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Chen Yuan's voice was slightly hoarse.
A cold, electronically synthesized voice immediately filled the helmet, clear and efficient.
"Battle over. Main objective: Flower Calyx Beast (mature form) confirmed dead."
Secondary objective: 23 Small Derivatives confirmed kill.
[Survival Points Calculation: Flower Calyx Beast kill reward +800 points, Small Derivative Kill reward (23 x 20) +460 points.]
[Current total survival points: 6060.]
[Core energy: 72%. Nanoparticle repair and energy reserve: 96%.]
"6060 points is still pitifully low."
A glint of light flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. This was enough for him to exchange for a lot of good things in the system shop, such as high-quality food and even some advanced technological weapons.
Chen Yuan was quick to act, because the brief vacuum created by the death of the Flower Calyx Beast would not last long, and the smell of blood and energy fluctuations would attract more hungry Devouring Beasts.
"This place is not safe to stay for long. Longxin, plan to go to the canyon where human life signs were detected earlier. Plan the flight route, prioritizing high altitude and open paths."
Chen Yuan remembered that on the incomplete map provided by the system, that area seemed to have old-fashioned industrial facilities. The complex terrain might lead to a stronghold, but it also meant that there might be more Devouring Beasts.
Route planning complete. Destination: Rust Canyon, 17.5 km as the crow flies.
[Flight mode ready.]
Without further hesitation, Chen Yuan thought, "Initiate flight!"
"Click...buzz!"
The nano-armor on its feet instantly deformed and unfolded, revealing vector nozzles below that shimmered with a ghostly blue light.
The micronuclear fusion reaction chamber efficiently ejects a blue-white incandescent flame, and the violent energy is precisely confined and controlled to maintain balance.
"Go go go!" Chen Yuan pushed off with both feet.
"boom!"
The aura beneath his feet suddenly lengthened, and he was thrown into the air as if by an invisible giant hand.
The moment the sound barrier was broken, a white sonic boom cloud exploded behind it, and it was immediately thrown away at high speed.
The field of vision rapidly increased, and the ruins beneath our feet instantly shrank into a jumbled jigsaw puzzle.
The wind howled outside the helmet, but the inside remained remarkably stable.
"Without the semi-assisted control of the super-intelligent optical brain, my naked eye simply couldn't keep up with this flight speed."
Chen Yuan sighed, feeling lightheaded as he soared into the sky. The view of the earth from the speed of breaking the sound barrier was the first time Chen Yuan had ever felt so exhilarated in the wasteland.
After flying for about a few minutes (slowing down a bit to observe the road conditions), the landscape below gradually transitioned from a broken city to a barren desert and a belt of rusted metal debris.
In the distance, the outline of a deep rift valley, filled with huge abandoned pipes and collapsed factory buildings, comes into view; for now, let's call it Rust Canyon.
Just as Chen Yuan was preparing to descend and find a landing spot, the alarm on the Dragon Core suddenly went off.
[Warning. High density of life signals detected.]
[Location: Below the canyon entrance, at 11 o'clock.]
[Detection scan, type analysis: snake-dog pack, quantity: 12…15… continuously increasing, including at least 3 large individuals.]
Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he quickly increased the flight altitude while activating the helmet's long-range observation mode.
At the entrance to the Rusty Canyon, dust was flying everywhere.
A group of grayish-brown monsters, resembling a hybrid of hyenas and lizards, were rushing into the canyon at an astonishing speed. They ran on all fours, their muscles bulging, and their tails, covered in bone spurs, trailed behind them. They were the most common predators in the wasteland world—the snake dogs.
Three of them were particularly large, with a shoulder height of over two meters, protruding fangs, and exuding a ferocious aura.
The target appears to be some prey they've sensed deep within the canyon, rummaging through something.
"Large snake dogs are worth 300 points, and ordinary ones are worth 150 points. These are points delivered to your door."
A cold smile curled at the corner of Chen Yuan's lips; his ability to fly gave him absolute control.
"Loongson, lock onto target group, activate combat support mode!"
[Target locked, combat assist mode activated!]
In the helmet's field of vision, the fast-moving pack of snakes and dogs below was clearly marked, with red markers that jumped as they moved.
Loongson even predicted several possible attack routes.
"Reduce the altitude to 50 meters and prioritize dealing with large targets!"
Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes and gave the order.
With a slight adjustment to the aircraft's vectoring nozzles, he swooped down like a predating eagle, incredibly fast yet with an eerie stillness imparted by the anti-gravity field.
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The pack of snake-dogs on the ground also noticed the threat overhead. The lead large snake-dog let out a sharp howl, and the entire pack instantly erupted into chaos.
Instead of fleeing, they displayed astonishing ferocity and teamwork.
Some of the snake dogs (mainly small individuals) immediately dispersed, using the pipes and rocks on both sides of the canyon to form a dense encirclement.
