Chapter 087 Red Alert Zone

  The planet of Baiyue has no distinct seasonal boundaries, with extremely constant temperatures throughout the year. The daytime is scorching hot, while the nights are bitterly cold, and the entire ecosystem is thus utterly destroyed.

  Time has passed through September. If it were on the planet of Domir, it would be entering autumn, with crisp air and pleasant weather. However, on the planet of Bai Yu, there is still no change whatsoever.

  During the day, the red alert zone of White Prison Star is filled with high temperatures, as if this area is going to be scorched. The ground is dry and cracked all over, and the ruins of the city are desolate everywhere. Stepping into this area, you can see a grayish-white haze everywhere, and heat waves come from all directions, evaporating everything in an instant.

  The ecological environment of the red alert zone is the worst on the entire planet, but conversely, this area has the most active monsters and is also the region where interstellar mercenaries are most active.

  Here too, trees grow, but the trunks are mostly extremely curved. It has to be said that survival is an instinct of any living being. In order to adapt to the harsh climate of Baiyu Star, trees are also constantly evolving. The distribution of trees in the forest here is often less than a hundred, but the branches and leaves are extremely dense. A single tree often covers an area of thousands of square meters, really blocking out the sun and clouds, which is the result of the law of natural selection.

  In a forest, intense rumbling sounds keep coming out from time to time, as if an interstellar armored vehicle is crushing the ground, with a deafening roar that makes one's heart palpitate.

  In the shade of the forest, a massive figure flashed by, this figure was a giant scorpion, about 10 meters high, with a yellowish-brown shell, eight sharp claws as sharp as knives, extremely fast, leaving one after another several-meter-deep cracks on the ground, moving like the wind.

  This is a fairly terrifying alien beast in the Red Alert Zone - the Eight-Blade Giant Scorpion, named for its eight scorpion claws, and is an extremely difficult existence to deal with among fifth-level alien beasts.

  This eight-bladed giant scythe is chasing its prey for today, a slender young boy.

  In rapid movement, this eight-bladed giant scythe occasionally emits a hissing cry, filled with a bloodthirsty cruelty, as if it is extremely excited for the delicious food that is about to enter its mouth.

  One man and one beast sprinted non-stop, constantly traversing the forest. Sun Yan dodged and weaved while shouting provocative cries towards the rear, provoking the Eight-Bladed Giant Scorpion to let out a string of angry roars.

  The ground sand splashed everywhere, withered branches and leaves flew up continuously, as if a fierce wind had passed by. Finally, Sun Yan stopped in his tracks, turned around, and smiled at the eight-bladed giant scorpion.

  Upon seeing its prey stop running, the eight-bladed giant scorpion couldn't help but let out a triumphant shriek. Its eight scorpion claws stabbed into the ground at high speed, and it charged forward like a heavy armored vehicle, with the four front claws sweeping up from four different angles towards the young man's body.

  The terrifying thing about the eight-bladed giant scorpion is its scorpion claws. The venom of this strange beast is not fatal to warriors, but its scorpion claws are like eight alloy war knives that can easily cut open heavy armored vehicles, extremely sharp.

  A strong gust of wind blew across his face, lifting Sun Yan's hair and revealing his clear and resolute face. A hint of a smile hung at the corner of his mouth as he lowered his shoulders and clenched his fists, striking out with a left and right punch that combined scorching heat and extreme cold, along with two completely opposing primal forces, in a thunderous blow.

  Knock knock knock knock!

  Fist shadows collided with scorpion claws, waves of air churned, and a strong gust of wind burst out in an instant. The one who was knocked back wasn't the slender Sun Yan, but rather the massive Eight-Bladed Giant Scorpion.

  Hiss... The eight-bladed giant scorpion let out a series of miserable cries, quickly retreating backwards. Two of its four scorpion claws were charred black, while the other two had a thin layer of frost on them.

  Flaming Sun Fist!

  Extreme Cold Fist Intent!

