"Click!"
With a soft sound, the enemy closest to Chen Jian fell down.
Chen Jian's movement did not stop. After identifying the leader among the residents of Xia Ma Town, he quickly marked his thermal signature on the smart glasses.
Immediately afterwards, he swung his gun to aim at another enemy facing him.
Another soft sound, and a mist of blood exploded from the enemy's head, causing him to fall down stiffly.
At the same time, on the side, Lei Jie and Shen Yue also opened fire simultaneously.
The engagement distance was less than 40 meters, slightly far for handguns, but this did not affect their killing efficiency in the slightest.
In just a few breaths, nearly 20 enemies on the shore were reduced to half.
Chen Jian noticed weapons dropped on the ground, and before he could react, He Shuo, who was in a favorable sniping position, had already fired, taking out the enemy attempting to reach the weapons.
The enemy team fell into chaos. In the dim moonlight, they had no idea where the deadly threat came from, only seeing flashes of gunfire from afar, and the people beside them falling one by one.
"Guns! They have guns!"
"Get down! Don't move! They can't find us!"
"Shoot them! Shoot them!"
.....
The leader of the residents shouted orders in a panic. Some listened, some didn't.
But regardless of whether they listened or not, it couldn't interrupt the squad's harvesting rhythm.
Chen Jian had pushed forward to within a 20-meter engagement distance, and at this range, his bullets were even more lethal.
In an instant, several more enemies lying on the ground were dealt with.
Chen Jian did not intend to spare their lives, nor was he unwilling to raise his gun slightly higher.
But he also knew very well that the decision of life and death should either not be made or be completed before the battle begins.
Once the first bullet was fired, there was no room for both parties.
It's either you die, or I perish!
His hand was steadier than ever. After taking down an enemy who picked up a weapon with two bullets, he quickly changed magazines and dove sideways for cover.
At the same time, gunfire from the enemy finally rang out.
"Bang!"
"Bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang----"
The raspy gunfire hinted at the poor quality of the opponent's weapons. Chen Jian was not suppressed by the gunfire. Instead, after hitting the empty chamber button, he stood up again and took out the enemy who was raising his gun to shoot.
Simultaneously, Lei Jie and Shen Yue provided cover for Chen Jian through intermittent shooting. From the start of the fight until now, the three did not communicate more than necessary but coordinated effectively.
In less than a minute, there was no one left standing by the shore.
In the distance, He Shuo, who was observing and on guard, transferred the drone's perspective to the smart glasses. After quickly analyzing, he provided critical information to the three engaged in close combat.
"3 remaining high-threat targets on-site, excluding high-value targets, positions have been marked."
As soon as the voice in the headset faded, the positions of the enemies playing dead on the ground appeared on Chen Jian's glasses.
Without any hesitation, after completing quick target assignments, Lei Jie, Shen Yue, and Chen Jian each locked onto a target and, after adjusting positions, killed them with one shot.
Those people would never know how they were discovered, nor where the bullets that killed them came from.
The only remaining leader curled up on the ground shivering, no longer daring to make a sound, as if wishing to avert disaster by pretending to be deaf.
But that was absolutely impossible.
Chen Jian had already advanced to his side, and before he could react, stepped on his arm, taking away the QSW06 that originally belonged to him.
This was the innkeeper.
"What's in the lake?"
With a cold voice, Chen Jian asked, pointing his gun at the innkeeper's head.
"Impossible... impossible... how are you here... how are you still alive?!"
"Aren't you alive too?"
Chen Jian subconsciously retorted.
But soon, he realized something was wrong.
He was still alive because he was wearing a mask. The small emergency air supply allowed him to survive in an oxygen-depleted environment for 15 minutes.
Then why was this innkeeper still alive?
The surrounding carbon dioxide concentration had risen to 90%, and the heavier-than-air carbon dioxide was settling towards the ground, the sedimentation height at least two meters.
In this range, he could still breathe and talk??
Chen Jian reached out and pinched the innkeeper's face, applying a bit of force. The innkeeper opened his mouth with difficulty, and a wriggling, tentacle-like thing slowly extended from his mouth.
"Damn it!"
Chen Jian threw the innkeeper to the ground, and Lei Jie, who had just arrived, immediately asked:
"What's the situation?"
"A monster, or at least a mutant!"
"How is that possible? They're monsters, and the Holy Blood didn't notice?"
"Who knows? He Shuo, connect to Xu Lie's channel, wake them up!"
"Understood!"
With the order given, Chen Jian immediately turned back to the innkeeper and pointed his gun at his head, asking:
"What on earth is going on here??"
The innkeeper's eyes revealed fear. He looked at Chen Jian, whose face was completely covered, and said in a trembling voice:
"It's you... it's you guys!"
"You are monsters from the grave... ghosts of the Great Cataclysm... you shouldn't be here! You should have died in the Great Cataclysm!"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
With a rifle butt, Chen Jian hit the innkeeper on the head, causing him to tilt his head and fall to the ground, still muttering.
"...I've seen you... I've seen you..."
"I thought it was fake..."
"It's real... it's real..."
The oxygen reserve of the air supply was decreasing, and Chen Jian didn't want to waste any more words with him, so he directly pulled the trigger.
"Click!"
The bullet grazed the innkeeper's face and went into the ground. Chen Jian asked:
"Where did the ammunition come from? What's with the Mechanical God Sect?!"
He didn't bother asking dumb questions like "Why kill us?" and instead went straight to the point.
The innkeeper seemed to regain some sanity at this point. He looked at Chen Jian with a wry smile and answered:
"Dug up, it's all dug up..."
"We're all miners of the Mechanical God Sect, none of us can escape..."
Miners?
Another new term.
Chen Jian did not understand, so he simply ignored it.
"Tie him up and take him away. There's something in the lake we can't handle, let's lay low for now!"
"Understood!"
Lei Jie immediately responded, and at this moment, Xu Lie's voice suddenly came through Chen Jian's headset.
"Chosen One! Chosen One! Chen Jian!"
"I can hear you!"
Chen Jian responded simply while putting away his pistol.
A moment later, Xu Lie's anxious voice sounded again.
"Why did you kill them all?! What did they do?!"
"They were going to kill us! And, they're all monsters!"
"Damn it! Do you think we Holy Blood are not monsters too?!"