Chapter 082: Entering the Orange Alert Zone

  The next morning, Sun Yan woke up from a deep sleep. This was the first time he had slept soundly since arriving on Bai Yu Xing.

  He stretched and jumped out of bed, Sun Yan felt his whole body surging with strength, fully recovered to its best state.

  Last night's rest was in a single-person dormitory, which is already the treatment of an officer at the Bai Yu Xing military base. Looking around, Sun Yan couldn't help but sigh secretly as he looked at the simple furnishings in the room. The Bai Yu Xing military base was the lowest-level base, and the Ministry of War's material supplies were quite scarce, making life very difficult for the soldiers.

  Walking to the window, although it's still early morning, I can already feel the scorching temperature outside. It is said that Byakuren Star was a beautiful and prosperous place over 100 years ago, even more so than Domyoji Star, but it was ultimately destroyed by war.

  Looking at the gloomy sky, Sun Yan's mood was calm and peaceful. Since he grasped the meaning of Gejin Fist three days ago, apart from his rapid progress in terms of strength, his emotions had also become increasingly stable, rarely fluctuating.

  He glanced at the time and it was already 6 o'clock in the morning. Sun Yan opened the door and walked out, his appointment with John was about to arrive.

  Arriving at the front hall of the base, Li Zhongshi had already been waiting there. Seeing Sun Yan's figure, he immediately came over to greet him.

  "Good morning, Brother Li."

  Sun Yan laughed and asked how he was doing, and after becoming familiar with Li Zhongshi and others, he increasingly liked the military's way of doing things, straightforward and direct, without needing to consider anything between each other.

  Li Zhongshi handed over a backpack and said in a low voice, "Inside is an E-level protective suit, some repair liquid, and emergency medical supplies. Sun Yan, after entering the orange alert zone, be careful yourself. John and those people seem to be reliable, but don't trust them too much."

  Sun Yan nodded gratefully: "I understand, Brother Li."

  At this time, John came walking with two people from a short distance away.

  "Li Zhongshi, Mr. Sun Yan, good morning! These are the other two members of our mercenary squad."

  John smiled and greeted, introducing Sun Yan to the other two members, one named Belle, a third-level warrior, responsible for long-range sniping ambushes, and the other named Tom, a third-level warrior, responsible for setting traps during battles to restrain monsters.

  John is the captain of this mercenary squad, with a top-notch strength of three-level warrior, and the main attacker in battle.

  Originally, Sun Yan was only a second-rate warrior and didn't have the qualifications to join this mercenary squad. However, his battle achievements of hunting down thousands of monsters in just three days made John look at him with new eyes.

  Sun Yan sized up the other two members, Bell was a tall and thin young man with a smile on his face all the time, looking quite approachable, while Tom was a burly brown-haired man with a stern expression, not saying much.

  Belle smiled and greeted him, saying: "Hey, Brother Sun Yan, you're really impressive! When I was your age, I was still doing odd jobs at the Morning Wind Group."

  Next to him, Tom nodded in approval of Sun Yan's joining.

  John clapped his hands and shouted, "Alright, let's not delay any further. Time is money! Let's set off immediately! Come on, Sun Yan, I'll tell you the details on the way."

  Farewell Li Zhongshi, a group of four people left the military base and headed towards the orange alert zone.

  ……

  Around 1 pm, the temperature was at its highest. The city's ruins were like a steamer, with threads of heat seemingly visible to the naked eye.

  On the outermost edge of the green alert zone, in the ruins of a half-high building, four figures were fiercely fighting with a group of blood-stained leopards.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Bell held a crossbow in both hands, the bowstring plucked, and bolts shot out one after another, shooting towards a blood-stained cheetah.

  Unfortunately, although the crossbow arrow was as fast as lightning, these blood-striped leopards reacted even faster and easily dodged Bell's shot. Moreover, many of them pounced on Bell, as if to tear him apart with their sharp claws.

  Tom held a alloy long knife in his hand, wandering around Bell's side, and drove away the blood-stained leopard cats that were rushing over. Being responsible for Bell's safety was Tom's main task during battles, and the two of them cooperated with each other quite tacitly.

  In the center of the battlefield, John wielded two short swords, alloy short swords emitting a series of tremors, weaving a web of swords in front of him, making it difficult for this group of blood-stained leopards to get close.

  Sun Yan, on the other hand, was using the "Hurricane Step", with a swirling aura around his body, his figure swaying unsteadily, like a ghostly apparition, suddenly appearing beside John, his palms flying out to fill in the gaps that John had inadvertently left open.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

  In the battle, blood-stained leopards kept falling to the ground, either because they were pierced through the head by crossbow arrows and died, or because they were disembowelled by short swords. Some were even shaken to death by Sun Yan's "Swallowing Sea Palm".

  Bang!

  A palm shadow broke through the air, leaving a transparent palm print in mid-air, slapping onto the head of a blood-stained leopard.

  In an instant, this blood-stained leopard flew out and fell to the ground, with fresh blood flowing from its seven orifices, slowly spreading on the ground.

  In the ruins, calm was restored. Sun Yan looked around, clasped his hands together and stood up, lightly exhaling a breath.

  "Haha, Mr. Sun Yan is indeed a young talent with extraordinary abilities."

