Cosmic Demon

Chapter 288 The Kill List, Anti-Hunting!
The sky trembled, and a thunderous roar filled the air!
Countless small battlefields, divided and fragmented, were filled with the mingled smells of gunpowder and blood, like a thick, sticky swamp, engulfing everyone.

Lines of exoskeletons marched forward, like silent statues of death, their powered weapons roaring, their cold serrations turning, slicing through one minion after another, blood splattering and soaking the scorched earth, a scene as cruel as a battlefield!

"Break through the blockade! Unleash a barrage of fire!"

The mental fluctuations, like electronic signals, flowed through the encrypted channels of each squad.

Suddenly, a corner of the vast, gloomy dome, filled with dark clouds, burst open!
The human side seized the opportunity!
Bullets fired from gun barrels, machine guns spat fire, and a deadly torrent of metal wiped out large swathes of the horde of summoned creatures in an instant.

But the lower-ranking servants are merely pure aggregates of flesh and blood, so cheap that they cost virtually nothing. They are piled up to form the first line of defense, used to hinder the advance.

The firepower coverage lasted for less than thirty seconds before the dense, dark energy flow filled the gap again, the torn sky suddenly closed, and the roar of the firearms also came to an abrupt end.

"Advance! Advance! Twenty minutes! We must take the position ahead!"

A colonel-level officer used psionic communications to issue orders to each unit.

The new recruits, who were not equipped with armor, launched the charge; they were only equipped with the most basic powered weapons.

Blades, chainsaws, and battle axes—tear your enemies apart with ancient and primal violence!

"War. This is the most realistic picture of war."

Near the polluted area of ​​the eastern district, an airship takes off, its bright and dazzling "Divine Machine" emblem shining like a lighthouse in the night, dispelling the thick fog.

"Lieutenant! The exorcism ritual can guarantee about thirty-five minutes of operation, during which time the airship will remain unaffected. However, if the level of contamination worsens, the time will be halved!"

Inside the airship cabin, the accompanying liaison officer gave a report.

"Twelve minutes is more than enough."

Qin Shi, dressed in a junior officer's uniform, nodded and tapped his fingers on the military knife resting on his lap.

"Akimoto, Kodama, proceed as planned."

Two kilometers ahead below the airship.

"Boss! There are about 150 night bats behind me!"

"I have 374 of them. If they pounce on me, I'll be sucked dry in less than half a second!"

The flashing spiritual imprints in the sea of ​​consciousness link Qin Shi's mind with that of Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang, facilitating communication.

In contaminated areas, sophisticated electronic devices cannot be used; psionic energy is the most effective alternative.

"Xiao Tang, scan the area and see if there are any targets on the kill list."

Qin Shi ignored the panic and tension emanating from Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang within the mental imprint. He closed his eyes and gently stroked the Perfect Electric Vibration Saber with his fingertips.

"[Morgan]! There's a second-level disaster-level guy, an elite member of his retinue, Nightbat Morgan!"

Ye Xiaotang was panting heavily, as if she were running at full speed, with the whistling wind rushing past her ears.

"It's too undervalued."

Qin Shi shook his head.

"Boss, if it were a level three disaster, we wouldn't even be able to run! Nightbats can fly!"

Ye Xiaotang reminded her.

She was hysterical, like a corporate slave about to be driven mad by an unreasonable client.

Long Qiuyuan swung his twin swords, turned around and cleaved two night bats that were flapping their wings and coming at him. Their skin was dark red and their bodies were filled with the power of shadow.

"Nightbats of the third level of the Disaster mechanic usually possess the abilities of 'Phase Shuttle' or 'Psionic Scream'. If we can wipe out this group of nightbats, we should be able to attract the 'Nightbat King' sleeping inside the nest."

Long Qiuyuan's life force surged, and he unleashed a crescent-shaped wave with all his might. The night bats, whose disaster level was relatively low, instantly exploded, and their flesh and blood rained down from the sky!

"Then give it a try."

When Qin Shi activated his life magnetic field, he indeed sensed a powerful, yet hidden, fluctuation—cold, slippery, like a large cloud of blood mist.

"We need to at least earn back the fuel costs for the airship's takeoff."

This airship, named "Kirov," was specially allocated by the city of Poplar Wall and was the "ride" of a colonel-level officer.

With a payload of 15 tons, a speed of 120 knots, a loiter altitude of 3,000 meters, and a radar sensing range radius of 300 kilometers.

Its main functions include communication relay, battlefield surveillance, and beyond-line-of-sight positioning.

This thing is cool and easy to use, but it costs three energy units for each takeoff, and the consumption increases by one unit every ten minutes of flight.

Ordinary officers simply cannot afford to squander it.

"Boss! Help! I can't hold on any longer!"

Ye Xiaotang raised her hands to indicate that she was not a combat unit and was having some difficulty dealing with the Night Bats' pursuit.

"it is good."

Qin Shi opened his eyes and got up.

