I can find treasures in my dreams.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two thunderous booms echoed within Space Island S.

Zhao Xiaoying witnessed hundreds of poisonous ants rushing into the space island, and two shaped-energy thermobaric bombs fell down.

Two enormous blue fireballs rose instantly from the entrance to the space island.

The so-called "shaped charge thermobaric bomb" is a supernatural version of a conventional thermobaric bomb.

Recent experience has shown that the hard shells of many mutated monsters have a strong resistance to high temperatures and shock waves.

Often, when a thermobaric bomb is thrown, it looks like the monster has been engulfed by the fireball.

But after the flames dissipated, the monster, its body charred black, was still jumping around on the ground, which was quite unsettling.

Therefore, the Great Xia Supernatural Abilities Research Institute spent a full year comprehensively improving this weapon, which resulted in the current new thermobaric weapon.

The shaped charge thermobaric weapon has a specially designed structure and a specially formulated explosive formula. Although the kill radius is reduced by nearly 30%, its power is increased by more than ten times.

A few seconds later.

The blue fireball disappeared.

More than a hundred dark, poisonous ants lay motionless on the ground.

On the surface, apart from their blackened shells, they have no visible injuries.

In reality, their internal organs had been roasted into roasted meat by supernatural heat radiation, and they were dead beyond any hope of survival.

As Zhao Xiaoying felt the heatwave rolling in, she immediately activated the protective function of her exoskeleton.

"Click! Click!"

With a series of soft clicks, the exoskeleton instantly transformed into a metal can.

The long-legged girl sighed, "If the Azure Civilization wants to establish itself in the Primordial World, it still needs to work hard to develop super-spirit weapons."

Liu Ju wholeheartedly agreed: "Mr. Ghost is right. The Azure Civilization has a unique history, and the power of machinery is the advantage of this civilization. We should use this advantage to create a brand new mechanical age, instead of blindly denying and abandoning it."

She pointed to the corpses of the ant swarm: "If we let soldiers fight with melee weapons, how many of us would die? Using a shaped charge thermobaric weapon is as simple as pressing a button."

Regarding the development path of the Azure Civilization, there has always been a view within the Great Xia that mechanical weapons do not have high potential.

Given limited resources, investment in mechanical weapons should be significantly reduced, and instead, the focus should be placed on developing body-refining techniques to raise the individual potential of the Azure people.

Especially recently, Sirius Corporation developed a groundbreaking body-tempering liquid, and the Great Xia government held a press conference to declare that the era of the new human had arrived.

The calls in the media to "fully develop physical fitness culture" suddenly became very loud.

Ultimately, the widespread adoption of body-refining techniques can greatly extend the lifespan of ordinary people.

Taking the Ironfist Civilization as an example, even without awakening superpowers, most ordinary Ironfist people can live to be 150 to 180 years old, and some centenarians can even live to be 200 years old.

And who wouldn't want to live a longer life?

Who wouldn't want to easily lift a car, or gracefully leap across walls?
Therefore, not only some professionals, but also a large number of ordinary people support this view.

However, Yang Fan, in the name of Mr. Ghost, made a statement, clearly supporting the continued vigorous development of psionic weapons.

"Boom! Boom!"

The thunder rumbled incessantly.

This time, high-energy jet bombs also joined the bombing, with brilliant jets shooting across the sky.

The swarm of poisonous ants seemed to be deliberately sending themselves to their deaths, rushing in wave after wave, only to be blown up in batches.

It was a massacre.

The horn-shaped structure of S4 Space Island has become an excellent trap for hunting poisonous ants.

Even warrior-level poisonous ants cannot withstand such fierce bombardment. They would be severely injured as soon as they entered, and then killed by the next wave of bombardment.

Zhao Xiaoying didn't have many opportunities to make a move, and could only occasionally add a finishing shot.

One minute later.

No more poisonous ants rushed in.

Liu Ju clicked her tongue in amazement: "At least two thousand poisonous ants were killed just now, right?"

