Chapter 342: The True Old Days

Forty points of attack power?

Converting that, it's equivalent to four times that of the Blazing Sun.

However, the calculation of attack power isn't that simple; while the numerical value appears to have only increased fourfold, in terms of lethality, even if the Blazing Sun were enhanced tenfold, it couldn't keep up.

Combined with this weapon's equipment skill, if a vital spot were hit, she estimates it wouldn't be very pleasant either.

Fortunately, before the opponent fired, she had already anticipated the danger.

"Hmm?"

A scorching, burning sensation came from her chest; Yun Mu reached into her bosom and took out the Bloodline Burst, which was radiating high heat.

"Hiss, so hot!"

The temperature of the Bloodline Burst rose further, soon reaching a level that made her feel it was scalding her hands.

Just as Yun Mu intended to let go of the handle, a large amount of red-black substance suddenly surged out from the body of the Bloodline Burst and spread toward the already damaged Fatal Star III.

Is this what Mr. Leinuode mentioned, that this weapon would autonomously choose to parasitize other weapons?

With some vigilance, she retreated two steps, Yun Mu silently observing the firearm on the ground wrapped in the red-black substance.

After approximately two minutes passed, those red-black substances gradually dissipated, and a weapon with a dark red body and a terrifyingly large muzzle diameter appeared before her.

【Annihilation (Purple)】 【■■■Parasite■■■】 【Attack Power +50】

【Precision Correction +25】

【Critical Hit +15%】

【Skill: Death Approaches】

【Actively mark an enemy; the marked target will be displayed within the scope, ignoring obstacles like walls. When a bullet hits the target, the blood at the hit location will burst, causing magic damage equal to a certain percentage of the target's health.】

【Skill: Super Vision Sniper】

【Weapon range increased by 50%, and the further the bullet flies, the higher the damage, ignoring damage reduction effects beyond the effective range.】

【Skill: Flesh Loading】

【This weapon does not require reloading; the cost is that every attack will consume a portion of the holder's health.】

【One of the byproducts of the Orc Empire's research into Taboo, buried in the cold underground along with the empire's destruction, until the Old Legion dug it up again ■■Error■■Error■■Error.】

"Looks like I need to find time to practice my marksmanship."

After confirming there were no issues, Yun Mu picked up the large sniper rifle from the ground.

Does the parasite seem to really like this kind of firearm weapon?

The previous Bloodline Burst was like that too.

But speaking of the Bloodline Burst... after the parasite left, this revolver was just an ordinary standard-issue pistol.

It looked like there was nothing special about it; it was dull and gray, covered in many scratches, and the rifling inside was almost worn smooth.

It was evident that this weapon lacked maintenance and had been through many battles.

It's also unclear why the parasite would choose to parasitize this weapon.

Then again, does the parasite have self-awareness?

Why does it only parasitize weapons instead of other items, or perhaps... parasitize humans? She couldn't think of an answer right now; perhaps only the gods could answer her questions.

Or, wait until the day she explores it herself, the place where Leinuode found this weapon—that Mysterious Sea that has yet to be fully explored.

"Miss Yun!"

Several calls came from behind; Yun Mu turned her head to look and saw Brenna and Lita running toward her.

They didn't have the flight ability of the Celestial Badge, nor the jump enhancement of the Bird Demon Feather Boots.

Getting off the light rail train was quite troublesome.

Yun Mu waved at them, signaling that she was fine.

At the same time, a shrill siren sounded, and an Armored Vehicle floating in mid-air drove over from a corner in the distance.

It looked like the Federation's armed forces had arrived.

Although she felt a bit embarrassed, the weapon used by that android had already been parasitized by her parasite.

Handing it over to the Federation authorities was clearly unrealistic, so the moment Yun Mu saw the Armored Vehicle, she threw 【Annihilation】 into the space within her earring.

"Listen, dangerous individual ahead, drop your weapon immediately and surrender, otherwise we will take violent measures, repeating again..."

Several fully armed official personnel jumped out of the Armored Vehicle; they raised their weapons and shields, watching Yun Mu and the others with great caution.

"Surrender~" Yun Mu raised her hands without hesitation.

However, the next second, she suddenly thought of something, and under the vigilant gazes of those armed personnel, she took out a certificate from her bosom.

【Unemployed Certificate (Blue)】

【This is a certificate that does not record any occupation.】

【When you show this certificate to others.】

【The other party will subconsciously fill in a suitable occupation.】

【"With this, I can go through without obstruction!"】

"They're our own people, everyone lower your weapons!" With the help of a prosthetic eye, the leading police officer shouted immediately after seeing the document in Yun Mu's hand.

This thing is really quite useful.

Yun Mu saw the other party put away their weapons and immediately raised an eyebrow.

The only drawback was that she didn't know what exactly the other party saw on the document.

It was a bit hard to cooperate.

If things didn't go well, there would still be a risk of being exposed.

But she hadn't actually done anything bad, so if she explained it properly, even if she were exposed, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Yun Mu gave a wink to the somewhat confused Brenna and the others, then said to the leading police officer: "This is an Old Legion mechanical body that infiltrated the city; I have already dealt with it, but the damage might be a bit severe, I don't know if it can provide any useful information."

Pausing for a brief moment, Yun Mu said, "I'll leave the rest to you all; I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be taking my leave."

"Understood, Officer!" The other party glanced at the large crater on the ground and the android mechanical body lying within it, then immediately nodded and said.

