Chapter 44: Killing All Around

Those bats were about one meter long, with broad heads, wrinkled faces, ferocious blue-black fangs, and round shells covering their chests and legs like Milan armor. In the morning light, the shells flashed an eerie black light, which was ugly and disgusting.

What the hell? An interstellar version of the Trojan Horse? Qi Huan didn't know what exactly was flying out, but he could clearly sense the dangerous and terrifying aura emanating from them.

"Star beast! It's a star beast!!!" someone screamed.

"The star beast broke in!"

Star beast? Qi Huan was shocked to hear this legendary name. Logically speaking, this thing should be separated from the waste star by the star field defense line. How did they cross the defense line, occupy the garbage ship and appear here?

"Help!" Seeing the dense figures in the air, the people surrounding the metal pit immediately fled in panic.

Quan Hai and Wu Ke ran over and tried to drag Qi Huan away.

“Hurry up!” Qi Huan wanted to call Si Han in front of him to go together, but a black furry ball was stuffed into his arms.

“No, we have to stop them. If we let them rush out, everyone in the entire base will be in danger.” Si Han’s face was as cold as frost. He stared at the air coldly and pulled out a white halberd from his ring.

The halberd was about ten feet long, with a shaft as white as snow and jade, and the patterns were simple and complex. When viewed horizontally, it looked like mountains and rivers, and vertically, it looked like a river of stars winding through the sky. There was a faint red glow between the patterns, as if some mysterious power was ready to break through the wall at any time. The halberd head was like a thousand-year-old ice, crystal clear, cold and attractive, the halberd ears extended like the moon, radiating cold light, and the thin blade tip was accompanied by a sharp whistle when it moved, so sharp that it seemed that a light swing could cut through the sky.

Quan Hai and Wu Ke were so scared that they took a step back. Only Qi Huan stayed where he was and asked worriedly, "Are you going alone?"

Isn't it too dangerous? Shen also said that Si Han was seriously injured and had not recovered yet. Can he deal with so many star beasts alone?

"Don't worry about me, go sound the alarm, then take your friends and Xiao Ba to hide in the airship." Si Han gave the instructions concisely, then leaped up with a halberd in his hand to face the dark swarms of star beasts. His silver hair flew against the wind like a waterfall, and he looked very heroic.

When watching movies before, Qi Huan hated those who procrastinated and refused to leave in critical moments. When the time came, he realized that if he was really worried about the other person, he really couldn't be so rational and leave cleanly.

"So what should we do now?" Quan Hai looked at Si Han's back and then at Qi Huan.

"Where is the nearest alarm?" Qi Huan pinched his arm hard to wake himself up. Staying where he was would basically be a burden. Not only would he be of no help, but would only increase the danger. He had to do as Si Han said.

"I know where it is, follow me." Wu Ke led the two of them and ran to the right with a clear goal.

Under Wu Ke's guidance, they quickly found the alarm and pressed it. A red beam of light shot up into the sky, and a shrill alarm immediately sounded around the metal pit.

The three of them turned and ran towards the direction of the airship. Just as they were about to arrive, a star beast suddenly fell from about thirty or forty meters ahead, grabbed a fleeing man by the head, and split the man in half while making a strange "ke ke ke" cry.

The man's screams before death were heart-wrenching and blood splattered. Everyone was stunned by this sudden and horrific scene.

The star beast dropped its remaining limbs, turned around and pounced on them again.

The thing was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye it had rushed to a distance of more than ten meters. I could clearly see its scarlet eyes and the ferocious expression on its face. The needle-like mane on its cheeks and its sharp fangs were still stained with the blood that had just splashed. It looked like a devil from hell, cruel and bloody, which made people shudder.

All the hairs on the back of Qi Huan's neck stood up at once. He nervously held the black ball in his arms, and released all six tentacles, trying to fight it one last time. However, his arms with blue spots shook uncontrollably because of fear.

Xingqiba bared his teeth and made a chuckle in his throat. Qi Huan realized something was wrong. He lowered his head and saw two golden lights shooting out from the two yellow crystal-like curved corners on the top of its head.

The golden light gathered into a beam and hit the star beast right in the chest, instantly creating a hole as big as a bowl.

"Bang!" The star beast's corpse hit the airship with its original momentum, making a dull sound.

Isn't this palm-sized gadget too powerful? The three of them were stunned.

Under the protection of Xingqi Ba, the three finally managed to hide in the fully enclosed airship.

