Just from the stats of the Gatling gun named Guanyin, Xu Jiang discovered a major secret.
Judging by their voices and personalities, the Desert Eagle, grenade, and cigarette were all male, calling themselves Little Deagle, Xiao Lei, and Little Yan.
Meanwhile, the mech armor, Stun Baton, and Gatling gun were all female, calling themselves Qianji, Sparkles, and Guanyin.
Why was that?
Why did the women's names sound so much more refined? Meanwhile, all the men's names started with "Little"? How strange.
Unable to figure it out, Xu Jiang set the matter of names aside and focused on the stats.
M134 Gatling Gun (Major General) Quality: Purple Size: Six barrels, 800 mm body length, 559 mm barrel length, weight 15 kg Rate of fire: 6,000 rounds/minute Skills: Frugal Housekeeping lv1, Delicate Woman Frugal Housekeeping lv1: Guanyin was very thrifty. When firing, she could forgo consuming ammunition and instead consume energy from the power core to fire 7.62 mm rounds. Delicate Woman: Guanyin was very gentle and was a weak woman. Under normal circumstances, she would not attack.
In summary, Guanyin had practically written the words "something's wrong" directly onto her barrels.
First of all, purple was the highest quality among all of Xu Jiang's equipment. Her rank as a major general also meant her future potential was limitless.
On top of that, firing without consuming bullets was simply absurdly powerful.
But was there really no mistake in this Delicate Woman skill? Beneath the appearance of a Gatling gun was a weak woman?
"General, this little woman is truly very frail. My usual hobby is cleaning and doing housework. Please do not force me onto the battlefield."
Her voice did sound somewhat weak. At the same time, an image of a classical beauty appeared on the gun's shield plate, her face half-hidden behind a veil, soft and lovely enough to inspire pity.
Xu Jiang looked at the Desert Eagle's short, feeble barrel, then at the six-barreled Gatling gun that radiated icy menace.
And you called yourself a weak woman? Where exactly were you delicate?!
How about we give it a try? The battlefield is fun.
Xu Jiang coaxed her in his heart and tried pulling the trigger toward an empty patch of ground.
"No, General, I can't do it."
Guanyin, just give in to me.
"No, no, don't mess with me anymore~~"
Xu Jiang carried the Gatling gun and struggled with it for a long while. Even sweat had formed on his forehead, yet he still failed.
She would not fight under normal circumstances, but what counted as abnormal circumstances? That was the greatest problem with this heavy weapon.
With no other choice, he slung the Gatling gun over his back and set it aside for now.
The Gatling gun was massive, but fortunately, Qianji's functions could distribute the weight burden of his inventory across his entire body, so it would not affect his movements.
When he turned around, everyone unsurprisingly gave him strange looks.
"It's fine. I was just striking a pose. All right, let's get moving."
The guide merely watched Xu Jiang's group's determination in silence and did not insist on keeping them. If others wanted to die, could he really stop them?
Lan Tie also found this question strange.
After walking a few steps, he finally could not help asking, "Xu Jiang, are you really going to charge with me? Staying here is actually safer."
"Safe? This is the Void Rifts. How could there be any such thing as safety?" Xu Jiang turned and glanced behind him. The others had already begun setting up defenses.
"We've been here for about a day, right?"
"Yes, thirty hours."
"But where's the rescue? It still hasn't come. Rather than place our hopes on others, we might as well place them on ourselves."
As he spoke, Xu Jiang looked toward the monsters on the bridge and continued, "Right now, my only enemies are these monsters. But if I stay behind, my enemies might also become my companions."
You could never truly know what lay in another person's heart. He did not even know these people's names, so how could he entrust his back to them?
What if, in the heat of battle, someone suddenly transformed behind him? Who could stand that?
"Let's charge. We should be able to handle the monsters on this bridge. If we really can't beat them, I still have escape skills to protect myself."
Then Xu Jiang looked at Pace. "By the way, what about you? Do you have any means of protecting yourself?"
"Of course." As he spoke, Pace's color faded.
His original sky-blue hue turned grayish-blue.
A very, very gray shade.
Xu Jiang: ...
