Sea Blue Star People

A prompt sounded from the system. Su Ming wiped away his sweat, then smiled in relief.

Clearly, the Sniper Rifle in his hands was complete. Aside from the huge system reward for finishing the assembly, the system also rewarded him with the corresponding number of Starlight Points for every component he modified.

Added together, assembling a Planet-level Weapon had earned him more than eighty Starlight Points.

That was an even greater return than assembling a Surface-level weapon!

Su Ming smiled, picked up the Sniper Rifle in his hands, and said to those around him, "The modification was successful. This Sniper Rifle originally had an effective range of around one hundred kilometers. Now, it should be able to reach two hundred kilometers. Its level of energy has also risen from the original 2,000 points to between 2,500 and 5,000 points."

"Of course, the exact figures still need to be measured with professional testing equipment. This is only an estimate."

After hearing Su Ming's words, gasps rang out throughout the ship.

Judging by Su Ming's modifications, the Sniper Rifle's performance had actually increased twofold?

Wasn't that far too terrifying? Even a master of mechanical modification might not necessarily be able to double its performance, right?

Could it be that this Little Master was even more skilled than a master of mechanical modification?

What everyone didn't know was that, with the system's assistance, Su Ming could see the connections within the markings and patterns. That was why he could precisely identify the optimal approach and directly improve the Sniper Rifle's performance.

The captain was utterly shocked.

What did 5,000 points of energy mean? Five thousand points of energy had already entered the energy range of the Nebula level!

Of course... that was only the maximum energy range.

The reason Su Ming had estimated such a vast difference in the energy range was entirely because of the Brain Domain Amplification Component.

The energy range that a person with a weak Brain Domain Level could bring out from this Sniper Rifle was nearly half that of a person with a strong Brain Domain Level!

But even so, it was still astonishing. This meant that the Sniper Rifle could now be used by someone with a much stronger Brain Domain Level!

It could practically be considered a semi-Nebula-level weapon!

They had struck gold—made a massive profit!

If they hired such a master from outside, they probably wouldn't be able to do so without paying an enormous price.

But now... all they needed to pay was a modification fee to obtain such a powerful weapon.

The captain immediately felt that he had discovered a treasure of a mechanical engineer!

He was just about to speak when a tremendous boom suddenly rang out from outside the ship.

"Boom!"

A massive energy fluctuation instantly swept across the entire ship, nearly flipping it over.

Even though the ship wasn't overturned, the people inside were knocked off balance by the impact and fell chaotically across the ship.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Warning. The ship has come under attack. Activating the Energy Shield system. Remaining energy: 64%!

An electronic voice soon rang out inside the ship. Then, a pale-blue shield appeared around the ship, enveloping it completely.

"Damn it, it's the Sea Blue Star People!"

After looking at the situation outside, Herret spoke to everyone in the warship with a panicked expression.

"What? Weren't we supposed to have shaken off the Sea Blue Star People? How did they follow us here?"

The captain's pupils suddenly contracted, and he stared at the view outside the ship's window in disbelief.

A group of aliens dressed in Cosmic Combat Suits stood outside the ship, surrounding it.

There were more than two hundred of them by the looks of it!

These aliens looked completely different from humans. They resembled one half-human, half-horse creature after another.

Although there were only two hundred of these aliens, the captain knew very well that—

With Planet Nop's current defensive systems, even if they faced these two hundred aliens, they probably wouldn't be able to put up a fight.

It was an overwhelming difference in both technological level and Physical Level.

The weakest of these Sea Blue Star People were at the level of Level 3 Gene Warriors.

Some of the stronger ones even possessed the combat power of Level 4 Gene Warriors.

The leader was a Level 5 Gene Warrior!

With such combat power, forget resisting them—even if they stood still and let Planet Nop bombard them, Planet Nop's weapons probably wouldn't be able to pose the slightest threat to the strongest Gene Warrior among them!

The energy level of a Level 5 Gene Warrior had already exceeded 3,500.

Only weapons with an energy level above 3,500 could threaten a Level 5 Gene Warrior!

"Damn it! They must have installed a tracking system on us at some point. Now they've caught up with us. What do we do?"

"The Energy Shield can hold out for ten minutes at most. Once the energy runs out, the ship won't have any defensive capability left!"

The mercenaries looked nervously at the captain, anxiety in their eyes.

The captain's expression was solemn.

The strongest person among their mercenaries was him.

But he was only a High-grade Level 4 Gene Warrior.

Among the enemy's two hundred soldiers, however, there was a Level 5 Gene Warrior.

Moreover, they had only a little over a hundred people on their side. If they really fought, it would definitely be a one-sided battle.

As for asking Planet Nop for help?

Give him a break. Planet Nop didn't even have the ability to protect itself against an invasion of this level, so how could it come help them?

The captain had no choice but to brace himself and ask, "How many intact guns do we have left?"

"Reporting to the captain, fifty-eight!"

The captain gritted his teeth and said, "Use the ship's shield for cover and shoot them down first. Kill as many as we can. Once the shield's energy runs out, we'll fight them head-on!"

There was no other choice. Trapped inside the ship, they still had a chance of survival if they resisted with everything they had. Beyond that, there was nothing they could do.

Seeing the mercenaries inside the ship begin to bustle about, picking up their weapons and heading outside, Su Ming and Monte borrowed the ship's shield to fire at the Sea Blue Star People.

Su Ming and Monte got past their initial dazed state. The two exchanged a glance and saw the bitter smiles in each other's eyes.

They had still been swept into a war. This wasn't something that had never happened on a logistics planet.

They just hadn't expected to encounter it today.

Clearly... Su Ming and Monte had been forced to tie their fates to these mercenaries. The Sea Blue Star People weren't human, and they wouldn't care that the two were only there for repairs rather than being members of the mercenary group.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Monte and Little Master Su Ming. We dragged you into this. I, Haiman, promise that if it comes to the final moment, I'll fight to send you both to a safe area first!"

The captain, whose name was Haiman, turned around. His face was filled with deep guilt as he spoke to Su Ming and Monte.

Then Haiman extended a hand toward Su Ming. "Little Master Su Ming, give me that newly assembled Sniper Rifle. It might be the key to turning the tables!"

To Haiman's surprise... Su Ming did not hand the Sniper Rifle over immediately.

Instead, he took the Sniper Rifle directly into his own hands.

Then Su Ming looked at Haiman and said calmly, "I'll do it. I'm not used to entrusting my life to someone else!"