Demon Hunter Book 1 6.4

Book 1 Chapter 6.4 - Intruder

When noon had just passed, the wilderness was still blistering hot despite the fact that the sun was concealed behind the clouds the entire ti.

In a part of the wilderness that could be considered rather flat, two shabby looking loading trucks continuously roared as they made their way forward. Their speed wasn’t much faster than that of walking humans. The truck was loaded with people, and even the roof of the driving compartnt had two people sitting in it. Their hands were holding AK rifles that were a hundred years past their ti of popularity, and they were currently vigilantly running their eyes around the seemingly boundless wilderness. Thirty or so people followed behind the truck. These people ranged from both fat and skinny, and there were all types of things worn on their bodies. The weapons in their arms didn’t match either, to the point where so of them even had firearms designed only for killing birds. They all had lifeless looks in their eyes as they walked through the torrid heat in a robotic fashion.

The two trucks were separated at the two ends of the procession. The front was to pave the way, and the back was for providing support, preventing those in between from escaping.

Su carried the eye-catching modified rifle close to him. He moved along with the truck, shaking back and forth as he leaned against the side of the carriage. He sat on the back of the truck, occupying a space that was relatively good. There were a few others that were like him that took up a position that was close to the side, all of which were fierce-looking fellows. As for everyone else on the carriage, they could only crowd together. The fierce looking fellows were all fighters with one level of ability, so within this randomly assembled troop, they could be considered people that no one was willing to provoke. anwhile, the reason the relative frail-looking Su received similar treatnt was due to the modified rifle in his hands. These veterans that experienced many battles clearly understood that during an intense battle, the sniper would frequently save their lives. They were not willing to pointlessly exhaust the strength of a sniper along the way.

As a result, Su was able to close his eyes and rest on the truck without paying any extra cost.

Su’s body was already completely relaxed, but his brain never stopped working. He continuously thought about the state of his own body. Fighting against Li allowed him to free up two complete evolution points, and even the hour long intense struggle of flesh improved a bit of his evolution capabilities. After the battle, watching Li, who had already exhausted every last shred of fighting strength, collapse bit by bit under his attacks gave him a sense of conquering that rged with his feelings of pleasure. It left Su with an incredibly shocking feeling.

Could it be that excessively powerful stimulation could also bring about evolution?

Su carefully thought about this question. For everything regarding evolution, Su always approached it with machine-like precision and a serious attitude. He definitely would not allow any of his emotions to get in the way. Right now, he had six evolution points, so as long as he obtained two more, he could evolve the infrared vision. Only after obtaining infrared vision could he be considered the true king of night.

However, before he obtained the evolution points, he had to obtain money. Su had long since beco penniless. The coin he gave Li was the last bit of money on him. Of course, things like ammunition and plated armor were not included here. In reality, only impoverished rcenaries like Su would treat these like treasure. For those like Li who were high level figures within a large company, they couldn’t care less about these things.

Su found an inhabited area that he had visited in the past and also accepted a mob subjugation mission. Within the wilderness, there were mobs everywhere, and they only seed to increase in numbers. It was impossible to completely eliminate them. The reward for this mission was extrely ager. Soldiers like Su who had specialized equipnt and abilities received the highest level of reward, yet it was only a hundred yuan. The refugees walking between the two trucks, other than their rather sturdy figures and their weapon, didn’t have any other equipnts. They were going to be the first line of offense on the battlefield, yet their reward didn’t exceed twenty yuan. However, those that signed up were still several tis more than what was needed, and most of these only had reinforced steel bars or wooden sticks as weapons. The chief of the inhabited land only chose thirty ard refugees, as his budget was extrely limited.

The aning of money was different for everyone. For these refugees, twenty yuan an that they did not have to worry about food for an entire month. As for places to live, they could sleep anywhere in the wilderness, and there were many places in the inhabited area to take shelter from winds and rain. For Su, however, a hundred yuan was only equivalent to twenty rounds of modified bullets. Even if he didn’t participate in a mission, Su would still expend several dozen bullets in a day while roaming the wilderness.

