After the filming was completed, I awakened my superpowers.

Chapter 148: Promotion to C-level! The origin of the system

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And just as Sheng Yixia's heart was in turmoil.

When the crew and film crew members saw the unexpectedly powerful firepower displayed by "Sheng Yixia", their morale was immediately boosted.

Firepower such as guns and bombs undoubtedly represent power to ordinary people. A volley of bullets may not produce as good results as a magician's playing card, but the boost in confidence it gives people is different.

After all, only what they themselves understand can give them a sense of security.

During the confrontation.

A gray fishman dodged attacks from high-pressure water cannons, objects thrown from high altitudes, and other attacks, and finally climbed up the tall ship with difficulty. When it was about to climb over the railing, Zheng Baokun and the crew members rushed over and sprayed it in the face with a fire extinguisher.

While the other party was covering his face, Zheng Baokun took the lead and swung the fire extinguisher at the other party's head.

With two "bangs", a gray fishman weighing more than 100 kilograms was knocked off the cruise ship, and only a small splash was made in the sea.

There are a lot of these gray fishmen, but they are not very strong. Their comprehensive evaluation in the National Non-Government Bureau's evaluation system is only E to E+. They perform better in water, but on land, a strong human with a weapon still has a chance to win.

Occasionally, a D-level murloc vanguard would climb onto the railing, and then the magician hidden in the dark would take action, and a "Wu Ji" playing card would go directly through the opponent's body, causing internal injuries, cutting off the pulse, and causing vital damage.

The opponent's life was reduced by 70% to 80%, his body was paralyzed and stiff, his movements were slow, and his extraordinary powers could not be exerted at all.

Afterwards, the crew members and film crew members would surround and beat the immobilized fish-man vanguard, either throwing it into the sea or picking up the fish knives, harpoons and other weapons dropped by it and directly killing the monster alive.

Don't underestimate humans. When their lives are at stake, they will secrete a large amount of adrenaline, which can greatly increase their reaction speed, strength, and even pain tolerance. The most primitive fighting instinct retained in their genes is also very powerful.

The human race is particularly good at gang fights, and they will have great courage when they cooperate as a team and have the power of numbers.

For this reason, Sheng Yixia, who transformed into a juggler, left some of the finishing tasks to the crew and crew members, while he kept moving around the field to support some critical positions, such as killing a C-level elite murloc.

This can save a lot of time and energy, and also allow people to share some of the pressure, so that he won't have to act as the only nanny for everyone on the ship.

Fortunately, Sheng Yixia was lucky and killed the murloc priest in advance. Otherwise, with the other party casting a mass bloodthirsty spell behind his back, how could the combat effectiveness of these murlocs on board be so weak? They were even so slow and hesitant in their movements because of fear.

If that situation really happened, even Sheng Yixia would not be able to turn the tide. At most, he could protect some of his core members, retreat to the narrow area inside the cruise ship, and delay until the National Non-Government Affairs Bureau's rescue arrived.

But it is very obvious that there is no second murloc priest in this murloc tribe.

As a result, the mermen's boarding tactics were immediately curbed. Seeing that the situation was not good, the mermen showed signs of retreating, fear, and paddling.

Although this cannon fodder species is brutal, cold-blooded, and bloody, that is based on the fact that they are in an advantageous and favorable situation. Once they are in an unfavorable situation and there is no priest to launch group bloodthirsty magic, they will also be afraid of death and be timid.

The merman chieftain couldn't bear it anymore. He rushed out of the water, revealing his majestic and huge body. He stepped on the waves and took the initiative to charge towards the cruise ship.

Different from the murloc priest, this murloc chieftain is extremely burly, much stronger than the elite murlocs. Holding a black harpoon, he charges forward while stirring up waves that hit the cruise ship hard. This is his innate domain skill [Walking on the Waves].

If some ancient wooden sailing ships encountered such overlapping waves, they would be tossed to and fro, shake violently, or even have their hulls damaged and sink directly.

But for this steel behemoth cruise ship...

Well, let’s just take a shower and go to bed.

