Chapter 117: Strong Suppression, The Will to Come

With the burst pattern, Fang Pei was able to disperse the frontal attack of the Winged Capsule Beast with one person, and it could be said that they were suppressed so that they could only flee in all directions.

Behind him, the other warriors also took out the Parade Falcon and flew into the sky with their breath in their breath.

The attack range of the cruising falcons is not very far, and the flight speed of these wild beasts is too fast, if they are just standing on the ground, the current warriors will not be able to maintain the hit rate.

As the soldiers of the second company joined the battlefield one after another, the battle began to gradually enter the white heat.

Several armed ordnance chariots followed the battlefield, and swarm cartridges shuttled and flew back and forth between the chariots and the warriors in an orderly manner, transporting ammunition non-stop.

Although the Electronic Energy Drawing Tower can transmit soul energy over the air, it is more appropriate to use an armed ordnance chariot directly for consumables such as ammunition, which must consume a tube of soul energy of a fourth-level soul card master at one time.

Bang! Bang!

The sound of gunfire permeated the battlefield one after another, interspersed with a few deafening explosions, which were thunder iron roaring as he took the time to clear out the desolate beasts that he had no time to dodge.

The skin of these winged sacs is very tough, and the bullet power of the cruising falcon is already much higher than that of a firearm in reality, but if it hits them, if the angle is not good, it will even bounce off the skin, and it will not hurt at all.

However, under such a dense offensive, they still had to hold their heads and run away.

In the air, Fang Pei's offensive slowed down slightly.

Collapse......

A few crisp sounds rang out from within the reactive armor, and four completely depleted desolate crystals bounced out and fell to the ground.

Fang Pei took out a few more desolate crystals, inserted them into the Absolute Pressure Lock, and took the opportunity to take a few breaths.

This kind of long-term breath-holding battle made his head dizzy slightly, but fortunately, the slow fall provided by the [Magnetic Field Glide] ability can make him more comfortable in the air, and even when he is breathing, there will not be too much danger.

The consumption of the burst mode is just too fierce...... In the barracks, Fang Pei had not tried this ability, and Lin Yunqing had roughly obtained the energy consumption of this mode by calculating, but he still underestimated it.

In itself, upgrading the burst mode requires the implantation of ten layers of "enhanced energy output" protocol attributes, coupled with the speed at which the energy is poured out......

Even if there is an electronic energy tower in the rear to power itself, the swarm magazines have already flown out of the afterimage, and they are almost not supplied.

Just like now, as soon as the energy in the desolate crystals was consumed, there was a temporary fault in the energy supply chain, which made him have to stop temporarily.

It also happens that this time can cool down the fuselage that has overheated due to non-stop shooting, and also leave yourself a little respite.

After inserting the desolate crystal, the slightly dim energy ports in various parts of the reaction armor lit up again, Fang Pei clenched his fists, and was about to rejoin the battlefield, when suddenly, he felt a dangerous aura coming from the side!

What is it?

Fang Pei didn't hesitate, turned around, and while he kept retreating, he raised his hand and opened his capture position!

After doing all this, he saw that not far from his side, a large expanse of air twisted together, forming a translucent spear galloping towards him, and if he only observed it with the naked eye, he would not even be able to detect this attack!

Who's attacking?

Fang Pei's gaze looked through the visor and in the direction where the spear was fired, only to see a pinned beast covered in layers of rattan and grass weaving standing on top of the boulder, smirking in his direction.

Is that the beast?

Fang Pei only had time to flash this thought in his mind, and between the lightning and flint, the translucent spear had already pierced into the capture position.

Its speed seemed to slow down slightly, and the capture stance quickly consumed its kinetic energy, but it was still too late, and it only took less than a second for this transparent spear to penetrate the capture stance straight and catch up with Fang Pei, who kept retreating!

Boom!

Fang Pei twisted his body to dodge, the spear slammed into his shoulder, the huge impact force smashed the surface structure of the reactive armor into countless parts of the phantom, scattering and falling apart, and this was not over, after a moment of delay, the transparent spear turned into a violent wind and scattered, as if a huge flower woven by a storm bloomed on his shoulder, and in the blink of an eye, it devoured Fang Pei's body!

Tong!

