Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 220 - 042. I live to break all the shackles.

Chapter 220: 042. I live to break all the shackles.

Bang!

The gate shattered, the Duke’s guards were startled into action, drawing their weapons and shielding the entrance to their lord’s door.

Agents Enlitte and Bodela of the Third Rule arrived belatedly, their overcoats lifted by the smoke and the residual shockwave, hindering their progress.

"Just as Chief Ben Jiesheng predicted!"

Enlitte immediately switched her sniper rifle to thermal imaging and, with the glow of Qi Energy shining in her eyes, quickly located several humanoid figures.

Click—

As a Ranger, she suddenly held her breath, pulled the bolt, and a series of dark green Qi Energy meridians lit up on the back of her hand, as Qi Energy surged into the barrel of the gun, engulfing the bullet in a helix of Qi Energy within the confined space.

"Burst Loading"

Bang!

The competition-grade trigger was gently squeezed, the firing pin ignited the primer, and the excess gunpowder gas was injected into the Qi Energy coat, sending the spinning bullet out, its Qi layer negating air resistance, piercing the smokescreen, and striking a humanoid target with precision.

Boom!

The bullet collided with the target, the residual gunpowder gas in the Qi coat bursting forth instantly, causing flames to burst while providing a secondary acceleration boost, attempting to impart more kinetic energy to the bullet.

"Hit!"

In the thermal imaging view, the sight was instantly obscured, turning a shade of gray-white, Enlitte was pleased; this indicated that the gunpowder gas had mixed thoroughly with the Qi Energy, creating a temperature of no less than 1400℃, enough to melt even standard armored units.

However, Bodela, the Doctor by her side, didn’t take it lightly; he threw a flash shock bomb directly into the smoke while releasing nanoworms that resided in his body to link with Enlitte. Should they encounter a sneak attack, his vigorous life force could shield her from a fatal blow.

As a Doctor of the Redemption class, he hadn’t implanted any cybernetics, so his perceptual capabilities weren’t as sharp as Enlitte’s. He busied himself with doses of hormones and drugs, enhancing his life force while boosting his sensory abilities.

The agents of the Third Rule were distinctly different in professional cultivation compared to those of the Fourth Rule; they were cautious and extremely focused on intelligence gathering. A four-person team must be equipped for fire support, engineering intrusion, intelligence acquisition, and frontal assault.

After all, even Beta Rank are just tougher living beings; not to mention Alpha Stage, even a legion of mortals could overwhelm them with sheer numbers.

Bodela was in a bad mood because Chief Ben Jiesheng, together with Zuo Jiajun, was confronting Li Aozi, leaving their team without engineering and breach support, while the Duke’s guards were self-absorbed, defending on their own and reluctant to communicate.

This put them at a significant disadvantage, lacking the support of intelligence. In an indoor environment, once Enlitte, aiming with her sniper rifle, was approached by enemies, she would be defenseless.

Not only was he holding up a blast shield, but he was also sweeping left and right with the holographic sight of his ’sand dust’ shotgun. The room was filled with the smell of gunpowder, severely interfering with Bodela’s sense of smell.

Where on earth—where on earth are these assassins?!

Swoosh!

"Argh!"

Enlitte cried out in pain as a dark gold spike burst through the smokescreen and struck into her chest. Her body jerked backward, and the nanoworms on her suddenly crashed due to kinetic overload, clattering to the ground. Bodela’s face changed, and he immediately placed his shield on the ground, his mechanical arm dragging Enlitte while he aimed his assault rifle into the smog and fired three bursts.

Da da da, da da da, da da da—

While shooting to suppress the enemy, Bodela used his mechanical arm to grab Enlitte and drag her behind cover. He took a nanotube off his own body, stabbed it into Enlitte’s deltoid, and began transferring healing medicine, starting emergency treatment on her.

"Open rib fracture, it’s alright, you don’t have a pneumothorax! Steady your Qi Energy and I’ll seal your wound! Damn, it’s stuck in your wound,"

As soon as Bodela pulled out the dark gold spike, the thing wriggled out of his hand like a living creature and slipped back into the smoke. He couldn’t afford to care about that now. He hastily dismantled the bulletproof vest and plates and the sight before him made Bodela break out in a cold sweat—damn it, Enlitte was wearing three layers of bulletproof plates on top of super Kevlar and her nanoworms. How could she be taken down by a single hit?

The painkiller gradually took effect, and Enlitte exhaled a cloudy breath, then took out her SMG (Submachine Gun), with dark blue flames swirling in the corner of her eyes, greatly enhancing her visual abilities.

Under her gaze, a shining individual was closing in on her rapidly.

She aimed the SMG at the approaching humanoid figure, and with Qi Energy infused bullets, she sprayed a burst as if splashing water.

Bang bang bang bang ding ding dang!

The bullets struck the humanoid, sparking striking flashes and crisp pinging noises. The Qi jackets on the bullets didn’t even have time to explode before being flicked away by a wave of the figure’s arm.

"Fuck, they’re here!"

Enlitte swore out loud, but inside she was truly horrified.

Pat pat pat pat!

