Nightmare, Shattered!

Carefully studying the information, he discovered that he had shot dead nine Flame Black Beetles and four Flying Flame Beetles, with his current Basic Gunmanship proficiency at 87%.

Taking a deep breath of the scorching air, Meng Chao went all in.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

He turned his gun and fired at the Flame Black Beetles on the ground.

These low-level creatures had already formed a dense insect swarm on the Small Plaza. Meng Chao didn't even need to aim; the bullets immediately tore open the shells of several Black Beetles.

Some unlucky ones were shot in their flammable mucus sacs, instantly turning into fireballs.

A sea of fire spread in front of Building 19.

As the flames rose, the alien fire before Meng Chao's eyes became even more magnificent:

[Killed a Flame Black Beetle, Contribution Points +1, Proficiency +1%, reaching 88%]

[Congratulations, Flamebearer, for completing the first combat mission "Alien Insect Hunter," defending your civilization with powerful force. Rewarded with 1500 Contribution Points and the ability to upgrade any current basic skill by one level. Upgrade now?]

"Wait!"

Meng Chao held his breath and continued to shoot frantically. With the whistling of bullets, the Flame Black Beetles were blasted apart one after another.

The alien fire in front of him blazed wildly:

[Proficiency +1%, Proficiency +2%, Proficiency +3%!]

[Congratulations, your Ordinary Level Basic Gunmanship proficiency has reached 100%, upgraded to "Expert Level"]

As if enlightened, various gun-related information instantly appeared in his mind. Bio-currents surged from the central nervous system all the way to the nerve endings, allowing every muscle fiber to master even stronger gunmanship.

At this moment, the dense gunfire also attracted the attention of the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle.

The super beast turned one hundred and eighty degrees, the golden powder on its wings shimmering, its ghost eyes widening even further. Its terrifying aura was almost tangible, firmly locking onto Meng Chao's window.

"Crack!"

The reinforced glass couldn't withstand the impact of the super beast's aura, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared.

"Whose house is that? Are they courting death?"

On the ground, the Bayonet Squad also noticed the super beast's anger.

Li Dayong and the neighbors couldn't help but sweat for the crazy shooter.

"Now! Throw all Contribution Points into Basic Gunmanship and max out the proficiency!" Meng Chao roared in his heart.

He received more than thirty Contribution Points from teaching the Wild Bull Technique, 500 Contribution Points from reducing his little sister's chance of turning evil, and 1500 Contribution Points from completing the "Alien Insect Hunter" mission, totaling more than two thousand Contribution Points, all poured into Basic Gunmanship.

Proficiency soared rapidly.

15%, 26%, 48%, 55%, 78%, 99%!

He felt his brain and hands burning. Countless memories of shooting guns in his previous life shone brightly, like burning meteorites bombarding and engraving themselves firmly onto the cerebral cortex of this life.

[Congratulations, your Expert Level Basic Gunmanship proficiency has reached 100%, upgraded to "Master Level"]

A crisp and pleasant gunshot echoed in his mind.

Accompanied by a brain-splitting, agonizing pain, details ten times richer than those of an expert flooded in.

No, this wasn't enough.

Meng Chao clutched his scalding brain, feeling as if his brain matter was about to gush out from his seven orifices, but he still gritted his teeth and roared in his heart, "Now, I can redeem the 'Alien Insect Hunter' reward, and upgrade the Master Level Basic Gunmanship by one more level!"

[Initial Combat Mission Reward Confirmed. Congratulations, your Basic Gunmanship has been upgraded from Master Level to "Perfect Level."]

Basic Gunmanship, Perfect Level!

"Aaaaaaaah!"

In an instant, Meng Chao's brain nearly exploded.

The incomparably violent torrent of information not only poured in his past life's shooting experience.

It was as if the shooting experience of hundreds of veterans who had died alongside him when Dragon City was destroyed was crammed into his brain in this life, almost turning into magma, about to burst out from his seven orifices.

Besides how to fine-tune every muscle fiber, even every cell, to perfectly control most ordinary firearms.

Hundreds of monster body structure diagrams also appeared in his mind, including their weaknesses and the best ways to fight them.

Apart from the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle, there were many monsters that the people of Dragon City hadn't even seen yet, but he knew them clearly.

It was as if, in his previous life, he had stood in front of an operating table and personally dissected countless monsters.

"This is the feeling!"

He endured the pain of his brain matter gushing out, and with his hands about to burst into flames, he changed the last Armor-Piercing Bullet magazine.

Without even looking, it was another burst of three-round bursts.

This time, however, the Armor-Piercing Bullets flew off the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle's curved carapace.

Unable to penetrate the carapace, it completely enraged the super beast.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle swooped over Meng Chao's apartment building.

"Screech!"

The sharp screech tore through the eardrums of all the residents.

Its mouthparts opened, and a near-purple crimson fireball rapidly brewed.

The super beast before his eyes overlapped with the scenes in his nightmare.

