Hellfire-11, Purple Explosive Gun!

"Dead?"

Cai Cai looked at us in surprise.

"Perhaps..."

I frowned, my heart pounding, and rushed towards the reeds with the Roarer in my arms, saying, "Let's go check it out, be careful, don't alert them!"

Amidst the rustling sounds, the group passed through the reeds and immediately saw the scene ahead.

The player named "This Wave I'm in the Atmosphere" was lying on the ground, his body mangled and riddled with bullets. The one who killed him was a Dark Tide soldier wearing Generation 2 Power Armor, accompanied by a group of Gray Bug Regiment soldiers, who were besieging the few remaining Stream City Garrison in the reeds.

"Superior?!"

Cai Cai said in the Team Channel, "Ding Han, devise a strategy, otherwise some of us might die."

"Um."

I nodded. "Cai Cai, Ruolin, you two flank to the left and launch an attack from the flank. I'll take Ye Zi and Fei Zi and attack from the front. Don't rush, I'll use two RPGs to clear out the ordinary soldiers first. After I've used those two RPGs, we'll rush out together. Watch out for that Generation 2 Armor BOSS, don't fight him head-on!"

"OK!"

Ruolin and Cai Cai quickly rushed into the reeds on one side.

"Ding Han..."

Carrying a green Monomolecular Sword, Garden of Words looked worried. "I'm a little nervous..."

"Don't be nervous, just treat them like ordinary monsters."

While calming her down, I lowered myself into the reeds and took out my RPG, aiming at the densest area of the Gray Bug Regiment soldiers!

"Whoosh!"

After one rocket-propelled grenade was launched, it was quickly reloaded, and before anyone could react, the second one was launched!

"Puff puff~~~"

A deafening roar echoed through the swamp, and a dense array of damage numbers shot into the air!

"4982!"

"5099!"

"10434!"

"5218!"

Almost all of them were instantly killed. The ordinary soldiers of the Gray Bug Regiment were all level 30 elite monsters with only 3000+ total health. They couldn't withstand the RPG's bombardment at all!

"Rush!"

I instantly put away my RPG, switched to my primary weapon, the Roarer, and rushed out before the smoke cleared. The Roarer fired continuously, quickly eliminating a group of low-health Gray Bug Regiment soldiers. Only the Blue BOSS wearing Generation 2 Power Armor remained on the battlefield!

"Snap!"

He pressed down hard on the hilt of his sword, and the tip pierced through the armor of a Stream City Garrison, penetrating his heart. Amidst the splattering of blood, the Stream City Garrison looked horrified, his eyes filled with resentment.

"A bunch of trash, you think you're worthy to fight me?"

The Power Armor soldier drew his longsword and sneered, "Die, all of you!"

As he spoke, he quickly ran towards Cai Cai and Ruolin!

"Depend on..."

Cai Cai lowered her body and fired bursts of fire from her Submachine Gun, but she couldn't damage the opponent's health at all. Before the Generation 2 Armor was breached, the player's damage was actually ineffective at this stage.

The next second, the Power Armor soldier suddenly raised his longsword and aimed it straight at Cai Cai's head!

"..."

Cai Cai was dumbfounded, probably not expecting that the person wearing Power Armor would be so fast and agile. It was simply too unreasonable!

"Careful!"

Ruolin suddenly rushed forward, raising her shield to block in front of Cai Cai!

Amidst a shower of sparks, Ruolin and her shield were sent tumbling backward, large damage numbers floating above her head.

"3983!"

She was almost Lightly Injured. The Dark Tide soldiers wearing Power Armor unleashed extraordinary power, which even Ruolin, a top-tier shield-type superweapon in the Creek City region, could not withstand!

"Boom!"

Just as the Power Armor soldier raised his Left Hand, his machine gun spinning rapidly, I quickly unleashed an Explosive Charge, piercing through his body. Then I turned around, threw a Tian Gong Kai Wu at the BOSS, and immediately followed up with Legion Blade sweep, slashing out with considerable damage numbers!

"Court death!"

The Power Armor soldier suddenly turned around and threw a powerful punch!

I hurriedly raised my longsword to parry, but it felt like a mountain had crashed into the blade. I was sent flying backward and landed heavily in the reeds.

"2427!"

That's terrifying attack power! Even my 300+ armor couldn't withstand it at all!

"Brother Han!"

Cai Cai hurriedly opened fire with her Submachine Gun, moving while firing to create distance between herself and the BOSS.

The Garden of Words and Nationwide Flight also emerged, each unleashing their own attacks.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~"

But just then, I suddenly saw some prompts appear on the armor of the Blue BOSS in front of me. The golden cracks of the Tian Gong Kai Wu were becoming denser and more obvious. And within the cracks, the thick cables connecting the back of the BOSS were rapidly cracking, and a light was faintly visible!

This is a system notification!

With a "whoosh," my mind went blank for a moment, then I remembered how I defeated the Power Armor soldiers during the closed beta!

That's right. The design of previous generations of Power Armor was flawed. Most of the power cables were exposed, and these cables were far less robust than the armor itself. If these cables could be cut, the entire Power Armor's power system could be disabled!

