Pu! Pu! Pu! Those tentacles, first turning into Black Smoke, then forced by Xia Chujian's Sniper Bullets to materialize from the Black Smoke, fell to the ground one by one.
Xia Chujian, enhanced by the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, moved as fast as lightning, like a Rank S high-level Gene Evolver.
She directly stormed into the cracked stone mountain, searching for any Remnant Species tentacles attempting to escape, and executed them on the spot!
While Xia Chujian was hunting down the Remnant Species, in the Beichen Empire Special Security Bureau branch's observation station in the Exotic Beast Forest, a group of observers were nervously adjusting their instruments.
They had just captured a very peculiar Exotic Beast magnetic field frequency, unlike anything they had seen before.
But soon, this magnetic field frequency was overwhelmed by the high-frequency magnetic field of the Remnant Species.
These people were extremely nervous. Looking back at the previous magnetic field records, they found that the peculiar Exotic Beast magnetic field frequency overlapped with the Remnant Species' magnetic field frequency.
So, there was no large creature descending upon the Exotic Beast Forest?
It must be a large creature among the Remnant Species that had descended!
"Quick! Report to the higher-ups!"
"Remnant Species… Remnant Species have appeared in the Exotic Beast Forest!"
"Why?! The Exotic Beast Forest has extremely low temperatures year-round. Didn't those experts say that Remnant Species prefer warmer places?!"
"Bah! If you listen to those so-called experts, you won't even know how you died!"
"Remnant Species are just too terrifying! They're simply omnipresent!"
"The higher-ups hope to confine the Remnant Species to Guiyuan Star. Do you think that's possible?"
"Heh, hope is beautiful, but it can't withstand some people wanting to spread the Remnant Species to every planet!"
"What's going on? Do you know something else?"
"...I heard that those so-called experts above think they're very impressive, capturing some Remnant Species Infected and releasing them everywhere, calling it scientific experiments!"
"You know Kanli Star, right? This summer, a Flight Training Base on Kanli Star had mutated Remnant Species! It's said that they can even infect plants!"
"Oh my gosh! Really?! Remnant Species can now infect plants?!"
"...Don't you pay attention to our bureau's internal forum?"
"The news there is firsthand and very credible!"
"Speaking of which, after I send the message to the higher-ups, I'm also going to post on the internal forum, telling them that the Remnant Species have not only invaded the Exotic Beast Forest, but there may also be a large creature among the Remnant Species about to descend!"
While discussing, they frantically sent important encrypted information to their superiors in Da Fu Prefecture and to the Special Security Bureau headquarters on Beichen Star.
Not long after the Special Security Bureau's higher-ups received this information, a post titled "Remnant Species Invades Exotic Beast Forest" instantly became a hot topic on the Special Security Bureau's internal encrypted forum.
A bunch of people were constantly replying below the post, with high-level Gene Evolvers requesting to go to war.
But this time, there was a slightly different voice.
[I'm a loyal fan of 'One Shot Kill']: Hehe, actually, eliminating Remnant Species doesn't necessarily require high-level Gene Evolvers. Have you heard? There's a badass Bounty Hunter who fired off 100,000 bullets in one go, killing four or five Remnant Species, and was unharmed!
[Every Day is the Last Day]: Upstairs, are you talking in your sleep at this late hour?! By the time someone fires off 100,000 bullets, the Remnant Species' Mental Strength attack would have already killed the gunman!
Everyone was arguing, just about to analyze why that Bounty Hunter wasn't killed by the Remnant Species' Mental Strength attack while firing, when the post magically disappeared.
No matter how much they searched, they couldn't find it in the forum.
Someone, unwilling to give up, tried to post the same post again, but was immediately locked out by the forum's Mechanical Intelligence administrator, and directly thrown into the small dark room.
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Xia Chujian was completely unaware of this.
She chased and killed them in this cracked stone mountain cave until she couldn't see any more tentacles formed from Black Smoke, then turned to ask A Yuan in her backpack.
"A Yuan, are there any more Remnant Species here? Like those disgusting tentacles!"
