Chapter 538: Taking Over the Outpost
The ground appeared somewhat distorted under the sustained high temperature. Several corpses lay on the ground, their eyes wide open in death. Xu Huo went over, cut off Gao Peng's head, casually tore off his protective suit to wrap it up, and then turned back to find the two children.
Fish Ball peeked out, his eyes shining brightly, while Ice Cream stood behind him, not daring to lift his head.
Seeing him approach, Fish Ball opened his mouth, babbling something. Xu Huo read his lips and caught the words "You're really amazing." He smiled slightly and gestured for him to go strip the protective suits.
Fish Ball was quite clever. Knowing his strength was insufficient, he simply picked up Cen Lu's knife, slashed the protective suits open, and tore them off.
Xu Huo had them use the protective suits to wrap their own heads and shoulders, then gave each of them a lollipop. Only then did he pick up Gao Peng's head and walk towards the stronghold in the commercial building.
The lookout stationed in the distance had long since gone back to report. So when he led the children over, the main gate was tightly shut. Forget about anyone coming out to avenge Gao Peng and the others; not a single person even showed their face.
Xu Huo roughly sensed the positions of the people inside. Not wanting to waste time, and as the Life Core had just finished its cooldown, he slipped it into his pocket. He walked to the main entrance, placed his hand on the side of the door. Not fully understanding the item's specific parameters, he only held it there for two seconds before withdrawing it. The moment his hand left, the metal framework welded to the door and the reinforced metal door behind it all turned to dust and drifted down, bringing down part of the floor slab on the other side with it!
The sudden collapse from above crushed several people to death. The other stronghold personnel standing behind the door instinctively raised their guns and fired a barrage into empty air.
Standing to the side, Xu Huo marveled at the usefulness of the Life Core. If he wanted, he could make this entire building collapse very quickly. Because the volume of metal absolutely could not account for one-third of the building's total volume. So, while this one-third limit was an upper bound for the item, in practice it was enough to destroy everything within the item's range, along with any subsequent reinforcements.