Bloodline Vengeance!
Qi Yuan's expression changed slightly. This ability sounded very troublesome.
"Bloodline Vengeance is a tier 4 ability. Only the direct descendants of the Xu family know its exact function. According to the information leaked by the Xu family themselves, the most important function of this ability is to target the enemies who have killed the Xu family's bloodline!"
"You killed Xu Xiaoshuang. As long as someone from the Xu family is nearby, they will be able to sense your presence. No matter how you disguise yourself, you won't be able to escape!"
"If you stay in Blackstone Town, the Xu family will definitely come for you!"
Master Luo looked at Qi Yuan's pale face and said weakly, "I'm not trying to scare you.
"Don't think that I'm scaring you. How do you think Xu Kui escaped from Situ?
It's because he's afraid of Bloodline Vengeance. "
"Situ didn't dare to let Xu Kui leave openly because it might anger the new lord of Quicksand Shelter. However, he also didn't dare to kill Xu Kui because he would be targeted by the remaining bloodline of the Xu family. So, he could only force Xu Kui to jump into the underground cave. Whether it was escaping or being eaten by the black-toothed rats, it was better than dying in his own hands!"
"That's why Situ wants you to leave Blackstone Town. Once the remaining members of the Xu family enter Blackstone Town, they might vent their anger on the entire town because of your existence. Although the Xu family has fallen, their remaining power is enough to crush a gathering point like Blackstone Town."
Then why did you trick me into killing Xu Xiaoshuang?
Qi Yuan looked at Master Luo with an unfriendly expression. If the next checkpoint refreshed in the area of Quicksand Shelter, then the checkpoint would be a suicide mission.
No matter how he looked at it, he was tricked by Xu Xiaoshuang's bullet!
Master Luo pretended not to see Qi Yuan's gaze because he was drunk. However, his wandering eyes betrayed him. In the end, under Qi Yuan's gaze, he had to explain himself.
"Although I know you can increase the damage of your bullets, Xu Xiaoshuang has a tier 2 defense enhancement. Even if other people have armor-piercing bullets, they can't kill her in one shot. I didn't expect your shot to be so powerful. I even specifically told Eleven to just steal the car and not kill her. I didn't expect you to kill her in one shot!"
"That's my fault!" Qi Yuan's tone was a little unfriendly.
"You can't say that."
Master Luo coughed dryly, "It's Eleven didn't tell you in advance. It's all his fault!"
Before Qi Yuan could continue, Master Luo continued, "You don't have to worry. Now that someone has put a bounty on the Xu family's bloodline in the Hunter's Guild, even if they're lucky enough to hide, they won't dare to show themselves. Moreover, the Xu family's influence is limited to Quicksand Shelter. As long as you don't go to Quicksand Shelter, you'll be fine."
"I personally suggest you go to the rendezvous point near the Black Steel Shelter. The rendezvous point there is closer to the Black Steel Shelter and the Hunter's Guild's stronghold. If you're lucky, you might even be able to enter the shelter. As long as you step into the shelter, you won't have to wander in the wilderness and worry about the Xu family's revenge!"
"We'll talk about this later."
Qi Yuan tapped on the map a few times and interrupted Master Luo's chatter.
"If I want to get a few Mechanical Armaments, do you have any way to help me?"
Master Luo froze and looked at Qi Yuan with his mouth agape. It was as if he had seen something unbelievable.
"You want Mechanical Armaments!
And a few more! "
"What's wrong?
Is there a problem? "Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows.
As his talent points increased, it became harder and harder to choose a suitable item to fuse with. Normal weapons that were gradually being phased out in the new era were already difficult to light up with a powerful transcendent talent, so he could only think about Mechanical Armaments.
Wei Tao's pair of mechanical arms had left a deep impression on him. Not only could it form a weapon that was surrounded by lightning and fight Situ head-on, it could even release a terrifying destructive energy at the last moment and find a chance to escape from a hopeless situation.
"Situ has two Black Stone Mines, so he has some bargaining power in the deal with the Black Steel Shelter. He has been chasing after Mechanical Armaments for many years, but the Black Steel Shelter has never given in. Do you have more capital than him?"
Master Luo shook his head as he talked to himself.
"Other than the Black Steel Shelter, Situ also thought of other ways. He spent a lot of money on Mechanical Armaments, but other than some Mechanical Armaments that had their energy modules removed and were damaged, he didn't bring back any real Mechanical Armaments."
"In Situ's hands, only the Skull Crusher is worth something, but it's not a real Mechanical Armament. Without the core energy module, it's at most a half Mechanical Armament."
"You've seen Wei Tao's exoskeleton mechanical arm, so you should know how powerful a real Mechanical Armament is. It's definitely not something a Skull Crusher can compare to."