A Yuan: "Chirp chirp chirp chirp!"
Xia Chujian: "...A Yuan, I know you can speak in human language even in your Little Chubby Bird form, can you just speak human language?"
She also had a headache.
A Wù was hatched from a Gene Incubator.
During its incubation, it was already receiving "prenatal education."
So, from the moment it was born, it acted like a little adult. Not only did it have no problem communicating with humans, but it probably knew a lot of knowledge and information that many humans didn't.
But A Yuan was different.
It wasn't artificially incubated; it was naturally hatched.
Inside the Starry Sky Yuan-chu's giant egg, there were no other Starry Sky Yuan-chu giving it specialized "prenatal education."
So, even now, it was full of childlike habits.
It acted entirely on its genes and reacted entirely on instinct.
Xia Chujian couldn't help but feel impatient with A Yuan sometimes.
At this moment, A Wù poked out its little head and chirped, "Elder Sister, it's easier to talk to A Yuan when it switches to another form. It's hard for it to pronounce words in its little bird form. Apparently, little birds don't have very flexible tongues."
These two didn't seem to be affected by the Remnant Species' Mental Strength attack at all.
Of course, even if they were affected, Xia Chujian wouldn't know unless they said something.
She had no idea what it felt like to be attacked by Mental Strength.
Xia Chujian was speechless and had to say, "Okay, A Wù, can you translate for me?"
A Wù immediately said, "A Yuan says there are no more of those disgusting tentacles here. Elder Sister killed them all."
"If there were any alive, it could smell their disgusting stench no matter where they were, but there aren't any now."
"Anyway, as long as it chirps, those disgusting tentacles won't be able to hide."
Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief. "A Yuan is amazing! With A Yuan around, I'm not afraid of Remnant Species anymore!"
A Wù was very confused. "...Elder Sister, is that what you call being afraid?"
You were holding a gun and chasing the Remnant Species all over the place, as if they couldn't escape fast enough! A Yuan nodded its little bird head, agreeing with A Wù. "Chirp chirp chirp chirp."
Xia Chujian smiled and patted her Large Sniper Rifle. "Don't worry about the details."
"These Remnant Species disgust me just by looking at them. Isn't that fear?"
"Am I supposed to enshrine them and offer incense three times a day?"
She was still saying that she wouldn't be satisfied until all the Remnant Species were killed.
Because it was the Beichen Empire's custom not to build shrines for the living; incense was only offered to the dead.
Although A Wù had learned a lot in the Gene Incubator, it didn't know about this kind of "folk custom."
It gave an "oh" of understanding and secretly noted it down.
Xia Chujian, holding her Large Sniper Rifle, surveyed the area again. After confirming that there really were no more Remnant Species, she wasn't as nervous.
Anyway, she had plenty of bullets. More importantly, after entering the cave, she realized that this time, she didn't need to fire tens of thousands of bullets to kill a few Remnant Species like before.
Now, she could basically take out a tentacle with One Shot Kill, which was extremely efficient.
She even thought to herself that if Ye Dui saw her efficiency in killing Remnant Species now, he probably wouldn't keep nagging about the tens of thousands of bullets, right? But as Xia Chujian relaxed, she was speechless when she saw the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs all over the cave.
She muttered, "What's going on with these Remnant Species? Why did they herd all the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs here? Do they also have a craving for food?"
Seven Lù typed on her Eyepiece Display Screen.
[Seven Lù]: Master, low-level Remnant Species don't have the same taste senses as humans. All food is the same to them. They wouldn't specifically raise Wild Rhinoceros Pigs because they have a craving for food.
However, Xia Chujian sensitively noticed a phrase in Seven Lù's reply: "low-level Remnant Species."
She thoughtfully said, "...So, high-level Remnant Species have the same taste organs as humans and have a craving for food? So these low-level Remnant Species are raising Wild Rhinoceros Pigs for the high-level Remnant Species?"
She further reasoned, "So, are there high-level Remnant Species coming to the Exotic Beast Forest?!"
[Seven Lù]: ...Master is so smart! Exactly the same as Seven Lù's logical reasoning!
