Global Grave Digging: My Reward Increased Ten Thousand Times

169: The last one arrivedDeep within the crust of Saka Star, in a massive natural cavern hollowed out by geological activity, a delusional pipe dream of post-apocalyptic warlords was playing out.

This was the lair of the Blood Scorpion Mercenary Group.

The cavern was lit sporadically by crude engineering lamps, and the air was thick with a pungent mixture of machine oil, sweat, and cheap alcohol.

Dozens of tattooed, burly mercenaries were carousing around a bonfire, drinking themselves into a stupor alongside their thick-necked leader—Butcher Buck.

Behind Buck stood a crude, ugly throne welded together from discarded mech parts.

Beside the throne, in a cage constructed from an energy force field, thousands of slaves captured from nearby ruin settlements were imprisoned.

They were gaunt and hollow-eyed, like livestock waiting to be slaughtered.

”Hahaha! Brothers, drink up!” Buck poured a bottle of strong liquor down his throat and roared with boozy breath, ”Once I fully understand how to use this treasure, the entire Saka Star will be ours!

To Hell with the Alliance, to Hell with the Seven Great Cities—dammit, they’ll all have to kneel at my feet and lick my boots!”

His greedy gaze turned toward the deepest part of the cavern.

There, a complex mechanical device, wrapped in countless cables and energy conduits and shaped like a combination of an ancient astrolabe and an armillary sphere, was rotating slowly, emitting an indescribable shimmer that seemed to perceive fate itself.

This was the twelfth Star Core Divine Weapon—the 【Destiny Observer】.

After the War of Fallen Heavens, this divine weapon fell here and was luckily obtained by the Blood Scorpion Mercenary Group, who had come to scavenge for spoils.

Buck attempted to control this divine weapon to foresee the future and become the new Dominator of this planet.

Unfortunately, his brain, filled with alcohol and muscle, couldn’t even crack the most basic startup protocol of the divine weapon; he could only use the weak energy it leaked to bully others.

Just as Buck was daydreaming about his glorious future of ruling the world—

”Riiip—!!!”

A piercing, sharp sound, like cloth being torn, rang out without warning in the center of the cavern!

Space was forcibly torn open by an invisible force, like fragile paper!

A stable spatial wormhole formed rapidly, flashing with a profound and awe-inspiring light!

The noise of the revelry in the cavern ceased abruptly. Everyone was stunned by this sudden anomaly, their drunkenness vanishing by more than half!

Immediately after, two figures, a man and a woman, walked out of the shimmering wormhole as if strolling in a garden.

The man was young and handsome, with a faint, cold smile at the corners of his mouth. He looked casual, yet he exuded a terrifying pressure that could suffocate all living things.

The woman was breathtakingly beautiful and cold. Eleven radiant divine weapon rune halos were slowly rotating behind her. Her eyes swept across the room with indifference, like a true deity looking down upon a group of lowly ants.

It was Lin Fei and Lu Zhifei.

”Who are you people?!”

Buck sprang up from his throne, roaring with feigned courage, while one hand reached for the plasma pistol at his waist.

The mercenaries around him also raised their weapons—laser rifles, shotguns, chain axes... a motley assortment, but all aimed without exception at the two uninvited guests.

”Hand over the divine weapon, and you can die a quick death.” Lin Fei’s voice was very soft, but it was like ice from the Nine Netherworlds, instantly lowering the temperature of the entire cavern by several degrees.

”Courting death! Fire! Turn them into sieves!”

Completely provoked by Lin Fei’s contemptuous gaze, Buck roared madly!

”Da da da da! Pew pew pew!”

In an instant, dozens of energy beams and solid projectiles wove into a net of death, pouring toward Lin Fei and Lu Zhifei!

However, a bizarre scene occurred.

That hail of bullets, capable of tearing through alloy armor, hit an invisible wall when it came within a meter of the two, instantly freezing in mid-air, then silently disintegrating and dissipating without causing even a ripple.

