A moment later, somewhere outside Kasar Street Block, only half of a high-rise remained.
Dressed in a gray robe, Jiang Xiao quickly adjusted the parameters. The calibration unit of the Black Dragon Sniper Rifle had been modified from the electronic eye of the Rampaging Mech Soldier's wreckage, a single-soldier Computing Terminal, and an X-21 sniper scope.
It possessed exceptionally powerful calibration and intelligent calculation functions.
Jiang Xiao inserted a magazine loaded with twelve Shuttle Bullets and said excitedly to Qian Ling, who was lying silently beside him:
"Don't worry. That piece of junk drone's scanning radar can't possibly detect us. Heh heh, now let's see just how powerful Old Black is."
How exactly did Mr. Jiang maintain such a mindset?
Being curious about and eager to explore everything was normally a privilege reserved for children.
Out of the corner of her eye, Qian Ling silently watched Jiang Xiao's unconcealed excitement and anticipation, along with his clear, pure exhilaration. She felt helpless, yet she couldn't help relaxing.
At the same time, she was somewhat amazed and expectant. She hadn't expected Mr. Jiang's secret technique to be so formidable.
At this distance, they were at least within the ranges of several Thermal Radars, Source Energy Radars, and Life Signal Scans, yet the other side hadn't reacted at all.
No wonder he had accepted their request!
Looking at the street block swept by the light pillars in the distance, Qian Ling grew more expectant. The possibility of rescuing Sister Xi Guang seemed to have increased another notch.
What was Mr. Jiang's rescue plan...?
Suddenly, a suffocating sense of deadly danger swept over her, forcibly interrupting Qian Ling's thoughts.
Just as she was about to hurriedly warn him, she was stunned to discover that the deadly threat had actually come from Jiang Xiao beside her!
More precisely, it came from the elegant black-and-silver sniper rifle in Jiang Xiao's hand!
How was that possible?!
Before she could recover from her shock, Jiang Xiao pulled the trigger. Blue-purple arcs of electricity flashed, and a Shuttle Bullet tore through the air at a muzzle velocity of ten Mach!!
Pfft! Boom boom boom!!
More than two thousand meters away, an alien Tier 1 Peak's entire upper body, along with its Alloy Mech Armor, exploded into a mist of blood!
The bullet, having lost little of its kinetic energy, pierced through three or four more aliens before finally punching through a small building and kicking up a small cloud of dust.
"Attack! We're under attack!"
"It's a sniper! Damn it, it's at least a Tier 2 Source Energy Sniper Rifle! Take cover!"
"Damn it, it must be Pan-Human from the Spark Gang! Go inform the Hall Master!"
Jiang Xiao glanced at the battery display. Seeing that 95% of the charge remained, he smiled.
Each bullet only consumed 5%, and he had brought two whole batteries this time!
After charging for one second, Jiang Xiao pulled the trigger again without hesitation. Another bullet shot out at incredible speed, ignoring the obstruction of the buildings and sniping several hiding aliens.
Jiang Xiao fired three shots in succession. The noise continued to rumble like High-Explosive Rounds were bombarding the area. Then, without even looking back, he pulled the unresponsive Qian Ling up and relocated.
"...You—you can really do that?!"
Qian Ling was so shocked that she nearly forgot to use honorifics.
Jiang Xiao asked in confusion, "Are you talking about Mechanical Modification? Of course I can. Otherwise, what would I need a Mechanical Workshop for?"
Qian Ling was instantly shocked, followed by delight—an indescribable delight!
A conventional firearm with destructive power comparable to a Tier 2 Source Energy Equipment. Such Technical Skill would qualify as elite among elites even in the Black Mech Gang, where mechanical engineers were everywhere!
Whether the Sin City Council or the Black Mech Gang, they would treat him as an Esteemed Guest!
If she could establish a stable trading relationship with a mechanical engineer of this caliber, she could raise the gang's lower and middle-level strength by an entire tier in a short time.
In the interstellar era, technology was still the primary productive force!
Even through the black robe, one could see Qian Ling's dazed joy. A Pan-Human powerhouse who was formidable in personal strength and equally impressive in mechanical engineering.
This was simply Heaven's Favor for the Spark Gang!
Ignoring Qian Ling's complicated thoughts, Jiang Xiao soon brought her to the next position and raised the Black Dragon again.
Kasar Street Block.
Several Viper Clan Martial Artists radiating powerful auras arrived at the attack site one after another. Looking at the scene of devastation and wailing, the leader immediately became furious.
A tangible Source Energy Aura blazed fiercely!
Tier 2 Elite!
"Damn Human Rats, you only know how to use tricks like this!"
Seeing this, the other Ordinary Tier 2 Viper Clan powerhouses immediately chimed in. "They only dare attack Tier 1 gang members. They don't dare face Lord Long Ya's strength head-on. They're nothing but lowlife trash hiding in the gutter."
"That's right. Aside from that female human, who else in the Spark Gang could be Lord Long Ya's opponent?"
"A weapon like this was probably supplied by the Black Mech Gang again. Hmph, a bunch of greedy bastards who only care about money!"
Qian Ling saw this scene through her binoculars and said grimly:
"That Viper is named Lord Long Ya, the Sixth Hall Master of the Viper Gang's Seven Martial Halls. He's a Tier 2 Elite, and he excels at direct Fist Technique Offense. He's very strong."
