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Chapter 161: The Hierarchy of Fengli
Lin Zheng was in his villa when the news was delivered to his doorstep by his subordinate.
He angrily booted the table in front of him and quivered uncontrollably out of rage, perhaps a little frightened as well.
"Qin Feng, why don't you die already?"
Lin Zheng was informed when Qin Feng reached the hall. His result there petrified him.
Lin Zheng did not see him as a potential threat when Qin Feng gained first place in the Spring Hunting Ground. Any G3-tier student could have easily defeated multiple opponents simultaneously. There was a huge gap between a prodigy and an average student after all.
But he did fear him now after learning about the test result of Qin Feng and his companion.
"During the test, he released his punch with such precision without even using his internal strength. Not to mention that he didn't even undergo the consciousness test. From what we gathered, almost all the conscious fruits have been stolen from the Spring Hunting Ground. Though there is no direct evidence that Qin Feng was behind it, it's odd that he didn't take any of the three fruits his team obtained openly during the expedition."
"His ability must be quite powerful too."
"I strongly suspect he was the thief."
"That girl with him is by no means ordinary."
Lin Zheng had been following Qin Feng closely but lost his trace when Qin Feng went to Han Town after visiting Fengli Colony.
When he heard of Qin Feng again, he almost could not believe his ears.
Qin Feng had taken down the Steel-limb Broodmother all by himself.
Lin Zheng could not do anything since he had become a hero to the people now. There was no need to rival the hope of Chengbei just because of a lost underling, he once thought.
"Damn you!" Lin Zheng deeply regretted it after what happened later on.
Aptitude users normally had fewer offsprings. The stronger one was, the fewer children he or she bore. It pained Lin Zheng greatly as his only son, Lin Kai, had been brutally killed!
He knew a lot of people said that it was Chen Ming that killed his son but the culprit was dead now. He needed someone else to blame to mitigate his pain of loss.
'If Qin Feng did not stop the Z Organization from abducting the wood ability user, things would not have turned out this way. He is the one who should be held responsible for my son's death!'
Though he wanted to take revenge, Lin Zheng was running out of ideas. He had used his connection and tried to assassinate Qin Feng in the arena. The result? Twenty-one straight wins for Qin Feng and an E-tier ancient warrior being killed by Qin Feng in an instant.
He did not know what else to do.
"No. It's too early to give up. I still have the Xin family as my ally." He opened up his communicator and typed furiously. His face was filled with nothing but vengeance and resentment.
On the other side, Qin Feng was passing the runic vest to Zhou Hao.
"Don't tell me this is made from the broodmother's materials?" Zhou Hao asked in astonishment.
Qin Feng nodded. "This is for your protection. I plan to go to Han Town soon. Do you want to come along?"
"Of course! I am getting bored with all these classes!" Zhou Hao complained.
Zhou Hao gained a lot of real battle experience from following Qin Feng's footsteps. Things being taught in the classroom were not particularly useful to him now.
"Then apply for leave later. We will depart tomorrow. Let's take public transport."
It would be too tiring if he were to drive there all the way.
"That would not be necessary. Reclaiming Han Town is our university's current priority as well. The school has been busy organizing such trips recently. All G-tier aptitude users have been asked to go. This time the headmaster is going to lead the troop so there's nothing to be worried about."
Qin Feng did not think of it at first. "I see. When are the university troops departing?" He asked.
"Coincidentally, tomorrow."
Qin Feng nodded and talked to Zhou Hao for a while more. He left after teaching Zhou Hao how to further improve his internal force.
Reclaiming Han Town was an important matter. He reckoned Liu Xue and Wang Chen would be eager to follow him there as well.
He steered his car out of town and headed straight to Fengli next.
Qin Feng was only gone for a few days and Fengli had already changed drastically. There were various facilities set up in it right now and the blueprint of the colony had started to take shape. Because of the sufficient capitals, this place was larger than Han Town by quite a margin. Yet, it was still only half the size of Chengbei and no way near to the scale of Chengyang.
In the center square, a giant skyscraper stood there proudly. This was the heart of Fengli colony.
Around the long table, Qin Feng sat on the chairman seat with Bai Li beside him. Next to him, in descending order, were Xue Xingfu, Liu Xue, Wang Chen, Zhao Xiang, and He Ling.
They were holding different important positions inside the colony now.
Deputy mayor—Xue Xingfu.
Resource minister—Liu Xue.
Internal Patrol—Cyclone Unit Captain, Wang Chen.
External Guard—Winter Unit Captain, Zhao Xiang. Vice Captain, He Ling.
They had not set up an expedition unit. Most of the regions around them belonged to the Wilderness Ranger. Qin Feng did not wish to contest with them. They did not have enough strength to do that just yet.
"That's all for now. Wang Chen will be going with me while the Cyclone Unit will be under He Ling's command for the time being," Qin Feng announced solemnly.
Xue Xingfu and the others stood up and escorted Qin Feng out of the room.
Xue Xingfu had witnessed Qin Feng's superiority but he never expected him to excel in management as well. He sometimes wondered where did the sixteen year old teenager learn all these from? 'I guess that's what makes a genius stand out from the rest.'
This was when Liu Xue blurted out, "I wish to go too, Mayor."
Qin Feng had just told them he was forming his own team to be part of the reclaiming project. He did not wish to join the main troop and was gathering some G-tier aptitude users himself. This served as a training for those potential warriors he had scouted.
Unfortunately, Liu Xue was not among the selected.
"Liu Xue, you should think it through. Do you wish to come back in pieces?" Wang Chen joked.
Liu Xue glared at him angrily.
He Ling faked a cough and advised her, "Liu Xue, you should remain here since your parents are here. If you go back to Han Town now, what will you do if the mayor of Han Town asks you to stay? Besides, the colony needs you. We need you."
Liu Xue could not rebut. She was in charge of the resources of the entire colony and indeed had ample things to deal with.
Qin Feng had assigned them appropriately based on their personality. Though Liu Xue was a decent fighter and had been improving consistently, she was too lenient to be given any crucial positions. Resource management was the least taxing task Qin Feng could think of. Generally speaking, Liu Xue was just a stock keeper
However, that did not undermine the importance of her job. She was given direct access to all the money and materials of Fengli. Hence, Liu Xue viewed it as a mandate given by Qin Feng to her because he had the utmost trust in her.
As for Wang Chen, as mischievous as he was on the surface, Qin Feng knew his cold-blooded nature deep down. He stood by strong principles, was a little selfish, but very witty at the same time. He would be of great help in the future if given the proper upbringing.
Zhao Xiang was more of the hot-headed type, while He Ling was too kind to everyone. Both of them were still too immature to be a governor so Qin Feng arranged for them to guard the colony border against wild beasts while he entrusted Wang Chen with internal affairs.
Qin Feng glanced at them and instructed, "Just do as I say. Don't try to figure out my intentions with that simple brain of yours again."
Liu Xue's face reddened, she was half embarrassed, half frustrated.
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Chapter 162: Rope in!
In the end, Liu Xue did not join Qin Feng when he went back to Chengbei colony with Wang Chen. They waited in the vehicle for the troops to begin their journey.
Of course, Wang Chen had received the gift from Qin Feng, the inner armor of the Steel-limb Broodmother.
Wang Chen had an affirmed feeling that it was a right choice that he had made at that time to follow Qin Feng.
During the second day, everyone that was supposed to travel to Han Town had settled down in the vehicle in advance; then, they travelled from Chengbei colony for more than five thousand meters and were stationed at that location.
"Why is it taking so long, what if an accident happens to anyone of us waiting here!" Zhou Hao frowned unwittingly.
"It should be alright, we are still within the area covered by the outer patrols!" Zhang Tianche replied.
Chengbei colony had mobilized three hundred G-tiers, while there were only slightly more than ten F-tier aptitude users.
Chengbei University had also sent quite a number of people to join, majority of them were G-tiers, and there were about thirty of them with all the students from first to third year combined.
They were considered as a pillar of strength!
"Qin Feng, are you joining us in the normal coach?" Zhao Yu asked curiously. "Apparently, F-tiers are allowed to register for a private room!"
Qin Feng nodded and felt that it was unnecessary. "Not much difference there, the train travels fast enough and we will be able to arrive in slightly more than twenty hours."
The last time when Qin Feng travelled back to Chengbei colony from Han Town, he was travelling along with a crowd that only consisted of ordinary people; therefore, he had to be extra cautious and could only take official roads along the way.
It was now unnecessary for him to do so!
"Woo…"
All of a sudden, a loud and continuous horn exploded from afar. It sounded like the screaming of some creatures and the vibrating soundwave sent chills down everyone's spine.
The soundwave was capable of repelling any creature that was below E-tier.
In the next moment, a black gigantic object appeared from the edge of the sky.
It was about ten meters in width, covered with a pitch-black body that made it impossible to estimate its size. It was gliding at high speed and was about ten meters above the ground.
A hover train.
A logo of a dragon and a phoenix appeared at the front of the train.
Zhongcheng Organization!
It was on par with Wanzong Organization in terms of operation size, and the hover train was their main product!
It was very difficult to fulfil transportation needs during the end times plagued by rifts, and the hover trains from Zhongcheng Organization were the only viable massive transport that could roam around the wilderness without any hindrance.
Soon, the hover train had arrived right in front of everyone.
Upon its arrival, the F-tier captain who had on a set of complete combat fatigue came down from the train.
He stood at the side and remained silent.
While there was another G-tier train attendance who greeted everyone with a smile.
"Our honourable F-tier aptitude user guests, please make your way to coach number 1 and you may find your private coach there, for guests that are G-tier aptitude users, please take turns to enter the coach and you may find your own seats!"
Everyone recovered from the shock and began to board the train.
Zhou Hao said to Qin Feng who was beside him, "Ah, you should have obtained the certification for F-tier aptitude users, isn't it great to have such special treatment?"
Despite his powerful capabilities, Qin Feng was still with his G-tier aptitude user badge, whereas Bai Li did not even have hers. Needless to say, just like Bai Li, many would want to head to Han Town to obtain their certification!
Before Qin Feng could reply, the captain suddenly caught a glimpse of him and told him, "We have been expecting you Mr Qin, we have arranged a special twin coach for you, this way please!"
Qin Feng raised his eyebrows as he was surprised by the well-informed arrangement by the Zhongcheng Organization, no matter what sort of information had been gathered by them, Qin Feng felt comfortable with such recognition.
"Hmm, alright!"
Qin Feng did not want Bai Li to be left out in the normal coach, hence, she followed him into coach number 1.
The other students admired such treatment.
Of course, there were those that admired him, and there were also those that envied him.
One of those who felt envious was Gao Linghan.
Being certified with an F-tier aptitude user badge, Gao Linghan was not envious of Qin Feng entering coach number 1 as he was also allowed to enter the same coach.
However, he was envious of Qin Feng that had showcased his capabilities to everyone and had drawn all of the attention away from him.
Ever since Qin Feng's identity was revealed, all that Gao Linghan could hear were only compliments for Qin Feng. This had greatly irritated Gao Linghan who had seen himself as a natural born genius.
However, everyone was taking turns to enter the train and none of them cared about how Gao Linghan felt, he could only withhold his dissatisfaction and board the train.
Qin Feng was ahead of everyone and he was talking to the captain of the train.
"Mr Qin, my name is Tan Yue, one of the members of the Zhongcheng Organization, Before meeting you, I found it hard to believe that you are at such a young age!"
Qin Feng smiled politely. "Please just address me as Qin Feng!"
"Haha, then, you shall also not address me as Mr Tan!"
Both of them were into the conversation and became closer to each other.
"Qin Feng, I heard about your twenty-win streak in Chengyang City, your young age definitely does not represent your powerful capabilities, you will have great achievements in the Hero-class in the future. However, great achievements would have to be supported by sufficient resources, hence, would you be interested to join Zhongcheng?"
Tan Yue proposed a friendly offer.
Qin Feng shook his head and replied, "I'm unable to join now, as you might have already known, I am taking care of a colony, and it is temporarily under the governance of Chengyang City!"
There were several sources of interrelated influences that sat on the top hierarchy of Chengyang City, and though Zhongcheng Organization might be a powerful entity, they were only relying on the existence of the colonies and did not develop any of it.
Tan Yue did not seem to be disappointed by the answer.
"Alright, you can always reach out to me if you face any problems, we can look out for each other!"
Both of them added their contacts into each other's communicator and Tan Yue moved on from the offer that he had proposed, instead, he initiated a discussion with Qin Feng on topics related with ancient warrior skills.
Then, the conversation carried on casually and Tan Yue asked, "Qin Feng, what practice do you have to achieve such an invincible internal strength? How is it possible to have such a rich amount of internal strength!"
Qin Feng smiled gently and replied, "The cultivation method I have is indeed an unexpected discovery, the highest I can cultivate is up to B-tier; however, because of my rapid promotion, I would often have to compress my internal strength."
Tan Yue was surprised by it.
"B-tier cultivation method? That's amazing! Is it among those cultivation methods that are currently being announced? Which one?"
It was impossible for F-tier aptitude users to master a B-tier cultivation method. However, there might also be some top-tier cultivation methods being announced in the battle net with an overpriced amount.
"It has never been announced!" Qin Feng replied.
"Qin Feng, you must be extremely lucky then, if you ever face challenges in terms of resources, or perhaps you would want to have it sold, please reach out to me!" Tan Yue said.
Qin Feng laughed and nodded, then, he continued to entertain Tan Yue for a little while more before he left.
As soon as Tan Yue left the room, Qin Fen immediately put on his emotionless expression.
"A person's talent will arouse the envy of the others!"
Qin Feng knew that his performance had been too eye-catching and had caught the attention of the others.
It had merely been three months since he was awakened, and he had already achieved F6-tier invincible internal strength, therefore, it would be reasonable for the others to assume that Qin Feng had been practicing extremely powerful neigong.
Asteroid Assimilation was indeed extremely powerful, but it was not something that should be made known publicly.
"It is lucky that Asteroid Assimilation is still not the number one evil cultivation method!"
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Chapter 163: Returning to Han Town
It was Liu Meng who had used Asteroid Assimilation in several murder cases, it had caused Asteroid Assimilation to be put under the spotlight for the wrong cause.
It was then referred to as one of the most famous evil cultivation methods!
Qin Feng would never do that.
Asteroid Assimilation would never be tagged as an evil cultivation method if it were not used on innocent people.
This neigong would certainly only suit Qin Feng and no others!
He would never expose the cultivation method to anyone.
Tan Yue was just the first one who had approached him with such an offer, and there would only be more of these offers in the future.
All Qin Feng needed to do was constantly grow!
He would have to grow at a faster pace so that none of them could ever catch up to him, or even pose a threat to him.
The churning sound of the train was heard as it hurtled through the wilderness, and finally it had arrived at the outer part of Han Town.
The area of five thousand meters away from Han Town had been formed into a smaller sized colony that was without any space stabilizing device, it was like a temporarily built camp.
Houses that were made from steel were scattered everywhere, while refugees, merchants, and aptitude users were all around, and the surroundings were in a rather bad shape.
However, it was at least a place for them to settle down.
Everyone was assigned to rooms with a simple setup, while their communicators were connected to the network of the operations room.
There were many drones that roamed around the sky of Han Town with all sorts of information that were being displayed, including members from the rescue teams, distribution areas of the insectoids, and even lists of main disaster areas.
"Boss, the rift is much smaller than it used to be, those who are from Fu City are also having a discussion on whether or not to build a permanent rift passage rather than to put it under a total closure. However, it is not an easy task to recapture Han Town now!"
Qin Feng nodded and continued to study the map of Han Town.
"This area…" Qin Feng frowned slightly, and before they left, there was already an idea in his mind.
Wang Chen immediately reported the information that he had obtained.
"It is the ants' lair. Based on the observation from the past few days and the numbers of the blacksteel ants, it indicates that their queen has successfully advanced to beast king tier!"
Qin Feng was instantly alarmed.
He never had such an encounter before his rebirth.
However, the development was indeed logical.
No two lions were able to rule the same kingdom.
The insectoids were different from the Dark-Robed Ripper and the Emperor Knight as they were the king-tier creatures of an intelligent tribe, while being corpses themselves, they were most probably obeying the broken arm master and acted in accordance to the orders given.
Meanwhile in Han Town, the Steel-limb Broodmother who first appeared did not have any enemies around the area; hence, it was eyeing the massive amount of ants that was approaching, and upon the successful hatching of the spiderlings, it would definitely lead them to hunt down other insectoids!
However, the Steel-limb Broodmother had been killed by Qin Feng!
Without the presence of its natural predator, the blacksteel ants had grown stronger, and with sufficient energy resources, the beast king was then cultivated.
Furthermore, the reproduction speed of the queen ant was more horrifying than the Steel-limb broodmother!
"With this being the center point, the insectoids' distribution around Han Town is clearly depicted, where would you like to head to?" Wang Chen asked enthusiastically.
There was also a sense of admiration and excitement from the question.
Wang Chen recalled the moment when Qin Feng went against the Steel-limb Broodmother alone.
Unfortunately, the battle was not witnessed by anyone!
"It won't be easy to take care of the blacksteel queen ant!" Qin Feng stated in a deep voice, "The number of ants is on another level!"
There were only about ten thousand ants when Qin Feng first left.
With time, and without the presence of its enemy, the number of ants had increased by fivefold.
Furthermore, the number would only grow higher as the reproduction process was supported by thousands of ants daily. They could easily survive on soil and wood chips. The food market that was initially the location of their habitat had become a wide area of gravel that was filled with faeces from the blacksteel ants.
It was an anthill.
Wang Chen's passion was diminished after what Qin Feng said.
"True, we shall delay this discussion on taking down the queen ant's lair, since it has not revealed itself either!"
"Hmm, I will not join the operation with all of you, be prepared to protect Zhou Hao and the others, and take the opportunity to bring up the newcomers from Fengli colony!"
"Understood, Boss!"
"Understood, I shall join the battle later to observe!"
It would be best to seek on-site experience rather than just rely on the map shown in the communicator. Furthermore, Bai Li was still required to complete the G-tier aptitude user badge mission.
Qin Feng immediately summoned the umbra stallion.
He grabbed onto Bai Li and placed her onto the horse while his conscious energy was activated, and the warhorse faded into blurred shadows as it started to travel at high speed toward Han Town.
Many around the surroundings were alerted, especially those who were in the free vehicle provided by Han Town.
During such end times, invasion of the rifts had caused all sorts of bizarre objects to appear. Although the umbra stallion might be considered as a mythical encounter, dragon rides were also a norm during such a period, but aptitude users that were at the lower tiers did not have the opportunity for such an encounter.
Soon, Qin Feng had arrived near Han Town that was not guarded by any army forces; hence, there were insectoids that were roaming around the city wall and had destroyed the entire little town into ruins.
Plow worms had started to appear beyond the city wall, and they were also joined by other bottom-tier insectoids.
They were insectoids that were neither great in capabilities nor existed in large groups, hence, they were being forced out of Han Town, a town that was fertile and resourceful for the insectoids.
Actually, it was also challenging to confront plow worms.
It was a bustling scene to have several G-tier aptitude users siege against a plow worm.
The army was also cleaning up the surroundings.
"Ah!"
One of them let out a scream as his body was being bitten by the plow worm as it was contracting its body, and was about to retreat back underground. It would be a death sentence for the victim if the plow worm were to succeed in the retreat!
"No!"
"Don't you dare harm him!"
The team members of the G-tier aptitude user roared and tried their best to alter the fate of their team member who was about to be devoured.
Qin Feng sprinted across on his umbra stallion.
"Fire bream!"
Qin Feng raised his hand casually and a dark-red fire rune light ray landed on the gigantic body of the plow worm, followed by a loud explosion upon impact.
The plow worm was blasted into half while the G-tier aptitude user was tossed out along with the halved body part of the plow worm, and a loud scream was heard when he landed onto the ground. However, he survived the blast.
It was a near escape from death!
Qin Feng acted as if he had done nothing and went ahead on his umbra stallion, he then entered through the main gate of Han Town.
The team were shocked by the scene as they could only look on at the retreating back of Qin Feng who had already passed by, they felt grateful and gave their salute to Qin Feng.
"This is great, it is all over now."
"It was an honourable F-tier aptitude user who has just saved you earlier."
"Aptitude users are indeed in God's favor!"
"I must convey my appreciation if there is a chance to meet him in the future."
Qin Feng did it out of his convenience and did not expect anyone to show their gratitude, he rushed into Han Town and got off from his horse.
"Do you still remember what I have taught you? Keep a low profile."
"I do remember that!"
Bai Li nodded, and a snow-white weapon appeared in her hand.
It was a Ceramic Saber.
Of course, it was extremely firm and contained all sorts of materials from ultra beasts, it was similar to the thin and long shape of the Verdant Emperor Saber that Qin Feng had.
The only reason that Bai Li had chosen this weapon was purely because of its aesthetic features!
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Chapter 164: Investigating the ants' lair
Qin Feng switched on his communicator and scanned his location, then, he assigned Bai Li to form a temporary team with him.
"Clean up street number 39 of the outer city up to a distance of thirty meters, mission accepted!"
Qin Feng selected the mission, although he might not be rewarded with a lot of money, it was a mission that he could clear without much extra effort.
Bai Li adjusted and turned on the video recorder on the communicator and recorded the scene of the street.
There were about six flies that were buzzing around the dark alley, they were about the size of a washbowl and they landed onto the ground that was scorched black.
There was a corpse that had decayed for a long time.
Qin Feng focused his sight.
There were now more species of insectoids.
It was at that moment, without Qin Feng's reminder, Bai Li leaped forward at an undetectable speed and slashed at the five gigantic flies, taking them down instantly.
While both of them were wandering around, the number of insectoids being hunted down had increased as well.
Soon, they had completed up to thirty meters in distance, and Bai Li had hunted down more than twenty insectoids that were of several different species. However, the area was indeed densely packed with insectoids!
Moreover, it was only the outer area.
There were no signals seeking for help as most of the people in the outer areas had either escaped or been rescued!
Qin Feng led Bai Li to clean up ten streets and Bai Li's G-tier mission was completed very quickly.
The sky dimmed into a darker colour.
"Turn off the camera of the communicator!"
Qin Feng ordered Bai Li to turn off the camera.
Then, he hopped onto his umbra stallion together with Bai Li and went deeper into Han Town.
It would be better to perform his own physical scouting as it was not always reliable to have drones to perform the scanning.
Moreover, taking on battles during night time was a wise choice as it could provide a natural camouflage to many of Qin Feng's abilities.
Soon, both of them had stepped into the food market that they passed by when they first escaped from Han Town.
Qin Feng inhaled unwittingly as soon as he arrived at the spot where he once escaped from.
He had once scanned the area with his conscious energy, however, a different scene had now appeared in his conscious energy, it was a totally different environment from what he had seen before.
Furthermore, when he looked down from a high-rise building from afar, the food market had already been demolished into a flat surface, it had turned into brown-colored dunes.
It was all because of the F-tier blacksteel ants.
"Later on, turn on the camera, let's get two hundred kills first!"
Qin Feng rode his umbra stallion and went into the streets.
As soon as the umbra stallion was dismissed, Qin Feng and Bai Li landed on the ground.
Massive numbers of blacksteel ants started to appear in the surroundings.
The ants were extremely massive in size, and within a week, the number of beast generals and beast soldiers had increased tremendously.
"Kill them!"
Qin Feng shouted with a deep voice while he acted swiftly and slashed the Verdant Emperor Saber, a blacksteel ant took the hit and fell onto the ground.
Although the ants were reinforced with a firm outer shell that could hardly be broken by any ordinary saber, the Verdant Emperor Saber was able to take down the creatures with ease, it was like slicing through tofu.
Bai Li did not want to use her saber, hence, she punched the creatures with her fist. Being an E-tier beast king with great energy output, she was able to easily destroy the outer shell of the blacksteel ants with every single one of her punches.
However, it was at that moment, more blacksteel ants started to swarm and fill the area, both of them were left with a smaller space.
"Spectre Motion Steps!"
Qin Feng's body motion became swift and he started to manoeuvre around the limited space.
Soon, black rays started to emit from Qin Feng's body.
The dark runes.
"Phantom Motion Steps!"
Qin Feng's shadow began to flicker as his body movements became faster and he was able to conceal his presence better.
The blacksteel ants who were after Qin Feng were unable to track his footsteps and had no idea on how to capture him.
Qin Feng continued to manoeuvre around and took down the ants one by one, and the carcasses of the ants began to pile up on the ground.
The recordings could only capture a blurred scene, and it was impossible for it to capture any abnormalities from Qin Feng's motion.
Soon, Qin Feng had taken down eighty F-tier blacksteel ants.
Capabilities of ultra beasts were often ahead of the advancement of humans, hence, there was a huge difference in terms of capabilities between an A-tier aptitude user and an A-tier ultra beast.
Therefore, certification of an F-tier would require one hundred kills. However, when providing support to Han Town, the completion would only require eighty percent of it!
On the other hand, Bai Li had also stopped her killing as she was already close to her targeted number!
"Turn off the camera!"
Qin Feng ordered!
Bai Li immediately turned off her recording, and Qin Feng also did the same.
It was at that moment, Qin Feng and Bai Li were surrounded by even more blacksteel ants, to the extent that there was no space left for them to stand!
However, Bai Li did not panic at all, and it was the same for Qin Feng as well.
Bai Li gently launched herself off her feet and leaped onto the first floor with ease.
Qin Feng remained alone on the streets!
If it were seen by the others, they would have assumed that Bai Li had betrayed her team member.
She had forsaken Qin Feng and escaped herself!
Of course, it was not the case.
As soon as Bai Li left, Qin Feng's conscious energy was activated and it grew rapidly.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
A strong flame swept through the surroundings.
The ground was covered with fire that was pulsing with vigorous fire runes, countless of blacksteel ants were charred by the fire from Qin Feng.
Qin Feng could feel that he was growing stronger!
Despite being small in size, the blacksteel ants were extremely horrifying with their firmly enforced steel on the top of their heads, and the ankle bones of a human being could be easily fractured if attacked by it.
After killing off the powerful ants, the energy devoured by Qin Feng had also increased tremendously.
The muscles on Qin Feng's body had also improved simultaneously with the accumulation of energy.
The size of his muscles was not too overwhelming, and they were rather refined with each of them filled with explosive energy!
"Retreat!"
Qin Feng recovered the runes, and the ground was scorched together with the ants that had turned into burnt charcoal, a light touch would cause them to disappear into ashes.
It was only the steel armor on top of their skull that was left behind, and it was the most precious material that could be obtained from a blacksteel ant.
Qin Feng activated his conscious energy, and as if the surroundings were being swept through by a tornado, all the carcasses of the ants were destroyed while the metal armor flew up high, being controlled by Qin Feng's conscious energy as they landed onto his hand.
The blacksteel ants were mostly F3 or F4-tier insectoids, hence, with his overpowered capabilities, Qin Feng could easily take down all of them within a split second!
Before Qin Feng could leave the street, there were more blacksteel ants that were swarming toward him.
The blacksteel ants could easily survive in dire situations, and of course, they would prey on human beings with aptitude users being their favourite, as their flesh was even more delicious.
Moreover, there was a saying that describes a massive number of ants that could kill an elephant!
Although Qin Feng might not be an elephant, the number of blacksteel ants was indeed too overwhelming!
Before Qin Feng could estimate the number of ants that were there, the ants that were rushing toward him had caught him off guard.
The army of ants that was in black moved at high speed, as if Qin Feng would soon be slammed on by a gigantic wave.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
Qin Feng casted the Hellfire Carpet all over the ground, but it was outnumbered by the overwhelming number of blacksteel ants. They went against the fire, stepped on top of the other ants who had sacrificed their lives and surged on toward Qin Feng furiously to kill him.
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Chapter 165: First Day's Results
Qin Feng cleared one hundred meters in a matter of seconds and yet the armored ants remained hot on his tail.
"One more time!"
The power of his consciousness surged, and Hellfire was released once again, drowning the entire surface in fire.
Running from one road to another, Qin Feng had already covered over three hundred meters within a short span of time. The very first release of his Hellfire attack was a result of him losing precise control over his consciousness, which in turn, caused the dispersion of the runes.
Fortunately, the number of remaining ants that was coming after him relentlessly had been consistently whittled away by his attacks!
