Chapter 259: Chapter 147 This Chapter is Poisonous
Yan Fei removed the chain whip weapon and found it to be quite heavy, weighing several dozen pounds. Besides the handle, the entire length of the whip was rusted, just like the rusty gear he had encountered previously. He tried rubbing it vigorously, but the rust on the whip wouldn’t come off. He gave it a strong tug and found the body of the whip to be extremely sturdy, completely unbreakable. He took a closer look at the whip and discovered that it wasn’t a whip at all, but rather a chain that had been used to connect transmission devices on some product.
Despite the chain being heavy and very hard, it was surprisingly flexible and seemed soft, which is why it had been mistaken for a whip. However, with Yan Fei’s expertise, he was unable to discern what material it was made of.
Someone had fitted a handle onto this chain, turning it into a weapon. Given the weight and flexibility of the weapon, plus its indestructible nature, this chain whip must have made a formidable reputation throughout history.
Knowing he could not fathom the secrets within the chain, Yan Fei decided not to ponder any further. He dismantled the handle from the chain and stored the chain in the Universal Space. As soon as the chain entered Universal Space, a message immediately appeared in the Auxiliary Brain:
Following the message was an image, which showed the enigmatic chain of unknown utility. The number 1/3 indicated that three special items were required for the Drone Upgrade and only one had been found so far. Compared to the previous drone upgrades, the difficulty level of this upgrade had at least tripled, because Yan Fei needed to find three Upgrade Essential Items.
However, Yan Fei was already pleased to have obtained one essential upgrade item, that very chain. His original intent was not to search for Upgrade Essential Items, so finding one by chance brought him an unexpected delight. Until now, besides knowing that the drone upgrade required a hundred thousand Merit Points, he knew nothing of any other upgrade requirements. Nevertheless, this ignorance had serendipitously helped him complete one-third of the task.
Previously, with the use of the drone, Yan Fei had already earned many Merit Points, but he had been too busy searching for the Assassin Sect’s headquarters and engaging in intense battles after infiltrating their base to check the Merit Points earned by the drone. With the joy of unexpectedly finding an essential upgrade item, he finally began to review the drone’s combat achievements over this period.
During a rescue mission at sea for Lu Pingping, the drone had sunk a small submarine, earning 2000 Merit Points; destroyed a medium-sized seaplane for 100 Merit Points; and during that time, the drone also killed 23 enemies, earning 23 Merit Points; totaling 2123 Merit Points for that mission. Together with the Merit Points previously earned, the drone had a total of 9648 Merit Points at that time.
After the drone’s operations in the Middle East, it participated in two battles. In the first battle, which took place in a valley against a coalition of US Forces and other factions, the drone earned the following Merit Points:
The drone launched Missiles, destroying 2 Transport Helicopters, earning 300 Merit Points (150 Merit Points per Transport Helicopter); destroyed 5 MIA2 tanks, earning 500 Merit Points (100 Merit Points per tank); destroyed 8 armored vehicles for 160 Merit Points (20 Merit Points per armored vehicle); destroyed 2 air defense positions for 600 Merit Points (300 Merit Points per air defense position); destroyed 2 Communication Vehicles for 100 Merit Points (50 Merit Points per Communication Vehicle).
The drone fired with its Naval Cannon, destroying 135 military vehicles for a total of 675 Merit Points (5 Merit Points per military vehicle); killed 2289 individuals for 2289 Merit Points.
In total, the drone earned 4624 Merit Points from this sortie, bringing the accumulated Merit Points to 14272.
During the drone’s second sortie, which involved attacking the Assassins inside the mountain, all attacks were carried out using Missiles, resulting in the killing of 289 enemies and earning 289 Merit Points. However, because the positions set up by the black-robed warriors inside were not rudimentary, destroying these positions was not counted as battle achievements by the drone.
After this operation, the drone’s total accumulated Merit Points reached 14561. The drone’s next Upgrade required a hundred thousand Merit Points, still a distance away. However, as long as Yan Fei continued to put in the effort, achieving a hundred thousand Merit Points should not be too difficult.
Having understood the drone’s current status, Yan Fei had a clear idea of his next steps. He no longer stayed in the stone room, and instead began to spread Gasoline around the room to set it on fire and destroy any trace of his presence. He then left and, using the complete city map, returned to the urban area within the mountains.
