Chapter 363: Transcendent Quality
Boom!
It was raining heavily and thundering!
The whole world was in darkness, with only occasional flashes of lightning.
Su Xia took a deep breath and continued to increase his speed to a higher limit, his body drawing a strange curve on the dark and muddy ground.
In the next second, more than ten missiles fell from the sky and hit the place he had just avoided.
The earth shook, flames shot up into the sky, smoke rose, and thick smoke billowed straight into the sky. Horrible bomb craters appeared one after another on the ground.
If Su Xia had not dodged, his flesh and blood body would have been blown into pieces after enduring so many explosions.
The missiles were launched by the combat robots in the sky.
The sky has been blocked, and every piece of airspace has the eyes of the mechanical race.
Su Xia didn't look back and continued running on the ground.
quick!
Faster!
He chanted silently in his mind, concentrating all his strength, and giving priority to the pair of boots on his feet with all the spiritual energy in his body.
"Masked man, stop running!"
In front, hundreds of mechanical warriors opened fire at the same time.
There were ordinary low-level fighters as well as giant steel monsters. They cooperated with each other and instantly formed a terrifying barrage in Su Xia's path.
“Get out of the way!”
Su Xia let out a low roar and swung his hand, but the speed was so fast that there was no time to dodge.
Countless metal fragments flew around him, blocking the terrifying firepower for him.
At the same time, under his full control, mechanical creatures exploded on the spot in a horrific manner, with spiritual energy and debris flying everywhere, and were thrown violently by him into the area behind him.
Those creatures that were thrown away were like shattered meteors, smashing towards Mercer and Todd who were chasing behind.
Todd dodged those mechanical creatures and closed the distance of dozens of meters in an instant.
"Is there no limit to his ability?"
Su Xia felt a chill on her scalp. Todd behind her had used the "flash move" more than ten times, which was almost equivalent to teleporting all the time.
As a player who uses cheats, this time he finally met someone who uses the same cheats as him.
However, there is more to come.
"You wait here!" Mercer suddenly said to Todd, "The full power of the masked man has not yet been revealed. Leave him to me!"
After saying that, his speed suddenly increased, so fast that it was unbelievable.
Mercer's eyes were cold, and his body, which was as hard as steel, suddenly became vague, like a ghost.
Rain from the sky passed through his body as if it was penetrating a virtual projection.
Talent, ghost body!
At this moment, he seemed to have broken free from the limitations of mass on speed!
In an instant, he arrived in front of Su Xia. He spread out his five fingers, and the space in front of him began to distort like water waves, as if there were countless energy waves.
"What?"
Su Xia felt a chill down his spine and was unable to dodge. He did not expect that Moser would appear in front of him in an instant. This was even more amazing than him.
The gaming experience is extremely poor!
Bang!
He seemed to have crashed into an invisible net.
There were twisted wavy stripes all around, spreading out in all directions.
These corrugations are extremely tough and cannot be broken or cut. They are even stronger than alloy steel.
In the blink of an eye, Su Xia was blocked by these ripples from all sides, like a fish caught in a net, struggling in vain.
There was no other choice, Su Xia could only use his second talent.
[Will of the Wind]
The feeling of being restrained disappeared instantly, and freedom returned to him.
At this moment, Su Xia seemed to have entered another world, independent and parallel to the original space. He could see Mercer in front of him and Todd chasing him from behind , as well as the astonishing number of air superiority robots in the sky.
But these mechanical creatures couldn't see him, as if they were infinitely far away.
"call……"
Su Xia took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and did not waste these precious thirty seconds.
He exploded at high speed, turned into an afterimage, and fled rapidly in the different space. He drank medicine while running, almost without hearing it, frantically replenishing his weak body.
At this time, he could actually run underground like he did last time in Fish Scale City.
However, the mechanical race made sufficient preparations this time.
They will not suffer the same setbacks and problems a second time.
Right on the ground beneath his feet, Su Xia sensed countless terrifying metal activities, more in number than the air superiority combat robots in the sky.
Among them, the most frequent activities are about 100 meters underground.
Su Xia knew that it was the underground aquifer.
Ding Can once told him that he could use the aquifer to escape, enter from an abandoned mine, escape all the way out of the city, and finally climb out of a well in a deserted town.
However, the underground aquifers are now filled with mechanical organisms, so densely packed that their numbers are staggering.
After all, Su Xia is a terrestrial creature, and when encountering problems in the water, it is easy for him to be unable to cope with them.
Half a minute passed quickly and in the blink of an eye it was over.
There are only fifteen seconds left.
