Chapter 3329: The Cannon Fodder Who Stopped Struggling (Revised)

Azure water liquid gushes out from the 【Source】 Stone, finally forming a human shape. After confirming there are no lurkers nearby, Lie Chao begins to detach from the source-transformed state and transition toward physicalization.

A moment later, Lie Chao puts on a set of clothes thrown by Su Xiao. Her body is still in the transformation stage. A few seconds later, the last area of energy at her neck transforms into flesh. She opens her eyes, the pupils of which are black, with a faint blue tint at the edges.

The Source Bow appears beside Lie Chao, along with the dozen or so slender arrows left over from last time.

"This time, I will not be deceived by you again."

Lie Chao grips the Source Bow, her gaze firm.

"Then good luck."

"Are you looking down on me?"

"Hmm."

"Do you think I will still fight for you? As long as I don't fight for you, how can you utilize me? Other than combat value, in your eyes, I have no special significance."

Lie Chao looks around, looking relaxed. This time she has made up her mind: as long as she doesn't fight, she has no value, and therefore won't be utilized. This is an unsolvable dead loop.

This is also the desperate counterattack Lie Chao made after realizing that the gap between her and the enemy army in terms of scheming was too large.

As long as she doesn't fight, she won't be utilized. This is the invincible shield. At most, she will die. She dared to fight the Supreme Insect to the death and shoot it into a hedgehog, so she naturally isn't afraid of death.

Thinking of this, Lie Chao's heart is exceptionally calm. After witnessing the cooperation between Su Xiao and Kingsley, she not only saw herself clearly but also gave up many unrealistic fantasies. Since she definitely couldn't outplay Su Xiao, she wouldn't resist and chose to remain motionless.

"Oh? You signed a contract, after all."

Su Xiao takes out a piece of parchment. Seeing this, Lie Chao is both surprised and looks at Su Xiao suspiciously, saying: "Bai Ye, when I dealt with the Supreme Insect with you, do you think I would... fear death? As a Tianba, would I fear death?"

Lie Chao is not surprised by the contract, but surprised that Su Xiao thinks she would fear death. In Lie Chao's subconscious, violating the contract is nothing more than death. To say she is completely unafraid is actually a lie, but she dares to accept death.

"You won't die. According to the content of this contract, after you violate it, you will only become old."

Su Xiao flips the contract and shows it to Lie Chao.

"Birth, aging, sickness, and death—everyone is the same."

Lie Chao crosses her arms, not caring.

"Is that so? Then that's a pity. Your appearance will also age, the skin on your face will wrinkle, and your long hair will turn gray. Presumably, by then, you won't be the number one beauty of the Tianba anymore. Perhaps you'll be an old Tianba turtle dove?"

Old Tianba turtle dove, old Tianba turtle dove...

This sound echoes in Lie Chao's mind as if it had magic. Her red lips open and close, wanting to say she doesn't care at all, but the words are stuck in her throat, unable to come out no matter what.

The number one beauty of the Tianba—this is another goal Lie Chao pursued while pursuing strength. In fact, compared to becoming the leader of the Tianba Palace, she felt even better when called the number one beauty of the Tianba.

Back on Alliance Star, why was Lie Chao willing to assist at first? There is a reason no one knows: that time and this time, when Su Xiao summoned her, the power of the source within her gathered in her body, completely becoming her own power, which also allowed her skin to return to fairness.

The blue skin of the Tianba tribe is not innate; this is common knowledge. The Tianba tribe is actually transformed from the human race. Young Tianba tribe members are exactly the same as ordinary people. They drink source water, which is water that has soaked the Source Stone.

Drinking source water until about 14 to 16 years old, blue star spots appear on the skin, which is the prerequisite for becoming a Tianba. At this stage, they start drinking source water with higher concentration. By about 18 to 19 years old, they will get close to the 【Source】 Stone. At this stage, the skin of the Tianba tribe will completely turn blue.

Lie Chao's love for beauty can be said to be particularly strong. Due to being summoned by Su Xiao and multiple factors such as the 【Source】 Stone, her skin returned to the fairness she loved. She felt super good in her heart, and after having a step down, she chose to assist Su Xiao for one world progress.

What former hostility is just passing clouds, mutual respect between strong people—those things don't exist. Lie Chao's skin returned to the fairness she loved, she felt super good in her heart, so she reached a transaction-style cooperation with Su Xiao. It's just that realistic.

Don't forget, when Lie Chao was summoned and could move freely, the first thing she did was go buy clothes.

Why was her relationship with Mrs. Kingsley so good? The reason is that they would take time to go buy clothes together, then praise each other, complimenting how beautiful the other was. Both sides were modest on the outside, but felt good on the inside.

"You don't need to care too much. Strength is more important. Appearance is just yesterday's clouds..."

"Do we have any plans?"

Lie Chao asks with a calm expression.

"Whatever plans there are have nothing to do with you. I respect your choice. Resisting the contract penalty is your courage..."

Before Su Xiao finished speaking, Lie Chao interrupted: "I already said that, you... don't go too far."

The teeth in Lie Chao's mouth bite together with a clicking sound.

"Then welcome to the squad. After this contract is activated, the validity period is one world progress. If you can survive, you must be careful not to sign a second contract. Otherwise, you will have to work for me for another world progress. But you belong to the high-level cannon fodder, and I welcome you very much."

"Absolutely, will not."

Lie Chao lets out a long sigh. She tears a black rubber band from the top of the Source Bow, ties up her long hair, and ties it into a single ponytail.