Even so, it should be kept in mind that these ants were the elites of their colony.
Individually speaking, they were all separate beast generals, out-numbering Qin Feng seven-to-one.
Each of them was around a meter tall, easily reaching the height level of Qin Feng's thighs. That was however, not the scariest part about these ants. That part would be reserved for the pair of wings sticking out of their backs, allowing them a short flight time which was more than enough to reach Qin Feng if they wished to.
The first armored ant took flight and started closing in on Qin Feng. And yet, as it honed in on its prey, instead of sinking its jaws into Qin Feng's flesh, it passed right through his body as if he was just a projection.
Of course, it was not his actual body though, it was something close to a projection. What it passed through was Qin Feng's afterimage.
The speed at which he was moving was so fast that there were afterimages!
"Phantom's Maze!"
Qin Feng dodged a fatal blow from the beast general.
Boom!
A deafening sound echoed down the streets. The beast general lifted a full-sized sedan that was parked by the road and smashed it into a nearby skyscraper. The sheer force from the impact turned the car into a steel disc, rendering it completely unrecognizable.
Evidently, the beast generals of the armored ants possessed terrifying strength for their size!
Three more beast generals flew toward Qin Feng.
It was time for QIn Feng to unleash his own tricks. With lightning speed, he dashed through the gaps between the three armored ants while unsheathing his saber.
"Blooming Flame!"
White-hot flames spat out from the saber and sparks flew in every direction, resembling a blooming flower during spring.
In a split second, the three beast generals were minced up into stinking chunks.
"Buzz!"
An armored ant flew toward Qin Feng's position. Due to the inertia it had built up, it was flying at an incredible speed.
Dodging was no longer a viable option; the only thing he could do was to slash his way out of the armored ant's attack.
Thonk!
As the Verdant Emperor Saber clashed with the armored ant's hardened exterior, a crisp, hollow sound rang out, followed by a massive jolt of energy that spread up Qin Feng's arm as a result of the abrupt collision. Still, a fraction of a second later, the beast general's armor gave way and the saber was able to slice down like a hot knife through butter, splitting it into two equal parts!
Three beast generals out of the original seven had already been taken down by Qin Feng!
Once more, Qin Feng's ability was released.
"Fire Beam!"
Three jets of flames shot out from Qin Feng's position, covering the assaulting ants in a layer of smoldering heat. Despite this, virtually none of them were halted in their rush toward their prey!
Qin Feng activated the Phantom Maze, allowing him to escape from their grasp. Then, an almost blinding ray of light flashed from the Verdant Emperor Saber.
"Sky Burning Sword Style!"
A flame spit forth like the devil's tongue, splitting in half the remaining beast generals at their thoraxes.
Pit pat pit!
The regular blacksteel ants that trailed behind their generals retreated; none of them dared to step up and face Qin Feng in combat.
After suffering a loss of seven beast generals, regardless of how many generals they had left at the colony, they were not willing to lose even one more. These insectoids were masters at preserving their own lives and were biologically programmed to be fearful of places where the smell of death pierced their sensory organs, hence their retreat.
On the other side, Qin Feng felt a huge wave of raw energy from the beast general's body flow into his own.
As his fleshly strength had already reached F7-tier, it would take a lot more time and effort than before to grow his powers further but at the current rate of his progress, that day should come pretty soon!
Buzz Buzz Buzz!
Qin Feng's ears picked up a vibration in the air, high up in the sky that could only be caused by the flapping of insect wings. Using his consciousness, he scanned the area above like a radar, only to discover that it was the infamous bloodthirsty beetle.
This species typically lived in solitude but from time to time, one could bump into a group of three to five beetles, travelling together. This would only occur after a particularly intense fight where enough blood was split that it could attract and sustain a group of these beetles.
Somehow, Qin Feng's fight was detected by these darned beetles. An interesting thing to note was that these beetles did not feast on the blood of their fellow insectoids; they would only consume blood of humans and ultra beasts
"Piss off!"
Several beams of fire erupted from the ground, knocking out a handful of these bloodthirsty beetles from the air.
Confirming that the coast was clear, Qin Feng proceeded to pry off the armor plates of the beast generals he had freshly slain in order to obtain the crystal cores within. After he was done with that, he ran back in the direction from where he came.
At this point, littered across the ground were the charred remains of the armored ants. Qin Feng's consciousness kicked into frenzy mode as he went around looting precious materials dropped by these unsightly bugs.
Though, shortly after his looting spree had started, the insectoids seemed to have gone into a frenzy of its own.
Qin Feng whipped out his communicator to check the time.
It was already 8pm, night time.
"Guess I'll come back here tomorrow!" With a wave of his hand, the umbra stallion trotted over to Qin Feng's side silently, followed by Bai Li. Both of them then climbed onto the horse with Bai Li sitting in front.
Soon, they left Han Town without facing any obstructions.
The provisional colony set up outside Han Town was brightly lit during the night and was a place where battle achievements were recorded. Every day, people would gather here to claim fresh rewards upon completing a seemingly never-ending stream of quests.
A simple room next to the projector screen where battle rankings were displayed was where the people of Chengbei Colony were gathered. From there, they would be able to observe the accumulation of merits each time a new quest was completed.
"Senior Gao, your team's reaping a great big reward today!" Lu Meng said with a gleeful smile on his face.
A crowd of people sitting around in a circle was busy grilling meat skewers over a fire. There must have been at least a dozen of them there, including Gao Linghan and Li Yaoyao's teams. On the other side sat Lu Meng, Zhou Hao, Zhang Tianche, Zhao Yu and the rest.
It was an odd group, made up of people from different age groups and from different circles. However, because of the fact that Lu Meng had now become part of Zhou Hao's stationary force, as well her close relationship with Li Yaoyao, everyone sat together to share good food as well as to trade insider's information they had heard of with each other.
"It isn't too bad!" Gao Linghan nodded slightly but a look of delight was clearly reflecting off his eyes.
He led his team on a hunt-and-destroy mission earlier today and together, they had killed quite a lot of bugs, around a thousand of them.
While a thousand kills was by no means a big deal, one should keep in mind that they had only arrived after noon. Within a span of a few hours, killing such an amount would make them one of the most deadly aptitude users from Chengbei.
"Though, why isn't Qin Feng, a member of your team, together with you?" Gao Linghan's eyes showed hints of doubt and curiosity.
Zhou Hao was gnawing on a perfectly grilled chicken wing as he replied casually. "He went off with Bai Li to hunt bugs on their own. That lunatic now seeks only F-tier bugs to kill, so naturally, he isn't going along well with our team!"
Gao Linghan's smile stiffened.
With furrowed brows, Li Yaoyao mocked Zhou Hao. "For Qin Feng to act this way, is it because you guys are holding him back during battle? I'm sure it wouldn't be the case if it were up to Senior Gao!"
Zhou Hao smirked but chose to remain silent.
It was then that Zhang Tianche, who sat nearby, broke the silence. "Qin Feng's back!"
"Ah? Where's he?" Zhou Hao spat out a piece of chicken bone and craned his neck backward, he could immediately spot Qin Feng.
Perhaps this was because Qin Feng stood out from the crowd. No, it was not Qin Feng that stuck out like a sore thumb but Bai Li, who was currently snuggled between his arms.
Riding on the umbra stallion's back, Bai Li was sporting a white shirt that glimmered in silver, as if it was woven from the rays of moonlight. That, coupled with her unrivalled beauty meant that nobody was able to take their eyes off of her no matter how hard they tried.
"So you're back huh, Qin Feng? How are your results of today?" Zhou Hao hurriedly followed up with a question.
Everyone on the scene perked up their ears.
"I haven't reported it yet but here, have a look yourself!" Qin Feng passed his communicator to one of the staff members that handled battle reports.
The machine produced a series of beeping sounds which ended abruptly, meaning that the calculations had been finalised.
"Beep Beep Beep"
[Review completed. Your battle achievement: 2602 points!]
This did not come as too much of a surprise for Qin Feng. Though, he had only recorded down the number needed for his F-tier aptitude user badge, which was two hundred forty F-tier ultra beasts. The remaining results must have come from unfortunate beasts that he had accidentally slain in the midst of battle!
"Pretty brilliant, you are!" Zhou Hao said as he stared at the number on the screen.
And yet, Gao Linghan did not acknowledge Qin Feng's results for the day.
"For you to return so late, with so many additional hours on the hunting ground. If it were up to me, I'd be able to surpass that number effortlessly!"
Though, Gao Linghan missed out on one essential point. On the hunting ground, he was fighting with an entire team with him being an F-tier user while the rest of his classmates were G8, G9-tier users!
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Chapter 166: Certified F-tier
It was then that Bai Li submitted her own footage.
"Beep Beep Beep"
[Review completed. Your battle achievement: 3288 points!]
Zhou Hao unwittingly peeked at Bai Li.
What happened today that Bai Li ended up participating in their mission?
It was not just Zhou Hao that looked over at Bai Li. The rest of the staff working there too, stole glances at Bai Li. Footages captured during missions were as solid as they could be, meaning that this female aptitude user was not just another delicate eye candy to ogle at.
"Umm, ma'am, it seems that you haven't been certified as an aptitude user yet. As such, the authorities may not release your rewards in a lump sum. I hope you can understand and I apologise for any inconveniences caused!"
Bai Li was not able to grasp the twists and turns in the staff member's words but nodded regardless.
Seeing this, Qin Feng intervened. "Let's get you certified then. After all, we'd accepted multiple missions back at Chengbei Colony!"
Many of those gathered here were taking up missions in order to get their aptitude user badge and this Quest Hall was a place where one's abilities could be reviewed and consequently, award the reviewees with their respective badges.
The most important thing however, was not the badge but the financial subsidy provided for aptitude users!
For F-tier aptitude users here participating in the conquest of Han Town, so long as they could maintain a daily score of a thousand points and above, they would receive a grant of ten thousand yuan as well as a special rebate of 9.5% off when converting it into battle achievement points.
To put it simply, the greater one's daily points, the higher the rebate percentage.
"Understood! Please wait here for a second!"
The staff member proceeded to make some calculations for both of them which was then completed a short while later. With a smile on his face, he produced two F-tier aptitude user badges.
"Congratulations! According to our statistics, both of you are F-tier aptitude users. These are your badges! I have just updated your personal information. The two of you will be enjoying more benefits from now on!"
Qin Feng accepted the two badges before pinning one of them onto Bai Li's chest.
"It looks kinda ugly! It doesn't fit with my clothes at all!" Bai Li complained.
"Make sure you have it on, it'll be of great use when the time comes!"
"What do you mean?" Bai Li asked doubtfully.
"At least some of the rascals won't dare mess with you again!" Qin Feng replied.
Nodding her head, Bai Li proceeded to help pin the badge onto Qin Feng's chest.
"Now, they won't mess with you too!"
Qin Feng smiled.
Zhou Hao, standing nearby, covered his eyes. At the sight of the lovey-dovey couple, he felt a massive blow smash into his heart. It was downright cruel to show such acts of affection in front of this single man's eyes! On that day, he was reminded of just how cruel life could be at times.
Pulling Bai Li's hands, Qin Feng led her out of the hall. The F-tier aptitude user badges worked perfectly. While many of them did not know who the strange duo was, they sure could recognise the badges pinned on their chest. The men who once lustfully drooled over Bai Li now looked at her with fear and moved aside for them to pass.
At the moment, noise seemed to only come from one corner outside the hall. They were the shouts of merchants here to bid for exotic goods.
"Fresh plow worm meat! Buying at twenty yuan per pound!"
"Bloodthirsty beetles' blood backs for sale! Offering fifteen grand a pop!"
"Steel-back snail's outer-shell!" I'm willing to pay thirty thousand yuan a piece!"
The prices they yelled out were much lower than what Qin Feng remembered hearing in the past. The price of materials from G-tier ultra beasts seemed to have been cut by half; what was once priced at four to five thousand yuan back in Chengbei Colony now cost a mere one to two thousand yuan. This was partly because of the insectoids' small body size as well as their overflowing supply; it was simple economics at work.
There were just too many insectoids!
However, these merchants were buying insectoid parts at a substantially higher price than the authorities, which was why so many people preferred to sell the materials they had gathered from the battlefield here.
After all, not everyone here possessed a spatial runic equipment of their own; they had nowhere else to store the materials which would accumulate pretty quickly into a large mound over time.
It was not long before Qin Feng caught wind of someone offering to buy blacksteel ant parts in a corner.
"Are you collecting blacksteel ants? How much are you offering?" Qin Feng inquired.
The merchant's eyes lit up instantly. Seeing the F-tier aptitude user badges displayed on both of their chests, they must possess the ability to hunt blacksteel ants, he thought. If that were the case then he must have hit the jackpot!
"Twelve grand!"
Qin Feng's brows furrowed upon hearing the offer. He followed up with a question, "How many are you looking to buy?"
"How many do you have? I'll buy em' all!" The man waved his large hand confidently. Perhaps because he was far from being short of cash.
Seeing the merchant's commendable bravado, Qin Feng tapped on Bai Li's waist, a gesture for her to retrieve the items.
With a wave of her delicate arm, dinner-plate-sized armor scales showered out from a point in mid-air until a large mound was formed on the ground.
Merchants and sellers around them alike were wide-eyed at the scene.
"I'll leave the counting to you." Qin Feng said.
The merchant gulped nervously, his face flushed. With a stutter, he replied, "That uh, boss, can I get some of my friends to buy it together? This is, uh, a bit too much for me to handle!"
"Big boss, are you selling? If there's too much then I'm offering to buy at 12,600 yuan!"
"12,700 yuan for me!"
"Thirteen grand!"
The first merchant was now drenched in cold sweat as the other merchants moved in like hungry predators.
"Hey, you're all breaking the rules! You can't just swoop right in and snatch away my goods!"
However, there was no denying that the number of goods was too much for a single merchant to handle. Each piece here could provide a profit of around two thousand yuan but that would easily reach up to more than ten thousand elsewhere. Too bad his business capital was simply inadequate to handle this amount of goods!
Qin Feng was certainly not looking to lose out in this deal.
"Thirteen grand, tell me how much you need!" Qin Feng announced.
The entire place suddenly erupted with the shouts of greedy merchants.
On that night, Qin Feng had killed around a thousand and two hundred blacksteel ants. Even without selling the materials he had foraged from the ultra beasts, he managed to earn around 16 million yuan from the single deal alone.
This amount was more than enough to earn the envy of many other F-tier mercenaries.
However, there was one group of people who was in for a greater shock—those who had consistently tracked Qin Feng's progress.
"Qin Feng had that many blacksteel armor? He must've killed a mountain of blacksteel ants then!" Zhao Yu said in astonishment. "But the points he accumulated did not reflect that!"
Zhang Tianche, being the more attentive person, understood quite well what Qin Feng's strength was like, which was why it did not shock him as much as it did the others.
Maybe it was because he did not want to expose his actual strength to the people around him!
"Footage quality goes downhill pretty quickly after sunset. Maybe that's why Qin Feng did not bother to turn on his recorder!" Zhang Tianche swiftly came up with an excuse to back Qin Feng up.
Zhao Yu on the other hand, felt a sting in her heart. "That would've given him even more points though!"
Gao Linghan, who unintentionally eavesdropped on their exchange felt a prickly warmth spreading over his face.
He initially thought that the battle points Qin Feng collected was nothing impressive, but the materials he had gathered were almost five folds greater than the points he had! For there to be such a huge gap in difference, it left Gao Linghan in despair and humiliation!
It appeared that he was no longer worthy to be Qin Feng's rival.
Not wanting to see Qin Feng's face, Gao Linghan rose from his seat and gave his final order of the day. "I want all of you to hit the sack soon. A fight's waiting for us tomorrow."
Gao Linghan left the place as soon as he said that, returning to the simple room from before to catch some shut-eye.
When Qin Feng finally returned to the campfire, only a handful of his team members remained at the site. He was completely oblivious to the fact that he had caused utter despair in the first-rate genius that labeled himself as Qin Feng's rival!
The simple room had limited amenities. Luckily, it had one of the most basic of all amenities—a clean water supply. After freshening himself up, he climbed onto the iron-framed bed and slept with Bai Li between his arms.
The night was tranquil, until a woman's moan echoed through the air from afar.
Bai Li's ears perked up.
Qin Feng's mouth twitched. Swiftly, he covered both of her ears and ordered, "Sleep!"
"O-okay!"
Bai Li gave a tiny yawn and fell asleep in an instant!
She slept with no issues, even with Qin Feng's hands covering her ears tightly. Seeing the sleeping beauty between his arms, he could not help but sigh.
"What great energy he has." Qin Feng muttered under his breath.
This room was far from being sound-proof. The camp was filled with men who fought constantly in the frontlines, staring death in the eyes nearly every second of the day. Naturally, they would have to find some place to vent out their frustrations, to release their pent-up energy after a hard day's work out on the battlefield.
This was men's fundamental flaw.
When Han Town fell, the first people to be rescued were those living in slums which were located at the outskirts of the small town. The fact that they had been rescued did not mean that three meals a day was guaranteed. In order to survive, many of them had to offer something up for sale. For those living in poverty, that "something" came in the form of their bodies. Thus, the practice of prostitution became the norm in the provisional colony.
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Chapter 167: Burning Rice Fields
Fortunately, Qin Feng was well-informed about this fact and with the help of his strong consciousness, he sealed away his internal strength, allowing his body to return to its original tranquil state. Soon, he too, drifted into the land of dreams.
This night however, was not as tranquil to a handful of other people. On the contrary, it was a night filled with excitement and adrenaline!
When dawn broke, Qin Feng observed that a large portion of students from Chengbei Colony wore dark circles under their blood-shot eyes.
"Did you guys struggle to sleep well last night?" Qin Feng asked as he eyed a couple of other students.
While Zhou Hao also had dark-circles under his eyes, like that of a panda, he also had an excited look on his face.
"Nope, not at all! I slept well!"
The corner of Zhang Tianche's mouth twitched. Just who was it that kept his ear glued to the wall the entire night before?
Zhou Hao, rubbing his eyes tiredly, wanted to share something that he caught wind of last night—a teenie weenie secret shared only between men.
However, upon catching sight of Bai Li, the feeling of pain crept up in Zhou Hao's heart.
"You goddamn normie, you won't ever feel the pain of us single men. Just one look is enough to tell me that you slept like a king last night!"
He was not wrong but Qin Feng did nothing in bed the night before.
"Don't badmouth others to make up for your own shortcomings. I used my internal strength to block out all the noise last night. I bet you spent the entire night listening to the symphony, I mean look at those circles!" Qin Feng retorted.
Lu Meng and Zhao Yu looked at Qin Feng with contempt.
"Ahem, that's where you're wrong! You've misunderstood what I did, Qin Feng!" Zhou Hao exclaimed. Then, with the voice of a mouse, he whispered into Qin Feng's ears, "You gotta save me some face, man. I wanna spend the rest of my life filled with joy and having pretty women to squeeze!"
Qin Feng held back his laughter. "Alright fine. Hurry up and get some chow, prepare for battle afterward!"
Most of them could not help but discuss the events last night so they ate only pieces of bread or hardtack crackers that were in their rations.
It appeared that they had already lost their appetite for a heavy breakfast.
[Beep Beep Beep!]
Everyone's communicators rang out in unison. Qin Feng lowered his head to the noise, only to discover that it was calling for a voluntary joint-forces operation.
Such missions were announced every morning, ordering for a specific street to be cleaned up. There, they would have to pour beast-repelling powder all over to prevent the insectoids from breeding and thus, quell the population surge of their enemy.
These sort of operations provided a much needed sense of uniformity in their quest to recapture Han Town.
Though, the setbacks were equally as jarring. In the event that the chosen street was the nest of a crazy-strong beast, then the loss of a few men was inevitable.
Of course, in order to minimise unnecessary casualties, each street would be assigned to at least a handful of teams in order to secure the place without major hiccups.
Qin Feng raised his finger and pressed down without hesitation on the reject button.
Considering his capabilities, there was no need for him to engage in such operations.
On the other hand, after a round of serious discussion, Zhou Hao and co finally decided to participate in this operation.
And so, the daily report on the insectoids' distribution around Han Town was updated. The most accurate information on this typically came right after dawn, which was right now.
[For today, our sweeping operation will be conducted in the East and South Districts of Han Town. Clearing teams, streets 55-58 are your targets. Members who have yet to participate in this operation, please proceed to other districts!]
"I've had my fill. Time to go!"
Qin Feng finished up the final piece of hardtack and brushing the crumbs off his hands, he stood up.
"Right! Stay safe!" Zhou Hao said as he waved at his friend. He would have to remain there until further orders were given to his team.
"You guys too! If you bump into any trouble, I want you to immediately send me your coordinates, understand?"
"No problem!" Zhou Hao nodded.
After releasing the umbra stallion, Qin Feng and Bai Li climbed up onto its back.
With just a few leaps, they had arrived at an area just outside the provisional colony. It was then that they noticed a few large vehicles transporting bags of pungent substance that almost made one's eyes water.
"Stinky!" Bai Li immediately pinched her nose shut.
"Then you should hold your breath for a little longer! Qin Feng climbed down the horse and walked to the front of the convoy.
"I want twenty bags of this beast repelling powder!" Qin Feng then pointed in Bai Li's direction. "Don't worry, we're together in a team!"
"Wouldn't that be a tad bit overkill?" The man asked.
"We cleared ten streets yesterday!" Qin Feng displayed the result of yesterday's operation.
The inhuman results stunned the man for a while before he returned to his senses. "Alright, if you've used up all of em' then come back for more!"
Qin Feng tucked away twenty large bags of beast repelling powder into his spatial runic equipment.
This powder was specifically formulated to fight the insectoids and consequently, it yielded great results in reducing their numbers. However, in instances where the insectoids were rampaging or if they were under strategic control, the enemy could easily overrun cleared streets. The powder posed virtually no harm to the insectoids whatsoever; it merely irritated the insectoids and thus, stop them from settling down and turning the street into a breeding spot.
It was not only the insectoids that were irritated. Some humans, like Bai Li right now, hated its foul-smell.
Fortunately, the spatial runic equipment was smell-proof. It was not too long before they had arrived at the Northern gate of Han Town.
The direction in which they were moving was completely different from before. Also, the Northern gate suffered more severe damage due to it being the supposed bread basket for Han Town.
The grains planted in this agricultural field were however, nowhere near enough to feed even one-tenth of Han Town's population. Every year, the people here had to import goods from Fu City and its shortfalls in maintaining adequate food supply was the primary reason why this town remained undeveloped.
A town which was not self-sufficient and hence lacking enough cash flow from trading would only see itself grow poorer and poorer.
The sudden appearance of Qin Feng and Bai Li got the attention of a few cold-blooded killers that were hiding in the agricultural land.
In a split second, a green-yellowish streak dashed toward the duo's position.
"Fire Beam!"
Booom!
A jet of fire spewed forth, downing the insectoid that tried to ambush them.
It was a blade mantis!
It appeared that as of now, this place had become their first choice to set up their nests as well as their hunting ground.
That explained why not many dared to even set foot near this place. After all, blade mantises were F-tier beasts.
With the source of their grains lost to the insectoids, the situation was exacerbated as the end of autumn had arrived. A few downpours, common during this season, had passed, killing off what remained of the dying crops in the agricultural fields.
"If that's the case, we should burn it all down!"
Qin Feng kept his words brief. Without an ounce of hesitation, he unleashed his Hellfire attack on the field.
The crops by then was already dried up, like skeletons of what it used to be. That made it all the more easier for Hellfire to incinerate everything in its path.
Soon, a large flame towered into the sky, accompanied by a massive pillar of black smoke rising never-endingly into the atmosphere. Due to it being too conspicuous, a few drones hovered over to record footage of the scene.
In the combat operations room, the highest member in the chain of command was an E3-tier gunner.
He was also the commander of the self-defense corps operating outside Fu City, widely known as Chi Long!
For the moment, he was acting as the leader of operations to retake Han Town, hence he spent most of the days supervising what was going down on the battlefield.
While the current spatial rift was large, it had yet to produce too big of an impact. Just like the emergence of the Emperor Knight from before, there was a risk that it might bring about a new strain of plague-causing virus.
In that case, if worse truly did come to worst, Han Town could be abandoned for good.
Chi Long, being an E-tier aptitude user, did not bother with fighting the war directly.
There was also another man that was a significant member in the combat operations room, the mayor of Han town—Shi Tianhai.
"What's the situation?" Chi Long switched over to the drone's footage, which overlooked the entire Northern district of Han Town.
Amidst the blazing flames, countless blade mantises could be seen desperately trying to escape but it was all futile; they were quickly struck down, one after the other, by individual jets of flames.
It was impossible to deny that Qin Feng's actions were not overly dramatic.
With Bai Li in front of him, he rode the umbra stallion, which galloped across a number of burning rice field plots. The flames were far from dying and God knows how many blade mantises he had slain in that area alone.
Regardless, it never crossed Qin Feng's mind that this place would be teeming with so many blade mantises.
Soon, a beast general of the blade mantises, an F8-tier beast, made itself present in front of Qin Feng.
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Chapter 168: Bafflement of Shi Tianhai
The beast general was a large fella, standing at almost two meters tall. Its bulging belly could easily fit two full-grown men inside. Its abdomen hung low, staying close to the ground which owing to its weight, slowed down the beast by a considerable margin.
In comparison to the one Qin Feng bumped into last time at the hotel, this blade mantis was multitudes stronger.
After feasting continuously for the past few days, allowing it to further grow its strength, this blade mantis possessed the potential to evolve into a king-tier enemy.
Too bad, it crossed paths with Qin Feng.
It was apparent that this beast general would be laying its eggs soon. However, this process had been cut off by Qin Feng completely annihilating its nest which of course, agitated this blade mantis to its limits.
Rage as it might but that was not enough to interrupt Qin Feng's search and destroy mission.
"Wowee, look at what we've got here! A diamond in the rough, I must say!"
Clasping the Verdant Emperor Saber in hand, Qin Feng climbed off the umbra stallion. In the next instant, he dashed toward the female beast general with insane speed.
Without hesitation, he started hacking away with the sword in hand.
Clang!
If there were swordmasters among the insectoids, then the blade mantises would be the pioneering species in perfecting this deadly art. It was precisely this reason that this particular group of insectoids was notorious for their ferocity.
Qin Feng's strike was parried by the blade mantis with ease!
However, Qin Feng's attacks were rarely so simple.
At this distance, Qin Feng was practically face-to-face with the great monster. From his point of view, a beam of red light could be seen shining on the blade mantis's hardened neck
A split second later, the blade mantis leaned back powerlessly and where the red light shone, a patch of charred flesh appeared. Even so, the beast general was far from dead.
Qin Feng raised his arm and prepared to strike down once more but the blade mantis too, raised its own scythe-like forelimbs and prepared to slash right into its enemy's neck.
"Phantom Maze!"
Qin Feng avoided the beast general's attack and moved swiftly behind it. Then, the tip of the Verdant Emperor Saber emerged on the other side of its body, smack right at the center of the great mantis's belly.
Splish!
The saber sliced through the beast general as if it was nothing but a block of soft tofu. Qin Feng ripped a large opening on the blade mantis's belly out of which oozed brown blood as well as hundreds of translucent eggs all of which were around the size of a human fist.
"Screech!"
The blade mantis wailed out in pain.
Its body thrashed around violently but the more it moved, the larger the hole in its belly became.
Not wanting to waste anymore time, Qin Feng went in for the final blow. With a wave of the Verdant Emperor Saber which was accompanied by a streak of burning flames, the blade mantis was decapitated with one clean cut.
It did not even take ten minutes for Qin Feng to flawlessly bring down the enemy beast general. The speed at which the battle ended was terrifying to a great deal of regular human beings.
Even Chi Long, who was observing the drone footage, was taken aback.
He reflected, if it were up to him, how long would it take for him to bring down an F-tier beast king?
It did not matter that he was an E-tier aptitude user. His speed, strength and all other aspects could barely match that of a beast general. Area effect weapons were of course an option but more often than not, there would not even be a single item left to collect after reducing the enemy into mere atoms. Gunners were reluctant to take part in such fruitless battles.
What about the good ol' fashioned way of hunting these critters?
