Sea Blue Star People

As Su Ming heard the prompt from the System, he wiped the sweat from his brow and smiled with relief.

Clearly, the sniper rifle in his hands was complete. In addition to the generous system reward for assembling it, the System also awarded corresponding Starlight Points for modifying each part.

Altogether, assembling a Planet level weapon yielded over 80 Starlight Points.

This was a far greater return than assembling a Surface level weapon!

Su Ming smiled, picked up the sniper rifle, and addressed the people around him, "The modification is successful. This sniper rifle's original effective range was about 100 kilometers, but now it should reach 200 kilometers. Its Energy Level has also increased from the original 2000 points to 2500-5000 points."

"Of course, the exact figures will need to be verified with professional testing equipment; this is just an estimate."

Upon hearing Su Ming's words, gasps of astonishment echoed throughout the spaceship.

According to Su Ming's modifications, the sniper rifle's performance had doubled?

This was terrifying. Even a master mechanic might not be able to double its performance.

Could this young master be even more skilled than a master mechanic?

What the crowd didn't know was that with the System's assistance, Su Ming could inherently understand the connections within the engraved patterns, allowing him to precisely identify the optimal solutions and directly enhance the sniper rifle's performance.

The Captain's heart was filled with shock.

5000 Energy Level, what did that mean? 5000 Energy Level already entered the Nebula level energy range!

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

The reason Su Ming estimated such a vast difference in the energy range was due to the Brain Domain Amplification Component.

The difference in the energy range that a person with a weak Brain Domain Level and a person with a strong Brain Domain Level could unleash with this sniper rifle was nearly double!

But even so, it was astonishing. This meant that this sniper rifle could be used by those with stronger Brain Domain Levels!

It was practically a semi-Nebula level weapon!

A profit, a huge profit!

If they had hired such a master from outside, they likely wouldn't have been able to get them without paying a hefty price.

But now... they only needed to pay a modification fee to acquire such a powerful tool.

The Captain immediately felt like he had discovered a treasure mechanic!

He was about to speak, but at that moment, a massive roar suddenly erupted from outside the spaceship.

"BOOM!"

A surge of immense energy instantly swept through the entire spaceship, nearly flipping it over.

Even though it didn't flip, the impact sent everyone inside stumbling, falling haphazardly throughout the ship.

"Beep! Beep! Beep! Warning, spaceship under attack. Energy shield system activated. Remaining energy: 64%!"

An electronic voice quickly sounded from within the spaceship, and then a faint blue shield appeared around the ship, enveloping it.

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

Herret glanced at the situation outside and then nervously spoke to everyone in the warship.

"What? Didn't we already lose the Sea Blue Star People? How did they follow us?"

The Captain's pupils constricted sharply, and he looked out the spaceship window in disbelief.

He saw aliens clad in Cosmic Combat Suits standing outside the spaceship, surrounding it.

By their numbers, there were over two hundred of them!

These aliens looked completely different from humans, resembling centaurs.

Even though there were only about two hundred of these aliens, the Captain knew very well.

With Planet Nop's current defense systems, they likely wouldn't be a match for these two hundred aliens.

This was a crushing disparity in technological level and physical strength.

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

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

The leader was a Level 5 Gene Warrior!

With such combat power, let alone resisting, even if the enemy allowed Planet Nop to attack them, the energy level of Planet Nop's weapons likely wouldn't pose any threat to the strongest gene warrior among them!

A Level 5 Gene Warrior's energy level was already above 3500.

Only weapons with an energy level of 3500 points or higher could threaten a Level 5 Gene Warrior!

"This is bad! They must have planted a tracking system on us at some point. Now they've caught up, what should we do?"

"The energy shield can only last for about ten more minutes. After ten minutes, the energy will be depleted, and the spaceship will have no defensive capabilities!"

The mercenaries looked at the Captain with nervous and anxious expressions.

The Captain's expression was grave.

The strongest among them, the mercenaries, was him.

However, he was only a Level 4 Upper-grade Gene Warrior.

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

Furthermore, our side only had a little over a hundred people. If a fight truly broke out, the situation would be a complete rout.

As for requesting reinforcements from Planet Nop?

Don't be ridiculous. Planet Nop lacked the ability to protect itself against an invasion of this scale, let alone help us.

The Captain had no choice but to steel himself and ask, "How many functional firearms do we still have?"

"Reporting, Captain, we have 58!"

The Captain gritted his teeth and then said, "First, use the spaceship's shield as cover to shoot them. Kill as many as we can. Once the shield's energy is depleted, we will face them head-on!"

There was no other way. Trapped within the spaceship, their only chance of survival was to resist with all their might. There was no other option.

Seeing the mercenaries inside the spaceship begin to busy themselves, picking up their firearms and moving outside the vessel, they used the spaceship's shield to fire at the Sea Blue Star People.

Su Ming and Monte, after getting over their initial confusion, exchanged glances and saw the wry smiles in each other's eyes.

They had been swept into the war. This wasn't an unheard-of occurrence on a logistics planet.

They just hadn't expected to encounter it themselves today.

Now, it was clear... Su Ming and Monte were forced to stand on the same ship as these mercenaries. The Sea Blue Star People were not like humans; they wouldn't care if you were just here for repairs and not part of the mercenary group.

"I apologize, Mr. Monte, Little Master Su Ming. We have dragged you down this time. I, Haiman, promise that if it comes to the final moment, I will do my best to send you two to a safe area first!"

The Captain, named Haiman, turned around at this moment, his face filled with deep guilt, and spoke to Su Ming and Monte.

Then, Haiman extended his hand to Su Ming. "Little Master Su Ming, please give me that newly assembled sniper rifle. It might be our key to turning the tide!"

But to Haiman's surprise... Su Ming did not hand the sniper rifle over immediately.

Instead, he took the sniper rifle into his own hands.

Su Ming then looked at Haiman and said calmly, "I'll do it. I don't have the habit of entrusting my life to others!"