allendalepharm Chapter 106 The Scavenger
Chapter 106 The Scavenger
Chapter 106 The Scavenger (Happy Chinese New Year)
However, he was not the only one with similar thoughts.
Han Xiao glanced at the dozen or so Scavenger ships constantly maneuvering and attacking outside the porthole, then suddenly frowned, recognizing one of their markings: "Boneless Bird?"
He looked at Kerrod: "Is it that person?"
Kerrod nodded solemnly: "That should be it."
A few days ago, a man named Sisoli approached him, wanting to make a deal with him.
The proud Kerrod, recognizing Sisoli's tattoos as a scavenger, promptly rejected him.
Now it seems that Sisoli is clearly in cahoots with those scavenger ships outside.
"This is troublesome." Han Xiao clicked his tongue. "These scavengers will most likely force their way onto the Short Angle Starship. We need to get the weapons first."
Li Yuan nodded: "That's right. With so many of us, as long as we're properly armed, they won't be able to defeat us so easily."
With that, he charged ahead towards the hall's exit, melting a large hole in the metal door that blocked his way with the flames, and the others followed behind him.
As they rushed toward the cargo hold, the entire spaceship continued to vibrate from the impact.
This indicates that the Star Shorter never managed to enter the warp orbit as the captain had predicted, and was still being relentlessly attacked by the scavengers.
Clearly, those scavengers were very experienced in looting and had long been prepared with devices to prevent the spaceship from entering a warp.
Suddenly, a tremor ten times stronger than before struck, causing the entire spaceship to shake violently.
Han Xiao and Kerrod's expressions changed simultaneously: "Oh no, they've already broken in!"
Li Yuan's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice, "Quickly, go to the warehouse and retrieve your weapons and equipment, then split into three groups!"
"We must get to the spaceship's main control room; we can't let those scavengers take control of the spaceship."
"Go find the captain and his crew to prevent them from being kidnapped by the scavengers and having their control of the spaceship taken away."
"Our last resort is to find the emergency escape pods. A spaceship this big must be equipped with enough emergency facilities; this is our last line of defense!"
Han Xiao nodded: "That makes sense!"
For this group, splitting up has a significant advantage: although the scavengers are now using communication jammers, they cannot block unimpeded communication between players.
No matter how far apart they are, communication between players remains unaffected.
After the groups were divided, the group sped off towards the warehouse.
One side of the Shorthorn Star's energy shield was hit by the Scavenger ship's powerful firepower, creating a gap that was difficult to repair immediately.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, several scavenger ships extended their hard mechanical rams and rammed into it.
A large group of scavengers thus successfully entered the Short Arc Star and began to attack the people inside the ship.
Despite their desperate resistance, the guards on the spaceship were outmatched and suffered repeated defeats.
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boom!
The leader of the boneless birds, named "Snake Braid," was a towering four meters tall with bulging muscles. Wielding a massive warhammer, he smashed a spaceship guard in front of him to pieces, shouting, "Kill them all! Get to the control room and take over the ship!"
Meanwhile, in the main control room of the Star Shorter, the captain, sweating profusely, directed the crew around him: "Has the distress signal been sent out yet? Hurry up, do I need to teach you how to do it?!"
"Can't jump?! Then hurry and fly to Godora's restricted area!"
"Where are the guards? Did they stop those scavengers?"
"What? There's only a third left, not enough to stop the scavengers?"
Watching the guards fall one after another in retreat on the monitor screen, and the scavengers advancing relentlessly towards the control room, the captain was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he immediately shouted, "Quick! Check the passenger list and see if there are any powerful superhumans!"
One of the crew members immediately did so, and then the screen displayed the identity information and photos of several people.
"The Green Knight? He's on the ship! That's great!" The captain was overjoyed upon seeing one of the messages.
He immediately turned on the intercom and urgently announced, "Passengers, there is an emergency!"
"The scavengers have breached the spaceship and are heading towards the control room!"