"The Mechanical Armaments in the Shelter are not allowed to be distributed to the wilderness unless you accept the Shelter's offer. Wei Tao's exoskeleton mechanical arm is powerful, but he got it by selling his body to the Black Steel Shelter."
"So, I can only get a real Mechanical Armament if I'm recruited by the Shelter?" Qi Yuan frowned.
"Then you have to be recruited by the Shelter first!" Master Luo said angrily.
"Wei Tao was recruited because he controlled New Moon Town. Otherwise, a Tier 2 player wouldn't be able to get into the Shelter."
Master Luo's voice suddenly stopped. He looked at the black muzzle of the Butcher and couldn't help but gulp. He changed the topic and said carefully,
"But if you want to get a Mechanical Armament, it's not completely impossible!"
Click!
Qi Yuan suddenly pulled the trigger. Master Luo shuddered and almost shrank under the table. Only then did he realize that there were no bullets flying out.
"Oh!
I forgot to reload! "
Qi Yuan put away the Butcher expressionlessly and pushed a bullet into the cylinder.
"Young man, how can you treat an old man like this? Don't you have any morals?" Master Luo couldn't help but jump up. His spittle almost flew onto Qi Yuan's face.
Kacha!
Bang!
Qi Yuan turned the cylinder and put the Butcher on the table.
"There's a bullet in it now. If you continue to talk nonsense, I'll shoot every minute until you say something useful!"
Master Luo looked at the Butcher on the table and then looked at the expressionless Qi Yuan. He suddenly opened his mouth wide and didn't know how to express his disbelief.
"Fifty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-seven …" Qi Yuan tapped his fingers as he automatically reported the time.
"Young people these days are so impatient!" Master Luo sat down and said angrily.
It wasn't until Qi Yuan counted to 30 that Master Luo said:
"Although the Shelter strictly controls the flow of Mechanical Armaments into the wilderness, they only set up internal checkpoints. They won't continue to control the flow of Mechanical Armaments into the wilderness!"
"So although the Shelter has strict control, there are still Mechanical Armaments in the wilderness. As long as you can find a Hunter with a Mechanical Armament and kill him, you can take his Mechanical Armament and the Shelter won't bother you!"
"If I kill Wei Tao, the Black Steel Shelter won't bother me?" Qi Yuan asked.
"This …" Master Luo laughed dryly. "Wei Tao has already joined the Black Steel Shelter. If you are willing to take over as the leader of New Moon Town after killing Wei Tao and continue to listen to the Black Steel Shelter's orders, they probably won't do anything to you!"
"In other words, Wei Tao's Mechanical Arm is a contract to sell himself!"
Qi Yuan rubbed his chin. Although he really wanted the Mechanical Arm, he didn't want to be bound to New Moon Town.
"It might not be Wei Tao." Master Luo glanced at the Butcher on the table and said carefully:
"There are also some people in the Shelter who don't abide by the rules and will smuggle some old models of Mechanical Armaments. The Hunter's Guild will occasionally give out Mechanical Armaments as mission rewards. The Apocalyptic Church also has the ability to produce Mechanical Armaments, so there are some Mechanical Armaments in the wilderness. However, most of them are in the hands of very powerful Hunters."
Qi Yuan slowly fell into deep thought. After lighting up four gray balls of light and having four Tier 1 abilities, he was no longer the ordinary person who could be casually knocked out and bought for ten dollars. Instead, he was a Hunter, a powerful Hunter, an Extraordinaire who was enough to cause the leader of a gathering point like Situ to be wary.
But that was it!
Among the various Shelters in the wilderness, Blackstone Town was undoubtedly the weakest existence. A Tier 2 leader, a few Tier 2 subordinates, and hundreds of Hunters in the wilderness. With this kind of strength, it was possible to be wiped out by a sudden appearance of Insectoids even in the gray area.
The gathering points around the Shelter would definitely be stronger, not only in the strength of Extraordinaires, but also in the strength of Mechanical Armaments.
The probability of the next check-in area spawning in a weak gathering point like Blackstone Town was not high. It was very likely that it would appear near a stronger gathering point, which meant that the risk he faced would increase exponentially. Whether it was Extraordinaires with multiple Tier 2 abilities, or those with Mechanical Armaments, or even Tier 3 Extraordinaires, they could easily crush him.
It wasn't easy to obtain a certain level of self-protection, but in the blink of an eye, he had to go to a new place and fight with more powerful and dangerous enemies.
"Or is it because I'm too weak that I can only wander around the check-in areas?"
Qi Yuan shook his head and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air before slowly saying, "That's right.
"I've suffered some injuries in this battle and need to rest for two days. I'll leave Blackstone Town the day after tomorrow!"
