Chapter 129: Peace Sniper Rifle
Mistaken for a third-stage spiritual energy user, Lin Ye was still resting and setting up new rune traps. He wasn't sure if this was meaningful, as the alien races didn't have many choices left.
They could either send troops to wear them down, or dispatch powerful beings to eliminate them.
The worst possible choice would be the entire alien army returning to destroy the outpost.
However, the likelihood of them choosing this was low, because Lin Ye could escape the outpost with Kara. At his speed, the army couldn't catch them.
Afterward, they could find other outposts and cause more trouble.
The enemy could also send a fourth-stage powerful being to deal with them, in which case Lin Ye would have to test the not-yet-full Stargathering Cup Replica's effects.
Although the chances of victory weren't high, with the Peace shotgun, he might still have a fighting chance.
Lin Ye gazed expectantly at the distant alien army, only to discover they had chosen the most boring response.
A war of attrition.
The ghoul army surged toward the outpost. Lin Ye silently drank a Spirit Potion. This was actually good—he could safely harvest kills without risk... but it was terribly boring.
Just as Lin Ye prepared to stay in the outpost core to research spiritual energy compression, the distant Kalan City, which had been in defensive mode, suddenly began using offensive devices to attack the alien army.
A chill ran down Lin Ye's back. Realizing Kalan City might be warning him, he immediately took out the Stargathering Cup Replica from his loot space and drank all the liquid.
The icy liquid spread throughout his body—physical fitness, spiritual energy concentration, mental energy... Lin Ye felt every aspect of himself had improved to some degree.
This enhancement wouldn't disappear until the liquid was completely exhausted.
Taking the Peace shotgun that could fire two shots, Lin Ye closed his eyes to sense his surroundings.
Numerous ghouls charged into the outpost. Rune traps triggered one after another. In the profound darkness, the Seed of Spirit shone like the sun, and every minute detail within the outpost was within his perception.
Lin Ye quickly noticed something discordant. In a certain corner of the outpost, where there should have been nothing, the Seed of Spirit illuminated a very faint shadow.
A fourth-stage alien was hiding less than ten meters from Lin Ye, unknown how long it had been standing there.
It might still be searching for the powerful being that killed the third-stage alien, which was why it hadn't attacked them yet.
Lin Ye walked toward the outpost entrance with the shotgun, simultaneously approaching the fourth-stage alien. The muzzle naturally swayed, coincidentally aligning with the alien at the closest position.
The alien paid no attention to Lin Ye, this first-stage trash, still searching for non-existent enemies.
Boom!
Lin Ye pulled the trigger, then forcibly suppressed the rising muzzle and fired another shot at the dodging alien.
Boom!
The first shot only shattered the alien's right shoulder. It reacted extremely quickly, avoiding a direct hit to vital areas from the spiritual energy fluid at such close range. But affected by the fluid impact, it couldn't dodge the second shot.
The spiritual energy fluid pierced through its chest, shattering its spiritual energy core.
Lin Ye instantly activated all the runes on his body, wielded the Thigh Bone using the Heavy Blow technique, and smashed with full force toward the alien's head.
The alien raised both arms to block the Thigh Bone. Several slanted mutated spiritual energy shields rotated and deflected its arms. The spiritual energy shields shattered, and along with them, the alien's head was crushed.
The Heavy Blow technique paired quite well with the sturdy Thigh Bone, using it felt exceptionally smooth, and the impact sensation could be called perfect.
"Sir! The city lord is fighting with the alien powerful beings!"
Kara ran out from the core area, barely managing to kill a ghoul pouncing at her, and shouted loudly.
"I know, return to the core area and charge it up."
Lin Ye picked up the already transformed silver-white heavy sniper rifle and handed it to Kara.
Kara looked in shock at this sniper rifle with a nearly two-meter-long barrel. Just from its appearance, she could sense this gun's terrifying power.
After helping Kara, who was carrying the sniper rifle back to recharge, deal with nearby ghouls, Lin Ye examined and dismembered the fourth-stage alien's corpse, finding several damaged loot items from it.
Even with a shotgun ambush, killing a fourth-stage alien wasn't easy. Lin Ye sat on the ground backstabbing ghouls for a while, drank another Spirit Potion, and only then returned to normal state.
Returning to the outpost center, Lin Ye saw Kara's despair-filled face.
"...Sir, the city lord is dead, the energy shield is about to collapse, Kalan City is going to be destroyed..."
"Is the energy fully charged?"
Lin Ye glanced at the damaged spiritual energy observation device on the console—Kara seemed to have repaired it.
"No... but if we overload the spiritual energy condensation device, we can quickly charge your weapon. However, this state can only last a few minutes, after which the spiritual energy condensation device will be completely destroyed."
Kara recalled knowledge from books. She had thought no one would be foolish enough to destroy a spiritual energy condensation device just to quickly charge a weapon, never expecting she would need this knowledge.
"Then hurry, Corporal Kara. The final battle is about to begin. Kalan City hasn't been destroyed yet, and we're still here."
Lin Ye gazed at Kalan City's precarious spiritual energy shield, pulling a fortune cookie from his pocket. Whether by coincidence or not, the cookie was shaped like a dove.
Kara overloaded the spiritual energy condensation device to charge the sniper rifle, quickly replenishing the energy for the first bullet.
Lin Ye broke off half the fortune cookie and put it in his mouth, giving the other half to Kara. He didn't know if there was still time, nor whether this gun could eliminate the enemy.
Now they could only hope the residents of Kalan City had better luck.
Lin Ye set up the sniper rifle next to the spiritual energy condensation device for Kara's convenience in charging, opened the scope, and numerous red dots appeared in his vision.
The two largest red dots were both within the alien army—they still had two mid-stage aliens.
The two mid-stage aliens were approaching Kalan City. Lin Ye aimed at the slightly weaker red dot and pulled the trigger.
Thump!
A high-energy ray pierced through the outpost, crossed the distance from the outpost to the mid-stage alien, and without any warning struck the mid-stage alien's head. The upper body of that mid-stage alien directly vanished, only the lower body falling to the ground.
The rifle butt slammed into Lin Ye's shoulder. The tremendous recoil tore his muscles, sending him tumbling backward several times.
Lin Ye ignored the injuries, quickly returning to his position and having Kara continue charging.
No need to observe—as long as the remaining mid-stage alien wasn't brain-dead, it was certainly already on its way to the outpost.
"Ready!"
After Kara finished charging, Lin Ye took the sniper rifle, opened the scope, and immediately saw the massive red dot rapidly approaching.
Thump!
Lin Ye fired at the red dot. This time he used spiritual energy shields to brace against the rifle butt. Several layers of spiritual energy shields shattered before he forcibly remained in place.
The red dot didn't disappear. With preparation, the enemy had dodged this shot.