Meng Chao seemed to see how this beast rampaged, how it tore humans into pieces, how it burned his home of seventeen years to ashes, how it hurt his mother, father, sister, himself, the neighbors, everyone in Tianfu Garden.

His eyeballs burned, and bullet-like flames spurted from the depths of his pupils.

"In this life, die for me!"

Bang!

Just as the super beast spewed out the flames of destruction.

The last Armor-Piercing Bullet left the chamber.

Basic Gunmanship, Perfect Level, activate!

Meng Chao became one with his gun, the light in his eyes and his will to kill all entwined on the bullet.

The bullet instantly tore through the void.

Accurately piercing the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle's mouthparts, detonating the fireball that had yet to be spat out.

Boom!

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle's mouthparts instantly exploded, the surrounding organs were blasted to smithereens, spraying out large amounts of light golden, viscous fluid, like a kite with a broken string, falling down powerlessly.

"Someone blew up the super beast!"

In the buildings, on the ground, countless residents let out ecstatic cries of surprise.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle was the commander of the monsters.

With the commander falling, the insect swarm was immediately leaderless.

Not only were the Flying Flame Beetles crashing around like headless flies, but the surging tide of insects also broke apart, the Black Beetles scurrying around like ants on a hot pot, trembling under the roars of the humans.

"It seems to be Building 19, it's Old Meng from Unit 3, 704, he used to be a sharpshooter in the army, didn't expect him to be so vigorous in his old age!"

Joint Defense Captain Li Dayong was both surprised and delighted, waving his war blade, and shouting at the top of his lungs, "The monsters are collapsing, residents, for Tianfu Garden, for Dragon City, for Earth, charge!"

The Bayonet Squad, howling, pounced into the swarm of beasts like hungry tigers pouncing on sheep.

The Black Beetle swarm, which had been hesitant and fearful, immediately scattered and fled in disarray, attempting to escape back into the depths of the mist.

But the spatial rift had already closed, and they were like fish in a cauldron, with nowhere to escape.

"I..."

In Room 704, Meng Yishan simply couldn't believe his eyes.

The super beast was clearly blown up by a bullet fired from Building 19, but besides him, there were no more powerful shooters here!

Could it be that in his haste, he wildly sprayed with his submachine gun, resulting in an extraordinary performance, a blind cat catching a dead mouse?

He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but couldn't say what was strange.

Thump.

A sound came from beside him, and his son collapsed to the ground.

"Ah Chao!"

Meng Yishan was shocked and rushed forward to hug his son, discovering that his skin was burning hot, as if he had a fever of forty degrees, and all the muscles in his body were convulsing wildly.

"..." Meng Chao couldn't speak, nosebleeds gushed out like a faucet had been turned on, and his brain felt like it was being run over and crushed by a main battle tank, hurting so much he wanted to cry.

With his seventeen-year-old frail body, instantly awakening so many memories from his previous life, his brain cells were almost bursting with the tide of information, it was simply suicide.

Fortunately, the last bullet, he had won the gamble.

The previous three-round burst was just a feint.

It was to make the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle face him directly, exposing the only fatal weakness deep in its mouthparts.

Using the last Armor-Piercing Bullet to disrupt the super beast's ultimate move from forming, triggering a chain reaction that caused the Spirit Energy within the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle to completely lose control.

It wasn't his bullet, but the super beast's own violent power that killed itself.

This is what's called "Perfect Level."

Meng Chao closed his eyes and found the scene of the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle wreaking havoc in Tianfu Garden in his nightmare fragmented, rapidly dimming and dissipating, soon to be gone with the wind.

Indeed, nightmares can be shattered, the future can be changed, and fate is ultimately in my own hands, he smiled inwardly.

Suddenly, a sweet taste on the tip of his tongue; Bai Jiacao had pried open his mouth and was carefully pouring in a medical potion.

"Brother, you must not die, I haven't taken revenge yet, no, I haven't repaid you yet, how can you just leave like this? Waaah!" The little girl cried her heart out.

"Who said I..." Meng Chao weakly opened his eyes.

"Brother, you're okay?" Bai Jiacao turned her tears into a smile, taking the opportunity to pinch Meng Chao's face hard, "How is it, can you feel anything, is your consciousness still clear?"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, let go!" As expected of the Black Night Witch, so evil.

"Chao'er, are you alright?" Dad, Mom, and Grandma Wang all looked at him with concern.

For the time being, Meng Chao didn't know how to explain it to everyone.

He was also too tired to speak.

He could only barely raise a thumb: "I'm fine, just a little exhausted, Dad, you took down the super beast, amazing."

Meng Yishan's old face flushed red.

Looking at his trembling, exhausted son, he thought for a moment and also raised his thumb in front of Meng Chao.

"Son, you are also amazing, rest well, we are all here, don't be afraid," the middle-aged man said with utmost sincerity.

"That's right, with me here, no other demons or monsters can bully you!" Bai Jiacao also said.

Meng Chao smiled "hehe" and closed his eyes.

A moment later, he suddenly opened them again.

That's not right, if he shot and killed the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle, why didn't a message pop up to tell him how many Contribution Points he had gained?