Chapter 31: Life-and-Death Speed
Perhaps it was because a larger target appeared within the attack range, the Infinite Transformer directly switched the capsule dwelling to the primary destruction target, completely ignoring Li Zheng whom it had already locked onto, and directly blasted the capsule dwelling away with a shot.
Crash, boom.
Watching the capsule dwelling roll over and crash into the edge of the room, Li Zheng felt both tearful and tense.
"Although the capsule dwelling is indestructible, its volume isn't large. As long as the force is strong enough, flipping it is easy," Li Zheng was filled with lingering fear. If he had been inside just now, that tumble would likely have left him knocked out cold.
[00:40]
The countdown on the detector continued to tick away orderly, unaffected by external disturbances.
Li Zheng suddenly snapped to attention; now wasn't the time to daze out!
Turning his head, the Infinite Transformer indeed had already adjusted its gun muzzle, with him as its next target!
"Run!"
Li Zheng charged forward with his head down, disregarding everything, just hoping that nothing would go wrong in the next forty seconds.
Boom!
Another loud explosion erupted behind Li Zheng. Thanks to the capsule dwelling delaying a bit, his speed once again surpassed the Infinite Transformer's anticipation.
"The Infinite Transformer is low on energy; is there a way to accelerate its energy consumption?"
Sitting idly, gambling everything on dodging attacks would have been possible for Li Zheng if he wasn't hurt.
But now, circumstances didn't allow it; he could only rack his brains for a solution.
"Try attacking again; as long as it does extra movements, I won't believe it doesn't consume energy!"
Firm in his resolve, Li Zheng slightly turned his head to allow the detector to include the Infinite Transformer within its detection range, then raised his gun to shoot.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Three consecutive shots, each containing some Genetic Force, forming icy blue bullets shooting towards the Infinite Transformer.
Unexpectedly, all three shots were evaded by the opponent using that bizarre twisting method from before, all missing their target.
However, these three shots were not entirely in vain.
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[00:33]
At the moment the Infinite Transformer evaded the three bullets, the countdown on the detector suddenly skipped a second.
Though it only sped up by a second, to Li Zheng it sounded like heavenly music!
"It's working!"
Li Zheng was invigorated, locking the gun muzzle onto the Infinite Transformer and continuously pulling the trigger.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
...
Clack, clack!
Using up the remaining sixteen special rounds in one go, the Desert Eagle made a jamming sound, then automatically switched to normal shooting mode.
The Genetic Force also fired with the bullets, reducing by sixteen points in an instant.
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The sixteen ice-enveloped Snake Grass Needles weren't entirely evaded by the Infinite Transformer; ultimately, a few shots hit, leaving its armor pockmarked, but not penetrated.
"Damn it, what material is this armor made from? Even Platinum Level Genetic Ability attached special ammunition can't penetrate it?"
Li Zheng instinctually reached for more Snake Grass Needles to reload, only to grasp at air.
"Damn, the capsule dwelling shouldn't have been thrown out!" Li Zheng cursed angrily, "Trying to take shortcuts never ends well!"
"Squeeek."
A faint hydraulic sound came, attracting Li Zheng's attention, and he turned to look.
He discovered that one of the original closed metal doors had actually opened on its own!
And this door was behind the Infinite Transformer, closer than Li Zheng.
The next moment, a young man stepped out from the film, just in time to see the Infinite Transformer firing a shot at Li Zheng.
"Boom!"
In the blaze, Li Zheng didn't escape in time, being fiercely blasted away by the powerful shock wave.
"Shit!"
The young man instinctively exclaimed, then quickly covered his mouth, afraid of attracting the terrifying monster's attention.
However, it was too late.
Compared to Li Zheng, the young man was closer to the Infinite Transformer.
Undoubtedly, the next target for attack would be him.
"Run, dodge!"
Li Zheng, lying on the ground, loudly reminded him.
"Oh...oh!"
The young man wasn't foolish; seeing the monster turning with a revolver barrel as big as a cannon, he was terrified and dashed along the wall.
But after only a few steps, the Infinite Transformer fired.
Boom!
Unfortunately, the young man's speed was a notch lower than Li Zheng's; if he wasn't unharmed, he would've been killed by the first shot.
Flames and shock waves swept over, flipping the young man over like a rolling gourd.
Yet, in the next second, he scrambled up from the ground, dust-covered, and continued running headlong.
"Sigh..."
Li Zheng sighed, reflecting on how in this society, there's still such an honest person.
When told to run, he only focused on running?
Fight back!
You're not like Phoenix Mountain who would take beatings and scoldings without retaliating?
[00:20]
"There are still twenty seconds, and the Infinite Transformer seems to fire at intervals of about 5~8 seconds, meaning it can fire three to five more shots."
