Chapter 1

The woman wielding the bow, facing the combined pressure from Fang Senyan and Reef, dejectedly retreated to the side, not daring to say another word. Reef wasn't one for relentless pursuit. He called for everyone to rest, allowing them to recover to about seventy or eighty percent before urgently heading towards the Illuminati.

It had to be admitted that Reef was a guy with a strong sense of the big picture. Despite having fought the Illuminati several times, now that both sides were on the same boat, he naturally considered things from their perspective. But in fact, this was also his weakness. An overly honest and selfless person would find it difficult to survive in this space. As the saying goes, water that is too clear has no fish. If your way of doing things deviates from the majority, then no matter how strong your ability, you will undoubtedly be eliminated.

Fang Senyan's purpose for coming to the southern battlefield first was, of course, to inflict more casualties on the Illuminati. Precisely because he had just been in the Illuminati, he knew how terrifying this team was, estimating that they would be the biggest enemy in the subsequent battle for the Gold Branch mission. Fang Senyan didn't expect his delay to damage the main force of the Illuminati—at least he wanted the peripheral members to suffer heavy casualties—like peeling the skin off a tangerine to taste how sweet it is!

When Fang Senyan arrived at the southern battlefield with Reef, he finally saw the thanatan, a creature known as the apex predator of Pandora's land-based food chain. Overall, it resembled an enlarged version of a panther, but its smooth black skin had yellow and red stripes, making it look even more ferocious.

Around its mouth were ten whisker-like sensory bristles, which acted as powerful amplifiers for smell and hearing, magnifying the thanatan's senses dozens of times. When it opened its mouth, the upper lip would fold upwards to maximize the extension of its teeth, inflicting terrifying wounds on enemies. It also had chitinous armor covering its entire back.

At this time, this powerful legendary creature was still wreaking havoc among the crowd, but its movements were no longer agile. It was obvious that the creature's movements seemed to be stuck in glue. Hunting techniques that were usually effortless, like breathing in food, now required a lot of effort. As a result, its fierce claws and teeth could only deal with some summoned creatures, while the remaining contractors frantically attacked from the side, causing it to shriek repeatedly.

Yu Ze hadn't dared to get too close to the battlefield before, so he couldn't transmit the thanatan's information in the first instance, but now he was immediately dutiful.

Juvenile Thanatan (Tier 2 Legendary Creature)

English: thanatan

Na'vi: palulukan

Scientific Name: thanatofenax

Height: 2.5 meters, over 5.5 meters long.

Weight: Over 2 tons

Description: The top land predator on Pandora. Runs on six legs.

Even the Na'vi, known for their bravery, are in awe of this creature, and the pure Na'vi never sing or dance to praise it.

Strength: 30 points

Agility: 50 (max) points

Stamina: 25 points

Spirit: ??

Intelligence: ??

Legendary Creature Ability: Skin of the Earth Lv4. The owner's health is increased by an additional 15,000 points/Lv4 additional effect, granting the owner an additional 6 points/5 seconds of health regeneration.

Legendary Creature Ability: Iron Will Lv1. Most slowing effects have a poor effect on creatures with this ability.

Creature Ability: Lightning Speed (Passive). Creatures with this ability have greatly increased movement and attack speed.

Creature Ability: Ferocity (Passive). Creatures with this ability are very likely to cause bleeding, fractures, and other negative effects when attacking. Furthermore, the thanatan's attack power is increased by 10% when attacking enemies with abnormal status effects, up to a maximum of 50%.

Creature Ability: Bristle Touch (Passive)... Creatures with this ability have a very strong premonition of danger, reducing the enemy's critical hit rate by 30% and increasing their own dodge rate by 15%.

Creature Ability: Tail Whip (Active). The thanatan's tail is also a major weapon, which can be slammed hard on the enemy's body like a whip, dealing Strength-based damage and causing the enemy to feel dizzy for 5 seconds.

Space Battlefield Additional Blessing: Increases the creature's health by an additional 200,000 points/Grants the owner an additional 30 points/5 seconds of regeneration speed.

Suddenly, the thanatan whipped a contractor away with its tail, turned its head to look at the passage inside the ship, and howled shrilly. The skin flaps next to its mouth also suddenly became congested and swollen... It was unusually ferocious. These skin flaps were a warning or display, very similar to the courtship displays of reptiles or peacocks during mating season!