'Perhaps half an hour was needed?' Chi Long estimated. He could dash from hiding spot to hiding spot, using shoot and scoot tactics to bring down the enemy. After all, he was a gunner!
Qin Feng was an ancient warrior. No, he was also an ability user.
His speed was faster than the beast general, his swordsmanship, even more precise, and his strength far exceeded the opponent's.
He was practically a hybrid between a human and an ultra beast!
In the drone footage, Qin Feng had started an uncontrollable wildfire that slowly engulfed the entire agricultural field.
To start a fire of such a scale, the ability user was pretty much engaging in genocide against the lord of the ultra beasts.
"That man… who is he?" Chi Long murmured to himself. He could not comprehend just where such a strong ability user came from. The ability user who also possessed skills of an ancient warrior.
At the same time, Shi Tianhai, who was also in the combat operations room, looked at the drone feed with a look of amazement painted across his face.
"That man… he… his name is Qin Feng!" Shi Tianhai exclaimed.
His brain churned a great deal before recalling the name that Liu Xue had uttered to him once. Back then, he was still wearing a G-tier aptitude user badge. He remembered that even then, he already possessed the powers of an F-tier user but due to sheer exhaustion from his work, Shi Tianhai paid no heed to the young man.
Who would have thought that the next time they met, his powers would have grown by such a significant amount!
Qin Feng's powers were simply too strong!
Right at that moment, Shi Tianhai finally understood why Qin Feng was able to guide so many out of the fallen Han Town on his own. Alone, his strength matched that of hundreds of regular human beings.
"Qin Feng? Do we have any intel on him?" Chi Long replied hurriedly. " For there to be such a strong ability user… with his strength, we can seriously recapture Han Town once and for all!"
Hearing this, Shi Tianhai's emotions were stirred up. However, there was a lingering sense of despair in his heart.
Based on Chi Long's words, he gathered that the successful conquest of Han Town was never guaranteed, and the possibility of giving up on it had always been an option.
If not for Qin Feng, would this nightmare turn into a reality?
Fearing the worst, Shi Tianhai quickly replied, "I'll go gather information on that man right this instant! One of my underlings should know a whole lot about him!"
Chi Long nodded. "Don't let him misunderstand our intent. We must approach him with the goal of peace in mind."
"Of course!"
They were going to get down on their knees and beg Qin Feng to lend them his strength!
Still oblivious as to the happenings in the battle operations room, Qin Feng bent down to dig the crystal core of the beast general out of its nasty guts. Alongside hundreds of other mantis eggs, the core was stored into his spatial runic equipment.
Without their mother's body, these eggs could not hatch. Though, if they did hatch, the hatchlings would fetch a price tenfold of what these eggs could at their highest.
These eggs could at least serve as a high-protein snack for Qin Feng.
After that was done, Qin Feng continued burning the fields, killing off the remnants of blade mantises that escaped his previous wave of attacks.
"Halt!"
Qin Feng stopped his Hellfire attack. The ground had been charred black and not a single blade of grass survived the fiery hell. Similarly, carbonised remains of blade mantises littered the landscape, leaving behind their iron-tough forelimbs which were unscratched.
Qin Feng lifted his eyes to see the drone hovering above him.
In the operations room, Chi Long stared into Qin Feng's eyes. There, he took a deep breath and a feeling of awe finally set in.
Within two hours, Qin Feng had completely burned down the agricultural fields alongside a large number of blade mantises.
The drone did not keep count of the bodies but there must have been at least a thousand dead mantises across the ground.
This ability user was a force to be reckoned with.
Perhaps, someday in the future, his powers could change the course of history!
Chi Long ordered for the drone to withdraw from the battlefield. At the same time, he barked out an order, "I don't want our drones spying on his every move but I want you all to focus on the areas he will move through. I want regular updates on those places, understood?"
"Yes, commander!"
The staff members replied respectfully.
Noticing that the drone had left the scene, Qin Feng concluded that the commander must be a sensible man.
It was fine and all to oversee the battlefield but when it came to reaping rewards after the battle was over, Qin Feng often felt infringed if a drone were to remain floating above his head!
These rewards not only brought about money but also one's bane.
If the drone were to overstay its welcome, Qin Feng would have no choice but to take the entire thing down!
"Scan the battlefield!"
Qin Feng ordered.
Riding the umbra stallion, Bai Li galloped across the fields. Where she flew past, the materials would all vanish into thin air. As the entire plot was not too big to begin with, Bai Li was done collecting the loot within five minutes!
After storing the goodies into the spatial runic equipment, Qin Feng climbed onto the horse by grabbing onto Bai Li's waist. Once again, they resumed their journey into Han Town.
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Chapter 169: Survivors
Upon entering Han Town itself, Qin Feng got his umbra stallion to start galloping, throwing off low-tier insectoids that tried to ambush them effortlessly.
Instead of focusing on small fries like these fellas, Qin Feng's time was worth much more trying to hunt down their higher-tier overlords.
However, his seek and destroy mission had barely even started before his communicator started beeping.
[Survivor signal detected!]
A tiny red dot appeared on the map of Han Town which popped up on the communicator's screen.
With barely enough food, the resilient human beings would always find a way to survive underground for half a months' time, all while defending themselves against these bloodthirsty creatures.
After all, they were raised amidst an apocalypse!
For those born after doomsday, mandatory education would start at the age of six and end at sixteen—ten years' time worth of lessons on how to survive even the toughest conditions life could possibly throw at them.
Because of the agricultural fields at the Northern entrance of Han Town, many aptitude users refused to even venture near this part, let alone save the poor souls trapped within this district.
Qin Feng was no cold-blooded man. Gifted with such powers, he felt a moral obligation to save as many lives as he could.
He directed the umbra stallion in the direction of the survivor's signal.
"Buzz Buzz Buzz"
A cluster of low-tier insectoids were hot on Qin Feng's tail.
As if that was not enough, a handful of bloodthirsty beetles appeared in the corner of his eyes but it was already too late—they too, hurled themselves relentlessly toward Qin Feng's horse.
He was caught in a pincer attack!
"Hellfire Carpet!"
With restraints on the extent of his attack, Qin Feng retaliated against his foolish attackers. In just a matter of minutes, these G-tier ultra beasts were completely wiped out through his fiery attacks.
Amidst the fiery hellscape, Qin Feng unsheathed the Verdant Emperor Saber and began decapitating the bloodthirsty beetles with single clean slices.
To regular humans, Qin Feng's current position was the worst case scenario to be caught in but to him, it was merely like a walk in the park.
Soon, Qin Feng arrived at the location where the signal was coming from, a store located right beside the road.
Smack right in front of its entrance however, was a massive steel-back snail.
It was just your run-of-the-mill F-tier steel-back snail but its strength, as many had learned, should never be underestimated!
A bad feeling arose in Qin Feng's heart.
He climbed off the umbra stallion, during which the steel-back snail had coincidentally started waking up from its lazy slumber. Stretching out its squishy head, it tried to grab a bite out of Qin Feng.
Without hesitation, he started hacking away at the darned snail.
"Sky Burning Sword Style!"
A two meter long blade sliced off the head of this steel-back snail even before it had the time to fight back.
With a single kick, the headless carcass of this steel-back snail was shoved aside, allowing Qin Feng to enter the shop.
[Remaining distance to the survivor: 35 meters!]
The shop itself was not too big, hence it did not take long for Qin Feng to discover a trapdoor that led downward into a basement. However, the door was bolted shut from the inside.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Qin Feng knocked on the door but the only response he received was dead silence.
Fortunately, the structural integrity of this door was not military-grade. While it could withstand repeated attacks by the ultra beasts, it was easily torn down by Qin Feng's saber.
Focusing all his internal strength on the blade's body, Qin Feng sliced open the door in just a fraction of a second.
As soon as the door was broken down, the metallic smell of blood rushed into Qin Feng's nasal cavity from the room below. Through the dim lighting of the room, Qin Feng could make out the skeleton-like body of a woman, whose eyes were half open, and nestled in her arms was a dying infant, who appeared to be at most two months old.
Upon meeting Qin Feng's eyes, the lady's eyes lit up like the stars in the night sky.
A single word floated into Qin Feng's mind.
Hope!
Seeing the lady's eyes heavily reminded him of this word.
"Save… her…" The lady said as she fruitlessly attempted to pass the child in her arms over to Qin Feng.
He remained silent.
Qin Feng stepped forward and rested his palms onto the lady's back. Then, he gathered a thick wave of internal strength and transfused it into the lady's body, making sure that her heart continued beating as well as to reinvigorate her collapsing lungs.
"Let's go. We'll give her a proper burial."
Qin Feng replied.
While the neo-humans of today had all been injected with an awakening potion, unlocking their body's potential, infants remained as fragile as ever!
A regular human could survive for half a month's time with only the bare minimum but the same could not be said for children.
It was obvious that this lady, after finally reaching the conclusion that there was no longer any food around that she could forage, she tried feeding her child her own fresh blood but even that was an act of futility.
This child had been dead for quite a while!
The lady kept silent. Then, it almost seemed as if she was about to cry but not a single tear was shed from her eyes.
Qin Feng could not bear to see the lady suffer in her despair any longer. He led her out of the basement, back to Bai Li and the horse. In this post-apocalyptic world, tragedies were bound to occur but humans were the most resilient creatures to be able to face such changes and make the best out of it.
As frail as this woman appeared to be, she managed to conjure up enough strength to support herself. Qin Feng passed a piece of bread and some water over to her, which she wolfed down hungrily in seconds. Soon, she regained enough strength to move around.
Qin Feng handed her a pack of beast repelling powder and had her sprinkle the powder in their trail. She was even ordered to rub some all over her body.
Afterwards, Qin Feng proceeded to sweep the streets as well as to check for any survivor signals, which there were. In just a single day, he managed to rescue more than eighty survivors from the jaws of death.
Because of his focus on rescuing these survivors, the number of kills he achieved had dropped significantly from what he could manage the day before. However, he was able to clear twenty streets—a higher number than his previous mission yesterday. Coupled with the bags of beast-repelling powder, these twenty streets were finally announced to be safe from the insectoids.
The days were short during autumn; Qin Feng ended his battle relatively early today. Bringing two cars' worth of survivors out of Han Town, they made their return journey toward the provisional colony set up outside the active warzone.
The merchants who were expecting Qin Feng's return surrounded the man right after he had entered the compound, all of them wanting to buy up whatever was in his hands.
However, even before he could speak, another group of people rushed toward Qin Feng.
The threatening aura of an E-tier aptitude user unconsciously sent chills up the spines of these men, who obediently stepped aside seconds later.
Right now, the only E-tier user of the Han Town provisional colony had arrived—it was Chi Long.
"Mr Qin! Nice to meet you! My name's Chi Long. I am acting as the overall commander of the task force sent to retake Han Town!"
Chi Long enthusiastically outstretched his arm to shake Qin Feng's hands.
While his unexpected arrival certainly did stun Qin Feng, he politely shook the commander's hand nonetheless.
"Honored to meet you, Sir!"
"Haha, no, it's my honor to meet you! I'm here because I have witnessed firsthand, your powers, Mr Qin. I've observed your progress in retaking the agricultural fields in the Northern district of Han Town and I've come here in hopes of cooperating with you. Lend us your strength and we will recapture Han Town together!"
The drone from before instantly popped up in Qin Feng's mind.
So, the man that observed his fight was this Chi Long person.
The commander's act during the final minutes of the fight gave Qin Feng a good impression.
"How would Commander Chi like to cooperate with me?" Qin Feng asked.
"This isn't the place to discuss such matters. Come this way, Mr Qin. I already have dinner prepared. Let's talk about this over dinner!"
Of course, Qin Feng would never turn down a free meal offered by someone of this position. Nodding his head, he agreed to the commander's proposition. As for selling the goods he had gathered today, that would have to wait.
Before leaving, Qin Feng gave Chi Long a reminder.
"These are the survivors I have just rescued from the town. I have no idea what to do with them. Commander, I hope you can do something to help these poor souls!"
Confidently, Chi Long thumped his chest and made a promise. "Jiang Chi, I need you to deal with this! Remember to make proper arrangements for them!"
These were people rescued by Qin Feng himself. To let these people, who Qin Feng put in the effort to save, die of hunger or get pushed around would be the greatest sin they could ever commit!
Right now, what Chi Long needed the most was Qin Feng's help!
With a disappointed expression, Jiang Chi had no choice but to respect the Commander's orders. How could he not be disappointed? He had to stay here and deal with these people who refused to die after being starved for weeks within Han Town and consequently, stank to high heaven while his commander left to enjoy a luxurious banquet.
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Chapter 170: Cooperation
It went without saying that feasts ordered by an E-tier aptitude user were usually more on the lavish side of things. While Chi Long was an E-tier gunner, there was also a substantial amount of "the good stuff" proudly displayed on the banquet table.
The table was filled to the brim with intricately prepared food; dishes that would easily burn an arm-sized hole through any F-tier aptitude user's pocket.
Even so, Qin Feng's expression remained unchanged, nor did he wolf down everything laid out in front of him.
On the other hand, it was Bai Li that kept on stuffing her tiny mouth with seemingly unchewable bites of food.
Chi Long's eyes moved over to Bai Li. More specifically, his gaze was fixated on her chest.
Although he had not seen her in action today; Qin Feng bore most of the brunt for today's fight, but for this young girl to achieve the status of an F-tier user, Chi Long understood very well that she should never be underestimated!
At a certain point after their dinner had started, upon seeing that Qin Feng had shifted his attention away from the food, Chi Long finally revealed his aim for tonight's discussion.
"I have observed that while Mr Qin hasn't participated in any group missions today, you have fared much better than the rest of the teams. Your strength is such that it has put me to shame. However, one man can only do so much, am I wrong?"
Qin Feng, who was quietly listening to the commander's every word replied with a nod. "No, that's right. I understand what you're saying."
Of course, he understood what the commander was saying. However, at this point, fighting in groups would only bog Qin Feng down whenever he wanted to attempt a swift retreat.
Seeing that Qin Feng was not refuting his statement, Chi Long continued, "I believe that we can achieve much greater if there were someone suitable to be paired with Mr Qin. Then, our chances of recapturing Han Town would be greater."
"Pairing up?" Qin Feng raised an eyebrow.
In the previous team that he participated in to encircle and suppress the enemy, the members were supposed to cooperate on the battlefield. In reality however, there were a great deal of men who were grossly incompetent.
But pairing up with another was different from such a rag-tag team.
"That's right. I will hand-pick a team of men who will be fine-tuned to fight alongside Mr Qin. They will act as bait for the insectoids and only in the most precise conditions will Mr Qin come out and finish off the enemy. This will speed up the process of our campaign by a significant margin. We will also create special task forces to deal with rescuing those who are still trapped within the town!"
Even after hearing this, Qin Feng's brows furrowed.
"You guys are planning to use baiting tactics? Just who is going to be the bait? Don't tell me they're gonna be ordinary civilians!?"
Such instances were not uncommon.
So long as one could run, they would be qualified to work as bait. These people would shoulder the responsibility of attracting the insectoids to a designated area. To ensure maximum efficiency, it was best for them to have a fresh wound somewhere on their body, with blood exposed to the air. The smell of fresh blood from a living person was the perfect bait to lure these bloodthirsty critters into a trap.
Chi Long's heart started racing as he could sense Qin Feng's mood going downhill.
Fortunately, his tongue was quick, allowing him to turn the situation around. "Of course not! We will be using aptitude users. It'll be much easier to use professionals after all!"
Qin Feng was satisfied with the commander's decision.
In fallen colonies like Han Town, its survivors were extremely difficult to deal with. Some would in such instances, come up with the unethical solution of sending these newly-rescued refugees off to the battlefield. Who cares if they were not fit for battle? Moving in groups of three to five, there was bound to be a casualty or two. The good-for-nothing refugees would then serve as a sponge to soak up the enemy's attacks instead of the real soldiers.
To send the helpless out on such missions basically made them real suicide-squads. Though, if one wanted to bait the insectoids, specially-made machines would do the trick too.
Qin Feng wanted to avoid such tragedies from happening.
All he needed was a small team of aptitude users. That was enough.
"What about the rewards? How will they be divided?" asked Qin Feng.
This meant that personal interests were involved as well!
Chi Long's eyes lit up. From today alone, Qin Feng had wiped out a thousand blade mantises. Not counting the beast general, that would already be over 20 million yuan.
How much would clearing the entire Han Town be worth?
For E-tier aptitude users dispatched to fight in ordinary battles, the gains reached upward of a few million yuan.
For this mission, the rewards would be near uncountable.
Chi Long was engrossed in thinking about the rewards when he was interrupted by Qin Feng's voice. "Leave the fighting to me. Instead of fussing over this, It'll be easier for me to hire people to work with. I'll offer half a million yuan to gather recruits for the mission. Also, please get the top brass to fork out a bit as additional compensation for these people. For those working the logistics to rescue Han Town's residents, I'm offering a hundred thousand per person and ten thousand for ordinary civilians. I need your help in gathering some resources and the reward that follows the rescue attempt would be theirs to divide."
Qin Feng's words snapped Chi Long out of his reverie. Although he felt slightly pained about the lost chance to profit, hearing Qin Feng's explanation, he could see clearly the man's noble intentions.
Chi Long courteously scooped another bowl of fancy pottage for his guest. He did so with utmost caution, fearing that he would stir up Qin Feng's anger.
It appeared that not only would Chi Long lose the chance to profit off this mission, he would also have to hand out some reward to Qin Feng.
"Aye! We'll do as Mr Qin says!" Chi Long responded.
"I will deal with the recruits myself! That way, Commander won't be tied down too much! Still, I hope that you'll provide us some support in the form of military equipment and the likes."
"That won't be a problem! Apologies for troubling you, Mr Qin!"
The discussion drew to an end with Qin Feng making the final decision instead of the Commander.
After dinner had ended, Qin Feng left the battle operation headquarters and arrived at a spot just outside the building to sell the loot he had gathered today.
They sparsely littered the ground and despite them looking like your average loot, they yielded Qin Feng a profit of over 20 million yuan.
Qin Feng's gains for today did not just end there. Chi Long also made sure to add his kills for today to his battle record, which allowed him to leap up the list of elite users. His achievements now topped that of the people who had arrived at Han Town a week prior.
After he was done with that, Qin Feng finally made his way back to Zhou Hao's team.
"Qin Feng, why did Commander Chi ask to see you?" Zhou Hao questioned.
While Chi Long was merely an insignificant character in Qin Feng's eyes, growing up in the colony of Chengbei, the strongest man, Mayor Zheng Yang was also just another E-tier user, not to mention the famous Deng Nian who also stood shoulder-to-shoulder with both of the aforementioned.
"We discussed clearing Han Town's streets. Instead of participating in tomorrow's operation, how about following me?"
It was better to keep the benefits to one's own people. Qin Feng knew this well and did not wish for his friends to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. While Zhou Hao and his team were not able to fight high-tier monsters alone, they possessed enough stamina to outrun these monsters.
"Okay!" Zhou Hao saw no issues with Qin Feng's proposition. Zhang Tianche and Zhao Yu also wanted in on Qin Feng's plan. Lu Meng, a member of their small team, was also blessed with the chance to participate in this mission.
And so, with the addition of Wang Chen and Bai Li, they had formed a six-man bait team.
Yet another noise-filled night passed. Come the next morning, prepared by Chi Long and waiting for them were a handful of hoverboards, a large truck and a buffed-up bus. This was the technical support which the Commander was able to offer to Qin Feng.
Standing outside the door of the battle operations room, Qin Feng issued his orders.
It did not take too long before a large group of ordinary civilians had gathered in front of Qin Feng.
From their perspective, Qin Feng was nothing but a walking money bag!
"Mr Qin! Pick me!"
"Pick me Mr Qin! I'm gonna die from starvation soon! I'm not planning to llive on any longer if you don't pick me!"
"Mr Qin! Mr Qiiiin!"
Qin Feng cleared his throat. Focusing internal strength into his voice, his orders boomed like the eruption of thunder.
"I want twenty ordinary civilians! I want those who I've pointed out to step forward! I don't want to hear your protests! Do you think I'm operating a charity?"
At that moment, the crowd stared silently at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's eyes scanned the crowd like a predator.
"You! You! And you too!"
While the people who Qin Feng had selected appeared ragged, they were at the very least, physically fit. He paid no heed to their gender. Even if their mission was as simple as gathering loot, they would need to possess enough strength to haul supplies around, hence the importance of one's physical condition.
Qin Feng's eyes scanned the crowd the second time. Suddenly, his eyes stopped at the weak woman he had rescued the day before.
After only a day's time, this woman appeared to have recovered most of her strength. The only part reminiscent of her previous condition was her soulless thousand-yard stare.
"You! What's your name!?" Qin Feng boomed.
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Chapter 171: Joint Victory
The woman was visibly stunned when Qin Feng called out to her. Realising that she was not mistakenly called, the woman quickly replied. "My name is Shang Xian!"
Qin Feng responded with a nod. Producing an energy blaster, he tossed it over to the woman.
"You will supervise them. You and your team will be responsible for clearing out supplies!"
Shang Xian was shocked by Qin Feng's decision but she nodded nonetheless.
"Understood!"
Skilfully, she wrapped her hands around the blaster's grip. Little by little, her posture changed upon receiving the weapon.
Satisfied, Qin Feng nodded his head.
No doubt, Shang Xian appeared as frail as a twig. From the perspective of an observer, Qin Feng's decision was basically a helping hand reaching out to her. So much for "not running a charity".
However, there was a perfectly rational reason behind Qin Feng's decision.
Shang Xian was someone whom Qin Feng had personally rescued from her imminent death. It followed that she would feel a sense of obligation out of pure gratitude toward him.
Such a person would in most cases, show extreme loyalty to Qin Feng and would definitely take her job seriously.
While Shang Xian was no aptitude user, her physique was not weak either. Her rapid recovery from the day before was the best testament to this.
After coming back to camp, Qin Feng made some enquiries and from there, he learnt that Shang Xian ran the store in which she was rescued. Her husband was an aptitude user from Han Town but it was likely that he had met his demise out in the streets.
Considering how depressing her current situation was, Shang Xian must have been a capable person to be able to push forward. At the very least, Qin Feng was sure that her management skills could be relied upon.
The ordinary civilians boarded the huge bus and one of the few who could drive was assigned to operate the vehicle.
There was another group of people, all aptitude users from Fengli colony led by Wang Chen. Their numbers were not something you would boast about, with ten or so team members. This group was the designated reserve team, dispatched in case of any emergencies to rescue frontline teams in distress.
These aptitude users too, boarded the bus. Now that everyone was on board, Qin Feng and Bai Li climbed onto the umbra stallion. They led the way and advanced swiftly into Han Town's Northern district.
After yesterday's massacre, coupled with the beast-repelling powder scattered all across the streets, this area was safer than it ever was. Fighting from this spot, there was at least guarantee that the people under Qin Feng would stay safe from any ambushes.
In the fallen Han Town, one night was all it took for the signs of insectoid activity to surface.
Standing in the middle of a wide street, Qin Feng waited patiently for the incoming battle.
Soon, the traces of a hoverboard could be seen hurtling toward him from afar.
Apart from that, in the narrow alleys that branched off of the main street, he could observe shadows dashing here and there–it was Zhou Hao and his men.
Behind them were at least thirty to forty hungry insectoids.
Hot on their tails, these insectoids reached out as far as they could, as if they were about to tear the people into hundreds of tasty morsels.
In order to enhance the effectiveness of their baiting tactic, Zhou Hao ordered his men to bring a piece of fresh meat with them. Though, it was not human flesh which the insectoids were so keen on having. Instead, it was a giant field rat they had just hunted earlier this morning.
The smell of fresh blood caught the attention of these insectoids just as they had planned. Unbeknownst to these buggy critters, they were heading straight into a hellish trap.
Zhou Hao and his team arrived beside Qin Feng, whose position was already encircled by a sea of insectoids.
Without hesitation, Qin Feng unleashed his attack.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
Like a carpet, the ground was covered by a layer of fire, turning the sea of insectoids into a sea of flames.
The frontmost insectoid hurled itself at Qin Feng, thinking that it was about to bring down the mastermind of their demise.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
"Repulsion!"
Qin Feng's Asteroid Assimilation created a force field around them, sending the surrounding insectoids flying back where they came from.
Then, countless deadly fragments came raining down, which Zhou Hao and his men shielded the rest of the team against. Lu Meng's accurate rifle fire also proved to be an incredibly useful asset out on the battlefield.
Hundreds of these insectoids were wiped out within the first few minutes. Some stragglers left around ground zero attempted to escape but were hunted down and finished off by Wang Chen, Bai Li and the other aptitude users.
"The clearing process is complete. Let the ones from the back come over!"
Qin Feng spoke into his communicator.
"Yes, Mr Qin!" Shang Xian replied briefly. Right after that, one of the vehicles was driven into the freshly-cleared street.
"You guys go rescue the trapped ones!" Qin Feng ordered.
Wang Chen, as well as the aptitude users from Fengli colony all looked at Qin Feng with admiration.
They were awed by Qin Feng's power. Upon witnessing the battle, they had nothing but respect for the man.
If they were to follow him as the leader of their colony, their glory in the future was pretty much guaranteed.
While Qin Feng offered them a hundred thousand yuan as an initial fee for the mission, there were still going to be rewards from rescuing survivors as well as finishing off the occasional straggler or two. That was more than enough to fill up their pockets.
A good analogy for this was Qin Feng having steak while they drank nothing but soup. Even so, this soup was already more than they could ever ask for.
In fact, they felt that the mission that was currently being conducted was not even something that an E-tier aptitude user could handle.
Using this tactic, it was not even half an hour before they had cleared up a main road as well as the surrounding buildings and connected streets.
At this rate, it would only take them at most, another three to four days before the Northern district of Han Town could be declared safe.
In just a day's time, Qin Feng and his team managed to clear eighty five streets and at least five small community pockets.
One should keep in mind that this was no longer the outskirts of Han Town; this was the heart of the insectoid territory. Their speed was on par, if not, faster than a three to four hundred man clearing team.
Before night fell, Qin Feng's clearing mission had reached its final stage.
"We don't need to return to the provisional camp for tonight. Look for a hotel to hole up in. Blow a whistle when you find a suitable one. After all, this entire place's been cleared!"
Even though Han Town had fallen into the insectoids' hands for more than ten days, living here was much more comfortable than the dreaded provisional colony!
"Oh God! This feels like heaven! I don't think I can return to my hardwood bed back at the camp!" Lu Meng exclaimed.
Even the ordinary civilians who participated in today's mission agreed to stay in the town.
It took just a single day for them to build this level of trust toward Qin Feng.
So what if Han Town had fallen? It would not be long before the day they would recapture their home.
In the team, only Wang Chen was tasked with selling the materials they had gathered earlier today back at the camp. Though, special-grade materials like beast general items were left with the team instead of being sold off. These would, in the future, be stored into Fengli colony's inventory.
In the ten or more days to come, Qin Feng and his team remained within the interiors of Han Town. Receiving a constant inflow of aptitude users as reinforcement from the headquarters, they managed to turn the tide of war in a relatively short amount of time.
Together with his team, Qin Feng managed to liberate both the Northern district as well as a majority of the Western district.
They had also freed up the Central district where the density of insectoids was the highest.
This territory used to be occupied by a fertile Steel-limb Broodmother, hence the blacksteel ants were nowhere to be found. Now that there were no queen-tier monsters around this place, this area posed little to no threat to the group as Qin Feng wiped it clean.
Instead, it was the anthill of the Eastern district that was a brewing disaster.
On this day, the countdown for the liberation of Han Town had started!
Buzz!
A blinding ray of silver was released as the space stabilising device rose into the air, patching up the spatial rift in a matter of seconds.
The crack hanging in the sky above Han Town had finally gone away!
Everyone around wore a big satisfied smile regardless of whether they were the residents of Han Town or volunteering aptitude users.
The liberation of Han Town had entered its final phase.
The only one with knitted brows then, was the Commander, Chi Long.
On the second day, Chi Long made his announcement. According to his plan, WMDs* were to be used to completely annihilate the anthill.
This implied that after the campaign, Han Town would have a large piece of land which was unusable for hundreds of generations to come!
In the areas surrounding the anthill, a colossal ring was made with beast-repelling powder, accompanied by a team of sappers building fortifications.
