Chapter 491: I Said I'm Taking Photos, You Believe Me? |
Bang!!!
The shotgun blast arrived right on cue!
In an instant, sparks flew everywhere!
However!
The anticipated elimination did not appear in the kill feed at the top right of the screen!
All because, at this moment!
Standing before Old Ma was not Breach with his goggles!
But a half-body shield embedded with two rows of devices that looked like searchlights!
The operator holding the shield wore jeans, a thick black bulletproof vest, and a tactical headset integrated helmet!
For a moment, the air itself seemed to freeze.
The shield-bearing operator just stared at him, and though his face showed no expression, Old Ma could read a sentence in his eyes—
[Finished with the fancy tricks? My turn now?]
Zooooooom—flash—!!!
The next second!
Right in front of Old Ma!
The two rows of "searchlights" on that shield suddenly erupted with a blinding, dazzling flash!
All that was heard was Old Ma's agonized scream!
"Ah—!!! My eyes—!!!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The shotgun fired wildly!
Gunshots exploded throughout the entire garage!
Yet this chaotic, noisy barrage lasted no more than three seconds!
Thump!!!
With the dull thud of a shield bash!
Everything returned to dead silence.
Caustic Old Ma, eliminated.
And this operator who had been sprinting with a clattering sound was naturally not Breach, but another attacking operator from the German GSG-9 unit—
[BLITZ (Flash Shield)]
As the name implies, Flash Shield's unique skill is this shield capable of emitting a blinding flash at close range against defenders!
And the most conventional tactic for Flash Shield is naturally to find a way to close the distance while holding up the shield, give the opposing defender a "point-blank photo session," and then bash them to death with the shield!
By the time Liu Di arrived on the scene, he was just in time to witness this terrifying spectacle!
They stared at each other, speechless!
In the silent underground garage, Flash Shield stood beside Old Ma's beaten corpse.
And Liu Di, who had come running at the sound, stood at the entrance to the underground dining room.
And the next second!
Clatter clatter clatter clatter!
Flash Shield crouched low and launched forward again!
In his panic, Liu Di also raised his submachine gun and unleashed a burst of fire!
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—! Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—!
Ping! Ping! Ping! Clang!
Bullets blasted against the shield, sparks flying everywhere, yet they couldn't slow Flash Shield's advance in the slightest!
Seeing this, not to mention Liu Di, even the viewers were stunned—
"Holy shit! This is way too overpowered!"
Turtle with a shield! Close-range flash execution! Damn, that's too strong! Invincible in a one-on-one!
"Hahahahahaha General Di is clearly panicking!"
"Who the hell wouldn't panic in this situation?!"
"Pay attention to General Di's heart rate!"
"Hahahahaha damn, 130! Even higher than Ma Teacher's right before he died hahahahaha!"
"Ma Teacher was more like cardiac arrest, General Di is like [here's johnny~]"
"Automatically picturing Zhang Wei's face (doge)"
"The little train is coming through!"
"Damn, R6's sound design is really fucking terrifying..."
"General Di just straight up ran away hahahaha..."
"This match is so damn exciting!"
"Hahahahahaha..."
Run!
Run for his life!
That's right!
After watching Flash Shield remain completely unscathed after taking a whole magazine from his submachine gun!
The only thing Liu Di could do now was turn tail and flee!
Pop! Pop-pop! Pop!
Behind him!
Flash Shield's bullets whizzed past his ears.
The sound, like a little train, was a haunting melody of death, chasing relentlessly at his heels!
"Wahahahahaha—!!!"
Clatter clatter clatter clatter!
Flash Shield roared with a perverted-sounding laugh, firing while holding up the shield, pursuing relentlessly!
Although there was no open voice chat.
Fortunately, Golden Wind had thoughtfully added an [All Chat] function to the game.
And it could be automatically converted via voice recognition.
[BLITZ: Uncle Di! Uncle Di, don't run! I'm your fan!]
[BLITZ: Let me take your picture! Uncle Di! Hahahahaha~]
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid, Uncle Di! Wahahahahaha—!"
Flash Shield chased with a wide grin, tongue lolling:
"Though I'm very bright, just endure it and it'll be over! Uncle Di—!!!"
One turn!
Flash Shield followed closely behind Liu Di through the dining room, circled all the way around the archive room corridor, and doubled back into the locker room hallway!
During this chase, because Liu Di needed to constantly turn back to suppress Flash Shield's pistol shots, the distance between them kept shrinking!
Thump thump thump thump—
Clatter clatter—
As the footsteps grew closer and closer!
On this side, Flash Shield was on the verge of catching up to Entry Denial Device Liu Di!
With an evil laugh, the corners of Flash Shield's mouth seemed to stretch to the back of his head:
"Uncle Di! Smile for the camera!!!"
And right at that moment!
Click.
As Flash Shield passed through the small doorway.
In that instant, an almost imperceptibly faint sound suddenly rang out from the doorframe.
