡¯re done, hurry up ande help me!¡± Big Pineapple cried for help from afar.

    Two Foragers long tongues were wrapped around Big Pineapple and his alloy heavy armor as if he was a giant tin can, and they were pulling him into the forest.

    Big Pineapple did have an insane defense, as even the Foragers were unable to pierce through his armor. However, he only had that one skill, Shield Bash, when it came to attacking. As such, when faced against two Foragers, he was taken hostage.

    This was actually pretty amazing and weird at the same time.

    ...

    After over a dozen seconds, the battle endedpletely. Five potions, a few energy crystals, and some supplies were left on the ground.

    The Fire Maniptor had already left, he did not dare to even think about even touching any of the dropped items. He knew that the group of yers was definitely not your average expert yers, and dared not mess with them.

    ¡°There are two 24-hour anti-virus serums. Big Pineapple and Phoenix, you¡¯re both melee fighters, you guys should use them first.¡± Feng Luo looked at the potion types and noticed that two of them were anti-virus serum had the longest effect period. This was incredibly helpful as it saved them time and they wouldn¡¯t have to waste points to exchange for them.

    Apart from him, the others probably did not have permanent resistance to the virus. Onishi was perhaps an exception. As a top superstar yer, he might have bought and used Permanent Enhancement Potions before through auctions.

    When it came to Onishi, after the battle, he seemed to have be friendlier towards the others. He was no longer the person who didn¡¯t speak like before.

    After witnessing the difficulty of fighting a Tyrant and the trouble it took for them to dispatch the Foragers, Onishi clearly knew that the mission required teamwork and effort. There was no way he would be able to reach the end andplete the mission by himself.

    After witnessing the others battle, including Digital Cat¡¯s T-750 humanoid mecha that had shockingbat prowess, Onishi understood clearly that every single one of them was a genuine elite yer.

    Even if he was the ¡°Number One Expert¡± of North City, he had now lowered his attitude. This was also one of the reasons why Feng Luo decided to maintain a low profile in this battle.

    ¡°Now then, let¡¯s discuss and see how we should operate in this special agent mission.¡± Feng Luo, the captain, finally said.

 Chapter 421 - Battle Plan

    <h4>Chapter 421: Battle n</h4>

    ¡°Concerning the intel provided by the NPC, I¡¯m sure everyone has already read them in detail. The target, a little girl named Sulli, was kidnapped into Silvermoon City. The kidnapping was nned by an ex-employee of the Umbre Company. The objective of the perpetrator was not mentioned, but there¡¯s a 90% chance the little girl is currently located inside the secret base of an adventurer¡¯s organization inside Silvermoon City.¡±

    Feng Luo said as he projected the mission information from his terminal into the middle of the group.

    ¡°Based on the intel, our first job is to identify the adventurer¡¯s organization. NPCs called yer guilds adventurer¡¯s organizations, but there are several guilds inside Silvermoon City...¡± Phoenix said.

    ¡°It¡¯s Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.¡± Feng Luo said firmly.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group? It sounds quite familiar? Oh, I remember, it¡¯s the first guild in Silvermoon City that joined the rebel army camp.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes darted from one side to the other. Clearly, he had not prepared enough for the mission. He did not even remember the main perpetrator of the biohazard crisis in Silvermoon City.

    On the other hand, Digital Cat and Onishi did not even flinch at Feng Luo¡¯s im. From the mission and forum info they obtained, they had already analyzed and came to the conclusion that the target was probably Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, but they were not as certain as Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo had known that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and Wesker, the Boss level person from Umbre Company, were rted; ever since the mission in Roguetown. Since Sulli was kidnapped by Wesker¡¯s people, and the target was inside Silvermoon City, he was pretty sure that they were hiding inside the secret base of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    ¡°This means that this special agent mission requires us to forcefully infiltrate a guild¡¯s base. On top of that, we have to rescue an eight-year-old girl who does not have anybat ability and escort her out of Silvermoon City. The mission seems a bit too difficult.¡± Big Pineapple scratched his head with wide eyes.

    In the game, although the bases of yer guilds within cities did not have six-barrelled machine guns or other heavy weapons defending them, they might still be equipped withplete surveince systems.

    A guild¡¯s base typically had over a hundred yers defending them. For the five of them to rescue and escort a young NPC girl with nobat ability out of the city with so many enemies, even if all five of them had awakened their Force, it would still be impossible.

    ¡°The system probably already considered this. That¡¯s why it has provided us with some mission items. For example, this identity disguise chip can disguise us as the rebel army, and we even have a guild disguise badge, which allows us to disguise as a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer.¡± Onishi said while holding a translucent chip and nk guild badge.

    Both items were on the first level of the special agent passcode chest given to them for this mission. They were among the free-to-use items inside the chests.

    ¡°Then, we can use the disguise potion to also change our body types and faces before disguising as members of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group to infiltrate their base. Then, we can sneak the target out from there... This n sounds like it can work.¡± Big Pineapple mulled over the possibilities.

    ¡°It¡¯s not so simple. Since it¡¯s a secret base, the defense should be very strong. Disguising as a normal guild member may not provide us with ess to the lockup area. Also, the higher-ups would definitely be familiar with each other. Even if we used the disguise potion, we would be exposed very quickly once we meet someone and are forced to interact with them. Also, the base is definitely covered with surveince devices. Any abnormal behavior would probably be seen by the people inside the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s surveince room. We should remember that though the entire Silvermoon City¡¯smunication system has been disrupted, people from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group should have encryptedmunications channel provided by the rebel army. If any of them notice anything suspicious, it is highly likely that we would be quickly surrounded by a group of elite yers. If we get trapped inside the base... There¡¯s no need for me to remind you of the consequences.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and mentioned a few tough problems.

    ¡°I can handle the second and third problems.¡± Digital Cat, who was deconstructing the T-750 prototype, said as she pushed the side of the technology spectacles. ¡°I have an infiltration device that the NPCs provided on the second level of my passcode chest. In addition, my Chip Master level has already reached Expert. I can get our special agent wrist watch connected to the encrypted channel of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group with a little bit of time. By then, if there are any issues, at least we¡¯d have time to react. Also, as long as we can enter their base, I can easily modify the images on their security surveince system if we install a beacon on their terminal, that would solve the surveince problem.¡±

    ¡°Holy crap, that¡¯s awesome Digital Sis!¡± Big Pineapple looked ecstatic as he heard Digital Cat¡¯s words.

    Phoenix and Onishi also stared at Digital Cat, surprised. After all, though it had been eight months since the game began, the number of Expert Level life professions was still quite low.

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart skipped a beat once more when he heard that. Digital Cat was actually at the Expert Level for the Chip Master profession already. Her progress in both her life professions was truly frightening.

    ¡°With Digital Sis destroying their surveince system, the sess rate of the n is now at least 80%, right? This way, we only need to think about how we take the target back to the NPC after rescuing her from the base.¡± Big Pineapple said happily.

    ¡°Don¡¯t celebrate too early. If the mission could be done so easily, the system probably would not have arranged for two other NPC special agents to participate. I think we need to be careful. Perhaps this is the system giving us a hint saying that we may have to face special agent-level NPCs during this mission.¡± Feng Luo did not mention that an important basis for his conclusion was the existence of the cellr recovery fluid that could heal injury status in the passcode chest. However, it was certainly something that he worried about.

    ¡°Special agent-level NPC... NPC who has awakened the Force!¡±

    Clearly, everyone remembered the strength of the three NPCs on Death Hunter ind.

    ¡°That¡¯s true. We should definitely pay attention to this.¡±

    Everyone nodded with stern expressions. Only Big Pineapple blinked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°But right now, there¡¯s one more problem. Where exactly is Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base? I couldn¡¯t find it on the forum. The forum is also managed by War¡¯s supeputer, it must have blocked us from essing the information.¡± Phoenix said, a little exasperated. Onishi also frowned.

    ¡°On this, I have a friend who might know.¡± Feng Luo grinned. He essed hismunication device and called an ID.

    ¡°Mr. Feng?¡± The device connected and ck Rose¡¯s surprised face appeared on the screen.

    ¡°Miss Rose, thank you for your help yesterday.¡± Feng Luo greeted first.

    ¡°No need to thank me. In fact, we didn¡¯t really help you much. If you did not take care of the Tyrant and zombies, we might have lost someone when we were retreating.¡± ck Rose was clearly more courteous when she spoke,pared to thest time they met at the Exchange. It was probably because they were now in different positions.

    Or perhaps it was due to the things she witnessed yesterday night.

    ¡°Miss Rose, I actually wanted to ask you about something...¡± Feng Luo did not hesitate and dived straight into the main topic.

    ...

    After a few minutes inside a tent within the quarantine zone for yers, ck Rose turned off themunications device. Her face rxed a lot more.

    A female yer also equipped with Scout¡¯s equipment walked into the tent and asked with an odd expression, ¡°Sis Rose, from your expression, it looks like something good happened?¡±

    ck Rose smiled and said, ¡°Yes, something good did happen. It looks like your idol will help us in counterattacking Silvermoon City. Would you call this good news?¡±

    ¡°My idol? Who¡¯s that? Miss Rose, do you mean God Onishi? How¡¯s that possible? Why would God Onishie to Silvermoon City?¡± The female Scout yer was first dumbstruck but then reacted quickly. She looked at ck Rose in disbelief.

    Onishi¡¯s fame was not limited within North City. As the top superstar yer in North City, his overall superstar poprity rank was also quite high.

    He was widely known as one of the strongest Scout yers in War. As such, his fame among Scout yers was even greater. This female Scout yer from Veterans Tribe was clearly a loyal fan.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, it¡¯s Onishi, the ¡®Number One Expert¡¯ of North City in the past.¡± ck Rose nodded. She remembered the conversation with Feng Luo,and she saw the expressions of the others, apart from Feng Luo, through the screen.

    After being the director of the intelligence department and the captain of the Scout team of Veterans Tribe for a long time, she was incredibly good at observing and noticing details.

    It was clear that Onishi, the ¡°Number One Expert¡± of North City, was not the leader of the mission squad. The person who seemed to be in control of the team was Feng Luo.

    ck Rose would have been shocked if this had happened sooner. After all, a top superstar yer like Onishi would most probably sit in the captain¡¯s position during missions. This was because they were, typically the strongest in the team.

    After thinking about the things she sawst night, ck Rose was no longer surprised that Feng Luo was the one who led the team. Even the strongest Scout yer like Onishi would not have been able to fight against a Tyrant and a group of Elite Grade zombies at the same time.

    In an earlier conversation between her and Monkey, there was another important piece of information...

    She gathered her thoughts. ck Rose focused her thoughts on the thing that she and Feng Luo previously discussed.

    ¡°Our guild has more than 1,000 yers still quarantined. Most of them will be released from the quarantine by 12. The guild alliance will set the time of counterattack at 12 noon.¡±

    If they can infiltrate Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base in this time and destroy Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s important mission, it would most definitely help in terms of morale.

    If it were someone else, I might have thought it was impossible since the sess rate should be quite low. But... they might really be sessful.

 Chapter 422 - Tyrant and Control Spider

    <h4>Chapter 422: Tyrant and Control Spider</h4>

    On the edge of Silvermoon City, within a metallicser wall, a blood-stained zombie dog with barely any fur left lowered its head and was chewing something that looked like an arm with a little bit of clothing left.

    From the photograph of the dog and its NPC owner hanging on its intelligent dog cor, one could vaguely tell that the dog used to be a small cute white dog. However, it had be a Level 42 Elite Grade zombie dog with rotten flesh that stood over a meter tall.

    In the process of chewing its food, the zombie dog had changed its position, showing its hind legs with flesh turned inside out while ck blood oozed from it. The wound was created by a human that suddenly appeared beside it and used a long thing to attack it as he shouted. After the human attacked, he was surrounded by a group of humans that gave off the same aura and pushed him to the ground while screaming.

    It was a good thing the zombie dog was able to snatch an arm away when the group of humans divided their food. As long as it ate the arm, the dog¡¯stent ability would quickly heal the wound.

    Wu!

    The zombie dog¡¯s neck turned and its dark red eyes stared viciously at the top of the metallic wall that was over ten meters tall. The muscles on its hairless and rotted body firmed up.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A human jumped from the metallic wall, slightly frowning when he saw it eating.

    Roar!

    The zombie dog growled and opened its drooling and bloodied mouth and sharp canine teeth, charging towards the human that gave off the scent of fresh meat.

    Immediately, it felt something cold and short slice its neck. Then, its neck, along with its bones, was sliced in half.

    From its gradually darkening vision from its rolling head, it saw a picture on its cor of a human smiling brightly while hugging itself. Then, it suddenly felt peace.

    ¡°Holy crap. Old Feng, you¡¯re way too quick there. It¡¯s a Level 40 plus Elite Grade monster. To actually kill it without creating any sound.¡± Big Pineapple, who was also using the special agent traction anchor to jump off the wall after Feng Luo, could not help butment.

    As Big Pineapple thought about the 20 plus kills that Feng Luopleted in thest phase of their journey before entering the city, he felt it was quite normal. ¡°Awakening the Force is really crazy strong.¡±

    The in-game time was 10:20. Before theypletely entered the story zone, they put their two vehicles into the vehicle space, because they could not retract their vehicles inside the story zone.

    ¡°I actually thought the inside of the city would be filled with corpses, with zombies blocking routes on the edge of the city. I never expected things to be that much better than expected.¡± Big Pineapple said after looking at the surroundings. He noticed that, apart from vehicles blocking roads and a lot of dark red bloodstains, the number of corpses on the ground was not as much as he had expected.

    Of course, the sounds of battle filled the air. It was obvious that those were the sounds of yers who hade online fighting against the zombies.

    ¡°There are bloodstains on the ground but no corpses. It¡¯s probably the system clearing the corpses after yesterday night. Probably did not want the scenes to be too disgusting.¡± Feng Luo said after mulling over it briefly.

    The scene from the night before was still eptable. If the scene of corpses filling the city remained during the day, visually speaking, it might have been too much.

    ¡°Next, we need toplete two tasks. One, we need to find a suitable and safe location and allow Digital Cat to help us connect our terminal to Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s internalms. Two, we need to move to Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s base and observe the situation. We¡¯ll begin our operation in conjunction with Veterans Tribe at 12. This ce is located not too far from the coordinates of the secret base given by ck Rose. We can probably reach the area between ten to 20 minutes.¡± Feng Luo turned around and said to Digital Cat, Phoenix, and Onishi, who had just jumped off the wall. ¡°Of course, we need to get rid of these bastards first.¡±

    A zombie with broken arms and a bloodied mouth suddenly charged out of a shop on the side. It roared as it moved towards them. There were so little zombies around them because these zombies were dining elsewhere.

    Compared to the clumsiness from the night before, the zombies seemed to have adapted to their new bodies. Their movement speed had considerably increased.

    ...

    At the same time, inside Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base...

    ¡°What¡¯s the situation right now?¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind stood in front of a French window. He looked fatigued, clearly he did not sleep at all through the night. However, he still seemed to be sharp and awake. After all, the n that he had been scheming for a long time was about to reach its final stage.

    ¡°No problem. Since most of the elite yers of the guild alliance were quarantined by the NPC army, the yers who came online aren¡¯t able to work together. They can¡¯t pressure us in any way. However, our informant told us that a counterattack led by leaders of Veterans Tribe willmence at 12 noon. They are even coordinating and contacting the other non-guild yers on the forum.¡± A Heavy Armor Warrior behind Light Wind said.

    ¡°12 noon... Alright, I got it.¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind nodded. His expression remained unchanged.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior stood on the side. He opened his mouth but closed it again. It looked like he had something to say but was hesitating.

    ¡°Is there anything else?¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind turned around and asked.

    ¡°Uhm... There¡¯s one more thing that I need to report to you,¡± said the Heavy Armor Warrior awkwardly and helplessly. ¡°That kid, Pervert, was heard by the female NPC. And... she killed him unarmed by thrown him off the building.¡±

    ¡°Killed? Unarmed? Are you sure?¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind frowned as he heard that.

    However, his focus was not that an elite yer of the guild, Pervert, lost a level. Instead, he was more focused on the fact that the female NPC working for Wesker was capable of killing an elite yer while unarmed.¡±

    ¡°Yes, the NPC is crazy. Pervert is a hybrid defense Light Armor Warrior after all, he has four Rare Grade gears and his HP is more than 10,000, but he was still killed instantly!¡± Eximed the Heavy Armor Warrior in shock.

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind had a vague frown. He could feel that he had grasped something in his mind, but as he tried to dig deeper, but he could not get anywhere. He simply asked the Heavy Armor Warrior, ¡°After killing Pervert, did the NPC do any other dangerous things?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior shook his head.

    ¡°That¡¯s good, leave her alone. Pervert says too much. To think that he¡¯d even flirt with an NPC. You reap what you sow. As for the little girl, remember to keep defense tight. Arrange a few people to specifically defend the surveince room.¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind ordered.

    ¡°Yes!¡± After the Heavy Armor Warrior left the room, Roaring Dragon Light Wind turned around. He extended his hand and pressed a button on his terminal, turning the window in front of him into a virtual screen.

    The image on the screen, a three-meter tall Tyrant T-001 was roaring in anger and charged towards a yer wearing the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group guild badge defending an NPC wearing a whiteb coat.

    After a few steps, the Tyrant dropped on the ground, its giant dark red w and head mmed into the ground as it wailed in pain. As it fell, two metallic syringes fired from a medical pistol could be seen poking out from its muscr back.

    As the Tyrant struggled on the ground, a small dark red mecha that looked like a spider crawled quickly onto its body, where all eight of its limbs punctured the Tyrant¡¯s exposed chest. A red light started to sh from its ruby-like eyes...

    After more than ten minutes, the Tyrant stood back up again. Although cruelty and violence could still be seen in its eyes, it did not attack the group of people. Instead, it only turned around in the same spot, looking slightly annoyed.

    The camera zoomed out to show that not far away from that Tyrant, over ten Tyrants with the same red mecha spider on their chest appeared.

 Chapter 423 - B-grade Frost Bullets

    <h4>Chapter 423: B-grade Frost Bullets</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    In a location around one kilometer from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    On the top floor of an empty hotel building over a hundred meters tall, a group of Federation camp yers that seemed to have made a provisional party was shooting at eight Foragers that were trying to crawl up the building.

    ¡°Hurry up! Attack! Don¡¯t save your bullets!¡±

    ¡°There are eight Foragers! We sure are unlucky!¡±

    ¡°Being unlucky is one thing, but remember, Foragers give a lot of points if you kill them. Foragers also have a higher probability of dropping Permanent Enhancement Potionspared to Elite Grade zombies!¡±

    The group of yers had decent gears. After a bombardment of bullets and skills, six Foragers had their brains blown up.

    Two of the Foragers were almost at the top of the building. One of the Foragers in particr, had its target locked on to an average-looking female Fire Maniptor wearing a pair of red spectacles. Though the girl looked average, she had an incredibly beautiful pair of eyes.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2244!¡±

    ¡°-822!¡±

    A gunshot suddenly rang. As it almost reached the top of the building, the Forager¡¯s front limbs suddenly had a bowl-sized bullet wound. Two white damage numbers that added up to over 3,000 damage also appeared above its head.

    The Forager¡¯s front limbs weren¡¯t a weak point nor was it a vital spot, as such, the damage from the shot was far from enough to kill it.

    The odd thing was that the Forager that was initially crawling on the smooth metallic outer wall of the building at high-speed seemed to have suddenly lost control of half of its body after getting hit. It then lost its footing and began falling.

    Falling from over a hundred meters meant that, even if it were a Forager that had been strengthened by the T-virus, it was impossible to survive.

    The Foragernded on the ground and became minced meat, vague white chilly air seemed to appear from the blood that oozed out of the wound from the front limbs that was shot.

    ¡°The Frost Bullet¡¯s effect is quite nice. It sure feels wasteful using the B-grade bullet on Foragers.¡± Around 200 meters from the hotel building, on top of a building that was slightly higher, Feng Luo used the sniping scope and saw the scene unfold before him.

    [Frost Bullet (B-grade)]

    Increases 20% attack. After striking, a certain area around the spot struck by the bullet will sustain a continuous low-temperature effect. After the bullet enters the target¡¯s body, it will cause a certain degree of freeze effect and some bonus freeze damage.

    That¡¯s right, Feng Luo just used a B-grade bullet.

    It was the B-grade functional bullets that had functions simr to the Type One Impact Bullet that Feng Luo obtained from the Resident Evil ¨C Omen mission fromst time.

    The source of these B-grade bullets was the second level of the passcode chest inside his inventory. Unlike the ten B-grade potions in Big Pineapple¡¯s passcode chest¡¯s second level, Feng Luo had 30 unique bullets.

    Four types of B-grade bullets. Ten for two types and another five for the other two.

    B-grade bullets were currently the best bullets in the game. At the moment, no yer in the game had ever seen A-grade bullets before.

    To receive 30 B-grade bullets in the mission directly, it made Feng Luo incredibly satisfied and pleasantly surprised.

    Considering the fact that the bullets needed to be exchanged with his special agent points, the pleasantness had been halved.

    Every passcode chest¡¯s second level had different items for each person for this mission. Whether it was Big Pineapple¡¯s B-grade potions, Feng Luo¡¯s B-grade bullets, or Digital Cat¡¯s infiltration device; they were all items that could substantially strengthen the team or their personalbat strength.

    ¡°I say, Captain Feng, can you not pull the trigger sote? That Forager almost got to me. I¡¯m currently a maniptor, I¡¯m really fragile you know? You must, at all costs, protect me better!¡± The bewitching voice of a female entered Feng Luo¡¯s ear.

    The female Fire Maniptor without makeup, who was wearing a pair of traditional-looking spectacles, was patting her chest while whispering on top of the hotel building far away. There was only one person who would ever call Feng Luo that; Phoenix.

    ¡°It¡¯s not my fault that even your backup Light Armor Warrior armor was red. You can only be disguised as a maniptor; at least this way, the contrast is bigger so you can blend in more. You can easily use the chip to switch into your warrior profession in times of danger. It¡¯s not so easy to kill you quickly with your warrior bonus, even if you are wearing the gears of a maniptor.¡± Feng Luo answered while shaking his head.

    ¡°Captain Feng, you sure aren¡¯t tender towards women.¡± Phoenix, who had used to disguise potion topletely change her face and her overall temperament felt herself grit her teeth.

    ¡°The situation is alright. It looks like members of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group aren¡¯t hiding in this building. The defense surrounding the base does not seem too tight.¡± Onishi¡¯s deep voice was transmitted through thems device of the special agent eyewear.

    An average-looking Level 40 Excellent Grade assault rifle hung in front of Onishi¡¯s chest. He was holding a pair of tactical binocrs and stood inside the building Phoenix was in to observe the situation with the zombies. He also looked at the surroundings of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    ¡°Based on the intel provided by ck Rose, the location of the secret base is highly confidential. Only the higher-ups of Roaring Mercenary Group know its location. Most yers in the Federation camp are either nning to surround their guild headquarters or focus their efforts on farming points, probably why nobody¡¯sing here. But this is a good thing. At least we don¡¯t have to startle them before the n initiates.¡± As Feng Luo said that...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The trigger of the Eye of the Thunder was pressed, and a normal sniper bullet flew toward the street on the ground and struck the head of a zombie that transformed from an NPC.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-9866!¡±

    Its head exploded, headshot.

    Several zombies on the street looked toward the sky in confusion. In Feng Luo¡¯s sight, he could see at least 200 to 300 zombies wandering about in every corner of the streets beneath him, in addition to the congested vehicles, debris and dried ck bloodstains everywhere across the city.

    ¡°This does feel like being inside an infected city in the Resident Evil game.¡± Feng Luomented. It was considered a dream before, and at that moment, he had a feeling like his dream had be a reality.

    ¡°For vignce¡¯s sake, I have to split the group into two teams. Part of the city¡¯s surveince system may already be in Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s control, although it¡¯s fine if they took control of the surveince system. Since a lot of yers areing online, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group has to consider the counterattack that will beingter. That¡¯s why they don¡¯t have the strength and energy to deal with other random yers. It is right to be careful. Once Digital Cat infiltrates theirms channel, we won¡¯t have to go through this much trouble anymore.¡± Feng Luo turned around to look at the room behind him.

    Standing in front of a tiny device, Digital Cat was rapidly and continuously tapping on a virtual keyboard while streams of data continued to flow through her technology spectacles.

    After less than 20 seconds, Digital Cat stopped moving. ¡°It¡¯s done.¡±

 Chapter 424 - A Serious Problem

    <h4>Chapter 424: A Serious Problem</h4>

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    ¡°It¡¯s done.¡± As Digital Cat confidently stopped her movements, the mini earphones connected to Feng Luo and the others¡¯ special agent watch became noisy instantly.

    ¡°Is someone free for a shift change? I need to go to the tenth floor for a while.¡±

    ¡°I got a pair of Level 40 Rare Grade gloves yesterday night. Guys, help me check and see how much credits I can get with these stats...¡±

    ¡°Old Bull, you here? Old Bull, you here?...¡±

    Many people were talking and it sounded like it was quite lively.

    ¡°I only obtained authorization to connect to theirmunications channel, I haven¡¯t essed the authorization formunication since that might make us detected. Since Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group uses multiple channels tomunicate, we¡¯re currently connected to the channel around the area with the highest number of people. Using a source analysis, I surmise that it is probably a party channel inside Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.¡± Digital Cat looked at the device in front of her and pressed something to readjust something. Then, the voices became clearer.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Old Bull. Why isn¡¯t Pervert saying anything? This is so not like him.¡± From the channel, the voice of a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s member continued.

    ¡°Don¡¯t mention that anymore. That guy is unlucky. He¡¯s already dead.¡± Answered a rather rough voice.

    ¡°Dead? No way! He¡¯s inside the base with us. He didn¡¯t even go out to take part in the Tyrant n, how could he be dead?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s because of the mission to defend the locked up little girl NPC that team three is responsible for. He speaks without any filter that he was killed instantly by the violent NPC.¡±

    ¡°Ha... This guy really made a fool of himself this time. I¡¯m gonnaugh at him after he revives.¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯sms channel became noisy and chaotic again. A few people also giggled andughed.

    ¡°Little girl?¡±

    However, Feng Luo and his group¡¯s attention was glued to two particr words.

    The five of them did not expect to obtain information rted to their mission objective so quickly. This was a good thing. This meant that the little girl was undoubtedly locked inside Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    At the same time, Feng Luo also noticed another detail, that a violent NPC had instantly killed a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer, leading him to make a guess.

    The five yers stopped speaking, focusing their attention to listen to the conversation from the channel.

    ¡°Hey, stop rambling, the guild leader said we aren¡¯t supposed to discuss this. Don¡¯t talk about this on the channel.¡± A slightly assertive voice appeared on the party¡¯sms channel, and the channel became quiet for a moment.

    ¡°Alright, alright. Guys, let¡¯s change the topic.¡±

    ¡°Captain, can we join the Tyrant catching mission after our shifts? I heard that we can get 100 camp points per Tyrant caught as a reward. I¡¯m only 20 points from the Beastification Gene Potion.¡± The yer who first spoke asked expectantly.

    ¡°Beastification Gene... You can take having scales or fur? I, for one, prefer to earn some points so that I can exchange for the Intermediate Pet Biochip...¡±

    ¡°But I also want to take part in the Tyrant catching mission. It¡¯s better than sitting here doing nothing...¡± The yer¡¯s question started another topic which caused multiple Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers to participate in another noisy discussion.

    However, as they reached this point, Feng Luo and the others looked shocked.

    ¡°F*ck me! Tyrant catching? That¡¯s tough!¡± Big Pineapple eximed.

    It was a good thing Digital Cat obtained the authorization to listen in to the conversation. This way, when they spoke on their side, their voices wouldn¡¯t be heard on the other side. Otherwise, Big Pineapple¡¯s exmation might have already exposed them.

    ¡°Heh...¡± Big Pineapple covered his mouth in embarrassment. As for the conversation on Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s channel, it kept going on.

    ¡°Hey, the people from Veterans Tribe are going to start their counterattack at 12. They are even posting on the forum asking other yers not to go online for now.¡±

    ¡°But they don¡¯t know that the longer they dy, the better it is for us. Don¡¯t think of Tyrants as mindless, violent beasts. In fact, they are a bioweapon developed by the Umbre Company. They already found out how to control them a long time ago. Otherwise, they¡¯d never use the Tyrants in a real war.¡±

    ¡°One hour and 30 minutes. This should be enough for us to get another additional 300 Tyrants at least. With thebat strength of the Tyrant, this should beparable to adding a few Boss monsters on our side.¡±

    ¡°Heh, they¡¯re guaranteed to fail this time.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not that they don¡¯t want to start the counterattack earlier, I heard that many yers were quarantined by the NPC army...¡±

    ...

    By then, Feng Luo and the others understood why they wanted to catch Tyrants.

    Bioweapon! Tyrants were actually monsters that could be controlled. This was definitely one of the strongest human weapons avable.

    ¡°Good thing we heard the information on this channel. Otherwise, we might have missed this incredibly important piece of information. If by the time we are ready to break through the base and a group of Tyrants suddenly appeared from behind to pursue us, even if we had ten more people, it would still be almost impossible toplete this mission.¡± Onishi said with a heavy tone through the special agentmunications channel.

    ¡°If Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group really does control a certain number of Tyrants, the Silvermoon City yer counterattack at noon might have close to zero chance of seeding. By then, all the tactics and ns that they worked on before would be useless. We can only depend on ourselves.¡± Phoenix¡¯s voice appeared on the channel.

    ¡°We should try to disrupt their operation. Even if we can¡¯tpletely stop their n, any attempt to slow them down would be great.¡± Digital Cat opined.

    ¡°But the problem is that we have no idea where these people are. Digital Sis, can your device also infiltrate Silvermoon City¡¯s surveince system?¡± Big Pineapple was currently standing beside the window. He was using the binocrs to look around, trying to find the squads that were, ording to the yers on the channel, ¡°catching Tyrants.¡±

    Their vision of the city was quite limited to multiple obstacles. Their view of the ground was mostly obstructed. Even though they were located over a hundred meters from the ground, they still couldn¡¯t see everything clearly.

    ¡°I most certainly can, but it would take time. Silvermoon City has too many CCTVs, it would probably take some time for us to pinpoint their location.¡± Digital Cat said with a frown.

    ¡°That¡¯s problematic then... But this is all we can do. We can only try this as it is ourst resort.¡± Big Pineapple scratched his head in resignation.

    ¡°No, I have a n.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s pet wristwatch appeared on his wrist. He extended a finger and pressed a button.

    ¡°Squeak!¡±

    A white light shed across the room and the golden 24K appeared.

    It first fluttered its wings and spun around happily above Feng Luo¡¯s head beforending on its favorite position, which was Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder area.

    ¡°24K! Old Feng, I really forgot you still have this trump card!¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes sparkled as he facepalmed himself.

    He had seen 24K¡¯s abilities before during the special agent mission, so he naturally knew what Feng Luo was going to do.

    ¡°Pet?¡± Digital Cat, on the other hand, stared at 24K. She was most probably curious about the tiny thing¡¯s abilities.

 Chapter 425 - Solo Sniping Operation

    <h4>Chapter 425: Solo Sniping Operation</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Digital Cat would never underestimate 24K¡¯s strength just because it did not look like abat-type pet. She knew that 24K was not your average pet, especially with the expression currently on Big Pineapple¡¯s face. His joy and admiration conveyed the message all too clearly.

    ¡°24K, that little guy, I also forgot! Captain Feng, your pet sure is invincible.¡±

    After hearing Big Pineapple¡¯s words, Phoenix, who was on the other building far away also spoke on the channel. ¡°You can actually fly now...¡±

    Feng Luoughed andmented, however, his focus was also on 24K.

    24K¡¯s flying skills had always been dreadful, normally it could only glide a few meters after working hard to p its tiny wings. Now, it was clearly flying much more stable, probably due to its most recent evolution.

    Feng Luo extended his arms and threw an energy crystal to 24K. As the little guy caught it with its tiny ws and was munching on the food happily, amand for action was sent through the mental link.

    ¡°Wormhole!¡±

    A pitch-ck hole appeared on the ground. And three transparent Scout Beetles flew out and passed Digital Cat¡¯s shocked gaze; directly flying out of the windows on the side.

    ¡°I hope we can find them quickly.¡± Feng Luo thought.

    It was rare for him to use more than one Scout Beetle at a time. The reason, as the Psionic Energy consumption for summoning Scout Beetles was too high. Plus, the longer the distance, the more Psionic Energy consumed.

    The consumption rate of three Scout Beetles was definitely higher than the consumption rate of 20 de Beetles.

    By the time the Scout Beetles reached around a hundred meters from the building, Feng Luo identally discovered something. The Psionic Energy consumed for the long-distance control of the Scout Beetles had decreased. At a distance of a hundred meters, the energy consumed was the same as when the distance was 50 meters.

    ¡°Could it be 24K¡¯s evolution this time not only provided it with mental attack skills but also enhanced the mental link¡¯s strength?¡± Feng Luo guessed in his mind.

    He quickly gathered his thoughts and guesses and switched his vision to another Scout Beetle that was heading towards the sky.

    It was over 200 meters from the ground. At this height, Feng Luo could see a huge range.

    The Scout Beetle¡¯s vision was special in that it could see energy and life wave discrepancies. Since the Tyrant was a Commander Grade monster, the life wave that a Tyrant emitted would be quite strong, if it weren¡¯t blocked by any buildings.

    Before long, Feng Luo saw a huge concentration of powerful life wave in a za around one kilometer from their position through the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision.

    Among the other two beetles that flew in the other direction, the one that was closer to the location instantly flew straight towards that location.

    After around half a minute, Feng Luo could observe the situation much more clearly.

    Arge Tyrant roared as it was lying on the ground as a NPC wearing scientist garments, who was protected by members of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, was manipting a device. On the ground, a red mechanical spider was crawling towards the Tyrant.

    ¡°Red mechanical spider?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s thought as he watched.

    That ¡°creature¡± also appeared in the Resident Evil game on Earth. Wesker even used it to control a character called Jill.

    By the time the red spider inserted its eight limbs into the Tyrant¡¯s chest and made the roaring Tyrant quiet instantaneously, Feng Luo knew that the spider had the same function that he imagined.

    ¡°This is really efficient.¡± Feng Luo looked solemn. After the Tyrant was sessfully manipted, the group quickly turned around and headed towards another location. On the ground of their next destination, another Tyrant was struggling on the ground. The process took less than a minute.

    ¡°We definitely cannot let them be.¡± Feng Luo thought.

    However, it was very obvious that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group knew the importance of this operation, as this was crucial to their ability to fend off the Federation camp¡¯s counteroffensive.

    While looking through the vision of the Scout Beetle high up in the air, Feng Luo could see all the highest vantage points within a radius of 500 meters and saw that they were all protected by someone from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Specifically, many of them had Sniper yers camping on top of those buildings.

    A defensive radius of 500 meters was not considered long-range for Snipers. However, theplex city environment made it that by just defending the 500-meter range, they had effectively blocked off the routes and sight from the ground.

    ...

    While Feng Luo¡¯s focal length through the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision adjusted to observe closer, Digital Cat was observing 24K munching on the energy crystal on his shoulder. Under her technology spectacles, the teenager looked like she was immersed in thought.

    She was remembering the time when she was working on a mission with a few of her ssmates back in Withered Desert. It was the scene where she saw Feng Luo¡¯s battle with her talent.

    Back then, she was not 100% certain that Feng Luo soloed the Level 38 Desert Rock Lizard Commander since he had a group of monsters that looked like beetles helping him in battle.

    When she saw that 24K could summon those beetle minions, her question finally had a definitive answer.

    ¡°The situation definitely looks difficult.¡± After a while, Feng Luo switched back to his character¡¯s vision.

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group has definitely set this mission as a priority. So, it will be quite difficult to stop their mission. This is because...¡± Feng Luo proceeded to tell the others what he saw.

    Digital Cat and Onishi did not ask about 24K even though they did not know the Scout Beetle¡¯s abilities. With their intelligence and experience, they already had a basic understanding of the Scout Beetle¡¯s abilities.

    As they heard Feng Luo¡¯s brief, they could not help but frown.

    ¡°But, it¡¯s not like there¡¯s nothing we can do,¡± Feng Luo said. ¡°It¡¯s clear that they still need to protect the NPC from the Umbre Corporation to manipte the mecha spiders to control the Tyrants. This is probably the only solution path that the system left for us.

    ¡°If we can kill that NPC, we can probably impede them or at least slow down their rate of controlling the Tyrants. This will be quite difficult since their defensive range is quite wide. Apart from Onishi and myself, the rest of you have no chance of getting close.¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the two inside the room. ¡°However, Onishi needs to scout for information on the base, and we need at least one person with scouting abilities here. My suggestion is to split up. Big Pineapple will protect Digital Cat and try to infiltrate the city¡¯s surveince system. Phoenix and Onishi will continue to gather intel on the secret base.¡±

    ¡°I will go and try to kill the NPC from Umbre Corporation. Whether or not I seed, I will be back by 11:30.¡±

    ¡°By yourself? Are you sure you¡¯re capable?¡± Onishi¡¯s voice appeared on thems channel. It was not like he questioned his ability intentionally, it was simply because the task was incredibly difficult.

    ¡°Hey, if Old Feng can¡¯t do it, I¡¯d say no Sniper in War can do it.¡± Big Pineapple said whileughing.

    ¡°Then, that¡¯s that. Let¡¯s get moving.¡± After Feng Luo finished speaking, the muscles on his face shifted and moved and before long, he had transformed into someone else.

 Chapter 426 - Friendly?

    <h4>Chapter 426: Friendly?</h4>

    Roar!

    Arge hole appeared on the wall of the store as a T-001 Tyrant charged out from it while roaring in anger.

    Itsrge and muscr body leaped into the air, up and over a group of Heavy Armor Warriors who had raised their shields in an attempt to block it. It held the head of a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Doctor yer, who had just fired a shot from his medical pistol and was not fast enough to dodge, with itsrge w before mming the yer¡¯s head into the ground.

    ¡°-4234!¡±

    The Doctor yer¡¯s head was crushed into bits and a bright and magnificent white light of death shed across the room.

    Roar!

    Although two silver syringes were sticking out of its chest and the liquid from the syringes had already been injected into it, the Level 50 Tyrant continued to re at the group and roared angrily. It raised the corpse of the Doctor yer into the air and threw it towards the group of Heavy Armor Warriors, mming into two.

    Two yers wearing the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s guild badge on their chest stood in the third-floor balcony inside a small hidden building. A two-personbo made up of a Sniper and a Scout.

    The Sniper was observing the Tyrant Hunting operation through his sniping scope from several hundreds of meters away.

    ¡°Another one dead, that makes 23 in total.¡±

    ¡°Hey, that¡¯s how the game is. The riskier it is, the better the reward.¡±

    ¡°A Tyrant is still a Tyrant after all. Even with the tranquilizer provided by the NPCs, facing it during the first dozen or so seconds when the drug hasn¡¯t kicked in yet can still be pretty deadly.¡± Said the Sniper yer while clicking his tongue.

    ¡°Alright already, Old Lin, don¡¯t just look over there. Don¡¯t forget that our mission is to stand guard over here and take care of all yers who don¡¯t belong to our faction.¡±

    The Scout yer was looking behind the Sniper yer using the military binocrs, towards the outside. ¡°Rx, Knight! The call by Veterans Tribe on the forum says that they will counterattack at 12 and they even asked the other non-guild yers not to go online. No one has evene online around the area in the past few minutes. Even if someone were toe online, with our gears, the moment they get online and start attacking, even if they had Rare Grade equipment, we¡¯d be able to take them out instantly.¡±

    The Sniper yer turned around and smiled casually. ¡°That won¡¯t do, it¡¯s better if we stay vignt. We¡¯ve joined the rebel army camp now. If anything happens and we lose Silvermoon City due to their counterattack, the consequences would be quite severe...¡±

    The Scout yer used Detect with a stern expression and thoroughly scouted an area 100 meters in front of them. He squinted his eyes as he stared at his recon meter, which showed a bunch of yellow dots, which were monsters, chasing one white dot, which was either a yer or an NPC. The white dot, that was on the street blocked by a building in front of them, was running towards their location. ¡°Pay attention! Someone¡¯sing from 12 o¡¯clock. Hurry up! Prepare to attack!¡± He shouted.

    ¡°Knight, you must be messing with me.¡± Said the Sniper yer while turning around casually, not believing the Scout.

    When he saw the screen of the recon meter, his heart tightened. He quickly moved his sniper rifle over and put his finger on the trigger.

    Two secondster, when the white dot entered his sniping sights, the Sniper yer¡¯s expression rxed. ¡°It¡¯s a friendly!¡±

    The person who appeared over the corner of the street across them was a Sniper with a golden dragon badge on his chest, same as theirs. The light green of the badge meant that they belonged to the same side, the rebel army camp.

    ¡°Just how many Elite Grade zombies are chasing this guy?¡±

    When the Scout yer saw that it was a friendly, his eyes also rxed.

    After looking at the eight yellow dots that followed the yer, he frowned again.

    The Sniper was running with a panicked expression and kept looking back while running, hisbat uniform drenched in sweat while his face was covered in dirt; he looked absolutely wretched.

    He was in such a bad state because he was being pursued by eightrge and muscr Elite Grade zombies, howling and growling murderously;pletely immersed in pursuing their food.

    It was quite easy for yers to escape from the pursuit of Normal Grade zombies. However, Elite Grade zombies were much quicker. Compared to the night before, the zombies of today seemed to have be faster after adapting to the environment, making it so the Sniper could not escape from the pursuit of these zombies and could only run frantically towards the two.

    The two gunner yers who were elite yers of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group could easily recognize that the yer running for his life was in the same guild as them, and did not have good equipment. Most of the items he equipped were only Fine Grade gears in the Level 40 range. He even had two white-colored Normal Grade gears equipped. The sniper rifle that he was carrying was only a Level 40 Excellent Grade item with average stats. With equipment at that level, it was natural that he did not dare to stop and fight those Elite Grade zombies.

    ¡°It¡¯s a friendly. It¡¯s probably a guy who came online today. What should we do, Knight? Should we help?¡± The Sniper yer held his rifle and turned around and asked the Scout yer behind him for advice.

    Since some yers from Veterans Tribe or other guilds did not go online the day before, it was natural that some yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group did not go online.

    To prevent information leak, Roaring Dragon Light Wind only informed his core team about it. Although heter asked all guild members to go online through the forum after everything was almost set, many yers had already gone to sleep. As such, many Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers did not go online.

    Since the yers who came online today had not used the potions provided by the Umbre Corporation, Foragers and zombies also pursued them.

    ¡°Help?¡± The Scout yer frowned and hesitated. ¡°The guild leader said that even if it¡¯s someone from the guild, no one can enter this area without prior notification.¡±

    ¡°Then what are we going to do? If he gets over here while being pursued, we can¡¯t shoot him just like that as if he were someone from other guilds, right?¡± The Sniper yer rolled his eyes.

    As an elite yer from the guild, they enjoyed better treatments, more resources, and the admiration of other normal yers. At the same time, they were also envied and hated by some others, even to the extent of being opposed by some of the normal members.

    If they were to kill a normal guild member in a situation like this, it was probably going to end very badly. Therger the guild, the moreplicated its internal structure.

    ¡°Let¡¯s notify him loudly and ask him to change direction.¡± The Scout yer said coldly aftering to a conclusion.

    The Sniper yer rolled his eyes again and got up from behind the hidden balcony. He shouted towards the yer who was running away on the street. ¡°Alright... Hey! You over there! Uh... Sorry to tell you this but...F*ck, he just cast Quick Sneak and is running over here!¡±

    He became wide-eyed and dumbfounded when, while he was speaking, the Sniper yer with normal-looking items was already looking towards them. After he saw them, he showed a smile and immediately increased his pace, charging towards the ground level of their building at maximum speed.

    ¡°What do we do?¡± The Sniper yer turned around and looked at his Scout teammate who was already frowning.

    The two of them did not think that their guildmate had behaved oddly, as it was natural for the first instinct and reaction of a person who was on the verge of death was to run over immediately instead of stopping to listen to what was said to them.

    ¡°I¡¯ll report it to the upper echelon. We can only help him for now. It¡¯s a good thing that Elite Grade zombies can¡¯t climb over walls. With our current position, our output should be enough...¡±

    The Scout yer immediately reported the happenings through theirms channel. However, at the moment, the channel seemed to have suddenly fallen into chaos, resulting in being unable to hear the response from the other side clearly.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Is there something wrong with the signal?¡± The Scout yer seemed puzzled.

    At that moment, the Sniper beside him, shouted as his expression changed, ¡°F*cking sh*t! Knight, forget about reporting it now! Foragers areing over.¡±

 Chapter 427 - 15-second Snipe

    <h4>Chapter 427: 15-second Snipe</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Forager!¡±

    Behind the eight Elite Grade zombies, a bloodstained Forager suddenly appeared at the corner of the street; its four limbs moved quickly as it crawled at high-speed towards the two of them.

    The sudden turn of eventspletely made the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s Scout yer forget his question about themunication issue.

    Though Foragers and those Elite Grade zombies were all Elite Grade monsters, their threat to gunners was heaven and earth apart.

    Elite Grade zombies had amazing strength, but they were dumb and could not climb up buildings. They were practically live targets with more HP. In contrast, the attacking Foragers were considered ss cannon killers.

    Theoretically, though they have used the special potion and the Forager would not attack them automatically, the Forager¡¯s intent seemed very obvious to the Sniper yer. The direction of its charge was 100% towards them.

    It did not even seem like it was still chasing that normal, panting gunner who had rushed into the lowest level of their building; which was why the Sniper yer quickly shouted at his teammate.

    ¡°It looks like now we¡¯ll have to do something even if we don¡¯t want to.¡± The Sniper yer looked a bit nervous as he fired his sniper rifle.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2245!¡±

    A D-grade sniper bullet hit the Forager¡¯s head. As an elite yer of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the uracy and damage of the shot that was less than 50 meters were quite good.

    However, the Forager was Level 50 and though it did not have high HP, its HP was still over 10,000, not doing much to affect the Forager.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-434, -434, -399...¡±

    The Scout yer raised the assault rifle hanging in front of his chest and started shooting. A series of bulletsnded on the Forager¡¯s body with damage numbers continuing to appear.

    Roar!

    The odd thing was that the Forager did not try to dodge the attacks at the beginning when it was hit. It was only after the Forager was struck by a few bullets that it started to roar, as if it had only just been angered.

    Both of the yers did not notice that oddity, as the angered Forager was already moving quickly and agilely towards the both of them.

    When the two Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers attacked the Forager, the gunner yer had already entered their building and vanished from their sights.

    ...

    A few secondster, the bullet-ridden Forager fell to the ground from the wall.

    ¡°Motherf*cker. That was close. We almost got done in.¡± The Sniper yer put down his rifle and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, as his eyes were almost punctured by the Forager¡¯s disgusting long tongue.

    ¡°Foragers are not easy to deal with. It only dropped a few rubbish crystals... Next time, we should ask a Heavy Armor Warrior for the operation. What do you think, Knight?¡± The Sniper yer said while staring at the corpse of the Forager. However, he did not hear a reply from his partner.

    He turned around suspiciously, seeing his teammate falling forward with a pained expression on his face. ¡°Knight, why are you... Knight!¡±

    On the Scout yer¡¯s chest, a bloodstained knife was protruding through the Level 50 Excellent Grade camouge uniform with good defense. And the white light of death shed in front of his eyes.

    ¡°Knight!¡± The Sniper yer yelled as he turned around hastily.

    Next came the sound of a sniper rifle shot from behind, with a bullet exiting his chest along with sputtering blood.

    As the white light of death encapsted his body, the Sniper yer turned around using hisst bit of strength and vaguely saw the smiling face of a stranger behind him through his vision. The color of the badge on the stranger¡¯sbat uniform was red, belonging to the enemy camp.

    The Sniper yer dropped to the ground and a line of thought shed across his vengeful mind, ¡°Motherf*cking sh*t. So unlucky. No one hase online for so long, and the moment we encounter a Forager, someonees!¡±

    He never even doubted that the Federation camp yer was actually the ¡°friendly¡± that he saw just a few seconds ago.

    [You¡¯ve killed a yer from the enemy camp. Obtained Experience: 500. Obtained Merit: 1.]

    ...

    After taking care of the two gunner yers, Feng Luo pressed a button on his watch and turned off something for the moment.

    [Beginner Level Special Agent Communication Scrambler]

    The device is capable of disrupting normalmunication signals within a radius of 30 meters. This was an item from the passcode chest for this mission, and in a situation like this, it was clearly very effective.

    The yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group probably did not think that someone else would also be able to disrupt theirmunication signals just as they had done so to the entirety of Silvermoon City. This was something from the high-level Federation Special Agent Department.

    24K also peered its tiny head out from Feng Luo¡¯s tactical vest pocket. It squeaked twice as its shiny eyes sparkled.

    The Mental Attack skill 24K obtained from its most recent evolution was actually difficult to control when used to maniptemon creatures.

    Of course, it also consumed a lot more Psionic Energy. In the short few seconds where it controlled the Foragers to charge at the two gunner yers, 24K had already spent one-fifth of its total Psionic Energy.

    However, the result was satisfactory, as it helped Feng Luo gain the sniping position easily.

    Feng Luo raised the Eye of the Thunder quickly and aimed it at a location a few hundred meters away. He aimed at the ce where the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers were hunting and capturing Tyrants.

    Feng Luo squinted and thought, ¡°15 seconds.¡±

    He only had 15 seconds toplete this snipe based on the intel obtained by the Elite Grade Scout Beetle that was stationed behind the two gunner yers for a few minutes. It was a conversation between the two gunners, and they mentioned earlier that they had to report through theirms device every 30 seconds. At the moment, it had been around 15 seconds since theirst report.

    It was clear that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group treated this mission very seriously and they were quiteprehensive in executing their n.

    Even if they could not view the other yers¡¯ status due to the distance or other developments rted to the storyline, they were still able to know the status of every squad in ambush. If anything were to happen, they would be able to immediately detect the problem.

    For average Sniper yers, aiming at and shooting at a target that was 300 meters away wasn¡¯t too hard in 15 seconds.

    However, if the target was located over 500 meters away and was protected tightly by a group of Heavy Armor Warriors with their shields raised, then the difficulty would simply be two to three times higher.

    Due to bad positioning, Feng Luo was able to kill the two Roaring Dragon Mercenary yers without alerting the other Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers. It was also the reason why Feng Luo spent more than ten minutes observing, and based on the geography, ultimately chose this location his point of infiltration.

 Chapter 428 - B-Grade Heavy Impact Bullet

    <h4>Chapter 428: B-Grade Heavy Impact Bullet</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    15 seconds countdown.

    14 seconds: the Eye of the Thunder scope already adjusted to the most suitable magnification.

    13 seconds: all the statistics werepletely calcted in Feng Luo¡¯s mind.

    12 seconds: a ck sniper rifle already entered ready-to-fire state.

    10 seconds: Feng Luo¡¯s finger rested on the trigger, not shooting but waiting for the opportunity.

    There was not much change in the actions of the yers, as the internalmunication had been disrupted and the position 500 meters below the city environment was already considered to be very far, making the previous noises from the war was not very obvious.

    With gunshot noises everywhere as there were still many yers who hade online early and were fighting zombies, the more this previousbat of only a short few seconds was not really attention-catching.

    Although it had not raised the guard of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers, the defense of the ¡°Tyrant-hunting¡± team 500 meters away was extremely tight from start to finish.

    An entire team of six Heavy Armored Warriors formed a tight Alloy Shield wall beside the Umbre Company NPC who was travelling towards the roaring Tyrant which had fallen to the ground, not leaving any slight gaps.

    Feng Luo had no doubt that if it was not for the traffic congestion in the entire city region, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would definitely have made a bulletproof Energy vehicle of the highest-grade and let this NPC stay inside it, and not make a group of Elite yers engage in protection now due to the matter of time constraint.

    Through the scope of the Eye of the Thunder, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes stared directly at that absolutely tight shield wall.

    Another reason why he had chosen this position was because through the vision of another Scout Beetle, he had clearly seen that the spot where the newest Tyrant had fallen was over here. He needed a perspective to control the mechanic spider and to prevent the Tyrant from having any more energy to attack people, this Umbre Company researcher NPC still had to do from a certain distance.

    Hence, within these few seconds that the NPC was controlling the robotic spider, the six Heavy Armored Warrior yers had to open a gap in the shield wall.

    5 seconds: The ¡°Tyrant-hunting¡± team had already moved to a safe position; the two front most Heavy Armored Warriors shifted their shields, revealing a gap of about 20 centimeters.

    Inside was an Umbre Company NPC wearing whiteboratory attire and technological sses, his fingers tapping onto something on a screen of light.

    20 centimeters at a distance of 500 meters was almost no different from a crevice. But to Feng Luo who had aimed urately, this was enough.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    2 seconds: At the balcony, there was a muffled gunshot, after which a ck special sniper bullet spun at high speed as it rushed out of the muzzle of the Eye of the Thunder at a speed of over 900M per second.

    In just less than one second, the bullet, clearly much longer than an average bullet, had passed the buildings and infrastructure along the way, even tightly following the surface of a ss wall of a building at a few centimeters away as it flew.

    After covering the 500 meter distance, it precisely hit the head of the researcher NPC with the technological sses who was controlling the robotic spider.

    ¡°Pai!¡±

    Unexpectedly, as the ck bullet rammed into the NPC¡¯s head, a white light shed across the surface of the researcher NPC¡¯s clothing.

    There was no damage coefficient emerging above the NPC¡¯s head at all, and he was not eliminated by the immense power of the sniper bullet.

    What was even stranger was that a blood-red lethal damage coefficient emerged above the head of the Heavy Armored Warrior closest to Feng Luo¡¯s side.

    ¡°-22800!¡±

    A five-digit damage coefficient, furthermore over 20,000, a gorgeous five-digit number.

    ¡°A Rare Protection Skill.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s face darkened, as he had seen such a situation before.

    Previously at the Silverleaf Ind mission, a Sniper yer from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had sneakily hidden on the side for ambush.

    He suddenly opened fire at Lin when everyone had rxed frombat, attempting to kill off the mission NPC and disrupt Red Queen¡¯s mission.

    Since Big Pineapple had used a Rare Protection Skill on Lin long before, the resultant lethal damage was doubled and passed on to Big Pineapple, leaving Linpletely unharmed.

    That Heavy Armored Warrior of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had this type of extremely rarely seen Rare skill known as ¡°Bodyguard Divine Skill.¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had considered the possibility of Federation yers sniping the NPC long before, more than just having a shield wall, they also had a foolproof protection measure.

    As the damage of this skill was calcted based on attack power and not based on the upper limit if the NPC¡¯s HP on which the skill had been applied, the damage emerging above this Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s head was definitelypletely beyond any of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers¡¯ anticipation.

    It was lethal damage of more than 20,000; even if this Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s equipment was good, with Feng Luo¡¯s horrifying attack after his awakened Force and with his Lethal Talent coefficient multiplied, the Heavy Armored Warrior would not be able to withstand it. At the same time as the damage coefficient emerging above his head, a white light of death shed across his body.

    Despite having one Heavy Armored Warrior dead, was Feng Luo¡¯s action dered to be a failure?

    Since the Eye of the Thunder needed a second of cooldown time, it was not possible for him to have a chance to fire a second shot before the remaining yers reacted and defended the NPC.

    ......

    On the balcony, Feng Luo¡¯s expression was a little strange, as his gaze was dead-fixed on that ck sniper bullet which had sprung from the white light, changed direction and hit the Heavy Armored Warrior beside, as if he was anticipating something.

    That ck sniper bullet which had hit the Heavy Armored Warrior suddenly violently exploded.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    A ball-shaped shockwave dispersed into the surrounding area from the center of the bullet explosion, sending the originally neatly-arranged remaining five Heavy Armored Warriors together with the Umbre Company NPC to the ground, creating chaos.

    This situation was undoubtedly once again beyond anyone¡¯s anticipation.

    [Heavy Impact Bullet (B-Grade)]

    Increases attack by 20%, explodes after hitting target and creates a powerful shockwave within a certain region.

    The bullet that Feng Luo used was not an ordinary sniper bullet but a very special Rare bullet, the second type of B-Grade bullet among the four types of B-Grade bullets from the passcode chest.

    It was not the first time Feng Luo had received such a featured bullet as the ¡°Impact Bullet,¡± during the Roguetown mission, he had obtained a bullet known as the ¡°Impact Bullet I¡± from that Guard Bureau team director, the impact force it had could possibly even knock a Tyrant down.

    That kind of bullet was just a handgun bullet, and just on price alone, sniper bullets were equivalent to more than three times that of handgun bullets.

    This ¡°Heavy Impact Sniper Bullet¡± not only carried impact force, but an extremely powerful range impact force.

 Chapter 429 - Roaring Dragon Lightwindâ€™s Rage

    <h4>Chapter 429: Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s Rage</h4>

    The effect of the ¡°Heavy Impact Bullet¡± was undoubtedlypletely impossible to be anticipated by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers.

    With all the Heavy Armored Warriors knocked to the ground by the impact force of the bullet, even if they had already realized that there was a sniper who wanted to kill the mission NPC, it was not possible for the yers in the outer circle to be able to charge in time and use their bodies to absorb Feng Luo¡¯s next shot which was in just a second.

    The Protection Skill could only take effect once within a certain period of time on the same target, it was impossible for the damage of the next bullet to be changed by the skill.

    However, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was worthy of being Silvermoon City¡¯s number one yers¡¯ guild.

    Just when the inner circle of Heavy Armored Warriors had all fallen from the bullet and were unable to provide protection for the Umbre Company NPC, among the medic yers of the outer circle, a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group medic yer who had a medical pistol aimed right at the NPC quickly pressed down on the trigger.

    ¡°p!¡±

    A green syringe bulletnded on the NPC¡¯s back.

    ¡°+4000!¡±

    A green coefficient appeared above the NPC¡¯s head. This coefficient was not HP recovery, but of the raising of HP upper limit.

    4000 HP limit raise was definitely a kind of Rare Buffing potion of B-Grade and above, and this medic yer also definitely had a HP-enhancing Talent or a rted Rare skill.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-8564!¡±

    However, just when the HP-enhance coefficient above the NPC¡¯s head had not disbursed yet, a shield-breaking Energy bullet carrying a faint blue trajectory had already followed up, hitting the head of the researcher NPC who had fallen to the ground. A red lethal damage coefficient followed and the NPC¡¯s head exploded like a watermelon, and his blood-stained body vibrated a little before he was dead.

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers had once again made Feng Luo feel unexpected.

    After their closebat defense had been broken by the ¡°Heavy Impact Bullet,¡± the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group actually still had another backup.

    The researcher NPC¡¯s HP had been raised straight to more than 8500, it could be said that other than Feng Luo, it was currently not possible for there to be any Sniper in the entirety of War who could y in one shot with such a level of HP.

    Area lockdown, Heavy Armored Warriors, Protection Skill, HP enhancement...

    To protect this NPC, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had prepared four types of tight defenses, especially with thest two types, they had probably thought that there would be no possibility at all for any problem.

    Never would they have been able to anticipate that there would be a Sniper yer who had awoken his Force, obtained multiplied basic attributes, and possessed 100% lethal damage enhancement would y their biggest assurance in the uing city-defense battle in less than 30 seconds of defenselessness just on a balcony 500 meters away.

    Speaking of which, there was a bit of a ¡°destined rivalry¡± between Feng Luo and both the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Umbre Company.

    Ignoring the process of forming a grudge with Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, up till now, Feng Luo had already unintentionally disrupted the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s important missions three times. Furthermore, they were missions rted to the Umbre Company every time.

    Especially this time, with the NPC who was able to control Tyrants sniped, it definitely seriously affected the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group following city-defense mission; and it could have directly affected the Group¡¯s sess in joining the rebellion camp¡¯s gamble this time.

    If Roaring Dragon Lightwind knew that those three missions had been ruined by Feng Luo¡¯s hands alone, who knew what he would think with that attitude of his.

    Of course, the person responsible for the first time on the Silverleaf Ind mission was Roaring Dragon Invincible, but on the two Biohazard Crisis missions at Roguetown and Silvermoon City, it was indeed the result of Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s painstaking nning.

    ......

    On a balcony on the third floor of a small building, Feng Luo fired thest shot and ran into the room without a thought.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Almost at the same moment he hid his entire body inside, two sniper rifle bullets hit the balcony on the left and right, shaving the balcony limestone and sending dust and shards flying.

    ¡°Over there!¡±

    ¡°Rider and Lin Han didn¡¯t respond, surely killed by that brat!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, f*cking damned Sniper! F*ck, what¡¯s our Sniper doing, not hitting anything!¡±

    ¡°Quick, he¡¯s escaping, stop him with attacks!¡±

    ¡°Damn it, report to Leader Lightwind immediately!¡±

    The hunting team of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already been enraged to the core, the team channel was already filled with a noisy mess.

    Not only the hunting team, but when the news was posted onto the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group guild¡¯s mass channel, the entire Group had exploded with rage.

    There was no need to say more about the importance of the NPC; in order to guarantee that he was able to control Tyrants as much as he could, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had deployed an Elite team of not less than 500 yers just to be able to ensure his safety. But, with the protection of over 500 yers and four types of insurance, the NPC was killed.

    Whose fault was this?

    More importantly, how would they defend the city next?

    ......

    At the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group headquarters.

    As the current guild leader, Roaring Dragon Lightwind sat at the chairman seat of a long meeting table, discussing with a group of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group directors who had joined the rebellion camp about the following city-defense matters.

    Ready to start a war soon, Roaring Dragon Lightwind naturally would not continue staying in the secret base; after all, it was the guild headquarters which was the symbol of the guild.

    ¡°Beep, beep!¡±

    Just when many of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group directors of the mainmittee and subsidiary groups were smiling as they nned for the uing war, many of theirmunicators suddenly started ringing. Seeing the information content, everyone froze.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind, who was originally smiling, unconsciously squeezed and shattered the handle of the boiling hot coffee cup held in his hands, which color was his favorite light elegant blue porcin.

    After staying silent for an entire two seconds, Roaring Dragon Lightwind coldly issued amand, ¡°Engage surveince, city-wide surveince!¡±

    ¡°What? Leader, do you want to consider...¡±

    ¡°Yeah, Leader. To engage city-wide surveince for just one yer, it¡¯s not worth it...after all, we¡¯re only able to use the city-wide surveince for five hours.¡±

    The remaining directors of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group were simrly pale-faced, many already starting to scold; but hearing Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s words, most of their faces turned into hesitation.

    After going through a night of action, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already controlled many facilities in Silvermoon City, but the control did not mean usage.

    Yesterday night, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group arranged for Elite yers to engage in nned destruction of Energy sources, city surveince,munication towers, and other important facilities first thing when the plot started, in order to speed up the spread of the T-Virus and obtain advantage in the battle with the guild alliance yers.

    Initially, the thought of the directors of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was just temporary partial destruction, then wait until they had gotten other yers out of Silvermoon City before letting the guild¡¯s Life Profession yers repair the facilities and controlling it in their hands. However, they had discovered this morning that the situation was not as perfect as they had imagined.

    Many of the facilities had actually been fully destroyed, furthermore, it was not yers who had destroyed these things but infected beings such as zombies and Tyrants, native NPCs, and even somerge-sized infected mutant organisms.

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind had felt that this situation was his misfortune, but changed his view and felt that it should have been the system¡¯s purposeful intention.

    Silvermoon City was a border city, with extremely powerful city-defense facilities.

    With up to 100,000 zombies and Tyrants and with advantage inmunication, even if the entire city-defense system had really been controlled by the rebellion camp and even if the yers of the Federal camp participated in the battle increased in size by another three times; there probably would not be any chance to im this border city.

    The surveince system was notpletely destroyed, it was only the Guard Bureau NPC who was in charge of the surveince being infected that had engaged the self-destruct program. The city-wide surveince system could only be used for five hours, once engaged, it would enter a countdown, then self-destruct.

    Even an Expert-Grade Chip master of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was unable to alter it.

    Five hours of city-wide surveince to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s city-defense warmand at 12PM, the engagement timing was extremely important. This was another enormous advantage of theirs other than inmunication and the Tyrant troop.

    However, at that moment, Roaring Dragon Lightwind had made such a considerably impulsive decision.

    ¡°The damage of two consecutive shots is logically up to 10 thousand, with terrifying shooting skill and the ability to jump at the chance. If such a Sniper has been hiding in the city, it¡¯s practically an unsolvable threat to all themanders and guild¡¯s main Elites in the warter!¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind took in a deep breath, looking around at the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group directors around the table. ¡°Plus, the Board of Directors would alsoe onler to watch the war.¡±

    The moment the term of Board of Directors was spoken of, the entire meeting room was silent.

    Since they had chosen to serve those with immense amounts of money, then even if one obviously knew that certain decisions were not very right, one would still have to carry them out.

 Chapter 430 - The Prowess of the Legendary Recon Meter

    <h4>Chapter 430: The Prowess of the Legendary Recon Meter</h4>

    The game time was 11AM sharp, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group began their first pre-warrge-scale movement.

    With the city-wide surveince which could only be used for five hours, all the guild yers online and nearby Tyrant-hunting groups were thoroughly searching for that Sniper yer.

    ......

    On the street near the hunting region was a Gunner yer wearing a Fine-Grade Level 40bat uniform with a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group insignia on his chest. He had an Excellent sniper rifle with average attributes held in his hands, and his face was panicked as he aimed at every spot capable of hiding yers using the sniper scope to search, his footsteps instinctively walking closer towards the outer circle step by step.

    Along the way, he met a four-man team hurrying over to search. They exchanged greetings with nods of their heads and let out a fewints about how the higher-ups had hastily made decisions and they would have to work themselves off.

    ¡°Leader Feng! You¡¯ve actually killed that NPC? At such a fast speed, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯smunication channel is in a mess now!¡± Phoenix¡¯s voice came from themunication channel, with joy and disbelief.

    ¡°Heh, that¡¯s why I said Old Feng definitely could make it. Right, Old Feng, how did you do it, teach me in detailter on when you¡¯re free.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s voice followed, with a sense of self-satisfaction with his foresight.

    ¡°The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group is already on the search with city-wide surveince engaged, do you need us to protect you as you retreat?¡± Onishi¡¯s voice was the third to appear, which sounded a little shocked by an unexpected discovery.

    ¡°Hm, no need. They wouldn¡¯t expect our method of disguising with the camp and guild insignia, so we just need to be careful and our identities wouldn¡¯t be discovered by these people at all.¡± Feng Luo shook his head, as he missed a shot together with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Sniper in his scope on the rooftop beside. ¡°But if the city-wide surveince is controlled by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the following n would have to be adjusted a little. Digital Cat, can the equipment you¡¯ve obtained hack into this city-wide surveince channel?¡±

    ¡°With Silvermoon City¡¯s own surveince engaged, it¡¯s rather a lot easier for me to hack into it than the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group previously using those surveince equipment provided by the rebellion, it¡¯s a 95% chance that I¡¯ll be able to hack into it within a minute.¡± Digital Cat sounded very confident. ¡°However, the inner surveince of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base is independent, so to hack in, I first have to bring in the Chip with the hacking program. Also, ording to the signal source analysis, the yers in the base should be around 150, but now the number is 87% probability of being less than 100. Because there have been dozens of peopleing out, then going towards the direction of where you are now.¡±

    ¡°Mm, this is almost as I¡¯ve anticipated. The base is very near here, so the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s higher-ups will very likely deploy the people from the base to intercept me, and the defense power at that base would be reduced, making the following action easier. Never thought that this war would be bigger than I imagined.¡± Feng Luo shifted the sniper rifle angle down, already seeing more Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers moving over through the scope, searching and blocking the roads from every direction.

    ¡°But this is rather a good thing too. I¡¯d rather think of a way to lure these people to other locations first, wait till they¡¯ve gone away for a certain distance, then Onishi and Phoenix, you two can attempt to find a chance to observe the situation near the secret base at a closer distance. Please take note, those two NPC Agents who are participating in thepetition are probably already nearby. But you all remember not to rush into entering the base, and not to rush to save the target, as I suspect that that little girl possibly has a high-level NPC protecting her nearby.¡± Feng Luo reminded.

    ¡°High-level NPC?¡±

    In themunication channel, the other four people were doubtful.

    ¡°Mm, abat-type NPC with awakened Force...¡± Feng Luo quickly said out his guesses and predictions.

    ¡°How is he so familiar with Force? He¡¯s far more detailed than the information on the forum...could it be...¡± Hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words as he walked, an idea struck Onishi who was near the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    Feng Luo was now already walking into a building with arge base area, with his disguised identity,pletely disappearing from the sight and surveince of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers.

    ......

    More than 10 secondster, at least up to 1000 Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers had already used Recon Meters and carefully searched all the areas nearby, even killing all the nearby zombies and Tyrants, but still to no avail in finding that mysterious Sniper. They were all so frustrated and were about to curse and swear.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Suddenly, a sniper rifle gunshot. The body of a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Light Armored Warrior standing at the balcony of a building, who wasining at his highest vigor and even spitting out vulgarities, was violently thrown back, the Alloy Light Armor at his chest dented into fist-sized hole.

    ¡°-9770!¡±

    His body was still in the air when a red lethal damage coefficient had already emerged above his head, along with the white light of death shing across his body.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    The Light Armored Warrior¡¯s corpse crashed heavily onto the ground, the body bent in all sorts of ways from the crash, sttering out a huge pool of blood.

    The loud sounds of the gunshot and the fall were noticed by many Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers and they quickly turned their heads to look.

    ¡°Over there at that building, around the 10th floor!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, hurry, don¡¯t let him escape!¡±

    ¡°Those inside, quickly guard the entrance!¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who were initially already a little inclined towards giving up became active in a moment, one by one running towards the direction calcted by the Scout yers using the bullet angle.

    Some yers who were initially still searching inside the building rapidly rushed out from all the entrances and passageways.

    ......

    Inside a building near the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base, just one level below where two of the Group¡¯s yers were hidden in the darkness to be on guard, a silhouette inbat uniform slowly appeared from thin air.

    An image of a few hundred meters above the person¡¯s head emerged on the lenses of the person¡¯sbat helmet. The image instantly zoomed in, quickly locking on the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base opposite from here.

    The person used ¡°Detection¡± facing the base in the distance, making the entire structure of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base look as if it instantly becamepletely transparent, all the infrastructure waspletely disyed on the image ording to the structure and density.

    Even the many sorts of blockage walls and anti-Detection facilities installed in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base, the life stats of yers which were unable to be detected by the Recon Meter, and all sorts of equipment on them were all disyed on the three-dimensional image.

    A small child in a sealed room on the three-dimensional image was locked on in the image.

    Compared to Feng Luo and the others still thinking hard of a way to probe into the defense personnel and surveince facilities of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s base, and moving slowly as they were not clear about the target¡¯s location, this person¡¯s method was simply cheating.

    ¡°The technological advancement of Legendary equipment is not what all these outdated anti-Detection facilities can match up with.¡± Nightingale¡¯s face was cold, his mouth curving with condescension, then his forehead creased a little.

    The little girl picked up by the Legendary-Grade Recon Meter together with Force Detection was clearly the mission target but surrounding the room she was locked in were probably up to 10 people either in the light or in the darkness.

    Nightingale creased his forehead because the giant with a height of over two meters standing at the entrance, with very strange life force signals; and the person in the neighboring room from the little girl¡¯s room who was a woman, based on her body shape, had a far stronger life force signal than the other people.

    ¡°Are they experts who¡¯ve grasped the Force?¡± Nightingale¡¯s face turned a little grave, after which with a switch of the image on the lenses, a group of yers fighting with zombies not far away appeared. It locked onto the female Fire Maniptor wearing modified Agent sses, whose actions seemed a little unsteady but whose eyes werepletely fearless. ¡°Something¡¯s up, I¡¯ll let y¡¯all act first then. Although the first target of this mission is rescue, since the higher-ups have the intention ofpeting, then I have no need to remind y¡¯all. If y¡¯all carelessly charge straight in and get finished by her, then I¡¯d be really happy not to have let y¡¯all burdens be my subordinates.¡±

    Previously in the yers¡¯ Agent-selection mission, it could have been said that it was his most humiliating, although the Hunting Tigers had also lost, there was still one Adventurer who had passed the investigation.

    The men he had led had been wiped out, while he was deemed to have lost for using his Force by the Sakura b*tch in thest battle.

    ¡°Sakura!¡±

    Nightingale touched his chin, his eyes turning cold, after which his silhouette slowly disappeared into the room.

 Chapter 431 - AidaÂ·Wong

    <h4>Chapter 431: Aida¡¤Wong</h4>

    The game time was 11:20 AM, in a luxurious hotel around two kilometers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    ¡°Brother, any discovery?¡±

    ¡°No, once I was there, I only saw a bullet shell left on the ground, don¡¯t know where the person had gone!¡±

    ¡°Damn it, we¡¯ve let this brat escaped again!¡±

    A group of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers were cursing.

    ¡°It¡¯s almost time!¡±

    In the President¡¯s suite two floors below this level, Feng Luo with the Environmental Simtion skill engaged stood silently behind the door, changing into disguise equipment with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group insignia.

    ¡°We should be going back to gather!¡±

    He had said before to return by 11:30, it was now almost time.

    ¡°Something¡¯s really up...I didn¡¯t think that y¡¯all Adventurers who haven¡¯t been through professional Agent training could actually wreck so many people, and be able to advance and retreat at will with up to a thousand people on the hunt.¡±

    Just as Feng Luo had changed his equipment and his appearance, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him without a warning, surprising him.

    He turned back with a stone face and realized that there was a woman standing at the entrance of the washroom.

    A ck-eyed woman wearing a dark red fur coat, with a Christian cross ne and a ck scarf tightly tied on her snow-white neck. She had short ck hair neatly on both sides of her face down to her chin, and eyebrows as thin as a sword.

    In her hand was a lit cigarette without any heat or stenching from it but a light orchid fragrance.

    This was an Asian woman with elegance, power, sexiness, and seductiveness all in one.

    Among the yers and NPCs whom Feng Luo had met, few could match up with this woman in terms of temperament; Haruko making tea in a kimono, dark Phoenix who had awakened ¡°Second Personality,¡± and Sister Rui in abat uniform shooting madly with a machine gun raised in hand.

    What made Feng Luo even more surprised was that this woman was actually a yer. At first d, he was unable to tell if she was a yer, or to an NPC, an Adventurer.

    Although NPCs in War possessed high AI and were more intelligent than yers in action and intellect, in non-limited missions, the difference between yers and NPCs could be told apart at a nce close-up.

    There were not any NPC characteristics on this woman, and the vibe she gave off waspletely that of a typical yer. However, from the words ¡°y¡¯all Adventurers,¡± one could be even more sure of correctly determining her identity.

    ¡°Are you an Agent joining this mission from the Intelligence Agency or the Safety Bureau?¡±

    Feng Luo had thought clearly about the situation as he spoke to the woman, staring at her.

    Since yers could act as NPCs in the game, NPCs would naturally be able to act as yers too.

    What made him feel a little strange was how seeing this woman at first nce had given him a feeling of familiarity.

    ¡°The CIA, you may address me as codename Wong.¡± The red fur-coated woman leaned against the bathroom door, lightly flicking the cigarette in her hand.

    ¡°Wong?¡± Hearing this domineering codename, Feng Luo instantly felt a sense of weakness in himself. Inparison, his own ¡°Azure Dragon¡±pared with this Agent codename was practically reduced to pulp.

    ¡°Wait, Wong...Aida Wong?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurched as he spoke.

    ¡°Hm? You¡¯ve actually done your homework...mm, I understand, it¡¯s Sakura who has provided you all with the information...¡± The red fur-coated woman still stood leaning against the bathroom door, her expression calm without a tinge of shock as she did not deny.

    ¡°Aida Wong, so it¡¯s true, no wonder I felt like you¡¯re familiar... Since the Biohazard Crisis plot, the Umbre Company, Wesker, and Sulli have all appeared, Aida Wong isn¡¯t very surprising now...¡± Although this was what he was thinking, Feng Luo could not help but look up to observe Wong once again.

    Aida Wong was a female character with a very mysterious background in the Biohazard Crisis game series, suspected to possess dual identities as special agent and spy, with powerful abilities. She was also extremely popr among yers for her red-clothed, cold demeanor, and controversial temperament.

    Clearly, the Aida Wong in War and that in the Biohazard Crisis game had some differences in identity and name origin, though were simr in temperament and appearance.

    They were both women with the dark red of a rose and poppybined, enough to increase hormone secretions in male yers.

    ¡°I suppose you didn¡¯t actively reveal yourself just to chat with me?¡± Feng Luo was definitely not a person whose judgement would be affected by a physical body, knowing that the Wong in front of his eyes was actually Aida, the sense of guard in his eyes had rather be more intense.

    While he physically did not continue moving, his entire self was maintaining a stance capable of immediate counterattack.

    Having pre-knowledge of the Biohazard Crisis plot, he knew the personality and dual identities of Aida Wong expressed in the Biohazard Crisis game series. Feng Luo could not guarantee that this woman would not do something to kill offpetitors straight away.

    ¡°Mm, indeed it¡¯s not so meaningless, I¡¯vee to you mainly to engage in cooperation with you all.¡± Aida Wong did not take the guard in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes seriously, instead remained leaning against the bathroom door. She did not smoke the lit cigarette in her hand, and so the fragrance was fleeting.

    Her words were absolutely beyond Feng Luo¡¯s expectations.

    ¡°Cooperation? With us, why? Isn¡¯t it apetitive mission this time?¡± Feng Luo spouted out.

    Aida Wong¡¯s words had really taken him by surprise, so much that he had lost himself for a bit.

    ¡°Yeah, indeed it is apetitive mission. But the prerequisite is that we must first safely rescue the target. Then, which department the person belongs to would have to be determined by thepetitive. Of course, if I hadn¡¯t felt like the initial n would possibly be a little troublesome after seeing you, my choice should be staying aside and waiting until you rescue the person before I¡¯d snatch it away...¡± Aida¡¯s tone was very rxed, as if she saw snatching the mission target from the hands of Feng Luo the five of them was a very effortless matter, provided that she had not seen Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo had roughly guessed that she had said that as he was already different from average yers in her eyes after he had awakened his Force. As a result, it had made her change her initial n. If not, she had originally wanted to take Sulli away straight after Feng Luo and his group had rescued her.

    With her ability, if she had snatched the target while Feng Luo and the others were being hunted by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group after rescuing the target, it was very likely that Feng Luo and the others would have no way of salvaging the situation at all.

    But from what Wong said, Feng Luo had realized that he had previously wrongly assumed something from her appearance.

    Thispetitive mission waspletely different from thest time on Death Hunter Ind; although they were simrly apetition among the three departments, this one had a prerequisite of rescuing the target. When there was an advantage in rescuing the target, there would definitely be no use of hindrances among everyone, and there would even be provision of secretive aid.

    This seemed like another aspect that could be taken advantage of...

 Chapter 432 - Cooperation

    <h4>Chapter 432: Cooperation</h4>

    ¡°Done considering?¡± In the luxurious President¡¯s suite, Aida with firearms hung on her long thigh asked Feng Luo who was deep in thought.

    ¡°A reminder, there¡¯s a limit to my time and patience, as ording to my initial n, now I should be having a holiday at the Death Desert, but because I¡¯ve been assigned to this mission, I¡¯ve been obliged to fork out a few hours to save someone.¡±

    Aida had a cold face, as if recalling some bald, shiny-headed, pleasingly-smiling fatty.

    ¡°Having a holiday!¡± Feng Luo almost choked by her words.

    He had heard of Death Desert before, a region full of high-level monsters of Level 50 and above, with all sorts of incredible abilities, there were yers who discovered a Level 60 super boss upon sneaking in. The region was selected by yers as one of War¡¯s top 10 most dangerous maps.

    And Aida Wong had said that she had actually prepared to ¡°have a holiday¡± in Death Desert? Just how great was her ability?

    Feng Luo thought of something once again; although he had simrly awakened his Force, there was probably still a huge Level gap from some high-level NPCs. And in attributes andbat power, he should still have had some gaps from these NPC Agents.

    However, since Aida Wong had said what she had just said, it proved that at least yers who had awakened their Force were definitely worthy of people¡¯s attention at least to an NPC.

    ¡°Of course I¡¯d wee a cooperation, but this matter is not up to my decision alone, I have to ask the other four members of my group first. Besides, could I ask, how did you find us and how did you discover that I¡¯ve disguised my identity?¡± Feng Luo asked curiously.

    Throughout the entire process of entering Silvermoon City, he had been very careful, regardless of splitting into two teams or sniping the Umbre Company NPC afterwards; of attracting and drawing these Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers¡¯ movement had all been specially ensured not to have any loopholes.

    Logically, it was not very possible for their movements to have been so easily discovered, and even having let someone quietly walk in behind him.

    ¡°You¡¯ve done very well, I initially didn¡¯t find your tracks. But after the Silvermoon City¡¯s surveince systems had all been engaged, I got a new city-wide search channel. Not only can my high-grade Agent Wristwatch hack into the surveince system, it also possesses automatic floor and movement recognition capabilities, which had already recognized and locked onto you after you¡¯ve gone onto the street with your third appearance and attire change.¡±

    Aida shook the ck metallic ring, seemingly shining with blue light, that was as if levitating above the wristband.

    ¡°High-grade Agent Wristwatch?¡± Feng Luo was shocked.

    The objects in the hands of his group were all just basic Agent equipment, but he had previously seen this type of high-grade Agent Wristwatch at the Agent Exchange list.

    Besides intelligent warning, surveince-hacking,munication-intrusion, signal-interference, shockwave-detection, and others in a series of brilliant capabilities, it also possessed great human recognition capabilities making it an all-rounded aiding tool.

    But the price of these things was terrifying; besides requiring an A-Grade Authorization and 10,000 Agent Points, each feature also required an additional spending of points and Authorization.

    Even if he had converted all his Medal Points into Agent Points, in addition to what was remaining previously, it still would not reach one-third, let alone that A-Grade Authorization that was currently not possible to obtain.

    He also understood he made the mistake of putting his target only on the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, and not considering the other two NPC Agents in the dark.

    But he did not have a choice, and he was a mercenary before space-travelling, not even a government agent, it was impossible for him to consider every single aspect.

    However, he now had a true game Agent by his side that was able to provide constructive opinion.

    ¡°The Wristwatch¡¯s recognition technique on Primary Disguise Potion effects is very clear, but if it was Intermediate or High-grade Disguise Potions, it would be able to greatly affect the recognition uracy.¡±

    Aida said as she flicked out the remaining cigarette butt in her hand, clearly identified what Feng Luo was thinking.

    ¡°And let me give you all a friendly reminder thatpared with me, that Agent deployed by the Safety Bureau is an expert in detection and hiding. Although I didn¡¯t discover the locations of the rest of your group, he is very likely already close to you all. If my previous n was only an on-the-spot idea with a sess rate of 70%, if he also wanted to do so, his sess rate would be up to 90%.¡±

    The red fur-coated Aida slowly walked before Feng Luo, speaking with a tone of certainty. ¡°However, his personal ability is rather average. There¡¯s no guarantee of losing too much to him even if it were you in face-to-facebat. Therefore I¡¯m anticipating this situation.¡±

    ¡°You seem to know who that Agent is?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurched as he said to Aida Wong only half a head shorter than him right before him.

    ¡°His codename is ¡®Nightingale.¡¯¡±

    ......

    11:27 AM, in a restaurant main lobby in Silvermoon City near the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s base.

    Howl!

    An Elite zombie with a body size of more than two meters was carrying a metal chair covered in blood stains, a beast-like howl from its throat as it charged towards two human silhouettes across it.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-3056!¡±

    After a gunshot, a yellow damage coefficient of more than 3000 appeared above the head of therge-build Elite zombie.

    ¡°Ping, ping, ping!¡±

    Following that were another three gunshots and the Level 45 Elite zombie with up to 10,000 HP fell straight to the ground.

    ¡°Ping, ping, ping...¡±

    The consecutive gunshots did not stop, and over 10 secondster, all the visible zombies in the restaurant lobby were dead.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you feel that these people might still be saved?¡± Feng Luo asked, ncing at Aida at his side, who had changed into normal yer equipment but whose output was still over-the-charts.

    ¡°Perhaps, but this is none of my business.¡± Aida said as she slotted two Level 50 Fine-Grade handguns back into the holsters on her thighs. ¡°But are you sure to act ording to the initial n? You should know that being so close, we¡¯re very likely to have already been discovered by Nightingale¡¯s Recon Meter.¡±

    She creased her forehead as she nced back at Feng Luo standing in front of the window observing with his Eye of the Thunder.

    ¡°Mm, if discovered, so be it, might not be a bad thing...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes sparkled.

 Chapter 433 - Roaring Dragon Lightwindâ€™s Decision

    <h4>Chapter 433: Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s Decision</h4>

    ¡°Not a bad thing?¡± Hearing that, Aida Wong revealed a thoughtful expression.

    ¡°Mm, we¡¯ll temporarily wait here, But I¡¯ll think of a way to get closer to detect.¡± Feng Luo put down the Eye of the Thunder and with a sh of white light before him, 24K had already appeared in front of the two of them, then pped its little golden wings as it flew up to its usual position.

    ¡°Hm? This kind of energy waves? I never thought of that, I¡¯ve underestimated you.¡± Aida¡¯s high-grade Agent Wristwatch vibrated slightly then some numerical data appeared in her Agent sses.

    She took a few curious and careful nces at 24K with a bit of shock in her eyes, her words seemed to mean something else. ¡°Hm...you know what it is?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurched, could Aida have known 24K¡¯s origin? Or was there detailed statistics about the type of beetle that 24K was in the high-grade Agent Wristwatch? ¡°No, not very sure. Just that its energy waves, look like something...¡±

    Aida did not answer the question, even if Feng Luo had attempted again, she would not speak again.

    ¡°Energy waves? Is it referring to Psionic Energy.¡± Aida asked, Feng Luo guessed that this was the system/s restriction.

    ¡°Psionic Energy, this special energy in StarCraft, even a high-level Agent NPC be able to feel it...¡±

    Feng Luo felt a little doubtful. While on the balcony, a transparent Scout Beetle had already crawled out of the wormhole, flying over towards the direction of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    In the sky around 500 meters above the area, after the Elite Scout Beetle had flown into the air, a silver-colored levitating device the size of a fist with visual camouge capability suddenly shifted towards here.

    ......

    11:40 AM, at the center of Silvermoon City, at the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group general headquarters which had just been through a huge battlest night.

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind stood at the highest level of the headquarters main building, which represented the guild¡¯s highest power, gazing down at the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers on the ground dispersing in all directions in Silvermoon City ording to the previous battle arrangement.

    ¡°You¡¯re saying...we haven¡¯t caught that Sniper?¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s voice was a bit cold, but his expression was still veryposed without much frustration.

    ¡°Well...Brother Dragon, there is no way. That Sniper is too sly, only knowing how to ambush from the darkness.¡±

    ¡°Furthermore, he could have some kind of great Rare hiding skill, even my Level 50 quality Rare Recon Meter is unable to detect his position inside the infrastructure.¡± Wearing the same full-set of SUVbat equipment set as Feng Luo with a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group symbol on his chest, a young Scout yer behind him said awkwardly.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know how that brat sneakily escapes our surrounded city-wide surveince every time. As for the over 10 yers wiped out, I feel that it¡¯s still logical. He¡¯s a Sniper after all, and definitely has a Legendary-Grade sniper rifle.¡± This Scout yer with luxurious equipment said with an expression of much certainty.

    ¡°Legendary-Grade sniper rifle?¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind looked to the ground below at the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite yers moving disorderly, his tone not opinionated.

    ¡°Yes, definitely a Legendary-Grade sniper rifle, if not it wouldn¡¯t be possible to produce such high damage. I¡¯m the surest about the attributes of Legendary-Grade weapons.¡± The Scout yer said, nodding, then lowered his head and looked in front of his chest with self-satisfaction.

    Hung at his chest was a sci-fi edition submachine gun simr to the Death Star in a few ways. Its color changed to blend in with that of the SUVbat uniform on him, there was almost no way of realizing the existence of this gun at one nce.

    ¡°These days, there are no sniper rifles among the Legendary equipment we auction, and never heard of any guild killing Super-Grade Bosses and getting sniper rifles. I suppose it was received from some yer in a mission, its attributes definitely wouldn¡¯t be too far from my submachine gun.¡±

    ¡°He hasn¡¯t appeared for more than 10 minutes now, and there¡¯s no one being killed by Snipers. I feel that he should have met with those Elite zombies or Lickers while escaping, even possibly meeting Tyrants, then killed...¡±

    ¡°After all, even if he has a Legendary-Grade sniper rifle and can wipe people out, Snipers¡¯ closebat ability is really weak, plus are unlike our Scouts who can detect the locations of infected beings in advance, so being killed by zombies isn¡¯t strange either... ¡±

    ¡°Mm, I feel like this isn¡¯t a small possibility.¡± This young Scout yer¡¯s tone was dead-certain as he spoke, as if full of confidence in his spections.

    ¡°Is it so...you think so...¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind¡¯s tone was calm, as if considering the possibility, but his eyes facing away from the Scout yer did not have any tinge of agreement.

    ¡°Definitely, but Brother Dragon, since you haven¡¯t found him this time, I feel that since the number of Legendary equipment is so small, it¡¯s not difficult at all to pinpoint corresponding owners. We just need to wait a few days to see the appearance of the first Legendary-Grade sniper rifle, then we¡¯ll know who¡¯s the one destroying our important mission this time.¡±

    The young Scout yer really seemed like he still had some thoughts.

    If Feng Luo really had a Legendary sniper rifle on hand and also liked to show-off, then using this method might really be able to uncover the person.

    ¡°Mm, not bad, quite some value for consideration. Right, you may go and settle the matters I¡¯ve assigned you. Also, could I trouble you to contact Uncle Rui, tell him that I¡¯ve agreed to his conditions, and let him engage the ¡°drastic measure¡± n immediately.¡±

    Roaring Dragon Lightwind turned back, smiling at the Scout yer whopletely had no look of inferiority.

    ¡°Alright, then I shall go inform my father.¡± The young Scout yer had a look of delight, then nodded and walked out of the room.

    ¡°Able to effortlessly escape under the surrounding 1000 people, killing more than 10 people without his spot exposed once, how could such an expert possibly be killed by zombies? Continuously killing people in over 10 minutes, now without a movement in over another 10 minutes, this is the signal that¡¯s most worrying...¡±

    After the Scout yer had left, Roaring Dragon Lightwind shut his bloodshot eyes; having not closed his eyes already for an entire day, his exhaustion was clear on his face.

    Hepletely did not intend to say these words to the Scout yer just now, as the Scout¡¯s father was about to be the representative of thergest shareholder consortium of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group which had joined the rebellion camp.

    Even if he was a proud second-generation prince, he would still let him stay at this position, at most arrange some people with sufficient ability but who were willing to be at an inferior position for money to y the supporting role, preventing any real trouble from arising, then wait till the guild had developed to the standard that he wished for before he would kick him out along with the family shareholder group behind him.

    ¡°My n definitely doesn¡¯t allow failure...since I can¡¯t decide relying on the game conditions, then I can only tap on powers outside the game...in this world, there¡¯s nothing that money can¡¯t solve.¡± Roaring Dragon Lightwind opened his eyes wide with a spark of determination.

 Chapter 434 - Black Roseâ€™s Decision

    <h4>Chapter 434: ck Rose¡¯s Decision</h4>

    11:30 AM in the game, 10 kilometers outside of Silvermoon City, groups of transport vehicles were travelling in the direction towards Silvermoon City.

    ¡°Finally we can start the fight, but damn that we still have to go through a round of quarantine after returning, plus we¡¯d be revived at a nearby city if we died, losing Silvermoon City¡¯s residence permit.¡±

    In a spacious heavy SUV, Security Door in a metal can-like heavy armor, sitting at the next-to-driver¡¯s seat,ined.

    ¡°It¡¯s okay, at least this time we didn¡¯t need to spend Medal Points to enter the plot region. Not only are the yers of other cities unable to enter in these two days, but they also need Medals and at least a Corporal rank to enter locked regions in the future. The speed of depreciation of the Permanent Enhancement Potion wouldn¡¯t be as quick as previously imagined, the returns from clearing zombies should be able to cover up for yesterday¡¯s losses.¡± Oppositely, rm sitting at the driver¡¯s seat expressed a contrasting anticipation and satisfaction towards the system.

    ¡°Eh, Old Dan, why aren¡¯t you saying anything? What are you thinking about?¡± Security Door turned back to ask the quiet Dan Hen seated at the back.

    ¡°If we fail in reiming the city this time, then what would happen to the Veterans Tribe after that?¡± Dan Hen raised his head, the expression on his scarred face was stern.

    ¡°F*ck, the fight hasn¡¯t even begun and you¡¯re saying such things that affect soldiers¡¯ emotions. Military judge, quickly, drag this person trying to corrupt the soldiers out to be shot.¡± Security Door said impatiently. But seeing Dan Hen looking at him with stern eyes, his expression changed back to being proper as he spoke. ¡°If we really lose this time, I¡¯ll first reduce my rank down to Corporal and go to Silvermoon City everyday to kill the Roaring Dragon Mercenary yers. I¡¯ll kill at least 10 each day, until they curse their mothers and list me as wanted.¡±

    ¡°Boss, as a Heavy Armored Warrior with no output, are you really able to kill 10?¡± rm said, instantly shooting him down without any respect for his reputation while driving the SUV.

    ¡°F*ck, I¡¯ll kill those low-level yers until there¡¯s no more newbies joining the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, cut off their bloodlines.¡± Security Door said with gritted teeth, ring at him.

    ¡°Alright, you can...but you haven¡¯t been training up your rank, you¡¯re still a low-rank soldier. To train to Corporal, you¡¯d probably need at least a month, so this n would have to wait a month.¡±

    ¡°I can, only 17 points to Corporal!¡±

    rm said with his fingers raised and calcting, ignoring the threat in Security Door¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°F*ck, you little brat showing-off...Old Dan, you¡¯re close to Brother Feng, do you know how he raised his rank so quickly?¡± Security Door was violent as he turned back to ask Dan Hen in the backseat.

    ¡°Not very sure, perhaps from Hidden Missions.¡± Dan Hen shook his head; he definitely would not know about this, as even Feng Luo was a little perplexed.

    ¡°Might be the reward given by the system after being the first at Force Awakening?¡± Ion me suggested.

    ¡°This is possible, heard that the clue to Death Roar¡¯s Hidden Profession Firearms Expert Mission was rewarded by the system for being first to reach Level 50.¡± Ultimate Heavy Armor nodded approvingly.

    ¡°Alright, until then, our target is to think of an all out battle n as soon as possible, then go to Silvermoon City and kill low-level yers.¡± Security Door said aggressively, staring at rm.

    But clearly, no one would believe his words.

    The chance was practically equivalent to impossible in this game of an entire 20 billion yers.

    ......

    In the line of vehicles at the front, a group of Veterans Tribe army ruffian yers were spouting all sorts of nonsense.

    In a women¡¯s Energy SUV in the middle of the line, ck Rose having a conversation with a yer.

    ¡°What you said is true?¡± There was shock and disbelief shown on ck Rose¡¯s face.

    ¡°Definitely true, Big Sister, this matter has already been announced on the guild¡¯s internal channel. This Tyrant-controlling movement was initially to be a secret, but because the mission NPC had been killed by that mysterious Sniper, the news had been posted onto the main channel by some frustrated people.¡± The yer in the Communicator was a Light Armored Warrior with a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group dragon-head insignia on his chest.

    ¡°Tyrant-controlling...¡± ck Rose inhaled, dness shing across her eyes.

    Luckily, this mission had been disrupted. If not, it would have been very difficult to disrupt even with the huge number of Elite yers driven out from the city, and even if one knew about the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group wanting to take advantage of Tyrants.

    That way, the effect on the Silvermoon City camp defense-offense battle would be detrimental.

    ¡°What happened after that? What happened to the mysterious Sniper? The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would definitely use all they¡¯ve got to hunt him down, right?¡± ck Rose asked.

    ¡°Heh, you definitely won¡¯t guess the following situation. The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group deployed 1000 people on the hunt, and in the end, not only did they not catch that Sniper, but more than 10 people had been killed consecutively by him during the chase.¡± The ¡°uncover¡± yer in the Communicator had joy on his face. ¡°He killed Heavy Armored Warriors with all Rare equipment on them with just one shot, even Maniptors who had engaged a forcefield were also dead in one shot; and when shooting Light Armored Warriors, every shot was a five-digit damage! Big Sister, that Sniper is the expert yer we invited, right? Just which Sniper yer is he on the ranking? Snipe God? Bullet Emperor? Or is it that most mysterious Ghost Spy...¡±

    ck Rose did not answer this question, as an ID and a face appeared in her mind.

    Someone with the capability of ying Heavy Armored Warriors and hit horrifying five-digit damage... In the entire game, there was that Sniper who had already awakened his Force and was in Silvermoon City, who could do it.

    Those so-called star yers on the rankings perhaps had shooting skills and ability, but definitely would not have such a supremely high damage.

    A few secondster, ck Rose put down the Communicator, seeing the ID on the screen but was unable to pick up due to the disrupted connection, her eyes showing deep thought.

    ¡°If it¡¯s really him, then this entire Silvermoon City Federation camp is considered to have owed him a favor.¡± Thinking about it, ck Rose engaged her Communicator once more. ¡°Inform Old Gun and the others to wait till it¡¯s 12:00, aftering online, remember to immediately act ording to the n, help with all they can.¡±

    ......

    Half an hourter, in Silvermoon City.

    The scorching noon sun shone on the streets full of cars and ckish-red bloodstained buildings as well as dumb-eyed, slow-swaying, uncountable zombies.

    The Lickers, whose eyes had already deteriorated, liked to hide in dark ces like in car boots and canals.

    When it reached noon, huge amounts of yers came online suddenly in Silvermoon City with bright shes of light.

    ¡°Kill!¡±

    ¡°Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, you kids, your grandfather is here, quicke out and wee!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, so many zombies. Help, help!¡±

    ¡°Everyone, form groups, don¡¯t mistake your own people!¡±

    ¡°Level 50 Scouts, bring teams to clear monsters and clear the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the teams already have high-level medics, full-level Machine Gunners,cking Warriors,cking shield!¡±

    All sorts of yers yelling mixed with noises of opened fire at zombies turned the area into chaos.

    During the Biohazard Crisis plot yesterday, at least one-fifth of the yers in Silvermoon City had not came online. Now that the Veterans Tribe have coordinated for everyone toe online at noon, they filled the entire city in an instant.

    Compared to the yers, the poption of zombies was still far higher.

    The zombies which were initially decreasingly hungry, after this situation now, their grayish-white eyes instantly regained the spark of hunger one by one, and they reached out their hands full of ckish-red bloodstains and mouths open wide as they rushed at the yersing online.

    ¡°Ping, ping!¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Compared tost night, the yersing online were prepared this time. They formed teams the moment they came online, then climbed up tall buildings to open the gap between them and the zombies, umting their firepower to go up against the crawling Lickers in the buildings.

    Last night, the yers were ced at aplete disadvantage in front of the zombiesrgely due to the suddenness of the situation, as well as the visual horror and the support and push from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    But going through half a day of preparation, although many of the yers were unreliable, they were still more relevant when it came to the critical points of monsters like zombies, Lickers, and Tyrants.

    Especially when many of the yers in the Silvermoon City forum truly had experience. With the propaganda of the guilds of the Veterans Tribe advertisement, they were definitely much more reliable than those forums.

    With the yers already knowing how to go up against the zombies, it was naturally impossible for the battle to have that kind of oue likest night.

    Once it was noon, after two or three minutes, Silvermoon City had transformed into a battleground filled with yer and zombie pandemonium of gunshots and Energy explosions everywhere.

    After five minutes, at a region near the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base, there were some yers with Veterans Tribe insignia on their chests moving towards a certain direction for gathering.

    Since the number of peopleing online was too high at that time, and with all sorts of battle and chaos, it had resulted in the guarding Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who were watching in the city-wide surveince office not noticing this circumstance that was not really eye-catching.

 Chapter 435 - Who Was His Cousin?

    <h4>Chapter 435: Who Was His Cousin?</h4>

    12:25 PM, on the street beside the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    ¡°Quick, you all follow me closely!¡±

    Two male and two female yers with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group insignia on their chests panted as they quickly rushed towards the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base.

    The secret base wasn¡¯t a military infrastructure, just an area of a few floors above and below ground in arge integratedmercial building.

    Since it was a secret base, it naturally would not be as simple as typicalmercial buildings, as the inside had gone through much modification such as adding many defense anti-detection facilities andplete surveince.

    This base also had an underground secret passageway, all the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers reached the busymercial center region through the passageway and would also conceal their guild insignia when entering and leaving. Additionally, this base was officially opened for use not long before the Biohazard Crisis mission, thus average yers did not know that this was a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base.

    If it was not for the help of ck Rose, Feng Luo and the others would have needed to spend quite some time to find this base.

    ¡°Quick, everyone run quickly, it¡¯s right in front!¡±

    The four panting Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers were namely a Light Armored Warrior and three Gunners.

    The appearances of the two female yers were very typical, as the sweat on their foreheads had ruined the makeup on their faces, and their faces were panicked and anxiousness.

    Behind the four yers, around the corner of the street, a group of yers¡¯ silhouettes were already charging over.

    Over 10 Federation camp yers, and at least half of the people had the Veterans Tribe bullet insignia on their chests.

    After turning around the bend, the long-range yers in the teams fired attacks at the four people fleeing at the front.

    ¡°Boom, whoosh!¡±

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Fireballs and Wind des flew one after another, and bullets shot from submachine guns drew a series of projectiles through the air.

    ¡°Hurry, into the building!¡± The leading Gunner yer among the four Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers carrying a silver sci-fi submachine gun in his hands yelled.

    As the opponents fired, they had already run to the entrance of themercial building where the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base was. The four yers hurriedly threw themselves inside, making a huge proportion of the long-range attacks miss, only shattering the door and some products.

    ¡°Brother Feng, what do we do next, run up towards the roof?¡± The only Light Armored Warrior among the four people was a female yer, whose equipment was mostly red and whose voice when she spoke was so mesmerizing that anyone who heard it would feel like she was a beautifuldy full of attractiveness. But from the appearance under the alloy helmet, it would definitely be a huge disappointment.

    However, it was also this kind of female yer who would choose the Light Armored Warrior, unconstrained and fearless of such an exciting plot as the Biohazard Crisis.

    ¡°Huff...run? No need to run, we¡¯re safe once we¡¯re here.¡± The leading Gunner yer said, panting but with a look of joy on his face. ¡°My cousin told me before that this is one of the guild¡¯s important secret bases, and he is inside right now. Other than him, there¡¯re also a hundred Elite yers.

    ¡°Huff...if these Federation camp yers really dare to continueing closer, they¡¯ll be looking for their own deaths.¡± The Gunner yer¡¯s tone was very cocky as he willingly stopped in his tracks and turned his head back from behind a wall, stretching out his submachine gun and opened fire, shooting at the over 10 yers outside attempting to make their way over.

    ¡°We¡¯re saved! Brother Feng, you¡¯re really awesome, actually even having Cousin in the Elite team. But since it¡¯s a base, why do I not see anyone?¡± The red female Light Armored Warrior had joy on her face, her delighted voice capable of making the blood rush in some part of a person, but once linked to that miserable face of hers due to the ruined makeup, one would definitely have lost interest.

    ¡°This is a secret base, we¡¯re now on the outer circle, but there¡¯s definitely surveince near here, we¡¯d definitely be saved if they saw us from the surveince office.¡± The Gunner yer known as ¡°Brother Feng¡± said with delight, then he yelled as he shot and tried to contain those Veterans Tribe yers wanting to charge over. ¡°Hey, the Veterans Tribe is close! I know that there¡¯s definitely someone surveying here, could I trouble you to provide some people toe help us. If you save us, my cousin will definitely return you all the favor.¡±

    ......

    In the secret base surveince office only 70 meters away, a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Heavy Armored Warrior full of Rare equipment on him was pale-faced.

    ¡°Who is his cousin?¡± His gaze scanned angrily across all the people in the surveince office and passing it on to the ears in the Communicators of all the yers in the secret base through the internal channel, but no one spoke.

    ¡°Even if there¡¯s really someone who¡¯s this brat¡¯s cousin, he wouldn¡¯t dare to admit...¡± A yer mumbled softly.

    ¡°Leader, what now? Do we save them?¡± There were more people whose gaze looked towards the Heavy Armored Warrior appointed to take responsibility by Roaring Dragon Lightwind.

    ¡°F*ck, of course there¡¯s no need to worry. Have you all forgotten themand given to us by Leader Lightwind? This mission is only to protect the little NPC girl, no participating in the previous Tyrant-hunting movement and the city-protecting war now. Because of special reasons, we¡¯ve already deployed 50 people to find that Sniper. If we go out there and kill this group of Veterans Tribe yers, more people will be attracted as a result and cause the base to be exposed, who among y¡¯all is going to take responsibility?¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior looked around at the people in the surveince office, his face ugly.

    ¡°Leader, those brats are running towards themercial area!¡± At that moment, there was a yer shouting, pointing at the surveince image.

    The four yers that ran in requesting for help waited for a while and realized that no one wasing out, then the Gunner had brought his men to rush in straight, targeting themercial center.

    The zombies in themercial center had been cleared by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, so they did note across any obstacle at all, running quickly.

    The target was straight towards the secret passageway door which could be entered through from themercial center.

    To know the entrance of this secret base so clearly must be due to the fact that there was really an internal member who was that leading Gunner yer¡¯s cousin.

    ¡°Leader...¡± The yers in the surveince office were a little grim.

    Since the four yers who were making a ruckus the whole way, more than 10 yers from the Veterans Tribe and Federation camp were chasing them, had also rushed into the building. They were seemingly not as familiar with the environment as the four people were, their speed slowed down a bit after entering the building, but the Scout yers¡¯ Detection was able to find the yers¡¯ location.

    Once they had been chased to themercial area, they would very likely discover the secret base entrance and even the knowledge of a secret of the base, especially from the cousin loudly referred to by that leading Gunner.

    He was afraid that the others would not know what situation was here.

    ¡°Don¡¯t let me find out who this idiotic cousin is!¡± The in-charge yer of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group in the base scolded as he viciously gave an order through the team channel.

    ¡°Open the door, get these four brats in first!¡±

 Chapter 436 - Entering the Base

    <h4>Chapter 436: Entering the Base</h4>

    ¡°You see, I wasn¡¯t wrong, it¡¯s really the guild¡¯s secret base in here! Right, Brother, where¡¯s my cousin? It¡¯s definitely him who asked you toe save us, right?¡± In a room in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s secret base, the Gunner yer carrying a silver submachine gun had delight on his face as he bragged to the threepanions beside him.

    ¡°You all stay here, don¡¯t go anywhere before I return.¡± An Earth Maniptor yer with a hateful expression said unhappily. After hearing the Gunner yer¡¯s words, he froze a bit before continuing to probe. ¡°Your cousin? Who is your cousin? Is it Old Boot, or Old B?¡±

    ¡°No, he¡¯s not all you¡¯ve said, my cousin¡¯s ID is...¡± This Gunner yer boasting to hispanions had wanted to speak but right after, he suddenly paused, as if there was someone who had sent a message through the Communicator.

    ¡°Hehe, there wasn¡¯t any cousin, I was afraid you all wouldn¡¯t help just now, so I made it up blindly.¡± Following that, the Gunner yer¡¯s eyes turned as he said in apletely changed tone.

    ¡°You all just stay here, do not leave without permission.¡± The Earth Maniptor red at the Gunner yer, then turned and closed the door, his face had confirmed his guess. This little brat definitely had a cousin as an agent.

    ¡°Alright, we can now rest for a bit.¡± After the Earth Maniptor left, the Gunner yer said in relief.

    ¡°Brother Feng, cousin isn¡¯ting to see us?¡± The female Light Armored Warrior spoke in a voice that would make someonemit crimes.

    ¡°Sh! I tell y¡¯all, Cousin had just sent me a message to scold me...¡± The Gunner yer put a finger in front of his mouth, ncing at the wristwatch on his hand as he spoke softly, after which he quietly flinched at the pinhole monitor somewhere above his head.

    He pretended to talk intentionally, with the monitor blocked by his body.

    Within less than a second, an inconspicuous transparent Chip was inserted into the interface of a remote terminal in the wall of the room.

    ......

    ¡°What? Damn it!¡± In the surveince office in the base, the Heavy Armored Warrior who had hung up the Communicator was grim. ¡°The headquarters sent a message that the city-wide surveince had seen that more than 200 Federation camp yers areing towards here!¡±

    The main image of the surveince had already switched into many split scenes of the nearby streets.

    Many teamed Federation camp yers, under the lead of yers with the Veterans Tribe bullet insignia on their chests, were rapidly clearing zombies as they came surrounding the building.

    ¡°The Veterans Tribe! F*ck, must be those people at themercial center just now, it¡¯s likely that they¡¯ve already discovered something using Detection. They purposely didn¡¯t say it, but rather directly called for people using the Communicator, hoping to have us all surrounded.¡±

    In the surveince office, there were other yers scolding.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t their Communicators disrupted?¡±

    There were also some doubtful yers.

    ¡°The disruption isn¡¯t absolute, some special tools can still go around the signal disruption at close distances, just like our internalmunication channel.¡±

    ¡°What now?¡±

    Everyone looked towards the Heavy Armored Warrior whose face was even paler.

    ¡°What else can we do...prepare for battle. There¡¯s so many people, we definitely can¡¯t let them enter the base and start a battle; and if the mission NPC is dead then we¡¯ll be waiting for the leader to kick everyone out of Elite team. Other than the third small team, everyone better listen to my arrangement and get out for battle.¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s face was grim as he said in agitation staring at those Federation camp yers on the surveince imageing closer and closer.

    ¡°Our numbers are not advantageous if we go down to fight.¡± A worried yer said.

    Despite being the guild¡¯s Elite yers, their number of people was not half of that of the opponent, their chance of victory was really low.

    The most important thing was that once they showed their faces, there might regretfully be more Federation camp yers crowding over, as it was not just a guild battle but a camp battle.

    Even though quite a lot of Federation camp yers diedst night, their numbers were still far higher than theirs.

    ¡°Our mission is to defend for a while, the headquarters¡¯ aid is already on the way, plus Leader has specially deployed Seven Kills here, it would take him at most five minutes to arrive.¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior was already walking out of the surveince office with a cold face.

    ¡°Seven Kills!¡±

    ¡°That one¡¯s rad.¡±

    ¡°That fellow...¡±

    Hearing this ID, admiration appeared on some people¡¯s faces, but there were also people who showed condescension.

    Regardless, Roaring Dragon Seven Kills had effortlessly won in the PK against Roaring Dragon Invinciblest night, hence concretizing his ¡°Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s number one expert¡± ability.

    For him to lead the team saw the level of importance that Roaring Dragon Lightwind had ced on the NPC little girl.

    Everyone¡¯s heart trembled as they hurriedly ran out of the office following the Heavy Armored Warrior, leaving only one person to guard in the surveince office.

    ......

    ¡°Hey, why is there no oneing yet?¡±

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s the meaning of locking us up here? We still have to go out and kill Federation camp yers to earn points.¡±

    Just when the other yers in the base were already running out grimly, the four newly-entered yers locked in the room continued to create a ruckus.

    The two male and two female yers stayed in the room for a while and realized that there was no one bothered about them, and naturally very unhappy from not hearing any reply after shouting a few times at the door.

    ¡°What¡¯re they up to, believe me when I say that I¡¯ll call my cousin already...¡± In the room, the one who was the fiercest was the leading Gunner yer.

    ¡°The surveince has already been hacked into and altered, there¡¯s no need to act.¡± Just then, a quiet voice sounded in his ear.

    After the emergence of this voice, the expressions of the four people in the room instantly changed.

    ¡°Leader Feng, this action n of yours is not bad, I really got a headache about how to sneak in. But why did you disguise us in such an ugly way, I¡¯m really out next time.¡± Phoenix had a look of delight on her face, but she spoke softly with aining tone.

    ¡°Mm, indeed, this way has a much higher sess rate than sneaking in secretly.¡± Onishi nodded as well; this was essentially a way of openly and daringly being weed in by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, typical yers would definitely not have thought of it and even if they did, they probably would not have had the guts to use it.

    ¡°Besides sneaking in, the most troublesome part should be how to rescue the person with so many people in the base. Now that the guilds are giving us aid by luring so many people to leave, rescuing the person is definitely much easier. This point is also owing to that NPC who was able to control Tyrants whom Leader Feng Luo had sniped previously, and the rtionship with the Veterans Tribe, otherwise they wouldn¡¯t have paid such a huge price. Now, we just need them to bring out most of the yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and we¡¯d be able to reach the locked-up target with the surveince altered.¡± Phoenix said smiling at Feng Luo.

    ¡°The little girl¡¯s location is here; ording to how they said it, there should only be a 10-men team guarding her. What we need to do is to think of a way...¡± Feng Luo said quickly, as a three-dimensional model of the secret base which Digital Cat had given to him through hacking had appeared above his Agent Wristwatch.

    ¡°There should still be one expert with a more powerful ability.¡± As Feng Luo said this, his eyes looked towards the female Gunner ¡°yer¡± in the team who had not been speaking.

    ¡°Sure, if there¡¯s really an expert, leave it to me.¡± The female Gunner ¡°yer¡± said nodding very care-freely, understanding what Feng Luo meant.

    ¡°Great, now then, we¡¯re left with thest question to be solved.¡± Feng Luo finished speaking and his eyes looked towards the locked door.

    At that moment, the Earth Maniptor¡¯s cold voice sounded. ¡°You all have recovered? Then hurry up and join the battle with me. Feng, look outside and at all the people y¡¯all have lured here.¡±

 Chapter 437 - Action Start!

    <h4>Chapter 437: Action Start!</h4>

    Feng Luo knew that it was only a matter of time before the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers calling them to go to battle together.

    It was not creating suspicion towards their identities but the fact that under such a situation, the person-inmand would not let any yer in the base who was able to fight remain.

    But they surely could not go out just like that. They had entered with so much effort, if they went out again now, wouldn¡¯t it have been wasting their efforts in acting just now?

    They had to dy it, at least dy another minute or so, wait till most of the people had left and even if they were suspected, it would no longer affect anything.

    ¡°F*ck, what do you mean by this? First, y¡¯all lock us in here like criminals not allowing us to go out, and now y¡¯all use such a tone to call us out! Do y¡¯all think we¡¯ll follow anything y¡¯all say?¡± Feng Luo raised his voice, his face and tone expressing unhappiness, as he spoke to the Earth Maniptor with a cold face who had already opened the door.

    ¡°Mm, what? So y¡¯all still want toze around in here?¡± The Earth Maniptor was clearly a little moody from the disastrous outlook outside. Being disturbed by Feng Luo like that, he immediately replied with a grave face, and walked in.

    ¡°We¡¯ll go, of course we¡¯ll go, I don¡¯t want to stay here, but it¡¯s not that we¡¯re going because you said so.¡± Phoenix turned her eyes, revealing a face of interest, as she amodated Feng Luo in dying the time.

    ¡°And what¡¯s with calling them ¡®people we¡¯ve lured here?¡¯ Don¡¯t push all the responsibility onto us! It¡¯s just four of us, how could we be worth a few hundred Federation camp yers attacking us? The people outside must be targeting you all! Ah, I finally understand! No wonder we were previously chased by over 10 yers, their target actually wasn¡¯t us, it was just convenient for them to attack here, we¡¯ve been dragged in... Also, everyone is now guarding outside the city and battling with the Federation camp yers, how could so many of y¡¯all be here, wouldn¡¯t it be cking off?¡± As a woman, Phoenix was more talented than Feng Luo in this aspect, even the Earth Maniptor was stunned for a moment when he normally would continue speaking illogically.

    ¡°What a joke, clearly it was y¡¯all fleeing that attracted over 10 Federation people to themercial area, resulting in the Veterans Tribe people finding out about our base here... No, what am I doing telling y¡¯all about this stuff, hurry up and follow me out, or else I have no responsibility over the consequences!¡± With his forehead pulsing from rage, the Earth Maniptor repulsively argued with Phoenix.

    When he was halfway through speaking, a hurried voice came from his Communicator. Being hurried, the Earth Maniptor regained his senses, and no longer bothered about Phoenix as he turned with a stern face, making the dying n fail.

    After he turned, his nose was almost ttened as the AI door that had sprung out straight from the wall behind him has quietly been locked.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why¡¯s the door shut?¡± The Earth Maniptorined furiously; although made unhappy by Phoenix¡¯s words, he did not probe further but impatiently pressed hard as he entered the password for opening the door.

    After entering the passcode, he realized that there was no response, and the signal light showed an erroneous red.

    The four people behind looked briefly and quietly, knowing that it was definitely done by Digital Cat.

    The entire secret base was under AI control. It wasn¡¯t just the surveince system that was sessfully hacked into, this was one of their backup measures discussed before.

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s this? Having a problem arising now out of all times, it¡¯s unable to open!¡± The Earth Maniptor tried twice consecutively, but the door was unable to be opened, making him curse and instinctively feeling like something was wrong.

    ¡°What, the door can¡¯t be opened? How could it be, you¡¯re doing it purposely! Doors in the game are nothing more than virtual data, how is it possible for it to breakdown out of nothing? You¡¯re definitely not opening the door on purpose, making us unable to go out to get points and do missions. Hurry up and open the door, if not we¡¯ll be smashing it straight with weapons!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s Gunner-disguised face showed a dissatisfied expression as he mumbled.

    These words not only directly made the Earth Maniptor¡¯s vague suspicion vanish but also made the Earth Maniptor¡¯s attention turn back once again to his previous unhappiness.

    ¡°Shut up, don¡¯t be noisy!¡± The Earth Maniptor was enraged, once again entering the code to open the door twice consecutively, but the door was still unable to be opened.

    The two parties¡¯ dispute in addition to the time wasted by the Earth Maniptor attempting to open the door was close to a minute.

    Other than the five of them in the base as well as the 10 yers left guarding the NPC little girl¡¯s building, almost all the other people had now already run out to defend against the Federation camp yers who had already invaded to the center of the building.

    ¡°F*ck, it¡¯s definitely the Veteran Tribe yers who¡¯ve made some dirty move!¡± With the door still not moving after so much effort, the Earth Maniptor cursed then turned his head and said coldly. ¡°Go out through the window!¡±

    Just as he turned his head back, his pupils contracted. The few people behind him had surrounded him from behind, with a gap of just one step.

    ¡°What are y¡¯all up...¡± In a panic, the Earth Maniptor was about to speak when he was grabbed at the mouth by Onishi¡¯s hand, speaking only four vague words and he was stabbed right in the chest by Ghost Weep in Feng Luo¡¯s hand that struck almost at the same moment.

    ¡°Cough!¡±

    ¡°-5066!¡±

    Without a shield engaged, the defense power of the Earth Maniptor¡¯s thin Energy coat could not match up to a Gunner. The Earth Maniptor fought mainly with control and had much added Vitality, but in the hands of Feng Luo who had awakened his Force and had a great attack raise, he was not able to withstand the Talent-enhanced 100% lethal damage at all.

    The Earth Maniptor fell to the ground, his face in both shock and rage, as a white light shed across his body and he was kicked out of the game by the system.

    Of course, after being kicked out of the game, he would definitely report this matter immediately.

    But there was not much effect, because to the four of them, the remaining action did not require brain power or acting abilities, just fighting abilities.

    To any one of them, this was undoubtedly something they were the best at.

    ¡°Charge!¡±

    ¡°Quick Sneak!¡±

    After killing the Earth Maniptor, everyone went straight out the door.

    Phoenix, Feng Luo, and Onishi engaged speed-up skills, running quickly towards where the target was.

    The female Gunner ¡°yer¡± on the other hand looked very rxed and did not use skills, feeling as if she was strolling in the gardens, but her speed was able to effortlessly catch up rather quickly.

 Chapter 438 - A Familiar Headshot

    <h4>Chapter 438: A Familiar Headshot</h4>

    A group of 10 Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite yers were stationed underneath the secret base. They were defending the only path close to the center of the base that could lead inside the secret base.

    One of the yers, a Scout yer, who was fully equipped with Rare Grade gears and had a submachine gun hanging in front of his chest, said to his teammate while observing the surveince footage on the screen in front of him, ¡°The battle outside is very fierce. This room is actually quite soundproof but we can still hear the sounds of battle quite clearly.¡±

    ¡°I just hope they can hold the defense. Otherwise, we¡¯ll suffer a lot of losses. We already gave up farming our faction points for this mission, and we gave up the mission of spreading the T-virus yesterday. If we fail at defending the base, then we¡¯d all be working our asses off for nothing. Old Bomb was showing off to me earlier about the points he gained. He already has enough to exchange for two Intermediate pet biochip now.¡± In front of the Scout yer, a Machine Gunner yer stationed behind a sparkling metallic six-barreled machine gun aimed at the tunnel entrance spoke depressingly.

    ¡°I personally don¡¯t care about the faction points. The key is that being stationed here as guards is really boring since we can¡¯t participate in the war. There¡¯s also that bad-tempered Caucasian woman...¡± Another Machine Gunner pointed to a room behind the group and whispered.

    ¡°Boring? I actually like this mission. The scene outside connected to the Biohazard Crisis mission is too heavy. We¡¯re fine with this. Qing Wu wouldn¡¯t be able to take it.¡± Said a tall and muscr Heavy Armor Warrior with dark skin and a beard, who had luxurious items equipped.

    ¡°Yeah, I almost threw up yesterday when I had a nce. Those zombies are way too disgusting. The system never considered the feelings of us girls for this mission.¡± Said a female yer in aining tone, standing beside the Heavy Armor Warrior. She wore a snow-white nurse uniform, her figure was good while her face looked delicate.

    ¡°Old Bear, you have your partner here beside you, it¡¯s natural for you to not feel bored.¡± Another Machine Gunner turned around and said jokingly. However, when his gazended on the delicate-looking female Doctor yer, his gaze showed a slight sense of contempt. If she did not get a very rare skill, she never would have qualified and been deployed here to participate in the mission.

    More importantly, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star and the Machine Gunner were no longer in the same camp, as they had conflicts of their own. However, the two of them were once friends.

    The woman, on the other hand...

    With regard to the mission of guarding the little girl that Wesker strictly and personally requested, Roaring Dragon Light Wind naturally prioritized the mission; to the point of deploying three Machine Gunners in the 10 man squad which was thest line of defense.

    These three Machine Gunner yers were fully equipped with Rare Grade items. Theoretically speaking, by taking turns firing their guns at the entrance of thepletely sealed off tunnel, they would already be able to prevent and defeat more than a dozen enemies, unless the enemies were not yers.

    ¡°Hmm? What is this sound? It¡¯s heading over here.¡± The Scout yer¡¯s recon meter vibrated suddenly. The rare attribute of the recon meter came into effect that helped in areas originally limited by the environment. The recon meter detected the footsteps that had appeared after the sealed doors across them were opened.

    ¡°Someone¡¯s here!¡±

    As he just noticed the anomaly, a female gunner wearing a dark red leather outfit, who had apletely different temperament from the delicate-looking Doctor yer from earlier, had appeared at the entrance of the tunnel.

    Her right leg stepped on the ground and her entire body was lifted in the air. Her left leg kicked at the wall of the tunnel entrance, and as she kicked, she twisted her body in the air, in an instant, she went from side-facing the tunnel to facing directly to the tunnel. She raised both her arms and started firing tworge revolvers that did not match her body-size.

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang, bang...¡±

    One after another, 15.7mm caliber bullets exited the barrels of the two revolvers and spun at high-speed in the air.

    ¡°-1424, -4055!¡±

    ¡°-1534, -4567!¡±

    Two revolvers fired at the same time and by the time the female ¡°yer¡±nded on the ground, she had already fired four shots.

    The first shot broke a helmet, striking urately at the point where the helmet was broken. Two Machine Gunners fully equipped with Rare Grade equipment received headshots and fell on the ground before they could shoot their already set-up machine guns.

    It was a stunt scene that one could see in movies, and was beautifully executed by the female gunner ¡°yer.¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6067!¡±

    At about the same time the two Machine Gunners died, the other remaining Machine Gunner also fell on the ground the moment he touched his machine gun.

    A ck sniper bullet struck powerfully on a vital point around his chest area. A Fatal Damage of over 6,000 was enough to pry away any resistance he wanted to make.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The head of the ck bullet exploded, and a strong shock wave sent the others, who had yet to react, as well as everything in the area, flying everywhere.

    The delicate-looking female Doctor yer who had the weakest physique was thrown into the wall far away by the shockwave, making her dizzy for a while.

    ¡°Why does this woman look kind of familiar?¡± Feng Luo felt suspicious. However, he did not hesitate and the moment the Eye of the Thunder¡¯s shot interval was up, he fired another shot right between the eyes of the female Doctor yer.

    ¡°-5077!¡±

    A fist-sized bullet hole appeared in between the eyes of the female Doctor yer. Her face was filled with panic and confusion, and a white light shed across her body.

    One hit, headshot!

    ¡°Someone has infiltrated the base! Someone has infiltrated... F*ck!¡± The tanned, bearded Heavy Armor Warrior just stood up and coincidentally saw the female Doctor yer called Qing Wu receive a headshot. His face stiffened, and then he cursed loudly.

    He could not hear any replies from the internalmunications channel, only hearing a crackling noise.

    Phoenix and Onishi capitalized on the gap created when the enemies were thrown off bnce and charged inside, rushing straight towards the two maniptor yers who hastily cast an energy shield over themselves.

    After Feng Luo shot dead the female Doctor yer who gave him a sense of familiarity, he did not continue using the Eye of the Thunder. The three Heavy Armor Warriors had already raised their shields and blocked his shooting angle, and the Scout yer who reacted the fastest even started using the Continuous Shooting skill and had fired a series of bullets at him.

    The group of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers was quite strong. Apart from the female Doctor yer, the rest of them were, without a doubt, elite or even expert yers, and were also equipped with very good items provided by the guild.

    The Scout yer clearly thought that Feng Luo was the easiest one to deal with after assessing the overall battle situation. Coming to the conclusion that Phoenix was a Light Armor Warrior while Onishi and the female gunner ¡°yer¡± were probably both Scouts. Both of those professions typically had some Vitality stat points added while Snipers generally purely increased their Agility stats.

    The Scout yer¡¯s calctions were pretty good. Normal yers would have lost at least one-third of their total HP if they were shot at by his bullets.

    However, above Feng Luo¡¯s head, the numbers that appeared were only around 200 to 300.

    If one observed carefully, it would be noticed that a transparentyer of ¡°energy shield¡± covered Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform; though the ¡°shield¡± seemed transparent, one could still see a slight light distortion caused by the ¡°shield.¡±

    Yes, it was an energy shield made up of dozens of thumb-sized Energy Beetles that were floating in front of Feng Luo.

    Half of the shots fired by the Scout yer were blocked by the shield created by the Energy Beetles. Only two shots made it through and hit Feng Luo, but they had no effect at all.

    The Symbiotic Stats increased by the Life Protozoa weren¡¯t just HP and Force, increasing his defense at the same time. In fact, though Feng Luo was only equipped with his backupbat uniform, his actual defense was simr to the defense of a piece of average light armor.

    In addition to his HP that was over 10,000, not to mention two shots, even if the Scout yer were to empty his magazine on Feng Luo, there was still no guarantee that he would be able to kill him.

 Chapter 439 - Feng Luo vs Grizzly Bear

    <h4>Chapter 439: Feng Luo vs Grizzly Bear</h4>

    ¡°What?¡± The Scout yer looked shocked. Clearly, he did not expect to see an energy shield over the body of a Sniper.

    And the two bullets that weren¡¯t blocked by the shield also inflicted damage far lower than what he would normally expect.

    ¡°Ta, ta!¡±

    His reaction speed was quicky; upon finding out that he could not inflict much damage on Feng Luo under those circumstances, he immediately moved his muzzle and aimed towards Onishi, who was charging at him. His body had already started moving backward to retreat into cover.

    ¡°Be careful! This enemy Sniper might be the yer whopletely messed up our Tyrant maniption mission earlier!¡± At the same time, he also shouted a word of caution to his remaining guildmates.

    Feng Luo¡¯s most recent shot inflicted a damage number of over 6,000; and also had broken the Machine Gunner yer¡¯s defense that it dealt this sort of damage.

    The high damage that could be considered crazy, as well as the energy shield that usually only belonged to maniptors, made the Scout yer subconsciously think about this.

    ¡°Even if he were that Sniper, I don¡¯t think he¡¯ll be able to one-shot me!¡± The bearded Heavy Armor Warrior had already raised his shield and was charging towards Feng Luo, noticing the damage Feng Luo dealt.

    He was a Heavy Armor Warrior who possessed a top-ss A-grade defensivebat talent. His talent granted him extra damage reduction bonuses when he was moving.

    One of the other two Heavy Armor Warriors charged towards the female gunner ¡°yer¡± while the other charged towards Onishi, who was already in front of him.

    Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group stationed three Machine Gunners and three Heavy Armor Warriors at the entrance of the tunnel. The offense and defense setup would have been invincible, had the three Machine Gunners not been defeated at the very beginning by Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    Even after the three Machine Gunners have been killed, the group did not panic, though they were quite shocked.

    They were among the best elite yers of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Every yer was a veteran with an abundance of battle experience. Additionally, each of them was considered among the best in Silvermoon City.

    Even though Feng Luo and the female gunner ¡°yer¡± had crazy over-the-top damage and were suspicious of having Legendary Grade weapons, the group was shocked but did not panic.

    It was even fair to say that they still believed that they had a better chance of achieving victory.

    Though they had lost four, they still had six yers left. Three Heavy Armor Warriors, one Scout, and two Maniptors. Whether it was a tank or a damage dealer, they still had a good group.

    The enemy, on the other hand, only had four yers. Among the four, three were gunners.

    No matter how high a gunner¡¯s damage, even if they were to have Legendary Grade guns, they would still have low HP andcked meleebat abilities.

    Once they were closed in by the high HP Heavy Armor Warriors who also had a bunch of control skills and damage reduction abilities, victory would easily be decided.

    ¡°Stop everything!¡± A Heavy Armor Warrior roared, his shield already swinging towards Onishi, who had just reached in front of him.

    Onishi did not speak, his body instantly elerated as he became a ck afterimage that brushed past the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s shield.

    After bypassing the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s block, Onishi side-stepped and ignored the Maniptor who had already activated his shield; instead turning towards the Scout yer who had been pursuing and shooting at him.

    More precisely, Onishi¡¯s initial target was never the two Maniptors. Instead, he was targeting the yer who had the same profession as him, the one without a disgusting shield.

    As for the Heavy Armor Warrior attempting to attack Onishi, his attack was dodged by the Number One Expert of North City. While the other Heavy Armor Warrior who was charging at the female gunner ¡°yer,¡± Phoenix did not let the chance slide and used that gap to rush in front of a Fire Maniptor yer with an active energy shield who was casting a skill with his energy converter.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The red Rare Grade alloy longsword was covered in ayer of flowing red light. Lending strength from her charge, she swung the sword with both her hands and cut towards the red Expert Level energy shield that seemed to be covered in flowing me. The collision of the sword and the shield created a magnificent scene as if two balls of me colliding together.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The sound of eggshells cracking, only a hundred times louder, could be heard as the Fire Maniptor¡¯s freshly activated energy shield cracked and crumbled.

    One skill from Phoenix was enough to destroy the Expert Level energy shield of a Maniptor with a full set of Rare Grade equipment.

    If the situation was different, the chance of her achieving this again would be much lower. The situation right now was within Feng Luo and the others¡¯ expectations.

    Simr to Big Pineapple, Phoenix¡¯s passcode chest had B-grade potions. Unlike Big Pineapple, who received mostly defensive potions, apart from two nano recovery liquid injections, the rest of Phoenix¡¯s potions were attack potions.

    With the bonus granted by the B-grade potions, her attack had increased by at least 50%.

    The moment the shield was broken, the Maniptor who did not have any meleebat skills could notst more than five seconds against a Light Armor Warrior who was either just as strong or far stronger than him.

    ¡°Kid! I don¡¯t know what your objective is, but since you¡¯re brave enough to mess with us, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, I, Grizzly Bear, will make sure you pay the price!¡± The moment Phoenix¡¯s sword broke the shield, the bearded Heavy Armor Warrior had reached right in front of Feng Luo¡¯ swinging his alloy shield swung towards him as he roared.

    The angle he swung his shield at was very tricky. It created an angle before his body equipped with the heavy armor and mmed Feng Luo toward the sidewall.

    Though gunners were fast, in front of a warrior under the effects of the skill Charge, it was insufficient.

    As such, the yer called Grizzly Bear spoke arrogantly.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    The shield, apanied by the momentum of the swing and the strength of the shield bash, mmed into the wall, deforming the full-metal wall as a huge bang was heard.

    However, no one was mmed into the wall.

    ¡°What?¡± The bearded Heavy Armor Warrior, Grizzly Bear, who was very confident looked in shock as he discovered that his shield did not hit a human body.

    ¡°-2020!¡±

    An instantter, he felt a strong impact on his back, and could not help but stagger forward.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    The sound of metal piercing through something could be heard as a cold and sharp item shed open the back of his heavy alloy armor as the sound of metal being ripped open was heard. The cut was deep enough to even pierce into his flesh, towards the location of his heart.

    ¡°-3066!¡±

    A red Fatal Damage number of over 3,000 appeared in his vision. This was the damage of the military knife that was already halved after piercing through his heavy alloy armor.

    In the first round of the fight against the Sniper, he had already lost one-fourth of his HP. The worst part was when he heard the system alerting him that the intelligent chip of his chest armor being damaged.

    ¡°F*ck! What is that weapon? How is it possible that it pierced through my battle armor with a defense coefficient of C+? Not only does he have a Legendary Grade sniper rifle, but he also has a Legendary Grade melee weapon!¡±

 Chapter 440 - A Frightening Leg

    <h4>Chapter 440: A Frightening Leg</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    A warrior¡¯s alloy armor in the game was not just a pure metallic piece of armor. More precisely, it should be called ¡°intelligent armor,¡± as the armor parts contain intelligent chips that were simr to Individual Warframe on Earth.

    This was the reason why warrior yers far exceeded the other professions when ites to meleebat.

    Since the armor contained intelligent parts, the parts would have important structures embedded within them. Once those important parts were destroyed, the overall stats bonuses attached to the armor would be lost. These chips were generally located inside, further away from the outeryer, of the armor. It was incredibly difficult to cut or pierce through heavy armor. As such, when Grizzly Bear PKed against other yers, he had never encountered such a situation before.

    But right now, a Sniper whom he initially deemed weak had cut through his armor with one strike.

    He did not see how the person dodged his Shield Bash and how he circled behind himself; panicking for the first time.

    While Feng Luo easily overpowered the Heavy Armor Warrior; on the other side, the other two Heavy Armor Warriors from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group were already shrouded in white light.

    Beside a warrior, the female gunner ¡°yer¡± walked past his slowly-falling corpse and headed towards another Heavy Armor Warrior who was nning to charge forward.

    To take care of a Heavy Armor Warrior who had activated all his defensive skills so quickly, there was naturally no need to mention the identity of the female gunner ¡°yer.¡±

    Feng Luo had Force Skills on him, making it incredibly easy for him to overpower the initially imposing and powerful Heavy Armor Warrior in meleebat. As a Special Agent of the Federation, Aida, whose code name was ¡°Wong¡± it was naturally even easier.

    Of course, the Heavy Armor Warrior was also careless as he still thought that Aida was only a female gunner ¡°yer.¡±

    He never would have thought that, apart from her gender, the other two words used to describe her werepletely incorrect. As a Special Agent of the Federation, how could she only have one profession? As for the word ¡°yer,¡± it was an incredibly scary trap.

    ¡°Who are you people? How much did Veterans Tribe pay to hire you?¡± Shouted Grizzly Bear near the tunnel as his chest armor was pierced by Feng Luo again. With the bonus damage from Feng Luo¡¯s Enhanced Martial Arts, his HP had already been reduced to less than half.

    He raised his alloy shield in front of his body while his back was stuck to the wall like glue. He had chosen and employed a fully defensive battle tactic.

    Grizzly Bear was very smart, after losing around half his HP to Feng Luo in just a few seconds without even touching a hair on his enemy, he knew that his opponent was not someone he could deal with.

    It was not just the person in front of him, the female gunner ¡°yer¡± wearing the dark red leather outfit with an amazing figure was even crazier.

    Although his teammate had slightly weaker gears, he was still a Level 50 Heavy Armor Warrior with more than 20,000 HP. However, he was killed by the female gunner ¡°yer¡± in only two seconds.

    Apart from those two, the other two were also incredibly powerful, as the Scout yer from his team was also lying on the ground by then. A knife woundy visible on the Scout yer¡¯s neck and chest while his wide-opened eyes conveyed shock and a sense of unwillingness before his death.

    The Fire Maniptor, on the other hand, had already used hisst survival skill, Resistance Ring of Fire, and his arm was cut by the female Light Armor Warrior wearing red armor.

    In the blink of an eye, the elite team which was considered one of the best had only three yers left. It was iprehensible.

    As elite yers of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, especially since they were stationed by Roaring Dragon Light Wind to be thest line of defense, they were considered the best of the best.

    Although normally they did not say anything, deep down in their hearts, they always considered themselves to be at least as strong as those superstar yers. They never would have imagined that, while being on the side with a numerical advantage, they would lose so terribly to an assault by four people.

    In particr, the Sniper, not only was his long-range damage incredibly high, but his melee damage was also just as crazy.

    ¡°No, he is definitely not a Sniper!¡± The thought shed across the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s mind. ¡°A hidden profession, this person definitely has a hidden profession! Only a hidden profession can have such frightening long-range and melee damage at the same time! These people are definitely not yers from Silvermoon City. They are from other cities, and must have been hired by Veterans Tribe to stop us frompleting our mission!¡±

    As the number one guild of the city, even though Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group did not know the status of every yer within Silvermoon City, they at least had a general understanding of the city¡¯s yer status. They had never heard of any yer from the city possessing a hidden profession. So, there was no need to mention the four incredibly skillful yers in front of them.

    ¡°Hidden profession and Legendary Grade equipment. F*ck. Just you wait, I¡¯ve joined the rebel army camp now, it won¡¯t be long before I get one as well!¡± Grizzly Bear thought hatefully in his mind while his body fell backward.

    Although he was using a defensive stance, it was useless, as the Sniper yer¡¯s movement speed was much faster than his shield¡¯s movement. The military knife which Grizzly Bear was sure was Legendary Grade also seemed topletely ignore the defense of his heavy alloy armor.

    [You¡¯ve killed a yer from the enemy camp. Obtained Experience: 500. Obtained Merit: 1]

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    Grizzly Bear fell on the ground angrily and grudgingly, and several items on his body started emitting the glow of loot.

    It seemed like Grizzly Bear¡¯s Criminal and Illegal Points were quite high. With Feng Luo¡¯s Town of Exile Badge bonus, five pieces of equipment actually dropped on the ground.

    These Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group high-level elites were all equipped with Rare Grade items.

    In particr, Grizzly Bear had Rare Grade set equipment that also looked wonderfully stylish. The items that he dropped were worth at least two million credits in total.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± However, Feng Luo did not bend his waist to pick up the items, suddenly feeling a chill creeping up his spine the moment Grizzly Bear died. His heart also felt a severe pain as his ears heard the sounds of wind approaching.

    ¡°Death Sense!¡±

    It was the first Rare Skill that Feng Luo obtained in the game, and the skill was sending him warnings like crazy.

    A huge amount of dark red mist suddenly appeared from underneath Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform. Feng Luo turned around quickly while also retreating backward.

    He saw a Caucasian woman with a long and powerful leg wearing metallicbat boots. The leg was flying towards his chest with the sound of wind.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face stiffened, as he turned around, both his arms were already crisscrossed in front of his chest. The dark red mist had already covered his entire body as if Feng Luo had donned a suit of armor made of blood.

    In the short few-tenths of a second where the sequence of events unfolded, the leg that was apanied by the shrieking sound of wind had alreadynded a kick on Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    The firstyer of the energy shield created by over a dozen Energy Beetles and one Elite Grade Energy Beetle, crushed.

    The secondyer, the blood armor defensiveyer formed bybining the Force and the Life Protozoa, crushed.

    ¡°Ka-cha!¡±

    The thirdyer, Feng Luo¡¯s arms in front of his chest. The crisp sound of bone cracking could be heard.

    The frightening leg was finally stopped. However, Feng Luo was already sent flying backward as if he had been hit by a truck.

    ¡°-5456!¡±

    In the meantime, a Weak Point damage number of over 5,000 also appeared.

 Chapter 441 - Power of Strength Type Force

    <h4>Chapter 441: Power of Strength Type Force</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    Feng Luo crashed into the metallic wall on the side of the tunnel as fresh blood trailed from the side of his lip after he spat out blood.

    Threeyers of defense were broken consecutively; over 5,000 damage was inflicted on him, and his internal organs also suffered damage from the vibrations which caused him to spit out blood.

    The attack from the kick was, without a doubt, frightening. However, Feng Luo was not at all surprised by the result.

    The rare skill Death Sense would only activate when the iing attack was capable of killing him instantly. Meaning that if he did not implement the emergency defensive measures prior to getting kicked on his back, the damage Feng Luo would have received would have exceeded his maximum HP.

    What was Feng Luo¡¯s maximum HP?

    His HP was already over 10,000. In addition to that, he also had the Symbiotic bonus from the Commander Grade Life Protozoa, totalling up to more than 11,000. His physical defense was not inferior to a decently equipped Light Armor Warrior. Even with this, he would have been instantly killed by that kick.

    To be able to instantly kill a Light Armor Warrior... Naturally, the person who initiated the attack could only be one person.

    Feng Luo saw the face of the owner of the leg when he was struck by the kick. It was from the powerful legs of a Caucasian woman wearing a pair of ck punching gloves with silver spikes, who had a cold smirk on her face. However, at that moment, she looked surprised.

    Clearly, she did not expect Feng Luo¡¯s quick reaction and ability to withstand her powerful attack. In her mind, Feng Luo was an adventurer with inferior ability. Even if he had awakened the Force, he should not have been able to block an attack from her.

    ¡°As expected, there really is a Boss. Good thing I did not let my guard down.¡± Although Feng Luo was bleeding internally and spitting out blood, he was still feeling fortunate.

    Feng Luo was constantly on guard with regard to the possibility of the existence of the ¡°Boss at the end of the level.¡±

    Even during the battle against the bearded Heavy Armor Warrior, he used part of his attention to maintaining vignce. That was why he could still react promptly to the kick just now.

    It was especially true in terms of the ¡°Blood Armor¡± that he had yet to name. It could be considered a trump card that he was prepared to use at any time.

    The Symbiotic skill that needed both the Life Protozoa and the Force had incredible defense. Feng Luo experimented with it in a previous battle. It could even block the Forager¡¯s powerful tongue that could bepared to sniper bullets at close range. If it were purely its physical defense coefficient, the ¡°Blood Armor¡± should beparable to alloy armor with at least a B-Grade coefficient.

    However, the skill¡¯s weakness was that the defense stat of the blood armor was decided by the maximum HP of the Life Protozoa.

    If the Life Protozoa were Level 50 right now, the skill would, without a doubt, be overpowered. It would be the equivalent of Feng Luo equipping a piece of armor with a defense coefficient of B-Grade that could withstand five-digit damage attacks. He might have been even be able topletely block the kick just now.

    However, he only obtained the Life Protozoa the day before. And although the Life Protozoa had increased levels in the morning, it was still only Level 13 at the moment. It could only withstand around 1,300 damage.

    The good thing was that the defense coefficient of this ¡°armor¡± was so good, that in reality, it had blocked around 4,000 damage, making it so the kick did not reduce more than half of Feng Luo¡¯s HP.

    (Note: Over 10,000 damage was inflicted on Feng Luo¡¯s back. If the intended target had a D+ grade defense coefficient, the damage would be over 10,000. If the attacknded on armor with B-Grade defense coefficient, the damage would be below 5,000.)

    If it were another yer who had awakened the Beginner Level Force, as long as the yer did not have Defensive Force, the end result would probably have been an instant kill.

    The woman had frightening attack power. Her equipped items showed that she had a warrior-type profession, and the kick just now was apanied by the special attack effects of the Force. That was why Feng Luo, who had the body of a yer, spat out blood after being injured from the attack.

    ¡°Huh, you¡¯re actually still alive... I¡¯ve underestimated you, adventurer.¡± After Feng Luo was pushed several meters backward, the Caucasian woman did not continue to further attack Feng Luo. Instead, she turned around and looked at Aida, who had just got rid of the elite Heavy Armor Warrior from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group with tworge revolvers in her hands.

    ¡°I never thought that so many experts would be attracted to one simple little girl! I sure am curious. What type of organization can send a group like you over here? The Federation Government? Pr organizations?¡± When she turned around, the ground beneath her metallic battle boots sunk deeper. It definitely looked like it was going against thews of physics.

    ¡°Strength Type Force, huh?¡± Aida looked interested for a moment. However, she did not fire her guns immediately. Instead, she stared at the woman and asked Feng Luo, ¡°How are you doing? I think I heard your bone crack.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m alright, I can still hold on.¡± Feng Luo stood up slowly with his back on the wall while he smiled painfully.

    Blood trailed the corner of his lips while his chest heaved heavily. Both of Feng Luo¡¯s arms were also twisted at an unnatural angle.

    Feng Luo now understood that the appearance of the high-level stat, the Force, might widen the gap between yers even greater than talents could.

    The Force was not separated into four grades like talent. However, they were different in the fact that Force Types were suitable for different professions.

    The Caucasian woman had Strength Type Force, and it was definitely the Force Type that suited the warrior profession most.

    Compared to her Force, Feng Luo¡¯s Force seemed a lot weaker when it came to meleebat.

    ¡°+500, +500...¡±

    When Feng Luo stood up, his broken arms under hisbat uniform were already gradually returning to normal, and green recovery numbers also continued to appear above his head.

    ¡°Recovery Type Force... An annoying type that¡¯s like nougat.¡± The white Caucasian woman¡¯s gaze was focused on Aida. However, at the same time, she was also paying attention to Feng Luo, and after she saw Feng Luo¡¯s condition, she muttered coldly.

    As for the serious-looking Phoenix and Onishi, she did not even throw them a nce.

    ¡°Save... Save me!¡± Among the elite yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the only Earth Maniptor left alive, who was being pursued by Phoenix after she cut through his energy shield with one sh, was running towards the woman wretchedly.

    He looked hopeful, after all, he did not want to die and lose his level, nor did he want to drop any of his gears.

    ¡°Useless scum! Scram!¡± Before the Earth Maniptor could get close, the Caucasian woman smiled coldly and, using the back of her hand, pped in the direction of the Earth Maniptor.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-3768!¡±

    The distance between the Earth Maniptor and the woman was at least five or six meters. The Earth Maniptor seemed to have been pped straight in the face by the Caucasian woman.

    His entire body lifted from the ground from the p before mming heavily on the wall of the tunnel. His head bled from the crash and a damage number over 3,000 also appeared above his head.

    Even if one were a warrior, after awakening the Force, one would also possess long-range attack methods.

 Chapter 442 - Tyrant T-100

    <h4>Chapter 442: Tyrant T-100</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Phoenix¡¯s fiery alloy sword descended on the Earth Maniptor and emptied the remaining 1,000+ HP left after the Caucasian woman pped and sent the Earth Maniptor mming into the wall.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-1455!¡±

    Phoenix had an odd look on her face the whole time because the Caucasian woman¡¯s attitude gave her the feeling that the woman was crazy. She even hit the people from her team.

    At the same time, Phoenix also seemed expectant, since the woman attacked the Maniptor from long-range. For a melee profession like the warrior, it had significant meaning.

    The age of the Force was definitely where the warrior profession would experience an unprecedented evolution.

    ¡°Based on what we discussed earlier, leave this woman to me. The rest of you, hurry up and get that little girl out of here.¡± Aida said, as her expression did not change much.

    She stood there in her dark red tight leather suit. Both her hands holding the two ck and oversized revolvers aimed at the Caucasian woman while she shouted to Feng Luo and the other two.

    ¡°Alright!¡± Phoenix and Onishi quickly turned around and ran inside after exchanging nces with Feng Luo.

    ¡°You don¡¯t need my help?¡± Feng Luo asked Aida.

    He knew that Aida was incredibly strong. However, the strength that the Caucasian woman disyed just now was a little too insane.

    As a Special Agent, Aida, though she was probably not purely a gunner in terms of her profession, might not be able to beat the Caucasian woman who wore a pair of knuckle dusters as weapons in an environment like this since she constantly used guns to fight.

    ¡°No need. It¡¯s been a while since I¡¯ve moved around. It¡¯s rare to encounter someone who has piqued my interest today.¡± Aida stared at the Caucasian woman while shaking her head.

    ¡°Alright then.¡± Feng Luo hesitated even after hearing her speak. Both of his arms had fully recovered, and he turned around and headed towards the room Sulli was confined in, which was obtained by Digital Cat¡¯s hacking.

    The tunnel had a bend, and at the time, Onishi and Phoenix had reached it.

    ¡°Careful!¡± When Feng Luo started running, Phoenix¡¯s exmation came from within.

    ¡°Do you think that I¡¯m the only one here?¡± The Caucasian woman stood still, she did not try to stop Feng Luo from joining the fight. Instead, she onlyughed after hearing Phoenix¡¯s shout. Ridicule and insult were mixed in herughter and words.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    By the time Feng Luo reached the bend, a human figure crashed into the tunnel wall right across him like a sandbag.

    Onishi¡¯s body struck and bounced off the wall before falling in front of Feng Luo. He quickly jumped up and got back on his feet, extending his arms into his tactical vest and pulled out a syringe before injecting the content of the syringe into his neck. At the same time, he shouted to Feng Luo, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me! Go and help Phoenix!¡±

    Although he was sent flying, as the Number One Expert of North City would never die so easily.

    ¡°Alright!¡± Feng Luo did not say much. At that moment, he had already seen the situation inside the tunnel.

    A two-meter tall NPC d with a ck military coat stood at the end of the tunnel. He waspletely covered by his coat apart from his eyes and a tiny part of his face. From underneath his ck coat, a gloved hand extended toward Phoenix¡¯s fiery alloy sword which was moving towards his abdomen after using the Devastating sh skill.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-2400!¡±

    The alloy sword was held by the ck-coat man, however, Phoenix¡¯s Devastating sh was already at the Expert Level, and she was currently in a drugged state. The tall ck-coat NPC was still punctured in the abdomen by the alloy sword.

    Halfway through the sh, the sword was held firmly by the NPC, and could not move forward another inch.

    As for the big NPC wearing the ck coat, after the longsword entered his body, his pupils did not shrink, which was what usually happened after someone got shed; instead, his cold gaze made it seem like the person who was cut was not himself.

    His other hand formed a fist and he heavily punched the upper chest area of Phoenix¡¯s armor.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-4066!¡±

    Phoenix could not help but bend her waist after getting hit by the punch, forcing her to retreat a few steps after getting hit. A damage number of over 4,000 appeared above her head.

    Although the damage number was not as high as the one produced by the Caucasiandy, it still exceeded the damage that a normal warrior-type yer could inflict using their bare hands.

    When Phoenix was pushed back, Feng Luo noticed the eyes and the exposed skin of the oddly tall andrge NPC.

    Gray eyes and green veins popping out of the skin, could this be a T-virus infected being?

    ¡°How dare you target something that Mr. Wesker prioritized, you are seeking death...¡± From his appearance, the NPC should be infected by the T-virus; however, the guy seemed to be a bit special.

    His eyes were not as nk as the zombies, but he was not as irritable as a Tyrant. Instead, he was quite calm, even speaking two sentences, albeit with a fairly hoarse voice.

    ¡°Tyrant T-100. Level 50 Commander. Normal Status. HP: 30,000...¡± Onishi looked solemn, already off the ground. He raised the submachine gun and held it in the air and reported the guy¡¯s stats from his Detection skill.

    Tyrant?

    Ayer of ck fog appeared from Ghost Weep, which Feng Luo was holding. Theyer of fog covered his entire right hand and made his right arm two-timesrger than normal.

    As Feng Luo held the Legendary Grade military knife and charged toward the person with Raging Charge activated, he said in realization, ¡°It really is as I expected, huh...¡±

    Feng Luo felt a sense of familiarity when he looked at the ck turtleneck coat covering every inch of the person¡¯s body. After hearing the information pertaining to the person in front of him, Feng Luo¡¯s guesses were confirmed.

    The product of the Umbre Corporation¡¯s biological weapons research, the Tyrant T-100.

    In the game Resident Evil, the previous Tyrant T-000, and T-001 that seemed like wild beasts were not considered sessful products.

    For the Umbre Corporation, the real biological weapon was not something that only had amazingbat strength, it should also have the ability to think and havebat awareness. Its intelligence should even reach the point where it could handle weapons.

    As for this Tyrant T-100, it was an existence that surpassed those normal Tyrants.

    ¡°As expected, it won¡¯t be so easy toplete this mission.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s body turned into a series of afterimages. The moment the Tyrant tried to get its hands on Phoenix again, Feng Luo was already off the ground and in the air. With the help of the eleration provided by Raging Charge, he leaped into the air and kicked the Tyrant¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    ¡°-6078!¡±

    The kick that once sent Big Pineapple flying definitely had an effect, even if the enemy target had the body of a Tyrant.

    More than that, the Tyrant T-100 was much smaller in sizepared to therger Tyrant T-000. As such, it was possible that, while in the air, Feng Luo was able to kick the Tyrant¡¯s heart.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯srge body flew backward before it mmed into the metallic wall at the end of the tunnel. A red damage number of over 6,000 appeared above its head at the same time.

    The moment Feng Luo¡¯s kicknded, the alloy sword that Phoenix was holding tightly a while ago left her hands and floated in the air.

    Phoenix, who had been pushed backward several meters, grasped the opportunity, leaped into the air, caught her alloy longsword floating in the air, and used Thunder Leap sh and shed at the Tyrant T-100¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-3245!¡±

    The red fiery alloy sword pierced the chest area of the Tyrant T-100 where Feng Luo¡¯s kicknded. More than one-third of the sword entered its body, and before the Tyrant could recover, a damage number of over 3,000 appeared above the head of the Tyrant.

    Thebination of the two helped reduce one-third of the Tyrant T-100 in less than a second.

    It seemed as if the T-100 Tyrant was weaker than the lower-level T-000 and T-001 Tyrants.

    Weak? Clearly, that was impossible.

    Roar!

    Covered in the ck overcoat, the Tyrant T-100 that only had its eyes and a little bit of skin exposed let out an angry beastly roar. Its initial cold eyes had a tinge of insanity and violence mixed while the ck overcoat started to expand.

    No, to be precise, it was the muscle and bones underneath the coat were extending, causing the body of the Tyrant T-100 to expand as if it was being pumped with air.

    Its right arm that seemed to have doubled in size swung towards Phoenix¡¯s body.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-5034!¡±

    Phoenix was sent flying by his punch, spitting out blood while her body mmed into the ceiling beforending heavily on the ground beside Feng Luo.

    The number that appeared above her head was over 5,000.

 Chapter 443 - Uniqueness of Force Skills

    <h4>Chapter 443: Uniqueness of Force Skills</h4>

    ¡°Cough!¡±

    Phoenix fell on the ground in front of Feng Luo, her HP had dropped below 5% and she entered the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status.

    Her HP was already reduced in the earlier battle, and now that the Tyrant T-100 took out another 9,000 of her HP in two hits, it was natural that she was not able to keep it up.

    If she did not use a blood tonic on herself prior to the battle and used the rare B-grade potions that increased her vitality, strength, and agility stats which made her maximum HP almost 12,000, she might have already died at that moment.

    The attack strength of the high-level Tyrant T-100 was a nightmare for meleebat professions.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    As the Tyrant¡¯s body inted, a concentrated sound of submachine gun firing came from behind.

    After Onishi saw the strength of the Tyrant¡¯s attack, he decisively chose not to engage in close-quarterbat. Instead, he took out his silver submachine gun directly and fired a series of bullets at the Tyrant.

    ¡°-435, -462, -504...¡±

    One after another, energy bullets that left white trails in the air struck the Tyrant¡¯s body, filling the Tyrant¡¯s ck overcoat with bullet holes and blood sttering everywhere.

    It was clear that those bullets were some sort of special ammunition.

    Even if the target of the attack was the Tyrant T-100, the bullets inflicted damage of over 400 per shot.

    Roar.

    However, the Tyrant T-100 did not dodge the attacks and let out an angry roar from the depths of its throat instead.

    The ck overcoat that had been riddled with bullet holes and bloodstains by Onishi and Phoenix started to crack due to its expanding body, and the coat waspletely torn to pieces.

    An incredibly lean and muscr body, even more perfect than a bodybuilder, appeared in front of them. However, the body was over three meters tall, and had worm-like veins popping out from underneath the dark and tanned skin.

    ¡°Tyrant T-100. Level 55 Commander. Awakened Status. HP: 60,000...¡± Onishi reported the bastard¡¯s stats through the party channel.

    Its level and HP increased.

    After the Tyrant¡¯s status became ¡°awakened,¡± its level actually exceeded the maximum of Level 50.

    Although its ¡°awakened¡± state was simr to normal Tyrants, its flesh was not rotten anywhere. Though its ws were sharp and its arms wererge, almost three times asrge as a normal arm, it was not asrge as a normal Tyrant¡¯s w that was one-third of its body size.

    The Tyrant¡¯s greenish-gray eyes stared straight at Feng Luo, whose right hand was shrouded in ayer of ck mist while holding a military knife, charging at him.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    He swung the dark red ws attached to hisrge and muscr arm towards Feng Luo¡¯s head from above.

    ¡°Just in time...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s re showed that he had no intention of dodging; instead, he looked as if he was raring to test something out.

    When Feng Luo activated the attached Ghost Weep¡¯s Ghost Power skill, he felt as if his right arm, which was holding the Legendary Grade military knife in a reverse grip, was injected with a frightening power.

    The degree of the strength of the power made Feng Luo feel as though he could snap an alloy sword in half with his bare hands.

    Perhaps it was just an illusion created by the brief moment when he felt a surge in strength.

    However, with regard to the Tyrant T-100¡¯s strike, Feng Luo felt that he was capable of blocking it.

    ¡°Slit!¡±

    Ghost Weep cut through the Tyrant¡¯srge hands from bottom to top, with a slithering sound of a sharp object cutting through flesh could be heard.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    What followed immediately after was the sound of the sharp object hitting something tough and hard.

    The bones of the Tyrant T-100 were actually harder than the bones of normal tyrants. As such, the de of Ghost Weep, which was regarded as indestructible, was blocked by the Tyrant¡¯s bones.

    After Feng Luo received Ghost Weep, this was the first time he encountered something that the B-grade destructive force of Ghost Weep failed to break through the target¡¯s defense.

    Though he failed to slice off the Tyrant¡¯s arm, from an angle, one could still tell that at least half had been cut.

    Moreover, Feng Luo used his strengthened right arm to block the attack of the Tyrant. The damage value that appeared above his head also proved this point.

    ¡°-1655!¡±

    This was the white damage value that appeared above Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    ¡°-3523!¡±

    This was the damage value that appeared above the Tyrant¡¯s head.

    Roar.

    To have his attack blocked by the tiny being whose height did not even reach his chest, the Tyrant also felt a sharp pain originating from its hands. The Tyrant T-100¡¯s initially calm expression also started to lose its calm as the eyes started to turn red. The Tyrant hadpletely entered its enraged status.

    After the Tyrant T-100 awakened, its expressionpared to before, was now simr to the personality of Tyrants that always bore a grudge. As such, the Tyrant T-100 raised its right leg and sent its ck knee kicking towards Feng Luo¡¯s chest area.

    Feng Luo could not help but admit that he had made a mistake.

    In his original n, Ghost Weep should have been able to severe the Tyrant¡¯s arm. In that case, they would be able to easily continue to press their attacks.

    Unexpectedly, the Tyrant¡¯s bones were much tougher than imagined. Even the Legendary Grade military knife with a B-Grade Destructive Coefficient could not cut off the Tyrant¡¯s hand.

    The impact of the strike made Ghost Weep stuck in between the Tyrant¡¯s arm bone, leaving Feng Luo with two choices.

    Number one, let go of Ghost Weep and give the weapon up while dodging the Tyrant T-100¡¯s knee.

    If he were to do that, it would practically mean Feng Luo was giving up Ghost Weep and the military knife may even fall into the possession of the Tyrant T-100.

    Number two, Feng Luo could increase the Force output and elerate the speed at which he could pull Ghost Weep out. However, the price would be getting hit by a T-100 Tyrant.

    The attack strength of the Tyrant T-100 was incredible, even Phoenix, who equipped a full set of Rare Grade items, received over 5,000 damage.

    Feng Luo¡¯s defense stat was higher than amon Light Armor Warrior. When faced with the violent counterattack of the Tyrant standing across them, the probability of receiving substantial damage was incredibly high.

    Should Feng Luo hide, or duke it out?

    Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced and he reached a decision in a short amount of time.

    He did not dodge and instead, only put his left hand wearing the SUV tactical gloves on his chest. He chose to duke it out.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-4355!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s body flew backward.

    Ghost Weep¡¯s Ghost Power skill was amazing; however, its weakness was that the bonus only applied to the arm holding the military knife rather than the entire body. Additionally, it did not increase one¡¯s vitality.

    Feng Luo¡¯s vitality stat was still quite low. Just like Onishi earlier, he was sent flying like a sandbag by the strike of the Tyrant T-100. He flew around ten meters away after getting hit and mmed into the top of the metal wall of the side tunnel.

    However, Ghost Weep, which was stuck in between the Tyrant¡¯s bones, was pulled out by Feng Luo, keeping his weapon.

    The damage that appeared above his head was not too high. Compared to Phoenix, who was equipped in a Level 45 Rare Grade Light Armor set, the damage value was even lower.

    Was that a little odd?

    Feng Luo was not surprised by any of it at all, he chose to duke it out with the Tyrant because he remembered the Master Martial Arts skill.

    Among the three Force attributes, apart from increasing meleebat abilities and attached Force damage, the Force had another attribute; damage reduction when faced with melee attacks.

    The Tyrant¡¯s knee attack was categorized as a melee attack type, so its damage would not be too crazy.

    Apart from that, Feng Luo did not temporarily switch his profession back to the Light Armor Warrior, instead, he was still a gunner at that moment, making the situation even weirder.

    The Master Martial Arts skill came from the Enhanced Martial Arts skill. And the Enhanced Martial Arts skill should have been his Light Armor Warrior skill.

    So, how did Feng Luo utilize the skill when he was a gunner?

    There was actually only one exnation, Force Skills did not have professional restrictions.

    All Force Skills, including the skills attached to Legendary Grade items, unless they had individually specified professional restrictions, were usable by all professions, which was the main difference between Force Skills and normal professional skills.

 Chapter 444 - Canâ€™t Win? Take Drugs!

    <h4>Chapter 444: Can¡¯t Win? Take Drugs!</h4>

    This meant that even if Feng Luo were a Sniper, he could still use the Force Net skill attached to the Legendary Grade Desert Crown that was put in the auction.

    The effects of the Force Skill also depended heavily on Compatibility. Feng Luo¡¯s Force had low Compatibility with the Maniptor-centric Force Net skill. Although he could use it, whether the effect of the skill was good, that was another thing.

    The fact that Force Skills did not have profession restrictions, the implications were very clear to Feng Luo even if one did not exin anything.

    If the skill he advanced, Master Martial Arts, was a skill exclusive for Light Armor Warriors, then it was clear that it would only realize its maximum potential when the user was wearing a piece of light armor. At the moment, Feng Luo was wearing abat uniform. Even if he were to switch his profession, the effects would still be lowered.

    It was not like switching professions had zero cooldown time, as switching professions needed one second each time.

    Since Force Skills did not have profession restrictions, even though he was still using the gunner profession chip, the damage reduction still helped Feng Luo by only losing around 4,000 HP.

    The 4,000 damage was actually lower than it seemed, after Feng Luonded on the ground, two green numbers, ¡°+500,¡± had already appeared above his head. The sharp pain that he felt in his chest as he was hit had lessened and it was no longer as bad as before.

    The Caucasian woman was right. From a certain sense, if the battle was long enough, Feng Luo¡¯s Recovery Type Force was an annoying skill.

    When he had sufficient Force, as long as he did not receive continuous damage over a short period of time or receive incredibly huge damage instantly, he could be regarded as an undying existence.

    Though Feng Luo was fine, Phoenix was faced with a crisis.

    After Feng Luo was sent flying, the Tyrant T-100 immediately changed its target to Phoenix, who had just recovered from her ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status and was still staggering as she stood up.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant T-100 kicked Phoenix, it¡¯s leg was wrapped in metallicbat boots that caused the air to vibrate as it was swung towards Phoenix.

    In an emergency situation like this, it was clear that Phoenix had no time to dodge.

    Although she was still under the effect of the advanced rare healing potion, the short time frame was not enough in helping her recover enough HP to withstand an attack.

    Were they going to lose one member?

    At that dangerous moment, Phoenix suddenly shouted, ¡°Jelly!¡±

    Immediately after her shout, a white light shed in front of her and a bubble appeared beside her.

    To be more precise, it was more like jelly. A seemingly transparent Jelly that had a mouth and a pair of eyes.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-5055!¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s kicknded on the Jelly, and a damage value of over 5,000 appeared. The damage value did not appear above Phoenix¡¯s head, instead, it appeared above the head of the Jelly.

    ¡°Pet!¡± At that crucial moment, Phoenix chose to use her pet to tank the fatal kick of the Tyrant.

    In a hazardous mission, apart from Feng Luo using 24K, it was rare to see anyone else use a pet.

    The number of advanced-level pets in War was too few, normal pets were not really useful in actual battles.

    Secondly, after pets died, the 10% decrease in intimacy punishment was quite severe. As such, most yers would only allow their pets to participate in battles in safer situations.

    However, Phoenix¡¯s pet seemed special, as it could actually withstand a strike from the Tyrant. More than that, after the Tyrant¡¯s kick, its body only seemed to have sunken slightly, pushing Phoenix with the help of the momentum generated from the kick tond beside Feng Luo.

    Jelly, the name of the pet, was also quite cute.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    As Phoenix and her petnded in front of Feng Luo, a familiar gunshot rang from behind Feng Luo.

    Onishi was holding the Eye of the Thunder. A sniper bullet with a blue glow struck the head of the Tyrant.

    Feng Luo did not notice how Onishi changed his weapon, it seemed a little too fast.

    However, now was not the time to worry about such trivial issues.

    Though the bullet struck the head of the Tyrant, the bullet was most likely a Shield-breaking Energy Bullet, but it had failed to prate the hard skull of the Tyrant T-100.

    The Tyrant¡¯s head only angled backward due to the impact of the bullet, recovering after. The distorted shape of the 7.62mm round was stuck between its flesh.

    After that, the Tyrant¡¯s forehead moved and pushed the bullet out of his head and onto the ground, with the bullet wound healing quickly.

    The Tyrant¡¯s cold yet seemingly irritable eyes seemed to have redirected his anger towards Onishi.

    If the Tyrant were above ground, it was highly likely that it would use its frightening jumping ability to leap towards Onishi and mmed him into the ground.

    Being that they were in an underground tunnel, the Tyrant¡¯s over three-meter tall body did not have space to jump, and the Tyrant could only stride forward immediately and charge towards Feng Luo and the others.

    Considering the Tyrant¡¯s powerful attack and more than 50,000 HP, as well as its amazing recovery ability, the current situation indicates that the Tyrant could easily ignore Feng Luo and the other two¡¯s normal attacks.

    Perhaps it was more urate to say that before Feng Luo, Phoenix, and Onishi¡¯s damage output could kill the Tyrant, it would be able to kill all three of them first. As such, the Tyrant did not even try to block any attacks when he moved.

    ¡°Use this!¡± As the Tyrant charged forward, Feng Luo¡¯s right hand had already entered his tactical bag, grabbed a light purple helix syringe and injected the contents into his neck.

    His left hand threw two magazines to Onishi, who was holding the Eye of the Thunder. He threw away the emptied syringe before charging forward while holding Ghost Weep which was shrouded in dark energy.

    Ghost Weep¡¯s extra skill needed to consume ten Force per second. Since he had it activated, he should attack quickly. As he had been using it constantly, Feng Luo¡¯s Force gauge was almost empty.

    ¡°B-grade sniper bullets!¡±

    Onishi¡¯s dexterous hands caught the two perfect grade magazines in the air. After he saw the stats of the bullets, he was shocked. He quickly recovered and snapped the magazines into his rifle.

    Both Feng Luo and Onishi used the Eye of the Thunder as their sniper rifles. As such, the magazine was interchangeable. This also meant that Onishi could use Feng Luo¡¯s B-grade special sniper ammunition from Feng Luo¡¯s passcode chest.

    Before Feng Luo collided with the Tyrant...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A B-grade Frost Bullet shrouded in chilling energy struck the upper arm of the Tyrant that was swinging violently towards Feng Luo.

    Even though it was a Tyrant, its bodily mechanism was still subject to thews of physics.

    The Frost Bullet fired from the Eye of the Thunder hit the Tyrant¡¯s arm, the air quickly cooled and frost quickly spread across the Tyrant¡¯s body. The swinging arm that was headed towards Feng Luo also slowed down due to the freezing process.

    The brief dy allowed Feng Luo to move past the Tyrant¡¯s frontal strike. Ghost Weep shed across a previously cut spot on the Tyrant¡¯s body from a reverse horizontal position.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The dark red wed palm of the Tyrant that was four to five times a normal human¡¯s was cut off directly from the wrist. Fresh dark red blood gushed out from the Tyrant¡¯s artery.

    Ghost Weep¡¯s rare attribute was triggered, the point of attack¡¯s defense being damaged over 70%, even if the defense is the A-grade, there was a 100% chance to break the equipment directly.

    Feng Luo¡¯s right leg was raised high into the air. Along with his Master Martial Arts and his SUVbat boots¡¯ stats bonus, he kicked the knee joint of the Tyrant.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    The crisp sound of bones breaking.

    Feng Luo¡¯s kick was several times stronger than the previous one and actually broke the Tyrant¡¯s leg.

 Chapter 445 - Reappearance of Dark Phoenix

    <h4>Chapter 445: Reappearance of Dark Phoenix</h4>

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s three-meter tall muscr body bent after getting kicked by Feng Luo,nding heavily on the metallic floor.

    The Tyrant¡¯s gigantic body fell as it could not help but kneel on the ground.

    ...

    This was certainly unexpected.

    With the Tyrant T-100¡¯s body strengthened by the T-virus and its insane strength, not to mention a Gunner like Feng Luo who focused on his agility stat, even a Light Armor Warrior who focused on the strength stat and was under the positive effects of skills would find it difficult to send the Tyrant to its knees.

    Although the Master Martial Arts skill granted a certain strength bonus in meleebat, the bonus was clearly not enough to create such an effect without the momentum produced by the Charge skill.

    There was only one exnation, the light purple helix syringe that Feng Luo just used.

    [Evolution Virus (Unnamed. Intermediate) Buffing Potion Type Five.]

    Gains Strength +80, Agility +40, Stamina Recovery per second 4% (Effect duration: One minute.

    Cooldown time: 30 minutes).

    The Intermediate Virus buffing potion, an item dropped by the giant octopus from the night before. Feng Luo initially did not n to use it. It was incredibly difficult to obtain Intermediate buffing potions. Among the three that Feng Luo possessed, two were dropped by the Quasi-boss Octopus while the other one was dropped by the Tyrant the night before when 24K controlled Feng Luo¡¯s body and soloed that Tyrant.

    These were potions that were, theoretically, only dropped by infected beings at and above the grade of Quasi-boss (Soloing the Commander Grade monster meant that the quality of the dropped items would also increase).

    Based on Feng Luo¡¯s original n, he wanted to bring these three potions to Lin in Storm City.

    Feng Luo had the Epic Level hidden mission which was to help Lin research the perfect Evolution Virus.

    The system did not provide Feng Luo with any clear hints in terms of that mission, but it was clear that any item that would seem helpful to the research of the Evolution Virus would help the mission progress.

    Perhaps Lin would be able to use the potions to research and manufacture simr Intermediate buffing potions in the future. This meant an amazing money-making potential. Feng Luo initially wanted to preserve all three potions.

    However, he took the initiative and used them just now.

    Apart from the strength of the Tyrant T-100, there was also Digital Cat¡¯s warning that came through the Special Agentms channel just now.

    ¡°More than ten Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group elite yers are back. They seem to know that something had happened at the base. I¡¯ve already sealed all of the entrances but they are currently forcing their way in. You have, at most, one minute.¡±

    Many of the Roaring Mercenary Group members had already returned. Either an rm system was installed at the base or the Earth Maniptor who was killed first had reported the happenings to themander of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    The situation was dire, leaving Feng Luo no other choice but to ¡°take drugs.¡±

    ...

    The Intermediate Evolution Virus buffing potion¡¯s power was absolute. It could even be considered better than the B-grade rare potions that both Big Pineapple and Phoenix received.

    A buffing potion increased 80 points in strength and 40 points in agility. This was three-fourths of the stats after the Force awakened. With the addition of these stat points and the bonus from the rare attributes of the SUVbat boots and the Master Martial Arts skill, even the gigantic Tyrant T-100 had to kneel.

    Roar!

    However, the Tyrant was still a Level 55 Tyrant T-100.

    Even after losing an arm to Feng Luo and being put to the ground by his kick, the Tyrant did not panic. Instead, it only let out an angry roar. The Tyrant swung its uninjured dark red w towards Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    The Tyrant T-100 was very tall, even as it was kneeling on the ground, the height of its arm was just at the right altitude to strike Feng Luo directly.

    Feng Luo had already predicted that the Tyrant T-100 would counterattack in a frenzy before he even swung his foot out. With the skill, Raging Charge activated in advance, Feng Luo immediately retreated.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s w mmed into the metallic wall of the tunnel and left five deep w marks on the metallic wall. Feng Luo dodged the counterattack, however, the moment he retreated, a red fiery figure charged past him.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    A fiery red Rare female-style alloy sword was held by a pair of hands wearing red warrior gloves. With a sharp sound, the sword pierced towards the right eye of the Tyrant.

    ¡°Devastating sh!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s most destructive skill, and it was at the Expert Level.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    ¡°-3766!¡±

    The Tyrant¡¯s right eye was pierced by the red longsword, a damage number nearing 4,000 appeared above its head at the same time.

    Whether it was in terms of the timing or the power, they were among the best.

    It was always difficult for a Light Armor Warrior to hit the head of a Tyrant. After all, the Tyrant T-100 was way too tall. Now that it was kneeling, the sword pierced deep into the Tyrant¡¯s head, right inside its eye.

    The attack came from Phoenix, Dark Phoenix to be precise. She had a cold and ck expression, giving off a very different feeling than usual.

    When she was almost killed earlier, Phoenix¡¯s passive talent, Dark Personality, was triggered.

    Dark Phoenix, who had a far greaterbat ability, already took the initiative to attack, even before her HP had recovered to a safe range. With one strike, she dealt a massive blow on the Tyrant and sent it into ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status.

    Roar!

    To the Tyrant T-100, Phoenix¡¯s attack inflicted damage much more serious than any of the previous attacks.

    Although the damage number was less than Feng Luo¡¯s previous kick, thetest sword attack targeted its eyes.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant T-100 waspletely enraged now. If it were under normal circumstances, the Tyrant, which had human-level intelligence, might have been able to calm down.

    With the Tyrant¡¯s recovery ability, even an injured eyeball could be healed. However, the Tyrant was currently in awakened status. Meaning that it had be not much different from normal Tyrants. The enraged and irritable Tyrant did not even consider that fact.

    The Tyrant only had one thing in mind. It wanted to stand up, charge at, andpletely tear apart the woman in red.

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s uninjured arm went from attacking Feng Luo to swinging towards Phoenix, standing straight up.

    Even when faced with the enraged Tyrant T-100 that could easily K.O. Phoenix with its counterattack, Dark Phoenix did not seem to be moved.

    She took one step backward and dodged the attack, her hair brushing past the tip of the Tyrant¡¯s ws.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    Her right hand twitched as she retreated as she pulled her blood-drenched alloy longsword out from the eye of the Tyrant T-100, crushing its eyeball in the process.

    Roar!

    The Tyrantpletely lost its right eye, and let out an angry roar. With its remaining left eye, it red vengefully at Phoenix, who was moving backward.

    Immediately after that, the Tyrant T-100¡¯s greenish-gray pupils quickly shrank.

    On the murky gray surface of the Tyrant¡¯s pupil, the reflection of a dark red military knife could be seen closing in at high-speed.

 Chapter 446 - Killing Tyrant T-100!

    <h4>Chapter 446: Killing Tyrant T-100!</h4>

    ¡°Rare Skill: Throw!¡±

    The moment the Tyrant T-100 stood up, Feng Luo, who had just stopped moving, threw Ghost Weep without any hesitation.

    After the dark red military knife left his hand, with a sharp ¡°whoosh,¡± the knife pierced through the air and flew towards the Tyrant T-100¡¯s left eye as if it were an arrow that had just left the bow¡¯s string.

    Before the Tyrant T-100 could react, its remaining uninjured left eye was also crushed. The bloodied eyeball popped right out of the Tyrant¡¯s eye socket and bounced once on the metallic wall before dropping and rolling on the ground, bing covered in dust.

    Roar!

    The Tyrant T-100 roared in pain for the third time, but this time, its roar was mixed in with a tinge of panic, as it waspletely blinded for the moment.

    Even if it possessed incredible recovery abilities, a heavy injury status like this, where it was missing some key organs, could not be healed in just a few seconds.

    More importantly, the three experienced yers in front of the Tyrant would never allow it enough time to recover.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2550!¡±

    The Eye of the Thunder let out another bang, and a second B-grade Frost Bullet struck the Tyrant T-100¡¯s leg. The bullet burst and spread bone-chilling gas the instant it struck, covering around half of the Tyrant¡¯s body in white frost.

    Onishi intentionally targeted the Tyrant T-100¡¯s leg with the intent to make it difficult for the Tyrant to charge at them or retreat.

    ¡°Tsk!¡±

    ¡°-2450!¡±

    Almost at the same time, Dark Phoenix, who was already beside the Tyrant T-100, swung the alloy longsword at the chest of the Tyrant T-100 again with both hands firmly gripping the hilt of the sword.

    There was no such thing as an attack interval for melee normal attacks. For Expert warrior yers, they could easily familiarize themselves with the principles of mechanics and create flowingbos from the momentum of their attacks, making each and every strike achieve a higher damage output.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3766!¡±

    With the other two attacking, Feng Luo also joined in.

    Although Ghost Weep had left his hands, Feng Luo still had the Eye of the Thunder and the Tyrant Revolver. In that situation he chose the Tyrant Revolver, using the Tyrant to fight a Tyrant.

    The target of Feng Luo¡¯s first shot was not the Tyrant T-100, but at his Ghost Weep Military Knife, which was still poking out of the Tyrant¡¯s eye.

    When Feng Luo decided to throw Ghost Weep, he was aware and knew that he had to pay attention not to allow the Tyrant T-100 to obtain Ghost Weep.

    Although theoretically, with the Tyrant T-100¡¯s hands transformed into giant ws, it was quite improbable that it could still use a tiny weapon like that. Though the Ghost Weep military knife was considered long among military knives. Whenpared against the superrge ws of the Tyrant T-100, it only seemed like a knife one used to sharpen pencils.

    However, it was always better to be safe than sorry.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Tyrant Revolver¡¯s 12.7mm caliber bullet struck the side of the Ghost Weep military knife. The powerful impact of the bullet caused the dark red military knife to fly out of the Tyrant T-100¡¯s eye socket directly.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2766!¡±

    After Feng Luo fired his first shot, the sound of the Eye of the Thunder rang from behind him.

    Onishi had learned a rare skill simr to the Rapid Shooting skill. Onishi¡¯s shot interval was even faster than Feng Luo¡¯s Advanced Level Rapid Shooting skill currently at 88% progress.

    Roar!

    Though the Tyrant T-100 had lost both its eyes and was blinded, it did not retreat. Instead, it opted to roar and fling its arms to attack Phoenix.

    For an infected creature such as the Tyrant T-100, though its eyes were very important,pletely losing its vision was not fatal since its incredibly sensitive olfactory system could still detect the location of the human.

    The location that the smell of fresh blood and flesh revealed to these infected beings were just as clear as seeing them directly.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3145!¡±

    During the process, Feng Luo fired his second 12.7mm caliber round from his Tyrant Revolver.

    The bullet hit the Tyrant¡¯s arm, flinging it sideways, and caused it to miss Phoenix while she retreated. Instead, the Tyrant¡¯s swinging arm produced five more deep scratch marks on the metallic wall on the side.

    The Tyrant Revolver has rare attribute, that bullets fired from the revolver has a certain knockback effect.

    If the bullet struck the chest of arge creature like the Tyrant, the strength of the knockback effect might not be enough to cause any impact. However, if the target were only an arm, then the effect was much clearer.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    -2367!¡±

    ¡°-765!¡±

    Onishi fired another shot, the bullet this time was shrouded in electricity, the rare attribute of the Eye of the Thunder was triggered.

    The white and blue current coursed through the body of the Tyrant, making itsrge body spasm. The Tyrant¡¯s body, which was already severely affected by the Frost effect, received yet another negative buff.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3456!¡±

    Feng Luo fired again, cleanly striking at the Tyrant¡¯s forehead.

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s bones were incredibly tough, the bullet did not pierce through its skull, only leaving a bullet would and the tail of the bullet left on its forehead.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Immediately after that, Feng Luo¡¯s fourth shot from the Tyrant Revolver exited the barrel. A golden 12.7mm revolver round flew towards the forehead of the Tyrant T-100 with the tiny tail of the bullet poking out.

    Feng Luo¡¯s intention was clear, if one bullet can¡¯t break through its skull, how about two?

    The Tyrant Revolver was not your average pistol, with a C-grade attack coefficient. Also, the golden bullet was also a type of C-grade ammunition that increased destruction strength.

    ¡°Hmm? How can this be?¡± After the bullet exited the barrel, the scene unfolding before Feng Luo¡¯s eyes caused him to wince.

    Before the bullet struck the Tyrant T-100, it seemed to have collided into an invisible obstacle.

    The hardened shell of the bullet distorted on impact, right in front of the Tyrant T-100. It seemed as if an invisible wall had just formed right in front of it. An Energy Shield?

    There¡¯s no way it was an energy shield, there was no energy change. And the Tyrant T-100 was not an Energy Type Commander Monster.

    ¡°This is more like...¡± Feng Luo was shocked as he contemted.

    The battle had already reached that point and the Tyrant T-100¡¯s full strength had not even been shown? Wasn¡¯t that trump card a little too powerful?

    Roar!

    Just as Feng Luo was feeling shocked, the Tyrant T-100 let out a devastating roar.

    Phoenix, who was standing in front of it, suddenly leaped on the walls on either side of the tunnel. She leaped into the air using a move simr to the ones Aida used to attack earlier. She thennded behind the Tyrant, and her fiery red alloy sword pierced into the spot between the Tyrant T-100¡¯s neck and left shoulder.

    ¡°-4066!¡±

    A red fatal damage number popped up above the head of the Tyrant T-100. With the fatal damage, the skill¡¯s effect was interrupted.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo fired his fifth shot, thest 12.7mm caliber golden round of the Tyrant Revolver burst out of the barrel with a bang and powerfully hit the Tyrant T-100¡¯s forehead.

    With the third shot as a foundation, the fifth shot managed to pierce and break the Tyrant T-100¡¯s tough skull, ultimately finding its way into the Tyrant¡¯s brain.

    ¡°-6567!¡±

    Numbers in the color of fresh blood, beautiful yet deadly.

    [You¡¯ve killed Tyrant T-100 (Level 55 Commander). Kill Contribution: 56%. Obtained Experience: 6,120. Obtained Merits: 20. Obtained Biohazard Crisis Story Points: 112.]

    The system message popped up. But Feng Luo¡¯s attention was focused on the Tyrant T-100 on the ground, a fiery red sword still poking out of its shoulder.

    From the angle in which the alloy sword entered the body of the Tyrant, it had entered through the gaps between bones, and pierced the heart of the Tyrant, dealing Fatal Damage. This was easy to understand but incredibly difficult to do.

    Though the Tyrant T-100 was a lotrger than a normal human being, and thus the gaps between bones were more obvious andrger, the width of a female-styled alloy sword was not any less than a reverse military knife like Ghost Weep.

    The toughness of the Tyrant T-100¡¯s bones was so high that even Ghost Weep could not cut through them, meaning that an error of a single degree would have made this feat fail.

    Feng Luo contemted for a while. If the alloy sword was instead a thin and long stiletto, then he might be able to achieve this after some practice. However, if the weapon were an alloy sword which was much longer than a stiletto, he had no confidence in being able to do it.

    From that alone, one could not deny the fact that Dark Phoenix had surpassed 99% of the Light Armor Warriors in the game.

    Phoenix¡¯s S-grade Talent was insanely strong.

    The Tyrant T-100 that had pushed the three into a dangerous spot, and could definitely be considered thest boss of many missions, had finally been defeated after a very grueling process.

 Chapter 447 - Sulli is Infected!

    <h4>Chapter 447: Sulli is Infected!</h4>

    ¡°Something dropped.¡± Onishi¡¯s gaze scanned past the corpse of the Tyrant T-100.

    After the Tyrant T-100 died, five glowing items appeared on the ground.

    One submachine gun magazine, a pair of Light Armor Warriorbat boots, a pair of Heavy Armor Warrior bracers, and two items that looked like equipment parts.

    Apart from those items, there was nothing else; no energy crystals or T-virus potions that normal infected monsters always dropped.

    ¡°The dropped items must be dropped ording to the profession. The smaller equipment parts are a sniper rifle part and something used on mechas,¡± said Feng Luo after ncing at the battle loot.

    Five items, one for each agent.

    Since the attributes and stats of the items had not been appraised, Feng Luo only made a guess with regard to the attributes and uses of thest metallic object. However, he shouldn¡¯t be off by too much.

    ¡°I¡¯ll be taking the magazine.¡± Onishi nodded and picked up the submachine gun magazine. ¡°Also, thank you for the bullets and magazines earlier.¡±

    He threw the Eye of the Thunder magazines back to Feng Luo. Initially, to deal with the situation at hand, Feng Luo threw the heavy impact bullets and Frost Bullets magazines, both B-grade ammunition to Onishi. During the battle, Onishi only used one type.

    Only three of the original ten Frost Bullets were left, and three of the five Heavy Impact Bullets were left.

    After her talent activated, Phoenix, who had a dark personality now, did not care about the items on the ground, and did not stay in ce.

    With a nk expression, she walked past the Tyrant T-100¡¯s corpse and moved to thest tunnel door with her sword in hand.

    ¡°I¡¯ll help them keep these first.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and put the items in his inventory.

    Although time was of the essence, the loot dropped by the Tyrant T-100 was still something that most people would be expectant of.

    ¡°The door is locked!¡± Onishi had reached the side of the door after following behind Phoenix¡¯s footsteps, discovering that the door was not unlocked.

    ¡°I can¡¯t open that door, and I can¡¯t control it either.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s voice came from thems channel.

    It definitely could not be opened, as a straight portion of the door had be distorted, causing the door to be stuck and unable to move. The smooth surface of the alloy door also had a couple of finger marks engraved deep upon it. There was only one person who could do this in the vicinity of the door.

    ¡°What should we do?¡± Onishi said as his eyebrows furrowed.

    The intelligent door was not fixed by a few door parts. Even sniper bullets might not be able to destroy the locks of the door.

    ¡°m!¡±

    Without speaking, Phoenix¡¯s right hand had already swung her sword at the door. The sharp Level 45 Rare Grade alloy sword cut open the door in an instant.

    ¡°Ugh...¡± Onishi could only force a smile.

    There was a simple method like this, and he did not think of it. Perhaps it was because he always thought from his perspective. After all, with a Scout¡¯s explosive power, moving or doing anything to the distorted door that was even engraved into the wall, was incredibly difficult.

    ...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    In less than seven seconds, the five inches thick alloy door fell on the ground in front of Phoenix.

    The situation in the room unfolded clearly before the three of them.

    A white empty space, just like a sealed-off prison cell,y in front of them. A simple bed sat in the middle of the room while seven year old a brown-haired girl was sleeping soundly on the bed, her two thin and tiny hands held tightly onto a white teddy bear.

    ¡°No... She¡¯s not asleep... Something does not seem right.¡± Onishi¡¯s face stiffened after looking at her.

    The little girl was not sleeping, with the fierce battles that were going on just outside the room. In addition, there were also loud noises when Phoenix¡¯s alloy sword shed at the door.

    No matter how deep in slumber the little girl was in, she should have awoken by now.

    However, the little girl was not awake, and there was clearly another reason.

    Observing in more detail, they could see that the little girl was actually crouched on the bed, and was lying right beside the wall, and her body was constantly shivering. At the same time, beads of sweat filled her forehead, making her brown hairpletely wet and stuck to her pale face.

    ¡°This looks like... She seems to be sick.¡± Onishi said suspiciously.

    ¡°No, it looks like she has been infected by the virus.¡± Phoenix, who had been quiet up until now, said with a solemn expression. She extended a hand and took off her left glove before cing her left hand on Sulli¡¯s sweating forehead.

    ¡°Body temperature, 42.5 degrees Celsius. Heart rate, 180 per minute...¡± Phoenix said, reporting very urate numbers.

    ¡°Infected? No way.¡± Onishi looked very solemn.

    The situation was very unexpected. Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group treated the little girl very importantly, to the extent where they ced her in such a tightly secure location. There was no way she could be infected by the T-virus.

    More importantly, if she were infected by the T-virus, what would happen to their mission? Exchange and use an anti-virus serum? Would this be effective on NPCs?

    ¡°Infected by the virus...¡± Feng Luo was slightly dumbfounded after hearing Phoenix¡¯s words.

    He did not find Sulli being infected by the virus as weird, he remembered in the game, Resident Evil, Sulli Parkins was infected by the G-virus, as it was injected by her father, William.

    The protagonist of the game found an anti-virus serumter in the game and helped cure the G-virus. However, due to her unique body characteristics, residual G-virus remained in her body. In the end, she obtained an amazing and powerful transformation ability.

    No matter how severe her injury, even fatal injuries, she couldpletely recover. The ability was quite simr to his Self-healing Force ability.

    Even though the little girl was infected by the virus, she should not die immediately.

    When it came to the G-virus in Resident Evil, the potion seemed to be hidden in the ne that was hanging on the little girl¡¯s neck.

    Feng Luo looked toward the little girl¡¯s neck and found that, as expected, a golden ne hung at her neck with a 3D animated picture on it.

    A handsome man and a beautifuldy, a young couple, were holding a cute and pale little girl joyously in the picture. They smiled at the camera and seemed to be very proud.

    When Feng Luo nced down a little, he noticed another detail. The little girl was tightly holding onto a white teddy bear. The teddy bear seemed to have been thrown on the ground before, as the side of the teddy bear facing towards the girl¡¯s body had dust on it, and as the dust seemed to have been exposed to tears, as that part of the teddy bear had be dirty.

    An image of the little girl holding her beloved teddy bear crying appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s mind.

    At that moment, the sweaty little girl who was shaking uncontrobly and was curled up in the corner suddenly mumbled something from her pale lips while in a state of unconscious due to the infection, ¡°Daddy... Sulli... won¡¯t cry.¡±

    Although when she spoke, tears seemed to roll from her closed eyes, seemingly due to the pain she was suffering, to the white teddy bear, making it wet again.

 Chapter 448 - Accident

    <h4>Chapter 448: ident</h4>

    Feng Luo initially wanted to extend his right hand, but stopped.

    For some reason, his heart which was able to clearly discern game from reality was moved. He extended his right arm and ced his hand on top of Sulli¡¯s head. As he felt the searing heat on her forehead, he raised his brow.

    ¡°Body temperature has reached 43 degrees Celcius. Heart rate increased to 205 per minute.¡±

    Although Phoenix sounded cold, her cold and expressionless eyes now had a bit of anxiety mixed within.

    To her, Sulli¡¯s realism was perhaps above Feng Luo and Onishi, the two yers.

    ¡°Let¡¯s get out of here first. I might know someone who can deal with this problem.¡± Feng Luo said with a sullen face.

    He did not know what was wrong with little Sulli at the moment. It may be caused by the T-virus or the G-virus infection, or perhaps it was something else entirely.

    Regardless, Lin should have the strength to deal with this... If they could not deal with it, the Federation¡¯s Special Agent Departments should have methods to provide aid.

    Apart from that, they needed to get out as soon as possible because returning members of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already forced their way through a few doors and were close to the entrance, based Digital Cat¡¯s reminder through thems.

    Once their path was blocked, the enemy would be able to secure the six-barrel machine gun that was already set up in key positions.

    Even if each and every one of them had awakened the Force, the difficulty of breaking through would still be quite high.

    In particr, if they wanted to guarantee little Sulli¡¯s safety.

    ...

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Feng Luo had already switched his weapon to the Eye of the Thunder. Additionally, he had brought out the two B-grade special bullets. On his tactical vest, apart from the Ghost Weep military knife, five perfect grade magazines were also neatly tucked inside.

    To have five perfect grade backup magazines was something that most sniper yers would be envious about.

    For many Sniper yers, getting a Rare Grade sniper rifle was a great thing; but at the same time, it was troublesome.

    Rare grade sniper rifles normally only had one magazine. If they wanted to reload quickly, they could only load up other sniper rifle magazines that were of different grades, negatively affecting the weapon¡¯s stats.

    Only aplete sniper rifle set provided bonuses after being properly assembled.

    yers who used the Eye of the Thunder were the same. When Feng Luo made it, due to limited Rare materials, none of the rifles that had the normal rating came with a magazine.

    Even if the Eye of the Thunder was evaluated as perfect, it only came with one magazine with an Excellent evaluation grade.

    Onishi was surprised by Feng Luo¡¯s action earlier was partly due to the special B-grade sniper bullets, and the other part was the perfect evaluation grade Eye of the Thunder magazines that contained the bullets.

    ¡°His rtionship with the Gun Mechanic expert who manufactures the Eye of the Thunder must be something...¡± Onishi thought at that time.

    Onishi did not contemte if Feng Luo was the one who was mass-producing the Eye of the Thunder. After all, generally speaking, yers had limited strength and it was quite difficult to be sessful both in terms ofbat as well as life professions.

    Feng Luo¡¯sbat ability was, without a doubt, among the best in War. Even hismanding ability was among the best.

    If his life profession was also just as strong, then Onishi¡¯s Number One Expert in North City would probably take a big hit.

    ...

    Two yers were running in front while carrying their weapons inside the underground tunnel. Phoenix, was carrying little Sulli wrapped in a nket, with one hand. Her other hand held the fiery red alloy sword.

    As they reached a turn in the tunnel, the three could not help but stop, due to the peculiar situation in front of them.

    ¡°Did their battle end?¡± Onishi¡¯s eyes were full of doubt. The submachine gun he held in his hand was already raised and aimed at the cold-faced Caucasian woman looking at them.

    The situation on the outside of the tunnel was certainly very unexpected. Aida and the Caucasian woman were no longer fighting as they had expected, nor was there a clear winner from the fight.

    The two women were in a standoff, several meters between them. Aida, who was wearing the dark red leather suit, had a bruise from a fist on her leg while the Caucasian woman¡¯s abdomen and neck had trails of blood from being brushed by bullets.

    The walls and ground around the two had several more sunken holes and traces of bullets!

    When Feng Luo and the other two were fighting the Tyrant, a quick yet fierce battle unfolded in that area. Resulting in a stale-mate as both sides were evenly matched.

    In this situation, the problem was that, could the Caucasian woman actually be the real stage Boss and the three yers still had to fight another round?

    But what came next made the three breathe a sigh of relief, when Aida spoke.

    ¡°You¡¯ve lost.¡± Aida said coldly to the Caucasian woman.

    ¡°True, I lost.¡± The Caucasian woman replied, who was surprisingly quitepliant and did not retort, standing there with a cold expression.

    ¡°Good. You can leave now.¡±

    ¡°Leave? We can leave, just like that?¡±

    When Feng Luo and Onishi heard that, they looked and each other, clearly in disbelief.

    From her tone before the battle, the Caucasian woman was definitely not someone who easily surrendered.

    ¡°I¡¯m only doing this for the money, and I have no ns of dying for money.¡± The Caucasian woman¡¯s expression remained cold and her tone implied that she did notpletely admit defeat.

    ¡°But you guys better hope you never encounter me ever again. Otherwise...¡± Her gaze moved past the three yers as a vicious and murderous intent was shown on her face.

    ¡°Really?¡±

    ¡°Hah...¡±

    Feng Luo and Onishi were not threatened by the NPC, they simply stared right back at the Caucasian woman with calm expressions.

    Phoenix did not pay attention, as she waspletely focused on little Sulli.

    ¡°Hmph!¡± The Caucasian woman snorted, an even colder stare could be felt from her stare.

    ...

    After a dozen or so seconds, four yers carrying a little girl left the end of the tunnel quickly.

    ¡°Bzzt!¡±

    A beam of red light shed across the eyes of the Caucasian woman.

    After that, the tunnel within her field of view changedpletely. Tracks that looked like fish swimming through water suddenly appeared in the invisible air.

    Within the metallic tunnel, five lines of tracks were expanding and shrinking constantly, this meant that five people had moved past the area a few seconds ago.

    Phoenix, Feng Luo, Onishi, and Aida, including the little girl Sulli, would be five who had moved past the area. The problem was, the little girl was held by Dark Phoenix, which meant that there should have only been four flowing tracks in the air; however, right now, there was five.

    This was the reason the Caucasian woman was sopliant.

    ¡°Hidden Force ability. Another annoying type of Force.¡± The Caucasian woman touched the bullet wound on the side of her neck with a nk expression. She loosened a shing red button on her wrist.

    ¡°C-400pact energy bomb release.¡± A mechanical female voice sounded. After that, the Caucasian woman scanned the over ten corpses of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group elite yers inside the tunnel¡¯spound.

    ¡°Two experts with the Force, a group of adventurers with decent strength. These people might be from the Federation government. The adventurers¡¯ strength definitely exceeded expectations. It¡¯s no wonder why the general wants to recruit new adventurers to join us. But the people he recruited are just a bunch of useless trash.¡±

 Chapter 449 - Three Types of Special Ammunition

    <h4>Chapter 449: Three Types of Special Ammunition</h4>

    ¡°Hurry!¡±

    ¡°Heavy Armor Warriors, m the door down!¡±

    ¡°Set up the machine guns! Maniptors, keep your condensed energy up!¡±

    At a certain location inside the basement level of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base, a Light Armor Warrior was shoutingmands with a grimace.

    Behind him were several Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who were also grimacing and panting. After hearing the instructions, the yers started carrying out their orders.

    Three Heavy Armor Warriors charged into a very wide alloy door at the entrance with their shields raised.

    The Machine Gunners went to find spots to quickly reassemble machine guns that had not been taken down.

    ¡°Old Bull, have we regained control of the intelligent system and the base¡¯s surveince system?¡± As the Light Armor Warrior shoutedmands, he also shouted into thems channel.

    ¡°No, Motherf*cker. I¡¯m still battling this guy. This guy obtained the level one control authorization directly, and even set up a few traps for me. This person is definitely an Expert Level Chip Master.¡± A panicky voice came through thems channel.

    ¡°Boom! Boom!¡±

    Since the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group secret base was built by yers, the doors weren¡¯t very hard and secure.

    After receiving several hits from the three Heavy Armor Warriors, the door started to distort and copse within a few seconds.

    However, the moment the alloy door fell...

    ¡°ng, ng, ng...¡±

    Three tiny items that were of simr size were thrown from behind the staircase behind the door. After they struck the ceiling, the items dropped in front of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who were prepared for battle.

    ¡°What are these things?¡±

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    More than half of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers couldn¡¯t help themselves and they looked at the items. A few of them even fired shots toward the staircase area. A few bullet holes appeared on the empty upper half of the tunnel.

    ¡°Careful, close your eyes!¡± A Scout yer equipped with a submachine gun saw the three items through his dynamic vision talent bonus, quickly adjusting his tactical eyewear and shouted a warning.

    By the time the Scout yer shouted the warning, one of the cylinders hadnded on the ground. At the moment of impact, a blinding white light shed and the entire tunnel was instantly shrouded in white.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a sh grenade!¡±

    Chaos ensued in the tunnel as curses flew. Apart from the Scout yer wearing the tactical eyewear, the others werepletely blinded, only seeing white.

    Even a Machine Gunner yer who was in the midst of assembling the machine gun was blinded, just before he finished reassembling that machine gun.

    ¡°Don¡¯t panic! Attack! Attack! Block their path, seal them inside! They can¡¯t get away!¡± The Light Armor Warrior continued to shout even as tears were rolling off his cheeks after his eyes received the strong light stimuli.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Immediately after that, his voice was interrupted by a loud bang.

    A second ck item dropped on the ground and created a loud exploding sound. The air around the vicinity of the tunnel entrance was swept up by the explosion. Apart from Maniptors who had energy shields, the other yers were sent flying everywhere from the explosion.

    ¡°F*ck. They also have High Explosive Grenades!¡± With the help of his tactical eyewear, the Scout yer was not blinded by the sh grenade, but could not dodge the shockwaves from the explosion, and was thrown to the ground. As hended on the ground, thest yellow item alsonded beside him.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The third grenade exploded, and thick yellow smoke instantly filled the hall. Even the Scout yer¡¯s rare grade tactical eyewear and the night vision and life detection functions became obsolete in an instant.

    ¡°High Explosive Grenade, sh Grenade, Smoke Bomb, and a Button Bomb, the items inside my passcode chest.¡± Said Onishi while crouching down and holding a ck dagger in his hands.

    Smoke Bombs, sh Grenades, bombs, and mines were Special Ammunition in the game that was difficult to obtain.

    For yers, apart from obtaining them through special missions, the only other way was to have Ammunition Manufacturers produce them through blueprints.

    These items had a huge limit. Ammunition Manufacturers could only create a limited number of them even after obtaining the blueprints. Feng Luo himself once upon a time also bought the blueprints for Smoke Bombs and sh Grenades at steep prices.

    The strength and impact of Special Ammunition were quite average. There were no profession bonuses granted to the user when a yer used the Special Ammunition, making it impossible for anyone to use Special Ammunition to deal high damage.

    However, under special circumstances, the Special Ammunition could, most certainly, produce irreceable results.

    The items in Onishi¡¯s passcode chest, practically speaking, were not in any way inferior to Feng Luo¡¯s B-grade bullets or Phoenix and Big Pineapple¡¯s B-grade potions.

    ¡°We¡¯ll go; Phoenix, you stay here and protect the target!¡± After Feng Luo shouted the instruction to Phoenix, he carried the Eye of the Thunder and leaped up.

    ¡°Thud, thud, thud!¡±

    ¡°-356, -364, -407...¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A few shots struck his chest, and a condensed fireball even brushed past the top of his head.

    However, Feng Luo continued his forward charge, ignoring the attacks.

    These Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers were either blinded, stunned from the shockwave impact, or covered in the smoke from the smoke bomb after the continuous assault of the three special ammunition. Those attacks were pretty much random shooting and firing caused by panic.

    ¡°F*ck! What the heck is going on?¡±

    ¡°Hurry up! Protect me!¡±

    ¡°Heavy Armor Warriors! Move back, protect the backlines!¡±

    A few yers had recovered from the blinded status effect; however, smoke still filled the entrance.

    A few backline yers shouted in panic. As themander, the Light Armor Warrior gave some wed instructions.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6012!¡±

    The Machine Gunner shouted and called for help from the others. As he was trying toplete the assembly of the almostplete machine gun in front of him, Feng Luo fired a shot that struck his head.

    After the bullet fired from the Eye of the Thunder pierced through the face shield of the Machine Gunner yer¡¯s helmet and entered his skull, fresh blood covered the back of his helmet while the white light of death shed across his body.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3750!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3855!¡±

    Aida, who was still disguised as a yer fired the tworge revolvers in her hands. Her first shot either took away almost 4,000 HP of a yer, orpletely destroyed the energy shield of a panicking Maniptor.

    The power of her shots was even above a Rare Grade sniper rifle in the hands of an average Level 50 yer.

    The Scout yer quickly fired rapid shots from his submachine gun into an area of the smoke based on his memory, and continued to fire shots as he initiated his retreat.

    His better visual perception suddenly detected a human figure wearing abat uniform charging at him from the side. He waspletely pinned to the ground, his hand holding the submachine gun was pressed against the ground while a cold dagger had already slit his throat.

    ¡°-4669!¡±

 Chapter 450 - Hidden Person

    <h4>Chapter 450: Hidden Person</h4>

    The first person to move was Onishi.

    Scout yers had a series of assassination skills. After learning a few skills from the skill series, a yer could inflict a frightening amount of bonus damage on the intended target with the first attack.

    The bonus damage could even make a Scout yer¡¯s melee damage output in that short periodparable to a Light Armor Warrior.

    One more important factor was that, in an environment like this where smoke from the smoke bombpletely filled the area, Onishi¡¯s S-grade talent was definitely going to disy all its glory and might in today¡¯s battle.

    ¡°Cough...¡±

    The Scout yer was in shock and was panicking as his throat, along with his artery and trachea, were sliced by the ck dagger directly. He could only let out a cough with his remaining strength before his voice was blocked off by the gushing blood.

    The Scout yer, who mainly focused on his attack equipment, no longer had the strength to fight back after entering the Heavy Injury status inflicted by the cut which brought this HP below the five percent line.

    During hisst moments, he used his tactical eyewear and talent bonus to view clearly the face of the person who killed him. His only thought was, ¡°This Scout¡¯s face seems rather familiar. Where did I see this face before?¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5799!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3858!¡±

    At the entrance shrouded by smoke from the smoke bomb, gunshots, death, cries of surprise and pain, as well as the white light of death filled the room.

    Feng Luo, Onishi, and Aida were like tigers that had entered a herd of sheep. They continuously killed yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. The Special Agent eyewear they wore on their eyes provided them the ability to discern things from one another to a certain degree, even within the smoke-filled area.

    The yers from Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had their vision impeded by the advanced level smoke bomb, especially produced by special agents. The wails and shouts of the yers, as well as the disorderly counter attacks that were dished out in panic were all that could be heard.

    In that situation, even though the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had a numerical advantage, they did not threaten Feng Luo¡¯s group in any way.

    Among the three of them, two had awakened the Force while the other remaining one was an incredibly powerful NPC with abilities that far surpassed yers.

    As for thest remaining one, Onishi, he was also among the best yers. Whether it was his gears or his skills, he was definitely capable of crushing these elite yers who had decent items and equipment.

    In a sealed-off environment like this, the smoke bomb was something that was difficult to deal with. An experienced party would probably have Wind Maniptors activate their skills and blow away the smoke, or have their Water Maniptors use water skills to wash away the smoke.

    The problem with that n is Wind Maniptors were not suited for indoor battles like this. Among the dozens of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who rushed back to the secret base, none of them was a Wind Maniptor.

    The advanced level smoke bomb produced by the special agent department was something that even storms could not immediately blow away.

    From the moment the three special grenades and bombs were thrown out, the result of the battle had already been decided.

    The battle continued for only a little over 20 seconds. When the smoke started to disperse and the effects began to ease a little, all of the backup yers sent by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had already died.

    On the ground, multiple glowing weapons and armor were dropped on the ground.

    Among the items dropped, the Light Armor Warrior who acted as themander dropped three decent Rare Grade gears.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s focus was not on the dropped gears, instead focusing on the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s body lying at the corner of the room.

    He paid attention to the Light Armor Warrior not because of his dropped gears; rather, it was that the way he died seemed a bit too peculiar.

    When the battle started, Feng Luo first sniped and took out the most threatening Machine Gunner while Aida killed a Maniptor who was just one second from releasing his ultimate skill, and Onishi killed that Scout yer.

    After Feng Luo killed the Machine Gunner and prepared to kill the Light Armor Warrior who acted as themander, what awaited him was the body of the Light Armor Warrior already on the ground, wearing a full set of Rare Grade equipment with more than 10,000 HP, was already dead. On his body were two wounds that seemed to have been left from a sharp weapon.

    The two wounds were clearly not from Onishi¡¯s dagger. It was also not from Feng Luo¡¯s military knife. With Feng Luo¡¯s observation skills, he knew that the wounds were created by a military stiletto.

    Wounds from stilettos?

    After noticing that, Feng Luo quickly shifted his gaze.

    Within his vision, apart from the four of them, there was no one else around.

    Phoenix, who was carrying little Sulli not far away and was moving towards the wall within the smoke, seemed to have changed her movement speed slightly.

    ...

    ¡°Chairman Rui, rx! As long as all the conditions that we¡¯ve discussed be reality, we will definitely achieve victory and in one fell swoop, be thergest guild in the rebel army camp, possibly within the entire game. This is also the method where you will have the highest rate of return to your investment.¡± In a temporary meeting room inside the headquarters of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, Roaring Dragon Light Wind exined to a middle-aged man seated on the VIP seat in front of him.

    ¡°Light Wind, I know I can trust your ability. Yes, someone is already doing that as we speak. I hope our cooperation in the future will be fruitful and joyous...¡± said the middle-aged man in a prideful tone, showing that he was at a higher position.

    As the two men spoke, Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯smunicator suddenly rang and an anxious voice shouted, ¡°Guild leader!¡±

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind¡¯s eyes sunk; however, his expression did not change in the slightest as he answered, ¡°Yes?¡±

    ¡°Uhm... Our secret base was infiltrated by someone, and the little NPC girl is now in the hands of the four yers who infiltrated the base. Also, they also killed the...¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind subconsciously tightened his fist. He then rxed his grip without changing his facial expression at all.

    ¡°Guild Leader, the four yers might be hired by the Veterans Tribe. Among them, we suspect that the Sniper is the one who messed up our Tyrant mission earlier. There¡¯s also a female yer who uses two revolvers, she¡¯s insanely strong. More importantly, one of them is a Scout, and we suspect that he is the one called Onishi, one of the superstar yer who is ranked among the top 25.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind listened but did not speak. This time, he could not help but twitch a little.

    Clearly, Onishi¡¯s name, aspared to the other two with vague and unidentifiable information, seemed a lot heavier and more important.

    After all, a person¡¯s name is like a tree¡¯s shadow.

    ...

    ¡°Light Wind, what¡¯s wrong? Will this affect the battle to defend the city?¡± When Roaring Dragon Light Wind was connected to hismunicator, the middle-aged man did not speak. Only after Roaring Dragon Light Wind hung up that he frowned a little and asked.

    ¡°Chairman Rui, rx. It is just a little bit of a setback from an insignificant mission. A few experts from other cities killed a few of our yers. But there are only four of them. It won¡¯t affect our ns at all.¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind had a cold expression and his words seemed a little reserved.

    ¡°Then, you should get it settled as soon as possible. You should know better than anyone that if something big were to happen now, it will affect the asking price of those financial groups and guilds.¡± The middle-aged man nced at Roaring Dragon Light Wind and did not speak anymore, and his projected body disappeared from the meeting room.

    ¡°Sniper! Sniper again! As expected, something went wrong!¡± Roaring Dragon Light Wind pushed a porcin vase on the table to the ground.

    The porcin vase fell on the thick fur carpet and did not break. Roaring Dragon Light Wind held his fists tightly and closed his eyes for a few seconds. After that, his bloodshot eyes reopened. He took out a specially-mademunications device and connected it to someone.

    A three-dimensional projection of Wesker, wearing his ever-present shades, appeared.

    ¡°Mr. Wesker. There¡¯s a problem... I did not know that someone would actually take advantage of the situation and create problems. With regards to the death of Mr. Rhodes, I¡¯m truly sorry. I¡¯ve used thousands of people to look for him but he has still managed to escape. I did not expect him to reappear right now. His target is actually the little girl that you want... He also has three other helpers who are incredibly strong as well. You know, the base has one of your underlings and General Gordon¡¯s underlings defending it, but the little girl was still brought away by the lot of them... More than a hundred of my men have died. But the target has not yet left the base. My men are currently doing their best to stop them... You know that there are too many adventurers affiliated to the Federation camp inside Silvermoon City right now. These adventurers are helping the Federation attack my men. And uncontrolled infected beings will also attack my people after seeing blood. I hope that I can have some backup. Mr. Rhodes¡¯ control instrument is still with me... Thank you, Mr. Wesker... Yes, I will definitely keep the little girl within Silvermoon City, even if all that¡¯s left is a corpse.¡±

    After over a dozen seconds, Roaring Dragon Light Wind, who had just hung up the phone, had a light-hearted yet coldugh.

    ¡°This situation can definitely be considered a blessing in disguise.¡±

 Chapter 451 - The Last Difficult Problem

    <h4>Chapter 451: The Last Difficult Problem</h4>

    On the first floor of amercial center outside the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4867!¡±

    When thest remaining yer, a Machine Gunner, whose machine gun was overheating and needed a barrel change with his back against the wall, received a headshot from Feng Luo that broke through the defense of his helmet, the first floor of the building becamepletely upied by yers from the Federation camp.

    Big Pineapple walked over with his alloy shield raised from a Veterans Tribe party. Upon seeing the mission objective, Little Sulli, lying in Phoenix¡¯s embrace as well as Feng Luo and the others, he smiled and spoke to them, ¡°Ha! Old Feng, your speed is really something. I initially thought that we¡¯d have to wait more than ten minutes at least. But in the end, you guys had rescued the person in just over five minutes.¡±

    However, upon seeing Phoenix¡¯s cold and expressionless face, he shrunk back a little.

    ¡°Could it be... Did Phoenix...¡± Big Pineapple looked at Feng Luo to indicate.

    Feng Luo nodded to Big Pineapple. After that, he looked behind Big Pineapple at the middle-aged, around 30 or more years old, Machine Gunner yer wearing the Veterans Tribe badge. ¡°Brother Old Gun, many thanks for your help this time.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing, Rose told us that we¡¯re the ones who should be saying thanks. Dan Hen and I were in the same toon, and if you¡¯re his friend, then you¡¯re my friend as well.¡± The Veterans Tribe elite team captainughed and spoke in a very polite manner.

    However, the Veterans Tribe yers behind him could not help but stare at Feng Luo and his team, because in the previous battle, whether it was Feng Luo, Aida, or Onishi; each of their strength on disy were shocking.

    ...

    When the yers from Veterans Tribe headed to the upper floors to eliminate over 20 Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite yers who had escaped and run to the other levels.

    Onishi whispered into the yers¡¯ms channel after the five of them gathered together again.

    ¡°Yeah, we¡¯ve rescued the mission target. Next, we only have one remaining problem... How do we get her out of Silvermoon City and back to the rendezvous point?¡±

    Since it was a yers¡¯ms channel, only Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, Digital Cat, and Onishi could hear the conversation.

    However, Digital Cat was still wearing her purple technology spectacles, and was still scanning the hacking instrument that disyed over a dozen surveince videos per second,pletely focused and immersed in it.

    She and Big Pineapple followed the big group of Veterans Tribe yers into the base¡¯s building.

    This arrangement allowed the team to execute andplete their operation by working internally and externally through the special agentmunication device, even asmunications were still disrupted.

    ¡°Indeed... This is not easy. This mission really does take a toll on the brain. It is definitely not something that can be solved just bybat alone.¡± Big Pineapple scratched his alloy helmet.

    If it were only the five of them, they could use the disguise potion and change their identity to easily avoid and evade the surveince and search of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    However, with an unconscious eight-year-old NPC girl with them, it was way too obvious as Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group did have control over the surveince system of the entire city.

    From the fact that Roaring Dragon Light Wind sent over a hundred Elite members to defend a base, even when they were in a serious situation where they needed to defend the city, one could tell just how important the little girl was to him. Once Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group detected even a trace of their group, they would definitely be surrounded.

    This was a ¡°Competition Mission.¡± It was not simply apetition between the three special agent departments, it was also apetition between the rebel army camp and the Federation camp.

    ¡°Silver Cat, your device can hack into Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s surveince system, can you ckout their entire surveince? Or at the very least, modify them like just now?¡± Onishi asked Digital Cat with a frown. Silver Cat was Digital Cat¡¯s codename.

    ¡°Very difficult, although Silvermoon City¡¯s citywide surveince system is for civilian use, it is actually set up to serve the military during war times. The encryption of the system is of a higher levelpared to the one used by Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s base. With regard to the citywide surveince system, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group will definitely have Expert Level Chip Masters defending them. If we did too much, the enemy might be able to detect our hacking and infiltration of their system. The probability of that happening is more than 73%. Unless we¡¯re at our wit¡¯s end, I do not rmend taking the risk.¡± Digital Cat shook her head while throwing out a conclusion with a probability attached to it.

    She looked at Feng Luo, who did not seem to be interested in the discussion but instead, had his eyes fixed on Phoenix who was carrying little Sulli, and said, ¡°This is perhaps something for the decision-maker to talk about...¡±

    ¡°I think that we should ask someone who is currently hiding. He should be great at these sorts of things.¡± Feng Luo suddenly said, his eyes still glued to Phoenix¡¯s side, to a spot that did not seem out of the ordinary at all.

    ¡°Someone who is in hiding?¡±

    The three of them were dumbfounded and had no idea what Feng Luo was talking about.

    After a while, Onishi and Digital Cat seemed to have remembered something as their face stiffened up. They also followed Feng Luo¡¯s gaze and looked toward that spot.

    The air and light at the location, which did not seem out of the ordinary in any way, suddenly distorted. After that, a human figure wearing a camouge uniform suddenly appeared.

    ¡°You¡¯ve actually awakened the Force, that¡¯s quite surprising!¡± As if walking out of thin air, Nightingale¡¯s slightly surprised and more cool and distant face appeared before the group.

    Phoenix had a cold and stiff expression as she uttered, ¡°It¡¯s you!¡± She pointed her sword towards Nightingale as she took a step back while holding Little Sulli in her remaining arm.

    In thest group battle on Death Hunter Ind, Dark Phoenix dueled against Nightingale once and even forced Nightingale to break the rules and use the Force.

    As such, when she found out that Nightingale had always been around her, there was simply no way Phoenix was able to keep a straight face.

    Aida did not speak, as her usually calm gaze was also tinged with slight look of surprise towards Feng Luo, that quickly became a yful gaze.

    She already knew of Nightingale¡¯s existence. She may have alreadye to some sort of agreement with working with Nightingale.

    In the original Resident Evil video game, Aida Wong was a neutral character who was neither good or evil. Her role, rtive to Feng Luo and the other yers, was actually that of a rival, so it would not be odd if she worked with Nightingale.

    Her expression was because she remembered Feng Luo¡¯s words before the operation began.

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s fine to have been discovered (by Nightingale), it isn¡¯t necessarily a bad thing...¡±

    ¡°As expected, he has awakened the Force!¡± However, Onishi waspletely and utterly shocked!

    Although he had a guess, having things affirmed by the NPC personally was still something that made him feel quiteplicated.

 Chapter 452 - Tyrant Squad

    <h4>Chapter 452: Tyrant Squad</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Instructor Nightingale, since you¡¯ve appeared, do you have any suggestions as to how we should escort the target out of the city?¡± Feng Luo asked calmly while staring at Nightingale, not sounding interrogative.

    Although Nightingale was an overly sensitive person, to the point where it was annoying, he was still a Special Agent with the Scout profession as his main profession and had incredible skills and abilities like the invisibility skill he just used.

    More importantly, Aida Wong revealed earlier that Nightingale possessed a Legendary grade recon meter that could surveil arge range from the sky above, something that would be extremely helpful in their retreat.

    The Scout Beetles could achieve a simr result, but they could not be sustained for a very long time.

    At the very least, with 24K¡¯s remaining Psionic Energy, there was no way the Scout Beetles could support them until they sessfully exited Silvermoon City.

    Feng Luo had his reasons for revealing Nightingale¡¯s existence. Earlier, Aida mentioned that Nightingale might directly and forcefully take the target away after their group sessfully extracted the target out of the city.

    Since Feng Luo exposed Nightingale¡¯s invisibility, it was no longer as easy for Nightingale to do such a thingpared to when he was still hidden.

    ...

    ¡°So, this is a Legendary grade recon meter, as expected, it is impressive.¡±

    After a minute, the detailed structure of the entire building, that included the models of equipped items of every yer in the building, was projected unto the three-dimensional image in front of them.

    All the yers present were impressed and praised the feat. Onishi, who was a Scout, had glowing eyes.

    ¡°Eh? Why are some of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who came as backup retreating suddenly?¡± Big Pineapple asked, puzzled while pointing at a street on the image.

    Big Pineapple pointed at a street located just two streets away from therge building they were in.

    Initially, the location had a group of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers sent from their guild¡¯s headquarters, charging towards them to provide backup to the base.

    Before they reached their destination, the yers inside the base had already been wiped out by Feng Luo¡¯s group and Veterans Tribe¡¯s pincer attack.

    With this, the yers who were rushing to support their guildmates were faced with a dilemma.

    The city defense battle was already tough and manpower was tight, and less than 100 yers were sent over to provide backup, but their gears were notparable to Elite yers.

    Right now, over 100 yers inside the base had been wiped out, wouldn¡¯t it mean that the backup yers, who were rushing in, were simply rushing to their death?

    Roaring Dragon Light Wind prioritized the base, so when he heard that the base was being attacked by yers from the Federation camp, he immediately sent people over.

    The backup yers clearly did not have much of a choice. Even though they knew they were going to lose, they still had to move forward.

    Those hundreds of yers kept rushing over, at that time, for some reason or another, many of them had started to retreat.

    ¡°Hurry, use your ultimate skill over here!¡±

    Before anyone could answer Big Pineapple¡¯s question, Onishi¡¯s eyes, which were glued to the image as he continued to observe the situation, moved suddenly, pointing to a location.

    In the middle of the scene was a giant humanoid creature that was marked with a yellow circle on the Legendary grade recon meter, a Tyrant.

    It was not hard to differentiate the monster types on the fraudulent Legendary grade recon meter. This was clearly a Tyrant, and it was definitely above Level 40.

    It wasn¡¯t alone. Immediately after Onishi spoke, multiplerge humanoid figures started appearing on the 3D image, moving in on them at high-speed. ¡°Tyrants! At least ten Tyrants, all moving towards us!¡±

    ...

    Around one kilometer east of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base, over 20 gigantic Tyrant T-001 that stood over three meters tall were roaring and jumping from building to building and from street to street. Each of their exposed greenish-gray bodies was imbued with a shing red mechanical spider.

    Although many yers were engaged in battle across Silvermoon City, when the yers saw so many Tyrants moving together, most yers were scared into hiding.

    A Tyrant¡¯s strength far surpassedmon Commander grade monsters. With more than 20 Tyrants gathered in one ce, it would be the equivalent of the battle strength of an intermediate level Boss grade monster.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Old Feng, didn¡¯t you get rid of that NPC?¡± Big Pineapple could not help but ask inside the base building.

    ¡°The NPC is dead, but that doesn¡¯t mean that they have lost control of the Tyrants. Over 20 Tyrants, this is definitelyplicating things.¡±

    The number of yers left within the building after the battle, including the Federation camp yers outside the building nearby, was still more than 100.

    Even if it took ten yers to get rid of one Tyrant, they would only be able to take out around ten Tyrants.

    The problem was that apart from the ten Tyrants, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s headquarters still had a group of Elite yers closing in as backup.

    ¡°It¡¯s a good thing that some of these people have gone back. They are currently short on manpower and are being overwhelmed. Since they believe that the Tyrants can get rid of us, it¡¯smon for them to reshuffle and send some of the yers to another key location.¡± Onishi was still frowning, his face did not rx.

    The crisis brought about by the iing Tyrants was definitely more serious and dangerous than their earlier battle in the underground tunnel.

    ...

    South of the base, a group of yers was sweeping up the surrounding Federation camp yers as well as moving in quickly on the fallen part of the base.

    A Heavy Armor Warrior with purple bloodshot eyes standing over two meters tall, equipped with a full set of top-ss Rare grade items, was walking in the middle of the group while holding a gray alloy shield. A silver device in his hand projected 20 screens in mid-air and the perspective of each screen showed that the cameras were recording from the Tyrants¡¯ chest area.

    ¡°Boss, since the guild leader gave us so many Tyrants, why don¡¯t we avoid taking any risks? We¡¯ll wait until after the Tyrants get rid of these people before going in to wrap things up. This way, we don¡¯t have to worry about losing levels or items. We can also obtain Merits and pick up their dropped items. Since there¡¯s no way they¡¯ll be able to face so many Tyrants in the first ce.¡± Said a Scout yer, who was smiling wryly, beside the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Don¡¯t even consider it. Although the Tyrants are powerful, if a sufficient number of yers concentrate their fire on them, they¡¯ll still be able to kill a few. The Tyrants are our key to winning this city defense battle. They have powerful recovery abilities. If we rotate a squad of Tyrants, they can be used as several different squads. The guild leader wants us to lose as many as possible. Apart from that, there¡¯s also that NPC little girl. The guild leader told me just now that it is still better if we can take her alive. After the Tyrants charge in and mess up their formation, everyone will follow me and charge at them.¡± Roaring Dragon Seven Kills spoke with a sneer and a desire for battle.

    The 1.8-meter tall shield seemed small inparison to his two-meter tallrge frame and the popping veins on his slightly rotted arm. ¡°Mysterious Sniper and Number One Expert of North City, Onishi, you are all mine!¡±

    However, a yer suddenly shouted to him from the team, ¡°Boss! Boss!¡±

    Seven Kills turned around and spoke coldly, ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Young Master Rui asked you to wait a bit before initiating the attack. He¡¯ll be here in around 30 seconds.¡±

    Seven Kills raised his eyebrows on one side, ¡°What is he doing here?¡±

    ¡°I am not sure, he said something about a Legendary grade item or something... Boss, should we wait for him?¡±

    ¡°We will wait for 15 seconds.¡±

 Chapter 453 - Battle, Battle!

    <h4>Chapter 453: Battle, Battle!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    On the fifth floor of themercial building, in a room with a bigger field of view.

    ¡°Watch out, a Tyrant ising!¡± Standing on the balcony, Nightingale holding two submachine guns called out in a cold voice which was sent to the ears of the others through the Agent channel.

    ¡°Hey,e on, I can¡¯t wait.¡± Beside him, Big Pineapple smiled smugly.

    Although he was wearing alloy armor, standing before him was a six-barreled electric-control heavy machine gun made of an unknown ck alloy, with a height of more than half a meter excluding the tripod, and with a barrel of an entire close to 80-centimeter length.

    The Hellish Meat-Grinder, a Level 50 Rare machine gun that Big Pineapple and Feng Luo had gotten in the Death Hunter Ind battle royale mission.

    It had attack with rad reconnaissance and very high-quality ¡°pass-through¡± Rare attributes.

    ¡°The speed is truly fast, hope it can work.¡± Onishi was holding onto the Eye of the Thunder, half-squatted at a spot on the tenth floor, his face grave.

    ¡°Prepare for battle!¡± Facing another direction on the same floor, Feng Luo was also staring closely through the Eye of the Thunder scope.

    His line of sight followed the Tyrant that was the first to appear over 70 meters away, which had a mechanical spider with eight blinking red ws on its chest. It was roaring as its silhouette leaped between the buildings.

    At the same time, the rifle muzzle had shifted slightly.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Less than one second after he spoke, the Eye of the Thunder produced a low rumble.

    A boiling hot D-grade double armor-breaking bullet flew out from the rifle, spinning at high-speed towards the various types of bloodstained corpses; flying 700 meters through the apocalyptic ruined Silvermoon City sky. It hit the chest of a Level 45 Tyrant which had just leapt onto the roof of a short building.

    ¡°-1045!¡±

    ¡°-3755!¡±

    The Tyrant had two damage coefficients and a fist-sized bullet-hole appeared in its chest.

    This shot regretfully had not hit its heart, its critical point.

    When Tyrants were moving and jumping at high speed, and for a bullet to travel a distance of over 700 meters, it took close to one second for the bullet to reach the Tyrant. Any longer, it would be possible to make some mistake.

    Howl!

    This Tyrant running at the forefront let out an enraged howl after being hit in the chest by Feng Luo¡¯s shot. The wound in its chest had instantly started to contract and heal, though the speed was still a bit reduced by the impact force of the bullet.

    ¡°Ow, ow!¡±

    Three or four other Tyrants had already jumped past its side and charged towards the direction of the base.

    Between the floors below, more silhouettes of simrly tall and fit mechanic spider-people with their greenish-grey chests embedded with a blinking red light emerged.

    A shot and an enraged howl directly opened the prologue of this battle between yers and Tyrants.

    ...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A Federation camp Scout yer located on the second floor had just shot a string of bullets from his submachine gun.

    An enraged Level 50 Tyrant reached out its gigantic ws to grab a levitating vehicle by the road side and flung it over, smashing right through the window andnding hard on the yer and his submachine gun.

    ¡°Earth Wall!¡±

    The Energy converter in the hand of a Veterans Tribe Earth Maniptor shed in a bright light and an Earth wall suddenly appeared before a Level 47 Tyrant on the ground, blocking it.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The high-level Energy Earth wall waspletely ignored by the Tyrant as it destroyed it; the legs that were entirely two or three times the size of normal legs bent down and with a burst of energy, leaped from within the dispersing Earth Energy to not far from the yer¡¯s side on the third floor.

    ¡°Plop!¡±

    As its enormous bodynded on the ground, it made the entire room tremble. It lifted a w and swiped at the slightly panicking Earth Maniptor, sending him flying with his Energy forcefield.

    ¡°Quick, closebat professions, go forward and block the Tyrant. Long-range professions, all-out output! Medic, where¡¯s the medic? Hurry up with the injections!¡± On the first floor, the Veterans Tribemander Old Gun was yelling.

    With themunication channel suffering from serious disruptions, he could only yell tomand the surrounding people to engage in battle.

    ...

    ¡°Medics do injections, Heavy Armored Warriors bring out your shields. Watch your formation, be careful of their attacks!¡± At the same time, in the internal channel of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, reinforcement yers who had already moved to thest street simrly sounded in themander Roaring Dragon Seven Kills¡¯ strained, icy-cold voice.

    ¡°Hey, Leader Seven Kills, you¡¯re too careful. The Federation camp people have already been dispersed by the Tyrants, it¡¯s not possible for them to have remaining power toe stop us anymore. From how the image looks, I feel that just with these Tyrants, they would all be killed.¡± The Scout yer who was previously speaking with Roaring Dragon Lightwind was now standing beside Seven Kills.

    The SUVbat uniform on him was the same as Feng Luo¡¯s, but did not have any trace of damage. And on the tactical vest at his chest hung a sci-fi version submachine gun that was clearly more eye-catching.

    He was pointing at the images on the control instrument before Roaring Dragon Seven Kills, taken by the mechanic spiders on the Tyrants¡¯ chests, smiling as he spoke.

    ¡°This sounds very logical, but the Tyrants are very precious, Leader instructed that we try our best not to make losses here. Right now, we¡¯re going to charge in. But Xing Shao, why don¡¯t you stay here first,e in only when the situation inside is more stabilized?¡± Seven Kills¡¯ eyes were initially staring at the images, but when the Scout yer was speaking, he had to raise his head and give him eye contact.

    ¡°There¡¯s no need to with my equipment. Besides that Sniper yer with Legendary equipment couldn¡¯t possibly kill me. With Leader Seven Kills¡¯ ability, even if it was that Sniper, he definitely couldn¡¯t possibly kill you. These Tyrants are powerful, this Tyrant has actually defeated a small team so quickly. Leader Seven Kills, no wonder you were chosen to merge the Tyrant¡¯s virus, these Federation camp yers invading the base only have a part in being killed by Tyrants.¡± This yer known as ¡°Rui Shao¡± or ¡°Xing Shao¡± shook his head, his face full of self-confidence.

    He spokeughing as he pointed at the most gory of the 20 images in the air projected by the control instrument, a Level 50 Tyrant which had just used both hands to rip the head of a Federation camp Maniptor yer.

    ¡°Poof!¡±

    At that moment, the image which he was pointing at suddenly turned ck. Below the image, a red warning message shed past, ¡°Subject no.004 biochemical weapon had died.¡±

    ¡°Died?¡± The young Scout froze, then his face turned dark.

    ...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    At an entrance on the third floor, with one hand, Aida in a dark red skin-tight leather coat lightly reced the gigantic left-handed revolver that had been emptied of bullets.

    In front of her, the Level 48 Tyrant which had just be outraged and killed seven or eight Federation camp yers fell heavily to the ground with its back facing her, its sttering blood staining the entire mechanic spider.

 Chapter 454 - Killing One More Time

    <h4>Chapter 454: Killing One More Time</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Da da da...¡±

    On the fifth floor, with an electromaic rotor driving the six metallic barrels to turn at high speed, the Hellish Meat Grinder produced a screeching metallic-like roar as the ejected alloy bullet shells danced in the air, the clear yellow bullets drilling out from the mes erupting from the gun barrel.

    The Tyrant used its gigantic w from its mutated arm to block the attack, but was hit and sent staggering back, as dense bullet holes appeared in its gigantic w one by one, sending flesh and blood flying.

    As a Level 50 quality Rare heavy machine gun, even Big Pineapple was considered a counterfeit Machine Gunner.

    But with profession specialization bonus, it made the Tyrant howl furiously and its gigantic w-shields a blur of flesh and blood.

    This was a Level 48 Tyrant, and with its gigantic ws shielding Big Pineapple¡¯s shooting angle, even when it was a Rare-Grade machine gun firing at full-power, it might not be able to kill it beforepletely firing out one chain of bullets.

    But Big Pineapple was not alone.

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    As the Hellish Meat Grinder sounded and the impact power of the bullets at close to 100 per second against the Tyrant, another crisper sound suddenly appeared from behind the Tyrant.

    Less than five meters from the Tyrant, with two grayish-ck submachine guns firing in his hands, Nightingale suddenly appeared from thin air, his face cold and emotionless.

    ¡°-1073, -1200, -1198...¡±

    Even if it was a thick-skinned Tyrant, it had suffered from damage coefficients of up to 1000 by the submachine gun bullets, this was at least three times that of Scout yers.

    Howl!

    The Tyrant let out an enraged howl and turned to lunge at Nightingale.

    Just as it turned, without its gigantic ws to shield itself now, the Hellish Meat Grinder¡¯s dense bullets directly hit its body.

    Even if the single unit damage of Big Pineapple¡¯s heavy machine gun was added to the two submachine guns in Nightingale¡¯s hands, the shooting speed of six barrels was definitely multiple times faster than Nightingale¡¯s two guns.

    ¡°Da da da...¡±

    ¡°-345, -334, -343...¡±

    When the Tyrant turned, enraged, its body was bent as it was instantly hit by the impact force of the bullet, and the damage coefficient above its head multiplied abruptly, and it¡¯s HP reduced drastically.

    Howl!

    This situation had forced the Tyrant to withdraw its gigantic w, but after blocking machine gun bullets, it lost HP consecutively once again.

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    ¡°-1145, -1130, -1098...¡±

    In less than five seconds, the two submachine guns had already fired more than a magazine worth of bullets on the Tyrant.

    If there were 50 bullets in a magazine, each making 1000 points, even if it was a Tyrant with rad healing ability, it would not have been able to withstand the super-high damage in this short time.

    Not to mention, there was also the help of Big Pineapple¡¯s Hellish Meat Grinder output.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Having been hit by so many bullets leaving thousands of holes and dents, the Tyrant riddled with bullets fell heavily to the ground.

    ...

    ¡°F*ck, at the fifth floor, another Tyrant¡¯s dead!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s the second one, it hasn¡¯t been one minute since the start of the battle, the situation looks like it¡¯s a little different from expected!¡±

    ¡°Who was it killed by?¡±

    ¡°Can¡¯t see clearly, it like the opponent has something that disrupts the mechanic spiders, the images sent back are very blurry. From analyzing the sounds, it¡¯s apparently two submachine guns and a heavy machine gun!¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group reinforcement yers looked at the two Tyrant¡¯s surveince footage that had already ckened with their foreheads creased.

    This situation was not what they anticipated.

    When Feng Luo was at the underground passageway, he and the others had already killed a Tyrant T-100 that was more powerful than these normal Tyrants.

    Since the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers left to guard had died, they did not understand this situation.

    ording to their understanding, even if they were the top expert yers, the mysterious Sniper and Onishi, in the building, they would not have an easy time when facing a Tyrant.

    After all, the Tyrants¡¯ abilities far surpassed normal Commander monsters, and with yers¡¯ current abilities, even the top best would not possibly fight solo and triumph over a Tyrant over Level 40.

    In addition, Tyrants were quite sharp in their sense in crisis and would escape once their HP had fallen to a certain extent.

    With two Tyrants killed so quickly, it undoubtedly made them feel like this situation was unbelievable.

    ¡°No more waiting, start acting!¡± Roaring Dragon Seven Kills creased his forehead, clearly doubtful about the Tyrants being killed, even a little worried, instantly called for the reinforcement yers to charge towards the direction of the base building in formation.

    ...

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-223!¡±

    ¡°-765!¡±

    ¡°-6665!¡±

    At the tenth floor of the building, Feng Luo pulled the trigger of the Eye of the Thunder.

    A double armor-piercing bullet circled with streaks of electricity flowing out, smashing straight into the head of the Level 45 Tyrant below with fearsome eyes, attempting to jump up to where he was.

    This Level 45 Commander monster that was the first to be attacked by Feng Luo did not manage to touch him at all when it was already yed by the continuous sniper bullets.

    Feng Luo¡¯s position was not considered to be too high and it was not possible for him to continuously attack from an entire 700-meter distance.

    With Feng Luo not using the Force or pets and did not switch profession, this Tyrant kill was definitely considered a duel.

    In War, not every yer could duel a Tyrant.

    This was the third Tyrant killed.

    ¡°Already hacked into theirmand channel, locked onto theirmander.¡± At the fifth floor, Digital Cat did not join in the battle but was operating on the hacking instrument with both her hands that we¡¯re moving so quickly and elegantly, as if they were dancing.

    Behind her, Dark Phoenix had already ced little Sulli on a sofa, standing at the entrance holding fiery red alloy sword in one hand and slowly injecting a purple-colored injection syringe into her arm at the same time.

    Outside the door, the blinking red dots in the two eyes of the metallic-structured T-750 test subject scanned across the only corridor. The four-barreled machine gun in its hands dragged a long rustic bronze-colored bullet chain behind it, like those most loyal machine guards in the ruins.

    As Feng Luo sniped that Tyrant, Digital Cat¡¯s voice sounded from the Agent channel at the same time.

    Facing this ¡°Tyrant troop¡± aspect which was clearly a bit difficult, Feng Luo and the others¡¯ n was not passive, but rather a decision to actively attack.

    Tyrants required people¡¯s control, they had long gotten this from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s internal channel.

    Since they were able to kill that Tyrant-controlling NPC earlier, then why couldn¡¯t they kill the controller for the second time?

    Although it was very difficult to manage these Tyrants, it should be impossible for there to be no effect without the controller.

    With the Tyrants¡¯ violent personality, who could say if they would kill at random without recognizing their enemies or turn around and attack the criminal controlling them from behind the scenes.

    This was also a possibility.

 Chapter 455 - The Power of Legendary-Grade Firearms

    <h4>Chapter 455: The Power of Legendary-Grade Firearms</h4>

    ¡°Ping, ping!¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group reinforcement yers had already charged into the base through the gaps in the defense on the ground opened by seven or eight Tyrants and the battle between the two parties.

    The disparity in the abilities of the two parties was even wider.

    Although the Federation camp yers were slightly advantageous in numbers, they took up the definite disadvantage in their average personal ability.

    Those who were able to go up against Tyrants were only Feng Luo and two NPC Agents, other yers could cause enough of a threat to Tyrants in groups of 10 or more people.

    The problem was that due to the Tyrant poption being sorge, it was not possible at all for the groups to reach the ratio of 10 people against one Tyrant.

    Other than the Veterans Tribe yers undermand, the other yers were very quickly dispersed by the Tyrants, forming separate battles andnding into a state whereby there was no choice but to flee in all directions.

    The Veterans Tribe yers had Old Gun¡¯smand, in addition to the fact that almost all of them were Elites and could depend on the defensive environment chosen long before to go up against the seven or eight Tyrants that had charged into the first floor.

    When the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group reinforcement yers charged in following the Tyrants from behind, the situation had inevitably fallen to one side.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-3055!¡±

    A Veterans Tribe Light Armored Warrior who was holding back the Tyrants was hit by a Fireball thrown out by a Fire Maniptor of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. The already HPcking Light Armored Warrior was immediately yed by the over-3000 damage.

    ¡°Swoosh!¡±

    ¡°-1911!¡±

    From another direction, a simrly scorching Energy-condensed Fireball was released by a Veterans Tribe Fire Maniptor, hitting the chest of Xing Shao who was standing behind a bunker firing with a submachine gun, causing less than 2000 damage.

    ¡°I¡¯ve long used a four-in-a-one W-evolution virus Enhancement Potion, plus, I¡¯ve previously used all sorts of potions capable of permanently enhancing attributes in War. Before I came in, I used three B-grade buffing potions, let alone an Energy-condensed Fireball, so don¡¯t think of killing me in two moves.¡± The young Scout yer, Xing Shao, had a self-satisfied smirk on his face.

    ¡°+250, +250...¡±

    Above his head were multiple emerging green recovery coefficients, the effect of applying a B-grade Healing Potion for a price of over 5000 credits each before the start of the battle.

    Applying potions on oneself before battle then having continued HP recovery during the battle was a strategy that yers in War often used, making them able to let yers earn bonus HP almost equivalent to one recovery potion.

    With a Medic helping to inject this type of B-grade Healing Potion, the continuous recovery able to be obtained was a total of 5000 HP.

    To Xing Shao, who had a full-set SUV equipment on him, the less than 2000 HP was not a big deal.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Just as a smile grew on his face, the Legendary grade submachine gun in Xing Shao¡¯s hand counterattacked with a shift of the muzzle, instantly firing a few bullets as if with ayer of semi-transparent ice shell, a high-grade special bullet, at that Fire Maniptor.

    ¡°-1002!¡±

    ¡°-1065!¡±

    ¡°-1092!¡±

    ¡°-1103!¡±

    The damage created by these bullets hitting the Maniptor was shocking. Just a submachine gun and the damage caused by each bullet was up to 1000.

    Being continuously shot by Xing Shao with not more than five bullets, the white light of death appeared on the Fire Maniptor whose Energy forcefield had just been broken, killing him immediately.

    There was something unusual, when he died the spots on his body where he was shot did not have any blood flowing out, but traces of cold air emerging instead, just like the Frost Bullets Feng Luo had used before.

    ¡°This is the power of Legendary grade equipment!¡± Xing Shaoughed with satisfaction; after firing, he immediately shrunk back behind the shield of a Heavy Armored Warrior, hiding from the following counterattacks of skills and attacks from the Veterans Tribe.

    ¡°Legendary grade equipment is powerful, it¡¯s only you, Xiao Shao, who can obtain Legendary equipment at this time...¡± A big and tall Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite Heavy Armored Warrior, with his shield raised to protect his body,ughed with envy in his eyes andpliment on his face.

    ¡°Ha, Brother K, don¡¯t you praise me. The quantity of Legendary equipment is very small, but these days with respective guilds¡¯ financial groups generously killing Super grade Bosses, have produced more than 100 now. Counting those gotten from missions, the quantity of those that are not exposed would probably increase. This Legendary equipment is a little more expensive, but after all, one can get it as long as willing to spend money, I¡¯m very sure about this.¡± Xing Shao smiled even more smugly, but was not too self-absorbed.

    ¡°However, a lot of the Legendary equipment currently exposed are only defense parts, there are over 10 belonging to weaponry. Among them, there are only two weapons that Gunners can use, and my Death Dance is one of them. The other Legendary grade eight-barreled machine gun is in the hands of Death Roar, ¡°War¡¯s number one Gunner¡± definitely won¡¯t be selling it. To speak of this gun¡¯s rarity, it¡¯s considered one that couldn¡¯t be bought.¡± Xing Shao said, leaving some things left unsaid, holding onto his sci-fi version submachine gun which color almost blended into hisbat uniform that was hard to be seen.

    ¡°So if that mysterious Sniper¡¯s Legendary grade sniper rifle is able to be produced, I must get it in hand first, or else it might be snatched away by someone else. With his Heavy Armored Warrior power of being able to kill a person with 20,000 HP with one shot, even if he did not have Sniper specialization enhancement and even if he can only cause half the damage, he¡¯s already able to surpass average Snipers. Legendary equipment has great power, able to be used across professions.¡±

    ...

    ¡°F*ck, this group of Veterans Tribe people have even summoned pets!¡± As Xing Shao was changing his mindset, the words of the Heavy Armored Warrior in front of him immediately pulled his thoughts over.

    Being forced by seven or eight Tyrants with Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers to keep retreating, the Veterans Tribe yers had decided to summon pets to join in the battle.

    Feng Luo and the others had not used pets previously due to the problem of the targets being too powerful, but this time, the members of Veterans Tribe didn¡¯t have any more room to retreat.

    After all the pets died, their Loyalty could still be raised back, but if they died and Silvermoon City lost its protection, then it would be difficult to take back.

    ¡°F*ck it!¡±

    ¡°Onward!¡±

    Following the Veterans Tribe yers¡¯ teeth-gritted yells, over 10 mutant tigers, Giant Saber-tooth Lions, Frost Birds, and other creatures appeared in an instant.

    There was a yer who actually summoned a sailfish with shing blue light on its body, pping its fins as it hopped on the ground, who knew how this thing breathed and survived onnd?

    ¡°They¡¯ve used pets? Huh...¡± Seeing the situation, Xing Shao was not shocked, but rather had a voice of delight.

    ¡°Youe out too then, Earl.¡± He reached his hand to his Pet Bracer and tapped it.

    Upon a sh of white light, a creature with semi-transparent blood-colored fleshy wings, dark red eyes, and a pair of sharp fangs appeared above his head.

    It was a bat pet that was over two-meters in size, including the wingspan, and was much bigger than that Bloodthirsty Bat Commander that Feng Luo had met yesterday in the underground ruins.

    This bat was a Commander monster, a Commander grade pet exceeding Level 40.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    The moment the giant bat Commander appeared, from within its mouth enclosed by its sharp fangs, an iparably sharp soundwave was instantly released, and an unstoppable wave of energy rushed towards the direction of the Veterans Tribe.

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    ¡°-233, -204...¡±

    The Veterans Tribe yers felt their heads sink in an instant, while a string of damage coefficients continuously emerged above their heads at the same time.

    ¡°Supersonic Attack!¡±

    This was bat-type monsters¡¯ best attack method, Colony Attack, and was hard to defend against.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    This Commander grade monster was able to control the direction of the soundwaves; it was a range attack that did not effect the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers in its close proximity.

    In the game, most Elite creatures only possessed single attack methods, while many of the Energy-type Commander monsters possessed colony attack skills.

    This was also one of the reasons Commander grade pets were more powerfulpared to Normal pets.

    ¡°A Commande grade pet!¡±

    The Veterans Tribe yers¡¯ faces had undoubtedly turned graver.

 Chapter 456 - The Hidden Value of T-750

    <h4>Chapter 456: The Hidden Value of T-750</h4>

    ¡°Quick, retreat! Give up the first floor and retreat to the second floor!¡± In the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, Old Gun as themander yelled, retreating towards the second floor under the protection of a Heavy Armored Warrior in front of him raising an alloy shield.

    Under the attack of seven or eight Tyrants and tens of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers, plus the continuous disruption by the supersonic waves of that Level 45 Commander grade bat, the Veterans Tribe yers could not stand their ground.

    After having close to one-third of their men killed, they had chosen to retreat to the second floor.

    ¡°Hurry, chase them up! Right, Old K, you bring a few people and guard there at the second and third passageways, check them too! Be careful of Veterans Tribe hiding people in those ces to ambush us from behind!¡± A Scout yer beside Seven Kills stared at his Recon Meter as he yelled into the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Groupmunication channel.

    Although Seven Kills was the overallmander, due to the fact that only he had the Authorization to use the Tyrant control instrument, it was this Scout yer¡¯smand that would be more detailed during particr battles.

    This Scout yer clearly had richmanding experience as he considered the possibility of the members of Veterans Tribe retreating now might be purposely luring them into a trap.

    But his was actually not really worried about this, since in the region outside their base is located, the Recon Meter was able to be effective.

    Their team had a few Scouts with Expert grade Detection; even if the opponent had arranged for Sniper yers who could avoid the Detection skill or Scout yers who could disrupt Detection, it would still be impossible for them to escape their continuous Detection.

    As they were separating their soldiers, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers used skills and a huge amount of bullets to open the route, as they followed behind the Tyrants which were already rushing towards the Veterans Tribe people, chasing them up to the second floor.

    ...

    At the tenth floor of themercial building, two Perfect grade Eye of the Thunder sniper rifles and their owners had already taken their positions, one on the left and one on the right.

    Themercial building center was circr, in the middle was a patio with a diameter of over 30 meters and with many staggered esctors.

    The Veterans Tribe¡¯s retreat looked forced but was actually targeted, they were running towards the patio.

    Both Feng Luo and Onishi chose the tenth floor because the position was higher, as they would be able to inflict more damage when the Tyrants appeared from a far distance at the start of the battle.

    They also chose this spot because in addition to having a wall to shield them, even a Recon Meter would not be able to clearly detect the life force waves here.

    Besides, whether it was him or Onishi, they both had Rare disguise skills.

    Even if it were a Rare grade Recon Meter together with Expert grade Detection, it would be very hard for them to be discovered.

    Two sniper rifles, only one target.

    ...

    ¡°Hurry up!¡±

    ¡°Clear them out, with the time dragged, be careful of the reinforcement of the surrounding Federation camp yers!¡±

    At the second floor, after rushing up and forcing the Veterans Tribe to continue staggering backward, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers had alsonded themselves into an anxious mess.

    Besides being afraid of the Veterans Tribe reinforcements, there was another reason why they were anxious.

    ¡°Another Tyrant is dead! On the third floor, and it¡¯s killed from behind again! The Control Spider¡¯s surveince is also disrupted, again it didn¡¯t see who it was. Only heard a few gunshots, totally unable to make out what firearms it was!¡± The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Heavy Armored Warrior standing next to Seven Kills said with his forehead creased.

    ¡°Leader, why don¡¯t we summon the Tyrants back to battle with us?¡± He asked Seven Kills who had his entire head masked under a thick ck helmet, and he could not help but stare at the surveince image on the control instrument.

    ¡°These Tyrants are notpletely controlled, they¡¯d enter an irritable state once they¡¯repletely enraged, and the control ability of the mechanic red spider over them would be weakened.

    Modifying the battlemand now would possibly make them chaotic or even go against themand. That¡¯s why we also need to join in the battle. Or else, with just 20 Tyrants able to be manipted and with some time spent, we¡¯d definitely be able to kill these peoplepletely. But...could it be that there¡¯s really someone in the opponent who is able to effortlessly kill Tyrants?¡±

    Seven Kills¡¯ slightly battered and scarred face beneath his helmet had a look of doubt and uncertainty.

    On the control images of the mechanic spiders, there were already five that were dead and motionless. This amount made him anxious.

    If a Tyrant did not die in battle, even if it had suffered from serious injury and only had part of their HP left, it would only need to consume and some time to be able to recover.

    However, if it died, it definitely could not be revived.

    ¡°Five Tyrants...no, damn it, it¡¯s six now!¡± Just as Seven Kills was pondering, there was already another Tyrant dead at the second floor.

    The death of this Tyrant was not unexpected, as this was a Tyrant that had been killed by the Veterans Tribe¡¯s concentrated attack, as there were so many people in the Veterans Tribe with good equipment.

    Tyrants were still Commander monsters, impossible to bepletely invincible.

    ¡°Hm, Leader. Quick, look here!¡± When he looked to the screen, Seven Kills¡¯ line of sight was once again brought to another surveince image of a Tyrant on the fifth floor.

    Initially, after this Level 44 Tyrant had wiped out a team of Federation camp yers on the fourth floor, it had chased thest fleeing yer, smashed through the corridor and run to the entrance of a passageway on the fifth floor. Just as it had showed itself, it was shot by a wave of mad firing from a machine gun.

    Looking from the image, the one who was attacking using a machine gun was actually not a yer, but a humanoid battle machine holding a machine gun in hand, possibly a small humanoid mecha.

    ¡°They actually have Mechanists, and this mecha can actually hold a four-barreled machine gun! This firearms warrior should be a small mecha, but actually having a machine... What model number is it?¡± The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer who had just called for Seven Kills was stone-eyed, with a look of shock on his face.

    Small mechas of Level 50 and below in War currently were all unable to amodate machine guns with multiple barrels.

    If a Mechanist really wanted to modify it to add machine guns, it would make the operating Level requirement rise up to over Level 50. As such, most Mechanist yers did not like small mechas.

    After all, without machine guns, mini missiles, and other weapons; the output would be too low and would only be able to possess some functional ability.

    However, the T-750 prototype modified by Digital Cat amodated a machine gun, although it was just a four-barreled machine gun, it was already very groundbreaking.

    As Feng Luo was not very familiar with Mechanists, he was not very surprised by this initially. He was not sure about how technically challenging this modification Digital Cat made was.

    At least, 99% of War¡¯s Expert grade Mechanists could not possibly achieve it, as this required a perfect grasp of the mecha theories in the game.

 Chapter 457 - This Woman Is So Powerful!

    <h4>Chapter 457: This Woman Is So Powerful!</h4>

    ¡°There¡¯s a Mechanist. Quick, finish off this mecha!¡± Just like Feng Luo, as the number of Mechanists was too few, Seven Kills did not understand this well.

    When seeing the T-750 carrying a machine gun, he only felt a little surprised. Through the Control Spider, he was prepared to let the Tyrant ce its attack target on the battle machine which did not have a metallic outer shell.

    Howl!

    There was no need for his control.

    After being hit and having its defense broken by the T-750¡¯s bullets like a tidal wave, and being unable to vent its attack, this Tyrant was frustrated beyond measure.

    The moment the bullet chain of the machine gun in the T-750¡¯s hands was emptied, the Tyrant roared and put down its bloody and fleshy giant ws full of bullet holes, its greenish-gray eyes showing ruthlessness; as it was about to lunge at the T-750, about to rip it to pieces.

    ¡°Hm? What¡¯s going on?¡±

    Unexpectedly, just when the Tyrant moved away its giant w that was blocking the mechanic spider, what was seen was not the fully metallic robot, but an incrediblyrge firey-red alloy sword, from the control device in Seven Kills¡¯ hand.

    ¡°nk!¡±

    The alloy longsword shed heavily on the Tyrant¡¯s chest, shing off three of the mechanic spider¡¯s eight metallic sectioned legs reached into the Tyrant¡¯s chest muscles.

    There was even a crack appearing on the surveince image instantly, resulting in the surveince lens being damaged when the mechanic spider was shed.

    The Vitality of this Control Spider was not bad, after having three limbs shed and having a deep sword wound on its body, almost being split in two, the surveince image was still intact.

    Howl!

    With the Control Spider damaged by Phoenix¡¯s sh, even with a huge p left on its chest and ck blood flowing out of the wounds all over its body, the Tyrant was even more enraged.

    In an instant, it had switched its vengeance from the T-750 prototype to the woman who had jumped before it and attacked it from the air. Its gigantic left w was already swiping towards Phoenix with a horrifying swoosh.

    ¡°Ha, this woman is seeking her death!¡±

    ¡°A Light Armored Warrior jumping into the air to attack a Tyrant, fancy action, but with absolutely no way back. Getting a p by a Tyrant, she¡¯d probably lose half her HP!¡±

    ¡°This isn¡¯t strange, a woman who looks so pretty, how could she possibly y the game well?¡±

    On the second floor, the few Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers near Seven Kills spoke mockingly as they saw the situation through the surveince.

    The sudden appearance of Phoenix¡¯s alloy sword just now had almost made them jump. If it were them in this situation, their self-centered selves definitely would not be able to dodge it.

    With their ¡°rich battle experience,¡± it was not possible for them to make such a grave mistake of jumping up to attack a Tyrant¡¯s chest.

    ¡°What?¡±

    Following that, the few yers¡¯ eyes widened.

    ¡°Ching!¡±

    At the same moment the Tyrant swiped its w, the legs of the female yer in the image, wearing fiery alloybat shoes and revealing her snow-white calves, had already stepped heavily and consecutively on the Tyrant¡¯s chest. Her body bent backward and with the reverse momentum, she actually moved backward at an even faster speed than when jumping up before.

    ¡°Whoop!¡±

    In the Tyrant¡¯s enraged counterattack, as its giant two-meter left wshed out, the five sharp ws powerful enough to break armor only brushed past the female yer¡¯s cold face and her chest enclosed by her red feminine armor.

    Then it heavily smashed to the ground, as if making the entire floor tremble.

    ¡°...¡±

    All the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers who had seen this froze, Seven Kills¡¯ expression beneath his helmet had be stern and grave as well.

    Phoenix did not have any hesitation as her entire body sprung up straight afternding on the ground the moment the Tyrant¡¯s w pped the ground.

    Her right leg in fiery red alloybat shoes stepped onto the Tyrant¡¯s giant left w and her body somersaulted into the air. With a streak of red light, the fiery red alloy sword in her hand chopped violently on the Tyrant¡¯s chest and the mechanic spider blinking red light.

    ¡°Ching!¡±

    The second time the alloy sword shed the mechanic spider, the de tip drew a deep, long, bone-revealing wound on the Tyrant¡¯s neck.

    ¡°-5066!¡±

    A yellow weak-point damage, but on the surveince image, the damage coefficient could not be seen. However, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers could feel how serious the damage of the sh was from the Tyrant¡¯s painful and enraged roar.

    Howl!

    In the Tyrant¡¯s rage, its giant left w flipped upward, attempting to grab Phoenix and squeeze the skull of this human of only half its height into a ball.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    This attack was once again a miss. Phoenix did not think of going back after this jump of momentum.

    After thesh with her sword, her body still had energy as she leaped through the gap between the Tyrant¡¯s head and the wall like a bird.

    The Tyrant¡¯s giant wnded on the ceiling not very higher than its head, missing once again.

    Dark Phoenix had already used an action seemingly very dangerous but definitely beyond the norm toplete the second attack and retreat.

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°This woman, did she calcte this before? Or was this a totally on-the-spot reaction?¡±

    ¡°How scary, is this really a female yer?¡±

    ¡°Could she be some star yer?¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers were all dumbfounded upon seeing this scene.

    Both the Tyrant¡¯s attacks had missed, not even hitting the woman once.

    If these two attacks were on them instead, even if they had wanted to maintain their pride, they would still have to admit that their chance of dodging was not more than 20%.

    This woman was the standard of a top yer on the star ability ranking.

    Howl!

    With two consecutive misses, plus two sh injuries, the Tyrant roared as it turned, its giant left w raised up once more, about to swipe backwards towards Phoenix.

    It was already acting out of rage, even if Seven Kills wanted to interfere using the Control Spider, it was unable to affect it anymore.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    Just as the Tyrant¡¯s giant left w was not yet able to turn around in the narrow passageway, Phoenix had already used ¡°Thunder Leap sh,¡± her entire body leaping to the height of the ceiling once more.

    Her alloy swordshed out at a precise angle and with a vicious swoosh, the Level 35 skill, Devastating sh.

    Two skills in one, although it was not able topletely add to the damage, it was definitely one of the Light Armored Warrior¡¯s most explosive skills.

    ¡°-5266!¡±

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The Expert grade ¡°Devastating sh¡± stabbed into the tyrant¡¯s heart through the gap in its ribs without any obstacle.

    Together with the second damage of more than 2500, the Tyrant¡¯s huge body fell to the ground, making the number of Tyrants killed rise to seven.

    This Tyrant¡¯s Level was only Level 44, considered less power among all the Tyrants.

    Following half of its HP lost in the battle with the Federation camp team of yers at the front, and being hit by the T-750¡¯s entire machine gun bullet chain, its HP¡¯s recovery was not quick enough to replenish the loss.

    Furthermore, this spot was specially chosen, the short passageway had restricted the movement of the tall Tyrants, in addition to the damage raised by over 50% from a drugged Phoenix.

    Even a Tyrant had been killed by a female yer.

    ¡°This scene, why do I feel like I¡¯m watching Zhu Rong¡¯s battle video?¡±

    ¡°No, why do I feel that this woman is really more powerful than the so-called first female Warrior Zhu Rong?¡±

    ¡°Didn¡¯t y¡¯all notice that when this woman faced the zombified Tyrant, her face had no change at all from start to finish? I suspect her gory visual mode is fully on, crazy!¡±

    ¡°Could it be a man gone through stic surgery?¡±

    The expressions of the few yers of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group changed as they could not help but speak again.

    On the image, the beautiful but cold-faced woman had already walked emotionlessly towards the Tyrant¡¯s corpse, raising the fiery alloy sword in her hand once more.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Control Spider was finallypletely destroyed and the image ckened.

 Chapter 458 - The Third Type of B-Grade Bullet

    <h4>Chapter 458: The Third Type of B-Grade Bullet</h4>

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers beside the control instrument were silent for a few seconds once more.

    ¡°Wait...this woman¡¯s appearance and equipment look like the female Light Armored Warrior among the four people who entered the base that Old Boot and the others had informed about previously.¡±

    One of them suddenly thought of something and raised his head to tell Roaring Dragon Seven Kills.

    ¡°It¡¯s those people?¡±

    Hearing this, the remaining people recalled the news from before that the secret base had been intruded by four yers.

    ¡°Among the people Old Boot mentioned, the main ones to take note are that Sniper and that red-coated female Gunner, and a Scout suspected to be the star yer Onishi, didn¡¯t they say that this female Light Armored Warrior¡¯sbat standard was pretty average?¡± A Heavy Armored Warrior asked a little doubtfully.

    ¡°How could someone who¡¯s able to be with Onishi and that mysterious Sniper be just typical yers?¡± Another Heavy Armored Warrior shook his head, with agitation on his face.

    ¡°Damn it, where did so many experts spout from? How did the Veterans Tribe mobilize them? Just four people and they¡¯ve actually dragged so many of our people. No, it wouldn¡¯t be the Veterans Tribe that mobilized them. Leader had said just now, he had greatly neglected one thing. The system had actually arranged for that rad white woman and that Tyrant T-100 to bodyguard that little girl, possibly hinting that there¡¯d be expertsing to save her. But the things he had to consider these two days were too much, he had rather neglected this message. These people should initially have been on a mission to save the NPC little girl, but due to some reason they¡¯ve linked up with the Veterans Tribe people.¡± The Scout yer turned back and said in betweenmanding.

    ¡°The little girl? Leader had also needs us get the NPC little girl back as soon as possible, if we can¡¯t get her back, must well kill her. That little girl is definitely in their hands, probably on the fifth floor.¡±

    A Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer said with certainty, regaining his senses.

    ¡°The fifth floor?¡± Seven Kills, who had not spoken in a while, asked coldly in his hoarse voice after yelling into the internal channel. ¡°Old K, if there¡¯s no one ambushing where y¡¯all are, then bring some people and charge up, go to the fifth floor first where that woman was, I¡¯ll try deploying those controble Tyrants upstairs over to help too! But be careful of the opponent¡¯s ambush and traps, don¡¯t be resistant!¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡± In themunication channel, a Scout yer who had previously already brought people over to the passageway answered.

    ...

    With over 10 yers sent out, in addition to the people sent out previously, the number of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite yers left at the main battleground was only half of the original amount.

    However, there were six Tyrants still fighting for them alive, and there were originally two Tyrants at the second floor which had jumped straight in. With a total of eight Tyrants in the fight, even if the Veterans Tribe had gathered some remaining yers, they were still being forced to continuously retreat, asionally with a sh of the white light of death.

    Only Old Gun, Feng Luo, and other core members knew that this was actually a kind of ¡°strategic fleeing.¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°Pa, pa, pa...¡±

    ¡°Quick!¡±

    The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers continued to chase behind the Tyrants, with the two parties chasing and fleeing one at the front and one at the back, they had already reached the aisle area around the central patio.

    ...

    ¡°Prepare!¡±

    On the tenth floor, Feng Luo half-knelt along the corridor, his finger rested on the Eye of the Thunder trigger, his entire body motionless.

    With the Level 40 Rare ¡°Environment Camouge¡± skill engaged, the Detection from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group went past him several times, not noticing any abnormality.

    Above the Agent Wristwatch on Feng Luo¡¯s left hand, a very clear three-dimensional image of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers and Tyrants appeared.

    Nightingale¡¯s Legendary grade Recon Meter had clearly kept track of the situation in the entire building, and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Scoutpletely did not realize, one of the biggest advantages for Feng Luo and the others.

    ...

    ¡°Quick, chase them up!¡±

    On the second floor beside the central patio, tens of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers had already run towards this direction.

    Seven Kills, holding the Tyrant control instrument, was walking in the middle to the back; as a Heavy Armored Warrior with full-set quality Rare equipment, he still had another two Heavy Armored Warriors by his side, raising their huge alloy shields shielding in the direction of the patio.

    Even though the Scout had already detected that there was no one across the patio in ambush, these Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite yers did not let down their guard between movements at all.

    However, no matter how much more protection and prevention, when facing two prepared Snipers, it was impossible, even if there were no loopholes.

    To a top Sniper, a loophole could be created.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    When Seven Kills was exposed within the line of sight of the patio.

    After a gunshot, a ck sniper rifle bullet spun at high-speed as it was shot from some location on the tenth floor, hitting the plexiss fence in front of the two Heavy Armored Warriors¡¯ shields.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    When the ck bullet hit the plexiss fence, the powerful impactpletely shattered the tempered ss, then these ss shards, which originally would not have fallen even if shattered, were brought by a sudden powerful air wave to hit the two alloy shields.

    The effect of the Heavy Impact Bullet was obvious, although it was just a tiny bullet, it was able to send a Heavy Armored Warrior of a few tons of weight flying upon explosion.

    Although the two Heavy Armored Warriors had their shields raised, the enormous shields had actually absorbed an even more powerful impact force due to their surface area, causing them to nt backward.

    At that moment, the initially very tight defense had unavoidably opened a gap. The moment the gap appeared, a silver-blue sniper bullet had gone past it in a high-speed rotation, hitting the control instrument.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    The silver-white control instrument was cracked and split in an instant. The bluish-white electromaic sphere appeared, vibrating between the shards falling from the control instrument and producing electrical sparks.

    The moment the control instrument was destroyed, the red eyes of all the Control Spiders on the entire floor blinked then turned dim.

    [Electromaic Explosive Armor-Piercing Bullet (B grade).]

    ¡°30% attack power increase, 20% pration increase.¡±

    ¡°After a slight dy upon hitting the target, causes range explosive damage and additional disruption and destruction of machinery!¡±

    The third type of B grade special bullet from the passcode chest.

 Chapter 459 - Battle on the Fifth Floor

    <h4>Chapter 459: Battle on the Fifth Floor</h4>

    With thebination of two B grade special bullets, the entire sniping process wasplete in less than half a second.

    ¡°Incredible!¡± In the Agent channel, Onishi¡¯s voice reached Feng Luo¡¯s ears.

    Out of the two bullets, the first Heavy Impact Bullet was shot by Onishi, while the second Electromaic Explosive Bullet was shot by Feng Luo; they were able to destroy the control instrument within less than one second before the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group could regain their senses.

    The initial n was to kill the yer holding the control instrument, but after they saw that it was held by a Heavy Armored Warrior, they modified the n.

    Feng Luo¡¯s attack was very high and used the B grade special bullet that had the ability to one-shot a Light Armored Warrior.

    In actuality, facing the Heavy Armored Warrior as the representative of defense in War, one would still be a little powerless.

    He was previously able to kill that Umbre Company Heavy Armored Warrior NPC with one shot mainly because they had taken damage from a skill that was increased on top of the basic 100% enhanced lethal damage.

    Even with his Force awakened, with just the attack power of the Eye of the Thunder, it would not be sufficient to one-shot a Heavy Armored Warrior with a full-set of Rare equipment.

    Especially with a Heavy Armored Warrior with a full-set of Rare equipment as Seven Kills; if the sniper bullet was unable to destroy the opponent¡¯s defense in one shot and make a lethal damage, the coefficient probably would not even reach three or four thousand.

    Additionally, they did not know whether this control instrument could be used by other people.

    If they had thought of all the ways to kill this Heavy Armored Warrior called Seven Kills and if the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had changed for someone else to control the Tyrants in the end, then it would have been useless, meaning destroying the control instrument was the best choice.

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s this?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a Sniper, there¡¯s two hidden Snipers!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve found them, somewhere on the tenth floor!¡±

    The effect was very obvious; after the control instrument had been destroyed, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group entered a state of chaos.

    There was a Scout yer who reacted quickly, instantly firing generally at the spot when the skill was still intact on the bullets; no one was able to immediately synchronize with him and attack the two people.

    Besides, such behavior of yelling into the channel was undoubtedly very wrongful to Feng Luo who was able to hear their conversations in the channel or read their lips directly.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-6076!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s second shot which, a faint blue Energy armor-piercing bullet, had busted the head of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Scout. Even though this Scout had over 5000 HP and was also injected with a buffing potion by the medic, it was all for nothing.

    ¡°Snail has been killed!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, it¡¯s that mysterious Sniper!¡±

    ¡°That Sniper who ruined the Tyrant mission before!¡±

    ¡°Quick, everyone find cover, don¡¯t go any closer to the patio!¡±

    Blood-red lethal damage over 6000 was undoubtedly shocking to a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer.

    Once the Scout yer had been killed, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group people hurriedly retreated or hid.

    Only Seven Kills still stood on the spot looking enraged, crushing thepletely shattered control instrument. Even with the electronic parts all absolutely destroyed by electromaic energy, his thick and heavy metallic arm into a ball.

    With the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s retreat, the Veterans Tribe yers finally got a chance to catch their breaths.

    Although there were still a few Tyrants attacking them, the number of Tyrants was not too high and the situation was already more or less able to be stabilized.

    The initial underdog had started to see a positive change.

    ...

    However, in this process, a team of close to 20 Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite yers had already made their way to the fifth floor.

    A few Heavy Armored Warriors cleared the way, together with a bunch of long-range yers, and a medic; this team made use of their familiarity with the geographical environment and went up to the fifth floor without meeting with any Federation camp yer.

    But this was inevitable. Other than the fact that thismercial building was a bit huge, and that there were many small staircases, though there were only three main automatic passageways; it was also because the Federation camp yers could not deploy soldiers to guard at each entrance.

    Due to the signal disruption, they had no way of free contact like the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, and yers on the third floor and above had beenpletely separated by the previous Tyrant attack.

    This group of over 10 people had made their way to the fifth floor, and were preparing to run in the direction of where Phoenix had previously killed the Tyrant.

    ¡°That Sniper has revealed himself!¡±

    ¡°Actually on the tenth floor. Mm, great, I¡¯m about to go up and see what this person looks like!¡±

    Just then, there was a different voice in the team. The Scout yer Xing Shao was in this team as well. He was holding onto his own Legendary grade submachine gun, standing in the middle protected by the team, speaking as he heard the voice in the internal channel, and the footsteps stopped suddenly.

    ¡°Um...Xing Shao, it¡¯s better if you still stay with us.¡± Hearing this, the leading Scout yer of the team Old K creased his forehead uncontrobly.

    ¡°There¡¯s so many of you. He was able to kill the few people on the fifth floor when they were so powerful, the more I see the more I want to fight that Sniper.¡± Xing Shao¡¯s face was persistent as he shook his head, gleaming.

    ¡°Well...¡± Old K¡¯s face was really troubled.

    ¡°Rx, with my HP and defense attributes plus Talent enhancement, he wouldn¡¯t one-shot me unless he hit a critical damage. I was still worried about him hiding in the dark and ambushing me; since he has revealed himself, then it wouldn¡¯t be so easy to get me.¡± Xing Shao¡¯s young face was full of abundant self-confidence.

    ¡°Let passerby A and passerby B go along with you. Take note of protecting Xing Shao well, don¡¯t let him disappear, and that Legendary submachine gun of his definitely can¡¯t be dropped.¡± The Scout Old K could only speak softly to a Heavy Armored Warrior and a Light Armored Warrior beside him.

    Towards the rich second-generation prince who was already in the guild¡¯s shareholder party, he could only let him as he waited.

    With the Recon Meter switched on and while holding onto his Legendary submachine gun, Xing Shao went past the fifth floor together with two Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Warrior yers who were half-filled with Rare equipment, quickly moving to the upper floors.

    More than 10 people continued to move towards where Phoenix had killed the Tyrant previously.

    There were three Tyrants roaming around and roaring on the fifth floor, Seven Kills had initially wanted to control them to go help.

    Due to the control instrument being destroyed, they were agitated at the moment, habitually rushing around crazily along the fifth floor.

 Chapter 460 - Emulated Detection Spider

    <h4>Chapter 460: Emted Detection Spider</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The ce Phoenix had previously killed the Tyrant was not far from this passageway.

    In less than half a minute, the entire team hade before that passageway. However, they did not choose to enter immediately.

    Before entering the passageway, one of the Scout yers watching the Recon Meter suddenly took a few rapid steps forward. His left hand shook and tossed two objects into the passageway.

    ¡°Snap!¡±

    With a dy of less than a second, a bright white light shed across the entire passageway.

    It was a shbang and an Electromaic Disruption Bomb; causing a disruptive streak of blueish-white electromaic sparks, along with distorted static in their ears from themunication channel.

    As Elite yers of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, they would not be worse than solo yers in the aspect of special items, but even better, and would benefitrge guilds.

    ¡°Forward!¡±

    After tossing the objects, these people immediately took action, simrly disying excellentbat synchronization.

    Two Heavy Armored Warriors raised their shields as they cleared the road at the front of the group, while two other Light Armored Warriors engaged the Charge skill as they rushed out from the sides, and at the back were the long-range professions of Maniptors and Scouts following tightly behind.

    However, when they charged around the corner, this tight and speedy movement instantly halted.

    ¡°How¡¯s it possible? The Recon Meter has clearly showed that there was someone.¡± The face of the Scout yer who tossed the shbang and the Electromaic Disruption Bomb was full of perplexity.

    The team had three Scouts, all with Expert grade Detection. Their previous detection had confirmed that there were two yers and a metallic robot here standing behind the passageway in ambush.

    But now it waspletely empty in everyone¡¯s field of view, not a single person was in the passageway, only the fallen Tyrant covered in ck blood with its chest pierced through by alloy and the Control Spider beside it destroyed into shards.

    ¡°Anti-detection? The opponent still has an anti-detection Expert grade Scout, one with Talent enhancement too. ording to n B, splitting into small groups to search, the anti-detection range would not be big, but they¡¯re definitely nearby or at the same spot on the fourth or sixth floor.¡± As themander, after Old K had thought for a second, he instantly understood the reason and yelled about allocating manpower.

    Hearing this, over 10 Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers immediately split into groups ording to defense, closebat, output and Detection.

    ¡°Old Niu, you¡¯re a medic, group with me.¡± Old K then added, to no reply.

    ¡°...¡±

    Old K froze and turned back swiftly, realizing that the only medic yer in the team had then already fallen into blood, with a stab wound by a stiletto left near his heart.

    ¡°Ping, ping!¡±

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    At the same time, just when their formation was messed up from the new groupings, a tearing wave of gunshots suddenly sounded from the direction of the initially empty passageway.

    In an instant, bullets and damage numbers flew.

    ...

    Sometime before the battle on the fifth floormenced.

    ¡°Xing Shao,e this way!¡±

    Xing Shao and two Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Warriors had arrived at the intersection between the ninth and tenth floor.

    Holding onto an alloy sword, the Light Armored Warrior cautiously cleared the way at the front, while the Heavy Armored Warrior, holding onto an alloy shield, guarded the young Scout Xing Shao who was holding onto his Legendary submachine gun.

