Translator: AnubisTL
At that moment, a voice echoed in every player's ear:
[Global Announcement!]
[The global event "Beast Tide Assault" has officially begun!]
[All players, prepare yourselves!]
[Good luck.]
"Hmm."
Chen Jiang stood at the edge of the valley, surveying the densely packed mutated beasts below. He clicked his tongue in admiration. "So the mechanical race was actually quite well-prepared, weren't they?"
"There are nearly seven or eight hundred thousand mutated beasts here alone."
"And they haven't even finished deploying them all yet."
"Once they're fully deployed, there might even be a million!"
"Indeed," Scar Dog said with a strange expression. "But who could have imagined the mechanical race's luck would be this bad? Wang Defa just happened to spot them, and then we just happened to run into Wang Defa. And after we arrived, we just happened to see Yan Pomen broadcasting on the global speaker."
Chen Jiang, leaning on his Gentleman's Cane, casually glanced at the gun-wielding guards who had charged forward in fury after witnessing Yan Pomen's death, only to be blasted into the sky by the turrets.
Then he turned his gaze toward the mechanical city in the distance.
"Alright, let's see what kind of power this Giant Super Annihilation Bomb has."
As he spoke, he lightly tapped the turret.
The next moment—
Buzzing!
A deafening roar erupted from the turret as its eight-meter-long barrel began to violently shake, like a washing machine in overdrive.
Biu!
The red patterns on the barrel suddenly flashed intensely, brighter and more blinding than ever before! Even the liquid swirling inside the energy cartridge began to spin rapidly.
"This..." Scar Dog stammered, his voice tinged with panic. "Is this thing about to explode?!"
Before Chen Jiang could reply, the nearly eight-meter-long barrel suddenly contracted, as if it had hit a G-spot.
Then, with a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, a blindingly white light bullet shot straight toward the mechanical race city in the distance!
Instantly—
An overwhelmingly bright white light erupted across the city, engulfing the entire sky and earth!
They could see no celestial bodies, only the searing, intense white light!
Before they could react, a deafening explosion, like the collapse of the heavens, reverberated in their ears!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Though they were nearly five or six kilometers away from the mechanical city, the shockwave still threatened to rupture their eardrums!
The ground trembled violently.
Scar Dog and the others lost their footing and collapsed, clutching their ears and curling into fetal positions.
Except for Chen Jiang.
Chen Jiang stood calmly, leaning on his Gentleman's Cane, his gaze fixed on the mechanical race city at the epicenter of the explosion.
He watched as buildings melted, shattered, and exploded, like a chest covered in blisters being struck with a forceful slap.
The rabbit badge's absolute defense shielded him from the blinding light and the ear-splitting shockwave.
Meanwhile, the Gentleman's Cane kept him firmly rooted to the ground, showing no sign of wavering.
In the past, with only the Gentleman's Cane, he could have remained standing during a nuclear strike, but that wouldn't have meant he'd escape injury, death, or vaporization.
Now, with the rabbit badge, he could truly stand at the heart of a nuclear blast, his expression serene as if nothing were happening.
If he were feeling particularly leisurely, he might even light a cigarette with the nuclear fireball.
Lighting a cigarette with a nuke? Not bad.
It's all about style.
After a long while, everything gradually calmed down.
Scar Dog's eyes were bloodshot and streaming with tears as he gripped a vial of medicine. He jabbed the needle into his arm, and his eyes quickly returned to normal. His throat slightly dry, he muttered in disbelief, "Brother Jiang, that was insane."
"You know, for a moment there, I thought my heavenly father had come down to take me home."
"This thing... it's practically a nuclear bomb, right?"
"No, I think it's even more insane than a nuclear bomb."
"It's weaker than a nuclear bomb."
Chen Jiang shook his head. "If it were a nuclear bomb of standard yield, we wouldn't even be standing here right now. Of course, this Giant Super Annihilation Bomb doesn't produce radiation, so in a way, it's extremely environmentally friendly."
