Chapter 47: Explosive Acting Skills
Su Xiao stood on the triangular formation diagram. After waiting a few seconds, purple-black light spots appeared, outlining the shape of a door in front of him.
Creak~
It was as if a door had opened in the space, revealing a dimly lit area inside.
Su Xiao stepped into the air door. This was a spatial ability that could open a door between any two points within a three-kilometer range.
At this moment, Su Xiao felt as if he was squeezing through a viscous liquid. Fortunately, this sensation quickly faded.
Purple-black water stains evaporated from Su Xiao's body. He was now under a stone bridge. The river had dried up, and the riverbed was piled high with densely packed white bones. The bones were severely weathered, indicating they had been there for some time.
"We've arrived. Cost price, one Soul Crystal (Small)."
A young man dressed like a student was sitting on a huge leg bone.
"Considering you're here to snatch the World Core this time, not to cause destruction, it's free."
The young man raised his chin toward Su Xiao, grinning innocently. He looked like a harmless, sunny youth, but in reality, he was a madman who killed without blinking.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang ran over, covered in dust from who knows where he had been crawling. Beini was peeking around from the stone bridge, keeping watch for any alien creatures approaching.
Having successfully entered the edge area of "Woxinge City," Su Xiao took the map handed to him by Bubu Wang. Several dangerous areas were marked on it.
To get near the Alien King, Su Xiao first needed to infiltrate the central area of Woxinge City. There stood a massive building. According to Bubu Wang's reconnaissance, the Alien King should be inside this structure.
Bubu Wang hadn't seen the Alien King because there were too many heavily armored troops guarding the area. In the most core region, the heavy armor units were packed almost shoulder to shoulder. Bubu Wang could indeed blend into the environment, but he couldn't touch any enemies, or he would be exposed.
Besides this location, Bubu Wang and Beini had searched every corner of Woxinge City over the past two days, even checking suspicious-looking dirt holes that Beini crawled into.
Through the process of elimination, Bubu Wang determined that there was over a ninety percent chance the Alien King was inside that massive building. The heavily guarded core area within the building was the Alien King's residence.
"Who drew this infiltration route?"
"Woof."
Bubu Wang looked at Beini, as if to say, "Master, Beini drew it. You hit it, and I'll hold it down."
Su Xiao ignored this small section of the infiltration route. His current position was the "Bone Pile Ground," where the alien creatures piled up food scraps. This place had been abandoned for a long time. Now that the alien creatures' resources were scarce, the Ground Crawlers would even eat the bones.
Su Xiao needed to first reach the Water Storage District. The streets there were flooded with river water, six to ten meters deep, making it ideal for infiltration.
Going around through the Water Storage District, he could get near the central area of Woxinge City. Once there, Mad Doctor would come to meet him. This guy had already withdrawn from Dapush Fortress. Because he had discovered traces of infiltrators, he had earned a small merit. Coupled with his recent outstanding performance in leading teams to strike attackers, Mad Doctor was about to be promoted to Commander ahead of schedule. He was quite helpless about it.
After reaching the central area, the massive building would be very close. Entering it required caution, as it was guarded by heavy armor units. Ordinary alien leaders didn't even qualify to enter that place.
Having planned the route, Su Xiao set off with Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha. Beini was responsible for another task—she was the emergency backup.
Beini's [Shelter Gem] seemed like a distress signal equipment, but it could also be used to save people if used properly. She would temporarily release the person under the [Shelter Gem]'s protection. Whether Su Xiao, Amu, or Baha was in danger, Beini would immediately designate that person as the protected one and then teleport them to her side.
Even though the teleported person would return to the dangerous location after an hour, having an hour to rest and regroup, plus rescue from others, would greatly increase their chances of survival.
Beini needed to leave Woxinge City quickly, find a safe spot outside, and constantly monitor the team channel, ready to provide rescue.
Between buildings of varying heights, Su Xiao moved through the gap between two structures. After passing this alley, the Water Storage District lay ahead.
Clank, clank~
The sound of armor clashing came. Su Xiao stopped, leaning against the wall. After about half a minute, the sound of armor faded into the distance.
Continuing forward, Su Xiao reached the end of the alley. The air was noticeably more humid. Under the afternoon sunlight, the area ahead shimmered with ripples.
The buildings in the Water Storage District were not densely packed. There were no streets here; the streets were gentle rivers.
Taking out a small oxygen tank, Su Xiao walked to the edge of the stone path and pulled out an injection gun, stabbing it into his arm. The water in the Water Storage District was poisonous, a result of the contractors' actions. This poison had no antidote; it could only be suppressed before poisoning occurred to avoid its effects.
Su Xiao jumped into the water, followed closely by Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha.