Li Zheng glanced at the countdown, suddenly feeling enveloped in darkness.
The new player's strength is obviously not high, and his brain might not be working well either. Relying on him to turn the tables is undoubtedly wishful thinking.
"Damn it, don't you have a weapon? Take it out and fight back!"
Li Zheng was furious and burst out swearing.
"Oh yeah! Thanks for the reminder!"
The young man seemed to wake up from a dream, raising his hand to take out a mini gun from his capsule residence.
As soon as he fired, a chain of muzzle flashes appeared.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
Li Zheng: "..."
Well then, it's game over now.
He could take both hands off the keyboard and type GG.
What the hell, the weapon this player is using is actually an Uzi!
Just the firepower of a submachine gun, can it move the Infinite Transformer?
Clank, clank, clank...
Sure enough, in the face of bullets attached with abilities from Li Zheng, the Infinite Transformer, which would usually dodge, did not even bother to evade this time. The Uzi bullets clattered against the armor, making pleasant clashing sounds.
"..."
Li Zheng was silent for a moment before finally uttering a single word: "Noob!"
After thinking for a moment, he added, "Even worse than when I played Sekiro!"
"Boom!"
The Infinite Transformer fired another shot, flipping that player again.
"It's over... uh..."
Just when Li Zheng thought the guy was finally going to bite the dust this time, who knew that player would roll over and surprisingly stand up again, as if nothing had happened, and continue to sprint like crazy.
He was running with such energy.
Panting heavily.
Li Zheng was dumbstruck: "This physique, damn... inhuman!"
"Bro... bro... quick, think of something... my weapon is too bad, it can't hurt it!" The player shouted breathlessly as he ran.
Upon hearing this, Li Zheng closed his eyes, pretending not to hear.
What can I do?
You can't even break through the defense; the Infinite Transformer doesn't have a health bar, let alone a forced -1 -1 -1.
No saving it!
Prepare to die!
I'm outta here!
"Woo woo! Woo woo!"
Li Zheng closed his eyes waiting for death, suddenly hearing Sakura's cries.
Opening his eyes, Li Zheng was delighted to see Sakura actually flying out from the capsule residence, clutching a Snake Grass Needle in its little claws, quickly flying toward him.
"Good job, Sakura!"
Li Zheng's spirits lifted.
Given his current physical condition, he didn't dare fire even a single shot in normal shooting mode.
Otherwise, with the Desert Eagle's enormous recoil, it might just push a broken rib, sending him to the afterlife on the spot.
After all, he had rolled several times to avoid attacks from the Infinite Transformer, and his ribcage was already displaced.
Li Zheng even felt that the broken rib had pierced into his organs, and he was just hanging on by a thread.
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Sakura activated the ability "Fast Flight".
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The Infinite Transformer fired again.
As expected, the new player was flipped over on the ground once more.
This time, the player couldn't get up right away.
But Li Zheng saw his chest heaving, knowing the guy wasn't dead yet.
[00:14]
The Infinite Transformer began to turn, this time targeting the only moving entity on the scene - Sakura.
[00:13]
Sakura reached Li Zheng, dropped the Snake Grass Needle, and turned to fly away.
At the same time, Li Zheng began loading the Desert Eagle's magazine.
With the brief practice from shooting down a swarm of terror bats before, Li Zheng was now exceptionally skilled at loading the Snake Grass Needles, grabbing a handful with both hands, twisting them together in his palm, and lining them up neatly.
The magazine ejected, and with a scrape, every needle was loaded without missing a beat.
Time taken - 5 seconds!
Countdown 00:08!
The Infinite Transformer fired at the flying Sakura, launching a grenade from the revolver.
Boom!
Even with the "Fast Flight" ability, Sakura easily evaded the blast radius.
However, it was too small; the shockwave still managed to catch it, sending it tumbling through the air, unable to control its direction as it fell.
The remaining time was enough for the Infinite Transformer to fire another shot.
At this moment, the Desert Eagle in Li Zheng's hands was loaded and ready. He activated the special shooting mode, raising his hand to aim.
"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Element!"
This time, Li Zheng again chose to use the previous Ice Attachment, even though in the previous round some of the bullets were blocked by the armor of the Infinite Transformer.
However, since the guide enhanced one of its weaknesses showing "extremely weak to ice", it meant that ice-type attacks were definitely more effective than fire-type!
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...
The Desert Eagle fired, and Li Zheng's twenty years of single status hand speed was pushed to the limit,
one Snake Grass Needle after another wrapped in icy blue seemed to form a continuous line, extending from the muzzle, emitting an extremely cold aura, dazzling and dangerous under the light.
Countdown 00:05!