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Firestarter Master Li Aozi
"What oh is happening outside? Why are we being attacked?"
"I don't know, a car just came charging at us—Holy shit! Where did that rocket e from?"
"Get down! With this kind of firepower, could it be a warlord!?"
Buzzing...
The r engine of the Frost-Pted riot vehicle approached like a beast's low howl, and faster than the vehicle were the rocket grenades pierg the sky.
Nimotin leaned out, standing on the car roof. She casually raised her left hand, her forearm splitting aending into a rifle, precisely pig off and eliminating the fleeing White Fang gang members.
"The tracker agent Yavanna threw out is nearby. That Imperial dog 't have gone far. Bomb it first, release the smoke, and trap him inside."
Last time, Nimotin suffered at the hands of Li Aozi, losing several vehicles aing him escape right under her nose. She had no iion of capturing him alive.
Besides, the signal stopped among these gang members, so it's pretty certain that Li Aozi is among them.
"Maybe... it's the person the Empire sent to pick him up."
The more Nimotin thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Logically, who would suddenly burn down a bank in a civilized try and dive into this hellish pce outside the borders?
Only spies would take such risks to exge information here.
Gangs are just meraries driven by money and profit, and the Empire uses them without dirtying their hands. They're cheap and useful, perfect for pig up elite spies sent out by the Empire.
"The Empire must have spent a fortune! A spy with Are abilities and high-level training, escorted by a gang—there's no doubt he has crucial information, maybe even Frost-Pted secrets!"
At this thought, Nimotin's spirits lifted.
"No, this Imperial dog 't die. He must be brought back alive; maybe this will pave my way to success!"
"Hold your fire."
She shouted, and her subordiopped shooting, their eyes burning as they sed the area, slowing down the vehicles while the dete chips tinued sing for someog Li Aozi's profile.
Hiss...
"Why did they stop firing?"
"Who the hell is attag us?"
The White Fang gang members were bewildered, looking at each other in fusion.
The sing red ser swept over everyone instantly, giving the gang members a terrifying sense of beihrough. One of them, frightened, fired a burst from his gun at her.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—
Nimotin swayed slightly, her body creating a series of afterimages in the air as she swiftly desded from the car like a casual stroll, dodging the gunfire. She flicked her right hand, and a dagger shot out, pierg the gunman's head instantly.
[Target not detected]
Nimotin raised her hand:
"Show no mercy, hit them hard!"
The Frost-Pted special police immediately got out of the car, f a tactical formation and quickly finding cover. With their superior tactical awareness and firepower, the ambushed White Fang gang members were no matd were swiftly crushed.
Rat-a-tat-tat—
The light and explosions from gunpowder crossed each other. Some White Fang gang members began to realize the situation.
This level of tactical proficy, smokeless high-quality gunpowder, and snipers occasionally pig off close-bat cybs—it's clear who they were.
"That's the 'Frostfang' FF-114 rifle! Damn, these guys are Frost-Pted's professional troops!"
One gang member reacted, screaming in despair:
"The Four Nations! The Four Nations are here to kill us—"
Before he could finish, a light mae gun from Frost-Pted turned and shredded his face, blowing his skull apart and spttering pink brain matter and flesh all over the cover.
"Fuck!"
The gang members were terrified. They had entered Frost-Pted's military before and even had some old military ons, but pared to the ruthless meat grihe military police wielded, their own ons were er than sticks.
Nimotin's subordinates had fierce firepower, ung greear gas, and fshbangs in turns. Heavy soldiers with fsh shields cleared narrow areas.
Nimotin, nearly two meters tall, sat on a high tainer, her dark golden hair fluttering in the wind, her eyes stantly sing the area.
Uhe attack of Frost-Pted special police, the White Fang gang members couldn't hold out. Some threw their guns away, raised their hands, and shouted:
"Stop, stop! I surrender, I surren—"
Before he could finish, a grenade exploded in front of him, gutting him and spilling his iines and ans all over.