However, the way this murloc chief charged across the waves still looked quite imposing.

Many people saw this scene through the mist and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Could this thing be the legendary sea-exploring Yaksha?"

Don't tell me yet.

Even Sheng Yixia felt that they looked a bit like each other. This fishman chieftain had a ferocious head, gray-black scales all over his body, and held a harpoon in his hand. He looked extremely ugly, and was also good at walking on the waves. Wasn't he the Sea-Exploring Yaksha?

This can be seen.

The ancient people of Xia State must have dealt with the dark fishmen a lot, which is why the legend of the sea-exploring Yaksha was left behind.

At this time, although the waves raised by the murloc chieftain did not cause much impact on the hull, its leading charge still aroused the bloodiness of the murloc tribe. A large number of dark murlocs, murloc pioneers, and murloc elites followed it and rushed towards the cruise ship.

The Murloc Chieftain began to implement his usual tactics. When a wave created by his domain skill "Walking on the Waves" was about to hit the ship, he swung his strong and powerful legs in the waves and leaped into the air.

It leaped out of the water like a giant shark in the sea and jumped onto the deck of the ship.

"Da da da!"

Puppet Sheng Yixia immediately aimed his assault rifle at him and fired a burst of shots, but the bullets all hit the light blue shield it held up, causing ripples but failing to cause it any substantial damage.

The fishman chieftain, flying against the sea breeze, saw the frightened expressions of the humans on the deck, and at that moment his self-confidence swelled to the extreme.

It seemed to have foreseen that it would rush onto the deck of the huge ship and massacre these small fry of humans, thus creating the best opportunity for subsequent groups to execute boarding tactics.

In fact, it is true.

Time went forward a little bit, when the fishman chief was still walking on the waves and had not yet leaped.

The fish-man chief's majestic body weighing at least six or seven hundred kilograms, his terrifying aura, the light blue water curtain shield that bullets could not penetrate, and the oppressive feeling of about to leap onto the ship, all brought great shock and mental impact to the crew members.

Everyone's SAN value began to drop rapidly, and morale also plummeted.

"What the hell is this?" Zheng Baokun couldn't help cursing, and hurriedly called out to Sheng Yixia who was still shooting, "Boss, who the hell can withstand this thing? Let's retreat to the inner cabin and run to the bottom warehouse to delay time."

Under the current circumstances, staying on the deck would be tantamount to seeking death. It would be better to hide in the cabin. With the sturdiness of the cabin, we can delay for some time.

As for whether these fishmen will destroy the hull and cause the cruise ship and them hiding in the cabin to sink to the bottom of the sea, there is no need to worry.

Today's cruise ships have special watertight compartments, so even if the hull is really damaged and leaking, it will not necessarily sink. Even if it does, it will take a long time, so they have plenty of time.

Zheng Baokun also felt that he was unlucky today. He had been happily going home after finishing the filming, but he encountered such a thing on the way. It was like the end of the world.

They finally fought off a wave of attacks from monsters, but they didn't expect the monster boss to be so powerful, which was completely beyond their ability to cope with.

The only thing he gained was that Zheng Baokun felt that he was full of inspiration, and countless shots and pictures emerged in his mind. He felt that if he were allowed to re-shoot "Domestic Super Shield", he would definitely be able to beat the original version shot by Zhao San.

I just don't know if I can go back alive.

Upon hearing this, puppet Sheng Yixia also fired and retreated, protecting Lu Muyu, Yu Zi, Zhou Shuyue and other female members of the team, while shouting: "Master Magician, help~~!!!"

"A magician?"

Everyone was stunned at first, and then hope suddenly ignited in their hearts. Was the boss talking about the mysterious man who suddenly flew onto the boat and used playing cards to fight monsters?

Is he the magician?

Is it really possible to defeat this horrible monster?

Just when everyone was in a state of confusion, a joking voice sounded, "Come on, come on, Mechanical Instructor, take your girlfriends and move aside to make some space for me."

"Boss, they are not my girlfriends." Puppet Sheng Yixia retorted quickly, but his actions did not stop at all, still protecting everyone as they retreated.

