“Whoosh—”
In his field of vision, a blurred afterimage streaked by. In the blink of an eye, Kyle plummeted from the top of the garbage heap.
The tenfold burst speed of a human was truly astounding. The leading scavenger’s mouth hung open in astonishment. His hands shook as he managed to utter three words, “Quick, open fire!”
Before he could finish speaking, several beams of daylight-colored laser shots grazed around the figure, missing their target and causing explosions as they hit the garbage mound.
In an instant, Kyle was nearly upon them. He unleashed a full-force strike with his fists, leaving no room for mercy. The two scavengers at the forefront were met with his formidable blows.
Under the impact of his heavy fists, their bodies were sent flying backward with cries of agony. They struggled to maintain their grip on their guns, their chests showing clear indentations where muscles and ribs had sunk, resembling a kicked soccer ball as they rolled about ten meters away.
Their humanoid forms and life force didn’t seem much greater than that of ordinary humans, and one of them ended up half-buried in a different garbage heap, lifeless and becoming part of the new trash.
With a swift rotation of his palms, Kyle’s expression remained indifferent as he precisely caught the two gleaming black-gold firearms that had been wielded by the dispatched scavengers. He quickly aimed the barrels at the other two scavengers armed with guns.
“Quickly take down—” The two scavengers cried out, raising their weapons to retaliate, but their attacking words swiftly transformed into screams.
Their bodies were pierced and intertwined by laser beams. Circular bloody holes appeared on their lower abdomens or chests, leaving them lifeless and sprawled on the ground.
“I really hate it when people point guns at me.” Kyle shrugged his shoulders and turned to the surviving scavenger leader. He took slow steps forward, his gaze chillingly directed at the man.
The scavenger leader sat dazedly on the floor amidst the piles of garbage. The reversal of events had happened too quickly. In less than three seconds, all four of his comrades had become corpses.
“Thud, thud!”
Wearing only oversized shorts and combat boots, the oddly dressed bare-chested Kyle stopped in front of the scavenger leader. The leader was kneeling on the ground, bowing his head in supplication, lightly kissing Kyle’s dirty boot as he trembled. He pleaded, “Don’t kill me. I’m familiar with this place and can be of use to you.”
“What use could you have? Explain yourself.” Kyle’s voice was cold.
With Venom absent, he did indeed need a local guide to help him understand the situation here.
“I can…” The scavenger leader began to speak, then suddenly swung his hidden left hand from underneath him. A small technological device, almost like a concealed weapon, shot toward Kyle.
Seemingly prepared for this, Kyle’s eyes blinked, and his body remained in a state of combat readiness. His senses and reflexes were extraordinarily sharp. Facing the seemingly unavoidable close-range assault, he subtly shifted his body to the side, ingeniously avoiding the small technological device’s trajectory.
The device struck the abandoned steel panel behind him, slightly adhering to its surface. It seemed to inject some sort of liquid into the material.
“How could you evade that!” The scavenger leader’s face turned pale as he exclaimed in disbelief, his ugly visage contorted in an expression of wanting to cry but having no tears.
“Using hidden weapons? You’re no better than those Ninjas from Imperial Japan.” Kyle shook his head. If this was against someone less vigilant, they would probably have fallen for it.
Unfortunately for his opponent, Kyle had fought his way out of the brutal battlefield of World War II on Earth. Such tricks wouldn’t easily work against him.
However, after this confrontation, Kyle had grown rather impatient. Lifting his foot, he pressed it directly onto the scavenger leader’s head, ignoring the man’s cries and pleas. He pressed the man’s half of a face into the ground.
“You can’t kill me… If you kill me… You… Won’t survive here…” The scavenger leader gnashed his teeth in hatred, his half-buried mouth choking on trash and dust as he spoke.
“This bastard! I’ll let you off for now, but later I’ll sell you to the arena for a lot of money!” He bitterly thought to himself, believing he had something to hold over Kyle, ensuring that the latter wouldn’t easily kill him.
Unfortunately, once again, he misjudged Kyle.
“I’ve given you two chances already. Where I come from, we say ‘no more than three times.’ But for me, there’s never a third chance.” A cold smile formed on Kyle’s lips. The foot he had been pressing down with increased its pressure inch by inch.
The scavenger leader’s head was about to be flattened. His head pounded, and pain surged through him. Finally, he began to feel the terror and realized he had encountered a ruthless opponent!
“Give me one more chance…”
*Smack!*
After a crisp breaking sound, the massive vortex wormhole above Kyle’s head shrank back to its original size. The rain of garbage ceased, and the sounds in the area quieted down.
“So, I ended up here through a space wormhole while on the way… But where’s Venom? Why didn’t he come along?” As he looked at the pile of garbage he emerged from, Kyle fell into contemplation. He placed his foot on the scavenger leader’s corpse, rubbing back and forth to clean the sticky blood from the sole of his shoe.
Kyle’s gaze shifted downward to the scavenger leader’s body, where three Extractable Item Cards floated above.
**High-Energy Laser Firearm:** A high-tech thermal weapon capable of firing concentrated laser beams, inflicting penetrating and incendiary damage upon impact. Blue Item Card.
**Neural Venom Remote Controller:** A high-tech auxiliary tool that comes with a set of controls for launching probes with small-scale venom, allowing remote control of the probes to inject Venom and paralyze targets. Blue Item Card.
**Scavenger Identification Badge:** Identification marking for the scavenger profession, numbered 266. White Item Card.
“Even the scavenger beggars are a recognized profession on this planet? Is this for real?” A slight twitch appeared at the corner of his mouth as Kyle extracted the cards. For the first time, he carefully surveyed his surroundings, gaining a better understanding of the origin of this profession.
With a single glance, he saw an endless expanse of alien garbage within his field of view, and this view carried an inexplicable sense of both horror and familiarity.
For now, the priority was to find a local and gain an understanding of the situation here.
Kyle thought for a moment and suddenly looked towards a heap of garbage about twenty meters away on his left. Lifting the laser firearm, he calmly said, “Come out, I’ve spotted you.”
“Um, don’t shoot, I am coming out.”
Under the aiming muzzle of the firearm, a creature that looked like a cross between a squirrel and a small white bear stepped out cautiously. With human-like timidity, it took small steps toward Kyle, making a gentlemanly bow.
In a soft voice, it mused over its words, “Respected sir, I offer you my greetings. I just happened to pass by here and have no relation with the scavenger group from earlier.”
“What species are you?” Kyle lowered his firearm, his interest piqued by the talking creature.
The creature was about the size of a domestic cat on Earth, it had all-white, furry fur. Amidst the grimy garbage, it stood out somewhat. When standing, it resembled a shrunken bear, but with the tail and ears of a squirrel.
“I’m called Calvin, a genetically modified lifeform from a certain planet, a semi-finished, lower-tier lifeform resulting from illegal genetic and simulated experiments.” The creature maintained a humble posture, speaking in a subservient tone.
“Calvin.” Kyle nodded and calmly said, “I need detailed information about this place.”
“I’m more than willing to answer your questions.”
With great caution, Calvin approached, spreading his hands and earnestly saying, “This place is Planet Sakaar, situated on the cosmic edge between known and unknown worlds. It’s a collection place of everything lost and unloved.”
*(End of this chapter)*
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