    ¡°Xing Shao, you and Mister A wait here a bit, I¡¯ll go up and look.¡± The Light Armored Warrior told Xing Shao and turned, preparing to head up first to re.

    ¡°No, no need for you to go up, use this.¡± Xing Shao stopped him, fishing out something from his tactical vest.

    This object was only half the size of a fist, and felt like a medium-sized spider, even moving its ckish-brown sectioned limbs in Xing Shao¡¯s hand, its fine hairs swaying.

    ¡°A spider? Xing Shao, is this your pet?¡±

    ¡°Wrong, Xing Shao, isn¡¯t your pet a mutant bat Commander?¡±

    The two Warrior yers froze and were perplexed.

    ¡°Not a pet, precisely speaking, this thing isn¡¯t a living being, but an emted small machine.¡± Xing Shao smiled satisfyingly.

    He ced the spider onto the ground, its eight limbs started to move rapidly and crawl on the ground, it looked like it was no different from a real spider.

    ¡°A robotic spider? I see, but this is too realistic, I can¡¯t tell that it¡¯s an emted object.¡± The Light Armored Warrior was fascinated, watching the crawling spider.

    ¡°Of course, this thing was created by a Master grade NPC Mechanist. Although it¡¯s a robotic spider, it doesn¡¯t have any metalponents capable of being detected, and even if it was coincidentally detected by Detection, it would only be seen as a real biological spider.¡± Xing Shao was self-satisfied, while the emted spider moved its eight legs, quickly crawling up towards the tenth floor following the upward passageway.

    ¡°A Master grade NPC Mechanist, I see. This thing should be a mini mecha...wait, Xing Shao, you can actually operate a mecha!¡±

    The Heavy Armored Warrior looked at the image springing out from Xing Shao¡¯s terminal, on it was what the emted spider was seeing. Although the field of view was smallerpared with the surveince on the Tyrants, it was clearer and there was practically no shaking.

    ¡°This thing is so awesome! With this, PK and fighting monsters will be very advantageous. Xing Shao, did you get it from a mission?¡±

    The Light Armored Warrior quickly thought of the usefulness of the object, any yer with one would definitely be able to secure a huge advantage in some PK grounds.

    ¡°This thing isn¡¯t so easy to get, first you mustplete that NPC Master¡¯s mission and earn Approval, then you need to get him 500,000 credits to exchange for a Control Chip before you can use it. Lastly, this thing is a consumable and has a usage limit, but you first need 100,000 credits to purchase each emted spider, and after the usage limit is reached the maintenance fee is another sum.¡± Xing Shao did not keep the price from them, as this thing was undoubtedly a pretty expensive consumable.

    Let alone the fact that earning Approval was very time-consuming, just the 500,000 credits to exchange for the Control Chip was already 90% beyond yers¡¯ ability to bear.

    The two yers were instantly a little disappointed.

    Although the two of them were half-filled with Rare equipment, a huge proportion was provided by the guild. Actually, the money they had invested in the game was no more than 500,000 credits.

    There was no choice, the game was an ultimate game, such a thing of this kind of true Star Coin yer was an uneliminable advantage.

 Chapter 461 - Battle on the Tenth Floor

    <h4>Chapter 461: Battle on the Tenth Floor</h4>

    The Emted Detection Spider the size of a palm went along the stairway, crawling to the tenth floor, and what it had seen along the way was sent by the two eyes on its back before the three yers on the ninth floor.

    Upon arriving at the tenth floor, the emted spider did not stay, but crawl up to the ceiling first, and ran speedily towards another direction on the ceiling.

    On the tenth floor, there was sniper rifle gunshots sounding continuously.

    In addition to the familiarity of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers with thismercial building, the mini Detection Spider did not need to make any detours at all. After a little more than 10 seconds, the Detection Spider had already silently crawled past a bend.

    In the field of view in its mini eyes, the scene around the bend instantly appeared.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    A Gunner yer wearing a camougebat uniform andbat sses, holding onto an Eye of the Thunder sniper rifle, was firing at the floors below.

    After a round of sniping, he immediately shrunk back, dodging the string of bullets flying up from below. He swiftly changed his position, dodging a condensed fireball calcted tond and explode behind him.

    ¡°It¡¯s Onishi, it should be him indeed.¡± A delighted, challenging spark shed in Xing Shao¡¯s eyes, his right hand gripping tight onto his Legendary submachine gun.

    Onishi and Feng Luo and the others had used Disguise Potions on this mission.

    Although the basic Disguise Potion could notpletely change the facial skeleton and muscle, it was not easy for one¡¯s identity to be recognized by unfamiliar people whenbined with thebat sses.

    The ck dagger on Onishi¡¯s tactical vest was a famous top-grade Scout Level 50 Rare equipment in the game named ¡°ck Fate.¡±

    As of today, there was not even 10 of such a dagger exposed in the whole game, while North City currently only had one.

    Plus, as War¡¯s top Scout yer, an expert at the front of the star ranking, it could be said that at least half the Scout yers had noticed Onishi¡¯s information before. Anyone would know that Onishi¡¯s weapon was a ¡°ck Fate.¡±

    With the spection of that Scout yer from before who had Sight Talent, Onishi¡¯s identity was no longer hidden.

    ¡°Wait, Onishi is actually using a sniper rifle?¡± Xing Shao suddenly froze again.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t he a Scout? Why is he using a sniper rifle?¡±

    ¡°Although he would have general firearms proficiency as long as he is of a Gunner profession, he¡¯d mostly be able to produce half the damage with a sniper rifle. It should be because time is needed for a submachine gun to produce sufficient damage. But it¡¯s easy to dodge while using a sniper rifle, preventing being one-shot by our people¡¯s counterattacks.¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior beside him thought and said.

    ¡°Xing Shao, since you¡¯ve confirmed Onishi¡¯s position, shall we call another two people to prevent him from being lost? Since this is Onishi, the other person is definitely that high-attack Sniper, calling more people would be safer.¡± The Light Armored Warrior asked in an inquiring tone, smiling at Xing Shao.

    If it was only him and the Heavy Armored Warrior, they would have advanced at that time.

    Although Onishi was a star yer and Feng Luo possessed powerful attack damage, the two people, as Warriors who limited Gunners, did not feel like they would lose in a 2V2 in such an environment.

    After all, the gap in the equipment of both parties was not considered toorge, the two people still had their respective trump cards which they were confident in.

    However, having this equipment now was even better, with Xing Shao who could be said to be top yer in War, the two people did not dare to advance.

    Either Seven Kills or Old K had told the two of them before to apany this ¡°prince¡± as much as possible but stop him from wreaking havoc.

    Regardless of whether it was his identity or the Legendary submachine gun with him, they were both rad-looking but actually troublesome things.

    ¡°Call more people?¡± Xing Shao fell silent for a bit.

    He was very self-confident with his own equipment, but facing a yer with such a big and glorious name as Onishi, the Scout yer was very clear about the opponent¡¯s power.

    Furthermore, towards that Sniper who had a ¡°Legendary sniper rifle,¡± he was a little jealous. He might be one-shot immediately, then there was no f*cking use with him having a Legendary submachine gun.

    Just as Xing Shao was just pondering, in an image on the terminal, Onishi¡¯s head suddenly turned their way, his eyes ice cold.

    ¡°It¡¯s bad, the Emted Detection Spider has been discovered by Onishi!¡± The two Warrior yers instantly eximed.

    ¡°Impossible, this spider¡¯s camouging ability is very strong; without Detection used, even a Rare Recon Meter wouldn¡¯t be able to detect it, plus under Detection, it would only be recognized as a Level 1 typical organism. And it¡¯s still such a long distance from it, it¡¯s impossible to have been discovered.¡± Xing Shao shook his head in disbelief.

    He had tried before using the Recon Meter, this little thing worth 100,000 credits had very powerful camouging ability.

    They did not notice that not far behind the three of them, an almost transparent little fingernail-sized beetle was flying over.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    In the image, Onishi¡¯s action had directly let them know; with the Eye of the Thunder raised, a sniper bullet encircled with blue streaks of electricity was fired in an instant.

    At a distance of over 20 meters, the shot busted the Emted Detection Spider.

    ¡°He, actually discovered... how¡¯s it possible?!¡± Xing Shao was in disbelief.

    With the self-confidence he had in his equipment and skills, he could not ept this oue. ¡°This is bad, Onishi has really discovered it, and he¡¯s likely to being over already.¡±

    ¡°Xing Shao, why don¡¯t we go down first; he¡¯s very likely to have called that Sniper over as well.¡± The Light Armored Warrior told Xing Shao hurriedly.

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ve informed Leader Old K and the others toe help... Hm, oh no, why is the channel not going through? I know they definitely had used a disruption bullet on that robot, it temporarily can¡¯t pick up.¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior helped as well.

    ¡°Go down, why do we go down? I¡¯vee up precisely to battle with these two people. Y¡¯all stop looking down on yourselves here, so what if it¡¯s a star yer, as long as he¡¯s a Gunner, can he take 10 bullets from my ¡®Death Dance?¡¯ We have three men, two Warriors, can we not face two Gunners?¡±

    Xing Shao¡¯s expression was clearly a little impatient, beating around the bush as he spoke staring at the two people. He tossed the two Warriors a few Buffing Potions, and the Legendary submachine gun in his hands was already raised and aimed at the stairway.

    ¡°Quick, y¡¯all, apply these few potions. This will have to do...¡± The two Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Warrior yers nced at each other, knowing that it was impossible to persuade this stubborn ¡°prince¡± to retreat.

    They could only report to Seven Kills through themunication channel. As they quickly applied the Rare Buffing Potions given by Xing Shao on their bodies, various high attribute enhancements instantly emerged above their heads.

 Chapter 462 - Revealed Scout Beetle

    <h4>Chapter 462: Revealed Scout Beetle</h4>

    ¡°Earl!¡± As the two Warrior yers were vigorously applying the Buffing Potions onto themselves, Xing Shao summoned his Commander grade pet.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    After appearing, the Commander grade bat flew in the air instantly in front of the three people, showing-off, its over two-meter wings pping a gust of wind.

    ¡°Xing Shao, Boss Seven Kills is already aware of the situation here and told us never to be careless, he said that that Sniper with the crazy attack has just stopped attacking. Leader Old K and the others look like they¡¯ve met with trouble, they can¡¯t be contacted now.¡± After applying the potions, the Heavy Armored Warrior conveyed Seven Kills¡¯ reply to Xing Shao.

    A white light shed before the two of them as they had summoned their battle pets out too.

    ¡°That Sniper? What a fast reaction, could it be theirmunication isn¡¯t cut?¡± Xing Shao asked the two Warrior yers as he nced at the Recon Meter withpletely no response, while the submachine gun in his hands was still aimed at the passageway entrance.

    ¡°Very likely. Xing Shao, that Sniper¡¯s attack power is too rad. You stand at the passageway entrance, don¡¯t leave my protection. After the battle starts, we¡¯ll think of a way to finish him off first then face Onishi.¡± Since having decided to battle, the Elite Heavy Armored Warrior was not draggy about it as he stood steadily before Xing Shao holding onto his alloy shield, engaging all his defense skills.

    The three people ced their first target on Feng Luo.

    Even if Onishi had a big name and had great ability, without confirming whether he had Legendary weapons, it was definitely impossible for him to be able to one-shot any of them.

    Inparison, Feng Luo whose general appearance was not too clearly known yet, had a Legendary sniper rifle, which made them feel that it was even more tricky.

    However, there was a saying that change was the only constant, especially when the n had already been heard by the target.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    Xing Shao¡¯s Commander grade pet bat flying in the air suddenly pointed its head towards a spot in the air behind the three people, letting out a deafening screech.

    ¡°Earl, what¡¯s going on?¡± The three people were in shock, and Xing Shao¡¯s heart lurched.

    The Commander grade pet bat had already pped its hairy, ckish-red fleshy wings and flown towards that direction,pletely not replying its owner Xiao Shao¡¯s words.

    It should be said that it could not reply; not every pet in the game had AI as great as 24K, as for most of the pets, being able to understand the owner¡¯s simple battlemands was considered good enough.

    This was one of the reasons that many expert yers were unwilling to summon their pets first thing during some battles or even arena PK.

    ¡°Detection!¡±

    The Commander bat could not reply and when the three people looked across with their naked eyes, there was nothing unusual at the spot it was flying towards.

    ¡°Beep!¡±

    But Xing Shao felt that something was wrong and pointed the Recon Meter in that direction. On the Level 50 Recon Meter in his hand, a fast-blinking little yellow dot that was speedily fleeing from the bat Commander suddenly appeared.

    ¡°A Scout Beetle, an Elite monster? What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Scout Beetle, Detection, Detection...why does this feel so familiar?¡±

    The two Warriors looked at each other, then both of them thought of the Emted Detection Spider that had just been sniped by Onishi. ¡°Could this Scout Beetle be an Emted Creature too?¡±

    ¡°Impossible. Where that NPC was, emted flight creatures require Approval to reach at least a ¡°friend¡± level before they can be bought. Earl, return, stop chasing!¡± Xing Shao immediately shook his head, shouting to his pet.

    His Legendary submachine gun had not left the passageway; he shrunk back behind the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s shield. The appearance of this Scout Beetle made him feel a little anxious.

    This anxiousness was justified the moment the three people were distracted because of the Commander bat.

    ¡°Thud, thud, thud...¡±

    Three small oval-shaped objects of slightly different colors were suddenly tossed up from the ninth floor to the tenth floor of the spiral staircase, rolling on the floor beforending right in front of the three people.

    ¡°F*ck, quick hide, shut your eyes!¡± In an instant, the three people thought of something, their faces in shock, and the Light Armored Warrior yelled fiercely.

    It was already nightfall; because of the three voices sounding almost all at once, they had abounded in the narrow area up and down the passageway.

    sh grenade, smoke bomb, Impact Bullet; three special types of explosives exploding at once.

    The intense white sh of light instantly shocked the three people¡¯s visual senses first, then the specially-made smoke bomb instantly erupted huge amounts of white smoke, and after that the Impact Bullet made the smoke fill the entire area in an instant. In an instant, their circumstances were out of control.

    ¡°Damn it! Why do they have so many special types of explosives?¡± Xing Shao reflexively shut his eyes after feeling a stabbing pain in his eyes and had entered a ¡°red¡± state from the white light.

    He hurriedly pointed his submachine gun in the direction of the downward passageway way at the tenth floor ording to his memory and fired a string of bullets.

    ¡°Earl, attack!¡± At the same time, he shouted, summoning his pet which had already flown over 10 meters away.

    The sh grenade and the smoke bomb indeed had an effect on yers, but to bats who could rely on sound waves to locate themselves, they were clearly not too useful. Earl was not in too much of a panic.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    However, the Commander bat did not help in attacking as he had expected but let out a screech instead.

    The doubled effect of the smoke bomb and sh grenade, they did not know what had happened to the Commander bat, but could hear it¡¯s panicked and painful cry.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-804, -885, -835...¡±

    As expected by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers, Onishi hade down from the tenth floor through the passageway.

    Although Xing Shao had lost his sight, there were still three bullets that hit Onishi, the damage coefficients emerging were definitely very high considering the downward-pointing attack and Onishi¡¯s top-notch equipment.

    But it was only three shots.

    Because Onishi had used standard tactical moves; once he entered the enveloped area of the smoke bomb, his speed surged to two times once again, his remaining bullets all cleared.

    ¡°Xing Shao, let¡¯s retreat, downward!¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior yelled, blocking in front of Xing Shao.

    Although the situation was sudden, he was an Elite yer and had prepared another backup route long before.

    Previously, the three people stood at the passageway staircase because they had considered that they would be able to retreat downward when the situation was not right.

    ¡°Okay!¡± Xing Shao¡¯s initial self-confidence had now be panic, especially when only three bullets from his all-out continuous firing had hit Onishi, and when he heard his own pet¡¯s crying from being continuously attacked and the prompts of HP loss.

    He no longer persisted wanting to showdown with Onishi and that Sniper, but agreed to immediately retreat instead.

    He was at the hindmost behind the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s protection, and could turn and retreat straight downward, and so he quickly turned.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    Completely unexpectedly, he had only turned and walked a few steps when his head hit heavily on what he assumed to be a wall.

 Chapter 463 - The â€œGreatâ€ Move of A Commander grade Pet!

    <h4>Chapter 463: The ¡°Great¡± Move of A Commander grade Pet!</h4>

    A wall, how was it possible to have a wall?

    ¡°There¡¯s still an Earth Maniptor guarding on the eighth floor who had avoided my Detection then released an Energy wall?¡± Xing Shao became even more anxious in an instant.

    Luckily the scorching Legendary grade submachine gun in his hands had given him confidence when he felt like there was actually a wall existing in his route of retreat.

    He quickly raised his submachine gun, firing a string of bullets at the ¡°Earth wall¡± before him.

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    From the submachine gun, precious special B grade bullets fired out, not in a usual straight line. The sounds after the bullets hit were a little different from typical Earth walls.

    He had already fired quite a few bullets consecutively, where even an Earth Maniptor would have been hit to death, but the wall before him had not broken down.

    When shot by him, the wall suddenly shifted closer to him, almost knocking the submachine gun out of his hands.

    A message shing across his vision in a bright white light made him freeze. ¡°You have suffered from the attack of an Elite Steel Beetle.¡±

    ¡°Elite Steel Beetle, what¡¯s that? Beetle, a beetle again?¡± Xing Shao waspletely beaten.

    Due to having the SUV tactical helmet as a top-notch Rare equipment, he had corresponding adjustment for the intense instant change in light from this kind of sh grenade. At that time, his eyes had already recovered from the zed state. The Scout Beetle¡¯s visual sense was very strong, but was barely able to see the situation clearly within a certain range in the smoke-filled area.

    He was able to see clearly once his vision had recovered. The thing in front was not an Energy wall like he had thought it was, but a ck shell-shaped creature with a head a lot taller than him that was almost touching the ceiling.

    With a height of over two meters, the metallic-like ck shell clogged up the narrow emergency staircase passageway, looking like a heavy-duty tank.

    From this ¡°tank¡¯s¡± two downward-pointing eyes emerged two whitesers, shooting down at his vulnerable and defenseless head.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    ¡°-345, -345...¡±

    This Energy attack which had only caused a damage of 300 each time was not a big deal to Xing Shao whose HP was over 8000 after taking potions.

    Being attacked by this ¡°Steel Beetle,¡± Xing Shao was finally aware of this thing¡¯s identity.

    ¡°A pet?¡± Xing Shao instantly determined.

    Speaking of pets, over 10 meters away from them on the ninth floor, that bat Commander pet of his had alreadynded on the ground or it should be said to have been forced to the ground.

    On its body with a wingspan of two meters, two dark red beetle-shaped creatures full of scars on their bodies were using their three-horned, reverse-hooked tails to lock its fleshy wings, their knife-sharp limbs viciously stabbing into its body. The bat Commander¡¯s entire body was full of bloody holes, as dark red blood was sttered messily onto the ground by its struggles.

    Although it was a Commander monster, the bat Commander as an Energy attack-type monster would not be stronger than two Elite ded Beetles in closebat ability.

    Even though these two Elite ded Beetles were simrly with broken limbs and were seemingly in a state not yet recovered after going through battle.

    ¡°It¡¯s the pet of the two of them, no way, we must kill them quick!¡± At the passageway between the eighth and ninth floor, Xing Shao was using his Legendary submachine gun to continue shooting the ¡°Steel Beetle¡± pet.

    The damage of the Legendary submachine gun together with B grade bullets was astonishing.

    With continuous shooting, the Level 42 Steel Beetle, who had been through yesterday night¡¯s battle and had notpletely recovered its HP, finally could not withstand it and died.

    This was not much of a sess, as the Steel Beetle¡¯s enormous body was stillpletely clogging up their route of retreat.

    In War, regardless whether it were yers¡¯ or monsters¡¯ corpses, they would notpletely disappear the moment they were HP-depleted.

    At that moment, Xing Shao felt sudden disgust in his chest, and his head and vision spun in an instant.

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    This was because the bat Commander pet on the ground on the ninth floor finally could not stand being ravaged by a creature of lower quality than itself.

    The bat Commander covered in blood while being poked on either side by two Elite ded Beetles, which did not have much energy to retaliate due to its Energy Shield skill yet to be awakened, started to intensify its screams.

    As it struggled on the ground, its mouth with a pair of white fangs opened wide, and its vocal cords rapidly vibrated.

    Although the yers present did not hear any sound, there was a sudden tornado of dust in the entire passageway and continuous cracking appeared on the surrounding ss.

    It was not that there were no sound waves, but that it was beyond a human¡¯s hearing frequency, a supersonic wave epassing high attack power.

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    Waves of explosive supersonic energy were released from the bat Commander¡¯s mouth, after which the counter bullets and refraction in the narrow passageway were all-rounded damage power in the end.

    ¡°-555, -562...¡±

    ¡°-550, -537...¡±

    Damage spouted above the two low-HP Elite ded Beetles¡¯ heads as their bodies trembled and their attacks instantly became a mess.

    ¡°-345, -344, -356...¡±

    In the direction of the tenth floor, Onishi who had already stood together with that Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Light Armored Warrior had damage coefficients of hundreds per second continuously appearing above his head.

    The Light Armored Warrior across from him and the Heavy Armored Warrior were stuck by the Steel Beetle, and Xing Shao simrly had damage coefficients of close to 100 appearing above their heads.

    It was a range damage skill regardless of friend or foe, this is the giant bat Commander¡¯sst-resort ultimate skill.

    Other than damage, the negative effects of the supersonic waves made people feel dizzy, blind, and nauseous in an instant; everyone¡¯s movements suddenlygged. Well, not everyone.

    ¡°-44, -47, -46...¡±

    Charging over unexpectedly from the direction on the ninth floor where the bat Commander was flying towards, Feng Luo¡¯s continuous damage coefficients emerging above his head were not more than just over 40 points.

    It seemed like hepletely ignored the various physiological negative states of the supersonic waves, the sniper rifle in his hands continuously firing in movement, and an Energy Armor-Piercing bullet with a blue me tail emerged from the muzzle.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-10556!¡±

    The head of the screaming bat Commander was immediately busted. A lethal damage coefficient of over 10,000 emerged, this shot had cleared the Commander monster¡¯s two-thirds of HP.

    In addition to the HP decreased by the attacks of the two ded Beetles previously, this Commander grade pet, which was currently very rare, had shed in the white light of death.

    ¡°A Sniper!¡±

    Getting the notification of his pet¡¯s death, and hearing a clear sniper rifle shot, Xing Shao totally panicked.

 Chapter 464 - Xing Shaoâ€™s Death

    <h4>Chapter 464: Xing Shao¡¯s Death</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, damn it!¡± Xing Shao hesitated for less than a second then turned violently, walking a few steps back beside the Heavy Armored Warrior on the ninth floor who was holding up his alloy shield to support the rear.

    ¡°Xing Shao, why have youe back? Don¡¯t tell me there¡¯re enemies below too.¡± Compared to Xing Shao whose profession was Scout, the visual sense of that Heavy Armored Warrior, standing on the stairway protecting his retreat, clearly did not have the ability to be able to look far in the special-made smoke bomb.

    He was still barely able to see Xing Shao running behind him clearly. He initially stayed at the top, prepared to guard the passageway and let Xing Shao retreat.

    He had first heard Xing Shao¡¯s submachine gun¡¯s firing attack, and before he could provide aid, he was made dizzy and blinded by the Commander bat¡¯s indiscriminate supersonic wave attack.

    Seeing Xing Shao rushing back now, left him a little confused.

    ¡°We¡¯re clogged up by a pet they¡¯ve summoned and can¡¯t go back down, we can only take them on!¡± Xing Shao yelled, gritting his teeth, while the sci-fi model Legendary submachine gun in his hands already fired a string of bullets at the passageway where Feng Luo was, from where the sniper rifle gunshots had previously sounded.

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    One after another, special bullets with a semi-transparent ice shell surface burst out from the Legendary grade submachine gun; instead of the boiling hot bullet it should originally have been, each shot had a slight chill on its surface.

    Xing Shao¡¯s battle awareness was actually not bad.

    This string of bullets hadpletely formed a precise fan-shape, sweeping across at a height of around one meter from the ground. This way, the opponent would definitely be shot as long as they were still in the passageway.

    However, Xing Shao thought that the Sniper no longer in the passageway by now.

    Because Snipers¡¯ battle tactic was to retreat once they had fired a shot and jump back out in the next interval in attack. Therefore, he did not hold onto any hope for this attack; his goal was just to contain that Sniper for a bit, then coordinate with the Light Armored Warrior to first finish off Onishi who had already charged close to the area of the smoke bomb.

    The battle between Onishi and the Light Armored Warrior was disrupted by the smoke bomb; although he could not see clearly, he heard groaninging from the Light Armored Warrior in the smoke.

    As a Scout, Onishi had actually secured the upper hand in closebat.

    ¡°Change of battle tactic, we finish off Onishi first!¡± Xing Shao yelled to the Heavy Armored Warrior beside him as he attacked in Feng Luo¡¯s direction. Just as he had finished his words, his eyes widened.

    In his sight and the direction his submachine gun was pointed, a human silhouette had rushed out fiercely from outside the area of the smoke bomb. On the back of the tactical vest of this very blurry human silhouette in the smoke was a sniper rifle.

    ¡°You actually...¡± Xing Shao had imagined all sorts of possibilities, but he had not thought that that Sniper would have actually charged straight into the area of the smoke bomb.

    If the opponent had rushed over, why was there no prompt of a hit from the detective shooting before?

    Amidst the panic, Xing Shao¡¯s reaction was still pretty quick. The muzzle of the submachine gun in his hands quickly turned, and he pulled the trigger once it was facing Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    ¡°Continuous Shooting!¡±

    The Expert grade Continuous Shooting had fired five bullets in an instant, all flying at Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    The moment the muzzle had shifted its angle, Feng Luo¡¯s charging body had spontaneously shifted a step to the side.

    ¡°Da, da!¡±

    Feng Luo did not choose to shiftpletely to the side, but wanted to adjust his angle through the shift. Out of the five bullets, there were only two that hit Feng Luo.

    ¡°Pa, pa!¡±

    When the two bullets hit Feng Luo, they immediately stopped when they were still at a distance of half a foot from his body, and turned and flew in the reverse direction.

    At the same time, a click-like sound of the cracking of an Energy forcefield sounded from Feng Luo¡¯s chest area.

    With the area filled with yellowish-white smoke, that transparent forcefield at his chest formed by over 10 Energy Beetles was naturally not easy to be clearly seen.

    The effect of the Energy Beetles¡¯ forcefield on long-range attacks, especially Energy attacks, was very clear, slightly more than that on long-range physical attacks.

    Even if it was weaker, it was still sufficient to absorb the two shots plus the two bullets that Xing Shao had previously blindly shot before it was broken. Absorbing four shots was already good enough.

    With ¡°Raging Charge,¡± Feng Luo¡¯s speed was two times fasterpared with Onishi who had Talent-enhancement in this kind of environment.

    After Xing Shao¡¯s Continuous Shooting, and because the skill¡¯s negative limit of being unable to shoot again within half of a second, he had already absolutely charged to the front of the Heavy Armored Warrior blocking in front of Onishi. In his hand was a reverse military knife which the general color could not be seen in the thick smoke.

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s going on?¡± Xing Shao was in a mess.

    As a top-notch Scout, Onishi was using a sniper rifle in battle, this Sniper was holding a military knife and charging into a smoky region for closebat.

    This was not scientific, especially how that Heavy Armored Warrior who had reacted because of Xing Shao¡¯s attack hurriedly raised his shield to ram violently at the charging Feng Luo but was kicked hard on the shield by Feng Luo¡¯s SUVbat shoes which were the same as Xing Shao¡¯s.

    The Heavy Armored Warrior had engaged all the defense skills, except ¡°Unmovable Mountain.¡±

    This skill would greatly reduce his personal movement speed, and would be disadvantageous if the need for quick retreat in battlees up.

    As a Heavy Armored Warrior without this skill engaged, it seemed like he could not block the kicking from this Sniper yer who was Feng Luo under all-out charge.

    ¡°Bash!¡±

    In Xing Shao¡¯s widened eyes, the Heavy Armored Warrior together with his alloy shield of over 1.8 meters and alloy armor of over 300 catties, was kicked by Feng Luo to the other side of the passageway,pletely engulfed by the smoke.

    Feng Luo charged straight to Xing Shao¡¯s side, his bright ck eyes without much fluctuation met with the panicking Xing Shao.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    When Xing Shao moved backward in panic with his finger continuously pressing down on the Legendary submachine gun, which had finally passed the limit period, attempting to shoot at Feng Luo¡¯s chest who had already charged to his side, Feng Luo had taken a step forward. With his left hand in an SUV glove, he directly grabbed the gun barrel of the Legendary grade submachine gun, that was not hot after its firing.

    Then, a powerful wave of energy brought the gun barrel to the side.

    ¡°Da da da...¡±

    The special bullets shot from the Legendary submachine gun only hit the ceiling, sending shattered stone and ice-cold bullets flying everywhere.

    In this process, the Ghost Weep held in Feng Luo¡¯s right hand stabbed at Xing Shao¡¯s chest with a sharp swoosh as it cut the air.

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    ¡°-5089!¡±

    The tip of Ghost Weep¡¯s de pierced effortlessly through Xing Shao¡¯s expensive SUVbat uniform, the reddish-ck de of 30 centimeters prating his heart.

    Above Xing Shao¡¯s head, a damage coefficient of over 5000 shed above.

    ¡°Ah!¡± Xing Shao let out an unbearably painful groan.

    As a self-proimed Expert grade yer, his pain sense had always been set to 50%.

    This feeling of being stabbed in his heart with the ice-cold metallic de prating his body made his eyes widen and made him cry out uncontrobly.

    He was more panicked about the super-high damage of Feng Luo¡¯s stab.

    Using just a military knife to attack, a Sniper whose closebat should be extremely weak had actually cut 70% of his HP with one stab.

    This was when he was wearing War¡¯s most quality Level 50 Rare equipment and had used more than one B grade Buffing Potion in advance.

    ¡°How¡¯s it possible?¡± Xing Shao thought in utter disbelief. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me his military knife is also Legendary grade equipment. But even if it was, it wouldn¡¯t be possible to have such a rad damage as a secondary weapon. Why¡¯s his strength so high? I¡¯ve added much strength in my equipment and I have more than 10 points of permanent strength-enhancing attribute but even my gun muzzle couldn¡¯t be moved back after being grabbed by him. Why does it feel like this Sniper is even better than Onishi at closebat?¡± Xing Shao had all sorts of thoughts.

    Just then, Feng Luo¡¯s right hand had pulled the Ghost Weep out, stabbing into his chest once again.

    ¡°Save me!¡± Only then did Xing Shao realize that his life was already at its end.

    As he struggled and shouted for help, his right hand hurriedly let go of the submachine gun that was stillpeting with Feng Luo and went for his chest, attempting to use his SUV tactical gloved right hand to grab onto the Ghost Weep.

    The defense coefficient of the SUV tactical glove was a C-, this was equivalent to the defense coefficient of the light armor; definitely able to block the stabs of most military knives at an appropriate angle.

    But that was provided it was a typical military knife.

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    In the end, Xing Shao¡¯s panicked grabbing at the Ghost Weep was stabbed through by the 30 centimeter-long reddish-ck de, through the tactical glove.

    Ghost Weep¡¯s attack coefficient was a B grade, another point was that Feng Luo¡¯s hand that was holding onto the knife had on the same SUV tactical glove as him. The Rare attribute of this top-notch Rare equipment increases the destruction ability of the usage of military knife and stiletto types of weapons by 20%.

    ¡°Ah!¡± Xing Shao let out an unbearably painful cry.

    ¡°-2072!¡±

    A yellow weak-point damage coefficient shed above his head.

    This damage did not take his life, as damage caused by hitting the end areas of limbs in the game would have a damage upper limit. The defense power of the SUV tactical glove was not bad, the damage of Ghost Weep piercing through it had still been reduced by quite a bit.

    This was actually only dying Xing Shao¡¯s death by less than a second.

    Right after, the de of Ghost Weep, which energy had not been exhausted, had already brought Feng Luo¡¯s palm as it stabbed into his already wounded chest.

    ¡°-1277!¡±

    A red lethal attack. In an instant, Xing Shao felt the energy in his entire body lost and his vision turned dark.

    In thest less than one second before he was kicked out of the game after the white light of death shed across his body, he was still stupefied and confused.

    This person was clearly a Sniper, so why was he able to produce such a high damage in closebat?

    In terms of strength, he, as a Scout with Expert gradebat skills, had actually lost to a Sniper?

 Chapter 465 - Produced Legendary Submachine Gun!

    <h4>Chapter 465: Produced Legendary Submachine Gun!</h4>

    Xing Shao fell to the ground with an unresigned face. The moment the white light of death vanished from his body, a new faint white light of prizes appeared on his body with three pieces of equipment.

    A ck ring on his right hand, the SUVbat uniform that was slightly tattered at his chest, and that sci-fi model submachine gun with a simr appearance to the Death Star, the only Legendary grade submachine gun currently known in War.

    The Legendary weapon was produced.

    As a young impetuous seventeen or eighteen-year-old second-generation yer, he definitely would not have been sopliant to rules in the game.

    The Illegal and Criminal Points umted by Xing Shao were not low, and with the enhancement of the ¡°Town of Exiles Badge of Honor,¡± the rate of him losing items this time was multiplied not just once.

    The value of the equipment on him was quality Rare equipment, regardless of whether it was the ring or the SUVbat uniform.

    Butparing the value of these two to a Legendary grade submachine gun, there was no need to mention, as this was something that could not be bought even if one had the money currently.

    As such, seeing this situation, even Feng Luo stood rooted to the spot, dumbfounded.

    ¡°Xing Shao!¡± Just then, the Heavy Armored Warrior violently kicked and sent flying by Feng Luo had finally run back. When the smoke had dispersed a little and was able to roughly see Feng Luo¡¯s position at his distance.

    When he saw that Xing Shao had fallen to the ground, his face had already changed greatly, and when he saw that that Legendary grade submachine gun had shown the white prize light, he almost cursed aloud.

    He had not thought that his worst fear would have actually happened.

    Thereafter, he regained his senses and quickly charged towards Feng Luo, hoping to pick up the Legendary submachine gun worth up to 10,000,000 before Feng Luo could.

    But he was already toote, Feng Luo had already held the submachine gun in his hands the moment he was awoken by his voice. Feng Luo turned and aimed at the Heavy Armored Warrior who was lunging over and pulled the trigger.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    One by one, the remaining B grade special bullets in the magazine poured out.

    ...

    At the battleground on the fifth floor when Xing Shao died on the tenth floor, the battle was already nearing its end.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    ¡°-3555!¡±

    Thest fleeing Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite Light Armored Warrior had run to the bend when he was shot in the back by a 15.7MM superrge revolver bullet from behind.

    A red lethal damage of over 3500 made him roll as he tumbled to the ground.

    Behind him, Aida Wong spun the cannon-like left revolver in her hand, then slotted it back into the gun holder on her thigh.

    In this area full ofbat-ruin scars, there were seven Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group corpses with bowl-sized bullet holes in them.

    ¡°And...that¡¯s the end!¡±

    Behind Aida Wong, and beside the Tyrant¡¯s corpse in the passageway, Big Pineapple stood beside his Hellish Meat Grinder heavy machine gun, his eyes froze as his hand was halfway through changing the bullet chain.

    He had engaged in a surprise attack on the Hunter T-750 prototype mecha from the start and started the battle as a result. After he had fired and emptied a bullet chain and had not changed to the second bullet chain, the battle had already ended.

    ¡°That¡¯s too insane!¡±

    Not to mention the cold-faced NPC codenamed Nightingale, he had already seen the insanity of this fellow¡¯s attack power on Death Hunter Ind.

    Using the Legendary Recon Meter¡¯s included skill just now, he was able to form a camouged image within a certain range, making himself able to be undetected by Recon Meters.

    Using it on ambush, this function was godly.

    The ability of that female Agent named Aida can be described as horrifying, the people she had finished off in the battle was half of the opponent¡¯s total.

    Was her main profession really a Gunner? Why, in the gaps between loading bullets into her two enormous revolvers, she was still able to kick the opponent Scout Leader who charged over to do closebat from over 10 meters away, causing him to be reduced to the white light of death in midair. That Scout had a full body of Rare equipment and was left with at least half his HP.

    The two NPC Agents¡¯ abilities were so rad that he had epted it.

    After all, they were all brats of Level 50 and above who had awakened their Forces.

    But why was Phoenix, whose ability was initially the same standard as his, so savage after turning into her S grade Talent, Dark Personality?

    Although her attack power was not like the two NPCs, she was fully unharmed after the entire battle, the opponent¡¯s two low-HP Light Armored Warriors had been killed by her without even having touched her.

    Everyone was S grade Talented, could she not be so powerful.

    ¡°F*ck it! Why do I suddenly realize that it seems like I¡¯m the weakest in this team?¡± Big Pineapple was a little upset. ¡°Luckily, there¡¯s still little girl Digital Cat.¡±

    At least he still had a bit of reassurance.

    Digital Cat was not good in thebat aspect, other than one slow and unintelligent robotic mecha which could use a machine gun inbat.

    ¡°Right, what about that mecha?¡± Big Pineapple had just thought of it when he suddenly realized that the T-750 initially standing beside him had disappeared.

    He lowered his head and realized that the T-750 which had finished firing the bullet chain and was crouching on the ground and picking up a produced Rare belt on the nearest Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yer¡¯s corpse, while its hand was also holding onto a pair of Rare grade alloybat shoes.

    Big Pineapple suddenly felt like he was really pretty beaten.

    ¡°Watch out, the battle hasn¡¯t ended. I¡¯ve just hacked into the Tyrant¡¯s Control Spider signaling channel; there¡¯s now three Tyrantsing in our direction. They¡¯re already here.¡± Just then, from themunication device thepletely emotionless voice of Digital Cat who had shifted to a safe position in a room long before.

    Howl!

    From the opposite bend in the passageway, a bloodthirsty howl and the running of a gigantic body sounded.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    With a cold face, Nightingale single-handedly changed out the emptied magazines of his two submachine guns, and loaded new ones with two click sounds; aiming the submachine gun muzzles in a direction towards the passageway.

    The moment the first bloodstained Tyrant appeared, it was hit by the bullets shot from the two submachine guns, filling its body with bullet holes, a steady stream of damage coefficients above its head, and its continuous howling.

    The thick bloody scent after a round of team battle had clearly given the three Tyrants,manded by Seven Kills to head to the fifth floor but had lost their target due to the destroyed control instrument, a new target.

    However, this target was clearly not one to be messed with.

    ¡°It hasn¡¯t ended.¡± On the battleground on the ninth floor, Feng Luo was holding onto the Legendary submachine gun with an emptied magazine and was standing beside the Heavy Armored Warrior.

    He stared at the scene at the third floor on his Agent Wristwatch sent by the Legendary Recon Meter, his initial joyous expression turning slightly grave.

    In the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, which had forced the Federation camp yers up to the third floor, five yers were anxiously leaving the team, rushing with all they had upward through a passageway.

    In the lead, a raging dark-faced Seven Kills was scolding the two Warrior yers through themunication channel for not being able to convince and stop Xing Shao, even though the two yers had already died and could not possibly hear his words.

 Chapter 466 - Sulli is Gone!

    <h4>Chapter 466:</h4>

    <h4>Sulli is Gone!</h4>

    ¡°Over here!¡±

    The Warrior yer with the most luxurious and top-notch equipment in the five-man Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group team made it to the battleground on the ninth floor in the fastest speed with Charge.

    He saw an unresigned Xing Shao in the smoke that had notpletely dispersed, and the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s corpse was full of bullet holes but was still half-crouching with the support of the thick alloy armor. Further away was the Light Armored Warrior wounded at the neck and chest by a dagger.

    ¡°It¡¯s really lost!¡±

    When they saw that that War¡¯s only Legendary grade submachine gun was not on Xing Shao¡¯s body, the four people except for Seven Kills turned grim.

    ¡°There¡¯s no one nearby, could those two people have hidden?¡± The few of them looked around but did not find traces of Feng Luo and Onishi anywhere.

    After receiving the news, they immediately ran up, but Feng Luo and Onishi had already moved on.

    ¡°Leader?¡± The four people looked to Seven Kills, who was leading the group.

    ¡°Find them, even if we can¡¯t get back the Legendary submachine gun, we must know that Sniper¡¯s identity, or else it wouldn¡¯t be easy to ount to Director Rui...¡± Seven Kills said fiercely with a dark face.

    He had not finished speaking when a Scout¡¯s rushed voice came from themunication channel who had taken over him inmand on the third floor. ¡°Brother Seven, return quickly! Onishi and that Sniper hade to the battleground downstairs, ambushing us from behind, they have the Legendary submachine gun and their attack power is so high that they¡¯ve already killed seven of us! The remaining Veterans Tribe people have also jumped at the chance to counterattack. F*ck, Heavy Armored Warriors advance, Earth Maniptors, quick release Earth Rings...¡± Immediately, the voice in the Communicator had turned into a distorted blur once more, as if being disrupted by something.

    ¡°F*ck...¡±

    After pausing for less than a second, Seven Kills gritted his teeth on his pale face due to the T-Virus below his helmet, fiercely spitting out a few words.

    The group of people hurried down once more. While rushing down, Seven Kills was still a little doubtful.

    As the number one expert in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, besides for Xing Shao, he had rushed here wanting topete with Onishi and that Sniper to a certain extent. But he had not expected that the five Light Armored Warriors had only spent not even half a minute toe up after receiving the news, and the opponent had already made their way down, furthermore daringly attacking from behind, this was as if they had figured out their every move.

    ...

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-5078!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s Eye of the Thunder sounded, and a C grade Energy armor-piercing bullet struck the head of a Wind Maniptor.

    Even though the opponent had engaged forcefields, weak-point attacks to such a Maniptor whose equipment were not considered top-notch was just a matter of firing.

    By using the advantage in his vision and the five Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group people¡¯s movement in the other direction, his Eye of the Thunder had sessfully taken four heads since he and Onishi had begun the ambush.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-1000, -1034, -1033...¡±

    Inparison, the damage output caused by Onishi beside him holding onto the Legendary submachine gun Death Dance with ¡°Concentrated Shooting¡± engaged, generously firing a type of mini explosive special bullet, was even higher than Feng Luo¡¯s.

    That Legendary submachine gun from Xing Shao was being fired by Onishi. As a Scout, he could unleash thergest effect of this submachine gun, handing it to him in such a situation was more appropriate.

    Besides, only he had suitable submachine gun bullets in his backpack now.

    However, this submachine gun¡¯s ownership was not too much of a problem.

    ¡°Advance quickly, Light Armored Warriors, our formation would be messed up if we don¡¯t kill them.¡± Under the protection of a Heavy Armored Warrior, the Scout who had taken charge stretched out his head and yelled from behind cover.

    Thest four remaining Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Light Armored Warriors on the third floor had already engaged the Charge skill, rapidly charging over at Feng Luo and Onishi with their alloy swords raised.

    ¡°Come!¡±

    Just when the four Light Armored Warriors were furiously charging, Feng Luo and Onishi who had already imed over 10 heads swiftly turned and fled.

    ¡°Don¡¯t run!¡± The four Light Armored Warriors¡¯ faces were full of rage, not backing down with their upper hand in their chase with Charge.

    ¡°Click, click!¡±

    They did not notice that when they reached where Feng Luo and Onishi were previously at, some button-like objects dropped onto the messy floor and did not catch their attention, suddenly attached themselves onto their alloy armor.

    ¡°Boom, boom, boom, boom!¡±

    ¡°-1023, -839, -945...¡±

    They had just taken a few more steps when all the button-like objects suddenly exploded.

    The damage of these objects was not considered to be extremely high but the impact force of the explosions was very huge.

    The four Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group Elite Light Armored Warriors, who were defenseless, were all sent tumbling by the explosions, two of them even falling down with their alloy swords.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-765, -743, -754...¡±

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-7562!¡±

    Feng Luo and Onishi turned back suddenly, attacking once more with their sniper rifle and Legendary submachine gun.

    ¡°Brothers, charge! Kill them, there¡¯ll be Camp Merit and also Rare equipment produced.¡± Some Federation camp yers shouted.

    When they had twisted the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s backup route into a mess, the Federation camp yers who were initially severely suppressed had also rushed out.

    It was not only these Veterans Tribe Elite yers in the Federation camp. To normal yers, a piece of Excellent equipment was very alluring, not to mention, almost all these Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers had Rare equipment, it was a gain to have a chance to pick up any one piece.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    ¡°No, we can¡¯t take it!¡±

    With many of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers deployed to go upstairs, they were actually not at an advantagepared to the remaining Federation camp yers in numbers.

    The few Tyrants used as the main killing tactic had turned into beasts after losing control, there were even two which had rebelled, and were defeated by both parties together.

    When Feng Luo and Onishi daringly came up from behind and messed up the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s formation and consecutively killed with seven or eight long-range outputs with the advantage of their attack power, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s advantage was swaying at an extreme disadvantage.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-6034!¡±

    In the chaotic battle, even thatmanding Scout yer had let Feng Luo jump at the chance to one-shot him.

    ¡°Brother Seven, what now?¡±

    When the five Warriors, including Seven Kills, finally returned to the third floor battleground, the scene before their eyes had people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group being chased by the Federation camp people.

    ¡°Retreat!¡± Seven Kills gritted his teeth, knowing that they now had no possibility to triumph.

    Initially, in terms of the number of people, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was already at a very big disadvantagepared with the Federation camp, and could no longer spare people to help over here. Surrounding the base now, there were increasing numbers of Federation camp yersing from outside.

    With no way to secure the building, they were left with a dead-end.

    Before retreating, Seven Kills red fiercely at the shooting position where Onishi and Feng Luo were. ¡°The Legendary submachine gun definitely isn¡¯t something that can be easily gifted to others.¡±

    Although he still did not know the Sniper¡¯s identity, he had at least confirmed the clue that Onishi is here.

    ¡°You wait!¡±

    ...

    The remainder of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had chosen a Dunkirk, while the Veterans Tribe and Federation camp yers chased them all the way out.

    This battle had ended with no conclusion.

    At that moment, from Feng Luo and Onishi¡¯s Agent channel, Digital Cat¡¯s slightly troubled and anxious voice sounded all of a sudden.

    ¡°This is bad, Sulli is gone! And Nightingale, Aida Wong, and Phoenix are gone too!¡±

 Chapter 467 - 10 Tyrant T-100s

    <h4>Chapter 467: 10 Tyrant T-100s</h4>

    When the battle at the Silvermoon City base building had finally ended, at the center of the road inside a quarantine area not more than 100 miles away from Silvermoon City, another battle was about to begin!

    ¡°Who are you all? What do you want!¡±

    Three NPCs wearing Agent sses were all stern-faced as they questioned.

    Surrounding them were an entire 10 people of more than two-meters tall, with their bodies covered by a thick ck coat and with only their pair of greenish-grey eyes revealed!

    If Feng Luo and the others were here, they definitely would have been very familiar with this kind of attire, because these people¡¯s appearance was the same as that Tyrant T-100 in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base.

    10 Tyrant T-100s!

    Clearly, this was a very powerful force.

    Then, seven among the 10 Tyrant T-100s were surrounding two slightly taller NPC Agents positioned a little towards the front, whereas the other three were surrounding the third shorter and smaller-sized NPC Agent a few meters away!

    At the edge of the road beside these people, in the medium SUV already overturned in a smashed bush with its wheels pointing upward,y apletely unconscious William due to the impact of the violent overturn in high-speed!

    Blood from the wound on his head flowed onto the ground but his chest was still moving ¨C he temporarily should not have had any risk of death.

    ¡°It¡¯s not important...who we are...¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s important is that...you all...shouldn¡¯t be concerned about this matter...¡±

    The Tyrant T-100 standing at thest opened its mouth, its voice was very hoarse and unpleasant to hear, as if squeezed out from its chest, as unpleasant and distorted as that Tyrant T-100 which Feng Luo and the others had met before.

    ¡°Shouldn¡¯t be concerned about this matter?¡±

    The two NPC Agents towards the front nced at each other, their eyes sparkling.

    ¡°Mm, understood!¡±

    ¡°Y¡¯all are from the Umbre Company!¡±

    ¡°Well then, y¡¯all already know that William has already revealed the information to us. But with just the few of you, do you have the ability to stop us from ¡°poking into your business¡±?¡±

    A big Caucasian NPC Agent, whose built was over 1.9 meters and who was not much differentpared with these Tyrants, said with cold eyes, flinching his eyebrow beneath his Agent sses.

    ¡°Swoosh!¡±

    That Tyrant T-100 who opened its mouth before did not speak, while the Tyrant T-100 standing in front of him suddenly took a step forward.

    A right arm an entire two timesrger than that of a normal person raised up, a fisted right hand with bulging greenish-ck veins gave a hard punch with a sharp swoosh through the air toward the big Caucasian NPC Agent in the chest!

    ¡°Hmph!¡±

    The tall Caucasian NPC Agent had condescension in his eyes, actually not avoiding the punch, his chest in camouge casual attire convenient for stalking hit straight by the Tyrant T-100¡¯s powerful punch!

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s fist heavily hit the NPC Agent¡¯s chest area.

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s strength was certainly very powerful ¨C it could easily send Onishi flying even if it was not in ¡°awakened¡± state!

    However, hitting the Caucasian, the punch with powerful strength did not have any effect.

    ¡°Hmph!¡±

    The Caucasian Agent stood on the spot, his body actually not moving at all from the impact of the punch!

    But after being hit, he made a move!

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    His right leg in ck casual pants lifted up swiftly, his knee put against the neck of this Tyrant T-100 close to him!

    ¡°Deng, deng...¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s huge over two-meter body was shoved back by the Caucasian Agent¡¯s push five or six meters away.

    ¡°What a joke, they want to challenge Federal Agents with this kind of ability?¡±

    The Caucasian NPC Agent¡¯s eyes were filled with scornfulness!

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    Just as he spoke, the Tyrant T-100 being hit across let out a fierce howl!

    Right after, its muscle and bones beneath the ck coat started to rapidly expand, its body quickly extending in height, its initially already thick arms expanded even more, its finger bones sprung out from under the flesh and turned into sharp ws!

    Throughout this process, the thick ck coat on its body started to tear, its covered face under its erected shirt cor revealed as such.

    It was a face which Feng Luo and the others were very familiar with, actually exactly the same as the previous Tyrant T-100!

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    This Tyrant T-100 howled in rage once more after entering ¡°awakened¡± state and turning into a three-meter tall giant!

    Its arm, which had once more expanded by one time, carried three dark red dagger-like sharp ws as it swiped violently toward the Caucasian NPC Agent who was fiercely charging over!

    ¡°Hm?¡±

    The Caucasian NPC Agent¡¯s face stoned, then was a little shocked.

    However, the shock was only fleeting as it immediately changed to scornfulness once again.

    His body still did not move as he waited until the w swipe was already almost there before his body suddenly rapidly dodged the Tyrant¡¯s attack towards a side, after which his right elbow cut the air as it violently hit towards the side, ramming heavily into the Tyrant¡¯s joint area!

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    The Tyrant T-100¡¯s bones let out a crisp breaking sound ¨C the bones that were hard enough to withstand the chopping of the Ghost Weep knife de had been broken by this Caucasian NPC Agent¡¯s attack!

    ¡°Bash!¡±

    Right after, the Caucasian NPC Agent raised his leg once again, heavily bashing it at the Tyrant T-100¡¯s torso area.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    Despite turning into the three-meter-tall awakened state, the Tyrant T-100 had been repelled by this hit four or five meters away ¨C there was even some ckish-red blood dripping from the side of its mouth this time!

    ¡°Only with some brute force and you want to challenge us, really overestimating yourself...¡±

    The Caucasian NPC Agent¡¯s face showed scornfulness as he said coldly.

    But he had just spoken hallway when the expression in his eyes changed and he stared towards the Tyrant T-100 howling in rage as it charged back after being hit back by him!

    This time, from within the Tyrant T-100¡¯s body, a strength which could only be felt by some people appeared, a very great strength!

    ¡°Force¡± How¡¯s it possible...these biochemical monsters!¡±

    It was not just the Caucasian NPC Agent bearing the brunt whose face changed ¨C the other two NPCs then had astonishment on their faces too.

    ¡°Howl, howl, howl...¡±

    They had not finished speaking when other than the tyrant which had first spoken, the other eight Tyrant T-100s swiftly took off their clothing, and their entire bodies started to rapidly expand, their normal state changing into ¡°awakened¡± state!

    And after shedding their coats, the nine revealed faces were actually almost identical to that Tyrant T-100 from before which Feng Luo and the others had faced!

    The appearances of T-100s were actually identical!

    This was clearly impossible to be a coincidence but showed one thing.

    The Tyrant T-100, this kind of Level 55 Commander-Grade violent creature which was even able to use ¡°Force¡±, was actually a ¡°mass-produced¡± biochemical weapon!

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    The nine Tyrant T-100s circled and charged up to the three expression-changed NPC Agents!

 Chapter 468 - The Force of NPC Agents

    <h4>Chapter 468: The Force of NPC Agents</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    ¡°-3044!¡±

    ¡°Damn it...hu!¡± The Caucasian NPC Agent¡¯s left punch had bashed the Tyrant T-100¡¯s w hard, but following that, his back was not quick enough to dodge had three wounds scratched up by another¡¯s Tyrant T-100¡¯s w.

    This battle had been ongoing for a minute.

    On the ground beside him a Tyrant T-100¡¯s corpse with a broken neck was left, and there were no less than 20 wounds on his body.

    Although his Force was a Vitality enhancement-type and his impact resistance ability was very powerful, even the immense strength of a Tyrant T-100 could not have caused toorge a damage to his skeleton. But three Level 55 Commander grade creatures continuously caused sh-like wounds on his body with their super-long sharp ws, he was increasingly bleeding.

    The asional Force attacks by these strange fellows almost tore his right hand into two sections, it was hanging weakly on his right side.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    ¡°Hu, hu!¡±

    In contrast, the other Asian Agent that was being surrounded by six Tyrants with the Caucasian NPC Agent was in a better situation.

    This NPC Agent was able to cover his body surface with ayer of soil-formed armor, even if the Tyrant¡¯s ws shed with the Force, it would only be able to shatter the Normal soil which had be as hard as steel under the effect of the Force. After battling for so long, this Agent had not gotten injured.

    ¡°But how long can your strengthst?¡± The only Tyrant T-100 standing there had not participated in the battle said in a hoarse voice with its mouth hidden under the erected cor of its ck coat.

    The third Agent surrounded alone at one side looked very troubled.

    In the battle, the surface of his body had been aze with fierce orange-red mes, which had shrouded the surrounding range of five meters; the severely high temperature had was as if it burnt the ground to a crisp.

    This kind of ability against typical closebat enemies would be very useful. But the problem was that the Tyrant T-100 was not a person on conventional terms.

    Howl!

    The three awakened Tyrant T-100s were not bothered about the zing mes that had already made their skin surface rapidly burn up and turn ck

    They charged for the ¡°fireman Agent¡± in the center, their six muscr arms violently bashing or grabbing at his blurry four limbs and head in the mes. If they had grabbed firmly, if it were real mes, he would have been torn into six parts by the great strength of the three Tyrants.

    ¡°Bash!¡±

    Luckily, there were still six bright white Energy force fields encircled with mes surrounding the surface of the ¡°fireman Agent,¡± blocking the attacks of the three Tyrants.

    The problem was that the Energy force fields were getting dimmer.

    ...

    In another minute, the battle circumstance waspletely tilted to one side.

    The three Federal NPC Agents, surrounded and attacked by nine Tyrant T-100s that were Level 55 Commander monsters and had already entered the awakened state, would still be able to indifferently keep up the battle if their Forces were sufficient.

    After their Forces had been rapidly depleted in huge amounts due to the fierce battle, the three NPCs would no longer be able to keep up their battle power.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    When that Agent whose body surface had formed a soil armor jumped at the chance to somersault into the air and lift a leg to give a Tyrant T-100 a kick in the neck, his own neck was grabbed by a Tyrant¡¯s w.

    Without Force maintenance, his soil armor became really weak, after which his neck waspletely broken by the Tyrant.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    At the same time, the ¡°fireman,¡± whose forcefield around his body hadpletely dimmed and shattered, had also been grabbed by two Tyrant T-100s radiating a burnt stench from their bodies, then was torn into two halves.

    ¡°Wicked!¡± On the battlefield, it was only the Caucasian NPC with Vitality-type Force left.

    He fought a Tyrant T-100 which bashed his back with a w and he borrowed the momentum of him flying out andnding to speedily get back up, vomiting blood as he fled.

    This battle ended here, with the death ratio of the two sides as 2:3.

    The Federal NPC Agent camp had two, while the Tyrant T-100s had three deaths, with the other six all suffered a definite extent of injury.

    ¡°Mission..plete...please give themand.¡± However, these Tyrant T-100s did not chase that fleeing Caucasian NPC Agent.

    The Tyrant T-100 who had not participated in the battle noticed it¡¯s wristwatch suddenly blinked, then projected a three-dimensional human silhouette into the air.

    ¡°Bring the people and items back, be careful not to be followed by anyone.¡± The silhouette of Wesker, looking cool wearing a ck windbreaker and sunsses, appeared.

    His face was still very ice cold but seeing the corpses of the two Federal NPC Agents on the ground, and William with a bloody head unconscious in the car, the side of his mouth moved slightly.

    ¡°William, as a technical staff member, are you really clear about how powerful thepany¡¯s ability is? Wanting to leave thepany with the research oue, you¡¯re really too ignorant. But the Federal Agent Department has actually assigned three people toe and protect you, and that trouble-making Agent staff from Silvermoon City. Seems like they really view you highly enough, this is making me anticipate the G-Virus even more. In contrast to the T-Virus, the G-Virus¡¯s experimental data is indeed more outstanding. Before, having the support of the rebellion¡¯s cloning technology and using the genes of Forcers, these Tyrant T-100s were still unable to match up to true Forcers and could only rely on numbers to gain the upper hand, unable to really unleash the super strength of the Force. But perhaps after getting the G-Virus, it would be different.¡±vWesker wondered aloud.

    No one noticed that at that moment, in that overturned Energy SUV, William¡¯s eyelids with suddenly moved slightly, with a bloody head and whose breathing had weakened.

    The fingers on his right hand which was squashed under his body and broken by the impact ignored the pain as they moved slightly unnoticeably.

    The wedding ring worn on his left ring finger suddenly sprung out a very short fine needle, after which from inside the amethyst-like crystal wedding ring, a drop of purple-colored substance was injected into his body.

    ...

    ¡°It¡¯s...Mister...Wesker.¡± The Tyrant T-100 that did not participate in the battle nodded to Wesker who had finished speaking.

    The two Tyrant T-100s, which had already regained human shape and had put on their ck coats, walked speedily towards the overturned car where William was. One on the left and the right, they were prepared to drag William together with the box held in his hand out from the car.

    ¡°...¡±

    However, William, whose head was hanging upside down and was in aa from serious injury suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head.

    His initially profusely bleeding wound on his head was rapidly healing at a speed visible with the naked eye, and streaks of moving blood vessels appeared on his maroon face, as if there were worms crawling within. His two shoulder des protruded outward, forming two bubbling sacs, as if something was about to break out from them.

    At the same time, a vague powerful force came out from within his initially very typical and frail body.

 Chapter 469 - The Powerful G-Virus

    <h4>Chapter 469: The Powerful G-Virus</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    The two Tyrant T-100s that were initially walking over changed in an instant.

    They sped up and charged over, first yanking the door of the Energy SUV into the air, then grabbing hard onto William¡¯s arms on the left and right, dragging him out from the overturned Energy SUV.

    One of the Tyrant T-100s¡¯ thick right hand clenched into a fist, heavily smashing towards William¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Don¡¯t touch him!¡± A suddenmanding voice came from behind.

    Formed from the Communicator projection, Wesker¡¯s eyes underneath his sunsses gleamed with delight as he stopped the two Tyrant T-100s¡¯ actions, and the two Tyrant T-100s¡¯ hands let go.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    Having lost support, William fell heavily onto the ground. As hended on the ground, the two ¡°big sacs¡± on his back had burst, and a pair of dark red ¡°wings¡± sprung out from inside.

    Specifically speaking, it was more like a pair of arms, formed from bloody bones and sharp wed hands, as gigantic as that of an awakened Tyrant.

    The two newly-formed arms were dripping with blood, and on William¡¯s left, grown out from the joint between the skeletal arm and shoulder was a gigantic eyeball with a diameter of over 10 centimeters.

    It was a giant pale eyeball, the dense blood vessels and pupils clearly visible, it turned and stared at the two Tyrant T-100s standing beside him, possessing the capability of vision.

    Howl, howl!

    William¡¯s transformation and the sound released from his body made the two Tyrant T-100s feel threatened.

    They howled loudly, and with their body being stared at by the eye, they uncontrobly expanded, wanting to enter their awakened state.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    When they had notpletely expanded, the mutated William¡¯s two wing-like gigantic arms suddenly grabbed onto the two Tyrants¡¯ thick arms in front of him on the left and right. After a loud howl, he pulled violently towards the center.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-10666!¡±

    ¡°-10243!¡±

    The two Tyrants¡¯ bodies were uncontrobly hit by a wave of energy, their heads smashing hard into each other. Under the huge impact, their hard skulls shattered, the collision causingpression and disfiguration, dark red blood and grayish-white brain juice appeared.

    Together with the loud noise and the lethal damage number of above 10,000 above their respective heads, the two Tyrant T-100sy down amidst convulsing.

    William stood up slowly, revealing an appearance that had extended to over 2.34 meters with a body that seemed even more powerful that a Tyrant¡¯s.

    It also had an unconcealed vibe made people¡¯s heart pound and head throb.

    He used coercion, a skill only a creature of quasi-Boss grade and above would be able to have.

    After having injected the substance in the ring, William had rapidly turned from a normal person into a horrifying quasi-Boss grade creature.

    Two Commander grade Tyrants had actually been killed by the mutated William by just one attack, although one of the Tyrant T-100s was already low on HP, with not even 20% of its HP left.

    This also sufficiently showed the power of substance.

    Howl!

    When the two Tyrant T-100s had been defenselessly killed, the remaining few Tyrants had once again turned into their gigantic awakened state one by one, roaring as they charged at the mutant William.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    Still, William who was already a quasi-Boss creature, naturally would not feel fear towards these Commander grade creatures, but howled in rage and started battling while standing on the spot.

    With an extended wing-like gigantic arm at the side towards the back, he grabbed onto a Tyrant¡¯s w brandished towards him.

    He let out a burst of energy and pulled the enormous body of the Tyrant over, heavily smashing it into the overturned Energy SUV behind him.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Energy SUV, which was not disfigured much even from the overturning, was in an instant dented into a piece of scrap metal.

    ...

    ¡°Really a perfect creature!¡±

    The Tyrant that did not take action in the previous battle with the NPC Agents was now awakened and had gone to surround-attack. In the projection of the wristwatch Communicator tossed onto the ground, Wesker stood there with his eyes sparkling beneath his sunsses.

    ¡°Even greater strength, giant arms after forming the skeleton, a smaller body but multiple times more agile than a Tyrant, and the same terrifying recovery...such a biochemical weapon is simply perfect!¡±

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    ¡°-7770!¡±

    Just as Wesker was sighing in admiration, another Tyrant T-100 was busted straight in the head by William¡¯s w, even the Tyrant T-100¡¯s hard skull was unable to withstand this wing-like waving arm.

    ¡°+1000, +1000...¡±

    At the same time, above William¡¯s head were continuous emerging green recovery coefficients.

    Regardless of whether it was on the head, chest, or back and regardless how deep the wounds were smacked or scratched out by the Tyrant T-100s using the advantage of their body size, they all rapidly healed during the battle. The speed was even faster than these Tyrants which were simrly healing.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-6655!¡±

    Yet another Tyrant T-100 was killed, this time, Williams gigantic-transformed arm reached into it¡¯s chest and grabbed its heart in its chest, then yanked out and wrenched until it burst.

    After this Tyrant T-100¡¯s death, there were two living Tyrants left on the battlefield.

    These two Tyrants would definitely have no way of stopping William¡¯s killing spree even if they roared continuously in rage.

    If it were seven perfect-state Tyrant T-100s going up at once, they might have the power to battle with a quasi-Boss of the same Level.

    However, in the previous battle with the three NPC Agents, these Tyrant T-100s hadpletely lost more than half of their HP and used up their originally not much umted Force. Meaning they had no spare energy in this battle.

    Howl!

    Thest Tyrant T-100 had been torn straight into two sections by William with a loud howl.

    William¡¯s mutated eyes and that gigantic bloodshot eyeball on his left shoulder all stared at Wesker who was the only one still left standing and watching the show.

    ¡°Is this the G-Virus enhancement effect? A much more perfect mutation than the T-Virus, inparison, the T-100 is indeed still quitecking. But William, how much consciousness do you still have maintained now?¡± Wesker¡¯s sunsses were taken off as his eyes teasingly met with William¡¯s.

    To the corpses on the ground of the 10 Tyrant T-100s that died in battle under hismand, hepletely ignored them.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    After staring hard at each other for a few seconds, William howled in rage and reached down to pick up themunication wristwatch on the ground, after which he squeezed it into a ball of scrap metal.

    After that, William raised his head and gazed towards the direction of Silvermoon City with the gigantic eyeball on his shoulder.

    It was as if at some location in the unseen world, he had felt something drawing him in.

 Chapter 470 - Level 60 Quasi-Boss!

    <h4>Chapter 470: Level 60 Quasi-Boss!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Outside Silvermoon City, on a road full of abandoned vehicles and lurking zombies everywhere.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Arge and tall ck Energy SUV that was more than two-meters in height and with external heavy armor ran into two zombies standing on the road and tearing at something before they were sent flying, then rolled over them without hesitation.

    ¡°How¡¯s the situation, how far are we from them?¡± On the roof of Big Pineapple¡¯s Heavy ¡°Knight-13,¡± Feng Luo asked Digital Cat while sitting inside as he set the Eye of the Thunder on the car hood and with a ¡°ping¡± sound as he busted the head of a Licker attempting to catch up with them with its speed.

    ¡°Two kilometers, her speed has increased, it should be that the congestion ahead isn¡¯t so high.¡± Digital Cat said, looking steadily at the monitoring instrument in her hand.

    ¡°Luckily, Phoenix had a way to follow up, I didn¡¯t think that the Tracking Biochip signal had beenpletely locked up by Nightingale. The effect of the Legendary grade Recon Meter is very useful.¡± Standing up in the front seat and observing using military binocrs, Onishi spoke with longingness.

    ...

    It was close to half an hour since the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base battle.

    Nightingale had first used the Recon Meter to create virtual camouged humanoid silhouettes, then secretly knocked Digital Cat out and rushed to abduct the target little Sulli before the few people returned.

    After that, the five yers¡¯ initial ns had beenpletely disrupted. Especially when in order to prevent such a situation, Digital Cat had secretly found a chance to inject a Biochip tracking device provided in the Agent Passcode Chest into Sulli¡¯s body, and when it was effective from the disruption of the Legendary grade Recon Meter.

    The yers werepletely at their wits¡¯ end.

    Luckily, Phoenix used to know a way to stalk Nightingale, and everyone followed all the way.

    Without bringing little Sulli along and exposing their identities, possessing Disguise Chips, it was too easy for them to escape from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s surveince.

    However, ording to what Phoenix said now, Nightingale had already found a transportation tool put outside the city, a modified Agent-use car.

    Even with Phoenix¡¯s red Energy sports car, she could only try her best not to be shaken off.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t think that we¡¯d actually be calcted by Nightingale. This NPC is too sinister, wait till we catch up, no matter what, we¡¯ve to kill him quickly, or at least give him a good beating.¡± Big Pineapple drove and with a drift, he once again violently hit a howling zombie lunging over into the air. He gritted his teeth, clearly holding a grudge against those lousy acts that Nightingale did on Death Hunter Ind.

    ¡°The chance of catching up is not 10%, the highest speed of this car of yours is 300 kilometers per hour,pared with Nightingale¡¯s Agent car that is definitely modified; in such a congested area with frequent obstacles in the way, you still wouldn¡¯t be shaken off too much. But once you reach the open area with no obstacles, you¡¯d definitely be greatly shaken off.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s analysis gave Big Pineapple a chill. ¡°If you had a Master grade Vehicle Driving Proficiency skill, perhaps you would have a certain possibility of catching up. But now, we can only hope that Nightingale meets with an ident before meeting with the support staff. Compared to Nightingale, I¡¯m more concerned about Aida Wong; Phoenix said that she didn¡¯t discover where she is, this woman is a little strange.¡±

    ¡°Master grade? Forget it, among the yers now, there isn¡¯t one basic skill that has been trained to Master grade. And the possibility of an ident, with Nightingale having the powerful Detection ability of a Legendary grade Recon Meter, it probably would not be very possible for his car to be overturned by a monster. With Nightingale¡¯sbat power, although it isn¡¯t considered very strong, Commander monsters of at least Level 50 definitely wouldn¡¯t possibly be his match.¡± Big Pineapple pondered, thinking that to catch up with Nightingale seemed like it was not possible.

    They had barely and painstakingly taken all sorts of risks to save the target, to actually have it snatched away by an NPC right when they were about to seed, left them a little depressed.

    ¡°Feels like this is a bit of a bluff, could it be a Hidden Mission?¡± Big Pineapple thought.

    ...

    A few minutester, in themunication channel in the earphones of everyone chasing all the way, Phoenix¡¯s cold but a little anxious voice suddenly sounded. ¡°A new infected host has appeared, Nightingale¡¯s car has met with an ident. The target is now in danger, y¡¯all backup quick!¡±

    ¡°New infected host?¡±

    ¡°Nightingale¡¯s in an ident?¡±

    In the Heavy Knight-13, everyone froze after hearing the news.

    ¡°Sister Phoenix, what ident has happened?¡± Digital Cat followed up asking.

    There was no reply, everyone could only hear a wave of gunshots and some tearing beast-like howl from themunication channel, followed with a crash sound from a fast-moving car and a high-speed crash.

    ¡°Hurry!¡±

    With this situation, there was no need to say anything.

    Big Pineapple unleashed all he had and dodged the obstacles on the road with the aid of the Knight¡¯s intelligence system, speeding towards Phoenix¡¯s direction.

    ...

    ¡°Zoom!¡±

    On the road winding around mountains, a red Energy sports car, which had suffered a serious crash on its surface and with one of its engines already extinguished, was travelling forward at high speed.

    Atop the taller mountain cliff, a humanoid creature climbing on four limbs and was rapidly leaping as it advanced, chasing the sports car at a super-fast speed.

    As a ¡°humanoid-shape,¡± other than its four mutant limbs, its back also grew two gigantic wing-like arms carrying sharp ws of more than tens of centimeters.

    Amidst climbing and leaping very quickly, it could catch up with the car, the two gigantic arms continuously grabbed up some rocks of over 100 catties and violently threw them at the fast-moving red sports car below.

    The continuous rock throwing made the red sports car ahead have to slow down its speed and dodge as it traveled along.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Above the opened sunroof of the red sports car, Nightingale with bloodstains at the side of his mouth and with a section torn out from hisbat uniform was raising his submachine gun with both hands, continuously firing a string of bullets at the G-Virus infected William behind him, jumping between rocks.

    However, the effect of this kind of attack was limited.

    Besides having many bullets absorbed by the rocks and trees between the hills, even if they had hit William, the wounds caused would be healed within a short few seconds.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Rather, this time when the mutated William threw down a rock around the size of two heads, Nightingale quickly ducked and the rock brushed past his upper body and smashed onto Phoenix¡¯s Energy sports car on the back left side.

    In the end, after a great rumble, the entire Energy sports car was almost driven off the mountain with a lost tire.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    William¡¯s speed did not change, as he bashed down trees and rocks in the way and advanced at high speed.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-4566!¡±

    Luckily, at that moment, an ice-cold armor-piercing bullet encircled by streaks of electricity suddenly flew from behind and hit William¡¯s back.

    ¡°B grade Frozen Bullet!¡±

    The double side-effects of the ice-cold bullet added with the activated Eye of the Thunder¡¯s special attribute not only slowed William¡¯s speed suddenly but also exploded a bowl-sized bleeding wound in his back.

    Compared with the Tyrant created by T-Virus, the G-Virus-mutated William surpassed in both strength and agility; but was seemingly a little weaker in terms of personal defense coefficient.

    However, its powerful healing ability was clearly able to make-up for its insufficiency.

    Although the B grade bullet¡¯s attack and strength had produced an enormous wound, ayer of granuloma grew out within a short period of time, rapidly healing.

    William was not bothered by Feng Luo who had attacked him, as his whole body still continued to chase after Phoenix¡¯s red sports car that was only left with three tires, which continued to travel withrgely reduced speed.

    It was as if there was something inside that it was extremely longing for.

    [William Parkins (Mutant Level 60 Quasi-Boss), G-Virus infected host...]

    At around 500 meters behind, inside the Heavy Knight with its speed at the extreme, Onishi had already used Detection and obtained part of the mutated William¡¯s information.

    ¡°A Level 60 Quasi-Boss!¡±

    The Level stunned the remaining three people.

 Chapter 471 - Helpless

    <h4>Chapter 471: Helpless</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°I finally know how hard this mission is. Not only does it require entering Silvermoon City while it¡¯s full of zombies and invading the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s tight-defensed secret base, we also have to face the attacks of a bunch of Tyrant troops and apetition with two high-level NPCs. And on top of that, thest Boss is actually a Level 60 quasi-Boss. Crap, this kind of thing should be able to be fought by an Elite team of at least 50 people and above; if we really let it, aren¡¯t we letting them have it easy with us?¡± Big Pineapple said, a little stunned.

    ¡°Also, his HP has reached 250,000, its HP recovery per second is over 1000, its skills are unable to be searched.¡± Onishi¡¯s face was grave as he reported data which made everyone feel like this was even harder to triumph.

    ¡°A Level 60 quasi-Boss with just our strength, we definitely can¡¯t win. But the system wouldn¡¯t arrange a mission that¡¯s absolutely unable to bepleted, right? This should be on the two NPC Agents Nightingale and Aida, especially Aida Wong; I feel that this woman didn¡¯t disy herplete ability. Perhaps this is our chance to beat the two NPCs and win thepetition mission.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s face was stern as a spark of quick thinking shed in her eyes underneath her technological sses.

    ¡°William Parkins, the G-Virus plot, indeed they¡¯ve appeared...¡± Compared with the other three people, Feng Luo who had just fired a shot was thinking about something else.

    William Parkins was little Sulli¡¯s father in the Biohazard Crisis game, and the final Boss in Biohazard 2.

    In the original game, there was a plot of him killing his own daughter, the goal was to use the G-Virus ¡°embryo¡± as a parasite onto his daughter.

    It was different from the T-Virus; the G-Virus in the Biohazard Crisis game was a little different from viruses and could be ssified as a kind of ¡°parasitic creature¡± that had developed some mutant consciousness due to virus.

    After the G-Virus parasite infected a person, it would use the nutritious substances in the host¡¯s body to form a rval embryo,¡± and make use of the embryo to engage in parasitic infection.

    The best parasitic infection targets of this kind of embryo were people with blood ties with the original host, this was also the reason William killed his daughter in the original game.

    Of course, all this was a setting in the Biohazard Crisis game, Feng Luo did not know whether this William was in that situation.

    But at least one thing was undoubted. After mutating, William wanted to get Sulli; regardless of whether it was to a yer Agent or NPC Agent, it was not possible for them to pass Sulli to William while he was in such a state.

    As for Digital Cat¡¯s spection, it happened to align with his spection.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Standing above the car roof, Feng Luo fired a shot at William once again.

    Luckily, although the Heavy Knight was traveling on mountainous roads, the roads created by the game¡¯s technological standard were very t. As such, although Feng Luo was on top of the car, he still attacked with ¡°Rapid Shooting¡± engaged on the Eye of the Thunder.

    B grade bullets flew at William who was speedily closing in to the red Energy sports car which was swaying as it traveled due to being left with only three tires.

    ¡°Ping, ping, ping!¡±

    The few consecutive B grade Frozen Bullets hit William¡¯s body.

    ¡°-4177!¡±

    ¡°-4040!¡±

    ¡°-3944!¡±

    Due to the fact that both parties were in motion, it was impossible for every shot to hit the critical point even if Feng Luo¡¯s shooting was any better.

    Even so, the consecutive shooting had at least depleted close to 20,000 of the mutated William¡¯s HP, and the effect of the B grade Frozen Bullets had made some frost appear at where William had been hit by the bullets, slowing down his running speed a bit.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    In addition to Onishi beside him, holding onto the Legendary grade submachine gun, who stood up and simrly used special bullets to attack, as well as Nightingale at the front who was holding two submachine guns and shooting continuously.

    Despite having high bonus HP recovery ability, William had lost almost a quarter of his HP in this period of time.

    It seemed like as a Level 60 quasi-Boss, besides having richer HP,pared to Tyrants and Commander grade monsters, this William did not disy any special aspects that were sufficiently worthy of the Level.

    However, immediately, William disyed a worthy ability.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    Under Feng Luo¡¯s attack, William, who was already getting closer to the red Energy sports car with three tires that Phoenix was driving, suddenly stopped running.

    His whole body stopped at the mountain cliff, after which the dense red veins in his gigantic naked eyeball on his left shoulder suddenly and creepily moved towards the center.

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    Just less than a secondter, from the eye socket around the size of an infant¡¯s fist, a blood-redser beam-like light shot out.

    It heavily sted the red Energy sports car at a distance of over 100 meters where it had only one rear wheel left.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    This red beam of light had great destruction, initially left with just one wheel after withstanding great power, the rear wheel quickly turned red less than a second after being hit and exploded.

    A portion of the entire rear of the car had been sliced off by this long-range beam attack.

    It could still work with one wheel lost, but if two or three, especially from the rear were lost...it was clear that even with Dark Phoenix¡¯s superb driving, it was impossible to continue escaping.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    The red Energy sports car smashed heavily into a bush area beside the road, the entire front of the car was dented, and the situation was vague.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    After shooting the long-range ¡°blood-colored beam¡± attack, the gigantic eyeball on William¡¯s shoulder had temporarily closed.

    The two wing-like arms of a length close to two meters with curved ws on his back had grabbed arge rock with a diameter of two feet and threw it hard at the Heavy Knight which was less than 100 meters behind it.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Therge heavy rock cut through the air and flew over at the Heavy Knight like a cannon.

    ¡°Crap!¡± Big Pineapple cried out, hurriedly steering to change direction, attempting to dodge.

    With the Heavy Knight¡¯s original forward-going speed plus the rock¡¯s back-flying speed, the speed added together was certainly too fast.

    Just when it started to turn, therge rock had already smashed heavily onto the Heavy Knight¡¯s front cover, then bouncing up once from the immense power and hitting the front window.

    ¡°Boom...boom!¡±

    The Heavy Knight of several tons trembled violently.

    Luckily, the Heavy Knight was worthy of being the most top-grade transportation tool. Upon getting hit, the armor that was equivalent to a heavy-duty tank had proven itself.

    Although therge rock had smashed a huge dent in the Heavy Knight¡¯s front cover with the superposition of the speeds, and had made a spider web crack in the front window, and was still able to continue to rush towards William and the red Energy sports car ahead which had charged into the bushes and halted.

    As therge rock¡¯s attack and Big Pineapple hurried to change in direction had made the unsteady Feng Luo and Onishi have to temporarily duck down their heads.

    William had also sped up abruptly after throwing the rock, simrly rushing at Phoenix¡¯s sports car.

    ¡°Summing up the distance and speed, he would be able to reach if he was 2.5 seconds faster than us.¡± Digital Cat quickly came to a conclusion.

    ¡°What now? We¡¯ve no more methods to limit him.¡± Even Feng Luo had no solution to this situation, as the B grade Heavy Impact Bullets on him had already been used up in the previous battle, and the Frozen Bullets had also beenpletely used up in the shooting just now.

    The remaining type of B grade bullet was not a bullet that had controlling effects.

    The four yers on the Heavy Knight had to admit that they were a bit helpless in this situation...

    ¡°Bazoom...¡±

    A silver heavy-duty eight-cylinder Energy motorcycle suddenly charged out from a bend around the cliff behind, then sped straight past the Heavy Knight.

    Its speed was definitely more than two times that of the Heavy Knight, as it was practically flying.

    Travelling at such a speed on the winding mountainous roads, one would have a 99% chance that they would fly out and fall to their death when turning.

    However, wearing a red leather coat with two enormous left-handed revolvers ced in the gun holders on her thigh, and with shotgun-like Legendary firearms on her back, the female rider did not have the intention of slowing down.

 Chapter 472 - Rocket

    <h4>Chapter 472: Rocket</h4>

    ¡°Screech!¡±

    With a deafening sound, the ck tyres of the eight-cylinder Energy motorcycle brushed past the bend at a distance of less than one centimeter from the road surface, leaving a ck burnt mark!

    Aida Wong on the motorcycle was very easy-going.

    The difficult of operating the heavy motorcycle with a weight of at least over one tonne on mountainous roads at extreme driving was not considered a deal to her at all ¨C this was definitely only able to be achieved by driving specializations of Master-Grade and above!

    But although the speed of her motorcycle was more than two times that of the Heavy Knight, Aida Wong was technically simrly unable make it to the red Energy sports car, which was temporarily motionless after the crash, before William!

    But!

    A person being unable to make it did not mean that attacks would be unable to make it!

    ¡°Whiz!¡±

    When turning around the bend, a silver bezel suddenly sprung out from the side of the heavy-duty motorcycle, after which a mini bazooka-like explosive weapon sprung out, and Aida Wong took it in her hands after letting go of the motorcycle handles!

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    With orange-white dust shooting out from the end of the ¡°bazooka¡±, the ¡°rocket¡± rushed out from the front, and at a super-high speed, it urately hit William who was already at a distance of less than 30 meters from the red Energy sports car!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-33477!¡±

    A loud deafening sound, a wave of wild-spreading choking fumes and a cloud of dirt appeared before the eyes of Feng Luo and the others who had just made it round the bend in the Heavy Knight.

    In the center of the humongous explosion, there was also a yellow weak-point damage coefficient which could only be seen by yers.

    An over 30,000 one-time damage ¨C the oue of this ¡°rocket¡± was highly anticipated!

    ¡°Peng...¡±

    After the flying dirt from the explosion finallynded on the ground, William¡¯s state after the attack appeared before everyone¡¯s eyes.

    The clothing at his chest area which was originally battered in the battle waspletely burnt, and there was full of dirt on his head and shoulders. However, the most serious damage was still the waist area that was at the center of the hit. Between the right leg and the waist, a huge area of muscle had ckened, and a clearly visible bone at the joint area on the right leg was even a little bent!

    It seemed like the leg had been broken by the explosion.

    But what was worth mentioning was that these injuries were healing at a speed visible by the naked eye!

    ¡°Such powerful recovery? Something¡¯s up!¡±

    With the speed of her silver heavy-duty Energy motorcycle not the slightest bit affected after the attack, Aida Wong discarded the ¡°bazooka¡± in her hands, and both her hands quickly pulled out the two gigantic revolvers from the gun holders on her thighs!

    ¡°Could he be prepared to ram straight over?¡±

    Big Pineapple said with a shocked and doubtful tone.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    Having suffered such a serious attack, William clearly could no longer neglect the enemies behind him.

    Especially when he saw the silver heavy-duty motorcycle ridden by Aida Wong, rushing towards him at a high speed of close to two meters, he let out an enraged howl.

    He stood on the spot with his heavily injured body temporarily unable to dodge quickly, spreading the two wing-like arms on his back.

    Clearly, as long as Aida Wong dared to charge over like that, she would be torn into two sections by the two arms capable of even crushing Tyrant bones!

    ¡°Huh?¡±

    However, as a trump card of the Federal Agents, Aida Wong clearly would not do such a suicidal attack.

    When she was still at a distance of an entire over 10 meters from William, her body had already jumped up from the vehicle.

    The heavy-duty motorcycle continued to travel and ram at high speed, while she was already in the air, the two gigantic revolvers in her hands fired consecutively on the left and right, firing 15.7MM explosive bullets!

    ¡°-2850!¡±

    ¡°-3055!¡±

    ¡°-2945!¡±

    ¡°-3056!¡±

    It was as if pieces of blood flowers bloomed at once on William¡¯s chest in an instant, and at the same time, there was also that string of weak-point damage coefficients above William¡¯s head with an average of 3000!

    Thest was the heavy-duty Energy motorcycle which rammed violently into William¡¯s two lowered ws at a super-high speed of over 450 kilometers per hour.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-10975!¡±

    Even William was unable topletely block the super-strong impact from a weight of over one ton at such a speed; when his body was brought into the air by the heavy-duty Energy motorcycle, a damage coefficient of over 10,000 emerged above his head!

    From appearing until now, Aida Wong had joined the battle for less than three seconds but the damage she had inflicted on the Level 60 quasi-BOSS William was already more than 50,000 points!

    An NPC Agent at all-out firepower ¨C the ability of inflicting damage was really a little terrifying!

    Not just Aida Wong, the moment William was hit and sent flying onto the cliff by the heavy-duty Energy motorcycle, a figure wearing a Scout attire which was a little battered and bloodstained and holding a stiletto suddenly appeared beside him!

    Nightingale!

    After the ¡°ident¡±, Nightingale who had no sign of movement had already left the red Energy sports car since who knew when, and rushed behind William.

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    Invisible to the naked eye, a stiletto covered with ayer of flowing water-like ck Force shed open the burnt surface of William¡¯s waist in an instant!

    Following that, the fingers on Nightingale¡¯s left hand snapped!

    A finger-sized metallic object glittering in red was already flicked by Nightingale into William¡¯s wound at the speed of a bullet!

    This move of flicking something with his hand ¨C he had already done it once before on Death Hunter Ind!

    However,pared to the ¡°performance¡± the previous time intended to intimidate the yers, his action this time was not so smooth!

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    William who had been hit to the ground suddenly howled, the originally shut eyeball on his shoulder suddenly opened, and in the bloodshot eye sockets, a blood redser shot towards Nightingale¡¯s abdomen which was close within reach!

    ¡°Bash!¡±

    Right before the crisis, a ck Forceyer invisible to the naked eye quickly appeared on Nightingale¡¯s body, blocking in front of him!

    But as this Forceyer and the ¡°blood-coloredser¡± collided, a huge violent explosion like an encounter between fire and water happened.

    ¡°-12677!¡±

    Nightingale was sent flying by the power, flying back an entire over 20 meters, almost crashing into the Heavy Knight which had just halted, and a damage coefficient of over 10,000 shed above his head!

    Nightingale fell heavily onto the ground, a gigantic bloody hole appeared at his abdomen, but his originally icy-cold eyes now stared with full of anticipation at William who had been stuffed with something!

    ...

    It was a pity that it had disappointed him.

    In contrast to Tyrants which seemingly had no thinking capacity when irritated upon being attacked, the G-Virus-infected William clearly still retained a certain degree of judgement ability towards crisis situations.

    Then, he actually did not care about the silver heavy-duty Energy motorcycle still pressed on his body, but rather reached out a firm w and pierced it straight into the healing wound at his stomach.

    After that, he used his w to grab out that Compression Energy Crystal Bomb flicked in by Nightingale with its red light already blinking to its maximum, together with his own bloody intestines!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-51002!¡±

    With a great sound, a powerful destructive ball of red Energy glow engulfed William, and in the powerful red glow, a super-high damage number of over 50,000 could be seen.

    ¡°Remaining HP: 12500, 47.5%...¡±

    However, the HP reported by Onishi using the Recon Meter showed that William had not suffered a sufficiently lethal damage from this attack!

    Clearly, that firm w holding onto a high-level Fire Energy bomb had absorbed a huge proportion of the damage for William.

    Even after being consecutively attacked by a few top yers and two NPC Agents, its HP was still left with almost half.

    This was a Level 60 quasi-BOSS creature!

 Chapter 473 - Backup, Armored Chopper

    <h4>Chapter 473: Backup, Armored Chopper</h4>

    ¡°This bastard¡¯s recovery ability is too strong!¡±

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-676, 745, -676...¡±

    Onishi and Feng Luo had jumped off the halted Heavy Knight. The Legendary grade submachine gun called Death Star also continued to fire a series of bullets at William, who had about half his HP left.

    The damage output of two top yers and two incredibly powerful NPC special agents had, in fact, already taken out at least 170,000 of William¡¯s total HP.

    However, William¡¯s amazing recovery ability had actually helped him recover at least 50,000 HP during this time.

    So, in reality, his HP was a lot more than just around 200,000.

    Compared to his incredulous HP, the most frightening thing about William was his attack power.

    Even Nightingale, an advanced NPC who was definitely over Level 50 and also possessed the Force, still entered the Heavy Injury status after just one attack from him.

    There was no need to mention the yers. Unfortunately, apart from Big Pineapple, if the others were to get hit by any of his attacks, there was at least a 90% probability that they would end up getting killed in one shot.

    ...

    Roar!

    At that moment, William had already thrown off the heavy energy motorcycle on his body. After the energy bomb exploded, he stood up. A cold, violent, and angry re came from his pair of dark red eyes that no longer seemed human.

    His cold and angry re could not hide or cover his devastating outer appearance at that moment.

    Although the micro bomb that Nightingale threw at him did not turn him into a pile of minced meat, his w which was holding the bomb was blown in half from the wrist-up. Arge charred hole also appeared on his abdomen, and his not-yet-recovered right leg was also affected to the point where it was almost broken.

    ¡°Die...¡± William let out a muffled and blurry voice while staring at Nightingale, who was lying on the ground, struggling to get up due to the Heavy Injury status.

    Feng Luo and Onishi had a tacit understanding and did not bother the struggling Nightingale who was less than five meters away from them. Instead, they subconsciously moved backward while continuing to attack William with their weapons raised.

    ¡°Vwong!¡±

    It seemed that the system was not prepared to have Nightingale die just yet, and a loud sound suddenly came from above everyone¡¯s head.

    Feng Luo was very familiar with that sound, as just a few hours ago, he had just taken a ride on that thing to the rendezvous point.

    An olive-colored weaponized Apache chopper appeared in the sky, flying across the top of the mountain at incredible speed and was headed straight towards the battlefield.

    On the two stub-wings on both sides of the weaponized chopper, four micro missiles covered in white smoke were detached from their original positions after beingunched towards William, who was running towards Nightingale with a crippled leg dragging on the ground.

    Roar!

    William, who was originally running over, seemed to have detected danger. He raised his head and let out an angry roar.

    However, the moment he raised his head, the four micro missiles had left four tracks in the shape of an arc in the sky, colliding with him and the ground around him.

    ¡°Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!¡±

    Four deafening explosions rang in the air, ck and white smoke that blocked one¡¯s vision and mud was sent flying dozens of meters into the airpletely blocked everyone¡¯s line of sight.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    A series of electromaic machine gun bullets rained from the Apache in the air.

    The heavy machine gun installed on the weaponized chopper was not any normal heavy machine gun that your average yer used. These were 25mm caliber high-speed electromaic machine guns, and could definitely be called machine ¡°cannons.¡±

    The micro missiles and the continuous shooting of the machine gun filled the air with smoke and soil that seemed to block the sunlight.

    In a situation like this, none of the yers present could clearly see the damage values within.

    ¡°It looks like this boss is finished...¡±

    Everyone had a simr guess as they watched the scene unfold before them.

    With William¡¯s previous battle disy, it was clear that it was an attack and speed type Boss monster rather than a defensive type.

    Although his HP was not considered low, his defense was not high enough. Faced against the flurry of attacks from the four micro missiles and thousands of rounds of machine-gun bullets, even if the uracy rate was only around 25%, it was quite impossible for him to survive the barrage with his remaining HP.

    ¡°Hmm?¡±

    However, before people couldplete their guesses and before the soil and smoke in the air cleared, when the weaponized chopper stopped its shooting and started to get close, a red beam with a diameter of a baby¡¯s fist shot out from within the soil and the smoke.

    The bright red beam was like a precise guidance missile. The propeller of the weaponized chopper that was around 200 meters away from the ground was struck by the red beam.

    After that... Well, there was no longer any after that...

    Even if its armor wasparable to a tank, the chopper turned into junk the moment itnded on the ground from over 200 meters.

    Compared to the Apache¡¯s drop, William¡¯s condition attracted everyone¡¯s attention.

    After the smoke and soil filling the air dissipated, a red defensive hemisphere shield with a diameter of around three meters appeared in front of everyone.

    The defensive shield of the red hemisphere seemed to have weakened a lot, as the Apache crashed on the ground, the red sphere disappeared, revealing a charred, smoking William within; however, his chest was still heaving heavily.

    ¡°He¡¯s actually still alive...¡± Big Pineapple couldn¡¯t help butment.

    ¡°Remaining HP: 12.3%. But his HP recovery rate has increased, bing incredibly quick. It¡¯s several times faster now.¡± In truth, Onishi did not need to say that since everyone already noticed it.

    William¡¯s HP, which was originally around 10% or so, was increasing very rapidly. Moreover, the charred parts of his skin also seemed to be improving. A few spots already had new skin growing.

    ¡°This does not make any logical sense...¡± Digital Cat pushed her spectacles up her nose. Then, she extended her arm into her inventory to find something. ¡°It¡¯s probably an advanced skill. But still, this recovery speed is too much.¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4566!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s shot hit William¡¯s head. The over 4,000 damage was reduced to nothing in an instant as William continued to recover his HP.

    ¡°We need to find a way to stop it. Unfortunately, we don¡¯t have a Doctor with us...¡± Onishi emptied two cartridges and was forced to reload at that time.

    He could not help it. The Legendary grade submachine gun was amazing, but the weakness was that he did not have backup magazines, making it a little troublesome.

    It was a good thing that William seemed unable to move at that moment. They could try to find time to initiate their attacks.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-345!¡±

    As Onishi finished his sentence, a special bullet seemed to have hit William¡¯s chest. It was a bullet containing grayish liquid. After the bullet struck William¡¯s chest, the liquid instantly synthesized and integrated into William¡¯s body.

    The spot affected by the drug also seemed to turn gray in an instant. The recovery speed seemed to have substantially slowed down as well. The value of the green number that kept popping up above William¡¯s head also seemed to have significantly decreased.

    Digital Cat held a medical pistol in her hands. ¡°Who said we didn¡¯t have a Doctor? Don¡¯t forget, the Mechanist is only my second profession.¡±

    Feng Luo and Onishi looked at each other with an impressed and happy look. The Eye of the Thunder and the Legendary grade submachine gun in their hands continued to fire shots relentlessly at William, who was still trying to recover.

 Chapter 474 - Williamâ€™s Hidden Force?

    <h4>Chapter 474: William¡¯s Hidden Force?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Phoenix!¡±

    As Feng Luo and the others tried to attack William, who had been inflicted with the Heavy Injury status due to the barrage of fire of the Apache and was temporarily unable to move, Big Pineapple raised his alloy shield and ran towards the crashed red Energy sports car. He extended his hands and forcefully pulled off the distorted car door and exposed the situation inside the car.

    Phoenix was unconscious inside while still carrying Sally, who was still holding tightly onto the teddy bear, in her arms. This prevented her from being injured in any way whatsoever in this incredibly serious car ident.

    ¡°Phew! Thank God!¡± After seeing that, whether it was Phoenix or the mission target, seemed to be fine, Big Pineapple let out a breath of relief and immediately cast a skill on Sally.

    [Life Protection] ¨C A Rare grade protection skill. The skill allows the caster to receive one fatal attack in ce of the target.

    ¡°Careful!¡± Just as Big Pineapple finished casting that skill and prepared to check Phoenix¡¯s condition, he suddenly heard the shouts of Feng Luo and Onishi at the same time.

    Big Pineapple¡¯sbat awareness was quite good, the moment he heard their shouts, he immediately moved his alloy shield back in an attempt to protect his rear, but unfortunately, he was still a little toote.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Before Big Pineapple¡¯s shield could fully turn around to block, a charred giant w mmed into his chest.

    With a total weight of 300 pounds (including the weight of the alloy shield), Big Pineapple flew backward and mmed into the bushes on the side with his arms and legs extended.

    ¡°-5795!¡±

    A damage number nearing 6,000 popped up above Big Pineapple. This damage number was produced after the damage reduction effect of Big Pineapple¡¯s S grade talent.

    After Big Pineapple was sent flying, a wretched ck w extended into the severely distorted car and grabbed little Sally who was still unconscious in Phoenix¡¯s arm.

    ...

    Time moved forward slowly. When Big Pineapple started rushing to the red sports car, Feng Luo, Onishi, and Aida Wong were increasingly pushing to dish out attacks.

    One could not deny the negative effects of Digital Cat¡¯s debuff potion. Although William¡¯s incredible HP recovery rate increased by several folds, his low HP continued to decrease under the barrage of attacks from advanced special bullets and Legendary grade weapons.

    However, just as his HP was about to go past the 5% mark and enter Heavy Injury status, an unexpected event urred. Therge eye on William¡¯s shoulder suddenly opened wide.

    An undetectable power surrounded him before his entire figurepletely vanished in front of everyone.

    ¡°This situation... Why does it feel like...¡± Feng Luo, whose shot hit nothing but thin air, was dumbfounded.

    He quickly turned around and looked at Nightingale, whose life force was still going strong even though arge hole had appeared on his abdomen.

    As for Nightingale¡¯s shocked expression, it affirmed Feng Luo¡¯s guess.

    Nightingale stared straight toward the spot where William vanished. He looked as though he had seen something. Then, he turned his head around abruptly and looked toward the direction of the destroyed sports car while a hoarse shout came from his mouth, ¡°Be careful! His target is...¡±

    There was no need for Nightingale¡¯s reminder, the yers knew that William¡¯s target was either Nightingale or little Sally.

    Since Nightingale looked over there, that meant that William¡¯s target was very clear to see.

    ...

    Roar!

    William used his remaining mutated arm to hold and lift little Sally high in the air. The charred ck ws were a huge contrast to her pale face. Beads of sweat rolled down her face due to her fever and the image of the little Caucasian girl suffering was very hard for people to watch.

    One of the sharp ws covered in dust and soot scratched and cut the little girl¡¯s pale face. As if feeling pain or maybe something else, little Sally, who did not wake up during the car ident, suddenly opened her eyes. Due to the fever, the first thing that entered little Sally¡¯s vision was William¡¯s recovered pair of eyes.

    ¡°Uwah! Daddy!¡± A voice, with the sound of sniffling mixed within, rang in the air. The teddy bear that the little girl held so tightly onto, even when she was unconscious, was thrown away. Her two tiny and gentle hands extended towards William.

    ¡°...¡±

    Little Sally¡¯s sniffling voice seemed to have awakened or triggered some memories in William¡¯s mind, causing his initially tight ws to rx.

    After being continuously shot at, therge eyeball on his left shoulder that was starting to bleed seemed a little lost and confused.

    ¡°You are not daddy...¡± Sally said while sobbing. However, after Sally opened her feverish blurry eyespletely and saw William¡¯s incredibly wretched face after the huge transformation caused by the G-virus as well as the charring caused by the Apache¡¯s attack, the little seven year old girl was scared stiff. She could not help but let out a cry as she began to struggle uselessly in William¡¯s hands.

    Roar!

    William, who was in a state of confusion, was triggered and became angry after he felt little Sally struggling in his hand. His ws, which was holding onto his daughter, subconsciously exerted extra strength.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A white sh enveloped little Sally¡¯s body and directly repelled his ws.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s skill for crucial moments had saved and preserved everyone¡¯s mission.

    ¡°Daddy, where are you? I¡¯m scared... Daddy, I will definitely listen to you next time, I will definitely take the medicine and the injection on time...¡± Sally said, continuing to sob. She had no idea that she was on the verge of death not that long ago.

    She cried and shouted but her voice became weaker and weaker. Her congenital disease and feverish condition made her far weaker than themon human, and had be unconscious again.

    It might be a coincidence or it might be the system¡¯s intentional setting.

    On the gold ne hanging on the unconscious young Sally¡¯s neck, the dynamic 3D photograph containing William and his wife holding a very young Sally smiling blissfully was thrown right in front of therge, confused and irritated eyeball on William¡¯s shoulder.

    Roar!

    Upon seeing the smiling face of his wife and the funny face his daughter was making on the photograph, the pupil of therge eyeball on William¡¯s shoulder shrunk to its limit, and all kinds of memories seemed to have been triggered.

    The ws holding Sally rxed and he used both his arms to push his ws towards his head.

    Feng Luo, who had activated Raging Charge and was right behind William, was holding the Legendary grade military knife in his right hand with the Ghost Power skill activated, about to sh at William¡¯s arm.

    However, upon seeing the unexpected development, Feng Luo instantly changed his objective and caught Sally before she fell on the ground and quickly turned around and moved away from William¡¯s location.

 Chapter 475 - G-virus Pet Evolution Fluid

    <h4>Chapter 475: G-virus Pet Evolution Fluid</h4>

    At that moment, William no longer cared about attacking Feng Luo.

    ¡°Argh!¡±

    He was holding his head with both his arms and shaking it continuously. The muscles on his recovered face distorted while the pupil of therge eyeball on his shoulder kept darting from left to right, his pupils were dting and constricting alternatively.

    ¡°No... No...¡±

    William roared as if he was having an intense battle with something.

    ¡°Kill... Kill me...¡±

    Atst, his entire body knelt on the ground, his arms hugging his head while he struggled. He shouted and let out a voice full of suffering.

    The situation, without a doubt, caught several yers off guard.

    They were surprised and shocked that William suddenly had the invisibility ability simr to Nightingale. Then, they were stunned by the fact that Sally was caught in William¡¯s arms, which made it so yers with long-range attacks would not dare to attack. The chain of events urred in quick session and the yers could not react quickly.

    Whether it was Onishi or Digital Cat, who was shooting with the medical pistol, they simply stood in ce, slightly dazed.

    Compared to the yers, Aida Wong only frowned slightly.

    She put the two high caliber revolvers which she had emptied back into the gun holster. Then, she brought forward a high caliber gun that looked like a shotgun from her back and reced the two revolvers.

    Upon hearing William¡¯s words, she decisively aimed the gun at William¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-345, -334, -305, -299, -311...¡±

    As she pulled the trigger, dozens of tiny bullets shot out from the gun barrel as a loud gunshot rang through the air.

    The activity caused by the gun, without a doubt, exceeded all of the guns Feng Luo had ever used. As the bullets hit William¡¯s body, a bunch of damage points instantly appeared.

    Every bullet caused hundreds of points in damage. It was a single shot that inflicted more than 10,000 damage. Even if William¡¯s HP was constantly recovering quickly, it could not withstand the attack damage of the gun and his HP kept decreasing.

    ¡°Kill... Kill me... Argh!¡±

    However, Aida Wong¡¯s attack damage alone was still not fast enough.

    Although William was struggling and screaming on the ground, his consciousness was clearly unable to fully control his body.

    The recovered w that grew out of the scap was now being flung around in the air. His muscle, covered in newly grown skin, and his spinal column were expanding rapidly. It seemed as if he was about to mutate again.

    As a Level 60 Quasi-Boss, his performance earlier made it clear that he was a difficult opponent.

    If he were to evolve further, the situation might deteriorate to the point where they could not solve the issue even with the help of two NPC Special Agents.

    After all, it was impossible that another Apache woulde as their backup.

    ...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3455!¡±

    As such, after Aida Wong fired her gun, Feng Luo also took the Tyrant Revolver he ced on his tactical vest out and started shooting one handed.

    After he awakened the Force, even if he only held the gun singlehandedly, he would still be able to endure the powerful recoil from the Tyrant Revolver. This made it so that switching between the Eye of the Thunder, the Tyrant Revolver, or Ghost Weep a lot easier.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    As for Onishi, Big Pineapple, and Digital Cat; they also started attacking William, who was still on the ground.

    ¡°Daddy...¡± Sally, who was in Feng Luo¡¯s arms, was barely conscious. Two beaded tears rolled down Sally¡¯s face and fell on the golden ne with the blissful family photograph.

    ...

    After a few seconds, William, whose body size had at least doubled, looked at his daughter in Feng Luo¡¯s arms with a sense of relief and longing beforepletely closing his eyes.

    A notification sound rang in the ears of the five yers at the same time.

    [You¡¯ve taken part in killing William (Level 60, Quasi-Boss). Contribution: 5.2%. Obtained Experience: 7,530. Obtained Merits: 52.]

    ¡°He¡¯s dead? He¡¯s dead! What is this situation? Why did the Boss suddenly ask to die? I thought we were going to lose at least two people.¡± Big Pineapple was quite puzzled.

    Among the mission briefing information provided by the system, there was nothing on Sally¡¯s father, William. As such, Big Pineapple still had no idea what had just happened.

    ¡°It should be the storyline. If my guesses are correct, the identity of the Boss should be Sally¡¯s father.¡± Digital Cat stood on the side, her eyes under her spectacles stared nkly at William¡¯s corpse.

    Although the system did not provide an exnation, she had guessed the inside story through the information provided by Onishi earlier, when he said that William¡¯s surname was Parkins.

    ¡°Yeah. No wonder there¡¯s a Level 60 Quasi-Boss here. It¡¯s not something we can deal with at the moment.¡± Onishi said, agreeing with Digital Cat¡¯s statement, guessing the same.

    ¡°In fact... It¡¯s not...¡± Feng Luo gazed toward a spot not far away. Aida Wong held a female cigarette with her fingers while standing beside her Heavy Energy Motorcycle.

    The woman gave him a sense that she had not yet fully exposed her real strength.

    Compared to Nightingale who lost hispetitiveness after getting heavily injured, the mysterious Special Agent who was always involved in dangerous situations, was an unknown factor for the yers.

    After all, one should not forget that this mission was supposed to be a cooperative andpetitive mission.

    As if noticing Feng Luo¡¯s gaze, Aida Wong curled her red lips slightly upward.

    ¡°Bah, I can¡¯t be bothered with these things anymore. Old Feng, I¡¯m gonna go pick up some items...¡± Big Pineapple clearly did not like thinking about those things. At that moment, his eyes were staring at the loot emanating a white glow all around William¡¯s body.

    ¡°Go ahead. But... Yeah, I seem to have forgotten something.¡± As the captain, especially when the party did not have a designated loot picker, Feng Luo was supposed to be the one responsible for picking up items.

    Since Big Pineapple was interested and no one else objected to it, he could go ahead and pick them up.

    When Big Pineapple mentioned picking up items, Feng Luo was reminded of something, that he needed to extract a certain amount of William¡¯s blood and bring it back to Lin.

    After gathering multiple samples of the mutated humans and animals caused by the Evolution Virus that he encountered from today and yesterday, Feng Luo believed that the progress of the Epic Level mission of creating the ¡°Perfect Evolution Virus¡± would greatly increase, and wondered if he would be able to receive a reward.

    ...

    A small metallic silver syringe, a light purple metallic tube that was structured like a syringe, and a translucent information chip; these were the items dropped by William.

    As a Quasi-Boss, the number of items dropped by William was incredibly low for the level it was, and could be described as stingy.

    One should know that normally, killing a Quasi-Boss grade monster necessitated the death of several yers. As such, the number of items dropped by such a monster would generally be a lot more than a Commander Grade monster.

    The reason why the number of items dropped was low this time was probably due to the fact that they relied heavily on the NPCs in killing William.

    However, one could not deny that, though the number was low, the stats of the items were incredible.

    When they read the stats of the first item, apart from Feng Luo, Big Pineapple and the rest started to pant heavily.

    [G-virus Pet Evolution Fluid.]

    After using the fluid, there¡¯s a certain probability that the pet will experience an evolution (Elite Grade Pets will have a 100% chance to evolve into Commander Grade Pets; Commander Grade Pets will have a 10% chance to evolve into a Quasi-Boss Grade pet).

 Chapter 476 - Invisibility Biochip!

    <h4>Chapter 476: Invisibility Biochip!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Pet Evolution Fluid!¡±

    Without the need for much exnation, the name of the item was enough to make the yers¡¯ eyes sparkle, as Pet Evolution was something that every yer looked forward to.

    The fact of the matter was that it was something few yers get to experience, as the probability was like winning the lottery.

    Although people posting threads boasting that their pets had evolved could be seen almost every day on the forum, it was only because the game had arge yer base. Ever since the release of pets, the number of people who had their pets evolve was less than five percent with the majority of pet evolutions being Normal Grade pets. It was much easier to evolve Normal Grade pets than higher grade ones. Some pets might evolve after a random fight or by eating some random mineral on the roadside.

    Inparison, Elite Grade and above pets had less than 0.1% to evolve or advance to the next grade.

    As for Commander Grade and above pets, apart from ¡°War¡¯s Number One Pet¡± that had advanced to Quasi-Boss Grade and caused a lot of debate and discussion, there hadn¡¯t been news of any other pets sessfully evolving.

    Returning to the Pet Evolution Fluid, it had a 100% chance of evolving pets to Commander Grade amd a 10% chance for pets to reaching the Quasi-Boss Grade.

    ¡°There¡¯s a probability of the pet evolving to the Quasi-Boss Grade.¡± This particr description made even Onishi, a person who was usually quite calm, to breath faster.

    Perhaps a Commander Grade pet was nothing for a superstar yer like Onishi. Although Advanced Level Pet Biochips were quite rare, people could still get their hands on something like that as long as they were not stingy with their Star Coins. They could also obtain such biochips through agencies such as the Huan Yu Company or the Starry Sky Company.

    yers on the rebel army camp, yers who ¡°betrayed their nation and joined the enemy¡± had the opportunity to ept a hidden mission that involved an ¡°Advanced Level Chip.¡±

    This also meant that Commander Grade pets were close to evolving to the next stage among top yers.

    Boss Grade Pet Biochips were things that no one would ce on sale at the moment, and most yers didn¡¯t have something like that to sell in the first ce.

    Although the Pet Evolution Fluid only had a 10% chance of evolving the pet to the Quasi-Boss Grade, the pet control chip did not have a 100%.

    If thepatibility was low, some pets may require more than a dozen control chips to control.

    ¡°It¡¯s definitely a good item.¡± Big Pineapple was already drooling, as he was usually easily captivated by wealth, was the first one among the other three, apart from Feng Luo, to return to his senses.

    He then looked at the other three people, and he mysteriously lifted the second, slightlyrger, syringe into the air. ¡°But the other item is also awesome, you could even say it is even better.¡±

    The second item was, technically speaking, not a pure potion, but apound of the G-virus Evolution Fluid and the Biochip.

    [G-virus ¨C Evolution Fluid ¨C Beginner Level Force Biochip]

    ¡°After usage, there¡¯s a 100% chance of gaining the Beginner Level Force, Invisibility, as well as a certain degree of body enhancement.¡±

    ¡°Grade: Perfect¡±

    [Note: Force gained through involuntary awakening is considered iplete Force that cannot be improved. It can be ovepped by the Force awakenedter.]

    ¡°Obtain the Force.¡±

    The description of the item was also very simple.

    Everyone knew that the value of this item was much higher than the Pet Evolution Fluid.

    The current ratio of maxed level yers was more than half at the moment, apart from Feng Luo, no other yers had yet awakened the Force.

    Many of the top superstar yers had been doing everything in their power to obtain the title of ¡°Number One,¡± so that they could maximize their personal fame and their guild¡¯s poprity.

    Even an average yer had the dream and wish to awaken the Force so that he or she could be a top superstar yer overnight.

    The game system did not provide any exnation as to how yers were supposed to awaken the Force. Feng Luo only managed to awaken his Force by luck.

    As such, the difficulty of awakening the Force was incredibly difficult, arge contributor to awakening was chance without a doubt.

    In such a situation, if one could inject a potion and gain the Force with a sess rate of 100%, obtaining the title of being the ¡°First to obtain the Force,¡± the signature yers groomed by financial groups and conglomerates would definitely do everything in their power to get a hold of that potion.

    Moreover, the value of obtaining the Force was incredibly high in and of itself.

    The Force, Invisibility, was quite self-exnatory.

    ¡°But why is it the Invisibility Force? This can¡¯t be a coincidence, right?¡± Compared to Onishi and Big Pineapple, Digital Cat was a lot less passionate and interested in awakening the Force, focusing on the bonus stats the Force provides.

    ¡°Invisibility Force...¡± Feng Luo turned around and looked at Nightingale, who was running with a limp towards the location of where the Apache fell. His wound had stopped bleeding after being injected with a special treatment potion and having therge wound around his abdomen being bandaged.

    He was going there to meet up with the liaison from the Apache helicopter. Since the person did not escape on time when the chopper fell out of the sky, it was unlikely that he would be able to make it out alive.

    Feng Luo looked toward Nightingale because William¡¯s body was vanishing into thin air after the battle. It was very simr to the scene where Nightingale used his Force.

    Or more urately, from Nightingale¡¯s shocked expression, it would not be simr.

    ¡°What is the reason? Is it because of the G-virus?¡±

    ...

    ¡°So, in conclusion, this item is definitely not inferior to Legendary Grade gears or Legendary Grade main weapons when ites to the item value alone. If we can find a suitable buyer, we might fetch a price that we can¡¯t imagine.¡± Feng Luo seemed thoughtful as Digital Cat pushed her technology spectacles up her nose bridge while making a conclusion to their second battle loot.

    ¡°Unimaginable price... Hehe...¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes curved upward. It was clear that his obscene imagination was already running wild with the sky-high price of the item.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, many people will be willing to spend on this. If we maneuver this correctly...¡± Feng Luo smiled with a nod, ncing questioningly towards Onishi.

    In truth, the Force, Invisibility, was incredibly useful for all professions.

    Feng Luo thought that the Force was better than his self-healing ability. Rather than say it was a bonus stat of the Force, it would have been more appropriate to categorize the ability as a superpower ability in science-fiction novels.

    Without a doubt, the ability was the most suitable for Sniper and Scout professions. However, Feng Luo had no intention of using the item on himself. The item description already stated very clearly that the Invisibility Force ability could not be leveled up.

    From the Beginner Level Force that he had awakened, he knew that the Force had levels. To give up his ¡°Self-healing (Evolution)¡± Force ability so that he may obtain a Beginner Level Invisibility Force that could not be improved was definitely not worth it.

    As such, Feng Luo looked at Onishi.

    As a superstar yer, if Onishi were to use the item, not only would he be able to fully realize the Force ability¡¯s potential, but he would also be able to increase his fame and poprity by a substantial degree.

    As the previous ¡°Number One Expert in North City,¡± having no Legendary Grade items, his poprity in recent times had decreased substantially.

    If Onishi said he wanted the item, it was possible for everyone to gather and negotiate a price before selling the item to him; a traditional rule that existed between yers.

    Onishi seemed slightly hesitant. He seemed to have remembered something, and then looked deeply at Feng Luo before a look of determination filled his face. After that, he shook his head firmly and said, ¡°No... I don¡¯t need it. I want to awaken my own Force...¡±

    ¡°Alright then. I¡¯ll keep it for the moment and we can discuss how we want to deal with it after the mission is finished.¡± Feng Luo said, and was not at all surprised by Onishi¡¯s choice.

    He nodded and ced the two Evolution Fluids into his inventory. He grabbed thest battle loot from Big Pineapple¡¯s hands.

    A translucent chip that looked like it was some sort of encrypted information chip.

    Feng Luo and the other three looked at each other. He ced the chip inside his personal terminal, and a 3D image projected into the air.

    The information chip was dropped in the form of battle loot. Meaning that the item was meant for the yers. As such, the two NPC special agents were unable to see the projected image. So the yers did not have to worry about being seen by the nearby Aida Wong.

    William¡¯s face appeared on the translucent floating screen.

    ¡°Good day, friend... No matter who you are, by the time you are reading this information chip, it would mean that I have died.¡±

 Chapter 477 - Legendary Grade Hidden Mission

    <h4>Chapter 477: Legendary Grade Hidden Mission</h4>

    Big Pineapple scratched his head and spoke with a weird expression on his face, ¡°Why do I feel as if I am watching a horror movie when I hear him speak?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not wrong to say that it is a horror movie. ¡°Resident Evil¡¯s¡± storyline would definitely have been a maximum heart-rate horror movie if it ever became a movie,¡± Feng Luo mumbled as he continued looking at William¡¯s face on the screen, waiting for his next sentence.

    ¡°With regard to my death, I have seen iting...¡±

    On the screen, when William said this, he looked calm. However, the next moment, his eyes were filled with warmth and gentleness.

    ¡°But I am still worried about my daughter, Sally... She is a beautiful angel who is, unfortunately, envied by the devils. That¡¯s why her wings were already broken when she was born. She was diagnosed with an incurable disease upon birth...¡± Although William was a virology researcher, he was still an artistic fellow. When he spoke, his words were filled with the love and warmth of a doting father.

    ¡°Luckily, using my expertise, I have found a way to save her from the clutches of the devil, and that is the ¡®Evolution Virus.¡¯¡± When William said this, the image of his face had shrunk to a smaller size. The white space suddenly had a bunch of data and a 3D image of something that seemed like the structure of the virus that the yers were unable to understand.

    ¡°As arge superpower corporation, the Umbre Corporation¡¯s business covered multiple fields. However, the corporation was best known for its biological and weapons manufacturing technology.¡±

    ¡°The Evolution Virus was one of the most important research topics of the organization. During my research on the Evolution Virus, I identally created a super Evolution Virus mutation called ¡®G.¡¯ It had incredible functions, five of them to be exact ¨C the ability to improve cellr recovery, significantly improve the human body¡¯s functions, reorganize and synthesize the human genome... and most importantly, it can be used to control Sally¡¯s disease.¡±

    William¡¯s speech contained way too many industry jargons and terminologies. All kinds of data kept appearing on the screen, but the yers did not try to understand it since they only needed to extract crucial information from the conversation.

    ¡°Butter, I discovered that the effects of the G-virus on living creatures were much more than what I had initially predicted. It had the terrible and frightening ability to synthesize genes, to the point where it could automatically synthesize and merge parts of the human gene with other creatures... As such, once a person was injected with the G-virus, the person would need to have a drug that could inhibit the G-virus within a specified time frame. Otherwise, if the virus were allowed to freely multiply, the consequences would be quite severe.¡± William had a stern expression. More data and images shed across the screen.

    The yers did not understand any of the ¡°expert information¡± projected on the screen.

    However, everyone was more than clear about the result of them losing control of the G-virus, as William¡¯s stats showed the words ¡°G-virus Infected Being¡± earlier.

    Everyone also knew why Sally¡¯s body had all those odd statuses. It was clear that she had not been injected with the inhibitors during the time when she was kidnapped.

    ¡°A while before recording this video, my G-virus research had already entered a crucial stage, and I have found a potential method that can help mepletely cure Sally¡¯s disease.¡±

    ¡°But by then, the idea of quitting the Umbre Corporation popped into my mind at the time. As such, the organization worked with adventurers during that time; moreover, they conducted numerous inhumane and illegal human experiments. They even used the Evolution Virus to research the production of biological weapons. My Evolution Virus research was mostly focused on treating Sally¡¯s disease, not to create biological weapons used in war for the organization.¡±

    ¡°The G-virus is too dangerous. It is more dangerous than the T-virus that they are currently using. I am afraid that one day, I will be like my wife, who was experimented on by the Umbre Corporation, to lose control during a biological experiment and die in the process...¡± When William said this, he had a dark and gloomy expression.

    ¡°In truth, I am not afraid of my death. However, if I were to die, no one would be able to take care of Sally.¡±

    ¡°The discovery of the G-virus ispletely idental. It is not even my main research topic, and due to its supernatural nature, I did not report the virus to thepany. That is why I deleted all records and traces of the G-virus when I quit my job. I secretly smuggled the original strain out when I left.¡±

    ¡°However, after I left, when I tried to find an ex-colleagues and friends who had changedpanies earlier so that I may continue with my research to help treat Sally¡¯s disease, I found out that many of them had gone missing due to all kinds of idents. I could not get in touch with any of them.¡±

    ¡°You should know that, when I was still at thepany, I still maintained close contact with these people...¡± By then, William¡¯s expression became stiff as he gritted his teeth, he seemed very worried.

    ¡°I knew that the situation was bing very serious. The Umbre Corporation is a top ten supepany in the entire Federation, it is not so easy to quit the organization aspared to other smaller organizations. Perhaps I have made a terribly wrong decision...¡± His next words were pretty much his guesses, not very informative or helpful.

    However, after he finished speaking, William¡¯s regained hisposure and his expression became stern again, his speech also became firmer.

    ¡°With regard to the G-virus, I am sure you will be quite interested. No matter which side you are on, you have no choice but to prioritize its importance. The consequences of losing it to an enemy cannot be measured. That is why, as an exchange, I have only one request.¡±

    Sally holding her teddy bear while wearing her white gown, smiling, appeared on the screen.

    ¡°I hope that you can protect my daughter and cure her. The cure for her disease is stored inside this chip. However, the application of the n is not going to be easy. You will need to find several medical experts or a master in order toplete this task.¡±

    ¡°As for theplete information and data of the G-virus, they are all stored within my daughter¡¯s body in the form of a synthesized micro biochip. Only when you treat her diseasepletely will the information stored within the biochip be extracted. If you try to forcefully extract the information, you will get nothing in return.¡±

    ¡°Please understand, this is thest request of a father.¡± The image stopped moving as William¡¯s face slowly faded away from the screen.

    [You¡¯ve triggered the Legendary Grade Hidden Mission, ¡°William¡¯s Request.¡± Find a suitable person to treat Sally¡¯s disease within 12 hours. Do you ept? Mission Rewards: G-virus experiment information; G-virus original strain. Mission Failure Penalty: All stats -5.]

    ¡°Ding!¡±

    [The mission oveps with your current Epic Level Mission ¡®Road to Evolution.¡¯ epting andpleting this mission will help the progress of the mission, ¡®Road to Evolution,¡¯ to a certain extent.]

    The moment William¡¯s face faded away, a pop-up message appeared before everyone.

    However, only for Feng Luo, one more notification message appeared in front of him.

 Chapter 478 - Accept or Not Accept?

    <h4>Chapter 478: ept or Not ept?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Holy shit, it¡¯s actually a Legendary Grade hidden mission!¡± Big Pineapple eximed as he stared delighted at the brief introduction of the mission, specifically at the two words, ¡°Legendary Grade.¡± After that, with his eyes opened up wide, he did not hesitate to speak. ¡°Hey, let¡¯s ept it! I believe that we should definitely ept this mission!¡±

    Onishi frowned and gave an opposing view instead, ¡°Hold on a second, I think that we should thoroughly discuss and reconsider the usibility of this mission, don¡¯t you think so?¡±

    ¡°This is a Legendary Grade mission, and from the look of the reward, it isn¡¯t normal. But we should not forget the penalty of failing the mission as well as the mission requirements themselves. Reduce all stats by five points. The penalty for failure is just too much.¡± Onishi exined.

    For Feng Luo who had just awakened the Force, losing five points of stats was still within an eptable range. However, for normal yers, five points of stats for all stats were the equivalent of one-eighth of the basic stats of most gears.

    Unfortunately, not many people would dare make that bet, even if the mission had the word ¡°Legendary¡± attached to it.

    After all, William, who was the creator of the G-virus, had failed to cure his daughter¡¯s disease.

    As for the method that he mentioned, it was only a predicted sess; in truth, it wasn¡¯t 100% guaranteed.

    One of the problems of War was that the degree of freedom of the storyline missions was too high. Whether it was the actions or the words of an NPC or a yer, the results could change drastically.

    As such, even if William¡¯s method guarantees a 100% sess rate, no one could guarantee that nothing would go wrong during the treatment process.

    If some other factors caused Sally¡¯s treatment to fail, that would mean that the yers had to suffer a total of 20 points of basic stat points loss.

    For Onishi, a superstar yer who gained fame and poprity through winning PK matches against other yers, a 20-point stat disadvantage against other top yers was just too much, which was why Onishi was reluctant to ept the mission.

    Feng Luo looked at Digital Cat, who was still considering her options. Then, he considered it for a moment before nodding and said, ¡°How about this? Since this mission can be epted individually, anyone who wants to ept it can ept it. Regardless, I am going to ept it.¡±

    Truth be told, Onishi¡¯s reasoning was logical and made sense.

    Even if he were incredibly confident with the Virology Master, Lin; Feng Luo could not guarantee and im that nothing was going to go wrong.

    However, since the mission was connected to this Epic Level mission; moreover, it also involved the G-virus, he had no good reason to reject the mission.

    Moreover, Feng Luo was also a lot more confident that he couldplete the mission, aspared to the other three yers.

    The reason was that he knew that Sally Parkins was a protagonist in the Resident Evil game series just like Aida Wong; so theoretically, she should have the ever invincible ¡°plot armor¡± with her.

    ¡°Let¡¯s ept it. Why won¡¯t we ept it? Little Sally is so pitiful...¡± From behind the group of yers came the voice of a woman.

    Upon hearing the voice, most of them turned around, ¡°You¡¯re awake?¡±

    As expected, Phoenix was sitting up from within her red sports car while rubbing her eyes. In her arms was the pale and still unconscious little Sally who was burning up.

    Clearly, this was Phoenix herself rather than the virtual second personality. The virtual personality of Phoenix would definitely not have been able to hold such a conversation with the other yers.

    ...

    In the end, Big Pineapple, Phoenix, and Feng Luo decided to ept the mission. Digital Cat and Onishi chose to give up on the mission.

    However, they did not just decline the mission directly; the reason was that there was an important question they had to ask before doing that.

    Sally was, at the moment, the mission objective. Technically, she should be handed over to Haruko when they returned. Before that, Nightingale and Ada Wong, the two NPC special agents who were also theirpetition, were waiting beside them.

    Toplete the hidden mission, they had to first achieve victory in the special agentpetitive mission.

    ¡°Nightingale probably won¡¯t care. He¡¯s very seriously injured so he shouldn¡¯t have muchbat strength left. As for Ada Wong, Old Feng, you¡¯ve already awakened the Force. Onishi also has a Legendary Grade submachine gun now. She¡¯s just one female NPC special agent, we should be able to win, right?¡± Big Pineapple whispered as he nced towards Ada Wong.

    ¡°Why do I feel a sense of familiarity with this conversation...¡± Feng Luo said with a smile.

    He remembered back then on Death Hunter Ind, when he did not know that advanced NPCs had stats like the Force, and as a result, Big Pineapple also suggested that he and Feng Luo working together might have been enough to defeat Nightingale.

    However, history proved that they definitely underestimated Nightingale back then.

    This time, Feng Luo felt that Big Pineapple was underestimating Ada Wong.

    ¡°If we really do it, it is unfortunate but I think our sess rate is, at most, 20%.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and sneaked a nce at Ada Wong, who was almost finished repairing her eight-cylinder silver heavy motorcycle.

    ¡°20%? No way?¡± Big Pineapple clearly did not believe that.

    ¡°Don¡¯t doubt it, it might be even less than 20%. Did you not notice something? Ever since the beginning, she never used the Force at all...¡± Digital Cat nodded and said. This youngdy whose IQ was more than 300 was constantly observing the people around her. She wasputing all the data she acquired through observation and came to a conclusion.

    ¡°This... Damn... It looks like she really never used it before. No way, even when we fought against a Level 60 Quasi-Boss Grade Boss, she was still able to preserve her strength? No wonder her actualbat strength is above the Level 60 Quasi-Boss monster.¡± Big Pineapple said with his eyes wide open. After that, he stared at Onishi.

    ¡°I can¡¯t detect her level or other information. However, I also feel that she preserved her strength in our earlier battles. Moreover, at thest moment, you saw the damage inflicted by her gun, right? It¡¯s possible that it is a Legendary Grade item. If we were to really fight her, even if we ignore the crazy attack power of the gun, just from the fact that she hid her Force, our chance of victory has already been halved.¡± Onishi nodded and agreed with Digital Cat¡¯s assessment.

    ¡°Apart from that, I have to let you guys know something. My Force is almostpletely depleted. This stuff also recovers rather slowly. I will need at least 20 minutes before I can use my Force skills.¡± Feng Luo revealed another fact that lowered morale.

    ¡°Then, what do we do? Should we not ept the mission after all?¡± Big Pineapple looked down. Was a Legendary Grade hidden mission going to waste, just like that?

    ¡°Don¡¯t be hasty. The mission is not over yet after all. Moreover, a battle does not have to be fought up front all the time. Phoenix, the wound on Nightingale¡¯s chest earlier, was it caused by William¡¯s body?¡± Feng Luo was shaking his head while contemting other ways to deal with the situation while asking Phoenix, who had just regained consciousness.

    ¡°Yeah. How could we forget this incident? Nightingale was directly injured by William. Is he going to turn into a G-virus infected being? By then, when he and the female special agent fight and injure each other badly, we¡¯ll be the ones to profit at the end...¡± Big Pineapple actually reacted rather quickly this time.

    ¡°There¡¯s a 99% chance that he won¡¯t be infected.¡± However, a very firm and confident voice immediately ruled out the possibility of that happening. Digital Cat pushed her spectacles and looked at everyone else.

    ¡°Digi Sis, how do you know that?¡± Big Pineapple was the one to question her.

    ¡°Earlier in the data provided by William, the G-virus infection rate was shown to be much weaker than the T-virus. Theoretically, after synthesizing itself with the human body, the virus will encounter a drastic mutation and one cannot be infected by the virus directly through touch.¡± Digital Cat said calmly.

    ¡°No way. Thoseplex data and scenes were moving so quickly, and you actually understood them?¡± Big Pineapple asked her, shocked.

    ¡°The key is that, even if you understood it, those data only appeared briefly, you wouldn¡¯t have enough time to read them, right?¡± Phoenix, Big Pineapple, and Onishi had a look of disbelief on their faces.

    ¡°I memorized them and read through them slowly in my mind.¡± Digital Cat answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

    Only Feng Luo looked at Digital Cat with a slightly surprised expression, as if he had just remembered something.

    However, at that moment, from the location of the crashed chopper, a loud and sudden shout came from Nightingale, ¡°Hurry! Someonee and help!¡±

    It seemed like he had encountered something.

 Chapter 479 - Competition Over!

    <h4>Chapter 479: Competition Over!</h4>

    The yers, including Phoenix who was carrying little Sally, and Ada Wong ran over upon hearing the shout.

    When they saw what was in front of them, they understood why Nightingale shouted for help.

    In front of them was a heavily distorted Apache helicopter that was half-buried in the ground. An NPC with broken limbs and multiple bleeding woundsy within the crashed helicopter, his chest still moving up and down slightly.

    It was likely that the helicopter¡¯s armor that was thicker than a tank¡¯s armor absorbed most of the impact of the crash. Additionally, the crash urred at a location where the ground was soft, this helped the NPC Apache pilot survive the crash.

    Nightingale was currently injecting some sort of drug into the body of the NPC pilot. However, the serious injury sustained by the NPC pilot was not something a nano treatment potion could heal. As such, though Nightingale¡¯s face retained his usual coldness, a tinge of anxiety could be seen on his face.

    It was clear that the NPC and Nightingale had a more-than-normal rtionship.

    Nightingale¡¯s face did not show any symptoms of being infected by the Evolution Virus. It was clear that Digital Cat¡¯s assessment was correct and that the infection rate of the G-virus was not as frightening as the T-virus.

    However, after everyone saw Nightingale, their attention was focused on another spot. Around ten meters away from the crash site, another NPC was lying there.

    The NPC was a Caucasian male who was about 1.9 meters tall. The suit he wore had be tattered while his exposed upper body was covered in injuries that seemed to be from a dagger.

    The pupils of the yers who had just gotten out of Silvermoon City suddenly shrunk as they saw the wounds on the NPC, as it seemed like they were created by the ws of a Tyrant rather than those from a dagger or military knife. More importantly, the blood seeping out of his wounds was more ck than red, and the bloodstained skin also had veins popping out.

    The situation clearly hinted at one thing.

    ¡°This person looks like he has been infected. From his position and outfit, it does not look as if he was from the chopper; rather, he had fainted here long ago.¡±

    ¡°Did Nightingale ask for help because he discovered this person?¡±

    There was no doubt that the NPC was infected. However, everyone was wondering why Nightingale asked them toe over.

    Considering Nightingale¡¯s personality, there was no way he was so kind that he¡¯d care about someone else.

    Silvermoon City had thousands of infected NPCs, Nightingale had always been a cold-blooded killer. So, with a personality like this, would he suddenly turn into a good samaritan?

    Just as the yers were confused, the usually calm and cool Ada Wong who was walking over suddenly changed her expression drastically.

    ¡°White Wolf, why is he here?¡± She walked over and lowered her head to check the status of the person.

    ¡°These two know each other?¡±

    The yers exchanged nces with each other when they saw Ada Wong¡¯s reaction.

    ¡°The name White Wolf doesn¡¯t sound like a name, it sounds more like a...¡±

    ¡°Codename!¡±

    The yers started discussing among themselves through the yerms channel.

    ¡°This person is someone Ada Wong knows, perhaps he is an agent from the Central Intelligence Agency.¡±

    From the name possibly being a codename, the yers quickly thought of a possibility.

    ¡°It should be. Look at the condition of his body. Such serious injuries and the infection of the Evolution Virus... If he were a normal person, he would have already turned into a zombie or Forager already.¡± Onishi noticed another unique thing.

    Although the Caucasian NPC had symptoms of infection, his skin color and breathing pattern showed that there was still some time left before he would turn into a zombie. Moreover, he had over 40 wounds on his body, but he was still alive, to the point where Onishi could still detect a weak heartbeat as well as breathing. It was clear that the NPC¡¯s body was quite special.

    It was possible that it was due to the power of the Force. Considering the existence of a codename, the possibility of this person being an NPC special agent was over 80%.

    However, though he had an amazing constitution, the NPC¡¯s condition was quite terrible. His breathing was so weak that he was only breathing out, and his heartbeat was less than ten beats per minute.

    The T-virus was not amon virus; if any NPC were to be infected, there was a 100% guarantee that they would turn into a zombie.

    Though Ada Wong did not understand the T-virus as much as the yers, she could still make that deduction from the situation she witnessed within Silvermoon City. As such, her expression was, at the moment, very wretched.

    ¡°Perhaps you can try this, I think that it might help.¡± At that moment, Feng Luo suddenly walked over and passed something to Ada Wong.

    A green potion emanating life force was handed to her. It was the T-virus anti-virus serum thatsted for 24 hours exchanged with points.

    The potions and serum exchanged by yers could also be used by NPCs. However, the effects were uncertain.

    Feng Luo made this gesture not because he had so much story points that he did not know what to do with them; rather, it was that he suddenly had an idea.

    Was it just a coincidence that two special agent NPCs encountered a heavily injured colleague?

    In such a situation, for the two special agent NPCs, it was clear that they had to prioritize either saving their colleague, continue working on the mission to try to snatch away the target, or try to aplish both tasks.

    Was this a hint provided to the yers by the system?

    In the end, though the mission was a petition¡± mission for the three NPC special agent departments, thepetition did not mean that they had to fight to the death against the other two special agent NPCs, with the final victor being the ones to obtain the mission target.

    Earlier, the question guing everyone¡¯s mind was the method of defeating Ada Wong, the special agent NPC who was still clearly hiding her real strength and at that time, their chances of achieving victory were very low.

    Was it really necessary for them to fight in order toplete the mission?

    An important feature of War was that there were many methods toplete missions, and no specific procedure.

    ¡°As long as the two injured NPCs don¡¯t die, the two special agent NPCs will not recklessly start a fight against the yers as long as they had ¡®baggage¡¯ with them. As long as the two injured NPCs don¡¯t die, even if we were to fight, they would have concerns and by then, our chances for winning will increase drastically.¡± Feng Luo thought of the sudden developments, and why he immediately exchanged the anti-virus serum and handed it over to Ada Wong.

    Of course, this was only a guess, it was not guaranteed to seed.

    After all, Ada Wong was quite mysterious. Feng Luo had no way of urately grasping her personality.

    The story points of the Biohazard Crisis was not all that useful to him. Through battles from yesterday and today, Feng Luo had already umted thousands of points, exchanging an anti-virus serum only cost 50 points, it was peanutspared to what he had.

    Additionally, he was not going to lose a lot even if he tried. If it did not work, the worst-case scenario was to fight against Ada Wong.

    However, Ada Wong¡¯s reaction showed that Feng Luo made the right choice.

    ¡°Thank you.¡± Ada Wong stared at Feng Luo for two whole seconds. She received the anti-virus serum and quickly injected it into the Caucasian NPC¡¯s body.

    When she saw that the infection of the Caucasian NPC special agent weakened, with his breathing and heart rate gradually returning to normal, Ada Wong breathed a sigh of relief, turning around to the yers to speak. ¡°Since our agency received a favor from you, we will drop out of thepetition mission this time. The mission target belongs to you now.¡±

    When she spoke, Ada Wong did not show any signs of admitting defeat. Rather, when she looked at Feng Luo, she seemed to have a faint smile on her face.

    After that, she turned around to look at Nightingale, who was beside the Apache and spoke. ¡°Apart from that, if people from the security agency tries anything, I can lend you a hand. The price is 1,000 special agent points.¡±

    Nightingale had pulled the pilot out from the cockpit, and was carrying the pilot on his shoulder, grimacing from her words. ¡°We will also drop out.¡±

    He stared at the Legendary Grade submachine gun hanging in front of Onishi¡¯s chest subconsciously with a cold expression when he spoke.

    He had no choice. With Ada Wong¡¯s strength, the yers in front of him would most probably gain the upper hand and would have the strength to face him head-on.

    Additionally, his current injuries were quite serious. He had even depleted his Force, so it was quite impossible for the current Nightingale to get rid of the group of top-ss yers in front of him in a direct confrontation.

    In particr, the group of yers included Feng Luo, who had already awakened the Force. As a special agent instructor who took part in the examination on Death Hunter Ind, Nightingale was more than aware of the potential the adventurer Feng Luo.

    As such, though he was not willing, Nightingale could only concede.

    However, when Nightingale spoke, his expression was pretty bad. He looked just like he did when he was forced to admit defeat by Haruko on Death Hunter Ind.

    ¡°Drop out? They¡¯ve all just dropped out just like that?¡± Big Pineapple, who had kept his shield raised in front of Phoenix and was prepared to protect the mission target when the battle began, almost bit his tongue when he heard the conversation.

    After all, thest difficult problem they faced had suddenly been solved, just like that.

    Before any of the yers could react, the two special agent NPCs had announced their exit.

    The one who pressured them greatly, Ada Wong, even offered to help them face Nightingale.

    ¡°Holy shit, Old Feng, don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re having an affair with this female NPC?¡± Big Pineapple was too surprised and sent a whisper to Feng Luo on the yers¡¯ms channel. His tone, a wee bit excited.

    ¡°Get the f*ck out of here!¡± Feng Luo ignored hisment; however, he was also very happy.

    The mission that they had spent a few hours, as well as a lot of dead brain cells, working on was finally looking like it was going to bepleted.

    Although the solution to theirst difficult problem was a bit unexpected, War¡¯s missions had always been affected by various factors, and they did not ever follow a strict procedure.

    Some people might ept a hidden mission that involved item collection, then, they would purchase all the items at the exchange. Such methods also worked for those missions, and so the current result was not all that surprising.

    However, the yers were still quite excited at the moment.

    Not only could they could ept the Legendary Grade hidden mission to heal little Sally, but it also meant that as long as they brought the mission target back, they would be able to receive the Sergeant military rank. Of course, they would also receive all kinds of rewards such as the ¡°special agent points¡± and ¡°special agent authorization¡± frompleting their first group special agent mission.

    In addition to the other things that they received throughout the mission, it could be said that they profited greatly from this mission.

    ¡°If you don¡¯t mind, the two of them can alsoe with us. Our spacecraft has emergency medical capsules that could stabilize their injuries. They could even make sure that their situation does not deteriorate.¡±

    Since the two NPCs indicated that they would no longer try to get little Sally, Feng Luo felt that there was no longer a need to be overly cautious of them. On the contrary, after discussing with the others, they even showed a bit of kindness.

    Approval ratings with such advanced NPCs were also one of the ¡°rewards¡± of the game.

    Nightingale and Ada Wong were silent for a brief moment, and they both nodded.

 Chapter 480 - The Last Battle

    <h4>Chapter 480: The Last Battle</h4>

    After ten minutes, the 2.5 meter tall Heavy Knight-13 rumbled out of the main entrance of the abandoned mountainside military outpost, that was not far from where the group fought William.

    They had left the congested area, so Big Pineapple¡¯s full-speed driving made their return to the area pretty quick.

    ¡°Let¡¯s bring them in together. There¡¯s a medical capsule on the spacecraft.¡± After getting off the vehicle, Big Pineapple and Onishi were going to help carry the two heavily injured NPCs onto the spacecraft.

    However, Feng Luo, who was the first one to get out of the car with the Eye of the Thunder in his hands, was the first to speak. ¡°Hold on, don¡¯t go there! Something seems off!¡±

    His eyes stared at the side of the spacecraft. His enhanced vision clearly saw the corpse of a headless bird on the ground.

    ¡°Hmm? This bird looks like...¡± Big Pineapple also noticed that something was wrong with the bird¡¯s corpse. In particr, the slight stench of rotting meat wafting in the air was familiar to each of the yers.

    ¡°Looks like we¡¯re unlucky. Something happened inside.¡± After exchanging nces with each other, Feng Luo and Onishi grabbed their weapons and slowly got closer to the entrance of the spacecraft.

    As expected, when they reached below the spacecraft and opened the cabin door, a loud and hoarse roar sounded before the ¡°person¡± making the sound charged at them.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo fired a Shield-breaking Energy Bullet from the Eye of the Thunder and sted the ¡°person¡¯s¡± head at close-range.

    A red damage number appeared. Headshot!

    ¡°-9200!¡±

    The ¡°person¡± fell to the ground with his face half-blown up before he could even touch the two yers. ck blood sshed around the area and spread as the bodyy on the ground.

    Of course, the thing was not exactly a ¡°person,¡± rather, an Elite Grade zombie.

    However, one thing that was noteworthy was that the zombie was slightly different from the zombies the group encountered inside Silvermoon City.

    Particrly, the zombie that was originally the pilot, and his arms and hands had transformed into something that looked like a bird¡¯s w, with the skin tightly wrapped around the bone, and the bone was as hard as an eagle¡¯s w.

    When he charged toward Feng Luo and Onishi from within the spacecraft, his ws had left five very clear holes in the hard metallic wall of the spacecraft.

    ¡°Zombie Pilot (Level 46 Elite Mutant). T-virus Secondary Infected Being...¡± Onishi quickly shared the information of the ¡°person¡± that he detected to the others.

    ¡°Mutant Zombie? Zombies mutated? And what¡¯s this about it being a secondary infected being?¡± Big Pineapple walked over and asked curiously.

    ¡°It should mean that the T-virus had infected a non-human subject through some other means, and after that, through the non-human subject, the virus was spread to humans.¡± Digital Cat, who did not have muchbat strength, also walked over. She pushed her technology spectacles up while observing the corpse of the bird on the ground. ¡°The Evolution Virus has an important ability, if it is spread through a non-human creature, there is a possibility that some of the genes of the infected non-human creature would be transferred to the human body. As a result, the infected human would be able to obtain unique and special biological abilities.¡±

    Digital Cat clearly understood more about the Evolution Virus after obtaining the information and data provided by William earlier.

    ¡°The NPC probably did not expect that he would be infected by the T-virus after being attacked by a bird. By the time he reacted, it was probably already toote...¡± She also made a deduction to the situation that transpired earlier around the spacecraft from the evidence and clues sitting around the scene.

    ¡°That person sure is unlucky. To be infected by the T-virus even when he was so far away from Silvermoon City. But it is fine even if he is dead. However, we seem to have a troublesome issue right now. If our pilot is dead, how are we going to return?¡± Big Pineapple said as he scratched his head with a frustrated expression.

    ¡°Getting back is not difficult. The more serious issue is that without the pilot, we don¡¯t have the authority to use the medical capsule. The two NPCs won¡¯tst longer than two minutes... Could it be... There¡¯s no way for us to avoid this fight?¡± Onishi¡¯s thinking was a little bit more profound.

    ¡°It shouldn¡¯t reach that stage...¡± Before Feng Luo could finish his sentence, his special agent wristwatch suddenly started vibrating. He raised his watch and immediately connected themunication device after confirming the identity of the caller.

    ¡°I finally manage to get into contact with you guys! Is everything alright?¡± A screen appeared above the special agent wristwatch. Haruko, who was wearing the military uniform that had the Lieutenant Colonel military badge, appeared on the screen. She was seated inside apletely sealed-off office.

    ¡°I forgot that this aerofoil spacecraft has a long-rangemunication receiver. So, just like when we were inside the quarantine zone inside the military camp, we can conduct extra long-range calls.¡± Onishi suddenly remembered.

    ¡°We¡¯re alright at the moment. Truth be told, everything is going rather smoothly. However, we encountered two heavily injured personnel, and the rendezvous liaison has been...¡± Feng Luo quickly provided a debrief to Haruko.

    ¡°Nightingale... and Wong!¡± Haruko¡¯s expression did not change after hearing the first half of Feng Luo¡¯s debrief. However, by the time she heard that thepetition NPCs were Nightingale and Ada, her expression changed, especially when she heard about Ada Wong. Haruko¡¯s pitch increased substantially.

    At that moment, Ada had entered the view of themunication device without the yers noticing. Then, she greeted Haruko who was on the screen as if she had just seen an old acquaintance, ¡°Sakura!¡±

    ¡°Wong! I never thought that it would be you.¡± Haruko looked up and looked straight toward Ada.

    The two women exchanged nces through themunication device. It looked as if their gaze vaguely shed together.

    In terms of their aura, Haruko, who was seated inside the office while wearing the military uniform, did not lose to Ada Wong, who had just experienced a battle at all.

    And from the content of their short exchange, it was clear that Haruko and Ada Wong were acquaintances; however, their rtionship may not be all that friendly.

    After a staring contest of a few seconds, Ada Wong suddenly smiled and spoke to Haruko through themunication device, ¡°Your subordinates are quite decent. It¡¯s making me want to go and be an instructor next time and lead a team of my own after that...¡±

    After speaking, she turned around and walked toward the infected Caucasian special agent NPC.

    On the screen, Haruko could not hide her surprise from her tone and asked a rare question, ¡°I never thought that the agency actually sent her for this mission... How did you guys get your hands on the target with her around?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s like this...¡± Feng Luo quickly exined the situation to her.

    ¡°That is why we want to first bring the little girl to my friend¡¯s ce so that we may try to save her. Also, the two injured personnel requires immediate medical assistance and we need to immediately put them into the medical capsule on the spacecraft...¡±

    Haruko remained silent for a brief moment before nodding and responding, ¡°Understood, I will now grant you ess to the spacecraft. You can just bring the target for treatmentter. I will immediately report this to the higher-ups. The general should agree to this.¡±

    ...

    After a minute, the ck aerofoil spacecraft ascended into the air under Digital Cat¡¯s piloting. Then, she initiated the autopilot function of the spacecraft to fly towards Storm City.

    On a mountain road where the yers were engaged in battle not long ago, a white heavy transport vehicle slowed down.

    Over a dozen people wearing protective scientific gears walked over to the side of William¡¯s corpse.

    Holding a canister in their hands, they sprayed cold air onto William¡¯s bullet-ridden body, freezing itpletely before loading the frozen corpse onto the truck.

    After that, the truck quickly drove away from the spot and towards the direction of the rebel army camp.

    ...

    At the same time, a little further away, inside Silvermoon City.

    A not-so-handsome, 30 year old Wind Maniptor yer, who had a macho military look, stood inside themand center of Veterans Tribe. He held a Level 50 Rare Grade Hurricane Controller in his hands and was fully equipped with other Rare Grade gears. A temporary device created by the guild¡¯s Chip Master to protect against external interference to themand channel was projecting an image of a middle-aged yer.

    ¡°Chairman Mu, are you kidding me? Why is yourpany suddenly backing out of the counterattack?!¡± The Wind Maniptor asked the middle-aged yer projected on the screen with an awkward expression. At that moment, his expression was one of disbelief. It was as if he was doubting the words he had just heard.

    ¡°We are clearly in an advantageous position!¡± The Wind Maniptor looked wretched and his tone was clearly forcefully suppressing his anger.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Guild Leader Star Gxy, this is the decision of the board. Ourpany just signed a huge contract with the Rui Conglomerate. That¡¯s why we can only back out of this battle. We are incredibly sorry about this.¡± The person within the projected image seemed sorry and ashamed. Afterwards, he disconnected the call.

    ¡°Guild Leader, the Rui Conglomerate announced just five minutes ago that they have bought 49% of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s share.¡± Reported the leader¡¯s assistant, a Light Armor Warrior, with a grimace.

    Upon hearing those words, the Wind Maniptor held his energy converter tightly as his eyes became bloodshot and his brows furrowed together tightly.

    ¡°Guild Leader, Sonorous Mercenary Group suddenly betrayed us. Old He and his men were all attacked from their nk and they have all been killed.¡±

    ¡°Guild Leader, Guild GT announced that they have joined the rebel army camp. They immediately turned around and attacked our people. The defense of 12th Street is bing tight!¡±

    ¡°Guild Leader, Assault Squad Three was betrayed by the people from Legion of Fire, the situation is dire and they need immediate assistance...¡±

    ¡°Guild Leader...¡±

    Within themand channel, one after another, messages conveying bad news reached the ears of the Veterans Tribe guild leader, who like Roaring Dragon Light Wind, was also a Wind Maniptor.

    At that moment, Veterans Tribe¡¯s full advantage over the battle in Silvermoon City had disappeared. In an instant, the situationpletely turned around.

    ¡°Guild Leader, Sister Rose and her group have been surrounded by a group of people.¡± A Scout yer provided thetest update while still panting.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go! I¡¯ll go save them myself! Rui Conglomerate... No matter how rich you are and whichever method you use, Veterans Tribe will never give up Silvermoon City to you so easily!¡± Said the Wind Maniptor with an angry expression while he picked up his Hurricane Controller.

 Chapter 481 - Relieving Good News

    <h4>Chapter 481: Relieving Good News</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    [You¡¯ve epted the Legendary Grade Hidden Mission ¨C William¡¯s Request. Please find a suitable person to treat Sally within the 12-hour timeframe...]

    [Legendary Mission ¨C William¡¯s Request Phase One has beenpleted. Phase Two is currently underway...]

    Inside Lin¡¯s biologyb within Storm City.

    Feng Luo sat in the living hall and read thest two system logs he received before he logged off the game yesterday.

    It had been more than half a day since the battle yesterday. At the moment, the in-game time was eight in the morning and the sun had just risen into the sky not that long ago.

    At around one in the afternoon the day before, using their identity of being people from the special agent department, the group easily got through the NPC army¡¯s blockade and entered Storm City.

    While entering Storm City, Feng Luo exined their situation to Lin, and she agreed to help immediately. She even drove theb¡¯s specialized quarantine vehicle and brought along her mechanical assistant robot to the rendezvous point to pick up and transfer the group to theb.

    Haruko¡¯s reply also came very quickly. With regard to Feng Luo¡¯s request of cing little Sally with Lin so that she could receive treatment, the special agent department¡¯s higher-ups agreed to it very easily.

    However, Feng Luo quickly understood the reason.

    To the NPC Federation special agent department, they were initially eyeing William¡¯s G-virus information, the original virus strain, and William himself, who was an expert when it came to the G-virus. Saving young Sally was only to ensure that William could work for the Federation Government without any worries in the future.

    However, their n to protect William and capture Wesker encountered several unexpected developments.

    William died after injecting the G-virus and mutating. In such a situation, the little girl, who had contracted an incurable disease and required a substantial amount of credits to treat, naturally had no value to them.

    To the government, the most they would do was provide some humanitarian aid and some form of medical support to the little girl.

    However, the Federation Government probably did not expect that the G-virus information and original strain that they highly valued were actually all hidden within the little girl¡¯s body.

    ¡°The original strain and experiment data of the G-virus, huh? Once we get these things, it is highly likely that we will be able to create advanced versions of items such as the Permanent Enhancement Potion!¡± On this, Feng Luo was looking forward to things.

    In the beginning of the Biohazard Crisis (aka Resident Evil) storyline the price of the Permanent Enhancement Potion dropped to less than 500,000 credits per potion. During a Huan Yu Company auction yesterday, the W-virus Permanent Enhancement Potion, which had been very popr and had been constantly understocked, did not receive any sessful bid at the end of the auction, meaning that the profit from the Enhancement Potion obtained back at Roguetown, which also triggered the first phase of the Epic Level mission, had already reached its peak.

    If Feng Luo wanted to continue making money from this mission, he needed to progress the mission a lot faster.

    This time, the mission by William provided him the opportunity to do so. As long as Lin seeds in healing young Sally, then the G-virus should enter the criteria of being something that could be developed.

    With regard to the G-virus Pet Enhancement Fluid and Human Enhancement Fluid... Perhaps, they could also be manufactured too.

    As Feng Luo deliberated in his mind, Lin, who had donned on a full set of protective gear, walked out of theb. ¡°What¡¯s the situation?¡±

    ¡°Both research subjects are very valuable.¡± The ¡°King Parrot¡± intelligent program rested on Lin¡¯s shoulder.

    At that time, even though she was walking, data and 3D images continued to stream across Lin¡¯s technology spectacles.

    Feng Luo looked a bit speechless. Clearly, to Lin, young Sally was not a ¡°patient,¡± but rather she was considered a ¡°research subject.¡±

    However, the situation was not weird at all. After all, Lin was not a doctor; rather, she was a virologist.

    Regardless, Feng Luo decided that he would still ask and rify things. This was an important matter that was rted to five stat points to all his basic stats. ¡°I wanted to ask you something. In terms of the little girl¡¯s treatment progress and sess rate...¡±

    ¡°Ah, yes. The situation isn¡¯t that good. Although the little girl¡¯s body has residues of the inhibitory drug, she was sent here a bit toote. The Evolution Virus has already synergized to an advanced level.¡± Lin lifted her head and her technology spectacles projected a screen in front of Feng Luo, disying a bunch ofplex data and information to him.

    Upon hearing this, Feng Luo¡¯s face stiffened. ¡°No way! I sent her over here without any hesitation or dy at all!¡±

    Since Lin said that the situation was not that good, did that mean that they encountered something unexpected after all?

    ¡°It has been a while since she was injected with the inhibitory drug, that¡¯s why her body is not in good condition right now. However, her life is still in a stable condition. I modified the treatment n a little, the final result should be fine.¡± Lin pushed her spectacles up her nose bridge and stared at Feng Luo with a nk expression.

    ¡°Phew...¡± Feng Luo breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally rx but his face showed that he was still a little speechless.

    He really wanted to tell Lin, ¡°Hey Aunty, you shouldn¡¯t be so roundabout when you speak, the five stat points deduction penalty for all basic stats was still considered quite heavy...¡±

    ¡°Compared to the little girl, the middle aged man infected by the T-virus is in a more troublesome condition. His human cells possesses a special power. Based on what you said, it should be the Force, which is why he has been able to endure for so long even after being infected by the T-virus. However, he has been infected for a very long time, so the T-virus has already merged with his genes permanently, and caused quite a bit of mutation. Even after he recovers, I¡¯m afraid there will be some permanent changes.¡± Lin did notpletely ignore Feng Luo¡¯s expression. The image projected through her spectacles shifted. It switched to a middle aged Caucasian man being submerged inside a round-shaped device.

    It was clear that Lin was quite renowned even within the Federation Government. That¡¯s why the treatment of the special agent codenamed ¡°White Wolf¡± was also left with her.

    Lin did not object to the arrangement of the Federation Government either. After all, she would never reject free specimens handed to her straight in herb.

    When Feng Luo was contemting the issue, the image projected by Lin¡¯s spectacles disappeared. Then, she stared straight at him, ¡°However,pared to him, I¡¯m much more interested in your body.¡±

    At the same time, the metallic floor beside her suddenly opened up and a blood extraction device with examination functions was already held in her hand.

    ¡°Hey, hold on! What are you trying to do?¡± Upon hearing Lin¡¯s words and seeing her actions, Feng Luo was dumbfounded and reacted instinctively by backing one step away from her.

    ¡°Extracting your blood, of course. I no longer have enough blood to develop the W-virus. And I will need to obtain cells from other parts of your body. Specifically, cells from spots where you were injured.¡± Lin looked at Feng Luo through her technology spectacles as if she was looking at a test subject and thinking where she should start first.

    ¡°Extract my blood... Damn it, I actually forgot about this. But taking my blood has been enough before, why do you need cells from other areas now?¡± Feng Luo regained his senses and showed a bitter smile. He stood in ce without resisting, but he still asked as he was curious.

    ¡°The Force piqued my interest. Since you have awakened the Force, it is only natural that I retest your body and obtain fresh stats. Truth be told, I¡¯m looking forward to your body stats more than subject number three¡¯s stats that really surprised me this time.¡± Lin had already injected the blood extraction tool into Feng Luo¡¯s arm. She stared at the information of the blood extraction device while she spoke.

    Feng Luo thought for a moment and asked, ¡°Subject number three? William?¡±

    He previously collected William¡¯s blood as well as skin and bone cells for Lin because his instincts told him that those samples would be helpful to the progression of his Epic Level Evolution Virus mission, and now, Lin¡¯s words were evidence that his judgment was correct.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, subject number three¡¯s samples... I found an interesting piece of data from within. There¡¯s a 70% chance that it will be able to help my research breakthrough its current bottleneck. With your blood and cells, the probability of that happening will drastically increase.¡± Lin¡¯s eyes under her technology spectacles were calm; however, her pupils showed a feverish kind of passion.

    Her eyes werepletely the same as Digital Cat¡¯s, who had been modifying the T-750 prototype overnight based on the battle data of the day before inside the studio downstairs, when she talked about making mechas.

    ¡°These two women!¡±

    Although one was a yer and the other an NPC, Feng Luo felt that the two genius young women were quite simr in terms of their personality and character, as they both were workaholics with high IQ.

    Feng Luo was looking forward to the breakthrough in Lin¡¯s research regardless. As such, he let Lin reign free when it came to extracting and obtaining all types of samples and conducting tests on his body.

    ¡°You¡¯ve received a message!¡±

    Immediately after Lin¡¯s tests were done, hismunication device beeped.

    After he connected it, Onishi¡¯s voice filled the air. ¡°We¡¯ve already found a buyer. The time of the deal is in 15 minutes, inside private suite number 888 at the Star Gxy Hotel.¡±

 Chapter 482 - Legendary Grade Sniper Rifle Parts!

    <h4>Chapter 482: Legendary Grade Sniper Rifle Parts!</h4>

    Star Gxy Hotel was around two minutes from Lin¡¯sb via the hovercrafts. The hotel is one of the most famous and luxurious hotels in Storm City.

    As for private suites with the same numbers such as 888 or 666 were suites that not any yer could reserve. They were simr to the number one to ten rooms of Huan Yu Company. These suites were reserved for special guests.

    When Feng Luo walked into the simted space environment within the suite located on the top floor of the hotel, he noticed that Onishi was already waiting there. Both Phoenix and Big Pineapple, who also said that they would be there, as well as the buyer, seemed to have not yet arrived.

    ¡°Take a seat. The buyer is still on a spacecraft right now. He¡¯ll be here soon.¡±

    Onishi sat on a silverish white chair with flower carvings that seemed out of ce in theet space environment. He greeted Feng Luo and asked him to sit beside him at the round table.

    After Feng Luo sat down, Onishi made a sound, ¡°Right...¡± Then, he became silent again as he looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Is something the matter?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s observation skills made it easy for him to know that Onishi wanted to tell him something.

    ¡°Yes... I wanted to say that I want to use something to exchange an item in your possession, Death Dance,¡± Onishi said after he nodded. Since Feng Luo asked him about it, he generously and directly spoke about it.

    ¡°Death Dance...¡± Feng Luo did not immediately answer Onishi, falling deep into thought. With regard to Onishi¡¯s words, truth be told, Feng Luo was not at all surprised.

    The Legendary Grade submachine gun¡¯s great attack stat and incredibly high damage were hard to resist for any Scout yer. In particr, Onishi was someone who had used that Legendary Grade submachine gun. To return to using a Rare Grade submachine gun, he could not even inflict half the damage he could do when he used the Legendary weapon. Onishi could feel the stark difference immediately.

    However, with regard to Onishi¡¯s intention, Feng Luo still had to consider it carefully. There was no way he would agree to it just like that.

    A Level 50 Legendary Grade submachine gun, despite not providing Feng Luo any profession bonus since he was not a Scout, the damage Death Dance could inflict under Feng Luo was still considerable, to the point where it would not be any inferior to the Eye of the Thunder.

    Moreover, a submachine gun would be a better weapon in certain circumstances, aspared to a sniper rifle, and thebat methods were also more flexible.

    ¡°I know that you don¡¯tck credits. Based on current developments, the number of Legendary Grade items will not be increasing much any time soon. So, even if you keep the submachine for yourself for the moment and sell it in the future after you¡¯ve obtained new and better equipment, you wouldn¡¯t lose too much money...¡± Obviously, Onishi also knew that Feng Luo would not easily agree to his request.

    After all, the value of a Legendary Grade weapon was difficult to evaluate at the current stage of the game. Though Snipers did not receive profession-associated bonuses when using a submachine gun, considering the fact that Feng Luo could still use the weapon since he was a gunner, the power exerted from the Legendary Grade submachine gun would still be quite formidable.

    ¡°However, I think that you might be more interested in these two items aspared to a submachine gun.¡± Naturally, Onishi came prepared. When he spoke, he had already brought from his inventory a rectangr box and ced it on the table between himself and Feng Luo.

    Although Onishi mentioned two items, after the box was opened, there were actually three items inside.

    One silverish-gray gun barrel that seemed thicker than the Barrett; a simr silverish-gray sniping scope that had all sorts of data and information streaming through the screen; and a translucent chip.

    ¡°This is...¡± Instinctively, Feng Luo made several guesses as to what those items were, and his heartbeat became faster.

    ¡°Death Gaze, a Legendary Grade sniper rifle with the perfect evaluation.¡± When Onishi spoke, his gaze was tinged with a sense of pride.

    ¡°Legendary Grade sniper rifle... As I thought...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes sparkled as he looked at the two sniper rifle parts.

    ¡°That¡¯s right. These are parts for a Legendary Grade sniper rifle. Two of the three most important parts, the sniping scope, and the gun barrel.¡± Onishi nodded and pushed the box to a spot beside Feng Luo. At the same time, he set the equipment stats setting to the disy mode.

    Two orange-colored equipment stats appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s vision.

    [Death Gaze (Gun Barrel ¨Ces with a silencer)]

    Grade: Legendary

    Caliber: 14.5mm

    Effective Shooting Range: +500m

    Initial Bullet Velocity: +40%

    Shooting Sound: -80%

    Force: +30

    Bonus Attribute: Fatal Damage receives a final 15% bonus (The attribute will only be triggered if each shot consumed two points of Force)

    Bonus Skill: Eye of the Grim Reaper (Requires at least three Death Gaze parts, including the sniping scope, to activate. Additionally, consumes the Force when activated, the consumption rate of the Force depends on the distance between the user and the target)

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Required Level: 60

    ...

    [Death Gaze (Sniping Scope ¨Ces with the sensory chip)]

    Grade: Legendary

    Vision: +40%

    Target Lock Function (Maximum number of lockable targets: 10)

    urate HP Calction Function

    Force: +30

    Bonus Attribute: Fatal Damage receives a final 15% bonus (The attribute will only be triggered if each shot consumed two points of Force)

    Bonus Skill: Eye of the Grim Reaper (Requires at least three Death Gaze parts, including the sniping scope, to activate. Additionally, consumes the Force when activated, the consumption rate of the Force depends on the distance between the user and the target)

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    Required Level: 60

    ¡°These stats...¡±

    When Feng Luo looked at the stats of the two sniper rifle parts, he could not deny that he was moved, as the stats of the sniper rifle were practically custom-made for him.

    In particr, when Feng Luo extended his palm to pick up the cold and hard Death Gaze sniping scope, he instantly felt the lights dim around him. The spaceet environment of the hotel¡¯s private suite, including Onishi and the tables and chairs around him, all disappeared from his vision. Feng Luo¡¯s entire person seemed to have entered a pitch-ck environment.

    Immediately afterward, arge eye the size of apass appeared in front of Feng Luo. The eye kept staring at him, it kind of resembled the eye that was on William¡¯s shoulder.

    However, most of the eye was dark red. After the eye appeared, a loud bang could be heard. From within the pupil of therge eyeball, a ck sniper bullet flew straight toward Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    The continuous changes were too quick, and the bullet was very unexpected. As such, Feng Luo¡¯s mind did not react to the chain of events at all, resulting in receiving a bullet right between his eyes in the next moment.

    However, the moment the bullet struck his forehead between his eyes, Feng Luo suddenly regained his consciousness. His vision returned, and everything seemed normal, just like before. The only thing that was different was that his palm holding the sniping scope was now covered in cold sweat.

    ¡°This feeling! It is unbelievably nostalgic!¡± Feng Luo quickly regained his calm. He suddenly remembered a simr experience in the past, and that was the first time he touched the military knife ¨C Ghost Weep.

    The reaction was actually a hint of the Legendary Grade item and the yer¡¯spatibility. Theoretically, it meant that his talent and Force were highlypatible with the Death Gaze weapon.

    ¡°In fact, just what is mypatibility with this Legendary Grade sniper rifle?¡± Feng Luo wondered as he lowered his head to look at the system message.

    [Death Gaze (Compatibility: 60%)]

    ¡°Eh? What¡¯s this?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face stiffened.

    Compatibility of 60%. It was not that it was too high; rather, it was too low.

    When Feng Luo touched Death Dance, which was 80%patible with Feng Luo, he only felt power gushing into his body, which made him feel his body became lighter for an instant.

    As for a feeling that made him hallucinate, theoretically speaking, thepatibility between him and the weapon should be more than 90%, right?

 Chapter 483 - Attributes of Death Dance

    <h4>Chapter 483: Attributes of Death Dance</h4>

    ¡°Could it have just been an illusion?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s forehead creased, feeling strange, as he once again reached out and picked up another Death Gaze gun barrel.

    The gun barrel made from unknown material felt icy-cold like metal, but its weight felt easy to handle and being held in hand, the Compatibility attribute shown was only ¡°60%.¡±

    ¡°Actually, there¡¯s another important reason I would like to exchange with you, that¡¯s when I first held Death Dance, I had a very strong feeling like all the cells in my entire body were trembling, as if there was a voice prompting me that this is the most suitable weapon for me. I¡¯ve searched up before on the forum, this should be the ¡®Compatibility¡¯ prompt set by the system and the Legendary equipment.¡± Just when Feng Luo was feeling doubtful about the Compatibility with Death Gaze, Onishi had brought up his own feelings when picking up Death Dance that indicated the Compatibility between him and Death Dance should be very high.

    Feng Luo was rather not surprised by this point, because the attributes if Death Dance were very suited towards Onishi¡¯sbat style.

    [Death Dance (submachine gun)]

    Grade: Legendary

    Attack power: 900

    Attack coefficient: C

    Agility +60

    Strength +30

    Loading capacity: 80/80

    Maximum firing speed: 350 bullets/min

    Effective firing range: 300M

    Force +100

    Included attribute: movement speed +50%

    Included skill: Death Dance (after engaged, greatly increases movement speed and firing speed, each engagement uses 50 Force, uses Force withinsting duration)

    Required level: 50

    Overall evaluation: Excellent

    The attributes of this gun were definitely very powerful.

    There was no need to say that it was C-Grade, equivalent to the damage coefficient of Rare sniper rifles and an entire ¡°900 points¡± over the great attack power of the standard evaluated Barrett.

    Solely speaking about the Rare attribute of ¡°movement speed +50%,¡± it seemed like it was lousierpared with some attack-raising Rare attributes.

    But in fact, a huge advantage of submachine guns was flexibility; especially to a Scout who ced extreme attention to movement speed, this attribute was even more of a quality item.

    The two consecutive ¡°greatly increases XXX¡± in the included Force skill would also be seen at first as very average. Butbined with the ¡°greatly increases the strength of the hand holding onto the knife¡± in Ghost Weep¡¯s attributes, the super strong effect of this skill in actualbat and the power of the included skill could be imagined.

    Especially when Onishi¡¯sbat stylepared with typical Scouts was more used to the use of theplement of a submachine gun and a military knife in short distancebat.

    As such, the Compatibility of Death Dance to him would probably be close to 100%.

    ¡°Honestly speaking, these two Death Gaze parts don¡¯t have any obvious feeling in my hands.¡± Onishi said, his forehead creased as he looked towards the two sniper rifle parts in Feng Luo¡¯s hands. ¡°Plus, to me now, there¡¯s really no way that its Level and included attribute would be of use.¡±

    Feng Luo understood what Onishi meant.

    This Death Gaze was actually a Level 60 Legendary equipment. Furthermore, the rare attribute on it, like the included skill, actually required Force to be activated.

    The bigger problem was that the caliber of this Death Gaze was actually 14.5MM ¨C for such a huge caliber, there were probably no more than a few models of sniper rifles of Level 50 and below, and there would be even fewer of those with good attributes.

    Even if it was a sniper rifle with the same caliber, toplement with equipment parts of different model numbers would also require time spent by a Mechanist to modify it.

    But clearly, it had not been long since Onishi had gotten these two Legendary equipment parts and this problem still had not been resolved, thus it was still the Eye of the Thunder used in the previous battle.

    ¡°But this problem doesn¡¯t seem big to me instead...¡± Feng Luo pondered.

    Although Death Gaze was Level 60 equipment, it was not truly unusable now.

    Just like back when Feng Luo attached the Eye of the Thunder parts on the M110, as long as the sniper rifle¡¯s main part was not attached, it would definitely reduce the Level requirement to a certain extent.

    As for the Force requirement for activating the rare attribute, to him who had already awakened his Force plus had 160 points of Force enhancement from the ¡°Life Protozoa¡± whose Level had already risen to Level 16, it was not too big a matter.

    Honestly speaking, this Force usage was actually very worth it.

    As the ¡°increases ultimate percentage of lethal damage¡± rare attribute of this Legendary sniper rifle was not only great in power, but to him, it was also really too suitable.

    ¡°Lethal,¡± ¡°ultimate¡± ¨C there was no need to mention the significance of these two attributes.

    It had to be known that just the scope and gun barrel already increased 30% of lethal damage.

    Technically speaking, the percentage of the sniper rifle¡¯s main part enhancement would still be another time higherpared with the gun barrel, in addition to another two parts and the attribute raise afterplete assembly. The rare attribute of this Perfect-Grade Level 60 Legendary sniper rifle was very possibly ¡°100% lethal damage ultimate enhancement.¡±

    In addition to the definite super-high attack of the Legendary sniper rifle, it was hard for Feng Luo to imagine, until then, other than the Heavy Armored Warrior with shield-up, which other profession in the game without a Legendary defense equipment would be able to take his bullet which would be a critical one-shot?

    ¡°But why is it that the feeling of touching this Death Gaze is so powerful yet the Compatibility is low...¡± This really made Feng Luo clueless. Why would his physical feeling of touch and the system¡¯s statistics have such a contradiction?

    This made him hesitate whether to agree with this exchange.

    Yes, Feng Luo had the thought of exchanging with Onishi, because the attributes of these two Legendary sniper rifle parts were really too suitable for him ¨C it was simply as if tailor-made for him.

    And with the current rarity of Legendary equipment, if Feng Luo had missed this, who knew if there would be another chance toe across a Death Gaze!

    However, even though it was a Level 60 Perfect-evaluated Legendary equipment, and the prices of sniper rifles were indeed pretty much more expensivepared with submachine guns, really speaking, just two parts, with the most important main partcking, the overall price definitely could not possibly bepared with theplete Death Gaze.

    Since Onishi wanted to exchange, then he definitely would not be oblivious to this difference in value.

    Thus, Feng Luo¡¯s gazended on thest Chip.

    ¡°This is a Mission Chip?¡± Feng Luo asked Onishi.

    ¡°Mm, this mission is the series equipment mission of the Death Gaze sniper rifle; you only need to do ording to the mission process and you¡¯ll be able to get theplete Death Gaze. Of course, this mission has a Level requirement, the next round of missions would require Level 55 to be able to continue. In the past 10 days after transferring professions, I have been doing this mission. I must get my hands on these two items one day.¡± Onishi nodded.

    In the past half month, due to the appearance of all sorts of Legendary equipment, Onishi¡¯s ¡°North City¡¯s top expert¡± title before had already been thought as invalid by many people, since they all thought that the lone-travelling Onishi did not have Legendary equipment, and whose equipment and ability were already pretty muchgging behind those signature yers of huge financial groups generously relying on human lives for Legendary equipment and weapons to be produced.

    Now on the new ranking, Onishi had already fallen out of the first five cings of the North City¡¯s top 10 experts.

    Still, these yers definitely would not have thought that during these days, Onishi was actually silently doing Legendary equipment missions and had already gotten his hands on two Legendary equipment parts.

    ¡°The difficulty of this Legendary sniper rifle mission isn¡¯t low, but I think with your ability, you definitely canplete it.¡± Onishi looked at Feng Luo who was still in deep thought, waiting for Feng Luo¡¯s decision. ¡°Perhaps two Legendary sniper rifle parts are indeed unable to match up with one submachine gun. But the value of a Level 60 Perfect-evaluated Legendary sniper rifle is definitely far above that of a Level 50 Excellent-evaluated Legendary submachine gun.¡±

 Chapter 484 - Mister X

    Chapter 484: Mister X

    ¡°Sure!¡± Under Onishi¡¯s gaze, Feng Luo nodded atst.

    He indeed liked Death Gaze a lot, and did not wish to pass on it.

    Although the caliber of this gun was a little unique and thus it probably would not be very easy to get a suitable sniper rifle part for the set, Feng Luo knew that in this ce, it was very possible to find a suitable 14.5MM-caliber Rare sniper rifle.

    He was not in a rush, as he could at least get a blueprint of arge caliber sniper rifle.

    Moreover, even if both did not work, he could also try to design a sniper rifle model himself.

    A yer who had reached a high level in life profession would possess a certain ability to design his own products.

    Of course, the attributes and Grade of designed firearms were notpletely controble.

    Also, the time required for designing a fitting gun was too much ¨C this was considered the most troublesome way of dealing with it.

    ......

    Feng Luo passed Death Dance to Onishi after he had taken it out from his backpack, after which he kept the box which stored the gun barrel and sniper scope into his backpack.

    Both partiespleted the major exchange.

    In the entire discussion process, neither of the two had expressed any intention of auctioning the submachine gun.

    Technically, if this only Legendary submachine gun in the game was really brought to the auction, it definitely would fetch a very precious high sum.

    Although it was not to the sky-high price of 10 billion credits of the ¡°War¡¯s first Legendary equipment¡± Desert Crown which had a backstage support at that time, up to billions of credits was definitely of no doubt.

    To the two yers who were notcking in money now, many a time, good equipment was actually harder to get than credits.

    Furthermore, there was still one more problem, which was that Death Dance, the only Legendary submachine gun currently produced in the game ¨C regardless of whether it was the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group or that Xing Shao, they probably would not be very resigned.

    Perhaps taking it to the auction would stir some problems. Of course, the two did not really put this matter to heart.

    The Feng Luo today was no longer that yer who was low in both equipment and Level at that time when he was wanted by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Not mentioning others, to him now, with the help of 24K; even if it were over 10 Elite yers, as long as they did not persist head-on, it would be very hard to cause him toorge a threat.

    As for Onishi as a top star yer, he would not be too concerned about this matter.

    After all, this gun was produced from the camp battle ¨C it did not have any negative influence that could not be exposed.

    Speaking of Onishi¡¯s star yer identity, it has to be mentioned that the matter of contacting someone to sell the ¡°Force Awakening Solution Biochip¡± still had to owe the fact that he was a star yer.

    Due to the fact that subsequent operations would be easier with the buyer kept a secret and various other reasons, Onishi did not reveal the overall attributes when looking for a buyer.

    Just relying on his name, he sent a message to some star yers whom he was close with orrge guilds.

    Then he had enough people who named a price to him anonymously.

    If Onishi was changed to Big Pineapple or Phoenix or even Feng Luo, finding a suitable buyer would undoubtedly be a lot more troublesome.

    ¡°Old Feng!¡±

    After identities had been rectified at the entrance, the can-like Big Pineapple, in full-set Rare equipment; and Phoenix, still in feminine fiery-red armor who only removed her helmet, revealing her me-like hair, walked in.

    ¡°Old Feng, I have to thank you, hah. Hey, the attributes of this thing are really some quality.¡± Big Pineappleughed as he sat beside Feng Luo, reaching out and showing the thick dark red arm guard on his arm.

    This was the trophy which each person had one of produced from that Tyrant T-100 guarding the door in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base previously.

    Hearing what Big Pineapple said, clearly the attributes of this thing should have been pretty decent.

    ¡°Leader Feng, is Little Cat noting?¡± Phoenix sat across Feng Luo, picking up the beverage on the table and gulping it down with her head tilted upward. This action made her chest at her fire-like light armor an unblocked view, making Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes straighten.

    The few of them now know that Digital Cat and Feng Luo were now in cooperation, and the two parties were now cooperating to replicate the ¡°T-750¡± they had met with before in the Agent investigation mission. Digital Cat¡¯s working room was below the researchboratory of the NPC Master Lin whom Feng Luo knew, which was why Phoenix would ask.

    ¡°She hasn¡¯t slept or stopped working on the mecha since returning until now, so she didn¡¯t intend to make it here. Wait until the buyeres in and I¡¯ll switch on themunication with her. Plus this matter about selling the Force Awakening Solution has been dealt with by Onishi, I¡¯m just here poke into the business and help make the numbers.¡± Feng Luo smiled, pushing out Onishi in his words.

    Since the matter had been handed to Onishi, he naturally did not intend to interfere, unless the selling price by Onishi was too far a gap from everyone¡¯s anticipation.

    However, from Phoenix, it could be seen that he had vaguely established a ce in the five of them in this mission.

    ¡°Mm...as for the price, it has already been roughly discussed with the buyer this time, even direct mail or transferred transaction will do. But after all, the price of this thing is too high, the other party wishes that we can pass it to him directly. And he seemed to have something else to tell us.¡± Onishi took out the potion-like ¡°G-Virus Force Evolution Solution Biochip¡± from his backpack.

    ¡°Hey, what price are you going to start with for this thing then?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s money-grubber character was exposed as his interest quickly moved from Phoenix to Onishi.

    ¡°Hm...perhaps this should be up to Mister X himself.¡± Onishi was prepared to answer when he turned his eyes and said with a smile towards the direction of the entrance.

    ¡°Mister Onishi!¡± A middle-aged man around close to 40-years old, wearing a straight suit and leather shoes, with a look of a high-up sessful person, walked in from the entrance after rectifying his identity.

    From some of the equipment on him which had notpletely vanished, this should be a newbie, whose Level was probably less than 20.

    ¡°Please sit, let me introduce to everyone, the buyer, Mister X.¡± Onishi temporarily acted as the middleman, introducing this buyer¡¯s identity to the other three people.

    ¡°X?¡± Hearing the name, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes showed ponderment.

    The letter ¡°X¡± undoubtedly epassed a unique meaning on both Earth and the ¨C that was ¡°unknown¡± or ¡°mysterious.¡±

    This Mister X was probably very likely just a pseudonym. But the three people were not very bothered about this matter.

    Everyone just had a business rtionship; no matter how mysterious he was, it would do as long as he paid in the end.

    ¡°Mister Onishi, is this the thing that you said was able to awaken the Force?¡± After sitting down, Mister X first smiled and nodded at Feng Luo and the others as a greeting.

    In this process, he seemed to be deliberately observing something, clearly pausing for less than a second when looking at Phoenix¡¯s eye-catching ¡°Red Lotus Battle Set¡± and Feng Luo¡¯s Gunner equipment.

    But he immediately shifted his gaze again to the ¡°Force Awakening Solution Biochip¡± ced on the table by Onishi, smiling as he asked.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, this is what I had talked to you about before.¡± Onishi nodded.

 Chapter 485 - Deal, 6.75 Billion Credits!

    <h4>Chapter 485: Deal, 6.75 Billion Credits!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Mm, okay, I already know what you¡¯ve said to me before. Now, about what type of Force this potion awakens, you should be able to tell me directly?¡± Mister X took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket before picking up the metallic-like syringe of the ¡°Force Awakening Solution Biochip,¡± feeling very professional.

    However,pared with Mister X¡¯s profession, everyone felt a little ridiculed.

    Hearing what Mister X meant, Onishi had actually found a buyer who suited the criteria without even telling others about the attributes of the item?

    But really speaking, this was not strange. After all, to the buyer this time, the purpose was just to use this item to earn the title of ¡°some yer being the first to awaken Force.¡±

    As for the Force attributes obtainable from this thing, it was not a very important thing. After all, even if it was apletely useless trashy Force, it was still a ¡°first.¡±

    ¡°Of course. After looking at the attributes, I think you¡¯d definitely willinglymit to no less than a 20% markup as promised before.¡± Onishi nodded, speaking as he set the attributes to open.

    ¡°This...is a very good thing!¡± When Mister X saw clearly the attributes of the Force Awakening Solution, a spark burst in his eyes.

    Clearly, such a quality Force attribute as ¡°invisibility¡± was definitely better than his initial expectation.

    They did not disturb Mister X; until he reached out to pick up the ¡°Force Awakening Solution¡± and had carefully scanned once through the item¡¯s introduction and detailed attribute information did Onishi speak again. ¡°How is it, Mister X?¡±

    ¡°I think the value of this thing shouldn¡¯t be worth just a 20% markup. I feel that 50% should bepletely worth it.¡±

    As a topbat yer, Onishi¡¯s capability in business was not inferior.

    urately catching the reveal of Mister X¡¯s slight forgetting of himself in an instant after seeing the attributes, he said with a smile.

    ¡°Honestly speaking, the attributes of this thing are indeed beyond my expectations...¡± Mister X put down the Force Awakening Solution, looked up at Onishi and spoke. ¡°But I have to say, its ws are also very obvious ¨C the Force awakened is only the basic Force, plus it¡¯s unable to level up. Also, it would still be overwritten by one¡¯s personal Force. These have affected its value by a lot, especially increasing our operational risk...¡±

    However, Mister X clearly had more attributes of a businessman.

    His face had nowpletely regained his initial expression ¨C not looking at the Force Awakening Solution but starting to pick on the ws of the item.

    Between the two yers, thest negotiation in price had begun. Whereas Feng Luo was the same as the start, only sitting and watching from the side.

    ¡°Mister X, I think you seem to have overlooked something...¡± But Phoenix was helping to control it from the side.

    As for Big Pineapple, after hearing the base price that the two had discussed, he had already sat to one side, grinning smugly.

    ...

    ¡°Mister Onishi, Miss Phoenix, let¡¯s each move back a step. Markup of 35% ¨C this way no one loses out.¡± The negotiation among the three had gone on for an entire two minutes; atst, Mister X gave onest suggestion with a smile.

    At the third sentence of the negotiation, he had already known Phoenix¡¯s ID ¨C when saying this, the smile on his face became wider.

    ¡°How do y¡¯all see it...¡± In the group channel, Onishi asked the few of them through written words.

    ¡°Alright, alright...hey, Old Onishi, I really didn¡¯t think that such a normally cold person like you would be so energized at the negotiation table. I¡¯vepletely given in to this price ¨C no wonder Old Feng would¡¯ve handed this matter to you before.¡± Big Pineappleughed with a ¡°hehe,¡± staring at the Force Awakening Solution on the table with a look of joy on his face, as if looking at credits.

    ¡°I feel that it¡¯s almost there too. Mm, urately speaking, this price has already exceeded my prediction from the start.¡± Nothing appeared on Phoenix¡¯s face but she gave a string of exmation marks through text in the channel.

    ¡°Mm, I agree with this price.¡± Feng Luo expressed a supportive stance.

    ¡°Sure.¡± In the channel, Digital Cat¡¯s voice appearedst.

    ¡°Well Mister X, since everyone is satisfied, how about we sign the electronic contract now. I know that you should be in a rush by now.¡± Seeing that everyone had agreed, Onishi swiftly turned and spoke to Mister X.

    ¡°I absolutely trust Mister Onishi¡¯s reputation, even if we don¡¯t sign the electronic contract, I believe that you all will act ording to everyone¡¯s arrangement before.¡± Mister X said smiling.

    Although he had verbally said so, Mister X still immediately applied for a secure electronic contract from the system.

    Business people were all like that ¨C they would verbally say that there was no need but in reality still believe in those ck-and-white terms.

    Especially when the government had regted long before that some contracts in the game were also ruled byws in reality; somepanies even moved into the game to operate ¨C this was also the reason why the value of War was increasingly seen.

    ¡°675,000,000,000 credits.¡± After Mister X had signed, a sum was entered onto the team ount with shared application among them.

    A total of eleven digits after 6 ¨C thest price named by Mister X for this ¡°G-Virus Force Awakening Solution Biochip¡± was 6.75 billion credits.

    The second highest single item price currently in War had appeared, only behind ¡°War¡¯s first Legendary equipment¡± on the auction before dealt due to being hyped up.

    Considering even internal operation hype factors of the ¡°Desert Crown,¡± the price of this thing should have been the highest.

    Of course, towards thisst price, Feng Luo was actually not as surprised as Phoenix and Big Pineapple.

    Since the benefits that this thing was able to bring to some powers and some yers were too great; with the high poprity watch over yers¡¯ Force currently, this was equivalent to spending a few thousands of Star Coins to make an advertisement, furthermore the effect would definitely be superb.

    Although a certain extent of risk would exist even until the next day, this entire process was definitely worth it, just like the ¡°9.9999 billion¡± Desert Crown previously.

    ¡°Thanks to everyone.¡± After the transaction had beenpleted, Mister X took out a small silver passcode box.

    Upon opening it, he conveniently put in the Force Awakening Solution that a few billion of credits had been spent on, and put the box back into his backpack.

    Thereafter, he did not immediately leave to arrange other rted matters but rather looked across at all the four people with a slight smile and spoke.

    ¡°Actually, there¡¯s something that I haven¡¯t said beforehand. This time, other than for this Force Awakening Solution matter, there¡¯s still a more important matter to me that I¡¯vee to personally meet everyone to ask... If I can humbly invite Mister Onishi and the three to join our guild?¡±

 Chapter 486 - Nine Star, September

    <h4>Chapter 486: Nine Star, September</h4>

    ¡°Join your guild?¡±

    Hearing this, Feng Luo and the few of them swiftly exchanged nces.

    They then understood why this Mister X wanted to meet personally for this transaction which obviously could have been done in long distance.

    So actually, he had such an intention.

    ¡°I have a friend in the Rotating Dragon Mercenary Group, who has a deeper understanding of what happened yesterday at Silvermoon City.¡± Mister X smiled slightly as his words revealed the reason why he invited them.

    Clearly, Mister X had already understood Onishi¡¯s appearance at Silvermoon City yesterday, and that Feng Luo and the others were in it together with Onishi; and he even possibly understood the general abilities they have from someone, hence what he just said.

    Of course, whether or not he really had heard this news from a friend in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, was not too significant.

    ...

    ¡°Excuse me, Mister X, I¡¯ve always preferred going around solo. I¡¯m uninterested in joining the guild at the moment.¡± When the other three people had not spoken, Onishi shook his head, rejecting the offer without a second thought.

    This wasn¡¯t strange ¨C as North City¡¯s number one expert, Onishi would receive countless invites to join guilds everyday. And since he had not joined any guild up till now, it was clearly because he had no intention to.

    ¡°I¡¯m not really interested either.¡± Feng Luo shook his head with a smile as well.

    When saying this, he recalled what Mu Wu had said not long before.

    Mu Wu had said that if he had brought the people of the organisation out of the Lu Conglomerate then build his own guild, would Feng Luo be willing to join and be the guild¡¯s cover star yer?

    Feng Luo¡¯s answer was that he would see when the timees.

    Thinking of it now, at that time towards this suggestion, he actually had a bit of an inclination.

    Although ying single mode in the game felt not bad, asionally taking part in team battles with a guild was enjoyable as well ¨C it should be a different experience.

    However, even if he wanted to join a guild, he definitely had to adhere to what he had said to Mu Wu. Thus with Mister X, he certainly had to reject.

    ¡°I have a bit of interest, but Mister X, you¡¯ve so sincerely invited us but you didn¡¯t evenpletely reveal your name. Isn¡¯t this...a littlecking in sincerity?¡± In contrast to the straight rejection from the first two, the expressions of Big Pineapple and Phoenix werepletely different.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s face was full of delight and enthusiasm. But when looking closely, one would discover that his eyes were nk; he had probably opened the system screen and was looking at the credit amount full of zeros which had just been credited into the ount.

    Phoenix blinked her charming red eye shadowed eyes and spoke to Mister X, staring at him.

    ¡°Miss Phoenix, you¡¯ve used me, my ID is really just ¡®X¡¯. But this ID does sounds pretentious. It¡¯s just that I have a naming crisis, and I feel that it¡¯s at least better than a ¡®Celestial Star¡¯ ID.¡± Mister X was facing this ¡°red spider lily¡± that was Phoenix, he was clearly still a little affected as he exined with a sheepish smile.

    However, his words had revealed a piece of information.

    ¡°This is a newly-made nickname of his, his ID previously before ¡®reincarnation¡¯ was: Celestial Star.¡±

    ¡°Celestial Star?¡±

    Hearing the ID, Feng Luo and Phoenix did not have much reaction. It was Big Pineapple, the fellow who had just wiped off his saliva and regained his senses after staring at the credits in the ount, was stunned this time. After which he instantly probed Mister X.

    ¡°The vice president cum co-founder of Nine Star Group, Director Celestial Star?¡±

    Clearly, this ID of Celestial Star should have been more famous. At least to Big Pineapple who was a Storm City yer.

    ¡°Nine Star Group, I think I¡¯ve heard this name somewhere before?¡± Phoenix raised her willow leaf-like eyebrows and touched her chin.

    ¡°The Nine Star Group, also known as Nine Star Guild, is one of the top 10 guilds of Storm City; the overall number of members including the guilds of other cities exceeds 5 million, the core members make up a million. urately speaking, it should currently be at number one in Storm City on the overall ability ranking. It¡¯s also publicly-known as one of the top 10 guilds in the entirety of War.¡± In the Agent channel, Digital Cat¡¯s voice quickly sounded.

    After Mister X had entered, Feng Luo had switched on themunication with Digital Cat for the convenience for her to express her opinions.

    After all, the chip was received by the five people ¨C it was best for all of them to be clear when selling it.

    However, Digital Cat did not take the transaction too much to heart, and only replied in agreement with thest price just now. Rather, she had now said a lot in a short while.

    ¡°So the game¡¯s top 10 guilds are really a big thing.¡± Hearing the words, Phoenix¡¯s eyes lit up.

    The top 10 guilds in all of War could be said to be important in proportion; it could be said that they should be known as super guilds.

    There were over 30 main cities in War, which meant that there were at least a few hundred of so-called regional ¡°top 10 guilds.¡± But for the top 10 guilds in the entire game, even if those guilds had rushed in or fallen out after movement was counted, the overall quantity still would not exceed 20.

    Behind such guilds, there was definitely the support of global superrge-scale financial groups ¨C their personal ability was far from being able to match up with the kind of small guilds with not more than 100,000 people like the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Mister X was the vice president of the Nine Star Guild, furthermore the co-founder. He had personally invited them ¨C making the significance quite high.

    ¡°Mister X, I¡¯m not sure what treatment we¡¯d get after joining the Nine Star Guild?¡± With Phoenix¡¯s ability, there was no difficulty in personally joining an elite team of any super guild in the game. What she wanted to know was: if they joined the Nine Star Guild, what promises would Mister X be able to grant?

    In these words, she also deliberately used ¡°we,¡± this referencing word, as she looked towards Mister X, with a smile.

    ¡°Naturally the highest level of treatment, everyone that joins our guild enjoys the highest star yer status treatment, and collects 10 million credits each month as basic treatment...inclination of all the guild¡¯s resources, you can also earn additional funding by joining some activities... I¡¯ll hereby say that our guild is preparing to form elite teams to go deep into the Withered Desert ins to farm for Legendary equipment, and the star status yers will be given priority to split all the produced Legendary equipment.¡± Mister X smiled, full of allure in his words.

    But his following words were even more unexpected.

    ¡°I would like to rify one point, it¡¯s not the Nine Star Guild that I would like to invite everyone to join, but the September Guild.¡±

    This statement probably made everyone suspect whether they had heard wrong.

    How did ¡°Nine Star¡± be ¡°September¡±¨C could the two be a main guild and a sub-guild?

    In the game, due to the restriction of the Federalws, each guild pany, organization, group...) could not exceed a million in the upper limit for the number of people.

    However, yers naturally were able to find a counter, which was through controlling in real life build ¡°sub-guilds¡± which had no subordinates in the game but were actually of the same organization.

    Nine Star and September clearly sounded like there was some rtion.

    ¡°The September Guild?¡± Speaking of the September Guild, Feng Luo knew about it.

    Because of the ¡°September Night Rain¡± who had been stripped of everything by him in the previous Agent mission was the cover star yer of the ¡°September Guild,¡± the fourth on the Storm City¡¯s top 10 expert ranking before.

 Chapter 487 - Onishi, Vice-Captain!

    <h4>Chapter 487: Onishi, Vice-Captain!</h4>

    ¡°September, Nine Star...these two seem like big guilds, could they have a subordinate rtionship?¡± Feng Luo asked Big Pineapple in the channel.

    ¡°It¡¯s not a subordinate one. The Nine Star Group ranked first and the September Guild ranked fourth on the Storm City¡¯s top 10 guild ranking were actually one guild at the start. Then, the co-founders of the Nine Star Group were nine people whose ID all had a ¡°Star,¡± hence the name. But once the guild had built up to a certain level, a disagreement broke out among the nine higher-ups due to an unknown reason. After that, four of them brought a portion of the people away and built a September Guild topete with the original Nine Star Guild, while the other five people continued to invest in Nine Star, atst seeding at the summit of Storm City.¡± In a researchboratory a few kilometers away, Digital Cat stared at the screen epassing all sorts of T-750 numerical data as her fingers operated the modification of the blueprint. She spoke through the team channel, her voice transmitted to everyone¡¯s ears through the channel in the Agent earphones.

    ¡°But this ID of Celestial Star still appeared on the Nine Star Guild¡¯s director meeting report a week ago. Now, he wants you all to join the Nine Star Guild, this is really something...¡± Digital Cat¡¯s voice from the team channel had a tone of sarcasm.

    ¡°Indeed there¡¯s something up.¡± Feng Luo agreed, but his tone was more profound.

    Since the connection between him and the September Guild was not just limited to the Agent mission.

    The September Guild was now engaged inrge-scale cooperation with the Lu Conglomerate, and before yesterday at the underground ruins; he, Mu Zi, and the others had just killed three of the September Guild¡¯s Elite yers.

    With this, he and Mister X were actually considered ¡°foes.¡± Of course, Feng Luo thought that Mister X might not have known of this matter.

    At that time after Feng Luo had ¡°heard¡± the content of the discussion among them, he had already understood that the person against him backstage was September Night Rain.

    For apany boss such as Mister X, he would not look at such small matters.

    ¡°The September Guild? Mister X, I don¡¯t really understand what you said,pared with the Nine Star Guild ranked in the top 10, the September Guild is out of the 100 ces on the overall ranking ¨C the two are a whole level apart in ability. Joining the September Guild to us isn¡¯t attractive anymore. Especially for our vice-captain Onishi, as North City¡¯s number one expert, how could he give up his poprity to join a guild behind 100 ces?¡± Phoenix¡¯s smile remained while her tone became simrly sarcastic.

    ¡°No, Miss Phoenix. I feel that the September Guild would be the more suitable guild for everyone. Please forgive me for being unable to say the reason for this clearly at the moment. What I can say is that very quickly, the September Guild will rush to the top 100, even to the top 20 ces.¡± Mister X¡¯s smile remained.

    However, his eyes actually revealed a bit of astonishment when Phoenix just said the term ¡°vice-captain,¡± but he still continued speaking.

    ¡°And to a guild, especially to a super guild in the top 20, newly added star yers can¡¯t be done without. The few of you joining now will enjoy all of the guild¡¯s resources and wholehearted support; I can guarantee that with each of your abilities, everyone would have a chance to rise up to Storm City¡¯s top 10 star yer ranking.¡± As he spoke, his gaze switched between Feng Luo and Onishi,nding on Feng Luo atst.

    ¡°There¡¯s nothing much to guarantee at this point, especially for Onishi, he is now already North City¡¯s number one expert, also in the top 20 on the overall poprity ranking.¡± Phoenix stared at Mister X, smiling as she spoke of Onishi¡¯s identity once again.

    Onishi, who was sitting beside her, did not rebut as everyone had already seen that Phoenix was deliberately picking on Mister X¡¯s words. Perhaps, she was interested in joining the guild.

    No matter whether it was Onishi or Feng Luo, they naturally would not mind helping Phoenix by sitting here quietly.

    ¡°Mm, Mister Onishi certainly is the top star yer. But recently on the overall ability ranking, he has dropped consecutively to below 50 ces, no longer in the top 20. My apologies, Mister Onishi, I¡¯m not belittling you.¡± Mister X especially expressed apology to Onishi.

    ¡°No problem, this is the truth.¡± Onishi waved his hand, his expression unchanging.

    Since he did not have any Legendary equipment and only recently started doing missions consecutively, he was thought by some people to begging in ability already, thus Mister X¡¯s words did not have the meaning of deliberately hurting him.

    Furthermore, they knew that Mister X bringing up this matter was to use the chance to say something else.

    ¡°Actually, with Onishi¡¯s ability, let¡¯s not say top 20, even top 10 or top 5 would definitely be within his capability to enter. But why did he not enter? Clearly because Mister Onishi being a solo yer,cking in a guild to provide all the logistics and poprity management.¡± Mister X continued and followed up with this question.

    Towards his viewpoint, Feng Luo and the others actually agreed.

    The disadvantage of solo yers was that they, unlike the yers with the support ofrge guilds, are able to focus their effort on farming for poprity and without having to care about other matters.

    Including the equipment and skills that would all be prepared by the guild ¨C arge portion of those yers with Legendary equipment did not rely on their own ability to get them, but were provided for by the guild. In this, yers with guilds had great advantage.

    ¡°You just have to join the guild and we would purchase the most suitable Legendary equipment for Mister Onishi first thing. We¡¯d also help you raise your poprity back through the public rtions department, definitely able to step up your poprity in the end. Simrly, it¡¯ll be such treatment for everyone.¡± Mister X took a nce at the three of them, especially with a serious expression when he looked to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Could Onishi simrly enjoy this treatment if he joined the Nine Star Group?¡± Phoenix did not express herself as she just continued to use Onishi who definitely would not be joining the guild as an example.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, Mister Onishi would simrly be able to enjoy this treatment upon joining the Nine Star Group. What I would like to say is that as a super guild, the September Guild¡¯s establishment has already reached its peak, plus those top-grade resources are already more or lessplete in splitting. Especially having ¡®Sword Ki Long River¡¯ who is number one on Storm City¡¯s star yer poprity ranking in five months consecutively and is also top 10 in the entire game. In the allocation of first-hand resources, I think even if Mister Onishi has joined, he would not possiblypletely enjoy the exact same treatment as he does. Mister Onishi, I hope by saying this you¡¯ll understand.¡± Atst, Mister X spoke to the affect of Onishi¡¯s feelings once again, and expressed apology. However, his words made sense.

    In War, the limit of a guild¡¯s core members was one million, and the Nine Star Guild¡¯s members had already reached the limit long before.

    Although one could secure more people through some operational methods and through the ¡°sub-guild¡± way, in terms of resources, it was not possible to give too much to the guild¡¯s headquarters from the sub-guild, as this would very possibly result in difficulty in handling, like the contradiction between the Nightless Club and Lu Conglomerate.

    Moreover, the Nine Star Guild¡¯s lead star, Sword Ki Long River, belonged to those true ability-type yers, even having the title of ¡°Storm City¡¯s number one handsome guy.¡±

    This type of ability cum idol-type star yer was most liked by guild higher-ups, as regardless which route taken, one would definitely be worth investing in and there would be no loss.

    Onishi¡¯s ability was not inferior to Sword Ki Long River, but it had to be said that there was still a gap between the appearances of the two. This point would be even clearer if Big Pineapple was used as aparison.

    ¡°Doesn¡¯t the September Guild have a lead star yer too ¨C I remember he¡¯s called September Night Rain, his ability seems like it should be considered a bit inferior, right? If Onishi or someone among us whose ability is better than his joined, would we be able to rece his position in resources?¡± Hearing the exnation, Phoenix did not stop, but smiled as she threw out thest crafty question.

 Chapter 488 - Mister Xâ€™s Sincerity

    <h4>Chapter 488: Mister X¡¯s Sincerity</h4>

    This question was absolutely crafty enough ¨C Mister X was challenged in his answer. If he answered that, they would be able to rece.

    Since Onishi was now joining and would be able to directly rece September Night Rain, then after if there were others better than Onishi joining, would they directly rece Onishi?

    That way, what would be the point of joining such a guild?

    If they would not be able to rece him, then why would Onishi, with the identity of a top-notch star yer, join a second-tier guild to be a spare tire ¨C then why wouldn¡¯t he join the Nine Star Guild if he wanted to.

    ......

    If they were typical people, they would only be able to think of a way to change the topic with an awkward expression at this time.

    However, hearing this, Mister X smiled sheepishly as he replied.

    ¡°Miss Phoenix, this question is really hard to answer. Perhaps you aren¡¯t quite sure about the situation in the September Guild now. Due to the news of Night Rain¡¯s failure in the Agent Hidden Profession transfer mission half a month ago being released onto the forum, it had resulted in much of a drop in his poprity now. Luckily, the guild has an extremely important n to be carried out right now. Considering this situation, we will work hard to help him recover his poprity as we share some of his stressful problems regarding finding new people to join the guild as we¡¯ve discussed with him before. In fact, other than to get this evolution solution capable of awakening Force, naming a huge price this time was also out of the consideration for this reason.¡± Mister X¡¯s words were said nicely though essentially it was actually not considered a positive reply.

    With September Night Rain¡¯s personality, his face would probably be dark upon knowing this news.

    At least it sounded like the September Guild was not considered to have owed September Night Rain in this aspect ¨C resulting in September Night Rain losing his position was still the problem of his poprity.

    Looking back on the problem of poprity, it was because of the ¡°Agent Hidden Mission failure¡± half a month ago.

    ¡°Agent Hidden Mission...¡± It had to be said, hearing Mister X say this term, other than Feng Luo who had long known September Night Rain¡¯s situation, the remaining three people instantly changed in expression.

    This change was caught by Mister X, and his eyes revealed a look of having confirmed something.

    ¡°Miss Phoenix, you¡¯ve asked me a few questions, could I dare to ask you a question too?¡± Just when Phoenix did not continue speaking for a moment due to the shock, Mister X smiled as he turned from passive to active and said.

    ¡°Of course...¡± Phoenix regained her smile, but her eyes revealed a slight, unobvious sense of caution.

    ¡°I would like to ask if Miss Phoenix also participated in the Agent transfer mission, and if you¡¯ve obtained victory in the end, and sessfully transferred?¡± Indeed, Mister X¡¯s question was not tricky but was a little beyond expectation.

    ¡°Mister X, are you specialized in investigating a small person like me, I thought you¡¯d only look up Onishi¡¯s information?¡± Phoenix was still smiling, but her tone had turned a little cold.

    ¡°Apologies, please don¡¯t misunderstand...I did not let people from the Hounds specially investigate but saw it from Miss Phoenix¡¯s attire. Such Rare equipment as the Red Lotus set has less than fiveplete sets in the entire game, and together with what September Night Rain had said previously about the group of those few opponents at the end of the battle, I made the daring guess.¡± For the third time, Mister X made an apology.

    However, Phoenix¡¯s answer had absolutely confirmed his question. Mister X immediately turned towards Onishi and Big Pineapple¡¯s direction.

    ¡°If I had not guessed wrongly, you all should¡¯vepleted the transfer mission and have transferred to the Agent hidden profession. Especially that top-notch Sniper who had eliminated Night in the transfer mission, I think that should be Mister Feng, right.¡± Atst, Mister X¡¯s gazended on Feng Luo as he spoke with a serious expression.

    ¡°Mister Feng, I truly and sincerely invite you to join us at September. I can represent the guild¡¯s higher-ups to decide that no matter whether it¡¯s you or your members, you¡¯d enjoy top star yer treatment upon joining. Furthermore, the guild will not restrict your normal game activity and missions, you just have to be able to amodate with the guild to do some propaganda when necessary.¡±

    This Mister X was still really something else.

    Guessing that they were the people who had passed the Agent investigation just ording to the eye-catching Red Lotus set Phoenix was wearing and by linking up the few of their professions with their actions.

    It was not hard to understand why Mister X was willing to spend such a huge sum and speaking straight to give all four of them the most top-grade star yer treatment.

    After all, for four Hidden Profession yers, the same type of hidden yers, it was impossible to find a second group in the game currently.

    Once it was exposed, it was in itself hot news capable of hitting some yers¡¯ G-spot, and the viewing level was, as a result, able to attract and would extremely like to be those of the most top-notch star yers.

    This was just like those solo-developing stars, still not as famous as some groups to a certain extent, especially in this group, where there was such a top-notch yer as Onishi ¨C it was rich in sebility.

    Saying it like that, he was clearly still misguided by Phoenix saying previously that Onishi was the ¡°vice-captain.¡±

    Phoenix¡¯s previous ¡°vice-captain¡± was indeed deliberate ¨C it was in itself meant to test how sincere Mister X was, and to seize the opportunity to gain an active stance herself in the conversation.

    After all, if such a yer as Onishi was ¡°vice-captain,¡± then their small team clearly still had someone who was better than Onishi.

    And whether to join, the key was to see if Mister X could raise the stakes.

    However, this had misguided Mister X to treat Feng Luo as the one in the few of them with the most right to make decisions based on his own judgement, moving his target of persuasion to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mister Feng, perhaps you¡¯re worried that Night would have an estrangement with you due to the matter of the Agent profession transfer mission. Please be assured, I guarantee that he won¡¯t have any conflict with you all because of this matter. Everyone else doesn¡¯t need to be worried about being restricted because of joining the guild either. We can write it out on the contract that you all are free to do your own thing. To enjoy the right, you only have to take up a bit of propaganda duties...¡± It seemed like Mister X really did not know of what had happened at the underground ruins the day before.

    If not, treating Feng Luo as the decision-maker, he definitely would have stressed on this point, instead of continuing to use alluring conditions to rope them in.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mister X, I actually don¡¯t have much prejudice against you all at the September Guild. It¡¯s just as I said before, I don¡¯t have the intention of joining a guild at the moment, my apologies.¡± Feng Luo shook his head, rejecting for the second time.

 Chapter 489 - Letâ€™s Build A Guild!

    <h4>Chapter 489: Let¡¯s Build A Guild!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Honestly speaking, Mister X gave a decent impression.

    Not mentioning the promise to Mu Wu before, just with the conflict a few days ago, it was impossible for Feng Luo to join the September Guild.

    Although he was not someone of the Nightless Club in the game, he was the well-known vice manager of the Nightless Club in reality.

    The conflict that time had decided that it was hard toe to peace between the Nightless Club and the September Guild.

    Speaking of which, due to him being continuously busy, Feng Luo had not yet known how the situation at the Lu Conglomerate was now.

    The two parties were considered to be tit-for-tat, each killing a few people from the other side, overall even.

    In actuality, the people of the September Guild first wanted to snatch the ruins exploration right from Mu Zi and his team, then yed an entire 10 yer team.

    In counterattack, there were only three September Guild people among those whom Feng Luo and the others killed, and even that culprit who was the son of the September Guild¡¯s shareholder was not among which.

    Calcting this way, the Nightless Club was sure to have losses.

    However, such arge guild as the September Guild normally would be very arrogant; to them, such a small-scale guild such as the Nightless Club would not be taken seriously at all.

    The second time being massacred by the others after entering with the Lu Conglomerate, it was definitely humiliating.

    Due to being in coboration once more with the Lu Conglomerate headquarters, it was coincidental that they were also not getting along with the Nightless Club which originally should have been one of their own...with all sorts of factors added together, Feng Luo felt that Mu Wu would probably be stressed out at the moment. But Mu Wu had not said anything to him.

    ¡°This person always likes to manage ¡®political¡¯ matters by himself.¡± Feng Luo thought distressfully.

    ......

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry Mister X, I personally am not used to mixing with guilds either, so apologies.¡± Just when Feng Luo was slightly distracted from thinking of Nightless Club¡¯s situation, Big Pineapple had also finally showed himself, swiftly following Feng Luo in rejecting the offer.

    The money-faced Big Pineapple was actually resisting the alluring temptation of the pay of ten million upon joining the September Guild had made Feng Luo give him a strange look.

    ¡°Since Leader isn¡¯t joining, then I as a member can only bear the pain of rejecting. After all, I¡¯d really have to rely on Leader in the mission...apologies, Mister X, hope you¡¯d be able to find suitable people as soon as possible...¡± Phoenix, who was initially expressing interest, had actually rejected in the end, especially when she had used her words to take Feng Luo as a shield.

    At Feng Luo¡¯s resulting stare, Phoenix blinked her eye and threw back a charming gaze.

    ¡°Actually, I¡¯ve guessed it long ago. With everyone¡¯s ability, if you all wanted to join a guild, I¡¯m afraid you all would¡¯ve already secured ces on the star yer ranking. I still wanted to try.¡± Regarding such a rejection from Feng Luo, as Mister X had guessed it long ago, so his expression did not change much.

    He just shook his head and spoke with a slightly self-mocking tone.

    ¡°My promise before is still effective, the September Guild¡¯s main doors will always be open for you all here, no matter when, it will be weing the few of you to join.¡± His face regained a smile as he stood up and was finally prepared to leave.

    For someone who was able to be the backstage boss of a first-ss guild, he really had a presence.

    About the feeling he gave, Mister X was clearly more all-rounded than Roaring Dragon Lightwind who was the onlyrge guild higher-ups whom Feng Luo hade in contact with before ¨C others could not develop a repulse towards him.

    ......

    ¡°Honestly speaking, joining a guild would be a bit annoying, especially to be a star yer. Don¡¯t look at how well-said Mister X was, how there¡¯d be all sorts of benefits after joining a guild, and having super high freedom,pletely not disrupting our movement. How would it be that easy, not mentioning anything else, one is partial from others whom present had been received. Once we join arge guild, if we only take the money and don¡¯t contribute for a long period of time, all sorts of private discussions from those members would be enough to stress us out.¡± The impression Big Pineapple gave was always loud, but his mind was actually crystal clear ¨C what he said after Mister X had left was pretty urate in insight.

    ¡°I say, why don¡¯t the few of us build a guild ourselves; the guild responsibilities would be very simple, everyone does it. The guild¡¯s initial deposit of 1,000,000 credits will be just peas to everyone. When it is established, with Onishi¡¯s fame and hyping up, and Old Feng¡¯s awakened Force and pet, there would definitely be huge numbers of guilds registering to join, till then...¡± But after which, his face of delight gradually diminished.

    ¡°Guilds are not so easily made, the key is not in how it¡¯s built, but how to develop the guild after it¡¯s built. All sorts of activity groups, allocation of benefits, expanding theyout...just these are enough to make a group of peopleck the time to do other things. A bunch ofbat yers like us, who¡¯d spend time doing all these?¡± Phoenix rolled her eyes straight at him, swiftly dashing his hopes.

    ¡°Uh, then we shall build a small guild of tens of people, everyone invite some experts, go the Elite route...¡± Big Pineapple shook his head, thinking of another idea.

    ¡°If it¡¯s just a small guild of a few people, we wouldn¡¯t be able to team up to fight Bosses, then what¡¯s the difference from not building a guild?¡± Phoenix shot Big Pineapple down, and he could only bitterly give up in the end.

    ¡°Right, Old Feng? How¡¯s the progress of that Legendary Hidden Mission, has Lin said anything about little Sally¡¯s situation?¡± But after which, Big Pineapple turned his attention to the William¡¯s Request mission, turning back to ask Feng Luo.

    Big Pineapple and Lin knew each other, as at the start, he and Feng Luo had known each other from protecting Lin to do a mission.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, she¡¯s in good hands. But looking at the situation, topletely heal a person would require a certain period of time, the system probably needs to arrange ording to the plot development. I personally feel that the Legendary-Grade mission shouldn¡¯t be so rxing, perhaps there¡¯s something else that needs to be done. Anyway, it¡¯s best that now, don¡¯t leave too far away from Storm City when you and Phoenix do missions, then the three of us take turns to stay and guard, at least ensure that there¡¯s one person in Storm City, in case of sudden situations that would be better to deal with.¡± Feng Luo thought and said.

    If William¡¯s Request was just a Normal-Grade mission, they would definitely just send little Sally to Lin¡¯s ce and there would be nothing much on them. But since this mission was Legendary-Grade, Feng Luo had an instinct that perhaps there would still be the possibility of something else cropping up.

    Of course, the system should technically have prompts when the plot progresses, and after all, they had their own things to do ¨C it was impossible for the three of them to keep guarding at Lin¡¯s ce. Hence they could only split and arrange not to go too far.

    ¡°Mm, I have nothing muching up either, just need to wait till this Agent mission ispleted and exchange for the Force Chip, then I¡¯d prepare for huge n of Force awakening.¡± Big Pineapple chuckled and nodded.

    ¡°But since it¡¯s a Legendary Hidden Mission, I¡¯m really anticipating the rewards at the end.¡±

 Chapter 490 - Belonging of the Pet Evolution Solution

    <strong>Chapter 490: Belonging of the Pet Evolution Solution</strong>

    ¡°Yeah, G-Virus profile, G-Virus original solution ¨C these sound like they should have a connection to this G-Virus Force Awakening Solution and the G-Virus Pet Enhancement Fluid.¡± Phoenix said with anticipation. ¡°Leader Feng, what about that Pet Enhancement Fluid, we should now discuss about that problem.¡±

    Feng Luo reached out to take out the Pet Enhancement Fluid from his Agent backpack and put it on the table.

    It was a very thin silver syringe with a length of less than a finger. Although its value was not up to that of the Force Enhancement Fluid, it was definitely far higher than a piece of quality Rare equipment.

    Its price was even able to match up to half of Legendary equipment because it was able to 100% raise pets to Commander-Grade.

    Although high-grade Pet Chips were able to guarantee Commander pets, there was a chance of failure. Once it failed, ten millions of credits would go down the drain. Not to mention that this had a 10% chance of raising pets to Quasi-Boss-Grade.

    ...

    ¡°Quasi-Boss.¡± Big Pineapple stared at the thin silver syringe on the table, about to drool.

    ¡°Before the bidding starts, I suggest setting a rule. No matter who bought this thing, it can only be used on oneself, it can¡¯t be passed on and auctioned or given to others ¨C I suppose no one has anyment on this.¡± Feng Luo brought up a rule first.

    Everyone had previously discussed and decided atst to split this thing internally through the method of bidding, but due to basing on the estimated approximate price, the money Phoenix and Big Pineapple had on hand previously would be insufficient to buy it.

    Thus, it waited until today after everyone had split the Force Awakening Solution money from Mister X for them to once again start to decide on this matter.

    ¡°Ah, this way, Old Feng, you wouldn¡¯t suffer a loss.¡± Hearing this, Big Pineapple looked towards Feng Luo with an expression of shock.

    ¡°Yeah, Leader Feng. This way, aren¡¯t you not prepared to participate in thepetition?¡± Phoenix¡¯s expression was also a little shocked as she looked towards Feng Luo.

    On Death Hunter Ind, Phoenix and Big Pineapple had already known that 24K was a Boss-Grade pet; although they were not sure whether it was a Quasi-Boss or a Boss, they were sure that this Evolution Fluid was no use to 24K.

    Feng Luo saying what he did was undoubtedly equivalent to actively backing out of thepetition.

    ¡°I¡¯m prepared not to participate in thepetition, y¡¯all know too that this thing isn¡¯t of use to me.¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    Saying this, he was not deliberately being generous.

    He had considered that the use of this thing to the three of them was really far more than to himself, let alone the fact that 24K¡¯s evolution criteria felt very unique ¨C it could not be used at all even if the quality was too high.

    However, the actual price of this Pet Evolution Fluid was still very high.

    If taken to the auction, not mentioning anything else, tens of millions or even up to a billion credits would really be possible.

    There were too many people who were rich in War, especially now that there was an increasing trend in developing towards a second-world; to a Gctic Era local tycoon, millions and tens of millions of Star Coins were really expenditures that were not taken to heart.

    Therefore, Feng Luo set this rule hoping not to let everyone have the intention of first buying it at an internal price then passing it on to auction it.

    This was simrly an unwritten rule in many mission teams ¨C they would rather not sell the equipment that everyone needed for money but cheaply split them to the internal members.

    Feng Luo did not even notice that with this action of his, he vaguely had the self-consciousness of being the leader of the team.

    ¡°I agree. I¡¯m also prepared to buy it for my own use; although I don¡¯t have a pet now, I¡¯ve long set my eyes on a type of Elite monster which is veryplementary to my battle style.¡± Big Pineapple nodded.

    ¡°I have no objection, I just want to level up Jelly.¡± Phoenix agreed as well.

    Feng Luo had seen her pet Jelly before when battling with the Tyrant T-100 ¨C it was a mutant Elite pet.

    ¡°I have noments...¡± Onishi simrly had no objection, but his gaze at Feng Luo at the moment had a bit ofplexity.

    Seeing 24K in the three-men battle with Xing Shao yesterday continuously summoning Elite-Grade beetle troops and pinning down Xing Shao¡¯s Commander-Grade bat that was initially strutting around with battle prowess, Onishi had suspected 24K¡¯s Level long before. And now, he knew that his suspicion had been proven.

    In some way, it was just asplex as his gaze right now.

    Compared to a huge portion of star yers who anticipated the fame all day, he was actually consideredparatively low profile ¨C he long possessed Legendary equipment but never revealed it, letting those peopleugh at him for not having Legendary equipment and say that he was not up to some of those who were defeated by him before.

    But he had just asked himself in his heart. If he had long possessed a Boss-Grade pet, would he have been able to keep being in low profile and not reveal any bit at all?

    No, since he was a star top-notch yer, no matter how low key, bing a star yer and having experienced tens of thousands of views, with the taste of such attention, it would be very hard to maintain a straight state of mind.

    ......

    ¡°I won¡¯tpete, I¡¯m not really interested in pets. Y¡¯all go ahead, I¡¯m switching off themunication.¡± The three people had all expressed agreement, while Digital Cat¡¯s voice sounded from the channel as well.

    Even for herbat profession, she yed a different mission every few days; towardsbat pets whatsoever, it was impossible for her to have the same enthusiasm as the other few of them.

    ¡°Alright, Old Feng and Digital little girl are notpeting. Then don¡¯t mind me, I¡¯ll name five million credits first.¡± Big Pineapple gave a crooked smile, pondering for a while before naming the first price.

    ¡°You¡¯ve just had more than a billion credited to you just now, and you¡¯re only naming five million? Then I¡¯ll just add to 10 million. Onishi, how about you?¡± Phoenix rolled her eyes at Big Pineapple and raised the price by two times.

    Speaking of which, Phoenixpletely had a duo-personality in front of familiar people and in front of strangers met once or twice.

    Just like at the start when she met with Feng Luo and the others, she hadpletely disyed a kind of shy, alluring impression.

    But now that she was familiar with everyone, she disyed another side, plus a feeling that she was unbothered by her image.

    However, who knew how, it seemed like Phoenix had taken a liking in bickering with Big Pineapple.

    ¡°13,500,000.¡± Onishi said after hesitating slightly.

    ......

    After one minute, after going through a few rounds of bidding, the Pet Evolution Fluid had been taken by Phoenix at 25 million credits in the end.

    This was a little out of Feng Luo¡¯s expectation. He initially thought that this thing would havended in Onishi¡¯s hands in the end.

    Among the three, Onishi¡¯s financial power was definitely the strongest.

    As a star yer, it should not be seen that he was a solo yer with no guild ¨C in actuality, the ie normally came from his various ambassadorship, advertisements and things like that that were extremely rich.

    It was Big Pineapple and Phoenix whose money probably still mainly relied on the division from the over one billion credits credited just now.

    However, after the three people had raised to 20 million, Onishi had backed out of thepetition straight with a calm expression.

    When Big Pineapple and Phoenix had raised the price to 25 million, he pursed his lips, pondering for quite a while, before his money-face nature triumphed over his anticipation for a high-grade pet atst and he had chosen to give up.

 Chapter 491 - Evolution, Jelly, Quasi-Boss Pet

    <h4>Chapter 491: Evolution, Jelly, Quasi-Boss Pet</h4>

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    25 million credits. More than 200 Star Coins.

    If it was on earth, this price for a virtual product was definitely considered a sky-high price.

    Whenparing in detail, this price was not really high, but it was rather actually at least 50% lowerpared to the true value of this Pet Evolution Fluid.

    Although the rebellion camp yers revealing on the forum about being able to ept a high-grade Chip mission had resulted in the price of high-grade Pet Chips dropping by quite a lot these past few days. It now had not dropped to the extent of millions of credits yet.

    The price of one high-grade Pet Chip still maintained at a high price of around 10 million credits.

    It was not possible for the high-grade Pet Chip to have a chance of controlling ¡°Quasi-Boss¡± pets ¨C the price definitely could not bepared with this Pet Evolution Fluid.

    Of course, Feng Luo was very agreeable with Phoenix getting the Pet Evolution Fluid in the end.

    In this mission, the contribution of Phoenix, or it should be ¡°Dark Phoenix,¡± was extraordinary in some levels.

    If it was not for her persisting for so long as she drove and chased William, little Sally would very likely have already been infected and everyone¡¯s loss would have been huge. Looking back, if Phoenix had not tracked Nightingale, their Agent mission would have possibly failed.

    Onishi had probably considered this, or had other reasons, thus chose to give up.

    Big Pineapple was purely a miser vitor ¨C after all, this thing only had a 10% chance of evolving a pet to Quasi-Boss.

    He calcted in his mind and felt that raising the price again would really be a loss.

    Thus, the thing atst hadnded in Phoenix¡¯s hands.

    ¡°Jelly,e on out.¡± Picking up the Pet Evolution Fluid, Phoenix immediately summoned her pet ¡°Jelly.¡±

    Previously, after this pet had helped a seriously injured ¡°Dark Phoenix¡± take a lethal blow from the Tyrant T-100, it had been kept by her back in the Pet Space.

    After being summoned now, everyone could finally clearly see its general appearance.

    It did not look like the kind of round balloon that was almost transparent upon being inted at that time when it was protecting Phoenix. Rather, it had shrunk to about the size of a basketball, soft and stic, and on it were two unobvious round dot-like eyes and a t mouth.

    Overall, it indeed looked like jelly. No wonder Phoenix had given the pet this name.

    However, Feng Luo felt that this pet looked a bit simr to an organism called ¡°slime¡± in a fantasy novel on Earth ¨C both were semi-transparent soft-bodied organisms, extraordinarily cute but insufficient in ferocity.

    Of course, one could not just look at the appearance of organisms in War.

    24K was also an adorable pet, but could summon des and shoot out savage-type troops with astoundingbat power.

    Without mentioning the attributes of Phoenix¡¯s pet, just with how it was able to protect Phoenix and live after the Tyrant T-100¡¯s attack, it was clearly stronger than most pets.

    ¡°Gurgle...¡±

    When the slime creaturended on the table upon being summoned by Phoenix, it was as if it was sleeping, the side of its mouth blowing up transparent air bubbles.

    Only until Phoenix grabbed it up from the table and shook it did it move its eye-like ck dots, letting out a delightful call from its mouth, and rubbing its soft body on Phoenix.

    ¡°Pop!¡±

    As it turned its head, Jelly¡¯s ck dot-like eyes suddenly widened a little, the air bubble blown up at the side of its mouth quickly burst.

    It was because it saw the shiny silver syringe held in Phoenix¡¯s hand behind it.

    ¡°Gurgle, gurgle...¡±

    The slime creature turned to escape like a little fellow afraid of needles. Clearly, it would not be able to escape the clutches of its owner.

    ¡°Be good, Jelly, don¡¯t move.¡± Phoenix grabbed onto it and quickly injected all the evolution fluid into it.

    ¡°Gurgle, gurgle...¡±

    The poor slime creature could only powerlessly struggle its changing body, expressing its helplessness with simple noises.

    ¡°Hm? How¡¯s it, has the attributes changed?¡± After Phoenix injected the evolution syringe into Jelly¡¯s body, Big Pineapple could not help but probe while standing to the side.

    ¡°Should be impossible to be so fast. After all, the evolution fluid has just been injected in, it¡¯d at least need time to fuse...¡± Onishi said standing to the side, his expression also observing.

    After the evolution fluid entered Jelly¡¯s semi-transparent body, the naked eye could see that it rapidly circted its entire body.

    After one minute of waiting, there was no physical change at all.

    ¡°The attributes have changed, it seeded, the name already has the term Commander-Grade now. But howe there isn¡¯t even any unique change in its appearance?¡± Phoenix shook Jelly which had been forced into injection and was lying with a grievous face on her thigh exposed between the gap in her Red Lotus Set armor, her expression a little doubtful.

    ¡°There¡¯s change, I feel like it¡¯s already caving in, is it transforming...¡± Big Pineapple stared at Jelly lying between Phoenix¡¯s thighs, mumbling something.

    ¡°I can¡¯t see if it has transformed, but the color should¡¯ve darkened a bit.¡± Onishi said with confirmation.

    As a Scout, his observation was definitely above Big Pineapple, or should it be said that the points of focus of the two of them now werepletely different.

    ¡°Ah, why is it like that? There¡¯s no change, no change at all in the HP, attributes, Level...could this evolution fluid have a rate of failure too?¡± Phoenix flipped open Jelly¡¯s attribute panel gloomily.

    Then she held Jelly up in both hands once more, raising it to her chest, rubbing and pressing it.

    ¡°Should be impossible, didn¡¯t it say in the evolution fluid attributes that evolution to Commander-Grade was 100%? Plus, didn¡¯t the name already have the Commander-Grade prompt...¡± Feng Luo creased his forehead, feeling a little perplexed.

    ¡°Eh? How strange, its panel actually still has an evolution state now...¡± Phoenix flipped Jelly¡¯s body over, which had an innocent face.

    When she went to the attribute panel again, she finally noticed an unusual aspect.

    It was already a Commander-Grade in Jelly¡¯s attributes, but the ¡°evolution state¡± still existed in the attribute prompt, not disappearing.

    Due to this evolution state, that had been there since after she injected the evolution fluid, thus she did not feel that this was a unique aspect at all from the start.

    But thinking of it now, this was in itself some sort of indication.

    ¡°No way, isn¡¯t this saying...¡± Hearing Phoenix¡¯s words, the three of them exchanged nces of disbelief, already guessing such a possibility.

    It was a 10% rate ¨C was Phoenix¡¯s luck a bit too well-selected?

    Although it said in the Pet Evolution Fluid¡¯s attributes that there was a 10% chance of evolution into Quasi-Boss and it was technically not bad that there was a chance, the problem was that a 10% was too low ¨C it was an entire 90% rate that it would only evolve into Commander-Grade.

    Why was it that when it came to Phoenix¡¯s dense-looking slime creature, it had hit the 10%?

    ¡°It¡¯s a loss, a huge loss.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes finally stopped staring at things and his eyes stagnated as he murmured.

    ¡°Jelly is actually more pitiful, just a jelly that has been driven out by its herd due to being mutated; I met it in a forest while doing a Hidden Mission, scaring it away at the start. In the end, I realized that it has no attack power, and at that time, it followed me all the way wanting food, so I must well set a contract with it. Heehee, seems now that this decision was very wise.¡± Phoenix¡¯s initially slightly depressed face hadpletely changed; she joyfully squeezed Jelly left and right in her hands, which almost rolled it eyes with a ¡°gurgle, gurgle.¡±

    ¡°A loss, what a huge loss...I¡¯m thinking could it be that because it¡¯s the first Pet Evolution Fluid in the game, so the rate has a hidden increase.¡± Big Pineapple said depressingly.

    ¡°Wouldn¡¯t you say that Phoenix¡¯s all-red attire added a hidden luck attribute?¡± Onishi, who had been silently suppressing, suddenly expressed an opinion ¨C even his expression was slightly depressed.

    He probably did not think that Phoenix¡¯s would actually have been so good ¨C her pet quickly bing a Quasi-Boss.

    With his financial power, purchasing a high-grade Pet Chip to get a suitable Commander pet was naturally not a problem, but there was really no way for a Quasi-Boss. As it was unbuyable even if one had the money.

    ¡°Heehee, thanks everyone.¡± Phoenix held Jelly up and ced it on the table, shaping its soft body to show everyone a thanking motion.

    ¡°With this, there¡¯s another Boss-Grade pet in the team, next time it¡¯d be easierpleting missions together, no need to partly rely on luck as much as this time.¡± Feng Luo smiled.

    After saying this, he paused. Just then, a message suddenly popped up on his Agent Wristwatch.

    ¡°The Agent Department to present to us the Staff Sergeant ranks, insignias and mission rewards have arrived at Storm City, we are to go there straight to im the items.¡±

    Not just him, correctly speaking, everyone in the house had received this message.

    ¡°It¡¯s finally the reward presentation. Alright, although I¡¯ve lost a Quasi-Boss pet, I hope the attributes of the Staff Sergeant rank and army insignia will be able to heal the damage to my soul.¡± Big Pineapple, who initially looked lifeless and unmotivated, showed excitement after seeing the message.

 Chapter 492 - Agent Insignia, License to Kill

    <h4>Chapter 492: Agent Insignia, License to Kill</h4>

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    [Agent Exclusive Military Insignia (Sniper ¡¤ Staff Sergeant)]

    Grade: Rare

    HP: +1000

    Agility +25

    Final damage +10%

    Visual sense +25%

    Included attribute: killing people will not increase Illegal Points and Criminal Points, will not be wanted by the Guard Bureau without being noticed by enforcer staff or monitoring instrument, but certain Agent Points and Agent Authorization will be deducted.

    Required level: 50

    ¡°Very good, very strong.¡± Feng Luo looked at this antique bronze insignia with the g of the Federal army in the game on the edge and a mini sniper bullet carving.

    He felt extremely satisfied with the attributes of this Staff Sergeant army insignia.

    HP, agility attribute, and visual sense to a Sniper were all extremely practical attributes.

    No matter in HP or basic attributes, it was far stronger than the Level 40 ¡°Town of Exiles Badge of Honor¡± he had used for very long, even an entire 1000 HP was much more than the HP raised by defense equipment other than thebat uniform.

    Of course, the most satisfying was the attribute of final damage +10%.

    To any output profession, ¡°final damage increment¡± was definitely one of the most powerful attributes. Especially when this damage was a raise in all damages, not like how the ¡°Lethal Talent¡± was just limited to lethal damage.

    However, ifpared with thest rare attribute, this series of basic attributes was rather not as eye-catching.

    The attributes of this badge was a little unique.

    ¡°Haha, I like the rare attribute of this badge. Could this be the ¡°licence to kill¡± in the legend?¡± On the side, Big Pineapple wore his mini shield insignia on his chest with a joyful expression.

    Clearly, the rears attribute of his insignia should be the same as Feng Luo¡¯s, or the rare attributes of the five Agent-exclusive insignias should be the same.

    ¡°License to kill.¡±

    In some sense, Big Pineapple¡¯s description was a bit figurative.

    Although there was a definite restriction on this insignia, such an attribute that killing would not add Criminal Points and one would not be wanted by the Guard Bureau without being discovered was simply so powerful it was kind of viting the game rules.

    In typical situations, only within cities were there enforcer NPCs and the Sk system.

    Which meant that in some regions in the wild, one would absolutely be able to kill maliciously with the insignia, plus not worry about an increase in the chance of being eliminated or being made a wanted mission by the system due to a huge increase in Criminal Points.

    Actually, it was even effective in cities too. Only public areas were monitored by the Sk ¨C areas like residents¡¯ private rooms and inside hotel boxes were impossible to have all around surveince.

    Therefore, the matter just had to be nned out well and there would be a possibility to kill someone and escape even in the city.

    ......

    Of course, killing would still have a price ¨C Agent Points and Authorization would be deducted.

    But Feng Luo had seen that it was not stated how much would be deducted, and no one knew on what standard it was based on.

    ¡°Considering that everyone is very likely to meet some unique situations while carrying out the mission, you must adapt and deal with it on-the-spot, so such an authorization insignia is specially given to you all. With this insignia, even if you havemitted a crime, typical Guard Bureau or military enforcer staff would have no right to arrest you directly. Or even if arrested, they would have no right to lock you up but have to hand you over to us.¡± Across the five Agent yers, a ck NPC man wearing a beret was exining to them.

    ¡°Please take note, although you all possess a special authorization, it doesn¡¯t mean that you all can do somew-viting things while using your special right. Once something has happened, the internal enforcer staff of the department will engage in an investigation on you all. Once the matter has been determined to have been deliberately caused, then your Agent Points and Authorization will be deducted; if the situation is detrimental, you would even be stripped of your Agent qualification, and would also be handed to the military court trial. Take note of using the right granted to you all with integrity.¡± The ck NPC with a beret said sternly.

    This was the reminder from the system not to make use of the attributes of this insignia to do anything at will ¨C that way, there was a possibility that even one¡¯s Hidden Profession would be taken away.

    ¡°Alright, it¡¯s still impossible for the system to give yers a license to kill. Not mentioning the rare attribute, just this insignia¡¯s own basic attributes are very good, no wonder it can only be gotten with the Staff Sergeant rank. Hey, Old Feng, how¡¯s that insignia of yours? The attributes of mine here feel like great quality.¡± Big Pineapple showed the attributes of his military insignia to Feng Luo.

    [Agent Exclusive Military Insignia (Heavy Armored Warrior ¡¤ Staff Sergeant)]

    Grade: Rare

    HP: +1000

    Vitality +25

    Final damage reduction +10%

    Bonus 0.3% HP recovery per second!

    Included attribute: killing people will not increase Illegal Points and Criminal Points, will not be wanted by the Guard Bureau without being noticed by enforcer staff or monitoring instrument, but certain Agent Points and Agent Authorization will be deducted.

    Required level: 50

    The few of their insignias were designed ording to their profession ¨C the attributes were notpletely identical.

    However, the attributes of Big Pineapple¡¯s insignia were indeed simrly outstanding ¨C HP, vitality, damage reduction plus percentage HP recovery.

    Especially for thest twoponents, no matter if it was the final damage or the percentage attribute, to a Heavy Armored Warrior, they were definitely ¡°heavenly-grade attributes.¡±

    Especially when Feng Luo remembered that there was a ring in Big Pineapple¡¯s equipment which attribute was 15% final damage reduction. With the two added together, it was equivalent to him getting a 25% definite damage reduction.

    For him, whose original defense was already rad, this was simply reaching Iron Man¡¯s rhythm.

    ¡°Hehe, how is it, this attribute is some quality. Old Feng, how about I discuss something with you?¡± He said as he made a bashful face and moved closer to Feng Luo. Big Pineapple¡¯s purpose showing Feng Luo the attributes was actually not so simple.

    ¡°Your Rock Lizard ring, could you sell it to me?¡± Feng Luo quickly understood what n Big Pineapple had.

    Back on Death Hunter Ind, he had lent the ¡°Wrath of the Rock Lizard King¡± to Big Pineapple to use ¨C this Rare ring had an attribute of ¡°bonus 0.2% HP recovery per second.¡±

    Coincidentally, Big Pineapple¡¯s military insignia also had this attribute. Adding the two together, the bonus HP recovery per second would go up to 0.5% per second.

    That 0.5% seemed like a low ratio, not even 10%. Considering Big Pineapple¡¯s over 20,000 HP, this 0.5% would be a 100 HP per second.

    100 HP per second ¨C even if a typical Heavy Armored Warrior had injected a C-Grade healing potion, the recovery rate could not have been that fast.

    This was the equivalent of Big Pineapple earning a powerful Buff with continuous effect and without a cooldown period.

    If his personal basic HP recovery and rad defense were added, as well as the percentage damage reduction of the two pieces of Rare essories...

    Feng Luo suspected that with a shield, would Big Pineapple would not lose any health if attacked by yers with Normal equipment.

    If Big Pineapple took a ¡°5% HP recovery per second¡± Intermediate Evolution Virus Buffing Potion produced from the Biohazard Crisis plot as well, would he be able to take even the output of a small team?

 Chapter 493 - Legend of Black Gold (Left Ring)

    <h4>Chapter 493: Legend of ck Gold (Left Ring)</h4>

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    ¡°You¡¯re trying to evolve into a Quasi-Boss, are you?¡± Feng Luoughed as he grabbed the Wrath of the Rock Lizard King from his inventory and handed it over to Big Pineapple.

    The item was valuable, as its stats made it so that, even if it were just a piece of Level 40 equipment, by the time one reached Level 80, one might not be willing to switch into another item.

    Back then, Feng Luo wanted to get another one so that he could have a pair, but the person ced a purchase price of five million credits, and though it was clearly a ploy to increase the price, it still proved the value of the item.

    However, despite the incredible value of the item, Feng Luo handed it over to Big Pineapple without any hesitation.

    First of all, their rtionship had already reached a certain level and apart from Mu Wu and Sister Rui, not many others had as close a rtionship with Feng Luo as Big Pineapple. Apart from that, it was also that Feng Luo no longer needed this item.

    The basis of Feng Luo¡¯s Force was ¡°Healing.¡± On that, once he activated his Force, Feng Luo¡¯s HP recovered per second would be a lot higher than Big Pineapple. In that sense, the Wrath of the Rock Lizard King was pretty much useless.

    Another more important reason was thatpared to the ring, Feng Luo had now obtained an even better recement.

    After killing Young Master Xing the day before, it wasn¡¯t just the Legendary Grade submachine gun that dropped, there was also a piece of SUVbat uniform as well a ck ring with golden carvings.

    As for the stats of Young Master Xing¡¯s ring, it was obviously umon.

    [Legend of ck Gold (Left Ring)]

    HP +500

    Agility +20

    Final Damage +5%

    Dynamic Vision +25%

    Bonus Attribute: Destruction Coefficient of bullets increases by one grade.

    Level Requirement: 50

    A top-ss item. Of course, it was going to be a top-ss item.

    Considering Young Master Xing¡¯s identity as the first person in War to own a Legendary-Grade submachine gun, there was no way that he was equipped with something that was not considered a top-ss item.

    The ring¡¯s basic stats did not require any further exnation, as they were identical to the stats of the special agent badge.

    The only difference was that the special agent badge increased Visual Perception while the ring increased Dynamic Vision. Additionally, the special agent badge increased final damage by 10% while the ring only increased the stat by 5%.

    The bonus provided by the ring itself could not bepared to the special agent badge.

    After Feng Luo equipped the item called Legend of ck Gold with the special agent badge still in his possession, Feng Luo identally discovered something interesting.

    All four of his decorative items had a stat bonus that increased his final damage.

    Among them, the left ring and badge increased the final damage directly by 10% and 5%. His right ring, Sniper¡¯s Glory (Chapter 296) and the ne on his neck, Golden Bullet Ne (Chapter 243), had the following Rare stats:

    [Sniper¡¯s Glory (Level 42)]: Attacks exceeding half of the maximum attack range will receive bonus damage. Every 10 meters increases the final damage by 1%. A maximum increase of 50% final damage.

    [Golden Bullet Ne (Level 35)]: If the previous shot inflicted a Fatal Damage, the next bullet will deal an additional 20% extra final damage]

    10%, 5%, 50%, 20%... Adding all those together would give Feng Luo an additional 85% damage.

    Theoretically, it was actually more than 85%, as the final damage bonus of different gears was stackable in War.

    This meant that the damage increase should be multiplied rather than added together. So, the actual total bonus damage output was more than 85%... Since the ne and right ring provided ¡°bonus final damage,¡± the total did not exceed 100%.

    Since the Sniper¡¯s Glory ring and the Bullet Ne had activation conditions, Feng Luo usually used two other backup items when he was farming for levels and switched between items depending on the situation.

    ...

    Apart from the final damage increases, the ring¡¯s most valuable stat was simr to the special agent badge, which was a rare attribute bonus.

    ¡°Increases the Destruction Coefficient of the bullet.¡±

    For gunners, the weapon¡¯s Destruction Coefficient was an important factor.

    Normal Damage and Weak Point Damage, even Fatal Damage, were not separated by only one or two points.

    Young Master Xing had Death Dance, and the Destruction Coefficient of the gun was already C-Grade. It wasparable to some Rare Grade sniper rifles, which was enough to break the defense of the most defensive gears including normal heavy armor.

    However, if a Heavy Armor Warrior were to activate a defensive skill, it would still be quite difficult to break through the defense directly. After all, the destructive force of submachine gun bullets was a distance away from sniper bullets.

    With the ring equipped, things would be different. As long as the Destruction Coefficient surpassed the Defense Coefficient, it became a lot simpler and easier to break through the defensive equipment of the opponent.

    In particr, a submachine gun could unleash arge flurry of bullets within one second, and it was a lot easier to use a method like this to break through the defense of someone using brute force aspared to a sniper rifle.

    However, Young Master Xing never would have imagined that the perfectly paired and well-thought-out equipment set he assembled would be gifted to someone else because he showed off a bit too much.

    ...

    ¡°Next, let¡¯s talk about the reward for the mission.¡± Naturally, the trade of the ring between Feng Luo and Big Pineapple did not necessitate much discussion.

    After everyone checked their badge, the ck NPC wearing the beret started talking about something else that all the yers cared about.

    ¡°This was your first group mission. However, due to multiple unexpected events, the difficulty of the mission became a lot higher than we expected. However, everyone still managed toplete this mission without fail. Not only did you seed in rescuing the hostage, but you have also defeated the two high-level special agents of the other two departments after some fiercepetition. This is an incredible achievement. General Rhodes is incredibly satisfied with your performance. By the suggestion of Colonel Haruko, we have decided that, in addition to the rewards promised at the beginning of the mission, we would also award everyone with something extra.¡± After the ck NPC finished speaking, a bunch of system notifications and pop-ups appeared in the form of sounds and texts to the yers.

    [You¡¯vepleted the B-Grade Special Agent Group Competition Mission. Overall Evaluation: A+]

    [You¡¯ve obtained 10,000 experience, one B-Rank Authorization, 2,000 Special Agent Points.]

    [Due to excellent performance throughout the mission, you¡¯ve obtained the following extra: One C-Rank Authorization, 500 Special Agent Points.]

    [Due to excellent performance throughout the mission, your approval rating with Major General Rhodes has reached ¡°Good.¡± Your approval rating with Haruko has reached ¡°Trust.¡±]

    A bunch of system notifications flooded Feng Luo¡¯s screen. However, Feng Luo was most surprised by thest message.

    He increased his approval rating with both the Deputy Director of the FBI who had the military rank of Major General, whom he had met only once at the end of the profession change mission, as well as Haruko.

    In particr, his approval rating with Haruko reached the second stage, ¡°Trust.¡±

    This was the approval rating with a high-levelbat type NPC who also had a Master Level life profession, it was an incredibly positive surprise.

 Chapter 494 - Exchange, High Caliber Sniper Rifle?

    <h4>Chapter 494: Exchange, High Caliber Sniper Rifle?</h4>

    Truth be told, NPC approval ratings were really difficult to improve in the game.

    Once obtained, one would be eligible to receive help within the strength and authority of the NPC.

    For example, Feng Luo¡¯s approval rating with Lin had reached the ¡°Trust¡± stage, and in terms of granting his request to heal young Sally during thest mission, Lin did not hesitate at all before granting his request.

    Although it was also due to the fact that Lin herself was incredibly interested in the G-virus, most people would not have been able to even be in contact with a Master Level high-ss NPC like this.

    When it came to the approval rating of an NPC like Haruko, who was a supervisor of the special agent department, Feng Luo would definitely have a lot of advantages in future special agent missions.

    The only thing that surprised Feng Luo was the fact that his approval rating with Haruko had risen to the ¡°Trust¡± stage so quickly.

    The two NPC sales woman who had been with him the longest had the ¡°Trust¡± approval rating with Feng Luo. As for Old John, who had been spending a lot of time eating and drinking at his store for free, even after going through the Biohazard Crisis together, with Feng Luo traversing hundreds of miles to save him, the approval rating set by the system was still at the lowest level ¨C ¡°Good.¡±

    ...

    ¡°Alright, that¡¯s it for the conclusion for this mission. If any of you want to exchange anything, you can use the virtual cabin¡¯s equipment warehouse on the side. With that, I shall excuse myself.¡± After distributing the rewards, the ck man NPC got up and left.

    As for the remaining yers, it was natural that they wanted to thoroughly browse through the items avable in the equipment warehouse.

    After all, they obtained a lot of points after the mission. In addition to the points, they also obtained the B-Rank Authorization. This meant that they were able to exchange and obtain a lot of items that did not even exist outside yet.

    ...

    ¡°Wee to the special agent equipment warehouse, special agent Azure Dragon.¡± A gentle female Ai voice came from behind Feng Luo after he entered the virtualwork of the equipment warehouse.

    ¡°Please help me check my special agent authorization and points,¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°Alright. After checking, you currently have one B-Rank Authorization, one C-Rank Authorization, one D-Rank Authorization, and Special Agent Points: 4,667.¡± Answered the female AI voice.

    ¡°Alright, I did not use all of my pointsst time. In addition to the 2,500 points I earned this time, the total is nearing 5,000 now... Additionally, I have also obtained a B-Rank Authorization.¡± Feng Luo thought in his mind.

    Apart from the Staff Sergeant military rank, though the remaining rewards for this mission seemed quite ordinary, they were, in fact, quite valuable. 2,500 special agent points could exchange quite a number of good items. More importantly, he was awarded a B-Rank Authorization.

    It was an incredibly good item.

    Feng Luo remembered the Legendary Grade gears thest time he checked out the equipment warehouse. Apart from a few gun parts, the other Legendary Grade weapons or armor required at least a B-Rank Authorization for exchange. In addition to the authorization, there were also the 5,000 special agent points.

    After Feng Luo exchanged his merit points into special agent pointsst time, his total point tally went over 5,000 points. However, back then, he did not have the B-Rank Authorization.

    Right now, though he did not have 5,000 points, the mission did grant him around 200 Merit points. If he were to exchange them into Special Agent Points, he would have more than 5,000 points again.

    ¡°Should I consider getting myself a Legendary Grade item?¡± Feng Luo suddenly had the idea and mumbled to himself gently.

    ¡°I suggest you not to exchange for an item at the moment. The reason is that your current points and Authorization have not yet been deducted. It is better to conduct the exchange after everything has been calcted.¡± The female voice suddenly notified Feng Luo.

    ¡°What deduction?¡± Feng Luo was dumbfounded. ¡°Oh, you mean the ammunition from the passcode chest...¡±

    After that, Feng Luo remembered. The system did inform him before that the B-Grade ammunitions he obtained from the passcode chest in the abandoned military base were rarer and more difficult to be provided prior to the mission. So, usage of those items meant that a corresponding amount of points and Authorization would have to be deducted after the mission.

    ¡°I forgot about that... How much will be deducted?¡± Feng Luo asked with a frown.

    ¡°The Special Agent Department prepared two five-round B-Grade ammunition magazines and two ten-round B-Grade ammunition magazines before the mission. The total deductions are four D-Rank Authorizations and 1,500 Special Agent Points.¡± The female voice answered.

    ¡°That¡¯s friggin expensive.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face could not help but be grim as he heard the news.

    Earlier, he had thought that the system¡¯s rewards were quite generous. To have awarded them with Authorization as well as the huge amount of 2,500 points, all of which could have been half a piece of Legendary Grade equipment.

    At the moment, it seemed like the system was not quite as generous.

    To have three-fifths of his points deducted for just four types of B-Grade ammunition... It was even more expensive than the market price.

    After all, a perfect rated Barrett needed 1,000 points and a D-Rank Authorization. However, the 30 B-Grade special bullets required four D Rank Authorizations and 1,500 special agent points.

    Feng Luo could forget about the points, the main issue was the authorization required. Four D-Rank Authorizations was the equivalent of four months of his basic wage. (Beginner Special Agents acquired one D-Rank Authorization automatically each month).

    ¡°You need to deduct four, but I only have one D-Rank Authorization. How are you going to deduct them?¡± Feng Luo asked again with a frown.

    ¡°One higher-level authorization can be disassembled into three lower-level authorization. Your C-Rank Authorization can be disassembled into three D-Rank Authorizations. However, you have to take note that you will need four lower-level authorization to assemble one higher-level authorization.¡± Answered the female AI voice.

    ¡°The disassembly and assembly of authorizations. That¡¯s an option? However, isn¡¯t the second sentence hinting that I can easily assemble authorizations and exchange for a Legendary Grade item bypleting a few simple missions?¡± Feng Luo wondered out-loud.

    ¡°Yes, that is definitely usible. However, it will probably be a waste of time. The assembly and disassembly option has a one-third difference in value, a limit.¡± The female AI voice answered.

    Feng Luo quickly understood the meaning behind that rule.

    ¡°Wait a minute. Wasn¡¯t it mentioned that we can return the ammunition? I have over a dozen B-Grade bullets I haven¡¯t used. Can I return them now?¡± Feng Luo asked, suddenly remembered something.

    ¡°Yes, they can be returned. However, based on the rules, onlypletely unused ammunition can result in the non-deduction of authorization after return.¡± The female AI voice answered.

    ¡°This means that I will still lose three D-Rank Authorizations... Alright then, at least it¡¯s better than losing all four of my D-Rank Authorizations.¡± Feng Luo could not help but agree.

    It was a good thing he did not use thest type of B-Grade sniper bullet during the mission, mainly due to the attribute of the bullet.

    With this, he could at least save one D-Rank Authorization.

    ¡°Calctionplete. Special Agent Azure Dragon, you currently have one B-Rank Authorization, one D-Rank Authorization, and Special Agent Points: 3,667. May I ask what item you want to exchange?¡± The female AI voice asked again.

    ¡°Search: Sniper rifle. Set minimum caliber as 14.5mm.¡± Feng Luo said.

    This was Feng Luo¡¯s original objective for entering the equipment warehouse.

    The reason Feng Luo traded the Death Dance submachine gun for Onishi¡¯s Death Gaze without paying any heed to its 14.5mm caliber was that Feng Luo knew that it was highly likely that he would be able to find another high caliber sniper rifle in the special agent equipment warehouse. With that, after some slight modifications, he would be able to increase hisbat strength by installing Death Gaze¡¯s gun barrel and sniping scope.

    It was due to the possibility of obtaining a Legendary Grade item that he started having other ideas.

    However, now that his points had been deducted, it was no longer possible for him to have the minimum 5,000 points required for a Legendary Grade gear. As such, he could only return to his initial objective.

    Before long, Feng Luo was surrounded by a bunch of 3D virtual sniper rifles. ck, silver, stick, imposing... Over 30 sniper rifles surrounded Feng Luo.

    ¡°As expected, there are a few of them.¡± Feng Luo began checking the stats and attributes of the rifles.

    ¡°Thunderstorm-500, Attack: 1,100. This damage is amazing. However, it is a Level 55 weapon, the level is too high. Snake of Aman. Rare Grade. Level Requirement is Level 50. This looks decent. The rare attribute of the weapon can only be activated with aplete set. This won¡¯t do. Other parts are okay, but the sniping scope has got to be the Death Gaze¡¯s sniping scope. AS-777. The level requirement is only Level 45. This looks suitable, but it is only an Excellent Grade weapon. Although the attack is 700 points, it does not have a rare attribute... This won¡¯t work as well.¡±

    ...

    After browsing through the weapons, Feng Luo noticed a problem.

    Although there were a lot of sniper rifles, the problem was that most of the rifles were above Level 50, with some of them being above Level 60.

    As for the only two sniper rifles below Level 50, they were only Excellent Grade. Although the attack stat of the rifles was eptable, the problem was the non-existing rare attribute bonus. Without the bonus, his current Eye of the Thunder and Barrett were a lot better.

    ¡°Search: Sniper rifle blueprints. Same requirement. 14.5mm caliber.¡± Feeling a bit resigned, Feng Luo could only take a step back and find an alternative. So, he searched for sniper rifle blueprints.

    However, unbeknownst to him, this might have been a better choice. With the blueprint, it was much easier and more convenient for him to modify the rifle during the production phase.

    This time, Feng Luo was surrounded by hundreds of blueprint chips as well as 3D images of thepleted guns.

    Among them, Feng Luo quickly found a sniper rifle that suited his needs.

    ¡°Desert Tiger. Level 50. Rare Grade. Standard attack stat of 900... The rare attribute is also quite nice...¡±

    Feng Luo carefully inspected it and found that this sniper rifle met each of his requirements perfectly. Whether it was the length of the gun or the basic stats increase, they were not inferior to the Barrett at all.

    Moreover, the body of the rifle had a yellowish desert camouge paint. And also had an environmental color change function. It was definitely a high-caliber sniper rifle that could meet his needs.

    ¡°But... A Level 50 Rare Grade weapon¡¯s blueprint actually needs a C-Rank Authorization... Moreover, it needs two... System, you¡¯re messing with me, aren¡¯t you?¡± However, when Feng Luo reached the exchange requirements, his face stiffened as he lookedpletely resigned yet again.

    For this, did he have to disassemble the B-Rank Authorization that he obtained after so much hardship?

 Chapter 495 - Decision

    <h4>Chapter 495: Decision</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°What a loss! What a loss indeed! Why are those B-Grade potions so God damn expensive? My points and B-Rank Authorization!! Just like that, my Legendary Grade item is gone. This is so painful!¡± Big Pineapple looked depressed when the lot of them left the special agent center and met again.

    ¡°It¡¯s a good thing she did not use that many potions. Due to the extra C-Rank Authorization, my B-Rank Authorization did not have to be broken up. I¡¯ll be working hard toplete some missions these next few days so I can exchange for Special Agent Points with my Merits. By then, I¡¯ll be able to directly exchange and obtain a Legendary Grade item.¡± Phoenix, on the other hand, looked delighted.

    The ¡°she¡± that Phoenix was referring to was, naturally, Dark Phoenix.

    Dark Phoenix¡¯s strength was definitelyparable to the best yers of the game. In life-threatening situations, she would not even bother using potions. Additionally, since she performed dazzlingly during the mission, Phoenix¡¯s extra rewards were also very good. In that sense, she profited a lot.

    Her idea was the same as Feng Luo¡¯s initial idea as she wanted to keep the B-Rank Authorization forter so that she could directly get a piece of Legendary Grade gear.

    One could not deny that it was definitely a shortcut to owning a Legendary Grade item.

    ¡°I¡¯ve also disassembled my authorization...¡± Onishi also looked resigned.

    Earlier, he used a lot of the special agent sh grenades, special smoke grenades, and button bombs earlier during the mission. Although they were incredibly helpful during battles, the amount of authorization deduction at the end was also quite considerable.

    In the end, his B-Rank Authorization had to be disassembled into three C-Rank Authorizations, just so he had enough to pay for the authorization deductions.

    ¡°My infiltration device can be returned directly.¡± Digital Cat said calmly after raising her head to look at the four people around her.

    She was definitely the one who profited the most, as her item was not a consumable one. As long as she returned it, it was alright. This pretty much meant that she had borrowed it and had used it for free.

    As for what she used the B-Rank Authorization for, Digital Cat did not have any ns to reveal it. With her genius brain, it was pretty much a certainty that she would find the most suitable way to use it.

    ¡°I¡¯ve also been rewarded with a C-Rank Authorization, and since I had a lot of bullets left, my B-Rank Authorization did not have to be disassembled. However, if I did not disassemble it, I wouldn¡¯t be able to exchange for the item I wanted, so I can only wait and see now.¡± Feng Luo said.

    After much consideration, Feng Luo ultimately decided not to disassemble his B-Rank Authorization.

    After all, it was probably quite difficult to obtain a B-Rank Authorization. Feng Luo felt that if the next mission was not a group mission, the difficulty would not be as high and so, he ultimately decided to wait and see.

    He decided to first head to the exchange in an attempt to find a suitable blueprint. Of course, it would be even better if he could find a 14.5mm caliber sniper rifle that could be modified.

    Even if that did not work, he could always try to design a rifle on his own.

    Truth be told, after working on the Eye of the Thunder, it had been a while since hest worked on creating a gun.

    Due to a series of missions and leveling up, whether it was his Ammunition Manufacturer or Gun Mechanic life profession, the experience bar had not progressed in quite a while.

    Although he had a lead in the beginning, by now, among the top life profession yers, his progress could be considered behind.

    ...

    When it came to life professions, Feng Luo had been hesitating about a problem for the past two days.

    Feng Zhi Dan Heng Ammunition Store was now closed. Everything in the store had been transported to Storm City. He could not decide if he wanted to open up another store.

    After all,pared to the ie he was getting from missions and the Permanent Enhancement Potion sales he was getting with Lin, the menial ie he was getting from the ammunition store was no longer all that important.

    After going from focusing on his life profession to focusing on hisbat profession, Feng Luo found out that he looked forward to and liked the passionate and stimting battles a lot more.

    In particr, after he had awakened the Force and could surpass Level 50, his interest in leveling up and obtaining strength had surpassed his interest in making guns and ammunition, especially after proving that the Force was connected to his body in reality.

    However, if he did not open the ammunition store, then how should he deal with Lan and Jing Xiang, the two NPC saleswomen?

    More importantly, how should he deal with the Master Gun Mechanic, Old John?

    Old John was still a mystery, and it was possible that arge-scale hidden mission was still in waiting with him. So, if Feng Luo did not open a shop, where should he put Old John?

    ¡°Beep! You¡¯ve got a call!¡± As if the system had detected Feng Luo¡¯s hesitation, hisms device suddenly started beeping.

    ¡°Boss!¡± As for the person who appeared on the other side, they were his two NPC saleswomen.

    ¡°Lan, you¡¯re out of the quarantine zone?¡± Feng Luo looked at the thin and pallid female salesperson whose eyes were still filled with fear on the screen of hisms device. It had only been two days since theyst saw each other but it was clear that Lan had lost a lot of weight.

    It was not odd since no matter who it was, anyone who experienced that sort of thing would not be able to calm down in such a short amount of time.

    Although the yers of Storm City did not seem affected, with yers continuing to farm monsters, work on missions, PK, and even being excited about the start of the Biohazard Crisis and war missions, creating parties to head to Silvermoon City to farm monsters and zombies, in the world of NPCs, the world had been chaotic the past two days.

    Due to the Biohazard Crisis storyline and the chaos and unrest caused by therge-scale war, unease and tensions had already spread to other ces.

    As one of the main cities of the Federation which was known as the number one military city, Storm City had weed and taken in arge swathe of refugees the past two days. As a consequence; unrest, strikes, parades, and even police assault and other types of chaotic behavior continued to pop up all over the ce.

    It was only natural for the three NPCs, who had been living in Silvermoon City prior to the events and had just arrived at Storm City after being transported by military transport boats, to try and look for Feng Luo.

    In the game, after the rtionship between yers and NPCs reached a certain degree, not only would the NPC help the yers, the yers were also required to help the NPCs.

    Of course, it was notpulsory; however, it was fundamental if the yer wanted to maintain a good approval rating with the NPC.

    ¡°As long as you guys are okay, that¡¯s good. Where is Old John?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°Master John is currently resting.¡± Lan moved thems device back a little bit and showed Old John snoring on a seat behind her.

    ¡°He can still sleep like this even after experiencing something like this?¡± Feng Luo seemed a bit speechless after looking at Old John¡¯s state.

    The frightening experience of the Biohazard Crisis for NPCs was definitely something that was life-scarring. It should have been impossible for one to forget the fear in a short amount of time, even with the help of mental healing devices or inhibitory drugs.

    From Lan and Jing Xiang¡¯s mental state, one could easily see that. Even though they were only numbers and data, their expressions and behaviors were no different than normal humans.

    However, Old John was a unique case, and to be able to still sleep and snore so loudly.

    Moreover, Feng Luo was quite confident that if the transport boat did not forbid the existence of alcohol, Old John would most definitely be holding an empty liquor bottle in his hands while sleeping away.

    ¡°I¡¯ll go get you guys at the rendezvous point.¡± Feng Luo said to thems device after thinking for a brief moment.

    ¡°Beep! You¡¯ve got a call!¡± However, just as Feng Luo disconnected the call, he received a new iing call.

    ¡°Brother Feng?¡± My World¡¯s face appeared on thems device¡¯s screen. Beside him were Watermelon Skin and Steel Fortress. In addition, the female doctor Azure and two other female Maniptors were also visible.

    They contacted Feng Luo to return the gears they had borrowed from Feng Luo earlier.

    Feng Luo had been so busy since the day before; apart from that, everyone else, excluding Steel Fortress, only managed to resurrect in different cities yesterday afternoon. That was why they wanted to personally bring the items back to Feng Luo.

    After thinking for a bit, Feng Luo decided to have them wait outside Lin¡¯sb building, on the casual tform.

    After picking up the three NPCs, he would go and meet the group.

 Chapter 496 - Raging Storm, New Game Era (Two in One)

    <h4>Chapter 496: Raging Storm, New Game Era (Two in One)</h4>

    After a minute, Feng Luo got on a silver hovercraft.

    Lately, Storm City¡¯s transportation capacity, that had always been sufficient, had suddenly be busy due to the sudden increase in humans.

    However, as a high-tech megacity, the entire airspace of the city could be used for transport. It was enough to ensure that the city¡¯s transportation system would still be able to function properly even if the number of people increased by a few times.

    Seated within the hovercraft, Feng Luo spent the few minutes he had in the vehicle to browse the yer forum after setting the destination of the route number one on the hovercraft¡¯s AI system.

    The hot topics in the Storm City forum that contained 15 million yers were something that could not be used topare against Silvermoon City¡¯s forum.

    Data, images, and all sorts of videos streamed through the forum almost every second. Many posts and threads rose up to the top quickly before sinking into the bottom just as quickly.

    However, ced at the top of the rmended posts on the home page were the two most popr threads. Both were the only constant that remained stable throughout.

    No. 2 ¨C Current poprity: 277 million.

    ¡°Silvermoon City yers¡¯ failed counterattack. The military base at the edge of the battlefield is soon to fall into the hands of the rebel army camp. A shocking inside look at the power of capital manipting the game progress?¡±

    The length of the second most popr thread¡¯s title was enough to catch people¡¯s attention.

    The content of the thread was about the start of the dual-storyline development of the Biohazard Crisis and the war in Silvermoon City.

    ¡°Yesterday at 12 noon, guilds of the Federation allied and organized arge-scale counterattack that involved over 300,000 remaining yers of Silvermoon City. The counterattack started smoothly at the beginning. With their numerical advantage, they were steadily pushing the rebel army back to their main camp. However, there was a surprising development. As they had obtained an absolute advantage, the situation reversed suddenly and many of the Federation camp yers suddenly held a coup and attacked their allies... After a day of battle, the remaining yers belonging to the Federation camp is less than 10,000. ording to the author¡¯s investigation, the reason this happened was due to a surprising insider development...¡±

    In the following segments of the post content, the yer proceeds to describe the happenings over the past few days since the Biohazard Crisis began and the subsequent chain of events that followed in Silvermoon City in detail.

    These included the start of the Biohazard Crisis, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s methods throughout the entire incident, Veterans Tribe¡¯s guild alliance response and reactions, etc. Images and textplemented each other. Among them, there were also battle scenes that were recorded using yer terminals.

    The post even mentioned a ¡°mysterious expert sniper¡± whopletely messed up an important n of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group that caused them to fall into a disadvantageous situation.

    This forced the group to employ theirst resort thatpletely reversed the situation in Silvermoon City.

    The Rui Conglomerate that had just announced that they had acquired shares of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, in just two hours following the incident, continuously announced over a hundred acquisitions and investment contracts, as well as a strategic cash injection of billions into Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    ¡°Based on calctions, in two short hours, the Rui Conglomerate spent over 50 billion star coins, and then...¡±

    As a result, the Federation camp yers, who had an absolute advantage, crumbled internally almost instantly.

    Among them, almost 30% of the yers changed their allegiance and joined the rebel army camp, simply because the offer from the Rui Conglomerate was just too good to refuse.

    The power of star coins was more pronounced than at any other time.

    ¡°More stunning was Rui Conglomerate¡¯s move to spend so much capital on a war in the game.¡±

    ¡°This is not 50 billion credits, it is star coins!¡±

    ¡°This is equivalent to all the capital and assets of a medium-sized enterprise, and the Rui Conglomerate actually used it all to ensure victory in a virtual war inside a game.¡±

    ¡°Just who is the Rui Conglomerate? How are they so rich, and why are they so generous?¡±

    As the post reached this segment, the post also provided info about the Rui Conglomerate to educate the reader.

    The Rui Conglomerate was one of the three mega family-conglomerates with their headquarters located on the 17th Administrative. The total asset of the organization made public was five trillion.

    Even though it was the Star Gxy Era, financial groups with assets worth trillions were also considered ¡°top dogs.¡± As for the human resources and talent pool of such arge-scale family-centric financial conglomerate, one could say that they had arger pool than most smaller countries.

    Considering the skills of the elites in the Rui Conglomerate¡¯s best investment department in the Federation, the billions of capital investment were definitely not just the group messing about. The huge capital investment meant that the powerful Rui Conglomerate was preparing to enter War. They were starting to set the stage and they fancied Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s advantage of being the first organization to join the rebel army camp.

    ¡°Although many insightful financial groups and guilds entered the game since War started, most organizations were quite cautious in terms of their investments. Before War appeared, hundreds of millions of investments would have been considered a huge amount in virtual reality games. However, this time, the Rui Conglomerate had spent 50 billion in just one war. Although the money was mostly used to acquire organizations and on partnering contracts, even including the 10 billion investment on Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, rather than direct investments in War itself, they will definitely continue to invest more in the future... From thisrge-scale war, we can clearly see the impact of the capital ofrge-scale financial groups within the game. In the future, the price of gears, materials and human resources are likely to change due to this... Since the Rui Conglomerate has started a trend of spendingrge amounts in the game. Manyrge-scale financial groups will likely not back down and follow suit. War will definitely enter an era of raging storms. The value of Legendary Grade items, Expert Level life professions, and top-ss yers will also likely be a lot more expensive... However, what I am worried about most is whether incidents like those in Silvermoon City ever happen again the future. As morerge financial groups enter the game, normal yers are faced with the very real problem of being crushed by huge capital. Would the small amount of wealth and material basis that yers gained after many years of hardships and hard work be easily destroyed by the huge amount of credits? How will the rights and benefits of ordinary yers be protected? Moreover, the author has been constantly wondering about one question. The exchange rate between the official game currency of War, the credits, and star coins have always been fixed. They are not constantly adjusted depending on the situation like other games. This is, without a doubt, going against themon sense of currency knowledge. This has also caused the author to be slightly suspicious of whether the government-operated gamepany known as Star Gaming is capable of operating the game...¡± Thetter part of the post changed the topic quickly. The author of the post started talking about finance and sociology...

    Naturally, many of his views and opinions garnered positive reactions from many of the yers.

    After all, although it was quite fun to watch the ¡°show¡± unfold in Silvermoon City, no one would ever hope something like that to befall themselves.

    In particr, hundreds of thousands of yers of Silvermoon City who were still in the Federation camp had not only lost a level, and dropped their items, but more importantly, they had lost the capital and assets that they had been working hard for in Silvermoon City over the past year.

    Houses, shop lots, and unfinished missions... There were also connections with NPCs...

    Many high-level NPCs were among those who were infected with the T-virus and turned into zombies. The approval ratings that many yers worked incredibly hard for after multiple missions had suddenly turned into nothing in an instant.

    While many yers agreed with the views of the poster, many also argued against it.

    Under the post in the voice message reply zone, some yers wereughing at many of the yers being poor.

    In particr, many of the yers who were younger and liked to boast were showing off their full sets of Rare Grade gears despite being teenagers. Additionally, they also said that they were already prepared to buy Legendary Grade items, Boss Grade pets, and opined that games were only fun when they had money to burn...

    Of course, Feng Luo simply skimmed through these.

    With Feng Luo¡¯s reading speed, it only took him around one minute to read through the entire thread. He noticed that the post also mentioned the founder of Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group at the end. ¡°Silvermoon City¡¯s Number One Expert,¡± Roaring Dragon Invincible, had led a group of veteran yers elsewhere as they had decided not to join the rebel army camp, and their current whereabouts are currently unknown.

    However, the slight mention did not cause any uproar or a lot of attention.

    After all, to the yers of Storm City, Roaring Dragon Invincible, who was the number one expert of a small city that housed only a few hundred thousand yers, was not someone worthy of their attention.

    This was the psychological advantage of yers of main cities aspared to yers from peripheral or small cities. It was simr to the psychological advantage that whales had over normal yers. This was the case even when most of the yers were far weaker than Roaring Dragon Invincible.

    However,pared to the second most popr thread, most yers focused their attention on the number one popr thread on top.

    No. One ¨C Current Poprity: 500 million.

    ¡°The Rise of God! Storm City yer Invikill has be the first person to awaken the Force in War;pletely dominates Thousand Miles, aka Ghost Eye, who is among the top ten masters and has the same profession, in a PK match. As countless superstar yers have boasted that they will work hard to be the first person to awaken the Force in the game, it looks like the person who achieved the feat was an unexpected person. Just now, an unknown Sniper yer was revealed to have awakened the Force. The person who exposed this news also attached a battle video of the person defeating one of the top ten masters (Current Overall Superstar yer Ranking: 818) of Storm City, Thousand Miles easily.¡±

    The thread was not posted only on the Storm City forum. It maintained its top spot as the most popr thread due to the number of clicks from all the forums of War. As such, in a short amount of time, the thread easily umted over 500 million views.

    The thread was so popr and reached the headlines of all the servers of the game directly because of the title of the thread including the phrase ¡°First person to awaken the Force.¡±

    As for the content of the thread, there was a PK video attached of a battle between two Snipers.

    One of the Snipers was the yer who had been maintaining his ce among the Storm City top ten masters ranking ¨C Thousand Miles.

    As for the result of the battle, it was as the title said, Thousand Miles had lost.

    However, it was a battle between the two that intrigued, piqued the interest, and caused confusion among countless yers.

    The unknown Sniper yer seeded in sneaking behind Thousand Miles, the person who had the S-ss talent ¡°Ghost Eye,¡± and used a military knife to kill the renowned ¡°Top Ten Masters of Storm City.¡± And it was done right under his nose.

    It was a one-sided battle. However, it still kept the eyes of many yers glued to their screen. Some even continued to rey a scene in the middle of the recording, as they noticed something incredibly odd.

    It was when the two began the battle, as the Sniper yer sneaked toward thest 100 meters towards Thousand Miles, he suddenly vanished into thin air. It was as if he had turned invisible along with all his gears.

    This was also the reason why Thousand Miles failed to detect him in time. By the time the unknown Sniper yer appeared, he was right behind Thousand Miles. As a Sniper, even though Thousand Miles was alert at thest moment, his heart was still punctured by the opponent before he could even unsheathe his military knife.

    One hit and the number that appeared above Thousand Miles¡¯ head was a Fatal Damage of over 7,000 damage.

    Even with a full set of Level 50 top-ss Rare Grade items, Thousand Miles HP bar was instantly emptied. It could definitely be considered aplete and utter defeat.

    ¡°How is that possible? God Thousand Miles lost?¡± There were many Thousand Miles fans within Storm City. They could not believe that their idol was so utterly defeated in a duel between Snipers.

    However, those who weren¡¯t Thousand Miles¡¯ fans were able to objectively look at the problem in front of them.

    They discovered that apart from the odd ¡°disappearing¡± ability of the Sniper yer, the eye-catching stiletto he held in his hand was highly likely to be a perfectly evaluated Legendary Grade weapon. Theoretically, it should be the only Legendary Grade military knife type weapon in War at the moment.

    Moreover, it definitely had an amazing skill attached to it.

    It was highly likely that¡¯s why Thousand Miles, a yer equipped with a full set of Level 50 Rare Grade gears, could be killed in one hit.

    After the profound research and investigations of some people in thement section, these yers found that the Sniper yer was not that unknown after all.

    In fact, he was quite famous in his own guild, the September Guild.

    The fame came from his diligence in training.

    ording to the yers who provided the news, the Sniper yer was not all that amazing at the beginning.

    Initially, he was only at the level of an ordinary yer. However, his hard work helped him get selected into the elite team of the September Guild. After that, he received a lot of help from the resources avable at the September Guild as well as the guidance of several Sniper experts in the guild.

    As for the yer himself, he trained over a dozen hours every day. His diligence, hard work, and the guild¡¯s resources gradually developed him, causing his strength to rise bit by bit every day.

    The Sniper yer who had an average talent became the captain of the Sniper squad of the September Guild. The battle today was a PK match that he specifically arranged with Thousand Miles after he became the captain of the Sniper squad.

    However, prior to the battle, no one would have known that he had actually already awakened the Force.

    It was only after he used the Force and used the skill attached to the Legendary Grade stiletto that the guild provided him that everyone knew he had the Force.

    ¡°That¡¯s why I want to thank our guild. I thank the guild for helping a dumb yer like me grow without caring much about the resources I had consumed. Also, I¡¯d like to also thank Old Z, my captain who kept encouraging me, Brother White... I also want to thank...¡± On the video attached to the forum post, the Sniper yer was seen giving his thank-you speech with a very sincere expression.

    The first person to awaken the Force; odd but powerful ¡°invisible¡± ability¡¯ Legendary Grade weapon; sessfully bing a top-ss expert yer after working hard for a long time; defeating the superstar yer with the same profession who was famous for his eyesight...

    Combining all the above information together, the yer with the ID Invikill had be the third most searched term by the yers of the game in a short period of time.

    It was a phenomenon much like when War¡¯s number one Gunner, Death Roar, became the first yer to reach Level 50.

    Due to the replies and likes of the threading from the ¡°expose,¡± September Guild¡¯s poprity also soared. ording to the data of guilds on the forum, one could see that the September Guild, which was initially ranked outside the top 100, was now closing in on the 100th rank.

    They were on the verge of transforming from being a first-ss guild into a top-ss guild.

    Their poprity was rising so fast was due to thest part of the video. The hard-working type yer touted as the ¡°First yer to awaken the Force,¡± exposed the fact that the September Guild had just received a huge investment of 15 billion star coins, and they were recruiting battle elites above Level 50 or high-level life profession yers with great benefits attached.¡±

    ¡°Everyone, as long as you fit the requirements, please apply to join us. Once you¡¯ve joined us, the guild will provide you with the best resources... This may even include Legendary Grade items. I believe that under our guild¡¯s structure, resources will continue to pour in and yers who surpasses me in the Force will appear...¡±

    The video ended with a gentle smile on the yer¡¯s face.

 Chapter 497 - Maximum Approval Rating!

    <h4>Chapter 497: Maximum Approval Rating!</h4>

    ¡°Boss! It¡¯s so good to see you again!¡± At the point of meeting, the two beautiful NPC saleswomen ran over towards Feng Luo when they saw him standing in wait beside the hovercraft. They held their arms wide open and hugged him. Fear still lingered on their faces and both of them sounded as if they were almost in tears.

    ¡°Holy crap! Look over there! What¡¯s the situation? Two beautiful NPCs are throwing themselves at a yer!¡±

    ¡°Is that something to be surprised about? I heard that if your approval rating reaches a certain stage, NPCs would even let you do ¡®anything¡¯ to them.¡±

    ¡°Seriously? Is there such a thing? Is War actually a type of simtion game?¡±

    On the side, a few yers were whispering among themselves.

    After Feng Luo patted the shoulders of the two NPC saleswomen and consoled them, two system notification sounds rang in his ear.

    [Due to your actions in the game, your approval rating with Yuan Jing Xiang has increased. Current Rating: Intimate. You¡¯ve obtained experience: 39,000. Obtained Merits: 20.]