When Yan Fei passed by the outside Paradise Garden, he had planned on taking the luminous pearls and gems inlayed in the building structures, but he abandoned the idea when he realized how inefficient the process was given his limited time, and so he had to forego that unclaimed treasure.
With a complete map, Yan Fei moved at an exceptionally fast speed. Even so, he encountered several patrols of black-robed warriors along the way and instantly killed them, posing no trouble for him.
Before the carnage on the square above the cableway, Yan Fei had caused quite a ruckus; however, since the difference in height between the square above and the city below was over two thousand meters, and those below weren’t permitted to access the square above without authorization, the city’s inhabitants remained oblivious to the near-complete annihilation above. This served Yan Fei well, preventing his premature exposure.
Following the map’s guidance, Yan Fei carefully made his way forward until he finally arrived at the location of the massive Ventilation Fan at the peak. This was the heart of the city in the mountains, crucial to the safety of all its residents, and thus heavily guarded by black-robed warriors.
However, the Assassin Sect’s backbone had already been wiped out, and these defending black-robed warriors stood no chance against Yan Fei. He took out a Heavy machine gun and easily killed them all.
Standing in front of the Ventilation Fan, Yan Fei gazed into the deep ventilating shaft. After a brief hesitation, he took out the large canister containing “Novichok” and then donned a full set of protective suits, wrapping himself up tightly. Only after these preparations did Yan Fei begin to activate the button on top of the canister.
Yan Fei did not follow the steps laid out in the product’s instruction manual he had picked up, but rather the correct method calculated by the Auxiliary Brain. Indeed, during the process, Yan Fei discovered that the canister had been specially designed with a powerful C4 Explosive hidden inside. If operated according to the instructions, a violent explosion would have occurred upon release of the poisonous gas, killing the operator, even if they were wearing protective clothing.
The US Forces were cunning and treacherous, not only planning to pin a chemical weapon attack on the Syrian government forces as an excuse for their own and their allies’ military strikes but also intending to blow up the Red Helmet members who initiated the chemical weapons, leaving no evidence and effectively silencing them. Fortunately, with the help of the Auxiliary Brain, Yan Fei successfully avoided this deadly trap.
When Yan Fei pressed the final button, the canister holding the dangerous chemical weapon clicked open, and the lid opened outward. The liquid toxic substance inside rapidly vaporized and was sucked into the ventilation shaft below by the powerful force of the Ventilation Fan, swiftly merging with the air and being blown throughout the extensive underground pipelines.
In just a short amount of time, the liquid inside the canister had completely turned to gas, and this gas was all blown into the pipes below by the Ventilation Fan. Having completed this task, Yan Fei abandoned the canister and promptly left the entrance to the Ventilation Fan.
Still wearing the full protective suit, Yan Fei returned to the square above the cableway, where he saw a few survivors writhing and howling in agony on the ground, struggling to breathe. Previously incapacitated by severe injuries, the stimulus of the poison gas had miraculously given them the ability to move. They clutched desperately at their throats, trying to tear an opening just to breathe normally.
However, this effort was futile—they still couldn’t breathe. Soon, large blisters appeared on their bodies; these blisters burst open, oozing pus and blood. In a short span of time, the individuals died in agony.
Looking at the corpses on the ground with terrifying expressions of death, Yan Fei felt a chill. The “Novichok” was truly formidable, invisible and impossible to defend against—it had taken such a short amount of time to kill these people. Given Novichok’s capacity for mass destruction, it was likely that the people in the city below the cableway had not escaped the deadly toxic gas.
Despite wearing the protective suit, Yan Fei instinctively felt unsafe. He walked to the center of the square, leapt upwards, and entered the tunnel blasted by the Drone, crawling toward the outside. After climbing about six or seven meters, he reached the mouth of the tunnel. With a leap, he jumped into the dark abyss below, and the Drone suddenly appeared out of the darkness to catch Yan Fei in mid-air and fly off into the distance.
This time Yan Fei did not directly enter the cockpit but stood firmly on the middle of the Drone Body with his feet braced. Facing the fierce wind, the Drone proceeded rapidly, its forceful gusts scattering the nerve agents that clung to Yan Fei. Once convinced that all the poisonous gas had been dispersed by the wind, Yan Fei peeled off and discarded his protective suit, which quickly vanished into the dark night sky.
By this time, the cockpit of the Drone opened, and Yan Fei entered.
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