"Hey."
Qin Yu looked at the giant bird's azure third eye.
His voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority.
"Spit it out."
"From now on."
"Follow me."
On the shattered deck of the battleship, the sea breeze carried a strong scent of blood.
Inside the massive titanium alloy cage, the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc stared fixedly at the man before it.
Emotions churned violently within that azure vertical pupil.
It recognized Qin Yu.
It was this man who, with a gun that fired strange gravitational forces, had blasted it down from tens of thousands of meters in the sky.
Turning it from a lofty SSS-grade sky overlord into a plucked phoenix.
It feared Qin Yu.
That bone-deep terror made every muscle in its body tremble instinctively.
But.
When its peripheral vision swept over the broken walls and ruins on the ground.
When it swept over Solomon's headless corpse.
The fear in its eyes gradually gave way to another, more violent, more deeply ingrained hatred.
It hated that System Executor even more.
That bastard hiding in the shadows had forcibly stripped away its freedom.
Pierced its shoulder blades with chains carrying high-voltage currents.
Treated it as a mere container for fragments, a dog that could be casually given to players.
The intelligence of an SSS-grade creature was no less than that of a human.
It understood clearly.
If it continued following that Executor, it would eventually be drained of its last ounce of energy, becoming an empty shell.
"What?"
Qin Yu lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
"Still not convinced?"
"You think I'm the one who beat you into this state, so you're holding a grudge?"
Qin Yu sneered.
He carried [Kiss of Death] and walked directly up to the electrified cage.
Less than half a meter from the massive beak that could swallow him whole.
"Get your facts straight."
"I beat you because we were on opposing sides back then; it was for survival."
"I shot you down with my gun; that was based on real skill."
"But what about that Executor?"
Qin Yu pointed at the sky with his cigarette-holding hand.
"He doesn't even dare show his face."
"Only dares to manipulate code from the background, treating you like a pile of data with no dignity to toy with."
"You, a dignified SSS-grade overlord."
"Locked up in a cage like a pig."
"Can you swallow that anger?"
A low growl rumbled in the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc's throat.
As if it was desperately suppressing its rage.
The thick iron chains rattled violently as it strained against them.
Sparks flew.
High-voltage currents instantly coursed through its entire body, scorching its flesh black and splitting its skin.
But it didn't utter a single groan.
It just kept staring fixedly at Qin Yu.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Qin Yu exhaled a cloud of grayish-white smoke.
"I know you can understand human speech."
"Right now, you only have two paths before you."
"First, keep resisting."
"I'll blow your head off with a shot, cut open your belly myself, and take the fragments."
Qin Yu's eyes instantly turned cold, his killing intent unconcealed.
"Second."
"Hand over the fragment."
"I'll take you back to kill them."
"Drag that Executive Officer who treated you like a dog out from the backstage, chop him into pieces, and feed him to the fish."
"Choose."
Man and bird.
Staring silently at each other on the storm-tossed, broken battleship.
Three seconds later.
The vertical pupil in the center of the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc's forehead suddenly closed.
It lowered its proud head.
Its massive beak slowly opened.
"Gag—"
A violent retching sound echoed.
Along with a pool of pungent black stomach acid.
A fist-sized crystal emitting an eerie blue glow rolled out from its esophagus.
Falling onto the blood-stained deck.
[Fragment No. 3]!
Qin Yu's eyes lit up.
Without the slightest hesitation, he strode forward.
Using his Tactical Dagger to flick away the disgusting gastric fluid, he grabbed the crystal in his hand.
The moment his fingers touched the fragment—
A sudden mutation occurred!
The other two fragments in Qin Yu's backpack, as if summoned by some powerful force, flew out on their own!
Three [Ocean Soul Crystal Mother] fragments hovered in mid-air.
Attracting each other, their radiance intertwining.
The glow grew brighter and brighter, until finally, they merged together!
Becoming a blue crystal twice as large as before, with perfect facets.
At that very moment.
The gray progress bar deep in Qin Yu's mind, which had been stuck at 0.001%, emitted a crisp "ding."
[Detected high-concentration 'Ocean Soul Crystal Mother' energy infusion!]
[Rule Analysis speed greatly increased!]
[Current upgrade progress: 15%... 30%... 50%!]
The progress bar surged forward like mad.
Finally, it steadily stopped at [80%].
Although the System interface remained gray and all lottery functions were still sealed, Qin Yu could clearly feel—
As if a tangible power capable of controlling this sea region had emerged in his mind.
"Just one last piece left."
Qin Yu clenched the fused crystal and directly stored it in his Space.
He turned his head.
Looking at the severely weakened Three-Eyed Spirit Roc in the cage.
"You made the smart choice."
Qin Yu raised [Kiss of Death].
Fired four shots in succession!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Bullets imbued with the Absolute Penetration Effect precisely severed the titanium alloy chains piercing the Spirit Roc's limbs.
Freed from the electric suppression, the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc let out a weak but relieved cry.
It struggled to stand up.
But excessive blood loss and prolonged torture caused its massive body to sway violently before crashing heavily onto the deck.