"Everyone, secure the scene! Contact the Research Institute and have them come over to recover this mechanical body." He turned to go command the other Guards.

As for the subsequent matters, Yun Mu was not aware, because she had already left with Brenna and the others.

"When did Miss Yun become a superior of the Federation Guard?" On the way back, Lita looked at her with great confusion. "It's nothing, just..." Yun Mu briefly described the effect of the item 【Unemployed Certificate】.

"Huh?" After hearing her words, Lita was momentarily bewildered: "It's not good to deceive the Guard like that, is it?"

"If they report to their superiors later and find out there is no officer like Miss Yun, wouldn't they realize they were played?"

"Don't worry, even if they find out, they won't come looking for trouble with Miss Yun." Hearing Lita's words, Brenna, who was at her side, said softly.

"They won't?" Lita was somewhat puzzled.

"Of course they won't." This time, it was Yun Mu who answered her.

"We didn't do anything bad, and we even helped the Federation solve a problem."

"Considering our strength, as well as the identities of Xiliya and Brenna, the Federation authorities certainly wouldn't want to be on bad terms with us."

"It's not like I didn't think about anything; before doing such a thing, I had already considered the consequences." She looked somewhat smug.

"That's about the size of it." Brenna looked at Yun Mu with a smile, chiming in.

"Mmhmm~" Yun Mu stretched her body and said with some fatigue: "Let's stop here for today; I want to go home and sleep."

First, she encountered a 'power outage' incident on the Magic Energy light rail, and then she was shot by a Master-level mechanical body.

She no longer had the heart to go play at the Magic Fountain.

It would be better to wait until the day of the official competition.

Next, she still had to grind for points—actually, it's fine not to grind for points; when the time comes, she can just pick a soft persimmon from the top ten of the leaderboard and challenge them.

However, everyone only has one chance to challenge, so to be safe, she had better be cautious.

She would just honestly go to match-making battles to grind for points.

And also, um, hopefully she won't encounter any more attacks from Old Legion mechanical bodies later.

Although she wasn't particularly afraid, Xiliya and Iliyasi were both ordinary people.

And as for Brenna and Lita, who were Transcendentals, the former was a Master but lacked her powerful survival abilities, while the latter was simply relatively weak.

Thinking about it this way, it really is a bit worrying.

If she hadn't discovered that android's attack this time, and if the other party hadn't launched a Touxixi on her, but on someone else... Yun Mu couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

However, what she did not know was that at this very moment, in an underground area nearly ten thousand miles away from Feiluoka.

A large number of unmanned mechanical bodies were operating at high speed; within the massive factory, deafening roars rang out incessantly, and Flash Silver Tanks and fighter jets were being produced one after another from the assembly line.

Besides this, a mechanical body occupying a fairly large area was waiting for assembly on the surface.

And in the depths of the base unknown to anyone, the Mainframe of the Old Legion was rapidly refreshing information.

【Annihilate annihilation error garbled text. God-slaying detection. Shield】

【Assassination failed meaningless garbled text】

【Warning, warning, warning!】

【Corruption level exceeds 38.83%!】

【Obstruction ineffective. Protocol correction】

【Purge Protocol has been activated!】

【In progress】

"Hey, hey, hey, this is no joke." A somewhat hurried male voice suddenly rang out in this space.

Accompanied by a distortion of the air, a man draped in a gray-black robe and holding a book with a dark cover appeared here.

He sat down heavily in front of the Mainframe's console and pressed a few times on the control panel.

【Di Di. Key holder detected.】

【Welcome, Fen Yege.】

【734,182 days have passed since you last logged into this system.】

"Hehehe, has it been that long?"

Looking at the text displayed on the control panel, Fen Yege chuckled twice, then straightened his expression and said: "Mainframe, cancel the Purge Protocol."

【Negative, corruption level is about to exceed the critical point, and a deity has been detected active within the territory.】

"Negative, there are no deities active within the Federation territory; that is your misjudgment." Fen Yege replied without hesitation: "Have you ever seen a deity so weak?"

【Rejecting the statement of key holder Fen Yege; the standard for a deity is not determined by His power, but by Divinity.】

【This unit has detected Divinity within the target deity's body; she has a high probability of being polluted and corrupted.】

"Oh, you're quite clear about it, after all, you used the word 'she' to refer to her." Fen Yege raised an eyebrow.

【... Please do not fixate on partial vocabulary.】

"Heh, alright, then what if I say that Miss Yun from the foreign land will not be corrupted?" Fen Yege waved his hand and leaned over the Mainframe's console.

【Deny, please speak with evidence and logic, key holder.】

"The evidence is my intuition, as well as the guarantees of numerous deities..." Fen Yege paused for a brief moment: "That Miss Yun came from another world; her soul is not of the traditional Ether structure..."

【But so what.】

The Old Days Mainframe interrupted his words.

【The corruption level is about to exceed the critical point; this is an indisputable fact, and the Purge Protocol must be activated.】

"..." Fen Yege shook his head with some helplessness: "Isn't it true that it hasn't exceeded it yet?"

"Wait until it exceeds the critical point, then you can activate the Purge."

【Question, it is only a matter of a few days, what is the difference?】

"That's right, there is no difference!" Fen Yege snapped his fingers with a 'pop'.

"Precisely because there is no difference at all, starting it a few days late is not a problem, is it?"

【.】

【.】

【Accepted, Secret Key holder—Fen Yege's request is reasonable, the protocol has been corrected.】

【Purge Protocol has been cancelled.】

(End of chapter)