Old K held the shimmering golden access key in both hands, trembling with excitement.
He turned to look at the black interstellar transport ship parked behind the landing pad, a behemoth of steel.
"Boss! With this thing, we can directly lift the orbital lock and fly out of this trash planet!"
Old K shouted at the top of his lungs, tears and snot smearing his face once more.
Over three hundred surviving scavengers were also filled with fervor, raising their blood-stained Gauss Rifles in cheers.
Leaving this place.
This was something their ancestors for generations wouldn't have dared to dream of.
Qin Yu strode up to the massive boarding hatch of the transport ship.
He stopped, glancing up at the System Panel.
[Current Starburst Points Balance: 63,000/100,000]
Qin Yu's eyes turned cold.
"What's the rush?"
Qin Yu turned around, slamming the [Kiss of Death] in his hand heavily onto the metal deck with a dull thud.
The cheers in the entire area instantly ceased.
Everyone watched Qin Yu nervously.
"Boss... what's wrong? Is the ship a trap?" Old K asked cautiously.
"The ship's not a trap."
Qin Yu pulled out a cigar and bit down on it, not lighting it.
"But my business here isn't finished yet."
Qin Yu raised a finger, pointing at the dark red sky shrouded in toxic fog overhead.
"How many people connected to the Company are still on this planet?"
Old K was taken aback, thinking carefully.
"The Reclamation Center is the headquarters, but there are five large exhaust conversion towers outside. Each tower has dozens of the Company's armed guards."
"And there's the high-risk waste pit to the north. That's the Company's underground lab, housing a bunch of biochemical monsters that devour people without spitting out the bones!"
Old K's voice trembled more and more as he spoke.
"There's also a mercenary camp to the south, doing dirty work for the Company, capturing scavengers like us for drug testing."
After listening, the cold smile on Qin Yu's lips grew wider.
He crushed the cigar in his mouth.
"Good."
"Since we're leaving, we're leaving clean."
Qin Yu hoisted the Sniper Cannon with one hand and stepped directly into the transport ship's hatch.
"Old K, lead the way to the cockpit."
"Today, I'm taking you all for a ride."
Old K shuddered, instantly understanding Qin Yu's meaning.
This was a planet purge!
"Yes, Boss!"
Old K immediately rallied his scavengers, who swarmed into the massive transport ship like locusts.
Ten minutes later.
In the transport ship's main control room.
Qin Yu sat imposingly in the captain's chair, looking at the complex holographic console before him.
This ship was originally just for hauling scrap metal, with extremely weak firepower.
But Qin Yu didn't care at all.
He slowly raised his right hand.
In his palm, the black Nano-Ember reappeared, flickering with crimson Data Streams.
"Go."
Qin Yu slapped the Nano-Ember directly onto the core interface of the main console.
Click-clack, click-clack—
The sound of frenzied metal chewing instantly spread throughout the entire transport ship!
The Nano-Mechanical Swarm spread like black blood, surging madly along the ship's energy conduits.
[Ding!]
[Nano-Ember has taken control of the "Black Rhino-class" transport ship.]
[Initiating physical reconstruction...]
In just thirty seconds.
The entire ship's outer armor was dyed a deep, midnight black.
The originally bulky hull became streamlined and aggressive.
On both sides of the ship, two rows of ferocious Particle Secondary Cannons had been forcibly reconstructed from scrap metal!
Old K and a group of scavengers stood in the main control room, staring at Qin Yu as if he were a god.
"Boss... this ship has come alive!"
Qin Yu ignored him, his eyes fixed on several red dots lighting up on the Holographic Screen.
"Where's the nearest exhaust conversion tower?"
"East! Three hundred kilometers away!" Old K immediately pointed at the screen.
"Full speed ahead."
Qin Yu's voice held no trace of emotion.
"Ram it."
...
Eastern District, Exhaust Conversion Tower No. 1.
Several dozen guards in corporate uniforms were gathered together playing cards.
"Dammit, why's it gone quiet over at the recycling station? It was making a racket just now." One guard threw down a handful of cards onto the table, cursing.
