bookrandom Chapter 82, First Shot
Chapter 82, First Shot
With the lesson over, Lu Chen's attention returned to the road. After a night, many zombies had once again wandered into the vicinity.
Not far away, five zombies were wandering aimlessly around the street corner, their grayish-white eyes scanning back and forth in the morning light.
They suddenly noticed the group emerging from Xiangyang Community... or rather, they noticed the 12 living people in the middle of the group.
The five zombies roared simultaneously, turned around abruptly, and charged towards the group.
They were moving more than twice as fast as when they were swimming, and their shoes made a crunching sound as they stepped on the broken glass of the car window.
Lu Chen had the horde of zombies hold the front and maintain their formation, while protecting the field team in the middle.
He raised his silenced automatic rifle, rested the butt against his right shoulder, and used the iron sights to lock onto the zombie charging at the front.
He raised his gun, aimed, and fired... This was the first time he had ever fired a gun.
boom!
The silencer greatly reduced the sound of the gunshot, and a bullet flew out of the muzzle with a faint whistling sound.
However, the first shot was poorly aimed. The bullet went way off course, hitting the door of a wrecked van on the sidewalk and sending sparks flying.
"Ahem!" He coughed lightly, a little embarrassed, and was about to say something to save face.
Just then, three gunshots rang out beside them, and Shen Qingci, Ning Tieshan, and Zhao Yongqiang all pulled the triggers.
But it was their first time holding a gun, so how good could their accuracy be?
Ning Tieshan's bullet struck the ground in front of the zombie, sending up a spray of pebbles.
Zhao Yongqiang's bullet flew over the zombie's head and shattered the glass window of a convenience store across the street.
Shen Qingci landed the least, but she only grazed the zombie's shoulder as she flew past.
Seeing this, Lu Chen swallowed back what he was about to say and instead said, "None of us are good with guns, let's wait until the zombies get closer before we shoot, so we don't waste bullets."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Ning Tieshan lowered the muzzle of his gun slightly, and Zhao Yongqiang took a deep breath and readjusted his stance.
The five zombies charged closer and closer. This time, Lu Chen waited until they were within 10 meters before raising his gun and aiming again.
In his mind, this distance should be enough to hit the target.
But when he aimed his gun at the head of the zombie in front, the zombie's head instinctively tilted to the side.
Lu Chen thought it was a coincidence and moved the gun back, only to find that the zombie had turned its head to the other side again.
Whichever way the gun barrel moved, its head would tilt in the opposite direction, as if instinctively avoiding something unseen.
"Huh!" He was a little surprised, but he quickly adjusted the muzzle of his gun and fired a shot.
The bullet grazed the zombie's ear but missed.
The opponent's body was also swaying slightly and rapidly, with small amplitude but high frequency, completely unlike the straight running style when he rushed over earlier.
Not only Lu Chen, but everyone else was also disappointed; Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang also failed.
Although they were all novices who had never handled a gun before, the fact that so many bullets missed means that it can't be explained simply by being inexperienced.
These zombies seem to have an absurd intuition for danger when a gun is pointed at them, and they instinctively dodge.
Lu Chen recalled the briefing he had seen on the military's app last night. The briefing did seem to mention this point... Zombies are extremely sensitive to danger, especially to the aiming of long-range weapons.
He didn't pay much attention while watching, since the zombies under his command were all close combat fighters and didn't dodge or anything like that.
But he quickly realized that in close combat, it wasn't that he didn't want to dodge, but that it was difficult to dodge. If someone is face-to-face with you, wielding a knife, where can you dodge to when they slash down? If you dodge the head, they'll slash the shoulder; if you dodge the shoulder, they'll slash the chest.
The zombies' instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm is quite hostile to the person shooting at them from a distance.
Keep in mind that when others are actually fighting, there's no horde of zombies blocking their way as a human wall. The closer the zombies get, the stronger the psychological pressure becomes, and the easier it is to lose aim.
"Aim for the body first! Improve your accuracy. Once your marksmanship improves, then we can consider a one-hit kill," Lu Chen said in a deep voice.
Its body is much larger than its head. Although a blow to the body won't kill it instantly, it can at least cause damage and slow down the zombie.
He had barely finished speaking when a gunshot rang out beside him.
The zombie closest to them had a bloody hole right in the center of its brow.
The bullet entered through the center of the forehead and exited through the back of the head. The zombie's body stiffened, and it fell straight down.
Lu Chen was somewhat taken aback. If it were just a direct hit to the head, that would be one thing, but how could it possibly hit right between the eyebrows?
Even highly trained soldiers might not be able to consistently achieve this level of precision.
He turned his head to look to the side.
Shen Qingci had her eyes closed, her automatic rifle held horizontally, wisps of smoke rising from the muzzle.
She still didn't open her eyes, but after pulling the trigger, she slightly adjusted the angle of the muzzle and then pulled it again.
boom!
Another zombie was shot between the eyebrows and fell to the ground dead!
Only then did Shen Qingci open her eyes and look at Lu Chen. A smile appeared on her face, "I used my special ability to assist in shooting, and it seems to be working quite well."
Lu Chen looked at her in astonishment, then glanced at the two zombies that had been knocked to the ground between their eyebrows.
He never expected that the other party's detection ability would have such an effect.
But upon closer reflection, it makes perfect sense. Detective abilities can precisely sense the position and trajectory of any object within a 100-meter radius, and the trajectory of a zombie's head can naturally be locked onto as well.
In this way, Shen Qingci, who was originally only meant to provide support, was transformed into a sharpshooter.
Moreover, what the other party did inspired him. Since reconnaissance ability could assist in shooting, could his mental power do the same?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help himself and immediately released his mental energy to enhance his senses.
Instantly, he became sharp-eyed and alert, and the sharpness of the images in his field of vision suddenly increased, making every subtle movement of the zombie at the forefront clearly discernible.
At the same time, his thinking speed increased, and the movements of these zombies seemed to slow down.
He raised his gun again and aimed it at the zombie's head. Sure enough, the zombie turned its head again.
But for Lu Chen right now, this shaking speed is too slow.
His gun moved in sync, firmly gripping the opponent's forehead, and pulled the trigger the instant the opponent swayed to the left and was about to swing back to the right.
boom!
At a distance of less than 10 meters, the bullet arrives instantly upon leaving the barrel.
The zombie's head snapped back, a bullet piercing the area slightly to the left of its brow, and its body fell straight to the ground as if its strings had snapped.
Although Lu Chen's shot wasn't as precise as Shen Qingci's, and didn't hit the exact center of the forehead, it still landed squarely on the head.
After successfully taking down one zombie, he quickly shifted his target and aimed his gun at another zombie.
The same process... mental lock, synchronized gun tracking, and pull the trigger the moment the gun shakes or pauses.
Bang! Another headshot.