"I think we should retreat..."
Before Qian Ling could finish, the corner of her eye suddenly caught a surge of Dark Red Arc.
Immediately afterward, an ear-piercing howl far surpassing the previous three shots echoed out, while a fierce gust of wind swept across her face!
Long Ya, who was berating the patrol team, suddenly felt his hair stand on end.
He instinctively condensed his Source Energy Aura and crossed his arms before him in defense!
In the next moment, a dark-red streak of light, far exceeding his reaction speed, shot toward him at tremendous speed. The terrifying sense of crisis made Long Ya bare his teeth and roar, "Come!!"
Boom!!
The aura scattered, and flesh mixed with bone fragments sprayed through the air!
Blood poured from Long Ya's seven orifices. Both his arms had vanished, leaving only ghastly exposed bones at the severed stumps, while his chest was deeply caved in over a large area.
One strike!
He was still alive?
Jiang Xiao was surprised. The electromagnetic rail core component of the Black Dragon Sniper Rifle had been removed from the small-caliber Railgun of a medium-sized Land Combat Mech wreck. Even though its performance couldn't be fully restored, after repairs, its normal maximum charge could still threaten a Tier 2 Elite.
Now, after Origin Data had enhanced it without holding anything back, a frontal attack should have been enough to kill most Tier 2 Elites in one strike.
"As expected, the heroes of the world can't be underestimated."
Jiang Xiao sighed, but his hands didn't slow down at all. He fired three shots in rapid succession, completely tearing apart Long Ya, who no longer had the strength to resist!
Without the protection of a Source Energy Aura, unless Divine Intervention occurred, Jiang Xiao couldn't imagine any reason Long Ya could survive.
Viper Gang Hall Master killed (Tier 2 Elite), 6320 Experience Points gained (alien, Status Bonus)
Jiang Xiao was very satisfied. "You really do get a lot more experience from killing monsters."
He then patted Qian Ling's dazed shoulder. "We should go. Otherwise, it'll be troublesome if we get surrounded later."
"Huh? Oh..."
Market Human Food
Qian Ling was still somewhat dazed. She remained silent the entire way back, and even when responding to Jiang Xiao's idle chatter, she seemed absent-minded.
After returning to the workshop, Qian Ling finally couldn't hold back her question. "That gun really isn't Tier 2 Source Energy Equipment?"
"Of course not. Didn't you watch me modify it?" Jiang Xiao said with a smile.
He then dismantled the rifle body and began examining the condition of its internal components. The weapon's performance in this trial had been perfect, but he didn't know what state the components were in.
Origin Data's Overload Enhancement caused considerable mechanical damage, but that was also part of the experiment.
"..." Qian Ling was speechless beside him.
Qian Ling felt that even the strongest mechanical engineer in the Black Mech Gang couldn't modify an X-21 Sniper Rifle to this level. The gap was simply too great. Even an X-24 probably wasn't much better, right?
One had to know that the X-24 was still active equipment used by the Security Department of the Interstellar Alliance!
Jiang Xiao could roughly guess what Qian Ling was thinking. The X-21 Sniper Rifle might be unremarkable on Prison Star, but that was because the product was unremarkable, not the technology!
The X-21 incorporated hundreds of branches of Technical Foundation from a large Military-Industrial Conglomerate. Its Patent Theories and Data Disciplines were extraordinarily extensive. The X-21 was merely one of the many products born from that technical foundation.
And it was the most inconspicuous kind at that.
Yet Jiang Xiao had used a battered X-21 to dig out at least twenty percent of that enormous Electromagnetic Firearms technology database!
As long as the technology and knowledge involved in the X-21 were concerned, the Research Slot could analyze every detail without exception.
Even though Jiang Xiao still didn't understand the principles behind the most core knowledge and technology, he was already beyond the reach of the backwater mechanical engineers on Prison Star in the field of Electromagnetic Firearms alone.
As expected, that shot just now affected the Battery Component slightly. Fortunately, the Electromagnetic Rail Component is intact. Jiang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
That component, dismantled from a medium-sized mech soldier, was a Non-renewable Resource. The materials it was made of were impossible to obtain on Prison Star.
If the Black Mech Gang hadn't been unable to use it, the thing would never have ended up in Jiang Xiao's hands.
That's right, he had spent more than ten thousand Sin Coins buying the component from a Black Mech Gang shop—a "legitimate" shop.
Jiang Xiao quickly repaired the component, turned around, and wiped his hands. Then, somewhat curiously, he asked, "Speaking of which, how many Martial Artists does the Spark Gang have?"
Qian Ling paused.
"If it's confidential, forget I asked..."
"Three Tier 2 Elites, six Tier 2 Regular Martial Artists, and more than five hundred Tier 1 Martial Artists," Qian Ling said calmly.
So few. Jiang Xiao raised an eyebrow. "What about the Viper Gang?"
"About the same Tier 1 scale, two Tier 2 Peaks, eight Tier 2 Elites, and two-digit numbers of Tier 2 Regular Martial Artists..."
No, with such a huge difference, how had the Spark Gang managed to hold out until now?
As if she understood Jiang Xiao's thoughts, Qian Ling's expression dimmed. "Sister Xi Guang is an extremely rare Esper in Sin Capital, with strength comparable to a Tier 2 Peak. If she hadn't fallen into the Sin City Council's trap, she wouldn't have..."
"I understand."
An Esper...
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