Feather was still holding his Gatling gun. Li walked over expressionlessly and searched Qi Yuan's body, but he didn't find any Asterite.
This unexpected result almost made Gray Robe lose control. He growled, "Where did you hide the Asterite?
Hand it over! "
Li pressed his hand on Qi Yuan's shoulder. If he exerted a little force, he would fall from the 37th floor.
"I said, the Asterite has been sent flying. It's not on me!" Qi Yuan said calmly.
On the roof of a building where the sun didn't rise, in the shadows where light couldn't reach, a skinny sniper was looking at the exciting scene of Gray Robe's infighting through his scope.
"Interesting. Gray Robe actually made a move against The Abyss. Isn't he afraid of Wolf's Teeth Hunt's revenge?"
The man's lips curled up slightly. The crosshairs of his scope were firmly locked onto Qi Yuan.
This was also a modified Death Reaper, and it was loaded with special armor-piercing bullets. More than five Tier 3 players had died in his hands, and he only needed to pull his finger lightly to send the bullets into his target's forehead.
In the shadows of another building, a one-armed old man with eagle-like eyes also saw Qi Yuan standing at the edge of the roof. His expression changed slightly.
"He's done for!
This kid can even deal with a Tier 3 Polluter. How can he fail at such an easy task! "
"Gray Robe, this bastard. I should've killed him back then!"
The old man looked around and suddenly turned into a blood-red shadow and disappeared.
At this moment, a muffled gunshot suddenly rang out.
Qi Yuan's expression changed. Then he saw Gray Robe's head burst open like a watermelon. Red blood and white brain matter splattered on the ground.
Gray Robe's headless corpse fell to the ground. Qi Yuan looked towards the source of the gunshot but didn't see anyone.
Who's helping me?
Soon, Qi Yuan thought of a person.
That night, the sniper who came back with Chestnut!
With Gray Robe dead, Feather and Ruthless were freed from the control of Twisted Thoughts. Ruthless looked at Qi Yuan guiltily and was about to apologize when a second sniper shot rang out.
Ruthless' expression froze as a bullet pierced through his chest, striking Qi Yuan in the chest. The bullet was then stopped by the Tier 2 Steel Defense.
The bullet was blocked, but Qi Yuan's expression suddenly changed. The timing and angle of this shot were too fatal!
The steel defense had blocked the bullet's penetration, but it couldn't block the powerful kinetic energy of the sniper bullet. Qi Yuan, who had half a foot in the air, fell backward from the impact of the bullet. He fell from the 37th floor of the building.
"No!"
Feather's mournful screams tore through the night sky. She rushed over, only to see the corpses of Qi Yuan and Ruthless falling to the ground at the same time, leaving behind a pool of dark red blood.
"Mission complete!"
The sniper in the shadows quickly put away his gun and moved to another position.
The sniper who killed Gray Robe was nearby. If it was any other time, he would be very willing to have a sniper duel with this person, but now was not the time.
The sniper was obviously Wolf's Teeth Hunt's backup. If he were to engage in a life and death battle with the sniper in the Iron Chariots' territory, even if he won, he wouldn't have the chance to leave.
In the shadows of another building, Lutai watched Qi Yuan fall from the rooftop. After a long silence, he began to frantically search for the sniper who fired the second shot.
A blood-red shadow appeared on the rooftop of the building where Qi Yuan had just stood. Sickle's tall and sturdy body walked out from the shadow. His face was ashen as he looked at Qi Yuan lying on the street. He felt as if he had been slapped in the face.
"Damn it!"
Falling from such a height, even with the Tier 3 Defense, it was impossible to survive.
Qi Yuan actually died in front of his eyes.
Sickle ignored Feather and once again turned into a blood-red shadow and disappeared into thin air.
No one cared about Qi Yuan lying on the street. It didn't matter if he was a member of Wolf's Teeth Hunt's investigation team or how strong he was.
If he died, everything would be over!
Everyone tried their best to hide themselves. The two shots just now made them realize that in this old city, the real danger wasn't the polluters who were afraid of light, but the humans themselves!
On the cold ground, Qi Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the night sky illuminated by the Radiant Orb. The cement ground below him had already been shattered into fine spider webs. The floating dust shrouded the surroundings, making it difficult to see clearly.
After a long time, Qi Yuan blinked slightly, but his body still couldn't move.
At the moment when he hit the ground, Qi Yuan thought that he was really dead. However, the Tier 1 Mechanical Intelligence that couldn't stop the mind from distorting suddenly came into play at this moment. It allowed Qi Yuan to clearly feel the pain at the moment of impact, as well as the real experience of his bones breaking inch by inch.