"Who cares, probably just another riot by some blind scavengers. The overseer must have mowed them all down."
Another guard took a careless swig of synthetic liquor.
Right at that moment.
The sky above suddenly darkened.
A massive shadow instantly enveloped the entire exhaust conversion tower.
The guards looked up in stunned confusion.
A colossal entity, pitch black all over and shaped like a starship, was hovering a hundred meters directly above their heads.
"Is... is that the company's transport ship? Why's it turned black?"
Before they could react.
The hatch at the bottom of the transport ship slammed open with a roar.
Qin Yu stood at the edge of the hatch, the fierce wind whipping his trench coat wildly.
He coldly looked down upon the several dozen terrified corporate guards below.
"Old K."
"Boss!" Old K stood behind Qin Yu, holding a Gauss Rifle, his eyes bloodshot.
"Tell the brothers, free fire."
Qin Yu cracked his neck.
"Leave none alive."
"Kill—!!"
Old K let out an inhuman roar!
Three hundred Gauss Rifles instantly protruded from the hatch!
"Ratatatatat—"
Sapphire-blue energy bolts poured down like a torrential rain!
The guards below had no time to find cover and were instantly riddled with holes by the dense barrage!
"Enemy attack! Return fire! Return fire now!"
A few quick-reacting guards tried to man the tower defense machine guns.
Qin Yu sneered, raising the [Kiss of Death] in his hand.
Without even looking, he pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
A deafening blast.
The tower defense machine gun, along with the guard operating it, was directly blown into black dust by a single shot.
[Ding! Eliminated corporate armed personnel. Gained Starburst Points +300]
[Destroyed exhaust tower defense facilities. Gained Starburst Points +1000]
In less than a minute.
Not a single living soul remained standing below.
"Next target." Qin Yu turned and walked back to the main control room.
Leaving three hundred scavengers cheering madly at the hatch.
The ship let out another deafening sonic boom, tearing through the toxic fog as it headed straight north.
...
Northern District, High-Risk Waste Pit. Underground Biochemical Laboratory.
A piercing alarm echoed frantically through the underground tunnels.
"Hurry! Open all the biochemical pods!"
A bald researcher in a white lab coat was frantically hammering at the control console.
He had already received the news of the exhaust tower's destruction.
"Whoever is coming, let them die down here!"
"Clank clank clank—"
Dozens of massive glass pod doors opened simultaneously.
Hundreds of biochemical mutants covered in fleshy tumors and oozing green acidic fluid crawled out.
These monsters let out piercing shrieks as they surged up the passage toward the surface.
Above ground.
Qin Yu's ship hovered directly over the abandoned pit.
Old K and the others gasped in shock at the dense swarm of biochemical monsters pouring out from underground.
"Boss, there are too many monsters! Our guns probably can't pierce their skin!"
Qin Yu looked down at the nauseating horde of creatures.
His eyes turned ice-cold.
"Can't pierce?"
Qin Yu directly activated the ship's fire control system connection.
He forcefully inserted the [Kiss of Death] in his hand into a slot on the main console.
[Weapon connection detected.]
[Activating Shipborne Form: High-Energy Particle Annihilation Cannon.]
The entire ship shuddered violently!
The armor on the ship's underside split open to both sides, and a thick, dark golden cannon barrel nearly two meters in diameter slowly extended.
At the muzzle, space itself began to warp slightly due to the intense energy concentration.
"Then let them all evaporate."
Qin Yu slammed down on the red firing button before him.
"Hummm—"
A blindingly bright white beam of light instantly pierced through heaven and earth!
There was no sound of explosion.
Only a despair-inducing silence.
The beam blasted directly into the deepest part of the abandoned pit!
The biochemical monsters that had just surged out didn't even have time to scream before being vaporized in the white light!
The beam's momentum unabated, it pierced straight through the underground biochemical laboratory.
The bald researcher who had been frantically pounding on the keyboard instantly dissolved into the radiance.
One second later.
The white light faded.