"Hurry up!"
The aptitude users urged. There were at least a thousand ordinary civilians, all shouldering sandbags that were used to completely encircle the anthill. The diameter of this fortified ring was a whole three hundred meters across.
In spots where buildings were present, these buildings were integrated into the ring. Where no buildings were present, they built a primitive but sturdy wall using whatever scraps they managed to find.
Aptitude users who possessed earth, metal and wood-based abilities all came in to help reinforce the protective circle too.
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Chapter 172: Encircle and Annihilate the Anthill
Two days later, the wall surrounding the anthill was finally completed. Today, the anthill was still calm, but nobody really knew what would happen next!
"Pour energy liquid!"
"Prepare the isolation web!"
"Ordinary civilians retreat!"
"Gunners, ability users, get ready!"
"Await the signal!"
One command came after the other.
Qin Feng and Bai Li stood on top of a large tower and looked down at the anthill below. It appeared as if the anthill had been placed inside a large bowl.
Beside them stood Chi Long, straight like a pole, and in front of him was a huge crystal energy cannon, emitting a dim blue glow under the sunlight. However, the most dazzling thing was not the huge fortress machine, but the bombshell propped up next to it.
The shell projected a silvery halo in the sunlight, with a missile more than two meters high and thirty centimeters in diameter. The weapon was made using a beast king energy crystal. Though it was not made completely out of one single energy crystal core, but one core that had been split to produce several bombshells, it was still extremely extravagant.
The E-tier beast king crystal core was worth at least 300 million.
"Hey, I'm not sure if this is a loss or a gain at this time. I'm only left with this baby over here," Chi Long said with a dejected huff.
"There will always be gains!" Qin Feng said.
"You're not wrong, dragging this on isn't good for anyone. Best to pick up the pace!" Chi Long smiled.
Thanks to Qin Feng's aid, Han Town had recovered very quickly. Once the anthill was dealt with then Chi long would definitely receive a reward from the higher ups, maybe something even better than the shell.
Thinking of this, Chi Long made up his mind and placed the shell inside the giant gun, aimed it toward the anthill and injected his consciousness into the entire shell.
"Fire!"
In the next moment, Chi Long pulled the trigger and the shell flew out into the sky. He maintained his previous posture, his consciousness was like a whirlwind, the surplus power coming from it was breathtaking.
The shell reached high up, three hundred meters into the sky as it reached its apex before moving like its directions had suddenly been reversed, plummeting toward the ground!
It was getting faster and faster! Not only that, the warhead of the shell began to spin quickly. The force of the rotation made this shell like an excavator, rapidly falling and drilling into the land below.
This design was used against the gargantuan ultra behemoths, you could drill into their hides or scales and detonate the shell inside to cause even greater damage.
The defense of the gravel hill was nothing like the outer hides of ultra behemoths! The shell penetrated twenty meters into the ground in the blink of an eye!
Qin Feng's consciousness followed this artillery shell and explored downward, getting shocked by the number of ants inside the anthill.
Thirty meters! Forty meters!
This distance was strenuous for Chi Long! It still had not reached the bottom of the nest. This made Chi Long's face drain of all its color, it seemed like the day's affairs would not be resolved so smoothly.
He gritted his teeth, and Chi Long suddenly mobilized his spirit!
"Burst!"
What came next was a loud explosion, and after that the earth roared.
Boom!
The huge vibration came from the center of the large bowl, spreading outward like a wave.
People who had been evacuated to a distance of thousands of kilometers away were knocked off their feet. Even the ordinary people who were several more kilometers away felt the effects and were knocked to the ground.
It was like an earthquake.
This kind of power was too great!
Not only that, the surrounding buildings suddenly collapsed in a chain reaction. The hills in the big bowl were filled with smoke. As the huge wave was sent out, all of the affected creatures were smashed into pieces in an instant.
This attack, from what it looked like, must have killed tens of thousands of normal ants and even injured their queen
Dust that rolled out made it impossible for people to see clearly.
"The northern defensive position has collapsed, head over there now!"
"Wind ability users activate your powers!"
"Water ability users, rainfall! Extinguish the smoke!"
"Hurry and find better terrain!"
The aptitude users in command shouted out their respective orders.
The building that Qin Feng and the others were on were also within the effects of the vibration but there were very few people on it and they were all strong. They could use their internal force or consciousness to activate Void Hop in order to evade the shaking on the ground.
Qin Feng and Bai Li sat steadily on the umbra stallion, feeling the water and wind ability users disperse the surrounding dust, but Qin Feng's consciousness had not left the big bowl-like encirclement.
"We're heading off, Commander Chi!" Qin Feng said, looking serious.
Chi Long used a lot of his energy to control the weapon and he was bad when it came to melee combat, so he nodded. "Be careful!"
"Okay!" Qin Feng responded, urging the umbra stallion, and with a few jumps landed on the high fortifications below.
Once the dust in the large bowl had been settled, it looked like the anthill had been blasted into a flat land. Due to the crushing destructive force, it had become an almost desert-like sandy beach. Each piece of gravel seemed to have been crystalized and were emitting a transparent light*. Under the sun, the scene looked magnificent.
It was very beautiful!
This beauty was soon broken.
A patch of gravel sank downward, and a large hole soon appeared. Then came a scratching sound as a large blacksteel ant crawled out of the hole.
It was as if a signal was sent out as dozens of holes began to open up on the golden beach. Then, a dense wave of blacksteel ants crawled out, quickly gathering like a dark carpet.
This carpet was extremely angry and wanted to rip everything in its path into shreds.
"Kill them!"
"Don't let them over the wall!"
"Fight! Fight fiercely!"
People roared out, knocking the ants that had reached the top of the fortifications back down into the incoming mass, but the blacksteel ants were like a tidal wave, it was like they were going to flood the place.
It was terrifying!
People could afford little courage in the face of this number of insects.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
Qin Feng's consciousness was mobilized and his power erupted, falling to the edge of the big bowl. The edge of the bowl was covered with energy fluid, the moment Qin Feng's flames landed the fluid ignited and a wave of heat broke out along the edge of the bowl, sweeping through the ranks of the insectoids.
Bzzzt!
The flames roasted the insectoids, causing them to produce a sharp, meaty sounding pop.
After Qin Feng took action, the other fire ability users also followed suit, launching fireballs to ignite the edge. The spots that were not ignited before were set ablaze by gunners blasting energy liquid barrels at it.
The raging fire surrounded the insectoids completely, making it difficult for them to escape.
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Chapter 173: The Golden Queen Ant
However, the number of the ants was way too much!
One by one, the carcasses were replaced by new ant beasts that used the fallen ones as stepping stones to pile higher. Except for Qin Feng's side, the insects had begun to cross the ring of fire!
"Why! Why are there so many of them?"
"This is terrible!"
"No! Get away from me! Damn bugs!"
The people cried out while the ancient warriors rushed out to engage the incoming insectoids, opting to hold the tide of insectoids back with their own bodies.
"Hellfire Carpet!" Qin Feng launched his hellfire at the gravel, covering the bottom of the bowl of fortification which would kill additional blacksteel ants as they crawled out of the holes, greatly reducing the pressure everyone had on the surface.
This method seemed to solve everyone's immediate need. Soon, firearms opened up and came down like a pouring rainstorm, every aptitude user sent out their strongest attack at the anthill.
Ratatatatata!
Bang bang bang!
Ka-boom!
It was non-stop slaughtering, everyone's field of vision was filled with the grim visage of the blacksteel ants.
At this time, from the gravel shrouded by hellfire, a huge hole appeared at the centermost point! The cave was two meters wide and in the next moment a bright golden light emerged. Not only that, on this ant's back were a pair of dragonfly wings as thin as a cicada's that quickly spread open in the air.
The creature was more than two meters wide and four meters long. Although it was much smaller than the Steel-limb Broodmother, for human beings, this terrible thing was the size of a truck.
"Golden Queen Ant!"
Although the previous data showed that the ant's nest had been advancing very quickly and it would have been very likely that a beast king tier queen ant would have been spawned, it was still shocking to see its emergence.
It was at least an F5-tier Golden Queen Ant, not to mention, it also had a very scary ability. It could fly!
As if it had realized the situation outside, the Golden Queen Ant flew out, slamming its truck-sized body forward and knocking over those standing on the fortifications.
"Argh!"
One aptitude user cried out in horror as they tripped over and fell off the fortifications, into the bowl.
At this time the inside of the bowl was not just on fire, but it was also packed with a seemingly endless number of blacksteel ants. Almost instantly the black wave converged on their point of interest and what could be briefly seen was stripped to the bones.
Then, in the blink of an eye, even the bones were gone!
It was at that moment that everyone near the former aptitude user retreated in a panic! The firepower coming from that direction weakened significantly and a group of blacksteel ants charged forward, following the footsteps of their queen.
"Don't let them get away!" Shi Tianhai roared and he rushed forward, the weapon in his hand slamming hard against the body of the Golden Queen Ant.
Clang!
There was the sound of metal impacting against one another, but there was no trace of damage on the queen's body. The queen looked sideways at Shi Tianhai and stretched out a thick insect leg, kicking at Shi Tianhai's body.
Boom!
It was like kicking a pebble away. Shi Tianhai was sent flying a long distance away.
"Puh!" He spat out blood as he crashed, fortunately he crashed outside otherwise he would have turned out like the previous aptitude user that fell into the bowl.
Then, a roaring sound broke through the skies as a yellow, shrieking shell soared over and crashed directly into the queen's body.
Boom!
The huge shell exploded, the powerful force knocked the Golden Queen Ant over the fortifications.
"Skreee!"
Rolling through the smoke, the Queen let out an angry screech before flapping her wings like how a fly would and buzzed at high speed toward one of the tall buildings.
The one who attacked her was the E-tier Gunner, Chi Long!
Chi Long stayed calm, unleashing another volley of gunfire at the queen and managed to knock the queen down. The queen was very fast, in just the blink of an eye she was already very close to him. Chi Long frowned, quickly hopping off the building as his gilding wings opened up behind him.
His speed was obviously not as fast as the queen's.
Buzzzz!
Three cannonballs shot out to intercept, forcing the queen into a retreat!
Chi Long dropped to the ground, controlling his consciousness as small metal balls appeared one after another, surrounding him. These balls either flew in the air or fell to the ground as Chi Long rushed forward.
The Golden Queen Ant gave chase, directly crashing into the small ball and in the next moment it was like plunging your hand into an angry hornet's nest. The small ball exploded, and dense purple flashes of light enveloped the queen.
Plasma Ball!
The Queen was shocked with so much electricity that its body began to convulse uncontrollably!
Undoubtedly, Chi Long was powerful, and his combat ability was not weak. However, at this time, he was facing off a Golden Queen Ant with extremely high vitality!
Seeing Qin Feng take on a beast general earlier, Chi Long evaluated that it would take himself about half an hour to take out an F-tier beast general with his own strength.
And now he was facing down a beast king.
Chi Long estimated that he only had approximately ten minutes and realized that he was not going to be able to help himself. His consciousness was about to dry up and he had used up half of his spatial rune equipment.
He definitely could not go on like this!
At this time, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Chi Long. It was a young girl in a white dress. If it were not for the silver light emanating from the white dress, many people would have thought that the girl was insane.
Such a costume in the battlefield was a death wish! Yet nobody would dare question the girl, on her chest she carried an F-tier aptitude user badge.
Chi Long was a little surprised when he saw the girl arrive but he did not gain much hope from it.
"Miss Bai, be careful! Just impede it for a bit!" Chi Long called out, he planned to place down another machine, but the assembly would take time.
He was hoping that Bai Li would buy him some time.
However, he would find his heart almost leaping to his throat very soon. Bai Li did not try to evade or hide, she was just watching the queen rush toward her.
"Move!" Chi Long roared, starting to feel a little bit frustrated.
If it could not be blocked, then hide, standing still was just asking for trouble!
Just as Chi Long was about to rush forward to save Bai Li, he saw that just as the Golden Queen Ant's truck-sized body had just about reached his side, Bai Li had already thrown a punch toward it.
Bai Li's hands were pink, delicate looking and she had extremely slender wrists but it was this appearance that gave people a shocking image.
Crack!
A crack appeared on the queen's head. That was the strongest part of the Golden Queen Ant's body and could break through large hills. It was prime material. Yet, under Bai Li's punch, it got fractured.
Not only that, the force of the punch blew the queen outward and toward a building!
Boom!
The queen burst through the other side of the building before it started scrambling away!
From its frantic escape, it was clearly a full on retreat!
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Chapter 174: Bai Li Attacks!
"Trying to escape?" Bai Li let out a tinkling laugh. High heels lightly tapping on the ground, her whole body moved faster than the Golden Queen Ant did, almost instantly catching up with her fleeing target.
Meanwhile, Chi Long, who stayed in place, swallowed hard on his own saliva as he suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.
When he looked at Bai Li again, that feeling of dread could not be hidden!
Bai Li was absolutely terrifying!
"Commander Chi, are you alright?" Qin Feng's voice crackled from the communicator. Since the previous battle, the higher rank communicators had been connected using the regional network!
"Well, I'm fine… that… your girlfriend, that Bai girl! She saved me!" Chi Long's words were obviously laced with hesitation. He really did not expect that Bai Li would be so powerful.
Qin Feng had long expected this. If Bai Li could not handle the Golden Queen Ant then that would have been the joke of the day! She was an E-tier beast king, stronger than the Golden Queen Ant!
"Have Bai Li handle it. Commander Chi, if you're still in good condition then come over to support us at the anthill. There are too many of them and we are taking heavy losses!"
"Okay! I'll head back immediately!"
"Alright!"
Qin Feng looked at the battle in front of him. After the queen left, the blacksteel ants all wanted to keep up. Some of the beast generals that had the ability to fly naturally also flew out.
The people besieging the place did not all have F-tier capabilities. Under the oppressing dark tide of the blacksteel ants, G-tier aptitude users were no more than paste. One hit would have sent them flying with broken bones and littering viscera.
The interception at this time really was handled by the flesh and blood from the bodies, using the sheer number of people to combat the swarm.
Qin Feng struck the intersection, continuously releasing Hellfire Carpet and slashing at the occasional beast general with the Verdant Emperor Saber, but there was still no way to make up for the losses.
Fortunately, Chi Long had finally arrived.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
A bunch of crimson cannonballs was launched, exploding into a blaze of flames as it impacted the ground, and the surrounding temperature raised significantly.
Incineration burst shots!
Enveloped in flames, the blacksteel ants were quickly charred into ashes. This was an E-tier gunner attack, it was like using a cannon to fight mosquitoes.
Of course, after this battle, Chi Long definitely would not be able to recover from the cost of those!
Qin Feng's abilities came one after the other. From the beginning, he had not stopped for a few hours. The other aptitude users of G to F tiers could not maintain their consciousnesses and had retreated to a safe place or started taking turns to continue the flow of battle!
They saw the way Qin Feng fought and only wanted to say that it was not something normal people did. This kind of fighting power was what an evildoer would have!
The insectoids that Qin Feng killed became more and more and he felt that his strength was getting stronger and stronger. In the previous days of cleansing, Qin Feng's physical strength had already reached F9-tier. Now, as the blacksteel ants were being slain, his body was getting more and more powerful, even his bones felt like they were getting tougher.
He did not know just how many blacksteel ants inside the fortifications were killed.
The ants that Chi Long's bombardment killed off were not absorbed by Qin Feng's absorption ability, but the ones that came later, even if they were not killed by him, had their energy flown into Qin Feng.
It was like a large invisible mouth constantly slurping up surrounding energies and strengthening Qin Feng. With so much energy gathering, Qin Feng felt his body tremble.
This trembling formed into a powerful wave, it was a kind of dangerous aura.
People called this kind of aura prestigious pressure!
Under this kind of prestigious pressure, the nearby aptitude users looked at Qin Feng with shocked expressions on their faces, they could not even breathe. Their bodies were doubled over in a seemingly state of worship.
"E tier!"
"Mr Qin advanced into E-tier!"
"Is this… is this the difference between a genius and an ordinary person?"
Combat was indeed the best and strongest motivator. Many people had found that after an insane battle, they were more powerful. Whether it was cultivation or physical strength, they would have gotten stronger.
In such a situation, people would call it mortality comprehension.
It was said that in constant battle, the bodies of those who had awakened would secrete a special enzyme to strengthen itself. Still, a breakthrough in the midst of a battle was rare.
Those who saw the blacksteel ants surrounding Qin Feng felt that this was no coincidence! He had worked hard enough and slain plenty. Qin Feng's powers were the return after giving so much.
Qin Feng felt the power surge through his body and could not help but smile. He finally reached E tier!
At this time, the blacksteel ants on the battlefield had begun to thin out, combined with the E-tier gunner, Chi Long, the clean up was even faster. However, now when an F-tier blacksteel ant dies, the energy integrated into Qin Feng's body becomes weaker.
It was not the energy that was weak, Qin Feng now needed to strengthen his body in order to increase his capacity, to make it larger!
After reaching E tier, the process would become longer before the next breakthrough. Some people would not even be able to reach D tier within their lifetime.
In Chengbei colony, there were only a small handful of people that had managed to reach D tier, and due to resource constraints, the amount of time they spent in order to reach that tier was terrifying!
Ten years!
Therefore, E-tier aptitude users usually became the upper class of a colony, not only due to their strength but also because the path to promotion was very difficult which led them to focus on other directions in order to obtain tier-up resources.
The aptitude user that had reached D-tier within ten years was also once in Chengbei colony, he served as its mayor for eight years before leaving the colony!
However, Qin Feng might break the record in the future. After all, his tier-ups were unlike everyone else's!
It seemed as if the situation was slowly coming under control, but there was a loud rumbling sound in the distance. A huge golden-shaped figure crashed onto the streets, it was so big but those watching felt like they were looking at a broken doll!
When everyone saw the huge figure, they were all unconsciously trembling, terrified as they wanted to run away from the scene. Only, the second glance told them that the entity was dying!
The Golden Queen Ant's body was battle scarred, the golden ant shell was covered in cracks and even some snowy-white ant meat was exposed. It looked appetizing, like a cooked crab with its flesh seen under its cracked shell.[1]
Bai Li, wearing her high heels and white dress, casually walked up beside the queen, but the queen's eyes reflected horror. In the next moment, the queen bowed its head, crawling in front of Bai Li as if asking for mercy.
Those who saw the scene could not believe their eyes. They had no idea what just happened, but now the situation was crystal clear.
The Golden Queen Ant was actually defeated by Bai Li.[2]
In Bai Li's hands were a pair of dragonfly-like wings, three meters long and three meters wide. Those used to be the wings on the Golden Queen Ant's back.
[1] Not sure how an ant is appetizing, I'm adding this in as addition description.
[2] Well that is what we trope-knowers call a 'Offscreen Badass Moment' Real talk. I wish the chapter focused on Bai Li more.
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Chapter 175: I'll Buy This beast king!
"Nice! I can make this into a gold-colored skirt!"
Bai Li nodded with satisfaction. The thought of a golden gauze skirt did sound very appealing. She set her eyes on the Golden Queen Ant, no longer regarding the other as a beast king but fabric waiting to be cut at any time.
"Bai Li!" Qin Feng yelled, making Bai Li stop as she stepped forward.
"Don't kill it!" He urged.
"Oh! Okay!" Bai Li remembered that Qin Feng had to absorb energy every time. With this thought, she stayed her hand, instead she reached out to grab the Golden Queen Ant with both her hands by the antennae, dragging it in front of Qin Feng.
Boom!
The Queen landed on a defensive layer made out of a pile of sandbags, kicking up a cloud of dust. Bai Li then asked, "Can I kill it now?"
Qin Feng quickly stopped Bai Li and used his consciousness to examine the Golden Queen Ant's body.
At this time, the Golden Queen Ant was covered in wounds, its consciousness was blurry and extremely weak. The aura it exuded gave off the idea of surrender.
This was a rare situation. Most ultra beasts would rather fight to the death than surrender.
Now, the object that the Golden Queen Ant submitted to was not human, it was instead a three-tailed white fox, E-tier beast king Bai Li.
However, no matter who it submitted to, whatever the next matter was, it would not be up for the Golden Queen Ant to decide!
"Zhou Hao!" Qin Feng loudly called out.
"What is it? Madman!" Zhou Hao's body was bloodied from the fighting in Han Town and experiencing multiple life and death situations. Due to that his tier-ups had been quick as well, and he had now reached the tier of G8 as an ancient warrior.
After all, Zhou Hao was not short on resources right now and his talent was also powerful, so his progress would be faster than the rest. While it was not comparable to the villainous amount that Qin Feng had, Zhou Hao was a Talent-class individual.
"What's your consciousness level?" Qin Feng asked.
Since Zhou Hao had eaten the conscious fruit, he would have more to spare even after using firearms. He could even snatch objects from a distance!
Of course, without special training, Qin Feng could not be certain of the exact details.
"Probably G5-tier as a gunner!" Zhou Hao was not sure himself.
"That should be enough!" Qin Feng nodded and took out some energy crystals, quickly drawing up a consciousness contract on the ground.
This contract was drawn to bind Zhou Hao and the Golden Queen Ant.
"Drop some blood on it, this queen will be your contract beast!" Qin Feng said.
Zhou Hao's eyes widened when he heard Qin Feng's words and could not believe his ears. How could Zhou Hao not know how powerful the Golden Queen Ant was? He only needed a drop of his blood and it would become his own.
"Hurry up!" Qin Feng said.
Zhou Hao did not hesitate, drawing his dagger, he brought the edge to his palm. Blood flowed freely but he showed no fear. He climbed atop the Golden Queen Ant's body and dropped onto the top of its head, letting the blood meander down the sides of its head.
In the next moment, the blood seeped into the Golden Queen Ant's body. Zhou Hao could feel that at the bottom of his soul, another being's consciousness had appeared.
This was the consciousness of the Golden Queen Ant.
"Hahaha! I also have a beast king pet now! I'll call you Xiao Huang in the future!" Zhou Hao wanted to lovingly pat the Golden Queen Ant's shell but it was riveted in cracks caused by Bai Li. That made his heart ache!
Chi Long was on the sidelines when he saw this scene, by the time he rushed over it was too late!
"Hey. Mr Qin. Things are not supposed to be done this way!"
Although the queen was defeated by Bai Li, Chi Long had also attacked it before. The most important thing was that a beast king pet made people green with envy.
"I'll buy this beast king," Qin Feng said. "How's three hundred million?"
Chi Long took a deep breath, this was not just about the beast king.
For a dead beast king, three hundred million far exceeded Chi Long's expectations, but a living beast king that could be made a contract with, the value was too great!
This was like a hen that laid golden eggs!
With this beast king, if it were raised well, it could be used to kill even more beast kings in the future!
"Mr Qin…" Chi Long started.
Bai Li's eyes fell onto Chi Long and she said, "I decided to save you just now. That's strange, I saved you and now you're demanding money from my hubby. How could you be so unreasonable? I should have just fed you to the giant ant!"
A chill went down Chi Long's spine as he remembered the scene where Bai Li's attack had cracked and fractured the queen's skull.
"No! I didn't say that!" He wasn't very clear about Qin Feng's strength, but Bai Li's strength? He saw it for himself.
This girl was truly a secretive and reserved person!
"My wife is right. In this battle, she used a lot of her strength. Of the three hundred million, I can only give thirty million to you, Commander Chi!"
In the next moment, Qin Feng had already transferred thirty million over to Chi Long. When he received the money, he only had the desire to cry tearlessly.
Thirty million was not enough to cover the costs of the ammo he had spent! Yet, with Bai Li covetously eyeing him, and Qin Feng making sense, Chi Long could only swallow the words he wanted to say.
If you might lose your life for petty benefits, then it was not worth the loss!
"Hey, Mr Qin. I hope we can work together again in the future!" Chi Long said.
"Naturally!" Qin Feng said with a smile, nodding. Chi Long could only grit his teeth and stomach the situation.
Afterwards, in the final sweep of the battle, nobody let Qin Feng participate. After all, Qin Feng's status was on a different level now!
E-tier aptitude user. Now, he was on the same level as Chi Long, people were awed by him.
The battlefield was quickly cleared, with drones recording the day of the battle. Everyone's battles would have been counted.
According to the battle statistics, there were twenty thousand blacksteel ants that were not killed by Chi Long's bombardment, which was much higher than what people expected.
Qin Feng alone slaughtered ten thousand blacksteel ants, and most of them were beast generals. The materials from the beast generals that were killed by Qin Feng were taken away by Wang Chen. Qin Feng did not intend to sell the materials and instead directed Wang Chen to take them back to Fengli Colony.
Chi Long's results were equally amazing, slaughtering forty thousand more in the matter of seconds and then shooting down five thousand more with a total value of seven hundred million yuan. However, counting the energy shells that were used up, Chi Long only had a net profit of five hundred million yuan.
With only this much money, he could only use them to invest in a new batch of ammunition!
Even if he did not make a whole lot of money, he did accumulate a lot of points. Four hundred and thirty thousand points!
This was a gunner's strong suit when it came to getting money.
"Mr Qin, your points have also been calculated and you earned three hundred and ninety thousand points. You've made a huge contribution in Han Town, why don't you come with me to Fu City and check out the Fu City depot?"
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Chapter 176: Jade Cuirass
After the mention of 'Fu City depot' by the other party, several images quickly flashed through his mind.
A strong consciousness allowed Qin Feng to clearly recall images from before his rebirth.
"Have you heard? The rift treasures that the Red Sun Group has been looking for were stolen long ago!"
"Yeah, it's said that the treasure that they're looking for has been spread out!"
"I've found one already, it's a jade cuirass that fell into a depot in Fu City. Nobody wanted it for many years and as a result, it's now been discovered. The Red Sun Corp is gonna put pressure on the owner of Fu City!"
"The Red Sun Corp has a number of strong A-tier directors, the owner of Fu City wouldn't be able to resist!"
"Who knows, the owner of Fu City has their own backers, we'll see who's stronger!"
"The owner definitely wouldn't stand a chance."
The mental image gradually blurred, and the visual angle began to shift. At that time, Qin Feng was merely a passerby who overheard this particular conversation!
"Hoo!" Qin Feng took a deep breath and furrowed his brow, the consumption of his consciousness was obviously too large.
This memory was just a passing scene before Qin Feng's rebirth. If it were not for Qin Feng reaching the SS tier of his consciousness potential, he would not even remember such a scene.
He did know that this jade cuirass was definitely something useful. Of course, something that's useful naturally needs to be his own.
"Alright, with Commander Chi with me, it would be great to see the warehouse in Fu City!"
Chi Long let out a guffaw, "The battle's over, commander or no commander, you can just call me Chi Long."
Chi Long was not as young as Qin Feng was, and since Qin Feng was a teenager, he ought to just call Chi Long 'Bro'.
However, Chi Long would not have dared to do that because Qin Feng's potential was great, maybe he would even become a D-tier ability user in the future. Not to mention, now that he was an E-tier, Qin Feng being an ability user stood at a higher point than Chi Long who was a gunner.
Qin Feng nodded. "Respecting someone isn't the same as just obeying orders, you can call me by my name in the future. Calling me Mr Qin after fighting side by side would seem very strange!"
"Haha, good, good! Qin Feng, let's clean this up first and we'll go together in a while!"
"Alright!"
Both of them needed some time to sort things out, Qin Feng ordered Wang Chen to go back to the transport. After all, the goods being transported this time were worth about three million to four million.
Fortunately, Zhou Hao was with the team. Even if the Golden Ant Queen was beaten down and very injured, it was still a deterring force. All it needed was a few days of good rest.
As for the ordinary civilians who fought alongside Qin Feng for more than ten days, after asking about their future plans Qin Feng learned that they wanted to return to Fengli colony with him. Qin Feng had even taken the initiative to host a group of refugees.
After all, Fengli colony was originally short on people but now nothing was lacking!
After a day of rest, the groups of people gradually evacuated. Qin Feng and Chi Long took a luxury hover train toward Fu City.
Han Town was a six hour drive away from Fu City, it was no wonder nobody loved it. If they were using an ordinary car it would have taken a day and a night!
Transportation was inconvenient, the wilderness was full of dangers, which was the reason why the small town never expanded very far.
Soon, a huge city wall caught Qin Feng's eyes. They had arrived at Fu City!