    [Due to your actions in the game, your approval rating with Mao Li Lan has increased. Current Rating: Intimate. You¡¯ve obtained experience: 40,000. Obtained Merits: 20.]

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    As the two notifications pinged, a sh of bright white light covered Feng Luo¡¯s body in front of the other yers.

    [Congrattions! You¡¯ve leveled up. Current Level: 51.]

    The benefits of high approval ratings between yers and NPCs were not just limited to hidden benefits. For example, the two high-level approval rating achievements of ¡°Friendly¡± and ¡°Intimate¡± also provided concrete advantages.

    In particr, reaching the Intimate level meant a huge amount of experience and Merit as rewards. With Merit points, one could exchange for all types of items.

    Some yers had calcted it before. An Intimate approval rating¡¯s rewards wereparable to, or even better than, the experience and items gained after farming monsters for three days.

    Due to this, many yers specifically tried to increase approval ratings with NPCs inside cities. They treat the game as a simtion game. However, their leveling speed was not any slower than any of the other mainstream yers.

    Of course, getting to the Intimate level approval rating was never an easy feat. Only under special circumstances would an NPC have an Intimate feeling with a yer.

    On the first night of the Biohazard Crisis two days ago, the two NPC saleswomen were psychologically devastated. After that, Feng Luo appeared, rescued and protected them throughout their journey of leaving the city. Feng Luo¡¯s appearance and continued actions of fighting to protect them, to the point where he even stayed behind to fight, as well as his various other courageous actions, would, without a doubt touch anyone.

    In addition to that, when Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor, who first appeared to protect and escort them, came to protect them, they mentioned that they came at the request of Feng Luo, which was also a bonus for increasing the approval rating.

    Feng Luo only managed to push the approval rating of the two NPCs to the maximum after considering all of the above conditions.

    And with the huge amount of experience awarded, he leveled up directly.

    Now, Feng Luo was Level 51, he could legitimately im that he was the real highest leveled yer in War.

    ¡°Jing Xiang and Lan¡¯s approval ratings have reached the ¡®Intimate level.¡¯ I wonder if Old John¡¯s approval rating went up to ¡®Trust.¡¯¡±Feng Luo thought.

    Jing Xiang and Lan were, after all, normal NPCs. Their usefulness to yers was going to be limited.

    However, Old John was different. He was an NPC who was highly likely to possess a Master Level life profession. For yers, he was the equivalent of a treasure trove.

    However, Old John¡¯s situation was rather peculiar.

    Old John ate and drank for free at Feng Luo¡¯s store for a few months and the approval rating kept staying at the lowest ¡°Good¡± level. That was why Feng Luo was not really expecting much in terms of hoping for the approval rating to increase.

    This was particrly true when Feng Luo saw Old John still sleeping and snoring very loudly in the arms of the transportation robot moving through the crowd towards him. The old man was still sleeping, so, if Feng Luo wanted to know if the approval rating increased, he would have to wait a little bit longer.

    ¡°We¡¯re going to the hotel. The three of you should take a good, long rest.¡± Looking at the two NPC saleswomen whose approval rating with him had reached the maximum value, Feng Luo decided to let them stay with Old John at the hotel below Lin¡¯sboratory since he had not yet decided if he wanted to continue operating the Feng Zhi Dan Hen Ammunition Store.

    The environment that the two female NPCs were yesterday definitely meant that they did not get any good sleep.

    ¡°Okay.¡± Since their approval rating had been maxed, the two female NPCs nodded without any hesitation. As for the transportation robot, it had already ced Old John into the hovercraft after the door of the hovercraft opened automatically.

    ¡°So tired...¡±

    After entering the hovercraft, the two young female NPCs seemed to rx and loosened their tension. They actually closed their eyes immediately and fell asleep within a dozen or so seconds after resting their bodies on the backseat of the vehicle.

    ¡°Turn in front. Please sit tight. Destination: Ground Hurricane Building, Number 1023.¡±

    Gentle and soothing music was broadcasted within the hovercraft. With a steady and non-vibrating speed, the hovercraft floated into Storm City¡¯s busy sky, where multiplerge passenger-crafts were ascending or descending.

    Feng Luo, who was seated in the front seat and was thinking about the safety issue of the three NPCs, did not notice that in that situation, Old John¡¯s snoring had suddenly be quieter, as if he did not want to bother the two young female NPCs.

    ...

    After half an hour, on the side of the Hurricane building, inside a VIP room on the sky restaurant tform of the hotel...

    Watermelon Skin ced the Barrett, which he had wiped thoroughly a few times, in front of Feng Luo.

    When his fingers departed the body of the Barrett, his eyes seemed to convey a reluctance to let it go.

    It was definitely an eptable reaction. A weapon like the Barrett was a dream weapon for most Sniper yers in the game. From the spotless condition of the gun, one could easily tell just how much Watermelon Skin liked the gun.

    However, Watermelon Skin quickly suppressed his longing gaze and said to Feng Luo, ¡°Brother Feng, let me return this Python of Death to you. It¡¯s a good thing it is not damaged.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s also this Thunder armor set...¡± My World also returned the Thunder armor set that Feng Luo lent to him earlier. The surface of the power alloy armor was very shiny and it was clear that My World had specifically looked for an armor specialist to repair and maintain the armor.

    Feng Luo took the two items and ced the Thunder armor set back into his special agent inventory. However, he left the Barrett on the table.

    Feng Luo suddenly opened his mouth and spoke to Watermelon Skin with a gentle smile, ¡°Watermelon, if I say that I am going to give you this Python of Death as thanks for protecting my three NPC staff members, will you ept?¡±

    ¡°Give it to me as a gift... Brother Feng, you¡¯re joking, right?¡± Watermelon Skin¡¯s face stiffened as he became dumbfounded. Then, his expression changed into one of disbelief.

    Not only Watermelon Skin, even My World, Steel Fortress, as well as Azure and the other two Maniptordies, Tangerine and Tea Flower, werepletely stunned.

    After Watermelon Skin spoke, he instinctively nced at the Barrett. However, he quickly shifted his gaze and looked at Feng Luo immediately after.

    ¡°I¡¯m not joking. I¡¯m serious.¡± Feng Luo kept a gentle smile on his face as he said with a sincere tone.

    On the night when he returned to Silvermoon City to rescue the three NPCs, he made a promise to Watermelon Skin and Azure¡¯s group. Before he reached the tform, he requested the group to help him protect the three NPCs and wait for him to arrive, and by doing what he asked of them, Feng Luo promised to reward them heavily.

    Watermelon Skin¡¯s party had, without a doubt, carried out fully their promise to Feng Luo.

    Steel Fortress¡¯ armor was severely damaged; My World died while fighting the Tyrant; as for Azure, who was a female yer, kept enduring as she continued to buff and heal the team even after turning pale. Most importantly, Watermelon Skin sacrificed himself to allow Feng Luo the chance to deal a critical damage shot that was ten times the normal on the Giant Octopus monster that was about to evolve into the Quasi-Boss Grade.

    Although Feng Luo thought that Watermelon Skin¡¯s techniques were rtively bad, just from that shot alone, he was still worthy of using the Python of Death.

    ¡°No, I don¡¯t want it... We epted the mission to protect Old John in the first ce. So, even if you did not say anything, we¡¯d have protected him either way. Back then, if it weren¡¯t for the fact that you came to us, we would have definitely been wiped out by the giant octopus... You also trusted us and lent us these high-quality gears. Additionally, you also saved us back then in the Withered Desert. We owe you, so there¡¯s no way I can ept your gift...¡± Upon hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words, Watermelon Skin¡¯s neck was flushed red as he spoke to decline Feng Luo¡¯s offer.

    ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s right! Brother Feng, if anything, the value of this Python of Death exceeds thebined value of all our items put together.¡±

    ¡°Ignoring the fact that we contributed close to nothing, even if we did contribute, there¡¯s no way we can ept something so valuable.¡± My World and the party¡¯s Fire Maniptor, Tangerine, also spoke. Although a sense of admiration filled her eyes when she nced at the Barrett, she also helped Watermelon Skin reject Feng Luo¡¯s offer.

    As for the value of the Barrett, to the average yer, if they wanted to buy one, the price at an auction would be around 800,000 credits. The number of Barretts was quite limited, so it was too expensive to be used as a gift of thanks.

    However, to Feng Luo, the Barrett was only one D-Rank Special Agent Authorization and 1,000 points.

    Watermelon Skin¡¯s rejection was also due to the fact that he had underestimated his contribution.

    If Feng Luo did not request their help to protect Old John, even if they did ept the mission, they would never have put their lives on the line to protect him. After all, in a situation like that, the best choice would have been to give up the mission. It was even more natural for them to give up protecting Jing Xiang and Lan.

    Feng Luo looked at Watermelon Skin, whose face was flushed red but still looked very determined, and then turned around to look at My World, who was the captain of the group, and said, ¡°How about this, Watermelon Skin, if you don¡¯t ept the Python of Death, then I¡¯ll give each of you an Excellent Grade item. You won¡¯t decline this, will you?¡±

 Chapter 498 - Warâ€™s Number One Sniper?

    <h4>Chapter 498: War¡¯s Number One Sniper?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°This...¡± The captain, My World, started to hesitate, as he did not want to decline Feng Luo¡¯s offer.

    Feng Luo wanted to give each of them a gift, this included Tangerine and Tea Flower, the two maniptors. Although he was the captain, it was not a good idea for him to decide for his teammates.

    ¡°Haha, actually, Brother Feng, you don¡¯t have to give us anything. After Steel and Ipleted the mission of protecting Old John, the system sent us a notification saying that we will be rewarded,¡± the Doctor yer, Azure, said to Feng Luo with a smile. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Now that we¡¯re talking about it, Brother Feng, we actually came here for another thing, and it is rted to the reward for this mission.¡±

    ¡°The reward concerning the mission of protecting Old John?¡± Upon hearing this, Feng Luo¡¯s face became filled with excitement as he was drawn in by Azure¡¯s words.

    With regard to the system issuing a mission to protect Old John, Feng Luo was actually quite curious about it.

    After all, there were many high-level NPCs in Silvermoon City, and when the Biohazard Crisis began, it did not seem like the system issued any other special mission.

    ¡°When Brother Steel and Ipleted the mission back then, the system did not give us our rewards immediately. We only received a system message an hourter. The message asked us toe to Storm City to find Master John to im our reward. Since we knew that Master John was your store¡¯s employee, we wanted to ask you his whereabouts,¡± Azure said to Feng Luo.

    ¡°You¡¯re going to receive the reward from Old John? Are you sure?¡± Feng Luo seemed quite surprised by the information, as he knew that Old John was currently penniless. Even his pockets were empty. What would Old John reward the yers with?

    ¡°Additionally, I also seemed to have worked on that protection mission, but the system did not even mention a single word about a reward. Just what is this ¡®hidden mission¡¯ that is associated with Old John?¡± Feng Luoined a little in his mind while he said to the others, ¡°Yeah, I know where he is. However, he is currently sleeping. I¡¯ll bring you guys over to meet him after he wakes up. But Azure, don¡¯t change the topic. I¡¯ve already said that I want to give you gifts as thanks, you guys won¡¯t want to make me break my promise, won¡¯t you?¡±

    Just as Azure let out a breath of relief, Feng Luo suddenly pulled the topic back to the reward he was going to give to the group while smiling wryly at Azure.

    ...

    With Feng Luo¡¯s insistence, the yers could no longer persevere.

    Feng Luo searched through the Exchange and provided them a list of Excellent items to choose from. Among the item options that Feng Luo provided, Watermelon Skin chose abat uniform, My World chose a pair of gloves, Steel Fortress chose an alloy chest te, while Tangerine and Tea Flower each chose a magician¡¯s robe that suited their profession.

    However, when it was Azure¡¯s turn, she chose something unexpected. She asked if Feng Luo could change her reward to a C-Grade potion form chip.

    It was a type of buff potion that increases a team¡¯s strength significantly. Clearly, she was thinking about improving her team as a whole, and naturally, Feng Luo agreed.

    On the list that he provided the group, there were also a few Excellent Grade items that weren¡¯t inferior to the performance ofmon Rare Grade items. However, none of those from the group chose the more expensive and slightly better items; instead, they chose the less expensive and less amazing items.

    The behavior of My World¡¯s party impressed Feng Luo even more.

    After selecting items with her teammates, Tangerine, who looked extremely delighted, suddenly turned towards Feng Luo and said, ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, Brother Feng, have you logged on to the forum? They¡¯re saying on the forum that a yer called Invikill has awakened the Force.¡±

    Feng Luo nodded and said, ¡°Yeah, I just saw that.¡±

    ¡°But Steel told all of us that you are the real first person who awakened the Force. Does this not mean that this person called Invikill stole all the glory that should belong to you? I think that you should have posted news about yourself on the forum earlier. Now, even if you want to say you are first, it would already be toote,¡± Tangerine said angrily.

    ¡°Uhm... About this...¡± Feng Luo shook his head with an awkward smile. It was really a topic that was going to be difficult to continue discussing.

    Earlier when he sold the Force Awakening Solution, he had already signed a non-disclosure agreement with Mr. X which prevented him from talking about the deal in the game.

    Since the number of people who knew that he had awakened the Force the day before was limited to around a dozen or so yers from Veterans Tribe, maybe just a few more due to gossiping, and there was no confirmed information about it. That was also why Mr. X was willing to spend so much to purchase something that could substantially increase the poprity and fame of the guild.

    That was also the reason why Feng Luo could not rify things, and could only exin and say that he did not care about such things.

    ¡°But in the replies to the post, many people seemed to be intentionally trying to make him out to be the number one Sniper in the game. Isn¡¯t this a bit too cocky?¡± Watermelon Skin said angrily.

    In his mind, in the video of the Sniper yer¡¯s battle with Thousand Miles, the ¡°Sniper¡± did not even fire a single shot.

    No matter what anyone said, he did not deserve the title of the ¡°Number One Sniper in War.¡±

    ¡°Number one Sniper, huh?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face twitched slightly as he heard the phrase.

    Feng Luo¡¯s personality was one that really didn¡¯t care about being famous. In terms of Death Roar being the ¡°Number One Sniper in War¡± before, he also did not feel anything.

    However, this time, when he heard someone new being crowned as the new ¡°Number One Sniper,¡± he felt a little bit different.

    Why was he feeling a little irritated?

    Moreover, he suddenly became the ¡°Number One Sniper¡± after just defeating Thousand Miles. This was clearly the September Guild making attempts to promote him.

    ¡°But did Thousand Miles really not notice his movements during the PK battle?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s mind reyed the video he saw earlier.

    After the person called Invikill sneaked behind Thousand Miles, Feng Luo noticed an odd sense of calm and indifference hidden within the eyes of the supposedly surprised face of Thousand Miles.

 Chapter 499 - Old Johnâ€™s Reward

    <h4>Chapter 499: Old John¡¯s Reward</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    As the group discussed the issue highlighted on the forum, a gentle-looking NPC waitress suddenly appeared through the hotel¡¯smunication device, ¡°Mr. Feng. Sorry to disturb you. There¡¯s a gentleman called Old John who is looking for you at the entrance of the tform.¡±

    ¡°Old John? Are you sure?¡± Feng Luo looked truly and utterly shocked and bewildered. Was Old John not sleeping? Did he really wake up?

    The hotel where Feng Luo arranged for Old John to stay was actually managed by the samepany that operated the tform; as such, Old John only needed to ask the staff of the hotel to know where he was, and clearly, by the looks of things, he had gone to look for him.

    Since Old John came by himself, the reward issue concerning Azure and the others¡¯ mission could be solved directly on the tform.

    ¡°Please bring him over here.¡± Truth be told, Feng Luo was actually quite curious.

    How would the penniless Old John reward the yers?

    ...

    After a minute, a 1.65m Caucasian old man whose nose had be red due to being a long-term alcoholic walked inside the VIP dining room.

    His hair was a mess while he wore a wrinkled and messy outfit. It was clear that it had been a few days since hest shaved as his face was covered with beard stubble.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that Feng Luo was a VIP guest who reserved the private room, Old John¡¯s appearance would have resulted in him being kicked out of the restaurant as a hobo.

    After entering through the door, Old John nced at the table, and after that, he turned back to the beautiful NPC waitress who opened the door for him and said, ¡°One Lucifer 16, on his tab. Thanks.¡±

    Lucifer 16, worth five million credits, one of the most expensive liquor in the game.

    Feng Luo looked slightly shocked, but it wasn¡¯t because Old John ordered such an expensive liquor and that he was the one who was expected to pay; instead, it was that Old John was a person who usually ordered Whiskey in the bar that cost a few dozen credits. It looked like today was definitely an unusual day.

    ...

    Old John was different from before.

    By the time Old John sat down beside Feng Luo, the feeling became even more pronounced.

    Initially, the feeling Old John gave Feng Luo was that he was always drunk. Every day he opened his muddy eyes, the first thing he would do was head to the bar to drink with his disheveled look. After that, he would drink until he vomited beforeing back. He even threw up a few times at the store.

    However, Feng Luo never cared about this; after all, this was a person who obviously had a hidden mission waiting for him.

    However, the current Old John gave off a very different feeling. Although his appearance was still the same disheveled look, Feng Luo could feel that there was a change.

    Even with Feng Luo¡¯s observation skills, he did not seem to be able to detect any change on the Caucasian old man¡¯s body.

    ¡°Pant... pant...¡±

    When Feng Luo identally saw Old John, he had already eaten everything in front of him as if he was a starving ghost.

    He probably had not eaten anything good over the past two days while in the quarantine zone. He should have been starving.

    After Old John sat down, Azure and Steel Fortress were actually waiting for Old John to speak first.

    However, to their surprise, Old John only cared about stuffing food into his face. For two to three minutes, he kept eating without saying anything, and finally, Azure could not wait anymore and said, ¡°Uhm... Master John, Hi. I¡¯m thinking about...¡±

    Normally, the system would or the NPC would proactively provide the rewards for a system-issued mission. However, Old John did not mention it at all, so she could only take the initiative to ask.

    However, before she could finish speaking, Old John spoke as if he was reading their minds. He raised his messy head and asked her directly, ¡°Yeah, speak. What do you need me to create? A healer pistol?¡±

    After that, he turned towards Watermelon Skin and My World and asked, ¡°Also, the two of you. What do you want? A rifle? Or perhaps a power armor?¡±

    My World and Watermelon Skin, who had attracted the gaze of the old man, were shocked. ¡°Are you talking to us?¡±

    Although they epted the mission to protect Old John, both My World and Watermelon Skin died in the battles before they exited Silvermoon City, meaning that the only people who actuallypleted the mission were Azure and Steel Fortress.

    In a situation like this, both of them should have failed the mission. So, what did Old John mean? Did they also get a reward?

    Both yers thought about it for a while, and could onlye up with one conclusion. ¡°Could it be that this is set as a team mission on default, so as long as some membersplete the mission, it is consideredpleted?¡±

    Old John nodded, and suddenly, his face filled with rice became stern. ¡°Yes, the four of you. I will help each of you create an item. However, I have to highlight one thing. The thing I make for you will not be free. Each of you will be responsible for procuring the materials. Additionally, the item type is limited to guns, ammunition, and power armor.¡±

    ¡°Make an item for each of us... So that¡¯s the reward for this mission.¡± Upon hearing Old John¡¯s words, the members of My World¡¯s party did not seem all that happy.

    After all, Old John told them that they had to collect or procure the materials of the items by themselves. A reward like that seemed to be even worse than getting an item as a reward directly.

    However, Azure seemed to have thought about something. She turned around and asked Feng Luo through the yer¡¯sms channel, ¡°Brother Feng, what¡¯s the level of this staff member of yours?¡±

    She remembered how Feng Luo valued Old John, and this meant that Old John was undoubtedly not a normal NPC.

    Azure thought in her mind, ¡°If I were to make a guess, he should be a high-level life profession NPC.¡±

    Although the two NPC saleswomen constantly referred to Old John as ¡°Master John,¡± Azure did not even entertain the thought that Old John was a Master Level NPC. She only thought that it was merely a title.

    Theoretically, a high-level life profession NPC could produce Excellent Grade items; if that were the case, the reward was quite decent.

    If Old John were an Expert Level NPC, it would mean that each of them would have the chance to obtain a Rare Grade gear.

    However, Feng Luo did not bother with her question; instead, he asked Old John with a very surprised expression, ¡°Making an item for each of them, huh? Old John, if they want Legendary Grade equipment, will you be able to oblige?¡±

    Hearing this, the yers who were disappointed in their mission reward seemed to not believe what they had heard. ¡°Legendary Grade?¡±

    Could this NPC create Legendary Grade items?

    Holy shit! Wasn¡¯t the reward a bit too good? They only protected one NPC, and they would have the chance to get a Legendary Grade item.

    ¡°Yes, but take note of an important message. Every item I make will have conditions to the owner and user, I will only make the most suitable item for that individual. In terms of Legendary Grade equipment, only people who have awakened the Force will have a piece of equipment tailored to the attributes of their Force. The reason is that Legendary Grade gears have souls. Only when a Legendary Grade item that has the maximumpatibility with the user will the potential of the equipment not be wasted.¡± Old John exchanged nces with Feng Luo. His murky eyes no longer had the drunkenness that usually resided within them.

    When he said that equipment had ¡°souls,¡± Old John¡¯s emanated a sense of confidence that was incredibly familiar to Feng Luo, which was a glow that he often saw in Lin¡¯s eyes.

 Chapter 500 - Not much, just 500 Million Credits!

    <h4>Chapter 500: Not much, just 500 Million Credits!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°As expected, Old John is really a Master Gun Mechanic. Hold on. That¡¯s not right. From what he said, it seems as if he is not only a Master Gun Mechanic; instead, he looks to also be adept at manufacturing ammunition at the same time. In addition to that, he¡¯s also capable of crafting alloy power armor. Another three-subject Master. Are all Master Level NPCs adept at multiple skills?¡± Feng Luo wondered in his mind.

    ¡°Regardless, did Old John change so drastically because of the Biohazard Crisis? Or was it due to something else? Did something trigger the hidden mission that he has? Should I do something then?¡± Feng Luo discovered that he was faced with a serious issue.

    He had no idea what caused Old John¡¯s changes, to the point where he did not know how to continue the conversation with Old John now.

    Unlike the joy and anxiety that Feng Luo was feeling, My World and his party members rejoiced at hearing the first half of Old John¡¯s sentence. They were ecstatic after learning that Old John could even create Legendary Grade items.

    At the moment, only two methods of obtaining a Legendary Grade item were known by the yers.

    The first was to kill a Super Boss above Level 55, as there was a good chance that it would drop a piece of Legendary Grade equipment.

    Ordinary yers should simply forget about this method. A Super Boss was more than ten times stronger thanmon Boss Grade monsters. That Legendary Grade item would have to be exchanged with thousands of yers losing levels as well as dropping a lot of items.

    The other method was through thepletion of hidden missions.

    Only incredibly lucky people could even dream of such a possibility. At the moment, the percentage of people lucky enough to encounter such opportunities were as low as 0.1%.

    However, right now, they had found the third method.

    An NPC actually promised to make them Legendary Grade items. They only needed to provide the materials.

    Theoretically speaking, the price of the materials for making Legendary Grade items would also be sky-high. However, this was not an insurmountable problem, as they only needed to find people who were willing to obtain a Legendary Grade item invest in them, the result would still end in them making a huge profit.

    Regardless, the rewardpletely exceeded their expectations.

    However, after hearing the second half of Old John¡¯s message, the group¡¯s ecstasy dimmed as they became down again.

    The Legendary Grade items created by Old John had the prerequisite of having awakened the Force. Among those who were present, only Feng Luo fit such a requirement.

    Old John only promised to reward the four people who protected him, including My World and Watermelon Skin who died during the mission, with the items. He did not promise to make such items for his boss, who had taken him in for free for a few months and also worked just as hard to protect him.

    ¡°Finally, to create the Legendary Grade items, the pieces of equipment in our store are inadequate. We need to purchase a set of specialized manufacturing equipment before we can start the initial stages of the work.¡± Old John seemed to havepletely forgotten that he was ¡°Favouring others over his own boss¡± as he spoke while looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Why is he staring at me?¡± Feng Luo was a little confused. After all, Old John was talking about rewarding the other four yers, so why was Old John staring at him?

    ¡°Wait a minute... This... What Old John just said... Could it be?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of a possibility and his breathing seemed to have hastened.

    ¡°The equipment at our store can produce lower-grade Rare Grade items, at best. However, not to mention Legendary Grade items, even high-grade Rare Grade gears would be impossible. Due to the uniqueness of Legendary Grade items, we will also need to purchase a few special equipment sets. As such, you will need to prepare arge budget.¡± Old John continued speaking and this time, Feng Luo could hear the word ¡°we¡± very clearly.

    ¡°No problem, but how much will I need, approximately?¡± Feng Luo looked ecstatic as he asked without any hesitation.

    Just what did it mean for a yer¡¯s store that had a Master Level NPC who could produce Legendary Grade items?

    Of course, Feng Luo would not hesitate, no matter how expensive it cost.

    ¡°Not a lot. The initial stages will set you back around 500 million credits.¡± After thinking about it briefly, Old John said as he extended five fingers.

    ¡°What? 500 million?¡± Feng Luo, who was looking very gleeful, almost bit his tongue when he heard the price.

    When Feng Luo learned that Old John would not leave his store, Feng Zhi Dan Hen Ammunition Store, he was quite excited and happy.

    It was to be expected. After all, a high-grade NPC who could produce Legendary Grade items was definitely an asset of unimaginable value.

    Feng Luo had already decided in his mind that he would satisfy Old John¡¯s request no matter what. The reason was that it also concerned about his future wealth.

    The number that Old John blurted out was incredibly high, and it really did take him by surprise. 500 million credits. The equipment needed to produce Legendary Grade items was actually priced in the hundreds of millions.

    The total value of all everything at his ammunition store was only around five million. This meant that the value was multiplied by 100.

    Feng Luo had definitely earned a lot of money in recent times. He had just been credited with a little over 100 million credits.

    However, the truth was that the 100 million was hisrgest earnings ever.

    Although the demand for the Permanent Enhancement Potion could never meet the supply over the past month, and while each potion was priced so high that it would scare people, Lin could manufacture around 200 potions in half a month mainly due to the limitations of the source materials. Additionally, as per the agreement with Lin, a lot of the credits earned from the sale of the potions would be used for further research fees, making the amount of money that reached Feng Luo¡¯s pocket was only 300,000 credits per potion.

    After around half a month, the Permanent Enhancement Potion brought over 70 million credits into Feng Luo¡¯s ount.

    However, the start of the Biohazard Crisis storyline decreased the profit of each Permanent Enhancement Potion substantially over the past two days. In the future, he would most likely be able to earn only around 10,000 to a few thousand credits per potion.

    The incredible profit originating from the fact that he was ahead of the game¡¯s progress was about toe to an end.

    Inparison, earnings from the Eye of the Thunder were at a simr stage.

    Due to the limitations of Rare Grade materials, Feng Luo could average less than ten Eye of the Thunders per day.

    The Eye of the Thunder was not as attractive as the Permanent Enhancement Potion. With the number of rifles increasing, the price had been on a constant downward trend. At the moment, a standard evaluation Eye of the Thunder was already less than 500,000 credits each.

    Deducting the material cost and the auction fee, as well as the system tax, Feng Luo¡¯s earnings were only around 80 million credits.

    Additionally, the over 40 Rare Grade items that Feng Luo obtained in the ¡°Big Escape¡± game earned him around 30 million credits. Counting also the sale of the Whisper of the Wind three-item set, which earned Feng Luo an additional 30.5 million credits, he earned another 60 million credits.

    Adding the earnings from the three together would make 210 million. In addition to his earnings for the day, Feng Luo had earned a total of 350 million credits in total.

    However, when considering his earnings, there were also expenditures.

    In terms of just the hidden skill and equipment of his Light Armor Warrior profession, Feng Luo spent tens of millions of credits.

    As for Digital Cat¡¯s experiment and research on the T-750 prototype, approximately 10 million credits had already been spent in just half a month. He would probably have to invest more in that endeavor.

    Furthermore, there were also 30 million credits he invested in Lin¡¯sboratory, as well as over 10 million credits he needed to pay the Huan Yu Company for helping him procure the materials for the Eye of the Thunder.

    At the current moment, the amount that Feng Luo could utilize in his ount was only around 280 million credits.

    In the eyes of the wealthy, 200 million credits, which after exchanging into star coins was only around 20 million star coins, was not a lot. In the eyes of the Rui Conglomerate which made several acquisitions worth billions the day before, it was nothing.

    However, not everyone was arge financial conglomerate.

    The eight zeros in Feng Luo¡¯s ount was, without a doubt, a number that exceeded the realms of over 99% of the yers in War.

    However, when Old John mentioned 500 million credits for purchasing the equipment set, he said it was only for the initial stages.

    ¡°500 million credits? Did I mishear?¡± Upon hearing Old John¡¯s words, all six members of My World¡¯s team became shell-shocked.

    The price waspletely unimaginable for them. Just 0.1% of that amount would have been enough to exceed the value of all the members of their partybined.

 Chapter 501 - Old Johnâ€™s Hidden Mission Activated!

    <h4>Chapter 501: Old John¡¯s Hidden Mission Activated!</h4>

    ¡°Inparison to the value of Legendary Grade items, the price of 500 million credits for the equipment set used to produce them is not expensive at all. Legendary Grade gears are on a whole different dimension whenpared to normal gears. Their value is definitely more than ten times of Normal Grade items.¡± At that time, the liquor Old John ordered had arrived.

    He popped the cap off the bottle and enjoyed the fragrance of the liquor. Then, he instantly popped the bottle into his mouth and started drinking the liquor. It looked like his alcoholism remained whether he was Old John or ¡°Master John.¡±

    However, Old John was wrong about one thing when he spoke.

    The value of Legendary Grade gears was not just ten times the value of normal items, it was hundreds of times the value.

    Moreover, the normal that he mentioned was actually Rare Grade gears.

    No matter how good Old John¡¯s AI was, and even if he held multiple life professions at the Master Level, he was still an NPC. No matter what, the way he evaluated the value of such items or gears was through the lens of an NPC.

    At the current juncture in time, due to the rarity of Legendary Grade equipment, the value of Legendary Grade equipment was over 100 million credits each, which was hundreds or even thousands of times the value of Rare Grade equipment.

    ¡°Over 100 million huh? If I can get my hands on two, then I¡¯ll have about enough to buy the production equipment. But there¡¯s no way I can get my hands on such items so easily.¡± Feng Luo thought but knew it was impossible.

    500 million was an astronomical number, and it was definitely making him feel a lot of pressure.

    In the past few days, Feng Luo¡¯s financial ount in the game had 200 to 300 million credits. Normally, this was enough to make a yer be a ¡°Godly wealthy¡± God-ss yer.

    However, unexpectedly, it was not even enough to set up an equipment store that sold Legendary Grade items.

    ¡°But I have to find a way to try to raise the funds required as soon as possible.¡± Feng Luo decided in his mind.

    However, at the moment, he had no clue as to how he was going to fill the 200 million credit gap. After all, it was 200 million credits, not 20,000 credits.

    Based on Old John¡¯s information, the target needed to awaken the Force for Old John to produce a Legendary Grade gear. At the moment, the production of Legendary Grade items was not very useful since apart from Feng Luo, there were not that many customers avable.

    However, from the overall situation at the moment, the awakening of the Force was highly likely to be the content of the next update.

    As such, Feng Luo had to quickly get the Legendary Grade item production equipment to maintain an advantage over the game version.

    The most important thing was to ¡°maintain an advantage over the game version.¡±

    After some time, Feng Luo had discovered a unique trait of War, that the true way to benefit from the game was to ¡°maintain an advantage¡± in the game.

    The Pet Biochip, the Permanent Enhancement Potion, the awakening of the Force; among the important things Feng Luo obtained, if one looked carefully, one could easily tell that he had obtained them well in advance of the game¡¯s progress, which was what it meant to have an ¡°advantage over the game version.¡±

    For example, Feng Luo obtained the Pet Biochip before the pet system was announced. And though the pet system had already been activated, no high-grade pet biochip had begun to appear.

    Feng Luo was able to earn so many credits from selling the Permanent Enhancement Potion was due to the fact that he obtained the perfectly evaluated Enhancement Potion in Roguetown, and was lucky enough to activate the hidden mission with Lin, before the Biohazard Crisis storyline fully began.

    As for the Force, the situation unfolded in a pretty simr fashion.

    The damage Feng Luo could inflict on a non-warrior type yer,bined with the special bullets and Rare Grade rifles like the Barrett, was so high that he would, 99% of the time, make a one-hit kill.

    From a certain standpoint, this was clearly an ¡°overpowered¡± or ¡°imbnced¡± situation.

    After all, with the shooting range and covert abilities of a Sniper, how would other yers y if he could easily one-shot most other yers?

    However, if one really thought about it, it was not imbnced at all, and the reason was due to the ¡°version advantage.¡±

    He had awakened the Force while the other yers had not yet done so. As such, his damage was incredibly high, allowing him to achieve the feat of one-shotting others.

    However, after all the yers had awakened the Force and obtained all kinds of peculiar and amazing Force abilities, it would probably be a lot harder for him to one-shot anyone by then.

    However, no one could tell if Feng Luo would continue to maintain his lead by then. Don¡¯t forget about the Life Protozoa, the amazing alien creature.

    Feng Luo wanted to get the Legendary Grade equipment production set as soon as possible so he could maintain his in-game advantage.

    After all, if Old John could produce Legendary Grade items, other Master Level life profession NPC would also be able to produce them. If he were to only purchase the production equipment by the time Legendary Grade items became asmon as Rare Grade gears, it would bepletely meaningless.

    When it came to the Force, Feng Luo thought about something, and grabbed two items from his inventory and ced them on the table.

    ¡°Master John, although we do not have the production equipment and hence, are not able to produce any Legendary Grade items, can you make the Rare Grade sniper rifle parts that can use this Legendary Grade gun barrel and sniping scope?¡± Feng Luo was originally nning to find a sniper rifle that could be modified so that the parts of Death Gaze could be used.

    However, since Old John, who was a Master Gun Mechanic, was sitting there, he might as well ask for his help. After all, having Old John modify or even design a sniper rifle would most definitely be at least ten times better than him doing it himself.

    ¡°Legendary Grade sniper rifle?¡± After learning about the items that Feng Luo ced on the table, the six members from My World¡¯s party could not help but gasp in surprise again.

    Based on Old John¡¯s promise, though the four of them had the opportunity to obtain Legendary Grade items, they needed to awaken the Force first. To them, it seemed like it was something that was still very far away.

    Although they were quite impressed by Feng Luo¡¯s boldness in spending money, particrly after seeing Feng Luo decide to purchase the Legendary item production equipment even in the face of the seemingly insurmountable 500 million credits price tag, they were still incredibly awed by seeing real Legendary Grade equipment in front of them.

    After all, it was a Legendary Grade gear.

    In the game, the number of known Legendary Grade items was in the hundreds. For ordinary yers, they were things that they could only dream about. It was incredibly rare for them to be able to see it with their own eyes.

    As a Sniper, Watermelon Skin identified with a nce that the items that Feng Luo put on the table were sniper rifle parts. A Legendary Grade sniper rifle.

    ¡°Brother Feng even has a Legendary Grade sniper rifle. Can that Invikill, who only has a Legendary Grade military knife, be qualified to even call himself the ¡°Number One Sniper in all of War?¡±

    ...

    ¡°It¡¯s actually this.¡± Unlike the yers, Old John¡¯s eyes glowed after seeing the Death Gaze parts that Feng Luo ced on the table.

    Clearly, he was familiar with the rifle. One might say he was very familiar with it.

    Old John extended his hands and picked up the sniper rifle scope. He closed his eyes as if he was feeling the murderous aura of the gun as he touched it.

    After that, he opened his eyes slowly and looked at Feng Luo before finally opening his mouth. ¡°This... How did you get your hands on it?¡±

    Feng Luo observed Old John¡¯s odd expression and answered honestly, ¡°I got them through a trade with a friend.¡±

    As Feng Luo just got the two parts from Onishi, he had not yet had the time to read the content of the mission chip. As such, he did not know the origins of the rifle. However, after observing Old John¡¯s expression, Feng Luo guessed that the sniper rifle had a story behind it.

    However, Old John did not continue to pry. Instead, he suddenly asked Feng Luo a weird question, ¡°Do you know why Legendary Grade items are called Legendary?¡±

    In terms of the naming of items in the game, Feng Luo naturally did not know where they came from. After thinking briefly, he decided to answer using the information he learned from Haruko. ¡°It is probably because they are equipment that gives people the ability to use the universal Force...¡±

    Old John shook his head and picked up the Death Gaze gun barrel as he answered, ¡°Incorrect. You are talking about the function of the Legendary Grade item, not the origin of the name.¡± He continued staring at the gun barrel and had even stopped drinking liquor.

    ¡°The name ¡®Legendary¡¯ actually came from the time when humans began to enter the Star Gxy era. Back then, due to various reasons, some people awakened the Force by ident. These people then possessed a strength that surpassed the normal human being, and as a result, most of them became the heroes of the Federation during the Star Gxy Exploration period and during the war between the natives on some of thes. They performed many legendary miracles. After a while, scientists discovered something through research. They found that the nature and property of the weapon they used for a long time, where they injected the Force into during battle, had changed. Some of the weapons actually possessed the properties of their Force as well. That was when the items started to bemonly referred to as Legendary Grade items. It wasrgely done to celebrate and honor the heroes who fought for the country at the beginning of the Star Gxy era. Although peopleter began to find other methods to produce Legendary Grade items using the Force, the name continued to be passed on generations after generations.¡± Old John¡¯s expression kept changing as he told the story, his voice was very deep.

    He seemed to have entered a reminiscent mode, but at the same time, the way he spoke seemed to show a vague and hidden sadness and confusion.

    Finally, he hid all theplex expressions on his face, looked into Feng Luo¡¯s eyes and said, ¡°I can help you produce the relevant parts for this rifle. But you have to promise me that you will collect all the remaining partster. After that, you will bring them to me so that I may have a look...¡±

    ¡°Yes, I promise you I will do that.¡± Feng Luo nodded as he looked at Old John.

    When Old John promised that he would create the Rare Grade parts for Death Gaze, Feng Luo felt very happy. After all, it meant that he was probably going to own an amazingly powerful sniper rifle that would be sufficient for him at least until Level 60.

    However, at that moment, he was not sure why he nodded very calmly.

    [Due to your in-game actions, your approval rating with Old John (Gun Mechanic Master, Ammunition Manufacturer Master, Power Armor cksmith Master, ???, ???) has increased. Current approval rating: Trust.]

    [You¡¯ve activated the hidden mission ¡°Knot.¡± The mission has no time limit. Depending on the final result of the mission, you may obtain unknown rewards.]

    After Feng Luo spoke, two system notification messages popped up in front of Feng Luo and rang in his ear at the same time.

    Old John¡¯s approval rating with Feng Luo had finally increased.

 Chapter 502 - Ghost Eyeâ€ Thousand Miles

    <h4>Chapter 502: ¡°Ghost Eye¡± Thousand Miles</h4>

    Just as Feng Luo heard the system notifications... Elsewhere, inside the VIP dining room on the top floor of a hotel, two yers sat face-to-face, looking at each other. On the table in front of them was also a bottle of the most expensive liquor, the Lucifer 16.

    ¡°Thousand, did you really not notice that Invikill guy¡¯s traces back then? With the talent of your eyes, I am not convinced at all.¡± On the left was an Earth Maniptor wearing a yellow casual outfit that was a little wrinkled. He asked the yer in front of him while pouring a drink for himself.

    ¡°Cough... cough...¡±

    Seated across the Earth Maniptor was a 20-over-year-old Sniper yer who looked pale.

    He did not answer the question immediately after hearing the question. Instead, he raised his head and drank the full ss of liquor in his cup in one go. However, he was unexpectedly choked by the strong liquor, which resulted in him coughing a few times.

    ¡°It was not easy for you to umte fame and be popr. After this battle, we can safely say that you have truly be a wedding dress that entuated others. You¡¯ve allowed someone else to climb while stepping over you. This isn¡¯t my impression of you at all.¡± The Earth Maniptor frowned and spoke to the pale Sniper yer who was patting his chest while coughing.

    ¡°Additionally, the consequences of such a trade is the worst of all. Even if you seed in crawling out of this in the future, maybe even reaching a greater height, this incident could easily cause a fatal wave to you in the future if someone were to bring it up. What is the reason? Are you really nning on not telling me? We¡¯ve always got to know each other better by exchanging blows. I have to say that I believe that you and I it off the best. We¡¯ve known each other for so long. Old Thousand, you should at least let me know a little bit of the truth? Cough... I need money, fast. A huge sum at that. At the same time, due to the same reason, I have to leave the game for quite some time.¡± The pale Sniper yer was the only Sniper among the Top Ten Masters of Storm City, Thousand Miles, a.k.a ¡°Ghost Eye.¡±

    ¡°Since I¡¯ll be away from the game for a long time, my poprity will take a huge hit, as such, the guild board did not allow it. They said that if I wanted to force a move, they will investigate my action of ¡®breaching¡¯ my contract, that they were smiling and begging me to sign back then. It is only now that I realize that I¡¯ve been too cocky. I overly estimated my status. They only value the benefits a person can bring as well as one¡¯s utility value...¡± Thousand Miles spoke with a sense of irony as well as contempt.

    ¡°Indeed, under the obligations of the contract, I have to ensure that I do not do anything that may be detrimental to my poprity, and I have to take part in PK matches and cooperate withmercial exploitative news reports. However, no rule stated that I had to win each of my PK matches. Now that I have utterly lost in the PK match, to those people, my utility value has dropped to the lowest. By now, many are probably hoping that I¡¯ll leave on my own volition.¡± Thousand Miles said after a few seconds of silence.

    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me that you are in need of money?¡± The Earth Maniptor was currently cutting barbequed meat with kitchen utensils, and after speaking, he forked a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

    After hearing Thousand Miles¡¯ words, the Earth Maniptor raised his head to look at Thousand Miles.

    ¡°I am in need of a lot of money. It is not just a few million or tens of millions.¡± Thousand Miles raised his head and stared at the Earth Maniptor and spoke calmly. ¡°You¡¯re just a solo yer who does not want to join any guild. Moreover, you spend a lot of money too. You¡¯re probably just managing to get by with maintaining all those top-ss gears to keep yourself among the top yers with just those endorsement deals you have, right? Particrly, I heard that you bought a Legendary Grade ne just a few days ago at a high price. And now, your bank ount only has five zeroes, at most.¡± The Earth Maniptor¡¯s eyes were wide open as his expression said, ¡®You¡¯ve guessed right.¡¯

    ¡°Hey, Old Thousand, you really are the one who knows me best in the game. Would you believe me if I told you that I am actually the heir of a super mega-rich family? And the reason why I became a superstar yer was simply because I was bored? If you really asked, no matter how much it is, I¡¯d have been able to lend it to you.¡± The Earth Maniptor said while drinking liquor. As he drank, he tore off some animal¡¯s leg and started chomping on it.

    His actions were definitely not like someone who had received aristocratic training since a young age, and definitely not the strict dining manners required from the heir of an aristocratic rich family.

    However, Thousand Miles spoke without any hesitation, but continued speaking with a calm expression. ¡°I believe you, but I still don¡¯t borrow money from you.¡±

    ¡°Ugh... Cough, cough...¡± The Earth Maniptor choked on his food, and then on the strong alcohol, which resulted in him coughing non-stop.

    ¡°Actually before the PK match, someone else found me and told me that he¡¯d give me the money I needed as well as helping me solve the contractual problems with my guild. That¡¯s why you don¡¯t have to worry about it anymore.¡± Thousand Miles drank another cup of the liquor and looked at the Earth Maniptor. ¡°Forget about me, how about you? How confident are you in that match against Sword Ki Long River not far in the future?¡±

    The Earth Maniptor touched his chin, and pondered for a while before he spoke. ¡°Hard to say actually. There wasn¡¯t a lot of pressure at first, but after watching your battle, I found this Force thing to be quite hard to deal with. The most troublesome issue is that those with the Force can use the skills of Legendary Grade gears. By then, if he suddenly used something like that, my chance of winning will probably be less than 30%.¡±

    On the Storm City region forum, below the two incredibly popr threads, there was also one thread that had been gradually gaining poprity. At that time, it had already gained the attention of several Storm City yers.

    ¡°Two Number Ones in the Superstar Ranking list have agreed to a fight. Who is the real number one master in Storm City?¡± The poprity of the thread had reached over three million, and after the September Guild thread, its poprity had been increasing quickly.

    The content of the thread was a teaser of the PK match between the Storm City number one master, Sword Ki Long River, and the other Storm City number one master.

    It was natural that titles like ¡°Storm City¡¯s number one master¡± or ¡°War¡¯s number one Sniper¡± would spark debate over who was stronger.

    However, for two number ¡°one¡± masters to exist in Storm City, it sounded a little dubious and odd.

    Actually, it was quite normal, as the ¡°Top ten masters¡± selected by the yers were never fixed. Using September Night Rain as an example, he had now dropped out of the ¡°Top ten masters¡± list.

    As for Thousand Miles, who waspletely defeated in the PK match that became a top headline for the day and had lost a lot of poprity, it was pretty much a guarantee that he would drop out of the ¡°Top ten masters¡± list by next week.

    As such, the so-called top ten masters list actually had more than ten people. Counting from the beginning of the game to now, the number of yers who had made it into the list actually numbered in the hundreds.

    There was another thing; although yers habitually called the strongest superstar yers ¡°Top ten masters,¡± there were actually two ranking lists in the superstar section, superstar power ranking and the superstar poprity ranking.

    There was naturally no need to exin the rules of the strength ranking list, as its main metrics for measuring yers were in terms of the yer¡¯s strength and battle results over a certain period.

    As for the poprity ranking, it mainly looked at a yer¡¯s poprity. Sword Ki Long River was the number one in the poprity ranking list for over five months. However, in terms of his strength, he never maintained the first ce, as his total PK points had always been behind one yer, and as such, he was pushed to second ce.

    As for the person who kept pushing him down, he was the Earth Maniptor yer that Storm City yers called the ¡°Shell God.¡±

    ¡°Shell God... every time I think of this nickname, I really want to beat up and kill the guy who made that name.¡± The Earth Maniptor said with a depressed expression.

 Chapter 503 - Desert, PKï¼ˆ1ï¼‰

    <h4>Chapter 503: Desert, PK£¨1£©</h4>

    The sun¡¯s rays were like mes; under the blowing wind, in the reddish-yellow desert hilled with sand dunes was a small oasis in the center.

    With a sh of white light, the silhouette of a Heavy Armored Warrior with a beard and in a full-set Rare equipment materialized, gradually appearing somewhere in this desert.

    ¡°This desert map isn¡¯t very suitable for me. But luckily, there¡¯s an oasis in the center...¡± After the bearded Heavy Armored Warrior appeared, he instantly scanned the surroundings, after which he spoke while looking at the semi-transparent map which had emerged before him.

    ¡°Eh, am I actually the first one deployed in?¡± He spoke after looking left and right once more.

    ¡°Don¡¯t know if I¡¯d get any familiar people this time, hope there can be such an urrence. Old Douche, did I actually get the same group as you?¡±

    A few secondster, another sh of white light appeared.

    A fire Maniptor, wearing a Fire robe of extravagant design and simrly in full-set Rare equipment materialized. Seeing the Heavy Armored Warrior, his special blue eyes with an Asian appearance showed surprise.

    ¡°Starry Night? This really is some coincidence.¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior was simrly surprised ¨C clearly, this Fire Maniptor was an acquaintance.

    When the two had not finished speaking, right after, another three streaks of white light shed at the same time beside them.

    ¡°There¡¯s Triple ck, isn¡¯t this...no way, it¡¯s actually the few of you?¡± The three new people, a Scout, a Machine Gunner, and a Sniper; were actually a three-gunner group.

    On the three people¡¯s chests had an insignia of nine circling stars with silver centers and gold borders, clearly belonging to the same guild.

    To Storm City yers, at least 80% of the people had seen this insignia before ¨C it was the insignia of the ¡°Nine Star Guild,¡± furthermore, a high-grade insignia which could only be worn by Elites.

    There were still roughly 30% of the people in the 80% who had heard the names of the three yers before, as these three people were all ¡°star yers.¡±

    Although they were not super-grade star yers ranked in the top 10 like Sword Ki Long River who was the face of Nine Star Guild, these three people resided in the top 50 cings of the Storm City stars, and two among them had even made it into ¡°Storm City¡¯s top 10 experts¡± before.

    ¡°Douchebag, Starry Night? It¡¯s you two!¡± The Sniper in the three Nine Star Guild star yers simrly looked at the Heavy Armored Warrior and Fire Maniptor who were first to enter in surprise.

    The five of them knew one another, as the Heavy Armored Warrior and the Fire Maniptor were also star yers belonging to the ¡°top 10 guilds.¡±

    ¡°Crap, this team is not bad. Although there¡¯s no control, both Fire Maniptor and Gunner have an advantage in such an environment ¨C seems like we¡¯ve secured this.¡± The bearded Heavy Armored Warrior known as ¡°Douchebag¡± said smiling after seeing the three new star yers.

    ¡°Don¡¯t be overly optimistic. Technically speaking, since the three of them were assigned to the same group with the two of us even though they had formed a room, the opponent¡¯s ability would definitely not be weak.¡± The Fire Maniptor who was second to enter reminded.

    Even with his faint look of self-confidence, he was clearly full of confidence in his own victory.

    ¡°It¡¯s best if they¡¯re not weak. It¡¯s been so long that I haven¡¯t fought a high-standard team battle in the arena.¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior said smiling.

    This desert was not a ¡°wilderness¡± in the game, but a virtual arena for yers to PK.

    What was immediately about to begin was a 5V5 team PK.

    ...

    When the Heavy Armored Warrior entered, in the opponent team, the corresponding three yers ¡°in a room¡± had already entered the game.

    ¡°Hey, it¡¯s the desert map. Old Feng, this round is all up to you, best if we finish off all five of them without even the need to make a move.¡± Speaking was a Heavy Armored Warrior standing at 1.6 meters tall and whose appearance was a bit wretched. After seeing the randomly selected map environment, he immediately spoke to the Sniper beside him with a sneakyugh.

    ¡°But beyond one kilometer, there¡¯s an oasis too. All ces outside the oasis have a percentage HP debuff ¨C this map setting is in general very fair across all professions.¡± The alluring Light Armored Warrior in a full-set red feminine armor turned to the Sniper and spoke with a bright smile after scanning the environment. ¡°It seems like in order to win, the oasis in the center is the key. Leader Feng, what do you think?¡±

    ¡°Such desert map settings are almost all like that.¡± Thest Sniper was standing at the summit of a sand dune, gazing far at the oasis one kilometer away. It was as if the vision of his naked eyes were able to see the situation at the oasis from here.

    The three yers were of course Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, and Phoenix.

    It was 10 days away from the Agent mission ¨C the three of them were ying PK together as a team today.

    Since little Sally¡¯s treatment has not ended, and the G-Virus Legendary Hidden Mission has yet to bepleted.

    As for the previous spection, in order to prevent idents, all three of them did not go too far from Storm City, and just went on some missions in the city to farm for XP and level up.

    As for Phoenix and Big Pineapple, in order to be able to umte enough Agent Points to exchange for Legendary equipment as soon as possible, they had been finding Medal Point missions to go on.

    However, this kind of life of staying in the city and going on missions was really meaningless after a while. Thus, Big Pineapple especially pulled Feng Luo over to team up and y a round of PK.

    Of course, Big Pineapple had an official purpose.

    ¡°I want to feel your Force by being around you, who knows if my Force Awakening progress would increase.¡± Being provoked by Feng Luo, Big Pineapple had gritted his teeth and spent 1000 points to exchange for a Force Guidance Chip.

    In the end, he had upsettingly discovered during the past few days that no matter how much he tried, his Awakening progress was still at 0%.

    Instead, it was Phoenix¡¯s Awakening progress had actually reached 72% ¨C this made him so upset that he was even prepared to try such a lowly method.

    ¡°Actually, I¡¯ve already generally guessed my Force Awakening criteria, every time my Talent is activated, my Force Awakening progress would increase a bit after she appeared for a period of time. And the longer she controlled my character, the more the increase in my Force Awakening progress. So, my Force Awakening criteria is generally to let her appear for a certain amount of time.¡± Phoenix smiled satisfyingly.

    She had exchanged for a Force Guidance Chip previously when she had transferred professions; ording to the change of the Awakening progress, she had already found her own possible way of Awakening.

    The time of her awakening her Force was 90% likely to be before Big Pineapple.

    ¡°Your Talent is ¡®Dark Personality,¡¯ and requires the time of ¡®Dark Phoenix¡¯ appearing as the standard. My Talent is ¡°Heavy Armor,¡± could it be that I need to wear equipment of sufficient weight and then it¡¯ll increase, but I¡¯ve tried before and there¡¯s still nothing. Clearly, I still haven¡¯t found the key.¡± Big Pineapple said depressingly.

    ¡°Others havee in.¡± Just then, beside the three people, two streaks of white light appeared one in front and one at the back.

    Seeing that there were peopleing in, the few of them no longer discussed about Force.

    First to enter was a Wind Maniptor who was a little handsome and generally could be considered a ¡°gigolo,¡± whose equipment didn¡¯t look bad.

    Although Feng Luo and the others did not know the Maniptor¡¯s equipment, they could generally tell that this person probably had at least a few pieces of Rare equipment, or even possibly all were Rare equipment.

    ¡°It¡¯s actually a desert environment. Hm, still will do.¡± After entering, the Wind Maniptor first observed the surrounding environment,pletely ignoring the three people.

    Only when he saw the environmental limitations and the small map clearly did he look up at his teammates for this round with a scrutinizing gaze.

    His eyes quickly looked past Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, but seeing Phoenix, his eyes lit up.

    ¡°Hello everyone, I¡¯m Gone With The Wind, let¡¯s get to know one other.¡± The ¡°gigolo¡± Wind Maniptor stretched out his right hand to Phoenix, a Rare quality ring designed with gorgeous crystals showing on his finger.

 Chapter 504 - A Commander-Grade Pet

    <h4>Chapter 504: A Commander-Grade Pet</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°This brat is actually daring to hit on Phoenix and, furthermore, is clearly acting dumb ¨C does he want to be toyed to death?¡± Big Pineapple said softly by Feng Luo¡¯s ear as he looked at Phoenix, whopletely had no change in expression, feeling sorry for the ¡°gigolo.¡±

    For the convenience of using weapons, yers would choose to set the rings they wear into Perfectly Hidden state ¨C this fellow had clearly deliberately switched off the essory¡¯s Hidden setting to let everyone notice his ring.

    For the price of a Rare-Grade essory among equipment, it was horrifying that it would only be below Legendary equipment ¨C even more valuablepared with Rare weapons.

    Together with his ¡°gigolo¡± face, at least half of the female yers would not reject shaking hands with him.

    However, this ¡°gigolo¡± had chosen the wrong target this time.

    Although Phoenix looked all smiley, there were many kinds of meaning in such a smile.

    Towards strangers, it waspletely possible to be a smile hiding a knife ¨C the term of ¡°femme fatale¡± was referring to such a person as Phoenix.

    ¡°Blown By The Wind? Eh, does this name sound familiar to me?¡± Phoenix blinked her fox-like dark red-eyeshadowed eyes, while her right hand in a red Warrior glove was raised.

    ¡°Should be on the poprity ranking, I have a bit of fame.¡± The ¡°gigolo¡± had a polite smile and a look of self-satisfaction on his face; from these words, he clearly should be a star yer.

    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s indeed so, I¡¯ve remembered.¡± Phoenix brought her right hand straight past this ¡°gigolo¡¯s¡± outstretched hand when it was right in front of her, raised her index finger with a red-painted fingernail and pushed a strand loosened by the wind behind her ear.

    ¡°I suppose you¡¯re ¡®Wind God,¡¯ who spent 10 billion and won the game¡¯s first Legendary equipment, furthermore of a Maniptor Hidden Profession.¡± Her face was a sudden revtion, after which it was a very pleasantly surprised expression.

    ¡°Crap, Phoenix¡¯s move is too cruel. This brat is probably wishing for a hole to hide himself in.¡± Big Pineappleughed wretchedly, looking towards the awkward ¡°gigolo¡± withdrawing his hand.

    Gone With The Wind was that Wind Maniptor from before who had won the ¡°Desert Crown¡± at 9.9999 billion on the Huan Yu auction that time. He was a rich and handsome blonde-haired man; and with a Hidden Profession, after he had made his name after that one time, his poprity maintained for long in the top 10 of the entire star ranking.

    This ¡°gigolo¡¯s¡± ID was Blown By The Wind ¨C the name was indeed a bit simr.

    However, Phoenix clearly would not have really gotten it wrong but had done it on purpose.

    ¡°Cough...well...the person you mean us Gone With The Wind, my ID is Blown By The Wind.¡± The ¡°gigolo¡± Wind Maniptor¡¯s face became very delighted, turning white then red, and he still reluctantly forced a smile at Phoenix atst as he exined.

    Although he was considered a small star yer, after his poprity had been in the top 100 ces in Storm City, he and Gone With The Wind werepletely of a difference of superstar and third-line star.

    Being ¡°wrongly recognized¡± by Phoenix, left him almost absolutely stunned.

    Phoenix¡¯s move was too merciless, so indirect that this ¡°gigolo¡± was flung straight off.

    ¡°Ah it¡¯s God Blown By The Wind.¡± Just then, there was someone who neutralized his awkwardness.

    Except for ¡°gigolo,¡± the most recently entered was a Scout yer.

    This person¡¯s equipment was typical, roughly belonging to those midrange yers with a mix of Excellent and Fine equipment. But his expression was full of excitement of meeting a star yer.

    ¡°Wind God, hello, I¡¯m your...¡± The Scout yer saved the ¡°gigolo¡± from the awkwardness, even secretly let him find the stuck-up attitude of a star yer from the start.

    ¡°Please note, the battlefield is about to open, please be prepared, ten, nine...¡± Just then, in front of everyone¡¯s eyes, a countdown had already appeared.

    ¡°Three, two, one...¡±

    When the countdown ended, a continuously increasing percentage health debuff per second appeared on everyone¡¯s state panel.

    This debuff would continuously increase, and only in the oasis at the center, would one¡¯s health not be deducted.

    This demanded everyone to have to rush there, and if not they would be disadvantaged. This was mainly to prevent any side from hiding from the opponent and be passive in the game, making the PK duration too long.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Phoenix had taken out her fiery red longsword, her body of eye-catching red was very obvious in the yellow desert background.

    Although her Alloy Longsword was a Level 45 Rare equipment, its attributes were not up to some true quality items.

    It couldn¡¯t be helped, who allowed the appearance of this Alloy Sword so matching with her ¡°Red Lotus Set¡±¨C although she had over 1000 credits credited just a few days ago, she was unwilling to change equipment.

    Inparison, Feng Luo was absolutely different.

    Upon entering the desert with an SUVbat uniform with automatic environmental adjustment ability, it had entirely be a yellow very simr to that of the desert background.

    Relying on the naked eye, the difference was unidentifiable.

    Big Pineapple had simrly taken out a huge yellow shield ¨C his spare Alloy Shield. Although the color was slightly different from the environment, it still had a certain camouging effect. This shield was also Level 50 Rare equipment.

    When Blown By The Wind came to the side, who had taken out a crystal Energy Converter, froze when he noticed the equipment on Feng Luo and the others.

    As a star yer, he had some observation power. Due to mainly focusing on Phoenix previously, he had not observed the equipment of Feng Luo and the others carefully.

    Only after seeing them now did he realize that the few of them were not normal yers.

    At least, solely on the equipment level, they had definitely flung the Scout yer fan who had called ¡°God Wind¡± a few standards behind.

    ¡°Well, wait a moment.¡± But seeing that Feng Luo and the others had already prepared to start the action, the ¡°gigolo¡± shouted.

    ¡°I shall summon out my pet, it can re at the front, this way, our chance of victory will be higher.¡± When the ¡°gigolo¡± finished speaking, he had already pushed the summoning button on his Pet Bracer.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    With a sh of white light, a khaki-colored lizard-like creature, with a body of close to four meters long, including the tail, and whose body surface was fully lined with scales extremely simr to sand, appeared in front of the few of them, stirring up dirt.

    ¡°This thing...is a bit familiar.¡± Big Pineapple said at one nce.

    ¡°It¡¯s a Desert Rock Lizard.¡± Feng Luo recognized the species at one nce ¨C it was a Desert Rock Lizard which he had killed before.

    ¡°No wonder it looks familiar, so I¡¯ve seen it before here...¡± Big Pineapple shook his left hand, revealing the Rare ring with a Desert Rock Lizard carving, took a look at it and nodded.

    ¡°God Wind, could this be that Commander Grade Desert Rock Lizard pet of yours, heard that you had tamed it just taking it on one-on-one!¡± The Scout yer eximed upon seeing the Desert Rock Lizard.

    ¡°Could this brat have secretly been bribed by this Blown By The Wind ¨C this is too much of sucking up to him?¡± Big Pineapple said softly to Feng Luo.

    ¡°There are people everywhere who like to chase idols, it¡¯s actually reasonable to for them to be a bit moronic, don¡¯t underestimate the influencing power of star yers in the game.¡± Feng Luo answered as he watched the Scout yer who was circling the Desert Rock Lizard pet, gasping and eximing all sorts of things and wishing he could see each of its scales clearly.

    After all, the poprity of War¡¯s star yers now could absolutely be rivalrous to the stars in real life ¨C it was too normal that this Blown By The Wind had a few fans.

    In typical situations, the mindset of those most passionate fans often could not be understood by normal people.

    ¡°My pet is a Desert Rock Lizard, a desert creature, able to continuously move underground in deserts. Also, its sense of smell is very sharp, able to urately differentiate the scents of humans in the wind; this way it just needs to move underground, help us re and we would be able to silently discover the opponent in advance.¡± At the Scout¡¯s question and seeing that Phoenix was staring at the Desert Rock Lizard too, the ¡°gigolo¡± exined smugly.

    This Desert Rock Lizard was seriously injured by a small team then controlled by a Pet Control Chip, but in order to promote himself, he had taken all the credit for himself.

    But he certainly would not say this out loud.

    ¡°It seems like the Desert Rock Lizard doesn¡¯t have any camouge or anti-detection abilities. If the other side has Scouts as well, it would be able to be discovered even if it¡¯s underground? God Wind, is it a little risky, if your pet is discovered, would it then be...¡± As a ¡°sharp-eyed¡± Scout, he seemed to have said something inauspicious this time.

    If pets died in PK, credits would not have to be spent to revive them, but the Loyalty will fall by 5% as punishment.

    Thus, in such a fight-till-the-death PK, typically speaking, yers were still more careful when using pets.

    ¡°This Desert Rock Lizard of mine has one more additional strong skill than those Elite Desert Rock Lizards ¨C Earth Energy Forcefield. Prince¡¯s Level now is already 45, the defense power of the Energy Forcefield is very high; even if a Sniper¡¯s two or three bullets cannot possibly break its forcefield. Besides, if we really run into yers, we can¡¯t be sure who¡¯s the prey. Commander Grade pets aren¡¯t as lousy as Normal pets; especially in such a desert environment, Prince is able to unleash all of its ability. Really speaking, other Commander pets of the same Level are impossible to be its match even in the desert.¡± The ¡°gigolo¡± smiled, but his tone clearly sounded self-satisfied as he stared at Phoenix who looked like she was pondering something.

    What a pity that he boasted to the wrong target once again.

    If it was 10 days ago, Phoenix perhaps would really be interested by a Commander Grade pet, but now...

    ¡°Hm, pet? I¡¯ve actually forgotten. Leader Feng, do we let out our pets too?¡± A look of excitement shed across Phoenix¡¯s face.

 Chapter 505 - Desert, PK (2)

    <h4>Chapter 505: Desert, PK (2)</h4>

    ¡°Go ahead and summon.¡± Feng Luo thought and nodded in approval.

    Other yers would probably consider the use of pets in PK due to worry about the deduction of Loyalty.

    But Feng Luo did not have to worry about this problem, since 24K did not have to battle but rely on summoning beetle troops. Even if the enemy killed more beetle troops, its Loyalty would not drop.

    This special trait of 24K was clearly superb in PK.

    Technically, if all the beetle armies charged at once and busted straight through, any fiercer enemy would be stampeded straight to death.

    However, it was actually not so simple.

    Feng Luo realized that the system had a limit for such ¡°explosive troop deployment¡± in PK.

    Beetle troops which had died in the arena would not be able to be summoned into the arena again.

    That also meant that Feng Luo¡¯s beetle troops were essentially consumables in arena PK ¨C each one dead would be one less in the battle. Of course, there was no effect in reality.

    This was simr to the regtions for using consumables in arenas ¨C in the arena, once yers used a consumable once, they would never be able to use it in the arena again.

    This setting was mainly in order to prevent any yers from disrupting the PK bnce in the arena after using some powerful one-time tool.

    Of course, such a system regtion was not as big an influence to 24K as imagined.

    With the deployment and recement speed of the beetle troops, it was sufficient to ensure that Feng Luo would be able to summon a certain number of beetle troops in every PK.

    Even if a period of time was really umted, ¡°explosive army deployment¡± would be possible.

    ¡°Jelly, stop sleeping,e on out.¡± As Feng Luo summoned 24K, Phoenix had summoned Jelly.

    With a sh of white light, a basket-sized ¡°slime¡± five times its original size, with a semi-transparent bubble at the side of its mouth,nded on the sand beside Phoenix¡¯s feet.

    ¡°Pop!¡±

    Falling on the sand, Jelly¡¯s bubble at the side of its mouth instantly burst from the pressure.

    It then rolled on the sandy ground and after it was stained with sand particles, Jelly opened its ck round ping pong-sized eyes, dazed.

    ¡°Gurgle!¡±

    It let out a cry a bit dimly and turned back to look at Phoenix ¨C this fellow instantly wanted to jump into its owner¡¯s arms like before.

    ¡°Stop, no jumping up, I can no longer catch you.¡± Phoenix reached out a finger, pressing it on the ground.

    What a joke; it was no big deal carrying it and knocking it a bitst time, but now, this fellow¡¯s size and weight had surged afterpleting evolution. If it really crashed into her arms, with Phoenix¡¯s Vitality attribute, it would probably be possible for her to be knocked down.

    ¡°Gurgle!¡±

    Being rejected, the little fellow instantly straightened its head, narrowed its eyes, cried out and made a pitiful look.

    There was no choice; who had asked it to have to change when evolving into a Commander monster, and instead changed greatly in both body size and attributes after evolving into Quasi-Boss.

    Jelly hadpleted its evolution in these days, sessfully bing a Quasi-Boss pet.

    Furthermore, it was a Quasi-Boss pet with very powerful attributes.

    ¡°24K!¡± With a sh of white light, Feng Luo also summoned 24K.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    After appearing, 24K flew straight to its usual spot, stopping on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    Compared with Jelly, 24K who had already risen to Level 42 did not have much change in its appearance ¨C it was still the size of a fist.

    Its gold-colored shell was very decent camouge in this desert background ¨C standing on the SUVbat uniform which had automatically changed color, it was almost invisible.

    ¡°Miss Phoenix, this pet of yours is so cute, its AI seems very high too.¡± The ¡°gigolo,¡± who had just brought out his ¡°Commander Grade Desert Rock Lizard pet instantly said with a smile upon seeing that Phoenix had also summoned her pet.

    In the arena, there was no way of directly seeing pets¡¯ attributes.

    Jelly was a mutant cum evolved being; the terminals of yers of typical professions had no way of giving its information, only Scouts¡¯ Detection was able to obtain part of the information.

    This time, that Scout was still joyfully circling the ¡°gigolo¡¯s¡± Desert Rock Lizard ¨C he was clearly not very interested in Phoenix¡¯s dense-looking pet with an appearance which felt like itpletely did not have much lethality.

    With the rarity of high-grade pets in War, he felt that meeting a Commander Grade pet was already extremely lucky ¨C how would it be possible to meet an even stronger pet?

    Simrly, the ¡°gigolo¡± had not considered this at all.

    He had praised Jelly as cute without saying anything else and did not ask about the attributes of Phoenix¡¯s pet because he secretly believed that his Desert Rock Lizard Commander was the strongest pet among all of the people present.

    Technically, thebat power of Desert Rock Lizards in deserts was above that of normal Commander pets. Even if Feng Luo and the others had decent equipment and a Commander Grade pet, theirbat powers in such a desert would not possibly be able to match up to his Desert Rock Lizard.

    As for Quasi-Boss Grade pets? Although there had been a few Commander pets evolving into Quasi-Bosses one after another in War these past few days, there were no more than ten in the entirety of War, and there was not even one in Storm City.

    He did not consider that in front of this ¡°cute¡± pet, his Commander Grade pet being showed off was one to be one-shot killed.

    What he did not know was that Jelly was not an average Quasi-Boss Grade pet.

    A few days ago when seeing Jelly¡¯s attributes, which hadpleted evolution, Big Pineapple drooled immediately, and even Feng Luo¡¯s face was filled with envy.

    Although he did not know whether it was because Jelly was originally a variant individual of a group or because it had used the ¡°G-Virus Pet Evolution Fluid¡± that it had evolved...Feng Luo was certain about one thing.

    Although it was only a Quasi-Boss pet, solely speaking from its attributes, to a certain extent, Jelly was much more practical than a normal Boss Grade pet.

    Of course, that was excluding such a unique power-type as 24K.

    ...

    After summoning 24K and just as he had instructed it to open a wormhole and summon beetle troops behind a sand dune where it was unable to be seen, Feng Luo suddenly raised his head and looked up into the sky, and his gaze locked on a ck spot closing in from a distance of a few kilometers in the sky.

    After getting the Staff Sergeant rank and the ck gold ring, Feng Luo¡¯s originally very powerful visual sense was once again improved.

    If it was in the past, he probably would have only been able to barely notice that moving ck spot, then determine that it was roughly a bird. But now, he clearly saw that the ck spot in the sky was an eagle.

    An eagle-like creature with a body size not considered too big but which was flying fast toward their direction.

    ¡°Be careful of an eagle closing in towards us, in the sky around two kilometers away. Scout, please observe!¡± Feng Luo shouted at the Scout who finally regained his senses from the Desert Rock Lizard, moving slightly in panic as he raised his binocrs to look towards the direction pointed out by Feng Luo.

    ¡°It¡¯s a Level 50 Elite Grade Wind Eagle ¨C should be a pet of the yers on the other side.¡± The Scout yer using a detection device was able to obtain more informationpared with other professions ¨C this Scout¡¯s face changed upon realizing the identity of this eagle.

 Chapter 506 - Assassinate, Detection Eagle

    <h4>Chapter 506: Assassinate, Detection Eagle</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It seems like the opponent¡¯s detection methods are a level higher than ours. We¡¯re doomed, the Desert Rock Lizard of such a huge size would definitely have been discovered.¡± Hearing that, Big Pineapple looked a little rejoicefully toward Gigolo who was about tomand the Desert Rock Lizard to drill under the sand and go on the hunt after he had acted dumb enough.

    Gigolo creased his forehead, not speaking.

    With this mouth of Big Pineapple¡¯s, any stranger would not be very sensitive.

    ¡°Must think of a way to get rid of this eagle. If not, it doesn¡¯t need to do anything else, it just has to keep circling above us and our location would be disyed right under the opponent¡¯s eyes.¡± However, as an experienced PKer, Gigolo¡¯s assessment of situations was nheless very fast and urate.

    ¡°Should¡¯ve already been exposed, this eagle¡¯s leg even carries a detection device, it¡¯s no longer just our location that¡¯s exposed. This move of theirs is pretty awesome.¡± Feng Luo took out his sniper rifle and looking through the scope, his powerful visual sense had clearly noticed details that even the Scout had not discovered.

    ...

    ¡°A Sniper, a Scout, a Heavy Armored Warrior, a Light Armored Warrior, and a Wind Maniptor.¡±

    Just as Feng Luo thought, the team formed from five Storm City star yers had already gotten the information they needed through the device carried on the eagle.

    ¡°It¡¯s a shame that the system limits the number of usages of these special devices, one set of devices can only be used 10 times in the arena. But anyway, the usage outside and in PK is separately calcted, there¡¯s no wastage in using here.¡± The Scout yer looked at the image projected into the air from the Recon Meter and spoke to the other four people.

    ¡°Eh, this Light Armored Warrior is actually a female. Women yers who PK are rare.¡± The Nine Star Guild Machine Gunner noticed Phoenix on the image first thing, and spoke slightly curiously.

    ¡°The Wind Maniptor looks like Blown By The Wind. There¡¯s something up with him being assigned to the other side. When the battle begins, don¡¯t y¡¯all snatch with me.¡± The Fire Maniptor Starry Night showed ¡°ferocity¡± when he saw Blown By The Wind.

    ¡°I suppose you mean to take revenge for when he stole your kill thest time. Alright, a showdown between Maniptors one from each side, we won¡¯t interfere and will try our best to create the conditions for you two to go one-on-one. Hand that Sniper solely to me, I have a bit of interest in him.¡± The star Sniper of Nine Star Guild stared at the sniper rifle in Feng Luo¡¯s hands and spoke delightedly.

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll take care of that Heavy Armored Warrior. Old Douche, I didn¡¯t deliberately snatch with you, I¡¯m afraid that if you really showdown with the other Heavy Armored Warrior, it would make him so depressed that he¡¯d vomit blood. Then the battle wouldn¡¯t be finished even when you¡¯ve fought till the system starts forcefully deducting health.¡± The Machine Gunner had his eyes on Big Pineapple, while his words clearly proved that this bearded Heavy Armored Warrior was very rad in defense.

    ¡°Alright, then that Light Armored Warrior beauty would be mine, y¡¯all don¡¯t be jealous.¡± The bearded Heavy Armored Warrior smiled, pointing at Phoenix holding onto an Alloy Sword in the image.

    ¡°Jealousy, no way, but you watch out on one thing, don¡¯t let such a prettydy lose too badly, give in a little.¡± The Nine Star Guild Machine Gunnerughed.

    ¡°What kind of person is Old Douche, the leader of the three viins, how could he possibly have the heart to show tender affection?¡± The Scout yerughed. Since the people had been chosen, his target was the Scout of Feng Luo¡¯s team.

    ¡°Eh, that Sniper, what is he doing? He¡¯s actually pointing his sniper rifle at the Wind Eagle in the sky ¨C is he going to shoot down the Wind Eagle? Is it possible? A sniper rifle of such a Level shouldn¡¯t be able to shoot such a high ce.¡± After the bearded yer made a joke, their attention was attracted by the situation detected by the Wind Eagle.

    On the image sent back by the eagle-carried device, Feng Luo had raised his sniper rifle, with the muzzle pointed straight in their direction.

    ¡°There are three possibilities, one is that he just wants to wait a while and see if the Wind Eagle would lower its height. Two is that he has some unique bullet which is able to automatically increase in speed, or some Energy bullet of lighter weight with a starting speed that is high enough and able to hit such a height. Or three, he didn¡¯t consider the problem of the bullet being unable to go so high ¨C this was possible too. But it¡¯s best if you let your pet go a little higher.¡± The Nine Star Guild Sniper said with interest ¨C it was naturally a Sniper who understood a Sniper the most.

    ¡°No need, I think he¡¯s just bluffing. Although my Wind Eagle is an Elite-Grade pet, it¡¯s a speed variant type ¨C not only is its flying speed fast, the main thing is that as an Energy-type creature, Wind Eagles¡¯ uniquely structured eyes are able to see a certain degree of Energy waves. Normal physical bullets are unable to attack at such a height, while Energy-type bullets would also be slowed down at a higher point, it would be able to detect and avoid with its speed ¨C even if this Sniper has some kind of Energy bullet which is able to attack at long range, no worries.¡± The Nine Star Guild Scout yer was not very concerned as he spoke with a light smile.

    ...

    The Wind Eagle was a kind of Energy-type creature ¨C the flying speed of Commander-Grade Wind Eagles at their limit could reach subsonic speed.

    Although this Wind Eagle was just Elite-Grade, its speed was nheless extremely fast ¨C in just over 10 seconds, it had already flown to the sky above the few people and had started to circle.

    This Wind Eagle seemed to have gone through detection training as it stopped at a height of 700 meters above to ensure that it would not be hit by the yers.

    ¡°Old Feng, you want to shoot it? Seems like it won¡¯t work. Although the shooting range of your Python of Death is sufficient, a bullet will reduce in speed extremely fast in the process of flying towards the sky. Technically, it¡¯s unable to hit a creature at such a height. The opponent has got us here, that¡¯s why they so generously used a pet toe over and detect.¡± Big Pineapple looked at the sniper rifle, asking Feng Luo cluelessly.

    Towards sniper rifles, Big Pineapple was very clear especially of Barrett¡¯s air-shooting, as the two had air-sniped a Hunter T-750 before in an Agent Mission. He knew that even Barrett would not be able to kill this airborne creature 700 meters above them.

    ¡°It¡¯s definitely impossible now, but I¡¯m waiting for it to descend a bit.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s sniper rifle was already raised, with the rifle butt against his shoulder, and with a ¡°click,¡± a C-Grade bullet was loaded.

    He had one eye staring straight at the sniper rifle.

    Other than locking on the Wind Eagle in the field of view of the sniping scope, at the same time he has been staring at the five thumb-sized white dots 300 meters below and flying towards the Wind Eagle.

    Five Normal Energy beetles.

    Feng Luo¡¯s thought was very simple: since you¡¯re noting down, then I¡¯ll send something up and find you.

    There were three types of beetle that could fly, and if counting Elite-Grade Gatherer Beetles, there should be four types.

    If it was not for how the Suicide Bombeetles were too loud when they flew, and how they would attract attention with their slow flying speed, Feng Luo would have considered sending two Suicide Bombeetles forward.

    Although beetle troops indeed could go up, Feng Luo was actually thinking of making the Wind Eaglee down.

    Upon knowing that this was a Wind Eagle, he thought of a kind of special ability of lessmon monsters such as Wind Eagles ¨C the sensitivity and love for Energy, and the liking of eating small Energy creatures and Energy Crystals.

    For Energy beetles, they were coincidentally considered almost pure Energy creatures.

    Although they were small and should be called ¡°mini-type,¡± five of them together would roughly be about the size of half a fist.

    Due to the distance, it would be very difficult for normal people to realize the five little white dots in the sky; even the Scout with his binocrs raised did not discover these five Energy beetles no bigger than a thumb.

    They were clearly seen through the extremely powerful vision of the eagle¡¯s eyes; it had noticed the five Energy beetles when they closed into its 200-meter radius.

    As a predatory bird of the skies, since there were all sorts of mutant flight creatures in War, the eagle did not hold the status of the king of the skies.

    However, being at the top of the food chain, this eagle did not feel any threat from the five little beetles. Rather, at this distance, its extremely high sensitivity-type Energy sense had detected the pure Energy waves radiating from the five Energy beetles.

    Normal Elite pets were not like 24K with super-strong Mental Link, AI, and learning ability. Once they left their owners, they were more or less dependent on their own abilities to act.

    Therefore, under the guidance of its ability, this Wind Eagle suddenly gave up the height it had maintained, pped its wings and lunged at the five Energy beetles below.

    ¡°Why did the Wind Eagle descend?¡± The Scout realized this situation, his expression a little dumbfounded.

    ¡°This brat¡¯s vision is really awesome.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s sniper rifle steadily shifted a slight angle, and in his mind, he was continuously calcting the Wind Eagle¡¯s speed and the bullet¡¯s shooting angle.

    He had initially thought that he had to wait for the beetles to close in at least to within 50 meters before the eagle would discover them and attack. He did not think that this brat was actually so greedy that it was throwing away its life for food.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    With a gunshot, a faint blue 12.7MM armor-piercing bullet flew out of the upward-nting gun barrel at a speed of over 900 meters per second.

    ...

    In the sky, the five Energy beetles sped up as they descended, pping their wings at the highest speed, but their speed was far iparable with the Wind Eagle.

    ¡°Chomp!¡±

    The Wind Eagle, chasing downward at a speed of over 100 meters per second, stretched out its hooked beak, swallowing thest Energy beetle straight down its stomach.

    ¡°Swoosh!¡±

    Just at that moment, its eyes swiftly felt a faint blue object closing in at high speed.

    With a lurch and a cry, it pped its wings tremendously to escape, but it was already toote.

    Having descended to a height of over 400 meters in order to attack the Energy beetles, it was not possible for the Wind Eagle, still descending at a speed of tens of meters per second, to dodge this urately calcted sniper bullet.

    ¡°Poof!¡±

    The faint blue Energy armor-piercing bullet drilled straight through the Wind Eagle¡¯s chest.

    Itpletely busted half of the Elite pet¡¯s body, then flew out carrying a huge amount of eagle blood, continuing to rush towards the sky.

    ¡°-4600!¡±

    An eye-catching red lethal damage number effortlessly took the life of this flight pet with not much health and of no more than an Elite-Grade.

 Chapter 507 - Energy Booster

    <h4>Chapter 507: Energy Booster</h4>

    ¡°F*ck!¡± In the other team, the Scout yer was grim upon receiving the message of his pet¡¯s death.

    ¡°He actually really sniped it, how on earth did he lure your Wind Eagle down?¡± The Sniper yer had a look of shock.

    ¡°No matter what, this person is definitely an expert. The Wind Eagle¡¯s speed is extremely fast, plus it would be in the state of elerating downward, and the speed reduction of the bullet flying towards the sky is too fast, I definitely wouldn¡¯t have too much grasp on urately hitting it. No way, you don¡¯t normally praise people very often? Did this Sniper make you feel the pressure, don¡¯t lose your confidence in the battleter?¡± The Nine Star Guild Machine Gunner yer said to the Sniper with a smile.

    ¡°I¡¯m not interested in battles with no difficulty at all. I can¡¯t say about air sniping, after all I¡¯ve never trained before. But if it¡¯s sniping onnd, I¡¯ve never been afraid of anyone before.¡± The Sniper yer looked enthusiastic in battling, raising the sniper rifle in his hands.

    ¡°Don¡¯t show-off, I remember that someone¡¯s battle statistics seldom had a win against Thousand Mile sh.¡± The Fire Maniptor deliberately exposed him.

    ¡°Thousand Mile is a very great Sniper. It¡¯s a pity he failed in that battle with Invikill, causing him to make a statement about choosing to temporarily back out of the game. Perhaps he would never appear again. Wait and I¡¯ll go experience that Invikill¡¯s invisibility too, I¡¯ll see whether the Force is really that superior.¡± The Sniper looked a little regretful.

    ¡°Alright, stop dwelling on it. The people on the other side look hard to deal with, let¡¯s all show a little something this round.¡± The Scout with his pet one-shot killed looked pretty grim as he spoke coldly.

    Inside the submachine gun in his hands, a magazine of high-grade special bullets had been loaded with a click.

    The five yers started running towards the oasis at the center.

    ......

    As these people started running, Feng Luo and his group on the other side were simrly speedily making their way towards the direction of the oasis.

    Within the five of them, every profession had a speed-up skill, even Blown By The Wind possessed a Wind speed skill ¨C their overall speed was not slow.

    After climbing over an area of tooth-shaped sand dunes, the oasis at the center of the map had already appeared in the field of view of the five of them after just six minutes.

    This was a small oasis with a diameter of around 300 meters; most of it was shrouded in dense weed growth of less than two feet, and scattered with some sparse but tall trees.

    There was also a body of water around 60 to 70 meters wide at the center of this oasis ¨C many oases in deserts formed near water.

    ¡°Prince doesn¡¯t smell any strangers, seems like the people on the other side shouldn¡¯t have reached yet ¨C we¡¯ve secured the head start.¡± Blown By The Wind said, pointing at the Desert Rock Lizard emerging from the sand at the edge of the oasis.

    The geographical setting of this kind of semi-circle sand dune resulted in a limitation in the field of view of both sides; unless one entered the close proximity around the oasis, there would be no way of directly seeing the opposition.

    However, this limitation waspletely nonexistent to Feng Luo.

    ¡°They need at least another 30 seconds to arrive. The team is made up of a Heavy Armored Warrior, a Fire Maniptor, and three different Gunner professions. Thisbination¡¯s firepower would be crazy.¡± Standing at the top of this sand dune, Feng Luo spoke with his eyes nked out. ¡°Y¡¯all head down first, find a ce to hide.¡±

    Feng Luo kept his gaze from the Mental Link with the faraway Scout beetles and spoke to the others.

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯re noting with us?¡± When the Gigolo and the Scout did not have the chance to ask how Feng Luo had obtained the information about the opponent, Big Pineapple had already understood Feng Luo¡¯s intention and asked cluelessly.

    ¡°Nope, to a Sniper, a suitable sniping position is the most important ¨C the oasis environment below isn¡¯t suitable for me.¡± Feng Luo said and shook his head.

    The position of the oasis was too low; upon observing, he realized that there was no suitable sniping position below.

    Rather, it was this rtively higher sand dune which was very suitable for sniping.

    He guessed that the opponent¡¯s Sniper would have made the same decision as him.

    ¡°You¡¯ll continuously lose health if you stay here, and with the restriction of only one blood tonic usable, what if you lose too much healthter on?¡± Hearing Feng Luo, the Gigolo temporarily could not be concerned about asking about the opponent, but spoke with his forehead creased.

    He was not deliberately targeting Feng Luo; it was because the continuous increase in percentage health reduction DEBUFF on the map ¨C the health reduced per second was now beyond the yers¡¯ own recovery.

    If they stayed outside the oasis, they would continuously lose health.

    If this PK went into a deadlock at the end, when the two parties needed to depend on percentage health topete, all this deducted health would affect thest victory.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, it would be possible for our health to be deducted clean, Old Feng definitely wouldn¡¯t be deducted clean before us.¡± Big Pineappleughed wretchedly as he held up his reddish-ck Alloy Shield, engaged Charge and rushed down towards the oasis below.

    ¡°Remind me once the opponent attacks up to the caution point, Leader Feng.¡± Phoenix blinked at Feng Luo and simrly engaged Charge as she ran down.

    Behind her, the round semi-transparent Jelly rolled down after her like a ball.

    After, Gigolo and Blown By The Wind could only follow them down with a heap of doubt.

    ¡°Mm, with such a distance, this can be attached.¡± Feng Luoy on his belly behind the sand dune, the ckish-grey Barrett in his hands already turned into the yellow of the desert by ayer of one-time use Paint-Grade Desert Camouge.

    After which, he took out an item from his Agent Backpack against the sand dune.

    It was a mechanical item like a metallic block, and with ¡°click,¡± the object was attached onto the T-shaped brake at the front section of Barrett¡¯s gun barrel.

    [Energy Booster]

    Grade: Special

    Included attribute: increases bullet speed after ejection by 50% (allowed usage quantity of B-Grade Energy Crystals: 495/500).

    Required Level: Level 50

    Even if he had not used the two Energy beetles as bait earlier on, he might not have been unable to hit the Wind Eagle over 700 meters high in the sky.

    With Barrett¡¯s shooting together with Energy bullets, plus the effect of the external piece on this sniper rifle, it would definitely have been capable of reaching that height.

    However, as the height was indeed a bit high, the bullet would have spent not just two seconds of time till then ¨C the hit guarantee would be too low. Thus, Feng Luo had chosen the other method.

    But now, the effect of this thing could be tested.

    As for the origin of this thing, it was produced from the Tyrant T-100 killed at the underground base of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group ¨C it was an extremely rare sniper rifle external part.

    After attaching the Energy Booster, Feng Luo quickly buried Barrettpletely into the sand, while he also sank in, beginning the wait for the opponent¡¯s arrival.

 Chapter 508 - Scout Beetle Discovered!

    <h4>Chapter 508: Scout Beetle Discovered!</h4>

    ¡°Starry Night, you have to be kidding. You said that you wanted to seize victory, but who¡¯d have thought you¡¯d have actually screwed up at the key point in time?¡± In the other team, four of the five star yers who had finally arrived behind thest sand dune were fiercely criticizing the Fire Maniptor of the team.

    ¡°It was my miscalction; this map range is too big. I¡¯ve forgotten that bottle of B-Grade stamina potion had already been used, and so its usage has been restricted by the system, causing everyone to lose the advantage. How about this, once we leaveter, I¡¯ll make it up to everyone at the Starry Night Hotel.¡± The Fire Maniptor was covered in awkwardness.

    As a Fire Maniptor with a plus point in overall intelligence, his movement speed was definitely damaging.

    As a yer who frequently PK-ed, his backpack would consistently have a set of agility-type equipment with the rare attribute of overall speed boost, and together with the usage of an agility potion, his speed wouldpletely be able to catch up with most of the team in a short period of time.

    This time, there was unfortunately a small problem ¨C everything was the same as before.

    When they were about to replenish their stamina, they realized that the only bottle of potion left had been used before in a previous PK.

    Consumables could only be used once, the other few people did not have such a special continuously stamina-recovering potion on them ¨C this was definitely a painful mistake.

    In the end, he dragged down the team¡¯s speed alone.

    If not, ording to the system¡¯s bnce calction, both parties initially should have roughly reached and started battling for the targeted oasis at the same time.

    ¡°Alright, Old Night, you¡¯re the one who said it, don¡¯t me us for taking from you till then.¡± The bearded Heavy Armored Warrior said with a fearsome look.

    ¡°Since it¡¯s so, let¡¯s change our battle tactic. Although the oasis would have been secured by them already, it seems like we¡¯re not at a disadvantage in the battle. There¡¯s two closebats over there, and one less long-range than us ¨C we just have to stand on the sand dunes and attack directly and we¡¯d be able to be at an upper hand of more against fewer. With Machine Gunners present, the two Warriors might not be able to rush over to cut us up.¡± The Scout¡¯s instructions were not bad ¨C instantly thinking of a solution.

    ¡°We need to take note of that Sniper. Although my Wind Eagle¡¯s health wasn¡¯t high, it was still Level 46. To be able to be one-shot killed by him, it means that he either has equipment that¡¯s good enough or he has an attack-type Talent. So Old Y, you have to contain him.¡± This Nine Star Guild Scout said to his Sniperpanion.

    ¡°OK.¡± The Sniper nodded. He held his yellow sniper rifle that was almost as tall as a person ¨C if Feng Luo had seen this sniper rifle, he probably would have felt that it was a little familiar.

    This was the ¡°Desert Tiger¡± that he had previously considered exchanging for before at the Agent equipment warehouse ¨C this superrge 14.5MM caliber sniper rifle was not inferior in design to Barrett the ¡°Python of Death.¡±

    ¡°Since they¡¯ve all summoned pets, let¡¯s not be hesitant about the Loyalty ¨C everyone summon your pets.¡± The Scout yer said again.

    ¡°To tap on pets ¨C is this a little too much? Isn¡¯t this just a fight for entertainment?¡± The Machine Gunner of the same guild looked towards him, a little doubtful.

    ¡°Don¡¯t know who passed the information out, I¡¯ve just taken a look and realized that there¡¯s already more than a hundred people here at my view watching the battle. Adding up the people from you all, think about it, just how many people there are watching the battle. With so many people watching, it¡¯d really be embarrassing if the five of us teamed up lost.¡± The Scout yer smiled sheepishly.

    This was something bad about star yers ¨C as star yers, they would receive all sorts of attention at any time, even if it was entering a non-public arena.

    Although normal yers had no way of directly watching the battle in such non-guild arenas, each friend of the PK yers could watch the battle through friend authorization.

    Of course, for such non-public PKs, those watching would only be able to see from their friend¡¯s field of view, and would not be able to switch to others¡¯ field of view.

    Regardless of whether it was spectators or other people, other than those with friend authorizations with Feng Luo, the other people would not be able to clearly see Feng Luo¡¯s true appearance in the arena, as Feng Luo had set the restriction, his appearance seen by these people had been automatically altered by the system.

    ......

    However, as star yers, they could not possibly do as Feng Luo did and set restrictions.

    To stars, poprity was the most important, to have attention ispletely something that could not be asked for.

    The friends of these people were not typical people. Normally, there were not many people who paid attention to their PK ¨C at most, there would be over 10 people watching at the same time.

    Just now, no one knew who had exposed the news of the five Storm City star yers ranked at top 50 being allocated into the same team.

    This high-quality match instantly attracted many people¡¯s attention, and in just a few seconds, the spectator count had multiplied.

    Some of their local tycoon fans,petitors in the guild who were also star yers, and even a few of the higher-ups in three of the top 10 guilds had joined in to watch the battle.

    Having just checked out the people watching the battle, the Scout payer quickly decided to go all-out.

    There was no choice ¨C although it was said that star yers were all about the fame, many a times they would really need to rely on the support of these stakeholders when they needed to fight for poprity.

    ¡°Crap, I have more than 100 here too...¡±

    ¡°I have 150 here...¡±

    ¡°121...¡±

    The other yers looked at their own spectator count and also understood why the Scout yer had smiled sheepishly.

    ¡°Mm, then let¡¯s use pets. Everyone, work hard. Take down this round and our Director said that he¡¯d treat everyone to a whale of a time at the Heaven and Earth Entertainment City.¡±

    ¡°Crap, thanks to Director Zhao¡¯s generous bet, I must now get my hands on this Rare ring, I¡¯m justcking this piece.¡±

    The few yers cheerfully answered their friends who greeted them as they summoned their pets.

    Other than the Wind Eagle which had already been sniped by Feng Luo, there were three among the four pets now that were all Commander-Grade, which was not strange.

    These star yers ofrge guilds were able to receive support from the guild to directly help them purchase high-grade Pet Chips and capture high-grade pets.

    Even if it did not, they were also able to possess Rare Elite pets with very high practicality like the Wind Eagle.

    ¡°Eh? Wait a moment.¡± However, just when the five of them were just preparing to take action after summoning their pets, the Scout yer froze.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    He turned his head swiftly, with the submachine gun in his hands pointing up at a spot in the sky and firing a huge number of bullets.

    ¡°Something¡¯s up?¡± With the ckening of its field of view, Feng Luo had a look of shock as his vision returned to his own field of view again upon the death of his Scout beetle.

    From using the Scout beetle, this was the first time it had been discovered by yers from a long distance and been killed.

    Something¡¯s up.

 Chapter 509 - Desert, PK (3)

    <h4>Chapter 509: Desert, PK (3)</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Miss Phoenix! Later on, please don¡¯t go too far from us! My Talent is a little unique, wait until the battle starts, the other side would definitely concentrate their fire on us, so we¡¯d have to trouble you to protect us!¡± At the oasis region, Gigolo and Blown By The Wind had gone down. They hid behind a tree not far from where Phoenix was and spoke loudly, full of confidence.

    Among the four of them below, two were Warriors and one a Scout ¨C they all had a certain extent of closebat ability.

    Only he as a Wind Maniptor was afraid of being closed in on, thus it was a must for him to be protected by a closebatter on.

    However, the main point in Gigolo¡¯s words clearly should have been the ¡°Talent.¡± It could be predicted from his words that this fellow¡¯s Talent should be awesome.

    This was very reasonable ¨C it would take at least a B-Grade Talent to be able to be a star yer, and there were many among them who were of S-Grade Talents.

    The preliminary criteria for manyrge guilds and financial groups to develop star yers was to have at least an A-Grade Talent.

    ¡°Go and die, Gigolo, you mean I wouldn¡¯t have to protect youter on ¨C so I¡¯m of no use.¡± Big Pineapple moved between him and Phoenix, blocking his view with his shield and with a look of disdain.

    Phoenix, as a Light Armored Warrior, would definitely have to cut off the opponent¡¯s vulnerable members, while he as a Heavy Armored Warrior should be the one to protect against the opponent¡¯s output.

    This Gigolo was looking at his War¡¯s first shield (self-proimed) in the eye.

    ¡°Hmph...¡± Being cut by Big Pineapple, a look of spite shed across Blown By The Wind¡¯s eyes.

    There was no way for him to fight with Big Pineapple, so he rather not speak to Big Pineapple, turning to converse with his few fans with friend authorizations.

    ¡°Hm, what? Y¡¯all are saying the five people on the other side are all star yers ranked at the top 50...what a joke, it¡¯s impossible.¡± Immediately, he received some pretty unbelievable news.

    After the news of the five star yers allocated into a group had been exposed on the forum, it was coincidental that there was one person among Blown By The Wind¡¯s spectators who was browsing through the forum too, resulting in quickly finding out that it seemed like his own idol was also in this battle but on the other side, ording to the Wind Eagle previously sniped by Feng Luo.

    ¡°Five star yers ¨C which five are they?¡± After Blown By The Wind was shocked, he probed.

    However, this question had no reply.

    ¡°I¡¯ve forgotten that such a PK can be spectated, but the system will block out some of the sensitive content rted to the battle situation...¡±

    Blown By The Wind knew why the other party did not reply, because obtaining important information through the spectators was not permitted ¨C the system would automatically block it out.

    Even if that person had said it, he would not be able to hear.

    ¡°But the five people on the other side are all top 50 star yers ¨C how¡¯s that possible?¡± However, Blown By The Wind certainly felt that it was unbelievable.

    The system would technically make a bnce of ability for such randomized team PKs.

    This meant that at least in the system¡¯s assessment, both parties in every round generally would not have too big a gap in ability.

    On the other side of this round was five star yers, that ranked at the top 50 ¨C such a team would definitely be considered a superb team in the game.

    Although the ranking was not equivalent to ability, he had to admit that yers able to enter the top 50 definitely wouldn¡¯t be weaker than him and were possibly even a level stronger than him.

    Most importantly, in this situation, their team of five still had a Scout who didn¡¯t have very goodbat experience and equipment who should have been used to make up the numbers.

    This could only mean one thing, that among the other three yers over on their side, the system had determined that there was at least one person whose ability surpassed the star yers on the other side, thus used this Scout to bnce the abilities of the two parties.

    ¡°Who¡¯s this person?¡± Blown By The Wind¡¯s face did not look too good; he had initially determined that this Scout yer was used to bnce himself. but now it was proven that he was overestimating himself.

    It was possible that he was someone used to bnce... because his ability should be a level below the opponent¡¯s side.

    ¡°That Sniper?¡± Blown By The Wind instantly thought of that Sniper left on the sand dune who had hidden his personal information.

    After all, with Phoenix mentioning the identity of ¡°Leader Feng¡± previously, it had shown that the Sniper was the main character in the ¡°Triple ck¡± team.

    ¡°It can¡¯t be this Heavy Armored Warrior.¡± Gigolo looked at Big Pineapple in front of him once more, who was wretchedly peeping at Phoenix.

    Speaking of Phoenix, Gigolo realized that the fiery rose-like female Light Armored Warrior was then actually feeding her pet.

    ¡°Jelly, here¡¯s a reward in advance, perform wellter on.¡± Phoenix put a faint blue-colored crystal core between two fingers and gave it to a beady-eyed Jelly, which was lying at her feet and was seemingly a little depressed from being unable to jump into its owner¡¯s arms.

    ¡°Gurgle!¡± Seeing the blue crystal core in Phoenix¡¯s hand, the dull Jelly instantly let out a delightful noise, swallowing down the crystal core in one bite.

    ¡°A crystal core?¡± Blown By The Wind was a little surprised.

    Although many pets had the habit of eating crystal cores in the game, this was also a way for the system to suck yers¡¯ money.

    In most situations, yers would only feed their pets with crystals and not crystal cores, as the value of one crystal core was many times more expensive than crystals of the same grade.

    ¡°Female yers raising pets are really generous. Eh, this pet seems a bit strange ¨C how has it so quickly digested half a crystal core?¡± Blown By The Wind discovered a strange point.

    After swallowing the crystal core into its stomach, Phoenix¡¯s pet, which looked dense and whose information could not be seen, had the fist-sized crystal core shrinking at a speed visible by the naked eye. Its semi-transparent body started to be a little blue in color and there were some Water Energy waves produced.

    ¡°Gurgle...gurgle...¡±

    However, when he had not seen clearly yet, Phoenix seemed to have said something to Jelly.

    Jelly blinked its eyes, after which it speedily rolled towards theke not far away.

    With a ¡°plop¡± after entering thiske of tens of meters wide, its slightly blue semi-transparent body becamepletely invisible.

    ¡°God Wind, there¡¯s movement, that direction!¡± That Scout yer who was a fan of the Gigolo followed close behind him; once he put down his Recon Meter, a prompting message finally appeared on his Excellent-Grade Recon Meter.

    On its screen, three dispersed yellow dots appeared, representing that some non-human creature was closing in at high speed.

    ¡°That should be the other yers on the other side summoned their pets.¡± The Scout yer determined.

    ¡°Looking from the direction from which these pets areing...oh no, God Wind, be careful! Beside your pet...¡± The Scout yer¡¯s face changed.

    He shouted like this when suddenly, another yellow dot on the Recon Meter and the position of that yellow dot was close to Gigolo¡¯s Desert Rock Lizard ¡°Prince¡± hiding in the sand.

    He had not finished speaking when the movement over the sand dunes cut him off.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A sand dune which had no unusual situation on its surface suddenly exploded upward; from the sand flying into the air, the huge Desert Rock Lizard drilled out from the ground with a painful cry.

    A humongous snake was tightly coiled around it with a gold-colored tale continuously shaking and making rattling noises, wrenching and breaking its bones.

    It was a Desert Golden Rattlesnake, a Level 45 Commander-Grade pet.

 Chapter 510 - One Shot, Uproar!

    <h4>Chapter 510: One Shot, Uproar!</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Crap, who¡¯s this who¡¯d have a giant snake as a pet?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened when he saw this giant golden snake with a wretched expression, revealing sharp hooked venomous teeth when it opened its mouth, continuously stretching out and withdrawing its bluish-purple forked tongue.

    Most yers were a little discriminatory against snakes, spiders, scorpions and rted pets.

    Although there was not much feeling to it once they started killing in battles, raising such pets easily scared teammates, thus this thing was rarely made a pet by anyone.

    Let alone the fact that the length of this snake was over 10 meters ¨C even the Desert Rock Lizard with a length of close to four meters had been wrapped up by it and was frantically struggling.

    ¡°Old Douche, this pet of yours is really suited to your vibe.¡± The Machine Gunner among the five star yers on the other side said smiling.

    As star yers, they had consideration for their own image in choosing pets.

    Especially male star yers; considering the level of eptance from female fans, they would all choose some pets which were not too terrifying.

    However, not everyone would go that route to be a sunshine idol.

    Like the Heavy Armored Warrior called Douchebag, it could be known just from his name that he was the kind of star yer to go the unique wicked route.

    His fans were mainly males who liked violence, thus he made this attention-catching Commander-Grade Desert Golden Snake as his pet.

    As the Desert Golden Snake and the Desert Rock Lizard were brawling, the five star yers¡¯ attacks had already begun.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Tens of meters above the heads of the four people on the oasis, a continuously dispersing cloud of smoke suddenly appeared, the air was rapidly heating up, and there was an oppressive force.

    Meteor Rain ¨C Fire Maniptor Level 40 ultimate skill.

    From the speed of the Energy agglomeration and the radius at which itpletely engulfed the few people, the Familiarity was definitely Expert-Grade and above.

    ¡°Crap, opening fire the moment theye, that¡¯s way too direct. It¡¯s close to 500 meters from here to the other side ¨C how¡¯s it possible that the Fire Maniptor skill is so far away?¡± Big Pineapple cried out, hurriedly raising it his Alloy Shield up above his head.

    They had chosen this position considering that the sand dune across was at a distance of close to 500 meters from them.

    Such a distance was beyond the Maniptor¡¯s attack limit. Which also meant that unless the opponent came down from the sand dune, it was technically impossible for the Fire Maniptor to attack them.

    Among the Maniptors¡¯ attacking ranges, the Wind Maniptor that was the furthest was not even 400 meters, whereas the Fire Maniptor¡¯s skill was technically within 300 meters.

    Since they could only rely on geographical advantage to output along the way and even kill one or two persons from the opponent.

    Now, this situation was a little contradicting with what was anticipated.

    ¡°Attacking at such a distance, that Fire Maniptor is Starry Night.¡± Blown By The Wind was shocked.

    As Storm City¡¯s star yer, he naturally had an understanding of the star yers ranked in the top 50. There could only be one such star yer with a skill Talent of range enhancement, that was Starry Night ranked at 19.

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    The tornado in his hand was already rapidly taking shape. It sucked in the sand particles on the ground, its size rapidly expanding to a height of close to 10 meters.

    Wind Maniptor Level 40 skill ¨C Tornado.

    After this tornado was created, Blown By The Wind brandished his Energy Converter once more, and over ten faint green Wind des instantly formed around him.

    His Talent was skill speed-up, able to make the speed of unleashing skills that require Energy agglomeration much faster than other Maniptors ¨C some low-grade skills could even be instantly unleashed. Hence, when Meteor Rain in the sky had notnded yet, he had already prepared two skills.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Just at that moment, a superrge sniper bullet, heated but also mixed with ice-coldness, brushed past the edge of Big Pineapple¡¯s shield raised in the air at not more than one centimeter.

    It then hit hard on Gigolo¡¯s Wind Energy Forcefield engaged in advance.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    The Expert-Grade Wind Energy Forcefield broke, at the same time as the bullet hitting his forehead.

    A bullet breaking a shield ¨C although this was to a certain extent because a special bullet was used, it also meant that the attack power of the opponent¡¯s sniper rifle was really powerful. More importantly, after being hit by the bullet, Gigolo¡¯s head was as if smashed by a hammer as if fell hard backward.

    ¡°F*ck, my brain is in an injured state, skill unleash speed reduced.¡± The dizzy feeling and the system message of injured state following that made Gigolopletely helpless.

    This should have been the Sniper¡¯s Talent ¨C to be able to create a certain crippling damage effect ording to the position from which the bullet was shot upon hitting the target.

    ¡°Y!¡± In an instant, from Gigolo¡¯s dizzy head emerged an ID.

    In Storm City, the Sniper star yer ranked at top 3, and that disgusting Commander-Grade giant golden snake was the pet of the Heavy Armored Warrior Douchebag ranked at top five.

    ¡°Damn it, the other side is really all faces of star yers!¡±

    ......

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    As if at the same time as Gigolo¡¯s thought, a gunshot sounded behind him.

    The moment that Sniper revealed himself, Feng Luo¡¯s gun muzzle was aimed at his head, but did not rush into shooting him.

    That Sniper was being protected by a Heavy Armored Warrior, blocking his shooting angle just right. urately speaking, it had blocked the angle to be able to deliver a fatal shot.

    However, when the opponent had chosen to shoot Gigolo, a gap was exposed.

    With the use of the ¡°Energy Booster,¡± a 12.7MM B-Grade Energy armor-piercing bullet flew towards the Sniper¡¯s forehead at a super-speed of close to 1400M/S.

    At this distance of not more than over 600 meters, the bullet urately hit the Sniper¡¯s head having flown just not more than half a second.

    ¡°Peng!¡±

    However, the anticipated kill did not happen, because when the bullet hit and in an instant tore open his Rare helmet defense with a C-Grade defense coefficient, a faint white light covering his entire body suddenly appeared.

    After which, the B-Grade armor-piercing bullet which was left with half of the impact force was uncontrobly offset by an angle following the white light, rebounding and hitting the thick and heavy chest armor of the Heavy Armored Warrior beside.

    ¡°-5021!¡±

    ¡°-5021!¡±

    On that side, the Sniper and Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s heads had two identical red damage coefficients emerging at the same time.

    Clearly, it was not just Big Pineapple and that Heavy Armored Warrior of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group who possessed this kind of ¡°non-scientific¡± protective skill.

    However, seeing the 5000-point damage emerging above that Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s head, Feng Luo felt that consuming the arena usage authorization of this B-Grade bullet was worth it.

    This damage was not like Big Pineapple¡¯s which was blocked at the price of two times the damage but shared the damage evenly with the target.

    Despite so, to be able to hit a 5000-point damage on a Heavy Armored Warrior was worth it a lot morepared with on Snipers.

    Moreover, with this shot, that Sniper, who initially should have had the mindset of wanting to borrow this skill to give the opponent a shock then locking on the opponent¡¯s coordinates and engaging in counterattack, was hit into heavily injured state ¨C the super-long ¡°Desert Tiger¡± sniper rifle in his hands almost slipped out.

    The scared Heavy Armored Warrior beside hurriedly raised up his Alloy Shield in defense, then sent the Sniper behind the sand dune with a kick.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°This damage! I didn¡¯t see it wrongly, did I?¡±

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    When the two damage coefficients caused by this shot appeared, the Heavy Armored Warrior and the Sniper¡¯s spectating friends went straight into uproar.

 Chapter 511 - Machine Gunner

    <h4>Chapter 511: Machine Gunner</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    An uproar was to be expected ¨C this damage coefficient was a little unscientific.

    Two over 5000-point damages ¨C meaning the true damage of this gun should be above ¡°10,000 points.¡±

    Technically, this was able to y any professions other than Heavy Armored Warriors and Light Armored Warriors with Rare equipment.

    The single damage of Snipers was very high, but if it was a quality Rare sniper rifle with B-Grade bullets, plus an attack-type Talent and after taking potions, it was technically not too possible to hit a five-digit number.

    More importantly, the Sniper¡¯s helmet was broken and that half the power of the bullet was already lost.

    This Nine Star Guild Sniper star yer in pursuit of a high attack had mainly chosen agility-type equipment, resulting in his defense power and health not to be considered very high.

    Even so, with the Grades of the Rare equipment disyed there, there was still such damage upon breaking the equipment that was totally horrifying.

    ¡°This is a Sniper, could it be he had taken some A-Grade potion or used the legendary A-Grade bullet?¡±

    ¡°It should be impossible, even if it was an A-Grade bullet, it shouldn¡¯t have been possible for such high damage. This shot had almost killed God Y; urately speaking, he¡¯s already been killed ¨C if it wasn¡¯t for God Douchebag¡¯s ¡®Life Link¡¯ skill, God Y would¡¯ve been eliminated by now. The situation this round ispletely different from predicted, it feels like our side is about to be doomed this time.¡± Before Feng Luo¡¯s shot, the spectators on this side had seen the bearded Heavy Armored Warrior Douchebag use a skill on the Sniper capable of sharing the damage.

    Still, the crowd of people were all discussing jokingly, that the people on the other side would not ¡°fall into the trap.¡±

    These two people¡¯s n was just as Feng Luo had guessed ¨C ready tounch a counterattack.

    Feng Luo and the others had already secured the head start at the oasis, taking it easy, whereas to the Sniper profession which was extremely powerful in such a PK, it was a target to be defeated first as much as possible.

    Especially after the situation of Feng Luo previously one-shot killing the Wind Eagle.

    Hence, this Sniper would rather expose himself, attract the opponents to attack and reveal their position, then engage in counterattack.

    With this newly received Perfect-Grade ¡°Desert Tiger¡± with over 1000 attack power and B-Grade armor-piercing bullets in hand, together with his teammates, he was full of confidence in going up against the opponent¡¯s Sniper.

    Besides, there was still the quality skill of ¡°Life Link¡± on him, even if the situation was not right, he could at most change a battle tactic.

    To these star yers who frequently PK, on-the-spot adaptation inbat was basic.

    ¡°Such damage to be able to one-shot kill, such shooting with headshot uracy, any battle tactic would be bullsh*it.¡± Among the spectating yers, someone said speechlessly.

    Indeed, high damage was nothing, urate shooting was also nothing ¨C one would only be afraid of both at once.

    ¡°Luckily, God Y isn¡¯t one-shot. I feel that it¡¯s possible that this Sniper has a Legendary-Grade sniper rifle on hand, that¡¯s why he has such high damage. Although his attack is high, his defense and health can¡¯t possibly be very high. We just have to dy a bit for God Y¡¯s health to recover and we¡¯d have a chance.¡± There was also someone who had thought of a possibility, pondering as he said.

    ¡°Mm, this idea makes sense, victory has yet to be decided.¡± Someone said approvingly.

    ¡°Legendary sniper rifle...¡± However, some people¡¯s thoughts were still on the oue of this round, some spectators¡¯ thoughts were on this point instead.

    However, these people definitely would not have thought that both points in their guess werepletely wrong.

    Feng Luo certainly had a Legendary sniper rifle, but first, he currently had not collected all the parts in time, and second, two parts were with Old John.

    Perhaps Feng Luo¡¯s defense and health were not high enough?

    This point was of no problem referring to other Snipers, but to Feng Luo, it waspletely invalid.

    When Feng Luo was at Level 50, his health was over 10,000 with full-set SUV equipment. After the past few days, his Level had already reached Level 52 at 65% ¨C he had advanced by two Levels.

    Although it was only two more Levels, his attribute increase was catching up to the rate of leveling up by five Levels before Level 50; other than the fact that his basic attributes increased by quite a bit, each Level added an entire 200 points of HP.

    Feng Luo felt that it seemed like there was a rtion between the attributes increased by leveling up and the Force attributes after Level 50.

    However, this point temporarily could not be confirmed, as there was no statistical evidence.

    Other than how leveling up increased these attributes, Feng Luo still had a ¡°symbiotic organism.¡±

    Now, the Life Protozoa¡¯s attributes had already leveled up to:

    [Evolution Life Protozoa ¡¤ Commander]

    Level: Level 30

    Status: symbiotic

    Species poption: 100%

    [Talent Attribute]

    Evolution: able to permanently increase symbiotic attributes in some special situations.

    [Symbiotic Attribute]

    HP: +6000

    Force: +300

    Defense: +300

    Feng Luo had not experienced the increase that the Life Protozoa did to the yer¡¯s ability.

    6000 HP ¨C this was the health attainable by most professions with low health with full-set equipment.

    300 defense ¨C this meant that it was as if he was additionally wearing a set of Alloy Light Armor with weaker attributes.

    The two put together was a raise in both defense and health.

    In addition to the ¡°Agent Insignia¡± and the high HP bonus from the ck-gold Legendary ring, Feng Luo¡¯s health had now already reached over 17500 points equivalent to a Heavy Armored Warrior, while his defense was not inferiorpared to a Light Armored Warrior.

    Among the yers present, it was possible that other than Big Pineapple and the Heavy Armored Warrior on the other side, there was not anyone whose physical defense and health were higher than his.

    Simrly, in attack power, no one¡¯s final damage bonus from having a full-set essory and Talent was higher than his.

    Gigolo did not guess wrongly at all ¨C that Scout yer was the normal yer arranged by the system to bnce up with Feng Luo¡¯s ability, but this bnce could only be said to be rtive.

    A Sniper able to one-shot kill in a team battle ¨C if only the opposite side had no way of one-shot killing him, no matter how bnced it was, there would be some character of a bug.

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s damage was high, it was still impossible to vite the restriction of the system ¨C the cooldown of the firing of his Barrett was two seconds.

    Although Feng Luo had rendered the Sniper on the other side heavily injured, he was unable to one-shot him with another shot, allowing that Sniper to escape back behind the sand dune with low health.

    On the other hand, Big Pineapple and the others at the oasis had found themselves in a stuck-in-between situation.

    Since he possessed a Talent of skill range bonus, the Fire Maniptor of the other side stood behind the sand dune and directly threw a skill above their heads.

    The channeling time of the Fire Maniptor Level 40 ultimate move was 10 seconds, and seven or eight seconds had already passed.

    The next moment, the dancing Fire Energy all around would be ignited meteorites with super-high damage continuously rolling down for 10 seconds, turning the area below where the four yers were hiding into a sea of mes.

    Not just this, other than the two Commander-Grade pets, the Desert Rock Lizard and the Giant Golden Snake on the ground; the other two Commander-Grade pets and one Elite-Grade pet had rushed down the sand dune, charging at the four yers on this side.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    It was not just the Sniper yer who had charged up the sand dune with the Heavy Armored Warrior, there were that Machine Gunner in the chatroom with him and the Scout.

    After Feng Luo¡¯s first shot, this Scout who should have possessed a Detection-rted Talent had immediately confirmed Feng Luo¡¯s rough position having been prepared long before.

    Thereafter, that Machine Gunner standing on the sand dune instantly raised up his four-barreled machine gun, opening fire directly at Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    The recoil of machine guns in War was extremely great, and the weight was not light either.

    As such, Machine Gunners needed to first assemble all the machine gunponents together when shooting, then rest it on a tripod to shoot, allowing the flexibility and attack range to be less restricted. However, it was not definite.

    Just like the Guard Bureau Staff Sergeant Feng Luo had met before at the Town of Exiles who had held his machine gun straight in his hands, with not much effort.

    One of the differences was mainly the difference in the basic attributes.

    Due to the problem of equipment and bonus points, if the basic attributes were insufficient, normal yers¡¯ would not be able to control and hold a machine gun up to shoot.

    To such star yers, with full-set Level 50 Rare equipment as well as some attributes obtained from corresponding permanent enhancements, it was enough for them to support some types of machine guns and attack on-the-spot without moving.

    Of course, to be able to do so was limited to this sort of four-barreled machine guns with fewer limitations ¨C regardless whether it was the shooting speed or damage, they could not match up with six-barreled or eight-barreled heavy machine guns.

    No matter how it was seen, a machine gun was a machine gun, there was no need to doubt its firepower and control, especially when the effective shooting distance of heavy machine guns was 600 meters ¨C able to envelop Feng Luo¡¯s ambush position just right.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Like rain, the machine gun bullets created dense dents on the sand dune, sending sand particles flying all around.

 Chapter 512 - Second Shot, Going Down Once More!

    <h4>Chapter 512: Second Shot, Going Down Once More!</h4>

    ¡°Pu, pu, pu...¡±

    The Rare-Grade four-barreled heavy machine gun fired close to 100 bullets per second.

    Hitting the sand, the powerful impact sent the sand particles flying one to two meters high, forming a string of columnar sand dust.

    Although the bullet count was enough, the uracy of shooting a hand-carried machine gun was hard to control.

    In addition to the fact that the bullets from a multi-barreled machine gun 600 meters away would have dispersed, these bullets were not much of a threat to Feng Luo ¨C only five or six bullets had hit him.

    Furthermore, due to the fact that the distance was at the shooting distance limit of the four-barreled heavy machine gun, the damage was also reduced to the lowest. The damage caused by these few bullets which hit Feng Luo was only over 500 points.

    The Machine Gunner on the other side probably would have anticipated this point; his true goal for this round of firing was not because he had really believed that it would be able to kill Feng Luo.

    Thending point of his bullets was aimed at the sand dune in front of Feng Luo.

    It was more of to make use of therge number of bullets to shoot up sand clouds that would block Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight, allowing them toplete their change in battle tactic.

    After all, even if a Sniper¡¯s attack was any higher, one would still have to hit someone to be able to kill.

    The importance of vision to a Sniper was far higher than other professions.

    ¡°This reaction is really pretty fast.¡± Feng Luo had to admit that he was quite shocked.

    Regardless whether it was the uracy of that Scout¡¯s prediction, or this Machine Gunner¡¯s swift attack, or if it was the shot with which the Sniper of the opponent¡¯s side had quickly locked onto Gigolo previously; they had all startled them with the battle aptitude of the yers on the other side.

    These people were definitely some expert yers.

    Even if the reaction of the yers across was any faster, the fact that they only had a Machine Gunner andcked the cooperation with a Sniper which resulted in their machine gun¡¯s explosive damage being unable to be truly unleashed due to the distance and dispersal, it waspletely unrestricted Feng Luo¡¯s attack.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Feng Luo quickly rolled two meters to the side, preventing the machine gun bullets from affecting the bullet he shot. After, he pulled the trigger once more on Barrett.

    The two seconds cooldown time had passed, a B-Grade armor-piercing bullet flew from the gun muzzle once more, reaching the sand dune across in just one-third of a second with the eleration effect of the Energy Booster on the gun muzzle.

    However, the target of this bullet¡¯s attack was not that Machine Gunner ¨C it went into the sand dune below the Machine Gunner.

    ¡°Swoosh!¡±

    The sand dune, soft and loose on the surface, had no way of limiting this 12.7MM Energy armor-piercing bullet ¨C the bullet instantly drilled out right after drilling into the sand and violently hit the Fire Maniptor behind the sand dune in the face.

    ¡°-5067!¡±

    A red lethal damage.

    The Fire Maniptor¡¯s head shot up, the Energy Converter in his hand almost slipping out.

    If it was not for the sand being firm in the center and soft on the surface, thus reducing the power of the bullet by a half, this Fire Maniptor, who did not engage an Energy Force Field because he was standing behind and thought there was no need to worry, probably would have been one-shot killed and left with only blood and skin.

    Although this Fire Maniptor, just like his Sniper teammate, was not one-shot killed and was only heavily injured, lethal damage in War had an important purpose ¨C to interrupt skills.

    ¡°Zap!¡±

    The Meteor Rain initially formed and was about to rain down, dispersed into a bunch of Fire Energy.

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s going on again?¡±

    ¡°Are my eyes ying tricks?¡±

    ¡°A blind shot?¡±

    Just then, many people from the spectator crowd had not regained their senses. Even the minority who had regained their senses was a little stupefied.

    The vision of the Sniper on the other side had been affected by the sand cloud created by the machine gun ¨C it should have been impossible for him to be able to shoot again. Even if he had any special trick and was not being affected by the sand cloud, it was still impossible for him not to be affected by the sand dune.

    Hitting the Fire Maniptor¡¯s head through a sand dune ¨C was even more eye-opening to these spectating ¡°Storm City high-level Elites¡± than the previous five-digit damage.

    After all, a damage up to ten-thousand perhaps could have been exined by a Talent together with a Legendary sniper rifle.

    This shot through a sand dune ¨C how could it be exined?

    ¡°No, he couldn¡¯t have some see-through Talent!¡± Some yers could not help but exim.

    Of course, Feng Luo did not have such a Talent that countless male yers ¡°dreamed of,¡± but he had 24K.

    The Scout beetle earlier was killed, but it was not just one Scout beetle which Feng Luo had hatched these days.

    At the moment, above the opponents¡¯ heads were three Scout beetles dispersed and hovering in the air.

    Feng Luo did not believe that in such a situation, that Scout would have the thought of finishing off Scout beetles. Besides, with the body size of Scout beetles, they were not easy to be hit by bullets at such a distance.

    Just like Feng Luo had thought, that Scout at this time had no way of being concerned about the Scout beetles in the air either.

    He had already charged down from the sand dune with the protection of the Machine Gunner, switched to an assault rifle with a further firing range, covering himself behind a tree as he fired a string of bullets at where Big Pineapple and Gigolo were.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-98, -97, -92...¡±

    However, when the bullets hit Big Pineapple at their distance limit, the string of damages which did not exceed 100 had made an uproar among the spectators once more.

    ¡°F*ck, they hit this Heavy Armored Warrior on the body and not on a shield, how¡¯s the damage so low. So rad a defense? I think it¡¯s really going to be overturned this time.¡±

    ¡°No, not yet, don¡¯t forget, no one¡¯s dead yet. Plus, they still have pets...¡±

    Although they voiced out once by one, there were still a proportion of people among the spectators who felt that the five star yers still had a hope of victory.

    Other than the yers, the star yers over here still had three high-grade pets, and two were Commander-Grade.

    Although Commander-Grade pets were not as powerful as Commander-Grade wild beasts due to being weakened by the system, they definitely could match up with a high-level yer solely in terms ofbat power.

    For that one Elite-Grade pet among them, although its personal Level was lower, it possessed a rare mass Wind eleration skill.

    At this time, the three pets had charged into the oasis, and easily went around Gigolo¡¯s control to rush over and block their tornado ¨C they were at a distance of not more than over 100 meters from Big Pineapple and Gigolo.

    ¡°Just have to be able to use pets to dy a bit, wait till God Y and Starry Night have recovered a certain health before battling again, there¡¯s still a chance to win.¡± Have to say, those who thought as such were probably the hardcore fans of these star yers, still full of confidence in their idols.

    Immediately, their confidence was reduced once more, as it was not just these few star yers who had pets.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Just as these three high-grade pets had charged down the sand dune and ran to that smallke, the surface of which was initially quiet suddenly had a huge disturbance.

    The surface of theke was a diameter of more than 60 meters, the water was suddenly sucked downward, like it was pulled away by something.

    No, in actual fact, it was being sucked up.

    With the surrounding water surface rapidly reducing in level, the center of theke had a massive ¡°water ball¡± the size of an entire house rapidly ascending.

    The two Commander-Grade pets and one quality Elite pet were initially ferocious, relentlessly charging towards the direction of Big Pineapple and Gigolo to dy time and even kill an enemy upon their owners¡¯mand.

    The moment this massive water ball appeared, their galloping under an eleration skill swiftly halted.

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    The spotted tiger among them with thergest body size of over three meters, with a pair of sharp blood-colored teeth, let out a howl.

    The tiger was known as the king of beasts; although in the game, the tigers onnd and the eagles in the sky had lost their ces as kings, they were still mighty and ferocious on typical days as Commander-Grade creatures and being at the top of the food chain.

    This time, this ferocious tiger was clearly anxious. This was a sense of caution and fear towards a higher being.

 Chapter 513 - Jelly Appears!

    <h4>Chapter 513: Jelly Appears!</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, what is this?¡± Before discussions about Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Blinded shot¡± and Big Pineapple¡¯s insane defense ended, the new situation attracted the attention of the audience watching the battle.

    The momentum was toorge. The surface of the entireke suddenly copsed, and a giant creature the size of a house appeared.

    The three pets that were moving aggressively actually stopped walking together.

    Even God Y¡¯s Commander Grade Blood Sabertooth Tiger that normally had a domineering and majestic look seemed to be letting out growls that were filled with vignce.

    ¡°Could that be a wild monster of this map? PK maps in the arena do sometimes have buff monsters. You can obtain buffs after killing it.¡±

    ¡°No... F*ck, that thing is actually a pet.¡±

    Although the yers watching the battle did not see any information, it did not take long for them to know that the ¡°Giant water ball¡± was actually a pet through their vision, an incredibly gigantic pet.

    The over-four meters tall Desert Rock Lizard and Desert Golden Snake were already considered extremelyrge pets. However, when ced in front of this ¡°water ball,¡± they were, without a doubt, considered small.

    Although the size of a pet did not determine its strength, arge body was bound to attract the attention of people.

    ¡°Damn it, Prince!¡± Toy Boy went with the wind, at that moment, he did not have the time to see the situation unfolding on theke.

    His ¡°Strongest in the desert¡± Desert Rock Lizard pet was, at the moment,pletely wrapped by the Desert Golden Rattlesnake, to the point where its bones were cracking.

    It couldn¡¯t be helped. Both were creatures of the desert, no one side had dominance over the other.

    The problem was that the Desert Golden Rattlesnake had the Camouge skill, and could move under the sand without being detected by the recon meter.

    It also possessed incredible venom. After biting the Desert Rock Lizard during its sneak attack, the Commander Grade monster lost a lot of its strength, and it lost half of its HP during the battle.

    ¡°Viin, your snake¡¯s sneak attack is shameless! Wind de!¡± The energy converter in his hand shed, and over a dozen light green energy des appeared around Toy Boy¡¯s body and flew towards the Golden Rattlesnake.

    However, before they reached, an Ice Arrow had been released and was flying towards the two Commander Grade monsters engaged in the dogfight.

    ¡°Ice Arrow?¡± There were no Water Maniptors on the battlefield, so where did the Ice Arrowe from?

    Moreover, the Ice Arrow seemed to be too big.

    It was more than ten times bigger than the Expert Level Ice Arrow normally cast by Water Maniptors. The length from the tip of the translucent arrow tip to the cylindrical end of the arrow was over one meter long.

    Rather than an Ice Arrow, it was more urate to call it an Ice Cone.

    The Ice Cone¡¯s flight speed was a little bit faster than the Wind de that was supposedly renowned for its speed. Before Toy Boy¡¯s Wind des reached their destination, the Ice Cone had already crashed into the Golden Rattlesnake¡¯s body.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    The Ice Cone was not very sharp, but the speed and the size of the Ice Cone were enough to ¡°smash¡± and turn therge body of the Golden Rattlesnake into a bloody mush. The powerful impact almost sent the rattlesnake flying from the body of the Desert Rock Lizard.

    In addition, the Desert Rattlesnake was not the only one hit by the Ice Cone, the Machine Gunner who was still fighting was also struck by an Ice Cone.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    ¡°-979!¡±

    The Machine Gunner who was shooting and suppressing Feng Luo was struck in the chest by an Ice Cone.

    The Ice Cone, which was capable of moving therge body of the Golden Rattlesnake, directly sent the Machine Gunner, along with his four-barreled heavy machine gun, flying backward and then into the ground. At the same time, a damage value nearing a thousand also appeared above his head.

    The Ice Cone¡¯s damage was not that high. However, the problem was not from the speed of the Ice Cone; instead, it was the fact that there was more than one of them.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    ¡°-934!¡±

    Before the Machine Gunner¡¯s body hit the ground, another Ice Cone struck his body. After two hits, he had lost almost one-third of his HP.

    As for the source of the Ice Cones that suddenly appeared, they came from therge ¡°ball¡± that suddenly appeared in the middle of theke.

    ¡°Bloop, bloop, bloop...¡±

    Therge ¡°ball-shaped pet¡± asrge as a house on the surface of theke was producing ¡°spit¡± with water type energy waves from its mouth.

    After the spit became exposed in the air, they instantly turned into the translucent Ice Cone due to air resistance before flying towards an enemy target that was creating thergestmotion.

    The damage of the Ice Cones was low, it was undeniable as the damage inflicted after hitting a Machine Gunner with average defense was less than 1,000.

    However, the frequency and number of the spitting from the giant ball was enough to shock anyone watching. It could produce two to three spits per second resulting in two to three Ice Cones per second.

    Imagine if the Ice Cones were bullets, this would be the equivalent of the firing speed of an assault rifle.

    Additionally, the bullets would have a diameter of over 20 cm, while its length was almost one meter. The damage was definitely higher than a machine gun bullet while the impact was even stronger than a sniper rifle bullet.

    Moreover, from the size of the ball, it seemed like it could produce at least a few hundred more of these spits.

    Not to mention it still had the smallke with a 50-meter diameter right beneath it.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    ¡°What is this pet? This skill looks quite strong.¡±

    ¡°It is a Quasi-Boss Grade pet. This does not look like a skill attack, more like a normal attack.¡±

    The others could not easily obtain information. However, the Scout who had a Scouting Talent managed to gather partial information. Of course, his expression stiffened after learning some of the facts.

    Whether those attacks came from a skill was no longer important. The fact that it was a Quasi-Boss Grade monster was enough to cause another ruckus in the audience.

    ¡°Quasi-Boss Grade? Are you serious?¡±

    ...

    For this PK battle, most yers were attracted by the five superstar yers¡¯ lineup. They were here to see how their idols nor friends would achieve victory.

    However, what was the result? First, a Sniper yer who could one-shot people appeared and easily crippled two of their teams¡¯ main damage dealers.

    Then, a Heavy Armor Warrior who took only three-digit damage from the attacks of a Rare Grade assault rifle also appeared.

    And now, a Quasi-Boss Grade pet appeared.

    Even though several Quasi-Boss Grade pet posts appeared on the forum over the past few days, the number of Quasi-Boss Grade pets was still limited. The number of such Quasi-Boss Grade pets, even if one counted those that had not been revealed, should not be more than ten.

    Initially, they thought that they still had a chance to make aeback using the high-grade pets on their side. Now, the situation dictates that they no longer had any hope left.

    ¡°A Quasi-Boss Grade pet is so strong, how are these Ice Cones only considered normal attacks?¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t this too strong? Technically, pets should be weaker than their monster form. Even a Boss Grade pet should be this strong, at most.¡±

    The audience was nowpletely focused on the ball.

    Truth be told, Feng Luo thought that Jelly was quite amazing after learning about it¡¯s abilities after it had evolved. From a certain sense, it was definitely not any weaker than Boss Grade pets.

    The reason why it was only ¡°From a certain sense,¡± was that Jelly¡¯sbat style had its limits.

 Chapter 514 - Jellyâ€™s Skill

    <h4>Chapter 514: Jelly¡¯s Skill</h4>

    After Jelly evolved into a Quasi-Boss, it obtained a skill, Devour Crystal Core.

    It could, after digesting the Crystal Cores it devoured, extract the stats and attributes contained within the Crystal Cores, and then merge and synthesize the essence it extracted into substances that it could use to attack. At the same time, it would also obtain strong corresponding attribute resistance.

    Phoenix fed it a water crystal core, so it could condense the water in theke into cannon-like Ice Cones before shooting them out to inflict damage on its target. The Ice Cones, after hitting arge-sized creature, could even slow the movement of the target to a certain extent.

    If Phoenix had fed it an Earth attribute Crystal Core, Jelly would be able to devour all the sand around it and release incredibly destructive ¡°Stone Bullets¡± that would also burst into smaller pieces upon impact.

    As for Fire attribute Crystal Cores, the attacks would be the highlypressed ¡°Condensed Fireballs¡± that also had area-of-effect damage.

    If Jelly were to be in a ce where there was no water, earth or fire that it could synthesize, as long as the environment was not a vacuum, Jelly could still produce ¡°Wind des.¡± After all, air existed everywhere.

    These attacks were all categorized as ¡°normal attacks,¡± and did not consume any MP.

    Jelly could continuously release these attacks. As long as it did not deplete its energy and ¡°ammunition,¡± it could deal continuous damage.

    Simply put, the Quasi-Boss Grade Jelly was now the equivalent of a ¡°Cannon fort.¡± It used super-extrarge energy heavy cannons that were imbued with all kinds of effects as its ammunition.

    Of course, as mentioned earlier, thisbat method had its limits.

    For one, Jelly could only devour and digest one energy Crystal Core in a certain period of time. The higher the grade of the crystal core, the more time it needed to digest and extract the energy from the crystal.

    In PK matches that typically did notst very long, it could digest a Level 30 Commander Grade Crystal Core, at most. And the energy of a crystal core of this level could only produce around a hundred ¡°cannons¡± at most.

    As such, the ¡°Giant Ball¡± the size of a house that it had just created using the water from theke only looked frightening. It could notpletely use up all the water and turn them all into Ice Cones.

    The second limitation was actually rted to the first one.

    Energy crystal cores cost credits. The cheapest low-level crystal core would cost a few thousand credits, using the skill to attack once would cost a few thousand credits.

    The expenditure was even higher than a Machine Gunner.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that Phoenix had just got her hands on arge chunk of credits, raising Jelly, whose appetite was evenrger than 24K, would have been incredibly difficult.

    Of course, if Phoenix were to choose to join a guild, after witnessing Jelly¡¯s strength, no guild would even hesitate to provide her high-grade energy crystal cores.

    Jelly¡¯s ability was considered a lethal weapon during PKs, and when raiding bosses. If used correctly, it couldpletely turn small-scale battles around.

    At that time, many higher-ups from several of therge guilds in Storm City among the audience had already sent people to gather information about Phoenix.

    Naturally, they were also trying to gather information on Feng Luo and Big Pineapple.

    However, Feng Luo hadpletely hidden all his messages. Additionally, the system¡¯s auto face-modification setting made it so that nobody knew where and how to start.

    ¡°A Quasi-Boss Grade pet. This should be the first Quasi-Boss Grade pet in Storm City, right?¡± However, in the field of view of the Scout yer who had rushed down to the oasis, a few Storm City yers who could be considered Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°acquaintances¡± were there.

    The Doctor yer, White Crescent, was staring at the battle scene in front of her. She turned around and looked at Red Queen, who was d in a red energy robe and said, ¡°Yeah. Should be. But I heard that Starry Sky Company recently purchased a Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochip at a high price recently. They are going to auction it at the Storm City auction hall. So, it is possible that a second one will be appearing soon!¡±

    Red Queen¡¯s expression remained as calm as always.

    ¡°Sister Red, do you n to buy that biochip?¡± A tall and slender female Scout yer asked with a gentle smile.

    ¡°I wasn¡¯t that interested before this. After all, a pet biochip of this grade will definitely have an inted price, too inted to be exact. But after watching this battle, I have to say I am a little intrigued.¡± Red Queen looked like she was considering it.

    ¡°In fact, the pet isn¡¯t all that important. The one to look at should be that Sniper. Why do I get a sense of familiarity from this scene before me?¡± zed Ice asked as if she was trying to remember something in her usual white outfit.

    After a while, she turned around and asked ck Panther who was fully d in a ck and white camouge outfit, ¡°ck Panther, what do you think?¡±

    ck Panther frowned and did not speak. However, his gaze was glued to Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    ...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo fired another shot.

    The Barrett rang for the third time. The Machine Gunner, who was sent flying to the ground by Jelly, was shot by a B-Grade Shield-breaking Energy Bullet. A bullet hole appeared on the chest area of hisbat uniform.

    ¡°-4275!¡±

    However, due to the angle, the hit did not deal a Fatal Damage.

    However, the yellow Weak Point Damage inflicted by the shot was enough topletely empty his remaining health gauge.

    Truth be told, Jelly actually had a fault that should not be considered a weakness.

    Jelly¡¯s AI was far less developedpared to 24K. The three pets beside it were the greatest threat, but the first target it chose to attack was the Golden Rattlesnake, then after that, the Machine Gunner across it, as the two caused argermotion.

    Luckily, the AI of pets could be improved, and it looked like Phoenix had a lot of raising and teaching to do in the future.

    ¡°F*ck! No, the two of you will have to fend for yourself!¡± After the Machine Gunner was KO¡¯ed, the Heavy Armor Warrior had no choice and activated Charge and charged into the oasis under the cover of his shield.

    He had no choice. Among the three backline damage dealers, two were in the Heavy Injury status while the other had already been killed.

    With the opponent high-damage Sniper no longer suppressed, as a melee fighter, he would be a sitting duck waiting to be attacked on the sandy hill. By entering the oasis and working with the three pets as well as the Scout yer, he still had a chance.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior charged toward the oasis while the Scout yer on Feng Luo¡¯s side finally met a person whom he could attack. He raised the Excellent Grade assault rifle in his hands and began shooting at the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    However, the bulletsnded on the shield, and on top of the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s head...

    ¡°-97, -98, -98...¡±

    The numbers that appeared were a series of white damage numbers, and the situation was simr to when Big Pineapple was shot earlier.

 Chapter 515 - Desert PK Ends

    <h4>Chapter 515: Desert PK Ends</h4>

    ¡°How is that possible?¡± The Scout yer shouted in disbelief.

    Earlier, when Big Pineapple was attacked, the enemy Scout yer was still quite far away from him, resulting in the damage inflicted by the bullets being severely weakened.

    However, right at that moment, he was less than 100 meters away from the enemy Heavy Armor Warrior, but the bullets fired from his Excellent Grade assault rifle could not even deal more than 100 damage per shot.

    Just as Toy Boy killed the Desert Golden Rattlesnake with his skill, saving the Desert Rock Lizard that was at death¡¯s door, he suddenly heard the Scout yer shout at him, ¡°Viin¡¯s talent can greatly reduce frontal damage! He also has a full set of Rare Grade armor provided by the guild and a bunch of rare skills. Direct damage from the front, even if it¡¯s from a Sniper, will not exceed 1,000!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A 12.7mm sniper bullet emitting a light-blue glow flew past a gap between the movements of the Heavy Armor Warrior. The bullet struck the side of the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s chest. Due to the high-speed impact, the sharp bullet head burst into several pieces as it struck the surface of the alloy heavy armor which was over one centimeter thick.

    However, the tough alloy part within the bullet continued moving forward. After it mmed and broke through the sunken area of the armor, it continued on and punctured into the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s chest.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s talent reduced the damage inflicted on the warrior. It was not like Big Pineapple¡¯s talent, which increased his defense coefficient.

    This meant that it could not do much to restrict or contain the destruction coefficient of the bullet. Particrly against Feng Luo, who, after obtaining the Legend of ck Gold ring, had the destruction coefficient of the high-caliber bullet fired from the Barrett increased by one level.

    ¡°-4455!¡±

    The damage value that appeared above the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s head shocked Toy Boy for a brief moment. After that, he closed his mouth and did not say anything.

    ¡°The enemy no longer has any damage dealers left. I¡¯m going. You guys adjust yourself depending on the situation!¡± Big Pineapple shouted and directly left Toy Boy, whom he was tasked to protect. Instead, he activated Charge and rushed towards the enemy Heavy Armor Warrior.

    Naturally, with Big Pineapple¡¯s personality of liking to be in the limelight, there was no way he would intentionally hide his personal information.

    As such, as the two yers got close together, the Scout yer¡¯s vision could now see the wretched smile under the helmet very clearly.

    ¡°The opponent Heavy Armor Warrior is Big Pineapple!¡± zed Ice looked a bit shocked.

    ¡°It looks like the Sniper¡¯s identity is no longer a mystery.¡± Red Queen¡¯s expression finally changed. She looked slightly surprised, but then, she also looked like she had already guessed.

    At the auction earlier, she saw Feng Luo and Big Pineapple together, so she knew that they worked together.

    ¡°It really is him.¡± ck Panther whispered.

    The first time ck Panther and Feng Luo PK¡¯ed was on this very desert map. That was the reason why zed Ice and himself sensed something familiar.

    ¡°This Sniper is really very strong. However, I¡¯m more interested in the female Light Armor Warrior in their team. To be able to stand toe-to-toe against Jun, Sister Red, why don¡¯t we try and get her to join our team?¡± The tall and slender female Scout yer¡¯s gazended on Phoenix.

    At the oasis, after withstanding a flurry of assault rifle bullets, she had reached the side of the Scout yer, and at the moment, she was engaged in a battle against the Scout yer who had discarded his gun in exchange for a military knife.

    The Light Armor Warrior and Scout were undeniably the two professions with the best meleebat abilities.

    Of course, the Scout was much better in dealing short-burst damage; the Light Armor Warrior was considered, apart from being weak against the Heavy Armor Warrior under the same category, nearly invincible when ites to meleebat.

    During meleebat, Light Armor Warriors¡¯ skills and gears generally had incredible stamina recovery bonuses attached to them.

    On the other hand, though the Scout¡¯s melee damage output wasparable to a Light Armor Warrior, when it came to stamina recovery, a Scout was far inferior to a Light Armor Warrior. A Scout could neverst very long in such a battle.

    However, the Scout profession was one that was adept at both melee and long-range battles.

    When Phoenix was closing in on him, the Scout yer had cleared half of Phoenix¡¯s HP.

    As such, even though the remaining battle was to be a solo melee fight, the result was yet undecided.

    Of course, this was considering the current Phoenix, if it were ¡°Dark Phoenix¡±... Feng Luo suspected that the Scout yer wouldn¡¯t even be able tost more than five seconds.

    Also, it was as if it was a solo match... However, the current situation was a group battle.

    The result of the five-yer group PK match was pretty much decided.

    The Cannon Fort in the form of Jelly was positioned in the middle of theke. Its mouth was still continuously forming and spitting Ice Cones one after the other.

    Among the three high-grade pets on the other side, one had turned into a white light and disappeared after the death of the Machine Gunner. As for the other two, upon their master¡¯smand, they had left Toy Boy and the Scout yer in order to kill Jelly.

    However, they only found out how difficult the task was by the time they started the attack, as a Quasi-Boss Grade pet, Jelly¡¯s HP had now reached a ridiculous level.

    Although its level had decreased due to it evolving twice, which made it go from Level 50 to Level 40, the Level 40 Jelly still had more than 20,000 HP.

    In terms of its defense, it wasparable to a Light Armor Warrior¡¯s defense.

    Considering the situation, there was no way two pets would be enough to kill it quickly. Rather than killing Jelly, the two Commander Grade pets were sent flying everywhere by Jelly¡¯s Ice Cones.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-2066!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯sst shot took out the remaining 2,000 plus HP of the bearded Heavy Armor Warrior who wasughing in resignation.

    As the shotnded, the popr PK match finally ended with the non-favorite side earning aplete and surprise victory.

    ¡°Bloop... Bloop...¡±

    Jelly¡¯s body size returned to its ¡°clumsy yet cute¡± normal slime shape. It skipped along towards Phoenix trying to please her after it had crawled out from theke.

    As for the Scout yer, Toy Boy, and Blown By The Wind, their expressions were weird.

    Particrly Toy Boy¡¯s, his face was flushed red momentarily before turning pale for a brief moment. He seemed extremely awkward.

    He showed off for half a day earlier, and in the end, his pet was almost strangled to death by the pet of the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    As for Phoenix¡¯s clumsy-looking pet, it easily destroyed two of the enemy¡¯s pets.

    Although he was called a superstar expert, a top 100 yer; his usefulness during this battle was probably just a little bit better than the Scout yer who was practically there to make up the number.

    Of course, fundamentally speaking, the situation was not because Toy Boy was actually weak.

    He had a talent that elerated his casting speed. He could spam low-level skills in an instant and he also had a full set of great items. Additionally, he owned a Commander Grade pet, Blown By The Wind¡¯s superstar title was not a lie.

    However, he was just unlucky. None of the yers he encountered were easy to deal with; and the other three yers on his side were simply too amazing and could not help but steal his thunder.

    A Sniper who was suspected of owning a Legendary Grade weapon and was capable of one-shotting people; a wretched and somewhat perverted Heavy Armor Warrior with defenseparable to the third-ranked superstar Heavy Armor Warrior ¡°Viin;¡± as well as the beautiful and capable Phoenix who owned a Quasi-Boss Grade pet.

    The three yers who werepletely unknown in Storm City earlier were the ones who attracted the attention of the yers watching the battle.

    A casual PK match had ended. However, after the match ended, many people started to give orders trying to find information on the three.

    And right now, Feng Luo, who was leaving the arena with Big Pineapple, received a message.

    Old John, wearing his work uniform and his technology spectacles, appeared on thems device screen and said, ¡°Your sniper rifle is done. Come and get it at the workshop.¡±

 Chapter 516 - New Sniper Rifle , Wings of Death

    <h4>Chapter 516: New Sniper Rifle , Wings of Death</h4>

    ¡°Feng Zhi Hen Workshop.¡±

    Big Pineapple and Phoenix followed Feng Luo into a mid-sized workshop that looked a little messy and was filled with all kinds of gun production equipment.

    After entering, Old John pointed to a square-shaped metallic machine and said with an expectant face to Feng Luo, ¡°Press your fingers on that, this is thest step of the process.¡±

    ¡°Alright!¡± Feng Luo nodded and extended his ten fingers to have his fingerprints recorded. As he did that, he was filled with excitement.

    ¡°Identification, begin.¡± The machine opened slowly. A sniper rifle emitting a fresh metallic glow slowly appeared in front of Feng Luo.

    It was a sniper rifle that was over ten centimeters longer than the Barrett, and also had the vicious and aggressive aura that was simr to the Barrett. However, in terms of its structure, it was a lot moreplex.

    The tip of the gun barrel had a V-shaped muzzle breaker. There was also a circle shape that Feng Luo was unfamiliar with. As for the main body of the gun, there were also a few structures that Feng Luo had never ever seen before.

    The sniper rifle actually had three magazines.

    Old John did not exin anything to Feng Luo and said, ¡°Pick it up and check it out.¡±

    Feng Luo extended his hands and picked up the gun. The color of the sniper rifle was originally ck, but when Feng Luo¡¯s hand gradually got closer to the gun, the color of the rifle automatically changed into a color that was much closer to his skin color.

    ¡°Automatic camouge color-changingyer?¡± Feng Luo once witnessed such an ability in a Legendary Grade submachine gun he looked at before.

    However, to him, the most important aspect was still the stats of the sniper rifle.

    [Wings of Death (Sniper rifle)]

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 1100

    Attack Coefficient: B-

    Agility +30

    Strength +10

    Recoil -50%

    Shooting Sound -70%

    Basic Initial Speed: 1,000m/s

    Basic Shooting Gap: 1s (Automatic mode. 70% damage), 2s (Manual mode. 100% damage)

    Bonus Attribute: 30% chance of dealing a critical attack when a Fatal Damage is dealt on a non-humanoid creature.

    Level Requirement: Level 50

    Creator: Old John

    Overall Evaluation: Perfect

    ¡°Good gun!¡± Feng Luo could not help but exim. His face could not hide the joy he was feeling.

    Old John stood on the side with a liquor bottle in his hands. He said as he raised his head to drink asionally, ¡°The stats of the gun are alright. Moreover, based on yourbat habits, I¡¯ve added a unique function.¡±

    ¡°Unique function?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s gaze fell on the structure that he had not yet recognized and the three magazines that were ced side by side.

    Old John pointed at a structure in the middle of the gun¡¯s main body and said to Feng Luo, ¡°First of all, the gun has two shooting modes. The first is the automatic shooting mode and the other is the manual shooting mode. Under the automatic shooting mode, the shooting gap will be shortened but the power will be slightly weakened. In the manual shooting mode, every shot will require a brief pause; however, this mode also maximizes the destructive potential of this rifle.¡±

    ¡°Dual shooting mode.¡± Feng Luo extended his hand to press on a button and discovered that there was indeed a button to switch modes.

    The function was definitely practical.

    Previously, Feng Luo brought both the Eye of the Thunder and the Barrett with him and chose between the two depending on the situation of the battle.

    The Eye of the Thunder had a short shooting gap of just one second. When leveling and in situations where more cumtive damage was needed, the Eye of the Thunder would be able to dish out more damage. Furthermore, it could even be used in conjunction with the control effects of special bullets.

    As for the Barrett, it had a high attack stat and could dish out the highest damage in a single shot, specifically during PK matches.

    As such, though the shooting gap reached two seconds, if he wanted to achieve one-shot kills, the Barrett would be a better choice whenpared to the Eye of the Thunder.

    However, this gun had two shooting modes, which meant that it was more like a rifle thatbined both the Eye of the Thunder and Barrett. There was no denying that it was super practical.

    Old John pointed to the three magazines that Feng Luo had noticed from a while ago and said, ¡°Secondly, the gun has three magazines, and the three magazines can switch between themselves during battle.¡±

    ¡°Magazine switching.¡± Feng Luo finally understood the practical function of the three-magazine design.

    Although Snipers needed to kill people quickly in most situations, their magazines would be loaded with high-output bullets in advance. However, under some special circumstances, bullets with special functions would be needed.

    For example, earlier in Silvermoon City, when Feng Luo was trying to kill the Umbre Corporation NPC, he needed to use the Heavy Impact Bullet first to pierce through the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s protection before using the high-damage output Shield-breaking Energy Bullet to kill the target.

    Since he needed to kill the target before the enemy could react, he did not have time to change his magazine between the shots.

    As such, Feng Luo loaded his magazine in the way that the Heavy Impact Bullet was the first bullet in the magazine while the Shield-breaking Energy Bullet followed. This way, he only needed to fire consecutively to execute his n.

    However, the problem was that all kinds of situations and idents could ur during battles. No one could ever ensure that their n would work wlessly every single time.

    If his first shot had missed even by a little and he failed to push the Heavy Armor Warrior protecting the NPC away, if his second shot flew over, it would only end up as a Shield-Breaking Energy Bullet, and the operation would have failed.

    For situations like that, having a magazine setting like that would solve the problem.

    ¡°Apart from that, this gun also has...¡± Old John continued to introduce Feng Luo the gun¡¯s functions. However, to Feng Luo, the rest of the functions were not all that important.

    The stats of the gun were enough to satisfy him, or perhaps it was more urate to say that they had positively surprised him.

    1,110 attack. The over 1,000 attack stat was 100 points higher than the perfect evaluation Barrett that he changed to.

    The B- Attack Coefficient was only one level lower than Ghost Weep. Considering the bonus from the Legend of ck Gold Ring, it would have the same Attack Coefficient as Ghost Weep.

    If one were to consider the destructive power of bullets, the sniper rifle¡¯s destructive force could even be several times stronger than Ghost Weep.

    Theoretically, the Attack Coefficient of the gun would have been enough to break through the defense of the alloy shield of most Heavy Armor Warriors.

    Finally, it was the rare attribute of the rifle. It was also exceptional.

    ¡°A 30% chance of dealing a critical attack when a Fatal Damage is dealt on a non-humanoid creature.¡± Ignoring everything else, just the words, ¡°Critical Attack,¡± were enough to describe the power of the attribute.

    The gun¡¯s rare attribute had no effect on yers or humanoid NPCs, which meant it was useless in PK matches. However, Feng Luo¡¯s damage had already reached a level where he could easily one-shot kill yers, which meant that any additional PK stats bonus would not be extremely useful to him.

    Rather than that, the ¡°Critical Attack¡± stat was considered a rarity among rarities.

    Although it was only a 30% probability increase, in theory, it could possibly help him reach new heights when facing monsters.

 Chapter 517 - Sky-high Production Cost

    <h4>Chapter 517: Sky-high Production Cost</h4>

    ¡°Holy shit! Old Feng, your guns¡¯ stats are really insane!¡± Big Pineapple moved to Feng Luo¡¯s side with a face full of envy, his drooling out of his mouth.

    After that Big Pineapple seemed to have thought of something and turned around to ask Old John, who was drinking liquor, with a pleasing attitude and his usual sleazy smile, ¡°Master John, apart from guns, can you make other stuff? Armor? Shields? Can you make those as well?¡±

    ¡°Yes, I can. But you¡¯ll have to prepare all the materials yourself. The alloy armor that I make requires a basic production cost of 200,000 credits each. As for a shield, the basic production cost will be a million credits. If there are any additional requests, there will be extra production costs. No ceiling.¡± Old John¡¯s face started showing signs of being drunk. He shook his liquor bottle and found that the entire bottle had already been emptied by him.

    Big Pineapple almost bit his tongue after hearing Old John¡¯s words.

    ¡°200,000 credits production cost for one item, and I have to get the materials myself.¡± The market price for Level 50 top-shelf Rare Grade defensive gears was around 100,000 credits plus. Even top-ss shields only cost around a million credits.

    Old John¡¯s price was pretty much the same as top-ss Rare Grade gears, before counting the cost for the materials.

    After that, Big Pineapple moved closer to Feng Luo and whispered aint to Feng Luo, ¡°Old Feng, aren¡¯t you the boss here? You¡¯re the one who set the price, no? Isn¡¯t this too much of a scam? You¡¯re even more attracted to money than me.¡±

    Feng Luo only smiled and replied, ¡°Who told you I¡¯m the one who set the price? The price is set by Old John himself. I, as the boss, also have no authority to decide over this. You know, based on the rules, even I, as the boss, have to prepay the cost for production.¡±

    Feng Luo extended his hands, opened up a screen showing the credits deducted from the transaction from his personal terminal, and shook them in front of Big Pineapple.

    ¡°2.2 million credits... One sniper rifle¡¯s production cost is actually 2.2 million credits. Even the auction house wouldn¡¯t sell it at such a high price. Old Feng, you¡¯re willing to spend, huh?¡± After looking at the numbers, Big Pineapple couldn¡¯t help but look at Feng Luo¡¯s new sniper rifle weirdly as if he was looking at a pile of credits.

    ¡°In truth, I feel that it is quite worth it.¡± Feng Luo did not care too much about the price though. For one, the stats of the rifle were really worth the price. If he were to put the rifle on the auction, due to the uniqueness of the rifle, it would definitely sell more than two million credits.

    Secondly, among the two million credits, he only needed to really pay around 200,000 credits.

    The 200,000 credits were the true production costs of Old John. The rest included the system¡¯s tax. As the boss, though the actual work was done by Old John, he was the real person to receive the money.

    When Old John told Feng Luo the price and the distribution at first, even Feng Luo was a bit dumbfounded.

    First of all, the price was definitely too high; secondly, Old John only asked for 10% of the total price as hismission while the remaining 90% were considered the store¡¯s profit.

    In a simr situation, Lin, who was also a Master Level NPC, asked for 95% of the total revenue while Feng Luo himself only received less than five percent.

    The system was so generous this time that Feng Luo was unable to understand the situation.

    It made him suspicious, thinking that it might be another plot, wondering if a money-draining scenario was going to pop up soon.

    Or perhaps he already had such a money-draining scenario in front of him. After all, he still had not yet gathered the 500 million credits needed to purchase the Legendary Grade equipment production set.

    Although Feng Luo was thinking about those things, he still replied Big Pineapple, ¡°Seriously, don¡¯tin about its price... Would you believe me if I told you that, once I announce the stats of this rifle to the public, that people would be lining up to buy this sniper rifle even if I set the price at 10 million credits each?¡± When he spoke, Feng Luo was incredibly confident about his im.

    Although he was a little fidgety earlier, after seeing the stats of the sniper rifle created by Old John, he was no longer worried.

    For many wealthy and superstar yers, the attractiveness of an equipment tailored to the individual based on specific requests might be even greater than a Legendary Grade item.

    Feng Luo started to have a vague idea of how he was going to fill the 200 million credits gap to purchase the Legendary Grade item production equipment set.

    ¡°Master John!¡± Just as Feng Luo described, the Phoenix¡¯s bewitching eyes started to shine very brightly. She, unlike Big Pineapple, was not fixated on money and wealth.

    ¡°Can you really make an item based on the customer¡¯s request? If I wanted a set of red Level 50 Rare Grade female-styled armor, will you be able to make it?¡± Phoenix looked expectantly at Old John.

    Her ¡°Red Lotus¡± equipment set that she was wearing was a set of Level 45 Rare Grade equipment; however, the stats of the armor set were not among the top tier.

    She kept using them for so long without switching them out was because the armor set was, without a doubt, the best-looking female armor set around. It was also a full-body armor setpletely in red.

    However, right now, it seemed to her that a chance to switch to a better armor set had suddenly appeared.

    ¡°Yes, based on the requirements you set, a nine-item female-styled power armor set. The production cost will be 4.5 million credits in total. I¡¯ll provide you with the materials list in a bit. Prepare them in three days...¡± After understanding Phoenix¡¯s requirements, Old John mentioned a production cost that was double the cost of Feng Luo¡¯s sniper rifle.

    Before he finished speaking, he had already fallen asleep while sprawled on a work table, the smell of alcohol reeking on his body.

    Big Pineapple stared as the liquor bottle slipped from Old John¡¯s hands and rolled on the ground. He looked a bit shocked as Feng Luo picked up the bottle and threw it into the garbage management robot.

    He stared at Phoenix with a weird expression and asked as if he wanted confirmation, ¡°Ugh, slept? Just like that? Phoenix, you¡¯re really willing to spend, aren¡¯t you? It¡¯s more than four million credits.¡±

    ¡°If he can really create Rare Grade items based on my requests, and the items have suitable stats along with a decent and stylish appearance, then 4.5 million credits isn¡¯t all that expensive at all.¡± Phoenix looked at Big Pineapple with a joyous and expectant look.

    ¡°Alright then... You¡¯re both really willing spenders...¡± Big Pineapple was speechless and decided to stop talking.

    With his money-loving personality, he would never be willing to spend that amount of money.

    However, at that time, Haruko¡¯s voice suddenly appeared from their special agent earphones.

    ¡°Everyone! We have a new mission!¡±

    A new Special Agent mission had alreadye.

 Chapter 518 - Counter â€“ â€œSpyâ€ Mission

    <h4>Chapter 518: Counter ¨C ¡°Spy¡± Mission</h4>

    ¡°We received an important intel just now. Based on insider intel from the rebel army higher-ups, a group of disguised rebel army adventurers has secretly infiltrated Storm City.¡± At a corner inside a coffee shop near the arena, Feng Luo and the other two sat while connected to Haruko, who was inside the special agent base, through their special agent eyewear.

    ¡°Rebel army camp yers.¡± When they heard Haruko¡¯s introduction, all three of them were surprised.

    Had Rebel army camp yers managed to infiltrate Storm City? What was their objective? Were they going to cause chaos and destruction while trying to kill someone, just like what they did during the special agent examination in Dongsang City?

    ¡°Their actual objectives aren¡¯t clear yet. However, considering the current situation in Storm City, the bosses ordered that we have to find them and get rid of them before they begin their operation.¡± Haruko said.

    In the past few days, Storm City had a huge surge of external yers and NPCs due to the Biohazard Crisis incident and the war. Order inside the city had be chaotic, and if the yers used that chance to release the biohazard virus or conduct other terrorist activities, they could definitely cause extreme panic and trouble. This means that our mission is to kill someone...¡±

    The three of them quickly understood the content of the mission. PK¡¯ing yers was their strong suit.

    However, Feng Luo considered a lot more things after hearing Haruko¡¯s words, so he asked several questions consecutively, ¡°How many individuals in the enemy camp? Do we have information such as their professions and other stuff? How can we recognize them?¡±

    On the 3D image contained within their special agent eyewear, Haruko¡¯s gaze shot straight at Feng Luo. ¡°We don¡¯t have any detailed information. The insider doesn¡¯t have enough authority and was unable to get them. However, even if you received a list of names along with other information about the group, it will not be all that useful. These infiltrating adventurers have all undergone an identity disguising process. With the rebel army¡¯s biotechnology skills, their disguise potion may be more advanced than our own.¡±

    Confused, Phoenix asked, ¡°Then how are we supposed to find these people?¡±

    Storm City had more than 16 million yers at that moment. If they included NPCs, the total number of individuals exceeded 50 million.

    In a mega-city like this, not to mention finding a group of disguised yers, even if it were a group of rebel army camp yers wearing their badge on their chest, as long as they had the intention to hide, finding them in a short amount of time would be close to impossible.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m going to borate on this now. Although the insider does not have specific information about this group, there is one particrly urate piece of intel. They will be staying at the Star Gxy Hotel today. After 8 pmter tonight, they will meet up with a rebel army senior spy of Storm City inside the hotel.¡±

    ¡°A spy amongst spies, huh?...¡± Feng Luo couldn¡¯t help but say.

    ¡°Whether it is the Federation or the rebel army, both sides have sent a bunch of spies to both sides. Both sides are very well aware of this fact. ¡®A spy amongst spies¡¯ is an interesting way to describe the situation.¡± Haruko replied.

    ¡°Since we already know that they have checked in to the Star Gxy Hotel, then wouldn¡¯t it be easier to directly send the guards or the army stationed in the city over to surround the hotel and start an investigation? Wouldn¡¯t that be a lot more concrete?¡± Onishi asked through thems channel, currently flying over from North City in a hovercraft.

    ¡°It won¡¯t be that easy. The Star Gxy Hotel is one of the most luxurious hotels in Storm City. They have thousands of guestsing in and out of the hotel every day. These guests are typically either very wealthy or very important VIPs. If we were to really start an investigation, we¡¯d have to spend a lot of resources. There¡¯s also a possibility we may cause a ruckus, which is why our heads won¡¯t approve it. The heads also want to ferret out the insider from our side through this operation. That¡¯s why we won¡¯t be doing anythingrge-scale, we want to avoid beating the grass and frightening away the snake. Most importantly, Storm City¡¯s situation is currently quite unstable. If we were to deploy the guards or the in-city army to surround a hotel, we might cause a huge uproar and panic. That is why the heads want to, as much as possible, contain the situation within a certain range.¡± Haruko answered.

    ¡°Alright, that¡¯s the basic situation. Although the mission is going to be quite difficult, I believe that each of you, as the elites of our Federal Bureau of Investigation¡¯s adventurer¡¯s department, will be able toplete the mission. I hope that everything runs smoothly.¡± Haruko, wearing a military uniform, disappeared from the scene on their special agent eyewear.

    [Special Camp Rivalry Mission ¨C Find and kill the yers from the rebel army camp who have infiltrated the city. Points and authorization will be rewarded depending on the difficulty of killing the target and the yer¡¯s mission performance.]

    In the visual field of the five special agent yers, the system mission notification popped up.

    ¡°Dang! This mission is quite difficult. We don¡¯t have the enemies¡¯ number or any other information. We need to also hold off from doing anything before the mole makes a move. Moreover, we can¡¯t any big moves.¡± Big Pineapple looked a bit exasperated.

    ¡°But to be able to use our weapons inside a main city like Storm City, I¡¯ve been wanting to do something like this for a while now. We¡¯re probably the first group of yers who¡¯ve been authorized to do this, right? Hehe, this time we have a license to kill.¡± After a while, Big Pineapple pointed his finger at the special agent badge on his chest andughed while speaking.

    On the other hand, Phoenix noticed that Feng Luo seemed to be deliberating about something after Haruko left. ¡°Captain Feng, did you think of something?¡±

    Feng Luo looked to be in deep thought and said, ¡°I¡¯m considering a possibility. Lin told me that the first phase of young Sally¡¯s treatment will have beenpleted by tomorrow. In these ten days, no extra story development rted to the Legendary hidden mission that we expected appeared. The only thing that can be considered special should be this special agent mission. That¡¯s why I¡¯m wondering if the two are connected to each other. The rebel army yers¡¯ target... would it be connected to young Sally? Is it rted to the G-virus in her body?¡± Feng Luo said to the other two.

    ¡°This... It can¡¯t be possible, right? Based on the information provided by Wiim, the original strain of the G-virus in the NPC little girl¡¯s body should only have been known by the few of us. The rebel army camp yers or NPCs should not have known anything about it. The entity interested in the G-virus should be the Umbre Corporation, right? The rebel army wouldn¡¯t be bothered by this.¡± Big Pineapple thought about it and said with uncertainty.

    ¡°Perhaps it is a mission ovep? Don¡¯t forget that the rebel army and the Umbre Corporation, as well as the Biohazard Crisis, are all connected to each other.¡± Feng Luo was still very suspicious of it.

    ¡°I think that Captain Feng¡¯s thoughts have merit. After all, the timing looks too much like a coincidence. Even if these yers are not rted to the Legendary hidden mission, since Sally¡¯s situation may change, it is probably some kind of hint from the system. If that¡¯s the case, then it might be quite troublesome. If it¡¯s two missions at the same time, we might not have enough people.¡± Phoenix agreed with Feng Luo and spoke.

    Big Pineapple looked at Feng Luo and shrugged his shoulders.

    If Feng Luo¡¯s worries became reality, then they would need to send someone to defend Lin¡¯sboratory.

    However, the special agent mission waiting for them at night was bound to include battles, and the enemy was definitely not going to be weak.

    After all, a mission like this would only involve yers who were capable. Even if they were not incredibly strong, they should at least be yers with mediocre abilities.

    On their side, the number of yers who could have an effect was only four, as Digital Cat¡¯sbat strength was even less than an average yer, so she was pretty much there to make up the number.

    If they really wanted to y it safe, having Big Pineapple over to defend alone was definitely not enough. At least Feng Luo or Phoenix needed to be there.

    After all, Feng Luo¡¯s strength and ¡°Dark Phoenix¡± were considered among the best yers. Moreover, each of them had Boss Grade pets. Each of them would have been capable of fighting against ten on their own.

    However, if one of them were to head to defend theb, the situation would have been unfair to Onishi and Digital Cat, because both Onishi and Digital Cat did not ept the mission to defend young Sally. This meant that the three of their private matters had affected the special agent mission.

    In particr, if they lost the battle due to ack of manpower at night, the situation would be even worse.

    ¡°Perhaps we can consider hiring someone else to help us take care of Lin¡¯s ce?¡± Phoenix suggested after thinking for a while.

    ¡°Ask someone else?¡± Feng Luo went nk for a second.

    Feng Luo always yed alone, he was used to solving everything by himself. He never even considered asking for someone else¡¯s help.

    However, Phoenix¡¯s words reminded him that, with regard to the mission concerning young Sally, the system never mentioned anything about them needing to do the task themselves.

    ¡°Ask for someone¡¯s help. This surely does seem feasible. But, who can we get to?¡± Feng Luo thought.

 Chapter 519 - â€œZi Weiâ€ Star

    <h4>Chapter 519: ¡°Zi Wei¡± Star</h4>

    The Star Gxy Hotel was one of the best hotels in Storm City. To the wealthy yers, this was a ce they really liked.

    yers could enjoy the culinary masterpieces of Master Level NPC chefs which were amazingly delicious and provided stat-boosts. They could also enjoy all kinds of entertainment programs.

    Feng Luo had also been there a few times. The most recent time was ten days ago when he traded the Force Evolution Solution Chip with Mr. X.

    However, the most famous part of the hotel was the three super luxurious emperor suite that cost 888,888 credits each floating above the top floor of the hotel.

    Within each luxurious emperor suite that was over a thousand meters square was a superrge pool, an indoor gym, an entertainment movie theatre, and a room with a full set of space environment simtor.

    At that moment, inside Star Gxy Hotel¡¯s number two emperor suite, a yer disguised as an NPC was looking around the decorations in the room in awe and curiosity.

    Among them was a middle-aged person wearing a ck casual outfit. He had an ingratiating smile on his face as he spoke to the young man, who looked no older than 20 years old, sitting on the genuine leather sofa. ¡°Young Master Xing, we¡¯ve sneaked into Storm City to execute a mission. Isn¡¯t staying at this emperor suite a little bit too borate?¡±

    ¡°borate? No way. The higher our profile, the safer we are.¡± The young ¡°NPC¡± called Young Master Xing said with a very confident expression. ¡°NPC and yers all work the same way. By being borate and staying at the emperor suite, the NPC guards will not pay much attention to us.¡±

    ¡°But the price... It is really quite shocking.¡± Another yer almost bit his tongue after he saw the price of the emperor suite.

    888,888 credits, the price of a top-ss Rare Grade weapon. Right now, they were only using it to spend a night inside a virtual hotel in the game.

    ¡°This isn¡¯t expensive. Based on the exchange rate of ten to one in terms of credits to star coins, the hotel is a lot cheaper than the emperor suites inside some of the hotels on the capital. Some of the hotels on the capital are the ones that are really a cheat.¡± The young man seemed to have remembered something and couldn¡¯t help butin.

    ¡°Those are the real emperor suites. Only those suites are worthy of Young Master Xing¡¯s status. We¡¯re really only dipping into your light. To have the opportunity to actually stay in the emperor suite in the game.¡± Another yer who looked to be incredibly happy said ingratiatingly.

    ¡°That¡¯s enough, that¡¯s enough. Truthfully, I don¡¯t think that I really have so much credits that I don¡¯t know how to spend them, and that I¡¯m intentionally unting my wealth. The suites of top-ss hotels like this really take personal data protection very seriously. There is no way to listen to or monitor devices have been installed in the room. We don¡¯t have to worry about information leaks when we talk about the mission. As long as we stay inside the suite room, even the guards wouldn¡¯t daree in directly to conduct a search.¡± The young man was obviously feeling very happy after being praised so much.

    However, he still exined the reason for his actions.

    ...

    At five-thirty in the evening, at the corner of the wall inside the public restaurant on the middle floor of the Star Gxy Hotel.

    Digital Cat behind a table with a silver device across from Feng Luo. He looked at her as streams of data flowed through her special agent technology spectacles and asked, ¡°Was the infiltration sessful?¡±

    ¡°Just two more seconds.¡± Digital Cat looked rxed as she pressed thest virtual button on the device and spoke.

    After two seconds, the device let out a crisp and clear ¡°Beep¡± sound.

    ¡°Sess. We¡¯ll book a suiteter. We¡¯ll be able to control the hotel surveince system and search after we get inside. I hope we can find some clues directly.¡± Digital Cat rxed her grip and picked up a cup of cold snowy drink decorated with a few slices of peaches in front of her.

    Big Pineapple sat on the side of the table. He ate the tasty treats provided by the hotel and spoke unclearly as unchewed food remained in his mouth, ¡°You actually used your authorization to get this. Digi Sis, you¡¯re really too amazing.¡±

    The device was the Special Agent infiltration device that the NPC provided Digital Cat during their mission in Silvermoon City.

    Since Digital Cat did not use any consumable items during the previous mission, her B-Rank Authorization remainedpletely intact. However, she had clearly used the Authorization to exchange for this infiltration device.

    On this alone, her contribution to the team was incredibly huge.

    ¡°I really like this device. You guys don¡¯t have to think too much about it,¡± Digital Cat said as she took a bite of a peach.

    Feng Luo and the others used their points on things that benefited themselves. Digital Cat, on the other hand, got an item that benefited the team. This made them feel slightly embarrassed.

    However, Digital Cat did not think about that at all, she only thought that the infiltration device was very interesting.

    At that moment, a very pleasant voice of a female appeared beside the group.

    A female yer with a gentle smile wearing the most expensive handmade purple casual top in the game and a white miniskirt appeared beside them. She carried a te of dim sum and stood in front of the group and asked, ¡°Hello, may I sit here?¡±

    ¡°Please, sit.¡± The yers thought it was slightly odd.

    The restaurant was quite spacious, and there were a lot of empty seats around them, but the woman asked to sit beside them.

    However, since she asked, it would have been quite rude to decline her request, which was why Feng Luo agreed.

    ¡°Thank you very much, Mr. Feng.¡± The woman¡¯s response shocked the entire table.

    Feng Luo looked at her and a few guesses shed through his mind. His alert also went up as he asked, ¡°Do you know me?¡±

    ¡°Yes. I have friends who know Mr. Feng and Mr. Big Pineapple. At noon, they witnessed your battle in the arena, along with Miss Phoenix. Of course, I was there watching the battle too. I have to admit that this was one of the most exciting matches I¡¯ve watched.¡± The woman spoke with a gentle smile. Althoughpared to Phoenix, she was not as pretty, she had a pair of purplish eyes that were definitely not inferior to Phoenix¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°Arena...¡±

    The three instantly understood why the woman sat down with them.

    However, was her appearance a coincidence?

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I actually forgot to introduce myself. I¡¯m from the Nine Star Guild. You can call me Zi Wei.¡± The woman¡¯s purplish pupils moved in her eyes as if she had just observed and noted down the expressions of everyone present.

    ¡°Zi Wei. Nine Star Guild. The name sounds quite familiar.¡± Big Pineapple scratched his head.

    ¡°Zi Wei Star. One of nine co-founders of the Nine Star Guild. Currently one of the three deputy leaders of the guild, and the only female deputy leader among the top ten guilds. Very strong, the female is definitely not any weaker than the male.¡± Wearing the shaded special agent spectacles, Onishi, who had disguised his face whispered from behind.

 Chapter 520 - Banquet Invitation

    <h4>Chapter 520: Banquet Invitation</h4>

    ¡°Zi Wei Star, this name sounds interesting...¡± Feng Luo whispered gently after hearing the name.

    ¡°Zi Wei¡± meant the North Star back on earth and it had a meaning which was that it was different from other stars.

    In the Star Civilization, it also had a simr status. However, the star was only used to describe females.

    ¡°Guild leader Zi Wei, you¡¯re not here because three of your superstar yers lost to us, are you?¡± Big Pineapple had never been able to control his eyes whenever a beauty appeared in front of him. However, after learning the identity of this woman, his face became slightly vignt.

    After the PK match, Toy Boy told them about the five opponent members. So, they knew that three of the five were actually first-ss superstar yers that were supported by the Nine Star Guild.

    Although losing in the arena did not cost them any experience points or items, when Big Pineapple saw this woman appear before them when they were working on their special agent mission, he still felt a little uneasy.

    ¡°Mr. Big Pineapple must be joking. They like mixing around in the arena, winning and losing aremon. Moreover, losing to the three of you isn¡¯t embarrassing at all. Mr. Feng¡¯s incredible marksmanship, Mr. Big Pineapple¡¯s insane defense, and Miss Phoenix¡¯s powerful pet. If it were a three versus three match, I doubt we¡¯d be able to find another group who can match your group¡¯s battle prowess.¡± Zi Wei showed a gentle smile as she spun the spoon she was holding.

    When she spoke, her eyes darted across Digital Cat, who was focused on drinking her cold beverage, as well as Onishi, who hadpletely changed his appearance after the disguise...

    Since they needed to operate inside the Star Gxy Hotel, Feng Luo and Phoenix had also done a little bit of disguise.

    However, since the operation had not yet started, their disguises weren¡¯tplete yet, as, unexpectedly, they were recognized by this woman.

    However, from what she said, Feng Luo felt that she was probably not rted to their current mission.

    She simply saw the three of them by coincidence and wanted to sit down and have a chat. Additionally, she may also try to get them to join the Nine Star Guild.

    Just as the woman said, Feng Luo and the other two had made a name for themselves among the top yers in Storm City due to the ¡°half¡± all-star PK match.

    After all, whether it was the ¡°Legendary Sniper Rifle¡± or the Quasi-Boss pet, they were things that were bound to cause an uproar.

    Unexpected to Feng Luo was that after Zi Wei sat down, she did not even once mention anything about inviting them to join the guild.

    Instead, she only spoke to them about recent developments and interesting news. It seemed as if it was just a chat between old friends.

    During the chat, she took care to include all five of those present. No one felt ignored or slighted, even Onishi, who waspletely disguised and intentionally tried to avoid speaking, was forced to say a few things due to her lead.

    The feeling Feng Luo got from the woman could be summarized in one word ¨C Exquisite.

    There was no wonder the Nine Star Guild could be the absolute number one guild in a main city like Storm City. It was apparent from the actions and behaviors of Mr. X from Celestial Star and Zi Wei Star.

    After around five minutes, by the time Zi Wei finished the food on her te, she said another phrase that surprised the group, ¡°Our guild is holding a dinner banquet at the hotel tonight. If you are free then, please doe and have a look.¡±

    The yers looked at each other, and Feng Luo nodded as he said, ¡°Alright, sure. We¡¯ll definitely join if we¡¯re free.¡±

    Although they were probably going to be quite busy at night, it was quite impossible to directly tell her that they would not go.

    After all, from the beginning to the end, the vibe that they got from the woman was quite good.

    She was still a deputy leader of the number one guild in Storm City. They couldn¡¯t treat her the way they would treat normal yers.

    After that, Zi Wei proactively applied to register them as friends and to exchange name cards with them.

    However, something happened at that moment. When she smiled gently and looked at Onishi, who did not say much, he finally said something. ¡°Guild leader Zi Wei, we don¡¯t have to. I¡¯ve already added you as a friend.¡±

    He had no choice, he had already exchanged digital name cards with Zi Wei a long time ago.

    In a situation like that, he could only reveal his identity.

    ¡°Mr. Onishi! How is it you...¡± After hearing Onishi¡¯s unmasked voice and examining Onishi¡¯s face in detail, she finally let out a surprised expression.

    There was one thing that requires mention. Onishi¡¯s ranking, in the past few days, had actually risen again, to the point where he had surpassed his previous record.

    After trading with Feng Luo and obtaining Death Dance, Onishipletely overpowered and defeated the yer previously pushed to the number one spot by yers in North City, who also owned two Legendary Grade items, in a PK match after returning to North City.

    His victory in that PK match was even moreplete than Feng Luo and gang¡¯s match.

    Such ¡°Revenge of the King¡± news was, of course, the kinds that yers loved the most.

    Additionally, some Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group yers also revealed some of the events that transpired in Silvermoon City, which made his fan base even bigger.

    As such, Onishi¡¯s poprity had increased so much that he had entered the top ten in the game. He was now at the same level as the trump card yer of the Nine Star Guild, Sword Ki Long River.

    ...

    ¡°Well then, I hope that you wille and grant us your presence tonight.¡± Zi Wei left, but as she left, her purplish eyes became even brighter than before.

    It was clear that the exquisite though not so pretty woman had already connected Feng Luo and his group to the incident in Silvermoon City.

    After Zi Wei left, Phoenix stared at Big Pineapple, who was putting the virtual invitation on the table and projecting the content into the air, and asked, ¡°What¡¯s this? Are you seriously going to the banquet?¡±

    Big Pineapple looked regretful as he pointed to the spot indicated on the invitation and said, ¡°Sigh, what a waste. I really want to go. Look at the venue of the banquet. It¡¯s in the number one emperor suite of the hotel. All the food is prepared by Master Level chefs live. You should know that this is an 888,888 credits per night luxurious suite. I heard that the facilities inside the room are super luxurious... Number one emperor suite. Master Level chef NPC servicing you all the way. The Nine Star Guild is really going all out for this.¡± Upon hearing that, Phoenix also looked a bit shocked.

    The emperor suite wasn¡¯t the most important point, after all, 888,888 credits was not a lot for wealthy people.

    However, the entire Star Gxy Hotel only had one Master Level NPC chef. So the full-service package price would have been sky-high. It would have been simr to employing Old John to create a custom-made item.

    For the Nine Star Guild to spend so much on the banquet meant that the night was probably going to be quite umon.

    ¡°Regardless, the mission is more important. Since we¡¯ve already infiltrated sessfully, let¡¯s head back to our rooms and check the guest information. Also, strengthen our disguises.¡± Feng Luo said.

 Chapter 521 - Contest of Eyesight

    <h4>Chapter 521: Contest of Eyesight</h4>

    Due to the encounter with Zi Wei, everyone from the group strengthened their disguise specifically after returning to their rooms.

    They had to ensure that they could not be recognized by people who were not acquainted with them.

    Even Phoenix took off her red outfit, albeit very unwillingly, and put on the white casual outfit that suited activities in the hotel better.

    They had no choice. Feng Luo suspected that the reason Zi Wei recognized them was due to Phoenix¡¯s habit of liking red-colored things.

    After all, a beautiful woman wearing red was not something you¡¯d see every day in the game.

    Nheless, though Phoenix changed her outfit this time, even putting on a wig to cover her obvious red hair, she had still made a reservation with Old John for a custom-made unique fiery-red-style female power armor set. Feng Luo still felt that it was a headache. You can¡¯t stop a woman from trying to look good.

    However, Feng Luo decided to forget about that for the moment. The most important thing right now was the mission. Feng Luo turned around and spoke to Digital Cat, who had turned on the special agent infiltration device, ¡°Start searching. I hope we can find some clues.¡±

    ¡°Time left: two and a half hours. The rebel army camp yers should have already checked in. Surveince system extracting...¡± Digital Cat¡¯s fingers danced quickly on the silver device¡¯s virtual keyboard, and multiple surveince screens were projected onto therge screen hanging on the wall.

    There were hundreds of surveince screens projected on the screen. Digital Cat¡¯s gaze was glued to the screen showing the location where guests had to check-in and spoke calmly, ¡°I¡¯ve extracted two scenes. One is the live surveince video of an important location in the hotel, and the recording of surveince footage of a must-pass-through location when checking in to the hotel. If they have any further operations, they will definitely show us something in the live surveince feed. However, by my calctions, their operation should only start after they meet with the NPC tonight. From that, we may not seed if we only rely on the information gathered through this. Inparison, I feel that checking the check-in process of all guests may give us more information.¡±

    After hearing Digital Cat¡¯s words, Big Pineapple almost bit his tongue. ¡°Ah? You¡¯re going to review the check-in recording of every guest? Isn¡¯t that too much work? The hotel has thousands of guests right now...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s original n was to check the live surveince feed as well as the information of the guest in an attempt to find clues. However, Digital Cat wanted to check the check-in process of every single guest. The workload was definitely going to increase by more than ten times.

    ¡°Moreover, if we¡¯re reviewing footage from yesterday noon to today, we won¡¯t have enough time to rey all of them before 8 pm...¡±

    Big Pineapple paused halfway through his sentence of trying to reduce the workload.

    Digital Cat had already increased the rey speed to five times, and her eyes were already fixed on the dazzling screen, beginning her search and investigation.

    With a speed like that, it was absolutely possible toplete the task before 8 pm, when the target would meet up.

    Big Pineapple facepalmed, then turned around to look at Feng Luo.

    ¡°I almost forgot that Digi Sis¡¯ brain structure is not like normal people. Fine then. I guess you¡¯re the only one who can use this method... Old Feng, let¡¯s try searching outside. Maybe we might just meet them... No way, Old Feng, are you also going to stay here and watch?¡± In the end, he found Feng Luo in the same state as Digital Cat; staring at the dazzling screen recording reying at a speed five times the normal.

    Feng Luo also looked to bepletely focused.

    After awakening the Force, Feng Luo found that his nervous system¡¯s activity rate had increased again. It went up to a point where his thoughts would be unbelievably fast in analyzing things as long as he focused.

    Even as the video was ying at five times the normal speed, he did not find it problematic at all.

    ¡°Alright then. You two watch it. Phoenix sis, why don¡¯t the two of us act as a couple and gather some intel...¡± Big Pineapple noticed that Feng Luo ignored him, so he switched his target to Phoenix.

    However, just as Big Pineapple finished his sentence...

    ¡°Yeah, hold on. Rey that. CCTV number two. Rey that to ten seconds ago.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression changed as he spoke suddenly to Digital Cat.

    Digital Cat moved her fingers, and the scene quickly rolled back. Before long, a scene where a group of around ten people entering the hotel¡¯s VIP area appeared.

    Feng Luo pointed at a young man standing in the middle of the group on the scene and said, ¡°This guy, use the device to analyze him.¡±

    Apart from infiltration functions, the special agent department¡¯s specialized device also had a facial recognition function. As long as the target¡¯s face is locked, it could analyze and create images of the face.

    ¡°This one?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡±

    Digital Cat maximized the image and used the device to analyze the face. She then created ten images of the young man¡¯s possible face.

    ¡°Holy shit, no way! Old Feng, you¡¯ve really found it. You¡¯re able to see his face clearly even though the scene was moving so fast?¡± Big Pineapple looked at one of the ten pictures, and his eyes be so wide they almost fell out of his sockets. He stared at Feng Luo as if he was looking at an alien.

    Even Digital Cat looked slightly surprised, she only noticed that the group seemed suspicious after Feng Luo asked her to stop the video.

    ¡°He¡¯s actually faster than me.¡± Digital Cat thought.

    Earlier, she had confirmed that Feng Luo had an amazing memory like her.

    However, right now, it seemed to her that even her observation skills, a skill which she had specifically trained and was rted to her talent, was also in the possession of the enemy.

    This made the genius girl, who was incredibly proud, feel pressured.

    ¡°It isn¡¯t actually as hard as you imagine. If they are guilty, they will inadvertently nce at the CCTV position unconsciously. Their movement will also be unnatural. You¡¯d be able to notice it too with just a little bit more concentration.¡± Feng Luo shook his head and did not give any detailed exnation.

    ¡°It¡¯s actually that Young Master Xing. It looks like we¡¯ve found our targets.¡± Onishi said after staring at and analyzing the face of the young man on the screen.

    Everyone from the team had seen Young Master Xing¡¯s face before from the image provided by Nightingale¡¯s Legendary Grade recon meter. They naturally knew that Young Master Xing was from the rebel army camp. Moreover, he was also a member of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Now that he had put on a disguise and appeared at the hotel, the group was pretty sure that he was the target of their mission.

    ¡°The room that they booked, their identity, and the ces they¡¯ve visited after checking in...¡± Feng Luo said quickly.

    Digital Cat instantly pulled out the information. ¡°They checked in to emperor suite number two. There are ten of them, and they checked in at 4:35 pm. They¡¯ve been inside the suite since checking in.¡±

    ¡°Emperor suite!¡± Big Pineapple was very jealous of them after hearing about it.

    ¡°Holy f*ck, to stay at the emperor suite while working on a mission. The reward for the mission probably can¡¯t even cover the room fee. It¡¯s a good thing that Cat was adamant about checking the check-in footages. Otherwise, they would have been staying inside the emperor suite which ispletely separated from the other areas of the hotel. No matter how we looked, we¡¯d never have been able to find them.¡± Phoenixmended Digital Cat¡¯s decision.

    ¡°But staying at the emperor suite is also quite troublesome for us. The hotel¡¯s emperor suites float above the top floor and the distance between the suite and the ground on top of the hotel is at least a dozen or so meters. We can only enter the suite through a passage that is activated from above. The top floor of the hotel has a lot of security guards as well. Moreover, these guys are equipped with guns. If we don¡¯t want to cause a ruckus, there¡¯s no way for us to get in there, not to mention getting rid of them.¡± Onishi frowned.

    He probably stayed at the suite before, so he understood the situation very well.

    ¡°It is certainly a problem. However, there is a solution.¡± Digital Cat pressed a button on the device and a 3D image of the hotel¡¯s structure appeared in mid-air. ¡°The three emperor suites are quite far away from the top floor; moreover, the defense below the suites are quite tight, which makes it impossible to get in. However, emperor suite number one and emperor suite number two are at the same level, and the distance between the two isn¡¯t that big. With the anchor¡¯s strength, we could swing right over.¡±

 Chapter 522 - Banquet Queen

    <h4>Chapter 522: Banquet Queen</h4>

    At seven in the evening, inside emperor suite number one high above the top floor of Star Gxy Hotel.

    By the time Feng Luo and another two wearing outfits they temporarily found entered through the main entrance of the suite through the digital invitation, the interior was brightly lit and therge suite was filled with noisy voices.

    ¡°Wee! Wee!¡±

    ¡°Pleasee in! Come in!¡±

    ¡°Mr. Lin, we¡¯ve been expecting you!¡±

    ¡°Guild leader Green Wood, yourpany has been increasing in popritytely. I heard that the stock price of your parentpany in the real world has also increased...¡±

    The beautiful Phoenix, still d in a fiery-red gown and red high-heels, held Feng Luo¡¯s arm as they entered the main hall. Her eyes, which were still as pretty even though it had gone through an extremely thorough disguising process, lit up as soon as she entered. ¡°Wow! This is really quite beautiful!¡±

    The environment simtor had turned the inside of the emperor suite hosting the banquet into arge hall filled with stars and multiple magnificent and colorful crystal balls.

    Inside the hall, many flying spirit-like machines emitting light flew all over the ce as they served food and beverages to the guests. The dance hall was also broadcasting melodious music. There were even golden music symbols floating in the air.

    This was a banquet hall created by the best environment simtion technology around. It was, without a doubt, the best visual enjoyment one could experience.

    However, the emperor suites of the Star Gxy Hotel were best known for the fact that every single item in the suite came from a modr design. This meant that depending on the environment simtion, the objects inside the hall will change their shapes ordingly, and the user was able to enjoy a sensory experience.

    Behind Feng Luo and Phoenix, Big Pineapple, wearing arge western-style suit and feeling like a useless person in an imposing attire, suddenly muttered from behind, ¡°Hey, Phoenix, why are you constantly holding onto Old Feng? I don¡¯t think that¡¯s fair. You should at least old Onishi or my hand too.¡±

    Phoenix rolled her eyes back and said, ¡°Yeah, sure. Do you think that I¡¯d be able to hold your hands with my high heels? As for Onishi, have you ever seen a person wearing shades and an incredibly low-profile casual outfit in a banquet?¡±

    However, Phoenix¡¯s action actually attracted the attention of several yers. In particr, a few male yers began to shoot gazes in their direction.

    It was inevitable. When Phoenix heard that they were going to take part in the banquet, she no longer cared about Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Prohibitory¡± orders earlier that prohibited her from wearing red. She appeared once again fully d in red.

    And with her passion and bewitching temperament, from a certain sense, she was definitely worth being considered the queen of the banquet. Her entrance in and of itself had already attracted the attention of several people.

    It might have been that when they used the digital invitation to enter, a message was sent. This was because by the time they entered, Zi Wei, wearing a purple genuine silk dress, quickly excused herself from a middle-aged man who looked like a sessful person and walked over to them with a wine ss in her hand.

    Compared to their meeting in the afternoon, they clearly hadpletely different appearances. However, Zi Weipletely ignored that and instead said to Feng Luo, ¡°Wee, I¡¯m d you have decided to grace us with your presence! Miss Phoenix, you look gorgeous... Yeah, hmm, I don¡¯t seem to see Sister Cat...¡±

    ¡°She has some things to do tonight. That¡¯s why she asked us to convey her apologies for not being able toe.¡± Feng Luo answered.

    As the deputy leader of the Nine Star Guild as well as the organizer of the banquet, her actions were naturally going to attract the attention of many guests, and her actions definitely ced a few more gazes on Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    The fortunate thing was that due to their disguises, even if many of those present in the hall were also present during the PK match, no one could recognize them, which prevented a lot of trouble.

    ...

    Zi Wei left quickly. As the host of the banquet, she had to wee a lot of guests, which was why she excused herself quickly after exchanging a few words with Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    As for Big Pineapple, he was charging towards the ce where the Master Level NPC chef was performing live cooking. Phoenix, on the other hand, had gone elsewhere after declining several dance requests from other yers.

    After finally escaping and losing attention on himself, Feng Luo moved to a slightly darker corner of the room and asked Onishi, ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to eat anything? It¡¯s now 7:40 pm, we still have some time.¡±

    ¡°No need. I don¡¯t really like such scenes. You¡¯re going to start scouting, right? I¡¯ll be on the lookout.¡± Onishi, who was wearing the special agent spectacles, shook his head.

    Feng Luo nodded and said, ¡°Alright then,¡± and sat down beside Onishi.

    After he sat down, 24K, who had been painted by disguise colors and munching on a crystal, had crawled out onto his shoulder.

    ¡°Bzzt...¡±

    On top of the emperor suite, a ck hole connecting to God knows where had already appeared.

    A Level 35 Elite Scout Beetle pped its translucent wings and quietly descended from the gradually darkening sky and flew towards emperor suite number two which was around a dozen meters opposite them.

    On top of the hotel roof below the two emperor suites, around a dozen or so hotel security guard NPCs were on patrol. Several six-barrelled electromaic railguns were also set up aiming at the sky. In short, security was tight.

    Apart from that, there were still other yers rushing over to participate in the banquet.

    No one noticed the thumb-sized beetle that barely emitted any life signs flying above their heads.

    After five seconds, the Scout Beetle crawled into emperor suite number two from the top. As for Feng Luo, who was in the corner inside the banquet hall, his eyes had also turned void.

    ...

    In the middle of the luxurious suite, a yer stood beside a window and looked at the busy and bustling scene across them. ¡°Young Master Xing, the opposite suite looks quite busy.¡±

    ¡°I found and asked someone about it. I heard that the Nine Star Guild organized some type of dinner banquet. They invited all the important powers all over Storm CIty as well as some more famous individual yers.¡± Young Master Xing was seated on the sofa as he was casually browsing the forum.

    The Maniptor¡¯s face stiffened after hearing that. ¡°Ah, inviting the important powers across Storm City... Say... Do you guys think that they are actually there for our mission? And the banquet is just a front?¡±

    A gunner yer looked at the maniptor with disbelief. ¡°Come on dude, you¡¯re thinking too much. There¡¯s just ten of us. There¡¯s no way they needed to summon all the important powers in Storm City. It¡¯s not that I am not confident, but the Nine Star Guild only needs to send an elite squad to deal with us. We might not even be able to beat that. Additionally, we don¡¯t even know the details of the actual mission yet. If the system really allowed yers from the Federation camp to surround and kill us, I¡¯ll eat shit when I am resurrected, believe me, I will.¡±

    Young Master Xing frowned after hearing these. Then, his gaze shifted from the forum to the two yers talking and said, ¡°It is true that the Nine Star Guild is strong. However, we, Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, are also going to be a mega guild like Nine Star Guild soon. We¡¯re going to surpass them in the end.¡±

    The gunner yer knew that he said the wrong thing, and quickly changed into a smile and said, ¡°Yes... yes... With Young Master Xing and your Rui Conglomerate¡¯s capital investment, our Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group will surely be the number one guild in War soon.¡±

    ¡°When I spoke earlier, I did not consider this. Ipletely forgot about yourbat prowess. With your gears andbat strength, even if we were to face the Nine Star Guild leader Sword Ki Long River, we would still be able to win. By the time weplete this mission and when Young Master Xing seeds in changing into the hidden profession, I have no doubt that these people will no longer be a match for you.¡±

    Young Master Xing grimaced after he seemed to have remembered something. ¡°Don¡¯t try and tter me. I am more than aware of my standards. There¡¯s no way I¡¯d be able to match a mega expert like Sword Ki Long River. However,pared to normal superstar yers, I¡¯m confident that I¡¯m not that far behind them. If I did not drop my Death Dance... Onishi, you really don¡¯t seem to care, do you? To unt and use my gun like that...¡±

    Another Machine Gunner yer, who was much better at observing and speaking, saw that Young Master Xing was in a bad mood, said, ¡°Oh yeah, Young Master Xing, why isn¡¯t the guy we¡¯re supposed to meet here yet?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not 8 o¡¯clock yet. Let¡¯s keep waiting. The NPCs in the game are like this, trying to be mysterious and all that... Yeah, it¡¯s not good that the NPCs of the game have such good AI, for example, during one of my previous missions...¡±

    The theme of the discussion of the group of people began moving gearing towards other matters.

    However, at that moment, Feng Luo did notpletely focus his attention there, as something happening at the banquet at that moment was even more interesting, and had attracted his attention.

 Chapter 523 - Ruins, Second Generation Pet Biochip

    <h4>Chapter 523: Ruins, Second Generation Pet Biochip</h4>

    The originally bright and colorful sparkling crystal lights suddenly dimmed inside the emperor suite. All the spotlights moved and focused on ady wearing a purple gown standing in the middle of the banquet hall¡¯s stage, Zi Wei.

    ¡°Everyone, please be quiet for a moment! I¡¯m extremely grateful to you all for taking some time off your busy lives to attend the banquet this evening.¡±

    After the room quieted down and as everyone¡¯s attention shifted to Zi Wei, she continued speaking. ¡°Some of you may already know the reason for this dinner banquet, but most don¡¯t know. I will now exin it to everyone. The reason that we, the Nine Star Guild, held this banquet is that, just a few days ago, after our guildpleted a mission, we discovered arge and abandoned ruin that had not yet been discovered or explored before.¡±

    ¡°Arge and abandoned ruin?¡±

    ¡°The Nine Star Guild sure is lucky. Large, abandoned ruins are usually quite hard toe by.¡±

    ¡°But what has the discovery of this abandoned ruin got to do with the banquet tonight?¡±

    By the time she finished her sentence, some people began to whisper among themselves while many people looked confused.

    Only a small number of people had a neutral expression. They were most probably those who already knew.

    ¡°Everyone should know that, ording to the background story of War, unexplored abandoned ruins generally have fairly good items. ording to the information we obtained from the mission, I believe that some of the items in the abandoned ruin will pique your interest.¡±

    As she spoke, Zi Wei¡¯s gaze darted towards the group of yers whose voice had started to be louder. After that, she extended her white index finger into the air and pressed gently on something.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    The light in other areas of the banquet hallpletely cked out.

    In the air above the banquet hall above the guests¡¯ heads, arge, maximized 3D image of a metallic tip spun slowly. It looked like a syringe but its design seemed a little bit different.

    ¡°This thing should be a biochip, right?¡±

    However, to the yers, it was an incredibly well-known item.

    ¡°That¡¯s right. It is a biochip. To be more precise, this should be a second generation Advanced Level Pet biochip.¡± Zi Wei extended her finger and pressed on something again, and the biochip¡¯s stats floated above everyone.

    ¡°Second Generation Biochip (Model No: SP-N3). Level: Advanced. Scope of Application: NXC-0XXXX type lifeforms.¡±

    ¡°Advanced Level Pet Biochip.¡±

    ¡°Holy shit! This is an Advanced Level Pet Biochip that allows yers to sign a contract with Commander Grade monsters. Does the ruin actually have something like that? The Nine Star Guild sure is lucky.¡± Some yers praised.

    ¡°The price of Commander Grade Pet Biochips have already gone down to around three million credits. Even if you were to find several hundred Advanced Level chips inside the ruin, the total value wouldn¡¯t exceed 10 million star coins. With the Nine Star Guild¡¯s financial strength, a profit of tens of millions should be nothing to the guild.¡± However, some yers became even more confused.

    The yers present were all very well-rounded and well-versed in different affairs. Particrly, many of them were the higher-ups ofrge guilds. Although tens of millions were considered an unimaginable amount for normal yers, to these people, it wasn¡¯t something they should take note of, or rather, something that was worth organizing a ¡°banquet¡± to celebrate.

    ¡°Indeed, the price of Advanced Pet Biochips has substantially dropped due to the Rebel Army camp. The Rebel Army has been able to mass-produce the pet biochip. The Advanced Level Pet biochips that we have right now were all manufactured by the Rebel Army. The Rebel Army¡¯s chip control technology isn¡¯t yet perfect. It is only a recement item. At most, it would be able to help the users take control of Commander Grade pets.¡±

    However, Zi Wei¡¯s next words were the main point.

    ¡°The Rebel Army can also control Quasi-Boss and Boss Grade monsters. In the Rebel Army¡¯srge mutated beast army camp, they do not only have Commander Grade monsters, their Boss Grade creatures are the real reasons why they have been able to stand toe-to-toe with the Federation¡¯s advanced mecha technology. The biochips they use aren¡¯t first-generation biochips that they created themselves. Rather, the chips were second-generation biochips discovered at abandoned ruins of the Star Gxy Era, which is this type of chip. Although this chip is only an Advanced Level chip, it is still the second generation biochip of the Star Gxy Empire Era. Theoretically, it should be able to manipte creatures above the Commander Grade.¡± Zi Wei¡¯s pitch rose as the content of her speech shocked several yers.

    ¡°First generation? Second generation?¡± After hearing these, Feng Luo instantly fell into deep thought.

    He remembered very clearly that on the biochip that he initially obtained, there was a level on it. It was a ¡°Highest Level Third Generation Chip¡± which could manipte Boss Grade creatures.

    Feng Luo had always had a question, and it concerned the principles and rules surrounding the pet biochip. He wondered if the Beginner Level corresponded to Normal Grades, Intermediate Level corresponded with Elite Grades, and Advanced Level corresponded with Commander Grades.

    Then, the Highest Level should be corresponding to the Boss Grade, right?

    However, herees the question. Which level corresponded with the Quasi-Boss Grade?

    Now that he thought about it, he hadpletely forgotten about the question of its ¡°Generation.¡±

    Different generations, even if their levels were the same, were capable of manipting pets of differing grades.

    ¡°Guild leader Zi Wei, do you mean to say that it is a pet biochip that can manipte Quasi-Boss Grade monsters?¡± Some yers hadpletely understood the connotations. Their voices became loud suddenly and noises began to fill the entire banquet hall.

    It was inevitable. After all, the number of Quasi-Boss Grade pets in the game was too low. It was at least a hundred times rarer than a Legendary Grade item.

    If the chip were really a chip that could manipte Quasi-Boss monsters, then the price would be unimaginable. It was probably going to exceed the earlier estimate by everyone which was around over a hundred Commander Grade Pet Biochips.

    However, one yer still seemed very calm despite everything that was happening. It was obvious that he was already aware of the overall situation.

    ¡°That¡¯s right. This is a Boss Grade chip.¡± Zi Wei¡¯s gentle smile remained on her face but her pitch had risen again.

    She sneaked in a slight change in her wording, turning ¡°Quasi-Boss Grade Chip¡± to ¡°Boss Grade chip.¡±

    In truth, she was not lying or incorrect. The reason was that the Boss category was separated into the Quasi-Boss and Boss Grade.

    However, her choice of words was still very meaningful. The term ¡°Boss Grade¡± would be better able to stir the emotions of the yers aspared to the word ¡°Quasi-Boss Grade.¡± After the yers heard her answer, the sounds of discussions in the hall grew even louder.

    ¡°Moreover, all the pet biochips inside the abandoned ruins belong to the Second Generation Pet Biochip category. Among them, some of them are second generation Advanced Level Pet Biochips just like this one. The possible number for this item should be at least ten. We also can¡¯t rule out the possibility of higher-level pet biochips being there...¡± Zi Wei pressed her finger on something again and biochips of differing colors appeared above everyone¡¯s head. Ten... Hundreds... It attracted the gazes of the people and some of them even started breathing faster.

    If it were ten pet biochips that manipted Commander Grade monsters, arge guild would not even bother with such a thing. Though the items were valuable, they were still things that could be solved by ¡°money.¡±

    However, a pet biochip that could manipte Quasi-Boss Grade monsters was something that had not yet appeared before on the real-world market. There were rumors of the Starry Sky Company getting their hands on just one chip after spending big.

    Considering the rarity of a Quasi-Boss Grade pet, a Quasi-Boss Grade Pet Biochip was definitely enough to substantially increase an individual yer¡¯s strength as well as the guild¡¯s influence.

    The feeling was made more pronounced as many of the guests had just witnessed the amazingbat strength of a Quasi-Boss Grade pet in the match earlier in the day. Just remembering the battle made them envious.

    Truthfully, they could only remain envious.

    The abandoned ruin was discovered by the Nine Star Guild. Considering the mighty strength of the Nine Star Guild, they would have been able to deal with arge abandoned ruin like this themselves if they wanted to. There was no way they would allow other guilds to interfere and mess with their things.

    However, the dinner banquet and Zi Wei¡¯s speech started to instill a vague guess in their minds.

    ¡°The Nine Star Guild can¡¯t be organizing this dinner banquet just to show off, right? Then, are they...¡± Several yers thought of a possibility. They continued to stare expectantly at Zi Wei, who was shrouded in bright lights.

    As expected, Zi Wei¡¯s next words provided evidence to solidify the yers¡¯ guess. ¡°The reason we, the Nine Star Guild, hosted this banquet was to invite everyone present to take part in the development of this abandoned ruins.¡±

 Chapter 524 - Mission Distribution Quota

    <h4>Chapter 524: Mission Distribution Quota</h4>

    ¡°Let¡¯s explore it together!¡± The atmosphere in the banquet hall became fervor. The voices of individuals talking couldn¡¯t even be heard clearly anymore.

    It was inevitable. Although many of those present had a feeling, Zi Wei¡¯s word still seemed quite unbelievable to many yers.

    For smaller guilds, exploring a new-discovery like this would not be odd. After all, many unexplored abandoned ruins in War had yer quotas. Additionally, the monsters in such ruins were typically stronger as well. Some abandoned ruins even had a huge number of Elite monsters.

    As such, for such small guilds to ensure they could seed in the exploration within the protection period, they would invite allied guilds to join them so that they may send their most elite members to take part in the exploration.

    But the Nine Star Guild was not a small guild.

    As the number one guild in Storm City and one of the top ten mega-guilds in the entire game, they had over five million yers in total and over three millionbat yers. Not to mention exploring a ruin, but even if it were taking part in a war against a ridiculously strong enemy like the Rebel Army, the Nine Star Guild would probably be able to hold out for some time.

    A guild of this level was still asking other powers and factions to jointly explore a ruin?

    Standing in the middle of the stage under the golden spotlight, Zi Wei¡¯s expression showed that she hadpletely anticipated the reaction of the audience. ¡°I know that right now, a lot of you have a ton of questions. The truth is quite simple, our guild members are not 100% confident about this exploration.¡±

    ¡°If your Nine Star Guild isn¡¯t strong enough, then just what is the difficulty rating of this abandoned ruin?¡± Hearing the unexpected yet understandable statement, the people from other guilds became even more curious.

    Even Feng Luo¡¯s attention was now fully upied by Zi Wei under the spotlight.

    ¡°The abandoned ruin¡¯s difficulty rating is certainly very high. All the monsters inside are over Level 50, most of them are Elite Grade monsters. There are even Elite Grade and Commander Grade monsters over Level 60. ¡°Zi Wei¡¯s gentle smile returned.

    ¡°However, if it were only that, our Nine Star Guild would still have ways to deal with that. The main reason why we invited you all to join us is because we are not the only guild toplete the prerequisite mission to this abandoned ruin mission. There is also North City¡¯s SK guild. They have also acquired the qualifications to enter the ruin.¡± When Zi Wei spoke, she extended her finger and pressed on something again, and a symbol of a golden bird flying with its wings outstretched appeared in the air of the main hall.

    ¡°SK Guild?¡±

    ¡°The number one guild in North City founded by the SK Conglomerate?¡±

    North City¡¯s SK Guild was a mega guild. Compared to the Nine Star Guild, it was ranked slightly lower; nheless, it was still one of the top ten guilds in War.

    ¡°It is apetition-type abandoned ruin that allowed two teams to enter.¡±

    Upon hearing that, many of those presentpletely understood the situation.

    Abandoned ruins that allowed more than one team to enter at the same time were not all that rare in War.

    In such abandoned ruins, yers would have to face the defensive weapons and Elite monsters inside the abandoned ruin, in addition to other rival yers attempting toplete the mission. At the same time, the death penalty of such abandoned ruins would also be more severe than normal.

    A myriad of reasons increased the difficulty of exploring the ruin, and it was too easy to fail.

    ¡°The abandoned ruin also has a rule that encouraged conflict. Upon death, no matter who it is, all items acquired within the ruin would be dropped. This means that if one side were to kill another, they would be able to acquire all the spoils of the opponent.¡± Zi Wei continued. ¡°However, we, the Nine Star Guild, are not weaker than SK. We are confident that we are slightly stronger than them. If it were a fairpetition between both guilds, I can confidently im that the ultimate victor and sessful explorers of the ruin exploration mission will be us, the Nine Star Guild. However, we received news today saying that the SK Guild will be working with the top 100 guilds in North City. They have invited the top experts of those guilds to take part in the event and have promised them benefits as conditions...¡±

    ¡°So that¡¯s how it is!¡± By then, everyone present had understood the situation. The Nine Star Guild hosted the banquet and invited all therge guilds to participate in the abandoned ruin exploration.

    No matter how strong the Nine Star Guild was, it was impossible for a single guild topete and win against a group created by the experts from the top 100 guilds in North City. Additionally, the penalty of the abandoned ruin was also severe, if they failed the mission, all of the spoils and gains from the abandoned ruin would simply belong to the enemy.

    Zi Wei then added one more sentence to conclude, ¡°That is why we also hope tobine the top-tier strength of Storm City so that together, we can seed andplete this abandoned ruin exploration.¡±

    Then, a middle-aged yer asked, ¡°Guild leader Zi Wei, can I ask something?¡±

    ¡°Mr. He, please go ahead.¡± Zi Wei said while nodding.

    ¡°What is the yer quota for the abandoned ruin exploration?¡± Asked the middle-aged yer.

    The hall turned silent. Clearly, he was not the only one wondering about this issue.

    ¡°The mission allowed 500 per side. We, the Nine Star Guild, have decided to allocate half of the spots as open spots. 200 spots will be left to all the top experts of all the present guilds.¡± Zi Wei smiled and replied.

    ¡°Taking out half of them? The Nine Star Guild sure is generous.¡±

    ¡°But isn¡¯t half 250? Then where do the remaining 50 spots go?¡±

    The people below the stage began another discussion.

    ¡°The remaining 50 spots will be allocated to the guildless yers in Storm City. I will publish the details on the forum in just a moment. As long as they are Storm City yers, they will be able to obtain these spots after going through the examination set by our guild¡¯s headquarters.¡± Announced Zi Wei. When she spoke, her gently smiling face scanned across the audience below the stage.

    ¡°To the guildless yers.¡±

    ¡°Nine Star Guild yed this splendidly.¡±

    Upon hearing this, under the stage in the dark, some of the Storm City yers looked delighted while others simply frowned.

    Those who looked delighted were clearly guildless yers who were confident of obtaining such spots while those who frowned were naturally otherrge guilds that were rivals of the Nine Star Guild.

    Nine Star Guild¡¯s move of providing opportunities to the guildless yers was considered a splendid tactical move.

    One could expect that a lot of guildless yers would apply to join the expedition once details were made avable.

    The lure of a Quasi-Boss Grade pet was even greater than a piece of Legendary Grade equipment.

    Simrly, the ones who would ultimately obtain the spots were also definitely not going to be your average Joe yers. They would be the top experts among the guildless.

    Even if they did not join the expedition, at the very least they would owe a favor to the Nine Star Guild. In that sense, the chances of these experts joining the Nine Star Guild would be higher than them joining other guilds.

    That was the reason why many of the higher-ups from otherrge guilds frowned.

    Although they also received a lot of benefits, since there were hundreds of guilds presently in the hall, even the top ten guilds would only manage four to five spots, at most.

    The benefits gained from having those spots could never bepared to Nine Star Guild¡¯s fame and poprity, not to mention other hidden benefits, gained from this maneuver.

    Nine Star Guild¡¯s number one spot in Storm City would be even more absolute, and it would be even more difficult to topple them in the future.

 Chapter 525 - Do We Participate?

    <h4>Chapter 525: Do We Participate?</h4>

    ¡°Now I understand why she invited us to take part in this banquet. This woman wants to get us to join the exploration.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s head suddenly appeared beside Feng Luo¡¯s group, his face, which had be darker without any lights, showing an expression of realization.

    He seemed to have thought of something and extended a small te serving a crystal-like dessert to Feng Luo, saying ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, you guys should try this dessert. You¡¯ll have quite a decent stat boost for half an hour eating this. Heh, it¡¯s going to be useful in the battleter.¡±

    ¡°Of course it is like that.¡± Phoenix¡¯s voice came from the side. After going around the hall, she had alsoe back.

    The environment was very dark but the special agent eyewear had a location-detection function for teammates in the dark, so it was easy for her to find Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    ¡°But Captain Feng, do you think we should participate?¡± Phoenix asked Feng Luo with inquisitive eyes and a gentle smile.

    Although Zi Wei¡¯s offer was very tempting, those with clear eyes still knew of the hazards and dangers.

    There was at least a 90% chance that such arge-scale abandoned ruin would have a Boss monster. In addition to that, there were tons of Elite and Commander Grade, maybe even Quasi-Boss Grade monsters. For only 500 yers, even if it were all the top experts of Storm City, a sessful exploration was not guaranteed. Not to mention there was also a group ofpetition with the same number of yers vying for the same prize.

    A duel between the top yers of two main cities, it was hard to say who would achieve the ultimate victory. The Quasi-Boss chip was the spoil of the ultimate winner.

    Feng Luo shook his head as he thought that this was not something for him to decide alone. ¡°Whether or not to participate, this is a personal decision. However, if we were to participate, we¡¯re bound to have a spot if we go to Zi Wei.¡±

    Although inviting guildless yers to participate in the event was a ¡°political¡± move by the Nine Star Guild, since SK Guild and the yers from North City were also taking part, the Nine Star Guild would definitely try to ensure that their overall strength was above SK Guild during the exploration.

    The three of them performed excellently in the arena today. Feng Luo disyed amazing strength while Phoenix¡¯s pet Jelly showed that it was ridiculously powerful. Even if Big Pineapple¡¯s performance was not all that shocking, his insane defense made himparable to the top 50 superstar yers in the game.

    With such strength, they were bound to obtain spots to take part in the expedition.

    At least in terms of Feng Luo and Phoenix, the Nine Star Guild was probably hoping they would join them.

    Feng Luo was a Sniper who could one-shot people while Jelly was a Quasi-Boss Grade pet. Both of them had incredible damage output. In a mid-sized group battle in the abandoned ruins, their presence would be immense and they would provide a lot of guarantee to the guild achieving victory in the end.

    ¡°However, I am confused about one thing. Isn¡¯t Onishi a yer from North City? Why did she also invite Onishi?¡± Big Pineapple scratched his head and looked toward Onishi who was wearing his shades on the side and did not speak.

    ¡°That is because the yer, who was defeated and was ¡®pped in the face¡¯ by Onishi during PK three days ago, was the Number One Master of North City for only half a month as well as the SK Guild signature top superstar yer. That superstar yer is also the son of the main director behind the SK Guild.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s sound appeared from thems channel.

    She was certainly busy with something, as she needed to stay in the room to monitor and infiltrate the surveince system of the two emperor suites and provide support to the uing operation.

    From a certain point of view, Digital Cat¡¯s role as a genius-type Chip Master during such missions was one that was irreceable by anybat type yer.

    If the Nine Star Guild were to understand her strengths, their hopes of her joining would probably be even higher than Big Pineapple, as abandoned ruins were typically equipped with intelligent defense systems.

    Nheless, Digital Cat¡¯s words helped Big Pineapple understand why Zi Wei did not hold back in inviting Onishi to the night¡¯s dinner banquet.

    ¡°Defeated the signature superstar of the SK Guild...¡±

    Apart from not recognizing Onishi in the beginning, the other reason Zi Wei invited him was probably because of the reason Digital Cat mentioned.

    After defeating the guild¡¯s ¡°Signature¡± as well as the son of the director, there was no way the SK Guild would invite him to take part in the operation. The Nine Star Guild naturally did not have to worry about Onishi being from North City anymore.

    One might even say that the Nine Star Guild would try to pull Onishi, the Number One Master in North City, into their expedition team, which was why they were inviting so enthusiastically.

    However, the difficulty was probably quite high.

    The exploration now involvedpetition between the yers from two main cities. Additionally, a fight had already been going on since forever between North City and Storm City.

    The Federation in War had 33 main cities. However, the strength between the main cities also differed.

    Storm City and North City were both behind the top five heavyweight main cities of the Federation in the game; moreover, one was a military center of the Federation while the other was an economic center of the Federation.

    The NPCs in both cities looked down on those from the other city. This created a situation where, though not enemies of each other, the yers from both cities constantly hiding a sense of hostility against each other.

    And for superstar yers, the fanbase was one of the most important factors.

    As the Number One Expert of North City, at least 50% of Onishi¡¯s fanbase came from yers from North City.

    If he were to really join Storm City and news of that got out, he would probably be cussed and be coined a ¡°City Traitor¡± and his poprity would most certainly drop.

    As such, even though Onishi might really want the Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochip, he may not be able to take part in this operation.

    ¡°Hey, Onishi old pal, you can rx. By the time Ie back, I¡¯ll prioritize selling this Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochip to you.¡± Big Pineapple said, patting Onishi¡¯s shoulder while smiling sleazily.

    The money-loving person had clearly zoomed in on the value of the Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochip and had already decided in his mind to take part in the expedition.

    Feng Luo was still considering if he should or would take part in the exploration operation this time.

    He had not yet filled the 200 million credits gap. Although he had thought of an idea earlier, there were still someplications and it was not easy to operate.

    If he were to join this expedition and obtain a Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochip, the money he would get would definitely not be lower than the Force Awakening Solution. In that case, the 200 million credits gap would no longer be a problem.

    Feng Luo looked at the time on his terminal and saw that it was already 7:55 pm. ¡°Yeah, but for now, the most important thing is this mission. It is almost time. Let¡¯splete this special agent mission before discussing anything further. Cat, what¡¯s the situation? Has the target appeared?¡± Feng Luo asked Digital Cat through the Special Agent channel.

    ¡°At the moment, there are two suspected targets... One of the targets is headed towards Emperor Suite number two. He¡¯s a 30-year old male wearing sunsses and carrying a password-protected suitcase. It is probably him.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s voice could be heard by everyone in the channel.

    Feng Luo nodded to the other three. ¡°Alright, then let¡¯s begin the operation.¡±

    Everyone taking part in the banquet was focused on the 200 spots taking part in the Storm City exploration alliance and they were fervently discussing about ways to obtain the spots among themselves.

    In addition to the noisy environment, the cover provided by the dark made it so that no one noticed Feng Luo and the other three were headed towards a hidden balcony outside the main banquet hall.

 Chapter 526 - Exposed?

    <h4>Chapter 526: Exposed?</h4>

    At the edge of the balcony of Emperor Suite number one of Star Gxy Hotel, Feng Luo who had quickly changed into gear asked, ¡°Cat? Where is the NPC?¡±

    Digital Cat answered through the Special Agent Comms Channel, ¡°He has already entered the VIP ess route of Emperor Suite number two, target confirmed. I¡¯ve cut off the sensory rm system of the opposite suite. I¡¯ve also gained full control of the ess route. I willpletely seal the route after he enters. However, themotion caused by the battle will definitely attract the attention of the hotel security guards down below. The entrance is bound to have an emergency manual system override, so you guys will have to move swiftly. ording to my calctions, you guys should theoretically need one minute at most.¡±

    ¡°Heh! One minute is more than enough.¡± Big Pineapple was already in his full set of alloy armor. He was grinning as he extended his hand, showing the Intelligent Small Traction Anchor of the special agent wristwatch.

    ¡°Listen to mymand. We¡¯ll move together.¡± Feng Luo instructed and his vision had already switched to that of the Elite Grade Scout Beetle.

    Inside Emperor Suite number two, Young Master Xing and his group had also received news that the target wasing. At that moment, each of them had an excited look on their face.

    After all, executing a mission deep inside the enemy¡¯s camp was still an incredibly exciting thing to do.

    Young Master Xing, who had control to ess the suite, had already opened the innermost door of the passage. A few secondster, a middle-aged NPC carrying a suitcase and wearing a pair of sunsses walked over.

    However, the middle-aged NPC¡¯s behavior seemed a bit odd. The face under the sunsses nced left and right before suddenly whispering something to Young Master Xing and his group.

    He whispered lightly and due to the distance, the Scout Beetle was unable to listen clearly.

    However, the originally excited faces of the rebel army camp yers instantly stiffened after they heard the NPC¡¯s words.

    ¡°Somethings wrong. We move now.¡± Just as the faces of the group stiffened, Feng Luo¡¯s gaze also changed.

    He gave amand firmly and at the same time... ¡°Whoosh!¡± The Special Agent wristwatch had shot out an intelligent traction anchor like a bullet to the opposite side.

    The middle-aged NPC spoke so softly that even the Scout Beetle was unable to hear anything clearly. However, one should not forget that apart from listening, Feng Luo could also see directly.

    From their lip movements, Feng Luo read that... ¡°You¡¯ve already been discovered by the enemies, prepare for battle immediately.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s group had been discovered.

    The situation was quite unexpected to Feng Luo. Although their operation and movement were not all that tightly controlled, they should not have had any major oversight.

    However, the NPC said that the moment he entered through the door, which meant that he might have already gained the intel and knew that they were going to operate on that day.

    Faced with the sudden turn of events, Feng Luo still managed toe to a decision almost instantaneously.

    Execute the mission, and continue as nned.

    As long as they were strong enough, switching from a stealthier covert mission to a forceful battle would mean nothing.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Feng Luo leaped over a dozen meters and reached the top of Emperor Suite number two with the help of the alloy traction line.

    Covered in ayer of dark energy, his erged right hand wielding the military knife, Ghost Weep, swung the sharp de downward at the ss in front of his body.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    Combined with his increased power from the skill Ghost Power and the B-Grade Destruction Coefficient of Ghost Weep easily cut through the ss of the emperor suite without creating any cracks on the bulletproof ss made from high-grade materials.

    ¡°F*ck! There really is someone above!¡±

    ¡°Hurry up! Get your gears!¡±

    With the sunsses-wearing target NPC¡¯s reminder, the Rebel Army Camp yers inside the room reacted quickly.

    They shouted one by one and each took out their gears from their inventories.

    They were disguised as a group of NPCs when they infiltrated Storm City. To ensure authenticity, even when they were inside the suite, they had not equipped their items. As such, they were quite panicky at that moment.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    ¡°What the hell is going on? Why did it suddenly be dark?¡±

    At that moment, another incident that threw things into further chaos urred.

    The initially bright Emperor Suite number two suddenly turned dark, bing pitch-ck, without even a sliver of light.

    ¡°Sister Cat, good job!¡± At that moment, Phoenix had jumped to Feng Luo¡¯s side with the help of the traction line. She praised Digital Cat through thems channel.

    Although the Emperor Suite did not have any surveince or eavesdropping devices and Digital Cat was not able to check the movements and behaviors of the people within, even though she had already infiltrated the system, she was still able to manipte the intelligent system of the room.

    The high-tech environment simtion system of the Emperor Suite was something that could simte perfectly realistic environments.

    When it was pitch-ck, it really was pitch-ck with absolutely no light. Without light, getting the correct item out of one¡¯s inventory was not an easy feat.

    ¡°Cat, provide a bit of light, but not too much!¡± Feng Luo shouted into thems channel two secondster. He had already forcefully created arge hole on the ss and entered the room.

    ¡°Star Gxy environment simtion initiate.¡± An intelligent system female voice inside the Emperor Suite echoed a message and instantly after the statement, the environment within the yers¡¯ field of view changed instantly.

    In the dark, countless bright stars shed on top of the room, projected a little bit of light into the room.

    Now that there was light, Feng Luo¡¯s enhanced vision due to his improved weapon and two enhancements from the Evolution Virus could fully observe the current environment.

    The simted environment created by Digital Cat was actually the deck of arge-scale abandoned spacecraft. At the moment, it was floating in the borderless sea of the universe.

    ¡°This is a decent battlefield.¡± Feng Luo thought that the environment simtion system was quite interesting. After all, they were supposedly fighting inside a room, but the feeling was that they were fighting among the stars.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Just as Feng Luonded, a fireball was flying towards him. A grimacing Rebel Army Maniptor¡¯s energy converter was shining brightly.

    He was not equipped with any armor on his body, and had only been able to take out his first weapon but he had already tried to attack Feng Luo¡¯s group. He probably did that because he wanted to catch them by surprise.

    As a Fire Maniptor, as long as he had a weapon, even if he had nothing else, his damage output was still something decent.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s reaction was even more expected. Faced against the imminent fireball, he instinctively leaped backward and did not receive any damage at all.

    Feng Luo did not have the intention to dodge. By the time the fireball reached Feng Luo¡¯s chest, the fireball had already bounced and no damage had been inflicted.

    Feng Luo¡¯s SUVbat uniform had a translucent energy shield shing continuously on its surface. Behind the shield were 12 thumb-sized Energy Beetles scattered all across the shield.

    Over the past ten days, though Feng Luo could not go too far away from Storm City, he still made time to use 24K¡¯s psionic energy to incubate eggs into soldier type beetles. In terms of long-range attacks, the shield beetles¡¯ defense was definitely no weaker than maniptors¡¯ energy shields.

    ¡°Pa, pa...¡±

    As for the Fire Maniptor who only took out his weapon and had not even put up an energy shield surrounding himself before attacking Feng Luo¡¯s group, he was only seeking death.

    Onishi followed close behind Feng Luo into the suite. He shot two bullets from the Legendary Grade submachine gun in his hands at the Fire Maniptor.

    ¡°-2045, -103...¡±

    In the simted abandoned Star Gxy spacecraft environment, a white light of death shed.

 Chapter 527 - Submachine Gun â€“ Death Star

    <h4>Chapter 527: Submachine Gun ¨C Death Star</h4>

    Although it was two shots, the maniptor with full HP could have been considered to have been killed in one-shot.

    If it were under normal circumstances, someone else might have thought that Onishi was using a sniper rifle.

    ¡°F*ck, is it Death Dance? Onishi?¡± Young Master Xing, who was being protected and standing behind a group of yers, immediately shouted after hearing the familiar sound of the gunshots. Young Master Xing had just equipped a pistol and abat uniform when he heard the shots, after he shouted, his face flushed red in anger.

    As the first Legendary Grade submachine gun in War, even he had paid a huge price to obtain it. However, the hrious end result was that it dropped when he died.

    Although due to various reasons, he did not announce it in public, it was quite impossible for Young Master Xing to not feel angry about it.

    Particrly, a few days ago during the battle between Onishi and the top signature superstar yer of SK Guild, when Young Master Xing saw Onishi beat the opponent using his weapon, his anger grew even greater.

    Unfortunately, the item dropped during a PK match, so no matter how infuriated he became, he could never threaten Onishi to return Death Dance to him.

    At the very least, he, Young Master Xing, was not a sore loser.

    However, now was a different situation. It was not easy for him to finally receive this hidden mission, and it also involved a hidden profession. Just as the mission began, he encountered Onishi again.

    ¡°Are they here intentionally targeting us?¡± Young Master Xing¡¯s eyes were filled with fire.

    ¡°Young Master Xing, hurry, the enemies¡¯ damage is too high. We should hide first and equip all our gears before meeting them in battle!¡± Two Heavy Armor Warriors in front of him had already equipped their shields and were protecting Young Master Xing while retreating.

    Once yers entered thebat status, the speed in which yers take items out from the inventory became a lot more limited. If they wanted to take something out while moving, it would be even slower. That was why it was impossible for the Rebel Army Camp yers to grab and equip their gears quickly to retaliate.

    The good thing for them was that due to the high-tech environment simtion system, the transformations did not only include visual transformation, physical objects also transformed. As such, they were at least able to find some cover on the spacecraft to help avoid the enemies¡¯ attacks.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    While avoiding the attacks, Young Master Xing heard a series of gunshots and then saw another white light of death sh across his eyes.

    ¡°Submachine guns. And it is not only Death Dance. The enemy has two Scouts.¡± Upon hearing the sounds, Young Master Xing, who was being protected and escaping, quickly made a judgment.

    ¡°Old Feng, you sure your second profession is a Light Armor Warrior and not a Scout? Your submachine gun damage is so high.¡± Big Pineapple brought out his alloy shield and charged directly at the two Heavy Armor Warriors who were protecting and retreating with Young Master Xing. However, before he ran, he asked Feng Luo with an odd expression.

    Of course, their team did not have two Scouts, it was simply Feng Luo using a submachine gun.

    At that moment, Feng Luo was holding a sci-fi-styled silver submachine gun. After killing a Machine Gunner equipped with two defensive items with four shots, Feng Luo turned toward a Light Armor Warrior who had equipped two armor parts and was trying to find a spot to hide.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-706, 690, -684...¡±

    Although the approximately 700 damage per shot stat was notparable to Onishi who obtained boosts due to the environment and his talent, the damage was not inferior to the submachine gun damage of top Scouts in the game.

    ¡°Basic stats and the gun.¡± Feng Luo kept shooting and after another three bullets, the Light Armor Warrior was also killed.

    Six bullets to kill a Light Armor Warrior. Although it was also due to the fact that the enemy was not fully equipped, it was also due to some of the unique stats of the submachine gun he was holding.

    [Death Star (Submachine Gun)]

    Grade: Rare

    Attack: 450

    Attack Coefficient: D

    Agility: +20

    Clip size: 50

    Maximum Shooting Speed: 300 shots per minute

    Effective Shooting Range: 300m

    Bonus Attributes: Deals 10% of the target¡¯s HP as extra damage when causing Weak Point and Fatal Damage (The attribute is not effective on Commander Grade and above monsters).

    Level Requirement: Level 50

    The gun was one of the spoils of battle in Silvermoon City back then dropped by the Scout from North City. Feng Luo had kept it.

    Although the gun did not have a particrly high attack stat, the rare attribute was definitely considered powerful.

    Among all the guns and rifles in War, submachine guns had the lowest damage. However, their shooting speed was the fastest. Although the attack of the gun was average, which was only around half of Onishi¡¯s Death Dance, the bonus percentage damage from the rare attribute paired with high-speed shooting would pose an incredible threat to any low-HP ss cannon profession. Although the Light Armor Warrior just now was not a ss cannon, the two items equipped by the Light Armor Warrior definitely did not make it any tankier.

    Another point was that Feng Luo was not using normal submachine gun ammunition.

    [Charging Armor-piercing Round. D-Grade]

    The bullet¡¯s attack increases by 5%. The area hit by the bullet will experience a certain percentage of extra destruction.

    The ammunition was also one of the spoils of battle back in Silvermoon City.

    Although in terms of increasing attack power, it was quite shit, the attribute that gave it structure that was kind of simr to armor-piercing rounds made it greatlypatible with the rare grade submachine gun.

    This was also the reason why Feng Luo ced the Scout¡¯s submachine gun in his inventory and took it out to use at that moment.

    When used against these not-fully-equipped Rebel Army Camp yers, he could easily inflict Weak Point Damage. The effect of attacking with the submachine gun and bullets was even better than the sniper rifle.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    ¡°-2567!¡±

    After Feng Luo and Onishi each got rid of two targets, Phoenix had also pushed her second Rebel Army Camp opponent into a corner before killing the yer with one sh.

    The entire battle, from Feng Luo¡¯s group beginning the operation to that moment, had only gone on for 15 seconds.

    Among the original ten Rebel Army Camp yers, only four were left.

    The result was simply due to one side being sufficiently prepared while the other waspletely not prepared for battle, despite the NPC¡¯sst-minute reminder.

    ¡°Earl, kill them!¡± Behind the cover of some objects on the ¡°Abandoned spacecraft,¡± the remaining four yers had pulled out and equipped most of their gears. For Young Master Xing, when he was equipping his gears, he summoned his Commander Grade bat pet to help them in battle.

    ¡°Squeak!¡±

    However, the sound attack of the bat onlysted one second before the sound turned into a panicked shriek.

    Four dark red,rge Elite Grade ded Beetles that looked like killing machines had jumped into the air toward the bat. With their six sharp limbs, an arrow-like tail, and other weaponizable body parts, they instantly poked the bat full of holes, with damage numbers shing above its head.

    In terms of their pets, it was pretty much nonsense.

 Chapter 528 - Energy Bomb

    <h4>Chapter 528: Energy Bomb</h4>

    ¡°Earl!¡± Upon hearing his pet¡¯s wailing squeal, Young Master Xing became anxious.

    He quickly grabbed a silver sci-fi style pistol with his right hand from behind cover, aimed it at the Commander Grade mutated bat falling to the ground after being swarmed by the ded Beetles based on the direction of the sound, and fired a shot.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A bullet emitting a red glow exited the barrel of the pistol. The bulletnded on a ded Beetle that was on the Commander Grade bat¡¯s body before exploding into a bright and fiery me that engulfed the other three ded Beetles as well as the pet bat.

    ¡°-2045!¡±

    ¡°-455, -1245, -1195, -1243...¡±

    Apart from the Commander Grade which received reduced damage due to friendly fire, the damage value appearing above the four ded Beetles were in the thousands.

    Among the four ded Beetles, the one that was directly hit by the bullet also received the single-target damage as well as the extra area-of-effect damage, and as such, its HP dropped over 70%.

    The pistol of the wealthy Young Master Xing was most likely a Legendary Grade weapon, and it was possible that he was using B-Grade bullets.

    This person was really willing to spend money.

    ¡°Wind de Combo!¡±

    Among the four remaining Rebel Army Camp yers, there was one other Wind Maniptor as well as two Heavy Armor Warriors.

    When Young Master Xing initiated his attack, the Wind Maniptor had also, with an energy shield protecting himself, popped his head from the cover and waved his hand, shooting over 20 light-green energy wind des towards Feng Luo and Onishi.

    The Wind Maniptor¡¯s Level 25 skill, Wind de Combo.

    From the number of des, it seemed like the familiarity level was not low.

    Feng Luo did not seem to have any intent to dodge when facing the scattered wind debos. When five or six wind desnded on the shield created by the Energy Beetles around Feng Luo¡¯s chest, the des bounced off as if they were bullets.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-782, -1356, -1367...¡±

    Simrly, Onishi did not pay much attention to the wind des. As a Scout, he had long recognized the enemy¡¯s n of action.

    Just before the wind des were shot out, he had already dodged sideways to avoid them.

    Onishi¡¯s S-Grade Talent increased his character¡¯s attack and speed stats depending on the environment; the darker it was, the higher the increase. As for the Death Dance submachine gun he was holding, it also provided him with a 50% movement speed bonus. After activating his Advanced Level rare movement speed boosting skill, normal skills without a certain amount of foresight would have no chance to hit him.

    On the contrary, when he moved, he fired another shotbo using the submachine gun he was holding.

    The first three of five shots directly broke through the maniptor¡¯s energy shield, then the remaining two shots took out almost 3,000 of the maniptor¡¯s HP.

    Following that, Feng Luo¡¯s Death Star also added two more shots on the Wind Maniptor. Even though the Wind Maniptor received a full set of high-ss Rare Grade gears gifted by Roaring Dragon Light Wind for obtaining the qualifications for them to take part in the mission, he had also lost two-thirds of his HP in just one second.

    ¡°F*ck! The enemy¡¯s attack damage is too insane!¡± The Wind Maniptor quickly retreated with less than one-third of his HP left. He used the cover created by the room¡¯s simted spacecraft environment to block the shooting angle of the two gunners across him.

    ¡°Onishi is one of the enemies. He has my Death Dance, so of course, his damage is high!¡± Young Master Xing gritted his teeth and quickly extended his hand sideways and fired another shot.

    However, at that moment, he saw a system popup telling him that his pet had died.

    It had not been ten seconds since he summoned his pet, and his Commander Grade pet, which cost him several million star coins, had died.

    ¡°A Commander Grade pet is not enough, I will definitely spend tens of millions next time to get myself a Quasi-Boss!¡± Young Master Xingined in his mind constantly while attacking.

    By then, the two Heavy Armor Warriors raising their alloy shields to protect Young Master Xing were almost at their limits.

    Since they began by protecting Young Master Xing during the retreat, they had to raise their alloy shield all the time. As a result, they had not yet equipped their armor; they were also constantly being battered by the fire, and up against Feng Luo and Onishi¡¯s attack, their HP was decreasing very quickly.

    ¡°We are the hotel¡¯s VIP. The security guards will surelye and lend us their aid. We only need to endure another 20 seconds...¡± Young Master Xing was very smart. At that time, he could still think of such an idea. However, before he could finish his sentence, he stopped halfway.

    The cover in front of the four suddenly changed shape. It then dissolved to be multiple blocks before shrinking back into the ground.

    ¡°Star Gxy spacecraft environment simtion canceled. Returning to the ssicalyout.¡± The intelligent system of the Emperor Suite said.

    The initially dark environment suddenly had a surge of light. The scene brightened and in the vision of the four yers, the face of a gunner holding a red and ck military knife with a faint smile appeared before their eyes.

    Additionally, there was a ghost-like figure closing in on them, as well as a bewitching Light Armor Warrior who had seemed to already cast Thunder Leap sh descending upon them.

    ...

    After ten seconds, Young Master Xingy on the ground once more, the hate on his face was even more pronounced thanst time.

    The only constion for him was probably that his karma was not so bad that he lost another Legendary Grade gear. The only thing shining beside his corpse was that SUV tactical gloves.

    ¡°But it is still pretty good. These people only drop Rare Grade items. The total value should be at least 1.8 million credits. Moreover, there¡¯s also the camp and mission points...¡± Phoenix giggled while looking at the surroundings.

    The ten Rebel Army Camp yers inside the room had all died in battle.

    Every dead yer dropped one or two items. Although the dropped loot were not high-value gears, their total value was still quite considerable.

    ¡°Old Feng, how should we deal with this guy?¡± However, the money-loving Big Pineapple did not have time to pick up the items this time.

    He was holding the middle-aged NPC¡¯s cor while pressing him against the wall using his alloy shield, not allowing the NPC to move even a little bit.

    Big Pineapple was originally charging in to help beat the enemies, but Feng Luo suddenly remembered something and asked him to change his course to restrain the middle-aged NPC instead.

    From the NPC¡¯s previous behavior, he might be an advanced NPC with the Force.

    However, the result was, yet again, unexpected. The NPC actually lost to Big Pineapple almost instantly. He did not even try to resist.

    ¡°I¡¯ve got nothing to do with this! Nothing to do with this!¡± After witnessing the death of all the Rebel Army Camp yers, the middle-aged NPC pressed on the wall by Big Pineapple seemed to have soiled himself as a puddle of water began to gather on the ground beneath him.

    ¡°If you¡¯re so afraid of death, why did you even be a spy for the Rebel Army?¡± Big Pineapple lightened the force he was applying to the shield as he looked a little bit puzzled.

    ¡°Spy? Rebel Army spy? No, I am not from the Rebel Army, not to mention being a spy. I am a citizen of the Federation. I am aw-abiding citizen of the Federation!¡± The middle-aged man quickly shouted after hearing Big Pineapple¡¯s words, as if he had found a ray of hope.

    ¡°Federation citizen?¡± Feng Luo, Onishi, and Phoenix nced at each other. After that, Feng Luo intentionallyughed coldly and said, ¡°Act! Keep on acting! Why would a citizen of the Federation appear here right now, and say those things to the members of the Rebel Army?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not acting! Sir, I really am a citizen of the Federation and not a spy for the Rebel Army!¡± The middle-aged NPC shouted. Even the sunsses on his face had been squeezed on his face. He was sweating profusely as fear filled his eyes.

    ¡°I am an employee of the municipal government. When I was driving back home after work, my mind suddenly felt dizzy, and then after that, I became groggy. Then, a voice kept ringing in my mind, it instructed me to send the suitcase on my backseat here... As for the things that I said earlier... I... I don¡¯t know why I would say that, it is as if I had no control of my mouth...¡± The middle-aged NPC was pressed so hard against the wall by Big Pineapple that he seemed breathless when speaking.

    ¡°Suitcase? Do you mean this encoded suitcase? Could it be that their mission info is hidden inside?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s shield was still pressed against the middle-aged NPC. However, when he spoke, he kicked at the silver encoded suitcase beside the both of them using his alloybat boots.

    ¡°Don¡¯t...¡± Feng Luo quickly said.

    However, it was toote, the moment Big Pineapple¡¯s leg touched the suitcase...

    The silver password-protected suitcase suddenly burst open from the middle. A metallic pipe-like item appeared. A light-blue crystal was imbued at the center of the item.

    Immediately after, the crystal cracked before they could react.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡± Big Pineapple could only say this before he retracted his alloy shield and ced it in front of him between him and the item.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A bright and bluish-white energy sphere emerged in the middle of the room. Along with the energy sphere came a frightening shockwave that spread all across the room, devouring any and everything it came into contact with.

 Chapter 529 - Severe Loss

    <h4>Chapter 529: Severe Loss</h4>

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The micro-energy bomb explosion created an energy sphere with a radius of around 20 meters. The explosion engulfed half of the Emperor Suite.

    ¡°Ka, ka, ka...¡±

    The violent wind caused by the explosion swept across every corner in the room, sending all the corpses of the dead yers, that did not disappear since it was an ongoing mission, flying all over the ce.

    Even the enhanced ss that could withstand the de of Ghost Weep, to a certain extent, began to crack after being hit by the violent and powerful impact.

    ¡°Cough, cough...¡±

    After five seconds, coughing sounds began to appear across the room.

    Feng Luo stood up near the wall where he was thrown. He grimaced as he saw thepletely battered room.

    He was left with less than 5,000 HP after the explosion. The incident earlier happened so quickly that he did not have time to activate the Life Protozoa¡¯s shield before he felt the impact head-on.

    The good thing was that his total HP was 17,000. Additionally, he was not at the center of the explosion and the shield provided by the Energy Beetles absorbed some of the damage, so his injury was not too severe.

    However, all his advanced Energy Beetles, which was more than ten, had died.

    Additionally, the four Elite Grade ded Beetles and one Elite Grade Scout Beetle were also killed by the powerful force generated from the explosion.

    Even 24K, if Feng Luo had protected 24K by putting it behind him during the explosion, taking most of the damage for it, 24K might have also died. Since 24K¡¯s intelligence level was quite high, it had already cast a psionic energy shield all over its body the moment it detected danger. Otherwise, 24K might have also died.

    The loss was quite severe.

    ¡°Cough, Big Pineapple! Why are you so clumsy? Look at what you¡¯ve done!¡± On the other side of the wall, Phoenix also stood up while coughing. Many of her equipped items seemed to have been damaged by the st. Her Red Lotus equipment set¡¯s chest te seemed to have deformed substantially from impact, the armor was also covered in dust.

    She had even fewer HP left than Feng Luo, and had just entered Heavy Injury status after her HP dropped lower than 5%.

    If it weren¡¯t for the stat-boosting food made by the Master Level NPC chef during the banquet earlier, which increased her HP recovery effect, she might have already died.

    The damage from the explosion was truly quite high.

    However, as a ss cannon Scout, Onishi whose HP did not even reach 7,000 was not as lucky.

    No matter how strong he was or how quickly he moved, there was no way for him to avoid such arge radius explosion. He instantly died during the explosion and had been engulfed by the white light of death.

    The North City Number One Expert, the number one Scout in War, waspletely screwed over by Big Pineapple.

    Apart from that, the middle-aged NPC who was captured also flew out of the room through one part of the wall that had copsed from the st. Needless to say, there was no way for him to have survived that.

    After casting the skill Immovable Mountain, Big Pineapple continued to use a greatly distorted alloy shield. He was the only one who remained standing even after taking on the powerful impact. He looked awkward and upset as he said, ¡°It¡¯s all my fault... Old Feng, sorry...¡±

    Many password-protected suitcases had a self-destruct setting installed on them. If one were to not disarm the warning system prior to opening the suitcase, one may get nothing at all.

    Of course, from the strength of the explosion, it was probably not a simple self-destruct mechanism; instead, the suitcase itself might have been an explosion device.

    ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about this first. I am fine but for Onishi, you should try and think of something to make it up to him.¡± Feng Luo said and shook his head.

    He did not want to me Big Pineapple. Although Big Pineapple was careless, he only managed to know that the suitcase was suspicious after hearing the NPC¡¯sst words. The suitcase¡¯s bomb trigger mechanism might not have been triggered by Big Pineapple¡¯s kick. It could have been remotely detonated by the one manipting the NPC behind the scenes.

    Although Big Pineapple made a mistake, his final action had an immense effect.

    He stood and raised his alloy shield closest to the detonation point. This helped reduce the impact behind by at least half, which ultimately reduced the damage on Feng Luo and Phoenix.

    Otherwise, not only were Feng Luo and Phoenix susceptible to being killed, even therge Emperor Suite that was over a dozen meters above the hotel might have copsed from the powerful explosion.

    Themotion caused by that would have been incrediblyrge, and they would have failed their mission.

    After all, the mission requirement was that they had to limit their presence as much as possible.

    ¡°But themotion right now is not considered small.¡± Feng Luo turned around to look outside the wall destroyed by the st. The hole in the wall was located right across Emperor Suite number one.

    At that time, Emperor Suite number one was still very lively. Many yers were rushing toward the balcony with their weapons in hand.

    Since the Emperor Suites had good soundproofing systems, with two soundproofingyers, the earlier battle did not attract the attention of the Storm City yers proactively trying to get the spots for the exploration inside Emperor Suite number one.

    The energy bomb st turned the luxurious Emperor Suite number two into a slum. The debris from the st also flew over and hit Emperor Suite number one.

    There was no way the banquet could continue after encountering an incident like this. After the group of yers ran out of the banquet hall, they looked toward the suite containing Feng Luo and the others with shock and curiosity.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? What happened?¡±

    ¡°What was that sound just now?¡±

    The people across in Emperor Suite number one became noisy as they talked among themselves. Many of them looked over past the hole created by the explosion toward Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    However, Feng Luo did not pay much attention to the gazes of the people, as their disguises were still active. Additionally, with the dark environment and dust filling the air that made even Phoenix¡¯s Red Lotus equipment set look like a beggar¡¯s outfit, there was no way the yers across them could recognize them.

    What they needed to pay attention to was the location of the main entrance...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The door of the main entrance was pushed open with a strong force. A group of fully-equipped NPC hotel security guards charged into the room.

    ...

    ¡°Just what kind of weapon was used? To have blown up the hotel!¡±

    Compared to Feng Luo and his group¡¯s indifference, many of the yers, who were higher-ups of organizations in Storm City, seemed to not be as calm and collected. Some even looked full of curiosity.

    After vaguely detecting the glow of battle loot beside some of the visible yer corpses, particrly several Rare Grade items, a yer spected, ¡°We¡¯ll see. It is probably caused by internal strife about items between two groups of yers.¡±

    ¡°To kill someone in a main city and also blow up an NPC¡¯s hotel? Whoever did this did not consider the consequences at all. They¡¯ll probably need to stay in jail for a while, they might even face losing their ounts.¡±

    As the higher-ups ofrge organizations, there were many bigshots who were the kind who ¡°Could not be shocked no matter what.¡± At that time, such yers were still holding the wine ss casually while speaking to a person on the side with a faint smile.

    Committing a crime in main cities was considered one of the most severe crimes. If one were caught, not only would the individual be fined by the police, but they may even have to stay in prison.

    For yers who could stay at the Emperor Suites, they typically wouldn¡¯t mind losing a few credits; however, going to prison was something everyone feared since if yers were sent to prison in the game, they had to stay there during game time.

    Several people deleted their ounts and yed from the beginning because their Criminal Points were too high and they were imprisoned for such a long time that it was unbearable.

    As such, in the eyes of most yers, killing people in main cities was an incredibly dumb and illogical behavior.

    ¡°The guards are here. It looks like there¡¯s no way for them to escape now.¡±

    The yers raised their heads and saw a few ck and grey weaponized patrol spacecraft descending quickly towards the opposite side.

 Chapter 530 - Guard Lieutenant

    <h4>Chapter 530: Guard Lieutenant</h4>

    ¡°Don¡¯t move!¡± On top of Emperor Suite number two, before the guards descended upon the scene of the incident, the angry-looking NPC hotel security guards aimed their submachine guns at Feng Luo, Phoenix, and Big Pineapple who were inside the battered room.

    ¡°We are special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These people are all adventurers from the Rebel Army.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s group did not panic. They only raised their heads and showed the security guards their special agent badges on their chests.

    At the moment, all three of their HPs were at critical levels. It was impossible for them to fight head-on against the fully-equipped NPCs. As such, they simply showed their badges.

    The special agent badge could be considered ¡°Killing licenses¡± which allowed them to kill people inside the city.

    Even if these NPC did not recognize the special agent badge, they would still know the Staff Sergeant military rank on the badge, so they would not dare pull the trigger easily.

    ¡°Federal agents?¡± It was like the three of them expected, the NPC hotel security guards who looked very angry paused as they heard Feng Luo¡¯s statement, became suspicious and hesitant.

    ¡°Special Agent? I think I¡¯ve heard this mentioned somewhere before.¡± As for the higher-up yers of Storm City who were simply there as onlookers seemed astounded by the situation.

    One among them fell into deep thought. ¡°Ah! They are the hidden profession special agents.¡±

    Zi Wei¡¯s eyes glowed as she stood among the crowd.

    ...

    ¡°Special agents. I seem to recall seeing it before somewhere.¡±

    ¡°I remember now. Back when September Night Rain dropped his item, wasn¡¯t that mission the special agent profession change mission? The special agent is a hidden profession!¡±

    ¡°Are these three among the five who passed the special agent examination? Three hidden profession yers?¡±

    Most of the yers were guild members. Many of them knew the incident rted to September Night Rain, so they also thought of that incident.

    By then, there were actually quite a number of hidden professions in the game. Although such professions were not necessarily stronger than normal professions, most yers still yearned for a hidden profession.

    Even though most of the onlooking yers were already considered elites of the game, not many of them had hidden professions.

    ¡°Also, the badge on their chest... It looks like a military rank symbol, right?¡±

    Some of the yers noticed the Staff Sergeant military rank symbol showing on the three¡¯s special agent badge.

    ¡°It¡¯s true. From the pattern, it looks like a... Staff Sergeant military rank?¡±

    ¡°Staff Sergeant? No way. Someone actually got their merits up to the Staff Sergeant rank already? Moreover, there are three of them? Our guild doesn¡¯t even have one Staff Sergeant. The highest is just a Sergeant.¡± A yer from a minor guild said.

    ¡°A Staff Sergeant military rank isn¡¯t too crazy. After the War storyline began, merit farming became a lot easier. But for three Staff Sergeants to be around, not to mention you guys, even our guild doesn¡¯t have that many.¡± A yer who was one of the higher-ups of a top ten guild replied, his expression was also a contemtive one.

    ¡°Hidden profession special agents, and he just said that those who were killed were all Rebel Army yers. Could this be a mission?¡± It wasn¡¯t just one person who thought like this. They focused their gaze on Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you guys? Weren¡¯t you told to minimize panic? What¡¯s with all thismotion right now? How are we supposed to clean it up now?¡± As the patrol spacecraft in the air descended to Emperor Suite number two¡¯s floor, over a dozen NPC guard members got off and entered the building.

    Among them was a young NPC guard who had the Staff Sergeant military rank. After he got off the spacecraft, he spoke in an annoyed tone and expression.

    ¡°The enemy used an energy bomb. It seemed like they intentionally wanted to create chaos.¡± Feng Luo frowned and answered.

    ¡°Energy bomb? Doesn¡¯t your special agent department have amazing tech? Is it possible that you weren¡¯t able to discover that they had brought an energy bomb in advance?¡± The young guard continued saying with a very annoyed and dissatisfied expression.

    Haruko had already notified the Storm City guard team about the mission and had the guards wait in the sky above the hotel so that they could deal with the aftermath easier.

    However, from the NPC¡¯s attitude, it was quite certain that the rtionship between the guards and the special agent departments could be improved.

    It was understandable. After all, it was quite normal for the guards to be dissatisfied with a department such as the FBI that often intervened in police affairs.

    However, the three of them were yers, so they would not easily be victims of the NPC¡¯s dissatisfaction and anger.

    Particrly, with the explosion and Onishi¡¯s death, as well as thergemotion caused, their ultimate mission evaluation and points awarded may be significantly affected. So, the three of them may not be in a good mood.

    ¡°The military-issued micro energy bombs should not be essible by normal means. Why didn¡¯t your guard team detect them when they were entering the city?¡± Phoenix asked with a cold stare while holding her alloy sword.

    ¡°Wow. The special agent department actually has a woman. You guys are really...¡± The young NPC guard continued to go on and on...

    ¡°Messi, stop talking. No one wants to see something like this happen. Have someone over to take care of these corpses. Also, seal all information and eliminate any possible influence. Avoid panic.¡± Another NPC who had a Lieutenant military rank on his chest called out to him. From the military rank, it seemed like he was the guard team¡¯s leader.

    ¡°You guys are injured. Do you need my men to send you to the hospital?¡± After stopping the young guard from speaking further, the guard team¡¯s Lieutenant looked at Feng Luo¡¯s group and asked.

    The guard team¡¯s Second Lieutenant was a Caucasian with Asian features. He was 180cm tall and wore a full set of guard teambat gear. His brownish, neat and slightly loose hair that reached his ears was paired with a pair of brimming eyes.

    In short, he was a handsome NPC with mixed-blood features.

    ¡°There¡¯s no need for me.¡± Facing the Lieutenant who had a better attitude, Feng Luo no longer had any reason to show a stink face and shook his head.

    He had the Self-healing Force, as long as he did not have broken limbs, there was no need for him to seek treatment at a hospital.

    ¡°We¡¯re also fine.¡± Big Pineapple and Phoenix shook their heads. Earlier, though Phoenix mmed into the wall heavily, she became fine after her HP recovered a little since a yer¡¯s body does not get injured easily.

    ¡°Yeah... Right, hurry up and send someone. Regardless, the mission is foiled... We need you guys now to... Hurry...¡± On the weaponized patrol spacecraft, the young guard member Staff Sergeant was speaking to the support team.

    ¡°Beep, beep, beep...¡±

    While he was speaking, the weaponized patrol spacecraft¡¯s warning suddenly rang. The floating screen showed also a shing red dot.

    The young guard NPC grimaced as he stared at Feng Luo¡¯s group before saying, ¡°Damn it, another incident urred. Hurricane Building. Is it your people again?¡±

    ¡°Hurricane Building? Damn it, sir Lieutenant, I¡¯ll have to trouble you to take us there immediately.¡± Feng Luo raised his head to look at the NPC Second Lieutenant, his face somewhat anxious, as Lin¡¯sb was on top of the Hurricane Building.

 Chapter 531 - Mental Type Force

    <h4>Chapter 531: Mental Type Force</h4>

    ¡°Report. Please evacuate Hurricane Building immediately due to an emergency situation.¡± Guards inside the weaponized patrol spacecraft moving at high-speed in the sky shouted towards the people below them.

    Inside the patrol vehicle, Feng Luo grimaced as he looked at a screen.

    ¡°Ah! Help, help me...¡± On a surveince screen, an officedy in formal work attire was running towards a passage while extremely scared.

    Behind her was a man pursuing her with a limp. He was limping because it looked like half of his right leg had been bitten off. As he ran, a long trail of blood was left behind him.

    The woman was running away in panic. As she reached a corner and turned, she saw a ck man wearing a security guard uniform standing some distance in front of her. As she saw the man, she screamed loudly to call for help.

    ¡°Ah!¡± However, as she got closer, she screamed again.

    The man¡¯s body suddenly fell down, exposing hispletely chewed off internal organs as well as his empty back. Additionally, a skinless and bloody monster sprawled on the ground raised its head to look at her.

    ¡°Ah... Someone released the virus used in Silvermoon City in the Hurricane Building. The situation is dire at the moment. The number of infected people has exceeded 100...¡± The handsome guard NPC Lieutenant said with a serious and dark expression while looking at the screen where the woman was being bitten to death.

    The scene inside the building was a familiar scene for Feng Luo. It was a scene after a T-virus infection.

    Something had happened at the Hurricane Building. Someone released the Evolution Virus inside the building.

    Umbre Corporation.

    After Feng Luo received this information, he knew that the incident was probably rted to Sally.

    ...

    ¡°Stop right there! The Hurricane Building has been locked down due to the appearance of the virus. No adventurers are allowed to enter at the moment!¡± When the patrol spacecraftnded on the roof of the Hurricane Building; Feng Luo, Phoenix, and Big Pineapple rushed down. However, they were barred from entering the building by two guard soldiers guarding the entrance.

    ¡°We¡¯re special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. We need to enter immediately.¡± Feng Luo and the others quickly showed them their special agent badges.

    ¡°You¡¯re still not allowed even if you are special agents. This incident is not under the jurisdiction of your Federal Bureau of Investigations.¡± The two guard soldiers did not back down.

    ¡°Let them in!¡± The handsome NPC Lieutenant walked over and ordered the two guards.

    ¡°This... Alright then.¡± The two guard soldiers finally let up.

    ¡°Thank you.¡± Feng Luo thanked them and immediately prepared to enter.

    However, as soon as he entered the building and walked into the passage, he saw several yers being ¡°escorted¡± out of the building by a group of guard soldiers wearing protection uniforms.

    Upon seeing Feng Luo, Orange, who wore a doctor¡¯s white uniform, shouted in surprise, ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    ¡°Hold on.¡± Feng Luo said.

    These guard soldiers had better attitudes. They did not speak after seeing Feng Luo and the other two¡¯s badges.

    ¡°Sorry, brother Feng. We could notplete your request. Some people entered theb and took some stuff.¡± Unlike the others who became more rxed after seeing Feng Luo, the captain, My World, looked ashamed.

    The ones that Feng Luo thought could help him was My World¡¯s team. The six of them were very trustworthy, and they were definitely yers who were closest to Feng Luo in Storm City.

    Their gears and items were quite decent. Apart from the Excellent Grade gears Feng Luo gave each of them back then, they also managed to earn a decent amount from selling the Permanent Enhancement Potion they got in Silvermoon City at a slightly lower price at Feng Luo¡¯s advice.

    After that, they used the credits earned to change the equipment of everyone in the team.

    Now, though their equipment wasn¡¯t of the highest grade, they were good enough to be called above average items. Additionally, the main fighters of the team had goodbat awareness, so Feng Luo was certain that they were capable of taking on that defense mission.

    However, from what My World said, it was clear that something had happened on Lin¡¯s side.

    ¡°How did they get in? Was it a forced explosion?¡± Feng Luo asked calmly.

    Feng Luo knew that Lin¡¯sb, a biologyb that conducted multiple highly hazardous experiments, had a tight defense. Mechanical weapons andser passageways were some of the defense mechanisms installed at theb, one could say that it was an imprable fortress where even a fly would not be able to enter without authorization.

    The standard of defense was at least ten times stronger than the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group base. People without authorization would not have been able to enter it.

    ¡°We were standing guard at theb this afternoon just like you asked. Although nothing happened throughout, we kept our attention up 120% and did not allow any yer into theb. At around eight o¡¯clock, an NPC called Aike came and said he wanted to meet Master Lin. It looked like he and Master Lin knew each other. After we obtained her permission, we let him in. Unexpectedly, after he entered, he nced at us. The system notified us that we had been attacked by a Mental Type Force attack, and we lost control of our body momentarily. Master Lin also ignorantly used her authority to switch off all of theb¡¯s defense systems. Then, that person called Aike injected something into each of us, and all of our characters became unconscious. The thing was that even though we were unconscious, we could still vaguely hear something. In the unconscious state, we heard someone enter and it also sounded like they had taken something from theb. Following that, we heard someone shouting very loudly. It also sounded as if there were battles. Then after that, we woke up one by one. Just as we woke up, these guard soldiers rushed to us and arrested each of us. They said that there was a biohazard crisis and people from ourb had to be quarantined and investigated.¡± My World and the other five yers spoke together, finishing each other¡¯s sentences beforepleting a summary that described the entire situation.

    ¡°In terms of the quarantine, I¡¯ll try to do something about it. But do you know what was taken? Also, what about the little girl?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°They took the G-virus original strain as well as the production and experiment information chip of the G-virus.¡± Lin, who was wearing her technology spectacles, walked over at that moment. Behind her was a guard soldier carrying the pale and unconscious Sally in his arms. On Sally¡¯s arm, there were several pricks that looked like signs of new injections.

    Feng Luo became dumbfounded after hearing her words. ¡°The information chip containing data of the G-virus... Wasn¡¯t it said that it could only be extracted after she is treated? Why is it...¡±

    ¡°In the current situation, it¡¯s not impossible to forcefully extract it. It is only that her treatment is not yet fullyplete, so if we do that, it would greatly affect her body. The original G-virus in her body has also changed due to this incident. Even I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going to happen next.¡± Lin¡¯s eyes were dead cold. The Master Level NPC young woman was clearly very angry within.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± Though Feng Luo knew that everything in the game was virtual, when he looked at this unfortunate little girl, he could not help but curse coldly.

    He had confirmed that it was part of the Legendary hidden mission. He was the only one who underestimated the difficulty of the mission.

    A legendary mission. A mission of that level would never be easy to aplish.

    For example, the situation right now was that an advanced NPC who possessed the Force had appeared. This was the real difficulty of the legendary mission.

    From what My World said, the incident was simr to the situation described by the middle-aged NPC earlier.

    A Mental Type Force. Could this be the ¡°spy¡± behind the scenes who manipted the middle-aged NPC earlier? Did the two missions ovep?

    ¡°I need you to go and retrieve the G-virus information chip, and Sally¡¯s ne.¡± Lin said.

    ¡°Sally¡¯s ne?¡± Feng Luo raised his head to look at Lin.

    ¡°The G-virus original strain is hidden in the pendant of the ne. I found out about this a long time ago. To be safe, I cracked the biometric identification early and had already switched the items inside. Right now, there is a Star Gxy era proton tracker inside the pendant. Fluctuations will be left behind anywhere it passes through. Even the most advanced encrypted passcode chests or suitcases won¡¯t be able topletely iste and block off these undting waves.¡± Lin pushed her technology spectacles up her nose as she spoke very coldly.

    ¡°A tracker, that¡¯s great!¡± Feng Luo was shocked after hearing that piece of news. After that, a savage smile appeared on his face.

 Chapter 532 - The Real Number One Rebel Army Faction

    <h4>Chapter 532: The Real Number One Rebel Army Faction</h4>

    On the weaponized patrol spacecraft flying at high-speed in the sky above Storm City.

    ¡°Mental Type Force. There¡¯s actually such a weird type of Force that can manipte others¡¯ actions. Isn¡¯t this invincible? The Force in the game is a lot stronger than normal skills. F*ck, when will I awaken the Force?¡± Big Pineapple said on the yer¡¯sms channel in a depressed tone.

    ¡°There¡¯s no way it¡¯s invincible. Lin said so just now. From the surveince footage of theb, after the lot of them became unconscious, the NPC Special Agent who was infected by the T-virus and was being treated inside theb coincidentally woke up inside the quarantine capsule. After that, he fought against the invader and continued to pursue them outside theb. It is clear that he wasn¡¯t manipted. In the end, the disguised yers and the NPC, who was disguised as Aike, seeded in escaping from the building. During the process, they released the T-virus to cause amotion that attracted the attention of the guards. By now, they have probably got the stuff and left Storm City.¡± Phoenix replied on the yer¡¯sms channel.

    ¡°Now that something as dangerous as the T-virus has appeared in Storm City, will it also be upied by zombies and Tyrants like Silvermoon City?¡± Big Pineapple asked as he looked down toward Storm City, at the locked-down and messy scene of the Hurricane Building with a worried look.

    ¡°It¡¯s not that serious. As a main city and the military center of the Federation, even if the other cities have fallen, Storm City would never fall.¡± Feng Luo answered. ¡°That is unless they can create a high-level zombie army with tens of millions of monsters. Only then will a main city like Storm City be taken over.¡±

    Feng Luo then looked at the yellow path shown on the tracking device in his hands.

    ¡°Sir Lieutenant, please make a left in front.¡± He then looked forward and spoke to the guard team NPC Lieutenant driving the weaponized patrol spacecraft.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The weaponized patrol spacecraft made a turn in the air, the four energy drivers turned and emitted rays of blue light. The hovercrafts along their routes moved away and opened a path for the patrol spacecraft which had turned on their emergency authorization, this allowed the patrol vehicle to move past traffic at an incredible speed.

    After Lin exined the situation, Feng Luo told the handsome guard team Lieutenant the situation, albeit with some modifications.

    After that, the NPC guard Lieutenant took them aboard the patrol vehicle again and followed the tracks shown on the tracking device to initiate their pursuit.

    Lin¡¯s tracking device was one that could not directly discover the target¡¯s position. It tracked the residual signal waves left in the air. Due to this and their inability to lock down the target¡¯s position, the incredible speed of the police vehicle helped them a lot.

    ¡°From the strength of the wave signal, we¡¯re closing in on the target.¡± Feng Luo stared at the tracking device as his hands entered his inventory and took out arge ck sniper rifle.

    ...

    Around one kilometer away from the patrol spacecraft, two SUVs were driving on the main road exiting Storm City.

    One car was in front of the other, the car at the back was arge Heavy Knight bulletproof car with unbelievably thick armor. Inside the Heavy Knight, a Sniper yer hugging a silver passcode chest on the front passenger seat looked delighted.

    ¡°Heh, the operation is finally over. Although a sort of insane NPC suddenly appeared and caused a ruckus, apart from our side¡¯s NPC, everything else went unexpectedly smooth.¡±

    The Scout yer biting on a cigarette seated at the driver¡¯s seat, wearing simrly luxurious equipment, spoke while breathing smoke outside the vehicle through the window, ¡°We gotta thank that group at the hotel for helping us divert attention. Although their group got wiped out, at least it helped usplete our mission smoothly. I guess that¡¯s counted as their contribution.¡± As he spoke, a row of yellow teeth could be seen.

    Two yers seated in the middle of the vehicle looked like they were grimacing. One of the two, a Fire Maniptor spoke while staring angrily at the two seated in front of him, ¡°Have you guys finished? If you don¡¯t know how to talk, you should just shut up.¡± On his chest was a hidden badge, the badge was a roaring golden dragon, a badge for the elites of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    Yellow-tooth¡¯s expression cooled. He looked towards thest row of seats in the vehicle and spoke to a silent and tall yer wearing sunsses and a set of alloy armor hiding in the shadows, ¡°Hmph, Seven Kills, don¡¯t you know how to keep your subordinates in check? If our boss did not agree to the terms raised by the Rui Conglomerate, your Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would never have been able to get the title of being the first yer faction to join the rebel army camp, and your Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group would never have been able to be as famous as you are now. That title belongs to us.¡± Yellow-tooth said mockingly.

    ¡°The boss is a visionary. Ever since he started the game, he had the feeling that the game would sooner orter progress towards a battle between the camps. Since we entered the game, he led us to explore missions about joining the rebel army camp. Otherwise, do you think I would have stayed at that boring old Town of Exile?¡± As he said that, Yellow-tooth started to frown. It was as if he had remembered something unpleasant.

    ¡°Not to mention, the boss was the one who rmended everyone participate in this hidden mission. I¡¯d say he is as kind as he can be towards you guys. You can¡¯t me anyone for that group¡¯s failure. Nobody would have ever thought that the reason the NPC separated us into two groups was to use one group as a diversion. The key is that although they are a diversion, if they were strong enough, they should have been able toplete their side of the mission. Who knew they were so weak that they would be wiped out by the enemy?¡± As he spoke, Yellow-tooth¡¯s mockingugh returned.

    Therge armored yer maintained his silence. However, from the dim light avable at the end of the vehicle, the face under the sunsses was incredibly apathetic.

    ¡°Hmph! A measly man intoxicated by sesses.¡± The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group maniptor gritted his teeth and spoke.

    ......

    A total of 20 people participated in the Storm City infiltration faction mission.

    As long as theypleted the mission, they would obtain spots for the hidden profession. Additionally, they would also receive a lot of points and credits as rewards.

    Due to this, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group picked 13 elites to participate in the mission. Among them was the number one expert Seven Kills as well as the son of the guild¡¯s big boss, Young Master Xing.

    With regard to Young Master Xing who was a second-generation tycoon, the rewards were not important to him. Instead, he was most interested in the hidden profession.

    That was why prior to this mission, their bosses gave the directive asking them to do their utmost in getting Young Master Xing a spot.

    However, no one would have predicted the NPC¡¯s decision to split them into groups halfway through the mission.

    Young Master Xing was put in the group where every member was from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. In the end, he, unfortunately, had also be bait and was part of the group that was wiped out.

    If it was only a case of bad luck, it would be fine. However, the maniptor yer was highly suspicious and felt that the group knew what the NPCs wanted to do from a long time ago. He even had a feeling that they had intentionally made it so that the NPC selected only people from their guild to create that baiting team.

    The hidden mission was actually provided by the group¡¯s ¡°Boss,¡± the guy who, after Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group joined the rebel army camp, suddenly appeared and imed that he was the leader of the real group who joined the rebel army camp first.

 Chapter 533 - First Appearance of the Sniper Rifle

    <h4>Chapter 533: First Appearance of the Sniper Rifle</h4>

    In the midst of the argument between the two sides inside the Heavy Knight vehicle, a weaponized police patrol spacecraft approximately 30 meters off the ground in the sky was closing in on them. The spacecraft was only around 500 meters behind them.

    ¡°Beep, beep...¡±

    The moment the patrol spacecraft entered the 500-meter range, the driver¡¯s cockpit of the Heavy Knight suddenly sounded a warning.

    ¡°Hmm? What the heck? There¡¯s the police?¡± After the maniptor stopped speaking, Yellow-tooth had wanted to mock them a bit more, but his expression changed after he heard the rm. He quickly checked the surveince device of the modified Heavy Knight quickly to find the source of the rm.

    ¡°It¡¯s in the sky? That¡¯s weird, howe there¡¯s a police patrol spacecraft here?¡± After determining the source of the rm as well as the notifications provided by the intelligent system, Yellow-tooth spat out the cigarette in his mouth and spoke oddly.

    A police patrol spacecraft was different from a hovercraft. Since such vehicles had their own energy driver, they could fly a certain distance even after exiting cities. However, under normal circumstances, this type of weaponized patrol spacecraft would not exit cities. At that moment, their position was quite far away from Storm City.

    ¡°F*ck, they¡¯re not here pursuing us, are they?¡± The other Sniper yer cursed suspiciously.

    ¡°Impossible. Didn¡¯t the NPC say that the passcode chest has a signal-jamming ability? We were disguised during the mission. There¡¯s no way our identities were exposed inside Storm City while we were executing the mission.¡± Yellow-tooth said after hearing the Sniper¡¯s words. His face showed that he was already losing his cool.

    At that moment, the high-speed weaponized patrol spacecraft had closed in further and the distance between the spacecraft and their Heavy Knight was only less than 400 meters.

    ¡°They¡¯re definitely here to pursue us.¡± At that time, Seven Kills who was seated in thest row of the vehicle suddenly and calmly spoke.

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°What evidence do you have to be so certain?¡±

    After hearing Seven Kills¡¯ words, the two yers from the Town of Exile asked, unconvinced.

    ¡°We haven¡¯t done anything during the earlier stages of the mission. We¡¯ve been relying on the NPCs all the while. Do you really think that a hidden profession spot is so easy to get? Him leaving the item to us is a signal,¡± Seven Kills said coldly as he raised his head.

    ¡°Warning. The police vehicle is less than 300 meters away. Attention!¡± The Heavy Knight vehicle¡¯s intelligent system sent out another warning.

    ¡°Yellow-tooth, what should we do?¡± The Sniper yer was showing slight panic.

    Yellow-tooth seemed to have thought of something, and his originally slightly panicky face rxed. A tinge of contempt could be seen on his face. ¡°The Guard team¡¯s weaponized patrol spacecraft doesn¡¯t have high caliber weapons. With the defense of our boss¡¯ modified Heavy Knight, even high caliber Sniper rifles can¡¯t prate it, as long as they don¡¯t get off their spacecraft, there¡¯s nothing for us to be afraid of. Let them follow our asses and keep pursuing us. When the weaponized patrol spacecraft uses up its energy, we¡¯ll be rid of them...¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Before he could finish his sentence, the room of the car that wasparable to a lightweight tank seemed to have been hit by something. A clear dent could be seen on the roof, and half a deformed bullet head could be seen at the tip of the dent.

    The sound of the bullet hitting the vehicle was so loud that it made the ears of everyone inside the car ring.

    ...

    ¡°ck!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his shoulder, which had be slightly numb from the recoil of firing a shot from his Wings of Death rifle.

    Since there was no ce for him to set up a stand to support the gun, he could only shoot from holding the sniper rifle.

    It was the first time he used a 14.5mm caliber sniper rifle like this, and needless to say, the recoil of the gun was quite strong.

    Although the stats of the rifle had reduced the recoil by 50%, whenpared to the Eye of the Thunder, it was still quite strong. As such, this caused his first shot to deviate from the intended target slightly. The gunshot sound was also quite loud, even louder than the Barrett.

    However, whether it was the sound or the recoil, they were all minor details that did not impact the performance a lot.

    In terms of the effect achieved by the Level 50 Rare Grade sniper rifle, Feng Luo was quite satisfied with the result of using it in real-time battle.

    The armor of the Heavy Knight was a bulletproof structure. Normal submachine guns would only leave white marks on it. Even high-caliber Sniper rifles would need to strike the same spot four to five times before shaving off some of its defenses.

    However, the first bullet fired from Wings of Death was enough to almost break through the defense of the Heavy Knight. It was brutal.

    Paired with the Legendary Grade sniping scope, the rifle¡¯s equipment level had reached Level 52, but the effects of its attributes and stats were not reduced due to a ¡°set effect.¡± Its attack remained at 1,100 and there was also a 40% sight improvement.

    Although the current environment was very dark, there were street lights providing some light and with a higher vantage point, even at this distance, Feng Luo could easily find the position of the vehicle.

    Old John¡¯s skills were really quite frightening.

    ¡°Bang, bang...¡±

    Two more shots fired consecutively. After he finally got the hang of it.

    ¡°ck!¡±

    Feng Luo moved his hands and the Wings of Death rifle automatically switched to the second of its three magazines.

    Feng Luo put a bullet with red rings into the loose chamber. Although he had only received the rifle on that day, in terms of the 14.5mm caliber ammunition, he had long been prepared.

    Three magazines, just enough for him to equip one normal armor-piercing round magazine and two special function bullet magazines.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    His right index finger pressed down on the trigger forcefully. Under the effects of the energy elerator, a searing bullet reached the incredible speed of 1,500m/s as it flew towards the elerating Heavy Knight.

    In less than 0.2 seconds, the bullet hit a spot almost the same as the three previous shots.

    This time, the Heavy Knight armored vehicle, with most of its defense broken, could no longer withstand the impact generated from this mini cannon.

    ¡°ck!¡±

    The bullet pierced through the ceiling of the vehicle and struck a location between the driver¡¯s seat and the front passenger seat.

    Immediately after that, the bullet head exploded into a ball of mes.

    Although the bullet did not hit any person, the me caused by the explosion increased the temperature inside the car to increase exponentially in an instant.

    ¡°Cough! Damn it! Cough, what kind of sniper rifle are they using over there? To be able to even pierce the armor of a Heavy Knight vehicle!¡± Yellow-tooth coughed consecutively. As his vision was affected by the mes, he almost caused the entire Heavy Knight vehicle to turn over.

    Even though yers¡¯ bodies aren¡¯t affected by fire burns, the high-temperature air was an ufortable experience that made everyone in the car suffer.

    ¡°Tell them to stop the car and engage in battle!¡± Seven Kills was half bent over as he shouted at Yellow-tooth.

    ¡°Cough. What? Stop the car? No way, isn¡¯t that inviting death? There is only one Guard patrol vehicle right now. If we stop the car right now, who¡¯s to say there won¡¯t be moreing to ultimately surround us?¡± Yellow-tooth said, refusing to stop the car while continuing to drive.

    ¡°Stop the car! The weaponized patrol spacecraft isn¡¯t flying at a high altitude. It also does not have high defense. A maniptor using skills with a Machine Gunner should be enough to take it down. If we don¡¯t stop the car and fight, the enemy Sniper will be able to pick us off one by one as they continue to pursue us!¡± Seven Kills shouted with a cold sneer.

    Although the Heavy Knight vehicle had a spacious interior, there was not a lot of space to dodge with five people inside.

    If they were to stay within the vehicle, there would not be enough space to get a shield out and the only choice they had was to wait for death toe.

    ...

    ¡°That¡¯s rather decisive.¡± Upon seeing the two SUVs decelerating, Feng Luo, who was looking through the sniping scope on the weaponized patrol spacecraft in the sky, was rather surprised.

    ¡°However, do you really think that this is the right choice?¡± Feng Luo had a yful expression on his face.

    ¡°ck!¡±

    Wings of Death shooting mode changed from manual mode to automatic mode. Reloading speed has been halved.

