Fatal Shot

“Captain, how is Lin Zhi dead?!” a player asked the Heavy Armor Warrior beside him with a shocked face in the periphery of Roguetown who was part of the retreat path that Harley arranged.

And behind them, several NPCs holding assault rifles wearing full sets of black-colored combat equipment with the Umbrella Corporation’s logo on them stood in rows.

“He did it to himself. It’s his own fault for forcing it!” the Heavy Armor Warrior answered coldly, but his face was twisted.

“Not only did he throw away a level’s worth of experience, but he also permanently lost stats. More importantly, we lost a Sniper, so our long-range threat has reduced substantially, and our future tactics are forced to change. This time, he deserved his death!”

“I’ll repeat this one more time, I hope everyone obeys their command,” the Heavy Armor Warrior said in a deep voice while he scanned his surroundings to look at the other players with dark crimson eyes. “This mission is not just about your character’s stats. It’s connected to Boss Lightwind’s plans… An important plan!”

However, at that moment, a similarly cold voice came from the earpiece that the Umbrella Corporation had issued to them. “Captain Roaring Dragon Mountain Sea, your team member really disappointed me. I’m thinking Mr. Roaring Dragon Lightwind would also be quite disappointed with this sort of performance!”

The Heavy Armor Warrior answered in a deep voice, “I’m sorry, Mr. Wesker. It’s my fault for not better managing my teammate. But please rest assured. I will definitely get rid of those adventurers.”

Wesker’s voice had always been calm and did not fluctuate, but right now, he replied in a profound way. “I hope you won’t be careless again. That teammate of yours was killed by an enemy Sniper. Moreover, that Sniper seems to be quite brave to actually dare to stay behind and work alone!”

“A Sniper! So that’s it. Mr. Wesker, may I inquire if you’ve pinpointed the location of that Sniper?” the Heavy Armor Warrior asked tentatively as he looked at the other surrounding players.

“Unable to pinpoint him,” Wesker stated through the communicator. “He moves cautiously, and it looks like the combat uniform he wears has a disguise function that affects the monitoring effect. However, White Queen has already circled the locations where he is most likely to appear or hide in. After this, the spectacles in your communication package will provide real-time notifications that might point out his possible sniping location.”

“Also, another reminder: Based on the current weather situation, it will rain in about 20 minutes. By then, it will be inevitable that all of the monitoring devices will be affected… So, as for what you need to do, I’m sure you know more than I do.”

“Yes, I understand, Mr. Wesker!”

“Start moving then. If you cannot end the battle in 20 minutes, then the help the NPCs can provide us will decrease.” After hanging up the communicator, the Heavy Armor Warrior spoke through the party channel in a deep voice. His dark crimson eyes seemed extremely focused under the slightly dusky sky.

“As for the Sniper behind us—Ah Yu, Bao Zi, I leave it to you. Try to finish it in 10 minutes. Find him and kill him.”

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On the other side, seeing that it was already dusk and starting to get dark, Feng Luo snuck quietly into a shop that seemed to sell souvenirs. However, the moment he stepped inside the shop, he detected the thick scent of blood.

At the same time, a rope-shaped black shadow lunged straight toward his head from the ceiling above him!

Bang!

Feng Luo did not panic and took one step backward. He raised the M110 in his hands and fired a blue shield-breaking energy bullet that hit straight in the middle of the dark shadow.

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Boom!

The impact of the bullet sent the dark shadow flying backward a ways. After it fell on the bloodied floor inside the shop, its true identity was revealed.

“A Golden Python! Was it infected, too?” Feng Luo was a little surprised.

Hisss!

The thing that suddenly attacked Feng Luo was a Golden Python that was around three meters long. However, the only thing that made it different from normal Golden Pythons was the fact that growing at the end of the python’s tail was a spiral ring much like the rattle of a rattlesnake.

At the same time, inside its open mouth that was hissing at Feng Luo, multiple sharp reverse-hook teeth were there, and in between these teeth was the one-meter long black, forked tongue that swayed crazily as if it were a small snake.

Apart from that, around one-meter away from the brain of the python, the bowl-sized hole that had been created by the M110’s shield-breaking energy bullet was bleeding red and black liquid.

Infected Golden Python (Level 25, Elite). Species Code: ? Estimated HP: ?

The information provided by the Eye of the Thunder Sniping Scope was limited. However, from its low level of Level 25, Feng Luo knew that one shot using the shield-breaking energy bullet was enough to remove half of its HP.

Although the Golden Python had not yet died, it was still moving and struggling with its upper body, extending its forked tongue and sharp teeth to try to charge at Feng Luo…

Bang!

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However, the next shot from the M110 sent its entire three-meter body flying. The sniper rifle bullet’s impact sent it crashing heavily against the shop’s wall. Its broken brain was crushed like a pile of ground meat, and beside the corpse was a translucent red crystal.

That’s not bad. A white crystal is worth 100 credits. Although, when compared to the price of the two shield-breaking energy bullets, it is only 10 percent of the cost.

Killed Infected Golden Python (Level 25, Elite) Contribution: 100%. Obtained Experience: 0 (reached today’s limit, can no longer obtain experience).

The system notification showed that this deal was actually a bad one; not only did he not earn any experience, but there was no merit, either. However, Feng Luo was not really surprised. The Golden Python was, technically, not categorized as an Undead monster. Moreover, its level was low, so it probably did not meet the requirements for rewarding merits.

This Golden Python was definitely infected by the T-virus, but it wasn’t like the giant python on Silver Leaf Island. It wasn’t a resurrected monster.

The original objective of the Evolution was not to kill the host. Compared to humans who could barely bear the T-virus, most animals could successfully “evolve” after infection and thereby gain a powerful mutation ability. Clearly, this Golden Python was one of those.

In the corner of the shop, Feng Luo saw a few glass tubs with water and rocks inside.

However, at that moment, the “water” inside the glass tubs were more like bloody water. And on the side of the tubs were torn shreds of clothing and sticky pieces of flesh that had been spat out after first being devoured.

Clearly, the Golden Python was a pet of the shop’s owner, but for God knows what reason, it was infected by the T-virus. And unfortunately, the pet python’s owner had become the pet’s food.

Pet…

As Feng Luo thought of that, his mind raced. Then, on the system’s interface, Feng Luo exposed the “pet space bracer” that was hidden in his wrist. After that, he clicked the button that said “release pet.”

Following that, there was an airwave in front of Feng Luo. After a flash of white light, 24K, who looked like a king beetle that was made of gold, appeared in front of him. It flapped its golden wings that did not seem like it should fly. As it appeared, it turned its head toward the corpse of the Golden Python and fixed its gaze on it. At the same time, it sent an apple-polish message to Feng Luo through the mental link.

“All right, all right. I’ll give it to you. But you have to complete the mission first!” Feng Luo knew that the little fella had probably seen the energy crystal dropped by the Golden Python, so he implied that he agreed to let 24K eat it.

But the reason he’d called 24K out was not to feed it crystals; instead, he had a task for it.