The terrain of Fu City had high altitudes, it seemed to be almost built into the sides of the surrounding mountain. There were hills, water and natural terrain to defend against enemies. It really did seem like a blessed place.
Its safety factor was one level higher than Chengyang City's, the leadership of the city was all D-tier. The mayor was a D7 ancient warrior with incredible strength.
Of course, it was impossible for such a person to ever meet Qin Feng.
Chi Long quickly completed a task, Chengyang City would naturally commend him with an award and they even held a celebration feast that Qin Feng and Bai Li did not attend. Although they were heroes of the battle, they were not under any obligation to help and were not Fu City's people.The gratitude of Fu City came in the form of Qin Feng's reward.
The next day, Qin Feng saw Chi Long with a smiling face appearing at the door of the hotel.
"Looking at you, it feels like something good has happened!" Qin Feng teased.
"It's a good thing for you too!" Chi Long said, taking out two small boxes and handing them to Qin Feng. "This was specifically approved by our generals, and we also have the special privilege to enter the third-level treasure vault. Lets go after we get some food!"
Qin Feng opened the small box and saw that it was actually an E-tier aptitude user badge.
The certification method for E-tier badges also required the users to enter the aptitude user certification hall, but regardless of Fu City or Chengyang it was impossible for the certification to take place as there were no E-tier ultra beasts nearby.
If there were such beasts at such a high level, and in large numbers, then Fu City and Chengyang probably would not be standing at this point.
Moreover, in these two cities, there were not many people capable of becoming E-tier aptitude users. Perhaps one every three to five years. They would have their own approval rights and reached E-tier through a special accumulated combat effort.
Just like Qin Feng right now.
"This really saves us some trouble, thank you!" Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction and called over Bai Li to put the medal on her. Bai Li did the same in return, the two seemed intimate and the other person present found the scene adorable.
While the three were eating breakfast, the other guests gave them a passing glance and did not dare make too much noise. Even if they find Bai Li beautiful, they would not approach.
This was power and it intimidates people.
After breakfast, Chi Long took Qin Feng to the Fu City military base. The base was built out of a hollowed out mountain, reinforced with concrete on the inside and was sealed airtight. The reinforcements seemed to have been made by Earth-based ability users.
Passing through the layers of defenses, they finally reached the Fu City treasure vault.
"The first level here has some G-tier beast-general, beast-king armors containing maybe internal power, ability powers, consciousness enhancements and whatnot. Pick what you like!" Chi Long said off-handedly.
While he sounded casual about it, everything here had different costs in terms of points. The beast general ones would probably be thousands to tens of thousands and the beast king ones would cost even more points.
Qin Feng naturally would not waste his points on useless things. He had a strong perception, after expanding his consciousness, he did not find anything useful so he shook his head and showed no interest.
Chi Long seemed to have thought so as well, taking Qin Feng onto the next floor which contained more dazzling displays with an even more expensive cost as it was all F-tier items.
Qin Feng gave a sweeping glance and his eyes stopped on one of the jade capes.
It was no mistake, it looked like a triangular lady's cape or shawl, evident by the way that it was placed. The jade was as thin as a cicada's wings, but delicate like wool, the overall appearance made it look white and beautiful.
Perhaps that was what he was looking for!
Then again, the people he remembered mentioned a jade cuirass, not a jade cape.
"Let's look around elsewhere!" Qin Feng said since they had not reached the third level yet.
Just as he was about to leave, the single piece of white jade at the bottom of the jade cape began to radiate a ray of light, giving out some sort of a strange pattern.
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Chapter 177: Godwill Atlas
Qin Feng was intrigued.
"Xiao Bai, did you notice the glimmer on the cape?" Qin Feng secretly asked Bai Li through his conscious energy.
"Glimmer? I don't see anything," Bai Li answered while staring puzzlingly at the cape.
But in Qin Feng's eyes, the glow on the cape gleamed stronger and stronger.
"Xiao Bai, tell them you want this cape!"
Bai Li did kill the final beast king and had contributed substantially throughout the process. She might not be at Qin Feng's level but somehow still managed to collect a total of eighty thousand points.
Though she did not understand why Qin Feng had asked her to do so, she obeyed and said, "Hubby, this looks great. Can I have it?"
Qin Feng secretly gave her a thumbs up for her flawless acting. He replied calmly, "If you really like it, then just go ahead. Do you have enough points? If not, I will cover the extra."
Bai Li used her communicator to scan the item and its details immediately appeared on the screen. The cape was a special training gear. It would slightly elevate the user's consciousness once worn. However, it was overlooked since this item was not designed for battle while disassembling it would be too wasteful. That was why the cape had been deserted in the cabinet.
The price tag on it was sixty five thousand points.
"I have enough." Bai Li confirmed the purchase and gained the cape. The glass door of the cabinet opened automatically and Bai Li retrieved the cape, putting it into her own spatial rune.
Qin Feng's pulse rate heightened. He was excited about claiming the extraordinary object.
Chi Long was unaware of their exchange and thought that Bai Li had just randomly chosen an unusable item out of impulse.
"Let's go to the third level," Qin Feng suggested.
"The good stuff is in Level 3, trust me." Chi Long smiled and led the way.
The third level was a larger space but had fewer items.
Though there were several D-tiers among the high-ranked officers in the City of Fu, the majority of the fighting force was still made up of E-tiers.
Nonetheless, it was extremely difficult for an E-tier aptitude user to kill an E-tier beast general or beast king.
Hence, most of the things here had to be the leftovers collected personally by someone from the mayoral or general rank.
Qin Feng looked around and quickly found the thing he needed.
Secret Art—Fire Dragon Style.
"I did not expect to see this here!" Qin Feng exclaimed while looking at the red leather scroll inside a glass counter.
Qin Feng improved rapidly owing to the gem of darkness. Most of his current attack relied on the hellfire manifested from the gem.
Though Qin Feng was already an E-tier ability user, his consciousness had yet to reach E-tier. Only ability users with E-tier conscious energy or above could master those devastating hidden techniques.
Back then, the bomb released by Chi Long had demolished the entire anthill of blacksteel ants and wiped out more than forty thousand insectoids in one shot. How preposterous!
The skill of an ability user would only be stronger than that of a gunner.
Qin Feng currently lacked such a signature ability.
Still, it was not easy to completely master the ability rune within a short period of time. A powerful ability might require three to five years of training to completely master.
Other than Fire Dragon, other well-known E-tier fire-type abilities included Star Flare, Magma, etc. The only thing was, these were extremely rare and not something that could be bought with money.
"This is what I'm looking for."
Qin Feng scanned the tag and saw that it cost three hundred fifty thousand points.
"I was hoping to buy some beast king materials to enhance my runic equipment. Seems that it is impossible now," Qin Feng said dejectedly but he was not entirely disappointed.
He was content to have obtained the ridiculously powerful Fire Dragon Style.
"Don't you get too greedy now. These are all our city treasures and valuable resources. There would be no chance of you getting your hands on this if it were not because of the fact that we don't have fire ability users!" Chi Long said with a grin.
Qin Feng was left with forty thousand points while Bai Li had twenty thousand remaining.
They combined them and used it to redeem thirty bottles of Luminous Honey.
The honey was made by a type of E-tier small-sized insectoid that roamed in specific mountainous areas. The mayor's wife in this city managed to contract a beast king, Luminous Bee, and used it to supply the honey. One bottle was only the size of a finger but cost two thousand points.
It was very useful since it could rapidly regenerate the consumer's conscious energy. The reason why Fu City could breed such a great number of gunners was partly thanks to the convenience of this particular item.
After Qin Feng had finished up his points, Chi Long had also swiftly spent three hundred thousand points to redeem three bombs. He then used the rest to replenish his magazines.
Gunner was no doubt a lavish profession.
After they returned to the hotel, Qin Feng hastily asked Bai Li to take out the cape.
At the bottom of the triangular cape, there was a diamond-shaped jade hanging and beaming continuously, though Qin Feng seemed to be the only one who was able to see it.
Qin Feng touched the jade with his finger but nothing happened. He thought of an idea and immediately put it into action. Conscious energy slowly flowed from his hand into the jade.
Boom!
All of a sudden, Qin Feng felt that his consciousness had entered a giant maze. Around him were walls made from white jade. There was only a single path straight ahead and a giant marble on the path had two words carved on it.
Godwill Atlas.
In the next moment, strings of unfamiliar words began to appear in his mind but he immediately understood everything.
'This, this is the guide to reach S-tier consciousness?' Qin Feng was astonished. Godwill Atlas was perhaps as potent as Asteroid Assimilation if this were true!
Qin Feng had once again grasped a precious opportunity.
But he soon furrowed his brows.
'The conflict between Red Sun and Fu City would take place three years from now. At that time, this atlas might attract unwanted attention from the Red Sun Corp.'
However, he quickly dismissed his pessimism.
'I attained A-tier within ten years before I was reborn. I believe I can get to the same level in three years in this new life. Better still, I would probably end up in the Hero-class. By that time, there's no need to be afraid of the Red Sun.'
He was determined not to let anyone rob away what was rightfully his.
The most important thing now was to master the atlas as quickly as possible to enhance his own ability.
He expanded his consciousness and began exploring the atlas. Few instances later, he came to a junction that forked out into three directions.
Qin Feng tried the left path but was quickly rebounded. He picked the right route next and was again promptly forced back. He was annoyed at first but surprised to find out that another three white jades had emerged above the first jade and were lit up.
Encouraged, Qin Feng proceeded to split his consciousness into three streams and advanced on the three paths simultaneously. He was not rebounded back this time and progressed rapidly.
At the end of each route was three more branches and they kept multiplying by the factor of three after that.
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Chapter 178: E-tier Consciousness
This was where Qin Feng hit the stumbling block.
Though he managed to diverge his consciousness into nine streams, he was exhausted at the end of the third cycle.
Qin Feng retrieved his consciousness half an hour later. His face was pale and he could tell that his conscious energy was completely emptied.
'I can still go on!'
Qin Feng gulped in a bottle of Luminous Honey and his consciousness recovered swiftly. He could almost see the end of the road and was unwilling to give up when he was this close to completing the third cycle.
He immersed himself into the atlas and charged forward rapidly.
"Again!"
"Again!"
After the eighth attempt, Qin Feng finally reached the end of the jade maze. He felt dizzy when he split for the twenty-seventh time and retreated from the atlas.
Once he got out, he sensed that his conscious energy was gradually returning to him. More so, it expanded to the point beyond his previous limit.
A clear revelation occurred to him.
Without him knowing, Qin Feng's consciousness had just breached E-tier.
Qin Feng's eyes were beaming with newfound confidence.
"This Godwill Atlas is tremendous!" Qin Feng retracted his conscious energy and the cape fell right back into his arms. In his eyes, three rows of jades were blinking brightly at the bottom of the cloak.
Qin Feng estimated there to be at least nine rows on the atlas. If each row represented one cycle or stage, he could possibly reach SS-tier through it.
'The function of this cape must be kept a secret.'
"Bai Li, store this for me." He was reassured only after Bai Li had placed the cape back into her spatial rift.
There was no need to rush it. Qin Feng knew that he could easily conquer three cycles on the cape not because he was gifted but because he was already on the brink of entering E-tier.
It would take him a lot of effort and time to conquer the next stage.
After that, Qin Feng took out the leather scroll detailing the Fire Dragon Style.
Fire runes flickered on the leather as if it was on fire.
Absorb!
Qin Feng did not study the leather like others would have. Other ability users would normally analyze each rune carefully and then laboriously carve each rune onto their own energy core.
To Qin Feng, he would automatically learn the skill simply by absorbing all the runes at once.
He closed his eyes and freely consumed the fire runes from the scroll. The runes entered his E-tier conscious realm and spun rapidly around his diamond core.
The leather scroll suddenly caught fire at one point and the flame was absorbed through Qin Feng's glabella. Within seconds, the leather scroll turned black, then grey, and finally dispersed as dust.
Within Qin Feng's conscious realm, the large number of fire runes was all dyed by the gem of darkness and transformed into Hellfire. It spun around the diamond planet within Qin Feng and dark red flames gradually engulfed the entire core and took the form of a scarlet dragon.
After all the runes were imprinted onto the core, the dragon fully materialized and seemed eager to wreak havoc under the command of his new master.
Qin Feng had thoroughly mastered the new skill within a short amount of time.
His unique ability allowed him to improve drastically at an unprecedented rate.
Nonetheless, E-tier and below were considered entry-level. After that, the difficulty of being promoted to the next level would become significantly tougher.
The next day, Qin Feng contacted Chi Long to inform him about his departure.
"Why not spend some time to chill in our city? We have some extraordinary sceneries here." Chi Long laughed and said.
"I wish to but I have many things to deal with. After all, I still have a small colony to take care of." He was actually not involved much in the development and management of Fengli but he used it as an excuse.
"Haha. I get it. I have prepared an automobile for you. Take it as a sign of my gratitude and as a thanks for the help from Lady Bai!" Chi Long said joyfully.
In front of Qin Feng and Bai Li was a luxurious hover limousine. It was equipped with autopilot and was very spacious. The mobile appeared stylish and comfortable.
This luxury car cost Chi Long a fortune. It was priced at twenty million.
Chi Long did not earn as much and as fast as Qin Feng. Twenty million was considered ludicrous spending by his standard. But he decided to spend it anyway. After all, Qin Feng had given him thirty million before so he wanted to repay Qin Feng and leave him with a good impression.
"Thanks!"
"Don't be. In the future, just call me if you need a hand!"
"Naturally," Qin Feng nodded. He thought highly of Chi Long. He was smart, diligent, and comfortable to be around.
Qin Feng did not wish to make him an enemy. He did not say those words out of courtesy. It was hard to walk alone in this post-apocalyptic earth. Dangers that might emerge anytime would need aptitude users like them to save the day. Besides, conflicts between different parties would surely ensue in the future.
Qin Feng would do what he could to help those he viewed as allies and he hoped for the same from Chi Long.
Qin Feng exited the city in the limousine. He changed directions as soon as they were out of the city's surveillance.
He was not heading back to Chengyang. This was the place he wanted to go all along.
Qin Feng checked his communicator. The time on it slowly ticked toward the same time in his past life.
At the junction, one after another, trucks swirled down the mountain route. On top of each truck, several gunners were puffing leisurely while standing guard.
It was just a normal conveyance. The only unusual thing about this group would be the freight they were transporting.
Slaves!
These cars were traveling to Sea City. The city formed a triangle with Chengyang and Fu City. As its name suggested, this city resided by the sea, threatened to be demolished by the raging waves at any time.
Here, brutal fights broke off every now and then. Aptitude users here were ready to give their lives at any moment. Hence, they lived on the knife's edge every day and indulged extravagantly.
A lot of teenage girls from the slums would be kidnapped and sold to Sea City.
Qin Feng was unaware of this in his past life. He was one of those guards on the roof then.
Though he figured it out later on, he did not have enough courage and capability to save them after narrowly escaping death himself.
More than ten trucks passed him by like the wind. They did not notice Qin Feng at the corner. Qin Feng started the limousine's engine and trailed behind them.
One of the gunners noticed Qin Feng's limousine immediately.
"Wow! Where did this tycoon come from?"
The owner of the luxurious limousine must be showing off. Otherwise, he or she would not have driven this car out in the wild.
To an ordinary G-tier aptitude user, only a tycoon could have afforded such a vehicle.
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Chapter 179: Dark Coalition
It was not something one would see everyday, a hover limousine trailing a long track of old-time trucks.
"The hover car doesn't plan to overtake us it seems. Why is the driver following us?" One of the gunners frowned and spoke restlessly through the communicator, which stayed connected to the entire security troop.
"Should I shoot the car?"
"Are you crazy? What if there is a big gun in there? Suit yourself if you want to tempt fate but don't drag us down with you."
"I will kill him instantly if he is only an F-tier aptitude user."
They watched the limousine warily. The car continued to tailgate them after a distance.
The guards grew restless as the convoy entered a valley between two mountains.
Bang!
The sound of an unanticipated gunshot echoed through the valley and blood immediately spurted out from one of the G-tier gunners. His body tumbled lifelessly and rolled down from the truck.
"We are under attack!" Another gunner shrieked in high pitch like a lady and startled others on watch.
But none of them could locate the enemy. It was either because the enemy was too far away or a more powerful gunner from the opponent's team had shielded their consciousness from them.
Gunners on the outside were annihilated swiftly while those inside dared not show themselves.
The ambushers removed their camouflage after they saw no retaliation from the guards. They were only a small unit of twenty men. The operation was a huge success because they managed to catch the convoy completely off guard.
The team protecting the trucks shouted angrily when they saw their ambushers approaching down from the mountain.
"F*ck them! Brothers, let's move and avenge our fallen comrades!"
A few ancient warriors were prepared to dash out. Of course, there would not be an ability user in such an average security team.
This was when the limousine hidden behind the giant trucks began to whirr loudly.
Buzz!!
The rhythmic hum of the luxury car machinery was a melody to the ears. The hover limousine escalated abruptly and flew over the truck in front of it.
It then promptly landed in between the two groups of people.
Both the Serpent Battalion and the security guards were riddled by the intrusion.
Those from the Serpent Battalion assumed that he had come to the aid of the convoy. The intruder was probably hard to deal with judging by the limousine he or she was driving.
While those from the security team took Qin Feng as a foe. After all, it would be too coincidental for the ambush to take place right after his car had suddenly appeared behind them in a no man's land.
The door on the driver's side slid open when the two parties were still busy guessing the intruder's identity.
The gunners from the Serpent Battalion did not think much and fired rapidly at Qin Feng.
Ratatat!
However, the bullets stopped short at about one meter in front of Qin Feng.
"Reflect!" Qin Feng uttered coldly and all the bullets traveled back to where they came from at an even greater speed.
"Sh*t!"
Ancient warriors standing in front of the party were staggered and rapidly drew out their weapons to shield themselves against the incoming bullets.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
Some of the bullets were deflected but not everyone reacted in time. Many were hit and fell down, groaning in pain. More than ten fighters had their legs hit during this exchange.
Qin Feng got down from the car slowly. His silver battle suit was eye-catching enough but the palm-sized badge in front his chest stood out even more. A large letter E was engraved on the badge.
Those from the Serpent Battalion were stunned.
'E-tier? How's that possible?'
They had investigated the convoy thoroughly before making the move. Where did this E-tier aptitude user come from?
They wanted to question but to their surprise, they could not make any sound as if a giant hand was gripping their throat. It was the overwhelming conscious energy emanated by Qin Feng that had forbidden them from talking. Qin Feng's aura caused the lower tier aptitude users to gasp for air and hunch involuntarily.
Bam!
A gunner from the Serpent Battalion could no longer withstand the pressure and kneeled to the ground.
"Please, spare my life!"
The others soon followed suit. They fell to their knees and pleaded for their lives. They were powerless in front of an E-tier aptitude user.
Qin Feng scanned the kneeling figures and finally found the person he was looking for.
He was a frivolous looking young man, perhaps in his twenties. There was a long blade in his hand and Qin Feng could sense that he was merely a G3-tier aptitude user.
This was the guy that had hunted him down in his past life but was instead killed by him.
Qin Feng triggered his conscious power and dragged the man toward him. The young man, pained by his gun wound, let out a horrible scream.
"Argh! My lord, spare me!"
Qin Feng looked him in the eyes and spoke solemnly, "I will not kill you as long as you answer my questions."
The man nodded and said, "I will tell you everything."
Qin Feng smiled satisfyingly.
"Which organization are you guys serving?"
"Serpent. We call ourselves the Serpent Battalion. I just joined the Dark Coalition recently and have never killed anyone. I was being forced into this."
Qin Feng retracted his smile and pierced the man in front with his cold sight. He became even more traumatizing than before.
"Argh!!" Some succumbed entirely to the pressure and could not raise their heads.
Qin Feng choked the man and chastised, "Did you think that your lies will work on me?"
The guy trembled and replied very much terrified, "I am not lying! I swear!"
Qin Feng turned the guy's neck violently and he almost fainted. Cold sweat was all over his neck due to fear, and Qin Feng could clearly see the tattoo he was looking for.
Qin Feng sneered. "Now tell me, what's with this tattoo?"
The guy's iris narrowed after he heard Qin Feng's question but he was not the only one who reacted to the question.
Qin Feng was extremely sensitive and immediately pinpointed the man on the ground with stiffened muscles. His gaze fell straight on the target.
The man initially dropped his head to avoid eye contact but immediately raised his head again as he remembered something. Nonetheless, that short instance was more than enough for Qin Feng to notice the tattoo.
'So, you have it as well.' Qin Feng paced toward the man.
"Let me go. I don't understand what you are saying!" The young man in his grip was struggling to escape.
Qin Feng approached his target and stepped on the person's back mercilessly. He then crouched down and forcefully pushed his hand against the F-tier aptitude user's head.
The tattoo on the back of his neck was clearly in sight now.
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Chapter 180: Clue about Z Organization
This man also had a tattoo and probably knew more. After all, he was an F-tier aptitude user.
Qin Feng continued to scan the group. They had no way to hide from Qin Feng's piercing sight.
"What tattoo? I don't have any!"
"Neither do I!"
"Please let me go. I have nothing like that!"
The others had not given up on pleading.
"That's right. No one else here has it…" Qin Feng murmured absentmindedly.
Those kneeling were relieved to hear that.
But in the next moment, a scarlet flame erupted out of thin air and shrouded everyone other than Qin Feng and the man with the tattoo.
"No tattoo means that you are no use to me!"
Boom!
The fire danced wildly and burned the twenty-ish combatants from the Serpent Battalion alive.
Seeing Qin Feng's cruelty, the F-tier aptitude user made up his mind. However, before he could take any action, Qin Feng had acted first.
Bam!
Qin Feng landed a punch right on his mouth. The great force deflected the man's head sideway.
Poof!
All of his teeth were shattered by that single punch.
Bam!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Qin Feng landed another four quick punches and broke the man's limbs. He also retrieved the man's communicator on his wrist.
Asteroid Assimilation!
The man's inner force dissipated rapidly and his dantian wilted instantaneously.
Qin Feng then raised his finger and burned away the man's hair and clothes with Hellfire.
Whoosh!
Under the extreme heat, a test tube exploded and oozed out mysterious looking blue liquid.
Qin Feng finally stopped tormenting the man.
"Mutant experiment? Hmm?" Qin Feng snorted at the man.
The F-tier aptitude user was in too much pain. Qin Feng's attack was so rapid that he did not even have the chance to muster a scream.
Qin Feng managed it professionally. He broke the hostage's teeth to prevent him from biting his own tongue. Burning his hair was to confirm there was not any hidden bug. He then proceeded to break his limb and snatched away his communicator to completely handicap the hostage. Finally, burning off the clothes was to ensure that the hostage had nothing else hidden underneath that might overturn the situation.
His thorough vigilance was proven vital as he uncovered the syringe shot.
Qin Feng then turned his gaze back onto the young man.
"You can try to move if you wish to turn out like him." Qin Feng threatened.
"No. Please, no!!" The young man was deeply frightened and devastated.
Qin Feng grabbed him and stacked him on top of his accomplice. He then drew out a gun.
"Please, don't kill me!" The young man yelled.
Qin Feng took out a thumb-sized bullet and loaded it into his silver gun.
Bang!
A white spider net appeared out of the muzzle after the trigger and cloaked the two men. Qin Feng gave them a kick to wrap them inside the net.
He then picked them up and stuck them to the top of the car.
Just as Qin Feng was about to step inside his car, an F-tier ancient warrior from inside the truck approached him and expressed his gratitude. "Thanks for your help. We have a lot of "goods" in the truck. Do you wish to pick one and bring back?"
Qin Feng looked at him. He did remember his name—Liu Heng.
This man was just an average fighter and was killed instantly during the ambush in his past life.
However, Qin Feng reckoned he was probably fairing much better in management and trade. Otherwise, he would not have chosen this business.
Qin Feng replied, "Sell all your "goods" to me. Don't send them over to Sea City. Deliver them to Fengli colony under my name, Qin Feng. You will get your payment there."
Liu Heng was startled, watching Qin Feng step inside the car. He had a glimpse of the gorgeous lady in the passenger seat. She also had an E-tier badge in front of her chest.
The girl glanced back at him before the door was shut.
A chill went down Liu Heng's spine. The feeling was like he had just been targeted by a ferocious beast. His action might have offended the lady.
'She is also an E-tier aptitude user. Will she hold a grudge against me for offering her man a lady right in front of her?'
But another thought soon filled his mind.
'Qin Feng? Where have I heard this name before? Fengli? Wait a minute…' A sense of realization came to him. He had definitely heard of Qin Feng before.
Qin Feng could not care less about what Liu Heng was thinking. He drove away hastily with the two hostages. He exited the main road and stopped by at a random remote place.
Qin Feng threw them down from the car.
"Now, now. Are you ready to confess what I am interested to hear?" Qin Feng asked.
The F-tier aptitude user remained silent but the young man responded in panic, "What do you wish to know? I will tell you everything!"
"Shut up!" The F-tier aptitude user shouted indistinctly. He did not have any teeth left and could not bite his own tongue to commit suicide.
He was supposed to be able to pop his own dantian. But Qin Feng foresaw it and used his Asteroid Assimilation to deplete his internal force first. The F-tier could no longer gather any strength.
"You are the one who should shut up." Qin Feng choked him and glanced at the young man.
"So, where did you get the tattoo?"
"It's my boss. But I don't know where the place is!" The young man betrayed his comrade without any hesitation.
The F-tier aptitude user looked at him in disbelief.
He personally recommended this young man into the battalion because he saw the wicked side in him. Turns out he was vicious to everyone and had no sense of loyalty in front of a life and death situation.
What was there to expect? Such a horrible person would never prioritize loyalty before his own life.
"What's your purpose for ambushing this convoy?" Qin Feng asked.
The young man answered without delay, "We are going after the slaves. Our boss says that we are going to sell them but the truth is, they are going to be used as experimental subjects!"
"So, I am right. You two are indeed members of Z organization!"
The F-aptitude user's eyes enlarged when he heard Qin Feng say that. Obviously, he did not expect Qin Feng to know the name of their secret organization. However, he was able to remain composed.
"Since you know about our organization, then you should also be aware of how scary we are. We have infiltrated not only Fu City but a lot of other cities and colonies. You will be doomed for doing this to us."
Bam!
"Ugh!"
Qin Feng retracted his fist and sneered, "Know your place. Is it really wise to threaten me in your current position?"
"Hack…"
The F-tier aptitude user threw up blood and looked terribly frightened.
He learned his lesson and shut his mouth. The more he said, the less valuable his life would become.
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Chapter 181: Conscious Energy Control
It was at that moment, the side door from the passenger's side of the luxurious hover limousine opened up, Bai Li gave a curious stare at Qin Feng.
"Hubby, are you planning to extort a confession? I can hypnotize!"
Qin Feng stopped his hand that was applying brutal force.
"Hypnotize?" Qin Feng did not know that Bai Li had such an ability.
"Yes, the gunners from the movie that I was watching were also doing it, I think it is a good idea!"
Gunners had very strong conscious energy that could be used in controlling normal people.
Moreover, movies that were meant for ordinary civilians would commonly mystify the appearance of any aptitude users.
In reality, hypnotizing could only be achieved when there was a huge difference between the two conscious energies. A clear example would be when Qin Feng used his identity as a high level aptitude user that put pressure on the young man that was at a lower level to spill everything that he wanted to know.
Obviously, the method was ineffective toward F-tier aptitude users.
However, Bai Li had stepped forward and was standing before the F-tier aptitude users.
"Look at me!"
At that moment, Bai Li lost her puerile and innocent character as she put on a cool and emotionless expression while she showcased her august personage.
With her stunning and gorgeous appearance, she had been capturing all of the attention of the two people earlier on, and they had totally forgotten about being cautious.
The first attempt succeeded immediately, and their eyes began to slacken.
Qin Feng also shivered at that moment and felt that Bai Li was his queen, and he wanted to crawl under her feet and await her command.
Bai Li said, "Where is the location of the Z Organization's laboratory?"
"It is in the grand mountain defensive base located ten thousand meters away from the north-eastern part of Lingshan colony!"
Bai Li shifted her eyes and looked at Qin Feng.