"e to die yourselves; we don't have time to take prisoners."
Nimotin spoke casually, sensing a strong presen the gathering pce. Clearing the area now would allow her to focus on the lurking strong eer.
"Li Aozi... where are you hiding?"
Nimotin murmured, tinuing to search for Li Aozi's traces.
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"Phew, the fight's really intense."
The yellow-bck trench coat of the sger cealed Li Aozi well. In the dusty, dim enviro outside the borders, white wasn't the best camoufge. This yellow-bck disguise was more easily overlooked in the low-light ditions.
Are energy mainly es from some mysterious energy provided by genes and cells. It's almost like personal stamina—casually used, it recovers quickly, but in a bat state, with running, jumping, and fighting, recovery bees very difficult.
A warrior's stamina tinuously gees as long as physical exertion is maintained and cells are stimuted.
A mage standing still after burning out mana still pull out an AK and fire a burst.
Pure Are users aren't so lucky. Unless it's passive Are, waiting for Are recovery in battle is futile.
The best way to reduergy ption is to improve Are development level. Ier stages, fully developed Are be almost tinuously released.
As for Li Aozi, he didn't have this problem. On the one hand, his gravitational Are was finely trolled, with no unnecessary as wasting Are energy.
Oher hand, his 【Charisma】 was highly beneficial. In a non-bat state, gravity could be almost tinuously released.
Li Aozi activated Are, silently desding from a height, avoiding Nimotin's sight.
Just as Nomi caused the otion, the rapidly fshing tracker was thrown by him into the camp's ammo depot.
Sure enough, not long after, Law IV arrived.
Nimotin, probably enraged by him, fired a rocket before arriving. That shot was accurate, directly causing an explosion of several tons of ammunition, blowing up half the camp.
"Timing is right. Nimotin is ehinking about how to torture me—well, it's a good thing. It means she won't kill me on sight."
Li Aozi knew Nimotin's character well. She owerful but as rigid ihinking as a robotic vacuum.
He sneaked into the shadows, quickly moving, silently. He g the system messages:
【Side Quest: "Clear Love and Hate" (Ongoing)】
【Challenge 5: Kill 5 White Fang gang members using a vehicle (5/5)—pleted】
【You've pleted a challenge, rewarded with: Main attribute +1 and 600 experience points.】
【Based on your specialty, you gain the following bes: Charisma +2, 600 experience points】
"Let's see the current base attributes: Strength 6, Dexterity 5, stitution 7, Charisma 23 (Equipment +3), Willpower 8."
Nothing special about the other attributes, but the 【Perpetual ? Love Hunter】 specialty made the actual be of the main attribute 【Charisma】 equivalent to 33.8 points!
"Reag 40 points of attributes qualifies for Beta level (β, sed Greek letter), but asding to Alpha rank (α, first Greek letter) requires at least level 20."
The strong main attribute 【Charisma】 gave Li Aozi the fideo front Alpha-rank superhumans, but his current experience wasn't enough to meet Alpha rank standards.
"No rush."
Li Aozi calcuted that his level had almost caught up with these gang members.
At this time, with Qiu Ran temporarily away, only lv.17 Nomi and lv.10 him remained, and the experience penalty for their party reduced the experience gain from hunting these gang members.
He g the quest progress, noting that two medical personnel had already died.
"Side challehree, extra 20% reward for killing White Fang gang members—doesn't seem worth it anymore. Losing 2 points of 【Charisma】 is fine, focus oh, and the main task is resg the six kidnapped medical staff."
Li Aozi's mind worked precisely. With Nimotin patrolling, his priority was to plete the mission and obtain the 5 free attribute points.
Once done, Nimotin wouldn't be able to handle him at all.
With this pn, Li Aozi quickly searched through the White Tooth gang's voy, cheg each vehicle. Besides strangling a driver trying to escape with a , he didn't see a single living person.
"Strange... Are the people not here? But these vehicles are filled with Abyss supplies."
