Advanced Airdrop Crate

Was this the spontaneous action of Alliance Starport, or the intention of the Star Alliance?

If it was the latter, then the true purpose of Frontier Prison Star was rather intriguing.

There was no time to think deeply about it. Jiang Xiao quickly left the rooftop, preparing to strike first!

Once he was discovered, he would most likely be attacked by more than twenty Raptor Bugs. If that happened, he would certainly die.

Run? Leaving aside whether he could escape without a vehicle, Jiang Xiao did not want to give up all this experience.

A Martial Artist who had just entered Tier 1 could only protect himself on Prison Star. To move freely—or even leave Prison Star—he had to seize every opportunity to increase his strength.

"Gah!"

The Raptor Bug wandering toward the alley's corner seemed to sense something unusual. The instant it raised its head, a cold gleam shot out from the alley. Its hard carapace scraped against the battle blade, throwing off sparks, and its hideous head flew high into the air.

Killed Basic Zergling · Gained 50 Experience Points (20% alien experience bonus)

Source Energy Intensity: 14 (11/100)

The feel of it... Starfield Zerg definitely weren't carbon-based lifeforms. The resistance when chopping off its head was far greater than when he had hacked at that Jeep!

Jiang Xiao was surprised, but his movements did not slow in the slightest as he charged toward the locations of the other Zerg.

He had to reduce their numbers as much as possible before they gathered!

And just as Jiang Xiao was hunting the Zerg, Sin City once again erupted into an uproar.

"Wow~ A prisoner actually saw those bugs and chose to hunt them instead of avoiding them. Unheard of! After all, the most valuable things on a bug's entire body are those claws. Maybe they can be traded for a bottle of sand-laced water?"

"Of course, regardless of what the exact unknown race of this Pan-Human Martial Artist is thinking, his courage is definitely far greater than that of you Sin City scum and cowards!"

The Lizardman Kliffen spoke with exaggerated gestures and a mocking, sarcastic tone, immediately provoking another wave of curses.

The major gangs of Sin City were also astonished. Hunting Zerg was the least profitable thing one could do. Their meat could not be eaten, their shells carried a certain degree of genetic radiation, and even their only useful asset—their sharp claws—could not be processed.

"Does he have a grudge against the Zerg? Or is he a deserter from the front lines?"

"It doesn't matter. He's merely a Tier 1 Ordinary Martial Artist. By comparison, that Rainer Race Martial Artist is more worthy of attention. Judging by his strength, he should be a Tier 2 Martial Artist!"

"There are four Tier 2 Martial Artists among the Hunters this time. There should be around ten on the new prisoners' side. Without compatible weapons, I wonder how many of them will survive."

"Let's open the betting pool! Whose battle record will rank first?"

Advanced Airdrop Crate

A lone Basic Zergling was no match for Jiang Xiao.

Before long, using the terminal's radar map, Jiang Xiao had hunted eight Raptor Bugs without suffering a scratch!

Killed Basic Zergling · Gained 50 Experience Points (20% alien experience bonus)

Already...

Source Energy Intensity: 18 (11/100) (Evolution Progress: 20%)

"Whew~"

The powerful, pure Source Energy transformed into streams of warmth that surged through his body. His bones, organs, and even flesh continued to strengthen under its nourishment. Driven by the more potent Source Energy, the two battle blades grew increasingly sharp!

"Intensity can only represent quality, so why isn't there a precise mana bar?" Jiang Xiao pondered while hiding behind a wall after landing another strike.

It was not that he did not want to continue hunting. The other Raptor Bugs had discovered the corpses of their kind, and after a series of angry hisses, the remaining dozen-plus had already grouped together.

Charging them head-on was not a good choice.

No matter what, his flesh and skin did not possess alloy-grade defenses. Once surrounded, the Raptor Bugs could easily gut him!

"How am I supposed to find a breakthrough?"

As he pondered, a radiance suddenly lit up in the distant sky, illuminating the gradually darkening heavens.

#The second batch of supply airdrops has arrived#

More than ten kilometers... There wasn't enough time.

Just then, the dozen-plus Raptor Bugs on the radar map suddenly began moving. Their target was clearly the airdrop crate more than ten kilometers away!

A sharp glint flashed through Jiang Xiao's eyes. He immediately set off and followed behind the Raptor Bugs.

A distance of more than ten kilometers could be crossed in just over ten minutes by the Raptor Bugs, whose speed and stamina were both astonishing.

"Four legs really are faster than two."

By the time Jiang Xiao arrived, the entire scene had already descended into chaos. It was not only the group of Raptor Bugs he had followed—the pillar of light was clearly from a higher-grade airdrop crate than the one he had encountered, and it had attracted even more Raptor Bugs!

On the radar map, whose radius was less than three hundred meters, there were no fewer than fifty red dots. They were frantically attacking more than a dozen other red dots, two of which were even giving off Source Energy signal warnings!

Martial Artists!

Jiang Xiao lay concealed on the top floor of a ten-story building, cautiously observing the distant situation. When he detected faint flashes of fire, he became even more careful.