"Hubby, what did I tell you, how did I do?" Bai Li was like a student from primary school that yearned for a compliment.
"Great!" Qin Feng caressed Bai Li's silvery-white hair and complimented her.
At that same moment, Bai Li lost her focus on the F-tier aptitude user, and he regained his consciousness, and most importantly, he knew what he had just done and told.
He was dumbstruck and fearful of what had just happened!
His fear was soon acknowledged.
Qin Feng took out an aerosol spray and sprayed onto the both of them.
The young man did not know why, but the giant net that was extremely adhesive began to loosen up.
The F-tier aptitude user who had lost his limbs fell onto the ground while the other young man regained his freedom.
"Sir, are you planning to let us go? Thank you sir, thank you for your mercy on us!"
The F-tier aptitude user burst out in laughter.
"Letting you go? That would only happen in your dreams!"
Qin Feng had already obtained the information that he required, hence, they could no longer be allowed to live.
Before the F-tier aptitude user could react, Qin Feng had already stomped on his neck which was followed by a cracking sound, his throat was crushed into pieces.
The young man who witnessed such a horrifying scene sank into extreme fear.
"My lord, you promised to let me go… you have to keep your promise!"
Qin Feng remained emotionless as he looked at the arrogant person who had been hunting him down to kill him before his rebirth.
When he was already extremely exhausted with heavy wounds that had limited his ability to resist, it was this person who had stepped on him and took a piss on his body.
Therefore, in the end, Qin Feng took the opportunity to get revenge for himself.
"Regardless of which life you are living in, today would be the day you die!" Qin Feng laughed grimly and landed a punch on the opponent's skull!
His internal strength overflowed with the punch, exerting such great force that the young man's brain was turned to mush, killing him instantly.
"Let's go!"
After setting a small fire on both of their bodies, Qin Feng turned around and got into the vehicle.
The Hellfire disintegrated their remaining body completely, it was as if they had never existed.
Lingshan Colony was one of the important colonies located near to Fu City, it was similar to all four colonies from the north, south, east, and west of Chengyang City.
Qin Feng travelled at high speed in his vehicle and arrived at the edge of the mountain road within half an hour's time.
Bai Li stored the vehicle back into her space, and soon, both of them disappeared into the forest that was densely surrounded by mountains.
Despite knowing the general location of the laboratory, Qin Feng was still uncertain about the exact location, but it would still be extremely easy to find the laboratory with his strong conscious energy combined with Bai Li's spatial ability.
Soon, Bai Li found the spot.
"It's here!" Bai Li identified the exact location.
"Expand your perception, and look for a place that is less crowded!" Qin Feng ordered.
Bai Li nodded, and soon, she was able to identify a spot that was less noticeable and teleported along with Qin Feng.
Qin Feng felt the changes in the surroundings that took place instantly. In the next moment, he was already in a different environment.
A white coat was hung along with other clothes on the wall, obviously, it was the bedroom of a research worker.
"Let's go out, be careful, avoid being noticed by the others!"
While Qin Feng gave his warning, a layer of black runes was released from his body.
Gradually, Qin Feng was surrounded by shadows, and eventually, his body disappeared into the shadows.
Bai Li activated her spatial runes and went past the main entrance of the bedroom, then, she arrived at the corridor.
The laboratory was slightly bigger in size than the one back at Chengbei colony, and everyone was walking around while being occupied with their own tasks.
Qin Feng followed some of them and travelled among the shadows, being an E-tier himself, Qin Feng was obviously capable of taking down everyone there, and none of them would realize that somebody was spying on them.
However, there would not be any accomplishment with just spying on them.
Qin Feng connected with Bai Li via his conscious energy. "Head toward the control room!"
Bai Li was already used to the common knowledge of normal human beings, it was an easy task to identify the control room that was filled with machines.
Swoosh!
Qin Feng and Bai Li disappeared from their spot, and in the next moment, they were already in the control room.
At that moment, there were three people in the room, two of them were ordinary people who were paying their closest attention in monitoring the recordings from the control room, with a remaining F-tier aptitude user that was in deep sleep.
Qin Feng walked closer to him and attempted to stab him.
The F-tier aptitude user was able to sense danger from the surroundings and immediately opened his eyes, dodging the stab.
Poof!
The stab from Qin Feng slashed across the waist of the F-tier aptitude user who tried to dodge.
Although he was able to dodge part of the deadly stab, he was clearly done for!
Fresh blood squirted all over the screens, while the other two people were alerted and looked at Qin Feng.
Without any hesitation, Qin Feng slashed his saber in the air.
Soon, both of them were also dead.
Qin Feng acted fast enough, before they could even make a sound, so other people there were none the wiser about the situation in the control room.
Qin Feng glanced through the screens and noticed that the screens that were being observed by the two people there were only capturing corridors and external surveillance, and none of them were keeping watch on any special location.
However, the F-tier aptitude user was eyeing something different.
The screens were connected with the surveillance on the laboratories and also storage rooms.
There were frozen ultra beasts in the rooms, and also human beings that were trapped in cages.
Furthermore, there was also another room that had a group of spooky looking beast infants.
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Chapter 182: Mutant's Old Lair
They were all covered in long fur, and they had a normal human body's upper part combined with a cat's lower part. As they crawled on the ground, their movements were like that of a cat's.
Some even had fangs in their mouth, with dull yellow skin and protruded noses, akin to that of pigs.
There were also bears, rats, and hawks!
The laboratory was larger in size and was even more horrifying than the others.
The atmosphere was more terrifying with the presence of human beings that were being trapped in the special cages for experiment!
It had definitely surprised Qin Feng, but he was even more agitated by it.
All this while, he had been thinking that the Z Organization was only an insignificant organization that was not widely known, that was why he had never heard of such an organization in his past life.
However, now, he realized that he was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
How could a small and insignificant organization be capable of owning such a tremendous capacity in conducting experiments of such a scale!
Regardless of the reason behind it, such experiments should not be allowed to continue, as the methods that they had taken were those that would only be adopted by the Dark Coalition.
Qin Feng would eliminate such experiments if he were able to identify any.
In the next moment, flames surrounded Qin Feng and engulfed the entire room.
Boom boom boom!
Every machine equipment in the control room exploded, and all of the video recordings were destroyed. Although there might be some that had been sent out, at the very least, there would not be any recordings of Qin Feng and it would never have any other recordings in the future!
It was a decision that Qin Feng had to make to protect himself.
The deafening sounds of explosions and the blazing flames had instantly triggered the fire protection system, and as soon as the alarm went off, water sprayed out from the fire sprinkler pipe, and the Hellfire flames instantly evaporated it into steam.
Then, Qin Feng kicked toward the main entrance with his leg and walked into the connecting passage.
The loud explosion had definitely drawn attention from the base, and everyone was contacting the central operations room, but all in vain.
It was because the control room had been destroyed by Qin Feng.
Some of them rushed toward Qin Feng's direction and his attire that was different from the rest had drawn their attention toward Qin Feng.
"Who are you?" One of them shouted in anger, and without waiting for his reply, they started firing shots at him.
Without any delay, Qin Feng continued to move forward as the bullets fired at him were halted in mid-air one meter around him before scattering all over the ground.
Qin Feng was not harmed even one bit.
A person that was armed with a firearm was stunned by the scene. Although Qin Feng was not moving at great speed, the E-tier aptitude user badge on his chest was already terrifying enough.
"Hostile attack!!! Hostile attack!!!"
That person shouted into his communicator.
Qin Feng shifted his feet and kicked the ground lightly, several bullets were launched toward that person's skull.
"Ugh…"
The eyes of that person were wide open in disbelief at the way he was killed.
Everyone in the laboratory began to panic when they heard that person's scream.
"What is happening?" In the laboratory, an elderly person that had just completed his surgical operation asked in a deep voice, he was clearly enraged.
"Professor Wang, there are intruders in the laboratory, and the surveillance system is not working, it seems that the operations room has been destroyed by someone!"
"Trash!" Professor Wang shouted furiously and instantly activated the second backup plan of the control room, then, he connected it with the communicator in his hand.
Soon, Qin Feng's shadows were captured in his surveillance feed.
However, Qin Feng's entire body was covered in black shadows from the dark runes, he was like an irregular-shaped shadow that was not an actual figure.
Professor Wang felt relieved and inhaled deeply.
Then, he became excited and his face was flushed bright-red!
"Dark ability user, great, great, great, quick, send someone to capture him, and I want him alive, hahaha!"
Professor Wang shouted in excitement.
The presence of dark ability users was extremely rare, but everyone knew about the power of dark abilities.
Including the Finger of Death that could strip off life, and also the Dark Plague that could wipe out an entire race without being noticed.
Scientists were crazy about finding out about these elements.
Although Professor Wang might not know the reason behind the presence of this person, or even his intention of creating chaos around the place, the professor had already firmed up the decision to execute the capture as soon as possible. There were even several experimental ideas that had already been formed in his mind!
"He is now in the passage outside the operations room, release the poison, get him sedated!" Professor Wang commanded.
"Yes! Professor Wang!"
The others immediately followed the instructions, and it was fortunate that even without the functioning of an operations room, the location of the enemy could be quickly identified and decisions could be made within a short time.
While Qin Feng was still in the passage, suddenly, a metal plate fell off from the ceiling and a giant black hole appeared before him.
A gun appeared from the hole, and within the next moment, foggy dust was being sprayed out from it.
Qin Feng lifted his gaze and looked up at the gun, he activated his conscious energy, and the muzzle was then twisted by a powerful and brutal force.
Furthermore, the poisonous gas was too mild to cause any effect on Qin Feng, an E-tier aptitude user.
Qin Feng then left the passage and entered another space. He extended the perception of his conscious energy and identified the location of the laboratory.
At that moment, Professor Wang was infuriated when he saw that Qin Feng had casually walked into the laboratory, he roared, "Go, capture him, even if it is only his dead body!"
Everyone in the laboratory heard the roar from their communicators and began to gather around to stop Qin Feng.
However, they only knew belatedly how powerful Qin Feng was when he had appeared before them!
"Professor Wang, he, he is an E-tier aptitude user!"
"What is so great about E-tier? Your abilities are equivalent to the capability of an F-tier beast king, why would you be afraid of an E-tier, get him!"
Everyone hesitated for a moment, then, they bit the bullet and said, "Professor Wang, wait for good news from me!"
"Haha, great, I will help you with another round of genetic modification upon your return, you will be enhanced and be closer to perfection!"
Those who heard what Professor Wang said felt the immediate motivation and excitement.
Despite being a difficult experiment, every successful case of genetic experiment would grant the subject of the experiment the capability of a beast king, while the perfection that was mentioned by Professor Wang was referring to the possibility of achieving E-tier!
It was something that they could not achieve even if they had put in effort to train for decades.
They had forsaken their past lineage for stronger capabilities, and they were being transformed into indescribable monsters that were neither human nor beast. What was there to hold them back from enhancing their capabilities and becoming stronger?
With that in mind, they started to rush toward Qin Feng's location.
At that moment, there were other gunners attempting to stop Qin Feng, but they were all slaughtered mercilessly.
None of them could resist the attacks from Qin Feng.
Suddenly, a shadow dashed before Qin Feng, he was holding onto a syringe filled with blue liquid. He injected the liquid into his body, and he instantly underwent a shocking mutation.
His skin turned into a dull yellow colour, it was like he was being covered by a layer of cuticles. His hair became coarse and his nostrils were enlarged along with the rapid growth of his body height and size.
Within a split second, he was already above two meters in height, despite having an extremely swollen back and waist, his combat power had been increased tremendously.
Needless to say, he looked utterly gruesome!
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Chapter 183: Slaughtering Mutants
"I feel sorry for you as you have to merge with genes from a hog!" Qin Feng sneered.
"Shut up!" The person who heard Qin Feng let out a roar, he could not ignore Qin Feng's mockery toward him. However, it was not up to his decision to decide which type of gene to merge with, there was a certain merging requirement to fulfill, hence, he had to adhere to it.
"You wait and see, you will regret looking down on me as you have yet to find out the true capabilities of this gene, too bad you will not have the chance to find out, your life will be taken by me now, and you can only be transformed into cells for experiments!"
With Qin Feng's current capabilities, he could definitely grow stronger if he were to be injected with the mutated genes.
By then, there would be nobody that could cause any harm to him.
It was the era where only capable ones would remain.
Therefore, the mutated experimental subject would not allow Qin Feng to leave this place alive.
As the genes were getting closer to perfection, his appearance had transformed into that of a human hog, while his intelligence had deteriorated tremendously, his bloodshot eyes had gradually turned pitch-black.
He had become insane, and combat was the only capability left in him.
"Roar!"
The mutated human hog roared furiously and threw out a punch as he sank into terrible rage, with his enlarged body structure, the output force was incredibly massive!
He barreled forward like a large-sized truck.
Qin Feng raised his fist and punched toward the mutated human hog.
Pow!
The punch landed on the mutated human hog's stomach, as the enlarged body had ripped his clothes apart, the layers of revealed jiggly flesh on his stomach that seemed to be sturdy was also unable to handle the massive force from the punch.
Pow!
Another punch!
Pow pow pow!
The mutated human hog could not take anymore of the punches, he howled as he started to feel the lacerations on his skin, and every continuous punch would intensify the pain and break his intestines.
He began to struggle in pain.
Qin Feng not only took the opportunity to dodge the attack from the human hog, he had also gone further and shoved him around ruthlessly.
The concrete wall was immediately indented by the impact from the human hog.
Qin Feng grabbed onto the opponent's coarse hair and dragged out his enlarged body that was more than four hundred kilos in weight, he was like a broken ragdoll!
Boom!
Again, Qin Feng pushed his opponent's skull and smashed it into the dented wall, followed by a stomp on his backbone.
Crack!
Cracking sounds from his bones were heard.
"Ah!!!"
The mutated human hog let out a miserable shriek.
Within five minutes of battle, Qin Feng had already crippled the mutated human hog.
It was a shame for him to be associated with the capabilities of an F-tier beast king, such weak capabilities could only be recognized as an inferior king.
It was Qin Feng's combat power that should be crowned as the true king, the human ultra beast king.
At that moment, Professor Wang was enraged when he saw the unfavourable scene.
"Where are you thinking? Go together, get him! Stupid hogs!"
As Professor Wang let out his raging screams, some of the research workers began to inject themselves with the medicine and mutate into different forms.
Qin Feng realized that all sorts of mutants had appeared and were rushing into the corridor, they were like a pack of unrestrained devils.
Qin Feng took out his Verdant Emperor Saber as a man was rushing toward him, he was akin to a lion with his bushy mane around his head.
"Burning Sword Glare!"
Under the blazing flames, sharp claws appeared as the entire arm of that person was enlarged and had mutated into the arms of a beast.
Pow!
Qin Feng slashed his extremely sharp saber and broke the claws of his opponent.
"Roar!!!"
A deafening roar was then heard and the soundwaves created were visibly reverberating throughout the air!
Soundwave attack!
It was an attack similar to conscious energy attack, and it could pierce through the eardrums and paralyze the victim.
However, it was not the case for Qin Feng.
Qin Feng protected his ears with his neigong while his conscious energy had also transformed into a sharp needle and pierced into the brain of the mutated human sphinx.
"Argh…"
The soundwave attack that was initially deafening and powerful had stopped, and it had now turned into a miserable shriek as the mutant rolled on the ground in pain.
When Qin Feng was about to go ahead and take down his opponent, his keen sense detected a ray of hidden light that was zipping toward him.
"Phantom Motion Steps!"
Qin Feng shifted from his initial spot and saw that a white piercing light ray had landed on the wall.
The wall shattered into pieces upon the impact while the debris fell all over the place like small pieces of translucent diamonds.
"Compressed decomposing blaster!" Qin Feng narrowed his eyes with great focus.
Decomposing blaster was one of the strongest guns within the small-sized firearm range. From the bottom of the hierarchy, there were fire blasters, energy blasters, decomposing blasters, and topped with others that were more powerful, hence, mastering the combat power of the decomposing blaster as an E-tier would definitely pose as a great threat to others.
It was almost equivalent to a silver rune firearm.
The mutant that had mastered the decomposing blaster was only mildly mutated, but with his mutated eyes and nose, it was still obvious that he had mutated into a hawk species.
With his enhanced vision, he was even capable of motion visualization, and it was only because of the confusion from Qin Feng's Phantom Motion Steps that he was able to dodge the attack earlier!
However, would such an enhanced vision from conscious energy be sufficient in the face of runes?
There was a solid reason for ability users to be recognized as the top profession in that era!
"Dark Shroud!"
Qin Feng focused his conscious energy and activated his runes, the room was then shrouded in darkness.
The enhanced vision that was eighty times higher than the vision of ordinary human beings was unable to carry out any of its functions within the coverage of the dark runes.
However, it was fortunate that he was a gunner, he immediately focused all his conscious energy and took aim at Qin Feng.
"Over there!" That person was able to identify Qin Feng's location, but in the next moment, he was shivering as cold chills ran down his spine.
Qin Feng was already behind him!
"That was quite a nice blast!"
Qin Feng spoke calmly as he grasped onto the neck of the mutated human hawk.
Crack!
The hawk's slim neck was snapped and broken.
Qin Feng took away the firearm from his opponent.
A thumping sound was heard when the corpse landed on the ground. As the dark lights began to disappear from the surroundings, the mutated sphinx that had lost both of his arms to Qin Feng attempted to escape.
"Dark laser!"
The explosive energy from the fire beam might be unable to kill its opponent instantly, but the dark laser was a different thing altogether.
As soon as it was blasted onto the body of the victim, physical energy would begin to deteriorate, cells would be decimated, partially healed wounds would begin to bleed, and it was like the immune system had been destroyed entirely.
"Ugh…ugh…"
While his opponent was still struggling with his body that did not have any remaining energy, Qin Feng raised his gun and took a shot to end his opponent's life.
Then, there was nobody else that would dare to go against Qin Feng!
Workers in the laboratory panicked as they did not expect Qin Feng to be so powerful and was capable of such high movement speeds, they did not have enough time for their escape. They were like ducklings that were being chased after, they could only continue to move forward, until they had reached the end of their escape route.
Fresh blood was shed across the entire laboratory.
Qin Feng was like a devil that had descended upon them.
None of them could escape alive.
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Chapter 184: Test Subject 051
Qin Feng quickly arrived at the most important spot in the entire laboratory.
The storage room.
The babies were kept separately in glass boxes, each with different artificially-generated climates. So much effort invested, just to keep these tiny little beasts alive.
Seeing these little growing monsters, Qin Feng's expression turned ever colder.
Despite being stored in individual isolation chambers, a dark aura appeared out of thin air beside the little beasts. Since there was no one around, this darkness spread all over the defenseless fledglings, squeezing every bit of breath out of their tiny lungs.
That was not all. Every single chamber burst into flames, turning it into mini crematoriums for these already dead infants.
With each step, the isolation chamber closest to Qin Feng would start burning like a bonfire. Everyone would know that this was his doing but there was nothing they could do to stop him.
They were as powerless as the babies writhing about in the flames.
"Wh-who are you!? Why are you destroying our lab!" One of the researchers questioned with a trembling voice.
There was nothing but pure hatred in Qin Feng's gaze.
"Is it not normal for the research facility of a black organisation to be burnt down to the ground? Why would you even bother asking something so stupid!?" Qin Feng taunted.
The researcher half-assedly tried to cover up the truth. "No, we're not a black organisation. We're just a regular research center!"
"A research center that experiments on mutants that is! One that once robbed caravans and used actual human beings as test subjects! To think that you guys would even abduct an ability user to your lab! You dare tell me that this ain't a black organisation!? You certainly have the balls to say such nonsense!"
Qin Feng inched closer.
"Ahhhhh!"
Scared senseless by Qin Feng's intimidating presence, one of the researchers broke down mentally and started wildly firing the weapon in his hands. It was naught but a tranquiliser, hence Qin Feng did not even flinch. Stepping to the side, he effortlessly dodged the dart.
His predatory eyes were now locked onto that researcher. "The sins that you have committed, don't tell me you've forgotten all about them? You dare tell me now that this is merely a regular research facility? What else are you gonna tell me? That your experiments are for the greater good of mankind!?"
Hearing Qin Feng's words, the researchers smirked in unison.
"That's right! Our experiments will drive humanity forward! We will retake the globe and once these rifts are stabilised, we will be the ruling overlords!"
"Our actions are justified!"
"You have no right to kill us! You should join our ranks instead!"
Qin Feng knitted his brows.
"For the greater good of mankind" were the exact words that Qin Feng heard from the researchers back in that laboratory just outside Chengbei colony.
It surprised even him that these people would react so strongly. How dare they use such nonsensical lies to try to win him over.
Bai Li, who was hiding behind Qin Feng, peeked out to observe the researchers.
"Hubby, I think they've also been hypnotized!"
Qin Feng scanned these unruly men. He was not too sure about the hypnosis thing but he was sure that these people were brainwashed to the core.
"If that's so, then why don't you guys experiment on yourselves first?" Qin Feng mocked.
As much as they were fanatics, these people looked away from Qin Feng, acting as if they had not heard his question.
To turn themselves into something that was neither human nor monster. What was more, they would grow weaker from battle by the day and their lifespan would reduce drastically.
How could they do such a thing to themselves?
They were researchers, precious assets. Only those stupid brutes would sell their lives just to obtain more power.
Seeing the reactions of these men, Qin Feng sneered.
"Seems to me that you guys are more executioners than researchers!"
Qin Feng continued striding forward, burning the infants encased within the isolation chambers into black crisp.
These researchers had nowhere to run.
At this moment, the main door of the other room was pushed open. A look of fear surfaced on most of their faces but seeing Qin Feng inching closer, they all decided to run into the room together.
In such a situation, no one was scarier than Qin Feng.
Just as they had entered the room, screams of agony echoed through the laboratory. Soon, the metallic smell of blood came washing over Qin Feng's senses.
He sneered. Using his consciousness, he already knew what had happened within the room.
However, not even an ounce of remorse was felt.
Confidently, he walked into the laboratory.
Within the room, there were test subjects that appeared even more grotesque than the infant room from before.
Unfortunately, it was likely that these were once living, speaking humans that had mutated under the researchers' inhumane experiments. That, or they had been injected with medication that irreversibly turned them into these monsters.
Buzz Buzz Buzz!
Several operation stations were switched on, releasing the creatures from their shackles.
Some of the mindless mutants that had recovered their mobility tore the researchers, whom they were supposed to be familiar with, into shreds. Needless to say, they were going to do the same to Qin Feng, the outsider.
Qin Feng was now the target of these man-made beasts.
Thousands of mutants swept toward Qin Feng like a tidal wave.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
In a split-second, the entire laboratory turned into a sea of flames.
A number of high-tech machineries started beeping like crazy, some just exploded like bombs in the fiery hellscape. From these exploded machines, live electrical sparks were sent flying across the room, electrocuting these mutants, causing them to wail in pain.
These were humans who had mutated from being injected with a beast king's genes. Still, they were nothing but inferior products of botched experiments.
Their numbers did not faze Qin Feng. One by one, he executed these mutants, turning the laboratory into ground zero of a bloody massacre.
Suddenly, the remaining speaker in the room that was operational blared out. It was Professor Wang's voice.
"Bastard! 051, Kill that man! I'll grant you freedom if you bring me his head!"
Qin Feng instinctively shifted his gaze over to the largest isolation chamber that he had yet to destroy. Right then, the steel-reinforced door to that chamber rolled open but whatever mutant that it housed did not come out.
Upon closer inspection, Qin Feng discovered that inside the room was not a monster but a weird-looking man.
His hair was multi-colored, his lips were completely black and his fingernails, jade green. While he was no monster, he looked as revolting as one.
Apart from those features, there was virtually nothing about him that resembled an ultra beast. And yet, the aura emanating off him was that of a king-tier ultra beast.
And his abilities, it was E-tier!
Hearing Professor Wang's voice, he slowly looked up at Qin Feng.
"You mean it?" The man who the professor referred to as 051 asked.
"Of course! Have I ever lied to you!?" Professor Wang screamed through the mic.
051 was surprisingly compliant to the Professor. He slowly got up from the ground and walked out of his containment chamber.
It was at this moment that Qin Feng noticed how small this man was. His footsteps were light, almost weightless and he walked at a casual pace.
"Oh ho?" 051 turned toward Bai Li with a suspicious look. "You're also a second-stage experiment yourself, aren't you? Seems like your experimenters did a better job!"
Bai Li's brows furrowed. "What second-stage?"
051 smiled. "Just like me, you can still retain a human form. Though, you also possess the powers of an ultra-beast!"
Bai Li rolled her eyes. It was just an ability she was blessed with, why did humans like to make a big deal out of it?
Qin Feng, on the other hand, was more alarmed.
Sure enough, runes that glowed green appeared out of thin air. These runes permeated the room, dyeing every corner of the room in the same green hue.
"Poison!" Qin Feng quickly concluded.
"That's right! My ability is poison! Such is the power of the Rainbow Rodent!" 051 exclaimed.
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Chapter 185: Collusion
The Rainbow Rodent was a special type of mutant. Its origin was not extra-dimensional but developed from the over-polluted corners of this planet.
In comparison to the extra-dimensional creatures that come from beyond the rift, its size was not something to boast about. On average, they grew to about a meter long but the emphasis was not on size but what was contained within—a type of toxin.
This toxin was what made people tremble in fear when encountering it.
Ever since the apocalypse, the first S-tier threat came from a tidal wave of these Rainbow Rodents that swept across the continent.
Its toxicity was comparable to the Hell Stone's polluting source.
To put it simply, it was extremely lethal.
Boom!
The air around Qin Feng burst into flames.
The runes clashed as the strength of the toxin grew. Since the rune's attribute was that of wood, extreme levels of heat should be able to destroy the toxin.
Qin Feng maintained the burning flames, turning him into a man of fire.
In the next moment, his body moved.
His hand that held the Verdant Emperor Saber was raised high up in the air, ready to slice apart the enemy.
051 however, had vanished into thin air.
He was moving faster than lightning!
Still, Qin Feng was no tortoise either. He had yet to unveil the tricks up his sleeve after all.
"Dark Shroud!"
Darkness descended from the ceiling, swallowing up the entire room. Everything around them turned blurry in an instant, startling 051 for a moment. He did not expect Qin Feng to possess such an ability.
"Poison Gas!"
In retaliation, 051 released his toxins. Apart from the bodies that littered the floor, virtually everything else in the laboratory was covered in a thick layer of mist, with a blend of green and black.
Professor Wang, who was monitoring the security footage, was completely blind to the battle that was unfolding below.
That only made the uncertainty he felt in his heart grow greater and greater.
"Damn it! There's no other choice. Guess I'll have to leave this place. We can't continue using this lab, not after it's been discovered by an outsider. What a bloody shame!"
This particular laboratory had already been operating for five years. It was through their hard work over the past few years that they had managed to expand its operational capacity to be able to produce a test subject as fine as 051.
Fortunately, he was able to save the most important thing which was crucial data obtained from those experiments, in the nick of time. If they were able to successfully move to another research center then all was not lost yet.
Since this laboratory was not single-handedly established by Professor Wang alone, he did not feel too emotionally attached to this place. Perhaps giving up this place would open up an opportunity for him to join an even more interesting research program.
With those self-reassuring thoughts, Professor Wang retrieved a memory drive.
Considering how far they had come in their scientific research, the amount of data stored within this memory drive was impossible for a mere human brain to be able to grasp. Only with the help of technology could they store so much information so compactly.
And while the Professor was engrossed in his own thoughts, the battle in the laboratory was only getting more intense. The mixture of flames and toxins was so volatile that it made the entire room distort.
Both the combatants' current conditions were vastly different.
051 was already out of breath. No matter how fast he could go, Qin Feng's body had better endurance. Under a prolonged but highly-intense battle, the one with a clear disadvantage was naturally 051.
There was a great disparity in terms of their abilities!
In the mist of green and black, the gap was closed between the toxic rat and the burning flames.
051 knew very well that Qin Feng was inching closer to him by the second. Because of the burning flames shielding him against his opponent, Qin Feng remained unscathed by the toxicity of the mist.
"Pshh!" 051 squirted a mouthful of spit at his opponent. The ball of fluid was a shade of purple so deep that it surprised even Qin Feng.
