At precisely eight o'clock in the evening, the moon was dark, a gentle breeze blew, there was no rain, the air humidity was 63%, the temperature was 19 degrees Celsius, and it was slightly cool.
In the Ningcheng Military Region, the Commander's Office.
Commander Yang looked at the silver-haired youth standing before him with a kindly expression and said warmly, "Xiao Dian, you don't mind me calling you that, do you? Does the military need to provide any other cooperation for this hunt?"
Upon hearing Commander Yang's words, information about the characteristics of dark creatures surfaced in Yu Zhibo's mind, and his thoughts began to churn. He quickly made a decision.
He pondered for two seconds and said, "Give me two Type 95 rifles, and an additional 10,000 incendiary-explosive rounds."
"No problem, but are there really that many dark creatures?" Commander Yang asked with a hint of doubt.
"I don't know!" Yu Zhibo narrowed his eyes and smiled. "But if there are any left over, I'll keep them for myself and earn some extra money when I have time. I can pay for the remaining incendiary-explosive rounds after tonight's hunt with merit points!"
"There's no need for that!" Commander Yang chuckled heartily upon hearing Yu Zhibo's words. "I'm more than happy for you to hunt dark creatures independently. How about this, I'll directly get you 20,000 rounds. You can take as many as you can use, and ask me for more if you need them!"
The production of incendiary-explosive rounds did not involve psionic energy, so their cost was not particularly high. Commander Yang was very willing to use them to gain favor with Yu Zhibo.
Yu Zhibo's face lit up with joy. "Then thank you, Commander!"
"Haha, I should be thanking you!" Commander Yang said, looking at Yu Zhibo with satisfaction. "Not only did you help our military region identify all the awakened individuals, but you also helped resolve the dark creatures in the barracks. In any case, we're the ones who benefited!"
Yu Zhibo quickly waved his hands. "You flatter me, Commander!"
Commander Yang paused for a moment and then continued, "As for the reward for identifying the awakened individuals, after discussing it with Director Lin, we've decided to award you sixty merit points for each awakened seed. Do you have any objections, Xiao Dian?"
Sixty merit points were equivalent to the reward for obtaining six dark creatures at the normal market price, which also equated to three million yuan. Yu Zhibo had no objections; in fact, he felt he had profited.
He immediately and unhesitatingly said with a serious expression, "Reporting to the Commander, I have no objections!"
"The merit points will be deposited into your app account before twelve o'clock tomorrow. Please check it then."
Commander Yang nodded with satisfaction. Throughout China, the regions with the most awakened individuals were Kyoto and Modu. Both of these places had a clairvoyant-type awakened individual. Each time an awakened individual was identified, Kyoto and Modu offered a price of forty-five points. Other provinces that hired them to screen awakened seeds also offered sixty points.
The price he was offering Yu Zhibo now was already quite high. The reason for this was also related to Yu Zhibo's efficiency in finding awakened seeds.
After all, those two clairvoyant-type awakened individuals could only screen less than four thousand people a day, and even then, other provinces were eager to hire them, making it uncertain when Ningcheng would get their turn. It was at this moment that Yu Zhibo appeared, solving a major problem for him.
Moreover, the most important thing was that Yu Zhibo was fast. He could screen eight thousand people in just two minutes, so giving him a higher price was understandable.
Next, Commander Yang and Lin Wanjun planned to have all junior and senior high school students in the city undergo screening by Yu Zhibo at the city's largest sports center under the guise of a physical examination. Therefore, they naturally couldn't shortchange him on the price.
"Commander Yang, I have one more request!" Yu Zhibo suddenly said as Commander Yang was making a phone call to have his subordinates bring up the guns and ammunition.
"Hmm? Whatever your request is, just say it. Our military region will fully cooperate!" Commander Yang stated firmly.
"Can you allocate some awakened seeds from the spirit array house?" Yu Zhibo explained. "After all, you know that dark creatures are incredibly coveted by awakened individuals. If we use these awakened seeds as bait, once the nearby dark creatures arrive, we can capture them all in one go!"
Upon hearing this, Commander Yang's eyes lit up, and he then clapped his hands and laughed, his voice shaking the entire office. "Excellent idea! Let's do it!"
"It's my own inexperience that made me overlook this. Primarily, we've never had awakened seeds before, and I forgot that these awakened seeds hold such strong allure for dark creatures!"
"I just thought of it!" Yu Zhibo chuckled.
"Young people like you have such flexible minds!" Commander Yang laughed heartily and immediately began making arrangements.
Half an hour later!
On the parade ground where the daytime review had taken place, forty-nine soldiers sat cross-legged in seven rows, resembling a square.
Beside them, a C-class awakened individual with the rank of Major General, belonging to the same lineage as Wang Ange and possessing air manipulation abilities, used his powers to construct a thick, transparent temporary protective enclosure, shrouding all the awakened seeds within.
Subsequently, Yu Zhibo stood atop the air enclosure, with Mo Yu perched on his shoulder, holding a Type 95 rifle, and a box containing ten thousand rounds of incendiary-explosive rounds at his feet. His silver hair fluttered in the wind, giving him a free and unrestrained appearance.