The entire northern abandoned pit had become a smooth, bottomless abyss.
No biochemical monsters, no underground laboratory.
Not even a single trace remained.
Old K and the three hundred scavengers all involuntarily knelt on the deck.
They stared at the man sitting in the captain's chair.
This was no man.
This was the King of Hell, a bringer of apocalypse!
[Ding! Annihilated underground biochemical laboratory!]
[Eliminated mutant swarm, obtained Starburst Points +8000]
[Destroyed corporate core facility, obtained Starburst Points +5000]
[Current Starburst Points balance: 77,300/100,000]
"Still over twenty thousand short."
Qin Yu pulled out the sniper cannon and glanced at the screen.
Across the entire planet, red dots were now few and far between.
Only the largest cluster of structures in the south remained.
"Old K."
"Here! Boss, your orders!" Old K immediately scrambled to his feet.
"That mercenary camp in the south, how many people are there?"
Old K swallowed hard.
"At least two thousand! All of them are desperadoes who live by the blade! They're all heavily armed!"
Qin Yu grinned, a flash of violent red light passing through his eyes.
"Perfect."
"I was just worried about not having enough points."
"Head over there."
…
Southern District. Viper Fang Mercenary Camp.
The camp was now in complete chaos.
Over two thousand fully armed mercenaries were frantically deploying anti-aircraft firepower around the perimeter.
Inside the command post at the center of the camp.
The fat overseer who had been knocked out by Qin Yu at the recycling station was sweating profusely, roaring into a communicator.
He hadn't died after all; instead, he had escaped in the chaos aboard an escape pod and fled here!
"Shoot it down! You must shoot that ship down for me!"
The fat overseer screamed hoarsely.
"I've paid two million star credits! You dogs who work for money, go fight to the death right now!"
Beside him, a mercenary leader with a venomous snake tattoo etched on his face sneered coldly.
"Foreman, don't panic."
"We have three anti-aircraft railguns."
The snake-headed leader wiped the laser blade in his hand, his face full of disdain.
"It's just a garbage-hauling transport ship. I'd like to see how it withstands railgun fire."
As soon as the words fell.
"Boom—"
The clouds churned violently.
That pitch-black spacecraft, carrying an overwhelming sense of oppression, tore through the toxic fog and appeared directly above the camp!
"It's here! Fire!!" the snake-headed leader roared.
Three massive anti-aircraft railguns instantly charged, aiming at the ship in the sky.
At that moment.
The ship's main cannon did not light up.
Instead, the hatch at the bottom opened once more.
A figure actually jumped straight down from a thousand meters in the air!
"Is this kid insane?!" The snake-headed leader's eyes widened.
Qin Yu was mid-air, with no parachute, no deceleration device of any kind.
He held the [Kiss of Death] in one hand, his gaze sharp as an eagle locking onto its prey.
The fierce wind scraped against his cheeks like blades.
Five hundred meters from the ground!
Qin Yu's right arm erupted once again with a dazzling, ghostly blue light!
[Gravity Magazine·Tenfold Gravity!]
Qin Yu threw a fierce punch through the air toward the ground!
"Boom—!"
A terrifying, invisible gravity field instantly enveloped the entire mercenary camp!
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Below, the two thousand mercenaries, along with their guns, were instantly crushed flat to the ground by the tenfold gravity!
The sounds of bones cracking echoed one after another!
The three anti-aircraft railguns that had just finished charging, under this terrifying gravity, had their barrels forcibly bent downward, instantly exploding!
"Ah—! My leg!"
"What kind of monster is this?!"
Screams of agony filled the camp.
"Thump!"
Qin Yu, like a meteor, crashed heavily into the very center of the camp!
The ground instantly caved in under his feet, spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly in all directions.
As the dust settled.
Qin Yu slowly straightened up, brushing the dust off his coat.
Around him, all two thousand mercenaries were pinned to the ground, unable to move even a finger.
Only the snake-headed leader, relying on his advanced exoskeleton, was still struggling desperately.
Qin Yu strode over.
