The next day, Ren Mian left Olympia.

She never said where she went, and Ji Xinghuo wouldn't ask.

Only Ji Xinghuo and Jiangnan Caiyi were left in the villa, but after a few days, Jiangnan Caiyi also returned to Earth.

Cultivating on Earth is not much different from the Astral Boundary, most people like to be on Earth, life is more convenient, and they are with their families.

Ji Xinghuo had considered returning to Earth immediately and took the initiative to hand over Ren Mian's letter to the Sword Bureau, so that he would be at ease.

However, Ren Mian also confessed as late as possible.

Ji Xinghuo felt that it made sense, the later he came into contact with the Sword Bureau, the stronger his strength would be, and he could face it calmly even if there was any problem.

He continued to practice alone.

Using a bottle of Grade B blood marrow solution every day, the star power increased steadily, and soon exceeded 440 points.

The martial arts rank has also improved rapidly.

However, when Ji Xinghuo opened the Vientiane Star Pupil interface, he felt unbearable when he looked at his and Qinghong's abilities, and those upgrade progress had only increased slightly.

If you don't have spiritual energy, you can only rely on yourself to exercise your abilities and improve your efficiency is really a world of difference!

Star power growth is important, and ability upgrades are important.

It's hard to do both, but you can!

Moreover, the growth of star power seems to be too fast, and Ji Xinghuo predicts that his star power will evolve for the third time when it reaches about 500 points and be promoted to a high-level alien.

This is not a good thing, because at the stage of intermediate inhumans, he only fused two xenomorphs and did not raise the upper limit of star power too much.

Thunderbolt is just a high-quality ability, and it only adds a dozen points of star power when fused.

It's not enough.

Ji Xinghuo thought about it, and finally packed his bags and put them into Qinghong's dimensional stomach bag, and embarked on the hunting journey again.

His original plan was to go to the Peak Valley and continue to plague the stone sickles.

But then I thought of a better place to go.

Early morning.

Ji Xinghuo boarded a train, exited the east gate of Olympia, and galloped southeast along the railway.

Three hours later, the train slowed down and stopped at the station.

Ji Xinghuo saw in the car that there were strong fortresses and fortresses along the way, this is the "Star Frontline", which is 274 kilometers away from the Earth and the Star Gate of the Beiluo Division.

He got off the train, and as far as the eye could see, there was a huge military fortress, covering an area of more than 30 square kilometers, located on the top of the mountain, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain with four city walls, the city was built on the mountain, all the buildings were strong and durable, and were built in strict accordance with military needs.

There is a post in five steps in the fortress, and a sentry in ten steps.

Bands of heavily armed soldiers patrolled the city, the sound of military drills in the distance, and the streets were mostly filled with soldiers.

Looking at the high wall, on the city wall more than 30 meters high, rows of dense steam ballistas are installed, and the roar inside the city wall is continuous, which is the sound of steam boilers running.

Thick smoke and fog shrouded the sky, as if returning to the earth in the age of the steam engine.

This is the "Midpoint Fortress"!

The Earth is 548 kilometers away from the two star gates of the North Falling Division.

In 2051, after the Earth Alliance repelled the invasion of the Northern Fallen Sect and recaptured the Star Gate, the two sides signed a peace agreement with the mediation of the Heavenly Feather Royal Court, drawing a southwest-northeast border line with the midpoint of the two Star Gates as the boundary.

On Earth, this is called the Astral Line.

This line of defense is located in the southeast of Olympia, 2,000 kilometers long, with the Asia-Pacific Community of Yanhuang City at the east end and the new Philadelphia of the American Federation at the south end.

On the astral defense line, the countries of the earth continue to invest manpower and material resources, and military fortresses have been built at every important topographic node.

To date, there are more than seventy fortresses!

On average, about thirty kilometers, there is a military fortress or fortress with troops stationed in it.

In the area behind the defensive line, all the key terrain and important positions, all the fortifications were built, watchtowers, fortresses, fortresses, barracks, etc., tens of thousands, all the way to Olympia, and the entire Olympia was included in the defense system.

Of course, the military center of gravity is still in the southeast.

Beiluo Shimen is also doing a similar thing.

On the opposite side of the astral defense line was the battle line of the Beiluo Division, with a buffer area of less than five kilometers between the two.

There are more than seventy military fortresses on the Astral Line, the most important of which is the Midpoint Fortress.

The earliest to be built and the largest.

At the same time, the location of the Midpoint Fortress is also very important, built on top of a hill more than two hundred meters high, blocking the most convenient road to Olympia.

The midpoint fortress is heavily armed, and the APAC alone has a whole group army stationed here, numbering about 100,000!

There are also the armies of the Federation of Americas and other countries, with a total garrison of more than half a million troops.

The railway station was built at the foot of the hill of the Midpoint Fortress, between the first and second walls, and the terrain was relatively gentle.

After Ji Xinghuo got out of the car and walked to Shangcheng District, almost all the people he saw along the way were soldiers, and checkpoints were set up at every intersection to check their identities and verify their ethnicity. The shops, restaurants, bars, and inns on the street are mostly inhumans in military uniforms.

Everything here is in the service of war.

A moment later.