 Chapter 534 - Continuous Instant Kills

    <h4>Chapter 534: Continuous Instant Kills</h4>

    The other SUV that was not the Heavy Knight vehicle stopped first. After the door popped open, a Light Armor Warrior d in ck Rare Grade armor charged out as he spoke to the people inside the car.

    ¡°I¡¯ll attract the attention of the enemy sniper, you guys hurry up...¡± However, before he could finish his sentence...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-1234, -8843!¡±

    A sniper bullet had urately hit his chest, followed by two damage numbers with abined damage value of five digits appeared above the head of the Light Armor Warrior. One of the two numbers was a red damage number.

    [Double Armor-piercing Round ¨C Type Four ¨C B Grade]

    ¡°Increases attack by 20%, destructive power by 40%. Inflicts two attacks. If the defense has beenpletely broken, the second hit will inflict an additional 50% damage bonus.¡±

    This was one of the 14.5mm caliber special bullets inside the second of the three magazines of his new rifle. This type of bullet was slightly different from the D-Grade Double Armor-piercing Round that he used before, and had incredible destructive power.

    With the Wings of Death¡¯s B- destruction coefficient, not to mention the light armor of warriors, even normal Heavy Armor Warrior shields would fail to withstand it.

    Moreover, the gun¡¯s strength was not limited to its damage and destructive force.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    The moment the bullet struck the warrior¡¯s chest, the Rebel Army Camp Light Armor Warrior¡¯s legs were lifted into the air and his entire body was thrown into the air by the shot¡¯s impact as if he was struck by arge boulder.

    His HP also dropped below 5% in an instant.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± However, Feng Luo seemed a little surprised.

    By his calction, the shot should have been enough to instantly kill the Light Armor Warrior who only had a little bit more than 10,000 HP.

    Before he switched to this rifle, he was capable of instantly killing Light Armor Warriors who were equipped with average or even one to two Rare Grade items.

    Now that he had switched to this new sniper rifle and started using the B-Grade bullets, the damage should have been higher.

    Although the Light Armor Warrior was fully equipped with Rare Grade gears, they were not top-notch items, so his HP should only be a little over 10,000.

    ¡°Right, I forgot one thing.¡± Regardless, Feng Luo understood after a brief moment. He discovered the gap and understood why he could not achieve one-shot kills.

    He had activated the automatic shooting mode of Wings of Death with a shooting gap of one second. Under this shooting mode, the damage was reduced to 70%, and as such, his shotcked a little damage.

    If it were the two-second shot gap manual shooting mode, the Light Armor Warrior would have died.

    However, the error due to being not fully familiarized with the gun that caused him to fail to kill the Light Armor Warrior in one shot was notpletely negative.

    ¡°Old Hei!¡±

    The party¡¯s status window showed that the Light Armor Warrior had entered the Heavy Injury status. His entire body was sent flying and the second yer who got out of the car, a Wind Maniptor who had an energy shield over him, looked in shock.

    He quickly bent over and tried to pull the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s body to a safe position behind the SUV.

    The Wind Maniptor who was casting a shield over himself inside the SUV earlier did not see the two damage numbers that popped above the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s head. Or perhaps he was overconfident in his energy shield...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The second sniper shot rang in the air.

    The Wind Maniptor¡¯s Expert Level wind energy shield copsed in an instant. The speed of the sniper bullet decreased by only less than one-third of its original speed. After destroying the shield, the bullet directly punctured through the Wind Maniptor¡¯s energy robe and drilled into his chest towards his heart.

    ¡°-5067!¡±

    The second red-colored damage value appeared, apanied by a sh of the white light of death.

    A Light Armor Warrior fully equipped with Rare Grade items could barely withstand the shot from the automatic shooting mode. Now that it was a Wind Maniptor, there was no way for him to survive.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    The third yer to exit the vehicle was a Water Maniptor. Simrly covered by ayer of energy shield, as he exited the energy SUV, the scene that unfolded before him stunned him silly.

    After he regained his senses, he quickly ducked into the ground. Then, he used the SUV¡¯s body as a cover to block the enemy¡¯s attack.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5536!¡±

    However, the Scout yer who reacted slower than him and had exited the vehicle from the other door was not so lucky. He held his submachine gun with a menacing expression, but as the third gunshot rang in the air, a bullet struck the Scout yer¡¯s tactical helmet violently.

    The third red-colored damage value appeared, along with a second sh of the white light of death.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Immediately after, the fourth shot rang in the air.

    This time, the source of the shot was not the weaponized patrol vehicle.

    A sniper bullet struck the bulletproof armor of the weaponized patrol vehicle in front of Feng Luo before scratching past Feng Luo¡¯s head, leaving a burning sensation on his head.

    ¡°I wasn¡¯t going to get rid of you guys first, but you¡¯ve now presented yourself on the te, huh?¡± Feng Luo sneered casually.

    His three previous shots were all focused on attacking the Rebel Army Camp yers from the non-Heavy Knight energy SUV, as his Legendary Grade sniping scope had the ability to urately measure a target¡¯s HP.

    The first one to exit the Heavy Knight SUV that contained the target chip was a Heavy Armor Warrior with more than 30,000 HP. He was also holding a good-looking alloy shield in his hands.

    Around the same time, as Feng Luo saw that HP, he knew that the Heavy Armor Warrior had taken drugs.

    The Rebel Army¡¯s biotechnology skills were above the Federation Government. Additionally, the Umbre Corporation was also adept at such research, so the Heavy Armor Warrior was likely to have used some kind of temporary boosting drug while he was inside the SUV.

    That was why Feng Luo quickly decided to ignore the Heavy Knight vehicle¡¯s side first. Instead, he would try to get rid of the yers from the other SUV.

    Unexpectedly, there was a sniper among the people from the Heavy Knight vehicle¡¯s side.

    However, the sniper did not hide himself behind the Heavy Armor Warrior. Instead, he was brave enough to stand on top of the Heavy Knight vehicle¡¯s ceiling and attack Feng Luo with his rifle. He was most likely determined to snipe Feng Luo from the get-go.

    The weaponized patrol spacecraft was moving at high-speed. As the two sides were in a state of rtive motion, not all Snipers would have been able to urately hit the target.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s Wings of Death shifted position slightly as his angle quickly turned elsewhere. In just a few milliseconds, Feng Luo directly counterattacked the enemy sniper with a 14.5mm armor-piercing round.

    ¡°-5056!¡±

    The Sniper yer who made a slight mistake did not have time to shrink his head back. Before he could react, he was hit by bullets fired from Wings of Death and was killed.

    ¡°That¡¯s the third one.¡± Feng Luo was counting everything together.

    Four shots. One Heavy Injury. Three instant-kills.

    Wings of Death, this new sniper rifle is really as dominating as its name!

 Chapter 535 - Tear Gas

    <h4>Chapter 535: Tear Gas</h4>

    ¡°But for some reason, I feel like I¡¯ve met this sniper somewhere before.¡± Feng Luo felt a little bit suspicious.

    The Sniper, who had just been counter-killed by him, seemed somewhat familiar to him.

    Truth be told, he felt that he had also seen the Light Armor Warrior and Scout somewhere before too.

    However, though Feng Luo was a little bit distracted, his actions were not affected in the slightest.

    The sniper rifle moved again, now aimed at the yers from the Heavy Knight SUV. More specifically, a Fire Maniptor who was preparing to release a skill.

    Although he was protected by a Heavy Armor Warrior, Feng Luo was shooting from the weaponized patrol spacecraft hovering in the air, meaning that Feng Luo had an incredible angle. An alloy shield was undoubtedly insufficient protection.

    At most, it could only prevent Feng Luo from inflicting another Fatal Damage.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± However, just as Wings of Death prepared to let out its fifth shot...

    Feng Luo¡¯s vision through the Legendary Grade sniping scope installed on the sniper rifle that provided a 40% increase in range suddenly went dark. It was as if it had been affected by something, and in that instant, he could not see clearly the enemy¡¯s position.

    The reality was exactly that. A three-meter tall and seven to eight meters wide waterfall-like wateryer had risen in front of the two SUVs.

    The Water Maniptor¡¯s Level 30 skill ¨C Water Curtain.

    When activated, it reduces long-range attack damage and speed while severely impacting the enemy¡¯s line of sight. A Water Maniptor¡¯s Godly skill to resist long-range attacks.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    With his vision blocked by the skill and the skill¡¯s effect, Feng Luo¡¯s fifth shotpletely missed, and naturally, there was no way he could have killed anyone with that shot.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    On the enemy¡¯s side, after losing four yers, the others were using the cover provided by the water curtain to take cover and take a breather. Then, the remaining six yers began their counterattack.

    As the weaponized patrol vehicle entered within a 100 meters range from the Rebel Army Camp yers, the air underneath the spacecraft suddenly turned red.

    Under the control of the energy converter, highly condensed fire energy burst towards the guard team¡¯s weaponized patrol vehicle like a raging fire dragon.

    ¡°Careful! It¡¯s the Level 40 rare skill ¨C Fire Dragon¡¯s Roar. Apart from high damage, it can also inflict the burn effect on the target it hits!¡± Phoenix shouted a reminder from behind Feng Luo.

    Her second profession was Fire Maniptor, so she was more familiarized with the rare ultimate skillpared to the others.

    ¡°Sit tight!¡± After hearing Phoenix¡¯s reminder, the NPC guard Lieutenant¡¯s face stiffened. He then quickly steered the weaponized patrol vehicle quickly with great urgency. Since he was using all his strength, veins began popping out.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The weaponized patrol spacecraft made an ¡°L¡± path in the sky before it was devoured by the fire dragon, it had elerated and brushed the edge of the skill before moving away.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Although they had dodged the energy Fire Dragon¡¯s Roar, the other long-range attacks followed close behind.

    A cacophony of bullets rained towards the weaponized patrol spacecraft, which had closed within a hundred meters from the group. Over a hundred bullets per second were fired into the dark night sky.

    At the same time, there was also the sound of submachine gunfire, as well as the sloshing sound of water energy skill attacks.

    ¡°ng, ng, ng...¡±

    Dense gunfire filled the sky. In such a short distance, no matter how good a pilot the Guard team Lieutenant was, there was no way he could have avoided them all.

    The positive was that the weaponized patrol vehicle¡¯s armor was somewhat bulletproof.

    Machine gun and submachine gun bullets flew toward them from below, and the force generated by a few bullets was not nearly enough topletely pierce through the spacecraft¡¯s armor.

    Although the armor of the spacecraft was not pierced through, the guard team¡¯s weaponized patrol vehicle used the energy driver to power it...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    They seemed a little unlucky. One of the energy drivers below the patrol spacecraft suddenly exploded, and the entire body of the spacecraft leaned to one side, causing the people standing on the spacecraft to lose their footing.

    At that time, they were around 50 meters away from the ground. If they were to fall from that height, they would be in trouble.

    Even someone with Big Pineapple¡¯s defense would probably be looking at an empty HP bar.

    The good thing was that the weaponized patrol spacecraft had a total of four energy drivers. One was broken, but it still had three to power it, the only negative was that the spacecraft was not as bnced.

    At that time, the weaponized patrol spacecraft had flown to an area just above the Heavy Knight SUV. Then, the attack weapons on the weaponized patrol spacecraft were finally activated.

    ¡°Whoosh! Whoosh!¡±

    Several ck cylindrical objects were fired from the weaponized patrol spacecraft. They flew and elerated towards where the six rebel army camp yers were located.

    ¡°Boom! Pshhhtttt...¡±

    The moment they made contact with the ground, they exploded light red smoke, and a pungent smell quickly spread around the area.

    ¡°Cough, cough...¡±

    After the attack, several rebel army camp yers on the ground who failed to react in time started coughing. Tears and mucus poured out of their eyes and nose.

    The objects were not bombs. They were tear gas. Moreover, they were tear gas that could remain in a spacious environment for a long time without dissolving.

    The guard team¡¯s patrol spacecraft was supposed to be used for managing Storm City. Storm City¡¯s automatic defense system and weapons wereplete, which was why the patrol spacecraft was not equipped with any lethal weapons.

    Apart from the tear gas, there were two other six-barrelled electromaic railguns. However, they only used police-issued light rubber bullets, so in terms of lethality, they were quite limited.

    However, after releasing the tear gas, the weaponized patrol spacecraft began descending quickly at another location.

    The first reason they did so was that they were afraid that the patrol spacecraft would be shot down, and the second reason was for...

    ¡°Heh! It¡¯s finally my turn!¡± Big Pineapple held the fully assembled Hellish Meat-Grinder and smiled happily.

    The electromaic railguns on the weaponized patrol spacecraft were certainly not lethal, but Big Pineapple¡¯s second profession was a Machine Gunner.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    As the patrol spacecraft descended to a certain altitude, they finally reached an angle where the Hellish Meat-Grinder was able to shoot, and Big Pineapple eagerly pressed on the trigger.

    Machine gun bullets filled the air as Big Pineapple shot downward, initiating a ¡°shooting duel¡± against the Machine Gunner firing up towards them.

    ¡°Prairie Fire!¡± Phoenix was also holding an energy converter and wearing an alloy armor, releasing a skill downward.

    Feng Luo was most certainly not the only long-range attacker in their team. Big Pineapple and Phoenix¡¯s second professions provided each of them the ability to deal long-range attacks.

    Although due to their stats as well as the fact that they did not really change their equipment, their second profession damage was quite average.

    Nheless, it was better than nothing.

    Moreover, Feng Luo was still continuously firing shots from the Wings of Death sniper rifle in automatic shooting mode.

 Chapter 536 - Target of Focus Fire

    <h4>Chapter 536: Target of Focus Fire</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Wings of Death sniper rifle in Feng Luo¡¯s hands let out another muffled shot. The target was the head of the Machine Gunner who could not continue hiding behind the Heavy Armor Warrior as he wanted to shoot.

    ¡°Ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-314, -317, -345...¡±

    As Feng Luo shot, several of the Machine Gunner¡¯s bullets also struck his body.

    At that range, the machine gun bullets still inflicted considerably high damage. Just a few hits and Feng Luo had already dropped a thousand HP.

    However, only three shots dealt damage, as ayer of red ¡°armor¡± suddenly appeared all over Feng Luo¡¯s body, and as such, the remaining bullets simply bounced off him.

    Although the Energy Beetles were all killed earlier, Feng Luo still had the Commander Grade Life Protozoa with him.

    The defense provided by the Force skill was even more powerful than an energy shield.

    ¡°-6045!¡±

    Compared to less than 10% of his HP taken out by the Machine Gunner¡¯s bullets, the Machine Gunner who was only shot once by Feng Luo received a Fatal Damage directly which emptied his HP bar.

    ¡°The fifth one!¡± Feng Luo changed his target yet again as he aimed his sniper rifle at the Water Maniptor among the five remaining yers.

    First, the Light Armor Warrior whose HP was in the red after getting shot first had died. Since no one was able to take care of him, Phoenix cast a condensed fireball and finished him off.

    This caused the enemy team to lose half of their strength in just a few seconds.

    The start of the battle could be said to be perfect.

    Moreover, the remaining five yers HP were running low. Apart from the Heavy Armor Warrior with his shield up having more than 20,000 HP, the rest of the yers had less than 50% remaining.

    Big Pineapple continued to control the Hellish Meat-Grinder to pursue and shoot the remaining five Rebel Army yers who had just escaped the range of the tear gas.

    Although his agility stat was very low and the damage inflicted by the machine gun he held was not high, the Hellish Meat-Grinder was still a top-ss Level 50 Rare Grade weapon. With that alone, his damage output was not any inferiorpared to normal machine gunners.

    As such, after he saw the Rebel Army Camp yers tearing up due to the tear gas without being able to put up a fight, he smirked and saidcently, ¡°Heh, these people don¡¯t seem very tough. I had thought that they still had some hidden wild card that they haven¡¯t used.¡±

    However, Big Pineapple¡¯s words had once again jinxed the group.

    Just as he finished speaking, the five Rebel Army Camp yers who had just escaped from the range of the tear gas began their second wave of counterattacks.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Five white pet summoning lights shed all at once.

    After that, four Commander Grade and one Elite Grade pets appeared in front of them.

    Yes, four Commander Grade pets. Among them were two flying type pets that were about the size of the weaponized patrol spacecraft.

    ¡°So many Commander Grade pets? They have average-looking gears equipped, so how do they have so many Commander Grade pets?¡± Big Pineapple looked shocked.

    Although Commander Grade pets were no longer incredibly rare, they were still not as affordable as a full set of Rare Grade items. For example, more than half of the superstar yers fromrge guilds inside Storm City still did not have Commander Grade pets.

    However, among the five yers below them, four had Commander Grade pets.

    ¡°Don¡¯t think too much about it! Let¡¯s get rid of these pets first!¡± Feng Luo did not bother with the enemy¡¯s pet grade.

    He raised the rifle in his hands and aimed it at one of the two Commander Grade pets flying in the air. Specifically, he aimed it at the smaller pet first and fired a shot.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-8400!¡±

    A searing hot C-Grade special bullet urately struck the head of that pet.

    With that, Feng Luo instantly KO¡¯ed the energy type pet that had just appeared and had not even activated an energy shield.

    A Commander Grade pet was not a Commander Grade monster, and as such, their HPs were not in the tens of thousands.

    In particr, this was an energy attack type pet. After it was summoned and before it could activate its energy shield, it had already been shot down, as it was a flying type pet that posed a threat to the patrol spacecraft...

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    Big Pineapple¡¯s machine gun was originally shooting downward so that he could put pressure on the five yers. After he heard Feng Luo¡¯s words, he immediately changed his machine gun¡¯s aim to fire upon a Commander Grade pet.

    ¡°-396, -323, -345...¡±

    The only Elite Grade pet was instantly punctured by the bullets raining down from the Hellish Meat-Grinder. Its HP was emptied in an instant.

    Compared to Commander Grade pets, a weakness of Elite Grade pets was that even though this pet was a meleebat type pet, it also could not withstand the barrage of a machine gun.

    Moreover, apart from the Elite Grade pet being instantly killed, the other Commander Grade pet standing behind it also received hundreds of damage.

    The rare attribute of the Hellish Meat-Grinder was that after the bullets pierce through and exit the body of the target would still cause 50% of its original damage.

    However, the second pet was a Level 42 Commander Grade Rock Takin pet. Its skin was covered in thick rock-like hide, and Big Pineapple¡¯s pseudo-Machine Gunner damage output was not enough to quickly kill a defense type pet like this.

    After Feng Luo and Big Pineapple each finished off a pet, two of the three remaining pets began their long-range attacks.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The remaining ten-meter tall giant eagle type pet in the sky let out a roar. Its ck feathered wings pped violently toward the patrol spacecraft.

    ¡°Swirl, swirl...¡±

    After the eagle pet pped its wings, two tornadoes mixed with a bunch of light green wind des moved towards the weaponized patrol spacecraft like two smoke pirs.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The turtle-like Commander Grade pet on the ground opened its mouthzily at the patrol spacecraft in the sky and spat out a ¡°Water Ball¡± that moved rtively slowly.

    Normal water balls would have been alright, but wherever this water ball passed by, the water vapor in the air would instantly freeze and be white. It had an extremely low temperature and it had a special effect.

    ¡°elerate!¡± The Guard team Lieutenant continued to steer the weaponized patrol spacecraft to agilely evade all the attacks. Afterpleting an ¡°S¡± shaped maneuver, the vehicle was able to dodge the two iing tornados.

    After the patrol spacecraft safely dodged the two light green wind de-filled tornado that moved ridiculously fast, the sound of something crashing together came from beneath the spacecraft.

    The slow-moving water ball was elerating as it moved. Just as the patrol spacecraft avoided the two tornados, it made a turn in mid-air and mmed into the spacecraft.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    The water ball struck the patrol spacecraft, leaving the area that was hit instantly surrounded by a white iceyer, and the area quickly spread.

    At the same time, the temperature across the entire patrol spacecraft began to drop substantially.

    A simple temperature drop was not a big issue. However, when the iceyer spread to the energy driver, the three energy drivers began to stop one by one, as the extremely low temperature caused malfunctions and the police-issued patrol spacecraft began to fall towards the ground.

    ¡°Everyone, be careful! Hold on to something solid on the spacecraft!¡± No matter how good the NPC Guard Lieutenant was, there was no way he could have kept the weaponized patrol spacecraft that had lost its power to move afloat. He could only shout and remind everyone else.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    As he shouted, the weaponized patrol spacecraft hadnded heavily on the ground below, and the people on board the spacecraft were stunned dizzy.

    The fortunate thing was that the patrol spacecraft had descended to an altitude around 20 meters above ground in order to amodate Big Pineapple¡¯s shooting angle. As such, even though they dropped from above and everyone lost a lot of HP, the three yers¡¯ bodies were not in bad shape.

    ¡°Sea of Fire!¡± However, the troublesome issue was the counterattacking from the five enemy yers.

    Before the patrol spacecraft fell, the predicted crashing location of the spacecraft was already surrounded by mes that shot upward.

    Although the enemy had lost a lot of firepower after Feng Luo killed their Machine Gunner, they still had the alleged ¡°Number One Violent profession in War,¡± the Fire Maniptor profession well-known for their high damage output. The Expert Level Sea of Fire skill had a skill effect radius that could reach ten meters and above the ground after the skill exploded. As such, this turned the area where Feng Luo¡¯s groupnded into a sea of fire.

    The Sea of Fire skill was one of the signature skills of the Fire Maniptor profession.

    It was a continuous effect skill and as long as the caster¡¯s MP could take it, the skill¡¯s effect would be able to continue indefinitely. The damage inflicted was also quite high as well.

    More importantly, the enemy Fire Maniptor¡¯s skill judgment was incredibly urate. From this point alone, one could easily tell that he was an expert.

    ¡°-367, -345, -344...¡±

    ¡°-405, -423, -434...¡±

    The Sea of Fire continued to rise and spread, and in an instant, Feng Luo¡¯s group entered a state where they were continuously losing hundreds of HP per second.

    Since the mes were over one meter tall, their line of sight was also affected and they could not see the actions of the enemy Rebel Army yers who were only a dozen or so meters away clearly.

    The situation was quite like a copy of the previous situation where the Rebel Army yers were affected by the tear gas attack.

    ¡°Attack!¡±

    The remaining five enemy yers, apart from Seven Kills ¨C the Heavy Armor Warrior, were all long-range attacking professions. Apart from the Rock Takin which was used as a tank, the other two pets also had long-range attack skills.

    At that moment, they were, naturally, looking for opportunities to focus their attacks on Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    Among all the attacks thrown at Feng Luo¡¯s group, more than half of them were aimed at the one carrying the sniper rifle, Feng Luo.

    It was inevitable, as Feng Luo¡¯s disy of strength where he consecutively killed yers with one shot made it clear to any experienced PK team that he should be the first person that had to be dealt with.

    ¡°Ka Cha...¡±

    The Blood Fog Armor over Feng Luo¡¯s bodypletely disappeared after receiving consecutive attacks from bullets and energy attacks.

    The Blood Fog Armor¡¯s defense coefficient was very high, it wasparable to Rare Grade heavy armor, and it possessed very high energy resistance.

    However, its defense was not in aplete state at the moment. The Life Protozoa was not in 100% condition (The Life Protozoa would be ¡°Injured¡± with its host, the previous explosion caused the Life Protozoa¡¯s condition to deteriorate to only one-fourth of its original). As such, after receiving some damage, the armor finally broke.

    As for the HP, one-fifth of his maximum HP, that dropped due to the crash earlier, as well as the continuous damage inflicted by the sea of fire, Feng Luo¡¯s HP was now quite low.

    The attacks did not stop after his armor disappeared, and it seemed as if Feng Luo was going to be killed.

    ¡°To try and kill me via focus fire, is it going to be that easy?¡± Feng Luo sneered.

    His Self-healing Force suddenly activated, and four-digit green healing numbers popped up above his head, and as he took on the attacks of the two Commander Grade pets and a bunch of yers, rather than going down, his HP instantly increased.

 Chapter 537 - Insane HP Recovery

    <h4>Chapter 537: Insane HP Recovery</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, what the heck is going on?¡± The five opponent yers thought that they were going to kill Feng Luo instantly. The five of them were staring straight at Feng Luo.

    Due to the brightness and contrast caused by the sea of fire, they could clearly see the green healing numbers appearing above Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    After seeing the situation unfold before them, the five yers¡¯ expressions changed.

    ¡°He should have at least lost 10,000 HP after getting hit by so many of our attacks. And he¡¯s still alive? How has he recovered so much HP? Just what kind of potion did he take? His HP recovery is even more amazing than Doctors.¡± Yellow-tooth gritted his teeth and spoke.

    Apart from Yellow-tooth, a Scout yer who was among the five survivors also had his suspicions. So, he decisively cast his Detection skill on Feng Luo.

    ¡°Detection! F*ck me!¡± The Scout¡¯s face went nk as he doubted his eyes.

    ¡°The Sniper has 13,000 HP! Moreover, his level... He¡¯s actually Level 52!¡±

    ...

    ¡°The Self-healing Force is a lot stronger than I thought.¡± As he tanked the enemies attacked, Feng Luo smiled genuinely as he saw his HP recovering to almost its maximum value.

    Truth be told, though his Self-healing Force was considered a support type Force that did not contribute to his attack, its uses during battles were not to be underestimated.

    After the Force game chapter began, apart from being able to quickly recover from various negative effects inflicted from Force attacks that would otherwise cripple other yers, Feng Luo¡¯s Self-healing Force¡¯s ability to recover HP was incredibly powerful.

    Particrly, the HP recovery rate was insane.

    Feng Luo experimented with it once before. In a state where he had zero injuries, his HP recovery rate reached 3,000 HP per second after using the Force, almost 20% of his maximum HP.

    If he was injured, the recovered HP would be slightly lower. It was probably due to the system allocating a certain amount of Force to heal the injury.

    However, this was the basic recovery rate that cost 10 Force points per second.

    Feng Luo discovered another thing in the past few days. The Force consumed per second could be increased. As the Force consumed per second increased, the amount of HP recovered and the recovery speed of the injury would also increase.

    When the consumption rate of the Force was set to 20 points per second, the HP recovery rate reached over 4,000 HP per second. When it was 40 points per second, the recovered HP went over 4,500 per second. When the consumption rate of the Force reached 100 Force points per second, the HP recovered per second reached 50% of his maximum HP, and it no longer increased after that.

    This was when it really became quite insane.

    Although the Life Protozoa was notplete and Feng Luo¡¯s HP was only around 13,000 HP, 50% meant 6,000 per second.

    Although the 6,000 HP was the total amount recovered per second, it was not as powerful as recovering 6,000 in an instant.

    However, the enemy¡¯s focus fire did notnd on him simultaneously, making the recovery of over 6,000 HPpletely sufficient to resist attacks of this level.

    This was the true power of the Force.

    ...

    Although it was enough to resist the enemy¡¯s attacks, Feng Luo did not n to continue standing there and take the attacks.

    After all, the Life Protozoa was not in aplete state. His remaining Force was less than 300 points, and with 100 Force consumed per second, he could onlyst three more seconds.

    Such tanking work should be left to the Heavy Armor Warrior, Big Pineapple.

    Taking on the attacks from submachine gun bullets and a bunch of energy skills, Feng Luo flipped backward andnded behind the cover of the deformed patrol spacecraft. He then used the patrol spacecraft to block most of the attacks from the opponent.

    ¡°Old Feng, it looks like the NPCs have be unconscious.¡± Big Pineapple immediately moved in front with his alloy shield raised.

    As the opponent¡¯s focus fire struck his body, the total amount of HP loss per second on him was a little over 1,000.

    With Big Pineapple¡¯s frightening defense as well as the two decorative items that recovered his HP based on percentage and reduced damage, he was definitely a through and through high-durability Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Unconscious?¡± Only after hearing Big Pineapple¡¯s words did Feng Luo find out that the handsome NPC guard Lieutenant had banged his head on a sharp corner of the patrol spacecraft when theynded, causing his head to start to bleed profusely and had lost consciousness. Meanwhile, bleeding damage numbers continued to appear above his head as well.

    The good thing was that he fell to a location inside the patrol spacecraft and was not subject to attacks from the enemy. As such, he was still in an okay condition.

    Inside the patrol spacecraft, apart from the NPC Guard team Lieutenant, arge-sized Slime creature was also seated within.

    ¡°Blurb!¡±

    As the enemy yers summoned their pets, Phoenix also summoned Jelly.

    Just a moment ago, she had put a piece of green Energy Crystal Core inside Jelly¡¯s mouth.

    In a battle like this, a high-level pet was the strength that could shift the tide of the battle.

    ¡°Blurb!¡±

    Jelly let out a delighted sound after it devoured that piece of Energy Crystal Core. The Commander Grade Crystal Core that was at the lowest level, Level 20, waspletely digested by Jelly in just a matter of seconds.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    As Feng Luo looked over, Jelly had opened its mouth wide, and its body was expanding quickly as if someone was pumping air into it; to be precise, it was definitely pumping air into it.

    When Jelly opened its mouth, a strong gust of wind appeared around Feng Luo¡¯s group, as the air around them was quickly being sucked toward Jelly¡¯s mouth.

    The Energy Crystal Core that Phoenix gave Jelly just now was a Level 20 Wind Energy Crystal Core. To attack using that, it first needed to take in a lot of air.

    ¡°Blurb...¡±

    Jelly¡¯s body expanded quickly as if the air was being blown into its body. As long as it sucked sufficient air into its body, it would be able to use the wind energy from the Energy Crystal Core that it devoured and begin a Wind Cannon damage output mode of its own.

    During the air sucking process, something rather unexpected urred.

    As the group waspletely surrounded by a sea of zing fire, when Jelly sucked the air, not only did it suck the air around it, even the mes created by fire energy were also sucked into Jelly¡¯s body.

    Resulting in the sea of fire that had been continuously expanding being forced to stop and retract as well. In the end, all of the mes werepletely sucked into Jelly¡¯s belly.

    ¡°Guh!¡±

    ¡°-500, -500, -500...¡±

    A series of damage numbers appeared above Jelly¡¯s head.

    However, the damage inflicted was nothing to Jelly¡¯s over 20,000 HP. Its HP had only decreased by a little bit.

    On the other hand, the sea of fire that had been affecting Feng Luo¡¯s group was instantly destroyed due to this simple act.

    Feng Luo¡¯s Wings of Death sniper rifle was now aiming at the enemy yers and pets; however, at that moment, a thought urred to him, ¡°It looks like Jelly¡¯s abilities can still be further explored and improved...¡±

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    After devouring, it was time to spit it out.

    At that moment, the ball-shaped Jelly that had increased in size by at least ten times was over three meters tall.

    After that, it finally stopped sucking. Instead, it now opened its mouth, and, like a fort with cannons, began shooting air apanied by wind energy towards the enemies.

    A three-meter wide light green giant wind de formed in front of them.

    As expected, the wind de was simr to the Ice Cones from earlier, they were also Giant Cannonballs.

 Chapter 538 - Jellyâ€™s Wind Fort Cannon

    <h4>Chapter 538: Jelly¡¯s Wind Fort Cannon</h4>

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    A three-meter wide giant light green wind de flew towards the five Rebel Army Camp yers at high-speed. As it flew in the air, it continued to spin.

    ¡°Careful, dodge it!¡± Though the effects generated by therge size of the ice cone were significant, when it came to the wind de, the effect did not seem as good.

    A giant wind de like that had be very obvious, even though it was an environment that was slightly darker. Immediately after Jelly spat out the wind de from its mouth, the five enemy yers had noticed it.

    As the giant wind de charged toward them, the five Rebel Army Camp yers chose to roll on the ground to evade from underneath the wind de.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The giant and imposing wind de missed.

    Another important factor was that the five opponent yers were, apart from having decent gears, they are experienced PK yers.

    There was no need to talk about Seven Kills and the Fire Maniptor, they were among the best fighters in the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

    As for Yellow-tooth¡¯s group, they were a group that survived and lived in a bad environment ¨C the Town of Exile. When it came to battles against yers, they were incredibly familiarized.

    As such, to these people, evading such an obvious ¡°Wind de¡± was not difficult.

    ¡°There¡¯s more?¡± Despite their rich PK experience, they could not have predicted what was about toe next. After they evaded the first wind de and as they raised their head from after they rolled on the ground, they saw another light green wind de just as big as the first one appearing in front of their eyes.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    The Scout yer who used the Detection skill earlier on Feng Luo could not react in time, and the second wind de mmed into his camougebat uniform.

    ¡°-660!¡±

    600 points and a white damage number appeared instantly above his head.

    ¡°Eh? The damage is so low, it looks like it just looks scary.¡± When the Scout yer saw the system notification, he was dumbstruck. The seeminglyrge wind de was all bark and no bite, the damage was only slightly over 600. It was quite lowpared to Wind Maniptors with average gears.

    It was impractical, that Wind Maniptor¡¯s Wind de skill could contain multiple wind des in one release. In situations where the difference of the grade and quality of the gear were vast, the target might be killed in an instant.

    Compared to that, Jelly¡¯s wind de wasrge and an eyesore, and it was not as high level as the skill of maniptors, which also possessed the hidden trait of being almost transparent.

    The destructiveness of the giant wind des was quite strong. The previous impact caused by the wind de cut through his Level 50 Rare Gradebat uniform.

    As for the giant wind de itself, it was split in half and continued flying behind him after hitting him.

    ¡°Hold on, it was split in half.¡± The Scout yer suddenly realized something weird. Theoretically, energy skills were formed by energy particles, and as such, after the attack waspleted, the des should have disappeared. So, why did the giant wind de split in half?

    The Scout yer felt uneasy and turned around to look at the two halves of the split wind de.

    As a result of turning around to see, he could not help but curse a little after seeing the scene before him.

    ¡°F*ck me...¡± The two halves of the giant wind de had be smaller-sized wind des, and at that moment, they were flying straight towards him from behind.

    It was not just two smaller-sized wind des, the first giant wind de that technically missed them, was also charging towards him at that time.

    The wind des attacked a second time. A wind de that missed its intended target would turn around like a boomerang to attack again.

    ¡°Be careful of these wind des, they wille back to you from behind!¡± The Scout yer shouted to remind his four other teammates. However, by then, he no longer had time topletely avoid the three wind des that wereing at different angles.

    ¡°Pu! Pu!¡±

    ¡°-220! -220!¡±

    The Scout yer decided to dodge therger wind de and was hit by the two smaller wind des in the chest. In the end, he received one-third of the damage inflicted by the previous hit he received.

    By then, including the damage of the first wind de, the total damage he had received had gone over 1,000.

    What shocked him even more was that the two one-meter-diameter smaller wind des broke off into even smaller wind des after hitting his chest. Then, they turned around and flew at him from behind again.

    ¡°F*ck me...¡± The Scout yer grimaced.

    ...

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    On Feng Luo¡¯s group¡¯s side, Jelly kept producing and shooting out giant wind des from its mouth. The frequency was a little faster than when it was shooting Ice Cones earlier in the arena, currently shooting almost four des per second.

    One after another, wind des spun and flew towards the five enemy yers. Then, they split into smaller wind des after hitting their targets and dealing damage. If a wind de missed its target, it would turn around after a certain distance and head towards the target. This would continue several times and the wind de would only disappear after some time.

    As such, in the blink of an eye, the five enemy yers and their two Commander Grade pets on the ground were harassed andpletely surrounded by a bunch of wind des of different sizes.

    The sky was filled with multiple dancing wind des, and although the damage inflicted by each de was not high, the scene was quite magnificent.

    Moreover, the five Rebel Army Camp yers werepletely caught by surprise and were panicking from the wind des attacks.

    ¡°F*ck... What is the grade of this pet? It¡¯s insane!¡± Yellow-tooth finally cursed as he could not take it anymore. He changed the magazine of his submachine gun, raised it and aimed it at Jelly. He wanted to kill this pet that was shooting wind des at them.

    However, before he could pull the trigger, a returning wind de struck his submachine gun, pushing his aim off and forcing him topletely miss his target.

    ¡°Level 40. Unknown species. Quasi-Boss Grade pet...¡±

    Another Scout decisively used his Detection Skill on Jelly, and he was, yet again, stunned.

    ¡°Quasi-Boss!¡±

    ...

    Although yers could be stunned from shock, pets could not.

    The Commander Grade giant eagle remaining in the sky was this Scout¡¯s pet.

    After seeing its master bepletely wretched from the attacks of Jelly, anger filled the eyes of the eagle, letting out a cruel shriek.

    ¡°Auuuu!¡±

    Itsrge ck wings pped in the air. In an instant, over 20 light green wind des flew towards Jelly, who was still happily ¡°spitting¡± wind des on the ground.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    The wind des refracted a light green light from the sky. They were a lot smaller than the wind des generated by Jelly, but their power and speed were not inferior to bullets.

    From the visual effect of the eagle¡¯s previous and current attacks, the giant eagle was definitely worthy of being called a Commander Grade pet.

    However, by the time these wind des hit Jelly, the damage inflicted was quite low.

    ¡°-89, -96, -91...¡±

    The imposing wind des did not even deal 100 damage per de.

    The Commander Grade wind type pet¡¯s attack was nothing to Jelly

    After Jelly devoured the energy crystal core of a certain element, it would also obtain a huge increase in resistance to the same element.

    As such, although there were a lot of des in that attack, the damage would not have been higher than a single fireball.

    Moreover, this was the Commander Grade pet¡¯sst attack.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo pulled the trigger of the Wings of Death rifle, targeting the Scout yer who had just regained his senses after being shocked earlier and was prepared tounch another attack on Jelly.

    As he pulled the trigger, another white light of death shed across the sky.

    At the same time as its master had died, the Commander giant eagle that was initially charging towards Jelly from the sky also vanished instantly.

 Chapter 539 - Escape and Pursuit

    <h4>Chapter 539: Escape and Pursuit</h4>

    The death of the Scout reduced the number of Rebel Army yers to only three. Now, the ratio of surviving yers on both sides became four to three.

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s side had one person less, when it came tobat ability, they were definitely stronger than the three on the enemy¡¯s side. Naturally, there was no need to mention that the three enemies had already lost the will to fight.

    ¡°Tao Zi was also killed by the sniper! Brother Huang, what should we do? The opponent has a Quasi-Boss Grade pet as well as a Sniper who has awakened the Force! There¡¯s no way we can win!¡± Eximed the Water Maniptor anxiously as he cast another energy shield over himself after the skill got out of cooldown.

    They instantly understood one thing after they saw Feng Luo¡¯s level, that the enemy sniper was a yer who had awakened the Force. Only yers who had awakened the Force could exceed the Level 50 limit.

    Just how much stronger were yers who had awakened the Force.

    With regard to this concept, many yers had a glimpse of this from the PK videos of the unbeaten ¡°First to Awaken the Force¡± yer ¨C ¡°God Invikill¡± who rose quickly into the top ten superstar list. They were no longer strangers to the functions of the Force.

    ¡°But why does this guy¡¯s Force seem stronger than Invikill?¡±

    ¡°Invikill is only strong because he has two Legendary Grade gears. With his weird stealth ability, he can easily sneak to the side of his target before making a move. In terms of sniping skills, he¡¯s quite average. At the very least, he isn¡¯t able to easily insta-kill a Light Armor Warrior.¡±

    However, this Sniper not only had the firepower to instantly kill someone, but he also had HP that wasparable to Light Armor Warriors, as well as recovery rate that surpassed Heavy Armor Warriors.

    Most frightening of all was his uracy, in which he did not miss even one of his shots, and each shot striking fatal spots that inflicted ridiculous damage. How were they going to fight?

    Moreover, the enemy still had a Quasi-Boss Grade pet.

    Since they were the first group to join the Rebel Army Camp, pretty much everyone in Yellow-tooth¡¯s group had a Commander Grade pet.

    As such, they were very well-aware of the strength difference between an Elite Grade pet and a Commander Grade pet.

    A Commander Grade pet¡¯sbat strength was simr to a yer fully equipped in Rare Grade items of the same level. As for a Quasi-Boss Grade pet, it was simply not an opponent a yer could deal with.

    It was definitely not odd for a pet to be stronger than a yer in War.

    If the enemy only had a Sniper who had awakened the Force or just one Quasi-Boss Grade pet, they might have tried duking it out. However, the current situation right now was a Force-awakened yer and a Quasi-Boss Grade pet together.

    ¡°F*ck it! Retreat! Return to the Heavy Knight, get the mission items and retreat. Their patrol spacecraft crashed. Before they exit the battle mode, they won¡¯t be able to bring out their transport vehicles. They won¡¯t be able to catch us!¡± Yellow-tooth said angrily while hiding behind Seven Kills¡¯ alloy shield.

    In thest few days, they had been doing well inside the Town of Exile, so each and every one of their items and pets were top-ss.

    In addition to the benefits gained from the Rui Conglomerate, the group had experienced a life unlike before, a life that was envied by others, and they had never been so utterly beaten before.

    However, they did not have much of a choice. The situation was bad, and they could do nothing but admit defeat.

    ¡°Li Yan, cast the firewall and block the line of sight of the enemy sniper.¡± With regard to Yellow-tooth¡¯s decision, Seven Kills, who originally did not like him very much, also agreed.

    Seven Kills was very suspicious that the enemy sniper right now and the sniper who made their guild suffer huge losses around ten days ago back in Silvermoon City were the same person. The fully red outfit of the enemy female Light Armor Warrior made him quite sure of it.

    Although he had his suspicions, when facing a yer who had awakened the Force, he was not yet prepared to test if his shield were stronger or if the rifle of the enemy was more destructive.

    After all, the mission was their priority since it would impact his acquisition of the hidden profession.

    As long as he obtained the hidden profession, with the T-virus enhancement and biological potions that he received from the Umbre Corporation, he was confident that he would not be weaker than a yer who had awakened the Force.

    From the information that he saw from Wesker recently, the Umbre Corporation also had ways to deal with people with the Force.

    ¡°If I can beat this sniper head-on, my position as the trump card of the expanded guild will be solidified.¡± Seven Kills stared straight at the enemies¡¯ location and began retreating while protecting the other three long-range professions.

    Although their formation had been severely affected and disrupted by Jelly¡¯s ¡°Wind de Cannons,¡± they were still fine in terms of their HP.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior, Seven Kills, was standing in front with his shield raised, and as such, he had blocked the line of sight of the enemy Sniper. Additionally, though their Commander Grade pets were almost wiped out, they had helped absorb a lot of the damage.

    In particr, the Rock Takin pet, though it moved slowly and clumsily, and it did not have any attacking skills, its over 20,000 HP andrge body absorbed most of the wind de attacks.

    ...

    ¡°This is bad, they¡¯re running!¡± Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, and Phoenix instantly understood their opponent¡¯s intention after seeing the three enemies retreating towards the Heavy Knight SUV after a wall of fire that blocked their line of sight appeared.

    It was definitely bad news. Just as Yellow-tooth said earlier, before they exited thebat status, they were unable to bring out their transportation vehicles. On the other hand, the enemy still had their Heavy Knight vehicle.

    As long as the enemies got on the vehicle and ran, there was no way for them to catch up.

    ¡°Hurry! Go and get them! We can¡¯t let them board the vehicle!¡± Eximed Phoenix. As she spoke, she cast Charge and ran full speed ahead towards their enemies.

    ¡°F*ck! These bastards! They have the numerical advantage and yet they still want to run away!¡± Big Pineappleined. With hisrge alloy shield raised, he also rumbled ahead towards them.

    ¡°Be careful, it might be a trap!¡± Feng Luo raised his sniper rifle and switched his profession to the Light Armor Warrior. Simr to the two, he activated Raging Charge. Although he suspected that it might be a trap, the current situation made it so he had no choice but to give chase.

    The Rebel Army Camp yers were less than a hundred meters from them. For warriors using Charge, it was only a matter of a few seconds.

    When Feng Luo, whogged slightly behind the other two, charged past the gradually disappearing wall of me, he saw that Big Pineapple and Phoenix were already engaged in battle with the enemy Heavy Armor Warrior and Yellow-tooth.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Big Pineapple and Seven Kills¡¯ alloy shield shed together as if two walls mmed into each other, bouncing off each other violently.

    ¡°-687!¡±

    This was the damage number that appeared above Big Pineapple¡¯s head.

    ¡°-1045!¡±

    This was the damage number that appeared above Seven Kills¡¯ head.

    The damage that Seven Kills received was 0.3 times higher than the damage Big Pineapple received.

    However, his maximum HP was over 30,000, so from that shield banging alone, it seemed like they were fighting toe-to-toe.

 Chapter 540 - Yellow-tooth Begging Forgiveness

    <h4>Chapter 540: Yellow-tooth Begging Forgiveness</h4>

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-845!¡±

    Phoenix was dominating and had aplete advantage in her battle against Yellow-tooth.

    Yellow-tooth held a Stiletto in his hand and attempted to stab Phoenix through the gaps of her armor; however, he was parried by Phoenix¡¯s alloy word, and upon parrying his stab, she kicked his body and almost put Yellow-tooth kneeling on the ground.

    The most amazing thing about Light Armor Warriors during meleebat was that any type of attack dealt in close range would inflict damage.

    Even if it were a non-weapon attack, the damage would be quite considerable.

    It was unlike the shooting speed limit of gunners or the skill cooldown limit of maniptors. Light Armor Warriors¡¯ normal attacks did not have cooldown time.

    As long as they grasped their power, speed, and angle correctly, the damage effects on the body during attacks would have been enough topletely shut down long-range attackers like gunners and maniptors. They wouldn¡¯t even be able to produce any attacks.

    Otherwise, why would the Light Armor Warrior profession be called the melee king?

    In theory, Scouts couldbat Light Armor Warriors in meleebat for a short period of time, that was in the case where both sides were equals in strength; both of them had to be top-notch yers.

    Although Feng Luo did not know what Yellow-tooth experienced or encountered that turned him from being a thug in the Town of Exile to a top-ss yer fully equipped with Rare Grade items and was in the possession of Commander Grade pets, Feng Luo still knew that this guy had average skills. At most, he may be able to reach the elite tier of somerge guilds.

    However, when fighting Phoenix, someone who was without a doubt one of the best in terms of PK, he could only be a punching bag.

    Yes, Feng Luo had recognized Yellow-tooth.

    He was the one who first offered to help him clear his red name back when Feng Luo reached the Town of Exile from Silvermoon City the first time, and thenter tried to ambush Feng Luo after Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group ced a bounty on him.

    His n back then was quiteprehensive and Feng Luo almost got tricked.

    The Sniper and Light Armor Warrior also looked quite familiar, those two were with Yellow-tooth. Inter missions, they also tried to cause Feng Luo troubles.

    ¡°Haha, it looks like I¡¯ve encountered another destined foe!¡± Feng Luo shook his head.

    However, now was not the time to stare at Yellow-tooth.

    While Yellow-tooth and Seven Kills blocked Phoenix and Big Pineapple, of the two maniptors, the Water Maniptor had got to the Heavy Knight SUV while the Fire Maniptor was also almost there.

    If they were to start the engine and run away, killing Yellow-tooth would be meaningless and useless.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Without any hesitation, Feng Luo pulled the trigger of the Wings of Death rifle, with the Fire Maniptor as his intended target.

    ¡°-7588!¡±

    The Water Maniptor had obviously taken some potion, his HP was over 7,500.

    However, with the low defense stat and the weakest fire energy shield of the Fire Maniptor, even if he had a few thousand more HP, there was no way he could prevent the Wings of Death bullets blowing up his head.

    Another one killed. Only three left.

    At that moment, the Heavy Knight SUV¡¯s engine rumbled as the indicator lights also lit up.

    ¡°Old Feng!¡± Big Pineapple shouted while still being blocked by Seven Kills.

    Feng Luo did not speak. The barrel of Wings of Death had moved, and Feng Luo was now aiming at the Heavy Knight.

    Since Big Pineapple¡¯s vehicle was also the Heavy Knight, Feng Luo knew of and was picturing the internal structure of the Heavy Knight vehicle in his head.

    Then, the gun rang.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A B-Grade Double Armor-piercing Round Type IV exited the gun chamber and struck a spot at the back of the Heavy Knight vehicle body.

    ¡°Tang!¡±

    The armor at the back of the Heavy Knight vehicle which was even thicker than the vehicle ceiling had be heavily dented after the extremely destructive B-Grade bullet hit it.

    ¡°Rapid Shooting!¡± Without any hesitation, Feng Luo activated the Advanced Level sniper skill that he rarely used.

    Under the automatic shooting mode, the Wings of Death rifle in his hands began firing continuous shots.

    One shot, two shots, three shots...

    After the third bullet, a fist-sized hole appeared in the thick alloy armor of the Heavy Knight vehicle.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The fourth bullet exited the chamber with an ear-piercing and wind-splitting sound.

    [You¡¯ve killed a yer from the enemy camp. Obtained Experience: 1,000. Obtained Merit: 1.]

    The system notification popped in front of Feng Luo. Then, a white sh came from within the Heavy Knight vehicle which its engines had just started.

    ¡°F*cking sh*t!¡± Cursed Yellow-tooth after he heard the system¡¯s death notification. He was standing beside the Heavy Knight vehicle while doing everything in his power to try to block Phoenix¡¯s attack with his stiletto.

    ¡°Slit!¡±

    ¡°-2244!¡±

    However, as he cursed, his stiletto was once again parried by Phoenix.

    A fiery red alloy sword cut deeply into his chest, dying hisbat uniform red. At the same time, over 2,000 damage appeared above his head.

    His HP had been reduced to half by then, this was while he was under the effects of the Advanced Level HP buffing potion provided by the Rebel Army that he injected before the battle.

    ¡°Why is this woman so strong? She¡¯s not like a woman at all. And those two maniptors. What the f*ck is wrong with them? They¡¯vepletely screwed us over. To even die like this, if I knew this, I would have gone on the car.¡±

    ¡°ng!¡±

    As Yellow-tooth panted, he tried to block Phoenix¡¯s alloy sword with the stiletto in his hand again. However, this time, his hands gave in and his weapon was sent flying far away.

    ¡°I¡¯m done!¡± Yellow-tooth looked despaired.

    Despite the buff provided by the potion, his remaining HP was now less than 15%.

    He was relying on the two maniptors getting in the Heavy Knight and thening over to pick him up, he was not expecting those two to be killed so quickly before and after entering the vehicle.

    ¡°Uh...¡± However, just as despair filled his eyes, Yellow-tooth suddenly heard something. It seemed like he had heard someone speak.

    Immediately after that, faced with Phoenix¡¯s continued attack, Yellow-tooth¡¯s eyes turned and he unexpectedly surrendered.

    ¡°Hold up! Friends, let¡¯s talk. I don¡¯t want to lose levels. I¡¯ll give you the stuff inside the chest and I¡¯ll even give you a hidden profession change mission, what do you say about that?¡±

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-876!¡±

    Phoenix¡¯s attack did not stop at all. She raised her leg and kicked Yellow-tooth in the stomach, hard, pushing him back a few steps, and by then, Yellow-tooth¡¯s HP had dropped below 5%, and he sat down on the ground.

    Hidden profession?

    Was Phoenix a newbie female yer who could be tricked so easily?

    After getting kicked by Phoenix, Yellow-tooth¡¯s face paled, and his HP had, of course, dropped to a Heavy Injury status.

    Not only did he lose hisbat abilitiespletely but his HP recovery rate also reduced significantly, and now that he had entered the Heavy Injury status...

    ¡°Don¡¯t you want a hidden profession? Then how about an Advanced Level pet biochip? We have internal channels. Any type of contract, you name it, we have it.¡± Yellow-tooth pleaded.

    If no one gave him a potion or healed him, Yellow-tooth¡¯s bleeding status due to his wounds would ultimately kill him.

    ¡°F*ck, why aren¡¯t you out yet...?¡± Yellow-tooth continued to goad Phoenix with his words but he was very anxious. His eyes looked past Phoenix and nced towards the dark forest beside the road.

    ¡°Hmm? Something¡¯s not right with this guy.¡± After quickly getting rid of the two maniptors, Feng Luo did not n to intervene in the battle between Phoenix and Yellow-tooth since Phoenix waspletely dominant and victory was within her grasp.

    The mission was possibly an ovep of the special agent mission as well as the Legendary hidden mission.

    This also meant that Feng Luo could gain Authorization and points as rewards for killing Rebel Army Camp yers. Due to this, Feng Luo had no intention to interfere with the solo battle between the two.

    However, Yellow-tooth¡¯s unexpectedme words made him suspicious, which ultimately led him to stare at Yellow-tooth¡¯s face.

    As he looked at Yellow-tooth, he noticed that Yellow-tooth¡¯s gaze was peculiar.

    It looked as if he was waiting for something.

    ¡°Phoenix! Kill him!¡± Without hesitation, when Feng Luo spoke, the tip of the Wings of Death sniper rifle was aiming at the spot where Yellow-tooth was ncing towards earlier.

 Chapter 541 - â€œImbaâ€ Mental Type Force!

    <h4>Chapter 541: ¡°Imba¡± Mental Type Force!</h4>

    ¡°F*ck...¡± Anger shed across Yellow-tooth¡¯s face as he watched Phoenix swing her alloy sword towards him without any hesitation after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words.

    However, as hey on the ground in the Heavy Injury status, there was no way for him to dodge the strike that would undoubtedly empty his HP bar.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    A fiery red alloy sword cut through the night sky, leaving a lightning-like afterimage before descending heavily upon its target.

    In the next moment, the white light of death... did not appear.

    Phoenix¡¯s alloy swordnded, a snow-white figure arrived as fast as a bullet and urately mmed into the alloy armor of Phoenix¡¯s right shoulder.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    A crisp and loud sound of metal hitting metal filled the air. Phoenix¡¯s sword-wielding arm inevitably shifted to the side slightly, and along with the alloy sword she was holding, she shed into the empty space right beside Yellow-tooth¡¯s face.

    Although the sharp de was less than half a centimeter away from Yellow-tooth¡¯s neck when it came down, it had still missed Yellow-tooth.

    It was natural that the strike did not empty the almost-cursing Yellow-tooth¡¯s remaining five percent HP.

    ¡°What?¡± Phoenix saw a message notification, and her expression changedpletely.

    ...

    It was not only Phoenix whose expression changed. In fact, Feng Luo¡¯s expression was the worst, cold sweat had even appeared on his forehead.

    After he noticed that something was wrong with Yellow-tooth, and when he aimed the Wings of Death toward the dark forest, his eyes locked with an odd pair of human eyes that had a green glow.

    Feng Luo encountered people with green glowing eyes in the dark before. Many of the beast warriors of the Rebel Army had this trait which allowed them to see in the dark.

    However, this pair of eyes were at least ten times weirder than the Rebel Army beast warriors.

    When their eyes locked, Feng Luo felt as if an explosion had urred inside his mind.

    Immediately after that, his finger, which was fully prepared to press down on the trigger, suddenly became incredibly heavy, and he could not move it at all.

    Not only his finger, in fact, after he locked eyes with the weird person, Feng Luo¡¯s entire body became stiff. Even his legs, head, arms, and even his mouth could not move. To put it simply, at that moment, Feng Luo had lost control of his character¡¯s body.

    [You¡¯ve received a Mental Force attack. Since you¡¯ve awakened the Beginner Level Force, the effects of the Mental Force attack has been reduced by 50%.

    [Since you have 13% negative affliction resistance, the effects of the attack has been reduced by 6.5%.]

    [Since you¡¯ve been attacked by the Force, your Evolution Talent has been activated. Your resistance to Mental Force attacks has been temporarily increased: 5%... 10%... 15%...]

    Three continuous system popup notifications appeared almost simultaneously in front of Feng Luo and helped him understand something.

    Mental Type Force.

    He had heard those words not that long ago.

    Earlier, My World said that when they were defending theb, they lost control of their characters after the person familiar with Lin, ¡°Aike¡± nced at them, and the system also told them that they had been attacked by Mental type Force.

    Clearly, the person was not Aike; instead, he was most probably a high-level NPC who possessed the Mental Type Force disguised as Aike.

    However, from theb¡¯s surveince footage, the NPC was chased out of theb by Special Agent White Wolf, who was resting and recuperating at theb. When he was chased out, he ran in a rather wretched manner.

    Additionally, Feng Luo felt that facing almost 20 enemy yers for this mission made the difficulty rating very high. Theoretically, it was impossible that they were still required to face a high-level NPC like this who had a Force ability that could be considered ¡°Imbnced,¡± or ¡°Imba¡± in short. This was also why he was not that vignt.

    However, unexpectedly, the mission was really that difficult.

    Just as the enemy yers were about to be wiped out, a Boss Grade high-level NPC entered the fray at thest minute.

    Moreover, the peculiar Mental Force was really that ¡°Imba.¡±

    ¡°I got careless, I should have summoned 24K.¡± Feng Luo felt regret.

    Earlier, he thought that victory was within grasp, and he was worried that 24K would be instantly killed in a team battle like this, which was why he did not summon his pet like Phoenix during the battle.

    Otherwise, with 24K¡¯s AI and the beetle squad that he had umted over the past few days, even if he were to lose control of his character, he would still have ways to deal with the situation.

    After all, from the system notifications, one could tell that the control loss was not permanent.

    Moreover, his Evolution Talent was activated, so he only needed to dy the enemy a bit and he would most certainly get out of this safely.

    ¡°I just hope that Phoenix and Big Pineapple can get out of this unscathed...¡± At that time, Feng Luo could only hope like that.

    Unfortunately, when he lost control of his character, he could only barely move his eyes, and at that time, he had no way to remind the other two.

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s this...¡±

    ¡°ng!¡±

    However, before much time psed, Feng Luo heard Big Pineapple¡¯s surprised and unfinished sentence, as well as the sound of Phoenix¡¯s sword falling on the ground.

    At that time, Feng Luo could only smile bitterly.

    Clearly, Phoenix and Big Pineapple were also targeted. This time, they were probably going to

    fail thest part of the mission.

    ¡°Cough. What a bunch of useless things. To lose even when it¡¯s 10 against three...¡±

    After all three of Feng Luo¡¯s party team members fell prey to the ability and had lost control of their unmoving characters, a young NPC man with a scar all d in ck walked quickly from the shadows. He was pale, like a person who had suffered from an injury, and his outfit was also aplete mess, and it even had trails of blood.

    It was clear that he spent quite a lot of effort before sessfully running away from the pursuit of the White Wolf special agent.

    ¡°Major Clear Silver, you¡¯re finally here... Hurry! Give me a blood coagnt! Otherwise, I¡¯m going to die!¡± Yellow-tooth shouted with an excited and delighted expression while seated on the ground, panting heavily.

    He had multiple wounds created by Phoenix¡¯s attacks that were still bleeding profusely. As he was under the Heavy Injury status, which decreased his HP recovery rate, if he did not receive treatment soon, he would still die of blood loss even if he was not attacked.

    However, the NPC with the scarred face called Clear Silver by Yellow-tooth did not pay any attention to him at all.

    After he walked out of the dark forest, his shadowy outfit gradually turned into a white doctor¡¯s robe. His eyes did not even nce at Yellow-tooth,pletely ignoring him. Instead, he stared straight at Feng Luo¡¯s immobilized group.

    ¡°Are you the adventurer special agents that the Federation Government recruited? You¡¯re really different. Compared to these pieces of shit, you definitely look more reliable. If you agree to join us, I might consider sparing your lives... Otherwise...¡± the NPC said with a cruel expression on his scarred face.

    Since Feng Luo¡¯s group could not actually move, there was no way they could have responded.

    By just looking at how this NPC treated his allies, there was no way they would be stupid enough to actually join the Rebel Army Camp.

    ¡°F*ck... Shit...¡± After being ignored by the scarred NPC, Yellow-tooth cursed as he gritted his teeth.

    If it were not for the benefits, who would ever want to help a guy like this on missions.

    The Rebel Army Camp had a lot of NPCs with bad attitudes like this. They were definitely a group of beast people.

    It was a good thing that Big Pineapple could not move at that time, this allowed Seven Kills, who had extended a hand, to get a blood coagnt potion on him, which pushed his HP to the threshold before it started to recover naturally.

 Chapter 542 - Crazy Doctor

    <h4>Chapter 542: Crazy Doctor</h4>

    It was clear the NPC with the scarred face knew that Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, and Phoenix could not speak; however, the Rebel Army NPC major did not care and said, ¡°So none of you want to join me? Fine. Then, you will all die!¡±

    His expression also changed from a cruel smile to a grim face. After that, he pointed at Big Pineapple and shouted at Seven Kills, ¡°You, go there and kill that ck bastard!¡±

    Then, with a contemptuous face, the scarface Rebel Army NPC major said to Yellow-tooth, who was lying on the ground still, ¡°And you, get up if you¡¯re not dead yet. Kill this woman. What a useless piece of shit, for a man to be inferior to a woman.¡±

    ¡°You motherf*cker...¡± Yellow-tooth cursed in his mind.

    At that time, his HP had recovered enough and he was no longer under the Heavy Injury status. He could only struggle to get up from the ground before going to pick up the stiletto that he lost after the sh with Phoenix¡¯s longsword.

    If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that he had witnessed the frightening strength of the NPC during past missions, he might have aimed his gun at the NPC due to his anger.

    The crude and rude attitude was really infuriating and detestable.

    ¡°Major Clear Silver, can I switch my target? I want to get rid of him.¡± Seven Kills who was standing beside him, asked. He did not immediately move towards Big Pineapple; instead, his gaze was fixed on Feng Luo. His gaze was filled with a sense of longing when he asked the question.

    ¡°Scram! This is my prey!¡± The scarface Rebel Army NPC major red at Seven Kills, which shocked Seven Kills slightly.

    After that, the scarface NPC no longer bothered with the two; instead, he raised his right hand at Feng Luo.

    In between his five dexterous fingers, four silver knives with sharp des that were around ten centimeters long appeared. They seemed a bit like surgery scalpels.

    ¡°I¡¯ve always liked patients who have awakened the self-healing Force. It¡¯s because they can always take more damage than a normal patient. This makes me so so excited... I wonder... Just how many knives can you endure?¡± The Rebel Army major smiled cruelly.

    Paired with a white doctor¡¯s robe and the surgery scalpels, his words gave a sense of a ¡°Crazy Doctor.¡±

    Feng Luo did not speak since he could not, he only stared coldly at the person.

    ¡°Let me think... Where should I cripple first? Ah, I got it!¡± The scarface Rebel Army major nced at Feng Luo. Then, his right hand swung violently.

    ¡°Swish! Swish!¡±

    Two silverish-white light shed the scalpels flew towards Feng Luo from left and right. Then, apanied by the sound of flesh being cut, two silver scalpels shed both of Feng Luo¡¯s wrists like bullets.

    Although he had lost control of his body, the system notifications still popped up.

    Two notifications popped up in front of Feng Luo. Both his wrists, along with his bones, were cut through, and he entered the Disabled injury status instantly.

    Clearly, the person¡¯s attack was attached with Force type damage. As such, even yers¡¯ normally resilient bodies could easily be injured.

    ¡°-3350!¡±

    ¡°-3355!¡±

    At the same time, two yellow Weak Point damage numbers popped up above Feng Luo¡¯s head, and his HP instantly fell by at least half.

    ¡°+500, +500...¡±

    Immediately after that, green recovery numbers appeared above his head. Though he had lost control of his character, his Force was automatically consumed to heal and treat his body.

    Compared to the damage value that went over 6,000, the automatic HP recovery rate was not going to be able to keep up with the damage.

    ¡°As a Sniper, the most important part of your body is your hands, right? Truth be told, as a doctor, the most important body part for me is also the hands. Isn¡¯t that a coincidence?¡± The Rebel Army major showed a cruel smile on his pale face.

    This person¡¯s profession was a Doctor after all.

    From his actions, it would be more urate to say that he was a crazy doctor who not only possessed the Mental Type Force, but was also ¡°Mental¡± himself.

    ¡°After disabling your arms, where should I target next?¡± The Doctor¡¯s eyes circled and went all over Feng Luo¡¯s body. After that, he stopped as his gaze fell upon Feng Luo¡¯s still moving eyes.

    ¡°Eyes? Not a bad choice at all.¡± The Doctor¡¯s eyes sparked.

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank. The worst-case scenario was already upon him.

    The eyes were undoubtedly one of the most important parts of the body, no matter the profession, but especially for Snipers.

    And now, the scarface Rebel Army NPC major had his sights on Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    More importantly, from the attack of the NPC that seemed to guarantee to inflict the Disable status when hit, if Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were hit by the NPC¡¯s scalpels, then it was only a matter of time before Feng Luo would enter the Blinded status.

    At the very least, Feng Luo had not yet tested if the self-healing Force was able to treat his eyes if it were ever destroyed.

    The Doctor¡¯s hands started to move. The remaining two silver scalpels turned into white lights and flew towards Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°Swish! Swish!¡±

    The moment the scalpels left the Doctor NPC¡¯s hands, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes widened and his pupils shrank.

    ¡°Eh?¡± The Doctor¡¯s expression changed as he let out a surprised exmation.

    The two scalpels that left his hands had struck an empty space.

    Feng Luo, who had been immobilized, forced his head down just as the two scalpels reached his eyes. The sharp des of the scalpels brushed past his tactical helmet and missed.

    ¡°How is that possible? You¡¯re already out of the control of my Force so quickly?¡± The Doctor was in disbelief.

    He had not considered the scenario where, in this cat and mouse game, Feng Luo would so quickly be free of the control of his Mental Force attack.

    Although the Doctor¡¯s Force could not manipte the actions of adventurers such as making themmit suicide, theoretically, no adventurer should have been able to shake off his control within a minute.

    Even if the opponent or target had awakened the Force, it should be impossible. So, what had happened?

    Feng Luo did not chit chat with this crazy NPC.

    ¡°+1000, +1000...¡±

    At a crucial moment, he had increased his resistance to the Force to 75% temporarily, instantly broke off the mind control, and dodged the two scalpels aimed at his eyes. After that, green healing numbers kept popping up above Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    At the same time, the Wings of Death sniper rifle that he had been holding on the whole time was aimed at Doctor. Then, he pulled the trigger.

    Although both his wrists were pierced through by the scalpel, with the Self-healing Force activated, he had instantly retrieved his senses. As long as the disability was not aplete limb severance, the healing of the support type Force of Feng Luo was definitely enough to keep him in the battle.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A searing hot B-Grade bullet flew out of the chamber of the high caliber Wings of Death sniper rifle.

    After learning that the NPC in front of him might be thest Boss of the mission, Feng Luo was, of course, not stingy when it came to the bullets.

    However, the shot actually missed.

    Just like when Feng Luo dodged the Doctor¡¯s scalpel at the crucial moment just now, the scarface Rebel Army major had also begun to move when Feng Luo pulled the trigger. His legs pushed his body to the side as the gunshot rang. The bullet fired from Wings of Death brushed past the corner of his doctor¡¯s robe.

    The agility of the Doctor was not any less than when Feng Luo activated Raging Charge.

    More importantly, the reaction and movement all came from a doctor.

 Chapter 543 - Smug Yellow-tooth

    <h4>Chapter 543: Smug Yellow-tooth</h4>

    It was notpletely impossible.

    Medic and Mecha in War were considered special professions ¨C this profession had a special characteristic, which was that skill effects and basic attributes did not have much rtion, thus this profession¡¯s basic attributes typically could be added up to one¡¯s liking.

    If the attributes were added onto Agility and Strength and one learnt some generalized Rare skills, the closebat-type Medic could have done it too.

    Besides, this fellow had awakened his Force, then he would personally possess extremely high basic attributes and health.

    It was just that this fellow¡¯s speed and reaction were pretty rad.

    Feng Luo had not thought that there would be someone who could dodge his unanticipated bullets head-on at a distance of less than 10 meters.

    Furthermore, his miss in this shot was also slightly part of his n.

    Even if the Wings of Death were in free mode, the firing interval would also require 1 second, and it was impossible for the opponent to give him that one second of time.

    This meant that he had to make a choice.

    ¡°Swoop!¡±

    Just as Feng Luo thought, with that action of dodging the bullet, the doctor¡¯s right hand reached into the pocket of his white clothing at the same time, his fingers picking up the four silver-white scalpels once more.

    When the cooldown time of Feng Luo¡¯s Wings of Death had not been reached, he once again threw a scalpel. This time, the target of the flying knife was the Wings of Death.

    ¡°Clink!¡±

    At this distance, the speed of the flying scalpel driven by Force was not inferior to bullets.

    Furthermore, the uracy was also shocking, as this scalpel had hit the Wings of Death.

    A huge force knocked the Wings of Death straight out of Feng Luo¡¯s hands, and this small and delicate scalpel made of an unknown material hadpletely gone through the hard body of the Wings of Death.

    yers¡¯ weapons, like defense equipment, could be destroyed.

    Compared with defense equipment, weapons were just like yerspared with NPCs ¨C just harder to get injured.

    His sniper rifle being hit out of his hands ¨C this was definitely a first to Feng Luo.

    Typical Snipers would probably have frozen for some time by now. Feng Luo¡¯s reaction was very fast; after the Wings of Death was out of his hands, he did not hesitate and instantly switched his profession to Light Armored Warrior.

    He instantly stopped in his steps as initially intended to open a gap with the opponent, and instead turned to charge towards the doctor, his right hand pulling out the ¡°Ghost Weep¡± slotted in his SUV tactical vest.

    ¡°Using a knife? This is really something, you want to take me on!¡± Seeing Feng Luo charging over with a military knife, the doctor¡¯s look of shock from Feng Luo shaking out of control so quickly once again changed into a smirk.

    Feng Luo¡¯s face was stern and without a word, he lunged with his military knife in ¡°Raging Charge¡± state. With the skill ¡°Ghost Power¡± engaged, his erged arm was circled in ayer of ck gas.

    ......

    The moment the doctor made a move on Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, who was immobilized had been kicked to the ground by Seven Kills, and stepped on the chest.

    Seven Kills rammed the Alloy Shield in his hand hard on Big Pineapple¡¯s flipped helmet-covered head.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    ¡°-1066!¡±

    Although he was a Heavy Armored Warrior, having gone through all sorts of experiments by the Umbre Company, Seven Kills who had earned many permanent attributes had quite high damage.

    If just this one attack was made on an average Heavy Armored Warrior with other equipment and Talent, the damage would even possibly be up to 3000.

    Luckily, Big Pineapple¡¯s ¡°Heavy Armor¡± Talent was definitely rad in terms of defense, together with the set of heavy armor with a ¡°C+¡± defense coefficient on him, it could be said that he was a nemesis of physical attack professions.

    Hence, even when he could not move, Seven Kills would still require some time to kill him.

    However, being smashed in the face so hard, Big Pineapple¡¯s only movable eyes were naturally filled with rage.

    In this recent period of time, he had smoked his way through things well.

    He had not thought that he would experience such humiliation from being whacked by others and being unable to fight back.

    ¡°Thud, thud...¡±

    The Alloy Shield in Seven Kills¡¯ hand smashed continuously on Big Pineapple¡¯s head.

    Under the heavy armored helmet, Big Pineapple¡¯s face puffed up and reddened ¨C if he was not in the fame, his lungs probably would have exploded in rage.

    Just then, his enraged expression suddenly froze. His eyes showed a snicker, as if something delightful had happened.

    ......

    ¡°F*ck, stinking woman, do you really think I¡¯ll beg for mercy?¡± On the other side, Yellow-tooth, whose health had recovered to above 15% due to having used a healing potion and who was finally free from weakened state, turned to stand before the motionless Phoenix, his stiletto attacking Phoenix again and again, mumbling loudly.

    As if releasing his awkwardness and rage from being beaten up by Phoenix and being impolitely scolded by the NPC previously.

    ¡°-1546!¡±

    ¡°-1446!¡±

    ¡°-1395!¡±

    Compared with Big Pineapple, Phoenix¡¯s defense was clearly far from it, and her health was no more than 10,000 as well.

    With Yellow-tooth¡¯s continuous stabs, plus thesting bleeding state caused by the stiletto¡¯s attacks, her health fell to less than 15% in just a few seconds.

    ¡°What a pity there¡¯s not enough time, if not, I really wouldn¡¯t have wanted to kill such a pretty little girl like you.¡± With the continuous attacks and after rendering Phoenix into a weakened state, Yellow-tooth seemed to have regained his senses from his previous position of being beaten.

    His eyes of satisfaction stared at Phoenix¡¯s eyes of rage, and he even paused to smugly tap Phoenix¡¯s face with the back of the stiletto.

    ¡°F*ck...why does the system have female obscenity restrictions...stinking woman, go and die.¡± Clearly, this behavior received a system warning ¨C Yellow-tooth¡¯s look of pride quickly vanished.

    The stiletto in his hand stabbed towards Phoenix whose health was less than 10%.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    ¡°-12551¡±

    What Yellow-tooth did not anticipate was that just when it seemed like this attack would clear Phoenix¡¯sst remaining health, a round object suddenly lunged over, quickly lunging onto Phoenix¡¯s body.

    The stiletto in Yellow-tooth¡¯s hand had been sent out, but it did not hit Phoenix¡¯s body butnded on a semi-transparent ¡°ball.¡±

    ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s this?¡± Yellow-tooth froze for an entire zero-point-something seconds.

    As Jelly¡¯s semi-transparent look now wasrgely different from the previous house-sized ¡°artillery battery¡± shape turned pale from extracting Wind Energy, Yellow-tooth did not recognize it.

    Despite not using Detection, as a yer, he could directly see that this thing was a pet.

    ¡°F*ck, so it¡¯s a pet.¡± Seeing this information, Yellow-tooth took a few steps backward in shock.

    Very quickly, he realized that this pet did not attack or retaliate against him. It only engulfed Phoenix into itself, continuously making ¡°gurgle, gurgle¡± sounds with its helpless look, as if it wanted to escape with its owner.

    ¡°So it¡¯s just a defense-type pet...¡± Seeing this situation, Yellow-tooth instantly felt like he had understood, smirking once more.

    He no longer just used his stiletto but raised up his submachine gun hung at his chest, continuously firing full-speed at the ¡°jelly¡± engulfing Phoenix.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°-406, -398, -386...¡±

    Yellow-tooth¡¯s submachine gun was a Level 50 Rare equipment, its damage was not low.

    Since the distance was so close, he did not have to consider the problem of urately shooting.

    All the bullets hit Jelly, covering Jelly¡¯s semi-transparent body with holes, the boiling-hot bullets tearing through its soft body, creating a burnt smell.

    ¡°Gurgle, gurgle...¡± Jelly kept on crying out.

    This Quasi-Boss pet was previously almighty, but now did not have a way to counterattack.

    With its energy used up, it was not equivalent to a Commander-Grade pet ¨C at most just a living-shield.

    ¡°F*ck, this pet¡¯s health is so high!¡± Yellow-tooth used up half a magazine of bullets to realize that he had not killed Jelly, and let out a gasp.

    At that time, he was toozy to stop and take out his Recon Meter to Detect. Phoenix and her pet were unable to retaliate, he would definitely be able to kill them with a whole magazine.

    ¡°Gurgle, gurgle...¡± Jelly¡¯s health fell rapidly, its body busted.

    However, this little fellow still tightly engulfed its owner, unwilling to leave no matter what.

    ¡°Jelly...¡± Phoenix being engulfed within had a look of rage in her eyes beneath her fiery-red helmet ¨C her eyes that loved to smile now blinked with a sparkle.

    She suddenly shut her eyes as she could not bear taking another look at the situation before her.

    The next moment, her eyes shot open, but the pain inside her eyes had be the coldness of icesting a thousand years.

    ¡°F*ck, scared me. No matter how hard you stare, you still have no way of beating me.¡± Yellow-tooth who was firing away seemed to have been scared by Phoenix¡¯s open andpletely changed eyes, and could not help but stagger a few steps backward before regaining his sense and said in embarrassment and rage.

 Chapter 544 - Lethal Flying Scalpel

    <h4>Chapter 544: Lethal Flying Scalpel</h4>

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    ¡°-3456!¡±

    At that moment on the battlefield with Feng Luo and the Doctor there was a conclusion.

    ¡°Pant...pant...¡±

    When the two silhouettes at high-speed pulled away after the sh, Feng Luo had two more scalpels on him, one was slightly away from his throat, trembling along with his panting.

    However, this damage was not enough to kill him, because his healing Force was continuously recovering his health and injuries.

    A wretched wound a few inches long appeared on the Doctor¡¯s chest, where his skin and flesh peeled, and the deepest part was almost at his heart.

    Above his head, continuous bleeding damage coefficients of up to a hundred per second appeared.

    ¡°Damn it, I¡¯ve underestimated you.¡± The disdain on the Doctor¡¯s face hadpletely turned into rage.

    In the sh just now, he did not manage to take advantage. because this Adventurer, whom he felt could not match up to him regardless in terms of ability, Level, or Force Familiarity; had dared to shoot at him ignoring his surgical knives and fight eye-for-an-eye.

    With his carelessness, after being attacked at close-range by the opponent, he impulsively delivered a sh.

    Other than being able to recover health, the healing Force of the opponent was also able to rapidly heal injuries. Even that stab to his opponent¡¯s throat had not been able to kill him.

    ¡°Damn it, I¡¯ve got no time to waste my time with you here. As a Doctor, I don¡¯t like prey that die before going through enough suffering, because then there wouldn¡¯t be any delight for me. But you, you¡¯re making me lose my patience!¡± Injured, the Doctor¡¯s face was full of rage.

    His right hand reached behind him once more, this time with just one scalpel appearing.

    A simrly silver scalpel but slightly different from the previous design and with a silver de as thin and semi-transparent as cicada wings.

    Moreover, what he said seemed to be referring to something. It was likely to be self-confidence that after this sh was thrown out, Feng Luo would die.

    Even if Feng Luo possessed a healing Force, it would not matter.

    ¡°This knife!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression turned grave, as when this Doctor brandished this scalpel.

    He suddenly had a chill run down his entire body, as if he had been picked on by a lethal object. The source was that silver scalpel held in the Doctor¡¯s hand.

    ¡°Feels like it¡¯s created by the system? Don¡¯t tell me...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s pupils contracted.

    It was clear that this should be a hint by the system, just like the ¡°threatening aura¡± when a Boss presented itself.

    The attributes of this knife were extremely dangerous.

    ¡°Die!¡± Just then, the smirking Doctor was starting to move his right hand.

    ¡°Time to fight!¡± Feng Luo instantly decided, his eyes quickly looked to the trajectory of the arm movement, swiftly jumping away as the Doctor¡¯s arm was swung to his front.

    His right hand simrly swung at the opponent, his ¡°Ghost Weep¡± initially held in hand swiftly left his hand with the strength of the skill.

    ¡°Light Armored Warrior Level 15 Rare skill ¨C Throw.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve bitten the bait!¡± The Doctor¡¯s dark face broke into a smug and wicked smile.

    Although his hand had reached his frontmost, the scalpel in his hand did not leave his hand at all.

    Instead, only at the moment when Feng Luo had stepped out and could no longer change direction did the Doctor swiftly loosen his grip on the scalpel.

    ¡°Die!¡± The Doctor Shao Xiao smirked.

    ¡°What?¡± But right after, his smug expression changed suddenly.

    ¡°p!¡±

    Just when his deliberately slightly dyed scalpel was about to leave his hand, a bullet suddenly came from the side and hit his right arm that was about to throw the scalpel.

    It was as if the same move as before when Phoenix was attacked by his flying scalpel. The only slight difference was that the bullet that hit his arm was not a normal bullet but a police-use high-grade anesthetic bullet.

    ¡°Damn it...¡± The Doctor, with a drastic change in expression, did not just suffer from an anesthetic bullet.

    Due to being distracted by the bullet attack, he waspletely unable to dodge Feng Luo¡¯s Ghost Weep military knife thrown out with a Rare skill.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    ¡°-10356!¡±

    The tip of Ghost Weep¡¯s de tore through his snow-white doctor¡¯s uniform and the bottom of his chest, causing a red damage coefficient of more than 10,000, and then the Doctor was sent flying backward by the force of the military knife.

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    On the other hand, Feng Luo could not dodge the flying scalpel thrown out by the scar-faced Rebel Major.

    The uracy of this fellow¡¯s flying scalpel was certainly horrifying ¨C at such a distance, it was as hard to dodge as a bullet.

    Luckily, this bullet that was initially aimed at Feng Luo¡¯s heart had shifted slightly due to the Rebel Major¡¯s arm being hit by the bullet, atstnding on Feng Luo¡¯s chest on the left less than half a centimeter from his the critical spot of his heart.

    ¡°-10776!¡±

    Above Feng Luo¡¯s head, a five-digit weak-point damage coefficient appeared as well, as his health fell to less than one-tenth.

    ¡°Pant...¡± Feng Luo sank down sitting on the ground.

    How wicked, the Doctor¡¯sst sh was slightly off; if this sh had hit his critical point, he would have been at the losing end as this rad NPC had said.

    ¡°Damn it...¡± The Doctor that was sent flying by the force of Ghost Weep still wanted to stand up and escape afternding on the ground.

    However, receiving Feng Luo¡¯s previous sh plus this attack, his health had fallen to ¡°heavily injured¡± state, not to mention that the high-effect police-use anesthetic was rapidly taking effect.

    This Rebel NPC only supported his body for a moment before falling to the ground once more, his snow-white doctor¡¯s uniform bing a ck windbreaker once more.

    ¡°Are y¡¯all okay?¡± Just then, a voice sounded from the side.

    From the direction of the military patrol airship, a person¡¯s figure was running over to his side, the Guard Bureau uniform and the Lieutenant rank insignia of its chest were very obvious.

    ¡°Fine...¡± Looking at the police-use handgun that had just fired and the Guard Bureau Lieutenant with a face full of apology, Feng Luo did not have any thought ofining about why the Guards were alwayste; because ording to this situation, he had already roughly guessed it.

    This Guard Bureau Lieutenant was knocked unconscious and thest shot should have been the system¡¯s deliberate arrangement.

    Theirst mission goal perhaps should be how many seconds they couldst under this sick Doctor, and not defeat this high-level NPC, because the difficulty of facing this fellow was too high.

    That invincible Mental Force that is able to control people through his gaze was enough to send normal yers to their deathbeds.

    Even if there were expert yers like him who fortunately could resist this fellow¡¯s control to a certain extent, they would not possibly be able to escape thisst lethal flying scalpel.

    If it was not for Bureau Guard Lieutenant¡¯sst shot, he would be experiencing dying for the first time after Level 50.

    Luckily, the system still provided him support.

    It was no wonder that when he told them about the situation of the researchb previously, this Guard Bureau Lieutenant had instantly agreed to let them board the patrol airship, bringing the three to follow the tracking signal out of the city.

 Chapter 545 - Leon, Triple Glory

    <h4>Chapter 545: Leon, Triple Glory</h4>

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Feng Luo had quickly mentally analyzed a few pieces of information when a scream sounded from behind.

    Turning back, he realized that Yellow-tooth had fallen to the ground, with both sides of his face red and swollen.

    Beside him, Phoenix was holding her fiery red Alloy Sword, advancing step by step towards Yellow-tooth who was rolling on the ground and attempting to escape, her sword smacking the left and right of his face, like a palm continuously fanning at his face.

    It was a pity that the submachine gun that hung at Yellow-tooth¡¯s chest could not be used for attacking, as every time he attempted to point his submachine gun at Phoenix, it would be violently hit away by the Alloy Sword.

    The bullets brushed past Phoenix¡¯s Alloy Armor, and her eyes did not even flinch. She just pped away at Yellow-tooth¡¯s face with her Alloy Sword with cold eyes.

    Feng Luo did not know how Phoenix had activated her Talent, and it seemed like she was going to toy with Yellow-tooth to his death.

    His battle with the Doctor had upied all his attention, and he did not have any remaining attention to notice the situation over there.

    However, since Phoenix had ¡°darkened,¡± Yellow-tooth could no longer possibly retaliate.

    ¡°F*ck, let him get away!¡± On the other side, Big Pineapple was in rage as he rushed out of the forest holding his Alloy Shield in hand.

    He had previously been beaten up in many ways by Seven Kills; if it was not for his rad defense and the percentage HP recovery and percentage damage reduction of the equipment on him, he would definitely have been killed.

    Initially, he wanted to take revenge after regaining control over his body, but he did not think that Seven Kills was so sly ¨C immediately engaging ¡°Charge¡± and fleeing into the forest at the side the moment he saw the Rebel NPC fall.

    When Big Pineapple applied a blood tonic and gave chase, he was already gone. Big Pineapple could only jump in rage and swear that he must take revenge the next time he met him.

    Thereafter, Big Pineapple opened his system panel, as if checking something ¨C his face changed into delight once more.

    ¡°I¡¯ve called for the headquarters to send someone toe pick us up, they¡¯ve asked us to bring this person, their things and the SUV back. There¡¯s someone to hold a trial against ¨C he definitely knows something.¡± The NPC Guard Bureau Lieutenant injected the heavily injured and unconscious scar-faced Rebel Major with vitamins, briefly tending to his injuries. After which, he looked up and spoke to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mm!¡± Feng Luo was happy to hear this news, this proved that this mission should have been wrapped up.

    ¡°Many thanks for just now..., I haven¡¯t asked how to address you, Lieutenant?¡± Feng Luo followed the signal on the tracker and took the silver passcode chest in the Heavy Knight; after receiving the mission progress message, he was in a good mood as he spoke to this Lieutenant Guard walking over. After which, he thought of something that he had been forgetting.

    ¡°You may address me as Leon.¡± The handsome-looking Guard Bureau Lieutenant answered.

    ¡°Leon? Triple Glory?¡± He did not know that Feng Luo froze for a moment upon hearing this.

    ¡°Another Biohazard Crisis game character.¡±

    The reason for Feng Luo¡¯s shock was because the name ¡°Leon¡± was one of the main characters in the Biohazard Crisis series.

    There was a special nickname of ¡°Triple Glory,¡± in the game, he was a main character with ¡°all his teammates dead, all his enemies killed, all the girls he won over.¡±

    ¡°But isn¡¯t Leon an Agent like Ada Wong? Didn¡¯t expect that he¡¯d be a Guard Bureau Lieutenant in War...oh, right, I¡¯ve forgotten, Leon seems to have been just a policeman, only joining the Agent departmentter due to the Biohazard Crisis.¡± Feng Luo recalled some background information of the Biohazard Crisis.

    ¡°This fellow is really ¡®Little Le¡¯?¡± He looked once more towards this well-built handsome Guard Bureau Lieutenant who looked mix-blooded, giving him nces on the left and right.

    Feng Luo realized that he had not thought this way before, but now that he had looked closely, this appearance was pretty simr to the Leon in Resident Evil, and even more handsome.

    ¡°Mister Feng, why are you staring at me?¡± Leon felt a little strange as he spoke, looking back at Feng Luo with his mix-blooded eyes under sharp eyebrows.

    ¡°Oh, nothing. I just feel like you look like a friend of mine. Leon, are you very good with the girls...?¡±

    ¡°Hur, erm...¡±

    While waiting for the Storm City people to arrive, Feng Luo chatted casually with this Biohazard Crisis main character who was very likely to be an Agent in the future.

    Since he knew that this was a main character-grade character, who was very likely to be of an important connection with the Biohazard Crisis mission, Feng Luo would not let go of this chance to build a rtionship.

    After all, after going through the day¡¯s events, everyone was considered to berades who had shared the crisis.

    Not mentioning the rest, even if Leon would not be an Agent of the government after this, with just his identity as a Lieutenant of Storm City¡¯s Guard Bureau, wasn¡¯t it a good thing to obtain some Approval?

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    Just when the signal of the police-use patrol airship lighted from the direction of Storm City...

    [¡°You¡¯ve earned friendship from Leon S. Kennedy, current friendship: Good.¡±]

    In Feng Luo¡¯s vision, a system message had sounded. Compared with the cold face which was not fond of smiling or speaking in the game, this Leon seemed to be a bit warmer...

    ......

    ¡°Seems like it has ended.¡± Watching the Major being raised onto a police-use stretcher by a few Guard Bureau workers under themand of Leon, and ¡°Dark Phoenix¡± who stepped onto the military patrol airship without a word, Feng Luo stood up and prepared to leave with them.

    Although this mission was not really a waste of time, thebat was certainly thrilling. Especially the Major, that was pretty rad ¨C even though he had almost lost a Level. With extremely high danger came pretty decent returns.

    Feng Luo looked at the passcode chest he was holding ¨C inside this were the original G-Virus strain and also a Data Chip.

    With this, Lin could create some new items, and regarding the Epic-Grade mission over at her side, it definitely would have some progress.

    Since this mission had been said to reward points and Authorizations based on the opponent¡¯s ability, then this Doctor should at least have not bad a reward, shouldn¡¯t it?

    ¡°We should have a chance to get this pile of things?¡± He looked inside the bag made from a semi-transparent material in his right hand ced as evidence, at the 11 silver scalpels.

    Among them, the attributes of 10 of the scalpels were just white names, but thatst scalpel that was being thrown by the Doctor was of a bright orange color.

 Chapter 546 - Legendary-Grade: Silver Blade

    <h4>Chapter 546: Legendary-Grade: Silver de</h4>

    ¡°Apologies, this movement was our mistake from our intelligence department. We had lost contact with the agent who provided for us afterst night, his identity has been exposed. As for the information regarding the Starry Night Hotel, it was deliberately revealed by them, which they then attracted attention from nting a detonation bomb at the Starry Night Hotel and took action with another group of people.¡± In the Agents¡¯ virtual space within the secret channel, across the four including Feng Luo, Haruko had a stern look.

    ¡°Feels like mission impossible...¡± Feng Luo shook his head slightly.

    As for why the agent was discovered, he was actually not very interested.

    He was more interested in why the Umbre Company or the Rebels would know that the G-Virus was in Lin¡¯s researchboratory, and how they knew that the G-Virus data was in the Biochip in little Sally¡¯s body?

    However, Haruko did not exin this but continued speaking.

    ¡°For the movement this time, they¡¯ve deployed a Doctor with a big name, who secretly changed his identity and sneaked into Storm City. This Doctor was initially a criminal who has been long wanted by the Federation, but because of his creepy ability, he has been untouched by thew. I didn¡¯t think that everyone would sessfully catch this Doctor this time, as a result disrupting the Rebel Army¡¯s scheme. Although Starry Night Hotel has created much of a chaos being bombed and isn¡¯t very in-sync with the request of higher-ups at the start, this is ultimately the intelligence department¡¯s mistake, so they can¡¯t put the me on us. As such, the higher-ups have decided to give you all the rewards as promised. Also, they will give additional rewards.¡±

    [¡°You¡¯vepleted C-Grade Agent Team Mission, overall evaluation: A+.¡±]

    [¡°Based on your mission performance, you¡¯ve earned XP: 20000, C-Grade Authorization *1, D-Grade Authorization *1, Agent Points: 2400.¡±]

    [¡°Due to yourmendable performance in the mission, you¡¯ve earned additional: one C-Grade Authorization, Agent Points: 1000.¡±]

    After Haruko spoke, Feng Luo heard three consecutive system messages.

    3500 points, two C-Grade Authorizations, 7 D-Grade Authorizations ¨C these sounded like quite a bit.

    This was still not as much as the rewards from the Silvermoon City movement from before; after all, there was one B-Grade Authorization and one C-Grade Authorization the other time.

    Calcting based on four low-grade Authorizations adding up to equal one high-grade Authorization, the Authorizations from this time was still slightly less than a B-Grade Authorization.

    After all, this mission was just a C-Grade mission, while the previous mission was a B-Grade teampetitive mission ¨C there would definitely be a difference between the prizes.

    The fact that he could receive so many Authorizations should have been because the mission message said earlier that thest half of the rewards would be decided by the number of people killed and the difficulty of which.

    This time, 10 out of the 20 Rebels had been killed by him, the number had upied half of the total. Although thatst Doctor with the creepy ability was not killed, it definitely would be counted into reward ¨C logically, his reward was probably more than the other three added together.

    If not, it was impossible for the rewards of a C-Grade mission to be close to those of a B-Grade mission.

    Speaking of the Doctor¡¯s ability, Feng Luo thought of something, which was that this Doctor was just a ¡°Major¡± in the Rebel Army, whereas Haruko was now a Federal ¡°Colonel.¡±

    Could this mean that Haruko¡¯s ability was two ranks higher than the Doctor?

    What about Aida Wong who was seemingly on par with Haruko?

    ¡°Oh right! You¡¯ve previously asked if you could exchange for the Doctor¡¯s few scalpels ¨C there has been a reply for this question too. After checking, those things aren¡¯t considered special items; once these things have been added to the equipment warehouse after going through forensics, you all can choose exchange for them after this. Also, as these things are considered your prizes to an extent, you only need to fulfill one criterion to exchange for them, which means you all can choose to solely use points or Merit to exchange.¡± Haruko said, looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°This is great news!¡± Hearing the news, Feng Luo smiled.

    Since the attributes of the Doctor¡¯s 11 scalpels were not bad, let alone the fact that one of them was a Legendary-Grade weapon, even Feng Luo who had seen it was hyped with the thought of wanting to learn knife-throwing.

    [SK Surgical Knife ¡¤ Special Weapon]

    Attack power: 500

    Attack coefficient: C

    Strength +10

    Agility +15

    Highest movement speed +50%

    Included attribute: ording to the speed before hitting, earn bonus damage enhancement, highest bonus enhancement of 100%.

    Required Level: 50

    Overall evaluation: Perfect

    Exchange requirement ¨C D-Grade Authorization *1, Agent Points: 500.

    The 10 identical scalpels were all Level 50 Perfect-evaluated Rare equipment; although they were not considered very high in attack power, the attributes were great.

    Although the C-Grade attack coefficient was not considered to be very high, it was equivalent to most sniper rifles ¨C it could be said to be able to effortlessly pierce through non-armor defense equipment.

    The 50% movement speed enhancement had exined why the Doctor¡¯s movement was so flexible, even able to dodge a snipe from 10 meters.

    As for the Rare attribute, it should be the most valuable attribute.

    Bonus damage enhancement earned based on the flying speed before hitting, and with the highest at 100%.

    This meant that if the speed of the flying knife reached a certain extent, its attack power should actually be two times more.

    An attack power multiplied up to 1000, if put together with a skill and a critical point hit, would definitely be able to one-shot kill.

    However, the attributes of these Rare-Grade scalpels are strong but were farpared with thest knife thrown by the Doctor.

    [Silver de ¡¤ Special Weapon]

    Attack power: 1000

    Attack coefficient: B+

    Strength +20

    Agility +30

    Highest movement speed +100%

    Included attribute: weak-point damage would result in entering ¡°weakened¡± state, causing lethal damage, sending target into ¡°heavily injured¡± state.

    Included skill:

    [Death Sentence]

    Consumes 100 Force points, greatly increases the firing distance and starting speed of the following shot, causes additional Force damage effect when hitting target.

    Effect 1: earns a maximum of 200% bonus damage enhancement ording to distance and speed when causing lethal or weak-point damage.

    Effect 2: causes ¡°fatal¡± effect to a certain extent when causing lethal damage to the target (this attribute is only effective on target units of Quasi-Boss-Grade and below, affected by speed and angle. Consuming more Force allows increase in fatal rate, with the highest fatal rate and the Compatibility between user and weapon constant).

    Required Level: 55

    Overall evaluation: Perfect

    Exchange requirement ¨C B-Grade Authorization *1, Agent Points: 5500.

    ¡°Fatal¡± effect.

    This word should be a term of the same meaning as ¡°lethal¡± but with a slight semantic difference in the Star civilization. It was just like its literal meaning, representing a powerful attribute at the extreme end of equipment.

    It happened to be the attribute with which this scalpel truly attracted Feng Luo.

    This was also the reason why the Doctor was so confident upon taking out this knife and attacking that Feng Luo would not be able to escape death even if he had a ¡°healing¡± Force.

 Chapter 547 - The Hope for Two Forces

    <h4>Chapter 547: The Hope for Two Forces</h4>

    It was up to 1000, no less than the attack power of a Rare sniper rifle.

    It was even higherpared to Ghost Weep, reaching a B+-Grade destruction coefficient, 100% highest movement speed enhancement...every attribute of this Legendary-Grade flying knife could be said to be at least one time more than Rare equipment of the same level, what was truly great was still the included skill.

    Death Trial.

    When hitting critical points, as long as it was not a target of Quasi-Boss and above, it would have to take this trial with a chance of death.

    Even if it was a Heavy Armored Warrior with full health, as long as they met this chance, they would be instantly killed with one sh.

    This chance was able to be raised by the amount of Force consumed, able to reach the highest of the ¡°Compatibility¡± upper limit.

    Speaking of Compatibility, Feng Luo had another doubt; because ofst night, he had been hit by this Legendary-Grade flying knife in battle.

    Luckily it did not hit a critical point, thus the ¡°Fatal¡± situation did not appear.

    When he pulled the knife out, he had experienced the ¡°hallucinations¡± created by the system when the Compatibility had exceeded 90%.

    Once he held this knife in hand back then, he felt like his thoughts hadpletelye to a standstill in an instant and the surrounding was all still ¨C his ears could hear the heartbeats and the flowing blood in all the people around him, his eyes could see the fatal critical points in every person¡¯s brain, throat, and heart.

    However, when he checked the attributes of this scalpel, he realized that this knife was just like the ¡°Death Gaze¡± from before ¨C the Compatibility was actually very low.

    Compared to the 60% Compatibility of ¡°Death Gaze,¡± this scalpel was even lower in Compatibility ¨C actually only 20%, this was certainly way too low.

    The Compatibility of Legendary equipment corresponded to the effect of the included skill.

    Doesn¡¯t this mean that when he was using this flying knife before, the highest was only a 20% fatal chance?

    The problem was that if it was only 20%, how was it possible that he had the hallucinations from before uponing into contact with the equipment? Should he believe in his feeling or believe in the data?

    When exchanging the ¡°Death Gaze¡±ponent with Onishi, Feng Luo had chosen to believe in his feeling.

    He had grasped that Compatibility was possibly determined by the system based on the ¡°healing¡± attribute of his Force, thus the Compatibility with attack type skills was not high. However, he also had a ¡°Fatal¡± Talent ¨C seeing it from Force and Talent aspects, the attributes of this Talent were verypatible with this Legendary flying knife.

    Previously he had guessed it ¨C even as for whether the second Talent was able to awaken the Force, Feng Luo was unable to be certain. It seemed like there was someone he could consult.

    ¡°Is one person able to possess two Forces?¡± Feng Luo looked towards Haruko across, asking suddenly.

    ¡°Two Forces?¡± Haruko¡¯s expression froze slightly.

    Even Digital Cat who was continuously calcting the T-750 data on the table had swiftly looked up at Feng Luo upon hearing him.

    ¡°The Life Force of living beings is essentially just a medium for manipting the Universe Force; although there are currently still many aspects of the detailed principles regarding Force yet to bepletely discovered, its usage methods have indeed already been more well-studied. At the start, upon discovering Force, the Gxy Empire discovered that many people were able to consecutively autonomously awaken not just one type of Force. In that era, there was research attempted on these people who had autonomously awakened multiple types of Force, and ways that allowed everyone to use multiple Forces had been found. One of the most direct ways was to use the help of foreign objects ¨C Legendary equipment was hence created from this theory.¡± Haruko said.

    ¡°This means it isn¡¯t rare to have multiple Forces?¡± Feng Luo creased his forehead, not knowing why he was feeling rather disappointed.

    ¡°No, it¡¯s very rare. Although the included skill of equipment and some unique methods, medicine can also grasp multiple Forces. However, that requires some prerequisite conditions in the body ¨C there are currently no Adventurers who have achieved them. If it was earning multiple Forces through autonomous awakening, it can be sessful at this stage, but the difficulty of autonomous awakening of the second Force is 10 times much harderpared to the first.¡± Haruko said staring at Feng Luo, shaking her head.

    ¡°Multiple Forces? Crap, I¡¯ve just found the way to awaken Force, my Guidance progress has just reached 5%, how could some ¡®multiple Forces¡¯ have appeared now? OMG, is the progress of this game a little too fast?¡± Big Pineapple let out a howl, saying depressingly in the yers¡¯ channel.

    ¡°Rx, how¡¯s it possible for it to progress so quickly? Hearing how this goes, it¡¯s clear that a person¡¯s multiple Forces are not easily grasped, even if it was to be fully announced, I guess we must at least wait until half the yers have awakened their Force before it could possibly be done. These days, other than that Invikill we sold the Evolution Fluid to, I haven¡¯t heard of anyone revealing that they¡¯ve awakened their Force, so why¡¯re you in a rush here? Also, don¡¯t take your 5% progress out to brag. Speaking of which, since she had appeared for a while yesterday, my progress has be 95%. Leader Feng, what do you say, do I have a chance topete for the name of the second yer to awaken Force?¡± Phoenix held a chin, her face gleaming with a fiery smile.

    Feng Luo had never voluntarily revealed himself, and so Invikill was known as the only yer who had awakened Force.

    Phoenix¡¯s Guidance progress was already so close ¨C she was very likely to seed in Force Awakening soon. Until then, she was very likely able to start quite a big sensation. After all, she would very likely be the first female yer in War to have awakened Force until then.

    ¡°Right, the Force Guidance Chip is formted based on single Force, so even if someone possesses multiple Forces, it¡¯d be unable to inform you about the Compatibility between the other Force and your equipment as well as the Force Awakening situation of the other Force.¡± NPCs would not hear the yers speaking in the channel. Thus, Haruko only stared at Feng Luo, as if deliberately saying a bit before standing up.

    ¡°Alright, let¡¯s end it here regarding this mission. You all may enter the equipment warehouse and exchange for your required items now.¡± Haruko¡¯s silhouette transformed into white light and vanished from the room.

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll be leaving too then. Have to work hard for Force awakening.¡± Big Pineapple smiled sheepishly as he too prepared to leave the virtual space.

    ¡°You¡¯re not exchanging for equipment?¡± Phoenix asked as she stretched herself, ncing at him.

    ¡°Having been through today¡¯s mission, plus the Authorizations of this month, I¡¯ve umted a B-Grade Authorization. Another few days of farming Merit then changing it to points and exchanging for a Forcepatible Legendary equipment and it would be more worth it.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s straight eyes stared once again at where they should not be staring as he mumbled.

    ¡°Mm, forgotten about this matter, it seems like I¡¯m also just some points away from 5000. As for exchanging for whatever equipment, I¡¯d rather wait till Master John has finished making the armor before I decide.¡± Phoenix recalled how she had nned before at that moment.

    Thinking up to here, she turned to Feng Luo and spoke with a smile.

    ¡°Leader Feng, we¡¯ll get going then, remember to help me give Master John a push to speed up.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s silhouette entered the equipment warehouse straightaway; although she had not killed anyone in this mission, the assist from her hacking instrument was irreceable ¨C she still had at least a certain amount of points and Authorization rewards.

    ¡°Switch to the equipment warehouse.¡± Feng Luo had chosen to enter too, preparing to exchange.

 Chapter 548 - Legendary-Grade: Black Eagle

    <h4>Chapter 548: Legendary-Grade: ck Eagle</h4>

    ¡°Wee to the Agent equipment warehouse, Agent Azure Dragon.¡± As Feng Luo entered, the virtual equipment warehouse¡¯s gentle intelligent female voice sounded.

    ¡°Check my Authorizations and points.¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°Alright...you currently have: 1 B-Grade Authorization, 2 C-Grade Authorizations, and 9 D-Grade Authorizations. Agent points: 7067.¡±

    ¡°Help me retrieve the Legendary equipment: Silver de.¡± Feng Luo spoke once again.

    ¡°Alright, there is a total of one piece of equipment with the Silver de among the Legendary-Grade equipment, serial code: T-093.¡±

    Before Feng Luo, the three-dimensional diagram of the Silver de, with a smooth and shiny silver knife handle and an almost transparent knife de as thin as cicada wings, appeared, rotating slowly and eye-catchingly.

    ¡°Use my Authorizations for exchange.¡±

    ¡°You are about to spend 1 B-Grade Authorization, do you confirm?¡± The intelligent female replied.

    ¡°I confirm.¡± Feng Luo nodded without hesitation.

    He had decided to get this scalpel with the ¡°fatal¡± attribute.

    ording to Haruko¡¯s hint, as the time to earn a second type of Force probably would not be very short, this piece of Legendary equipment would very likely temporarily be unable to unleash its full power.

    As the Silver de required a Level 55, even if he had exchanged for it, he would need a period of time before he could equip it.

    Despite that, Feng Luo had still decided to get it on hand first.

    The attribute of this flying scalpel was certainly of great quality, and could be said to be better than the attribute of Ghost Weep.

    Furthermore, there was still an important reason, which was to exchange for this scalpel, only a B-Grade Authorization was required, no need to consume an entire 6000 points.

    This was a rare ¡°half-price¡±¨C one naturally could not miss this chance.

    Speaking of which, Feng Luo choosing to spend his B-Grade Authorization that is able to be used to exchange for Legendary equipment instead of choosing to spend 6000 points which were seemingly easier to get was because he had another n.

    After the previous Agent mission, Feng Luo did not exchange for any equipment ¨C his intention was to save up his points and wait till he exceeded 5000 points before he would exchange for a piece of Legendary equipment to increase his ability.

    Since when he got Ghost Weep until now, it was already close to one month¡¯s time.

    The total number of Legendary equipment had turned from scarce at the start to having up to 100 pieces exposed each day.

    If considering those that were not exposed, the number would definitely be even higher.

    Althoughpared to the huge number of War¡¯s 20 billion yers, this number was still quite scarce.

    After all, even if there were already 10,000 pieces of Legendary equipment, there would only be one piece per 200,000 people on average ¨C this ratio was horrifyingly low.

    However, as somerge guilds were generously teaming up to kill Bosses and making purchases at high prices during this period of time, which allowed the top star yers of theserge guilds to have Legendary equipment in hand, and there were even people who had more than one.

    Although Feng Luo already had Ghost Weep, had just exchanged for the Silver de, and had two Legendary sniper rifleponents, it was definitely the more the better for such a thing as Legendary equipment.

    Especially now that he had decided to join this Ruins Remation Operation organized by the Nine Star Guild.

    The enemies about to be faced were all North City¡¯s top yers, and there were probably not just two people who possessed Legendary equipment among them ¨C the more he had to update his power, the better.

    Speaking of the Nine Star Guild Ruins Remation, as the Nine Star Guild had promised to distribute 100 ces to normal yers and had already started the registration and selection today, this matter could be the hottest topic on the Storm City forum now.

    It could not prevent some people from stepping over the line when the public said that the Nine star Guild had given too many ces to guild yers and left too few for the normal yers, and even hoped that they would release some of the ces again.

    Despite this, most yers nheless praised the Nine Star Guild for having the dignity of being the number one guild and for earning enough poprity.

    Besides, as this matter had spread to the North City, the hottest topic on the North City forum was this.

    Compared with the Nine Star Guild which had gained a name for itself, North City¡¯s SK Guild which had only contacted a fewrge guilds was taunted by North City¡¯s normal yers.

    At the moment, the higher-ups of the SK Organization were probably losing their minds.

    Of course, this matter was notrgely rted to Feng Luo. What he was now thinking about was what kind of Legendary equipment he should exchange for.

    ¡°Filter all the Legendary equipment of Level 55 and below which could be used by Gunners for me...¡± Feng Luo thought and said.

    ¡°Filtering in process, please wait.¡± The female intelligence voice answered.

    A few secondster, the initially wide and empty virtual space had turned into a super warehouse with all sorts of three-dimensional equipment floating around.

    Around Feng Luo were all sorts of different types of equipment with orange-colored attributes; at a rough nce, there were at least a few hundred of them.

    ¡°Why¡¯s there so many?¡± Feng Luo froze and could not help but gasp.

    This was the first time he had entered the Agent equipment warehouse and searched up Legendary equipment ording to this criterion upon curiosity, and there were tons of Legendary equipment.

    How was it that it had increased by so much this time?

    ¡°The equipment in the Agent equipment warehouse will constantly be replenished and reduced by people¡¯s exchange. Also, at the limit of the user¡¯s Agent Level and Authorization, a portion of the special equipment would require a specific Authorization before it could be shown.¡± The female intelligence voice exined.

    ¡°I see...¡± Feng Luo had understood.

    This meant that the things in the Agent equipment warehouse were ever-changing ording to the progress of the game.

    As Legendary equipment was extremely rare at the start, only a small number of Legendary equipment was avable for exchange; now that the quantity had increased, the Legendary equipment avable for exchange had also increased ¨C it would probably increase even further from here on.

    However, these before his eyes were too many.

    Feng Luo had believed that it would only be tens of them, whereby he could choose bypletely looking at each of them one by one, but now, he did not have the patience to look at all of them one by one.

    ¡°Could you rmend to me the filtered Legendary equipment that would be suitable for me?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of a way and tried.

    ¡°Alright, please wait...¡± The gentle female voice quickly replied ¨C seemed like this way would work.

    Once the female intelligence voice finished speaking, a huge half of the equipment around Feng Luo quickly vanished, leaving only over 10 of them in the end.

    ¡°ording to the items you have exchanged for before as well as the identity profile and battle stats given by your department, I would suggest Agent Azure Dragon to choose these equipment.¡± With only over 10 pieces of equipment left, it was a lot easier to check them out.

    Feng Luo started looking from the closest one in front of him.

    Unicornbat uniform, Level 55, Perfect Legendary equipment, exchange requirement: 1 B-Grade Authorization, Agent points: 8000. Compatibility: 98%.

    Star Messenger, left ring, Level 50, Normal Legendary equipment, exchange requirement: 1 B-Grade Authorization, Agent points: 7500. Compatibility: 96%.

    Heavenly Light,bat helmet, Level 55, Perfect Legendary equipment. Compatibility: 93%.

    ...

    Feng Luo looked down from the first equipment and realized that all the attributes were not bad, all suitable for him.

    There was even a Legendary-Grade ring among them ¨C although its evaluation was just Normal, it was Rare essory-type equipment.

    ¡°Wait, why are these equipment all defense-type equipment? And many of them have health-recovery enhancement attributes?¡± After looking at quite a few equipment, Feng Luo discovered a problem.

    The small number of equipment before him seemed to be pure defense-type, many of their included skills and Rare attributes were recovery-increase abilities.

    ¡°The first criterion of the order of rmended equipment was ording to Compatibility with Force.¡± The female intelligence voice answered.

    ¡°So it¡¯s arranged ording to Compatibility...¡± Feng Luo was enlightened.

    This was understandable; after all, to unleash the abilities of Legendary equipment, one must first choose those with high Compatibility.

    If one painstakingly umted sufficient points to exchange for a Legendary equipment and ended up being unable to unleash the power of the included skill due to low Compatibility with one¡¯s own Force attributes, it would definitely be a waste.

    Hence, with Force Compatibility as the prerequisite, it would definitely be the right choice for most yers.

    To yers like him who had the possibility of awakening ¡°double Forces,¡± there was some problem.

    Especially when Feng Luo did not want to get pure defense equipment this time, as his health was now with a recovery Force ¨C the use of such pure defense equipment was notrge.

    Pure attack-type equipment was not needed either, as his Wings of Death was able to one-shot kill at this stage, and the Silver de he had just exchanged for was sufficient for both close or long-range attack.

    Therefore, the best was to have equipment with a special skill able to allow him to possess a new way ofbat included.

    ¡°...besides, it¡¯d be best if the skill had some attack traits. There¡¯s no need to consider the problem of Compatibility...¡± Feng Luo repeated once more what he had been thinking.

    ¡°ording to your request, I would rmend you to choose from the equipment below.¡± Quickly, 10 other pieces of equipment appeared before Feng Luo once more.

    Right in front of him was a pair of dark-ckbat gloves with a blinking eagle-shaped image on it and a moreplicated overall structure than typical gloves!

    [ck Eagle bat gloves)] ¨C Compatibility 85%.

    Grade: Legendary

    Defense coefficient: B

    Defense: +250

    Overall Energy resistance: +25%

    Agility: +33

    Special attribute: increases the basic speed of throwing-type weapons by 50%.

    Included skill: [Eagle Hunt] ¨C Upon consuming 50 Force points for engagement, greatly increases the defense coefficient and overall Energy resistance of the gloves¡¯ coverage and greatly increases the destruction power of the eagle w structure at the same time sts for 10 seconds, consumes 10 Force points per subsequent second).

    Required Level: 50

    Overall evaluation: Fine

    Exchange requirement: B-Grade Authorization, Agent points: 5200.

    ¡°ck Eaglebat gloves?¡± Seeing the name of this equipment, Feng Luo froze, and upon seeing the attributes, his eyes lit up.

    It was not the first time Feng Luo had heard of the name of ck Eagle.

    Other than the SUV glove set, among thebat gloves he was using now, the spare one was a pair of ¡°C+¡±-Grade defense coefficient ck Eagle series gloves.

    The attributes of this spare pair of ck Eagle gloves were not considered quality, but Feng Luo had left it in his backpack since getting it on Death Hunter Ind and did not sell it.

    The main reason was that he had some feelings with the name of ck Eagle.

    This was because ck Eagle was a very famous military and police equipmentpany on Earth, andbat gloves were a main product of thispany, which was also thebat glove brand which Feng Luo was previously most used to.

    Of course,pared with the ck Eagle in his backpack, the attributes of this pair of Legendary-Grade gloves were multiple times better.

    Although the Compatibility of this pair of gloves was not very high, Feng Luo believed that this thing should be suitable for his battle style.

    Another thing was that since the AI had chosen it, the Rare attribute of this pair of gloves was 100%plementary with the Silver de he had just exchanged for.

    ¡°Combine 8 D-Grade Authorizations into 2 C-Grade Authorizations for me, thenbine them into B-Grade, exchange for this pair of ck Eaglebat gloves. Also, convert 50 Merit points into Agent points, exchange for five SK scalpels.¡± Feng Luo thought for a while and made his final decision.

    ...

    ¡°Beep, you have a message.¡± After he hadpleted his exchange and left the Agent virtual channel, Feng Luo¡¯smunicator sounded.

    ¡°Mister Feng, hello. Not sure if I could be lucky enough to invite you, Mister Big Pineapple and Miss Phoenix toe over for lunch?¡± On the Communicator screen, Zi Wei smiled.

 Chapter 549 - Generous Nine Star Guild

    <h4>Chapter 549: Generous Nine Star Guild</h4>

    In the vice director¡¯s room in the Nine Star Guild Organization Headquarter building.

    ¡°There were too many matters atst night¡¯s banquet, the service was not really all-rounded, hope that Mister Feng didn¡¯t mind.¡± Zi Wei smiled as she ced a cup of coffee in front of Feng Luo.

    ¡°Nope... I still have to thank Miss Zi Wei forst night, we had to do a mission so we left early...¡± Feng Luo replied.

    His eyes studied theyout of this office upying more than 200 square meters at the top of the building ¨C from an environment, one was able to understand a person¡¯s personality.

    Initially, Zi Wei had invited him, Phoenix, and Big Pineapple to lunch through the Communicator.

    However, Phoenix and Big Pineapple had already epted missions and we¡¯re prepared to work hard and farm for Merit these few days while Feng Luo had declined, changing the meeting venue straight to the Nine Star Guild headquarters.

    Compared to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, the Nine Star Guild headquarters was a few levels higher in dignity.

    It was a high-tech tower upying over 100,000 square meters, projecting the Nine Star¡¯s bright solver star guild insignia into the air above it ¨C it was unique even in the main city of Storm City.

    As the vice director of the guild, Zi Wei¡¯s office was even more aesthetically pleasing, especially when it was on the top level wherein typical situations only the director woulde... this woman was something different.

    ¡°With the capability of Mister Feng and you all, I guess the mission must have beenpleted smoothly.¡± Zi Wei smiled as she sat down across Feng Luo, her words had the intention of probing.

    After all, everyone who had attended the banquet was present at the situation after the No.2 emperor suite had been bombedst night.

    Hidden Missions, Agent yers, Staff Sergeant rank... the higher-ups of other guilds might not have traced it back to them due to their disguises, but Zi Wei knew that the few Agent yers sitting across were Feng Luo and his people.

    ¡°Luckily, although there were some losses, it was considered that we¡¯ve done it...¡± Feng Luo smiled sheepishly.

    The mission waspleted, but Onishi had died and lost a Level, in addition to the Medic at the end ¨C this mission could not have been described as smooth.

    ¡°Director Zi Wei, those people outside should be here to join the Ruins Remation?¡± He was not ready to tell Zi Wei in detail about the Agent mission, so Feng Luo looked out at the various luxurious levitating airshipsnding and taking off outside and used it to change the topic to the Ruins Remation matter.

    Zi Wei was a person who spoke very sincerely, giving others a rxed feeling like she was an acquaintance instead of showing that she was almighty as the vice director of arge guild.

    Such a person was very suitable for building rapport with others and being in-charge of the guild¡¯s publicity work.

    However, the w of such a person was that they knew too well about building rapport with others, and did not go straight to the main topic and was used to chatting about other topics first.

    Although Feng Luo was not against this, due to having something to doter on, he was prepared to go straight to the main topic.

    ¡°Is Mister Feng interested in the Ruins Remation as well?¡± Zi Wei probably did not think that Feng Luo would change the topic so quickly and froze slightly before immediately speaking with a smile.

    ¡°Being able to have a chance to get a Quasi-Boss pet, I guess there probably wouldn¡¯t be anyone in War who wouldn¡¯t be interested.¡± Feng Luo shrugged, as he was interested.

    Although he wasn¡¯t interested in the Quasi-Boss Pet Chips themselves, but the credits upon selling these chips.

    After realizing that Legendary equipment had already started increasing gradually, getting thest few billion credits to purchase the tools required for manufacturing Legendary equipment was fulfilling a more urgent matter to him.

    ¡°Great, with such experts as Mister Feng, Miss Phoenix, and Mister Big Pineapple joining, we would definitely be able to win the SK Guild this time.¡± After hearing Feng Luo, Zi Wei¡¯s intentions became very obvious.

    Of course, there was a huge proportion ofpliments in her words.

    Although she really thought highly of their abilities, the Nine Star Guild was a huge guild of Storm City with many experts, with top yers in the top 10 of the entire game such as Sword Ki Long River.

    In addition to the fact that this mission was a sh between hundreds of top experts of the two main cities, with more emphasis on overall ability and battle tactic, technically no one would be able to really influence the battle oue no matter how much stronger personal ability was.

    However, the importance the Nine Star Guild saw in the three of them was definite, especially afterst night¡¯s situation.

    If not, Zi Wei as the vice director of Storm City¡¯s number one guild would not have specially invited three casual yers for lunch.

    ¡°Director Zi Wei is being too nice... not sure if casual yers joining would have any obligations or any rights in the Ruins Remation?¡± Feng Luo went straight to the main topic once more.

    ¡°Casual yers can keep all the prizes earned in the ruins for themself, we will not interfere. But we hope that everyone could act ording to our massmands upon entering the ruins. Also, for the convenience ofmanding and battle, we will split everyone into groups. Of course, considering that Mister Feng and your group probably do not haverge-scale team battle experience, we will allocate all the casual yers into separate groups ording to profession. However, the three of you will definitely be in the same group.¡± Zi Wei said.

    ¡°Can keep all for themself?¡± Feng Luo froze slightly.

    I didn¡¯t think the Nine Star Guild would be so generous. Feng Luo knew that Nine Star definitely would not be at a loss; since they had dared to arrange it this way, they had definitely secured the best for themselves.

    After all, the missions were done by them, only they would know the most secretive information.

    However, this arrangement by the Nine Star Guild for the casual yers was rather logical.

    In such arge-scale activity involving more than 100 people, typical guilds would split yers ording to their profession. This way, no matter whether it was killing Bosses or fighting team battles, it would be convenient formanding and raise the ability to unleashbat power.

    However, in this movement, other than guild yers, there were quite a lot of casual yers.

    The guild yers had experience in fighting Bosses and what not in regr guild activities and were very familiar with such processes.

    On the other hand, casual expert yers normally did not experience it and were better in solo battles or small-scale team cooperation. Certainly, they would not be used to being totallymanded to battle.

    Due to these people normally being arrogant, it was possible that they would develop negative feelings. The Nine Star Guild¡¯s considerations were very all-rounded, allocating the casual yers into separate groups.

    This was rather matching with Feng Luo¡¯s liking.

    ¡°To a smooth coboration. Mister Feng, I¡¯ve left here for you five ces, could you see if it¡¯s enough?¡± After the two had discussed a few more details, Zi Wei asked with a smile atst.

    Five ces?

    Feng Luo looked deep into her eyes.

    Clearly, Zi Wei intended to take in all five Agent yers.

    Although the PK yesterday only involved three people, upon knowing that there was also Onishi among the Agent yers, Zi Wei had the idea of roping him in.

    However, she did not know that Onishi had already decided not to join in. Moreover, Digital Cat probably would not be joining this mission either.

    Although she was strong in hacking, herbat power was no more than normal yers.

    ¡°I¡¯m in!¡± Just when Feng Luo thought this way, an unexpected Digital Cat¡¯s choice sounded from the Agent-use channel.

 Chapter 550 - Earning a Beetle Army Shortcut

    <h4>Chapter 550: Earning a Beetle Army Shortcut</h4>

    Phoenix and Big Pineapple wanted to do missions, but because this matter was concerning the both of them, Feng Luo had switched on the Agent channel upon meeting Zi Wei to let the two of them who were doing Merit missions listen in.

    As it was the Agent channel, not only Phoenix and Big Pineapple but also Onishi and Digital Cat could hear the information.

    Hence, Digital Cat¡¯s words had initiated response from the others.

    ¡°Woo...Digital little girl, you want to join? Aren¡¯t you researching your mecha?¡± Big Pineapple seemed to have met some monster and was fighting; when he spoke, there was sounds of running and panting.

    ¡°Really? Little sister Cat, you want to join too? This mission in pretty dangerous.¡± Phoenix said with augh.

    ¡°T-750 is almostpleted, I need to go a step forward to earn the battle stats against high-end yers.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s voice was very t, but what she said was unexpected to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Alreadypleted?¡± Feng Luo was joyful.

    Previously, Digital Cat had said that it would require at least a month before it would bepleted, but there were still a few days to a month now and Digital Cat had actually finished it ¨C this was beyond Feng Luo¡¯s anticipation.

    ¡°I¡¯ve exchanged for some new things from the Agent equipment warehouse, plus the brilliant item produced from the Tyrant T-100, so some difficulties have been ovee, justcking in real battle testing.¡± Digital Cat replied.

    ¡°This mission is dangerous, and the yers¡¯ abilities are high, you think it¡¯s suitable?¡± Feng Luo asked curiously.

    The ones participating in this Ruins Remation were top yers of the two main cities. Was Digital Cat so confident in testing thebat power of the T-750 on these yers?

    ¡°You¡¯d have to try to know.¡± Digital Cat¡¯s tone sounded high in confidence.

    ¡°Mm, alright then, I¡¯ll tell Zi Wei...¡± Feng Luo replied.

    ¡°Thanks Director Zi Wei, but just four ces for us will do.¡± Feng Luo looked up and spoke to Zi Wei who had specially turned away upon seeing that he was speaking to others.

    ¡°Four? Okay.¡± Zi Wei¡¯s eyes sparkled, probably expecting that Onishi would not join, hence she was not too astonished.

    ¡°Right. Now, ording to your procedures, casual yers are required to go through assessment, right?¡± Feng Luo asked again.

    ¡°There is no need for you to, after all, your abilities have long been proven already. Speaking of which, Y and the others have been in the arena as Triple ck today, waiting to meet you all again.¡± Zi Wei smiled.

    ¡°We don¡¯t y arena battles very frequently.¡± Feng Luo said with a smile.

    ...

    ¡°Eh, Mister Feng, how coincidental!¡± As Feng Luo walked out of the central hall of the Nine Star Guild, he happened to meet a group of people.

    ¡°Miss Red!¡± Feng Luo looked towards the leading woman full of aura wearing an Energy robe as if circled by mes.

    Other than Red Queen, ck Panther, zed Ice, White Crescent, Neutron Star, and a few other familiar faces, there was also a tall female Scout who looked at Feng Luo curiously.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t think we¡¯d meet Mister Feng here. You¡¯re joining the Nine Star Ruins Remation too?¡± Red Queen asked Feng Luo.

    ¡°Yes.¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    From Red Queen¡¯s words, he had understood that they were here prepared to participate in this movement also.

    Speaking of which, it was sufficient with Red Queen¡¯s ability; after all, that percentage Burn Talent of hers and her equipment, skills, andbat experience definitely met the requirement.

    As for zed Ice, White Crescent, and ck Panther; they also possessed unconventional ability and their own special Talents and would definitely have quite a high chance of participating.

    After greeting these few familiar faces and chatting for a bit, the group of people entered.

    As Feng Luo watched Red Queen¡¯s leaving silhouette, he thought of something.

    Previously when Zi Wei said that she had obtained the identity profiles of him and Big Pineapple from someone who knew both of them, would she have meant Red Queen and the rest of them?

    After all, there were not many people who knew both of them.

    ...

    ¡°Book a flight to the Lu Conglomerate three hours from now.¡± Upon leaving the Nine Star Guild headquarters, Feng Luo booked a ¡°ne ticket¡± through his personal terminal as he walked.

    The Nine Star Guild Ruins Remation won¡¯t begin for another three days.

    In the next three days, he decided to make some preparations and raise his own ability.

    With his current equipment and Level, plus his awakened Force and Legendary equipment, he was confident that his ability should be considered the cream of the crop in War.

    But after all, the opponents this time were not normal yers.

    Large guilds that qualified would provide for the participants of this mission the best resources, Legendary equipment, high-grade potions, special consumables... there would be tons of these things.

    Furthermore, other than yers, the monsters in this mission were not normal monsters. From the documents Zi Wei had handed to him, the Levels of the Elite monsters inside were all very high, and the number Commander monsters was not low either.

    Since he had decided to participate, he would do the necessary preparatory work.

    Feng Luo had always liked to have control over the oue as much as possible.

    What Zi Wei said just now was apliment, but if he was able toplete something in these three days, perhaps that would not have just been apliment but an actual possibility.

    Feng Luo prepared to go to the Lu Conglomerate city as there might be a chance there to let 24K¡¯s currentbat power earn a huge increase.

    Thest time, in the underground ruins near the Lu Conglomerate city, he had met a ck Commander Grade beetle with simr abilities as 24K, where that beetle had actually engaged a ¡°wormhole¡± and summoned many beetle troops in the battle.

    At that time, 24K had passed a message to him saying that those beetles were actually its ¡°henchmen,¡± a part of those remaining beetles which escaped after the Lu Conglomerate city-building mission then.

    After killing the ck Commander beetle, 24K had earned the right of control of the remaining beetle troops that were summoned.

    Feng Luo had thought of this at that time: would there be other remaining beetles near the Lu Conglomerate city?

    During the city-building and clearing mission then, the numbers of all sorts of beetles were hard to keep track of and definitely could not possibly bepletely cleared out. Since 24K was able to regain control of the ownerless beetles after killing that ck beetle Commander, then could it possibly control those other remaining beetles?

    Considering this, Feng Luo sent a message to Mu Wu, asking him to help look out for anyone who hade across beetle groups near the ruins.

    In the past two days, he had received Mu Wu¡¯s reply, saying that while killing monsters nearby, the small team of Nightless City had once againe across a small number of beetles.

    This news had lit a spark in Feng Luo; he was prepared to go over then, but as little Sally¡¯s mission had reached its climax, he could not leave Storm City, and was dyed for two days.

    Now, little Sally¡¯s mission had finallye to a convenient point, and so he could take some time tomit to this matter.

    Speaking of which, the potential of 24K as a Boss Grade pet was great.

    It belonged to the special pet type of ¡°King Beetle,¡± and the ability of the troops it summoned was not diminished by the system.

    If a sufficient number of ¡°beetle armies¡± could be cultivated, it would be much more powerful than typical Boss Grade pets.

    It was technically too powerful, and the system¡¯s restrictions on 24K were not just a few.

    Since hatching beetles required huge amounts of Psionic Energy, and when there were no Psionic Energy Crystals, the recovery speed of Psionic Energy would be too slow, and resulted in Feng Luo still being unable to umte a true ¡°beetle army¡± despite having 24K for so long.

    Of course, this reason was also becausebat-type beetle troops had been continuously consumed during the umtion process. Likest night when that Energy bomb exploded, consuming four Elite Grade ded Beetles and a high-grade Scout Beetle.

    As such, Feng Luo initially thought that it would require a lot of time to construct a beetle army, or it would require 24K¡¯s Level to increase, or another few evolutions before it could have a chance to bepleted. But now, it seemed like there was a chance to get a shortcut.

    ...

    Speaking of which, other than beetle groups, Feng Luo also wanted to know just what was inside that silver metallic wall at the end of the underground ruins that was not engaged?

    At that time, the message passed to him by 24K was that there was a very ¡°alluring¡± thing behind the metallic wall.

    To engage this wall, the Legendary item shards produced by the four Commander monsters had to be restored.

    As of now, Mu Zi¡¯s side had not sent back a message about restoration, so he had to continue waiting.

 Chapter 551 - War in The Canyon

    <h4>Chapter 551: War in The Canyon</h4>

    Under a scorching sun in the cloudless sky, a ck spot levitated at an altitude of close to a kilometer.

    To be precise, it was not a ck spot. Looking closer at an angle, it was actually a ck giant eagle with a pair of ck huge wings spread close to 20 meters and a body as dark ck as night but with a pair of gold-rimmed eyes.

    The huge ck eagle soared at 1000 meters high, hovering like a fish in the sea, with only its ck knife-like feathers blown by the cutting wind high in the sky.

    However, the ck eagle¡¯s huge wings were suddenly kept.

    Its originallypletely still body instantly moved to an extreme extent, lunging straight toward the ground like a cannonball.

    ¡°Howl!¡±

    A yellowish-brown-striped tiger with a four meterrge body, that was lyingzily on the rocks and basking in the sun, suddenly constricted its pupils, seemingly having detected danger. The striped tiger moved its limbs, jumped off the rock and ran forward quickly.

    However, it was already toote; in just two seconds, the huge ck shadow of the ck eagle above had covered the tigerpletely.

    A pair of steel casting-like greenish-ck ws had grabbed it from above with a terrifying swoosh.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The huge striped tiger with no hope of escaping and its ferocity of the king of beasts seemed to have been aroused. It turned its head and with a loud roar, it opened its huge jaws, exposing four sharp white fangs as it bit into the ck eagle¡¯s two ws hard.

    However, the striped tiger¡¯s white fangs, which were strong enough to rip a panther, did not have any effect when biting on the steel casting-like pair of greenish-ck ws.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    Instead, the ck eagle swiftly withdrew its ws, and its four sharp talons of close to two feet in length fully prated into the hardest skull of the tiger, instantly iming its life force.

    ¡°p!¡±

    With a loud cry that rang through the clouds, the giant ck eagle pped its wings and took off with its prey.

    Legendary equipment ¨C¡±ck Eagle.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s vision twitched, and he was taken out from the virtual setting created by his touch of the ¡°second piece¡± of his Legendary equipment.

    His face showed satisfaction as he held onto the Level 50 Legendary Grade tactical gloves which had a seeminglyplex structure but in fact did not affect the grip and shooting when worn.

    This section of ¡°CG¡± now had officially reflected the special characteristic of this Legendary equipment.

    ¡°B-Grade defense coefficient, 25% high bonus Energy resistance... and a very powerful included skill ¨C [Eagle Hunt].¡±

    The included skill of this pair of gloves was being able to significantly increase the defense coefficient and overall Energy resistance of the effective range, while greatly increasing the destructive power of the eagle¡¯s w structure.

    Feng Luo had already tested it out himself.

    With the included skill of ¡°Eagle Hunt¡± engaged, even the close-range shooting of the Tyrant pistol together with a C-Grade bullet would not cause any damage to the gloves.

    Based on such a situation, with Force skill used, even the first shot by the Wings of Death would be able to cause only an ordinary damage.

    With just a little thought, one would know that this was a great advantage in PK.

    Catching a knife de bare-handed? Or taking a bullet unarmed? Or even grabbing a Fireball or Wind de bare-handed with the high bonus Energy resistance?

    With the Force skill of this pair of Legendary gloves, it all seemed like it was not impossible.

    ...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After Feng Luo was done with admiring the ck Eagle gloves in his hands, the leafy ground before him suddenly trembled.

    A pair of huge scorpion-like ws stuck out from below, and a head made of dark brown shell appeared.

    A monster?

    Of course not, this was the only Commander Grade beetle among Feng Luo¡¯s beetle troops, currently at Level 45 ¨C the Gatherer Beetle ¡°Unify.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s current position was the location provided by Mu Wu where a few Nightless City yers hade across beetles before recently.

    After spending some time to reach this spot, Feng Luo had begun searching for beetle swarms. This Commander beetle was one of the spies he sent out not long before.

    ¡°Tch, tch...¡±

    Sitting on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, 24K put down the Energy Crystal which it held in its ws and had chewed on half, sent a message to him via ¡°Mental Link.¡±

    ¡°Hm, it¡¯s saying that there¡¯s some discovery?¡± Feng Luo had joy on his face.

    He had previously used a Scout beetle to search from the sky but did not find any nearby beetles.

    The surrounding was full of lush primitive mountainous forests; even with the vision of Scout beetles, it was not possible to clearly distinguish from afar, hence it was a failure.

    The idea of using Scout beetles with an almost 100% sess rate had failed. Feng Luo thought of another method and sent a ¡°Gatherer Beetle¡± that could drill underground.

    Since it was a ce where beetle swarms had roamed, even if there were no traces left on the ground, with beetles¡¯ living habits, it was very likely that there would be holes left underground.

    Unify, as a Commander Grade Gatherer Beetle, was not worse in its speed underground than on the ground. Plus it had very sharp senses, making it the most suitable for this task.

    24K sent him a message that proved that his judgment was correct.

    ¡°Tch, tch...¡±

    Unify had turned and drilled into the ground once more, while 24K called out twice, pped its wings and flew up from Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    It seemed that it could not wait to see its ¡°little brothers.¡±

    Ever since the ¡°second evolution¡± was obtained at the nearby ruins thest time, 24K had possessed a certain degree of flight ability, but the flight distance still could not be too far.

    ...

    ¡°Woo...finally found it!¡± However, what Feng Luo did not expect was that although traces had been found, it had taken more than two hours to finally get a message of the discovery of beetle swarms back from Unify on re.

    Having already walked within the primitive jungle for half a day, he rushed out in anticipation.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t expect that there¡¯d be a canyon in the middle of a primitive jungle.¡± Feng Luo was slightly surprised that where it was visible, there was a cliff without many trees, and below the cliff was a very wide canyon with a height of about 30 or 40 meters.

    However, what made Feng Luo even more surprised was that in the canyon, there was actually a ¡°tribal war¡± happening at the moment.

    At one side of the battle was a Cave Spider with a tan-colored back, a camouge pattern like a human face on its abdomen, and could maneuver between steep rocks with its eight superbly flexible limbs.

    On the other side was the target that Feng Luo was looking for ¨C the remaining beetles which had escaped from the Lu Conglomerate ruins back then.

    ¡°There are still so many beetles.¡± When Feng Luo saw the beetle swarm clearly, his face suddenly showed both joy and concern.

    The joy was from the fact that by looking down from his position and by a rough calction, just the number of beetles he could see was definitely already up to a thousand.

    Furthermore, this was only counting in the number ofrge-type beetles such as ded Beetles, Gatherer Beetles, Spray Beetles, and Steel Beetles; as for the small beetles such as the Scout Beetles and Energy beetles, they were not counted at all.

    This number far exceeded his expectation from the start.

 Chapter 552 - Beetle Swarm Crisis

    <h4>Chapter 552: Beetle Swarm Crisis</h4>

    Due to the vegetation cover in the canyon, it was impossible for Feng Luo to exhaustively count the number of beetles. However, the general number and types could be determined.

    Except for the Suicide Bombeetles, there were all of the other types ofbat beetles present on the battlefield below. There were not onlybat beetles but also beetles with littlebat power like Gatherer Beetles and Scout Beetles.

    Based on Feng Luo¡¯s familiarity with beetle troops, he realized that from the appearance of it, about a quarter of the beetles below which were all of Elite Grade.

    Calcting ording to this ratio, the number of Elite beetles in the canyon was definitely more than 300.

    This naturally made Feng Luo feel exceptionally delighted.

    After so many days of hatching, the number of Elite beetles added altogether did not exceed 20. Just the Elite beetles below were more than 10 times the number of Elite beetles in his hand.

    If he could get all these Elite beetles in hand, although he was limited by 24K¡¯s Psionic Energy and could not possibly summon all of them at once, even if it were only tens of Elite beetles summoned, thebat power would not be inferior to a team of yers.

    Although he was happy, Feng Luo was distressed as all these Elite beetles that would possibly be his ¡°beetle army¡± were falling one by one.

    The enemies killing them were on the other side of this great canyon war ¨C the Cave Spiders.

    There were many beetles, but the number of Cave Spiders was not inferior, and had great attack power.

    One by one, the Level 30 and higher Normal Cave Spiders that were the size of about one meter used their eight flexible limbs to maneuver between the steep rocky mountain walls.

    They either jumped down from the air, lunging into the beetle swarms and attacking close-range or spurted huge amounts of poisonous mist from their mouths, causing damage to the ded Beetles which rushed up the rock walls with agility.

    Among them, there were also many Level 35 Elite Cave Spiders that were the size of two meters, with a hideous facial pattern on their abdomens with two dark red eyes.

    Other than the abilities of closebat and venom attack, this type of Elite Cave Spider could fire light red Energysers from the two eyes of their hideous faces, continuously long-range attacking the beetle swarms below and in the air.

    ¡°Tch, tch...¡±

    ¡°-467, -446...¡±

    Holes were shot into the de Beetles¡¯ dark red shells by the Energy rays one by one, ejectingrge amounts of slime.

    ¡°-634, -678!¡±

    Upon being hit, the Spray Beetle with the most vulnerable defense had their venom sacs, which stored venom, busted; spilling out venom and corroding the surrounding nts, making them rapidly wither and cken.

    The beetle swarms were not only to be attacked.

    ¡°Tch!¡±

    ¡°-334, -366, -345 ...¡±

    On the ground, the SUV-like Elite Steel Beetles scattered around and were firing continuoussers, moving as they shot violently at the rock walls, cutting off the legs and burning the bodies of some Cave Spiders that could not escape in time.

    ¡°Poof, poof...¡±

    Therge number of Spray Beetles continuously stretched their necks, spurting their venom with corroding and negative effects at the Cave Spiders above.

    ¡°-889!¡±

    ¡°-43, -40, -45 ...¡±

    The cave spiders that were continuously hit fell to the ground one after another, falling into a pile of green muddy flesh.

    However,pared with the Cave Spiders, the beetle swarms were generally at a disadvantage.

    On the Cave Spiders¡¯ side, other than the hundreds of Elite spiders, there were still seven or eight Level 38 Cave Spider Commanders that were over five meters in size with four purple eyes on the hideous face on their abdomens.

    Besides Energy rays, these Commander Grade spiders also possessed the skills to unleash Energy shields and spit out small Energy bombs from their mouths.

    Other than the Steel Beetles, almost all of the Normal beetles that were hit were immediately killed.

    And not just the Commander monsters.

    On a tform on the rock wall directly across where Feng Luo¡¯s position was, the giant spider, with a total length of over 10 meters, including the legs, with six very clear purple eyes on the hideous face on its abdomen, was the truly invincible one.

    Even the Elite Steel Beetles were instantly killed upon being hit by its Energy bombs.

    ¡°Cave Spider Queen, Level 40 ¨C Quasi-Boss, Species Number: YZH-08477, HP: 176500/20000...¡±

    ¡°No way...it¡¯s actually a Quasi-Boss!¡± Looking through the Legendary Grade scope with detection function and seeing the information of this giant spider on the tform about 700 meters away, even Feng Luo could not help being stunned.

    Among the Cave Spiders, there was actually a Level 40 Quasi-Boss.

    Although there was the word ¡®Quasi,¡¯ as long as there was the title of Boss, there was no one that would be easy to deal with.

    Most importantly, this kind of Quasi-Boss with Energy attack ability generally had arge-scale clearance ability.

    ¡°System, is this intentional?¡± Feng Luo frowned.

    This situation was beyond his expectation.

    After spending hours, he had finally tracked the beetle swarm.

    He was initially delighted to see the quantity and quality of the beetles, but not his expectation, in just a blink of an eye, thisst beetle swarm was facing the crisis of the annihtion of its entire army.

    It was facing a Quasi-Boss, even if it was just Level 40, even if he did not have much confidence at all. Not to mention, there were also seven or eight Commander monsters plus up to 100 Elite monsters able to move along the rock walls.

    ¡°Tch, tch...¡±

    Compared with Feng Luo¡¯s distress, 24K had cried out, expressing feelings of anxiety and anger through the Mental Link.

    Feng Luo certainly understood why 24K was so impatient; after all, these fellows were its ¡°little brothers¡± in the past. Now that they were being massacred by these lowly Commander and Quasi-Boss creatures on the other side, the little Boss fellow was furious beyond control.

    Even Feng Luo was a little perplexed about the current situation.

    ¡°Unless...¡± Feng Luo gazed down on the battlefield below and considered a n.

    If these beetle swarms could have a unifiedmand, it was not necessary that there was no hope of winning.

    Solely based on individualbat power, the Cave Spiders were not considered very strong; after all, they were only of Level 30 or more and were a group monsters like the beetles.

    There was not much difference in the numbers of the two sides, and there were even more beetles.

    Since the topbat power was insufficient, and thebat method was only based on instinct, the different beetle troops werepletely on their own ord, resulting in them being at a disadvantage.

    For example, many Elite Grade ded Beetles did not know how to use their attack power to kill the Normal or Elite Cave Spiders but only knew to use their powerful springing ability to charge straight at the Commander Grade or even Quasi-Boss Cave Beetles on the rock walls.

    With their weak health, it was not possible to block the attacks of these advanced enemies.

    The Quasi-Boss only opened its mouth and spurted a pile of green poisonous mist and those Elite ded Beetles which had painstakingly gotten close to it fell straight down from the air.

    As for the Spray Beetles¡¯ venom attack, it was a very effective attack method, but they did not know how to distribute their firepower, only knowing to attack individually in a mess.

    They were even like the ded Beetles ¨C many of them fired at the Commander Grade Quasi-Boss Cave Spiders. In the end, the venom hit the Energy shield,pletely unable to exert its effect.

    As for the Steel Beetles, they too did not know how to use themselves as shields to help the vulnerable Spray Beetles block the shooting from the Elite Cave Spiders. Even the Energy Beetles most effective in long-range attack had all formed arge Energy shield in the sky ¨C although the defense power was great, it was of not much use at all.

    ¡°No way, it took me such a long time to catch up with them, I can¡¯t just give up like that.¡± Feng Luo thought to himself.

 Chapter 553 - Spray Beetle vs Quasi-Boss

    <h4>Chapter 553: Spray Beetle vs Quasi-Boss</h4>

    Feng Luo thought for a brief moment and made a decision. He turned to 24K, who was moving its ws anxiously on his shoulder, and asked, ¡°Can youmand these beetles?¡±

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± 24K quickly nodded its tiny head and ryed a string of messages through the mental link.

    Feng Luo saw the ¡°Trantion¡± of the bugnguage by the system and rxed. ¡°So you¡¯re saying that you can¡¯tpletelymand them. They are not very obedient, and that you can onlymand those that are closer to you. The minions who are within a 100-meter range...¡±

    Although 24K could not gainplete control, it did not look as if he didn¡¯t have a chance.

    The valley beneath them was not very big and was a rectangr shape. A 100-meter range would have included around one-third of the beetle group.

    If 24K could gain control and fight, the chances of them winning the battle were quite high.

    However, 24K then squeaked a few more times, ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡±

    ¡°Oh, I almost forgot... You don¡¯t have enough psionic energy...¡± Feng Luo only thought of that issue then.

    Although 24K could theoretically sendmands to the beetles within a 100-meter radius range, thesemands would require psionic energy.

    With 24K¡¯s current psionic energy amount, there was no doubt that it would not be able to sustain it for a long time if it were tomand a huge number of beetles.

    Feng Luo thought for a while and decided that it was best to focus on those that had long-range attacks, the Spray Beetles.

    ¡°Let¡¯s do this. You will focus your energy on the Spray Beetles. Control them first and move them behind the Steel Beetles. Then, wait for my attackingmands.¡±

    The types of beetles engaged in battle within the valley wereplete. However, in terms of numbers, the Spray Beetles upied the most, followed by Steel Beetles. As for the ded Beetles, their numbers were the lowest, probably because ded Beetles were meleebatants and many had died or were injured in the earlier scuffle. As for the Spray Beetles, though they were ss cannons with low HP, they were long-range attackers, and many of them were still alive.

    However, this was not a bad thing, because only Spray Beetles would have been able to execute the focus fire tactic that allowed instantaneous target switching.

    Feng Luo suddenly remembered something and used the mental link and said to 24K, ¡°Fly up towards that group of Energy Beetles...¡±

    Although 24K was modeled around a Boss Grade monster, it did not have muchbat strength. Its HP and defense were also quite low.

    Although it had gone through ¡°Evolution¡± twice and gained 4,000 additional HP, its total HP was the equivalent or slightly higher than that of an Elite Grade ded Beetle.

    The Commander Grade Cave Spider¡¯s attack from across was high enough to instantly kill a ded Beetle. Even with 24K¡¯s Psionic Shield, there was no guarantee that he would be safe from the attacks.

    As for the Energy Beetles floating above the battlefield in the valley, though their numbers were unclear, Feng Luo estimated there were around 200 of them.

    Even the normal long-range attacks of a Quasi-Boss Grade monster may not be able to destroy an energy shield supported by such arge number of Energy Beetles.

    In previous battles, 24K had always been with Feng Luo, which allowed him to protect 24K during battles. However, this battle did not allow Feng Luo to keep 24K around him all the time, because if 24K followed him it would be put in more danger.

    The first target that Feng Luo aimed at was the Level 40 Quasi-Boss Grade monster on the wall across from them, the Cave Spider Queen that was showing its ¡°female might¡± at that moment.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A ball of white energy had been culminating in the mouth of the Quasi-Boss spider for some time. The ball of energy was shot casually into the valley, and as it made contact on the ground, itpletely wiped out the vegetation around the area and made over a dozen beetles in the area evaporate.

    At the same time, the six purple eyes on the back of the abdomen of the Cave Spider Queen kept shooting strings that killed each and every one of thebatant beetles charging towards it.

    Feng Luo was certain that getting rid of this Quasi-Boss monster that possessed an attack strength that even an Elite Grade Steel Beetle could not tank against was the only way he could achieve victory.

    However, it was a Level 40 Quasi-Boss.

    While Feng Luo had awakened the Force and was several levels higher than the Quasi-Boss, if he were to bepletely honest, he was uncertain about the results.

    In theory, a Quasi-Boss monster had thebat strength of around 50 yers of the same level.

    No matter how strong Feng Luo was, he knew that it was impossible for him to fight and win against 50 normal yers, even if it were only 50 Level 40 normal yers.

    On a PK map with suitable terrain, he may have a chance to kill 40 ordinary yers one by one, a Boss battle and a PK match were two entirely different things. The main problem for solo yers facing Quasi-Bosses was that, no matter what the situation was, the yer wouldck damage output.

    However, Feng Luo did not want to see the beetle group that he spent so much effort to find disappear right before his eyes. Whether it was the system¡¯s intention or a coincidence, he did not want to give up just like that.

    ¡°I should at least give it a go.¡± As 24K listened and pped its golden wings towards the Energy Beetles in the sky, Feng Luo¡¯s face became fierce as the aim of the Wings of Death rifle in his hands was already fixed on the Cave Spider Queen standing on a tform across the valley.

    After all, the death penalty was, at most, a level drop.

    Feng Luo was currently Level 52, he was no longer like other Level 50 yers who would not be able to equip their Level 50 items if they dropped a level, making the loss not that bad.

    Moreover, truth be told, he really thought that he was still qualified to win the fight. The source of his confidence was the sniper rifle he was holding in his hands.

    Before Feng Luo received Wings of Death, it may have been fair to say that he was hoping. However, after receiving Wings of Death, the rare attribute of the gun alone might have been enough for him to take out a Quasi-Boss that was over ten levels lower than him.

    Additionally, after all is said and done, Feng Luo was definitely not fighting alone.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak!¡± At that time, 24K, who had reached the group of Energy Beetles in the air, sent a frequency signal that was undetectable by humans.

    When the waves spread across the Spray Beetle group that was within a 100-meter range below them, the Spray Beetles that were originally fighting for themselves fell into a panic. Their movement and actions became very coherent and neat, the Spray Beetles gave up attacking one by one and quickly moved towards an area underneath the nearby Steel Beetles.

    ¡°Pu, pu, pu...¡±

    By the time 24K seeded in flying above the valley, the group of more than 200 Spray Beetles had positioned themselves behind the shield formed by the group of Energy Beetles. They extended their necks together and shot poisonous liquid towards a direction.

    ¡°Psst, psst, psst...¡±

    Over 200 jets of dark green poisonous liquid flew in the air towards the rock wall on the opposite side like cannonballs towards the Level 40 Quasi-Boss that only had ayer of energy shield to protect itself, the Cave Spider Queen.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Another energy bomb was shot out of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s mouth just now, and a few ded Beetles that charged towards it were blown to bits.

    In the next moment, the area surrounding the Cave Spider Queen suddenly turned dark. From above its head, dark green poisonous liquid rained down heavily.

    ¡°Tsst... Tsst...¡±

    One shot of the poison liquid struck the energy shield of the Cave Spider Queen, and the moment it made contact with the shield, it sttered as white smoke raised into the air.

    However, a Quasi-Boss¡¯ energy shield¡¯s defense was not child¡¯s y. In particr, this Quasi-Boss was one that was adept at energy attacks. A single poison liquid attack did not affect the energy shield much.

    If one shot was not enough, how about ten? Maybe a hundred... Or perhaps, if the first two hundred shots were not enough, how about a second round of attacks? Maybe a third round?

    Dark green poisonous liquid descended from above like heavy rain. Many of the shots fell upon the energy shield, and instantly, the initially strong-looking transparent energy shield began to fluctuate.

    The corrosive poisonous liquid sttered and covered the energy shield as a huge amount of white smoke filled the area.

    The Spray Beetles¡¯ poison attacks were not ssified only as physical damage, they were also extremely destructive to the energy shield.

    Feng Luo had experimented with it once before. He used the Spray Beetles¡¯ poison liquid with the explosion of the Suicide Bombeetle. It was strong enough to instantly destroy the Commander Grade Desert Rock Lizard¡¯s half-damaged energy shield.

    However, the valley beneath him did not have any Suicide Bombeetles. Feng Luo had no way of using that method.

    However, since all 200 plus of the Spray Beetles only had one target to attack, the effect was still quite obvious.

    While it was the energy shield of a Quasi-Boss, it was still not strong enough to withstand the round of poisonous liquid attack.

    After just four to five seconds, the energy shield of the Cave Spider Queen disappeared, and the hundreds of poisonous liquid attacks that remained descended upon the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s exposed body like droplets of heavy rain.

    ¡°Tsst... Test...¡±

    ¡°-123, -99, -102...¡±

    While the damage inflicted by the poisonous liquids was not high, the corrosiveness of the attack burned the hairy back of the Cave Spider Queen that had been camouged into the yellowish-brown color of the surrounding boulder ck. Injuries also began to appear on its abdomen, the weakest part of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s body.

 Chapter 554 - Gold, Critical Hit

    <h4>Chapter 554: Gold, Critical Hit</h4>

    ¡°Tsst!¡±

    After having its energy shield destroyed and its body covered in poison liquid in an instant, the Quasi-Boss Cave Spider Queen was very angry.

    It had not been moving while standing on the boulder tform, but now, it had started to move quickly.

    It opened its mouth filled with dark red poisonous teeth before letting out a violent shriek. A ball of white energy began forming very quickly inside its mouth. It was unlike the small-radius energy ball that it had been releasing earlier.

    A tinge of green that was the same color as the poison liquid released by the Cave Spider Queen was mixed within the bright white ball of energy being condensed inside the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s mouth.

    It was clear that, after bing angry, the Cave Spider Queen was preparing to use its ¡°Ultimate¡± skill.

    Even though it was highly likely that an ultimate skill like that would kill all living creatures within its attack range, including its own species, it no longer cared.

    The Cave Spider Queen moved very quickly. On the wall angled at 90 degrees, it moved just as agile and quickly as it did on the ground, resulting in most of the two rounds of Spray Beetles attack missed.

    After three seconds, the white ball of energy inside the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s mouth turned green and its body suddenly stopped moving.

    It was clear that by then, its ¡°Ultimate¡± skill¡¯s preparation wasplete.

    ¡°Tsst!¡±

    The Cave Spider Queen opened its mouth and shrieked. It red hatefully at the group of Spray Beetles underneath it.

    However, as the Cave Spider Queen strolling about on the boulder wall red hatefully down at the group of Spray Beetles, unbeknownst to the Cave Spider Queen, 700 meters away from it on top of a cliff, a pair of eyes were also staring straight at it.

    ¡°Now!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s finger was ced on the trigger of the sniper rifle. The gun tip of Wings of Death was constantly moving as it followed the movements of the Cave Spider Queen. However, because the creature was moving so fast, Feng Luo was not confident that he¡¯d make the shot.

    The moment the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s constantly moving body ceased moving, Feng Luo¡¯s finger pressed quickly on the Wings of Death trigger.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A 14.5mm B-Grade Double Armor-piercing Round with added eleration from the ¡°Energy elerator¡± reached the speed of 1,500m per second as it flew in the air. Within half a second, it had traveled across half the space of the valley.

    From a tilted upward angle, it struck the side of the head of the Cave Spider Queen.

    ¡°Will it seed?¡± After his shot hit the target, Feng Luo stared at a spot above the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s head.

    The Destruction Coefficient of Wings of Death was B-, and under the effects of the Legend of ck Gold ring, it had reached B. Additionally, there was the 40% bonus of the Double Armor-piercing Round. With all of those factorsbined together, this shot¡¯s destructive capacity even exceeded Ghost Weep.

    If it were a melee type Quasi-Boss, it might have been able to block the first shot in this situation. However, an Energy Type monster like the Cave Spider Queen did not have such tough defenses.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-720!¡±

    The first explosion of the Double Armor-piercing Round created a blood hole on the tough head of the Level 40 Cave Spider Queen, and the hard alloy core within the bullet elerated due to the explosion and continued on to prate into the hole.

    The bullet seeded in breaking through the defense of the Cave Spider Queen.

    The only question was whether the shot was enough to deal a Fatal Damage and disrupt the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s ¡°Ultimate¡± skill.

    ¡°-5655!¡±

    After the bullet entered the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s head, a damage number appeared in Feng Luo¡¯s sight.

    It was not red, it was only yellow.

    The moment Feng Luo saw the color of the damage number, his heart sank.

    To affect and cancel a Boss monster¡¯s attack, the attack had to inflict a Fatal Damage.

    If the attack did not deal a Fatal Damage, then the Quasi-Boss¡¯ ultimate skill attack was probably going to instantly clear out at least a hundred beetles.

    In particr, the hateful eyes on its abdomen were clearly staring straight at the Spray Beetles under 24K¡¯s control. There was no need to talk more about the ultimate skill¡¯s intended target.

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not yellow. It¡¯s a gold damage number.¡± However, as Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank, his eyes suddenly twitched.

    He noticed that the damage number was not a yellow Weak Point damage; instead, it was a more eye-catching golden damage number with a red border.

    Gold! Critical Attack damage.

    Critical hit. For most yers, it was something that one may encounter by luck only.

    Most of the time, one may not even deal a critical attack in one week¡¯s time, not to mention achieving one on a Quasi-Boss monster. As such, most people wouldn¡¯t even think about it.

    However, Feng Luo was different. He had dealt critical attacks before. It was not the first time he dealt a critical attack on a Quasi-Boss monster. He had even seeded in dealing gold critical attacks on Boss monsters before.

    However, the critical attacks that he got in the past were mostly due to luck.

    It was not luck this time. Instead, it was his stats; more precisely, it was his equipment¡¯s stats.

    The rare attribute of Wings of Death: When dealing Fatal Damage on non-humanoid creatures, there is a 30% chance of dealing a ¡°Critical attack.¡±

    The attribute was also effective on Boss-ss monsters.

    The previous shot was a critical damage; moreover, the gold damage numbers had red borders, this meant that it was not just a critical attack, but a Fatal Damage critical attack.

    Since it was a Fatal Damage, it was natural that it had canceled the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s ultimate skill attack.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The green poisonous ball of energy inside the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s mouth exploded the moment the Cave Spider Queen lost control of it and spat it out.

    The powerful impact of the st evaporated a bunch of Cave Spiders within a 20-meter radius. Even a Commander Grade Cave Spider that was close to the st location lost its energy shieldpletely while its body was thrown by the shockwave into the beetle group beneath it. In an instant, it was charged down by a group of ded Beetles.

    ¡°-9867!¡±

    Of course, the Cave Spider Queen was not exactly feeling great. Although the poison from the explosion did not affect it, the pure explosion damage had distorted its mouth entirely. One side of its poisonous teeth had been blown to bits.

    Above its head, a damage number nearing 10,000 appeared. It was probable that it would not be able to continue using energy type attacks for a while.

    However, although it was quite severely injured, this Quasi-Boss that had now entered a state of rage had decided to ignore the group of beetles that it had been hating. It raised its bloodied head suddenly, and the six purple eyes on the ghastly and odd face on its abdomen moved as they stared hatefully towards Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    ¡°It¡¯sing!¡± Feng Luo thought. However, his face did not indicate that he was panicking, as this was within his expectations.

    Most Boss-ss monsters, apart from possessing amazingly powerful long-range and area-of-effect attacks, they¡¯re also incredibly perceptive in knowing who was attacking it.

    Even though Feng Luo attacked from over 700 meters away, he still knew that if he were to deal a Fatal Damage, it was highly likely that he would have to take on the aggro of the Cave Spider Queen.

    The aggro of a Quasi-Boss monster also meant the aggro of hundreds or even thousands of its minions.

    ¡°Eh? Why...¡± However, what happened next took Feng Luo by surprise.

    He initially thought that the consequence of his shot was that the Cave Spiders would ignore the beetles and crawl up the cliff towards him so that they could cut him up to avenge their boss¡¯ anger.

    Feng Luo was also thinking about how he should deal with the situation ording to his n.

    However, the situation that ensued exceeded his expectations. All of the Cave Spiders inside the valley, including the Elite and Commander Grade Cave Spiders, did not change their behaviors at all, continuing their battles against the beetles.

    Instead, arge figure that was over ten meters long began moving. It crawled along the 90 degrees vertical cliff wall, all eight of its over seven meters long limbs swung and moved so fast that vague afterimages were left behind. It was moving towards Feng Luo at a frightening speed.

    The Quasi-Boss Cave Spider Queen moved itself.

    This was a treatment that caught Feng Luo by surprise.

 Chapter 555 - Full Strength Battle

    <h4>Chapter 555: Full Strength Battle</h4>

    What surprised Feng Luo was the speed the Cave Spider Queen was disying at that moment.

    Earlier when the Cave Spider Queen was channeling its Ultimate skill after bing enraged due to its energy shield being destroyed by the Spray Beetles, it was moving very quickly between the rock walls.

    It was so quick that even Feng Luo was not confident that he would be able to disrupt and cancel its casting while it was moving. He could only wait until the Cave Spider Queen stopped moving before he could take the chance and shoot.

    Feng Luo thought that this was the maximum speed of the Cave Spider Queen. Now, he knew that the maximum speed of the Cave Spider Queen was actually double that earlier speed it disyed.

    Even with Feng Luo¡¯s enhanced vision, he was not able to clearly see the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s body when it was moving at high-speed.

    Feng Luo is a Sniper who had his vision enhanced by the Evolution Virus, as well as one who had thebined vision bonus of two Rare Grade items ¨C the Legend of ck Gold ring and the Special Agent Badge. When it came to vision, apart from yers who had relevant talents, Feng Luo was undoubtedly one of the best in the game.

    Even when that was the case, he was still not able to clearly see the Cave Spider Queen when it was moving.

    ¡°It¡¯s moving faster than 120 meters per second.¡± Although Feng Luo could not see it clearly, the Sniping scope of Wings of Death still managed to disy the data it had detected quickly.

    The Cave Spider Queen was initially over 700 meters away from Feng Luo¡¯s position. If calcted ording to the trajectory of the spider, which was along the cliff wall, the actual distance between them was actually doubled.

    Over 1,000 meters in distance meant that Feng Luo had around 11 seconds.

    Since normal Cave Spiders had the ability to engage in meleebat, the Quasi-Boss Cave Spider Queen, although it was an energy type monster, was bound to have not-so-weak meleebat abilities.

    This meant that Feng Luo had to get rid of it within this distance. At the very least, he had to reduce its HP to less than 15% to put it into the ¡°Weakened¡± status.

    ¡°Automatic mode!¡±

    ¡°Rapid Shooting!¡±

    ¡°B-Grade Double Armor-piercing Rounds!¡±

    As Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced to think up a solution, his hands holding Wings of Death never ceased moving even as he was thinking.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The first Double Armor-piercing Round flew out of Wings of Death¡¯s muzzle before the Cave Spider Queen managed to charge past the first 100-meter mark.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The sniper bullet that had an incredible 1,500 meters per second starting speed due to the energy elerator that covered 600 meters in just 0.2 seconds created sparks on the boulder wall, the first shot missed.

    The Cave Spider Queen¡¯s movement speed was too fast. Though it was a mere 0.2 seconds, it had already moved over 20 meters.

    Although the ten-meterrge body of the Cave Spider Queen looked like it was an easy target to hit, therge size of a spider was mostly slim and slender limbs. As for the actual body, it was even less than two metersrge, which meant that the size of Feng Luo¡¯s target was actually only as big as a Light Armor Warrior.

    From 600 to 700 meters, a Light Armor Warrior who was moving unevenly at around a hundred meters per second, even the best snipers would not dare to im a 100% hit rate.

    ¡°Straight line distance ¨C 612 meters. I only have around 15 shots left.¡± Feng Luo took a deep breath. His face became extremely focused while Wings of Death¡¯s muzzle changed angles quickly in his hands.

    The Cave Spider Queen¡¯s movement speed was too high. This not only made it very difficult to get a shot in, but it also meant that it would exit the sniping scope¡¯s vision within a few tenths of a second.

    It was a good thing the Sniping Scope of Death Gaze had a 40% vision bonus, so the situation was not that severe.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Before a second psed, Feng Luo fired a second shot.

    The Rapid Shooting skill that was nearing the Expert Level reduced the shooting gap by at least one-third.

    Even if he were to fire at the exact time the shot cooldown psed, the Cave Spider Queen would have reduced the distance between them by one-fifteenth in the short shot gap.

    He only had 15 shots at most.

    ¡°-5866!¡±

    The second shot did not miss. Although it struck the lower portion of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s abdomen and only dealt a Weak Point Damage, the shot¡¯s damage was quite decent, inflicting nearly 6,000 damage points on the Quasi-Boss monster¡¯s body, which was around 3% of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s total HP.

    ¡°Remaining HP: 120,670, around 67% left.¡± The sniping scope¡¯s ability to urately measure HP showed Feng Luo the damage percentage of the shot.

    A shot that took out 3% of the monster¡¯s HP. In theory, he would need over 20 shots to deplete the remaining HP.

    However, this was only a Weak Point damage, if he were to inflict a Fatal Damage, as long as he did not miss any of the remaining 13 shots, he should be able to settle the issue.

    Even if he missed some of them, as long as a few of the shots were critical hits, he would still have a chance.

    To take care of a Quasi-Boss with roughly a dozen shots, from this alone, it seemed like killing a Quasi-Boss was not all that hard.

    However, Boss Grade monsters were not scary due to high HP, there were also their powerful skills and amazing recovery abilities.

    The energy shield of the Cave Spider Queen was destroyed earlier thanks to four rounds of poison attacks from over 200 Spray Beetles. If the damage of these Spray Beetles were converted into HP, its total HP might have exceeded 400,000.

    Not to mention many Boss Grade monsters also had incredible recovery abilities.

    A Quasi-Boss monster with 200,000 HP, in a prolonged battle, may recover an amount of HP that was several times more than its actual HP.

    Some Boss monsters, on the brink of death, would even activate shields to protect themselves and recover their HP to a near-full condition.

    Killing a Quasi-Boss monster was never going to be an easy task.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± As Feng Luo fired shots, 24K, who was among the Energy Beetles, began to cry out anxiously.

    ¡°Splurt, splurt...¡±

    On the ground, all of the 200 plus Spray Beetles under 24K¡¯s control were still shooting poison liquid at the Cave Spider Queen moving at high-speed vertically on the wall towards Feng Luo.

    However, due to the insane movement speed of the Cave Spider Queen, although the Spray Beetles were usually quite urate, by the time their attack reached the wall, the Cave Spider Queen would have already disappeared. Hundreds of shots of poison liquid sttered on the boulder wall and, at most, killed several normal Cave Spiders that did not dodge in time.

    ¡°Scatter around, predict the movement trajectory before shooting.¡± While Feng Luo was tensely firing shots, when he saw the situation with 24K; he split his attention and sent a message to 24K through the mental link. Whether 24K¡¯s AI was capable of understanding, adapting, and executingmands ording to his advice, it was something that he did not have the time nor the cognitive capacity to attend to.

    At that moment, the Cave Spider Queen had further shortened the distance between them. It was now less than 550 meters from Feng Luo.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6377!¡±

    The third shot hit the abdomen again. A 6,000 plus Weak Point damage. Remaining HP: 65%.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The fourth shot brushed past the edge of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s abdomen and missed.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-12345!¡±

    The fifth shot hit, and this time, the Double Armor-piercing Round struck in between the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s abdomen and chest area from a nted angle. The damage caused by this shot was a clear and obvious red.

    Over 10,000 Fatal Damage. The shot took out 6% of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s total HP.

    However, after five shots, the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s HP was still at 60%.

    While the shots were being fired, the Cave Spider Queen had automatically recovered around 5,000 HP.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± 24K was anxiously making sounds in the sky as itmanded its subordinates to change and adjust their attacking patterns.

    ...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6045!¡±

    The eighth shot was yet another Weak Point Damage. Remaining HP: 52%.

    The Cave Spider Queen was already less than 300 meters away from Feng Luo. The eighth shot meant that Feng Luo had already fired around half of the shots that he was theoretically allowed to fire safely, however, the Quasi-Boss¡¯ HP was still above 50%.

    A total of eight shots had been fired but the Cave Spider Queen had only lost 18% of its HP.

    Feng Luo was not sure if the earlier critical hit he achieved on the first shot was lucky or unlucky.

    Apart from the two missed shots, the remaining six shots that hit the Cave Spider Queen did were not critical attacks at all. If this were to continue, it would no longer be possible for Feng Luo to put the Cave Spider Queen into the ¡°Weakened¡± status before it reached him.

    It was a Quasi-Boss Grade monster, it was not something yers at the current stage were able to do alone.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced as he contemted meleebat measures, and as his mind continued to race, the ninth shot exited the muzzle of the Wings of Death sniper rifle.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    This time, he missed again. However, Feng Luo did not seem disappointed at this miss. Instead, he looked oddly delighted because of the reason he missed.

    After getting within 300 meters of Feng Luo, the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s speed decreased in an instant, and as such, his shot also missed its target.

    The Cave Spider Queen let out an angry and high-pitched shriek, as many of its scars that had coagted due to its recovery speed were once again corroded by green poison liquid.

    It was certainly moving very fast, to the extent where the Spray Beetles¡¯ poison liquid which was a lot slower than gun bullets could not get close to hitting it. However, if the poison liquid were aimed at locations that were in front of it, the situation would bepletely different. Moreover, the attacks of all 200 of the Spray Beetles were scattered, covering a 20-meter range.

    No matter how quick it was, it was inevitable that it would get hit by at least 10 or 20 shots.

    As for the poison liquid of the Spray Beetles, apart from the corrosive effect, it also had a percentage-based speed reduction negative buff. Although, due to the huge negative buff resistance of the Quasi-Boss Grade Cave Spider Queen, the speed reduction effect could onlyst for around two to three seconds, it was more than enough.

    After all, as long as its speed was reduced, the poison liquid would be able to keep up more easily.

    At that time, 24K¡¯s high AI showed its potency. Although Feng Luo had used simr tactics with the Spray Beetles when facing high-agility type monsters, Feng Luo was quite distracted when makingmands back then. This time, 24K was controlling the beetle squad itself.

    As the Spray Beetles tried to predict the Quasi-Boss¡¯ movement before shooting, more than ten ded Beetles had used their amazing leaping ability to get through the blockade of the Cave Spiders and were now standing in the way of the Cave Spider Queen on the boulder wall.

    By the time the Cave Spider Queen charged at them at high-speed, the ded Beetles danced and swung their ¡°Scythes¡± as they leaped towards the Cave Spider Queen.

    Although 24K controlled the Spray Beetles, it was capable of controlling all the beetles within a range of 100 meters.

    At that time, the Cave Spider Queen was already within the 100 meters range.

    Naturally, 24K was not going to be nice to the bastard who had killed so many of his followers. So, it was going to use whatever was avable.

 Chapter 556 - 4x Critical Attack, Kill!

    <h4>Chapter 556: 4x Critical Attack, Kill!</h4>

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡±

    More than half of the ded Beetles that leaped towards the Cave Spider Queen were swept away by the eight fast-moving limbs the moment they leaped towards it. They were sent flying away and were turned into minced meat when they mmed into the sharp boulder corners.

    Despite that, several of the ded Beetles seeded in hooking their dark red tails on the body of the Cave Spider Queen. Using their six limbs that had de-like ws at the top, the ded beetles began crawling up the body of the Cave Spider Queen. Using their scythe-like front limbs, they shed heavily at the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s back and legs.

    The Cave Spider Queen let out another high-pitched angry shriek.

    While Feng Luo¡¯s attack angered it so much that it had ignored the poison attacks of the Spray Beetles so that it could focus on killing Feng Luo, the annoying bugs that were entangling themselves on its body were things that it could not simply ignore.

    ¡°Splurt, splurt...¡±

    The ded Beetles were unaffected by the poison liquids. As such, the Spray Beetles did not have to worry about friendly fire when they attacked.

    ¡°Tsst!¡±

    Even the Elite Grade Steel Beetles that were on the ground had given up their original opponents. Instead, they used their continuoussers to attack the Cave Spider Queen.

    ¡°Good...¡± Feng Luo praised 24K in his mind.

    As the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s movement slowed down significantly, Feng Luo took the chance and continued shooting with Wings of Death.

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang...¡±

    ¡°-10356!¡±

    Fatal Damage. Remaining HP: 43%.

    ¡°-6450!¡±

    Weak Point Damage. Remaining HP: 37%.

    ¡°-12334!¡±

    Fatal Damage. Remaining HP: 32%.

    ...

    Feng Luo¡¯s attacks, the sustained focus fire of the ded Beetles, Spray Beetles, and Steel Beetles made a significant dent on the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s HP.

    ¡°Shriek!¡±

    However, as a powerful Quasi-Boss, the Cave Spider Queen was clearly not an opponent that could be killed by a bug squad swarm tactical maneuver, it shrieked angrily once more.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Poison mist quickly shot out from therge poisonous teeth inside its mouth and spread to at least a dozen or so meters around it.

    ¡°-2000, -2000, -2000...¡±

    Within that area, whether it was the ded Beetles or the Normal Grade Steel Beetles underneath it, they were experiencing huge HP losses apanied by the stun effect.

    The ded Beetles that had initially hooked themselves on the body of the Cave Spider Queen fell off its body within one second.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3034!¡±

    The green poisonous mist not only affected the attacks of the beetles, but even Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight, resulting in Feng Luo only firing shots based on his instincts and experience, with the end result being a rare white color Normal Damage.

    The green poisonous mist began to move with the Cave Spider Queen towards Feng Luo¡¯s direction.

    Although the speed of the poisonous mist was a lot slower, it was enough to stop Feng Luo from being able to hit the weaknesses of the Cave Spider Queen.

    Moreover, speed was rtive. Its actual movement speed was around 40 to 50 meters per second, it wasparable to the full-strength Charge of Light Armor Warriors.

    After around five seconds, the Cave Spider Queen had moved within a hundred meters from Feng Luo. In this process, Feng Luo fired six more shots. Among them, two missed.

    The other four bullets took out 10% of the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s HP. Paired with the continuous AoE attack of the Spray Beetles, the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s HP was now below 20%.

    ¡°Shriek!¡±

    At that moment, the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s surrounding green poisonous mist had disappeared.

    However, after the Cave Spider Queen shrieked, its speed increased substantially again. In an instant, it got out of range of the Spray Beetles¡¯ poison attacks before the Spray Beetles could react.

    The Cave Spider Queen that had lost two of its limbs to the attacks of the ded Beetles leaped into the air. It opened its mouth and bared its poisonous teeth while charging towards Feng Luo¡¯s location.

    There were only 70 meters between them at that moment, and this frightening leap would have instantly covered that distance.

    As the sun set in the background, the 20 meters long poisonous body of the Quasi-Boss, which was already halfway in the air, looked magnificent and deadly.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The moment the Cave Spider Queen lifted its body off the ground, Feng Luo, who was on the cliff, had fired thest Double Armor-piercing Round from the magazine attached to Wings of Death at thepletely exposed abdomen of the Cave Spider Queen descending from upon the sky.

    At the same time, Feng Luo¡¯s body was covered by ayer of red colored ¡°Armor.¡±

    The Cave Spider Queen had 32,000 plus HP, which was over 16%.

    The situation showed that a melee battle was imminent.

    Truth be told, Feng Luo felt a bit speechless at the current situation.

    After the first Fatal Damage shot achieved a critical attack effect, none of the ensuing 18 shots was a critical attack.

    The critical attack rate of Wings of Death was supposed to be 30%. So, to have zero critical attacks even after more than a dozen shots, just how bad was his luck?

    ¡°St!¡±

    Thest B-Grade Double Armor-piercing Round struck in between the ghost face pattern on its abdomen. The first explosionpletely blew a bowl-sized hole in the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s tender abdomen.

    The alloy bullet core that elerated and flew inside and dealt explosive damage.

    ¡°-27568!¡±

    Magnificent gold that was apanied by the yellow of a Weak Point damage.

    Compared to the earlier Weak Point damage, the damage value was several times higher. This was not a normal double critical hit, it was a four times critical hit.

    The imposing Quasi-Boss leaped hundreds of meters across andnded in front of Feng Luo. However, the result was that after it hadnded, its body slumped to the ground as it twitched a few times.

    Its HP had dropped below 5% and it entered the Heavy Injury status.

    Feng Luo had a surprised look on his face. Just as he wasmenting his bad luck, hisst shot dealt over 20,000 damage for the first time since he started the game.

    The probability of inflicting a critical attack with four times the original damage was a lot lower than the probability of inflicting a critical attack with double the damage.

    Was it good luck, or bad luck?

    Nheless, Feng Luo no longer needed to figure out that problem.

    A Heavy Injury Quasi-Boss was lying in front of him, that was the most important thing he had to deal with at that moment.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were filled with excitement. He quickly changed the emptied Double Armor-piercing magazine.

    The Cave Spider Queen¡¯s HP was less than 3,000. The Heavy Injury status significantly reduced its HP recovery rate, it would need at least 10 seconds before it could muster enough strength to battle.

    For Feng Luo, he only needed one bullet to kill the Level 40 Quasi-Boss and obtain the experience, Merit, and items that would be provided by the Quasi-Boss.

    ¡°Luck... Not bad!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Thest bullet exited the gun muzzle.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s smiling face suddenly stiffened.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    The Armor-piercing bullet did not make the sound of entering flesh upon impact. Instead, it was the crisp sound of it striking on ayer of dimly lit green energy shield.

    Feng Luo did not expect the Cave Spider Queen to be able to cast an energy shield under the Heavy Injury status.

    Would this Quasi-Boss really use this shield to protect itself as it was nearing death, and by the time Feng Luo destroyed the shield, the Quasi-Boss would reappear with its HP barpletely full? For a Level 40 Quasi-Boss, was that not a little too strong?

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo grimaced as he fired another bullet using Wings of Death at the energy shield. The dimly lit green energy shield fluctuated but did not disappear.

    Instead, within the green energy shield, a dangerous aura began to appear, and was increasing very rapidly.

    ¡°Hmm... no, is this... Self-destruct?¡± Once the weird atmosphere that the system created appeared, Feng Luo¡¯s face rxed.

    He was not unfamiliar with that atmosphere. Back then before the Steel Beetle died, something simr to this also urred.

    Boss Grade creatures would choose to destroy their crystal cores whenever escape was no longer an option for them. In that case, it would not only destroy their energy crystal cores, but they would also be able to crush those greedy adventurers to pieces, appeasing their hatred and anger.

    Faced with such situations, the only solution was to either quickly empty the HP of the Boss monster, or to inflict a Fatal Damage to cancel its self-destruction.

    However, at the moment, the dangerous aura within the dim light green energy shield expanded rapidly within one second as if it was a balloon.

    A Level 40 Quasi-Boss crystal core was worth between hundreds of thousands and millions of credits.

    Was Feng Luo going to risk dying and losing a level, to try and destroy the energy shield and cancel the self-destruction for a crystal core that was the equivalent of a top Rare Grade gear? Or was he going to...

    Without any hesitation, Feng Luo turned around and ran towards the cliff at full-speed. In a few steps, he reached the cliff and immediately jumped off.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Arge explosion urred behind him as green mist spread all over the ce.

    [You¡¯ve killed Cave Spider Queen (Level 40 Quasi-boss). Kill Contribution: 65.3%. Obtained Experience: 13,600. Obtained Merits: 10.]

    [Congrattions! You¡¯ve leveled up. Current Level: 53.]

    [Your pet has leveled up. Current Level: 41.]

    [Your Symbiotic Life Protozoa has leveled up. Current Level: 32.]

    After that, a series of system notifications popped up and flooded Feng Luo¡¯s vision.

 Chapter 557 - Reward, Beetle Army

    <h4>Chapter 557: Reward, Beetle Army</h4>

    After Feng Luo jumped off the cliff, his body fell down quickly.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The cliff was almost 40 meters high, which was around 10 stories tall. As a gunner, even if his HP was over 10,000, falling from that height without any buffer would most certainly be fatal.

    However, since Feng Luo jumped, it was natural that he would have a coping mechanism.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Feng Luo held Wings of Death with his right hand and with the special agent watch on his left wrist behind his ck Eagle gloves shot out a silver traction anchor that wrapped around the root of an old tree hanging in the middle of the cliff. It tightened and began to retract.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s body spun in the air beforending firmly on a branch of the old tree.

    ¡°Tssst!¡±

    However, the old tree already had a ¡°master.¡± A Level 35 Elite Cave Spider was shooting energy strings at the group of beetles beneath it.

    As Feng Luonded behind it from the sky, the Cave Spider reacted quickly. It opened its mouth, baring its poisonous teeth before hissing at Feng Luo before charging at him.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-6443!¡±

    Feng Luo raised Wings of Death and used the muzzle to block the Elite Grade Cave Spider¡¯s head in the air before pulling the trigger. The powerful impact of the C-Grade High Explosive grenade turned the Cave Spider into smelly bits and pieces.

    He might have needed to dodge when it was a Level 40 Quasi-Boss, but for a Level 35 Elite Grade monster to charge at him?

    Not to mention an Elite Grade monster, even a Level 38 Commander Grade Cave Spider would not pose much of a threat to the current Feng Luo.

    After taking care of the only threat ¨C the Quasi-Boss, the battle was fundamentally over for Feng Luo.

    ¡°Hiss, hiss...¡±

    After the Elite Grade Cave Spider was killed, three other Normal Grade Cave Spiders charged at and tried to tackle Feng Luo. Feng Luo quickly unsheathed Ghost Weep from his tactical vest and killed them all with a cut each.

    After killing four Cave Spiders on the tree, the Cave Spiders on the surrounding cliff wall no longer attacked Feng Luo. Instead, they shifted their attention back to their original targets.

    Feng Luo understood by then that although the Cave Spiders are gregarious creatures, theirbat habits were quite individualistic.

    It also exined why after the Cave Spider Queen took it upon itself to attack Feng Luo after being angered by him rather than mobilizing its army of minions.

    This meant that it was a beneficial situation. The scattered and uncoordinatedbat method of the Cave Spiders would increase the chances of victory for the beetle group that had gained amander in 24K.

    As Feng Luo predicted, the status of the battlefield was starting to tilt to one side.

    24K¡¯s AI had always been very high, and after being with Feng Luo for so long, its AI had also learned and improved a lot.

    Even without Feng Luo¡¯s help, 24K knew what it should do after the Quasi-Boss Spider Queen was killed. Immediately after its death, 24K ordered the Spray Beetles to target the Commander Grade spiders.

    Since it had just leveled up, the psionic energy that it consumed tomand a bunch of beetles to block the Cave Spider Queen earlier had recovered, making it a lot easier for 24K to issuemands.

    ¡°Bang, bang...¡±

    After seeing 24K¡¯s decentmanding disy, Feng Luo decided that he did not need to intervene, and simply stood on the empty tree hanging by the cliff.

    He switched the bullets of the Wings of Death to normal Armor-piercing Rounds and consecutively shot at a few Elite Grade Cave Spiders. Under the one shot per second automatic shooting mode, even with his damage reduced to only 70%, he easily took care of an Elite Grade Cave Spider.

    The battle had gone on since the sun rose in the east and until almost sunset.

    Thest Elite Grade Cave Spider was found by a Scout Beetle. It was instantly torn to pieces by over 30 ded Beetles that leaped forward to attack it.

    After that, the battle in the valley was officially over.

    ¡°What a huge loss. Nheless, there are still some left.¡± Feng Luo looked at the valley filled with beetle and Cave Spider corpses. Over a thousand beetles were lost in this battle, and around 300 of them remained. Including Scout Beetles and Collector Beetles, the total number of surviving beetles was around 400.

    The beetle army went from over a thousand to only around 400. Clearly, this was considered a heavy loss.

    If he were to also consider the fact that the number of remaining beetles, which was 400, was actually 10 times the amount he originally had, it was still quiteforting.

    All of the beetles that survived had been subdued by 24K after the battle. Now, they were all part of Feng Luo¡¯s Beetle Army.

    Although his wish for a thousand-beetle army was no longer possible, thebat strength of 400 beetles was not any inferior to a Quasi-Boss.

    With someone issuingmands at the top, theirbat strength would grow exponentially to an unprecedented level. In particr, it was because, among the 400 beetles, around one-third of them were Elite Grade.

    The 400 beetles were divided into six categories. Among them included the following:

    [Energy Beetle] ¨C 119, where 13 of them were Elite Grade.

    Since they were constantly making energy shields in the air and did note down to fight, the number of losses recorded among the Energy Beetles was low. One-third of those that survived were Energy Beetles.

    However, the number and ratio of Elite Grade Energy Beetles were low, even among Feng Luo¡¯s over 20 Energy Beetles, only two were Elite Grade.

    [ded Beetle] ¨C 30, where 15 of them were Elite Grade.

    As a melee assassin type agility beetle, the ded Beetles recorded the highest number of deaths. If Feng Luo did not have 24Kmand them to exit the battlefield, it might have even been possible for the number of survivors to be in the single digits. Having over 30 of them survive was in itself an achievement.

    [Steel Beetle] ¨C 58, where 25 of them were Elite Grade.

    Steel Beetles definitely earned their title as the tanks of thebat beetles. Although theirrge size easily attracted the attention of the enemy, many of them still survived. It was specifically noteworthy that half of those that lived were Elite Grade.

    [Spray Beetle] -106, where 42 of them were Elite Grade.

    As one of the main contributors to the battle, Feng Luo had asked 24K tomand the Spray Beetles to position themselves behind the Steel Beetles early on in the battle. As such, the number of survivors was also quite high, with Elite Grade beetles upying one-third of the total.

    Apart from thesebat beetles, there were also 18 Scout Beetles and over 50 Collector Beetles.

    The Scout Beetles had the camouge ability as well as the stealth flying, which made them incredibly hard to detect. As a result, the number of casualties was also low, simply because the number of Scout Beetles in the beetle group was already quite low.

    However, among the 18 Scout Beetles, six of them were Elite Grade. This really surprised and delighted Feng Luo, because whether it was using or incubating Scout Beetles, a lot of psionic energy needed to be consumed. However, at the same distance and with all else equal, Elite Grade Scout Beetles consumed less psionic energy whenpared to Normal Grade beetles.

    To obtain six Elite Grade Scout Beetles all at once, Feng Luo no longer had to worry about the depletion of psionic energy anymore, even in situations where Scout Beetles needed to be used extensively.

    However, the downside was that although there were a lot of beetles, there was no Commander Grade beetles, which particrly disappointed Feng Luo.

    He was very much aware that Commander Grade Scout Beetles were truly powerful creatures, as Scout Beetles of that caliber would be able to use the anti-detection skill. At closer distances, they could even jam the signal of Scout¡¯s recon meter.

    Back then when they were working on the City Building mission, Mu Zi, who had the Detection talent, failed to detect the hidden presence of a Commander Grade Scout Beetle in the beginning.

    However, after a moment, Feng Luo chuckled and wondered if he was being too greedy. He had just received over 400 beetles, where over a hundred of those were Elite Grade Beetles.

    Although mobilization in real-time battle was still limited by psionic energy, thebat strength of 20 to 30 Elite Grade beetles would at least be as strong as a few top-ss yers, right?

    The existence of a pet like this was definitely enough to crush the existence of all non-boss grade pets.

 Chapter 558 - Making a Nest

    <h4>Chapter 558: Making a Nest</h4>

    ¡°Phew!¡±

    When Feng Luo was standing on the tree watching the ¡°military parade,¡± the Collector Beetles had all crawled and stood before him and spat out items from their stomach storage that could expand up to ten times.

    A few Level 30 gears, over a hundred energy crystals of various grades (mostly low-grade), and other materials were piled on the ground.

    The gears were items dropped by the Cave Spiders that Feng Luo killed. As for the energy crystals and materials, they were dropped by Cave Spiders that were single-handedly killed by the beetle soldiers.

    However, Feng Luo was not really all that interested in those items, because the Cave Spiders were too low level. As such, the items they dropped also had low levels, normally being around only Level 30 or so.

    Level 30 items, even if they were Rare Grade items, would not be better than Level 50 Fine Grade items. They were not really valuable at the Exchange.

    Feng Luo¡¯s bullets were probably more expensive than the price of all the itemsbined.

    However, there were also a few exceptions. Feng Luo picked up three items from the pile of battle loot.

    Two rings and a ne. They were all a dark yellowish-green with Cave Spider patterns carved on them.

    The three items were dropped by the Cave Spider Queen, and it was clear that the itemspleted a full set of decorative items. Moreover, it was highly likely that they were Rare Grade items.

    Although Rare Grade gears of a lower level would not fetch a high price, the price of Rare Grade decorative items was still quite substantial.

    The Cave Spider Queen was a Level 40 monster, at the very least, the decorative item set would be Level 40. It was close to the level of mainstream equipment. In addition, since it was a full set, the price might not be lower than a full set of Rare Grade equipment.

    ¡°With this, I¡¯ve recouped my cost.¡± Feng Luo put the three items inside his special agent inventory bag. Since those three items were high-level gears dropped by a Quasi-Boss monster, they needed to be appraised first. At the moment, he could not see their stats or attributes.

    Apart from the set of decorative items, the Quasi-Boss Cave Spider Queen also dropped a blueprint chip. Feng Luo thought that it was probably going to fetch a decent market value.

    It was a potion creation blueprint for an item called ¡°Cave Spider Poison,¡± and only Doctors could learn it.

    After learning the blueprint, the yer would be able to create poison with powerful effects, and the main ingredients were the poison crystals dropped by the Cave Spiders. The higher the level of the crystal, the stronger the potion.

    The Cave Spider¡¯s poison crystals were considered rare materials dropped by the Cave Spiders. As such, Feng Luo had instructed all the Collector Beetles to collect and store all such materials on the battlefield.

    He wouldn¡¯t be able to use those items, however, if he were to package them up and sell them, Feng Luo was certain that they were going to be quite valuable.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± After Feng Luo collected his loot, 24K who had finished recalling all its subordinates had also got back.

    A Level 40 Elite Grade Collector Beetle with the flying ability followed closely behind 24K. Its brown ws were holding five light green crystals. After arriving in front of Feng Luo, the Collector Beetle passed them to him.

    ¡°What are these? Oh, it¡¯s the Commander Grade Cave Spiders¡¯ crystal core.¡± Feng Luo discovered that they were the crystal cores dropped by the Commander Grade Cave Spiders after picking them up and inspecting them. He prepared to put these crystal cores into his inventory.

    Although they were the crystal cores of Level 38 Commander Grade monsters, their value on the market was still worth thousands or even tens of thousands of credits.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± When 24K saw that Feng Luo had no intention, it began to squeak loudly while moving its tiny ws in the air, making some gestures while standing on the back of the Collector Beetle.

    Through the mental link with 24K, Feng Luo received a message that surprised him for a moment.

    ¡°What? You¡¯re saying that these things can help them increase their grades? These crystal cores contain a special substance. There is a certain percentage for the beetle soldiers to advance their grade after eating them...¡± As Feng Luo sorted 24K¡¯s message and gradually understood more about it, the happier he looked.

    The creatures in War can advance their grade, whether it is a pet or a wild monster. Under certain circumstances, they can advance their grades.

    Since the beetles¡¯ grades were confirmed after their incubation, Feng Luo always thought they were fixed and did not imagine that they could be increased after they were born. Feng Luo then understood why the group of beetles was fighting against the Cave Spiders.

    After all, they could advance their grades after eating the crystal cores of their enemies. For the simple-minded beetle soldiers, and under the guidance and lure of their natural instincts, they did not consider the fact that they might fail and lose the battle.

    ¡°Ugh... This means that... A huge loss.¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of something.

    There should be more than five Cave Spider crystal cores.

    Apart from the eight Commander Grade Cave Spiders that might drop the crystal core, the Quasi-Boss Cave Spider Queen should have a 100% crystal core drop rate; the grade of the crystal was most definitely going to be higher.

    However, the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s energy crystal core was destroyed at thest crucial moment by the self-destruction.

    ¡°A huge loss... what a loss...¡± Feng Luo smiled bitterly.

    The crystal core of a Quasi-Boss... It was not the crystal core of a Boss Grade monster, so Feng Luo had rated its value as around a few million credits at most.

    The price was not enough for him to risk dying and losing a level to stop the Cave Spider Queen¡¯s self-destruct.

    Now that he had received this piece of intel, he knew that he had made a mistake. He had missed a chance to obtain a Quasi-Boss Grade beetle soldier.

    ¡°Forget it. I¡¯ve earned enough from this. Moreover, it¡¯s percentage based. It¡¯s not like it¡¯ll definitely advance its grade...¡± Feng Luo shook his head as his face gradually regained its calm.

    He had earned a lot today. He easily gained over 400 beetles from this battle, and among the 400 beetles, over a hundred were Elite Grade beetles.

    Not to mention the five energy crystal cores in his hand had the chance to directly give him a couple of Commander Grade beetle soldiers.

    In terms of luck, this was an incredible profit. Feng Luo thought that he should be content.

    Regardless, Feng Luo still thought it was regrettable. All the Cave Spiders in the valley had been wiped out by the beetles.

    Feng Luo was not even sure if they would be respawned. If they were not going to be respawned, then it would mean that he would lose the chance to increase the grade of the beetles in the future.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± However, the message that 24K transmitted to Feng Luo surprised him again.

    ¡°What? You¡¯re saying that they are nning to build a nest here?¡± Feng Luo had wondered before where the beetle soldiers were before they were summoned through the wormhole.

    After all, they were ssified as ¡°wild¡± monsters and not pets. As such, the normal beetles were not staying with 24K inside the pet space.

    After asking 24K, he found that the beetles stayed inside a ¡°nest¡± in reality. When 24K summoned them, they would go through the wormhole to enter and exit their nest.

    As for the location of the nest, it was in a hidden underground location in the wild.

    With regard to the intention of the new beetles, it was clear that they did not want to return to the original beetle nest; instead, they wanted to upy the current valley and build a new nest.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± 24K nodded its tiny head.

    ¡°So, you¡¯re saying that the rocks and vegetation of this ce have arge amount of special mineral substance beneficial to their growth. And the reason why the crystal cores of those eight-legged monsters can help them advance their grade is due to these mineral substances?¡± Feng Luo received yet another message from 24K. After that, he realized one thing. ¡°This means that being able to advance their grade after being born has nothing to do with the Cave Spiders. The key is thend. Even without the Cave Spiders, as long as they build their nest here in this valley, the beetles may still advance their grade.¡±

    ¡°Squeak, squeak...¡± Feng Luo received an affirmative answer from 24K, and naturally, he became even happier.

    Although the valley was not all that hidden, on the map, the straight line distance between the valley and the closest location with many yers ¨C the Lu Conglomerate City was around ten kilometers.

    Since it was deep inside the mountain area, it should be quite safe.

    ¡°Then, build it.¡±

    ...

    After Feng Luo agreed to them building a nest there, the beetles began to move.

    The remaining over 50 Collector Beetles started going around looking for rocks and branches. Using their natural talents and abilities, they also dug multiple tunnels underneath the valley.

    Over a dozen Scout Beetles spread out on top of the valley as they took turns patrolling the skies, increasing vignce.

    As for thebat beetles, theyzily and casually crawled to a spot to rest or recuperate. It was clearly a division ofbor.

    After a while, with some of its psionic energy recovered, 24K summoned the rest of its subordinates from the other nest to help out. This increased the total number of beetles inside the valley to over 400.

    After the nest building operation had begun for some time, the day had turned into night.

    Feng Luo needed at least two hours to get out of the mountain area. The road that he would have to take passed through a primitive jungle, as such, he had decided not to undertake the journey at night, as nights in War were more dangerous than the day.

    Even if yers were to go offline, most would not choose to do so in a wild area at night.

    The wild was vtile and the situation could change at very short notice. It was possible that one might feel safe when going offline on one night, and by the time the yer got online the next day, a Level 60 Commander Grade monster would be sleeping right beside him.

    However, Feng Luo was not worried this time. He even feltfortable enough to grab a military tent from his inventory and set it up, before he crawled inside the tent.

    There were over 400 beetles defending the ce, and more than ten Scout Beetles patrolling the area in turns.

    Not to mention a Commander Grade monster, even if a high level solo type Quasi-Boss were to arrive, they would have a fighting chance.

    As for a Boss, it wasn¡¯t that easy to encounter one.

 Chapter 559 - External Server, StarCraft

    <h4>Chapter 559: External Server, StarCraft</h4>

    Stars filled the sky as the moon shone brightly. Inside the valley, Feng Luo sat inside his military tent but chose not to go offline.

    He finally had the rare chance to spend a night deep within the mountains in the game, so it was natural that he would take that chance to enjoy the experience.

    Truth be told, he had experienced camping in the wild like this in his previous life as a mercenary more than a hundred times. However, for the three years since he had been in this parallel world, he had not experienced it even once.

    ¡°Earth huh... I¡¯m afraid there¡¯s no way for me to return...¡± Although rare, Feng Luo began to reminisce about the past.

    ¡°Scratch, scratch...¡±

    As Feng Luo was reminiscing about the past, he suddenly heard soundsing from outside his tent in the valley, sounds of the beetles building their nest.

    Truth be told, back when 24K first mentioned the ¡°beetle¡¯s nest,¡± Feng Luo¡¯s first thought was ¡°Zerg base.¡± Feng Luo had always been suspicious about the beetles being rted to the ¡°Zergs.¡±

    In particr, 24K¡¯s energy signature was the same as the ¡°Psionic Power¡± of the game StarCraft, as well as many cultural elements on Earth.

    However, Feng Luo had searched words like ¡°Zerg¡± or ¡°Psionic Power¡± on the forum more than once, but he never found any useful information.

    ¡°Hold on... Wait a minute. Since it is StarCraft... Then, if it¡¯s the storyline of the Zerg. Does it also involve others?¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of something.

    He logged on to the game¡¯s official forum and quickly entered a subforum ¨C ¡°External Server News.¡±

    All the yers of War on the 17th Administrative were on the same server, so it was natural that there wouldn¡¯t be any external servers.

    The external server here meant game servers of War on the other Administratives.

    Over 20 Administratives of the Star Federation had different versions of War. This was only discovered by the yers from the 17th Administrative after the game began for some time; after the background information of the game of the other administratives reached them.

    Although every administrative¡¯s game was called War, each had a different background. Even the professions were different.

    Take for example the game background of the closest to the 17th Administrative, the 13th Administrative, their game background was a battle between humans and artificial intelligence mechas that have awakened self-consciousness.

    As for the second closest, the Capital, though the professions of their game were quite simr to the 17th Administrative, they had the unique symbiotic creature ¨C Life Protozoa, that could significantly enhance a yer¡¯sbat ability.

    Feng Luo only discovered this by ident on the external server subforums a few days ago.

    He noticed that after War on the Capital received a huge update, the Life Protozoa, which was simr to pets, appeared. It seemed like the Life Protozoa also held a significant role in the current game version.

    As he connected these to the Life Protozoa in his body, he had been able to reach the following conclusion:

    ¡°Although the game background on each is different, they were all ultimately interconnected.¡±

    However, in terms of this conclusion, it had already been confirmed a long time ago.

    It was due to the appearance of the words ¡°Gxy Empire¡± in the game background description of War on all of the administratives. It was the government body that the NPC who helped Feng Luo appraise the pet biochip ¨C Master Rnd, told him about. The empire that oversaw thousands of administratives and entered the colonial gxy era.

    The external server section had always been quite popr on the forum. The connection between each of the differents was also one of the most discussed topics on the forum.

    With regard to the appearance of the term ¡°Gxy Empire¡± on the description of War on mosts, most people opined that although War on each hadrgely different content, they were most probably within the same gxy.

    The space gxy era had not yet been released to the yers, which was why no one could prove that point yet; this conclusion led to yet another popr trending topic.

    After War released the star gxy era patch, would yers be able to board spacecrafts to fly to the War of another?

    And from that, would inter-server gaming appear? Or perhaps, even inter-server battles or wars?

    yers were greatly interested in this. Although the concept of nations had disappeared in the Star Federation, a sense of rivalry andpetition still existed between different administratives.

    However, in reality, it was almost impossible for people from differents to meet each other. If such inter-server wars do appear in the game, it was definitely going to be something that motivated yers a lot.

    ¡°But this should only exist in people¡¯s imagination, right? Do you really think that it is achievable?¡± However, with regard to this topic, most people thought that it was impossible.

    The reason was simple, with the current technology of the Star Federation, it was simply impossible for such inter-server wars to be implemented.

    Although the technology of the gxy era was far more advanced than theary era, the distance between the people from differents had actually be evenrger.

    The distance between habitables in the gxy was calcted by lightyears. Even if one possessed the technology to leap through space, even when it came to the Star Federation¡¯s two closest administratives, going from one to the other still took at least one month; and in terms of the two furthest apart administratives, the journey would take more than a year.

    ¡°Moreover,munication signals could never leap through space. Even if it were at light speed, a yer would need a few years to hear just a message from a yer from another.¡±

    ¡°So, how can one achieve an inter-server war with such constraints? If it were achievable, the federation wouldn¡¯t have needed to start expanding outwards in recent years.¡±

    ¡°The background content of other¡¯s War would probably appear in the form of an expansion pack, but anything that is inter-server is probably impossible...¡±

    Some experts and professors also gave their opinions proactively. They werergely in agreement on the possibility of inter-server functions, which was that it was theoretically impossible.

    Of course, many still hoped to see an inter-server war be reality.

    The game already possessed technology levels that far surpassed normal games. This meant that the Star Federation¡¯s technology had experienced significant progress, the Federation may actually have such capability. Otherwise, why would the government promote the game throughout the entire federation?

    Although Feng Luo was still not very sure where the parallel world¡¯s technology level was at, he leaned more towards the second opinion.

    Since something as absurd as entering a parallel world had happened, Feng Luo would not be the least bit surprised if War really had advanced technology that allowed inter-gcticmunications.

    However, this was not the reason why he went to the external server forum section. Instead, he was there to search for the keyword, ¡°Zerg.¡±

    Feng Luo entered his search term on the external server forum section through audiomand.

    In an instant, multiple messages were listed out ording to their poprity. The first few threads surprised him.

    ¡°Stray Starship Fleet ¨C Battle between humans and Zerg.¡±

    ¡°Latest update: 22nd Administrative¡¯s background description ¨C the frightening Zerg.¡±

    ¡°22nd Administrative¡¯s monster background description, attached with battle videos.¡±

 Chapter 560 - Zerg and Beetles

    <h4>Chapter 560: Zerg and Beetles</h4>

    ¡°Hmm? What?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face stiffened.

    It was not the first time he searched for information about the Zergs. He never found much info in the past; moreover, after reading through them, he found that they were not what he was looking for.

    However, this time, the thread titles high up on the popr list were different from the past.

    ¡°Is it because I didn¡¯t search the external server section in the past? Theoretically, considering the AI of War¡¯s forum, even if I did not search the external server section, these things should have popped up, right?¡± Feng Luo felt suspicious.

    He checked thoroughly the date of the posts. It was then that he noticed that the threads were posted over the past two days. This exined why he wasn¡¯t able to find them in the past.

    The 22nd Administrative was one of the administratives farthest away from the 17th Administrative. Communication between the twos took as long as nine months.

    ¡°Nine months ago, War just started. This information is probably the first batch.¡± Feng Luo thought as he clicked into the threads to read them.

    From the background info, the yers on the 22nd Administrative originated from a wandering fleet of the Gxy Empire after the great destruction.

    The yers were born on the fleet. Relying on their technology as well as some of the abandoned weapon facilities that the Gxy Empire left on several of the surroundings to fight against the invasion of the Zergs.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t this background just like StarCraft?¡± After browsing through the first thread, Feng Luo came to that conclusion.

    The 22nd Administrative¡¯s yer background information was highly simr to the background of the Terrans in the game called StarCraft.

    However, in StarCraft, the Terrans were a wandering fleet of the Earth Civilization. The yers on the 22nd Administrative belonged to a wandering fleet of the Gxy Empire instead.

    Despite the slight difference, the fact that the yers needed to fight against the Zerg was highly simr to the story setting of StarCraft, ording to Feng Luo¡¯s memory.

    ¡°The Zerg is a species that reproduces incredibly fast, and while their individualbat strength is low, their numbers are ridiculously high... Using their ability to assimte with other species with the ability to survive in space, they can travel in space and invade variouss... At the moment, the Zerg units that have been identified include the Raptor, Viper, Mantis...¡±

    The posts also came with videos and pictures.

    Feng Luo could see that, whether it was their outer appearance orbat style, they were incredibly simr to the Zergs in StarCraft.

    Of course, since War had a 100% realism score,pared to the 3D models of the Zerg on Earth, the perception was on a whole different level. The awe and shock that one felt when the endless army of Zergs within the video attached to the posts appeared was hard to put into words.

    ¡°However, since the Zerg really does exist, what is with the Beetles?¡± Feng Luo started to feel suspicious.

    He initially thought that the Beetles were the Zergs of the game. However, now it seemed like that was definitely not the case.

    ¡°The Zerg has the ¡®assimte¡¯ ability. Every time they arrive at a, they would be able to ¡®assimte¡¯ with the creatures of the and create ¡®new Zerg species.¡¯ Based on their existing strengths and abilities, these new Zerg species would obtain parts of the Zerg¡¯s abilities, and with that, the species would grow exponentially.¡± At that moment, Feng Luo saw that line within one of the threads.

    ¡°Assimte a species.¡± Feng Luo had forgotten this point.

    The Zerg had the ability to ¡°assimte¡± the abilities of other species.

    The Zerg did not only have the ¡°parasitic¡± ability to control a creature¡¯s body, but it could also manipte the mental and physical state of the entity, transforming the species of the entity into ¡°Zerg.¡± This was the scariest part of the Zerg in the StarCraft storyline.

    Looking at 24K and the beetles, they could be a new Zerg species that had been assimted by the Zergs.

    ¡°Hold on... This means that this also encountered real Zergs in the past.¡± Feng Luo immediately thought of that.

    From the information provided on the external server section, whether it was the Zerg or the Life Protozoa, they were considered species that had invaded the.

    The Life Protozoa was one thing. From the background info of the Capital, the Life Protozoa weren¡¯t much of a threat. Rather than a threat, they seemed more like great helpers of the human species.

    However, when it came to the Zerg, they were an incredibly destructive species. If the Zerg invaded the but had failed topletely destroy human civilization, what had happened back then? Was there another storyline behind it?

    Feng Luo suddenly remembered the hidden mission connected to 24K, Heart of a King Beetle.

    The missions had suddenly be a lot moreplex. Would it be connected to the answer to that question?

    ¡°Munch, munch...¡± 24K munched on half a piece of crystal that it was holding with its tiny ws at the corner of the tent.

    24K waspletely exhausted after that day. Its psionic energy had beenpletely depleted, and it would probably recover by the next day.

    ¡°It¡¯d be a lot faster if we had some psionic crystals...¡± Feng Luo thought as he looked at 24K holding the energy crystal with its ws.

    As he thought about the psionic crystals, Feng Luo began searching relevant posts on the external server forum section.

    ¡°There is a chance for different levels of psionic energy crystals to drop after killing some Zerg units. These psionic crystals are much more expensive than normal energy crystals, and they can be used to create incredibly powerful weapons. Apart from that, some ces have natural psionic crystal mines. However, these crystals need to be devoured and purified by the Zergs before they can be used.¡±

    ¡°Psionic crystals drop after killing the Zerg? This means that the psionic crystal from before might be rted to the Zerg on this...¡± Feng Luo thought as he read the post.

    Earlier when he was in the Withered Desert, Feng Luo found a psionic crystal when he was looking for bargains at the Desert Flea Market.

    Back then, he did not think much about it. However, right now, as he learned with this information, he suddenly felt like he could find new clues.

    It was a coincidence that the merchant yer back then had exchanged name cards with him and added him as a friend.

    Feng Luo thought about it for a moment before picking up hisms device. He went through it and found a person with the ID ¨C Good Honest Merchant and called him.

    After a few seconds, thems device connected and a bearded merchant yer appeared on the screen of thems device. ¡°Yo! Mister Feng, how can I help you today?¡±

    He smiled brightly and answered as if he was speaking to a friend he had not met for a long time.

    However, Feng Luo had only bought something from him once. ¡°You still remember me?¡±

    ¡°Oh, look at you! You¡¯re a generousd, spending some 6,000 credits to buy something to feed your pet... Ugh, of course, I remember you.¡±

    Feng Luo saw the Good Honest Merchant nce at the ¡°remark¡± tab of hisms device for a brief moment. After which, the merchant¡¯s face stiffened before his smile became even brighter.

    The person had probably recorded information he obtained when trading with others into hisms device. After that, he would bring them up during calls, in that case, he would be able to gain the favor of the customer.

    From this alone, though the merchant¡¯s name was Good Honest Merchant, made Feng Luo feel that he was a con artist, Feng Luo could not deny the fact that he was a savvy merchant.

    Feng Luo guessed that the reason the merchant was surprised was probably after he saw his remark stating that Feng Luo had spent 6,000 credits to purchase an attribute-less rock to feed his pet.

    After that, the reason his smile became brighter was, in fact, because the Good Honest Merchant felt that he had obtained another chance to make a haul.

    It was a good thing. Otherwise, Feng Luo did not know how to get him to speak about the psionic crystal.

    ¡°Do you still have those types of rocks? My pet has been wanting to eat them recently.¡± Feng Luo moved hisms device and showed 24K who was holding onto and munching on a transparent crystal.

    ¡°Mister Feng, you really do love and spoil your pet. To even feed it crystals.¡± Upon seeing the remaining half of a ¡°diamond crystal¡± that cost 10,000 credits being munched on by the exhausted 24K, Good Honest Merchant¡¯s eyes widened as he looked in shock.

    ¡°Mister Feng, if you want it, I¡¯ve got it. However, with regard to the price...¡±

    After that, the merchant¡¯s eyes shifted back to Feng Luo and his eyes began to sparkle.

 Chapter 561 - Psionic Crystal, Honest Unscrupulous Merchant

    <h4>Chapter 561: Psionic Crystal, Honest Unscrupulous Merchant</h4>

    Feng Luo stared at the merchant¡¯s eyes with a faint smile. ¡°You really have them?¡±

    He still remembered the merchant saying a bunch of gibberish back then to trick him.

    ¡°But I remember back then you said that it was something that a group of yers got from the nest of a Boss monster in an underground ruin after a lot of hard work. Moreover, they only got one, which was why it was so valuable...¡±

    Thest two sentences were added by Feng Luo since he did not believe the merchant called Good Honest Merchant would have recorded each and every word that he said back then.

    The guy was unscrupulous. When dealing with someone like him, Feng Luo had to take the initiative.

    ¡°Heh...¡± Good Honest Merchant was surprised by Feng Luo¡¯s words. However, when it came to being thick-skinned, he had a lot of experience. ¡°Ah, that. They went back there again and got a few more pieces.¡±

    ¡°Oh, so that¡¯s why. Since you have them, then I¡¯ll pay 20,000 credits each and purchase them in bulk. Let¡¯s put the limit to ten pieces for now.¡± Feng Luo said.

    With regard to the Psionic Crystals, it was better for Feng Luo to get his hands on as much as possible. However, since he still needed to ask Good Honest Merchant something else, he needed to first stabilize the situation.

    ¡°20,000 each? And a total of ten pieces?¡± Good Honest Merchant¡¯s eyes sparkled.

    A deal worth 200,000 credits. This was definitely considered a huge piece of business.

    While Feng Luo could easily earn millions of credits after killing a few monsters, for normal yers, earning a few thousand credits per day was considered a decent haul. Not everyone was as insanely strong as the current Feng Luo.

    ¡°20,000 per crystal... This price...¡± Although he was delighted, Good Honest Merchant¡¯s face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.

    ¡°20,000 per piece. That¡¯s as high as it gets, I¡¯m not increasing the price. You should know that I¡¯m buying them to feed my pet. If the system did not tell me that there¡¯s a chance for it to advance its grade from eating those rocks, and the fact that I¡¯m toozy to search for them elsewhere, I wouldn¡¯te to you specifically.¡± Feng Luo frowned and spoke while pointing at 24K, who was still munching on the diamond crystal.

    Since Feng Luo was specifically asking him about this, he knew that someone as clever as Good Honest Merchant would say that he had picked up a bargainst time the moment Feng Luo asked him about it.

    As such, he did not set a low price at the beginning. He even showed the merchant 24K eating the diamond crystal, to let Good Honest Merchant think that he was just a guy who doted on his pet. Otherwise, the merchant might spend all day negotiating with him.

    ¡°How about this, if they can bring me to the ce where they found the rocks, I¡¯ll give you 200,000 credits straight. Or you could just provide me with information on how to get these things. However, if it¡¯s only information, then I¡¯ll have to reduce the price. As to how much will be deducted, we¡¯ll have to see theprehensiveness orpleteness of the info provided.¡± Seeing Good Honest Merchant¡¯s interest, Feng Luo raised the offer ¡°generously.¡±

    In fact, this was his actual objective.

    Although the Psionic Crystal had no attributes or elements, and Good Honest Merchant probably did not know the actual use of the Psionic Crystal, it was still a given that he would have his suspicions. As such, Feng Luo decided to just give him another offer.

    In addition, his action of feeding a diamond crystal to 24K, which was likely regarded as the action of a wealthy tycoon, would make Good Honest Merchant work hard for such a gullible cash cow.

    Withered Desert. The flea market.

    The size of his shop had doubled. Even the truck he used to carry his goods had been changed into arge recreational vehicle priced at over 500,000 credits.

    ¡°Alright, alright. Mister Feng, please hold on a moment. I¡¯ll help you ask about this immediately...¡± After hearing Feng Luo¡¯s second offer, Good Honest Merchant¡¯s money-loving eyes shone even brighter.

    A deal worth 400,000 credits was considered a huge deal for him.

    ¡°Oi! Grasshopper! What are you doing?¡± After hanging up the call with Feng Luo, Good Honest Merchant immediately called another person. From the image on thems device, the person was farming monsters in the desert.

    In other ces, no yer would be online at night. However, the Withered Desert was a ce that was busier at night rather than in the day.

    ¡°Stop farming monsters. I¡¯ve got a huge deal here! ... Yeah! The rock without any attributes or elements that you gave mest time, do you have any idea how to get more? I¡¯ll buy them at 8,000 credits each.¡± Good Honest Merchant was a businessman after all. In an instant, he had sought a 1.5 times profit.

    ¡°That rock?¡± The yer had not reacted. Only after Good Honest Merchant exined things to him did he understand what was being said.

    ¡°I only had that one with me. But the others probably have a few more on them. We can¡¯t even appraise the attributes or elements of that rock, and as such, can¡¯t sell them. You really gonna buy them at 8,000 apiece?¡±

    ¡°Of course! A wealthy patron is buying them to feed his pets! He¡¯s just burning cash!¡± Good Honest Merchant said.

    ¡°Alright then. I¡¯ll help you ask around. But f*ck me. I remember you only gave me 2,000 credits for thatst one, didn¡¯t you? If you want me to help hook you up, you betterpensate me forst time!¡±

    ¡°Hey, paying you 2,000 credits for a piece of rock without any attributes is already quite risky, ya know? Moreover, for thatst piece, I also made a loss. I was tricked by some guy and sold it at only 3,000 credits. How about this. As long as you get me a few of those rocks from your friends, I¡¯ll pay you the 1,000 credit profit that I made from that earlier one. In addition to that, I¡¯ll also throw in another 1,000 credits as yourmission.¡± Good Honest Merchant gritted his teeth and spoke with an agonized expression.

    ¡°Really?¡± The yer asked, not fully convinced.

    ¡°F*ck! When have I ever lied to you?¡± Good Honest Merchant asked with a fully confident expression. ¡°Also, if you have any information about where you got the rocks, such as the monster you need to farm or mission or whatever, can you give me the info as well? Of course, if you feel that the info has a specific value and you don¡¯t want to give it to me, I won¡¯t force you. However, in that case, you¡¯ll no longer get a cut of the buyer¡¯s information fee.¡±

    ¡°Information and intel? That¡¯s fine. You can¡¯t enter that ce without a mission anyway. Now, about that information fee you just spoke about...¡±

    After half an hour, relevant information regarding the crystal, including the location details, was in Feng Luo¡¯s hands.

    As for the Psionic Crystals, Feng Luo asked Good Honest Merchant to send them to Storm City after he collected them all. As for the payment, it will be paid upon delivery.

    ...

    A night passed by quickly.

    The next day, when Feng Luo crawled out of his tent, the entire valley¡¯s appearance hadpletely changed.

    On the ground were multiple ¡°Idol Stone Pirs¡± made by the Collector Beetles¡¯ goo. In the middle of the valley, a ¡°Temple¡± with an embryonic shape was being built.

    As for the corpses of the Cave Spiders, they were all pulled underground. It seemed as if they had been stored as food.

    The ¡°Idol Stone Pirs¡± and the ¡°Temple¡± were not novel things to Feng Luo. Back then during the City Building mission, the ruins of the city also had many of these ¡°buildings.¡±

    Feng Luo asked 24K before and it said that the ¡°Idol Stone Pirs¡± and the ¡°Temples¡± were actually useless. They were simply a habit of their species.

    However, Feng Luo thought that that was not the case.

    A real Zerg base also had all kinds of buildings. Moreover, each of them had their own unique uses.

    After touring the valley once around, Feng Luo remembered something else.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. You, and you two,e over here for a sec.¡± Feng Luo grabbed the crystal cores dropped by the Commander Grade Cave Spiders from his inventory. He asked a few beetle soldiers that were Level 45 or above through 24K to gather around him.

 Chapter 562 - Commander Grade Combat Beetle

    <h4>Chapter 562: Commander Grade Combat Beetle</h4>

    A group of adult Level 35 Mutant Wild Boars were lyingzily on the ground enjoying beams of sunlight shining through the leaves of the primitive jungle.

    The Mutant Wild Boars were a lot more muscr than the ones on Earth. In particr, the Wild Boar King in the middle of the group was over five meters in size. Its boar tusks were more like two erged spears.

    ¡°Grunt!¡¯

    Suddenly, at the edge of the group, a seemingly thinner and weaker Mutant Wild Boar¡¯s ears twitched as if it had heard something.

    ¡°Snort!¡±

    The Mutant Wild Boar¡¯s grey eyes opened. It got up from the hot mound that was dug up to help with cooling the ground.

    Its front hoofs stomped on the ground a few times. It was probably feeling irritated that it was disturbed from a pleasant dream. After, it moved towards the source of the sound.

    As the lowest level and lowest-ranked adult male boar of the group, it was assigned the task of patrolling the outer area.

    If it did not go, it might be exiled from the group by the leader.

    Although all the female boars were taken by the leader, staying in the group was the only way to be guaranteed survival.

    ¡°Snort, snort...¡±

    As the weak and thin boar snorted, it used its snout to fumble about the location where it heard the noise earlier. It did not detect the smell of any odd creatures.

    However, just as it prepared to go back to its nap...

    ¡°Rustle!¡±

    A sound suddenly came from the tree above. A dark red shadow descended upon it at an unprecedented speed.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    ¡°-4058!¡±

    Bright red damage numbers popped up above the Mutant Wild Boar¡¯s head. Its body was directly split in half by a Sickle

    The Mutant Wild Boar let out an agonizing shriek. Although it was the weakest Wild Boar of the group, it was only in rtive terms.

    In reality, for a Level Mutant Wild Boar, it was about two meters long. In terms of its size, it was not weaker than a normal tiger.

    As a Wild Boar, although it did not have a lot of attack methods, due to its daily activity of scratching its skin on rocks and a thickyer of fat, its defense was not inferior to the armor of humans.

    However, the defense was still easily destroyed by the enemy that it had failed to even see clearly.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    ¡°-1544!¡±

    However, the Mutant Wild Boar¡¯s cry onlysted for a brief moment.

    A tail with a retractable reverse hook had pierced into its heart the moment the Wild Boar started to shriek, emptying the Wild Boar¡¯s quite emptied HP bar. While the tail with a sharp end was covered in a dark red shell, it was incredibly flexible as if it was boneless.

    The entire process did not take more than half a second.

    ¡°Grunt, grunt...¡±

    The cry of the weaker Wild Boar before its death still managed to wake up the rest of the Wild Boars.

    One after another, the Mutant Wild Boars quickly got up from their mounds. They shook their hoofs and charged toward the dark red creature standing beside the corpse of their guard boar. The creature was half the size of the dead wild boar; however, it had a pair ofrge sickle-like weapons that did not fit its body size.

    Although they sensed from the creature that they had never seen before an aura of superiority. Their minds were simple and they were extremely irritable. Once they were enraged, these Mutant Wild Boars would charge straight at a Boss Grade monster, so they were definitely not intimidated by this enemy¡¯s aura.

    ¡°Roar, roar, roar...¡±

    Five male Wild Boars, which wererger than three meters in size, let out angry roars. Their hoofs galloped on the ground, leaving dust in the air as they thrust their spear-like tusks towards the enemy¡¯s position.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble, rumble...¡±

    However, by the time they reached the monster with the dark red sickle, the ¡°sickle monster¡± suddenly leaped into the air. With a speed that the Wild Boars could not react to, the monsternded behind them.

    ¡°-1445, -1244...¡±

    The male Wild Boars that were impatiently charging forward mmed into surrounding trees since they could not react in time.

    While they broke offrge parts of the trees, their tusks also pierced deep into the wide tree trunks. After being stunned by the powerful impact, damage numbers in the thousands popped up above their heads.

    High-pitched shrieks of female boars and young boars came from behind them.

    ¡°-3345, -2865...¡±

    The dark red monster had jumped into the group of female boars and young boars behind them. As it leaped between locations, it transformed into a dark red shadow.

    Fresh blood sttered and filled the space that it passed through. The female and young Wild Boars did not have the strength to resist.

    ¡°Shriek, shriek...¡±

    The male wild boars roared angrily. They pulled with all their strength as they struggled to pull their tusks deeply entrenched into the tree trunks. They turned around and galloped as they charged to save their mates.

    ¡°Rustle!¡±

    However, at that moment, their vision turned dark suddenly as a ball of dark green liquid suddenly fell in front of them.

    The moment the ball of green liquidnded on the rotten dried leaves on the ground, a dark green mist instantly rose up into the air. The green mist spread and quickly enveloped their bodies and sight.

    ¡°-685, -767, -655...¡±

    Damage numbers of several hundred per second popped up above the heads of the Wild Boars that were enveloped in the green mist. Their thick skin¡¯s physical defense waspletely useless against the attack of the poisonous gas.

    The young boars that were lower than Level 20 twitched and dropped on the ground one by one.

    At that moment, a thundering roar rang in the air. The Wild Boar King, that did not move until then, stood up.

    Streams of air could be seen exiting the angry King Boar¡¯s nostrils. The gush of air sent the dried leaves on the ground flying. The green mist also dissipated from the airflow.

    However, its eyes did not stare at its concubines and offspring. Instead, it turned around and stared towards the location where the green liquid came from.

    There was arge ck beetle-shaped creature that was slightlyrger than the Wild Boar standing in that location.

    On top of the creature was a creature with a snake-like head that was two meters in length, and had green keratin scales. This was the creature that was spitting out all the green liquids that were damaging its subordinates.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The Wild Boar King moved its hoofs and charged its body that was as big as a one-story building with its spear-like white tusks toward therge ck beetle-like creature.

    It wanted to turn the ck creature along with the creature on top of it into minced meat.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    However, it seemed like the Wild Boar King had miscalcted. When it mmed into the beetle that was bigger than it, its tough tusks that could smash boulders into pieces and could break trees over a dozen meters tall failed to pierce through the slick and smooth shell of the beetle. It was bounced back a certain distance.

    Additionally, the powerful impact that apanied its charge had also failed to push the beetle back at all.

    The Wild Boar King let out another roar.

    As a Level 39 Commander Grade monster, apart from the Quasi-Boss Grade Cave Spider Queen residing in the valley, it was considered one of the kings of the region. Due to its size and strength, even tigers and bears did not dare to face it head-on.

    However, right now, it was at a disadvantage in that head-to-head collision.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The irritable and stubborn personality of the Wild Boar King showed and it stopped caring about its concubines and subordinates anymore. It backed off a few steps before charging at the ckrge beetle once more.

    At the same time, a light mud-yellowyer appeared over it.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    Tworge creatures mmed into each other.

    ¡°Kacha!¡±

    The result was one of the hard and tough tusks of the Level 39 Wild Boar King, that could crush rocks and smash boulders, broke from the root. Fresh blood flowed like a river from the wound.

    Therge ck beetle¡¯s shell was also covered in ayer of mud-yellow substance. Moreover, the yellow of the beetle was a few times darker and thicker than the Wild Boar.

    Around ten meters above the battlefield, a thumb-sized transparent beetle floated in the air. Its outer appearance was exactly the same as normal Scout Beetles.

 Chapter 563 - Evolution of Viral Infected Organisms

    <h4>Chapter 563: Evolution of Viral Infected Organisms</h4>

    ¡°It¡¯s not a bad fit.¡± Feng Luo was standing a few meters away, observing through a Scout beetle.

    In the energy nuclei of the five cave spiders, they sessfully obtained four Commander-Grade beetles.

    This result was very out of his expectations. Initially, he thought getting one or two species to Commander-Grade was not bad. He never thought that his luck was overflowing.

    Other than his first Scout beetle which was used for testing and had subsequently failed, the other four high-quality and Elite beetles had sessfully evolved to Commander-Grade.

    de, Steel, Spray, Scout, Collector... Now he owned five Commander-Grade beetles, three of which werebat-type.

    Naturally, Feng Luo had wanted to test theirbat power immediately after obtaining three Commander-Gradebat beetles.

    Feng Luo decided to survey the surrounding environment for monsters in order to keep the beetle nest safe and, as it just so happened, he managed to brush off some of the high-threat monsters along the way. It was a boar-hunting operation. From this battle, Feng Luo was very satisfied.

    Although being a herd monster (of ants, and bees; wild boars did not count as such types), the Commander-Grade beetle¡¯s fighting power was worse than other Commander-Grade monsters. From the potential disyed by these few Commander-Gradebat beetles, they definitely would not lose to a same-level Commander-Grade pet.

    If you simply called for three Commander-Gradebat beetles, 24K usage of psionics was not excessive, they would be able to sustain it for longer than an hour at least.

    It was almost the equivalent of having three pets.

    Of course, there was still a difference between them and Commander-Grade pets.

    After all, these beetles were a one-off thing. Once they died in battle, they would be gone. As for the yer¡¯s pet, they could be revived upon death, there would be far more scruples about them.

    However, in any case, Feng Luo was satisfied. He had more to expect from the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s ¡°Ruins Wastnds¡± operations.

    ...

    Within the woods, the battle was over.

    If that Level 39 Commander-Grade ¡°Wild Boar King¡± was at the same level as the Commander-Grade beetle, its potential should be superior. However, because all three beetles were of a higher level aspared to it, theirbat potential was about the same.

    But the AI which controlled that wild boar did not pass, during the process it was wildly charging with the steel beetle, it was constantly being attacked by the Spray beetle. Even if this guy had an insanely high health point capacity of 70,000, the Spray beetle¡¯s poison attack would lower it unreasonably after several seconds, since it was far superior than an Elite. When it finally sensed the danger, it tried to escape.

    The already-wounded de beetle pierced the heart directly with the tail of the licker tongue, and finally contributed amanding crystal core, as well as energy crystals worth hundreds of credit points.

    Feng Luo¡¯s experience bar, also moved forward by a little again.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak?¡± At this time, however, 24K on his shoulder suddenly stopped gnawing at the crystal, as it fiercely shouted another two times.

    ¡°Growl!¡±

    The vegetation around Feng Luo was suddenly split, and an enormous creature with blood-shot eyes and a saliva-dropping mutt creature walked out.

    It was a mutt because this creature looked like a dog, but its fur was spotted and there were clear signs of decay. There were two meatball-like objects growing on the side of its neck and looked like two smaller heads protruding from the creature.

    As it saw Feng Luo, this creature¡¯s blood shot eyes took on a murderous look, as if it saw a prey, and the saliva in its mouth became more thick.

    ¡°Three-headed Mutant Mutt, Level 50 Elite, been through evolutionary viral infection, HP:10000/10000...¡± Through the scope, the information immediately appeared.

    The Level 50 Elite onster was not at all threatening to Feng Luo.

    Although its level was higher, itsbat strength could notpare to the Wild Boar King, which had just fallen a few metres away.

    ¡°It¡¯s an infected creature.¡± However, upon observing the description and the type of this Mutt Mutant, Feng Luo was especially interested.

    Evolutionary viral infection, this was a new monster term.

    This was precisely due to the plot from the ¡°Resident Evil¡± storyline from half a month ago.

    A plot as historical as Resident Evil¡¯s naturally would be limited to within ten cities and create only a smallmotion.

    Although federal forces condoned the ten cities that had outbreaks almost immediately, the T-virus was constantly spreading to its surroundings through means such as flying birds and transmission through animals, and the target of infection was spread from man to the various creatures.

    Of course, because the T-virus was primarily an evolutionary variant of humans, animals did not necessarily mutate significantly after being infected by it. Moreover, because of the high variability of evolutionary viruses, the T-virus in many organisms had be ¡°evolutionary virus variants¡± of other properties. Thus, this generality was a given.

    Just like the giant pythons which Feng Luo first met in the Red Queen¡¯s missions, the blood and saliva of such creatures also had the power to cause infection to evolve.

    Feng Luo had theplete resistance towards ¡°Preliminary evolved virus¡± and the Life Protozoa to fight against the ¡°Intermediate-stage evolved virus.¡± As such, he was not worried about such infectious creatures.

    One of his main concerns was whether the beetle group would be able to be infected.

    The location of the canyon nest was near the Lushi Group site.

    The epicenter of the biochemical crisis, Silvermoon City, was not far from here so the amount of ¡°infected creatures¡± were quitemon.

    In the event that some kind of evolutionary virus variant infected the beetle poption... especially those Commander-Grade beetles, if they turn uncontroble after being infected, then the losses would definitely not be low. However, the uncontroble would probably not appear right... Feng Luo frowned, as he suddenly recalled something.

    Initially, for the second Scout beetle which he hatched, he was using a gold python which was infected by the T-virus as an ingredient in order to hatch it. As a result, that Scout beetle had a one-time infection skill that could infect a target with the T-virus.

    This special Scout beetle had already risen to level 40 while keeping its rating, and there were also no instances of loss of control.

    From this point, the beetle bunch might have the capability to resist against evolving viruses. Hence, even after being infected, they might not be affected.

    ¡°Growl...¡±

    The Mutant Mutt stared at Feng Luo, as the murderous look was revealed again in its eyes.

    He fiercely pounced towards the direction of Feng Luo, its speed was a lot faster than that Wild Boar King, those two meatballs at its neck was vibrating intensely.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-10000!¡±

    The hunter gun sounded as blood, mixed with the brain juices, flew out and everywhere.

    The Mutant Mutt flew a distance after being blown off the middle of the head by a powerful bullet, as it twitched to the ground, popping up a pair of fine 50-ss gloves and two crystal fragments.

    ¡°You killed an evolutionary viral infection creature and gained 450 Experience, Resident Evil Plot Points: 4,Merit points: 1.¡±

    Feng Luo ced down the Deathwing which was in his hands.

    These infected organisms were generally highly aggressive to humans, but the loot and experiences that came out from it were also very sumptuous.

    In particr, the Elite monsters which were level 50 and above had merit points and plot points. This was likely to be the stepping stone of the ¡°Biochemical Crisis¡± plot to develop.

    This historic plot details were not over.

 Chapter 564 - W Virus Gain Elixir

    <h4>Chapter 564: W Virus Gain Elixir</h4>

    ¡°Intermediate Gain Elixirs? It has already been created.¡±

    In a Storm City militaryboratory, Feng Luo looked at the safe which contained a hundred different-colored elixirs with the military logo, and his eyes shone with a little curiosity.

    In the Silvermoon City¡¯s crisis plot, Feng Luo obtained a few Intermediate Gain Elixirs from that Boss, the giant octopus, and that level 40 Tyrant that he killed alone.

    Although one was used during the fight against the Tyrant T-100 in the mercenary base, the rest was returned to Lin.

    After researching it for ten plus days, Lin has finally discovered something today.

    ¡°The difficulty is not great, especially when there is military support , it is a lot easier to replicate.¡± Lin, wearing the research suit with a Federal Army logo, stood in front of Feng Luo in her ck-framed tech sses.

    With the Rebel Army cing the T-virus in the Hurricane Building three days ago, the Hurricane Building has been sealed off.

    From the one iming himself as the Doctor from the Rebel Army, and realizing that their target was actually the G Virus, Lin, with her special crew who were interested in the G virus, started working together.

    After the secret service contacted the military, the research site was moved to the military base in Stormwind.

    When Feng Luo realized the situation, his heart was finally settled down.

    Although Lin was a high-level NPC, she did not have anybat strength.

    Last time, the Doctor did not kill Lin after entering theboratory, but the war-time NPC were not immortals, so NPCs dying due to their line or duty or by idents are verymon.

    With the incidents from before, Lin was targeted by the Umbre Company.

    Hence, in this situation was a blessing for both, regardless if it was for him and or Lin, it was a blessing.

    The only bad thing was that, presumably thepany they partnered with, was forced to ept the military and special crew¡¯s acquisition of their stocks, hence his stock percentage dropped to a mere 10%.

    ¡°Regarding this, it was really a piece of sh*t...¡± Feng Luo, wearing sterile gloves, reached out to take two Intermediate Gain Elixirs from the box to view the properties.

    W Virus Intermediate Gain Elixir: Type 1

    Once used, yer will obtain: HP: 1200, Constitution: +30, HP: recovers an additional 3% per second. Effect duration: 1 minute, cooldown: 30 minutes.

    W Virus Intermediate Gain Agent: Type 6

    After use, yer will obtain: Constitution: 60, Strength: +30, physical strength gaining an additional 3% per second. Effect duration: 1 minute, cooldown: 30 minutes.

    Quality: Perfect

    Base usage level: 50

    ¡°Wait, the properties of this potion... it looks different from the one which burst out from that creature.¡± Looking at the specific properties of the elixir in his hands, Feng Luo waspletely stunned.

    He remembered that it was the same type of gain elixir when the Tyrant burst out the perfect evaluated elixirs which were ¡°100 constitution, 50 strength, 5% physical strength recovery.¡± Lin is only manufacturing 60 constitution, 30 strength, 3% physical strength recovery, the property was only 60% of the production of the system.

    This was a very serious problem.

    This type of high level elixirs, because of its quantity andposition, was as permanent as the permanent potion on Tyrants or star yers.

    For these people the price of the drug is the secondary, the key is that the properties must be even higher than the elixirs of the same type.

    Now that the properties of this drug were not as good as the system¡¯s elixirs, then these people were more likely to buy the system elixirs.

    In particr, the system produces intermediate gain agents that fall organically only at the Boss level, or by monsters infected with intermediate evolutionary viruses. As the biochemical crisis continues to spread, in each of the major auctions, their auctions would have these lesser amounts of intermediate gain elixirs. Although it was less, it was still present.

    ¡°Was it because Lin¡¯s techniques were not advanced enough topletely replicate? Or was this the restrictions implemented by the Star Games Company to earn money?¡± Feng Luo fell into thought.

    ¡°No, now that the military bought shares, these are obviously the restrictions set by the system on the yers, so there was probably no need to have anotheryer of restriction. Moreover, from the previous situation, Star Games for this game need not necessarily haveplete control, since Lin was able to replicate it, then the system was silently agreeing it was alright.¡±

    ¡°Well, wait...¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of something, as he looked up and asked Lin. ¡°How many of these potions can be used at once?¡±

    ¡°Four, but after using it continuously over time, the subsequent potions¡¯ effects would be decreased by half.¡± Lin lifted her ck-framed sses.

    ¡°Of course.¡± Feng Luo smiled, finding the key point.

    This W Virus gain elixir, like the permanent gain elixir from before, would only allow four to be used at a time.

    The system¡¯s intermediate gain elixir, however, was only allowed to be used one at a time. If more than one was used, then there would be serious side effects.

    Although continuous use would lead to the subsequent effect to be decreased, if all four elixirs were to be used at the same time, the effect would be much higher than the effect of the intermediate gain elixir produced by the system if more than one was used at a time.

    Especially when the four elixirs could add up to a total of 12 times, aspared to one which would only increase by 3 times.

    Although the four potions,pared to one potion would require the expense of a lot more credits, the decrease from subsequent elixirs seemed wasteful.

    For those Tyrants or star yers who do notck money, they obviously would not care.

    There was another important point that Lin had just told him. Since the military provided manufacturing materials, it was estimated that the production of these intermediate gain elixirs would estimate up to a thousand potions during the preliminary phase, and eventually reach the rate of 50,000 units per day.

    Although these were consumables, these gain elixirs could not have a high price.

    With the current price estimates, the initial one would also require at least two or three thousand credit points.

    Tens of millions of credit points every day, and despite himself only obtaining 10% of the total plus the deduction from the taxes required in the system, that was still a few million entering his bank ount.

    This ie was very good. After the increase in production in theter dates, it would still increase further.

    A national game like War being at the front of the version would get benefits which were really pleasing.

    ¡°These are just generic elixirs, using a bit of warming andmon intermediate viruses to produce. If they were to use the G Virus, there would be even more additional effects.¡± Lin was about to say something that would make Feng Luo even happier.

 Chapter 565 - G Virus Life Force Elixir

    <h4>Chapter 565: G Virus Life Force Elixir</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°G virus... How is Sally?¡± After hearing the term ¡°G virus,¡± Feng Luo intuitively asked Lin a question.

    Because of the legendary hidden mission, Sally finished it before her treatment.

    After Lin forcibly extracted the biochips, Sally followed Lin into the military hospital to ept treatment.

    Although he knew that Sally was one of the main characters in Resident Evil and therefore should not be in huge danger, Feng Luo could not resist asking that question to the hardworking and sensible NPC.

    ¡°Because the biochips were forcibly removed, her cells developed uncontrolled abnormal division and growth...¡± Lin¡¯s face turned a little colder.

    ¡°Uncontroble...¡± After listening to this, Feng Luo frowned a little. Did Lin mean that her condition was very serious?

    ¡°It¡¯s okay, although her cell division is not under control, based on the current observed situation, this only elerates her growth and development. As things stand, she may grow into an adult in just a year or two.¡± Fortunately, Lin¡¯s expressions returned to its original state.

    ¡°elerated growth? This situation had some connection to this biochemical crisis game.¡± When Feng Luo heard this news, he suddenly thought for a moment.

    In the original game, the G virus-incorporated Sally had enormous regenerative capabilities, and the aging of her body stopped permanently at around the age of 20.

    Although the opposite was now ¡°elerated growth,¡± Lin should be able to think of a solution within two years.

    Perhaps, when the timees, this game¡¯s version of Sally would also have the powers of ¡°immortality.¡±

    ¡°In addition to growth eleration, there will also be a special life force reaction in her body.¡± Just when Feng Luo was thinking of this, Lin frowned and her eyes under the ck-framed tech sses were looking at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Special forces... The Life Force?¡± Feng Luo was stunned.

    Maybe in Sally¡¯s body, she had awakened the Life Force?

    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve got some understanding of the Life Force during this period of time. My guess is that it¡¯s probably because the doctor¡¯s behavior which led to the G virus, that hasn¡¯t beenpletely removed, and her cells to be fully integrated, in some way activated the potential in her body.¡± Lin said with a nod.

    ¡°What type of Life Force?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    ¡°I¡¯m still not sure.¡± Lin shook her head. ¡°After nurturing and experimenting with her blood cells and the blood cells you retrieved, I learned two things this morning.¡±

    Lin reached out to a virtual screen that popped up in front of her, and two three-dimensional red spiral tubes and aplex molecr structure appeared on the screen.

    G Virus, Life Force Recovery Elixir (Experimental Type).

    ¡°After use, obtain 200 additional Life Forces and get 5 points of Life Force recovery per second, time of effect: 40 seconds, cooldown time: one hour.¡±

    Base usage level requirement: 50

    G Virus, Pseudo-Life Force Elixir (Experimental Type).

    ¡°After use, get 200 points of no attribute Life Force, time of effect: 40 seconds, cooldown time: one hour.¡±

    Base Usage level requirement: 50

    ¡°The Life Force Recovery Elixir.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes could not help but open wider.

    The first of the two elixirs on disy was to increase the speed of the Force recovery. Life Force was very strong, but its recovery speed was very slow.

    Feng Luo had the Life Protozoa, by Life Force amounts, he had a lot more than other simr-level yers. However it was still impossible for him to continuously use Life Force on the battlegrounds.

    Lin had created a Life Force Regeneration Elixir, the ¡°stamina¡± he has in the future battles would definitely be one level higher.

    ¡°And the Life Force Elixir.¡± Compared to the Life Force Regeneration Elixir, the one which really made Feng Luo excited, was the second Pseudo-Force Elixir, as it could allow yers to gain Life Force.

    Although it was only a temporary gain of Life Force, and it was a no-attribute Life Force with no additional effects, this was still a gaining of Life Force.

    Whether a yer has Life Force, the most important point was not therge amounts of Life Force Gain increase from the awakening of Life Force, but whether the yer was able to use the additional effects from the legendary equipment.

    With Life Force, you would be able to use the abilities epassed by the legendary equipment and be able to disy the true capabilities of legendary equipment.

    Was there any more to say regarding this point, and the yers¡¯ temptations?

    Feng Luo mentioned this point because the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s Ruins Wastnds event is tomorrow.

    The star yers of Storm City and North City, the vast majority of top yers, would take part in this opener. Among these people, it is not clear whether most of them have legendary equipment, but there were definitely a few who possessed them.

    If each and every one of these people had a Life Force Elixir and activated their additional abilities. I am afraid that the North City yers are set to go.

    ¡°If in tomorrow¡¯s battle, Storm City yers win because of the Life Force Elixir, then future auctions of the Life Force Elixir would be a powerful advertisement...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s brain was actively working.

    Let¡¯s say, if the previous intermediate Life Force Gain Elixir was only able to earn a little money. Then this ¡°pseudo-Life Force Elixir¡± would be a huge hit.

    Up to now, in the entire war season, a third person did not awaken their Life Force, and there were countless yers who are staring at that grey additional ability in their legendary equipment who are hating it.

    The degree of poprity for this elixir which allows the yers to prematurely use their additional abilities, Feng Luo did not even have to guess.

    In particr, in thispetition between the yers of the two main cities, the spection of this event is really high. It was a good opportunity to advertise.

    ¡°However, from these two elixirs, is the G virus rted to the Life Force? Back when William was injected with the G virus, he seemed to have Life Force almost immediately...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s train of thought went a few rounds before returning to the G virus itself.

    ¡°Perhaps this type of G virus helps people awaken their life force?¡± Feng Luo asked Lin with some suspicion.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know, in William¡¯sb data, there was no information about this. However, from what is happening to Sally, we should not exclude this possibility. However, we must verify this point. Maybe, in William¡¯s cultured cells that you brought back, you are able to find something...¡± Lin¡¯s expression changed as she fell into thought.

    ¡°William?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes shifted a little.

    At that time, William¡¯s Life Force happened to be the Dire¡¯s ¡°incognito¡± Life Force. It also revealed the evolutionary fluid that could awaken the ¡°incognito¡± Force after death.

    From Lin¡¯s words, it seemed like that there was something special about the mutated William.

    ¡°I haven¡¯t figured it out yet...¡± Lin shook her head, as she did not continue with Feng Luo on this topic.

    ¡°Well then, for these two elixirs, are you able to create some of them today?¡± Seeing how Lin was not ready to talk about it, Feng Luo did not probe further, but instead pointed at the three-dimensional picture of the elixir, as he looked at Lin with some excitement.

 Chapter 566 - Level 55 Elite Mech, Arnold!

    <h4>Chapter 566: Level 55 Elite Mech, Arnold!</h4>

    The absence of the sun made the sky above their heads seem grey and dull. Even the boundless sea beneath their feet seemed to give off a dull ray of light.

    This was a ce Feng Luo hade to before on the map ¨C Gray Water.

    ¡°The Nine-Star Guild is really incredible, they rented a huge warship to go out to sea, just the deposit and the rental fees alone must have exceeded a billion credits.¡± Standing by the window of the Nine-Star Guild allocated room, Big Pineapple looked at the different heavy weapons facilities on the lower deck, the main cannon at the front of the ship, and the missiles disyed at theunchpad, his face filled with amazement. ¡°It feels like this time, it would be a lot more interesting than we thought.¡± With some excitement, he turned his head and told the few people behind him.

    ¡°As the first guild of Storm City, it is natural that the Nine-Star Guild would not have a poor rtionship with the military even though they live in a ce that is controlled by the military like Star City... while on the North City side, I heard it was an extremely luxurious war cruise. This is fitting of the traits of an economical city like North City.¡± Feng Luo was sitting on a metal chair while browsing the yers¡¯ Forum in North City.

    Although this matter should be left to the higher ups of the Nine-Star Guild to worry about, this time he had to face the yers of the North City and his habits made him quickly gather the information of his opponents.

    It was 9 a.m. and the ship was on its way to the path where Nine-Star Guild would be able to discover the ¡°relics.¡±

    Of course, this road was a waterway.

    This time the relics of the open desert were at sea, and were near the center position of Gray Water.

    As it happened, the target location was not far from Silver Leaf Ind where Feng Luo and the Red Queen and herpany hade before.

    The relics of the sea were interesting and, to a certain degree, one of the reasons why Feng Luo wanted to participate in this Wastnd.

    ¡°Hey, we¡¯re on a warship and they¡¯re on cruise ships. Once we meet, just shoot a direct missile over and make them sink so we do not have to fight ever again.¡± Big pineappleughed happily.

    ¡°You¡¯re hallucinating. Don¡¯t you know that these NPC we¡¯re using will not participate in the battles between yers?¡± At this time, Phoenix was holding a pair of brand-new fiery red female gloves, and while she was trying to put it on, she was rolling her eyes at Big Pineapple.

    Hired NPCs would not be involved in the battle between the yers and, ording to the mission details, using the unit¡¯s capabilities would have its limits. Although the Nine-Star Guild had rented this warship, a portion of the heavy weapons on the ship were not under their control. They would not be able to use the military weapons to cause the North City¡¯s ship to sink.

    ¡°At least this on warship, I would not be afraid of meeting the Boss in the middle of the sea and capsize. Capsize... Speaking of which, Feng, do you remember thest time when we met that devilish fish, we almost capsized for real...¡±

    ...

    While the trio was talking, Digital Cat, who was at the side, did not join the discussion.

    In front of her, was the opened virtual screen which was hacking into the system, constantly scanning through all sorts of data.

    ¡°Sister Cat, you... What is this doing?¡± Phoenix saw this when he turned, and asked out of curiosity.

    ¡°The federal government and military have very advanced intelligent mechanical technology in the game, and there are several types of intelligent mechanical soldiers on these warships...¡± Digital Cat answered briefly as her fingers were on the dots of the hacking system.

    ¡°It is true, this is a lot more humane than the rebels¡¯ biological clones, using the federal mechanical soldiers... Wait... You¡¯re not... hacking into this ship, right?¡± After hearing Digital Cat, Phoenix said a few words, and then her charming eyes suddenly erged, as she thought of something.

    ¡°I¡¯m just testing Arnold¡¯s long distance remote control system.¡± Digital Cat shook her head faintly, she was not such a reckless person like Big Pineapple.

    Although her hacking system was redeemed with B-level permissions, which in theory amounted to Legendary equipment, but like the warships which were so high-ss, it was not easy being able to hack into it without being discovered.

    When Digital Cat said ¡°Arnold,¡± a man who was beside her immediately turned towards her direction.

    It was a male ¡°yer¡± who was more than two meters tall and holding a four barrel machine gun, while carrying a 1.5 metres long alloy sword behind his back.

    He was wearing a hooded, long sleeve, unbuttonedbat uniform, revealing his strong muscles on his chest and his arms holding the four-tube machine gun were almost as thick as the average yer¡¯s thighs. On that projection, it revealed his slightly stiffened face, which was wearing a pair of sunsses covering the majority of his face, while revealing a bit of red light in the middle.

    Arnold (Level 55, Elite) a small fighter mech.

    As the four people were in a party, they could see the message about the particrs of this warship security guard-like figure who was behind Digital Cat.

    ¡°Digital MM, your technology is too strong, I feel like Arnold is a lot strongerpared to the hunter.¡± Big Pineappleughed as he tried to get into Digital Cat¡¯s good books.

    Arnold was created artificially with the ¡°Terminator T-750¡± chip that Feng Luo gained from his special forces duty. As for the name, it was Feng Luo who named it.

    A Level 55 Elite... Digital Cat, after using a month¡¯s time, brought out a product which made Feng Luo really surprised.

    The original T-750 was only level 50. Feng Luo originally just wanted to replicate a robotic warrior which was 70-80 percent of T-750¡¯s potential. He did not think that the one Digital Cat replicated, had a level which was 5 levels higher than the original T-750.

    ¡°This is just a prototype, all the materials used were the most ideal, the price reaching up to ten million credits.¡± With Digital Cat¡¯s exnation, he understood the reason.

    The cost alone was close to 10 million credit points, but this had not counted the expense during the research phase. This price wasparable to a huge-sized mecha.

    Thebat effectiveness of a small-sized mech, in any case, can not bepared to the heavy weapons that could be equipped, even the micro-missiles of arge armor.

    ¡°Although it was notparable to arge-scaled mech, but a level 55 Elite level Mech unit, itsbat strength is still to be looked forward to.¡± Feng Luo looked towards Arnold, who looked simr to Swasinger¡¯s face, and although it had not gone through actualbat, Feng Luo believed in it.

    Since Digital Cat had this confidence, letting him participate in the activity this time, must have a certain degree of assurance.

    When ites tobat effectiveness, the strength of the mechanical unit was stronger than the biological unit, and the T-750¡¯sbat effectiveness in the previous mission was definitely no less than that of the top yers.

    While yers now had legendary gear, Arnold was 5 levels higher than the T-750...

    The confidence that Feng Luo had of ¡°Arnold¡± was due to his cooperation with Digital Cat.

    Replicating a ¡°Terminator¡± theoretically counted more of his ¡°asset¡± than the ¡°evolutionary virus potion.¡± Made in coboration with the NPC, and the proceeds did not need to be limited by the system.

    Simr to how the Life Force Elixir could be advertised through this mission, if ¡°Arnold¡± was able to have impressive results in this highly watched Wastnds mission...

    Then, the profits woulde rolling in.

 Chapter 567 - Phoenix Combat Armor

    <h4>Chapter 567: Phoenix Combat Armor</h4>

    ¡°I almost forgot the value of Arnold¡¯s potential. Although there aren¡¯t many armorsmiths in War Chronicles, each of them has its assets. Arnold¡¯s production price is a bit on the high side but we can earn profits at a few million credits.¡±

    ¡°Why does it feel like your distance with Feng Luo is pulled further again. Combat Mech, Evolutionary Virus Elixir, Life Force Elixir... There are still NPC masters like Old John willing to work in your shop... Feng, are you not the illegitimate son of Star Gamingpany¡¯s CEO?¡± Big Pineapple stared at Feng Luo with depression and envy.

    Feng Luo could not be bothered with him.

    ¡°Feng, are you not going to give me some benefits? I mean, for real, Old John¡¯s equipment production prices are really too harsh.¡±

    ¡°Why? Do you also want to produce equipment?¡± Upon hearing this, Feng Luo raised his head.

    ¡°Hehe, I originally did not prepare to make any, but seeing Phoenix¡¯s finished set. And it feels like 4.5 million is a bit expensive, but it should still be worth it...¡± Big Pineapple was scratching his head. Although he was not willing to part with his credits, he was staring at Phoenix with envy.

    The equipment that Phoenix was wearing had been changed to a fashion style that was clearing a full nine-piece set of a female Alloy Warframe.

    The color of the equipment was red but there was some gold within the fiery red color, and the degree of its gorgeousness and attractiveness was still far above the previous ¡°Red Lotus Set.¡±

    The helmet, made of an advanced alloy and me crystals, covered the entire head. When the mask was lifted, the golden middle portion was slightly brought forward and was shaped just like the head of a bird god.

    The chest armor, shoulder te, and belt ting, along with knee-length parts, were decorated with what looked like the feathers of the me bird, and they looked like a pair of burning wings sped tightly around them.

    Coupled with abination of high-barrel redbat boots and something that was like Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°ck Hawk¡± gloves, there were gloves that had a bird¡¯s w structure that could extend.

    This set of armor, as a whole, looked entirely like a fiery red bird god, wrapping Phoenix entirely.

    Its name was exactly like its appearance.

    Phoenix Armor, Level 50, Extreme Rare Equipment. Producer, Wind Mark Studios, Old John.

    You need not mention the attributes, just the appearance of this set of equipment can be said to triumph over the vast majority of the current war-time suits. On top of that, this equipment could be named after their own, it belonged to the entire game¡¯s unique and personalized equipment.

    4.5 million credits, this was a sum a rich person would not think of as too much if they really loved the equipment. Except, of course, people who were obsessed with money like Big Pineapple.

    ¡°The price is not my fixed price, and at most I¡¯ll return you 50% of my own portion of the ie. However, you also entered hundreds of millions of credits into your ount in the previous ¡°The Force Awakens,¡± but you are stingy about this small amount of money.¡± Feng Luo stared at Big Pineapple. It was a little hrious.

    However, he was also very satisfied with the final product of the personalized equipment for Phoenix. The equipment made by Old John, no matter the attributes or the appearance, waspletely impable.

    Speaking of which, this extremely eye-catching ¡°Phoenix Armor¡± that she was wearing did not seem to be a bad thing from a certain point of view.

    In this Wastnds activity, she only had to have an outstanding performance, then she would be noticed by a lot of yers. Worse still, even if she did not have an impressive performance, the appearance of Phoenix and the gorgeousness of this equipment set was definitely enough to attract attention.

    At that time, Old John¡¯s customized excellent equipment branding would be broadcasted, and he would have saved a huge sum of the advertising fee.

    ¡°Well... Why does it feel like in this activity, I aming over to shoot amercial...¡± Feng Luo suddenly could not help butugh out.

    This was the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s Wastnds activity, how did it be his personalmercial?

    ¡°Hey, Feng, you¡¯re the one who said this. After thepletion of this operation, I will go over to Old John¡¯s to make a set.¡± After hearing Feng Luo, Big Pineapple had a face filled with joy and, to prevent Feng from taking back his words, he immediately gave confirmation.

    ¡°Feng, you gave him a discount right in front of me, didn¡¯t you consider that I might be sad... Switch into a casual mode.¡± Phoenix, once again getting a re from Big Pineapple. After speaking, the mask quickly rose and rbined with the headgear, revealing her sad face staring at Feng Luo.

    Old John seemed to like to design two different models for each piece of equipment. For Phoenix¡¯s set of equipment, it had two types of models as well.

    One was abat mode that fully covered her, to the extent where even water was unable to enter. The other was a casual mode for usual activities.

    Compared to thebat mode, the defense of the casual mode would be slightly reduced and the shape will be greatly changed. The entire body of armor coverage would decrease to a mere 50%, revealing huge patches of snow-white skin, it was super gorgeous and beautiful.

    In addition, the color of this suit can be switched between red and ck.

    ¡°This casual model of this suit is so beautiful... Phoenix, do you want me to help you film the video and let you see the effect for yourself?¡± After Phoenix switched her armor into its casual mode, Big Pineapple immediately turned into a pig-like figure. He had forgotten his lessons from before as he stood there giggling.

    Under the magnificent light armor, the scandalous Phoenix gave a charming look towards him. Her gaze was like smoke as she softly bit her teeth together, shouting towards Big Pineapple. ¡°Get out of here!¡±

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll go look at the dining hall. I was passing by there just now and it seemed like there were a lot of things.¡± Big Pineapple did not mind it at all, as heughed and opened the room¡¯s door.

    ¡°Hey, Mr. Pineapple?¡±

    However, it just so happened that there was a group of people by the door the moment he opened it.

    There was a familiar voice of two people, as they said with some surprise.

    ¡°Red Queen, White sis, Ice sis. Wow, what a coincidence, you all are here to participate in the Wastnds activity too?¡± Big Pineapple was really surprised.

    Due to his surprise, his sight was ced on zed Ice¡¯s smooth face and momentarily forgot to move.

    ¡°Yeah, what a coincidence.¡± Red Queen nodded.

    ¡°Yeah, Feng is also inside, Feng... Feng, guess who I met. You won¡¯t believe what I¡¯m about to say but what a coincidence...¡± After saying a few words to Red Queen, Big Pineapple turned at the door to reveal the few people who were inside the room, including Feng.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, we are meeting each other again so soon.¡± Dressed in a red fire-breathing master¡¯s energy robe, Red Queen, wearing a badge with a me pattern around her chest, smiled lightly at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Yeah, we¡¯ve met again...¡± Feng¡¯s sights were then ced on the group of people with Red Queen.

    The fire element specialist Red Queen, Doctor White Crescent, water element specialist zed Ice, light armor warrior Neutron Star, sniper ck Panther. In addition, there was a high-level female scout that Feng Luo met before.

    Coincidentally, it was the people they met in the Nine-Star Guild the previous time.

 Chapter 568 - Familiar Competition

    <h4>Chapter 568: Familiar Competition</h4>

    ¡°This person must be... Miss Phoenix.¡± After greeting Feng Luo, Red Queen scanned the area, missing Digital Cat who was still concentrating on hacking the system and instead stared at Phoenix.

    On the surface, there was an interesting scene.

    Two women, although they had different upations, their appearance were simr. But their temperaments were also somewhat different: one was as charming and tempting as a poppy while the other was as elegant as a peony.

    They were all wearing red, a red so deep it was like fire.

    ¡°Miss Phoenix, it is nice to meet you. When I saw you, it made me think of an acquaintance.¡± Red Queen suddenly opened her mouth after staring at Phoenix for a moment.

    Neutron Star and White Crescent¡¯s expressions did not change much, but zed Ice and ck Panther seemed a little surprised as they gave a look at Red Queen.

    ¡°Is it? Maybe it¡¯s because we all like red.¡± Phoenix¡¯s face was carrying a smile while answering, but her expression remained as dull.

    ¡°Phoenix, the name of this equipment... Hey, this big man is actually...¡± That tall female scout yer, at the moment when Big Pineapple moved his body, swept the room with her sights.

    As she looked past the ¡°Phoenix Armor¡± on Phoenix, and Arnold who was standing behind Digital Cat, but she suddenly looked very surprised, as she blurted a soft ¡°eh?¡± as if she saw something interesting.

    Perhaps the other people¡¯s senses were not as sensitive or did not even notice her.

    However, because he only did not recognize this person, Feng Luo was paying special attention to this female scout. Thus, he could see the change in her expression and even ¡°saw¡± what she was saying.

    Arnold¡¯s artificial skin, something Lin redeemed with authority from the Secret Service¡¯s arsenal, looked no different from any yer for any yer without using reconnaissance.

    However, for this female scout, it seemed that at first nce she could see that Arnold was not a real person.

    ¡°His name is Arnold and, well, he doesn¡¯t like to talk very much.¡± Feng opened his mouth to specially make this statement.

    ¡°Oh, is that so?¡± The tall female scout¡¯s face carried a look that was unrecognizable whether it wasughing or not, as the sides of her mouth were slightly lifted.

    ¡°Sure, those who can get Red Queen¡¯s attention are not ordinary yers. This woman must have a talent or skill which isparable to that of an investigator.¡± Feng¡¯s expression did not change, as he spoke to himself internally.

    ¡°Hey, look at the deck, what seems to be so exciting?¡± Both sides met in the room and got to know each other.

    In the corridor, Neutron Star suddenly gave a slight cry, because they were in a special position, and it was easy to see the situation on the deck.

    ¡°A few sniper yers are trying topete, Y is also preparing to participate.¡± zed Ice, who seemed to be able to obtain information from anywhere, said. ¡°And, Invikill seems to be there.¡±

    ¡°Invikill, the first yer to awaken the Life Force?¡± The tall female scout yer, after hearing this, showed some interest in her face as she looked down on the deck.

    When the female scout yer spoke, Big Pineapple and Phoenix could not help but look at Feng Luo.

    This act was noticed by Red Queen who seemed to recall something, as she looked to be pondering about it.

    ¡°Hey, the way they arepeting is not very creative or new, it reminds me of thest time we went out to sea together, ck Panther and Feng, you werepeting as well. Is it because you guys are snipers that you have this habit?¡± Neutron Star had the best view, as he suddenlyughed.

    It was actually due to the few snipers on the deck who were raising their sniper rifles and aiming at the sea vultures in the sky.

    As a kind of flying creature that likes to follow ships at sea to wait for the ship to capsize and then eat the corpses, these sea vultures had always been extremely bold and at the moment, above the warship, there were at least a hundred sea vultures hovering in the sky.

    ¡°Bang, bang...¡±

    On the lower deck, a session of sniper shots rang out.

    Armor-piercing bullets broke through the sky, hitting sea vultures that were unable to dodge and killing them, many even exploded instantaneously in the sky.

    Compared to Feng Luo¡¯spetition at that time, their level and equipment were not high. The yers currently on this ship were masters with high-level equipment, and almost all of their sniper rifles were rare equipment. Upon hitting those sea vultures in the sky, which were not above level 25, it got a result of an instant kill.

    ¡°Kwa, quack...¡±

    The sea vultures in the sky were making sounds of panic.

    The bloodthirsty nature and their low-level AI did not let them choose to escape but instead continued hovering over the back of the warship.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    Sea vultures fell from the sky after being shot, one after the other.

    Because the warships were traveling at full speed, coupled with the impact of the bullets, most of these sea vultures fell into the sea behind the back of the cruise, and turned the sea red after some time.

    ¡°Y God killed one, Invikill headshot one, Old Cow killed another...¡±

    Becausending a shot would result in an instant kill, hence thispetition would see who was able to hit more sea vulturespared to the rest. It was not like Feng Luo¡¯s initial test to score ording to the number of vital points hit, to see their capabilities.

    Despite this, those snipers on the deck who were participating in thepetition had decent sniping skills.

    At the very least, under the conditions of a moving warship, all of them were able to maintain a hit rate above half.

    And for ¡°Y God¡± who Feng Luo met in the 5v5 battle against the Nine-Star Guild had shot a total of 8 shots where only 2 missed, his capabilities were great.

    As for that Invikill, one must say that although he was hyped up by the Nine-Star Guild for being the ¡°first to awaken the Force,¡± he had his own abilities as well,nding 8 shots out of 10.

    This figure was even better than what Feng Luo and the ck Panther got during theirpetition.

    Of course, this was partly due to the upgrades in the yer¡¯s equipment and their levels and some increase in their skill levels.

    Most importantly, this stability on a high-tech warship,pared to the medium-sized warship they sat on before, was a lot stronger.

    ¡°Invikill, holy cow, that shot is urate!¡±

    ¡°Old Y, I really can¡¯t tell, your skills are well-baked!¡±

    ¡°Well, don¡¯tpliment me, I am relying on luck... I almost missed it entirely.¡±

    On the deck, when the results of the test were revealed, you either praise others or act humble yourselves.

    The participants in the trial were almost all the guild¡¯s yers, their interactions between one another were very genuine.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    In the room, ck Panther suddenly reached out to remove a sniper gun from his backpack and assembled it quickly. The gun looked a bit like Barrett, but it was dark gray and was slightly longer in length.

    He walked a few steps forward and stretched his body, followed by holding the sniper gun out and aimed at the sea vultures in the sky.

    One second, two seconds...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    After about ten seconds, ck Panther chose to shoot.

    After this shot, the two Level 25 sea vultures, which were circling in the sky after being frightened by the attacks from the snipers, were coincidentally stacked up together and pierced through by the 12.7MM armor-piercing projectile. One of them impacted the neck of the vulture in front and exploded the stomach of the sea vulture behind.

    ¡°Nice!¡±

    ¡°Holy cow!¡±

    ¡°Awesome!¡±

    ...

    After one shot, there was a burst of cheers on the deck below. Many people also turned their heads and looked in their direction.

    ¡°After thest time, I spent a while in the arena to choose the sea boat environment for thest time. Now, when I find the right time, in 10 shots, I should be able to seed in 5.¡± ck Panther did not bother with the cheers from the crowds below, he only turned and looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Well, that¡¯s great.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyebrows raised. He was admiring ck Panther¡¯s attitude internally.

    After a defeat, he could insist on continuous training, the will of climbing back up from wherever he fell, that was definitely the psychological state of a strong-willed person.

    However, it has to be said that about the way ck Panther practiced sniping on the boat, Feng Luo was not very approving.

    This type of onboard shooting exercise was not too meaningful. After all, the yer was still fighting onnd in most cases. Instead of this type of practice, they should spend time on other types of practices instead.

    However, Feng Luo was sure about ck Panther¡¯s mentality, it was definitely due to losing him twice consecutively that he needed to let loose once.

    Worse still, the meaning behind that one shot made it clear that he wanted topete with him again. Plus, the difficulty of the nextpetition would be a lot higher than the previous, where they would go for ¡°one-shot two kills.¡±

    However, Feng Luo was not really interested.

    With him, awakening the Force, his real body, including the brain, was equally ¡°evolved¡± as superputing power.

    To be honest, he would probably only miss once or twice in ten shots even if he did not make all of them if he just had enough time for preparation.

    In contrast to that, ck Panther could only guarantee a sess rate of about 50% even after an extensive period of time in the arena.

    In this sense, such apetition was like bullying kids. Feng Luo was not interested in it at all. However, seeing ck Panther¡¯s stern expression, he did not know how to avoid this encounter.

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Fortunately, before he had time to speak.

    The tall female scout yer of the stature was suddenly stunned, with a soft questioning sound, staring at the corpses of the sea vultures that had fallen into the water.

    ¡°Well?¡± Almost at the same time, as Feng Luo swept the grey and dull sea with his sights, and with the visual perception after multiple upgrades, he also noticed that the situation was not right.

 Chapter 569 - School of Flying Knife Swordfish

    <h4>Chapter 569: School of Flying Knife Swordfish</h4>

    On the surface of the ocean, the military boat moved at high-speed and left waves and sshes in its wake.

    All the corpses of the sea vultures that a group of sniper yers killed in a duel had dropped into the waves. Glowing loot apanied the corpses.

    However, none of the yers on the boat would care about the items dropped by the Level 25 monsters.

    As such, none of the yers noticed the abnormality of the ocean behind them.

    The gray seawater that was slightly dyed red by the sea vultures blood suddenly had ripples appearing, and the ripples were a lot stronger than those created by the military boat when it passed by.

    At the same time, the tip of a ck triangr object had surfaced and moved towards the military boat at high-speed.

    ¡°A fin. Is it a type of fish?¡± Feng Luo thought in his mind.

    He thought the situation was way too familiar.

    In movies back on Earth, the fins of sharks would most definitely surface first.

    However, the creature was not likely to be a shark. The speed of the fish hiding in the gray seawater was just a bit too fast. To be precise, the speed of the creature was so fast that it was shocking.

    While the military boat was moving at high-speed, its speed had reached over 40 knots, but even with this condition, the fin was still closing in at high-speed.

    When it passed by the corpses of the sea vultures killed earlier floating in the sea, it did not slow down at all.

    As the fin passed by the corpses of the sea vultures, the corpses were instantly turned into bits and pieces. In an instant, the sea was dyed red by the fresh blood.

    ¡°It is a school of Flying Knife Swordfish with a minimum level of 40. Their average HP is around 3,500. Be careful, they are incredibly fast. They move at more than 100 kilometers per hour!¡± The tall and slender female Scout shouted.

    The rate at which the female Scout received the info was quite startling. She had announced the information before the yer from Nine-Star Guild responsible for scouting and intel sharing said anything on the military boat¡¯s channel.

    Due to the weather conditions and the gray and murky seawater, it was incredibly difficult to see, not to mention identify the monster. Even Feng Luo was not able to determine what the monster was at that distance.

    With those conditions, the female Scout yer had announced a string of information and data about the monster that one usually needed the Detection skill for in an instant, even without taking her recon meter out.

    By then, Feng Luo was sure that she possessed a special Scouting talent.

    [Flying Knife Swordfish. Level 42. Normal. Species code FDJ-08934. HP: 3,670...]

    After quickly taking Wings of Death out from his inventory, Feng Luo finally saw the image of the creature moving at high-speed in the sea behind them through the sniping scope.

    Underneath the seawater was a small-to-medium sized fish that was about three feet long.

    However, while it was notrge, it definitely looked quite interesting.

    Its entire body was t, just like a sharp knife moving horizontally in the water.

    More precisely, it should be a sharp knife with an arrowhead.

    The reason was that at the tip of the fish¡¯s head, there was also a hard-looking spear simr to a swordfish. Moreover, the spear took up one-third of its body length.

    ¡°Damn it! It¡¯s actually a school of Flying Knife Swordfish... This is gonna be quite problematic!¡± A Scout yer suddenly said with a worried tone on the military boat¡¯s regional channel.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it just a Level 40 something monster? That¡¯s not much to worry about, right?¡±

    Other yers with other professions could not understand the issue since they could not view detailed information.

    They were just Level 40 plus monsters; moreover, their HPs were only a little bit over 3,000. For the expert and elite yers on the military boat, as long as they did not have to facerge sea monsters with the ability topletely capsize their boat, they would have nothing to worry about. These tiny monsters were nothing to them, even if they came in the thousands.

    After all, fish were ultimately sea creatures.

    Even if theymandedrge numbers, they would still be in the water. They could not possibly be much of a threat to the yers standing on the deck of the military boat that was over a dozen meters above the seawater.

    ¡°That is in terms of normal fish. The Flying Knife Swordfish isn¡¯t your average fish. Aren¡¯t you wondering why the name has the word ¡®flying¡¯ in it?¡± The Scout yer said, a little unhappy.

    As if trying to prove his words right, the moment he finished speaking, the triangr fin closest to them that was, at that moment, less than 50 meters away from the military boat, suddenly increased the speed in which it moved its tail. The Flying Knife Swordfish leaped from the sea and reached a height of over ten meters.

    It flew straight ahead in the air towards the military boat.

    ¡°F*ck me! It really is flying in the air. There are actually fish that can fly!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s so friggin weird...¡±

    The yers on the deck had different expressions. Some seemed very surprised while others looked intrigued.

    ¡°Flying fish. What a coincidence. It¡¯s our group, in the Gray Water area, and we¡¯ve encountered another type!¡± Big Pineapple said somewhat excitedly.

    Thest time Big Pineapple was here was when he and Feng Luo were working on a mission with Red Queen¡¯s group. Back then, they encountered an Elite Grade Stingray that could technically fly in the air thanks to its t body.

    This time, they had encountered another type of ¡°Flying fish.¡±

    Moreover, the yers around them this time included all who were aroundst time.

    To be precise, the previous stingray that they encountered could only glide at high-speed in the air due to the force generated upon impact with the ocean surface.

    However, the Flying Knife Swordfish this time were really flying in the air.

    The reason was due to the fins on the two sides of the Flying Knife Swordfish. They were each one-meter long, and they extended from their upper chest area all the way back to the front of their tails. This made it so that after they leaped into the air, they obtained flying abilities that were simr to seagulls.

    This was also obviously the source of the name ¨C Flying Knife Swordfish.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, the most surprising thing was the flying speed of the Flying Knife Swordfish.

    Thanks to its frightening speed of over a hundred kilometers per hour in the sea as well as the moving fins that continued to help it elerate in the air, the Flying Knife Swordfish reached a speed simr to a flying bullet. Before the people on the boat could react, the Flying Knife Swordfish had mmed into the alloy cabin wall of the military boat, a spot a few meters underneath Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    ¡°Holy shit... this destructive force!¡± Big Pineapple eximed.

    The reason was that the ¡°Spear¡± of the Flying Knife Swordfish that was at least a meter long had fully pierced into the military boat.

    While its sword-like body hung in the air, it continued to swing its body about with great force.

    The alloy wall of the military boat that could defend against the shootings of an electromaic machine gun was punctured. If it had struck a yer¡¯s body, wouldn¡¯t arge hole appear instantly?

    Most importantly...

    ¡°Ssh, ssh, ssh...¡±

    After the Flying Knife Swordfish flew towards and attacked the military boat in a suicide-styled attack, along the ocean surface, many more Flying Knife Swordfish began to swing their tails before jumping from the sea into the air.

    In an instant, the military boat was being pursued by a huge school of Flying Knife Swordfish with a gray backs, silver bellies, long spears in front, and pairs ofrge pping fins.

    The number was so great that it was impossible to measure the number urately in a short period of time. The number was definitely higher than the number of fins that surfaced earlier.

    ¡°It looks like we¡¯re really in big trouble...¡± Phoenix finally said.

    By then, everyone understood what the Scout who spoke in the channel earlier meant.

    The number of creatures living in the sea,pared to the number of creatures onnd, was on a whole other level.

    Normally speaking, how many fish was there in a school of fish?

    Going by the lower amount, one would say in the thousands, and if one were to go to the higher estimate, it¡¯d definitely go over 100,000.

 Chapter 570 - Battle, Command

    <h4>Chapter 570: Battle, Command</h4>

    ¡°Everyone, get ready for battle! Water Maniptors, distribute and set up Water Curtains to decrease their speed right now. Wind Maniptors, cast Tornado on the ocean surface approximately 100 meters from us to disrupt their movement. Machine Gunners, find suitable attack positions. Light Armor Warriors, pay attention and get rid of all monsters that get on board the ship.¡± The Nine-Star Guild yer responsible for givingmands shouted on the channel after the first Flying Knife Swordfish leaped from the ocean into the air.

    If they did not deal with the situation appropriately, the entire team might be wiped out right then and there.

    If an entire team of experts from a city gathered excitedly to work on a discovery mission, but then failed to even reach their destination due to being wiped out and sent back home by a horde of monsters, it would be excruciatingly embarrassing.

    At that moment, the Nine-Star Guild had to take charge and start issuingmands.

    However, what intrigued Feng Luo the most was the tone and voice of the yer issuing themands. Even in that situation, the person still sounded very calm and also very confident.

    It was as if the person was not at all worried about the predicament they were facing, the yer sounded very calm and assured.

    Nheless, while themands were issued on time, the people responding to themands still needed time to carry out their tasks.

    Just as the yers began to execute theirmands, the first batch of around a hundred Flying Knife Swordfish had got onto the military boat.

    The straight bodies of the Flying Knife Swordfish were quite tough and paired with their incredible speed that wasparable to a rifle bullet, they were definitely not any weaker than flying knives.

    Moreover, each of them weighed not any less than a cannonball.

    Most importantly, it was not just one flying knife, it was over a hundred heavyweight ¡°cannon flying knives.¡±

    ¡°Dong, dong, dong...¡±

    Loud and chaotic banging noises came from above the military boat.

    There were sounds of yers shouting as they dodged the iing flying fish; the sounds of Light Armor Warriors shing at the iing flying fish with their alloy swords, the sounds of flying fish ¡°spearing¡± things after falling on the ship¡¯s deck, as well as the sounds of defensive skills being cast.

    Among the noise and chaos, there was also one sh of the white light of death.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why did someone die already?¡±

    The reality was that on the lower deck, a Maniptor yer had failed to dodge and was hit by a flying fish. With just that, his HP was emptied and he died directly before he could make a sound.

    ¡°F*ck. Why is the damage so high?¡±

    The situation took everyone by surprise.

    Which yer present was not fully equipped with Rare Grade gears?

    Even Digital Cat, after considering the hazards and risks of the expedition, got herself a set of pure defensive, high HP Rare Grade equipment.

    Under those conditions, ignoring everything else, it was probably impossible for anyone on the ship, barring Feng Luo who had awakened the Force, to kill anyone in one hit, no matter how strong they were.

    However, a maniptor yer, who had failed to cast an energy shield in time, had just died after receiving one hit from the flying fish.

    Although the Flying Knife Swordfish had a slightly higher level, which was Level 45, it was an Elite Grade monster.

    ¡°The charging speed of these flying fish make their damage too high when they hit. Everyone, be careful and do not face them head-on. Heavy Armor Warriors, pay attention and protect the backline.¡± Themanding yer¡¯s voice remained calm as he immediately issued anothermand.

    However, with regard to avoid facing the flying fish head-on, though it seemed like an easy thing to do, it was actually quite a difficult task.

    The flying fish were flying at a speed close to a rifle bullet. At that moment, there were hundreds of such fish jumping out from the ocean surface every second.

    With so many Flying Knife Swordfish, the silvery scales on their bellies reflected the light in the air, making it dizzying to just look at them! Additionally, their body structure thatbined a swordfish and flying fish that gave them incredible speed made it possible for their suicide attacks to instantly kill yers.

    For the low-HP ss cannon professions, it was unbelievably hard for them to dodge the attacks of the fish while trying to attack them.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3566!¡±

    After initiating the Automatic Shooting mode, Feng Luo moved back one step and avoided the on-rushing charge of a Flying Knife Swordfish. He fired Wings of Death at the fish and directly turned the fish into a reddish mist.

    With Feng Luo¡¯s attack, even if he did not hit a vital or weak spot, he could still easily kill such Level 40 plus low-HP monsters in one shot.

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang...¡±

    Feng Luo quickly turned around and continued firing from Wings of Death.

    Every gunshot was apanied by a Flying Knife Swordfish turning into a bloody red mist in the air.

    However, since the HP of the Flying Knife Swordfish was too low, his attacks were simr to the attacks of other Sniper yers.

    Moreover, due to the chaotic battlefield, it was impossible for anyone to notice his uracy. All these feats were not eye-catching to anyone anywhere, except for one ce.

    ...

    Inside the military boat¡¯s cabin, a young yer wearing abat uniform with a unique badge pinned on it stood in front of a floating screen.

    The floating screen was showing the constantly refreshedbat data, including kills and damage dealt by the yers on the Flying Knife Swordfish, separated by the profession type.

    ¡°Water Maniptors, prepare Blizzard... Machine Gunners, fire at the spot 100 meters away from the boat...¡± The yer issuedmands through the regionalms channel while looking at the data on the screen. He spoke with calm and confidence.

