68: Chinese-style mediation, violent interception!

Passing through the last patch of the withered bone forest, the view suddenly opened up.

Chen Du stepped onto a slope covered in gravel.

The terrain here was high with a good line of sight; it was a natural holy land for camping and racking up points.

Ahead, a red airdrop crate was lying in a pile of rubble.

Unfortunately, the lid was wide open, and it was cleaner than his own pockets—not even a single hair was left inside.

"We've arrived, the edge of the poison circle."

Chen Du adjusted his breathing.

Even after being strengthened by the spiritual fruit, carrying a living person weighing over a hundred jin while swinging a heavy Bone Chainsaw to hack monsters was truly an excessive level of physical exertion.

"Um..."

On his back, Li Yaozhi lifted her face from Chen Du's shoulder and muttered softly.

Her face was as red as a tomato; she felt like she could burst at any moment.

"Can... can you put me down?"

"What? Don't want to?" Chen Du turned his head, looking at her with a half-smile.

The distance between them was extremely close, their breaths intertwining.

Li Yaozhi's body trembled, and she stammered while biting her lip: "No, it's not that... something of yours is poking me..."

What exactly is this man made of? Is he made of iron?

Chen Du didn't blush or skip a beat, his face looking solemn and righteous: "That's the handle of the Bone Chainsaw."

"My movements were too big when hacking the monsters earlier, so it shifted a bit. Study Committee Member, don't have such dirty thoughts; broaden your perspective."

"Huh?!"

Xia Lai, who was beside them, finally couldn't hold back and rolled her eyes dramatically.

"Captain, can we have some shame?"

"The Bone Chainsaw is clearly hanging on your right waist!"

Xia Lai reached out and pointed to the inside of Li Yaozhi's thigh, mercilessly exposing him: "And Study Committee Member is on your left! Do you take my eyes for decorations? Do you need me to draw you a force analysis diagram?"

The air went quiet for two seconds.

Even the passing cold wind paused in embarrassment.

Li Yaozhi looked down, and her brain completely short-circuited!

"Chen Du—!!!"

"Ahem."

Chen Du put Li Yaozhi down as if nothing happened, and casually gave her curvy backside a pat.

He solemnly changed the subject: "Since we're here, hurry up and get to work. Don't make such a racket; it's easy to attract monsters."

After saying this, he went to the airdrop crate, ignoring the murderous gaze behind him: "Xia Lai, is this crate also made of alloy? Can you dismantle it?"

"Tch, old pervert."

Xia Lai muttered.

But as soon as she saw the red container, her occupational habit kicked in.

"This material... not bad! Aerospace-grade titanium alloy? Good stuff!"

She pounced on it immediately, examined it, and then sighed.

"If thug no. 1 were still here, this kind of tin box would be a two-second job."

Complaining aside, she placed her palm on the surface of the crate.

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and data seemed to flash in her pupils.

【Material Deconstruction】!

This was an innate ability of the 【Mechanic】 class.

In her eyes, the sturdy alloy decomposed into countless lines and stress points.

Relying on her insight into structure, she precisely located several hidden riveted gaps.

Zzzzt, zzzzt...

Ten minutes later.

The airdrop crate was finally fully dismantled, turning into a pile of alloy plates, which she happily stored in her 【dimensional toolbox】.

"We're rich! With these, I'll definitely make you all a set of armor later!"

Xia Lai waved her fists excitedly, drool almost dripping down.

Just then.

Chen Du suddenly raised his hand, his expression turning cold.

"Shh."

The three fell silent, even slowing their breathing by half a beat.

In the wind, the sound of dense metal clashing and screams could be faintly heard.

It was right behind the gravel slope ahead!

Bang! Bang!

Those were the sounds of powerful crossbow strings snapping!

"Someone is fighting."

Chen Du narrowed his eyes, his golden slit pupils flashing.

"Judging by the noise, there are at least two teams, well-equipped!"

Xia Lai leaned in: "Captain, are we going to steal from them?"

"What do you mean steal from them? That sounds awful."

Chen Du picked up the Bone Chainsaw and pulled the tendon rope again.