His consciousness was filled with endless pain.
Perhaps in order to prove its existence, the Mechanical Intelligence actually foolishly allowed Qi Yuan to not lose consciousness and not fall into a coma. He could clearly feel everything that his body was enduring.
The liquid metal stored in his cells and the energy stored in his energy heart were released at the same time. Under the effect of [Steel's Self-Healing], the broken organs and bones of his body were repaired.
Even after falling from a 37-storey building, his body was still intact, thanks to the [Tier 2 Steel Defense]!
The recovery speed of [Steel's Self-Healing] was very fast. In less than ten minutes, Qi Yuan felt that his broken bones had been reconnected, and his damaged organs were beginning to squirm. His body was slowly recovering.
Qi Yuan was very satisfied with the recovery speed of [Steel's Self-Healing], but the Talent Tree didn't seem to think so.
This time, when he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, it seemed to have stimulated the Talent Tree. The Talent Tree that had been passively waiting for Qi Yuan to activate suddenly flickered, and a few checkpoints were instantly refreshed. Moreover, they weren't far from Qi Yuan, right in this old city.
The Tier 2 checkpoints were refreshed just like that!
Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, a certain layer of the Talent Tree shrouded in fog, the gray ball of light representing [Steel's Self-Healing], suddenly lit up.
Kacha!
Kacha!
Qi Yuan suddenly let out a muffled groan. The pain was even more intense than when he fell from a tall building just now!
The [Steel's Self-Healing], which was originally recovering in an orderly manner, seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. In an instant, it began to speed up. Qi Yuan felt as if his body had been dissected into various basic cellular states, and then instantly reformed.
In less than ten seconds, his heavily injured body suddenly recovered just like that!
His body had completely recovered, and his consciousness slowly returned, regaining control of his body.
"I recovered just like that?"
Qi Yuan moved his fingers in a daze, somewhat unable to believe his own body!
I just fell from a 37-storey building, and in less than ten minutes, I'm fully recovered!
This was simply a medical miracle!
Qi Yuan couldn't help but ridicule!
A feeling of hunger, as if his body had been hollowed out, came from every cell in his body. This rapid recovery not only consumed all the metal and energy stored in his body, but it also consumed the body's original energy. They needed to eat!
At this moment, the food at the top of the menu was no longer ordinary metal and energy, but Asterite!
His body was thirsting for more Asterite!
After suppressing his body's desire to eat with difficulty, Qi Yuan's attention began to shift from his body to another matter.
Checkpoints!
A new checkpoint had been refreshed!
It was in this old city!
And there was more than one!
Qi Yuan silently sensed for a moment and discovered the existence of two checkpoints!
One was on the other side of the city, on the roof of a certain building!
The other was in the center of the city, below the ground!
In the dark shadows, a pair of eyes as black as ink suddenly fixed on Qi Yuan. When everyone ignored the "dead" Qi Yuan, a special Polluter suddenly noticed Qi Yuan's recovery.
A thin Polluter suddenly rushed out from the shadows of the building next door. It endured the light with a ferocious expression, carried Qi Yuan on its shoulder, and then quickly returned to the darkness.
Qi Yuan, who was carried on the shoulder of the Polluter, was a little confused.
Why are the Polluters here so strange? They don't even let go of corpses!
Qi Yuan suddenly thought of the corpse that had been eaten by the Tainter.
Does it want to eat me?
Or did Cyclops make a move?
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, he quickly put Qi Yuan down from his shoulder.
Qi Yuan lay on the ground without moving. He wanted to know what these Polluters wanted to do by carrying him in.
"Don't play dead."
A cold female voice came from the darkness not far away.
Qi Yuan frowned slightly. Unexpectedly, he found a "familiar" with his Area Detection.
It was the first Intelligent Polluter he saw when he stepped into the old city. The little girl, about eight or nine years old, was wearing an ill-fitting loose red T-shirt and hugging a Barbie doll. She was looking at him coldly in the distant darkness.
Beside her, there were more than ten Polluters surrounding her, their eyes full of vigilance.
These Polluters had powerful auras. They were all Rank 3 Bestial Polluters.
This was troublesome!
Although the Rank 2 Steel Defense was strong enough, it could not withstand the joint attack of more than ten Rank 3 Polluters. In addition, the energy reserves in his body had been exhausted, and there was no room for Steel Regeneration. If he fought head-on, he might be dragged to his death here.