The dull sound of air explosions exploded on the field, and everyone only felt that their eardrums were bulging, and then they saw that Fang Pei's body had been turned into a straight line under this impact and shot into the ground.

A few screams streaked across the sky, and when a few Winged Beasts saw that Fang Pei's attack had finally been interrupted, they immediately became excited, turning into black shadows and rushing down from the sky, their claws already faintly sticking out!

"Squad leader!" Xiong Yi's eyes widened, and he immediately drove the magnetic field to the extreme, sliding in front of Fang Pei at the last moment, propping up the electronic buffer barrier.

Boom! Boom!

In the face of this familiar blue curtain wall, the fins scratched their ears and cheeks angrily, but they just couldn't attack it alive or dead.

"Squad leader, how are you?" Xiong Yi supported the barrier with one hand and helped Fang Pei with the other.

"It's okay...... Ahem...... Thanks to the reactive armor, it saved my life. Fang Pei sat up.

At this time, the left shoulder of his individual reactive armor had been completely shattered, revealing his own body, and at the fracture of the armor, there was a cascading phantom of parts, in which occasional electric light flickered.

The defensiveness of the individual reactive armor can be very good, at this moment, Fang Pei only had his armor broken, but he was not injured, and even his clothes were still intact, and he could only see the traces of being torn in some places, revealing some reddened skin underneath.

Not far away.

Wanquan frowned slightly, but did not make a move.

With that blow just now, the sac beast priest didn't use all his strength, and coupled with the buffer of the capture position, he couldn't do too much damage to Fang Pei.

He also wears a set of individual reactive armor, so he knows a lot about the performance of this armor. There was no need for him to strike at the blow just now, and besides, the soldiers of the second company had not yet met the sac beast priest, so it was better to let them try to fight a dozen first.

Thinking like this, he ordered Fang Pei through the communication device placed inside the reactive armor: "Fang Pei, let your fighters land quickly and get ready to capture the position. ”

……

Not far away, seeing that the blow had been successful, the sac beast priest hissed, and his eyes gradually filled with rage.

"Die! If you dare to disturb my sacrifice, you will die! ”

The sac beast priest opened his arms, not knowing what ability he had activated, only to see a turbulent air flow suddenly rise along a circular area, enveloping the entire battlefield in an instant!

"Drowning Hell!!"

Rumble!

A loud bang suddenly exploded with the roar of the sac priest, and for a moment, the warriors who were floating in the air with bated breath suddenly turned red, and then opened their mouths in pain and breathed frantically.

With such a breath, the ability to float naturally failed, and the fighters fell to the ground one after another, but fortunately, because the battle did not last too long, the altitude they were at was not high, and the fighters of the first squad released the capture position in time, which consumed the kinetic energy of their landing, so there were no casualties.

"What kind of ability is this......" Xiong Yi's face turned swollen and he gulped in the air.

“…… It should be some kind of ability similar to a field card. Fang Pei stood up and frowned.

In the air, the velocity of the wind changes.

After Fang Pei observed, he found that every warrior on the field was surrounded by a rapidly rotating cyclone.

The wind was fast, and although it was weak, it had little effect on the movement of the fighters, but it ...... The wind is constantly pumping the air out of the lungs of the people who are surrounded, and if you don't resist, it only takes a short time for the whole lungs to be sucked dry!

And this wind will not stop, after sucking the lungs dry, the next thing to be sucked is the blood in the capillaries.

In order to resist this suction force, the person in the middle of it must breathe with all their might, and in this way, it is naturally impossible to maintain a floating state.

However, the high priest did not care about his own people at all, and this drowning hell directly enveloped those winged beasts, and at this moment, they all covered their necks one by one, falling from the sky like dumplings.

Fang Pei didn't know what the principle was, maybe it had something to do with vacuum and fluid pressure? He doesn't understand.

"Xiong Yi, can you summon a face armor?" Fang Pei said.

Now that he's in the midst of a full set of reactive armor, he doesn't feel this power, and everything is fine. After all, this armor is a metal material made of soul cards, and it can't be broken through with this large-scale wind attribute ability alone.

"No...... Energizing Core ...... Limited...... My summoning ......," Xiong Yi said sentence by sentence.

He had to breathe very hard now to resist the force.

"Okay, you go and help the other warriors stabilize the line first, and I'll deal with the priest." Fang Pei's expression froze.