"Can't even get up now?"
Qin Yu walked over.
Pulled out one hundred units of [Deep Sea Mithril] from his backpack and tossed them right in front of the Spirit Roc's beak.
"Eat it."
"This is the protection fee I'm paying you."
The Three-Eyed Spirit Roc froze for a moment.
It glanced at the Mithril on the ground, brimming with pure energy.
Then looked at Qin Yu.
In its eerie blue vertical pupil, an extremely complex emotion flickered.
Surprise, gratitude, but more than anything—complete submission.
It lowered its head.
With a sweep of its tongue, it swallowed all one hundred units of Mithril.
The next second.
A soft blue glow enveloped its body.
Molted feathers began to regrow at a visible pace.
Charred wounds rapidly healed.
[Ding!]
A translucent prompt box suddenly popped up in Qin Yu's mind.
This was the system's most basic survival assistance function, which had not been sealed.
[Detected high-level creature in unclaimed state: Three-Eyed Spirit Roc (Current rating: SSS-grade)]
[This creature harbors extreme submissive emotions toward the host and has voluntarily offered a Soul Contract.]
[Accept binding?]
[Accept.]
Qin Yu silently recited in his heart.
"Swish!"
A blood-red magic circle lit up simultaneously beneath both the man and the bird.
From the vertical eye on the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc's forehead, a drop of golden blood flew out.
It directly merged into Qin Yu's forehead.
[Binding successful!]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining Exclusive Battle Pet: Three-Eyed Spirit Roc.]
[Current status: Severely injured, not yet healed (Combat effectiveness at 20%)]
"From now on, your name is Dapeng."
Qin Yu reached out and patted its massive beak.
The texture felt like touching cold steel.
Dapeng affectionately nuzzled Qin Yu's palm, letting out a docile cooing sound.
The scene was bizarre to the extreme.
A terrifying giant beast, larger than an aircraft carrier's bridge.
Acted as gentle as a chick in front of a human.
"Holy shit..."
From the communicator in mid-air came Qi Chun's sharp intake of breath.
"Bro, you really tamed it?"
"This is an SSS-grade monster! The System Executor's trump card!"
"And now it's our... worker?"
Li Ruobing and Yao Xue also jumped over along the broken deck.
Looking at this behemoth, both women were equally stunned.
"Qin Yu, you're too bold."
Yao Xue stepped forward, habitually pushing up her non-existent glasses.
Her long legs, clad in Black Silk Stockings, stood firmly on the deck.
"A creature of this level, if it rebels, our entire ship wouldn't be enough for a single bite."
Qin Yu smiled.
"Don't worry, it wants to kill that Executor even more than we do."
"The enemy of my enemy."
"Is the strongest ally."
"Rumble—"
At that moment, dense engine roars suddenly came from the sea in the distance.
Qin Yu turned to look.
The foreign allied fleet that had been surrounding them.
Having witnessed Solomon being instantly killed, all three SS-class Sea Beasts annihilated, and even the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc defecting.
Completely collapsed.
Over a hundred S-Class and above warships were frantically turning around.
Like headless flies, desperately fleeing in all directions.
"They're trying to run!"
Li Ruobing swung her heavy alloy pipe wrench, smashing it against the railing.
Beneath her hot tank top, her chest heaved violently.
"We absolutely cannot let them escape!"
"These bastards were so arrogant when they were attacking us just now!"
In the channel.
Players from the Huaxia Zone were also frantic.
[Zhang San (Zone 9527): Boss Qin! They're retreating!]
[Zhao Liu (Zone 999): We can't let them go! Just to breach their defense line, we lost over a thousand brothers!]
[Wang Qiang (Huaxia Zone Independent): My ship is about to sink, can't catch up... Boss Qin, avenge our brothers!]
Looking at the blood-stained words in the Regional Channel.
Looking at the corpses of Huaxia players and burning wooden debris scattered across the surrounding sea.
The smile on Qin Yu's face gradually faded.
Replaced by.
Absolute coldness.
"Run?"
Qin Yu turned around.
Walked to the highest point of the battleship.
Gazing at those foreign warships desperately fleeing.
"You killed people from my Huaxia Zone."
"You wrecked my turf."
"And now you think you can just walk away?"
Qin Yu slammed the button for the all-frequency broadcast.
His voice was like a death sentence handed down by the Reaper.
"Yao Qian!"
"Here! Brother-in-law!"
In the President's cockpit, Yao Qian wiped away her tears, her hands flying across the keyboard.
"Max out the radar power!"
"Mark every single fleeing red-name battleship!"
"Don't let a single one slip through!"
"All targets locked! One hundred and twenty-seven in total!"
Qin Yu nodded.
"Good."
He turned his gaze to the sky.
"Qi Chun!"
"Right here, bro!"
"Raise the Floating Fortress to five hundred meters!"
"Cover the area indiscriminately with the Vulcan Cannon Matrix!"
"Blow that stretch of sea to smithereens!"
"Roger that! Let's kill these foreign trash!"
Qin Yu kicked aside the rubble at his feet.
He turned to look at Yao Xue and Li Ruobing.