Were all the talents of this race this bizarre?
He made his own color darker so he would not stand out as much and would be less likely to draw monster aggro.
Instead of spending time on these crooked little tricks, couldn't they learn more about fighting?
After letting him follow on his own, Xu Jiang nodded at Lan Tie, signaling that they could charge.
Old Tie no longer hesitated. He swung his massive iron pillar and roared at the enemies on the bridge, "The time for the final battle has come! Kill me!"
His heroic posture instantly enraged the monsters on the bridge.
The fastest rabid dogs pounced at once, but before their fangs could even bare, Lan Tie's totem sent them flying.
Close behind them came Lost Minds that had completely lost their human forms, using tentacles as limbs.
They had probably been human before death. Some strips of cloth still hung from their bodies. Although they were slow, there were more than forty of them, and their combined charge still posed no small threat to Lan Tie.
Among the monster horde was one creature that stood apart.
Its outline was barely humanoid, but its body was entirely black, like a shadow blending into the surrounding night. Only a terrifying red mouth remained visible.
The mouth stretched into a smile, and its body suddenly twisted, seeming to turn into a thin line as it accelerated forward. Two shadow daggers condensed in its hands and stabbed rapidly toward Lan Tie.
Squelch~
Lan Tie fought with wide, powerful movements, making it difficult for him to fend off a speed-based assassination in the chaotic melee. The dagger pierced his armor and left a deep wound on his body.
Seeing blood stain his armor red, Lan Tie smiled.
He had finally encountered a powerful monster. With his speed, he definitely could not keep up with it. If his throat were carelessly slit...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three explosions erupted on the shadow monster's body, staggering it.
Before it could steady itself, another immense force struck. A human foot stomped it to the ground.
"Roar!!" The shadow struggled furiously.
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
It was made of shadows! Its body could change shape at will. How could a single foot Lock-On to it and pin it to the ground, leaving it unable to move?
Naturally, Xu Jiang was the one who had acted. Not only had the shadow not expected it, Xu Jiang had not expected it either.
The thing was simply too black, its body continuously twisting and swaying.
Xu Jiang had fired three shots just now, all corrected by Telekinetic Bullet. Not one had hit its head, so he could not kill it at all.
What should he do?
Little Deagle sighed in self-pity. "I'm so useless. I still couldn't lock onto its head even like this."
As the superior officer, Qianji quickly comforted him. "Don't lose heart. Since it's hard to aim, we'll shoot from close range. Just press the gun right against its forehead and fire. Then we'll hit it."
It was such a simple, easy-to-understand solution. Thus, Qianji understood.
Congratulations, Admiral Qianji has comprehended the skill Trample Shot. This skill is a special action and cannot be upgraded. Trample Shot: Step on an off-balance enemy and fire at close range for 5 seconds.
The simpler the skill, the more tyrannical it was.
If I said I'd step on you, then I'd step on you. No matter what you were, as long as you lost your balance, I could perform Trample Shot.
Xu Jiang rushed over and stepped on the shadow. His newly strengthened knee seemed to transform into the Great Bright Mantra beneath Five Finger Mountain, gleaming as it firmly suppressed the shadow.
The pitch-black muzzle could aim properly this time.
Bang!
The shot struck its head without suspense. The power of Explosive Shot blasted the shadow apart on the spot.
Facing Lan Tie's resentful gaze, Xu Jiang explained, "This thing was too weak. Old Tie, you should find a stronger opponent to kill you."
After dealing with the trouble, Xu Jiang retreated again, letting all the monsters claw at Lan Tie before he stepped in to clear the field.
Explosive Shot's power had now become area-of-effect damage. A single burst could blow up a large group, producing remarkable results.
It seemed the monsters on this bridge were nothing special. Passing through would be easy, with no real pressure at all.
But at that moment, an unexpected change occurred.
It was not on his side, but within the temporary team behind them.
"What are you doing?!" An angry roar rang out.
Turning toward the camp, Xu Jiang saw by the firelight the instant the guide clutched his chest and collapsed in pain.
The woman who had once begged them to stay now stood before the guide, gripping a blood-soaked dagger, a terrifying sneer on her face.
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