"Straight ahead, twelve thousand kilometers away."
Su Tian pointed at the screen, her voice hoarse from extreme excitement.
Qin Yu strode over to the control console, staring intently at the flashing green coordinates.
"It's Qian Qian's coordinates."
Qin Yu's eyes instantly turned cold, the violence that had just subsided surging once more in their depths.
"Push the main throttle all the way."
Qin Yu crushed the cigar he had just lit on the control panel.
"Is the Warp Jump cooldown ready?"
Su Tian swallowed hard, frantically typing on the keyboard.
"The Engine just reached full load! Conventional navigation will only take ten minutes!"
"Ten minutes is too long." Qin Yu turned his head, staring at Old K.
"You know the new rules better than I do now."
"No safe zones. Kill and plunder to earn Plunder Value."
Qin Yu's voice carried a bone-chilling coldness.
"Qian Qian is a homebody, she doesn't have much combat ability."
"In front of these maniacs who've killed until their eyes are red for Plunder Value, she's just a walking piece of fat."
Old K shuddered all over, immediately bellowing at the top of his lungs.
"All hands, listen up! Cut power to all non-essential areas!"
"Pour everything into the Thrusters!"
The tail of the Black Rhino-class Transport Ship spewed out fierce, deep blue flames.
The massive hull tore a straight path through the calm starry sea, its speed soaring to the limit.
Five thousand kilometers.
Three thousand kilometers.
One thousand kilometers.
"Beep beep beep—!"
The Radar in the main control room suddenly erupted with a sharp alarm.
Su Tian's face changed dramatically.
"Boss! The coordinates show intense energy exchange from combat!"
"Your sister-in-law is surrounded!"
"Numbers show... thirty-two medium Raiding Boats!"
Qin Yu violently pulled the [Kiss of Death] from the control console.
"Seeking death."
Those two words were like shards of ice squeezed from between his teeth.
...
At the same time.
On a sea fragment ten thousand kilometers away.
Yao Qian was wearing her signature White Silk Stockings, but they were now stained gray-black by gunpowder smoke and wood splinters.
The originally docile and delicate girl now bit her lip hard, clutching tightly an S-Class Electromagnetic Rifle Qin Yu had left for her.
On the Shield Energy gauge, the glaring red light had reached its limit.
"Little girl, stop struggling!"
Surrounding her on the outside were over thirty Raiding Boats flying Skull flags, encircling her completely.
On the lead armed boat, a bald-headed, burly man hefted a rocket launcher, a lecherous grin plastered on his face.
"This is the new world! That little turtle shell of yours won't hold out much longer!"
"Just drop the Shield nicely and let us have some fun."
"I might even spare your life and just take your Plunder Value!"
The surrounding raiders erupted into a wave of unrestrained, wild laughter.
[Warning! Absolute Defense Shield energy below 5%!]
Hearing the System's prompt, Yao Qian's eyes reddened.
She wasn't afraid of death. She was just afraid she'd never see that person again.
"Brother Qin Yu... where are you..."
Yao Qian sniffled, holding back tears, and pulled back the safety on the Electromagnetic Rifle.
"I'd rather die than let any of you touch me!"
Though the girl's voice trembled, it carried a resolute determination.
The bald-headed man's face darkened, and he spat on the ground.
"You shameless bitch, refusing a favor when it's offered!"
"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish! Blow her armor to pieces!"
The cannons on over thirty raiding boats simultaneously swiveled their barrels.
At this critical moment.
"BOOM—!!"
An ear-shattering sonic boom suddenly erupted above everyone's heads!
The entire sea surface was violently pressed down by ten meters in an instant under a terrifying blast of wind pressure.
Baldhead jerked his head upward.
A massive black warship, like a steel behemoth, tore through the clouds and hovered imposingly in mid-air with unstoppable force!
The shadow of the Black Rhino-class transport ship instantly engulfed all the raiding boats below.
"Wh-what kind of monster is this..."
Baldhead's cigar dropped straight onto the deck, his legs trembling uncontrollably.
"Thud!"
The hatch of the Black Rhino-class transport ship swung open.
A man in a black trench coat leaped from hundreds of meters in the air without any cushioning device!
"CRASH!"
Qin Yu's feet slammed heavily onto the deck of a raiding boat.
The terrifying impact force directly snapped the several-tons-heavy steel speedboat in half from the middle!
Seawater flooded in violently.
Several raiders on the boat were crushed into pulp by the broken steel plates before they could even scream.
This was Qin Yu's physical strength, pushed beyond its limits after fusing with the "World Heart."
Qin Yu slowly rose to his feet.
He coldly scanned the surrounding thirty-plus raiding boats.
The killing intent in his eyes was almost palpable.
"So it's you scum who dared to lay a hand on my woman?"
Baldhead stumbled backward in terror, grabbing a rocket launcher and aiming it at Qin Yu.
"Who the hell are you?! Stay out of this!"
"We're from the 'Blood Blade' alliance!"
Qin Yu sneered.
"Blood Blade?"
Without even glancing at the bald man, he raised [Kiss of Death] with one hand.
He didn't even switch to Shipborne Form.
"Go to hell and report your name to the King of the Netherworld."
"BANG!"
Qin Yu pulled the trigger without hesitation.
A bullet imbued with "Tenfold Gravity" shot out instantly.
The bullet wasn't aimed at Baldhead but instead struck the densest cluster of raiding boats in the center of the sea.
"WHOOSH—!"
An irresistible, terrifying gravitational force erupted instantly.
