Chapter 1312: Chapter 1059: Miner Long Yi
"Die!" consumed by rage, he bellowed and charged directly at Long Yi. Long Yi was unflinching. Hadn’t he won with his first punch? Why should he fear the second? But this time, Long Yi was wiser. Flaming red crystal stones quickly appeared around his body, protecting his fists, arms, shoulders, neck, and waist. These were the exact places that had throbbed with unbearable pain after the first punch—though Long Yi’s self-healing abilities were extremely strong, who likes pain, after all?
The fiery-red Long Yi charged forward without hesitation, and his fist collided once again with the heavily armored soldier, causing the flaming red crystal armor to explode thunderously into gleaming fragments. But this time, Long Yi was not at the weighty disadvantage! The high-density crystal was far heavier than the battle armor! The roaring battle armor was sent flying backward with a thunderous crash, its patched parts cracking open once more!
Mahal knew today was likely his downfall.
"Everyone, board the ship, heavy armor soldiers initiate emergency teleport, we are leaving this place," Mahal ordered.
But the soldiers inside the battle armor could no longer hear him, as they had already passed out.
Mahal repeated himself twice more but still did not receive any response from the heavy armor soldiers; he knew the losses this time were simply too severe. He watched Long Yi chase after the heavy armor soldiers, and he saw the light emitting from the chest of the armor indicating the armor’s self-destructive protection program was activating—it was about to self-destruct.
"Idiot, get blown up together then," Mahal muttered with a cold smile as he watched Long Yi, who had already caught up with the heavy armor soldier. He was aware of the devastating force the explosion would generate; the technician responsible for creating the limiting device had given him the estimates. So Mahal was certain that no matter how powerful Long Yi was, he would be literally shredded by the chaotic energy flow. Now, all Mahal had to worry about was how to explain this to the Group Leader.
However, the expected explosion did not occur.
Long Yi had noticed the armor was about to explode, so he rushed over at full speed and used his highest authority to terminate the self-destruct program. Then, he and the battle armor landed on the ground together; opening the armor, Long Yi pulled out the bleeding pirate and casually tossed him aside before looking up at the spaceship.
"Leave, now!"
Mahal decisively gave the order, aware that this time he had met his match. Although he did not know how Long Yi had managed it, it appeared that the opponent understood how to manipulate battle armor! Not only had the self-destruction program been halted, but the soldier had also been thrown out!
As the warship departed, Long Yi did not pursue; in fact, it was unnecessary to chase. Regardless, a grudge had been formed—at least the future would not be boring.
Long Yi examined the battle armor, now somewhat worn and tattered. It must have seen many battles, evident from the numerous repair marks. Clearly, it was no longer necessary to continue repairing it. But that didn’t matter; for Long Yi had a better use for it.
But for now, there were other matters at hand.
Stashing the battle armor away in his personal space, Long Yi headed to the mining site. The pirates had left, but the miners, limited in their freedom, couldn’t leave; their collars not only restricted their strength but also their range of motion. If they left the mining area, the collars would self-destruct.
"So, do you plan to continue mining here, or do you want to leave this place?" Long Yi asked the crowd.
At that moment, their faces showed fear, obviously having suffered maltreatment here, which left them too scared to speak out of turn.
"Look, I am not a pirate, I am an enemy of the pirates, and I just drove them away. You have no reason to fear me," Long Yi said.
Finally, an old man stepped forward: "Are you really not a pirate?"
Long Yi looked at the old man. Despite wearing only a shirt, its style and pattern suggested it was not something a poor person could afford, though it was now extremely worn and dirty.
"If I were a pirate, would I still be wasting my words with you like this?" saying this, Long Yi approached the old man and grabbed his collar with one hand. The device was not complex; it was merely a simple trigger mechanism, and Long Yi quickly decrypted its structure, opened it, and then threw it far away.
Bang!
The collar exploded once out of the detection range, but no one was harmed.
The old man touched his neck, now calloused, and suddenly burst into tears: "My God, I’m finally saved!"
With that first experience, the rest was easy. Long Yi cast a wide-range magic spell, and all collars within the spell’s range were automatically unlocked. Feeling the collars fall off, the people hurriedly threw the dangerous devices far away, and the sound of explosions continued incessantly.