Since the company commander didn't make a move, it means that the current situation can still be solved by them!

Then there's not much to say.

"Gong Zhen, help me change the protocol attributes, I need 'power boost'."

"Roger!"

One of the fighters guarding the armed ordnance chariot immediately turned around and dragged a row of ports out of the carriage.

At the same time, Fang Pei had already rushed out, and halfway through, ten swarm magazines caught up with his body, connected to his back in turn, and updated the protocol attributes for him.

"Protocol Upgrade: Super Power Restriction Lifted!"

Click!

At the moment when the tenth magazine was connected, the lightning on the reactive armor was magnificent, and the azure energy arc lit up between the gaps in the mechanical structure, only a crisp sound was heard, and Fang Pei's speed suddenly increased a lot!

Because in order to save mental pressure, only he is equipped with face armor on the battlefield now, so this sac beast has to deal with it himself.

Collapse!

Fang Pei's speed was so fast that even the high-speed cyclone in the drowning hell couldn't catch up with him, and he was directly knocked away. After approaching quickly, Fang Pei jumped up on the rock!

The sac beast priest spotted Fang Pei, and judging from its stunned expression, it obviously didn't expect Fang Pei to survive from the wind spear it had just had.

And it was such a stunned kung fu, Fang Pei's straight punch had already hit his eyes!

"Wow!"

The sac beast priest hissed, although it was stunned, it still reacted quickly, as soon as its body was short, it wanted to dodge first, but Fang Pei was quite experienced in combat, and when he saw it raise his hand, he already knew roughly what it would dodge.

So he immediately changed his move, and in mid-air, Fang Pei's body reversed, grabbed the shoulder of the sac beast priest, and then with the huge impact force he carried when he rushed up, he volleyed an exaggerated turn, and slammed the sac beast priest to the ground!

Boom!

Airplanes......

Under the lifting of the super power restriction, the power of the reactive armor burst out was even a little unbearable for Fang Pei, the pilot, but in the middle of the battle, there was no room for distraction, and the reactive armor emitted a humming sound of full operation, making Fang Pei's speed so fast that he generated an afterimage, and after riding the sac beast priest, his fists fell like raindrops, and he was going to directly beat it into a pulp!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground behind the sac beast priest cracked wildly under this gradually accelerating force, and tents of dirty blood bloomed under Fang Pei's fist, splattering everywhere.

"Wow!!"

The sac beast priest couldn't understand how this outsider could have such a powerful energy even though he was obviously one rank lower than himself!

Disgrace! Disgrace!

Die!

The sac beast priest puffed up the air sac, and a red light suddenly appeared on the dark gray air sac covered with blood vessels.

Deep apnea mode!

Boom!

The huge airbag contracted and beat like a heart, but it didn't pop up, and on the other hand, the whole airbag had turned completely red!

Boom!

Fang Pei landed another punch, but was dodged by the sac beast priest, and a powerful punch smashed directly into the ground, Fang Pei was about to continue to punch, but a strong force suddenly attacked from under him.

"Die!"

Boom!

The sac beast priest threw a punch into the sky at close range, knocking Fang Pei's entire person into the air, however, at this distance, this punch was not so much a fight as a push.

Although the sac beast priest burst out with tremendous power in an instant, Fang Pei reacted quickly, and when he was still in the air, he raised his hands, and the energy gun in his palm kept shooting, suppressing the sac beast priest, preventing him from taking advantage of the victory to pursue, and when he regained his balance in the air, he immediately put his feet together, and the two energy guns on his toes fired at the same time.

When two energy guns are fired at the same time, they can be upgraded to energy cannon strikes!

Fang Pei didn't use this energy cannon to attack the sac beast priest, but instead launched backwards, returning to the battlefield with the help of the power of recoil!

Boom!

With a punch on the air sac, the sac priest opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of foul blood, but before the stained blood could land on the reactive armor, it was already evaporated by an increasingly bright arc of electricity.

Before it was over, the reactive armor was running at full strength, Fang Pei's movements were so fast that he seemed to have no inertia, his body was blurred, and his fists swung out like a storm, chasing the sac beast priest all the way to the combo!

The sac priest had been beaten to the point that he couldn't scream.

It doesn't understand.

Obviously, this guy in front of him is a whole level lower than it!

