——This is not a professional title, but a nickname for a specific person within the Star Chamber of Commerce.
Just like the "divineer", it is unique.
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Using a large amount of raw energy, you can attract the attention of strange creatures in a short period of time.
This unknown creature will appear in the shadows and further affect the real world.
It is worth mentioning that each strange creature has "different" characteristics, either violent and bloodthirsty, or quiet and terrifying...
But snipers have always been indifferent.
He is accustomed to using that original sniper rifle to carry out exquisite layouts one after another around different strange creatures.
From the sniper's point of view, the model doll that appeared this time is definitely signed.
Difficult to deal with, numerous in number, and easy to control.
The most important thing is that this type of weird creatures can make people fall into the "uncanny valley", thus arousing fear in their hearts.
As long as there is "fear", even the slightest bit, it will become the biggest flaw in the battle!
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So now the sniper feels that he is full of flaws.
Because he witnessed that scene with his own eyes——
An old man who showed no signs of using his original energy crushed the mannequin's head with one hand, then pulled out the tentacles, and then pinched them off!
At the same time, four or five dolls avoided the old man's sight and attached themselves to various parts of the old man's body.
Knees, waist and abdomen, shoulders, and neck.
They twisted their bodies and exerted force at the same time, trying to break the old man's joints, but they couldn't move at all!
The old man completely ignored the mannequin that was twisting his neck, turned his head to look in the direction of the sniper, and mouthed a few words with his lips:
"Found you~"
The sniper was not surprised that he was discovered.
Although the original sniper rifle has a low sound, it is not a silenced weapon after all. The fear just felt for a moment is enough for a real master to discover his position.
What really frightens the sniper is that the old man ignored the distortion of the mannequin!
How can this be?
That's a force that can break even steel bars. How could it be possible that it couldn't break an old man's neck?!
And the most terrifying thing is that the old man does not emit any blue light driven by original energy from his whole body.
This means that he only used the original power of his body!
Is that old man a monster?!
Could it be that he used some other means?
The sniper's eyes gradually solidified, and he saw Xu Cheng's neck with bulging veins through the sniper scope.
No, there is no other means, it is just that the strength is greater than that of a mannequin doll.
To say that the old man was just an ordinary human being would simply challenge the bottom line of biology.
He must be the biggest trump card sent by the witnesses!
The sniper licked his lips, and then raised his finger at the old man from afar.
He believed that the other party would be able to see his action.
This is a provocation and a declaration of war!
So what if he is stronger than the model doll? Even the tentacles in the model doll cannot withstand his own shot.
What's more, the old man is on the west side of the second floor, and he is on the east side of the third floor. There is a cylindrical empty space with no floors in the middle, and the two are extremely far apart.
Come on then!
The sniper completed the loading action in an instant and aimed at Xu Cheng's location.
Phew—bang!
Of course the shot missed.
Long before the gunfire, Xu Cheng had already broken free from the shackles of the mannequin and tore the plastic into pieces.
But even so, the tentacles inside the doll are still trying their best to twist.
It's like the squid tentacles that were cut off just now are twisting just by relying on muscle memory.
Xu Cheng leaned against the wall, fixating the other mannequins rushing towards him with his gaze, and at the same time pulled off the tentacle around his neck and slowly stretched it out of the wall.
Phew—bang!
Another shot smashed the tentacle into pieces.
Xu Cheng took the opportunity to turn around and hit the wall with his backhand elbow.
boom!
The wall shook violently, and the wall covering fell down with a crash, sending up bursts of smoke.
Bang! Bang!
Two consecutive shots passed through the smoke. When the sniper was about to fire the third shot, he saw another shocking scene through the sniper scope.
Xu Cheng actually put on a jumping posture!
Did that old man want to jump directly to him?!
How is this possible? The floors of the shopping mall are already well spaced. The sniper visually estimated that the distance between the two people was at least three hundred meters!