The three large snake-dogs suddenly stopped, their hind legs pushing off the ground, their backs arched with bone spurs, their scarlet eyes fixed on the swooping silver figure, and a low, threatening growl emanating from their throats, clearly preparing to fight back or retaliate.
"If you want a head-on confrontation, then try this."
A fierce glint flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. When he was less than twenty meters away from the head of the nearest large snake-dog, he suddenly curled up and pointed his right knee downwards.
"Gravity impactor, maximum power... Mount Tai meteorite fall!!"
He didn't intend to crash directly into them, but rather aimed his knee at the ground below where three large snake-dogs were gathered, causing a wide-ranging impact.
"Boom!"
A deep, resounding boom, like the heartbeat of the earth, exploded at the entrance to the canyon.
Centered on the ground where Chen Yuan's knees were pointing, a shockwave that caused a visible bowl-shaped collapse instantly spread outwards.
This was not the vibration of a physical impact, but the terrifying effect of a localized supergravity field. Within a ten-meter radius of the shock wave, the sand and gravel sank half a meter as if struck by an invisible giant hammer.
The three large snake-dogs that were the first to be hit were as if they had been struck by a thousand-ton hydraulic press. Their proud, tough bones cracked under the force of dozens of times the gravity.
Muscle fibers snapped one by one, and internal organs were instantly subjected to devastating compression. The three snake-dogs couldn't even utter a scream; blood flowed from multiple parts of their bodies, and they died on the spot.
The terrifying shockwave even caused ordinary snakes and dogs that were too close to it to spit out blood and suffer broken bones and tendons.
[Target kill: Large snake-dog x 3, Survival points +900.]
[Target kill: 2 Snake Dogs, Survival Points +300.]
Using the recoil from the impact, Chen Yuan lightly performed a backflip and hovered steadily in mid-air.
Having gained the upper hand, Chen Yuan hovered in the air like a silver Grim Reaper who controlled life and death. He held his arms outstretched, his fingers spread, and pointed his gun at the snakes and dogs crawling haphazardly below.
"Wuhu!"
"Click, click, click..."
The nano-armor on the fingertips cracked instantly, and dozens of armor-piercing warheads, gleaming with cold light, were ejected.
"Loongson, activate auto-aiming and firing mode!"
"Okay, Mr. Chen, instructions received."
"Puff puff puff!"
The jet-black miniature armor-piercing projectiles, like the scythe of death, traced a deadly trajectory under the precise guidance of the Loongson super-intelligent optical brain.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"
The sounds of armor being pierced and flesh being torn apart were incessant. Clumps of foul-smelling blood exploded at various points at the canyon entrance, and snake dogs fell to the ground, their spirit particle cores precisely destroyed.
[Target kills: 9 Snake Dogs, Survival Points +1350!]
[Target kill: 2 Snake Dogs (finish with a critical hit), Survival Points +300.]
[Target eliminated...]
In just over ten seconds, the canyon entrance returned to its deathly silence.
【当前累计生存点积分：6060+900+300+1350+150=8910点。】
A cold system notification sounded in Chen Yuan's mind.
He glanced at the points, but his gaze was fixed on the depths of the canyon.
The snake-dog pack rushed down so urgently just now, what could be down there? Were they... survivors?
"Loongson, scan the canyon floor for energy signals, life signals, and the entire frequency band."
Chen Yuan gave the order, and then cautiously walked into the dark depths of the Rusty Canyon, stepping over the corpses of snakes and dogs scattered all over the ground.
……
Loongson's sensors are fully activated, expanding the range of scanning for energy fluctuations and life-generating substances.
In the deathly silence, only Chen Yuan's own breathing and the deep hum of the battle suit's energy core could be heard.
Just then, a deliberately hushed but slightly clearer conversation, mixed with the faint sound of metal scraping, came from behind a half-collapsed concrete bunker below.
"Captain, it seems like there's no sound from up there?"
A young man's voice was urgent, "The sounds of those snakes and dogs... seem to have stopped."
Immediately afterwards, a calm but authoritative male voice rang out: "Don't let your guard down. The Devouring Beast is very cunning; it might be a trap. Rat, Coyote, you two guard the flanks. The rest of you, stay put and take cover. Xiao Qi, you have good eyesight, go up and check the situation, but be careful."
"Yes, Captain!" a slightly cold female voice replied.
Chen Yuan stopped abruptly, his brows furrowed.
Humans? In this godforsaken place? From which faction?
He immediately signaled to Loongson: "Loongson, lower the energy signal, remain silent, and scan for life signals behind the cover below."
[Command confirmed, scanning in progress... 7 stable human life essences detected, 5 males and 2 females.]
[Equipment Detection: High-energy gunpowder weapons (heavy machine guns x3, sniper rifles x2), fragmentation grenades x14, melee weapons x9.]
[Energy fluctuations: extremely low, not related to the Mana ecosystem.]