Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 72 Second Generation Power Armor (Supplement 8)

Three shots in total. One missed, and the other two were headshots. One of them was a critical hit, killing him instantly!

I aimed for the head. The downside of this is that it's easy to miss, but the upside is that once it hits, it triggers triple headshot damage. If you aim for the torso, you'll only get a maximum of 800 damage, but once you get a headshot, the benefit will increase exponentially!
Moreover, even without a critical hit, a level 30 elite monster only has 3000+ HP, and two headshots can still kill it instantly!
So he aimed at another vanguard member and fired the two remaining bullets in the magazine in quick succession!
"Pfft!"

Two soft sounds came from the woods, and the head of the vanguard member in the distance exploded on the spot!

"2138!"

"2040!"

Just as I predicted, two headshots were enough to kill him instantly!

……

"Ding Han, what kind of injury did you cause?"

Zhang Ruolin took a deep breath, her beautiful eyes gleaming faintly in the dim moonlight: "1500 yards, such a high headshot probability, what level is your advanced shooting? Also, is that a purple sniper rifle?"

"Ah."

I nodded, and as I changed the magazine, I said, "A weapon with a purple glow is most likely a purple gun. Besides, if I don't have a purple gun, why would I give you a Tier 2 blue sniper rifle?"

"That's true, but what about skill levels?"

"It's a secret."

I pulled the trigger again and fired two shots in quick succession, instantly killing another vanguard member with a headshot. I said, "But you're one of us. To be honest, my advanced shooting skill is already maxed out."

"..."

Zhang Ruolin was completely shocked and looked at me with a surprised expression.

I continued firing, picking off members of the Dark Tide Vanguard Team one by one. My experience points soared, and this was an absolutely safe kill. We were 1500 meters away, and hiding behind rocks, making it difficult for the enemy to spot us. Even if they found us with night vision equipment, it wouldn't be a problem; they would be killed on their way.

"Ruolin, if you're free, help me load the magazines."

"Row!"

Zhang Ruolin seemed to finally realize her role in the team. She took my empty magazine and even took out her own Wind Whisperer magazine, loading it continuously and placing each fully loaded magazine within my reach.

With this assistant, I began to focus intently on aiming and firing repeatedly. In the distance, the vanguard members were being called out one by one, dying in a confused and bewildering manner.

……

This process lasted until around 3 a.m.

The mountain wind was chilly, so I decided to rest for a while. Hugging the scorching purple Wind Whisperer with its barrel glowing hot, I turned around and sat behind a rock, saying, "Damn, this night is so cold..."

"Of course, it's below zero today."

Zhang Ruolin rubbed her hands together and said, "Are your hands cold? Let me warm them up for you."

"Ah."

At that moment, I didn't think too much about it and extended my right hand to her.

Zhang Ruolin clasped her hands together and breathed on my almost frozen hands, but then seemed to remember something and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"..."

I glanced at her: "Let me guess, she's definitely not thinking anything good."

"Hahahahaha~~~"

Zhang Ruolin laughed so hard she almost fell over, saying, "You actually guessed right... I once saw a video on Douyin about the game 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes,' where Fu Hongxue's opponent had a hand warmer that kept his sword-wielding hand from freezing in the freezing cold. Can you guess what that hand warmer was?"

I was completely dumbfounded: "A woman's breasts?"

"Smart, you guessed it right away!"

She tucked her clothes in and said, "But don't even think about me, we haven't gotten to that point yet..."

"I never thought about it."

I coughed, turned around and looked up at the battlefield. I saw that the Burning Wind Legion had started their charge. They had actually sent out more than a dozen warriors wearing first-generation power armor. These power armor warriors were equipped with exoskeletons and high-powered shotguns. They launched a fierce attack on the Dark Tide, but they were quickly shot down by the enemy's hidden snipers. Some of them were even shot in the head and died very tragically.

The first-generation power armor was really quite useless, it didn't even have a visibility helmet. Apart from being powerful and easy to carry things, it was full of flaws.

"The garrison in Xicheng is a bit weak..."

Zhang Ruolin complained, "Without players, we'd probably be overrun by the Dark Tide very soon."

"Ah."

I nodded: "Otherwise, why do you think neither the Crimson Dragon Kingdom nor Xicheng has taken action against the players? From the beginning, I suspected that the Crimson Dragon Kingdom wanted to use the players' power to reverse its disadvantage in the competition with the Star Maple Federation."

"Makes sense."

Zhang Ruolin said, "Half a month ago, some players told everyone on the dark web that they could freely use social media software such as WeChat to talk about other players, and the Red Dragon Kingdom wouldn't investigate. So that's why."

"Let's get back to work!"

"Ok!"

So I continued shooting, while Zhang Ruolin helped reload the bullets.

Until four o'clock in the morning.

"Woooooo~~~"

Suddenly, streaks of fiery red light shot towards us from the sky!

"Watch out, a grenade launcher!"

I quickly rolled into the ditch behind me, lay down, took out my shield and covered myself with it, and shouted, "We've finally been targeted!"

Zhang Ruolin hurriedly took out her shield and held it against her body. The next moment, a series of explosions came from all around. Fortunately, there was a naturally formed trench below our chosen firing position, so the artillery fire could not be fired. However, the deafening explosions still caused the two of them to lose health bars rapidly!
"488!"