Of course, Qi Yuan was not afraid of these Polluters. Not to mention the flash bomb in his pocket, as long as he left this building and walked under the illumination of the "artificial sun", these Polluters would definitely choose to retreat.
Qi Yuan stood up and looked at the little girl in the darkness.
"Human, you're very strong!" The little girl said coldly.
Qi Yuan smiled. Although the little girl pretended to be calm, he could see the fear in her heart with his Area Detection.
She grabbed the Barbie doll with too much force and almost crushed it.
"Are you afraid of me?" Qi Yuan and the little girl looked at each other.
The little girl was stunned. The Bestial Polluters around her immediately bared their teeth and tried to intimidate him.
"Don't make a sound!" Qi Yuan said in a low voice.
The little girl was stunned again. After two seconds of silence, the Bestial Polluters around her fell into a strange silence.
"Since you're afraid of me, why do you still dare to provoke me?
Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you? "
Qi Yuan looked at the little girl with interest. Although she had become an intelligent polluter, the polluter in front of him was clearly not very smart.
"I'm not afraid of you!" The little girl said weakly. At the same time, her right hand gripped the doll even harder.
"I want to cooperate with you!"
"Cooperate?"
Qi Yuan was stunned. He glanced at the little girl. After confirming that she was not deliberately provoking him, Qi Yuan looked at her deeply.
Regardless of whether the little girl was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, it was obviously not a normal choice to cooperate with a human like him.
His mission was to clean up the Polluters in the old city. Now, the Polluters had taken the initiative to cooperate with him!
This made Qi Yuan unable to guess what the little girl was thinking.
"How do you want to cooperate?" Qi Yuan asked.
"Help me kill two bad guys!
Or drive them out of this city! "The little girl's eyes flashed with anger.
Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows. The little girl did not say who she wanted to kill, but he vaguely guessed that her target might not be humans, but other Polluters in the city.
"Who are the bad guys you're talking about?" Qi Yuan asked.
The little girl hesitated and looked around. As if she was afraid of being overheard, she said in a low voice, "Xu Kui and Xu Xiaoshuang!"
"Who?"
Qi Yuan's eyes widened. He never expected to hear these two names from the little girl.
It was fine if it was Xu Kui, whose whereabouts were unknown, but what was going on with Xu Xiaoshuang?
Didn't he shoot her in the head?
No!
That shot only pierced Xu Xiaoshuang's glabella and didn't blow her head up, just like Cyclops!
In other words, the people he killed in Blackstone Town had all come back to life?
And all of them had become intelligent Polluters?
Wasn't this too much of a coincidence?
"Xu Kui and Xu Xiaoshuang!" the little girl repeated seriously.
"They killed my father and mother and occupied my home!
They occupied the Holy Stone under the city! "
Under the city!
Holy Stone!
Qi Yuan's eyes focused as he keenly grasped the two key words the little girl said.
There were two checkpoints in the old city, and the nearest one was under the city.
As for the Holy Stone, Qi Yuan quickly connected it to Asterite!
"Xu Kui and Xu Xiaoshuang are also Polluters?" Qi Yuan asked.
The little girl nodded, then shook her head.
"We're not Polluters. We're also humans, but we're not the same as you!"
Qi Yuan didn't dwell on this question and continued to ask.
"What is the Holy Stone you're talking about?
Is it something that can suppress your strength? "
"Have you seen the Holy Stone before?" The little girl widened her eyes as if she didn't expect Qi Yuan to know the use of the Holy Stone.
Why did it feel like he was tricking a child into eating a lollipop?
Qi Yuan silently complained in his heart.
"Since the Holy Stone can suppress your strength, then why are they still occupying the Holy Stone?"
The little girl's eyes were a little hesitant as if she was considering whether to tell Qi Yuan this secret.
"Since you want to work with me, then you can't hide it from me. Only by understanding your enemies can I deal with them!" Qi Yuan said patiently.
The little girl's eyes became firm.
"Because the Holy Stone can allow us to break through the limits of our strength and become even stronger!"
Hearing this expected answer, Qi Yuan wasn't surprised at all.
Since Asterite was the key for ability users and Mechanics to break through from Stage 3 to Stage 4, it was the energy that their bodies yearned for. Similarly, it could also be a powerful source of strength for Polluters.
"There are many humans entering the city this time. Why are you working with me?" Qi Yuan asked.
"Because only you can deal with them?" the little girl replied with a serious expression.
Qi Yuan looked at the little girl in surprise. Her tone was very certain, without the slightest hesitation from before.
How could a Polluter have such inexplicable confidence in himself?