Chapter 17

Wang Fusheng steadied his heartbeat, slowing his breathing until the world around him seemed to disappear, leaving only himself and the werewolf he was tracking through the scope. The werewolf, carrying a large blade, paced back and forth, and Wang Fusheng could only see its side.

When the werewolf reached the end of its path and turned to walk back, it faced Wang Fusheng. Without hesitation, Wang Fusheng seized this fleeting opportunity and pulled the trigger—bang!

The recoil of the sniper rifle made Wang Fusheng's shoulder tremble slightly, but he did not look at the result of the shot. After the first shot, Wang Fusheng chambered a second bullet. As his right hand quickly chambered the second bullet and returned to the trigger, Wang Fusheng, who had not taken his eyes off the scope, saw the blood spatter from the bullet that penetrated the werewolf's eye. As he had guessed, even a headshot was not enough to kill the werewolf. So, Wang Fusheng chambered a second bullet and fired again.

Bang! As the werewolf felt intense pain, dropped its large blade, and instinctively reached to cover its injured eye, the second bullet flew out of the barrel and hit the werewolf's other eye. But Wang Fusheng remained calm, his face showing no emotion as he chambered a third bullet.

The werewolf, hit twice in quick succession, crouched down. The two shots were less than a second apart, and the blinded werewolf did not know how to react. It instinctively covered its injured eyes with its paws and let out a howl of pain.

At this moment, Wang Fusheng adjusted his aim slightly as the werewolf crouched and pulled the trigger for the third time. He then continuously chambered more bullets, firing the fourth and fifth shots almost immediately.

The third shot pierced the werewolf's throat, cutting off its howl. After the third shot, Wang Fusheng fired two more times. The fourth and fifth shots aimed at the werewolf's heart, hitting almost simultaneously. The blood from the fourth shot had not even spattered when the fifth shot hit the werewolf's heart again.

The werewolf, with its hands covering its injured eyes, stiffened and then fell to the ground, blood gushing from its mouth. Its body began to convulse, and breathing became a luxury as life quickly drained from it. Several items dropped from the werewolf's body.

[System Announcement]: On October 2, 3576, players Qingdaofu and Taohuayan successfully killed a werewolf in the Chinese region, becoming the first players in the game "Fate" to kill an F1-level boss. They are awarded 500 reputation points, and their glorious history will be recorded in the annals of "Fate."

"System announcement! We're on TV, we're going to be famous this time." The sudden system announcement made Wang Fusheng and the fat man pause, but the fat man quickly became excited.

"Don't forget, you're a hacker. Be careful about your identity being exposed, or you might get shot. Take the sniper rifle and leave, and help me monitor the surroundings." Wang Fusheng, who had not expected this, glanced at the fat man. The sniper rifle instantly disassembled in Wang Fusheng's hands, and he rushed down the hill.

"Go with peace of mind." The fat man collected all the disassembled parts of the sniper rifle and put them in his backpack, then ran in the opposite direction with his laptop.

On the other side of the ruins, when the first gunshot echoed from a distance, the members of the Violent Squad froze. When the five consecutive shots rang out, everyone's faces turned serious.

"3.5 seconds, five shots, that's a pro, a bandit." After the gunshots stopped, the gambler shouted to the bandit behind him. With other automatic weapons, firing five shots in 3.5 seconds would not be impressive, but with a semi-automatic sniper rifle, each shot required manually chambering the next bullet. Firing five shots in 3.5 seconds, regardless of accuracy, was a sign of a skilled shooter.

"Understood." The bandit, called by name, stopped the pickup truck and stood up through the sunroof. He raised his sniper rifle and looked in the direction of the gunshots, but before he could start observing, the werewolf took its last breath, and the system announcement sounded.

"Ruins, ruins, find the location where the werewolf was killed." The gambler quickly reacted and shouted at the bandit.

"One o'clock direction, 1800 meters away, lying in a pool of blood, items dropped, confirmed dead. Too many obstacles, unable to locate the sniper." The bandit turned his sniper rifle and used the scope to search the distant ruins. With the higher ground and some obstacles, he quickly found the werewolf's body.