Su Xia was tense all over and tried her best.
After running at full speed for a short period of time, he had already opened up a great distance between himself and Mercer and Todd, and the figures of the two men were almost invisible.
The suburbs are vast and the area is vast. No matter how strong the calculation ability of the two people is, they are just two individuals after all and cannot block every possible location where Su Xia may appear.
What's more, according to the records of the Mechanical Clan, the duration of this talent in the alien space is not fixed. Some last only more than ten seconds, while others last more than twenty seconds.
The fluctuating time made it more difficult for the two men to calculate.
"It should be fine."
Su Xia breathed a sigh of relief.
If nothing unexpected happens, I might be able to escape this time.
However, the next moment, an accident happened!
Above the sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and terrifying air superiority robots shuttled among the clouds.
They seemed to have received orders at the same time. The ammunition bays opened one after another, revealing terrifying missiles, and carried out the launch mission.
“Swoosh—swoosh—swoosh—”
Deadly missiles fell like rain, and the brilliant tail flames streaked across the night sky, like thousands of falling meteorites, so many that it made one's scalp tingle.
Full area coverage, indiscriminate bombing!
You know, at this moment there are still many mechanical warriors on the ground in this area who are performing search and blocking missions.
But the mechanical creatures in the sky didn't seem to care at all and launched indifferently, as if they wanted their compatriots on the ground to die with Su Xia.
There were so many missiles that it was like a punishment from God.
When Su Xia left the alien space, countless missiles had already fallen from the sky, crashing into the muddy ground one after another.
“Boom… Boom…”
For a moment, the whole world was shaking. The creepy flames engulfed everything. One after another, creepy mushroom-shaped clouds rose from the ground. The shock waves were so dense that they could not be avoided at all.
This is a devastating storm!
The ground collapsed, horrific explosions were everywhere, and the smell of gunpowder was suffocating.
In the doomsday-like destruction, Su Xia was like a small boat in a storm, with nowhere to hide and nowhere to stay.
Looking around, he saw explosions in all directions. The horrific shockwaves almost shattered his eardrums. No matter which direction he fled, he would be blown to pieces, and countless shells were falling on top of his head.
This was a blow of absolute strength. The overall power of the mechanical clan of Seahorse City completely crushed him!
[After calculation, your chance of surviving the explosion is 1.56%]
The nanorobots sent a ruthless data, revealing the bloody reality.
Su Xia had no chance and no choice but to use his talent once again.
[Will of the Wind]
Just before the explosion was about to hit him, he successfully entered the different space and once again had thirty seconds to catch his breath.
He can only use this talent three times a day.
Su Xia seized the opportunity and fled at high speed, escaping into the vast wilderness.
This huge explosion made him guess what Mercer was thinking.
Mercer's behavior, as well as the words Mercer said before, all indicate that -
He wanted to see Su Xia's value. When Su Xia showed enough value, he would push Su Xia to the brink of death, exhaust Su Xia, and use up every last bit of his strength.
And then...
Capture alive!
He wanted to do his best to get a living Su Xia!
Otherwise, what is the purpose of all these artillery shells covering the sky? Those countless missiles are obviously more valuable than Su Xia.
What Moser wanted was to use an explosion that covered the entire area to force Su Xia to enter the alien space again.
Clearly, he was aware of the limitations of this ability—three times a day!
As long as we force Su Xia to use it three times, the rest will be easy.
However, he ultimately underestimated Su Xia's abilities.
“Gurgle…Gurgle…”
Su Xia drank the replenishing potion in big gulps, frantically making up for the consumption in his body.
At the same time, he took out various amplification potions, some of which temporarily increased speed, some temporarily increased psychic strength, and some enhanced perception and reaction, and drank them all in one gulp.
[You have taken the fourth-level potion "Flowing Light", the speed increases by 19%-24%, and the duration is 240s]
[You have taken the fourth-tier potion "Lightning Speed", which increases your speed by 17%-22%. Since this potion has the same effect as "Flowing Light", only the highest potency is retained...]
【……】
[You took the fourth-level potion "Bright Eyesight", which improved your vision at night...]
[You took the fourth-level potion "Nerve Burning", and your reaction speed increased...]
【……】
Various prompts popped up in front of Su Xia's eyes, densely packed, row after row.
Some of these potion formulas were obtained by him in exchange for poison formulas from Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu, while others were found in the basement of a pharmacy. The effects were extremely good and almost instantly elevated Su Xia's strength to another level.
Unfortunately, the duration of a single potion is too short.
If you want to maintain this state, you must keep taking medicine.
