I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Chapter 149 This is what the Chosen One is like; the harvest still comes from piloting more Gundams.

The mandrill looked at the pirate leader lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance, stroked his chin, and said with a suspicious expression:

"How long has it been? How did you become so strong?"

"This sky pirate's individual combat strength has reached level 5 or above... Level 5, do you know what that means? In the inner circle, he can be considered a well-known figure. He would be more than qualified to be a squadron leader in White Crow."

"You just killed him like that..."

"Xue Jing, you wouldn't be secretly hiding some kind of daily sign-in upgrade system from your buddies, would you?"

Xue Jing remained unmoved, simply waving his hand and saying casually:

"What are you thinking? You've been reading too many novels. There are no systems or panels in reality. I was just suddenly chosen by an alien god and became the so-called chosen one of the gods."

The mandrill scratched its head: "I've heard of chosen ones... but are they really that exaggerated?"

“This is what the chosen one of God is like,” Xue Jing affirmed.

Xu Ren, who was listening to the conversation, thought to himself, "No wonder that Miss Wu treats him so specially... Is it based on a sense of belonging to one's own kind?"

"What should we do with this person?" the mandrill asked, pointing to the sky pirate leader on the ground.

"But first of all... is he dead or alive?"

Xue Jing lifted his foot and flipped the lying pirate leader onto his front. "I didn't hold back, but I could feel that he wasn't dead when I finished the last blow."

"Only now..."

He glanced at the now motionless sky pirate leader and frowned.

Xu Ren crouched down and reached out to examine the Sky Pirate Leader.

"He's dead... Apart from the knife wound on his neck, his body was basically unharmed... This is a B5 level protective membrane, and his muscles are R9 gold-grade. There was only slight damage to his chest..."

She explained as she inspected the items.

"...The most serious injuries to his body were to his internal organs, which looked as if he had been through a meat grinder. However, he had a 'superior high-efficiency repair device' implanted next to his heart that would be triggered if his heart stopped beating. These injuries should not have been fatal."

With a calm expression, she reached into the air pirate leader's chest cavity through the wound, groped for a while, and with the squelching sound of sticky flesh and blood, pulled out an oval-shaped black stick with many broken lines.

"The repair device didn't activate. Was it damaged, or did he deliberately shut down the trigger mechanism?"

The mandrill beside him said anxiously, "Forget about the cause of death for now, quickly check if his ISE is still usable. This is at least a B3 grade ISE, a rare item that is impossible to buy!"

As Xu Ren turned the Sky Pirate Leader's corpse over, he slowly said, "Even if it's not broken yet, it's basically unusable for others. ISEs of B rank and above are basically custom-made for individuals. These things put a very high burden on the body. If the compatibility is not good enough, the rejection reaction will be very serious. As soon as it was installed, the mutation rate went off the charts."

The body was turned over, revealing purple rhomboid crystals on the spine at the back and waist.

The mandrill raised an eyebrow: "It doesn't look damaged... Xue Jing, this is your spoils of war, what do you want to do with it?"

Xue Jing thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know. Do you have any suggestions?"

Mandrill looked at Voidblade: "Captain, could you ask the people from 'Black Nest' to modify this thing and make it a universal ISE that can fit most people?"

Xu Ren calmly said, "Black Nest has too many things to research. Even though it consumes a lot of funding from the organization every year, it is still in a state of financial shortage. If you dare to ask them for help, they will dare to ask for an exorbitant amount."

The mandrill scratched its head: "Then what do we do with this? Sell it on the black market?"

Xu Ren: "This guy's alien body is very precious and valuable, but it is all custom-made. Others can't use it and can only break it down into raw materials to sell."

Xue Jing waved his hand: "Then I'll trouble you to handle this for me, Captain Xu Ren."

Xu Ren nodded and said, "Then I'll use the channels to help you list it on the black market, and I'll take a commission from it."

Xue Jing smiled and agreed, "That's only right."

"Speaking of which, why are there sky pirates in the outer ring?" the mandrill asked, puzzled.

Clearly, no one present could answer this question.

"I'll investigate later." Xu Ren pressed the silver bracelet on his hand a few times, and a halo appeared on the bracelet, scanning the sky pirate leader on the ground from head to toe.

"The Dragon Core Machine is not something just anyone can take down. These air pirates who dare to directly attack a Dragon Core Machine are either clueless idiots or they have powerful forces backing them up."

"...Look at this alien body, it doesn't seem like something a naive kid could have."

……

The black-painted plane sped through the air, heading north as dusk fell.

Inside the cabin, Xue Jing lay on a seat, propping his head up with one hand, and opened the control panel.

