24: Chapter 24: One shot, one kill – Zhang Biao is instantly killed; the overwhelming power of the enemy!

On the outskirts of the abandoned air base, within the clouds fifty kilometers away.

A dilapidated civil airliner with black smoke billowing from its right engine was struggling to circle in the cold air currents at a snail's pace.

Zhang Biao sat in the drafty cockpit, wrapped in two dirty, tattered cotton coats, shivering from the cold.

He stared intently at the radar screen on the console, his eyes bloodshot.

"Brother Biao, it's been over an hour. Why hasn't there been any movement from Jiang Zhou's side?" The lackey next to him had teeth chattering from the cold.

"Did they take everything for themselves and leave us for dead?"

Zhang Biao exhaled a cloud of white mist into his palms, his expression flickering.

The Di Sha Alliance's Third Squadron had deployed five heavy aircraft. With this firepower, wiping out a solo player was as easy as crushing an ant.

Given Jiang Zhou's temperament, after seizing that Level 3 airliner and a plane full of top-tier women, he should have been showing off in the Regional Channel by now.

But now, Jiang Zhou's private chat icon was a lifeless gray; dozens of messages sent over had all vanished without a trace.

"What's the panic!" Zhang Biao forced himself to stay calm and gritted his teeth. "The Di Sha Alliance is a major guild; would they really cheat us out of that bit of fuel? Likely there are too many supplies inside, and they're currently taking inventory. Wait a bit longer."

Just as he finished speaking, a blinding red light suddenly erupted on the radar screen.

Immediately after, the thick frozen clouds ahead were brutally torn apart by a violent thrust.

A dark steel behemoth, accompanied by the low, piercing roar of engines, boldly charged out of the ruins' airspace.

Zhang Biao's eyes widened, and his whole body froze in his seat.

That was the airliner previously parked at the abandoned airport!

But it was a whole size larger! Not only was the fuselage armor thicker and more menacing, but beneath both sides of the wings, four thick, dark gun barrels had appeared, emitting a suffocating aura of death.

Not even a trace of wreckage from Jiang Zhou's five planes could be seen.

"This... this is a fucking Level 4 armed airliner!" Zhang Biao's voice cracked completely, his scalp tingling with shock.

"Jiang Zhou and the others are all finished! Quick! Turn around! Full thrust, run!"

The lackey scrambled to push the control stick, and the dilapidated plane made a creaking sound under the strain.

Inside the Lv. 4 Heavy Armed Airliner.

In the cockpit kept at a constant 28 degrees, Yu Feng leaned back in a leather shock-absorbing chair, holding a chilled can of mixue ice orange in one hand.

Chu Yu stood next to the co-pilot's seat, staring at the tiny light dot desperately fleeing on the fire-control radar screen, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Yu Feng, the Di Sha Alliance people came too quickly, and their coordinate positioning was extremely precise," Chu Yu analyzed calmly.

"We stayed at the abandoned airport for a very short time. The only ones who saw us were that group of solo players in the dilapidated civil airliner."

"Borrowing a knife to kill." Yu Feng bit the straw and took a sip of the cold, sweet juice.

Chu Yu nodded: "Exactly. Now this light dot is lingering fifty kilometers away on the perimeter; it's likely a scout waiting for the Di Sha Alliance to divide the spoils."

Su Nian stepped on the metal floor with her bare, fair feet.

Wearing pink lace underwear, an orange-red fireball danced at her fingertips, her gaze violent: "Brother Yu Feng, I'll go roast them."

"Don't join the fun if your range is short." Yu Feng reached out and pinched out the fireball at her fingertips.

He set down the beverage can and placed his right hand on the newly unlocked fire-control console.

"Just got this new toy, and I was worried about where to test the guns."

Yu Feng's fingers tapped rapidly, and the radar crosshairs instantly locked onto the desperately fleeing light dot.

Four DEFA aircraft cannons emitted a low mechanical hum.

Auto-calibration complete.

Yu Feng pressed the red fire button with his thumb.

"Bang—!!!"

The fuselage vibrated very slightly.

Several rounds of 30mm high-explosive armor-piercing shells trailed blinding tracers, instantly piercing the airspace at a terrifying muzzle velocity that broke the sound barrier.

In Zhang Biao's cockpit, the radar alarm had only sounded for half a second.

The high-explosive warheads burrowed into the fuselage belly, instantly detonating the dilapidated airliner's pathetic fuel tank.

A massive fireball exploded in the distant clouds, leaving not even a scrap of debris.

[Ding! Successfully killed a raider player, completely destroyed the enemy vehicle!]

[Obtained: Common Iron *50, 1 copy of Jin Ping Mei, 10 adult manga.]

Yu Feng didn't even glance at the notification and directly closed the fire-control console. This bit of junk wasn't even worth his interest to use the Infinite Space to pick up.

Cheers from dozens of girls came from the back of the cabin.

Seeing the distant fireworks through the portholes, they knew that by this man's side, all threats would be directly erased by the most violent means. Their sense of security was overflowing.

The airliner switched back to cruise control mode.

Yu Feng clicked on the Regional Channel.

