Chapter 160 This Is Going to Kill Me?!

"Is this going to kill me?!"

The Rune Lord hurriedly looked behind him. Not a single guard stepped forward. Those officials who usually flattered him were nowhere to be seen, afraid to show their faces.

The Rune Lord panicked, gritted his teeth, and with courage born of desperation, suddenly grabbed the statue. He hurriedly retreated a few steps, holding the statue in front of him, and snatched a rune sword from a guard. He pointed the sword at the statue, his voice sharp but trembling, and shouted,

"Don't mess around, or I'll destroy what you want!"

Han Xiao stood still, palms open, indicating that the Rune Lord was welcome to do as he pleased.

"Destroy it then. If you have the ability to destroy it, I'll spare your life," Han Xiao said mockingly.

The statue looked like a wooden product, but it hadn't broken even after falling from space. How could it be damaged by swords? The Rune Lord was grasping at straws, out of his mind.

Bang!

A bloody hole appeared in the Rune Lord's head. The old man's eyes widened, his spiteful gaze clouded over and turned into confusion. He collapsed to the ground with a thud, life leaving his body.

The people of Rune City trembled. Watching their ruler being killed with their own eyes, they felt complex emotions, but not much anger. The people of Planet Aquamarine had a weak sense of national identity, and residents often moved around. Besides, the Rune Lord had always been unpopular.

Han Xiao put away his gun, picked up the statue. Stained with blood, the already bizarre statue looked even more sinister.

"Let's go." Han Xiao looked up at the sky.

Just as everyone was wondering what he was doing, a buzzing engine sound came from above. A spaceship quickly pierced through the atmosphere, arriving hundreds of meters above Han Xiao's head, and fired a blue capture beam that enveloped him.

His body levitated, sucked into the spaceship under the gaze of everyone.

On the ground, the people of Rune City looked amazed.

"Is that the tool that aliens use to travel?"

"It looks like a machine. Is Steel Corps' technology the most correct path?"

Whoosh—

As everyone discussed, the spaceship turned around, the thrusters at the rear spewing faint blue flames, breaking the sound barrier in the blink of an eye and disappearing into the sky.

…

The aliens had left just like that, but Rune City and the other forces of Planet Aquamarine were unable to recover for a long time.

Upon learning of the Rune Lord's fate, the higher-ups of the other forces were filled with lingering fear.

* Fortunately, the aliens landed in Rune City, or we would have been the ones to suffer.

When they received the news last night, these people had urgently discussed how to deal with the aliens, and many wanted to send people to snatch the aliens from Rune City... In their opinion, Rune City would likely succeed. Now, the warmongers who had been the loudest last night were all sweating profusely, still shaken.

Han Xiao's arrival, lasting only a dozen hours, brought a huge impact to Planet Aquamarine, deeply changing the worldview of everyone on the planet. The first encounter with aliens was not harmonious, and there was no in-depth communication, but Han Xiao's influence on them was equally profound.

After all the forces were shocked by Han Xiao's power, they were immediately filled with yearning. Warriors exploring individual cultivation paths saw Han Xiao as a goal, studying his limited performance against the army over and over, seemingly trying to comprehend powerful methods from it.

Having witnessed the power of the Star System mercenaries, the various forces of Planet Aquamarine had different degrees of awakening, feeling that their infighting had become meaningless. Perhaps in the eyes of the aliens, it was no different from ants fighting. This, in turn, gave rise to a desire for peace, and Han Xiao's actions became the trigger for various forces to reach a consensus on a truce.

This event was thus recorded in the planetary history of Planet Aquamarine. Scholars analyzed the impact of the alien's arrival on various levels of society from multiple perspectives.

At the same time, because they saw that interstellar spaceships were mechanical constructs, the technology of Planet Aquamarine finally had a unified direction. Steel Corps' mechanical technology became the "truth" recognized by all forces, who felt that this was the direction of future civilization. Thus, they stopped research on other technological systems and focused on technology. Under the pressure of other forces, Steel Corps had no choice but to share all its technical knowledge.

The vast majority of people on Planet Aquamarine spontaneously became materialists, and the structure of civilization was subtly changed.

Although Han Xiao came to cause trouble, the subsequent impact was positive. Planet Aquamarine learned a lesson from its own recklessness and wrong decisions and had a new concept of the strength of aliens, becoming cautious. Until they truly connected with interstellar civilization, the forces of Planet Aquamarine were extremely grateful—fortunately, it was a mercenary who came the first time, giving them a chance. If they had provoked a higher civilization when they didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, then… no, then there would be no future.

These were the changes that occurred after Technician Han left, but he himself did not care.

