Chapter 23
On the cracked and desolate land, there are many steep paths leading to underground shelters, one of which is right next to Xiyue.
The unknown starship was parked not far away.
Xipo also noticed something unusual, so he asked the others to stay on the Photosynthesis Technology starship and walked towards Xiyue alone.
"Don't come over!" Xi Yue suddenly shouted.
She stared intently at the man at the bottom of the ravine. His snow-white shirt and trousers stood out against the gloom surrounding him. The bodies lying around him and the lingering blood made him look like a hostile presence.
This is a person who is very good at and enjoys wrapping murderous intent into a harmless smile.
Just like she once was.
Sure enough, after Yuan Xu made an informal greeting, his raised left hand was instantly wrapped by the mecha. As soon as the black gun barrel was formed, a high-temperature gas bomb shot out.
The target was Xiyue.
"Sister!" Xipo heard the gunshot.
However, Xiyue did not hide. An inexplicable wind blew up her silver hair, and the thick fog suddenly exploded!
The high-temperature gas bomb arrived in an instant, but was blocked by an invisible barrier at a distance of one meter, unable to advance any further. The vortex at the tail of the bullet swirled up a gray fog, quickly obscuring the vision of both sides.
But the concealment time is also very short, because the high-temperature gas bomb is an explosive weapon. After the propulsion force disappears, it explodes suddenly, and the violent airflow sweeps away all the gray fog nearby.
A sudden strong wind swept the gray fog in all directions. Xipo retreated hastily and shouted to the starship, "Close the hatch!"
The pilot of Photosynthesis Technology was obviously very familiar with emergencies. He closed the hatch and launched the starship before he could even run over.
Xi Yao slammed the glass hard: "Brother, my brother is still here..."
She paused, and out of the corner of her eye she noticed an empty space beside her: "Han Yi, Han Yi has gone down too!"
Fortunately, the fierce winds whipped up by the high-temperature gas bomb quickly died down, and the surge of gray fog was not severe, so it did not sweep Xipo in. On the way back, Xipo picked up the little boy who was foolishly walking towards the contaminated area and retreated to a safe area.
The pollution outbreak occurred at the edge of the ravine. Some of the gray fog rushed into the deep ravine fiercely and was forced to flow to both ends by the strong wind.
When the pollution concentration is saturated, level 5 pollution can only cover an area of 50 square meters at most. Once it exceeds this range, the pollution concentration will drop rapidly and the rate of pollutant growth will also slow down.
The gray fog thinned, and around Yuan Xu, the nameless corpses stood up one by one, stiffly, as if they had been slowed down. The freshly tilled fields were devoid of seeds. Only the mosses on the walls grew slowly, their jagged leaves slowly opening. At first glance, there was a sense of beauty, a blossoming of life.
The polluted air was so thin that Yuan Xu didn't even need a protective mask.
He tilted his head and smiled at the people on the ground: "No wonder you were able to kill Shi Liheng with just level 3 pollution. I see."
Before he finished speaking, Xiyue jumped down.
The distance of ten meters passed in a flash, bang!
Admiral Yuan, who was smiling just a few seconds ago, was pinned against the wall by the pure space. His hands were forced to rise, and he couldn't even aim at Xiyue.
"Can you still laugh now?" Xiyue stared into his eyes.
First it was Shi Liheng, then Yuan Xu, pure space has repeatedly shown that it works best in cramped places.
"Why not? Do you think you can inflict wounds on me with just these mutant plants on the wall?"
Yuan Xu actually laughed again, shaking the five fingers of his raised hand, without any intention of resisting.
Only then did Xi Yue discover that his mechanical arm had disappeared, and the strange gold that emerged from his optical brain appeared on his back, providing him with additional local defense.
High-temperature gas rushed towards him from the wall, and the pollutants around him that had not yet had time to mutate were screaming and trying to avoid it.
The armor on his back was extremely hot, serving as both a defense and a weapon.
Xiyue stared at his laptop out of the corner of her eye.
Lao Wei once said that half-mechas have very limited functions. For example, the T40 laser blaster I sold this morning can only be used as a protective mask in addition to being a weapon. Even the most valuable spiral cannon only has the added function of a flying vehicle.
Yuan Xu's optical computer had already demonstrated three functions in front of her: armor, a gun barrel, and another gun with a different shape that was found in the second-hand market that day.
Definitely worth the money.
But she had checked the Star Network's information and found that Yuan Xu's spiritual power was higher than Shi Liheng's, reaching S-level. It took a Level 3 contaminated area to kill Shi Liheng, but all she had was a pure space and a Level 5 contaminated area that clearly couldn't cause any real damage.
"Miss Xi keeps staring at my laptop...are you short of money?"
This most despicable remark made Xiyue press the remote control without hesitation. Outside the pure space, a ball of gray light and shadow suddenly appeared beside Yuanxu's cheek.
The other person's eyes finally changed: "Are you crazy? Don't you know how destructive secondary pollution is?!"
Xiyue smiled and said, "It would be unreasonable to refuse a gift delivered to your doorstep when your creditor comes."
Before he finished speaking, the second gray hole exploded silently.