After entering the airship, several people did not dare to be careless. Quan Hai rushed to the driving seat, and his six tentacles searched everywhere, studying whether there were any buttons for weapons and equipment. Wu Ke in the back seat hugged his backpack tightly, held his breath, and observed the situation outside the window vigilantly.

The black ball had almost its entire body pressed against the window glass, and seemed to be very worried.

Qi Huan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, hurriedly opened his personal terminal to send messages to Chen Ye and Tao Zhe, hoping that they would come to help Si Han as soon as possible.

The signal had not been restored yet and the message could not be sent at all. He was so angry that he slapped his wrist.

"How amazing." Wu Ke suddenly exclaimed.

Powerful? Qi Huan looked up upon hearing the voice. The sky was filled with densely packed star beasts. Si Han's figure was almost invisible. Instead, a dazzling red light flashed from time to time in the gaps between the black shadows. Blood splashed everywhere it went, and it was invincible. It had the courageous momentum of sweeping through thousands of troops with one man blocking the pass of ten thousand.

That red light was like a world-destroying divine weapon, splitting the gloomy sky with ease, and also dispelling the fear in Qi Huan's heart. It seemed that Si Han was much more powerful than he had imagined, and was more than capable of defeating these star beasts!

“Yes, that’s it, beat those guys up.” Quan Hai’s blood boiled, and the tips of his six tentacles were rolled into Swiss rolls, shaking up and down, cheering for Si Han from a distance.

"Beat them until they never dare to come again!" Wu He also let go of his backpack and waved his fists.

The bat-like monsters scattered in large numbers, and their bodies, cut in two, fell to the ground with a crackling sound, piling up into a thick layer. The ground was covered with blood, and the black shadows in the sky gradually became sparse.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!!!”

Qi Huan and others were staring at the sky when suddenly a shrill scream came from the side.

I saw seven or eight figures fleeing hastily from the pile of corpses, and the last one was cut in half by a star beast.

"Why are they going there?" Qi Huan was puzzled. It would be fine if they didn't run away and hid nearby, but why did they go to the pile of corpses? It was just a few steps away from the star beasts, and they could die at any minute.

Quan Hai sighed, "Some star beasts also have beast cores."

The garbage they pick up in a year is not worth a tiny animal core.

Qi Huan was speechless for a moment. He guessed that some people were brave enough to hide nearby. When they saw Si Han blocking those star beasts, they gradually felt relieved and even impatiently took advantage of the chaos to search for the beast cores among the corpses of those star beasts.

"Too greedy, it's his own fault." Wu He also sighed.

As the three sighed, a few more star beasts fell down and attacked the previous one from the front and back. Blood spurted out, and within a few breaths, those who had found their way into the pile of corpses were all chopped into pieces. They may have believed that wealth and honor can be found in danger, but in the end they paid the heaviest price in danger and ruined their own lives.

Qi Huan didn't have the ability to save people, so he turned his head away and couldn't bear to watch any longer.

"Oh no, one of them is coming towards us." Wu He exclaimed.

Those star beasts were blood-thirsty and slaughtered everyone near the pile of corpses and then rushed towards the metal pit. One of their targets was them.

Quan Hai hurriedly opened the operating interface of the airship, wanting to drive everyone away on the airship.

At the critical moment, two golden lights shot out again from the small horns on Xingqi's head and hit the star beast's head.

The headless corpse staggered and fell down.

"6! I'll make you whatever you want to eat in the future." Qi Huan came back to his senses, picked up Xiao Ba and gave him a big kiss. No wonder Si Han stuffed Xiao Ba into its arms. The little thing usually looks soft and sweet, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful.

The black ball's four limbs were stiffened by the kiss, and no one noticed that the unstoppable red light in the air suddenly froze for half a second.

The noise from the airship attracted several other star beasts, and they all abandoned their original directions and rushed towards this side.

"A few more star beasts are coming." Quan Hai noticed something was wrong around him and raised a warning.

Seeing the seven or eight star beasts coming aggressively outside, Qi Huan suddenly felt uneasy. With so many of them, could Xiao Ba handle them all by himself?

The next second, Zhou Qiba answered his question with action, breaking away from Qi Huan's arms and going out through the window.

Qi Huan looked at the intact window, then at the black ball blocking the outside, and for a moment he didn't understand how it got out.

It happened so quickly that in the blink of an eye two star beasts arrived in front of the airship. Everyone only saw a black shadow flash outside the window, and then the two star beasts disappeared.

Qi Huan: ???