Xia Chujian's lips twitched, and she drawled, "Seven Lù, you're becoming more and more like a sycophant... You know how to flatter me all the time!"
[Seven Lù]: Master, Seven Lù is not flattering you! Seven Lù is patting Master's butt!
Xia Chujian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Seven Lù, who are you scolding?! You better delete that kind of talk from your database!"
"Just remember, the word 'flattery' is universal to all species."
[Seven Lù]: Understood! Thank you for your teaching, Master! Seven Lù has learned it! The language database has been updated!
Xia Chujian: "..."
She didn't want to waste time with it, and instructed, "Seven Lù, can you scan this place and tell me how many Wild Rhinoceros Pigs are still alive, and how many are dead?"
"And whether there are any Remnant Species remaining in the bodies of the living Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, and what the situation is with the dead ones."
[Seven Lù]: Master, the magnetic field here is very strange. Seven Lù's scans are not very accurate. Please give Seven Lù a little more time.
Xia Chujian: "..."
Alright, take your time.
She held her Large Sniper Rifle and patrolled the cave, warily watching the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, whether dead or alive.
Ten minutes later, Seven Lù finished scanning.
[Seven Lù]: Master, after quantum error correction and magnetic field correction, Seven Lù has finally figured out the situation here.
[Seven Lù]: There are a total of four thousand four hundred and three Wild Rhinoceros Pigs in the cave. Three thousand four hundred and three have no life force, and one thousand are still alive.
[Seven Lù]: Among the lifeless Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, one thousand were parasitized by Remnant Species. Now they are just skins, with no use whatsoever. It is best to destroy them to prevent future troubles.
[Seven Lù]: The other two thousand four hundred and three lifeless Wild Rhinoceros Pigs were not parasitized by Remnant Species.
[Seven Lù]: Although the time of death varies from one month to three days, they have not spoiled due to the extreme cold here. The meat is like frozen meat in a refrigerator, perhaps even fresher.
[Seven Lù]: Of the remaining one thousand live Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, one hundred are cubs, and nine hundred are adult Wild Rhinoceros Pigs.
[Seven Lù]: Among the adult Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, three hundred are females and six hundred are males. The reproductive capacity of female Wild Rhinoceros Pigs is very strong, and they do not need too many male Wild Rhinoceros Pigs.
[Seven Lù]: The suggestion here is to release one hundred Wild Rhinoceros Pig cubs, three hundred female Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, and three hundred male Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, and leave three hundred live male Wild Rhinoceros Pigs to be slaughtered for fresh meat.
Xia Chujian looked at the words Seven Lù typed on the Eyepiece Display Screen, and tears almost streamed from the corners of her mouth.
Three hundred live Wild Rhinoceros Pigs!
That was a massive amount of fresh meat!
Compared to the "fresh meat" that the star-chasing girls on the Star Network were clamoring for, Xia Chujian genuinely felt that these Wild Rhinoceros Pigs were the real fresh meat!
For Xia Chujian, "small" meant tender, not referring to age.
She even felt that she had to bring her Flying Vehicle over.
She couldn't bear to leave so much Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat behind! Xia Chujian immediately made a decision: "When Aunt Chen arrives, we'll go back together, and then I'll drive the Flying Vehicle over to collect these Wild Rhinoceros Pigs!"
As she spoke, San Zong finally arrived.
He had been delayed on the road due to the indiscriminate Mental Strength attack launched by the Remnant Species during its final struggle. He only came over after those roars disappeared.
Standing in front of the cracked stone mountain, seeing the entire mountain belly hollowed out, filled with Remnant Species limbs and Wild Rhinoceros Pigs of all sizes, he was also stunned.
San Zong stammered and asked, "Young... Young Lord! What's going on here?!"
Xia Chujian turned her head, waved her hand, and said, "It's nothing much! The mystery of the disappearing Wild Rhinoceros Pigs in the Exotic Beast Forest has been solved by me!"
"These Wild Rhinoceros Pigs were raised by the Remnant Species. Now that the Remnant Species has been killed by me, this whole pen of pigs is mine!"
