Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Just now, An Ran used him as a shield.

Grabbing the blue-skinned man by the neck, he charged forward, sending Qu Hua flying. Bolton turned to run away, but An Ran, who had picked up a pistol, shot him dead in a few shots. Qu Hua then quickly went down to join him.

"Cuckoo-"

"Go to hell!"

The blue-skinned creature that made the "coo coo coo" sound was finally strangled to death by An Ran.

A total of 4 experience points were earned.

These three are a bit weak, but they hold a high position and give much more experience than ordinary NPCs.

"Take this with you!"

Anran handed a gun to Ella.

The two of them walked along the path that the blue-skinned woman had just come from.

The road wasn't long, and it soon came to an end.

An Ran also saw her goal—

Four people were huddled together, one of whom had blue skin and a younger person standing together, and behind them was clearly a small civilian spaceship.

"hiss--"

An Ran's eyes lit up, and her breathing became rapid.

“@&%＃”

The group of people were still talking. Apart from the two people standing in front of the spaceship, the other two stood guard on either side of them.

opportunity.

An Ran took out a bunch of parts from her backpack and assembled them into a rifle.

She nodded to Ella, then wrote on the tablet on Ella's chest—

"I'll shoot the one standing on the left in the middle, you shoot the one on the right."

Ella nodded knowingly.

The incendiary bomb is loaded.

Click.

The crosshair was aimed at the forehead of the suspected Dawn.

Fine mechanical enhancement Lv4 increases penetration capability by 35%.

An Ran's hand was very steady, without the slightest tremor. She even stopped breathing, and one eye was slightly narrowed. The moment the person turned to face the spaceship and raised his hand, An Ran pulled the trigger.

"Click—"

The recoil of the gun was negligible for An Ran.

With the backstab upgraded to Lv4, the bullets, now with 40% increased damage and 35% increased penetration, are fired.

"Whoosh-"

"boom!"

Ella's shot also flew out at just the right time.

The bullet flew through the air and pierced the back of the man's head without stopping, exploding into a cloud of blood mist, followed by flames that shot up at a visible speed.

Game notifications sounded one after another.

"Weakness critical hit successfully, dealing 200% damage."

"Extra penetration successfully detected, dealing 170% damage."

"Backstab attack successfully detected, dealing 140% damage."

……

"Flame burns cause -30 damage per second over time."

……

"Dawn is in a state of [Severe Bleeding], losing 5% of her health per second."

"Dawn is trapped in [...]..."

"..."

"leader!"

One of the guards standing nearby immediately shouted in panic. Ignoring the enemies around them, he rushed to Dawn's side and caught Dawn's falling body.

"Chief, Chief!"

"puff--"

At the same time, Ella's bullet struck another person squarely in the chest.

Blood splattered.

"Splash—"

However, an astonishing scene unfolded: the man's chest exploded at an incredibly rapid pace, his body quickly hunched over, and began to undergo some horrifying and bizarre changes.

Its limbs were jet black, its body was covered in slime, its face was long and grotesque, and its tail was hanging down behind it...

"You have triggered the hidden mission [Bio-Mutant]. Do you wish to accept it?"

"???"

I grasped a blade of grass.

The monster's gaze had already fallen on Anran and Dawn.

Chapter 69 Let's cut it first as a sign of respect

Hidden Mission: [Bio-Mutant]

Mission Brief: Biochemical technology from Night Owl awakens a monster lurking within the implanted individual upon experiencing a fatal impact. This bio-engineered monster, targeting all living beings, will relentlessly hunt. Hunt down these bio-mutants!

mission rewards:

1. 10 Free Experience Points

2. Title: Dawn Concerto

3. The first part of the star map of the Azure Forest (click for details: the middle and last part of the star map are missing)

Mission Level: B

Task repeatability: unique

Do you choose to accept?

Since they've already been targeted by the monster, they naturally chose to accept it without hesitation.

However, Anran did not fire immediately. The monster first targeted the blood-soaked Dawn and the guard beside him.

"Ah, there's a monster!" another person standing nearby shouted and tried to run away, but in his fear, his body movements became uncoordinated, his feet tripped and he fell to the ground.

"Monster, monster..."

He had no time to pay attention to Anran and Ella who had fired the shots; his eyes were fixed on the monster, whose body was covered in slime and was extremely disgusting. Its upper body, which had exploded earlier, was lying on the ground. Even a child would faint from fright at the sight of it.

The stench instantly began to overwhelm the space.

"hiss--"

Just as the guard who was holding Dawn was about to back away, a black tongue, like a long whip, shot out of the monster's mouth, its target being Dawn's chest.

"Get out of here."

The guard picked up the rifle that had fallen to the ground and swung it out. His reaction was very quick; just as the tongue was about to hit Dawn, he deflected it.

"hiss--"

The monster retracted its tongue, and its tentative attack failed to hit its target. It instantly became enraged, emitting a sound like a viper flicking its tongue.

The situation on the field changed suddenly. By the time An Ran came to her senses, the guards and the monsters had already started fighting. The seriously injured Dawn lay on the ground, his lips and teeth white from the rapid loss of blood, his body cold, and he was unable to speak.

"boom!"

Eat lemons.

The last thought that flashed through his mind was that the dying Dawn was finished off with a single shot.

"You killed Dawn of Morning Star and gained 12500 Free Experience."

A game notification sounded.

ha?

An Ran was completely dumbfounded.

This unscientific!

This isn't magic!

Killing the leader of an important faction only yielded 12500 experience points, less than what a high-level henchman below would give.

This is impossible!

Thinking of this, An Ran immediately checked the mission log. Her expression changed. Sure enough, the mission to hunt down the leader of Morning Star, "Starlight Dimmed III," was still incomplete, which meant that the Dawn who she killed with two shots was not the leader of Morning Star.

Judging from the emotions displayed by that guard, there are two possible interpretations.

The first guess is that Dawn is indeed the leader of Morning Star, but the Dawn in front of us is a fake Dawn.

The second theory is that Dawn is not the leader of Morning Star at all, and that the guard was acting to protect the real leader of Morning Star.

An Ran was furious, and she decided not to give these people who had deceived her any chance.

Press the trigger.

"boom!"