"You are our lifesaver!" the old man approached Long Yi, too excited to speak properly. He and his crew had been captured and brought here some time ago, enduring endless torment and having lost all hope. Yet, unexpectedly, they were rescued today by a complete stranger!
"Don’t worry about it, it’s just something I did on the way. Actually, I am wondering, how do you plan to leave?" Long Yi casually scanned the crowd of around a hundred people. It wasn’t a large number, but he did not want these people to see his Great Explorer.
"Actually, there’s a small cargo spaceship over there. It’s not in the best condition, but it can get us out of here," the old man calmed down and told Long Yi.
"Oh, then you better hurry. If nothing goes wrong, this place will soon turn into a battlefield," Long Yi said.
The old man obviously understood, given that Long Yi had suddenly appeared and driven off the pirates, they would likely regroup and come back! Immediately, the group ran towards a certain direction, and beneath the disguise of various counterfeit vegetation, there indeed was a small cargo spaceship.
"Then, benefactor, won’t you come with us?" the old man, trailing at the back, asked worriedly.
"I have other matters to attend to, you guys go on!" Long Yi said with a smile.
Joking, shooing you away so I can mine my Cosmic Stone fragments! Who has time to waste?
The old man, of course, was unaware of Long Yi’s thoughts. He just nodded and hurried off. Soon, the small cargo spaceship took off and vanished into the air via teleportation.
No time to waste!
Long Yi darted toward the Cosmic Stone sphere that was still laid aside. These were newly mined Cosmic Stone fragments fused together, only about ten meters in diameter. He placed one hand on it and channeled the Giant’s power to fully activate it.
All Cosmic Stone fragments, come to me now!
Long Yi shouted in his mind, and a special magic spell immediately formed.
The Cosmic Stone sphere emitted a unique gravitational pull, attracting any Cosmic Stone fragments nearby. At the same time, Long Yi infused the power of rock into the Cosmic Stone sphere, which surprisingly started to sink into the ground as if it were diving into water!
"Absorb all the Cosmic Stone fragments for me!"
According to Long Yi’s calculations, this Cosmic Stone sphere would absorb all the Cosmic Stone fragments on the planet within the next seven days. And he had no plans to just wait here during those seven days because, unexpectedly, there were still many such ore planets out there. Previously, Long Yi had often encountered signals of huge deposits that mysteriously vanished as he approached. Near the mining site, Long Yi discovered a large device that used Cosmic Stones as an energy source and could block various energies, covering the entire planet. Through this device, Long Yi realized that this plane was highly advanced in technological equipment, far surpassing the Human Realm.
However, with this device, Long Yi could more easily locate planets with energy-blocking capabilities. He transferred these energy-blocking characteristics to the Great Explorer’s intelligent interface, which adjusted the radar of the Great Explorer slightly, immediately locating many signals. Then, by cross-referencing these with previous Cosmic Stone signals, Long Yi quickly found three more planets.
On one planet, he discovered some mine shafts but no workers. Nonetheless, Long Yi could still sense that there were many Cosmic Stone fragments below. So, he continued the same magic, delegating the task to the Cosmic Stones to fuse internally.
On the second planet, there were people working, but not many. After careful observation, Long Yi realized they were not the same group of pirates as before, but seemed to be conducting some form of official state activity. To avoid harming his own people, Long Yi simply cast the spell from a different location. Given their mining speed, it was unlikely they would notice that the Cosmic Stone fragments had already been secretly depleted by Long Yi.
By the time he reached the third planet, Long Yi couldn’t help laughing, for he had run into an acquaintance again.
It was the same group leader, Mahal.
For now, Mahal was cradling one arm, his face bruised, those were the marks from the Group Leader’s beating. Here, any mark left by the Group Leader was strictly not allowed to be healed by magic until the Group Leader was in a better mood and permitted it.
Mahal was filled with anger and frustration. After they had fled, the Group Leader had just finished conducting a business deal and, equipped with the clients’ deposit, decided to visit the mining site himself. Having got a hefty sum as a deposit, he even unusually spent a little money to buy some food and toys to treat his subordinates. However, en route, the Group Leader encountered Mahal’s hurriedly escaping battleship.
Halting the battleship, the Group Leader inquired in detail about what had happened. When he heard about the mysterious man who not only damaged his battleship, but also took away his Battle Armor, he was furious! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com and give it your monthly vote; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)