  John walked over with a smile, his blue eyes filled with undisguised admiration. "No wonder you can hunt and kill over a thousand monsters in three days. At my age, I'm afraid I don't even have one-tenth of Mr. Sun's strength."

  Next to him, Bell also showed a look of admiration. Mercenaries have always respected strength, regardless of age. Sun Yan was only 16 years old and had such excellent combat skills, which made Bell sigh in amazement.

  Of course, John and others did not know the true identity of Sun Yan. If they knew that this young man had been on Bai Yu Xing for less than a week, they would be even more shocked.

  Sun smiled and humbly declined a few times, then said: "Captain John, now can you tell us what our hunting target is for this trip to the Orange Alert Zone?"

  John nodded, leaned in close and said in a low voice: "A while ago, I received some reliable information that within the orange alert zone of White Prison Planet, tracks of an Iron Winged Wugui were discovered. This time, our target is this fifth-grade mutant beast."

  Sun Yan's eyebrows shot up in surprise, and he exclaimed: "Iron Winged Mountain Tortoise! Could there be such a strange beast on the White Prison Star?"

  "That's right, this news is reliable." John nodded affirmatively.

  Sun Yan finally understood why John was vague about it earlier, because the Iron Winged Mountain Tortoise was truly too rare. This strange beast, although only a fifth-level strength monster, was a treasure in itself, with all its materials being extremely valuable.

  The iron wings of the Iron Winged Tortoise, a necessary material for manufacturing A-level fighter jets. It's precisely because of this rare beast that the entire Odin Star Domain's A-level fighter jets are so scarce, not due to inadequate technology, but rather because the raw materials are too difficult to collect.

  The skin, flesh and bones of this fifth-level mutant beast are also rare materials for configuring D-grade gene fluids, which are often unaffordable on the market.

  Looking at Sun Yan's astonished expression, John smiled contentedly and said in a low voice: "With Mr. Sun Yan's strength, I absolutely won't treat you unfairly. If we successfully hunt down the Iron Winged Pangolin, after deducting 20% of the spoils to be submitted to the military department, I am willing to pay Mr. Sun Yan 1.5 times the reward."

  John's distribution of benefits is quite reasonable, but if temporary members join according to the normal distribution, it's probably less than 1%. However, what Sun Yang really cares about is not these, but the blood of the Iron Winged Armadillo.

  Through Zhu Feiyan's chip, Sun Yan learned that the D-level repair liquid had an important ingredient, which was the blood of Tieyi Chuan Shanjia. Although other materials for D-level repair liquids were also precious, Sun Yan believed that a little collection would eventually be completed one day.

  By then, Father's illness will be completely cured.

  Sun Yan said affirmatively: "Captain John, I don't need any other reward. I just hope to hunt successfully and get 500ml of Iron Winged Pangolin's blood."

  "John's eyes lit up again and he confirmed once more: 'Just 500ml of Iron Winged Pangolin blood? Mr. Sun, this distribution is not fair to you.'"

  Under Sun Yan's repeated insistence, John readily agreed. Being able to gain a bit more benefit was even better.

  After the discussion was over, John and others swept the battlefield, tidied up for a moment, and then got up to leave. The figures of the group quickly disappeared in this ruins.

  ……

  The orange alert zone of Bai Yu Xing is vastly different from the green alert zone, many areas here have not been fully explored and there are all sorts of unknown dangers.

  As for the more dangerous red alert zone, on the map instruments equipped in the base, this area is presented as a gray area, showing a completely unknown state.

  The reason why it hasn't been fully explored isn't because the military doesn't have the capability, but rather because this planet has little value in terms of development. Therefore, the military put out a public bounty for exploration work, allowing interstellar mercenaries to come and complete it, with the military taking 20% of the profits.

  With John, the three of them rushed with all their might, and by around 6 o'clock in the evening, Sun Yan and the others had arrived deep within the orange alert zone. On a vast expanse of ruins, white bones and limbs were scattered everywhere, including those of humans and also the remains of strange beasts.

  Looking at the map instrument, Sun Yan furrowed his brow as the instrument had completely lost its function. Inside the orange warning zone, there seemed to be a mysterious power that was interfering with the normal operation of the instrument.

  Bail and Tom were on high alert, John smiled and said: "In interstellar exploration, there are all kinds of dangers, instruments often lose their function, in this case, we rely on the mercenaries' instinctive judgment, which is also a manifestation of our warriors' value."

  Sun Yan nodded in understanding, knowing that John was pointing at himself. Although John's strength wasn't great, as an interstellar mercenary, his experience was extremely rich. In many dangerous situations, experience often proved more useful than strength.

  Suddenly, Bell called out in a low voice: "Captain, target tracks found, right ahead."

  John and Sun Wen simultaneously showed a joyful expression, the former called out, and the group quietly moved forward.

  After advancing for 15 minutes, a cemetery appeared before their eyes, making them feel vigilant. This city had long since become ruins, with not a single intact building in sight. However, this cemetery was surprisingly well-preserved, and the air above it was shrouded in an eerie atmosphere that sent chills down their spines.

  In the sky, groups of birds like white ravens flew by, their shrill cries carrying a strange and terrifying sadness, that was the Aetherbird, a common beast on the White Prison planet.