And when that purple blob clashed with the flames, it exploded like a bomb, spraying purple fluid in every direction. On the floor where some of it was splattered, large craters were created. If it were to make contact with a human body, the consequences would undoubtedly be grave.
Though, that did not happen and the expression on 051's face changed. Qin Feng was nowhere to be seen where he was supposed to be standing.
In the next moment, a chilling aura came washing over him from the left. Qin Feng's moves under the cover of darkness were damn near impossible to predict.
Boom!
Qin Feng's fists, which thrusted into 051's abdomen, made a thundering boom, showing just how much force was funnelled into that single hit.
"Argh!"
051 yelled out in pain. His entire body was sent flying backward from the immense force, smashing into the glass wall of the room from which he had walked out from.
This glass wall was military-grade stuff, custom made to be able to withstand even the strongest of all attacks. 051's collision with the glass wall merely created a crack that spread out like a spider's web rather than shattering it entirely.
After all, this glass was an observation panel made to prevent 051 from escaping the room. If not for Qin Feng's overpowered punch, then logically speaking, this crack should not even exist.
Without cutting his enemy some slack, Qin Feng rushed forward with saber in hand.
"Blooming Flame!"
A fire covered the area from floor to ceiling, removing all prospect of escape for 051!
Without even the time to get over the pain from the previous hit, nor the pain from the bones Qin Feng had just shattered, he got up on his feet and ran for his life!
Crash!
The entire pane of glass was shattered by Qin Feng's saber.
Qin Feng's second attack came in the form of a Fire Beam which cut through the toxic fog, overwhelming 051.
"AHH!"
051 once again, soaked up the attack which inflicted severe injuries on his body.
This was not a fair battle between rivals. No, it was more like a game of cat and mouse where 051 was placed at a severe disadvantage!
"Wait! Hold up! Let's call it a truce and we'll talk our way out of this!" 051 yelled out but his legs kept on running. His animalistic instincts told him that the danger was far from over so he dared not slow down his pace. One after the other, he dodged Qin Feng's relentless attacks.
"What is there to talk about?"
Qin Feng stood still not far from 051. If he detected even the slightest movement, he would start killing.
After all, 051 had already exhausted his strength. Qin Feng was not in the mood to face further hassles.
"Why are you here? Perhaps I know something about the laboratory that you want to know about? I know more about this place than Professor Wang because I'm a test subject myself. I've spent a full five years here at this place. That old fart has only been here for little over a year."
Qin Feng's eyes lit up amidst the darkness.
Who would have thought that this test subject managed to survive such a long time in this place? If what 051 said was true, then Qin Feng's interest was piqued.
Though, Qin Feng was no idiot.
"Who knows? You might still be one of their lackeys." Qin Feng said coldly.
"If I were one of them then I wouldn't be locked up in a cage, right?" 051 sarcastically replied.
"Let's get down to the basics. What's this organisation called?" Qin Feng started his interrogation.
No longer sensing any danger, 051's footsteps slowed down to a halt. Since slowing to a halt took an equally significant amount of energy as speeding up, realisation set in that he had three broken ribs and his entire back was burnt black. Each step he took was so painful that he could die.
"The codename for this organisation is Z. It operates like a black organisation. It has big brothers from different factions funding it so I gotta say, it's quite powerful!"
Qin Feng was taken aback by the sudden discovery.
Funded by big brothers from different factions?
Lin Zheng immediately popped into his mind. Though, to both Qin Feng and 051, Lin Zheng was less of a big brother and more of a pathetic D-tier user.
"Then, what is the goal of their research? There's a pretty big difference between your condition and the condition of the humans-turned-mutants!"
051 nodded in agreement. "They're researching how to awaken the abilities of regular humans, how to turn them into ancient warriors and stuff like that. It is too difficult, too costly to study the heaven and earth spirit aura so most of the test subjects come from earthly beings that have undergone the greatest mutation. The exotic-looking cats, pigs, bears, rats and birds that you see within Fu City were what fueled their research!"
Qin Feng recalled the viper that he had encountered back at Chengbei colony, and that werewolf species that accompanied Chen Ming's emergence.
Those creatures were commonly found in the land around Chengbei colony.
Perhaps to further add to Qin Feng's curiosity, 051 continued, "No matter the test subject's initial level of strength, once they are injected with specific genomes, they would all grow to the same level as the creature from which the gene was sourced. Though, too many people who were too weak succumbed to its effects after being injected!"
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Chapter 186: Energy Cannon
"The G-tier ones are merely semi-finished products. Since their genes have been infected by a foreign strand, they would mutate halfway into a beast, losing all chances of returning to their human form. They're pretty weak to be honest, around the strength of an ancient warrior, maybe even less. All in all, they're worthless and would be considered a failed bunch by the researchers."
"F-tiers can regenerate parts of their bodies that had been wounded in battle by stimulating the release of healing substances. These ones, on the other hand, stand on par with a beast general or even a king. They are, in other words, a great leap in terms of durability as well as combat capability from the former tier! However, the setbacks are also pretty clear. They'd lose their human intellect and the regeneration process can only be done after the battle, when the body is somewhere safe."
"As for an E-tier being… well, you're looking at one. My kind can possess the strengths of a mutant while simultaneously retaining our human form. Though, as you can see, there would be some changes to certain parts of our body, like the hair, pupils, fingernails, etc. Not all is perfect is what I'm trying to say."
"Then, were there no D-tier, C-tier mutants created from these experiments?" Qin Feng murmured.
"I do think they exist. They're gonna be much stronger, and naturally, the goal of their research would be different than ours. From what I've experienced, the researchers threw me in all sorts of experiments, trying to turn me into a complete beast!"
051 was strong, but he was far from being the strongest. For one, he definitely was not on the same level as a beast king-tier Rainbow Rodent.
Though, should the day come where he advances into one, he would undoubtedly be able to hold off ten thousand men on his own.
Qin Feng knew well that for the D, C-tier beasts, the researchers' aim would no longer be to gain knowledge on the mutation process but to reverse-engineer high-tier ultra beasts' genes.
Perhaps, in the end, they would even be able to replicate the genes of a dragon.
Before Qin Feng's rebirth, back when he did not know about the Z Organization yet, there was already a significant number of mutants running around within the black organization.
He did not expect the RD branch of Z Organization to be so well-established.
As both of them laid down arms, the black-green mist that shrouded the room gradually cleared away.
The room was in tatters and so was 051. Qin Feng on the other hand, was virtually unharmed in the intense skirmish. Though, even more eye-catching than Qin Feng's condition was Bai Li.
051 looked at her with widened eyes. It appeared that Bai Li was standing exactly where she was before the battle erupted; there were no signs of her moving away from the battleground. However, when 051 and Qin Feng clashed, he did not feel her presence, not one bit as the entire laboratory was trashed from floor to ceiling.
Bai Li of course, used her abilities to hide within a void which allowed her to observe the battle while being shielded against all attacks!
As 051's eyes remained glued to Bai Li, she suddenly opened her mouth and said, "Look closely at me!"
The aura of a beast queen erupted. Since all beasts adhered to the concept of hierarchy, the Rainbow Rodent acknowledged in an instant, that he was no match for the void beast no matter how capable he was.
Bai Li belonged to a species that reigned supreme at the top of the food chain.
In mere seconds, 051's mind was completely hijacked.
"Tell me about yourself before you came to this laboratory."
051's pupils enlarged and without a second of hesitation, he blurted out the truth completely, as instructed. "I was an orphan in Fu City. Upon graduation from middle school, I awakened my wood-attribute abilities and on the second day, I was abducted to this laboratory."
It never crossed Qin Feng's mind that he and 051 shared such a similar past. Unfortunately, this meant that many more before him had been abducted in the same fashion and many more would continue to go through such hardships.
051 had been here for the past five years. Before his rebirth, Qin Feng himself struggled in such a place for a full decade and thus, he dropped the final wall of defense against this poor man.
Bai Li nodded her head and released her consciousness that bound 051's mind. Recovering from his restrained mental state, he looked at Bai Li with terror in his eyes.
Such powers. How was it possible that she was able to use her consciousness against him, an ability user whose own consciousness was deemed by many, a force to be reckoned with?
"Yo-you… what are you!?" 051's paranoia reached its peak.
Bai Li replied to his question without second thoughts. "I am his girlfriend!"
"…"
Although there was nothing technically wrong with her introduction, was it not kind of weird to introduce oneself in such a straightforward way?
051 was stunned by Bai Li's words.
The mixture of auras between a man, a mutant and a beast king—the awkwardness in the air escalated pretty quickly.
As most of the mist had cleared away, the surveillance camera footage was finally able to show the happenings within the destroyed laboratory.
Seeing Qin Feng unscathed and 051 slumped on the floor, Professor Wang's face grimaced.
"And to think that I had originally planned to get two bodies by the end of the day for research purposes. It seems that I have been too naive. If you want to act that way, so be it! Time for you all to die!"
Professor Wang pressed on a button labelled "open".
In the next moment, the ceiling of the chamber that once held 051 broke open. From the dark chasm above, a massive cannon descended.
In the muzzle of the massive cannon, an azure glow was intensifying.
The facial expressions of Qin Feng and 051 changed in an instant.
Never in his life had Qin Feng seen such a large piece of machinery. It was even larger than the energy cannons fixed on top of the walls of either Chengbei colony or Fu City.
For such a weapon to go off in an enclosed space, even an E-tier beast would suffer near-fatal wounds from the blast.
Humans, being the weak creatures they were, simply would not be able to withstand the cannonfire at point blank.
"Wang Ang, YOU, PIECE, OF, SH*T! F*CK!", 051 yelled out hysterically.
How was it possible that in the past five years, 051 did not lash out like that when placed under threat?
To be honest, he was considered one of the more "obedient" test subjects within the laboratory. Despite his abilities increasing everyday, he dared not speak back against the researchers, let alone attack them. Of course, that was all in order to bide time before making his great escape.
And now, when hope was at its peak, despair unexpectedly set in 051's heart.
This was an upgraded energy cannon, with tremendous lethality. Though, the extent of its effects had been fine-tuned to cover just this laboratory. Upon firing, an energy net would be created, trapping everyone within its area of effect, turning this lab into an inescapable tomb.
While Rainbow Rodents were, as its name suggested, rodents, 051 did not possess the digging ability of rodents so the chances of escape was pretty much null!
As he soaked in despair, Qin Feng maintained his calm under pressure.
"Xiao Bai! Bring us away from here, him included!" Qin Feng pointed to 051.
In a fraction of a second, Bai Li, alongside Qin Feng and 051 disappeared into thin air.
Almost at the same time, a blinding ray enveloped the entire laboratory, vaporising the entire room including the surveillance camera.
Professor Wang cackled. Removing the data disk, he hurriedly ran out of the laboratory.
At that exact moment, the entire facility was flashing red.
[Self-destruct system activated—Self-destruction in 3 minutes!]
[Please exit the facility immediately!]
Professor Wang's pace was consistent but not too fast. One of the researchers who was still alive but had suffered heavy injuries reached out to the professor desperately. "Bring me with you, Sir. Professor, I'm not dead yet! You still need my help, don't you?"
Professor Wang did not even spare the man a look.
In the next instant, Professor Wang had already stepped into the emergency escape shaft. Turning on the ignition of a hover car, he escaped the place via a secret tunnel.
At the same time, Qin Feng, 051 and Bai Li reappeared on the great mountain which housed the research facility.
051 could not believe his eyes. He had finally escaped from his death.
"Hmph, let's see where you can go!"
Qin Feng was still piseed.
Soon after Bai Li had brought the both of them out of the laboratory, someone from the outside had activated the facility's self-destruct function. Qin Feng, not wanting to idle around the ticking time bomb, left the great mountain without giving chase to the damned professor.
Somehow, he felt that Professor Wang would make his appearance soon. Qin Feng was excited at the thought of seeing the professor's face at the sight of them outside the facility.
Qin Feng's consciousness expanded to cover the entire mountain. It was not even two minutes later that he noticed something jutting out awkwardly from a boulder. Sure enough, a massive cavity appeared and from within it emerged a hover car.
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Chapter 187: Joint Revenge
Grasped in Qin Feng's hand was a mean-looking hand cannon.
Without hesitation, he switched off its safety mechanism, sending a live round flying toward his intended target. A wide, yellow arc appeared in the sky as it trailed the escaping hover car.
Professor Wang, who was seated in that very hover car, was wide-eyed at what was going on.
The interior of the hover car was filled with a beeping noise, alarming him that he was being locked on by a projectile. Still, there was nothing he could do to stop the force of the projectile.
Boom!
The projectile smashed into the body of the hover car, which was immediately covered by a bright ball of energy wave.
This light wave was a function that was mandatorily installed in every vehicle headed out for the battlefield. It served two functions. One, to blind enemy ultra beasts and two, to jam or confuse missiles launched at the vehicle from an enemy position.
However, this function would eat up a lot of energy and would not activate if energy reserves were running low for the vehicle.
Without a doubt, this projectile from Qin Feng was specially designated to take down E-tier ultra beasts. Under the control of his consciousness, it was not led astray by the vehicle's defensive mechanism and smashed through its energy barrier cleanly without suffering much damage itself.
The shimmering white ball in the sky gradually grew dimmer and soon, it turned completely transparent. In a split second, the shock from the explosion, as well as the kinetic energy, delivered by the projectile itself blasted the vehicle out of the sky.
At midnight, the roof of the house was leaking heavily as rain continued pouring from the sky. Suddenly, a loud noise coming from the mountains echoed through the air.
A massive shockwave followed the noise.
It was the self-destruct system activated by Professor Wang moments ago. The entire research facility was vaporised in an instant, suddenly creating a massive cavity within the mountain which in turn, had the effects of a large-scale earthquake for nearby lands.
Like a large boulder, Professor Wang's hover car rolled down the side of the mountain as it quaked.
Both Bai Li and Qin Feng climbed onto the umbra stallion and immediately made their escape from the massive shockwave that was going to hit them if they remained there for a moment longer.
051 did not fear the rumbling ground. Finding a random rock, he floated in mid-air using the power of his consciousness.
The only unfortunate one here was none other than Professor Wang!
Under Qin Feng's orders, the umbra stallion galloped over to the hover car's crash site. It did not take long for them to locate the escaping Professor Wang.
At this point, the mountain was no longer shaking as it was moments ago. Upon closer inspection, the inside of the vehicle was splattered red all over with the Professor's blood.
Just one glance was enough to tell them that this Professor Wang was already dead.
Perhaps this was what they called, "instant karma".
To be honest Qin Feng originally planned to spare the professor's life. He had a lot of questions that he hoped the professor would answer himself.
"There's this too!" Bai Li waved her hand in the air. She was holding a silver-looking button. No doubt, it was a spatial runic equipment.
"This must be something the guy wanted to bring with him! It's gotta have something to do with his research. So my attack wasn't in vain at all, huh?", Qin Feng muttered to himself. Having stumbled upon this, he had no choice but to take a closer look at what was in store for him.
"So, what do we do now?"
"Why, we leave this place of course! Since there was an explosion, the people living in the closest colony would definitely come investigating to see if a new rift has appeared or to see if an earthquake has happened."
Qin Feng had Bai Li retrieve their hover car. Both of them climbed onto the vehicle but 051 remained motionless on the ground below.
"Get on!" Qin Feng urged.
"That… how do you even open this thing? This is pretty neat ain't it!? I've never seen such a thing up close before!" 051 shuffled around nervously.
Before being abducted and brought to the laboratory, 051 was just a teenager. Now that five years that were filled with insanity and suicidal tendencies had passed, he had finally obtained his long-overdue freedom. Though unfortunate, he was left behind by the progress of technological development.
With each new day that passed outside the laboratory, the harder it got for him to accept what tragedy had befallen him.
Qin Feng empathized with the man. With the click of a button, the door of the luxurious car opened up inward, revealing its interior which looked like the room of a five-star hotel.
051 climbed into the car. At this moment, the threatening aura of an E-tier mutant had faded away, leaving only what looked like a country bumpkin setting foot in a car for the first time.
"Out here in this world, it is very rare for one to reach E-tier within five years' time." Qin Feng said nonchalantly.
051 responded with a wry smile. "Then, am I supposed to thank the lab?"
"Nah, not that. You should thank them for giving you powers to exact revenge on them instead. How does infiltrating and exposing these crooks sound? The both of us of course. We can work together!"
051 studied Qin Feng's face. His expression was calm so he was definitely not joking about that.
"Alright!" 051 replied. Though, most of the reason why he agreed so quickly was that he had nowhere else to go.
Qin Feng was not surprised by 051's response.
"Given your current powers, you should be able to lead a small colony of your own. However, since you're still a mutant, if anything unexpected happens, say for example, you losing your intellect, I'd have to bear the responsibility entirely on my own. For now, you should just rest in my colony."
"Okay! I swear I won't cause any problems!" 051 said while nodding.
"Don't sweat it. I'll create an identity for you when we get home. You should be fine if you get your hair dyed as well as some colour lenses. Whatever you're unfamiliar with, be patient and try learning about it. It's just five years' time."
"Okay!" 051 nodded. "Thank you, really!" he added.
The hover car's battle network system was much larger than the portable ones that were commonly worn on one's wrists. Qin Feng continued his explanations throughout the journey and allowed 051 to surf the web for better understanding of the current world.
In reality, not much had changed after five years.
Perhaps the only difference was that the human population had once again, dropped drastically. Though, where one colony fell, another would be established!
When considered as a whole, nothing much had happened in the past five years.
Qin Feng also took the chance to properly introduce himself and Bai Li to 051. Apart from that, he also consulted 051 for some opinions.
"What was your name before the whole abduction incident? Would you like to have it back or would you like a new one?"
"It's fine. Since I've grown accustomed to 051, let's just stick to this one!"
"Then, let's use its homonym[1]. We can't just call you a bunch of numbers can we?"
"Then, I'll choose Lin as my surname. As for my last name, Wuyi!"
After accepting his new name, Wuyi started checking the net while tending to his wounds. Qin Feng set the car on auto-pilot with Fengli colony as its destination before looking into Professor Wang's spatial runic equipment.
There were not many things stored within it—firstly, there were three unlabelled black cards that appeared to have been thrown in casually. Still, it contained a grand total of 150 million yuan. To think that Z Organization's research facility would possess so much cash on hand.
Apart from this, there were some petri dishes that contained random cell cultures. Ultra beast materials were few and far between, and lastly, there was this sealed box.
Wuyi's brows knitted the moment his eyes came across this box.
"I've seen them deliver such boxes before. They should contain confidential documents and a password is needed to unlock it. Apart from that, it also needs the right fingerprint, body temperature and pupil verification which must all match the original owner, else the item within would be destroyed immediately!"
Qin Feng sneered.
"After the apocalypse, human technology could no longer match supernatural abilities! Xiao Bai!"
Hearing Qin Feng's call, Bai Li raised her finger at the box.
One second later, the item supposedly stored within the box appeared out of thin air. It was a finger-length memory disk.
[1] 051 in mandarin pinyin is "Lin Wu Yi" hence the name, Lin Wuyi.
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Chapter 188: Return to Fengli
So this was what Professor Wang wanted to take away with him.
Looking down at the memory disk in his hand, Qin Feng's expression turned cold and serious. Carefully, he inserted the disk into his communicator.
The moment the disk was inserted, a tidal wave of information from the disk overwhelmed his senses.
There were too many things that even Qin Feng was clueless about. Though, there was no need to study every little detail. No, he just needed to see what the end results were.
Upon seeing a list of names, Qin Feng fell silent.
This list contained the names of the people from Fu City who were funding the research facility.
His facial expression gradually changed.
It was apparent that this facility was not completely unknown within Fu City.
These people, whether voluntarily or not, had all given consent to the atrocities that were being conducted in their facility. It gave Qin Feng a feeling that the facility of this black organization had long entrenched itself within yet another colony.
Organizations like these were like incurable diseases, slowly eating away at the young and healthy people of the colonies.
'I guess from now on, we'll try to avoid Fu City at all costs? Thank God that the next big thing that'll happen won't be involving this damned city!' thought Qin Feng. 'But this Z Organization… just what are they? The more I find out about them, the more I'm impressed by them!'
Before Qin Feng's rebirth, he had been involved in numerous black organizations, each with similar degrees of research capability as this one. However, this one in particular was completely unheard of before, which made Qin Feng all the more curious about its existence.
The organization he was facing was entirely shrouded in mystery.
Anyhow, this obscure organization only served to fuel Qin Feng's motivation to continue digging around.
He needed closure for what he had experienced in his previous life.
And now, joining Qin Feng's rank was yet another person seeking revenge. With the newcomer's help, he believed that sooner or later, they would be able to dig this organization up and finish it off for good.
After travelling continuously for two days, the hover car had finally arrived at Fengli colony!
Half a month's time was enough for most of the colony's structures to be completed. Qin Feng's return was pretty much on everybody's lips.
"Big Boss, I can't believe that Fu City has awarded you guys with an E-tier aptitude user's badge!" Wang Chen congratulated Qin Feng and Bai Li after discovering the badges pinned on both of their chests.
While he knew that Qin Feng's ability was that of an E-tier user, being awarded an aptitude user's badge was a whole other matter.
This meant that his powers had been officially recognised by legal authorities.
One must consider the person's age when looking at this matter. Qin Feng was just sixteen years old or seventeen, come next month.
Having such powers at such a young age, this was pretty impressive!
"Yep, the stuff they give out there's the real deal!" Qin Feng replied. Though, he refrained from delving too deep about what this "real deal" was.
"I need your help. Get someone to buy some hair dye and a pair of colored lenses! Make him appear as normal as you can." Qin Feng said while pointing toward Lin Wuyi.
"Yes sir! I'll head off immediately!" Qin Feng's assigned secretary, Shang Na, replied in an instant. Though, before leaving the room, she did not forget to bow slightly to Qin Feng. Her eyes at that moment were filled with gratitude and loyalty.
"Sir, believe it or not, the person you brought back earlier is actually my aunt. Truly, thank you, Sir!" Shang Na said before exiting the room.
Wang Chen smiled at Qin Feng. "She's talking about that person who you've assigned the task to overlook the street-sweeping duties from before, the one called Shang Xian. Both of them are living together here now. With someone to count on, I think life for them wouldn't be as bad as it was before!"
Qin Feng nodded. The mood of his subordinates directly affected the effectiveness of the team as a whole; a grudge between him and his secretary would be significantly detrimental to their operations.
Han Town was a relatively small place. At this point, most of the survivors were being dug out by their own people. If they were to wait for Shi Tianhai to officially start the rescue campaign, the survivors would have been long dead!
Who cares!? At this day and age, strength reigned supreme. Now that Qin Feng had already reached E-tier, there was little Shi Tianhai could do to harm him no matter how much grudge he held in his heart.
It did not take long for Shang Na to return with some hair and immediately after that, she started dealing with his hair. Those who caught wind of Qin Feng's return soon came piling into the room to make their reports.
One of them was Liu Xue, who shouldered the most important responsibility—keeping an account of the inflow of goods into the colony.
Making sure that Xue Xingfu was not in the room, Liu Xue whispered into Qin Feng's ears. "Mayor, you've brought a ton of items back to our colony, huh? It's quite the injection into our local economy. Perhaps you might want to make some changes to the shares. Do you think that…"
If it were Liu Xue from before, speaking to Qin Feng in such a manner was completely out of the question. However, things changed after Qin Feng had obtained his new status as an E-tier user.
As the saying goes, a mountain cannot hold two tigers. Two strong voices running Fengli colony was obviously a brewing disaster waiting to unfold.
"Yeah, but I'd like to hold on for just a bit longer. It's still insufficient at this stage." Qin Feng replied. "I don't like to lose out on the deal but neither do I want to burn bridges that I have painstakingly built. If that day comes, I will definitely compensate Mayor Zheng!"
Liu Xue nodded in agreement.
The more Qin Feng's ability grew, the easier it was for Zheng Yang to accept the compensation.
Though, now was not the time to discuss such matters.
After that, it was Xue Xingfu, He Ling and Zhou Xiang's turn to give Qin Feng a report on the colony's security perimeter. Since autumn was coming, the number of ultra beasts would start decreasing so that was not too much of a problem.
When it was Xue Xingfu's turn to speak, what came out of his mouth stunned Qin Feng.
Xue Xingfu placed a gold-embossed invitation card onto Qin Feng's hands.
"Wanzong Organization's holding a transcendental auction at Sea City. If I may ask, who are you planning to send over this time, Big Boss?"
At such an auction, one would undoubtedly find countless precious items up for bid.
The auctions that the organization held were separated into three different tiers: heaven-tier, earth-tier and the final tier, the transcendental-tier.
The fancy names were more of a gimmick than anything. In actuality, the former two tiers were just your run-of-the-mill auctions offering low-level items to low-level bidders.
The items offered at such auctions would be E-tier at best. Perhaps a D-tier item would find its way in but such occurrences were extremely rare.
Of course, there were also large-scale private trade fairs that handled sub-par items which were mostly G-tier.
Even so, these G-tier items were what brought food onto the table for these low-level colonies.
Contrary to what one might believe, there was a large margin of profit to be made in such places.
"Let me come with!" Qin Feng replied immediately.
Xue Xingfu's puffy face glowed with excitement.
"If that's the case then how much capital do you plan to start with?"
Currently, the colony already had tens of thousands of black steel armor plates in its inventory. These could be used to exchange for cold hard cash which they could then use for transactions at the fair.
Qin Feng thought about it for a while before giving his answer. "I'll let you have 1 billion yuan's worth of goods. I need you to start work on Fengli's warehouse though, to house those goods!"
Xue Xingfu's eyes lit up.
Liu Xue on the other hand, was surprised by the mayor's decision. "But Sir, we don't have that kind of money!"
She was right. Those black steel armor plates were worth two to three hundred million at best.
"I know that. But that event's half a month away. We'll be able to come up with that amount somehow!" Qin Feng reassured her.
Liu Xue had no choice but to back down.
Now that the important stuff had been dealt with, it was time to create a new identity for his newfound friend, Lin Wuyi. The power Qin Feng commanded had grown significantly since the last time he was here. He managed to forge a new identity for the man with little to no effort and temporarily, Wu Yi was granted the status of an honorary elder in the colony.
To put it simply, Wu Yi did not necessarily need to perform any tasks and Fengli colony had to make sure that he was well-fed and well-clothed.
As for Qin Feng, together with Bai Li, they returned to Chengbei colony.
Since Fengli colony was just partially-completed, Chengbei colony was the closest city to them.
While handling Lin Wuyi's new identity, Qin Feng was reminded of something about Bai Li. It had been quite a long time since his last visit to that orphanage. He planned to take a break for a day and on the next day, he would pay Lin Derong a visit. He wanted to ask if he would like to move his orphanage over to Fengli colony.
Hopefully, Mayor Zheng would not blame him for baiting his citizens away. After all, talents like him were rare to come by!
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Chapter 189: The Xin Family's Treacherous Banquet
Returning to a human colony from the killing fields, everything appeared tranquil—the metallic smell of blood that constantly lingered in one's senses was nonexistent and so was violence that plagued the battlefield. For once, Qin Feng was able to catch a good night's sleep without any disturbance.
On the second day, Qin Feng arrived at the orphanage.
The Qin Feng of today was completely different from what he was before.
He was an E-tier aptitude user now!
His identity reflected his social standing.
A passerby volunteering at the institution was wide-eyed bumping into Qin Feng.
"What's today's date? Why is such a significant figure coming to the orphanage!?"
Muttering to himself, he watched Qin Feng and Bai Li strut over to the director's office.
And at that moment, a noise came from behind the office's door.
"Director Lin! Why are you so persistent in doing things the hard way!? Do you really want me to go violent on you? You gotta be more careful when you are speaking to me! One twist and I'll snap your bones in two! Old geezer, you can't afford this injury y'know!?"
A slight anger could be heard in Lin Derong's voice when he replied.
"Oh ho, I have old bones, yes. So what if you snap them in half?"
Qin Feng's face contorted with anger.
Funneling internal strength into his feet, he arrived at the doorstep of the office within a few seconds.
Bang!
Without hesitation, he forcefully kicked open the door.
Sitting on Lin Derong's chair was an arrogant man with his legs disrespectfully placed above his work desk.