"Where did they go?" Quan Hai was not able to see clearly how the two star beasts disappeared.

Only Wu Ke stared at the back of the black ball in fear, his eyes wide open, and stammered, "It, it seems to have swallowed the two star beasts!"

Swallowed it? Qi Huan suddenly remembered what Shen Ye said about the black ball eating a mecha. Can Monday really eat anything? It's too outrageous!

While the three were in wonder, another star beast pounced closer. This time Qi Huan finally saw it clearly. The black ball opened its huge mouth like a black hole and swallowed the star beast directly.

Just like that, Monday stood in front of the airship, eating one if one came, swallowing two if two came, with an attitude of eating gods if gods came, and swallowing demons if demons came, and soon wiped out the star beasts that tried to approach.

It was not until the star beasts were frightened and no longer dared to approach the airship that Xingqiba shrank into a black ball and threw himself into Qi Huan's arms through the window again.

"Hmm~" The little fellow squinted his eyes and rubbed Qi Huan's arm coquettishly. He seemed to be dizzy after eating too much and lazily buried his face in his arms, as if the domineering and mighty one who just now was killing everyone was not him.

Qi Huan: ...

"What are those star beasts in the sky doing?" Wu He motioned for them to look outside.

When Qi Huan and Quan Hai looked up at the sky again, they discovered that a large number of star beasts were gradually gathering together to form a giant star beast of huge size.

It can be stacked and assembled like Lego? Qi Huan was dumbfounded.

A faint blue light gradually leaped out from the cracks in the giant star beast's body, like irregular blue will-o'-the-wisp fire, emitting a brutal and dangerous smell, so cold that it was suffocating.

Wu Ke was so frightened that cold sweats broke out. Quan Hai couldn't help but tremble. "Ah, A Huan, do you want your friend to retreat quickly?"

Si Han in mid-air was not panicked at all, he stepped on the backs of several star beasts and leaped into the air, holding the cold jade halberd in his hand high. The morning light slid across the crescent-shaped blade tip, radiating cold light and murderous aura.

In the wind and sand, the long spear suddenly expanded into a shadow dozens of times larger, and instantly burst out with a sharp momentum like splitting mountains and breaking seas, and thundered down!

Sensing the dangerous aura, the giant star beast turned its huge body flexibly and retreated quickly, trying to avoid the attack.

It moved fast, but the halberd came even faster.

The arc of light slid past like lightning, and the air around the halberd made a hissing sound due to friction. The moment it touched the giant star beast, the sound turned into a sharp whistle, deafening.

Ten thousand dazzling red lights burst out from the halberd, like red clouds and flames, brilliant and dazzling. The dazzling red was reflected on Si Han's ferocious beast mask and flying silver hair, so red that it was breathtaking.

The entire metal pit was dyed red.

"A killer move! So handsome, so handsome that I want to call you hubby!" Qi Huan excitedly kissed Xiao Ba on the top of his head twice.

Zhou Ba stretched out his legs but his hooves were stiff, and his whole body was frozen.

The giant star beast was cut in half by the long spear and collapsed in all directions. The sparkling black shadow of the star beast disappeared in the red light and turned into ashes.

The starship in the air was also affected by the blade energy, and its hull was almost cut in half, charred like charcoal.

"Boom!" The wreckage of the ship fell into the metal pit, making a deafening sound.

The ashes fell, the dark shadows in the sky all dissipated, the sky suddenly became clear, and only a red sun was left rising.

Three hunting teams arrived one after another following the alarm and began to hunt down the remaining star beasts near the metal pit.

Si Han landed in front of the airship, his tall figure slender, his white clothes fluttering like waves. Although his body was covered in blood, he still looked as elegant as the bright moon and fresh breeze, except that his ears were a little unnaturally red.

Qi Huan rushed out excitedly holding the black ball and made a '9' gesture to Si Han with his fingers.

"What do you mean?" Si Han's eyes swept over his fingers in confusion.

"6 turns!" The golden morning sun was reflected in Qi Huan's pupils, bright and brilliant.

Si Han drooped his eyelashes slightly, avoiding his bright and fiery gaze. His long spear slid handsomely through the air, forming a cloud-shaped arc and disappearing into the ring.

The next second, his upright figure suddenly shook.

Qi Huan was startled. Seeing that his lips were almost bloodless, he quickly reached out to help him. He checked him up and down, and was relieved when he saw no wounds. "Are you too tired? Come in and sit down and rest."

Wu Ke hurriedly opened the boat door and made room for the back seat.

