Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 85 - 068. Li Aozi, you schemed against me! And you did it twice!

Chapter 85: 068. Li Aozi, you schemed against me! And you did it twice!

Whisk—

Nimotin’s figure brushed past the Infant Eater, and the brief confrontation did not determine a winner—however, this was enough to bring shame to Nimotin, an Assassin.

Occupations under the Fine Artistry system, including Biochemists, were always perceived as fragile, refined, and profoundly knowledgeable. Yet, the Infant Eater, relying solely on physical quality, suppressed her— a seasoned Qi Strength Cultivator who had studied the Martial Way for years and had two military-grade enhancements implanted.

Moreover, a pervasive green poisonous gas quickly eroded her respiratory filter, although Fourth Rule’s uniform provided some corrosion resistance, no need to worry about damage to her skin and alloyed prosthesis weapons.

What was truly lethal was that Nimotin had not replaced her enhanced lungs.

Among the three initial occupations under the Destroyer system: Martial Artist, Ranger, Assassin—the first two could freely implant numerous prosthetic parts, especially the Ranger, who would replace even cells to enhance output capacity.

However, Assassins could not, as they needed to maintain nimble movements and stealth abilities without too many prosthetics in the body, affecting the effectiveness of Qi in masking their presence.

Parts like lungs, heart, and spine could not be easily replaced, as it would cause the Qi to carry the scent of synthetic metals, thereby exposing their tracks.

This meant that once she inhaled this biochemical toxic mist, even if she did not die instantly, she would end up like fish on the chopping block, helpless against any assault.

"Breathing filter system durability is only at 34%—damn it, Leo Aozi hasn’t run off again, has he?!"

Nimotin couldn’t help but be distracted by thoughts of Leo Aozi’s past misconduct: setting banks on fire, threatening immigrants, impersonating the Rose Army, escaping from Mingji Humanity, and fooling Fourth Rule Agents—this guy’s ability and consciousness to escape were extremely impressive.

"Where are you looking?"

However, the Infant Eater didn’t give her a chance to regret or think, suddenly vanishing from sight with a swift move.

"What?!" Nimotin was horrified. She immediately held her breath and concentrated, using Qi Energy to detect the opponent’s location.

The foe charged with corrosive gas, and once out of sight, it was hard to distinguish his figure amid the green toxic mist.

"Being distracted during a battle is a contempt for the strong."

Before the sound of the Infant Eater’s words faded, he swiftly rushed forward with his claws, as swift as the wind and lightning, with dust trailing half a step behind his massive body. In an instant, his gaping maw that stretched to his ears was nearly within reach!

"Right~here~"

Nimotin was terrified by this storming surge, his cold claw almost at her face; how could she directly confront it?

She hastily dodged to the side to avoid the impact, yet the Infant Eater’s body, with inconceivable tenacity, abruptly stopped its forward movement, twisted its waist and spun around, lifting its gleaming claws horizontally toward her waist!

Without hesitation, Nimotin immediately activated military-grade enhancements.

[Nomadic Tribe Military]

With a ’boom’, her soles blasted with gunpowder gas again, shooting Nimotin tens of meters away. But now she had no ammunition left on her for supporting fire, merely creating distance.

Crack—hiss!

The moment her figure touched the ground, the Infant Eater’s electrically charged claws suddenly attacked again.

"You don’t have enough gunpowder inside you to keep dodging—Agent," the Infant Eater said casually, sweeping a claw through the air. Nimotin ducked low to avoid it, shaking with fear and relief. She quickly rolled on the ground and then burst into motion, not daring to face him head-on any longer.

"This guy is definitely not a regular Beta Rank," Nimotin thought. "After fighting for so long, he hasn’t lost a bit of stamina? Those bioelectric currents that pierce through the air are at least ten thousand volts. If I get hit, my prosthesis will short-circuit on the spot!"

Nimotin felt like cursing.

She had just tried to look up the Infant Eater’s information, but couldn’t find anything in the Fourth Rule’s archives. There’s no way someone with such profound knowledge and elite skills is from the Outer World. He must be one of the people from the Four Nations.

Like most Biochemists, he lacked combat skills, but his physical condition was overwhelmingly strong.

Moreover, he was a Biochemist—how many viruses and biochemical attacks had he not yet deployed?

No matter what, such a person must not be allowed to survive—this thought made Nimotin’s scalp tingle all the more.

How was she supposed to deal with this guy? A slight misstep might give him the opportunity to finish her off in one go.

As the Infant Eater had said, if it wasn’t for the military-grade prosthesis and plugins provided by Frost Plated, just relying on the abilities of an Alpha Stage Assassin, she would’ve been killed as easily as those special agents.

"If this goes on... maybe I should just retreat!"

Once back, she could issue a wanted poster; maybe some Beta Rank Bounty Hunters would be interested.

The more Nimotin thought about it, the more she couldn’t hide her wariness.

Let whoever wants to come, come!

She was just a low-ranking agent making ten thousand Derby a month. Having fought up to this point, she had done her duty to His Excellency the President and the taxpayers. Why risk her life!

