A Square-Shaped Building
Xia Fei sat at the top of the mountain, enjoying the sight of the morning sun gradually lighting up the massive ruins below.
Most of the buildings in City 02 had long been damaged, and even those that were still in good shape had been turned into beehives by the ferocious firepower of the robots. They were barely holding on, as if all it took was a light tap of a finger to push them down.
Only a huge square-shaped building in the center of the city was still in good shape. It was huge and angular, and there were more than a dozen large cannons on top of it that had long been damaged. These cannons were like withered branches, hanging crookedly from the roof.
Its outer shell was covered in a layer of bright silver metal. After so many years of wind and rain, this metal was still shining under the sun. It looked like this building was the core of City 02. Its ability to withstand attacks was simply incredible. It was a miracle in itself that it was able to remain standing despite the storm of attacks.
Breakfast was very simple. There were two boxes of canned beef and two boxes of canned peaches, two kilograms of milk, twenty pieces of compressed bread, and one White Dew and Snake Eye Berry each. Xia Fei's appetite had always been astonishing, so these things only made him half full.
Humans could not eat their fill in the middle of a battle. They had to constantly be on the edge of starvation so that they could unleash their strongest combat strength. It was like a person running after eating their fill. Not only would they be mentally drained, even their stomach would not be able to take it.
A truly experienced warrior would never allow themselves to be at ease. They would use hunger and pain to stimulate the biological instincts of humans, relying on their beast-like instincts to track, fight, and survive.
Standing up and stretching his limbs, Xia Fei made his way to the foot of the mountain.
He maintained his speed at around 50m/s, unhurried. This speed was most suitable for observation. It was already daytime, and most of the insectoids had already returned to their burrows to rest. This was the best time to explore. As for killing, that was something for the night.
Xia Fei had obtained more than eight hundred diamond-shaped insectoid crystals from the battle last night, which could be exchanged for the same amount of points in the training camp. A simple conversion told him that these points were worth around eighty million star coins. For Xia Fei, who was short on funds, this money came at the right time. He secretly made up his mind to explore the ruins during the day and kill insectoids at night to make money.
An opportunity to explore ancient ruins did not come every day. He had to save enough money for the next batch of drugs before the end of this exploration. It would be best if he could also save some funds for Quantum Holdings so that he could upgrade the industry when the time was right and increase the company's competitiveness.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Fei had reached the edge of the city. The alloy road was already bumpy. The buildings on both sides were dilapidated, and when the wind blew, the dust on the ground would be blown into the air, making it look very desolate.
Xia Fei focused his attention and used Breath Control at the same time. He had to be careful in such an environment, for there were so many dilapidated buildings that it would be impossible to detect him even if a team was hiding among them.
Xia Fei could acutely sense that there were many unfriendly eyes staring at him from the buildings on both sides of the road. It went without saying that these were insectoids, looking for an opportunity to tear him to pieces. They were already sick of eating their own kind and weeds for a long time. Xia Fei's appearance was like putting a delicious steak in a bowl of dry, tasteless rice, causing countless insectoids to salivate.
The corner of Xia Fei's lips curled up. His figure flashed and suddenly disappeared from the middle of the road. The insectoids could only helplessly watch as the steak flew away, for Xia Fei's speed was just too fast, far exceeding the limits of these insectoids' observation abilities.
Hiding in the dark for an ambush was not just an insectoid's usual method. Xia Fei himself was also an expert in ambush and assassination. It should be mentioned that his specialty was assassination, and when it came to hiding in the dark, Xia Fei was much more skilled than these insectoids. There was no reason for an assassin to walk on the road and wait for others to ambush him. An assassin should be hiding and ambushing others.
His figure was like lightning, and Xia Fei kept moving forward under the cover of the ruins.
The way he moved was very strange, moving from one point to another, pausing for a moment to observe his surroundings.
It was not like he was running, but more like he was jumping.
Xia Fei had carefully chosen every point. Not only did he have to find a suitable angle to observe his surroundings, he even considered the light, the flow of the surrounding air, and the route of retreat.
This was not because Xia Fei was afraid of these insectoids, but it was a habitual action. Regardless of whether the enemy was strong or weak, he had to be cautious and serious. A qualified assassin would never underestimate any opponent; this was the eternal creed of an assassin.
Though Xia Fei was not an assassin, he had learned the martial arts of an assassin right from the start. He had received the education of an assassin like Phantoms, so he had more or less been infected with some of the habits of an assassin.
Xia Fei was half-squatting behind a low wall. Diagonally across from him was a green insectoid. This insectoid looked like a giant earthworm. Its body was soft and fat, and it had a dozen or so eyes of different sizes on its head.
