Chapter 3

"Right in the center of the target!"

The moment he pulled the trigger, the one-eyed man already knew the result of this shot. He was clearly very satisfied with his ability to fire such a precise shot with the last bullet while moving quickly.

After landing, the one-eyed man rolled forward and then stood up.

The intense movement pulled at the wound on his severed arm, causing a piercing pain that made him groan.

He turned around and looked at the fallen prey, his gaze cold like a venomous snake.

"A worthless scum who can't even hold a gun dares to ambush me!"

"You—"

The moment his eyes met Qi Yuan's, the one-eyed man's pupils suddenly constricted, as if he had seen something terrifying!

Qi Yuan extended his finger and pulled out the deformed bullet from his forehead, leaving a shallow bullet hole with a hint of fresh blood seeping through.

Qi Yuan rubbed his slightly painful forehead, and his initial shock completely dissipated.

Apart from the pain, this shot had no consequences. He wasn't even injured, let alone killed.

Shit!

Bulletproof!

Such a变态 (bizarre) defensive ability!

I can take on ten of them!

"Is that all?"

Qi Yuan looked at the one-eyed man with a half-smile, watching his expression change from shock to despair, then slowly raised the rifle in his hand.

"You actually have enhanced defense!" The one-eyed man's face was full of dejection.

First-stage extraordinary abilities vary in strength. The ability to resist bullet attacks with enhanced defense is undoubtedly one of the best in combat abilities.

In the world of low-level extraordinary beings, combat domain extraordinary abilities are far more popular than those in the mystic and elemental domains, as each combat domain extraordinary ability brings a significant boost in strength.

Without the support of modern firearms, a first-stage aiming ability is not much stronger than an ordinary person in the face of enhanced defense.

"Before I pull the trigger, can you tell me how many people you have killed here?" Qi Yuan pointed the gun at the one-eyed man and asked.

The one-eyed man was clearly surprised by this question.

"You've never killed anyone?"

He looked deeply at Qi Yuan, his remaining eye showing a hint of confusion and nostalgia, as if recalling the past.

A long time ago, he had asked the same question. At that time, he had never killed anyone, and there was still a faint moral constraint on his hands.

That day's scene was very similar to the present. He held a gun, pointing it at someone's heart, and he wanted to kill that wilderness hunter. However, that faint moral constraint prevented him from using the final bit of strength to pull the trigger.

Perhaps to give himself the courage to pull the trigger, he couldn't help but ask the hunter a question—how many people have you killed!

It wasn't until much later that the one-eyed man finally understood that the reason he asked that question was not because of a lack of courage, but because he needed an excuse to break that faint moral constraint!

This unnecessary question allowed the wilderness hunter to see his weakness, and as a result, he lost an eye.

From that moment on, the one-eyed man understood an important rule for survival in the new era!

The one-eyed man snapped out of his memories. He looked at the corpse on the ground, at his own severed arm, and took a step forward, pressing the gun's muzzle against his chest. He looked into Qi Yuan's eyes and said, word by word:

"In this damned world, every bit of unnecessary morality is a noose around your neck. This is a lesson I learned with the loss of an eye. Now, I pass this lesson on to you!"

"Before I die, I'll tell you one more secret. It was Morin who drugged you and sold you to me. I gave him ten dollars, the price of a bullet! You can find him in the tavern in Blackstone Town!"

"Now, shoot!"

"Without the constraint of morality, is a human life worth only a bullet?"

Qi Yuan muttered to himself, then pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The bullet pierced the one-eyed man's heart, exiting from his back, spewing out a burst of hot blood.

The one-eyed man fell backward, blood gushing from the wound in his heart, quickly staining the ground red.

His massive body quickly lost its vitality, turning into a cold corpse.

Qi Yuan looked up at the gray sky, walked into the cave, and took a set of gray combat gear from a similarly sized corpse, put on the gear, and took the one-eyed man's bag. He also collected all the guns and knives on the ground before leaving the cave. He then proceeded to cut up the rotwolf corpses outside according to the one-eyed man's method.

After collecting everything, Qi Yuan, with a blood-soaked bag tied to his waist, carrying the collected guns and weapons, walked toward the next sign-in point.

The sky gradually darkened.

Not long after Qi Yuan left, the one-eyed man's corpse suddenly moved, his pale face showing a hint of pain. His stiff fingers began to dig into the rocks, the immense force even breaking several fingers, leaving dark red blood marks on the rocks.

After a long time, the one-eyed man stopped struggling and wobbled to his feet. His green eyes had lost their original color, turning completely black, as if stained by thick ink, dark and pitch-black.

He straightened his body, looked in the direction Qi Yuan had left, and silently turned to walk into the cave.

Then, the cave echoed with the sound of gnawing, as if a wild beast was greedily gnawing on the bones of its prey!

...

The steel defense not only provided bulletproof protection, but Qi Yuan also felt that his physical strength had increased significantly. Carrying a pile of loot, he walked for two hours without feeling much fatigue.

When the sign-in point appeared in his mind, Qi Yuan finally saw the human settlement the one-eyed man had mentioned—Blackstone Town.

There was indeed a sign-in point in Blackstone Town!

Qi Yuan stopped. Besides the sign-in point inside Blackstone Town, there were two more sign-in points about ten kilometers away.

The existence of three sign-in points around Blackstone Town meant three unknown extraordinary abilities!

Qi Yuan's heart began to burn with excitement.

"Steel defense has already allowed me to resist bullets. If I can activate three more gray light balls, I should have enough self-defense capabilities. Even a rotwolf, I can kill with my bare hands!"

As night approached, the hunters who had gone out to hunt began to return. Some carried guns and held the corpses of black-toothed rats, while others returned empty-handed, carrying only old guns on their backs.

A few wilderness hunters glanced at Qi Yuan, who had stopped, their eyes sweeping over the rifles on his back and finally landing on the AK.

In Blackstone Town, firearms were also an important measure of strength!

Compared to most wilderness hunters who carried rifles, the AK, though not as powerful as some of the more potent weapons, was still a good weapon. Few ordinary wilderness hunters in Blackstone Town had such a powerful weapon.

In the entire Blackstone Town, apart from the extraordinary beings, there were no more than ten AKs in the hands of ordinary people.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of an engine grew louder, and an old military green pickup truck appeared in the distance. It made a sharp turn, drawing an arc and raising a cloud of dust as it drove rudely toward Blackstone Town, completely disregarding the wilderness hunters on the road.

The few wilderness hunters who happened to be in the path of the truck quickly moved out of the way, not daring to block its path.

The old pickup truck passed by Qi Yuan. Besides the driver and a middle-aged man sleeping in the passenger seat, there were several warriors in uniform combat gear standing in the back of the truck, holding guns.

Even as the truck moved quickly, they did not waver, as if they were nails firmly fixed to the truck.

Their gun barrels were slightly lowered, sweeping over the surrounding wilderness hunters. If anyone dared to approach the truck or raise a gun, Qi Yuan had no doubt they would be riddled with bullets in an instant.

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the armed warriors. Compared to the wilderness hunters who had been killed by the rotwolves, these warriors were clearly much stronger, with a more ferocious aura and more advanced weapons. Even if they weren't extraordinary beings, they were formidable opponents.

In the back of the pickup truck, besides the ferocious warriors, there were several blood-soaked insect beast corpses, including a rotwolf with its eyes blown out.

The pickup truck, carrying the warriors and their prey, roared into Blackstone Town, and even the guards at the entrance did not dare to stop it.