"Whew!"
Li Hao, his throat slightly parched, looked up at the distant scene. During the explosion, he had felt like he could only breathe scorching air, and his throat still felt slightly burned.
Now, the mechanical race city in the distance seemed to have vanished.
Yes, vanished.
Scar Dog reached through the phantom gate and took an aerial photo from high above.
The photograph showed nothing but a massive sky pit gouged into the ground.
The shockwave from the explosion had clearly scoured the wilderness.
Not a single mechanical race member could be seen emerging from the crater.
No.
To be precise, nothing could be seen at all.
No mechanical race members, buildings, armies—nothing. All that remained was a terrifyingly vast pit.
"This thing..." Scar Dog stared at the crater in the photo, his expression stunned. "It looks... like a giant chrysanthemum."
Meanwhile, Chen Jiang's ears were ringing with notification sounds.
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Chen Jiang, for successfully eliminating 8,228 mechanical race members.]
[Due to the state of war between the human race and the mechanical race, you have been awarded 8,228 merit points.]
[...]
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Chen Jiang, for successfully eliminating 12,307 mechanical race members.]
[Due to the state of war between the human race and the mechanical race, you have been awarded 12,307 merit points.]
[...]
The notifications for eliminating mechanical race members continued to flood in!
Finally, when the notifications stopped, his kill count had reached an astonishing:
[229,302!]
Nearly 230,000 mechanical race members had perished in that single blast!
With one shot, almost 230,000 aliens vanished instantly.
The Giant Super Annihilation Bomb truly lived up to its name!
He had already slaughtered mechanical race players in numerous mechanical race cities, but this city marked his highest kill count yet.
It wasn't that this city had an unusually high concentration of mechanical race players.
Rather, nearly every mechanical race player in the city had been killed by that single blast, and all the kill counts were attributed to him.
Unlike before, when he began purging mechanical race cities, some mechanical race players would either jump to their deaths, be trampled in the chaos, or be killed by stray bullets fired in panic.
Others were crushed by collapsing buildings or impaled by falling steel beams.
Such deaths didn't count toward his kill count. But with this single blast, nearly every mechanical race player in the city had their deaths attributed to Chen Jiang.
He even thought this skill shouldn't be called the "Giant Super Annihilation Bomb!"
It should be renamed the "Giant Eco-Friendly Energy-Saving Bomb!"
It was simply too efficient!
Just then, the mechanical notification sounded in his ear again:
[Ding! Player Chen Jiang's alien race kill count has reached 1,052,312.]
[Congratulations, Player! You have successfully triggered the first stage of the achievement "Alien Nightmare."]
[Achievement Name: Alien Nightmare]
[Trigger Conditions: Total kills of alien race players: 1,000,000, 5,000,000, 10,000,000.]
[Completion Status: First stage unlocked.]
"Finally achieved this achievement," Chen Jiang sighed, his expression satisfied.
He had to admit, after being in this world for so long, it was surprisingly slow to only just now reach one million alien race player kills.
But no matter.
Things would speed up significantly from now on.
At that moment, the notification sounded again:
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Chen Jiang! You have successfully triggered the first-stage reward for the achievement "Alien Nightmare."]
[Reward: One two-star item, a life item.]
"Bloodstained suit pants."
"Hmm."
Chen Jiang shrugged, showing no surprise. He had known the reward for completing this achievement would be bloodstained suit pants ever since he obtained the bloodstained white shirt.
In the achievement guide for other set pieces, he had already seen how to acquire the bloodstained suit pants.
He immediately focused on the item panel for the bloodstained suit pants before him.
[Item Name]: Bloodstained Suit Pants
[Item Star]: Two-Star Item
[Item Details]: These are bloodstained suit pants. Yes, they are black. While pairing a white shirt with black suit pants might seem odd, you can think of it as a bold color-blocking design.
[Item Effect]: Your knees will possess immense strength, and your movement speed will be slightly increased. You'll feel no fatigue or muscle soreness while walking or running.
