Chapter 19
Wen Zheng emerged from the pavilion in the middle of the lake, now sporting a different sniper rifle. According to his research, this was already the best gun in the game.
Although it's a bit outdated compared to what he used, it's still usable.
The electronic map started another round of red circle alerts, and he was once again in the collapse zone.
Wen Zheng had become numb to the fact that he always ran laps, so he chose the shortest route with the most obstacles and proceeded in a parkour style.
Fortunately, the minimap only crashed twice. Once he entered the safe zone, he would be very close to Xuanyuan Tianlu. Once he saw someone, the game would be pretty much over.
Finishing the game sooner so I can cuddle with my cat and go to sleep sooner feels pretty good.
Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Tianlu, who was in the safe zone, was doing something extremely despicable.
If he were to open a live stream assistant for cat lovers, he would see countless fans calling him crazy.
He was disassembling a gun.
Little Z is very strong in close combat, and Xuan Yuan Tian Lu is very certain of this. So he devised a strategy to deal with him – keep Little Z at a distance and wear him down!
To this end, Xuanyuan Tianlu piled up all the guns he picked up on the road, then disassembled them into pieces and scattered them evenly at several easy-to-hide spots.
Each gun requires different bullets, and the calibers and types of bullets in this game are extremely diverse. Xuanyuan Tianlu was certain that Xiao Z didn't recognize them, so he mixed the bullets together and scattered them randomly.
He believed that when Little Z came looking for him, once he had run out of bullets, he would definitely have to go and pick up new ones.
If you find bullets but can't use them, you have to find a gun.
He picked up a gun but only found parts, then he had to find a new gun. He picked up a few pieces but couldn't put them together, so he had to find more… The ground is littered with bait! Why wouldn't he show himself?!
Moreover, the way a newcomer is stingy and unable to assemble the gun will ruin their image!
Xuanyuan Tianlu became more and more smug. If he didn't need to hide, he would have loved to stand on the rostrum of the playground and sing a song so that everyone could admire his majestic figure!
Yes, the final central area is a school. Most of the teaching buildings have collapsed, leaving only the platform and playground, offering a fairly open view.
Xuanyuan Tianlu hid behind the rostrum, piling up a "turtle shell" to conceal himself tightly, his whole body wrapped in armor of fear of death.
His agent was furious and anxious watching from home, cursing him as a coward several times. He wanted to call but was afraid of further damaging Tianlu's image, so he could only bite his handkerchief and continue watching.
As Wen Zheng walked near the school, a major earthquake shook the ground, and a new round of collapses began.
Relying on his high HP and wearing a bulletproof vest, he strode quickly into the battle zone, neither dodging nor hiding, firing several bursts of bullets in various places, but apart from the dust raised, no one was in sight.
“?” Standing in the center of the playground, Wen Zheng turned around.
With the terrain so open, where did the people hide?
-I'm dying of laughter
-? ?? Is Xuanyuan Tianlu a streamer who focuses on aggressive gunfights? I saw it on a forum?
-Z: Little bunny, come out quickly?
-I can't take it anymore!!! I want Z's boots to stomp on my face!! Imagining Z's face in my mind, waaaaaah...
-I already had a nosebleed from a box of blood while doing parkour at Z University, and now I'm watching the live stream with my head tilted back.
- Me, feeling lost
Has anyone gone to the former residence to see where Xuanyuan Tianlu is?
- I saw it, it's behind the podium, inside that white thing.
-? ? ?
-rostrum!
Wen Zheng also noticed the conspicuous white "turtle shell" over there. Because the platform was quite high, he hadn't seen it at first. Now, looking at it, it didn't resemble a building or garbage; it was very suspicious.
Suddenly, a dark gun barrel emerged from the crack in the tortoise shell. Wen Zheng dodged with lightning speed and hid behind a large banyan tree to the northwest of the podium.
He was shot twice, losing 10% of his health.
The damage is quite high; it seems we can't just tank the damage and charge straight in.
He pulled out a grenade, lit it, and threw it forcefully next to the "turtle shell." A transparent gasbag was ejected, instantly enveloping the grenade. With a bang, the trench remained intact.
This transparent airbag is an isolation weapon invented to counter grenades and bombs. With it, the suicide attack rate of people strapping bombs to their bodies has dropped sharply. It is a new high-tech weapon that is well known even to the general public.
The fact that Xuanyuan Tianlu dared to hide there motionless meant that he had stockpiled a lot of this stuff. Wen Zheng had no choice but to raise his gun and start shooting at Xuanyuan Tianlu.
The sandbags piled up like a turtle shell and the big trees were both good cover. The two sides wore each other down, the tree trunks were worn thinner and thinner, and many sandbags were also leaking.
Wen Zheng was wondering what he was trying to do, but when he ran out of bullets, he realized that he was being worn down.
That's so mean.
Wen Zheng's good mood vanished instantly; he was so angry he almost laughed.