Jump three hundred meters?
Not to mention that old man, even if a witness risked his life to drive the original exoskeleton to the driving limit, it would be impossible to do it!
calm down……
Even if he could do it, I could shoot him three times while he was in the air!
——The sniper comforted himself like this.
However, just when he loaded the bullet and was about to pull the trigger, he suddenly realized that the target of Xu Cheng's jump was not him.
But...the first floor?
The sniper could not understand Xu Cheng's behavior.
The other party should have tried their best to close the distance between them, but now they took the initiative to jump to the farther away first floor?
Obviously my location has been discovered!
Do you want to escape?
Impossible, not to mention that his family is still trapped on the first floor underground. There are mannequins and dolls everywhere on the first to third floors of the mall, making it impossible to escape!
That old man can't be so stupid...
The sniper was thinking, when suddenly there was a burst of sparks above his head, and his eyes suddenly turned pitch black!
Lights went out?
Power outage!
The sniper's thinking suddenly became clear.
Xu Cheng's purpose of going to the first floor was not to escape, but the main cable of the entire mall was located on the first floor!
As for the method of destroying the cable, most of the time it is to smash and cut the cable directly with a nearby shelf.
"What an old man. Times have changed..."
The sniper silently took out the night vision device he carried and put it on his head.
The dark green shopping mall is reflected in the sniper's eyes through the sniper scope.
He aimed the sniper scope at the first floor, looking for traces of Xu Cheng bit by bit.
With this little cleverness alone, it is impossible to avoid your own bullets.
The sniper gradually calmed down. With his night vision goggles, he was not afraid of the dark. In addition, Xu Cheng's position was on the first floor, further away from him.
The advantage is mine!
……found it!
The sniper discovered that Xu Cheng was running towards the first to second floors. He was about to pull the trigger when suddenly he felt a bright light in front of his eyes.
Well!
what's the situation?
This time it’s not just the spotlights on the ceiling, why are all the lights in the entire mall turned on?!
The sniper quickly took off his night vision goggles, and his line of sight was temporarily blocked by the strong light changes in a short period of time.
After just two seconds, the lights went out again.
In just this moment of delay, Xu Cheng had already stepped onto the stairs from the first floor to the second floor!
"This old man..."
The sniper finally understood what the old man had done.
Xu Cheng first destroyed the transformer box in the mall, causing the voltage of the lights in the mall to become unstable, and then turned on all the lights in the mall!
As a result, the lamps lighting up the entire mall flash back and forth, and the bright light and darkness switch back and forth in an irregular rhythm, making it impossible for the sniper to aim at the target!
This is of course a rough and unstable operation, but the key to the problem is - speed.
This one word is enough to change a lot of things.
The time from when all the lights went out to when Xu Cheng rushed to the stairs on the first floor was only a few seconds, so Xu Cheng didn't need to consider the duration of this strong light flash at all.
At this speed, Xu Cheng would be able to run all the way to the sniper's position on the third floor in just a few dozen seconds!
Of course, the sniper will inevitably shoot again during this period.
But without a stable light source, the sniper's shooting frequency and accuracy will be greatly reduced.
Even if all the mannequins on the second floor are included, how many seconds can Xu Cheng be stopped?
Thinking of this, the sniper suddenly slapped his chest.
A faint blue light burst out.
He grasped the night vision device in his hand, stopped concealing his position, and directly knelt down and set up the sniper rifle.
The eyes behind the sniper scope were filled with bloodshot eyes and blue light.
Whoosh!
When the surrounding lights brightened again, the blood vessels around the sniper's pupils surged, instantly adapting to the surrounding light.
Phew—bang!
Xu Cheng rolled and dodged.
Missed!
The lights go out again!
The blood vessel near the temple of the sniper's right eye almost burst out, and a faint blue stream of light was clearly visible.
He continued to search for Xu Cheng in the pitch-black darkness.