  With these two martial arts true intentions driving the "Tiger's Ferocious Mortal Slaying", this battle technique's power has long surpassed that of a 4th-grade superior battle technique.

  In the midst of extreme hardness, a fierce yang energy burns internally; in the midst of absolute killing intent, a chill runs deep, even a fifth-grade warrior can only temporarily evade its edge.

  With a burst of speed, Sun Yan darted out, using the "Hurricane Step" technique. His figure was like a ghostly apparition, and in an instant, he was standing on the back of the Eight-Bladed Giant Scorpion. He infused his feet with internal energy, and the "Dragon Subduing Stake" was activated, heavily stomping down.

  The eight-bladed giant scorpion's body sank instantly, and it only felt a thick and heavy power coming from its back, almost crushing its entire body. It was a kind of desperate and dying feeling when facing the abyss.

  In a desperate roar, the eight-bladed giant scorpion instinctively raised its two pincers and cut towards its own back, trying to get rid of the threat brought by this terrifying young man.

  Pfft!

  Two sharp whizzing sounds, a column of bright red blood shot up, the two pincers of the eight-blade giant scorpion pierced its own body, the huge body shook several times, and then crashed to the ground, instantly silent.

  Standing in front of the corpse of this strange beast, Sun Yan shook his head and muttered to himself: "According to the data, the eight-bladed giant scorpion's shell is as hard as fine steel. I originally wanted to try it out, to see whether its scorpion claws were sharper or its outer shell was harder. Now it seems that after all, the scorpion claws are a bit sharper."

  He crouched down, Sun Yan took out the alloy knife and cut off a section of the giant scorpion's pincer, throwing it into his backpack. He then looked at the corpse with regret and shook his head: "These two months have really wasted too many materials! I'm really a prodigal son."

  After the conflict with Qian JULONG, Sun Yan has been in the Red Alert Zone for nearly two months. During this time, he has been hunting monsters and honing his combat skills, without returning to the military base.

  In two months' time, Sun Yan had not carefully calculated how many monsters he had hunted and killed. He was also unwilling to calculate the specific number, because it must be a heart-wrenching number.

  The bodies of third-level or higher monsters, many parts of which are valuable materials, Sun Yan naturally wanted to take them back to the military base and exchange them for credit points, which would definitely be a handsome reward. However, considering the long distance to and from the road, in order to survive the trial and get an excellent evaluation, Sun Yan could only bear the pain of abandoning one monster corpse after another in the wilderness.

  "The pincers and shell of the eight-bladed giant scorpion are said to be worth tens of thousands of credits if sold! Sun Yan's heart ached, he sighed to the sky, 'Alas, one can't have their cake and eat it too. For the sake of survival and the final trial score, I can only bear with it, brother.'"

  Put that scorpion's claw into the backpack. The backpack Sun Yan is using now is no longer the original one, but John's legacy, a spatially layered backpack.

  On the surface, this backpack looks like the ordinary size that Sun Yan used before, but the capacity inside has increased by more than 100 times. This backpack uses the latest spatial layering technology, making it convenient to carry more things and making interstellar travel even more convenient.

  However, even if this spatial backpack had a larger capacity, it still wouldn't be able to hold the corpse of an eight-bladed giant scorpion.

  "Alas!" Sun Yan sighed again, muttering to himself: "I've heard that the top-of-the-line spatial backpack from the Zhou Huang Group has a capacity equivalent to a fortress. I wonder if it's true. When can I get my hands on one of those? It would be able to hold so many monster corpses!"

  Sun Yan couldn't help but start daydreaming, completely forgetting that anyone who could own such a spacious backpack with multiple compartments must be extremely prominent in status and have an astonishing background, so how could they possibly care about such a small amount of money.

  At this moment, a rumbling sound echoed through the sky, and several aircraft appeared in the distant sky. At the same time, a series of sonic booms came from outside the forest, as if hundreds of warriors were rushing towards this side.