"502!"

"470!"

……

In the blink of an eye, my health bar dropped by 2000+, so I had to get an adrenaline injection!
"+2100!"

Almost full health, but one round of grenade launcher attack was nothing!
Zhang Ruolin is a shield-type super weapon user with many skills that increase defense, and her health bar is also quite thick, so she takes less damage than me. She frowned and said, "Is that all?"

I rolled over and got to my feet, setting up my gun to continue firing at the enemy from a distance. "Bang!"

Suddenly, a piece of gravel in front of them shattered, and then a bullet ricocheted and entered a pine tree nearby.

"Watch out, a sniper!"

Zhang Ruolin immediately shouted.

"Saw!"

I quickly locked onto the enemy sniper, who was hiding behind an old tree. His field of fire was far inferior to mine, so he could only rely on the tree for cover. Unfortunately, his toes were sticking out when he hid.

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

I gripped my gun tightly and fired in bursts. The first shot hit the enemy's toe, the second headshot, the third missed, the fourth headshot again, and the fifth hit the corpse. Instantly, a series of damage numbers flew up—

"724!"

"2199!"

"MISS!"

"2136!"

"MISS!"

A swift and decisive kill, giving the opponent no chance to fire a second shot!

"sharp……"

Zhang Ruolin's mouth was slightly open, her eyes wide with astonishment.

She didn't fire a single shot in this battle; she just showered me with praise, giving me a buff.

……

Soon after, the sky gradually brightened.

Around 7 a.m.

"drop!"

A WeChat message, surprisingly, was from Lin Qingying: "You didn't come back last night?"

"Ah."

I replied, "I was busy with some things outside, so I couldn't come back. I won't be able to buy you breakfast this morning."

"fine."

She sent a brief two-word message and then did not reply.

I frowned. The battlefield was too noisy, so I didn't reply. I put my phone back in my interdimensional storage space and continued to hold the purple sniper rifle, taking out the enemies on the battlefield one shot at a time.

At this time, I was still at the top of the mission points leaderboard for the Xicheng battle, and even Zhang Ruolin, who had gained 20% of the points, was ranked seventh, which was quite exaggerated!

"Ding Han, a plane is coming."

Zhang Ruolin pointed into the distance.

Sure enough, a transport plane was blocking the battlefield!

"Nima..."

I couldn't help but complain: "What are the Burning Wind Legion doing? They just let the Dark Tide's transport planes airdrop supplies onto the battlefield? Such a large Burning Wind Legion doesn't even have a single surface-to-air missile? I just can't believe it..."

“That’s a good point, that’s what I was thinking too,” Zhang Ruolin said speechlessly.

But at that moment, black dots suddenly appeared on the transport plane, and then they grew larger and larger. When they were about 200 meters away from the ground, flames suddenly shot down to slow them down!
"Damn, this is bad!"

I suddenly lifted the Wind Whisperer and grabbed Zhang Ruolin, saying, "Quick, let's go! It's Dark Tide warriors wearing second-generation power armor, they're coming for us!"

"What?!"

Zhang Ruolin was shocked: "Just for the two of us, they sent five second-generation armored warriors?!"

"What do you think?!"

In mid-air, five figures landed with a "thump, thump, thump" about fifty meters away from us. Immediately afterwards, the submachine guns they were carrying began to unleash a barrage of fire. Bullets whizzed past our shoulders, and some hit our backs, causing considerable damage!
"Retreat over the hill!"

I suddenly unleashed a burst of energy to create a 40-yard distance, and then immediately launched a stepping slash to create a five-step distance, while simultaneously condensing a protective aura to reduce the damage I took!
Zhang Ruolin followed suit, and the two retreated rapidly!

Just as I crossed the hillside, I glanced back and couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine.

These five Dark Tide Warriors, all wearing second-generation power armor, are level 30 blue bosses. With the strength of Zhang Ruolin and me, we are no match for them. If we face them head-on, we will be riddled with holes in no time!
Their attributes are just too strong!
【Dark Tide Elite - Cooper】(Blue BOSS)

Rating: 30
Attack: 500-820
Defense: 150
Qi and blood: 50000
Armor: Dark Tide Power Armor II

Skills: [Advanced Shooting Lv7], [Enhanced Melee Lv7], [Weapon Enhancement Lv7]

Details: These elite Dark Tide warriors, clad in power armor, always lead the charge in battle, moving through enemy lines as if they were nothing!

……

"dong dong~~"

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from behind us, followed by two dark figures that drew an arc and exploded directly in front of me and Zhang Ruolin!

"Watch out, it's a miniature grenade!"

I quickly raised my shield to block in front of the two of them, but was immediately pushed away by the shockwave of the grenade, and both of us tumbled down into a pile of rubble on the hillside.

"Oh shit!"

He flipped himself up, took out the Howler, and unleashed a barrage of precise shots at the power armored warrior who had fired the grenades!
"Quack~~~"

The man laughed loudly, and his left-hand power armor quickly expanded into a shield, deflecting most of the bullets!
"Shadow chasing!"

Just then, a voice like a gunshot suddenly came from within the star map: "My brothers and I are at your nine o'clock position. There are more than twenty of us. If we attack together, we might have a chance to take down these five people. Are you in?"

"Dry!"

My response was extremely concise.

(End of this chapter)