Chapter 7: I'm Becoming Invincible, and You're Taking Me to Baby Bus?
In others' eyes, the Steel Hyena, which was like a demon, was no more challenging than a clay chicken to Xu Gu; it crumbled upon contact.
"Phut!"
With a slash, a cold gleam of light flared in the air, accompanied by a booming sound.
All Steel Hyenas within the attack range suffered from the tremendous impact and their bodies suddenly cracked open, exploding into countless fragments.
When these Steel Hyenas fell, a bright light emerged from their corpses like fireflies, entering Xu Gu's body.
Correspondingly, a text prompt appeared in front of him.
[Points +5]
[Experience +5]
[Charging Absorption, Firepower +1]
A bright light signaled a reminder once.
At the same time, Xu Gu's giant steel body also became slightly brighter, with lines becoming softer and smoother.
"Sure enough, killing minor monsters can stack firepower!"
A single Steel Beast Hyena could temporarily add one point of firepower boost to the Blue Fury Sky Slash.
Besides that, it also added 5 points of experience and 5 points.
Not to speak of anything else, just the 5 points alone were 5000 Star Coins! An ordinary person would struggle to earn this much in a month. The profits were already quite significant!
Soon, only a dozen of Steel Hyenas remained in front of him, all with a vacant expression, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
How did all their brothers die while they were spaced out?
"Roar!"
A fierce roar mixed with mechanical sounds echoed.
All Steel Hyenas retreated in succession, taking a look at Xu Gu in front of them, they fled at extreme speed, in a very wretched state.
"Run? Where can you run to?"
Xu Gu let out a cold laugh. His massive body, like a mountain, yet moving swiftly as lightning, chased directly after them, causing the ground to tremble and dust to fly.
Soon, another wave of pitiful screams ensued.
...
"Phew~"
After taking a deep breath, Xu Gu stretched lazily.
In five minutes, 120 level 5 Steel Hyenas were all slain.
He gained a total of 600 points, 600 experience, and a temporary addition of 120 to his firepower.
And from the corpses of these Steel Hyenas, usable parts such as hyena teeth, hyena claws, outer armor, power drives, and the like could be taken to the city for recycling.
However, the accessories from the Steel Hyenas were not of high value, Xu Gu reckoned that the parts here were only worth a few tens of points.
There was no need to bother collecting them to bring back, so he left them here; whoever had good luck could take them.
"But, I only leveled up to level 2. Is leveling up this difficult?"
Xu Gu checked his own status, somewhat surprised; he thought by taking down these hundred Steel Hyenas, he could level up to level 3!
However, he quickly realized where the problem lay.
He had too many loaded accessories!
These accessories also divided the experience!
Furthermore, the higher the rank of the mecha and accessories, the more experience required for upgrading, which could be several times higher.
As it was, his S-grade Blue Fury Sky Slash hadn't even reached level 2!
Other accessories had leveled up, though.
"It's a mix of gains and losses, I suppose."
Xu Gu wasn't caught up in these details; as long as the data was powerful, that's what mattered. Level? Not important.
With this in mind, he opened his interface.
[Linker; Xu Gu]
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[Level: 2]
[Rank: SSS]
[Firepower: 1260+120]
[Defensive Power: 1180]
[Power Drive: 1100]
[Loaded Accessories: 8 (1 S-rank lv1, 2 B-rank lv2, 5 C-rank lv2.)]
Looking at the panel data, Xu Gu's mouth curled up unconsciously. With these attributes, could he be ranked among the top in Xia City?
It's said that the principal of Xia City High School, with a B-rank and around Level 35, has almost these three-dimensional data.
But Xu Gu is only Level 2 now!
This is what you get with a genius, plus cheats, luck of the gods, pay-to-win, and grinding!
If he couldn't be invincible with this, then there would really be a problem!
Xu Gu sat down to rest for a moment, opened the forum, and entered the Xia City chatroom.
The newly Awakened from various high schools of Xia City were engaged in fierce discussions.
"Damn! Why are these Steel Beasts nothing like described in the textbooks? How come they are all so strong?!"
"Holy moly! Are these Level 1 creatures? Such huge Steel Rats, just Level 1? I was nearly totaled by it! P.S.: Image attached."
"It's too hard! I can't beat them at all! The power of the Mechanical Man is too puny! I, a proud D-rank electric vehicle, can't even defeat a rat! Not okay! We have to form a team! cpdd!"
"Ha-ha, I finally killed a Steel Rat! It dropped a whole 0.2 points. Hehe, 200 bucks easy money!"
"Why am I so unlucky! Encountered a Level 2 creature! Our five-person squad almost got wiped out, and we even have a C-rank among us! Lucky we had an instructor from the Mechanical Man association to lead!"
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Scrolling through the comments, Xu Gu's mouth slightly twisted into a smile.
What was an impassable wilderness for others, was simply a treasure basin for him!
Others struggle with Level 1 creatures, he could slaughter a group of Level 5 creatures with his eyes closed.
"I can't compare myself to them, I should measure myself against those SSS-ranks! They have the backing of powerful forces, plenty of resources, and can have whatever accessories they want, not to mention being led by powerhouses for leveling. I can't slack off!"
"Keep pushing forward!"
Xu Gu pulled up the saved guide, found the map inside, and advanced towards an area with higher-ranked Steel Beasts.
Bulldozing all the way.
The Steel Beasts he encountered were also of higher levels.
"I've finally arrived." As Xu Gu looked at the prostrate two-headed wolves in front of him, he stretched to limber up, preparing to rush in with his blade.
At that moment, his communicator rang.
It was Lin Changfeng, the vice-principal of Xia City High School, C-rank Old Man Car, who had revealed his panel data before the Awakening ceremony began.
Xu Gu hesitated for a moment, then chose to answer.
"Hello? Xu Gu, are you available?
"Our school is organizing a leveling session for the freshmen, and I'm leading those of you who are B-rank or above. Everyone else is already gathered; you're the only one missing."
Xu Gu was taken aback.
Killing Steel Beasts or Mechanical Monsters could be done in a team, but experience would be distributed according to contribution, and usually, powerhouses stay out of teams, watching from the sidelines, just ensuring the safety of newcomers.
But I'm about to be invincible, and you want me to join Baby Bus?
"What level map?" Xu Gu asked politely.
"Level 3~5!
"Too low doesn't cut it, won't have the rapid leveling effect. Though risky, Level 3~5 maps yield higher gains. Don't worry, I'll be overseeing, nothing will go wrong." Lin Changfeng's voice came from the other end.
"Level 3~5?" Xu Gu's mouth twitched, glancing at the creatures in front of him.
Level 20!
And the weakest ones at that.
"Uh... thanks for the kindness, teacher, but I have some matters to deal with right now." Xu Gu, with a bittersweet smile, could only decline politely.
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