Underwater, Su Xiao held the oxygen tube in his mouth. After determining the direction, he began swimming underwater.
Using the underwater foundations as landmarks, Su Xiao swam eastward for over half an hour before a metal isolation net appeared ahead.
Searching underwater for a moment, Su Xiao found a hole at the bottom of the net—a hole Bubu Wang had bitten out. Seeing this hole, Bubu Wang felt a pang of toothache.
Just as Su Xiao passed through the hole, a wave of energy spread out, causing his muscles to tense. The creature releasing this aura was very powerful. Su Xiao wasn't confident he could win for sure.
"Roar!"
The roar pierced through the river water. A giant beast soared into the sky, roaring wildly. On the ground below, the Ground Crawlers and Fission Creatures prostrated themselves, not daring to move.
Meanwhile, inside the Sunlight Preaching Hall, Telde knelt on one knee, large patches of purple muscle tissue clinging to his body.
"Bai Ye, I can't hold on much longer. You need to hurry."
A smile appeared on Telde's already stiff face. From the looks of it, he hadn't lost his bet.
"Idiot."
"Shut up, you troublesome shadow."
Dorothea, shedding her usual timidity, actually scolded the shadow she feared the most. She had only followed Su Xiao to the outskirts of Woxinge City. If she entered the city, an alien commander would sense her.
"Hahaha, you can't possibly succeed. I'll wait to collect your corpses..."
Before the shadow could finish speaking, a loud bang came from above. Everyone's gaze turned to Telde.
"Gambled too many times, and finally got caught. Dorothea, go lure him away. The alien commander has arrived."
Telde's expression remained unchanged. He couldn't fight now, couldn't even move.
"Yes, go die. Hurry up."
"Farewell, Shadow, my friend."
Dorothea took off the bone helmet on her head, revealing a face that wasn't particularly beautiful but was quite delicate. She calmly walked toward the arched passageway, heading to her death.
The shadow sneered, watching Dorothea's retreating figure. But after a while, she couldn't laugh anymore. She seemed to have gotten used to constantly cursing that foolish woman.
"Tch, I want to see how you die with my own eyes."
The shadow also walked out of the preaching hall. Sometimes, habit was a very powerful thing. After getting used to someone's existence, learning that person would disappear forever, even someone as twisted as the shadow couldn't help but want to intervene.
Inside Woxinge City, in the central area, atop a massive building.
Su Xiao crouched on the roof of the flat-topped building. Around the edges of the roof were rows of skylights, each three meters wide and five meters long. There were over a hundred such skylights, giving an idea of how enormous this building was.
Looking down through a skylight, Su Xiao saw three Giant Axe Aliens and several hundred heavily armored aliens. According to Bubu Wang's count, there were at least fifty thousand heavy armor units inside this building.
Even more troublesome was that not even Bubu Wang could infiltrate the core area of this building.
Su Xiao couldn't afford a direct confrontation with the heavy armor units; he still had to deal with the Alien King.
"Doctor Lan, find a way to lure away the heavy armor units below."
"Cough, my mother-in-law is about to give birth. Farewell."
Mad Doctor turned to flee. He understood the heavy armor units better than other contractors. Going up against these "biological tanks" was suicide.
"I can lure away at most these heavy armor units below, no more. Consider my capacity. Dying is a small matter, but being smashed into a meat patty doesn't fit my aesthetic."
Mad Doctor pushed up his glasses, looked at the heavy armor units below, and came up with a plan.
Mad Doctor leaped down from the skylight, landing inside the empty building below.
"You idiots! I observed from above for half an hour, a full half hour! And you didn't notice me! How do you guard the King!"
Mad Doctor's shout was filled with extreme anger, veins bulging on his neck. The heavy armor units indeed had weak emotions and no sense of pain, but that didn't mean they couldn't distinguish friend from foe. Mad Doctor was now a Parasitic Species, considered someone of importance among the aliens.
For a moment, Mad Doctor actually managed to bluff these heavy armor units, leaving them stunned.
"You, who are you."
A Giant Axe Alien spoke, its tone icy.
"I'm your father."
Mad Doctor looked as if he had been angered to the point of losing his mind. He took a few deep breaths before calming down.
"I am the Commander of the Surveillance Forces, Herod Harmonia, your new superior. You, stand up straight. What are you looking at? I'm talking to you. As a member of the heavy armor units, can't you even stand straight!"
The heavy armor alien Mad Doctor was pointing at and shouting at was stunned for a moment, then actually stood up straight.
Bubu Wang, watching this from the skylight above, was dumbfounded. Based on Mad Doctor's acting just now, even he had briefly mistaken him for the newly transferred commander. His acting skills were so strong they caused mental blackout—a blackout of intelligence that extinguished in an instant.