Boom!
An unimaginably terrifying sound reached his ears, followed by flesh and metal exploding in every direction.
Red Queen had aimed the shot at Mad Bull's chest, but her aim was slightly off. The bullet struck his shoulder, blasting half his body apart along with several robots.
As it turned out, no carbon-based life-form could withstand the firepower of modern weapons.
If one could, that just meant the firepower wasn't strong enough!
"Three mercenaries: Mad Bull's finished, Monkey's wounded, and that leaves Old Cat."
Xu Long tossed his binoculars aside and strode toward Old Cat.
The robots were almost all wrecked, so it was time for Xu Long to take the field.
"Roar!"
Old Cat smashed the robot in front of him with one swipe of his claw, threw back his head and roared, then charged straight at Xu Long.
After injecting that drug, Old Cat had gained tremendous strength comparable to a tiger's.
But at the same time, he had paid a terrible price.
The drug's effects were irreversible. Once transformed, he could never return to his original form.
And that wasn't all. His human reason would slowly fade, until he eventually became a complete beast.
"You want to fight me one-on-one? Excellent!"
Watching Old Cat charge toward him, Xu Long sneered, pulled out the Vulcan Machine Gun and opened fire.
He had a gun, so why would he charge in and fight head-on? Was he sick in the head?
Rat-a-tat-tat!
The Vulcan Machine Gun's firepower was tremendous. At six thousand rounds per minute, its muzzle flashes joined into a pillar of flame, threatening to tear Old Cat apart.
Although the drug's corrosive effects were gradually robbing Old Cat of his reason, his combat instincts were growing stronger and stronger.
His agile body darted and leaped from side to side, quickly dodging the bullets.
It had to be said, Old Cat really was much stronger than Rice Bucket.
With Rice Bucket's physique, the Vulcan Machine Gun could tear its skin apart by hitting the same spot for more than a second.
But Xu Long had swept the gun over Old Cat several times, and all he had managed to do was shave off its fur.
That didn't mean the Vulcan Machine Gun lacked firepower, though. Old Cat was simply too fast, making it hard to land consecutive hits.
Old Cat was fast, but as he drew closer, the Vulcan Machine Gun's accuracy steadily improved.
Xu Long calmly held the gun and kept firing.
That was the joy of a weapon with infinite ammo: he didn't have to worry about running out.
To hell with everything else. Just keep shooting!
The closer Old Cat got, the harder it was to dodge.
When he was less than two hundred meters from Xu Long, he was finally wounded.
Bullets punched into the rear half of his body, leaving his thighs and backside streaming with blood. Even his ghastly white bones were visible.
His tail was severed at the root, and crimson blood gushed out like a fountain.
At one hundred and fifty meters, Old Cat was hit in the back. A huge chunk of skin and muscle was torn open, exposing his spine.
At one hundred meters, he was hit in the abdomen. His internal organs burst, and his intestines spilled out.
At fifty meters, he was hit in the shoulder blade. The bullets blasted the bone away, spraying blood through the air.
Forty meters...
Twenty meters...
The distance kept shrinking, and Xu Long could almost smell Old Cat's pungent stench.
His sharp teeth and razor claws would tear flesh open at the slightest touch.
"I... will... tear..."
Countless bullets poured out, reducing Old Cat's body to mincemeat.
Xu Long's face was impassive, his finger pressed against the trigger. He hadn't moved an inch the entire time.
[Side quest: 1. Kill the mercenary leader Old Cat! Complete! 2,000 points awarded!]
"Heh, that's it?"
Xu Long's face was full of disdain. Old Cat had been shot dead before he could even make a move.
Pathetically weak!
Old Cat was dead, leaving only Mad Bull and Monkey.
Red Queen had blown half of Mad Bull's body apart with one shot. He was now in shock, his body twitching unconsciously.
Monkey had already been wounded, and although his transformation had slowed the progression of his injuries, he was still steadily approaching death.
He lay beside Mad Bull, breathing out more than he breathed in.
"That's it? Pathetic!"
Xu Long stopped about fifty meters from Monkey and Mad Bull, calmly drew his gun, and began shooting at an unhurried pace.
He wouldn't let his guard down just because his enemies were gravely wounded. Too many people had capsized in a gutter; there was no need for him to join them.
Xu Long shot Monkey and Mad Bull to death, earning 1,500 points from each of them.
[Hidden quest: 7. Wipe out the mercenaries! Complete! 3,000 points awarded!]
"An unexpected bonus! Nice, very nice!"
Xu Long nodded, feeling thoroughly satisfied.
"Where's Min Deng now?"
"Min Deng is less than five kilometers away from us and approaching fast. Wait a moment, he's calling."
Red Queen said this, then began imitating Old Cat's voice.
About two minutes later, the call ended.
"Master, Min Deng realized something was wrong. He's running back."
"Running back? Then we'll move the plan forward."
Hearing Red Queen's report, Xu Long immediately made a decision.
Given Min Deng's caution, it was only natural that he had seen through Red Queen.
Red Queen could imitate voices perfectly, but she couldn't read Old Cat's memories.
If the conversation touched on certain code words, he was bound to notice.
But Xu Long hadn't planned to fight it out here anyway. He had another plan for farming points.
As soon as Xu Long finished speaking, Red Queen began issuing commands through the network.
With less than twenty hours left until the mission ended, Xu Long hurried toward the nearest air-raid shelter.
Min Deng was nothing to worry about. Red Queen had already placed a huge bounty on his head online and was broadcasting his location in real time.
As the saying went, a handsome reward was sure to bring out brave men. Plenty of people would be interested in that money.
This military exercise zone was in Tiannan Province, next to Pastry Country.
As an area where conflicts frequently broke out, it had many air-raid shelters that could withstand attacks from the sky.
After spending a full four hours on the journey, Xu Long finally reached an air-raid shelter.
He went to the deepest part of the shelter, then took a coffin out of his storage space. It was three meters long, wide and tall, with walls half a meter thick and multiple layers. He then climbed inside.
"All right, now I can wait to return!"
Xu Long muttered and began waiting for the coming earthquakes.
Just as Xu Long finished his preparations, more than ten thousand nuclear warheads began to rise into the sky.
Under Red Queen's control, a total of sixty nuclear missiles flew toward Japan, Hanguo, and Chaoxian, while more than a thousand in total fell on the countries of Western Europe.
Red Queen did not attack superpowers like Rice Country and Northern Russia. Instead, she combined the might of the five permanent members to exterminate the other small countries.
Xu Long's goal was to farm points, not cause destruction.
Stirring up a fight between two major powers would yield far fewer rewards than exterminating a few small countries.
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