They really came.
All the team members lying in wait in the darkness were momentarily unable to describe their feelings in words.
With nothing but a map and the few traces the Mecha Academy had left behind, she had actually judged the enemy's movements with such precision. It sounded like something out of a story.
Yet that was exactly what had happened. When the enemy appeared, everyone panicked for a moment. Because they had never truly believed it would happen, they had prepared their ambush rather carelessly. Sena, the sniper, hadn't even loaded her rifle.
She was using a top-tier alchemical composite firearm. Its bullets were ancient metal projectiles sealed with powerful elemental energy. Once loaded, the energy would be absorbed by the runes inside the barrel. Even if the bullet wasn't fired, it would still waste the precious round.
But at such close range, loading it now would easily alert the enemy. After all, the Mecha Academy's mechas were all top-of-the-line new models, with outstanding energy-detection capabilities. The tiny fluctuation caused by loading might seem insignificant, but at this distance, it would definitely be detected.
Sena's face turned painfully awkward. She glanced at Guo Xiaoyun, who had also picked up a sniper rifle beside her.
"Not loaded?" Guo Xiaoyun looked at her and asked with a hand signal.
Sena swallowed and nodded sheepishly.
"Use this one." Guo Xiaoyun handed over her sniper rifle. "I'm not very familiar with it anyway."
Sena hurriedly accepted the rifle, took a deep breath, and locked onto the enemy.
The scope had been adjusted perfectly, and the firearm's runes were almost fully activated. As long as she pulled the trigger, it would fire at maximum output. This left Sena feeling incredibly conflicted.
The captain had been utterly confident in her judgment from the very