Chapter 160

The screams and curses of humans ceased the instant Qin Su appeared, but the commotion created by the insects, startled by the students of the First Military Academy, never stopped.

Almost every insect, through continuous adaptation to its environment, has taken on the colors of ice and snow.

Snow Louse, about the size of a white palm, which had been lurking in the crevices of the ground, crisscrossed by sharp ice blades, scrambled out and scattered as the ground cracked open.

Small at both ends and large in the middle, ranging in length from one to over ten meters and in diameter from 2 to 18 centimeters, these pale pink ginseng Ginseng Worms have no tentacles, mouth, or nose. A single straight intestine runs from head to tail. Habitually coiled around icicles hanging upside down, the worms fall with a crack as they fall, cascading down onto the snow in a tumble. The pale pink sap that bursts out as they crash onto the ground quickly falls through the cracks that widen, leaving trails of fluorescent pink in the white light on the cracked, transparent ice surface.

In the very center of the area where these tiny insects, hidden in the icy wilderness, scurried away—where the deepest, largest fissures were formed—the long, large Kerr Armored Scorpion arched upwards, its back covered in orderly, pale blue, armor-like plates...

The Kerr Armored Scorpion had not yet fully revealed its appearance, so Qin Su could not estimate its size. He could only observe the front part of the Kerr Armored Scorpion, which was the most lethal part of its body: the pincers on both sides of its flat head.

At this moment, the largest part of the Kerr Armored Scorpion's body, its protruding ice-blue compound eyes flanked by enormous pincers, was rising from beneath the thick ice with a cracking sound...

Judging from the speed, it would probably take the Kerr Armored Scorpion about thirty seconds to completely remove its two pincers from the thick ice.

Qin Su lowered his eyelids, concealing the shock in his eyes, and ignored Onion's almost imperceptible call of his name.

He Muzhi couldn't catch up with him, and Qin Su had already started the Comic Capture Camera the moment he left the Fourth Military Academy.

Along the way, such a large and deep crack appeared. Without adjusting the scope, he could see with the naked eye the fragments left by the various weapons stacked in the crack after they were fired and produced different degrees of penetration and explosion effects.

These are all more attention-grabbing Onion.

Based on this, Qin Su could already imagine the frenzied bombing and blasting that group from the First Military Academy had carried out in this area.

Based on what we know about the Kerr Armored Scorpion, under normal circumstances, normal Purge efforts will not disturb it at all.

In this situation, a question flashed through Qin Su's mind: How much trouble can a person cause at work?

If the students from the First Military Academy were to return alive, they would likely offer a unique answer to this question.

Of course, he wasn't stopping them from using explosives to kill insects, but he wondered if they could use them evenly and in a planned manner.

Why would good people in a family all rush together and explode when they're in danger? It's not a tug-of-war where you need to work in the same direction.

Qin Su didn't know if the insects that the First Military Academy group originally wanted to bombard had been killed. He only knew that their frantic bombing in one spot had disturbed the Kerr Armored Scorpion, which lived under the ice and rarely moved, even once every hundred years. Their own annihilation was their own fault, but the local residents were unlucky.

They were supposed to move to Safe Zone and wait for the Purge to end before returning, but the First Military Academy's actions were swift and fierce. Given the speed and destructive power of the Kerr Armored Scorpion, the Safe Zone where the local residents were staying would soon become a danger zone.

'Why did the First Military Academy provoke it?'

Arriving alone, and finding that all the supplies at the First Military Academy had been used up by the students there, Qin Su was frustrated and could only complain inwardly while waiting for his classmates to arrive.

Even if there were ammunition, it would be a waste to bombard the thick ice-covered Kerr Armored Scorpion.

Moreover, ammunition is useless against the Kerr Armored Scorpion; it can only be used to drive it to uninhabited areas.

While waiting, Qin Su looked up, removed his gaze from the pincers that were pushing against the thick ice below, and silently took in his surroundings, making plans in his mind.

[I can't imagine what kind of chaos would ensue if they truly followed the paths their families had laid out for them, smoothly occupying all the important positions...]

[Netizens were right, the world really is a giant makeshift operation.]

I really wish they were buried here.

[Onion's father is on his way, and many other parents are also on their way. If they make it in time, they won't die. On the contrary, if the Kerr Armored Scorpions are allowed to run rampant, the local residents who were originally moved to the Safe Zone will no longer be safe; they are the ones who will be buried by the avalanche.]

[Imagine the local residents; they've already entered berserk mode. Weren't these people supposed to be here to Purge? I mean, the Erato Planet pays the Federation a fair share of taxes every quarter, so why is Federation- administered Military Academy here to wipe out some bugs, using their tax money to kill them all? Who the hell can they complain to?]