The brief conversation between the two also brought considerable shock to the crew members and even brought about many strange derivative problems.

For example, the boss is familiar with the magician? Why does he call the boss "mechanical mentor"?
They seemed calm in the face of this disaster. Could it be that this was not the first time they had experienced this? Had they worked together as a team before?

In this age of novels, movies, and games, everyone is "well-informed". Things like the end of the world, a global ice age, alien invasions, superhero templates, etc. are all overused worldviews.

Therefore, the speed of psychological acceptance is still very fast.

Once a new worldview is introduced, rich imagination comes into play.

For example, are the magician and the boss both superheroes hiding behind the scenes?

In times of crisis, he reveals his true identity and comes to save everyone! ?
Amid the chaotic thoughts, the oppression and fear brought by the monsters dissipated a lot unconsciously.

It was also at this time.

The murloc chieftain had already leaped above the deck, wearing aqua blue shield and some shimmering special effects, which made him look particularly majestic.

As soon as it caught sight of the magician wearing a gray-black cloak and a mask of fear on his face, anger flashed in its eyes and it stabbed at him with its fork without hesitation.

This scene is truly majestic.

The crew members who were retreating under the protection of Sheng Yixia not far away suddenly became nervous and shouted to the magician to be careful.

"boom!"

The fork of the Fishman Chieftain went straight through the body of the Magician. The aqua-blue energy bursting out from the fork head exploded on the deck, directly tearing a huge hole in the 10mm thick patterned steel deck.

isn't it?
The magician died just like that?

Everyone was terrified and couldn't believe what was happening.

But the next moment I realized something was wrong.

There was no blood spurting out of the magician who was pierced, nor was there any screaming or wailing. Instead, his body flickered and distorted, like an old-fashioned TV with a bad signal, appearing unreal and full of unreality.

That turned out to be an illusion?
Before the phantom dissipated, it made a provocative gesture of raising its middle finger towards the Murloc Chieftain. Although there were cultural differences and different understandings between the two sides, the Murloc Chieftain obviously felt mocked, and a violent rage rose from him.

But the next moment, it suddenly felt a warning in its heart. A strong sense of crisis drove its muscles to tense instantly, and it quickly dodged sideways.

"Pfft!"

An Ace of Spades spun violently and broke through its tidal shield, piercing deeply into its back shoulder. The gray-black scales that were hard enough to easily withstand small-caliber bullets were shattered, and blood splattered.

The fishman chief felt a pain in the back of his shoulder, and felt an invisible force invading his body through the wound, injuring his internal organs. At the same time, his entire left shoulder and left arm felt numb and sore, as if he had lost consciousness.

The fishman chief was filled with shock and anger. He turned around quickly and swung the harpoon in his right hand to sweep it behind him. The light blue energy formed a semicircular arc in the air, making a sharp whistle that broke through the air.

But when the harpoon swept past the magician behind him, there were ripples again, and it turned out to be another phantom.

Before the phantom dissipated, it once again made provocative gestures towards it, accompanied by a series of teasing and mocking laughter.

A surge of anger surged in the chest of the fishman chieftain, mixed with a bit of fear. He was of course just a small figure in the vast star realm, but he was also a small overlord in his own small territory. He had encountered all kinds of opponents, including those who frightened him out of his wits at the mere sight of them, but he had never encountered such a weird and disgusting opponent.

"Shhhhh!"

The fishman chief only felt that there were phantoms all around him, one, two, three. He was not good at mental power to begin with, and was affected by his emotions. He could not tell which one was real and which one was fake.

Maybe, you think it is true, then it may be false, and you think it is false, then it will become true.

After several wrong guesses, the Fishman Chieftain was completely confused.

"Shhhhhh!"

"Puff puff!"

One playing card after another broke through the air and pierced its body. After just a few seconds, the playing cards formed a straight flush of 10, J, Q, K, and A on its body, which were nailed to its shoulders, legs, and chest respectively.

Its entire body was in a state of paralysis and it could not move, and the injuries to its internal organs were getting worse.

