Chapter 534 - Surrounded (1/2)

Xiao Bing, too received news that the long-range attack team had been a.s.saulted. Ten minutes had pa.s.sed since their last message-“preparing to escape into the supermarket and waiting for support.” After that, she received no more messages from them. It was these sorts of silence that made hearts drop, the precursor to something awful that might have befallen them.

After backup hurriedly arrived, they confirmed that something terrible had indeed happened to the long-range attack team. Two multi-purpose vehicles had overturned on the road, and dead were scattered all over the place. However, the killer was nowhere to be found. And this was just the beginning. A quarter of an hour later, she received another piece of bad news.

A small team carrying essential game items had been ambushed by the mysterious killer as well. In the end, not only did they lose what they were transporting, five out of eight of their members were killed, and two were seriously injured. Unfortunately, the mysterious killer fled the scene five minutes before backup arrived. Before she even had time to digest the awful news, she was told that the squad responsible for escorting the prisoners had also been wiped out twenty minutes later.

The players in the forum were rattled by the tremendous shock. No one thought that the war, one that was supposed to have been over and dusted within ten minutes, would encounter such a plot twist. It seemed a team of players had been secretly helping Shen Xixi. They managed to stop Arc of Light’s first wave of attacks. But what was even more surprising was that some war-G.o.d had appeared to have taken the union’s side. Since the two elite long-range attack teams were a.s.saulted, casualties on Arc of Light’s side had begun to soar.

More than an hour had pa.s.sed since the first Arc of Light’s a.s.sault teams were wiped out. The information about the mysterious sniper was a.n.a.lyzed, including his weapons, the route he chose, and the time spent in each battle. Players lurking on the forum marveled at the mysterious sniper’s exceptional marksmans.h.i.+p

—the way he positioned himself, and how he had always managed to flee right before Arc of Light’s backup arrived. It appeared this sniper knew the inner workings of their plan, picking off targets that only increased in strategic value one after the other. Not to mention how he managed to eliminate all his enemies in a tiny amount of time.

Was he going to turn the tide of the battle all on his own?

Before tonight, no one would have the slightest inclination that something so absurd could happen to them. But now, Zhang Heng had seemingly done the impossible. Just as players’ praises began pouring in, he encountered his first hiccup of the night.

Zhang Heng once again set up his CS5 on the rooftop, about to execute his fifth target. He would reduce each battle’s time by five minutes, and other than preventing Arc of Light’s reinforcements from attacking him, he had to ensure that things moved along quickly. Although he knew their troop deployment and route, preparations could only be made along the way based on information he collected. Working with the OA battle squad to determine the specific target, he knew that obtaining internal command information wouldn’t come so easy.

Arc of Light soon realized their servers were getting infiltrated as more and more of their strategic targets were hit. As long as they changed their pa.s.swords, their information would no longer be accessible. Zhang Heng would only encounter more danger as he moved on. The target driving the Highlander was approaching, and a plump man in the pa.s.senger seat was holding his mobile phone, seemingly ignorant of the fate that awaited him.

Zhang Heng sensed that something was sorely amiss. He swiftly tucked away his gun, turning around to see behind him. Someone had been approaching him without realization, prompting Zhang Heng to pull the trigger. It was a stunt learned from Simone. At an almost point-blank range, he could hit the target blindly without using the scope. The next moment, though, he felt a burning sensation raging where his palm touched the barrel.

Zhang Heng instantly threw away the CS5 in his hand. Unfortunately, the exceptionally high temperatures had burned his palm, leaving it badly scalded and blistered. The barrel of the CS5 on the ground glowed even redder after a few seconds as if it had just been removed from the kiln. The mysterious person did not approach Zhang Heng after disarming him, staring at him instead, in a hood and mask with great interest.