Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Becoming a Trailblazer Starting Today
Xing stepped forward and viciously smacked a Voidranger's head with her baseball bat, instantly provoking desperate resistance from the whole group.
Due to the restriction of the boats, these Voidrangers were like dogs tethered by leashes, their attack range extremely limited.
Xing retreated slightly, silently calculating the Voidrangers' maximum attack range. She then used her bat to draw a white line on the ground, positioning herself behind it. Stretching out her arm, she whacked the Voidrangers again, causing them to howl and struggle incessantly.
But hindered by the boats, the Voidrangers could only watch helplessly as their attacks whiffed just centimeters in front of Xing. Meanwhile, Xing nonchalantly raised her hand again and delivered another hearty smack to a Voidranger's face, as if serving its favorite dish.
Seeing the danger had passed and that Xing was having so much fun, March 7th couldn't resist joining in. Mimicking Xing, she used her own longbow to ruthlessly strike the Voidrangers' heads.
"Hehe, I've never dealt with Voidrangers this easily before!"
March 7th and Xing became increasingly gleeful as they attacked. The two were practically one step away from taking the string off March 7th's bow to use as a whip, ready to give these Voidrangers a taste of some "lightning nine-linked whip" punishment.
Arlan and the Security Department members stared, dumbfounded. They never imagined that the Anti-Matter Legion, feared throughout the universe, would one day be beaten like helpless dogs.
Satisfying! This was just too satisfying!
Several Security Department members couldn't help but cast inquiring glances towards Fu Zhu, their eyes filled with anticipation.
They wanted to kick them while they were down too!
Fu Zhu naturally made an inviting gesture with his hand. Anyway, all he needed was to land the final blow to collect the EXP and drops. As for how the Voidrangers lost their health before that, however made the others happy was fine!
After getting Fu Zhu's approval, the Security Department members let out a cheer. They too brought their weapons up behind the white line and started thrashing the Voidrangers that had previously given them so much trouble.
Arlan, however, didn't join in. Instead, he bowed deeply to Fu Zhu with immense gratitude. "Thank you for your assistance, Mr. Fu Zhu."
"No need to be so formal, just call me by my name. Right, Arlan, the materials from these Voidrangers are mine, you don't have any objections, right?"
"Naturally not," Arlan replied seriously. "Eliminating these Voidrangers is entirely thanks to you, Mr. Fu Zhu. Besides, the materials from Voidrangers aren't particularly rare. The young lady... I mean, Lead Researcher Asta."
"She often enjoys purchasing these materials online for the researchers to study. Please, take as much as you need. If it's not enough, our Security Department can also help clean up the Voidranger corpses on the space station."
"Really? That's great, thank you so much."
Fu Zhu had initially thought cleaning up all these Voidranger corpses alone would be too time-consuming, planning to stop after gathering enough materials for one set of leather armor. Now, with Arlan and his team helping, he could save himself a lot of trouble.
This saved time could be used perfectly to research which mods he should buy next to enhance his strength.
After chatting briefly with Arlan, Fu Zhu noticed that the Voidrangers were nearly dead from the beating delivered by Xing and the others. He quickly went over and used the blade of the Broken Godfall Sword to deliver the final blow.
With one swing of Fu Zhu's sword, all the Voidrangers sitting in the boats collapsed. Numerous experience orbs emerged from their bodies and merged into Fu Zhu.
Adding the experience gained from defeating the Doomsday Beast earlier, he had now reached level 24. Just six more levels of experience, and he could start trying to craft enchanted equipment.
Seeing that all the Voidrangers were dealt with, Xing and March 7th licked their lips, looking somewhat unsatisfied. Then, they turned around together, extending their small, fair hands towards Fu Zhu.
Fu Zhu raised an eyebrow, looking slightly confused at their outstretched hands. After a moment's thought, he raised his own hand and lightly patted each of their small hands.
"Ouch!" ×2
Xing clutched her hand, unable to resist complaining, "Big Bro, even if we didn't earn merits, we put in the hard work, right? Instead of rewarding us, you actually hit us!"
March 7th, also clutching her hand, chimed in, "Yeah, yeah!"
Fu Zhu exasperatedly retrieved all the boats from the ground. He had too few possessions right now; he couldn't afford to waste them. Besides, leaving these boats here might end up trapping someone passing by.
"So, what do you two want?" Fu Zhu glanced at the two girls after collecting the boats.
Hearing this, Xing and March 7th immediately leaned in, their two pretty little faces coming extremely close. "Coach, we want to learn the sealing technique!"
Fu Zhu caught the fresh fragrance wafting from them and couldn't help leaning back slightly. He took out two wooden boats from his inventory and stuffed one into each of their hands.
"Here. I can't easily teach you how to make them, but you can take these ready-made ones and use them directly. Just don't use them to trap other people."
After receiving the boats, March 7th and Xing cheered "Long live Fu Zhu!" then happily ran off to find Arlan, declaring they would help him clear all the Voidrangers on the space station.
Fu Zhu watched Xing and March 7th happily leave with the boats, a smile touching his lips. He called out loudly, "Remember to come home for dinner when you're done playing! I'm heading back first."
"Okay~"
After bidding them farewell, Fu Zhu turned and walked directly towards the location of the Astral Express. The train was parked right beside the platform, so it wasn't hard to find.
It only took a few minutes for Fu Zhu to lay eyes on the Astral Express, the train capable of traversing the universe.
"So cool." Fu Zhu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration upon seeing the black and gold train for the first time. He walked over and knocked on the door of a train car.
The door opened in response. Appearing before Fu Zhu was a grey and white creature with long ears, strongly resembling a plush toy – an unknown lifeform.
"Hello?" Fu Zhu said tentatively, unsure if the creature before him could understand.
"You must be Passenger Fu Zhu, pa? I'm Pom-Pom, the conductor of the Astral Express! Come in quickly, pa!" Pom-Pom recognized Fu Zhu at first glance and immediately welcomed him inside.
"Okay, Conductor." Fu Zhu stepped into the Astral Express but didn't see anyone else besides Pom-Pom.
"Passenger March 7th and Passenger Xing didn't come back with you, pa?"
"Yeah, they're still outside playing. I came back first to check."
"Then this is perfect timing to get your ticket sorted, pa!"
Pom-Pom directed Fu Zhu to sit on the sofa in the observation car first. Then, it trotted on its short legs into another car, returning shortly with a red and yellow ticket.
"Here you go, pa!"
Fu Zhu accepted the ticket. It contained some of his basic information. Moreover, the very instant he touched the ticket, a brand new buff appeared in his buff bar.
[Trailblaze Power Lv 1: Provides Haste 1, Fire Resistance 1, Water Breathing 1, Regeneration 1, Saturation 1. Duration: Infinite]
"Holy sh*t?!"