The liaison officer struggled to pull open the hatch, and a gust of wind rushed in, blowing up the dark military uniform, the hem of the overcoat flying backward, and the hair on his forehead being disheveled.

"Lieutenant Qin Shi of Baiyang Fortress City has joined the battlefield."

Qin Shi took a deep breath, and the intertwined life forces converged to form a field.

Platinum-gold light rose from within him, overflowing and swirling around his body, clinging firmly to the surface of his uniform.

Under the influence of the life magnetic field, the dormant fluctuations in the night bat nest, about two kilometers away from the airship, are beginning to awaken.

Qin Shi arrived at the cabin door, and the area he created resembled a towering mountain, blocking the strong winds from entering.

He gripped the still-sheathed Perfect Shock Saber, lowered his center of gravity, leaned forward, and leaped down!

"If I'm not mistaken, Lieutenant Qin doesn't seem to be carrying any landing gear?"

The liaison officer was somewhat taken aback.

He had little contact with this excessively young lieutenant and hadn't gotten used to Qin Shi's way of doing things.

"At an altitude of three thousand meters, it won't affect Lieutenant Qin."

"That's what the airship pilot said."

This was his second time taking off. He thought of the last time when the lieutenant, who was not even twenty years old, single-handedly used his military knife to smash seven or eight bio-armored creatures parasitized by electronic demons.

The extreme violence and overwhelming force left a deep impression on the airship pilots.

"Lieutenant Qin has only just passed the fifth dan of the professional level, right?"

The liaison officer had reviewed the relevant files and had a rough understanding of his "superior".

"To establish oneself in the extraordinary realm at this age is itself a powerful testament. Even within the fifth dan, there are varying levels of skill."

The airship pilot chuckled, unable to resist the urge to light a cigarette during the hovering pause to refresh himself.

"But this is three thousand meters in the air. Without any protection, a rapid fall would shatter even a steel body!"

The liaison officer still couldn't understand. He looked down, but the clouds obscured the figure of the lieutenant in his uniform, and he could no longer see him.

……

……

A fierce wind surged, and Qin Shi crashed through the thick, flowing clouds that resembled layered mountain peaks. He plummeted straight down, and as the weight of the field continued to increase, his descent speed accelerated.

"One thousand meters, eight hundred meters..." Qin Shi counted silently. When only three hundred meters remained in the dangerous low altitude, he suddenly swung his electric shock saber, which was drawn with a clang and slashed through the void.

A crack was cleaved out, quickly opening outwards to form a portal below.

Qin Shi was swallowed up and suddenly disappeared, leaving the night bats, whose attention had been drawn to him, astonished.

Two seconds later, the void opened, and the portal reappeared.

Against the pitch-black backdrop, the military overcoat fluttered like a cannonball hitting the ground!
In that instant, the platinum-gold sun expanded, transforming from a condensed point of light into a dazzling spectacle!
The blade vibrated, its light surged, and it swept across dozens of meters!

boom!
Ye Xiaotang, who was fleeing, stopped in her tracks. Her dark eyes reflected a thick bolt of lightning, red and black, which was pulled and turned, twisting and turning, like a dragon soaring into the sky, tearing apart the fragile space of the polluted area, and then being detonated!

The bright light spread wildly, and the fluctuations of life force were like thousands of steel needles, causing a slight stinging sensation on her skin!
The airflow, like a rising tide, pushed outwards in waves, causing Ye Xiaotang to stagger and forcing her to mobilize her life force to fight back.

Long Qiuyuan also planted his twin swords in the ground and bent down slightly to avoid being hit by the terrifying storm.

"The sheer purity and intensity of this fluctuation in vitality is truly terrifying!"

As a P9 at Xuyang Heavy Industry, she had seen top students from the four national universities, as well as various monstrous academic geniuses and freakish academic prodigies, but compared to her boss, they all seemed to pale in comparison.

"The word 'scorching sun' is truly fitting. It makes all the stars pale in comparison, shining alone over the Milky Way!"

The platinum-gold sun exploded with a deafening roar, its intense light almost robbing all living things of their senses.

After waiting for a while, Ye Xiaotang and Long Qiuyuan regained their vision and could see things clearly.

One after another, the night bats, flying and howling wildly, seemed to be cleaved open, with blood lines appearing on their faces, before turning into pieces of flesh and blood!
call!
The layers of air currents pushed back and swirled, blowing the black coat with gold trim.

The Perfect Shock Saber was sheathed, and Qin Shi stood steadily on the ground, his hands gripping the hilt.

The surroundings were filled with blood and gore!

After reaching the fifth dan of the professional level, the martial arts path begins to show "dominance" and "destructiveness".

A swarm of hundreds of night bats, averaging at the second level of disaster level, would be a major headache even for a fully armed vanguard.

But during the Qin Dynasty, they dealt with them as easily as sweeping away garbage.

“Abnormal items are indeed very useful.”

