Chapter 72 Star Creature

Lennie shrugged, called his companions to get in the water, and quickly retrieved a large pile of investigator standard equipment, which they quickly put on.

"What about your other companions?" Han Xiao coughed and asked.

"Many people died. This monster stole our equipment. If we leave the hot spring area, we can easily freeze to death. Some people were dragged underwater by this monster for too long and drowned. Besides us, there's another group of survivors at the other end of the cave passage. There's a hot spring there too."

Han Xiao nodded. There was a fork in the road when he came. The other side led to the hot spring where the other surviving investigators were. If he had gone there first, he would have been able to learn about the Star Creature in advance and wouldn't have been completely ignorant about the Boss. He wouldn't have had to detour either.

Melos asked curiously, "What did this Star Creature catch you here for? It seems to be deliberately trapping you here."

Hearing this, Lennie's face showed anger. "This monster appeared after we fell. It caught us here and let us move around in the hot spring. Sometimes it drags us into the water and throws us around, like playing. It treats us like pets!"

From the perspective of life level, cosmic creatures are a more advanced form of life. It is "natural" to treat humans as pets, just as humans tame wild animals as pets.

However, the Gedora people, who were used to treating other species as pets, had become pets to be played with at will. It was as if their high status had been trampled on, and they felt anger and shame.

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows, without commenting. Whoever has the power can do whatever they want to the weak. Outside the areas covered by civilization, the law of the jungle is the only truth. He said directly, "Alright, you've been rescued. We can leave when the radiation storm in the high altitude weakens a bit. Old Melos, go to the other hot spring and bring the other investigators here."

Bringing these investigators back could greatly improve the mission rating. After arranging things, Han Xiao turned to look at the Star Creature on the ground.

The only remaining question was how to deal with this beast.

"This is the first Star Creature that we Gedora have discovered. It will be very important research material. If you can bring it back to the space station, we will pay you a high reward." Lennie put on the investigator's combat suit and re-tied her loose long hair, looking heroic.

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and pondered.

Give it to Gedora? No, that would be too much of a loss. Star Creatures are so rare and hard to come by. Their entire bodies are treasures. The important parts of a Star Creature can be used to make genetic medicine to obtain attribute points, and there is a chance to gain a talent. It can also increase the options when the race sublimates. Moreover, killing it can also trigger a Legendary milestone.

Most importantly, crushing the Star Creature's crystal into powder can create a special potion. The effect doesn't work for players, but it is extremely valuable and can even be used as hard currency to exchange for any resources from NPCs.

This potion has only one effect, which is to obtain part of the Star Creature's ability to regulate metabolism. In simple terms…

This thing can increase lifespan!!

Han Xiao had always had this concern. The first few versions of Galaxy were fine, but the later versions had longer and longer time spans, often hundreds or thousands of years. The lifespan of a super being is many times that of an ordinary person, but in the thousands of years of civilization's history, they are still like fleeting ephemerals. Each generation brings forth talented individuals who lead the way for hundreds of years.

There are not many ways to increase lifespan, such as changing to a mechanized body, but the side effects are obvious, while the Star Creature potion has almost no side effects.

‘This is a very important thing and cannot be wasted.’

Han Xiao's eyes focused, and he suddenly grabbed the Star Creature's crystal. A mental wave transmitted to his mind, it was a pleading emotion.

The Star Creature was begging him for mercy.

Han Xiao ignored it directly, and the surging gray light of Void Impact extended along his arm, exploding in his palm.

Boom!!

The scarred crystal completely shattered with a crack, turning into crystal fragments in Han Xiao's hand. The bluish-purple color under the Star Creature's skin quickly dimmed, and life disappeared from the body of this cosmic creature.

This crystal was the life core of the Star Creature and the most important material.

[You have killed a cosmic creature]

[The Legendary Hunter milestone has been activated]

[Current progress: 1/5 (Kill 5 special creatures)]

This was a Legendary milestone. After completing it, he could obtain corresponding legend points. The special creatures here refer to various special and rare creatures, including cosmic creatures, and they must have the Boss template of the corresponding level, and they must be unique creatures. Bosses reproduced in dungeons do not count, which means that the first kill must be completed.

Fortunately, there are many kinds of monsters in Galaxy. Until the version Han Xiao was in in his previous life, countless players had explored for many years, and first kills still occasionally appeared. Of course, every time there was fierce competition, after all, new species are always born in the universe.

Some special legend points can unlock corresponding plots. Legendary Hunter is this kind of legend point, similar to a title.

Han Xiao put away the crystal, took out his sickle, cut the Star Creature's body, and quickly collected the key parts. The Star Creature's body does not easily rot and can be preserved for a long time.

Soon, only the gutted and incomplete corpse of the Star Creature remained.

"Alas…" Lennie looked regretful, but had no objections. This beast was originally Han Xiao's trophy, and he was free to deal with it as he pleased.

At this time, Melos finally arrived with the other investigators.

These Gedora people were all pleasantly surprised. They were singing songs in the hot spring when they were suddenly rescued by mercenaries, as if they were dreaming.

Looking at the Star Creature's corpse, the new investigators were amazed, looking Han Xiao up and down. They had suffered a lot at the hands of this monster and knew how powerful the Star Creature was.

"Everyone's here, let's go." Han Xiao said.

…

Back on the surface, Han Xiao used an instrument to test the radiation concentration. After waiting for a few days, he finally waited for the radiation storm to weaken briefly and hurriedly called everyone to board the aircraft and fly straight into the sky.

The aircraft itself had a load limit of about ten people, and there were more than a dozen investigators, so the cabin was crowded.

They successfully passed through the storm zone, and a spaceship came to meet them. The two docked, and everyone returned to the spaceship.

All the investigators had escaped death, hugged each other enthusiastically, and were overjoyed.

Han Xiao was concerned about the mission and did not delay. After setting the return route, he set off immediately.

A few days later, the spaceship returned to the space station again. This time, it requested to dock, saying that it had rescued the missing investigators. The people at the space station were shocked.

The space station immediately opened the port. Unlike the previous cold treatment, this time the space station's attitude changed greatly, and everyone received a warm welcome.

The spaceship stopped at the port. As soon as the cabin opened, Han Xiao saw a crowd gathered at the dock. Almost all the members of the space station had arrived, with the stationmaster at the front. The meticulous officer had undisguised surprise and joy on his face.

Next to the stationmaster, the deputy stationmaster still had a smiling face, but the smile was a little stiff, and a hint of exasperation flashed in his eyes.