Zhao Xiaoying nodded and said, "More than enough."

Liu Ju looked puzzled: "I feel like the poisonous ants have become a bit stupid today. The poisonous ants in front have all been blown up, but the poisonous ants behind are still following in to their deaths."

An hour ago, the situation was completely different.

If a wave of poisonous ants dies out, then for the next period of time, either no poisonous ants will appear at all, or only a few scattered poisonous ants will come to take a look.

Zhao Xiaoying shared her thoughts: "Today, the ant swarm seems to have lost its command and is acting entirely on instinct."

Liu Ju wholeheartedly agreed: "I think so too."

Unbeknownst to them, the chaos in the ant colony was caused by Yang Fan killing a knight-level quicksand ant in the Black Sand Sea.

A few seconds passed.

Liu Ju said with envy, "Xiaoying, you've only been here for a day, and you've already risen to the top ten on the merit list of the North Island battlefield."

Zhao Xiaoying smiled but didn't say anything.

She knew perfectly well that the fishmonger was the main reason she was able to get on the list so quickly.

The so-called "Honors List" is an incentive mechanism specifically designed by the Pioneer Alliance for people with superpowers. The more poisonous ants you kill, the higher your merits will be.

The list only displays the top 1,000 superhumans and their nationality information.

There are currently two sets of rankings.

One list is publicly available and does not include space islands S1 to S6. The other list includes all 324 space islands and can only be seen by specific personnel.

On the other hand, merit points are not just for show; they can be directly exchanged for various supernatural items from the Pioneer Alliance.

Although this method looks very much like a game, there is no denying that the effect is surprisingly good.

After all, whether it's individuals or countries, there's always a tendency to compare.

If your country's ranking falls behind, would you be worried?
If you don't work hard and your ranking is surpassed by other countries, wouldn't you be anxious?
For example, none of the superhumans sent by the Blue Lion Kingdom made it into the top 300 of the list, which made the Blue Lions lose face.

After all, two hundred years ago, the Blue Lion Kingdom was the overlord of Azure Star, and the whole world had to listen to the Blue Lion King. The Blue Lion people's language even became the world language.

Although the Blue Lion Kingdom has declined and the Blue Lion language has been replaced by the Great Xia language, it still retains a certain influence.

"Everyone!"

Bond, nicknamed "The Angry Lion," is the deputy chief of the Blue Lion Superpowered Organization "Lion King's Crown." He is watching his one hundred subordinate superpowered individuals.

"Half of the top 500 on the merit list are from the Great Xia, while there are only two Blue Lions, and not a single one in the top 300."

"This is a disgrace to the entire Blue Lion Kingdom, and a disgrace to every Blue Lion citizen, because everyone on the North Island battlefield is watching the kingdom make a fool of itself."

Bond swung his fist forcefully, and his full beard stood up one by one, looking like the quills of a hedgehog.

"The spatial maze is now in a state of emergency. Poisonous ants are attacking like a tidal wave. This is the Blue Lions' chance to prove themselves."

"We will soon be entering Space Island 275. I hope the Lion King's Crown will be at the forefront, like a boulder blocking the monsters' charge and defending the honor of the Blue Lions!"

Bond paused for a moment, then said, "I have received news that Sirius Company of Great Xia has developed an upgraded version of the Body Tempering Source Liquid, which is the Vajra Body Tempering Source Liquid specifically for people with superpowers."

"According to rumors, taking the Vajra Tempering Essence will increase the probability of breaking through the first barrier by 10% to 15%."

"The Pioneer Alliance is preparing to include the Vajra Tempering Source Liquid in the reward list for this merit list. The specific reward method is under discussion."

"But one thing is certain: the more merits you accumulate, the greater your chances of obtaining the Vajra Tempering Essence Liquid."

A commotion instantly broke out in the crowd.

Bond just rambled on for a long time, but in terms of boosting morale, it was far less effective than this one sentence: "Diamond Tempering Liquid."

