ocean-life Chapter 122 False Success
Chapter 122 False Success
"Huff...huff, these ungrateful bastards!" Lord of the Burst Rock panted heavily.
The second-tier Panlong rocket launcher he was carrying on his shoulder came crashing down. He leaned against it as a support, his left hand constantly wiping away the fine sweat secreted from the intense battle just now.
Then, he raised his eyes and looked at the severed limbs surrounding the Rockbreaker, a look of contempt on his face.
Those were all losers who dared to defy them.
The scrap metal surrounding the ship, which could barely be called a fortress, each bore its own tragic story.
A fortress was cleaved in two, revealing its internal keel structure in a horrifying manner; the clean cross-section displayed a mirror-like metallic luster.
Some of the iron walls are riddled with holes, as if they had been chewed by dogs, and flames can often be seen shooting out from them, perhaps because of the fire inside.
It greedily licked every inch of air.
living people.
Some had lost arms, others had nowhere to hide on the open ground of the already fallen fortress, and still others jumped into the icy sea and lay on a piece of ice waiting to die.
"A bunch of idiots, tired of living, daring to go against my Rockbreaker. Good riddance, good riddance!"
He smiled maliciously, his face filled with barely suppressed excitement.
In stark contrast to these was the massive, dilapidated hull of the Rockburst, which was still barely functioning.
Most of the ship's surface was heavily dented, many from blunt force trauma, and many had black scorch marks from artillery fire.
The breach caused by the Azure was torn open, leaving a huge gap that those fortresses had to fight tooth and nail to create.
It was smashed open when a defensive fortress was destroyed along with the main battle vessel.
The internal steel frame suddenly broke, and some of the supporting parts were bent slightly, creaking and groaning when the sea breeze blew by.
The dangling wires held the flickering, faint light bulbs, which stubbornly shone a dim light, barely enough to illuminate the things inside the fortress.
The crackling sound of the flames was no less loud than the cries and curses of the survivors.
"Although I paid such a high price, it was worth it to get the reward of taking down a Tier 2 BOSS all by myself."
Despite this thought, the shrewd lord never considered dividing the prey equally.
They obtained this information about the boss by interrogating a sentry officer.
Only after grueling torture was it so easy to obtain information about a second-tier boss.
Outposts are a special type of force on the Black Abyss Sea, having accumulated enough power to deal with crises on the sea.
Those once-powerful fortresses would choose a spot where they could sink into the thick ice layer at the bottom of the sea.
Thus, they settled there, developed, and eventually became a crucial node on the ice sea.
Because of the mixed flow of people, there is usually a lot of intelligence exchange there, making the strength and reputation of an outpost particularly important.
And outposts will absolutely not share any intelligence with anyone.
Unless you can trade on an equal footing.
The officer belonged to the Golden Outpost, a border outpost near the Desolate Sand Sea, which boasted a top-notch military and technological level.
It's enough to crush their level 2 fortresses hundreds of times over.
The way the Rockship obtained this intelligence was not honorable, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will most likely be hunted down day and night by the Golden Outpost.
Despite this, the lord felt it was well worth it.
The rarity of second-tier bosses has reached an unprecedented level.
Scarcity alone would not attract this much attention.
Most importantly, the most coveted item is the Tier 2 BOSS treasure chest.
Once you reach Tier 2, the rewards in the BOSS treasure chest will be upgraded by one level.
It could be an extremely powerful technological blueprint, or a rare resource such as precious materials or bloodline elixirs that can enhance the physique of evolved beings.
Mechanistic technology blueprints can only be found in boss chests of Tier 2 or higher.
It could be an invisibility coating, a disease weapon, or even something that could cause a fortress a hundred miles away to spontaneously combust.
These are just the tip of the iceberg of the countless rewards.
No matter which one it is, even if sold, it can fetch a high price on the black market. Saying that it can make everyone in the fortress financially free is not just empty talk.
"As long as we can find the corpse of a Tier 2 BOSS, these losses are negligible."
Lord Blast Rock was full of confidence. The enemy's miserable state made him feel at ease. As long as he calmed down and searched, finding the corpse of a second-tier BOSS from these fortress ruins was a sure thing.
Thinking this, his second-in-command walked over timidly, his gait hesitant and even afraid to meet the eyes of this hot-tempered lord.
"Sir, the BOSS investigation report you requested..." The deputy's large eye darted around in its socket, his hand tightly gripping the message containing the investigation results.
"Found it?" Lord Blast Rock's face lit up with joy. "Let me see it!"
"The BOSS's... BOSS's corpse is not among these remains."
The deputy's words were halting and stammering, his face contorted with panic, his large eyes tightly shut into slits, like a line drawn on his face.
"What?" The Lord of the Bursting Rock suddenly raised his voice, demanding an answer with an extremely domineering pressure.
"I'll ask you one more time, is there anything or not!"
"My lord, there really isn't any. You can see for yourself."
The Lord of the Burst Rock didn't speak, but instead snatched the documents from his deputy's hands in a flash, his face ashen as he flipped through the papers.
These are the results from the X-ray imaging equipment carried by the Blast Rock.
Its powerful efficiency allows it to accurately provide an answer even for inanimate objects thousands of meters below the seabed within a few natural hours.
But now, the BOSS's corpse, which should have appeared, has inexplicably disappeared.
Something's not right. It's nine out of ten things that's not right.
This includes the Skyhawk, which they destroyed with a single shot, and several other fortresses that were adrift and appeared to have been destroyed by unknown energy weapons.
Eleven ships in total, and none of them have been found without a trace.
Even if the BOSS's corpse is burned away, the BOSS treasure chest inside will absolutely not disappear.
"There's a problem, definitely a problem, someone's tampering with things." Relying on the fragmented information, the Lord of the Burst Rock's hand trembled slightly as he held the paper.
"Damn it, we've been tricked! Those guys at the outpost are lying to us!"
Thinking of these things, the veins on the Lord of the Exploding Rock's arm suddenly bulged, the thick blood vessels resembling snakes.
The more he thought about it, the more sense it made. In his anger, he even deliberately omitted who fired the first shot that sparked the dispute.
They no longer wanted energy-based weapons that could have severely damaged their fortresses, and the attacks suffered by those fortresses that could have escaped were exactly the same.
"Sizzle sizzle".
The portable walkie-talkie on the chest of the Rockbreaker Lord rang inappropriately.
Feeling cheated, the Lord of the Burst Rock was looking for a place to vent his anger, so he grabbed the walkie-talkie in his hand and slammed it onto the deck in a fit of rage.
The walkie-talkie casing was smashed to pieces, exposing the internal semiconductor, which was still constantly generating noise.
"You piece of shit, forget about it! I'm kicking you into the sea right now so you can rust!"
Suddenly, the rough sound became clear, and a young man's voice came from the broken speaker.
"Hey, can you hear me?"