With one foot, he crushed the snake-headed leader's exoskeleton helmet.
"Weren't you trying to shoot down my ship?"
Qin Yu looked down, his eyes cold.
"Get up and try."
The snake-headed leader, his face covered in blood, stared at Qin Yu in terror.
"You... who are you..."
"I'm your grandpa."
Qin Yu slammed the gunstock down!
He drove the snake-headed leader's head straight into the ground, killing him on the spot.
Then.
Qin Yu looked up toward the only command post still standing not far away.
The fat foreman was pressed against the window, having witnessed this unbelievable scene, and had wet his pants in fright.
He scrambled on all fours, trying to escape.
Qin Yu sneered.
Raised the sniper cannon.
"Bang!"
A single shot shattered the fat foreman's right leg.
"Ah—!" Fatty screamed, writhing on the ground.
Qin Yu walked over and planted his foot on the fatty's greasy face.
"Long time no see."
Qin Yu's voice was like a death knell.
"I... I was wrong! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
The fat foreman cried hysterically.
"I'll give you the company vault password! Please, spare my life!"
"I don't need money."
Qin Yu lowered his head, his eyes completely turning into a deathly stillness.
"I need points."
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and Fatty's head exploded like a rotten watermelon.
[Ding! Killed a company senior overseer, obtained Starburst Points +5000]
Qin Yu did not stop.
He turned around, looking at the two thousand mercenaries still groaning in pain on the ground.
Hand raised.
Gun fell.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Qin Yu was like a merciless god of death, ruthlessly reaping lives in this camp.
Anyone whose hands were stained with blood—one shot to the head.
Ten minutes later.
The entire mercenary camp was a river of blood.
Not a single living soul remained.
Only Qin Yu stood alone amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, holding the still-smoking Sniper Cannon.
Deep in his mind.
That frenzied System voice finally emitted the heavenly sound Qin Yu most wanted to hear.
[Ding!]
[Cleared all hostile forces on Trash Star-77!]
[Settling rewards for this star purge...]
[Congratulations, host, for obtaining: 25000 Starburst Points!]
[Current Starburst Points balance: 102300/100000]
Qin Yu suddenly raised his head.
His blood-stained face finally revealed a relieved yet wildly unrestrained smile.
"Enough."
Qin Yu slung the Sniper Cannon over his shoulder and roared directly in his mind.
"System!"
"Exchange for the 'Interstellar Radar' module for me!"
[Ding!]
[Deducted one hundred thousand Starburst Points.]
[Interstellar Radar module successfully unlocked!]
[Scanning coordinates of lifeforms bound to the host...]
Qin Yu's heartbeat instantly accelerated.
His breathing became heavy.
"Hurry up!"
On his retina, a massive dark golden star map abruptly unfurled.
Countless star systems flashed before Qin Yu's eyes.
Immediately after.
Three coordinates shimmering with brilliant light firmly fixed themselves at three different directions on the star map!
[Ding!]
[Coordinates locked!]
[Target One: Yao Xue. Current location: Sirius Sector·Aurora Fortress. Vital signs: Stable (accompanied by high-energy reaction).]
[Target Two: Yao Qian. Current location: Mechanical Star Sea·Wasteland Ruins. Vital signs: Stable.]
[Target Three: Li Ruobing. Current location: Chaotic Star Belt·Raider Main City. Vital signs: Agitated (currently engaged in combat).]
Hearing these three prompts.
Qin Yu clenched his fist tightly, his eyes suddenly reddening.
"They're all still alive..."
Qin Yu let out a long breath, expelling the foul air pent up in his chest for days.
As long as they're alive, it's fine.
As long as they're alive, no matter how vast this universe is, I can bring you all back.
"Calling the main ship."
Qin Yu pressed the communicator.
"Old K."
"Boss! I'm here! We're watching you from above!" Old K's excited voice came through.
"Land."
Qin Yu strode out of the corpse-filled camp.
The toxic fog overhead finally parted, a sliver of cold starlight spilling onto him.
"Take me back to the ship."
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