Sniping Little Lee to Death

(The author has gone to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is suffering from severe altitude sickness. Updates may not be consistent for the next couple of days. Apologies.)

Landing in a small cluster of houses, Little Lee was lucky enough to scavenge a Level 2 helmet, a Level 2 vest, and a Level 1 backpack. Most importantly, he secured an M24 with a 6x scope!

Little Lee was most accustomed to using submachine guns, followed by sniper rifles. As long as he had a fully equipped Uzi or Vector, plus a sniper rifle, he could walk through the map with ease!

The roar of an airplane swept overhead—the air drop was coming!

Judging by the sound, it was extremely close!

Little Lee exited the housing area and stood in the open field, looking up. A plane roared across the sky right beside him. Looking behind, he saw no sign of the air drop, which meant the plane hadn't dropped it yet!

Little Lee stared intently at the plane, chanting in his heart:

Drop it!

Drop it!

Drop it already!

Finally, a dark, blocky object descended from the sky with a parachute. Little Lee scoped in to check and discovered the air drop crate was falling toward the direction of the Castle.

The distance to the Castle was neither far nor near, just a few hundred meters away. Little Lee ran to the roadside, luckily found a snowmobile, hopped on, and sped toward the Castle like a bolt of lightning.

This air drop is mine!

However, as he approached within three hundred meters of the Castle, Little Lee suddenly caught sight of a figure moving inside. Although it was extremely brief—just a shadow flashing past a window—with Little Lee's eagle-like eyesight, he captured it in time.

There's an enemy!

He dismounted, quickly crawled into the dense grass nearby, crouched, and concealed his presence.

While aiming his rifle at the window where the figure had appeared, he quickly assessed the situation.

The people in the Castle were likely not bots; bots almost always spawned in the wild, so those lingering in the Castle had to be real players. They were probably lying in ambush, waiting for someone to try and loot the air drop so they could focus their fire and take them out. It was fortunate he hadn't rushed in, or he would have fallen for the trap.

As the captain of a world-champion PUBG team, if he were to get ambushed and killed in a public match while looting an air drop, his reputation would be ruined if word got out!

After a brief moment of thought, Little Lee pulled out a smoke grenade and tossed two of them toward the distant grass.

This was a very simple baiting tactic. As long as there were smoke grenades, many rookies would scope in and stare into the smoke. That was the perfect moment to take out the inexperienced players.

Sure enough, after a short wait, a head appeared in the Castle window!

Little Lee scoped in and fired!

He was certain he had landed a headshot, but to his utter surprise, there was no knockdown or kill notification?

The opponent must have been wearing a Level 3 helmet; otherwise, they would have been downed. But it didn't matter; the enemy would definitely expose themselves again.

Little Lee waited quietly and patiently. He was like a leopard lurking in the grass, ready to pounce on its prey. No matter how long it took, he would remain motionless until the prey appeared, at which point he would deliver a fatal blow!

The world champion had entered combat mode!

Inside the Castle.

Little Bamboo Shoot crouched behind a wall, frantically using medical supplies and energy drinks. She had only stood by the window for a second, and she had already been headshot! It was lucky she had a Level 3 helmet, or she would have been downed instantly.

There was no need to say it; Chen Zhao already understood that a master had arrived to contest the air drop!

Little Bamboo Shoot had only been by the window for a fleeting moment, and her Level 3 helmet was already ruined. The sniper's skill was clearly formidable—they might even be a professional esports player!

Chen Zhao remained calm; the stronger the enemy, the less one should panic.

He crouched near the wall, which prevented him from being shot from the outside while allowing him to use the camera angle to observe the situation.

At first glance, Chen Zhao spotted the two milky-white clouds of smoke outside; they were far too conspicuous.

However, relying on his wealth of experience and rapid judgment, Chen Zhao realized in less than half a second that the smoke grenades were merely a ruse, similar to soldiers in World War I using helmets on rifles to draw enemy fire.

Chen Zhao scanned other locations, especially the grass, the bridge, and the distant housing area.

But he saw no sign of anyone.

Could they really be inside that smoke?

Or were they hiding behind a tree?

There were several patches of grass so dense he couldn't see a thing; perhaps the enemy was hunkered down in there?

Meanwhile, in the livestream, Chen Zhao's fans were also confused:

"This... I can't see the shooter at all!"

"Is the opponent a cheater? An invisibility hack or a tunneling hack?"

"They're hiding too well. Neither can hit the other. They'll probably just wait it out and heal up after the circle shrinks."

"I think the opponent is under the river, near the bridge."

"The streamer usually engages in open sniper duels. What can he do when he can't even see the person?"

Chen Zhao was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke:

"Little Bamboo Shoot, crouch under the window, then stand up and crouch back down."

"Oh, right, give me your AWM," Chen Zhao added after a pause.

Little Bamboo Shoot: "So, I'm being used to draw fire again?"

Chen Zhao: "Yes."

Little Bamboo Shoot Mwah's livestream chat exploded instantly. It wasn't the first or second time Chen Zhao had forced Little Bamboo Shoot to act as a meat shield, and the fans watching felt the pain in their hearts:

Hand Holding Kitchen Knife Chopping Power Lines: "No way? Again?!"

Love Eating Bamboo Shoots Every Meal: "Damn it, Chen Zhao, I swear I'll never forgive you!"

Bamboo Shoot Is The Cutest: "Shameless! Absolutely shameless! How can you live with yourself, always making a young girl draw all the fire?!"

Oreo and Lao Gan Ma: "Don't listen to him, Little Bamboo Shoot! Don't give in!"

Little Bamboo Shoot Mwah: "Don't listen to him, Little Bamboo Shoot! Have some backbone! Make that bad guy Chen Zhao draw the fire himself!"

Coffee With Garlic: "Can someone tell me Chen Zhao's address? I want to mail him a giant machete!"

However, to the great disappointment of all her fans, Little Bamboo Shoot actually dropped her AWM on the ground, obediently crouched down, and moved beneath the window as Chen Zhao had instructed.

Little Bamboo Shoot said aggrievedly: "This is the last time, okay!"

Chen Zhao showed no mercy, picking up the AWM and chambering a round: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up! I'll count to three, two, one, and then you stand up and crouch back down immediately."

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

Little Bamboo Shoot stood up abruptly, but before she could crouch back down, a bullet flew in from outside the window, precisely hitting her Level 3 Helmet and knocking her to the ground!

At the same time, Chen Zhao spotted a slight movement in the grass, quickly stood up, raised his rifle, and fired!

The Magnum bullet streaked across the snowy ground, scoring a headshot!

[You used an AWM sniper rifle to headshot and kill Bobli]

Chen Zhao remained calm and collected, holstered his weapon, and went to revive the crawling Little Bamboo Shoot.