"They're here!" Yu Zhibo's gaze sharpened, and the red light in his Sharingan flowed. He raised the rifle in his hand.
On the reviewing stand behind him, Commander Yang and seven or eight officers stood tall, their expressions solemn.
Upon hearing Yu Zhibo's words, Commander Yang's gaze immediately intensified. His B-class, immense mental power emanated outwards, but he could only faintly sense a negligible amount of energy on the floor at the end of the plaza. He could see nothing and could not perceive any specific location.
Helpless, he had to concentrate his mental energy into a single beam, scanning a particular area. Only then did he faintly sense the outline of dark creatures, but they disappeared again the next second.
This made him sigh inwardly. At his peak B-class, his efficiency in finding low-level dark creatures was even inferior to an F-class clairvoyant-type awakened individual.
He knew that when dark psionic energy surged into Earth through wormholes, some of it would transform into light psionic energy under the sun's rays. During this transformation process, a slight amount of dark matter would be precipitated out under the sunlight, making it difficult to sense.
Dark creatures were formed by the fusion and transformation of dark psionic energy, and their bodies were composed of dark matter absorbed from the air. Therefore, they could blend seamlessly with any environment, including the air.
The dark matter precipitated by sunlight in the air, invisible to the naked eye, served as their best camouflage.
Thus, apart from certain special perception-type awakened individuals and clairvoyant-type awakened individuals, it was truly difficult for awakened individuals of unrelated abilities to find these weak and adept-at-hiding dark creatures.
But all of this was incredibly clear within the Sharingan, which could perceive the flow of all kinds of energy.
In the darkness of the night, Yu Zhibo stood on top of the air enclosure, his pair of scarlet Sharingan eyes blinking slightly. He could clearly see dozens of gray-black psionic energy fluid bodies wriggling towards the air enclosure.
*Bang!*
A shot rang out, hitting the floor and exploding into nothing.
Yu Zhibo had missed with this shot, but it also allowed him, with his Sharingan activated, to instantly analyze the various data of the rifle in his hand.
The next second, he fired another shot, and a dark creature was instantly blown to pieces. A dark energy spirit crystal, flowing with dark light, flew out from the explosion and rolled several meters on the plaza floor before finally coming to a stop.
"Dark creature eliminated, Energy Points +10."
Yu Zhibo's lips curved upwards slightly. He activated rapid-fire mode and began to sweep the area wildly.
"Dark creature eliminated, Energy Points +10."
"Dark creature eliminated, Energy Points +10."
The system's notification messages kept popping up. With the help of the Sharingan, Yu Zhibo hit the energy crystals with every shot. The plaza was filled not only with the sound of incendiary-explosive rounds exploding but also with the crisp tinkling sound of dark energy spirit crystals falling onto the ground, each one representing 12 merit points.
This is f—
Soon, he had accumulated over three thousand energy points, meaning he had killed over three hundred dark creatures.
However, dark creatures continued to surge from both sides and the front.
As for why there were no dark creatures from behind, it was because Commander Yang was standing there, his powerful peak B-class aura deterring any dark creatures that might have approached from that direction.
Yu Zhibo's brows gradually furrowed.
"The efficiency is a bit low!" he muttered.
Awakened seeds held an extraordinary allure for dark creatures, let alone forty-nine of them gathered together. The temptation was enough to drive these instinct-driven dark creatures into a frenzy.
Although he had killed over three hundred dark creatures, dense swarms of dark creatures continued to pour in, making him impatient even with changing magazines.
"Commander Yang, please arrange for a Gatling gun. The rifle's rate of fire is too slow!" Yu Zhibo said to Commander Yang behind him.
Although Yu Zhibo had initially said that an AK would be sufficient, adult reliability was comprehensive!
Commander Yang had already prepared other models of weapons on a military green truck parked not far away. Upon hearing Yu Zhibo, he immediately ordered a D-class officer to retrieve one.
Soon, this D-class officer arrived, carrying a Gatling gun weighing over 160 pounds and a box of ammunition. His resolute face was etched with a bloodthirsty, ecstatic smile, clearly indicating he was also a combat enthusiast.
"Comrade Kaden, let me help you change the magazine!" he grinned ferociously, directly jumping onto the roof with the Gatling gun and the box.
Seeing their comrade so closely involved in the action of eliminating dark creatures, several officers behind Commander Yang displayed expressions of envy.
Even Commander Yang felt a hint of desire.
Hearing the officer's words, Yu Zhibo readily agreed. After learning how to operate the Gatling gun from the officer, he picked it up, and a similar ferocious grin appeared on his face.
The 160-pound Gatling gun was like a plastic toy in his hands, possessing 390 kilograms of strength. Soon, he aimed the multi-barreled gun at the densest cluster of dark creatures to his front left.
At this moment, a surge of heroism filled him, and he couldn't help but recall a poem in his mind:
"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva,
Six senses pure, incendiary-explosive rounds.
Three thousand six hundred rotations per breath,
Great compassion and mercy to save all beings!"
The next moment, as the trigger was pulled, the Gatling gun's muzzle slowly began to rotate, and then, hundreds of bullets were instantly unleashed.