That was the repulsion field Lu Zhifei had set up using the power of the Divine Weapon Matrix.

”This! How is this possible!” Buck’s eyes nearly popped out, his face filled with unbelievable horror.

”Noisy.”

Lin Fei frowned impatiently, not even bothering to say another word. He just waved his hand casually toward the panicked mercenaries.

”Try a Level 40 Fire-type skill, Purgatory Fire Snakes!”

”Roar—!!!”

More than a dozen giant flame snakes, composed entirely of dark red Hell fire, roared out from his palm out of thin air!

These fire snakes were not dead objects; they had flexible serpentine bodies, snake eyes burning with evil flames, and sharp fiery fangs!

They moved with a flexibility that defied the laws of physics, weaving and circling in the air, easily bypassing the crude cover in front of the mercenaries, and pounced like living predators!

”Ahhhh—!!!”

Shrieks of extreme misery rang through the entire cavern!

The giant flame snakes clung to the bodies of the mercenaries like maggots on bones.

No matter how they rolled, struggled, or wailed, the flames that seemed to come from Hell could not be extinguished. Instead, they burned brighter, precisely scorching their flesh and nerves while deliberately avoiding vital organs, letting them be burned into charcoal inch by inch in extreme pain!

The whole process took only a few seconds.

Before Butcher Buck could even pull the trigger a second time, he watched helplessly as all his subordinates were devoured by those dozen elegant and deadly fire snakes, turning into a pile of smoking human charcoal.

The last fire snake slowly swam up to him, raised its huge head, and watched him quietly with its burning snake eyes.

The gun in Buck’s hand clattered to the ground. His legs shook, and a stream of foul-smelling liquid ran down his pant leg—he had been scared into wetting himself.

He opened his mouth, wanting to kneel and beg for mercy, but the fire snake lost its final patience, opened its huge mouth, and swallowed him whole.

Flames surged, and a generation of warlords (self-proclaimed), along with his unrealistic imperial dream, turned to ashes together.

When the last scream faded, only deathly silence remained in the cavern.

The giant flame snakes completed their mission and turned into sparks, dissipating into the air.

From beginning to end, Lin Fei’s expression did not change in the slightest.

Lu Zhifei stepped over the pile of charcoal and walked to the energy cage where the slaves were imprisoned.

She raised her slender finger and tapped the cage lightly.

With a hum, the sturdy energy force field, along with the shackles on the slaves, instantly crumbled.

Those long-suffering slaves, watching this scene that felt like a miracle, and looking at the goddess-like woman, stood stunned for a few seconds before breaking into earth-shattering cries and cheers of survivors!

”Thank you! Thank you, Goddess!”

They knelt on the ground, kowtowing in gratitude with the most pious posture.

Lu Zhifei nodded, and then her gaze turned to the 【Destiny Observer】.

She extended her right hand, and the eleven divine weapon rune halos behind her lit up in unison, transforming into a brilliant data stream that connected with the final Star Core Divine Weapon!

”Divine Weapon Matrix · Unification Protocol · Activate!”

”Hum—!!!!!!”

The moment the runes of the 【Destiny Observer】 lit up and perfectly matched the eleven runes, forming a flawless twelve-pointed star array!

A final power, indescribable in words, transcending energy, transcending space, and nearing the ”Dao,” erupted from the halos, completely enveloping Lu Zhifei’s figure!

Twelve into One!

At this moment, she was no longer just a mechanic driving a divine weapon.

She was the divine weapon itself!

She felt her consciousness instantly elevated to an unprecedented dimension. The timeline of the entire Saka Star, the past, the present, and countless possible futures, were all as clear as a galaxy flowing at her fingertips!

She saw Lin Fei’s future, both bright and dark.

She could even feel that above this, there were even more powerful and terrifying enemies.

This was a miracle, a great power.

But she wasn’t worried. Her little brother was like a cheat code; what strong enemy couldn’t he defeat?

Besides, she had her help.

At this moment, the divine weapon armament was completely at Perfection.