    Although the sudden appearance of the school of Flying Knife Swordfish was not easy to deal with, it was a good opportunity to let the yers on the ship work together.

    After all, by the time they arrived at the destination, they might directly encounter the yers from North City; by then, the group¡¯s coordination and co-operation familiarity were also going to be an important variable.

    ...

    The positive of centralizedmand and coordination began to show. The battle started with some panic on the yer¡¯s side, and by then, the situation had stabilized as yers began to fight calmly, and they even gained the upper hand.

    ¡°Boom! Boom!¡±

    After the Fire Maniptors¡¯ Level 40 ultimate skill Meteor Rain was released, a huge number of fireballs emitting ck smoke descended from the sky and devoured the flying fish beneath that entire area.

    Although the damage of fire element skills was reduced significantly due to the ocean environment, the high-temperature fireballs that had reached the Expert Level were still strong enough to roast the weakest fins of the flying fish school.

    Although the damage was not enough to kill them directly, they were sufficient to limit their flying capabilities. The flying fish lost their fins and fell back into the ocean before they could reach the military boat.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    The attacks of the Machine Gunners covered an area around 100 meters from them. The spot was where the density of Flying Knife Swordfish was the highest.

    The machine gun bullets turned that area into a ¡°boiling¡± sea of red. As the bullets struck the ocean surface, water shot out into the air like water pirs.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    The Wind Maniptors also shifted their target to that location at the same time.

    They guided theirplete ¡°Tornados,¡± the Level 40 ultimate skills of the wind element to the location. The tornados were urately set upon that location; the spiraling air created water tornados over a dozen meters tall as the air sucked the ocean water into the air. At the same time, many Flying Knife Swordfish were also sucked up into the tornados.

    The tornados also disrupted the flow of water around the military boat. This caused the Flying Knife Swordfish to slow down, and even though some of them still reached the military boat, they were no longer capable of one-shotting yers as they had lost their eleration strength.

    The Snipers, Scouts, Light Armor Warriors... Every yer adhered to themand and worked together to fight.

 Chapter 571 - Digital Catâ€™s Deduction

    <h4>Chapter 571: Digital Cat¡¯s Deduction</h4>

    The sudden battle did notst very long.

    After around two minutes, the number of Flying Knife Swordfish that continued to leap out of the ocean had significantly decreased.

    ¡°Damn it, it¡¯s finally ending soon. If this had kept up any longer, this shield of mine might actually break.¡± Big Pineapple said while holding his battered dark red alloy shield in front of ck Panther, zed Ice, and a bunch of other long-range attackers.

    Although the battle hadsted less than two minutes, the yers¡¯ losses were quite huge.

    A total of seven yers died while two-thirds of the yers¡¯ equipment had been damaged, albeit to different degrees.

    Although the Flying Knife Swordfish monsters did not have a high level, their high-speed attacks were too destructive. Even Big Pineapple¡¯s defense talent and his Level 50 top-ss Rare Grade alloy shield umted over 50% damage after getting hit by the Flying Knife Swordfish. There was no need to mention the damage sustained by the other yers.

    If it weren¡¯t the fact that all the highly-skilled yers participating in the expedition this time brought along various items and gears with different attributes as backups, their encounter with the school of swordfish might have been enough to substantially weaken the Storm City yers¡¯bat strength; ultimately reducing their chances for achieving sess.

    After all, on the wide expanse of the ocean, there was no ce for them to repair their equipment.

    ¡°It is a good thing the main body of the military boat is very strong and tough. Although some parts were damaged during the attack, there aren¡¯t any serious consequences. It looks like the situation will end in, at most, half a minute.¡±

    ¡°Thrust!¡±

    ¡°-1034!¡±

    Neutron Star swung a slightly shorter alloy sword with his left hand and killed a Flying Knife Swordfish still swinging its ¡°long spear¡± around on the metal wall.

    He raised his head and looked at the flying fish remaining in the sky above the ocean surface. The number had dropped to just around a dozen or so per second.

    ¡°End? No. I¡¯m afraid the real problem has just started...¡± A voice cut off Neutron Star¡¯s words.

    Digital Cat was the one who suddenly spoke. She wore her usual technology spectacles while standing behind ¡°Arnold,¡± who had taken out an alloy shield before anyone realized it.

    She was frowning unusually while looking at the ocean behind the military boat.

    ¡°Just beginning? How is that possible? Judging from the color of the seawater, the number of fish in that school has decreased a lot.¡± Neutron Star said, dumbfounded. He looked at Digital Cat, not understanding what she meant.

    Digital Cat pushed her technology specs and spoke, ¡°The Flying Knife Swordfish missed too many of their attacks. The number of fish that got into the air in a period of one minute and 57 seconds was around 13,000. However, only 22% of them got on the military boat. The remaining 78% directly flew over the military boat!¡± She directly spoke percentage, which meant that her brain was analyzing the situation.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with that? Maybe the fish monsters don¡¯t have good uracy in the air, so their uracy rate isn¡¯t that high.¡± Neutron Star answered, not fully convinced, while swinging the longsword he held in his right hand to kill a Flying Knife Swordfish still jumping around and waving its long spear about behind the group.

    Digital Cat answered coolly with a confident gaze. ¡°No. From the scattered location of the flying fish on the deck, we can deduce that there is a 95% probability that they are not actually attacking us. It is because the number of Flying Knife Swordfish that dropped in front of and on the upper deck of the military boat far exceeds the number on thetter half as well as the lower deck of the military boat.¡±

    At that moment, the number of fish had decreased even further, and the average number of fish jumping out of the water was only around ten or so.

    ¡°The distribution of the fish on the deck...¡± After hearing Digital Cat¡¯s words, not only Neutron Star, even zed Ice and Red Queen, these yers who had already pulled their hands out, could not help but look toward the ship¡¯s deck.

    Since there were too many fish corpses on the deck making it impossible to quickly observe and analyze the entire military boat, and they could note to that conclusion like Digital Cat.

    ¡°In addition to that, there¡¯s also another odd thing. The fish monsters that missed the ship did not try toe back to attack us even when so many of their friends were killed. On the contrary, they continued moving forward, away from the military boat, at full speed... It seems as if they are trying to run away from something. Something that makes tens of thousands of Level 40 plus fish run. This thing may be charging towards us.¡± Digital Cat came to a conclusion.

    As Digital Cat spoke...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4600!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s Wings of Death fired a shot that urately struck an Elite Grade Flying Knife Swordfish flying in the air around 100 meters away from them that was slowed down due to a water curtain.

    With that, he had gotten rid of thest Flying Knife Swordfish in the air that was within his sniping sights.

    ¡°This... It is impossible. I have not detected any other signs of life around the military boat apart from these fish.¡± However, after hearing Digital Cat¡¯s analysis, the tall and slender female Scout yer raised her eyebrow. She picked up her Rare Grade recon meter and cast the Detection skill underwater.

    The recon meter screen showed only yellow dots that signified the Flying Knife Swordfish. There were no other monsters.

    ¡°It is probably pursuing the school of fish...¡± zed Ice said with a gentle smile.

    It was clear that the team was very confident and trusted the scouting skills of the tall and slender female Scoutpletely.

    The reason zed Ice said what she did was to reduce the awkwardness of Digital Cat making a clear ¡°mistake¡± even after making such a confident deduction, trying to cool the atmosphere.

    As the number two of Red Queen¡¯s group, the way she thought was also quite tactful.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, before zed Ice could finish speaking, another gunshot came from Feng Luo who was not that far away from them.

    He had pulled the trigger of Wings of Death. A bullet flew towards a grayish area of the seawater, not towards the scattered flying fish, along the edge of the military boat.

    ¡°-1!¡±

    A damage number appeared in front of Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    The damage reduction effect of the seawater to bullets was too strong. Even Wings of Death under manual shooting mode had failed to deal any real damage.

    However, at least it proved one thing...

    At about the same time when Feng Luo fired the shot, the voice of a Nine-Star Guild Scout yer came from themandingms channel.

    ¡°Everyone, pay attention. There¡¯s an abnormalitying from beneath the military boat. Attention everyone... Arge creature with an unknown level has appeared in the depths of the ocean. There might be a collision. Attention, there might be a collision...¡±

    Scouting talents also had different effects. The underwater monster had some kind of hidden technique or skills, so it was only after it got very close to the military boat that it was discovered by the Scout.

 Chapter 572 - Quasi-Boss, Black Tortoise?

    <h4>Chapter 572: Quasi-Boss, ck Tortoise?</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    However, that reminder was already toote. At the same time as the reminder was made, the military boat that remained stable throughout the attacks of the ten thousand fish army suddenly shook greatly.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    A loud collision sound came from below the ship¡¯s deck. Apanying the sound was the tilting of the military boat.

    ¡°Ssh, ssh...¡±

    The situation was too sudden, and at the edge of the military boat, a few yers who did not react on time were thrown directly into the sea.

    ¡°Save me! I don¡¯t know how to swim!¡±

    ¡°F*ck... What the heck is going on?¡±

    ¡°Damn it...¡±

    The yers who fell into the ocean were confused.

    While gunners and maniptors were mostly fine and would not drown after dropping into the ocean due to their lightweight equipment, the warrior professions were in big trouble.

    The alloy armor of these warriors was not light. If they fell into the water, they could only prevent themselves from sinking by swimming for their lives.

    Of course, this only applied for the Light Armor Warriors.

    With regard to the only Heavy Armor Warrior who fell into the ocean, there was nothing that could be done. He had armor that weighed over 100 kg, there was simply no way for him to float after falling into the ocean, and as such, he could only sink deep down into the ocean after falling in.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    As for the people remaining on the military boat, they did not have the leisure to immediately provide assistance to save them since the military boat¡¯s shaking had not yet ended.

    The collision was immediately followed by a huge waveing from the right side of the military boat.

    To call it a huge wave was not all that urate. In reality, it was the wave caused by the sudden emergence of arge creature.

    A ck ¡°small ind¡± with a diameter of over 30 meters emerged from the gray ocean surface. The ¡°ind¡± had several hexagons on it that looked like a shrunk mountain range.

    Apart from that, arge spiky head emerged along with the ¡°small ind¡± onto the ocean surface. Attached to the head were a pair of grayish-purple eyes the size of half a table.

    Several rows of sharp jagged fangs simr to a great white shark could be seen along the mouth of the creature. It had the Heavy Armor Warrior who had earlier sunken down into the ocean, still struggling, in its mouth. Then, it snapped its mouth shut.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    ¡°-20450!¡±

    The Level 50 Rare Grade alloy heavy armor set of the yer distorted and deformed the instant its mouth snapped shut. The body of the yer was snapped in half, and blood instantly dyed the ocean red.

    At the same time, a Fatal Damage of over 20,000 emerged above the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s head, and the white light of death emerged.

    With one bite, a Heavy Armor Warrior fully equipped with Rare Grade items was killed.

    ¡°Tortoise?¡± Big Pineapple, who managed to keep himself from falling off the boat by holding tightly onto a boat railing, eximed while looking at the big guy who suddenly appeared.

    ¡°No! It¡¯s a Shark Turtle, a Level 50 Quasi-Boss Grade monster! Everyone, be careful! It¡¯s a Shark Turtle. The scouted info shows that this type of Shark Turtle normally cohabits with another type of giant Overlord Sea Serpent!¡± The tall and slender female Scout yer¡¯s Detection skill failed earlier. However, now that she saw the target¡¯s actual body, she was able to directly obtain the monster¡¯s info.

    What made everyone feel uneasy was that the gigantic monster in front of them which had the ability to threaten the lives of everyone on the military boat had a partner cohabitating with it?

    ¡°Sea Serpent... What kind of...¡± Big Pineapple was going to ask the question, but before he could finish his sentence, the target appeared.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    From behind the military boat, huge waves appeared as jets of water shot into the air.

    As waves dyed red appeared, an oval-shaped head that was over a story high appeared. It was covered in gray metal-like scales that were asrge as a palm. It was also chewing a few Flying Knife Swordfish that failed to get away in time in its mouth.

    ¡°Ka... St!¡±

    The hard body of the Flying Knife Swordfish that submachine gun bullets could not easily prate was easily snapped in half by the half a meter long curved snake tooth inside the mouth of the Sea Serpent.

    Blood and seawater dropped from its mouth into the sea at the same time.

    [Shark Turtle. Level 55 Quasi-Boss Grade Monster. Species Code HYS-231... HP: 1,250,000.]

    [Overlord Sea Serpent. Level 50 Quasi-Boss Grade Monster. Species Code HMN-093... HP: 1,000,000.]

    ...

    ¡°What the f*ck? Quasi-Boss Grade monsters above Level 50! And there are two of them!¡±

    ¡°F*ck it! This HP! This is insane! A Quasi-Boss Grade monster¡¯s HP is over a million!¡±

    After seeing the two giant sea monsters appear from the ocean, the yers had strong reactions. There were also yers who noticed the HP of the two Quasi-Boss and found that they were both at the million-HP level!

    The yers on the military boat were considered quite knowledgeable, and the yers from guilds often went hunting and raiding Boss monsters.

    While Boss monsters in War were ridiculously powerful, their strengths were generally embodied in their attack power. If it were HP, almost no Boss monster onnd had HP over a million.

    Not to mention these two monsters were only Quasi-Bosses.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s group, who¡¯ve had experience, were not as surprised because of the Level 55 Elite Grade Stingray they encounteredst time. It had 150,000 HP. For a Quasi-Boss Grade monster, the Shark Turtle and the Sea Serpent¡¯s HP were not considered that high.

    ¡°But a turtle and a snake... Thisbination... Why do I have this sense of deja vu?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s attention was put on thebination of the turtle and the giant snake.

    A turtle and a snake... Was this not the divine beast of Chinese culture back on Earth? The so-called ck Tortoise?

    Truth be told, Big Pineapple¡¯s special agent codename ¡°ck Tortoise¡± was given by Feng Luo. However, the odd thing was that though the Star Federation¡¯s culture contained information about the Phoenix, there was no mention of the legends of the ck Tortoise.

    The original models of the two monsters were probably from Earth culture.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    For Feng Luo, thebination of the two Quasi-Boss monsters may be an idea worth exploring.

    However, for the other yers, their first instinct and reaction were to attack the monsters.

    Just as the ¡°ck Tortoise¡± appeared, many yers had already started to attack the two Quasi-Boss Grade monsters.

    ¡°-92, -89, -95...¡±

    It was a Rare Grade submachine gun. However, when the stream of bullets hit the scales of the Overlord Sea Serpent, most of the bullets simply bounced off while only those that continued to hit the same spot were able to cause some slight bleeding.

    However, the damage inflicted did not reach three digits. With the giant serpent¡¯s over one million HP and its HP recovery rate, who knows how many tens of thousands of bullets would be needed to kill it.

    Nheless, this was considered a better situation.

    The attacks thatnded on the bumpy and uneven mountain range-like shell of the Shark Turtle asrge as a small ind were even worse.

    ¡°-209!¡±

    This was the damage of an Expert Level condensed fireball.

    ¡°-23, -30, -27...¡±

    This was the damage inflicted by the ¡°Wind de Combo¡± of a Wind Maniptor.

    ¡°-9, -9, -8...¡±

    This was the damage dealt by a submachine gun.

    More importantly, the attacks were from yers with some of the best weapons and items in War. Additionally, they were all yers who had just received buffs from the Doctors.

    However, the damage they dealt was so low.

    This was the first time Feng Luo saw a monster possessing defensive strength on par with, or even better than, the Steel Beetle Boss.

 Chapter 573 - Giant Serpent in the Sea

    <h4>Chapter 573: Giant Serpent in the Sea</h4>

    ¡°This defense is really crazy!¡±

    The monster with the strongest defense that Feng Luo encountered previously was the Level 45 Steel Beetle Boss monster back in the Town of Exile.

    Before it cast its energy shield, the Steel Beetle Boss¡¯ defense was so strong that it only suffered single-digit damage after getting hit by yers¡¯ machine gun bullets.

    However, this Shark Turtle¡¯s defense was definitely much higher than the Steel Beetle.

    The single bullet damage of a submachine gun on monsters above the Commander Grade was higher than the single bullet damage of a machine gun. Additionally, at that moment, the yer who was using the submachine gun was also one whose weapon and items were undoubtedly better than the Machine Gunner back in the Town of Exile.

    A Quasi-Boss Grade monster had such ridiculous defense.

    Insane. This word was definitely the word that was on every yer¡¯s mind at that moment.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-18, -14, -16...¡±

    Not only was the defense of therge mountain range-like, hexagon-shaped giant turtle shell amazing, but even the Shark Turtle¡¯s fleshy head had a defense strength that was not any weaker than the turtle shell.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-647, -498, -356...¡±

    Only the attacks that reached the inside of the monster¡¯s mouth managed to inflict Weak Point Damage, though the damage number was only one-third of the usual.

    However, as a Quasi-Boss monster, the Shark Turtle was not going to be stupid enough to keep fighting the yers throughout the entire battle.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-509!¡±

    ck Panther¡¯s sniper rifle rang as a shot struck the Shark Turtle. The bullet with a light blue tail me only managed to hit the outside of the mouth of the Shark Turtle after it snapped its mouth shut following the few previous attacks.

    Even a 12.7mm special bullet paired with a Rare Grade sniper rifle could only inflict a little over 500 damage.

    ¡°This won¡¯t do. We can¡¯t do anything to it unless we break its defense down first!¡± Said the tall and slender female Scout after she saw the damage inflicted by her gray submachine gun was only in the double digits.

    White Crescent felt odd and asked, ¡°Why aren¡¯t the people from Nine-Star Guild using the weapons on the military boat? The heavy weapons are definitely the only things that can break through this Shark Turtle¡¯s defense right now.¡±

    ¡°It is not that simple. This guy is chasing closely behind the military boat. If we aren¡¯t careful, using the torpedo or the high-energy water mine at such a close range may damage the military boat.¡± ck Panther answered.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-498!¡±

    When ck Panther replied, his hand movement did not stop and he fired another shot at the Shark Turtle. However, the damage did not even reach 500.

    ¡°Sh*t, isn¡¯t this guy a turtle? Why is it moving so quickly?¡± Big Pineapple asked in disbelief.

    ¡°Don¡¯t mix up a tortoise and a sea turtle. Turtles move very fast in the sea. In fact, they are faster than mostnd animals.¡± Digital Cat said, looking straight at the Shark Turtle.

    Arnold, who was standing behind her, was no longer holding a shield, instead, it had joined in to attack the Shark Turtle.

    However, Arnold held a four barrel machine gun. Compared to the machine guns yers typically used, it did not have any attribute bonus, so the damage dealt was even lower. The hits only dealt damage ranging around ¡°-3, -4...!¡±

    At that moment, the Shark Turtle, which had been passed by the military boat, charged from behind and collided with the tail of the military boat which resulted in the military boat shaking vigorously once more.

    The good thing was this time, the yers on the military boat were all prepared, and no one was thrown off the boat and into the sea.

    Moreover, while the Shark Turtle was gigantic, it seemed as if, at the moment at least, it was not able to capsize the military boat yet because the Nine Star Guild rented this medium torge sized military boat that was almost 200 meters long. Additionally, the Shark Turtle¡¯s movement speed in the water was not that much faster than the military boat. As such, with the military boat moving full speed ahead, it could only m into the tail of the vessel.

    Even a gigantic sea monster like the Shark Turtle would have some difficulty capsizing the boat if it were only limited to attacking from the back.

    However, the yers were not only facing one Quasi-Boss monster.

    The Level 50 giant serpent Quasi-Boss monster with one million HP and equally impressive defense stat was moving much faster than the Shark Turtle.

    It submerged back into the ocean after sustaining over several tens of thousands of damage from the first round of attack from the yers when it first emerged. After it submerged into the water, all the follow-up attacks by all the top Storm City yers missedpletely.

    It could not be helped. The damage reduction effect of the ocean was just too effective to the yers.

    Normal bullets would lose their potency several meters into the water. Even sniper bullets would turn into floating bullets after traveling only around ten meters into the water. There was no need to mention energy skills such as fireballs or wind des.

    The only ones who could threaten the Sea Serpent were the Water Maniptors.

    The problem was that the color of the water in the Gray Waters, even if it were only a dozen or so meters deep, made it impossible for the yers to see clearly and identify the exact position of the giant serpent.

    Additionally, whether it was the Sea Serpent or the Shark Turtle, they seemed to have some hidden talents.

    Even the recon meters were unable to detect and obtain their exact position after they submerge into the water.

    ¡°Scouts! Use Detection towards the back and the sides... Water Maniptors, all of you use guided Ice Ring... Earth Maniptors, prepare...¡± On themand channel, the voice of the yer giving out themands began to shake.

    However, before he could finish issuing hismand, the Sea Serpent, which was originally around a hundred meters behind the military boat, had suddenly appeared beside the military boat.

    Rumble!

    A bunch of bubbles suddenly appeared in the grayish seawater on the right side of the military boat and a water jet shot into the air as if a ton of TNT had exploded underwater, creating a gigantic water pir.

    Within the water pir was the giant Sea Serpent. Along with a bunch of seawater, half of the Sea Serpent¡¯s bodynded on the military boat.

    What exactly is a giant Sea Serpent?

    This time, the yers on the boat finally witnessed it.

    This Quasi-Boss monster that had only showed half of its body was over 30 meters long. Its gigantic mouth that had a pair of curved and long teeth was so big that it could easily devour a fully equipped yer in one go.

    If nothing else, just the consequences of itnding on the military boat¡¯s deck made people want to curse out loud.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The giant Sea Serpent and the water from the water pir mmed onto the deck of the military boat. In that instant, the boat body sunk deeply into the water, and the waterline increased by over a few meters in one go.

    The side where the body of the giant Sea Serpentnded also tilted heavily. The tilt was even more severe than when the military boat was mmed by the Shark Turtle earlier.

    ¡°Damn it...¡±

    ¡°F*ck...¡±

    ¡°The heck...¡±

    The impact on the military boat caused by thending of the Level 50 Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent along with the huge waves caused by the water pir easily sent over a dozen yers who failed to stabilize themselves quick enough into the ocean.

    Whenever there was any shaking on the ship, whether if one were on the deck or in the cabin, one would always hold firmly on something to prevent oneself from falling into the sea.

    However, the current situation did not allow all yers to fix themselves on the ship. If they were to do that, as long as the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent that hadnded on the military boat swept its tail across the deck, many of these top Storm City yers would be experience points for the serpent.

    As such, that previous attack of the giant Sea Serpent threw one-tenth of the yers into the water.

    At the back of the military ship, Big Pineapple used his alloy shield to block the front, protecting Digital Cat, Red Queen, and several of the other yers who had not yet stabilized themselves.

    However, his head was looking downward as he shouted, ¡°Old Feng, you okay?¡±

    Beneath the group, around ten meters from the ocean surface, Feng Luo¡¯s right hand was holding onto White Crescent, who had been caught off guard and thrown of the military ship, while his body hung in the air as his left hand was holding onto the metallic body of the military boat.

    ¡°No problem, we¡¯re fine!¡± The main body of the military boat where even the Flying Knife Swordfish had not managed to damage much now had five deep scratch marks on it. The scratch marks were caused by Feng Luo¡¯s ck tactical glove that had a structure simr to that of an eagle¡¯s w.

    The ck Eagle gloves. Bonus Force Skill ¨C Significantly increases the defense coefficient and all-energy resistance over the covered area. Also increases the destruction coefficient of the eagle w structure.

 Chapter 574 - Golden Sword

    <h4>Chapter 574: Golden Sword</h4>

    There was no doubt about the strength or the might of the effect of the attached skill on a Legendary Grade item.

    If it were not for the ck Eagle gloves, the shake just now would have been enough to throw White Crescent into the sea.

    Since they were located at the end of the military boat, and with the Shark Turtle pursuing close behind them, if she were to fall, White Crescent might have followed in the footsteps of the previous Heavy Armor Warrior.

    As a Doctor with a special healing talent, disregarding White Crescent¡¯sbat ability, her talent in healing alone was enough to make her at least as important as some of the bestbatants in the expedition team.

    Moreover, they were all considered friends, sort of, which was why Feng Luo did not hesitate to lend a helping hand, leaping off the ship after White Crescent in order to save her.

    As the military ship¡¯s shaking gradually subsided, Red Queen shouted anxiously at ck Panther, who was beside her, ¡°ck Panther, quickly! Get the rope!¡±

    However, Feng Luo shook his head and said, ¡°No need!¡±

    A silver traction anchor had popped out of the special agent watch on his left hand grabbing on to the side of the military boat¡¯s hull. The anchor quickly wrapped around a part of the military boat and quickly retracted and pulled both Feng Luo and White Crescent back to the deck of the military boat.

    Just as theynded on the deck, a Heavy Armor Warrior ¡°flew¡± towards them and almost pushed them off the ship again.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-14567!¡±

    ¡°F*ck... So strong...¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior who just missed Feng Luo and White Crescent and mmed into the side of the ship slowly got back on his feet while cursing.

    Of course, he was not talking about Feng Luo or White Crescent, who were beside him. Instead, he was talking about the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent that just sent him over with a swing of its tail, and had already taken out one-third of his HP.

    At that moment, the Level 50 Quasi-Boss was showing its might on the deck of the military ship.

    The giant Sea Serpent that had got on the military ship was over 40 meters in length. Its gigantic body took up one-third of the empty space on the deck.

    Its tail that was as thick as a water pail sent a few yers into the ocean with just one sweep. Two white lights of death appeared as it was swinging its tail. At the same time, its head also glided along the deck aggressively. As it moved, it directly bit a Light Armor Warrior and brought his body high up in the air.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    Snakes don¡¯t eat living things. As such, when the Sea Serpent opened its mouth that was capable of directly devouring the Light Armor Warrior, it did not devour him directly, instead, it snapped its jaw shut first.

    ¡°-12344!¡±

    Its twoyer teeth that could easily bite through the tough body of the Flying Knife Swordfish did not face much difficulty when dealing with a yer, even when the yer was fully equipped in dynamic armor.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    After the giant Sea Serpent got on the ship¡¯s deck, the defensive weapons on the military vessel no longer kept silence. A double barrel close-range cannon on the deck quickly fired a barrage of shots at the giant serpent.

    ¡°-2144, -2043, -2017...¡±

    The 30 mm plus caliber close-range cannons, though not the main cannons of the military vessel, still packed quite a powerful punch.

    When the cannons hit the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent¡¯s body, its scales were sent flying as wounds quickly appeared on the spots where it was hit.

    A firing rate of over 20 shots per second struck the giant Sea Serpent. A series of hits numbering in the thousands quickly took out one-tenth of the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s HP in a few seconds.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    However, the giant Sea Serpent was not an easy opponent. Hissing sounds could be heard as it breathed out in anger.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    At the same time, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s thick and strong tail was raised into the air. It swung towards the close-range cannon at high-speed, ignoring the cannon barrel that became searing hot due to constant shots and wrapped its tail around the double barrel close-range cannon and pulled it off the ground along with the seat at the bottom.

    In that moment, attacks from the military ship ceased.

    This was also the reason why the Federation was not able topletely wipe out the mutated monsters in the non-urban regions, even though they possess all sorts of high-tech weapons.

    The Boss ss monsters in the game were just too strong, theirbat abilities wereparable to military fighter jets.

    Even a military ship was at risk of capsizing at sea.

    The only positive to the group right now was probably that the Quasi-Boss Shark Turtle behind the military ship had ceased its attempt in trying to capsize the military ship.

    After its previous attack on the military ship as well as the attacks of the giant Sea Serpent, around one-tenth of the yers had fallen into the ocean. The Shark Turtle had shifted its target temporarily after seeing these fallen prey.

    This had inadvertently provided the yers on the military ship a chance to face and get rid of the giant Sea Serpent.

    However, the opportunity was not exactly easy to grasp.

    Apart from the hard, palm-sized scales covering the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s body which greatly reduced the damage inflicted by the yers, as well as it¡¯s ridiculously high HP, the Overlord Sea Serpent¡¯s huge body size was the biggest problem.

    The entire military vessel was 200 meters long, however, the deck had limited space.

    The giant Sea Serpent¡¯s body upied one-third of the space.

    Under this condition, it did not need to move much. Simply waving its body and tail would have been enough for it to throw all the yers on the deck into the ocean.

    To be precise, it was enough to send all the warrior professions into the sea.

    The reason was that the attack power of the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s tail was not any weaker than its bite.

    Being hit directly by the Sea Serpent¡¯s tail, unless the yer was a warrior, a low-HP long-range profession was most likely going to be killed instantly, even if it were a Maniptor with an energy shield on.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    The defensive weapons on the military ship ¨C a few high caliber automatic six barrel electromaic machine guns rose from beneath the military ship¡¯s deck. They fired at the giant Sea Serpent on the deck.

    Before a few hundred shots were fired, they would be pulled from the ground up by the tail of the angry giant Sea Serpent.

    One special part about War, aspared to other games, was that friendly fire was activated.

    Even heavy weapons like ship cannons and high-energy bombs would not have any damage reduction when the damage was inflicted upon a friendly unit. As such, highly lethal weapons could not be used against the giant Sea Serpent that had got on the military ship.

    While the Nine-Star Guild rented the military ship, they were not necessarily authorized to use some of the special defensive weapons.

    Nheless, the ship had gathered the top 500 Expert and Elite yers from Storm City. It was not possible for them to not be able to kill and defeat a Level 50 Quasi-Boss monster.

    ¡°Break through!¡±

    As the giant Sea Serpent opened its mouth to devour a six barrel electromaic machine gun rising up to the ship¡¯s deck that was continuously firing shots, a Light Armor Warrior fully equipped in a set of silver Rare Grade armor had crawled onto a tower-like structure around ten meters above the deck. No one knew when he got up there, but as he got to the top of the tower-like structure, he leaped down suddenly. Like a tiger, he held a golden alloy sword with both his hands and shed heavily at the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head as he descended.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    ¡°-5055!¡±

    The sword instantly cut into the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head. Half the sword cut into its flesh while a beautiful and magnificent red damage number popped up above it¡¯s head.

    While the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent¡¯s defense stat was not as insane as the Shark Turtle, the scales on its head, in addition to its skull, were still a great defensebo.

    However, at that moment, the sh was enough to actually prate through both at once.

    While part of it was thanks to the skill ¨C Devastating sh, the destruction coefficient of that alloy sword was incredibly shocking.

    One might even gander that the sword may possibly be a Legendary Grade weapon.

 Chapter 575 - Messed Around Too Much

    <h4>Chapter 575: Messed Around Too Much</h4>

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    As the golden longsword cut into the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head, it hissed angrily. One could only imagine the pain it was feeling.

    Angry hisses came from its throat. The Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent swung its head backward, mming it into the ship cabin behind it as it attempted to turn the yer thatnded on its head into minced meat.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior fully d in silver alloy armor had predicted the reaction of the giant Sea Serpent.

    The moment the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head began to move, the Light Armor Warrior had let go of the suspected Legendary Grade golden alloy sword before jumping off its head directly.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-4543!¡±

    The giant Sea Serpent raised its head and smashed it violently towards the metallic wall of the ship¡¯s cabin. Although the cabin wall became dented from the collision, it did not hit the Light Armor Warrior. On the contrary, the move only pushed the remaining half of the golden alloy sword further into it¡¯s head.

    This forced another over 4,000 Fatal Damage number pop up above its head.

    Adding both the damage numbers together, the total damage inflicted neared 10,000. The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s damage output on the Quasi-Boss Grade giant python had instantly surpassed everyone else as he quickly topped the damage ranking list.

    Inside themand room, the yer acting as themander was looking at the screen of the deviceputing and collecting data of the battle. The screen also showed the ID of the Light Armor Warrior fully d in stylish and magnificent silver armor ¨C Sword Ki Long River.

    The trump card of the Nine-Star Guild, also known as the number one yer in the poprity ranking list of Storm City.

    Sword Ki Long River¡¯s appearance became the prelude to the military ship yers¡¯ counterattack against the Quasi-Boss grade Overlord Sea Serpent.

    ¡°Boom, boom!¡±

    ¡°-1023, -1344...¡±

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°-345, -325, -433...¡±

    In an instant, all sorts of bullets and energy attacks flew towards the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent.

    Although the area of effect skills became unusable due to the space constraints on the ship¡¯s deck, all of the yers present would at least have one or two ultimate single attack skills in their possession.

    As such, the Quasi-Boss monster that had over a million HP was quickly losing its HP.

    ...

    ¡°Thank you!¡± At the back end of the ship¡¯s deck, the Heavy Armor Warrior who almost mmed into and pushed Feng Luo and White Crescent off the ship into the ocean thanked White Crescent awkwardly after she helped heal and recover his HP in an instant. He walked a few steps forward, picked up his alloy shield that fell on the deck and charged toward the giant Sea Serpent.

    Five meters away from the giant Sea Serpent, with the help of the momentum he gained from Charge, the Heavy Armor Warrior leaped into the air.

    As he descended, he pushed his body against his alloy shield as he mmed his shield against the moving tail of the giant Sea Serpent.

    The Level 15 Godly skill of Heavy Armor Warriors ¨C Shield Bash, that borrowed the strength of the entire body, which maximized the attack effects when the hitnded.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    A loud bang was heard as serpent blood sshed into the air before falling on the deck.

    While the giant Sea Serpent had arge body, it was impossible for the defense at the pointy end of its tail to be as high as its midsection. The Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s full-strength bash instantly turned the pointy end of the tail into minced meat.

    ¡°-3834!¡±

    At the same time, a Weak Point damage nearing 4,000 also popped up as a Heavy Armor Warrior, whose yer¡¯s defense was more than average; his attack was quite strong. To be able to a Weak Point damage of almost 4,000 on a Quasi-Boss monster... This damage output wasparable to some of the best Light Armor Warriors in the game.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The giant Sea Serpent¡¯s anger reached the tipping point after its tail was smashed to bits and pieces and its head was cut by Sword Ki Long River.

    The skill Shield Bash caused insufferable pain to the target and attracted the aggro of the monster.

    At the end of the deck, White Crescent, carrying her medical box, was just prepared to shift her position into the ship¡¯s cabin. Suddenly, her eyes widened as she shouted a reminder to the Heavy Armor Warrior, ¡°Careful!¡±

    Do not underestimate the reaction speed of serpents. Although the giant Sea Serpent was over 40 meters long, it was very agile and its reaction speed was incredibly fast.

    After its tail was hit, its first reaction was not to swing its tail to remove all obstacles behind it.

    Rather, it turned its head around with the golden longsword still stabbed into it. Then, its round and gray eyes red with a murderous aura towards the Heavy Armor Warrior. It opened its humongous mouth that could devour a human in one go to the max before lunging at the Heavy Armor Warrior who smashed its tail into pieces.

    The giant Sea Serpent¡¯s mouth was definitely big enough for it to devour a human whole.

    ¡°F*ck...¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior was prepared to deal with the tail counterattack of the giant Sea Serpent after his smash attack.

    That was why, at that moment, he had raised his alloy shield and was prepared to dodge.

    However, unexpectedly, the giant Sea Serpent did not abide by logic and did not swing its tail in retaliation; instead, it was using its mouth to ambush him from behind.

    The situation was evolving too quickly, and the Heavy Armor Warrior had enough time to quickly turn his body around and put the shield in front of him.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    The 1.8 meter tall heavy shield was easily bitten by the giant Sea Serpent.

    However, it seemed like it had somehow be a positive.

    The toughness of the alloy shield was way above other normal items. Since it was set up vertically, now that the giant Sea Serpent had bitten it, it was not going to be easy for the giant Sea Serpent to snap its jaw shut.

    As this opportunity arose, the Heavy Armor Warrior decisively took a step back.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    As he retreated, a searing hot sniper rifle bullet brushed past the side of his armor and flew towards the mouth of the giant Sea Serpent.

    ¡°-8445!¡±

    Feng Luo held Wings of Death and took that opportunity to fire a shot through the gap beside the alloy shield into the mouth of the giant Sea Serpent.

    Although he only dealt a Weak Point damage due to the angle, since it was inside the mouth of the giant Sea Serpent where the defense of the scales and bones was non-existent, the attack dealt a good 8,000 damage. In that instant, Feng Luo¡¯s name appeared on the screen as he took the second spot for the highest single yer damage output on the giant Sea Serpent.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The Rare Grade alloy shield cracked and was deformed into a curved shield after the giant Sea Serpent bit down hard to close its jaw.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    The giant Sea Serpent spat the shield out. It fell heavily on the deck before bouncing up again. The deformed alloy shield was coincidentally flying towards White Crescent¡¯s location.

    If Feng Luo did not pull White Crescent decisively at that moment, she might have be the first victim of the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s first ¡°long-range attack¡± since the start of the battle, and fall into the ocean.

    White Crescent probably had a negative luck value on that day. Why else would she constantly be facing the risk of falling into the ocean?

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    After receiving continuous attacks, specifically the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s Shield Bash and Feng Luo¡¯s shot just now, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s aggro had reached its max, and it no longer cared about the other yers attacking it.

    The pupils on the giant Sea Serpent¡¯srge head glowed as it hissed in anger. It moved its gigantic body on the deck quickly and charged towards Feng Luo and the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Looks like we messed around too much!¡± Feng Luo smiled bitterly.

    In truth, Feng Luo had wanted to escort White Crescent into the ship¡¯s cabin first before finding himself a better position to start attacking this Quasi-Boss Grade giant Sea Serpent.

    After all, he was a Sniper, not a warrior. He did not have to face the monster head-on, even though his second profession was that of a Light Armor Warrior.

    However, when he saw the Heavy Armor Warrior keep the serpent¡¯s mouth open with his alloy shield, he did not want to let the chance slip by, so he decisively made that shot. Unfortunately, the aggro of the giant Sea Serpent had now been pulled by the two of them in that location. It looked as if the giant Sea Serpent had sworn to someone that it would eat them no matter what.

    They were currently at the back of the military ship. The deck in that area was around four to five meters wide. One side was the ship¡¯s railing while the other was a building. If the giant Sea Serpent¡¯srge body pushed towards them, they did not have much space to dodge.

    ¡°Formation, Earth Prison!¡± However, the giant Sea Serpent suddenly stopped moving after moving around a dozen or so meters towards Feng Luo and the Heavy Armor Warrior when a mud yellow energy ring connected to the deck and the ship¡¯s cabin appeared and had locked onto the neck area of the giant Sea Serpent, keeping it from continuing to move momentarily.

    It was the maniptor¡¯s Level 15 general basic skill ¨C Energy Formation.

 Chapter 576 - Broken Serpent Fang

    <h4>Chapter 576: Broken Serpent Fang</h4>

    ¡°Energy Formation!¡±

    Just as the name implied, the Energy Formation skill was a special skill that allowed the user to bend and manipte energy into a certain ¡°model.¡±

    Maniptors extract the energy particles from energy crystals through the skill, and by using their energy converters, maniptors would be able to transform the energy into different shapes. Moreover, the ¡°models¡± formed by this skill had structures that allowed them to contain defensive stat that helped block energy attacks.

    Theoretically, after learning this skill, a maniptor would enjoy a higher degree ofbat freedom, as they could be like real wizards or magicians and create fire birds, fire dragons, ice tigers, cloud leopards, and all kinds of magnificent ¡°animal models.¡± They could evenpletely alter the environment of a region within a certain range.

    Moreover, these energy ¡°models¡± were not only for show, they also possess burning or freezing attack or defense effects.

    As such, from the skill¡¯s description, one could tell that this Level 15 skill was undoubtedly one of those regarded as a ¡°godly skill.¡±

    However, the number of yers with this skill on their skills tab was very limited, as the skill¡¯s familiarity level was too hard to increase.

    Compared to the same Level 15 basic skills such as the Fireball or Wind de, Energy Formation¡¯s skill familiarity progress was slower by more than ten times.

    The speed for casting the ¡°Energy Formation¡± skill was closely associated with the skill¡¯s familiarity level.

    If the familiarity level of the skill was too low, even creating a simple fireball would take a few seconds, so there was no need to even mention a fire dragon or an ice tiger.

    Even a fireball created by a high familiarity Energy Formation skill would be far weaker than a normal Fireball skill at the same familiarity level. However, the energy consumed and the casting time were a few times higher.

    At the beginning when the server was just starting out, many maniptors learned this general basic skill; however, as time went on, due to the above two reasons, many had chosen to give up on it and had returned to their respective profession¡¯s skill.

    Due to this, Feng Luo rarely saw any maniptor yer still with the skill.

    In particr, the Earth Maniptor who just aided them. His Energy Formation skill¡¯s familiarity level was definitely very high. He managed to create an energy earth wall in the shape of a ring that was over three metersrge to fix the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s neck to the surrounding objects in the short time between the serpent biting on the shield and then spitting the shield out.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    However, the giant Sea Serpent which was over 40 meters long was just too powerful.

    The ring-shaped energy earth wall only stopped the movement of the giant Sea Serpent for less than two seconds. Then, it copsed as the giant Sea Serpent wrung free from the ring.

    The good thing was that in that short amount of time, Feng Luo, White Crescent, and the Heavy Armor Warrior had run into the ship¡¯s cabin and had got out of the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s sight.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    After getting rid of the constraints that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent found that it had lost sight of its targets.

    As such, it let out an angry hiss. Its ring eyes were filled with anger and hate. It turned its head around to stare at a location above and on its left, and twirled its body before charging towards that location.

    As a Quasi-Boss monster, while it was a monster that only possessed physical attacks, it still had the ability to easily detect the source of the energy ring that restrained its movement earlier.

    ¡°F*cking shit! What the hell is this? Multiple people are attacking you directly and you¡¯re ignoring them. I¡¯ve only cast a skill to restrain your movement, and you¡¯re already targeting me!¡± Eximed a young Earth Maniptor standing inside a room that looked like a control room which was situated around ten meters above the ship¡¯s deck. The Earth Maniptor wore a ragged yellow energy robe, and though he had a handsome face, a sense of cunning also apanied his general feature.

    Clearly, just like Feng Luo¡¯s group, this Earth Maniptor did not expect to be the target of the giant Sea Serpent after casting a simple restraining skill.

    He did not have much time toment about that. The over 40 meters tall body of the giant Sea Serpent took up one-third of the deck¡¯s empty space, and only needed to twirl around in the air once before its wide open mouth and savage serpent head reached in front of him.

    ¡°Crash!¡±

    The enhanced bulletproof ss on the ceiling cracked and crumbled into tiny pieces the instant the angry giant Sea Serpent mmed into it. Even the supposedly very tough metallic wall had be deformed.

    When the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head retracted from attacking the room, it was biting on a mud-yellow ¡°ball.¡±

    To be precise, it was a person surrounded by an earth energy shield. Within that energy shield was the young Earth Maniptor yer.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The giant Sea Serpent released a terrible stench from within its throat. Its lower jaw moved as it forced its jaw to snap shut.

    It had finally shown the true aggressiveness and viciousness of snakes.

    ¡°Crack!¡±

    However, unexpectedly, when the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s jaw snapped shut, the thing that was crushed was not the Earth Maniptor¡¯s energy shield. Instead, one of its curved and sharp fangs that broke a Light Armor Warrior¡¯s body in half earlier cracked and broke into pieces.

    The fangs of serpents were, after all, not the fangs of real beasts. Their main function was not to bite their prey.

    A de-shaped fang that was so long was very easily broken!

    However, even the giant Sea Serpent would never have predicted that the thing that broke its fang was not a fully armored Light Armor Warrior or an alloy shield that weighed over hundreds of kilograms, but instead it was the energy shield of an Earth Maniptor.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    With one fang broken, fresh blood started to flow from its mouth.

    The giant Sea Serpent swung its head violently as it felt the insufferable pain, and spat the Earth Maniptor out from its mouth into the ocean.

    Coincidentally, the direction where the Earth Maniptor was thrown was where Feng Luo and White Crescent were just a while ago.

    ¡°Formation ¨C Earth Blockade!¡±

    If it were any other yer, they would probably be at their wits end by then.

    They would likely have to ept their fate; to obediently fall into the ocean and face the Level 55 Quasi-Boss Shark Turtle still chasing the military ship.

    However, this Earth Maniptor still had something to save himself.

    He held tightly onto his energy converter. There was a sudden sh of yellow light, and the energy shield that had shielded him and withstood the giant serpent¡¯s bite earlier expanded in mid-air and turned into an earth energy wall.

    The earth energy wall connected with the railing at the side of the military ship and blocked the Earth Maniptor from getting thrown off the ship at thest moment.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-2044!¡±

    As such, while the Earth Maniptor still suffered around 2,000 damage after crashing into his energy wall, he had prevented himself from falling into the ocean.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    After throwing away the Earth Maniptor, the giant Sea Serpent had stopped caring about him. Instead, it had shifted its violent gaze and moved its head towards the other yers on the military ship who were continuously angering it.

    It twirled and moved itsrge 40-meter body to continue its rampage of devastating and destroying all sorts of facilities and equipment on the military ship.

 Chapter 577 - Number One Master of Storm City

    <h4>Chapter 577: Number One Master of Storm City</h4>

    After being pushed to its tipping point, the giant Sea Serpent had gonepletely berserk and for a moment, no one dared to even get close to it.

    ¡°It currently has 54% HP remaining. The recovery speed is around 1% per second...¡± Scout yers continued to report the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s data in real time on the regionalms channel.

    The Quasi-Boss monster had a million HP, which was quite amazing. Even after a series of attacks, it still had more than half of its HP remaining.

    The only constion for the yers would probably be that ever since the battle began, both the Quasi-Bosses ¨C the Level 50 Overlord Sea Serpent and the slightly higher level Shark Turtle, which had been bullying all the yers who fell into the ocean, had only disyed physical attack capabilities and had not shown any energy type attack methods.

    Otherwise, a Quasi-Boss monster of that caliber would most likely only need to encase a guided area of effect skill to wipe them out since the yers had nowhere to run in the current setting. That would be a huge loss.

    It was probably also due to the fact that both the monsters only had physical attack methods that each of these two Level 50 plus Quasi-Boss monsters had such a huge amount of HP. Additionally, the Shark Turtle had a higher defense stat than the Boss Grade Steel Beetle.

    ¡°While it only possessed physical attacks, this guy is not easy to deal with. In particr, since the fight is set on a military ship, we can¡¯t increase the distance. As such, many professions aren¡¯t able to increase the distance between them and the monster to maximize their damage output.¡± Feng Luo thought to himself.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5367!¡±

    Feng Luo held Wings of Death and fired another shot. The bullet urately struck a spot on the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s body which was previously injured by a skill and inflicted a Weak Point damage.

    Without inflicting a Fatal Damage, even if Feng Luo were facing this Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent whose defense stat was not weak, the damage dealt from a normal Armor-piercing Round was only around 5,000.

    Feng Luo did not shoot at the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s heart or the brain or other vital spots, and did not use special bullets because they were all intentional.

    The giant Sea Serpent still had more than 50% of its HP. Even if Feng Luo were to inflict a five-digit Fatal Damage, he would have no chance of killing the giant Sea Serpent. If he, whose single shot damage output was already way above any normal yer, dealt a Fatal Damage attack, there was a 90% chance that he would attract its aggro and be its target again.

    If the giant Sea Serpent were to charge towards him in an enraged and berserk mode, in a setting like the military ship where hiding ces were scarce and it was incredibly difficult to dodge, Feng Luo, even with almost 20,000 HP, would likely not be able to escape its jaws of death like that Earth Maniptor.

    ¡°Bro, your damage, that¡¯s pretty damn sweet. This rifle also looks super cool too!¡± Feng Luo suddenly heard a voiceing from beside him.

    Speak of the devil...

    The Earth Maniptor who was inside the mouth of the giant Sea Serpent and broke one of its fangs had appeared right beside Feng Luo at that moment.

    He was using some type of blood tonic on his body while looking at the spot where Feng Luo¡¯s bullet just hit. Hemented on the damage number that popped up above the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head.

    He looked genuinely intrigued and slightly shocked when he spoke.

    Feng Luo¡¯s current position was extremely beneficial for him to dish out attacks. Additionally, there was ample space for him to hide. It was the best position for long-range attackers that he could find after he entered the ship¡¯s cabin from the deck earlier.

    The Earth Maniptor had simr battle awareness and thought the same way.

    As such, after he escaped death from the jaws of the giant Sea Serpent, he chose that location in order to get another chance to attack.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5349!¡±

    ¡°Your Energy Formation is also pretty sick. That shield is quite insane too.¡± Feng Luo fired another shot casually while praising the Earth Maniptor. While his movement seemed casual, his shot hit the giant Sea Serpent on the deck without making any error, dealing another 5,000 plus damage.

    He was telling the truth. Not only was the Earth Maniptor able to get out of the Quasi-Boss monster¡¯s mouth safely, but he was also able to break off one of its fangs.

    There weren¡¯t that many Earth Maniptors in War who had such a crazy strong energy shield. He was like a maniptor version of Big Pineapple.

    ¡°He he... No, no...¡± The Earth Maniptorughed proudly first, but then he thought that he should be a bit more humble.

    Before he could finish being humble, the young Earth Maniptor¡¯s eyes suddenly widened as he looked toward a location on the battlefield and spoke, ¡°Damn it. That guy Sword Ki Long River is trying to set the pace again.¡±

    On top of a defensive cannon across the two of them, the silver-armored Light Armor Warrior who first stuck that alloy sword on the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head had appeared again.

    He was hiding with an alloy sword in hand. Just like Feng Luo and the Earth Maniptor, he was waiting for the right opportunity.

    ¡°That guy is Sword Ki Long River?¡± After hearing the Earth Maniptor¡¯s words, Feng Luo turned around and saw the person.

    It was then that he knew that the guy under all the silver light armor was the most popr superstar yer in Storm City as well as the trump card expert yer of the Nine Star Guild, the organizer of the expedition, Sword Ki Long River.

    There was no wonder he had a Legendary Grade weapon in his hands.

    Feng Luo guessed that not that many yers, among the 500 on the military ship, had Legendary Grade gears. Moreover, for those who possessed them, he estimated the number to be less than ten.

    For the trump card of the guild¡¯s Sword Ki Long River, a yer whose ID had the word ¡°sword¡± in it, the Nine-Star Guild would spend whatever was necessary to get their hands on a Legendary Grade weapon for him before the expedition.

    ¡°This Legendary Grade weapon sure seems unlucky.¡± Feng Luo looked at ¡°Storm City¡¯s number one master¡± who had switched to a purple alloy sword.

    The alleged Legendary Grade golden alloy sword stuck on the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head now, along with the sword handle, was fully submerged into its head after a series of banging and collision caused by its reaction to pain. Sword Ki Long River¡¯s sword that may be the only Legendary Grade longsword within Storm City might only be retrieved after they kill the giant Sea Serpent.

    ¡°Apart from that... From the words of this Earth Maniptor, it looks like he¡¯s quite close to Sword Ki Long River. He¡¯s probably another one of those superstar yers.¡± Feng Luo thought suddenly.

    In the gap between shots, Feng Luo turned around to nce at the Earth Maniptor. He found that the face of the Earth Maniptor was certainly familiar. However, since he did not follow news about these superstar yers, he quickly turned around to look at the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s status info through the sniping scope after that one nce.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    By then, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s HP had reduced to 35%.

    The hundreds of yers on the military ship were not there to mess around. The yers faced the constraints of the environment, which made it impossible for all of them to join in the attack at once. Additionally, since most wanted to avoid umting the aggro, hence, the attention of the giant Sea Serpent, they did not maximize their firepower.

    Despite that, they were still top, or at the very least, first-ss yers with the best skills and equipment avable. In terms of dealing with a Level 50 Quasi-Boss grade monster, they would not have to spend too much time on it.

    If it weren¡¯t for the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s 1% HP recovery per second, it might have entered the Heavy Injury status or died by then.

    ¡°34%... 32%... 29%...¡±

    On the military ship, the giant Sea Serpent was still constantly destroying the ship¡¯s facilities and equipment as well as a few yers who were unfortunate enough to umte too much aggro.

    Just as the giant Sea Serpent swung half its body along with its head into the left side at the end of the ship¡¯s rear while pursuing a Heavy Armor Warrior, Sword Ki Long River, who was waiting on top of the defense cannon, finally moved.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    ¡°Devastating sh!¡±

    As his body descended from the sky, his alloy sword shed downward. Whether it was his speed or his movement, Sword Ki Long River¡¯s attack was almost the same as hisst one.

    The only difference was his target. Last time, he chose to target the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head. This time, the Storm City¡¯s number one master chose to target its tail. The front and the end were very symmetrical.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    ¡°-4334!¡±

    With the momentum he gained from the leap from over ten meters above the ground as well as the attack and destructive power of the skill that had reached the Expert Level, the attack of this sh was in no way inferior to the attack from the Legendary Grade weapon earlier.

    The 1.5-meter alloy longsword cut directly into the tail of the giant Sea Serpent which was as thick as a bucket. It perfectly thrust through the flesh and into the hard metal ground of the deck.

    At the same time, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s tail was firmly fixed onto the deck while a Weak Point Damage of over 4,000 popped up above its head.

 Chapter 578 - 3x Fatal Critical Hit

    <h4>Chapter 578: 3x Fatal Critical Hit</h4>

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    It was clear that the sh from the Number One superstar yer of Storm City really hurt the giant Sea Serpent.

    Its head that reached the end of the deck and was about to bite the Heavy Armor Warrior suddenly shrunk back. It turned around while hissing angrily, its serpent eyes staring straight at Sword Ki Long River.

    It seemed to remember that the person it was staring at was the bastard who poked that sword into its head. In an instant, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s sense of vengeance and anger had reached its peak.

    Since its tail was stuck on the deck, it could not swing it at the human who injured it heavily twice. The giant Sea Serpent opened its blood-stenched mouth and charged towards Sword Ki Long River, who was still standing on the ship¡¯s deck.

    ¡°This dude really knows how to look cool. I wonder how he¡¯s going to get out of this now?¡± The young Earth Maniptor said, seemingly enjoying the situation, behind Feng Luo.

    However, since Sword Ki Long River had the courage to do what he did, it was clear he had long predicted the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s reaction, and as such, would have a n to deal with it.

    When the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head charged towards him, Sword Ki Long River let go of his second alloy sword and pushed the floor using his legs wearing a pair ofbat boots.

    His body entirely rose into the air. As the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head reached his position, hended bravely on its head. He leaped, though it seemed as if he did not jump again but rather glided, back onto the top of the cannon which was over ten meters tall.

    ¡°Qing Gong?¡± After witnessing Sword Ki Long River¡¯s movements, Feng Luo couldn¡¯t help but feel a bit dumbfounded.

    The reason was that Sword Ki Long River¡¯s movement just now, at least on the surface, looked very much like Qing Gong, A type of Chinese martial art where martial artists have the ability to move swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed, and perform gravity-defying moves such as gliding on water surfaces, scaling high walls, and mounting trees.

    Of course, Feng Luo knew that Light Armor Warriors did not have a skill called ¡°Qing Gong¡± in the game. With regard to this, Feng Luo estimated that it was due to the Force.

    However, the forum did not reveal any info about Sword Ki Long River possessing the Force. He should not have really awakened the Force. Feng Luo was so confident because for a superstar yer of his caliber, if he were to awaken the Force, he or the guild would have published the news immediately to increase his poprity.

    As such, it was probably a rare skill; or perhaps he had used another method.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    With its ¡°food¡± escaping right beside its mouth again in addition to the two stomps it received on its head, the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent waspletely enraged. Its over 40 meters long body moved and then curled around the cannon tower quickly. It charged head-first towards Sword Ki Long River, disregarding anything else around it.

    However, after escaping on to the cannon, Sword Ki Long River did not stop moving. He continued to use ¡°Qing Gong¡± to jump behind the cannon.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    Although the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent moved quickly, after pursuing a certain distance, it had to stop moving because its tail was locked onto the ship¡¯s deck by Sword Ki Long River¡¯s alloy sword.

    Even worse was that after it curled around the cannon tower, thetter half of its body could not maximize its strength output and was not able to pull its pinned tail off from the deck.

    In the end, the giant Sea Serpent had seeded in restraining its own movement.

    The yers on the military ship quickly threw their attacks at the giant Sea Serpent. Who would ever miss a chance like this?

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°5450!¡±

    ¡°Did he calcte and n all this? Or is this just a coincidence?¡± Asked an intrigued Feng Luo as he fired another shot that took out over 5,000 of the giant serpent¡¯s HP.

    ¡°He he, it¡¯s definitely nned. However, he¡¯s not the one who nned it. It¡¯s definitely Nine-Star Guild¡¯s members specialized in tactical nning who nned it. You can¡¯t underestimate arge guild like this. They have all kinds of weird and niche talents in there.¡± The young Earth Maniptor beside Feng Luo said with a smug look. As he spoke, his energy converter kept shing as he prepared another skill.

    From Feng Luo¡¯s position, he could see a ball of earth energy condensing quickly above a cannon tower beside the giant Sea Serpent. The ball of earth energy was gradually transforming into a pir through the Energy Formation skill.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    As a Quasi-Boss, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s AI was not low. After noticing that it was stuck, it quickly retracted its head and began to retreat from the cannon tower.

    Its attention was focused on itself. Naturally, it failed to notice the energy attack being prepared in the sky.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Halfway through retracting its head, arge ¡°Rock Pir¡± that had a diameter of about five meters descended hard and fast from the sky above the cannon tower.

    By the time the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head reached the cannon tower, the bottom of therge rock pir mmed right into its head.

    ¡°Bam!¡±

    ¡°-4267!¡±

    It was natural for a cylindrical rock pir falling from tens of meters above to possess a devastating attack.

    As an Earth Maniptor, which was a profession that was not great at attacks, dealing such damage was definitely amazing.

    Apart from defense, it seemed as if this Earth Maniptor¡¯s attack was just as powerful.

    ¡°-2345!¡±

    More importantly, the attack coincidentally fell on the spot where the Legendary Grade alloy sword was. Apart from cracking its skull and causing the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s head to bleed profusely, the attack also pushed the Legendary Grade alloy sword deeper into its head, which dealt additional damage.

    ¡°29%...¡±

    The giant Sea Serpent¡¯s HP had officially dropped below 30%.

    To much surprise, the energy rock pir that descended from the sky was quite devastating. The giant Sea Serpent that should have disyed its brutality after getting hit had be immobile due to the pain and dizziness it felt from the attack. Its head stopped moving for a while as it rested on top of the cannon.

    ¡°This... This is pure luck. It¡¯s not nned, I only nned to attack its body wrapped around the cannon. Who¡¯d have thought that it would move its head there?¡± The young Earth Maniptor said after Feng Luo turned around to look at him curiously. He spoke wryly though failing to hide his pride.

    Whether it was pure luck or nned, the giant Sea Serpent was temporarily stunned. Without a shred of doubt, it was a great surprise.

    As the saying went ¡°Take your life when you are ill.¡± To all the top yers from Storm City on the military ship, the situation was as clear as day.

    ¡°Rumble... Whoosh...¡±

    In an instant, an incredible amount of attacks flew towards the giant Sea Serpent.

    ¡°25%... 20%... 15%...¡±

    The giant serpent¡¯s HP decreased significantly in an instant. In just two seconds, it had reached the ¡°Weakened¡± stage.

    Earlier, everyone was simply being wary, most yers prioritized their survival, so when they attacked, they were more worried about the umted aggro. However, right now, since the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s HP had been reduced to this level, they only needed a few more seconds to kill it. In such a situation, it was natural for them to not hold back anymore.

    It was, after all, just a Quasi-Boss. No matter how strong it was, it was impossible for it to survive the full-strength attacks of a bunch of high-level yers.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-3056!¡±

    ¡°-32550!¡±

    A golden special font critical damage appeared. The yellow damage number was a stark contrast from all the white numbers popping up.

    The B-Grade Double Armor-piercing Round urately struck at the heart of the giant Sea Serpent that had been cut and battered by the targeted attacks of various yers.

    The second damage from the bullet also activated Wings of Death¡¯s 30% critical rate attribute.

    ¡°This... is quite lucky.¡± Feng Luo turned around and nced at the already wide-eyed Earth Maniptor.

 Chapter 579 - Underwater, Kill!

    <h4>Chapter 579: Underwater, Kill!</h4>

    The Earth Maniptor was speechless for a moment.

    As a star yer, he had seen enough Snipers with high output. But he had never seen such a cruel one before, causing over 35,000 damage on a Quasi-Boss with just one shot. Even if it was just a one-time attack, it was impossible to achieve that with just luck.

    ¡°Crap!¡± After ring at Feng Luo, the Earth Maniptor¡¯s eyes suddenly changed to stare behind Feng Luo, and he could not help but exim again.

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s shot had just reduced the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s health to below 15%, it hadpletely awoken the giant Sea Serpent from its daze.

    The alert Quasi-Boss could no longer focus its rage and vengeance on Feng Luo. Or was the Earth Maniptor¡¯s Stone Pir also a part of it?

    The oue now was that the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent, which was already low on health, had once again given up on everyone else.

    Twisting its gigantic body, it charged towards the direction of the two of them, not charging by slithering on the deck but ¡°leaping¡± like when it was on the warship. This time, it probably was really absolutely enraged.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The serpent was not bothered by the Rare Alloy Sword stabbed into its tail anymore as it violently shook it off, resulting in its tail being split in half down the middle by the alloy sword de, leaving a huge section of its moving tail on the deck.

    ¡°Ssh!¡±

    They could not react in time before the serpent¡¯s gigantic body had leapt into the air and crashed down at the position of Feng Luo and the Earth Maniptor.

    The great impact had broken the cabin wall, and it dived head-first into the sea.

    ¡°No good, it¡¯s escaping!¡±

    There would not be too many people concerned about the situation with Feng Luo and the Earth Maniptor other than the two of them.

    At the intention of this giant serpent in rage which fell into the sea due to overexertion, there were quite a few people who had quickly realized it.

    The health of this Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent was below 10%. Its behavior just now could be better said to be jumping at the chance to escape than to attack.

    Don¡¯t look down on the AI of Boss-Grade creatures in War; the intelligence of some high-grade creatures was not inferior to humans at all.

    This giant Sea Serpent had realized that its health had endangered its life right after it was awakened from its faintness, and thus did not intend to attack anyone at all and only had the goal of escaping.

    Although its health was extremely low, this gray limitless sea was its best protection.

    If it just entered the water, the yers on the warship would have no way of clearing itsst-remaining health of not more than a few tens of thousands.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    ¡°Bombs on....bomb...¡±

    ¡°F*ck, it really escaped!¡±

    Upon realizing that the giant Sea Serpent wanted to escape, the yers on the warship rapidly focused their firepower, firing at the small part of its body still exposed at the surface of the water.

    It was a pity that the yers¡¯ reaction was ultimately toote.

    The Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent¡¯s health had once again fallen to less than 5% in this round of attack and hadpletely fallen into ¡°heavily injured¡± state which stripped it of its movement ability.

    However, it made use of its full-power speed-up from the start,pletely submerging thest section of its broken tail into the seawater. The bullets and skills following closely behind it and being shot into the water only resulted in a bunch of ¡°-1, -1¡± nominal damage coefficients.

    The seawater with high resistancepletely weakened bullets and Energy skills to nothing.

    This Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent with just 5% of health left had escaped right before the eyes of many top yers.

    ...

    In the sea where it was all gray and darker the deeper it went, a giant Sea Serpent with a body size of over 40 meters continuously sank down.

    However, looking closely, one could see that at a spot on the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s body, a ck figure inbat attire was firmly clinging on.

    ¡°Gurgle!¡±

    Feng Luo let out a breath of air from his mouth, forming arge number of air bubbles. From the ck Eagle gloves on his hands, five eagle w-like hooked de-shaped structures reached out, tightly hooked onto the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s palm-sized scales.

    Despite the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s rapid diving motion just now due to being in a rush to escape, it could not shake him off.

    The giant Sea Serpent did not have the ability to continue speeding up in its diving now, as after it desperately entered the water, the yers¡¯st less than one second of mad attacking had made its health fall to just over 3%.

    Being heavily injured, the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s health recovery was greatly slowed down.

    Despite having entered the water for more than 10 seconds, it still was not free from its heavily injured state and did not have the ability to shake off Feng Luo who was tightly holding on and diving down with it.

    The giant Sea Serpent probably would not think that thest deliberate counter of fleeing had rather attracted a killer.

    ¡°Gurgle!¡±

    Feng Luo breathed out as he took out the Ghost Weep military knife from his tactical belt and started to climb towards the giant serpent¡¯s heart.

    The giant Sea Serpent¡¯s speed had be free-falling; he no longer needed to hold on to catch up with the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s speed, and as for his purpose of following it down into the sea, there was no need to say.

    An immobilized Quasi-Boss ¨C what a huge temptation.

    ¡°Stab!¡±

    Feeling the position of the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s heart, Feng Luo held onto Ghost Weep in reverse in his hand and violently stabbed downward.

    ¡°-1033!¡±

    The damage was not considered to be too high; although Ghost Weep¡¯s 30-centimeter de was considered long among military knives, facing this giant Sea Serpent with an enormous body size, it was still a little insufficient. Although he had urately aimed at the heart, he was unable to straightaway stab out lethal damage.

    Additionally, the resistance in the water was not low, thus the resultant damage coefficient was only a fraction.

    ¡°Stab, stab, stab...¡±

    ¡°-1023, -1034, -988...¡±

    Although Feng Luo continuously stabbed with Ghost Weep, it only caused the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s less than 4% of health to fall gradually.

    ¡°-300, -310, -320...¡±

    Amidst the continuous stabbing, above Feng Luo¡¯s head he also saw an emergence of a bunch of health reduction coefficients.

    This was not due to the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s counterattacks but because the sensations that the environments in War gave were highly realistic; since it was underwater, humans naturally could not breathe freely.

    These continuousrge movements were the most consuming of the oxygen stored in the bloodstream, let alone the fact that he was now in a position 70 or 80 meters underwater, while rapidly descending, the great change in water pressure was also a huge challenge.

    While the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s health was continuously falling, Feng Luo¡¯s health was simrly continuously decreasing.

    ¡°+1000, +1000...¡±

    However, to others, this was definitely an extremely huge problem ¨C they probably would have been dead before even killing the giant Sea Serpent.

    Feng Luo was different; with his Force recovery engaged, not only his health but also the sensation of seriouslycking oxygen was rapidly relieved as well. The Force was indeed useful.

    ¡°Stab, stab, stab...¡±

    ¡°-1099, -1164, -987...¡±

    It was more than 100 meters below in following the giant Sea Serpent sinking; as the transparency of the gray ocean region was too low, the surrounding brightness had be very dark.

    If it was not for Feng Luo having sight enhancement, he probably would be unable to see the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s body clearly.

    ¡°Stab!¡±

    ¡°-1454!¡±

    However, with another stab hitting straight at the heart where the giant Sea Serpent¡¯s abdomen area was already wounded, caused lethal damage. This Level 50 Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent¡¯s health was finally cleared out.

    [You have killed Overlord Sea Serpent (Level 50 ¨C Quasi-Boss creature), killing contribution: 15.3%. XP earned: 3060, Merit earned: 5.]

    ¡°Hua!¡±

    The moment the system message shed past, Feng Luo¡¯s vision changed in color...

    In the environment of darkness 100 meters underwater, a huge amount of the glow of prizes appeared in an instant.

    It had exploded, and it was a huge explosion.

 Chapter 580 - Skill Enhancement Chip

    <h4>Chapter 580: Skill Enhancement Chip</h4>

    Deep underwater, it had brightened. The white light radiating from dozens of prizes illuminated the huge area.

    As a Level 50 Quasi-Boss, the loot produced this time were not stingy at all; although most of the things were low-grade Energy Crystals with a low mary value, there were also a few pieces of equipment and a few types of Rare material.

    For a Quasi-Boss, regardless whether it was equipment or material, they definitely had high value. Not to mention that there would be at least one piece of Rare equipment and the quality of Rare material would be good.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s focus at the moment was not on these equipment and material. It was on the exceptionally bright orange light in the middle of the bunch of white light.

    ¡°Legendary? How¡¯s this possible?¡± Feng Luo suspected if his eyes had seen incorrectly.

    Looking at the collection during this period of time, only Bosses of Level 50 and above would have a certain chance of producing Legendary equipment. To guarantee the chance, one had to kill ¡°super Bosses¡± of Level 55 and above.

    This giant Sea Serpent was not above Level 50, and was only a Quasi-Boss; furthermore, it was not killed by one person or a small number of yers, there was no possibility of deluxe items. No matter how it was seen, it was impossible for this Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent to produce Legendary equipment.

    What surprised him was that all the prizes floated in the water, unmoving; while that orange light seemed to be churned by the seawater, shifting towards him.

    ¡°Hm, this thing looks like...¡± Feng Luo immediately saw what this loot radiating an orange light was.

    It was not a piece of equipment but a Chip he had previously seen before, a Force Skill-Fusion Chip.

    The first system reward for Feng Luo¡¯s Force Awakening was a Skill Fusion Chip ¨C its capability was being able to upgrade a skill into a powerful Force skill.

    Since the prize had automatically moved to him, Feng Luo certainly took it.

    [Force Skill-Fusion Chip]

    Upon usage, the yer gains the ability to upgrade an existing skill into a Force skill. The skill¡¯s ultimate effect would be determined by thepatibility between the yer¡¯s Force attribute and the upgraded skill.

    (Pick-up requirement: kill contribution of >10%, bound upon pick-up, not to be transacted or dropped.)

    The attribute was the same as the previous Skill Fusion Chip, but this one had a ¡°bound upon pick-up¡± message in its attribute and had pick-up requirements.

    ¡°I see...no wonder at the Exchange previously, there was no Force Skill-Fusion Chip for sale at all...¡± Seeing the Chip attribute, Feng Luo quickly understood why this would float to him on its own.

    Even though it was a prize, among the yers who participated in killing the giant Sea Serpent, only he fulfilled the ¡°contribution of >10%.¡±

    Just now, both Sword Ki Long River and the Earth Maniptor, although they had yed quite a big role in taking down the giant Sea Serpent, as the number of people who participated was toorge, their overall contribution could not possibly exceed 5%.

    Other than his overall output damage being the highest among the solo yers, he was able to have such a high contribution most importantly because of the fact that he followed the Sea Serpent underwater and killed it.

    After all, if it was not for him who had given chase, the giant Sea Serpent probably would have sessfully escaped ¨C then what else was there to say about the kill?

    Furthermore, as thest attack waspletely on him, he had gotten an additional 5%, allowing his contribution to exceed 15%.

    ¡°Not just the contribution, there¡¯s also the restriction of pick-up bound. This way, the value of this type of skill upgrade Chip probably would not be much inferior to Legendary equipment.¡± Seeing thest line of the Chip attribute, Feng Luo had speedily considered some information.

    Initially, he had thought that the value of this Chip was not up to that of Legendary equipment.

    After all, Legendary equipment technically could onlye from Bosses, while this type of Force Skill-Fusion Chip was able to be produced by Quasi-Bosses as well.

    Seeing the requirements of obtaining this Force Awakening Chip, Feng Luo knew that this certainly had quite some restriction.

    While facing a Quasi-Boss creature of Level 50 and above, there would not be many people who had the ability to solely get a contribution of 10% and above in the kill, let alone the restriction of bound upon pick-up which dashed any hopes of purchasing it from the Exchange or from auctions.

    Although Legendary equipment had high value, they were all able to be transacted; to rich yers, all their Legendary equipment of tomorrow were not considered too huge a problem at all.

    Thus, the gap in ability between rich yers and truly top yers would not be toorge in the future.

    After all, it was a game, equipment was definitely more weed.

    However, the difficulty of getting a Force Skill-Fusion Chip was sorge, and it was still pick-up bounded.

    Feng Luo knew that even if there was aparison between rich yers and truly top yers in future, there would definitely still be a gap in ability.

    This was a rather good thing...

    Feng Luo put the skill enhancement Chip into his backpack; other things were fine to let go of, but he would not give this to anyone.

    In fact, what Feng Luo did not know was that there was another criterion for this Force Skill-Fusion Chip gotten from a Boss. That was for it to have a possibility of being produced, there must be a yer with Force who had made much contribution in the process of killing the Boss.

    ...

    As Feng Luo put the Force Skill-Fusion Chip into his backpack, the prizes that had levitated for a while started to float up towards the water surface above.

    The prizes produced from monsters above the water surface would float on the water surface for some time regardless of their density ¨C this was to make it convenient for yers to pick up the equipment.

    However, in the process of the huge number of prizes floating up with their white light, Feng Luo discovered that it seemed like there was a sh of a golden light of reflection in the dark depths below where the giant Sea Serpent had sunken.

    ¡°A golden light...¡± Feng Luo thought of something and turned to quickly swim down to the giant Sea Serpent below once more.

    ...

    A minuteter, Feng Luo emerged from the water surface.

    What he saw was a calm sea, and the warship not far away, reversed and was rescuing the yers who had fallen into the water.

    The Level 55 Quasi-Boss Shark Turtle was nowhere to be seen.

    On the water¡¯s surface, quite a few yers were scattered.

    Knowing that this movement had to first go through the gray sea region, the yers had been prepared ¨C almost everyone had swimming devices in their backpacks.

    As such, without the Shark Turtle¡¯s attacks, they did not have to worry that they would drown and die before the warship came to their rescue.

    ¡°Wow, brother, you¡¯ve finallye up.¡± As Feng Luo¡¯s head emerged from the water, a familiar voice sounded from beside.

    On a small semi-transparent yellow boat formed from Earth Energy by the ¡°Energy Formation¡± skill, a young Earth Maniptor was staring at Feng Luo with interest.

 Chapter 581 - Storm Cityâ€™s Number Two Expert, Zhao Yun!

    <h4>Chapter 581: Storm City¡¯s Number Two Expert, Zhao Yun!</h4>

    ¡°Hello gorgeousdy, hello little girl...¡± Half an hourter, in a room on the warship, Feng Luo looked helpless as he watched the young Earth Maniptor making friendly greetings to Phoenix and Digital Cat.

    This fellow¡¯s ability of being so naturally friendly was beyond his expectation.

    Other than previously chatting for a bit when they were waiting for rescue in the sea for a period of time after being knocked into the sea by the giant Sea Serpent, the two did not do anything else.

    In the end, this fellow had changed from calling him ¡°brother¡± to ¡°Old Feng¡± in just this period of time chatting.

    ¡°Old Feng, who¡¯s this guy? Feels a bit familiar.¡± In the room, another person who addressed him as ¡°Old Feng¡± expressed his dissatisfaction at the exclusive title being snatched away.

    Big Pineapple looked guarded as he stared at the Earth Maniptor with a handsome gigolo face, clearly contrasting to his own appearance and vibe.

    ¡°Zhao Yun...y¡¯all should hear this name.¡± Feng Luo introduced him to the few people in the room.

    Yes, Zhao Yun!

    When Feng Luo first knew of this fellow¡¯s name, he had to admit that he felt that it was strange.

    Although Zhao Yun was far from ¡°Zhao Yun,¡± most Chinese yers would probably have a good feeling with this name.

    Could it be a reason why the approval between the two of them had improved so unscientifically?

    ¡°Zhao Yun, one of Storm City¡¯s top 10 star yers, nicknamed ¡®Shell God.¡¯ His Talent is an S-Grade Talent rted to the ¡®Energy Formation.¡¯ He had previously dominated the star yer ability ranking for 14 days and half an hour. Due to having been effortlessly beaten by Sword Ki Long River three days ago in the arena active invitation battle, he has fallen to second ce on the ability ranking now, facing the threat of being overtaken by the third ce in the near future...¡± Zhao Yun greeted mockingly, while Digital Cat had a cold face as she quickly stated some information.

    Feng Luo knew that this reaction should have been triggered by that greeting of ¡°little girl.¡±

    Although Digital Cat was no older than 17, her psyche and thought processing were very matured; she did not like being given such a title as ¡°little girl¡± by a stranger.

    ¡°Cough, cough...little girl, I suppose what you said was too biased. What do you mean effortlessly beaten? Clearly my ability and that brat¡¯s are on par, and my ability is practically better than his. It was just that he hid a trump card, hm...actually I was too careless then... Storm City¡¯s number two expert.¡± Zhao Yun touched his nose, his face quickly bing slightly awkward.

    However, as he said this, his eyes ncing at Digital Cat was a little surprised.

    Although this information definitely could be searched up on the forum, Digital Cat did not check the forum as she said this but had remembered it by heart.

    ¡°Shell God? Hm, this nickname is rather...chic, is there any origin?¡± Phoenix on the other hand was a little shocked at the nickname of ¡®Shell God.¡¯

    She was not actually a Storm City yer; because of little Sally¡¯s mission, she had been staying in Storm City these days.

    With the Nine Star Guild¡¯s activity this time, she had rather stayed put, and so had moved to Storm City. She was not familiar with the ¡°Storm City¡¯s top 10 star yers¡± and what-not.

    ¡°Cough, cough...well...¡± Zhao Yun coughed again and looked speechless.

    As Storm City¡¯s best star yer, although it was all high-end yers on this warship, he sensed that he should have gotten a few unexpected surprises and looks upon revealing his ID.

    After all, he was an ability ranking yer, not those fakes on the poprity ranking; the more one was an expert, the better one¡¯s ability was.

    He had not thought that the reactions of a gorgeousdy and a beautiful little girl in this room would have been different from what he had expected.

    Who knew why one of them was cold-faced and the other had asked a question that had made him go crazy.

    Why was Shell God called ¡°Shell God?¡±

    Zhao Yun was crying inside.

    Everyone was called Cold Edge, Shadow, Sword God, Snipe King and what not...why was his nickname so wrecked?

    ¡°Hm, my nickname and what not...gorgeousdy, you haven¡¯t told me your name.¡± As Zhao Yun spoke halfway, he abruptly switched the topic.

    ¡°Phoenix.¡±

    ¡°Ah, so you¡¯re the gorgeousdy Phoenix who has Storm City¡¯s first Quasi-Boss pet? I¡¯ve heard that your pet is a very...¡±

    ...

    A few minutester, after being praised a bit by this Storm City¡¯s number two expert Zhao Yun, Big Pineapple was about to address him as ¡°Old Zhao¡± already.

    Even Phoenix almost let down her guard in front of strangers.

    Of course, it was except Digital Cat who had been immersed in repairing ¡°Arnold.¡±

    ¡°You have a message!¡± Just then, Feng Luo¡¯s Communicator rang.

    ¡°General Red, what¡¯s up?¡± Feng Luo picked up.

    ¡°Mister Feng, there¡¯s something I¡¯d like to discuss with y¡¯all. For this remation, once in the ruins, how about we move together?¡± Red Queen¡¯s voice sounded.

    ¡°Move together...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurched.

    In this ruins remation, although there was a total of 500 people, not everyone was grouped together.

    Especially that the casual yers would be individually split into groups.

    What Red Queen meant was that since everyone knew one another, why not group together. This way, it would be easier to cooperate than being grouped with people they did not know well, and they would be able to be more trusting towards one another.

    ¡°Well...hold on, I¡¯ll ask the others for their opinion.¡± Feng Luo was agreeable to Red Queen¡¯s idea.

    After all, the abilities of Red Queen and her people were not poor, and Feng Luo was very familiar with theirbat style, as everyone had cooperated before.

    However, there were some decisions that Feng Luo would never directly make for Phoenix and the others.

    ¡°General Red¡¯s side is preparing to form a group with us once the remation starts, and would like to hear from us...¡± Thus, Feng Luo first set the Communicator to hidden mode, then turned to speak to the people in the room.

    ¡°Form a group? If they grouped with us, then there¡¯d be two Snipers, two Maniptors, two Light Armored Warriors, one Medic, one Scout and one Heavy Armored Warrior...the dynamics work, I don¡¯t object.¡± Digital Cat looked up and said after pondering for a few seconds.

    ¡°From the battle just now, their people¡¯s performance was not bad, I think we can consider...¡± Phoenix nodded.

    ¡°Hey, if we¡¯re really together, then wouldn¡¯t more than half the team be all little girls...¡± Big Pineapple looked like his focus waspletely different, with a face of joy.

    ¡°Really?...Old Feng, what about adding me!¡± Zhao Yun¡¯s face lit up.

    ¡°Why, you haven¡¯t gotten a team?¡± Feng Luo looked towards Zhao Yun, surprised.

    ¡°I¡¯m a casual yer, not a guild yer, of course I¡¯d have no team. There¡¯s quite some people who want to rope me in, but...you know, I¡¯m not good with just anyone, and I don¡¯t like to entertain others either...¡± Zhao Yun looked troubled.

    As one whose ability was at the top end and who was a non-guild yer, there were many people who would invite him.

    As there were too many invites, he did not know which team of guild yers to join.

    He would not like to join typical teams of casual yers, although they were also casual yers, his familiarity with the casual yers on this warship was not up to that with some guild yers.

    Furthermore, if teams werepletely put together with casual yers, the cooperation and trust within would definitely be a problem.

    Of course, expressing that he wanted to join Feng Luo and the others, Zhao Yun¡¯s consideration was of course not without motives.

    An important reason was that he was satisfied with the abilities of the three of them, Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, and Phoenix.

    Although it was all Storm City¡¯s top yers participating in the remation this time, abilities could still be differentiated into good and poor.

    Just like how the performance of Feng Luo and the others in the arena previously would have been ranked at the top 100 on this warship based on overall ability.

    If considering Phoenix¡¯s Quasi-Boss pet and Feng Luo¡¯s rad damage from before, this team¡¯s ability was not inferior to the teams of guild yers.

 Chapter 582 - Force

    <h4>Chapter 582: Force</h4>

    ¡°You have a message!¡± Right after Feng Luo had replied to Red Queen and hung up on the Communicator, the Communicator rang again.

    ¡°Mister Feng, there¡¯s some matters, not sure if I could meet you to discuss in person?¡± A smiley Nine-Star Guild vice-director Zi Wei appeared on the huge screen.

    .....

    ¡°Mister Feng, please sit.¡± In a room on the top floor of the warship modified into a guest room, Zi Wei stood up to wee Feng Luo in.

    In this room, there were two other yers: a youth at around 20-years-old in abat suit and wearing tactical sses, and a Light Armored Warrior in a full-set silver armor, whose extraordinarily handsome face with sharp eyebrows, crescent eyes, and a sharp nose was revealed when he lifted his helmet. Storm City¡¯s number one star yer, Sword Ki Long River.

    ¡°Mister Feng, thank you for previously helping me take back my weapon from that Quasi-Boss, many thanks.¡± As Feng Luo entered from the door, Sword Ki Long River instantly spoke with a grateful tone.

    But as he spoke, there was not much of a change in expression on his face.

    He was not like the other Scout yer who had smiled to Feng Luo, neither did he have an almighty vibe of seeing himself as a top star yer.

    ¡°No need to thank, it was just convenient for me...¡± Seeing Sword Ki Long River¡¯s attitude, Feng Luo smiled as he shook his head, without an unhappy expression as he just studied Sword Ki Long River with slight curiosity.

    He had heard long before that this ¡°Storm City¡¯s number one expert¡± was a person with quite a strange personality.

    Although he was a star yer, he normally did not interact much with people other than at mandatory activities arranged by the guild. He spent all his free time on upgrading skills and improving his own ability.

    Towards anyone, even the Nine-Star Guild director, his attitude was always extremely t and even cold.

    Simply speaking, this Storm City¡¯s ¡°number one expert¡± was a person with apletely opposite personality from Zhao Yun the ¡°second expert¡± who was a natural with people.

    There was even a legend that no yer had ever seen Sword Ki Long River smile.

    There was even a boss who previously had spent a billion credits to invite him for endorsement, and the request was to have Sword Ki Long River cooperate and smile once during the filming of the advertisement.

    In the end, just after ring at him, Sword Ki Long River turned straight and no longer bothered about the Commander monster which was still in battle, and left.

    In the end, it had resulted in the wipe-out of the filming team.

    Then, the Nine Star Guild had to pay huge costs for the breach of contract.

    Logically speaking, a person with such a personality was not suitable to be a star yer at all, as star yers had to know how to cater to fans, and no one had ever seen a star with ¡°facial paralysis,¡± right?

    There were many normal yers who saw this as their cup of tea, nicknames like ¡°Cold-Faced Sword God¡± or ¡°Chilly Husband¡± were much more chased by female yers than ¡°Shell God.¡±

    After saying one statement to Feng Luo, Sword Ki Long River swiftly stopped speaking and stood to the side silently.

    ¡°Mister Feng, don¡¯t mind Old Sword, his personality is just like that... he really wants to thank you properly, if not, his weapon might have been marked as lost by the system.¡±

    The youth in thebat suit at the side was a little afraid that Feng Luo would misunderstand, and immediately stepped forward to shake Feng Luo¡¯s hand as he said with a smile.

    The equipment in War taken away by fleeing monsters was a situation more rarely seen; typically in such situations, the equipment would automatically return to the backpack after a period of time.

    However, there was a chance that the equipment would be marked as ¡°lost,¡± and it would not be able toe back.

    Although the chance was not high, Feng Luo reiming the sword hadpletely avoided this possibility. If a Legendary Grade weapon was really lost, then the loss would definitely be huge to the Nine-Star Guild.

    ¡°I haven¡¯t asked for guidance...¡± Hearing the voice of this youth in thebat suit, Feng Luo knew that he was in the Nine-Star Guild battlemand in the channel just now.

    ¡°Frontline Command.¡± The youth in thebat suit smiled and introduced himself.

    ¡°Frontline is a Hidden Mission on-fieldmanding officer, able to collect huge amounts of battle and yer stats while in battle... but not greater than Mister Feng¡¯s Agent.¡± At the side, Zi Wei interrupted with a smile, seemingly unintentionally.

    ¡°Hidden Mission...¡± Feng Luo¡¯s pupils constricted, and he turned to look towards Zi Wei.

    What Zi Wei said was of course with some meaning of humility.

    Although Hidden Professions in War were not sure to be more powerful than thebat power of normal professions, they were not weak ¨C the most important thing was to have the unique abilities of each profession.

    This on-fieldmanding officer could be known from the name to be of a profession suitable for on-fieldmanding.

    Such a profession was not up to Agents in single unit strengthening, but its effects would be huge to remation and team battles which needed teampetition.

    Especially when it was a professional Hidden Profession yer who had taken upmand ¨C this was not revealed before to the participating people at all by the Nine-Star Guild.

    Clearly it was to wait until they had officially battled with the North City yers and had caused some unexpected effect.

    However, despite being strictly secretive about it previously, she had then directly told him who was considerably not a very well-acquainted person.

    Clearly, Zi Wei had something to say.

    After all, since she had specially met here, it was definitely impossible for it just to be to express thanks for the retrieval of the golden longsword.

    ¡°Mister Feng, could I dare ask if you¡¯ve already awakened your Force?¡± Seeing Feng Luo¡¯s inquiring look, Zi Wei smiled and paused slightly before saying.

    ¡°Sure.¡± Feng Luo did not feel strange that Zi Wei would ask about Force; he felt that this matter of Force Awakening was very easy to be discovered as long as one had the passion.

    With just a Scout yer finding out that his Level had exceeded Level 50 using Detection, one would be able to get this conclusion.

    Furthermore, it would definitely be revealed in this battle in front of Red Queen and the others, thus Feng Luo did not have the intention of hiding but openly admitted.

    ¡°Indeed...¡± Frontline Command revealed an ¡°I see¡± expression.

    As expected, Zi Wei looked a little shocked, and even Sword Ki Long River¡¯s expressionless face had finally looked towards Feng Luo with a little change.

    ¡°Since so, things would be better handled.¡± Following that, Frontline Command said happily.

    ¡°Hm?¡± Feng Luo did not interrupt but just quietly waited for the other party to continue on.

    ¡°Mister Feng, let¡¯s not keep secrets. I¡¯ve asked you this as Communicators will experience serious disruptions in this ruin and would only be able to be effective within a small range. However, Frontline has gotten a device set from his Hidden Mission which can empowermunication, but this instrument set needs to be engaged by a Force to unleash all of its capabilities...¡± When Zi Wei spoke to this point, Feng Luo understood.

    A device that needed the Force to be activated ¨C this was clearly some Legendary Grade tool.

    This was also a reason why Zi Wei and the others had invited Feng Luo over after confirming that Feng Luo had awakened his Force.

    ¡°What will you need me to do?¡± Feng Luo creased his forehead slightly, then asked the three Nine-Star Guild people.

    ¡°It¡¯s actually very simple, you just have to...¡± Involving his own job, Frontline Command immediately exined Feng Luo, while Zi Wei added on from aside.

    ¡°Mister Feng, when this activity is over, could I invite you to a round of PK.¡± As Feng Luo, Zi Wei, and Frontline Command were ready to leave upon finishing the discussion about the instrument, Sword Ki Long River who had not been speaking suddenly spoke.

    ¡°Well...¡± Feng Luo did not expect that Sword Ki Long River would suddenly ask this.

    Hispetition with ck Panther had not happened and he had been invited to a battle again by Storm City¡¯s number one expert yer?

    If he had really fought with Sword Ki Long River, regardless whether the oue was a win or loss, if the news was spread, it was possible that he would quickly be famous in the entire Storm City when the battle had not even started.

    This was a pretty huge sh with his style of staying in low-profile.

    ¡°Mister Feng, it¡¯ll be a privatepetition... there would be no one spectating.¡± Although Sword Ki Long River did not like to build rapport with people, clearly it was not that he was not good with people as he had seen what Feng Luo was pondering about.

    ¡°If so, then when I¡¯m free...¡± Feng Luo nodded, taking interest.

    ...

    ¡°We¡¯re prepared to find Invikill this time... this way it¡¯d be better. After all, Invikill ultimately belongs to September.¡± After Feng Luo had left, Frontline Command said to Zi Wei with a smile.

    ¡°Right, this way, the second yer who has awakened Force has appeared. The previous two were both in our Storm City. Old Sword, why don¡¯t you work hard and must well find a third one?¡± After which, he seemed like he had thought of something else and said to Sword Ki Long River at a side with a chuckle.

    ¡°The second one? You think Invikill is the first?¡± Zi Wei watched Feng Luo¡¯s leaving silhouette and said with a sense of mockery in her pair of slightly purple eyes.

    ¡°Hm, is he not.¡± Frontline Command froze.

    ¡°Might not be... Invikill is only Level 52, while Mister Feng is Level 53, not really sure who¡¯s first andst. Furthermore, the origin of Invikill¡¯s Force; don¡¯t forget, there were people hawking for the chance to be the first to awaken Force at that time, although there was no evidence. The time that Invikill awakened his Force was really too coincidental... Besides, the person who sold the chance to be ¡®War¡¯s first to awaken the Force¡¯ was Onishi, of the Hidden Agent Profession...¡±

 Chapter 583 - Arrival, Fog Island, Level 60 Monster

    <h4>Chapter 583: Arrival, Fog Ind, Level 60 Monster</h4>

    In the bright and sunny sky, the sun had nted greatly to the West.

    On the limitless gray sea, a gray warship started to slow down.

    ¡°We¡¯ve finally arrived!¡± On the deck of the warship, Big Pineapple was all suited up, and spoke as he put down his military binocrs. ¡°We¡¯ve traveled on the sea for more than a day, and other than the two Quasi-Bosses we encountered yesterday, we haven¡¯t met any threatening monster after that; this is pretty boring. That¡¯s the destination, thend area doesn¡¯t look very small.¡±

    The others were not bothered by Big Pineapple¡¯s reckless words. Yesterday, because of the school of Knifefish and two Quasi-Bosses, the members of the team had been reduced by quite a lot.

    If they were to unfortunately have another encounter, they would have no ability topete with the North City people.

    Phoenix raised her binocrs to observe the area covered in dense fog exposed from the water surface a distance away.

    Around two to three kilometers from the warship, what was within sight, was not the typical situation on an ind in the sea but a huge area of gray fog.

    ¡°Everyone please take note, ahead are the ruins for this remation, Devil Tri-Horn Fog Ind. This region has serious disruption zones, many electronic devices will be affected upon entering these regions. In the daytime, there¡¯ll be huge amounts of fog, the brighter the sun the denser the fog, and it¡¯ll only disperse once the sun sets; which means we can only dock the ind in the evening, and that our main operations must be engaged in the night.¡± From the guidance channel came the voice of Frontline Command. ¡°A night environment for long-range professions is really not too friendly.¡±

    Wearing an Energy robe with a design that was old-fashioned to the max but was a piece of Legendary equipment unable to catch anyone¡¯s eyes, Zhao Yun stretchedzily.

    They had known long before from the information given by the Nine-Star Guild that this ruin had a unique environment.

    Through the scope, looking at the dense fog where the visibility was less than two meters, Feng Luo still felt like this remation was perhaps more challenging than imagined.

    If it were other fog-like types like smoke bombs, Wind Maniptors could blow it away, but if it were such a huge fog which covered several kilometers, dream on then, just wait it out.

    Half an hourter, the sun finally slowly descended to the other side of the foggy region.

    It could be seen with the naked eye that the density of the fog on their side had started to reduce quickly.

    ¡°Everyone, let¡¯s start preparing. Wait until the fog has dispersed to a certain degree and we¡¯ll start docking on the ind. I need to remind you that the water surrounding this ind has huge amounts of reef rock inside, so the warship can only go close to around one kilometer, then we¡¯ll reach the ind by small boats. Also, in the surrounding water, after the sunpletely sets and before it rises, there would be some monsters capable of overturning assault boats appearing, so even though there¡¯s no dense fog at night, there¡¯s seemingly no way of leaving the ind. Everyone, please take note of this!¡± In themand channel, Frontline Command reminded them once again.

    This was a restriction set by the system in order to make yers unable to leave the ind easily.

    In addition to the setting that yers would lose the prizes they had obtained on the ind upon death, it had made the yers of the two main cities even more unable to choose to cooperate.

    ¡°Sou, sou, sou...¡±

    At the edge of the warship, many yers started taking out their transport tools.

    Knowing the environment of this mission, most of the people changed their vehicles from cars to boats.

    Assault boats, hovercrafts, motorboats... all shapes and sizes of transport tools filled the surrounding water surface in an instant.

    Initially it was just a lone warship, but it quickly became a little like an aircraft carrier formation.

    ¡°Mister Feng, let¡¯s go together.¡± zed Ice from Red Queen¡¯s team retrieved a transparent ss assault boat sufficient for 10 people.

    ¡°Hey, y¡¯all go ahead, I¡¯ll take my own.¡± Big Pineapple smiled smugly and retrieved a well-textured grayish-ck streamlined motorboat.

    It was a Swordfish-Type S, priced at more than 1,500,000 credits. It was one of the fastest in War and could be said to be a nd bullet¡± in water, was highly shy, but with the only w of being able to amodate two people.

    ¡°It¡¯s a little squeezy over there with 10 people,e sit in mine.¡± Zhao Yun took out his own transport tool which was a pure metallic heavyweight assault boat with thick and heavy armor and a naval ram structured hull.

    It was a ck Shark-7000 ¨C its defense power was able to absorb even the explosions of mini-sized torpedoes as long as it was not directly hit, and its power performance was even better.

    Its price was great too ¨C over 8,000,000 credits, and required Energy Crystals of C-Grade and above to be driven, definitely the most expensive assault boat.

    Big Pineapple, who was initially a little smug, was instantly speechless.

    ...

    Two speedboats and a motorboat carrying over 10 yers started traveling towards the ind.

    Half of the fog within view had dispersed, a yellow beach stretched along the shore was visible.

    With a distance of almost a kilometer, of course much time had been spent.

    When Feng Luo and the others had travelled halfway in the first batch of boats that moved off, the boats of all the Nine-Star Guild yers in charge of re, was only 100 meters from the ind.

    Just then, the frontmost boat suddenly halted. The Energy Converter of the Fire Maniptor in the leading team started lighting up.

    ¡°Eh, they¡¯re really careful, prepared to clear out the docking point first?¡± Big Pineapple said.

    The previous time, when they were on Silverleaf Ind, they had almost fallen into the trap of the poisonous scorpion hidden under the sand.

    This time, the Nine-Star Guild team had a huge number of Scouts, able to discover any hidden crisis in advance.

    Even if they did not discover any crisis, they could choose to use a skill to re first.

    ¡°Boom, boom...¡±

    A huge amount of Fire Energy took the skies at the beach and at the forest behind the beach, smoke-erupting Energy Fireballs and dancing starry fire rain falling from the sky.

    The Fire Maniptor Level 40 ultimate move ¨C Meteor Rain.

    Moreover, it was a skill unleashed by a huge number of Fire Maniptors, theplete-powered ¡°Meteor Rain¡± which greatly increased the density of the Fire Energy within a certain region, enough to offset all the skill reducing sea environmental factors.

    ¡°St, st, st...¡±

    The fireballs dotting the sky fell, the beach above the sky, where the fog had notpletely dispersed, bing fiery red.

    ¡°-2001, -2123, -2434...¡±

    After the smoky fireballsnded and the wide beach exploded, the beach that was initially empty instantly saw huge numbers of damage coefficients emerging. At the same time, the silhouettes ofrge numbers of creatures of about more than a meter long appeared one by one.

    ¡°Hypertoxic Chameleon, Level 60 monster, average health 12000, has great camouging and environmental color imitation abilities!¡± On the ss boat which had entered the range for effective Detection and was travelling in the same line as Red Queen and her people on the ck Shark heavy boat, a slim female Scout yer quickly reported the monster¡¯s information.

 Chapter 584 - Pseudo-Environment, Chameleons

    <h4>Chapter 584: Pseudo-Environment, Chameleons</h4>

    ¡°I can tell it¡¯s an environmental camouge.¡±

    Everyone nodded in agreement.

    These lizards were standing on the surface of the beach but even Feng Luo was unable to notice them just by looking with the naked eye. It could be said that they had totally changed their bodies with the sand¡¯s color.

    As burning meteors and fiery rain fell continuously from the sky, the surface of the beach had turned into a different situation.

    A lizard-shaped creature appeared, densely covering the entire beach, and the color of its body became the same as the energy me that had spread, it was identical to the radiation emitted from the burning me. You might forget that War is a technological online game just by looking at this situation.

    Feng Luo thought that if they were ying a magical game, then these lizards would be the ¡°me elemental dragons¡± formed by the fire element, because the scene that was unfolding right in front of them was truly gorgeous.

    ¡°Boom, boom...¡±

    ¡°-2003, -2344, -2133...¡±

    However, no matter how strong their environmental camouge tricks were, they could not escape the tricks which covered the range of the entire beach from the elementalists.

    A ck-smoked fireball exploded on the beach, causing each of the fiery ¡°fire elemental dragons¡± to lose their health points rapidly from each attack.

    Just from the first attack on the ind, Feng Luo could tell that the coordination capabilities within the Nine-Star Guild yers were far superior aspared to the normal yers. There were more than thirty fire elementalists attacking together, but between each yer¡¯s skill coverage, none of which were ovepping, which maximized the effectiveness of each of their skills.

    For this aspect, it was not something that yers who just recently teamed up were able to do, even if they were all expert yers.

    ¡°Hiss, hiss...¡±

    However, the range of the meteor shower would cover almost the entire beach.

    Despite that, the base level of the Hypertoxic Chameleons was Level 60; this was a rare high-levelmon creature. Its health points could bepared to a Level 50 Elite monster.

    It was not as easy as using one skill to wipe out the monsters.

    More particrly, being a high-level monster, their AI would not allow them to simply stay idle and get beaten up on the beach.

    They quickly split into two groups, like a chameleon that leaped into mes. The portion that was closer to the ind of the beach chose to quickly flee into the forest behind them, the other portion which was closer to the coast of the beach, chose to run towards the sea.

    ¡°Hiss, hiss...¡±

    The chameleons, one after the other, quickly jumped into the sea from the me-covered beach.

    Next, these ¡°me lizards¡± did not swim or sink into the sea like the yers predicted.

    ¡°Click, click, click...¡±

    Upon jumping onto the surface of the sea, these lizards¡¯ limbs began to move at an extremely high frequency, so much so that it directly stood on the surface of the sea and rapidly charged towards the yers who were close.

    This was undoubtedly another visually felt image.

    Hundreds of me-burning lizards were running across the sea on the surface as a single clump of me burning in the sea. It drew countless fiery tracks on the evening ocean liner.

    ¡°Everyone be careful, this type of lizard is highly toxic. Don¡¯t allow it toe close enough to bite you.¡± Because of its proximity to the ind area,munication was disrupted, and the line ofmand was now through a loudhailer.

    ¡°Click, click, click...¡±

    This did not require a mention, but the yers who participated in this activity had nock of experience fighting monsters.

    On a speedboat, a scout¡¯s submachine gun had sounded, and coupled with the light blue wind de, crystal clear water arrow, it caused the sea surface to have water sparks fly everywhere. With those color-changing lizards moving at high-speed in the sea, the visuals were even moreplete.

    However, theposition of the image changed again, after the color-changing lizards charged into the sea a few meters.

    The color of each me lizard quickly faded, and eventually, the whole sea had lost its visual presence. Obviously, the color of these lizards, as they had a powerful color-changing ability, changed again with the environment and they became exactly the same as the sea.

    ¡°Environmental camouge. Do you want to consider upgrading this skill?¡± On the front of the ck Shark heavy boat, Feng Luo with Deathwing in his hands, stared at the lizards which were continuously disappearing in his sights, as he thought to himself.

    Yesterday, the Level 50 Quasi-Boss Sea Serpent dropped a Force Skills Fusion Chip, and he had not considered which skill to use it on.

    The degree of skill improvement after the use of the chip was rted to thepatibility of the skill with the yer¡¯s Force attribute, because the Force regeneration attribute was more special. Only a portion of his two professional skills had apatibility level above 50%, and most of these belonged to his Light Armored Warrior skills.

    Only two of the Sniper¡¯s career skills exceeded 50%, the higher of which was the environmental camouge with a 70%patibility.

    After almost understanding the difficulty of obtaining the Force Skills Fusion Chip, Feng Luo was more cautious with the use of this second chip.

    ¡°Maybe wait for a while longer, and spectate the situation.¡± Feng Luo thought for a while, as he still could not make his decision.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    While pondering in his mind, the Deathwing in his hand shot out a sniper bullet, to a distance nearly a hundred meters away, and urately hitting a piece of ¡°air.¡±

    ¡°-18500!¡±

    A gorgeous golden storm surge figure appeared in the air as an Elite chameleon that was more powerful than itspanions was blown away from the Deathwing as it inflicted an explosive effect.

    These chameleons were truly powerful with their camouging skills, as they could be fully integrated with the ocean¡¯s environment.

    The problem is that, although the color has changed, the ripples that formed in the high-speed movement of the sea surface could expose their position.

    It was like a yer¡¯s stealth that could not be visually discovered, but it was impossible to move without making any slight noise or not stepping on the ground at all. Abilities like environmental camouge and stealth might be very powerful, but the key was whether they could use it without any weaknesses.

    [You killed an Elite Level 60 Hypertoxic Chameleon. Kill contribution: 100%. Experience value gained: 120.]

    After the death of the Elite chameleon, it dropped several kinds of white-lighted loot. Two or three low-grade energy crystals, as well as a cap-sized chip-like object.

    ¡°Pet chip!¡± Feng Luo could identify what that chip was instantly.

    It was the kind of biochips that he had obtained from that Steel Beetle Boss in Exile Town. These solidified Chips were defective and needed to be repaired before they could be used.

    But these were not bad.

    A Pet Chip capable of contracting Elites costs at least a few thousand credits in the market.

    It was a wastnd that was not visited before, the drops from the monsters were definitely fruitful.

    ¡°Pet Chip, hey, my luck is not bad.¡± Feng Luo was not the only one with luck bursting from his Chip drop.

    There are several yers with good luck, and obtained Pet Chips.

    Those boats close to the beach were driven to the area where the spoils were floating, and some yers raised their hands into the sea to obtain their spoils.

    The Nine-Star Guild said that all the spoils belonged to the yers who obtained them, hence there were no professionals picking up that equipment.

 Chapter 585 - Invisible Command Level Monster

    <h4>Chapter 585: Invisible Command Level Monster</h4>

    These chameleons were above Level 60, hence the ratio of Elites was nearly half. The bounty that came out of them was better as well.

    Quickly, the sea was filled with many pieces of white and shiny loot.

    Although the number of monsters isrge, the number of yers was notughable. Their firepower was extremely aggressive as well.

    As a result, the remote yers were still attacking, and those short-range yers which did not have the chance to attack had driven their boats to the ce where the chameleons died and started picking up the loot.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    At that moment, a storm boat that was picking up the equipment was suddenly hit by something, and the whole thing was overturned, as several of the yers on the ship fell into the sea.

    One of the Scout yers was directly hit and fell out down-wind of their Storm Boat.

    ¡°What¡¯s the situation? From the size of these lizards, they should not be able to crash the boat.¡± Big Pineapple looked strangely at the suddenly overturned Storm Boat.

    ¡°Well, no, there¡¯s a big guy.¡± Feng Luo noticed that from the area covered by the yer¡¯s fire which was near the sea, new ripples had formed without them knowing. Some of them were more frequent than the Elite colored chameleons and the distance between the ripples was much farther.

    ¡°It¡¯s a Commander Monster, with more than 50,000 health points. Everyone, be careful, don¡¯t let theme close!¡± The Red Queen¡¯s high-profile female Scout, with her scouting talent, was shouting instructions.

    This monster was muchrger than the Elite lizard and was enough to threaten the boats at sea.

    However, they could not see their target in this situation.

    Not everyone had enough eye power to differentiate between the Elite and Commander monsters from the water column which was sshing due to the skills and the bullets hitting it.

    ¡°Wow, sh*t... the water is poisonous!¡± This time, the yers which fell out of their storm boats, could not help curse out.

    ¡°-453, -445, -456...¡±

    Poison damage was continuously dealing damage numbers above these yers¡¯ heads after they fell into the water.

    ¡°It¡¯s not that the sea is poisonous, it¡¯s the poison from the color-changing lizards which had died in the sea before.¡± Digital Cat said after thinking this through.

    Holding a medical pistol in her hand, she fired a therapeutic bullet at that Scout yer.

    Since the system named this creature a Hypertoxic Chameleon lizard, it was obvious that the toxicity from these creatures was its main attacking move.

    It was rather unexpected for this toxicity to cause hundreds of damage points every second after being diluted by seawater. If it was a direct bite, the drop in health points would have been disastrous.

    ¡°Damn... This toxicity also has visual disturbances that can make people visually impaired. Doctor, give me an antidote!¡± The yers who fell into the water in front of them were swearing, and after obtaining some health points from Digital Cat¡¯s healing shot, they frantically asked her for aid again.

    ¡°Pop!¡±

    Digital Cat followed their requests and shot an antidote over.

    ¡°-404, -402, -399...¡±

    ¡°The toxic damage is only reduced by 10%. This is a high-grade specialty toxin, so the primary antidote effect is too poor.¡± Digital Cat looked at the change in the health point value on the yer¡¯s head and frowned.

    ¡°ss-D therapeutic agents, primary antidotes...¡± That was when the yer saw the system prompt pop up in the field of view. After being stunned for two seconds, his face immediately became a little angry and turned back.

    ¡°F*ck, are you intentionally fooling around with me? Who would use a primary antidote as yers of this level?¡±

    Not to mention the fact that the yers who were participating in this event were all-star yers, who should be carrying at least a C-level treatment agent. Who would ever, in this type of dangerous situation, only use this kind of medicine which was only suitable for low-level yers.

    ¡°Oh...¡± There was no way he would know that Digital Cat was unable to use antidotes of an intermediate level and above since she had not been medically trained.

    Of course, in the face of this kind of people who would only swear at others who took the initiative to help them, even if Digital Cat had high-level antidotes, she would not use it on them.

    Next to her, White Crescent noticed the situation and shot an expert level antidote over, decisively causing his poison damage to fall below 250.

    Even if it was an expert antidote, it could only reduce the damage by 50%.

    The lizard¡¯s poison was a special toxin, so his health points would fall rapidly again if he stayed in the sea after the antidote¡¯s effect ran out.

    However, because of his words just now, neither the Red Queen nor Zhao Yun, had intentions to drive their Storm Boats over to rescue him.

    At this time, the two Storm Boats did not have the spare time to save him, because the entire team on the ind, for the time being, had been caught in a mess.

    They had not even gone onto the ind, and the strength of the first wave of monsters they encountered was a little stronger than what everyone had predicted.

    In addition to therge number of Elite lizards that charged out from the adjacent beach, there were at least ten Commander Grade chameleons mixed in.

    If it was an ordinary team, they would suffer great losses at this stage.

    Although the monster was above Level 50, its strength would not have huge changes.

    Compared to Level 50 and below monsters that yers usually deal with, its attack and defense had been greatly improved and it was not easily defeated.

    What¡¯s more, they even had the perverted skill of being able to camouge in the environment.

    ...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s Deathwing shifted to the side as a shot hit the ¡°air¡± which was not further than ten meters from his position.

    ¡°-15030!¡±

    A golden impact damage value appeared, a color-changing lizard that charged ten meters in front of the crowd was hit into devastation.

    ¡°Wow!¡±

    On the surface of the sea, a pile of loot broke out. There were energy crystals, two material-like items, a Chip, and a potion-like item.

    ¡°Another Chip! Feng, your luck is really good today. Another fatal blind shot and another Chip as loot.¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes lit up, as he had reached out to help Feng Luo pick up the Chip from the sea.

    This was a second-generation Intermediate Biological Chip. That is a Commander Pet Chip.

    ¡°Blind shot?¡± On the ss Storm Boat close by, ck Panther, who was holding a sniper rifle as well, turned and looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°No.¡± Feng Luo shook his head.

    That was not a blind shot, but one that relied on observation and judgment.

    It was one made based on the size of the Commander lizard seen earlier and the spacing of the ripples, then determining the fatal position of their heads.

    Following the ripples on the surface of the sea, grasping the opportunity and shooting down the chameleon with a shot.

    Of course, in the twenty-plus snipers who participated in this activity, not many would have been able to do so, including the one who was hyped as ¡°the first sniper of the war season.¡±

    The man, Invikill, was instead fully wet while holding his sniper rifle and constantly having damage numbers above his head, who was climbing onto a storm boat from the sea.

    ...

    The chaos of the battle persisted for some time.

    Fortunately, it was all expert yers here who were still calm and steady facing this situation.

    After nearly five minutes of thend battle, there were no new chameleons appearing on the beach.

    Other than the small portion of the yers who were guarding the Nine-Star Guild warship, the rest of the yers had officially stepped onto this ind which was going to be reimed.

    Additionally, the rewards were still fulfilling despite the fact that this strategy was slightly damaging.

    Other than Feng Luo, there were two other yers who had gotten leadership-level Pet Chips, plus at least fifty-plus Elite level Chips.

    Based on this wave of monsters alone, the Chips dropped had a market value nearing a few millions of credits.

    Needlessly to say, this ind, having an area of a hundred square kilometers, would definitely have monsters of simr amounts.

 Chapter 586 - EaChapter With Their Own Tactics, Tripartite Forces

    <h4>Chapter 586: Each With Their Own Tactics, Tripartite Forces</h4>

    ¡°For a hundred-kilometer-wide ind, it is estimated to be a lot more difficult to wipe out the ind, especially when they are moving out at night.¡± Upon encountering difficult monsters when they were embarking to the ind, some people could not help but mutter about the difficulty of these wastnds.

    ¡°There is no need to wipe it out entirely. From the information we have from the previous missions, there are only ten types of monsters on the ind in total. In each monster¡¯s cluster area, there is a research base. Theoretically, the Quasi-Boss ss Pet Chip should be in the base. Additionally, other than the ten sub-bases, there is a general research base in the core area of the ind, so there might be a Boss ss Pet Chip inside. That is to say, we really only need to deal with these eleven research bases and finish off the monsters within.¡± Zi Wei stood at a slightly higher position, as she used the loudspeaker to tell the yers who were recuperating after embarking to the ind.

    After entering the ind, themunication tools were in a state of serious interference and estimated that for some reason, the Nine-Star Guild executives did not disclose the line ofmand within the hidden upations of which was able to restore themunication devices.

    At this time, they could onlymunicate through loud speaking.

    The words Zi Wei said, was actually the information the yers obtained from the Nine-Star Guild. However, there had to be yers who did not read through them thoroughly, and she exined it again.

    ¡°This wastnd ind is a triangle, and we entered in this direction of the ind, near our side there are a total of four research bases.¡± Frontline Command opened an instrument in hand, projecting arge triangr map of the ind in the sky.

    ¡°ording to previous information, the SK Guild should havended on this side, and their side also has four research bases.¡± Frontline Command pointed to some of the spots on the map which emitted yellow light.

    ¡°However, thest two sub-bases are on the third side of the ind, about the same distance from our position. These two ces are likely to have to be decided bypetition. Of course, at the general research base in the center, there is a conflict there, it might be the final battle to decide victory. When the timees, I really need to depend on everybody.¡± Zi Wei said with a smile.

    ¡°Haha... Vice-Director Zi Wei, please rx. We will help your guildplete this duty.¡±

    ¡°Hey, I heard that there are a lot of local tycoons in North City. However, it is clear that their fighting strength can not bepared to us in Storm City...¡±

    ¡°Since we have joined, we would definitely do our best.¡±

    yers around the area responded.

    Of course, in addition to these people who have expressed their emotions, someone had thought of an issue.

    ¡°Wait a minute, Vice-Director Zi Wei, ording to your instructions, we first sweep the sub-bases then enter the main base, yes? Since there are Boss Chips in the main base, why don¡¯t we just take the base first and then clean up the sub-bases?¡± Some yers sounded out their qualms with a puzzled voice.

    There are Quasi-Boss Chips in the sub-base, but there might be Boss Chips in the primary base.

    The estimate of whether ten Quasi-Boss Chips or one Boss Chip is more useful, this type of estimate depends on each individual.

    In terms of the price obtained from selling at an auction, a Boss Chip is more expensive than ten Quasi-Boss Chips.

    Most of the yers who participated wanted to get the high-level Chips not for credits.

    There was no denying that some yers value the credits that the Chip represented, and was carrying the hope of selling them off for credits. In particr, some scattered yers.

    ¡°It¡¯s not a bad idea, but I feel that we shouldbine our powers and take down the general base, this way, we can guarantee that we will obtain the Boss Chip. If we don¡¯t go about doing this way, if the people in North City do it this way, then the Boss Chip will end up in their hands.¡± A yer who was fully soaked and patting health points supplements shouted loudly.

    Feng Luo scanned the area and discovered that it was the Scout yer who had fallen into the water in front of them.

    Previously no one wanted to save him, this guy nearly died in the sea because of persistent poisoning. At the moment, he was not looking too well, but his eyes were constantly turning.

    ¡°After analyzing the information given on the mission, we thought that the difficulty of the main base is very high, there should be a Boss existing inside. If we attack it hastily, we might suffer huge losses. However, these sub-bases are much less difficult than they are, at best, only Quasi-Boss level monsters. With our strength, in the case of open terrain, as long as we are coordinating appropriately, we should not suffer that much of a loss. More importantly, there are restraining messages and items in these sub-bases that are targeted at the corresponding kind of monster. Like special antidotes... Just now those lizards were highly toxic. A fighter without special antidotes trapped in an enclosed space, even one who was a heavy-armor fighter, would not be able to hold out for long.¡± Zi Wei¡¯s face did not change much, she only red at him for a while before exining. ¡°I think the people of North City would not go directly to the main base.¡±

    ...

    ¡°President Park, have you heard anything? The people of Storm City should have arrived.¡±

    While the yers of Storm City were getting ready for their operation, on the other side of the triangr ind, arge group of yers boarded the ind after killing some monsters.

    On top of arge luxury cruise ship a kilometer from the ind, a group of North City Guild executives was surrounding a middle-aged yer with a golden badge with the ¡°SK¡± flying bird pattern on his chest asked.

    ¡°Yes, they have arrived. Like us, they met the first wave of monsters when theynded on the ind. It is not clear how much damage has been done because of the disruption ofmunication after entering the ind, plus entering the operation state when we got to the ind, so we are unable to transmit information on our own will like how we did on the ship. However, yesterday they met two Quasi-Bosses on the open sea, which damaged dozens of people. Because of that, the total number of people could not bepared to us.¡± The middle-aged yer wore decorated gold-wire sses and had a mild temperament, but there was a slight glint in his eyes.

    It made him seem more like a sessful businessman instead of the president of a super-guild.

    ¡°It was due to President Park¡¯s contacts that we were able to find people who were willing to help us transmit information in such a short time. Having the advantage ofmunication and the difference in numbers makes us undefeatable.¡± Several other guild executives also had a smile on their faces.

    The Top Executives of the Northern City Guild were not surprised that the SK Guild had ced a spy in the Storm City¡¯s wastnds yers.

    This game was not like reality. Here, it was easy to buy people over.

    In particr, the Nine-Star Guild split their quota to scattered yers since they wanted to build their reputation. As such, they had to take this risk.

    ¡°All of us were chosen from the major guilds so all of us can be trusted...¡± President Park looked around at the yers and showed a confident expression on his face.

    Of course, he still had a statement to make, in reality, it was still okay if they were not trustable.

    Now that the yers who participated in the mission, upon entering the ind, the system had prompted that they were unable to go offline and unable to receive news from outside.

    If they were forced offline, or because of some emergency messages and had to go offline, then the yers would be controlled by the system until the end of the mission, they were unable to go back online.

    This means that even if there were spies among their North City yers, they would be unable to pass information to their people in the Nine-Star Guild due to the disruption ofmunication on the ind.

    He only revealed his tactical arrangement after the people entered the inds, as they could not possibly pass the information to the yers from Storm City.

    ¡°They would think we¡¯re not going to clean up the sub-bases first, but instead we¡¯re going to save strength and send someone through internally to look for their location. In time, as long as we win the team fight, the spoils of their bases will be ours.¡±

    The masterminds of the North City guild all had smiles on their faces.

    ...

    yers in both cities took different strategic tactics at the start of the mission.

    A dozen nautical miles away on thest side of the triangr ind, severalrge armed pirate ships were resting on the grey surface of the sea.

    On the gship deck of the fleet of weapons, a middle-aged NPC pirate leader with a scar on his face slowly lowered his telescope and mouthed, ¡°It¡¯s almost time, set sail!¡±

    Behind this pirate leader were hundreds of heavily armed pirates and a dozen people covered in ck cloth, carrying two slender knives; quirkily dressed NPCs, and several NPC scientists wearing technology sses who were protected by these people.

    Of course, ¡°dressing up oddly¡± was targeting the people of Star Gaming.

    Seeing how these dozens of NPC dressed up, if they were to let Feng Luo see them, he must have rted them to the ss back on earth called ¡°ninjas.¡±

    In addition to hundreds of pirates and ¡°ninjas,¡± there were about a hundred yers on the pirate ship.

    At this point, these yers were talking to each other excitedly as they looked at the sky which was starting to darken.

    ¡°The federal camp yers in Storm City and North City wouldn¡¯t have thought that this mission would have us participating in addition to them. Pet Chips were already the advantage of our Rebel Camp, how can the system give them such advantageous technology in an instant?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯d like to thank the Nine-Star Guild and the SK Guild for making this matter so high-profile. If we are able to obtain the final victory, everyone would turn famous immediately.¡±

    From the discussions these people were having, it can be seen that the yers on this ship are yers of the Rebel Camp, and their purpose was also the Pet Chip relic.

    ¡°I¡¯m only worried it isn¡¯t this easy. The people from both sides are high-skilled experts and star yers.¡± Although these people were most excited and uneasy, there were people who still mentioned it.

    ¡°What star yers? Aren¡¯t they just people with better equipment and then blowing it up with more money? We are the Elites chosen from the camp. In terms of potential, I am confident that we would not be inferior to those star yers. What¡¯s more, other than our advantage in the pet¡¯s aspect, we also have the NPC pirates¡¯ aid. Most importantly, we have this stealth mission so when we enter the ind, the final victory belongs to us. I can¡¯t wait to see the people from the federal camps expressions.¡±

 Chapter 587 - First Base

    <h4>Chapter 587: First Base</h4>

    ¡°Maniptor team two, switch! Heavy Armor Warriors, take note and defend, don¡¯t let those Commander Grade Hypertoxic Lizards get here! Machine Gunners, Machine Gunners, hurry! The right side...¡±

    The sky had turned dark. Somewhere on the ind, within a range of around one kilometer on the hamada, gravel covered the ground as a fierce battle ensued.

    Multiple Chameleons that were over Level 60 gathered into groups before moving towards the yers who were charging toward the center of the hamada. The Chameleons charged in a way simr to a suicide attack.

    As for the yers, the long range professions positioned themselves in the middle while the warriors stationed themselves outside.

    The high speed shooting of Machine Gunners and the continuously released ultimate attacks of Maniptors created an imprable defensive line, and the amazing firepower kept most Chameleons at least a hundred meters away from them.

    ¡°sh, sh...¡±

    While a few Chameleons were lucky enough to get through the gaps of the defense line after losing most of their HP, they would be ultimately dealt with by the Light Armor Warriors or Scouts defending the area.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    Apart from the Maniptors and the Machine Gunners, four Tiger A-50 robots, each over five meters tall, were also on the hamada. At that time, the four barrel heavy machine guns on the A-50s were spinning and firing shots that crushed the Hypertoxic Chameleons into pieces.

    Although it was rare for normal yers to see robots, forrge guilds, they were standard for most activities.

    However, the ind environment was not exactly the most suitablebat setting for thesebat robots. In addition,rge robot parts could not be ced inside yer inventories, delivering the parts via military ships or transport vessels was simply too much of a hassle.

    As such, Nine-Star Guild only assembled four of these robots for this battle.

    ¡°Hiss, hiss...¡±

    The number of Chameleons standing across the yers in groups was decreasing very quickly. However, there was a lot of them left, and almost half of those remaining were Elite Grade monsters, and the yers were still at a huge disadvantage.

    The Chameleons¡¯ Environment Blend skill was just too strong. However, the skill seemed to be a passive skill.

    Thanks to a chance encounter when getting on the ind, the specialists from Nine-Star Guild had long devised ns to deal with them.

    The Fire Maniptors in the team kept casting fire type skills around them while they moved. Some were even doing so much that they had seemed to have given up maximizing their damage.

    The moment the mes touched the ground, the Chameleons that should have blended in with the environment were forced to return to their true self.

    The Chameleons werepletely drowned by the sheer number of long-range attacks thrown at them. Even the Commander Grade Hypertoxic Chameleons that had over 50,000 HP failed to reach the yers.

    Their bodies were double the size of a normal Hypertoxic Chameleon. The moment the mes exposed their location, theserger sized Commander Grade Chameleons would be targeted and attacked by all those experienced top yers.

    In an empty hamada space, there were no obstacles in the way. While these lizards had high levels and HP, it was impossible for them to survive a round of focus fire attack.

    [You¡¯ve contributed to killing Hypertoxic Chameleon (Level 62: Elite) Contribution: 23.4%. Obtained Experience: 1029.]

    [You¡¯ve contributed to killing Hypertoxic Chameleon (Level 60: Commander) Contribution: ...]

    [You¡¯ve killed...]

    Multiple messages indicating Feng Luo¡¯s experience gain popped up into his sight. His Level 53 experience bar was gradually increasing.

    These experience points were meaningless to other yers; however, for Feng Luo, they were valuable experience points that could help increase his levels.

    As things unfolded, the Life Protozoa leveled up again and was now Level 34.

    Additionally, when clearing maps and farming monsters, there was a building located close to the center of the hamada. A worn-out building that waspletely constructed from metal was within 100 meters of the yers.

    ¡°Everyone, be careful. A Quasi-Boss Grade monster may appear at any time. Everyone, scatter around, maintain a certain distance between one another in case the Quasi-Boss Grade monster uses an area of effect skill to attack! Scouts, find the position of the Quasi-Boss monster!¡± Frontline Command shouted instructions through a loudspeaker. However, in an environment where skills, shots, and explosions abound, themands were not very clear.

    However, while many did not hear themands, the yers still maintained a certain distance between one another.

    While normal monsters were nothing to them, they had to respect a Quasi-Boss Grade monster.

    In particr, the Hypertoxic Chameleons were high level monsters, and the Quasi-Boss monster of the same species was guaranteed a high level as well. Even though every yer in the team was fully equipped with Rare Grade items, it was still possible for them to be wiped out in one attack.

    The first Quasi-Boss level Chip was going to appear soon. No one wanted to die and be removed from the scene at this moment.

    ¡°Northwest, 60 degrees. Clear!¡±

    ¡°South side, clear!¡±

    ¡°East. Clear...¡±

    All of the Scout yers in the team activated their recon meters and kept using the Detection skill in different directions. At the same time, they continued to report their findings to Frontline Command in the center.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Before one of the Scout yers could finish speaking, near the building of the base in the hamada, the sand around a location suddenly burst into the air and arger than normal Hypertoxic lizard appeared.

    At the same time, a chilling and dangerous aura filled the area.

    ¡°Warning, warning... Discovered a high energy creature. Discovered a high energy creature.¡± A warning came from the personal terminal of each of the yers.

    ¡°It has finally appeared!¡±

    However, after hearing the warning sound, the yers at the scene did not seem to be worried; on the contrary, they looked relieved and delighted.

    The threat posed by a Quasi-Boss monster that appeared was much lower than a Quasi-Boss monster still hiding somewhere.

    Since many yers were already focused on the research facility building in the first ce, they were able to discover the monster appearing from underground almost immediately.

    ¡°Attack!¡±

    Without any hesitation, most long range attackers had started sending their attacks toward the monster.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The sky was suddenly filled with fireballs, wind des, bullets... They descended toward the monster like heavy rain.

    Fiverge robots, as well as a few summoned pets, released their long range attacks at therge figure at the same time. The me from the shots lit up the area and exposed therge body of the monster.

    ¡°-344, -444, -566...¡±

    ¡°-2345!¡±

    ¡°-3445!¡±

    A bunch of damage numbers appeared and almostpletely covered therge Hypertoxic Chameleon that had just appeared.

    While it was a Quasi-Boss Grade monster that had around 300,000 to 400,000 HP, it should not be able to survive the round of focus fire attack.

    In the next moment, the system notification had popped up.

    [You¡¯ve killed Hypertoxic Chameleon (Level 70: Commander Grade). Kill Contribution: Obtained Experience...]

    ¡°Huh? We¡¯ve killed it already? Hold on a sec. It is not a Quasi-Boss Grade monster, it is only a Commander Grade monsters.

    ¡°No way! We targeted the wrong monster? If this is only the Commander Grade monster, then where is the Quasi-Boss Grade monster?¡±

    ¡°Careful!¡±

    The moment the monster died, some yers began to cheer. However, they reacted quickly to the situation almost instantly.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    While they reacted very quickly, over a dozen white light of death had already brightened an area in the middle of the team where the long range attackers were being protected while a bunch of damage numbers popped up at the same time.

 Chapter 588 - Level 70 Quasi-Boss

    <h4>Chapter 588: Level 70 Quasi-Boss</h4>

    ¡°Damn it, that Quasi-Boss appeared at the center so suddenly.¡±

    Over a dozen white lights of death brightened the area at the same time. There was no need to mention what caused the high number of death in such a short amount of time.

    No one would have imagined that the Quasi-Boss monster would appear right in the middle of the team when so many Scouts had been using their Detection skill the whole time.

    Amidst the bright lights, a Maniptor yer shouted loudly, ¡°Agh! Damn it! I was bitten!¡±

    After his teammates were attacked, the fire energy shield he had activated was instantly gone.

    He felt a surge of paining from his leg, and a poison damage number of over 2,000 per second popped up above his head.

    The damage number was undoubtedly frightening. While a Doctor yer immediately threw a blood tonic and an Expert Level antidote on his body, the poison damage per second was still over 1,000, and there was no way he was going to survive it.

    However, when he shouted loudly, it helped several yers see, albeit vaguely, the thing that attacked him.

    It was a small one-foot long lizard-like creature whose body was blurry and somewhat translucent.

    The lizard could control its camouge ability freely. It did not reveal itself even after being affected by the energy mes. It only revealed its body slightly at the moment it attacked the Maniptor yer. After that, it disappeared instantly and caused the skill attacks that nearby yers threw at it to miss.

    ¡°Scouts! Hurry up!¡± Frontline Command had turned around as he shouted to the Scout yers gathered around him.

    ¡°I can¡¯t detect it. It has an anti-detection skill. I can¡¯t locate its position.¡±

    ¡°I can¡¯t find it either...¡±

    The battle-hardened Scout yers did not need to say that they had used the Detection skill. Nheless, most of the Scouts¡¯ recon meters did not show the location of the monster.

    ¡°It is a Level 70 Quasi-Boss monster. It only has 250,000 HP. It is incredibly quick and its anti-detection ability is way too strong.¡± The Nine-Star Guild Scout who fought against Feng Luo before in the arena said. The silver recon meter he was holding showed some info about the monster atst.

    It did not take long for the orange dot that appeared on the recon meter, which signified the Quasi-Boss monster, to vanish instantly. There was no time to lock it down.

    ¡°Be careful, Old North, the Quasi-Boss monster is charging toward you guys.¡± In that brief moment, Frontline Command, who only managed to see the general direction, shouted through the loudspeaker.

    With his reminder, the yers in that area hastily scattered around and kept their distance between one another. This helped prevent another instant KO situation from urring.

    However, a Machine Gunner yer failed to dodge in time. One of his calves was bitten by this small but agile Quasi-Boss lizard monster.

    ¡°-2000, -2000...¡±

    The damage received from being bitten was not high, it was only in the double digits. However, the consequent poison damage was incredibly frightening, taking 2,000 health each second.

    In just three seconds, the Machine Gunner had spasmed and turned into the white light of death before the Doctor yers reached him to help.

    ¡°The poison is crazy!¡±

    Several yers¡¯ colors changed after witnessing the scene before them.

    Such crazy poison. The only ones capable of withstanding them were probably the Heavy Armor Warriors.

    After all, they were fully d in heavy and thick armor. Theoretically, a small lizard like this should not be able to bite through it.

    Even if they were bitten, with over 20,000 HP, high negative affliction resistance, and the assistance of Doctor yers; Heavy Armor Warriors were a lot less likely to die.

    However, the problem was that the warrior professions were all ced in the outer ring of the team.

    When the Quasi-Boss Hypertoxic Chameleon appeared, the remaining normal Chameleons on the hamada seemed to have gone crazy at the same time and started attacking the yers together.

    In an instant, with enemies on both sides, the battlefield became quite chaotic. The white light of death even appeared among those located in the outeryers.

    While the yers were able to deal with the Hypertoxic Chameleons without taking any damage, dealing with a horde of over Level 60 monsters was not an easy feat.

    Not to mention there were also a bunch of Elite Grade monsters as well as a few Commander Grade monsters mixed. While the good equipment of the yers prevented them from being killed in one hit, two or three attacksnding at the same time would be enough to kill a yer.

    The Quasi-Boss lizard disappearedpletely after attacking that Machine Gunner earlier. After the attack, it had hidden somewhere again.

    The monster was small, and with its perfect camouge ability, it was able to hide from the yers. By the time its area of effect skill cooldown psed, it was going to kill more than one yer.

    ¡°Old Kong, even your Legendary Grade recon meter can¡¯t pinpoint the location of this Quasi-Boss monster?¡± Frontline Command, who stood beside the Scout yer, asked with an anxious expression on his face.

    ¡°This guy¡¯s camouge ability is too strong, and we have a 20 level difference. With my Detection skill in cooldown, even a Legendary Grade recon meter is useless. Unless I had the Force, then I¡¯d be able to activate the bonus skill ¡®Tracer.¡¯ Otherwise...¡± The Scout yer with the ID ¡®Jing Kong¡¯ stared at the silver recon meter called ¡®Tracer¡¯ that he was holding in his hand while shaking his head with a serious expression.

    ¡°Will you be able to locate it if you activate the skill?¡± A voice came from beside Feng Luo.

    The reason that Feng Luo appeared in that location was quite simple. Although the Nine-Star Guild did not let Frontline Command expose Feng Luo¡¯s hidden profession due to some reasons, if the situation turned sour, he would still have to use the Force to activate his profession¡¯s device. Since this was the first base battle, the chances of something unexpected urring was even higher.

    To be prepared, Feng Luo was not with Big Pineapple and the others at that moment, instead, he stayed with the Nine-Star Guild¡¯smanding team.

    From Frontline Command¡¯s words just now, Feng Luo understood why the Scout yer was able to discover the Scout Beetles at such a long distance in the arena.

    The detection ability of a Legendary Grade recon meter was, without a doubt, a lot stronger than a Rare Grade recon meter.

    ¡°That¡¯s right. The recon meter¡¯s bonus skill allows the recon meter to maintain a strengthened and enhanced detection status. No matter how good the Quasi-Boss monster is at hiding, we¡¯d be able to find it.¡± Jing Kong nodded and said confidently.

    Although Feng Luo was the only outsider among those in the area, after learning that Feng Luo was the Sniper in the arena, Jing Kong became quite intrigued and interested in him.

    Earlier, he invited Feng Luo to another PK match, and the two of them were getting very well-acquainted.

    Of course, Feng Luo declined the offer with a bitter smile. He really did not want to have another PK match with anyone.

    ¡°Then take this.¡± Immediately after Jing Kong answered confidently, Feng Luo passed a red syringe to him.

    ¡°This is... F*ck me. This is actually the...¡± Jing Kong initially received the ¡°Quasi Force Potion¡± from Feng Luo suspiciously. After he saw the stats of the potion, both his eyes widened as he cursed a few times.

    ¡°Hurry up. If the Quasi-Boss attacks again, we¡¯ll be suffering a lot of losses.¡± Feng Luo reminded him.

    Feng Luo did not n to bring out the Force Potion so quickly. Due to time constraints, Lin was only able to produce around a dozen or so of these Quasi Force Potions.

    If he were to reveal the fact that he had these with him early, it was almost a given that those with Legendary Grade items would start to bug him.

    However, the current situation was quite bad.

    They did not know where the Quasi-Boss was hiding. By the time its skill¡¯s cooldown was over, a dozen or so yers would likely face instant death. This was the time for him to bring the potions out.

    ¡°Immediately.¡± Jing Kong nodded excitedly, injecting the needle into his body.

    He turned on his recon meter and pressed something on the device.

    ¡°Found it! It is over there!¡± After two seconds, the screen on the recon meter suddenly changed. A tiny orange dot that remained immobile suddenly appeared right behind a Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s alloy shield.

 Chapter 589 - Sniping Scope Lock Function

    <h4>Chapter 589: Sniping Scope Lock Function</h4>

    ¡°What a cunning Quasi-Boss monster.¡± When the yers found the Quasi-Boss¡¯ position through the recon meter, a few of the yers had that thought on their mind.

    A Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s shield weighed over a hundred kilograms. yers were only able to move freely thanks to the power armor¡¯s driving force.

    Although the Hypertoxic Chameleon was a Level 70 Quasi-Boss monster, it was less than one foot in size, and it was probably less than ten pounds. By resting on the alloy shield, the yers had no way to detect its presence at all.

    No matter how the yers searched for it in the crowd, they never would have thought that it would hide behind an alloy shield that was being used to block the Chameleon horde¡¯s attack. With this, the Quasi-Boss monster could easily follow the movement of the yers and wait for its skill to cool down.

    This lizard thoroughly disyed the high AI of Boss Grade monsters in War.

    It was not simply high AI, there were also its agility and quick reaction specific to Boss ss monsters.

    ¡°Tst!¡±

    Less than a tenth of a second after it was detected by the recon meter, the Level 70 Quasi-Boss lizard, which was initially resting on the shield, suddenly turned its head around.

    It blinked several times quickly and before long, the orange dot on the Legendary Grade recon meter screen quickly charged towards the group of yers who had detected its presence. Its movement speed was so fast that it caught a few by surprise.

    ¡°Shit!¡± Without a need to speak, the situation was very clear.

    ¡°Heavy Armor Warriors, protect Jing Kong!¡± Frontline Command¡¯s expression changed drastically.

    If Jing Kong, who owned the Legendary Grade recon meter, died, the Quasi-Boss, with its peculiar and frightening camouge ability, would most certainly be a huge problem.

    This Boss was, without a shred of doubt, incredibly smart.

    ...

    Although most of the Heavy Armor Warriors were on the outside of the formation, since they were themanding group, a few Heavy Armor Warriors were still present.

    As such, when Frontline Command shouted, those Heavy Armor Warriors rushed over instantly with their shields raised.

    However, the problem was how were they going to protect the Scout?

    While they had discovered the Quasi-Boss lizard¡¯s position, they could only see it through the screen of the Legendary Grade recon meter. Finding the lizard with the naked eye was undoubtedly a challenge.

    A few Heavy Armor Warriors charged over with their alloy shields raised as they could not see how they could protect Jing Kong except using their shields.

    However, with the small size of the Quasi-Boss lizard, it was capable of charging past the gaps between the shields and directly biting and poisoning Jing Kong to death.

    The orange dot on the Legendary Grade recon meter¡¯s screen was incredibly quick. Although the Quasi-Boss lizard was moving, its speed was more like a cannonball. Even with the Heavy Armor Warriors charging in, they would not make it in time.

    The only thing capable of blocking a cannonball was probably a bullet.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo aimed Wings of Death to an empty space in front of a group of panicking yers before pulling the trigger with his index finger.

    A searing hot bullet exited the gun chamber. With the energy elerator bonus, in less than one-tenth of a millisecond, the bullet had spun and traveled over a dozen meters.

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    ¡°-2256!¡±

    The bullet flying towards an empty space suddenly burst into a ball of me midair as if it hit something.

    The orange dot on the recon meter was closing in at high speed, when it suddenly moved backward about a dozen meters, hitting the ground and leaving a small crater in its wake. A one-foot long blurred figure finally appeared.

    The Quasi-Boss lizard was exposed after getting shot.

    ¡°Tsst!¡±

    Although it was directly hit by the bullet and was forced backward, the Hypertoxic Chameleon Quasi-Boss¡¯ keratin scales that had the ability to change colors also possessed incredible defense. The bullet only dealt a white Normal Damage.

    Moreover, the Quasi-Boss only revealed itself for a brief moment after it crashed to the ground.

    In the next moment, after receiving a few more attacks from several yers who reacted incredibly fast, it lost around 10,000 HP as a result, and the Quasi-Boss lizard vanished again.

    ¡°Automatic Mode! ¡°Rapid Shooting!¡± However, after firing the first shot, Feng Luo switched Wings of Death¡¯s mode to Automatic, which reduced the shooting gap by half, and at the same time, he also used the skill ¡®Rapid Shooting.¡¯

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    One-tenth of a second after the Quasi-Boss Hypertoxic Chameleon disappeared, Wings of Death fired a second bullet.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-5778!¡±

    The Quasi-Boss was only able to move less than ten meters after disappearing. It was once again hit by the B-Grade degration once more, and was forced to reveal its body yet again. Additionally, it was sent rolling on the ground as a result of the shot¡¯s impact once again..

    At the same time, the damage number that popped up above its head changed from the white Normal Damage of around 2,000 to a yellow Weak Point Damage of around 5,000.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh... Boom...¡±

    This time, other yers around the area who tried to focus their attacks on the Quasi-Boss earlier but missed also came to their senses. They threw a bunch of attacks at it once more. In an instant, a lot of burst damage was focused on the monster, causing it to lose more than 20% of its HP in one go.

    Although it had insane camouge and poison skils, its low HP of around 200,000 made it impossible for it to behave as recklessly as the Quasi-Boss giant Sea Serpent from before which could tank the yers¡¯ attack while initiating attacks of its own.

    ¡°Sniper, you¡¯re not too shabby!¡±

    ¡°Nice rifle!¡±

    ¡°Wonderful! Amazing!¡±

    However, when attacks were flung towards the Quasi-Boss lizard, several yers also raised their voices to praise Feng Luo¡¯s move.

    The Quasi-Boss lizard was only one foot long and had a camouge skill and frightening speed. Additionally, it was night time, which equaled a very dark environment. With these conditions, not to mention hitting the target, but to hit it twice within one second, just what kind of marksmanship and skills were needed?

    While everyone present was a top yer, many of them were prideful and egoistic, and as such, generally did not like praising others.

    However, because they were all experts, they understood the difficulty of achieving that feat. Both of Feng Luo¡¯s shots just now were very difficult.

    ¡°Is it a blind snipe? Does he have other methods to see the Quasi-Boss?¡± Compared to the other yers who were further away, Jing Kong and a few of the other Nine-Star Guild yers could not help but wonder about that.

    Feng Luo was right beside them, and as a result, the situation was a lot clearer to them.

    Earlier, with the Quasi-Boss charging towards them, Jing Kong could not help but hide behind the Heavy Armor Warriors with his Legendary Grade recon meter in hand.

    In such a situation, Feng Luo should not have been able to know the Quasi-Boss¡¯ position.

    Even if he were able to see the position of the monster on the recon meter¡¯s screen, for high-speed shooting thatsted less than one second, there was no way he¡¯d be aiming while staring at the recon meter, right?

    With that in mind, were Feng Luo¡¯s shots blind snipes or not? Or perhaps he had another way to pinpoint the Quasi-Boss¡¯ position?

    However, if Feng Luo could see it by himself, why did he need Jing Kong¡¯s help to search for it with the recon meter earlier?

    ¡°Follow the trajectory of my bullets and attack!¡± While the Nine-Star Guild yers were still wondering about the reason, Feng Luo shouted while moving Wings of Death very quickly.

    Sniping blindly was naturally impossible.

    The real reason Feng Luo was able to hit both his shots was within his sniping scope. Within Feng Luo¡¯s sight through the sniping scope, a very clear red dot that was moving very quickly was being followed by the gun muzzle with a target lock function.

    Wings of Death was a Rare Grade sniper rifle. However, this sniping scope was a rifle part of the Legendary Grade Death Gaze.

    From that name alone, one could tell the importance of the sniping scope to the Legendary Grade sniper rifle.

    While the sniper rifle¡¯s bonus skill could not be activated since Feng Luo did not meet the three minimum parts requirement, the sniping scope¡¯s own function was not limited.

    The sniper rifle¡¯s sniping scope had three functions, sight bonus, HPputing, and target lock.

    The first two were not that special; however, the third function was particrly unique.

    Using this function, one could lock on the target in the middle of the sniping scope¡¯s sight. The target would be indicated by a bright color.

    Put simply, the sniping scope would ce a long-term mark on the locked on target. The lock function was not that useful againstrge monsters that moved slowly.

    However, when used against small and highly mobile monsters that also had incredible camouge ability or against a yer or an NPC in a crowded location, it was incredibly useful.

 Chapter 590 - Quasi-Boss with the Force

    <h4>Chapter 590: Quasi-Boss with the Force</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-12750!¡±

    Golden Critical Hit.

    Feng Luo¡¯s third shot hit the Quasi-Boss monster that had just lost more than 20% HP from a round of focus fire attack again.

    This time, Wings of Death¡¯s destructive coefficient that exceeded B-Gradepletely and broke through the hard keratin scale defense of the Hypertoxic Chameleon Quasi-Boss. Additionally, it also triggered the rare attribute¡¯s critical rate and directly dealt a five-digit damage value.

    Since many yers were attacking at the same time, the colors appearing within the sniping scope¡¯s sight was quite chaotic.

    However, the mark that appeared after the target was locked on would automatically change into a color that was the most identifiable. Feng Luo only needed to aim and attack the mark. As long as he could keep up, he did not have to worry about missing the target.

    ¡°Tsst!¡±

    After the round of focus fire by the other yers, the Quasi-Boss now received another attack by Feng Luo that took out more than 10,000 of its HP. With this, its HP was decreasing quickly and substantially.

    Since it kept getting hit, it was not able topletely regain its camouge and stealth status.

    Since its small body that was only one foot long and was very light, it could withstand the impact generated by the bullets and the effects of skills. The attacks sent it rolling around on the ground.

    HP: 72%... 61%... 49%...

    ¡°Although this Quasi-Boss has some very weird and scary skills, its defense is quite average. If we keep this up, we¡¯ll kill it in no time...¡± After seeing the Level 70 Quasi-Boss¡¯ HP drop below 50% in just a few seconds, many yers who turned around to attack it breathed a sigh of relief.

    Several Chameleons had broken through the outer defenseyer that weakened after many of the damage dealers left, which left the warrior professions without any damage output.

    If they did not get rid of the Quasi-Boss monster quickly, they would be stuck in a predicament where dangersy internally and externally.

    However, as a Level 70 Quasi-Boss monster, it was clear that it was not going to give up just like that.

    The highest leveled monster found by yers in the game was only a little over Level 70. Theoretically speaking, apart from the fact that it was a Quasi-Boss monster, the Hypertoxic Chameleon was among the top echelons in the monster world on the in War.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The Hypertoxic Chameleon that was sent rolling on the ground and could no longer escape only had around 30% of its HP left let out an angry and high-pitched hiss.

    A shocking scene unfolded before everyone¡¯s eyes, as more than ten of the long-range attacks flying towards it including fireballs, wind des, ice arrows, and hundreds of bullets suddenly stopped in mid-air as if something had frozen them in ce.

    However, to say that they were frozen in mid-air was notpletely urate. The skills and the bullets were still moving closer towards the Hypertoxi Chameleon.

    However, the speed at which they were progressing had substantially decreased. The hundreds of bullets were flying towards it at all angles were slowed almost a thousand times. It was as if the bullets were shot into mercury and they were faced with incredible resistance.

    ¡°What the f*ck?¡± Several yers frowned at the sudden and unforeseen event, especially when they were just one step away from killing this Quasi-Boss, which would allow them to turn around to deal with the horde of Hypertoxic Chameleons charging behind them.

    ¡°Energy Shield? Or perhaps it is another energy skill? That¡¯s not right, there hasn¡¯t been any energy fluctuation.¡± The weirdest thing was that, whether it was the Scout¡¯s recon meter or the Maniptor¡¯s energy converter, none of them received any energy fluctuation notification.

    The skill was different from the skills of other normal Boss monsters.

    However, Jing Kong, who was surrounded and protected by a group of Heavy Armor Warriors, saw a notification appear on his recon meter. He shouted, ¡°It¡¯s not an energy skill. It is a Force skill... This Quasi-Boss has the Force!¡±

    ¡°Force? Does this Boss monster have the Force? No wonder this skill is so insanely strong.¡± One could not deny that although most yers had heard about the Force before, not many of them had witnessed it first hand.

    At that time, the Hyptertoxic Chameleon had simply frozen all the attacksing towards it within a ten-meter range in mid-air, creating a scene where numerous energy skills of various colors and hundreds of bullets were seemingly blocked by a formless water ball. It was so magnificent that it wasparable to the group of Chameleons being affected by the me behind them.

    It also showed everyone present at the scene the might of the Force.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    However, the yers continued to press their attack. In particr, a few Machine Gunners turned around to attack the Quasi-Boss without paying attention to friendly fire.

    The water Ball was not able to withstand the attacks that continued to pile up. After a few seconds, all the attacks that were initially frozen in ce finally squeezed and burst the water ball. All the attacks continued flying towards the Quasi-Boss.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble...¡±

    A bunch of energy skills and hundreds and even thousands of bullets... With so many attacks focused on a location at the same time, a chaotic scene with multiple explosions urred. It was as if a sh grenade had gone off in front of the yers. Blinding lights that made it almost impossible to see affected the yers¡¯ vision.

    ¡°-43502!¡±

    Amidst the multitude of explosions, a damage number exceeding 40,000 popped up in the air.

    Although it had seeded in dying or even disrupting the attacks from earlier, the Level 70 Quasi-Boss was not able to use the Force topletely cancel out the energy of these attacks. As such, it still lost a significant amount of HP in the explosion.

    By the time the chaotic explosion dissipated and the stifled yers regained their vision, they found that the Quasi-Boss Hypertoxic Chameleon was nowhere to be found in therge crater on the ground created by the explosion.

    ¡°Shit! It has escaped!¡± As they continued staring at the attacks that continued to rain down at empty spaces on the ground, many yers had the same thought.

    In addition to the previous focus fire attack as well as thetest explosion, the Hypertoxic Chameleon had less than 10% of its total 250,000 HP left. With the AI of Boss monsters in War, its first instinct under such low-HP condition would be to escape.

    ¡°Over there! It is running towards the Chameleon horde!¡± Jing Kong shouted as he pointed to a location with his recon meter in hand.

    However, in that direction was the ce where a horde of Chameleons that looked like a burning me breaking through the defensive line of the warrior yers. It made the entire battlefield extremely chaotic.

    In that situation, even if they were to find the escaping Quasi-Boss, the Scouts and Maniptors would find it difficult to attack because of the high chance for them to kill their teammates if they were to release their skills or fire their bullets over there.

    That was unless it was a single-target attack.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The low rumbling of the Wings of Death once again filled the air.

    A searing hot bullet flew towards a very inconspicuous spot amid the chaotic battle between the Hypertoxic Chameleons and the yers.

    After flying past around a hundred meters and through the gaps between a few yers, the bullet struck something in the air, and it burst into a me that spread outward.

    ¡°-22566!¡±

    A magnificent gold number.

    As if it waspensating for Feng Luo¡¯s bad luck in his earlier shots that missed the Quasi-Boss Cave Spider, the two consecutive shots that were aimed at the Hypertoxic Chameleon were both critical hits.

    Moreover, thetest shot was a critical hit on top of a Fatal Damage.

    Golden colored damage number that was over 20,000. The shot directly emptied the HP of the Level 70 Quasi-Boss trying to escape and receive help from its minions.

    [You¡¯ve killed the Hypertoxic Chameleon (Level 70 Quasi-Boss). Kill Contribution: 25.5%. Obtained Experience: 5100. Obtained Merits: 3.]

 Chapter 591 - Dropped Chip

    <h4>Chapter 591: Dropped Chip</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It¡¯s dead!¡±

    ¡°Phew! It almost got away!¡±

    After the notification of the Quasi-Boss being killed popped up, most of the yers who took part in the battle breathed a sigh of relief.

    If it had seeded in getting to the Chameleon horde, with the recovery rate of a Quasi-Boss, it only needed some time before it could fully recover its HP. By then, it was going to be very difficult to deal with it.

    More troublesome was if the Quasi-Boss became frightened after being battered by the yers and chose topletely escape and get out of the area, the yers would have to bid farewell to a Quasi-Boss Chip that was incredibly valuable.

    As such, Feng Luo¡¯sst critical hit shot was incredibly meaningful.

    While the yers were feeling fortunate and relieved that the Quasi-Boss had died, several yers also noticed the very eye-catching golden critical five-digit hit numbers.

    ¡°Damn, a critical hit of over 20,000! This damage is quite frightening...¡± Since most yers did not pay attention to the attacks of the battle, and due to the chaotic situation on the battlefield, not many yers noticed that Feng Luo¡¯s attack damage was a lot higher than the average yer.

    However, this attack was thest hit that ended the Quasi-Boss¡¯ life. Moreover, and was the moment when most yers had just recovered their eyesight from the blinding explosion and had just shifted their gaze towards that spot. As such, thest damage number was noticed by quite a number of yers.

    Someone took a deep breath and could not help but say, ¡°It is only a double damage critical hit. This means that even if it weren¡¯t a critical hit, the damage number would still be over 10,000. This is a Level 70 Quasi-Boss after all; although its HP isn¡¯t high, its defense isn¡¯t weak. Theoretically speaking, if this shot were to hit a Light Armor Warrior fully equipped in Rare Grade items, there is still a high chance for it to deal a one-hit kill.¡±

    As top-ss yers, most of their first instincts after witnessing the damage was not to consider how much damage it did on the monster and how useful it could be for them when farming monsters; instead, their thoughts immediately went towards considering what the result would be if the shot had hit their bodies instead.

    So, what was the result?

    Apart from a few warrior yers equipped with Legendary Grade defensive gears still looking confident; the rest, including most if not all of the ss cannon professions, seemed more worried than delighted when a Sniper teammate possessing the ability to one-shot them existed.

    A Maniptor wearing a September Guild badge on his chest stared at the Wings of Death sniper rifle that had a unique look that Feng Luo was holding and said, ¡°Could it be apleted Legendary Grade sniper rifle?¡±

    ¡°Not likely. Although the attack power of a Legendary Grade sniper rifle is high, the damage shouldn¡¯t be that much higher than a normal sniper rifle. His scope is clearly not from the same set as the other parts of his rifle. There is no way it is aplete Legendary Grade weapon.¡± Compared to the Maniptor, sniper yers were a lot more knowledgeable when it came to the same profession.

    ¡°It should be his talent. Perhaps this guy has a critical strike talent bonus... Or maybe it is a rare skill.¡± Beside the Maniptor, the person regarded as ¡°War¡¯s number one Sniper¡± ¨C Invikill, who was also wearing the September Guild badge on his chest, spoke as he shook his head.

    Invikill was certain was that the sniper rifle he was holding was the onlypleted Level 50 Legendary Grade sniper rifle in the entirety of Storm City.

    It was something that the September Guild paid arge price to get their hands on.

    Sniper rifles had multipleponents. Compared to an alloy sword, which was typically a single-part weapon, the chances ofpleting it as a set were a lot lower.

    If it were not for the fact that the September Guild wanted to make him a trump card capable ofpeting against Nine-Star Guild¡¯s Sword Ki Long River, the September Guild would probably not have paid so much toplete a Legendary Grade sniper rifle set.

    Of course, as he was the ¡°Number One Sniper in War,¡± Invikill¡¯s face had stiffened after witnessing Feng Luo¡¯s uracy and damage. His grip on his Legendary Grade sniper rifle tightened.

    ...

    ¡°We actually killed it. Did it drop a Chip?¡± While many yers paid attention to Feng Luo¡¯s amazing attack damage, more people were more concerned about the Quasi-Boss Hypertoxic Chameleon that they had just killed.

    The moment it died, its tiny transparent body that was only one foot in size, dropped a bunch of items on the ground. There were crystals, equipment, rare materials, consumables...

    These were decent items; however, an inconspicuous Chip that was about the size of a fingernail had instantly attracted the attention of all those who were looking.

    ¡°A Chip really dropped!¡± Words were unnecessary. Everyone who saw knew what it was.

    A Quasi-Boss Chip. It was one of the objectives of most yers who took part in this event.

    While the Quasi-Boss dropped the Chip that everyone was hoping for, it was impossible for them to pick it up at that moment.

    The moment the Quasi-Boss was killed, the Chameleon horde on the hamada had gone berserk. Since they did not have enough firepower support, the outermost defensive line formed by the warrior yers was broken through, and a few warrior groups had white lights shing by.

    Arge horde of Hyptertoxic Chameleonspletely upied the area around the Quasi-Boss¡¯ corpse after they broke through the defensive line. They began a frenzy and continued to attack the yers.

    At that moment, even if the yers wanted to pick up the loot, it was impossible. Their priority was to deal with all of the high-level monsters in front of them.

    ¡°Warriors, get back into defensive positions! Get back! Water Maniptors, prepare...¡±

    ¡°Boom, boom...¡±

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    Amidst Frontline Command¡¯s desperate shouts that caused his voice to go hoarse, bullets and skills were released. The battlefield on the hamada was finally reaching the fiercest stage.

    Without the Quasi-Boss causing havoc in the midst of it all, apart from the Commander Grade Chameleons, none of the other Chameleons were much of a threat to the yers.

    After reorganizing their formation and with newmands issued, the situation was under control before long, and it quickly became one-sided.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After three minutes, as thest Level 65 Commander Grade Hypertoxic Chameleon that was a threat to the yers fell, the battle finally entered the final stage.

    The wide hamada was filled with the corpses of Hypertoxic Chameleons as well as an endless amount of glowing battle loot.

    In particr, the area around the Quasi-Boss Hypertoxic Chameleon was the ce where most of thest Hypertoxic Chameleons gathered. The location waspletely covered in battle loot that was emanating glowing white light. Amidst all the glowing lights, there were over a dozen biochips.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    A Scout yer continued to fire his submachine gun. After killing thest Elite Grade Hypertoxic Chameleon, he ran over and bent his waist to pick up one of the pet biochips in the area.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, the moment his hands touched the biochip, a searing hot sniper bullet brushed past his palm and struck the ground right in front of him.

 Chapter 592 - Quasi-Boss Chip Ownership

    <h4>Chapter 592: Quasi-Boss Chip Ownership</h4>

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The searing hot bullet scratched the Scout yer¡¯s palm and struck the ground and burst into a ball of mes.

    ¡°F*ck! What the f*ck do you mean by this? You¡¯re actually attacking me?¡± The Scout yer¡¯s hand was engulfed in the me. However, he still managed to grab a hold of the chip.

    He stood up and turned around to look behind him at Feng Luo, who was holding Wings of Death less than ten meters behind him.

    ¡°You know full well what I mean.¡± Feng Luo was expressionless as he stared at this random Scout yer who previously cursed at him without reservation, even after receiving help and being saved after falling into the water when they were disembarking, as well as the biochip the Scout held in his hand.

    While pet biochips had different grades, as dropped loot, all of them emanated a white glow and visually speaking, there was not much difference. As such, all 20 plus chips in the area seemed pretty much the same.

    Since a huge battle involving multiple skills and attacks engulfed the area just a few minutes ago, the area had be unrecognizable. Normal people would not have been able to remember where the chip dropped by the Quasi-Boss when it fell.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯sser-sharp attention and gaze never left this area.

    With his incredibly active mind that far surpassed normal human beings, he knew what the Scout yer was holding.

    ¡°Drop the Quasi-Boss¡¯ chip.¡± Feng Luo said coldly while he aimed the muzzle of Wings of Death at the Scout yer.

    ¡°Quasi-Boss chip?¡± At that time, most of the other yers had wiped out thest remaining Hypertoxic Chameleons.

    Although they had not yet swept the battlefield, many yers had started walking over to that location, their intentions were obviously the same as Feng Luo and the Scout.

    To yers who did notck equipment, the items dropped by the normal Hypertoxic Chameleons were meaningless. Most of the yers were more concerned about the chip dropped by the Quasi-Boss.

    After hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words, their gaze shifted to the hand of the Scout yer. Everyone had a different expression on their faces.

    Some frowned while others remained expressionless. However, most of them were looking at the two of them with excitement.

    ¡°Mr. Gold, with regards to item distribution, I believe we¡¯ve already discussed it when we were signing the contract before the mission. The chip dropped by Quasi-Bosses should be distributed ording to kill contribution. The yer with the highest contribution takes ownership. For you to pick it up like this, don¡¯t you think it is inappropriate?¡± As the organizer, Zi Wei walked over and spoke to the Scout yer with a frown.

    For most yers taking part in this exploration expedition, whether it was a Commander Grade chip or a Rare Grade item, they were not really interested in them.

    However, a Quasi-Boss chip was different.

    The yers taking part in the expedition mostly came for these Quasi-Boss chips. One could even say that Quasi-Boss chips were the sole focus of the expedition. No one would simply just resign and leave it to others.

    Additionally, Quasi-Boss monsters were strong, over a dozen yers were needed to kill one. It was natural for there to be disagreements and arguments when it came to item ownership.

    Initially, based on normal item distribution methods, valuable items would be sold to one of the party members or brought to the auction house in town by one of the team members. The credits obtained from the sale would be distributed based on the contribution percentage.

    However, there was a problem with this distribution method. This meant that the guilds that were financially weaker or the more average small-to-medium size guilds would have close to zero chance to obtain these chips.

    If they were to really follow this distribution method, those yers would have no chance of beating organizations like the top ten guilds which hadrge financial conglomerates supporting them. In such cases, why would they risk dropping their levels to take part in the expedition?

    The expedition also includedpetition ¨C people from North City. This meant that there was a 50% chance for them to get nothing. That was in addition to the experience points, items, levels, and even fame that they may lose in the process.

    Compared to the normal distribution method, Nine-Star Guild included a use in the digital contract, stating that the Quasi-Boss chip would belong solely to the yer with the highest Kill Contribution. This use was acknowledged and epted by most of the yers.

    Apart from allowing the yers with weaker financial capabilities the chance to obtain Quasi-Boss chips, this distribution method was also more challenging.

    The yers present were among the best chosen from the elites of Storm City. They were, without a doubt, very confident in their skills and capabilities, and that they would be able to achieve a decent contribution percentage in battles. If they were lucky enough to achieve a higher kill contribution percentage in the raid against a Boss Grade monster, they would be the owner of a pet biochip of incredible value; they did not need to share it with others.

    This distribution method could also help the item owner gain a significant amount of fame.

    This expedition garnered the attention of all the yers from Storm City. It was not only the yers from Storm City, but many yers in War were also following this expedition.

    The number of chips inside the abandoned ruin was limited. With this sort of distribution method, the yer who ultimately obtained the chip would, from a certain point of view, prove that he or she was stronger than the other top yers.

    Who knows? The Storm City¡¯s top ten expert ranking may have to reshuffle by the time they got back...

    For most of these yers who were superstar yers, this might be more important than the chip itself. This was also one of the reasons they agreed to this type of distribution method.

    ¡°Hmph! My kill contribution to this Quasi-Boss is 4.7%...¡± Seeing the others walking towards him, and with Zi Wei appearing, the Scout yer¡¯s face twisted a little.

    However, he did not willingly put the Quasi-Boss pet biochip down. He even showed his system log, which stated his kill contribution, to the others.

    ¡°4.7%... It¡¯s actually that high?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve only got 0.5%...¡±

    After the Scout yer disyed his contribution, the expressions on the surrounding yers¡¯ face began to change.

    While the number did not seem high, it was actually quite decent.

    In the process of killing this Quasi-Boss, hundreds of yers took part in the attack. In terms of the attack damage output, the average contribution was less than 1%.

    Not to mention the fact that War¡¯s Kill Contributionputation method was not only in terms of damage output, there was also Doctors¡¯ healing, the tanking of warriors, and the impact of Scout yers.

    For example, Jing Kong¡¯s tracing and discovery of the Quasi-Boss using his Legendary Grade recon meter, Frontline Command¡¯s instructions andmand, and the Heavy Armor Warriors at the forefront defending against the Chameleon horde that provided the other yers the chance to safely release their attacks; these were all considered contributions and had a weight in the final calction.

    As such, on average, many of the yers did not reach 0.5% contribution.

    The Scout yer obtaining a contribution percentage that was near 5% was due to the fact that he was fortunate enough to be very close to the Quasi-Boss when it appeared, and he was the first one to strike it. With that, he gained a decent contribution bonus.

    Luck was definitely an important factor. Normally, a 5% contribution was certainly good enough for one to take the Quasi-Boss chip.

    As such, after the Scout yer disyed his kill contribution, a few of the yers who obtained a decent kill contribution percentage immediately had a look of disappointment on their faces.

    However, another group of yers did not even bother looking at the Scout yer. Instead, they stared at Feng Luo.

    Since the battlefield was quite chaotic when they were attacking the Quasi-Boss, not everyone noticed Feng Luo¡¯s performance.

    In fact, most yers were focused on the Boss monster itself. Due to their positions, many did not notice that many of the important shots came from Feng Luo.

    As such, they thought that since the Scout yer¡¯s kill contribution was high enough that he had a chance at getting the chip, even if he had broken the rule to try to pick it up before theypared their kill contribution, it wasn¡¯t all that serious.

    However, a few yers who were closer to Feng Luo, particrly themanding yers of Nine-Star Guild and Invikill, who specifically paid attention to Feng Luo, knew that the Quasi-Boss chip did not belong to this Scout yer.

    Feng Luo¡¯s shot at crucial moments, as well as his final shot that emptied the Quasi-Boss¡¯ HP. This was going to Feng Luo some bonus contribution points. Additionally, the damage that he achieved from those shots alone would have been enough to go past 5%.

    As such, they did not speak. Instead, they simply looked at Feng Luo without paying any heed to the Scout yer.

    Since the system only showed the kill contribution to the yer, these yers wanted to know just how high Feng Luo¡¯s kill contribution was.

 Chapter 593 - 3: Exposed Force Awakening

    <h4>Chapter 593: Exposed Force Awakening</h4>

    ¡°Damn it! Hepletely messed up my ns!¡± The Scout yer couldn¡¯t help but curse in his mind as he showed his kill contribution to the other yers. While it seemed like he was countering Feng Luo¡¯s allegation, the Scout yer still grimaced.

    While he had some sneaky thoughts about the chip, he knew that many people were paying attention to the chip itself. It was very unlikely that he would be able to snatch it without anyone realizing it.

    As such, his true objective was to ce the chip in his inventory and then ce a mark on it using his special talent. This way, he would be able to track the location of the item at all times.

    By then, he would use the other yers and obtain the chance to turn this incredibly valuable chip into his reward.

    Unexpectedly, Feng Luo noticed his movement and fired a shot at him.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± The Scout yer had an incredibly ugly grimace. He could only keep holding onto the chip. He did not dare to put it into his inventory. While many of the surrounding yers did not notice Feng Luo¡¯s performance, the Scout yer had when he was still in the scouting team.

    The uracy of his shots was downright shocking.

    More importantly was the damage. He was very confident that he would not be able to withstand a shot from this goddamned Sniper.

    ¡°Mr. Gold¡¯s kill contribution is 4.7%. Mr. Feng, can I inquire about your kill contribution percentage?¡± Zi Wei turned around and asked Feng Luo apologetically.

    The yers who could take part in this expedition were not just anyone. Even the Scout yer had an incredibly special talent.

    ¡°25.5%.¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡°25.5%? That high? A contribution of over one-fourth of the total? How¡¯d you do it?¡± The yer who asked the questions was not just limited to the yers who did not notice Feng Luo¡¯s performance during the battle, even the yers in the minority who had prepared themselves mentally were still shocked.

    It was because the number was just too intriguing, as the target was a Quasi-Boss monster.

    As top-ss yers, each and every one of them had faced Quasi-Boss monsters before. At most, the kill contribution would be around 15%.

    Those were when the other yers in the team had gears that were a lot weaker than them, and under those conditions, they could dish out more damage.

    However, for this expedition, whether it was their gears, talent, or skills; they were among the best in War.

    Amidst yers of that standard, for a yer to obtain a contribution total of 20 to 30 yers, would it not mean that, from a certain sense, that gap between them and Feng Luo was like that of them and the other elite yers?

    In reality, these thoughts were a bit exaggerated.

    While Feng Luo¡¯s kill contribution was high, the main source of his contribution did note from his damage output. Instead, it was due to the fact that he was effective at several crucial moments.

    For example, his first shot made the Quasi-Boss appear, which allowed others to find the target. The third shot broke through its defense. Each of these provided contribution bonuses.

    Apart from that, in terms of how the system calcted contribution, it even took into ount the Force Potion that Feng Luo provided to Jing Kong. The Force Potion¡¯s use was also another crucial factor in the battle.

    More importantly, if it weren¡¯t for Feng Luo¡¯s final shot, the Quasi-Boss might have escaped. With regard to the contribution bonus gained from that shot, it definitely surpassed any normal final hit.

    ¡°F*ck me...¡± However, as many yers were still confused and dazzled, a surprised voice came from within the crowd.

    ¡°His level...¡± The one who spoke was a Scout yer. At that time, his gaze was jumping between his recon meter and Feng Luo as if he had seen something shocking.

    ¡°Level...¡± The other yers did not manage to understand the drastic change in the topic. How did it go from kill contribution to level so quickly?

    ¡°Level? What¡¯s up with that? Isn¡¯t everyone here Level 50? Could this Sniper be lower than Level 50? Even without maxing his level and with his equipment, he still managed to utterly defeat all of us in terms of the kill contribution?¡± Some yers short-circuited.

    ¡°His level... He is Level 53.¡± The yer who secretly used the Detection skill on Feng Luo finally managed to finish his sentence.

    ¡°Level 53? It¡¯s just three levels higher than... What? Level 53?¡± By then, nothing else needed to be said.

    Apart from the upper management of Nine-Star Guild and the others like Big Pineapple who knew beforehand, everyone else could not help but stare at Feng Luo.

    They did not bother looking at the Scout yer who was still holding the pet biochip with an incredibly ugly grimace anymore. If it was any other game, the slightly higher level would have meant nothing.

    However, everyone knew that War¡¯s current maximum level was Level 50. Feng Luo¡¯s Level 53 could only mean one thing.

    ¡°Force Awakening!¡± For the top yers, awakening the Force was, without a doubt, one of the most sought after things.

    It was even more important than a Quasi-Boss pet biochip.

    The reason was simple. No matter how strong a pet was, it was ultimately an ¡°external force.¡± Only the Force, something that was the strongest attribute in the currently in War, was considered one¡¯s own strength.

    Defeating an opponent with a pet would only allow one to be praised as having a strong pet. One might even be scolded by the opponent¡¯s fans. However, if one defeated one¡¯s opponent with the Force, it would be apletely different story.

    More importantly, at the current juncture, apart from Invikill, no second person had appeared to have awakened the Force in War even after so long.

    This caused the topic to gain even more attention. By then, the poprity of the topic was even higher than before.

    No matter who it was, anyone who awakened the Force at this moment would gain a lot of fame.

    For the majority of yers present, who were superstar yers, the attractiveness of gaining the Force was above the possession of a Quasi-Boss pet biochip.

    ¡°Agh! How regretful!¡±

    ¡°Indeed, this is hard to take.¡±

    At that moment, the opportunity to increase their fame was no longer avable. A few yers who had been aiming for that could not help but feel a bit depressed.

    ¡°He has already awakened the Force. No wonder his contribution is so much higher than us!¡±

    ¡°I guess that¡¯s one positive about it...¡±

    Feng Luo awakening the Force was definitely not a ¡°happy thing¡± for them.

    However, for these superstar yers, it was at least a reason for them to be surpassed by a random yer and losing one-fourth of the kill contribution to that yer.

    ¡°He has already awakened the Force. No wonder his damage is so high...¡± The Maniptor yer from the September Guild showed an expression of realization at that moment.

    Everyone knew the fact that one¡¯s basic stats would practically double after awakening the Force. More importantly, they would also be able to use the bonus skills on their Legendary Grade items.

    With that, they had obtained an exnation for Feng Luo¡¯s high damage.

    The Maniptor then turned around to look at Invikill standing behind him with an odd expression. ¡°But it looks like Invikill, old boy, you¡¯ve finally got apetitor now.¡±

 Chapter 594 - Low or High Profile

    <h4>Chapter 594: Low or High Profile</h4>

    Invikill¡¯s expression was undoubtedly very serious. One could say he was grimacing.

    Feng Luo was the ¡°Second yer to awaken the Force in War.¡± In addition, they had the same profession, Sniper. To him, the ¡°Number one Sniper in War,¡± Feng Luo was a direct threat.

    In addition to that, there were also the words of the surrounding yers, whether they were intentional or non-intentional.

    ¡°Hold on a minute. The Detection skill showed that Feng Luo¡¯s level is 53, but Invikill is only Level 52 right now...¡± The gaze of some of the yers from the top ten guilds began to shift between Feng Luo and Invikill as if they were thinking about something while speaking teasingly.

    ¡°Levels don¡¯t really necessarily mean first or second, right? Invikill spent most of his time taking part in guild activities and events. Going behind in levels is more than normal.¡± Some yers disagreed.

    ¡°Most importantly, anyone would immediately reveal the news after awakening the Force. It is incredibly beneficial after all. Do you think that someone would hide the fact that they have awakened the Force? Your guesses are impossible.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re wrong. He is already Level 53. Although the daily experience limit after Level 50 has increased, he would still technically need ten days to get to Level 53, right?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s already awakened the Force for around ten days, yet there hasn¡¯t been any such news. It is clear that he had no intention to reveal this... Not everyone wants to be famous after all. Don¡¯t forget that back then when Invikill awakened the Force, it came from some internal source...¡± The yer from one of the top ten guilds who spoke earlier continued to speak with an intrigued expression.

    The other yer no longer spoke. His confused gaze shifted between Feng Luo and Invikill.

    However, Invikill, who was standing not that far away, remained quiet. His expression could not be seen. It was as if he had not heard any of the conversation going on.

    As for Feng Luo, his cold gaze remained fixed on the Scout yer.

    ¡°Take it!¡± The Scout yer had an ugly grimace. He gritted his teeth and passed the chip to Feng Luo.

    With his personality, he wanted to throw the chip back on the ground. However, with Feng Luo¡¯s rifle muzzle aimed straight at him, he did not dare do that.

    Since Feng Luo had awakened the Force, the Scout was certain that it was impossible for him to best Feng Luo inbat.

    Although he had a few teammates who were just as strong as him, since he had encountered Feng Luo during disembarkation to the ind, he knew that Feng Luo had a lot more acquaintance. Moreover, this ¡°superstar¡± seemed to have a close rtionship with the organizer of the expedition ¨C the Nine-Star Guild.

    He no longer had any chance to do anything, which meant that he could only hand the chip over to Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo received the pet biochip from the Scout and confirmed the chip¡¯s grade.

    [Second Generation Biochip (Model: OD-S2). Grade: Highest. Application Scope: DXY-1XXXX type creatures]

    The first Quasi-Boss chip was finally in his hands.

    Considering its market value, the 500 million credits was finally not a dream. Once he returned to the city, he would be able to prepare the production equipment for Legendary Grade gears.

    Of course, the prerequisite was that they had to defeat the North City in the exploration expedition, due to the fact that every loot they obtained on the ind would drop if they died.

    The reason the Scout yer handed the chip over to Feng Luo was also due to this. In other ces, if one was able to snatch a battle loot, one might try to put it into one¡¯s inventory since it may not drop if the yer died. As long as it did not drop, the yers would make a huge profit.

    However, on this ind, even if he put the chip into his inventory, it was guaranteed to drop once he died. So, he could only grit his teeth and hand it over.

    At that moment, he was facing the cold stares and ridiculing gaze of many yers. He could only leave and meet up with his teammates before moving quickly to the edge of the battlefield where there were fewer yers.

    ¡°Hmph. Don¡¯t think that I¡¯ve run out of options... Just you wait, when the people from North City get here...¡± As he walked, the Scout yer red at Feng Luo, who was surrounded by various yers from the top guilds, while thinking vengeful thoughts.

    ...

    ¡°Captain Feng, congrattions. Now, there is no way for you to remain low profile anymore!¡± Stated aughing Phoenix.

    ¡°Old Feng, why are you so high profile this time? Can¡¯t you wait for me to awaken the Force and enjoy the treatment of superstar yers? I¡¯m starting to make some progress.¡± Big Pineapple said with a jealous tone as well as a ¡°pretentious¡± expression, seemingly wanting to be in Feng Luo¡¯s shoes.

    ¡°Holy crap, Old Feng, you¡¯re really tight-lipped, huh! And here I was thinking that you¡¯re my bro!¡± At that moment, Zhao Yun also sighed and shook his head, not bothering with the fact that he had only known Feng Luo and the others for one day.

    As ¡°Storm City¡¯s Number Two Expert,¡± he desired the special stat of the Force as well.

    The day before, when he spoke to Big Pineapple and Feng Luo, they mentioned the Force; however, whether it was Big Pineapple or Feng Luo, whenever they talked about it, the two of them had weird expressions on their faces, they never mentioned this to him at all.

    However, Zhao Yun was only joking. After all, they¡¯ve only just met, it was more than normal for one to not reveal something like this. He knew from Feng Luo¡¯s actions that Feng Luo was used to keeping a low profile.

    Now that it was revealed that he possessed the Force in a situation like this, it was just as Phoenix mentioned, there was no way for him to maintain his low profile anymore.

    At least his ID ¨C ¡°Feng Zhi Luo Ye¡± had no way of maintaining a low profile. Feng Luo activated the recording limitation, which meant that his character¡¯s face could not be recorded and thus would not be uploaded to the forum, the only remaining thing was his ID.

    It wasn¡¯t only because he had awakened the Force; it was also because he was a Sniper, which was the same profession as Invikill.

    The September Guild spent a lot of effort and money to push Invikill¡¯s poprity up to the highest level in War. His best title was the ¡°Number one Sniper¡± who was the only one who had awakened the Force.

    Now things were getting interesting.

    While none of them could get on the forum at that moment since they were in a mission, once any yer died, the news would spread almost instantly. By the time the mission waspleted, the topic would definitely be hot news on the forum.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, congrattions. But with your strength, bing famous was inevitable, it was simply either sooner orter...¡± With regard to Feng Luo awakening the Force, Red Queen congratted him whilementing him at the same time.

    She was feeling quite conflicted at the moment. Back when she first hired Feng Luo, while he was quite capable and strong, he was only a normal random yer who had just passed Level 40 and was equipped with Excellent Grade items.

    In a few short months, Feng Luo had reached this stage.

    For now, since he had awakened the Force, in terms of strength, Feng Luo was one of the best.

    Due to various reasons, his poprity would, without a doubt, beparable to the best superstar yers.

    After congratting Feng Luo, Red Queen suddenly whispered to him, ¡°Mr. Feng, you probably awakened the Force before Invikill, right?¡±

    The day before, when the female Scout talked about Invikill being the number one yer to awaken the Force on the military ship, both Phoenix and Big Pineapple nced at Feng Luo.

    Back then, Red Queen thought it was a bit weird; but now, with the facts presented in front of her, she was quite certain of this one more thing.

    ¡°Hah...¡± Feng Luoughed but did not answer.

    Neutron Star had a look of admiration on his face. After congratting Feng Luo, he could not help but put his wandering thoughts into words, ¡°War¡¯s first and second yers to awaken the Force are from Storm City. And they¡¯re both Snipers. Could it be that Storm City has an advantage for Snipers to awaken the Force?¡± He said that in a joking manner.

    After the news spread, many yers thought about that seriously.

    In the end, many gunner yers changed into the Sniper profession, which ultimately increased the percentage of Sniper yers by a few tenths of a percent.

    It also increased the high-standard yers in Storm City by a few tenths of a percent

 Chapter 595 - Nine Star Guildâ€™s True Objective

    <h4>Chapter 595: Nine Star Guild¡¯s True Objective</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    Apart from old acquaintances like Red Queen and the others, many other superstar yers from other guilds also came to talk to Feng Luo, exchanging name cards and bing friends.

    Feng Luo did not decline their offers, as these yers were not just superstar yers, they were also potential clients for his Force Potion sales as well as his Legendary Grade equipment workshop.

    However, the yers from Nine-Star Guild who were acquainted with Feng Luo did not go to harass him.

    While the battle in the hamada had ended, they still had not dealt with the research facility, and was the next priority.

    The people from Nine-Star Guild had mobilized the robots and were moving towards the research facility to scout the area.

    As an abandoned building, the base had not been maintained for many years. Many sections had copsed. However, they did not encounter any problems when getting inside.

    Apart from a few low level Young Hypertoxic Chameleons that did not have camouge skills were easily dealt with by the yers. The most difficult part was arge alloy door that waspletely locked.

    However, it was not something that the yers could not deal with.

    The Advanced Level Chip Master and Machinist that Nine-Star Guild brought along spent a few minutes to open the door.

    After that, the coreboratory that had remained well-maintained appeared before their eyes.

    Theboratory did not have anything valuable inside. At the very least, it did not have manypleted pet biochips that many yers had imagined inside.

    Only a few pieces of potion production equipment and a few production materials that had been very well preserved remained inside.

    The Poison Resistance Potion created after a refining process by Doctor yers using the equipment and materials in thebbined with the rare materials dropped by the Hypertoxic Chameleons was able to reduce the Hypertoxic Chameleons¡¯ poison effect by 95% at most.

    These lizards¡¯ best attack method was their poison. Not only was their poison capable of continuously reducing one¡¯s HP, but it was also able to impair a yer¡¯s vision.

    In particr, the Quasi-Boss Grade Hypertoxic Chameleon, once bitten, apart from Heavy Armor Warriors, there was no solution avable.

    With these potions, if they were to ever encounter the Hypertoxic Chameleons again, the threat of the poison would no longer exist.

    ...

    ¡°Mr. Feng, the potion that you gave Jing Kong earlier... I¡¯m wondering if you have any more?¡±

    After thoroughly exploring the base and leaving a few yers behind to produce the potion, the team was ready to head towards the next research base.

    At that time, the deputy guild leader of Nine-Star Guild, Zi Wei, finally came to look for Feng Luo.

    ¡°Force Potion...¡± Feng Luo fell silent for a brief moment. He raised his head, looked at Zi Wei, and said, ¡°I do have some with me... But I have a question. Can I take the liberty to ask you something?¡±

    ¡°Please go ahead and ask, Mr. Feng.¡± Zi Wei nodded.

    ¡°I wanted to ask... Is the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s true intention for this expedition the pet biochip?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    His question seemed odd. Technically speaking, the Nine-Star Guild most definitely took the abandoned ruin exploration mission for the pet biochips. Otherwise, why would they spend so much time and effort to get there?

    Nheless, Feng Luo had his reasons for asking this question.

    Unlike other factions, while there was the use stating that the one with the highest kill contribution would obtain the Quasi-Boss¡¯ chip, as the organizer, the Nine-Star Guild had over 200 yers. They could easily clear the bases with their own strength and by doing so, guarantee themselves in obtaining at least one Quasi-Boss chip.

    However, not only did they not do that, but they took the role of the vanguard, fighting battles at the frontline and clearing the way for the others.

    ¡°Haha, in truth, we don¡¯t really have to hide this from you. Our guild is exploring for the pet biochip. However, we¡¯re not after the Quasi-Boss biochip of these branch bases. Our true objective is the main base. Inside the main base, apart from the possible Boss Grade chip, from our mission information, there is also a whole set of pet biochip production equipment, rare materials, as well as rted production materials...¡± As Zi Wei reached this point, Feng Luo understood what it meant and could not hide the surprise on his face.

    Pet biochip production equipment. Naturally, there is no need to talk about its uses.

    Although theoretically speaking, even if one were to obtain the equipment, one would not be able to immediately produce Quasi-Boss Grade chips due to constraints set up by the system, a guild could still be able to use it to bolster their influence and strength.

    The Nine-Star Guild would be able to surpass the other normal guilds. It was possible for them to be the first mega guild that was filled with Elite Grade or even Commander Grade pets.

    To a certain degree, production equipment like this was a lot more meaningful than a few pieces of Quasi-Boss biochips. No wonder they did not seem to care much about that Quasi-Boss pet biochip, and North City¡¯s SK Guild which also had the same mission was probably aiming for the same thing.

    ¡°I certainly have Force Potions, but since I don¡¯t have a lot on me right now, I can only provide you guys with nine.¡± At that moment, Feng Luo took a potion box out of his inventory and handed it over to Zi Wei.

    With regard to the Nine-Star Guild inquiring him about the Force Potion, Feng Luo had expected it from the beginning.

    He had asked the question he asked because he wanted to determine the value of the Force Potion to the Nine-Star Guild through Zi Wei¡¯s answer. Then, he would be able to determine the credits as well.

    The cost of producing the Force Potion was already quite high, it was a lot higher than normal consumable items.

    He gave them so many potions because he had his considerations.

    First of all, Nine-Star Guild had many members. As such, they had arger demand. For example, Frontline Command¡¯s device needed the Force to be truly effective in a battle.

    Secondly, since he did not have a lot of potions avable, if he were to give it to the other guilds or other random yers, the others mighte to him one by one and he would have no time to do anything else.

    As such, he gave up his initial ideas and decided to let Nine Star-Guild be the Force Potion¡¯s ¡°representative.¡±

    ¡°These potions will start being auctioned at Huan Yu auction house in the near future. By then, I¡¯ll have to humbly request for your prestigious Nine-Star Guild to help promote it a little.¡± Feng Luo said after Zi Wei received the Force Potions with a delighted face.

    ¡°Yes, but of course. Also, Mr. Feng, for these ten Force Potions, we¡¯ll pay you by the price of the first batch of potion sold at the auction house plus another 50%.¡± Zi Wei¡¯s reply caught Feng Luo by surprise.

    The price of the first batch was definitely going to be very high.

    Zi Wei also promised to add another 50% on top of that. It was incredibly generous. In addition, she also quietly included the one given by Jing Kong earlier in the calction.

    This made Feng Luo feel as if he was a little bit too calctive.

    The way this woman worked, she really showed that she was among the most capable.

 Chapter 596 - Man Eating Flower

    <h4>Chapter 596: Man Eating Flower</h4>

    A bright moon appeared in the dark night sky.

    On the ind, ayer of fog seemed to have reappeared under the moonlight.

    However,pared to the day where the thick fog significantly impaired one¡¯s vision, the fog at night did not seem to affect one¡¯s ability to fight.

    On the contrary, the light green fog flowed along with the yers walking past a forest of dark trees with sharp and leafless branches, with the ground filled with rotten branches, leaves, and mud; creating a very eerie atmosphere.

    ¡°That¡¯s odd, we¡¯ve been walking for around a minute after entering this forest. Even with so many people, we haven¡¯t encountered one monster... Green Arrow sis, did you discover anything?¡± Walking beside Feng Luo, Big Pineapple looked around with his alloy shield in hand and asked suspiciously.

    The tall and slender female Scout wearing tactical eyewear who was looking around answered, ¡°Nothing yet.¡±

    Green Arrow, the name that Feng Luo couldn¡¯t help think was odd. It was the name of the Scout yer who was the newest member of Red Queen¡¯s party.

    ¡°However, she¡¯s another yer with a colored ID. Does Red Queen have a preference for these types of yers?¡± Feng Luo thought to himself.

    With Wings of Death in hand, Feng Luo observed his surroundings from time to time through his sniping scope¡¯s night vision while walking.

    It had been half an hour since they cleared the first base, and by then, the group had entered within a kilometer of the second.

    However, just one minute ago, after the mission team entered this part of the forest, the situation started to be eerie. They had not encountered any monsters yet.

    Not to mention not encountering a monster, but the Scout¡¯s recon meter could not find the trace of any monster even after usingprehensive scanning.

    ¡°Could it be that the monster around this base is another monster that has the camouge ability?¡± When considering that possibility, many people were having headaches.

    Although the losses caused by the Hypertoxic Chameleon from earlier was not toorge, their ability to merge with the surrounding environment made the fighting process quite difficult as well.

    To many, they hoped to not ever encounter that type of monster again.

    ¡°Scouts, fire a low altitude re.¡± Frontline Command¡¯s instructions came from the vanguard.

    After selling Force Potions to the Nine-Star Guild, Feng Luo no longer had to worry about Frontline Command¡¯s operation of his device.

    As such, Feng Luo had now rendezvoused with Big Pineapple and the others, and abiding by their previous arrangement,bined his and Red Queen¡¯s squads into one, walking in the middle.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    A few whooshing sounds appeared and a series of low altitude res flew above the forest.

    Considering the fact that the yers from North City were also on the same ind, the group did not use a high altitude re since they did not want to expose their position to their enemies. However, the forest was just too eerie, and to see a little bit better, after some consideration, the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s upper management team decided to light up a few res first to widen their vision.

    ¡°Whoosh...¡±

    Not far ahead of Feng Luo¡¯s group, a Scout yer from the Nine-Star Guild also grabbed a hold of his re gun and fired a shot after hearing the instructions.

    Just as the re was shot, he felt one of his calves tighten and his entire body was pulled down onto the ground by a strong pulling force.

    ¡°Puff, puff, puff, puff!¡±

    It was not only the Scout yer. When the re flew into the air and brightened up the surrounding, seven other yers around the Scout yer had also suddenly fallen to the ground. They seemed to be pulled and dragged by a formless thing on the muddy ground filled with rotted leaves and branches, towards a darker part of the forest.

    ¡°Agh! Damn it!¡±

    ¡°F*ck this... What the hell is this?¡±

    ¡°Hurry up and help!¡±

    The yers who were being dragged away could only feel a strong pulling force moving them. Since one of their legs was being dragged, they could not stabilize their bodies. And their first reaction was to call for help.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A sniper rifle gunshot rang in the air. The Nine-Star Guild¡¯s Scout yer suddenly felt the grip loosen as the force holding his leg disappeared.

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    However, momentum still caused him to slide on the ground for a certain distance, ultimately mming into a tree trunk before stopping. He lookedpletely ravaged.

    While he was in a very battered state, his situation was still a lot better than the other six yers who did not receive help on time. At that time, they had been dragged out of the other yers¡¯ sight.

    Not everyone was capable of one-shotting and breaking off the dark green twine-like ¡°rope¡± that wrapped around their legs and writhed like a snake after being torn apart.

    ¡°Over there!¡±

    Without saying much, after the few of those were dragged away, the first thing the surrounding yers chose to do was to pursue them.

    The Scout yers in the team immediately fired a re towards that direction.

    After chasing for around 20 meters, Feng Luo¡¯s group finally saw the thing that was dragging people away.

    On top of an empty area inside the forest, over tenrge ¡°flowers¡± with white and red spots over four meters long in diameter were swaying and dancing in the air while emanating a fresh fragrance.

    Apart from that, closer to the yers¡¯ position were five flower buds that had not yet blossomed. They were shaped like humans and they were shaking violently.

    There was a Machine Gunner who managed to halfway struggle free by himself and managed to cause a few seconds¡¯ dy but had ultimately failed.

    A dark green flower vine that was as thick as an arm was wrapped around the Machine Gunner¡¯s leg. It dragged him over and ced him beside a disc-shapedrge flower.

    The giant flower that was exquisitely beautiful and stylish still emanating a fragrance suddenly jerked towards the yer. As if a python devouring its prey, the flower ate the yer just like that.

    The red and white spotted petals of the flower started to shrink towards the middle. It seemed the same as a python trying to squeeze its prey to death.

    ¡°F*ck me! What is this monster? A flower that eats people?¡± The appearance of the monster made a few feel chills down their spine.

    However, a few had already begun their attacks. After all, the key right now was to rescue the others.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    A series of submachine gun bullets struck one of the flower buds that had bundled up a yer inside.

    ¡°-44, -39, -42...¡±

    The damage number was shockingly low.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The flower that was struck by the bullets let out a shriek as if it was alive. Dark red liquid began oozing out of the spots struck by the bullets as if it was really bleeding.

    ¡°Red and White Spotted Python Flower (Level 60 Commander). Special Transboundary Species. HP: 120,000... Possesses the dual characteristics of nts and animals.¡± Green Arrow quickly cast a Detection skill at the monster and reported her findings to the others in the team.

 Chapter 597 - Two Legendary-Grade Weapons

    <h4>Chapter 597: Two Legendary-Grade Weapons</h4>

    Spotted Python Flower?

    Everyone stared at the flower which had just eaten a yer and tightly coiled into a long structure, realizing that the name was really symbolic.

    Didn¡¯t the dark reddish-white markings look like the disguise of a python in the forest?

    Not to mention those agile vines with a simr thickness to snakes.

    Moreover, these vines were very firm too. Although Feng Luo had previously broken the one which was dragging the Nine-Star Guild Scout yer with just one shot, it was only broken by one shot as the destruction coefficient of the Wings of Death was a B-Grade, in addition to the destruction power of the bullet.

    The Wind des, Ice Arrows, and even submachine gun bullets thrown out by the other yers were unable to take effect immediately upon hitting the vines.

    Furthermore, those gigantic spotted flower discs were very tough too; although they were unable to absorb the submachine gun bullets, the yers wrapped inside were unable to free themselves no matter how they struggled.

    No matter how high the damage should have been, the damage coefficients from the attacks that the yers threw on the flower petals did not exceed 50.

    Compared with this Commander-Grade monster with over 100,000 HP, it waspletely futile.

    It was the health of the few yers swallowed inside that was dropping at a few hundreds per second.

    It would not really work for the Warrior yers in their team to charge in and rescue. After receiving the first round of attacks from the yers, under the cover of the rotting leaves on the ground full of mud, 10 more dark green vines were thrown out, twisting like pythons as they wrapped themselves around the yers.

    Seeing the situation, this Commander monster had the intention of massacring the iing yers.

    ¡°p!¡±

    As a closebat yer, Neutron Star had already taken a step forward, the long Alloy Sword in his right hand cut the air with a whoosh as it shed towards a vine lured over by a distracting Ice Arrow.

    ¡°-367!¡±

    The Alloy Longsword chopped down on the vine that somersaulted into the air like a snake, but the damage inflicted was not much.

    Although a huge amount of dark red blood shot out with this sh, the vine was notpletely cut but instantly changed its target, coiling towards the sword-holding arm of Neutron Star who was toote to react.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    ¡°-2234!¡±

    Just then, a fiery red silhouette shed beside Neutron Star.

    A fiery-colored sword with golden spots flitted past, and the vine broke clean like grass being cut at the spot where Neutron Star had just chopped it halfway through and where it was able to absorb seven or eight submachine gun bullets hitting the same spot.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    Left with half a section, the vine swiftly retracted as if in pain.

    ¡°It escaped?¡± Phoenix looked like she was unfinished as she gave chase with a step forward.

    ¡°Indeed it did. This sword should be a Legendary equipment.¡± Envy shed in Neutron Star¡¯s eyes as he stared at her sword, dripping with dark red blood, held by Phoenix who was counterattacking. The hilt of the sword had a me totem with hollow cuts, and at first nce, it was as if there were circling mes inside the transparent crystal.

    ...

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    The Wings of Death in Feng Luo¡¯s hands opened fire, a Normal-Grade armor-piercing bullet shot towards a gigantic swaying flower disc.

    ¡°-50!¡±

    A white damage of not even 100.

    Was it really so?

    Seeing that the damage was just 50 with his attack power, the next bullet from Feng Luo, who had engaged freestyle mode, quickly changed target.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    The second bullet hit the dark green horizontal underground stem, which was exposed as the flower discs were enclosing a yer.

    ¡°-4690!¡±

    The stem was as thick as an adult¡¯s arm had broke into two parts with Feng Luo¡¯s shot.

    A huge amount of blood quickly gushed out, and a yellow damage coefficient of over 4500 emerged.

    The damage had quickly risen; as a creature with nt-like features, the nutrient-absorbing stem was more important than the flower petals that were solely for prey-catching.

    However, the flower discs that had lost the binding of the vines still thrashed for a bit before finally dyingpletely and opening up, spitting out the low-health yers inside, covered in some goo as if spat out from the stomach of a snake.

    The attack method of this python flower was a little puzzling. Upon being swallowed, as they were wrapped tightly by the flower discs, the yers inside could not struggle and all they could do was to await their deaths. With more than 10 madly swaying and coiling flexible stems, the closebat professions temporarily had no way of going close for rescue, and could only rely on the long-range professions for the rescue.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ck Panther, who had also fired a shot, creased her forehead after seeing her bullet that had just brushed across the stem and missed.

    The surface area of these flower discs were very huge, while the root area was much smaller and thinner, and was even continuously moving ¨C it was not easy for a Sniper to shoot urately.

    However, long-range professions did not have just Snipers.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    A series of gunshots sounded and humongous bullets showered like a metallic storm, instantly tearing a flower that was engulfing yers into bits and pieces, at the same time blowing up the horizontal stem below into powder as well.

    Compared with the Sniper with a higher required skill, Machine Gunners could be said to be absolutely unskilled.

    If it was not for the fact that it was a Light Armored Warrior that was swallowed, the idental damage of this round of bullets would have yed their own people.

    In contrast, the attack of another profession was more effective.

    ¡°Weng, weng!¡±

    In the sky, the fire cloud that had brewed for a few seconds hadpletely taken shape.

    ¡°-3345!¡±

    ¡°-335, -335, -335...¡±

    One by one, the scorching fireballs erupting ck smoke fell down onto the flower discs and flowers, rapidly burning the screaming flower discs into ash, while mes erupted on the nearby stems.

    ¡°Bazoom!¡±

    ¡°-754, -775, -801...¡±

    On the ground, seas of mes spread rapidly, engulfing the gigantic flower stems, and the damage coefficients rapidly surged with the continuous fire power.

    At the back of each damage coefficient was a continuous 100% high additional burning damage.

    Not far away beside Feng Luo, Red Queen was holding onto an semi-transparent Energy Converter swirling with me-like essence throughout the entire structure. The Fire Energy around her swirled, making her look as if she was standing in mes.

    ¡°This damage...¡± Feng Luo was shocked.

    Red Queen¡¯s output was very high ¨C there was no doubt about this as Feng Luo knew that her Talent was an S-Grade attack Talent able to include a 100% burning damage in the skill.

    However, the colors of the burning damages and skill damages were different.

    Just the basic damage of Red Queen¡¯s two skills had surpassed many Fire Maniptors with full-set quality Rare equipment...

    ¡°Is it a Legendary equipment? It¡¯s rather pretty surprising indeed...¡± Feng Luo nced at that eye-catching Energy Converter in Red Queen¡¯s hands.

 Chapter 598 - The Sniperâ€™s Disadvantages

    <h4>Chapter 598: The Sniper¡¯s Disadvantages</h4>

    As Feng Luo was at the Nine-Star Guild previously when they were raiding the first base, plus as Red Queen seldom made moves when they encountered monsters along the way, Feng Luo did not realize before the uniqueness of this Energy Converter in her hands.

    But now, Feng Luo had to reevaluate Red Queen.

    The fact that nts were vulnerable to fire, but a skill with suchsting damage was able to inflict such a high damage ¨C it absolutely incisively disyed the prowess of the output ability of the Fire Maniptor, ¡°War¡¯s number one violent¡± profession.

    Most importantly, it was the fact that damage coefficients had emerged above the dozen or so flowers as well.

    In just two seconds, over 30% of the health of this Level 60 Commander monster had been burned away by the mes.

    Looking at it as a single unit,pared to him who had awakened the Force, such an output was multiple times more powerful.

    Furthermore, speaking in terms of the ability in damage effect, it was also more effective than him.

    As this inter-world monster named Python Flower was a little special, it had over 20 flowers plus 10 over vines, and the health of every flower and vine was independent. Although Feng Luo was able to break both flower discs and vines with one shot, to really eliminate one Commander monster would require over 30 guns at least.

    On the other hand, with just these two continuous skills, Red Queen had engulfed all the gigantic flowers and vines; taking on a Level 60 Commander monster solo.

    Technically, Red Queen, with aplete Legendary-Grade Energy Converter, had a chance of performing such a feat.

    Of course, saying it was solo was not urate.

    This was under the prerequisite of having Neutron Star, Big Pineapple, and Phoenix hold up their weapons and helping her take down over 10 vines that had given up on other targets and were all madly attacking her.

    ...

    Just five seconds after, with Red Queen¡¯s violent range skill, this extremely slow-moving Commander monster, which wanted to uproot its horizontal underground stem and escape, had been cleared of all its health.

    Unluckily, this Level 60 Commander-Grade did not produce any Pet Chips.

    On the ground, it had only left some manufacturing material and Energy Crystals, and a piece of Level 60 Excellent-Grade equipment.

    ¡°There¡¯s no Chips...but who knows this Fire Maniptor, how¡¯s her output so high?¡±

    ¡°Not wearing a guild insignia, should be a casual yer...¡±

    It was not just them who had encountered the Python Flower, the moment the shbang was shot into the sky, over 10 positions of the team were being attacked at the same time.

    Only tens of yers hade over here.

    Seeing the battle process, many of them had expressed shock towards Red Queen¡¯s damage.

    ¡°Such monsters are too advantageous for Maniptorspared to the other professions... but luckily, this way, it¡¯d at least be impossible for that Sniper who has awakened the Force to snatch this second Chip.¡±

    ¡°Indeed, this is rather good news.¡±

    There were also yers whose focus was on Feng Luo.

    It could not be helped, after Feng Luo had revealed the fact that he had awakened the Force, there were many people observing him in secret, intentionally and unintentionally.

    Due to the damage-creating ability Feng Luo had previously shown, and the prowess of being able to use Legendary equipment skills after awakening the Force, it had made them quickly feel the threat of Feng Luo to them obtaining the Quasi-Boss Chip.

    This threat was even bigger than Invikill, as he was a star yer, thus everyone knew that the nature of his Talent was notpletely an attack type, and that his Force attribute was invisibility which had no help in farming monsters.

    Rather, it was Feng Luo, a Sniper whom nobody knew before but who suddenly emerged from activities and had high damage, who had secured much of an upper hand in earning a Chip by having the highest Contribution.

    Hence, getting the information about the monsters in this region, many people heaved sighs of relief.

    ¡°Not just the Sniper, we¡¯ve no more chance at the second Quasi-Boss.¡± Of course, some people among these yers thought of themselves and simrly could not avoid feeling a little disappointed.

    With the uniqueness demonstrated by this second type of monster in the battle just now, both Warriors and Gunners did not have much advantage over it.

    Only Maniptors could truly face them, moreover Fire Maniptors who had the ability to contain it.

    This viewpoint would be even more certain when the yers continued moving and arrived at the second research base a few minutester.

    The second research base was in a slightly dented field plot terrain.

    nted on this field plot were gigantic swaying flower discs with red and white spots, the numbers of which werepletely unable to be estimated with the naked eye. Also swimming dark green-colored vines beneath the flower discs like venomous snakes, letting out horrifying noises like those of slithering snakes.

    ¡°Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...¡±

    The moment the yers appeared, under the shine of the bright moonlight from the sky, countless vines on therge field plot had somersaulted into the air with dirt.

    One by one, they coiled towards the yers like venomous snakes. The yers were instantly swallowed by the gigantic flower discs once they were pulled over.

    ¡°Heavy Armored Warriors, engage Unmovable Mountain skill! Light Armored Warriors, cut the vines! Fire Maniptors, prepare Sea of Fire, Firewalls...¡± As a sky full of vines charged over, Frontline Command¡¯s voice reached the ears of the surrounding Nine-Star Guild yers.

    ¡°Boom, boom, boom...¡±

    One after another, skills of all sorts of colors started being charged up or thrown out.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    Bullets with tails of mes were shot out or ignited. The battle had gone straight into the most rigorous, climatic section right from the start.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    Feng Luo, holding his Ghost Weep, cut a vine that had wrapped around his waist into two. His left hand in the ck Eagle glove grabbed onto the section that was still wiggling and tossed it into the continuous sea of fire over 10 meters from him.

    He had not chosen to use a sniper rifle for the battle but chose to switch to the Light Armored Warrior profession for closebat.

    As he had predicted before, Snipers were really of not much use in this battle.

    Regardless how much stronger a Sniper was, one would only be able to break at most one flower or horizontal underground stem or vine, but even these Normal Python Flower monsters of the lowest Grade had seven or eight flowers and five or six vines.

    The main thing was that these flowers and vines werepletely entangled together. With just a sniper rifle, one would have no way of finding all the extensions of a Spotted Python Flower even after a few minutes.

    Furthermore, those horizontal underground stems that were considered weak-points were also covered by the dense flower discs. As such, it was very hard for him to use a sniper rifle toplete one kill.

    Rather, with Maniptor skills, there was no need for any uracy ¨C Seas of Fire, Blizzards, Tornadoes, Meteorites...

    One after another, Maniptor skills bloomed in this huge sea of flowers. Their visions were all a flurry with damage coefficients and Energy colors.

 Chapter 599 - Belonging of the Second Chip

    <h4>Chapter 599: Belonging of the Second Chip</h4>

    The monster within the st was dominated by the red colored mes.

    As a Maniptor, the profession with the most violent output in War and with fancy skills, the Fire Maniptor firmly secured the number one spot among high-end yers.

    In this team of 500 people, the number of Fire Maniptors was more than 10%.

    Over 50 Fire Maniptors taking turns to unleash their range skills had pushed the team speedily forward towards the research base in the center.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-3040, -3550, -3150!¡±

    Red Queen threw a Fireballbo, covering an entire seven or eight dark green horizontal underground stems within an area.

    [Your teammate has killed Red and White Spotted Python Flower (Level 55, Elite), you have earned XP: 56.]

    [Your teammate has killed Red and White Spotted Python Flower (Level 52, Normal), you have earned...]

    [Your teammate...]

    The damage coefficients in Feng Luo¡¯s vision were eliminated, once again proving that when it came to ground output ability, other than Machine Gunners, there was no one able topare with Fire Maniptors.

    Machine Gunners needed huge amounts of gunpowder, and with the threat of the North City yers, no one Machine Gunner would dare to generously splurge their bullets.

    ...

    ¡°Like this, we should have a great chance at the second Quasi-Boss Chip.¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Letting out a skill, he easily bombed the underground stems that were twisted into a ball on the ground into bits and pieces.

    In the center of the team, the Nine-Star Guild Maniptor looked like he was full of anticipation.

    As a Fire Maniptor, with a very powerful A-Grade attack talent and with two pieces of damage-enhancing Legendary equipment, he was very hopeful for a Quasi-Boss Chip.

    Especially due to the fact that the teammates who had awakened the Force were unable topete with him due to the attributes of this monster.

    ¡°Don¡¯t be careless! In the team of that Sniper Feng Zhi Luo Ye, it seems like there¡¯s also a very powerful Fire Energy Maniptor!¡± Invikill simrly gave up the idea ofpeting for this Quasi-Boss Chip, but still reminded hispanions.

    ...

    ¡°General Red, not sure if you have the idea ofpeting for this second Quasi-Boss Chip?¡± Feng Luo held Ghost Weep in reverse, the sharp de once again effortlessly cut off a coiling vine.

    He suddenly took a few steps backward and went close to Red Queen.

    ¡°What does Mister Feng mean, you have a way?¡± Red Queen let out a skill, turning towards Feng Luo after burning an area of underground stems and flowers once again.

    Although her face was expressionless, her eyes had much anticipation.

    She possessed aplete Legendary-Grade Energy Converter ¨C this should be the top of all the yers participating.

    The Energy Converter and sniper rifle were both assembled weapon equipment, therefore it was very possible that there were just one or twoplete ones in the entirety of Storm City. Although there were noplete ones, it was very likely that there were those onlycking a fewponents in other Fire Maniptors¡¯ hands ¨C they would not be very inferior in terms of raised attack.

    Although she had an S-Grade talent and her skills would have a 100% burning bonus, most of the Fire Maniptors who had be star yers also had Energy attack-type talents.

    Especially with the fact that the effect of her talent was very strong, the burning damage had a w, which was that it was slightlycking in terms of explosiveness since its damage was continuous in nature.

    Although she had certain confidence in being able to win this Quasi-Boss Chip, she could not guarantee that she would get it.

    ¡°I suppose your weapon is Legendary equipment?¡± Feng Luo asked Red Queen directly.

    ¡°Mister Feng has such a good eye...¡± Red Queen nodded.

    ¡°That¡¯s good then...¡± Upon confirming this, Feng Luo quickly took out from his backpack two Force Potions.

    He could no longer get his hands on this Quasi-Boss Chip. However, it did not mean that ¡°his own people¡± would not be able to get it.

    Red Queen was considered to be one of those who were more acquainted with him, and the two were in a team at the moment. For Red Queen, as one of his people to get this Quasi-Boss Chip, it was better than if it were others who had gotten it.

    Besides being able to be in a box at the front few on auctions, Red Queen was definitely a potential customer of Force Potions.

    ...

    10 minutester, the battle began to enter its final stage.

    The Python Flower¡¯s numbers were extremelyrge in this sea of flowers, but as they moved slowly and had the w of not having truly meaningful long-range attacks, it was easier than the previous battle with the Hypertoxic Lizards.

    At the moment, half of the Python Flowers were cleared, and the team was only over 100 meters away from the second research base infested with countless vines and giant flowers.

    ¡°Quasi-Boss discovered!¡± With a Recon Meter out, Green Arrow stared at the blinking orange light and reminded Red Queen.

    ¡°Roger!¡± Red Queen nodded and reached out to inject a purple Quasi-Force Potion into her neck.

    Two secondster, the Energy Converter in her hand emitted a high temperature, and a shapeless Energy mixture of Fire Energy extended out from behind Red Queen¡¯s flowing Energy robe, forming a fireball.

    A fiery red fireball around the size of a basketball, with an orange-red surface like that of a mixed with gold.

    ¡°Just a fireball?¡± Feng Luo did not expect that the included skill of Red Queen¡¯s Legendary equipment was such a basic skill resembling a fireball skill.

    However, it wasn¡¯t a fireball.

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes narrowed.

    Around Red Queen, in about less than one second, a second fireball had formed, then a third, a fourth...10 secondster, Red Queen was surrounded with over 10 fireballs radiating with thick and dense Fire Energy, where even Feng Luo was unable to see with his Sniper vision.

    ¡°Sou!¡±

    As Red Queen raised up her hand, a Force Fireball with mes circling like on a meteorite charged towards the area of the flowerbed.

    It was engulfed by the gigantic flower discs and all sorts of skills and attacks which were shot over.

    In just less than one second...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The area suddenly erupted into an Energy sphere that was continuously spreading into the surrounding area, like a life-ending meteorite spreading and swallowing up everything around it. Everything within the entire area, including flower discs, stems, and vines were all swallowed.

    When the fireball had dispersed, only two burnt Python Flower Quasi-Boss stems that were still burning were exposed.

    On top of it was continuously emerging burning damage of over 500 points per second.

    The total damage capacity of this fireball was definitely over 50,000, whereby the formation time was less than one second.

    Ultimate moves of other Fire Maniptors with extremely long cooldown, with the single target damage of around 5000. This fireball, which could be thrown in a second, had super-high damage able to annihte a Quasi-Boss flower disc at one go.

    Looking at Red Queen, who was like a true Fire Energy ruler, inside the series of eye-opening Force skill fireballs like encircling meteorites.

    Beside her, Neutron Star was going all-out in clearing the relentless Quasi-Boss vines charging over, Green Arrow was using the Recon Meter to find the position of every flower of the Quasi-Boss, White Crescent was continuously replenishing health; and Big Pineapple, Phoenix, and Zhao Yun who were also helping out; Feng Luo with his Ghost Weep was also in.

    There was no more anxiety about whose hands the second Quasi-Boss Chip wouldnd in.

 Chapter 600 - Phoenixâ€™s Blade: Exquisite Sun

    <h4>Chapter 600: Phoenix¡¯s de: Exquisite Sun</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4567!¡±

    A bullet flew out of the barrel of the Wings of Death, spanning nearly a hundred meters, clinging to the surface of the murky water and hitting a target.

    A yellow damage coefficient showing near 5000 appeared, however, it was followed by an overwhelming amount of damage counters.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A giant, two or three-meter-long, locust-like mollusk, rolled over and crashed into the mud, as it copsed onto the muddy swamp with a huge bang.

    You participated in the killing of Tyrannosaurus Earthworm (Level 60 Quasi-Boss). Contribution Portion: 1.5%. Experience Gained: 4500. Credit Points earned: 1.

    ¡°Such a pity...¡± Feng Luo brushed the system notice away from his field of view.

    Feng Luo could only shake his head, as he felt disappointed upon missing thest hit on this Tyrannosaurus Earthworm Quasi-Boss.

    Yes, this is a Tyrannosaurus Earthworm Quasi-Boss and not a Striped Saffron Quasi-Boss; since this was actually the third base, as they were no longer at the second base.

    The results of the battle at the second base from more than an hour ago did not make much of a billow. With the help of herpleted Legendary equipment and Force Elixirs, Red Queen managed to win the second Quasi-Boss Chip with a 10.2% contribution.

    Feng Luo¡¯s 0.5% Contribution Portion, was reluctantly considered as moderate under the ¡°closebat ss,¡± as he obtained a D-Grade crystal from the loot the Quasi-Boss dropped after dying.

    Even though he was unable to change the terrible situation of his profession, it was true that the other yers were not average for casual yers. Many of them had Legendary equipment.

    Of course, Red Queen getting this Quasi-Boss Chip attracted the attention of many yers.

    Particrly when she was discovered to be in the same team as Feng Luo, and both Quasi-Boss Chips were in the possession of yers in the same party.

    Some of the yers in the guild camp were inevitably unhappy with this.

    ...

    In the second base, after getting the elixir which would restrain the Striped Saffron¡¯s long-range attack capability by preventing its vines from being disgusted and unwilling to be approached by yers, the team then utilized the time and moved forward the third base.

    As for the monsters in the third base, it was the locust-like shaped mollusk that was in front of them. They grew within the swamp and the mud, but they were magnified a few hundred times, being able to grow two rows of disc-like teeth as their weapon, a mollusk was now able to swallow a huge portion of a yer.

    What was most disgusting was not its appearance, but one of its special attributes.

    This monster¡¯s mind was super simple, it was so simple that it did not have a brain. This type of Tyrannosaurus Earthworm¡¯s anatomy did not have a brain or a heart, it only had some simple nerves and an excretory system.

    The structure of this primitive creature may seem a bit backward, but it had a very perverted attribute.

    This attribute was that its body did not have any fatal weak points, hence any attack on it would only deal out a yellow damage coefficient at most.

    This was no doubt, a sniper¡¯s Achilles¡¯ heel, so to speak.

    The biggest advantage that a sniper has above other professions was that it would be easier for them to hit a higher damage count from a fatal shot, as a single shot¡¯s damage would be far superior to a few bullets shot by a Scout.

    However, this primitive creature, which has no weak spots or organs at all, has fundamentally limited the sniper¡¯s ability to output high damage.

    ¡°This will be another long-winded battle.¡± Upon seeing the first of these creatures, Feng Luo could only shake his head.

    The monsters in the two previous bases were disadvantageous for Snipers, and this rendered many speechless.

    Those who were speechless were not only Snipers; those Warrior yers were speechless as well. The area where the creatures were living was a piece of swamp that had all types of dposition smells, and so the Warrior ss yers who were wearing armor had no way to enter the half-meter high swamp to fight.

    On the contrary, these creatures, upon seeing the appearance of the yers, started to form groups to spit ¡°muddy spit¡± at the yers.

    Of course, that was what it was called. In reality, it was the disgusting mud from under the muddy swamp.

    Within the disgusting mud, it fused with the sticky liquid from within the creature¡¯s body, which would solidify within a few seconds when it hits the yer¡¯s body, causing the yer to have difficulty moving.

    In these situations, it was simr to the Petrifaction Skill from the Magic Online Games.

    Once the yers were incased and immobile from the mud, the enormous Tyrannosaurus Earthworm would then stretch its body out from hiding under the muddy water, and used its smelly mouth as an instrument to bite onto the upper body of the yer, pulling them into the water.

    If people thought that it was eptable to be swallowed whole by those Striped Saffron flowers, then being swallowed by these extremely disgusting earthworms would be intolerable for them.

    Feng Luo saw that White Crescent¡¯s ice zed face became pale, looking the same as when she saw those strange blood-sucking grasshoppers.

    However, the looks on Phoenix and Digital Cat did not have much change, as for people like them who had already experienced the Biohazard Crisis plot, the situation in front of them was nothing inparison.

    ¡°Arnold, the target is in the direction of 15 degrees, attack in that direction.¡± Digital Cat was standing behind Arnold, making him raise the four-barrel machine gun, pointing at the Tyrannosaurus Earthwork in the swamp and shootingrge amounts of bullets.

    ¡°Click, click, click...¡±

    The scalding shell fell into the water, causing a lot of white smoke to rise.

    Upon encountering these monsters, the Snipers could not perform as well, but it was opposite for Machine Gunners.

    That huge body area could allow all of the machine gun bullets tond, where none will miss, coupled with the Rare Quality machine gun, with a lengthened stic chain even if the creature was Commander Grade, would be brought down to near-death.

    In the end, the third Quasi-Boss Chipnded in the hands of a Machine Gunner, because he had a semi-finished Legendary Grade Destroyer machine gun in his hands. Throughout the battle, he had damaged nearly 20% of the health points of the Level 60 Quasi-Boss on his own.

    ¡°Thank god, I finally have a Commander Grade Quasi-Boss Chip. This was not a wasted trip.¡± On the other side, Phoenix, carrying the red and clear alloy long sword, stood in front of a Commander-Level Tyrannosaurus Earthworm which was split into half by her, as she reached out towards the loot to pick up a pet chip which was radiating white light.

    It was important to note that although it was extremely tiring for fighters to fight these types of creatures, Phoenix was far more superiorpared to the rest because of the legendary equipment.

    Exquisite Sun (Two-Handed Sword)

    Grade: Legendary

    Attack: 1000

    Attack Quality Grade: B

    Material Quality Grade: B

    Strength: +50

    Agility: +30

    Life Force: +150

    Additional attribute: 100% chance of directly breaking below B-Grade (not including B-Grade) defenses.

    Additional skills: Fiery Sword: Basic skill consumed 50 Force points, formed a Forceyer with a powerful destructive force on the sword, and equipped attacks with a certain amount of Fire-elemental damage, the Forceyer could be expunged or kept.

    Level required: 50

    Comprehensive evaluation: Passed

    1,000 damage, B-Grade destructive capability, and material; a total of 80 attribute points and an additional property.

    This Legendary alloy sword was definitely more than twice as powerful as the same level of rare equipment.

 Chapter 601 - The Fourth Base

    <h4>Chapter 601: The Fourth Base</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    However, from judging a piece of Legendary equipment, the double-handed sword that Phoenix has gotten, its attributes and properties are verymon.

    The attack power reached 1000 points, a double-handed weapon of a closebat ss required sufficient conditions such as strength, speed, and angle in order to perform its attack at its limit.

    Although the 80-point attribute bonus was not low, such points were just a mere pass for the main weapon.

    As for additional skills, there was no effect until Phoenix awakened her Force. After all, it was not smart to waste a Life Force Elixir just to experience an additional property.

    What Feng Luo felt wasmendable was the rare property of this long sword: a 100% chance of destruction of below B-Grade defense.

    It was important to note that, at this stage, it was near impossible for one to find B-Grade armor other than Legendary equipment and the Rare quality heavy shields for heavy fighters.

    This meant that Phoenix could cut the other sses, or even yers from the same ss wearing light armor, in two with this sword, as if she were cutting fruits and vegetables. (Of course, because of the body of the yers, this would not usually ur.)

    This was also why even with full force, Neutron Star was unable to cut the vines earlier, and the reason why Pheonix was able to slice through it so easily.

    As for why Phoenix still chose to exchange for such a weapon, which merely passed its standards, despite the many options from the Agent Equipment Wearhouse.

    There was nothing more to talk about for this reason...

    ...

    ¡°How are the yers from North City moving...¡±

    After clearing the third research base on Lake Heart Ind in the heart of the swamp and obtaining a powdered elixir that could reverse the effects of the temporal petrification by the Tyrannosaurus Earthworm, the team, after losing a few members, continued with their operations as they walked towards the fourth base.

    In the smallmand group in the Nine-Star Guild, Zi Wei spoke to the yer wearing the scientist sses.

    ¡°ording to the energy fluctuations from the second simtion biometric instrument, it should still be in the second base on their side of the ind.¡± That yer was carrying an instrument with a map of the devil¡¯s triangle ind with many different colored dots and veryplicated data.

    ¡°They¡¯ve only just reached the second base? Is this location urate?¡± Zi Wei frowned slightly.

    ¡°I¡¯m not entirely sure. The signal interference on this ind is too severe and there may be some errors. Unfortunately, the monsters on this ind are too aggressive, otherwise, only by sending someone to dive over or by sending flying pets to observe them from the skies, you can guarantee their location.¡± The yer wearing the scientist¡¯s sses shook his head when he spoke.

    ¡°There¡¯s no need to do that yet. In terms of timing, they have no way to affect our clearing of the fourth base in front of us.¡± Zi Wei seemed to be falling into deep thought. ¡°You continue with what you¡¯re doing, report to me once there is news.¡±

    ¡°Okay, Chairman Zi Wei.¡± The yer wearing the scientist¡¯s sses said.

    ...

    ¡°Uncle Lin, what do you think?¡± As she parted ways from this yer, Zi Wei turned to the Heavy Armor Warrior that was protecting her, as she asked him with a respectful tone.

    ¡°I¡¯m not sure, but in theory, the difficulty of each base should not differ a lot, plus, their first three bases are a lot closer aspared to ours...¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior said as he opened his mouth under the mask, he had a slight old tone in his voice.

    ¡°You¡¯re saying...¡± A light shed in front of Zi Wei¡¯s pair of eyes.

    ¡°There is always this possibility, we must make the necessary arrangements.¡± The Heavy Armor Warrior with an older voice said.

    ¡°Well, yes, the question of treachery. Do you have a suspect?¡± Zi Wei nodded and asked.

    ¡°ording to the course and performance of the battle, we roughly circled 13 people, of which 10 are scattered yers, while three are from the guild itself.¡± The old voice under the mask said.

    ¡°Amongst them, there is a person that might require more attention...¡± The heavy-armored soldier opened his personal terminal, where the pop-up screen showed the face of a Scout with a sneer on his face.

    ...

    Half an hourter, sometime after midnight, the yers from Storm City finally entered the fourth base, into a thick and condensed forest.

    ¡°Hopefully, this time, there won¡¯t be those weird monsters again.¡± ck Panther, who had been silent throughout, suddenly uttered a sentence.

    He had only obtained four pet chips in his first three bases, three of them were obtained from the first base with the toxic lizards.

    Thetter two types of creatures were over-restrictive for Snipers.

    ¡°Hopefully so.¡± Feng Luo shook his head, his facial expression was not pleasant either.

    Although he had gotten the first Quasi-Boss Chip, no one wouldin if they got too many of such things, for the two types of creatures afterward, he really had no way to go about killing them.

    ¡°Click, click, click...¡±

    ¡°Heavy Armored Warriors, ready to cover. Scouts, test the attack...¡± By this time, there had been a burst of submachine gunfire and the sound of the line of a firemand.

    ¡°Have they encountered the creature?¡± Hearing the sound of this battle, the group of people sped up and walked towards the front, after a few seconds, their field of vision widened.

    By this time, the dark forest which was restricting their vision had disappeared, in front of them was a small hill roughly 200-300 meters tall that was ¡°bald¡± and had no vegetation on it.

    The monster that was being attacked by the yers was on that bald, rocky hill.

    ¡°Feng Luo, I am suspecting that the first Quasi-Boss Chip you obtained used up all of your good luck?¡± Big Pineapple looked down at Feng Luo strangely as he said that.

    At that time, the creature that was battling the yers was yet another creature, in theory, which was super disadvantageous for Snipers.

    Rock Ball, Base Level: 50, a creature that had 10000 health points.

    The oddly named creature had an appearance that looked like a spherical ck rock which was more than a meter in diameter.

    In addition to its ability to move, the surface of this monster¡¯s body was made from a defensive substance. There was no doubt that it was rock and was actually an extremely tough type of rock.

    ¡°Pop, pop, pop...¡±

    ¡°-29, -37,-32...¡±

    When the Scouts from the Nine-Star Guild shot their bullets onto that rocky shell when they first discovered these targets, the bullets, which were slightly off in their angle, immediately flew off after creating some obvious sparks, creating damage counters which were not even reaching 50 points.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-235... -241...¡±

    Only a few bullets, hit from a frontal angle close to ny degrees and hitting a few cracks in the rocky shell, could cause damage counters above one-hundred.

    This creature was only of a normal level. On the opposite hill, more than half were Elite level.

    ¡°The physical defense of these monsters isparable to the sharks that you¡¯vee across before.¡± Green Arrow dropped the empty submachine gun and frowned.

    She had just cleared a full magazine, only to end up hitting the target for less than two thousand health points.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-690!¡±

    A hot ball of energy flew past and hit the rock monster.

    ¡°It¡¯s not just physical defense, this thing also has a high elemental resistance.¡± Red Queen said, throwing a fireball over, having possessed legendary equipment. In theory, the concentrated fireball should have caused 4000 damage, but in reality, it had only caused less than 700 in damage.

    ...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-934!¡±

    ¡°How can its defense be so ridiculous?¡± Feng Luo thought, knowing that it was not just him and his group.

    Invikill and that Elementalist on the other side also frowned after theyunched their attacks.

    Invikill had aplete Legendary Sniper gun with B-Grade special bullets. In the end, a shot on the Elite-Grade creature, could not exceed 1000 in damage as well.

    ...

    ¡°The defense is so ridiculous, that¡¯s a good thing.¡± On the other side, a certain Scout yer revealed a sneer and joy instead of his face.

    ¡°This way, the fourth base can finally consume the reserve supplies of Storm City. At best,pared to the bases before, it would cause a lot more deaths. And by then...¡± His sights carried some vengeance, as he sneakily stared towards Feng Luo¡¯s position. ¡°That Quasi-Boss Chip would be added to my collection of loot.¡±

 Chapter 602 - Heavy Fire and Ice

    <h4>Chapter 602: Heavy Fire and Ice</h4>

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    The rolling stones on those smaller rocky hills started to have some movement after the consecutive attacks by the yers.

    One after the other, they vibrated until the point where their bodies and some colors started to separate and started to roll towards these yers.

    Initially, their rolling speed was slow, but after rolling to the bottom of the hill from the peak along the slope, the speed was not inferior to an off-road vehicle.

    ¡°Heavy Armor Warriors, prepare the technique to stay rooted! Fire Maniptors, fiery sea... Earth Maniptors, create a mud wall... Water Maniptors, channel an absolute zero hail spell. Take notice, please do not fully cast it first!¡± The Nine-Star Guild¡¯s Frontline Command took his position, as the line of firemand was loudly raised.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble...¡±

    Under the night sky, those few hundred ck rolling stones had umted until up to one or two meters, the Nine-Star Guild yers need to adapt and defend quickly.

    A muddy-yellow one-meter high energy wall was quickly raised in between the yers and the opposite rocky hill area, the energy quickly reached more than 20 percent. Within each face of the wall, the mes with continuously spreading sparks, the burning me was also one-meter tall.

    The Muddy Wall Spell and the Fiery Sea Spell.

    In mere seconds, the Nine-Star Guild yers had created a piece of fortification in a hundred-meter radius around them.

    ¡°Rumble... Boom!¡±

    Right after the fortification wasplete, the first rolling stone had hit the firstyer of the energy stone wall, where the enormous impact destroyed the muddy wall. As it was rolling at a speedparable to an off-track vehicle, its area has dropped by arge margin. As it rolled into the fiery sea right after, the top of it started to have exponentially increased damage values appearing every few seconds.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh whoosh...¡±

    At the same time, the Machine Gunners and the Wind Maniptors were standing on a slightly higher positionpared to the rest of the group.

    As they were continuously attacking, the four A-50 Tiger-form machines which were brought with much effort were also shooting continuously.

    However, as these creatures had sturdy rock as their surfaces, their defenses were a little too strong and the bullets would bounce off upon hitting their bodies, if the angle of impact were wrong, the damage would be close to zero, and the effect due to only hitting them after flying long distances would not develop additional effects like the burn.

    Although the continuous area spells could cause a certain amount of damage, due to its excessive amounts of health points, it guaranteed them to be able to survive after this phase of fortification; especially when there were Elite level rolling stones that had health points exceeding 20,000.

    ¡°Rumble... boom... boom...¡±

    After crashing and destroying all the energy mud walls andpletely crossing the fiery area, these Elite level creatures¡¯ health points were still more than half of their original.

    ¡°Water Maniptors, following your respective areas, split up the attacks.¡± However, just when they were crossing the fiery area, Frontline Command¡¯s voice had already rung out.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    In the next moment, the sky was painted red by the fires.

    It started to pourrge amounts of rain, and the temperature fell below zero. However, it did not form ice, as it was the absolute zero rain.

    This Level 25 spell from the Water Maniptor, was initially used to create favorablebat environments under many situations, however, now that it is collectively cast, it has created effects which were out of people¡¯s expectations.

    ¡°Kacha, Kacha...¡±

    The fresh breaking sounds umted, crossing hundreds of meters along the fiery area where its surface¡¯s temperature was so high that it became cooked. When the red golems encountered the freezing icy water, it resulted in the pieces of the golems started to form cracks. Some were even breaking apart straight down the middle, exposing a core that looked like a rock but had life moving in it.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble, rumble...¡±

    Without its hard shell, even if it had more than 10,000 health points, under the attacks of the yers, it was only a matter of time until it will be destroyed.

    Especially when the core was struck, the attacks that hit would always cause critical damage.

    ¡°As expected, it was the grand guild for a reason. If it was a wild party, the situation would be a mess...¡± Phoenixplemented the guild.

    ¡°This is a super guild that is ranked top ten in the whole game.¡± Feng Luo agreed.

    Being able to think about this type of tactic in such a short time, the Nine-Star Guild, from itsmanders to the yers, disyed their capabilities.

    ...

    In the first wave of nearly a hundred golems being eliminated as a group, the atmosphere of the whole team of yers was rxed by a huge margin.

    With the Scouts¡¯ analysis, the creatures of the fourth base had a smaller poptionpared to the three bases before.

    The previous golems made up more than half of the total number, and since they were able to eliminate this half, then for the remaining half left on the rocky hill only needed to use the same method to deal with them.

    The only thing that many were still worried about, or more concerned with, was the Quasi-Boss in this base.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    After this wave of golems been eliminated, the opposite rocky hill started to have some slight vibrations as the rocks and mud started to fall. At the same time, an invisible immense pressure swept through all of the yers in an instant.

    ¡°High energy creature detected, high energy creature, responding...¡± Individual warning rms started to ring, the Quasi-Boss from the fourth base appeared.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    In the opposite middle portion of the hill, a ck shadow the size of a small house appeared in the line of sights of the yers.

    Golem (Level 60, Quasi-Boss), Species number... HP: 6 million

    After the Wings of Death did a scan, the Quasi-Boss¡¯ basic attributes were made known to Feng Luo. Being Level 60 was not too high, however with an HP of 6 million, for a local creature, it was extremely high, especially, when this creature had a sturdy defensive attribute.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    When the yers had notpletely scanned the Quasi-Boss, it had started moving. Its body started to formrge muddy-yellow energy beams around it. A golem was wrapped by these energies and quickly flew towards the sky.

    ¡°What is it doing?¡± In the hearts of many, they started to form a bad precaution.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    In the next moment, they could only see the golem floating in the sky, as it had elerated fiercely. Following that, it was like a cannonball, flying towards the yers.

    ¡°F*ck, hide quickly!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t get crushed!¡±

    Amongst the yers, there was a huge panic, many Maniptors were stuffing armor on themselves hurriedly.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    However, these measures were toote, these elite golems had crossed the 200-meter gap in less than a second and immediatelynded the middle of the yers¡¯ team.

    With itsrge surface area, it rolled and bounced over a few more meters, crashing into a Maniptor who was unable to hide in time, along with his energy shield...

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    ¡°-6789!¡±

    ...and the white light of death appeared.

 Chapter 603 - Self-Destruction

    <h4>Chapter 603: Self-Destruction</h4>

    ¡°Rumble, rumble...¡±

    The enormous Quasi-Boss Golem on the small hill did notunch attacks on the yers personally but instead used its earth energy to ¡°throw¡± the remaining half of the normal golems.

    From the point of view of the yers, it looked like it was a sky where a bright moon hung, it was as if a fewrge ck ¡°moons¡± appeared after.

    ¡°Quick, Heavy Armored Warriors, block them! Earth Maniptors, ignore the front, ce your attention on top... Water Maniptors, Fire Maniptors... split up in teams of two and attack!¡± Frontline Commandmanded the yers, despite the loudhailer, he was overwhelmed by the cries after being buried by the giant rocks.

    That piece of hundred meter-long ¡°fortification¡± had no meaning under these circumstances, as the rolling stones were flying directly from the sky.

    Those giant rocks, which flew further than a meter with their weight measured in tons, had nothing that was capable to be able to intercept them in the sky.

    Perhaps, the homing missiles in the machines were capable of doing so, but the machine¡¯s controller did not have such quick reaction timing.

    Most importantly, the four machines did not have a lot of homing missiles. Being an expensive consumable, it was impossible for them to use on thesemon, Elite Level creatures.

    It was a pity that despite Frontline Command¡¯s leadership being reliable and stable, the people who were able to adapt were not many.

    One after the other, the Golems were thrown by the Quasi-Boss onto the yer¡¯s base, leaving the original set-up formations destroyed and devastated. Due to the enormous power from these rolling stones, those who were hit directly needed to respawn, and even if they were not hit directly, they would lose half of their lives just by the slightest hit.

    Only after a few seconds, the battleground already had quite a number of the white lights of death.

    This scene made Feng Luo inevitably think back to the enormous rocks thrown by the catapults from the city defenders during the Ancient Siege, or even the solid bullet from the Hongyi Cannon. More urately put, it was not a solid bullet, but a shotgun bullet.

    Although the defensive formation was dispersed, the yers still had their techniques, relying on the control spells by the Maniptors and the ¡°Immovable Mountain¡± by the Heavy Armored Warriors defending with their shields. After paying a huge price, they were able to hold against these rolling enormous rocks, preventing them from continuously crushing people.

    However, being unable to crush people, this did not mean that it was unable to continue to kill people after these rolling stones were blocked by the yers or the environment and losing their mobility.

    What came after, was something all the yers were not able to imagine.

    ¡°Kacha!¡±

    A piece of Level 55 Elite rolling stone waspletely stopped and suddenly had a crack on its sturdy rocky surface, simr to those rocks which were crushed after passing through the heavy fire and ice. However, what was different was that within the cracks of these rocks, there was blurred yellow light revealing from within. Following that, there was an energy movement charging inside.

    ¡°No good, these rocky creatures are going to...¡± Before screams of the scouts of the team ended...

    ¡°Rumble, rumble, rumble!¡±

    One after another, the enormous rolling stonesnded into the bases of the yers with ground-shaking impacts, as it followed its cracks and shattered into smaller pieces.

    As for what was different from the previous impacted pieces, the shattered pieces from the automatic self-destruction had irregr sizes of shattered pieces, however, they were all sturdy pieces. Additionally, under the power of the fierce self-explosion, itunched those pieces towards the surrounding yers with speedparable to bullets.

    ¡°tter, tter, tter...¡±

    Pieces with sizes ranging from as small as a fist till asrge as a human head impacted the yers who were unable to hide in time.

    In an instant, there were a few more white lights of death appearing on the battleground.

    Even for those Heavy Armor Warriors wearing equipment which boosts their health points, if they were in the parameters of several small pieces of the self-destructing golems towards them, their health points will copse in an instant as well.

    In the first three bases, Storm City¡¯s death count did not exceed 30. However, at the fourth base, in the period of a few minutes, the death count was nearing this number.

    Most importantly, with the self-destruction and the constant rolling stones being thrown from the Quasi-Boss repeatedly, the yer¡¯s formation has beenpletely devastated to the point of regeneration, they could only work in their respective smaller teams as the formation.

    ¡°Pui... Pui...¡±

    ¡°What is this? They actually self-destruct?¡± Big Pineapple said with a dull face as he spat out the mud which came from a self-destructed golem nearby.

    Even with his defense attribute, with his shield blocking the self-destruction by this Level 60 Elite Level Golem, his life points still dropped by around 4000.

    In this game with these explosive types of attacks, as it is a little rogue, itsmon power is still greater than the strongest moves by creatures with simr levels. Like the self-destructing beetle that should not be looked down on it having any other attacking moves apart from its self-destruction power, as it is able to destroy creatures of simr levels.

    However, with Big Pineapple blocking at the front, their small team was not reduced at all from this explosion.

    It was only when...

    ¡°Quick, hinder it! Everyone, be careful, focus on dodging!¡± Frontline Command¡¯s originally calm voice suddenly became hurried, even the twomands that he gave were very contradicting.

    Although many teams were relying on their fighter ss to block the separate self-destructions from themon golems, on the opposite hill the Quasi-Boss which was throwing his subordinates was starting to roll.

    ¡°What the f*ck!¡± Not only Frontline Commander, but all other yers¡¯ faces changed.

    Forget about all these Common and Elite Level Golems self-destructing, self-destruction by the Level 60 Quasi-Boss that, in theory, would not be inferiorpared to a real Boss¡¯ area ultimate.

    However, at this moment, you can tell the real personalities of the yers participating in this wastnds.

    Although some were hurried, they were not panicking to the point that they were mindless. Even under the circumstances of having the threat of the Common Golem¡¯s impact and self-destruction, many Maniptors did not regard the danger that they were in and still created the fortifications against the Quasi-Boss in the front.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble...¡±

    The energy mud walls started to rise from beneath the hill, as there was fiery energy starting to aze.

    Other than that, additional bullets and spells were cast towards the Quasi-Boss¡¯ body.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang...¡±

    ¡°-334, -346...¡±

    ¡°-12, -33, -104...¡±

    The sky filled with spells caused the night sky to be colored with several colors. However, the damage done upon the hits, against the 6 million health points of the Quasi-Boss, did not have much meaning.

    The Quasi-Boss¡¯ physical defense and elemental resistance were definitely more disgusting than its¡¯ subordinates. Before breaking his firstyer which was lined up with super thick stones, there was no way to inflict any damage.

    The only hope was the fortification raised at that hundred-meter area at the base of the hill.

    Even if this Quasi-Boss was so strong in its defenses, its body was still made out of rocks, which meant that a series of heavy fire and ice would be able to weaken it a little, right?

 Chapter 604 - Super Unexpected Situation

    <h4>Chapter 604: Super Unexpected Situation</h4>

    On the base of the hill that was a hundred meters away, there were a few two-meter-tall mud walls forming into shape, as it was on guard for what was going toe.

    If it wasn¡¯t for the Earth Maniptors having the shortest range amongst all the Maniptors, where this Mud Wall spell was unable to be cast from a range exceeding 150 meters away, the best choice was to ce some at the mountainside position. That way, the Quasi-Boss¡¯ speed would not be able to increase.

    However, with so many mud walls, there is only a Quasi-Boss as a rolling stone on the other side.

    Most of the people must be thinking that these walls must still have some use. After all, these mud walls were created by the most Elite of yers.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    The Quasi-Boss had reached the base of the hill. As it went down the final slope, its speed elerated as it was nearing the most frontal mud wall.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    On the side of the yers, thest Common Golem had chosen to self-destruct as well, as it shot off a wave of shattered rocks in four directions.

    However, under the condition of sufficient preparation, this dyed Common Golem did not cause much harm, as it only caused the death of a few yers.

    Right now, the Quasi-Boss¡¯ only goal was to knock into the mud wall, as it rolled closer and closer to the mud fortification.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Under the attacks and the focus of all of the yers, the obsidian body of the Quasi-Boss, that was the size simr to a small house, knocked into the first energy mud wall.

    What was worth mentioning was, that the color of the first mud wall was very dark, this represented the expertise of the spell caster, as the toughness of the mud wall must have been very high.

    Because of this, the yers¡¯ confidence level was greatly enhanced, as their faces were filled with high expectations.

    ¡°Hum!¡±

    The firstyer of the mud wall did not let down the spectators.

    The Quasi-Boss Golem, with its elerated speed from its rolling all the way down from the mountainside struck the firstyer of this energy mud wall. Although the color of the mud wall became a lot duller, it did not shatter, instead, it stood very firmly right in the same spot. Thisyer of mud wall did not get destroyed by the Quasi-Boss monster.

    This situation definitely made people feel very surprised, as the weight of the Quasi-Boss is definitely above hundreds of tons. Adding the high speed of its impact, it surprisingly did not destroy a wall that was formed by energy.

    ¡°Wow f*ck!¡±

    ¡°What is this situation?¡±

    Although the energy wall was not broken, the yers¡¯ faces did not show any joy but instead shock and fear. Especially Frontline Commander, who was in charge ofmanding, as his face turned green.

    The yers reacted this way because, although the energy wall did not break, the Quasi-Boss was still not blocked.

    As it was blocked by this strong wall, the Quasi-Boss monster with its high rolling speed was like a galloping bowling ball that was stung slightly by a small rock. As a result, it naturally...

    ¡°Shoot!¡± Behind Big Pineapple, Zhao Yun was a little stunned.

    Zhao Yun suddenly ced his energy converter down, as he quickly looked around his surroundings. After discovering that no one noticed him, he let out a huge breath.

    At this moment, of course, no one was going to notice.

    Who was so powerful to create such an energy wall that was unbreakable even by a Quasi-Boss.

    Since the Quasi-Boss, under its elerated form, had already flown over a hundred meters through the sky, crossing over all the fortifications, and carrying an enormous ck shadow as itnded, shrouding several yers within.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble, rumble...¡±

    A few more familiar white lights of death appeared.

    Feng Luo could confirm that although these dead yers, with their equipment, were crushed by the falling Golem which weighed almost a hundred tons, before getting kicked out of the game, they must have sworn really loudly.

    However, the yers who are still alive must not have any thoughts of scolding other people.

    After crushing a huge number of people, the Quasi-Boss continued to roll into the backlines of the yers¡¯ squad.

    As it continued to roll,rge amounts of yellow cracks started to be visible on its body. Gorgeously, the Quasi-Boss, after falling from the sky, self-destructed.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    One section of muddy yellow energy swept a twenty-meter parameter around it, as it carried a taste of destruction.

    The gunners were blown away with their guns, as they were scattered like the dead leaves rolled up by a blizzard.

    The energy shields of the Maniptors, under this amounts of pressure, could only hold for some milliseconds before shattering, as they followed the gunners into their graves.

    Only the fighter ss, could hold for a few more milliseconds, but their endings were not much different than that of the gunners and Maniptors.

    Following the Quasi-Boss¡¯ self-destruction, as it was over a hundred tons, shattered pieces with sizes ranging from a human head to some with areas over two-meters shot in all directions like cannonballs.

    Afterward, a few more white lights of death shone.

    ¡°It was so close... finally...¡± At the frontalmanding position of the battlefield, Qing Kong, who was almost smashed by a falling boulder into minced meat, could not help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

    ¡°Vice-Director, these losses are a little too detrimental, I¡¯m afraid it might affect the following operations...¡± He looked to Zi Wei, who was by his side, with a devastated face. She was frowning as well.

    In the fourth research base, their party had been reduced by over 50 people, this was more than the umted count of the previous three bases, and had definitely exceeded the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s predictions.

    Especially considering that this ind not only had creatures, but also the people from North City.

    ¡°Actually, these had been calcted, I originally thought that this Quasi-Boss¡¯ self-destruction power was even stronger...¡± Frontline Commander¡¯s tone was actually a little more celebrative.

    Although the Quasi-Boss¡¯ destruction power was very strong, the real danger zone was only within that 20-meter radius.

    This was because when the energy waves were appearing on the Quasi-Boss¡¯ body, all of the yers that were already expending all of their efforts to run away from its position, which led to the number of people still being in that area of effect decreasing. The remaining people who died were due to the scattering shattered gigantic rocks that hit them as they were running away.

    With the power of the Quasi-Boss¡¯ strong self-destruction, these gigantic shattered pieces flew distances exceeding 100 meters, some even reached up to 200 or 300 meters. Once it hit, those yers who were at moderate health points resulting from the previous attacks would be easily killed in an instant.

    Even at Feng Luo¡¯s position, there was a human head-sized rock which was fiercely thrown over.

    However, he was still alright, because,pared to those people who were hit by the Golems while running with their backs to the explosion, Feng Luo was facing the direction where the rocks were flying from and was able to react in time and dodge the rocks.

    However, this was due to the self-destruction power of the Quasi-Boss not being as strong as the Boss¡¯ global range attacks, resulting in many people being able to react in time.

    ¡°s, it was finally concluded!¡±

    ¡°Did Quasi-Boss Pet Chip fall out? Whose contribution rate was the highest?¡±

    Because of the Quai-Boss¡¯ self-destruction, it had raised huge pieces of mud and sand. In that short period of time, the yers were unable to see the situation at the core of the explosion.

    However, what everyone was most concerned with, was naturally this matter.

    ¡°Hm, wait... Contribution Portion? The system did not like to provide the Contribution Portion?¡±

    ¡°How can this be? Wait... it can¡¯t be!¡±

 Chapter 605 - â€œDead and Revivedâ€ Quasi-BOSS

    <h4>Chapter 605: ¡°Dead and Revived¡± Quasi-BOSS</h4>

    ¡°Boom, boom...¡±

    The self-destructed rock fragments within a 100-meter range suddenly vibrated vigorously.

    The surface of the rocks of varying sizes started to turn yellow, rapidly rolling towards some spot, even flying. Even the remaining rock fragments from the self-destructed rocks on the ground agglomerated towards one spot.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Something¡¯s not right, the Quasi-Boss isn¡¯t dead!¡±

    The system had not given the message that the Quasi-Boss had been killed, that itself was proof, it was only that many people had not noticed.

    Since the Quasi-Boss had self-destructed; in the minds of these high-level yers who had killed many Bosses before, they clearly knew that a Boss self-destructing was equivalent to it awaiting its death.

    They didn¡¯t think that this Quasi-Boss could still be alive after self-destructing.

    In addition,rge amounts of soil were sent around the center of the explosion, resulting in the yers being unable to see clearly initially if prizes had been produced, thus overlooking an obvious loophole.

    ¡°Bazoom!¡±

    The giant rocks that were all over the ground, under the ¡°guidance¡± of the khaki-colored energy, retreated back to the center and rapidly reconstructed.

    Just like an explosion scene in reverse, in just five seconds, the Quasi-Boss rock ball had reappeared on the battlefield.

    ¡°Crap, it can explode and can be constructed, how do we fight it?¡± There were already people who could not help but exim.

    ¡°Don¡¯t panic, it¡¯s not that there¡¯s no price for its self-destruction! Its health is just over 40,000 and it has no sign of fast recovery! Technically, at most, it can self-destruct another four or five times before it¡¯d have no more ability to self-destruct!¡± Upon scanning the Quasi-Boss that had finished reconstructing, with his Legendary-Grade Recon Meter, Jing Kong looked like there was new information he received as he quickly yelled through Frontline Command¡¯s loudspeaker beside him.

    Most Boss-Grade creatures had the ability of fast health recovery. However, this Quasi-Boss did not, and rather, the self-destruction would consume its health.

    Letting it self-destruct and explode itself to death seemed like a feasible way.

    The question was if they really let it continue to self-destruct, howrge would the team¡¯s loss be?

    As a Level 60 Quasi-Boss, the methods of this Quasi-Boss were very simple and straightforward ¨C no unbreakable Energy Force Fields, no long-range attack skills of typical Quasi-Bosses either...

    However, this reckless self-destruction was just enough to cause huge bonus damage.

    It was okay for normal monsters to self-destruct, but did this Quasi-Boss have self-destruction as its regr attack method? If such an explosion just now was to be done several more times, the remation team members would probably be reduced to a third soon.

    ¡°Closebat, stop advancing! Everyone, summon your pets, use big-sized pets to push forward!¡± Frontline Command¡¯s voice sounded once again, his voice had regainedposure this time.

    ¡°This is a good n?¡±

    ¡°Didn¡¯t think of it!¡±

    Hearing this, many yers were shocked.

    On the battlefield, the white lights of summoned pets appeared in an instant.

    In such a situation, letting some pets hinder this Quasi-Boss and divert its attention, and with the yers not going close, the loss would not be too unbearable when it self-destructed.

    Although pets would lose Loyalty upon death and would require money to be revived, the price was still eptablepared with yers dying and losing their chance at high-quality loot, such as the Quasi-Boss Pet Chip.

    Moreover, there was another thing, the Contribution of pets would be counted as the yer¡¯s Contribution.

    Letting pets attack, they could earn a certain Contribution once the Quasi-Boss really died, and fight for the fourth Quasi-Boss Chip from there.

    ¡°Contribution...¡± Feng Luo thought hard.

    He had just used his Wings of Death and had continuously fired over 10 shots at the Quasi-Boss.

    He had to admit that the defense of this Quasi-Boss covered with rock, that nobody knew how thick, was really pretty rad.

    With the Wings of Death together with B-Grade armor-piercing bullets, there was still no way of causing much destruction to the Quasi-Boss¡¯s defense. The multiple shots only barely caused more than over 5000 damage, when a few of which were critical hits.

    With such an output, he had no grasp in securing the number one Contribution.

    ¡°Tap in on our pets?¡± Whether or not to tap on his beetles, Feng Luo was a little hesitant.

    To really use pets to engage in such a battle tactic ofpeting for Contribution, others could not match up to him if he were topete.

    Not to mention the loss to the beetle troops with the mass massacring of the Quasi-Boss¡¯s self-destruction.

    The most important reason why he had not chosen to summon his beetle troops to aid in the battle was that normal beetle troops were seen as ¡°wild beasts¡± in the eyes of yers.

    In such a situation where there was mass battling everywhere, where it was impossible to tell all the yers that the beetles were controlled, his beetle troops would very likely be mistakenly wiped out in the battle by his own teammates if he were to summon them out.

    ¡°But it¡¯s not that there¡¯s no way at all to use them either...¡± Feng Luo had made a decision. Holding his sniper rifle, he quickly ran up the jungle close by, towards a higher position.

    In this process, he had pressed the button on his Pet Bracer.

    With a sh of white light, as 24K appeared pping its wings, the ck wormhole had immediately appeared as well.

    A Scout Beetle, which looked no different from normal Scout Beetles, came out.

    After this, some shapeless force radiated from its body, covering a range of over 10 meters surrounding it.

    After, 100 Energy Beetles flew out from the wormhole, rapidly forming a transparent Energy Forcefield in front of Feng Luo.

    In typical situations with 100 ¡°wild beasts¡± appearing, the present Scout yer¡¯s Recon Meters would have be an area of dense yellow color.

    However, at that moment, even on Jing Kong¡¯s Legendary-Grade Recon Meter, without any Detection engaged or any equipment included skill, no message appeared.

    All of this was because of the Scout Beetle which looked no different from normal Scout Beetles above Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    Other than having the greater camouging ability, Commander-Grade Scout Beetles,pared to Elite-Grade Scout Beetles, were truly great at being able to disrupt and shield against the detection capability of Recon Meters towards a specific target within a certain range.

    ¡°Bazoom!¡±

    In the process of Feng Luo summoning the beetles, the Quasi-Boss at the center of the battlefield had engaged in the second self-destruction.

    This time, over 20 streaks of white light had appeared as a result.

    This time, however, most of the deaths were those of closebat big-sized pets.

    Only two unfortunate low-health yers were directly smashed by the huge rocks being sent flying by the explosion in the outer circle. Upon their deaths, they left behind the Pet Chips, crystals, and equipment they picked up from the previous three ruins.

    This fourth base was a huge loss to the team, but to the surviving yers, they had some benefit.

    Everything picked up by the dead yers would be produced, and there would also be some bonus Rare and even Legendary items added; if they had no teammates, then it would be letting others have it easy.

 Chapter 606 - Slaying the Rock Quasi-Boss

    <h4>Chapter 606: ying the Rock Quasi-Boss</h4>

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    On the battlefield, through the second self-destruction, the Quasi-Boss had killed over 20 pets.

    Before it died, all the Scout yers rapidly threw their Detection skills at the center of the self-destruction, grasping tightly onto their submachine guns.

    Since the Quasi-Boss did not die from its second self-destruction, then it would still have its core existing just like those normal rock ball monsters.

    One just had to find it and then attack it and one would definitely be able to inflict explosive damage, at the same time greatly increase one¡¯s Contribution.

    ¡°Where on Earth is it?¡± Besides the Scouts, the Energy Maniptors were also finding energy waves using their Converters.

    Regardless of whether this Quasi-Boss self-destructed or reconstructed, it still relied on Earth Energy ¨C its core should radiate strong energy waves. Although there was serious disruption on the ind, one would still be able to find the waves if the distance was very close very easily.

    As for the tortured Warrior yers, they could only rely on their naked eyes to observe the rocks, ying a ¡°find-the-difference¡± game between all of them.

    Just when all the yers were either using instruments or distinguishing with the naked eye, Feng Luo who had switched to the Commander Scout Beetle¡¯s vision had locked onto the target in an instant ¨C a ¡°rock shard¡± seemingly no bigger than the size of a human head.

    This was indeed a rock shard; its appearance was not much different from a normal rock shard.

    However, its position was not at the center where the self-destruction took ce at all where the yers were throwing their skills, but in the middle of the 10 guild yers who had flown close to 100 meters away from the self-destruction just now.

    Being only a rock, this Quasi-Boss actually knew how to troll?

    ¡°Ping, ding!¡±

    Without any hesitation, the moment he noticed the target, the muzzle of Feng Luo¡¯s Wings of Death turned swiftly over.

    A scorching armor-piercing bullet was fired, and right after, a ¡°locked-on tag¡± was thrown onto the Quasi-Boss¡¯s core.

    ¡°-5067!¡±

    Yellow weak-point damage of over 5000 appeared; although the Quasi-Boss was not busted apart by his shot, this damage was more than 10 times over than previous attacks.

    ¡°So it¡¯s here!¡± Feng Luos shot suddenly and pointed out the direction to the others.

    The 10 yers in the outer circle were especially shocked and delighted.

    Delighted that the Quasi-Boss core was just behind them, and shocked that after Feng Luo¡¯s one shot, the Quasi-Boss was already shining a yellow light.

    When the group of yers, that was waiting to attack once the Scout yers of the team had found the target, realized that the Quasi-Boss was actually behind them, countless giant rocks were already tossed towards the center.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    Other than three Warrior yers who had escaped, the other seven people were all being hit by the quickly closing rocks, then they were either knocked to the ground and could not flee for a moment, or were brought along flying towards the Quasi-Boss¡¯s core in the center.

    The reconstructed rock fragments also blocked the attacks of the other yers following Feng Luo.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After seven shes of white light, a loud noise sounded again; this time, the result of the explosion was a gigantic rock with bloodstains and three shes of the white light of death.

    With another 10 people dead, counting yesterday¡¯s battle, the number of deaths on this mission was already beyond 150 people.

    This number showed that they could not have any more deaths.

    After this third self-destruction by the Quasi-Boss, everyone was a little worrisome.

    As at that moment, even the Scouts did not know just in which direction should they point their Detection.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-5034!¡±

    A gunshot of the Wings of Death sounded once again two secondster, urately hitting a ¡°red dot¡± locked on at the edge of the battlefield.

    With the Wings of Death together with two B-Grade armor-piercing bullets, even if it was a Quasi-Boss core, a huge part was sliced off.

    ¡°Weng!¡±

    Detecting danger, the Quasi-Boss¡¯s speed of reconstruction was faster this time than before; the surrounding rock fragments that had initially burst apart due to the explosion started to vibrate vigorously.

    ¡°Auto mode, Rapid Shooting!¡±

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-16246!¡±

    With Feng Luo changing the firing mode and engaging a skill, the Wings of Death in his hands sounded another shot in less than a second.

    Upon hitting the spot locked on by the red dot, which had been almostpletely stripped of its defense from before, this shot had officially inflicted lethal damage.

    Furthermore, it was a golden explosive attack with a lethal red glow.

    The rocks that were initially vibrating and those that were even flying towards the center suddenly stopped.

    The lethal damage broke the Quasi-Boss¡¯s skill.

    This Quasi-Boss regathering its rocks after self-destructing was reliant on Energy forpletion ¨C this was considered a skill, of course, it was of a category that was breakable.

    ¡°Ping...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s expression was heartless as his finger pressed down on the trigger, and the Wings of Death fired another bullet.

    ¡°Bazoom...¡±

    ¡°Sou sou...¡±

    ¡°Dadada...¡±

    However, at the same time, all sorts of attacks were fired towards the Quasi-Boss core as well. There were at least over 10 sniper rifle bullets, up to 100 skills, and up to 1000 submachine gun and machine-gun bullets.

    With a Quasi-Boss that had finally had its position exposed and had its reconstruction broken, everyone understood that they could not let it continue on.

    At the same time, everyone understood as well that this was the key, not only topete for Contribution, but also forpeting for the fourth Quasi-Boss Chip.

    ¡°HP: 183,000... 152,000... 111,000...¡±

    The sniper scope vision, that was automatically filtered, urately monitored the changes of the Quasi-Boss¡¯s HP through the multiple types of Energy colors all over the ce. Feng Luo¡¯s finger hooked on the trigger, firing the fifth bullet of this round.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-8056!¡±

    Another shot of lethal damage reduced the Quasi-Boss¡¯s health below 10,000.

    ¡°Weng!¡±

    But just then, the outside of the Quasi-Boss¡¯s core, which was already hit by all sorts of attacks and was almostpletely shattered, suddenly had ayer of khaki-colored Energy.

    The yers¡¯ attacks were violently deflected when hitting it.

    ¡°Weng!¡±

    In the next moment, the rock fragments and giant rocks which were initially unmoving gathered towards the center once more.

    This Quasi-Boss had the ability to retaliate?

    Technically, this should have been thest struggle.

    Seeing from the health it had consumed for self-destruction, this less than 10,000 of health could only afford one more self-destruction.

    Even if it did not choose to self-destruct, it would not matter because with the passion of the yers present, even if it were to shrink into its shell once again, its current health would at mostst for only half a minute.

    As for escaping? There was simrly not much of a chance.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    However, it was clear that the Quasi-Boss had still rather chosen to die gloriously by reconstructing its body and exploding violently once more.

    That was in contrast to before, whereby the Energy ball was much dimmer and when it had flying rock fragments ¨C it now looked like an announcement of the end of the life of a Quasi-Boss creature.

    ¡°Something¡¯s not right!¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s still no message!¡±

    Some yers who had shown joy on their faces quickly thought of something and reminded themselves.

    ¡°No way, don¡¯t tell me there¡¯s still no change!¡±

    To the others, there was no change.

    Technically, the one who should be most hated by this Quasi-Boss was Feng Luo.

    After thest self-destruction had happened, a stone with a diameter of around half a meter violently cut the air as it was shot towards Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    Through the scope vision, it still had a red dot on it that was from being locked on as a target

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    However, this stone bomb with the Quasi-Boss core in it seemed like it had hit something as it stopped suddenly one meter in front of Feng Luo, after which it was deflected.

    It had knocked into something; in the air in front of Feng Luo, 100 Energy Beetles were formed into a transparent shield,pletely blocking him.

    Other than defense, the shields of the Energy Beetles were also able to deflect long-range attacks.

    Being heavily deflected back, the remaining less than 1% health of the Quasi-Boss core and thest stone was separated in the air.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Right after, a 14.5MMrge-caliber B-Grade sniper bullet reduced the Quasi-Boss, whichpletely had no defense power and was like a pangolin being shaved of its scales and skin, into a sky full of dancing XP and prizes.

    [¡°You have killed Rock Ball (Level 60 Quasi-Boss), kill Contribution 15.5%, XP earned: 3100, Merit earned: 4.¡±]

 Chapter 607 - Hands on the Second Chip

    <h4>Chapter 607: Hands on the Second Chip</h4>

    ¡°It¡¯s killed!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s really dead this time!¡±

    The moment the Rock Ball Quasi-Boss was in by the bullet, a system message finally appeared in the visions of the yers participating in the battle.

    This Level 60 Quasi-Boss that had caused the deaths of over 50 participating yers and a huge number of pets had finally been eliminated.

    Undoubtedly, this was a battle with the biggest loss for the yers so far on the ind, even surpassing the Hypertoxic Lizard Quasi-Boss of an even higher level at the first base.

    ¡°What about the Contribution?¡±

    ¡°Who¡¯s the highest this time?¡±

    Right after, everyone¡¯s focus was naturally on the Pet Chip produced among the huge pile of prizes after the death of the Quasi-Boss, which could only be taken away by the yer ranking first in Contribution.

    This time, there was no one who actively went to pick it up.

    The Scout yer was dark-faced this time as he stood in a shadowy corner in the jungle with his few teammates.

    ¡°I have 0.3... I have no chance.¡±

    ¡°I have 0.9...¡±

    ¡°Mine is 1.8%...is there a possibility for a bit of chance?¡±

    Some yers began to light up their Contribution, but Contributions below 1% did not have much of a chance.

    ¡°You have no chance, mine is 1.9%.¡± Another yerughed as he lit up his own Contribution as well.

    The battle this time of surround-attacking the Quasi-Boss was different from the first base.

    Previously for the Quasi-Boss at the first base, there were a huge number of small monsters as well.

    As such, only over 100 people contributed to the output, hence on average, Contribution was only about 0.5%.

    When this Quasi-Boss ¡°flew¡± over, the other small monsters had already been cleared away by the self-explosion.

    Therefore, almost everyone joined in attacking it or defending against it. The Contribution was differentiated even more precisely ¨C in such a situation, being able to achieve a 2% Contribution, one would have the chance to be number one.

    ¡°Ha, I have 3.8%, anyone higher than me?¡± The Nine Star Guild Fire Maniptor said, smiling delightedly.

    This time, as he had previously thrown a re skill and it happened to have hit the Quasi-Boss that was still in atent state, and so he had secured the ¡°first attack¡± bonus.

    Therefore, this Contribution of close to 4% definitely had very high hope. As such, he was already growing happier.

    However, Invikill standing right beside him did not congratte his teammate, but rather gazed towards a certain direction.

    urately speaking, he was gazing at a person ¨C holding onto the Wings of Death and walking towards the direction of the equipment produced from the Quasi-Boss from his shooting position ¨C Feng Luo.

    In this battle, with the Boss¡¯s continuous self-destruction and the pebbles and dirt sent flying, the battlefield was far more chaotic than before.

    Under such a situation, there were only a few people who had noticed Feng Luo¡¯s movement.

    However, this action by Invikill seemed like he had been taking note of Feng Luo throughout the battle?

    ¡°15.5%.¡± Walking to a spot not far away from where the Quasi-Boss had copsed, Feng Luo lit up his Contribution and the surrounding yers who had circled him said.

    ¡°15.5%, no way, how¡¯s it so high?¡±

    ¡°15.5%, who is it? I didn¡¯t see it wrong, did I?¡±

    However, as he was surrounded, it was impossible that everyone had seen him.

    Hence, more people from further outside were shocked and doubtful upon hearing the number, or was it disbelief?

    Although the coefficient was so eye-catching, in truth, considering the fact that the numbers were thinned by splitting among the number of people, the 15% of this fourth base was not much lesser than that 25% at the first base.

    This meant that it was simrly a situation of one person¡¯s power matching up to the Contribution of tens of top yers.

    ¡°It¡¯s him?¡±

    ¡°So it¡¯s him?¡±

    ¡°Him again!¡±

    Once they saw it was Feng Luo who had walked to the prizes produced by the Quasi-Boss to pick up the Chip, many people were astonished.

    At the first base, Feng Luo had never shown himself before, let alone the fact that it was impossible for everyone to so quickly forgot about him from the breaking news of his Force Awakening.

    ¡°Something¡¯s stirring, two Chipsnding in the hands of one person!¡±

    ¡°Just now at the second and third bases, I remember that someone had said something like ¡®Force Awakening was nothing much to be proud of, one still has to have some luck to be able to snatch the Chip?¡¯ What about now, feels like some self-burning!¡±

    ¡°Mister Feng, congrattions again.¡± After Feng Luo had picked up the Chip and walked back to his post, Red Queen smiled and congratted him.

    Until now, only four Chips had been produced in total, but Feng Luo had gotten two, and Red Queen got one as well. It could be said that their small team had earned it big in this remation, dominating both casual and guild teams.

    Of course, seeing Red Queen, many people recalled that this was the gainer of the Chip from the previous second base, and so, naturally, they gossiped.

    ¡°A small team actually getting three Chips, just what kind of background are these people from?¡±

    ¡°Feels like all the big guilds might be collectively shamed...¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, what a pity that you¡¯re not a star yer, I dare say for sure that once this remation ends, your poprity would definitely surpass mine...and even surpass Invikill now.¡± Zhao Yun spoke as his eyes motioned towards a direction.

    ¡°Also awakened his Force, also a Sniper... although this doesn¡¯t count as a showdown, why do I feel that Invikill seems to bergely on the lower hand?¡±

    ¡°In this whole process, did he not show enough controlling power? Or any stunning performance...¡±

    It was not just Zhao Yun who once againpared Feng Luo and Invikill.

    Actually, because of the two sharedbels of ¡°Force Awakening¡± and ¡°Sniper,¡± anyone would naturally associate the two of them together.

    Just looking at it from the performance of the two thus far, the conclusion was rather obvious.

    ¡°Being able to obtain number one in Contribution requires the fulfillment of many aspects, it¡¯s not strange to have the ability but no luck. Moreover, this Sniper known as Feng Zhi Luo Ye¡¯s Force attribute is probably an attack-type, securing an advantage in this area.¡±

    ¡°But to top yers, being good at farming monsters does not have any practical meaning, PK ability is the true evaluation standard. God Invikill has the Invisibility Force attribute; it will be time for the true performance when he battles the North City people...¡±

    As the ¡°number one Sniper¡± whose poprity was already roughlyparable to Sword Ki Long River, he still had admirers among such yers who were all top experts gathered together.

    As such, there were also people who rebutted.

    ¡°Hmph, actually letting him get a Chip!¡±

    Compared with most of the yers, the Scout yer who had caused conflict before looked disgusted and dissatisfied as he stared towards Feng Luo. ¡°F*ck, but this way is fine too. Until then, let the North City people kill him and the two Chips will be released...¡±

    Thereafter, his face turned into a smug smirk as he spoke softly to the few teammates by his side.

    He did not notice a yer in a full set of heavy armor over 20 meters away, whose aged but sharp eyes beneath his mask seemingly very inadvertently swept across the direction they were in.

 Chapter 608 - Scout Beetle Contributes

    <h4>Chapter 608: Scout Beetle Contributes</h4>

    ¡°The haul this time isn¡¯t that bad.¡±

    ¡°Although the number of these Rock Balls isn¡¯t high, the loot is great. The drop rate of Chips is a lot higher than the previous monsters.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right. Most importantly, these Rock Balls¡¯ base level is only Level-50. A lot of those items that they drop can be used immediately.¡±

    The yers were gathering their battle loot on the ground in front of the fourth base.

    As for the yers of the Nine Star Guild, apart from a few of them staying behind to clear the area, the rest of them had started moving towards the abandoned research base on top of the rock hill. The base was attached to and built within the mountain.

    Feng Luo, who had just obtained his second Quasi-Boss pet biochip, was standing behind Big Pineapple and a few others who were picking up battle loot. His eyes had turned into a void.

    In the sky high above everyone, a fingernail-sized Scout Beetle that was almost undetectable by the naked eye was flying quickly towards the fifth base.

    The fifth base was the closer of the two bases that were on the third side of the ind. The base was located close to the sea and its straight-line distance to the yers¡¯ current location was around one kilometer.

    For most yers, a night environment was a huge obstacle. Even night vision goggles could not pick up many things due to the game world¡¯s uniqueness.

    However, for the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision, there was not much of a difference between night and day.

    After switching to the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision, which was located over a hundred meters above the ground in the night sky, Feng Luo was able to see the overall situation of the ind in an instant.

    Of course, it was only generally speaking.

    The Scout Beetle¡¯s vision was very strong and it was even capable of easily detecting all sorts of energy and life force fluctuation within a certain range without being affected by the night environment. It still cannot detect fluctuations far away. Besides, due to a severe disturbance on the ind, the perception range is even smaller.

    However, the Scout Beetles had a weakness, and it was that its vision could not zoom in or out like a sniping scope.

    This limited Feng Luo¡¯s ability to use it to obtain information about the target. He would need to get the Scout Beetle closer to the target before being able to do so.

    The good thing was that, as an Elite Grade Scout Beetle with amazing camouge skills flying in a sky without any obstacles, it did not have to worry about being attacked.

    After the Nine Star Guild yers opened the locked the fourth base¡¯s tunnel, the Scout Beetle was already within the range of the fifth base.

    Feng Luo, who did not give it much thought but decided to use the Scout Beetle to scout the fifth base in advance due to some factors, suddenly frowned.

    The reasons for the frown were ¨C one, an unexpected situation was currently unfolding at the fifth base; the second was due to something that he saw through the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision on the sea. There were a few weaponized ships with people moving on them.

    ¡°Why are there ships over on this side?¡± Feng Luo wondered in his mind while being surprised at the same time.

    Ships were floating on the surface of the sea. It wasn¡¯t just one or two ships, there were five medium-sized ships.

    ¡°Could it be that the people from North City had chosen not to disembark on the other side but instead disembark here?¡± Feng Luo thought. However, he immediately rejected that notion.

    This expedition garnered a lot of attention. As such, most of the information about the two rival cities¡¯ expedition was already exposed on the forum. The luxurious weaponized cruiser ship of North City, which was evenrger than their military ship, was not like these kinds of medium-sized weaponized ships. Moreover, there weren¡¯t so many of them.

    ¡°Let¡¯s fly over there to check it out.¡± Through 24K, Feng Luo instructed this Elite Grade Scout Beetle to elerate and fly towards the military ships.

    ...

    After a few minutes, in a corner of the research area of the fourth base.

    ¡°Mr. Feng? Is something wrong? Oh, that¡¯s right, I have not yet congratted Mr. Feng for getting yet another Quasi-Boss biochip,¡± Zi Wei said to Feng Luo with a smile after giving her report.

    Feng Luo looked directly at Zi Wei and asked, ¡°Are we and North City the only teams participating in this mission?¡±

    Zi Wei seemed distracted for a moment and answered, ¡°That¡¯s right. Mr. Feng, why are you asking this, may I ask?¡±

    ¡°The people from North City should have disembarked on the ind on our right side. And the final side where the fifth base is located, it should be empty, right?¡± Feng Luo pressed on with his questioning.

    Zi Wei nodded and said, ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right. They are the same as us. With the mission¡¯s constraints, they should have disembarked and begun their journey from that side.¡±

    Then, Feng Luo disclosed something that surprised Zi Wei. ¡°But now... The final side that should be empty has shipped; moreover, there are a few of them.¡±

    Zi Wei¡¯s smile disappeared and her face became very serious. ¡°Mr. Feng, you¡¯re not joking, are you?¡±

    She did not ask how Feng Luo knew about the situation on the sea which was further away from the fifth base which was one kilometer away. However, Feng Luo¡¯s intel caught herpletely by surprise. Or perhaps it was more urate to say that it had caught all of Nine Star Guild¡¯s upper management by surprise.

    ¡°I¡¯m not joking,¡± Feng Luo said and shook his head. ¡°Also, the fifth base has been cleared. Moreover... some of the monsters around that research base are being controlled by someone and they are all moving towards the sixth base.¡±

    ¡°Controlling monsters? Mr. Feng, you mean to say that the people disembarking on the third side of the ind are the Rebel Army?¡± Zi Wei perceptively caught on to Feng Luo¡¯s words.

    ¡°Yes. The Rebel Army. Not only are there NPCs, but there are also a few yers too,¡± Feng Luo said and nodded.

    ¡°The Rebel Army... This means that this mission is not a two-sidedpetition. It is a faction mission? Or maybe it is an ovepping of missions...¡±

    Zi Wei recovered herposure slightly. At that moment, her brain was moving quickly as she thought. The intel provided by Feng Luo did catch her by surprise.

    It was clear that the system prevented information about the Rebel Army camp joining the mission from leaking out. This made it so the yers from the Federation camp did not know that there was another faction participating in the mission.

    As for how they could prevent yers from leaking the info? It was not all that hard.

    For example, they could first gather the yers through other means and only reveal the true objective by the time the mission officially began. Or perhaps, they could also deliberately cause an ident that put both sides together...

    By now, Feng Luo saw and ascertained that Zi Wei was most probably very close to concluding, so he asked, ¡°Can I ask what your next course of action is?¡±

    ¡°Well... I guess I can tell Mr. Feng about this... The losses we took at the fourth base was a lot more than we had expected. Just now, we had modified our n to clear the fifth base, but now... The main reason is the disturbance on the ind is very severe, it is just too difficult to obtain enemy intel...¡± Zi Wei shook her head with a bitterugh.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± However, at that moment, her pair of purple eyes stared straight at Feng Luo.

    It looked like she had just thought of something. In an instant, her smile returned and she said to Feng Luo, ¡°Mr. Feng if you don¡¯t mind, can you help support us and provide our next action n? Also, there¡¯s another thing that is rted to you that I was just prepared to tell you... Let me introduce you to Uncle Lin.¡±

    After that, she pointed towards a Heavy Armor Warrior walking toward them while speaking to Feng Luo.

 Chapter 609 - Situation Analysis

    <h4>Chapter 609: Situation Analysis</h4>

    After a minute, inside a temporary meeting room located in a ce inside the fourth research base.

    ¡°That is the situation, we have to discard our previous n... Now, we need to reconsider our tactical n. Moreover, we need to take into ount the Rebel Army¡¯s influence in battle.¡± Frontline Command, Jing Kong, the Heavy Armor Warrior called ¡°Uncle Lin,¡± as well as a few other Nine Star Guild members, were listening to Zi Wei finish talking with deep and serious frowns.

    An upper management yer of the Nine Star Guild spoke with an anguished expression, ¡°The Rebel Army... For there to be a third faction taking part in this mission, and with no sign of this before... We don¡¯t even know their numbers and their team¡¯s make up. Without enough intel, how are we supposed to create a tactical n?¡±

    Zi Wei looked at Feng Luo beside her, nodded and said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about this. Mr. Feng, I¡¯ll hand over to you.¡±

    ¡°The Rebel Army¡¯s team only has around a hundred yers. In terms of their battle strength, they are quite good. However,pared to us, there is still a gap there. However, they have around 400 NPCs. Their normal soldiers are around as strong as the yers. Among them, there are a few who look like leaders, and I estimate their strength to be at least equal to ours. However, the most important thing is that after they cleared out the fifth research base, they seeded in controlling groups of the monsters there. Now, they are advancing towards the sixth base. If they continue developing and growing like this, we may have to face arge monster army soon.¡± Feng Luo was the only ¡°outsider¡± seated inside the room. After Zi Wei passed the baton to him, he spoke without any focus in his eyes.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± However, after he finished speaking, Feng Luo suddenly made a slight sound.

    The people from Nine Star Guild¡¯s face stiffened. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing...¡± Feng Luo shook his head and his eyes had regained its focus. Then, he spoke in a whisper, ¡°Are they ninjas? Looks like it¡¯s getting interesting.¡±

    When Feng Luo spoke these words, he whispered so gently that no one should have been able to hear him. Moreover, even if he spoke louder, the yers present probably wouldn¡¯t even react.

    However, Feng Luo did not notice that when he whispered those words, the eyes under the ck heavy armor of the yer called Uncle Lin had also twitched slightly.

    No one else had noticed Uncle Lin¡¯s gaze either. Zi Wei paused for a brief moment before asking Feng Luo, ¡°Mr. Feng, did you find traces of the people from North City near the fifth or sixth base?¡±

    ¡°Negative.¡± Feng Luo shook his head.

    ¡°From the data transmitted by the fourth probe, it seems like the people from North City are just arriving outside of their fourth base.¡± The Nine Star Guild yer wearing the technology spectacles said. ¡°However, due to the disturbances, the probe¡¯s signal has already reached its limit. I can¡¯t be 100% certain.¡±

    ¡°Mr. Feng, can you...?¡± Zi Wei looked at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Please wait a moment.¡± Feng Luo said and then, his vision flipped again.

    After discovering the oddity at the fifth base, he no longer cared about preserving his psionic energy. He immediately dispatched two Scout Beetles after that. At that moment, one of the Scout Beetles had flown and reached the sky above the fourth base on the other side.

    Before long, amid various expressions of anticipation of those in the room, Feng Luo spoke again. ¡°The fourth base definitely has people.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s words made themander team of the Nine Star Guild rx a little.

    ¡°There are only around tens of them. Also, these people are not going into the base, and are not putting a lot of effort into their fights. They are only creating a bunch of battle effects on the outside.¡± However, after hearing the second half of Feng Luo¡¯s sentence, their frowns had returned.

    ¡°What is the intention of the people from North City?¡± Some of the yers from Nine Star Guild asked, puzzled.

    ¡°It is a diversion that they are intentionally creating. The main squad did not even head towards the fourth base. These people are only interfering with our monitoring.¡±

    Zi Wei had an expression on her face as if she expected that to happen. ¡°I suspect they did not attack any of the bases. Instead, their tactical n was always to have a battle with us. They nned to fight us before they began the abandoned ruin exploration mission.¡±

    ¡°They nned this from the start? That¡¯s just detrimental to both sides. Aren¡¯t they afraid of failing the mission?¡± After hearing Zi Wei¡¯s words, apart from Uncle Lin whose face waspletely covered, the rest of the people there had a surprised look on their faces.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, you may have doubts in your mind and think that North City¡¯s decision to first defeat us in battle before starting the exploration is the correct one.¡± At that time, Zi Wei exined to Feng Luo. ¡°However, since both sides¡¯ true objective is the pet biochip equipment in the main base as well as the clean-up mission, the sess of the exploration should always be the number one priority. If we were to first fight before clearing the ruins, even if we achieved victory, it would be a very bad victory. The remaining side might not have enough strength to clear the other branch facilities. There is not a need to talk about the more difficult main base.¡±

    Feng Luo nodded, indicating that he understood.

    The yers who took part in this mission wereparable in terms of their overall strength, even if one side consisted of yers selected from Storm City while the other side was a congregation of all therge guilds of North City.

    In terms of the result of an all-out battle, no matter which side won, it was probably quite difficult for there to be more than a hundred survivors.

    This number was not enough to continue with the exploration.

