Monster

"System prompt: Mission [Transporting Ore] has been refreshed. Please escape from three interstellar pirates with the ore!"

The system prompt was exactly the same as the guides players posted.

According to the plot, he should start running now, and then the three interstellar pirates would chase him.

Then, after he ran for a while, two pirates would lose patience and stop chasing, leaving one who refused to give up, and then he would counter-kill them.

After that, he would take the wreckage of the interstellar pirates' mechs and go to the base to hand it over to General Huang, officially starting the main questline, which was to investigate this group of interstellar pirates and reveal the common enemy of the players in the current version, the Black Shark Pirates!

Wang Qianshan controlled Mech Zero and raised his crossbow, shooting an arrow at the three pirates, and was about to start running according to the guide.

But before he could turn around, an accident happened. The crossbow bolt he casually shot hit, turning into a silver light and striking one of the three interstellar pirates.

Critical Hit -230

A large number floated above the interstellar pirate's head. The next moment, the pirate's HP was directly emptied.

With a "boom," his mech knelt on the ground.

Both sides stopped their next actions, and the scene became a bit awkward...

"You defeated Interstellar Pirate LV1. Mech Zero gained 5 experience points!"

"Damn it, I was being stupid. With my current stats, am I afraid of ordinary initial mechs that can deal with one interstellar pirate?"

The system prompt made Wang Qianshan react immediately.

The interstellar pirates in front of him, according to the forum guides, only had about 120 HP.

Moreover, they were not using magic mechs, but artificial mechs, the "Gale II," which were fundamentally different from magic mechs.

They couldn't even take two hits from Wang Qianshan. He could handle three of them without any problem.

The two interstellar pirates on the other side seemed to have very high intelligence. After seeing their companion instantly killed, they seemed to be scared.

After a moment of stunned silence, they turned around and started to run.

Wang Qianshan: "..."

"This plot isn't right? What should I do? Forget it, no more thinking, let's chase!"

With that, he embarked on a path completely different from other players.

He collected the blue crystal dropped by the pirate on the ground and began to chase the interstellar pirates.

He shot arrows at the two fleeing interstellar pirates one by one with his crossbow, but due to his poor control, his aim was not good...

Or rather, he had no aim at all, all his attacks grazed the ground around the two interstellar pirates.

The arrows, with an attack power of 91, bombarded the ground, creating pits and scaring the two interstellar pirates even more.

Wang Qianshan had considered switching to his Minghong Saber to hack at them, but he was too slow to catch up at the moment...

However, the two interstellar pirates soon arrived at the entrance of a camp hidden within the mountainside after taking many turns.

There were more than ten mechs in the camp, and one mech, taller than the others, was particularly conspicuous.

"Leader, save us!"

The two pirates shouted for help outside the camp. The pirates in the camp also reacted quickly. Upon hearing their cries, they all came out to support them.

It was at this moment that an arrow flew past, bypassing the two interstellar pirates Wang Qianshan was chasing and directly hitting the tall mech of their leader.

-80!

A blood-red number floated above the leader's head. More than 1/5 of his health bar disappeared.

Then, a mechanical arm fell off. The pirate leader's mech had an arm shot off by this single arrow.

Hiding behind cover and looking at his severed arm still sparking with arcs of electricity, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"You two useless sacks of trash, what kind of monster did you lead back?"

The pirate leader asked tremblingly. His mech was different from these ordinary pirates; his was a Level 3 elite mech, the [Sandstorm III]!

Both its attack and defense were incomparable to the ordinary pirates' Level 1 [Sandstorm II] mechs.

But now, this unknown enemy had severed his arm with a single arrow. This was too terrifying.

"We don't know either, boss.

That person's mech looks like an ordinary initial mech, but he instantly killed the third brother with one arrow!"

"With that kind of strength, you still led him to the camp?"

"What do we do now?"

"Fight him!"

"You go first?"

"..."

While the interstellar pirates in the camp were discussing how to deal with Wang Qianshan, Wang Qianshan had also clearly seen their situation.

He was genuinely startled to see so many pirates in the camp and immediately found cover to hide himself.

