Chapter 1 Limited Space

The internal passages of the spaceship were cramped, making it impossible to equip the "Batwing" flight suit. Han Xiao used electromagnetic skates and a small jetpack to dash toward the control room, his sliding speed faster than slipping on a banana peel.

Han Xiao was experienced and knew that the control room was extremely important. To provide timely support, he went all out, leaving Kerklord and the others behind, something he couldn't worry about for the moment.

As he hurried on alone, he analyzed the enemy's combat power.

"They haven't captured Short Horn Star yet after so long, so there definitely isn't a B-grade Super among the scavengers. Otherwise, the spaceship would have changed hands long ago. The strongest enemy is at most a C-grade or C+. With my equipment and template, the odds of being evenly matched with the enemy are very high... But the enemy must have a lot of subordinates. The standard of interstellar conventional weapons varies, and their attack power probably isn't too low. If they focus fire, it could be a little dangerous."

Han Xiao looked calm, listing various factors affecting the situation in his mind. He knew his own strength and wouldn't be arrogant or blindly overestimate his opponents.

Although there were many Supers in interstellar space, high-level combat power wasn't everywhere. Most were still at the E or D grade, newbies who still needed to grow.

Starting from C-grade, they were considered formed combat power. In the Shattered Star Ring, C-grade Supers were considered the backbone, B-grade was a less common high-end force, and A-grade was a very rare disaster-level powerhouse. The difference between the three was still very clear. C-grade possessed good personal combat power and could withstand a small army on the ground. B-grade could destroy a city, with greatly increased endurance, and could also be used as a single soldier to level a spaceship alone. A-grade was "disaster-level" and could cause disasters on the surface of a planet. Some sharp abilities could even destroy the surface ecology of a planet... of course, that would take some time.

...

The sound of collisions echoed through the passage, and the aftershocks made the metal walls tremble.

Green light collided with the warhammer once again, and both men took a big step back.

*Chi—*

Relton released a burst of hot air from his back, releasing the pressure of the overloaded mechanical limbs. He gasped for breath, his face covered in sweat. His already pale cheeks were even paler now.

Abilities consumed energy, while mechanical prosthetics did not generate energy. Relton's ability endurance wasn't strong to begin with. Mechanical prosthetics gave him a wealth of combat weapons and made his body harder, so he wouldn't die so easily, but it also came at a price. He couldn't last long.

At this time, the mechanical prosthetics were damaged everywhere, emitting sparks. Snake Braid was very fierce and had immense strength, but Relton believed he wouldn't lose to him. The most troublesome thing was that this wasn't a one-on-one fight. Hundreds of scavengers were hiding to the side, secretly firing cold shots. He had to pay attention to stray bullets at all times, so he wasted a lot of energy shaping energy shields, and his attention was also distracted. Many injuries were caused by other scavengers' sneak attacks.

At the end of the passage behind Relton was the door to the control room. Once he left, the control room would be in danger, which greatly restricted his actions. He didn't dare bypass Snake Braid to solve the scavenger rabble first.

The control room door was tightly closed, and the situation outside was monitored and displayed on the screen. Everyone in the control room was worried. The captain held a handful of sweat in his hand and pressed hard on the table, murmuring, "We'll reach the security zone in twelve minutes. We must hold on!"

The intense gunfire rang out again, and Relton could only create another light shield to protect himself. Snake Braid grinned, not giving Relton a chance to breathe, and pounced again, slamming the warhammer down repeatedly.

Relton's eyes were bloodshot, his face was cold, and he persevered, but the green light shield dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Suddenly, the light shield shattered, and the warhammer hit Relton's left side without hindrance.

*Dong!!*

Half of Relton's body exploded, and parts scattered everywhere like blossoming flowers, clanging and shooting against the walls. Oil spilled all over the floor!

Relton flew out and hit the wall, but his face didn't show any pain. He was a semi-prosthetic body, and the shattered mechanical body didn't have pain. This prosthetic technology was more mature and complete than Germination's half-baked technology, and of course, it wouldn't damage his life.

Suddenly, flames spewed out from the soles of his feet, and he flew up, leaping over Snake Braid and resolutely fleeing the battlefield.

The reward was the reason he was helping, but Relton valued life more. Half of his body was broken, and the situation was critical, so he immediately ran away without any hesitation, rationally and indifferently.

"This spaceship will definitely be lost. No matter what the scavengers want to do, I'm not their target. Now it shouldn't be far from the security zone. As long as I get on the emergency spacecraft, I can escape, and the scavengers won't chase me."

Seeing Relton turn around and run away, the captain suddenly went limp and sat down in his chair, closing his eyes in pain.

"It's over, it's all over."

Even the Green Knight was beaten away. The enemy was close to the control room. What hope was there?

Snake Braid suppressed the urge to pursue, remembering the main mission. He waved his hand and led his men towards the control room door.

Panic and confusion spread, and everyone looked terrified. With every step the scavengers took forward on the screen, the captain's mood sank lower.