After helping Si Han into the airship, Qi Huan was about to close the door when Wu Ke pulled the corner of his clothes and said, "Look, that body looks like Lao Pi."

Lao Pi? Qi Huan looked in the direction Wu Ke pointed, and sure enough, he saw half of Lao Pi's body among the pile of star beast corpses. His eyes were bulging out, and he looked like he had died with his eyes open.

If you don't seek death, you won't die, Qi Huan sighed. It was dark at that time and he couldn't see clearly. It turned out that he was one of the people who took advantage of the chaos to grab the beast cores from the pile of star beast corpses.

Si Han no longer had the strength to drive, and in the end it was Quan Hai who drove the airship back amid the alarm.

A star beast broke into the base, and everyone entered a state of alert for investigation. Quan Hai and Wu Ke had no intention of going to work anymore. They just wanted to get home as soon as possible. At the restaurant, besides Qi Huan and Si Han, the only one left was Tao Zhe who came after hearing the news.

Si Han managed to hold on until Tao Zhe came over. He only had time to say "Contact Xu Zhi and the others... thoroughly investigate... the star field defense network and protect Qi Huan" before he passed out.

Seeing Si Han's face was as pale as paper, Qi Huan was a little flustered, "Should we send him to the medical area of ​​the base?"

“No, there is the Si family’s medical cabin at home.” Tao Zhe carried Si Han on his back and was about to leave. Thinking of Si Han’s instructions, he tilted his head towards Qi Huan, “Little chef, don’t leave me for more than three steps before Shen Ye comes back.”

"Okay." Although Qi Huan didn't quite understand, he was worried about Qi Huan's condition, so he immediately followed closely with the black ball in his arms.

There was indeed a capsule-shaped medical cabin in Si Han’s bedroom, which looked more advanced than the one in the medical base.

Heituanzi and Sihan were both let in by Taozhe.

Not long after, Chen Ye rushed back amid the alarm sounds at the base. After listening to Qi Huan's description of the situation at the garbage dump, he discussed it with Tao Zhe and finally decided that Tao Zhe would stay to take care of Si Han and Qi Huan while he went around the base to see if there were any other star beast invasions that needed help.

Shen Ye didn't come back until the alarm sounded gone.

Si Han in the medical cabin showed no signs of waking up, and Zhou Qiba still had his eyes closed and was sleeping very deeply.

"I wish I hadn't gone." Qi Huan, who was standing nearby, clenched his fists in self-blame. He had been regretting for the past few hours. If he had known earlier, he would not have gone with Quan Hai to pick up trash today.

"No, it's a good thing you went. Because you went, the boss also went with you, and today we were able to stop those star beasts in the first place and minimize the harm. If you hadn't gone, those star beasts would have used the garbage ships to drive straight in this morning, and at least half of the people in the base would have been affected and killed. The boss must think it's worth exhausting his energy to save everyone." Shen Ye patted Qi Huan on the shoulder, "Don't worry, it's just that the mental energy consumption is too great, and it takes some time to rest. There's no danger."

"Really no danger?"

"I promise you in the name of curry chicken." Just by looking at the fact that the boss didn't take Xiao Ba's spirit body back, you know that the problem is not serious.

"What about Hachi?"

"It's the same with Xiaoba," Shen Ye touched his nose, "Its body hasn't recovered yet. It's a bit exhausted from this battle. It probably needs to sleep for a while."

Qi Huan's brows were furrowed, and he still felt very uneasy.

"Why don't you take care of ourselves and make some lunch first." Chen Ye nudged Qi Huan with his elbow and patted his abdomen pitifully. He was busy all morning and didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

"Yeah." Qi Huan just wanted to find something to do to distract himself and avoid feeling anxious, so he agreed.

Tao Zhe was guarding the medical cabin, while Shen Ye accompanied Qi Huan back to the restaurant and ordered a bunch of chicken dishes for personal gain.

Qi Huan was making teriyaki chicken legs when he felt the terminal vibrate several times. It turned out that the signal of the base was restored.

When I clicked on it, I saw that it was still the ID of the person who lived in Base 99 with a mixture of letters and numbers.

[Are you there? I also want to order takeout]

[I was so angry. I took two bites of the food and didn’t even taste the full flavor before it was snatched away by those two shameless guys from Building 4 and Building 9!]

[Hey, hey, hey, where are the people???]

[Okay, it turns out to be another photomagnetic storm. Remember to call me back when the signal is back.]