Su’s current poverty was extrely severe, yet he couldn’t return to Asmo to accept missions. As a result, he could only accept missions like these with laughable rewards.

For as long as he could rember, Su knew that his body was different from that of others. During the new age of turmoil, everything was mutating, to the point where even a married couple living together would show great genetic differences after ten years. However, Su knew that his own body was different from these mutating people.

His body was flexible and nimble, to a point where he could control every single part of his body. Levels of radiation that were deadly for others were endurable by Su. After living for a while in a vile and harsh place, his body was correspondingly adapt and changed, increasing his tolerance to this environnt. Through his days of wandering alone, as Su’s understanding of abilities improved, he determined that even though he did not undergo any Combat Domain strengthening, he possessed at least a level of ability in every single ability category.

Su slowly adjusted his body’s condition. His breathing, heart rate, and body temperature all slowly decreased in an effort to preserve every bit of strength. When he arrived in the inhabited area, he did not replenish any food, and his water supply had long been emptied. Only after this mission finished would he be able to restock food and drink. It wasn’t like Su never looted mobs in the wilderness, but the targets of his plunder were never places that were going to beco his employer’s land. In this era, perhaps survival was the only principle, but when he still had a bit of power, Su still prefered to follow his few principles, for example, paying a woman after making love. During this era of disorder, where power was above all else, won were especially frail. Su’s money perhaps might allow them to survive a bit longer.

Of course, this wasn’t the case for Li.

The fleet traveled for three hours, and the ground had started to beco uneven. Not far off, a collapsed highway could be seen, and from ti to ti, abandoned countryside villas erged. They had travelled for such a long ti, yet they didn’t see any signs of the refugee mob. Even the soldiers on top of the truck were in low spirits, and the ard refugees travelling on foot were even moreso approaching exhaustion.

Su suddenly widened his eyes!

His heart began to beat forcefully, and his body temperature quickly climbed. In just a few seconds, he transitioned from a near hibernating state to a completely awake, pre-combat state. The few veterans on the sa car had also struggled between life and death repeatedly, so when they saw Su’s transformation, they also beca alert and looked out towards both sides.

Ta ta ta! Heavy and forceful gunshots suddenly sounded. A few fist-sized holes imdiately appeared on the truck’s body. A huge expanse of dark blood splashed onto the dashboard glass and slowly snaked their ways downwards. The reeking sll of blood filled the air. The ard refugees in the center of the fleet also fell.

The commander of this fleet jumped out from the rear truck’s driving position and laid on the ground. In a loud voice, he shouted, “Dammit! Heavy machine gun! Get down, all of you bastards, get down! Sniper, get rid of that son of a bitch!”

Before his shouting voice stopped ringing, an extrely rough sounding gunshot resounded in the skies above the troop. As if to respond to his command, the heavy machine gun firing from an abandoned villa a hundred ters out ceased firing.

The results were so good that they surpassed the commander’s most optimistic imaginations. He fiercely hamred his fist on the ground and roared, “Well done!”

The firing of weapons continuously sounded from both sides. There were at least ten guns that were firing madly at the fleet, and the frantic screaming was even more resounding than the concentrated gunshots. Bullets rained down, suppressing the barely ard refugees until they didn’t dare to lift their heads. Apart from a few veterans who were able to nimbly find bunkers between the truck and its doors to retaliate with so fire, the remaining people were practically shooting with their eyes closed, praying that their bullets would sohow hit their enemies. As for where the enemies were, they had absolutely no idea.

Su laid on the ground, and his earthen cloak was extrely close to the ground. However, in a battlefield where bullets flew everywhere, this did not guarantee his safety. Only luck could truly ensure such a thing.