Ji Xinghuo came to one of the gates of the second city wall, and after checking his identity, he waited for the door to open with the other people who wanted to enter the city.

Click......

With a hissing of steam, white smoke billowed out, and the sound of chains and gears turning came from the black city walls, and the three heavy gates, which were completely made of alloy, were raised by the winch one by one, stopped at a height of about three meters above the ground, and then stopped moving.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Go in at once, the gates will only be open for three minutes, don't delay."

Under the loud urging of the city gate guards, Ji Xinghuo followed the crowd through the city gate quickly and entered a higher level of the city, which was known as the second-level city.

The layout of the Midpoint Fortress is clear and concise.

The outermost is the first-class urban area, which is the lowest and the largest, accounting for about one-third of the entire fortress; Then there is the secondary district, located between the second and third inner walls, where most of the offices of the fortress are located, as well as some important military camps;

Further up are the third-level urban districts, which store armaments, food, and various military supplies;

The smallest but most important city on the highest hilltop is the command center of the entire midpoint fortress, inhabited by the military commanders of various armies and the Heavenly King.

Ji Xinghuo didn't go far in the second-level city before he saw his destination.

"Midpoint Fortress Bounty Office."

He observed for a moment.

It is said that it is an office, but in fact, there is a military camp next to it, and there are not many people in and out, but every stranger who enters and exits here is not a soldier, and his body is full of fierce atmosphere, and some people even have the smell of blood, like an outlaw.

Each of them is a bounty hunter!

Bounty hunter is not a career template, but an ancient profession.

In the past, bounty hunters hunted criminals, but now, the purpose of the hunt has changed to the Beiluo Division.

Although both the Earth and the Beiluo Division have built military defense lines and agreed not to invade each other, the two sides have long been a blood feud, how can they be bound by a paper agreement?

On the defensive line, friction occurs every day.

Every year there are large-scale conflicts, bloodshed continues, and wars never stop!

In addition to the military conflict on the surface, the Inhumans on both sides are also constantly crossing the defense line, secretly infiltrating and hunting the enemy on the opposite side.

The nations of Earth encouraged the Inhumans to do so, and offered bounties.

The bounty for a Dagon is 50,000 Asian dollars, the vine spirit is the same price, the bounty for Golau Kak is 20,000 Asian dollars, and the lowest is the stone lizard, with a bounty of only 10,000.

As long as you get back the identity part of the Beiluo Sect and prove that you have killed the enemy, you can receive a bounty.

The collected xenos can also be sold for money.

This has given a revival to the ancient profession of bounty hunters, with many Inhumans skilled in combat, but not patient to hunt monsters, and willing to take risks for money.

There are also people who are not for money.

Some Inhumans want to improve their actual combat ability in real life and death battles, and by the way, they can also make money.

This kind of person is often either a person who licks blood from the knife edge, or is a real genius!

Or both.

There are also some people who are influenced by historical education and hate the Beiluo Shimen clan to the core, and only by killing the enemies of all mankind with their own hands can they alleviate the hatred in their hearts and get psychological relief.

Of course, there are also those who are simply bored, taking pleasure in killing people and satisfying their perverted fetishes.

There are also those who kill enemies to take pictures and return to Earth to show off.

There are also those who want to be heroes.

In short, none of the bounty hunters are easy to mess with, and the Inhumans who can do this for a long time are much stronger than their peers.

Ji Xinghuo walked into the bounty office and came to the counter.

A soldier sat behind the table, glanced up at Ji Xinghuo, and asked, "What kind of service do you want?" ”

"I want to sign up as a bounty hunter."

It's not just that you can just come over with the organs of the Beiluo Shimen to receive the bounty, you must register in advance to be officially recognized.

Bounty hunters also have a points system.

In addition to monetary rewards, the more enemies you hunt, the more benefits you have in each country, as well as the Battle Hero Title Medal, which is linked to points.

This system is also intended to manage bounty hunters.

In the midst of war, it is most important to avoid chaotic management, and the bounty hunters should not be allowed to be completely free, so as not to cause negative effects in the event of an important war.

The soldier nodded, handed over a form, "Fill out the information and give it to me." ”

Ji Xinghuo sat aside with the form.

Name, age, gender, nationality, occupation, rank, and some brief characteristics such as height and weight, email address, and emergency contact, etc., do not involve any other personal privacy. Obviously, the bounty office does not require that you have to fill in the truthful information.

Ji Xinghuo wanted to write a pseudonym, but suddenly remembered what Ren Mian had said.

"When I kill hundreds, if not thousands, of the Beiluo Division, accumulate a lot of points, and get a few more hero medals, no one will doubt my position, right?"

In the field of public opinion, when the hero's score reaches a high enough level, it is equivalent to a talisman.

Absolute political correctness, worldwide!

Ji Xinghuo did not hesitate any longer, and wrote his real name on the name column.

Fill out the form, and he handed it in.

"Please stand."

The soldier pointed to a position in front of the white wall, and after Ji Xinghuo stood up, he picked up the film camera and pointed it at Ji Xinghuo, clicked a few times, took a bust and a full-body portrait of Ji Xinghuo, and said, "I will receive your bounty hunter qualification certificate in an hour." ”

(End of chapter)