And Liu Di, running ahead, also slowed his pace, covering his ears with both hands.
Click—
Boooooooom!!!
Real men never look back at explosions!
Correct! Just as Liu Di had anticipated!
The Flash Shield, who had been acting like a perverted maniac just moments ago, had precisely triggered the Entry Denial Device he had placed!
And to ensure enough damage, he had placed a full three Entry Denial Devices on this single doorframe!
Whoosh—splat—
Flash Shield's corpse flew out, slamming into the wall like a ragdoll.
Accompanied by a barrage of 'Liu Di is beating up his fans' filling the livestream chat, it slid to the floor, lifeless.
Attacker Flash Shield, eliminated.
.......
And at the same time!
The violent explosion also gave Pulse Donggua, who was on the second floor, a huge fright!
"Fuck me!"
The second floor had been perfectly quiet, and this sudden loud boom from the Entry Denial Device made Donggua jump:
"What the hell is going on down there? Scared the shit out of me, did you lose someone already?"
Muttering with a sigh, Donggua raised his "camera"—the heartbeat sensor—again, wanting to continue tracking the heartbeat he had just detected.
That's right.
Just moments ago, through the heartbeat sensor, he had clearly located a heartbeat source directly above him.
If inside a building, once you detect a vertically positioned heartbeat like this, whether through wall penetration shots or directly throwing a C4 gadget to detonate, you could gain the upper hand, even scoring a kill through the floor.
But unfortunately, he was currently on the second floor.
And the ceiling above the second floor was concrete, impenetrable and indestructible.
So, he could only slowly follow this heartbeat's movement, waiting for an opportunity to ambush the opponent when they rappelled or breached a window.
But alas.
The sudden explosion from the basement level startled him, and in that brief moment of distraction, the heartbeat source vanished.
He could only hold up the heartbeat sensor and search around again.
"Hmm... Where the hell did it run off to?"
Donggua searched everywhere.
Since the Consulate was a single structure, the second floor was roughly the same size as the first floor in terms of area, with a similar layout.
Currently, Donggua was in the hallway at the top of the main spiral staircase.
The heartbeat source he had just detected was directly above this position.
Recalling carefully, the last flicker before he lost it seemed to show the heartbeat source moving northwest, towards the emergency stairwell side.
"Let me look around..."
Saying this, Donggua slowly shuffled forward, eyes glued to the heartbeat sensor's display, heading towards the emergency stairwell.
And at the same time!
In the emergency stairwell.
A female operator, also wearing jeans, a black bulletproof vest, and an integrated headset helmet like Flash Shield, was intently watching the screen in front of her, slowly creeping up the stairs.
However, unlike the heartbeat sensor.
Her device was more compact—a semi-transparent tracking display that could be flipped up from her wrist for viewing. It didn't require both hands to hold, allowing her to check it with one hand while holding her weapon with the other.
[IQ]
The device on her wrist was her skill—a screen capable of detecting electronic devices through walls and other obstacles.
She had been puzzled for a while now—
She was clearly on the roof, but there was an electronic device on the second floor constantly emitting a pulse signal that seemed to follow her.
She moved east, the pulse moved east.
She moved west, the pulse moved west.
Even now!
She had already broken through the wood plank and entered the stairwell, yet that electronic device was still persistently moving towards her.
'What the hell is that thing???'
IQ couldn't figure it out.
It looked as if someone was carrying an electronic device and moving around.
To investigate and satisfy her curiosity, IQ began making her way up the stairs to the second floor.
Beep beep...
The pulse seemed to be getting closer.
Making her way up the emergency stairs, passing through the doorway, entering the consulate reception front desk room.
IQ walked while turning towards the direction of the electronic pulse.
"Due east...?"
Turning around!
IQ's gaze slowly left the display screen, looking down the long, open second-floor hallway.
At that moment.
A bald man holding a device that looked like a camera was crouched, slowly inching forward down the hallway in her direction.
The huge electronic device blocked the bald man's line of sight, blinding him, and preventing him from sensing the approaching danger.
IQ just watched quietly as the bald man approached her, her eyes filled with confusion, even a hint of concern one might show towards a patient.
"Hey! Found it!"
Suddenly!
Just as the bald man wriggled past the front desk doorway!
This defender, who had no idea what the hell he was doing, finally deigned to lower the instrument in his hands, looking ahead with great excitement—
Right at the muzzle of a pistol equipped with a suppressor.
For a moment, time froze.
Donggua looked at the already-aiming IQ in front of him. IQ looked at the awkwardly crouching Donggua before her.
"Um... I..."
Donggua raised the instrument in his hand slightly:
"I said I'm taking photos, you believe me?"
Silence.
A long, drawn-out silence.
Silence was the Consulate tonight.
Pulse Donggua, online, looking for his mommy.
And the next moment.
Gunfire rang out.
Pfft—!
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—!!!