Qin Shi completed this surprise attack by rappelling down 3,000 meters, relying on the portal he obtained from the Spider's Nest, which he then bound to the Perfect Electric Shock Saber.

With a swing, you can cut through the void and enter instantly, then step out from it again!
"Xiao Tang, collect samples and submit them to the Fortress City. You can exchange them for some daily resources."

Qin Shi smiled.

Even the smallest mosquito is still meat; we can't let it go.

He was exceptionally granted the rank and privileges of a lieutenant by Yao Guodong, the administrative head of Baiyang Fortress City, and given command of a well-resourced "spearhead company".

They were essentially in charge.

"Only when you're in charge do you realize how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are."

Qin Shi sighed inwardly, noting that every time he went on a mission, his equipment had to be repaired, and if it was severely damaged, it had to be reconfigured, including firearms, chainsaws, and so on.

Then there are airships, tanks and other vehicles, which are huge expenses, not to mention the medical and training resources specifically provided for oneself.

This forced Qin Shi to transform into a "destined worker," active on the western front, keeping an eye on the nests of the creatures on the "kill list."

In just half a month, he has succeeded in one after another, taking down a third-level disaster with one hand, and has earned the nickname "Family Killer".

"Okay, boss."

Ye Xiaotang was chased and screamed, but she worked very efficiently, immediately collecting the contamination samples with research value and putting them into specially made transparent plastic bags.

She was quite professional at cleaning up the battlefield, finishing the task quickly and efficiently.

"The plan to lure the snake out of its hole seems to have succeeded, boss."

Long Qiuyuan gazed into the distance, where the life force fluctuations, like a black tide, were rapidly approaching, causing her to tremble and feel a chill creeping in.

The source of such a strong sense of threat must be a third-level catastrophe, and at an extremely high level of evolution.

"Back off."

A look of anticipation flashed in Qin Shi's eyes.

"I will take over the battlefield."

During the conversation, a huge shadow was cast across the dark sky, the outline of a bat-like creature with a wingspan of twenty meters.

The power of shadow solidified, resembling a large dark cloud, and traversed several kilometers in just a few flashes!
"Phase travel? The ability to fly between the material universe and the Netherworld."

Qin Shi raised an eyebrow. The enormous bat shadow, like a movie with frames cut out, had already enveloped him with a few leaps that seemed to teleport instantly!

Screech!

His mind was filled with a blood mist, which, along with the sound waves emitted by the Night Bat King, instantly invaded Qin Shi's sea of ​​consciousness.

The mental defenses that had been set up were easily breached!

This is the talent of the Night Bat Kin.

They can emit psionic sound waves with frequencies comparable to those of the Netherworld, and the range of these waves expands as their evolutionary level increases.

Once covered, one will have to undergo a "willpower check," and the loser's flesh will be stripped from the bones, leaving only a skeleton.

“There’s a bit of intensity, but not much.”

Qin Shi shook his head slightly, his consciousness like a stone thrown into a pond, creating ripples that quickly subsided.

His mental fortitude was so strong that Old He had honed it to perfection with the "Void Meditation Method," making the Night Bat King's psychic sound waves utterly inadequate.

"Are there any other tricks?"

During the Qin Dynasty, he never drew his sword. Morgan, the Night Bat King, possessed the ability to travel through phases, and his movements were so ghostly that he was difficult to lock onto.

"So you're the damned human who dared to trespass into their lair and hunt their creatures?"

Morgan the Night Bat spread his wings and hovered in mid-air, his shadow power surging and covering hundreds of meters.

The cold yet slippery fluctuations in his mind, like tentacles reaching out to Qin Shi, recoiled abruptly as soon as they touched the blazing white-gold sun, as if they had touched a red-hot iron plate and were in great pain.

"Since you knew it was me, you still came here willingly to deliver your head. I really admire your courage."

Qin Shi strode forward, and the bright, white-gold sun rose from his body, shining brightly and piercing the dark sky of the polluted area.

He deliberately moved closer to the enormous Night Bat King, approaching the shadow field it released.

"Arrogant! Boastful!"

Morgan the Night Bat sneered:
"You've slaughtered so many of your familiars, you've already been spotted! This is the 'Deep Zone,' your battle lines can't be pushed forward, in other words, no one will come to your rescue!"

Unmoved, Qin Shi continued forward, and the white-gold sun became increasingly real.

Rays of light materialized, gradually fading the dark, inky field that had been like thick ink.

"I'm afraid this dream can't be realized by you alone."

Qin Shi's gaze was calm, and his life magnetic field seemed to sense something. There was more than just the Night Bat King, a third-level catastrophe-level creature, in this vicinity!

"Trying to hunt me back? Very well, I need more resources!"

Realizing this was a deliberate, targeted attempt to lure Qin Shi into a trap, he was actually quite pleased, a smile spreading across his face, like a starving person receiving a sumptuous takeout meal delivered to their door.

We can't wait to start eating!
(End of this chapter)