It would be more profitable to go after Li Aozi and capture this Red Arrow spy instead.

But as weary of war as she was, the Infant Eater became increasingly enthusiastic, seemingly because strong fighters from the Outer World were rare. Each one held on to life dearly. Catching a professional agent from the Four Nations for a bout of exchanging blows, how could he possibly let her go so easily?

Of course, he also highly valued the military-grade plugins and prosthesis she had—these were treasured items in both the mechanical and biochemical fields, of high research value.

Soon, Nimotin tragically discovered that the Infant Eater was completely treating her like a cat toying with a mouse. He wasn’t in a hurry to kill her but instead kept toying with her, trying to drive her into a corner of utter despair.

If it weren’t for Li Aozi, how would she have fallen into this trap?

"Li Aozi! You’re screwing me over again!"

Just as Nimotin was about to cry out in frustration, a fierce, hot meteor streaked across the red-black sky in an instant.

"Oh?"

The Infant Eater glanced briefly at it and then promptly dropped Nimotin and turned, raising his left claw in an attempt to block the meteor hurtling directly towards him.

However, the next moment, the Infant Eater’s expression grew slightly more solemn.

Nimotin looked up, and her face turned pale in an instant.

"Where did this car come from—"

Bang!

In an instant, a small car loaded with gasoline arrived like a meteor, crashing onto the Infant Eater with ferocious speed. His body was flung by the high-speed impact, stumbling a few steps on the ground, his legs forcefully smashed into the frost-laden soil. His robust armor ignited quickly under the impact of thousands of tons of kinetic energy, melting the outer depleted uranium shell, which shattered and peeled off as his body shook.

[Entering combat mode, determining...]

[Main attribute determination passed]

[Based on your attributes, you will see the following information about your enemy:]

[Name]: ’Infant Eater’ ???

[Species]: ???

[Gender]: None (psychologically female)

[Age]: ???

[Template]: Standard Daily Type NPC (Health Points limit +10%)

[Faction]: Mingji Humanity

[Total Level]: lv.40

——Main Profession: Artist System——lv.30 (MAX) [Biochemist]

——Secondary Profession: lv.10 [Biologist]

[Health Points]: 1486/1925

[Mana Points]: 654/660

[Armor Value]: 440/450

[Attributes]:

Strength——46

Dexterity——11

Constitution——55

Charm——16

Intelligence——66

[Talent]:

Professional Talent - Genetic Immortality (Advanced)——You are a pioneer of life, a leader of flesh, a revolutionary of species evolution; each time you learn a biochemist-specific knowledge, you gain one point of [Constitution] attribute.

Beta Upgrade Effect: Based on [Intelligence] attribute, for every 10 points of [Intelligence], you gain an additional 200 ’Camouflage’ Health Points.

Camouflage Health Points cannot be healed and only recover after exiting combat.

[Specialty]:

[Huge Body Type] — Your body surpasses the limits of ordinary creatures, any action has a crushing effect on smaller targets, when facing targets shorter than you, [Strength] determination +5

[Extraordinary Physique] — As a Beta Rank elite, you are undoubtedly top-tier. From cells to your whole body, your constitution has surpassed that of mortals, any damage inflicted by lower-ranked targets has only ninety percent efficacy. (Includes Physical Armor Penetration, Spell Penetration, True Damage)

???

[Skills Possessed]:

(Due to the significant difference in attributes with the opponent, combat skills will not be displayed)

"Objective Materialism", "Mingji Humanity: Emergency Rescue Technique", "Administrative Studies", "Professor Level: Advanced Medicine", "Professor Level: Biochemical Materials Science", "Professor Level: Genetic Engineering", "Professor Level: Organ Transplantation", "Professor Level: Basic Biology";

[Hierarchy]: Beta

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Psychologically female... Biochemist... Mingji Humanity?

Li Aozi’s eyes narrowed.

Regarding the Infant Eater’s identity, an idea sprang to mind.

"What the...," Li Aozi slowly stepped onto the battlefield, his tone ice-cold, "As a Beta Rank Biochemist, to be injured by a mere mortal like me, outside of the hierarchy—so this is all the capability you have?"

Click, click...

The Infant Eater slowly straightened up, his left arm and spine, crushed under the recent kinetic blow, but quickly healed and reconnected thanks to the injection of a [Biochemist]’s potion.

Thanks to this robust reactive armor, the burning outer armor peeled off and shattered, and the high-temperature explosion didn’t cause him much harm.

"...Quite unexpected."

He slowly said:

"How did you manage it, the launch distance was at most 120 meters, yet you accelerated it to supersonic speeds—"

Before he could finish, a chain stretched taut into a long spear, was instantaneously hurled towards him.

Clang!

The Infant Eater raised his hand to slap the chain to the side, but to his surprise, the chain he had deflected still coiled around his arm. This terrifying acceleration caused his arm armor to be forcibly stripped from his forearm.

"Fifteen times gravity acceleration, kid."