Translator: AnubisTL
Scar Dog casually pulled a fresh energy block from his pocket, reactivated a phantom gate, and replaced the original one. He shook his head with a hint of regret.
"What a waste. If we'd kept it at its original size, a single energy block could have lasted much longer."
"But to catch that mechanical race player, I had to suddenly enlarge the phantom gate. That burst consumed a significant portion of the energy block's reserves."
Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow. "I thought your phantom gates couldn't be enlarged before."
"The energy blocks we found in City 18 seem to be privately manufactured. Their quality is slightly inferior to the ones we've obtained here."
"These new blocks can be enlarged, but the energy drain is extreme. Even a momentary expansion consumes at least a quarter of the block's total energy."
By the time the second energy block was depleted,
Scar Dog crushed another energy block, successfully pulling the mechanical race player to his side before glancing at the step tracker on the player's arm, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
"Brother Jiang, it's actually working!"
"The step tracker already shows 6,000 meters!"
Hearing the confirmation, a hint of joy flashed across Chen Jiang's face. He immediately turned to his Altar Shop, intending to buy more step trackers.
His initial balance of blood sacrifice points was 108,831. After purchasing two step trackers, he had 106,831 points remaining.
Chen Jiang carefully reviewed the Altar Shop again. After confirming there were no other items he desired and that none of the three-star items particularly caught his eye, he made a bold decision.
He spent all his remaining blood sacrifice points on step trackers!
Each two-star step tracker cost 1,000 blood sacrifice points.
He purchased a staggering 106 two-star step trackers!
This consumed 106,000 blood sacrifice points, leaving him with a mere 831 points remaining.
Chen Jiang's actions immediately drew the attention of many players.
After all, Human Player Chen Jiang had been making waves recently, and in an instant, many eyes turned to the step tracker.
Several powerful players with over 1,000 blood sacrifice points hesitated before buying one as well.
Although they weren't sure if the item was worth the price, the fact that Human Player Chen Jiang had spent so many blood sacrifice points to buy 106 step trackers proved it must be far more powerful than they imagined!
Would Chen Jiang really waste his precious blood sacrifice points on useless items?
Well, yes, he would.
When Insect Race Player Dudu furiously declared war on Chen Jiang using the global speaker, the other players quickly investigated the reason and soon discovered why.
Human Player Chen Jiang had spent 6,000 blood sacrifice points to exchange for two utterly useless insect race player-exclusive items: the Heart of the Insect Hive.
This item was completely useless to Chen Jiang.
But for insect race players, it was a massive boost, increasing the Queen Mother's reproduction speed tenfold—meaning they could directly mass-produce troops!
The insect race player had clearly been working hard, aiming for these two items.
After all, for insect race players, single-handedly eliminating a large number of alien race players was a truly difficult feat.
Just as the insect race player was about to succeed, Chen Jiang swept in and exchanged for both items in one swift motion.
This perfectly demonstrated what it meant to "harm others without benefiting oneself."
Wasn't this just being deliberately annoying?
Even the human players would have been furious if this had happened to them, let alone the insect race player.
Who could possibly tolerate such a thing?
Chen Jiang, however, remained completely unconcerned about the impact his actions might have on other players.
He glanced at the neatly arranged step trackers beside him, exchanged a look with Scar Dog, and they both understood each other's intentions.
In the next moment, the two men vanished from their spots. Immediately afterward, they reappeared, escorting nearly a hundred mechanical race slaves at gunpoint.
Li Hao stood nearby with a shotgun, his expression icy as he scanned each slave with a hawk-like gaze.
Scar Dog moved down the line, strapping a step tracker onto the wrist of each mechanical race slave.
The process was swift.
Each mechanical race slave now wore a step tracker on their arm.
"We bought too many," Scar Dog remarked, glancing at the nine remaining step trackers. "We have nine extras."
"It's fine," Chen Jiang replied, shaking his head. "We can always capture more later. If we don't buy these now, we might never find them again."
"Let's test them out first."
"Alright."
Scar Dog nodded, then surveyed the 97 slaves before him. After a moment's thought, he said, "Let's divide them into five groups of twenty each."
"We'll maximize the phantom gate's size, which should be able to accommodate twenty people simultaneously."
"But that will drain the energy blocks very quickly."
"Each energy block will only last for one round trip."
"We'll have to replace them after each use."
"Still, the cost is lower than expected. We originally planned for one tracker per person, but now it's one tracker for twenty people."
With the plan settled, the 96 mechanical race slaves obediently arranged themselves into five groups of twenty, standing at a distance around Chen Jiang and the others.
Why were there 97 slaves earlier, but now only 96?
And why are they being so obedient?
The answer came in the next instant—
Huge phantom gates suddenly materialized beneath each of the five groups of mechanical race slaves!
It was just like a magic formation!
Five massive, phantom gates materialized neatly around Chen Jiang and his group. The five groups of mechanical race slaves standing on the ground barely had time to let out a single scream before they were instantly sucked into the phantom gates.
Then, they abruptly reappeared a thousand meters above Chen Jiang and his group!
Nearly a hundred figures, packed together like paratroopers without parachutes, plummeted screaming in freefall toward the five massive phantom gates on the ground.
"Excellent," Scar Dog nodded in satisfaction. "This solves our energy block shortage and marks a major step forward."
Energy blocks held strategic significance for them.
Once Li Hao had measured every inch of this planet with his own two feet, and they had secured an ample supply of energy blocks, theoretically...
They could lie in bed and bombard any corner of the planet with ultra-long-range, zero-latency, point-blank strikes!
No one could withstand a 110cm cannon barrel suddenly materializing behind their back!
And that was just the beginning. They could also execute all sorts of unimaginable assassinations.
For example, imagine an enemy using the toilet.
A shotgun silently emerges from the toilet bowl, aims at their rear, and gently pulls the trigger.
Forget everything else—
Who could possibly evade an assassination of that caliber?
(End of the Chapter)
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