Zhang Heng realized that his hiding place had already been pinpointed the moment the guy in the middle of the road blocked his sniper rifle bullet.
Given Zhang Heng's current stealth skills, the chances of being spotted while approaching were very low. There was only one explanation for this: the other man's Exoskeleton Gear was equipped with something like a thermal sensor.
That guy on the other side clearly knew that everyone ahead had been taken out by Zhang Heng's sniper rifle, yet he still stood so brazenly in the middle of the road. It obviously was not just because he was careless. He had started by taunting him, putting on the face of an arrogant villain, but if Zhang Heng had truly bought into that act, he would have already been killed by those bombs that had come for him from behind.
In truth, Zhang Heng had immediately left his previous hiding place after his first shot missed. That was why he had survived the explosion just now.
Moreover, Zhang Heng had seized the moment when the blast's heat wave interfered with the other side's thermal sensor and charged straight at his enemy. By then, he had already discarded his sniper rifle. Although Zhang Heng was a good shot, a sniper needed a certain safe distance to display his full strength. With the other side possessing a thermal sensor, trying to widen the distance would have been no different from courting death.
So Zhang Heng simply gave up on sniping his opponent and switched directly to close combat.
His choice also surprised his opponent slightly.
Ordinary people would instinctively try to avoid direct contact after seeing that Exoskeleton Gear, especially after the man in the middle of the road had just demonstrated the reaction speed it gave him by