After everyone had either left or died, Ren Zhong, now all alone, was instead unrestrained, no longer hiding his strength, unleashing the results of his days of hard practice and continuously enhanced equipment performance like building with Lego blocks.
Since putting down the pen and taking up arms, being reborn repeatedly, he had never stopped working hard to become stronger, and his efforts were not in vain.
Though his various parameters had only just reached the Second Level, he was already a mature and seasoned Sid Meier-type combat warrior.
Single-handedly, he carved a bloody path out of the siege of a few Demon Infant offspring.
"How’s the situation?"
Outside Bone Valley, the heavily injured Ren Zhong finally successfully reunited with the team members waiting there.
Everyone jumped off the vehicle, also in poor condition.
Except for Chen Hanyu, every combatant was injured, and they were out of ammunition and resources.
But Zheng Tian and the others couldn’t care less about their own predicament; instead, they were all concerned about Ren Zhong.
Because Ren Zhong looked truly battered, worse off than everyone else.
The fuel in the working fluid engine was exhausted, and the exhaust nozzle was smashed flat.
All the ammunition for his enhanced gear had been completely used up.
From helmet to combat boots, there were nearly eighty different levels of damage all over him.
Given his current level of equipment and the degree of damage, Wen Lei’s self-taught skills from the junkyard couldn’t fix it; he’d have to go to a Military Weapon Store to find professionals.
The repair and replenishment fees would cost at least two hundred bucks.
The double blades on his back had turned into a single blade.
The Arc Light Saber, after prolonged use, would experience overheating.
To allow the Arc Light Saber some cooling time, Ren Zhong had to repeatedly switch weapons to the Alloy Battle Blade during his relentless assault.
The Alloy Battle Blade endured pressure it shouldn’t have taken.
After repeated overload exertions, it finally broke apart into a sky full of stars.
Fortunately, it had gloriously completed its mission, dying where it belonged.
The price Ren Zhong paid during the escape was not small.
But in any case, he survived.
Because he unexpectedly gained the experience of facing a Level Five Ruined Beast and surviving, even though it was just an offspring of a Level Five Ruined Beast, it was still a Level Five nonetheless.
They had at least the attack means of a Level Five strong entity!
This was valuable combat experience.
Additionally, he picked up two Chip Storage Boxes.
The fact that he ended up in such a sorry state was related to him still busy grabbing loot in this perilous environment.
Those two teams had already unfortunately perished completely.
Ren Zhong expressed deep condolences and paid them a solemn and serious tribute by putting their past efforts to good use.
Your last wishes, I’ve received them, very solid.
The goods in those two boxes, at the very least, were worth five or six hundred points.
Others also saw the boxes hanging on Ren Zhong’s back, but no one asked further.
These were entirely his personal spoils.
In such an environment, the fact that he stayed behind to cover for everyone was already heroic, even the most avaricious wouldn’t have the face to ask for a share of the spoils.
After some chitchat ensuring no one’s limbs were missing, everyone finally felt relieved.
Zheng Tian lamented, "Luckily, the Descending Demon Baby only summoned these offspring, and didn’t attack personally, otherwise we’d really be done for."
Wen Lei also said, "Yeah, it’s really strange. That’s a Level Five Ruined Beast, and it was so furious then. Why did it let the professional team and us go?"
Ou Youning cursed on the side, "Damn it, we got messed up so badly. Those on jet skis ran away so fast. We’re at least their cronies, they should’ve at least covered us a little bit!"
Wen Lei rolled his eyes, "You’re dreaming."
Ren Zhong interrupted the two’s quarrel, "As long as everyone’s okay, let’s get back in the car and head back."
In fact, he was also pondering the doubts just discussed by everyone.
Having looked at the Ruined Beast database, he had more thoughts in mind.
The potential of this Descending Demon Baby is indeed terrifyingly high.
Level Five isn’t its limit.
It’s very likely breaking through the Level Five barrier, upgrading to Level Six.
For the past few decades, it hasn’t left Bone Valley, but has been hibernating and brewing, continuously absorbing energy.
Now it has completed its accumulation and burst, surpassing the energy index limit of 50000 points for a Level Five Ruined Beast.
This time, the rash actions of the professional team disturbed its upgrade process, so it struck out in anger.
But it couldn’t easily exert its full power, so it let the professional team go, and only allowed its fragmented progeny to exact revenge on others.
Otherwise, with the Descending Demon Baby’s capabilities as a legendary Level Five Ruined Beast, not just the professional team, but even the entire Starfire Town would have been devastated.