Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 692 - 305. Do you think I’m silly.jpg

Chapter 692: 305. Do you think I’m silly.jpg

"Imprisonment failed, again..."

Nephis frowned and had to report to Nariya:

"Miss, Li Aozi cannot be imprisoned by Qi Energy. Should we modify the plan?"

"Just like the prophecy, it really isn’t going smoothly..."

Nariya pondered for a moment:

"Hold him off for now, don’t let him get to space. The pirates are reporting that they are cracking the defense system, and they will soon jump to help. As long as we control the hostages, Li Aozi won’t dare to act rashly."

"Understood."

With permission from his superior, Nephis clasped his hands.

Crack—

Tiger School Bombing Stance!

"Here we go again..."

As soon as Li Aozi saw the special effects, he was already prepared.

She charged forward with her Dominator Body, alternating between claw and punch attacks. In an instant, Li Aozi’s face was torn by her claw tips, his shoulder blade suffered from the punches, and before he could react, Nephis suddenly raised her knee and coldly slammed it into Li Aozi’s jaw.

Clang!

Li Aozi’s neck snapped back, and immediately after, his collar was grasped by Nephis and smashed downward!

[Specialty: Battle-Hardened King]!

When facing an enemy of the same rank, the opponent’s Main Attribute shall forcibly decrease by 10%, and the opponent cannot dodge your "Grasp" or "Throwing Skills."

Just as Li Aozi’s body hit the ground, Nephis pounced on him again. She stepped on his shoulder and with a swift leg sweep, kicked him into the air. Following that, she also jumped, her legs opening like cold scissors, and fiercly clamped down on Li Aozi’s upper arm.

In less than the blink of an eye, Nephis had applied a flying cross lock on Li Aozi mid-air, firmly controlling his movement.

As a humanoid creature, everyone has this weakness. Once the cross lock is in place, the arms being controlled are oppressed by the full force of the body, while the head and chest are squeezed by the thighs, making it almost impossible to break free. Moreover, since the arms are stretched out, the joints become incredibly fragile and can easily fracture with a bit of force.

Indeed, fighting a final boss one-on-one in less than prime condition is challenging.

"Stop! Nobody move!"

From the corner of his eye, Li Aozi saw— a large number of Cosmic Pirates had already boarded the ship, yelling at the civilians.

"Even conspiring with pirates—ugh, Redd Gold’s followers are always so filthy."

Li Aozi cursed under his breath.

These pirates of only Delta Rank weren’t much on their own, but the problem was that they had taken the passengers hostage. Any movement to escape on his part might lead to killing the hostages.

Moreover, Nephis was pressing down on him, firmly controlling him.

It was clear he couldn’t leave the ship by force alone.

[But why should I engage in a show of force with a fool with an Intelligence of 6?]

The next moment, the head of Li Aozi, who was tightly controlled by Nephis, suddenly broke off.

[Implant Gear No. 1 has logged off]

"—Huh?"

Nephis was startled.

Immediately, she watched as Li Aozi’s head, seemingly chopped off by her slender leg, rolled to the side.

"Nephis, explain what just happened?"

Nariya, who was commanding from a distance, suddenly stood up:

"Why does the video show Li Aozi’s head being chopped off by you?"

Nephis immediately explained truthfully:

"I didn’t apply any crushing force, and the strength of the cross lock wasn’t enough to break his neck—"

"His life signal is gone!"

Nariya became anxious:

"You, move aside! Freeze the body and deliver it to a Zeta Rank Priest within ten hours, he can still be saved,"

Her panic wasn’t unexplained, but rather the incident was completely unexpected.

Nephis had actually killed Li Aozi by mistake—this loss was too significant.

If Li Aozi had died, his elder brother would definitely be displeased and look down on her. The effort and resources she had up to now invested would all have been in vain—not to mention a lack of return on investment, she would certainly face scrutiny from the board of directors.

"Li Aozi must not die, hurry, bring him here!"

At least the body was secured.

Without much thought, Nephis grabbed Li Aozi’s headless body, picked up the head from the ground, and blood stained her palms, flowing down her wrists, soaking her clothes.

Her sleeves turned red, which made her hesitate for a moment, her gaze focusing on her own sleeve.

"Nephis! Hurry up!"

Nariya urged impatiently.

"...Yes."

Nephis lowered her head, carrying the head and torso to the emergency exit. The ready team rushed over, placing the body into a black chamber, injecting it with a healing potion, and quickly moving it into the freezing chamber.

Nephis took the portable freezing chamber, her body’s nanomechanics swiftly extended, transforming into a connected space battle armor, detaching from the spaceship, and quickly flying towards their own starfield.

She flew at high speed, quickly leaving the civilian ship out of visual range, and by the time she entered the asteroid belt, she carefully maneuvered around each dangerous meteorite, looking for her fleet in the dark cosmos.

Tss...

Nephis stepped onto the vessel’s deck, handing over the portable freezing chamber to the receiving personnel.

"This is the target. Miss Nariya requires you to quickly deliver him to the nearest planet in the Inherent Time Domain. Within ten hours, you must find a Zeta Rank Priest to perform the resurrection ritual,"

Nephis quickly instructed.

"I can’t stand this, always some accidents."

The receiving team retracted the freezing chamber, turning to Nephis without holding back, saying:

"If it wasn’t because you accidentally killed the target, we wouldn’t be in so much trouble, do you know how difficult it is to enter and exit the Inherent Time Domain? A single trip cost 300 years of lifespan! I’ve already done it twice, this next time out, we’ll only have 200 years left. It’s all because of you!"

"That doesn’t matter, company interests come first."

Nephis said emotionlessly.

"Huh, Gabros, as war weapons go, really just a weapon, no brains at all."

The receiving team sneered:

"After all, products like you have only a 60-year lifespan, once you enter into Narrative-Level territory, just coming out will see you shattered by the years."

"Please focus on efficiency."

Nephis coldly said:

"Any delays in transportation that result in failure to resurrect the target, the responsibility is on you, not on me."

"It’s still because you killed him!" the team member said coldly, scoffing: "It’s all your fault, we all lose out on 300 years of time!"

Nephis calmly said:

"As for Gabros being a product, being not up to standard only means facing destruction, but for you as a Narrative Citizen, the worst outcome isn’t just death..."

"You—"

"There are 10 hours and 36 minutes left."

Nephis coldly said:

"Miss Nariya is urging you,"

The receiving team member gritted their teeth in frustration, but really dared not delay any further.

As Narrative-Level Civilization citizens, groups like Empire and Temple adhere strictly to competitive laws; death for them isn’t the harshest punishment.

In a civilization where everyone is wealthy, becoming poor is.

The team member arguing with Nephis gritted their teeth, stamped their foot, and turned around with the black freezing chamber, departing:

"Let’s go, hurry up! Everyone, get moving!"