This situation was already hopeless. The captain couldn't think of any turning points and couldn't help but think of his wife, children, and mistress back home, and his heart couldn't help but feel sad.

Snake Braid was about to smash the door open with a hammer when he suddenly heard a "boom" sound. A surge of heat was rapidly approaching from behind. He turned around in a hurry, and a thick, scorching beam of light rapidly magnified in his vision.

Snake Braid hurriedly raised his warhammer in front of him, and flames condensed into an invisible force field of protection.

The beam of light hit the target!

*Bang!!*

The warhammer instantly turned into a red-hot branding iron. Snake Braid screamed and dropped the warhammer. He also fell out, his arms and chest glowing with embers, still burning with a *hissing* sound.

"What?!" The captain's expression changed drastically.

At the other end of the passage, Han Xiao was holding a golden, strange gun, and smoke was still coming out of the muzzle.

Panel attack power of 513 [Garitan's Wrath] + 2.7 times [Will Burning] + 2 times sneak attack critical hit + 30% increase in shooting power [Breath Holding Aiming]!

After defense reduction, this shot caused 2124 points of damage!

"It's a pity that I didn't trigger the one-shot fatal true damage." Han Xiao glanced at the scene and raised an eyebrow. "It seems that I arrived just in time."

Snake Braid struggled to get up, picked up the warhammer, and let it burn his palms, emitting a scorching smell. He stared at Han Xiao, "Another one! Kill him!"

The other scavengers turned around and focused their fire. Bullets and beams of light poured down. The passage was narrow and there was no way to avoid it. Han Xiao's mind moved, and the floating shuttles flew out, forming an electromagnetic shield in front of him, which rippled from the impact of the bullets.

Snake Braid rotated the warhammer, but instead of attacking Han Xiao, he turned around and smashed it at the control room door.

With a bang, the door fell to the ground, revealing the control room. The people inside hurriedly retreated away from the door. The captain retreated and bumped into a chair, falling to the ground, looking up at the tall Snake Braid with a terrified expression.

Snake Braid was about to walk into the control room when a dark red streamer lit up between Han Xiao's eyebrows, and a seductive female figure appeared behind him, her slightly curled red hair floating and dancing like seaweed.

[Character Summon Card - Hela]!

Without hesitation, Han Xiao threw all three mental shocks at Snake Braid. Technician Han had just seen the combat information. Snake Braid was also level 70, a martial artist, and the rock giant bloodline gave him strong physical resistance and a high amount of health. Accordingly, mental resistance was his weakness.

Snake Braid's figure froze. The next second, thick blood spurted out of his mouth and nose. He felt like his brain had exploded. He spun around and lost control of his body, falling like a toppling mountain, crashing in front of the control room door, unable to get up.

Han Xiao strode forward, enduring being hit by many bullets, rushed past the scavenger's obstruction, his biochemical muscles bulged, grabbed Snake Braid's braid, and swung him to the other side, smashing out a big pit.

The positions of the two were switched, and now Han Xiao was blocking the door.

This series of preemptive strikes resolved the crisis in the control room. The captain felt like he had turned around on the edge of life and death. He swallowed and stuttered, "You're also a passenger?"

Under tension, the captain was incoherent. Actually, he meant that this mysterious mecha warrior's combat power seemed to be even more powerful than the well-known Green Knight, but why wasn't he on the list when he checked the passenger list before?

He thought he was in a desperate situation, but Han Xiao's appearance gave the captain a glimmer of hope again. His mood rose and fell sharply, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

At this time, Han Xiao turned his head and asked, "I heard that you will pay a reward?"

Although his face was covered by the mecha and his tone was calm, for some reason, the captain always felt that he could vaguely see a face full of greedy smiles.

Probably an illusion...

After the Green Knight's disappointment, the captain dared not hesitate and could only seize this life-saving straw desperately, and hurriedly said, "That's right, I can pay a lot of money! I hope you must stop them!"

A prompt suddenly appeared on the panel.

[You have triggered the mission [The Captain's Entrustment]]

[Mission Introduction: The captain of Short Horn Star has decided to additionally hire you to protect the spaceship and his safety.]

[Mission Requirements: Successfully defend Short Horn Star, and the captain survives.]

[Reward: 8000 Enas]

Oh, eight thousand, quite a lot.

The purchasing power of Enas is very high. Not to mention Han Xiao's knowledge, just Kerklord's income as an investigator, not counting the welfare benefits of civil servants, is only more than 4,000 Enas per year. This flirtatious guy is a spendthrift, and he can save 800 Enas.

Han Xiao was very satisfied. For the same event, he could use his subjective initiative to squeeze more profits from different people, completing the feat of increasing revenue. He was very good at this method when he was a power leveler, and it doubled the result with half the effort. Many players also have this habit. Knowing that they are going to a place to fight monsters, they will complete all related tasks in advance and get more rewards at once.

This new mission was issued to him separately, and other players would not receive it.