Although Zhang Heng picked up the CS5 later, it was no longer usable-high temperatures had damaged the rifle’s internal structure. That said, Zhang Heng possessed the Infinite Building Blocks, a fine fit for dealing with such situations.
Three minutes later, a new CS5 reappeared in his hands. He disassembled it, put its parts into a box, and carried it to the urban village. He then found a relatively tall residential building and decided to ascend it.
The battle between Arc of Light and the Union had raged on for a long time. Although they had tried their best to avoid attracting the attention of the ordinary, youths of the day had evolved into pseudo-nocturnals. Many were wide awake even after midnight, and some noticed something unusual taking place outside their windows.
However, Arc of Light dealt with it very quickly. They cut off communication signals in the area, temporarily blocking it; not to mention a bespoke game item they had that allowed them to erase the people’s memories. They wouldn’t remember a thing that happened during the past two hours. According to the original plan, the battle should have ended now.
Zhang Heng had all but disrupted Light of Arc’s plans. While on the rooftop, he took a monocular from his backpack and zeroed-in some Arc of Light members retreating to a specific place. On the other side, a small hotel attracted his attention. There were no suspicious people outside, but the same couldn’t be said for the nearby buildings. Zhang Heng realized that someone important had to be hidden therethey must have retreated in a different direction to protect the people hiding inside the hotel.
Putting down the scope, Zhang Heng reassembled the rifle as quickly as he could, ignoring those retreating. He then zoomed to the street where the hotel was located. Not hasty to eliminate his enemy, he first used the CS5 to take out a man in a rental house not far away from him—the man would come out to check his surroundings from time to time. Another four people hiding in the grocery store next door got sniped as well. Unfortunately, the last shot finally exposed Zhang Heng’s location, prompting the enemies to fire back immediately in a rage.
Zhang Heng squatted down and paid attention to where the firing sound was coming from. With his excellent hearing, he located the enemies firing at him. He then took out a pocket mirror, looked at it quickly, and pulled it back, using the opportunity to change position. After counting to three in his heart, he poked his head out from a different spot and fired his rifle before the enemies could react. In that short stint, he managed to bag another two kills.
Zhang Heng took out the elite long-range assault team dispatched by Arc of Light Arc, leaving behind ordinary marksman players. They had submachine guns for weapons and could only be used for frontal assaults. Once a certain distance was put in between, the submachine gun’s accuracy would drop drastically. Even if Zhang Heng stood there and allowed them to shoot at him, there was a good chance they would land no accurate shots. It also meant that he would dominate the battle eventually.
Zhang Heng fired the rifle at his own pace. After repeating the same step several times, all the marksmen on the enemy’s side had been killed. He took a little more time to clean up a few enemy remnants still holding up in the building. When that was done, he walked to the small hotel with the CS5 in hand.
To avoid causing bad memories for the receptionist on the first floor, Zhang Heng climbed to the second-floor window. Once he got into the hotel, he opened the door, seeing no one in the corridor. He had initially planned to search room by room, but he heard footsteps outside the corridor before he could carry that out.
He raised his CS5 and pointed in the direction of the emergency exit. When he came into the hotel, the street was still empty. The waiter at the front desk was asleep, which meant the person was definitely here for him. Arc of Light had displayed their full strength when he got assaulted once on the rooftop earlier. As one of the three major guilds, they would have many master players as members. Nonetheless, he was surprised his enemy came for him so fast.
He did not hesitate this time. When the footsteps approached the door, Zhang Heng shot half a second ahead of time. The bullet passed through the enemy’s body, leaving not so much as a single trace. Zhang Heng was dumbfounded. The bullet continued on its trajectory, hitting the wall behind her. It was as if the bullet had just penetrated a phantom.
Zhang Heng managed to take a good look at his enemy this time. It was a woman in a white dress. Barefoot with her long black hair hanging down to her waist, it was hard telling her age. Also, with her was a long sword. She wasn’t that tall but exuded a thick heroic aura.
She then looked at her chest where the bullet passed through. She was just as surprised as Zhang Heng. After a while, she looked up.
“Even if you know I am from Arc of Light, you should at least listen to my introduction before you shoot me.” “You didn’t ask where I came from when your guild set those traps to deal with me,” replied Zhang Heng. He knew that Arc of Light would send someone to disable his sniping. Hence, he did expect his rifle to leave the woman in white unscathed. He was simply unsure if it was the agent’s own ability or an effect of a game item that made her immune to his bullets. To test his theory, Zhang Heng pulled the trigger again without saying hello. Even after he emptied the bullet cartridge, the woman in white’s body remained unchanged. She shook her head afterward, seemingly disapproving of Zhang Heng’s approach.
“This is a bit too messy.”
At this point, Zhang Heng was sure that the opponent’s ability to defend those bullets was very likely her own ability. If she had relied on game items, it should have exceeded the number of uses by now. Still, he couldn’t tell if her ability was similar to that of Piercings. Previously, the Piercings had turned himself into a water giant, neutralizing bullets and blocking melee attacks. In the end, Zhang Heng had to place his hope on the Paris Arrow.
The woman in white was in no rush to do anything to Zhang Heng. And she had no intention to draw the long sword as well, standing there silently and waiting for Zhang Heng to end the attack before she spoke again.
“Are you a friend of that child?”
Although she did not mention the name, Zhang Heng knew that the child the woman in white was referring to was Shen Xixi. He saw that Arc of Light seemed to send people who tended to prefer negotiation. So, Zhang Heng stopped his attack. It was undeniable that tonight, he had killed his fair share of enemies. Still, the ultimate goal was to help Shen Xixi solve her problem. Since the enemy was open to negotiation, he didn’t mind cooperating. “As long as the Arc of Light stops all the attack on the Union, and stop pursuing what happened last night, I can promise you that I will stop the killing,” said Zhang Heng.
However, what the woman in white said next left Zhang Heng shocked.
“I have to admit, from my personal point of view, I appreciate what you did tonight. However, I have to say sorry. Even if Arc of Light accepts your terms, I cannot. What if we talk about another proposal.”
“What proposal?”
“You stop the killing tonight, and if we do meet again in the future, I promise not to hurt you,” the woman in white said.