The footsteps grew increasingly closer, completely unaffected.

Even though the SMG used 9mm caliber pistol rounds, when combined with her Beta Rank Ranger’s Qi Energy, the power couldn’t be that weak. Even if it hit composite armor, it would puncture with every shot.

Hitting a person... With such a limited surface area, how could the force dissipate? There was no stopping effect whatsoever.

What kind of armor was the opponent wearing? Had they pushed a Mobile Armor up to them?

Compared to Enlitte’s astonishment, Bodela was nearly going mad.

What a joke... Enlitte’s wound was being interfered with by some unknown force; even pumping in life force and medication, there was no sign of healing.

Furthermore, the damage caused by the spike wasn’t just a penetrating injury. The Qi Energy meridians where it struck were as if erased by an eraser, unable to regenerate, unable to produce Qi Energy, just a piece of ordinary muscle now.

Stripped of all the professional jargon, put simply, her transcendental traits had been destroyed.

’That spike... it has a destructive effect on Transcendents!’

——Click.

The magazine fell out, and as Enlitte reloaded with one hand, a crisp long boot suddenly stepped out of the smoke. Bodela raised his head, driven by the Exoskeleton, and threw a fierce punch at his opponent.

Thump——

Bursting through the smoke, Enlitte, who was in the midst of reloading, only then noticed Bodela, known for his Constitution, towering at two meters and thirty centimeters, muscles solid, his figure like a small Giant. He looked as though he had collided head-on with a high-speed locomotive, his face turning red as he was forcefully sent flying.

"Bodela!"

Enlitte didn’t have time to be astonished, as the Assaulter was even faster than her Ranger speed. A dark gold thorned claw delicately tore through the smoke, scooped her up, and immediately slammed her against the wall.

Boom!

The solid reinforced concrete wall was instantly punctured, and Enlitte’s spine broke on the spot. In the last moments of her life, through her blurry vision, she could only see the silhouette of someone with swaying braids.

That wasn’t... the silhouette of someone from this era.

"Ah——Enlitte, are you okay? Enlitte! Answer me!"

Enlitte, with her mouth agape, coughed out chunks of her organs and blood, and mumbled faintly into the communicator:

"Quick... tell the leader..."

Before she could finish, her head heavily thudded against the ground, her gaze completely still.

Rustle rustle——

From amidst a pile of rubble, Bodela stood up, his eyes bloodshot with rage, erecting his mountain-like towering figure.

"How dare you, kill Enlitte——"

His mechanical arm whirred, pumping a large dose of drugs into his body, he clenched his fists, picked up a bulletproof shield from the ground, and charged towards the enemy with a roar.

"I’ll kill you!"

The dark gold gauntlet melted and extended in an instant, its light turning sharp, forming a simple and unadorned scythe.

Alicxia calmly grasped the long handle, a swift slash, and the dark gold scythe immediately hooked past Bodela.

Whoosh!

As their figures crossed each other, Bodela managed a few more steps before his lower half separated from his upper half and toppled over, the smooth cut surface revealing the pulsing insides.

"I will never forgive you..."

Bodela’s upper body lay on the ground, reaching out, struggling to get up, but he could only turn over to face Alicxia. His face twisted with rage as he yelled:

"You have destroyed everything we had, you will pay for harming our national interests, I will kill you! Even if I can’t, Frost Plated won’t let you go!"

"It’s not your country."

Alicxia raised the scythe:

"It’s the Grantians’ country."

"Go to hell!"

Bodela cursed resentfully:

"Sooner or later, you’ll watch everything you cherish come to ruin! Your country will fall apart, your faith will surely be desecrated! To hell with you! Long live Frost Plated! Long live the Twin Queens——"

Whoosh——

The head flew off, rolling on the ground, staining the marble floor with dirty blood.

"Truth be told,"

Alicxia spoke leisurely:

"My country did indeed perish, a long time ago, destroyed by natural disasters, wiped out by man-made calamities."

"The enemies that were once vanquished... The Church, feudalism, superstition, inequality, kings, warlords, conglomerates——they’ve all returned."

"The beautiful world I cherished has also turned bizarre and odd, where people can’t even reach space, diesel engines are everywhere, and the cold is so bitter that not even the heat island effect can occur."

"It’s really awful, isn’t it?"

Bodela’s head rolled to Alicxia’s feet. The Alpha Stage Bemudes warrior, witnessing how easily Alicxia eliminated two Beta Rank, was utterly shocked.

Alicxia could sense that the Third Rule agent hadn’t died completely and was still able to hear her. She continued:

"But after 500 years, I encountered this new precious existence."

"So, I have come to understand. This world is not perfect, the past had its disappointments, and the future may not necessarily get better, but that is no reason for people to dwell on it."

She melted the scythe back into its suitcase form, pityingly saying to the dying Bodela:

"I have crossed spacetime, carrying the expectations of an era, not to enjoy the technological crystallizations of the future, but to stand up when justice and order are dissipated, to punish all injustice, to shatter all oppression."

Alicxia’s tone was never haughty, but to the dying Bodela, the noble character shining in the dark gold eyes seemed forever out of reach.