    Using the fourth base as an example, even with all of them taking part in the battle, they lost around 60 to 70 yers. If they only had around 100 yers with them, there was no way they would have been able to seed in clearing the base.

    ¡°Concerning this, we have talked about this with the SK guild before. We even had a verbal agreement. It is because this abandoned ruin mission has a time and mission limit. Once both our guilds fail the mission, therge guilds from other cities would easily profit from that. That is why we initially thought that they would also consider the overall situation and focus on clearing the branch bases before engaging us in the final battle. That way, we¡¯ll at least make sure one side willplete the mission,¡± said Jing Kong with a coldugh.

    Then, another Nine Star Guild¡¯s upper management member continued to say, ¡°Since the branch bases contain items that could significantly reduce the difficulty of the main base, such as the antidote in the first base, the potion to resist the vines in the second base, as well as the potion that can inhibit the Rock Balls¡¯ self-destruct in the recently cleared fourth base. By then, even if we have fewer yers remaining, we¡¯ll still be able to enter the main base andplete the mission.¡±

    Feng Luo did not speak.

    The action of those from North City was most certainly quite bad as it not only harmed their opponents but themselves as well. Besides, they also went back on their words.

    However, the people from Nine Star Guild should have at least considered the possibility of this happening before, right? After all, both sides only reached a verbal agreement, it wasn¡¯t a tangible binding agreement.

    ¡°Concerning this situation, we do have our backup ns. However, we did not expect that we would encounter two Quasi-Bosses on the sea first, which caused us to lose so many members, and then to lose even more members at the fourth base,¡± said Zi Wei in resignation as if she had read Feng Luo¡¯s mind.

    After pausing and deliberating for a brief moment, Zi Wei asked again, ¡°Mr. Feng, can you find the current position of main forces of North City?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll try,¡± said Feng Luo. Then, his eyes lost focus and turned into voids again.

 Chapter 610 - Mysterious Uncle Lin

    <h4>Chapter 610: Mysterious Uncle Lin</h4>

    After around two minutes, Feng Luo spoke. ¡°Found them.¡±

    ¡°Where?¡± The people from Nine Star Guild asked earnestly.

    Feng Luo did not answer immediately, instead, he only frowned.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Zi Wei asked.

    Feng Luo opened his eyes, shook his head and said, ¡°My scouting pet was killed by the people from North City.¡±

    After discovering traces of the main forces of the North City yers from afar, Feng Luo moved the Scout Beetle a little bit closer but before he knew it, the Scout Beetle was shot dead by a bullet from below.

    The Scout Beetle¡¯s camouge ability was incredibly strong; however, it was not invincible. For example, Jing Kong could use his Legendary Grade recon meter to discover the Scout Beetles in the sky.

    Among the North City yers underneath, there was either a Scout with a special scouting or detection talent or it was one with a simr Legendary Grade recon meter.

    Apart from that, they also had an expert Sniper, as the shot that killed the Scout Beetle just now was a sniper bullet.

    The good thing was that Feng Luo had already taken into ount theplex situation on the ind, so the three Scout Beetles that Feng Luo dispatched were only Elite Grade beetles. As long as he did not lose Commander Grade Scout Beetles that also could block detection skills, his losses wouldn¡¯t be too great.

    Moreover, while the Scout Beetle was killed, using the eagle eye vision advantage, he had still discovered the enemy¡¯s position.

    ¡°Their people are here right now.¡± Feng Luo pointed his finger at a location on the 3D map of the ind projected by a yer¡¯s technology spectacles. ¡°This location is between the main base and the fifth and sixth base. The terrain is a forest, and they have the high ground. If we had followed our original n, which was to move after clearing the monsters, whether we moved toward the sixth base or the main base, we would have been ambushed by them.¡±

    ¡°It looks like there is no longer any doubt. They are nning to fight us first.¡± Jing Kong looked at their position and said with a coldugh.

    An upper management member of Nine Star Guild said, ¡°We can¡¯t fight them head-on. We have lost 30% of our members already. If we fight them now, even if we have Frontline Command¡¯smand skill bonus and ¡®that,¡¯ our chances of winning will still be very low.¡±

    When he said ¡°that,¡± he intentionally nced at Feng Luo.

    It was clear that the ¡°that¡± he was referring to was a secret of the Nine Star Guild. With Feng Luo the only outsider present, there was no need to speak openly about it.

    ¡°Their current position is closer to the Rebel Army than us.¡± Feng Luo did not pay any heed and spoke.

    ¡°Mr. Feng is correct... If the ind only had us and them, then we would have to fight them no matter what. However, right now the ind has three camps, and the Rebel Army¡¯s force is not any weaker than ours. With this, we have more options,¡± Zi Wei said while nodding.

    ¡°Zi Wei, you mean our next action is to sit still? After that, we¡¯ll wait for the Rebel Army to meet and fight the people from North City first. Then, we will enter the fray and finish things up?¡± a Nine Star Guild member asked.

    ¡°Letting the Rebel Army camp fight the North City forces is the best option. However, staying still is not an option.¡± Zi Wei shook her head.

    ¡°Since we have the means to observe their position, they may also have ways to monitor our movements. If we are currently being monitored by them, suddenly staying put and not doing anything may rm them. The most important thing right now is that not everyone within our group can be trusted.¡± After that, she looked toward the Heavy Armor Warrior she earlier referred to as Uncle Lin. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Uncle Lin, are you sure that the Scout with the ID Gold Karat and his friends are problems?¡±

    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m certain. Just now, they were whispering and whatever they spoke could not be heard. However, you should know that apart from listening, I can also read them with my eyes. They seem to have some sort of agreement with those from North City. Moreover, it seems like their main target is now Mr. Feng.¡± An aged voice came from underneath the heavy alloy mask while a pair of muddy eyes looked toward Feng Luo.

    Zi Wei had already ryed this information to Feng Luo before. That was why Feng Luo was not surprised. However, when he heard Uncle Lin talk about using his eyes to read them, his heart skipped a beat.

    ¡°Uncle Lin, you mean to say that you can know what they are saying just from watching them?¡± As if he was very oblivious and curious, Feng Luo deliberately intervened and asked.

    ¡°A simple trick, gather some information by observing the lip movements of the people speaking. It isn¡¯t really useful in real life, but it still has its uses in the game.¡± Uncle Lin spoke with a sigh.

    ¡°It is as I expected huh...¡± Feng Luo never would have thought that he would meet another person who knew how to read lips.

    It was mentioned earlier that due to the technological advances of the Star Federation, the scanning eyepiece that soldiers wore could easily identify the delicate movements of a human¡¯s mouth from hundreds of meters away. Besides, for disabled people like deaf people, hospitals could alsopletely heal them. As such, there was no basis for ¡°lip reading¡± to even exist.

    However, Uncle Lin really knew how to read lips.

    Moreover, from his voice, this person was probably quite old.

    For such an old person to y the game, it was undoubtedly very rare. Not to mention he was ying as a Heavy Armor Warrior, the profession that requires the most stamina.

    In addition to that, the upper management of the Nine Star Guild, even Zi Wei, the deputy guild leader, treated this Heavy Armor Warrior with the utmost respect. This made Feng Luo pay a lot more attention to Uncle Lin now.

    However, after Uncle Lin finished speaking, he did not continue with that topic. Feng Luo also stopped asking any more questions.

    The topic they were discussing inside the makeshift meeting room included topics such as how to get North City¡¯s forces to fight against the rebel army first, how to prevent the spies in the team from providing intel to the people from North City, exposed ns, and various other problems.

    When speaking about that, the upper management of Nine Star Guild¡¯s tactical nning ability finally bared its fangs.

    After just five minutes, the seven inside the room had concluded. After that, they immediately delegated the tasks and separated to execute their ns.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, thank you. We made you lose your scout pet too.¡± Zi Wei said while walking with Feng Luo outside.

    ¡°No need to thank me. My pet is a bit special so the loss isn¡¯t that great. Moreover, I¡¯ve already got two Chips with me. If your Nine Star Guild¡¯s mission fails, I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll be able to take that loss. Moreover, I am still looking forward to the Boss chip inside the main base.¡± Feng Luo said in a joking manner.

    However, the moment they exited the door, they walked past a person fully d in silver armor.

    It was the number one expert in the Nine Star Guild ¨C Sword Ki Long River.

    Feng Luo and Sword Ki Long River nodded to each other. They did not speak. After that, Feng Luo continued to walk with Zi Wei outside.

    Inside the room, only the Heavy Armor Warrior called Uncle Lin was left.

    Sword Ki Long River, who remained stone-faced no matter who he faced, put his hands together in salute and bowed very respectfully. Then, he respectfully called out, ¡°Master.¡±

    At that moment, Feng Luo was already far away Otherwise, if he were to hear that, he would probably feel weirded out.

    The reason was that it was incredibly rare for someone in Star Civilization to use the word ¡°master.¡± Normally, they would only use the word ¡°teacher.¡±

    More importantly, putting their hands together to salute while bending the waist to bow was a very weird act. It was more like an ancient Chinese cultural etiquette.

 Chapter 611 - Super Tactical Squad

    <h4>Chapter 611: Super Tactical Squad</h4>

    The moon in the sky above the ind had already moved. It was two o¡¯clock in the morning.

    ¡°Hiss?¡±

    A Hypertoxic Chameleon resting on a moist mossy boulder suddenly raised its head as if it had heard something.

    Its eyes still under its camouge moved. The chameleon, which used infrared light to see, could still see things within 10 meters of it, even in this darkness.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    However, just as it raised its head, the golden afterimage of a sword had shed through it. Its body, along with the rock it sat on, were both easily and silently sliced in half.

    ¡°To encounter a Hypertoxic Chameleon over here. Good thing there was only one. If it were a group, we¡¯d be in big trouble.¡± Jing Kong used an area-of-effect Detection skill on his Legendary Grade recon meter. After confirming that there weren¡¯t any other Hypertoxic Chameleons around, he continued to follow behind the Heavy Armor Warrior holding a raised shield who was opening the path in front of him.

    ¡°It is alright, with our squad¡¯s strength and with the poison resistance potion, we¡¯ll probably be able to deal with a group of them.¡± Frontline Command said, his hands holding onto a special device while looking at the surroundings of his teammates progressing forward.

    ...

    Inside the humid forest, there was nothing they could use to illuminate their surroundings.

    The number of people in the squad that had to determine their path forward was low. There were only about 20 of them.

    However, if any of the Storm City superstar fans were here, they would be in for a shock of their lives.

    Among the 20 or so yers within the squad, almost all of them were the best superstar yers of Storm City.

    The third-ranked yer on the Sniper power ranking list ¨C God Y; the fourth-ranked yer on the Scout power ranking list ¨C Jing Kong; the fifth-ranked yer on the Machine Gunner power ranking list ¨C Barbaric King; the third-ranked yer on the Heavy Armor Warrior power ranking list ¨C Douchebag... And then, there was also the yer touted as the number one expert in Storm City ¨C Sword Ki Long River.

    One could say that all the top gunners and warriors of the Nine Star Guild were gathered here.

    Apart from that, there were also several other signature superstar yers from allies of the Nine Star Guild.

    Of course, apart from these superstar yers, the others from the squad might not be known by anyone else at the moment but it would not be long before everyone knew them.

    ¡°I gotta say Old Kong, this is the job of you gunners and warriors, why do you have to bring me along? Later if y¡¯all really seed in luring those people out, you¡¯ve all got eleration skills and your endurance and stamina will also allow you to get away. I¡¯m different. There¡¯s no guarantee that I¡¯ll get away.¡± The squad had a unique makeup. The squad members were mostly warriors and gunners. Only Zhao Yun ¨C the only Earth Maniptor present, was the exception.

    Due to this, he had a pained expression on his face when he spoke to Jing Kong, who was staring at his recon meter.

    ¡°Old Zhao, you can¡¯tin about this to me. Although it was my suggestion, you¡¯re the one who pumped your chest and agreed to it confidently when guild leader Zi Wei extended the invitation to you. Moreover, you helping us with this isn¡¯t exactly a loss for you either. Apart from being able to temporarily use two Legendary Grade items for free, you¡¯ve also earned the right to buy a Quasi-Boss chip at a 50% discount. That is what I would call incredibly sincere.¡± Jing Kongughed and said to Zhao Yun.

    To ensure the sess of the operation, apart from providing the non-Nine Star Guild members the right to purchase the Quasi-Boss chips that their guild produces at half the market price, the Nine Star Guild also gathered all the Legendary Grade items that they possessed and ced it in the hands of the members within this ¡°Top Elite Squad.¡±

    At that time, everyone in that squad had at least two Legendary Grade items. In total, there were around 50 Legendary Grade items in the team.

    In particr, almost everyone was equipped with one Legendary Grade defensive item.

    This also made the yers in the squad, even if they were ss cannons like gunners, under the effects of potions, had more than 10,000 HP.

    This was enough to guarantee that none of the yers in the squad would be killed in an instant in their uing ¡°enemy luring¡± operation.

    This was a squad that assembled all the true warrior and gunner experts in Nine Star Guild. And right now, they were all heading to base number six to lure the enemy.

    The modified battle n of themanding team of the Nine Star Guild was to split the team into two squads.

    The main squad would bring along the suspected spies and head towards the fifth base which was already cleared by the Rebel Army group.

    Of course, when they get there, they will have to be shocked and surprised that the base had been emptied. After that, they would have to suspect that it was the North City yers who got there first.

    After that, Zi Wei and a few others would discuss before finally deciding to head to the main base.

    As for this elite squad that consisted of around 20 people who, on paper, were heading to the sixth base to try and disturb North City¡¯s exploration progress.

    However, in reality, they were heading to the sixth base to lure the Rebel Army group to the ambush set up by the North City yers, which would result in a sh between both sides. After that, when both sides were battered and damaged, the remaining Storm City yers would arrive and pick up the pieces.

    Of course, this is just a very simplified exnation of the battle n and objective.

    In reality, to realize this battle objective, there were many factors andplexities that they needed to consider and ount for.

    For example, how were they going to get close to the sixth base without being detected? How were they going to lure the people from the Rebel Army camp, to make sure that they would be interested to pursue their squad of only around 20 uninteresting yers? Also, how were they going to ensure the yers from North City and the Rebel Army camp would engage in arge-scale battle?

    All these problems had to be handled by the 20-man elite squad themselves.

    ¡°The area ahead of us is secured. No sign of any monsters or invisible sentries.¡± Wearing a pair of Legendary Grade longbat boots, the female Scout ¨C Green Arrow, walked in the front. She kept observing the surroundings.

    Behind her, fully d in a camougebat uniform, ck Panther held his sniper rifle and scanned the area using a standard tactical movement. Slightly in front of Green Arrow, Neutron Star held an alloy sword with both his hands, shing away the vines and weeds along the way.

    ...

    As to how and why ck Panther, Green Arrow, and Neutron Star joined this squad, to be honest, Feng Luo was slightly surprised.

    The reason was thatpared to the other yers present, ck Panther and the other two, all of whom did not own any Legendary Grade items and were inferior in terms of theirbat strength.

    However, after Red Queen went and spoke with the one who selected members of the elite squad ¨C Zi Wei, she nodded and agreed to it.

    This only meant one thing, this was that Red Queen and Nine Star Guild¡¯s rtionship was a lot more than he had expected.

    However, Green Arrow¡¯s addition helped the elite squad a lot.

    While Jing Kong had the Legendary Grade recon meter, his Detection skill would still have to go into cooldown at some point. Without the Detection skill, he would not have been able to detect everything along the way.

    With Green Arrow¡¯s scouting talent, she did not need the Detection skill to obtain information on the things that she saw. It was the equivalent of owning a weakened yet constantly activated Detection skill.

    Abination of both made the squad¡¯s ability to detect enemies reach the peak.

    In the team, there was another Scout who was adept at anti-detection skills, which thoroughly minimized the likelihood of the squad being exposed.

    One had to admit that for an operation that required stealth, a Scout¡¯s importance was way above high damage output professions like Machine Gunners.

    ¡°But I must say, Old Feng, your pet is a lot more useful than a Scout¡¯s skill.¡± Zhao Yun said afterining to Jing Kong. As he spoke, he looked curiously at the thing that had been painted ck and was sitting on top of Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder munching on an energy crystal ¨C 24K.

 Chapter 612 - Pirate Sentry

    <h4>Chapter 612: Pirate Sentry</h4>

    At the forefront of the squad, the ones opening the path weren¡¯t the three Scout yers.

    Instead, 10 ded Beetles were moving forward in stealth mode while another four Scout Beetles were scattered to four separate directions in the air!

    ¡°With them around, even if the Rebel Army sent hidden sentries who detected any sounds or discovered dead monsters, they would only think that it was the work of these odd-looking wild beetles, and as a result, they will also let their guard down.¡± Zhao Yun grabbed a light green crystal and with an intrigued expression, ced it beside 24K¡¯s mouth.

    This resulted in 24K, who usually ignored the feeding of just about anyone else, suddenly extended its tiny ws to grab the crystal.

    It could not be helped. This guy was, after all, feeding it the crystal core dropped by a Level 60 Commander Grade monster that they fought with previously, and was a lot tastier than diamond crystals.

    ¡°Not bad, Mr. Feng. Concerning this pet of yours, I¡¯ve gotta say, I am quite curious. It can summon wild monsters; moreover, it can summon a lot of them. In addition to that, they can even use long-range scouting abilities. I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s at least a mutated Commander Grade pet, right?¡± Jing Kong raised his head and said to Feng Luo, who was holding the Wings of Death, during the brief gap he had while scouting.

    24K had unique stats and attributes. Even the Detection skill did not provide a lot of info. As such, even Jing Kong, who had a Legendary Grade recon meter in his possession, was not able to obtain concrete info about 24K.

    Of course, it was due to this that he did not know that Feng Luo had only disyed a very small portion of 24K¡¯s true strength.

    He only let 24K summon ten Normal Grade ded Beetles, so itsbat ability could only be perceived as around a unique type of Commander Grade pet. However, 24K was actually a real Boss Grade pet which was at a higher level than the Quasi-Boss pet biochip that many of these elite top-ss yers were vying for on that ind. Moreover, it was also one of the unique types of Boss Grade pets.

    Otherwise, many people would probably have been left speechless.

    They were all top yers. They not only have not yet found ways to awaken the Force, but they were also risking their lives to get a chance at purchasing a Quasi-Boss pet biochip at half price.

    As for another person, he had be the second person to awaken the Force and had got himself a Boss Grade pet.

    The gap was just a little too big.

    ...

    After a dozen or so minutes, it was almost three in the morning.

    ¡°We¡¯re almost there. It is around the valley terrain over there ahead of and below us. That is the location of the sixth base.¡± The top elite squad had finally reached the sixth base.

    ¡°Alright, everyone, slow down. Something¡¯s happening up ahead!¡± Jing Kong shouted suddenly to halt those who were about to take action as he looked at the feedback he received from the Legendary Grade recon meter after he used the Detection skill.

    ¡°Over there! There are four sentries!¡± Jing Kong pointed at a few gray dots on the recon meter¡¯s screen that was on night mode. Then, he made a ¡°four¡± gesture with his hand.

    ¡°Huh... They¡¯ve put up sentries, huh?¡± After hearing this, each of the yers began to hide. They took out their night vision devices to look ahead.

    In the direction where Jing Kong pointed at, two NPC pirates holding AK rifles and wearing tatteredbat uniforms were pacing back and forth.

    ¡°Why are there only two? Didn¡¯t he say there were four?¡± After looking through the night vision binocrs, Big Pineapple found that there were only two people, and he felt a little bit suspicious.

    ¡°Be more thorough!¡± Jing Kong pointed again.

    ¡°Holy crap! There are two ck dudes!¡± Big Pineapple looked speechless.

    In the sentry post that barely had any cover, apart from the two yellow-skinned Asian sentries walking around with their AK rifles, there were two more hidden in the dark. Two dark-skinned sentries who barely even moved.

    However, those two pirates were both ck, and in a dark environment like this, their natural camouge was amazing. For warriors and maniptors whose vision was notparable to gunners, it was a test.

    Of course, whether they were normal sentries or ¡°dark sentries,¡± under Jing Kong¡¯s Legendary Grade recon meter, the four pirate NPC¡¯s hiding was all but for naught.

    [Pirate (Level 50 Elite). HP:5067.]

    Feng Luo had ced the targets within the sniping scope of the Wings of Death and had obtained information about the targets.

    Level 50 humanoid Elite Grade monster with low HP. To Feng Luo, he could easily guarantee a one-shot kill.

    However, there were four of them and they needed to kill all of them in the first attack.

    Communication was impossible on the ind. While Scout yers could block and interruptmunication between the opponent and the outside world, it did not mean that they could not signal any warning rms. Whether it was a gunshot or firework disys or even a loud sound, these were easy and convenient methods for one to rm others, it wasn¡¯t easy to contain.

    The good thing was that Feng Luo was not the only Sniper in the squad.

    Considering the advantages of Snipers in a mission like this, among the 20 plus yers in the squad, there were seven Snipers, which was around one-third of the total.

    As such, there was more than enough to deal with these four Level 50 Elite Grade pirates.

    ¡°I¡¯ll take care of the one under the tree.¡± Nine Star Guild¡¯s signature Sniper yer who once faced off against Feng Luo in the arena ¨C God Y, had raised his yellow-colored 14.5mm caliber Desert Tiger and was moving quickly to find a spot with a suitable sniping angle when he spoke.

    ¡°Then, I will take that ck pirate on the left.¡± Another Sniper who was holding a halfpleted Legendary Grade sniper rifle said as he chose one of the ck guys as his target.

    ¡°I¡¯ll take the right one.¡± Another Sniper said. At the same time, he picked up his purple-red sniper rifle to indicate his intention.

    ¡°My damage output might not ensure a one-hit KO, so I¡¯ll choose to fire a makeup shot.¡± A non-Nine Star Guild Sniper yer said while shaking his head.

    Apart from him, the other two Snipers also indicated that they could not one-shot kill the target.

    After all, while it was a humanoid monster with low HP, it was still 5,000 HP. Even with Legendary Grade items, if it weren¡¯t a Legendary Grade weapon, it was hard to guarantee a one-shot kill.

    ¡°Alright then, thatst guy belongs to me.¡± Feng Luo nodded. He picked up the Wings of Death and began to aim while crouching.

    With sufficient strength and vitality stat points, even if he were to shoot while holding the gun up, Feng Luo could still ensure stability.

    They did not have to kill these sentries. Even if the four sentries failed to sound the rm after getting killed, if the enemy¡¯s security arrangement was tight enough, the Rebel Army camp might still be rmed.

    However, since the position of the sentry post was in the middle of their nned route of retreat to lure the enemy, they could not leave any stone unturned.

    Moreover, even if they were to cause amotion, it would be fine. After all, their objective was to ¡°lure the enemy.¡±

    ¡°Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!¡±

    After a few seconds, four light pops sounded as if someone had opened wine bottles in the night.

    After that, the two Asian pirates who were patrolling the area had blood spurt out of their chest before copsing on the ground. As for the two ck pirates, their heads were pierced as white and red liquid flowed from their skull.

    The other Snipers in the squad did not disappoint Feng Luo.

    All four of the shots were Fatal Damage. Moreover, they had achieved the level of a fatal shot. The other three Snipers who were in charge of firing make-up shots did not have a chance to do anything.

    It was natural that Feng Luo was not the only one with attacking types of talent. There were certainly yers who were confident and capable enough to one-shot Elite Grade monsters.

    ¡°Yes, all done and dealt with.¡± Jing Kong said after using another Detection skill on the Legendary Grade recon meter. ¡°All four sentries have been killed. No one got away.¡± He repeated it after the first sentence.

    However, when he said ¡°no one got away,¡± he seemed to have paused for a brief moment.

    Moreover, when he spoke, Jing Kong quietly ced the recon meter in front of Feng Luo. At the same time, his fingers in front of his body made a gesture towards a position behind the two of them.

    ¡°Yes, in that case, let¡¯s continue pressing forward so that we canplete the mission as soon as possible.¡± Feng Luo understood immediately and pretended to move forward.

    However, the moment he raised his leg to move forward, he turned around very quickly and suddenly. Then, the muzzle of Wings of Death instantly turned towards the location where Jing Kong was earlier gesturing towards.

 Chapter 613 - Ninja!

    <h4>Chapter 613: Ninja!</h4>

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    Just as Feng Luo turned his muzzle around, an explosion suddenly urred, and white smoke filled the air several meters in front of him.

    Within the white smoke, the ck silhouette of a human quickly moved backward.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Without any hesitation, Feng Luo pulled the trigger and fired a searing hot bullet towards that human figure.

    However, the bullet missed because the human figure that the bullet hit was only an illusory dark smoke amid the white smoke.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh!¡±

    After Feng Luo fired the shot, two ck shes apanied by strong gusts shot out from the white smoke.

    If one¡¯s vision were good enough, one would be able to see that the projectiles that flew out were two ck metal cross-shaped hidden darts.

    ¡°Pa, pa!¡±

    The two darts flew as fast as bullets. Besides, when they flew in the air, they flew at a curve, and at such a fast speed, even Feng Luo was unable to react in time.

    ¡°-2345, -2756!¡±

    Two ck darts urately struck both of Feng Luo¡¯s hands, which were holding the Wings of Death. The sharp points of the cross-shaped darts pierced through the defense of the SUVbat uniform and punctured into his arms. The force generated from the attack not only pushed his sniper rifle¡¯s aim off and dealt more than 5,000 Weak Point damage on him, but the attack also caused Feng Luo to feel numb around the hit area. His entire arm lost strength, and he could not even move his fingers.

    Behind the gradually dissipating white smoke, there was a slight rustling sound. A human shadow truly covered in ck robes charged towards a direction across the group with amazing speed.

    ¡°Bang, bang!¡±

    After Feng Luo fired and Jing Kong shouted, two Sniper yers who reacted had moved a few steps and charged out of the area engulfed by the white smoke and fired shots at the ck shadow.

    However, even their marksmanship, that was capable of hitting the pirate sentry¡¯s vital points in one shot at a hundred meters¡¯ distance, missed.

    The moment the two yers raised their rifles, the masked person d in ck robes had preemptively leaped onto a tree beside him very quickly as if he had eyes on his back. This was also why the shots missed.

    Of course, he did not have eyes on his back. Rather, he only had two weapons that looked like samurai swords strapped on his back in an ¡°X¡± shape.

    He was small and short in stature, had an incredible stealth ability, and was using a dart as a weapon... There was no need to doubt who the person was. This was exactly the Ninja that Feng Luo saw earlier through the Scout Beetle.

    This Rebel Army ninja was extremely quick and agile. At that moment, the ninja jumped a few times in the trees and returned into the shadows.

    In a forest environment like this, a Light Armor Warrior¡¯s Charge skill would not be able to reach the peak speed, and as such, there was no way for them to catch up to the ninja.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    However, that only referred to normal Light Armor Warriors.

    The moment the Rebel Army ninja rushed into the shadows, another human shadow followed right behind, the number one expert in Storm City, Sword Ki Long River.

    Sword Ki Long River disyed the skill simr to ¡°Qing Gong¡± that he used when dealing with the Quasi-Boss Giant Serpent on the military ship back then yet again. Both his feet moved him from tree to tree, and his speed was not any slower than the Rebel Army ninja.

    ¡°F*ck! Talk about failing miserably in an easy task. The AI of these pirates is higher than I estimated. The four minions earlier were probably specifically set up as cannon fodder. This guy that possesses powerful camouge and anti-detection skills is their real hidden sentry.¡± Jing Kong activated his skill as he began to pursue them along with Feng Luo, who had used his mouth to bite off the darts from his wounds that were healing through the Force and had green recovery numbers popping above his head, as well as a few other yers.

    ...

    The pursuit did notst very long. After chasing less than 50 meters, they saw an ensuing battle in front of them between the ninja, who had already unsheathed both the swords behind his back and Sword Ki Long River.

    ¡°ng, ng!¡±

    Just like their movement speed, the rate at which the golden alloy sword and the gray ninja sword coated with anti-light paint shed together was also incredibly high.

    By the time Feng Luo and the others caught up, their weapons had collided against each other seven to eight times. Damage numbers continued popping up above their heads.

    The thing that surprised Feng Luo was Sword Ki Long River¡¯sbat style in this battle. The force he disyed was very different from when they were fighting the Quasi-Boss monster earlier.

    The Legendary Grade alloy sword in his hands was no longer swung around powerfully like how most other warrior professions in War would in pursuit of maximum damage.

    Instead, he was expertly wielding his one-handed sword and using it flexibly to block most of the attacks from the dual-wielding ninja.

    ¡°It¡¯s not a coincidence that he can maintain his rank as the number one after all.¡± Feng Luo gave his evaluation in his mind. He raised the Wings of Death with both his arms that had regained their senses.

    It was a group operation and not a solo duel in the arena. Naturally, there was no need to talk about the fairness of a duel with an NPC.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    However, the Rebel Army ninja had most certainly seen Feng Luo and the others¡¯ arrival. As such, he swung the ninja des he held it in his hands violently and pushed Sword Ki Long River and his alloy sword back.

    At the same time, his body was once again engulfed by an explosion of white smoke.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    However, a 14.5mm caliber sniper bullet shot through a silencer flew straight at a location amidst the smoke that had not yet dissipated.

    ¡°-6030!¡±

    A yellow Weak Point damage number appeared. The Rebel Army ninja, who had already jumped onto a tree branch, leaned forward and directly fell from the tree and into the ground.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    Immediately after that, Jing Kong fired five consecutive shots from his submachine gun and emptied the remaining HP of the ninja that only had around 10,000 HP.

    [You¡¯ve killed an Intermediate Ninja (Level 50 Commander). Kill Contribution: 42%. Obtained Experience: 840.]

    ¡°It is a ninja.¡± After seeing the system¡¯s notification popup message, Feng Luo was not too surprised.

    After all, the game had Dongsang City that had a Japanese cultural background. A special profession like that of a ninja would not be all that odd.

    ¡°Ninja?¡± On the other hand, Sword Ki Long River read the word aloud in an odd manner.

    Since his face was covered in a mask, his expression could not be seen.

    For this battle, Sword Ki Long River¡¯s contribution was huge. He single-handedly caught up to and blocked the Level 50 Commander Grade humanoid monster.

    While humanoid monsters were powerful in terms of their high AI and ability to use multiple weapons and tools, the number of yers present who could draw a Level 50 Commander Grade target was less than five.

    ¡°It is a good thing this guy doesn¡¯t have fireworks or other rm tools on him. Moreover, he also did not get the chance to rm others just now.¡± Jing Kong said as he frisked the body of the Rebel Army ninja. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Do any of you need this thing?¡± After that, he picked up the glowing battle loot that the Rebel Army ninja dropped. It was a tiny bottle containing a dark green liquid.

    [Poison Potion (Special)]

    After coating the substance on a melee weapon or a hidden flying type weapon, in the case where the weaponcerates the skin of the target, the affected area will be inflicted with the Numb Effect (Usage Count 10/10).

 Chapter 614 - Catching Bullets Barehanded

    <h4>Chapter 614: Catching Bullets Barehanded</h4>

    After killing the Rebel Army ninja, Feng Luo, Jing Kong, and the others quickly returned to the spot where they could see the sixth research base.

    As they did so, the team in front had already reached the sixth base that was situated at the edge of the valley.

    Green Arrow and another Scout yer zoomed in on the image on their recon meter screen, disying the situation at the base which was brightened up by the light of a re.

    At the same time, the Rebel Army¡¯s clean-up operation of the sixth base was already nearing its end.

    At the center of the valley, a group of scorpion-like creatures emanating a metallic glow under the moonlight, each with three tails that were over 1.5 meters long, was being grouped together by a group of NPC pirates wielding AK rifles.

    Not far away from the scorpion creatures were around a dozen or so creatures that looked likerge versions of the Hypertoxic Chameleon. They wererge, each over ten meters in size, and they had fiery red scales and a sharp horn in front of their heads.

    [Giant One-Horned me Lizard] Basic Level: 60 HP: 60,000. There were 17 monsters and each was a Commander Grade monster.

    [Three Tail Split Shell Scorpion] Basic Level: 55 HP: 8,000. There were 432 monsters and 210 of them were Elite Grade monsters and above.

    An NPC wearing technology spectacles, who was protected by several Pirate Heavy Armor Warriors holding raised shields, was controlling a device that caused each of the monsters to let out a loud roar.

    Looking at the image on the recon meter screen, Phoenix and Big Pineapple looked very curious while the yers from Nine Star Guild frowned.

    ¡°The Rebel Army has manipted so many monsters. Under themand of someone, the monsters¡¯bat strength is probably not any less than 300 elite yers.¡±

    ¡°What should we do? Should we just go ahead to kill that researcher NPC first? In that case, all the monsters might just lose control.¡± Suggested a Nine Star Guild yer.

    Disagreeing with that suggestion, Jing Kong shook his head and said, ¡°No, the defense is too tight. Moreover, it¡¯s impossible for them to only have one researcher NPC, they probably have others. Killing just one is meaningless.¡±

    ¡°Compared to this researcher NPC, I think it might be better if we directly target this pirate captain. If we kill him, we could also earn some extra bonuses as well.¡± The screen of Green Arrow¡¯s recon meter shifted and stopped to focus on a middle-aged NPC¡¯s face belonging to the pirate captain.

    ¡°Hawkeye Hawkes (Level 65 Commander). HP: 25,000. Federation A Grade Wanted Criminal. Bounty Amount: 10 million credits.¡±

    ¡°10 million credits!¡± After reading that message, Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes widened as dor signs filled his eyes. ¡°I agree. As the leader, if we kill him, his subordinates will try to avenge him and chase us to their death. This is because avenging the death of the past captain is a shortcut to bing the new leader.¡±

    ¡°Where did you learn this? A movie?¡± Phoenix turned around and rolled her eyes at Big Pineapple.

    However, even though Big Pineapple¡¯s suggestion was motivated by his greed for money, which was triggered after he saw the high bounty for taking the pirate captain¡¯s head, his reasoning was notpletely illogical.

    If they killed the pirate captain, it was highly likely that they would anger the rest of the NPC pirates.

    ¡°So, our first target will be the pirate captain then. Alright then, I¡¯m going to activate the device. Everyone, please ept.¡± Frontline Command said. At the same time, he had grabbed and used a Force Potion on himself. Then, he quickly clicked and brought out the device interface.

    ¡°Do you ept Frontline Command¡¯smand request?¡± Immediately after that, a popup appeared in front of everyone.

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    After confirming their selection, the initially jammedms device everyone had recovered in an instant. As long as they were not too far away, they couldmunicate through audio again.

    The first message that was issued through thems was... ¡°Frontline Command marked Hawkeye Hawkes and listed him as the primary target to kill.¡±

    After that, as they shifted their sight toward the sixth base. The pirate captain, even among a crowd of over a hundred people, emanated an eye-catching red glow from his body. As such, it became incredibly easy for the yers to pinpoint his location.

    Target Mark. A skill for battlefieldmanders.

    Naturally, Feng Luo was one who felt the effects of the skill greatly. Whether it was the previous Quasi-Boss monsters or the Rebel Army ninja just now, their positions were quickly discovered by him after they were marked, and in a battle, it was incredibly useful.

    Compared to using his sniping scope where only he could see the mark, the mark that could be projected into the vision of every yer was a lot more useful.

    In addition to that, the battlefieldmander¡¯s device also had the function of obtaining all kinds of real-time statistics on the battlefield.

    The enemy team¡¯s yer with the highest damage output, heal or kills, as long as they were identified and then marked, it was safe to say they wouldn¡¯t be able to live more than a few seconds more after being marked.

    ¡°Themander, Frontline Command, used team support skill ¨C Tactical Deceit.¡± Another popup message came from theirms.

    In the next moment, a guild badge appeared in front of every yer¡¯s chest. It was a golden-winged badge with the characters ¡°SK¡± carved on it.

    To outsiders, the yers on the battlefield would be considered as the core yers of North City¡¯s SK Guild.

    ¡°This skill is just as useful in a group battle.¡± Feng Luo and the others had disguised themselves as yers from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group before when they were in Silvermoon City. It was natural for him to know just how good a deceiving skill like this was on a chaotic battlefield.

    ¡°The profession ¨C Battlefield Commander is quite interesting. It is no wonder it is a rare hidden profession.¡±

    There was no wonder why the people from the Nine Star Guild were so confident. If they did not encounter the Quasi-Boss monsters at sea and suffer considerable damages at the fourth base, the Battlefield Commander¡¯s presence in a group battle was definitely enough to increase their overall battle strength substantially in a truerge-scale group battle.

    ...

    After Frontline Command activated his custom device, the next battle stage belonged to the Snipers.

    All seven of the Snipers in the team loaded their rifle chambers. Quietly, they aimed their guns at the enemy NPC pirate captain beneath them.

    While Big Pineapple wanted the 10 million credits bounty a lot, since he couldn¡¯t take out his machine gun, he could only stay there and stare.

    ¡°Fire!¡±

    ¡°Puff, puff, puff...¡±

    Frontline Command¡¯s voice was heard through thems device.

    Consecutive gunshots could be heard. Multiple sniper rifle bullets flew straight at the pirate captain who was standing right outside the entrance of the base.

    However, the moment the sounds of the shots rang, the pirate captain who was standing in ce suddenly raised his head. A hawk-like re shot straight towards them as if piercing through the night sky itself.

    Following that, he instantly shifted his foot sideways and then back. At the same time, a formless power seemed to surround his body.

    ¡°Discovered Force energy fluctuation.¡± Jing Kong¡¯s Legendary Grade recon meter immediately sounded a Force fluctuation warning.

    After this message was conveyed to Frontline Command¡¯s device, it was quickly sent as a notification that appeared in front of every yer¡¯s eyes.

    Among the seven sniper rifle bullets, six of them missed after the pirate captain moved one step away.

    As for thest remaining 14.5mm caliber Armor-piercing Round that traveled substantially faster than the rest, just as it was about to hit, it was caught by a hand covered by a ck hawk-shaped glove that was emanating ayer of Force fluctuations.

 Chapter 615 - Giant One-Horned Flame Lizard

    <h4>Chapter 615: Giant One-Horned me Lizard</h4>

    ¡°F*ck me! He caught the bullets barehanded!¡± After watching that scene unfold in front of them, a few people could not help but curse.

    The scene was truly a little bit outrageous, as bullets traveled thousands of meters per second.

    In particr, for Snipers, it was even harder to ept that their bullets were ultimately caught by the target barehanded.

    Additionally, this NPC pirate captain also possessed the Force.

    Compared to yers, NPCs did not have to possess the Force to go over Level 50. Besides, there weren¡¯t that many NPCs who wielded the Force. It was natural that none of the yers would have expected a pirate captain who was only at Commander-Grade would also have the Force.

    In the end, after the first shot, several yers couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise.

    Compared to the yers, the pirate captain who almost had seven new holes open up in his body seemed a lot calmer.

    He stared expressionless towards the direction of the yers¡¯ super squad. His eyes seemed as if they were able to see through hundreds of meters before his mouth moved.

    In the next moment, the NPC pirate gunners around him raised their AK rifles and fired towards the yers¡¯ direction.

    As for the pirate captain, he simply retreated into the building at the base, making the next round of iing attacks by the yers to miss yet again.

    ¡°A miscalction. If we knew this, we wouldn¡¯t have chosen him as our target!¡±

    ¡°Forget it, don¡¯t dwell on it! It is a tactic to lure the enemy anyway!¡±

    The yers were unfazed by the strafe of bullets fired by the pirate NPCs.

    Due to the jamming ofmunications, only the pirates around the pirate captain heard hismand. In the distance of 300 meters, the bullets fired by the pirates that reached the yers had been significantly weakened. For the yers who were already buffed, the bullets could not deal much damage.

    ¡°Change of target. We follow the original n and attack the monsters. We¡¯ll get the two groups of monsters moving,¡± Frontline Command¡¯s voice came from themunications device.

    Earlier, themander team of Nine Star Guild¡¯s actual n was to attack the monsters to cause amotion between the monster groups. That way, they would also force the Rebel Army NPCs and yers to follow them. However, when they saw the high bounty of the pirate captain just now, who only had around 20,000 HP, they made the impromptu decision to change their first target.

    Although they were surprised at their failure to kill the pirate captain, they still had time to attack those monsters.

    The monsters manipted by the Rebel Army had a trait that all yers knew, which was that if a Fatal Damage was dealt, they would lose control temporarily due to their anger.

    For other professions, dealing a Fatal Damage was extremely difficult; however, for top-ss Snipers, it was not all that hard.

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang...¡±

    As the pirate NPCs continued to fire barrage after barrage of shots at the yers while closing in on them, one after another, sniper rifle bullets shot through silencers flew towards the two groups of monsters. In particr, therge Giant One-Horned me Lizard that the Scouts found had a personality trait of being extremely irritable was prioritized.

    ¡°Roar, roar!¡±

    After getting shot, over a dozen Giant One-Horned me Lizards, which were already somewhat agitated, began to puff out white smoke from their nostrils as well as some fog-shaped liquid dissipating and flowing in front of them.

    When one of the Giant One-Horned me Lizards sneezed, it caused a few sparks to appear amidst the white smoke.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The dissipating fog-like liquid exploded and burned, which caused thebat uniform of an NPC pirate, who was focused on shooting at the yers standing in an area in front of them, to burn directly. In an instant, he turned into a shrieking human torch and before long, a ball of fire wailing and rolling on the ground.

    However, the Level-60 Commander-Grade Giant One-Horned me Lizards that had just been brought under their control did not care about the NPC pirate¡¯s life. They simply stomped on and over the NPC pirate consecutively with their pir-like thick legs that also had long and sharp hawk-like reverse-hooked ws. They ignored the shouts of the Rebel Army researcher and charged straight towards the location of the tactical squad.

    ¡°James, James! F*ck, F*ck...¡± A ck pirate, who was over two meters tall, holding arge machete that was over one meter long, shouted and cursed after he saw his crewmates¡¯ horrible end.

    At the same time, he turned around and shouted to the yers beside him, ¡°Adventurers, the captain hasmanded for all of you to get rid of those people!¡±

    After seeing the Fatal Damage numbers popping up above the heads of the Giant One-Horned me Lizards, a gunner yer ignored the NPC pirate and shouted, ¡°F*ck me! The enemy¡¯s damage is too insane! They even have five-digit damage numbers! I ain¡¯t going! We¡¯ll get KO¡¯ed in an instant!¡±

    He was grimacing as he shouted all his thoughts. At that time, he realized the folly and his naivety for wanting to defeat the top superstar yers of two main cities and be famous in one fell swoop.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    The sh of a sword sh could be seen. The Rebel Army yer was cut and fell on the ground. Fresh blood spread across the ground.

    ¡°You are not allowed to retreat. This is Captain Hawkeye¡¯s order. Hurry up. Get your asses over there now!¡± The ck NPC pirate leader said with his machete raised.

    The NPC was a Level-50 Commander-Grade unit. The yers present, not to mention a one-on-one battle, but even if it were five or six on one, there was no guarantee that they would win.

    Besides, surrounding the pirate leader was a few Elite-Grade pirate subordinates holding AK rifles in their hands.

    ¡°Motherf*cker... We¡¯ll go! I don¡¯t think that just 20 of them will be able to defeat over a hundred of us!¡± Although the Rebel Army yers were grimacing, they had no choice but to go ahead with it.

    ¡°F*ck me... That is... Legendary!¡± However, at that moment, a Scout yer within the Rebel Army suddenly shouted with bright and widened eyes.

    The pirates shooting with their AK rifles got closer and closer, and in addition to that, the monsters were also attacking. As things progressed, the tactical squad had also started to record injuries and damages.

    A Sniper yer was a bit unlucky and was hit by over a dozen attacks consecutively. Even if he had used high-level potions before the battle, his HP was still not enough. He was the first to turn into a bright white light and dropped a bunch of items on the ground.

    Among them, apart from seven to eight pet biochips, there was also a very magnificent orange light.

    ¡°God damn it! Old T dropped his Legendary Grade gear!¡± At that moment, the tactical team was already amid a retreat.

    Since they had achieved their objective of luring the enemy, it was obvious that they did not need to remain there. After all, no matter how strong they were, a team of only 20 plus yers would never be able to take care of over a hundred Rebel Army NPCs and yers.

    However, they did not expect someone to die at that moment; moreover, to also drop a piece of Legendary Grade equipment.

    ¡°I¡¯ll go and help him pick it up...¡± A Nine Star Guild¡¯s Light Armor Warrior said. However, he immediately stopped walking after he spoke.

    He stopped because he noticed that it was already toote. Apart from the first Giant One-Horned me Lizard that was less than 30 meters away, the huge bunch of skills cast by the bright-eyed swarm of Rebel Army yers from behindpletely dissuaded him from going back to pick up the Legendary Grade item.

    However, at that moment, they no longer needed more ideas to lure the enemy anymore.

 Chapter 616 - North Cityâ€™s Sniper

    <h4>Chapter 616: North City¡¯s Sniper</h4>

    3:20 in the morning, at the side of the base located in the middle of the Devil Tri-Horn Fog Ind, within a forest that had a higher terrain.

    A Scout yer wearing the golden SK Guild badge on his chest was hiding behind arge boulder while staring at the screen of the device he was holding.

    Suddenly, his eyes twitched and he eximed with a whisper, ¡°Something¡¯s up!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the situation?¡± A warrior yer wearing a tinum-colored badge on his chest, which meant that he was one of the highest-ranking officials of the SK Guild, asked.

    ¡°Somebody¡¯sing over from the fifth base. From the information shown here on the device, the number of people who have entered the detected range is around 40 plus, and it is still increasing.¡± The device that the yer was holding suddenly showed a bunch of white dots that indicated humans.

    ¡°Are they the people from Storm City?¡± The warrior yer asked?

    ¡°They should be. There shouldn¡¯t be anyone else on the ind.¡± The Scout yer said while staring at the device.

    ¡°They¡¯re pretty fast, aren¡¯t they? Have they already cleared all the branch bases? They probably lost several people from that. I wonder if the higher-ups of the Nine Star Guild has caught wind of us not bothering to clear the bases. Regardless, even if they¡¯re aware, it¡¯ll be useless. They¡¯ll still have to fight us in the end.¡± The SK Guild¡¯s official said with a smirk. ¡°Get everyone ready and to start preparing. We¡¯ve spent so much time on this mission, it is finallying to an end.¡±

    ¡°Yes... Hold on, no... Brother Chicken, Wait a second!¡± However, at that moment, the Scout yer suddenly shouted again.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± The SK Guild official¡¯s face froze for a moment.

    ¡°That¡¯s odd. These people seem to be separated into two teams. Besides, the group in front seems to be running away while the group at the back looks like they are giving chase. At the same time, they seem to be fighting against each other.¡± The Scout yer stared at the device he was holding with a weird expression as he spoke.

    ¡°Fighting against each other... Hold on. The people being pursued can¡¯t be ours, right? They shouldn¡¯t be. Peanuts and the others are not in that direction... Could it be that the people from Storm City are having an internal conflict? Perhaps somebody killed someone to steal a dropped Quasi-Boss pet biochip or perhaps it is something else? Heh, it is just like I said earlier. Their method of bringing in unknown yers who are trying to make a name for themselves into a mission like this is bound to bring them problems. Not only did they recruit spies from us, but they¡¯ve now also got a coup d¡¯etat on their hands. By the time the mission ends and everything gets put on the forum, the Nine Star Guild is bound to lose face... Yes, perhaps we can use this chance to...¡± The SK Guild official seemed to have be distracted as he spoke. He even went to think about how to capitalize on the current development.

    ¡°No! There are also monsters behind these people! The people chasing them from behind are mixed in with the monsters?¡± The Scout yer¡¯s brain was reaching its capacity.

    He simply put down his recon meter and took out a pair of night-vision binocrs to look toward at the location that he was scouting earlier.

    In that direction, he could see bunches and bunches of colorful energy explosions. He could also begin to hear the vague sounds of gunfire.

    However, concerning identifying the people who were there, it was not that easy.

    Although the fog on the ind at night was not thick, a distance like this would nevertheless affect one¡¯s vision. Moreover, the Scout and the others were trying to look through a thick, forest environment.

    ...

    After five full minutes, when the pursued and the pursuer got a lot closer and as the group chasing the first group fired a re that brightened the surroundings, the yers from North City spying in Storm City¡¯s team could finally see the pursuer¡¯s group using their binocrs.

    ¡°NPC pirates? Why are there NPC pirates? No, wait. There are also some yers mixed in with them. But what¡¯s that badge on their chest, why are they red? F*ck! It¡¯s the enemy faction. These yers are from the Rebel Army camp!¡± After being able to see what was happening clearly, the yers from North City couldn¡¯t help but feel surprised.

    The ind had Rebel Army camp yers. What the f*ck? Weren¡¯t Storm City and North City yers the only ones who should be there?

    ¡°Phew, brothers, let¡¯s go! The people from North City are just up ahead on top of the hill! We¡¯ve already taken care of the people from Storm City. Now, we only need to take care of these arrogant idiots from North City... Phew... The Boss biochip in the base, as well as the chip production equipment inside, are valued at more than several billion credits, all of them belong to us now. By then, we¡¯ll divide things up based on the kill count and the mission contribution. Everyone should get at least a few tens of millions!¡±

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. Let the monsters manipted by the NPCs attack first. Don¡¯t force yourself. We¡¯ll wait until the monsters exhaust the yers from North City first!¡±

    However, what surprised the yers from North City the most was that at that time, the people across from them suddenly shouted loudly.

    The shouts were very loud, so loud that even amidst all the shooting and the energy explosions, even the yers from North City heard them.

    ¡°F*ck me! The people from Storm City have got done in by the Rebel Army!¡±

    ¡°Is that possible? In that case, just how many Rebel Army units are on the ind?¡±

    ¡°It is not impossible. Not only do they have humans but they also have monsters too! However, to be honest, I don¡¯t believe that. Although the people from Storm City¡¯s group don¡¯t know each other much, with NIne Star Guild leading them and with their all-star team, there¡¯s no way they¡¯ll be taken out so easily.¡±

    Most North City yers did not believe that news about Storm City¡¯s team being wiped out by the Rebel Army was true.

    However, the voice and the sound of the enemy¡¯s words were too bold. In particr, the description stating that they were ¡°arrogant idiots¡± meant that the Rebel Army people already knew that they were lying in wait of an ambush already.

    ¡°Damn it! That means that the battle and the chase was only an illusion. Is their objective is to prevent us from attacking them immediately?¡±

    A few North City yers could not help but try to fill in the gaps.

    The Rebel Army camp people were indeed quite cunning. Were the yers from Storm City actually dealt with?

    ...

    ¡°Pant, pant...¡±

    In a forest that was around 300 meters away, Frontline Command, who had maximized his device¡¯s audio volume to the max, ran and panted heavily. It seemed as if he was about to die from panting.

    After he shouted hismand, the mission of the enemy luring operation squad was almostpleted.

    While their words were certain to cause the Rebel Army people to feel suspicious and even if the yers from North City wouldn¡¯t believe them, the fact that they became suspicious or angry was enough for them.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, the moment he put down his loudspeaker, a bullet emanating a blue glow struck his chest.

    ¡°-7499!¡±

    A red Fatal Damage number popped up above his head. Frontline Command¡¯s HP decreased significantly to less than only one-third.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that he was themanding officer, the three defensive Legendary Grade items, as well as the buff potion he ingested earlier, it was highly probable that he would have been one-shot killed just now.

 Chapter 617 - Deep into Ocean of Flowers

    <h4>Chapter 617: Deep into Ocean of Flowers</h4>

    ¡°Sniper!¡± After hearing Frontline Command¡¯s groan and the high damage number popping up above his head, Feng Luo¡¯s thought immediately went to the North City Sniper who shot and killed the Scout Beetle earlier with one single shot.

    Right now, they were only around 300 meters away from the enemy, but due to theplex forest environment of the area they were in, it was practically impossible to visually identify one¡¯s exact position.

    The enemy probably pinpointed their location through their voices before firing at them. Without a doubt, this Sniper was an expert yer.

    Apart from the Sniper, at that time, fiery clouds began to gather in the sky above the group and a few machine-gun bullets also began hitting the tree branches and trunks around them.

    ¡°We¡¯ve achieved our objective. Stop progressing forward and run toward that direction.¡± Feng Luo quickly pointed to a direction and led the way.

    Although one of his Scout Beetles was killed earlier, Feng Luo sent out another Scout Beetle far away to scout ahead and as a result, he was very familiar with the situation at the base and had prepared a path of retreat for the operation.

    After all, they only needed to lure the Rebel Army over. They didn¡¯t have to put themselves in danger risking the chance of getting caught in North City¡¯s ambush just for realism¡¯s sake.

    However, it was still regrettable. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the situation did not allow it, Feng Luo would have liked to duel against that Sniper.

    ...

    Feng Luo and his teammates suddenly changed direction. Luckily, the Rebel Army yers were in a bit of a mess at that moment.

    Although Frontline Command directed hismands to the people from North City, the Rebel Army camp yers who were slightly closer to them still heard them.

    ¡°What the heck?¡±

    ¡°When the hell did we kill the yers from Storm City?¡±

    ¡°What the hell does that mean? Aren¡¯t they North City¡¯s people? Are they trying to pull something here?¡±

    A few Rebel Army camp yers became dumbfounded.

    However, while they were puzzled, the yers from North City were not.

    Among the maniptors, only the Wind Maniptors were able to reach them at this distance. However, while the Machine Gunners were well within their shooting range, there was no need to mention the Snipers who had a muchrger attack range.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang!¡±

    Many bullets were shot towards the Rebel Army camp yers as if bullets were free. With their location exposed by the re, they were pretty much just live targets.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    ¡°Hurry up and dodge! Go back! Retreat! Stop charging!¡±

    Most of the Rebel Army camp yers who were lured by the Legendary-Grade item had regained their senses after waking from the daze caused by the rain of bullets. They shouted and cursed while dodging and running behind some trees for cover.

    Only a few of the Rebel Army camp yers were still determined and did not give up. They turned around and continued to pursue Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    The situation was not that great. The Rebel Army camp yers who had been pursuing the group of top-ss yers had suddenly be likeme ducks.

    Did that mean that the n Feng Luo and his group created of wanting to have the Rebel Army sh with the yers from North City had failed?

    Of course, it was not going to fail, as the yers were able to regain their senses; however, the monsters and NPCs were not able to do so.

    The group of Giant One-Horned me Lizards that Feng Luo and the others angered earlier was behind the Rebel Army camp yers since their movement speed was not that high. However, as the Rebel Army camp yers stopped moving, these lizards did not stop moving. Rather, they simply stomped on and over the yers trying to run away and continued to chase Storm City¡¯s squad.

    Due to long-distance running, each of them was panting and their nostrils continued to spew outrge amounts of mmable fog that burst into me from sparks.

    ¡°Crackle, crackle...¡±

    Over ten meters in size, one of the monsters ran into and easily crushed a tree trunk while mes surrounded its body. Even the non-Scout yers from North City could not help but pay attention to them.

    After a while, the yers from North City suddenly remembered what Frontline Command said earlier.

    Some of the Scout yers discovered that all of the monsters were over Level-60 Commander-Grade monsters.

    ...

    The attacks of the yers from North City attracted the attention of most of the monsters that were initially chasing Feng Luo¡¯s group, who, by now, had already exited the forest and were heading into what appeared to be ¡°an ocean of flowers.¡±

    Gigantic flower discs with red and white spots continued to sway with dark green vines that looked like poisonous snakes. It was an ocean of spotted python flowers that wererger than the ones back at the second base.

    ¡°They got in here. Are we chasing them?¡± The Rebel Army camp yers who made the pursuit until that point began to hesitate because the ocean of flowers impaired their vision even more than the forest.

    More importantly, the vines that looked like snakes seemed odd. They looked as if they were alive.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The yers stopped moving. However, a Giant One-Horned me Lizard that was not lured away by the yers from North City charged into the ¡°ocean of flowers¡± without any hesitation.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    The moment the Giant One-Horned me Lizard entered the ocean of flowers, therge number of vines on the ground began to move as if they hade alive.

    Multiple dark green vines, in just a few short seconds, easily wrapped around the Level-60 Commander-Grade monster like pythons. No matter how hard it struggled, it could not get itself free.

    ¡°F*cking shit!¡± A few Rebel Army yers who were not willing to be there in the first ce instantly turned around to escape after witnessing the scene before them.

    ...

    Within the ocean of flowers, a group of people were half-crouched and moving through the area.

    Everywhere they passed, the vines that were like poisonous snakes simply moved away from their bodies as if they were afraid of them.

    The ¡°ocean of flowers¡± was not a ce anyone could force their way through.

    If it weren¡¯t for the potion that could restrain these types of ancient creatures, which they obtained at the second base, any yer who entered the ¡°ocean¡± would have met the same end as the Giant One-Horned me Lizard. It was, without a doubt, the best path of retreat.

    However, among the elite squad of over 20 people, by the time they seeded in retreating, only 16 of them were left.

    While the Rebel Army yers had weaker gears and items, they had an absolute number advantage. Not to mention there was also the presence of the NPC pirates.

    As such, throughout the enemy luring operation which covered quite a long distance, it was impossible for them not to suffer losses.

    By the time they reached the center of the ¡°ocean of flowers,¡± Big Pineapple put his alloy shield on the ground and said, ¡°It is finallyplete. That was really tiring. Let¡¯s just wait here for the main force to arrive.¡±

    Zhao Yun sat on Big Pineapple¡¯s shield, almost falling t on the ground and said while panting heavily, ¡°Phew! You¡¯re tired? I¡¯m the epitome of tiredness right now... Pant... I say, why the hell did y¡¯all bring me along?¡±

    As a maniptor, even when equipped with a Legendary-Grade pair of boots that contained movement speed enhancing bonuses, he couldn¡¯t maintain a high movement speed all the time, because his profession¡¯s stamina recovery simply could not keep up.

    Throughout the journey, he was so tired he felt as though he could die. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that a few Light Armor Warriors took turns to pull him along, he might have followed the unfortunate few and died along the way.

    However, Feng Luo understood the reason why Jing Kong brought Zhao Yun along with them.

    If it weren¡¯t for Zhao Yun¡¯s energy creation and skills that blocked attacks and provided them with cover, their group would have suffered a lot more losses. They might have even been caught up before they reached their point of retreat.

    After all, the group of yers probably never did anything close to leaving their backs exposed to their enemies before.

 Chapter 618 - Underground Tunnel

    <h4>Chapter 618: Underground Tunnel</h4>

    ¡°Mr. Feng, what¡¯s the situation outside? Is the n sessful?¡± After stopping, Frontline Command turned around to look at Feng Luo.

    Amid the ocean of flowers, with an anti-detection skill active, as long they remained cautious, their position would not be exposed.

    However, since the density of the flowers and nts was too high, they could not see outside. They could only hear the sounds of battle. All kinds of bullets and a variety of skills flew past their heads but they did not know what the situation was.

    The good thing was that among them, one person could still clearly observe the situation outside.

    ¡°Yes... Both sides have certainly engaged in battle. Moreover, the battle looks very intense.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were empty and void when he spoke, as he was observing the battlefield using the Scout Beetle¡¯s vision.

    However, before he finished speaking, Feng Luo made a slight sound. ¡°Hmm? The Rebel Army¡¯s pirate captain¡¯s AI seems quite high. It looks like he¡¯s able to detect the North City yers hiding in the mountains. He ordered the Three Tailed Split Shell Scorpions to use long-range attacks to target and kill the North City Machine Gunners. Under hismands, these pirates are surprisingly orderly. The battle looks to be tilting one-sidedly towards the Rebel Army.¡±

    Feng Luo could not help but feel surprised because, for people who knew the structure and yer make up of the North City team, they would feel that the group from North City would have a higher chance of winning, even if the Rebel Army controlled monsters.

    However, at that moment, the reality was that the Rebel Army had a huge advantage.

    ¡°Okay, so that¡¯s how it is.¡± Feng Luo continued to observe and quickly understood the reason.

    Apart from the 300 plus Three Tailed Split Shell Scorpions, in the forest where the North City yers hid, there was also a Ninja who was fully d in ck that was constantly moving and popping up in one ce before vanishing once more.

    These ninjas who possessed meleebat abilityparable to one of the best Light Armor Warriors ¨C Sword Ki Long River, as well as unbelievably peculiar skills, were a nightmare for ss cannon professions.

    ¡°The Rebel Army has the advantage. It is probably better if the North City yers had the upper-hand... Since this main base is surrounded by monsters. If the Rebel Army were to control them, we¡¯ll probably also suffer defeat if we meet them.¡±

    ¡°Why don¡¯t we think of a way to support North City? ... ¡± After hearing Fen Luo¡¯s exnation, Jing Kong pondered for a moment and asked.

    However, before he could finish... ¡°Beep, beep, beep!¡±

    The Legendary-Grade recon meter he was holding suddenly sounded the warning rm. At the same time, six shing red lights appeared on the screen. All of them were closing in on their location from North City¡¯s location at high-speed.

    ¡°F*ck me! That¡¯s a micro missile! Take cover!¡± Shouted Jing Kong with wide eyes.

    Their position was specifically chosen.

    It was quite far away from the ambush location of the North City yers and was outside the attack range of Maniptors and Machine Gunners.

    Without Maniptors who could castrge area-of-effect attacks, they could easily hide within the ocean of flowers and observe the situation of the battle before deciding their next steps. If the situation made a turn for the worse, they could even retreat through this ocean of flowers and rendezvous with the main force.

    However, the current situation was between the two sides fighting on the battlefield, the North City yers were even at a disadvantage. However, for some weird or crazy reason, they took the effort and time to attack Feng Luo¡¯s group.

    With the recon meter¡¯s function blocked, it was odd that they were able to pinpoint Feng Luo¡¯s group¡¯s position.

    Jing Kong shouted to take cover. However, faced with a high-speed missile like this, where would you even find the time to hide.

    Although the weapons of mechas had reduced damage to yers, there were five missiles. Technically, it was still enough to easily obliterate any of the yers.

    Five micro-missilesnded, piercing the ground. Then, after a brief moment...

    ¡°Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!¡±

    Five balls of white energy instantly appeared above the battlefield along with dirt that scattered all around. After all five of the micro-missiles exploded, the center of the ocean of flowers area had severalrge ck craters, around them were multiple glowing drops.

    ...

    ¡°Cough, cough! I almost died!¡±

    Coughing sounds were heard in the dark environment.

    Big Pineapple got up to his feet while holding his now distorted alloy shield, spitting out dirt that filled his mouth during the explosion.

    ¡°Hey! How many still alive? Cough and let us know!¡± Big Pineapple shouted as he shook his head, his ears still ringing.

    ¡°Cough, cough...¡±

    More coughing sounds filled the dark environment. After a brief moment, a weak re was used and eight human figures could be seen.

    Among the 16 yers, after the five micro-missiles explosions, only eight were left.

    Two Heavy Armor Warriors (Big Pineapple, Douchebag); two Light Armor Warriors (Sword Ki Long River, Phoenix); three gunners (Jing Kong, Green Arrow, Feng Luo), and one maniptor (Zhao Yun).

    Apart from Big Pineapple, there was another Heavy Armor Warrior ¨C Douchebag. He wiped the dirt off his face and said with disbelief, ¡°Motherf*cker! These North City people are really rich. To use five micro-missiles on just a dozen or so of us! It¡¯s a good thing there¡¯s this empty space beneath us. Otherwise, all of us would have probably died!¡±

    ¡°Why is there this empty space inside this ocean of flower?¡± Green Arrow asked with some lingering thoughts as she used a blood tonic on herself. She looked up at the hole above them, which had been covered by dirt again over 10-meters above them.

    She was lucky, Jing Kong and her were both within the explosion range of the first missile. They fell into the hole the instant the explosion urred. Although she still lost half her HP, she did not end up like the other gunners who died instantly from the consecutive missile explosions.

    Five micro-missiles packed a powerful punch. Even if the damage dealt to yers was reduced, if it were a direct hit, even Heavy Armor Warriors risked dying instantly.

    However, the deep hole under the ocean of flowers saved their lives.

    ¡°It is less like an empty space and more like a tunnel.¡± Jing Kong shot the re and found out that the empty space was more like a tunnel.

    As if he had remembered something suddenly, he turned around to speak to Frontline Command. ¡°Old Front, I remember in the mission requirement, it says that parts of the main base are underground, right?¡±

    However, he then remembered that Frontline Command, their trump card on the battlefield, had unfortunately been eliminated from the mission in thest round of missile attack.

    ¡°Do you mean?¡± Phoneix asked as her eyes sparkled. She looked towards the tunnel that did not seem to have an end.

    ¡°It is just a guess, there is no guarantee.¡± Jing Kong answered.

    ¡°Did you get any detailed structural maps of the main base from the mission?¡± Feng Luo asked.

    Jing Kong shook his head and said, ¡°No, the mission information was iplete. Otherwise, we would have prepared specific countermeasures against a lot of the monsters on the ind and prevented the huge losses we suffered at the fourth base.¡±

    Big Pineapple finally came to his senses and understood the situation. ¡°Hold on. Old Kong. Are you saying that this ocean of flower underground tunnel may lead directly to the main base?¡± He asked as he stared right at Jing Kong with an excited expression.

 Chapter 619 - Summon Beetles

    <h4>Chapter 619: Summon Beetles</h4>

    ¡°Theoretically speaking, this may be possible. The ocean of flowers surrounds the main base after all. For a tunnel-like this, it is obvious that it was constructed by humans.¡± Green Arrow said as her eyes brightened up. She spoke after she turned on the light source on her recon meter and checked out the structure of the tunnel.

    As one of the top-five Heavy Armor Warrior of Storm City, Douchebag spoke in a surprised and dazed way, ¡°If it can bring us to the main base, doesn¡¯t that mean that we never had to go through the area around filled with monsters to enter the base? Holy f*ck, if we knew a shortcut like this earlier, he wouldn¡¯t have had to suffer all those losses back at those earlier branch bases.¡±

    Jing Kong answered with a bitter smile, ¡°We did not have the structural map of the building. It¡¯s impossible to know that an underground tunnel which is more than seven or eight hundred meters outside the base would exist. Based on the normal mission procedure, we always need to clear the branch bases first before entering the main base. It¡¯s most likely a coincidence that we¡¯ve arrived here.¡±

    Sword Ki Long River was, just like always, quiet during the group¡¯s discussion.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go. We can¡¯t go back up there right now anyway. It would be a good idea to explore this tunnel.¡± Phoenix pointed above her head before picking up her alloy sword to head forward into the tunnel, towards the main base.

    The tunnel was over 10 meters deep. The section above their heads that was blown up earlier was also covered in dirt and mud mixed with the roots of nts measuring a few meters thick. With the yers¡¯ abilities, it would be quite difficult to break through it.

    ¡°Yeah, there¡¯s no point in going out anymore. We¡¯ve done what needs to be done. Jing Kong, does the main base also have monsters?¡± Green Arrow agreed with Phoenix¡¯s point. With her recon meter on, she followed right behind her.

    ¡°It should be simr to the other branch bases. After all, the insides of these bases aren¡¯t optimal living environments for monsters. However, there might be mechanic guards there.¡± Jing Kong answered uncertainly.

    Concerning the idea of exploring the tunnel, no one objected to the suggestion.

    While Feng Luo had a way to dig his way out of there, using the Commander-Grade Collector Beetle, he felt there was no need to do so as he was feeling quite expectant about getting to the main base through this tunnel.

    As such, with extreme caution, everyone pulled out their weapons and walked along the dark and long underground tunnel.

    As Jing Kong assessed, they did not encounter any monsters at the beginning of their trek. However, after walking around 100 meters, the group encountered an issue.

    In their first turn since entering the tunnel, thick metallic railing appeared in front of them.

    Green Arrow moved forward to investigate the metallic railing. She used her military knife and scratched at it before saying to the group, ¡°The edge ispletely rusted. The control program is also broken.¡±

    The railing was probably controlled by an AI lock system. However, at that time, the edge of the fence had merged with the tunnel. It had probably been abandoned for a long time and had not been used, so it was natural that it could not be opened due tock of use and maintenance.

    ¡°Let me try.¡± Phoenix volunteered and stepped forward, she was holding the translucent Legendary-Grade alloy sword Exquisite in her hands, she shed powerfully at the metal railing.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    Sparks appeared around the metal railing as a crack appeared from the sh. However, the sh did not break the railing.

    Exquisite had a B-Grade Destruction Coefficient, and yet it was still not able to cut through the metallic railing. It was evidence of the high quality of the material used to construct the railing.

    ¡°B-Grade Metal Defense Coefficient!¡± Jing Kong said while looking at the feedback information on his recon meter after her sh.

    ¡°Armor Breaking sh!¡± Phoenix¡¯s brows furrowed together. After hearing that, a surge of power concentrated in the alloy sword she was holding, and then the de of her sword descended upon the railing again.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    This time, after sparks appeared, one of the metal railings was cut in half by her de.

    ¡°My Armor Breaking sh is Expert Level, progress at 80%. I¡¯ll need around 10 minutes to create enough space for people to pass through,¡± Phoenix said after turning around.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    Suddenly, a golden sh appeared.

    Sword Ki Long River, who remained silent throughout, held his Legendary-Grade golden alloy sword in his hands after also using the Armor Breaking sh, and cut through another one of the metal railings.

    ¡°Now, we only need five minutes,¡± Phoenix said as she smiled brightly.

    ...

    After around 30 minutes, with thebined effort of both the Light Armor Warriors and their Legendary-Grade alloy swords breaking through five metal railings, the group finally got another step closer to the main base.

    ¡°It looks like this tunnel is headed towards the main base.¡± Everyone seemed to understand this by then. As they gained understanding, they could not help but be more excited and increased their pace.

    However, by the time they reached the location supposedly right beneath the main base, they were left stunned once more.

    ¡°This is thest alloy door. Its thickness is over 50 centimeters, and the material is also a lot harder than the earlier metal railings.¡± Jing Kong couldn¡¯t help but take a deep breath after he saw the data disyed on his recon meter.

    This ce, which was supposedly connecting the tunnel to the main base, did not have metal railings blocking the way. Instead, it was an over 30 centimeter thick alloy door that had a Defense Coefficient that was higher than the metal railing from before.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not working, the defense is too high,¡± Phoenix said after she used a skill and cut at the alloy door. However, as she looked at the sh mark that was only half an inch deep, she frowned once again.

    Although one sh was capable of creating a half-inch opening, it did not seem like it was going to be possible for them to break through that door.

    It was not only in consideration of the cooldown period of the Armor Breaking sh but most importantly, it was due to the uracy of every single sh.

    Just like cutting down trees, one hack from the ax may get one depth of around one-twentieth. However, this does not mean that the person would need only 20 hacks to cut down the tree.

    Since the alloy door¡¯s surface was very smooth, there weren¡¯t any other angles where they could exert even more force. This meant that the force generated from the sh had decreased to a certain degree.

    Besides, one also had to consider the cooldown period of the Armor Breaking sh. If they wanted to rely on this method to break through the door, they would need to continue shing the door for at least 10 hours.

    However, it was obvious that they did not have time to wait for this.

    ¡°Even a Boss-Grade monster wouldn¡¯t be able to get through this door in a short amount of time. It looks like the system did not prepare a shortcut for us.¡± The group looked disappointed.

    ¡°What do we do then? Why don¡¯t we re-trace our steps, go back, and see if there are any exits?¡± Jing Kong asked with a frown.

    Feng Luo, who, like Sword Ki Long River, had not spoken ever since entering the tunnel, suddenly spoke. ¡°Hold on, let me try first.¡±

    ¡°You want to try?¡± Douchebag nced at Feng Luo. Although he believed and trusted in Feng Luo¡¯s strength after their battle in the arena, he was still very doubtful.

    While Snipers had amazing armor breaking abilities, theoretically, they were not stronger than an alloy sword paired with the Armor Breaking sh skill. If Feng Luo were to break this door down, he would need at least 5,000 bullets. Otherwise, it would be impossible. Even if he did not take into ount the number of bullets, the rifle itself would also be damaged due to overheating and overuse.

    Regardless, the main issue was which sniper would ever bring so many bullets with him?

    However, since Feng Luo volunteered, the others simply backed down and observed.

    In particr, Phoenix and Big Pineapple seemed to already know that Feng Luo had something up his sleeve.

    After everyone retreated a certain distance, a ck hole appeared on the ground right in front of the door, and a shadow started to emerge from within.

    ¡°It¡¯s summoning that type of beetle.¡± Apart from Phoenix and Big Pineapple, the others from the tactical squad had also seen Feng Luo summon the ded Beetles before. As such, when they saw the ck hole, they naturally thought that was what was happening.

    However, Jing Kong and the others were still doubtful. While the scythe-like des and the tails of the ded Beetles were very sharp, as disyed in their previous battles, to cut through that alloy door... It should still technically impossible.

    However, by the time the first beetle crawled out of the wormhole and when they saw the green shell and appearance of the beetle which waspletely different from the ded Beetle, they instantly understood.

    24K did not ¡°summon¡± the ded Beetle which they have seen before.

    It was not the Scout Beetle that usually hid in the sky, which only Jing Kong saw before from afar through a Legendary-Grade item.

    However, at that moment, Jing Kong and the others suddenly had another question on their mind...

    ¡°Spray Beetle. Level-42 Elite-Grade creature... It is a new type of beetle. Just how many types of beetles can his pet summon?¡±

    However, Jing Kong and the others had a new question on their mind.

 Chapter 620 - The Shock 24K Created

    <h4>Chapter 620: The Shock 24K Created</h4>

    ¡°Hm? Wait... this one is Elite-Grade.¡±

    Other than having some doubts about its appearance, as it had a brain that looked like a snake growing insect-like legs which looked like a jet beetle.

    Some people also noticed that the one which came out of the ck hole was an Elite-Grade monster.

    With 24K¡¯s summoning ability, it naturally attracted many participating yer¡¯s attention.

    This was especially when everyone¡¯s goal upon reaching the ind was for the Quasi-Boss pet Chips.

    A pet that had abnormal powers to summon wild creatures had received quite a lot of attention.

    However, due to the ten de Beetles that Feng Luo summoned from before, they were all Commander-Grade monsters. Although their levels were not low, they are Commander-Grade monsters where, in reality, theirbat powers were not very powerful.

    After evaluation, a lot of people thought that, without considering 24K¡¯s reconnaissance capability, itsbat power should be at the level of a Commander-Grade pet.

    Although they were curious about 24K¡¯s mystical summoning ability, they did not observe its detailed attributes.

    Even so, a pet withbat strength at Commander-Grade, for yers of their caliber, it would not make them super envious.

    However, upon discovering that 24K¡¯s summoning of another new monster, it was still Elite-Grade.

    Other than Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, it caught most of their attention.

    That was because, in theory, a Commander-Grade pet¡¯sbat strength wasparable to an Elite-Grade wild creature. However, this Jet Beetle was a social monster, hence its strength would be weaker, but even then, it was still an Elite-Grade monster.

    ¡°Since it was able to summon those ten de Beetles, then for these Elite-Grade Jet Beetles, how many can it summon?¡± Green Arrow asked as she stared at the ck hole on the ground.

    However, what made her surprised was, other than that Elite-Grade Jet Beetle which crawled out from that ck hole, there were no other beetles that crawled out.

    ¡°Could it be because of the wild monster being Elite-Grade, then it was only able to summon one. That way, why not just summon ten Commander-Grade monsters, wouldn¡¯t that be more useful?¡± However, she knew she guessed wrong right after.

    The reason only one was summoned was that Feng Luo simply just wanted to test it.

    After the first Elite-Grade Jet Beetle came out, it quickly raised its neck and faced that alloyed door, and spat out a trail of green ¡°saliva.¡±

    ¡°Psh!¡±

    After the saliva of the Jet Beetle hit the alloyed door, it immediately started a reaction.

    With the naked eye, you could tell the position at which the alloyed door was hit by the saliva, where it gave off huge, thick bubbles and white smoke, as it formed corroded traces.

    As the saliva flowed down due to gravity, and the area of corrosion expanded exponentially.

    The Jet Beetle¡¯s strong toxic and corrosive abilities, no matter whether it was Armored or Energy Shield, it would be able to corrode. This alloy door was sturdy in its material, but against this corrosive toxic attack, it did not have enough resistance.

    ¡°There is an effect, however, because this door was too thick the amount of toxic saliva it required to corrode the door is not estimated to be this low.¡± Clear Sky¡¯s face had some joy, then he turned and looked at Feng Luo as his tone carried some inquiry.

    The effect of Jet Beetle¡¯s saliva was indeed not bad.

    However, from the body area of this Level-42 Elite-Grade Jet Beetle, at most, it could only spit a few more times before its saliva runs out. If they want to break down this door, they would need a lot more Jet Beetles.

    ¡°Tsk!¡±

    Feng Luo did not say anything, he only gave a signal to the 24K on his shoulder, the ck hole on the ground formed a green shadow once again.

    ¡°Another Elite-Grade Jet Beetle, it could continue summoning.¡± Green Arrow looked at this new Level-39 Elite-Grade Jet Beetle appearing, as she thought to herself.

    However, following that, her eyes widened.

    After the second Jet Beetle appeared, the Jet Beetles crawling out of the ck hole did not cease, but instead, more Jet Beetles continued crawling out.

    One beetle, two beetles, three beetles...

    When the number of the Elite Grade Jet Beetles reached five, other than Big Pineapple and Feng Luo, the other five people were surprised yet again.

    This was because, in theory, these five Elite-Grade monsters, even if it was a social monster, itsbat strength would still beparable to at least one Commander-Grade pet.

    Compared to thebat style of amon Commander-Grade pet, being able to summon beetles with different features, 24K¡¯s practicality was a lot higher.

    Just based on this point, 24K was already superior to the majority of the Commander-Grade pets.

    Most importantly, the green shadows which were crawling out of the ck hole did not cease.

    Six beetles, seven beetles, eight beetles...

    After one minute, there were 15 Jet Beetles, as they lined up in front of the alloyed door, they split towards the door vigorously.

    Trails of green liquid, as it flowed down the alloy door, the door was quickly corroded, which was originally unbreakable.

    Upon seeing 15 beetles, which were lining up and spiting their saliva onto the door, the other five people, other than Sword Ki Long River, who was naturally quiet, suddenly did not want to say anything anymore.

    15 wild monsters which averaged out to Level-40, and despite half of which were Commander-Grade monsters.

    Purely based onbat strength, it haspletely exceeded Commander-Grade pets, they could be considered as a Quasi-Boss Grade pet.

    However, quickly afterward, they then discovered that they would also need to remove that possibility afterward.

    After three minutes of the 15 Jet Beetles spitting, the first Jet Beetle¡¯s belly sac, which stored the toxin, waspletely empty.

    At this moment, the thick alloyed door was already corroded by one third.

    The first Jet Beetle, after finishing using all of its saliva, turned and crawled back into its ck hole. After a few seconds, a new Elite-Grade Jet Beetle with a full stomach re-crawled out of the ck hole.

    ¡°In that summoned hole, they can refill their toxins?¡±

    ¡°No, this beetle¡¯s level and the first¡¯s are not the same... it could change its summons in the middle ofbat?¡±

    The people who initially thought that this Jet Beetle was the same as the one which crawled back in, after noticing the level of this beetle, gained a message which made them feel bittersweetness.

    Only 15 social monsters, based onbat strength, might only exceed Commander-Grade monsters and still not reach a Quasi-Boss Grade pet.

    If they add this beetle, which was exchanged in the middle of the battle, then wouldn¡¯t it beparable to thebat strength of a Quasi-Boss.

    A Quasi-Boss pet? How many of these can they find during the entire wartime?

    At this moment, other than the guild, isn¡¯t everyoneing for the Quasi-Boss pet Chips?

    As for Boss-Grade Chips, whether there were any in these wastnds, it was still an unknown number.

    After the first Elite-Grade Jet Beetle changed shift, the second and third ones followed right after.

    After the 15 Elite-Grade Jet Beetles from the first wave emptied their stomachs, the ck hole did not have any new Jet Beetles crawling out to ¡°switch shifts¡± with them.

    That was because, at this moment, the alloy door was already corroded by two thirds. Upon calction, they did not require any more Jet Beetles.

    ...

    After spending around half an hour, where two waves of Jet Beetles finished all of their stored toxins.

    This final alloy door blocking the way into the main research base, under the detection of the Scouts, was finally corroded down to a thinyer.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    Sword Ki Long River walked directly in front, as the golden legendary alloy sword swung, directly breaking through the now thin door, creating an entrance.

    He shook his hands, retracted the de, and shed again.

    Quickly, a hole in this door opened which was sufficient for an entire person to pass through.

    ¡°Tick!¡±

    However, after this alloy doorpletely opened, in theplete darkness within the base, a pair of red dots were aggressively shing.

    ¡°Intruder discovered, intruder discovered, recognizing identity, it belongs to people who don¡¯t have ess permission! Warning! Intruder, leave NG-164 Research Base Scope in ten seconds, or else they will be given armed deportation. Warning...¡±

    At the same time, a series of machinery noises started to ring.

 Chapter 621 - Spider Machinery Guards

    <h4>Chapter 621: Spider Machinery Guards</h4>

    Behind the opened alloy door, there was a full-body figure in the shadows, with only its fighting machinery and its pair of red eyes revealed, as it continuously repeated its warning sentences to the group of people.

    ¡°JZ-60 Spider Mechanical Guard, Level-60, Elite-Grade, 23% energy remaining, the core of energy and calction are at the position where the head and chest are connected.¡± Jing Kong used a Scout skill as he slightly retreated behind the four warrior sses. At the same time, he raised his submarine gun in the direction of the cave.

    He did say this urately, there were indeed mechanical guards in the ruins, they just did not know how many were hiding in the shadows.

    ¡°Warning, an intruder, retreat within ten seconds...¡±

    ¡°Tock, tick, tock...¡±

    The warnings of the Spider Mechanical Guards continued, but Green Arrow had already shot a shuttle bullet onto its body.

    Everyone¡¯s goal was the main research base, so why would they retreat? Not to mention, it was only an Elite-Grade enemy.

    ¡°Receiving attacks from the intruders, requesting for a decision from the main brain... connection failed... following the second protocol,unch counterattacks!¡± After being attacked, thebat machinery¡¯s pair of red eyes shed aggressively.

    After swiftly speaking in a series of electronic tones, its whole body moving quickly, as it was exposed under the clear lighting of the team.

    This machine had a design that was simr to a spider, as it was abat machine that had eightrge legs which were longer than two meters. However at the end of its alloyed legs were not shoes, but instead, some des were able to swiftly spin.

    ...

    ¡°Thud!¡±

    After ten seconds, when Feng Luo shot the operating core of this Level 60 Spider Machinery Guard¡¯s chest, the Spider Machinery which only had three short legs fell to the ground and could not move.

    [You have killed the JZ-60 Spider Machinery Guard (Level-60, Elite-Grade), contribution portion of the kill 25.2%, experience gained...]

    Being a piece of Level-60 Elite-Gradebat machinery, this spider¡¯sbat strength was stronger than the T-750.

    However, with the capabilities of the yers¡¯ infield, it was far stronger than the T-750 which Feng Luo had defeated before.

    Not only did the yers have at least two pieces of legendary equipment, but they were also attacking the machinery eight to one. Of course, they couldn¡¯t expend so much effort.

    Of course, saying that there were more people than the machinery was impossible.

    ¡°Eliminate intruder! Eliminate intruder!¡± After finishing off this Spider Machinery guard, there were two Spider Machineries of simr design that charged out from the darkness.

    ...

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°Rumble, rumble...¡±

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    This battle at the entrance of the alloy door continued for around five minutes.

    After killing the tenth Level-60 Elite Spider Machinery, this entrance battle had concluded.

    ¡°Feels like the difficulty isn¡¯t so high, we should have a chance to explore deeper areas.¡± After crossing through the corroded hole and into the alloy door, and looking over at the Spider Machinery guards which lost their mobility, Green Arrow, who was holding aplete Legendary-Grade submachine gun which was provided by the Nine Star Guild, was shining the surroundings of the tunnel with his lighting tools.

    ¡°Mainly it was because everyone¡¯s equipment was sufficient, if the equipment werecking, then this would be a different situation.¡± Jing Kong said as he picked up the loot which came out of the Spider Machinery, discovering that it was of not much use and threw it back into his bag.

    In theory, Machine type monsters¡¯bat strength would be stronger than live monsters which had the same levels, as they did not have health points.

    However, if the yers¡¯ equipment was good enough, these machine type monsters were easier to deal with. That was because they had a definite fatal spot, once it was destroyed, it would lose itsbat strength.

    If their equipment was not good enough, where the damage values being unable to destroy the defenses covering the core, the difficulty would naturally be a lot higher. For these eight yers who had at least two pieces of Legendary-Grade equipment, it would be a lot simpler.

    Of course, for yers with poor equipment, they could clear the ruins as well.

    Like thesebat machinery guards in the ruins, they are hiding the ¡°residual energy¡± within them.

    This refers to the residual energy in the energy core which passed from the long term hibernation over these years, and after waking up from encountering intruders.

    This residual energy would not usually be very high, but these machinery guards spent a serious amount of it duringbat, under the circumstances of being unable to destroy their cores, thinking of ways to make them expend all of their energy is also another way.

    Under the use of the lighting tools, the group¡¯s vision was finallypletely brightened.

    This was a room with a height of nearly ten meters. What was different was that it had a lot of tunnels from the room leading to different directions.

    ¡°After this, which direction to follow?¡± Big Pineapple and Viin, carrying some broken shields which were drilled by the Spider Machinery Guards during the battle, asked while looking at those few tunnels.

    ¡°Wait just a minute, let me see if I can find a map.¡± Green Arrow replied as she walked towards the shattered Spider Machinery on the ground, as she took out an instrument from her bag.

    For a yer, obtaining a map of the ruins was not difficult, that was because in the stored chips in thebat machinery guards in the ruins, they always have the ruins map in them.

    Of course, the precision and the retrieving speeds of finding the map depends on the yer¡¯s chip master level.

    ¡°Yes, I found it!¡± After around two minutes, Green Arrow stood up, in the instrument in her hand, there was a three-dimensional map of the core base.

    Many Scout yers would learn some chip master skills by habit because it was a must-have profession for entering the ruins. Being able to obtain a detailed map in such a short time, Green Arrow¡¯s profession level must have been at least advanced.

    ¡°Mm, from the message obtained, the most important location in the base is here, its degree of importance is at its highest.¡± Green Arrow stretched out her hand, as she erged an area at the center position on the map.

    ¡°Is this the position of the Boss Chip?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s eyes lit up as he asked.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know, these machinery guards did not store this type of message. However, by right, the possibility is high. Even if it is not Boss Chips, it is most likely to be equipment that Jing Kong and you all will need.¡± Green Arrow gave Jing Kong and Sword Ki Long River a look. ¡°However, I have to remind everyone. In this base, there are a total of three hundred Spider Machinery Guards, and all of them are Level-60 Elites.¡± Upon finishing the sentence, her face changed a little.

    ¡°Three hundred?¡± After hearing this statement, everyone¡¯s face naturally changed a little.

    One Level-60 Elite does not count as anything against this small team.

    But five of these Level-60 Elites would already be a threat, and if there were three hundred... This is a machine-type creature, even for a Maniptor, it was impossible to instantly kill them.

    ¡°Although this base did not have restrictions on signals like the outside world, my Legendary Scouting instrument should be able to intercept the signals they send out. If I take note to prevent it from passing the message to itspanions, then we would only need to defeat at most ten machinery guards at a time.¡± Jing Kong said.

    ¡°This way, the danger would be a lot smaller. It¡¯s worth a try.¡± Upon hearing this, other than Feng Luo and Sword Ki Long River, everyone had a face filled with joy.

    ¡°The problem with the machinery guards is solved. However, under this situation in which the main brain is being fully hibernated or destroyed, to be able to destroy and open these doors in the middle of the journey, we need to use violence.¡± Green Arrow pointed at the three-dimensional map, from their current location to that important region, the journey had at least ten plus alloy doors.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, what are your intentions?¡± To break open these alloy doors, having the Jet Beetles is a must.

    Not to mention, other than corroding the alloy doors, the ten Spider Machinery Guards which are on the ground of the base, a huge majority of theirposition also had traces of corrosion.

    In the battle just now, the ten plus Jet Beetles also had huge credit.

    ¡°It¡¯s possible.¡± Feng Luo nodded.

 Chapter 622 - Boss Level Chip

    <h4>Chapter 622: Boss Level Chip</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A Level 60 Elite Level Spider Machinery Guard was hit by an armor-piercing bullet on the spot connecting its head and chest.

    Having arge caliber B-Grade armor-piercing bullet, it will prate the alloy armor directly of more than five centimeters before reaching the core, with the high temperature generated from its impact, causing its core chip to melt into a coke liquid state.

    ¡°Expel... Intruder...¡±

    The eight long alloy legs of the Spider Machinery vibrated a little more on the ground, before the red light on its pair of eyes extinguishedpletely.

    ¡°It¡¯s here, the most important region of the base is right behind this door.¡± Green Arrow looked at the three-dimensional map which was floating on the terminal, as she pointed at an alloy door at the end of the tunnel ahead.

    At the moment, it was more than half an hour since they entered the main research base, the team of eight people finally reached the important region signaled by the ruins map.

    As to why they spent so much time, it was due to the same sturdy alloy doors. Despite it not being as disgustingly strong like the one before, they still needed to rely on those Jet Beetles.

    Although the Jet Beetles were able to corrode away these doors, it requiredrge amounts of toxins, and being wild creatures, these toxins were not able to regenerate immediately.

    Hence, most of the time was spent on the Jet Beetles regeneration of the toxins.

    On the contrary, under the effect of Jing Kong¡¯s Scouting skills, there was not much threat whenever a Spider Machinery was activated and rushed forward.

    Of course, the 20 Level 60 Elite Grade Spider Machinery Guards in front of this final region would cause the party a little trouble.

    Only needing to rely on a body full of Legendary Grade equipment, they were able to sessfully finish off all of them.

    ¡°Psst!¡±

    Following the procedure from before, 24Kmanded all the Jet Beetles to start working and destroy this final door which had a thickness which wasparable to the first alloy door.

    ¡°It is the Chip preparation base!¡± Entering the hole in the door which was broken open, and lighting up this position in the main research base with the lighting tools, there was evident joy on Jing Kong¡¯s face.

    For the Nine Star guild, the importance of the Chip preparation base depended on the Boss Chip, because this was the difference between fishing and the fish.

    ¡°Wow f*ck, there are so many pieces of equipment. We have so few people, we are definitely unable to store all of these in our backpacks!¡± Everyone, upon entering the hole in the entrance, discovered that this was an enormous experimentationb.

    There were several different types of instruments, and because this room was so tightly sealed to the point that there was no dust, all of the instruments were preserved perfectly.

    However, Big Pineapple thought of an issue, as he spoke. ¡°Most of the equipment here is just conventional additional equipment, which is not important. We just need to move some of the core equipment back, and then move some of the manufacturing data, and it should be sufficient.¡±

    Jing Kong, at this moment, was walking in front of a terminal-like instrument with a face full of joy.

    Retrieving some instruments from his bag and inserting them on top, he swiftly proceeded with the hacking and the awakening of the equipment.

    ¡°The manufacturing equipment is here, but where is the Boss Chip?¡± However, inparison to the two people in the Nine Star Guild.

    On the contrary, the rest of the people were clearly more concerned with whether there was even a Boss Chip, and if there was, then would it be in this experimentationb?

    Other than Sword Ki Long River and Jing Kong getting down onto those instruments, the rest of the people were swiftly searching around this experimentationb.

    ¡°Boss Chip ah, Boss Chip...¡± Big Pineapple was mumbling, as he continuously ransacked the surroundings of every instrument.

    ¡°I found it, it¡¯s here!¡± However, before Big Pineapple even spun a few rounds, Green Arrow¡¯s voice had already sounded out.

    For other people, it was definitely more difficult to find the Boss Chip, but for Green Arrow who had traits which were gained after obtaining some Scout skills, she had odds far higher than the average.

    The six people quickly gathered as they discovered the roughly two meters high, transparent safe box.

    In the middle of this box, there was a biochip supported by some brackets, which was in a silver liquid state.

    ¡°Green Arrow, are you sure?¡± Big Pineapple¡¯s breathing became hurried, as he asked Green Arrow.

    ¡°I¡¯m sure, this is it.¡± Green Arrow confidently nodded.

    ¡°Then quickly retrieve it!¡± Evil Goon was a little impatient, as he reached forward, wanting to open this safe box¡¯s door, but after observing around this transparent box. ¡°Wow f*ck, it is actually aplete body, there are no gaps at all!¡±

    It was obvious that there was no conventional way of retrieving this thing, hence there was only a means left.

    ¡°Crack it with violence!¡±

    ¡°nk!¡±

    Phoenix, with her Ling Long sword, struck the safe box with its armor-piercing skill fiercely.

    However, what happened to the safe box was only some light scratches.

    ¡°Feng, we need to rely on you.¡± Phoenix turned to look at Feng Luo, as she spoke while giving a wink.

    ¡°Everyone give some space.¡± Feng Luo patted 24K, as from the ck hole on the ground, an Elite Grade Jet Beetle had appeared, and following the several procedures from before, it spat a mouth full of toxin towards this safe box.

    ¡°Oh? The toxin actually had no effect.¡± However, what surprised everyone was that the saliva that was never disadvantageous, actually had no effect this time.

    ¡°This can¡¯t be! What do we do now?¡±

    The Chip that countless yers were expecting, the ¡°first¡± Boss Chip was only a meter away and right in front of them, but was hindered by this box in the end.

    ¡°Why not, Feng you let this pet retreat, let me try using some skills to crack it.¡± Zhao Yun rolled his eyes as he thought of an idea.

    ¡°No, let me try again.¡± Feng Luo shook his head, as he stared at this safe box and thought of it for a while, as he used his mind link with 24K to send a message.

    Under the doubtful sights from the other people, the ck hole on the ground suddenly expanded a full circle, as a green shell revealed from it.

    After a few seconds, an extraordinarily tall Jet Beetle, sufficiently bigger than a Level 45 Elite Grade Jet Beetle by over two times, with its body covered with pale green nails, crawled out.

    ¡°Di, di!¡±

    At the moment when this Jet Beetle appeared, the Scouting instrument in Green Arrow¡¯s hands sounded off a soft warning rm.

    They need not mention more, all the yers were familiar with this sound.

    ¡°Wow, this is... actually a Commander Grade Jet Beetle!¡±

    ¡°This pet was actually capable of summoning Commander Grade creatures!¡±

    Not only Green Arrow and Zhao Yun were surprised yet again, but even Big Pineapple and Phoenix, who knew about 24K capabilities, werepletely surprised.

    That was because Feng Luo gained this Beetle Army, and owning five whole Commander Grade beetles, was not mentioned to them yet.

 Chapter 623 - Super Crisis

    <h4>Chapter 623: Super Crisis</h4>

    ¡°The corrosion is obviously stronger. However, its effect is still not that effective.¡± However, even if the corrosive ability of the toxin was a lot stronger, where it was able to swiftly corrode ayer of the ground, the toxin that the Commander Grade Jet Beetle spat out had not much effect against this safe box which was containing the Boss level Chip.

    It was very evident that this texture had strong resistance against the toxin of the Jet Beetle.

    ¡°Call the steel one.¡± However, although the Commander Grade Jet Beetle failed as well, the face of Feng Luo did not have much change.

    Instead, he spiritually linked with 24K again as he gave it anothermand.

    This time, the ck hole expanded yet again, and it even expanded a lot more times.

    Following that, a nearing 4-meters tall, immense and enormous ck shadow slowly crawled out from inside.

    ¡°Yet another Commander Grade beetle, and this was a new type of beetle.¡± Upon observing the second rm from the Scouting instrument and the attributes of thisrge ck beetle.

    Green Arrow, Douchebag, and Zhao Yun hadpletely transferred their sights on what was on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, 24K, which was chewing on a blue sapphire.

    What Grade was this creature which looked like an ornament pet? It could even summon a Commander Grade wild creature, and was it not limited to only one creature?

    There was already a prediction inside the minds of the three people. However, they thought the prediction was a little impossible.

    ¡°Psst, psst!¡±

    Just when the faces of the three people were still unsure, the slow Steel Beetle had finally crawled out of the ck hole. ¡°Steel one¡± was already putting its aim on the safe box right in front of it, as its pair of eyes shot out exactly two trails of white beams.

    ¡°Zap!¡±

    The two beams which suggestedrge energy, had shot onto the texture of that translucent safe box, and initially, there was not much change.

    But soon after, that half-transparent colour darkened into pale yellow, then orange, then became red for a few seconds, and even afterwards, it slowly became ck.

    ¡°There¡¯s an effect!¡± The other five people looked at each other for a while, as they transferred their focus from 24K to this safe box.

    The texture of this safe box was really unique, even such a high energy beam needed a full 10 seconds topletely change its colour.

    They were lucky that a Commander Grade creature such as ¡°Steel one¡± was able to persist longer than the Jet Beetles of the same type.

    The first beamsted for a full minute before fading, and on the safe box, there were two 20 centimetres long ck marks on its surface.

    Following that, after resting for around five minutes, ¡°Steel One¡± activated its beam mode, as it followed a different direction from the two marks made from before, as it grilled another two trails of burnt traces.

    ...

    After ten minutes, the new set of trails of burnt marksbined with the previous two trails of burnt marks.

    Following a ¡°click¡± sound, this safe box, which was unable to be opened by legendary equipment or corrosive toxins, was finally ovee.

    ¡°The Boss Chip!¡± Feng Luo reached out, as he retrieved the Boss Chip which was longed by many throughout War.

    [¡°Second-generation creature chip (Model; CP-S1), Grade: Highest. Scope of application: LOB-1XXXX creatures.¡±]

    Observing how the color of this chip was different from the Quasi-Boss Chip he had, with its attributes coloured in orange, Feng Luo was not doubtful of the grade of this chip at all.

    The Quasi-Boss Chip¡¯s grade was high, but this Chip¡¯s grade was the highest, as it was a tier higher and the pets that were able to control this Chip would naturally be a tier higher as well.

    ¡°However, if I remember correctly, 24K¡¯s Chip should be the highest in the third-generation, and its attribute was not orange but purple...¡± Feng Luo suddenly thought of something in his mind.

    ¡°Old Feng, how are the attributes, let me see!¡± After Feng Luo retrieved the Chip, Big Pineapple was already feeling a little impatient, as he blurted out hurriedly, as he saw Feng Luo stunned.

    ¡°Beep, beep, beep...¡±

    However, at this moment, suddenly, the safe box, which did not look to have any suspicion, echoed a series of high pitched chirping sounds, after the Boss Chip was retrieved out.

    ¡°What is going on?¡± The party immediately retreated a few steps, as they were afraid this safe box might have a self-destruction mechanism.

    However, after waiting for a full ten seconds, the safe box still remained as it was, and it did not have any changes.

    ¡°Tick, tick... Tock, tock...¡±

    However, the sound it made, had mixed in a few new sounds.

    ¡°Wait, no, the new sounds are not from within the safe box!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s face suddenly changed, as he aggressively lifted his head and looked outside the experimentationb, outside the hole that they broke open.

    ¡°Oh no!¡± Green Arrow also reacted, as she threw a Scouting skill over. In an instant, her Scouting instrument showed a yellow dot which signified massive amounts of enemies which were approaching.

    ¡°There are several Spider Machinery Guards moving over, I suspect, the remaining Spider Machinery Guards of this entire base are all moving over!¡± Following that, her face changed drastically as she proimed.

    ¡°It might be due to the Boss Chip or Jing Kong¡¯s group retrieving the information of the core.¡± Feng Luo quickly made the deduction.

    ¡°Quick, prepare to break through.¡± With the Wings of Death in his hands, he quickly switched to free shooting mode, as its two new magazines had been directly reced.

    ¡°No... We still require five more minutes!¡± In front of that device, Jing Kong¡¯s forehead broke intorge amounts of cold sweat as he shouted at the top of his voice.

    ¡°Then prepare to defend!¡± Feng Luo inhaled, as his muzzle aimed at the position of the entrance.

    At that moment, that alloy door that they entered through that seemed unbreakable, suddenly retracted into the wall like petals.

    The entire experimentationb waspletely exposed to outside theb, and to the pairs of red eyes of the Level 60 Spider Machinery Guards which were swiftly approaching in the darkness.

    One, five... ten... thirty...

    In their line of vision, the pairs of red eyes were already connected together, as they looked like the wolf pack encountering a camp in the wilderness.

    The Spider Machinery Guards were only Level 60 Elitebat machinery, if there were only ten or fewer, for this party, they could take them down without any losses.

    If there were more than ten, then there might be some danger, but now...

    If there were only eight yers like them, it was simply impossible to be able to survive under the attack of nearly 200 Level 60 Elitebat machinery remaining in the entire base.

    However, in reality, the ones fighting here were not only the present eight yers, there were pets as well.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak, squeak!¡±

    On the shoulder of Feng Luo, the small ws of 24K were waving about, as it quickly swallowed that phantom crystal that it was slowly chewing on from before, after taking a huge bite.

 Chapter 624 - Beetle VS Spider Machinery

    <h4>Chapter 624: Beetle VS Spider Machinery</h4>

    After 24K swallowed the phantom crystal, the ck hole in front of the safe box disappeared. Following that, apletely new ck hole appeared beside thepletely open alloy door.

    An exceeding 3-meter tall Elite Steel Beetle crawled out, as its six joints supported its body which was likened to a tank, as its eyes shot out two rays ofser beams.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk!¡±

    The two rays of high energyser hit onto the body of a Spider Machinery Guard which was charging over with high speed as the position it was hit quickly reddened as it rose in temperature, where it even had traces of corrosion.

    ¡°Chuckle, tinkle, tinkle!¡±

    However, Spider Machinery Guards were not ones to be underestimated.

    This type of Level 60 Elite Spider Machinery had super scary destruction capabilities.

    A Spider Machinery Guard that ran right in front had collided into the first Elite Steel Beetle which crawled out of the ck hole, four of its eight alloyed legs stabbed into the body of the Steel Beetle.

    The protective armor of the Elite Steel Beetle, which was even imprable by machine-gun bullets, was prated after resisting a few seconds under these ck high-speed rotational drills.

    Following that, by the prated alloy drills, its fragile inte brain and stomach were directly crushed.

    ¡°Tsk!¡±

    However, before this Spider Machinery Guard was able to retract its drills from within, a ray which was brighter than Elite Steel Beetle¡¯s ray, hit it at its chest position.

    Other than it instantly causing powerful burning damage, but after maintaining it for another two seconds, itpletely grilled and exploded the operating chip from within the chest of this Spider Machinery Guard as it looked like it was melted by that bullet.

    The Commander Grade Steel Beetle had already crawled out of the tunnel at its fastest speed.

    ¡°Tsk!¡±

    What greeted it was five Spider Machinery Guards with a bunch of high-speed rotating drills in the air. But this Commander Grade Steel Beetle still stayed and used its beams to attack, not dodging at all.

    However, just before those ck drills were about tond onto the body of the Commander Grade Steel Beetle, a ray of muddy-yellow ¡°shell¡± appeared.

    An energy shield.

    Compared tomon Steel Beetles, which could only use the energy to use as its shield, or the Elite Grade Steel Beetles which could use its energy as a long-range attack but only able to maintain it for a short period of time. The biggest qualitative change of the Commander Grade Steel Beetle was that it had an energy shield and it was a super energy shield that was ¡°disgusting¡± like its carapace.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk, tsk...¡±

    Over 20 machinery drills collided onto the energy shield at the same time, but the defense value of the energy shield only reduced by a fifth of its total value.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    Instead, it was the five Spider Machinery Guards, whose body was spat by a big wave of green liquid from the sky, Commander Grade Jet Beetles.

    With the strong negative aspects of the toxin spat by the Commander Grade Jet Beetles, Feng Luo also reserved the Commander Grade Jet Beetles and did not utilize them from before to use their toxins to break through the door, but now, they found their first targets.

    ¡°Eliminate... Eliminate...¡±

    In an instant, after they were hit by the toxin, the armor and legs of the Spider Machinery Guards and some of its more sensitive parts swiftly had bubbles and white smoke appearing from corrosion.

    Although this type of venom was slow to effect and was ineffective against machinery, that strong corrosive nature of the toxin was definitely the counter against these smaller models ofbat machinery.

    After being hit, the Spider Machinery Guards that were charging from every direction outside the main base stopped halfway after its legs broke with a ¡°click¡± sound, some even had its parts fall off.

    However, even though it was the Jet Beetles continuously spitting saliva, the majority would not win if they came directly from the front.

    The alloyed door into the experimentationb was over five meters wide, this would allow a few tens of Spider Machinery Guards to rush in at one time. In an experimentationb where instruments were everywhere, it was understandable that the highly sensitive Spider Machinery Guards¡¯ could onlye in waves to a certain extent.

    ¡°Thank god there is 24K, they are unable to all charge in at a time!¡± Feng Luo could not help but blurt out.

    The reason why Feng Luo said that was because of the five Elite Steel Beetles which just crawled out from that ck hole, with coordination with the Commander Grade Steel Beetle¡¯s huge body, was able to block a huge half of that wide space opened up by that opened alloy door.

    With the blockage of the Steel Beetle, the passage which would allow over twenty Spider Machinery Guards to rush over at one time became a small path that would only allow at most five or six Spider Machinery Guards at one given time.

    Also, even for those which were killed by the drills of the Spider Machinery Guards, the Elite Grade Steel Beetles which became obstacles would not disappear because they were wild creatures, their corpses would remain on the field even after death.

    At the cost of its body and life, the Steel Beetles stubbornly became a fortification for the party.

    At the same time, the beetle types that were crawling out of that wormhole did not stop.

    ¡°Puff, puff, puff...¡±

    More than 20 Elite Grade Jet Beetles which quickly regenerated charged out, and spat saliva at the Spider Machinery Guards which was trying way to crawl over the Steel Beetles.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk, tsk!¡±

    Some dark red, sickle-carrying de Beetles also crawled out following them.

    Following that, these de Beetles directly charged into those Spider Machinery Guards and entangled a few Spider Machinery Guards together with its tail and six limbs. Afterward, it used its pair ofrge sickles and swiftly chop at the Spider Machinery Guards.

    ¡°Eliminate...¡± The Spider Machinery Guards which was entangled, sounded off some electronic sounds, before using their alloy drills to drill into the bodies of those de Beetles.

    ¡°Tsk!¡±

    However, just when the drills wanted to retract to defend, these drills stopped at a position less than one centimeter away from the surface of the de Beetle, as if they drilled into something and could not cross, the Mass Phantom Shield.

    ...

    ¡°One, two, over thirty Elite Grade creatures, adding another two Commander Grade creatures. Additionally, there¡¯s another new model, Assassin type Combat Beetle.¡± While shooting at those Spider Machinery Guards with his submachine gun, Green Arrow had not stopped observing Feng Luo.

    After confirming the number of beetles which appeared on her Scouting instruments, Green Arrow had been a little calm, but then became jumpy yet again.

    She thought it was the end after it was able to summon two Commander Grade creatures, but only now she discovered, that was not all.

    ¡°After summoning two Commander Grade creatures, it was still able to summon several more Elite Grade creatures. Better still, this might not even be its limit. Thisbat strength hadpletely surpassed one of a Quasi-Boss pet! This pet is most probably a Boss grade pet!¡±

 Chapter 625 - 24K Level Explosion

    <h4>Chapter 625: 24K Level Explosion</h4>

    ¡°Tsk, tsk!¡±

    On Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder, 24K¡¯s mouth hadpletely chewed the first psionics crystal. Almost immediately, it nimbly retrieved another crystal from Feng Luo¡¯sbat pack and held it in its mouth.

    With the psionics crystal providing the resources for 24K to consume, Feng Luo could be said to be one of the ¡°big dogs,¡± as he had utilized the ¡°Zerg st¡± spell until the end.

    However, the fourth type to burst was not an attacking troop type.

    That was because two Spider Machinery Guards were breaking through the energy shield built from the yers and the beetles, directly charging towards Jing Kong who was retrieving data from his recon meter.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Over a hundred energy beetles flew out from that ck hole and formed into a closed energy shield, covering the entire area, with Jing Kong along with that instrument in it.

    ¡°Wow f*ck, an energy shield? He even has this!¡± Zhao Yun, who just put on an energy shield on himself, blurted out with a face of surprise and ¡°envy with jealously.¡±

    ...

    With all four conventionalbat type beetles present, the situation which was originally extremely dangerous was halfway solved by 24K alone.

    With the Steel Beetles forming the ¡°fortifications,¡± the yers only needed to hide at the back, while constantly using long-range attacks coupled with the Jet Beetles and de Beetles to destroy those Spider Machinery Guards which are trying means to charge forward.

    Of course, under such circumstances, there would be issues because, in this team, those who had professions with long-range attacks, were only Feng Luo, Zhao Yun, and Green Arrow. Jing Kong was unable to participate inbat.

    Hence, those Spider Machinery Guards were unable to be eliminated immediately one by one, and a huge crowd of them would charge into the experimentationb, with only a fewbating yers needed to eliminate them.

    If it was only a few of them, then naturally there would be no issue, however, over time, there were over ten Spider Machinery Guards in the experimentationb attacking with their dancing drills. In the base, there were nearing two hundred Spider Machinery Guards still waiting.

    Luckily, in this small team of eight people, 24K was not the only Boss-Grade pet.

    ¡°Jelly!¡±

    Jelly, which was beside Phoenix, was fed a wind-system crystal.

    After finally consuming the Commander-Grade energy crystal, it immediately activated its ¡°Runaway Battery¡± model.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!¡±

    Enormous pale green wind des were flying towards the Spider Machinery Guards.

    Liken to consecutively shot out energy cannons, the wind des that hit the metal carapace and the legs of the Spider Machinery Guards would leave a deep sh, some even directly corroding some parts of it.

    ¡°Jie!¡± With a howling eagle cry, Jing Kong also called out for his Commander-Grade pet.

    Although it was an Elite-Grade flying pet, itsbat effectiveness in this room was not very great, but it would still increase the allied strength by a little.

    This was a battle with no way to retreat because if they died, they would lose all of their umted loot.

    If they were unable to win, then they would forsake all of the efforts they have put in from before this moment.

    ...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After a full 20 minutes, after the finalbat bullet exploded thest Spider Machinery Guard apart, which only had four legs remaining that was trying to squeeze past the corpses of its allies, this battle was announced to be finally over.

    ¡°Wow...we...won?¡± Douchebag was panting frantically his mouth open, as his face had an expression that suggested that he did not believe what was happening.

    Looking around at the different types of corpses of the Spider Machinery Guards, and the white shining loot that was making the whole experimentationb glowing. They were a team of only eight yers facing two hundred Level-60 Elite-Grade Machinery creatures.

    In the end, the team was victorious, and it was under the condition where no one died in battle; a feat that was a little too unbelievable.

    Of course, after being emotional and thinking back, everyone understood why they were able to win in the end.

    Other than the two people, Jing Kong and Big Pineapple who were defending in front of the instrument, the other four people were all putting their attention on 24K who was lying down and chewing on the energy crystal on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    ¡°This battle was won all thanks to the pets!¡± Douchebag could not hold back his excitement anymore and blurted out his praise to the pets.

    ¡°Old Feng? Is your pet...¡± Zhao Yun could not resist anymore either and asked tantly.

    ¡°Yes,¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    ¡°D*mn...¡± Even Zhao Yun, who was a star yer who prioritized self-image in front of strangers, could not resist but blurt out some profanities.

    ¡°It is finally done!¡± However, before he continued to ask about something, Jing Kong suddenly shouted out, while wiping the sweat off his head.

    ¡°Hm? Is there an issue between you?¡± After he turned back and discovered that there was something strange about the expressions on the others¡¯ faces, Jing Kong could not figure what was going on.

    ¡°I was thinking, what were we about to do after this?¡± Feng Luo did not want to discuss 24K in front of so many people and used this chance to change the topic.

    ¡°Now we can first clear the Spider Machinery Guards. After clearing them, we can split up to search the base to see if it has anything else hidden. This type of wastnd ruins usually would hide some good stuff.¡± Big Pineapple revealed his greedy nature as he suggested.

    ¡°No, I feel like that is inappropriate,¡± Green Arrow shook her head, as she acted more rational towards this idea.

    ¡°It is most important that we retreat now, no matter how good the other stuff here is, it will not be as good as the two things we have in hand, and it will not be good if an issue arises. I feel that we can decide after seeing the situation,¡± After disassembling the parts, Jing Kong carried the core instrument but eventually discovered that he was unable to fit it in his backpack, hence only able to carry it by hand as he said.

    [¡°Attention, Devil¡¯s Triangle Ind Ruins Remation entering its final phase.¡±]

    [¡°In this phase, the yers with the Boss Chip, core investment manufacturing equipment, and the technological chip would have their locations revealed every two minutes.¡±]

    [¡°If any yers kill another yer with any of the aforementioned items, they can directly obtain all of the loot from the ind that the killed yer has.¡±]

    [¡°Countdown to the first location report: 900 seconds, 899 seconds, 898 seconds...¡±]

    However, before anyone could say anything in time, four messages were continuously ringing in their ears suddenly.

    ¡°What is this situation?¡± Everyone, after being stunned for a while, all changed in expression.

    ¡°What is this? Why is there even such a phase at the end of the mission?¡± Douchebag could not help but blurt out.

    The original thought was that the stuff was already in hand and they just needed to stroll down the base through the structure diagram and find an exit out. And then the group sneaked to thending beach, waited until just before dawn to return directly to the warship. Therefore, the mission would have beenpleted.

    But no one expected that there was such a change!

 Chapter 626 - Hot Potato

    <h4>Chapter 626: Hot Potato</h4>

    ¡°The location is to be reported immediately after obtaining the loot after killing the person. This rule is putting the people with the loot onto a barbeque stick to cook.¡± What Douchebag just said expressed the thoughts of everyone.

    This rule is full of evil intentions.

    Under the circumstances of having their location reported, the temptation of the Boss Chip, the manufacturing equipment, and the details for it; the person with all three of these things would be under attack from all the opposing yers.

    The people who were present, even if they were Heavy Armored Warriors with disgusting defense stats like Big Pineapple and Douchebag, they might not be able to survive under such circumstances.

    The force that obtained these items would be taking attacks from an alliance of the two other forces.

    After all, for an individual yer, the price of the first Boss Chip in War was amazing. For a guild, obtaining the chip manufacturing equipment was a must.

    Worse still, under such circumstances, what they needed to worry about was not only the opposing yers but the people behind them if they have warped intentions.

    ¡°The time now is 5:20 a.m., there is still more than half an hour before daybreak, we only can leave the ind at that time. The first location report is in 15 minutes, and we need to seize this time to leave the base first. We will decide the distribution of the chips after reaching Storm City.¡±

    However, since it was like this, putting away all these items was even more difficult.

    The beetle troops disappeared into the ck hole as they crawled through, and Feng Luo shook the Boss-Grade pet chip in his hand before putting it into his Agent Backpack.

    This item was like a hot potato, the person holding this item would be under more attackpared to the other two items, hence why no one rejected his act of keeping the item.

    After all, in this process of obtaining these chips, everyone was aware of how much contribution Feng Luo¡¯s beetle troops gave.

    If it wasn¡¯t for 24K, it was impossible to obtain all three of these items so quickly.

    ¡°Seeing from this blueprint, all of the passageways leading to the outside of the base should be sealed right now. Wanting to leave in 15 minutes is almost impossible.¡± Green Arrow brought out the structural model of the base, as she swiftly mentioned.

    ¡°I have an idea. We should leave the base through the same way we entered.¡± Feng Luo pointed at the blueprint of the model, at the underground passageway under the ocean of flowers where they came in from.

    ...

    There were 11 minutes and seven seconds left on the countdown.

    A group of people appeared at the passageway under the ocean of flowers created by the five mini-missiles explosions from before.

    Initially, when they first entered through this passageway, they took an entire half-hour because they needed to break through the ground. Now that they were leaving, they no longer needed to breakthrough, hence the huge decrease in time spent.

    ¡°How are we going to get up there?¡± The group of people looked towards Feng Luo; they wanted to know his ns.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk!¡±

    24K squeaked twice as the ck hole that gave the other people in the group a shock earlier appeared once again. However, this time, two beetles flew out from within.

    One was a transparent beetle that was as big as a thumbnail and did not make any noise as it moved, and the other was a brown beetle that looked to be about one meter in size and had a pair of scorpion-like tongs.

    ¡°Yet another two new types of beetles and they¡¯re Commander-Grade creatures.¡± After being clear of the appearance and the attributes of the two types of beetles that appeared, Jing Kong and the rest were not as surprised as before, mainly because they had been shocked before but now they were mostly numb to it.

    Regarding 24K¡¯s level, everyone was almost sure that it was a Boss-Grade pet because amon pet would not be so powerful.

    After the Level-42 Commander-Grade Scout Beetle and the Level-50 Collector Beetle appeared, both of them pped their wings and, under the group¡¯s observation, flew towards the soilyer, which was above their heads.

    Being the first Commander-Grade Beetle, the Collector Beetle¡¯s ¡°united¡± level has been at level 50 for a few days.

    Although it did not have muchbat strength, its skills were collecting-rted and had increased by a huge margin.

    After flying up to the covered soilyer in the passageway, its pair of brown tongs drilled effortlessly. In the spots where it passed, a hole appeared that was sufficient to allow therge Heavy Armored Warriors to pass through on their stomachs because of its ¡°transformation mucus¡± talent. The soil, which was extremely soft and very easy to fall apart, had been transformed into a solid that was as hard as a rock, making it so that the people did not have to worry about this passageway copsing upon them.

    The speed in which the Collector Beetle was digging through the ground was a lot faster than the best drilling machines.

    After a few seconds, the group of people was able to pass through using Zhao Yun¡¯s ¡°energy shaped¡± stairs and before crawling into the hole.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    At the same time, on the ground¡¯s surface that was destroyed due to the explosion in the ocean of flowers, a pile of dirt moved subtlely, and a transparent figure flew up from it.

    ...

    After the group of people entered the passageway...

    At the central base, in an area that was not marked on the structure drawing.

    The different sized biological cabins were constantly exhaling freezing breaths. Through these translucent biological cabins, all of the different kinds of monsters on the ind could be seen.

    Poisonous chameleons, anacondas, overlord earthworms, golems...

    From their grades, they were all above Elite-Grade. Worse still, there was still the existence of the Quasi-Boss Grade.

    Since all these creatures were frozen in the biological cabin from before, there was no life fluctuation; not even the Legendary-Grade Scout spells would not be able to detect it.

    However, at the moment, perhaps due to the changes in the center base, the ice blocks with the monsters frozen within were starting to melt gradually.

    ...

    ¡°Deputy President Zi Wei, what do we do? The opposing alliance troops are simply too aggressive. We are unable to enter the main base.¡± On one side of the main base, in a slightly thick jungle, the expressions on the faces of the highest leveled members of the Nine-Star Guild were not pleasant.

    ¡°me it on the group of idiots from North City. They were too stubborn to not clear their bases. In the end, not only were they beaten up but they even had to run away. That led to our opposing alliance taking control of therge amounts of creatures at the base. Even after we joined in, we were unable to hold on!¡± A yer could not resist but blurt out.

    When members of the group were still following the n from before and carrying out their tasks, things were going smoothly. Not only did they annoy the people in North City, but they also decreased the effect of their internal spy to the minimum amount.

    However, when they followed the n to the main base, they discovered that the n was better off than what was happening now.

    Firstly, the firemand was supposed to serve as bait leading to a group of people pretending to die, making them unable to obtain detailed news of the war field.

    The next step in the original n was toe over to clean up the mess. However, they did not expect that when therge forces of Storm City arrived, the battle was iplete. Although the yers from North City have the advantage, their losses werepletely different because North City did not gain a victory, but instead took a huge defeat.

    When they arrived, there were no more than a hundred North City yers still fighting across the mountains.

    One of the reasons was that they got what they deserved.

    During the battle with North City, the NPC for the opposing Rebel Army camp sent people to the nearest base, the fourth base, that North City did not clear and controlled a huge crowd of monsters to use against the yers from Storm City.

    Under the aggressive offense by the Rebel Army camp and the assassination of a group of ninjas, the North City people, who were slightly at a lower location, werepletely demolished by the attacks from the front and back.

    In such situations, the people from Storm City had no other choice but to first get rid of the hatred against North City and team up with them to defeat the Rebel Army camp.

    After all, if we say that the two main cities of the federation camp with one thousand top yers doing the mission, but the result was to be cut off by hundreds of ordinary rebel yers or even destroyed by a regiment of ordinary yers, they would be mocked to death by the spectating yers from the other main cities after they get back.

    This would decrease the morale of these people by a whole lot.

    However, the Rebel Army, which was joined by a new force, still did not fall under the situation of having two enemies against itself.

    What was more frustrating for them is that they had just received the news that another NPC of the Rebel Army brought monsters from the second and third bases from the North City¡¯s side of the ind and wasing over.

    Once those monsters join the battle, the ending would be very obvious.

 Chapter 627 - The Surprised Senior Players of Nine-Star Guild

    <h4>Chapter 627: The Surprised Senior yers of Nine-Star Guild</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°God damn, Frontline Command and Sword Ki Long River died in the middle of the operation. If not, with Frontline¡¯s stealth profession skills, we might have a way out of this. Deputy President Zi Wei, if only back then you did notpletely agree to allow Frontline carry on with such a dangerous operation...¡± A high-ranking yer with the emblem of the Nine-Star Guild on his chest blurted out grudgingly, as he seemed to put a lot of emphasis on the word ¡°deputy.¡±

    ¡°This baiting operation is a super important aspect of the n, if none of the Rebel Army and North City people fight, then based on our situation back then with our reduced members, even if Frontline Command was on the field, how much hope of winning would we even have in the end? Although they died, the operation was a sess.¡± Zi Wei looked at him sideways.

    ¡°But even if this operation seeded, there is still not much use. In this current situation, we only have failure as a result. In my opinion, back then, we should not have taken that Feng Zhi Luo Ye¡¯s suggestion... If we treated the situation with more severity, we would be able to think of a more stable n...¡± This Nine-Star Guild high-ranking yer felt uneasy after being stared at by Zi Wei, as her eyes shed slightly when he spoke.

    ¡°Hmph!¡± Zi Wei¡¯s face turned cold, as she did not want toment on the subject.

    The high-ranks of the Nine-Star Guild, due to special reasons, were not cooperative. Additionally, in the current situation, it was no surprise that people were trying to shift me.

    It was no surprise, but it was simply disgraceful.

    ¡°There is a situation, there is something on the ground!¡± A nearby Scout yer suddenly had a huge shift in his expression as he stared at the scouting instrument in his hand as he interrupted the conversation between the two.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    Before the voice of the Scout yer faded, the ground between them suddenly revealed a hole where they could vaguely see a brown crab passing through.

    ¡°It¡¯s the creatures from the Rebel Army!¡± The nearby yers frantically raised their weapons as they wanted to attack.

    ¡°Don¡¯t attack, it¡¯s us!¡± However, a voice that was familiar to everyone came out from the hole that left everyone stunned.

    ¡°Jing Kong... You... are still alive!¡± Themand team of the Nine-Star Guild was watching with great astonishment at Jing Kong, with his slightly dirtied head, popped out of the ground.

    ¡°Of course I¡¯m still alive. Not only me, but Old Sword is still alive too, however, Old Y and Frontline Command were caught in the explosion that caused their deaths by the North City¡¯s micro missiles...¡± After Jing Kong got out of the hole, he made space for Feng Luo who was walking out after him.

    ¡°Frontline Command died in battle...¡± After hearing Jing Kong¡¯s words and confirming Frontline Command was dead, the joy of the top-ranking yers of the Nine-Star Guild was naturally reduced a lot.

    However, after seeing Feng Luo, who was the second person who walked out of the hole, some people looked at that senior Nine-Star Guild yer who was talking behind his back just now.

    The eyes of the senior yer of the Nine-Star Guild flickered, but he could not say anything.

    The one who crawled outst was Sword Ki Long River and he was carrying an extremely obvious instrument in his hands.

    Time countdown until location reporting, five minutes and eleven seconds.

    ...

    ¡°What? You guys have entered the core base, and obtained the manufacturing equipment and chip information?¡± The senior yers of the Nine-Star Guild, including Zi Wei and Uncle Lin, werepletely surprised and joyful coupled with an expression filled with disbelief. ¡°How is this possible, how did you all aplish this?¡±

    ¡°Half of this should be due to luck, the other half, we need to thank...¡± Sword Ki Long River did not continue, but instead, Jing Kong swiftly summarized the whole process of the incidents as he pointed at Feng Luo a few times throughout the description.

    Of course, in this process, the group of Nine-Star Guild senior yers continuously had shocked faces. As for the senior yer who was talking badly about Feng Luo before, he had such a huge change in the expression of his face.

    ¡°Now, we need to think of a feasible solution within the next three minutes...¡± After spending half a minute describing the situation, Jing Kong¡¯s face became stern as he said.

    ...

    Countdown to location report, thirty seconds.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, I have something to tell you. Before this, we met a small squad from North City and in the end, Digital Cat was met with misfortune...¡± In the group of Nine-Star Guild warriors and gunners, as they were bringing the group of Feng Luo and the others, swiftly retreating towards the warship, Zi Wei reported to Feng Luo about the incident with some apologies.

    ¡°However, that humanoid mech of hers had such a surprising performance. Honestly speaking, I did not think that Digital Cat was such an incredible mech engineer.¡± Following that, Zi Wei praised her with some admiration.

    After hearing Zi Wei¡¯s words, it was obvious that during the battle from before, Digital Cat had a good performance during battle.

    [¡°Attention, Devil¡¯s Triangle Ind Ruins expedition is entering its final phase.¡±]

    [¡°In this phase, those yers who obtained the Boss chip, core manufacturing equipment, and the information in chip skills would have their locations reported... any yers who kill the yers with any of these items, would immediately obtain...¡±]

    [¡°The yers who have obtained the current core equipment are: Storm City Base ¨C Sword Ki Long River, located at... Chip information owner: Ten Mile Tiger, located at ..., Boss chip owner: Feng Luo, located at...¡±]

    However, before Feng Luo had the chance to ask Zi Wei in detail, the fifteen-minute countdown for the first location report in the system had ended.

    At the moment when the countdown turned zero, the system information immediately rang in everyone¡¯s ears.

    ¡°Wow, f*ck! What is the current situation?¡± The North City yers, with a death count not exceeding hundreds, were still being chased by that NPC and the Rebel Army¡¯s creatures, shouted out.

    Many of them were shocked before they were stopped in their tracks, hence almost being killed by the creatures chasing them.

    ¡°D*mn, what is this?¡±

    Among the Rebel Army camps that upy the position closest to the center base, those yers from the Rebel Army who werepletely minding their own business, but because of this situation, have been happily imagining that they had sessfully won this mission, and had won countless star yers and obtained a lot of pet chips, had faces filled with joy.

    ¡°F*ck... Oh, no. Crap, our people obtained the core items and Boss chip?¡± Even amongst the North City yers, some yers within the Nine-Star Guild who did not get the news that Zi Wei had intentionally hidden, nearly spewed profanities.

    ¡°However, they weren¡¯t even close to the core base, how did they get the items? Never mind, it doesn¡¯t matter, this simply meant that we didn¡¯t need to fight with the Rebel Army anymore.¡± Some people were already talking joyfully.

    ¡°How is it possible not to fight them, didn¡¯t you hear the notice on the system?¡±

    ¡°These three items can burst out from yers and you only have to kill them, then the items would go to the opponents. We don¡¯t want to fight, but for the people in the Rebel Army and North City, why would they stop fighting, they would only fight more aggressively.¡±

    Some people were shaking their heads with their frowned brows instead.

    ¡°What are you scared of, the manufacturing equipment might be in the hands of the Sword Ki Long River. Whether it is North City or Rebel Army, which yer would have the capabilities to kill him off? The information chip is also in the hands of Tiger bro, with this disgusting health points¡¯ talent, which yer would be able to kill off him?¡± The yer with a face filled with joy revealed an over-confident look.

    Sword Ki Long River had a nickname ¡°Sword God,¡± and Ten Miles Tiger was also a star yer in the Nine-Star Guild.

    Although his ranking was only the top thirty in Storm City, his disgusting health points were the most elite in the entirety of War, and he even had a stealth profession.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t there also a Feng Luo? Yes, Feng Luo, this name sounds familiar... Yes, isn¡¯t that the yer who was the second to awaken his Force? He has also gotten the two Quasi-Boss chips from before, now even the Boss chip is in his hands, is it possible for him to be this disgusting?¡±

 Chapter 628 - Metal Praying Mantis

    <h4>Chapter 628: Metal Praying Mantis</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, it¡¯s disgusting!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t even bother with the Quasi-Boss Chip, even the Boss Chip was taken by an outsider. Did the leader consider everyone¡¯s contributions this time? There¡¯s hearsay that Feng Luo had some rtions with Deputy President Zi Wei...¡±

    Amongst the reactions of shock and admiration, there were also some strange voices.

    ¡°No more chit-chat from anyone, quickly prepare for battle! Our mission now is to intercept! You must quickly hinder the people from the Rebel Army and North City and allow these three items to be delivered to the warship andplete the mission!¡± a Heavy Armored Warrior with a golden shield frowned as he shouted and interrupted the two people.

    The people with such thoughts were not limited to the Nine-Star Guild yers that were told to stay behind and intercept. Some people in the group that were allocated to protect three people along with Zi Wei were alsoining.

    Although the main goal of the Nine-Star Guild was to create equipment, the idea of getting the Boss Chip for themselves was a very attractive reward, especially when they knew from earlier that the chip manufacturing equipment was unable to produce Boss-Grade Chips. The equipment had a production restriction that caused it to be almost impossible to produce Quasi-Boss Chips in a short while, making many Storm City people have thoughts about owning this Boss-Chip.

    This might be the first Boss-Grade Chip in the history of War, and it represented the ¡°first Boss-Grade pet.¡± That probability attractedrge groups of people as it entailed the chance to be one of the most elite star yers.

    ¡°The first Boss-Grade pet in the history of War? And it is held by someone outside the guild!¡±

    ¡°The first Boss-Grade pet? Do you think that this chip would get that title?¡± However, after Jing Kong reprimanded these people with some resignation, they quickly shut up.

    Jing Kong looked at 24K with eyes full of disbelief because it looked a little harmless in front of people while ity on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    ...

    ¡°Feng Luo? Never heard of that name before.¡±

    ¡°A Boss-Grade Chip? Quick, chase after the location marking!¡±

    Compared to the thoughts of the yers in the Nine-Star Guild, the thoughts from the people from the other two alliances were a lot simpler.

    They only needed to kill their target. Even if it was a long-distance kill, they would be able to obtain all of the loot from the other party.

    Facing such rules, the North City yers were embarrassed before quickly recovering during this sudden chaos as their faces became a lot more agitated.

    On the surface, their current capabilities were not able to win against the people from either Storm City or the Rebel Army. However, if it was only against an individual, they would have the capability to win.

    As Sword Ki Long River and Ten Mile Tiger were both elite star yers from North City, many knew that they were not easy to defeat.

    Inparison, with an ID that was not as famous as the other two, and having the Boss-Grade Chip that most of the other yers were more concerned with, Feng Luo naturally became the target.

    Other than the SK Guild that ced its aim on the chip manufacturing equipment was targeting Sword Ki Long River instead.

    Almost the majority of the yers from both North City and the Rebel Army had ced their target on Feng Luo because he seemed to be the weakest target.

    ...

    ¡°Quick, everyone, don¡¯t panic!¡±

    ¡°Intercept these creatures!¡±

    ¡°D*mn, the creatures on this ind are all strange!¡±

    The time was 5:45 a.m., and there were only 15 minutes before daybreak.

    At a location only two kilometers away from the shore, a group of Nine-Star Guild yers was retreating frantically because there were several hundred Elite-Grade monsters right behind them.

    The Metal Praying Mantis is a type of strange creature simr to normal praying mantises but their bodies areposed of more than 50% metal.

    Not only was its speed super fast, but it was also able to withstand normal bullets by using the semi-metalized body to swallow arge amount of metal ore. With a pair of wings refracting metallic colors that were vibrating continuously at high frequencies, the Metal Praying Mantis was able to cut all of the vegetation and shrubs that it passed by.

    ¡°Yet another kind of monster without physical restraint. The monsters on this ind are simply not friends with thews of physics... ¡± A Nine-Star Guild Light Armor Warrior just shed a Metal Praying Mantis, but the alloy sword he swung with full force did not cut the hard, metalized head of this Level-55 Commander-Grade monster. Instead, the attack only created the sounds of metal crashing together and sparks.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4035!¡±

    It was the Metal Praying Mantis with its sharp wings liken to des that, when under high vibrations, immediately cut deeply into his neck. The attack caused his neck to continuously bleed and took away nearly one-third of his health points.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-14354!¡±

    A piercing bullet was fired from behind the injured yer. The bullet¡¯s powerful destruction abilities went through the body of the Metal Praying Mantis. On impact, this Commander-Grade creature exploded and still had nearly 50% health points remaining.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-8000!¡±

    Feng Luo finished off this Commander-Grade Metal Praying Mantis with one more shot. As he turned the muzzle of the Wings of Death and took another shot, the bullet exploded into another Elite-Grade Metal Praying Mantis into pieces. Before the attack, the monster had full health.

    After killing off the two Metal Praying Mantises, both of Feng Luo¡¯s pupils contracted because his vision shifted to see the destruction happening around him and the long-range attacks fired at him.

    ¡°Rumble, rumble...¡±

    [¡°Notice: Current yers with the core equipment: Sword Ki Long River, location... Ten Mile Tiger, location... Feng Luo, location...¡±]

    At this moment, the new round of location reports in the system had rung to every yer on each of the three teams.

    Every time their location was exposed, the main three people, especially Feng Luo, would have a huge area around them suddenly be destroyed by huge amounts of long-range attacks in the following few seconds.

    In this round of attacks, even the Nine-Star Guild Heavy-Armored Warriors that raised their shields and took medicine were swiftly damaged until they only had half of their health points as they hurriedly allowed the doctors to heal their life points.

    However, Feng Luo, the seemingly weak Sniper yer, was uninjured even when he had only his bare skin as protection from the attacks.

    On the surface of this body, hundreds of Energy Beetles formed a tightly sealed energy shield that caused all of the long-range attacks to bounce off him.

    If viewed from the sight of the Reconnaissance Beetle, the surface of these Energy Beetles also had ayer of phantom energy. This created a group phantom shield that was unable to be seen by the naked eye and was enough to protect him even if the energy shield was broken and would protect the weak Energy Beetles from being killed.

    ¡°Is this the capabilities of Boss-Grade pets?¡± The yers of the Nine-Star Guild either had looks of admiration or envy on their faces.

 Chapter 629 - T-Virus, Feng Luoâ€™s Master Card

    <h4>Chapter 629: T-Virus, Feng Luo¡¯s Master Card</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°It¡¯s no use, the Rebel Army is chasing too aggressively. Especially with these creatures, their speed is even faster than ours. If we can¡¯t shake them off, we can only fight them directly.¡±

    However, up until now, the three people with the items, all had perfect statuses, but the situation for the entire team was not as fortunate.

    The Rebel Army had destroyed the remaining yers from North City, the NPC pirates had driven the monster army behind the retreating yers from Storm City, people were constantly getting killed, and if they were not separated halfway, they would have been caught much earlier.

    ¡°We need to kill off those NPC research experts, or it¡¯ll be impossible for us to dy until daybreak!¡± The Nine-Star Guild yer who took over themanding role eximed.

    ¡°How? Those people are hiding far behind and they don¡¯t have to enter the front lines since they aremanding the creatures to participate in the battle, they even have people protecting them. Besides, there¡¯s more than just one of them, even Snipers won¡¯t be able to kill them off. Most importantly, we¡¯re running out of people.¡±

    The only issue was that it was not remotely easy to kill those NPCs. Whether it was the Rebel Army yers or the NPC pirates, they were not fools and the Storm City people did not have any chance to kill them.

    ¡°Perhaps in this situation, it is time to utilize that...¡± Within the squad, Feng Luo activated the skill ¡°Wild Charge¡± and charged out from the huge area of long-range attacks. There was a sh in his sights that caused his vision to be temporarily void.

    A Commander-Grade Scout Beetle that had attributes that were slightly different from the usual Scout Beetle crawled out from a ck hole that was opened in the darkness.

    ...

    ¡°F*ck! You bunch of scaredy-cats, charge forward now!¡± Within the team that was being chased down by the Rebel Army, there was a tall and strong ck pirate captain that was scolding a group of Rebel Army yers.

    In the battle that happened two hours ago, the pirate squad had sustained a casualty of thirty people.

    He, who was considered to be strong and wealthy in the Grey Seas Pirate Group, was very annoyed at the task of taking his underlings to find some biological control chip on the ind.

    More importantly, even he was badly injured now. One arm was directly impacted by a yer¡¯s sniper rifle, although it was not difficult to treat it with the Rebel Army¡¯s biotechnology.

    Now left with a single-arm, he was unable to participate inbat.

    ¡°Come!¡± At the moment, just when the ck pirate captain was fuming hot, a half-transparent beetle the size of a thumbnail charged out from an unknown area and suddenly pped its wings and pounced on his body to fiercely bite at his neck area.

    ¡°Pow!¡±

    That ck pirate captain, who was more than two meters tall, used the few remaining fingers on his right hand and fiercely pped his neck.

    ¡°F*ck! God d*mned bugs!¡± Seeing the blood traces left on his palm, the ck pirate captain fiercely scolded and used his hand to crush this transparent bug that was trying to struggle into a ball of mess.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-7943!¡±

    However, just when he was about to crush the bug with his hand, a bullet from an unknown ce flew over and hit him directly on the chest.

    As a Commander-Grade unit, even though he had thick skin, he still had health points like a humanoid creature that was exceeding 20,000.

    Being fatally hit by a bullet, the ck pirate captain bled immediately and fell as his health points plunged to a fatal point immediately.

    ¡°Boss, boss! F*ck, doctor, help me!¡± He was held by the two pirates that were frantically trying to find thebatant that was following in the back when he shouted in pain.

    The ck pirate NPC was bleeding from his entire body and it started to elerate as if something had agitated it. As his body started to warm up, his veins were starting to expand one by one and his closed eyes were swiftly bing bloodshot.

    It was only because he was ck that the Rebel Army yers were not able to notice this abnormality.

    ¡°F*ck, this is over! We¡¯re better off dead!¡±

    ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for the NPCpleting the duty, I¡¯d have to find a chance to get rid of this guy. However, that shot just now, the damage caused was so disgusting!¡±

    ...

    ¡°Another three people just died, Deputy President Zi Wei, we¡¯re only left with 39 people!¡± After ten minutes, at a ce only a kilometer away from the shore, a Nine-Star Guild yer reported to Zi Wei while panting.

    Although it was only a kilometer away from the shore, there were still 20 minutes before daybreak.

    There were still plenty members of the Rebel Army chasing behind them, and those creatures had little to no regard for their lives as they charged towards the yers and attacked them. Every wave of creatures would take away at least five or more yers.

    ¡°I feel that we can split up... The Rebel Army yers only want the Boss Chip, so it¡¯s likely they don¡¯t have a huge interest in the pet chip manufacturing equipment and information...¡± The Nine-Star Guild senior yer that wanted to shift the me previously suddenly had a flicker in his eyes as he blurted out.

    ¡°Qin Ming, if you open your mouth and talk again, then you lead people and walk another path. This would corrte to your suggestion.¡± Zi Wei said as her face was the coldest it had been since the start.

    The surrounding Nine-Star Guild people had different types of expressions, but the majority did not look optimistic at all.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on, these creatures look like they suddenly became even more chaotic.¡± Following that, the Scout yer that previously discovered Feng Luo and hispany underground interrupted the conversation between the two people again.

    ¡°The creatures are attacking both the Rebel Army¡¯s NPC pirates and the yers, they seem to have suddenly lost control.¡± After another Scout swiftly nced over withbat sses, he started with a face filled with disbelief.

    ¡°Some of the Rebel Army yers seemed to be shouting something duringbat, but they were a little too far, and I was unable to hear clearly what they were saying. They were mentioning something about the T-Virus...¡± The Heavy Armored Warrior, Uncle Lin, suddenly blurted out with his hoarse voice.

    ¡°T-Virus, the Biochemical Crisis? Why would the T-Virus be on this ind?¡± Uncle Lin sounded like he did not know much about the T-Virus, but after Jing Kong heard this, he was immediately shocked.

    ...

    Compared to the people from the Nine-Star Guild, they were a little confused. At the moment, the Rebel Army yers werepletely fuming from their impatience.

    ¡°Ah, f*ck! What¡¯s going on? Why did the creatures lose control? Why would there be the appearance of the T-Virus?¡± A yer, while hugging his arm that was bitten, looked at the system¡¯s notice as his face was so depressed that he looked like he just vomited.

    The Biohazard Crisis could be exchanged for serum as long as there was some T-Virus present, but the premise of exchanging for serum was that they required sufficient points.

    In this situation, how would they be able to kill enough creatures to umte enough points before the disease acted up?

    It was a good thing that they were able to survive the surrounding suddenly rebellious creatures.

    ...

    Compared to these Rebel Army yers that were at the frontlines, those Rebel Army yers at the back felt even worse.

    When the ck pirate captain was carried down, he was quickly in a state with fatal injuries.

    In the end, when he was just about to be sent to the doctor, the T-Virus that he was infected with suddenly acted up.

    As a Level-50 Commander-Grade humanoid monster, after he had be infected with the T-Virus, the mutant was certainly notparable to ordinary zombies or even Elite-Grade lickers. It would have the fighting powerparable to a Tyrant, and his skin was covered in some snake scales and had a Commander-Grade infection like a licker.

    At the temporal medical location, there were more than ten injured pirates.

    After the ck pirate became strange and opened his fully bloodshot eyes, he immediately fell.

    Since all of these NPC soldiers were Elite-Grade, the result was that they had be monsters simr to lickers. Those who were attackedter were those NPC researchers next to them.

    In the short few minutes, the infected bunch became ten-strong from one person before it became a lot more.

    Those yers in the Rebel Army camp finally knew what was going on at this moment.

    Regarding the Biological Crisis, many knew about it even though a huge majority of people did not take part in it.

    At this moment, the most urate way of going about this was to kill off all the infected bodies, even those who had just been infected.

    If only it was this easy.

    The speed of these infected bodies was extremely fast. Additionally, they were all Elite-Grade or above. They werepletely helpless once those NPC pirates reacted.

    ¡°The f*ck? Are you f*cking serious? You want me to kill my brothers?¡±

    The NPC pirate did not have much knowledge on the T-Virus and did not listen to the advice of the yers to fire at the infectious bodies that had been hispanions or even some pirates that were infected but had not acted up.

    In the end, within the Rebel Army team, regardless of creature or yers, the NPCs and the yers were starting to fight internally.

    Under such circumstances, the small Storm City squad that was left with a team of a little more than 30 people grasped the chance and ran towards the shore with all of their efforts.

 Chapter 630 - Sniped!

    <h4>Chapter 630: Sniped!</h4>

    ¡°Phew! Finally shaken them off...¡±

    ¡°But why would the T-Virus suddenly appear on this ind during our mission?¡±

    The yers from Storm City were just one mile from the shoreline, near the huge Gobi beach where the first base was located.

    The Storm City team was left with just over 30 people and had finally killed those Metal Praying Mantises that had given chase after losing control. They were considered to be temporarily free from being in battle mode since the Rebel Army yers were unable to catch up to them after escaping.

    However, everyone was a little perplexed at the new situation regarding the T-Virus appearing in the Rebel Army¡¯s team, causing chaos as a result.

    Compared with the North City yers, the Storm City yers were much more familiar with the T-Virus.

    Other than the fact that their subordinate city, Silvermoon City, was one of the ces of the outbreak, it was also because over ten days ago when the Nine-Star Guild had organized the banquet, a one-time crisis had happened in Storm City involving the T-Virus.

    ¡°T-Virus, Biohazard Crisis...¡± Zi Wei looked deep in thought as she nced at Feng Luo, Phoenix, and Big Pineapple who were all behind her.

    Other people on the team did not know that the movement that night in Storm City was rted to Feng Luo and the few of the yers from his group, but she understood part of the situation that urred inside of Silvermoon City during the outbreak.

    In her heart, she could not help but make a guess.

    ¡°We¡¯ve seeded.¡± Inparison, Feng Luo could now heave a sigh of relief.

    Just now, this Scout Beetle was just a Normal-Grade Scout Beetle, but its uniqueness was in the fact that it was the second Scout Beetle that Feng Luo had hatched.

    Furthermore, it had been hatched after using the corpse of a Golden Python infected with the T-Virus at Roguetown, where the Biohazard Crisis had first started, to incubate the Scout Beetle¡¯s egg.

    This Scout Beetle had a one-time special skill, ¡°Infect,¡± and was able to give the bitten target a certain rate of being infected by the T-Virus. However, the system did not clearly state how small the rate of infection was.

    Although he had tapped on this killer mace, Feng Luo was still a little worried about whether it would be able to work. After being out of luck for quite a while today, at least there was ast bit of luck still on his side.

    ¡°What¡¯s the point of stirring the T-Virus in now? It¡¯s a good thing anyway.¡±

    ¡°Right, who cares about it? Those Rebel Army NPCs don¡¯t have the energy to chase us now. As for those Rebel Army yers, if they did dare toe near, they¡¯d just be giving us free loot!¡±

    ¡°Now, we just have to drag on for a few more minutes, return to the warship, and our mission would be consideredplete!¡±

    There was no conclusion about why the T-Virus would suddenly break out in the Rebel Army, but the Storm City people did not bother to care about this question anymore, having happy faces instead.

    Having shaken off the Rebel Army, everyone present should be able to peacefully return to the warship and be the ultimate winners of this mission.

    ¡°Crack, crack!¡±

    ¡°Bazoom!¡±

    ¡°Da, da, da!¡±

    Just when many of their faces showed happiness, a few res were shot above their heads suddenly.

    A bunch of bullets formed a dense bullet wave as they flew towards their direction. Among which, there were several submachine gun bullets, sniper rifle bullets, and over 100 machine gun bullets per second.

    The area of sudden bullet coverage enveloped the entire team within it, creating a situation that caught everyone off guard.

    Several ¡°cracking¡± noises sounded from the surface of Feng Luo¡¯s body as the Energy Beetle Forcefield that had absorbed a lot of damage broke upon absorbing up to another 100 machine gun bullets.

    Even though many of the Energy Beetles Feng Luo summoned through 24K had psionic forcefields, they were instantly shot dead by the flying bullet hell.

    Although the defense power of Energy Beetles was very strong, they were about as weak as Scout Beetles. After being exposed, they essentially did not have much resistance ability against physical attackspared to other beetles.

    ¡°F*ck me, it¡¯s the North City people!¡±

    ¡°This bunch of brats!¡±

    Being attacked by the sudden bullet mirage, there were immediately more than ten white lights of death that shed from the Storm City team.

    The Storm City yers had discovered the opponents from whom the attacks came, and they gritted their teeth cursing as they dodged the hundreds of bullets flying towards them.

    At the first research base over 100 meters away, after having been cleared of Hypertoxic Lizards at the start of the night¡¯s mission, there were at least 20 or more firearms pointed in this direction, madly firing.

    The North City yers had used this process when battling with the Rebel Army previously to circle to the front and enter the first base to lie in ambush, and thus this sudden attack.

    This round of attacks alone had killed one-third of the remaining yers from Storm City.

    The North City people were not something those people in the Rebel Army couldpare with, as they would not be inferior to the Storm City people regardless of equipment or ability.

    With this dense bullet attack, the Storm City yers could not engage in a counterattack, and could only immediately split up into the forest at the sides of the bullet mirage while using the tree cover to dodge the attack.

    However, the North City people were too vicious.

    Under the impact of the wave of bullets, the tropical shrubs that were not strong were quickly reduced to bits and pieces.

    [¡°Notice: Current holders of the Core equipment: Sword Ki Long River, coordinates...Ten Mile Tiger, coordinates...Feng Zhi Luoye, coordinates...¡±]

    Besides, the system¡¯s new round of public announcements sounded right at this time.

    ¡°Da, da, da...¡±

    The moment the system announcement came on, the number of bullets shot towards the positions of Feng Luo, Sword Ki Long River, and Ten Mile Tiger increased by multiple folds.

    ¡°-334, -356, -377...¡±

    Even Feng Luo, after being hit by over ten bullets in an instant, lost a few thousand health straight away. However, this was not lethal.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-3556!¡±

    Just when Feng Luo stood up quickly to leave the coordinate-marked region, his thigh was heavily hit by a sniper rifle bullet with a ming blue tail suddenly. His Rare-Grade SUVbat uniform was shot through by a special bullet, a weak-point damage coefficient of more than 3500 emerged above his head, and there was a bone-breaking sound at the same time.

    [¡°You have been hit, entering ¡°fractured, bleeding¡± state...¡±]

    A system message instantly shed. Feng Luo¡¯s entire left leg was stinging in pain and he instantly copsed after just standing up.

    ¡°Injured!¡± To average yers, suffering such an injury in such a situation was fatal.

    This kind of injury was not heble by a simple Blood Tonic. It required going to a hospital or medical pod to be able to bepletely healed.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    After Feng Luo had fallen to the ground, the second bullet was fired.

    ¡°-5578!¡±

    The damage of this bullet was instantly one level higher; hitting Feng Luo¡¯s back and causing red lethal damage, causing his health to fall below 40%.

    ¡°An expert!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank.

    He had charged into the forest first thing and was moving right now. This situation of being hit straight in the leg was very difficult even though there were res in the sky.

    However, the North City Sniper on the other side had done it, reducing his health by half with two consecutive shots in addition to the damage from other yers from before.

    If it was not for his health being high enough, any other Sniper yer would have been in with the extent of damage from these two bullets.

    ¡°Is it that brat?¡± In Feng Luo¡¯s mind appeared that North City Sniper who had almost one-shot killed Frontline Command previously when enemy-baiting.

 Chapter 631 - Tremendously Gorgeous Prizes

    <h4>Chapter 631: Tremendously Gorgeous Prizes</h4>

    These two shots were grasped the right timing, just when he was attacked by the others and needed to stand up and flee.

    The first shot directly hit his leg, as if certain that it would inflict a disabling special effect while preparing for the second shot.

    Looking at it from this perspective, this Sniper had calcted the battle process long before ¨C this was truly a quality needed by top Snipers.

    However, this Sniper yer did not calcte one thing, as they were simply following Feng Luo¡¯s reaction.

    Having been consecutively shot twice and his health was reduced down to a third, with his thigh disabled making him unable to stand up while also trying to deal with the other yers¡¯ attacks, Feng Luo did not panic or roll on the ground to dodge, but rather he reflexively half-knelt and raised the Wings of Death in his hand.

    He quickly pointed the muzzle in the direction where the sniper bullet hade from urately, while at the same time, his eyes stared into the Legendary-Grade sniper scope.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Simultaneously, when he hadpleted this movement, he had seen through the Legendary-Grade scope that there was a gunshot spark somewhere at the top of the first base.

    The Sniper yer fired their third shot from the other side that was shot straight towards him.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    The moment the spark appeared, Feng Luo swiftly swung the Wings of Death gun muzzle towards that direction as his finger pulled the trigger and fired.

    ¡°p!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s head was struck by a special sniper bullet. However, this time it did not go through the SUVbat helmet and was unable to cause any damage to Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo¡¯s dark red ¡°Force armor¡± emerged to protect his damaged body, causing the high-speed bullet to shatter upon collision.

    ¡°+500, +500...¡±

    At the same time, green recovery coefficients appeared above Feng Luo¡¯s head after he pulled the trigger.

    Even if this shot had destroyed the Force armor, it was impossible the bullet to one-shot clear his health that had recovered to more than half.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-8045!¡±

    Rather, it was the Sniper yer on the other side who could not have anticipated Feng Luo to respond this way.

    Not to mention the fact that this bullet produced by Feng Luo in less than a second had simrly and urately hit his head ¨C with the super-high damage of over 8000, even if he had taken potions in advance and had Legendary defense equipment, he would not have been able to escape the result of being one-shot killed.

    [You have killed apetitive yer, earned second-generation Basic Biochip *45, earned second-generation Intermediate Biochip *10, earned second generation Advanced Biochip *1, earned Death Horn (Legendary-Gradebat shoes), earned Roaring Thunder (Rare-Grade pistol), earned...]

    Just when he killed this North City expert Sniper yer, a bunch of prize messages had rapidly shed past Feng Luo¡¯s vision one after the other.

    ¡°Second-generation Advanced Biochip, a Quasi-Boss Chip, and Legendary equipment too?¡± When Feng Luo scanned through the great number of prizes, especially the messages of the two pieces of Legendary equipment and the Quasi-Boss Chip, even he could not help but feel shocked at first before he smiled uncontrobly.

    As a person who possessed one of the three Core items, after killing his opponent all the prizes earned by the opponent on the ind would be transferred directly into his backpack, and vice versa.

    Although this meant that all the enemy would have to do was have him killed to obtain a Boss Chip and two Quasi-Boss Chips to have a change an owner, it also meant that everything earned by the people he killed would belong to him.

    However, as the people who previously had given chase were all Rebel Army yers, they did not have many valuable items on themselves anyway and there would not have been as many returns.

    However, this North City Sniper had richened his returns from previous battles. He did not just possess two Legendary pieces of equipment as prizes but also a Quasi-Boss Chip that he got from who knew where.

    The opponent was a little dissatisfied and wanted to get this Boss Chip in his hands, but he had been counter-attacked and was in by Feng Luo¡¯s deceiving method. Everything that he had previously done was in vain as everything he earned became a part of Feng Luo¡¯s spoils.

    Although Feng Luo had in this North City Sniper with super-high damage, the Storm City yers¡¯ situation was not worthy of optimism.

    Within this short period, another few people had died.

    Besides, the group of North City¡¯s people make-up was almost the same as theirs ¨C a huge part was Gunners and Warriors that could move quickly.

    This meant that even if they wanted to make use of the advantage of their ability to move quickly to open a gap between them and their opponent, it would be no use.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go all-out and see who¡¯s the prey in the end!¡± Jing Kong yelled as he curled his arm that was hiding behind a tree trunk with its bark shot off, taking out a Force Potion and injecting it into himself.

    ¡°Fight, we just have to do it!¡± Sword Ki Long River and Ten Mile Tiger Roar and a few other Nine-Star Guild yers quickly took out potions and applied them as well.

    At the start, Feng Luo had provided the Nine-Star Guild with ten Quasi-Force Potions; other than the one used by Frontline Command. The remaining were with the Nine-Star Guild members with the best equipment previously allocated by Deputy President Zi Wei to the breakthrough team.

    Of course, the attribute of this potion attracted a huge group of the enemy.

    However, what was a little unlucky was that Zi Wei had died in the previous first round of attacks.

    As the Nine-Star Guild Deputy President, moreover a female Deputy President of extremely high influence, was rare in super guilds like the Nine-Star Guild, she was first focused on by the North City people¡¯s firepower ¨C even Uncle Lin had died from attempting to protect her and absorbing most of the attacks.

    ¡°Let¡¯s fight!¡± Big Pineapple and Phoenix exchanged nces before taking out and using their Force Potions from their backpacks.

    Feng Luo certainly had some spare goods in his hands. At such an important time, he was prepared to no longer keep it a secret as he tossed one to Green Arrow and Zhao Yun.

    Compared to the size of the team before, there were currently 20 people left and only 11 of them were long-range professions.

    The North City yers on the other side, based on their firearms, even for just long-range Gunners, there were more than 20 people.

    The number of people on the two sides was seriously unequal. However, with the Quasi-Force Potions and when they could engage their Legendary equipment skills, it would not bepletely impossible to eliminate the gap.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A yellow glowing object appeared on Big Pineapple¡¯s Alloy Shield. A ball shape formed on the surface of the shield, and when the bullets hit this ¡°ball shield,¡± they instantly bounced right off into the air and onto the ground.

    Of course, this shield was a piece of Legendary equipment. It was not the Legendary equipment he had exchanged for from the Agent equipment warehouse, but a piece of Legendary equipment given by the Nine-Star Guild for enemy-baiting.

    ¡°Weng, weng, weng!¡±

    The drab looking Maniptor robe on Zhao Yun started to light up, and over ten Energy Forcefields appeared, floating in the air in the surrounding area.

    Thereafter, these Energy Forcefields quickly flew to each person, attaching to them in the moments of participation before the battle.

    Group Energy Forcefields, this was a godly team battle skill.

    The other forcefields were okay. The thing was that this forcefield hade from Zhao Yun who was also known as the ¡°Shell God.¡±

    ¡°Gurgle!¡±

    Phoenix did not immediately use her Force Potion as her Exquisite de included a skill that was an attack skill and could not be used before getting into closebat.

    However, she had summoned her pet Jelly, who ate a khaki-colored Energy Crystal Core that was being digested by at a speed visible with the naked eye.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-9032!¡±

    Inparison, Feng Luo was simply violent. With a gunshot from the Wings of Death, another white light of death appeared across at the first base.

    [¡°You have killed apetitive yer, earned second-generation Basic Biochip *4, second-generation Intermediate...¡±]

 Chapter 632 - Pissed-Off North City Players

    <h4>Chapter 632: Pissed-Off North City yers</h4>

    This was a battle with unpredictable oues of win and loss.

    Although the North City people did not have Force Potions, they had secured the first attack, the advantage of having the defense of the base, and their numbers were almost double that of their opponent after sneak killing many people.

    Although the Storm City people had Force Potions and could use Legendary equipment skills because they were now at a ce with no hardcover and the surrounding trees were loose with shrubs and vegetation cover, their ability to be blocked from bullets was limited. However, there was no way to solve the problem of having very little cover.

    ¡°Tch tch...¡± Throughout the process of the sh of Snipers, 24K had jumped off Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder earlier and was hidden behind a brain-sized rock on the ground where the bullets could not reach.

    When Feng Luo had killed the North City Sniper, a ck hole had formed and a two-meter sized Steel Beetle crawled out using its body to block the massive waves of bullets fired from the North City yers weapons.

    With the North City yers¡¯ equipment, even an Elite-Grade Steel Beetle with even stronger physical defense and health of up to 10,000 would still be killed in a few seconds.

    However, just like facing those mecha guards from before, Steel Beetles are wild beasts and their corpses would not disappear after death and could still serve as a barrier for the Storm City yers.

    The Storm City yers were shocked at first, upon being reminded by Feng Luo they used the Steel Beetle¡¯s protection to start counter-attacking the people of North City.

    ¡°Pu, Pu, Pu...¡±

    Other than the Steel Beetles, all the Spray Beetles that had restored some of their venom had been called onto the battlefield by Feng Luo as well. There were more ded Beetles than before when they only appeared to face the Spider Mecha Guards briefly.

    Steel Beetles, ded Beetles, Spray Beetles...defense, assassination, long-range... Feng Luo generously summoned his beetle troops.

    Despite the continuous deaths, as new beetle troops continued endlessly crawling out from the ck hole, the victory of this battle was starting to tilt from the side of the North City towards the side of the Storm City.

    Perhaps, in arge-scale battle of hundreds of people, the less than a total of 100bat beetles with an average level of less than Level-40 would not have much of a determining effect.

    However, in such a small team battle where both sides added together were not over 50 people, having up to 100 beetles with over half of them being Elite-Grade beasts was a great bargaining chip.

    ¡°F*ck me, who can tell me what the sh*t is that on that side?¡±

    ¡°Howe a Storm City person can control beasts too?¡±

    ¡°How did the Storm City people¡¯sbat power suddenly be so strong? That Heavy Armored Warrior absorbed a magazine of bullets and didn¡¯t shed a single drop of blood ¨C the full capacity of submachine gun bullets that was powerful enough to break through the metallic wall of this base.¡±

    The North City yers were pissed off. After all, while relying on their advantage in the sudden attack, they had initially thought that they had secured victory.

    Their manpower loss was serious ¨C starting with 500 yers and were left with less than 100 now, and there were only not even 40 people here.

    Their opponents had even fewer people, and they only had to kill the three targeted characters: Sword Ki Long River, Ten Mile Tiger, and that not famous Feng Zhi Luo Ye, and all would fall under their hands.

    In addition to making use of the abilities of the team¡¯s Scouts to dodge the attacks from the rebellion behind them, North City would be this remation¡¯s final winner.

    Inparison to being forced by the Rebel Army to a humiliating flee previously, this was their point of return and redemption.

    Just who would have thought that after retreating for a while, the Storm City yers that initially had over ten people sneak-killed, would suddenly jump out acting aroused as if they had taken aphrodisiacs with a huge increase in all theirbat power.

    The feedback from a Legendary-Grade Recon Meter showed that huge amounts of ¡°Force waves¡± had appeared from the team on the other side.

    The Force?

    Of course, no one would think that the Storm City yers would suddenly, at such a time as this, collectively awaken their Forces.

    There was only one reason this could be so; they had temporarily possessed the Force from using some special method that would engage their Legendary-Grade equipment skills.

    ¡°Son of a b*tch, the Storm City people have yed such a dirty move!¡± The North City yers were all full of envy, jealousy, and hate.

    Despite this change, they still felt in their hearts that their chance of victory wasrger.

    Although Legendary skills were powerful, they were not considered invincible, especially when the Storm City people had lost their sense of direction and were ced into a passive spot where they were being attacked and had an insufficient defense.

    Even though they had full-sets Legendary equipment, it meant death if they jumped out and were targeted by opposing firepower.

    Still, when the other side suddenly emerged with a huge number of beasts, the North City yers were on the verge of cursing.

    How did these beasts suddenly appear?

    The Levels of these beasts known as ¡°XX Beetles¡± did not seem high, but not only were their numbers high but theirbat power was also considered not weak.

    That gigantic type of Steel Beetle could not bepletely drilled though by a B-Grade bullet and it continuously counterattacked withser beams while the Spray Beetles¡¯ venom would make one instantly suffer from a negative stat that was continuouslypounded. As for those ded Beetles, although they were closebat, they had dispersed towards the surrounding area, as if trying to surround their position.

    ¡°Damn it, there¡¯s no way of taking down these beetles!¡± Some people could not help but curse out loud.

    The beetle troops were not that rad. After all, other than the Steel Beetle, both the ded Beetles and Spray Beetles were very weak. In the hands of top yers, one attack would essentially be able to kill one of them.

    If it were Maniptors, especially Fire Maniptors, just one skill would be enough to kill a whole group of them.

    However, if there were Maniptors on the other side, Feng Luo would not have summoned so many beetles to join in the battle.

    To be able to ambush them in advance, the North City team was only formed by Gunner and Warrior yers who could move quickly.

    In the end, they werecking in true continuous range damage. Although the firepower of machine guns was great, not only do the ammo chains have to be changed but after continuous firing, a cooldown would be needed in addition to the gun barrel had to be changed.

    Although the number of people opposite were two timesrger than on this side, with the counterattack of the beetle troops together with the Storm City yers who had one by one taken Force Potions, thebat between the two sides had seen the side of the Storm City yers securing the upper hand.

    After all, while the Warriors had no way of advancing, the main thing was still the effect of long-range attacks.

    Although the North City people had more than ten long-range professions, with the wormhole continuously producing Beetle soldiers, there were an entire 100 Spray Beetles and Steel Beetles which could fireser beams on this side.

    Not to mention when Jelly had finally digested the Earth Energy Crystal Core, it spit a cannon-like ¡°stone ball¡± directly from its mouth that smashed into the yers¡¯ position at the first base. Like the ¡°rock ball¡± monster from before, these stone balls exploded into pieces, forcing the North City yers to have to flee.

    The conclusion of the battle was roughly understood.

 Chapter 633 - Poison Snake vs Black Eagle

    <h4>Chapter 633: Poison Snake vs ck Eagle</h4>

    After five minutes, the North City yers had lost over 80% of their long-range profession members and could not do anything but choose to retreat to the other side of the first base because if they did not retreat now, they would be surrounded by the ded Beetles and would have to fight them in closebat.

    ¡°Bang! Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo continued firing the Wings of Death and took out two North City yers and gained several pieces of battle loot.

    After that, hemanded the ded Beetles and returned after making it seem like he was giving chase for a moment.

    It was natural that he did not let the ded Beetles pursue them. While the enemy did not have many long-range attackers left, they still have over a dozen meleebatants. If the ded Beetles were to chase after them, it was highly likely the beetles would be wiped out.

    The ded Beetles were not the only ones who did not continue chasing the enemy, as even the yers from Storm City did not pursue them because their remaining numbers were a lot smaller than the North City yers.

    Initially, they had almost 30 people when they got to their current location. However, after the battle, they only had 11 yers left, and most of them had low HP remaining. It was only because Feng Luo had the self-healing Force ability that he was in a better situationpared to the other ten.

    Even though the Rebel Army was currently obstructed and dyed by the Biohazard Crisis, there was no telling if or when they would catch up to them.

    At that moment, a retreat was the only choice because the area behind the first base had been cleared of monsters when the team moved over there.

    As such, after five minutes, the remaining 11 yers finally reached the beach where they first disembarked without any obstruction.

    Half of the dark red sun had popped up from the sea¡¯s horizon and the lights of the military ship still floating on the ocean¡¯s surface could be seen.

    It was dawn.

    ¡°Hurry up! Everyone, push the boat into the water!¡± The yer who became the temporarymander shouted while panting.

    To prevent a situation where they were unable to bring their vehicles out due to being inbat mode, the team left a couple of speedboats near the shore earlier when they first arrived on the ind.

    When the yer spoke, the group quickly ran towards the location were speedboats were left.

    However, suddenly...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Sand and pebbles flew into the air as if several explosions had urred atop the seemingly normal beach.

    Apanying the flying sand and pebbles were eight ck-masked human shadows wearing ck robes and holding long des in their hands, as well as multiple cross-shaped purple darts that were rotating at high-speed.

    ¡°Puff, puff, puff...¡±

    The temporarymander and another Nine-Star Guild gunner yer, both of whom were walking in front, instantly had darts cover their body before two shes of the white light of death shed across the beach.

    The eight ck human figures did not hesitate to charge at the remaining yers.

    ¡°It¡¯s the Rebel Army¡¯s ninjas!¡± Phoenix dodged a poisoned cross-shaped dart flying towards her face while eximing in surprise.

    ¡°Everyone, be careful!¡± By then, no one had time to think about the reason why the Rebel Army¡¯s ninjas were hiding here. Their only choice was to fight.

    The good thing was that while the situation was sudden, the remaining yers were not slow to react.

    ¡°Kill!¡± Ten Mile Tiger shouted. He then threw a strong fist that pierced the air towards a ninja charging towards him.

    He was not holding a traditional weapon. Instead, he was using a ck boxing glove as his weapon, as his hidden profession was a Martial Art Expert.

    yers with this profession could obtain high damage bonus special attack effects whenever they were engaged in meleebat. However, the weakness was that the yer needed to use special weapons such as the boxing glove to maximize the attack potential.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    However, Ten Mile Tiger¡¯s mighty punch only hit thin air. Instead, his chest was cut by the smaller-sized ninja who dodged his punch by a hair¡¯s length. His loose martial art uniform was also shed by the cut while the area that was cut was smeared in a green substance.

    As a meleebatant, even though he was not restrained by gears or equipment, he wore profession-specific armor and items to make fighting more convenient.

    ¡°-4067!¡±

    The result was that the cut directly inflicted a Weak Point Damage on him.

    After his defense was broken, a damage of over 4,000 was high enough to be frightening. Besides, the area that was cut was also quickly going numb.

    The good thing was that his profession¡¯s specialty was high HP and his total HP was over 40,000. Even after taking that hit, he only lost one-tenth of his total HP.

    However, while Ten Mile Tiger could withstand the ninja¡¯s sneak attack, the other yers might not be able to withstand it.

    Jing Kong and another gunner yer were taken out instantly after a ninja got in front of each of them. They died so quickly they did not have time to bring out their guns.

    At the moment, all the gunners in the team, apart from Feng Luo, had been wiped out.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    Even Feng Luo, who became a target of the ninjas, was not able to prevent the ninjas from getting close to him. After he raised Wings of Death, a ninja had got close to him.

    The gray de shed, and Feng Luo reacted as fast as he could and was forced to raise Wings of Death to block the attack. As Wings of Death got into contact with the ninja¡¯s de, it was immediately cut in half.

    This sniper rifle was most certainly very unlucky.

    yers¡¯ weapons were not easily damaged. However, this new rifle that was already broken once before when being handled by the doctor earlier, was once again cut in half.

    Even Old John would most probablyin if he were to see the state of the rifle right now. Of course, concerning Old John¡¯s attitude, Feng Luo did not have the time to think about it at that moment.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    ¡°-234!¡±

    Since the ninja¡¯s first attack was pretty much blocked by the body of the Wings of Death, even though the de didnd on Feng Luo¡¯s body, it did not break through the SUVbat uniform¡¯s defense.

    After noticing that his first attack was not effective, the Rebel Army ninja quickly turned around to follow-up with a second attack. As he did so, Feng Luo managed to bring out Ghost Weep just in the nick of time.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    The gray and slightly green poisonous ninja de shed together with Ghost Weep. After that, both remained still as a battle of strength ensued.

    Ninjas should be categorized as a warrior profession. However, they were not equipped with alloy armor which meant that their main stat was not strength, and why it should not be too high. Their main stat was probably agility.

    As such, even though Feng Luo was not a full-fledged warrior, in a situation where Ghost Weep was used hastily, he was still able to block the second de attack.

    ¡°Die!¡± However, even though the second attack was blocked, the eyes showing through the ninja¡¯s fully covered head mask emanated a murderous aura.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The gray poisonous ninja de spun as if it were a poison snake. The sh instantly changed into a forward thrust. The de slid past Ghost Weep¡¯s de and headed straight to Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    The ninjas¡¯ weapons were all coated with poison. Through previous experiences, Feng Luo was quite confident that the poison was a type of drug that caused the affected area to go numb after a few seconds.

    It was clear that being cut by the de would be incredibly fatal.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The ninja de that acted simr to a poisonous snake was suddenly held by a tactical glove that looked like a ck eagle.

    The ck Eagle tactical glove was covered by ayer of invisible Force. The attached Force skill, ¡°Eagle Hunt,¡± was already activated. Simr to the ws of an eagle holding onto a poisonous snake, the hand d in the glove was now holding the sharp de.

    The Legendary-Grade tactical glove¡¯s Defense Coefficient far exceeded the B-Grade after the skill was activated. Not to mention the ninja¡¯s de, which should be a Rare-Grade or even a Legendary-Grade weapon would have troubles piercing through its defense.

    ¡°Chik!¡±

    On the other side, after holding the de, Feng Luo¡¯s right arm, which had now doubled in size, was holding a dark red de that was covered in ck energy, Ghost Weep. He swung the weapon down quickly and, amidst the masked ninja¡¯s re, slit his throat.

    ¡°-6078!¡±

    Red color Fatal Damage.

    Fresh blood sprayed out of the slit neck.

    Due to the defensive equipment surrounding the neck, the damage was not extensive and his throat was notpletely slit. It might have also been the result of some extreme training.

    Nheless, this allowed the ninja to remain alive. However, even after his neck was slit by Feng Luo, this ninja did not back down, retreat, or try to use his hand to block his wound to prevent blood from spraying out. Instead, hate and wrath filled his ring eyes while both his hands let go of the ninja de that Feng Luo was holding. He then raised his left hand and grabbed firmly onto Ghost Weep, which was swinging towards him once more!

    ¡°Hua!¡±

    At the same time, there was movement near the right sleeve of the ninja¡¯s robe. A dark green long dart covered in a foul stench popped out, and he used it to thrust towards Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Savage...¡± Even Feng Luo could not help but curse at the ninja after seeing him lose two fingers to Ghost Weep¡¯s de due to insufficient defense and the angry and bloodthirsty re on the ninja¡¯s face after getting his throat slit.

    After he got a hold of Ghost Weep, unless he decided to let go, which meant surrendering Ghost Weep, he could not retreat. It became impossible for him to dodge the sharp weapon headed straight for his heart.

 Chapter 634 - Death Match

    <h4>Chapter 634: Death Match</h4>

    If the dart coated with poison pierced into one¡¯s heart, the consequences would be quite dire.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think you¡¯re a little too overconfident?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s pair of widened eyes stared straight at the bloodthirsty ninja. Their eyes locked and a mocking sneer suddenly appeared on Feng Luo¡¯s face.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    The force pushing the Ghost Weep army knife that the ninja was currently holding, suddenly increased substantially. In an instant, three of the ninja¡¯s fingers were sliced off and the dark red de effortlessly sliced through the side of the Rebel Army ninja¡¯s neck.

    ¡°-5678!¡±

    Ghost Weep, with the attached bonus skill activated, was able tobat against the strength of a Tyrant. For a de like that, was it even possible for a mere Level-50 Commander-Grade agility type monster to hold it in ce using his bare hands?

    ¡°ng!¡±

    At the same time, Feng Luo¡¯s body was suddenly covered with ayer of dark red ¡°armor.¡±

    The Rebel Army ninja¡¯s dagger-like dart that he thrust towards Feng Luo¡¯s chest bounced back forcefully upon making contact with the armor.

    Ghost Weep, Eagle Hunt, Blood Armor... Three Force skills... Feng Luo did not hold back and activated all three skills. Additionally, he also did something else.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The military knife sliced half of the Rebel Army ninja¡¯s neck off. In the situation where the bleeding damage would have been enough to kill the ninja, Feng Luo released his right hand gripping the military knife and used his hand directly that was equipped with the eagle-w structured ck Eagle tactical glove to slice across the ninja¡¯s chest.

    ¡°-2355!¡±

    Although it was only a yellow Weak Point Damage, with the defense of the ninja being broken paired with the bonus granted by the Force skill, ¡°Master Martial Arts,¡± the barehanded attack still inflicted over 2,000 damage.

    This was sufficient to empty the ninja¡¯s HP, which was never all that high in the first ce.

    ¡°Pu!¡±

    The ninja fell backward and dropped to the ground, twitching. His neck, with the severed artery, continued to spray blood on the ground. Simrly, his chest also had five bleeding wounds that each looked as if a knife had sliced through them.

    After the ninja¡¯s death, three or four glowing items dropped to the ground.

    [You¡¯ve killed Rebel Army Intermediate Ninja (Level-50 Commander-Grade). Kill Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 2,000.]

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    However, before Feng Luo could even see what had dropped on the ground, another ck shadow apanied by a grayish sword shed approximately ten meters in front of him before it charged towards him.

    After killing four gunner yers instantly, the ninja-to-yer ratio was eight to seven.

    At the moment, after Feng Luo unexpectedly and sessfully got rid of one of the ninjas, another ninja that was charging towards Sword Ki Long River while he was holding a device, suddenly changed his target.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    These ninjas were insanely fast. A distance of over ten meters was but a few tenths of a second to them.

    After entering the ten meters range, the ninja leaped straight into the air. With both of his hands holding a pair of grayish-white ninja des, he shed down at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, to Feng Luo, a few tenths of a second not only meant there was time for him to activate the skill, ¡°Raging Charge,¡± to increase the gap between them, but it also meant that there was time for him to bring out his gun.

    The Wings of Death was destroyed after fighting with the first ninja. Moreover, a sniper rifle was too big and was not suited for close-rangebat. However, every gunner would always have a backup gun that was suited for close-range battles.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The ninja, who had supposedly reached his target, was directly hit by a super high caliber pistol bullet to the stomach.

    ¡°-3266!¡±

    Feng Luo did not have enough time to aim due to the situation. With one of his hands still holding Ghost Weep in a reverse grip, his shot was a little off-target due to theck of stability when firing the Tyrant pistol. However, the rare attribute of the Tyrant pistol would activate even if the shot did not hit the intended target. The ninja in the air was sent to the ground by a powerful force.

    Even though the Weak Point damage number was not all that high since the Rebel Army ninja was a humanoid monster that did not have a high amount of HP, it still had one-fourth of its total HP.

    This meant that Feng Luo only needed four shots to kill this bastard. If he inflicted a Fatal Damage, he would only need three shots to make it happen.

    For a close-range battle against an agility type Commander-Grade monster like this, where would he get the opportunity to fire three shots, let alone three shots powerful enough to kill this monster?

    One might not even have the chance to get a second shot in.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The tip of the ninja¡¯s sword was unable to reach Feng Luo due to the ¡°Knockback¡± effect of the Tyrant pistol. However, after hended on the ground, a small explosion urred the moment the ninja¡¯s foot touched the ground. White smoke emerged and engulfed the ninja before he vanished instantly.

    What made this even more difficult was that unlike the Wings od Death, the Tyrant pistol did not have a target lock function.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    After a few tenths of a second passed since the white smoke appeared, the sound of sharp weapons slicing through the air could be heard from Feng Luo¡¯s left and right.

    Grayish sword shes, in the current dawn break environment, were particrly blinding.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Blood Armor¡± waspletely shattered the moment the Rebel Army ninja¡¯s de struck his body.

    The Blood Armor¡¯s defense strength depended on the Life Protozoa¡¯s percentage and number. In the earlier battles, he had consumed quite a lot of Life Protozoa. At the moment, his defense was no longer strong enough to block the skill attack.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Luckily, taking on that sh was notpletely without its merit, as the Tyrant pistol that Feng Luo held instantly fired a counterattack.

    ¡°-3050!¡±

    However, the Rebel Army ninja¡¯s reaction speed was just too ridiculous. In an instant, he made an evasive maneuver and the shot did not strike the weak point around his chest area, hitting his left arm instead.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Although the ninja¡¯s left arm was hit, the gray long de coated with poison the Rebel Army ninja held continued swinging non-stop. After shattering Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°armor,¡± his arm changed direction and angle. Apanied by an ear-piercing sound, the de thrust towards Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    ¡°-5067!¡±

    The SUVbat uniform was pierced straight through. Apart from the uniform, Feng Luo¡¯s chest and back were also punctured. This included the lobe of the lung in between his chest and the back.

    Although thebat uniform reduced the power of the attack, the thrust was still strong enough to take out almost half of Feng Luo¡¯s current HP, since the HP bonus provided by the Life Protozoa was currently quite low.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Even with his chest punctured and he was suffering through immeasurable pain, Feng Luo still had a ¡°cruel¡± smile on his face. He raised his left arm and caught the ninja¡¯s arm holding the ninja de. His right hand was holding the Tyrant pistol and aimed the gun at the ninja¡¯s head.

    The ninja¡¯s pupils shrunk instantly. However, his face did not seem all that perplexed or anxious.

    As the ninja moved its head sideways to avoid the muzzle of the pistol, the other hand that was not gripped by Feng Luo moved upward quickly toward the gun barrel of the Tyrant pistol.

    He was confident that he would be able to reach and push the muzzle of the Tyrant pistol sideways before Feng Luo could fire a shot.

    However, at that moment, he suddenly felt a powerful shock on the side of his head before his vision blurred, causing the hand that swung towards the Tyrant pistol to miss.

    The skill, ¡°Mental Attack,¡± required a lot of psionic energy to cast and was obtained by 24K in the previous evolution.

    Concerning using it on a target with strong determination and will like the ninja, the skill effect of the Mental Attack skill was undoubtedly quite difficult.

    However, an instant of lost concentration was more than enough.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-6067!¡±

    Gunshot. Bright red Fatal Damage.

    Red and white liquid burst forth like a crushed watermelon.

    [You¡¯ve killed Rebel Army Intermediate Ninja (Level-50 Commander). Kill Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 2,000.]

    ¡°Phew!¡± Feng Luo panted heavily a few times.

    This battlested less than ten seconds and it seemed simple enough. However, its danger was far higher than a battle against a long-range yer.

    As a Sniper, while his second profession was a Light Armor Warrior, he did not learn the mainstream skills. If he were to fight against the ninja using the conventional methods and allowed the enemy to use a few more skills, even with the Force Armor, he would most probably die after receiving consecutive attacks as well as control skills.

    As for the previous two battles, he won mostly due to the unconventional and surprising attack methods. Otherwise, Feng Luo might have ended up like the other four gunner yers.

 Chapter 635 - The Last Mighty Enemy

    <h4>Chapter 635: The Last Mighty Enemy</h4>

    ¡°Die...¡± Even though Feng Luo took care of two ninjas, the situation on the battlefield was not looking great for the Storm City people.

    Ten Mile Tiger had a gray ninja de sticking out of his chest as hey on the ground while staring at the sky. A bunch of items, including the core information chip, dropped on the ground beside him.

    The good thing was that a ninja was lying right beside him with its neck snapped by Ten Mile Tiger¡¯s bare hands. It was clear that the ninja was also in the Heavy Injury status and was going to die soon.

    It was very close to when both of them would perish together.

    ¡°sh!¡±

    Zhao Yun¡¯s body was emitting the white light of death. An expression much like one would have during constipation could be seen on his face.

    As a yer on the same level as Sword Ki Long River who also had the title of being the ¡°Shell God,¡± he should havested a long time in this battle.

    It was unfortunate that they had encountered these agile and high-damage warrior type units. No matter how high his defensive stats were, when faced against these high-attack units whose attacks were higher than the top-ss yers that also had high attack frequency, he could notst very long.

    Apart from that, as a maniptor yer, his stamina consumption throughout the journey was quite high and he no longer had much strength to dodge anymore, one of the main reasons for his defeat.

    ...

    ¡°These bastards¡¯ attack power sure is high!¡± At a third spot on the battlefield, Big Pineapple was a wreck as he continued running to avoid the des and darts of the Rebel Army ninjas.

    Big Pineapple being alive was not all that surprising, as he was now equipped with two Legendary-Grade items.

    Although the incredibly heavy shield provided by the Nine-Star Guild waspletely useless against the Commander-Grade ninjas¡¯ attacks, he was still equipped with the Legendary-Grade breastte that he exchanged from the special agent equipment warehouse. It provided him with 5,000 extra HP, and with the effects of potions, his HP had exceeded the high threshold of 30,000.

    When it came to defensive strength, with the ¡°Heavy¡± talent, his physical defense was a few times higher than Ten Mile Tiger, it was natural that he would not die so easily.

    However, at the fourth location on the battlefield, Phoenix was still holding off the attacks of a ninja.

    Feng Luo was surprised after seeing this because Phoenix¡¯s strength was, undoubtedly, not among the best in their group. One could even say that she was at the bottom. She was still around at the end because of her possession of Jelly, which made the Nine-Star Guild decide to protect her as much as possible.

    However, at the moment, the people from the NIne-Star Guild could barely keep themselves alive. With Zhao Yun and Ten Mile Tiger gone, Phoenix was still alive and had more than half of her HP remaining.

    However, seeing that Jelly was no longer around, Feng Luo quickly understood the reason.

    Although Jelly did not have any attack power, if it did not activate the ¡°cannon¡± mode and charge forward to protect its master, it was still a tank with more than 20,000 HP.

    Apart from that, another reason Phoenix was able to remain alive until that point was also partly thanks to her equipment set.

    As top ss items designed by Old John, the dynamic armor set had no gaps duringbat, and its defense coefficient was amazing.

    After the ninja killed Jelly, he had struck Phoenix a few times, but all the attacks were well defended by Phoenix¡¯s armor set, so the damage was never too high.

    ¡°Yes, Sword Ki Long River¡¯sbat style, it is like...¡± When Feng Luo looked over the fifth fight on the battlefield, he could not hide the surprise from his face.

    In a battle against a ninja, Sword Ki Long River was in a disadvantageous position.

    However, this was not the reason for Feng Luo¡¯s surprise. The reason was that Sword Ki Long River was still holding the suitcase which held the chip equipment with his left hand, and he was fighting with only his right arm holding a weapon. As such, it was not all that weird for him to not be able to maximize his strength.

    What surprised Feng Luo was Sword Ki Long River¡¯s one-handed swordbat skills.

    The golden Legendary-Grade sword was supposed to be used two-handed but was wielded so smoothly and so elegantly in Sword Ki Long River¡¯s single free hand that it looked as if it was a one-handed sword.

    Of course, the number of yers who could do this was not all that small in War, so it was not worth Feng Luo¡¯s surprised expression.

    Feng Luo was so surprised was because, apart from the amazing one-handed swordsmanship disyed by Sword Ki Long River, his footsteps that continued to shift and move had reminded Feng Luo about something familiar.

    ¡°Wushu?¡±

    This action felt familiar to Feng Luo because Sword Ki Long River¡¯s one-handedbat style highly resembled a Chinese martial art sword skill routine that he had seen before on a TV show back in his Earth days.

    Of course, those routines were only performances that pursued aestheticism, while Sword Ki Long River¡¯s skill routine was a lot less appealing visually; however, practically speaking, they were a lot better.

    Faced against the ninja¡¯s flurry of attacks, he was able to block most attacks with just one hand. He even managed to release a few sharp and precise counterattacks in-between skillsets.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    While thinking, Feng Luo¡¯s hands never stopped moving. He aimed his rifle and fired a bullet at the ninja who had just finished off Zhao Yun and was charging towards Sword Ki Long River, intending to execute a pincer attack.

    In truth, while it seemed like Feng Luo had been observing for a long time, Feng Luo processed the information very quickly in his mind with just a nce. As such, no dy would have affected the battle.

    ...

    After half a minute, before dawn broke, the final battle finally ended.

    On the groundy the corpses of the eight ninjas. However, seven of the yers had also transformed into white lights.

    After the battle, there were only four survivors left including Phoenix, Feng Luo, Big Pineapple, and Sword Ki Long River.

    Among the four who took part in the special agent profession change mission, three of them survived.

    And among the 250 yers from Nine-Star Guild, only one was left. If news of this were to get out, the three of them would gain a rise in fame.

    Of course, the data was not urate, as some of the people were still on the ind.

    Some of the Nine-Star Guild yers that stayed behind during their retreat, the yers who dropped off the group during battles, as well as some who chose to retreat individually or by smaller groups after learning that the three yers who obtained key items would have their position revealed.

    As such, the real number of survivors was more than just the four of them. However, there was no doubt that the mission had suffered a huge loss.

    ...

    After a few minutes, the sun rose into the sky and white mist began to appear above the ocean surface.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    A ck assault boat sped across the ocean surface at maximum speed, leaving white waves in its wake. It was quickly getting closer to the military ship which had just released the extendable ramp.

    Facing the boat, about a dozen or so Nine-Star Guild yers who stayed back as guards looked at them in delight.

    Sword Ki Long River was holding the core device and led the way. Phoenix and Big Pineapple were walking in the middle of the group said with amenting tone, ¡°Finally! It is finished!¡±

    One could say that the mission was a lot of hard work. Although it was only one night, the process was grueling and they did not have a single moment to rest.

    At that time, the mission was finished. Everyone could finally get on the ship and sleep or go offline to rest.

    However, at that moment, while walking at the back of the group, Feng Luo suddenly shouted to the three people in front of him as his expression drastically changed, ¡°Be careful!¡±

    The expression of the others had changed drastically, the Nine-Star Guild yers that stayed behind and were still smiling at them.

    ¡°Sword God, be careful!¡±

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    However, both shouts were just a tad toote.

    The ocean surface around the ship that seemedpletely normal suddenly had a water pir burst into the air. From within emerged a sword-wielding human figure. From behind them, the figure leaped over Phoenix and Big Pineapple andnded directly behind Sword Ki Long River.

    Sword Ki Long River¡¯s chest was directly pierced by a gray alloy sword, and with a look of disbelief, the white light of death engulfed his body.

    Returning to the human figure, it directly reached out to grab the suitcase holding the core device that was falling into the sea after Sword Ki Long River rxed his grip as he died.

    ¡°Ding!¡±

    However, the human figure did not manage to grab a hold of the suitcase.

    Just as his hands reached the suitcase, the suitcase was hit by some object and it bounced back into the air.

    Feng Luo threw Ghost Weep and the back of the knife hit the suitcase from the side.

    With the bonus provided by the skill, ¡°Throw,¡± the suitcase carrying the core device was sent flying into the air, brushing past the fingertips of the alloy-sword-wielding human figure before flying towards the military ship.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    However, the human figure¡¯s reaction speed was just as fast. He extended his hands to press against the hull of the ship, and then, like a hawk, he flipped his body over and onto the deck.

    ¡°Hurry, get up there!¡± Feng Luo shouted and the three of them also climbed up onto the military ship using the fastest method they knew.

    On the military ship, the dozen or so Nine-Star Guild yers had brought out their weapons. They stared angrily at the human figure standing on the deck of the ship, an NPC with stone-cold eyes and a knife scar on his face, holding the pet biochip core device with his left hand and a gray golden longsword in his right hand.

    A wanted criminal with a bounty of over 10 million credits. The pirate captain of the Rebel Army camp for the mission ¨C Hawkeye.

    Even then, as the mission was ending, they still had to fight this onest Boss.

 Chapter 636 - Almighty

    <h4>Chapter 636: Almighty</h4>

    ¡°It is the pirate captain, a Level-65 Commander-Grade unit. F*cking hell, its Wanted rank is Grade-A, and his bounty is 10 million credits!¡± By the time Feng Luo and the other two got on the deck, the Nine-Star Guild yers that stayed behind to guard the military ship and were now incredibly angry due to Sword Ki Long River being ambushed and killed had used the Detection skill on the NPC pirate captain and obtained his information, causing their eyes to light up.

    ¡°10 million credits!¡± Although these yers were also among the elites of Nine-Star Guild, they were not superstar yers who earned a lot of credits. A 10 million credit bounty was attractive.

    After all, an average Rare-Grade item was worth around that much.

    Even if one was a superstar yer, 10 million credits were still quite tempting. After all, it was equal to one million Star Coins; and the enemy was holding their mission item.

    As such, even though they were somewhat cautious of the NPC who had just finished off Sword Ki Long River in a second, a few of the Nine-Star Guild yers still charged directly at him.

    After all, a Level-65 Commander-Grade unit should not have the ability to continuously one-hit yers.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go, don¡¯t let him get away!¡± Eight warrior yers directly charged at the pirate captain Commander-Grade monster from various directions, to ensure the NPC had no way of escaping from the ship directly with the suitcase in hand.

    ¡°Ice de!¡± On the other hand, a few maniptor yers cast energy shields on themselves while preparing other attacking skills.

    One of them, a Water Maniptor, was very spontaneous quick-witted. With a shing from his energy converter, the water that was shot out into the air and hadnded on the deck due to Hawkeye¡¯s earlier action instantly condensed and transformed into a dozen or so translucent ice des, flying towards Hawkeye from behind.

    It was both an offensive and defensive maneuver.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    Apart from that, a Scout yer had also raised his submachine gun and was firing a flurry of shots at Hawkeye.

    A bunch of bullets, energy skills, as well as yers came at Hawkeye from all sides... If it were a yer, even if it were Feng Luo, death was the inevitable oue.

    However, for this Level-65 Commander-Grade NPC, it was nothing.

    ¡°Pa, pa, pa!¡±

    The projectile speed of the bullets and the ice des were faster than a human¡¯s running speed. As such, the bullets and ice des were upon the pirate captainmander in an instant.

    However, the moment these long-range attacks were released, at the center of it all, Hawkeye looked as if he had predicted everything. With his cold stare, he simply stepped one foot sideways and shifted his body; resulting in half of the long-range attacksnding in an empty spot.

    While the remaining half hit the pirate captain, they did not deal any damage to him, because a formless ¡°armor¡± had suddenly appeared over the shirtless body of the pirate captainmander that had just dived and appeared before the group. The armor simply bounced off the remaining attacks that hit him.

    A defensive type of Force skill.

    NPCs who had awakened the Force were much better at using it and understood it better. Additionally, the Force was much more useful when it came to attacks instead of defense.

    The gray longsword that the pirate captainmander was holding had turned gloomily dark.

    As a Light Armor Warrior swung his sword down at the pirate captainmander with the momentum generated from the Charge skill, being the first among all the attackers, Hawkeye swung his alloy sword upward with one hand to parry the attack.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The vibration from the impact was so strong that the first Light Armor Warrior lost his grip on his alloy sword.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-5056!¡±

    After that, just like lightning, Hawkeye raised his right foot and kicked at the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s gut. Apart from the over 5,000 high damage, the Light Armor Warrior was also sent sliding along the wet and slippery ship¡¯s deck for over a dozen meters.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Besides, when Hawkeye was kicking the Light Armor Warrior from the side, the alloy sword he held with one hand swung towards the chest of the second arriving Light Armor Warrior.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The second Light Armor Warrior was sent flying with his weapon as he mmed heavily into the cabin of the ship.

    The third, fourth, and then the fifth...

    In the blink of an eye, among the eight meleebatants who charged at the pirate captain; apart from the three slower Heavy Armor Warriors, all five of the Light Armor Warriors were hacked, shed, and sent flying away.

    ¡°F*ck me!¡± The situationpelled the Nine-Star Guild yers who stayed behind to exim in shock.

    The recon meters of the Scout yers were unable to gather information about the pirate captain¡¯s use or possession of the Force. As such, even though they initially thought that his level was high, they were still quite confident of their abilities.

    After all, they were not newbies and weaklings, and while they did not have any Legendary-Grade items with them, as yers who were specifically tasked to defend the ship, they were not your average yers. Around 10 to 20 yers taking out a Commander-Grade monster wouldn¡¯t have been too difficult for them.

    However, none of them had expected that this Commander-Grade humanoid monster would be so much stronger than what they had imagined.

    ¡°Everyone, clear out a path!¡± However, at that time, the remaining three maniptor yers hadpleted the preparation for their skill. They raised their hands and were prepared to release their skills unto Hawkeye.

    However, before they could release their skills, Hawkeye red towards them as if he had already detected this.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    As the three maniptors were looking confused, Hawkeye swung his gray alloy sword that had just cut down five Light Armor Warriors at them.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A ck half-crescent ¡°Energy Layer,¡± or more precisely, a ¡°Force Layer,¡± appeared from the sword. Sliding along the ship¡¯s deck, it flew across the deck and zoomed past the three maniptor yers that had energy shields covering their body a dozen meters away.

    ¡°Puff, puff, puff!¡±

    ¡°-5956, -6088, -5870...¡±

    After that... Well, there wasn¡¯t an after that... Three red Fatal Damage numbers popped up above their respective heads and three white lights of death followed.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    On the other side of the deck came the sounds of gunfire.

    A Machine Gunner who was tasked to stay behind to guard the ship was manning a six-barrelled electromaic railgun that had been repaired after being destroyed by the sea serpent and was firing at Hawkeye.

    ¡°Pa, pa, pa!¡±

    Just like before, Hawkeye shuffled his feet quickly and avoided most of the bullets as if he had predicted them in advance. Although he was still hit by a few bullets, the six-barrelled electromaic railgun that was substantially weakened due to being operated by a yer was not able to break through the formless shield covering Hawkeye¡¯s body.

    After Hawkeye dodged the first round of bullets, he quickly shifted his position and positioned himself right in front of the shield of a Nine-Star Guild Heavy Armor Warrior that made it impossible for the Machine Gunner¡¯s shots to follow.

    If that were only the case, it was still not enough to warrant or entuate the Grade-A Wanted criminal of this cold-eyed criminal.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    After getting in front of the shield of a Heavy Armor Warrior, Hawkeye did not stop his footsteps. Rather, he kicked with one foot on the hilt of the alloy sword which was earlier sent flying to the ground earlier by him.

    The over 10-kilogram alloy sword, under this powerful kick, flew towards the Machine Gunner operating the six-barrelled electromaic railgun as if it were a cannon shot out of a chamber.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Machine Gunner was engulfed by the white light of death as blood, flesh, and parts of the now-crushed railgun burst into the air.

 Chapter 637 - Phoenix Awaken!

    <h4>Chapter 637: Phoenix Awaken!</h4>

    Powerful, undeniably powerful.

    Although up until that point, the battle only saw the deaths of three maniptors and a Machine Gunner, the strong showing by the NPC pirate captainmander had helped the yers experience and understand the meleebat capabilities of a warrior who had awakened the Force.

    With a swing of the sword, multiple yers were sent flying a dozen or so meters away, some yers were even hacked in half along with their armor before being sent flying back.

    Scenes like these were more visually intense than the battle between Haruko and Hunting Tiger on that rainy night during the special agent profession change mission when they saw a pavilion get crushed.

    The stats of these types of humanoid NPCs were not all that different from yers, meaning that after warrior type yers awakened the Force, they would be able to do the same things.

    However, for the Nine-Star Guild yers standing on the deck that stayed behind to guard the ship, at the moment, they did not have the time or energy to yearn for the power they would gain after awakening the Force.

    After the pirate captainmander finished off the few long-range attackers, he was prepared to jump from the military ship into the sea with the suitcase in hand. If they were to lose the item that they had spent so many days, so many yers¡¯ lives, and so much effort to finally obtain, they might as well find a sharp object and kill themselves by mming themselves into it.

    However, the Light Armor Warriors were sent flying one after another and at the moment, most of them had not yet regained their footing.

    The pirate captainmander¡¯s attacks were attached with the bonus ¡°Force attack effect.¡± As such, the yers who were hit, even though they had special bodies, the damage they suffered was still considerable.

    As for the Heavy Armor Warriors, while the three of them were not hacked and sent flying, they could not keep up with the pirate captainmander¡¯s movement speed. Instead, they had turned into the pirate captainmander¡¯s shield against the yers¡¯ long-range attacks.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The good thing was that no matter how fast the warriors were, they could never be faster than bullets.

    A sniper rifle bullet shrouded in electricity brushed past the edge of a Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s shield and struck firmly on Hawkeye¡¯s left wrist holding the suitcase.

    ¡°-1034!¡±

    A Weak Point Damage.

    The defensive skill of the Force was not an energy shield. Technically speaking, it was only oneyer of the Force. As such, if the attack was strong enough, it should still be able to get through the defense.

    The attacks of submachine guns, energy skills, and machine-gun bullets that suffer from reduced damage on Commander-Grade units could not cut through the defense of the pirate captainmander; however, this did not mean that sniper rifle bullets would also fail to pierce through the defense.

    Of course, even though the sniper rifle bullet managed to pierce through the Forceyer, most of the impact and damage had been reduced.

    Feng Luo¡¯s ¡°Blood Armor¡± is a formtion of thebination between the Life Protozoa and the Force. As such, it is fundamentally more unique. Inparison, it is much more simr to an energy shield.

    Besides, the rifle Feng Luo was now equipped with, the Eye of the Thunder, was a lot less powerful than the Wings of Death. As such, the shot only dealt a little over a thousand damage.

    However, the positive thing was that the shot triggered the rare attribute of the Eye of the Thunder. When it hit the NPC piratemander¡¯s arm, the electricity¡¯s numbing effect was triggered, resulting in his hand loosening, and the suitcase he was carrying fell out of his hand.

    Before he could bend down to pick up the suitcase...

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    A translucent alloy sword emitting a light red glow had reached the pirate captainmander¡¯s chest.

    Phoenix¡¯s rare skill that had reached Expert-Level, in addition to the bonus provided by using a Legendary-Grade weapon, made the sh something not to be underestimated.

    ¡°Don¡¯t even think about it! Shield Bash!¡± Big Pineapple also came charging with his alloy shield raised. He used the Legendary-Grade alloy shield he was equipped with to strike against the pirate captain¡¯s chest.

    Whether it was Big Pineapple, Phoenix, or Feng Luo; each of them had used four Intermediate-Grade buff potions that Lin created on themselves to significantly increase their stats.

    Although thisst battle against the pirate captainmander was not rted to the three of them, because the Nine-Star Guild had promised to sell them Quasi-Boss pet biochips at a fraction of the original cost price it was natural that they wouldn¡¯t allow the pirate captainmander to just take away the core device.

    Moreover, since they had left the ind, even if they were to die in this battle, they would lose a level¡¯s worth of experience at most but the items they dropped could still be regained.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± Suddenly, Hawkeye felt the red fiery long sword getting closer to his body.

    Simr to Feng Luo¡¯s bullet that could pierce through the Forceyer, Phoenix¡¯s Legendary-Grade alloy sword that had a rare skill attached that could also threaten the pirate captainmander. As such, the pirate captainmander could not do anything but give up trying to grab the suitcase immediately. Instead, both his hands reached to pull out his two-handed alloy sword to parry Phoenix¡¯s sh using the Legendary-Grade longsword.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-5256!¡±

    The sword flew out of Phoenix¡¯s palm before mming heavily into her chest. After that, her feet floated into the air as her entire body flew backward.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    While in the air, blood spilled from her mouth as a damage number of over 5,000 popped up above her head.

    For the first time since ambushing and killing Sword Ki Long River, this NPC pirate captainmander used both his hands to attack with his sword for the first time. The strength of the attack,pared to when he was wielding with one hand, was on apletely different level.

    Phoenix was also equipped with Legendary-Grade defensive items provided by the Nine-Star Guild, and she was in a buffed state. However, in the end, she still lost one-third of her total HP.

    However, while Phoenix was sent flying, Hawkeye¡¯s task of getting to the suitcase was still not easy.

    Big Pineapple¡¯s Shield Bash was very close to his head. If he were to get hit by the basic ¡°Godly skill¡± of Heavy Armor Warriors, even if he were the ultimate and mighty pirate captainmander who disyed domineering strength earlier, he would still bepletely immobilized by the group of yers until he died. The control skills of meleebat warriors were not something one should underestimate.

    However, the same principle still applied. It was never going to be that easy to kill a high-level NPC who had awakened the Force.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    With his two hands gripping the sword, the alloy sword shrouded in ayer of dark matter that Hawkeye used earlier to send Phoenix flying was spun around and a ck tornado seemed to appear.

    ¡°ng, ng, ng, ng...¡±

    ¡°-855, -3756, -3345, -3566...¡±

    Sounds of metal nging against each other filled the air. Then came the sounds of warrior yers being forced to scatter and retreat.

    ¡°Spinning sh!¡± The Level-45 skill of Light Armor Warriors.

    The good thing was that the skill¡¯s damage was not too high.

    Particrly, when it came to Big Pineapple since he had a Legendary-Grade shield equipped as well as his S-Grade talent, ¡°Heavy,¡± he only lost around 1,000 HP.

    However, after the other warrior yers that were surrounding and going to attack Hawkeye backed off, Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight that should have been freed up did not attack immediately to follow up because, at that moment, Feng Luo¡¯s gaze was resting upon Phoenix. as she was lying on the ground after being hit by Hawkeye. Feng Luo seemed a little surprised.

    Going back a few seconds, Hawkeye¡¯s sh made Phoenix lose her bnce and fly a dozen or so meters away beforending on the deck. It was as if she was not able to stand back up again due to being the Force¡¯s attack effect.

    However, when she raised her head, her eyes were different and were changing rapidly. It went from pain and anguish to calm and cold in a matter of seconds.

    As her re turned cold, a special type of power seemed to spread throughout her body.

    ¡°Hmm?¡± On the other side, Hawkeye had just sent all of the warrior yers flying away with one sh and stopped moving suddenly, his gaze became serious and heavy for the first time.

 Chapter 638 - Powerful Phoenix, Kill

    <h4>Chapter 638: Powerful Phoenix, Kill</h4>

    ¡°That¡¯s weird, what is this feeling?¡± It was not just Feng Luo and the pirate captain who felt the sensation.

    After Phoenix¡¯s talent, ¡°Dark Personality,¡± was activated, her body suddenly emanated a type of powerful aura and the system used a notification simr to the appearance of a Boss on the nearby yers.

    As such, among the Nine-Star Guild yers who were pushed back by the pirate captainmander yet again and were no longer able to hold their weapons firmly, two Light Armor Warriors could not help but turn around.

    ¡°Holy crap, this is...¡± As they turned around, what filled their vision caused the two Light Armor Warriors to widen their eyes.

    ...

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    After feeling the aura, Hawkeye hesitated for a brief moment before he quickly lowered his head to try to pick up the suitcase carrying the core device using his left hand.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Right at that moment, a red me de that looked like a longsword forced him to retract his extended arm.

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    The me Longsword brushed past the pirate captainmander¡¯s arm. As it struck the deck, a huge area exploded, leaving dark traces of charcoal all over the ce. Even the alloyyer underneath the deck had visible traces of damage.

    ¡°So, this is a long-range attack?¡± After turning around, the two Light Armor Warriors that turned round lookedpletely confused.

    They saw an attack simr to a mini version of the Level-40 ultimate maniptor skill ¡°Sunset Sword¡±ing from a yer wearing me red female-style light armor and was holding a sword engulfed in golden-red mes that had doubled in size.

    Besides, they were more than aware that this female yer was a Light Armor Warrior. However, since when did a Light Armor Warrior have such a powerful long-range attack?

    Even though the attack was somewhat different from the skill the pirate captainmander used to kill the three maniptors earlier, they seemed incredibly simr.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Compared to the Nine-Star Guild yers¡¯ shock, Phoenix was under the control of her Dark Personality and did not waste any time.

    She leaped into the air and, without the need to use the skill ¡°Thunder Leap sh,¡± she managed to cover a distance of over ten meters. Shended in front of the pirate captainmander that was forced to give up on trying to grab the suitcase and fight her.

    Her hands gripped the hilt of the me longsword that seemed as if it had doubled in size, and along with the searing me, she shed at the pirate captainmander¡¯s head.

    ¡°You...¡± The pirate captainmander uttered his first word since the battle began.

    With his bare upper body visible, his muscles bulged up as his veins popped into view as both of his hands gripped tightly onto the alloy sword engulfed in ayer of dark matter. He swung his sword to parry Phoenix¡¯s fiery red sword, using his full strength in that strike.

    ¡°ng!¡±

    The sound of metal colliding into each other, the vibration and the sound it caused were so loud that the other yers on the deck felt pain in their eardrums.

    As for the two highly simr alloy swords, the ming red sword and the sword so dark that it seemed like night, were stuck together after they shed against each other. Neither was able to push the other back with that strike.

    ¡°She blocked it!¡± The Nine-Star Guild yers looked shellshocked.

    In their previous two pincer attacks, even the Heavy Armor Warriors, provided they did not use the skill, ¡°Immovable Mountain,¡± were all pushed back a sizable distance by the pirate captainmander¡¯s attack.

    However, the only female yer present on the battlefield had now exchanged blows with the pirate captainmander head-on, and she was not pushed back at all.

    Since she was the one initiating the attack, hacking downward at her enemy, and was borrowing gravity and momentum, she was able to keep her footing during the exchange of blows. The previous situations also saw them as the attacking side. Faced against the pirate captainmander, they did not manage tost one round against him, wielding the sword with one hand, not to mention now when Hawkeye was holding his sword with both hands.

    ¡°That¡¯s weird. Thisdy yer was sent flying earlier. Why is she so strong suddenly. Besides, she has a long-range attack now. The Detection skill shows that her alloy sword is now covered with unidentifiable energy... Could it be...¡± More surprising was what was discovered after a Scout from the Nine-Star Guild used the Detection skill on Phoenix¡¯s sword, ¡°Exquisite.¡±

    Combined with the odd pressure they felt earlier, those who were smart and quick-witted enough had already guessed the reason.

    Inparison, Feng Luo understood the situation a lot more and seemed a lot calmer than the rest of the yers.

    The ming Longsword that Dark Phoenix used had a real name, ¡°me Sword.¡± It was the Force skill attached to the Legendary-Grade weapon that Dark Phoenix was holding that was called ¡°Exquisite.¡±

    Activating that skill allowed the user to create a Forceyer of Fire Energy Damage attached to it on the sword¡¯s body. The Forceyer could also be used to deal with long-range attacks.

    The question remained, why could Phoenix suddenly use the Force Skill? It could not be because of the Force Potion because when they were fighting against the yers from North City earlier, everyone had used their Force Potions, and no one could use them again within an hour.

    That meant that Phoenix had officially awakened the Force just now.

    If the truth was not hidden, technically speaking, she should be the real second yer in War to awaken the Force.

    It was not odd this happened now because Phoenix¡¯s Force Guidance Rate had reached 95% earlier. Her progress¡¯ increase was directly rted to the activation of her talent, ¡°Dark Personality.¡±

    However,pared to Feng Luo, who was unconscious throughout his awakening, Phoenix was able to immediately adapt to the awakening of the Force.

    Of course, Phoenix herself was also unconscious. After all, her character was now controlled by her Dark Personality.

    Since she was also a character controlled by the system, Dark Phoenix¡¯sbat level was in no way inferior to the pirate captainmander, one could even say that she was stronger than him.

    After the first exchange of blows with their weapons, ¡°Exquisite,¡± in Dark Phoenix¡¯s hands, continued to hack, sh, and thrust towards the pirate captainmander.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh!¡±

    Afterimages and shadows of the ming red sword could be seen under the sun.

    Unlike Sword Ki Long River¡¯s sword techniques that resembled the form of martial arts, Wushu, Phoenix¡¯s sword skills were simple and practical and had no extra movements. Both of her hands gripped the sword tightly as she hacked away at the pirate captainmander consecutively. She was even pushing the initially domineering Hawkeye back now.

    ¡°Holy crap! Can somebody tell me if I¡¯m hallucinating? Someone is pushing andpletely dominating a Level-65 Commander-Grade monster?¡±

    ¡°Are you sure this is a female yer? Why do I feel like she¡¯s even stronger than our boss, Sword God?¡±

    All of the Nine-Star Guild yers who stayed to defend the ship were staring wide-eyed.

    The Light Armor Warrior yers that were sent flying all over the deck earlier were feeling their body temperatures rise to their cheeks in embarrassment.

    Although the Nine-Star Guild yers currently on the ship were not among the best, the eyesight and vision of these elites from a major guild were not weak.

    At the moment, the strength that Phoenix was disying had greatly exceeded their own. Most of them were feeling that the yer that every member of the guild was confident of being the strongest, one of the top ten experts in War, Sword Ki Long River, was no match to the female yer currently pressuring and dominating the Level-65 pirate captainmander.

    After all, the pirate captain did one-hit-kill Sword Ki Long River. Even though it was an ambush, it still sort of showed that there was a gap of strength between the two.

    Truthfully, Feng Luo was also quite baffled by the current situation.

    Even though she had awakened the Force, apart from the bonus skill attached to the weapon, she did not have any other Force skills. In theory, she should not be a match for the pirate captain who was 15 levels higher than her.

    However, the reality was that Phoenix had the advantage.

    Could it be due to the Force stats?

    However, it was not the time to think about such things.

    Although Phoenix had temporarily dominated the pirate captain and gained the upper hand, she was still not dealing a lot of damage on Hawkeye.

    While the pirate captain was at a disadvantageous position, he still managed to nce at the ocean. This proved that the NPC was looking for a retreat path.

    How could they let him escape sessfully? To kill a person among a super mega guild, show-off, and then run away?

    This was not something a Commander-Grade monster should be able to do. Does it think that it is a Quasi-Boss monster?

    In this situation, whether it was the Nine-Star Guild yers or Feng Luo, they would not allow him to escape.

    ¡°Hurry! Block his path!¡± The warrior yers flocked the pirate captain.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    As it happened, Hawkeye suddenly sent another Nine-Star Guild warrior yer flying away from him before he felt a sharp pain in his legs. His eyes stared forward the spot in anguish as a silver scalpel dug into his thigh.

    Under the disturbance of the Force, the scalpel cut less than one centimeter into his thigh.

    However, on the silver scalpel was a coat of dark green liquid that closely resembled the cross-shaped darts used by the Rebel Army¡¯s ninjas.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The pirate captain Commander-Grade monster¡¯s leg had suddenly be numb and lost mobility. Quickly after, he was struck in the back of the head by the ¡°Shield Bash¡± skill.

    Then, there was no need to say anymore.

    ...

    [You¡¯ve killed Pirate Captain Hawkeye (Level-65 Commander). Kill Contribution: 11.8%. Obtained Experience: 3,350. Obtained Merits: Eight.]

    [You¡¯ve participated in the killing of the Federation¡¯s Grade-A Wanted Criminal ¨C Hawkeye. After the killer sessfully reports the kill to the Federation Government, you will be able to receive mary rewards equivalent to your Kill Contribution.]

    [Abandoned Ruin Exploration Mission Complete. All remaining Storm City yers will receive 50 Merits.]

    Along with the system notification beep, the dead pirate captain also dropped a bunch of items on the ground.

    Energy crystals, a Commander-Grade pet biochip, the map of the Gray Waters... However, the most eye-catching item wasying beside Phoenix, who was pulling her longsword, ¡°Exquisite,¡± from the chest of the pirate captainmander ¨C the alloy sword that had returned to its grayish color and was emitting an orange glow.

 Chapter 639 - Exploration Finished

    <h4>Chapter 639: Exploration Finished</h4>

    The Storm City yers had killed the pirate captain, and the sun had just risen to a point where the fog was forming. The other surviving yers had retreated and brought with them a bunch of battle loot and mission items.

    As they prepared to leave, on a luxurious cruise ship on the other side of the triangr ind, the higher-ups of the various North City guilds who were initially awaiting good news were all grimacing.

    The guild leader of SK Guild, Guild Leader Park, was staring at a superstar maniptor of his guild with a stern expression while asking questions with gritted teeth. ¡°What? The device and Boss biochip has been taken by the people from Storm City? And just a dozen of you came back? Are you kidding me right now?¡±

    The superstar maniptor yer exined with a disgraced face, ¡°Guild leader, it¡¯s not our fault. No one would have thought that the Rebel Army would suddenly appear. The people from Storm City seemed to have, for some reason, discovered our ambush well in-advance. In the end, they somehow lured the Rebel Army camp people over to our side and caught all of us by surprise. It caused us to lose a lot of our people...¡±

    Guild Leader Park¡¯s face was incredibly dark and gloomy and he said with a tone tinged with a hint of anger, ¡°And you still have the gall to exin? You¡¯re all among the best of our various major guilds, and you¡¯re telling me that you can¡¯t even beat a bunch of Rebel Army camp yers with average gears? Even if you can¡¯t win, couldn¡¯t you have retreated sooner?¡±

    ¡°It is mainly because the Rebel Army camp¡¯s NPC had some method to gain control of the monsters from the branch bases. Also, we didn¡¯t clear the bases behind us that meant our nk was exposed and attacked by the monsters...¡± The superstar maniptor yer spoke softer and softer, his exnation gradually turning into a whisper.

    However, Guild Leader Park still heard it loud and clear. With veins popping up in his forehead as he shouted, ¡°You didn¡¯t clear it? Why didn¡¯t you clear them? Did the tacticalmand team not consider this?¡±

    The SK Guild¡¯s superstar maniptor perspired a lot and did not speak.

    The person who decided to not clear the bases was none other than the General Manager of thepany, also known as the guild leader.

    Although the guild leader,pletely enraged at the moment, had forgotten the fact that he was the one who made the arrangements, the superstar maniptor who had been developed and raised by the guild could not and dared not directly point it out.

    However, after shouting at the superstar yer, SK Guild¡¯s guild leader quickly remembered. ¡°It is my fault. I did not consider the fact that the Rebel Army would take part in this...¡±

    After that, with a very gloomy face, he lowered his voice and re-evaluated himself. He turned around to face the higher-ups of the various major guilds of North City before bowing.

    ¡°However, we have not yetpletely lost. This cruise ship has been specially modified. Its speed is faster than Storm City¡¯s military ship. We only need to follow them and find their position. After that, we will just need to find some way to block their path. We still have a chance of getting the mission item. After all, the superweapons on their military ship cannot be used in a battle between yers. We only need to...¡± After he finished speaking, a sparkle could be seen in the eyes of Guild Leader Park under his gold-rimmed spectacles.

    However, before he could finish speaking...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Suddenly, as if being hit by a huge wave, the entire luxurious cruise ship nted to one side violently.

    ¡°Ssh!¡±

    The people in the cabin, as well as the people on deck, lost their footing immediately and fell to one side, some people even fell directly into the sea.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°What happened?¡±

    The higher-ups of the North City guilds and the yers that returned from the ind seemed to be surprised and shocked.

    A Scout yer took out his recon meter to check and immediately, his expression changed. ¡°There¡¯s a monster in the sea. F*cking hell, it is a giant Quasi-Boss monster!¡±

    He did not need to speak anymore. Some of those on the ship had noticed who or what was causing the cruise ship to tilt so much.

    A meaty and savage-looking head around the size of a house covered with multiple table-sized spikes emerged from the gray ocean water under the bright sun. It red vengefully and hatefully at the yers on the cruise ship.

    It continually mmed its ck turtle shell with multiple mountain-like bumps into the hull of the cruise ship that had been severely dented.

    ¡°Hurry! Go and stop it! We can¡¯t let it keep hitting us!¡± Within the cabin, an official from one of the guilds of North City, whose head was now bleeding from a fall, shouted after he saw the scene through the cruise ship¡¯s surveince system.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    A few yers ran to the ship¡¯s deck. While trying to steady themselves, the yers threw energy attacks and fired bullets at the Quasi-Boss in the sea.

    However...

    ¡°It¡¯s not working! We¡¯re not making a dent!¡±

    ¡°The defense of this Quasi-Boss monster called the Shark Turtle is just too strong! Its HP is over a million!¡±

    Before long, the yers who took part in the attack looked in utter despair.

    Bullets and attacks whichnded on the monster¡¯s body only dealt single-digit damage against it. How were they going to fight and defeat this monster?

    If there were over a hundred yers on board, they might have been able to defeat the Quasi-Boss Shark Turtle before it sank the cruise ship.

    However, they only had 30 to 40 yers left on the ship. Among them, more than half were management type yers from the various major guilds of North City.

    To rely on these people to quickly kill a Quasi-Boss with insane defense and over a million points in HP? Was it even possible?

    Of course, it was impossible.

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re finished! The ship¡¯s hull is destroyed!¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re done for! The ship is sinking!¡±

    The Quasi-Boss Shark Turtle underneath the luxurious cruise ship kept using its shell to m into the side of the cruise ship.

    As a cruise ship, while its materials were incredibly high quality, when it came to its defense, it could not bepared to Storm City¡¯s military ship. With the Level-55 Quasi-Boss mming into the ship as if nothing else mattered, the ship was starting to sink.

    ¡°Hurry up! Bring out the assault boats! Use the speed boats!¡±

    ¡°It won¡¯t work. The system is telling us we can¡¯t bring out vehicles since we¡¯re in the middle of a fight... F*ck...¡±

    Amid the quickly sinking cruise ship, a bunch of North City yers was trying to swim to escape from the whirlpool created by therge sink sinking, as well as the cursing of those who failed to escape.

    The Quasi-Boss Shark Turtle seemed to have even cracked its shell after consecutive collisions. It was surrounded by blood as it sank along with the cruise ship.

    As a ¡°Parasitic¡± monster, after the sea serpent died, the Shark Turtle¡¯s life wasing to an end.

    After a series of incredible life-threatening collisions with the ship, it had also burned out its remaining life force.

    However, if this Shark Turtle could speak, it would probably be muttering something along this line, ¡°Serpey, old friend, I¡¯ve finally avenged you,...¡± not knowing that it had found and sunk the wrong ship.

    Nheless, one side encountering the assault of a Quasi-Boss each, it sure does seem quite fair, right?

 Chapter 640 - Making the Headline

    <h4>Chapter 640: Making the Headline</h4>

    [Breaking ¨C First Boss-Grade Biochip Appears.] ¨C Poprity: 1.45 billion.

    [Second to Awaken Force Appears, Snipers have Advantage in Awakening the Force?] ¨C Poprity: 1.123 billion.

    [Moon Brilliance Conglomerate sshes 1.5 billion credits to purchase the first Legendary-Grade essory, ¡°Star¡¯s Love,¡± for Light Dancing Sparrow. Light Dancing Sparrow expected to enter Top Five of the Power Ranking List.] ¨C Poprity: 898 million.

    ...

    [The Pet Biochip Abandoned Ruin Competition Mission has ended. The Rebel Army intervened mid-way. North City suffers utter defeat but the ultimate winner is not the Nine-Star Guild.]

    [Taking three pieces of Boss-Grade pet biochips as his own, the second to awaken the Force, possesses a hidden profession and a mysteriously powerful pet. Just who is the number one searched person ¨C Feng Zhi Luo Ye?]

    [Battle Between Number One and Number Two. Invikill suffers utter defeat. Title of Number One Sniper in danger of changing masters.]

    ...

    Feng Luo sat on a seat beside the window. He switched his vision to the forum. As he did so, a bunch of popr threads filled his vision.

    Whether it was on the Storm City regional forum section or War¡¯s general forum section, the most popr threads had simr thread titles and more than half of them were rted to him.

    To put it simply, if War¡¯s forum had something like a ¡°headline,¡± he would be on it. If there were such a thing as a top ten hottest or most popr topic, he¡¯d also be on at least seven or eight of them.

    Among the top three hottest threads, only one of them was taken by War¡¯s ¡°Number One Female Superstar yer¡± and ¡°War¡¯s Goddess,¡± a.k.a. Moon Brilliance Conglomerate¡¯s Light Dancing Sparrow getting a full set of Legendary-Grade essories. Concerning this topic, the Moon Brilliance Conglomerate might also be marketing and pushing it to the top behind the scenes.

    The conclusion was simple, Feng Luo was popr. However, he was not just ¡°a little¡± popr.

    In terms of his poprity, he was dominating all of the superstar yers at the moment. In terms of the most searched yer, he was number one.

    It was just as Phoenix had predicted earlier. After this mission, it was no longer possible for him to maintain a low profile.

    Although it was not to the extent where everyone one knew. At the very least, the ID ¡°Feng Zhi Luo Ye¡± would stay on the forum for a very long time. For yers who paid attention to this issue, it had be a name that they were very familiar with.

    Since many superstar yers had pre-emptively prepared to promote themselves, most, if not all, of the superstar yers had recorded videos using the first-person recording option.

    As such, many of the threads had videos attached to them. On these videos, there were scenes and recordings of Feng Luo¡¯s battles and fights during the mission.

    The good thing was that Feng Luo always used the facial blocking setting to block his actual face from being recorded, a setting he applied a long time ago. As such, in the threads, the yers only saw a face that had been modified by the system.

    As such, Feng Luo did not have to worry that his face would be revealed like a guild¡¯s superstar yer where he would be recognized no matter where he went. He did not have to worry about being stopped and asked to take a photograph or something either.

    For Feng Luo, the current situation was still eptable. Apart from Feng Luo bing popr, his hidden profession, the Special Agent, had also be popr.

    Some of the profession change mission content back then had been dug up and revealed. At the same time, since many people already knew that Onishi had the Special Agent profession also; Phoenix, Big Pineapple, and even Digital Cat gained some widespread attention.

    Among the three, Phoenix received the most attention due to the final duel between Phoenix and the pirate captainmander on the military ship that was recorded by someone from the Nine-Star Guild.

    As a yer, she did not only stand her ground in the battle against a Level-65 Commander-Grade humanoid monster, but she even vaguely gained the upper hand. That in itself was an incredible feat.

    In particr, the other Nine-Star Guild yers that continued to be sent flying all over the ce from the attacks from the enemy NPC also further highlighted the feat. Besides, Phoenix and her Goddess-level face, ¡°Dark Phoenix¡¯s¡± cold stare during the battle, her unique temperament, the magnificent figure, and image after she activated the skill from the longsword, ¡°Exquisite,¡± that engulfed her in mes had further elevated her attractiveness.

    As such, some people even associated her thread to the third popr Light Dance Sparrow¡¯s thread altogether. They discussed and debated on whether Phoenix or Light Dance Sparrow was the actual number one female yer in War.

    They even brought upon the debate on who should the title of ¡°Number One Beauty¡± belong to. Both of these debates brought Phoenix a bunch of fans.

    These two factors were enough to regard the attention that Phoenix gained at the level of a first-rate female superstar yer.

    Not mention the threads that even mentioned guesses about whether Phoenix had also awakened the Force like Feng Luo. However, concerning this, it was not as certain as it was in Feng Luo¡¯s situation because he admitted to it.

    After Phoenix¡¯s battle on the military ship, she went directly offline. Since then, she had not yete back online.

    As such, for now, the question and answer could only be spected by some. However, it was still one of the hot topics of discussion for some of the yers.

    If it was true, it would mean that the first three yers to awaken the Force in the entirety of War woulde from Storm City. What would this mean for the yers who were in the other 30 plus main cities, some of whom that even touted themselves as being main cities above Storm City? How could they ept that?

    Additionally, if this were to be true then it would attract countless yers¡¯ attention when the hidden profession of Special Agent began recruiting again.

    Simr to the spection about whether or not the Sniper profession was beneficial to awakening the Force, yers were specting about the Special Agent hidden profession being more beneficial to one¡¯s awakening of the Force.

    Apart from these topics, another thing worth mentioning was that Phoenix¡¯s armor set that she was equipped with had also garnered a lot of attention.

    Since many people noticed that this set of exquisitely beautiful and stylish female armor was incredibly eye-catching and had never appeared anywhere else before in War. This made many female and male yers¡¯ eyes sparkle... Of course, the reason for the sparkling and where they were focused on were quite different.

    Apart from Phoenix, Digital Cat also attracted quite a lot of attention. However, the topics surrounding her were more focused on the Mechanist forum section.

    [Realistic Mecha Defeats Two Superstar yers in Real Battle. The Rise of Micro Mechas?] The hottest thread on the Mechanist forum section at the moment also had a video attached.

    The video¡¯s content was of a ¡°Heavy Armor Warrior¡± yer that was over two-meters tall that was holding an alloy sword in one hand and a shield in the other. The ¡°yer¡± was engaged in a battle against two North City yers. The alloy sword continued to hack away at the two North City yers while the shield continued to block most bullets fired from a Scout yer. In this 1 vs. 2 situation, he was not at all at a disadvantage.

    As for the result of the battle, the ¡°Heavy Armor Warrior¡± killed a Scout yer and a Light Armor Warrior yer. However, he was also stabbed in the chest by the Light Armor Warrior, the alloy sword poked out of his chest. As sparks flew out of his wound, he fell on the ground.

    It was then that the people watching the video found that the inside of the ¡°Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s¡± body, as well as ¡°his¡± cuts and wounds were not flesh and blood, but instead were metallic structures. Such an agile ¡°Heavy Armor Warrior yer¡± was a humanoid battle mecha.

    Although the final result was both sides going down together, not to mention the Storm City team that had some long-range attackers helping out the battle mecha, many people watching also recognized that the two yers from North City fighting against the humanoidbat mecha were experts. They were famous superstar yers, one of them was even a top-ss superstar yer in the top 50 ranking list of North City.

    A humanoid battle mecha managed to kill two top-ss yers?

    In some other videos, the mecha even showcased quite devastating long-range attacking skills, showing just how mighty it was.

    Inside these hot popr threads, apart from multiple people analyzing the mecha¡¯s strengths and weaknesses, many Mechanist yers were also asking for details and information regarding the methods of getting this type of mecha.

    After that flurry of posts and messages came information from yers that probably also took part in the exploration mission, regarding how Digital Cat was also a Special Agent, causing another round of hot discussion which increased the thread¡¯s poprity ensued.

    Digital Cat also became popr. At the same time, ¡°T-750¡± also gained a huge wave of promotion.

 Chapter 641 - Not Two but Four!

    <h4>Chapter 641: Not Two but Four!</h4>

    After browsing for a little bit on the forum, Feng Luo changed his view back to the game. The reason for changing back was the person he was waiting for had arrived, ording to his estimation.

    Lastly, Feng Luo noticed that his inbox was now filled with over 10,000 unread messages.

    Once a person became famous, a lot of troublesome and annoying things would also follow. For example, inbox messages that could be sent from a stranger caused Feng Luo topletely lose interest in opening or reading them anymore.

    In addition to his inbox, he also had over a hundred missed calls on hisms device.

    In truth, if Feng Luo did not set hisms device setting to only receive calls from people on his friends¡¯ list, he would be flooded by calls by now.

    Even if they were friends, he couldn¡¯t respond to each of the calls. After all, some of them were only people he exchanged name cards with and they weren¡¯t well-acquainted beyond that.

    As such, after he got online, he set hisms device setting to ¡°deny allmunications,¡± and finally obtained some form of peace and quiet.

    ¡°Miss Rui, if you have any requests, please do not hesitate to let me know.¡± Wearing a cheongsam dress covered in porcin floral patterns, a waitress led Sister Rui into the room. After speaking, the waitress left.

    ¡°Little Feng! This ce of yours... Not bad at all, it¡¯s quite casual andfy,¡± Sister Rui said teasingly with a smile as she sat across from Feng Luo. She was wearing a white, short-sleeved suit paired with a pair of tight ck pants and picked up a green porcin teacup from the bamboo table. ¡°But topletely shut off yourms device and run away to a rxation club like this to drink when you¡¯re on the top of the search ranking and bing famous overnight... Even I feel like you¡¯re wasting an amazing opportunity.¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head and said with a bitter smile, ¡°Sister Rui, don¡¯t tease me. I¡¯ve been bombarded with calls and messages for over the past 24 hours. I wish it did not turn out like this.¡±

    Sister Rui took a sip from the teacup, as the sides of her lips curved slightly upward she said, ¡°Hehe, if the people who¡¯ve failed to get their fame up after countless hype attempts see or hear youining right now, they¡¯d probably grit their teeth. You should know that more than 90% of the yers in War wish that a day like this woulde to them one day. After all, bing a superstar yer in War has much more weight than being a superstar in reality right now.¡±

    She looked at Feng Luo, her face full of curiosity, and asked, ¡°But seriously, when did you awaken the Force? I can¡¯t believe you did not tell me either.¡±

    ¡°It was when the Biohazard Crisis incident urred. The day Mu Zi and the others went to explore the abandoned underground ruin.¡± To Sister Rui, Feng Luo never tried to hide this, and Mr. X¡¯s confidential use did not specify this particr issue.

    ¡°That means... Did you awaken the Force earlier than Invikill? Okay, now I truly understand what is a true low profile...¡± Sister Rui put down the teacup and shook her head, a little baffled.

    ¡°Alright, Sister Rui, stopplimenting me... The reason I¡¯m here today is actually about the pet biochip.¡± Feng Luo steered the conversation back on the main topic.

    The reason he went to see Sister Rui was because of the items he gained during the expedition.

    The Nine-Star Guild agreed that all items obtained during the mission belonged to the individual. In this mission, as one of the yers who made it until the end, in addition to being the only long-range yer who managed to get his hands on three core items, he had killed a lot of people during the mission.

    ording to the rules, he obtained a lot of items, not to mention the most searched item throughout the entire forum, the ¡°Boss Biochip¡± was also in his possession.

    Of course, the best way to deal with these things was to leave it to Sister Rui, who will be able to deal with them through the Huan Yu Company. After selling these items off in an auction, he would have enough to fill the 500 million credits gap that Old John needed to get the production equipment. There might be even more credits left over.

    ¡°You¡¯re prepared to hand that Quasi-Boss pet biochip to me to auction off? Little Feng, you had better think this through.¡± Unexpectedly, Sister Rui did not seem delighted after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s words. Instead, she stared very seriously at him when she spoke.

    ¡°Although the auction will likely get you the maximum mary return, I think that manyrge guilds and other factions, evenrge financial conglomerates, would personally contact you to purchase it. If you sold it to them, apart from mary gains, you might even gain connections. Connections with these people might be even more valuable than mere credits...¡± Sister Rui sounded very cautious and serious when she said this.

    The reason the North City yers did not clear the bases was that at the moment, War only had five Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochips.

    Among the five biochips, Feng Luo had two of them, in addition to the one Boss-Grade pet biochip that he had.

    As for the other three, one was with Red Queen and one was with a superstar Machine Gunner. It was obvious that neither of these two would not be auctioning them off.

    As for thest piece, it was in the hands of a Rebel Army camp yer. It was probably obtained while the Rebel Army team was clearing the bases.

    As such, most of the rich and powerful who had their eyes on the pet biochip were now focused on Feng Luo since he owned three incredibly valuable pet biochips. Many people had left him messages with a proposed price.

    In this situation, even if Feng Luo did not go through an auction house, he would still be able to get a pretty decent sum.

    More importantly, he could also gain a strongwork of connections through these chips. Those who were capable enough to purchase these chips were not your average yers or factions. Connections and rtionships with these people would be incredibly useful in the future.

    ¡°No need, just auction them off.¡± Feng Luo simply shook his head.

    The reason he chose to go the auction path was so he could maximize his profit and ensure that his funding for the Legendary-Grade item production equipment. Earlier, he had already asked those who he was friends with on whether any of them wanted to go through the ¡°backdoor¡± to buy from him the Boss-Grade pet biochip.

    Phoenix had Jelly, so she did not need it. Digital Cat never really cared about pets. As for Big Pineapple, who was easily captivated by wealth and money, he also chose to decline the offer.

    At the current juncture, the price of a Quasi-Boss pet biochip was too high. It was much higher than a piece of Legendary-Grade equipment. While Big Pineapple was money-hungry, he did not think it was fair to take advantage of Feng Luo like this.

    Secondly, Big Pineapple took part in the enemy baiting mission arranged by the Nine-Star Guild, he took part in escorting the core device back to the military ship, as well as the final battle against the pirate captain where he was a key contributor. The Nine Star-Guild had promised to sell a Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochip to him at half the cost of the original price once they were able to produce Quasi-Boss pet biochips.

    As such, Big Pineapple was in no hurry to get this Quasi-Boss grade pet biochip when he could wait for a cheaper one.

    Apart from Big Pineapple, Feng Luo also asked Onishi and Zhao Yun. Both of them were strong enough and did not have a powerful pet with them yet, making them people who were looking for a pet biochip.

    However, Onishi also declined the offer after a brief moment of silence.

    As for Zhao Yun, he initially said ¡°Yes, I want it. I want it, but I¡¯mcking cashtely,¡± with a sheepish smile. In the end, he also said that he would wait for Nine-Star Guild¡¯s promised Quasi-Boss grade pet biochip and told Feng Luo to not consider reserving them for him.

    As for the other people who also had a good rtionship with Feng Luo, they could not afford to own this Quasi-Boss pet biochip. After all, it was not a simple matter of a few tens of millions of credits.

    Concerning creating a good rtionship with some of the major guilds or factions, Feng Luo did not even consider this.

    ¡°Alright, then, an auction may be good then...¡± After hearing Feng Luo¡¯s exnations, Sister Rui nodded.

    ¡°But that Boss pet biochip, you¡¯re using it for yourself, right? This means that it¡¯ll be only two Quasi-Boss pet biochips, right? I¡¯ll check with thepany HQ and use them as the finale items in a mega auction that we¡¯ll be holding a few days from now,¡± Sister Rui said while looking at Feng Luo.

    Since the Huan Yu Company had the Permanent Enhancement Potion supplied by Feng Luo, thepany had stabilized its position as one of the best auction houses in Storm City. Whenpared to Starry Sky Company that entered the market first and upied arge market share, they were not all that weaker.

    However, as a signature oldpany, the Starry Sky Company still had a slight advantage. They somehow managed to get their hands on a Quasi-Boss biochip from somewhere earlier. Just two days ago, they used it as a finale item in a mega auction when Feng Luo¡¯s group was still in the exploration mission. Itpletely tilted and silenced Huan Yu¡¯s previous momentum.

    Now, Feng Luo¡¯s two Quasi-Boss pet biochips were going to assist Huan Yu in their uing mega auction.

    ¡°No, not two, but four.¡± Feng Luo smiled and uttered a sentence that shook Sister Rui.

 Chapter 642 - Starry Sky Companyâ€™s Big Purchase

    <h4>Chapter 642: Starry Sky Company¡¯s Big Purchase</h4>

    ¡°Four?¡± After Feng Luo spoke, Sister Rui could not hide the look of shock that appeared on her face.

    Feng Luo nodded and said, ¡°Yes, four. Three Quasi-Boss pet biochips and one Boss pet biochip.¡±

    ¡°Three Quasi-Boss chips, but didn¡¯t they say on the forum that you only have two...?¡± Sister Rui stared at Feng Luo with her light blue eyes, remember, Sister Rui is of mixed race. [1]

    ¡°I was lucky and got one more Quasi-Boss biochip at the end,¡± Feng Luo answered.

    The North City Sniper yer¡¯s Quasi-Boss biochip was probably obtained from killing a member of the Rebel Army camp, who probably obtained the chip while clearing the other bases.

    After all, when the Rebel Army was clearing the other bases, some Quasi-Boss biochips were bound to have dropped and obtained by some yers.

    From the shocking number of battle loot that appeared after killing the Sniper, one could tell how many people the Sniper had already killed because there was a Quasi-Boss biochip in his possession.

    However, in the end, greed got to this North City Sniper. He wanted to take the Boss biochip for himself and he paid a very heavy price when he made it easy for Feng Luo to turn the tables in his favor.

    Nheless, it was clear that the Sniper did not speak up about the situation, as none of the yers on the forum knew that Feng Luo had another Quasi-Boss pet biochip in his possession.

    ¡°Since it¡¯s like this, with three Quasi-Boss biochips... You have half of the spoils from this mission with you, and this is not including the Boss biochip that you have. Little Feng, are you sure you want to also auction off this Boss biochip? If it¡¯s the finale, the three Quasi-Boss biochips are already more than enough.¡± Sister Rui suddenly realized, but she continued to stare suspiciously at Feng Luo. ¡°Aren¡¯t you reserving the Boss biochip for yourself? This is the first Boss-Grade pet biochip in War, after all.¡±

    ¡°No, I won¡¯t use it. I don¡¯t need this chip,¡± Feng Luo said and shook his head.

    Feng Luo¡¯s words hinted at this information, and naturally, Sister Rui immediately understood and reacted.

    She couldn¡¯t help but breathe in lightly before asking a follow-up question, ¡°Little Feng, does this mean that the spections on the forum are real? That your pet is already Boss-Grade?¡±

    ¡°Yes, it is from the Beetle Temple that we encountered back when we took part in Lu Conglomerate¡¯s ruin exploration mission...¡± Feng Luo said with a smile and nodded his head.

    ¡°Right... Your luck is quite something. To have a Boss-Grade pet... and to keep a low profile that no one noticed and no one can confirm, even now... That¡¯s just...¡± After hearing Feng Luo¡¯s brief exnation, Sister Rui could only shake her head andugh.

    ¡°This means that the Boss biochip¡¯s price might not be as shocking as one would imagine,¡± Sister Rui said.

    Concerning potential clients wanting to purchase this Boss biochip, apart from it being a Boss-Grade pet biochip, but the title of being ¡°The First¡± was also one of the important reasons that it was so coveted by many.

    At the moment, if they knew that they couldn¡¯t get the title of being the first to own the first Boss Grade pet in War, even after buying this biochip through the auction, some might not even bother trying to get it anymore.

    ¡°Yes, that might affect it somewhat. However, 24K¡¯s situation is unique. Average yers aren¡¯t able to detect its grade, as long as I don¡¯t admit to it before the auction, then the effects won¡¯t be felt. Besides, even if 24K¡¯s grade is discovered, that won¡¯t be too much of a problem. This Boss-Grade pet biochip can still be promoted as the first Boss-Grade biochip.¡± Feng Luo smiled and suggested an idea. ¡°I can say that it was upgraded and evolved to Boss-Grade through its cultivation and growth. After all, some people have already evolved their pet to the Quasi-Boss Grade. That exnation of evolving my pet to the Boss Grade will work.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s a usible idea,¡± Sister Rui said with a smile.

    Even Sister Rui was looking forward to finding out how much the ¡°First Boss-Grade Pet Biochip in War¡± would fetch in an auction.

    Without a shred of doubt, this pet biochip was going to break the record for the single most expensive item in the entire game. The Huan Yu Company was also hoping to push the price even higher, as much as they could.

    ¡°When you went to the abandoned ruin, the final item at Starry Sky¡¯s auction, the Quasi-Boss biochip, was sold at 950 million credits. This is the result of them conducting the auction hastily even when it was certain that you lot were guaranteed to obtain Quasi-Boss Grade biochips in the exploration mission. As a result of that, many VIP clients used that as a chance to observe rather than partake in the bidding. Otherwise, the price would be higher. It might even break the record of the first Legendary-Grade item that we auctionedst time,¡± Sister Rui said suddenly.

    ¡°950 million? That is quite a good price.¡± Feng Luo was rather surprised after hearing the amount.

    In reality, for many of the intearyrge conglomerates of the Gctic Era, expenses under 100 million Star Coins were not even worth mentioning because this was only a game and the pet biochips were things that would ultimately depreciate. A price near one billion was quite terrifying.

    Most importantly, if a Quasi-Boss Grade biochip costs almost one billion credits, then what about the price for a Boss-Grade biochip?

    ¡°Five billion. Half a month ago, Starry Sky Company offered the price of five billion credits to purchase the first Boss biochip. Of course, considering the current situation, that price is low. The auction price will certainly be higher,¡± Sister Rui said, looking at Feng Luo.

    She was saying this to let Feng Luo know that Starry Sky¡¯s offer was quite attractive. If it were an average yer, they might go the safe route and directly sell the chip to the Starry Sky Company and get the 500 Star Coins in their pocket directly.

    Sister Rui revealed this piece of info to Feng Luo because she wanted to let him know that she was 100% confident that the Boss biochip would fetch more than five billion credits, equivalent to 500 million Star Coins.

    ¡°Five billion, huh? That¡¯s a really big number,¡± Feng Luomented.

    For a person whose livelihood was to kill daily, an asset of over 100 million was something that waspletely out of reach. However, right now, in War, a game that was had zero hazards that once-upon-a-time pipedream was now almost within his reach, and it has only been a few short months.

    The power of an all-nation, all-citizen, game to create wealth was so strong that he was very surprised.

    ¡°But this Boss biochip isn¡¯t entirely mine. During the auction, I¡¯ll have to trouble you to help me prepare arger suite room,¡± Feng Luo said to Sister Rui after suddenly remembering that fact.

    To be precise, the Boss-Grade pet biochip did not belong solely to him. It was something that belonged to all eight other people who entered the main central base.

    Since Feng Luo¡¯s losses suffered and his overall contribution to getting that biochip was the absolute highest amongst the group, the biochip was left with him to sell. The other seven yers agreed to leave it to him to handle things.

    In truth, concerning the distribution of the spoils for the Boss biochip, the Nine-Star Guild higher-ups even had a conflict of their own.

    The item was just too valuable. For the Nine-Star Guild, it was tough to let it go. Some of them believed that they should get 50% of the profit rted to the chip while some believed it should be 90%. However, Zi Wei¡¯s opinion was that they should follow their previous agreement, that stated to all who participated in the mission that apart from the core equipment, all other battle drops and spoils would belong to the person who obtained it. The Nine-Star Guild would keep their promise, no matter how much it pained them.

    Both sides kept arguing and in the end, it was the quiet Sword Ki Long River who stood up and mentioned that if not for Feng Luo and a few others who stepped up to protect the core device at the end of the mission, the Nine-Star Guild might have failed the mission altogether.

    After this was brought up, the others from Nine-Star Guild could no longer keep up their argument.

    As such, the final decision was that Feng Luo had full authority on how the biochip should be handled.

    Editor notes:

    [1] I¡¯m not sure if that part should be kept or not.

 Chapter 643 - Another Surprise for Sister Rui

    <h4>Chapter 643: Another Surprise for Sister Rui</h4>

    ¡°Yes, just give me a list of names, then I¡¯ll make the necessary arrangements for you,¡± Sister Rui said and nodded.

    ¡°Alright. Oh, I almost forgot. Apart from the four Boss-Grade and Quasi-Boss Grade pet biochips, I also have around 30 Commander-Grade pet biochips and over 200 Elite-Grade pet biochips, if Huan Yu Company needs it, I can also leave it with you,¡± Feng Luo nodded and said, dropping another bombshell of Sister Rui.

    ¡°That many?¡± Sister Rui¡¯s light blue eyes widened in surprise once more.

    Although Feng Luo told her earlier that due to the rules of the mission, he obtained many items from other yers at the end in addition to all of the items he earned by himself, she never would have imagined that Feng Luo would have so many pet biochips in his hands.

    ¡°Commander-Grade chips are worth around two million credits each. Elite-Grade biochips are worth around 100,000 credits each. If you add them all up, that¡¯s around 100 million credits right there. Little Feng, your earnings in this one day-long mission is already higher than my annual ie,¡± Sister Rui said as shemented.

    ¡°They¡¯re worth so much?¡± However, after hearing Sister Rui¡¯s exnation, it was Feng Luo who was surprised.

    Now that the Rebel Army camp had missions that allowed yers to obtain a Commander-Grade pet biochip, a Commander-Grade pet biochip¡¯s market value had gone down to only millions of credits, and Elite-Grade pet biochips were only a few tens of thousands of credits.

    However, Sister Rui was estimating the price of these ¡°Low ss¡± chips of his at double the price.

    ¡°Yes. Little Feng, as a participant, it looks like you did not pay attention to what happened after the mission, did you? I finally managed to see you show a surprised expression,¡± Sister Rui said with augh. ¡°After the expedition ended, not everyone left. Some yers were left on the ind, right?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, there were some.¡± Feng Luo nodded, it was certain that some yers stayed behind.

    As the window of time for them to leave the ind after the sun rose was only 20 minutes. However, the yers on the ind were very scattered during battles. As such, it was natural for some of them to not be able to get back in time.

    Besides, due to their feud with the Rebel Army pirates, because they were in a location far away from the Federation¡¯s territory, the Nine-Star Guild military ship could not stay at that location until the afternoon to ensure that they brought everyone along, and was why some yers were left behind.

    In reality, it was not only Storm City, but there were also some people from North City as well as from the Rebel Army camp who were left behind.

    Due to the ¡°Biohazard Crisis¡± created by Feng Luo, the number of Rebel Army camp yers left behind was quite high.

    ¡°After you all left, some of the people left on the ind discovered arge horde of monsters within the main central base in the abandoned ruin. Among them, there was also a Quasi-Boss monster. While the drop rate of biochips from killing these monsters was incredibly low, all the new monsters could enter into contracts.¡± Sister Rui then turned on her terminal, found an article from one of the hottest posts, and zoomed in to show it to Feng Luo.

    ¡°So that¡¯s how it is.¡± Feng Luo had not seen that post before. Concerning the aftermath of the mission, he did not care at all. As such, he only understood it now.

    After the exploration mission was over, the Devil Tri-Horn Fog Ind was turned into a ¡°Pet Map¡± by the system.

    By taking on some missions, yers would be able to reach the ind, and monsters on the ind would still drop pet biochips, but the drop rate had be unbelievably low, almost as low as the pet biochip drop rate of killing Monsters controlled by members of the Rebel Army.

    However, the monsters on the ind had be monsters that could be bound by ¡°contracts¡± with yers.

    In truth, this event did not have much of an impact on most yers.

    However, concerning the bunch of pet biochips Feng Luo had in his possession, the event had helped increase their value.

    Since all the biochips were dropped from the monsters on the ind, as a result, the biochips, when used on monsters that dropped the biochip, had an almost 100% chance of creating a sessful contract.

    As for pet biochips obtained through other missions, it was quite difficult to find a monster with such a high sess rate. If the biochip was used and the control or contract binding procedure failed, it would mean wasting the biochip itself.

    As such, getting a pet was not simply about getting the biochip, if one were unlucky, one might not even get a pet even after using several pet biochip pieces.

    From this alone, one could easily tell that the pet biochips that almost guaranteed a 100% sess rate would boast a higher price.

    ¡°Moreover, from the info on the forum, the monsters on the abandoned ruin were quite powerful. Each of them was unique, and for yers who liked unique pets, they were also quite attractive. As a result, the price for one of these was going to be higher than a normal pet biochip,¡± exined Sister Rui.

    ¡°That¡¯s true...¡± Feng Luo nodded.

    There were only ten types of monsters on the ind. They were the Hypertoxic Chameleons that had their own ¡°stealth mode,¡± the Python Flower that possessed traits of both nts and animals, the Overlord Earthworm that could ¡°petrify¡± their targets... Apart from the self-destructive Rock Balls that were a bit of a joke, the rest could be said to be a lot stronger than normal monsters.

    If it was not for the fact that dropped biochips were in the ¡°damaged¡± status and needed to be repaired, many yers might have already taken the chance to use them as pets immediately.

    Now, after knowing that the ind had be a pet map, it was a given that many yers would head there to catch pets after purchasing the pet biochips.

    ¡°In reality, Little Feng, if you¡¯re not in a hurry, I believe that we can put these Commander-Grade biochips inside the safe for some time. Since many people are probably going to sell these in Storm City in theing days, this will inherently lower the price a little,¡± Sister Rui said.

    After Sister Rui¡¯s reminder, an idea urred to Feng Luo. Then, he nodded and said, ¡°Alright, if that¡¯s the case, then I¡¯ll preserve some of the chips. Perhaps they can be used elsewhere.¡±

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, apart from the biochips, Lin also asked me to hand these to you. By the time your auction is underway, mass production of the potions you see here should already be possible.¡± After that, Feng Luo pulled a silver box out of his inventory and opened it. Inside the opened box, there were over a dozen potions of varied colors.

    Intrigued, Sister Rui picked up one of the potions, an Intermediate Evolution Virus Buff Potion, from the box, and after looking at the stats, said, ¡°The stats of this buff potion is quite decent. It¡¯sparable to the B-Grade Buff Potion that we can get in some of the missions. These are going to be popr among the people who don¡¯tck money. If you can mass produce it, we¡¯ll also include them as one of the main promotion contents in our next auction.¡±

    After that, shemented and said, ¡°But it is, after all, just a temporary buff potion. No matter how good the price, it will not beparable to the Beginner Permanent Enhancement Potion fromst time. What a pity, it is because we can now exchange the T-Virus potion that the Permanent Enhancement Potion¡¯s market value has dropped to less than one-tenth of its original by now.¡±

    ¡°But that¡¯s inevitable. The gamepany wouldn¡¯t continue to let us earn easy money like that,¡± Feng Luo said in agreement. He then pointed to two purple potions isted on one side of the box and said, ¡°But apart from the buff potion, perhaps these potions can temporarily make up the losses on those Permanent Enhancement Potions.¡±

    Sister Rui¡¯s eyes lit up. She knew from Feng Luo¡¯s words that he was implying something. As such, she looked expectantly at the purple potions and asked, ¡°Oh... Little Feng, from what you just said... Could it be that your NPC genius partner has created another type of mega potion?¡±

    Sister Rui¡¯s pitch went up an octave as she eximed in delight, ¡°This... It is the rare potion that grants a person the Force temporarily!¡±

    Sister Rui was delightfully surprised. No matter what grade the buff potion was at, nothing would entice or attract yers right now more than the purple ¡°Quasi Force Potions¡± in front of her right now.

    It allowed yers to possess the Force for a certain period, and the effect was very highly anticipated.

    In particr, for yers who owned Legendary-Grade items, there was no way they were going to let this opportunity pass.

    The number of Legendary-Grade items in the game was quite high by then. However, one of the strongest characteristics of their gear, the bonus skill, was unusable to them. For all of these yers who did notck money, not only would the Force Potion temporarily grant them the chance to experience the real strength and potential of their Legendary-Grade item, but it would also allow them to significantly increase their strength at crucial moments.

    With that alone, even though the Quasi Force Potion was a consumable item that granted a temporary boost and as such, its price could not bepared to the Permanent Enhancement Potion, its appeal to top-ss yers was right up there.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. In one of the battles, by lending the strength of the Force Potions, we managed to defeat the North City yers¡¯ ambush with half their numbers. There¡¯s also a video of this on the forum. This could be used as promotional content. Also, in the second base, one of my friends managed to get a Quasi-Boss pet biochip after using the bonus skill of the Legendary-Grade item activated by the Force Potion... I think that by using these two videos as the promotion content, we¡¯ll be able to entice the hearts of a lot of people,¡± Feng Luo suggested.

    When Red Queen surrounded herself in a ring of golden fireballs and bombarded the sea of flowers from long range, that scene alone was the embodiment of magnificence, and it was much better than any sort of advertisement.

    The thread that contained the video was also one of the top three threads in the maniptor¡¯s branch forum section.

    ¡°Right. Sister Rui? Why are you staring at me?¡± Feng Luo found Sister Rui staring directly at his face with a gentle smile after he finished speaking.

    ¡°Little Feng, why don¡¯t youe over to Huan Yu and help us n... Your talent in marketing and branding seems just as good as your talent in fighting,¡± Sister Rui teased him with augh.

    ¡°Hah, Sister Rui, you should stop praising me. I know full-well where I stand,¡± Feng Luo replied, shaking his head while smiling.

    Concerning the promotion method of the Boss biochip and the Force Potion, it was true that he had thought about it beforehand and had conjured up these two marketing and promotion ns.

    However, even though it should be effective, for argepany like Huan Yu that had the backing of arge financial group and had a top marketing and nning team, he was certain that even if he did not say anything, they would most likely still do an amazing job, and probably a lot better than what he had suggested too. As such, Sister Rui was mostly just joking and teasing him.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, Sister Rui. I also have these gears. I¡¯ll also need your assistance in putting them on the auctioned item list.¡± Feng Luo suddenly remembered and took out over a dozen gears and equipment from his inventory and ced them on the table between the two of them.

    They were the battle loot from the ind, all of them came from the top-ss yers of North City.

    Every single one of the items on the table was top notch. They were good enough to be sold at an auction.

    More importantly...

    ¡°There are Legendary-Grade items! And there are two of them!¡± After seeing the stats of two of the items, Sister Rui could not help herself as she lost herposure once more.

    While the number of Legendary-Grade items was increasing, it was only in a rtive sense. Even including those that were not known, the total number of Legendary-Grade items in Storm City should still be less than 200.

    For the Huan Yu Company¡¯s uing auction, they mobilized their resources in various major cities and their target was to get 15 pieces of Legendary-Grade equipment and use them as one of the key highlights of the auction.

    At the moment, there was still a gap and they had not yet reached their target. However, with Feng Luo providing these two items, the gap had now been filled.

    With this, Sister Rui, who had still been agonizing over this issue just a while ago, no longer felt that she was under any pressure.

    ¡°It¡¯s also dropped by that Sniper. When he sees it on the auctionter, he¡¯ll probably feel quite depressed,¡± Feng Luo said with augh.

    At the current juncture, with Legendary-Grade items being so rare, operations or missions that involved and gathered the top yers of two main cities, who owned a great number of Legendary-Grade items, into one location would most likely never appear again.

    If it were not for the special rules of the mission, getting two Legendary-Grade items by killing someone was practically impossible.

    As such, the North City Sniper yer gave Feng Luo a big gift.

    However, it was a pity that the two Legendary-Grade items were a pair of warrior¡¯sbat boots and a set of maniptor¡¯s energy gloves. None of the two were for the gunner profession.

    Although Feng Luo chose the Light Armor Warrior as his second profession and could technically use thatbat boots, the stats of thebat boots did not suit him.

    Moreover, after the auction, with the fund for purchasing the Legendary-Grade production equipment fully raised, he could get Old John to make custom-made warrior equipment set for him soon, so there was no need to keep this pair.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, Sister Rui, if there are any Legendary-Grade gears or any rare items with good stats that suit a gunner in this auction, do keep an eye out on them for me,¡± Feng Luo said to Sister Rui.

    ¡°Sure, that¡¯s fine. I was still agonizing over the fact that we had too few Legendary-Grade gears for this auction just a while ago. Little Feng, you¡¯ve given me a huge gift,¡± Sister Rui said with a smile and a nod.

    After that, the two spoke about details regarding the potions and the auction before Sister Rui left.

    As the representative of the Huan Yu Company in Storm City, she had too many things to handle over the past few days, and it had been a long time since shest went on a mission with Feng Luo and his group.

    After Sister Rui left, Feng Luo sat there for a while before he finally chose to turn on thems device he had kept switched off for a day.

    Immediately after he turned it on, amunication request came in.

    ¡°You have amunication request...¡±

    However, when Feng Luo saw the one making the request, he paused for a brief moment, it was because the person was... ck Rose.

 Chapter 644 - Lonely Star Galaxy

    Chapter 644: Lonely Star Gxy

    Inside a private restaurant located on a high floor of amercial building within Storm City, ck Rose smiled and led Feng Luo into the private vintage-style ssy dining room. ¡°Mr. Feng, the NPC chef of this private restaurant is amazing. Although it¡¯s inside a game, I can¡¯t help bute here to have a meal. I¡¯vee here specifically for a meal a few times already.¡±

    As the two entered the room, in front of a gold sandalwood table, a not very handsome but very masculine man wearing a set of well-ironed tailor shirt stood up and smiled. ¡°Mr. Feng, greetings. I¡¯ve heard a lot about you. I¡¯m Lonely Star Gxy.¡±

    Feng Luo shook the hand of the male yer. ¡°Hello, Guild Leader Star Gxy.¡±

    Lonely Star Gxy, this ID name would be unfamiliar for most yers of Storm City. However, yers from Silvermoon City would probably have heard of it before.

    The guild leader of Silvermoon City¡¯s oldest signature guild, Veterans Tribe, in terms of status, he was at the same level as Roaring Dragon Mercenary Guild¡¯s Roaring Dragon Invincible.

    However, that was in the past.

    Now, Silvermoon City had be the Rebel Army¡¯s territory, and Roaring Dragon Light Wind controlled the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Whether it was Lonely Star Gxy or Roaring Dragon Invincible, they were now at the bottom of their careers.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, I¡¯ve always wanted to thank you for helping us during the Biohazard Crisis mission. However, I¡¯ve been busy dealing with things rted to Silvermoon City as well as the guild war against Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group over the past few days. I finally got some time to visit Storm City recently and found the time to also invite you for a meal. However, I also want to congratte you on obtaining the first-ever Boss pet biochip and on bing the second yer in War to awaken the Force. We can only watch you from afar, and we do admire your feats,¡± Lonely Star Gxy said with a smile; however, when he spoke, he humbled himself and lowered his status.

    ¡°Guild Leader Star Gxy, you¡¯re praising me too much. I¡¯m just a little luckier. Unlike you, even without financial backing from financial groups, you still managed to bring Veterans Tribe to such an amazing level,¡± Feng Luo said, in a congrattory tone, to Lonely Star Gxy.

    Veterans Tribe had been a dominant force inside Silvermoon City. The only reason Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was able to catch upter was that the Veterans Tribe guild continued to decline investments from financial conglomerates andrgepanies in the real world.

    Otherwise, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group might not be able to defeat Veterans Tribe.

    On this, many people thought that it was worthy of praise.

    ¡°Haha... Mr. Feng, please, do take a seat.¡± After hearing Feng Luo¡¯s praise, Lonely Star Gxy¡¯s expression changed slightly. He recovered his smile and gestured for Feng Luo to take a seat.

    Before this, while Feng Luo had worked with Veterans Tribe before, he had not had any interactions with Lonely Star Gxy before.

    However, today, ck Rose suddenly contacted him through thems device and said that Lonely Star Gxy was inviting him over to lunch together, as a token of appreciation for Feng Luo¡¯s help during the Biohazard Crisis mission.

    Faced with an invitation like this, even though he had been avoiding and hiding from people over the past two days, he could not reject their invitation.

    After Feng Luo sat down, ck Rose walked over to the other side and sat beside Lonely Star Gxy across the table. She picked up the purple teapot on the table and poured tea for all three of them.

    ¡°When the incident in Silvermoon City urred, I was in the midst of a profession change mission, and I was not in the city at that time. I never would have imagined that Roaring Dragon Light Wind would be so ruthless, to lead the wolf into the room and then join the Rebel Army camp after that. By the time I got back after receiving news, the guild¡¯s counterattack n had turned into failure after a group of supposed allies betrayed us when the Rui Conglomerate intervened... Thinking back on it, we were behind Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group¡¯s n every step of the way, we were outmatched.¡± Lonely Star Gxy spoke with a hate-filled re after he sat down.

    ¡°A game is like this... There are no permanent friends, only permanent benefits. Everyone is just trying to maximize their gains... I would also like to congratte Guild Leader Star Gxy for seeding in your hidden profession change,¡± Feng Luo alsomented and looked at Lonely Star Gxy with a slightly surprised expression.

    yerspleted their profession change at Level 15, and there was no way Lonely Star Gxy was only Level 15 right now, so his profession change mission must have been because he had qualified for a hidden profession.

    ¡°There are no permanent friends, only permanent benefits... Mr. Feng, your words hit the nail straight on,¡± Lonely Star Gxy repeated Feng Luo¡¯s words, which was a popr saying back on Earth, and praised him with a surprised expression.

    ¡°My profession could only be regarded as half of a hidden profession. It cannot bepared at all to you, your high-level Special Agent hidden profession that is directly linked to the game¡¯s Federation Government,¡± Lonely Star Gxy said while shaking his head.

    However, Feng Luo could still see a slight sense of pride in his eyes.

    After all, getting a hidden profession was not an easy feat. To have the ability to seed in getting a hidden profession while managing and leading a guild that was probably filled with trivial and annoying administrative work, Lonely Star Gxy could be regarded as stronger than the one who was previously touted as the Number One Expert in Silvermoon City ¨C Roaring Dragon Invincible. As such, it was natural that he would feel proud.

    However, speaking about something that isn¡¯t nice to hear, if Lonely Star Gxy were in front of the previous Feng Luo ¨C the strong but not yet famous Feng Luo ¨C a guild leader of one of the oldest signature guilds in a city like Lonely Star Gxy, while his speaking posture and attitude would still be quite fair and notpletely condescending, it would probably be just out of politeness. When facing a normal non-affiliated yer, ignoring the personal mental aspects, it was natural for the one with a higher social status to speak from a higher position.

    Of course, Feng Luo had now be one of the most popr people throughout the game.

    Inparison, he was only the guild leader of a small guild with around a thousand members. Moreover, he was a guild leader who had lost their territories after losing to others. Inparison, his status right now was even less than before.

    ¡°I¡¯ll have to also take the me for failing my intelligence-gathering duties. Otherwise, we wouldn¡¯t have got any data or info, even when they were approached by people from the Rui Conglomerate.¡± ck Rose seemed a little sad.

    As the Scout team captain of Veterans Tribe, she was only focused on in-game intelligence andpletely oversaw things in the real world. Failure of this magnitude could not be ignored.

    ¡°ck Rose, it is not your fault. You¡¯ve done good enough.¡± Nheless, Lonely Star Gxy turned around and spoke to her with a consoling expression.

    It was obvious that there was something else going on between the two of them.

    Due to the way ck Rose looked at Lonely Star Gxy, it was not the heroic and prideful lookparable to men that Feng Luo used to see. Instead, there was an odd feeling to it.

    It was, of course, not weird either.

    Although Lonely Star Gxy was not very handsome, he was tall and had a good build. As an ex-soldier who was also the guild leader of Veterans Tribe, it was natural that he possessed traits that one would not find in fresh and young-looking superstar yers.

    Otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to win the trust and convince so many retired soldiers and army men and women to join Veterans Tribe.

    However, perhaps it was a sort of misconception, but in their first meeting, even though Lonely Star Gxy¡¯s speech and behavior were all fine and normal, Feng Luo did not feel the sense of camaraderie he felt when he first met Dan Hen. Perhaps it was due to Lonely Star Gxy¡¯s role as the guild leader?

    ...

    After all the formalities, the three sat down and continued to chat.

    Feng Luo initially thought that Lonely Star Gxy invited him to talk to him about the pet biochips that he needed.

    Even though Feng Luo¡¯s group helped Veterans Tribe back then, Feng Luo felt that when Veterans Tribe helped attack Roaring Dragon Mercenary Guild¡¯s base, the debt had been repaid. As such, this lunch invitation was more like an excuse to meet up.

    However, what surprised Feng Luo was that Lonely Star Gxy put that topic on the side and only talked to Feng Luo about Silvermoon City and Veterans Tribe, and this also included how Dan Hen¡¯s squad and Security Door¡¯s squad were doing recently.

    This made Feng Luo wonder if he had guessed wrong.

    It was almost noon and a beautiful waitress NPC entered the room and asked, ¡°Sir, can we start serving the dishes?¡±

    Lonely Star Gxy shook his head and said, ¡°Not yet, please wait a moment, the guest has not arrived.¡±

    After that, he looked at Feng Luo, smiled and said, ¡°Since it wasn¡¯t easy to find the time to visit Storm City, apart from Mr. Feng, I also invited another guest. I hope you don¡¯t mind.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t mind at all.¡± Feng Luo shook his head though his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

 Chapter 645 - Conditions by Xiao Luo Shui

    <h4>Chapter 645: Conditions by Xiao Luo Shui</h4>

    Around five minutester, the door to the room opened and two figures walked in.

    They were two female yers.

    The female yer in front was tall, even taller than some of the male yers despite wearing t-bottomed boots. She wore a pair of purple sunsses big enough to cover half of her face, revealing the soft snow-white skin that outlined her smooth chin.

    The female yer at the back was about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall. She had shoulder-length clean-cut hair and was dressed in a yellow suit with a white short suit skirt. In her arms, she held a ckptop.

    Judging from their outfits, the female yer in front was the one in charge.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s gaze was fixated on the female yer at the back. To him, she had a familiar face.

    It was Green Plum Boiled Wine.

    This female yer turned out to be the very professional Storm City saleswoman from Starry Sky Company, ¡°Green Plum Boiled Wine.¡± She helped him pull some strings for Red Queen when he was repairing his pet biochip in Storm City.

    Green Plum Boiled Wine smiled, greeting Feng Luo with her gaze when she saw him. She did not take the initiative to say anything.

    Lonely Gxy was on his feet, introducing the two of them to Feng Luo with a huge smile on his face. ¡°Mr. Feng, let me introduce you to Chairman Xiao, the chairman of Starry Sky Company.¡±

    ¡°Nice to meet you, Mr. Feng, just call me Xiao Luo Shui.¡± The female yer wearing sunsses stopped her tracks and extended her right arm to Feng Luo from beneath her long sleeve.

    Feng Luo frowned a little but still reached out for a handshake with Xiao Luo Shui.

    ¡°Chairman Xiao, Green Plum, please have a seat. Rose, inform them to start serving the dishes,¡± Lonely Gxy smiled as he turned back to instruct ck Rose. He did not seem to notice the slight change in Feng Luo¡¯s expression,

    ck Rose made eye contact with Feng Luo for a moment, before standing up to signal the waiters. There was a hint of awkwardness in her expression.

    ¡°So this is the real purpose ...¡± Feng Luo stared as the pair, Chairman Xiao and the chairman assistant of the Starry Sky Company, sat on his right. He already knew what to make of the situation.

    Although Lonely Gxy¡¯s invitation was nominally to express gratitude, it was obvious he did a favor for this Chairman Xiao from Starry Sky Company, which was to ask Feng Luo out.

    As for why she wanted to meet him, the title of Starry Sky Company made it self-exnatory.

    Feng Luo was so sure because when he first met with ck Rose, thanks to the strings pulled by a Starry Sky salesman called Red Wine Coffee, he was able to sell a treasured ¡°Hurricane Staff¡± from the Rebel Army¡¯smander.

    He could remember this so clearly for a good reason, since ck Rose also facedpetition from Roaring Dragon Lightwind at the time, so Feng Luo naturally chose to sell it to the Veterans Tribe.

    Of course, this was not the main point, which was that the Starry Sky salesman, Red Wine Coffee, happened to be ck Rose¡¯s cousin. Red Wine Coffee had introduced him to his friend Green Plum Boiled Wine, who then became the assistant of Chairman Xiao.

    On top of that, there were a few missed calls from Green Plum Boiled Wine and Red Wine Coffee in Feng Luo¡¯smunicator system.

    Since he was able to guess why Green Plum Boiled Wine and Red Wine Coffee contacted him, Feng Luo made the decision early on to hand the Hurricane Staff over to the Huan Yu Company, at the same time ignoring both their calls. However, he did not expect Starry Sky Company to go the long way around and managed to contact him through ck Rose.

    However, ck Rose and Lonely Gxy, did they not consider whether or not he would feel unhappy if they were to do this?

    Feng Luo turned to look at ck Rose but realized she nced away after every attempt to make eye contact with him, making it obvious ck Rose felt a little ufortable.

    However, Lonely Gxy¡¯s expressions revealed nothing, and he was still cheerfully chatting away with Xiao Luo Shui.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, it is nice to meet you. I heard the Star Gxy Guild leader invited you for a feast, please excuse me foring over and disturb, hope you don¡¯t mind.¡± However, after Xiao Luo Shui, who still wore the sunsses covering half her face, was seated, she only exchanged two lines with Lonely Gxy before abruptly turning to Feng Luo for a conversation.

    Talk about ¡°excusing herself,¡± Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s tone did not sound apologetic at all for disturbing, it sounded pretty t.

    In other words, she sounded like she was a cut above the rest.

    ¡°Chairman Xiao, you¡¯re too kind ... I presume you came for the Boss chip?¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression did not change much.

    Acting pretty simrly to Xiao Luo Shui, the tone sounded a little too polite but the content of his statement sounded like he was toozy to be polite.

    ¡°Not bad ... Well, Mr. Feng, I¡¯m not sure if you would mind handing over the Boss chip and the two Quasi-Boss chips in your hands to us, so they could be auctioned by Starry Sky?¡± Xiao Luo Shui did not expect Feng Luo to be so straight to the point.

    However, given her status and personality, she did not usually get too polite with people anyways. Thus she nodded her head indifferently.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I already promised the Huan Yu Company,¡± Feng Luo said and shook his head.

    Xiao Luo Sui frowned.

    This effectively put all side conversations to all halt. Lonely Gxy who had been paying attention to this side of the conversation also frowned slightly.

    ¡°We will not charge you any handling fees for this auction, Mr. Feng, and we guarantee you a better job at advertising than Huan Yu. We, at Starry Sky, have the confidence to auction off this Boss chip at a higher price than Huan Yu. If you are worried, Mr. Feng, I can even directly offer you ten billion credits to purchase the Boss chip.¡± Lonely Gxy¡¯s eyes opened wider subconsciously at Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s next line.

    ¡°Ten billion credits!¡± Even ck Rose off to the side could not help but exim softly.

    Ten billion credits, that is a billion Star Coins. To an ordinary yer, this is no doubt an astronomical figure. It is enough for a lifetime¡¯s worth of squandering, even in this Gctic Era.

    Previously, when Starry Sky Company offered to purchase a Boss chip with five billion credits, many thought it was just spluttered words to attract attention. Besides, not one Boss chip appeared even in light of this offer.

    On top of that, it was just a virtual item in a game, would anyone pay so much for it?

    Many did not believe it at all.

    However, not only did Xiao Luo Shui offer to purchase upfront this time, but the price also doubled straight away.

    Ten billion credits.

    To be honest, even Feng Luo¡¯s heart swayed a little when he heard this sum.

    Although he knew this Boss chip could be auctioned off at a high price, he honestly had not thought about if it were to be a number with more than ten digits, like ten billion credits.

    Meanwhile, Xiao Luo Shui did not hesitate to offer a sky-high sum of credits within a short exchange of conversation upon meeting for the first time.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, if you are not still not satisfied, we could even make this ten billion credits the guaranteed price. If the final auction price did not exceed ten billion, we Starry Sky will top it up to the full sum, if it exceeds ten billion, then the extra sum would belong to you.¡± Xiao Luo Shui was even more charming than what Feng Luo had imagined. Upon noticing his silence, she even boldly increased her bargaining chips.

    If not for Sister Rui¡¯s words, given this condition, Feng Luo would probably have given in and agreed to it.

    After all, the sincerity in this condition offered was sufficient.

 Chapter 646 - Decline, Leave!

    <h4>Chapter 646: Decline, Leave!</h4>

    ¡°Mr. Feng, we can also auction out the T-Virus Permanent Strengthening Potion and the Thunder¡¯s Eye Sniper rifle for you at no cost, and another two items of simr types with the exact procedures. Like Huan Yu, to provide you with a variety of raw materials for manufacturing needs, in this regard, Xing Kong, with a greater market share, would have arger say than Huan Yu.¡± Upon noticing Feng Luo¡¯s prolonged silence, Xiao Luo Shui frowned, but hurriedly repeated what he said from before.

    ¡°Permanent Strengthening Potions, Thunder¡¯s Eye, the first mass-produced Rare-Grade Sniper Rifle.¡± Once that line came out of Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s mouth, ck Rose and Lonely Gxy, the two people off to the side, who just regained consciousness after being stunned from ¡°10 billion,¡± again revealed some shock.

    Whether it was the T-virus Permanent Strengthening Potion or Thunder¡¯s Eye, it had caused quite a stir among yers, many especially wanted to know who were the two yers who were behind these two items.

    However, Huan Yu was highly confidential about customer¡¯s information, especially about these two items that were rted to their development strategy, so no one had been clear about this situation.

    However, the line that Xiao Luo Shui had just mentioned was clearly stating.

    Whether it was the Permanent Strengthening Potion or the Thunder¡¯s Eye, they were both rted to Feng Luo, hence it was stating that the yer responsible for these two items was the same person.

    ¡°Wow, I really couldn¡¯t imagine. Although I knew that Mr. Feng was running a gun shop, he was the manufacturer of Thunder¡¯s Eye and the initial Permanent Strengthening Potion was rted to him as well...¡± ck Rose awoke from her shock, as she softly spoke.

    Lonely Gxy, who was beside her, did not say anything, after the shock in his eyes dissipate, it instead took on a new special taste. On closer inspection, this taste should be jealousy.

    ...

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry... Chairman Xiao...¡± After a moment of silence, Feng Luo still shook his head in the end.

    While the conditions that Xiao Luo Shui raised were attractive and generous. However, since he had made a promise to Sister Rui, Feng Luo would not break that contract.

    Although it was extremely unpleasant, under the unspoken circumstances where it was never mentioned, the sudden attack by the Xing Kong Company was making him feel a little ufortable about this situation and conversation with Chairman Xiao Luo Shui.

    ¡°Mr. Feng... You can directly raise any conditions that you want, as long as you can allow us to auction off this Boss chip, we would agree to anything that was within our capabilities.¡± Xiao Luo Shui frowned, this time he raised her hands to remove therge sunsses from her face.

    Exposing her naturally wless face, a pair of thick drawn slender eyshes, and with a doubtful squinting ingress eyes.

    Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s appearance, after taking the sunsses off, was indeed gorgeous. After making eye contact with her, even Feng Luo was distracted for a short while.

    Lonely Gxy, who was standing beside them was also stunned for a moment, but ck Rose, who was simrly shocked, naturally did not observe this.

    Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s face was only an aspect of this well-developed technology, which was able to create a so-called perfect face with not much difficulty, especially for a game that provided stic surgery services as well, this was easily changed.

    However, one¡¯s qualities would still be unable to be forged.

    Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s qualities were likened to the natural elite, where themoners would feel ashamed of themselves after taking a look at her.

    In contrast, whether it was Phoenix who was charming but bing as cold as an ice hill after ¡°transformation,¡± or Sister Rui, who had the wildness of a soldier while wearing a camouge uniform and having the look of superiority while wearing the office attires, was still slightly inferior.

    ¡°Chairman Xiao, I¡¯m sorry. Because I have created at a contract with Huan Yu recently, I am unable to give it to Xing Kong to be auctioned off.¡± Feng Luo stared into Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s eyes and after the two looked at each other for a few more seconds, he shook his head again.

    Xiao Luo Shui was not angry, but she only continued to use her bright and clear eyes to look towards Feng Luo, as she seemed to be pondering about something. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, it suddenly urred to me that there was another important thing that had to be done at once. President Xing Kong, Miss ck, I¡¯m sorry, but I have to leave first. I sincerely apologize, next time you alle over to Storm City, I will treat everyone here.¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly raised his head and turned to look at ck Rose.

    ¡°Ah? Mr. Feng, the dishes had been served, why not finish eating first then do what you wanted to do afterward?¡± ck Rose was stunned for a moment, before blurting out.

    ¡°No, the task is more important, it is regarding a mission, and it needs to be settled urgently, I¡¯m very sorry.¡± Feng Luo shook his head, as he stood up.

    ¡°But...¡± ck Rose stood up, as she seemed to have something to say.

    ¡°Then, Mr. Wind, let¡¯s send you off, but you don¡¯t have to say anything. Sorry, we should be the ones who are sorry actually. You will be very busy these few days, we should not have disturbed you from the start, you being able to take out time to attend the dinner has already made us very thankful.¡± Lonely Star stood up afterward, as he spoke with some regret, his voice was coincidentally interrupting ck Rose¡¯s dialogue.

    ...

