Accompanied by the sound of bats flapping their wings, a large swarm of small bats rapidly gathered beside Hao Ren. Vivian emerged from the swarm and hurried nervously over to him. "Are you all right?"
"More or less." Hao Ren grimaced as he raised his right hand. The light on the giant silver-white pistol was slowly dimming, then it vanished into the air like a phantom. "I just need to take it easy for a while..."
"What was that just now?" Lily ran over, carrying her two oversized claws. As she licked the bloodstains on her sleeve, she took the time to ask.
Hao Ren shrugged. "The Examiner's service pistol. I unlocked it a while ago. I felt I needed some weaponry I could use inside the atmosphere, and then I found this thing in the weapon list. But it seems I'm still a little too early to use it."
In fact, Hao Ren had realized two or three months ago that he needed to improve his combat ability. He was mixed up with a bunch of nonhumans and had a crazy female boss who might issue bizarre missions at any time. There was no telling when he might end up fighting someone, so he desperately needed to strengthen his ability to deal with crises. Under the guidance of the Data Terminal, he had been working hard to improve his control over this mutated body, learning fine-tuned shield control and combat skills. However, he also knew that these crude, straightforward fighting methods alone were not enough. As a tank who could never hold aggro properly, he needed a greater variety of skills to make up for the fact that his face was not taunting enough. Thus, he had once again consulted the section on personal weapons in the Examiner's manual,