[...Fitness experience points +1524]

[…Enjoyment, Health Preservation Experience Points +1862]

[...Running experience points +1337]

[...Aiming experience points +1321]

[...Fighting experience points +1262]

[...Hidden Dragon Strength Experience Points +1028]

[…Visualization - True Experience Points +668]

[...Military combat experience points +1560]

[…Acting experience points +669]

[…Aiming skill upgraded to Lv8 (223/6000)]

[...Melee skill upgraded to Lv8 (141/6000)]

[…Acting skills improved to Lv4 (52/1200)]

It can be said to be a very large gain.

Engaging in fierce battles with powerful opponents and achieving victory, while primarily using Shadowflame throughout the process, also yielded a substantial amount of experience in conventional skills.

"Wow, this health-preserving experience is amazing! I definitely need to pilot Gundams more often; it's so much fun."

Xue Jing thought to himself, then closed his eyes and looked inward, sensing the changes that were happening within himself.

His fighting skills have finally reached Lv8, and as before, the focus has been on strengthening the 'foundation' of his body.

Its bones are harder, its bone marrow has a more outstanding ability to produce blood, and the structure of its tendons and muscles has changed, making it stronger and more powerful, with greater flexibility. Even its deep-seated instincts have become more acute... Everything about it is more suited to fighting.

He opened his eyes and turned to look out the porthole.

Under the dim sky, the sunlight was about to disappear, and the visibility was much lower than during the day. But when he looked out the window, the powerful vision brought by his Lv8 aiming immediately broke through the obscuration of clouds and fog, freeing him from the limitations of the dimness and bringing the scenery of the ground below 10,000 meters into view.

Grassland, stream, wild rabbits drinking water, and foxes lurking in the grass.

His pupils turned a soft silver-white, and a moonlight slash descended from nowhere, cutting a wisp of weed in front of the rabbit, causing it to jump away in fright.

The fox hiding in the grass was a little confused, not knowing how it had been discovered.

But seeing that the rabbit was gone, he had no choice but to accept his bad luck, shook himself off, and left the spot.

……

The time came to nine o'clock in the evening.

"Look, that's Edge City number 328 down there."

Standing by the cabin window, Xu Ren spoke to Xue Jing, gesturing for him to look down through the window.

At a speed of over 1,000 kilometers per hour, after more than four hours of flight, it almost traversed the entire Fifth Metropolitan Area, traveling from the southernmost point to the northernmost point.

Xue Jing looked down and could vaguely see a desolate and dilapidated city in the pitch-black night, illuminated only by scattered lights. Because it was so dark, the exact appearance was not very clear.

"Beyond this border town lies the realm that does not belong to humans—'Badlands'."

"We'll be at Roaring Falls in about half an hour. Hopefully, you, the 'Chosen One,' will be able to get in, otherwise..."

Xu Ren sighed, feeling a bit of a headache.

……

Chapter 150 GOD005, Stepping into the Borderlands, He Can't Come Back (4K)

Endless wilderness.

The red, parched earth was dotted with only a few withered blades of grass struggling tenaciously, and the air was thick with visible black ash.

The scorching temperature caused the void to visibly distort, and in the pitch-black night, the distant volcano spewed out scorching red streams, reflecting a murky, fiery light.

Inside the cabin, Xue Jing looked at the scenery outside the porthole and said:

"Although I had heard that the environment in the 'badlands' outside the metropolitan area was very bad... I didn't expect it to be this bad."

Xu Ren stood beside him, also looking out the window, and said calmly, "That's not entirely true."

She pointed to the volcano in the distance that was constantly erupting, spewing out scorching red water.

"That volcano is a remnant of the 'overlapping phenomenon,' something that was thrown into our world when two vehicles from different worlds collided."

"Its internal laws of motion are completely different from the rules of the present world, and the frequency of its outbreaks is ridiculously high, which is why the surrounding environment has deteriorated to this extent."

The mandrill interjected, "The environment in this area is a bit harsh, but it's not all bad. This makes the creatures from the borderlands less inclined to come here, so at least you don't have to worry too much about being suddenly attacked by something dangerous in this area."

"All we need to do is prepare cooling measures and gas masks."

Xu Ren shook his head and said, "It's not certain that we won't encounter attacks from creatures in the border region... Some special 'Flame-dwelling species' quite like this environment, so we still have to be careful."

The mandrill opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of Simsa soda, unscrewed the tab, took a sip, and chuckled:

"The temperature here isn't high enough for high-level fire-dwelling species to like, so don't worry."

"Speaking of Flame-Dwelling species, I haven't had 'Flame Crab' in a long time... Slurp, just thinking about it makes my mouth water."

"We absolutely have to go for a meal in the inner ring after this mission is over."

Xue Jing asked curiously, "What is a Flame Crab?"

The mandrill smacked its lips, as if savoring the memory:

"It's a kind of fire-dwelling creature. It looks like a crab with flames constantly burning on its body. Its meat is naturally cooked. You can eat it directly after peeling off the shell. It's so delicious it's unbelievable."