Chapter 343: 265, it’s late
The moment the sniper appeared, Nan Gengchen finally realized just how many pedestrians and actors were on Xingshu Road.
In an instant, those shadowy figures quickly put on Bluetooth earpieces and ran towards the sound of the gunfire.
And Nan Gengchen, who had been the original target, was rightfully abandoned.
No one spared him another glance.
The feeling was quite peculiar—as if being kidnapped signified importance.
Once the sniper intervened, he was discarded like a worn-out shoe, as if the act of kidnapping was merely to lure someone more important.
Nan Gengchen hid in the shadows and watched their back, his mouth opened in an attempt to make the people ambushed on Xingshu Road reconsider his value, but he restrained himself.
Raising a fuss now, there was no telling if someone might jump out and kill him.
From the moment the first sniper shot rang out, Nan Gengchen found himself no longer as afraid.
He was convinced that Qing Chen was around, and the reality of his presence was reassuring.
But who was this sniper, also a member of the Daytime group?
He had never heard of such a person in the Daytime group before!
Was it Qing Chen?
Probably not.
When Nan Gengchen had visited the injured Lao Jiu, Lao Jiu had mentioned they hadn’t had time to take Qing Chen to the shooting range yet.
Moreover, Qing Chen had no place to hide a sniper rifle.
In fact, this was also the reason why Qing Chen dared to directly use a sniper rifle… nobody knew he could handle one, forging a brand-new identity for him.
No matter what the outside world speculated, the sniper couldn’t possibly be Qing Chen.
And with the appearance of the sniper rifle, the assassins’ plan was utterly disrupted, as they had stationed their men on Xingshu Road, ready to swarm anyone who came to rescue Nan Gengchen.
However, they hadn’t anticipated Qing Chen’s bullets would come shooting in from outside the encirclement, nor had they expected the gunfire to arrive so swiftly!
The assassins had already turned Xingshu Road into their home ground, but Qing Chen didn’t follow their plan at all!
Who would set up an unnecessary encirclement a kilometer outside of the already established ones for no reason?
Now, to find the sniper and the more important figure behind Nan Gengchen, the assassins would have to charge through these several hundred meters.
But here’s the problem, this was within a few hundred meters of the sniper’s effective range.
Within the range of a cannon, the ground is covered with truths.
Under the cover of night, the sniper rifle continually roared as the assassins attempting to charge the building fell one after another.
The muzzle brake fitted on ‘Yi De Fu Ren’ was a “flame suppressor”, not a “silencer”; outsiders could see no muzzle flash but could hear the terrifying boom.
The bullet would spin rapidly as it traversed the barrel, driven by the rifling’s helical grooves.
As the bullet pierced through a human body, all muscle fibers were shredded by the tremendous torque, and upon exit, it caused a massive exit wound and radiated blood.
It stained the grey roller doors of the small shops lining Xingshu Road with red.
No matter how fast the assassins ran or how they dodged, it was futile.
The bullets would always fly through the night, punctually arriving.
An assassin with a calm expression continuously ran in a “Z” pattern down the middle of Xingshu Road, his speed resembling that of a hunting dog.
The remaining assassins hid behind trees and silently watched, trying to see if this manner of moving was effective.
As it turned out, the Z-patterned assassin hadn’t gotten far before a shot blasted through his chest.
The sniper in the distance on the rooftop didn’t even need to fire another shot.
It seemed that no matter how dizzying your maneuvers, they were merely the struggles of a dying beast.
A young man hid behind a tree, lightly panting as he spoke into the Bluetooth earpiece: “Boss, we’ve charged quite a distance, but the sniper is more than 500 meters away on top of the Kai Hotel; we probably can’t make it over. For now, it’s relatively safe to hide behind the tree; what should we do next?”
A light voice came through the earpiece: “Just keep hiding for now, I’ll have someone else deal with him.”
The assassins on Xingshu Road, upon hearing that their boss had an ace up his sleeve, all breathed a sigh of relief.
However, in the next moment, everyone’s expression stiffened.
They saw a bullet pierced straight through the trunk of the tree where the young man was hiding and then through his body!
The blood mist in the night looked particularly brutal, splattering all around.
The sides of Xingshu Road were lined with camphor trees and low green belts, where the camphor trees grow so slowly and difficulty that the diameter of the trunks mostly measures over thirty centimeters.
With such thickness, there’s no way to stop the sniping of ‘Yi De Fu Ren’.
“It’s an anti-materiel sniper rifle!” the assassins exclaimed.
“How could there be an anti-materiel sniper rifle in a place like Los Angeles City?”
Anti-materiel rifles are used to penetrate cover, loaded with armor-piercing bullets. Although they can’t pierce a main battle tank, they can easily penetrate armored personnel carriers.
In a sense, sniper rifles and anti-materiel rifles are two different weapons!