Within a two-hundred-meter radius, the gravitational constant was brutally altered.
"Ahhh! The boat's out of control!"
"Engine overload! Reverse! Reverse!"
Over thirty raiding boats were swept up like scraps of paper flushed down a toilet, utterly powerless against the force.
They spun violently toward the central point!
"CRUNCH! CRASH! BANG! SMASH!"
The grating sound of steel colliding echoed across the sea.
All the speedboats, crushed under the Tenfold Gravity, were kneaded together like dough into a massive steel tomb.
The raiders inside were flattened into bloody pulp, staining the surrounding seawater crimson.
Baldhead's boat, on the outermost edge, narrowly escaped destruction.
Witnessing the horrific scene before him, he lost control of his bowels.
"Monster... you're a monster!"
He frantically pounded the control panel.
"Start the boat! Get the hell out of here, now!"
Flames shot from the speedboat's stern as it fled like a mad dog into the distance.
Standing on the sinking wreckage, Qin Yu didn't even bat an eye.
He pulled back the bolt with a flick of his wrist, and a System prompt flashed in his mind.
[Weapon "Netherworld: Death's Kiss" Ultimate Form Unlocked!]
[Extinction · Void Grasp!]
The gun's body instantly shed its original dark gold hue, transforming into a deep, all-devouring black.
This was a Pseudo-Rule Level strike capable of breaking through an SSS-grade barrier.
Qin Yu slightly raised the muzzle, not even bothering to aim deliberately.
Because this shot wasn't targeting flesh.
It was targeting the "coordinates."
"Bang."
There was no earth-shattering gunshot, only an extremely faint, muffled sound.
No flames erupted from the muzzle—only a spatial ripple, undetectable to the naked eye, spread outward.
The bald, burly man who had already fled two kilometers away was still frantically looking back.
The next second.
The speedboat he was on, along with his entire body and the seawater within five meters around him...
...was as if forcefully erased by an eraser.
No explosion, no fragments.
Simply vanished.
Turned into absolute nothingness.
[Ding! Forced use of 'Extinction · Void Grasp' has triggered a 72-hour weapon dormancy period!]
He holstered the pitch-black heavy sniper rifle and turned to look at Yao Qian.
Yao Qian sat dazedly on the deck.
The electromagnetic rifle had already fallen by her feet.
Staring at that all-too-familiar figure, tears burst forth like a breached dam.
"Brother Qin Yu..."
The girl's voice was hoarse, filled with endless grievance and lingering fear.
The ferocity in Qin Yu's eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by a rare gentleness.
He pushed off forcefully with his feet, propelling himself like a cannonball onto the second floor of the raft.
"Qian Qian."
Qin Yu strode over, pulling the girl slumped on the ground tightly into his embrace.
"Sorry, your husband was late."
Yao Qian clung desperately to Qin Yu's waist, burying her head in his chest, and wept uncontrollably.
"Wuwu... I thought I'd never see you again..."
"The game rules changed, there are dead people everywhere..."
"I was so scared, I was really so scared..."
As someone who had been a seasoned shut-in, how could she have ever experienced such hellish scenes?
Qin Yu's large hand gently patted the girl's back, feeling her body tremble violently.
"It's alright now."
"As long as I, Qin Yu, am still breathing, no one in this world can touch a single hair on your head."
Qin Yu's voice was soft, yet carried an absolute, domineering tone.
Yao Qian cried for a while longer before lifting her head from Qin Yu's embrace.
The girl's fair face was covered in black soot, with two clear tear tracks washed through by her tears, making her look like a little calico cat.
Sniffling, she looked Qin Yu up and down.
"You're not hurt, are you? That ship that fell earlier was so big..."
Qin Yu was amused by her appearance.
He extended his thumb, gently wiping away the soot on her face.
"Who do you think your husband is?"
"Not to mention a few broken ships, even if the sky were to collapse, I could punch a hole through it."
Yao Qian laughed through her tears, swinging a delicate fist to lightly punch Qin Yu's chest.
"Even at a time like this, you're still not serious!"
Qin Yu seized her small hand and brought it to his lips for a kiss.
"What, don't like it?"
Yao Qian's pretty face flushed red, and she immediately buried her head back into his chest, mumbling softly.
"I like it... as long as it's you, I like everything."
"Oh, right!"
Yao Qian suddenly remembered something, grabbing Qin Yu's arm anxiously.
"What about sister?"
"Sister and I weren't at the same coordinate point. We were forcibly separated at the time!"
Yao Xue.
The ice-cold beauty, chief physician at a top-tier hospital, one of Qin Yu's wives.
Qin Yu's eyes darkened slightly.
He grasped Yao Qian's hand in return, giving her a reassurance.
"Don't worry."
"Xue'er's combat ability is stronger than yours, and I've given her plenty of life-saving trump cards before."
Though he said this, Qin Yu knew just how cunning The Administrator could be.
There were no safe zones, no Resource Points—everything had to be seized.
"Let's go, board the ship."
Qin Yu swept Yao Qian into his arms, bent his knees slightly, and leaped back through the hatch of the transport ship dozens of meters above.
Inside the control room.
Su Tian was staring at new data on the Radar screen.
Qin Yu strode in and placed Yao Qian on a nearby rest chair.
"Su Tian."
Qin Yu's voice regained its usual calm and decisiveness.
"Scan the second private marker immediately!"
Su Tian's hands blurred across the keyboard.
"Matching Miss Yao Xue's System fluctuations now!"
"Match successful!"