The most unique part was its mouth. It was a circular mouth filled with densely packed teeth, just like a blender. If anything were to accidentally fall into its mouth, it would only take a few seconds to chew it into pieces.
Xia Fei found out from his research that this insectoid was called a sawtooth, a rank 2 insectoid. It had a certain level of intelligence, and it was cruel and cunning.
Xia Fei's position was very clever, and with the protection of Breath Control, the sawtooth was unable to discover him at such a close distance.
* Whoosh! *
Xia Fei seized the opportunity and suddenly dashed forward, appearing behind the insectoid in the blink of an eye. His right arm, Chasing Light, nimbly drew a circle around the neck of the sawtooth and cut off the head of this giant earthworm.
Green liquid sprayed out of the wound like a fire valve that had not been shut off. There was at least a few dozen kilograms of it.
The headless Sawtooth Aura laid limply on the ground, writhing about. As blood flowed out of its body, its fat body gradually shriveled up.
Its head was bouncing around on the ground, its mouth tearing and biting at the air.
Xia Fei stepped on its head, immobilizing it. With a light flick of Chasing Light, he cut off the diamond-shaped crystal on top of its head.
Picking up the crystal and putting it in his spatial ring, Xia Fei continued on his way to the heart of City 02. Xia Fei did not deliberately kill anyone along the way. Unless there was a suicidal insectoid blocking his way, he would not take the initiative to attack.
It was daytime, and according to Xia Fei's plan, this was the time to explore. If he could find one or two valuable items left behind by the ancient civilization, he would be able to earn far more than killing a hundred thousand insectoids, and money was what Xia Fei needed the most right now.
Along the way, Xia Fei noticed that there were very few things in the ruins that were still intact. Even if there were, they were all worthless trash. As for the high-grade items that he needed, there was not even a trace of them.
Xia Fei stopped to think for a moment. He realized that searching blindly was very inefficient. If he wanted to find something, he needed to pick the right place and search carefully.
He constructed the image of the city in his mind and tried to integrate himself into the city. Then, he searched for places that might have items of value to him.
The huge square building in the center of the city was obviously a possibility, followed by the manors of the wealthy and the military camps in the western part of the city. There was also the bustling business district that was worth searching.
Following the ruins all the way to the center of the city, Xia Fei slowly approached that huge building.
All of a sudden, Xia Fei acutely sensed that there was a unique aura in this building. This aura was thick and violent, like a sleeping tiger. Though it was asleep, that man-eating aura could not be dispelled no matter what.
Phantoms coincidentally appeared beside Xia Fei, his eyes looking at the silver square building.
Did you feel it too? Xia Fei asked.
Phantom nodded. Not a bad aura. This should be coming from an insectoid with extremely high combat strength.
Xia Fei furrowed his eyebrows. Yeah, and it's not even trying to hide its aura. Looks like it's very confident in its strength.
High-grade insectoids would usually have two types of aura: one was violent and the other was violent. This was the aura of slaughter, indicating that the insectoid was aggressive and aggressive.
Crafty insectoids would carefully hide their aura, pretending to be a very ordinary aura.
It was obvious that the insectoid hiding in the building was the violent type and had decent strength.
According to Bosingwa's description, the insectoids living here should be of the lowest grade, so how could there be such a special insectoid here?
Xia Fei did not think too much about it. He followed the ruins and quickly approached the square building, wanting to see this insectoid with his own eyes.
Killing a high-grade insectoid would give him a lot of rewards, and the carcasses of the insectoids could be sold to those research institutes, which would be a very good source of income. Thus, Xia Fei planned to infiltrate this place alone. If he could kill it, he would kill it. If he could not, he could rely on his speed ability to quickly retreat, so there would not be any danger.
He took a step back and got into a stance to accelerate.
His two legs stomped on the ground, and Xia Fei used his fastest speed to rush toward a wall.
Seeing that he was already right in front of the wall, just 0.5 meters away from crashing into the alloy wall, Xia Fei suddenly raised his right leg up high, using the high speed to propel himself upward like Spiderman.
Stepping on the wall to move upward relied on the high-speed momentum, and the moment the momentum weakened, he would fall from the bare wall.
On the fifth floor of this building was a hole caused by an artillery shell. Just as his momentum was about to weaken, Xia Fei suddenly reached out with both his hands and grabbed onto the edge of the hole. Then, with a push of his arms, he climbed inside.
It was obvious that there was a fierce insectoid in this building, so Xia Fei did not choose the usual route and used his speed advantage to directly enter from the fifth floor.
This place looked like an office, with an ancient map hanging on the wall. Several alloy desks and chairs were haphazardly stacked in the corner. The artillery shell had hit the building from the outside, breaking through layer after layer of walls to form a circular tunnel.
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