When the game shut down, I took my skills with me.

Chapter 77 The Goddess of War Descends from the Sky!

Pacific Ocean, coordinate point K-27.

The eruption of the underwater volcano has reached its peak.

The sky was blackened by towering volcanic ash, and the scalding lava boiled the seawater within a radius of tens of kilometers. The apocalyptic scene made the research mothership "Challenger," hundreds of miles away, feel the irresistible destructive power of nature.

In the command center, Serafina Vince stared intently at the screen.

On the screen, only three life signals representing the "Trail Blazers" team remained, and they were still fading.

The temperature inside the volcano had long exceeded the design limits of the "Hellfire" power armor.

All that could be heard on the communication channel were the painful gasps of the team members due to the high temperature and lack of oxygen.

They were trapped in a cage made of lava, waiting for death.

Just as the last glimmer of light in Serafina's eyes was about to fade, a cold, emotionless system notification suddenly rang in her ears.

The "Ark" class aerospace fighter jet has arrived at the target airspace.

[The rescue operation has officially begun.]

Serafina suddenly raised her head.

The main screen was split in two. On the left was the despairing scene inside the volcano, while on the right, it switched to the view from 10,000 meters above the ground.

A futuristic-looking space fighter, its entire body gleaming with a silvery-white metallic sheen, hovered above clouds interwoven with thunderstorms and volcanic ash.

Its appearance is like a scalpel slicing through the darkness, precise and cold.

"Too high—how are they planning to rescue us from this height?" the captain of the Challenger muttered to himself.

No aircraft could possibly enter the volcano under these conditions.

However, the next second, a scene that everyone present would never forget appeared.

The cockpit canopy of the "Flowing Light" class fighter jet slowly opened.

A fiery red figure leaped out from it.

There were no parachutes, and no cushioning equipment.

She plummeted straight down into the crater below, which resembled the entrance to hell and was spewing out billions of tons of lava!

"Is she insane?!" Serafina screamed.

This is not a rescue, this is suicide!

However, the red figure accelerated its fall.

A pale golden, flame-like light began to ignite around her. It was the radiance unique to clergy.

Just as she was about to fall into the crater, the giant axe in her hand, which seemed disproportionate to her petite frame, drew a perfect arc in the air.

"boom--!"

She was like a meteorite from outer space, crashing violently into the churning lava, stirring up towering waves.

There were no screams, no struggles.

That figure simply vanished from everyone's sight.

The command center was deathly silent.

Inside the volcano, in the magma chamber.

"Captain—I can't go on—" a Trailblazer member said with difficulty, leaning against the last remaining alloy bunker. His power armor had already melted and broken off in several places due to the high temperature.

"Hold on!" Captain Mark's voice was equally hoarse. "Rescue—is almost here—"

He himself didn't believe that statement.

Just then, the dozen or so fire elemental lords made of magma that were besieging them seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped attacking. They all turned their heads and looked up at the magma chamber above, letting out uneasy roars.

"Boom!"

The dome of the magma chamber was suddenly pierced through from the outside by an incredibly violent force.

Under the astonished gazes of the three surviving team members and countless fire elemental lords.

A woman engulfed in golden flames and wielding a giant axe slowly emerged from the churning lava.

The lava seemed to be alive, parting around her and not daring to touch her in the slightest.

Her fiery red leather armor, reflected in the lava, seemed to be burning.

Lin Wei.

She glanced around at the enormous fire elemental lords radiating terrifying heat, her gaze unwavering, as if she were looking at a pack of stray dogs on the roadside.

"roar!"

The fire elemental lord closest to her was enraged by the tiny creature's gaze. It roared and swung its massive magma fist at Lin Wei.

Lin Wei didn't even look up at it.

She simply swung the giant axe in her hand casually.

A red axe blade, incredibly fast and seemingly capable of slicing through light, flashed by.

The fire elemental lord, which was enough to give the "Pioneer" team a hard time, didn't even have time to scream before its huge body was neatly split in two.

The cut is as smooth as a mirror.

Then, its body exploded with a roar, turning into a rain of lava that scattered all over the ground.

Sold out instantly!

Mark, the captain of the Trail Blazers, stared blankly at the scene before him.

The remaining fire elemental lords seemed to be frightened by the power of that axe blow. They hesitated, not daring to step forward again.

Lin Wei did not give them a chance.

She moved.

Her figure transformed into a red afterimage, darting through the entire lava chamber.

Each swing of the axe blade was accompanied by the crashing fall of a fire elemental lord.

There were no intense battles, no flashy skills.

This was a completely one-sided and unreasonable massacre.

Less than thirty seconds.

More than a dozen fire elemental lords who had once driven them to the brink of destruction were slaughtered.

The entire magma chamber fell silent.

Lin Wei put away the giant axe, hoisted it onto her shoulder, and walked step by step to the three "Trailblazers" team members who were completely stunned.

"I'm under orders to provide rescue." Her voice was cold and concise. "Are you still able to walk?"

"Yes—yes!" Captain Mark was the first to react, struggling to stand up and giving a military salute.

"Keep up."

Lin Wei didn't say another word, and turned to walk towards the only escape route that had long been blocked by lava.

She raised the giant axe high in her hand.

A brilliant red light shone from the giant axe.

"open!"

A clear shout.

She swung her axe down hard at the wall, which was tens of meters thick and made of solidified lava and mountain.

"Boom—!"

The entire volcano trembled violently under the blow of that axe.

A massive crack, hundreds of meters long, appeared on the wall.

Then came the second axe, and the third axe—

Lin Wei was like a human-shaped sledgehammer, carving out an upward path through the erupting volcano in the most savage and direct way.

Rocks collapsed and lava flowed backward.

Behind her, three surviving American soldiers looked up as if they were gazing at a god.

The mission is complete.

When Lin Wei led the three survivors out of a newly opened hole on the side of the mountain, the Challenger rescue team waiting outside erupted in thunderous cheers.

The rescue was successful.

Lin Wei ignored their gratitude and awe. After handing over the survivors, she took one last look at the core of the volcano.

There, the fragment of the rule called "The First Flames of the Earth" had become extremely unstable due to the riot that had just destroyed the mountain, and the surrounding space had begun to show signs of distortion.

It was contaminated.

A notification titled "Order" popped up on Lin Wei's system interface.

The mission objective has been contaminated and cannot be recovered.

-

[S-rank mission "Heart of the Volcano" has failed.]

Lin Wei glanced at the fragment, showing no regret. She simply calmly reported the result to Su Muqiu through the system.

Then, she leaped onto the "Flowing Light" fighter jet that came to pick her up and disappeared into the horizon.

All that remained was a building still belching black smoke, and a group of survivors looking at each other in disbelief.