Empty! Empty!

"Magnetic pole lock complete, direction at ten o’clock, depth seven meters." Captain Raymond’s armor hand emitted faint blue arcs, revealing the twisted silhouette of a metal ship’s hull under his magnetic shock on the sand dune.

"An ’Albatross’ class transport ship, belonging to the 27th Corps Third Logistics Fleet."

Female scout Song Wei knelt on one knee, her palm pressed tightly against the hot gravel, an invisible resonance wave spreading from her center. A few seconds later, she frowned: "Residual weak life fluctuations inside the ship’s hull, but the form is indiscernible... something just left, or... is still inside!"

The sniper named Liszt, carrying a heavyweight Gauss sniper rifle nearly as tall as himself, spoke through his mask: "Probability calculations show non-human targets at 99.7%, highest possibility being a monster. Boss, what’s the call?"

Raymond glanced at KIKI and immediately responded: "Standard Federation starship hibernation pods are equipped with a strong signal marker; if it’s still operational, we can certainly detect it within the range."

His meaning was simple, if Lin Xian is still alive, it suggests the hibernation pod must be functional, otherwise no human could survive in a sealed coffin for such a period, and no signal marker from a hibernation pod was found on this transport ship, indicating Lin Xian is not here.

Of course, he wasn’t completely absolute in saying it.

KIKI said calmly at this moment: "Lin Xian’s mechanical superpower is unusual, even without a hibernation pod, he could create one himself, plus he has protective power armor."

"Power armor?" Alon spoke at this point: "How to wear power armor in hibernation?"

Raymond looked at KIKI: "You really don’t remember the transport ship’s number? Though the Hakko battlefield was chaotic, from our search in this period, the troops’ positions and formations weren’t completely disrupted. If positions can be found, the search range is significantly narrowed."

KIKI shook her head, speaking softly: "At that time, the Earthquake Catfish attacked the Chengying ship, releasing a lot of crimson gas. I was solely focused on throwing Lin Xian’s hibernation pod onto a transport ship to escape the battlefield, didn’t pay attention to the ship number..."

"And then you confronted the Earthquake Catfish’s shock wave alone?"

Liszt clicked his tongue in admiration: "Amazing, that was a world-class disaster. Hard to imagine human superpowers reaching this level now."

"Using telekinesis to control the Earthquake Catfish’s shock wave bounce, slicing off half the S-Class worm’s head, all biological force fields shattered, allowing at least 100,000 people to successfully retreat. That’s not just an ordinary superpower."

Song Wei walked over, looking at KIKI: "Now the telekinesis development training for us Nightwalkers, the spiritual power operation template relies on the performance you showed in the Hakko battle."

Upon hearing Song Wei’s praise, KIKI, usually lively, simply responded in a low voice: "Stop wasting time, let’s quickly find Lin Xian."

Captain Raymond understood the oppression in KIKI’s emotions, and thus didn’t linger in the Fallen state, immediately issuing commands: "Alon, get ready for demolition, Liszt, set up the gun at a high point for locking. Song Wei, keep scanning for abnormal energy sources. KIKI, bring this transport ship out!"

"Okay!" KIKI’s eyes flashed with purple light. Without needing further words, after everyone got ready, she stepped forward, fingers clawing at the sky, her vast telekinesis like an invisible giant hand plunging into the yellow sand! Amidst the deafening boom, the entire wreck of the hundred-ton transport ship was lifted as though by a Deep Sea Giant Beast, sand cascading as it’s forcibly "pulled" out from the underground!

Amidst the screeching of twisted metal, dry, blackened corpses and damaged supply boxes tumbled down. Just at the moment the wreck lifted off, a dark red shadow shot out from the ship’s belly fracture, flying straight towards the nearest one, Alon! It looked like a skinned spider, with glowing tendrils emerging from the hollow cavity of its head.

"Looking for death!" KIKI snorted coldly, telekinesis instantly gathering into an invisible large hand, precisely grasping the crimson worm, a soft popping sound, the insect body exploded mid-air, sticky dark brown fluid splashing everywhere.

"False alarm!"