"You two, return to the President."
"Charge the main cannon, full firepower."
"Seal off all their escape routes!"
"Understood!"
Without another word, the two women turned and leaped back onto the President.
Finally.
Qin Yu looked back.
At the Three-Eyed Spirit Roc, which had just risen to its feet.
"Dapeng."
"Screech!"
The giant bird let out a deafening cry.
As if answering its master's call.
"Didn't you have a bellyful of rage with nowhere to vent?"
Qin Yu stretched out his hand, pointing at the dense fleet of escaping ships ahead.
"Go."
"Tear their ships apart."
"Grind their bones to dust."
"Let them know."
"Who truly rules these seas now!"
"Boom!!"
The Three-Eyed Spirit Roc suddenly spread its massive fleshy wings, spanning over a hundred meters.
A gale howled.
The battered battleship deck beneath it was completely crushed by the recoil of its takeoff.
Its colossal body soared into the air.
Transforming into a pitch-black lightning bolt.
It charged straight into the fleet of the foreign allied forces!
The slaughter.
Had begun.
"No! That monster bird is charging at us!"
"Open fire! Stop it!"
"Damn it! Our cannons are useless against it!"
The foreign fleet's comms were filled with desperate screams.
Although Dapeng had only recovered twenty percent of its combat power.
Against these ordinary S-grade battleships.
It was still a case of overwhelming superiority!
"Rip!"
Dapeng's sharp claws shot out.
Grabbing a Nordic Zone cruiser.
With a forceful tear.
The thousand-ton steel warship was torn in two as if made of paper!
The players inside screamed as they fell into the icy seawater.
Before they could even struggle.
Dapeng opened its massive beak.
A terrifying, dark blue flame gushed forth.
Turning that stretch of sea, along with the water, into a boiling inferno.
In the sky.
Qi Chun's Floating Fortress rained down ammunition relentlessly.
"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!"
Dense armor-piercing rounds fell like rain.
On the sea.
The President's thick main cannon barrel roared with deafening blasts.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
With each shell that landed.
An enemy ship was blown to pieces.
Qin Yu stood atop the wreckage.
The System's kill notifications ringing incessantly in his ears.
[Ding! Killed a Nordic Zone player. Plunder Value gained: 100,000 points!]
[Ding! Killed an American Region player. Plunder Value gained: 150,000 points!]
[Ding! Killed a Yamato Zone player. Plunder Value gained: 120,000 points!]
...
The Plunder Value balance in the upper right corner was skyrocketing at a frenzied pace.
Ten million.
Twenty million.
Fifty million!
"This is the new rule of the Wasteland Era."
Qin Yu gazed at the sea ablaze with fire.
His eyes were cold, devoid of any warmth.
"Kill, plunder, and claim the rewards."
"Since the System encourages plundering."
"Then I'll strip you all of everything you have."
Ten minutes later.
The sounds of gunfire and artillery gradually subsided.
On the sea.
Not a single intact foreign warship remained.
One hundred and twenty-seven main battleships.
Completely annihilated.
The sea surface was littered with countless Supply Crates, wooden planks, and severed limbs.
Players from the Huaxia Zone sailed their battered ships.
Staring blankly at the scene before them.
The entire channel was dead silent.
No one dared to speak.
They looked at the man standing atop the wreckage, commanding an SSS-grade behemoth to slaughter the entire battlefield.
Only one thought echoed in their minds.
God of War.
"Everyone in the Huaxia Zone."
Qin Yu turned on the broadcast, his voice steady as it echoed out.
"Clean up the battlefield."
"Any supplies that have dropped on the sea belong to whoever picks them up."
"For our fallen brothers, use the supplies to compensate their teammates."
Upon hearing these words.
The Huaxia Region Channel exploded.
[Long live Boss Qin!]
[Boss Qin is amazing!]
[Brothers! Let's pick up the loot! The stuff dropped by these foreign trash is all top-tier!]
Cheers resounded through the skies.
Qin Yu paid no attention to what the others were picking up.
Because the real prize lay right beneath his feet.
Solomon's black battleship.
This was the vessel of the second-ranked player on the global leaderboard!
"System."
"Scan this wreck's cargo hold for me."
Although the lottery function was sealed, the basic scanning feature remained.
[Ding! Scan complete.]
[Detected a large quantity of S-Class rare metals, High-Grade Energy Cores, and Advanced Blueprints.]
[Detected special item: Siren's Tear (usable for Vehicle Upgrade).]
[Detected Plunder Value Crystal: 10 million points (Solomon's legacy).]
"Take it all."
Qin Yu waved his hand grandly.
All the valuable items were instantly sucked into his storage Space.
His depleted wallet was once again filled to the brim.
"Exhilarating."
Qin Yu stretched lazily.
His bones cracked audibly throughout his body.
He raised his head, gazing at the perpetually dark sky above the deep sea.
As if piercing through the thick layer of mist.
He could see the Executive Officer sitting in the background, fuming with rage.
Qin Yu slowly raised a middle finger toward the sky.
"Wait with your neck clean."
"Your turn is coming soon."
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