Soon, the sixth imp card came with a sharp roar and nailed into the middle of its fish head, embedding half of it deeply. In an instant, the huge body of the fish-man chief was frozen on the spot as if it was hit by a spell.

All of Sheng Yixia's phantoms disappeared, leaving only his real body behind the fishman chief. A playful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth under the mask, and he snapped his fingers with a "click".

Detonate!

"boom!"

A dull explosion sounded inside the body of the fishman chief.

The fishman chieftain's entire body shook, and some blood, flesh, and internal organs spurted out of his ears, nose, and throat. His body froze again, and it took a full three seconds before he fell to the ground with a bang.

A combat-type B-level boss monster died just like that, without even touching the magician's body.

That's right.

In fact, the magician had been plotting against the murloc chieftain from the very beginning. Compared to the murloc priest, the chieftain was often a power-type monster. If he wanted to take it down while hiding among thousands of troops, it would naturally be very difficult.

Therefore, Sheng Yixia has not shown any amazing fighting power since boarding the cruise ship, but he blocked the first wave of attacks from the fishmen, and the bombs and bullets also angered the fishman chief.

Without the blessing and assistance of the murloc priest, the self-proclaimed brave murloc chieftain would most likely choose to lead the charge, and Sheng Yixia's goal from beginning to end was to make it rush onto the deck on its own initiative and then get rid of it.

Otherwise, Sheng Yixia was not good at water battles, and going into the sea to fight it would definitely be courting death.

Of course, Sheng Yixia also considered the situation where it did not charge. In that case, they could just slowly consume each other and see whose reinforcements arrived first. At worst, they could retreat to the lower cabin of the cruise ship and wait for the National Non-Government Bureau to come to their rescue.

In short, the ending was just as he expected. The fishman chief, who thought there were no experts on the ship, led the charge himself, but was killed by Sheng Yixia in a short time.

This result was also based on Sheng Yixia's strength. If he was not a match for the Murloc Chieftain, or if the winner could not be determined in a short period of time, then once the Murloc Chieftain's elite Murloc guards caught up, it would definitely be a disaster.

but now.

Those elite fishmen climbed up to the deck with great difficulty, but the first thing they saw was not the scene of their chief killing everyone and creating a battlefield space for them, but the scene of their chief falling to the ground, spitting blood and convulsing.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the scene fell into a subtle pause.

However, after just a brief pause, the seven or eight elite fishmen that followed quickly understood the situation and decided to escape immediately. Two of them reacted the fastest and jumped directly from the side of the ship into the sea.

But the other six were not so lucky. They just reacted a little bit slow, but it was this small delay that directly cost them their lives.

Before long, a strange red aura had spread to their side, rising rapidly in an instant, enveloping their brains and eroding into their minds.

Instantly, a strong impulse surged from their chests, and then two of the six fish quickly turned red in the eyes, and chopped their companions with the fish knives in their hands.

The other four were in a daze under the influence of the red fog, and were immediately chopped to pieces with blood splattering everywhere.

They woke up immediately from the pain, but before they could make any move, another mental shock as violent as a storm suddenly swept over them, causing them to cover their heads in pain and hissing with high-frequency wails.

"Pfft, pfft!"

The companions with bloodshot eyes continued to chop mercilessly with their knives. In just a few seconds, four elite murlocs fell to the ground seriously injured. The two elite murlocs controlled by the scarlet pendant were not idle either. They screamed and continued to pounce on the still confused murloc vanguards and ordinary gray murlocs.

The deck was suddenly filled with blood and chaos. The smart ones ran away, while the stupid ones were hacked to death. After a chaotic fight, the deck was covered in blood. After the two elite murlocs killed twenty or thirty murlocs, they finally couldn't hold on any longer and were hacked to death on the spot.

The remaining surviving fishmen also jumped into the sea, away from this bloody battlefield.

The situation has been completely reversed.

A wave of crisis from a clan of gray murlocs was quickly resolved, taking only about ten to twenty minutes.

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but look at the magician with shock and admiration.

