Fair, slender, perfectly straight and smooth.
That was Lu Xing's most direct impression... of the [Knight Lance] embedded in the ground.
After accidentally taking out the Knight-class, Lu Xing "got his wish" and was pursued by Honkai Beasts for a good half hour.
Although the Knight Captain didn't make a move.
The surrounding Honkai Beasts included a full two squads of Paladin-class beasts led by "Heavy Cavalry Leaders."
Lu Xing had no way to fight back.
Carrying the [Knight Lance] with his two wings was troublesome enough; he simply couldn't free up his "hands" to engage the Paladin-class beasts.
Lu Xing, dodging and weaving, couldn't shake off his pursuers.
Finally, with no other option, he plunged headfirst into human-controlled territory.
Few of the original buildings in the city remained intact, but humans had constructed many semi-permanent fortifications in this area.
Those areas ungarrisoned due to manpower shortages became Lu Xing's refuge from the chase.
"Whew."
A sigh into the void.
Lu Xing leaned against a brownish-gray wall.
This was a structure buried deep underground, with only a ventilation opening less than half a meter high exposed, entirely made of reinforced concrete.
Within the human-controlled zone.
The city's appearance was drastically different from the other half.
Because the rampant Honkai energy was suppressed on the other side—by several large, unidentified machines positioned less than 200 meters behind the front line—Lu Xing could see a lot of technological equipment.
Power lines and communication cables as thick as an adult's thigh were haphazardly laid across roads and even among collapsed ruins; a constant humming from the sky indicated drones equipped with surveillance devices patrolling everywhere; occasional track marks and rectangular indentations over ten centimeters deep on the ground were the footprints left by tanks and humanoid combat mechs.
In summary.
These were all traces of civilization.
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Hiding in his temporary shelter.
Lu Xing carefully examined the Knight Lance before him.
Although it was indeed a whiteboard item, this weapon clearly looked much more high-end than the ones used by ordinary Knight-class beasts. While it wasn't enhanced with Honkai energy or other methods, its pure anti-corrosion metal structure, in terms of strength, could at least rival the lances of Paladin-class beasts.
Considering that Knight-class lances needed to be constantly "nourished" with Honkai energy.
Obtaining such a weapon was definitely in the realm of satisfactory—even though the [Knight Lance] wasn't a grade higher than a gacha-obtained whiteboard item, as the "Random Mission" description had implied.
However.
At least it was an "enchanted" item. He wouldn't fuss over these minor details for now.
The problem Lu Xing now had to consider was:
How to carry this [Knight Lance] with him, or rather, how to temporarily retreat with the Knight Lance to the safety of the desert.
The city was very dangerous.
Lu Xing was confident he hadn't been spotted by the surveillance drones.
But this was, after all, not a place he could stay for long. If he were discovered by humans, it would be far more dangerous than encountering Honkai Beasts—the Knight Captain would at least restrain its subordinates from exceeding their territory, but if humans discovered him, this [Variant], they would probably hunt him to the ends of the earth to eliminate him.
"Knight Lance..."
Missions, gacha, achievements.
The system's functions seemed quite complete. Although not without flaws, it was at least the standard kit for a transmigrator.
Except for a dimensional pocket.
Yes, a "spatial item" was what Lu Xing truly lacked.
Other transmigrators, when they got items from gachas or missions, at least had them stored in a system space, ready to be taken out when needed and tossed back in when not.
But Lu Xing's situation.
When he got something, it literally fell from the sky, no room for negotiation.
And even though his stats clearly showed an item slot, there was no way to determine who an item belonged to—if it was in his "hands," it was his; if he dropped it, it vanished from his stat screen. It was just that simple and unadorned.
The most reliable storage method right now.
Was actually like a child burying a "time capsule": find something to wrap the [Knight Lance] in and bury it underground.
It was quite absurd.
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"Hold on!"
As Lu Xing was appreciating the Knight Lance.
A somewhat plausible idea suddenly popped into his head.
"Since it's 'burying' anyway."
"Why not try burying the [Knight Lance] in a spatial crevice?"
Lu Xing naturally didn't possess something as high-end as a spatial item.
But he had a spatial skill!
[Space-Time Rend]!
This was currently Lu Xing's most Honkai energy-consuming move, and also his most reliable life-saving skill.
The actual effect of this move.
Was to allow Lu Xing to briefly open a spatial rift and grant him the ability to enter and exit it.
Besides allowing Lu Xing's main body to pass through, placing items into it was also feasible—after all, Little Purple had already helped Lu Xing conduct an experiment beforehand.
"I can try putting items in, and take them out when I need them."
This was Lu Xing's plan.
And because of the Knight Lance's size—the spatial rift only needed to consider the length and area of the opening, not the length of the item itself.
In other words.
Opening a spatial rift large enough to accommodate the [Knight Lance] would consume far less Honkai energy than sending himself through.
"I just don't know..."
"If I open the spatial rift again next time, will it appear in the original location?"
Although he had likened this move to Obito's Sharingan, Lu Xing wasn't actually sure what that pitch-black, distorted space truly was.
Therefore—
Scrrrape!
The cold concrete floor was sliced open cleanly by his wing.
A perfect concrete cube, 10 centimeters on each side, was neatly cut out from the ground by Lu Xing.
Before attempting it with the precious [Knight Lance], Lu Xing needed to find a test subject to see the effect.
The volume definitely couldn't be too large.
Although the length of the rift couldn't be precisely controlled, he could roughly estimate the opening's size based on the Honkai energy consumed.
If it was only 10 centimeters, the Honkai energy consumption would also be much less—Lu Xing's Honkai energy reserves were only down to about 1/4, so he definitely had to use it sparingly.
Voom.
The Honkai energy halo above his head grew even more profound.
A contrasting, dazzling silver starlight slowly suffused the entire fortification—unleashing [Space-Time Rend] at full power naturally didn't require such trouble, but when it came to precise control, the whole process had to be slowed down considerably.
Voom!
When the rotating streams of light surged forth like a waterfall.
"And in you go!"
Facing the purplish-black rift that had opened before him, Lu Xing gave the concrete block a light flick, and it shot straight into it.
Swoosh.
As the Honkai energy supply ceased, the just-opened rift instantly vanished, leaving only some dissipated Honkai energy within the fortification.
"Next."
"Time will tell me the conclusion."