Xiyue suddenly felt a powerful counter-thrust, causing the entire pure space to shift backwards with her footsteps.
Is this secondary pollution?
The fifth level that was brewed for less than 20 hours, combined with the fifth level that was brewed for a few minutes, can actually force open the pure space!
During the brief moment of daze, Yuan Xu took the opportunity to escape.
The semi-mecha optical computer once again demonstrated its extraordinary capabilities, activating two functions at the same time: the light blaster gun in its hand and the flying vehicle on its feet!
When secondary pollution is superimposed, all pollutants in the overlapping area of the two pollution areas will immediately enter a violent state.
First, the moss on the wall expanded into long, serrated whips, madly whipping the only living person in the area.
The center of the leaf was like a lotus pod, ejecting waves of spikes, also targeting Yuan Xu.
Next came the mutating corpses nearby, their bones and internal organs transformed into twisted limbs in a dazzling manner, and they rushed towards Yuan Xu in mid-air before the mutation was complete.
His body was twisted, but extremely agile.
However, none of the attacks could land on Yuan Xu.
He was flying so fast in the air that Xiyue could hardly catch a glimpse of him.
Wherever they passed, there was a burst of gunfire.
In just a few breaths, he landed back in front of Xiyue. The surroundings were quiet, and the smell of pollutants was flowing everywhere.
The light explosion gun disappeared and quickly reorganized into a purification gun, shooting a transparent beam of light into the sky.
The light bloomed for a moment, and then converged into his palm.
Looking at the thumb-sized two-colored purification bead in his palm, he breathed a sigh of relief. But then he felt something was wrong and looked up at the ground.
No one was seen at the top of the gully.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anyone here. After all, before he purified it, the area nearby was a polluted area, and no one would risk their lives to come in.
But... when dealing with pollutants, he clearly felt that his mental strength was rapidly draining away, and the mental burden was comparable to eliminating a first-level pollution area.
Just an illusion?
Or is it that the secondary pollution has not been dealt with for too long and the power of the pollution has been misjudged?
As I was pondering, I caught a glimpse of something familiar out of the corner of my eye.
——A few meters away, Xiyue was holding his sapphire belt in his hand.
Yuan Xu hurriedly stuffed the purification beads into his pocket and raised his hand: "Don't be impulsive, let's talk it over nicely!"
"Shooting when we meet is considered a good talk?"
Xiyue pressed the remote control screen with her thumb and stared at him.
Two contaminated areas were purified right under her nose at a speed that left others unawares, so she did not dare to underestimate the enemy.
"If I don't test it, how can I know the power of the God of Pollution? If I don't know the power, how can I dare to cooperate with Miss Xi?"
Yuan Xu looked as if it was natural, and showed his dandy look again.
But this sentence made Xiyue want to kill again.
First he called her "Miss Xi," then revealed her identity as the "God of Pollution"...
Xiyue suddenly thought of a possibility: the mysterious organization behind the original owner.
Could it be that Yuan Xu is also a member of that organization?
No, we are all members of the same organization, so how can there be any such thing as "cooperation"?
"What cooperation?" Xi Yue narrowed her eyes.
"Of course, let's get rich together, become extremely wealthy, and rule the entire galaxy!"
The answer was so childish that Xiyue suspected she had heard it wrong.
But Yuan Xu threw something over.
"This storage device contains a list of all the assets under Shi Liheng's name. General Shi was generous enough to sell all his assets to me at a low price before he died."
"Of course, the most important thing is to thank Miss Xi."
"So I calculated the difference between the transfer price and the market price, and planned to use half of the difference as a thank-you gift to Miss Xi."
Everything this man said was a bit dishonest, and what he said was too much beyond Xiyue's expectations.
She was skeptical and stuck the memory card to her computer, which immediately read the file.
There was indeed only one form.
Xiyue scanned the entire page at a glance, then stopped at the final total and counted the zeros.
——10 billion star coins!
"Oh, actually it's 9.843 billion. Since this is our first collaboration, I have to show some sincerity, so I increased it to 10 billion." Yuan Xu approached tentatively. "How is it, Miss Xi, are you satisfied?!"
"Don't move!" Xiyue pointed at him with the remote control.
Being "threatened" by your own belt, this feeling is... a little subtle.
However, Yuan Xu was not stupid, and naturally guessed that this was the prop Xiyue used to detonate the pollution.
He stopped and waited patiently like a gentleman for Xiyue to digest the huge surprise.
10 billion... Compared with this amount, the weapons sold this morning are nothing.
"What's the total value of the assets Shi Liheng sold you?" Xi Yue stared at Yuan Xu calmly. "Market price."
"Not much, 25 billion. Miss Xi knows that he has been the commander of the 32nd Legion for so many years, and he only governs one star region. He is a little poor."
"You mean, you only spent 5 billion to buy 25 billion worth of assets?"
"Uh, Miss Xi is really good at math."
Xiyue threw the memory back to him with a mysterious smile.
"I was the one who killed him. You were just following behind and taking advantage. A 50-50 split isn't fair, no matter how you look at it."
"The price difference is 20 billion. I want 15 billion. That's not too much, right, General Yuan?"
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