This is so handsome and cool. This is what a superhero is!

Almost subconsciously, Ning Tianyi had already used this as a prototype in his brain and had made up a large number of story plots. He had even thought of the name of the child to be born to the magician and his future wife.

Similarly, Zheng Baokun also gained a huge amount of inspiration for his shots, and his whole body was shaking with excitement.

"Mechanical mentor." The magician's voice sounded with a hint of joking, "You are still a little weak. You need to grow up quickly. Forget it, you can kill these monsters."

"Hehe, thank you for your support, big guy." Puppet Sheng Yixia had a smiling face, went up to kill those seriously injured elite fishmen, and quickly cleaned up the battlefield, picking up all the extraordinary material crystal cores he could find.

"Boss, these crystal cores..." Puppet Sheng Yixia walked up to the magician and pretended to hand over the extraordinary crystal cores.

"Keep it for now, and I'll calculate it slowly later." The magician waved his hand like a big shot, "I'm going to take a rest first, don't disturb me if you have nothing else."

Having said that, he walked straight into the cabin.

However, the puppet Sheng Yixia said respectfully: "Farewell, sir. By the way, I have something else to report to you..." After saying that, he chased after him.

Not long.

Sheng Yixia returned to the deck.

At this time, Zheng Baokun and others reacted and immediately surrounded Sheng Yixia, their eyes full of uncontrollable excitement: "Boss, what is going on? Where did those monsters come from? The magician is so powerful, how can you hook up with him? By the way, why did he call you a mechanical mentor?"

"Boss, how come you have guns and bombs?"

A series of questions came to Sheng Yixia.

"We have rules in our organization, and we can't talk nonsense." Sheng Yixia said a few perfunctorily with a stern face, and then assigned tasks to everyone, "Old Zheng, take your men to clean the deck and gather the monster corpses. It won't be long before the relevant departments will arrive. When the time comes, you will listen to their arrangements and answer any questions honestly. Don't hide anything."

"I see a lot of the crew are injured, go help them."

"Yes, boss."

Zheng Baokun seemed to have received some kind of sacred mission, his eyes full of excitement.

What happened today opened the door to a new world for him. He felt that he should explore it carefully, which would help his directorial career reach its peak.

The others were also very excited. They behaved themselves and did whatever they were told to do. They were much more obedient than before.

Afterwards, Sheng Yixia ignored everyone and left, making the excuse that he needed to recover.

After returning to the lounge, Sheng Yixia finally breathed a sigh of relief. This first wave of crisis was finally overcome. Not only did he not suffer any losses, but he also gained a large number of extraordinary material crystal cores.

Not only that.

After a series of battles, he felt that the extraordinary evolution potion he had taken before had been completely digested.

Judging from Sheng Yixia's experience, there might be a medium-sized space gap nearby, and the danger is far from being completely eliminated.

Why not take advantage of this free time and try to advance to C level.

After all, my fortune today is slightly good, so it won't be a big problem.

next moment.

Sheng Yixia took out a C-level evolution potion that he had exchanged in advance from the space pendant and swallowed it directly.

Instantly, a warm current rose from his stomach and flowed through his limbs and bones, constantly stimulating the potential in his body and making him feel sublimated.

This feels right.

When the first potion was almost digested, he swallowed the second evolution potion.

soon.

As the warm current surged, Sheng Yixia only felt a "pop" sound in his brain, as if some shackles were broken.

A new force rose up in the body.

I was promoted to C rank!

Sheng Yixia suddenly had a flash of enlightenment in his heart.

suddenly.

A clear system prompt sounded in my mind.

"Ding!"

"It has been detected that the host has reached the fourth level and has some self-protection power. A letter from a mysterious existence has met the unlocking conditions. Do you need to unlock it and read it immediately? Yes/No?"

"what?
Sheng Yixia was shocked.

Although he had all sorts of speculations about the origin of the system, he lacked crucial information and had no way to infer anything, so he could only make a lot of assumptions!
Now, is the person who gave him the system going to reveal the answer to the mystery to him?

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(End of this chapter)