"I hope passengers with fighting ability can come to help as soon as possible. I am willing to pay a high reward, as this is also to save yourselves—"
His voice echoed throughout the spaceship, heard not only by the passengers but also by the intruding scavenger.
boom!
The snake-braided body was shrouded in a grayish-white martial arts aura. The bullets and energy beams fired by the spaceship guards could only leave shallow marks when they hit him.
Upon hearing the captain's words over the loudspeaker, he burst into wild laughter, and with each swing of his warhammer, a guard was smashed into a bloody pulp.
Soon, the terrified guards disappeared one after another, no longer daring to stand in his way.
Snake Braid led his men forward, strutting along and taking passengers hostage by shackles.
Suddenly, the voices of the scavengers heading towards the control room came through the communicator: "SOS! SOS! There are powerful superhumans blocking our way! SOS! Ah!"
Upon hearing the screams coming from the communicator, Snake Braid immediately led his men towards the spaceship's main control room.
Along the way, the ground was littered with the corpses of scavengers.
Just as he was about to reach the control room, a fountain-like green light suddenly erupted, and the scavengers in its path were all slammed against the walls, their bodies twisted and spurting out blood of various colors.
The Green Knight, on whom the captain had placed high hopes, stood with a stern face in front of the main control room corridor, his body shimmering with green light, making his mechanical limbs appear dark green.
Although he appears to have many prosthetic limbs, he is actually a superhuman whose superpower is manipulating the shape-forming green energy within him.
Upon seeing him, the snake-braided man grinned widely and said, "Green Knight Relton, a remnant of the Sunil tribe, hehe, not bad, not bad!"
His eyes gleamed with excited fighting spirit as he charged forward, brandishing his massive warhammer.
The Green Knight, however, did not have such a rich expression. His eyes remained extremely calm, and his mechanical arm folded and deformed to reveal a dark cannon muzzle, firing laser beams that reaped the lives of the scavengers in front of him.
Other scavengers who were hit were almost always either killed or seriously injured.
But the laser only left charred streaks on the snake braid. He laughed without a care, his stone-gray martial arts aura surging around him as he swung his warhammer down at the Green Knight.
boom!
The Green Knight raised his hand and released a green light shield, blocking the heavy blow.
In an instant, a deafening sound rang out, and a huge shockwave swept in all directions.
Snake Braid felt as if he had crashed into a solid wall, the warhammer rebounding and propelling his body backward.
The Green Knight also felt a powerful force strike him, causing his green light shield to tremble violently and forcing him to retreat.
"Again!"
Snake Braids roared and charged forward again, swinging its warhammer down fiercely.
The Green Knight once again released green light to form a shield, while continuously launching attacks at the snake braid.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—
After several collisions, the Green Knight began to pant heavily, sweating profusely, and scorching air emanated from his back, releasing the pressure of overloaded mechanical limbs.
Releasing supernatural abilities requires consuming energy.
While the modified mechanical implants on his body enhanced his combat capabilities, they did not generate any physical strength.
Therefore, his total strength is much lower than that of other superhumans of the same level, and his ability endurance is naturally not high.
"Hahaha----"
The Green Knight, panting heavily, pondered his next move.
At the end of the passage behind him was the spaceship's main control room; if he lost, it would inevitably be impossible to hold it.
Now he has to face not only Snake Braid, but also his henchmen who keep shooting at him from the sidelines.
He couldn't ignore their attacks either, and he needed to expend his energy to create a shield using his special abilities to defend against them.
Over time, little by little, his strength was rapidly depleted, and he was almost unable to withstand the giant hammer of the snake braid.
boom!
Snake Braid laughed loudly, his stone-gray martial arts aura coiling around his warhammer, before he slammed it down again.
This time, the green light shield created by the Green Knight couldn't hold up and quickly shattered.
The massive warhammer crashed down on the Green Knight's body, instantly shattering half of his body, sending various parts flying everywhere and clattering to the ground.
The Green Knight was sent flying by the attack and crashed into the wall, but there was no pain on his face, only a growing solemnity.