From Onion leading a group of the First Military Academy students to escape, to everything that happened in just over half an hour, comic book Viewers witnessed it all, and flooded the screen with diss comments on the scene of Onion hanging in mid-air and the disheveled state of the other First Military Academy students.

When Onion saw Qin Su, he subconsciously called out Qin Su's name in a low voice. His heart pounded with fear as he looked up at Qin Su. When he saw Qin Su looking down at him, the coldness in Qin Su's eyes was clearly visible.

Recalling Qin Su's previous actions against him, Onion was not surprised that Qin Su ignored him at first.

After all, Qin Su had been playing him from the very beginning.

"Qin Su, I'm begging you!"

Faced with life and death, Onion did not hesitate to abandon what little dignity he had left in front of Qin Su. He raised his head and spoke with difficulty, his raised hands gripping the only ice spike tightly.

"Help me..."

He could hear the constant cracking and breaking of ice below, and he dared not look down, not knowing whether the ice breaking was on the ground or on the ice wall behind the icicle he was holding onto.

If it's the former, who knows if he'll be buried in ice layers thousands of years old if he falls in; if it's the latter... the outcome will be just as bad.

"As long as you save me, whatever you want, as long as I can do it, I will give it to you with both hands..."

Qin Su casually shifted his gaze away from him and looked elsewhere, while Onion was in a hurry.

He could smell the sticky, worm-like bits of flesh and blood covering his body, a mixture of pungent, unsettling odors, and his face turned deathly pale.

If his Combat Suit hadn't been devoured by those damned insects during his twenty-odd minutes of escape, forcing him to rely on the power from his combat boots to reach maximum capacity and pierce through their disgusting Insect Meat, he wouldn't have exhausted the energy he needed to sustain his brief flight, leaving him in such a sorry state.

The First Military Academy students, who were several hundred meters away from Onion and had just stood up Onion had recently withdrawn his Pheromones, heard Onion's voice asking Qin Su for help and held their breath, waiting for Qin Su's reply.

If Qin Su didn't save him, they would have to force themselves to go. They secretly hoped that Qin Su would have mercy and pull Onion out of danger immediately. They didn't dare to breathe loudly, afraid that their breathing would affect Qin Su's mood.

[Why didn't he use Pheromones to threaten Qin Su into saving him at a time like this? Was it because he didn't want to? Or was he afraid? Didn't he use Pheromones to suppress others and prevent them from getting in his way before? Haha, if it weren't for that, Onion wouldn't have had to be at the forefront, 'creating' this scene in the underworld.]

[Onion never expected this, did he? Life is unpredictable, and he trapped himself in a vicious cycle.]

[Um, is what you're 'asking' for really that important? Do we, Su Bao, need you to give us anything? Giving us things nobody cares about is unlucky. You really think you're something special.]

Hearing the muttering voices below, Qin Su showed no intention of bowing his head. He continued to seize the time, trying to understand the surrounding situation as much as possible before the students arrived and the Kerr Armored Scorpion pulled out its two large pincers.

The Kerr Armored Scorpion's outer shell is incredibly tough. According to records, no weapon among the Military Academies responsible for Purge the Zerg has been able to truly penetrate its outer armor.

Based on its habits, it can only be buried in deeper and thicker layers of ice.

Based on the habits of the Kerr Armored Scorpion, if the thickness of the ice layer burying it prevents the Kerr Armored Scorpion from poking out any part of its body within half an hour, it will become docile and continue to fall into a 'sleeping' state.

Saving Onion is impossible. The reason he stayed in front of Onion is simply because the most lethal pincers of the Kerr Armored Scorpion are in Onion's location, and he followed him here, nothing more.

When he reached the seventeenth second, Qin Su's gaze fixed on several suitable locations. He silently Optical Brain to record the locations, fearing that he wouldn't have time to pay attention to the electronic auxiliary sound that was going to investigate when he was 'communicating' with the Kerr Armored Kerr Armored Scorpion later. Qin Su communicated with the system and asked the system to control the Electronic Eye to go to the places he had selected to take real pictures, so that it would be convenient to choose the most suitable 'gravesite' for the Kerr Armored Scorpion in the end.

Once the location was chosen, Qin Su finally had a chance to look down at the Kerr Armored Scorpion, which had been struggling to break free of the ice.

This area is within the local residents' hunting grounds. The surrounding icebergs are not very high and are quite far apart, far from being able to bury the Kerr Armored Scorpion deep enough that it would struggle for half an hour without being able to break free.

'About ten seconds.'

Having made up his mind, Qin Su controlled the Warship to retreat to a suitable position.

"!"

One second Onion was still basking in the joy that Qin Su had finally looked at him after his pleas, but the next second he saw Qin Su dart away at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to perceive, hundreds of meters away from him, and his pupils widened.