He turned to look at the two women, a cruel yet elegant curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

"Let's go, we're going to teach these international friends a lesson."

"This is called... Chinese-style mediation."

Before long.

Behind the pile of rubble, three heads poked out cautiously, lying in ambush.

The setting sun was like blood, dyeing the rubble slope a dark red.

The battle ahead had already been decided.

The original team equipped with crossbows had now been reduced to a mess of gore on the ground.

In the center of the field stood a white giant, nearly two and a half meters tall, built like an upright brown bear.

He held a survivor's head in one hand, as if holding a small chick.

The survivor was still pulling the trigger, but the giant caught the crossbow bolt with one hand!

"Boring!"

The giant Jack grinned viciously, the muscles in his right arm suddenly bulging, blue veins popping out like red chain snakes.

He threw a punch.

The air was compressed to the extreme and exploded instantly.

The survivor's upper body simply disappeared, turning into a rain of blood.

Behind Jack sat a red-haired woman wearing tight leather clothing.

She was leisurely reapplying her lipstick, with two corpses lying beside her—the weird thing was, there were no external wounds on these two, only deep purple finger marks on their necks from strangling each other.

Clearly, they had killed each other.

"A team from the European and American region."

Chen Du narrowed his eyes, his brain analyzing rapidly: "The man is a high-defense, high-attack tank, and the woman is a psychic controller."

"This configuration is a tough nut to crack."

"That crate..." Xia Lai swallowed, staring fixedly at the silver briefcase by Jack's feet.

That was not ordinary airdrop supplies.

The crate was stamped with a striking skull emblem—a Kill Streak Reward Crate!

"Want it?"

Chen Du's tone was calm, but the greed in his eyes was undisguised: "Then we take it. Once in this godforsaken place, whoever snatches it gets to keep it."

"But these two look like they're not to be trifled with..." Li Yaozhi was a bit nervous, the coin in her palm soaked with sweat.

"The bold are stuffed to death, the timid starve to death."

Chen Du lowered his body and quietly slipped into the shadows.

Passing by a corpse that had just gone cold, he quickly pressed his right hand against its chest.

"Sacrifice!"

At the same time, he silently recited: "I want a combat skill..."

Hum!

A dark red light flashed and vanished, and the corpse instantly shriveled into ash.

【Fresh soul detected! Sacrifice successful!】

【Obtained buff: Berserk Giant Ape Muscle Fibers, 3 minutes.】

【Effect: Strength increased by 150%, pain sensation reduced by 50%, side effect: IQ temporarily decreased by 10%.】

Only a 10% drop in IQ?

Not a loss! After all, my IQ is overflowing!

A violent, hot current suddenly surged through his limbs and bones, and Chen Du felt his skeleton cracking and popping.

The Bone Chainsaw in his hand became as light as nothing.

"Get ready to move!"

Chen Du shouted in a low voice, and his whole body shot out like a catapult!

"Xia Lai! Get up there!"

"Huh? Me again? I'm just a weak Mechanic!"

Xia Lai complained with her mouth, but her body was very honest.

She shouldered the bone shield that already had a battering ram, and her long legs stomped hard on the ground.

With the momentum of "as long as I don't die, I'll keep pushing my luck," she charged straight at the white giant!

"Hey! Big guy! Look here!!"

Jack had just picked up the crate when he felt a fierce wind attacking from behind.

Turning around, a pale bone shield was already shoved into his face!

"Wow! Beautiful little bug!"

Jack roared, turning around and throwing a heavy, mountain-splitting punch!

Meanwhile.

Li Yaozhi stood on the high ground of rubble, her hair flying, her eyes firmer than ever before.

"Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, fortune and misfortune have no doors!"

She was no longer the vase that could only scream, but a Diviner who controlled fate!

The scorching hot coin in her palm was thrown out violently!

Word Spirit · Bind!

Jack's terrifying punch had only been swung halfway when the gravel under his feet suddenly loosened strangely.

His footing slipped violently!

Boom!

The punch missed!

It grazed Xia Lai's bone shield and slammed into the giant rock beside it, exploding into a sky full of stone debris!

"Fuck! Witchcraft?!"