When the body takes a large amount of medicine in a short period of time, it will develop a certain drug resistance, and in the end you have to drink more and more until the medicine runs out.
Fortunately, Su Xia is a pharmacist himself and has a storage space, so he doesn't have to worry about the price of potions and the amount of potions to carry.
There are also some more extreme medicines.
For example, the [Momentary Brilliance] potion that Su Xia obtained in the previous mission can allow him to burst out with extremely terrifying power in a short period of time, but the consequence is that he will fall into a [weak] state for a long time afterwards.
The fifth-level potions left by his father were no longer within Su Xia's consideration.
He would not use these things until the critical moment.
“Ka——”
Su Xia clenched her fists, and with the help of the potion, she felt full of strength.
Afterwards, he took out a large amount of [Black Ghost] potion and a terrifying amount of metal fragments.
With the potion enhancement, his control ability was greatly enhanced.
Thirty seconds passed in a flash.
At the moment when the talent failed, Su Xia suddenly smashed all the [Black Ghost] potions.
In an instant, black fog surged and rolled out, and poisonous fog ghosts appeared, condensing into a thick, almost tangible defense layer outside his psychic shield.
And outside this layer of black poisonous fog, there are layers of thicker alloy defenses.
“Boom——!”
A shell landed beside him, with a deafening roar, thick smoke rising, and a deadly shock wave surging out.
Fortunately, the outermost thick alloy shield blocked the impact and fragments of the explosion for Su Xia, only slightly reducing his movement speed.
Countless shells fell from the sky.
Another round of indiscriminate bombing began, or rather it never stopped.
This is Moser's method. Although he cannot stop Su Xia for the time being, he wants to force Su Xia to use his third talent. Everything is within his calculations.
So he asked Todd to wait behind and gave him the initiative of the action.
However, this time, Su Xia did not plan to escape into another space.
He looked solemn and focused, sensing the trajectory, distance, speed, etc. of every shell around him, and improving his control over metal to an unprecedented level.
If there are too many tracking missiles and ordinary artillery shells, they can be intercepted with metal fragments and detonated prematurely.
At the same time, he would actively avoid areas where explosions were too dense.
“Boom… Boom…”
This round of explosions was no weaker than the previous one. It was extremely terrifying and devastating, as if it would destroy the entire Seahorse City.
Bright and dazzling flowers of destruction rose up from the earth, and the earth-shaking sound could be heard clearly even by people in the city.
The explosions that shook the earth and sky again and again had already woken up the sleeping residents of this city.
Many people panicked, feared, and huddled in the corners of the room, trembling.
Even though the city government had sent a text message notifying people in advance, people were still very frightened, and countless people prayed in the dark, hoping to get through the night safely.
Even the players were shocked and stunned to the point of their scalps going numb. Living in a peaceful country, how could they have ever seen such a devastating momentum?
"Even from such a distance I'm already terrified. What would happen if I were at the center of the explosion?" One player turned pale and whispered to himself.
There is no doubt that the explosion area has become a forbidden area for life at this time.
There were explosions again and again, flames shot up into the sky, the ground was covered with horrifying craters, debris was everywhere, and thick smoke covered everything, making this place look like purgatory.
However, in this purgatory, there was a figure moving quickly.
Su Xia's energy was highly concentrated, and he had not been hit directly by a shell so far. He was very cautious, as if he was dancing on the edge of a knife, jumping repeatedly on the edge of death.
High temperatures, thick smoke, lack of oxygen, etc. had already engulfed this purgatory. Explosions were everywhere, making Su Xia feel like he had returned to the simulated battlefield on the Heavenly Star.
The keen perception that had been developed in the simulated battlefield seemed to be playing a role silently.
Some of the evasive movements seemed to have been engraved into his neural reactions and became his instincts, which he could perform almost subconsciously.
In fact, you can avoid the bombardment by going offline for a short period of time, but after going offline you will lose your vision of the game. Su Xia has no idea what kind of environment he will be in the next time he goes online, so you should avoid this uncertainty as much as possible.
There are too many tragedies caused by this kind of uncertainty. For example, some players found a cage where they were after logging online, while others found themselves in the center of a fight between two gangs after logging online.
Going offline is Su Xia's last option when he is forced into a corner with no way to escape.
He doesn't need to do that now.
And at this time, in the far rear.
Todd looked at the artillery fire that was everywhere with a gloomy face, and questioned Mercer: "You're wasting enough artillery shells to fight a small annihilation war. Is this your plan?"
"No, look carefully..."
Mercer shook his head slowly, his tone indifferent: "Watch how I capture the masked stranger alive."