He didn't understand. There were at least five, six, seven, or eight trees nearby. Couldn't he have just moved to another place to hide? How long would it take to snap all the trees off?
Even if he doesn't have a gun or bullets, can't he pick up these things on the ground and use them?
...No, we're already exhausting him, why not hide the gun?
Wen Zheng really couldn't understand his thought process. He squatted down and swept up the messy parts on the ground. He quickly picked out a few, assembled them with a few clicks, and put them together to make a brand new rocket launcher.
This thing is quite heavy, making it difficult to hit small, agile targets. Wen Zheng saw it on the way but didn't take it; he didn't expect to find it here.
The right ammunition isn't here.
He braved the relentless bullets from the enemy and rushed at lightning speed to a tree fifty meters to the south. With only half his health remaining, he didn't even bother to drink a health potion. Instead, he picked up an armor-piercing round, refilled it, and fired a shot at the "trench."
-I can't take it anymore, I'm dying of laughter
Is Xuanyuan Tianlu an idiot?
Why not just keep something this big to yourself or keep it for yourself? Why give it away like that? I just don't understand.
- Going back to what I said earlier, maybe Tianlu didn't intend to destroy all the cover... Maybe he was afraid Wenzheng would also hide? There's still a small part of the school building left! If both sides are fighting, it'll never end... And Xuanyuan Tianlu even disassembled the gun, probably because he didn't expect Z University to be able to reassemble it?
For a moment, I didn't know how to save face.
Is loading a gun difficult?
-This is really difficult! As a battle royale player, I can tell you that nobody would usually dismantle and reassemble something, right?
I had no idea it could be disassembled...
Look! Look! The turtle shell is broken!!!
The armor-piercing round blasted away a significant portion of the cover, and there were no more bullets left. Wen Zheng crouched on a large tree branch, using the canopy for cover to find the right angle, and swung the long sniper rifle he had been carrying in front of him.
As the smoke cleared, he focused intently on the damaged bunker and fired a swift shot.
Bang!
Before the audience could even see what was happening, they heard a series of gunshots, all hitting the same spot!
From the spectator stands, the female commentator on the right screamed, "Z is so cool! What incredible marksmanship!!"
Bei Sining retorted irritably, "What's so handsome about him? What's so amazing about him? I think he's pretentious, mean, and annoying."
The female anchor on the right glared angrily, but before she could speak, the female anchor on the left clapped her hands happily in agreement, saying, "I also think he's such a show-off!"
"You're the one who's showing off! Who gave you permission to insult him?!" Bei Sining turned around and started insulting the female anchor on the left.
The two female anchors: "???"
They were both enraged and simultaneously reached out their claws towards Bei Sining's mask.
Just then, Wen Zheng's extremely steady marksmanship finally pierced through Xuan Yuan Tian Lu's armor with a single shot.
Xuanyuan Tianlu was wearing many layers of clothing, and the space inside the tortoise shell was cramped, leaving him nowhere to hide. What he thought was a strong armor had instead become a cocoon he had bound himself with.
A few seconds later, Xuanyuan Tianlu turned into white light in terror.
The match is over.
The checkout page appeared to descend from the sky, hanging prominently above the miniature jungle.
[Z-bkc] defeated [Xuanyuan Tianlu]!
The spectator stands, which should have been filled with celebration or cursing, suddenly descended into chaos, filled with wailing cries of "Don't pull me away! I want to see! Mom, I want to marry him!"
The riot grew larger and larger, looking like a black hole from afar, magically sucking everyone around it in.
Want to add each other as friends?
Let's add each other as friends!
"Don't push!"
"Why the hell did you hit me?"
"The mask is mine!"
"Pull his hair! Pull him!"
"Don't block my way from taking pictures, move over a little more!!"
The space, which was supposed to close in ten minutes, suddenly flickered twice as if the power had been cut off, and all the audience members were forcibly teleported out.
Wen Zheng was standing in the open field of the central town of Area A, moving his hands and feet, still feeling a little strange, when his agent's phone call quickly diverted his attention.
After praising him repeatedly, Wen Zheng responded with two "uh-huhs," feeling somewhat unworthy of the praise.
To be honest, he felt he could win not because he was strong, but because Xuan Yuan Tian Lu was too weak.
Perhaps he wasn't actually that weak, but fear prevented him from playing a single decent game.
If he could perform at his usual level, even if he lost to himself, his fans wouldn't be too harsh. But being this afraid of losing is really unworthy of his past reputation.
After finishing the call, Wen Zheng went offline and stretched in the middle of the room.
Although it wasn't a very satisfying game, it was still a significant accomplishment.
The computer was on and displayed the Weibo interface. He refreshed it and was immediately drawn to the first trending Weibo post.
[Z University vs. Xuanyuan Tianlu: A player who had experienced a server crash appears in the spectator stands, causing tens of thousands of players to be ejected from the battle room!]
Wen Zheng: What the hell? What is a "collapsed clothing man"?