Chapter 79

The team had been marching for about two hours, and Luo Bi was panting, almost giving up hope in this wasteland. Suddenly, scattered shrubs appeared before them, along with various sizes of strange beasts carrying calcined crystal stones, and there were quite a few of them.

Qin Yilang raised his alertness. Luo Bi was a burden, and Qin Cui had no combat ability. He scanned the surroundings and pointed to a pile of rocks, saying, "Shao Chen, take them to hide behind the rocks first. You'll be responsible for collecting the calcined crystal stones later."

Shao Chen nodded. Qin Yilang paused and looked at Luo Bi and Qin Cui, saying, "If it looks safe, you can help too."

"Understood." The two nodded.

Feng Ling took out an energy gun and handed it to Luo Bi: "Take it just in case." Although Luo Bi had a small defensive array disk, he was still not at ease.

Qin Yilang did not approve of Feng Ling giving the energy gun to Luo Bi. Energy guns, like the ancient Earth weapons made from Bifei stone, required energy stones to function, and they had a limited supply that couldn't be wasted.

"We don't have much energy left," Qin Yilang reminded Feng Ling.

"I know."

Feng Ling was unconcerned. Qin Yilang sighed, gave Shao Chen a few more instructions, and then nodded to everyone, pulling out a red Bifei sword from the air and shouting, "Go!" He led the charge.

Although it was the future interstellar era with highly advanced technology, only cold weapons equipped with energy stones had the most lethal attack power against beasts and strange creatures.

The other team members followed closely behind, pulling out their respective weapons and charging into the crystal beast group.

Crystal beasts were second-level strange creatures, resembling armadillos. The largest were slightly bigger than a bull, and the smallest were about the size of a calf. They fed on sand crystal insects, lived in groups, held grudges, and had brute strength but were not very powerful in combat.

This was their first battle, and everyone was well-rested with ample energy. After just over an hour of fighting, they had almost killed all fifty crystal beasts nearby. More crystal beasts kept gathering, and Qin Yilang led the team to meet them, leaving the battlefield for Shao Chen to extract the calcined crystal stones from the backs of the crystal beasts.

Although these crystal beasts were of a low level and easy to kill, their numbers were overwhelming. Crystal beasts kept emerging from the shrubs, whistling and surrounding the hunting team.

Even a dozen of them crossed the second battlefield and attacked Shao Chen, who was extracting the calcined crystal stones.

The situation was urgent. Qin Cui raised her energy gun and shot at the crystal beasts approaching Shao Chen. Luo Bi looked at the energy gun in her hand, raised it, but didn't know how to start. Before she came to this world, she was just an ordinary citizen, not a powerful female mercenary or anything like that. She didn't know how to use a gun!

"What are you waiting for? Shoot quickly!" Qin Cui shouted at her, then shot down a large crystal beast with one shot.

Shouted at, Luo Bi had no choice but to try. She aimed the energy gun at the crystal beast farthest from Shao Chen and fired. She was afraid of missing her target and hitting her teammates, just like the bumbling characters in the movies she had seen in her previous life.

The result was that the shot missed its target, whizzed past, and disappeared, who knows where it went. Luo Bi was disheartened, her lips tight, and she continued to shoot, still aiming at the same crystal beast she had missed.

Another shot, and it disappeared again. Luo Bi exhaled, and on the other side, Qin Cui killed another adult crystal beast surrounding Shao Chen.

Luo Bi turned her head, focused, and continued shooting.