Master Luo nodded slightly, stroked the sparse beard on his chin, and hesitated for a moment before saying:
"Since you're willing to leave, Situ won't be stingy with his goodwill. Tomorrow, an investigator from the Black Steel Shelter will come over. You can try to get in touch with him. If you can build a relationship with him, it'll be very helpful for your future!"
Qi Yuan nodded and said: "I have my own plans!"
After Master Luo left Qi Yuan's room, he went straight to Situ's residence and told Situ about Qi Yuan's plan.
Situ was silent for a long time. He touched his left arm that was injured by Wei Tao and sighed slowly:
"Qi Yuan is not weak. If I can make a friend of him, maybe I'll have another choice."
Master Luo couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"You've been looking at this iron ball since last night. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"
"Since Qi Yuan can turn a sniper rifle into an iron ball like this, it proves that he's not weaker than you. Plus, with his strong defense and powerful firearms, his frontal combat ability is not weaker than yours. Now that you're injured, you dare to keep such a fierce tiger by your side. Aren't you afraid that he'll have evil thoughts and devour you along with the Blackstone Mine?"
"Even Xu Kui is tempted by the Blackstone Mine. Won't Qi Yuan have the same idea?"
"So, whether you can make a friend of him or not, he has to leave!"
"Without Qi Yuan's help, you can't protect Blackstone Town. So, you can only choose the Black Steel Shelter. You have no other choice!"
Situ shook his head.
"I'm just a little unwilling!
After persevering for so many years, I still can't escape a chain around my neck in the end. "
After saying that, Situ held the iron ball that Qi Yuan had turned into a ball in his hand. Then, he exerted force with his five fingers and left five clear fingerprints on it.
"To be able to turn a sniper rifle into this, his strength must be stronger than a Tier 1 Strength Enhancement, but it's still a little weaker than a Tier 2 Strength Enhancement. I'm curious how strong his basic strength is!"
"With such great strength, plus his defense and long-range attack ability, he has almost no shortcomings. Not many Tier 2 Extraordinaires can win against him."
"I'm wondering why he deliberately hid his strength. With the strength he showed in this battle, he could completely crush Xu Kui and make it impossible for him to walk out of the mine!"
"Since he dared to kill Xu Xiaoshuang, he definitely wouldn't mind killing Xu Kui as well!"
Master Luo also nodded thoughtfully.
Qi Yuan's previous performance was exactly the same as an ordinary person's. He must have deliberately hidden his strength. After killing Cyclops, he slowly revealed it bit by bit. Moreover, it was difficult to confirm whether he was still hiding his strength or not.
First, he killed One-eyed Strongman, then he killed the Rock Lizard, then he killed Luo Kui, and finally he killed all four of New Moon Town's Class 2 Transcendents. In just a few days, Qi Yuan had transformed from an ordinary wilderness vagabond into a powerful wilderness hunter who was strong enough to threaten Situ. This could not be a natural awakening, nor could it be an injection of genetic medicine.
The only possibility was that Qi Yuan had always possessed great strength, and had only recently revealed it.
"This time, can the person sent to deliver the letter to the Black Steel Shelter arrive safely?"
"It shouldn't be a problem." Situ nodded.
"I've stopped the mining in the mine. Hu Hao is going to deliver the letter personally. There aren't many people who can intercept him halfway!"
Master Luo also nodded in agreement.
"Although Hu Hao's strength is average, he's very smart. There shouldn't be any accidents on the way."
"I don't know who the Black Steel Shelter will send this time. If they send a researcher who isn't easy to deal with, you'll probably have to spend a fortune."
"I've already prepared everything," Situ said calmly.
"And my asking price isn't high. The Black Steel Shelter has no reason to refuse!"
"You finally don't have to live such a life of fear anymore!" Master Luo said with a smile.
"After joining the Black Steel Shelter, I should be able to awaken my Tier 3 ability soon and obtain a strong enough mechanical equipment. All of my troubles will be solved. The only thing I need to worry about is the Xu family!"
Situ's tone was serious. The fact that the Xu family could inherit the Bloodline Vengeance ability was enough to prove their dangerous nature.
After the fall of the Xu family, the Quicksand Shelter was ready to make a move. If he didn't act against Xu Kui, the new leader of the Quicksand Shelter would very likely use Xu Kui as an excuse to invade Blackstone Town.
However, if he acted against Xu Kui, it would anger the remaining forces of the Xu family.
Although Xu Kui and Xu Xiaoshuang didn't die in his hands and wouldn't trigger the Bloodline Vengeance, it was hard to say whether the Xu family wouldn't target Blackstone Town for revenge.
If the Xu family went crazy, even the name of the Black Steel Shelter might not be able to protect Blackstone Town and himself!