Her eyebrows curved, and she smiled innocently, looking very happy.
San Zong also turned his worry into joy and said happily, "That's great! Young Lord is really amazing!"
Then he frowned again, "There are so many Wild Rhinoceros Pigs here, how are we going to take them back?!"
Xia Chujian said, "It's okay, we'll talk about it when Aunt Chen and Yingying come over."
Then she said to San Zong, "San Zong, come and help me gather these Wild Rhinoceros Pigs that have become skins over here. I'm going to give them a physical send-off."
San Zong blinked, not understanding what "physical send-off" meant, but it sounded very impressive.
He hurried over, sorting and stacking the skins with one hand, and quickly pushed the one thousand Wild Rhinoceros Pigs that had become skins to a corner of the stone mountain's belly.
Xia Chujian slung the Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle across her back, then glanced at the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs in the other corner who were staring at her with unfriendly eyes. She raised her Shao Siming Mecha's mechanical right arm, loaded the Mecha's built-in Sniper Bullet, and said, "Watch out, whoever harbors ill intentions, this is what will happen!"
Then, with a *"kachunk"* sound, a Black Silver Bullet from the Shao Siming Mecha shot out, hitting the pile of Wild Rhinoceros Pig skins!
Before firing, Xia Chujian had selected the "protein" option, so this Black Silver Bullet only dissolved the protein-rich Wild Rhinoceros Pig skins, leaving them completely clean.
When those living Wild Rhinoceros Pigs witnessed the formidable battle record of this human, they all became docile.
No longer daring to glare menacingly at Xia Chujian, they lowered their heads, emitting low grunts.
[Seven Lù]: Master, in the simple minds of Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, these grunts signify submission and goodwill.
Xia Chujian's lips twitched, and she said, "What's the point of submitting and showing goodwill to me with food?"
After destroying those one thousand Wild Rhinoceros Pig hides that had been parasitized by the Remnant Species Infected, she now had to face two thousand four hundred and three Wild Rhinoceros Pigs that no longer had any life force.
The Wild Rhinoceros Pig tusks needed to be extracted, and the Wild Rhinoceros Pig kidneys also needed to be harvested.
Xia Chujian took out the Red Cloud Tactical Dagger, intending to try harvesting the kidneys first.
But the Wild Rhinoceros Pig hide was truly tough. It took her seven or eight minutes to cut through the Wild Rhinoceros Pig hide, then delve into its dense muscle layer. After slicing it all open, she flipped her hand and pried out a complete Wild Rhinoceros Pig kidney.
Xia Chujian reached out to catch it: "..."
There were still over two thousand more! Wouldn't this take forever? The Red Cloud Tactical Dagger wasn't sharp enough! Just as Xia Chujian was lamenting, she suddenly remembered that she had an exceptionally sharp dagger!
On Senze Star, Seven Lù had forged four Cold Weapons for her using Alligator Dragon teeth.
They were a short Dagger, an extendable one-foot-long Dagger, a Three-Foot Green Edge longsword, and a four-and-a-half-foot-long bayonet with a blood groove!
These four Cold Weapons were currently lying in the inner layer of her Gun Box!
Xia Chujian hurriedly opened the Gun Box, found the one-foot-long extendable Dagger from the inner layer, aimed it at the second kidney of the Wild Rhinoceros Pig, and lightly swiped.
As expected, it cut through iron like mud, making harvesting Wild Rhinoceros Pig kidneys as easy and quick as reaching into a bag to grab something!
Xia Chujian even felt that this sensation of harvesting Wild Rhinoceros Pig kidneys was quite stress-relieving!
Just as she was about to harvest the kidneys of the second Wild Rhinoceros Pig, Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying finally arrived.
Because there was no clear coordinate location, Aunt Chen had relied on constantly trying and failing based on the direction of the Mental Strength attack just now to arrive, so she was a quarter of an hour later than San Zong.
This is the second large chapter, including the second bonus chapter for the Alliance Leader "Shallow Smile Light Gauze" who gave a reward in January of this year!
There will be a new update at 0:05 tonight.
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