Furthermore, when you kneel on one knee before a woman...
There's a 50% chance this woman will be moved by you.
There's also a 50% chance she will be utterly disgusted by you.
The odds are evenly split.
[Item Restriction]: The effect only activates when worn.
[Item Set]: This is just one piece of a larger set of seven items. Collecting four or seven pieces of the set grants additional set effects.
[Item Description]: As a gentleman, if you propose on one knee with a rose, I'll look down on you. Trust me, when you kneel with a Grave Machine Gun in hand, few women can resist your charm.
[Set Pieces]: Bloodstained White Shirt, Bloodstained Hard Felt Hat, Bloodstained Gentleman's Cane, Bloodstained Suit Pants (4/7)
"What kind of garbage effect is this?"
Chen Jiang stared at the text with a slightly grim expression. What did it mean that when kneeling before a woman, there was an equal chance she'd be moved or disgusted?
Chen Jiang personally disliked the act of proposing on one knee.
No particular reason.
The gesture simply made him feel uncomfortable.
However, he did agree with one line in the item description:
"The success rate of proposing with a Grave Machine Gun is significantly higher than proposing with roses."
Apart from that, the remaining effects seemed decent enough.
He was a bit puzzled by the "enhanced knee strength" effect.
After changing into the bloodstained suit pants, Chen Jiang tentatively struck a nearby tree trunk, roughly the thickness of his forearm, with his knee.
Bang!
The tree trunk snapped instantly.
His knee felt no pain whatsoever, and the pants remained completely dust-free.
"I get it now," Chen Jiang nodded thoughtfully. "A close-combat technique, perhaps?"
As for the other effects—a slight increase in movement speed and the ability to run or walk tirelessly—those were useful too, at least far better than the whole "proposing on one knee" nonsense.
He doubted he'd ever need that particular effect in his lifetime.
Just then—
A notification popped up before his eyes again.
[Ding! Four pieces of the "Gentleman's Set" fashion have been detected. Activating set effect.]
[Fashion Name:] Gentleman's Set
[Set Effect:] When you encounter a stranger, they will be captivated by your charm and instinctively glance at you.
Furthermore, as a gentleman, you are forbidden from using vulgar language.
All your swear words will be automatically censored.
Additionally, when someone stands before you and curses, they will suffer uncontrollable diarrhea as punishment for insulting a gentleman.
"..."
Chen Jiang stared at the set effect with a slightly strange expression, pondering it for a moment before turning to Scar Dog. "Idiot."
"Huh?" Scar Dog blinked, looking at Brother Jiang. "What did you say?"
"Can't you hear me?"
"Hear what? I can only see your lips moving, Brother Jiang, but I can't hear anything."
"Is that so?"
Chen Jiang nodded thoughtfully. This effect... how to put it? It seemed to stifle a gentleman's true nature.
So, if he wanted to swear in the future, he'd have to remove the fashion first?
And then, when the other person was about to retort, he'd put it back on?
Hmm, the effect seems just average.
He glanced at the surrounding valleys teeming with mutated beasts, his voice tinged with anticipation as he said, "Let's test the crimson light pillar's effectiveness."
Even with the Giant Super Annihilation Bomb—a set effect enhanced by only +50—the destructive power had been immense!
What kind of devastation would the crimson light pillar unleash, a set effect requiring +80 enhancement across all options?
It couldn't possibly be weaker than the Giant Super Annihilation Bomb, could it?
When the Giant Super Annihilation Bomb detonated earlier, one nearby valley filled with mutated beasts had been engulfed, instantly reduced to ash.
Yet most of the valleys remained untouched.
He planned to use these mutated beast-filled valleys to test the crimson light pillar's power.
"Li Hao, mark all the valleys."
"Yes, sir."
His crimson light pillar only lasted eight seconds, so he needed to mark all the valleys beforehand, then sweep across them in a single, eight-second burst.
He wasn't sure if it would work, but he had to try.
(End of the Chapter)
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