Fang Senyan noticed the direction the thanatan's flashlight-like ferocious eyes were staring at, and then he couldn't help but glance sideways. He saw Zi, suspended in mid-air in the dark spaceship passage. Her feet were about a meter off the ground, and one of the diamond-shaped light spheres floating around her had disappeared. She stretched out her left palm towards the thanatan, maintaining this posture.

"It seems we're still a little early," Fang Senyan sighed in his heart. He could tell at a glance that although the Illuminati had suffered nearly ten casualties, their strength was still like an iceberg in the water. You could only see the surface, which was already very majestic, but the part hidden underwater was still a mystery! The entire team also showed a state of panic but not chaos.

Fang Senyan also noticed that Reef and Akefiel seemed to be old acquaintances. They glanced at each other, and sparks seemed to fly.

Faced with this situation, the people in the Western District did not dare to act rashly. They could only lure a few elite viperwolves to kill on the periphery, getting two dark blue keys as a result. Then they retreated back to their Western District to defend. Of course, without waiting for instructions, these contractors who had tasted the sweetness had already cleaned up all the beast corpses and scrubbed the blood stains clean. This time, the large pits for burying the corpses were dug out in three places, obviously to better divert the more hungry creatures.

At this time, dark masses of beast hordes appeared again in the distance...

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As darkness fell, the contractors who had fought bloody battles for a full four hours finally heard a huge broadcast from inside the spaceship:

"Please enter the spaceship, please enter the spaceship."

"Spaceship Power: Single-sided nuclear fusion power engine has been restored and will release an optical interference shield in three minutes. This shield has powerful camouflage capabilities, allowing it to prevent creatures on Avatar from identifying the specific location of the spaceship in night vision at night. So you will be safe until at least 8 am tomorrow."

Upon hearing this news, many contractors collapsed as soon as they entered the spaceship passage, pouring some water on their faces before falling asleep. In fact, Fang Senyan had already realized that digging pits to bury the corpses of beasts on the battlefield could only reduce the number of incoming ordinary monsters, while those powerful legendary creatures were not moved by it at all.

In the previous wave of attacks, although no new high-level legendary creatures had appeared, the number of attacks each time reached as many as two or even three. Even a team as powerful as the Illuminati could not withstand such numbers. The advantage was that the legendary creatures did not swarm all at once but were attracted by the large pits of corpses buried near the battlefield. This gave the contractors a chance to defeat them one by one.

Fortunately, the other war zones were not fools either. After suffering twice, they immediately began to observe and learn from the Western District, wanting to know why the beast hordes seemed to have little interest in their side. As a result, the simple task of cleaning up the battlefield was quickly learned. Even so, by the time they were able to hold out until dark, the number of remaining contractors had been reduced by a whole small half!

Of course, it must be noted that the wording here is reduced, not killed. The contractors who could survive until now must have already learned to make trade-offs. So even at the cost of deducting three points from their highest attribute value and five points from their merit points, there were many contractors who abandoned the mission when they realized it was impossible. After all, survival is the foundation of everything.

At this time, five RDA staff members also appeared from the upper cockpit of this Valkyrie. They spiraled down from the stairs on the upper level and stopped in the core area of the spaceship. After saying a few innocuous words, they found a place to sit nearby.

All contractors could use the portable handheld computers in their hands to inquire and purchase a series of medicines, corpse explosion recipes, unknown strange objects, and so on. It is worth mentioning that the only valid currency for purchase was battlefield contribution points.

Obviously, these five guys were instantly surrounded by a dense crowd, making it difficult for even a mosquito to fly in. Fang Senyan had been staring at the stairs where these five staff members had come down, lost in thought. He even began to try to climb up, but as soon as he approached, he received a warning from an electronically synthesized voice, saying that this was a restricted area. If he insisted on entering, all his battlefield contribution points from the RDA company would be deducted, and he would be attacked by all the shipboard weapons.

Of course, Fang Senyan would not insist on entering the restricted area on the second floor. After nodding thoughtfully, he silently sat back down in a corner on the side. At this time, all the contractors were gathered in the central hall of the spaceship, sitting in distinct groups, looking at each other with wary eyes.