A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 92: Chapter 75 Unexpected Discovery (11 Books Will Be On Shelf Tomorrow)_1

Early the next morning, Duanmu Huai led the others out of the camp, preparing to start the investigation in the slum.

The road to the slum was difficult to traverse. After all, this place was originally a slum. Just imagining that, you would know what kind of place this would be – an endless array of low houses, none of which complied with building regulations, all the houses were crammed together, leaving only enough space for one person to pass through. It was like being in the crowded carriage of a tram during rush hours.

Advancing in such a place was clearly no easy task.

This was why General Pastte did not include the slum within his attack scope. The radiation that filled the place was already troublesome enough, not to mention these endless clusters of houses, which posed the greatest obstacle.

“This won’t be an easy task. How are you planning to proceed?”

Pastte stood beside Duanmu Huai, frowning as he stared at the slum not far ahead. Honestly speaking, simply looking at this labyrinth-like slum was enough to make his head ache.

“It’s very simple.”

Duanmu Huai responded, then opened the communication channel.

“Mia.”

“Yo~Master, is there something you need?”

“Carpet bomb the location I’ve marked for you. Just blow up everything there.”

“Understood~~~”

Mia’s voice retained its casual and laid back tone. She was, after all, introduced as a home-use robot from Sky City’s amusement park; perhaps her tone was programmed that way.

After issuing the order, Duanmu Huai held up his War Hammer.

“What are you doing?”

Watching Duanmu Huai’s actions, General Pastte was puzzled. However, the next moment, he heard a whistling sound descending from the sky.

“Whoosh—————Boom!!!”

Then, the sound of explosions rang out.

One blast after another swallowed the entire slum, and the immense shock wave instantly turned the low houses into debris.

Seeing this, General Pastte and the accompanying soldiers were all stunned, with many even dropping to their knees, pressing their faces to the ground and loudly praising the miracle of Sigma. Even Pastte himself was half-kneeling down, his right hand on his chest, looking at Duanmu Huai.

“My God, he truly is the chosen one of Sigma! He is the spokesperson for Sigma!”

Duanmu Huai didn’t care about what these people were thinking. He just kept raising his War Hammer to guide the bombing target, while checking the system prompts.

[Chaos Believers took 100 points of bombardment damage]

[Chaos Believers took 150 points of bombardment damage]

[Chaos Believers deceased]

[You gain 15 experience points]

[Chaos Believers took 30 points of splash damage]

So why bother fighting these people? Just blow them up and be done with it, right?

Watching the combat system information flashing in front of him, Duanmu Huai seemed rather calm. This was a privilege of the player. After all, for the people in this world, they won’t know who they’re fighting against. But for the player, a single AOE strike would usually make everything here clear. Even if they can’t win, at least they would know what’s there.

But soon, he found a special system prompt among the rest.

[Scout Ratman took 50 points of explosive damage]

[Scout Ratman took 85 points of impact damage]

[Scout Ratman deceased…..]

“Hmm?”

Seeing these messages, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

Ratmen too?

Though considering Ratmen are as ubiquitous as cockroaches, it’s not that surprising.

Besides, Duanmu Huai also found some other strange things.

[Mutated Griffin took 120 points of explosive damage]

[Mutated Wild Boar took 90 points of impact damage]

[Mutated Cockroach took 35 points of explosive damage]

There really is a bit of everything in this place……

Compared to the Ratmen and Chaos Believers, these mutated beasts obviously stood up to the onslaught better. Some even disappeared halfway through the beatdown – presumably, they dug into holes and ran off somewhere.

[Mutated Griffin deceased]

[Ratman took 180 points of explosive damage]

[Mutated Cockroach deceased]

[Chaos Believers took 75 points of splash damage]

[Sacred Relic Box took 30 points of explosive damage]

…………Hmm??!!

“Stop, stop, stop!!!”

An abnormal system prompt swept in front of Duanmu Huai, which, luckily, he didn’t miss. He hastily dropped the War Hammer and asked Mia to stop bombing.

Soon, the bombing stopped, and Duanmu Huai was staring at the system prompt in front of his eyes in surprise.

A Sacred Relic Box?

How on earth did it get here?!

The so-called Sacred Relic Boxes were possessions of the ancient Human Empire. They contained powerful sacred relics from different eras. Some of these even included legacies from the Dark Age and the Golden Age!

After the Human Empire was destroyed due to the Blackhole Project, these Sacred Relic Boxes disappeared without a trace.

And now, I’ve found one here?!

Damn, this is good stuff!!

Originally, Duanmu Huai had only wanted to check the situation in the slums, but this unexpected discovery altered his plans – he had to get this Sacred Relic Box at any cost!

You should know that the sacred relics inside the box were unique and diverse. Apart from a small number of symbolic relics, all other relics had terrifying cosmic powers. If this box ended up with the Chaos Believers, the Ratmen, or any other riffraff, the threats this world would face would be no different from the Apocalypse.