    ¡°10 billion credit points... Did he not overly hesitate before rejecting this price? He even chose to leave directly after, not allowing us to re-bargain about the price... In Hound¡¯s information, he was still just a regr yer who only had just a few million dors in credit stake two months ago. Although he had gained many objects these past few days, would his total assets be exceeding 50 million Star Coins? He was able to resist the temptation of 10 billion credits?¡± Looking at the back view of Feng Luo leaving, Xiao Luo Shui frowned.

    ¡°Chairman Xiao, I thought that we should not have used this type of means to discuss with Mr. Feng about this.¡± Green Plum Boiling Wine, who was holding a document file in front of her, carefully looked towards Xiao Luo Shui, who was talking to herself, as he said made this point.

    ¡°Well?¡± When Xiao Luo Shui turned and looked towards her, her eyshed moved, as if she signaled Green Plum Boiling Wine to continue talking.

    ¡°Chairman Xiao, when you used to talk about business in the capital star, the people whom you faced would be businessmen as well. Therefore, we would pay attention to only the interests, and intuitively; and only mention the star currency, as long as the bargained price that was to be given was high enough, the two sides would certainly be able to conclude.¡± Green Plum Boiling Wine took a breath, as she stared into Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s eyes, as she seemed to have made a huge decision in saying this to the chairman.

    ¡°But yers like Mr. Feng are not businessmen. For them, something else is more important perhaps. For example, allowing Lonely Gxy to invite him to dinner, then talk about forming a contract might have made him ufortable...¡± After Green Plum Boiling Wine finished talking, her heart was still beating.

    To be honest, two days ago, she was still just a regr salesman in Storm City for Xing Kong Company.

    Just yesterday, after meeting this Miss Xiao, who only took on the new appointment for barely a week and had an extremely powerful means to win the controlling interest of the Xing Kong Company from the founding team, was directly selected as Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s assistant.

    Although this made an ordinary worker like her extremely happy, she was still a little cautious about this new chairman, who was considered by many to have some authoritarian characteristics.

    ¡°Is it?¡± However, after hearing the words Green Plum Boiling Wine just said, Xiao Luo Shui was, surprisingly, not angry, but instead was pondering with huge consideration.

    Formerly in the capital star, because she was the most core member of the Xiao family, and the top of the main branch of the heir as well, she was usually sessful in any business negotiations.

    To put it bluntly, she was hardly required to conduct basic business negotiations in person before but only required to take the general direction.

    When she reached the 17th Administrative, it was different, especially in the family meeting where she made a bet with that person where they must produce results in the 70th Administrative Star¡¯s War, but because she was worried about finding any hups, she did everything by herself. ¡°You¡¯re right, I did make some mistakes this time. Little Shadow, the reason why I chose you as my assistant, was because I have seen your experience in thepany¡¯s first-line sales where there were no poor evaluations from any of your customers. You can cover the areas which I am mostcking in... in the types of areas that I am not as good in, I hope you can directly remind me.¡±

    ¡°Yes, I can do that for you.¡± Xiao Luo Shui thought for a while and finally sounded out, allowing Green Plum Boiling Wine to let out a huge breath, feeling relieved.

    ¡°However, since he had left immediately, it shows that his determination to give his items to Huan Yu is still very high. Even if I¡¯m quoting a real psychological cap, I won¡¯t be able to get this Boss chip. As for how to deal with Huan Yu¡¯s auction this time, it looks like we need to return and renew the contract, ce this on the agenda for tomorrow¡¯s meeting.¡± Following that conversation, Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s face was still a little disappointed as she stated.

    In Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s mind, the true value of this Boss chip was not simply just 10 billion credits.

 Chapter 647 - Lonely Galaxyâ€™s Ambition

    <h4>Chapter 647: Lonely Gxy¡¯s Ambition</h4>

    ¡°Chairman Xiao, I¡¯m so sorry to make you wait.¡± One minuteter, Lonely Gxy and ck Rose ran back into the room with apologetic faces.

    ¡°It¡¯s all right, Gxy President, let¡¯s talk about what¡¯s going on between us about our Shaw consortium investing in your guild¡¯s project.¡± Xiao Luo Shui looked at Lonely Gxy, but her face became more serious. ¡°I¡¯m very optimistic about the Veterans¡¯ Tribe which is the backbone model of the retired army,pared to most of the current unions, it is disadvantageous and that the family meeting should pass your investment proposals. However, the details would not be known until the oue is discussed. Therefore, you need to hand over the detailed n to my assistant as soon as possible. I hope that you would be able to give it to her by tomorrow at thetest.¡±

    ¡°Well, Xiao Luo Shui, don¡¯t worry, we have almostpleted our preparation.¡± After hearing this sentence from Xiao Luo Shui, Lonely Gxy¡¯s eyes sparkled with joy as he immediately replied.

    Is the Veteran¡¯s Tribe is preparing to obtain Xiao Family¡¯s investment?

    This is obviously why the Lonely Gxy¡¯s face was a little strange when Feng Luo was convincing the Veteran¡¯s Tribe that they were not going to be invested by the consortium.

    At the same time, it was the reason why Lonely Gxy would invite Feng Luo toe forward on behalf of Xing Kongpany.

    Following that, Lonely Gxy and ck Rose were trying to entertain Xiao Luo Shui as good hosts.

    ...

    ¡°Gxy... Did you decide to introduce a capital injection from Xiao¡¯s family? However, there will be a lot of veteran people in the Guild who would be against it.¡± After waiting until Xiao Luo Shui and her assistant left, ck Rose nced at Lonely Gxy who was staring at the back view of Xiao Luo Shui as his facial expression suggested a little hesitation.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Rose... With the financial funds of the Top 10 ranking Xiao family capital injection, and with the great potential of our Veteran Tribe itself, we would not be inferior to the Anti-RDMG Alliance who just joined the Rebel Army, it will not be long before our lost stuff can be brought back... There¡¯s even a chance to develop into a super guild that would not inferior to the Nine-Star Guild.¡± Compared to ck Rose¡¯s worries, Lonely Gxy who had negotiated the injection of capital had a look of ¡°ambition¡± sh in his eyes.

    ¡°As for the inevitable opposition from members of the guild, I am sure more people will understand. Before this, we did not like to be bound and disliked their creation of the base industry controlled by a group of people through money even more. Even if it is the Anti-RDMG, no one would wish for outsiders to inject investments.¡±

    ¡°But now? Because of the Anti-RDMG Alliance, we have even lost the Guild Base, everyone¡¯s loss is extremely great, and many people have chosen to withdraw from the Guild, and even joined the Anti-RDMG Alliance,¡± ck Rose said.

    ¡°In this case, it is necessary to introduce a consortium capital injection if you want to maintain the guild and one day get something back. If you want to make a deal with the Rei Group supported by the Anti-RDMG Alliance, the introduction of the Xiao family¡¯s capital injection is even more necessary.¡± Lonely Gxy¡¯s eyes revealed determination.

    ¡°The Veteran Tribe was originally set up on my own, so why has it always been influenced by the opinions of others? I don¡¯t care about money, I need fame, What I need one day is to let my name be seen by people in the game, to hear... just like this Feng Luo... No, it should be stronger than him!¡± The next two sentences were not sounded out by Lonely Gxy but instead was the passion sparkled from his eyes, and shouted from within his heart.

    ¡°But...¡± ck Rose wanted to say something else.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Rose. Even if we are not sessful at that time or kicked out of the game by the Xiao family, we can just be separate yers, traveling together in the game and exploring all kinds of beautiful maps. That is one of the things that I yearn for very much.¡±

    ¡°Good...¡± ck Rose originally had a look of worry in her eyes but the worries were all melted by the Lonely Gxy¡¯s warm gaze as he turned, all of his heroics werebined into that final sweet and soft voice.

    ...

    On the other side, Green Plum Boiled Wine was sitting together with Xiao Luo Shui in a suspended private luxury flying car and opened hermunication instrument.

    ¡°Cousin, what¡¯s the matter, has that kid agreed to give us the Boss chip to auction off?¡± On the suspension interface of the transmitter pop-up, Xiao Shao, who was not veryfortable-looking, asked with an urgent tone. ¡°I know you originally failed in an agent stealth transfer, so you would have ill-feelings against this Feng Zhi Luo Ye, but I hope that you would not bring in your personal feelings during work.¡±

    Xiao Luoshuo first frowned, then sounded, ¡°No, he said he had reached a contract with Huan Yu, he did not even agree to give it to us after I offered 10 billion credit points!¡±

    ¡°10 billion credit points? 1 billion star coins and he still didn¡¯t agree? This guy has got to be having his brain stuck at the door. How disgraceful is he?¡± Young Master Gou, who was beside Xiao Shao, had a face filled with disbelief as he angrily said.

    ¡°...¡±

    Xiao Shuoluo¡¯s face opposite themunicator turned in the direction of Young Master Gou as his sights sunk.

    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m sorry, it¡¯s a bad habit... Well, Miss Luo Shui, 10 billion credit points, aren¡¯t you raising it too high?¡± Young Master Gou¡¯s face turned slightly pale, as he gently asked.

    ¡°It is true, Cousin Luo Shui, although Gou sounded a little uncouth, I do have some doubts. 10 billion credit points to take a virtual game chip, isn¡¯t this price a little too high?¡± Looking at the face of Xiao Luo Shui in themunication instrument, Xiao Shao hurriedly exined but also had some doubts in his statements.

    ¡°Chen cousin, War is not an ordinary game, the family has decided to treat it as a strategic project... On this point, I think it won¡¯t be long before you will understand.¡± Xiao Luo Shui seemed to be wanting to say something, but when the words reached her mouth, it was not spoken out.

    ¡°I hope you would put more value into this game. You must know if you¡¯re talking about real financial strength, even if it is the Mu family behind Huan Yu plus a small number of stakes from the Rui family, the two together can not fight with our family. However, the mainyout of the family group is in the capital star, so it is not possible to put too much money into the 17th Executive Star. Therefore, whether the starpany can fully control the high-endmodity market is very important, we must not let Huan Yu rise and threaten Xing Kongpany!¡± Xiao Luo Shui nced and shouted at the two people.

    ¡°Yeah, Cousin, I told you about the intelligence system from before, you quickly found someone to set it up as soon as possible. We have shops in major cities, building this would have a great advantage. Besides, if necessary... we can prematurely work together with the Hounds.¡± Xiao Luo Shui pondered for a while, as she stated out sternly.

    ¡°Well, since the family let you be in charge of the 17th Administrative Star¡¯s War, it¡¯s natural for you to call the shots.¡± Xiao Shao nodded.

    As the second richest generation of the entire 17th Administrative Star, although Xiao Shao heard about some rumors about this unusual game, obviously he was not as familiar about this scene as his cousin who came from the capital star and was the core of the family.

    Since this was Xiao Luo Shui¡¯s intention, then he had to carry out her ns.

    It was just that this yer, Feng Zhi Luo Ye, would even reject the price of 1 billion star coins for the virtual chip, which would make people speechless.

    Maybe, there was a way to teach him a lesson while at the same time, take revenge on the feud they had during the initial agent transfer mission.

    Use the Hounds? Perhaps this idea can be considered.

 Chapter 648 - Continuation of the Underground Ruin Mission

    <h4>Chapter 648: Continuation of the Underground Ruin Mission</h4>

    In the sky, in a flying ship from Storm City to the direction of the Silvermoon City, Feng Luo sat in the position near the window as he read the information of the auction.

    Feng Luo was not fabricating stories, he had important things to do.

    After opening themunicator before, he received anothermunication notification after the invitation of the ck Rose that was from Mu Zi.

    In his notification message, Mu Zi told him that the legendary item he had obtained in the underground passage had been repaired and that he could enter the underground ruins to proceed with his subsequent missions.

    On the afternoon of the Biohazard Crisis, Feng Luo had opened an underground ruin with the people in the Nightless City Club. However, that ruin did notpletely open up because there was a super thick gold-alloyed wall that would only open after activating the subsequent mission.

    Speaking of which, Feng Luo was super interested in what was inside this ruin. There was the appearance of a ck beetle that had a simr appearance with 24K and was even able to summon different beetle types as well.

    24K not only evolved for a second time after a battle with it but also triggered a series of missions called ¡°The Heart of the Insect King.¡±

    Besides, 24K felt that there was something super attractive for it behind the silver walls of the underground ruins, making Feng Luo not to miss the subsequent missions for this underground ruin as a result.

    The reasons to not go directly after receiving themunication are one, because the invitation from ck Rose is the priority, and two is due to the damaged Wings of Death still being repaired by Old John. Hence, he prepared to first go and attend Lonely Gxy¡¯s invitation.

    Now it¡¯s clear that he can save that time.

    ...

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    More than an hourter, the gray-ck passenger ship was sprayed with blue energynded in the rather deste Lu¡¯s Group City, but it was still a port where people frequent.

    After changing into a full set ofbat equipment, Feng Luo was carrying a sniper rifle and jumped out from the cabin of the flying ship as he walked out of the port.

    A group of acquaintances from the Nightless City Club and Mu Zi whost explored the ruin with him all stood in front of two off-road vehicles and waved to him.

    ¡°Oh, brother Feng, you¡¯re finally here. Come on, take a picture with your brother. Now that you¡¯re also a star yer, after taking some pictures, I can finally boast to other people.¡± Boss Meng seemed to gain quite a bit of weight recently, as his estimated weight had exceeded more than 300 pounds. After he saw Feng Luo his eyes sparkled, as he showed a scene in which he was impatient to take a photo with him.

    ¡°Brother Meng, I¡¯ve set up a way that my real face can¡¯t be photographed in the game through my settings.¡± Feng Luo stood at his original spot as he smiled at Boss Meng, as this led to Boss Meng raging.

    ¡°Master Feng, you¡¯ve done it too hard this time! Especially pressuring Invikill during this mission, this did not give any respect to us as the Nightless Club!¡±

    Jiao Zong was standing beside Rose Thorns as his triangr eyes sparkled but he still showed an exhrated face.

    For this bunch from the Nightless Club, the in-house staff has seen the news of the forum before seeing Feng Luo, so the excitement and surprise had long been over.

    However, these old customers like Jiao Zong and Boss Meng were seeing Feng Luo for the first time since the past few days, and naturally, they had a lot to talk about.

    ¡°Invikill?¡± However, upon hearing Jiao Zong mention Invikill, Feng Luo was still stunned.

    When he pressurized Invikill during this mission, what did that have to do with Nightless Club? Feng Luo was very confused at that moment.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it because of the incidents from before?¡± Wearing a loose-fitting earthen energy robe, Jiao Zong delightfully asked while carrying his energy converter.

    ¡°Thest time we were in the ruins, we got rid of the people of the September Guild. Because of past lessons, Mu Zi created a recording instrument to record their words down. In the end when we returned, if Lu Chen had nothing to say, he could only silently agree to the things we have done. Unfortunately, you were not present at that time, or else you could have seen how impressive we were.¡± Jiao Zong revealed his mocking face.

    ¡°However, some of the people of the September Guild have hated us to the core, these days they have more and more people. We don¡¯t see eye to eye, and although we did not have a formal argument, we would have some verbal tensions here and there. I have never lost in a verbal argument in a game, but that group of people in September Guild had always mentioned about their ¡®Invikill¡¯ being the first person who awakened his Force and being the first sniper since the start of War. It was a bit annoying and there was nothing we can do about them. However, now it seems that there was no use being the first to awaken the Force, he was still embarrassed by you, my brother! God d*amn, he still had the shame to boast about him being the first sniper since the start of War.¡± Jiao Zong had a cold smile, it seemed like this time the tensions between him and the people from the September Guild was not minute.

    ¡°Oh, so this was what happened... Will a lot of people from September Guilde over to Lu Conglomerate City?¡± Feng Luo was a little curious.

    Regarding being victorious over Invikill, he did not think much of it.

    Being clear about the internal affairs, he knew that Invikill¡¯s Force awakening was a fluke when in reality, hisbat capabilities did not increase at all. Hence, his so-called being the first sniper in all of War did not gain much recognition from anyone.

    No matter what else, even with that sniper from the North City whom he was unsure of, Feng Luo still thought that he was slightly higher on the ranking tier than Invikill.

    ¡°Well, Lu Chen, that kid¡¯s boldness is still there, and although his cooperation with the September Guild was no different from the hide of the tiger, these days their harvest is sizeable. Although September Guild¡¯s people were a little f*cked up, they took this cooperation a little more seriously. These days, they had called in many people to proceed with the construction of the city, these were all newly built...¡± Jiao Zong pointed to some buildings in the distance.

    Feng Luo looked towards the direction Jiao Zong pointed.

    At a nce, the foundation building, which was originally nned by Mu Wu to be constructing for at least a year, was almostpleted in just over ten days. Even the city¡¯s anti-weapons facilities had been formed, as long as the rebels do not use a wide range of airpower, it should not be too dangerous.

    It was not the nning error of Mu Wu, but mainly that it was previously considered to be developed only with the money of the Lushi Group and that it involved the problems concerning the return of funds.

    But after the September Guild assisted with such a sum, the invested money was even more than the Lu Conglomerate and the speed of construction was sped up per day.

    At the end of the day, the power of credit points was the strongest.

    Feng Luo could not help but think about the 10 billion credit points Xiao Luo Shui just offered him in exchange to auction off his Boss chip. 10 billion credit points! He did not know whether allowing Huan Yu to auction off the Boss chip would be able to reach this level.

    ¡°Yes, I heard that these days the September Guild would also send a star yer to the Lu Conglomerate City to create some pressure, some person called ¡®September Night Rain?¡¯ After he arrived in the PK match with Sha Lang, and even with a stealth profession Sha Lang was defeated by him. The high-end yers from the September Guild were somewhat strong.¡± Jiao Zong seemed to have thought of something, as he spoke to Feng Luo.

    ¡°September Night Rain... defeated Sha Lang?¡± After Feng Luo heard this, he was slightly interested.

    September Night Rain came to Lu Conglomerate City, fought Sha Lang in a match, and won?

    It was not too strange that September Night Rain won, as September Night Rain was a top ten special yer in Storm City, hence his capabilities were there.

    However, Sha Lang changing into a stealth profession was interesting. As a sniper, the stealth profession of Sha Long should have something unique.

    ¡°Yeah, after Sha Lang changed into the stealth profession, he was always called by the people of the Lu Conglomerate as the top yer, but in the end losing to September Night Rain. September Night Rain¡¯s ranking was after Invikill, and Brother Feng you pressured Invikill. Afterpiling, you are stronger than Sha Lang by two tiers. By the way, after the mission,e into town with us, brother. Look at the people at the headquarters of the Lu Conglomerate, after seeing Old Brother Feng would he still be able to boast about Sha Lang? With your current fame, it¡¯s enough to suppress some of the ox-ghost serpents, brother.¡± Jiao Zong suddenly had a sparkle in his eyes as he stared at Feng Luo.

    ¡°Wow, I could even ward off evil spirits? Okay, I¡¯ll do it if there is enough time.¡± Feng Luo nodded with a bitter smile.

    It seemed like the Nightless City¡¯s circumstances in Lu Conglomerate City was not optimal.

    With the group headquarters and the September Guild not easy to deal with, no wonder Mu Wu had his idea to build apletely independent guild.

    It was also time to meet Mu Wu in Nightless City¡¯s station. All the people were gathered, as they did not want to waste any more time.

    The group rode in two separate energy off-road vehicles and headed in the direction of the ruins.

    ¡°Go, keep up!¡± However, just after Feng Luo left with them, an off-road vehicle was also driven from the Lu Conglomerate City and was following not far behind them.

 Chapter 649 - Bracelet, Corpse

    <h4>Chapter 649: Bracelet, Corpse</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    In the ruin, Feng Luo immediately killed the first Commander-Grade Level-45 bloodthirsty bat with one shot.

    -15670

    The golden fatal damage value of more than five digits was a striking presence in this dark underground passage.

    The Commander-Grade creature with half of its health points left, had a huge hole through its body resulting from this direct shot as its health points immediately dissipated.

    ¡°Wow, Brother Feng, I finally know why you¡¯re able to crush so many star yers. After your Force Awakening, the damage you¡¯re dealing is too disgusting!¡± Boss Meng, using his golden door-te giant sword to push a Common-Grade bloodthirsty bat into the mud, shouted out with a look of shock and a face filled with envy.

    ¡°Yeah, Brother Feng, your damage made me lose all of my confidence. Today, it¡¯s a lot easier than thest time we fought these bats.¡± Little Witch who was dressed in red, smiled as she mentioned.

    As she reached out and threw a zing white condensed fireball into the bloodthirsty bat herd that rushed over after the death of theirmander creature to avenge it, the fireball blew up and caused arge amount of damage.

    ¡°It¡¯s mainly this gun having good attributes.¡± Feng Luoughed as he mentioned.

    In addition to the properties of the Wings of Death having good attributes, even if it was not a critical hit, it would still be able to one-shot all these Level-40 Elite-Grade creatures.

    There was one more point to his ability to be able to kill off this Commander-Grade bloodthirsty bat which was after the agitation of his talent, he earned the resistance against the sound wave attack from these bloodthirsty bats.

    As long as they are not disturbed by these sound waves, which would make a normal person dizzy, these flying creatures which have low health points would be easy to deal with.

    ¡°Yeah, remember thest time this bat leader burst out a sound wave weapon, have you guys manufactured it?¡± Feng Luo shot an explosive at an Elite-Grade bloodthirsty bat as he asked Mu Zi who was beside him.

    ¡°The blueprints had been in the guild to give to someone to learn, but manufacturing it is a little difficult because it belongs to the more obscure weapons and will take some time to be able to settle. But it¡¯s good, although it is not actual legendary equipment, its ability is very powerful.¡± On Mu Zi¡¯s wrists, he was wearing something simr to a bracelet as it projected a transparent screen in front of him.

    Behind the screen next to all the monsters there were health bars and status bars, and once each monster¡¯s health points and status reached a certain degree, it would swiftly produce different types of change.

    Visually, it looked a bit like the t online games returned from their high-tech immersive games.

    However, these ¡°retro signs¡± were good for the fight because everyone would be able to see the state of the monster at a nce so that they could quickly finish off those fatally damaged bloodthirsty bats.

    This Legendary-Grade piece of equipment with reconnaissance capabilities is exactly what the four legendary fragments formed into from the previous group of people who went into the ruin and was a key item of this follow-up mission.

    ¡°However, this thing is still missing a core storage device, so additional skills cannot be activated. ording to the process of the mission, it should be behind the silver metal wall. By that time, it would not be inferior to some Legendary-Grade Scouting instruments.¡± There was some excitement on Mu Zi¡¯s face.

    He was the only Scout in the team and although this item did not belong to him afterbining the item, he was the one who kept using it.

    At this stage, Legendary-Grade reconnaissance equipment was enough to enable an ordinary Scout to be a top yer that everyone yearns.

    Plus, he already had a talent for scouting on his own.

    ...

    Compared tost time, although there were two lesser people in this team, its progress was a lot faster.

    One was because they were familiar with the monster¡¯s attack methods fromst time, and the other was because of Mu Zi that they prepared some coping tools and consumables in advance.

    In less than half an hour, the team had killed the second Level-45 Commander-Grade mutant mouse, leading them into the final room.

    ¡°It should be here.¡± Mu Zi stopped in front of the silver metal wall path which had no gaps at all.

    During thest time they were here, everyone walked until they had no way to continue moving forward.

    The thickness of the metal wall waspletely undetectable and there were no doors or open switches, so everyone could only go back.

    This time, however, there were already instructions.

    ¡°Wow.¡± Mu Zi raised his hand, as he tapped a few times on the projection in the sky projected by the Legendary-Grade bracelet that caused a bright white beam of light hit the metal wall aftering out of the bracelet, causing an amazing scene to happen before their eyes.

    The metal wall, under the shing white light, began to melt into its surroundings and after more than a dozen seconds, the area exposed to white light formed a channel that was able to fit a person, having a thickness of more than ten meters.

    ¡°Wow f*ck! Fortunately, we did not think to chop it openst time!¡± Boss Meng saw that long dark channel as he shouted. This ten meters thick metal wall, not to even mention his strong rare alloy sword which did not haverge destructive strength. Even with Legendary-Grade weapons, they would not be able to dig through after a whole month¡¯s worth of brute force.

    ¡°It¡¯s in there, the signal ising from inside.¡± Mu Zi looked down at his reconnaissance instrument and quickly determined.

    However, although the white light from the bracelet shone inwards, it still looked to be quite dark.

    Although the reconnaissance instrument did not reveal any monsters, they should still be careful just in case.

    ¡°Wait a minute, I¡¯ll Scout the road ahead first.¡± Feng Luo patted 24K which was on his shoulder.

    Soon, a ck hole appeared on the ground, in the curious eyes of the group of people, a nail-sized reconnaissance beetle quickly drilled out and flew in.

    ¡°There¡¯s no danger.¡± A few secondster, Feng Luo opened his eyes.

    The group of people walked through the passage and as a result after the bracelet was collected, the passage slowly ¡°healed.¡±

    This metal was some kind of light memory metal, it was indeed a little magical.

    ...

    Inside the channel, following the bright tools, they could see aboratory that should be more than one hundred square metersrge which had many instruments inside.

    However, the entireboratory was clearly in a state after a battle where various instruments were destroyed and there were traces of bullet holes and casings everywhere.

    Besides, there were seven or eight human corpses with only their bones left and several guard machines that have lost power in the entireboratory.

    ¡°Well, thest part and the mission signal is being sent.¡± When Mu Zi came in, the ring in his hand automatically rotated two times, and then fired a ray of light in one direction.

    Following that, in the hands of one of the corpses, it started to shine brightly.

 Chapter 650 - Zerg, Brain Worm!

    <h4>Chapter 650: Zerg, Brain Worm!</h4>

    The thing in the corpse¡¯s was a smallponent of what seemed to be a chip. After Mu Zi ced thisponent into the groove in the bracelet.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    The bracelet immediately engulfed the chip then automatically released a light that created a screen in the sky as a projection.

    A white man in an experimental research suit appeared on the screen.

    ¡°Hello, the person who activated this information chip, I¡¯m the biological expert Bear Grylls. First of all, I hope you¡¯re still in the D-1 experimentationb when you activated this information chip because that¡¯s the best scenario. If not, I hope you or your group have not messed up the things in the experimentationb before this. If something is moved incorrectly, it could have consequences which would destroy the world.¡±

    ¡°My god, can he not have such a cliche opening.¡± Upon hearing this, Meng Boss, who was holding his golden greatsword like a door panel while leaning onto an instrument next to him, hurriedly carried the weapon back onto his shoulder.

    Originally idling next to a corpse, wanting to see if there would be high-grade consumables in the corpses of the ruins also hurriedly retracted his hands.

    Although he knew these were just words from an NPC who left a video recording, they must still have been scared upon hearing them. There is no doubt that when there were words rting to ¡°world destruction,¡± it instantly attracted everyone¡¯s attention.

    ¡°Perhaps, you all might think I am being over-cautious and purposefully exaggerating, but after seeing all these projections, you all would understand.¡± The image on the projection was transformed into a battle scene with all sorts of chaotic sounds.

    ¡°Boom...¡±

    Arge, six-legged, dark red crustacean, which is like a bug creature, was frantically storming toward an NPC with six-tube electromaic machine guns.

    They had very hard-shelled crustaceans and they needed at least a hundred rounds fired into them to die under the constantly firing of six tubes of electromaic machinery.

    Their jumping ability was super scary, as they were able to jump more than a dozen meters at a time, directly jumping onto the modr defensive walls formed by the War Fortress system. The giant crustaceans were tearing into the NPC soldiers hidden in the fort in half with a sickle-like weapon on both sides of their bodies.

    However, these insects, which were less than a meter tall, in the face of the ten meters tall all-metal shell machinery that was lined up, looked somewhat weak.

    At least a thousand of the advanced war machines formed a defensive formation in front of the insect wave, constantly firing their machine guns at the raging tide of insects, directly crushing these bugs to pieces...

    Each wave of small energy mini-bombs shot into the insect poption produced a pile of energy clusters and mushroom clouds, where each time would cause hundreds of casualties.

    Only then, the projection suddenly changed into a bird¡¯s-eye view on the scene where it could be seen that the insect tide waspletely densely packed. You could see the start of the tide to the end at a nce, the open spaces created by the missiles fired by the machine beetle to kill those insects were almost instantaneously covered up by the insect tides which were reinforcing.

    In addition to these dark red melee mini-bugs, there were even more different kinds of bugs in the tide.

    There was an enormous bug which was a few times bigger than the machinery. Although its movement was slow, even the mini-missiles were not able to blow it up, and when its leg was immediately stepped onto the machinery, the bug immediately destroyed it.

    Even so, when the projection shifted its view towards the sky, they could see that amongst the insect army on the ground, there were infinite amounts of rising green liquid that caused those high-tech drones that were flying at high speeds in the sky that were either constantly firing mini-bombs one after another or dropping high explosives, to swiftly fall onto the ground upon impact.

    ¡°Boom, boom!¡±

    However, above the distant ocean, there were hundreds of strange aircraft carrier-like warships thatunchedrge missiles that were far more powerful than the machinery, causing these giant beasts to be sted and fall onto the ground as well.

    ¡°Swish, swish!¡±

    Other than that, from outer space, there were countless beams of energy destroying rays shot into the ground that caused the bugs that contacted it to burn into ashes.

    However, many of these rays were blocked by ayer of energy shield formed by a small bug that had energy flicking from within its body, some even had direct reflections which exploded those flying space fighters in outer space.

    ...

    The level of technology shown on the projection showed that the technological advances of these NPCs were far stronger than the weapons that the current yers hold. However, against these living armies like these insects, they were still unable to gain the upper hand.

    The battle scene between the two sides was not on the same level as the current battle between the yers, or even the battle between the NPC camps.

    ¡°Wow f*ck, this battle looks magnificent, it had the feel of high technological warfare!¡± Mu Zi and Boss Meng were constantly praising after seeing this scene with their faces filled with excitement.

    At the same time, Feng Luo also had some excitement shown from the look in his eyes, because he recognized these enemies shown in the projection were simply the Zergs in Starcraft.

    ¡°What you all see now is some creature, it¡¯s an extremely dangerous species that doesn¡¯t belong to our. Zergs are a very destructive race from the depths of the universe and they have a scary reproductive capability and adaptive ability in evolution.¡± As soon as the projection switched, it became that white NPC researcher again.

    ¡°In April 1023, a nest carrying gic information from the Zergs fell deep in the Death Jungle and began to expand rapidly. Fortunately, this nest of worms had been discovered by the Star Eye fortress when it flew through the universe and towards our. Before this nest was fully developed, our army had found them in the Death Jungle. It was an extremely difficult battle thatsted three months, and the entire lost more than a third of its troops. In the end, we paid the price of destroying thergest jungle, the Death Jungle, on the in order to win and capture theirmander.¡± The projection switched again, and a special ¡°insect¡± appeared in a huge transparent box-shaped object.

    ¡°Wow f*ck, what¡¯s this leader?¡± When the male yers saw this, they got stunned momentarily.

    ¡°It looks a little disgusting!¡± The female yers in the team revealed an expression filled with disgust, even Thorned Rose who did not have much change upon seeing those corpses, also could not help but express this thought.

    The creature on the projection had a somewhat ugly appearance. It looked like an erged version of the human brain that appeared to be moving and full of mucus and blood vessels, its color was brownish-red with some ck tentacles. In front of the brain, there was a long meat-colored mouthpiece.

    This was indeed a little disgusting.

    ¡°Is this the Brain Worm?¡± Feng Luo is looking at the creature, which was what NPC called the ¡°worm leader.¡±

    In Feng Luo¡¯s memory, the Brain Worm in the movies and games from Earth movies should have two concepts.

    One was the Brain Worm in the ¡°StarCraft¡± game, which was the medium that the Zergsmanded, it simply can be regarded as amander that was able to control all of the Zergbat units.

    The second was the Brain Worm in ¡°Gxy Team,¡± which had a simr use to the Brain Worm in Starcraft, but it had a high IQ and liked to on suck the brains of intelligent creatures, including humans.

    This thing looked more like the second type, but from the background given by the NPC, it should have the function and the abilities of the first type.

 Chapter 651 - 24Kâ€™s origins

    <h4>Chapter 651: 24K¡¯s origins</h4>

    ¡°We have caught and imprisoned the Brain Worm, but the crisis didn¡¯tpletely go away, because whatnded on our was just a worm¡¯s nest. The creatures called the Zergs still had thousands and thousands of nests across the entire universe, and hundreds of millions have already hatched building the Zerg army. The content is retrieved from this Brain Worm¡¯s memory and is a projection after processing andbining.¡± The picture projected by the bracelet changed again, this time, the background became a vast gxy.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    On arge space warship with a length of five kilometers and the metal bodies of variousplex structures that were covered with a transparent energy shieldyer, a hundred meters thick main cannon of the ship charged for nearly a minute before opening fire aggressively.

    A hundred meters thick energy beam in the vacuum environment about a hundred miles away crashed into the surfaceyer of the Psionic Energy Shield that was covered with a pile of bodies as it quickly moved towards this side near the Zergs in the vacuum.

    The huge energy beam was enough to cause thousands of insects, which were more than five meters tall, from the Zergs army topletely vaporize. The final energy beam hit the core of the Zergs that appeared to be many timesrger than the battle warship onto the body of something that looked like an aircraft carrier and gigantic Boss-Grade cosmic life creature.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Immediately after, this huge Boss-Grade cosmic life creature alsounched a counter-attack, as it directly shot a hundred meters thick invisible psionics beam back, as it went through the energy shield of thisrge cosmic warship.

    Countless bugs with sharp antennae poured up and began to destroy and dismantle all of the structures in this army warship.

    ...

    This scene was simr to one of the war scenes disyed before.

    The only difference was that the background changed to the cosmic gxy and thebat strength of the army units utilized by the two sides of the battle was one tier more advanced.

    On the human side, in addition to the enormous asteroid giant model,rge space warships, and thousands of various models of medium-sized warships, there was also countless humanbat armor that was sized like ants.

    However, these pieces of humanbat armor hadbat strength which was not inferior to most of the individual units in Zerg and could even bepared to a smaller sized space battleship.

    They had fluctuations liken to the Force in thisbat gear in space, those long-range or melee amplification of armored weapons under the support of the Force had a powerful destructive ability that, in an attack, was able to kill arge number of insects.

    Some attacks were not inferiorpared to the main weapon of a normal warship.

    Of course, the Zergs¡¯ army was not inferior aspared to human beings.

    All kinds of soldiers were relying on the huge Zerg aircraft carrier and constantly rose into the vacuum before they charged towards the human-controlled warships and mechas.

    There were ¡°flying dragons¡± that could spew mes, some were long-range ¡°floating pythons¡± that could shoot attacks liken to the cannons in the army warship, there were even some t-shaped soldiers covered with a body of psionics liken to small, long knives that carried a psionics attack, being able to directly cut off one medium or small-sized space battleship.

    ...

    In the gxy, countless Zergs and humanbat armor, and tens of thousands of space warships were constituting into one of the most stunning gxy battle scenes.

    If the battles seen before this were the most intense groundbat scene a yer could currently imagine, this battle in the gxy was definitely beyond the yer¡¯s imagination.

    ¡°This... is spectacr, it could even calcte out so many units battling, War¡¯s supeputer was strong.¡± In theb, the yers who saw the scene on the screen had all been shaken still.

    ¡°It¡¯s spectacr, what I¡¯m more concerned about these gxy-level fights was when would we as yers be able to participate? Now,pared to these warships and what Zerg¡¯srge scale unit has, the weapons and equipment that we currently have would not even be able to be used as cannon fodder.¡± Meng Boss stared at the projections, at those ¡°Door Swords¡± which were more than ten meters long held by those hands, a humanbat armor which could cut insects with a length of more than a dozen meters in half, as it almost made his saliva flow out from his mouth.

    The mechas on the screen were not solely attacking with machine guns or missiles, in fact, from the mechasbat style, one could almost see the foreshadowing of various professions.

    Heavy Armored Warriors, Machine Gunners, Maniptors, Snipers... This was the future of the yer¡¯s evolution.

    ¡°Gxybat, perhaps it¡¯s still too early to think about that. These Zergs are not below Level-70, and it feels like we need to be at least this level to be able to open the Interster Battle version.¡± As a group of yers was speaking with a shock, the projection had changed and been reced by the white NPC researcher.

    ¡°Upon obtaining all these images from its memory, we werepletely shocked by the powerful fighting power of the Zergs insect armies, and by our usual means, we couldn¡¯t have simply destroyed thempletely, because their reproduction rate was too fast and they also canbat and move around in the gxy. We need to look for their weaknesses. Under the instructions of the Chief Executive of the, Military Chief Duke Lofid, I was instructed to carry out research on this alien race to find their weaknesses and ways to deal with them. It has been a difficult process, and we¡¯ve failed countless times... But fortunately, the most elite biological technology in our Sam Empire had some luck. After much in-depth research into this Brain Worm and Zerg samples, our team had finally made a big breakthrough not long ago... cough, cough...¡± Upon speaking until this moment, the white male NPC on the screen suddenly coughed violently.

    ¡°Our team, using the genes and the gic information of a special spawning and hatching, the advanced unit studying the Brain Worm and the Zerg called ¡®Queen,¡¯ fused the evolutionary viruses and a ck beetle and sessfully created a super biotic weapon that has the advantages of these two insect units and was able to be controlled by our biotechnology. Since this creature has the genes of both the Brain Worm and Queen, it inherits the advantages of the two units. I named this creature ¡°King Beetle¡±... Cough... Cough!¡± The screen switched again, this time, there was a gold beetle-like creature, with a size not exceeding two fists and a fully golden colored body, ced in a ball-like liquid instrument.

    ¡°This... It can¡¯t be...¡± Everyone in theb turned as they looked at the 24K lying on the Feng Luo¡¯s shoulder.

    Since this NPC cultured this ¡°King Beetle¡± thing, it had the same appearance and modeling as 24K.

    ¡°It turns out, this is the origin of 24K.¡± Feng Luo thought, realizing that this is 24K¡¯s origin story.

    No wonder 24K had some of the characteristics of the Zergs while still being very different from them.

    As it turns out, it was made by this guy¡¯s team, creating a new species originating from the genes of the Zergs¡¯ units.

    However, while everyone was staring at 24K, 24K did not respond this time, because it was staring at the ¡°King Beetle¡± in the projection, it seemed like it did not expect to see itself on another picture.

 Chapter 652 - Sole Dictator, Rose Sam

    <h4>Chapter 652: Sole Dictator, Rose Sam</h4>

    ¡°King Beetle was the super powerful biological weapon that we are using against the Zerg, but in the first batch, we only seeded in cultivating one. As originally nned, we would be making a second batch and carrying out a deeper analysis of optimizing the new species... But no one could have imagined that, in the final stages of the second batch of manufacturing experiments, a mob suddenly stormed our base from the outside... Cough... cough...¡± At this point, the NPC on the screen coughed up arge plume of blood from its mouth, but his words continued.

    ¡°Cough... This group of people, they wanted to release the brain worm. I could never let them get away with it because it would have terrible consequences... Cough... However, these people nned it out quite thoroughly, they destroyed the external defensive weapons system, even the army squad guarding theb was killed off by them. Fortunately, the internalboratory and the external base arepletely separated and with internal help, although these people broke into the coreboratory, I was in control of the highest authority in theboratory... Cough... I activated the M-723 nerve gas. The enemy would all die under the influence of the poison gas, but I have also been fatally wounded in the previous attack, I can not hold on any longer... cough... cough... I re-modified the base¡¯s intelligent procedures and stored this information in the coreponent chip of this N-900 Scout bracelet, set to send signals to the outside in intervals... Although I don¡¯t know what way you took to get here, or whether it¡¯s because you got the signal... But hopefully, anyone does the following after seeing this whole message. For the safety of our and human civilization as a whole, I hope you can send the Brain Worm to the A-2 experimental base under the bed of the Dead Jungle, or put it in the hands of Duke Rose Sam. Believe me, as long as youplete the task, you will enjoy endless prosperity and glory and be a hero of the entire... cough, cough...¡± The white male NPC in the picture coughed violently, spewing a lot of fresh blood from his mouth and nose, then the picture shook and disappearedpletely.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    After the picture disappeared, the floating Legendary-Grade bracelet glowed with white light and shone on a piece of metal in the center of theb.

    Just as before, the memory metal floor that was illuminated by this white light, began to melt to reveal a huge passageway.

    A few secondster, a huge square-shaped object rose from under the metal passage, unfolding in front of everyone.

    It¡¯s a transparent safe simr to the one Feng Luo saw in the pet chips wastnds, but it was thicker than the one that contained the Boss chip. Within this particr memory metal, the defense mechanism was tighter than the one containing the Boss chip.

    However, this was quite normal because the thing that was stored in this safe was what appeared in the previous projection, the human brain-like giant worm ¨C Brain Worm.

    [¡°You triggered the next series of missions...¡±]

    At the moment the Brain Worm appeared, the system¡¯s tips were also brushed in front of everyone¡¯s sight.

    This mission was not finished, there was the next series.

    ¡°This kind of serial mission, with this background plot... it feels like the level isn¡¯t low, there is a chance there is a big reward!¡± Boss Meng looked at the mission on the system and eximed. ¡°But... What is this Brain Worm... it seems to be dead. If we deliver it over, does it still count aspleting the mission?¡±

    The transparent safe does indeed contain the Brain Worm, but the mucus on the surface of the body hadpletely dried up, and even the original dark brown color hadpletely turned gray-ck. Its volume had been shrunk to no more than a quarter of its original size, it had no life fluctuations, it felt like it was beyond dead.

    ¡°There¡¯s no hint of life on the Scouting instrument, it should be dead.¡± Mu Zi used a Scout skill and looked at his Scouting instrument.

    ¡°It must be dead, these remains were from at least 20 or 30 years ago, which creature would be able to survive decades without eating or drinking?¡± Boss Meng, with his golden dius, patted the transparent safe. The result was that it simply could not cause any damage to it, and the Brain Worm inside had no movement at all.

    ¡°The task is to just ask to send things to the destination, and it didn¡¯t mention that it needed to be alive or dead. We just have to hand over the body of this Brain Worm to Duke Rose Sam. Why does the name Duke Rose Sam sound so familiar?¡± Boss Meng seemed to have recalled something, as he patted his oily and shiny forehead to think.

    ¡°The characters who appeared in the first chapter of the official background story of War, Old Meng, can¡¯t you recall it directly?¡± Jiao Zong seemed to have gotten a chance to scorn as he impatiently blurted out.

    ¡°Backstory? F*ck, there are too many backstories in War, up to millions of words and videos. At most taking a rough scan through it, and only going onto the forum to check the information when needed, who would spend their time checking the details one by one?¡± Boss Meng frowned as he shook his head.

    ¡°Me, I would, I spent a month initially, just to study backstories. Old Meng, you know why you are always unable to be better at the game than I am? The backstory in this game will reveal a lot of useful information.¡± Jiao Zong pointed to his nose with his face full of pride.

    ¡°Stop being cocky, just quickly say it out loud.¡± Thorned Rose, who was next to him, red at him.

    There was no ess to the forum in the underground ruins, everyone wanted to know the information about Duke Rose Sam who was rted to this mission, but they only were able to obtain this information after Jiao Zong showed off.

    ¡°Cough, cough... Our, before the ¡®great destruction¡¯ found in the backstory, was ruled by a family with thest name ¡®Sam.¡¯¡± Jiao Zong was afraid by his strict wife who gave him an impatient re, and had no choice but started talking immediately.

    ¡°Wait, the game backstory of the Gxy Empire was called empire by name, but aren¡¯t they run by federalism? Why would a family rule over a?¡± Boss Meng questioned.

    ¡°Oh, that was very normal. The Gxy Empire, although it ran itself with a federal system, it grew too fast after entering the universe, and federal regtion could y a role in the early stages of expansion. At the end of the day, when the entire Gxy Empire had thousands of Administrative Stars and it would take decades to navigate amongst each other, how would the central government be able to take control of each again? Yes, you don¡¯t interrupt!¡± Jiao Zong scorned Boss Meng with some dissatisfaction as he continued to talk about the backstory of the in the game.

    ¡°This Sam family is arge integrated enterprise that involves military, medicine, bioengineering, and other aspects. Well, you can refer to the current Umbre Company now. Of course, this Sam family was stronger than the Umbre Company. With the transformation of the human living environment of this Administrative Star, the clean-up of the original creatures, the security guards, energy supply, mineral mining, and so on are all contracted by it. It can be said that thispany has a monopoly on all the industries on the. Monopoly, of course, is synonymous with dictatorship and ambition, and this ambition officially erupted more than a hundred years ago when a man named Rose Sam came to power as the regional army and chief executive. In his name, he issued arge number ofws, seized all civilian weapons of mass destruction, and banned private research on high-tech weapons or military technology, and only distribute very outdated firepower weapons to the government military... He monitored everyone¡¯smunications and whereabouts, not allowing anyone to contact the outside world without their permission. Since the military was entirely under his control, the whole was essentially controlled by the Sam Group. Under the ambition of Duke Rose Sam, the whole had been made into an independent kingdom of his, and he had the power to kill anyone on the whole.¡±

 Chapter 653 - Unusual Change!

    <h4>Chapter 653: Unusual Change!</h4>

    ¡°The Central Government of the Gxy Empire did not know about all of these, and they even thought that Rose Sam had done a great job that they gave him the title of the Duke. However, this ¡®dictatorship¡¯ for the governed, was naturally not tolerable at all. In thete days of Duke Rose Sam¡¯s reign, a roaring revolt broke out... Well, I remember it was as if the timing of the outbreak of the resistance movement was just after the Zerg invasion that that NPC mentioned... I understand what¡¯s missing from the backstory because Rose Sam¡¯s army suffered a heavy loss in its battle with the invading Zergs, it provided the conditions for the outbreak of the resistance movement.¡± Jiao Zong had a face full of excitement after understanding the whole scenario as he continued exining to the crowd who was still listening to him.

    ¡°In the face of these resistance activities, the Sam Group immediately mobilized arge number of troops to suppress the movement. Since Duke Rose Sam had caused the anger of citizens all over the, the me of resistance was lit and it was as unstoppable as a ignited single spark... In less than half a month, hundreds of rebel camps had appeared, and the numbers were snowballing like a snowball rolling down a steep mountain quickly, even a majority of his army that was under him hadunched an uprising... In this case, Rose Sam¡¯s dictatorship inevitably copsed... The first suppression failed, and the Sam Group was only able to escape from the in a spaceship with arge number of core high-tech items and high-level talent. However, as a dominant cross enterprise, the members of the Sam Group were not willing to let go of such arge number of industries. After leaving, several gxy fleets and arge number of mercenary troops were mobilized from others, armed with thepany¡¯s high-tech weapons in an attempt to suppress the rebellion again, causing another war called ¡®Great Destruction.¡¯ It was an extremely long war that had multiple battles with unimaginable destruction at the same time. In the end, the rebels still managed to win and expelled Sam¡¯s army... But the entire had less than a third of their initial human poption left. Since the Sam Group used many destructive high-tech weapons in this war, including their biochemical weapons on arge scale... It had caused the entire¡¯s environment, air, maic field, and other variations to changed vastly, as the ground had an appearance of a variety of mutant beasts... Although the rebels won, the war was far from over. After the absence of external problems, the rebels split into many camps and began infighting in battles for territory... These camps are what we now know as the federal government, the Rebel Army, the Freedom gs, and other armed groups... By the way, it¡¯s especially noted in the background that because Duke Rose Sam haspletely blocked the research of high-tech weapons on the for decades, there was not enough time or specialized personnel to research these high-level weapons... The mainstream weapons used on this before the wars that Duke Rose Sam allowed were very outdated gunpowder weapons and equipment that he had sent to the army, and if they desired for high-tech weapons, those could only be found from the dangerous wastnds filled with mutant creatures. Duke Rose Sam certainly would never distribute weapons to the civilians, controlling that aspect of who would be allowed to be armed and to what degree.¡± Jiao Zong let out a huge breath, he finally finished illustrating all the rted backstory to the rest of the group, who have been standing and listening in awe while learning about this aspect of the game¡¯s back story.

    ...

    ¡°Wait, old Jiao, you¡¯re saying that Duke Rose Sam is no longer on this?¡± Boss Meng reacted as he thought about this matter, as he turned towards Jiao Zong with a face full of suspicion.

    ¡°Even on the, he must have died after these past hundred years. For this mission, we have only one option left, and that is to take this Brain Worm to the so-called Death Jungle A-2 experimental base.¡± Jiao Zong rolled his eyes towards him as if he said something obvious, and then nodded his head.

    ¡°It seems that¡¯s the only way. But how do we handle this thing, it seems to be very troublesome to handle?¡± The crowd looked at each other because the transparent safe containing the Brain Worm carcass was more than two meters long.

    With such arge object and no way to put it into a backpack, the group needs to bring it onto the ground. The difficulty in doing this part of the mission is extremely high.

    ¡°We need not mention anything else, I doubt we can pass this through the metal door outside, which is unable to move. I suggest, why don¡¯t we just smash this box, find a smaller box, and put it in. The task was just for us to take this Brain Worm over, it did not say that we must bring box together with it.¡± Boss Meng thought of this idea.

    The Brain Worm¡¯s carcass was less than a quarter of what it used to be, only a medium-sized suitcase was needed to store it, which was much easier than trying to move it in this huge box.

    ¡°Smash? I don¡¯t think I can smash this. I just scratched it with a dagger, and it didn¡¯t leave a trace. The material of this box feels stronger than diamonds.¡± Mu Zi shook his head as he raised his right hand which was holding the dagger.

    ¡°I think... it¡¯s better not to smash this, what if something weird happens when this thing gets out?¡± Little Snow retreated to the back of the team, as she looked at the Brain Worm¡¯s carcass in the safe with an expression filled with fear. The main point was that this thing looked very disgusting before on the projection, let alone how it looks right now in person after a few decades.

    Little Witch and Thorn Rose also nodded in agreement.

    ¡°Well, Brother Feng, what are your intentions?¡± As the bunch of people¡¯s opinions was somewhat inconsistent, Mu Zi turned to Feng Luo who was silent.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk...¡± Feng Luo did not talk mainly because he wasmunicating with 24K on his shoulder through a spiritual link.

    ¡°Are you saying that this Brain Worm in the box is what attracts you?¡± Feng Luo frowned and asked while pointing to the Brain Worm in the safe.

    At the end of the previous mission, 24K felt something was attracting it behind the metal wall, and it was even more attractive than the crystal core of the Commander-Grade ck beetle that was able to allow it to evolve to this level.

    Just after the safe rose to the ground, 24K was staring at the body of the Brain Worm inside, noticing that is was the Zerg Brain Word inside that was attracting it there.

    As the highest-level unit in the Commander-Grade Zergs, it was highly possible to be attractive to 24K which owned the genes from both the Brain Worm and the Queen.

    However, Feng Luo originally thought that he was not supportive of opening this box.

    Not knowing the reason why his mind was always a little wary of this Brain Worm corpse. Even though it should theoretically be dead, Feng Luo thought it was best not to let it out.

    There was no choice, in understanding the game Starcraft¡¯s background story, he knew that the Brain Worm was not purely just a physical creature. In his heart, he was suspecting whether this creature was dead.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk...¡± 24K moved its little ws on Feng Luo¡¯s shoulders, as it was scratching Feng Luo¡¯s tactical vest while expressing a burst of intense desire through their spiritual and mental link.

    ¡°Mu Zi, give it another Scouting skill, can you ensure that it¡¯s dead?¡± At that moment, when Mu Zi was just about to ask him again, Feng Luo asked him a question with a frown.

    ¡°Dead, there aren¡¯t any life fluctuations.¡± Mu Zi felt a little strange, but he still listened to Feng Luo, as he used another Scouting skill on the Brain Worm, the result was that there was still no life fluctuations.

    ¡°Tsk, tsk...¡± 24K cried out again.

    ¡°Okay.¡± Feng Luo finally nodded, but he reached out and raised his Wings of Death and stood directly in front of the safe box.

    ¡°Tsk!¡± A pleasant cry sounded in the mouth of 24K.

    Then, ck wormholes appeared on the ground, and therge body of the Commander-Grade steel beetle, that was more than three meters long, slowly ran into the group of curious eyes, as it almost copsed the ceiling of theb.

    Naturally, it was like at the Devil Tri-Horn core base as it shot out intense light from its two eyes, carrying out its skill, ¡°Pierce.¡±

    ¡°Wow!¡± Since this safe was bigger than the one before, the Commander-Grade steel beetle¡¯s piercing speed was a lot slower, as it took a total of a dozen seconds to finally prate a hole in the safe the size of a fist.

    ¡°Stop!¡± Feng Luo quickly stopped the action of the Steel Beetle.

    Immediately after, the muzzle of the Wings of Death in his hand was pointed at the fist-sized hole before...

    A ¡°click¡± sound went off, as Feng Luo¡¯s index finger, while wearing the ck Eagle gloves, pressed down on the trigger.

    ¡°Buzz!¡±

    At the moment the trigger was pressed down, in the safe, the ¡°Brain Worm carcass¡± that had no life fluctuations under the Scouting skill, suddenly moved its dried up tentacles.

    Immediately after, it suddenly opened its pair of big ck eyes, which was likened to the night sky without the slightest light, which was on its severely damaged brain.

 Chapter 654 - Brain Worm, Mental Attack!

    <h4>Chapter 654: Brain Worm, Mental Attack!</h4>

    ¡°What?¡±

    Other than Feng Luo, everyone was stunned.

    This Cerebrate, which looks like a parasitical brain worm, ispletely free of theplications of life and has theoretically not eaten or drunk for decades. However, it is still alive?

    Furthermore, everyone witnessed something outrageous.

    The muzzle on the Wings of Death, with the speed of 1500 m/s, fired arge-caliber sniper bullet through a fist-sized hole on the transparent safe. However, it was stopped in mid-air by a red energy shield only a few millimeters away from the Cerebrate¡¯s head.

    Of course, to be more urate, this was not just any other energy shield, but a special kind that only belonged to Zergs. It was a Psionics Energy Shield.

    After the shield blocked the bullet from the Wings of Death, the dark eyes of the Cerebrate, which had already been eyeing Feng Luo, shot out a meter-long red light.

    ¡°Tsk!¡±

    24K suddenly screamed loudly as it used its six little ws to cling onto Feng Luo¡¯s tactical vest while shaking its little head unceasingly!

    While using its spiritual link with Feng Luo, 24K sent out a very painful message to him as it continued to suffer from some sort of attack. Immediately after, a system prompt emerged and informed Feng Luo of the reason for his pet¡¯s behavior.

    [The Cerebrate has used a mental attack against your pet!]

    ¡°Mental Attack?!¡±

    Feng Luo was in a state of shock.

    He was no stranger to this mental attack ability. Before being admitted as a pet, 24K had the ability to mental attack as well and had used it to deceive many yers during the city building mission. Thest time, in the underground ruins, 24K had received the opportunity to evolve twice and had regained this mental attack ability.

    This type of attack could seriously interfere with all of the target¡¯s senses and could even, to a certain extent, temporarily control low-AI monsters.

    This Cerebrate was exerting mental control over 24K, and it was clearly unable to resist the attack of this genuine Zerg!

    After the first prompt had appeared, another two system prompts followed after.

    [The mission ¡°Heart of King City (2)¡± has been triggered. Please help your pet resist the mind control of the Cerebrate.]

    [Attention! If the King Beetlepletely controls your pet, you will lose your pet forever!]

    ¡°What?!¡±

    After receiving these prompts, Feng Luo¡¯s facepletely changed.

    The ¡°Heart of a King Beetle¡± mission was the series mission that 24K activated during the previous times in these ruins.

    The consequence of failing the mission was the permanent loss of his pet!

    Feng Luo would definitely not be able to ept this consequence.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s left hand aggressively toggled on the magazine of the Wings of Death, and the finger on his right hand had pressed down on the trigger. The Wings of Death shot another bullet through the fist-sized hole again.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The armor-piercing bullet broke apart after hitting the red energy shield and exploded into arge, zing me.

    Furthermore, the mes that started from the special bullet were unable to break through the red shield in front of the Cerebrate. The mes were blocked less than ten centimeters away from the parasitical brain worm!

    ¡°No! I can¡¯t fight it at all!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart sunk.

    The system prompted him to help, but under these circumstances, he was unable to interrupt the Cerebrate¡¯s mental attack on 24K by inflicting damage that should have been fatal.

    Furthermore, because there was only a fist-sized hole on the entire safe, Mu Zi and the rest were unable to assist with the attack at all.

    ¡°What to do?¡±

    Feng Luo, for the first time, felt very confused.

    Although 24K was only a virtual pet, Feng Luo had already cultivated many feelings for it. Therefore, how could the system suddenly tell him that mission failure would cause him to lose his pet?

    Feng Luo was unable to ept the possibility of losing 24K after everything they have been through together.

    However, the current situation made this mission difficult. Once the Cerebrate controls 24K, it is likely to be controlled to summon beetles to start a war against Feng Luo and the others.

    The chances of winning against 24K¡¯s full strength under the control of the Cerebrate were quite slim. Furthermore, would he be able to kill 24K if it bes a wild monster again and leave it with only one life?

    ¡°What to do?¡±

    After attempting to take 24K back into the pet space, Feng Luo discovered that the retract button had turned gray. Usually, Feng Luo is an extremely confident person. However, his confidence had now hit rock bottom.

    Despite the deterioration of his confidence, he remained extremely calm as long as there was no other system prompt to deliver bad news. He would not be able to handle any more bad news in regard to his pet.

    Perhaps flipping the safe, which wasn¡¯t stuck to the ground, would directly impact the Cerebrate and stop its mind control over 24K.

    If that still did not have any effect, then he should directly kill 24K himself. Although it would cause him to lose a massive chunk of loyalty points, it would allow him to protect his pet from being lostpletely.

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s mind was a little convoluted at the moment. Therefore, he was unable to think of a good solution right then.

    In the end, he felt hopeful that the system would not actually snatch away the pets from the yers since they were a part of the mission. So naturally, the system would give a solution to the yers to help themplete the mission.

    [Your pet has requested to fully release the spiritual link between you two!]

    In Feng Luo¡¯s vision, the system prompt ran across his eyes as it came from 24K¡¯s spiritual link.

    ¡°Agreed!¡±

    Feng Luo, with a delighted face, unhesitatingly chose to agree.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    After Feng Luo chose to agree, he instantly felt as if a heavy object impacted his brain.

    Immediately after, his whole brain felt scrambled, and his vision and body feltpletely different.

    Feng Luo¡¯s vision became clouded as there were now fragments of images shing before his eyes and surrounding him.

    He saw all kinds of Zergs in reproduction, huge gxy warships traveling in the gxy, and dozens of alien beasts that appeared to be several meters tall. He also saw a human¡¯sbat armor being shredded by an overwhelming amount of Zergs.

    The several fragments of these scenes were spinning in his head. They caused him to have a feeling of both dizziness and nausea and left his brain feeling as if it was about to explode.

    [You are under the Cerebrate¡¯s mental attack. Your evolutionary talent activates as your body reacts to its current mental state!]

    [Due to your evolutionary talent, you gain the corresponding attribute of mental resistance. Resistance gained: 1%... 5%... 9%...]

    [Due to your evolutionary talent, your brain domain has had an unknown change under the mental attack of the Cerebrate...]

    In Feng Luo¡¯s system log, these system prompts appeared in session.

    Meanwhile, in the real game cabin, the handmade pendant with green gems glowed and blossomed on the neck of Feng Luo¡¯s sleeping body. The pendant had done this twice in the past when he had fallen into aa.

    ¡°Brother Feng? What¡¯s wrong! ¡±

    ¡°Manager Feng, what¡¯s wrong?¡±

    At the same time, when Feng Luo was under the mental attack of the Cerebrate, the people in the experimentationb were shouting anxiously.

    They had only seen that after Feng Luounched a few continuous attacks at the Cerebrate, he had suddenly stood there motionlessly with his eyes empty as his expressions drastically changed.

    As a matter of fact, because the situation had changed so fast since Feng Luo shot the gun, and the mental attack of the Cerebrate was invisible, they still did not know what was going on.

    However, by observing the situation, they could guess that it was the parasitical brain worm in the safe, causing trouble.

    Therefore, they rushed up and tried to find a way to attack the box, or to at least move or kick it away.

    However, this idea was not sessful. Just as they approached the box, the Cerebrate¡¯s head in the safe turned around, and its red eyes swept past the many people of the Nightless City Club.

    Everyone in the whole area, including the steel beetle, went into states of rest.

    Everyone¡¯s face changed dramatically. Their foreheads were still sweating, but their bodies were just vibrating in ce and unable to attack. It appeared that they were also under the same mental attack by the Cerebrate as Feng Luo was.

 Chapter 655 - Zerg Overmind Projection

    <h4>Chapter 655: Zerg Overmind Projection</h4>

    The current image within Feng Luo¡¯s vision was not the same as the one he saw in the beginning.

    The image shards that had moved and changed rapidly before his eyes began to slow down as if something was affecting them. Then they began to shrink and move away from him to a farther location.

    This action helped to clear Feng Luo¡¯s mind, which had be very dizzy. As a result, he was able to see his surroundings more clearly.

    However, after his vision cleared, his expression changed drastically.

    He realized that all of the shards of images had only moved farther away from him. They did not disappear. Instead, they moved to arge and dark bluish shaded area. The shape of a head from a human-like bluish shadow appeared in the shaded area. A pair ofrge greenish-blue eyes appeared from the head and were staring straight at him!

    The pair of eyes were intense, and the moment they appeared, Feng Luo felt as if his heart had suddenly stopped beating!

    A thought suddenly urred to Feng Luo. ¡°Could this be... the Zerg Overmind?¡±

    In the game background of StarCraft, all Zerg Cerebrates were actually clones with a shared consciousness with the Overmind!

    In theory, apart from when being hit by special psionic energy attacks, the Zerg Cerebrates would never truly die. This was also one of the reasons why Feng Luo had previously felt doubts.

    The mind, consciousness, clones...

    Although these were concepts that exceeded the scientific knowledge that Feng Luo recognized, it was not stopping his body, which was currently inside the abandoned ruinboratory, from sweating profusely!

    He was sweating because of what the Zerg Overmind was.

    The entire Zerg species only had one true leader that had full authority and control over them, and it was the Overmind.

    The Overmind also possessed incredibly frightening strength!

    As the mega boss in StarCraft, Feng Luo was confident that the odd entity in front of him was at least a Level 90 mega boss!

    Under the immense pressure created by the game system, Feng Luo gritted his teeth, and he blurted the words, ¡°You must be kidding!¡±

    Did helping 24K mean that he was going to challenge the Zerg Overmind?

    Although the scene in front of him was probably not a real scene inside the game but was instead a sort of ¡°Mental Space,¡± mental powers in Starcraft could still kill people. After all, a simple psionic storm had the destructive ability to empty an area in an instant!

    Soon after, Feng Luo found that he had misunderstood the system because the shards of images in the sky had all disappeared.

    The shadow¡¯s pair of giant eyes became even more apparent. However, there was no sign of anger amid the gaze.

    The pair ofrge blue eyes gazing down at Feng Luo had a sense of calmness that was simr to a human looking at an ant!

    Nheless, the blue color of the giant eyes became more and more prominent. Before long, the Overmind¡¯s giant eyes were covered by blue lights that signified psionic energy. They looked like giant blue moons!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Two giant blue light pirs pierced through the sky and shot downward at Feng Luo.

    ¡°I can¡¯t dodge those!¡±

    Feng Luo looked shocked. He moved his feet and activated his skills to try to dodge the lights.

    However, he found that his skills had no effect, and it was then that he remembered that he was not even on a real battlefield in the game. Instead, he was inside a ¡°Mental Space¡± that made no scientific sense!

    In this space, his skills were utterly useless, and as such, his movement speed was also not fast enough for him to dodge the two giant blue pirs of light!

    ¡°Squeak!¡±

    Suddenly, at that moment, a giant golden beetle that was over a few dozen stories tall had appeared. It pped its wings and charged at one of the giant blue pirs of light descending upon Feng Luo!

    ¡°24K, don¡¯t!¡±

    Feng Luo was quite certain that this golden beetle was an erged version of 24K!

    The golden beetle had appeared at that moment inside the ¡°Mental Space,¡± and it decided to use its body to block the light pir descending from the sky.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Apart from the decrease in his movement speed, Feng Luo¡¯s voice traveled slowly to 24K.

    Just as his voice reached the atmosphere and could be heard, one of the blue pirs of light had already reached 24K¡¯s body. The giant blue pir of light collided with the golden beetle¡¯s body.

    After a short deadlock, the erged body of the golden 24K copsed and burst into multiple golden fragments that spread all over the sky!

    ¡°24K!¡±

    At that moment, Feng Luo suddenly remembered that scene back in the Withered Desert where 24K died after choosing to sacrifice itself by using its body to block the Quasi Boss Grade Fire Ant Queen¡¯s attack from Feng Luo!

    Feng Luo would never have thought that 24K¡¯s second ¡°death¡± would also be due to the same reason!

    Thanks to 24K¡¯s block, the blue light pir had shrunk to one-fourth of its original size. In addition, thanks to 24K¡¯s obstruction, it needed more time before reaching the ground.

    However, the other blue light pir was still descending from above at Feng Luo without encountering any form of resistance. It was on the verge of making contact.

    At that time, Feng Luo could only feel his entire body being pressured and ttened by a tremendous force from the sky. He could not even move his fingers!

    However, while his body could not move, his mind was racing and erratic!

    He did not know if he was going to be deemed as dead in the game if he were to be hit and killed by the pir of light in this peculiar ¡°Mental Battlefield.¡±

    Perhaps, the system would judge that the Cerebrate had seeded in controlling him?

    However, as Feng Luo gazed upon 24K, who had chosen to sacrifice itself for the second time to protect him, the awe and shock that he felt when he first saw the Zerg Overmind had turned into anger!

    He became angrier when he saw the golden fragments floating in the sky, fragments that had not yetpletely dissipated after 24K was crushed. They served as a reminder of his pet¡¯s sacrifice.

    ¡°Bling!¡±

    At that moment, a green glow suddenly emerged from Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    No, it was not only in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    In fact, therge ¡°Mental Space¡± was suddenly engulfed by a green light.

    As for the blue light pirs he had suspected to be from the Overmind, they slowed down substantially as if the green light had affected their speed. Nheless, they continued descending upon Feng Luo, even if they were moving at only one percent of its original speed!

    The green light emanating from Feng Luo¡¯s eyes became stronger. After a few seconds, the green light turned darker and thicker!

    No, to be more precise, the color had definitely gone from green to ck.

    The ¡°Mental Space¡± seemed to have been engulfed by a ck cage!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Dark lights appeared and surrounded Feng Luo. After that, the dark lights turned into dancing ck mes thatpletely engulfed Feng Luo!

    It was as if the mes covered him in a ck-colored armor!

    Feng Luo looked up at the sky, and beneath his forehead, ck mes burned within both his eyes!

    Although the blue light pir from above hadpletely covered Feng Luo, he still stared straight at the pair of giant eyes floating in the sky.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The blue light pir shot by the Overmind finally made contact with Feng Luo.

    However, the moment contact was made, the ck me ignited. Then, like sparks meeting gasoline, the area was engulfed in mes.

    The ck me had even spread upward along the blue light pir and headed straight towards the eyes suspected of belonging to the Zerg Overmind!

    The boiling and dancing ck me did not reach the Overmind in the end because the entire space had started to crumble very quickly!

    [¡°Notice, the system willunch the second version update. All yers, please get offline within three hours. This update willst 24 hours.¡±]

    [¡°Notice, the system will...¡±]

    [¡°Notice, ...¡±]

    As the dark space began to crumble, a system update notice, that appeared three times consecutively, rang in the ears of all in-game yers!

    [Notice: The system has started the update patch for version two. All yers are asked to go offline within the next three hours. Thetest update will continue for 24 hours.]

 Chapter 656 - September Night Rainâ€™s Hate

    <h4>Chapter 656: September Night Rain¡¯s Hate</h4>

    As the system update notification appeared, outside the abandoned ruin, a group of yers wearing the September Guild badge on their chest eximed, ¡°What the hell, the system is actually making the update right now?¡± They were hiding in a forest right outside the entrance of the abandoned ruin.

    ¡°If they don¡¯t get out of the abandoned ruin in three hours, doesn¡¯t that mean that we¡¯ll never know how long we¡¯ll have to wait? F*cking sh*t, they could have run the update any time, why did they have to do it now?!¡± A curly white-haired yer whose guild badge was gold in color, which signified that he was a core member, asked these questions with a grimace. He was a Machine Gunner equipped with a full set of Rare Grade gears. He stood behind an eight-barreled heavy machine gun set up and aimed at the abandoned ruin.

    ¡°Young Master Sun, don¡¯t worry! The information I found said that this is only a small-scale abandoned ruin. Quite a bit of time has passed since they entered the ce. Therefore, they will definitely exit from there within three hours!¡± said an elite Scout yer standing beside him with a smile. He was wearing a silver September Guild badge on his chest.

    The Machine Gunner, referred to as ¡°Young Master Sun,¡± seemed quite irritated. He turned around and red at a few of the September Guild elite yers and said, ¡°They will definitely exit the ruin in three hours? I must say, are you even sure about that? Did they really get the Sniper that you guys encounteredst time to work with them?¡±

    ¡°Yes, we are certain, Young Master Sun! I am absolutely certain that he is the Sniper! I will never forget that face of his!¡± said a maniptor yer through gritted teeth as an angry expression appeared on his face.

    If Feng Luo were here right now, he would know that this maniptor yer was the one who intentionally provoked his group during a past ruin exploration operation and was dealt with in one shot!

    Apart from this maniptor yer, in the previous abandoned ruin exploration operation, the other two September Guild yers who went with Lu Conglomerate¡¯s people from the headquarters were also among the yers in this group.

    ¡°However, the person called Feng Zhi Luo Ye isn¡¯t your average yer. Didn¡¯t the people on the forum say that he has already awakened the Force? Moreover, I heard that his damage power is crazy high. I heard that he could even kill people with just one shot. He also seems to own a ridiculously powerful summon-type pet. Can we even deal with him?¡± asked a warrior yer with a worried expression.

    ¡°What are you afraid of? So what if his attack power is ridiculously high? Snipers don¡¯t have a lot of HP. You can¡¯t beat four hands with only two fists. So, we have the numerical advantage as well as the initiative from the ambush. We only need one round of focus fire to get rid of him instantly.¡±

    ¡°Moreover, we also have God Night Rain with us!¡±

    The maniptor yer turned around and looked at a Wind Maniptor yer, who seemed to be surrounded by flowing air, standing in the middle of the squad in admiration.

    At the center of the group, September Night Rain was holding a half Legendary Grade energy converter in his hands while staring at the entrance of the abandoned ruin. Like Young Master Sun, he was protected by a few Heavy Armor Warriors.

    Even as the ex-poster superstar yer of the September Guild, September Night Rain was sent to this location a few days ago and was tasked to deal with some battle-rted stuff associated with the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s city.

    However, saying that he was ¡°tasked¡± might not be urate. In truth, he was simply dispatched to this location.

    He was dispatched rather than tasked to this location because his name was no longer on the list that the September Guild had obtained, which had the names of the top yers of Storm City.

    One of the reasons why his name was not amongst the top yers was due to the new signature superstar yer of the September Guild known as Invikill.

    September Night Rain did not get along well with Invikill. To be more precise, it should be noted that September Night Rain has had a history in which he did not get along with most of the other expert yers in the guild!

    As an ex-star yer who was also the only yer from September Guild to enter the top 10 rankings of Storm City, as well as the top 150 superstar yers in War, September Night Rain had always been prideful. Apart from the few September Guild leadership team members who held genuine authority, he looked down on everyone else.

    Naturally, this attitude of his made him a good number of enemies.

    However, since he had maintained his number one position in power and poprity in the September Guild, even if the others were pissed off or annoyed at him, he would ignore them.

    However, after Invikill ¡°awakened the Force¡± and was chosen by the September Guild as the person they were going to groom as ¡°War¡¯s Number One Sniper,¡± his position in the guild dropped drastically.

    The people who used to call him ¡°God Rain¡± or ¡°Brother Rain¡± in front of him had begun to talk behind his back now.

    As for Invikill, he became the newly recognized number one expert in the September Guild. His poprity shot into the top 20, which was even higher than September Night Rain during his peak!

    It was simply uneptable to September Night Rain!

    Furthermore, the guild wanted Invikill to disy his absolute strength throughout the abandoned ruins mission and to outshine a bunch of other top-ss yers. By doing this sessfully, Invikill could push his poprity into the top 10 and be a mega expert who could contend with Sword Ki Long River!

    The people whom they assigned to the exploration mission were those who had a good rtionship with Invikill. They even tried to find people who could specificallyplement Invikill¡¯s strength!

    Even though his feud and conflict with Invikill escted, using the excuse of needing him to stabilize the Lu Conglomerate City, he was sent over to this location by the guild, and he did not even get a spot to take part in the ruin exploration mission.

    This had angered September Night Rain so much that it made him smash a bunch of things in his luxurious mansion.

    The good thing, however, was that the result of Invikill¡¯s expedition waspletely different from the guild¡¯s initial n.

    Invikill failed, and he waspletely suppressed by another Sniper yer whose name none of them had even heard of before!

    Not only did the person also awaken the Force, dimming the spotlight on Invikill, but they were both Snipers. Some had begun to doubt if the title of ¡°War¡¯s Number One Sniper¡± should even belong to Invikill.

    To September Night Rain, this situation was definitely a good thing. Invikill¡¯s massive failure made September Night Rain feel a lot more rxed andfortable. He was even secretly jeering about it.

    However, after he saw the ID of the Sniper who killed Invikill, September felt a disgust rise from within his heart as if he had just eaten flies.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luo Ye!¡±

    If one were to say September Night Rain¡¯s feelings for Invikill were grounded in jealousy, then his feelings for Feng Zhi Luo Ye would be grounded in pure hate!

    Feng Zhi Luo Ye was one of the main reasons why he was in his current situation.

    If he had not died by Feng Zhi Luo Ye¡¯s hands during a past mission and dropped all of his gears after dying, not to mention repurchasing his items after Feng Zhi Luo Ye went and auctioned them, his poprity wouldn¡¯t have gone down so much.

    Furthermore, his ck history would also not have been discovered. This discovery had led the guild to push him aside and choose to groom Invikill as their new star yer.

    Also, it would have widened the power difference between him and the person who took his ce, Invikill, which ultimately led to him being sent to this Lu Conglomerate City to be the ¡°expert to stabilize the city.¡±

    The ¡°expert to stabilize the city¡±? Only the name sounded fancy! In truth, he was simply sent away!

    However, unexpectedly in the Lu Conglomerate City, September Night Rain managed to learn something from a partner that the September Guild did not really prioritize or pay attention to.

    He learned that Feng Zhi Luo Ye¡¯s real-world identity was actually closely associated with a night club that was exiled from the Lu Conglomerate.

    The night club also had disagreements with people from the September Guild.

    Staring at the entrance of the abandoned ruin with no other ess points, the hate in September Night Rain¡¯s eyes gradually turned into indifference.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luo Ye, today, we¡¯ll see how you die!¡±

 Chapter 657 - Awaken! Psionic Energy?

    <h4>Chapter 657: Awaken! Psionic Energy?</h4>

    In the underground abandoned ruin, Feng Luo opened his eyes in confusion, and a vague ck light shed across his eyes.

    ¡°Woosh!¡±

    ¡°Hmm?¡±

    After opening his eyes, Feng Luo became startled and immediately turned around to look at the Zerg Cerebrate inside the safe, which was still being aimed at by Wings of Death!

    In the end, the Cerebrate inside the safe had closed its eyes again. It had returned to its lifeless form!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, Feng Luo did not hesitate to pull the trigger of the Wings of Death that he held in his hands and fired an armor-piercing round on the Zerg Cerebrate!

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    The bullet punctured and dove into the Cerebrate¡¯s body, but no damage number appeared.

    For this to happen, either the Cerebrate was really dead, or the bullet simply struck a lifeless, inanimate object.

    The Cerebrate, which had previously been on a rampage and had almostpletely annihted both Feng Luo and 24K in the ¡°Mental Space,¡± now appeared to be dead!

    ¡°Bang, bang!¡±

    After two more experimental shots, Feng Luo stopped.

    At that time, Mu Zi and the others had woken up and started shouting and speaking all at once.

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    ¡°What was that just now?¡±

    ¡°Why did the bugs suddenly die?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, a ck me suddenly appeared and burned all the monsters that I was fighting to the ground,¡± said Feng Luo.

    It was clear that they had experienced something that was simr to what he had experienced!

    After regaining their consciousness, the people from the Nightless Club also noticed Feng Luo¡¯s attack.

    Mu Zi realized something after observing the situation. ¡°Brother Feng, you are the one who killed this Cerebrate and rescued us from that space, right?!¡±

    ¡°I was almost devoured by one of those bugs! The system notification said that it was some sort of mental attack. It was really gross!¡± said Little Snow. Her pale face was covered in a cold sweat while her chest heaved up and down very quickly.

    ¡°Brother Feng, thank you. The tail of a friggin bug almost ended me!¡± said Chairman Jiao, who was still unnerved by the entire situation.

    Everyone chimed in to discuss their previous encounter with several questions. The ¡°Mental Attack¡± was quite odd, and it waspletely different from the attacks or skills of the monsters that they encountered in the past.

    In truth, the group had experienced a mental illusion made by 24K in the templest time. However, that was apletely different experience from the one the Cerebrate had put them through.

    When Boss Meng and the others were discussing their terrifying encounters, Feng Luo did not speak a single word.

    He had remained silent because after he had confirmed that the Cerebrate was indeed dead, he immediately switched his attention to 24K.

    On the ground, 24Ky in front of Feng Luo¡¯s feet. It had stopped moving. The spark in its eyes were gone, and the beautiful and magnificent golden shell had lost its color.

    ¡°24K?¡±

    When Feng Luo sent 24K a message through their mental link to one another, he did not receive any response from his pet.

    Instead, he received a message from the system.

    [Your pet has suffered from a severe mental attack. Its mental state is damaged, and it is currently in an unconscious state. A mental link between you two can not be established.]

    ¡°Unconscious state!?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart sank as he considered the fate of his fallen pet.

    It had be quite clear that after the erged 24K inside the ¡°Mental Space¡± was shattered by the blue pir of light suspected of being from the Overmind, its actual body also suffered considerable damage.

    The system¡¯s notification was straightforward. However, 24K¡¯s status window showed that it was in a ¡°severely injured¡± state. Moreover, that status of his pet contained some bad news, which was that its health would not be reset even after death!

    ¡°24K!¡±

    Feng Luo extended his hands to pick up 24K and hold it in his arms. An extremely gloomy expression lingered on his face as he was upset by this revtion.

    The system¡¯s notification had ended the possibility to save and heal 24K directly.

    Meanwhile, the Cerebrate appeared to be genuinely dead. Perhaps it died from that green light or the ck mes?

    Nheless, the death of the culprit did not make him feel any better!

    The good thing was that the mission that everyone epted earlier did not disappear due to the death of the Cerebrate.

    As for the mission Feng Luo received earlier for 24K, Heart of a King Beetle (2), there was no notification regarding itspletion or failure, which meant that there were still ways to save 24K!

    However, he was uncertain about what the ways were to save 24K.

    Feng Luo suddenly remembered something. He turned around to speak to Mu Zi. ¡°Mu Zi, can you take these devices to reset, read, copy, and extract the information contained within?¡±

    In War, almost every Scout would choose their life profession to be a Chip Master. At the same time, they would always carry devices and instruments that could crack or power up all kinds of equipment, programs, and devices contained within abandoned ruins.

    The reason they did this was because monster drops were not the only valuable items within military or research abandoned ruins like these.

    The research information and data stored within some of the devices were also extremely valuable to yers!

    They were valuable because the game¡¯s background information was set up in a way so that all the major weaponized factions in the game would be greatly interested in benefitting from the technology left within these abandoned sites.

    yers would obtain amazing rewards from the NPCs just by copying and handing over the information from various devices to them.

    However, the reason why Feng Luo asked Mu Zi to restart the device was not so he could hand the information over to the NPCs.

    He remembered something. Since the core research content of thisb was to create a ¡°King Beetle¡± simr to 24K, Feng Luo assumed that they would definitely be able to find detailed information regarding 24K within the device.

    He even thought that there could be information that would help or solve their current situation. At the very least, the possibility was not zero!

    However, the regretful thing was that the caucasian NPC researcher decided to destroy most of the data at thest moment. After Mu Zi restarted the device, he was not able to find any concretely useful items.

    After failing, Mu Zi seemed to have remembered something. He then pointed at the chip he was holding and said to the unhappy-looking Feng Luo, ¡°But Brother Feng, this information chip has some highly encrypted data. Perhaps it contains information rted to 24K!¡±

    ¡°Chip?¡±

    Feng Luo shifted his gaze.

    That¡¯s right. The NPC could never truly destroy all of his beloved research data. Therefore, the chip contained all of his most important research results!

    However, what Mu Zi said next made Feng Luo raise his eyebrows slightly.

    ¡°However, my skill level isn¡¯t high enough. Moreover, this chip is very advanced. It also has a note saying that a forced reading of the chip will result in the chip¡¯s self-destruction!¡±

    ¡°One more thing, my mission info said that I need to bring this chip into the A-2 base!¡±

    Nheless, Feng Luo¡¯s furrowed brows rxed quickly.

    As long as the chip contained something, it would not be a problem because encryptions could eventually be cracked!

    While Mu Zi¡¯s profession level was not high enough, Lin was still a Master Level Chip Master.

    Even if they were to fail to locate the A-2 research base that was probably over a decade old, Lin would most likely still be able to find a way to save 24K.

    Feng Luo ced the unconscious 24K back into the pet space. After that, his gaze returned to his body.

    After he recovered from the ¡°Mental Space,¡± Feng Luo could feel that something was drastically different from before.

    He did not feel as if he had be weaker. Instead, he felt several times better than before.

    However, he did not have a simple improvement in his vision, hearing, or perception. It was something that he could not describe.

    If he had to put it into words, it would be that Feng Luo now saw the world in a different way. He was now able to see and detect a lot of details he had never even noticed before!

    What was the reason for this?

    Feng Luo quickly scrolled through his system logs.

    [Your hidden stats: Your mentality has increased. Your overall perception has improved significantly.]

    [You have awakened the Beginner Level Psionic Energy.]

    Those were the two messages that he saw first.

 Chapter 658 - Real Word Stat, Brain Activation!

    <h4>Chapter 658: Real Word Stat, Brain Activation!</h4>

    ¡°Mental Power? Psionic Energy?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s face froze after reading the two system messages.

    ¡°The system message said that my mentality has increased, which means I have a Mental Power stat that is hidden...¡± Feng Luo mumbled to himself.

    Mental Power was something that Feng Luo had always considered to be vague and pointless. Or rather, at the very least, he found it to be a concept that was incredibly difficult to understand!

    Although, since the game already had contained things like the Force and Psionic Energy, having a form of Mental Power would not be strange at all.

    However, Mental Power was a hidden stat that could not be checked on. It had functioned in a way that was simr to the Luck stat. So, it was not possible for one to actually know how high one¡¯s stat was.

    Feng Luo continued to mumble to himself. ¡°Regardless, the strengthening of the Mental Power stat has greatly enhanced my overall perception and strength. Perhaps this is the reason why my surroundings feel and look very different right now. Also, if I remember correctly, there is a strong rtionship between Mental Power and Psionic Energy in Starcraft!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s highly active mind quickly began to recall information about Starcraft¡¯s background.

    In the game, Psionic Energy itself was a sort of power that connected to one¡¯s mind.

    Furthermore, if he remembered correctly, the game setting made it so that the humans could not easily manipte Psionic Energy. At the same time, some of the advanced units of the Zerg species could possess Psionic Energy.

    However, among the three main camps in the game, the Protoss had very advanced minds. As such, they possessed amazing Mental Power from birth and had the ability to manipte advanced level Psionic Energy!

    ¡°Wait! The mind!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes moved quickly as he had an idea.

    Feng Luo spoke through the audio recording device to the system and said, ¡°Activate the game capsule¡¯s body status monitor!¡±

    Inside the abandoned ruin, yers could not go offline. However, the game capsule¡¯s monitoring system allowed yers to check data on their bodies in the real world while they were still inside the game.

    After Feng Luo issued hismand, the system opened up the monitoring system page.

    ¡°Peak heart rate; muscle cell metabolic index; brain activity rate; static state energy consumption...¡±

    Feng Luo skipped past the normal stats and went straight to the bottom of the list to review the hidden stats that he could still check after awakening the Force in the game.

    [Seventh Brain Domain Progress ¨C 3.35%]

    [Known Hidden Gene Fragment Unlock Progress ¨C 0.301%]

    ¡°So that¡¯s how it is, huh?¡±

    Feng Luo shifted his gaze and stared at the ¡°Seventh Brain Domain Progress ¨C 3.35%¡± stat.

    After learning that the game could also impact a yer¡¯s body in the real world, Feng Luo had been checking his body¡¯s data every single day.

    The Seventh Brain Domain and the Hidden Gene Fragment Unlock were two stats that had been gradually increasing over the past ten days.

    Usually, their growth rate had not been very fast. More specifically, the brain domain activation progress was slow.

    However, he clearly remembered that when he checked it earlier in the day, the progress was only at 0.98%. Now, the progress was at 3.35%. It had almost doubled in one go!

    ¡°The brain region activation rate, the increase of Mental Power, the awakening of Psionic Energy...¡±

    Considering the two messages in his system logs from the game, Feng Luo was almost certain that the brain domain activation progress was closely rted to the increase of his Mental Power and the awakening of Psionic Energy.

    Feng Luo then mumbled, ¡°Since the Seventh Brain Domain¡¯s activation corresponds to the Psionic Energy, what happens when the Hidden Gene Fragment Unlock progress reaches 100%? Since awakening the Force has granted me a series of increases and adjustments in stats, what will this Psionic Energy awakening grant me?¡±

    After affirming his suspicions and confirming that his body was still disyed as ¡°Normal,¡± Feng Luo quickly remembered the ¡°Gains¡± he picked up after the previous Force awakening.

    As such, he closed the stats interface and switched to look back at the system logs.

    After he reopened the system logs interface, the first message he saw was not regarding the Psionic Energy stat. Instead, it was about the bonus he received after the Evolution Talent was triggered.

    [Due to the Evolution Talent, you have received: Permanent Psionic Energy Attack Resistance from the Zerg Overmind +10%, Permanent Psionic Energy Attack Resistance from the Zerg Cerebrate +20%, Permanent Psionic Energy Attack Resistance from the Advanced Zerg Units +30%!]

    The activation of the Evolution Talent did not really surprise Feng Luo. Truth be told, when he was facing the Zerg Boss and the advanced units, he had already activated the Evolution Talent a few times.

    However,pared to before, the bonus provided by the Evolution Talent this time was a lot higher.

    A series of Permanent Stat bonuses, while they were only resistant to very specific units, were nheless incredible gains.

    Feng Luo went on to read the next message in the system log.

    [Due to the awakening of the Beginner Level Psionic Energy, you have received: Intelligence +100%, Mental Type Attack Effects +20%, Mental Type Attack Permanent Resistance +20%, Psionic Energy +200%!]

    Feng Luo furrowed his brows after reading the stats.

    Compared to the awakening of the Force, the stat bonuses obtained after the awakening of the Psionic Energy was quite underwhelming.

    First of all, there was no increase in his HP or his general stats. Secondly, there was no stat bonus that he could choose!

    As for the bonus effect on Mental Type Attacks, for Feng Luo, they were useless because he did not know or possess any Mental Attack skills.

    Regarding mental resistance, it would only be useful when he encountered units such as the Cerebrate or the earlier ck beetle that possessed Mental Type Attacks. However, neither of the two creatures mentioned previously were left on this. Therefore, he would not have much use of mental resistance, and it would not help to increase hisbat ability.

    The only useful thing to him right now was probably the increase in his Intelligence stat.

    As a Sniper and Light Armor Warrior, his Agility, Strength, and Vitality stats were not low. Furthermore, apart from his base stats, he also had the equipment bonuses too.

    On the other hand, his Intelligence stat had been quite low. Either way, the stat was not all that useful for professions that dealt with physical attacks.

    However, the 100 Intelligence stat points could not be regarded as entirely useless in all situations. The 100 Intelligence stat points could be quite powerful when paired with the bonuses he had received after awakening the Force and the ¡°All stat +20¡± bonus from the badge. His Intelligence stat may even be higher than some of the maniptor yers who had not awakened the Force!

    Therefore, he would not have much of a problem even if he were to choose the maniptor profession as his third profession!

    Of course, not mentioning the fact that Feng Luo had not even considered the option of choosing an energy type profession as his third profession, the mere point requirement, as well as the A-Rank Authorization requirement, was challenging to meet. He needed to exchange the ¡°Third Profession Change Chip¡± from the special agent warehouse, and that was already an insurmountable obstacle for him.

    Therefore, the conclusion was that the Intelligence stat bonus was also useless.

    However, Feng Luo did not feel bad aftering to this realization.

    Since the awakening of Psionic Energy was quite sudden and unexpected, he found it all a tad ridiculous.

    No matter how he looked at it, the increase in stats was definitely better than having nothing at all.

    So, Feng Luo continued reading.

 Chapter 659 - Psionic Energy Property â€œDestroyâ€

    <h4>Chapter 659: Psionic Energy Property ¡°Destroy¡±</h4>

    [Based on your Fatal Talent, your Psionic Energy obtained a bonus property called Destroy.]

    ¡°Psionic Energy property?¡±

    Feng Luo was stunned again.

    Psionic Energy was technically a type of mental power, so could it have properties?

    However, if one were to base it on the settings of the game Star Wars, the Force should technically not have properties as well. It should be a type of pure energy force that Jedi warriors manipte.

    On this right now, though, he had not met a single Jedi warrior yet. The Force was amon trait among the advanced NPCs as well as an advanced strength that all yers could possess in the future!

    However, the two types of power that emerged in War were simr to the ones within the story of Resident Evil: Biohazard Crisis and had considerable adjustments made to them.

    [Destroy is a Beginner Level Psionic Energy Bonus Property.]

    Attacks with Psionic Energy infused in them will possess extra destructive strength. Also, additional Psionic Energy damage will be dealt during attacks without consuming any Psionic Energy points!

    Feng Luo extended his finger to click on the button to read an introduction about the Destroy property.

    He was not able to gather very detailed information from the brief description. Furthermore, without any opportunities to experiment, he still was not sure about the effects of Psionic Energy.

    However, since this so-called Psionic Energy was a power that should be on the same level as the Force, the effects of the Psionic Energy bonus property should not be any weaker than his self-healing Force, right? Especially since extra destructive strength and additional damage were avable with Psionic Energy infused attacks.

    Compared to the self-healing Force that recovered his stamina, healed his HP, and treated his injuries, the Psionic Energy bonus property functioned in an opposite way. The self-healing Force served as a defense, while the Destroy property enhanced his attacks.

    ording to the system¡¯s notification, the Destroy property appeared because of his Fatal Talent!

    Fatal Talent? He wondered if this meant that his Fatal Talent had been modified.

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes narrowed. Then, he quickly shifted his gaze back to the system log interface.

    [Since you¡¯ve awakened the Psionic Energy, you Fatal Talent has been adjusted!]

    ¡°Just as I thought!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes sparkled.

    His mood, which had been a bit down due to 24K¡¯s condition, had finally be slightly filled with excitement again!

    The Fatal Talent could be regarded as Feng Luo¡¯s greatest asset in the game.

    So, just what has changed in thistest adjustment?

    He hoped that the adjustment had not weakened his Fatal Talent or reduced bonus damage!

    Feng Luo was feeling very anxious at that moment. As such, without waiting much longer, he clicked and entered his talent interface.

    [Fatal Talent: Fatal Damage is increased by 100%! When inbat with humanoid units, if their defense has beenpletely damaged and if the damage from an attack that hits a vital spot exceeds half of the target¡¯s current HP, the Instant Death effect will be inflicted upon them. When inbat with non-human units above the Commander Grade, Instant Death is ineffective. When the defense of the target unit has beenpletely damaged and when an attack hits a vital spot, the attack will deal extra damage based on the HP percentage of the target unit.]

    The brightness in Feng Luo¡¯s eyes intensified as he stared straight at the words!

    ¡°The Instant Death effect!¡±

    Even Feng Luo¡¯s breathing became faster. However, he felt a bit odd.

    In the Gctic civilization, the word ¡°Fatal¡± and ¡°Instant Death¡± [1] had a very slight difference.

    Even though the name of his talent was Fatal, the truth was that if the gap between his target and his equipment grade was not too wide, or perhaps during the time before he awakened the Force, it was almost impossible for Feng Luo to truly achieve a one-shot kill!

    However, right now, his Fatal Talent had the Instant Death effect, an effect that was technically one of the strongestbat attributes one could hope for!

    The effect, however, had its own limitations. The Instant Death effect would only work on humanoid units. Furthermore, the defense of the unit needed to be shattered, and the damage dealt needed to exceed half of the target¡¯s current HP.

    This meant that the attack needed to have an intense destructive power as well as high enough damage.

    This might be difficult for other professions to achieve, but for a Sniper, it was actually not all that difficult! It was especially not difficult for Feng Luo when considering his current level, stats, and equipment.

    Since he possessed the Wings of Death, which had a destructive attack power, and the advanced high-end special ammunition for it, Feng Luo was quite capable. Apart from Heavy Armor Warriors and those with high-level Legendary Grade defensive items in this current stage, it was almost certain that Feng Luo would be able topletely break through the defense of any other target in one shot.

    Even though Heavy Armor Warriors, and those with Legendary Grade defensive gears, might be able to deflect a shot from the Wings of Death, it should always be remembered that the Wings of Death was only a Rare Grade weapon. Apart from Heavy Armor Warriors, anyone who could deflect an attack from the weapon would have their equipment to thank.

    Feng Luo still had the Death Gaze, a Legendary sniper rifle, in his possession. However, the weapon was iplete because it was missing parts. He needed to get to Level 60 before he could collect all five parts of the weapon.

    Thankfully, with his current rate of leveling up, it would not take much longer for him to reach Level 60.

    Moreover, he did not have to wait until he reached Level 60 toplete the Legendary Grade sniper rifle if he really did not want to.

    He had earned credits by auctioning off the Boss Grade pet biochips and now had enough to purchase the Legendary Grade item production equipment. Would it even be possible for Old John, a Master Level Gun Mechanic, not to know how to create a Legendary Grade sniper rifle?!

    Feng Luo remembered one more thing.

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, there¡¯s also this new Psionic Energy property!¡±

    His Psionic Energy¡¯s property was Destroy. Although he had not yet tested it before, from the name and the description, one could easily suggest that it was rted to the increase of one¡¯s attack and destructive power.

    The existence of the Psionic Energy property created the possibility of Feng Luo being able to take down a Heavy Armor Warrior yer with a one-shot kill. At that point, it would not even matter if the warrior was fully equipped in Legendary Grade gears.

    ¡°But the Psionic Energy is not able to activate the skills of Legendary Grade items like the Force. Therefore, it¡¯s not as good as a second Force!¡±

    Feng Luo felt a little bit disappointed.

    He initially thought that his Fatal Talent would awaken a second type of attack-oriented Force power in the future. After all, he always felt that the double-talent situation was a hint to something.

    Even though Haruko once said that awakening the second Force was a lot moreplicated than awakening the first one, Feng Luo was still hopeful.

    However, he did not awaken the second Force but the Psionic Energy instead!

    Moreover, from the looks of things, the awakening of the Psionic Energy had ¡°overdrawn¡± his Fatal Talent!

    In this case, was there still a chance to awaken the Force?

    Feng Luo was not sure.

    However, he had a feeling that the possibility of that happening was now very low.

    Furthermore, even though the adjustments made had strengthened the Fatal Talent, parts of it had also been weakened.

    For example, the 50% extra damage on Weak Point Damage was no longer there.

    Therefore, in the future, he would have to utilize Fatal Damage if he wanted to deal a high level of damage to his targets. This also meant that the need for uracy during battles had substantially increased. Any other yer might not have considered these changes as a boost in strength!

    However, the negative effect of his talent, the ¡°Normal Damage deals only 75% damage during an attack¡± use, was no longer there. So, there was still a kind of bnce in his attributes and abilities.

    Regarding the point about the Instant Death effect not applying to Commander Grade and above units, the impact of this effect was not all that great because the Commander Grade units had far too much HP. Especially the Boss Grade units. By the time he could deal more than half of the unit¡¯s current HP some damage with one shot, the Boss unit¡¯s HP would most definitely be below 5% already.

    In that case, it would be quite meaningless.

    It would have been far more useful if the extra damage was based on a certain percentage of the target¡¯s HP when dealing with Boss Grade monsters that had ridiculously high HP!

    Of course, he would have to wait and see the actual impact of the effect by testing it out inbat!

    Feng Luo continued to scroll and read.

    [Since you are the first to awaken the Psionic Energy, you have received a Psionic Energy Skill called Psionic me!]

    [The Psionic me skill can attach Psionic mes onto the surface of any object. The Psionic Energy consumption rate will depend on the surface area and object that you are attaching the mes to. It will also depend on the time of the attachment. Psionic Energy can be in two states during the use of the Psionic me skill, which is the Activated and Normal state!]

    Feng Luo looked shocked once more, but then he suddenly remembered something.

    The Zerg species are an alien species on this, and the advanced NPCs and the high-level monsters on the would most definitely not have Psionic Energy. Then, would monsters drop gears that needed Psionic Energy or items along the line of ¡°Psionic Energy Integration Chips?¡±

    Feng Luo had tested the Psionic Energy a little bit just before he found out he had the skill. After testing it, he found that the Psionic Energy could not be used on his body like the Force.

    So, this brought about a serious problem.

    He felt like awakening Psionic Energy was, in fact, a useless skill.

    The stats and numbers looked good, but in reality, they had no practical use.

    The good thing was that the system gave him a Psionic Energy skill, which was the reward for being the first to awaken Psionic Energy!

    Although the rewards given by the system for being the first for most things had never been amazing, the skill, ording to the description, reminded Feng Luo of the me that was ignited by the Psionic Energy of the Zerg Overmind that he witnessed inside the ¡°Mental Space.¡±

    He felt that it could have potential!

    Endnote:

    [1] The words in Chinese are Zhi Ming (tranted as Fatal) and Zhi Si (tranted as instant death). The difference in Chinese is only a single word, but the meaning is mostly the same. ¡°Ming¡± means life, while the ¡°Si¡± means death. So, the first one could be argued to mean that something was critically affecting, and potentially ending, one¡¯s life. The second one focuses on causing death.

 Chapter 660 - Skill â€“ Psionic Flame

    <h4>Chapter 660: Skill ¨C Psionic me</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    As Feng Luo was reading through his system log, Mu Zi¡¯s group had been circling around the safe. After attacking the Cerebrate in the safe three more times, they confirmed that it was really dead!

    However, the thought of the next step was something that made everyone scowl.

    Their original n was to get the Cerebrate out of the safe so that they could easily carry it around with them outside. However, that n was no longer feasible because after Feng Luo woke up from the mental attack of the Cerebrate, the Commander Grade Steel Beetle, ¡°Steel One,¡± was no longer moving.

    The Cerebrate¡¯s mental attack hit all of the creatures inside theb, and the Steel Beetle that had the ability to destroy the safe had probably made the Cerebrate feel threatened. Therefore, the Cerebrate had unleashed a more ferocious attack to defend itself!

    Although the Commander Grade Steel Beetle had no external injuries on its body, it showed no signs of being alive.

    The screen of Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter showed that its brain, which was hidden under its tough shell, had been blown to bits!

    This revtion affected Feng Luo¡¯s mood negatively.

    ¡°Steel One¡± was the highest leveled beetle among all of the Commander Grade Steel Beetles.

    Compared to Elite Grade Steel Beetles, Commander Grade Steel Beetles were capable of surviving through considerable damage due to them possessing energy shields.

    In terms of battle strength, this Commander Grade Steel Beetle might even be stronger than top-ss yers that are not equipped with Legendary Grade items!

    However, before more than five days could pass since its development, and after only making one appearance on the Devil Tri-Horn Fog Ind, it was already dead.

    Also, there was the tragic condition of 24K. So, it was natural for Feng Luo to feel sad and anguished.

    The fall of the Commander Grade Steel Beetle had highlighted the weakness of beetle soldiers. As wild monsters, they only had one life. Therefore, once they had died, they could not be brought back to life.

    Likewise, even though 24K seemed incredibly strong, it also had two severe weaknesses. Its first weakness was that itsbat power and HP were incredibly low. Therefore, it could be killed quite easily. Its second weakness was that it relied on its subordinates to fight in all its battles. The moment it loses all, or a majority, of its subordinates in a battle, it could quickly be the weakest Boss Grade pet throughout War!

    Regardless, even if the Commander Grade Steel Beetle was alive, they still did not have any way to open the safe.

    With 24K currently unconscious, no matter how good and powerful Feng Luo was, he had no way of directlymunicating with the beetle soldiers. Therefore, he would not be able to instruct them to perform specific actions.

    ¡°What do we do? This safe is just too sturdy. My armor-breaking skills have beenpletely useless. My sword¡¯s destruction coefficient is C-Grade, but it did not even leave any mark on its surface!¡±

    Boss Meng raised his beloved golden sword, which was as broad as a door, in the air. With hisrge body that weighed over 300 pounds, he waved and swung hisrge alloy sword at the safe. The result? He was pushed back by the recoil of his swing after hitting the safe. He did not manage to deal any sort of destructive damage to it at all!

    As such, he could only look at the people from the Nightless Club with a resigned expression.

    ¡°Nothing seems to be damaging it, so we will have to move the safe with us outside. Although a few ces outside will not be easy to bypass, we should be able to dig through the walls!¡± said Rose Thorns with a frown.

    ¡°It seems like that¡¯s our only choice...¡±

    Little Witch even used her energy to create mes and directed them towards the safe, hoping they would burn it. However, it was apparent that the safe was made with fireproof material. Just before she raised the temperature of the mes, Mu Zi ordered her to stop because the closed-offb actually had a high concentration of oxygen. If she were to continue trying to burn the safe a little while longer, everyone might have suffocated.

    Although they tried various methods of destroying the safe, it appeared to be indestructible.

    Since Feng Luo had retracted the unconscious 24K and was now standing silently beside the corpse of the Steel Beetle, some of the others guessed that Feng Luo was not in a good mood.

    Therefore, they chose not to bother him with anything and ultimately decided that the best course of action was to carry the safe with them.

    However, Feng Luo hadpleted scanning through his system logs and said, ¡°No, wait! It won¡¯t hurt for me to try! Besides, I want to experiment with something.¡±

    After seeing Mu Zi and the others prepare to carry the safe, Feng Luo regained his senses and stopped them.

    ¡°Brother Feng, could it be that you have a n?¡±

    Little Witch widened her eyes, which were covered with purple eyeshadow, and stared curiously at Feng Luo.

    Feng Luo believed that there was still hope for them.

    After all, Feng Luo had summoned the Steel Beetle earlier to destroy the safe.

    Not to mention, Feng Luo was only the ¡°second¡± person to awaken the Force across the entire game.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know if my n will work, but I still want to test it out.¡± Feng Luo walked over and pulled out Ghost Weep from his tactical belt. After that, he quickly and decisively swung the de at the safe.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    A very shallow cut marking appeared on the surface of the safe.

    Feng Luo was not surprised that the attack was unable to do much damage to the safe.

    Even Phoenix¡¯s Legendary Grade alloy sword and armor breaking skill could not deal significant damage to the safe. Therefore, it was normal for Ghost Weep, with its destruction coefficient lower than the two Legendary Grade alloy swords, to not be able to do much damage.

    ¡°Pang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s right arm suddenly swelled up.

    Ghost Weep¡¯s attached skill was activated. His entire arm was engulfed in ayer of ck gas while his arm¡¯s size increased by over two-thirds. It was incredible to see.

    The others stared at Feng Luo in shock. Just as they regained their senses, Boss Meng stared at Ghost Weep passionately and said, ¡°Eh? Brother Feng, your military knife... Could it be...¡±

    Abination of his alloy sword and armor breaking skill only left a slight mark on the safe. However, Feng Luo¡¯s first sh at the safe was strong enough to leave a mark with a simr depth to his when he was using the armor breaking skill!

    However, his alloy sword was only a Level 45 weapon, and its destruction coefficient was not considered to be the strongest. As such, he did not think of much in the beginning and only guessed that the dagger that Feng Luo held had a destruction coefficient of B-Grade.

    However, now that he was looking at the phenomena happening around Feng Luo¡¯s arm, it had be clear to everyone that the military knife had improved significantly since thest time they saw it. It was now a Legendary Grade weapon!

    ¡°Yes, it is a Legendary Grade weapon!¡± Feng Luo did not try to show off or hide it from them.

    Instead, with the attached skill activated, he swung the dagger at the safe once more!

    ¡°ng!¡±

    This time, a half a centimeter deep cut was left on the surface of the safe. It was quite clear to see.

    However, inparison to the thickness of the safe itself, it was still not very effective.

    ¡°It¡¯s still not working. Even a Legendary Grade weapon with an attached skill isn¡¯t able to do anything! This is quite a challenge, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    Since Feng Luo¡¯s sh still failed to inflict much damage upon the safe, some of the group began to feel distressed and defeated.

    After all, they all witnessed how a Legendary Grade weapon with an attached skill had failed to open the safe!

    Did they really have to go with n B and bring thisrge safe along with them while digging through walls?

    Feng Luo did not say anything. Instead, he observed the mark that the Ghost Weep left on the safe.

    He did not find it odd or surprising that the Legendary Grade weapon¡¯s skill failed to open the safe instantly because Ghost Weep¡¯s skill only increased his arm strength. Ghost Weep¡¯s destructive power did not increase.

    Furthermore, if the gap between the attacker¡¯s destruction coefficient and the defender¡¯s defense coefficient was toorge, no matter how high his strength, it would be impossible to inflict any substantial signs of damage!

    Clearly, the safe¡¯s defense coefficient was ridiculously high.

    The only reason why Feng Luo cut at the safe again with Ghost Power activated was to make aparison between two skills. He wanted to test the difference between Ghost Power and Psionic me.

    ¡°Psionic me!¡±

    Feng Luo activated the Psionic Energy skill that he had just received and chose for the mes to attach to the Ghost Weep.

    ¡°Woosh!¡±

    Ghost Weep was instantly covered in ayer of ck gas!

    Ghost Weep would usually turn a ck shade after activating its own skill, but the ck substance that covered the weapon looked more like ayer of gas.

    Feng Luo looked at the ck substance, which absorbed all forms of light, as it wrapped around the Ghost Weep. It resembled an incredibly tranquil and peacefulke without any forms of ripple and was incredibly smooth!

    ¡°Chi!¡±

    However, when Feng Luo swung Ghost Weep at the safe, the ckke water changed drastically. Ripples started to appear on the originally calm-looking surface!

    The moment the Ghost Weep¡¯s de made contact with the surface of the safe, the ripple changed and transformed into ayer of dancing Psionic mes!

    The safe that withstood the attacks from the Legendary Grade alloy swords of Phoenix and Sword Ki Long River, both of which had destruction bonuses, instantly crumbled upon making contact with Ghost Weep, which was infused with the destructive Psionic Energy.

 Chapter 661 - Ambush

    <h4>Chapter 661: Ambush</h4>

    ¡°It is effective!¡±

    The people from the Nightless Club all looked delighted.

    The de of Ghost Weep was covered in dancing ck mes as the sharp edgespletely cut into and sliced through the safe!

    As a matter of fact, even Feng Luo was surprised.

    Although using the skill was his idea, he was uncertain if the de infused with Psionic Energy would be able to cut through the safe.

    After all, the material of the safe was extremely solid. Even the Legendary Grade alloy swords of two of the best Light Armor Warriors were not able to do much damage.

    However, under the effects of the Psionic Energy¡¯s bonus property, Destroy, he did not have to make much effort before slicing through the safe.

    It was definitely due to the effects of the Destroy property that he was able to destroy the safe. If one were to investigate the destruction of the safe in detail, one would be able to see that the safe had changed its color and shape very quickly the moment the ck Psionic me made contact. The structure of the material was destroyed. Furthermore, the skill of Ghost Weep significantly increased his strength and allowed him to push the de through the safe!

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    Seeing how effective the attack was, Feng Luo took one step closer, changed his grip on the knife, and continued cutting at the invisible edges of the safe.

    ¡°Done!¡±

    Although it was not as easy as cutting tofu, Feng Luo did not need to expend a lot of his strength to create a half meter wide hole on the safe.

    It was the first time he used this Destroy property, but the effect was absolutely a lot better than he expected!

    ¡°Let me take the creature!¡±

    Seeing that the safe was cut open, Boss Meng put down hisrge golden sword and quickly took out a ck folding box from his inventory. After that, he took the Cerebrate from the safe and put it into the box.

    Since yers often encountered things that they couldn¡¯t ce inside their inventory, many yers would bring along a folding box with them out of habit.

    Even though the folding box wasn¡¯t that big, it had just enough space to hold the Cerebrate, especially since its body had significantly shrunk after it died. Boss Meng picked up the box with one arm.

    Mu Zi, on the other hand, had already opened the tunnel with his bracelet, and the group began returning to the abandoned ruin¡¯s entrance.

    The abandoned ruin exploration mission had finally finished!

    It took them around thirty minutes to get to the mission, but since all the monsters had been wiped out, the return journey took less than five minutes. Before long, the group had reached the entrance.

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    The metallic rotating door of the abandoned ruin retracted like the petals of a flower. Then, a ray of light brightened up the underground tunnel slope between them and the door.

    Rose Thorns raised her alloy shield and led the way out.

    After looking around carefully and noting that no monsters were waiting in the surrounding forest, she turned around to say, ¡°There are no monsters!¡±

    Boss Meng held the box containing the Cerebrate with one hand while the other held his golden alloy sword on his shoulder and said, ¡°Now, let us return to the Lu Conglomerate City first. We¡¯ll go look for the A-2 Base inside the Forest of Death that the NPC mentioned after the system update urs.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, there¡¯s only around two hours left before the system update happens. That is definitely not enough time for us to work on a follow-up mission!¡±

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    As the group talked, they reached and exited through the main entrance of the abandoned ruin, and the door behind them closed automatically.

    The moment the metallic door of the abandoned ruin closed, Feng Luo¡¯s face stiffened.

    ¡°Hmm!¡±

    Then, he raised his head and looked at the sky suspiciously.

    At that moment, he had a strange feeling. It was as if the air above his head was heating up.

    It was a type of feeling that was difficult to put into words, but his body was able to react to it.

    However, when Feng Luo raised his head to look at the sky, he found that the sun was not there. Therefore, the peculiar feeling of heat was quite odd!

    Feng Luo mumbled to himself as he observed the sky. ¡°Wait. Why does the sky seem tinged with a bit of red?¡±

    As Feng Luo¡¯s mind raced, Little Witch¡¯s energy converter and Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter rang rms almost at the same time.

    [Beep, beep. Energy fluctuations have been discovered!]

    At that time, the red in the sky had expanded and spread quickly. In less than two seconds, the light red sky had turned into a zing red color that was apanied by chunks of ck smoke. Just then, a pressuring and despairing type of energy, along with an extreme heatwave, came towards them from the sky!

    A Level 40 Ultimate skill of Fire Maniptors, called Meteor Rain, had been unleashed upon them!

    ¡°Dodge! Quick!¡±

    Everyone¡¯s face changed colors.

    However, they had more concerns than just dodging the Meteor Rain. The September Guild yers were fully prepared and had been waiting to ambush them.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    A flurry of shots from a machine gun, which was hidden within a bush, rang in the air.

    The Level 50 Rare Grade heavy electromaic machine gun, which was beyond rare amidst yer ranks, created eight fiery ¡°snakes,¡± each densely packed with high caliber rounds fired at a rate of over a hundred per second. The bullets rained down on the yers andpletely destroyed the vegetation in front of them while also filling the sky with dirt and debris as the bullets hit the ground!

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    Two submachine guns also sent bullets flying their way.

    Furthermore, who could forget the profession that could deal the highest single unit damage in a PK battle like this? The Snipers!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    An energy sniper bullet hit Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    [-1240 HP.]

    The bullet had pierced through the SUVbat uniform he wore. The 12.7mm sniper bullet¡¯s residual impact was enough to clear out over 1,000 of his HP.

    If he had not detected the anomaly in the sky in advance that prompted him to dodge sideways immediately, the bullet would have definitely struck closer to his heart. The damage done to his HP would have been higher in that situation!

    Feng Luo¡¯s rolling maneuver was the thing that allowed him to, by a hair¡¯s breadth, dodge another sniper bullet that was aimed toward his head.

    However, the others did not react in time like him!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    [-3467 HP.]

    As one of the few yers who was a primary target like Feng Luo, a bullet hole appeared in between Little Snow¡¯s eyes after her HP was reduced by the shots from the two submachine guns.

    A sign of panic was still visible in her eyes as the medical chest she held fell on the ground.

    Feng Luo had, more than once, killed the enemy camp¡¯s Doctor first in battles. It was a strategy.

    This time, the roles had switched, and his team¡¯s Doctor yer was the first to be killed by an enemy who had the same profession.

    However, it was not only Little Snow who suffered. As the only Light Armor Warrior who could close in quickly, Boss Meng was also hit with a bunch of Ice Arrows and Wind des as he had be a prioritized target. Soon, the white light of death had gone through his body!

    His beloved golden sword also dropped to the ground!

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    The vanguard of the squad, Rose Thorns, managed to react quickly and activate her shield and defensive skills. However, under the barrage of the enemy¡¯s eight barrelled machine gun, her HP still went down very quickly.

    Furthermore, at that moment, the energy brewing above them in the sky had now matured. ck smoke apanied the zing fire energy that descended from the sky, covering a range of around 20 meters. The Meteor Rain had arrived!

 Chapter 662 - Death and Breakthrough

    <h4>Chapter 662: Death and Breakthrough</h4>

    In front of the abandoned ruin door, Chairman Jiao quickly activated his energy shield. However, before two seconds psed, the machine gun bullets had turned him into Swiss cheese. He fell and cursed as the white light of death engulfed his body, ¡°September Guild, I will f*ck your entire family...¡±

    Besides Chairman Jiao was the body of Little Witch, whose shield was broken a little bit earlier. Just like Little Snow, she had a gaping bullet hole right between her eyes.

    Even though the yers of the Nightless Club squad were equipped with decent gears, they were not able to hold out for long against the September Guild¡¯s ambush!

    In just five seconds, most of the yers were already down!

    Even Mu Zi, who had reacted extremely quickly and rolled sideways to dodge attacks just like Feng Luo, was blocked by a ring-shaped ice wall. After that, a bunch of earth spikes emerged from the ground, and a flurry of ice arrows flew and punctured his body, killing him on the spot!

    The only people left alive were Feng Luo and Rose Thorns!

    Feng Luo had survived because after he dodged the first round of focus fire, a redyer of armor, which was like a mist of blood, covered his body and helped him block a few unavoidable areas of effect attacks thrown by the September Guild yers.

    At the same time, a series of green healing numbers also kept popping up above his head!

    The blood armor and the fully activated self-healing Force made it possible for him to survive even though he was the number one target of the September Guild!

    Regardless, he knew that he should not face this group alone with no backup. This group was filled with more than ten yers who had pre-nned an entire ambush.

    Even though he had awakened the Force and had just awakened the Psionic Energy, it was impossible for him to win against all of these yers!

    Therefore, he could only do one thing.

    Escape!

    After Rose Thorns used her remaining HP to block the enemy¡¯s machine gun bullets, two Light Armor Warriors charged toward him. He had to escape now!

    Feng Luo looked down without any expression on his face.

    After the eight barrelled machine gun emptied Rose Thorns¡¯ remaining HP, it turned to attack him next. Feng Luo¡¯s entire body, like a freshly fired cannonball, charged towards a very steep slope, which was around ten meters tall, besides the entrance of the abandoned ruin.

    He moved quickly away from the enemies and toward the slope in hopes of escaping this deadly ambush.

    ¡°Raging Charge!¡±

    This was the first time since the Silvermoon City mission that Feng Luo fully activated the Raging Charge skill.

    His Agility stat, which was higher than that of an average yer, had increased to the maximum level. Due to the 300% movement speed bonus from Raging Charge, he was hard to see and detect.

    The September Guild yers were already left in a state of shock when they had first seen the blood-red ¡°energy shield¡± suddenly appear and cover Feng Luo¡¯s body. Now, his speed was so fast that the machine gunners and two of the Light Armor Warriors looked confused and frightful. They felt as if they had just seen a ghost.

    Only September Night Rain, even though he was surprised by Feng Luo¡¯s quick defense, was still smirking coldly with dark eyes!

    The distance between Feng Luo and the steep slope beside the abandoned ruin entrance was less than 30 meters. For Feng Luo, who was moving at his maximum speed, this was a distance that he could cover in just one second.

    However, at that moment, Feng Luo was filled with another feeling.

    The air around the area ten meters in front of the steep slope suddenly had a ¡°heavy¡± feeling around it!

    It was a simr feeling to when Feng Luo had felt the fire energy condensing in the sky above him earlier.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    Just as Feng Luo had that strange feeling, the area in front of the steep slope changed as an Earth Energy Wall appeared in an instant andpletely blocked off his path.

    The location where the Earth Wall appeared was amazingly well-timed and well-ced!

    Since he had been running at maximum speed with the desire and need to run up the slope and away from this dangerous situation, he had not anticipated that an obstacle like an Earth Wall would block his way. He was unsure if his body would be able to react to the sudden appearance of the wall in front of him.

    Due to his speed, it seemed impossible to stop his legs from running towards the obstacle in time!

    Technically, at such a speed, anyone would crush their heads from the collision with the wall.

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luo Ye, you cannot escape!¡±

    A hint of smugness could be seen in September Night Rain¡¯s gaze for a brief moment.

    At that moment, he had pointed the energy converter that was in his hands toward Feng Luo¡¯s back.

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!¡±

    A bunch of translucent light-green wind des that were rotating at high-speed flew out of the energy converter and shot at Feng Luo¡¯s back like a speedy tornado. This was the Wind Maniptor¡¯s Level 45 skill called Spiral Wind de!

    If Feng Luo mmed into the energy wall, he would definitely not be able to avoid the iing high-level wind des.

    Thebination of his attack type talent and the almostplete Legendary Grade energy converter would absolutely take out half of Feng Luo¡¯s HP with one hit. It would not matter that Feng Luo had an HP that was over 10,000.

    A Machine Gunner, two Scouts, three Snipers, and four Maniptors were prepared to deal with the remaining half of his HP. There were also the two Light Armor Warriors who had already charged on ahead after him!

    How could one mere Sniper survive this much attacking from several different yers?

    September Night Rain¡¯s cold and hateful stare had gradually changed into a smirk. He was beginning to feel satisfaction at the thought of Feng Luo¡¯s demise.

    However, a shout that hade from the Earth Maniptor behind him had snapped September Night Rain out of his satisfying thoughts before he could fully indulge in them.

    ¡°What?!¡±

    Feng Luo, who was still moving at high-speed, had leaped into the air just before he could m into the Earth Energy Wall. With Wings of Death in his hands, he avoided the two-meter tall obstacle with a single leap!

    The advantage of a super high Agility stat was not only high movement speed. He had quicker reactions as well.

    Although the jumping ability was still weaker than a Light Armor Warrior¡¯s Thunder Leap sh, with the momentum generated from the Charge, jumping over this two-meter tall wall was not a problem at all!

    ¡°I don¡¯t understand. How did he avoid mming into the wall in this situation? How did he manage to leap into the air a few meters ahead of the obstacle?! It¡¯s as if he had predicted the energy wall¡¯s position!¡±

    ¡°That is impossible!¡± yelled the Earth Energy Maniptor in disbelief.

    September Night Rain, and the maniptors and gunners behind him, grimaced.

    Feng Luo¡¯s leap over the wall was something that they had not anticipated. They had expected that he would m into the obstacle that they had ced for him. Instead, he had done somethingpletely different from their n.

    Therefore, the Spiral Wind de, machine and submachine gun bullets, and searing mes had only hit the Earth Energy Wall.

    The wall was destroyed and copsed after absorbing many attacks from the September Guild.

    More importantly, Feng Luo, who had leaped over the Earth Energy Wall, had already climbed up the high slope in just a few tenths of a second. He had prepared to run into the forest up ahead in the high ground.

    ¡°You were able to dodge even this?! Feng Zhi Luo Ye, it looks like I still underestimated you! But do you really think you¡¯ll be able to survive?!¡± September Night Rain grimaced and said, ¡°It won¡¯t be so easy to escape your fate.¡±

    On top of the slope, just a few steps before Feng Luo could enter the forest, a loud voice shouted!

    ¡°Stay!¡±

    On the ground, a Light Armor Warrior from the September Guild tore off the camouge leaves covering his body. He held a silver alloy sword with both hands and descended upon Feng Luo with a Thunder Leap sh!

    He sounded excited and agitated as he hurled forward. His face had a delighted expression as if he had just received a free meal!

 Chapter 663 - A Catch, A Kick, A Shot!

    <h4>Chapter 663: A Catch, A Kick, A Shot!</h4>

    ¡°Boss Night Rain sure is amazing. He took into ount that Feng Zhi Luo Ye might try to escape using this route. So, he arranged for me to camp above the slope so that I could attack him if he did! However, I did not think that Feng Zhi Luo Ye would be able to survive the ambush down below. Yet, he is already here! He is f*cking insane!¡±

    The eyes of the September Guild¡¯s Light Armor Warrior were filled with happiness and shock.

    However, there was more excitement in his eyes than anything else!

    The excitement came from thinking that he was going to be a famous ¡°superstar expert¡± that would be discussed by everyone in theing days for killing a yer who had awakened the Force!

    Yes, he was going to kill him!

    Even though he knew that Feng Luo had awakened the Force and had sessfully escaped his teammates¡¯ nned ambush, he was still incredibly confident. He believed that he was capable of killing Feng Luo.

    He had felt confident because he had already closed in on Feng Luo. For Snipers, a Light Armor Warrior at close range was simply a nightmare.

    Even an average Light Armor Warrior would technically be able to kill a strong and high-level Sniper!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The Thunder Leap sh increased the length of his leap and speed. In addition to that, Feng Luo was currently still under the Raging Charge effect.

    Therefore, the sharp edges of the silver alloy sword¡¯s de in the hands of the Light Armor Warrior reached the chest of Feng Luo in an instant.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    The Blood Force Armor created by the Life Protozoa, which was covering Feng Luo¡¯sbat uniform, shattered almost instantly.

    Although he dodged a majority of the attacks earlier, he was not able topletely avoid the damage inflicted by effect attacks.

    Therefore, after he got past the Earth Wall, the Blood Force Armor covering his body had also reached its limit.

    So, the powerful armor was ultimately useless when faced with this sudden attack that had a skill attached to it!

    In addition, the power of the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s full-strength sh from above did not stop there.

    After destroying the Blood Force Armor, the attack with the alloy sword only slowed down a little. It then continued to sh at Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    However, the shattering of the Force Armor had created enough time for Feng Luo to react to his attacker.

    His left hand, which was wearing the ck Eagle glove, moved toward his chest area just in time to catch the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s silver alloy sword de at thest moment!

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    The warrior¡¯s incredible strength, along with the momentum bonus granted by the Thunder Leap sh skill, resulted in Feng Luo¡¯s arm making a cracking sound when he used the ck Eagle glove to catch the alloy sword moving towards his chest!

    The chance of getting a crippling injury during meleebat was a lot higher than long-rangebat!

    However, Feng Luo getting the ¡°injury¡± affliction, a ¡°bone fracture¡± status on his arm, was extremely bad luck right now!

    Although Feng Luo had the self-healing Force, and crippling injuries like broken arms or legs would only need less than ten seconds to heal, the problem right now was that a Light Armor Warrior only required less than ten seconds to kill a gunner in a melee PK match!

    ¡°Ha!¡±

    The September Guild Light Armor Warrior had clearly heard the sound of Feng Luo¡¯s bone fracture.

    Although he was surprised that Feng Luo caught his first strike using his hands, and that the glove that he used to catch the alloy sword did not break, it was not enough to affect the overall flow of the battle!

    With an arm broken and the other holding the sniper rifle, Feng Luo did not have much space to struggle at this point in time!

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s other hand was still holding the Wings of Death, he was not using the weapon to attack back.

    The Wings of Death was over 1.5 meters in length. It was impossible to hit the Light Armor Warrior in this situation when he was so close in range!

    Therefore, the Light Armor Warrior did not try to disarm Feng Luo because he felt that the weapon was useless in this situation.

    The September Guild Light Armor Warrior¡¯s eyes had an excited look of victory when he spoke in delight. ¡°You lose..¡±

    However, he would soon stop talking.

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    A pounding sensation in his gut is what silenced him.

    After that, a strong force pushed his body, now in an arc shape, into the air. Immediately after, his body was sent flying backward until he mmed into a tree trunk three meters away!

    The force that had struck him in the gut was abat boot. Thebat boot had the rare attribute of ¡°umting power during movement¡± attached to it. When thebat boot is used to attack an enemy, the umted power can transform into a powerful impact with bonus damage. They were the SUVbat boots!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    [-2234 HP.]

    The Light Armor Warrior, who was grinning in excitement just a moment ago, had been thrown into a tree by a powerful kick!

    Although the description of this event seemed quite long, the total time that had psed was not even two seconds! The events of the battle between the two had passed by very quickly.

    Since the Light Armor Warrior was now a reasonable distance from Feng Luo, he grabbed the Wings of Death using his uninjured right arm. He moved the weapon in front of him and aimed it at his attacker!

    ¡°F*ck!¡± The Light Armor Warrior¡¯s expression had changed after realizing the situation he was in now.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A 14.55mm caliber double armor-piercing round spun at high-speed and hit the alloy helmet of the Light Armor Warrior. Then, after it punctured and flew into his head like a heavy hammer, the bullet burst through the back of his head and struck the tree trunk. It left a ssh of blood trails on the ground and the tree trunk!

    A white and red damage number appeared

    [-807 HP.]

    [-12065 HP.]

    The white light of death engulfed the body of the Light Armor Warrior. The silver alloy sword in his hand fell on the ground as his body slowly slumped along the tree trunk and onto the ground.

    Feng Luo stared at his dead enemy in confusion. He did not understand how he was able to kill him with one shot.

    One should know that after the Light Armor Warrior learned that Feng Luo could one-shot-kill a target, he had switched into a set of Rare Grade equipment that was intended to increase his defense and HP!

    Although the items were not considered top-ss, the HP bonus was still quite considerably high. Furthermore, he also took an HP buff potion, which ultimately made his total HP rise to 15,000!

    However, even with this much HP, he was killed rather easily!

    Even though he had used a buff potion and had his HP almost at its maximum, he could not survive one gunshot?

    Feng Luo was unsure of how powerful his damage was, but found it to be insane! He looked away from his dead attacker and realized that he still needed to get away from this area. He grabbed the Wings of Death and ran into the forest.

    After a few seconds, two September Guild Light Armor Warriors reached the top of the slope before their other teammates. They saw a figure carrying a sniper rifle run into the forest. Then they noticed their fellow Light Armor Warrior lying on the floor with a headshot wound!

    ¡°Long Hair? Long Hair? Damn it... He could not take down our target.¡±

    ¡°Pursue him!¡± They were filled with shock after a voice behind them had yelled.

    They turned and saw the angry and anxious Young Master Sun and September Night Raining towards them. Even though they were grimacing, they exchanged nces with each other, gritted their teeth, and then continued to run after Feng Luo!

    ______

    Author¡¯s Note:

    I have adjusted the Fatal Talent based on the suggestions of a reader. The original one about Commander Grade and above units is almost useless. I did not think of it at the time.

    The adjusted stats are below:

    [Fatal Talent: Fatal Damage is increased by 100%! When inbat with humanoid units, if their defense has beenpletely damaged and if the damage from an attack that hits a vital spot exceeds half of the target¡¯s current HP, the Instant Death effect will be inflicted upon them. When inbat with targets that are Commander Grade and above, as well as non-humanoid units, Instant Death is ineffective. When the defense of the target unit has beenpletely damaged and when an attack hits a vital spot, the attack will deal extra damage based on the HP percentage of the target unit.]

 Chapter 664 - Exasperated Young Master Sun

    <h4>Chapter 664: Exasperated Young Master Sun</h4>

    ¡°F*ck, a Light Armor Warrior versus a Sniper! He should have been able to handle taking down our target, but he did not evenst more than five seconds before being killed. He was too f*cking useless!¡±

    While looking at the headshot wound on the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s corpse, Young Master Sun grimaced under his white curly hair as if he was suffering from constipation.

    One of the September Guild Snipers stared at Long Hair¡¯s body before investigating it carefully. After making his observations, he felt a chill creep up his neck and took a deep breath in.

    ¡°Our enemy¡¯s damage is too high. Based on the evidence left here, one bullet was all it took to pierce through Long Hair¡¯s helmet and to kill him.¡±

    Another Sniper, who had apparently watched videos on the forum of Feng Luo fighting on the Devil Tri-Horn Ind, spoke in a worrying tone.

    ¡°Could it be that the spections on the forum are true? Apart from awakening the Force, he has alsopleted the Legendary Grade sniper rifle set as well as acquired an S-Grade attack talent!¡±

    ¡°To actually seed in escaping an attack like this... If he were to travel a great distance from us and use his pet to summon a bunch of wild monsters...¡±

    The two Snipers¡¯ conversation caused September Night Rain to grimace while Young Master Sun red at them both in anger.

    ¡°No matter what, Mouse and Five are already in hot pursuit of our target. With their equipment and strength, they will definitely be able to kill that Feng Zhi Luo Ye!¡± said the Fire Maniptor who had once provoked Feng Luo. He hoped hisment would calm down Young Master Sun.

    Only the two Light Armor Warriors, Mouse and Five, went to chase Feng Luo. The rest of the September Guild members had stopped at the spot where Long Hair¡¯s corpsey.

    Although they all wanted to purse Feng Luo, the team consisted of only gunners, maniptors, one Heavy Armor Warrior, and one Doctor.

    Upon witnessing Feng Luo¡¯s speed, they¡¯d be kidding themselves if they thought that those who weren¡¯t Light Armor Warriors could catch up to him!

    Moreover, the area beyond the slope was a dense subtropical jungle. Long-range professions would find it incredibly difficult to hit their targets in such a ce.

    ¡°His speed was crazy fast! He even had a maniptor¡¯s energy shield, which is stronger than most shields. If it were someone else, they would have been dead after the first round of our attacks. Furthermore, the Earth Energy Wall I conjured up was perfectly ced! How could he have reacted to it on time while he was running so fast?!¡± The Earth Maniptor was quite puzzled and left with many questions.

    Another Sniper yer, with a look of admiration, said, ¡°Could it be a Legendary Grade item¡¯s skill? After all, people who have awakened the Force can use the skills of Legendary Grade items!¡±

    ¡°Legendary?! As if! He survived and escaped because you are all a bunch of useless idiots. If my Legendary Machine Gun wereplete, Feng Zhi Luo Ye, even with his Legendary gears and energy shield, would have been torn into pieces.¡± Young Master Sun scowled at all of them. Although he thought some of their predictions about Feng Luo were true, he refused to speak up in agreement with them.

    ¡°Young Master Sun, they left this behind!¡±

    At that moment, a Scout yer walking up the slope toward them was carrying the box containing the Cerebrate.

    ¡°They did not have this box with them when they entered the site. This must be something they retrieved from the abandoned ruin. It cannot be stored inside an inventory, yet they took the trouble of carrying it with them. Therefore, it must be incredibly important!¡± The Scout yer had spoken with excitement.

    ¡°Important item? Hurry up then! Open it!¡±

    Young Master Sun¡¯s face rxed slightly as he was filled with curiosity. However, after opening the box, his expression changed again.

    ¡°F*ck! What the hell is this shit?!¡±

    The Cerebrate¡¯s corpse was incredibly disgusting. Furthermore, due to the attacks they had unleashed on the Nightless Club, the corpse had a few more bullet holes on its body. Nothing about it was visually pleasing at the moment.

    The Scout yer immediately used the Detect skill on the lifeless Cerebrate.

    [A Zerg Cerebrate corpse that has been acquired as a mission item. Other stats and details cannot be detected.]

    ¡°F*ck! Close it now!¡±

    Young Master Sun retreated two steps. His face was filled with disgust.

    ¡°Since it¡¯s a mission item, bring it along with us. We¡¯ll return directly to Storm City and have an NPC appraise it. If it¡¯s valuable, we¡¯ll sell it to NPCs. If it¡¯s not, we can just get rid of it. Since this thing is now in my hands, they can forget aboutpleting that mission!¡± said Young Master Sun with a proud look on his face.

    ¡°Uh, Young Master Sun? Wouldn¡¯t that be inappropriate to do?¡± A Water Maniptor looked at Young Master Sun and cautiously said, ¡°This PK battle is fine because they did attack and kill all of us in the abandoned ruinst time. So, it¡¯s fine if we get revenge. However, if this mission of theirs is very important, and we destroy this mission item, wouldn¡¯t it make things unresolvable between our teams in the future? After all, the Nightless Club is still a subsidiary of the Lu Conglomerate...¡±

    ¡°That is not our problem! Are you worried about Lu Chen¡¯s attitude? Let me tell you the truth. The Sun and Lu families are not as simple as you would imagine them to be. My dad connected us with the Lu Conglomerate and got us to work with the September Guild for a reason. Also, if not for our Sun family, the Lu Conglomerate would never have developed into their current state! Most importantly, Lu Chen could not wait for the Nightless Club to be enemies of our September Guild,¡± said Young Master Sun. He seemed to be insinuating something.

    However, after that, he turned around to look at September Night Rain.

    ¡°However, if my dad asks about this, Brother Night, you¡¯ll have to help me exin. The reason I am out here today is to help you attack Feng Zhi Luo Ye.¡±

    Although Young Master Sun was temperamental, he was still rather clever. Due to these qualities, he was quite simr to the Rui family¡¯s Young Master Xing.

    ¡°Yes,¡± replied September Night Rain. However, his dark and sunken eyes were still staring at the forest.

    Young Master Sun, as the third son of the Sun family, still had decent financial strength. However, this did not mean that September Night Rain needed to fawn over him continuously.

    Furthermore, even though Young Master Sun was considered an heir to his family, they had given up on grooming him into an eligible sessor because he was too useless and reckless.

    However, his father was still the person in charge of the Sun Conglomerate, which was a shareholder of the September Guild. Therefore, September Night Rain still needed to show Young Master Sun respect. At this moment, though, September Night Rain was in a really bad mood.

    He was bothered because Feng Luo had actually managed to escape!

    He had prepared three insurance backup ns for this ambush, yet his enemy still got away!

    His n for revenge was to destroy Feng Luo while his fame was at its peak. September Night Rain, who had his video recording function on, was now in an incredibly irritable state!

    ¡°Mouse and Five, the two of you better show me you can handle this! If you both cannot kill him, then do not bothering back!¡± shouted Young Master Sun. He had turned to the party channel to yell at the two Light Armor Warriors pursuing Feng Luo.

    ¡°Young Master Sun, we are trying to chase him, but he is too fast! Moreover...¡± One of the Light Armor Warriors responded through themunication channel while panting heavily. However, before the conversation could continue, a panicked shout came from the other side. ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    At that moment, the sound of a gunshot came from within the forest!

    ¡°Ugh!¡±

    Through themunication device came the shout of the other Light Armor Warrior.

    Immediately following his shout was a bunch of crackling sounds. Then came the sound of his throat getting sliced. After that, there was nothing. Just silence.

    Since the party channel could not disy the status of a teammate that was out of range, none of them understood what had just happened!

    A Scout yer whispered, ¡°In truth, did we forget something? This Feng Zhi Luo Ye isn¡¯t just a Sniper. The forum did say that his hidden profession is called Special Agent. It is also suspected that he has a second profession as either a Scout or a warrior!¡±

    September Night Rain¡¯s face sunk.

    It was clear that the words ¡°hidden profession and ¡°special agent¡± had poked at a particr spot in September Night Rain¡¯s heart.

    ¡°Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and get your stuff so we can retreat! He is a Sniper who has already escaped our ambush! Are you waiting for him toe back and pick us off one by one!?¡± shouted Young Master Sun in a flustered and exasperated voice.

 Chapter 665 - Mental Powerâ€™s Hidden Effect

    <h4>Chapter 665: Mental Power¡¯s Hidden Effect</h4>

    Inside the forest, Feng Luo disyed no emotion as he held onto his Ghost Weep, which was covered in ayer of ck liquid!

    Beside him, the September Guild Light Armor Warrior was pressing his hand against his neck as blood was spurting out of it. Feng Luo had fatally attacked him.

    As he prepared to take hisst breath, he could not believe that a Sniper had fatally wounded him in meleebat.

    Moreover, the opponent relied only on a peculiar ck military knife to cut open his throat.

    The opponent was able to directly cut through his defensive neckgear, which was a C-Grade item, within the first attack. Then, by the time the second attack came, he suffered over 9,000 points of damage, which instantly emptied his HP bar.

    For a Sniper to finish off a Light Armor Warrior using only two dagger strikes, this damage was even scarier than the sniper rifle!

    Feng Luo, whose expression had not changed much since the beginning of the ambush, turned away from his fallen opponent.

    He held the Wings of Death in his arm, and he moved swiftly across the forest toward the higher ground as if he were a silent leopard hunting its prey!

    To bepletely honest, being ambushed by the people from the September Guild did not really affect Feng Luo¡¯s mood.

    As a Sniper, he had already developed a habit of maintaining a calm mind when he was engaged inbat with other yers!

    However, at that moment, Feng Luo began to feel a little upset.

    He was upset because after initially leaving thend route point, he had long noticed an SUV following them from afar.

    However, since this area was a leveling spot, and many vehicles drove to this location from Lu Conglomerate City, he did not think anything suspicious was going on. Therefore, even though he had noticed the vehicle following them, he did not pay too much attention to it!

    Although he did not suspect them, Feng Luo was cautious and had left a Scout Beetle outside the ruins¡¯ entrance before entering it.

    However, the ruins were probably built specifically to handle the Cerebrate and its mind control. So, after they entered the ruins, Feng Luo had realized that 24K could no longer establishmunication with the Scout Beetle outside.

    Now, 24K was in an unconscious state. As a result, it was natural that he did not know the whereabouts of the Scout Beetle that he had stationed outside earlier.

    All of these were factors that helped September Guild¡¯s ambush to be sessful!

    Among the seven who exited the ruins, Feng Luo was the only one left, and he knew that the battle was not over. Therefore, even though he managed to take out three of the enemies, the victory for the first round of this battle belonged to the September Guild!

    Feng Luo¡¯s face remained calm as his feet moved swiftly over and through the thick vegetation and vines of the forest.

    After activating the Quick Sneak skill, which had now reached an Expert Level with 95% progress, Feng Luo received a speed bonus that allowed him to move like the wind.

    In particr, with the help of the self-healing Force, his stamina recovered quickly. So, even though he was running at his maximum speed, he was only panting slightly!

    One had to admit that the Force really did substantially power up a yer. The Force had provided Feng Luo with 100 point bonuses on his basic stats, as well as various bonus attributes.

    Treatments, recovery, and HP recovery, which were all effects of the self-healing Force, had made it possible for Feng Luo to fight the Light Armor Warriors in close quarters.

    Furthermore, the Destroy Psionic Energy bonus property, plus the strengthened Fatal Talent, had allowed his meleebat ability to be just as skillful as a top-ss Light Armor Warrior!

    ¡°However, those uneasy feelings I had experienced earlier...¡±

    Feng Luo had a puzzled look on his face as he ran because he had remembered the weird feelings he had experienced during the ambush.

    The first weird feeling had urred when the September Guild Fire Maniptor had cast the Meteor Rain skill. When the enemy was still condensing the energy to formte the skill, he had felt a sense of ¡°heat¡± gathering above him. The second strange feeling had urred when the Earth Maniptor had cast the Earth Wall. He had this strange ¡°heavy¡± feeling at that time.

    Heat and heavy... Was he feeling the fluctuations of energy waves when a person casts a skill?

    Feng Luo then had an idea. When maniptors cast skills such as the Earth Wall or Meteor Rain to initiate long-range attacks, they first have to project the energy to a targeted location for a certain period of time.

    This process would cause a certain degree of energy fluctuations. However, these fluctuations were usually weak and undetectable.

    Furthermore, it was only when these skills were about to bepleted that the energy fluctuations could be detected by a Scout¡¯s recon meter or a Maniptor¡¯s energy converter.

    Thesete detections were not useful to help yers dodge these energy skills!

    However, Feng Luo¡¯s strange feelings did not ur when the skills were close to beingpleted. Instead, he probably felt them the moment the energies were projected.

    This was why he could leap over the Earth Wall and escape that extreme situation.

    Feng Luo suddenly thought of a possible reason.

    ¡°Perception, perception... Could this be an effect of my Mental Power increasing?¡±

    In War, even though this was a hidden stat, it was definitely useful!

    ¡°If my guess is correct, then Mental Power definitely provides a powerful defense against the maniptor profession!¡±

    Feng Luo immediately thought of the practical value that Mental Power possesses during battles.

    To be able to detect a maniptor¡¯s skill in advance would significantly impact a maniptors¡¯ attacks. With this kind of ability, gunners and warriors would undoubtedly enjoy a significant benefit.

    To be honest, in terms of War¡¯s three main professions, the maniptors had always had a slight advantage!

    Compared to warriors, their damage output and attack range were just too great.

    Furthermore,pared to the simrly low HP gunner profession, their energy shield provided them the ability to withstand arge amount of damage!

    Based on the number of maniptors among the top yers, which was around half of them, one could tell that they were incredibly popr.

    If the Mental Power really had this effect, then maniptor yers were probably going to cry about it soon.

    Just as Feng Luo was thinking about those things, he had reached the edge of the forest. He ran to a location that seemed like a cliff.

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    He raised the Wings of Death quickly, and through his sniping scope, saw two SUVs taking the September Guild people away from Lu Conglomerate City.

    Feng Luo had anticipated that the people from the September Guild would not return to Lu Conglomerate City.

    Even though Mu Zi and the others were killed, news about September Guild¡¯s attack on them would definitely have reached Mu Wu¡¯s ears offline.

    No matter how reckless and cocky the people from the September Guild were, going back in such a high-profile manner at this time would most definitely cause an intense conflict. By then, even Lu Chen might be unable to mediate the situation!

    As such, it was natural that they would not return to Lu Conglomerate City. Instead, they would head towards another city before heading back to Storm City.

    However, now that they were exposed under the rifle of a top-ss Sniper, would they be able to get there as they had wished?

 Chapter 666 - Consecutive Kills!

    <h4>Chapter 666: Consecutive Kills!</h4>

    ¡°Hurry! Don¡¯t dawdle! Get in the car!¡±

    Around 200 meters from the ruins, the September Guild yers ran and had now stopped beside two SUVs on the side of the road.

    Since the system restrained yers from essing their personal vehicles after they had enteredbat mode, the September Guild yers had left the two SUVs here in the beginning. They had chosen to hide them in a location away from the ruins.

    These were the vehicles that were supposed to take them away from this ce after they achieved a victory. However, right now, these vehicles were going to help them to escape!

    Their main issue was that Feng Luo had one-shot killed one of their Light Armor Warriors. It had shocked and frightened the September Guild yers.

    Even though they had seen the videos posted on the forum and were aware of Feng Luo¡¯s incredibly high damage, witnessing his power in person was frightening! The videos were not as intense as the real thing.

    Furthermore, in their original n, Feng Luo was not supposed to be able to escape! He was supposed to die in the ambush!

    However, the harsh reality was that Feng Luo had managed to escape sessfully and had also killed all of the Light Armor Warriors in their squad.

    The group of yers could not help but to fear for their own life!

    A Sniper who could kill a yer with one-shot was definitely a lot more frightening than a warrior or maniptor who could do the same!

    Young Master Sun, with his head drenched in sweat, was the first one to reach the side of the vehicle. This particr vehicle had the strongest bulletproof capability in War and was worth over ten million credits. This vehicle, known as the Heavy Knight-15, was even more advanced than Big Pineapple¡¯s Heavy Knight.

    Young Master Sun seemed to have remembered something. He turned around and saw the Heavy Armor Warrior carrying an alloy shield in one hand and the box containing the Cerebrate in the other. The warrior was about to get into the same vehicle as Young Master Sun. He looked at the box and was filled with disgust, so he said to the warrior, ¡°That¡¯s right. Let Zi carry that thing in the other SUV!¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    The Heavy Armor Warrior immediately handed the box over to the Scout yer, who was panting beside him, after hearing Sun¡¯s request.

    However, the moment he passed the box to the Scout yer, a small space had been created between him and Young Master Sun as he slightly moved his alloy shield away from him. This action exposed Sun¡¯s head as he opened the door of the Heavy Knight-15.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A murderous and zing hot sniper bullet pierced through the air and flew through the small space between the two yers before mming heavily into the back of Young Master Sun¡¯s head.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    [-8677 HP.]

    No suspense had built up to this moment. After just turning around, Young Master Sun¡¯s head was blown to bits after being hit by Degration Armor-Piercing bullets!

    The burning effect caused by the bullet had created a smell that came from Sun¡¯s head.

    ¡°Young Master Sun!¡±

    The face of the Heavy Armor Warrior, who had turned around to hand over the box, turned green in an instant.

    Before he could finish whatever he wanted to say, another shot rang in the air.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    [-5845 HP.]

    The head of the Scout yer, who was carrying the box containing the Cerebrate corpse, was protected by a Rare Grade tactical helmet. Moments after the shot rang in the air, the helmet suddenly had arge gaping hole in it, and from the hole, arge amount of blood spurted out!

    After he was shot, the box containing the Cerebrate fell on the ground. As the box fell, his body, like Young Master Sun, was engulfed by the white light of death.

    Two shots, two kills. The deathparison between the two camps was five to six!

    ¡°F*ck! He has already caught up to us! How is he so fast?!¡±

    They did not need any other indicators to notify them of who their attacker was. The September Guild yers knew who fired those two shots. It was Feng Luo.

    September Night Rain, who was still frowning angrily, was instantly protected by Earth Walls and Water Walls that were created by the Earth and Water Maniptors. The rest of the yers, however, had started to be pale.

    The three Snipers from the September Guild began to shout. ¡°Which direction are the shotsing from?!¡±

    As they shouted, they aimed their sniper rifles toward an estimated direction of where the shots came from and fired!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    [-5378 HP.]

    One of the Sniper yers that had turned around to look through their sniping scope had met their unexpected demise. An iing armor-piercing bullet had pierced through the scope and into his eye. His head was blown to bits.

    Feng Luo had already killed three yers in a row! Each of them had died from a fatal one shot. The number of deaths between the two groups had tied!

    ¡°F*ck me! How is he shooting so fast and urate!?¡±

    The two other Sniper yers were now sweating profusely.

    Feng Luo¡¯s snipes were less than one second apart. The sounds of his gunshots were pretty much signals of death.

    Since his shots at them were so fast and urate, none of them had enough time to aim and find him.

    The difference between their speed was indescribable!

    Just then, the remaining Scout yer had finally found Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    ¡°Over there!¡±

    As soon as he pointed out the location of Feng Luo, the remaining two Snipers and three maniptors, including September Night Rain, prepared to attack. They aimed their various skills and fired their bullets toward the location!

    However, since Feng Luo¡¯s position was over 200 meters from them, maniptors could only use simple and basic skills.

    At such a distance, after the reduction of damage on the higher-end advanced skills, the advanced skills¡¯ damage would be even lower than the basic skills, which were more effective in long-range attacks.

    However, when the skills flew over toward Feng Luo, he had already moved from his position on the cliff!

    Using this chance, the Fire Maniptor quickly opened to the door to the SUV and shouted at the Doctor yer behind him. ¡°Hurry! Get in the car!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    [-6045 HP.]

    The moment the Doctor yer had picked up the medical box and ran towards the car, his head blew up just like the others before him!

    This time, since the Doctor did not wear a protective helmet, his head really ¡°exploded.¡± Red and white substances sshed on the surface of the gray-colored energy SUV.

    Feng Luo had moved away from the top of the cliff to avoid damage from the September Guild. Now, he was already well set-up at another position ten meters away.

    The group of September Guild yers had failed to react on time. Feng Luo fired his fourth shot and instantly killed the September Guild Doctor!

    The deathparison between the two camps was seven to six!

    He had overtaken them in this battle.

    ¡°Snipers, what are you doing? Can¡¯t the two of you suppress a lone Sniper?!¡± shouted a Water Maniptor anxiously as he fired a bunch of transparent Ice Arrows toward Feng Luo¡¯s position.

    ¡°F*ck, you make it sound easy. So, why don¡¯t you try it if you¡¯re so great?!¡±

    The two Sniper yers stared hard into their sniping scope. Their palms werepletely soaked in sweat.

    Both of them were veteran Snipers. However, if they wanted to attack, they still needed at least two seconds to aim.

    After all, the distance was around 300 meters.

    At such a distance, a Sniper needed to zoom in a few times before being able to take a shot!

    However, their enemy did not need time to aim. Furthermore, he had not missed any of his five consecutive shots.

    More importantly, even if the September Guild yers seeded in hitting the enemy¡¯s vital spot, they couldn¡¯t deal more than 4,000 points in damage.

    This left them at a disadvantage since it appeared that any shot Feng Luo had sent their way would be fatal.

    It had started to seem impossible for the September Guild to survive against Feng Luo¡¯s attacks.

 Chapter 667 - â€˜Superhumanâ€™ Sniping Ability

    <h4>Chapter 667: ¡®Superhuman¡¯ Sniping Ability</h4>

    ¡°Ka!¡±

    On top of the cliff, Feng Luo immediately crouched back down after killing the Doctor yer. He then switched out the magazine on the Wings of Death.

    ¡°Pa, pa!¡±

    Two sniper bullets and a bunch of transparent Ice Arrows flew over his helmet. The remaining September Guild yers had unleashed attacks on him but had only managed to hit the trees and vegetation in the forest behind him.

    The position that he had currently upied was over 20 meters above the ground. High ground was not called the best sniping spot for no reason!

    Although he could not use the Scout Beetles to help him navigate through this location, he already knew the area perfectly. Since he had observed the surrounding terrain while using the Scout Beetle throughout their journey earlier, Feng Luo had already memorized everything that he had seen in this area. His mind was powerfully advanced.

    As a Sniper, Feng Luo would instinctively think that the best sniping spots were tall buildings and areas with high ground.

    With the advantage of this sniping spot, he instantly pushed the September Guild yers into a ¡°corner¡± before giving them any time to retreat!

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    Of course, no spot waspletely safe.

    The enemy still had maniptors who could initiate attacks from the sky and ground.

    From above, Feng Luo had felt a ¡°heavy¡± sensation suddenly gather.

    After that, an energy meteor, which was over four to five meters wide, descended from the sky with a loud whistling sound!

    When it mmed into the ground, it exploded and dissipated into Earth Energy. This was an Earth Maniptor¡¯s Level 40 Ultimate skill, and it hadpletely destroyed the area on top of the cliff.

    However, now that Feng Luo had the Mental Power hidden stat, he was able to avoid their attacks. When he had felt the vague ¡°heavy¡± sensation gathering above his head, Feng Luo had decisively rolled away and exited the range of the not-yet-materialized meteor!

    However, even if he were hit, the damage of the mammoth-sized energy meteor, which had been reduced to only one-tenth of its original damage, would have only been able to reduce Feng Lup¡¯s HP by a few hundred points.

    It would have only taken the self-healing Force one second for him to recover from that!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The energy meteor crashnded and caused dirt and dust to fill the air. Amidst the dust and dirt, Feng Luo got up once more from his second position.

    With a focused look on his face, he held the Wings of Death in his hands and fired a fifth bullet.

    [-5678 HP.]

    The 14.5mm caliber armor-piercing bullet struck one of the Snipers¡¯ chest this time!

    The bullet head, while spinning at high-speed, broke through the target¡¯s tactical vest andbat uniform at the same time. Then, it continued onward and smashed the target¡¯s rib cage into pieces before piercing through the heart. In the end, the bullet flew out of the Sniper¡¯s back, leaving a bowl-sized opened wound.

    This time, Feng Luo did not go for a headshot!

    However, the gunshot to the chest still resulted in an instant kill.

    ¡°How is this possible?!¡±

    The remaining September Guild Sniper quickly shifted his aim again. However, the bullet that he shot in haste had only brushed past Feng Luo¡¯s head!

    After that, he nced at his teammate, who was now lying on the ground. The Sniper was soaked in sweat as he stared in disbelief.

    ¡°F*ck me! Five consecutive shots that were not even one second apart?! Plus, every shot hits a vital spot? Is this guy using a cheat code?!¡±

    The mind of the September Guild Sniper, who was also considered an elite Sniper, was starting to crumble.

    Even after discovering the enemy¡¯s location, the Sniper still needed two seconds to move his muzzle and shoot.

    However, Feng Luo was able to dodge all of their attacks and still had enough time to shoot at them. He was able to lock on to his targets before hitting their vital spots urately. Furthermore, all of the shots were only a second apart!

    In terms of their marksmanship, the difference between them was like heaven and earth!

    ¡°Even Invikill and Thousand Miles were unable to do this, right?¡± The September Guild Sniper could not help but think of how Feng Luo was unique in his shooting abilities.

    ¡°Next, Scout!¡±

    Feng Luo was still crouched on top of the cliff. He was looking at the ground, which had been turned into swiss cheese by the shooting of the enemy Scout¡¯s submachine gun, with a calm expression on his face.

    At that moment, the September Guild Sniper was about to meet his untimely demise while Feng Luo was feeling a sense of euphoria that he had never felt before!

    This sort of euphoria came from the happiness of killing five enemy yers with one shot each!

    He had already be used to the advancement of his mind, which was racing at the moment. He was wielding his sniper rifle as if it was an extension of his body!

    Feng Luo¡¯s mind was more active than ever. With his sniper rifle in hand, all the data and factors that he usually needed to calcte seemed to have appeared in his mind effortlessly on its own.

    As a matter of fact, even he was surprised by the five consecutive fatal shots he had delivered. He was also surprised that it took him less than one second to aim and shoot.

    Usually, it would take about 15 seconds to shoot five times in a row.

    Even though he had to stop shooting to dodge and change positions, he was still taking less than a second to snipe at his enemies!

    Perhaps it was unnecessary for him to be proud of spending less than one second per shot.

    After all, the Wings of Death¡¯s cooldown time, under Automatic mode and with Rapid Shooting activated, was less than one second.

    Almost anyone could achieve this sort of shooting rate!

    In some other games, some people could even consecutively achieve ¡°instant snipes!¡±

    However, in reality, how could sniping this fast be so easy!?

    Besides, he was achieving one-shot kills from a distance of 300 meters, not 30 meters or less.

    From Feng Luo¡¯s distance, his field of view, under the magnification of the sniping scope, was very limited.

    Due to this limitation, every slight movement of the rifle, which could be caused by a slight trembling of the hand, might cause the bullet to miss the target by ten meters.

    From Feng Luo¡¯s distance, it was unnatural for a person to achieve five fatal shots in a row, each shot being less than a second apart, while consistently changing positions and dodging attacks. This was not something that any other average human could do!

    Someone who could aplish this type of shooting would definitely be considered a ¡°superhuman!¡±

    Therefore, Feng Luo felt as if he was bing a ¡°superhuman.¡±

    He felt this was because of the incredible activity that was urring within his brain. The activity that surged through his mind was more than ten times that of an average human. Perhaps, it was even more than that.

    Although he was not 100% sure, Feng Luo felt that the main reason for this change in his brain was due to the substantial progress increase of the Seventh Brain Domain¡¯s development!

    The first time he felt his thinking speed increase while he was shooting was after he awakened the Evolution talent.

    Now, after enteringbat mode, his mind¡¯s activity rate had definitely reached another level.

    Furthermore, inside the ruins, apart from receiving an increase in the Mental Power stat, he had also received a notification stating that his general perception had significantly improved.

    However, how exactly did his general perception significantly improve, and how was it different from any other Sniper?

    Usually, a Sniper¡¯s visual perception in games should be very strong.

    As long as a Sniper had trained long enough, even from a distance of 100 meters, they would still be able to see the target clearly.

    After obtaining the special agent badge and the ck gold ring¡¯s vision bonus, in addition to the vision bonus he received after synthesizing with the Evolution virus, the distance that Feng Luo could manage to see from had increased to 200 meters.

    However, after the ¡°significant improvement¡± to his general perception, his vision was strong enough for him to see things that were 300 meters away without any type of scope to assist him.

    Although, to ensure uracy, he still needed to use the sniping scope to zoom in on the target.

    However, with his incredibly active mind and significantly improved perception, Feng Luo was definitely ¡°superhuman¡± when he was sniping!

 Chapter 668 - Killing Through Cars!

    <h4>Chapter 668: Killing Through Cars!</h4>

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta, ta!¡±

    The shooting sounds from the submachine gun had finally ceased as the remaining Scout yer emptied his magazine.

    ¡°1, 2, 3...¡±

    Feng Luo was not in a hurry to get back up. Instead, he counted quietly for a few seconds before lifting his body up to switch to another position. Then, he crouched halfway, exposing part of his head as he searched for his next target.

    With the Wings of Death in hand, he found his target within a second.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Wings of Death fired a sixth zing hot bullet during this second round of battle against the September Guild yers!

    [-5678 HP.]

    On the ground, after emptying his magazine, the Scout yer had immediately withdrawn himself from behind cover.

    By the time he had changed the magazine and reloaded, a bullet had pierced the Scout yer in the head. Blood had gushed out of the Rare Grade helmet he was wearing.

    ¡°Ta, ta!¡±

    Since his finger was still pressing down on the trigger of the submachine gun, the remaining bullets flew into the sky as the muzzle of the gun swung upwards due to momentum. Then, along with his distorted helmet, the Scout fell to the ground!

    The deathparison between the two camps was nine to six!

    ¡°Bang, whoosh, whoosh!¡±

    [-2545, -456, -504, -545 HP.]

    This time, the numbers indicating the loss of HP popped up above Feng Luo¡¯s head.

    After a sniper bullet and over 20 other submachine gun bullets flew into the air, a few Ice des, which hade flying down toward him from above, had hit his exposed head and body!

    At the same time, the attacks also took away around 5,000 of his HP!

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    Then, over a dozen light green Wind des pierced through the sky behind him and flew towards him. Feng Luo quickly pulled his head back.

    ¡°F*ck! Finally, I got a hit!¡±

    The Sniper yer who had hit Feng Luo couldn¡¯t help but tremble a little.

    It had been quite a challenge for him to hit his opponent even once. He missed a total of five shots before he finally seeded in hitting Feng Luo!

    ¡°Feng Luo definitely has more than one Legendary Grade item. It¡¯spletely insane for a Sniper to have more than 10,000 HP!¡± said a Water Maniptor who had activated an energy shield. ¡°The good thing is that he just lost around 5,000 HP. He definitely used HP potions earlier, so right now, it should still be under cooldown. If he has only half of his HP left, he won¡¯t dare to appear again so soon...¡±

    Of course, the September Guild yers did not realize that Feng Luo¡¯s HP recovering ability was different from other yers. Losing over 4,000 HP was an amount that most yers needed some time to recover from by using healing potions. However, for Feng Luo, it wouldn¡¯t even take more than one second for his HP to recover if he maximized the power of the Force.

    ¡°A Sniper, four maniptors, and a Heavy Armor Warrior...¡±

    Feng Luo held the Wings of Death and thought of his targets. Even though he was hiding behind the cliff, his mind could perfectly draw out a 3D image of each of the yers¡¯ positions he saw just now.

    He had killed six yers, including five gunners and a doctor.

    The remaining September Guild yers were a Heavy Armor Warrior, four maniptors, and one Sniper!

    So, who was going to be the next target?

    Among them, September Night Rain was definitely the best choice.

    However, September Night Rain and two other maniptors were nowpletely hidden behind cover.

    Furthermore, the three of them had more than just energy shields protecting them. They had a Water Curtain and an Earth Wall in front of them!

    A Water Curtain and an Earth Wall. These were two energy skills that Snipers detested the most because they were able to block the Snipers¡¯ line of sightpletely. Furthermore, a Water Curtain had the ability to decrease a bullet¡¯s velocity and change its trajectory angle while the Earth Wall could directly block bullets.

    This was the reason why Feng Luo did not try to kill September Night Rain in the beginning.

    Apart from that, the Heavy Armor Warrior was now holding his shield and running toward the three maniptors.

    Usually, Feng Luo wouldn¡¯t face many problems killing a shielded Heavy Armor Warrior since he had the destructive Wings of Death with him. However, if a Heavy Armor Warrior activated his or her defense skills, even Feng Luo would need a couple of shots to take them out!

    It was clear that now was not yet the time to waste bullets and opportunities to one-shot yers on a Heavy Armor Warrior who did not have any long-range attack skills!

    However, the yers from the September Guild finally made their move.

    ¡°Hurry up! Everyone get in the car!¡±

    The gray energy SUV on the ground began to move.

    After Feng Luo lost ¡°half of his HP¡± and retreated, the Fire Maniptor, who once provoked the yers from the Nightless Club, began driving the gray energy SUV toward September Night Rain¡¯s group.

    The Fire Maniptor reacted to the situation quite quickly. Since the maniptors would not dare to move away from the protection of the Water Curtain, Earth Wall, and the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s shield, he would bring the car to them. By the time the others got into the car, he was confident Feng Luo would not be able to one-shot people through the energy SUV with unidirectional light transmission ss panes!

    Even though this ¡°Gray Bear¡± SUV was not as amazing as Young Master Sun¡¯s top-ss Heavy Knight-15 SUV, it was still bulletproof. Even Legendary Grade weapons could not easily one-shot the people within it.

    With the time provided by the Water Curtain¡¯s blocking of Feng Luo¡¯s line of sight, everyone would be able to get inside the SUV.

    He did not believe that Feng Luo would be able to continue one-shotting them one by one if he was unable to see them.

    ¡°They are too naive!¡±

    On the cliff, Feng Luo, who once again popped his head out above his cover, looked down at them. His gaze was calm but had a hint of mockery as well.

    If they had gone inside the Heavy Knight-15 SUV, Feng Luo would be faced with a problem!

    The Heavy Knight-15 was a lot thicker than Big Pineapple¡¯s Heavy Knight-13. Its alloy armor wasparable to tanks. Even a low caliber cannon would not be able to do much damage with one shot

    Even though the Wings of Death was a 14.5mm caliber rifle, he would need a few B Grade Armor-Piercing Rounds to get pierce through the SUV¡¯s windows!

    However, since he had taken out Young Master Sun with his first shot, the Heavy Knight-15, which was considered the best armored vehicle in the game, had be useless.

    The ¡°Gray Bear,¡± which only costs around a million or so credits, could never withstand the Wings of Death.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The moment the Water Curtain disappeared, Feng Luo¡¯s Wings of Death ¡°roared¡± once more.

    A 14.5mm Double Armor-Piercing Round pierced through the body of the Gray Bear SUV. Then, from an estimated angle, it struck the neck of the Water Maniptor who got into the SUVst!

    [-5567 HP.]

    After entering the car, the Water Maniptor was unable to maintain his energy shield, and the white light of death engulfed his body. He was killed by a very powerful shot that came from the Wings of Death¡¯s ¡°Manual Mode!¡±

    ¡°How is this possible?!¡± This was the third time the September Guild Sniper shouted in disbelief.

    ¡°This energy SUV¡¯s defense is C+ Grade, and the thickness of it isparable to light alloy shields. Even if a Fatal Damage bullet pierces through the energy SUV¡¯s armor, it should only deal around 2,000 points in damage at most. So, how did he get killed?!¡±

    Theoretically, even if Feng Luo used the Wings of Death and a B-Grade Double Armor-Piercing Round that dealt Fatal Damage, he still should not have been able to kill him with one shot, even with the 100% bonus.

    However, what if the person shooting had a super-powerful attribute in his talent that said, ¡°damage that exceeds half the current HP of the target will inflict the ¡®Instant Death¡¯ effect?¡±

    The deathparison between the two camps was ten to six!

 Chapter 669 - Angered Mu Wu

    <h4>Chapter 669: Angered Mu Wu</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°Finally, some luck!¡±

    On top of the cliff, Feng Luo had a surprised look on his face as the edge of his mouth curved upward!

    He had been somewhat lucky with his previous shot.

    The remaining five yers of the September Guild had all entered the SUV. Since the SUV used one-way ss panes, Feng Luo could not see the positions of the yers inside.

    As such, for this shot, Feng Luo estimated an angle to shoot from and made a judgment call.

    Unexpectedly, the bullet he shot was able to pierce through the SUV and kill one person, which gave Feng Luo seven consecutive kills!

    Apart from that, there was another reason why Feng Luo was lucky with his shot. Even though the yers from the September Guild were forced inside the cramped space of the SUV, which made dodging bullets almost impossible, they definitely still had ns.

    The Heavy Armor Warrior was the first person to enter the SUV. After entering the vehicle, he would definitely move further inside and ce his armored body between those entering the vehicle and Feng Luo¡¯s location.

    In that case, Feng Luo¡¯s bullet would have most likely been blocked by the Heavy Armor Warrior. With the SUV¡¯s defensive walls, even Feng Luo would not be able to one-shot a Heavy Armor Warrior!

    Furthermore, since the SUV had already started elerating at full speed, it would take ten seconds at most for the September Guild yers to exit from his line of sight.

    By then, Feng Luo would be unable to pursue them since he was in thebat mode and could not ess his personal vehicle. If they were to drive away from the location sessfully, he would definitely lose sight of them, and it would allow the remaining September Guild yers to escape!

    The September Guild¡¯s n was actually quite good. However, no matter how good their n was, they did not anticipate Feng Luo¡¯s lucky shot.

    The shot flew past the area that the Heavy Armor Warrior was unable to block and killed the Water Maniptor. The damage caused by the bullet was also incredibly high!

    Understandably, this caused everyone inside the energy SUV, driven by the Fire Maniptor, to panic.

    However, at that moment, they had no other choice.

    Since they had already got in the vehicle, their only option was to continue moving forward.

    They had initially considered opening the hatch on the roof of the SUV to let their Sniper duel Feng Luo in order to buy them more time.

    However, after looking at the expression of the Sniper yer, whose face was sshed with the blood of the Water Maniptor, that was probably not an option anymore!

    However, it was not like the yers of September Guild had no way of responding to this attack.

    ¡°Hurry up! Go up there and stop our enemy!¡±

    On the ground, three pets were charging toward Feng Luo at full speed. One of them had even opened its mouth and fired several energy bombs at Feng Luo!

    In truth, there were initially four pets.

    However, after Feng Luo¡¯s blind shot killed the Water Maniptor in the SUV, the maniptor¡¯s pet, an Elite Grade Red Feathered Vulture, had also been engulfed by the white light of death in the sky around 100 meters from Feng Luo!

    After the Light Armor Warriors deaths within the forest, the September Guild yers had been giving their all to avoid this fight with Feng Luo.

    After Feng Luo escaped their ambush, they were unable to find a good enough spot to hide and wait for him to reappear before fighting him again with their numerical advantage.

    However, since Mu Zi and the others had died during the ambush, the September Guild yers were worried that Mu Zi¡¯s group would notify the yers from the Nightless City. If that happened, they might be surrounded soon if they did not leave. Furthermore, they were afraid of Feng Luo¡¯s pet!

    As a group of yers who had specifically made arrangements to ambush Feng Luo, Young Master Sun and September Night Rain did notck information on Feng Luo!

    There was a video of 24K on the forum that had gone viral. The video showed that on the Devil Tri-Horn Fog Ind, 24K summoned arge number of ¡°wild mobs¡± to block a bunch of top yers from North City.

    After witnessing 24K¡¯sbat method, they were well aware that if Feng Luo were to escape from their ambush, he would be able to use 24K to summon an army of beetles. Combined with Feng Luo¡¯s ability to kill yers with one shot, they would have no chance of victory!

    Due to this, even the typically proud September Night Rain had to admit defeat.

    In the past, during the Big Escape special agent profession change mission, September Night Rain had already suffered at the hands of the beetle soldiers before. He was the first superstar yer to witness 24K¡¯s strength!

    That was why they had to escape!

    The Gray Bear SUV, which was valued at around a million credits, was powered by a four-wheeled energy engine. It was moving away from Feng Luo at full speed.

    Three Elite Grade pets were, on the other hand, roaring as they ran towards Feng Luo. They were trying to help their masters gain some time to retreat!

    However, Feng Luo did not pay attention to the three pets that were around 200 meters away from him. He even ignored the few energy bombs, which would cost him a few hundred HP, that were already on him.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s gaze was fixed on the Gray Bear SUV that was currently moving away from him as he pressed the trigger on the Wings of Death once more after the cooldown had psed!

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    A searing hot Degration Armor-Piercing bullet struck hard on the energy SUV, which had moved a dozen meters or so away.

    However, this time, nobody was killed. This was because the shot was not aimed toward the upper half of the vehicle. Instead, it had struck the lower part of the vehicle!

    ¡°F*ck, he wants to shoot the energy engine and destroy the core of the vehicle so that our SUV breaks down.¡± The September Guild Sniper identified the location of the vehicle that was shot at based on the sound it made upon impact. ¡°Don¡¯t drive in a straight line! Move in an ¡®S¡¯ shape!¡± he shouted at the Fire Maniptor.

    ¡°What the hell are you so scared of?¡± replied the Fire Maniptor. ¡°The energy SUV¡¯s engine is like the energy core of a fighter jet. It is not only located at the bottom part of the car, but a thickyer of armor also surrounds it. Even if he has a Legendary Grade sniper rifle, it isn¡¯t possible to destroy the engine in ten seconds!¡± However, the tone of his voice revealed a little bit of panic.

    ¡°F*ck, didn¡¯t you just say that this vehicle of yours is amazingly bulletproof and that it would be impossible for him to kill someone in it?¡± The Sniper pointed at the blood all over his body and said, ¡°Well, look at what happened to Old Water! So, hurry up! Move in an ¡®S¡¯ shape!¡±

    The two of them continued to argue. September Night Rain still had not uttered a word. His face remained cold and gloomy.

    The Fire Maniptor choked for a bit but then remained stubborn as he said, ¡°F*ck, he was able to kill Old Water because of some dumb luck. Don¡¯t speak to me anymore. I¡¯ll be getting us out of this shit soon!¡±

    ¡°Dong!¡±

    As he finished speaking, the sound of a second sniper bullet hitting the SUV engine¡¯s outer shell came from outside.

    From the sound of it, it seemed like the shotnded on the same spot.

    ¡°Motherf*cker!¡±

    The Fire Maniptor cursed in panic. He finally listened to the Sniper yer¡¯s suggestion and started driving the SUV in curves.

    If it were someone else shooting at the car, it would definitely be impossible for them to destroy the engine within ten seconds.

    However, since it was Feng Luo shooting at the SUV, the Fire Maniptor was starting to feel afraid.

    Who¡¯s to say that theirst method of getting out of this ce wouldn¡¯t get destroyed?!

    Meanwhile, on top of the cliff, Feng Luo, who had just fired the second shot at the enemy¡¯s SUV, was suddenly distracted.

    Hismunication device had started ringing.

    Feng Luo heard Mu Wu¡¯s deep voice came from his device after he reconnected it.

    ¡°Old Feng, you¡¯re still fighting them, aren¡¯t you?! I¡¯ve brought some guys with me! Hold them off for three minutes, that¡¯s all I need!¡±

    Although Mu Wu¡¯s voice was calm, Feng Luo could feel a sense that anger was radiating from him.

    Lu Conglomerate City was only a few miles away from this location. If they were to drive at full speed, they would not need long to get here.

    Furthermore, this ce was a leveling zone. Therefore, many Nightless City yers would be leveling up around the area. In fact, there was more than one group of Nightless City Club yers training in the area that September Night Rain¡¯s group was driving toward!

 Chapter 670 - A PitChapter Black Bullet!

    <h4>Chapter 670: A Pitch ck Bullet!</h4>

    The rtionship between Mu Wu and Feng Luo was different and unique.

    Therefore, Feng Luo had allowed for hismunication device to ept Mu Wu¡¯s messages automatically.

    However, Mu Wu¡¯s recent message had caused Feng Luo to lose focus of his target.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    As a result, there was ack of uracy in his third shot from the Wings of Death.

    Instead of hitting exactly where the previous two bullets had hit, the third bullet hit the rear right wheel of the Gray Bear SUV. The September Guild yers were escaping.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A loud noise hade from the rear right wheel of the SUV as the September Guild yers felt the entire car shake.

    ¡°He switched and hit the tires!?¡± The Fire Maniptor nced at the system¡¯s notice on the damage of the vehicle. The tone in his voice revealed that he was joyful instead of shocked.

    In War, the SUVs took into ount theplex environments that the yers drove through. Therefore, the wheels were not made of just rubber. Since they also contained a special alloy material, the tires could not be destroyed by merely one or two shots.

    Even if he managed to destroy one of the tires, the SUV would still be able to drive. The driving mechanics of the vehicles in the game had long taken into ount these types of situations. Therefore, having one less tire would only affect its stability and speed. However, the September Guild yers would still be able to escape by using the car.

    Therefore, if Feng Luo continued to shoot at the tires of the vehicle, they would have a chance to escape. The Fire Maniptor let out a huge sigh of relief.

    Since the third shot was wasted on a rear tire, the chances of Feng Luo blowing up the engine were quite low. Even if he began to shoot at the engine again, there was not enough time to cause severe damage to it since they would have escaped by then!

    However, just when the Fire Maniptor was rejoicing internally, September Night Rain, who had been behind him with a gloomy face, had a huge change in his expression after receiving a message.

    ¡°Go faster! That Mu Wu is bringing the people from the Nightless City Club to surround us! Jiao and the rest have no way to hinder them!¡± Everyone in the car was filled with shock after hearing what September Night Rain said.

    When the September Guild yers had nned their ambush on Feng Luo and his group, September Night Rain had allocated people to watch the yers of the Nightless City Club in Lu Conglomerate City for any movement. After a yer is killed, news of the yer¡¯s death would quickly spread around in the game. Therefore, it was essential for them to keep an eye on enemy yers.

    If their original n had been sessful, any actions from the Nightless City Club would be futile because they had no intention of going directly back to Lu Conglomerate City. Furthermore, after they terminated Feng Luo and his group, there would be no way anyone could follow their escape tracks.

    However, they had never anticipated how much their original n would fall apart. Despite how much they focused their attacks on Feng Luo during the ambush, he had still managed to survive and escape. It did not matter that he was a Sniper and that they were attacking him in close range.

    After escaping their ambush, Feng Luo had managed to kill seven of their yers with seven consecutive shots. If they count the three Light Armored Warriors that he killed in the forest, then that would amount to ten of their yers killed.

    Fourteen September Guild yers attacked five Nightless City Club yers. However, ten of the September Guild yers were killed. The oue was quite embarrassing.

    Furthermore, if they were to be surrounded by the people of the Nightless City Club, the situation would be even worse for them.

    Meanwhile, on top of the cliff, Feng Luo responded to Mu Wu¡¯s message before he hung up themunication device.

    ¡°Ok, I understand!¡±

    Themunication time between him and Mu Wu was short because all of their words toward one another were straightforward.

    Since a group from the September Guild had just ambushed Feng Luo¡¯s group, the Nightless City Club yers thought Feng Luo was quite fortunate to escape with his life. They figured that he must be hiding somewhere since there was no way that he could go up against a group of more than ten yers. Especially since that group had a superstar yer amongst them.

    However, Mu Wu was confident that Feng Luo had survived and escaped the ambush. He was even certain that Feng Luo had nned a counter-attack and would have the upper-hand in such a situation. Mu Wu had this much confidence in him.

    Therefore, after receiving the news of the ambush, he rushed to the location with backup.

    However, Feng Luo had found that the exchange of messages with Mu Wu was a waste of his time.

    Even though his mind was still very active, he was unable to focus on his aim while receiving and sending messages. If he would continue to receive messages, he might as well stop shooting at his enemies because his aim would be inurate.

    During the few seconds he had spent exchanging messages with Mu Wu, the SUV below was able to drive further away from his line of sight.

    Therefore, considering his aiming time in manual mode, Feng Luo would have time for no more than three shots.

    Actually, to be more precise, he would only have enough time for two more shots because the SUV was driving out of his line of fire rather quickly.

    If they were to drive away any faster, September Night Rain and the others would manage to escape to a location outside his shooting range.

    Even if Feng Luo directly jumped down the cliff now, he would be unable to catch up to the enemy yers on time because he was currently 500 meters away from them and couldn¡¯t ess his personal vehicle while inbat.

    Even if he had managed to catch up to them on time, he would be at a disadvantage since he did not have adequate protection for close-rangebat.

    Feng Luo had the opportunity to shoot at the vehicle two more times. However, if these two shots were unable to stop the SUV, then he would only be able to notify the other Nightless City Club yers about the vehicle¡¯s route. However, these yers would most likely be unable to stop September Night Rain.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    However, even though Feng Luo only had enough time to shoot at the SUV with two more shots, he did not move with urgency.

    Although he was not shooting at the enemy yers yet, his hands had remained moving during the time he wasmunicating with Mu Wu.

    Feng Luo had taken out the magazine on the Wings of Death, which was now in manual mode. After that, he loaded a sniper rifle bullet into the chamber before he loaded the magazine again. This whole process took three seconds.

    Although, these actions seemed to be somewhat pointless. The Wings of Death had a total of three magazines, which consisted of three types of 14.5 mm bullets. All three magazines still had rounds within them, so there was no need to remove the magazine to load another round into the chamber. Furthermore, this bullet, based on its shape, was not much different from the B-Grade Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet that was initially loaded in the magazine.

    However, if you looked at it again, you could see that this particr sniper bullet and the usual Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet were undoubtedly different.

    The bullet he loaded into the chamber was a Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet that was covered by a thinyer of something ck. The substance covering the bullet was a ck shade that seemed as smooth as a mirror. It seemed like all forms of light, and even ¡°souls,¡± would be pulled into the darkness of the bullet.

    It was a pitch-ck sniper bullet!

    Within Feng Luo¡¯s sight, the Gray Bear SUV was ¡°running away¡± at full speed!

    Furthermore, the vehicle was moving in a type of ¡°S¡± shape maneuver, which made the SUV¡¯s movement quite erratic.

    The muzzle on the Wings of Death was moving in slight angles, and the finger covered by the ck Eagle gloves was ready to pull the trigger.

    The Gray Bear SUV continued to drive away and only needed two more seconds to escape from Feng Luo¡¯s shooting anglepletely.

    This was actually thest opportunity for Feng Luo to stop the September Guild yers from escaping in the SUV.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    The Wings of Death finally rang again.

    The Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet shot out of the muzzle at a speed of 1500 m/s.

    However, this time, the bullet¡¯s tail me was no longer red. Instead, it was a much darker shade of ck.

 Chapter 671 - Psionic Bullets

    <h4>Chapter 671: Psionic Bullets</h4>

    The pitch-ck sniper bullet was flying through the air silently, and it was as if the darkness of the bullet was consuming the air.

    After the bullet flew over a distance of more than 500 meters, it went into the hole of the Gray Bear SUV that Feng Luo had created with the previous two shots. It then urately hit the engine of the SUV, which was constructed with the highest defense. Its defense coefficient was even higher than the most elite of alloy shields.

    Swish!

    The pitch-ck substance that was covering the sniper bullet appeared to be affected by something as intense ripples formed on the substance.

    The high-strength alloy armor, with a thickness of up to ten centimeters, was practically imprable by yers¡¯ equipment. Theoretically, no bullet would be able to pierce through itpletely.

    However, the sniper bullet, with the effect of the ck substance surrounding it, created a pitch-ck bullet hole on the engine. It pierced through it so easily as if it was a knife slicing through tofu.

    ¡°Wow!¡±

    The bullet drilled into the armored interior of the engine, and its velocity remained unaffected by the impact.

    However, the ck substance surrounding the bullet was continuously fading away. When the bullet was about half a centimeter away from the engine, the ck substance had finally disappeared!

    However, it had remained long enough to inflict sufficient damage.

    Therge-caliber B-Grade armor-piercing bullet was absolutely capable of piercing through armor that was half a centimeter thick without the help of a special substance surrounding it.

    Dong!

    The Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet hit the core of the energy engine. Then, it aggressively burst into a giant orange me!

    Then, right after that, the me and energy that burst out from the bullet were mixed with the highly active energy particles in the engine.

    Upon impact, it created a reaction.

    Boom!

    Just as the Gray Bear SUV, which was driving at top speed, was about to escape from Feng Luo¡¯s sights, a loud noise came from somewhere above the engine.

    An explosion-like energy ball made of mes began to spread through the engine within an instant.

    At the same time, the explosion tossed the rear half of the energy SUV, with a malfunctioned rear wheel, forward and then upward.

    Then, the SUV, which was moving at full speed initially, rolled over!

    Boom!

    The Gray Bear SUV, which was worth around a million credits, flew upward from the explosion and fell to the ground on its side. The car body slid forward against the ground while on its side for a small distance before it came to a full stop.

    The exploded SUV was a devastating sight to see!

    ***

    ¡°Sure enough, Psionic Energy can be applied to bullets as well!¡±

    Above the cliff, Feng Luo¡¯s eyes sparkled with shock and joy.

    The pitch-ck sniper bullet that he had just shot at the SUV was not a new, special type of bullet. Instead, it was a Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet that was infused with destructive Psionic Energy.

    The effect of destructive Psionic Energy had already been tested on Ghost Weep earlier when Feng Luo and his team had tried to destroy the safe that carried a Cerebrate.

    Although Feng Luo did not think about applying this effect to the bullet initially, he ended up deciding to give it a try.

    The result of its impact on the SUV engine proved it to be amazingly powerful!

    In theory, it would require at least two or more shots to be able to destroy the core armor of the energy engine. However, the engine was sessfully pierced and destroyed with just this one bullet.

    The Degration Armor-Piercing Bullet¡¯s sess in piercing through the engine had caused a ¡°wonderful car ident.¡±

    The backup ns that he had initially anticipated using were no longer needed.

    Due to him having a vision that was strong and advanced, he was able to see what was happening from his position.

    There was already arge convoy from Lu Conglomerate City driving over toward the car ident.

    Based on a rough estimate, at least fifty cars were traveling together!

    Under this situation, Feng Luo did not even need to attack the September Guild yers while they were in the car crash. With the convoy heading straight toward them, all of the enemy yers would have no chance to escape. Actually, it waspletely fine if the Heavy Armored Warrior escaped because they just needed September Night Rain and the Fire Maniptor to stay put.

    However, Feng Luo knew better and had anticipated that the yers left in the September Guild were not going to sit back and do nothing.

    Dong!

    Feng Luo watched as the door of the rear half of the SUV, which was flipped sideways on the ground, was mmed open. A tactical helmet quickly emerged from the edge of the door.

    If he were any other average person, he would have most likely shot at the helmet that was exposed.

    However, Feng Luo stayed still with the Wings of Death in his hands and, surprisingly, did not shoot.

    Just as he predicted, the tactical helmet only peeked out from the door for a moment before going back inside the ¡°safety¡± of the car.

    In reality, the helmet was not being worn by any yer. It was used as a decoy.

    If Feng Luo had opened fire at that moment, he would have shot at an empty helmet.

    If he had fallen for this trick, the opposing Sniper would have earned at least a second to be able to rush out directly and to take cover behind the SUV. Then, he would have had enough time to snipe back at Feng Luo, which would help the other yers to gain enough time to escape.

    Of course, it was uncertain if the opposing Sniper would even have the bravery to go up against Feng Luo because after that n failed, there was a period of silence and stillness in the flipped SUV.

    After waiting for five seconds, the front door suddenly opened.

    Then, a head wearing an alloy helmet peeked out again.

    The September Guild¡¯s yers were also clever because when the front and rear doors are both open at the same time, the rear door could block the front door and cause a problem for Feng Luo.

    In this situation, it was impossible for Feng Luo to hit any of the enemy yers¡¯ vital spots.

    Additionally, the yer who came out of the car was obviously the Heavy Armored Warrior. If Feng Luo could not inflict fatal damage to the Heavy Armored Warrior, then he would not be able to cause much damage to him at all.

    The September Guild yers¡¯ n was not bad at all.

    However...

    Bang!

    In the second half of the fight, the twelfth shot from the Wings of Death rang into the air.

    A pitch-ck sniper bullet burst through the air!

    The Heavy Armored Warrior from the September Guild, who was swiftly trying to charge out from the opened door of the flipped SUV, had his head impacted by something like a sledgehammer.

    [-5234 HP.]

    The bullet, which caused a loss of over 5,000 HP, had hit the Heavy Armor Warrior with such a strong impact that it caused him to fall back.

    This gunshot caused the other four yers in the vehicle, who had wanted to follow suit, to stay immobilized at that moment.

    The bullet that caused the Heavy Armor Warrior to lose 5,000 of his HP would definitely cause the others to lose more than 10,000 of their HP. This amount of HP loss would result in an instant kill.

    The Sniper in the SUV had been shouting the word ¡°impossible¡± for the fourth time in a row.

    Although the energy SUV door¡¯s defense could not bepared with the engine armor or an alloy shieldbined with specialized material, it was definitely strong enough to disrupt the power of an average sniper rifle by more than 70 percent!

    However, this shot from Feng Luo, after piercing through the car door and piercing through the Heavy Armor Warrior¡¯s headgear the same way, could actually inflict a damage shot that exceeded 5,000?

    This damage was definitely more intense than what they initially predicted.

    Although they had car doors to use as a shield, what if Feng Luo¡¯s bullet pierced through the car again as it had done when it killed their Fire Maniptor?

    The September Guild yers in the SUV, other than September Night Rain, were all uneasy.

    Although September Night Rain was still sitting in ce, his original expression, which was filled with anger, had changed into one filled with disappointment.

    In addition to the dilemma of being trapped in the car, he felt flustered by therge convoy that was getting closer to them.

    Then, at that moment, there was a cold and angry voiceing out from hismunication device.

 Chapter 672 - Tripartite Convergence

    <h4>Chapter 672: Tripartite Convergence</h4>

    There was actually no movement within the SUV.

    After the Heavy Armor Warrior had attempted to exit the vehicle, the four remaining yers in the flipped SUV, including September Night Rain, all chose not toe out!

    Feng Luo squinted his eyes as he found this to be strange!

    Thest shot that hit the Heavy Armor Warrior, plus the previous shot which instantly killed the Water Maniptor, should have let September Night Rain know that staying in the SUV was not actuallypletely safe. Furthermore, since the Heavy Armor Warrior had exited the vehicle, he could not act as a shield for them. Therefore, it was strange that he would not move from such an unsafe spot.

    This SUV, which was unable to escape again, was like a cage that was waiting to be torn apart.

    Yet, September Night Rain actually chose to stay in the SUV.

    Does this mean that he has surrendered?

    [You have a message!]

    At this time, Feng Luo¡¯smunication device suddenly rang, and it was disying the name ¡°Brother Ling.¡±

    Brother Ling, who was once the bodyguard of the CEO of the Lu Conglomerate, was the person in charge of overall nning in the Lu Conglomerate City building mission in Roguetown during the ¡°biochemical crisis.¡±

    As for his real name, he was called Ling Wu.

    The rtionship between Feng Luo and Ling Wu was not bad. However, it was obviously not as good as the one Feng Luo had with Mu Wu. So naturally, he did not set messages from Ling Wu to be automatically epted.

    Even if Feng Luo did not ept the message manually, Ling Wu was no longer the boss¡¯s bodyguard but the senior department manager at the headquarters of the Lu Conglomerate. Therefore, Feng Luo was aware of what his message would be about before he even epted it.

    Feng Luo raised his head and looked straight forward. This time, the convoying from the Lu Conglomerate could be seen very clearly through his scope.

    The number of vehicles exceeded his expectations. Instead of his estimate of 50 cars, there were at least 100 cars in the convoy.

    After closer inspection, however, Feng Luo pondered over what he saw.

    Through the scope, he saw the people who came from the direction of Nightless City were actually divided into two groups.

    Near the middle part of the fleet of the Nightless City Club, there were about thirty cars.

    However, the cars that were trying to overtake them from the sides and behind were not from the Nightless City Club. Instead, it was a mix of vehicles from the Lu Conglomerate and the September Guild, consisting of nearly 100 cars.

    Feng Luo was able to identify who the vehicles belonged to because some of the cars had open roofs, and some yers were standing on top with their weapons in their arms! Furthermore, the yers that exposed themselves through the open roofs were wearing their guild badges.

    Although the two sides did not attack each other, the people of the Nightless City Club and the people of the September Guild appeared to be hostile toward one another!

    Furthermore, there were still new cars driving over from the direction of Lu Conglomerate City.

    Amongst them, some of the yers did not even understand what was going on. It seemed like they wereing over just to watch the chaos as if it was a show, and some of them even openedputer screens on top of their cars.

    As the closest city to Silvermoon City, Lu Conglomerate City was also one of the bordends yer cities.

    So naturally, there were people who came from all over the ce, especially people from Stormwind City, to witness the chaos.

    Obviously, September Night Rain should have received news about what was going on outside.

    For some reason, however, he seemed to have chosen to stay in the SUV. Perhaps because he knew that if he got out of the car, he would immediately be killed off by Feng Luo.

    If he were to be instantly killed by Feng Luo while so many other yers were spectating, then his reputation as one of the ¡°Top Ten¡± superstar yers would bepletely damaged to the point of no return.

    Moreover, it would also increase the poprity of Feng Luo to its peak.

    However, if he were to stay in the SUV, even if Feng Luo killed him while he was in the vehicle, he would be in a better situation.

    Although his reputation would still be ruined, at least no one would be able to record a video of his downfall. Therefore, the situation would not bepletely irreparable as long as he did not speak up about it.

    Even then, he was sure that some of his fans would refuse to believe this situation and would instead hate Feng Zhi Luoye.

    Furthermore, even though Feng Luo seemed to have gotten a lot of attention recently, he was not considered an actual superstar yer. He did not even have any recordings of him killing yers during a solo fight.

    Even though September Night Rain¡¯s poprity had recently fallen, he would still have many more loyal fans than Feng Luo since he has been an active yer for so long.

    Nevertheless, Feng Luo was still unsure of what September Night Rain¡¯s actual reason was for staying in the vehicle.

    However, there was no need for him to figure this out.

    Since September Night Rain did not want to leave the vehicle, he did not need to use other measures to stall the yers in the SUV.

    Instead, he could take some time to deal with the three Elite Grade pets that the September Guild yers had sent toward him earlier.

    Roar!

    A leopard-like pet had managed to climb up the cliff Feng Luo was standing on top of. It approached him from behind without making any sound. Then, it pounced forward and, with a fishy stenching from its big mouth, prepared to bite into Feng Luo¡¯s neck.

    Puff!

    The Ghost Weep de, wrapped in ayer of ck substance, sliced into the pet leopard¡¯s neck.

    [-10250 HP.]

    The leopard and its fangs were stopped by the knife in its neck.

    Fresh, fiery blood sprayed out of its mouth and onto the ground of the cliff.

    The ¡°Instant Death¡± effect from his Fatal Talent was not effective against non-humanoid units that were Commander Grade and above. This leopard pet was of an Elite Grade.

    ***

    The three pets died without hardly any struggle from Feng Luo. The two melee pets were unable to touch him at all.

    Only the energy bomb sent out by the long-range pet had managed to hit Feng Luo a few times, which took away about 3,000 of his HP.

    However, the loss of this amount of health points was meaningless under the self-healing Force.

    Bang!

    [-5600 HP.]

    Feng Luo had dealt significant damage to the pet, which resulted in it losing over 5,000 of its HP.

    If pets did not have special abilities, even if they were Commander Grade pets, Feng Luo was not worried or concerned with them.

    Shortly after Feng Luo killed off the three pets, the Nightless City Club¡¯s convoy was approaching the Gray Bear SUV, which was flipped over on the ground!

    ***

    Tsk!

    The SN600 bulletproof energy SUV, which Feng Luo had once sat in, came to a halt in front of the damaged Gray Bear SUV. Since Mu Wu is a Light Armor Warrior, he stepped out of the vehicle armed with an alloy sword.

    In games, Mu Wu rarely put on equipment.

    In most cases, he would only wear a pair of gold-wired sses to block any light from hitting his eyes.

    However, this time, he actually put on an entire outfit with equipment.

    After getting off the vehicle, he did not have any intention of stopping to observe the scene. Instead, he immediately ran toward the flipped SUV, which was not at all far from him.

    ¡°Mu Wu, don¡¯t be impulsive!¡±

    At this time, another SUV of the same model drove in from the side and stopped immediately. Brother Ling frantically shouted towards Mu Wu as he exited from the vehicle.

    Compared to Mu Wu, Brother Ling, who once worked as the bodyguard of the CEO of the Lu Conglomerate, was now looking more like a manager. It seemed as if he was in a hurry because he was dressed a bit untidily.

    Mu Wu said nothing as he continued to carry the alloy sword and advance toward the damaged SUV.

    Behind him, the vehicles belonging to the Nightless City Club were also stopping and opening up one after the other as yers exited while carrying their weapons. They had anger written all over their faces as they swiftly gathered behind Mu Wu.

    The convoy belonged to the Lu Conglomerate and the September Guild. Although they had more people, they were intentionally hindered by the vehicles belonging to Nightless City Club. Therefore, they were prevented from catching up and were quite a distance behind them.

    ¡°Hey! Mr. Mu Wu, can you help me tell Feng Luo that I want to talk to him personally!¡±

    Another yer exited from Brother Ling¡¯s SUV and let out a sigh.

    He was a small yer and was wearing casual clothing. There was a bitter smile on his face.

    However, he was another familiar acquaintance.

    He was Mr. X. He, who once went to Feng Luo to buy the Life Force awakening chip, was also one of the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s senior yers. He was one of the Nine-Star Guild¡¯s co-founders with Zi Wei¡¯s ¡°Zi Wei Star.¡± He was ¡°Celestial Star.¡±

    ¡°Wow, f*ck! What is this situation?¡±

    ¡°The Nightless City Club, the Lu Conglomerate, and the people from the September Guild! Is this going to be a guild fight? ¡±

    ¡°D*mn, this is starting to get interesting! Quick, record everything!¡±

    Some of the yers, who hade to watch this event, were excitedly talking to one another. They asked one another about what they thought was going to happen.

    After all, only these three guilds had a station in Lu Conglomerate City. Therefore, it made this situation quite interesting.

    At this time, all of the three guilds were together, and it appeared as if the Nightless City Club had the most anger.

 Chapter 673 - â€œFeng Zhi Luoyeâ€™sâ€ Fans

    <h4>Chapter 673: ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye¡¯s¡± Fans</h4>

    ¡°I¡¯m not quite sure, but I have heard that the yers from the Nightless City Club were attacked by the yers from the September Guild during a mission. Therefore, the Nightless City Club chairperson brought people to exact revenge!¡±

    The yers who had heard about what happened began to share the information with other yers.

    ¡°The Nightless City Club? Aren¡¯t they the subordinate guild of the Lu Conglomerate? Furthermore, doesn¡¯t the September Guild and the Lu Conglomerate have an extremely temperate rtionship? So, why would they suddenly stir up such amotion?¡±

    There were yers who were not fully aware of the rtionship between these three big guilds, and they were extremely confused after hearing these statements.

    ¡°Brother, you¡¯ve just arrived in Lu Conglomerate City, haven¡¯t you?¡±

    ¡°Although they are a subordinate guild of the Lu Conglomerate, in reality, the Nightless City Club is not inferior to them in the game due to their strength. Even if the September Guild teamed up with Lu Conglomerate, they would still be unable to deal with the Nightless City Club easily...¡±

    ¡°Anyway, this entire situation is a littleplicated. It can¡¯t be exined clearly with just a few words, so you just have to continue watching everything unravel!¡±

    ¡°Wow! F*ck, this is soplicated. Alright, let¡¯s not think about it too much! Let¡¯s just see what happens!¡±

    Since these matters did not affect them, they continued watching the situation unravel before them.

    Next to the flipped SUV, the Heavy Armor Warrior from the September Guild, who had stumbled out of the car, had a devasted and flustered look on his face.

    After the Nightless City Club¡¯s convoy pulled over, they surrounded the Gray Bear SUV, and Mu Wu, with his sunken face, held onto his alloy sword as he approached the Heavy Armor Warrior.

    It looked like he was about to be killed gruesomely.

    Fortunately for him, the reinforcements from the September Guild were alsoing.

    Mr. X and the Lu Conglomerate¡¯s Mr. Ling got out of the car together as they shouted at Mu Wu loudly.

    ¡°Manager Mu, please stop! This is all a misunderstanding. Can you please contact Mr. Feng? Let me exin it to him first!¡±

    ¡°Are you acquainted with Feng?¡±

    Mu Wu, who had kept moving forward, suddenly stopped as he turned toward Brother Ling¡¯s frantic face and Mr. X¡¯s expressionless face.

    Mu Wu was not really acquainted with Mr. X, because Mr. X only arrived at Lu Conglomerate City just yesterday.

    However, because Mr. X immediately took over all of the September Guild¡¯s affairs in Lu Conglomerate City, he had be the highest person in charge of the September Guild.

    Therefore, although they were unacquainted, Mu Wu had some knowledge about Mr. X.

    Not to mention, there was a diamond badge on his chest, which symbolized the guild¡¯s higher ranks.

    However, even though Mr. X was at the top ranks of the September Guild, Mu Wu would not show him any respect.

    Even when he first shouted at Mu Wu when he got out of the car, Mu Wu did not acknowledge him at all and continued to head toward the yers in the damaged car.

    However, when Mr. X mentioned Feng Luo¡¯s name the second time that he yelled at him, Mu Wu finally stopped in his tracks, while tightly holding onto his alloy sword.

    ¡°We have worked together before and have had some interactions!¡±

    Mr. X, with his bitter smile, was followed by Brother Ling, who let out a sigh of relief. They walked forward and stopped in front of the angry Nightless City Club yers.

    ¡°Manager Mu, can you let me talk to Mr. Feng first? This situation should have a solution that is better than a battle that will result in casualties on both sides, shouldn¡¯t it?¡±

    Mr. X looked toward Mu Wu, as he spoke with a tone that sounded a little sincere.

    However, Mu Wu¡¯s face did not change. He just stared at Mr. X, and, after a moment of silence, the alloy sword in his hands was gently lowered down.

    Dong!

    The Nightless City Club¡¯s yers, who were marching behind him, stopped.

    Although they all stopped, more than 100 yers, who exited from nearly 30 vehicles, were already surrounding the damaged SUV and were discreetly forming squads of three to five members.

    ¡°Move away! Everyone, move away!¡±

    ¡°F*ck, do you all want to die?¡±

    At this time, the September Guild yers, who were slower in exiting from their vehicles, were in a huge mess.

    Some of them were yelling at the casual yers who wanted to watch the possible uing battle. The September Guild yers carried their weapons as they tried to squeeze through the crowd of casual yers that were blocking their way.

    Compared to the Nightless City Club yers that were gathered in a formation like a military army, the chaotic formation of the September Guild yers left Mr. X frowning.

    However, he did not speak. He was just waiting for Mu Wu, who was waiting tomunicate with Feng Luo.

    ¡°F*ck, I thought they were fighting? Why did it turn into a negotiation? If they want to fight, they better start fighting soon. I stopped the missions I was doing in order toe and watch a good show!¡±

    ¡°Agreed! Are they going to fight? If you all are men, then just fight already!¡±

    Some yers were naturally annoyed. They had initially seen the two sides about to start a fight, only for things to end like this.

    However, there was also a small number of yers that were closer to the scene who were more interested in the ¡°Mr. Feng¡± that Mr. X mentioned after hearing what he said.

    Among the spectators, a Sniper inbat fatigue seemed to have thought of something as an excited expression formed on his face. He shouted loudly, ¡°Mr. Feng? There is no way!¡±

    He had suddenly shouted with such a loud and surprised voice that it left his Light Armor Warrior partner feeling a little confused. ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s wrong with you? You scared me!¡±

    ¡°Mr. Feng! I think I already know which Mr. Feng this September Guild¡¯s high-rank member is talking about!¡±

    The Sniper yer¡¯s face was filled with excitement.

    ¡°Who is it?¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior was also showing some interest.

    ¡°Do you remember when I told you about my new idol? His name is Feng Zhi Luoye, and he¡¯s a number one Sniper yer on the trending list. He¡¯s also a member of Nightless City!¡±

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye? Isn¡¯t that Feng Zhi Luoye guildless? That is what I remember from the forums. Also, even if he were to join a guild, he would certainly join one like the Nine-Star Guild! He wouldn¡¯t join such a small guild like Nightless City Club, right?¡± The Light Armor warrior recalled this information as his face was filled with skepticism.

    ¡°He¡¯s a real-life Nightless City member, not a member of the virtual Nightless City Club. It¡¯s reallyplicated, and I¡¯m unable to exin correctly in just this moment, but what I am saying is definitely true...¡±

    The Sniper yer¡¯s eyes were overflowing with exhration as he stared at Mu Wu, who was activating hismunication device in thebat circle.

    Although Feng Luo did not brag about himself like some of the other superstar yers, nor reveal his real appearance in front of the channel, he still gained some fans. He was gaining poprity amongst the snipers.

    After all, he achieved such great results amongst many elite yers in two cities.

    ¡°Move away, move away!¡±

    While Mu Wu was activating themunication device, the September Guild yers were still trying to find ways to squeeze into the circle that the Nightless City yers were surrounding.

    Mr. X¡¯s attitude was calm as he remained low-key.

    However, the average yers, who were not even elite yers and were only wearing bronze badges of the September Guild, were acting so high and mighty.

    This was not surprising.

    Although they were partnering with the Lu Conglomerate, the September Guild, by themselves, was a superrge guild that surpassed the Luo Conglomerate in size.

    They had over a million members, which was far greater than the number of members in the Nightless City Club.

    Therefore, even though they were only average yers of the September Guild, based on strength, they were enough to be elites in some other guilds.

    Even though they had already received internal information that the situation had started because their team ambushed the Nightless City Club¡¯s members, they did not feel any embarrassment. Instead, most of them looked angry.

 Chapter 674 - Mr. Xâ€™s low profile

    <h4>Chapter 674: Mr. X¡¯s low profile</h4>

    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    ¡°Why are you all squeezing in?!¡±

    The behavior of the September Guild yers naturally infuriated the Nightless City Club yers.

    Immediately the scene became a riot, where guns were loaded and energy converter lights were fluctuating.

    ¡°Don¡¯t mess around! Everyone! Don¡¯t be so impulsive!¡±

    Everyone¡¯s behavior made Brother Ling so mad that the edges of his mouth were fuming.

    As a senior representative of the Lu Conglomerate, he obviously did not want the two sides to really fight over this situation, especially when his personal rtionship with the Nightless City people was still well.

    Fortunately, Mr. X turned around and hushed a few of the loudest yers in order to ease the situation a little.

    However, the diffusing of the situation was only temporary. As for how this matter would develop, it would depend on the oue of the negotiations between the two sides!

    Particrly, it would be based on the attitude that the key person, Feng Luo, had.

    At the center of the war circle, Mu Wu had turned on themunication device and chose to project themunication interface into the air. The projection revealed the image of Feng Luo in SUVbat attire.

    However, at this moment, Feng Luo¡¯s position was not on top of the cliff.

    Instead, the Wings of Death, which would look more conspicuous in his hands, was hidden in a ce within the forest. It was in an area that they would be unable to find.

    Since the projection only showed a limited amount of his background, the September Guild yers were unable to find his exact position.

    However, whether it was Mr. X or Mu Wu, they both knew that the position Feng Luo was at was definitely a position that would enable him to attack this area.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, I haven¡¯t seen you in a long time!¡± Mr. X had a wry smile on his face as he greeted Feng Luo.

    ¡°Mr. X!¡± Feng Luo nodded as his expression did not change.

    ¡°Regarding this matter... Can I talk to you privately?¡± Mr. X hesitated a little when he spoke out loud. He then hinted at the surrounding curious yers who were waiting to watch a battle ur.

    ¡°No, let¡¯s just talk about it here!¡± Feng Luo had a look of disdain as he immediately shook his head.

    ¡°Mr. Feng, you are putting me in a difficult position.¡± Mr. X¡¯s face changed slightly as he stared at Feng Luo¡¯s eyes on the screen.

    Feng Luo simply did not speak. He stared back with dull eyes.

    ¡°Well, alright.¡±

    The two men stared at each other for less than a second as Mr. X finallypromised with a bitter smile.

    ¡°Well, then I¡¯ll just say it out loud. Can we end this here and now? I would like to offer you sufficientpensation on behalf of the September Guild for each of the six people who died from the Nightless City Club, and I will also make all of the people who participated in the attack to apologize to you guys. Everyone is living in the same city, why would we need to fight to this extreme?¡±

    As a senior executive of the September Guild, and also as one of the founders of the former Nine Star Guild, Mr. X¡¯s attitude was surprisingly low-key. It waspletely different from those seemingly high and mighty September Guild average yers behind him.

    Amongst those who were present, perhaps only Feng Luo could understand the reason behind Mr. X¡¯s low profile.

    There were only a few people who really knew the inside story behind Invikill being the first person who awakened the Force.

    Although both sides signed a contract to request Feng Luo not to reveal the matter regarding Invikill, and despite the contract being signed in the game, there was also a legal effect in reality.

    However, if Feng Luo was really determined to reveal this matter, then naturally he would do so.

    Mr. X did not want this to happen because once it was revealed, the matter regarding Invikill would have a significant impact on the September Guild¡¯s reputation.

    Additionally, there was another reason for Mr. X¡¯s low profile, but it was due to a personal matter. During theirst conversation, Mr. X had promised he would warn September Night Rain not to make an enemy out of Feng Luo.

    However, what happened today really cost him his reputation in keeping promises.

    However, because the premise of thest promise was that Feng Luo would join the September Guild, and since Feng Luo did not agree to join the guild, Mr. X technically did not go back on his promise.

    ¡°No!¡±

    ¡°No!¡±

    However, this low-profile proposal by Mr. X was still declined.

    Of the two responses, one was from the projection of Feng Luo, and the other was from the sunken face of Mu Wu.

    Both of their answers were said without hesitation.

    ¡°F*ck, what do you guys mean? Who do you think you are? Not wanting to give respect...¡±

    It was not Mr. X who was talking.

    Instead, on a tall SUV at the edge of the war circle, with a six-barrel machine gun in hand, there was a September Guild Machine Gunner with an elite badge on his chest.

    Mr. X was calm, but the September Guild yer looked shameless.

    To see Mr. X repeatedly lower his own stance, the September Guild yers had already expressed dissatisfaction. However, because Mr. X was in charge, barely anyone interrupted.

    It was not until both Feng Luo and Mu Wu unhesitatingly rejected his suggestion that someone could not bear to stay silent anymore. However, just when the Machine Gunner was continuing to talk, he was silenced.

    ¡°Shut up!¡±

    Mr. X had a cold and angry face, and his expression stunned the Machine Gunner yer for a moment.

    However, soon after, the Machine Gunner¡¯s face also changedpletely.

    After all, it was only a game, and although he was a part of the September Guild, he was not really Mr. X¡¯s ¡°subordinate.¡±

    However, even though his face changed, the Machine Gunner really stopped talking.

    ying as a Machine Gunner was expensive, and all his equipment and ammunition relied upon the September Guild¡¯s sponsorship.

    If he were to disregard everything and go against Mr. X, then the final consequence would be for him to be kicked out of the September Guild.

    However, he obviously did not want to lose the status as an elite September Guild yer, plus the superior status as the guild Machine Gunner!

    Therefore, after this elite yer stopped talking, another voice spoke out.

    ¡°Why do you want him to stop talking? I thought that Ahai was right about this!¡±

    A jeep-like heavy-duty convertible energy vehicle, which had just arrived, had a tall and mighty Heavy Armor Warrior with a golden guild badge on his chest.

    ¡°If we settle the matters this way, we will beughing stocks. If we really settled it in this manner, then it would let people feel that September Guild could be easily bullied.¡±

    Removing a super heavy ck shield from the jeep, the Heavy Armor Warrior, with a shameless and disdained expression, stared at Feng Luo¡¯s image on themunication device.

    ¡°Paco!¡±

    ¡°Hello, Paco!¡±

    ¡°Paco, you¡¯re here too.¡±

    ¡°Paco, you¡¯re finally here!¡±

    There was amotion among the average yers of the September Guild as many immediately greeted this yer with excitement.

    ¡°Paco? Judging by the badge, he must be a core yer of the September Guild.¡±

    ¡°This guy is not bad, although he is a little arrogant. He seems to be more like the high ranks of the September Guildpared to that middle-aged man. That middle-aged man is too soft! September Guild is one of the top ten guilds. So Mr. X should not be so courteous.¡±

    ¡°Can it be that these two people are purposely going against each other?¡±

    There was a burst of discussion among the yers watching the scene.

    They were a little confused about the attitude Mr. X disyed before.

    With arge guild like the September Guild, they usually handled things with great pride. Even if they were not tyrants, they should still maintain their dignity. So, why do they look likeplete pushovers on this matter?

    In particr, Mr. X, during his conversation with the Sniper on themunication device, revealed a fearful stance, and had even wanted to apologize to the Sniper in the projection.

    However, this attitude from this high-ranking September Guild member was not what they wanted to see.

    If they did not fight, then what was there to see? What were they all waiting around for then?

    Fortunately, now there was the sudden appearance of Paco. His appearance was something that they all wanted to see.

    ¡°Paco?! It¡¯s actually ¡®The Paco!¡¯¡±

    ¡°Paco is one of the top ten yers from the first batch of Stormwind City! He was nicknamed ¡®Overlord.¡¯ It was onlyter that he changed his style and joined the September Guild in a management role. However, his potential did not disappear at all, and he is not inferior to any top yers!¡±

    Some of the others were able to recognize him as ¡°Overlord¡± almost immediately.

    Things had be more interesting.

 Chapter 675 - High Profile Feng Luo

    <h4>Chapter 675: High Profile Feng Luo</h4>

    Things were indeed bing more interesting.

    After Mr. X, being the one in charge of the September Guild of Lu Conglomerate City, expressed his stance. Paco, who was his subordinate, voiced his objection publicly.

    After the arrival of Paco and his speech, the average yers of September Guild were all responding enthusiastically, which was a huge contrast from how they were responding to Mr. X before.

    Obviously, Mr. X, who had justnded in Lu Conglomerate City only a day before, had notpletely established his authority.

    Mr. X was able to scold the Machine Gunner from before, but he could only coldly frown at the Heavy Armor Warrior, who has now interrupted him.

    In the projection, after hearing Paco speak, Feng Luo only turned coldly towards Mr. X and asked, ¡°Mr. X, is it you or him who will represent the September Guild when talking?¡±

    ¡°Mr. Feng, Mr. X is the president of the Lu Conglomerate of the September Guild. He is fully responsible for all the matters in the September Guild!¡±

    Brother Ling had decided to speak up. He did not wish for things to break into a fight. Therefore, he only scolded Paco internally as he frantically exined.

    He did not have time to consider if his words would offend Paco.

    ¡°In that case, it¡¯s best for people who don¡¯t qualify as leaders to shut their mouths. You know, the gun in my hand dislikes people interrupting me when I am talking,¡± Feng Luo said with a dull tone.

    He still set his sights on Mr. X, who was frowning and not talking at all, and did not bother to look at Paco for even a second.

    However, what he said, undoubtedly, stirred up an uproar in the surroundings.

    ¡°Wow! F*ck, this guy sounds like an idiot!¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s really acting big!¡±

    ¡°This is a joke! Did he actually dare to talk to Paco like that? A Sniper, even one as impressive as Invikill with the Legendary Sniper Rifle, would not dare to talk like this. No matter how powerful a Sniper is, he shouldn¡¯t be able to kill an Elite Heavy Armor Warrior with a shield, should he?¡±

    After the spectating yers were stunned for a period of time, most of them revealed strange looks.

    As for the September Guild yers, most of them were mocking while spewing sarcasm.

    Even Mu Wu had a look of astonishment because Feng Luo had been calm most of the time. He had always treated several matters with indifference, and it was rare that he would reveal such a sturdy attitude like just now.

    With his understanding of Feng Luo, this meant that his mood was super unhappy.

    Of course, out of all the people present, it was probably only he who wouldpletely not doubt the validity of his statement.

    The reason was very simple. Although they did not speak previously, by the time he personally arrived at the battlefield to see the September Guild yers, they all had been chased away and were all stuck in a flipped SUV on the ground. He had realized that he had underestimated this partner of his.

    The yers from the September Guild were all killed off by Feng Luo alone, and the remaining people were left embarrassed. Even the Heavy Armor Warrior, who had exited the damaged vehicle earlier, could only hide behind the SUV and would not dare to reveal his face.

    The yers in the flipped SUV were filled with embarrassment because Feng Luo was able to counter-attack them after their ambush failed. He was even able to survive the attacks from a top elite yer like September Night Rain.

    This definitely showed that the strength of Feng Luo was stronger than he had imagined.

    ¡°Oh d*mn, so domineering! No wonder he is ¡®The Great Luoye!¡¯¡±

    Besides them, the Sniper, who was Feng Luo¡¯s fan, had an even more intense expression as his face was red from pure excitement.

    He was 100 percent certain that this sniper on themunication screen was Feng Zhi Luoye.

    As a fan, he would definitely be on the same side as his idol.

    However, the Light Armor Warrior beside him said, with a doubtful tone, ¡°You would think that he sounds domineering, but I keep thinking that he is bullsh*tting. No matter how strong a sniper is, he would be unable to kill this Heavy Armor Warrior named Paco, right? At most, they will be unable to kill each other and turn it into a draw? He is too full of himself!¡±

    As a warrior, his heart was still biased towards the Heavy Armor Warrior since they were from the same profession branch.

    ***

    ¡°Well, that¡¯s it!¡±

    ¡°Paco had already said it out loud. You better not admit defeat!¡±

    ¡°Not bad, if it were me, I would immediately start a fight myself!¡±

    The yers who were a little bias towards either side only wanted to watch a fight happen, So they started to cheer and stir more loudly.

    They were bent on watching a fight and had be disappointed with theck of one. Therefore, they were starting to be impatient.

    Some even deliberately opened their mouths to try to stir up the temper of Paco.

    However, unexpectedly, Paco, who was initially aggravated, did not rage after hearing Feng Luo¡¯s statement. Instead, he suddenly smiled as he inadvertently ced his heavy ck shield in front of him and said, ¡°What a daring statement. Feng Zhi Luoye, I have known that you were a super low-profile yer. Even after you became popr, there was still little information in the forums about you. However, now I have discovered that rumors are not totally trustworthy!¡±

    Of course, some more observant people were still able to see that there was still a little anger in Paco¡¯s smile.

    ¡°What? Feng Zhi Luoye!¡±

    ¡°This Sniper is Feng Zhi Luoye!¡±

    ¡°Is that the one with a Boss chip in his hands? The second to awaken the Force? The Feng Zhi Luoye, who is number one on the ¡®hot¡¯ list?¡±

    At this point, however, most people¡¯s attention was not on him anymore.

    Due to the information revealed by Paco, everyone could not help but immediately turn their heads to look at Feng Luo on the projection screen.

    The expression on one face after another, whether they were disdained, sneering or curious, had all been filled with shock and suspicion.

    ¡°Yeah, I seem to remember that someone on the forum said that Feng Zhi Luoye appeared to have an important rtionship with the Nightless City Club.¡±

    Some yers thought of a piece of information picked up from a post on the forum.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t the people of the September Guild call this Sniper ¡®Mr. Feng¡¯ as well? It looks like it¡¯s really him!¡±

    With Paco¡¯s statementsbined with how Mr. X addressed him, there was no doubt about the identity of Feng Luo.

    ¡°Wow! F*ck, this is starting to be more interesting!¡±

    ¡°This is going to be a battle between superstar yers? I just wanted to watch a fight. I did not expect that this was going to be so intense...¡±

    The spectating yers shared their thoughts through conversations with one another.

    Of course, by contrast, many of the September Guild yers, who were originally shouting andughing, now red and looked a little disgusted by how everything was ying out.

    Then, the yers looked toward their ¡°Paco.¡±

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye, I¡¯ll admit, some of my friends who were involved in the pet chips ruins wastnds said your strength was very strong! However, the September Guild yers are not like those clowns of the Anti-RDMG Alliance. No matter how strong you are, it¡¯s impossible to defeat over a hundred yers, right?¡±

    It was evident that the Overlord knew a lot about Feng Luo. He even knew about the affairs regarding the Anti-RDMG Alliance.

    Moreover, when he said this, his eyes were eagerly watching the September Guild yers who had been gradually arriving and gradually surrounding the Nightless City Club yers in the middle.

    At this time, the number of people wearing the September Guild badge on their chests had exceeded the number of Nightless City Club members by over a hundred people.

    ¡°More than a hundred people?!¡±

    On the screen, Feng Luo finally looked straight at Paco.

    ¡°A bunch of yers, who only knew how to ambush a smaller group, are now too afraid to step out of a flipped SUV. Even if there are a hundred them, what¡¯s the use? I am able to kill more than a dozen of them in a minute. I can kill more than a hundred of you in ten minutes, including you. So, you can try to fight me!¡±

    However, Paco still smiled at him with an intense stare.

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes swept over him coldly and passed over all the September Guild yers behind him!

    The words he just said, once again, caused an uproar!

 Chapter 676 - Pets? Are they needed?

    <h4>Chapter 676: Pets? Are they needed?</h4>

    This time, Feng Luo¡¯s words caused a huge uproar.

    After listening to Paco¡¯s words and knowing Feng Luo¡¯s identity, most of the September Guild yers¡¯ faces were showing some fear.

    This was very natural because there were a lot of yers from the North City and the rebel camp expressing their views on the forum.

    Those views indicated that the ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye,¡± who they met on the mission, had an incredible and intimidating attack that was powerful. His attack would even cause people with full rare equipment to be unable to get one shot at him.

    Furthermore, on screen, Feng Luo held the suspected ¡°Legendary¡± sniper gun in his hands, which was obviously leaned forward at an angle toward his enemies. The gunners and the maniptors, who were more vulnerable, definitely felt like the gun¡¯s muzzle was an eye that was staring right at them.

    At the same time, many also recalled the words Feng Luo said to them just before.

    It seemed like he was notpletely bragging. This Sniper really had the capability to kill people instantly.

    However, although he should be feared a little, there were so many yers in the September Guild.

    Over hundreds of yers gathered together, so he must be really daring.

    After all, one person¡¯s strength is limited. Whether a top yer is strong or not, they could still be defeated by arge group of yers.

    Additionally, some yers felt that although Feng Luo was notpletely bullsh*tting, he definitely had some elements of bluffing in his statements.

    ording to the forum, this Feng Zhi Luoye was able to easily and instantly kill the vulnerable sses of yers, but was he able to kill the warrior yers instantly?

    They thought that no matter how strong a Sniper is, he had no means of killing these elite Heavy Armor Warriors.

    Initially, they thought that the statement Feng Luo made was already quite insane. However, they did not anticipate that the previous statement would be even more insane than the first one.

    ¡°I¡¯m not hearing wrong, am I? Ten people a minute, a hundred in ten minutes, including Paco?¡±

    ¡°Is he dering that he is able to win against a hundred by himself? Does he understand this concept?! Does he even understand the words that areing out of his mouth?¡±

    The September Guild yers spoke sarcastically, with their faces switching from fear to mockery.

    Although, the possibility that a Sniper could instantly kill anyone was intimidating because then the Sniper could kill off the crucial yers from a team!

    However, in a situation where one Sniper went up against a hundred yers, it would be impossible for the Sniper to survive.

    The September Guild was not without top Snipers. However, even Invikill, as the ¡°first¡± to awaken the Force, did not dare to utter the type of words that Feng Luo had.

    Amongst the September Guild, it was heard that Invikill was only able to defeat up to ten September Guild yers under the conditions of Arena PK due to his ability of Invisibility.

    Even though Invikill¡¯s Invisibility ability was strong and useful, its consumption of the Force was extremely massive, so he could not stay invisible long enough to attack.

    Furthermore, due to the low health points a Sniper has, he would be doomed once he was discovered. It was almost impossible to escape from the Light Armor Warriors, who would move closer toward their target so they would have the advantage of close-rangebat.

    Of course, there was an absolute difference between that kind of legal PK and a massive team fight. No matter how strong the Sniper is, he can only instant kill ten-plus people in a team fight, right?

    As long as the Scouts discover the Sniper¡¯s location, it would not matter if the Sniper had awakened the Force or could instantly kill people. Once a few warriors charge forward, it would only be a matter of seconds before this ¡°hot¡± yer was killed.

    ¡°I think it¡¯s the sudden fame size from the projection that expanded the bravery in his heart!¡±

    ¡°Hey, he¡¯s got luck this time! Sure, he was victorious over Invikill, but does he really think that he is the best sniper in War?¡±

    Amongst the September Guild yers, there was a burst of cynicism.

    ¡°However, what did he mean by that previous statement?¡±

    Of course, there were some yers who noticed the previous statement that Feng Luo had said.

    ¡°¡®A group of people who only knew how to ambush a small group were now too afraid to leave the SUV.¡¯ Does that mean that this flipped SUV still has yers inside? Now, are those yers too scared to reveal themselves?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, didn¡¯t the news before state that the September Guild yers had ambushed the Nightless City Club? However, looking at it from this position, it appears that the September Guild yers were forced to run away, which resulted in their SUV crashing...¡±

    ¡°Killing ten-plus people within a minute. Does he mean that he was chasing the September Guild yers who ambushed him from before? As a result, he killed more than ten of them, which is why the remaining yers have not dared to leave the flipped SUV?¡±

    The non-September Guild yers spected over what happened and talked with one another about what they think transpired.

    Of course, in this case, many people began to look toward the flipped SUV.

    They saw a Heavy Armor Warrior with a pale green face sitting outside of the SUV, but they were unable to see if there was anyone inside the vehicle.

    ¡°Oh. In the end, you are more of a high-profile yer than I thought you would be. However, with the strength of your pet, it would probably be possible for you to triumph over a few dozen people...¡±

    In contrast, Paco, who was staring at Feng Luo, had a surprising reaction as his face revealed a ¡°smile¡± yet again.

    Also, the words he said made the September Guild yers fall silent.

    Paco¡¯s words made them wake up a little.

    The words of Feng Luo were indeed insane. However, their mockery wascking a point.

    Current yers do not just fight alone. They also have pets.

    Other people¡¯s pets were just mediocre, but the pet of Feng Zhi Luoye was frightening.

    Anyone who has seen the video on the forums would know that his pet, 24K, was notparable to an average pet.

    24K was able to summon wild monsters to aid Feng Luo duringbat, including elite-level monsters with strongbat strength. After some analysis, some yers thought that 24K was definitely a Boss Grade pet.

    With the protection from his pet, the idea of sending some Light Armor Warriors to cut away at him was not feasible anymore. Furthermore, with the insanely fast attack of Feng Zhi Luoye, he would be able to constantly instant kill vulnerable sses on the battlefield.

    Although he might not really be able to challenge a hundred of these September Guild yers, it would not be impossible for him to kill a few dozen yers during the fight.

    ¡°Yeah, I actually forgot your pet!¡±

    ¡°Feng Zhi Luoye¡¯s pet, based on the forum video, looked very powerful. It can directly summon a bunch of elite monsters. In this case, even if the September Guild yers discover his location, it will be challenging to kill him. The September Guild is really in huge trouble!¡±

    ¡°Not really. His pet is awesome, but don¡¯t forget that the September Guild yers also have pets. Can his pet also fight a hundred enemies on its own?¡±

    ¡°Moreover, he certainly can not kill defensive pets that have a high HP with serious damage within seconds if he is busy fighting yers.¡±

    There were some yers who shook their heads, indicating that they thought of an issue.

    ¡°His pet is obviously the summoner type. So, the wild monsters it summons will remain loyal to him. They will help him in his fight.¡±

    ¡°Each average yer¡¯s pet is different. In this kind of battle, the pet mortality rate is very high. Furthermore, even if a pet has a high HP, Feng Luo would just need to instantly kill the yer who is the owner of the pet.¡±

    ¡°Also, don¡¯t forget, he is not the only person in this fight. There are a lot of people from the Nightless City Club here to back him up. So, the yers from the September Guild are definitely not at an advantage!¡±

    The spectating yers analyzed the situation and argued over what would happen during the battle.

    However, what Feng Luo said after, got everyone¡¯s attention again.

    ¡°Pets, are they necessary?¡±

    Considering what Paco said, which seemed to be apliment with an underlying meaning, Feng Luo¡¯s answer was once again a cold and ¡°frivolous¡± statement.

 Chapter 677 - I remember, I have said it before!

    <h4>Chapter 677: I remember, I have said it before!</h4>

    ¡°Ha, Brother Feng is awesome!¡±

    ¡°Yes! Against you guys who only know how to ambush, do we still need help from our pets?¡±

    After the statement that Feng Luo made, it attracted another uproar from the September Guild yers.

    However, the yers from Nightless City were all cheering.

    The Nightless City people did not just consist of workers from the real-life Nightless City.

    To be precise, the Nightless City workers only upied a small part of the club. Most of them were yers who were recruited by Mu Wu.

    Since Feng Luo did not have many rtions with Nightless City people in the game, a good portion of them had never really interacted with him either.

    When Feng Luo¡¯s reputation skyrocketed, the people from Nightless City believed he was like a ¡°god.¡±

    These few statements that Feng Luo made might have sounded extremely insane to outsiders, but it made the people on his side feel relieved.

    Since thest sh between the people from the September Guild and Nightless City, there had been a lot of tension rising between both sides these past few days.

    The people of Nightless City had felt like they were at such a huge disadvantage because the September Guild wasrge.

    Furthermore, it seemed as if the Lu Conglomerate was more biased toward the September Guild, and this angered the people of Nightless City.

    Therefore, Feng Luo¡¯s words had given them a strong sense of relief.

    Paco¡¯s face had lost all signs ofposure as he lifted the heavy alloy shield and aggressively ced it vertically in front of him. His voice revealed anger as he said, ¡°Mr. Feng is definitely confident in himself. However, sometimes too much self-confidence might be mistaken for arrogance. Do you really think that by defeating Lin Ye and Zhang Zheng, you can really underestimate all of the people in the September Guild?¡±

    Mr. X, who was standing beside Paco and had remained silent, had suddenly turned and frowned towards him.

    However, in the flipped SUV, September Night Rain, who was a little frustrated and depressed, suddenly sat up as he looked at Paco through the window with a pale face.

    As for the September Guild yers, they were all astonished.

    ¡°What do his words mean? Why are the September Guild yers having such an intense reaction? Does this mean that Lin Ye and Zhang Zheng are very famous? ¡±

    Among the spectators, some who did not understand the details of the situation werepletely confused.

    ¡°What, are you all from another server? How can you not know these two people?¡±

    ¡°Zhang Zheng is the real name of Invikill, and Lin Ye is September Night Rain! These two people are the new and the old top dogs of the September Guild, the number one experts...¡±

    ¡°I know Feng Zhi Luo Ye was victorious over Invikill, but since when had September Night Rain been defeated by Feng Zhi Luo Ye?¡±

    Some yers who came from Stormwind City were a little confused as well.

    ¡°September Night Rain. Isn¡¯t he the star yer who beat Brother Lang two days ago? He apparently has also been defeated by this Feng Zhi Luoye?¡±

    ¡°Well, if that is true, then our top yer in the Lu Conglomerate is inferior to a yer from the Nightless Club?¡±

    The yers, who had been neglected at the headquarters of the Lu Conglomerate, suddenly thought that the number one yer in the September Guild was not impressive.

    At this time, the eyes of Feng Luo in themunication device¡¯s projection suddenly turned dull again.

    Did they turn dull because of what Paco said?

    A Cerebrate had destroyed 24K during hisst mission, so Feng Luo was a little agitated by Paco for bringing up his fallen pet. However, suddenly he felt that there was no reason to be agitated.

    Yes, there was no reason indeed.

    He realized that the tall and burly-looking, uncouth Heavy Armor Warrior actually had an ulterior motive in every one of his statements. He had brought up September Night Rain, who was still hiding in the SUV, and Invikill, who had no rtions toward this matter. His ulterior motive was to make Feng Luo lose his cool and focus. At least, this seemed to be what Paco was doing.

    Therefore, Feng Luo had lost all interest while talking to this Heavy Armor Warrior.

    September Night Rain had already lost reputation points before. Therefore, no matter what he does in this situation, it was not looking good for him. Negative information would go up about him again on the forums, which he wouldn¡¯t be able to control. Then, his poprity would no doubt fall again!

    Invikill¡¯s poprity had taken a hit thest few days as well. This was due to his pet chip ruins performance being too average. Therefore, his reputation suffered some damage. As a result, his title as ¡°the first Sniper in War¡± was called a fluke.

    With such a massive guild like the September Guild, it was not surprising that Paco would want to bring up their top yers, even if there was bad news circting about them.

    Feng Luo suddenly turned and told Mu Wu, ¡°Old Wu, I have nothing else to say. Regarding how to settle these matters, you have full rights to decide! However, the yers in the SUV must return the mission items that they stole from us. Or else...¡±

    Feng Luo did not continue.

    Following that, he turned toward Paco, who was initially raging but had now felt a little gloomy due to Feng Luo blowing him off.

    ¡°I remember I said that the gun in my hand does not like people interrupting me!¡±

    On the screen of themunication device, Feng Luo¡¯s face waspletely dull, but the Wings of Death in his hand adjusted its angle in front of everyone¡¯s view.

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    Paco¡¯s face changed.

    His body immediately shrank as he hid his whole body behind the ck alloy shield that had been erected in front of him.

    ¡°Oh?¡± After the alloy shield covered his entire body, Paco leaned against the inside of the shield. His face was pale as the edges of his mouth lifted rather suddenly as he asked, ¡°Are you finally attacking because you can¡¯t hold back anymore?¡±

    Paco was not panicking internally at all. Even though the shield in his hand was not a piece of legendary equipment, its defense coefficient was B-Grade, and its thickness was more than two-thirds of an ordinary alloy shield made of the best quality.

    During an experiment that was intended to test the strength of this shield, a Sniper with a full set of equipment once used B-Grade bullets to continuously shoot at the same spot five times before he was able to pierce through it.

    Although the defense on his shield was inferior to the light Legendary Grade shields in the forums, it was still quite strong.

    Even though Feng Luo was predicted to be in possession of a legendary sniper rifle, Paco¡¯s shield should not break so easily against it.

    Besides, even if the sniper rifle was able to break through his shield, and even if it was done with one shot, what would be the use?

    After the bullet pierces through the alloy shield, its power and velocity would be reduced significantly. Therefore, even if it was supposed to be a fatal hit, it would be impossible for the bullet to cause too much damage.

    Furthermore, the alloy shield was so big that the destruction area the bullets could cause was only up to a radius of ten centimeters.

    For this expert Heavy Armor Warrior, who specialized in PK, he waspletely able to protect his fatal spots by himself while inbat.

    A sole attacking Sniper had no way to destroy the armor of a Heavy Armor Warriorpletely. This was why the Heavy Armor Warriors usually blocked Snipers¡¯ attacks.

    ¡°Also, Feng Zhi Luoye, maybe you feel as if you have figured me out. However, you do not know if all of this was a part of my n. Perhaps you shooting at me is a part of my n, perhaps it is not. I¡¯ll allow you, the currently top person in the poprity list, to help me increase my poprity!¡±

    Behind the shield, Paco¡¯s face had a delightful smile.

    Bang!

    After Paco hid behind the alloy shield, a bullet, shot from a distant forest, flew toward him after a few milliseconds.

    A pitch-ck sniper bullet hit the equally ck thick alloy shield.

    Afterward, it pierced through the shield.

    Chink!

    [-1320 HP.]

    [-6746 HP.]

    Behind the ck shield, above the head of Paco, two bright red damage numbers appeared in session.

    The two hits from the Double Armor-Piercing Bullets had hit his head and had directly caused him to lose around eight thousand of his HP.

    ¡°What... how is this possible?!¡±

    Behind the shield, Paco¡¯s smiling face was instantly filled with astonishment. His health points dropped to two-thirds of its initial health. This was something that he had not expected.

    ¡°A skill from his legendary equipment? Or did the hounds send us the wrong message? The attack of Feng Zhi Luoye, and the destructive power of his gun, was significantly higher than what they had determined!¡±

    Paco felt that something was not right, but at this moment, he did not have any ns. He just wanted to escape after lifting up his shield.

    Although the sniper rifle bullet had failed to prate his brain, he was still suffering from the impact the bullet had on his head. It had caused him to feel dizzy.

    Furthermore, the caliber on the Wings of Death was 14.5 mm!

    ¡°Paco... Paco...¡±

    As for the yers of the September Guild, they were all shocked to see Feng Luo suddenly shoot.

    Then afterward, when they saw that Paco was the one who had been shot, they were relieved. Some of them even started to mock him since he had talked a big game.

    However, afterward, when they waited for the appearance of the damage value above Paco¡¯s head, they were all rooted in ce. When they saw that there was something wrong with Paco and wanted to help, they were toote.

    Bang!

    The second equally pitch-ck bullet was shot from a position near the forest. This round was also aimed at the alloy shield.

    [-1230 HP.]

    [-12056 HP.]

    Paco¡¯s face was filled with disbelief.

    There was a new red damage value number above his head, and his body was radiating a white light that was familiar to everyone. It was the white light of death.

    His health points of more than twenty thousand, which was shielded by a high-grade alloy shield with a defense coefficient that wasparable to Legendary Grade equipment, was emptied after two shots from his opponent?

    ¡°This... How can this be?¡±

    It was not only Paco who was repeating the word ¡°impossible.¡±

    Many yers were stunned by the red numbers, which looked like fresh blood, that appeared above Paco¡¯s head.

    Particrly the damage from the second bullet, with a value that was five digits long, really made all spectating yers, as well as the yers from the three guilds, reveal a sense of disbelief from what they had just witnessed. Some yers were still unsure of what they even saw. They could not make sense of what just happened.

    One bullet passed through the broken shield, the broken armor, and the defense coefficient of the Heavy Armor Warrior himself.

    The gunshot could cause fatal damage that was five digits long?! Were they perhaps just seeing things?

    Poof!

    Paco¡¯s body had been filled with the white light of death.

    Paco¡¯s corpse, which had been lifted upward from the white light, fell back onto the ground. The ck alloy shield that fell away from his hands mmed heavily onto the ground.

    After those two shots, the projection of themunication device also slowly disappeared from the sky.

 Chapter 678 - The Ending Isnâ€™t Satisfying!

    <h4>Chapter 678: The Ending Isn¡¯t Satisfying!</h4>

    ¡°Paco... Paco...¡±

    Paco died too suddenly, some September Guild yers did not even react from their initial mockery about Feng Luo trying ways to kill a heavily armored warrior.

    Paco just fell onto the ground, as a pile of medicine, crystals, and equipment burst out.

    This had led to a mess in the reactions of the September Guild people.

    Some people shouted loudly after they regained their consciousness, some frantically went over to help Paco pick up the rare equipment that had burst out.

    ¡°Ah, f*ck!¡±

    There were also some people who reactively raised their weapons and protection, some ran and hid behind the SUV while making abat stance.

    And the people from the Nightless City Club, after being stunned for a while, also immediately reacted.

    There was no hesitation. At this moment, once someone started the attack, then what continued would only be an outburst of a team fight. This would be a messy fight, implicating four hundred people from both sides.

    ¡°All better stop, those who don¡¯t listen, would have their guild membership canceled!¡±

    However, at this moment., Mr. X, who was silent and forgotten by others after the appearance of Paco, immediately stood out and loudly stopped the two September Guild yers who were going to attack.

    ¡°Don¡¯t start fighting! Stop starting fights, everyone exercise a little control... Ah Wu, you guys quickly split up the people from both sides!¡±

    At the same time, there was noticeable sweating from Brother Ling¡¯s forehead.

    On one hand, he wasining internally about Feng Luo suddenly killing someone. On the other hand, he also frantically stood out and screamed tomand Lu Conglomerate¡¯s yers who were behind him.

    In any case, he really did not want the two sides to fight.

    Although he was a little overlooked before, this was still the home ground of Lu Conglomerate.

    The number of people, whether they were from Nightless City Club or September Guild, was still lower than the number of people from Lu Conglomerate.

    Therefore, under themand of the frantically sweating Brother Ling, all the yers of the Lu Conglomerate entered and split up the battlefield.

    ¡°Manager Mu, I think that no matter how this matter is settled, there will definitely not be any benefits for both parties if they really decide to fight it out, so I hope you can seriously think through about this!¡±

    At the same time, Mr.X turned his head and looked at Mu Wu who was still in his original position.

    At this time, his serious and solemn face had no signs of his frowning expression when he was interrupted by Paco previously.

    Plus, if you observe closely, you can discover that after the start of the fight between Paco and Feng Luo, Mr. X hadpletely retracted his sights on Paco.

    Even when Paco died, he did not look at Paco at all but instead had already set his sights on those September Guild yers who were about to start trouble, hence he was able to stand out and control the situation immediately.

    If Paco, who was kicked out from the game, were to see this situation, he might have a realization in his mind: that in this game, he was not the only one who was smart.

    ¡°...¡±

    Facing Mr.X¡¯s strict face, Mu Wu stayed silent for a while, and afterward, he chose to stand out andmanded the Nightless City yers to stop for a while.

    And the September Guild X yers, too, were held down by Mr. X¡¯s strict expression.

    Even those people who were the jumpiest did not really stand out to object.

    Amongst the reasons why, there was the reason of Paco¡¯s corpse which was still lying on the ground and had not disappeared.

    That sniper in that area of the jungle, perhaps he did not have the capabilities to kill off the two hundred September Guild yers who were gathered.

    But he was absolutely capable of killing yers who dare to take the lead.

    Hence, the sh between the guilds suddenly turned a little anticlimactic.

    After Brother Ling mediated the situation, the way of confrontation between the two sides.

    From what should have been a messy sh between these hundreds of people, plus the addition of the members who just arrived to the battlefield.

    The number gap was just toorge, so although there was a super expert like Feng Zhi Luoye, the Nightless City Club army should be totally destroyed after killing a huge number of September Guild yers.

    But because of anger, the Nightless City Club would sound in the forums for September Guild to die...

    Then Feng Zhi Luoye, with his powerful individual capabilities that he used to continuously kill off the September Guild high-level members, disrupted the September Guild¡¯s mission, forcing the September Guild to issue a wanted notice, or send people to follow up on this super exciting plot...

    Turned into a verbal negotiation, that disappointed the audience, between a few of the top-ranking members of the two guilds, which they could not hear at all.

    Although, after negotiations, in that SUV which made everyone extremely curious.

    The gunner with a totally pale face with the two maniptors took out the box with the ¡°brain worm¡±, and ced it onto the hands of the president of the Nightless City Club.

    However, the show that they were waiting for in such a long time, was just like this.

    Oh, it was really not enough.

    ...

    Under the mboyant lights and with alcohol.

    The Nightless City building, standing at thousands of square meters with ten floors, with each floor being filled with noise.

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng!¡±

    From the moment Feng Luo entered, the greetings had not stopped.

    The guest greeter, bartender, waiter, DJ... Each Nightless City member had faces full of excitement, but also some respect for Feng Luo.

    ¡°Manager Feng, impressive!¡±

    Even some customers, apparently learning some details from the Nightless City yers, put up their thumbs as Feng Luo walked past.

    Even some female customers¡¯ eyes sparkled, some who were mature even winked flirtatiously, there were even more hot younger ones who wanted to charge forward.

    However, they stopped my Mu Zi who just rushed over.

    ¡°Brother Feng, you¡¯re too good, to be able to insta-kill a top armored warrior in two shots. And in the end, even causing September Night Rain to be so frightened that hemitted suicide. I really regret dying too early and being unable to see that scene!¡±

    Compared to the rest of the people, upon seeing Feng Luo offline.

    Mu Zi¡¯s expression was even more exciting, and also looked a little vexed.

    However, it seemed that her mood was obviously very good, and did not look disappointed after dropping grades after being ambushed.

    ¡°Yeah, Brother Feng! ¡±

    ¡°September Night Rain had just defeated Sha Lang who just obtained the hidden profession which had been blown up by the September Guild, to be the top yer of the Lu Conglomerate. As a result, under the circumstances of this top yer, bringing along people to ambush, were killed by Brother Feng, you killed off ten-plus people from their group, and in the end, he was chased until he was so embarrassed that hemitted suicide, the September Guild people¡¯s faces were all so pale!¡±

    ¡°And that Paco, Brother Feng, you have no idea how that guy is usually so cocky on a daily basis, in the end, haha, it¡¯s too satisfying...¡±

    The must-have security members who were following Mu Zi were also carrying excited smiles on their faces.

    It was not clear to the Nightless City Club yers who exactly were the people of the September guild that ambushed.

    That was because, during the ambush, Mu Zi and the rest were all insta-killed quickly, plus that extremely messy situation, they only knew the enemy was the September Guild but they were not clear who the enemy exactly was.

    Moreover, September Night Rain was only in Lu Conglomerate for a few days, even Rose Thorns who saw him clearly in person, was unable to recognize his identity.

    As for Feng Luo who could tell it was the September Night Rain, but he only told the news to Mu Wu, but Mu Wu did not seem to announce it immediately.

    Therefore, amongst the September Guild members who were chased down until their SUV was flipped by Feng Luo after the ambush.

    They only knew September Night Rain, who was blown up as the top yer, was amongst these members afterward, whichpletely touched the G spot for each of these Nightless Club yers.

    Even this news made the September Guild people unable to believe.

    Because, considering the impact of the matter, Mr.X actually locked down the news at first, the normal guild members did not know that September Night Rain and Sun Shao participated.

    And when they waited till Mu Wu pointed out coldly about the members who participated, it naturally attracted the uproar amongst the September Guild members.

    However, what was strange was this.

    In the minds of some people in the September Guild, after being surprised by the news, they suddenly thought that it was actually not that strange as well.

    After all, even Paco, such a top-notch heavy armored warrior, was also killed by Feng Luo Zhiye in two shots. Even if September Night Rain had been the top master of the former guild, under such ridiculous attack, he should not have any odds of winning...

    Although a dozen people were beaten by one person and had to escape, which was a bit shameful for the top-notch yers like September Night Rain, would he rather stay behind and get insta-killed?

    However, September Night Rain was still very decisive.

    After the death of Paco, he immediately chose tomit suicide directly with a sunken face; the body had even disappeared before the SUV was dismantled by the angry Nightless yers. To a certain extent, he retained his shame, but this also gave more room to the September Guild Public Rtions Team to work with.

    But this maneuvering space was also limited, because after the matter ended.

    On the forums in the Stormwind City, an article entitled ¡°Insta-killing heavy armored warrior, the furious Feng Zhi Luoye was so terrifying!¡± quickly rose up to the top of the poprity chart.

    The post was apparently posted by the spectating yers, which included many pictures and videos from the scene.

    And not only there was a full narrative of the incident within the post this time, but also the start till the end process of the sh between the two guilds, and also from what Paco said, the deep analysis of the urrence of September Night Rain being defeated by Feng Luo.

    Finally, it was concluded that the person in the original basic agent transfer mission which caused all the equipment of September Night Rain to burst out, was definitely Feng Zhi Luoye who now was having a stealth profession as his ¡°agent¡±.

    And September Night Rain, involving himself in this matter, was probably to vent anger and revenge.

    Of course, the result was that he had be a clown yet again.

    This was a somewhat exaggerated title, and under the circumstances of Feng Luo being at the top of the search list.

    In less than two hours, it had gotten a lot of attention, until the system update, the number of hits had broken out till tens of millions.

    And the result from that was that after the natural exit from the game by September Night Rain, he threw aroundrge amounts of items in his own mansion.

    In addition, in just two hours, the number of fans in his group had decreased by more than a quarter.

    As for the post which simply casually mentioned the supporting role ¡°Paco¡± for a bit, this overly-confident top ten masters of the Stormwind City also got much attention, which was what he wished for.

    Although, these attentions were mostly mockery and sarcasm.

 Chapter 679 - Reality, Flying Knife Game!

    <h4>Chapter 679: Reality, Flying Knife Game!</h4>

    ¡°Piak!¡±

    A robust, clenched fist wearing boxing gloves punched into the chest of that test simted human, which was made from memory material.

    ¡°1334!¡±

    The force gauge on the floating virtual screen directly jumped to a number that was exceeding 1300.

    Such a number exceeding 1300 points of Standard Impact Force, indicated that the power of this punch was three times that of a normal person.

    ¡°Sure enough, my strength has increased again!¡±

    In the sports club on the fifth floor of the Nightless City Building, within the all-around VIP ss sports cabin, Feng Luo used some of his fingers to ease his fist, which was numb from that punch.

    This time, his strength test results have improvedpared to the 1000-point Standard Impact Force in hisst test.

    In fact, it was not only strength. It should be said that for his entire physical fitness, his test results were on another tier aspared to a normal person.

    Regardless of whether it was strength, speed, muscle density, or bone hardness, all of them had a significant increase.

    Otherwise, the back force of this punch might have hurt his own arm.

    However, in the test, the biggest increase was not these ¡°hardware¡± type physical attributes.

    ¡°Starting flying knife dodge game, environment set: Level 2 dark night, difficulty set: advanced!¡±

    Feng Luo removed his boxing gloves, then reached out to the hoverboard beside him and operated a little and then said the above statements.

    After his voice fell, the environment in the half-basketball-sized indoor VIP sports cabin suddenly turned into a dark night with low light intensity.

    Immediately after, in the corner of the sports cabin, suddenly appeared a full-body ck figure, and after his appearance, he quickly raised his hand and threw out a flying knife towards Feng Luo.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    In the darkness, this gray-white flying knife brought a chill and a ¡°ssil¡± sound, towards Feng Luo¡¯s chest.

    However, the flying knife missedpletely.

    Because when the ck figure threw out the flying knife from his hand, Feng Luo had already taken a step towards his side, bending his body slightly to make an evasive action.

    The flying knife skimmed past the front of his chest by five centimeters, then as it was about to hit the opposite moving cabin wall, it suddenly disappeared.

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    But after that, right in front of Feng Luo, another ck figure appeared as he threw yet another flying knife towards Feng Luo, who just dodged the first flying knife.

    Hoof.

    Feng Luo still managed to dodge it.

    Afterward... the third, the fourth, the fifth flying knife came after.

    He dodged the subsequent ten consecutive grey flying knives in this pitch-ck environment, which were thrown towards him from all directions.

    ¡°Whoosh... ¡±

    But afterward, the tenth ck figure suddenly appeared at the side of Feng Luo, and the speed from his appearance to throwing that flying knife in his hands, aspared to the previous figures, was faster by at least a fifth.

    ¡°Hoof!¡±

    However, Feng Luo still used a side action to dodge the knife sessfully.

    Then, it was the twelfth and thirteenth flying knife.

    After every ten knives, the reaction time they allowed would be shorter, and the flying knife would fly faster in the air.

    And, the appearance of the figure and the angle at which the flying knife was thrown out would be more and more tricky.

    ...

    ¡°Whoosh!¡±

    The 100th grey flying knife skimmed past the sweat that was flung out by the edges of Feng Luo¡¯s hair when he was moving about and then dissipated in mid-air.

    ¡°Flying knife dodge game concluded, sess rate: 97%, difficulty factor 9.5,prehensive score evaluation: S-.¡±

    ¡°Congrattions, you¡¯ve reached the 15th ce in this week¡¯s rankings, do you choose to publicize it?¡±

    Throughout the game cabin, suddenly, a pile of colorful virtual fireworks emerged as a woman with a worshipping tone sounded out.

    ¡°No!¡±

    Feng Luo slightly gasped as he removed the towel handed over by the service robot in the sports cabin to wipe the sweat from his face.

    This flying knife dodge game was a game with great difficulty that was included in the sports cabin, testing response speed, and body flexibility.

    Although it was difficult, it was therefore also very popr with some people.

    Of course, if they had a fear of such things as knives, they could change what was thrown into balls, fruit, or even birds.

    However, the results of the game were roughly equivalent, and the average person would have a proportion of escape absolutely not more than 50%.

    He had yed this a lot at this high level of difficulty with his highest previous sess rate not more than 80%, and that had been under normal circumstances.

    However, this time, they were ying in a dark environment.

    It directly reached 97%, and he did not sessfully dodge three flying knives.

    This result was absolutely super high, and if you exclude some people who relied on good luck to get the high score, this score could definitely enter this week¡¯s top ten!

    You must know, this was the data of the entire 17th Executive Star¡¯swork.

    ¡°The speed of judgment of the brain increased by at least half, and the body was able to respond to themand of the head in an instant... If I try two more times, it is not impossible to get a full score...¡±

    Feng Luo assessed his current body state.

    The reason why he was able to improve so much in one fell swoop was due to the changes in his body that were most likely because of the dramatic impacts of the ¡°seventh brain domain development.¡±

    Because this time, his ¡°software attributes¡± like reaction speed of his thinking and reaction, was much higher than the increase in his strength.

    Almost when the virtual figure appeared, his head could immediately find the other person¡¯s position, and when the other party threw a flying knife, his body was almost synchronized to make a dodging action.

    That was even including the case of a shadow that appeared behind him.

    Because, in addition to the reaction of the brain and body, his hearing and vision had also be a lot more flexible.

    In that level two dark environment which was previously set, his eyes were not much affected, as he could even clearly see the trajectory of the thrown flying knife in the air.

    And the change of his hearing allowed him to hear the movement made by the human footsteps within the sports cabin, as it linked directly in the head to refresh the position of that virtual human figure.

    This type of reaction was very close to the feeling after awakening the ¡°Psionics¡± in the game.

    ...

    ¡°Well, how could you be so free to drink tea here?¡±

    Half an hourter, after the exercise was done and he removed all the data, Feng Luo walked out half-naked with his eight-pack abs on disy while drying his damp hair.

    He discovered the manager of this entertainment city, who was really in charge of things here, in a formal white suit sitting in the exclusive lounge next to this VIP sports cabin. The man was holding a ss of this¡¯s unique Flower Tea while slowly turning around, revealing another cup right in front of him.

    ¡°The matters of the entertainment city are temporarily passed to Little Witch to deal with... The system needs to be updated for a day, so I can take some time to rx...¡±

    Mu Wu replied as he moved another cup of freshly boiled Flower Tea with the back of his index finger to the front of Feng Luo.

    ¡°Agreed! ¡±

    Feng Luo sat on the opposite side of Mu Wu as he sat down, lifted the cup, and took a sip.

    ¡°Do you feel dissatisfied with the result of the incident with the September Guild?¡±

    ¡°I said, it¡¯s up to you. And it¡¯s right not to fight. If it were to be a total war, for Nightless City, their losses would be far more than the September Guild.¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head.

    ¡°Nightless City Club, after the system update, will move out of the Lu Conglomerate, and bepletely independent!¡±

    Mu Wu nodded, but afterward, he looked at Feng Luo and suddenly mentioned this: ¡°Did the big boss agree?¡±

    Feng Luo made eye contact with Mu Wu.

    His expression was neither surprised nor shocked, but he only asked with slight curiosity.

    ¡°He didn¡¯t object...¡±

    Mu Wu nodded, and as he shook his head again, his face looked a little strange.

    ¡°Oh! ¡±

    Feng Luo went silent.

    The Nightless City Club in the game did not have many rtions with him technically. Hence, he did not bother much regarding this matter.

    ¡°He said he wanted to see you. He wanted to talk to you and ask for your advice on some matters!¡±

    Mu Wu suddenly mentioned another statement.

    Feng Luo lifted his head and looked at Mu Wu, where his eyes finally revealed a sense of shock.

 Chapter 680 - Big Boss Memory!

    <h4>Chapter 680: Big Boss Memory!</h4>

    ¡°Little Feng,e, have a seat.¡± As Feng Luo entered the luxurious virtual projection reception room at the top of Nightless City, a hearty voice that revealed a slight weakness could be heard through the room.

    ¡°We haven¡¯t met for a while, right?¡± A person in a nightgown smiled as he asked Feng Luo. He wasying on top of a 3D projection of a white cabin bed that looked no different from a real one.

    ¡°It¡¯s been more than two months. I couldn¡¯t take out time to visit you as there¡¯ve been many things going on in the game.¡± Feng Luo walked to the side of the cabin bed, his face revealing a smile that was rarely seen.

    ¡°All because my body is unwell. Otherwise, I would rather stay in the game, just like you all. This game, War, really is interesting... cough...¡± The person in the nightgown also smiled. However, after he finished his sentence, he could not help but cough lightly.

    ¡°You still haven¡¯t found a way?¡± The smile on Feng Luo¡¯s faced disappeared.

    He looked at him while heid on the cabin bed, frowned, and said with concern, ¡°Nope, I tried everything. Not long ago I asked an expert from the Capital for a consultation. I think, in this lifetime, it can only stay like this.¡±

    While he wasying down, his smile faded a little and his voice changed and sounded quite down.

    He was no other than the big boss of Lu Conglomerate, a billionaire who had yet to reach 50 years of age but already had a worth of five billion credits.

    However, his appearance seemed far from someone who was 40 or more years old. One could believe it if he were 70 years old.

    Most importantly, his appearance was shocking. His skull was easily at least a thirdrger than average, and almost all of his hair has fallen off. All of his four limbs seemed shriveled and smaller than those of an average person, thus having an overall ratio that was off.

    This was a sign of a chronic illness.

    On top of that, one could understand from their conversation just now that it was an ¡°incurable disease.¡±

    ¡°Sigh, never mind, it is not a big deal. Anyways, though those experts from the Capital said it¡¯s incurable, it¡¯s not like I will die immediately, they said that I could live for at least more than a decade. The fact that I am alive, I am very satisfied. I must say, if not for you now, I would have died on the Star three years ago.¡± The former big boss looked up at Feng Luo, a smile emerging on the face once again.

    However, his words unintentionally led Feng Luo¡¯s thoughts back to what happened three years ago...

    Three years ago, Feng Luo was met with distress in the underground pyramid in Egypt. However, after teleporting, he did not arrive at the 17th Administrative. Instead, he arrived at the Star.

    The Star that one could tell from the name, was the origin of the Star Civilization, as well as the ¡°parent star.¡±

    However, this parent star, was not what people assumed to be the Capital. Moreover, at that point, it did not even belong to the Star Federation.

    This would seem a little weird, but by tracing back the natural development of civilization, one would understand how and why this happened.

    The Star Civilization originated from Star, however, it took more than a century for the civilization to enter the Universe Era.

    In this process, the Star Civilization was almost improving at a leaping speed, however, the price paid was the predatory mining of the parent star...

    By the time we entered the Universe Era and remodeled the first habitable, the Star was destroyed to a serious extent and the environment became very poorly maintained while the poption far exceeded the capacity of the.

    Under these circumstances, there was an urgent need for interster migration, and those who could obtain the priority right to migrate would not say more about it... One must understand, now on the Star, there was a system simr to the remnant culture of the feudal civilization on Earth.

    On one side was a new transformed through the teamwork of all civilians that had a beautiful environment and fresh air, as well as natural water sources free of pollution. On the other side was an old that was heavily polluted and destroyed, so much so that if one were to stay for one more day, they could contract a terminal illness due to various problems.

    However, the transportation capacity was very seriously inadequate at that crucial time. Those who were given priority to board the migration spacecraft were not chosen via a fair ballot, instead, they were the so-called ¡°higher-ups and elites.¡±

    For a heavily overpopted Star, the war was inevitable.

    Anyone could predict the oue of a full-out war involving such advanced technologies without further exnation...

    On the Star, the huge poption that originally exceeded the¡¯s capacity reduced drastically to not even one percent of the initial number. The entirety of the Star became ruins of war.

    However, the loss from this war was not significant to the entire Star Civilization, because the social elites that had the priority right immigration had set up a ¡°Star Federation¡± on the new, one with a higher-level social structure aspared to the original Starlings.

    While the new only had a few hundred million inhabitants that were a little insufficient, but it was not a major issue.

    It was because, after migration, there would be an even more explosive development in technologies, especially the development of biological and gic technologies that allowed them to recover the poption number very rapidly.

    With mechanical intelligence technologies that improved rapidly every day, there was no reason the Star Federation required a huge poption toplete the ¡°colonization¡± of a cosmic.

    Of course, this process resulted in a huge problem for the one percent of people left on the original Star.

    As opposed to the elites who migrated to the new into a more ¡°civilized¡± society, the people left on the original among the ruins of war, formed a society that regressed hundreds of years, to the point of ¡°barbarism.¡±

    ......

    Feng Luo could still remember the first scene he saw after teleporting.

    It was a destroyed beyond recognition.

    What he saw was yellow sand that blurred with the endless sky and some ruins that resulted from the war. There was no food or water in sight... Even the atmosphere in the sky was destroyed to the point where it could not block the deadly cosmic rays.

    The extent of destruction on the Star was at least ten times more serious than the background from War.

    Feng Luo walked in the yellow sand for a day and a night until he saw a survivor base that was enclosed by something simr to a ss cover.

    Contrary to his expectations, there were no restrictions in ce that required him to surrender food or supplies that were in shortage among the ruins to enter. For an adult full of fighting spirit, with no signs of sickness from radiation or infections like Feng Luo, they let him in easily into the survivor base.

    No one was bothered about his messynguage and the crappy story he made upst minute regarding where he came from.

    After he joined the base, he participated once in a physical conflict to fight over resources against another base. After he came out alive, he was arranged by the higher-ups in his base to carry simple weapons and guard a few passengers that were held hostage on a Star Federation civil spacecraft to demand supplies from the Star Federation Government. Feng Luo¡¯s base worked together with a few other big bases to hijack the spacecraft.

    The hostages, of course, included the big boss.

    Starlings who grew up in the ruins would, for different reasons, have bottled up hatred towards people in the Star Federation.

    However, Feng Luo, as a mercenary from Earth, was far more gentle to the captives in contrast. At least he did not torture or even kill mercilessly out of anger.

    With that said, given Feng Luo¡¯s cruel nature, he also did not lose when it came to be fierce. Within a short half month, he became a character that had the right to speak even among guards with better builds than him.

    It was around the same time that he managed to save the big boss and two other people from almost getting killed by a guard, simply because they frustrated him.

    Now that he thought of it, Feng Luo was pretty d that he saved them, because not long after the Star Federation that was initially lenient when it came to the behaviors of Starlings, suddenly sent troops out to them.

    A huge army formed by tenrge fleetspletely cleared and demolished the Star. A few hundreds of survivor bases were wiped out.

    Those who were inside were all captured and escorted with force out of the Star by the army. They were scattered to different Administratives for management and monitoring, and then gradually assimted into the Federation.

    The survival base Feng Luo was at did not manage to escape either.

    However, fortunately in this process, big boss and the two other captives Feng Luo saved were able to be guarantors for him.

    All thanks to the billionaire credit rating of the big boss, Feng Luo was assigned to the 17th Administrative and was sessfully granted citizenship in the Star Federation Government just after one year of full monitoring observation.

    Without a doubt, thispletely covered up his identity and past.

    However, while the big boss was held hostage, during the conflict, he has forcefully injected a substance that corroded the brain, resulting in serious symptoms in his body.

    ¡°Although technology is very advanced, the brain is still a forbidden area. Any organ can be reced with technology nowadays, but my problems just had to be caused by my brain... cough...¡± Big boss let out a sigh that woke Feng Luo up from his memories. The sigh also sounded like a surrender to his fate.

 Chapter 681 - Hiring Fee, 50% Nightless City Shares?

    <h4>Chapter 681: Hiring Fee, 50% Nightless City Shares?</h4>

    ¡°Brother Feng, I haven¡¯t even congratted you yet... One can say you¡¯re currently the highest-ranking of the entire of two billion people!¡±

    ¡°I felt that with your ability, you would definitely be able to make yourself achieve something great, but I did not think that you had already made such an amazing achievement during Wartime!¡±

    After sighing, the big boss suddenly changed the conversation topic into ¡°Wartime.¡±

    Although due to physical reasons, the big boss barely entered the game and took a back seat early. However, he was clearly well informed about the matters within the game.

    ¡°It¡¯s mainly due to good luck, but please don¡¯t praise me like that. No matter how popr Wartime is, it¡¯s still a version of a game. It¡¯s an exaggeration to say I¡¯m at the pinnacle of two billion people, that is overexaggerating...¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head and smiled.

    ¡°You¡¯re too modest!¡±

    ¡°Wartime is definitely not an ordinary game. Otherwise, the government would not use this type of measure for advertising the game to all the citizens, simply so that almost everyone can enter the game. It definitely has its importance!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve invested my whole life into it, and even though I¡¯m not physically fit right now... My judgment will definitely not be wrong!¡±

    ¡°So, Xiao Feng, you better stop being modest. Obtaining the initiative in this game, my intuition is that it would have a lot more value than earning up to billions of dors in real life!¡± said Big Boss with an assured face, shaking his head.

    This made Feng Luo feel a little surprised.

    He was naturally aware of ¡°Wartime¡± being atypical. After all, it was involving matters from Earth and was able to affect their real-life bodies as well through the experiences.

    But it was obviously impossible for the big boss to know about that, but he was really relying on intuition to make that judgment about Wartime.

    Feng Luo could not help but admire it. It was no wonder his big boss was able to start from scratch and earn billions of assets, and also have the courage to invest huge sums of money in the ¡°Wartime¡± to build a city.

    ¡°Xiao Feng, regarding what Ah Wu said, what is your opinion onpletely removing the Nightless City Club from the Lu Conglomerate?¡±

    Big Boss suddenly changed the conversation topic again and actually asked about the matter that Mu Wu raised to Feng Luo.

    ¡°I¡¯m more inclined to be in agreement... Because of today¡¯s events, Nightless City and September Guild have no chance of reconciliation at all... And the cooperation between Lu Conglomerate and September Guild is unlikely to be interrupted, so...¡± said Feng Luo directly, after thinking about it for a while.

    Although today Mu Wu and Mr. X had reached a settlement, it was only a settlement for this matter.

    The rtionship between both parties was not possible to be repaired, and it would not be a good thing if they were to stay in the same city.

    Feng Luo was sure that Big Boss would definitely know the matters that happened today.

    He may even have known about the conflict between the Nightless City Club and the headquarters of the Lu Conglomerate, as well as the tension between them and the September Guild.

    As to why he did not intervene and settle the matters, after the few sentences that Big Boss just said, he expressed about how clear he was, and clearly, he had his own intentions.

    ¡°Yes...It¡¯s the same as what I thought...Sigh...¡±

    Big Boss sighed.

    ¡°Actually... Ah Wu is my son...¡±

    Then, Big Boss suddenly showed some hesitation in his expression as he told Feng Luo after.

    ¡°...¡±

    Feng Luo was a little surprised initially, but afterward, his gaze became calmer.

    ¡°It seems that you had already guessed that? True, it looks like it¡¯s pretty obvious by now.¡±

    Big boss¡¯s face was a little surprised, but then there was a wry smile.

    ¡°I haven¡¯t thought about it before, and it was just recently when...¡±

    Feng Luo did not continue talking.

    The reason why he spected about this kind of gossip about the identity of Mu Wu was that the issues that arose when Mu Wu was in Nightless City Club, as well as his disagreement against Young Master Night Star, was too obvious.

    Although almost every employee in Nightless City knew that the big boss had a lot of trust in Manager Mu Wu, as the affairs of Nightless Club city were directly andpletely passed to Mu Wu.

    But, in any case, being a subordinate in theory, no matter how much the boss favored him, he should not be opposed to the future heirs of the group.

    After all, with the big boss¡¯s physical condition, everyone knew that, in the future, Lu Chen would definitely be the helm of Lu Conglomerate.

    And what Mu Wu had done recently, whether it was refusing to integrate Night City Club into the Lu Conglomerate, or from what Feng Luo just said, to move the city away from the Lu Conglomerate, they were slightly exceeding the responsibilities of a manager.

    And under such circumstances, Big Boss actually did not say anything.

    This clearly was sufficient for some people to have some guesses.

    ¡°Ah Wu¡¯s character was simr to his mother. He is absolutely upromising about what he cares about, and has always wanted to do something to prove himself...¡±

    ¡°Of course, he has the ability, and he¡¯s even better at managing and judging the situation than I do... In this regard, although Ah Chen also does a good job, he is not as good as Ah Mu...¡±

    Big Boss¡¯s face showed an expression of him recollecting his memories, and his mouth was like a chatbox that was opened as it spoke continuously.

    Feng Luo stood beside him as he listened attentively.

    He did not ask things like why, in this case, did he pass Lu Conglomerate to Young Master Night Star and not Mu Wu?

    Simply because Big Boss was a Lu and Mu Wu¡¯s surname was Mu. This was clearly sufficient to show that Mu Wu had zero possibility of taking over the Lu Conglomerate.

    It was previously said that the star civilization was a little strange. Its science and technology were clearly very developed, but they still maintained some ¡°feudal era¡± customs that were simr to Earth.

    It was like a big family that was divided into main branches, side veins... There were even lineages within the family, with several different names.

    Of course, in addition to these two salutations, there was an even more unique identity that gave off a different expression¡ªan illegitimate child.

    ¡°Oh... Look at me, once people age to a certain extent, once he recalls he will never stop talking ... Xiao Feng, in fact, the reason why I wanted to see you this time, in addition to asking you on your views of Ah Wu¡¯s proposal, but also, more importantly, I have something to discuss with you.¡±

    After five minutes of recollection, the big boss finally recovered from his mild absent-mindedness.

    Then, looking at Feng Luo, he apologized with a joking tone.

    Feng Luo stood up straight as he waited for the big boss to speak.

    ¡°For a variety of reasons, I¡¯m sure it¡¯s impossible to hand over the Lu Conglomerate to Ah Wu ... However, Nightless City is mainly set up by my personal funds, although previously it was under the name of the Lu Conglomerate, I have bought back all the shares.¡±

    ¡°I have signed a gift contract, to prepare to give you and Ah Wu 50% of the shares each of Nightless City Club!¡±

    However, the big boss¡¯s words really made Feng Luo reveal a face full of shock.

    As the deputy manager of Nightless City, although Feng Luo was not very involved in the management and operations, he would at least know that the total price of Nightless City was at least more than 200 million star coins. Now the big boss just gave him 50% of the shares, which was more than 100 million!

    Even though the big boss had assets that were worth more than five billion, this was still a lot for a gift.

    It should be said that this had exceeded the amount that a gift should be.

    ¡°Xiao Feng, don¡¯t talk. Listen to me to finish talking... Cough!¡±

    Just when Feng Luo wanted to open his mouth, the big boss rushed to continue talking first.

    ¡°Even though I haven¡¯t been in the game for a long time, I¡¯ve actually been watching you all. Knowing your reputation and assets, Xiao Feng, you might not see this mere half of the Nightless City¡¯s shares with much importance. Not needing to mention anything else, just the BOSS chip you have obtained is far more than the value of the Nightless City...¡±

    ¡°And, with your character, you will certainly not agree to ept it!¡±

    ¡°But I remember when we first met, you said you were a mercenary, and the rule of doing things was to talk with money... Cough...¡±

    ¡°Then can I take this 50% of shares and hire you to help Ah Wu in the game for a year, just like helping him in the entertainment city, it will not take you too long. You just need to help whenever necessary. This could also count towards me as a father to make up for what I have owed him...Cough...¡±

    Big boss¡¯s cough intensified after talking continuously.

    Moreover, this time the bruises on his head bulged again, as if he was suffering a severe headache, but his eyes were still looking expectantly towards Feng Luo.

 Chapter 682 - Shocking, National Evolution!

    <h4>Chapter 682: Shocking, National Evolution!</h4>

    ¡°...¡±

    Feng Luo looked solemn for a while as he did not immediately nod.

    Although he saved the life of the big boss, Feng Luo did not feel that he should gain continuous benefits as a return from that saving grace.

    By his guidelines of doing things, if saving the big boss¡¯s life was a one-time job, then the security deposit that the big boss and the federal government gave would be a part of the sry.

    As for the other part, his job as the deputy manager of Nightless City for the two years-plus where he did not have to manage anything could be included inside as well.

    In this case, he and the big boss should be even, and the things that happened after should be recalcted separately.

    Of course, this was actually an extreme mary measure.

    Feng Luo¡¯s character did not consider much of this type of measure, and he was not the type of person who only talks about the exchange of money with equivalued items.

    For him, there were a lot more important things aspared to money, such as true friends, personal likes and dislikes, or some things that were predetermined in their hearts.

    On this point, the big boss, as a man who earned five billion assets from scratch, would obviously know that as well.

    As a result, in the game, he had gifted things several times in the name of reward or employment fees to Feng Luo, but in fact, the greater significance behind it was that he had always ced Feng Luo¡¯s saving grace within his heart.

    And this time, 50% of the shares in Nightless City, he mentioned that it was paid as a sry, but still, it was, in essence, a gift.

    After all, how can there be a hiring job that had such loose conditions and generous rewards?

    However, genuinely speaking, these 100 million star coins, in fact, really could not employ Feng Luo for such a long-term matter.

    Because, in the current ¡°Wartime¡± game, Feng Luo¡¯s revenue had far exceeded this number.

    The market price of a quasi-BOSS chip had reached about 100 million stars, and this was only part of the profit from a two-day mission.

    If you followed the previous offer of Xiao Luo Shui, the value of that BOSS chip would reach or even exceed one billion star coins.

    As a result, a hundred million dors as an employment fee was really not enough for Feng Luo.

    In particr, with Feng Luo¡¯s internal principles, once he had epted the employment, he would never ruin his own reputation.

    Naturally, it was not going to be like the big boss said, needing to manage the entertainment city like how he was doing it now, totally washing his hands of it.

    And the matters that a big guild would need to settle was definitely far moreplicated aspared to the reality. Once there was any situation, it required a lot more effort.

    After thinking it through, perhaps, this was after the big boss had urately judged Feng Luo¡¯s character when he raised this matter.

    He knew that Feng Luo would treat it seriously once he agreed.

    Although the big boss would remember the saving grace, as a businessman, he still had the nature of the businessman. What¡¯s more, he was even a sessful businessman.

    ¡°Alright, I will ept this employment for a year!¡±

    After considering for nearly a minute, and looking at the big boss already having some expressions of devastation, Feng Luo nodded.

    The big boss¡¯s morbid face revealed a joyful expression.

    ...

    ¡°The board and I have decided to fully move the focus of the Lu Conglomerate into ¡°Wartime.¡± Therefore, Nightless City, with its original intentions was to umte contacts, did not have as much of importance!¡±

    ¡°However, after all, there are thousands of old clients in the Nightless City Club, who are definitely not ordinary people in the ¡®Wartime.¡¯¡±

    ¡°So I suggest that you two, if possible, keep it running!¡±

    After Feng Luo promised, the whole spirit of the big boss had improved a lot.

    At this time, while lying in the convalescent cabin, he was ¡°giving a lecture¡± to Feng Luo excitedly.

    Although he had given the illegitimate son, Mu Wu, less than one-twentieth than his true heir son of Young Master Night Star.

    But Nightless City actually had some potential value, this type of thing like a work,¡± and you could tell from the fact that Sister Rui was a Diamond VIP member.

    Therefore, the big boss¡¯s opinion was very urate, and it was best for Nightless City to continue running.

    This, of course, meant that the 49% of the shares that Feng Luo gained might not be able to convert into something practical.

    Yes, it was only 49%.

    Although Feng Luo promised the big boss, he did not agree to ept 50% but chose to ept only 49%, so that the main rights of Nightless City were still given to Mu Wu.

    This was a type of attitude, although he and Mu Wu had a good rtionship, if both of them were holding 50% of the shares, it was easy to give rise to issues.

    ¡°The Lu Conglomerate City has now established a strategy to work with the September Guild to take the border transit terminal city ... After the Nightless City Club is separated, if it wants to expand into something big, it is best to be able to build a city on its own. Of course, building a city needs too much money, you can choose a suitable urban city to develop, and then wait for the opportunity...¡±

    ¡°Also, if you are able to not bring in outside investors, that is for the best. It¡¯s really easy to attract sabotagers.¡±

    ¡°Of course, this point is really hard. After all, a guild needs too much money to grow. There are a few good options amongst the clients in the club if you want to attract investments.¡±

    Although the big boss was lying in the convalescent cabin, he still had done a lot of research on the guild in ¡°Wartime.¡±

    However, although the big boss was speaking with some excitement, if you were to see it carefully, these words actually gave off a feeling of a hero remembering his past.

    For a businessman with a good eye, at his best age in his forties, the game of ¡°Wartime¡± was the biggest opportunity in his eyes, but his physical state would only allow him to simply leave things to others to carry out.

    This naturally made people sigh.

    ¡°Sir, sir! ¡±

    Just when the big boss was giving the lecture halfway.

    In the virtual picture, there were suddenly sounds of hurried shouting noises.

    ¡°Ah Fu, what¡¯s the matter?¡± ¡±

    The big boss¡¯s head turned because there was no projection, Feng Luo could not see the situation on the other side.

    However, you could hear the noises.

    ¡°Sir, a huge situation... Huff, the ¡°Wartime¡± official website ... Huff... Thetest announcement has been made... Huff...¡±

    The gasps within his voice suggest that he seemed to have experienced some rapid running, but his tone was filled with excitement.

    ¡°Official announcement? ¡®Wartime¡¯ updating and giving out an announcement, what was strange about that, how did you run like this?¡±

    There was some doubt on the big boss¡¯s face.

    ¡°Because... Huff... Because... Huff...¡±

    The voice on the opposite side was breathless for a while, as he did not even finish his sentences.

    ¡°Shua!¡±

    On this side, Feng Luo had already connected to the official website of the ¡°Wartime¡± through the terminal in the projection room.

    The official website of ¡°Wartime¡± rarely published information, but this time, the entire official website interface had been converted into a huge eye-catching title feature video.

    The video above had a well-dressed person that was familiar to all, with the Star Federation g behind him, who was sitting in front of a semi-circr office table.

    The title was, ¡°The Supreme Speaker¡¯s Speech, the era of evolution open to all.¡±

    ¡°Evolution to all, don¡¯t tell me ...¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart flickered as he swiftly clicked into it and read the content.

    As he had guessed, the announcement informed that the game ¡°Wartime¡± could affect the real body of the yer.

    It was announced by the excited top leader of star civilization, the results of the research of this era.

    Some of the behavior of yers in the ¡°Wartime,¡± as well as some of the things they encountered, could stimte the evolution of the human body through feedback from the game cabin and nerves.

    Evolution is mainly through the basic qualities of the body, feelings, as well as the brain, nervous system, etc...

    As for this, each topic was equipped with a dedicated demo video.

    Some people jumped on a dozen meters high floor.

    Some people moved so fast that they became fragments, and could even catch up with the hoverboards that were already started.

    Some people¡¯s vision was disgusting to the extreme, as they could see from a few thousand meters away, a line of text on a wall that was extremely small.

    ...

    Next, there were some well-known scientists, experts, who were carrying out endorsements regarding ¡°Wartime¡± not having any negative side effects on the human body.

    Even some people of the Star Medical Civilization also guaranteed that the game would not only not cause harm to the yer¡¯s body, but also, through experiments, the game had been made to treat many of the difficult problems that current technology could not treat, especially symptoms of the brain nerves and genes.

    ¡°These ... are true...¡±

    Feng Luo turned to see that the opposite big boss was trembling as he sat up from his sanatorium cabin, with his eyes staring straight at the air official website projection of the videos of the few medical experts speaking, his voice trembling and his eyes fiery.

    Although he had just beenpletely discouraged and had already prepared for spending the rest of his life in this psychological state, as long as there was the slightest chance, his heart certainly did not want to die.

    And Feng Luo, when he saw this, he was clearly aware of the matter.

    ¡°Wartime¡± was no longer just a virtual game. It was potentially going to be more ¡°hot¡± than the real world.

 Chapter 683 - Woman, Who Is This?

    <h4>Chapter 683: Woman, Who Is This?</h4>

    The official announcement of the ¡°Wartime¡± had undoubtedly caused a great stir.

    At this moment, the people who were in the follow-up content to the updates on the official website watched the announcement.