'It's intentional! Qin Su is definitely fooling him on purpose again!'

Knowing there was no hope with Qin Su, Onion turned his hopes to his followers.

Onion is now stuck on the ice wall, and he can only see himself if someone from the First Military Academy stands above him like Qin Su.

Unable to see anyone, Onion could only shout, "Kangnafu, where the hell are you? Get over here right now!"

"William? Do you want to die?"

Where are they?

"Whoever saved me, I will definitely repay them handsomely when I get back."

From initial threats to growing exasperated, and finally to promising benefits.

No matter what Onion said, the other members of the First Military Academy could only look at each other with fearful eyes hovering over the spot where Qin Su and Onion were hanging.

"..."

It was obvious that Qin Su deliberately gave Onion hope, only to plunge Onion into despair once again.

'This must be punishment for Onion leading the escape earlier.'

Thinking of this, and because Qin Su was there, the members of the First Military Academy, who dared not step forward to rescue Onion, shrank back and kept pushing backward.

'Everyone here has a chance to escape. Onion was the first, and any one of them could be the second, the second... until Qin Su is satisfied.'

And what about Onion? Ten minutes ago, Kangnafu was kicked into the tentacles of a certain insect, allowing him to escape. Kangnafu was then grabbed by the insect and brought to its mouth, where it chewed up only half of his head, brain matter spilling all over the ground...

After Qin Su left Onion's location, he could clearly see from behind his Visual Helmet that the group from the First Military Academy were pushing and shoving each other as they retreated away from Onion's position, showing no intention of helping Onion.

"..."

No wonder people often say that those who stray from the right path find little support. Before he arrived, he saw Onion using Pheromones to suppress the others, causing them to fall into an uncontrollable state of weakness because their Pheromone levels were not as high as Onion's. Sure enough, this made them lose heart towards Onion.

Even if he were a classmate, no one would want to save him.

Since all of Onion's classmates who spent every day with him acted this way, Qin Su felt even more justified in his underhanded and petty behavior of ignoring Onion.

More importantly, any one of the students in Class 6 could climb up on their own using the strength of their arms, even if their combat boots ran out of power, without needing to be rescued.

None of them wanted to save Onion, but Onion himself was also a disappointment.

The rounding was Onion's own fault.

[I felt so relieved when I saw this page. God knows I was holding my breath, afraid that the Boss 1 would actually save this damn thing. Redeeming evil people is an injustice to those who died at their hands. God knows how many innocent people he will kill in the future after saving one evil person.]

Don't worry about it. Qin Su's kindness is selective; he's not a saint who shows mercy to evil people.

[So it seems that a high Pheromone level isn't always a good thing. Look at Onion, his Pheromone level can suppress others, making them weak in his presence. How can they save him if they're all weak?]

[Judging from Su Bao's expression, he hasn't made a move against Kerr Armored Scorpion yet. What is he waiting for? Is he waiting for the Fourth Military Academy or for Onion's father? Su Bao know that the First Military Academy Principal is coming?]

Qin Su: "..."

I didn't know before, but thank you, he knows now.

However... who cares who comes or doesn't, it's none of his business. He's not the Principal of the Fourth Military Academy, so he has no right to order him around.

After rushing for a while, the students of Fourth Military Academy Class 6 finally caught sight of Qin Su.

Qin Su faced their direction. In front of Qin Su, judging from the distinctive Combat Suit, was Onion, whose hands were desperately gripping the ice spikes and whose legs were constantly swinging.

"?"

Seeing Onion's actions, He Muzhi felt a sense of doubt, not quite understanding why Onion would swing in such a dangerous place.

He Muzhi glanced at it quickly, choosing to respect and offer his blessings. When he looked at Qin Su, a clear look of joy flashed across his face, and he rushed towards Qin Su's direction even faster.

The other students in Fourth Military Academy Class 6 felt the same way, thinking that Onion was probably mentally ill. If he didn't climb up, where would he go? The students of the First Military Academy always followed Onion's lead, and they didn't move. It must have been Onion's own choice.

'1.'

Qin Su silently counted down to the last second in his mind, and saw his classmates rushing towards his location. The next second, he heard a loud bang.

Immediately afterwards, the ground trembled violently again, thick layers of snow rolled down, and solid, transparent ice shattered into countless sharp blades and lumps. Amidst these ice fragments, a huge, diamond-like, translucent pincer, carrying a biting wind, swung unconsciously through the air...

Boom!

At the same time, a huge tremor came from the sky above where most of the students of the Fourth Military Academy were located.

When He Muzhi and the other students from Fourth Military Academy Class 6, who were trying to get close to Qin Su, were affected, they were struck and shaken by that sudden, invisible airflow. Their Optical Brain were also affected to some extent, and their connection with the Warships was temporarily severed. The Warships they were piloting lost control for a moment, and like falling leaves, they were impacted and fell from the sky...

