Lin Xinghai was telling everyone with facts that as long as they approached it properly, even incendiary bullets would cause substantial damage to a blood fiend.
Bang! Bang!
The gunfire continued in a stable and efficient manner.
The blood fiend harbored a deep hatred for Lin Xinghai, this tiny human, but two mechas stood in its way.
Moreover, they were two mechas with their firepower fully unleashed. What it experienced was an unrelenting onslaught of punches and kicks.
Yes, it was indeed close-quarter melee attacks. In this situation, Fang Tianhe didn’t dare to use the vibro-blade in his hand at all. He was worried that a careless move might slice open the body of the blood fiend and prematurely expel the incendiary bombs inside, which would be counterproductive.
After Lin Xinghai fired 30 rounds of bullets in one go, he used his Extreme Speed to leave the place and return to Roger and the others.
“Why have you come back? Take the chance to finish that thing off!” Xu Haishui, who was watching with excitement, couldn’t help but ask upon seeing Lin Xinghai return.
“I’m out of incendiary bullets.” Lin Xinghai’s answer was concise and to the point.
“Ugh…” Everyone was speechless for a moment.
The incendiary bullets were special bullets that were rarely used. As the mercenary group left the shelter to carry out missions, those bullets took on lesser consumption. Generally, 10 bullets were enough for each trip.
This also resulted in a rather low stockpile under normal circumstances.
In the end, all the mercenaries hurriedly rummaged through the combat backpack and the two multi-functional off-road vehicles. Unfortunately, they only managed to collect 10 incendiary bullets.
After getting the incendiary bullets, Lin Xinghai used his Extreme Speed to rush back to the battlefield without hesitation.
At this time, the blood fiend had squeezed out most of the incendiary bullets in the body, leaving only five or six in it.
The blood fiend had gone berserk. It couldn’t even remember how long it had been since it last sustained such severe injuries.
However, when the pesky pest came back, another fireball exploded in its body after two gunfire. The rage in its heart cooled down instantly.
As the fireballs burning in its body increased again, it even turned into panic.
The blood fiend was a living thing, which also had the fear of death. In particular, 10% of its body was burned, and it became even more terrified.
“Retreat!” Fang Tianhe had already learned from Roger that there were only the last 10 incendiary bullets left. Hence, when Lin Xinghai fired the last bullet, he immediately gave the order to retreat.
He piloted the mecha, rushed to Lin Xinghai, and then pointed at the mecha’s shoulder.
Lin Xinghai jumped on it without hesitation and followed the two mechas to evacuate.
As for Roger and the others, they withdrew one step ahead of them.
The blood fiend looked at the people running away from the spot, with anger in its heart, but more importantly, fear.
It was afraid that the pesky human would set his body on fire again.
Just like that, it only hesitated for a moment, and the two mechas disappeared from sight.
Finally, it roared angrily and left.
Everyone in the Sky Fracture Mercenary Group, who had fled away, breathed a long sigh of relief.
Even when Lin Xinghai showed outstanding performance this time, they only managed to escape. Moreover, there was also the element of luck in it.
If the blood fiend continued to chase them regardless, they would be doomed.
Fortunately, after being injured, the blood fiend seemed to be afraid.
“You have made a great contribution this time.” Fang Tianhe’s voice came from the mecha.
Lin Xinghai just smiled but didn’t say anything.
On the contrary, Xu Haishui said with excitement, “It was a pity just now. If we brought enough incendiary bullets, we might be able to kill that blood fiend.”
“You’re overthinking it.” Wu Yan immediately scolded him. Before Xu Haishui could retort, Wu Yan analyzed, “Xing spent 40 incendiary bullets just now, causing the blood fiend to lose 10% of its body. Even if you account for the subsequent burning, the blood fiend will not lose more than 15% of its body.”
“That means, to completely burn it to death, at least 266 incendiary rounds would be needed. Do you think the blood fiend would foolishly stay in the same place after facing a lethal threat? Don’t forget, this thing can burrow into the ground. There’s basically no way to stop it from escaping.”
Xu Haishui had no way to retort that.
“Well, no matter what, our Sky Fracture Mercenary Group won’t have to worry about the blood fiend having Xing with us in the future. This is something that many level 3 mercenary groups cannot achieve.” Fang Tianhe interrupted at this time.
He also didn’t understand why Wu Yan and Xu Haishui, as if they were incompatible with each other, would quarrel every now and then.
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For the rest of the journey, Lin Xinghai was treated like a VIP, sitting in the off-road vehicle without needing to do anything.
However, Lin Xinghai was not happy with the situation but rather turned melancholy. He had no way to collect Blood Essence! Unfortunately, he had no solution to it.
The mercenary team traversed at high speed. They only stopped for a moment when they arrived at the warehouse where the armored zombie’s corpse was hidden.
It only took them 20 minutes to leave the city center.
At this time, the armored vehicle team that stayed outside to receive them also happened to arrive.
The two mechas were finally able to enter the armored vehicle to rest and replenish energy.
The rest of the journey also went smoothly, and the convoy soon left the vicinity of Heaven’s Peak City.
Seeing the zombies becoming increasingly scarce, Lin Xinghai knew he had missed out on a large cluster of Blood Essence.
Fortunately, on the way back, when the mercenary group encountered a zombie horde, they would still stop, allowing Lin Xinghai to collect Blood Essence after killing the zombies.
This made Lin Xinghai’s complexion look a bit better, but even so, they only encountered three waves of zombies before returning to the shelter.
Despite this, Lin Xinghai only collected 16 points of Blood Essence.
“Oh~ No! I have to find a way to go out alone. Otherwise, it will take at least a month to increase the genetic enhancement degree to 100%.” Lin Xinghai commented melancholically in his heart.
Of course, he only dared to think about this in his mind. If he said it, he would probably be beaten to death by a group of jealous mercenaries.
Looking at the 16 points of Blood Essence on the system panel, Lin Xinghai felt it was too little, but they were still important resources. The Blood Essence points would still increase the genetic enhancement degree by 5%, so he clicked the “+” sign.
“Ding! Since the host has not fully adapted to the current stage, would you like to spend double the Blood Essence to break through?”
“Note: Forcing a breakthrough will cause the perception to stop growing.”
Looking at the system prompt that popped up, Lin Xinghai was a little confused. What the hell is this system message that says I have fully adapted to the current stage?
Of course, Lin Xinghai had one advantage. He could just ask when he was baffled.
He immediately asked Roger next to him, “Generally speaking, after breaking through to Enhanced, does it take time to adapt?”
“It’s necessary! After breaking the genetic limiter, your perception will continue to increase in the next two or three days. After it stabilizes, you can learn how to use your perception.” Roger explained patiently.
“Can the perception continue to increase?” Lin Xinghai was a little shocked. He deeply realized that his perception was different from the others.