The sudden loud noise startled the gangster but he continued ignoring it, thinking that it was just another one of the teachers at the orphanage. Perhaps he was just here to beg for mercy at the sight of Lin Derong being threatened.
It was nothing but an ant's struggle, he assumed!
"Get the hell out of here! Your voice holds no weight here!" That gangster's voice boomed. It was an F-tier aptitude user with all his abilities maxed-out.
Recognising Qin Feng's silhouette, the anxious look on Lin Derong's face turned into one of surprise.
The surprised look on his face surfaced as soon as his eyes met the E-tier aptitude user's badge proudly displayed on Qin Feng's chest.
"Get the hell out of here? Me? Too bad! It's you who should piss off!" Qin Feng roared back.
With large strides, Qin Feng approached the man.
It was then that the gangster realised that his intimidation had no effect on Qin Feng. Originally thinking that he was just another hot-headed teenager from the orphanage, in the next instant he was pulled back by an immense force.
Alongside the chair, the man was sent head over heels backward.
Fortunately, he had made some preparations of his own. Pressing down on the armrest of the chair, he launched himself into the air before doing a backflip and landing flawlessly in front of Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's face was well-known across the city. Recognising that mug of his, the man called out in astonishment.
"Qin Feng!"
His brows furrowed.
Since the man recognised him, could it be that he was the cause of Lin Derong being on the receiving end of these threats?
The man scanned Qin Feng from head to toe, as if appraising a piece of antique. As soon as his eyes met the item on his chest, a jolt had visibly run through him.
E-tier!
Beads of cold sweat had appeared on the forehead of the once high and mighty man who threatened the director.
"What's the matter? Have you gone mute? Where did the man from before go?" Qin Feng prodded with bloodlust in his eyes.
If the enemy had any problems with him, they should just face him mano a mano instead of harming those around him like a bunch of cowards.
Whether it was Lin Derong or Zhou Hao, they were all men who had changed the trajectories of their lives through their own sheer effort. Qin Feng did not want to see anyone messing with these people because of him.
This was his way of rebelling against God.
Hearing Qin Feng's words, the man broke out in cold sweat.
The arrogant words that once spewed out of his mouth spewed out no more.
With great difficulty, he swallowed a mouthful of water. "Ma-mayor Qin, I am here in the name of the Xin family. We wanted to invite you to a banquet celebrating our lord's sixtieth birthday!"
Qin Feng sneered.
"You Xin people have a pretty unique way of inviting guests, don't you?"
Lin Derong recovered his vigor. He already had plans to go down fighting—better to die on one's feet than to live life on one's knees! Who would have thought that Qin Feng would be here to give him a much needed surprise.
It was just three months ago since his awakening injection but somehow, Qin Feng managed to grow his strength at such an alarming pace!
This defied heaven's laws!
"Every year, Lord Xin celebrates his birthday, they'd entertain guests from all around and at the same time, a little competition would be held to flex their might. Rewards would be handed out to all the young ones in their family who are participating in combat. Them inviting you to such a feast sounds like trouble to me!" Lin Derong whispered to Qin Feng.
This was the reason why Lin Derong turned down the Xin family's invitation.
However, it soon became apparent that the man had a change of plans. Lin Derong was to be knocked unconscious and taken away as bait to lead Qin Feng into the lion's den.
As if by fate, Qin Feng presented himself before the man could carry out his nefarious plan against the director.
With the director's words still fresh in his mind, Qin Feng had a rough understanding of the current situation.
"Sorry for startling you, Director!"
"This is nothing to worry about!"
On the surface, it seemed to be a relatively miniscule issue.
However, to the lackey of the Xin family, it was something he had to report back to the family as soon as possible.
Qin Feng turned over to look at the man. The warm, gentle smile that he had when facing Lin Derong had faded away in an instant, leaving just the face of a cold-blooded killer.
"If that's the case, I will be attending in place of the director! Pass me the invitation card!"
The man stumbled backward and searched the tabletop in panic. He picked up a fancy-looking card, its font embossed in gold, and nervously handed it over to Qin Feng.
"Mayor Qin, I won't be giving you anymore trouble since the card has already been safely handed over to you. Well then, please excuse me for my departure!"
Shamelessly, the man ran with his tail between his legs!
But how could Qin Feng let this man get away so easily?
It was disrespectful to just come and go so briefly—this was not a pit stop for a man like him.
If Qin Feng had not dropped by this place, God knows what would have happened to Lin Derong!
He must teach this bastard a lesson!
"Did I allow you to leave?" Qin Feng placed his hand on the man's shoulder to stop him from leaving. It was not that the lackey did not try to escape but instead, he found himself held back by Qin Feng's death grip.
"What was it that you said earlier? You wanted to snap the director's bones in two, I recall? Let's find out if you actually have the means to do that!"
His hand that rested on the man's shoulder clamped shut.
Crack!
The crisp sound of bones breaking was perfectly audible. It appeared that Qin Feng had crushed the man's shoulder blades into powder.
"Arghhh!" The man let out a blood-curdling scream.
As if that was not enough pain inflicted, Qin Feng reached for the other shoulder.
As he was still an F9-tier ancient warrior, an intense surge of internal strength poured out from his body upon realising Qin Feng's intentions, shielding his body from harm.
Smack!
Qin Feng's palm once again slapped down on the man's shoulder.
An even larger wave of internal strength flowed out from his palms, clashing against the man's power. In the blink of an eye, the man's defense was completely torn down by Qin Feng's power.
Crack!
His shoulder splintered.
Gritting his teeth, the man redirected his internal strength into his feet which propelled him forward, dashing away from Qin Feng.
Gaining immense speed within a split-second, this man ran in the direction left of Qin Feng before leaping high up into the air.
Crash!
The sound of glass shattering filled the room. Without slowing down, the man smashed through the window and leapt out of the building.
Lin Derong's office was situated quite high up in the building; a normal human being would never be able to survive a fall from this height.
Though, the same could not be said for an ancient warrior. Like a wall-gecko, the man's feet remained stuck to the side of the building as he sprinted straight down, toward the ground.
Qin Feng hurried over to the window and as soon as he could, he channelled his internal strength into the glass shards that were still falling mid-air to prevent them from falling further and potentially harming innocent bystanders below.
"Sh*t!"
The number of deadly glass shards plummeting toward the ground was uncountable.
From far below, painful wails could be heard alongside the sound of glass pieces smashing onto the sidewalk below.
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Chapter 190: Crawling Away
Lin Derong was horrified.
With two seemingly effortless moves, Qin Feng managed to send an F9-tier ancient warrior running without even thinking of retaliation.
He looked down from the window that had been busted open. That lackey had, to his surprise, survived the fall but at the cost of two broken legs. Still, remaining in close proximity with Qin Feng was not an option. Using his jaw and his abdomen, he crawled away with his injuries like a worm on the ground.
Although it was a miserable sight to look at, especially for the soft-hearted and virtuous Lin Derong who had loyally served his people all these years, he could not help but feel a sense of relief.
"Qin Feng, you truly have my respect boy! I'm impressed!" Lin Derong sighed but with a smile.
He was delighted to see one of his children finally "make it" in society!
"Director, apologies for any troubles caused!"
"No, it's me who has troubled you. Look at you, you've grown up too fast! All this old man's gonna do is hold you back!"
"Please don't say such a thing, Sir. I'd be glad to have you hold me back for a lifetime!" Qin Feng replied firmly.
"Hahahaha!" Lin Derong laughed heartily.
Both of them proceeded to talk about current affairs and the events that had unfolded in the past month or two. Qin Feng then discovered that Lin Derong too, had experienced a massive change in his life.
After Qin Feng's rise to power at the newly-established colony, word about it soon spread around Chengbei colony, sending Lin Derong's popularity up into the heavens. Some of the big shots here came by to butter up Lin Derong, with hopes of making some profit out of his relationship with the young mayor.
Lin Derong obviously could not turn down these rich folks as their approach was well-calculated—they only provided donations for the orphanage without explicitly stating their aim.
Lin Derong let the money sit idly out of fear of these unscrupulous men asking him favors which he would be obliged to accept if he were to spend even a single cent of it. Oftentimes, their demands would be over-the-top and be near impossible to meet. His failure would only serve to create unnecessary grudges with these men.
Since Qin Feng was here, Lin Derong made sure to explain the tough spot he was in to the man in order to avoid misunderstandings, like him using Qin Feng's name indiscriminately to gather donations and such.
"Never once, have I heard of anyone refunding donations! Accept it Sir, use it as it was intended to be used!" Qin Feng advised. "Before I forget, Sir, I'd like you to move your orphanage over to Fengli colony. That place is under my control and I'd like these orphans to get the best treatment they could possibly have. From now on, they would be the mainstay of our colony!"
Starting from scratch, human capital was an extremely precious resource. In the coming decade, Qin Feng wanted to establish Fengli colony as a place that would earn the envy of other colonies.
He had the means to do so.
He also possessed the willpower to achieve this dream.
However, this project needed much more than that from Qin Feng.
But this should not be a problem!
"Sure! This old man can still move like a young boy!" Lin Derong beamed.
This time, him moving was not one that was done out of fear. No, its motivation was completely different!
After discussing further with Lin Derong about the matter, Qin Feng bid the orphanage farewell.
The invitation card issued by the Xin family was stored into his spatial runic equipment. However, Qin Feng had a photographic memory of the content printed on it.
He never thought that after suffering great losses, the Xin family would still dare to approach him.
If that was the case then they should not blame him for beating the dog in front of the lion.
He, Qin Feng, was not someone you could push around and get away with it so easily.
There was still three days before the stated date on the card. Of course, Qin Feng would not sit idly by, waiting for these three days to pass.
"Both fleshly strength and consciousness have already reached the E-tier. It's impossible to fine-tune these two in such a short amount of time. However, it seems that my internal strength hasn't reached E-tier yet so we'll probably work on that!"
The best alternative to Asteroid Assimilation was the skill of absorption, used on specially-blended elixirs.
One such elixir was the chakra pill, an F-tier item. However, due to its slow rate of absorption, Qin Feng decided not to use it.
"What we need the most now is the Huizhen Elixir!"
Without leaving even a second to spare, Qin Feng connected to the battle network and searched for said elixir that was currently for sale. Since there was a limited supply that would refresh each day, it was cut-throat expensive, at three million a pop.
Today's supply of Huizhen Elixir had been sold out completely.
Though, Qin Feng knew that the items auctioned by Wanzong were stored in large inventories, with a fixed supply for a handful of large, powerful families.
Qin Feng proceeded to contact the general manager of Wanzong Auction House in Chengyang City, An Zhengwei.
"Mayor Qin!" An Zhengwei smiled at Qin Feng from the other side of the connection. "Is there anything I can help you with, Mayor? I am honored to be of service to you today!"
As he was going through the formalities, his face became visibly surprised when he presumably recognised the E-tier aptitude user's badge on Qin Feng's chest.
However, An Zhengwei did a decent job at disguising his astonishment.
As a merchant, An Zhengwei had a firm grasp on all the news flowing around the locality. He had already known about the Xin family's celebratory event and subsequently, had planned to invite Qin Feng over.
Since Qin Feng had returned from Han Town, while he did not speak of any beast king tier materials for sale, there was still a large amount of profitable items he could turn a profit with. And so, he wanted to contact Qin Feng and offer to buy said items off his hands.
If not, the Xin family could pressure Qin Feng into a deal with them, meaning the money would flow out from Wanzong's hands into their filthy pockets!
Who would have thought that Qin Feng would go through such a massive leap in abilities.
Back when he was still an F7-tier user, he could already take down an E-tier opponent without too much effort. Now that he was an E-tier user, if his ferocity did indeed grow further, then the Xin family might stand a chance to lose out on everything when dealing with Qin Feng.
Soon, An Zhengwei and Qin Feng struck up a long and interesting conversation.
"I need a batch of Huizhen Elixirs. Since I'm dealing with other stuff as well, it may not be very convenient for these things to show up!" Qin Feng said to Zhengwei.
"Huh? What thing?" An Zhengwei eyed Qin Feng curiously.
Qin Feng produced four silver-grey ornaments from his pocket.
No doubt, these were all spatial runic equipment.
And they possessed considerable storage capacities.
One of them was carried by the three men whom the Xin family had sent over to kill Qin Feng. Another one was looted from Xin Guang's body when he was officially beaten to death in the ring.
A lot of them assumed that this item had been completely destroyed during Qin Feng's rampage.
These items however, had instead become Qin Feng's war trophies.
Though, other than these three that he was holding, he still had a handful of other spatial runic equipment tucked somewhere else. For example, the one he got from Professor Wang's crash site as well as those he picked up from the F-tier gunners back at the facility. He had eight of them in total.
These spatial runic equipment were pretty valuable items.
Each square meter was being sold on the market at 5 million yuan. The price only grew higher with each passing day too.
Professor Wang's alone had a total of thirty square meters, making it worth 150 million yuan in the market.
Seeing these spatial runic equipment, An Zhengwei was stunned.
"This is…"
"As you know, my existence is like a thorn in the side of the Xin family. After getting the spatial runic equipment from you, I left Chengbei City, but on the way, I met these three men and uhh…" Qin Feng did not feel the need to explain what happened to these poor souls as the spatial runic equipment in his hand was more than enough for the crafty merchant to get what he was saying.
They had all been killed by Qin Feng.
Since these equipment had been obtained at the cost of human lives, handling it was a hassle and people tend to avoid buying such items. However, Wanzong paid no heed to such petty matters.
If selling it at Chengbei colony was a problem, then the solution would be selling it to the Wanzong Organization, which was from another city!
What would the Xin family do about it? Go over to Fu City or Sea City to get it back?
Who cared about who this thing once belonged to? Anything was A-okay to the organization so long as it was profitable!
Such transactions were no big deal.
"Mayor Qin, how about we discuss this face-to-face?" An Zhengwei said earnestly.
Nodding in agreement, Qin Feng proposed, "Come over to my place then!"
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Chapter 191: Counting Assets
When An Zhengwei arrived at Qinghu Garden, more than an hour had passed. It was then An Zhengwei saw Qin Feng's spoils of war.
It really was a terrifying amount.
Eight spatial rings were clearly priced and would not have made much of a profit. Each estimation had a different value with the total amount of space being two hundred twenty square meters. The total price ended up with a rather terrifying amount.
1.1 billion!
"Recently, you guys at Wanzong held an auction in Sea City, I plan to go there. As for the amount of money, I want it in actual bills!" Qin Feng said.
1.1 billion was no small amount, but for a standard city-level company like Wanzong Trading this kind of transaction was but a trifle.
"Naturally!"
"Oh, there are also a few things still attached to that space. I don't have a use for them. You can make a list and deal with it yourself. If the tier is too low I can have Sun Yu deal with it." Qin Feng added.
"That's not a problem, Mr. Qin, I'll help you contact him!"
"Right!"
The items were all stored inside the space, but they were vastly different in value compared to the gigantic number of spatial items. The net worth of an F-tier aptitude user was usually around one million, no way as prosperous as Qin Feng was.
The net worth of an E-tier aptitude user was leagues higher. Chi Long's shells were about a hundred million each, even just a few of them would have used up a substantial amount of money.
However, Qin Feng did a little bit of digging and found that the net worth of the four dead E-tier aptitude users was almost around two hundred million each. This was accumulated over the years. Even those mutated F-tiers would not have possibly amounted to that much, seven to eight million at most, and those spatial runic equipment was probably given by the laboratory.
The spatial runic equipment containing Professor Wang's massive quantities of precious experimental materials would earn him five hundred million yuan after they were processed.
Just dealing with this batch of scattered things would net Qin Feng around 1.3 billion. When he helped recover Han Town, he obtained 400 million, and Professor Wang's anonymous black card had 150 million.
Counting his combined assets, spatial runic equipment, spoils of war and materials for exchange, Qin Feng added it up to a total of 3 billion.
Ordinary E-tier ability users would have to work themselves to the bone to gain this amount of things that was equivalent to the wealth that Qin Feng possessed!
Of course, most of this amount came from killing people but Qin Feng did not kill innocents, only those that he could not stand. This behavior had made him a thorn in many people's sides, and or, a stumbling block.
After acquiring twenty Huizhen pellets from An Zhengwei, Qin Feng turned off his communicator and shut it down entirely.
In the quiet of the night, as the sky turned dark, Qin Feng sat cross-legged in his training room and felt the turbulence inside his body.
In the dark, Qin Feng visualized his dantian as a cloud of thick mist floating in the air. After the pellets were ingested, an explosive internal force filled his body.
These were pellets designed only for E-tier aptitude users, one single slip of control and the force would tear the body apart.
Fortunately, Qin Feng had his ability.
"Absorb!"
"Absorb!
"Absorb!"
At this point, Qin Feng originally had eighty five groups after cultivating his internal force mist groups. This time, after the pellets were ingested, the mist began to increase again and two days later it expanded to become ninety nine groups. The mist was so dense in the dantian that it felt as if it was too much to bear. After shattering the original limit, his dantian continued to expand and the walls grew thicker to accommodate more internal force.
Not only that, he felt a change within the force itself.
"Sink!"
If the previous type of internal force was mist-like and floated in the air, this time, the internal force seemed to have gained some weight, fusing together into a cloud-like shape sinking to the lower parts of the dantian.
In F tier, the internal force was more or less like a gas, all mist like.
In E tier, the internal force would condense into a sea of clouds.
The sea of clouds fell into the deeper portions of the dantian, the clouds rolled, almost wave-like, in their movements.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
"Sink again!"
The fluffy mist turned into a sea of clouds and started sinking.
The third layer, the fourth layer, the fifth…
Very quickly, the inner portions of his dantian began to hold up to ten layers of the sea-like clouds.
If one layer of cloud represented one stage of an E tier ancient warrior, then Qin Feng's internal force had reached the peak of E tier.
However, Qin Feng had always been nine times more powerful than the other aptitude users. He had a solid foundation, the special ability of Asteroid Assimilation, the absorption ability, and now he had extraordinary strength and dantian capacity.
"Hoo!" Qin Feng let out a breath, feeling the roaring sea that was his internal force, and he felt more confident in having to face the Xin family.
"A birthday feast? You mean Feast at Hongmen[1]?" Qin Feng let out a frosty laugh. "Xin family, your turn to make a move!"
The next day, Qin Feng took Bai Li along in the luxury class hover limousine that Chi Long had gifted to them to Chengyang City.
This time around, it had only been half a month. For the Xin family who had been standing in Chengyang City for forty years, it was only the blink of an eye.
The Xin family was very big and had an extensive background.
That very morning, the front door already had an endless stream of people. The other four big families had also sent over their juniors, all of which were F-tier aptitude users. Some were actually seniors in their forties and some were twenty-year-old rising stars.
At the front door of the Xin family's manor stood Xin Jiasheng and a young man with a prominent expression which made him look slightly fierce. They were both greeting the guests.
This person who was fierce-looking was the Xin family main line's number one, having already reached E-tier at just the age of twenty nine. He was called Xin Jiayu.
"I don't know if this Qin Feng person you mentioned would even show up. I really want to meet him, someone who can kill a piece of trash like Xin Guang is probably a strong one!"
Being of E-tier, their strengths would be different, but for a genius who could smash the boundaries and challenge outside of the order, it was someone to be held in contempt.
Although Xin Guang was older than Xin Jiasheng and Xin Jiayu, he was of a side branch and they were not that close to each other. With every new addition to the family, the stronger the family would become, but the internal competition would also become more and more intense.
"Brother, please be careful. The person that went to invite Qin Feng came back with the news about him reaching E tier. Don't underestimate him and don't end up making things go awry!"
Xin Jiasheng originally wanted to warn his brother to not underestimate his enemy but after the words came out of his mouth it made him seem weak.
"Trash, you've got some nerve!" Xin Jiayu exclaimed.
Xin Jiasheng's face turned red but he did not refute. He could only turn to a newcomer and welcome them by putting a smile on his face. This was extremely uncomfortable for him!
It was 10am, the banquet was about to start yet there was no sign of this Qin Feng person. Xin Jiayu glowered.
Although ancient warriors were not bothered by the temperature outside or get tired from just standing still for a very long time, Xin Jiayu felt like he was losing face.
Then, all of a sudden, a special luxury hover limousine drove in from the distance. The energy fluid required to fuel this kind of vehicle was expensive, only a few special families in Chengyang City could afford to drive such a car!
But those people who could were all inside already!
"Who is that?" was the thought that appeared in Xin Jiasheng and Xin Jiayu's heads
Finally, the car stopped at the side of the road and when the car door opened, they saw that the person they had been waiting for had arrived!
It was Qin Feng!
[1] This refers to the Feast at Swan Goose Gate, a historical event where the future Han emperor Liu Bang escaped a murder attempt by Xiang Yu, a warlord that rebelled against the Qin Dynasty.
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Chapter 192: Just Attending
Qin Feng was wearing a custom-tailored suit. Prior to his rebirth, he had attended countless events like these and naturally would not be flustered by the situation. He even knew the proper etiquette.
He was not wearing any rune equipment except for a ring with a silver and grey gem on his finger. This ring was nothing more than a piece of spatial runic equipment meant to grab people's attention.
It was not polite for guests to bring weapons to the doors of their hosts.
Qin Feng went to the front passenger seat and opened the car door.
A pair of slender feet that looked like white jade stepped out, on it a pair of exquisite high-heels. The fair ankles looked so fragile that it seemed like they would break at any moment. The exposed calves were delicate and perfect like white porcelain.
Looking even further, a fairy-esque gauze skirt emerged and a devastatingly beautiful face had also entered the people's line of sight.
The surrounding people who had been watching widened their eyes, not wanting to miss a single second of this sight. It was as if it came straight from a dream, like a fairy that would disappear at any moment.
This person was Bai Li.
Xin Jiasheng was the first to react, clearly seeing the two and he exclaimed, "Qin Feng!"
Bai Li gently lifted her hand and the hover car was sucked into her pocket space, then she held onto Qin Feng's arm, following after him.
A handsome boy and a gorgeous girl, all eyes were on them for quite some time.
"So that's Qin Feng!"
"Is that the mayor of the new colony?"
"Did you hear? The Xin family sent someone to invite Qin Feng but he broke the person's legs and threw him out!"
"Twenty one wins in a row in the combat pit, I didn't expect him to be so young."
"It's said that Fu City awarded him with an E-tier aptitude user badge. I'm not sure if he actually is an E-tier aptitude user."
A group of people murmured among themselves with an air of suspicion and hope for entertainment in their eyes.
These people did not know of Qin Feng's strength. Besides, Qin Feng changed into a suit today and was not wearing the E-tier aptitude user badge, which raised questions among the people.
At this time, Qin Feng had walked to Xin Jiasheng's side.
"Didn't think you'd show up!" Xin Jiasheng said with a gaze full of resentment. Even though he didn't fight in the combat pit, he had lost a lot of face. It was Xin Jiasheng's fault that the family lost a respected elder, so how could he not hate Qin Feng.
The head of the Xin family, who was also Xin Jiasheng's grandfather, was extremely furious at him. There were no further arrangements to have anyone else be his bodyguard so Xin Jiasheng would not dare display his arrogance.
Yet, how could he stay calm after seeing the culprit behind his current problems?
"Your family had the guts to invite me, so I think I should have some guts to come!" Qin Feng said dismissively.
At this moment, Xin Jiayu's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.
"So this is Mayor Qin, your name has been known for a long time as a thunder piercing the ears[1]!"
Xin Jiayu extended his hand and seemed to be very enthusiastic about Qin Feng. It was only the coldness in his eyes that made it look like he was staring holes into people.
Qin Feng did not seem to have felt that and also extended his hand to shake hands with the other person.
"Nice to meet you!"
The moment the two men's hands were clasped, a wave of internal force erupted from the palm of each hand, and a powerful blast of air seemed to collide with one another, strong enough to scour the flesh off one's body.
What sounded like the roaring ocean came from the hands of the two.
The two E-tier ancient warriors were comparing each other's internal power. It was only for a moment, and Xin Jiayu's complexion paled, his eyes looked like he was in a perilous situation.
Beads of sweat the size of beans began to form on his forehead.
"Hehe, Mayor Qin. This way… please!" The way the last word came out from his mouth sounded like it was spoken through gritted teeth.
Qin Feng smiled faintly, watching Xin Jiayu withdraw his hand, trying to make his action natural.
"I'm not one to reject such courtesy!"
Qin Feng gave the hand a firm grip before retracting his hand and walking away.
Xin Jiayu's eyes bulged but he gritted his teeth and did not cry out. It was after Qin Feng had left that his hand began to swell and turn bloody red, like someone had used a hammer and smashed it.
Qin Feng's display of strength just now shattered the bones in his hand.
Xin Jiasheng did not know what the big deal was with Xin Jiayu, he found himself being overwhelmed with discontent when he saw that Qin Feng had just swaggered in unhindered.
"Brother, you just let him in?" He did not even embarrass the guy in the slightest and just let him pass.
"Shut it!" Xin Jiayu was annoyed, he secretly believed that his brother was actually blind.
It was then, Xin Jiasheng stowed away his hatred for Qin Feng as he noticed that something was not quite right with Xin Jiayu as his face had turned pale.
Then, Qin Feng suddenly stopped and a burning gold invitation appeared in his hand.
"Oh yeah, I didn't give you my invitation!" After saying that, the invitation filled with internal force flew from ten meters away.
Xin Jiasheng watched the golden invitation sail through the air with a trail of energy behind it, like it was a sharp weapon flying through the air so fast that it could not be avoided. Xin Jiasheng immediately raised a hand to snatch it out of the air.
He had not noticed the internal force contained in the invitation and the moment Xin Jiasheng touched it, it was like a venomous viper that had sunk its fangs into his skin, the internal force drilling itself into his palm.
Xin Jiasheng was unprepared and suddenly felt the internal force enter his hand.
Ancient warriors all had protection against internal force, even if Xin Jiasheng did not actively infuse his internal force to protect himself, his own power would have automatically defended the body.
However, this protection had a certain limit, and compared to Qin Feng's internal force, Xin Jiasheng's might as well have been like a clay chicken[2].
In the next moment, the internal force unleashed reckless destruction, causing all of the meridians in the hand that received the invitation to be shredded.
This was much more painful than getting bones crushed.
"Argh!" Xin Jiasheng did not have the same fortitude as Xin Jiayu, and he screamed on the spot.
The surrounding area fell dead silent.
With just having arrived, Qin Feng had already incapacitated two hands that belonged to the youngest ones of the Xin family's most powerful users. It was with great pride that they welcomed guests for the Xin family but now they seemed so vulnerable.
It was not that they were weak, it was that Qin Feng was too strong!
"Shut up and let's go!" Xin Jiayu could not bear the pain anymore, grabbing Xin Jiasheng with his good hand, he dragged him off to find the family doctor.
He stormed past Qin Feng, who gave him a chilling grin.
How dare he make him lose face, combined with the want of revenge, he was definitely going to make complaints about Qin Feng.
Today, if the Xin family were to not treat him kindly, then he was not going to treat them kindly either.
The courtyard of the Xin household was huge, and a red carpet was laid all the way through the manor's halls with servants moving about, leading guests to the largest hall within the house.
Qin Feng and Bai Li were naturally not guided, in fact they were met with avoidance. Qin Feng did not need to be guided, he led Bai Li to find the entrance before entering the hall.
The hall was fitted with a buffet, with garments of extravagance moving about and the tinkling of wine glasses. Many people in the slums could not even afford to eat and yet compared to this scene it was like viewing an entirely different world.
Behind the vermilion gates, meat and wine go to waste while out on the road lie the bones of the frozen[3]!
"All the food here looks so delicious!" Bai Li's eyes lit up. Qin Feng took Bai Li to the barbeque station for her to start eating to her heart's content, scarfing down whatever she could pick up.
As Bai Li entered the hall, she caught many people's attention and her manners were not exactly something to write home about. Some people looked at the two with a dumbfounded expression, quickly asking the others nearest to them who they were looking at. Faces changed and emotions shifted as they learned of the two's identities.
Qin Feng then spotted an acquaintance.
It was An Zhengwei who he made a transaction with three days ago.
[1] A Chinese saying for 'A well-known reputation'.
[2] A Chinese saying for 'A shape but no substance'.
[3] A Chinese saying for 'Wasting resources on personal desires', also used to represent how lavish the scene is.
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