60: First Kill Reward

Congratulations, Train Captain! You have killed the Elite Mini-Boss, a Level 3 Ghost General, Zhuang Zao, and destroyed the quasi-Level 3 Ghost Train, Navigator. You have achieved the first kill of an elite monster in the timed regional clear instance. You have received 10 Civilization Points, 1 purple quality blueprint, and 3 random special Level 3 ores.

Lu Yang didn't pay close attention to the sudden message prompt, but instead was engrossed in the practical effects of the Small Electromagnetic Railgun.

Xiao Xin had recorded the firing scene of the Small Electromagnetic Railgun in real-time: a slender shell flashing with electromagnetic sparks.

It accurately and powerfully hit the target.

Other than one word, 'cool'!!!

Lu Yang truly couldn't think of any other word to describe it.

However, before Lu Yang could even be happy for a few seconds, the dense red dots that were originally confined within the Navigator's carriages suddenly surged out like a tide from the train carriages after the Navigator's locomotive was destroyed.

Hundreds of thousands of strange zombies surrounded the Navigator's locomotive.

The black aura emanating from their bodies interconnected, forming a magnetic field similar to a miniature version of the Evernight Catastrophe.

At the same time, a new temporary mission was refreshed on Lu Yang's Strongest Train Captain System interface.

"Temporary Mission: Annihilate the Small Ghost Soldier Tide."

"Mission Objective: Kill the scattered Ghost Soldier tide that has fallen into chaos after the death of the Ghost General, as they fight over the Ghost General's Soul Crystal. (0 / 998)"

"Mission Rewards: For every 1 Ghost Soldier killed, you will receive 1 unit of Level 2 Iron Mine, 1 unit of Level 2 copper, and 1 unit of Level 2 wood. If you kill over 50% of the Ghost Soldiers, you will receive 1 [Jiaolong Assault Rifle Production Line Blueprint (Blue)]. If you kill over 75% of the Ghost Soldiers, you will receive 10 [Level 2 Solid Pure Soul Crystals]. If you kill 100% of the Ghost Soldiers, you will receive 1 [Rationality Detector Blueprint (Purple)], and an additional reward of 1000 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, 1000 units of Level 2 copper, and 1000 units of Level 2 wood."

Looking at this new mission information, and then at the mission reward message after killing Zhuang Zao, Lu Yang suddenly smiled.

He seemed to be talking to the train's intelligent AI, Xiao Xin, and also seemed to be talking to himself, saying with a laugh, "This Zhuang Zao is quite a good guy, not only did he deliver himself to drop equipment, but even after he died, he left behind a big reward mission."

As he spoke, his tone suddenly became stern. He opened the train's internal communication channel and addressed the Train Police Squad, who had been prepared for a long time: "All Train Police Officers, prepare. Board the multi-functional combat platform according to the established deployment and enter combat status."

At the same time, the Xinhuo Train also turned around and headed back towards the damaged location of the Navigator.

At this moment, at the location where Zhuang Zao's Soul Crystal dropped, countless Ghost Soldiers, like fish fry being fed in a pond, frantically squeezed together, their black auras overlapping and twisting, creating a veritable human ghost realm.

Following the combat strategy for strange zombies summarized in the canyon, all 30 members of Train Police Squads One, Two, and Three, armed with Level 3 Harvester Individual Grenade Launchers, arrived at their designated positions and unleashed a saturated barrage of Explosive Flame Bullet from full magazines.

The 'whoosh whoosh whoosh' of the grenades shot out and exploded on the black aura barrier, more dazzling than New Year's fireworks.

However, Lu Yang's expression gradually turned ugly.

Because the black aura barrier, spontaneously formed by the convergence of many Ghost Soldiers' black auras, completely isolated all attacks.

None of the Explosive Flame Bullet fired could land and ignite. After exploding on the black aura barrier, they were like a large firecracker going off, flashing for a moment, and that was all it was — just a flash.

Everything was a wasted effort.

Even the Hurricane I heavy machine guns, equipped with Cinnabar Bullets, only stirred up tiny ripples when fired, and then returned to normal in an instant.

After a dozen machine guns fired a full magazine, they finally managed to shoot out a large hole, but it was repaired by the other black auras within a few seconds.

The inefficiency and the immense waste of resources were simply appalling.

And under the shroud of black aura, a huge Ghost Soldier, unusually holding a broken half of a ghost-head broadsword, after successively cleaving apart several other seemingly equally strong Ghost Soldiers, the remaining Ghost Soldiers finally dared not approach. They allowed the ghost-blade Ghost Soldier to pick up the dark Soul Crystal that remained after Zhuang Zao's death and swallow it in one gulp.

In an instant, countless black auras flew out from the surrounding sky and from the Ghost Soldiers, converging on the ghost-blade Ghost Soldier, not only making its body bigger and restoring its broken sword, but also giving it an exquisite set of ghost-aura armor, and even a glimmer of wisdom in its eyes.

Facing the Xinhuo Train's ineffective attacks, one could even see a hint of mockery at the corner of its mouth.

It was another Zhuang Zao, in the flesh.

Lu Yang's face turned ashen.