Super Gene Optimization Fluid

Xia Fei sniffed at the blood on his finger. “It couldn’t have been thirty minutes since this person died.”

Xia Haili silently nodded. He pulled out a single-edged knife, taking a step back as he faced the door, ready to strike.

Queiroz pushed the button, and the E131 pressurized door opened. Xia Fei and Xia Haili rushed through the door at the same time, each of them taking the left and right respectively.

However, the hallway was empty, and a blood trail suggested that the corpse had been dragged into the right hallway.

“After them.”

Xia Haili was taking the lead with a knife in hand, followed closely by Xia Fei. Queiroz used his protection ability to protect their flanks and rear.

The group discovered another blood trail as they rounded a corner. This time, it came from another direction, and it seemed quite fresh, too. The death toll was now at least two, and they had most likely died around the same time they entered the space station.

Most insectoids were low-IQ crawlers. Their numbers were astronomical, and they also happened to be decent at combat. However, they were cannon fodders at best and hardly posed a threat.

The real leaders of the insectoids were intelligent bugs that could think like humans, capable of walking on their hind legs; they could even make warships and weapons.

Blood Raiders were a type of insectoids that possessed intelligence. They were considered to have above-average intelligence among insectoids and were often tasked with brutal classified missions, which was why they came to be known as Blood Raiders by humans.

The last war between the human alliance and the insectoid species was over two thousand years ago, and both sides had signed a peace treaty, too, so why would these Blood Raiders appear in an Alliance-controlled territory?

The four Blood Raiders surrounded Xia Fei and Xia Haili.

“Are we fighting?” asked Xia Fei.

Due to the relationship between Ye Xiaohan and Xia Yong, Xiao Haili had harbored deep hatred against Xia Fei. In fact, he had Xia Fei come with him to this space station to teach the latter a lesson.

Right now, a perfect opportunity presented itself. Queiroz was on the other side of the door, the surveillance system of the space station was down, and the connection to the life detection system was also cut off. Nobody would know if he killed Xia Fei right here and now.

Suddenly inspired, Xiao Haili pulled out a weird-looking communicator from his spacial ring and handed it to Xia Fei. “This is a communicator specially used to contact the headquarters directly. We’ll split up, and whoever leaves this jammed area first will use it to get help from HQ.”

Xia Fei nodded and reached out with his left hand.

However, just as their hands were about to touch, Xiao Haili revealed a sinister smile and turned his palm to grab Xia Fei’s wrist.

Xiao Haili was an expert at the Legendary rank. He was among the highest-ranked intermediate Adjudicators in the Endaro Star Region’s Adjudicator Union, and his abilities greatly surpassed Xia Fei’s. If he grabbed Xia Fei’s wrist, there was no way the latter could use his speed ability, and he would be as good as dead.

But at this moment, Xia Fei’s superhuman reflex came into play. When he saw that Xiao Haili’s palm was about to touch him, Xia Fei abruptly withdrew his hand as fast as he could and, at the same time, retreated in a burst of speed by going along the walls of the warehouse at eight hundred meters a second without any hesitation.

By the time Xiao Haili realized what had just happened, Xia Fei was already hundreds of meters away from him, who proceeded to very deftly used his speed advantage to bolt past the Blood Raiders and did not even consider looking back.

The four Blood Raiders turned around and knew that they could not catch up to Xia Fei, so they decided to let him go; instead, they hastened to surround Xiao Haili. As a result, it was Xiao Haili who ended up becoming surrounded by Blood Raiders all by himself.

Xiao Haili was now panicking. If Xia Fei escaped and reported this to the Union, his future and reputation would all go down the drain. This was a conclusion he could never accept.

Xiao Haili let out an angry growl. Huge flames came out of his hands and enveloped the dagger he was holding.

The four Blood Raiders and Xiao Haili pretty much sprang to attack one another at the same time.

Xiai Haili was in possession of a nature-type special ability, Flames. It was a powerful ability that let him control fire.

Unfortunately, the four Blood Raiders had thick, protective scales. Although Xiao Haili’s flames were excruciatingly painful, it was not enough to kill them.

An intense battle ensued. Xiao Haili’s dagger was glowing red as if it had just come out of a furnace. Every time the dagger dug into a Blood Raider, puffs of steam would appear, leaving behind terrible wounds all over their bodies.

As the insectoids were not human, they did not understand the meaning of fear or have the desire to back off. Xiao Haili’s ruthless attacks ended up triggering the inherent perchance for violence in the Blood Raiders.

The Blood Raiders became even more frenzied, ignoring their burns and pain as they persisted in attacking Xia Haili with reckless abandon, almost with the intention of perishing together.

Xia Fei hid behind a container and saw all this. Xiao Haili was a Legendary rank expert, so it was not much for him to face four foes alone. However, the crux of the matter was that these Blood Raiders were not afraid of his strongest weapon—Flames. They were not even afraid of death.

This exchange became extremely worrisome for Xiao Haili; although he held the slight upper hand in this fight, he was ultimately having difficulties ending the battle.

Xia Fei surmised that it was quite likely that both parties would end up suffering heavy losses.

He was silently waiting with his legs tensed, ready to deliver Xiao Haili the killing blow anytime. He did not have any compassion for an enemy who wanted to kill him. As the man had already displayed his killing intent, there was no reason for Xia Fei to let him live to see another day.

Suddenly, countless red, warning lights around the warehouse lit up. “Warning, warning! The space station’s self-destruct sequence has been initiated. The space station will now self-destruct in thirty minutes. All staff at hand, please evacuate from the space station immediately.”