However, due to his terrible piloting skills, half of his rear was exposed outside the cover.

Fortunately, since these space pirates had no long-range attack methods, it didn't matter much.

The mission had reached this point, and Wang Qian Duo definitely didn't want to give up. He took out his crossbow again and started "randomly shooting" at the space pirates in the camp.

Soon, damage numbers popped up above the pirates' heads...

-86

-87

Crit -230

Because there were more pirates in the camp, his accuracy actually improved.

Wang Qian Duo's attack speed wasn't fast, and his accuracy wasn't high either.

But it couldn't be helped that his attack power was so high. The space pirates opposite him were basically killed by a mere graze or touch.

Soon, several of their mechs were downed. When they had lost more than half of their forces but still couldn't reach Wang Qian Duo, the plot entered the next stage.

"This won't do! If this continues, we'll all die! You guys hold them off, I'll go release that experimental thing. Maybe we'll still have a sliver of hope!"

The leading pirate shouted, then immediately ran into the cave behind the camp.

Wang Qian Duo didn't fail to notice him. He tried to shoot two arrows at the pirate, but (he was too trash... scratch that...) the distance was too great, and he missed both.

Wang Qian Duo: "There were originally twelve mechs in the camp, and I've already destroyed seven..."

Zero: "There are still five!"

"Are you crazy! I can count. Analyze if I can take them down if I charge forward now?"

"Your win rate in a melee fight with them now is 99.1%."

"That's not 100%. Is the difference in operation?"

"No, the difference is that the planet might suddenly undergo a massive change, causing you to perish together with them!"

Wang Qian Duo: "..."

This AI is toxic, it can even tell him bad jokes.

But since his win rate was so high, he wouldn't waste any more time with them. Otherwise, that pirate mini-boss would escape.

Wang Qian Duo clenched his hand in mid-air, and the phantom of the Minghong Blade appeared in his hand. At the same time, the Zero Unit's hand held the real Minghong Blade, shining with blue energy.

The next moment, holding the precious blade, he charged into the midst of the pirates and started "hacking wildly," destroying all four remaining mechs.

During this, one space pirate managed to slash Wang Qian Duo, dealing a "-3" damage. The white mark left on the Zero Unit's body made the pirate despair instantly.

After dealing with the space pirates, Wang Qian Duo pursued them into the cave. He then saw the one-armed pirate leader's mech, busy doing something, throwing piles of energy star ore into a "cave lake."

Crit -208

Wang Qian Duo landed a critical hit with an arrow, directly reducing the pirate leader's health to (1/4). He staggered, and his entire mech fell into the lake.

The lake water had unimaginable corrosive properties. His mech didn't even struggle a few times before being dissolved.

The scene was so real that Wang Qian Duo felt a bit unaccustomed to it and didn't even feel like lamenting the lost drops.

Without the pirate leader supplying energy star ore, the lake water, which had been emitting energy fluctuations, quickly calmed down.

Just as Wang Qian Duo was about to leave, the calm lake surface suddenly began to boil. A monster with two huge pincers, a body covered in chitinous armor, and an extremely ferocious appearance, about the same size as his mech, rushed out of the highly corrosive lake.

As soon as it appeared, its two giant pincers swung at Wang Qian Duo. To dodge its attack, Wang Qian Duo took a step back but lost his footing, falling directly onto the ground.

The monster seized this opportunity and lunged at Wang Qian Duo again. Unable to dodge, Wang Qian Duo was hit directly by it...

-15

A not-insignificant number floated above Wang Qian Duo's head. The monster couldn't do much to him, and the situation became somewhat awkward.

"Damn it, so you're all bark and no bite!"

Wang Qian Duo cursed, then grabbed the Minghong Blade in his hand and slashed down, severing one of the monster's pincers.

Crit -235

This monster had a large chunk of its health gone. After Wang Qian Duo's strike, only a sliver of health remained. Then, he unleashed a skill combo.

-90

-90

This monster still owed him quite a bit of health, but it no longer had the chance to repay it, as it fell down in unwilling defeat.

Looks like these space pirates' backup plans weren't that great!