  Sun Yan's eyes moved slightly as he gazed into the distance, "Huh? A star mercenary corps with a scale of over a thousand people, the Red Alert Zone is indeed lively!"

  The number of interstellar mercenaries in the red alert zone far exceeds that of the green and orange alert zones, with most of them being team-based configurations, often exceeding hundreds of people. There are also many interstellar mercenary groups with thousands of people, these mercenary groups not only have strict discipline but also have a large number of heavy armed equipment, they don't need to return to the military base for supplies at all, and can be completely self-sufficient.

  Regarding the interstellar mercenary group that appeared at this moment, Sun Yan didn't know the details, but in the past half month, he had fought with them several times. Many of the monster corpses he hunted were taken away by this mercenary group.

  This mercenary group has repeatedly issued announcements to the outside world, hoping that Sun Yan would come to receive his reward. However, after experiencing the conflict with Qian Juzhang, Sun Yan was filled with worries. On the one hand, he worried that the mercenaries who had contact with him would be retaliated against by the Qian family in the future. On the other hand, Qian Juzhang's perfect disguise earlier also made Sun Yan have a layer of vigilance towards the interstellar mercenaries on Bai Yu Xing.

  Monsters are indeed ferocious and frightening, and there is no lack of cunning and ferocious beasts among them. However, compared to the cruelty of human hearts, they seem to be nothing.

  He let out a soft sigh, Sun Yan turned around and left, [Hurricane Step] kicked in, a gentle breeze wrapped around his body, as if it had lightly lifted up his entire body, after a few ups and downs he disappeared into the depths of the forest.

  In nearly two months, Sun Yan not only stabilized the inner yuan of the third-level martial boundary but also practiced all the battle skills he had mastered to perfection. As for the use of this "Hurricane Step", it was extremely proficient.

  Hurricane Step, tread out, and combine with Flame Yang True Intention. In such a hot environment, even the most advanced detector would find it difficult to detect Sun Yan's specific whereabouts.

  Moments later, dozens of aircraft flew in and hovered above the forest, with hundreds of figures also arriving at the scene where Sun Yan had just fought.

  Looking at the corpse of the eight-bladed giant scorpion on the ground, these interstellar mercenaries all showed a look of surprise. Killing a level 5 alien beast was not unusual, but this alien beast had obviously killed itself. Such a bizarre way of death was really unthinkable.

  "One of them speculated: 'Captain, the way this eight-bladed giant scorpion died is probably the work of that mysterious warrior again.'"

  "Needless words, does this kind of thing need you to explain?" Someone in the team retorted immediately.

  In the team, the captain of the crowd observed his surroundings, nodded, and sighed: "That's right, this eight-bladed giant scorpion died in such a strange way, it must be the work of that mysterious martial artist. Unfortunately, this martial artist is unwilling to contact our mercenary group, otherwise, if he joins us, our mercenary group's strength will definitely be further enhanced."

  Next to him, a veteran mercenary said: "A warrior of this level can easily kill fifth-level alien beasts and move so stealthily. It's highly likely that he is a talented member of a certain martial arts family or even a martial arts dynasty who has come out for training. Wanting such a warrior to join our mercenary group is probably not possible."

  The captain nodded silently, waved his hand and said: "Drag the corpse of this eight-bladed giant scorpion back, I think even that mysterious warrior wouldn't look down on such a monster's materials. Dismiss!"

  At this time, Sun Yan was hiding in a rock crevice on the edge of a mountain range at the forest's edge to cool off and did not know about the unexpected turn of events that had just occurred during the battle. If Sun Yan had heard what the captain said, he would probably have vomited blood; how could he be indifferent to the corpse of a monster?

  With eyes closed, Sun Yan slowly recovered his depleted yuan force. Just then, the ground suddenly shook violently, and countless rocks rolled down from the cracks in the rocks, as if the entire mountain peak was about to collapse at any moment.

  "What's going on?" Sun Yan was greatly shocked.