Alon spat, the exaggerated pulse shotgun in his hand hanging low, but in the moment of his slightly relaxed mind, Song Wei’s sharp call pierced through the crimson sandstorm: "It’s a Hunting Body!!"

Alon’s body hair stood on end! Even before he turned around, he sensed the crimson air currents behind him making rustling noises!

Raymond and KIKI followed Song Wei’s shout, seeing several hundred meters behind Alon, a towering, black crimson silhouette like a scarecrow on a sand dune, resembling a huge Gao Liren!

"Careful! That frame is at least crimson A-level!" Raymond immediately reacted, warning aloud, but just as the arcs on his hands began to condense, the Gao Liren seemed to dissolve into the wind, from over a dozen meters away, in a blink, it was already close behind him! A dried, adhesive crimson energy-wrapped claw ripped through the air, screaming like a ghost, fiercely striking at Alon’s back!

Buzz! Alon’s power armor’s emergency force field triggered instantly, the light blue shield only lasted a thousandth of a second before shattering with a boom! The piercing sound of metal tearing arose, Alon was struck like a siege hammer, flying forward like a cannonball! His chunky alloy mechanical arm along with shoulder armor were forcibly torn off, sparks and hydraulic oil spraying wildly from the severed stump!

"Hargh—!"

In excruciating pain, Alon demonstrated astonishing combat instincts, in midair, blindly firing the shotgun with his left hand back behind him! Boom! A mass of blistering white pulse energy exploded behind him, briefly hindering the shadowing pursuit of the Gao Liren.

"Cover!" Raymond roared, smashing his fists together! Buzz—! An eye-visible circle of azure magnetic storm shock waves spread fiercely from him as the center! As the shockwave passed, sand levitated, air twisted, colliding harshly on Gao Liren’s pursuit path, causing its eerie, flickering figure to stall for the first time.

Seizing this chance, Raymond already dashed to Alon’s side, forming a cover formation with their backs supporting each other.

"Song Wei, focus!"

"Got it!"

Song Wei agilely rolled to the flank, her whole body emitting superpower fluctuations, beginning to release the kind of shock wave to lock on the flickering red monster.

"Locked!"

High up, Liszt’s sniper scope crosshairs were fixed on that warped target, the Gao Liren’s body seemed half-real in the scarlet fog, flickering inconsistently, extremely tricky to lock on. However, Song Wei’s life resonance split the crimson mist like a clear wave for everyone, allowing team members to swiftly capture a moving shock wave, rippling like air, as Liszt directly took a deep breath, his fingerprint stable as a rock on the trigger, calculating the bizarre flickering gap.

At that moment, KIKI moved as well, she didn’t attempt to lock on the rapidly flickering figure; her vast telekinesis covered the space around the Gao Liren for several tens of meters instantly! The air suddenly became viscous as glue, the Gao Liren’s ghostly speed forcibly stalled, and just as it attempted to flicker again, KIKI clenched her fist, a substantialized dark energy directly gripping the monster, its two strange long arms exploded fiercely!

Boom!

Now!

Buzz! The air around Gao Liren was instantly compressed by telekinesis into an almost tangible cage! Though it only lasted a moment, it was enough for Liszt!

Boom—!!!

The Gauss sniper rifle roared like thunder! A dazzling bright blue beam tore through crimson, piercing precisely the center of Gao Liren’s seemingly intangible head! Gao Liren’s body convulsed violently, issuing a soundless shriek, dark red energy frantically dissipated from the penetration point, eventually melting into sticky black water that smoked, merging with the sand, quickly disappearing like live water.

Breath not even steadied before another sudden change!

Just as the team coordinated to resolve a highly troublesome crimson hunting body, piercing shrieks suddenly came from where Noah lay stranded! Several guided missiles dragging crimson tails sliced through the sky, landing accurately amidst the team’s surrounding yellow sand! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosions weren’t powerful, but like cold water dropped into boiling oil! A scattering wave of dark energy instantly spread invisibly, opening up a storm sweeping through the crimson blood mist.

"Damn, they’re decoy missiles! That bunch of scum from Holy City is still hiding here!"

Raymond’s eyes bulged in rage, immediately shouting: "Retreat! To the B point beach! Quick!!"