"Bandit, go get the werewolf's body and the dropped items. Everyone else, get in the car. Bandit, provide cover fire, let's go, quickly." The gambler shouted at the bandit and jumped into the car.

The mutant bandit, hearing the gambler's words, immediately rushed out, no longer engaging the wild wolves, and quickly headed towards the location of the werewolf's body provided by the gunner.

The gunner, the bandit, moved to a new position, giving up the driver's seat, and used his sniper rifle to eliminate the wild wolves that might hinder the bandit's progress, assisting him in moving quickly.

The thug jumped out of the mech, put it away, and sat in the driver's seat, starting the vehicle. The gambler, who had retreated to the back seat, opened the electronic map to determine the location of the werewolf's body and began to deduce the possible location of the sniper based on the direction of the gunshots.

"Damn, they dared to steal our monster. Find and kill him." The gambler, who was usually polite, cursed as he determined the possible range of the sniper.

"Boss, it seems we are the ones stealing someone else's monster now." The thug, driving the car, glanced at the gambler in the rearview mirror.

"Just drive, stop talking nonsense." The gambler, looking embarrassed, slapped the back of the thug's head and glared at him. The thug, intimidated by his seemingly polite and refined captain, shrank back and stopped talking.

Due to the bumpy road, the pickup truck did not move very fast. In contrast, the mutant bandit, with the gunner's cover fire, moved quickly. In just half a minute, he had advanced over 300 meters while dodging the wild wolves.

"Mountain Eagle, Mountain Eagle, enemy spotted at your eleven o'clock direction. A pickup truck, number of enemies unknown. A figure is moving quickly towards the werewolf's body. Satellite image resolution is too low to identify, but it is suspected to be a mutant. Be careful." The fat man, returning with his laptop, did not turn it off but continued to monitor the surroundings through the satellite, guiding Wang Fusheng.

When the fat man zoomed in on the satellite map to monitor the entire area for other dangers, he noticed the presence of the Violent Squad and captured the figure of the quickly advancing mutant bandit.

"Mountain Eagle? What's that?" Wang Fusheng, who had just retrieved a dropped item from a wild wolf and retracted his serrated dagger from its heart, asked in confusion.

"Don't you think I'm like a real-life sniper team now? Mountain Eagle is the codename I gave you." The fat man said proudly.

"Get lost. How far am I from the werewolf's body, and how far are they from it?" Wang Fusheng put away his dagger, drew his pistol, and began to quickly approach the werewolf's body. Although the simple pistol was not very powerful, at this close range, firing multiple shots was much faster than hand-to-hand combat. He picked up the items dropped by the wild wolves if they were close, but did not waste time on them if they were far. The werewolf's body was more important.

"They are 1400 meters away from the werewolf's body in a straight line, and the mutant is 1000 meters away, closing the distance rapidly. You are 600 meters away from the werewolf's body." The fat man answered quickly.

"Got it. You better leave. If you lose my sniper rifle, I'll boil your fat for oil." Wang Fusheng glanced at the eleven o'clock direction and increased his speed.

Covering 600 meters, Wang Fusheng used his pistol to eliminate the obstructing wild wolves and reached the location in one and a half minutes. The area facing Wang Fusheng was an open field, while the area facing the gambler and his team was more complex. Thus, Wang Fusheng arrived before the bandit.

He quickly collected the items dropped by the werewolf, used his dagger to cut off the werewolf's claws and four large fangs, and also removed the werewolf's fur, stuffing everything into his backpack.

Swish! Just as Wang Fusheng was about to leave, a figure jumped out from behind a half-collapsed wall. Wang Fusheng quickly drew his pistol, not looking up but already locking onto the figure to fire.

However, the figure's speed exceeded Wang Fusheng's expectations. He almost completed the turn and draw simultaneously, but as he was about to pull the trigger, the bandit kicked his gun away.