How could you not beat it yourself!

Deep apnea mode allows it to compress the air inside the airbag to a high degree, allowing it to get more energy than normal breathing without breathing. It can be supported to break through the limits of its body for a certain period of time and fight with extreme intensity.

This mode doesn't last long, and it will cause damage to the body after use, and once used, it is definitely a skill that changes the tide of battle.

But...... After all, the energy supply of a physical mortal fetus of the sac beast priest could not catch up with the three electronic energy towers behind Shang Pei, and the desolate crystals inserted in the lock of absolute pressure.

Boom!

The last punch fell, and the speed at which the sac beast priest flew upside down had already exceeded Fang Pei's pursuit speed, and his body was smashed straight into a small mountain, and the huge rifts spread everywhere, and he was about to fall apart on the spot.

And Fang Pei's attack was still not over, I saw that he opened his arms, his hands and the energy gun on his chest lit up at the same time, and three clusters of azure energy merged into one in front of him.

3-in-1 Energy Bombardment!

Boom!

The azure energy was vented, and the huge recoil counteracted his speed, and Fang Pei took a few steps forward and stood firm on the ground.

Boom!

As the dazzling artillery blast poured into the mountain, the shock wave spread out, and the drowning hell that hung over the battlefield disappeared in an instant, as if it was this artillery bombardment that scattered everything.

Click......

Fang Pei's body shook, barely standing on the ground, he quickly replaced the desolate crystal in the Absolute Pressure Lock, and then quickly rushed into the smoke and dust, only after seeing the completely lifeless sac beast priest, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Target Confirmation Clear."

……

Seeing that the sac beast priest was so brutally exterminated, Wan Quan, who was in the silent field, raised his eyebrows, and his face couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"Killed?"

His original intention was to let Fang Pei try to fight first, and then let him take over the battle after he was out of support.

After all, the sac beast priest can be called a leader even if he is at the epic level, and he has strange abilities, dual cultivation of material and law, and basically has no weaknesses...... Although there are no outstanding points, it is enough to maintain absolute suppressive power in the face of a lower level than it.

But he didn't expect that Fang Pei would be able to solve this sac beast priest by himself!

Although he had already experienced it himself, he was still surprised by the ability of individual reactive armor.

This...... As long as the energy is sufficient, the soldiers in reactive armor are simply the gods of war......

"Yu Cang, ......" Fang Pei was stunned, "What kind of soul card have you created......

He couldn't imagine what the scene would be when this soul card was fully assembled.

However, on the side, Yu Cang shook his head with some dissatisfaction: "No, there are still many problems to be solved." ”

"You're not satisfied?"

"It's just not to the point where you can't change it."

"Indeed." Lin Yunqing, who was recording, also interjected at this time, "The electronic energy extraction core is too restrictive to tactics, and the individual reactive armor has not yet been equipped with [mechanical structure], so it cannot be repaired by armed ordnance chariots...... These are all areas that need to be improved. ”

“…… All right. "You guys...... Alas, in short, hard work. ”

The ensuing battlefield was plunged into one-sided slaughter.

Without the sac beast priest, the other fin-winged sac beasts couldn't even organize a decent attack, and in the face of the fire suppression of the second company, they could only scatter and flee, scattering birds and beasts.

At this time, the pursuit of the second company became easy.

In fact, if they attack in an organized manner, it will be very difficult to deal with them, even if they have a gun soul card.

The fighters still have too little time to train, and their accuracy is a little poor, plus these sac beasts are all full of agility, and their skin is even tougher to resist this strengthened bullet, and only by pulling in the range can they ensure effective damage.

For various reasons, the soldiers encountered various problems when fighting, but fortunately, they were very well equipped, with supplies, defense, and support, as if they were already a complete system, which allowed them to slowly try and make mistakes.

Naturally, the fighters were aware of these things.

There was no time to be distracted during the battle, but when it was time to clean up the battlefield, they occasionally looked at Yu Cang, who had already emerged from the silent field, and they all showed respectful looks.

Originally, after getting this batch of soul cards, some of their original rest time was now used to meditate and replenish ammunition, and after the freshness of training in the past, they were also a little unhappy in their hearts.

But now after the actual battle, they have all left the boredom of replenishing bullets behind.

