Chapter 410: Human Nature (1/2)
Lu Yin watched as his own spacecraft outran another spacecraft, very satisfied with its speed. But then he was reminded of the blackhole-grade spacecraft that he had once used, and his mood sunk. He still owed the Outerverse Youth Council one blackhole-grade spacecraft. No, I owe Wendy Yushan. That spacecraft was reserved for Wendy Yushan’s exclusive use, but it had been destroyed by him.
Forget it, Wendy Yushan’s a space-exploring powerhouse. She shouldn’t care about it that much, Lu Yin thought as he comforted himself.
He recited the Stonewall Scriptures for a while before falling asleep.
After some time, the monkey suddenly shrieked.
Lu Yin was roused by the screams. “What’s the matter?”
“Look! The other spacecraft are all turning around and heading back!” the monkey shouted.
Lu Yin looked ahead of him and saw that every spacecraft was streaking past him and dashing in the opposite direction.
Lu Yin felt that something wasn’t right, especially when he saw a collision that subsequently caused two personal spacecraft in front of him to explode. He decisively changed their route and returned in the direction that they had come from.
It should be known that spacecraft automatically recalculated their routes, so if two spacecraft approached the other too closely, both would reroute, making it normally impossible for vessels to collide. The only ways for such incidents to occur were if the spacecraft’s system was uncalibrated or if the pilot was so panicked that they had set the spacecraft into manual mode.
“What’s that?” the monkey shouted anxiously.
Lu Yin looked up and narrowed his eyes when he saw a grey flood engulfing everything in front of them. It moved rapidly, swallowing up one spacecraft after another. Every time it devoured one, the grey flood would pause briefly, but it would quickly rush forward once again.
Lu Yin finally understood why the spacecraft had attempted to flee in such a panicked manner. This was a storm! That bastard Feng Shang had even said that it would be difficult for him to run into one on this route, but he had met one as soon as he arrived.
“RUN, SEVENTH BRO!”
Lu Yin looked at his ship’s system but then saw that the navigation system had been destroyed by the storm, leaving the spacecraft unable to calculate a new route. Lu Yin was left with no choice, so he selected a random direction and dashed forwards.
Numerous spacecraft were swallowed one after another, all of them vanishing in the blink of an eye. The radiant-grade spacecraft was not that slow, and it flew about as fast as the storm advanced. Lu Yin relaxed, as the storm should not last for too long, and at this rate, he should be able to easily escape.
“Be careful!” the monkey shouted.
At that moment, a small spacecraft similar to Lu Yin’s turned around and flew in the opposite direction of the approaching storm. It was also a radiant-grade spacecraft and was much more valuable than Lu Yin’s single-person vessel, though its speed was comparable.
At this moment, only radiant-grade spacecraft were fast enough to escape the fate of being swallowed by the storm.
Star energy filled Lu Yin’s eyes, and he focused on the scene before him, afraid that he might collide with a spacecraft that randomly appeared in his way. Suddenly, he sensed rune lines on his right. He saw that many lines had abnormally started converging. When he turned around, he saw that there was a person standing atop a small spacecraft, staring at him with cold eyes. Within the man’s palm was an attack, charging with energy.
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed upon seeing this bad situation. This person wanted to use him to slow the storm’s advance so that he would have a greater chance of escaping. From the amount of converging rune lines, this person was a Cruiser, and not just a normal one either. Otherwise, he would not have been able to afford a radiant-grade spacecraft.
“Seventh Bro, be careful!” the monkey shouted again.
Lu Yin released the Ghost Monkey. “You control the spacecraft!” He then retrieved an object from his cosmic ring, which was the Money Bomb that he had just bought from Old Cai. Since the opponent wanted to kill him, he would not just sit around and wait for his death. Old Cai, I hope that you weren’t messing around and that this toy actually works.
To his right, there were more than ten people in the small spacecraft. “Captain, attack! Who knows how much longer the storm will last for, and we might not actually be able to escape.”
That Cruiser atop the spacecraft had cold eyes as he stared at Lu Yin. “I’m sorry, but you can only blame your poor luck. Help us escape this calamity.” And with that, he loosed a ferocious attack from his palm, and an imprint traveled across space, heading straight towards Lu Yin’s personal spacecraft.
Lu Yin’s eyes went wide upon seeing this powerful attack, which carried a power level that should be over 80,000. He did not even think and immediately pointed the Money Bomb’s unsealed end towards the Cruiser. The star energy within it surged forth, and the next moment, a ray of light shot out. It directly pierced through the Cruiser’s enormous palm imprint before continuing on to directly strike the person himself.
That Cruiser never expected that this Limiteer would be able to unleash such a deadly attack even in his wildest dreams, and he had not even attempted to avoid it. When he looked down, he saw that his abdomen had been pierced through and knew that he would certainly perish.
How had it ended up like this? He was an existence who dared to cross realms to challenge Hunters, and his true strength allowed him to challenge those whose power levels were over 100,000. And yet, he had ended up dying to a Limiteer.
Those in the small spacecraft were similarly stunned. The captain died just like that?!
Lu Yin had never imagined that the Money Bomb would be so ruthless and that just one ray of light would instantly kill a Cruiser. The man hadn’t been able to resist at all.
No wonder Old Cai had said that these boxes could even instantly wipe out a Hunter. This destructive force could indeed eliminate the average Hunter, so fifty star essence was actually a reasonable price for one of these boxes.
A Money Bomb could only be used once, and the metal ball inside would break after that one usage. The seals made of dark green bamboo would also have their color fade away.
Lu Yin stored the used Money Bomb away and looked at the small spacecraft.
Those in that small spacecraft were still staring at him in shock, their dead captain already having been engulfed by the storm long ago.