The rifle fired once again, and the most vicious assault rifle in one of the houses imdiately beca silenced. The shooting sound of Su’s rifle was truly too frightening. Each ti it fired, another weapon would be silenced; when the gunshot sounded, there would be an enemy that lost their life. In addition, the gunshots sounded one after another, shooting with a frequency that was not like that of a sniper at all. It seed like this sniper didn’t even need to aim at all. The morale of the fleet’s n imdiately received a great boost, and the few veterans even soared out from the ground. They seized the openings between their enemy’s shooting to outflank the refugees hiding within the buildings at both sides.

Enemies entered Su’s sight one after another, and they left his vision one after another. Their expressions were each completely different. anwhile, the expression of Su’s green eye was steady and calm as he watched these people’s lives vanish one after another.

Ta ta! The heavy and dreadful heavy machine gun began to fire once again. The bodies of the two veterans that rushed up in front imdiately went rigid. A spring of blood erupted from their chests out their back. The others once again lay on the ground without daring to lift their heads.

Su moved his gun almost the instant he heard the heavy machine gun’s shooting, placing the shooter within his scope. However, the finger around the trigger wasn’t imdiately pressed.

The one operating the machine gun seed to be a little girl that was only eleven or twelve years old. She had a delicate and pretty appearance that was rare among refugees, and her large eyes had so tear stains that hadn’t dried yet. She bit down fiercely, and strands of blood flowed between her teeth. The firing of the heavy machine gun made her face that was full of bitterness flash between dark and light. From this little girl’s face, Su seed to vaguely see another expression, one that belonged to a little girl that he had almost forgotten about.

Just when Su was hesitating, another miserable sound could be heard. A soldier that was lying on the ground was caught by a heavy machine gun bullet, and several streaks of blood flew outwards.

Su’s pupils shrunk into a cross again, and the gunpoint moved slightly, and the trigger was pulled. The modified bullet carried trendous force, directly flying towards the muzzle of the heavy machine gun!

The howling of the heavy machine gun imdiately stopped. Then, it abruptly exploded, and burning fragnts flew in all directions!

The little girl stood for a few seconds before backing up. A piece of the heavy machine gun was deeply embedded within her forehead.

Su buried his face into the earth that was suffused with the sll of gunpowder.

The battle quickly ended.

This region was where this group of refugees resided. The fleet’s fighters began to search the houses, and regardless of whether they resisted or not, adult or child, in the end, they t the sa fate without exception: death. This was the usual practice of the wilderness. Any inhabited area’s capacity revolved around the amount of food and water supply. They did not have any extra for captives. The younger won among the refugees might still have so uses, but n would only be a burden. Most inhabited areas didn’t have production capacity, so they did not have any need of manpower. As for the refugees’ children, that was a source of hatred. They definitely would not be spared.

Su leaned against the carriage truck and smoked the final cigarette on him. He did not participate in the refugee’s search, and there was no need for him to either. In the fight just now, he completely proved himself. If he didn’t dismantle the machine gun twice, the one that was completely defeated would have been their fleet. Right now, even those condescending veterans were full of respect towards Su. They knew that the continued firing couldn’t have been done by a sniper of the first level.

The commander walked over to Su’s side. When he saw that Su’s cigarette was nearing its end, he handed over another and lit it. He asked, “Are you uncomfortable?”

“A bit tired.”

The commander was already approaching fifty years of age. He established the inhabited area after experiencing over ten years of combat. Just now, he already inspected the machine gun’s position, so he understood Su’s current mood a bit. After all, the refugee mob this ti was a bit different than in the past. Their bodies lacked rotted parts, and their faces weren’t too different from other humans. In reality, ten years ago, the n that the commander brought about in search of a ho weres just like this group they encountered today.

The winds stirred up the commander’s gray hair. His face that was full of scars had an understanding smile. For this type of smile, the corners of the mouth pointed downwards.

As he watched the residences where gunshots would still sound from ti to ti, the commander blew out smoke from his mouth and said, “Your performance today was truly excellent. I highly doubt that you are just a first level sniper. Haha, you don’t need to worry. I don’t want to know anything. When we return, your reward is 200 yuan. I don’t think anyone will object.”

Su forced a laugh and said, “This is the best news I’ve heard these past few days.”