Qin Su's gaze quickly swept over the Kerr Armored Scorpion's pincers, which were unconsciously tracing an arc in the air from below, before landing on the students who were heading towards him but were hit by an external impact, causing their Warships to plummet. He aimed at the Warship that had been hit the hardest and was closest to the ground, and quickly made contact.

Qin Su simply ignored the Warships like Sophia Jeffrey, which only lost control for a moment but quickly regained their composure and took control again.

The Warships, which were rapidly falling and about to touch the ground, suddenly made a turn in the air and then continued to move towards Qin Su's location at the same speed.

Once the students had recovered, Qin Su disconnected the connection again, handing control back to them, and focused his gaze on the enormous object that had appeared out of nowhere.

It was a Spaceship so huge that Qin Su had never seen one like it during his time at the Fourth Military Academy.

Judging from the materials used in its exterior and the features it displays, anyone can tell that it is expensive.

Qin Su: "..."

'Sourness is just one word, but he has to repeat it countless times in his heart.'

In this world, no one else has a system, and no one else would sacrifice their Life Points to Transport Spaceship here through space like he did. The Spaceship in front of him should be from the First Military Academy. It didn't land through the Jump Point but directly broke through the air and landed here. The First Military Academy is far away from Erato Planet. According to the conventional Jump Channel, it would take four or five hours to arrive.

Having arrived here in less than half an hour, it's clear they've applied for the qualification for Emergency High-Speed Jump Stop.

According to his research, because the planet being forcibly Hyperspace Jump space needs to obtain consent, the Federation only approves such applications in case of emergencies, and only the president will do so.

"That's why they say that other First Military Academy, while they only got into the Fourth Military Academy by chance. That's the difference."

Qin Su: "..."

In just two seconds, Qin Su felt the sour smell was about to marinate him.

Despite the bitterness in his heart, Qin Su forced himself to maintain a composed and dignified demeanor. He merely glanced at it casually before his gaze returned to the four seconds that had passed since the Kerr Armored Scorpion completely 'broke the ice' and began to swing its pincers.

Creak--

The moment Qin Su looked over, he heard a crisp snapping sound.

Immediately afterwards, Onion's legs were cleanly and decisively severed by the inside of the pincers, which had unconsciously traced an arc in the air.

Onion, who had been suspended in the air by an ice spike, was now only left with his upper two-thirds body intact.

The two legs, severed at the thighs, fell straight down after the pincers swept across them.

Snap--

A striking splash of red appeared on the snow a second ago, but the next second it was swallowed up by a crack in the ice, leaving nothing behind.

Only drops of bright red blood trickled down from the severed wound, one after another.

"Ahh!"

At the same time, Onion's shrill and piercing voice almost shattered everyone's eardrums.

The intense pain caused Onion to loosen his grip on the ice picks, and his body slumped down...

When the First Military Academy Principal, Middleton, received Onion's distress message, Qin Su's special status prompted him to come in person without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, just as his own Spaceship landed at the coordinates sent by his son Onion, before the Spaceship had even come to a complete stop, he saw Qin Su staring expressionlessly in Onion's direction.

Inside the Spaceship, Middleton couldn't hear any outside noises, nor could he see the blind spot below him; he could only see the pale-faced people on the Spaceship looking in his direction.

Realizing something was wrong, Middleton quickly opened the bottom hatch of the Spaceship and adjusted the bottom to be visible. Looking down, he saw Onion's body, with both legs severed, fall and be swallowed by the cracked Glacier.

"Onion!"

Middleton's eyes bulged as he let out a sharp roar. Having already donned his Combat Suit before arriving, he lunged downwards without hesitation, attempting to grab Onion's body, which was being swallowed by the gap.

The other passengers who had come with him on the Spaceship saw this sudden situation and shouted for Middleton, and their bodies also plummeted down to save him.

The speed was too fast. Middleton could clearly hear the whistling wind in his ears. His eyes were filled with intense hatred. His arrival did not make Qin Su feel even the slightest bit of fear. Qin Su even watched his poor Onion fall into the Abyss indifferently in front of him, without the slightest pity.

"..."

Seeing people rushing one after another into the Glacier crevasse, Qin Su's mind flashed back to the scene of the Calabash Brothers rescuing their grandfather.

The students of Fourth Military Academy Class 6 were stunned to see the First Military Academy Principal and many other faces they had only seen online suddenly appear from the Spaceship that had almost caused their ship to be destroyed and their lives lost.

Upon seeing the First Military Academy's iconic Spaceship, and then seeing the Principal, and recalling the tragic situation that Onion had just witnessed, the students of First Military Academy Class 6 turned pale and ashen.