    They had almost fallen into a moment of iparable surprise, and they then doubted their own eyes.

    Then, after making sure they did not see wrongly, they got into an excitement and even madness.

    This degree of madness, after the announcement was released, and although they were unable to enter the game, on the forum, posts regarding Feng Luo were all squeezed out within half an hour.

    Popr posts, all transformed into ¡°national evolution, impact on reality, treatment of terminal illness...¡± and other keywords of the title, were in abundance.

    And at the top, it became a post on ¡°National Evolution, Superhumans! Is this an official hype, or is this real?¡±

    It had to be said that the word ¡°superhuman¡± was attractive to everyone.

    Who did not want to be able to get the superhuman abilities that the people in that video showed? Not to mention, there was even a chance to treat ¡°terminal illness¡±!

    However, there were also doubts about the images shown by those men in the video. Could the human body really perform to that degree? Could this be the game that officials used? The technology to create dummies to create a gimmick advertisement?

    After all, with ¡°Wartime,¡± a 100 percent simtion effect, it made a false picture that waspletely impossible to distinguish from reality.

    Of course, regarding this issue, most people thought it was impossible.

    Because even the Supreme Speaker had already appeared, and the gamepany could no longer be so bold to use the name of the civilized leaders indiscriminately.

    What¡¯s more, ¡°Wartime¡± by itself had already issued a game cabin to everyone. Everyone had the game ount of this national-level game, so why would they still need to resort to such means?

    ...

    ¡°Bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz...¡±

    In the same 22nd region, a position not far from Nightless City, in an upscale residential area, a luxurious private sports cabin, a figure with her hair tied up in a ponytail was moving swiftly in the dim light.

    With her near-invisible movement at high speed, the four consecutive rounds of blue-and-white bullets fired from all directions, all swept past the edges of her body, and then virtually disappeared as they hit the walls of the opposite side of the sports cabin.

    But under the circumstances of not giving her the slightest breathing time, the surroundings in the exercise cabin were simted around the 50-meter range.

    The four figures, armed with some huge gun-like objects in their hands, continued a new round of shooting as they ran about around the center.

    ¡°Bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz...¡±

    In the sports cabin, the blue-and-white bullets were constantly being fired, and the figure in the center was also dodging with almost invisible speed.

    It was not until the seventh round of the four rounds that she was hit in the chest by a bullet because she had been forced to an angle that she was unable to dodge.

    ¡°Flying Knife Dodge game ends,pletion rate: 82%,puted results grade: ¡°A+¡± (Super Difficulty Data Hidden).¡±

    The female electronic sound rang.

    This was the legendary ¡°flying knife dodge game¡± extreme difficulty mode that could only be unlocked by achieving a 100% dodge sess rate through the high difficulty.

    ¡°A+, huh...¡±

    The figure at the center of the sports cabin had stopped as it revealed a very tall and an almost perfect figure from all angles.

    With a few strands of hair stuck to the face with sweat, she looked quite eye-catching, but with clearly a very cold and a seductive appearance.

    It was only when she heard the result of the report that the woman with cold eyes frowned slightly, as she did not seem satisfied with the result.

    ¡°Ding! Wartime¡¯s official website released itstest announcement!¡±

    At this time, a smart notification sounded out.

    ¡°Link! ¡±

    The woman turned her head and looked into the air.

    At a nce, the official website projection opened up from her sound response, with the eye-catching ¡°national evolution¡± title at the top.

    ¡°Finally, this part of the information is published!¡±

    Upon seeing the news, she was not surprised or excited like the general people, but rather just showed a dull face.

    ¡°In that case, I just need to wait until some top yers catch up on the in-game properties, then the system blocked properties in the game should be able to bepletely unlocked!¡±

    Then, afterward, she said another statement coldly.

    ¡°I guess that a lot of people are getting excited at this moment, and even going to be sleepless tonight!¡±

    ¡°The funny thing is those who are exhrated at this point, do you really think that this kind of stimtion would make the human body evolve really without any side effects? Although the chances of side effects in today¡¯s mature version of Wartime should be much smaller than those of us, who were the initial guinea pigs selected for the experiment...¡±

    Then her eyes became even colder, as the information revealed in her words was absolutely startling for anyone if they heard it.

    ¡°And...In my thorough reflection, the government, knowing that some dangers cannot bepletely eliminated, is still carrying out this national evolution in this way... How can the reasons be simple? Regarding this point, even that batch of us back then did not know it initially...¡±

    After that, she seemed to have recalled something. Her cold and sharp eyes seemed as if they could not help but reveal some confusion.

    This confusion continued into the video, into which the individuals show the ¡°superpower¡± after their evolution.

    Viewing the video, either those who had super-fast speeds, or had extreme explosive power, or had the vision to see thousands of meters away clearly and in detail...

    Her expression then had a slight change as she frowned.

    ¡°They are the people who entered the final round? It shouldn¡¯t be... If it was only at these standards, then they are too weak... These standards, at most, will be barely at the second stage of awakening!¡±

    ¡°Byparison, for the time when an average yer is entering the stage in which he awakens his Life Force, a portion of the faster people will also require about a year to catch up...¡±

    ¡°As for the first ¡®he¡¯ of the average yer toplete the first phase of evolution... In order to obtain this level, it should take him up to half a year, perhaps faster... And following this, this evolutionary advantage will only be more apparent!¡±

    ¡°By then, there must be a big gap between people, no matter whether they are in the game and in reality.¡±

    There was a fine light in her eyes, and then her voice suddenly changed, as if she was talking to someone.

    ¡°There¡¯s never been any real fairness in this world, so the game will not have as well!¡±

    ¡°Although ¡°Wartime¡± provides enhanced guidance for all aspects, the effect will vary from person to person, and the more intense the stimulus, the better the effect is...If you don¡¯t want to be eliminated by then, or even lose the participation qualifications at the end of the mystery, then do not be sozy and afraid of hardship!¡±

    After saying this, she turned off the projection, removed the excess clothes from her body, and then walked out of the sports cabin.

    Then, lying on a snow-white game cabin which was ced at the edge of a room, she put on a helmet and closed her eyes instead of choosing to log into the forum...

    After about a minute, her eyes then opened again, as her initially cold eyes became slightly confused, it was not until a few secondster that the eyes then regained their focus.

    First, the eyes rolled around, and then her entire person suddenly sat up in the game cabin in an instant.

    ¡°Hiss!¡±

    The woman¡¯s mouth exhaled a short breath, and then, her face changed, showing a very unhappy expression.

    ¡°The body is sore ... What did she do again? Took another stealth super knife game test?¡±

    ¡°Abominable, such unbridled exercise will ruin her figure. It¡¯s annoying. This body is not solely yours!¡±

    ¡°And, change away all the red colors that belong to me!¡±

    The woman kneaded her bound chest and bloated arms and her slender legs as she was looking annoyed and rolling her eyes as if she was trying to recall something.

    ¡°Wow, she even lectured me intentionally?¡±

    ¡°What is beingzy and afraid of suffering? Who is the onezy? You encountered a lot of important situations and did not do anything. In the end, I¡¯m the one who had to face those situations!¡±

    Her anger was written all over her face.

    ¡°And she hid some important memory fragments through hypnotism? I can¡¯t see them! Damn, why is it only possible for you to look through this part of the memory! This ispletely not fair...¡±

    Then, it seemed like she encountered an even troublesome matter as she almost went crazy.

    Then, her line of sight finally fell onto the game cabin suspension screen regarding the update news of the Wartime update.

    ¡°Well, the Wartime has been updated? Games are able to affect reality, carrying out national evolution! Ah, is it true? ¡±

    ...

    The next day.

    With an hour left in the 24-hour update, the officials issued a notice about the ¡°second update to wartime.¡±

    1. The evolution progress of the game cabin to the human body and more detailed body monitoring query function.

    2. Upon killing the target, thest strike value is changed to exceed the upper limit of the residual life.

    3. Changes to the pet call rule limited to pet summoning and recycling duringbat state.

    4. Damage determination modification, a non-fatal position injury in a certain period of time cannot exceed a certain percentage of the lifetime value of the target, and it also increases the chance of yer injury after disability.

    5. Opening up a greater degree ofbat freedom and skill freedom, opening up master skills and profession level.

    6. Open self-created skills system.

    7. Increased the Life Force and other advanced force attribute awakening degree tips!

    8. Modify...

    ...

    This time, the official website gave a lot of updated content, just a brief list above there were close to a hundred lines, as the content was rted to all aspects frombat to living.

    Because there was simply too much, even Feng Luo, at this small period, was only able to skim through the content once.

    And at that point in time, the updated ¡°Wartime¡± had reopened.

    At the same time, countless yers poured into the game.

    On this day, ¡°Wartime¡± had its highest online rate since its release.

 Chapter 684 - A Timid Elite-Grade Lizard

    <h4>Chapter 684: A Timid Elite-Grade Lizard</h4>

    An endless desert, as the sky is filled with yellow sand blown up by the wind.

    There were only some scattered trees that had no leaves at all on their branches, which looked like they lost their lives, and some sharp grass which was tight together, stubbornly surviving.

    In front of a huge circr sand dune, a level-65 elite-grade ¡°Desert Tailed Lizard¡± was carefully crouching in the skull of a weathered, unknownrge animal. It had a body less than half a meter in size covered with sand-colored scales.

    Although its grade was elite, being at the bottom of the hierarchy in this area meant that it also had to be careful at all times of the higher-grade predators.

    Suddenly, however, its head moved.

    It could hear a sound a kilometer away with its sensitive hearing as if it felt something was moving at high speed from under the sand dunes next to it.

    But it first shrank its body again, ensuring that it was more stealth in its hiding.

    Then, this level 65 elite-grade creature carefully peeked out of the skull using its eyes, which evolved after several hundreds of years, to be able to see at an extremely far distance.

    A few hundred meters away, beneath the dunes, were two huge and strange objects moving rapidly, with a huge plume of dust curling up behind them.

    It was a lot bigger, though it was much smaller than the overlords of this small area, the level-70 Sand Whale Commander.

    Butpared to its size, it was still a dozen timesrger than it.

    However, why did it seem that it had never seen such a thing, was it an alien invader? Did it want to fight for territory with the Sand Whale?

    ¡°Hiss! ¡±

    The desert tailed lizard suddenly trembled, and then its body suddenly retracted back into the skull.

    ¡°Bang! ¡±

    The skull that it was hiding in was suddenly hit by something that was hot and as big as a rock.

    Immediately after, this object blew open, and some scalding liquid sshed onto the weathered skull where it was hiding. After that, it led to the whole skull burning up, billowing ck smoke.

    ¡°Hiss, hiss! ¡±

    The desert tailed lizard jumped like a cat that had its tail trampled, as there was an angry and shocked cry from its mouth.

    Although it had almost no guys, as a level-65 elite-grade creature, its character was notcking violence.

    In the case of its hard-to-find hiding ce being destroyed, its anger led it to decide that it would rush out immediately, and then...

    First, scare the intruders, and then find the right time to escape!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    However, just as it rushed out, the hot ¡°stone¡± from before, fiercely hit it on its head.

    ¡°-8678!¡±

    The hard scales of its head were smashed open by this stone, as flesh and blood were flying everywhere, even its head was so smashed that it became a little squishy.

    ¡°Bang! ¡±

    And before it could react, another of that ¡°stone¡± hit its stomach.

    ¡°-4578!¡±

    It hurt.

    It was smashed twice in a row, and it hurt so much.

    It did not feel so good, and it was definitely better not to mess with big things.

    ¡°Whoosh! ¡±

    Quickly turned to the ground, the desert tailed lizard wanted to drill into the sand to escape.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-12354!¡±

    However, just when it had drilled most of its body into the sand, the third shot of the armor-piercing bullet had hit its body just as urately.

    The desert tailed lizard suddenly regretted greatly. It should have known to run away from the start.

    Sure enough, those two giant monsters were far more powerful than their own.

    ¡°Level 65, 25,000 blood and the defense was already considered high for an elite-grade monster. They encountered monsters along the way had be more and more difficult to deal with!¡±

    ¡°But the loots that burst out are not bad! Although it was only an elite-grade piece of equipment, its properties wereparable to a level 50 excellent equipment. However, its level requirements were too high, and we are unable to use this at all for the next few months!¡±

    The ¡°big monster¡± stopped next to the carcass of the desert tailed lizard after a few dozen seconds.

    Carrying the golden alloy sword back, Boss Meng jumped out of the car with great excitement as he picked up the pair of warrior arms guards that were burst out from this desert tailed lizard, but he lost interest after reading its properties.

    ¡°How far is the journey ahead?¡±

    Another modified nd rover¡± SUV, which used special tires for sand, was parked next to it. Feng Luo, from the open top of the vehicle with his Wings of Death, asked Mu Wu who had just opened the map on hisputer terminal.

    ¡°There¡¯s probably about a hundred kilometers left, and hopefully there will not be too many problems on the road. Let us enter the target area before the night. There are more monsters in the Death Desert at night aspared to the day!¡±

    Mu Wu looked up at that fiery sun above his head.

    The two ¡°big monster¡± SUVs were transporting the group of people from Nightless City and Feng Luo.

    And this location that they were at was the withered desert that Feng Luo had been to once, which was beside the Stormwind City.

    It also belonged to the periphery of a dangerous area close to the depths of the withered desert, which was the most inessible to humans.

    Here, the monster¡¯s base level had reached level 65, so ordinary yers could not even deal with an elite-grade monster here. Even Feng Luo had to use three shots before he finally triggered the effect of his Lethal talent to kill.

    And in the deepest part of the withered desert, the monsters are said to have levels above level-70, and the few people(NPC) who entered did not survive. So, in the ces deep in the withered desert, there was another name for it, Death Desert.

    Even yers in non-mission situations would hardly enter this area to seek death.

    It was just that they had a mission to do it incidentally.

    The mission to escort the brain worm from the ruins required them to go to an underground researchboratory under the jungle of death.

    However, there was no jungle of death.

    Because the so-called jungle of death had be the death desert today!

    The initial battle with the Zergs was clearly so fierce that, with the use of devastating weapons, this jungle, which was once thergest on the entire continent, was now almost entirely a desert except for a few parts.

    The only thing that was passed down was its ¡°death¡± name, which symbolized danger.

    ¡°This task is really difficult to do, the monsters along the way are really a little too many, mainly needing to catch up on the journey requires three-plus days, we even ruined 2 SUVs so far!¡±

    ¡°We should have known to choose to enter from the other side, the position that was closer to the forest!¡±

    Although Jiao Zong was as thin as a monkey, its energy robes on its body could adjust his temperature, but his body at this time was still filled with sweat.

    Because there were monsters everywhere on the road, they must open the window, so even if the air conditioning was on, the temperature inside the car was really not low.

    ¡°That side is a territory of the non-governmental armed forces and ispletely hostile to the federal government. Although its strength is far less than the rebel army, it is definitely not an army that our small team can dare to challenge!¡±

    ¡°Besides, the monster levels in the middle of the jungle at that end is also very high, which is inferior to this area, and also the density of the area is greater, it¡¯s more secure to choose to take the desert path!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s more, we did not waste the previous few days. Everyone did train their levels.¡±

    Thorn Rose was sitting in the driving position of the opposite SUV. She was holding the wheel te in one hand and resting her desert-colored bronze-skinned arm on the window.

    This time after this update, the experience of levels 45 to 50 had been adjusted, perhaps taking into ount the increased PK frequency after the yer had reached full levels.

    If it was full and it dropped, they would only need half of its initial experience to regain the levels.

    This had also allowed the group of people to return to level 50, being capable of using Level 50 equipment and restoring fullbat effectiveness.

    Otherwise, this journey would be more difficult.

    ¡°And, Brother Jiao, Brother Meng. On this road, you have also created a lot of self-created skills in the battle too, which is also a good reward.¡±

    Little Snow, who was sitting at the back, suddenly smiled while covering her mouth.

    ¡°Self-created skills, this is totally useless!¡±

    It was better not to mention that. The moment Little Snow mentioned it, Jiao Zong screamed as if he was a cat with its tail stepped on.

 Chapter 685 - Self-Created Skills System!

    <h4>Chapter 685: Self-Created Skills System!</h4>

    ¡°This game is simply trying to trick people, and the self-created skills have no threshold at all, anyone can create if they want to!¡±

    ¡°But the skills created, had not much of an upgrade aspared to the damage of ordinary attacks. They even had to expend more MP. It¡¯s totally useless!¡± Jiao Zong blurted out with a depressed face.

    The game made a lot of adjustments in this update. In addition to announcing the progress of guiding the Life Force, the most attractive to the yers was naturally the opening of the self-created skills system.

    Most yers could not wait to experiment immediately after the system was updated.

    But it turned out that the self-created skills in ¡°Wartime¡± were simply elementary.

    They just needed to select the Create Skills directive and then make some actions during that time period.

    The system would record this period of time when the yer was attacking or moving and generate a skill, and the skill could also be named by the yer himself.

    This made it possible for countless yers to create tens of millions of names of their ¡°self-created skills,¡± which would drop people¡¯s jaws on the first day after the update.

    Soon, however, yers discovered that most of these skills were of very low value.

    The skills that they created would have a slight addition to their attributes, but this addition was still very lowpared to the usual attacks, and the consumption of their MP was a lot.

    ¡°That is because your techniques are terrible, and in the end, could only create a bunch of E, F-grade low skills, alright?¡±

    ¡°Like the ¡°D-plus¡± grade skill I created at noon yesterday, ¡°Daily Sword.¡± Its power is not inferior to the higher grades of the system skills!¡±

    ¡°So, old Jiao, you cannot simply just me other people. You only have yourself to me!¡±

    Boss Meng just patted his golden alloy sword as he lifted his golden helm with his chin. His face filled with self-confidence as he scorned Jiao Zong with mockery.

    ¡°Please! You are just lucky to create a D+ ss skill. Let¡¯s see how long you can be cocky for!¡±

    ¡°Even if it was a D-ss skill, it will still not have much practical use aspared to the same type of system skills that are expertly skilled...¡±

    Jiao Zong red, as he refused, unwilling to ept defeat as he sounded very dissatisfied.

    Yes, self-created skills are not really of any value.

    Because within the self-created skills, there is a ss distinction.

    Yes, it¡¯s ss, not grade.

    Unlike system skill levels, self-created skills had no grade requirements, but it had a system rating much like equipment, which ranged from F till S-ss.

    Among them, the self-creation skill with F-ss was the lowest, and its attribute addition was also the lowest. Its effect was roughlyparable to the same type of system skills with primary proficiency.

    And the attributes of E-ss self-creation skills additions would be higher, roughly equivalent to intermediate system skills. D-ss power was already not bad, as it wasparable to advanced proficiency.

    And if you reached C-ss, it was no less than the system skills that were skilled at expert level.

    And so on and so forth. It was clear that if you created your own B-ss skills, you could get a strong skill that wasparable to a master.

    Of course, the reason for this type of ssification was...

    ¡°Until now, the highest ss skill published on the forum is only a C-ss skill. There are no B-ss or higher skills!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s strange, is it so hard to create B-ss skills? Then wouldn¡¯t it be hopeless to try to create A and S ss skills?¡± asked the fire maniptor who stood behind Feng Luo with a face full of disbelief. He was a Nightless City employee who had been selected to participate in the task.

    The original fire maniptor of the team was Little Witch, but Little Witch stayed back to assist Mu Wu in the matters because they were preparing to move Nightless City out of Lu Conglomerate.

    Speaking of which, even Feng Luo did not know when there was a rtionship between Little Witch and Mu Wu.

    Little did he know that Little Witch, who was a newbie who just entered the society, was actually taken in by Mu Wu, who was such a veteran.

    ¡°B-ss skills should only be created after awakening the Life Force, and it would be based on the Life Force. Before awakening the Life Force, I predict that one can only create at most a C-ss skill!¡±

    Feng Luo revealed a smile on his face, then put down his Wings of Deaths as he spoke.

    On the forums, no one had created B-ss skills, but Feng Luo had found the basis of this spection from another ce.

    The system¡¯s skill rating was not for ordinary skills (rare skills were also ordinary skills, but it was just a name called by the yers), but when Feng Luo looked at his own attributes, he found that there were three special skills in his skill bar, and there was also a system evaluation.

    ¡°Life Armor (B), Master Martial Arts (B), Psionic me (B+)!¡±

    These three skills, which are used by consuming Life Force or Psionics, were all B-ss skills under the system evaluation, especially the ¡°Psionic me¡± that the system rewarded him was even rated at a ¡°B+¡± ss.

    ¡°But to be precise, to create skills above B-ss, it is not necessary to use Life Force, but it should be ¡®advanced attribute strength which was the same ss as the Life Force¡¯!¡± Feng Luo said.

    The term ¡°advanced attribute strength, which was the same ss as the Life Force¡± also appeared in the official announcement in this update.

    And it was clear that the advanced attribute strength in Wartime was not just Life Force, but Psionics was also one of them.

    ¡°The Life Force and Psionics skills did not have a proficiency rating, but there was a systematic evaluation. Does this mean that these skills can actually be upgraded like self-created skills?¡±

    At this time, Feng Luo suddenly thought of an issue in his mind.

    The yer¡¯s self-created skills did not have a proficiency rating, but they could be continuously improved and upgraded through modification.

    This means that even an F-ss skill has the opportunity to eventually improve into an S-ss skill.

    Of course, by then, this version of the skill will probably bepletely different from its original version.

    It is worth mentioning that self-created skills could also be the same.

    It is even possible to consider the announced higher ss skills tutorials on the forums to self-create ¡°pirated¡± skills, and seed in that as well?

    However, the skills¡¯ attributes and evaluations created by ¡°pirated¡± versions would be different from the original skills.

    Because, through research, Feng Luo found out that the evaluation and attributes of the same self-created skills in the game were not fixed, but should be rted to the yer¡¯s own attributes andbat methods.

    Take, for example, a D-ss melee skill that a warrior yer created. If it was imitated by a maniptor yer, and even if it was imitated to be almost identical, thetter was likely to receive only an F-ss rating.

    However, if the one who imitated was a warrior and was abatant of the same style but at a higher level, then perhaps the skill level will be upgraded to ¡°C ss.¡±

    Of course, if this warrior created a B-ss skill, then it should not be easy to obtain a pirated version of it.

    Because the B-ss skill would definitely involve Life Force.

    And Life Force was different for everyone¡¯s attributes.

 Chapter 686 - Level-70 Commander-Grade Sand Whale

    <h4>Chapter 686: Level-70 Commander-Grade Sand Whale</h4>

    ¡°Drip, drip, drip...¡±

    While a group of people was discussing their own self-created skills, the legendary scouting bracelet on Mu Zi¡¯s hand suddenly rang.

    ¡°There¡¯s a situation! There¡¯s a big guy a kilometer away!¡±

    Mu Zi swiftly lowered his head and looked at it. He schooled his face before quickly adjusting his bracelet a little, projecting a transparent screen in the air in front of the crowd.

    On the screen, in a position that was a kilometer away from their left side, there was an elliptical yellow circle that was approaching them.

    ¡°Good lord, this thing is not easy to deal with. In this area, the average monster level is at least level 65, and amander-grade monster should be at least level 60!¡±

    Jiao Zong and Boss Meng stopped arguing with each other as they stared at the scouting image on the screen, with their faces a little dignified.

    They were daring enough to go deep into this area with the high-risk of facing high-level monsters with just ten people. Hence naturally, they would not be unprepared.

    The legendary scout bracelet obtained by Mu Zi in the ruins was so impressive in its reconnaissance capability, where it was able to detect monsters without stealth capabilities in a kilometer radius.

    You must know, even the best and rare Recon Meter, under Detection, would only reach a limit range of only about 500 meters, and this reconnaissance bracelet¡¯s warning range was at least double of that.

    (Note: If it was a BOSS-grade monster, even a kilometer distance would be sufficient to prompt because there would be heavy pressure under the circumstances of not having stealth. In addition, the recon meter is weakened by the scouting ability of the yer.)

    If it was not for this legendary grade Recon Meter, and the presence of Feng Luo in the party...

    In order to ensure that the task can bepleted, not to mention arge team of hundreds of people, at least a medium-sized team of thirty or forty people is a necessity.

    ...

    As Jiao Zong said, the monster which had discovered them and charging them in a straight line would be hard to deal with.

    Because, from the image obtained by the Recon Meter, the monster, which entered the kilometer radius, had a reallyrge volume, which was a little scary. A rough estimate would be that it was reaching 35 meters in length.

    Thirty-five meters did not sound too bad?

    After all, that sea serpent above the warship was more than forty meters long, and it was not even described as ¡°frightening.¡±

    These two characters were not the same concept at all.

    Although the quasi-BOSS sea serpent was long, its size was not actually veryrge, it was only 40 meters long, with its roughness being about three meters.

    However, this monster¡¯s body was shown as an oval, but this type of volume was no less than the tonnage of a small warship.

    If they did not see the alert color on the detector as orange, which represented themander-grade monster, and instead as the alerting red which represented BOSS, then everyone would immediately sit on the SUV, and retreat in the opposite direction.

    But, after all, it was only amander-grade monster, and it should not be that disgustingly powerful.

    And looking at the speed of its movement, it was not fast, so by virtue of the speed of the SUV, and also using kiting techniques...

    ¡°We should be able to fight it!¡±

    ...

    ¡°Rumble...¡±

    The two energy-driven SUVs rumbled and drove forward at the same time, as it swiftly umted rolling dust behind it, and they left two trails behind them as they drove up the top of sand dunes.

    Feng Luo raised his Wings of Death as the SUV charged up the sand dunes. His eyes were aiming through the sights of the gun.

    At a position on the ttest bottom surface of therge-scaled sand dunes, which was scouted at 900 meters away.

    But at this point, the sand was like waves blown up by a hurricane as it surged. At the front, a sand dune more than ten meters high was squeezed out, as it was moving closer to the side.

    Thatmander-grade monster must be within the sand.

    ¡°Pew!¡±

    And as the group of people looked over there, the wavering ¡°sand waves¡± had changed again.

    A trail of a few meters thick column-shaped sand spit out by a huge force flew into the sky that was dozens of meters high, and then fell down as if the sky was filled with yellow sand.

    It looked as impressive as a column of water spewing out of a whale floating in the ocean.

    ¡°Bang! ¡±

    By the time the sand column fell, the sound of gunfire was heard.

    At a full distance of 900 meters, no other profession could carry out the attack, but it had entered the attack range of the sniper.

    In this desert environment, where there were few obstacles, and the light was even more excellent, the sniper¡¯s advantage was at its greatest.

    Amon armor-piercing bullet, which flew at a speed of more than 1500 meters per second, had burst into the sand dunes in less than a second as it passed through.

    ¡°Ang!¡±

    After a dy of about a few milliseconds, the moving sand dunes suddenly burst out, and the original wave-like rolling ground suddenly had arge area in the middle that sunk as it revealed a huge ck hole.

    In the huge ck hole, there was arge depressed cry which sounded out from 800 meters away.

    Of course, this thing was clearly not a real hole.

    Because, in the view of the scope, you could clearly see that within the ck hole, there were sharp teeth that were covered with yellow sand.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    This opportunity of its mouth being exposed, how could Feng Luo ever miss this?

    As soon as his finger turned, the Wings of Death reced its magazine almost instantaneously.

    Then a bullet with a burning breath broke through the sky with a hot trail as it was shot directly at that open enormous ck mouth.

    ¡°-6456!¡±

    Although the lethal talent after evolving would lose the addition in the fatal damage, thismander-grade monster obviously did not have a high basic defense, and Feng Luo, with the extreme shooting with his Wings of Death reaching the effective range of 1500M, the power of this bullet did not decay after traveling the distance. It exploded into a hole that was as big as a face, destroying six thousand of its health points.

    The burning effect of the B-grade explosive armor-piercing projectiles, as it was also hit onto the teeth and mouth, resulted in continuous damage to its life points.

    ¡°Ang!¡±

    Each hit went onto its mouth, and,pared to its enormous body, the hole that was as big as one¡¯s face on itsrge body was likened to an ant bite on a human.

    However, the enormous monster finally revealed itself from hiding under the sand after it suffered so much pain.

    With a huge roar, the sky-high yellow sand was blown from below as a huge head that was three stories high appeared in the rolling sand.

    ¡°Sand Whale (Level 70, Independent ss Commander), HP: 489851, Fatal Locations: Head, Heart...¡±

    The transparent screen projected on Mu Zi¡¯s legendary bracelet had revealed the information about this massive creature and virtualized an indicative blood bar.

    ¡°Ze!¡±

    Looking at that health bar that was still almost full after being hit by Feng Luo for almost ten thousand health points, everyone was shocked.

    Level 70, this was definitely the highest level of monsters most people present had ever encountered except Feng Luo, and its health points were still more than half a million.

    The only good point was probably that its defense was not very high.

    The previous shot, which was shot by Feng Luo before, still hit nearly 4,000 points of damage even though it was offset by sand.

    In theory, it would not be very difficult to kill it if you could inflict fatal damage.

    In particr, themander-grade monsters generally would not have such long-range attacks. Feng Luo could first safely output damage for a period of time, and try to damage this monster¡¯s health points to a certain extent.

    Speaking of which, it seems that it had been quite long since they had an encounter with a monster that was higher thanmander-grade that could pull off an attack after closing the distance between them.

 Chapter 687 - The Historic Buff for Gunners

    <h4>Chapter 687: The Historic Buff for Gunners</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    On top of the SUV on the sand dunes, Feng Luo stared at the sniper scope as he adjusted the Wings of Death in front of him slightly then fired again.

    At a distance of nine hundred meters away, for Wings of Death which had an

    energy elerator pendant, the bullets it shot would be able to hit that Sand Whale¡¯s enormous body in 0.6 seconds.

    Of course, for Feng Luo, it was not just a simple hit that he had wanted.

    ¡°Pew!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s third shot hit the giant sand whale¡¯s mouth, which, in its pain and anger, still did not close. As it jumped out of the ground, the mouth even became more obvious.

    And almost without much difference from the first shot, it exploded into a hole which was as big as a washbasin.

    ¡°-2894!¡±

    However, something surprising urred.

    This time, the damage on the head of the sand whale was just over 2800. It did not even reach half of the previous shot.

    ¡°Well... I guess I forgot about it again!¡±

    After Feng Luo was stunned for a while, he suddenly seemed to have remembered something.

    Immediately after he slightly turned the Wings of Death in his hands, the next shot gave up on the position that the first two exploded armor-piercing bullets struck and created, and instead, he attacked the sand whale¡¯s front abdomen under its head when it was exposed.

    ¡°-5070!¡±

    The third shot¡¯s damage, although it was not as good as the first shot in the mouth, was still more than five thousand.

    This was enough to prove that this sand whale, although its health points were amazing, its defense was indeed more average, or even quite poor.

    As for why the previous second shot caused only thousand-plus damage, it was because of the changes to the damage system after the system was updated.

    After this update, the total damage caused at a non-fatal position would not exceed a certain percentage of HP for a period of time.

    This sentence was not difficult to understand.

    In the example of a human body, if it was attacked at a single location, and this location was not the key locations like the throat, brain, and heart, then the damage that it could cause was limited in that period of time.

    For example, if the arm was at 15%, the thigh being at 20%, and the lungs were 50%...

    If the theoretical damage value of the attack reached these proportions, then the subsequent attack would not continue to do damage.

    This was a very significant change in the way yers fight.

    Because with the existence of a single-area injury cap, the yer would not be able to umte damage at the same ce to kill other people like the past.

    If you want to kill the other person, you could either choose to attack the fatal parts, or you would have to attack multiple parts or find ways to empty the opponent¡¯s HP via continuous ¡°bleeding, poison¡± rtion special measures.

    In this way, the battle had obviously be a bit cumbersome.

    But if you think about it, this became more realistic.

    For instance, if a man was attacked by another aggressive man and a sword was cut into his arm, would the other person just die and fall onto the ground?

    Obviously, this seemed a little unreasonable.

    And of course, following this, there would be an issue.

    And that was, once that position reached its limit of damage taken, then it could use that suffered position to block the fatal attacks.

    Many yers immediately thought of this seemingly BUG-likebat style as soon as they read the content of the system update.

    However, it was clear that the ¡°Wartime¡± system did not give the yers this loophole at all.

    Those who tried it out would find themselves devastated immediately as the hospital in the game would be filled with patients in an instant.

    This was because although after the damage limit was reached in a certain area, the attack would not damage its health points.

    However, it did not mean that the yer would not be ¡°injured.¡±

    Now, if that site reached its injury limit and then continues to be attacked with a higher amount or a particr type of attack, there would be a great chance of ¡°crippling¡± the yer¡¯s body.

    After this update, it would no longer be ¡°invulnerable¡± until thest hit like in the past.

    Rather, in these circumstances, it would be simr to NPC, where it might be chopped off or cut and pierced through.

    If you were not worried about the cost and the wasted time of physical repair of the body after you are crippled, well, then, go on and use the body part which reached its damage limit and block the attacks.

    In addition, other than the damage limit, the standard of injury to attacks in different locations had also been adjusted.

    For the same attacks, if the unimportant body parts were to be hit like hands and legs, then the damage taken would be lower than the more important positions like the heart.

    And if the vital parts like the brain or the heart were to take damage, then it would bear more damage aspared to the past, which would be determined by the attack.

    To put it simply, it could almost be understood that the damage to these positions like the hands and feet be ¡°ordinary damage.¡±

    And the damage to the internal organs of these injuries was roughly equivalent to ¡°weakness damage,¡± as for these parts like the hearts, the health point drop would be worse than before.

    For ordinary snipers, its impact was huge.

    Because this meant that to hit high damage, you would have to increase your marksmanship and need to hit lethal damage.

    Feng Luo might be unable to hit lethal damage a hundred percent of the time, but this was under the conditions of his actual body going through ¡°evolution.¡±

    For the average person, even if he was the best sniper, it would be difficult to hit lethal spots urately.

    This article, no doubt, was a nerf on the sniper profession.

    However, if there was a nerf, then naturally, there would be a buff.

    In this update, there was a much more influential change in the Gunners¡¯ profession, that the built-in cooling time for the gun fix was canceled.

    Yes, whether it was sniper rifles or submachine guns or machine guns, the built-in forced cooling time between the two rounds had been canceled.

    This was undoubtedly another change that added ¡°authenticity.¡±

    (Well, say, someone started to mock at the ¡°100 percent simtion¡± that the chapter mentioned, here¡¯s the exnation, this refers to the realness of the game. General online games should be using this term right. This does not mean that it is notpletely different from the real world... sweats!)

    This change was definitely very impactful for the gunners.

    Especially for snipers.

    Like the Wings of Death for Feng Luo and the previous Barrett, the built-in cooling time was up to two seconds.

    This meant that after its single shot, you had to wait two seconds before you could carry out a follow-up attack.

    And this time could give the person that was attacked reaction time and even time to counterattack.

    After all, two seconds was perfect for a quick enough person to escape, hide, and even fight back.

    While the sniper¡¯s position was generally far from a few hundred meters away, the other side only needs to move behind a bunker, and the follow-up attack would simply not be able to keep up.

    This was actually a serious problem, and now it might be okay, the conventional sniper gun cooled down for only a second, and even lesser after the ¡°fast shooting¡± skill was turned on.

    In this case, there were not very many people who could react.

    However, in this game, ¡°Wartime,¡± you could promote the human body ¡°evolution,¡± and one of the key points was the ¡°brain domain.¡±

    Take Feng Luo as an example. He was now able to react more than half the speed of his reaction from before. Hence, he was able to react in that instant of the attack and do a counterattack immediately.

    It was almost certain that if a sniper attacks him, and under the circumstances that he was unable to insta-kill him on the first shot.

    Then before the opponent shot the second shot, he would start to dodge.

    Even though it might be like the northern city sniper on the devil¡¯s triangr ind mission, where he had already been counter killed by Feng Luo, who raised his sniper rifle on the original spot when he was on his second shot, perhaps, someone would want to say that this counter-sniper kill was due to the Life Force skill ¡°Life Armor.¡±

    But, by the time the game reached a certain stage, who would not have Life Force?

    By that time, the snipers would then face this severe problem.

    And obviously, due to this reason, the system unlocked the limit to the guns, allowing the snipers to have this one-time ¡°historic¡± buff.

 Chapter 688 - Increased Realism For The Game!

    <h4>Chapter 688: Increased Realism For The Game!</h4>

    But, to be more precise, this addition was not as unfair as one would think.

    Because for most yers, although the gun did not have a forced cooling time, aiming the gun on the target also took time, and the process of loading and firing the bullet, also took a certain amount of time.

    What¡¯s more, after the mandatory cooling time was removed, the system also eliminated the property of the ¡°100% recoil removal.¡±

    Now, in the properties of all the guns, there was no longer the property of ¡°recoil reduction.¡±

    The statement, in the short term, had a greater impact on gunners aspared to the removal of the cooldown time.

    Because whether it was a sniper rifle or a submachine gun or a machine gun with a stand, they all had a significant recoil.

    Especially forrge-caliber sniper guns, like the Wings of Death that Feng Luo was holding, its recoil, without the reduction of its 50% recoil property, would push the gunner onto the ground upon firing if an original gunner were to hold the gun.

    That was why he ced the sniper rifle on the top of the SUV, and not in his hands from before.

    Of course, with his strength attribute, he would still be able to hold it if he were to hold and shoot the gun.

    In particr, because during these three days, he also raised his level by one, bing level 54.

    Thus the barrel of the Wings of Death was exchanged with a legendary-grade sniper rifle barrel which was obtained by an Onishi, and also additional parts, reducing its recoil on its shots by a lot.

    However, the average gunner yer would simply not be able to have such high strength and physical attributes as him.

    For most snipers, it was almost absolute that the muzzle would be shifted by a little after a single shot.

    And because of the damage system changes, it resulted in only the lethal shots being able to inflict huge damage.

    This also required that most snipers would need to spend at least a second or more after the first shot to adjust the muzzle to ensure shooting uracy.

    So, in fact, afterputing, this buff almost meant nothing (for ordinary sniper yers).

    Of course, there was no cooldown time.

    If you were not pursuing high precision and treated the sniper rifle as a high power rifle, that would not be impossible as well.

    But...

    Don¡¯t forget that the guns in the game still had a property that would be neglected often, and that was the ¡°overheating¡± of the barrel.

    At present, the guns in the game, almost all of which were gunpowder weapons, and even if it was an energy weapon, it would have a heating effect.

    The problem of the gun barrel overheating could naturally be neglected for low amounts of slow shooting, but under thisrge number of rapid shooting processes, it was a problem that should totally be considered.

    Why was the explosiveness of a machine gunner so disgusting, but the throne of the game still belongs to a fire maniptor?

    One important reason was that it is impossible for the machine gunners to keep firing.

    At hundreds of rounds per second, even if it was a machine gun barrel, which was made of high-temperature resistant materials in the game, it would quickly be hot because the heat in continuous shooting would not dissipate quickly.

    It was important to note here that the machine gunner in this update also removed their ¡°forced cooling time.¡±

    Of course, for a machine gunner, this meant the cooling time between two loads (or a certain number of bullets), which was a full ten seconds (could be reduced by skill).

    But now, this line had been removed.

    Machine gunners could suddenly use their well-trained hand speeds due to their singlehood to attach the ammo chain in two to three seconds, and could even use the automatic ammunition supply equipment to continue shooting.

    All of a sudden, it seemed, it could be the most enduring, most awesome, and the most violent profession in the whole game.

    However, because there was a restriction on the firing barrel being overheated, it also did not upgrade by as much.

    On the contrary, because of the damage of the ordinary parts being reduced and the damage limit of individual parts being included, the originally strong machine gunner in the PK, besides the sniper, took a huge nerf after this update.

    Of course, the gunners were not only the ones who were nerfed.

    The warriors were also affected by the update, as the settings for their defense equipment had also changed.

    After this update, the warrior¡¯s defense equipment protection ability became an effective defense only on the covered areas, and it was no longer like the previous defense, which affected the whole body (but the defense coefficient was only for a single piece).

    This had little effect on the heavy-duty fighters who were shrouded in tin.

    But for light armored warriors, especially those female light armored warriors, then it would be a little lethal.

    Imagine Phoenix with her previous set of ¡°Red Lotus Set,¡± which exposed a third of her body parts, that snow-white belly and thighs werepletely exposed for others to attack.

    Even if there was an injury cap, but once the continuous attack inflicted the ¡°disability¡± effect, then it waspletely doomed for her.

    One would only fear that after this, the female light armor, which prioritized appearance but had average attributes that were sold at a high price, would have a huge decline in its price.

    But maybe that would not be certain.

    Because from Phoenix¡¯s modern ¡°Phoenix suit¡± that could be switched between the two states...

    The system had obviously taken into ount that female warrior yers who wanted to show off their figures but did not want it to affect their battles and gave them a solution.

    ...

    In general, because of this kind of change, after this update, the yer¡¯s body became much more ¡°fragile¡± than before.

    Predictably, in this case, a yer was much more likely to die than before.

    This was probably why the system needed to adjust the experience needed to regain the levels lost after death.

    Of course, in a sense, Feng Luo thought that all of these were in ce to make the game more ¡°realistic.¡±

    ...

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang!¡±

    Above the desert, the sound of gunfire continued!

    Across a full seven or eight hundred meters, the bullets shot by the Wings of Death continuously hit the body of the moving Giant Sand Whale, which revealed itself, as it brought up a series of weakness damage values.

    ¡°-5055,-4956,-5023...¡±

    Although, because the skin of this sand whale was thick enough, even if the bullets fired by the Wings of Death hit the body of the giant sand whale, they were unable to drill into fatal spots like its brain or even its heart.

    But because its area was really big, with Feng Luo¡¯s marksmanship, in the absence of cooldown time restriction, and under the circumstances of not needing too much precision, in this distance, the gun was still able to inflict around five thousand damage.

    This also made the absurd health points of the giant sand whalemander, constantly decline at a visible speed.

    ¡°Ang!¡±

    It seemed to have finally felt the threat of the ¡°mosquito¡± bites from Feng Luo.

    Originally revealing its part of the head and approaching non-stop, the giant sand whalemander, after its health points dropped to around 70%, finally hid its body in the sand again.

    Then, it quickly squeezed the sand in front of it and re-created a sand dune as it charged towards Feng Luo¡¯s position, all while hiding within the sand.

 Chapter 689 - The Counterattack of the Commander-Grade Monster!

    <h4>Chapter 689: The Counterattack of the Commander-Grade Monster!</h4>

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang...¡±

    ¡°-3445,-3355,-834...¡±

    Because the sand whale dived into the sand again, with the blockage of the sand, the damage of Feng Luo instantly dropped a tier.

    Even asionally, the damage would be less than a thousand, this was obviously because due to the sand whale body being located below the sand, it was not easy to determine its specific position, resulting in the hotspots of the bullets being too near from the previous shot locations, and hence the damage was restricted.

    Under such circumstances, the giant sand whale kept approaching this way.

    When its blood volume dropped to about 50%, its distance from the sand dunes where the two energy SUVs were located was also closed into 500-plus meters.

    This distance had entered the attack range of another gunner profession.

    ¡°Dadada!¡±

    The tearing metal sound of a machine gun sounded.

    Above the SUV driven by Rose Thorns, a pure ck six-barrel machine gun fired at 50 percent of its shooting speed at the sand whale¡¯s position.

    Dozens of rounds of bullets gathered into the bullet current every second as it directly hit the moving sand dunes on the ground that was 500 meters away. Suddenly, that dense hole that was approaching at high speed, and growing in size, in front of the sand dunes, shook out a meter-high of sand after being impacted by the bullets.

    The bullets of the machine gun had run through the loose sand and were continuously hitting the giant sand whale below.

    ¡°-344,-355,-466,-354...¡±

    A series of damage values appeared directly on the projection screen of the legendary bracelet, where the health points of themander-grade giant sand whale dropped by more than 5% per second.

    Even if it was because of changes to the upper limit for the damages at the same position, it caused the gunner, under the circumstances of going all-out shooting, to waste a lot of bullets.

    This made the machine gunner¡¯s damage to be extremely restricted as he would often choose not to shoot at full speed under several circumstances.

    However, its explosive power was still very powerful.

    ¡°Yahoo! Oh, boy! Shooting at this target, which I do not have to worry about missing, and looking at the constantly refreshing damage values is too satisfying!¡±

    On top of the energy SUV, when the machine gunner who was operating a six-barrel machine gun and firing saw this situation, his mouth could not help but shout with excitement.

    ¡°Dai, you have to be careful, don¡¯t be toocent. This distance is not as far, so watch out for the monster¡¯s next counterattack!¡±

    In the drivingpartment, Rose Thorns, who was operating the SUV, gave the person on top a reminder.

    ¡°OK, rest assured, I will keep that in mind... Babe Rose!¡±

    The machine gunner on top of the SUV replied, and even teased Rose Thorns a little,pletely not worrying about Jiao Zong being jealous.

    Of course, she did not need to worry.

    Because this machine gunner was a chick, but also a ck chick!

    The Star Federation had three races, only the 17th Administrative Star is dominated by yellow people, but it did notck ck and white people. For example, Sister Rui had the traits of a white person.

    And this machine gunner, who was called Dai, was a ck person.

    However, it was not the kind of carbon-like ck but was slightly more ck than the bronze-colored skin of Rose Thorns.

    Of course, with her rounder face shape and her iconic thick lips, she was very simr to the ck people on Earth, from Feng Luo¡¯s memory.

    Dai was also a Nightless City employee and was a gold medal coach of the fitness club like Rose Thorns, but on usual days she would have a fixed party with her boyfriend, but this time she was pulled into this by Rose Thorns.

    It had to be said that within the game, female machine gunners and female heavy armored warriors were very rare.

    Thorn Rose and Dai both intentionally chose these two violent professions, and could absolutely be called as the female heroes.

    And as Little Witch wanted to help Mu Wu, hence the party had four slots.

    After considering, Feng Luo chose to let all the remaining slots to be filled up by the Nightless City members.

    In this case, because they were familiar people, hence it would be easier to team up with them.

    Dai¡¯s boyfriend was also pulled in. He had a slightly thin body but had a handsome face, and he was a fire maniptor, his ID being ¡°Burn and Run,¡± topping up on the position that was left behind by Little Witch.

    The other two were warrior yers, one heavy armored warrior with his ID called ¡°Qian Jin Ding,¡± and the other slightly frivolous light armored warrior with his ID called ¡°a column to the sky.¡±

    Four warriors, three gunners, two maniptors, and one doctor.

    This full professionsbination was very reasonable, as it could be said to be able to handle most of the game situations.

    In particr, in order to ensure the sess of this mission, the group of people all had rare equipment, theirbat effectiveness would naturally be far from an ordinary yer squad.

    If not, the average team of ten people would definitely retreat after discovering that thismander-grade monster was actually reaching level 70.

    After all, this level being disyed there was already scary.

    With Dai¡¯s addition, the legendary bracelet projection of themander-grade sand whale¡¯s health points could be seen to be rapidly declining, as it quickly dropped to less than 30% of its total.

    ording to this speed, it was impossible to get near the team, before being killed by Feng Luo and Dai¡¯s high output damage.

    However, although it seemed to be very smooth and sessful.

    But instead of being very rxed, all of them were still prepared with energy converters with ammunition loaded.

    Even the two energy SUVs, which were originally not far away, had moved in two directions apart from each other above the sand dunes, pulling the distance between each other apart.

    In this way, in theory, even if the sand whale counterattacked, it was impossible to interrupt the output of both SUVs at the same time.

    In the face of amander-grade monster, which was higher than level 50, until thest minute, they absolutely could not be toocent. This was the experience gained from everyone from their previous dangerous encounters in the past three days.

    This matter had also proved that this concept was correct.

    After being attacked with two guns in a row along the way, its health points dropped to only a quarter of its total.

    The distance between the sand whale and the two SUVs here was finally brought closer into 300 meters.

    And then...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    The huge body of the sand whale suddenly emerged from the sand again.

    However, unlike the previous time, this time, it drilled out from the ground withrge amounts of sand emerging out around it.

    And above the head was the sand dunes, which were more than fifteen meters high because of the umtion of the sand along the way.

    And then, thisrge area of sand, along with the sand dunes, flew over through the sky.

    Yes, it covered the sky.

    This scene was hard to describe.

    One could only use this slightly exaggerated phrase.

    Although it was a bit of an exaggeration, it was true that this giant sand whale¡¯s attack had an impressive momentum.

    You must know, it was a sand dune, and there was a lot of sand. Although it was only a small sand dune, its volume was not lower than a thousand cubic at this height and diameter.

    Imagine this, a scene of a thousand cubic sand going to run over your head.

    Moreover, that sand dune, perhaps due to its bottom being extruded, the original loose sand flying in the air did notpletely dissipate but instead continued to fly over in its sand dune shape.

    Feng Luo suddenly thought of the phrase ¡°Mount Taishan.¡±

    Compared with this sand that covers the sky, the Earth Maniptor¡¯s ultimate ¡°Heavenly Meteorite Drop¡± felt like child¡¯s y.

    ¡°Hide! Mu Zi, quickly hide!¡±

    At this unseen moment, Jiao Zong, being an Earth maniptor, who was beside Feng Luo, was already having a head full of sweat as he shouted loudly towards Mu Zi, who was driving the SUV.

 Chapter 690 - Bearing of a Sand Dune, Impact of a Flesh Bullet!

    <h4>Chapter 690: Bearing of a Sand Dune, Impact of a Flesh Bullet!</h4>

    Of course, there was no need for Chairman Jiao to say it.

    In truth, when the Sand Whale charged towards this location, the engine of the SUV had been rotating at high-speed, and Mu Zi¡¯s hands had always remained on the control tform.

    Although the Sand Whale¡¯s attack was quite unexpected, it was not to the extent where it caught them off guard.

    When the sand dune lifted off into the air, Mu Zi had already elerated the energy SUV to its maximum speed and was driving sideways from therge sand dune!

    As Mu Wu¡¯s ¡°driver¡± in the game, Mu Zi had naturally learned transportation vehicle driving skills like Feng Luo. Moreover, since his familiarity level had already reached Expert Level 95% progress, under his full control...

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    When the sand dunended, the energy SUV brushed past the edge of the dune and charged out of the covered area by a hair¡¯s breadth!

    Of course, even if that was the case after the thousand cubic meters sand dunended, multiple ¡°sand storms¡± erupted all around the sand dune immediately upon impact, and these storms still managed to reach the back of the SUV.

    Sand particles flying at high speed and with great impact poured into the SUV through the SUV¡¯s sunroof and ¡°drowned¡± the five people inside!

    By the time the SUV got out of the areapletely engulfed in therge yellow sandstorm, with their faces covered in dirt and sand...

    ¡°That was close! That was close!¡± Relying on the energy shield of the maniptor being activated at the crucial moment, Chairman Jiao, being the only one who did not have sand in his mouth, spoke, trembling.

    If they were really directly struck by the sand dune, they might have be one of the first to experience an unprecedented way of dying in War ¨C to be buried alive by the sand descending from the skies!

    ¡°Oh, crap! Rose!¡±

    However, just after rejoicing, Chairman Jiao¡¯s expression took a drastic turn.

    The reason was that the other vehicle that had traveled over a hundred meters, the energy SUV that Rose Thorns was driving, was also facing the same dangers.

    Moreover, their situation was more precarious, and they had not yet escaped from danger!

    After getting up and flipping the table before throwing the sand dune toward Feng Luo and the others¡¯ location, the sand whale did not forget the one who dealt arge amount of damage on it ¨C Dai. So, it unexpectedly counterattacked both sides at the same time!

    However, on its attack on the SUV that Dai was on, it did not throw a sand dune, it threw itself.

    After throwing the sand dune and forcing the people on the two SUVs to stop their attacks and escape in a panic, the Sand Whale, which had reappeared leaped into the air directly, toward the SUV that Rose Thorns was driving.

    300 meters. Even though this distance seemed quite far, it also depended on who was making the jump!

    For a human, even a Light Armor Warrior in the Charge state would need to run for around ten seconds.

    However,pared to the Sand Whale¡¯s 40-meter body, the length of 300 meters was simply around eight times its body length. This was not a distance that was difficult to ovee!

    ¡°Rumble!¡±

    As such, when Feng Luo and the others with him in the SUV were faced with the ¡°Bearing of Mount Taishan,¡± Rose Thorns¡¯s group was facing the ¡°Impact of a Flesh Bullet!¡±

    If not for Rose Thorns¡¯ equally superb driving skills that allowed her to change the direction of the SUV in that extreme situation, the five of them inside that SUV would definitely have been punched into the sand by the absolutely humongous body of the Sand Whale!

    However, even as her extreme control helped them avoid the body m of the giant whale that spanned over a few dozen meters by just two to three meters, the crisis was not yet over!

    After Sand Whale¡¯s hundred tonnes and over 40 meters long body flew over a few hundred meters and mmed heavily into the sand dune, a part of the sand dune crumbled and fell upon impact.

    The SUV, which was still moving at high speed, also lost bnce due to this and directly flipped and fell on the sandy slope!

    At that moment, the crisis had undoubtedly reached its peak.

    The Sand Whale had stunned itself considerably in this jump. In addition, its head was not in the same location or direction as Rose Thorns¡¯ SUV, which meant that it was not able to immediately open its gigantic mouth to devour the energy SUV along with the people inside.

    However, this would notst long. In just a few seconds, it would definitely be able to react and kill the five people stuck inside the SUV and were not able to get away in time!

    There was no need to doubt the attack power of a Level 70 Commander Grade monster. Even though it was not a Quasi Boss monster, its level was just that much higher than normal monsters!

    That was why Chairman Jiao shouted in panic when he saw this scene.

    ¡°Hurry up! Kill that ¡®Boss!¡¯ Its HP is already lower than 20% now!¡±

    Compared to Chairman Jiao, the person who had regained his senses ¨C Mu Zi, was a bit more clear-headed.

    He ignored the mess around him and the pain he felt after sand got into his eyes and grabbed the loaded submachine gun beside him. Then, he aimed at the Sand Whale and pulled the trigger!

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta...¡±

    The submachine gun fired a barrage of bullets that hit the body of the Sand Whale located only around 100 meters away from him. A bunch of damage numbers appeared.

    ¡°-506, -515, -497, -526...¡±

    A bunch of damage numbers appeared and continued lowering the HP line of the giant Sand Whale, which was already low!

    ¡°Oh! That¡¯s right! Skills!¡± Chairman Jiao finally got himself back together amid his worry and panic.

    He raised the energy converter he was holding, and a yellow light shed.

    ¡°Earth Wall!¡±

    Earth Maniptors¡¯ basic skills did not have high damage output, so in this situation, he did not bother using the single damage energy guidance skills.

    He decided to create an Earth Energy Wall directly between the Sand Whale and the SUV that Rose Thorns and the others were in. At least this way, it could slow down the Sand Whale a little!

    ¡°Vuong!¡±

    A yellow light shed beside the area where the Sand Whalended... However, no Earth Wall appeared!

    The skill was unsessful!

    Chairman Jiao was shell-shocked. After that, he grimaced and smacked his energy converter before saying, ¡°Damn it! The casting actually failed in a crucial moment like this!¡±

    After thetest update, warriors and gunners experienced some changes, and naturally, maniptors were not excluded.

    For maniptors, the change this time was also quite considerable. And the change was ¡°increased difficulty of releasing skills!¡±

    When maniptors fought, they actually received a lot more visual hintspared to other yers. These hints were provided by a biological lens injected inside their eyes that was connected to their energy converters!

    As such, they could urately attack targets that were 200 to 300 meters away, even without a sniping scope!

    Apart from that, maniptors¡¯ skills were actually constructs of the ¡°Energy Mode.¡±

    And this process was originally allpleted by the energy converter automatically.

    Even if it were a guidance skill, as long as the casting was not interrupted halfway, the skill would be sessful after release.

    However, in the most recent update, the system put a restraint on the hints and removed some of the information that provided the yers with calction results.

    Apart from that, maniptors¡¯ skill casting could now ¡°fail!¡±

 Chapter 691 - Manipulator Skill Change

    <h4>Chapter 691: Maniptor Skill Change</h4>

    Skills casting could fail. This was a big change for maniptors!

    Moreover, this was a lot worse than the change for gunners and warriors.

    The reason was that maniptors¡¯ damage mainly came from bonus energy damage. Also, many of them were in the area of effect attacks. As such, the appearance of the single unit damage cap affected them the least!

    However, the change which made it possible for skill casting to fail was life-changing to maniptors!

    Now, maniptors¡¯ skills could fail in two ways.

    The first was from interference between energies!

    When two maniptors project and construct the energy models of their skills to the same area or location, an interaction between the two types of energies may ur, and these interactions could cause one or both skills to fail!

    Normally, this would be fine, but if it were against a Boss monster, the impact would be huge.

    Before the update, a Boss raid would often have the gunners and maniptors piling damage on the boss monster at long-range while the warrior yers tried to keep the monster in check and provide cover and protection to the long-ranged attackers.

    However, gunners¡¯ firing angles could easily be blocked by the warriors standing in front of them. In addition, Boss monsters were incredibly perceptive of high damage attacks, so after being attacked, they would almost immediately discover the source of the attack. Moreover, Boss monsters typically have arge attack range!

    As such, even Snipers faced the very real danger of being taken out by the Boss monster after firing a shot.

    On the other hand, since maniptors could project their high-damage skills in the sky or perhaps to a location far from them, the Boss monster would not be able to lock onto its real target instantly. This meant that maniptors faced a lot less danger when fighting Boss monsters, and they were also not as constrained by the terrain.

    That was why maniptors had always been one of the main damage outputs during Boss raids, and as such, they were a slightly more coveted profession aspared to the other two professions.

    However, this change had undoubtedly affected a maniptors¡¯ ability to damage Boss monsters along with its role of being the absolute best in damaging Boss monsters.

    The interference between skills would also increase the difficulty of teamwork between yers if the number of maniptors exceeded a certain number.

    Clearly, this meant that a huge opportunity had opened up for the gunner profession!

    Apart from the interference, a maniptor¡¯s skill casting would fail if the yer him or herselfcked concentration.

    Yes, concentration!

    This was a change that made a lot of peoplein. Before the change, to cast a skill, yers only needed to click on the skill icon on their energy converter and then quickly confirm a few simple parameters before the system automaticallypleted the rest of the casting procedure!

    However, right now, when the systempleted the casting and guidance procedure, it would specifically measure and judge the maniptor¡¯s concentration level.

    If the maniptor¡¯s concentration was not focused enough, the skill casting could also fail!

    The change was super annoying to the yers. After all, who could guarantee a 100% concentration level throughout the skill casting process? In particr, since the system also removed several hints, the number of parameters the yers needed to consider had substantially increased!

    That meant that the yers needed to focus and consider the other moreplex parameters associated with their skill casting. It was simply making life difficult for the yers!

    However, one sentence from the game officials made the countless maniptors who had beenining and cursing about the change to simply shut up and ept the change.

    And that was that theplexbat method was beneficial to the stimtion of the human body. In particr, it was especially helpful when it came to ¡°evolving¡± the brain domain.

    Evolution!

    With just this one sentence, War had directly shut the mouth of all the maniptor yersining about this recent change in War that brought about so much discontent!

    However, the funny thing was that this change, the one rted to the maniptor, after the exnation, had caused the yers of the other two professions to be discontent.

    ¡®Why did the maniptors receive this forced ¡°evolution¡± improvement? That is not eptable! We also want these sorts of changes that increase the difficulty of battle!¡¯

    This seemed rather funny, but if one were to really think about it, it was actually quite logical and normal.

    In the foreseeable age of universal evolution, thepetition between humans would no longer be like the current era. For example, peopleparing the grades of their gears or the credits they possessed. Instead, they would maybe beparing their evolution progress disyed on their game capsule?

    Maybe this might even be extended to the real world!

    In the age of universal change, no one would want to be behind someone else.

    As such, the warrior and gunner professions were unhappy and wanted an increase in difficulty.

    In this situation, the typically cold Star Gaming game officials finally made a press statement to exin the situation!

    Thebat method and setting of the maniptor profession would mainly evolve the brain domain while the warrior profession focused on the physical aspect. Gunners, on the other hand, was a hybrid between the two.

    The skills andbat methods of all three types of professions were beneficial to the stimtion of their real-life body. And there was no such thing as an advantage over the other!

    Moreover, in the future, the multi-profession system would also be avable, and no one profession should be worried about anything.

    However, if they were really impatient and could no longer wait, they could change their profession. Every yer received three chances to change their profession without the need to undergo the profession change mission after the update.

    Moreover, after changing their profession, the profession skills and familiarity levels would be preserved. In addition, they could also change back!

    After this announcement was made, theining yers finally quieted down.

    Feng Luo¡¯s attention was, however, focused on the ¡°multi-profession system¡± phrase!

    It was clear that just like what he had guessed, the second profession was not something exclusive to the Special Agent profession.

    Just like how the Force Guidance Chip function was now existent on every yers¡¯ stats panel!

    On this, it seemed kind of unfair to them, the Special Agents who were a hidden profession, Big Pineapple evenined to Feng Luo specifically about this through thems device once!

    However, Feng Luo was not very bothered by this.

    This was because, in War, there was no real hidden profession in the game, and no yer had truly surpassed all other yers.

    The only real thing that existed was being faster than the rest of the yers and the advantage of getting there fast!

    Just like the special agent, even though the other yers would also get the ¡°double profession¡± in the future, the special agent yers would have already received their third or maybe fourth profession by then. Perhaps they might have even received a real ¡°Universal Profession¡± that Haruko mentioned once before.

    Moreover, Feng Luo understood clearly that the biggest advantage of the Special Agent profession was not that they received a second profession.

    Instead, they were the special agent warehouse, a ce where they could obtain all kinds of rare items, and the special agent missions, which gave them the chance to earn a huge amount of special agent points!

    Who knew when the next mission would be?

    Would they have a chance to get the A-Rank Authorization needed for them to get the ¡°Third Profession Chip?¡±

 Chapter 692 - Might of Awakened Fatal Talent!

    <h4>Chapter 692: Might of Awakened Fatal Talent!</h4>

    The scene returns to the battlefield!

    Naturally, since Chairman Jiao¡¯s skill failed, the already dangerous situation did not improve at all.

    At that moment, the Sand Whale in front of them hade to its senses, and as expected, it immediately turned its head around and quickly prepared to turn its body to devour the SUV beside it!

    The Danger Level of the crisis had reached its peak!

    Although Mu Zi continued to shoot, the Sand Whale Commander still had over 10 percent of its HP remaining. With the HP bonus added to its 500,000 HP, a dozen or so HP was still over 10,000!

    With Mu Zi¡¯s attack strength, there was simply no way that he would be able to kill the giant Sand Whale in just a few seconds.

    And among the five yers riding in their SUV, two were warrior-type yers, which meant that there was not enough time for them to get to the others in time to protect them.

    Moreover, even if they were to get there in time, it would still be useless.

    The gigantic body of the Sand Whale would ultimately render the warriors¡¯ attacks useless. Even if an alloy sword were to strike its body sessfully, the alloy sword would not be able to pierce through the Sand Whale¡¯s over two-meter-thick skin, and thus, not much damage would be dealt!

    The only person who could inflict substantial damage to the whale was Feng Luo!

    Like the others, Feng Luo¡¯s face was covered in dust. At that moment, he was already leaning on the roof of the SUV with Wings of Death, which was also covered in sand and dust, in his hand. Before one second had psed, he quickly aimed and pulled the trigger!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A B-Grade Degration Armor-piercing Bullet flew out of the muzzle of Wings of Death.

    Unlike before, this time, the Degration Armor-piercing Bullet that flew out of Wings of Death was covered in ck that looked like it would absorb one¡¯s soul!

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    The ck bullet struck the giant Sand Whale within a second.

    The spot that was hit by the bullet was the side of the Sand Whale¡¯spletely exposed head.

    After hitting the target, unlike before where the bullethead would explode upon contact, a slight popping sound as if the bullet had just popped through a thin sheet of paper resounded in the air. It also left a tiny bullet hole on the skin of the Sand Whale.

    However, after a few tenths of a second...

    The giant mouth of the Sand Whale that stood over ten meters tall after it was opened wide to devour the energy SUV shook. Its entire head trembled as its body began to sway, while it let out an agonizing roar.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    ¡°-23560!¡±

    ¡°-28000!¡±

    A golden critical damage number of over 20,000 and a red fatal damage number of over 20,000 popped up above its head at the same time!

    Both damage numbers exceeded 20,000, with one of them being critical damage!

    Despite the damage dealt in the range of hundreds by the submachine guns, the two numbers were incredibly eye-catching!

    The screen projection on the Scout Bracelet showed that the HP of the Sand Whale had gone from over 10 percent to just a tiny bit in an instant!

    After roaring in anguish, the giant head of the Sand Whale fell on the ground heavily, mming into the ground beside Rose Thorns¡¯ group¡¯s energy SUV.

    Although it was not yet dead, it had already lost the strength to escape, not to mention devouring people!

    Its HP was now below 5 percent, which meant Heavy Injury!

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh.¡±

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta.¡±

    Mu Zi and Chairman Jiao continued to attack with delight and surprise on their face. They quickly shaved off the Sand Whale¡¯s remaining HP of less than 20,000!

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-5657!¡±

    However, inparison, the efficiency of a Sniper who did not have the Cooldown limitation was higher in a situation like this!

    The Wings of Death released another shot!

    [You¡¯ve killed Sand Whale (Level 70, Solo Type Commander). Contribution: 70.4 percent. Obtained Experience: 7,049. Obtained Merit: 1]

    The Sand Whale¡¯s HP reached zero. And the system notification of the kill appeared in front of every yer.

    Feng Luo¡¯s contribution exceeded 70 percent!

    The significance of achieving a contribution of over 70 percent on a Level-70 gigantic Commander-grade monster that had 500,000 HP was huge.

    However, the attention of the surrounding yers including Dai and the others who finally crawled out of the turned-over SUV as well as the others on the other SUV¡ªthe two warriors who were halfway through their charge¡ªand Chairman Jiao, who was already very well-acquainted with Feng Luo, was not on the dead Sand Whale at that moment. It was also not on the items that had dropped on the ground around the Sand Whale.

    Instead, it was on the ridiculous amount of damage that Feng Luo inflicted just a while ago!

    ¡°One shot that dealt over 50,000 damage? Although it is also because there was critical damage, isn¡¯t that damage a little too insane?¡± Chairman Jiao couldn¡¯t help but exim.

    ¡°Brother Feng, my old pal, isn¡¯t your awakened talent a little too strong? It is without a doubt a God tier Talent made to fight bosses. Even a Machine Gunner¡¯s damage output cannotpare!¡±

    Not only did Chairman Jiao but also the other yers nodded in agreement after their initial shocked reaction.

    In particr, for Dai and a few others, even though it was not the first time they saw Feng Luo deal with damage that ranged in the 10,000 within the past three days, a shot that dealt over 50,000 damage was definitely a first.

    If they did not witness it with their own eyes, they would not have believed it was possible!

    The Degration Armor-piercing Bullet, which came from Feng Luo¡¯s dual-damage shot just now, hit the Sand Whale¡¯s vital spot¡ªthe brain¡ªthus triggering Wings of the Death¡¯s rare attribute, resulting in critical damage that was over 20,000.

    The second damage, which was also higher, came from the awakened Fatal Talent.

    The effect of the awakened Fatal Talent¡ªinstant death¡ªwas useless against non-Humanoid monsters above the Commander grade.

    Instead, when a Fatal Damage was dealt, the damage dealt would be the equivalent to a certain percentage of the monster¡¯s HP!

    Yes, that¡¯s right! A percentage of the monster¡¯s HP!

    This attribute seemed ineffective whenpared to the fantastic effect of Instant Death.

    However, one should understand that the bonus damage of a Fatal Damage depended on the total HP of the targeted monster!

    The Sand Whale had 500,000 HP in total. Even though the shot only gained a bonus that was just a little over 5 percent of the monster¡¯s HP, when it was converted into numbers, it was close to 30,000. In the end, it was even higher than Feng Luo¡¯s first hit, which dealt critical damage!

    As Chairman Jiao mentioned earlier, this was a God tier talent when it came to fighting boss monsters!

    For boss monsters whose HP were typically in the hundreds of thousands, 1 percent damage would already be quite remarkable!

    Hence, Feng Luo was granted bonus damage of just 1 percent!

    Although the system did not specify in the description of his awakened Fatal Talent the actual percentage bonus for when a Fatal Damage was inflicted, over the past two days, Feng Luo¡¯s tests had indicated that the base damage ratio on a Commander-grade monster was probably around 10 percent!

    Apart from the base damage, other factors would also influence the final damage output. The factors include the residual momentum and force generated from the bullet, his level difference with the intended target, and the extent of damage and destruction dealt on the area hit by the shot. All these factors would significantly affect the final output.

    For example, Feng Luo had an encounter with a Level-38 Commander-grade Desert Rock Lizard at the edge of the desert on the first day. Faced with this ¡°Old Friend,¡± Feng Luo broke the defense of the monster in his first shot. So his second shot that did not face any defense resistance, along with the output from Mu Zi and the others, had easily killed this low-level Commander-grade monster whose HP was only around 5,000 in one shot!

    And the damage percentage of that shot reached a staggering 17 percent, and it was almost the same as Feng Luo¡¯s normal shot damage!

    However, that was an exemption.

    Under normal circumstances, it would be quite difficult to fire a shot that faced no resistance at all!

    For example, on the second day, they encountered a Level-50 Desert Gale Wolf Commander that also had a bunch of minions!

    This time, the Double Armor-piercing Bullet that Feng Luo unleashed only managed to inflict around 7 percent of the monster¡¯s HP in his shot that dealt a Fatal Damage. The bullet lost some strength due to the desert yellow fur and skin of the Gale Wolf, which was also protected by the leftover defense of a wind energy shield.

    Moreover, since it was an energy-type monster, it only had around 30,000 HP. So the shot only dealt around 2,000 damage, and it was not as significant!

    However, this time, the shot on the Level-70 Commander-grade Sand Whale only reached a meager 5.6 percent. Nheless, it satisfied Feng Luo greatly.

    After all, the damage value neared 30,000!

    Moreover, to achieve such a high bonus even when facing a Level-70 Commander-grade monster, the Fatal Talent¡¯s new property was a lot more useful than the 50 percent bonus damage on Weak Point damage!

 Chapter 693 - Delightful Surprise

    <h4>Chapter 693: Delightful Surprise</h4>

    Of course, one had to admit that, to arge extent, the reason for the incredibly great damage was the amazingly powerful Psionic Energy Bonus Property¡ªDestroy!

    Under the effects of the Psionic Energy Bonus Property¡ªDestroy, Feng Luo¡¯s Degration Armor-piercing Bullet did not weaken even a little bit when it was going through the five-meter-thick body of the gigantic Sand Whale!

    As such, when the Degration Armor-piercing Bullet reached the Sand Whale¡¯s brain, the explosion caused a devastating effect!

    And that was why the bonus of the shot was still so high, even when the level gap between Feng Luo and the Sand Whale was as high as 16 levels.

    One could not deny the fact that the Psionic Energy Bonus Property¡ªDestroy was a perfect match for a Sniper. It alsobined perfectly with the new Fatal Talent.

    If it were another Sniper yer, even if the Sniper were equipped with a Legendary-grade Sniper rifle, it would be unlikely for the yer to hit the vital spot of a gargantuan monster like the Sand Whale who was covered in thickyers of skin and flesh in one shot!

    In cases like those, no matter how powerful the Fatal Talent was, its effect could never be felt, and it would be as if the yer did not have any talent at all!

    ******

    However, for the other yers at the scene, they were not interested in how the shot managed to deal such high damage.

    The only thing they cared about was that Feng Luo¡¯s damage in that one shot had exceeded 50,000!

    50,000! There was no doubt that it was one of the highest damage dealt by a yer in War at that moment.

    Even if amon yer were incredibly lucky and activated the critical hit that almost never appeared and could potentially increase one¡¯s damage by, at most, ten times, a 50,000 HP damage was still an incredible number!

    ¡°Oh my god!¡±

    ¡°You can be that strong after awakening the Force? That¡¯s crazy! What¡¯s gonna happen to us poor Machine Gunners?¡±

    In particr, after hearing Chairman Jiao speak, Dai, the ck woman, widened her eyes, while a very exaggerated self-loathing expression hung on her face.

    As a Machine Gunner, she achieved a Kill Contribution of 15 percent, second to only Feng Luo.

    However, even though she ranked second, the difference was too big.

    One should know that she was a Machine Gunner. Since there weren¡¯t any maniptors attacking the monster just now, in theory, Machine Gunners were supposed to be the ones to top the damage output ranking!

    ¡°This...This strength is too debilitating!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why you guys should quickly find ways to activate your Force and quickly awaken it!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head andughed.

    He picked up Wings of Death and jumped off the roof of the energy SUV that he rode in and was now parked beside the corpse of the Sand Whale.

    Although they were all acquaintances, the Psionic Energy Bonus Property ¨C Destroy was a trump card that Feng Luo was not yetfortable to disclose.

    As such, Feng Luo did not exin in detail. Instead, he kept quiet and went with the flow, acknowledging that the high damage was due to the awakened Force.

    However, he had mentioned to the others before about the new effect of the Fatal Talent after the awakening. So even though the others were surprised by the shot earlier, it was still within an eptable range for a person who had awakened the Force!

    They also knew that awakening the Force would also ¡°awaken the Talent,¡± and that the talent would be so insanely powerful!

    On this, it made the others in the group so much more excited about awakening their Force!

    After the system update, awakening the Force in the game had be a lot easier. The reason was that the game system had added a stat that was simr to the Force Guidance Chip.

    As such, by undertaking various self-damaging experiments, many yers had already found ways to help them awaken the Force.

    On the first night after the update, one yer even announced that he had seeded in awakening a Force called Explosion.

    And up until that point in time, the number of yers who had awakened the Force and had revealed that fact on the forum in the entire game had exceeded 15.

    Each of them gained a certain amount of fame and poprity!

    However, the fastest person who seeded in awakening the Force on the first night since the update did not manage to get the title of being the third person to awaken the Force in the game as he had hoped.

    The reason was that just before he announced that he had awakened the Force, Phoenix¡ªafter the previous mission ended¡ªhad finally gone online.

    She had already, in a very high-profile manner, announced that she had awakened the Force during the Ruin Exploration Mission back then and had imed the seat as being ¡°number three.¡±

    Moreover, since Phoenix also admitted to awakening the Force, people have suddenly begun to notice that among the five Special Agent yers, two of them had actually imed two spots among the top three in awakening the Force.

    This led to the reignition of the debate and poprity of the already hotly discussed profession, the Special Agent. A lot of information and details concerning the profession were also dug out!

    And for the ten yers who managed to get into the top 15 and, as such, were automatically eligible to take part in the second Special Agent selection examination, they received multiple invites from various major guilds and financial conglomerates, along with all kinds of benefits!

    As for the reason for all those? Naturally, it was self-exnatory.

    The game officials announced that War could help a yer¡¯s body in the real world ¡°evolve,¡± and the impact on the in-game environment was not as calm as the high-level map area that Feng Luo and the others were currently located in!

    After realizing that War had a much more important position than first realized, many financial groups and conglomerates that had taken the stance of an onlooker before had all announced their decisions to enter the game.

    In a short time, a lot of capital flowed into the game. The price of equipment and gears being sold at the Exchange doubled instantly, and some were even still climbing.

    It was not only the value of items and equipment that were experiencing a surge; superstar yers, as well as top-ss yers, were also experiencing a rise in their value!

    At the moment, the poprity of superstar yers in War had undoubtedly andpletely surpassed the poprity of superstars in the real world.

    The yers seated at the top of the poprity ranking, along with the yers who possessed incredible skills and strength, had also be the target of the newly injected capital of these various groups.

    Using Feng Luo, who was still among the hottest search term at the moment, as an example, he had already received invitations from over a hundred financial groups and major guilds over the past three days.

    From the ¡°signing fee¡± alone, he would be able to get 10 million to 100 million Star Coins, as long as he agreed to join their guilds.

    Some had even made proposals that directly appointed Feng Luo as the guild leader, in addition to supplying him with Legendary-grade equipment as well as the best resources the game had to offer!

    In terms of these offers, Feng Luo did not look into them in detail. He simply left them in a corner of the message inbox of hisms device!

    Maybe he would join a guild, but it would definitely not be a guild of these financial groups!

    In addition, even if the guild or organization really did offer him 100 million Star Coins, would it be enough?

    After the game officials announced this, the value of the three chips in Feng Luo¡¯s possession surged at a frightening pace!

    If in the past, Feng Luo was still worried that the price of the boss-grade chip sold at an auction would not reach the 10 billion credits offered by Xiao Luo Shui, now he no longer had to worry anymore!

    The only thing he needed to consider at the moment was the price of the chip at the end of the auction¡ªjust how much it would exceed 10 billion credits!

    One should never underestimate the amount of financial capital possessed by the financial conglomerates in this incredibly wealthy Gctic Era!

    ******

    ¡°Ah, a t tire!¡± said the Light Armored Warrior, One Pir Skyward, who went to pick up items beside the Sand Whale¡¯s corpse, in a surprised and delighted tone.

    ¡°Although it has not yet been appraised, this should at least be Excellent grade. Considering the level gap between the monster and us, it¡¯s also possible for a Rare grade to drop,¡± One Pir Skyward said as he picked up the gunner glove-type equipment and raised it in the air.

    The others agreed with him. ¡°Yeah, in this current environment, this thing should be quite valuable!¡±

    Although it was probably a Level-70 gear and, as such, simr to the item dropped by the earlier Elite-grade Lizard, which should not be usable at the current juncture, the grades of the two items were different.

    No matter what the situation was, Excellent- and Rare-grade items always had a good-enough market value.

    In particr, at that moment, vast amounts of capital were flowing into War, and as such, the price of high-grade gears experienced a more substantial price surgepared to the lower-grade ones.

    Some guilds had even preemptively begun collecting these sorts of high-grade gears at that current moment before the price of these items soar so that they could prepare their Elite squads in advance.

    That was why there was no need to question the value of this pair of gloves.

    That meant that, at the very least, the cost of Feng Luo and Dai¡¯s ammunition for the battle could be recouped.

    However, the item was actually not the main priority. The really useful items were the materials dropped by the Sand Whale.

    On the ground beside the Sand Whale¡¯s corpsey a ck rock material about the size of a head that was emanating not only an odd stench but also a white glow.

    [Ambergris (3,082 g)]

    After being ignited, the generated smell will chase away almost all gregarious small-sized creatures living in the Death Desert. Its effect would weaken the creatures at or above the Commander grade, but the effect is useless against boss-type creatures!

    Quality: Excellent

    The item that was emanating a bad smell actually had a surprisingly ¡°fragrant¡± name!

    And the system¡¯s exnation regarding its uses gave everyone a delightful surprise. There was no doubt that the value of this item was above that of the gunner¡¯s glove and had a higher chance of being a piece of Rare-grade equipment!

    In the desert, thergest threat was not actually gargantuan monsters like the Sand Whale; instead, it was the super small, or even microsized, monsters!

    In a desert environment where food was scarce, the body size of monsters evolved towards being smaller in size, sorge and gigantic monsters like the Sand Whale defied logic and were incredibly rare.

    On the contrary, gregarious micro monsters were abundant, for example, ants, scorpions, and snakes.

    These gregarious micro monsters would normally not have a high level. Moreover, since they were gregarious, their individual strength would also typically be weaker than a normal monster of the same level.

    However, the real threat of these creatures was far higher than a Level-70 Commander-grade Sand Whale. It¡¯s because of their numbers, which were utterly ridiculous!

    An example would be the Desert Fire Ants that Feng Luo once encountered in the Withered Desert.

    Back then, over 150 yers participated in the raid and consequent battle.

    In the end, almost all of them were wiped out, and it was only an intermediate level nest!

    The reason the group was wiped out was partly due to a few yers who provoked a Commander-grade monster that subsequently evolved into a boss-grade monster because of the mission they were doing. And that was enough to prove that these low-level gregarious monsters were not to be trifled with.

    And this time, their target was hidden deep within the more hazardous Death Desert. There was a high enough chance for them to encounter these gregarious monsters.

    A simple party of just ten yers was clearly not capable of fighting a horde of these gregarious monsters head-on. Even if it were a small-scale nest, they could only avoid it in advance after Mu Zi¡¯s Legendary-grade Recon Meter detected it!

    However, even a Legendary-grade Recon Meter could not guarantee a 100 percent sess rate.

    In War, there were just too many monsters that had the ability to ovee the Recon Meter¡¯s detection ability.

    A lot of times, by the time the Recon Meter discovered the monster¡¯s tracks, the yers would have already been surrounded.

    Therefore, yers should not assume, even for a second, that they could ignore these small insect-type monsters since they have their energy SUV vehicles.

    For example, the Desert Fire Ants¡¯ ability to fly so fast isparable to that of a bullet fired from a gun. Also, when ites to their incredibly destructive bite, even a Heavy Knight¡ªwho possesses armorparable to that of tanks¡ªwould not be able to hold on for a very long time when surrounded by these ants!

    However, this supposed huge problem of theirs had seemingly vanished into thin air thanks to this chunk of ck material that smelled a little bit like that something!

    This Sand Whale definitely contributed greatly!

    ******

    After picking up and clearing the items dropped by the Sand Whale, the group waited for thebat status to end before bringing out two SUVs. Then, they continued driving towards their destination!

 Chapter 694 - Arrived, Desert City Ruins

    <h4>Chapter 694: Arrived, Desert City Ruins</h4>

    Time: 19:00

    Coordinates: Death Desert Depths (1,344, 3,894)

    In a city ruin that was covered in yellow sand, the sun had set on the other side of the sky, leaving just a little bit of afterglow that left long after shadows of the sand-covered buildings in the city ruin. Some of the buildings looked worn out after being exposed to the elements for long periods of time.

    ¡°Vroom! Vroom!¡±

    The shadows of two vehicles, two dust-covered SUVs, moved into the ruins, leaving dust in the wind. After that, both vehicles stopped at a certain location!

    ¡°Finally, we are here!¡±

    ¡°This should be the ce, right?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, the rendezvous point mentioned in the chip is this ce. ording to the information stored by the NPC, this is arge base that the army back then built for the Zergs.¡±

    A simple conversation between the people inside the two SUVs could be heard.

    ¡°Military bases usually have decent things. However, we have no way of exploring it in our current condition.¡±

    Chairman Jiao looked around with a curious expression at first, but then a look of disappointment filled his face.

    The ce they were in was obviously in ruin. However, most of the ce had been covered by the desert sand. Additionally, some of the exposed areas that weren¡¯t covered in sand had been badly damaged!

    If they were to explore the ce with just their squad, then they would need at least a few months to aplish the task.

    ¡°So what should we do next? Did the system provide any hints?¡± the newly joined Fire Maniptor, Burnt, asked Mu Zi.

    Mu Zi was the person who epted this mission. And he also had more informationpared to the others.

    ¡°No. We probably have to find that A-2 underground research base on our own.¡±

    Mu Zi got out of the energy SUV with his submachine gun in hand. He looked at the screen of his Scout Bracelet and shook his head.

    The information chip obtained in the underground ruin did not indicate the specific position of the A-2 underground research base.

    It only said that after they arrived at the location and after they exined their situation to the people at the military base, they would be led to the A-2 underground research base.

    However, it was now clear that when the NPC left the recording in the information chip, he had not imagined that it would be decadester before anyone got their hands on the chip.

    The military base that was supposed to be the rendezvous point had almostpletely been devoured by the sands of the desert.

    Of course, even though the NPC did not mention it, as yers, each of the yers from the group had already thought of this.

    However, it did not affect their decision, and they still decided to get to this location.

    The reason was that since the system had issued this mission, it meant that it could bepleted.

    Apart from that, to Feng Luo, this mission was not his main priority. His main priority was to find a way to heal 24K.

    ¡°There¡¯s actually no hint at all? The system should technically give some hints, no?¡± Burnt asked, puzzled.

    At that moment, Mu Zi suddenly shouted, ¡°Pay attention! Something appeared!¡±

    The Legendary-grade Recon Meter in his hands quickly projected a screen in front of everyone.

    On the projected screen, multiple yellow dots moving at high speed appeared!

    Moreover, unlike normal movement, the group of white dots was not moving towards them from afar; instead, the group was moving from underneath them!

    Mu Zi spoke clearly and concisely. ¡°Monsters! Underground! Over there!¡±

    When this happened, the submachine gun had already been raised to a height parallel to his chest, bullets loaded as he took a battle stance!

    ¡°Underground?¡±

    Apart from Burnt, who reacted slightly slower than the rest, the other yers had already quickly moved to bring out their weapons. Dai also turned the six-barreled machine gun towards that location.

    The target disyed on the Recon Meter was a building that was almostpletely covered in sands about a hundred meters away from them. Only the top part of the building remained above the sand.

    After everyone made preparations quickly, the sand in front of the buried building that seemed ordinary suddenly burst into the air!

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    An agile yellow figure flew out of the sand like a cannonball!

    It was a small monster with amazing mobility.

    It had a tiny ck crescent-shaped ear andrge eye sockets with ck rims. The nose was conical and brown, and the creature¡¯s body was covered in yellow fur that camouged it nicely amidst the yellow sand. It looked like abination of a rabbit and a fox!

    [Mutant Meerkat. Base Level: 55. HP: 9,600. Gregarious. A normal group contains around 30 to 100 units. Naturally brutal, aggressive.]

    The screen of the Legendary-grade Recon Meter quickly disyed the information of the cute-looking monster to everyone.

    As a creature with a base level of only 55, a single Mutant Meerkat was definitely considered weak in this kind of environment, where the average level for monsters was 70 and above.

    However, as a gregarious-type monster, their numbers could definitely make up for their individual weakness.

    As long as they charged as a group, even some Elite-grade Level-70 monsters in this area would be prey for these meerkats!

    And this time, they had obviously chosen Feng Luo¡¯s group who had just stepped into their domain as their prey.

    ¡°Boom! Boom! Boom!¡±

    One after another, Mutant Meerkats charged out from under the sand in front of the battered and worn-out building. After that, they started moving towards the Nightless City Club group.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-12260!¡±

    However, the meerkats who had be used to being the boss around the area had clearly met their match today!

    The first Mutant Meerkat that surfaced was already close to Feng Luo¡¯s group. It looked fierce and menacing as it closed in.

    As it moved at high speed, it was struck directly by a Sniper bullet. Then, it exploded, and blood sttered on the ground. Its body was turned into mincemeat!

    Since after the update, the damage of thest hit could exceed the remaining HP of the target, Feng Luo¡¯s shot actually dealt a damage number that was higher than that of the meerkat¡¯s total HP!

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    Submachine gun rounds also rang in the air.

    A series of bullets hit the Mutant Meerkat¡¯s body, and the supposed agile footsteps of the meerkat suddenly twitched as if it was dancing.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    A firewall appeared from thin air and ignited the skin and fur of a few Mutant Meerkats that were not able to rein in their charge. In an instant, the smell of roasted meat also filled the air!

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta!¡±

    Thest sound to appear was the sound of machinegun fire, and it also announced the fate of these Mutant Meerkats!

    *****

    The battle did notst very long. After around a minute, no more white dots were moving upwards on the disy of the Recon Meter.

    Instead, a few of the white dots that were halfway through their journey to the surface suddenly turned around to move quickly back underground, to a zone that was so deep that the Recon Meter could not detect due to the terrain.

    One Pir Skyward, assigned to pick up items, shook off the blood on his sword and said with a smile, ¡°Ha! These monsters don¡¯t have high HP, but the things they drop are quite nice. Some of them actually dropped silver crystals. If we just consider the materials, that¡¯s at least 5,000 to 6,000 credits right there.¡±

    ¡°But these little bastards¡¯ attack power ain¡¯t that weak. Moreover, they move very quickly! It was a good thing that Mu Zi¡¯s Recon Meter warned us in advance. Otherwise, we might have lost someone,¡± said the panting Fire Maniptor, Burnt, with lingering fear while he was being treated by Little Snow after three Mutant Meerkats closed in on him earlier and attacked him, making him lose his energy shield and half of his HP.

    In the depths of the Death Desert, no monster could be called ordinary.

    Do not be tricked by the seemingly casual and rxed atmosphere earlier. The ce was really quite dangerous!

    Mu Zi looked at the Recon Meter. After confirming that there weren¡¯t any monstersing up, he turned around and noticed Feng Luo gazing at the almostpletely buried building where the Mutant Meerkats appeared earlier. It looked like Feng Luo was thinking about something.

    ¡°Brother Feng, what are you thinking?¡±

 Chapter 695 - Unknown Hazard!

    <h4>Chapter 695: Unknown Hazard!</h4>

    Feng Luo pointed to the building covered in sand and said, ¡°I¡¯ve been thinking... That is probably the system¡¯s hint!¡±

    Burnt And Run looked puzzled and asked, ¡°Huh? That¡¯s the hint?¡±

    Feng Luo nodded.

    ¡°The disy on the recon meter showed that the monsters were not moving in a straight line or a curved line. Instead, they were moving polygonally in some of the areas. It looked as if they were moving upwards through something that might be staircases or something of that sort!¡±

    ¡°The recon meter¡¯s ruler also noted that they were located at a depth of 30 meters. This has already exceeded the theoretical height of the sand dune!¡±

    Chairman Jiao¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°Brother Feng, what do you mean?¡±

    Feng Luo then exined the reason he made that judgment.

    ¡°A military base would never consist only of a surface base. Most military bases would have constructed an underground section. Actually, due to safety reasons, the underground structures are usually a lot more important than the surface ones, and they are usually harder to damage or destroy!¡±

    ¡°Our mission is to find the A-2 research base, which is also an underground research base!¡±

    ¡°So that¡¯s how it is!¡±

    The group understood what Feng Luo had meant.

    Then, Burnt And Run asked with a puzzled face, ¡°But Brother Feng, how do you know the height from the surface? Why did you say that the monsters have retreated to a location that is lower than the surface?¡±

    Feng Luo answered, ¡°The reason therge sand dune around us formed is probably due to the walls around the military base blocking the movement of the sand. Using the elevation that we experienced earlier, we can get a rough estimate of the position of the original surface military base!¡±

    ¡°Then, simply byparing it with the info on the recon meter, you¡¯ll be able to get the answer!¡±

    ¡°Ah, this sounds very simple, but who¡¯d pay attention to these things in a battle? Brother Feng, were you actually thinking about these things just now?¡±

    Burnt And Run was now feeling convinced and utterly impressed.

    Feng Luo shook his head andughed gently. Then, he looked around the others and said, ¡°Perhaps it is due to the ¡®evolution¡¯!¡¯¡±

    ¡°The lower levels of that building should be connected to the underground base of the military base. We should be able to find things rted to the A-2 research base inside.¡±

    ¡°That is why my suggestion is to go underground using that building first!¡±

    No one objected to Feng Luo¡¯s suggestion.

    Everyone felt that Feng Luo¡¯s deduction was very logical and made sense.

    However, by the time they reached the front of that building, they were faced with another problem.

    Although the building was notpletely buried, it was still filled with sand.

    If they wanted to enter, they had to get all the sand out from the building by digging their way through.

    It was an incredibly annoying task. The group spent over a dozen minutes working on it but did not even finish three meters!

    Rose Thorns opened her mouth and said, ¡°Let¡¯s get our pets to help too!¡±

    ¡°Ah, that¡¯s right! We almost forgot about that!¡±

    Everyone seemed quite speechless. They were baffled as to why they had not thought of that earlier.

    The battles over the past few days had been against really high-level monsters. As such, pets would have easily died.

    Moreover, the game system changed the setting such that yers weren¡¯t able to summon or retrieve pets when they were inbat mode. As a result, none of them summoned their pets to fight in the battles.

    However, they were not engaged in a battle right now. They were just digging through sand, and pets were naturally wonderful freebor!

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...¡±

    White lights kept shing as seven different pets appeared on the sand dune!

    There were only two among them who did not summon their pets. One of them did not do so since the pet was too small and was not suited to doing this kind of work.

    The other person was Feng Luo.

    24K was still unconscious. Otherwise, summoning Collector Beetle Unify would make this task easy. It would need at most a minute to get through this pile of sand.

    However, one of the pets that were summoned was also adept at digging holes through sand.

    Dai¡¯s pet was, in fact, a snake. Its skin color was almost the same as the sand. It was a Desert Golden Rattlesnake over seven meters long!

    Feng Luo was quite familiar with this type of snake. The reason was during the battle in the arena where Phoenix, Big Pineapple ¡°Three ck,¡± and himself battled against five others, one of the pets summoned by their opponents was a Desert Golden Rattlesnake!

    However, that Desert Golden Rattlesnake was a Commander Grade pet while Dai¡¯s was only an Elite Grade pet!

    The good thing was that an Elite Grade pet was sufficient.

    With the addition of a creature local to the desert environment, the process of digging through the sand became a lot easier!

    ...

    After half an hour, the group was already standing at the bottom level of the building. Under the illumination of some lighting devices, the group looked excitedly at arge corridor leading downwards!

    ¡°Brother Feng, color me impressed with your observation skills!¡±

    Boss Feng was equipping armor. It was inevitable since he was too fat, and the hole they dug was not big enough. As such, he had to take off his armor before going through the hole.

    The good thing was that the corridor wasrge enough. It was very tall and very wide.

    The situation was just as Feng Luo had predicted. The bottom of the building was directly connected to the underground base. A hidden underground building like this would clearly not be much affected by the sand on the surface.

    Everyone in the group could easily search for information regarding the position of the A-2 research base inside.

    But of course, they had to solve a problem before this!

    ¡°Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!¡±

    One after another, Mutant Meerkats with orange eyes charged quickly in the dark underground corridor towards the group while letting out angry roars!

    Of course, this group of Level-30 to Level-40 Mutant Meerkats, as well as some adolescent ones that were below Level-20, did not really pose a big threat to the group.

    ...

    After getting rid of that tiny hurdle at the underground base, Feng Luo¡¯s group seeded in entering the underground corridor of the military base.

    At that moment, the sky outside turnedpletely dark.

    Even though it waspletely dark right now, the Death Desert did not lose any of its colors!

    Since the Death Desert had a type of gravel that contained a special kind of mineral, the surface of the entire desert was emanating a light red glow that provided sight to various nocturnal creatures.

    In the depths of the Death Desert, the surface temperature in the day could reach as high as 70 Celsius.

    Even desert creatures that were incredibly heat resistant would find it hard to bear a temperature that high.

    As such, most animals only start moving and hunting at night or in the evening.

    Once Feng Luo and the others stepped foot into the base...

    After a minute, a giant ck-purple eagle that was over ten metersrge when it extended its wings in the sky suddenly charged downward!

    Itsrge wings generated a strong gust of wind that rattled the entire desert. The sand that was blown away revealed over a dozen or so of the Mutant Meerkats corpses. The corpses had blood stains which had been quickly dried by the incredibly high temperature.

    After that, the eagle extended its long neck and devoured the corpses one by one.

    If Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter was still in range at the moment, it would be frantically sending out warning signals. It would also show a red dot, which signified that a Boss grade monster had appeared.

    Purple Blood Falcon. Level-70 Quasi Boss!

    There was no doubt that the Quasi Boss eagle¡¯s te would have ten more humans on it if Feng Luo¡¯s group had been one step slower in entering the underground corridor.

    Although they could defeat a Level-70 Commander Grade monster, they would have no chance of winning a Quasi Boss monster, which was only a grade higher on the monster tier. That is even if they had a backup of ten more people.

 Chapter 696 - Underground City

    <h4>Chapter 696: Underground City</h4>

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-10022!¡±

    ¡°5550!¡±

    A Double Armor-piercing Bullet covered in ayer of Psionic Energy spun at high speed and hit in between the red eyes of a Level-60 Commander Grade Mutant Rat about the size of a calf, puncturing through its skull and brain. Blood sttered into the air!

    It had been over ten minutes since Feng Luo¡¯s group entered the underground zone of the military base.

    The direct distance between their current position and the building that they first entered was less than 200 meters.

    The reason they moved so slowly was that in addition to the surviving Mutant Meerkats that they had encountered in the corridor, they also encountered a horde of over 200 Mutant Rats in their current position!

    It was clear that the underground part of the military base had be the nest of various desert creatures.

    The good thing was that all the monsters had a concept of a domain.

    And in 200 meters, even with a forked road in the middle, they had only encountered two waves of monsters.

    ¡°Boom!¡±

    ¡°-2845!¡±

    With the strength generated from Charge, she leaped into the air and then descended. Using a thick alloy shield, she mmed into the Commander Grade Mutant Rat¡¯s almost broken head. Rose Thorns seized the opportunity and killed this low HP Level-60 Commander Grade monster that had amazing attack power!

    The number of rats in this wave was higher than the number of Mutant Meerkats, and their base level exceeded Level-60.

    The good thing was that their HP was not all that high ¨C simr to the Mutant Meerkats. Moreover, like the Mutant Meerkats from the earlier battle, their attacks were pure physical attacks.

    As such, in this rtively simpler underground corridor environment, the people from Nightless City Club had enough power to cover the entire area. Therefore, the wave did not deal too much damage to their team!

    Of course, with numbers like this and monsters at that level, it was impossible for there to be no threat at all!

    Based on Boss Feng¡¯s chest te, which was seriously dented and bleeding profusely due to multiple scratches, and therge hole in Chairman Jiao¡¯s energy robe, one could tell that this battle was not as easy as the earlier battle!

    Although they were gregarious monsters, the rats¡¯ level was quite high, which meant they were not easy to deal with.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak...¡±

    The good thing was that after the Commander Grade monster died, the remaining 100 plus Mutant Rats immediately made an escape. They ran and disappeared in the various dark corridors in front of them!

    Naturally, the group of yers had no intention of giving chase!

    Additionally, the items dropped by the Mutant Rats in this unexplored region were quite decent. After killing over a hundred rats, energy crystals worth tens of thousands of credits were dropped!

    However, they did not know the location of the research base at that moment. So, consumable items like ammunition needed to be conserved as much as possible. They would avoid battles as much as possible!

    Their target this time was not to farm monsters or to explore the region. It was toplete the mission!

    ...

    ¡°Mu Zi, how is it? Can it still be used?¡±

    After half a minute, Chairman Jiao looked very expectant and asked Mu Zi. Mu Zi was standing beside a wall and had just disassembled the surface of the device. Then, he grabbed a storage andputation core chip from within. After that, he quickly ced the chip on a Chip Master reading device.

    Now that there wasn¡¯t anyone in the base, did it mean that they could not read or obtain data inside the base?

    For yers who had special devices or instruments for ruin explorations, it was clearly not the case!

    After killing the Mutant Rats, the group discovered that the location of the rats¡¯ nest had an intelligence terminal mounted on the wall.

    A terminal like this typically stored data about the ruin. asionally, it would even have a structural map of the base!

    As such, Mu Zi, who was a Chip Master, naturally started to act.

    Mu Zi quickly clicked on something on the device. After looking at the details that were disyed on the screen, he looked delighted and said, ¡°Yes, it is usable... Moreover, this terminal is probably a branchputer in the area. It actually has a structural map of the base!¡±

    However, a few seconds after Mu Zi lowered his head to analyze the 3D structure of the underground base extracted from the device, his face became stiff. Then, he suddenly took a huge breath in!

    ¡°Hmm? Hold on... Tsk, no way!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    The others were confused.

    ¡°Look at this!¡±

    Mu Zi had a shocked expression. He immediately erged the image on the device and projected it in the air using his Scout Bracelet.

    ¡°Holy sh*t... No way!¡±

    After looking at the erged image clearly, the others either took a deep breath or frowned.

    The location of the A-2 research base could not be found from the map of the base obtained on the terminal!

    Even though they failed to find the location of the target research base, the incredibly detailed structural image provided them a map of the entire underground base.

    The most shocking thing was that...

    ¡°The radius is over 20 kilometers?¡±

    After looking at the annotation on the structural image, everyone¡¯s immediate reaction was the same as Mu Zi¡¯s. They were dumbfounded.

    The underground base actually had a radius of over 20km, and the widest area even exceeded 50km!

    This was not an underground base!

    It was an underground city. Moreover, it was an underground city that was bigger than an average city!

    The area spanned over a thousand square kilometers, which was a size that was as big as second-tier cities in the game. It might even berger than some of the more average second-tier cities, and might be closer to a first-tier main city.

    It was hard to imagine that a mega underground city of such a size was actually inside the Death Desert.

    Perhaps it was more urate to say that the ce was an underground ruin. Up till that moment, it was thergest underground ruin that anyone had ever seen!

    ¡°Phew! This ruin... If we could explore it, it¡¯d be hard to imagine what kind of reward we¡¯d be able to get!¡±

    Dai¡¯s eyes widened as her breath seemed to quicken its pace.

    ¡°Not guaranteed!¡±

    ¡°A ruin¡¯s worth cannot be measured just by its size!¡±

    ¡°From the areas that we walked past earlier, we can see that there was not even one defensivebat machine. There won¡¯t be any valuable items ¨C at least in this area!¡±

    Rose Thorns shook her head and poured cold water on everyone else.

    ¡°Most importantly, this is a zone with high-level monsters. The difficulty of exploring this ruin would be ridiculously high at this current juncture!¡±

    ¡°Since the monsters¡¯ levels are too high, the items they drop would also not be usable... That is why evenrge guilds might not be willing to risk investing in exploring a high-level ruin like this. They¡¯d probably wait until they are Level-60 or higher!¡±

    Rose Thorns¡¯ words helped a few of the others regain their senses from the delight and surprise they gained when they discovered this ¡°giant ruin.¡±

    It was true that this underground ruin was thergest they had ever seen. However, arge ruin did not mean that it was valuable.

    Or perhaps, at the current moment, exploring a ruin like this would cost a lot of manpower and resources, and the investment might not be worth the return!

    Only Feng Luo remained quiet and kept to himself, which is the second time that he did that by now.

    The reason was that he began to ponder about something after ncing at the image which Mu Zi erged and projected.

    He was in deep thought at first. But then, his gaze locked onto a region on the map as if he had discovered something that intrigued him greatly!

 Chapter 697 - Spaceship?!

    <h4>Chapter 697: Spaceship?!</h4>

    ¡°Eh? That¡¯s a little bit disappointing. Nevermind about whether it¡¯s good to explore it...¡±

    ¡°How are we going to find the position of that research base in the midst of such arge area if we don¡¯t have any clues?¡±

    One Pir Skyward looked disappointed and said with that a defeated tone.

    His words exined why some of the others were frowning earlier.

    It was clear that the A-2 research base was in an important zone which was highly confidential. That was why the location of the base was not directly shown on the structural image stored inside this intelligence terminal.

    Due to ack of intelligence, they did not have a clue at hand. In an underground city that was so frighteninglyrge, finding a research base that they have never seen before was almost an impossible task!

    With only ten of them, merely walking over the entire area would probably take a few days.

    Not to mention, a lot of the buildings inside this underground base had veryplex structures. Based on the structural image, some of the buildings were thousands of meters deep!

    Thousands of meters! What did this mean?

    Moreover, though all members of the party were equipped with full sets of Rare Grade gears and were very well-prepared, they were very aware that their overall condition was poor.

    With their strength, it was not possible for them to operate well in a high-level ruin like this for a very long time.

    In the no-man desert zone, and after three days of consumption, their ability to sustain themselves had greatly diminished. Even if they were able to avoid some monsters with the effects of the Scout Bracelet, and even with Feng Luo on their team, which meant that they had the ability to defeat a Level-70 Commander Grade monster, just how long could their remaining suppliesst?

    The moment the gunners run out of ammunition, or the maniptors run out of MP, or the warriors run out of backup armor...

    No matter how strong the team was, their only choice would be to retreat!

    ¡°What should we do?¡±

    Everyone grimaced.

    After all, they had toiled for a few days before reaching this destination.

    In the end, they discovered that their current abilities were not enough toplete the mission!

    They were both disappointed and frustrated!

    Only Feng Luo, at the moment, was still staring at the map projected in the air. His eyes showed that he was in deep thought. In particr, his gaze fell on a specific location on the map a few times!

    ¡°Mu Zi... Can you zoom in over here?¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly spoke to Mu Zi and pointed to a spot on the map.

    ¡°Oh... okay!¡±

    Mu Zi was stunned for a brief moment. Then, he immediately lowered his head to control the device.

    As Mu Zi worked on the device, the others looked over at it. Dai asked expectantly, ¡°Brother Feng, did you discover something?¡±

    He asked the question because Feng Luo was earlier able to determine through the recon meter image that a base existed during the battle. It convinced the rest of them about Feng Luo¡¯s observation skills.

    And Feng Luo¡¯s current facial expression looked as if he had discovered something!

    ¡°I¡¯m still not sure yet. Let¡¯s wait for Mu Zi to zoom in the image first.¡±

    Feng Luo did not answer with 100% conviction. He only kept staring at the map.

    At that moment, Mu Zi had zoomed in on the zone that Feng Luo pointed at and the area covered the entire screen.

    ¡°Is that an intelligence terminal?¡±

    At that point, the rest of the group looked at the screen with puzzled gazes.

    They noticed that the area which Mu Zi zoomed in to was a fusiform building zone filled with buildings that had rtively simpler designspared to the one they were in. The zone was around a five-kilometer straight-line distance away from their current position.

    However, the building zone covered quite arge area.

    From the map, the building zone covered an area that was around five-kilometers in diameter!

    The structure of the underground city was different from the cities on the surface.

    Since weight was a consideration, the buildings were not constructed together. Instead, they were scattered into several different zones.

    And in between these different zones were various underground corridors simr to the one that they walked through.

    The building zones varied in size. Some were big while others were tiny. However, this zone, which was named The Terminal, was the absolutergest zone around. Its diameter of five-kilometers means that it was one percent of the humongous underground city!

    ¡°Terminal? Looking at the structure and the name, it looks simr to and route point terminal on the surface... Looking down at the map from a bird¡¯s eye view, this zone looks like it is directly or at least indirectly connected to its surrounding zones!¡±

    ¡°It looks like it is a transportation hub. Since it is rted to almost every other zone, there should be a lot of clues in there... Brother Feng, do you think that we might be able to find information regarding the target research base in this terminal?¡±

    Burnt And Run¡¯s eyes lit up as he asked.

    ¡°Not necessarily.¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s reply brushed off his question. He then said, ¡°Look over here. What is the shape of this zone? Also, what is the structure of the building?¡±

    ¡°Shape? Structure?¡±

    The others turned to investigate the area on the map after hearing Feng Luo speak.

    ¡°Hold on... The shape of this zone... Why does it look a bit like a ship?¡±

    Before long, Dai was the first to speak curiously.

    ¡°No... That¡¯s not a ship. There¡¯s no way a ship as big as that exists, right? Tsk... Holy crap, could this be a...¡±

    One Pir Skyward interrupted Dai. His eyes were filled with excitement and shock. He took a deep breath before finally saying, ¡°Spaceship!¡±

    ¡°Oh my God!¡±

    ¡°Really!? It looks like it is!¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t notice it before, but upon closer inspection, it really does look like one. Moreover, the deepest area of the building structures in this zone goes a thousand meters deep! Even if it were an underground city, a building zone usually wouldn¡¯t have anything that was as deep!¡±

    ¡°A spaceship... This value... I can¡¯t even imagine it anymore!¡±

    Everyone started to understand what this zone was.

    After that, the initial defeated mood had turned into excitement.

    A spaceship! This was a spaceship!

    Space. That was the key!

    War¡¯s current version was probably the version for Force awakening. This version was also the version after Level-50.

    On the forum, there was a theory. It said that in the next update ¡ª or at least, the update after the next one ¡ª the game would wee the space era.

    After all, considering the background story of War, the people would charge out of the and into space one day, after technology has recovered to a certain degree.

    From the background story, the inter Sam Group would probably have a lot of parts to y!

    Apart from the background, there was another piece of evidence. The evidence was the yers had discovered that the highest level monsters on the were only Level-70!

    So, where were the monsters that were of a higher level?

    It was clear. They were in space. A case in point is when Feng Luo and the others viewed the extracted memories of the Cerebrate. They saw the gigantic gctic beasts that wererger than spaceships. Those were simply breath-taking!

    However, this version probably still needed more time before activating those contents.

    After all, yers did not even have the Force yet. They would have no chance of defeating those mega monsters which were above Level-80!

    However, even though the space version was not activated, it did not mean that a spaceship would be useless.

    For example, among the NPC factions in the current War, only the rebel army and the Federation Government had the ability to build spaceships. Moreover, although these spaceships or spacecraft could fly in space, they had not yet made the crucial spatial transition technology possible, and the uses were limited.

    The reason was that back in the day when the Sam Group retreated, they took away all data regarding this particr technology as well as the spaceships.

    This was also the reason why the current game setting was limited to one!

    Since the two strongest factions had limited spaceship construction capabilities, there was no need to consider the capabilities of other factions.

    This meant that all NPC factions would desire a genuine spaceship!

    So, if yers, who were regarded by NPCs as adventurers, could discover a spaceship leftover by the Sam Group in the ruin and thereafter hand it over to the Federation Government or any other faction, their reward would be unbelievable, based on the principles of the rewarding system!

    Legendary equipment, hidden upations, and huge amount of credit points... All of these are at your fingertips.

 Chapter 698 - City Building

    <h4>Chapter 698: City Building</h4>

    ¡°Don¡¯t cheer too early! The map extracted from the terminal is just a structural image and not a realistic map.¡±

    ¡°Even if it is a spaceship, it is still highly possible that it has been driven away by someone, and the only thing left is theunchpad!¡±

    When he first thought that a spaceship was in the middle of the ruin, Feng Luo felt excited for a little while too, but he quickly realized this.

    ¡°That¡¯s right... How could we forget this?¡±

    After Feng Luo¡¯s remark, everyone¡¯s excitement died down.

    Indeed, the structural image may show that but, no one can guarantee that it has remained that way.

    The spaceship might have already been driven away by the NPCs of the base, and theunchpad might be the only thing left.

    Theunchpad might even be gone too!

    Who knew? It might have already been blown up to prevent the ¡°rebels¡± from chasing them.

    It was simply too early to be excited about it right now!

    ¡°We have to go and check it out!¡±

    Everyone looked at one another and understood that they were all in agreement.

    A spaceship that might exist is simply too meaningful for anyone, no matter the yer.

    If they could really confirm that a spaceship existed in the ruin... Then, even if they failed to find the A-2 research base andplete their mission, it would still be fine.

    However, it is extremely difficult to get to the zone with the spaceship.

    The distance between them and the zone with the spaceship was approximately five kilometers. However, if there were twists and turns along the way, the total distance they would have to travel is over ten kilometers!

    With such a long distance, it was guaranteed that they would encounter a lot of monsters and it would be very dangerous. They will need at least a few hours to get there.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t we turn around and travel along the desert? Since we already know the position of the spaceship, we will only need to drive the SUV for half an hour before getting there!¡± Burnt and Run suggested.

    ¡°We can¡¯t do that. The clock has just struck midnight. It is the peak period for creatures in the Death Desert toe out and forage for food. Moreover, the SUV causes too much of amotion, the noise it generates might attract a lot of monsters in the surrounding area!¡±

    ¡°However, many of the monsters underground would have surfaced at this time, and the number of monsters down there should be lowerpared to that during the day. So, going there through the underground route should be even safer than from above!¡±

    Feng Luo shook his head as he answered.

    ¡°Brother Feng is right. Although we may not be able to see well underground, with Mu Zi¡¯s Legendary-Grade recon meter, detecting the monsters in advance won¡¯t be as hard. Moreover, in an environment like this where there are so many corridors, there¡¯s a lower chance for us to encounter monsters.¡±

    Mu Zi nodded in agreement.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, as long as we don¡¯t encounter a boss monster, we will be alright as we can still fight a Level-70 Commander-Grade monster... The only thing we need to worry about is encountering a horde of gregarious monsters. Actually, we should be able to handle that too... We still have the Ambergris, the rare material dropped by the Sand Whale Commander earlier on.¡±

    Rose Thorns said as they raised their shields.

    ¡°That¡¯s right, the Ambergris is able to chase away all the gregarious monsters living in the desert, right? I almost forgot about it!¡±

    Hearing Rose Thorns¡¯ words, Dai immediately remembered, evident from his facial expression.

    The main reason being the name, Ambergris. [1]

    However, its smell was really very ¡°special¡±. She smelled it once before and that was more than enough! She did not want to be reminded of that smell ever again!

    ¡°Why don¡¯t we vote? Should we head towards the zone with the spaceship right now?¡± Feng Luo asked as he looked at the others.

    ...

    The results? It was a unanimous decision to go there right now!

    Inspired by what One Pir Skyward once said, they had to at least go there and take a look. To see if there really is a spaceship in the zone...

    In the dark, underground corridor, the group slowly moved forward towards the zone with Terminal using his tools to illuminate their surroundings, allowing them to see where they were going better.

    Holding Wings of Death, Feng Luo walked in the middle of the group. His incredibly sharp eyes took in everything around him. He remained on high alert in case any monsters that had the ability to hide from Scouts¡¯ detection ability decided to ambush them.

    At the same time, his mind was racing with many thoughts and worries.

    Perhaps with the help of the NPC¡¯s army, we might be able topletely explore this ruin.

    At the same time, if we do this correctly, we might even be allowed toplete another important task together!

    Maybe we will even get to build a city by ourselves!

    As for Mu Zi and the others, after seeing the markings on the map that indicated the area of the ruins with the spaceship, the first thing they thought of was to explore this remarkable underground ruin and obtain all the treasures hidden in it!

    If it were the old Feng Luo, he might have had the same thoughts as Mu Zi and the others!

    However, after he saw the map earlier on, a different thought filled his mind.

    Could he use this underground ruin to build a city?

    The reason Feng Luo thought of this?

    Even though he is still a solo yer, he is also the boss of Nightless City!

    The handover agreement by the big boss was already in effect and now, the entire Nightless City belonged to Mu Wu and him.

    After discussing with Mu Wu, the two of them decided that Nightless City would be independent and eventually break out of Lu Conglomerate City in a few days.

    Naturally, Nightless City Club would also exit Lu Conglomerate City in the game!

    However, after they moved out of Lu Conglomerate City, where would Nightless City¡¯s base be?

    This was certainly going to be problematic.

    At first, Mu Wu wanted to base it in Storm City. They would wait a while and when Nightless City had enough funds, they would build their own guild base just like Lu Conglomerate City!

    Mu Wu looked quite confident about this n!

    Feng Luo had initially agreed to this n.

    However, when he saw the underground city map, even before he noticed the existence of the spaceship, Feng Luo felt that the ruin would actually be a nice ce to build their city!

    Building a city on top of a ruin would definitely reduce the amount of capital they would need to build the base of their guild. Moreover, they would be able to build the city a lot faster.

    Although it is an underground ruin, it was wide enough. It was evenparable to the size of a second-tier city and only a little bit smaller than Storm City ¡ª a main city!

    Since it will be a military base, building a city there would mean that they would not need to worry about defense or expansion issues in the future!

    On top of that, the ruin was located in the depths of Death Desert, a zone with the highest-level monsters, its future potential is fairly good too.

    Transportation in war will be quite convenient and there is no monster density requirement in the surrounding area when yers decide to build a city. However, since Boss monsters are too powerful, building a city in an area with high monster density might also mean it could be destroyed in an instant.

    Nheless, the higher the risk, the higher the return!

    One should know that even though the game had many high-level maps containing Level 50 to 60 monsters, top-level maps that contained many Level-70 monsters were certainly much rarer.

    yers¡¯ average levels are still low right now so the demand for Level-70 maps is still low. Nheless, it is evident that with the introduction of the Force, yers¡¯ levels will naturally increase. Before long, these Level-70 maps will quickly be important resources that would be in high demand but are of low supply!

    If Nightless City Club could initiate building a city there, they will naturally get a head start in upying top-level maps.

    Endnote

    [1] In Mandarin, the term for Ambergris has the word that means fragrant. This is why the author says that the name ¡°Ambergris¡± implies that it smells nice.

 Chapter 699: Arrived, Terminal

    <h4>Chapter 699: Arrived, Terminal</h4>

    Of course, if they wanted to build a city here, there would be problems!

    The first problem would be the one mentioned by Rose Thorns; exploring a ruin like this will fully require too much capital for the time being!

    This was a zone with at least a few thousand square kilometers, 20 timesrger than Lu Conglomerate City. Moreover, it has a section on the surface and underground!

    More importantly, for yers on the current stage, the level of the monsters in this ce is simply too high!

    A gap of over 20 levels. If they were to forcefully explore this area, the death rate was bound to be frighteningly high!

    Moreover, Nightless City Club had too little yers. It was impossible for them to seed in exploring the ce. But if they were to hire outsiders like Lu Conglomerate City, the price to pay at their current stage is just too high.

    Although they could choose a smaller zone to build their city in the beginning, an area that was not registered into the system will still continue to spawn monsters.

    Normal monsters were fine but if the surroundings of the city had a few nests of Level-70 boss monsters, the problem would be huge!

    If they did not deal with the top-notch boss monster, it would pose a huge risk to the city in the future.

    And if they were to deal with it, with the yers¡¯ equipment and levels at this stage, they would need at least 10,000 yers. And the key issue was that even if they did manage to kill the boss monster, it would simply just respawn.

    There were many other issues they would face for building their city in the middle of the desert, a clear disadvantage for them.

    A few of which are temperature and transportation uncertainties, and whether NPCs were willing to enter was another huge problem¡­ Apart from those, water sources will be one of the greatest problems they will face for building their city in the desert.

    In the game, whether they were a yer or an NPC, they needed to eat and drink to maintain their stamina. A city with millions of people staying in it will need shockinglyrge amounts of water. Therefore, a city in the middle of the desert would definitely make it difficult to provide such amounts of water!

    Furthermore, even though this ce was in the ¡°depths¡± of Death Desert, this so-called ¡°depths¡± was only rtive to the Storm City¡¯s position on one side only.

    If the other side of Death Desert where Death Forest was located was considered, the distance from the ce to the edge of the desert is only around a hundred miles!

    Another thing that needed to be mentioned is that Death Forest is no longer thergest forest on the. Instead, it is now only a small fraction left of its original size after the war - it is not even one-tenth of its original size.

    Nheless, despite the fact that it is now only one-tenth of its original size, it is still considered a fairlyrge subtropical forest.

    Simr to Death Desert, the area around it is categorized as maps with high-level monsters with levels 70 and above. Moreover, since the forest is in a location suited for many species, the monster density and variety of species in Death Forest is a lot higher than that in Death Desert!

    However, this will not affect our ns for building the city.

    After all, the city building is already within a high-level map, adding a few more monsters will not have much effect.

    One factor that will greatly affect the building of the city is the non-governmental NPC armed faction called the Freedom g which controls the main domain of Death Forest!

    Although that organization did not have the strength to face the Federation Government head-on like the rebel army, it still has some simrities as both groups liked to attack yers from the Federation camp!

    Moreover, with Nightless City Club¡¯s current strength, it was clear that they were no match to an armed NPC faction, even if it is just a third-rate NPC faction!

    ¡­

    All these problems would be very difficult to solve.

    Feng Luo thought to himself.

    However, if a spaceship really is hidden in this ruin, then at the very least, two of the problems could be solved easily as we can use the spaceship as leverage to borrow the strength of the NPCs!

    War gave yers a high degree of freedom. A spaceship is extremely important to the Federation government and it was apparent, given how they advertise it very well; they will definitely be able to get a lot of things in return for the spaceship.

    ¡­

    ¡°Be careful! Monsters!¡±

    Mu Zi, who was walking in front suddenly screamed a warning.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    ¡°-4234!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s mind started racing when Mu Zi shouted, but he was able to quickly lock eyes on the target, and Wings of Death¡¯s muzzle quickly shifted towards the target too.

    The Legendary-Grade bracelet projected that it was a Level-75 Elite-Grade spider-like monster with anti-detection ability sitting on top of the corridor ceiling on its screen. Their Detection skill was able to detect it too, allowing them to find it. A bullet struck the Level-75 monster and green blood-like liquid sttered onto the ground. This caused the monster to fall heavily on the ground!

    Feng Luo had the ability to minimize the amount of effort needed to fight even as his thoughts raced about something else because of another brain domain ¡°evolution¡±!

    ¡°Squeak!¡±

    However, even though the Level-75 monster was hit, the bullet did not strike a vital point. The Elite-Grade spider only lost one-tenth of its over 40,000 HP, and it was not afraid of the yers at all despite their decent equipment and considerable battle strength.

    It squealed at them and leapt back onto the corridor wall. Then, it crawled along the wall and charged at the yers.

    ¡°Squeak, squeak¡­¡±

    A few more squeals could be heard reverberating through the corridor.

    Eventually, it looked like they had entered the domain of gregarious monsters which were all over Level-70!

    ¡­

    In the giant underground corridor in the ruin¡­

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A centipede-looking monster over three meters long was shot by Feng Luo. The bullet struck its glowing purple carapace.

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    The B-Grade Degration Armor-piercing bullet exploded and the mmable liquid inside the bullet ignited causing the thumb-thick feelers on the giant centipede¡¯s head to catch fire.

    Without using psionic energy, Feng Luo fired three shots before finally crushing the shell on the head of the Level-79 Elite-Grade creature, causing the centipede to squirm like crazy on the ground in the za, hundreds of its ck ten centimeters long legs to scratch at the ground!

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta¡­¡±

    After that, Mu Zi fired consecutive shots to send the centipede with almost 50,000 HP andbat strengthparable to a Level-50 Commander-Grade into the Heavy Injury status.

    ¡°Pa!¡±

    Then, One Pir Skyward finished it up with an Armor Breaking sh and cut the giant, injured centipede into two, stopping it from moving ever again!

    ¡°Phew!¡±

    ¡°Finally, it is done!¡±

    ¡°The Terminal zone is right in front of us!¡±

    Many of One Pir Skyward¡¯s gears had been damaged. His face was covered in dust and he was panting heavily. However, his face was filled with excitement as he looked over at the other five who were also panting heavily.

    That¡¯s right, five! Apart from One Pir Skyward, the total number of survivors is only six.

    How can a group of Level-50 yers embark on a journey of over ten kilometers in a dangerous ce like this and not suffer any losses?

    The members of Nightless City Club squad were incredibly cautious throughout the journey. However, they still lost four members, Boss Meng, Little Snow, Burnt And Run, as well as Thousand Pound Apex.

    And they only had a few encounters with solo type monsters, not even the truly frightening gregarious monster hordes.

    In the ruin, they did face gregarious monsters, particrly in locations with za-like terrains where they encountered the Level-55 gregarious monster horde called Sand Nematode!

    These were far more simr to snakes than giant centipedes as they had ck steel wire-like bodies which were smoother than snakes. When it rolls itself up, it can crush a human¡¯s armor into pieces, and the horde has more than 10,000 of them!

    Moreover, the horde has blocked a road they needed to pass through!

    The good thing is that the Ambergris was very effective.

    The smell of the ck poop-like item is already quite terrible in its normal state but after being ignited, it emanates a fragrant scent that makes one feel great.

    By just burning a small chunk of it, about the size of a fist, they were able to chase away the horde of Sand Nematode that had surrounded them¡­ Otherwise, they would never have gotten to where they were now!

 Chapter 700: S-800 Space Battleship

    <h4>Chapter 700: S-800 Space Battleship</h4>

    ¡°That¡¯s the Terminal, right?¡±

    Six fully armed yers who looked like they had just gone through very intense battles slowly crawled out of the exit which was located at the edge of therge za.

    One Pir Skyward then pointed the lighting device he was holding towards that area. The light shone over a good 100 meters, from him to the location he was pointing at!

    ¡°Yes, that¡¯s the ce¡­ No monsters are being detected, no abnormal reactions either!¡±

    Mu Zi stared at the screen which is being projected in the air by his Legendary-Grade scout bracelet. At the same time, he was using his Detection skill to check whether there were any monsters in the area; there was no warning given, indicating that there were no monsters.

    ¡°In that case, let¡¯s hurry up and head there!¡±

    Dai was holding a pistol and her tone indicated that she was buzzing with excitement and could not wait to get there.

    Throughout their journey, she had already used all the ammunition she had in her inventory, and now, she could only battle using her pistol!

    This was the biggest weakness of the Machine Gunner. Even if they were to use an inventory with the biggest space avable, it was still impossible to carry a lot of heavy ammunition.

    Once they ran out of bullets, the Machine Gunner¡¯sbat strength was substantially reduced!

    However, the good thing was that they had finally arrived at their destination.

    ¡°Let¡¯s move out!¡±

    Although Mu Zi¡¯s recon meter did not detect any monsters in the vicinity, the group was still very cautious.

    They kept looking left and right, refusing to lower their guard as they walked past the za.

    The main reason they did not let their guard down is due to the fact that the Legendary-Grade recon meter was not 100% urate. This was evident earlier on; the Level-79 Elite-Grade Centipede that they encountered had anti-detection abilities.

    If it weren¡¯t for the reflection caused by light shining on its smooth carapace, the group might have lost more people and its ambush would have seeded!

    After walking past the hundred-meter wide za, the group walked towards the Terminal zone expectantly.

    However, they could not see any spaceship anywhere in the Terminal zone.

    The Terminal zone was surrounded by a 50-meter tall ¡°wall¡± made of light-reflecting materials, preventing them from being able to clearly see what was inside the Terminal zone!

    Despite the existence of this ¡°wall,¡± the group did not find it odd.

    After all, the structural map of the Terminal indicated that a wall surrounded the entire Terminal. It was probably once used to protect the spaceship within!

    However, this wall is now a hindrance to them.

    The wallpletely seals the entire space. After a few experiments, they found that the defense coefficient of the material was remarkable.

    Only a white mark appears even when a bullet hits it!

    The good thing is that Feng Luo still has a trump card!

    ¡°Pa¡­¡±

    Feng Luo brought out Ghost Weep. The red and ck de was quickly covered in ayer of ck ¡°flowing water¡±!

    Then, it sliced through the wall!

    ¡°Puff!¡±

    The ¡°wall¡± made of a thin, transparent material that even a bullet failed to break was instantly sliced through by the Ghost Weep¡¯s de which looked like it was burning due to the activation of the Destroy Psionic energy property.

    However, Feng Luo did not immediately carve out a holerge enough for a person to fit through. Instead, he carved a hole about the size of a head before sheathing the Ghost Weep!

    Feng Luo turned around and said to Mu Zi, ¡°Mu Zi, use Detection!¡±

    ¡°Alright!¡±

    Mu Zi did not ask why and simply cast the cooled down Detection skill into the hole.

    There were still no warning signalsing from the Legendary-Grade scout bracelet!

    Feng Luo unsheathed Ghost Weep again and carved a holerge enough for them to fit through!

    All six of them, led by the shield-bearing Rose Thorns and One Pir Skyward, went through the hole.

    By the time the group passed through the ¡°wall¡± and entered the Terminal, they eagerly used their lighting devices to illuminate the empty area in front of them!

    After the area brightened up, they felt ecstatic!

    ¡°There¡­ There¡­ There really is one¡­¡±

    Under the strong beam of light generated by their lighting devices, around a hundred meters away from them, a metallic cylinder with a diameter of at least 20 meters with aplexyered structure - a structure that was simr to a cannon¡¯s barrel - could be seen as its smooth metal reflected the light.

    From afar, one could tell that this cannon which far exceeds the size of the main cannon on a military ship, was not the only one around. There were at least ten in a row, stretching to a distance!

    In addition to this, they could also vaguely see a structure that resembled a radar dish. Each structure they identified was at least a hundred timesrger than the ones they have seen on a military ship. Some of the structures also carried a logo familiar to the group - the logo of the Sam Group!

    ¡°Haha! A spaceship! There really is a spaceship!¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re rich!¡±

    One Pir Skyward almost fainted from excitement.

    Even though they could not see the entirety of this thing in front of them due to their limited vision, the gigantic cannons were enough to tell them what it was a spaceship!

    One Pir Skyward only brought in by Mu Zi as an extra.

    He never would have imagined they¡¯d find a spaceship here.

    Legendary-Grade items, hidden professions¡­

    These things were now waving at him, and it wouldn¡¯t be long before he can get his hands on them!

    ¡°Let¡¯s not get overly excited now. In theory, the Sam Group would not have left a spaceship behind. We might only be looking at the weapons of a spaceship.¡±

    Feng Luo was very happy.

    He had determined that this ce was a ¡°Terminal¡± that might have a spaceship using the structural map from earlier, the possibility of a spaceship actually still being here was quite low. His original estimates showed that probability was actually less than 1%.

    The reason why he wanted to get to the Terminal to check for himself was that it was still possible that a spaceship was there, and secondly, even if there was no spaceship, aunchpad might still be present. As long as it was not destroyed, they could still use it to strike a deal with the NPCs.

    However, it looked like the best-case scenario was unfolding!

    There really is a spaceship!

    However,pared to the others, Feng Luo was still a lot calmer.

    ¡°Mu Zi!¡±

    Feng Luo turned around and called Mu Zi.

    Due to their limited vision, they were not able to determine that it is indeed a spaceship. To confirm that it is, they would need at least a few dozen minutes.

    However, for yers, there was actually a faster method to investigate!

    ¡°Detection!¡±

    Mu Zi cast Detection on the metallic sideboard right under one of the cannons, a hundred meters away from him.

    ¡°S-800 Space Battleship (Damaged).¡±

    The feedback had caused him to be stiff.

    It was actually not the normal spaceship that they had expected. Instead, it was something even more valuable, a space battleship!

    After Mu Zi revealed this, everyone, including Feng Luo, was stunned.

    ¡°What? This is a space battleship?¡±

    The group finally understood why the Terminal was extremely huge and had an area of almost five kilometers.

    For a space battleship, this upied space is notrge at all.

    In the other underground ruin from before, they had witnessed that thergest mega gigantic battleship was over a hundred kilometersrge from the Cerebrate¡¯s memory!

    Inparison, this battleship which only upied five kilometers could at most be considered arge battleship. Who knows, it might even only be a medium-sized space battleship.

    It was not possible for an entire terminal to be reserved only for a space battleship. As such, the space battleship¡¯s length was probably less than five kilometers!

    However, even if it were a damaged space battleship, its value should be more than that of amon spaceship!

    ¡°We¡¯re rich! With this, we¡¯re even richer!¡±

    After a few seconds of being speechless due to the shock, Chairman Jiao, a boss who did notck money, finally began to mumble a few words.

    It was a space battleship! A battleship that was equipped with a weapon system!

    ¡°Hurry¡­ Go up there and start recording videos as proof. By the time we get out and reach a ce where we can use ourmunication devices, we can directly report this to the Federation Government!¡±

    ¡°This time, we will be able to get two Legendary-Grade items and a hidden profession to y with!¡±

    Chairman Jiao¡¯s face showed wild excitement. As he spoke, he quickly ran towards the space battleship!

    ¡°Chairman Jiao! Don¡¯t be hasty¡­ Be careful! There¡¯s a hole in the ground over there!¡±

    Feng Luo shouted a reminder from behind him.

    Indeed, the ground in front of them had holes in them. Since everyone¡¯s attention was focused on the space battleship, no one had noticed them. Well, apart from Feng Luo.

    Due to the evolution of his brain domain, his mind was able to process a lot more things at the same time.

    As such, he had already noticed a few ck holes on the ground between them and the battleship.

    He did not know what these holes contained since the closest one was over 20 meters away from them. As such, he could not investigate them yet.

    However, from the structural map, they were actually standing on top of a ¡°tform¡± located in the mid-to-upper section of the spaceship, and the distance between where they were and the bottom of the tform was actually a few hundred meters.

    If it were the bottom of the Terminal, the depth could even reach a thousand meters.

    Although there were safety measures beneath them, that was from the original design stated in the structural map.

    By now, the ruin had already lost all power and control. If one were to fall, it was highly probable that they would fall to their death. As such, Feng Luo quickly shouted a warning.

    ¡°Phew¡­ That was close¡­ Too close!¡±

    Cold sweat soaked Chairman Jiao¡¯s face as he stopped right at the edge of one of the holes.

    Feng Luo¡¯s reminder was very timely. One more step and he would have fallen in.

    ¡°We have no idea how deep this is. The structural map shows that there should be anotheryer. But if there isn¡¯t, falling in would mean¡­¡±

    Chairman Jiao muttered subconsciously. At the same time, he pointed his lighting device into the ck hole in front of him.

    Then¡­

    ¡°F*ck me!¡±

    Chairman Jiao¡¯s eyes widened as he shouted.

 Chapter 701: A Shot Based On Instinct

    <h4>Chapter 701: A Shot Based On Instinct</h4>

    Chairman Jiao¡¯s shout gained the attention of everyone.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Seeing Chairman Jiao¡¯s expression, Feng Luo had already thought of something. His expression changed, as he quickly took a step forward to peer down into the hole in the ground at which Chairman Jiao was pointing the light.

    The silvery beam of light pierced through the pitch ck and seemingly bottomless hole. The light reached a tform around two or three hundred meters below them.

    Then, the area lit up by the light had a bright purplish glow that was gorgeous. It looked as if it was covered with ayer of purple gemstones.

    However, when Feng Luo saw the purplish thing that looked like gemstones, his feelings sunk.

    They were all familiar with this color. Earlier, when the group was outside the Terminal, the Level-79 giant centipede ¡ª the highest level giant centipede that they had encountered thus far ¡ª was covered in a carapace that was able to withstand three unimbued psionic energy shots and which also glowed in a simr manner when the light hit it.

    And it was exactly the case right now!

    Chairman Jiao could not see it clearly due to his low vision. However, Feng Luo¡¯s eyesight was several times sharper than the average yer, and he could see quite clearly that the thing emanating the purplish glow from more than two hundred meters down on the tform was an identical giant centipede that they had seen before!

    Seeing only purple, Feng Lou could not tell how many centipedes there were in the hole.

    Most importantly, the beam of light seemed to have startled the group of centipedes below them.

    The initially calm and quiet purple mass began to swirl and move. Several giant centipedes, measuring over three meters long, began to crawl up along the sides of the tform walls.

    By that time, Mu Zi and the others had also caught up with them. Several of them gasped as they peered into the hole.

    ¡°F*ck me! There are so many giant centipedes!¡±

    ¡°They have definitely noticed us!¡±

    One Pir Skyward¡¯s words were meaningless; it was simply too obvious.

    Chairman Jiao was soaked in sweat as he quickly raised his head and said, ¡°Hurry, we should quickly record a video of this space battleship as proof. Then, we¡¯ll get the hell out of here!¡±

    Since the distance between them was 200 to 300 meters and the wall seemed to be rather smooth and slippery, the centipedes below them did not appear to be crawling up very quickly. A few of them even fell halfway through.

    On seeing this, the group knew that they had some time left. No matter what it was, they had to get evidence of this space battleship first; it had be their top priority.

    Realizing this, apart from Feng Luo and Mu Zi, the rest of the yers quickly ran towards the space battleship. By getting closer, they would be able record a more detailed video using their personal terminal.

    On the other hand, Feng Luo stayed beside the hole and continued to stare down with a grim expression.

    The situation was actually much more serious than what Chairman Jiao had imagined.

    Since Chairman Jiao and the others did not have a keen sense of vision, and the space below them was too dark, they did not notice that the giant centipedes were more than just crawling up along the walls.

    Feng Luo¡¯s vision and the strong beam of light helped him to see quite clearly that a few giant centipedes emanating a purplish glow were ¡°ascending¡± directly from below.

    To be more precise, the giant centipedes were not ascending, but rather flying!

    Among the group of countless giant centipedes were a fewrger, special ones. These centipedes measured over five meters long, and two slightly red translucent wings were sticking out on top of their nodr bodies.

    Usually, giant centipedes could only crawl up along the edges of the wall. However, their wings enabled these special centipedes to fly.

    Although at first sight, it seemed that the special centipedes were not traveling very quickly, they were still much faster than the crawling centipedes

    ¡°They are Commander-Grade monsters!¡±

    This time, even the usually steady Mu Zi, raised his voice.

    Mu Zi also did not go to record the video; he stayed behind because he specifically wanted to cast the Detection skill at the group of centipedes below them.

    These giant centipedes were able to conceal themselves from standard detection. But, with nothing in-between them, the Detection skill was able to pick up information about them.

    On the screen of the recon meter, apart from arge number of yellow dots that indicated typical monsters, more than a dozen or so orange dots, which signified Commander Grade monsters, also appeared!

    These ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± were actually Commander Grade monsters. Moreover, they were Commander Grade monsters that were close to Level 80.

    The earlier Level 79 Elite Grade giant centipede already had thebat strength on par with a Level 50 Commander Grade monster.

    And now, they were seeing more than a dozen Commander Grade ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± rise from the area below and head towards them!

    This time, even Feng Luo was feeling shocked and wary. He turned around and said to Chairman Jiao¡¯s video-recording group of four, ¡°Everyone, hurry up!¡±

    ¡°A dozen or so Commander Grade monsters areing! Prepare to retreat!¡±

    Chairman Jiao and the other three, who had just hastily recorded a short video clip near them, were taken aback when they heard this.

    They quickly packed their things and turned around. The six of them ran towards the ce that Feng Luo had indicated earlier. Then, they charged just in time into the entrance.

    As thest yer, Rose Thorns, charged through the entrance, the first Level 78 ¡°Flying Centipede¡± had also rushed out of the hole in the ground and into the air.

    After it exited the hole, its wings continued to buzz as it turned to chase Feng Luo¡¯s group without hesitation.

    However, by the time it reached the hole in the ¡°wall¡± that Feng Luo had made using his psionic energy, the Level 78 ¡°Flying Centipede¡± was restrained by its wings and over-three-meterrge body. It was a good thing Feng Luo had cut out a small hole to conserve his psionic energy; this helped stall the centipede for some time.

    In the midst of this, the group from Nightless City Club had already reached the other side of the za and was moving towards the corridor from which it came.

    By that time, the Commander Grade ¡°Flying Centipede¡± was again up in the air, but it did not continue its chase. Instead, it opened its blood stench insect mouthparts. Then, a red, highly condensed energy ball appeared, along with a frightening aura that strengthened very quickly.

    ¡°This is bad¡­¡±

    When the Commander centipede started to condense energy, Feng Luo could feel a sense of heating from behind his back.

    What did the vague tingling sense of heat mean? Feng Luo knew it very well, for he had almost familiarized himself with ¡°energy perception¡± after acquiring and increasing the hidden stat, Mental Power.

    If it were just the condensed energy attack of a typical Commander Grade monster, it would still be fine: such attacks were usually more lethal to low-HP ss cannon professions.

    However, this was a Level 80 Commander Grade monster!

    The earlier Elite Grade giant centipede had thebat strength on par with a Level 50 Commander Grade monster.

    One could only imagine the power of the condensed energy attack of this Commander Grade centipede. Once it was released, it could very well mean an indifferent, instant kill for all its targets!

    Although Feng Luo¡¯s speed would enable him to activate Raging Charge and get into the corridor that was almost within reach before the attack came, the rest of the party would be annihted!

    As he was reaching the entrance of the corridor, Feng Luo suddenly stopped in his tracks. He then turned around, and a dark redyer of Life Armor covered his body.

    After that, as fast as he could, Feng Lou stabilized the swinging Wings of Death as he turned around to a certain angle before pulling the trigger.

    Bang!

    Feng Luo actually did not have time to take aim for the shot. In fact, he did not even look through the sniping scope.

    It was simply that he used his instinct borne of thousands of shots!

    As soon as the bullet exited the chamber, Feng Luo knew exactly what the result would be.

    ¡°It¡¯s a hit!¡±

    The searing hot, B Grade Degration Armor-piercing Bullet flew out of the muzzle of Wings of Death. It left a trail of red in the dark space and traveled over a hundred meters to enter the fully-opened, about a dozen centimeter wide mouth of the giant flying centipede.

    Boom!

    -13456!

    -5200!

    -8445!

    -234, -245, -196¡­

    About a few tenths of a secondter, the fire energy ball that was almostpleted inside the Commander Grade flying centipede exploded uncontrobly. Immediately after the explosion, intense mes and energy waves spread and engulfed the surrounding area of five to six meters.

    As a result, three high damage numbers appeared: that caused by the bullet, by Fatal Talent, and the explosive energy ball. Over time, a series of burning increased the damage count.

    The shot took out a quarter of the Commander Grade monster¡¯s HP and, unprotected by its external shell, the mouthparts of the flying centipede were a burnt mess. The shockwaves of the explosion also destroyed half of its wings, and the burnt centipede¡¯s numerous legs squirmed as its body fell on the ground. That spelled the end of its attack on the group that had already reached the entrance of the corridor.

    But, despite all that, two other ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± with hundreds of legs and wings, emanating a purplish glow had just rushed out of the hole in the ground behind them!

 Chapter 702: Ambergris and Retreat!

    <h4>Chapter 702: Ambergris and Retreat!</h4>

    ¡°Run!¡±

    Seeing two other giant ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± fly out of the hole, Feng Luo did not hesitate to turn and run.

    Even though he had a few Force skills with him, there was no way he would be able to deal with three Commander-Grade monsters that were almost Level 80 all at once.

    Moreover, there were more than three Commander Grade monstersing from the tform below the space battleship. Indeed, an entire horde of centipedes was emerging.

    Boom! Boom!

    After Feng Luo activated Raging Charge, he quickly caught up with the other five in front of him.

    When the group turned a corner about 20 meters inside the corridor, two giant condensed energy fireballs exploded behind them. Arge hole instantly appeared on the ground, apanied by a blistering heatwave.

    Puff, puff, puff¡­

    Although they had already turned the corner, the powerful shockwave threw the six of them some seven to eight meters against the wall or ground in the corridor.

    At the same time, damage numbers ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 popped up above the head of every group member, apart from Feng Luo¡¯s.

    The damage was incredibly extensive.

    The good thing was that the heatwave only sent the six of them flying. If the energy fireball had hit them directly, there was no doubt, everyone, except Feng Luo ¡ª who waspletely covered by Life Armor ¡ª and Rose Thorns ¡ª who had an incredibly high amount of HP ¡ª would have died on the spot!

    Chairman Jiao ran slightly slower than the rest and was struck by the edges of the exploding energy ball. His energy shield was broken as his head was mmed against the wall. As a result, his HP dropped to below 20%.

    He got up hastily as he shouted, ¡°They have caught up! Keep running!¡±

    The ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± behind them had no intention of stopping even after chasing them out of the Terminal zone.

    They continued to charge at the group of six who had low HP, which forced each of them to use a blood tonic immediately before running backward again.

    However, even though the ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± were not very fast, they were still quicker than normal yers. If they kept running at the current pace, it was only a matter of time before the monsters caught up with them.

    Rose Thorns suddenly remembered something and screamed at One Pir Skyward, who was running in front of her, ¡°Ambergris! Hurry! Ignite your Ambergris!¡±

    Therge chunk of Ambergris dropped by the Commander Grade Sand Whale had already been used throughout their journey when they encountered a few different hordes of gregarious monsters.

    The good thing was that they had cut the Ambergris into multiple pieces early on and gave one to each yer.

    Now, only One Pir Skyward and Mu Zi had one piece each left.

    ¡°Ambergris?¡±

    ¡°Damn it. Earlier, when we were sent flying by the explosion, I felt as though I had dropped something,¡± One Pir Skyward said with a grim expression as he tried to find the item while running.

    ¡°What?¡±

    Dai and Chairman Jiao were stunned. Mu Zi, on the other hand, reached into his vest as he was running and prepared to take out thest piece.

    On the other hand, Feng Luo stopped suddenly and turned around once more. He quickly aimed his lighting device at an area of the corridor just behind them.

    With eyesight and observational skills several times better than the average human, Feng Luo easily found the fist-sized ck Ambergris that had dropped in the middle of the corridor.

    He raised Wings of Death quickly and, once more, without looking through the sniping scope, shot at the Ambergris lying on the ground.

    The fist-sized targety more than 50 meters away. Had it been any other sniper, who even used a sniping scope, one might not have dared guarantee a hit.

    However, after shooting the mouthparts of the centipede earlier, Feng Luo was in a state of ¡°hot hands!¡±

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    A Degration Armor-piercing Bullet urately hit the Ambergris on the ground.

    The impact of the Degration Armor-piercing Bullet crushed the Ambergris into multiples pieces. Because the crushed pieces had ayer of mmable liquid, the area around them started to burn quickly.

    Then, a strong fragrance began to fill the air.

    Hiss! Hiss!

    The two uninjured flying centipedes had reached the corner of the corridor.

    However, when they reached the location of the Ambergris, they unconsciously slowed their movement. Their four-cornered rectangle mouthparts let out a hissing roar as though they were feeling afraid.

    The Nightless City Club group took the opportunity to continue retreating, keeping to their original path, which had been cleared of monsters.

    Mu Zi leaned his body against the ground and used the Detection skill. Then, with a rxed expression, he turned around and said to the others, ¡°They have retreated. They are not pursuing us anymore.¡±

    One Pir Skyward slumped to the ground, panting heavily, and said, ¡°Phew, we finally got away.¡±

    They had finally escaped from the pursuit of the dozen-plus Commander Grade ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± that neared Level 80.

    However, the team had lost another person.

    Now, of the 10-yer team, only five were left.

    The Ambergris was certainly useful; however, when it came to monsters at or above Commander grade, the effects of the Ambergris were reduced. It might also be because the ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± were of a higher level than the Sand Whale.

    As such, it only worked to stop the Commander Grade monsters for a while. The dozen or so Commander Grade ¡°Flying Centipedes¡± forced their way past the Ambergris zone before long. Then, they continued chasing the yers.

    In the end, after running for a long time, Chairman Jiao had used up all of his stamina and did not want to run any longer. He decided to sacrifice himself to buy the group some time, and allow the remaining five of them to retreat to an area outside the Terminal zone.

    ¡°Brother Feng, what should we do now? Do we continue with the mission? Or¡­¡±

    Mu Zi raised his head and looked at Feng Luo, who was standing with Wings of Death in his hand and checking to see if there were any other monsters in hiding.

    They were in a region that looked like the military base they had first entered.

    Earlier, everyone had discovered this ce through the structural map. After that, they decided to head here specifically and found that due to the terrain, this part of the military base was not concealed by the sand.

    One could even say that the corridors in this area were connected directly to the desert above.

    That was why the group decided to retreat to this location while being chased frantically by the ¡°Flying Centipedes.¡± And indeed, they really did manage to shake off the incredibly powerful group of Commander Grade monsters after a pursuit of over one kilometer.

    Feng Luo looked like he was deep in thought.

    Everyone was waiting.

    Among those that had survived, all the remaining ones were employees of the Nightless City Club.

    As such, Feng Luo could decide their next course of action.

    Of course, even if Chairman Jiao or Boss Meng were here, the group would still prioritize any suggestion or advice given by Feng Luo.

    After all, the game prioritized a yer¡¯s strength.

    Moreover, Feng Luo¡¯s ability to make judgments had been proven in the past to be far better than normal people¡¯s.

    ¡°Let¡¯s put the mission on hold.¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the specially-designed box carrying the corpse of the Cerebrate held by Rose Thorns.

    The positive was that despite the chaotic retreat, the box nheless remained with Rose Thorns.

    And although they probably would not be able to find the A-2 research base right now, they could continue with the story as long as they still had the item.

    ¡°Let¡¯s wait here for a while. After we exit thebat mode, I¡¯ll go offline and discuss with Mu Wu,¡± Feng Luo said after a pause.

    Then, a look of determination filled his eyes before he spoke again. ¡°Hey guys, I have an idea. And I¡¯d very much like to hear your thoughts.¡±

    Then, he raised his head and looked at the four internal employees of the Nightless City Club.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t we build our Nightless City Club base here? So, what do you say?¡±

    ¡°Hah?¡±

    After hearing Feng Luo¡¯s suggestion, the first reaction of the other four was, naturally, one of shock. Then, each had a different opinion.

 Chapter 703: City Building Suggestion

    <h4>Chapter 703: City Building Suggestion</h4>

    ¡°Build a city? Oh my God! Our Nightless City is going to build its own city!¡± a surprised Dai said. One Pir Skyward, who was standing beside her, had a simr reaction.

    ¡°Brother Feng, did you say our Nightless City Club? Does this mean that Brother Feng, you¡­¡± asked Rose Thorns. She perceptively detected from Feng Luo¡¯s words some hidden message, which surprised her.

    ¡°Brother Feng, does this mean that Nightless City will be leaving the Lu Conglomerate City? Did the big boss agree to Brother Wu¡¯s n?¡± asked Mu Zi.

    Since he was rted to Mu Wu, he seemed to know already some things in advance. And so, his delight was also mixed with some questions.

    ¡°Chairman Lu has already transferred ownership of the Nightless City to Mu Wu and me.¡±

    ¡°But, I was supposed to be the one asking you guys for your suggestions or thoughts regarding our building a city here. None of you seems to have answered me.¡±

    Feng Luo deliberately paired hisments with a wry smile.

    There were no outsiders here. The four of them were all employees of Nightless City. News that Feng Luo is now one of the new bosses of Nightless City would be announced very soon.

    As such, Feng Luo decided to just tell them about it.

    At the same time, he wanted to hear their thoughts and doubts about his idea of building a city on the site.

    ¡°Building a city here¡­ If we can get the help of the NPCs to deal with the problem of exploring the area like what Brother Feng mentioned earlier, then this is certainly a great choice.¡±

    ¡°Particrly right now, when there¡¯s a huge flow of investmentsing into the game, the cost of exploring and building a city will undeniably increase by at least a few times. I heard that the price of hiring a yer well equipped with Excellent Grade items has already reached 5,000 credits per day!¡±

    ¡°But building a city itself will require a lot of capital in and of itself. I heard that the Lu Conglomerate, including the investment by the September Guild, has already spent over 10 billion credits on their city, and it isn¡¯t evenpleted yet.¡±

    After hearing Feng Luo¡¯sments, all four of them agreed with his idea of building a city.

    However, because they have lived in Lu Conglomerate City, they knew very well just how much capital was needed to build a city.

    Lu Conglomerate¡¯s original n was to use a billion Star Coins to build a city. In the end, after acquiring the investment from the September Guild, they still had notpleted building the Lu Conglomerate City.

    The cost of building a city in the game was actually a lot lower than building one in reality. However, it was still a game of burning cash.

    ¡°We can think of something if it is about money. Even if we can¡¯t, we¡¯ll get the ground nsid out first,¡± said Feng Luo.

    Money was indeed a problem, but the issue could be resolved.

    ¡°Right, we¡¯ve exited thebat mode. You guys wait here. I¡¯ll go offline and discuss the matter with Mu Wu,¡± Feng Luo said after looking at his screen interface.

    After that, he went offline, and his body began to dissolve and disappear.

    ¡°Hah! Brother Feng is going to join our Nightless City Club! With that, our guild is going to be incredible!¡±

    After Feng Luo had left, Dai and One Pir Skywardughed heartily.

    ¡°Of course, we¡¯re going to be incredible. In the future, we can say that our guild has the number one Sniper in War. No one would dare look down on our Nightless City Club.¡±

    One Pir Skyward was ecstatic.

    ¡°Ugh, though Brother Feng is certainly the strongest Sniper yer I¡¯ve seen, but isn¡¯t that title a little too¡­¡±

    Dai stopped to think for a moment, and it looked like she hadn¡¯t decided yet what word to use.

    ¡°Hmm? Am I wrong?¡±

    ¡°Come on, when have you ever seen a Sniper shoot like Brother Feng¡¯s two shots earlier. And tell me, which Sniper can deal over 50,000 damage in a single shot?¡± One Pir Skyward asked. He seemed quite annoyed by Dai¡¯s doubts.

    Although it was the first time he worked with Feng Luo in the game, he definitely had be a Feng Luo fan in these three days.

    ¡°Heh, even we¡¯re going to build our own city now. Just thinking about it is exciting!¡±

    ¡°Friggin¡¯ hell, I¡¯ve been annoyed by the people from the Lu Conglomerate and September Guild for a long time. With this, we finally are no longer associated with them!¡±

    One Pir Skyward became excited again, as he brought the topic back to the city building.

    ¡°Building a city?¡±

    Offline, Feng Luo already connected with Mu Wu. The reason was that the others that had died earlier, including Chairman Jiao, had notified Mu Wu about thetest developments.

    As such, the moment Feng Luo went offline, he met with Mu Wu, who had also logged out of the game through the 3D projector inside his house.

    However, Chairman Jiao and the others had no idea Feng Luo was thinking about building a city.

    And so, when Mu Wu heard Feng Luo, he was also quite shocked. After that, he went into deep thought.

    ¡°This is most certainly a great opportunity. It is also a suitable location. But, there are just too many problems that we will encounter. The NPC factions, water resources, the amount of capital needed, and also, how we are going to attract NPCs and yers at the current stage?¡±

    Mu Wu was certainly a person who had amazing strategic nning skills.

    In just half a minute, he saw the strengths and weaknesses of building a city at the ruins site. He even considered a few more things than Feng Luo.

    It was not surprising at all, as after all, Feng Luo conjured up the idea of building a city on the spot.

    However, Mu Wu, from his previous conversations with Feng Luo, had been thinking about building a city for Nightless City for a long time.

    ¡°Capital, water sources, and NPC factions. These three aren¡¯t major issues.¡±

    ¡°If we don¡¯t have the space battleship, building a city there would be too difficult. Moreover, we would have to face a serious threat from the NPC faction. But, if we can lure the NPC factions interested in the space battleship over there in advance, then the Federation Government probably won¡¯t mind helping us get rid of them,¡± Feng Luo said with a smile.

    ¡°As for the water source, it is true that it isn¡¯t found easily in the desert, but the distance between the ruin and the edge of the Death Forest is only around a hundred miles.¡±

    ¡°The Death Forest has an abundant source of water. As long as we eliminate the NPC faction over there, building an underground pipe that connects to the city won¡¯t be a problem.¡±

    ¡°Yes, that is possible. But what about money?¡± Mu Wu nodded and then looked at Feng Luo again.

    In the end, money was the real problem; it was more serious than the other two issues.

    One could even say that if they had enough money, the other two wouldn¡¯t have been a problem to begin with.

    As long as they had the money, they could easily hire millions of yers, and with the advantage of not fearing death, their numbers could easily crush the NPC faction.

    Star Coins were ultimately almighty in the game!

    ¡°On this, I have two ideas: First, let some of our old clients in the club, who are also in the game, own some shares for building the city. People like Boss Meng or Chairman Jiao, they will help us raise some of the needed funds.¡±

    ¡°I believe they¡¯ll see the potential of this opportunity, and a number of them would be willing to invest. It will help us solve the gaps in our funding,¡± Feng Luo spoke of his first idea.

    ¡°This n is feasible, but¡­¡±

    ¡°Although they are clients, most of them are businessmen. If they be shareholders, the guild will be a lot harder to manage.¡±

    Mu Wu at first nodded but then quickly shook his head.

    Feng Luo was not surprised by Mu Wu¡¯s reaction and continued to talk about his second idea.

    ¡°The second idea is: First, get a loan to explore the ruin. Then, after Huan Yu¡¯s auction, I¡¯ll receive the money for selling the Boss biochip, even though the chip doesn¡¯t belong to me alone. That should be enough for the first phase of building the city.¡±

    When he spoke, his eyes were focused on Mu Wu¡¯s face as he observed his reactions.

    Mu Wu¡¯s expression stiffened. It stayed that way for a while before he became very thoughtful.

    ¡°This n could work. But, a Boss pet biochip is worth at least a billion credits now. By the time you invest, we¡¯d have to re-arrange the shares!¡±

    Mu Wu did not grimace as he brought up this rather ¡°serious¡± issue directly.

    Nightless City belonged to them both right now, with each of them holding 50% of the shares.

    However, if Feng Luo were to inject new capital to build the city, an amount that exceeded Nightless City¡¯s current capital, it was natural the shares would have to be re-allocated.

    Of course, they could separate the city building from Nightless City itself, as Feng Luo first suggested, and allocate shares for the city building alone.

    However, Feng Luo simply shook his head, looked at Mu Wu and said, ¡°No! Treat that money as a loan from me to the guild. Or maybe to you. When the guild has more cash, you can pay me back with interest.¡±

    He wanted his shares in Nightless City to be at 49% because he wished for Mu Wu to make the decisions for Nightless City. He also wanted it that way because it would allow him to rx and be a boss who doesn¡¯t have to do too much work.

    However, they needed to grab this opportunity; they could not let the chance slip, and so they had to throw money into it.

    Nheless, with regard to the guild and thepleted city, he still did not want to manage either.

    If he only lent the money to thepany, they would not need to re-allocate the shares. In that case, he wouldn¡¯t have to worry too much. He really didn¡¯t like troubles.

    ¡°But even if I invest the money, Nightless City isn¡¯t one that¡¯ll grow with money alone. You should know that I have no interest in managing any guild matters!¡±

    When Mu Wu was thinking deeply, Feng Luo added another line.

    What Feng Luo said was not a ruse nor was it meant to make Mu Wu feel better.

    It was true that the big boss gave him half the shares in the Nightless Citypany. Moreover, the Nightless City Club was under the Nightless Citypany, meaning Feng Luo owned half the shares in the in-game asset of Nightless City ¡ª the Nightless City Club.

    However, in truth, the Nightless City Club was an organization that Mu Wu had spent a lot of time and effort building up.

    Before this, Feng Luo was not at all associated with the club.

    As such, for various reasons, he had no intention of increasing his shares in the Nightless City Club.

    After a few more moments of silence, Mu Wu finally spoke again.

    ¡°If you insist, then all right. We can do it via a loan.¡±

    ¡°But, with regard to the shares in Nightless City, we still have to adjust them.¡±

    ¡°Old Feng, you have forgotten to include yourself in the valuation!¡±

    ¡°Even though you don¡¯t want to deal with any of the guild¡¯s matters, you have to remember that you are abat yer who once dominated the search rankings. Do you know the price of someone like this to join a guild?¡±

    ¡°Even if it was a top-line guild with hundreds of thousands of members, it¡¯ll still use shares as part of its negotiations. There¡¯s no need for me to mention just how poor Nightless City is!¡±

    Mu Wu looked at Feng Luo with deep respect.

    ¡°Moreover, truth be told, I don¡¯t care about the shares in the guild as well. I only care about whether we can grow Nightless City into one of the top guilds in the game. At the same time, surpass ¡®some¡¯ of the other guilds along the way.¡±

    Mu Wu sounded very calm. However, his gaze was full of ambition.

    ¡°Wu¡¯s personality surely takes after his mother. For things that he cares about, he would never back down. Moreover, he always wants to do something to prove himself.¡±

    Feng Luo suddenly remembered the words of the big boss.

    He had to admit. They were father and son. On understanding Mu Wu¡¯s personality, the big boss was still above him.

    After looking at each other for a while, theyughed.

    ¡°All right then, I¡¯ll go online!¡±

    After further discussing a few details with Mu Wu, Feng Luo turned around and returned to the game capsule and logged in once more to War.

    Ta, ta, ta

    Boom! Bam!

    As soon as he logged in, sounds of battles entered his ears!

 Chapter 704: Feng Luoâ€™s â€˜Ugly Sideâ€™

    <h4>Chapter 704: Feng Luo¡¯s ¡®Ugly Side¡¯</h4>

    ¡°Those are the sounds of submachine guns, sniper rifles, and machine guns firing, as well as the explosion of condensed fireballs!¡±

    His body was still slowly materializing but Feng Luo¡¯s ears recognized the sounds clearly. He already knew where they wereing from.

    ¡°This is bad! Are the monsters here!?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart tightened.

    However, he quickly paused, knowing something was abnormal.

    ¡°Wait, that¡¯s not right. Dai has already run out of bullets, so why are there sounds of a machine gun firing?¡±

    Not only had Dai run out of machine gun ammunition, but Burnt and Run were already dead. So where did the condensed fireballe from? Not to mention the sniper rifle!

    As his body gradually materialized, Feng Luo could clearly see that Mu Zi and the other three were nowhere to be found. Mu Zi and the others did not wait for him at the location where he went offline!

    It was clear that something had happened.

    However, his body could not move. Even though he wanted to know the real situation as soon as possible, he could only wait in ce.

    When yers reconnected to the game in the wild, they received a punishment.

    They would not be able to move or attack in the first ten seconds of going online. But during this time, they were vulnerable to being attacked by monsters or other yers.

    All things taken into consideration, it was still not too bad. In some special missions, if a yer went offline and the area had an ongoing battle, the system would prohibit yers from going online.

    The mechanism was put in ce to prevent some people from using such a method to set up ambushes or to create tactical ns that were against fair y rules.

    After a few seconds, Feng Luo¡¯s body could move freely again. He immediately ran up the stairs.

    He decided to ascend because he had already identified the source of the battle sound. It came from the military base ruin in the desert.

    Feng Luo quickly ran up a few stories towards the partially covered building they had initially ?entered. By the time he reached it, Feng Luo was more rxed.

    He calmed down when he found Mu Zi and the other three in a corner of the room. The building waspletely dark and they were looking outside through a tiny hole hidden in one of its walls.

    From inside the building, Feng Luo could tell more clearly that the battle sounds came from the outside. It originated from a ce that was quite a distance away from them.

    ¡°What happened?¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s voice startled the four other soldiers who were focused on looking forward.

    They turned around quickly to see who it was and rxed after seeing Feng Luo.

    One Pir Skyward instantly greeted Feng Luo. ¡°Brother Feng! You¡¯re back!¡±

    Feng Luo asked, ¡°What¡¯s the situation outside?¡±

    One Pir Skyward answered, ¡°After you logged out?¡ª think it was about two minutes ago ¡ª we heard sounds of gunshotsing from above.

    ¡°So, we quickly ran over here and saw that two SUVs were driving here from the desert. However, they were probably trying to run away from someone, since over a dozen other SUVs were pursuing them from behind.¡±

    Mu Zi added, ¡°After we found out that something was amiss, we quickly turned off all the lights. Plus, since the Legendary scout bracelet has anti-detection skills, they may not have found us yet.

    ¡°The people at the front probably discovered this ruin. It seems like they wanted to use it to block their opponent¡¯s long-range attacks. That is why they escaped to this ce. But it looks like they were unlucky. When they got through, one of their SUVs was overturned by the enemy!

    ¡°So right now, the first group has already entered the ruin. The second group is still attacking from outside.¡±

    ¡°So, they are yers?¡± ?asked Feng Luo.

    Mu Zi nodded and replied, ¡°Yes, they are all yers!¡±

    Feng Luo frowned.

    yers. It was unusual for two groups of yers to appear in a high-level zone in the depths of the Death Desert.

    More importantly, the location where the two sides were engaging in battle was right above the military base where Feng Luo and his team were hiding.

    It is important to note that the straight distance between the space battleship and their current position was less than one ?kilometer. Moreover, the Terminal and the location directly below them were connected by various underground corridors.

    If the yers above them got lucky and identally discovered the underground part of the ruin, the n he had just discussed with Mu Wu would be greatly affected!

    No one would be able to withstand the lure of a space battleship that promised ridiculous returns.

    ¡°How many people do they have?¡± asked Feng Luo with a serious expression.

    ¡°The first group has a total of around ten yers inside their two energy SUVs. The second group has over a dozen SUVs. So, there are probably at least 50 of them¡­¡±

    ¡°For fear of being detected by them, I have not used Detection. The feedback of the Recon Meter isn¡¯tpletely urate,¡± said Mu Zi.

    ¡°This means that there¡¯s a total of around 60 people.¡± Feng Luo¡¯s expression seemed to have rxed.

    There were over 60 people outside while they only had five. The difference was ten-fold.

    And the difference between the first and the second group was also toorge. From their escape, it seemed like the first group knew that they were no match for their pursuers.

    As such, it was highly likely that the battle outside would end with the second group achieving victory.

    If so, the victorious party might continue exploring this ruin!

    After all, a ruin like this sitting in such a high-level zone probably had not been explored by anyone yet. Since the monsters were too strong, getting to a location like this would require a lot of luck.

    Feng Luo¡¯s group had been lucky not to have been wiped out by any monsters while they had ventured out at night, so they wanted to stick around and explore the ruins themselves in more detail.

    By then, the secret of the underground city might not be safe.

    Due to its proximity to the underground city, the secret of the space battleship might also be lost.

    ¡°We cannot let them explore the ruin!¡± Feng Luo¡¯s eyes were very serious. He had already made the decision.

    Normally, he was a person who avoided trouble as much as possible. His attitude was to leave others be - as long as they orded him the same courtesy.

    However, that was under normal circumstances. And this was not an ordinary situation.

    When it came to important matters where he could not back down, Feng Luo was never soft-hearted.

    He was determined not to let these people discover the space battleship.

    Even if he had to intentionally attack and kill all those other people.

    ¡­

    Feng Luo got up and observed the room, using the red glow of light filtering in from the sand outside.

    Before long, he found another hole in the wall that gave him a view of the exterior. He walked a few steps over and leaned towards the hole to look outside.

    From his vantage point, the first thing Feng Luo saw was the walls on the edges of the base. Both the groups were moving towards the base. About a dozen or so SUVs belonging to the second group was in hot pursuit of the first group. The pursuers had opened fire and were unrelenting in their attack.

    With a nce, Feng Luo estimated the people inside those SUVs amounted to around 50, just as Mu Zi said.

    Although most of the yers appeared to have decent equipment, their gear was not all the same. At the very least, most of them had ?Excellent-grade equipment, making them slightly above average yers.

    Of course, to Feng Luo, these were meaningless. As long as they weren¡¯t Heavy Armor Warriors with Legendary-grade items, a normal yer like these guys, even if fully equipped with Rare-grade gear, would be killed in one shot.

    Would Feng Luo feel remorse and be unwilling to kill all these people since there was no prior conflict between them?

    Hehe¡­

    ¡°Hmm?¡±

    After a few seconds of observation through his peephole inside the dark building, Feng Luo¡¯s expression suddenly stiffened.

    He had noticed something else. When these yers turned to face him directly, vague red dots appeared on their chests.

 Chapter 705: Enemy Camp Players

    <h4>Chapter 705: Enemy Camp yers</h4>

    ¡°Huh? These yers are actually not from the Federation camp!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s eyes moved.

    Therger group of yers all had a small red glow on their chests. It was a mark that indicated they were from a different faction from their own.

    The sand in the Death Desert emitted a red glow. Coupled with the multitude of colors from the skills and attacks being deployed in the battle, it was incredibly difficult at first to notice the small red glows on the yers¡¯ chests.

    But Feng Luo¡¯s observational abilities far surpassed the normal human being, so it did not take him long to discover them.

    ¡°The rebel army?¡± Doubt filled Feng Luo¡¯s eyes.

    ¡°Hmm, it is not necessarily the rebel army?¡­ he said, thinking aloud.

    After all, it was not as straight-forward as one would think. When the system made it possible to switch sides, many yers had changed allegiance and joined some of the NPC non-governmental armed factions.

    Apart from the rebel army, most of these armed factions could not evenpare to the Federation government when it came to their strength. However, just like the yers who joined the rebel army camp and had directly received an ?advanced-level pet biochip, almost every other NPC faction had its own specialty.

    In addition, after yers were permitted to switch sides, many NPC camps also gave amazing privileges to the ¡°adventurers¡± who joined their factions first. It made switching camps a lot more lucrative than staying in the Federation camp.

    As such, it was no longer odd to encounter yers from another faction, especially in areas where the Federation had less influence and weaker control.

    Since killing a yer from the enemy¡¯s camp granted Merits as a reward, when yers of two sides came from different camps encountered each other, a battle would usually break out.

    Feng Luo initially thought these people belonged to the Federation camp.

    But to his surprise, they were enemy yers from a different camp!

    For the yers from the Federation camp, apart from their own faction, the rest of the other factions were considered enemies. Capturing an enemy allowed Federation yers to withdraw a prisoner¡¯s Merits from the captive¡¯s ¡°ATM?.¡±

    Of course, this was only true for those who had reached ?a certain level.

    One thing to note was that after thetest update, there was also a change in the way the system determined the affiliation of yers with different factions.

    Right now, yers only received notification of their ranks when they entered thebat mode or were involved in a special camp mission. Moreover, the red glow that typically indicated a yer was from another faction was no longer very clear. One needed to look very carefully. Otherwise, it was incredibly difficult to identify.

    As such, especially with the night condition in the Death Desert, Mu Zi and the others did not notice that the yers from the second group actually belonged to another faction.

    The enemy had clearly also not noticed their presence yet.

    This was because Mu Zi was using the ?Legendary-grade Recon Meter to disrupt any attempts at scouting their area. The enemy had several scout yers shooting towards them using their submachine gun; however, none of them had yet discovered that Feng Luo and his team were there!

    The battle outside had reached its climax. Feng Luo could only see one person from his current position, but judging from advances made by the second group and its continuous firing that was met with fewer and fewer counterattacks, it was clear that the first group was already at a disadvantage.

    There was a five-fold difference when it came to their numbers. For yers who had not yet reached a certain standard, it was impossible to ovee this humongous gap.

    In truth, even if Feng Luo were to fight five yers at the same time, he dared not guarantee that he would be the ultimate victor.

    No matter how high his attack or his HP was, it would never add up to be higher than the sum of five yers. The victories he had achieved when it came to one versus ten or more had all resulted from all sorts of geographical and tactical advantages.

    For example, when Feng Luo killed September Night Rain¡¯s group, he had seized his geographical and shooting distance advantages to im his victory.

    In the current situation, the first group would be wiped out as soon as their enemy caught up.

    Unless¡­ Someone came in to give them a hand!

    ¡­

    The people in the second group sat inside a bulletproof SUV called the ¡°Warrior.¡± Among them, a Heavy Armor Warrior was covering for a Machine Gunner as he shouted happily, ¡°Let¡¯s go¡­ Everyone, hurry ??up!¡±

    ¡°Hey! The NPC said that each of these Federation camp yers will earn us 500 Faction Points. As long as we get the item, we¡¯ll directly receive 10,000 points. That¡¯s the equivalent of a B-grade blueprint!¡±

    ¡°Fellow brothers from the Wolf squad! Put more work into it! Do not lose to the people from Scorpions!¡±

    Using the rear and underside of the SUV for protection, a Scout yer holding an Excellent Grade rifle that was a replica of an AK-47 used the recon meter to examine an abandoned building in the military base that was illuminated by their team vehicles¡¯ headlights. He then pointed at the building and said, ¡°Hey, rx Boss, they can¡¯t get away¡­ That way!¡±

    ¡°Rumble, rumble¡­¡±

    ¡°Whoosh, whoosh¡­¡±

    The yers in the other five vehicles surrounding the ¡°Warrior¡± SUV began to unleash attacks at the building to which he was pointing.

    ¡°Keep dreaming, sh*tters! Does your little Wolf squad think that you can defeat our Golden Scorpion? This mission¡¯s item belongs to us!¡±

    ¡°Brothers, let¡¯s go! We¡¯ll step over the Wolf squad and push them down! We¡¯ll sell the reward item from the NPCter and divide the spoils based on our contributions!¡±

    From not too far away, a half-naked Earth Maniptor with scorpion tattoos on his arm and face, standing inside a vehicle painted with a golden scorpion logo, smiled broadly.

    After ?his shout, the yers from the other vehicles also began to throw a bunch of skills and fire bullets at the Wolf Squad.

    It was clear that these non-Federation camp yers did not belong to the same team.

    However, their target seemed to be the same group of yers that they were chasing in front of ??them!

    ¡­

    Inside the military base, within the group of yers who were retreating as they fought, My World leaned against a battered and half-copsed building while ?apologizing, ¡°Brother Dan Hen, Brother Sk¡­ I¡¯m really sorry this time. It¡¯s our fault that you are being pursued!¡±

    Azure who was beside him was hastily opening her medical box to bring out her tools. She quickly treated My World who had be ¡°Disabled¡± after taking a few hits from machine-gun bullets. She used half a bandage, wrapping it around his left arm to stop the bleeding and to prevent his HP from emptying due to the continuous blood loss.

    After the system update, when a certain part reached the damage limit, another attack would cause it to be ¡°Disabled.¡±

    In a battle in the wild like this one, getting this kind of serious injury meant that one would lose half of his or her battle strength without being able to recover.

    ¡°Ta, ta, ta¡­¡±

    Dan Hen first turned around and used his submachine gun to fire a series of bullets at the pursuers closing in on them.

    After that, he quickly lowered his head to dodge the machine gun bullets as well as a dozen or so wind des that followed and struck the dense sand on the ground.

    ¡°Don¡¯t say that,¡± Dan Hen replied, panting heavily. ¡°We were just unlucky. We didn¡¯t expect to be found by the NPCs¡­ Phew¡­ Sk, can you disable the Machine Gunner over on the other side?¡±

    Then, he shouted at Sk who was sprawled on the ground about a dozen meters away, trying to hide from the sniper¡¯s shots and explosions from the energy skills.

    Sk shook his head ?and grimaced. ¡°No! It¡¯s too difficult!¡±

    ¡°The Machine Gunner is protected by a Heavy Armor Warrior. Moreover, his gears look pretty good. He should be equipped with a full set of the ¡®Snow Leopard¡¯ tactical set. His ?defense should be very high and his HP probably exceeds 6,000. Even if I get a shot in, I wouldn¡¯t be able to take out one-third of his HP!¡±

    ¡°What if we add Watermelon into the mix?¡±

    Ion me suddenly stood up after his energy shield¡¯s cooldown psed and cast a firewall around 20 meters in front of them, attempting to disrupt the enemy¡¯s attack angle.

    By the time he turned around to duck for cover, his energy shield had already broken and his HP was less than 30%.

    ¡°Bang!¡±

    Above the others, Watermelon Skin wore a set of Excellent Grade items and fired a shot using his sniper rifle.

    Then, he quickly rolled downward and dodged the shots fired from two snipers who countered immediately. As he tumbled on the ground, hisbat uniform became covered in sand and bloodstain from a previous gunshot wound.

    ¡°It probably won¡¯t work, unless¡­¡± Sk shook his head and spoke no more.

    Everyone understood.

    ¡­ Unless Watermelon Skin used his talent - Sacrificial Skin. But that would mean that Watermelon Skin would also die.

    But even if they did that, they could not guarantee that they would be able to beat the enemy.

    It had not been easy for them to finally get there. However, it now looked like they had no chance of getting out of there with the item.

 Chapter 706: Shoot the Horse First!

    <h4>Chapter 706: Shoot the Horse First!</h4>

    While the mood in Mu Zi¡¯s [1] group almost sank to the bottom, the enemy camp yers who were chasing them, in contrast, were full of excitement.

    The leaders in the two high-end SUVs were outshouting theirmands to their squads.

    ¡°Go, go, go! Brothers from the Wolf Squad, push more! Their attacks have already weakened. They are definitely running out of ammo and MP.¡±

    ¡°Light Armor Warriors, move in from the side and nk them. Brothers from the Golden Scorpion, do not let those bastards from the Wolf Squad get the kills. There are only eight of them left.¡±

    They began their chase from the base of the Freedom g faction in the Death Forest. They pursued their enemy for over a hundred kilometers, and finally caught up with the dozen or so yers from the Federation camp, who were working on a mission in the depths of the Death Desert.

    The journey from the NPC¡¯s base took them half a night. The mission, which took them over a hundred kilometers across the desert, was finallying to an end, and they were about to enjoy the spoils.

    ¡°These people must be in despair. They probably thought that leading us this way would make us encounter some high level, powerful monsters, so that they could take the chance to escape. They never would have thought they would be so unlucky that we did not encounter even one Commander Grade or higher monster!¡±

    ¡°Not even one high-level monster; even after over a hundred kilometers. The probability of this is lower than winning the lottery, and they are so unlucky it happened to them. By now, they are probably thinking death would be a better result,¡± the leader of the Wolf Squad mercenary group proudly eximed. As he spoke, he was stationed behind a machine gun, firing at Mu Zi¡¯s group [2], who were so suppressed that they could not even raise their heads.

    ¡°Moreover, they also helped us find such a nice-looking ruin site. A ruin like this on a map may be as yet unexplored. By the time we kill them, we will certainly have to explore it slowly.¡±

    ¡°But, before that, we will have to find a way to deal with these guys from Golden Scorpion.¡±

    A cruel smile crossed the Wolf Squad leader¡¯s face.

    The faction that they joined did not have many people, and they took in only some small adventurer¡¯s squad. These squads had to work together for a lot of the missions and no foul y among the squads was allowed.

    The Golden Scorpion and Wolf Squad mercenary groups had a long history of rivalry. Even though they would work together on a mission, they would most often engage in brutal fights once the seized items were disbursed. Now, there was another up for grabs: the ruin.

    I will have to gain the upper hand by making the first move, thought Machine Gunner. He pressed harder on the trigger of his machine gun. The six-barrelled machine gun fired at maximum speed.

    However, just as he pressed down hard on the trigger¡­

    Boom!

    He suddenly felt something hit the helmet he was wearing. His forehead felt as though it had been struck with arge and heavy hammer.

    After that, the sounds of the machine gun firing, after the Crazy Roar mode was activated, suddenly stopped!

    What is happening?

    That was thest thought of the scheming Machine Gunner.

    What is happening?

    The other yers from the Wolf Squad mercenary group were so stunned that they had forgotten to continue to attack.

    The reason was simple: the Machine Gunner, who had been shooting arrogantly with the six-barrelled machine gun on top of the Warrior bulletproof vehicle, and also known as the leader of the Wolf Squad, fell to the ground from the roof of the SUV. His face was expressionless.

    The white light of death engulfed his full Rare Gradebat gear. Around him, multiple crystals emanating white glows, potions, magazines, and various other items fell on the ground.

    However, it was not the white light of death nor the glow of the fallen items that shocked the people around him. Instead, it was a striking, red five-digit damage number that hung in the air: -12,035!

    A five-digit damage number! This was one digit more than the usual damage number that appeared. It also attracted ten times more attention.

    ¡°The boss has been killed!¡±

    The Wolf Squad yers reacted only after a full second had psed.

    Bang!

    -10,132!

    As surprised shouts filled the air, the energy shield of the Earth Maniptor, the leader of the Golden Scorpion who was in the other vehicle, also shattered after sustaining many attacks by Mu Zi¡¯s group [3].

    Immediately after that, he was thrown out of the SUV and fell on the ground.

    As his body flew through the air, a bowl-sized hole appeared on his chest, and the white light of death shed in front of the others.

    ¡°There¡¯s a Sniper!¡±

    The only difference between the deaths of the two leaders was that Earth Maniptor reacted and learned which professionbatant was responsible for the attacks.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s a Sniper!¡±

    ¡°The boss was killed in one shot!¡±

    ¡°Hurry up and find him!¡±

    The leaders of the two squads were killed within a second.

    The yers from Wolf Squad and Golden Scorpion finally regained their senses. In an instant, some of them began to dodge and hide wherever they could.

    The rest of the yers chose, however, not dodge or hide. Instead, they quickly looked towards the opposite direction of where Earth Maniptor fell to try to find the Sniper who had killed the leaders of their squads.

    Bang!

    And amid the chaotic scene, a third bullet came before another full second psed.

    This time, the sniper-bullet struck the energy shield of a Fire Maniptor.

    -2,560!

    The sniper-bullet, which could instantly kill an Earth Maniptor, easily shattered the hastily-cast fire energy shield that covered the Fire Maniptor. However, it was not enough to kill the yer in one shot.

    The Fire Maniptor was one of the yers who took evasive action. Moreover, his luck was a lot better than Mu Zi group¡¯s [4]. The reason was that he almost tripped when he tried to dodge. In the end, the sniper-bullet, which had a high chance of striking his heart even as he was trying to get cover, only managed to hit his right chest. The shot hit his lung and dealt a Weak Point Damage. However, since it had reached the single body-part damage limit, the shot was not able to kill him unlike the previous two shots.

    This was not much of a problem, though.

    Even though the yer was not killed in one shot, the impact of the sniper-bullet significantly changed his evasive path.

    Immediately after that, a fourth sniper-bullet hit his fully-exposed head.

    -13,435!

    Another red Fatal Damage of over 10,000.

    After the system update, which showed that the damage number of thest hit exceeded the remaining HP of the target, the true might of the sniper-bullet was on full disy.

    ¡°Hurry! Hide!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! This Sniper can one-shot people. Cannon sses, don¡¯t stand in the same spot!¡±

    Four bullets, three kills!

    The yers from the two mercenary squads were finally feeling the full extent of their opponent¡¯s attack. It was all very shocking and frightening.

    The opponent did make the two Doctor yers on the two teams his first target, which a Sniper typically would do.

    After all, there was no need for this. Since he could take out most of the yers with one shot, there was no need to worry about leaving the Doctor yers alive.

    Instead, killing the maniptors and machine gunners, thebatants who had long-range attack options, was his priority.

    On realizing this, the cannon ss yers of the two mercenary squads, who had been unleashing attacks, gave up on the idea of counter-attacking. Each of them quickly ran to take cover behind the SUV or the building.

    ¡°Scout! Scout!¡±

    ¡°What are you guys doing? Hurry up and find him!¡±

    Someone was shouting instructions while others watched the corpses of two of their teammates, who had been sniper-shot and killed in the midst of all the running and hiding.

    Note:

    [1-4] Note: The author continued to use Mu Zi throughout the entire chapter, but it doesn¡¯t make any sense. It should be Dan Hen¡¯s group.

 Chapter 707: Two More Kills!

    <h4>Chapter 707: Two More Kills!</h4>

    On the situation of the pursuers who belonged to an enemy faction:

    Suppressed by the Machine Gunner¡¯s continuous fire, My World and Dan Hen¡¯s group was forced to take cover behind a building. As such, they failed to notice that the Machine Gunner of the Wolf Squad had been killed. When the six-barrelled machine gun stopped firing, they also did not have the leisure to turn around to check why the firepower directed at them was significantly reduced.

    The reason was that at the time, six Light Armor Warriors had already moved around the building and were behind them. After that, they cast the Charge skill and closed in on them.

    Six Light Armor Warriors. It did not seem like many. The number was even two fewer than the number of survivors in their team.

    However, if one were to look closely at the team¡¯sposition and their current status, it would not be difficult to tell just how significant a threat the six Light Armor Warriors was.

    Eight people. Two Snipers. Sk and Watermelon Skin.

    My World and Dan Hen were still all right. They had sufficient ammo, but their HP was only at around 60%.

    Scout: Dan Hen.

    Equippedbat uniform damage over 30%, HP 65%, helmet wholly damaged, and he had only three submachine gun magazines left.

    Maniptors: Ion me and Tangerine.

    Ion me had less than 50% HP and less than 10% MP. At most, he could cast one more skill. Tangerine had an empty MP bar. Moreover, both their MP potion use was still under cool down.

    Doctor: Azure. Her specialty was healing, which had close to zero use forbat. Additionally, all the advanced-level potions in her medical box had been consumed.

    Warriors: My World and Steel Fortress. My World¡¯s Light Armor had one arm disabled, and Steel Fortress¡¯ shield damage was over 40%.

    There were eight of them, but they were not in their best condition. And most importantly, they had only two and a half meleebat specialists.

    My World and Steel Fortress made two, and Dan Hen, as a Scout, would count as half.

    If one were to consider that My World had lost an arm and that hisbat strength was only half his original, it would mean they had only two people for this melee fight.

    And now, their path of retreat had been cut off by six full HP Snipers! [1]

    They had been forced into a corner!

    ¡°I¡¯ll take two!¡±

    When the six Light Armor Warriors surrounded them, Dan Hen loosened his grip on the emptied submachine gun and pulled out a dark red stiletto from this tactical vest.

    As he shouted, he charged towards two of the Light Armor Warriors.

    As a Scout with Dan Hen¡¯s ability and PK experience, dealing with one Light Armor Warrior would not have been much of a problem. But, since he was up against two people, it was clear that he was prepared toy down his life.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    My World gritted his teeth and held an alloy sword in his remaining functional arm. Then, he and Steel Fortress got up together and charged towards two other Light Armor Warriors.

    As for the remaining two Light Armor Warriors:

    Bang!

    -1,456!

    Sk¡¯s shot struck the chest of a Light Armor Warrior. But, the bullet was not able to break through the defense; it only managed to slow down the momentum of the enemy¡¯s charge slightly.

    Boom!

    The good thing was that Ion me had released, with amazing speed, a condensed, highly explosive fireball. The targeted Light Armor Warrior reacted and dodged sideways, a reflex of the body¡¯s intrinsic fear of fire. This helped dy the warrior for a short period.

    However, there was still one Light Armor Warrior left.

    Watermelon Skin pressed his finger on the trigger of the Excellent Grade Level 50 sniper rifle. In spite of his bloodied face, his eyes stared straight into the sniping scope.

    He was clearly determined to activate his talent and was ready to sacrifice himself to take the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s life, but before he could pull the trigger:

    Bang!

    A dent appeared on the upper left of the alloy armor. The Light Armor Warrior, who was charging at high speed towards them from behind the building, was suddenly jolted and flew in the air as if a giant hammer had hit him. It seemed certain that his bones and internal organs had been crushed.

    Above his head, a five-digit red damage number appeared.

    -10,460!

    The white light of death shed!

    The Light Armor Warrior, who had not been attacked before this and thus had full HP, took a few more steps, propelled by the force of his charge, before copsing on the ground. Blood flowed out of his body and formed a pool on the ground.

    ¡°Watermelon¡­¡±

    Both My World and Steel Fortress, who had already charged forward, watched as the Light Armor Warrior copsed, their bloodstained faces ovee with sadness.

    At the time, they knew that Watermelon Skin had used his talent, Sacrificial Shot, and gave his life for this Light Armor Warrior.

    Although death in a game was not the same as in real life, it was nheless the passing of a fellow teammate. As such, the two of them were quite sad.

    However, now was not the time for grief.

    Even though their mission was destined to fail, they wanted to kill as many enemies as possible to avenge their fallenrades, including Grassy, Ultimate Heavy Armor, and the most recent loss, Watermelon Skin.

    With a look of determination, the two warriors tried to intercept the enemies. Behind them, Watermelon Skin stared nkly ahead.

    It was true that he was determined to die along with the Light Armor Warrior, but¡­

    The thing is, he had not yet pulled the trigger! His finger was still on the trigger, but the Light Armor Warrior had already been killed, and in one shot.

    Yes, one shot!

    As a Sniper himself, he recognized that the bullet that struck the enemy¡¯s chest came from a sniper rifle.

    Moreover, it was clear from the appearance of a single damage number that one shot had broken through the defense, and also emptied the full HP bar of the Light Armor Warrior, exceeding 10,000!

    A five-digit damage number. It was impossible not to see it!

    ¡°What¡¯s this? Is this Sk?¡±

    The battle was indeed quite chaotic, as sounds of gunshots and energy explosions filled the area.

    As such, Watermelon Skin was unable to determine the source of the gunshot. Since their team had only two Snipers, if it were not him, then it would have to be Sk.

    However, that seemed hard to believe.

    Watermelon Skin thought about Sk while still in shock.

    ¡°Watermelon Skin¡­¡±

    At that moment, Sk and Ion me were fighting against the lone Light Armor Warrior. Just like My World and the others, he also thought the shot hade from Watermelon Skin.

    In Silvermoon City, he had seen Watermelon Skin use the talent. Even the giant octopus that evolved into a Quasi Boss lost over 30,000 HP following a shot from Watermelon Skin.

    As such, Sk did not think it was weird for him to take out one Light Armor Warrior in one shot.

    At the moment, though, he had no time to look for Watermelon Skin.

    The Light Armor Warrior was charging towards him, and Ion me was now less than 20 meters away. The warrior had even raised his alloy sword, the standard preparatory stance before warriors typically used their meleebat skill, Thunder Leap sh.

    Even though Watermelon Skin had traded his life for an enemy, the situation on the battlefield did not improve.

    And it was not just him, My World and Steel Fortress, too, were disadvantaged in their battles against their enemies.

    Losing one arm was too much for a Light Armor Warrior. When My World used one hand to parry the attacks from the enemy, the hits and shes almost made him lose his weapon.

    If it weren¡¯t for the high HP and high defense of Steel Fortress, a Heavy Armor Warrior, they would even have been pushed to the point where they had no chance of fighting back.

    As for Dan Hen, even though he was very confident of his PK ability and his stiletto, ¡°Water that was far away could never put out a nearby fire!¡±

    Ion me and Tangerine had run out of MP. Although they had pulled out their pistols to help in the battles, they did not have bonus gunners. As such, they were not much of a threat to the low HP Light Armor Warrior, who had over 8,000 HP. They had no way of stopping their enemies.

    Unless, Watermelon Skin could take another one out, providing the three long-range attackers the time and space to release skills that could support the other three melee yers.

    However, this clearly was not going to¡­

    The Light Armor Warrior raised his sword and leaped into the air once he was within the 10-meter range. Then, with Thunder Leap sh activated, he descended. However, another five-digit Fatal Damage number popped up above his head, too.

    Bang!

    -10,763!

    By the time hended on the ground, the white light of death had already visited him, and his eyes lost focus. In addition, energy crystals and all sorts of resources and potions fell on the ground!

    Endnote:

    [1] It should not be Snipers but Light Armor Warriors; could be a typo by the author.

 Chapter 708: Dan Henâ€™s Strength

    <h4>Chapter 708: Dan Hen¡¯s Strength</h4>

    Sk, who had just put down his sniper rifle and pulled out his military knife to fight to his death, seemed stunned for a while.

    ¡°Dead?¡±

    Blood was oozing out of a bullet hole that suddenly appeared on the back of the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s head in front of him. Naturally, there was no need to exin what had happened.

    However, who fired that shot?

    ¡°What is going on?¡±

    Wasn¡¯t Watermelon Skin already dead?

    Why was someone still shooting?

    Could it be that Watermelon Skin¡¯s talent could now be used more than once?

    Sk seemed perplexed. He turned around and looked left towards the ce Watermelon Skin was lying.

    And the result? He found that Watermelon Skin, as hey on the ground, was looking at him just as shocked.

    What was going on?

    The two of them were not very far apart. Even though it was dark, given the eyesight of Snipers, they could still see each other¡¯s expression.

    And, indeed, Watermelon Skin¡¯s expression was obvious.

    It only meant one thing: He did not kill the Light Armor Warrior

    This was evident from the location of the shot that had hit the Light Armor Warrior. The bullet hade from the right side of where they were. Sk was shocked only to the extent that he had failed to notice it.

    ¡°There¡¯s another Sniper helping us out over here!¡±

    Sk reacted rather quickly and understood the reason almost instantly.

    Moreover, this Sniper was someone who could kill a Light Armor Warrior in one shot. He also possessed incredible marksmanship.

    The hidden Sniper¡¯s ability to kill the Light Armor Warrior easily did not surprise Sk at all.

    More people had begun to awaken the Force in the game, and the number of Legendary Grade weapons had also been increasing gradually. As such, if a Sniper were to possess both the Force and a Legendary Grade weapon, taking out a Light Armor Warrior equipped with only Excellent Grade gear would not be all that difficult.

    The real surprise was the difficulty of the Sniper¡¯s shots.

    Both the shots came less than a second apart. Furthermore, both bullets struck vital points.

    As a Sniper himself, Sk was fully aware of the difficulty of achieving this.

    Had it been him, he certainly would not have been able to take aim and shoot in such a short time.

    Or perhaps it was more urate to say that even if he had been able to fire the second shot, the bullet¡¯s trajectory would not have been exact.

    But, this Sniper managed to do it.

    Ah!

    Sk¡¯s nk stare was interrupted by a painful grunt.

    One of the fights nearby between the meleebatants had ended.

    The neck of a Light Armor Warrior was punctured by Dan Hen¡¯s dark red stiletto. A Fatal Damage number of ¡°-4,003¡± appeared above his head before he fell backward, eyes staring forward, on the ground.

    In an exchange thatsted only a few seconds, even as he and his teammate surrounded the enemy, a Light Armor Warrior such as him had been put under the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status by this Scout yer whom he had underestimated.

    ¡°This stiletto¡­¡±

    The Light Armor Warrior wanted to speak to remind his teammate. However, the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status prevented him from speaking further. He managed to force his mouth open, but due to the puncture in his neck, only blood spilled out.

    ¡°F*ck¡­Old Seven¡­Heavy Gale sh!¡±

    The other Light Armor Warrior looked anxious. With his alloy sword that was imbued with a skill, he shed ferociously at Dan Hen in an attempt to push back the Scout¡¯s hand that held the stiletto.

    And just as he swung his alloy sword, a bloodstained arm covered in sand appeared in front of the alloy sword.

    Ka!

    The Light Armor Warrior severed the arm that had reached the damage limit.

    However, the Light Armor Warrior was not happy at all. This was because the enemy had used the gap created by sacrificing his left arm to pull the stiletto out of the Light Armor Warrior¡¯s teammate with his right arm. Following that, using the bleeding effect from the ensuing wound, emptied the remaining HP of the Light Armor Warrior under the ¡°Heavy Injury¡± status.

    This made the surviving Light Armor Warrior feel a sense of terror.

    Although it was said that scouts had a short timeframe for being on par with warriors in terms of meleebat, it usually only referred to the damage output.

    Without the dynamic alloy armor, scouts were inferior to warriors in terms of their Strength, HP, and defense stats. They were only slightly better than warriors when it came to their agility.

    With far more disadvantages, a fight between scouts and warriors would most likely end with the scouts suffering aplete defeat.

    However, this Scout yer was mounting incredible pressure on the Light Armor Warrior.

    The good thing was that the bleeding caused by the severed limb pushed the Scout¡¯s already low HP lower, to less than 15%, which also put him in the ¡°Weakened¡± state.

    The Light Armor Warrior was confident that, with his almost full HP, he would not lose to a low-HP Scout yer in an ¡°Weakened¡± state.

    As the Light Armor Warrior thought this, he gritted his teeth and raised his alloy sword. Then, he lunged towards Dan Hen, who had just pulled out his stiletto, and shed.

    However, at that moment, he felt a thump behind his head.

    Bang!

    And then¡­

    There was nothing!

    -11,345!

    Panting heavily, Dan Hen was trying to determine the trajectory of the opponent¡¯s iing attack in his dizzy state due to the ¡°Weakened¡± status. Then, his face stiffened.

    What¡­ What was going on?

    Ta, ta, ta

    ¡°Rumble¡±

    Feng Luo leaped down off the roof of a tattered building and rolled on the ground.

    This caused submachine gun bullets along with fireballs, wind des, ice arrows, and continuous earth bullets tond in the area behind him.

    Even though a few bullets struck his back, they were not able to break the dual-defense of his SUVbat uniform and tactical vest. They only reduced his HP by around 1,000, which was also the amount of HP he could recover in an instant.

    ¡°It was actually them.¡±

    With both feet buried in the sand,nding as he did from a roof over a dozen meters high, Feng Luo quickly got back on his feet and used Quick Sneak before rushing towards a building next to him.

    He had a surprised look on his face.

    He was initially going to use the tactic, ¡°The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware the oriole is behind it.¡±

    As the second group focused on attacking the first, he would slowly and stealthily kill the people at the back of the second group before finishing off the rest.

    The reason was that this military base site was unlike the battleground at the ruins near Lu Conglomerate City before.

    Due to the number of buildings at the base, as well as the numerous walls, he could not shoot from a location that was very far away.

    As such, to be noticed too early, even for a yer like him would mean considerable danger. After all, the enemy had sufficient long-range firepower, and their attack range was also quite wide.

    As Feng Luo observed the fight between the two sides once he reached the roof of one of the buildings ¡ª and thanks to Mu Zi¡¯s anti-detection ability and the cover of the night ¡ª he found out, to his surprise, that one of the groups wasposed of Dan Hen and My World¡¯s squads.

    The two squads were actually together. Moreover, they had been pursued by the yers of an enemy faction to this location.

    Feng Luo couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly.

    Since this was the case, his original n could no longer work: he could not let Watermelon Skin and the others be the live target of enemy fire.

    Not only that, but he also had to do something and take out the enemymanders first. Then, he would have to kill a few Light Armor Warriors to rescue Dan Hen and the crew.

    However, even though he had to expose himself early, Feng Luo was still quite confident that he would be able to deal with them.

    It was a testament to his confidence in his strength!

 Chapter 709: Delighted Watermelon Skin

    <h4>Chapter 709: Delighted Watermelon Skin</h4>

    ¡°Chase him!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t let him escape!¡±

    ¡°Take revenge for Big Brother!¡±

    Over at where the Wolves and Golden Scorpions were, the chaos of the situation saw an ease due to Feng Luo changing the target of attack.

    Due to Feng Luo¡¯s three consecutive shots, their coordinates were exposed, making these people engage firepower in rage upon finally finding his position!

    However, their attacks were misses, and the opponent jumped straight down from the roof.

    Half of their concentrated firepower was blocked by the surrounding structures.

    But it would already be sufficient just having discovered the opponent¡¯s position.

    In a team of a bunch of Scout yers with quite a few of them with good equipment, did he still think he could escape after his position had been exposed?

    ¡­

    ¡°Just what¡­on earth is going on?¡±

    Behind the abandoned infrastructure were Sk and the other people. They were already temporarily free from the attacks of the people chasing them and had gotten a chance to catch their breaths.

    Looking at the three Light Armored Warrior corpses, all of them exchanged nces and Dan Hen creased his forehead. Each warrior had been killed by one sniper bullet shot and their bodies were scattered on the ground.

    ¡°You have an automatically received message!¡±

    Just then, Watermelon Skin¡¯smunicator sounded.

    Automatic receive¡ªthis meant that there was no need to ept it, themunicator would connect automatically!

    Typically, many yers would not engage this setting, and would even especially switch off themunicator notifications inbat.

    This was because sudden messages could seriously affect battle, and even expose one¡¯s position.

    However, Watermelon Skin first froze upon hearing the message.

    Then it was like he had thought of something as his face suddenly lit up. He immediately asked curiously,

    ¡°Big Brother Feng?¡±

    ¡°Big Brother Feng?¡±

    My World and the others froze altogether.

    Just then, upon hearing the certain answer in themunicator, Watermelon Skin was delighted.

    ¡°Oh, alright, alright!¡±

    The interaction was very short and it was cut off in just less than 10 seconds, but Watermelon Skin was full of delight.

    ¡°Watermelon, what¡¯s up?¡±

    My World and Iron Fortress, as well as the female Medic Azure, all looked towards him, looking like they had a guess.

    ¡°Could it be¡­¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s Big Brother Feng! They are doing a mission in this ruin and saw us. It was their move just now!¡±

    Watermelon Skin nodded to his threepanions.

    ¡°No way, what a coincidence!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s actually Big Brother Feng, no wonder!¡±

    ¡°So it¡¯s Brother Feng¡­¡±

    My World and the others were d and joyful.

    Dan Hen, Sk, and Ion me also realized who it was that Watermelon Skin was talking about; they were all first shocked and then had the ¡°no wonder¡± expression.

    The reason for the shock was mainly that this situation was really a little beyond expectation.

    They had actually met Feng Luo deep in this Death Desert!

    No one could shoot as well as Feng Luo, and they realized it must be him.

    ¡°Other than Brother Feng, I really can¡¯t think of any Sniper who can have such shooting skills!¡±

    Sk sounded like he was full of admiration and certainty.

    In awhile, the eight of them who had initially defeated three Light Armored Warriors were so happy to emerge from their state of desperation. However, their conditions were precarious and they still had no clue about what was going on.

    Even Dan Hen heaved a sigh of relief!

    ¡°Right, what did Brother Feng just say?¡±

    My World asked Watermelon Skin.

    ¡°He wants us to cooperate with him to engage in an attack once we¡¯ve recovered for a bit, to end this bunch of people here!¡±

    Watermelon Skin raised his sniper rifle and said with an expression of delight and trust, as well as excitement in preparation for revenge.

    ¡­

    ¡°F*ck, why can¡¯t we find him?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s clearly hiding nearby!¡±

    In the enemy camp, the few Scout yers¡¯ faces had currently turned grave.

    ¡°This won¡¯t do, can¡¯t find a trace of him at all!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s either that Sniper has super powerful anti-detection skill or equipment, or there are still Scouts hiding nearby!¡±

    They had already clearly discovered the opponent¡¯s position just now and the gap between both parties was not considered far; though there was infrastructure blockage, it was still impossible that there waspletely no indication on the Recon Meter.

    And even though it was through a strengthened Detection effect, they still did not discover that Sniper¡¯s position!

    This made the group of Scouts, who were initially very assured of being able to catch hold of this Sniper who had already killed close to 10 of their men, turn pale one by one.

    If it were in the daytime or on another map in the night-time, it would still be fine because they could use the night vision device or telescope to detect the sniper using normal vision. It would be useless if the opponent had anti-detection skills.

    However, this Death Desert map was full of disrupting substances, while night vision tools were also seriously affected by the red light present everywhere.

    To find the opponent¡¯s location directly by vision was impossible when the opponent did not have gunfire!

    ¡°Light Armored Warriors, hurry, we must find him!¡±

    Luckily, they still had another backup.

    The remaining three Light Armored Warriors had engaged Charge skill and were all holding weapons, running to circle the location where Feng Luo hadst disappeared!

    Three Light Armored Warriors, could they not contain a Sniper?

    If they had known why the previous three Light Armored Warriors had died so quickly without having the time to pass the message back to them, these people definitely would not have had such a thought!

    But they obviously still did not know.

    But it did not matter as, right off, these people experienced it for themselves with stunned expressions!

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    With a gunshot, a sniper bullet shot out from an inconspicuous dark spot in the middle region of a building, making a distance of over 100 meters at one-tenth of a second.

    ¡°-11345!¡±

    The body of one of the three Light Armored Warriors in Charge turned into a bow-shape, the white light of death appearing mercilessly on his suddenly halted body!

    ¡°F*ck me¡­¡±

    ¡°Over there!¡±

    When the people behind them had determined the general position of the opponent from the gunshot, their slightlygged attacks were a miss once more!

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    A secondter, yet another person from the two remaining Light Armored Warriors fell to the ground!

    ¡°F*ck¡­¡±

    This situation made thest Light Armored Warrior no longer dare to charge over.

    He cursed as he hurriedly leaped into a building on the way, panting hard!

    After this update, something worth mentioning was that the Warrior¡¯s Charge skill had gotten a great deal of adjustment.

    Now, this skill was the same as Gunners¡¯ firearms, without cooldown time.

    That¡¯s right, Warriors can now use Charge at will to approach the target at high speed.

    This update had definitely multiplied the threat of Warrior yers to long-range professions such as Gunners and Maniptors.

    It must be made known, the basic speed of Expert-Grade Charge was already 300%¡ªthis meant that to most Light Armored Warriors, a distance of 100 meters just needed around three seconds!

    Luckily, movement was restricted, just like how firearms cannot be fired when hot.

    After engaging Charge there would be a continuous consumption of huge amounts of strength, plus the higher the speed enhancement of Charge, the faster the reduction of strength; once strength reached 50%, one would no longer be able to use the Charge skill.

    Therefore, even if it were Warriors with extremely fast strength recovery, it was impossible to use Charge continuously without end!

 Chapter 710: Frantic Escape

    <h4>Chapter 710: Frantic Escape</h4>

    Thest Light Armored Warrior had given up and hidden away to one side. The Maniptor and Scout yers behind him who were initially attacking them were at first a little stunned.

    Then, one by one, they hurriedly retreated behind the SUVs.

    This could not bepletely med on them being timid, it was really the two Light Armored Warriors being killed consecutively at once. This made them feel an even greater threat than they did previously!

    On their side, the Maniptors and Machine Gunners who were killed were ultimately all vulnerable professions. Furthermore, that Earth Maniptor¡¯s forcefield was not full either¡ªit was still eptable that they were killed by one sniper shot from the opponent!

    But now it was two Light Armored Warriors that had been killed.

    Moreover, they were Light Armored Warriors who had taken potions and with a lot more than 10,000 health.

    In the end, they were still killed by the opponent with one shot!

    Plus it was amidst high-speed Charge¡ªin such an environment, with their visions unable to clearly decipher movement, they were still effortlessly hit in the critical points by the opponent!

    With this attack power along with this difficulty, anyone who did not flee would be a fool.

    ¡°F*ck¡­¡±

    ¡°How could there be such a rad Sniper? Don¡¯t tell me it¡¯s someone in the top 100 of the ability ranking!¡±

    One by one, the Wolves and Golden Scorpion yers hid near the SUVs as they cursed and discussed.

    Many of their faces were filled with panic, and they even had fear in their eyes.

    There was no choice, the opponent only needed one shot for Light Armored Warriors¡ªit was clearly impossible for them vulnerable ones to take one bullet from the opponent!

    With so many of them, if they were to rush out and attack together, the single opponent would certainly have no way of killing all of them immediately. They would definitely rather have the chance to focus their firepower and kill the opponent.

    Despite that, the problem was that everyone was selfish, given the current situation, and no one was willing to be the sacrifice.

    After all, if one was chosen by the opponent as the target and was hit by an iing shot, then there would be no possibility at all for a narrow escape¡ªdeath would strip one of Levels and also equipment!

    Although it was now easier to level back up after losing Levels and equipment, equipment could be picked up by one¡¯spanions. After all, no one wanted to die even once!

    Besides, if they died, having gone through one night¡¯s worth of a tough mission would have gone to waste!

    Hence, it was in any f*cking way better to have someone else die than oneself.

    It was best to have those from the Wolves or Golden Scorpion teams die!

    Hence, a bizarre scene appeared on the battlefield¡ªone side was clearly still left with 30 to 40 people but all were hiding behind structures or the SUVs, not showing themselves to attack!

    Whereas on the other side, there was just one person who was containing enemies of over 10 times more in number with one sniper rifle in hand!

    If other people were to see this scene, they would feel pity¡ªthis was the deterrence power of a Sniper!

    Oh, wrong, it¡¯s the deterrence power of War¡¯s top Sniper!

    ¡°F*ck, a Sniper!¡±

    ¡°Wait, we have Snipers too¡­¡±

    The Wolves and Golden Scorpion people suddenly thought of something amidst cursing.

    They had Snipers as well; since normal regions of activity in Death Forest were quite restrictive to Snipers, the teams only had one or two Snipers respectively!

    But despite this, they were still Snipers!

    Why the f*ck were they of no use at all, in such a situation, couldn¡¯t they at least stand out and counterattack?

    If you don¡¯t defeat the opponent Sniper as a Sniper, then what are you there for?

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Just when they were thinking spitefully like that, two consecutive sniper gunshots had sounded!

    Thereafter, here on their side, the head of a Sniper yer, who was prone at the edge of a building, fell to the ground! The Sniper yer had not been counterattacking that one-shot Sniper.

    ¡°F*ck, again!?¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re already hidden, how can he still hit us?¡±

    ¡°Wrong, this is a gunshot! It¡¯s not that Sniper!¡± someone realized.

    This time, the location of the source of the sniper bullet was not opposite them. It was in the direction of the first bunch of people they had chased, and they had already been quiet for some time.

    The position they were hiding in now aided in avoiding the shooting angle of that one-shot Sniper as much as possible.

    However, they did not notice that they had been exposed in the field of vision of the people they had chased!

    ¡­

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    A bullet went through a Normal SUV with a defense coefficient that was not considered high, then drilled through a Scout yer¡¯s helmet at the left temple, and shot out once more from the right side through a huge bloody hole.

    It carried boiling hot blood that sttered the sand on the ground. The ground was radiating red light!

    ¡°-9945!¡±

    The 25th!

    After firing this bullet, Feng Luo unhesitatingly took a few steps diagonally backward, effortlessly dodging the opponent¡¯s following few counterattacks!

    From the moment he had killed the only opponent Machine Gunner yer, it had only been over two minutes!

    Two minutes, 25 heads.

    This rate was even higher than the previous killing of the September Guild people!

    The reason for the great increase in rate was naturally because, after the system update, sniper rifles did not have the highly limiting ¡°cooldown time¡±.

    To a Normal Sniper, this was not too meaningful, but to a top Sniper, this could be multiplied fatality!

    Besides, such a rate was also owing to the effort of Watermelon Skin and his people who, even though did not kill many, had forced these people into a difficult spot.

    And it was also due to the effort of Mu Zi and the other three who had joined in the battle halfway.

    This battle was not just a battle of his own, but a mini team battle.

    Hmm¡­I must say that it was able to be so smooth thanks to another system update, which was the update of ¡°yers inbat state would be unable to engage in pet summoning and retrieving¡±.

    This restriction, to him who already had 24K in slumber, was not too meaningful, but at least he was able to reduce thebat power of the yers on the other side by at least one-third.

    After all, with Feng Luo¡¯s current thought processing speed towards other yers¡¯ skills, the attack methods they had, as well as other things, it could be said that his mental reaction could be analyzed easily within a second.

    From there, he could dodge or respond urately at a reaction speed way faster than normal people!

    However, if the opponents summoned pets, then the battle would not be so easy.

    Thebat power of Normal and Elite-Grade pets was not considered strong.

    Despite this, the special abilities of some pets were quite decent¡ªthey would be able to unleash aplementary effect when matched well, hand in glove, with the yer.

    If it were close to 50 pets together in the battle, it would undoubtedly magnify the difference in numbers between the two sides¡ªeven he, Feng Luo, would have fallen into much trouble!

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-10340!¡±

    After Feng Luo stepped back and dodged the attacks, with a turn and holding the Wings of Death, he jumped onto the roof of the abandoned building beside him in a few steps!

    After this, he propped up the Wings of Death once more and opened fire.

    This time, the bullets shot out from the Wings of Death rifle were covered with ayer of ck. In such a dark environment, the trajectory in the air was close to nothing, but when it hit, it went straight through the head of a Heavy Armored Warrior. He had absorbed much damage and was brandishing an Alloy Sword, creating conditions for the backlines to output.

    [¡°You have killed an enemy camp yer, ording to the battle process, Merit earned: 1!¡±]

    It was the 26th one, and he had gotten 15 Merit points!

    The main thing was that it was not that the system would reward Merit points for killing just anyone, especially if it were some yers who could not pose him any damage threat.

    This also dashed the hopes of some people who were notcking in money and wanted to make use of the camp¡¯s rewards to spend credits and buy people to farm Merit.

    ¡°F*ck¡­¡±

    The death of the Heavy Armored Warrior had made the Wolves and Golden Scorpion yers, who already had less than 20 people, hopelessly lose their battle will.

    They currently had the upper hand in terms of numbers. The problem was that the professions that could truly threaten the opponent Sniper had all died!

    Right, they had all died!

    In their team, there was a total of just nine Light Armored Warriors. Even thest Light Armored Warrior, unable to stand being continuously scolded by another small Scout team, had lifted his Alloy Sword and charged out!

    The result was not much different from the oues of the previous two Light Armored Warriors¡ªhe was busted in the head with one shot.

    It was said that the Maniptors and Gunners being killed had made them afraid. Then, the Light Armored Warriors being simrly killed by the opponent would have made them panic.

    But this panic was definitely not as much as the pressure over 10 seconds ago when the team¡¯s first Heavy Armored Warrior was simrly killed by the opponent!

    Even though that Heavy Armored Warrior had lost over one-third of health due to the counterattack from that bunch of people they were chasing, that remaining health was still up to 10,000, even close to 15,000. He was still effortlessly in.

    Even if that had been said over 10 seconds ago, it wouldn¡¯t have mattered¡ªif Heavy Armored Warriors could be killed so easily, the team didn¡¯t stand a chance.

    Perhaps the opponent had made use of some special bullet, or possibly the skill of the Legendary Sniper rifle in the opponent¡¯s hands. Hopefully this kind of skill could only be used once.

    N ow, the second Heavy Armored Warrior was being in too.

    Quickly, flip the remaining people¡¯s battle mentality!

    Fight, how to fight? Fight with what?

    There was not one Light Armored Warrior left, Medics and Scouts had all died, and Snipers were useless.

    They were left with a bunch of Maniptors and Heavy Armored Warriors. Initially, they had still intended to use the SUVs and Heavy Armored Warriors¡¯ shields to defend themselves , but they realized in the end that these two were unable to block that one-shot Sniper across from them!

    ¡°Retreat! I quit this fight!¡±

    The initiator was at the front of the SUV line and nobody knew who he was. Water curtains, firewalls, wind barriers, and other vision-disrupting skills suddenly rose one after another.

    After this, the remaining fewer than 20 yers frantically rushed towards thest few SUVs!

    Both Wolves and Golden Scorpion had chosen to retreat. At this time, the two mercenary teams that were usually in conflict now had no spare time to scold and attack each other.

    One by one, they just wanted to retreat first, to leave the sniping range of this Sniper!

    Or, to be more precise, they just wanted to flee!

    They still had close to 20 people remaining and if they were to rush into some of the abandoned buildings of the military base, they should still have a chance to turn the tables!

    However, this chance might not mean much at all.

    Initially, even with close to 50 people, they were unable topromise with each other. Now, with just fewer than 20 people, could they still triumph?

    It must be made known that the opponent was not alone either, but with more than 10 helpers!

    Besides, what was more important was that the Golden Scorpion people had already fought to be the first to retreat. Would the Wolves people not retreat to clean up after the Golden Scorpion people?

    ¡°F*ck, dream on!¡±

    When the water curtain and firewall skills were used up, seven or eight Energy SUVs charged at full speed out of the military base in the opposite direction, into the desert .

    Left on the battlefield were more than 20 corpses, as well as many prizes and even equipment that were unable to be retrieved!

    However, on the roof of an abandoned structure, that Sniper was not concerned about those prizes. He was behind the propped-up Wings of Death sniper rifle, swiftly pointing the scope at the fleeing vehicles!

    Perhaps these people did not know.

    How foolish they were, turning their backs and fleeing from a Sniper who could snipe people in SUVs!

    This was already proven three days before with a September Guild Energy SUV!

 Chapter 711: Sharing the Mission

    <h4>Chapter 711: Sharing the Mission</h4>

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-8678!¡±

    A bullet traveled a distance of close to 500 meters, zoomed past the side of a toppled SUV on its side, and caught up with a Wind Maniptor who had jumped off a vehicle and was hurriedly fleeing.

    After shattering the faint greenyer of Energy Forcefield, the high-speed spinning double armor-piercing bullet first tore through his Energy robe, then drilled out through the front of his chest with a stter of blood and the white light of death!

    ¡°The 37th!¡±

    Feng Luo counted in his head as he stood up holding the Wings of Death.

    The remaining two SUVs had already gone behind the tall dune across from him and had driven out of his shooting range.

    However, the two SUVs left behind a glorious battle oue!

    At intervals, SUVs were scrapped or missing their engines. Fallen yers¡¯ corpses surrounded the SUVs and beams of white light representing the piles of prizes surrounded those corpses!

    In this battle, he had killed a total of 37 people. The opponent was only left with five people who had boarded two SUVs and escaped.

    But these people probably did not have a high chance of escaping!

    The Death Forest was still an entire 100 kilometers from here and the number of monsters along the way would not be few.

    Feng Luo did not believe that their luck would have been so good to allow them to be able to escape.

    ¡­

    ¡°Big Brother Feng!¡±

    When thest enemy had been defeated, from Feng Luo¡¯s side came the voice of Watermelon Skin. He also stood up holding a sniper rifle, his face full of admiration and delight.

    ¡°Brother Feng¡­ Big Brother Feng¡­¡±

    Calling out to him as well were My World, who had a broken arm, Iron Fortress, and Colorless Azure in a white Medic attire.

    ¡°Old Little Brother Feng, Brother Feng!¡±

    Of course, there was Dan Hen and the other two, and Mu Zi and the rest walking towards them from another direction.

    ¡°Old Brother Dan Hen, we meet again!¡±

    Feng Luo first nodded to Watermelon and the others, then looked at Dan Hen and said with a smile,

    ¡°Yeah¡­since we separated at Silvermoon City, this is the first time we¡¯ve met!¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s voice had a tinge of pity .

    When he spoke of Silvermoon City, his tone sounded slightly upset.

    ¡°Mm, let¡¯s keep these supplies and equipment on the ground first, then talk in the base¡­the blood all over this floor might attract some monsters with an acute sense of smell!¡±

    Seeing him like this, Feng Luo felt that it was probably the fact that Silvermoon City had been conquered that Dan Hen felt hurt. Thus, he did not want to bother Dan Hen further and changed the topic.

    ¡­

    A few minutester, everyone including the reinforcements was already standing at the ground level of the building. This is where Feng Luo and the others hade out previously, from the underground base deeply buried in sand.

    With illumination that was not made too bright and through a simple exchange of information, Feng Luo understood the reason for My World and the othersing here!

    Thest time, when Feng Luo had met Watermelon Skin, the serial mission they were on had already entered itsst section.

    The goal of the mission was to locate and retrieve an important item in the Death Forest, which was taken out from the NPC internal authority by a Federal spy agent. This agent had infiltrated the anti-government NPC camp before he was being hunted!

    The difficulty of the mission was pretty high, as the Levels of the monsters in the Death Forest were not low. Plus, it was the territory of the anti-government NPC authority!

    The My World team and the others were now already on par with mainstream yers as they had sold the Permanent Enhancement Potion. Obtained from killing the quasi-BOSS octopus previously, the potion was in addition to the equipment gifted by Feng Luo¡¯s updating of everyone¡¯s equipment.

    Despite this, they were powerless to enter the Death Forest.

    But, coincidentally at this time, My World and the others from Silvermoon City had be friends with Sk and the others, and the team of Dan Hen and the others was also going on a mission in the Death Forest.

    Hence, after the two parties had discussed their n, they decided to work together.

    The mission had gone on pretty smoothly as the mission target item was hidden in a region that was not considered dangerous. They had seeded in iming the target item.

    However, they had not expected that the moment they retrieved the item, they would be wanted by the NPC authority.

    Although this wanted order was not given directly by the NPC army, it had announced a mission with attractive rewards to those Adventurers in the camp!

    There were not many yers under the NPC authority¡ªthere were just over 10 people in their two teams and it was therefore impossible to battle with the opponent at all.

    Being forced, they had instead chosen to go deep into the Death Desert from the Death Forest to make use of the dangerous region to deter the opponent.

    Or, even if they were undeterred, they only had to meet some powerful monsters along the way. Then, the teams would have the chance to slip away!

    However, who would have thought that after walking the entire 100 kilometers and reaching this base, they had yet to meet a single high-level monster of Commander-Grade and above¡ªit was as if these monsters had been held at bay by two lines of huge vehicles.

    After that, once they were at the military base, they finally had their SUVs destroyed by the attacks from behind them, forcing them to alight!

    If they had not met Feng Luo, the mission that they had spent an entire month on would have failed by now.

    ¡°What is your mission item?¡±

    Listening up to this point, Dai asked curiously.

    ¡°Dai!¡±

    Rose Thorns suddenly shouted. Her forehead creased and she shot him a look.

    This question should definitely not be asked.

    After all, since they risked earning a wanted order by NPCs, the item would surely be very valuable. Nobody would be willing to reveal its whereabouts.

    It must be made known, the freedom in War missions was very high¡ªit was not that you had to follow procedures once you have epted a mission, and it was also not that you would surely get the rewards when you havepleted the mission.

    Just like on Devil Tri-Horn Ind previously, Feng Luo and the others did not operate ording to the mission procedures, but had obtained the BOSS Chip by entering the central base!

    Another example was that, previously, Feng Luo had been at the Withered Desert when he killed that Desert Ant Queen BOSS and passed a series of missions. He then imed the ck Light Armored Warrior Dark Life Protozoa!

    Due to these reasons, something like this important item involving missions would typically not be asked about in detail.

    Therefore, Rose Thorns brought this to Dai¡¯s attention.

    ¡°Ahem¡­actually there¡¯s no need to keep it too much of a secret either, the mission item is a safe that¡¯s not consideredrge.¡±

    ¡°But that box is very firm and has strict encryption, so we don¡¯t know the general situation yet¡­Our mission requirement is to bring the box back, then hand it to the NPC and we¡¯d earn Merit and item rewards!¡±

    My World voiced out, easing the slight awkwardness as a result of what Dai had said.

    ¡°Right, Big Brother Feng, this mission still epts members now!¡±

    ¡°As long as the number of people is within the upper limit, those with sufficient contribution upon participating in the mission would all be able to find the NPC and im the rewards. Let us share the mission with you¡­¡±

    Azure thought of the mission and said to Feng Luo, looking at him with anticipation.

    ¡°That¡¯s right!¡±

    Watermelon Skin¡¯s eyes lit up as well.

 Chapter 712: Mission: Entrustment of Master Side

    <h4>Chapter 712: Mission: Entrustment of Master Side</h4>

    ¡°Well¡­¡±

    Feng Luo was deep in thought for a bit, contemting whether to reject or not.

    My World¡¯s and Iron Fortress¡¯s eyes lit up. Seeing their reactions, he changed his words instantly.

    ¡°Wouldn¡¯t it affect your mission rewards?¡±

    ¡°Nope. Of course not!¡±

    Azure shook her head with a look of joy.

    Thereafter, she turned to look towards Mu Zi and the others, and said awkwardly, ¡°This mission is only left with one quota, so¡­¡±

    ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter. We haven¡¯t been of much help before that anyway.¡±

    Mu Zi and the others naturally knew why she was in a difficult position. Thus, they voiced out their concerns, especially Dai who had previously spoken a little impulsively.

    ¡°My World is sharing the mission ¡®Entrustment of the Federal Military and Master Side¡¯. Do you ept?¡±

    Afterward, an inquiry notification came from the system that My World, as the first recipient of the mission, was sharing the mission with Feng Luo.

    When Feng Luo saw the name of the mission, he was shocked once again. ¡°Master!¡±

    Clearly, this mission of Mu Zi and the others should be rted to a Master-grade life profession NPC.

    The returns for such a mission weren¡¯t at all bad. If anything, they werepletely unexpected.

    Feng Luo had chosen to ept. ¡°ept.¡±

    ¡°Big Brother Feng, I¡¯m really still a little worried that you wouldn¡¯t ept our mission. If you didn¡¯t, we¡¯d be greatly indebted to you!¡±

    Seeing that Feng Luo had epted the mission, Azure and Watermelon Skin were really happy.

    Watermelon Skin and the others felt like they owed Feng Luo. Aside from Feng Luo previously gifting them equipment, it was, more importantly, Old John¡¯s mission rewards at Silvermoon City.

    Last time at Silvermoon City, afterpleting the mission of protecting Old John, Old John had given a promise to every yer who had epted the mission.

    To create a piece of equipment for free, not limited by level, as long as they provided the raw material, even a Legendary-grade was possible. Even My World and Watermelon Skin who had died in the mission had a portion of this reward.

    The value of this reward could not be determined at that time, but now the price was outrageous!

    Although the quantity of Legendary equipment in the game was now increasing each day, the price these days was rather continuously rising due to arge amount of capital injected into it, as well as the officials dering the news of universal enhancement.

    As of today, the price of a piece of Legendary equipment with average attributes had inted to one billion credits, let alone even more precious Legendary-grade weapons.

    That also meant that as long as Old John¡¯s mission reward was taken, then the few of them would be on their way to bing billionaires. Even if the costs of the tax and preparation of materials were subtracted, their profits would still be unimaginable.

    To My World¡¯s team, who had been at the mid-bottom of the game before meeting Feng Luo, this was really a huge deal.

    Although the Legendary equipment was rewarded by an NPC, after they had gone back and thought diligently, they felt that solely by their performance in the mission, it wasn¡¯t possible at all to earn a piece of Legendary equipment, not to mention still being able to earn Legendary equipment when they had clearly lost two people.

    There should only be one exnation for this: Old John was Feng Luo¡¯s employee. Feng Luo had very likely made use of his rtionship with the NPC to take good care of them.

    Therefore, the few of them in My World¡¯s team were truly thankful to Feng Luo.

    ¡°Sk, regarding yours and Ultimate¡¯s two custom equipment, y¡¯all go over soon. Confirm what kind of look and attribute requirements y¡¯all need.¡±

    Speaking about Legendary equipment, Feng Luo recalled that other than Watermelon Skin and the others, Sk and Ultimate Heavy Armor had alsopleted the mission.

    ¡°Brother Feng, you¡¯re saying¡­it¡¯s about done.¡±

    Upon hearing that, Sk¡¯s eyes instantly lit up, understanding something.

    ¡°Hmm¡­ Just a while. I should be able to umte five billion credits to purchase manufacturing equipment. Until then, Feng Zhi Hen Workshop would be able to ept custom Legendary equipment orders.¡±

    Feng Luo nodded.

    ¡°Five billion credits! It¡¯s actually too much. This capital investment is really horrifying enough.¡±

    Hearing that, Watermelon Skin and the others were unable to utter a word in surprise.

    In this current situation, where Legendary equipment was of high prices, it sounded like five billion credits was the price of just five pieces of Legendary equipment.

    But who would calcte it that way?

    Creating Legendary equipment required capital. It wasn¡¯t like just one piece would be able to fetch one billion credits.

    Material fees, instrument wear-and-tear fees, plus the tax by the system, the necessary NPC manpower costs¡­

    Adding all of these together, the five billion credits definitely wouldn¡¯t be a cost that just a few pieces of Legendary equipment would be able to cover for.

    Perhaps, even if they were all counted as the highest price, at least over 10 or 20 pieces would possibly cover the costs, and this didn¡¯t include already agreeing to create the six pieces of Legendary equipment for Sk, Watermelon Skin, and the others for free.

    However, even if it was greater than five billion, say, 10 billion, Feng Luo would definitely invest now.

    Because after the gamepany had announced about the universal enhancement, this business was already certain to be impossible to be at a loss.

    ¡°Legendary equipment!¡±

    Mu Zi and the others looked at My World andpany with astonishment and envy as soon as they understood it.

    This was a piece of Legendary equipment. Considering the meaning of this game as of today, the value of a piece of custom-made Legendary equipment would definitely be above the measurement of Star Coins.

    Of course, it was after knowing that the Legendary equipment from Old John could soon be ordered.

    Dai and the others were overjoyed. Although Old John only customized Warrior equipment and firearms, he didn¡¯t have any Maniptors.

    As for the issue concerning funds, although they still didn¡¯t have that much money, there was a gctic warshiping up.

    ¡°Right, Big Brother Feng.¡± Just then, Azure asked curiously, ¡°Howe y¡¯all woulde here?¡±

    Mu Zi and the others didn¡¯t answer immediately, but all looked towards Feng Luo, clearly letting him decide to respond.

    Becausepared with Watermelon Skin and the others¡¯ mission, the significance of a gctic warship was even greater.

    It was possibly even greater than the worth of 10 pieces of Legendary equipment.

    Seeing the expressions of Mu Zi and the others, Dan Hen and the others were at a loss for words, then regained their senses, and were about to change the topic.

    Feng Luo had already spoken directly. ¡°We¡¯vee to do a mission. In the end, we¡¯ve discovered some things underground of this desert¡­¡±

    ¡°What? A gctic warship?¡± someonemented as soon as Feng Luo finished speaking.

    Dan Hen, Watermelon Skin, and the others were all taken by the information of gctic warship.

    After which, they were side-eyeing in envy instead.

    Truly, most yers were very clear about the significance of a gctic warship.

    Although they didn¡¯t know how battered the gctic warship underground was, even if it was left with just a shell, it would definitely still be of value¡ªthis was the first gctic warship discovered in the game at the present time.

    Feng Luo scanned through all of them and realized that Watermelon Skin, Ion me, and the others didn¡¯t have any unusual expressions other than envy.

    This made him more satisfied with his decision.

    Feng Luo didn¡¯t hide much, as he was very trusting towards the characters of My World, Dan Hen, and these people. He was confident that they wouldn¡¯t have the thought of snatching the oues of the gctic warship discovery.

    Besides, even if someone had actually exposed it, it would be nothing much.

    Because over at where Mu Wu was, the operation should have already been almost there. Here, a city-building region should be applied soon.

    Then, until the Federal army came, they would engage in the city-building clearing mission with the Nightless yers.

    ¡°City-building? Brother Feng, you¡¯ve already joined a guild, and you still have to build a city here?¡±

    With Feng Luo talking about the city-building, My World, Sk, and the four of them were obviously delighted; whereas Dan Hen and Ion me observed the surroundings hesitatingly.

    ¡°Hmm¡­ The first consideration is this region, but the general location has yet to be totally confirmed.¡±

    Feng Luo nodded with a smile.

    ¡°Then would we be able to join your guild?¡± Watermelon Skin asked with anticipation, looking delighted as he awaited Feng Luo¡¯s response.

    ¡°Well, of course you¡¯d be weed!¡± Feng Luo replied, smiling.

    Now that Feng Luo was already Nightless¡¯ boss, he was naturally able to be in control of members joining.

    Moreover, the characters of My World¡¯s teampletely met the standards of the deciding factor of who to rope in in the future. Plus, their current abilities weren¡¯t bad either. Not longter, there would be another four people able to get Legendary equipment.

 Chapter 713: The Enemy Attacks Once Again!

    <h4>Chapter 713: The Enemy Attacks Once Again!</h4>

    ¡°Brother Feng, this ruin is so huge. Your city-building this time should need to engage some help, right?¡± Watermelon Skin asked Feng Luo, along with the three of them , about the city-building matter.

    Sk and Ion me exchanged nces, looking towards Dan Hen who seemed he wanted to say something, but only lowered his head and remained silent.

    Atst, Ion me could not help but tell Feng Luo, ¡°Hmm¡­ Definitely needed!¡±

    Feng Luo nodded in affirmation.

    The total number of yers of Nightless Club was no more than over 1,000, whereasbat yers were only over 700 people.

    With such manpower, it was really insufficient to clear out the Underground ruin, even though NPCs¡¯ help was avable in the n. They would definitely, nheless, need to engage a part of the people to participate in the clearing mission.

    ¡°Well then, Big Brother Feng, could we join?¡± Sk instantly spoke, sounding a little urgent.

    Hearing this, Feng Luo did not immediately respond. He carefully considered Sk¡¯s offer. Then collecting himself, he said with a smile, ¡°Of course! You¡¯re most wee. With experts like you and Brother Ion joining to help us, we¡¯re absolutely fortunate.¡±

    The reason why Feng Luo was taken aback by Ion me¡¯s and Sk¡¯s words was because from what he knew, the battle between the Veterans Tribe and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group these days after the fall of Silvermoon City had not ended yet.

    After the Veterans Tribe people had been driven out of Silvermoon City, they had stationed themselves at a system city near Silvermoon City, then especially took up camp missions rted there. A battle ensued with the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group almost every day.

    As such, although the city-building ruin-clearing required manpower, where the Veterans Tribe and Nightless Club yers previously had experience in cooperating in clearing the ruin before, along with the rtionship among Feng Luo and Dan Hen, ck Rose, and the others making them the best candidates, Feng Luo had not initiated the invite.

    He thought that in such a situation, the Veterans Tribe clearly did not have time to spare some manpower toe over and help.

    As the guild¡¯s main elite team, it was understandable that Dan Hen andpany took some time to do a mission. After all, most missions were of limited time and needed to bepleted as soon as possible.

    However, staying back to help Nightless City do city-building clearing was not really possible.

    Then again, who would have thought that Ion me and Sk would have initiatively brought up this matter?

    In such a situation, he naturally would choose to agree.

    However, this situation that just happened was slightly strange, as Ion me and Sk¡¯s we clearly did not refer to just the two of them, but to the entire Dan Hen team.

    Logically, such a decision typically shoulde from Dan Hen as the team leader, but he had been silent.

    Of course, he did not object either.

    But such silence, along with his observation at the moment that had actually noticed the reactions of the three of them, had made Feng Luo feel a little confused.

    Naturally, he would not speak up about this confusion.

    The participation of the Dan Hen team was truly a pleasant surprise.

    He was very clear about the ability of the Dan Hen team. Everyone was good that they could definitely be seen as elites even in thebat teams of big guilds such as the Nine Star Guild.

    Not to mention that the ability of Dan Hen himself was at the level of top experts!

    With their participation, the ruin-clearing mission, needless to say, had an extra portion ofbat power.

    ¡°Right, Brother Feng. If we, the Nightless City, built our station here, would it be under the threat of that so-called ¡®Freedom g¡¯ NPC force in the Death Forest?¡±

    Upon confirmation about joining the Nightless Club, My World had already brought his own position into the guild and probed.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about this¡­¡± Feng Luo smiled reassuringly.

    ¡­

    Time gradually past with their conversation. It was already four in the morning, and the sky was at its darkest before dawn.

    Beep. You have an automatically received message.

    Feng Luo¡¯smunicator received a notification.

    ¡°All has been well prepared. We¡¯ll be arriving in about half an hour,¡± Mu Wu announced from themunicator.

    ¡°Alright!¡± Feng Luo eximed.

    He thenmunicated the situation to Mu Wu, then sent the videos recorded by Mu Zi and the others before hanging up.

    Everything was going smoothly. Since Mu Wu already received Feng Luo¡¯s messages, it meant that he should be at a distance of within 100 kilometers from them already.

    In the game, as the air had a lot of disrupting substances and maic fields, if both yers were in the wild, they would not be able to connect if they were over 10 kilometers.

    However, if one party was in a city or possessed the map of themunication towers, or if they carried instruments that strengthened connection effect, the range would be expanded.

    Something worth mentioning was that it was heard that the Federal government had already researched a newmunication tower and would set it up in many important maps, whereby the connection range would no longer be restricted¡ªthis was actually one of the content in the system update this time too.

    ¡­

    Rumble.

    As time passed and it was 4:45 in the morning, a faint white-like belly of a marine creature appeared at the edge of Death Desert.

    In the sky not far from where they were, a beam of light from a moving SUV appeared with a faint rumbling.

    ¡°Seems like they¡¯re here.¡±

    From the lookout on a mid-top level of this building, the faces of Watermelon Skin and the others were delightful.

    ¡°Hmm¡­ Not right!¡±

    At the back, however, Feng Luo¡¯s face was somber.

    It was not just him. Dan Hen and Ion me, as well as Mu Zi, Rose Thorns, and the rest were also not delighted, but rather stern.

    ¡°Old Wu is probably half an hour away,¡± Feng Luo began, ¡°and there should be enough time in the middle for meeting some monsters. But even with good luck and no monsters were encountered, it should need at least one hour. Now it has only been over 40 minutes. It¡¯s not the Nightless City people who¡¯re here!¡±

    Feng Luo looked at the time on the screen projected from Mu Zi¡¯s wristband, which was the reason why he had made such a judgment.

    ¡°Then who could it be?¡± For a while, Azure¡¯s eyes widened in disbelief, then she spoke again as she regained her senses. ¡°The Freedom g people?¡±

    ¡°Ny percent possible. I¡¯ll go and take a look,¡± Feng Luo said as he stood up, already holding the Wings of Death, and leaped out from an exit.

    ¡°Old Little Brother Feng, I¡¯ll help you!¡±

    Dan Hen jumped out and followed Feng Luo.

    Scouts could shield the opponent¡¯s Detection. Furthermore, they had a better effect the closer the range. Dan Hen was worried that Feng Luo would be discovered.

    ¡°Alright,¡± Feng Luo agreed.

    On the military base sand, the yers¡¯ corpses left behind from that battle in the middle of the night had already been cleared out.

    The two Gunner yers both engaged Quick Sneak and quickly ran a distance and climbed up to the roof of a taller building in front of the military base, and hid themselves well.

    Subsequently, they used their binocrs and looked towards the direction of the source of the noises.

    The sounds came from behind the biggest sand dune. The beams of light from SUVs shot chaotically into the night sky, creating a glow of white light.

    Judging from the beams of light, the number of SUVs definitely would not be small.

    ¡°At least over 50!¡± Dan Hen said as he held up his binocrs, his voice low.

    ¡­

    Five minutester, the first Energy SUV entered the field of view of the two of them . Two Heavy Armored Warriors holding Alloy Shields stood on top, and between them stood a six-barreled machine gun.

    Right after, the SUV was followed by the second, third¡­tenth¡­twentieth¡­

    Each one was an Energy SUV of a different style modified to suit the desert terrain, sending up sand and dust as they entered the extended field of view of the two people.

    Many of the SUVs had people standing at the top, most of them were Warrior yers, while there was also a part of them who were protected Gunners and Maniptors covered in force fields.

    As they had yet to have enteredbat state, these people¡¯s chests did not have the camp-signature red light. However, Feng Luo was already sure of their identities.

    Among these people, no one was a Nightless City member whom he knew.

    Rather, he saw a few people who had that kind of Golden Scorpion and Wolves marks from before.

    In contrast with other yers, these few Golden Scorpion and Wolves people were more careful in action, as they hid their bodies¡¯ critical spots behind the SUVs and shields.

    Obviously, they were full of fear.

    But they would not know.

    At this point, Feng Luo decided against firing at all, as he turned a little grim just like Dan Hen beside him.

    While there were already over 50 SUVs that entered their field of view and the number of people had definitely exceeded 200, there were actually even more from behind.

    ¡°Retreat!¡± Feng Luo decided as he exchanged nces with Dan Hen.

    They hadpletely given up on attacking first, using the suddenness of the ambush and the long-range advantage to assassinate the opponent Machine Gunners or Medics, and other strategies. They were outnumbered. Obviously, engaging the opponents was futile.

    The two of them turned back and jumped off the building from behind, rushing back to the underground-linked building where Mu Zi and the others were.

    Seeing that the two had returned, Mu Zi immediately asked, ¡°Brother Feng? How¡¯s the situation?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s indeed the Freedom g yers. There are more than 200 of them!¡± Feng Luo said in a low voice.

    ¡°Two hundred people? That¡¯s a lot!¡±

    My World, Sk, and the others were shocked after hearing the news.

    ¡°Perhaps even more¡­,¡± Feng Luo added.

    ¡°I¡¯m now really curious,¡± he continued, ¡°about just how important your mission item this time is, actually letting so many Freedom g yers take the risk of meeting BOSSes and getting wiped out toe over here and chase us!¡±

    Feng Luo knew that these people definitely would not deliberatelye over to avenge those yers they had previously killed.

    The yers recruited by the Freedom g NPC armed force were all as small as the structures of small 100-men mercenary groups. In addition, these mercenary groups were vigorouslypetitive among themselves.

    Hence, these few hundreds of people taking a huge risk to travel 100 kilometers in such a high-level map in the night clearly would not be to avenge two of theirpetitive opponents.

    They would have epted a mission released by the NPCs, have been attracted by rich rewards, that was why they would once again form an evenrger team toe over and attack after both the Golden Scorpion and Wolves people had failed.

    This absolutely proved that the mission item procured by My World and the others was definitely of extremely high value, but it was a shame that the mission item was, as they had said, being stored in an unopenable safe.

 Chapter 714: Blocked for Half an Hour

    <h4>Chapter 714: Blocked for Half an Hour</h4>

    Had this mission not been My World¡¯s and the others¡¯ but himself, Feng Luo would perhaps have attempted to open the safe out of curiosity.

    Based on what he had encountered up until now, it seemed like there was nothing that could resist the de of Ghost Weep with the destruction Psionic Energy.

    As for whether destroying the mission item would cause the mission to fail, with the level of freedom of War, there would definitely not be such a setting.

    Of course, till then, NPCs¡¯ attitude might not be too good, and Feng Luo would still have to bear the oue.

    However, with the current situation, there was clearly no time for him to open the safe.

    Feng Luo suggested, ¡°Let¡¯s go down to the Underground City!¡±

    He then led the group running towards the passageway to enter the city.

    With what recently transpired, this was what they could only do as of the moment. Continuing to hide in this building would be futile.

    Since the opponent had actually moved out twice consecutively in the night, further increasing the number of participating people by several times, it clearly proved that they had to get their hands on the object in the safe.

    There were two Scouts, Mu Zi and Dan Hen, in the team who were able to shield against the opponent¡¯s Detection to a certain extent.

    However, as the sand outside would leave tracks, the opponent would easily know that they did not leave the military base. Then they would be able to lock this building ording to their different traces.

    The only way now was to enter the Underground City, then to think of a way to dy time until Mu Wu brings the Nightless City people here.

    ¡°Half an hour¡­ We have to dy at least half an hour. During this period, stop them from entering the terminal region with all you¡¯ve got!¡± Feng Luo instructed in a grave tone as he entered the underground passageway.

    He looked at Mu Zi, My World, and the few others who were now members of the Nightless Club.

    The discovery of the Underground ruin would not be a huge problem. The key was that the gctic warship could not be discovered by these people yet.

    It would definitely make any yer go crazy. Moreover, once these yers discovered the gctic warship, they would certainly inform the NPC armed force immediately, known as Freedom g, to exchange for their rewards.

    From the start, it was in Feng Luo and Mu Wu¡¯s n to expose the news of the gctic warship to that NPC force, and thereon let the Federal government NPC army help as fighters to get rid of all the hidden trouble surrounding this city-building.

    But not now¡­

    Feng Luo said softly, ¡°I just hope that these people really see the importance of the object in the safe.¡±

    Just then, Mu Wu had already entered the Underground City.

    With Dan Hen, Watermelon Skin, and the others¡¯ cautious studying, Feng Luo first let Mu Zi use Detection to certify that the surrounding had no monsters before bringing the team to run straight in the opposite direction from the terminal.

    They hade down to a straight passageway, wherein over 10 meters was a flight of stairs leading to the main path that cut into different regions of the Underground City.

    ¡°A mistake¡­ Should¡¯ve taken an SUV from the start before we enteredbat state!¡±

    ¡°That way, even if there were 300 people on the other side, they wouldn¡¯t be able to catch up with us!¡±

    Feng Luo brought the group running to the entrance of the main path. In his signal, they all hid, then raised their weapons and aimed them at the spot behind where they hade down from.

    Throughout this process, Feng Luo¡¯s sight unintentionally scanned through the main path of the Underground City, and a thought urred to him.

    The main passageway of this Underground City was not as narrow as a manhole dug by people. As it was meant to provide underground transport for the military base, the passageway could be said to be very wide, even 10 SUVs would be able to pass through.

    The Nightless City team had not used SUVs before because, at that time, the underground passageway still had huge poptions of monsters. It would have been too dangerous to use SUVs.

    Currently, a huge portion of the monsters had already been cleared out.

    In this situation, they could use an SUV, if they could get one.

    Retreat when they were at the lower hand, and it would not be possible at all for the opponent to catch up with them.

    However, it was a pity that thebat state determination in War was unlike typical games whereby it would only be counted when one really wanted to attack or after one was attacked, but was automatically determined by the system.

    Now, the option of retrieving transport tools was already dim, making them able to only take on the danger of forcefully dying the time.

    ¡°There¡¯s an underground passageway over here. They have certainly gone down!¡±

    Not beyond Feng Luo¡¯s anticipation, the Freedom g yers had indeed quickly found this ce.

    There were sounds from the passageway entrance, even lights and sounds from lighting tools. Then seven or eight figures followed, charging out from the entrance.

    ¡°F*ck! Underground here is actually a passageway. I thought it was a basement.¡±

    The first to charge was a Heavy Armored Warrior yer holding a shield. The light radiating from his terminal cut through the darkness in the surrounding region. His tone had a tinge of shock.

    ¡°Stop spewing nonsense! Hurry up and find them! We¡¯re the first to discover this entrance. Can¡¯t let them snatch it!¡±

    Behind, a Scout yer yelled.

    ¡°Should be over there¡­¡±

    The Scout yer first threw a Detection, then shone the lighting tool in his hand over where Feng Luo and the others were.

    Ping!

    Just as he spoke, a sniper bullet had already hit his head that was exposed from behind the Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s shield.

    ¡°-11345!¡±

    The rest of the team were dumbfounded by the Scout yer¡¯s shattered brain in an instant and that blood-red five-digit damage coefficient above his head.

    They had heard from someone in the team saying that the Wolves and Golden Scorpion people had met an insane Sniper, and so they had been defeated that they had fled and failed the mission.

    But at this point, they did not really take it to heart.

    They felt that the Wolves and Golden Scorpion people had lost their pride from the failed mission and deliberately underestimate the enemy¡¯s ability.

    Presently, this busted head and blood that had sttered onto their faces and clothing and which was still hot right in front of their eyes had undoubtedly informed them that there was really a Sniper on the other side.

    Moreover, one who could kill in one shot.

    Ping, ping!

    Da, da, da¡­

    Boom!

    On Feng Luo¡¯s side was not just one Sniper, but two, and then two Scouts and a Fire Maniptor who had already regained full MP.

    Under the stunned gazes of these people, a bunch of bullets and a burning pir that seemingly cut through the darkness of the underground passageway were already rolling over following Feng Luo¡¯s attack.

    Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh¡­

    In an instant, these people who had been unable to retaliate in time had once again turned into three streaks of the white light of death.

    ¡°F*ck! It¡¯s an ambush here. Retreat! Retreat!¡±

    Just like that, four of them had been killed, and the other few hurriedly rushed back out.

 Chapter 715: Flashbang-ed

    <h4>Chapter 715: shbang-ed</h4>

    ¡°F*ck! There¡¯s a Sniper.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s it. I quit! Go down if you will!¡±

    After the people had retreated, and as Feng Luo tried to listen, he could hear some intense yelling and even cursing from above the entrance.

    Unfortunately, Feng Luo could not hear much because the distance was too far and the situation was too chaotic.

    However, after letting an entire half a minute pass, surprisingly, no one came down.

    All the lighting tools had suddenly vanished. It was as if the opponent was afraid and had already given up on the idea ofing down.

    ¡°Something¡¯s not right. I think they¡¯re scheming,¡± Feng Luo spected in a low voice, his mind thinking rapidly. ¡°Everyone, be on your guard.¡±

    Previously, some people were too arrogant and wanted to attack right away,cking foresight. Watermelon Skin, along with three others, had entered via Underground totally unprepared, and so the four of them were killed in just the first round of attack.

    But this did not mean that there was no other way to enter. It was because they had a limited supply of firepower¡ªthey were able to kill Gunners and Maniptors with one shot, but it was impossible to kill Warriors that way.

    If the opponent deployed 10 Heavy Armored Warriors, they would be able to handle the situation¡ªit was not like there was really no way.

    ¡°Mu Zi, throw a light stick over here!¡± Feng Luo instructed, his eyes brightened up.

    In order for them to prevent exposing their location at that moment, they had to put off all of their lighting tools, which left the passageway in total darkness.

    Even with his sharp eyesight, he couldn¡¯t see anything.

    ¡°Sou!¡±

    Hearing this, Mu Zi instantly fished out a light stick from his backpack, stood up, and threw it at Feng Luo.

    Thud, thud¡­

    The light stick hit a wall and the ce started to light up. Then it fell onto the ground and sprung a few meters before illuminating the surrounding area.

    As the light stick had finallynded at a spot, a small ck object above the passageway simultaneously rolled along with it. The two objects crashed into each other.

    ¡°Close your eyes!¡± Feng Luo yelled as soon as he saw the collision. He then turned his head swiftly and shielded it with his arm.

    ¡°Uh?¡± Azure uttered,pletely clueless, while Watermelon Skin and the rest were slow in their reactions.

    Subsequently, they realized the reason behind Feng Luo¡¯s sudden warning.

    The initially dark underground passageway had suddenly turned a hundred times brighter than day.

    A sh grenade!

    The Freedom g yers had sneakily tossed in a sh grenade! Had Feng Luo not felt that something was off and asked Mu Zi to throw him a light stick, they would all have fallen into the trap.

    In the dark environment of the Underground passageway, the effect of a shbang was undoubtedly potent, especially when its strength was definitely far from low.

    Their position was 40 to 50 meters from the passageway entrance, but the light was nheless too strong that it could make people be disoriented, as well as squint and tear.

    The ¡°aiya¡± cries from Watermelon Skin, Dai, and the few others revealed that despite the fact that Feng Luo had already reminded them earlier, they paid no heed and had still fallen into the trap.

    Boom!

    The group was forcefully attacked as soon as the sh grenade exploded.

    Then 10 people came charging from across the passageway entrance following this sudden attack.

    A line of Heavy Armored Warriors with shields stood at the frontline, while a team of Scout yers armed with submachine guns muster at the back. The lighting tools in their hands quickly lit up the dark passageway. Their gun muzzles pointed straight at where Feng Luo and the others were standing, still reeling from the explosion.

    Ping!

    ¡°-12344!¡±

    However, when they revealed themselves, a Scout yer who was behind a Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s shield, but was not quite in sync with his teammates, had exposed a critical point on his chest. Because of this, he was unable to fire rounds from his submachine gun. He was then hit by a Sniper¡¯s bullet in his chest, sending him flying straight out.

    Da, da, da¡­

    ¡°Be careful! It¡¯s that Sniper from just now. He isn¡¯t blinded,¡± the Scout yer shouted in dismay.

    But he had only spoken halfway when he was hit in the face by an iing stream of submachine gun bullets and a Sniper rifle¡¯s bullet.

    Feng Luo was not the only one who had not fallen into the trap. On many asions, Feng Luo had reminded Mu Zi and Dan Hen¡ªthese two yers who had grown as soldiers¡ªon what to do when faced with situations like this. So they had also instantly turned away, closed their eyes, and covered their heads. This prevented them from going into a ¡°stunned¡± state by the shbang explosion, thus retaining theirbat power.

    Ping!

    ¡°-3460!¡±

    Besides, Sk also fired a shot and defeated this Scout.

    Da, da, da¡­

    However, even though they had killed two Scouts, the opponent¡¯s battle tactics were still a sess.

    The remaining eight Scouts werepletely hidden behind the Heavy Armored Warriors¡¯ shields, sticking out the muzzles of their submachine guns from the gaps between the Alloy Shields and firing at will in the direction of Feng Luo and the others.

    Eight submachine guns firing at once formed a bullet wave, which created tremendous damage aspared to the six-barreled machine gun.

    If it was not for the fact that Feng Luo and the others were positioned at a bend¡ªgiving them enough cover, without a doubt¡ªthey would definitely have been reduced to nothing.

    Even so, some stray bullets had bounced off from the ceiling or walls and hit them, causing injury to some.

    Feng Luo did not expect that every Heavy Armored Warrior in this team actually had a lighting tool, aiming the re straight at their eyes.

    Whenever they stuck their heads out, the rapidly swinging re by the lighting tool made them unable to counterattack and aim at the enemy, let alone allow them to continue to focus their firepower and kill people at one shot like before.

    ¡°Trouble!¡±

    Feng Luo and Dan Hen exchanged worried nces as they struggle to remain hidden.

    The current enemy was very different from the Wolves and Golden Scorpion before, or as diverse as the first bunch of people who hade down. They obviously possessed team PK battle experience and had someone leading the team.

    Such a team was hard to take on.

    The enemy¡¯s seeding moves proved this point.

    The Heavy Armored Warriors advanced forcefully straight towards them with their shields arranged in a line.

    However, the four Scout yers slowed down their attack speed, but amidst the duel, they continued to fire at full power, ensuring their continuous firepower control.

    Behind these two groups, some Maniptors in Energy Forcefields charged out, with all of the Energy Converters in their hands all getting ready to light up.

    Luckily, by this time, the rest of the people who were stunned by the sh grenade were already recovered and able to see quite clearly.

    All the yers¡¯ bodies are imnted with Biochip, thus capable of healing each organ.

    As such, the shbang¡¯s effect had waned faster¡ªunlike under normal circumstances where the effect would havested longer¡ªcreating a smaller impact on theirbat power.

    Moreover, as almost all the professions had helmets or lenses¡ªManiptors had data lenses too, while others had some specially set features¡ªsh grenades were unable to unleash their optimum effect.

    This was also one of the reasons why sh grenades were not considered rare as of the moment, but this type of battle tactic had not be the Gunners¡¯ trend either.

    When the opponent Maniptors appeared, Feng Luo immediately yelled, ¡°Retreat! Ion, firewall!¡±

    At the same time, he took out two small objects from his tactical vest and held them in his hand.

    The retreat was inevitable. Not only due to the advancing people in the passageway, but also because ording to the structure map, this was not the only ce in the military base that could give ess to the Underground City.

    Perhaps these people had only just discovered this entrance and would swiftly be able to find other ces. If they became surrounded by the enemies in all directions, with just over 10 of them, they clearly would not survive. They did not have the ability to take on a few hundreds of the Freedom g people on a head-on battle.

    Besides, the opponent actually had such elite yers that had team PK experience.

    This battle to dy time was probably going to be extremely challenging.

 Chapter 716: Crisis: Ammunitions Running Out!

    <h4>Chapter 716: Crisis: Ammunitions Running Out!</h4>

    Da, da, da¡­

    Bazoom!

    In the darkness of the Underground City, explosions, gunshots, and Energy skills merged into one.

    The two opposing teams, one at the front and the other at the back, continuously exchanged fire. As there were more people at the back than at the front, the attacking force was naturally multiple times denser.

    However, although many people chasing from behind, they were unable to catch up with the fleeing people at the front.

    Every now and then, the Warrior yers at the back would attempt to charge forward with their Alloy Shields, and the people at the front would toss one or two small objects to the ground in retaliation.

    With a bang, the whole Underground passageway would either turn white or would throw off ck fumes, blocking the teams¡¯ sight and a huge section of the passageway.

    The sh grenades didn¡¯t affect the Heavy Armored Warriors as they held Alloy Shields in front of them. Consequently, their heads were hidden behind the shields, thus allowing them to safely continue with their attack.

    But the smoke bomb frightened them.

    This was due to a wide area being rapidly engulfed by smoke, forming a 10 meter or more region of pitch ckness in the passageway.

    Most of the time, the first person to emerge out of the smoky region would be shot in the head by a Sniper bullet, even Heavy Armored Warriors with shields were no exception.

    Thus, every time smoke engulfed the area, the Heavy Armored Warriors who were responsible for clearing the path would be on their guard and purposely slow down their movements, hoping that someone would charge out of the smoke-engulfed area and sacrifice their lives.

    The Light Armored Warriors¡ªwho were originally with lesser responsibility, but with much faster Charge speed than the Heavy Armored Warriors¡ªmoved further to the back.

    If not for this, they would have caught up with the people at the front earlier on.

    Ping!

    At a spot around the bend, Feng Luo absorbed the countless bullets fired from the back and turned swiftly to fire a shot, which managed to kill an enemy yer.

    Then he instantly turned back and hid behind a wall, and green recovery coefficients appeared above his head, enabling him to quickly regain half of his strength back and to recover his remaining health back to full.

    ¡°+1,000, +1,000¡­¡±

    The firepower of the Freedom g people was too strong. In just a fraction of a second of showing himself, Feng Luo¡¯s strength was reduced by two-thirds. However, his Light Armored Warrior defense power didn¡¯t decrease much¡ªhe had the use of Recovery Force once he was attacked, giving him some few thousands round of health recovery per second.

    If it was someone else, even a Warrior yer with ten-thousands of health like One Pir Skyward and My World would be asking for their deaths if they dared to turn back and attack in such a situation.

    Luckily, his judgment was, as always, right.

    People were taking risks to dive into the Death Desert was indeed for the thing inside the safe.

    Therefore, they were willing to give up exploring this Underground ruin, and instead charge to chase and attack Feng Luo and his people.

    This was clearly the case because,pared to the unknown ruins, the NPCs¡¯ rewards were more attractive to them.

    If people knew that there was a gctic warship that would fetch over 10 pieces of Legendary equipment once handed over to an NPC at a ce not more than one kilometer from where they were in another direction of the Underground ruins, they would definitely not have chosen this way.

    The chase was still in progress.

    But, at the next moment, the situation changed.

    Da, da, da¡­

    The front of the Death Star submachine gun in Dan Hen¡¯s hands stretched out, while he stayed hidden in his cover and fired thest string of bullets in the magazine at the chasers.

    ¡°I have no more bullets!¡± he muttered in a low voice.

    In the battle with the Wolves and Golden Scorpion people previously, half of his bullets and potions had already been used up. But after going through this chase, they were almost fully used up.

    As of the moment, the Death Star in his hands was the submachine gun from Feng Luo¡¯s backpack from Silvermoon City, and its bullets had depleted too.

    At another ce, Mu Zi, who was panting, reached out and felt that his tactical vest was empty. ¡°I have no more bullets either!¡±

    It was fortunate that the Nightless team had brought as much supplies as they could when they started on their travel through the Death Desert. As a result, they had enough tost them the entire three days of travelling, plus a few hours of battle in the Underground City earlier on.

    It wasn¡¯t just Mu Zi and Dan Hen. The few Warrior and Medic yers, who made use of firearms to ward off attacks, had almost finished their bullets as well.

    Ping!

    Feng Luo turned back once again and fired a shot to the back.

    He still had sufficient bullets. After all, Snipers consumed less gunpowder, and Feng Luo¡¯s backpack contained an erged Agent backpack.

    However, although he still had some bullets, he knew that hisbat power was about to decrease.

    Unfortunately, by then, his Psionic Energy and Force had almost depleted.

    His Force was still fine, as he still had a few unused Force potions in his backpack that he could still utilize to replenish a few hundred points the instant he felt he didn¡¯t have the ability to make it.

    But his Destruction Psionic Energy eventually became sufficient for thest bullet.

    Attacking with Psionic Energy added onto the Sniper bullet had consumed not just a few points or 10 over points, but a few tens of points. The equipment he had on him didn¡¯t enhance the Psionic Energy coefficient. Thus, even if he used it sparingly, it would be able to support only about 10 times.

    Since he was without the Destruction Psionic Energy effect, even the Wings of Death together with B-Grade armor-piercing bullets wasn¡¯t able to destroy a Heavy Armored Warrior¡¯s defense, let alone kill a Heavy Armored Warrior with one shot.

    As long as he lost the threat of a one-shot killing, the Freedom g yers behind would definitely be able to charge at them.

    ¡°Ten minutes¡­ We must only dy by 10 minutes.¡±

    Mu Zi looked at the time on the projected screen of his Detection wristband with a somber expression on his face.

    ¡°Crap, Brother Feng! I¡¯ve detected that there are people approaching from behind,¡± Mu Zi replied, his expression changing drastically as he pointed at a spot on the projected screen.

    On the Recon Meter, from a fork at their side, there were a few white dots moving towards them. If they had caught up and blocked the path, the group would havended themselves in a situation by which they had enemies both from the front and back.

    ¡°They must have found a terminal somewhere, so¡­,¡± Dai spoke anxiously.

    There was nothing much to say, knowing that it wasn¡¯t just them who obtained information from the terminal at the ruins.

    ¡°Retreat and continue running. Thene over here.¡±

    Feng Luo raised up the Wings of Death once more and blindly fired a bullet to the back.

    He then quickly reached out and tapped on the Underground City structure map projected from the Detection wristband.

    The spot where he had tapped on was marked with a red patch representing danger. There was also a very huge patch of red-colored region which wasn¡¯t very far from where they were, an almost two-minute journey if they didn¡¯t run all-out.

    This was¡­

    Mu Zi froze and something came to his mind. Then his eyes lit up.

    Desert Nematodes!

    Rose Thorns held up her Alloy Shield, which was already full of holes, and ran to the back. After ncing at the spot that Feng Luo had pointed at, her eyes lit up as well.

    ¡°Good idea, Brother Feng!¡±

    One Pir Skyward¡¯s eyes brighten up too.

    Desert Nematodes?

    Dan Hen, Watermelon Skin, and the others weren¡¯t sure, and, therefore, had some doubts.

    ¡°You¡¯ll know when we get there. Everyone, hurry!¡±

    ¡­

    The group started to retreat, while Feng Luo aimed a smoke bomb behind to obstruct the enemies.

    This time, he had decided to run straight towards the region in order to prevent the Freedom g yers from proceeding to their escape route. He was aware of the fact that they had already not much bullets left.

    As such, the group didn¡¯t retreat or counterattack as before, but instead, started running away.

    Feng Luo threw a few sh grenades and smoke bombs to stop the opponents from running away.

    ¡°Why is it they¡¯re no longer counterattacking? I have already thrown two consecutive smoke bombs at them, but no Heavy Armored Warrior has been killed!¡±

    After about a minute, many of the pursuing yers started to get suspicious.

    ¡°Could it be that Sniper doesn¡¯t have that kind of special ck bullet? A bullet that is able to go straight through an Alloy Shield or an Alloy Armor is definitely not a special bullet!¡±

    Some people had some thoughts¡­

    As for the Destruction Psionic Energy, the system log wouldn¡¯t have given a general notification. Thus, they all thought that it was a special ck bullet with a one-shot feature that killed the Heavy Armored Warriors.

    Once such a thought came up, it made many Warrior yers a little impulsive.

    When the third smoke bomb thrown by Feng Luo formed a ck smoky region, some Heavy Armored Warriors stopped slowing down and charged straight ahead.

    Ping!

    A Heavy Armored Warrior charging in front was hit by a bullet and fell straight to the ground. A ck hole in his Alloy Shield and helmet could be seen.

    Immediately, the faces of the Light Armored Warriors who had already engaged Charge changed, and their pace in the darkness slowed down once again.

 Chapter 717: Success in Baiting the Enemy

    <h4>Chapter 717: Sess in Baiting the Enemy</h4>

    ¡°The Desert Nematode territory is just in front. Everyone, don¡¯t stop once you¡¯re in, but charge straight forward,¡± Feng Luomanded. ¡°Mu Zi, you take the front and light the Ambergris.¡±

    Two minutester, they reached Underground somewhere at the front of the military base.

    Feng Luo held the Wings of Death with ayer of red life armor around his body, shooting behind him as he yelled at everyone.

    ¡°Roger!¡±

    Mu Zi ran as he took out thest piece of a fist-sized Ambergris from his tactical vest.

    The group ran as fast as they can to the entrance of the base.

    Hiss!

    Once they entered, the initially dark field was lit up by the lighting tools.

    When they had a clear view of the situation before them, Sk and Watermelon Skin couldn¡¯t help but let out a gasp, and even Dan Hen¡¯s face twitched.

    In front of everyone was a vast area which looked like a sports court or a square, 10 times wider than the path they were running in.

    In the middle of this 10,000-square-meter region was a monster.

    It was a creature entangled together in clumps, all ck and looking like snakes, but more like metallic wires, wiggling in this considerably huge region. Upon being shone on with light, it disyed an oily metal-like ckness.

    The projection on Mu Zi¡¯s Recon Meter had already turned into a dense patch of yellow. As it was all so clustered, the numbers couldn¡¯t be detected at all.

    But there were undeniably at least 10,000.

    ¡°Desert Nematode, Level 55 cluster monster, HP: 8,000!¡±

    Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh¡­

    As this sea of uncountable ck nematodes on the ground charged at Feng Luo and the others, a change transpired instantly.

    Some of the Desert Nematodes closer to them rapidly untangled their slimy bodies from their coiled state and charged at them like slithering snakes.

    Then those in the middle¡­those further¡­until across them¡­

    In an instant, the entire sea of worms moved as if they had all gotten the news, dispersing into the surroundings like ripples when a stone was thrown onto the water surface.

    The moment this ten-thousands of Level 55 monsters lunged over, the consequences need not be mentioned.

    Sk and Watermelon Skin were horrified.

    Poof!

    Just then, Mu Zi lit thest piece of Ambergris by friction, using a military knife. A refreshing and calming scent rapidly dispersed into the surrounding.

    The closest nematodes that had already rushed in, and was less than five meters from them, suddenly appeared distressed. It was as if they had encountered a kryptonite and started to flee in all directions.

    The ck nematodes nearby that had smelled the scent became like tidal waves hitting a firm rock as they turned and rammed backward, shing into the nematodes in the middle, eventually forming a wide area of about 10 meters surrounding the people.

    ¡°Hurry! This bit of Ambergris can¡¯tst much longer.¡± Feng Luo looked back and threw thest smoke bomb from his backpack. He then called on the remaining six people to move through the ck nematode sea.

    Including Feng Luo, there were now only seven people left.

    Compared to the 10 minutes at the start, in this short two minutes, five people¡¯s entire lives had been taken.

    As their supplies were extremelycking, with the frontline¡¯s equipment seriously damaged, and Ion me¡¯s MP depleted as well, the team had to flee in these two minutes. My World with steel armor, Dai, Azure, as well as Ion me had all been killed.

    Luckily, the remaining seven people were all fine. The Light Armored Warriors¡¯ and Gunners¡¯ speed hadn¡¯t waned as they ran all-out.

    With Mu Zi carrying the Ambergris to keep the Desert Nematodes at bay, the group had charged out of the region in just about 10 seconds.

    As they charged past the Desert Nematode horde, the Freedom g people had already reached its other end¡ªthe region formed by the smoke bomb that Feng Luo had thrown in.

    ¡°Charge straight on!¡±

    ¡°That Sniper has definitely no more bullets!¡±

    ¡°F*ck! We were tricked by him!¡±

    Voices of frustration and rage echoed from the Freedom g people.

    Previously, Feng Luo used the psychology of helping and made use of thest Psionic Energy bullet to contain them for a period of time. Doing this, they thought that Feng Luo was deliberately pretending to do that.

    They finally realized that Feng Luo really could no longer fire that kind of ck bullet.

    As such, the Warrior yers running at the front charged forward without hesitation once they had entered the smoky region.

    Some of the Scoutsgging them were unable to notice the danger ahead of them, as Mu Zi and Dan Hen had engaged the disruption function on the Recon Meter.

    Furthermore, even if they had detected it, they wouldn¡¯t be able to point it out in time¡ªthe speed of the Charge of Warrior yers was extremely fast at this point.

    Then the oue was understood.

    ¡°F*ck! What¡¯s this?¡±

    ¡°F*ck me! Why are there so many monsters?¡±

    ¡°D*mn it! They¡¯re Level 55 cluster monsters!¡±

    In the smoky region, where one couldn¡¯t tell any direction, a part of the gang of Warrior yers who had just rushed out met with the Desert Nematode horde that was no longer retreating since the scent of the Ambergris had dispersed.

    The few Warrior yers were being taken in an instant by these metal strip-like Desert Nematodes, which had great coiling power. They coiled around their necks, calves, and waists; and some Desert Nematodes even went straight into their mouths and ears.

    With this, it was naturally a disaster.

    The Level 55 monsters, though they were cluster monsters, were definitely not weak in their abilities.

    As the people at the front were mostly coiled at the limbs, they couldn¡¯t move at all. Following that, they were instantly engulfed by the ck Desert Nematodes and dragged deep into the sea like a gigantic ck cocoon, screaming in agony.

    The people behind halted in their steps with horror on their faces.

    Tornado¡­

    Arctic Rain¡­

    Eventually, the Maniptors, who weregging as their physical strength had faltered, finally caught up and threw skills to disperse the smoke ahead.

    Looking at the scene before them and the dumpling-like Warrior yers struggling within the sea of Desert Nematodes, the faces of the people left behind turned pale one after the other.

    They gritted their teeth as they realized that they had once again fallen into the trap of that Sniper at the front.

    ¡­

    The numbers of this sea of Desert Nematode were horrifying. However, as a kind of cluster monster, their weaknesses were obvious too.

    First, these creatures were afraid of fire. This led a few members of the Freedom g Maniptor team to throw firewalls over once they had arrived, making the ck Desert Nematodes that swarmed over like tidal waves scurry away, instantly deserting the battlefield.

    Second, these Desert Nematodes were all entangled together. Hence, just one range skill attack would be able to engulf a few hundreds of them, allowing the Maniptors¡¯ output effectiveness to be definitely 100 times better than that of the Gunners and Warriors in this situation.

    The number of people of the Freedom g was close to 300, although over 20 people had been in by Feng Luo. During the battle, the Maniptors who had been at the back were almost unharmed.

    Overall, it was a victory for them even though they had lost a bunch of people to this Desert Nematode trap.

    The remaining Freedom g people quickly regrouped to attack the continuously charging Desert Nematodes. They had managed to quickly stabilize the situation and even gradually secured the upper hand.

    ¡°Themand on the other side is not bad!¡±

    On this side of the Desert Nematode sea, Dan Hen, who wasn¡¯t in a hurry to leave, made use of a foldable viewing mirror to look behind and said, ¡°Not bad, yes. But they¡¯d need at least five minutes to clear those Desert Nematodes, and they don¡¯t have five minutes!¡±

    A smile suddenly formed on Feng Luo¡¯s lips.

    ¡°We¡¯re here!¡± Mu Wu announced in a morbid voice from Feng Luo¡¯smunicator. During this time, two-thirds of those Desert Nematodes had been cleared.

    Above the Underground City, the sky had already turned brighter.

    Beyond the military base at the surface behind the gigantic sand dune where there were many abandoned SUVs, arge-scaled vehicle line formed by up to 100 mighty SUVs sent sand particles flying as they drove on, with a few Federal NPC military armoredbat vehicles in the middle.

 Chapter 718: Hidden Region Discovered

    <h4>Chapter 718: Hidden Region Discovered</h4>

    ¡°Da, Da, Da!¡±

    In the underground city, a Scout yer ran vigorously, sweat beading on his forehead. From time to time he turned to counterattack the people chasing him.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    However, after several counterattacks, the 30 rounds of assault rifle bullets in his hand had run out.

    ¡°F*ck!¡±

    The scout yer cursed and ran back while reaching into the pocket of his tactical vest, preparing to change the magazine.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Just when he was about to reload the magazine, a sniper bullet prated his temple.

    ¡°-11202!¡±

    Along with the five-digit damage coefficient, the Freedom g camp Scout yer was reduced to a lump of the white light of death.

    The magazine in his hand fell to the ground together with the ?Level-50 Excellent assault rifle. The prizes left behind in the wake of his departure radiated a faint white light.

    ¡°A Sniper?¡±

    Seeing the situation, the few Nightless Club yers chasing from behind froze altogether at first. Then, hearing something on themunication channel, a Light Armored Warrior yer ran over, grinning from ear to ear, as he picked up the items produced by the Scout yer.

    ¡°Thanks, Brother Feng!¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng, hello!¡±

    The remaining people gave greetings and thanks to the source of the bullet.

    On a higher tform, over 50 meters beside them, Feng Luo held the Wings of Death he had just fired, inhaling theforting scent of gunpowder smoke.

    ¡°Brother Feng, there¡¯s another one over there.¡±

    Lying next to him, holding a Recon Meter, Mu Zi reached out and pointed at a hidden location.

    ¡°F*ck¡­¡±

    Seeing Mu Zi look his way, the Freedom g Light Armored Warrior yer who was secretly hiding cursed, then hastily engaged his ¡°Charge¡± skill, running at full speed in the opposite direction from Feng Luo.

    But despite the Warrior¡¯s rapid Charge, it was impossible for him to outrun a sniper bullet that flew at over 1000 meters per second.

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    ¡°-10345!¡±

    Upon hitting the back of the Light Armored Warrior, the 14.5MM caliber B-grade sniper bullet prated the warrior¡¯s Alloy Armor, shooting right through his body.

    The same five-digit damage effortlessly killed the Freedom g camp Light Armored Warrior in one shot.

    The only ones that could have survived a sniper bullet were a Heavy Armored Warrior, someone with Legendary equipment or a high enough Level, a yer who possessed theplete equipped Earth Maniptor Energy Forcefield or had the Talent ?enhancement.

    Otherwise, when faced with the Death of Wing used with B-grade bullets, it was almost impossible for yers of other ?professions to survive when hit at critical points.

    It must be known that B-Grade sniper bullets had very high damage and destructive powers. In many cases, thebination of the two could even increase damage by about 50%!

    Although B-grade bullets were a powerful threat, they were also expensive.

    As there was no Master-grade Ammunition Manufacturer yet, B-grade bullets were still considered Rare goods. They were all either recovered from the ruins or the hands of NPCs. The price of the cheapest B-grade bullet was above 1000 credits!

    For Feng Luo who killed Normal yers with B-grade bullets, the items dropped by his victims would probably not even fetch enough to cover the bullets¡¯ cost.

    However, Feng Luo was not really concerned.

    Firstly, with his current worth, the price of B-grade bullets was still affordable.

    Secondly, the Wings of Death had three magazines, and he would not have to use B-grade bullets for all targets. Gunners and Maniptors with no forcefields could be killed with single shots of Normal armor-piercing bullets.

    Once Feng Luo had killed the Light Armored Warrior, Mu Zi used the Detection with the Recon Meter.

    ¡°No one is detected, there should be no more people hidden in this area!¡± said Mu Zi, smiling.

    It was already 7 am in the morning, and two hours had passed since the previous enemy-baiting battle in the ¡°Desert Nematode sea.¡±

    The situation was nowpletely reversed.

    Most of the Freedom g camp yers had already been outnumbered and eliminated by the Nightless City yers with the assistance of NPCs. The small number of remaining people had fled everywhere, dispersed throughout the underground city.

    To ensure the city-building clearing mission went smoothly, Nightless City would naturally not allow these dangerous pockets of people to exist.

    To this end, the Nightless City people were already split into batches to facilitate the city¡¯s attempt to clear out the escapees.

    Feng Luo and Mu Zi who had obtained sufficient supplies relied only on the power of the Legendary Recon Meter. Although there were only two of them, they were far more efficient than the other teams.

    ¡°Mm, change to the next location¡­to the terminal over there!¡± Feng Luo said.

    ¡­

    ¡°Ping!¡±

    Half an hourter, in the outer circle of the terminal area, at the bottom of a passageway, a low gunshot rang out.

    A Freedom-g Scout yer who had been lying nearby, concealed by his anti-detection Talent, was hit in the chest by a double armor-piercing bullet and reduced into the white light of death, producing a whole floor of crystals.

    ¡°Whoo¡­this guy¡¯s really capable of escaping!¡±

    Mu Zi panted slightly as he walked with Feng Luo to the position where the Scout yer¡¯s departure had produced several items.

    They had been chasing this person for an entire two minutes and even let him escape to this spot less than 100 meters from the terminal before killing him. This person¡¯s ability to escape was pretty strong.

    ¡°Hmm, not much of a haul. Just two white crystals, seven grey crystals¡­ luckily I didn¡¯t use a B-grade bullet, or it¡¯d be a serious loss!¡± Feng Luo said, shaking his head.

    ¡°Hm?¡±

    In a way, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Just when Feng Luo bent over and reached out to pick up the crystals produced by the Scout yer, he suddenly froze and looked at the grey metal wall behind the corpse of the Scout yer.

    After the double armor-piercing bullet he had just shot prated the yer¡¯s body, it had hit the grey metal wall with its remaining strength. When he lowered his head, Feng Luo felt a gust of cold wind blowing from the spot on the metal wall where the bullet had hit.

    ¡°Why is there wind? On the structure map, the back of this wall should bepletely rock. It¡¯s not empty, naturally, it¡¯s impossible to have air flow¡­wait, unless¡­¡±

    Feng Luo¡¯s heart lurched.

    To make it more convenient for him to chase people, he had already memorized the structure of the entire underground city in his mind long before. His knowledge of the map-enabled him to quickly deduce a possible answer.

    Feng Luo turned to Mu Zi and said, ¡°Mu Zi, use the Detection and check what is behind this wall.¡±

    Mu Zi nodded a little doubtfully, but he did not hesitate.

    He immediately adjusted the Recon Meter, pointing it to the wall, and strengthened its Detection effect.

    ¡°Well?¡±

    Quickly, Mu Zi let out a ¡°hm.¡±

    ¡°Brother Feng, the Recon Meter shows that there is a space behind this wall, and the space isn¡¯t small. Strange. Based on the structure map, isn¡¯t it supposed to be rock behind this?¡±

    Mu Zi¡¯s tone was a little uncertain.

    ¡°Structure maps of ordinary ruin terminals will not mark all the ces¡­especially some confidential areas.¡±

    Feng Luo had an expression that made it obvious he thought they had stumbled on to a secret area.

    Mu Zi froze for a moment. Then, realizing, he said, ¡°Ah? Brother Feng, you mean¡­¡±

    ¡°Could you detect the thickness of this wall?¡± Feng Luo asked, knocking the wall.

    ¡°Sure!¡±

    ¡°But the result detected is a little strange, the thickness of this wall isn¡¯t exactly the same everywhere. Some parts are very thick, while some parts are thinner¡­ The spot where your bullet prated is a very thin part¡­¡±

    Mu Zi projected the screen of the Legendary wristband directly onto the metal

    wall in proportion, indicating the internal structure of the metal wall.

    ¡°Click!¡±

    However, at that moment, something unexpected happened.

    When the projection screen from the Legendary wristband obtained from the

    Lu Conglomerate ¡°experimentalboratory¡± was projected onto the metal wall, thetter suddenly made a soft ¡°click¡± sound, slowly sliding open from its center. A burst of cold air hit their faces.

    ¡°Ah, be careful, Brother Feng!¡±

    Mu Zi who was standing towards the back cried out in fear when the Legendary wristband¡¯s projection revealed what was behind the wall.

    There, lying in wait, was a vicious, ck open mouthpiece with long sharp jaws - sorge it was as tall as a human!

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