This equipment is so cool to fight!

Who understands this feeling of frenzied pouring fire and suppressing everything.

Plus, it's safe!

The Wild Beast Settlement encountered this time can be said to be the top in terms of strength in previous missions.

In the past, this kind of battle had to be fought by the company commander himself, and then several sets of strict tactics could be constructed in order to win...... Moreover, it must be the heirloom level monsters summoned by the company commander from the top to make the most contributions, so they will also fight to assist.

In this way, every soldier will inevitably suffer a little injury, and even if he is unlucky, if he is careless, it is possible to die in battle.

After all, it takes time for the company commander to summon the heirloom level, and the mental pressure of the heirloom level is much higher than that of the epic level, so it is basically impossible to summon it in advance, and it can only be summoned on the spot after determining the battlefield situation. In this process, there are many variables.

How can you suppress the desolate beast herd from the beginning to the end like now, and you haven't even made a move?

In the end, only five fighters were injured, or accidental...... The only one who was seriously injured may be Fang Pei.

After all, he was alone in charge of the two difficult tasks of suppressing the desolate beast head-on and dealing with high-risk targets, which were previously the tasks of the company commander.

Fang Pei was first attacked by the sac beast priest, the left shoulder of the reactive armor was blown up, and in the subsequent battle, he maintained the super power restriction with high intensity, which brought a great load to his body, and as soon as the battle was over at this moment, he immediately fell to the ground, his face was flushed, his brows were furrowed, and his heartbeat was ridiculously fast.

Fortunately, after the examination, it was found that Fang Pei only had multiple fractures all over his body, plus a little bleeding from internal organs, and there was no major problem.

Well...... In this world with soul cards, this kind of injury is really nothing.

As long as it is treated promptly, the cure is simple and there are no sequelae.

After a simple treatment at this moment, Fang Pei rested on the side for a while, and his complexion was obviously much better.

"How does it feel?" Yu Cang and the others came to Fang Pei's side.

"Cool!" Fang Pei's face turned red, "It's so cool!" Master Yu Cang, you are too awesome! I never thought I could be so strong! ”

He only awakened the soul energy well at the age of twenty, although it was only delayed for a year, but unfortunately, the talent had already been determined.

Being able to reach level four is already the result of hard work, but after level four, it is not something that can be achieved by hard work alone.

Now that with the help of the individual reactive armor, he has experienced an ability that far exceeds the fourth level, and he will naturally be very excited.

"Forehead......" Yu Cang laughed a few times, "I mean, how is the user experience, do you notice anything that needs to be improved?" ”

"Nope! This set of soul cards is just perfect! ”

Yu Cang: "......"

All right.

Let's look at the data and study it slowly.

Fang Pei was placed here to rest because of his injuries, and the other warriors, except for some who were stationed in place to clean up the battlefield, continued to march around to hunt those lone desolate beasts.

There is not only a kind of desolate beast in this space debris, but other desolate beasts do not have this kind of scale, after a simple exploration, confirming that there is no target in the space debris that requires a large force to attack, the second company quickly dispersed in a squad and began to hunt.

To deal with those lone beasts, you don't even need individual reactive armor.

Yu Cang and the others did not run with the soldiers, so they stopped in place and rested for a while.

"Eh, where's that huge desolate crystal?" Yu Cang patrolled left and right.

"Looks like it's over there." Wan Quan pointed in one direction, "I remember that when the Floating Mountain was blown down, the sac beast priest fell with the Wild Crystal. ”

"Let's go, go over and have a look." Yu Cang was interested.

"Okay, I'll take you."

Lin Yunqing stayed where she was and continued to collect some data, and Jiang Ya also stayed, wanting to see if there was anything she could do to help.

"Oh~"

The chess pieces were held by Yu Cang's side like a kite, and the small face bag became bulging because of the breath holding, and he swam and swam in the air with great interest.

Occasionally, he couldn't hold his breath, so he lay on Yu Cang's shoulder, rested for a while, took a deep breath, and floated again.

The girl didn't know what desolate beasts and soul cards were, and in the desolate heavenly realm, she only thought it was fun.

On the side, Gu Jieshuang looked at this scene with a smile.

It didn't take long for everyone to find the huge desolate crystal.

Only by standing at the foot of this barren crystal can we realize how huge its size really is.