Information on the screen scrolled rapidly. Low-level solo players were still struggling on the line between life and death.

"So cold! Who has thick clothes? I'll trade half a compressed biscuit for them!"

"Help! My plane is surrounded by a swarm of Tier 2 Blood Bats, the left wing is about to break, someone save me!"

Amidst these desperate wails, several golden bullet chats pinned at high cost by major guilds were extremely eye-catching.

[Tianxia Alliance Server-wide High-Price Bounty: Unlimited purchase of crystal cores of all tiers. Also seeking 'Junior Body Strengthening Potion' at a high price; one potion for 100 liters of universal fuel plus a core executive position!]

[War God Alliance Pinned: Recruiting players with Advanced Mechanical Mastery and Gunpowder Mastery. Buying 'Junior Body Strengthening Potion' at a high price, private message for offers!]

Yu Feng's eyes shifted slightly.

He opened the Infinite Space and took out a glass tube containing a light blue liquid from a corner.

[Junior Body Strengthening Potion: After injection, it can significantly improve human genes and enhance basic attributes. Note: The injection process is accompanied by intense pain; those with weak willpower risk fainting.]

This was a top-tier item that dropped after crushing the Tier 3 Frost Giant Eagle earlier.

No wonder major powers were frantically trying to buy it. In the Desolate Continent, no matter how strong the vehicle, it was an external object. Once encountering close-quarters combat where one must leave the vehicle, one's own physical fitness was the ultimate trump card for survival.

"Weak willpower?" Yu Feng sneered.

He didn't even use an alcohol swab, directly pulling off the needle cap and precisely stabbing the light blue potion into his left arm vein.

The liquid was pushed in.

For the first two seconds, there was no sensation.

In the third second, a scalding heat flow instantly exploded from his heart, rushing through his blood vessels to every part of his body!

"Hiss—"

Yu Feng clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hands, his blood vessels turning a frightening dark red.

A tooth-gritting grinding sound came from deep within his bones. Muscle fibers were brutally torn apart and then reorganized in an extremely domineering manner.

This kind of intense pain was enough to cause an ordinary person to go into shock on the spot.

Yu Feng gritted his teeth hard, not making a sound. Sweat instantly soaked his back, dripping from his forehead onto the leather seat.

Thirty seconds later.

The intense pain receded, replaced by an unprecedented sense of terrifying power.

Yu Feng exhaled a long breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes.

His vision became extremely sharp, even allowing him to clearly see the tiny ice shards flying past outside the windshield at high speed.

His body's muscle lines became tighter and more symmetrical; there were no exaggerated bulges, yet they contained explosive power.

Even his face, which originally reached the 85-point male god threshold, had now shed its last bit of youthfulness, its contours becoming harder and deeper, exuding a wild charm with a great sense of pressure.

A cold mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Junior Body Strengthening Potion absorption complete.]

[Attribute increase: Strength +5, Agility +3.]

Yu Feng immediately pulled up his personal panel.

[Name: Yu Feng]

[Current Attributes: Strength 16, Constitution 30, Agility 13 (Average value for a normal adult male is 10)]

Strength 16, Constitution 30.

These stats had completely surpassed those of a well-trained special forces soldier. Without using thermal weapons, relying solely on this physical body, he could now punch through the skull of a Tier 1 zombie with one strike.

Yu Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead and directly opened the trading hall.

He glanced at the pinned bullet chats of the Tianxia Alliance and the War God Alliance, a sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

Want to monopolize high-end resources? In your dreams.

His fingers tapped quickly, and he directly posted an even more arrogant pinned purchase message.

[Lv. 4 Dragon Country Captain buying goods.]

[Long-term unlimited purchase of 'Junior Body Strengthening Potion' and crystal cores of all tiers.]

[Offer: Top-tier high-grade eagle meat, universal fuel, high-grade stamina recovery meals cooked with God-level Cooking, and can even provide aircraft cannon fire support. What the major guilds can't afford, I can.]

As soon as this message was sent, the entire Regional Channel instantly exploded.

"My god! It's that crazy boss who sells fuel again! He's reached Level 4?!"

"Aircraft cannon fire support? This is fucking transforming an airliner into an aerial gunship!"

"Boss, give us a bite to eat! The bit of fuel the Tianxia Alliance gives isn't enough to fill our bellies. I have two Tier 2 crystal cores; can I trade them for ten pounds of your high-grade roast meat?"

Yu Feng closed the panel.

The muscle cells that had just finished reorganizing in his body were extremely active. The surging power had nowhere to be released, making his whole body feel hot, and a very strong fire rose in his dantian.

With a terrifying Constitution of 30 points, plus the stimulation of the potion, he had to find an outlet immediately.

He stood up and strode toward the captain's quarters.

Passing through the logistics cabin, his gaze swept over several girls who were cutting meat.

"Alisa." Yu Feng voice was low, with an unquestionable tone of command.

"Yu, what's wrong?" Alisa's deep blue eyes were full of surprise.

"Come in. Let's test your physical strength."

Yu Feng pushed open the heavy metal door of the captain's quarters.

The metal door locked with a "bang."