116. I Got Kill

  "Your intelligence level needs improvement. Relying solely on intuition and empiricism is far tant—have you sidered going to college?"

  As the overclog ehe [Beautiful Wishes] armor immediately shut down, the tral puter overheating aing thick smoke.

  The professor had accumuted too much experien the field of [Biochemist], far beyond what he, a newly advanced Beta rank, could pare.

  Du Zexin didn't feel disced; reag this level at his age meant he had already outpeted 90% of Frost-Pted's people.

  He squatted beside the Vigorous One's corpse, dismantling its anti-gravity system. Without this, he and Li Aozi would have taken it down long ago.

  —No wonder Li Aozi had such fidence, being able to die and e back to life. It's hard not to wonder how many Omega Energies he possesses.

  Du Zexin removed his armor, donned his military cap, and walked towards Li Aozi:

  "I uand that Omega Energy users usually haven't received much education, but the enemies you'll fa the future will only get more intelligent... Are you listening, Mr. Li Aozi?"

  Li Aozi had his ba. Du Zexin paused, notig Li Aozi's slightly bowed head and hunched back. Li Aozi slowly raised his hand, pulling off his glove to reveal a wrinkled hand with age spots.

  "What is this..."

  "I almost fot, I am human."

  Li Aozi ched his fist and turned his head, revealing a haggard, aged face.

  He removed his hood, and his gray-white hair fell out in rge clumps, revealing a bald, scarred scalp. His handsome features were marred by exhaustion and decay.

  Li Aozi sheathed his sword, using the hilt as a crutch, slowly walking towards Du Zexin with a plex expression:

  "Lehis; let me see what I look like."

  Du Zexin handed him his helmet, allowing Li Aozi to see his true appearance.

  Li Aozi's eyes were no longer clear, but stained red and bck. His facial muscles had sed, giving him a decrepit appearance.

  "So, the insuffit lifespan mas as aging?"

  Li Aozi realized.

  In his previous life as a pyer, they never aged.

  Even if they ran out of lifespan, it was just a matter of redeploying and ging an NPC body.

  But now it was different—this body pletely beloo him.

  He was human; he was Li Aozi, destio age, decay, and die like any human.

  " you revive because of a certain Omega Energy?" Du Zexin noticed the anomaly.

  "Resurre always es at a cost." Li Aozi waved it off, pulling out a stimunt from his pocket and iing himself tain energy.

  He ed a scarf around his face, put on his hood again to cover his aged appearahe stimunt quickly took effect, rejuvenating him.

  " you still fight like this?"

  "Don't ask if I , ask if I should."

  Li Aozi ied himself with a rge amount s to restore his energy to normal.

  After much thought, he spent 980 tokens in the [Game Store] to buy a [White Knight Serum], as a backup.

  This was a geation serum. Once used, at the mutation, he would immediately get the mutation option [Gene Graft ? Pale Knight].

  This trait ecial, c his Dominator form with spicuous white bone armor and increasing output by 80%—the downside being an increased geic burden after each use.

  This was just a backup pn... Li Aozi had uimated the professor's power and the true meaning of the 【Intelligetribute.

  Whether it was Du Zexin or the professor, high 【Intelligence】 characters excelled in observation, bat awareness, learning, association, and logical thinking, far surpassing him.

  Pyer strategies couldn't be fully trusted; reality was too variable.

  In his past life, the "Unfettable" never featured Eaters, Vigorous Ones, Deg Ones, nor the professor's personal storylihe final enemy was just a powerful biochemical war beast.

  But the professor he faorepared specifically to ter him and Du Zexin with the Vigorous and Deg Ones.

  What about ?

  He and Du Zexin were human, heavily injured from the fierce battle, with maery needing adjustment, and ammunition running low, requiri.

  But if they didn't push forward, what would the professor develop ?

  Short pain was better than long pain. Li Aozi was determined; if the professor wasn't killed here, future troubles would be endless.

  Emotionally, if the professor didn't die, Nomi's revenge wouldn't be plete. Snow and many Abyss-ied were still trapped, suffering live experiments, and would ultimately bee Camity Armament. He couldn't let that happen.

  Rationally, if the professor wasn't eliminated, she would only beore reckless. Moreover, without the "Unfettable" mission rewards, his upgrade would be difficult. He urgently he experieo advao Beta rank aend his life.

  For this, Li Aozi was willing to pay a painful price.

  Using the 【White Knight】 serum would cause immense physical pain.

  At worst, he would use a gene repair deviove the mutation option ter. Spending tokens to elimihe professor was worth it for the experience rewards to quickly advao Beta rank—it wasn't a loss.

  Today, the professor must die.

  Seeing his determination, Du Zexiated briefly, then nodded:

  "You're right, if we don't kill the professor, the sequences will be endless."

  He set a program for his power reactor.

  "If there's an emergency, I'll self-destruct my armor's reactor. It tains at least 780 grams of ons-grade enriched uranium, but I must remind you, the self-destru requires 5 seds of preparation time to maintain the rea."

  He looked at Li Aozi:

  "If there are those Abyss-ied people you mentioned, you take them and leave. I'll cover the retreat."

  Li Aozi was surprised:

  "Born in Frost-Pted... you have such awareness?"

  He had briefly expihe situation of the Abyss-ied to Du Zexin, not expeg him to remember.

  "Precisely because my homend is Frost-Pted, it his kind of awareness even more."

  Du Zexin tered:

  "Frost-Pted men have endured exploitation and discrimination from women—therefore, we shouldn't let exploitation and discrimination spread to others. Otherwise, how are we different from those pests ruining the try?"

  Li Aozi g him:

  "The professor may have more ons. We might faething far more terrifying than the bined Vigorous and Deg Ones, or tless biochemical soldiers, and more Camity Armament. I'm warning you—this may not end with us ing out unscathed. Be prepared to sacrifiething."

  "Don't ask if we fight, ask if we should."

  Du Zexin echoed his words back.

  Li Aozi took a deep breath, stretched his neck. He gradually adjusted to the aged body, with the ied drugs taking full effect.

  "We should fight."

  "Then there's o expi's fight, damn it!"

  Li Aozi and Du Zexin exged a gnce, raised their fists for a mutual bump, then turned, silently striding forward.

  FAL