After collecting all the statues, Han Xiao did not immediately notify Morning Star, but instead went to the nearest star system civilization's colony planet.

His goal was to buy some special consumables.

Things that could be used on the statues.

…

A few days later, the spaceship returned to the Rheindollar System. After the Unity Day celebration, Morning Star was still touring the New Falan Theocracy. After receiving Han Xiao's communication, he was shocked and incredibly surprised.

Only a few days had passed, and the other two missing statues had been found?!

My god, what efficiency!

Something he had been searching for for several years had been solved by this group of mercenaries in a few days. The professionals were indeed different!

The spaceship docked at a colony star of a member civilization of the New Falan Theocracy. Morning Star was touring the city here. Under the enthusiastic reception of the assistant, Han Xiao and the others met Morning Star in the most luxurious suite of an upscale hotel after several days of separation.

"Hahaha, Black Star, you've really given me a big surprise. I didn't expect you to be able to find all the statues so quickly." Morning Star was overjoyed, his face flushed with excitement, as beautiful as peach blossoms.

This time, Han Xiao was acting with everyone. Melos saw Morning Star for the first time and muttered softly, "So beautiful, is he a man or a woman?"

"I'm a man, naturally beautiful." Morning Star was perceptive and curved his lips into a smile.

Han Xiao coughed softly. "I brought the things to you. There's plenty of time to chat later. I think it's best to conduct the sacred transaction first."

Morning Star gave him a captivating look, his eyes enchanting, and chuckled, "So impatient, then okay. I'm very satisfied with your efficiency. I'll pay you twice the reward as a return for the surprise you gave me."

"Twice? Wouldn't that be..." Sylvia wiggled her fingers and opened her mouth wide. "Two... two hundred thousand!"

"Calm down, don't act like you've never seen the world before." Han Xiao tapped her forehead with his finger. Celebrities, after all, had money. What was so surprising?

The four statues were lined up on the table. Morning Star checked them and confirmed that they were correct, and paid the money very readily.

[The quest [Finding the Statues] has been completed]

[The quest is being settled… Settlement complete]

[Quest rating: Incredible]

[You have received an [Incredible] level extra reward: Extra 120% experience (1.32 million), extra 100,000 Enas, random reward x1, special item x1]

[You have received [Character Summon Card - Morning Star]!]

[Character Summon Card - Morning Star: [A Captivating Smile] - Charm +688, lasts for 15 seconds, uses 0/3]

Looking at the effect description, Han Xiao couldn't help but fall silent.

Besides the word awesome, he couldn't think of any other adjective.

"Six hundred and eighty-eight attribute bonuses, and it's charm. Is this supposed to make the enemy bleed from the nose and enter a state of blood loss? Can it kill people with handsomeness?! If this bonus was on the Intelligence attribute, I would go and fight Grade A right now!"

Han Xiao's mouth twitched, feeling very pained.

And a captivating smile, smile your ass!

Charm has always been a support attribute, mainly used for transaction discounts, skill bonuses for bewilderment, affinity with various creatures, taming beasts, increasing the favorability of various characters, etc. Almost no player would focus on charm... Well, except for some female players. With such a high charm, theoretically no player would add so many points. Han Xiao felt that this value could bring its own charm. Just looking at him would require a Willpower check.

How annoying, why charm of all things! Mine is already enough!

Han Xiao's heart was surging, but his face was tense, not letting others see.

Including the extra rewards, he received a total of 2.43 million experience and 200,000 Enas. The main reward was really a lot. Celebrities were indeed celebrities, generous in their spending. His savings had finally exceeded the million mark, one million one hundred thousand.

This time, he received a very high rating, but because the difficulty of the mission itself was only Grade C, there was no Legend Point reward or Glory Medal—he had a Glory Medal in his hand, which he obtained after defeating Germination, [Germination Burier], which increased 3% to all attributes, directly effective. Collecting three could be exchanged for a +12% special achievement badge.

But the [Incredible] rating would definitely produce a random reward. This was the key thing.

Han Xiao's eyes were firm. He pulled Melos over, his hands wandering over his body, feeling all over from his head down his shoulders.

"What do you want to do?" Melos felt a chill and hurriedly jumped away.

"Absorb your luck." Han Xiao rubbed his hands. He knew his own luck, but Old Melos was a protagonist-type character, with a halo of luck on his head. At this time, he was willing to believe in metaphysics.

Taking a deep breath, Technician Han was serious, his expression solemn, and slowly chose to confirm.

[Random draw in progress…]

[Draw complete]

[The type of reward you have obtained this time is: [Talent]]

"You motherfucker!!"