Corpse Companion Flower

Equipment quality was divided into white, blue, purple, pink, and orange.

Qing Wu had advanced from white quality to blue quality, which was a fairly normal progression.

Colt Python Revolver (Major General)

Quality: Blue

Magazine Capacity: 6 rounds of .357 Magnum ammunition

Title: Death Dance (1/3 repaired)

Skills: Lethal Shot Lv10: Ignores 40% of the enemy's armor.

Death Revolver Lv10: After entering combat, power increased by 5% every second, up to a maximum increase of 100%.

Revenge Counter Lv10: Within 1 second of activation, it could block an enemy attack and enter a rapid counterattack state. The next bullet was guaranteed to hit and dealt 200% more damage. If the block succeeded, the skill's cooldown was 3 seconds.

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After advancing to blue quality, all of its skills had been raised to their maximum level, saving him the time needed for training.

Moreover, its title had entered the restoration phase. By the looks of it, once it reached pink quality, he would be able to use it fully. It was bound to be incredibly powerful.

In terms of overall strength, the Desert Eagle leaned more toward elemental bullets, with miraculous restraining effects against certain specific targets.

Qing Wu, on the other hand, focused on Armor Break. There was none of that fancy nonsense—one bullet was enough to finish off an enemy.

After looking over Qing Wu, Xu Jiang turned his gaze to the Desert Eagle.

For love, it had willingly gone green. That was somewhat beyond Xu Jiang's expectations.

Among the equipment quality classifications, green quality stood alone, because their strength could not be judged by the attributes of a single item.

For example, the twin revolvers in Grandpa Lei's hands were a set of green equipment. When used together, they received special set bonuses and packed considerable power.

But now there was only one green item! It could not form a set, so was this upgrade even meaningful?

Desert Eagle Pistol (Colonel)

Quality: Green

Magazine Capacity: 10 rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition

Skills: Telekinetic Bullet Lv10, Explosive Shot Lv10, Silver Bullet Lv10

Pursuer Set: 2/2

Reloading (Set Skill): Automatically reloaded bullets, while also helping Qing Wu refill her ammunition.

Protection (Set Skill): Could block attacks and retaliate in Qing Wu's place.

Note: Due to the Desert Eagle's personal wishes, it regarded Qing Wu as its partner. Using Qing Wu and the Desert Eagle together activated the set.

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What a lovesick gun. Not only had it gone green for itself, it had even forced its way into achieving the effect of a two-person set through its own efforts alone. The power of love was truly astonishing.

Seeing itself grow stronger, the Desert Eagle said happily, "General, this way, Qing Wu and I can be bound together forever!"

Really? Were you sure?

Why did it look to him like you could not live without her, while she could manage just fine without you?

Whatever. As long as it became stronger. Still, the Desert Eagle's two new set skills were extremely useful.

First was Reloading. After wielding two guns, changing ammunition had become a major problem. Though magazines could be clipped onto the mech, allowing for one-handed replacement with a pull and push—

Reloading a revolver one-handed required far too much precision. Now that the Desert Eagle could help, it freed up a great deal of Xu Jiang's attention.

Then there was Protection. Was that not basically a copy of Qing Wu's Revenge Counter?

As the signature skill of the revolver line, a Desert Eagle had actually learned it for love? If Grandpa Lei found out, he would probably cough up blood.

Beside him, the two pistols began their tug-of-war between courtship and rejection again. Sha Tu, standing nearby, also cried out, "Quick, go take a look over there!"

What Sha Tu pointed to was a battlefield not far away.

It was obvious that this place had just gone through a brutal battle.

The entrance to a hidden base had been blown apart, thick smoke continuously pouring out. All around it, numerous mangled mummy corpses lay scattered in every direction.

A group of people in special combat uniforms seemed to have just escaped the battle. They were badly injured and slumped near the entrance, most already unconscious.

"They're from the Tactical Task Force. They seem to have been poisoned." Sha Tu glanced at their wounds. The blood vessels around them had already turned black, as though they had been cut by something poisonous.

"Try First Aid!" Xu Jiang had Grenade give it a shot, but unfortunately, although the wounds closed after the light flashed, the charred-black poison continued spreading.

"It's corpse poison. You can't cure it. They all received toxin antibodies before joining the team, so they should be able to hold on until rescue arrives." Sha Tu analyzed the situation with experience.

The Tactical Task Force was the unit responsible for handling all kinds of sudden crises in Yong'an City. Its combat strength far surpassed that of the Public Security Bureau.

Some members of the team even wore medium-sized mechs three meters tall.

Unfortunately, those heavy steel plates and powerful high-tech weapons had now been smashed to pieces as well.

Could those mummies really be that powerful?

As the three of them speculated, a weak cry for help came from behind them. "Are you Captain Sha Tu? Did you come as reinforcements too?"

Sha Tu's body stiffened as he turned to look at the young man.

"Long time no see, but I'm no longer with the Tactical Task Force. I came looking for her. Is she inside?"

"Yes, the vice-captain is inside. Hurry and save her. Don't—don't get close to that flower."

The young man was extremely weak. Apparently affected by the poison, he fell into a dazed state again after only two sentences, with only the word "flower" continuously murmured from his mouth.

From what this person said, Sha Tu had once been part of the Tactical Task Force?

No wonder he had changed course and come over. He had probably seen the team passing by earlier, and there was someone he cared about among them, so he had come to help.

"Stop wasting time, Sha Tu. Share out your oxygen masks."

"Okay!" Sha Tu hurriedly opened his mechanical pack.

After all, they had come to investigate the mass graveyard, so they had naturally prepared oxygen masks in advance.

Unfortunately, their carrying capacity was limited. The simple oxygen masks could only last twenty minutes. Hopefully, rescue would arrive in time.

The three of them entered the mountain through the opened entrance. The cave was truly a world of its own.

The equipment around them was even more advanced than that in Team 17's base. It seemed this place had existed for quite some time.

Unfortunately, the base had now been completely destroyed.

The equipment around them burned with raging flames. Only the red emergency lights illuminated the smoke-filled world, and faint gunfire could even be heard from deep within the base.

"How are we supposed to find anyone in a place like this?" Smoke filled the surroundings, and there were countless branching paths. In such a complex secret base, they had no idea where to go.

"Below!" Sha Tu was highly experienced. He used his mechanical legs to send out vibrations and calculated the base's multilayered structure.

By common logic, the more valuable something was, the more heavily protected it would be, so it was generally placed deeper inside. As long as they found the way downstairs, things would be much easier.

"This is simple!" Ying Xiaoxiao was best at finding paths.

She raised the long spear in her hand. The damaged electronic equipment around them suddenly discharged a burst of electricity, which Ying Xiaoxiao gathered onto the shaft before bringing it down in a heavy slash!

"Break!"

Rumble!

A terrifying explosion rang out. Ying Xiaoxiao's signature demolition-style pathfinding was indeed efficient and decisive. She did not even need the elevator, blasting straight through the floor and jumping down.

Of course, the downside was obvious. The place was already close to exploding, and after tearing it apart like this, the entire base seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, just as Xu Jiang felt the cave-in was about to begin, they found their target.

A group of seven Tactical Task Force members carried two metal briefcases, firing at their enemies as they retreated.

And in front of them was a Corpse Companion Flower.

Unfortunately, even Ying Xiaoxiao, who usually had nerves of steel, no longer felt like picking flowers for a reward.

Because the flower was nearly five meters long and grew from a woman's back, spreading open like wings and radiating an eerie, seductive glow.