The strongest man in the Blue Lion Kingdom clenched his fist and roared, "Let's go!"

Twenty minutes later.

Hundreds of Blue Lion ability users, wearing the Tiangong-2 exoskeleton (internal supply version) of the Pioneer Alliance, entered Space Island 275 in neat rows.

According to the naming rules of the space islands, the smaller the number, the closer it is to the front of the maze, the greater the probability of poisonous ants entering, and the higher the level of danger.

The Blue Lions suffered a great loss last time, with the entire Special Air Service Corps wiped out. These superhumans are much more pragmatic now, and they obediently chose a space island with a later number.

By the way.

Driven by some subtle and peculiar psychology, the Blue Lions spent a large sum of money to purchase relevant interface data from Great Xia, and then made significant improvements to the Tiangong II exoskeleton, which they had purchased at great expense.

All the weapons were replaced, additional protective armor was added, and a new paint scheme was carefully designed.

The Blue Lions claimed that this was a new model developed in cooperation with Daxia, and gave it a name—Lion King Exoskeleton.

The most interesting thing is that the Lion King exoskeleton has a failure rate that is more than ten times higher than the original, and its reaction speed and mobility have both decreased significantly.

soon.

One hundred superhumans took over a field fortification and officially joined the battle.

Firearms and fortifications are a perfect match, as evidenced by centuries of warfare on Azure Star. As a result, numerous fortifications have been built on every space island.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Gunshots and explosions rang out continuously, and the battlefield was filled with smoke.

The Blue Lions are not without achievements in the field of firearms development. They developed a six-barreled machine gun with extremely high penetration power, but its drawback is that it is too heavy, which leads to insufficient mobility of the exoskeleton.

Each exoskeleton carries two machine guns, and the two hundred machine guns create an extremely dense network of firepower.

The poisonous ants that charged toward the fortifications had no chance to get close; they were all smashed into mangled flesh.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

It was accompanied by an extremely dull tremor.

Bond pulled the trigger, unleashing a series of extremely precise shots, several shells blasting the head off a poisonous ant.

He nodded in satisfaction and shouted excitedly, "Guys! You did a fantastic job today! We've taken down 142 poisonous ants!"

Five kilometers away.

On a low hill that had become barren after being repeatedly bombarded.

Two warrior-level ravens stood together, quietly observing the Blue Lionmen's position.

One of them, codenamed Black Thirty-Nine, now has a crow name—Black Star.

The other one, codenamed Black 82, has the crow's name—Flashthorn.

Flashthie flapped its wings and said, "According to the Blood Banner Legion's intelligence, this Bond has most likely obtained a supreme treasure. I didn't expect the Blue Lions to be willing to let him enter the North Island battlefield."

Black Star laughed and said, "Profits move people's hearts. The master is willing to take out the precious Vajra Tempering Liquid in order to lure this guy into the trap."

Flashthief vaguely realized something and couldn't help but ask, "Once a treasure is activated, it will merge with the soul. Does Master have a way to separate the treasure from the soul?"

Black Star hesitated for a moment before revealing the truth: "I heard a bit of a rumor from Six Black that the master has mastered some new methods that might be able to extract the treasure, so he plans to give it a try."

"Even if the attempt fails, it can weaken the Blue Lion Kingdom's strength. Although these white people have voluntarily applied to join the Expansion Alliance, they have always been at odds with Great Xia. It is almost impossible for Great Xia to assimilate them."

Shock flashed in his eyes: "If the treasures can really be separated, wouldn't the master be able to steal many treasures from other civilizations?"

Black Star shook his head and said, "You're overthinking it. The treasures born in each civilization have the unique imprint of the laws of that civilization. Apart from the individual within that civilization, even if an individual from another civilization obtains them, they cannot integrate with them."

Flashthorn nodded his bird head: "I understand. So when should we make our move against Bond?"

Black Star replied, "Let's wait for the next wave of poisonous ants to arrive." (End of Chapter)