Firearms.

Ordinary small-caliber firearms using gunpowder had great difficulty injuring Martial Artists, but he could not determine what level the weapons in the other side's hands were.

If it was a large-caliber Explosive Gun, one shot would turn him into paste.

A faint glimmer suddenly flashed, catching Jiang Xiao's attention. Judging from the direction it had come from, he immediately determined its source.

The rooftop of a building more than twenty stories high—one of the tallest buildings nearby.

A sniper?

Jiang Xiao pondered for a moment before silently slipping into the shadows.

Rat-tat-tat!

Fierce gunfire echoed through the area. More than a dozen aliens relied on abandoned buildings and an Armored Jeep to keep resisting the Raptor Bugs' assault.

The darkening sky made the leader uneasy.

"There are more and more bugs. We have to get the goods out. Find an opportunity to break through. Doran, snipe the bugs around the perimeter and draw their attention!"

Rooftop.

Click!

Doran pressed a spindle-shaped metal round into the chamber. Looking at the blurred heat signatures of the Raptor Bugs through the scope, he grew anxious.

"Boss, it's dark! The bugs' shells have heat insulation properties. My thermal imaging is almost useless!"

As he spoke, Doran pulled the trigger.

A crisp hum rang out. A streak of light shot forward in an instant, piercing through two concrete walls in succession and blasting apart a Raptor Bug.

"Damn it, then snipe as many of them as you can!"

The voice in his earpiece fell silent. Doran gritted his teeth, aimed again at a patch of deep-blue heat that seemed to belong to a Raptor Bug, and pulled the trigger.

"Damn it, outsiders always love giving orders. A single bullet costs so much..."

He pulled the trigger again, not even caring whether he hit anything, and chattered incessantly, "Lansuo, why did the boss know in advance that an Advanced Airdrop Crate would land here? What exactly is inside?"

Lansuo was his partner, an ordinary Tier 1 Martial Artist and the close-quarters guard the gang had specifically assigned to him. He had become a Martial Artist less than a year ago, yet his Evolution Progress had already risen to 10 percent, earning him deep trust.

He followed Doran purely to gain experience and prestige, but the two usually got along well.

After loading another round, the chattering Doran suddenly sensed something strange and turned his head. "Lansuo, why aren't you saying—"

A smiling face wearing sealed protective goggles entered his vision.

Not far away, a headless corpse lay on the ground, purple blood spraying from its neck. It was Lansuo.

Doran's single eye widened. "No..."

A cold gleam flashed, and Doran's head rolled to the ground.

Killed Purple Heart Race Martial Artist · Gained 150 Experience Points (20% alien experience bonus)

Killed Spirit Eye Race Sniper · Gained 168 Experience Points...

Source Energy Intensity: 21 (29/100)

An incomparably powerful wave of warmth surged through him. Jiang Xiao set the two battle blades aside and picked up the sniper rifle to inspect it.

It was a silver, elongated firearm measuring 1.2 meters. Pale-blue circuit patterns glimmered across its entire body, and it looked heavily worn, with some yellowing.

Private Electromagnetic X-21 Type (with detailed data): Private-model semi-automatic sniper weapon, a standard-issue weapon in the Interstellar Alliance Security Department series. Retired from active service 190 years ago. The latest model is currently the X-27.

"Whoa, a Private Electromagnetic Sniper Rifle. With this thing, even shooting an unprepared Tier 1 Peak Martial Artist shouldn't be difficult, right?" Jiang Xiao exclaimed in delight. He had not expected to find another weapon he knew how to use.

That was right—he had learned to use it aboard the Doran.

He casually kicked the alien sniper's corpse aside and took its place.

Beside the sniper rifle was a small bag of ammunition. At a glance, there seemed to be more than thirty rounds, along with two sniper rifle batteries.

"Tsk, tsk. Even the rounds are Security Department special-issue models... No magazine?"

Jiang Xiao took out a round and pressed it into the chamber. With practiced ease, he set up the sniper rifle and began calibrating it, moving the crosshairs of the electronic scope onto the most conspicuous alien head among the heat signatures.

There was no helping it. The Basic Zerglings' shells truly possessed powerful heat insulation and stealth properties. Only technology capable of detecting life signals could perceive them.

Besides, at such a distance, even though Jiang Xiao's vision had been enhanced as a Martial Artist, it was still difficult to see the Zerg clearly in the darkness.

In that case, he could only target what he could see.

He took a deep breath and focused, holding his breath.

An extremely faint vibration traveled through the gun body before vanishing in a flash. A deep-blue streak of light wrapped around the bullet, crossing a distance of more than a hundred yards in an instant!

Pfft! Caught completely off guard, the head of the Martial Artist leading the battle exploded like a watermelon!

Killed Kaba Gang Underling (Tier 1 Elite Warrior) · Gained 245 Experience Points...

Source Energy Intensity: 24 (6/100)

Without pausing, Jiang Xiao used his physical strength to ignore the sniper rifle's minimal recoil, rapidly shifting the crosshairs and pulling the trigger again and again.