In this world devoid of life, the nights were especially silent. So silent that Zeng Fei, hidden halfway up a cliff on one side of a river valley, could clearly hear the murmuring water below.
The soft rushing sound showed that the river was not swift at all, but leisurely flowing downstream. Compared to the slowly moving river, Zeng Fei was utterly motionless. It was as if he had merged with nature—or as if he did not exist in this world at all!
That was right. In order to conceal himself, Zeng Fei had completely shifted his body into another dimension—the modified sniper rifle in his hands had also been registered as part of his body.
Zeng Fei had not gone very far. Speed was not his forte. Using his flight device, he had traveled nearly twenty kilometers before dropping to the ground and finding a place where no one would ever think to hide. Other snipers might need a direct line of sight to their targets, but Zeng Fei's bullets had no such thing as blind spots. He could hit any target that was not directly in front of him!
At that moment, he quietly waited for the enemy pursuing him.
Misaka Mikoto was an extremely unfamiliar name to Zeng Fei. Before entering university, he did not watch anime, and afterward, he mostly paid attention to films. Thus, he was practically clueless about this name from some anime. He only knew that she could wield electromagnetic power, but he had no idea about her specific attack methods. That made Zeng Fei especially cautious.
Suddenly, a flat-chested, brown-haired girl wreathed in crackling arcs of electricity landed on the ground like an arrow. Her brown eyes widened as she looked around, her gaze sharp and her expression intensely serious. It was