After a quick assessment, he determined that he could not stop these scavengers, so he immediately cut his losses, abandoned the captain's mission, and made a run for it.
The only reason he chose to help protect the spaceship was the reward offered by the captain, but he would never have agreed if the price was his life.
Therefore, after realizing that the mission was virtually impossible and that he would likely lose his life, he immediately turned and fled without hesitation, intending to find an escape pod to escape the spaceship.
In the control room, watching the Green Knight escape on the monitor, the captain closed his eyes in anguish, his body went limp, and he slumped into his chair: "It's over! It's all over!"
Snake Braid watched the Green Knight's fleeing figure, thought for a moment but decided not to chase after him, intending to take over the control room first.
boom!
He raised his warhammer high, his martial arts aura erupting, and smashed the door of the control room with a powerful blow.
The captain shuddered, startled by the loud noise and opened his eyes.
Just as he was about to shout "surrender," a streak of fire suddenly flashed through the passage, like a long dragon, and arrived at the door of the main control room in the blink of an eye, knocking the horrified snake-braided man flying backward and crashing into the passage in front of the main control room door.
He quickly struggled to his feet again, glared at Li Yuan standing at the control room door, and roared, "Another one! Kill him!"
The scavengers opened fire, unleashing a dense barrage of bullets and beams of light towards Li Yuanfei.
Li Yuan showed no fear. With a casual wave of his hand, a curtain of fire appeared in front of him, blocking all the attacks.
This swift and unexpected turn of events made the captain's heart leap into his throat, which had already plummeted to rock bottom.
Looking at Li Yuan's calm expression, he nervously swallowed and stammered, "You—you're also a passenger?"
When he was searching for powerful superhumans among the passengers, Li Yuan wasn't even on the list.
Seeing how powerful Li Yuan was, the captain was momentarily bewildered.
"You said you'd pay a high reward?" Li Yuan turned around and glanced at the captain.
"Yes, yes! As long as you can stop them, the amount will definitely satisfy you!" The captain was taken aback, but quickly replied.
He had thought he was in dire straits, but now a glimmer of hope was right in front of him, and he was determined to grasp this last straw.
"Very well, I hope you won't go back on your word." Li Yuan sneered and walked straight out of the control room, while the curtain of fire still stood there, blocking the doorway that no longer had a door.
Bang bang bang————
As a dense hail of bullets and beams of light hurtled towards him, Li Yuan calmly uttered a low shout: "Attack!"
The next moment, a dark red energy surge struck the back of his head from behind the snake braid.
As a martial artist, and with the added benefit of the Rock Giant bloodline, Snake Braid has very strong physical defense.
However, correspondingly, his mental resilience is much weaker.
Hela's attack, possessing both physical and mental attributes, struck his head. The physical attack didn't do anything to him, but the mental bombardment completely stunned him.
The next moment, thick blood gushed from his mouth and nose, and he collapsed to the ground with a dizzying sensation, as if he had lost control of his body and was unable to get up.
At this moment, a fireball appeared in Li Yuan's palm, from which countless lines of fire shot out, dispersing the incoming attacks while precisely piercing the heads of every scavenger henchman except for the one with the snake braid.
In an instant, the sounds of people falling to the ground echoed one after another.
Just then, Hela and Aurora appeared not far away and came to Li Yuan's side.
"What should we do with him? Kill him?" Hela pointed to Snake Braid, the only scavenger still alive in the area.
Li Yuan thought for a moment, then shook his head: "There's no need for that. He seems to be a wanted criminal from some civilization. Just handcuff him and take him to exchange for money."
As he spoke, he took out a mechanical shackle made by Han Xiao from his pocket and threw it onto the fallen snake braid.
This thing was originally a black ring. After it was put around the snake braid's neck, it automatically unfolded and transformed, forming a set of sturdy shackles on his body.
After glancing at the still slightly twitching snake braid, Li Yuan nodded, confirming that there was no way he could break free of the shackles.
He snapped his fingers, looked at Hela and Aurora, and laughed, "We're done here. Now, let's see how Han Xiao and the others fare."