With these thoughts in mind, Duanmu Huai gripped the War Hammer, raised his head, and issued his command.

“Move out!!”

After the bombing, the roads in the slums became much easier to navigate. The low, dilapidated houses that had once been obstacles were now reduced to rubble. Crumbling houses had collapsed completely, merging with the large craters on the ground. As for the mutated beings or Chaos Believers that might have been hiding in the houses, they were nowhere to be found – only the occasional charred, fragmented remnants suggested they had once been there.

“Sir Knight is truly impressive.”

Following behind Duanmu Huai, Lorena couldn’t help but admire him as she looked at the flattened slums. She knew a thing or two about Duanmu and his powerful metal bird that could fly in the sky. But she hadn’t realized it had such terrifying destructive powers.

“It’s useful indeed, but the cost of its usage is troublesome.”

Duanmu Huai shook his head. The Night Raven Black Star didn’t have many missiles left. He’d have to find more sacred relics and use the Void Barrack to manufacture and store weapons again.

Although lacking a Mecha Servant was a headache, he might be able to ask the technicians in the Puppet Zone for help, or perhaps order some more puppets…

Nevermind, let’s secure the Sacred Relic Box first.

Luckily, upon discovering the location of the Sacred Relic Box, Duanmu Huai stopped the bombing right away, allowing him to narrow down the box’s location to the heart of the slum – where the comet had initially hit.

It wasn’t surprising, as a Sacred Relic Box wouldn’t be found on this planet.

Unfortunately, when Duanmu Huai arrived at the destination, he found they weren’t the only ones there. At the center of the crater created by the comet, a group of small creatures was chattering around a translucent green crystal-like object. Oh well, only the Ratmen, cockroach-like creatures, would appear in such a situation.

“Take them out!”

Duanmu Huai would absolutely not allow the ratmen to obtain the Sacred Relic Box, no matter what was inside, it would be disastrous if it fell into the hands of the ratmen!

Duanmu Huai leaped up, as the jetpack on his back spewed out a stream of air, he shot high into the sky. Then, raising his left hand, he aimed at the mass of ratmen below. Following that, an explosion of fire.

“Boom!!!”

A violent explosion suddenly erupted among the ratmen. Those who were jumping and screaming around the crystal seemingly didn’t realize what was about to happen, and they couldn’t react when the explosion occurred. Soon, the intense sonic waves swept through the entire group of rats. They staggered around like drunken men, seemingly clueless about what they should do.

But the answer from Duanmu Huai, who was descending from the sky, was about to be delivered swiftly.

“Thud!!”

The massive War Hammer ripped through the air in a beautiful arc before smashing heavily onto a ratman’s head, easily squashing it into a bloody mess. The frail body of the ratman couldn’t withstand such a violent attack, distorting under the intense impact, then its body began to expand —— then burst open like an explosive.

With one swipe of his hammer, Duanmu Huai smashed a suit of ratmen at once. At the same time, the others also launched an attack on the ratmen.

“Ogis!”

As Duanmu Huai swung his War Hammer, trying to smash as many ratmen into the ground as possible, he glanced at Ogis and issued a command loudly.

“Take that green stone and the box inside it away! Quick!!”

As soon as Duanmu Huai got close to the explosion center, he spotted the Sacred Relic Box sealed within a Dimension Crystal. He didn’t know whether it was intentionally sealed into the ground by someone or it had fallen inside due to some reason. Just a moment ago, the Dimension Crystal was bombed open by an aerial attack, revealing a corner of the Sacred Relic Box, perhaps that was why the damage report was issued.

But now, what Duanmu Huai needed to do first was to get hold of the Sacred Relic Box, there was no benefit in entangling with these ratmen here.

“Yes! Master.”

Having heard Duanmu Huai speak, Ogis immediately reached out. A flash of cold light, and the next moment her silken lines wrapped around the massive Dimension Crystal that was two to three meters tall. Then, Ogis mustered her strength and pulled, yanking the Dimension Crystal from the ground as easily as picking a radish.

However, almost at the same instant, the ground began to churn, and then a giant Mouse Troll burst out from underground, roaring as it pounced towards Ogis.

Damn it! These rats are really good at hiding things underground, why don’t you try hiding a Thunder Beast!

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai was infuriated. He roared, charging directly towards the Mouse Troll, and then, the two collided.

“Thud!!”

The towering figure in Steel Power Armor collided with the Mouse Troll, causing even the ground to tremble. Even the Mouse Troll couldn’t withstand the impact from the Judge, whimpering as it fell backwards. Then, Duanmu Huai raised his War Hammer, and forcefully smashed it onto its head!

“Thud!!”

However, at the exact moment Duanmu Huai’s War Hammer crashed onto the Mouse Troll’s head, perhaps because of the previous bombing, the ground around him suddenly cracked. Immediately after, Duanmu Huai and the Mouse Troll plunged down, falling into the dark pit!