Li Aozi threw the corpse with a terrified expression into the snow, rummaging through the car with a frown.
He opehe car's trunk, revealing two portable respirators and dozens of boxes of anti-infmmatory drugs.
"Oh?"
Li Aozi was slightly surprised:
"This is an ued bonus."
He immediately opehe sger's bag, threw out the miseous junk inside, and quickly grabbed most of the valuable medies.
Among them was a box of capsules called 'Zunisidin,' which Li Aozi remembered ecial medie for martial artists.
"Doctor Anna definitely wouldn't give up on Nurse Nordlie—this be used to iate for some bes."
Li Aozi put the items in his bag, carrying the bulging sirap bag, and tinued searg for the hostages.
By this time, the gunfire from the White Tooth gang had beore intense, not because they had received support, but due to their desperate struggle.
Many people fired wildly before throwing away their ons and trying to escape by car, only to be blown up along with their vehicles by a rocket from the Frost-Pted special police.
Li Aozi moved stealthily through the gaps between two rows of tainers. As he was about to peek out, a tall figure suddenly fshed past the gap.
"Huh?"
The ibal g the passing tainer.
"What's wrong, sir?" Zhu Baiya asked, raising his heavy pistol. "Is there an enemy here?"
"... It's nothing."
The ibal seemed to sense something, smiling slightly:
"It's just a little squirrel—o worry."
【This aura—it's a Beta rank!】
Li Aozi's heart skipped a beat. He immediately withdreressed himself against the sides of the tainer, quietly eavesdropping owo's versation.
"Zhu Baiya, your men are dying. Don't you care?" The ibal asked indifferently.
"So what if they die? With these third-geion Esha Armaments, where 't I go? Wherever I go, I rally a team!"
Zhu Baiya stroked the head of the Esha Armament. The lifeless and soulless teenager showed ion, like a on at its master's disposal.
"With certain things in pce, I have no reason to fight with that Frost-Pted woman."
The ibal chuckled:
"If you don't mind, then suit yourself—where's my goods?"
"Just ahead, he Sikkim settlement. Our men dug a celr there, and the captives are inside."
Zhu Baiya thought for a moment and added casually:
"There are also some female doctors from Abyss. Their medical skills are good... they could serve as assistants for a biochemist like yht?"
"There's no need for that."
The ibal dismissed it:
"The only teology ier Territories that is me exists in the Abyss Humanitarian. Even the professors who lead it don't have the authority to open the sed yer..."
"You seem very knowledgeable about the Abyss Humanitarian?" Zhu Baiya was curious.
"Of course." The ibal said warmly: "Guess where those Esha Armaments you have e from?"
Zhu Baiya was taken aback, then his eyes filled with fervor.
"ibal, if I capture it..."
"The produ line of Esha Armaments be yours as well." The ibal chuckled: "After all, it's not something new."
"Not new, you mean?"
"Frost-Pted has actually started using somethier."
The ibal tapped his helmet meaningfully:
" a few Are users ge the war? That's because people ier Territories haven't seen the power of mobilizing millions of people, the national mae, various factories, and private enterprises fully mobilized for war. Nor have they seen the dawn caused by nuclear explosions..."
"But war is ultimately fought by people. Only by delivering orders fwlessly to the grassroots soldiers and ensuring the absolute loyalty of officers you win a war."
"The Red Arrow Empire has terrifying meized troops, the Sky Ring has nd cruisers traversing the sand sea, and Zhengxu has a vast ballistic missile system."
"And Frost-Pted has begun advang into the field of psioniunications."
The ibal said pyfully:
"Using infants as transmission media doesn't seem any more merciful thaing people for snacks."
Thud!
Li Aozi's pupils stricted.
"It doesn't matter, as long as we win, no one cares about these costs."
Zhu Baiya chuckled:
"The sand sea of the Outer Territories and the glorious history of the Four Nations are essentially the same. Only the losers are never remembered."
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