Having successfully bluffed a high-level cannon fodder, Su Xiao takes out a military terminal. After the screen lights up, it is divided into dozens of blocks, each being an independent screen, monitoring every move on the second and third levels of the fortress.

The third level of the fortress, which is the top level, is where Demi-humans can enter and exit. At this moment, this level is already somewhat chaotic. Large groups of Demi-human guards are running in the corridors or entering and exiting the monitoring room.

Su Xiao zooms in on the image of the monitoring room. By watching the monitoring screen in the monitoring room, he determines the listening device hidden near him. It is a slightly protruding rock diagonally above, very inconspicuous, and there is no feeling of being spied on.

Su Xiao takes out a device resembling a satellite phone from his storage space, studies it for a moment, and presses the number 5.

In the next second, the monitoring room on the third level explodes with a bang. The impact of the explosion is much smaller than expected. The enemies inside all turn into broken crystalline substances. The bombs made by the mechanical girl are very easy to use, but they are too expensive. The ones here are the free trial versions sent by the other party, wanting to lure Su Xiao into buying more in the future.

The mechanical girl obviously doesn't know that Su Xiao, as an alchemist, can also manufacture explosives, so this free ride was exceptionally successful. In the future, if the mechanical girl has trial-type bombs, he must experience them all. Riding for free is truly too satisfying.

A few minutes later, after six consecutive explosions, the Demi-humans on the third level are basically "blind," and most of the electronic equipment used for monitoring is scrapped.

The technology of this world is indeed not backward, but that is also relative. The technology of this world is biased toward biological-side technology, which can be seen from the mobile fortress itself.

The Demi-humans on the third level don't act rashly. They now occupy the second and third levels and don't rush out to the first level. The reason is that Su Xiao's current identity is a fierce thug who slaughtered hundreds of Demi-humans. After the fortress leader, Li Xiniwei, learned that Su Xiao still had combat capability, he felt very empty inside.

Hum~

A small drone with a simple structure and looking exceptionally sturdy flies over. High technology doesn't mean flashy, but practical + sturdy + precise.

A folding screen unfolds beneath the drone. The image on it flickers twice, presenting Li Xiniwei sitting in the main control room.

The furnishings in the main control room are elegant, mostly solid wood structures, not the cold, monotonous metal color imagined, but warm tones. On the semicircular wall in front, the middle part is a very thick glass window. While the lighting is good, one can also see the scenery outside the fortress.

The main control room on the top level of this fortress is quite good. Su Xiao is very interested in that.

"Kukulin Bai Ye, how much did they offer? I'll offer three times, no, five times!"

Li Xiniwei raises his hand and spreads his five fingers. His words sound inexplicable, but there are traces to follow.

This identity of Su Xiao was sentenced by one of the three major Demi-human factions, the "Demi-human Alliance."

The so-called "Demi-human Alliance" is actually formed by the merger of two Demi-human factions, namely the "Gate of Shelter" and the "Heavenly God Sect."

After long-term internal struggles, these two factions completely merged into one, forming a more powerful country, which is the "Demi-human Alliance." In the outside world, more people call this place the "Tower Palace."

Among the three major Demi-human factions, the radical, conservative, and neutral styles, the radical one is the "Demi-human Alliance."

The conservative one is the "Aurora Council," and the last one, the "Sentry Tower," is the most neutral faction among the three major Demi-human factions. The fortress cities under their command are the trade centers of the entire continent, which are neutral and prosperous.

The tribunal of the "Demi-human Alliance" sentenced Su Xiao's crimes but did not sentence him to death, instead sending him to the Doomsday Fortress.

One doesn't need to think to know that if it were really to punish Su Xiao, his combat capability would definitely be permanently stripped.

The current situation is that Su Xiao's combat capability has not been weakened at all, which makes the leader of the Doomsday Fortress, Li Xiniwei, associate that he must have offended someone, and someone hired Su Xiao to kill him.

So Li Xiniwei said as soon as he opened his mouth that he was willing to offer five times the price, meaning to add money to Su Xiao, bribe Su Xiao, and kill the client in reverse.

"Xiniwei, this is not a matter of money."

"It is!"

Li Xiniwei on the screen wipes the sweat from his forehead. This guy is completely different from when they met before. After all, Su Xiao was imprisoned in the wall cage at that time. Now Su Xiao has escaped and may rush to the main control room on the third level of the fortress at any time.

"Let's have peace talks between our two sides."

Su Xiao's tone changes, as if what happened before had never happened.

"Peace talks? This..." Li Xiniwei finds it hard to accept such a fast turn. He ponders for a moment and chooses to go along with the plan, answering: "Of course we can have peace talks. You name a time."

In the main control room, Li Xiniwei in front of a screen adjusts his collar, his eyes fixed on the front, waiting for Su Xiao's reply.

"The specific time for peace talks, wait until I kill my way to the main control room, and I will find you for peace talks."

Bang!

After a dull sound, the screen in front of Li Xiniwei goes pitch black. His expression is dumbfounded. If the time for peace talks is after the other party kills their way to the main control room, that also means the Demi-humans in the fortress have almost been killed, and then he is blocked in the main control room. Under that situation, is this still peace talks?

Li Xiniwei feels incomparably depressed. His thought is, who did he offend? He is just a T5-tier fortress leader with a bit of a fierce reputation, and he has done some wicked things, plus he has killed over a hundred Pig-headed Men. But suddenly one day, his mobile fortress is about to be robbed.

Thinking of this, Li Xiniwei's skin twitches. In the past, even when caught by hunters and slaughtered, it was only active ore. This time someone came directly to rob the mobile fortress. Is this something a human can do? ===== CHAPTER 3330 =====