"Aim at the cables behind him!"

I quickly switched to the Roarer, shouted in the Team Channel, and then started moving around while aiming at the cable behind the BOSS, firing wildly. In the blink of an eye, I emptied my magazine. Cai Cai, Ruolin, and the others also aimed at the cable. With the firepower overlapping, the cable's resilience bar dropped rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it was down to less than 30%!

"Now!"

I yelled, "Ye Zi, Explosive Charge at him!"

"They're here!"

The Garden of Words locked onto the BOSS's location, instantly unleashing a burst of Yuan Power, transforming into a blur as it passed through the opponent's body. The Generation 2 Power Armor soldier swayed, and a dizzying "vortex" icon appeared above his head.

I seized the opportunity to close the distance, raised my Legion Blade, and unleashed a five-hit combo of basic attack, Bloodthirsty Assault, and basic attack, striking the cables behind the opponent. With two sharp cracking sounds, both cables snapped, and the opponent was instantly immobilized, unable to raise their sword again.

"Kill!"

I retreated quickly, switched to my Submachine Gun, and fired almost simultaneously with everyone else!

"You bunch of vermin!"

The BOSS inside the Power Armor roared angrily. Presumably due to the power system failure, he was unable to breathe and actually opened his helmet. As the helmet rose and embedded itself in the back armor, his head appeared before everyone's eyes.

He was bald, with stitches on his forehead, and his complexion was purple, a result of multiple genetic mutations.

As expected, just as the official information in the closed beta described, most of the Power Armor soldiers of the Star Maple Federation and Dark Tide are Gene Warrior. These Power Armor soldiers have been genetically modified to be extremely strong, and neural sensors have been implanted under their skin to achieve a more perfect coordination between the pilot and the Power Armor.

Unfortunately, this was ultimately a product of rudimentary genetic modification, and once the power system failed, it was doomed to die!

Aim for its head and keep firing!

Instantly, amidst the barrage of Headshot, the Power Armor warrior's head trembled violently. His dwindling health bar vanished in the blink of an eye, replaced by two ringing sounds that echoed in his ears.

[Congratulations! You have defeated the Undercurrent Elite - Stansome (Blue BOSS) and obtained the item: 1 BOSS Ability Crystal!]

[Battle Notification: You have defeated [Undercurrent Elite - Stansome] (Blue BOSS), gaining 320,000 character experience points. You also gained 160,000 Experience Points through extraction at the Essence Furnace!]

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~"

The moment the BOSS was killed, the Power Armor he was wearing detected that its owner's vital signs had disappeared and immediately initiated a self-destruct program, bursting into flames in the blink of an eye.

"..."

Cai Cai and The Garden of Words were dumbfounded.

"You'll get used to it."

I stepped forward and glanced at the corpse of "This Wave I'm in the Atmosphere," frowned, and asked, "Does anyone have Molotov Cocktail?"

"I have."

Nationwide Flight took out several Molotov Cocktail. He knew what I meant and immediately set fire to the corpse of "This Wave I'm in the Atmosphere." In the blink of an eye, the corpse turned into a pile of ashes.

For a moment, everyone's expression became very solemn.

We players may seem to be cheating in the game, eventually reaching the top of the food chain in the Star Abyss World, but this process is by no means easy. And it's not just this player in front of us; along the way, far too many players have died, countless in number.

Let's go.

Cai Cai said, "Brother Han, the fighting here was too loud just now. We need to get out of here quickly, otherwise the Dark Tide people might be here soon."

"Okay, let's go!"

I nodded and left with the others.

In the reeds, Garden of Words suddenly let out a delighted laugh, "I got a blue short sword from the boss's crystal just now..."

"Real?"

Cai Cai laughed and said, "Ye Zi, congratulations! Hahaha, no wonder they say good-looking people are blessed by fate, unlike us ugly people who can't even get anything good from opening superpower boxes."

The Garden of Words smiled and said, "No, not really..."

Ruolin and Cai Cai each opened their boxes, but neither of them said anything, which probably wasn't a good sign.

At this moment, I finally turned my attention to my BOSS -SS-rank Ability Crystal Treasure. Clearly, my role in killing this Dark Tide Soldier was crucial, and I dealt the most damage. Since the Garden of Words could yield Blue Equipment, then mine...

Take it out immediately and open it!

[Congratulations! You have successfully opened your [BOSS Ability Crystal] and obtained the item: [Hellfire -11 Improved Version] (Quality: Purple)!]

Purple?!

My mind went completely blank. In the setting of <Star Abyss>, blue power chests do have a certain chance of yielding purple items, but the chance is like winning the lottery. During the closed beta, it was said that the specific probability of getting a reward "one level higher" was about 0.001%. I never expected that I would actually stumble upon it!

Moreover, if I remember correctly, the Hellfire -11 is a legendary, powerful Explosive Gun!

The 18 chapters I owed everyone have been completed. From now on, I will resume three chapters a day, and I will release more chapters when the book is available for purchase.

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