The previous explosion had completely blown the desolate crystal out of the mountain, and at this moment, it was diagonally inserted into the ground, and the light shone down from the thunder in the sky, meandering and refracting in the crystal structure, causing it to emit bursts of shattered light.

Looking up, this barren crystal was like a small mountain, with a height of nearly six floors, standing at its feet, the huge momentum overwhelmed everyone.

With such a huge desolate crystal, how majestic is its owner...... But such a majestic existence will also die, and in the end, only a desolate crystal will be left here, and after countless times, it will still shine as before.

Could it be that it was because of the shattering of the Desolate Heavenly Realm that this desolate beast died...... I'm afraid that only a catastrophe of the level of world collapse can take away such a powerful life.

Yu Cang put his hand on the desolate crystal, but suddenly there was some silence.

Such a powerful life has also been infected into a desolate beast......

Yelai stood on Yu Cang's shoulder, raised his slender neck, looked at this desolate crystal, did not speak, did not know what he was thinking.

At this time, Yu Cang turned his head and asked Wanquan, "Have you tried to take this piece of barren crystal out?" ”

"Of course I tried, after all, such a big desolate crystal is rare in all Blue Stars, but ...... No way. Wan Quan shook his head, "This spatial passage is too small, the size of the barren crystal can't get out, and the barren crystal contains a lot of energy, and it is easy to cause the channel to be unstable through this spatial channel...... Although there are people above who can widen the spatial passage, I heard that the news of this fast desolate crystal is not known to be sent out by whom, causing many people to want to come and buy it, and the chief is most annoyed to deal with this kind of person, so he simply pretends not to have this technology, and leaves it here only for the soldiers to visit. ”

"Chief...... Lei Wanqing? ”

"Well, yes."

Yu Cang couldn't help but sigh.

Turning his head, he looked at the desolate crystal, a pensive look on his face.

Seeing this, Gu Xie Shuang said, "Boss, what are you thinking?" ”

"Hmm...... I'm thinking. Yu Cang raised his head, "If you use this piece of barren crystal as energy, I don't know what kind of mechanical soul card it can support......

"This ......," Wan Quan was slightly stunned, "will there be such a big mechanical system?" ”

"Of course there is, there will be." Yu Cangmo rubbed his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Company Commander Wan, can I try to put some pressure on this barren crystal?" ”

"This ......," Wanquan hesitated for a moment, "it should be okay...... As long as you don't break it, the chief has not restricted that. ”

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Yu Cang laughed.

He raised his hand, and summoned a lock of absolute pressure.

The lock of absolute pressure was placed in front of this piece of barren crystal, it was simply a few grains of sand, and Yu Cang walked a long way around the desolate crystal before he found a small bulge, which could barely let the lock ring of absolute pressure go up.

Wow, wow......

A few crisp sounds rang out, and the Absolute Lock had begun to take effect.

But...... Nothing seems to be happening.

You know, when pressurizing an ordinary barren crystal with the Absolute Pressure Lock, as soon as you put it on, you can see that the energy in it is active, and you can observe a very obvious flow of energy, but now, ...... The interior of the Great Desolate Crystal has not changed.

The same cannot be said of it...... Yu Cang pasted the electronic energy extraction core on it, and after feeling it carefully for a long time, he found that the mental pressure in it was still slowly rising.

It's just that this speed is a bit too slow, and if you want to rely on the lock of absolute pressure to increase the mental pressure to the full...... The time required is difficult to estimate.

We'll have to wait until later to see if there are any better soul cards.

Yu Cang sighed.

He set his sights on the Entry Recorder.

As soon as he entered the space debris, he turned on the entry extraction, and this time he got a six-hour countdown.

It's a bit of a pity that it hasn't been handed down, but it's just a small space fragment after all, and it's not surprising.

Now, the recorder has not been turned yet, but there is no empty space to extract the wild crystals.

It's a pity, if only I could have stayed here a little longer.

It was when Yu Cang sighed.

Suddenly!

The air froze, and then, everyone present felt at the same time that a terrifying will had descended here!

Just after a little contact with this will, Yu Cang suddenly felt a chill in his hands and feet, and he couldn't use his strength all over, and he didn't even have the strength to retreat!

"Who! Who is coveting my treasures! ”

(End of chapter)