RNP Chapter 83 Sharpshooter
Chapter 83 Sharpshooter
Almost in the blink of an eye, of the five zombies that rushed over, only one remained.
At this moment, Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang, who were also holding guns, were dumbfounded.
Weren't they missing shots just now? How come Lu Chen and Shen Qingci are getting headshots all at once?
They looked at each other for a moment, then simultaneously turned their gaze to the last zombie that was still charging forward.
The two men each fired two more shots until the zombie was less than 5 meters away, at which point they finally killed it.
"Just get to know each other a bit more, don't put any pressure on yourself." Lu Chen seemed to sense the awkwardness between the two, put down his gun, patted Zhao Yongqiang on the shoulder, and spoke casually.
"It's normal that you can't hit the moving target accurately the first time you shoot without any special abilities. You'll get better with practice."
After saying that, he gave the horde of zombies the order to regroup.
Then he led his team along the streets of Xiangyang Community. Before heading to Cuizhu Garden, all he had to do was walk around Xiangyang Community and clear out any zombies that were wandering around.
After a whole night, small groups of corpses had re-gathered on several streets in the surrounding area.
If we don't clear the area around first, these zombies might break into the Xiangyang residential area.
The group walked around the neighborhood, and before long, they encountered a new horde of zombies.
This time, six ordinary zombies emerged from next to a convenience store on the street corner. They probably heard the footsteps of the procession and charged over with a hoarse roar.
There's not much to say about these moving targets that come to you; just raise your gun and shoot.
Lu Chen and Shen Qingci raised their guns almost simultaneously, and with two soft shots, two zombies fell to the ground, shot in the head.
Immediately afterwards, the gun barrel moved sideways, and the trigger was pulled again, causing two more zombies to fall to the ground.
Of course, the two wouldn't kill all the zombies. After taking care of most of them, they deliberately left two alive for Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang to practice on.
This time, they listened to Lu Chen's advice and stopped focusing on hitting the head, instead aiming for the body and pulling the trigger.
Ning Tieshan's first shot hit a zombie in the chest. The impact of the bullet sent the zombie staggering back two steps, its movements noticeably slowing down.
He immediately fired a second shot, this time aiming for the head... The zombie's movements slowed down, and the shaking of its head decreased, finally allowing him to hit the target at close range.
On the other side, Zhao Yongqiang also successfully killed the zombie.
The group continued forward and soon encountered the next wave of zombies.
After eliminating this wave of zombies, Shen Qingci switched the safety on her automatic rifle back to safe. "I'm pretty familiar with it now. You can handle the rest of the zombies!"
Lu Chen nodded; he knew that what Shen Qingci said was true.
Since she started using her superpower to assist in shooting, she has been unerring, with every bullet precisely piercing the zombie's forehead, as clean and efficient as a turret with its coordinates set.
Even when shooting zombies forty or fifty meters away, her accuracy doesn't drop at all. At least at this distance, Shen Qingci is an absolute sharpshooter.
Of course, if the distance continues to increase, such as exceeding 100 meters, the bullet's flight time will be longer, giving zombies more room to react to their dodging instincts, and the hit rate will definitely be affected.
However, practicing at extremely long distances requires consuming a lot of bullets to develop a feel for the game, and since bullets are now consumables, it's natural to save as much as possible.
The group continued forward. After killing the fifth wave of zombies, Lu Chen felt that he had become completely familiar with the firearms and his proficiency was about to reach a bottleneck, so he stopped for the time being and left the remaining zombies to Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang.
The two of them then became somewhat uneasy.
With Lu Chen and Shen Qingci there to back them up, they didn't feel any pressure.
Now that both officers have put away their guns, they have to deal with all the zombies themselves, and the pressure has suddenly increased.
"Practice hard," Lu Chen encouraged. "Marksmanship is honed through practice with bullets. No one is born a sharpshooter."
"We'll be able to rescue quite a few survivors today, and we'll earn some contribution points. I'll buy a lot more bullets for you to practice with, so don't worry about the bullets now."
Their anxiety lessened somewhat.
Zhao Yongqiang took a deep breath, raised his gun again, and aimed at the next zombie. Ning Tieshan's gun-holding posture was much more stable than before.
The other field staff looked at them with envy.
With the help of firearms, the group cleared out zombies as they went, and their speed in doing so was top-notch.
They could be killed from a distance of more than ten meters. Before the zombies even reached the formation, most of them had already fallen, and the remaining few were easily harvested by the horde.
Before long, they circled the Xiangyang residential area and cleared out all the zombies that had roamed over the previous night.
During this process, Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang each fired an average of more than 30 shots, and finally began to get a feel for the game.
Thirty bullets may not sound like much, but each one was fired in a real combat environment. The effect of this kind of combat training is completely different from lying in a shooting range and shooting at a fixed target.
At least at a distance of 10 meters, the two men's accuracy had greatly improved, and they could basically hit the zombies when aiming at their bodies.
Once hit by a bullet, even in the abdomen or chest, the impact will cause severe tissue damage, greatly reducing the zombie's mobility. At this point, aiming for the head will make it much easier to hit the target.
"Not bad. We can have another round at noon and in the afternoon. Your marksmanship should improve in a few days," Lu Chen nodded and said.
Both of them nodded quickly, their faces showing barely suppressed excitement.
Although Lu Chen spoke of it casually, if each person practiced 30 bullets at a time, and did so once in the morning, once at noon, and once in the evening, then each person would practice nearly 100 bullets a day, which is no small number.
Furthermore, Lu Chen promised to buy extra bullets for them to practice with, an investment that would be considered extravagant on the fifth day of the apocalypse.
In fact, Lu Chen was also thinking about this matter in his mind.
He was now somewhat relieved that only Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang had been issued guns. If all 10 field personnel had been armed, he might not have been able to handle such a high ammunition consumption.
The military supplies bullets at a high price; a box of 100 standard rifle bullets costs 20 contribution points.
If the entire field team of 10 people practices together, and each person fires 100 shots a day, that's 1000 shots a day, which is a full 200 contribution points.
Although he spent all 2250 military merits yesterday, it was to buy equipment, a one-time investment.
Practicing marksmanship requires a continuous supply of ammunition, which costs money every day.
This made him even more cautious about distributing firearms.
While considering this matter, Lu Chen led his team to Cuizhu Garden Community.
But at that moment, Shen Qingci frowned slightly.
She quickly turned her head and looked toward an alley not far away.
The alley was diagonally opposite the street, with the side walls of old residential buildings on both sides. Several overturned garbage cans were piled up at the entrance of the alley, and the light was very dim.