Chapter 416: Chapter 204: Four Years (Part 3)
Given the rapid growth of trees here, most of the housing in this star system is made of synthetic wood—a fusion of wood and special chemical materials. The style blends the characteristics of this star system, and visitors are often attracted by its scenery.
However, Su Jiameng doesn’t have the leisure to admire these now... She is currently on a planet that has just begun development. This planet is teeming with deadly, man-eating beasts that are massive, comparable to ancient Earth dinosaurs. Their bite force is terrifyingly strong, even advanced Mecha cannot withstand their jaws...
"Huff—" Through a strange and immense blue-colored forest stood a blood-stained figure flickering agilely between the giant trees, leaving a faint trail of blood wherever she stepped.
A terrifyingly bizarre creature chased after that shadow. Its head was large, somewhat resembling a rat, but its body slithered along the ground like a snake. The creature had eight legs covered in fine black fur, with what seemed to be a bluish fluid dripping from it. Its tail was long and thin, similar to a gecko. Of course, these weren’t the most important features!
What was crucial was this creature’s enormous size, yet it moved with surprising agility, weaving between giant trees with ease. However, it seemed injured, leaving a long trail of blood in its wake, appearing extremely irritable.
The blood-stained shadow appeared unwilling to run anymore, suddenly changing direction. With a few leaps up the giant tree trunks, she raised the long knife in her hand to face the beast. She launched off its upper lip, leveraging to jump and avoid its line of sight, moving into its blind spot.
The spot her toes touched was barely more than a meter away from the beast’s terrifying teeth. If she hadn’t timed it perfectly and the beast reacted, she would have jumped straight into its maw. Using the momentum, she flipped the knife so the tip faced downward, plunging it decisively into a prominent black spot on the beast’s head...
Just as the knife tip contacted the beast’s head, the spiritual field surrounding her suddenly turned sharp and oppressive. Sharp spiritual power gathered on the blade. The previously impenetrable hide, as tough as the strongest Mecha defense, crumbled before the knife like tofu.
Using that force, she pierced through the beast’s head, severing its most vital blood vessel. Amid the beast’s deafening and heart-wrenching shrieks, she sliced through its head and leaped out from the other side, her figure stabilizing on the ground after a few agile hops.
"Just futile death throes, why bother..." A slightly hoarse voice came from the figure drenched in various internal fluids of the beast’s head. The ground trembled violently at the beast’s final struggles, yet the person who delivered the fatal blow stood calmly, as wet liquid slowly spread in a circle beneath her feet...
About a minute later, the massive and terrifying beast finally couldn’t hold on and collapsed heavily to the ground. The longstanding giant trees trembled fiercely, leaves fluttering down, as if mourning another life abruptly extinguished.
"Sorry, though I didn’t want to do this, giving you a quick end should count as the last mercy." She raised her hand, cutting some arteries on the beast’s body. Within a few breaths, it was completely dead.
"Finally, the mission is completed..." She sighed in relief, placing her hand on the beast’s body. The medal-like object on her chest flickered, causing the entire corpse to dissipate into golden light points as if it had never existed. If not for the chaotic and shocked surroundings and the air filled with a foul, bloody smell attesting the beast had been there, one might have thought it was an illusion.
Meanwhile, a familiar voice echoed in her ears—Mission Perfectly Completed! Although the system rated it so, she felt it was a failure in her heart. Had she been faster, the developers on this planet might not have died.
Every planet’s development is accompanied by countless life forms’ demise. An unfamiliar planet, unknown creatures, an alien environment, and hidden dangers... All these threatened the lives of those who came here to develop.
An hour ago, this massive beast attacked a small development outpost. No one inside survived. Seeing those bloody scenes, she, who initially intended to leave, chose to submit the mission on her own and slay the beast.
She stabbed the knife into the ground, peeled off the filthy and odorous cloak outside, and removed the item covering her head, revealing her true identity. Of course, it was Su Jiameng, who roams the universe undertaking missions.
Now, she has recovered about seventy to eighty percent of her former strength, her telekinesis has returned to Level Eight, providing her enough confidence and safety to roam this perilous planet alone. Exhausted, she leaned against a giant tree to tally the mission’s rewards. Her wandering aims for power enhancement, as well as accumulating Plane Points.
The Plane Store’s items are too enticing for her; many things in the future will require them.
Previously, she had independently taken on two tasks. One was to slay the beast to protect the outpost, and the other was to retrieve the beast’s corpse.
This interstellar environment may lack so-called Cultivators and traditional Cultivation, but the pure essence and formidable beasts nurtured here are valuable treasures to cultivators from the Cultivation Plane. According to a merchant from the Cultivation Plane she knew, these beasts’ blood and flesh contained intense vitality and pure essence, making them excellent materials for refining Magic Artifacts and Elixirs. The prices are quite substantial...
Having counted everything, she instinctively glanced at her smart device and suddenly clutched her hair in a frantic exasperation, "Oh no, the kids’ graduation ceremony!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for its recommendation and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
