Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System-Chapter 396 - 172: The Only Great Grandmaster of Great Xia in 700 Years Makes a Dazzling Entrance
The gun is one of the greatest inventions in Human history! Its appearance holds milestone significance for Human civilization, heralding a new era. It transformed Humans, these carbon-based beings, from initially training desperately and engaging in fierce close-quarters combat with cold weapons, to vigorously developing firearms and using a variety of them to battle from hundreds of meters, or even tens or hundreds of kilometers away.
The reason for this transformation lies in the terrifying lethality and range of firearms. No matter how strong you are, or how muscular your body becomes, as long as you are still Human, a 9mm Parabellum pistol bullet—costing just two to three dollars and mass-produced on an industrial assembly line—can easily injure or even penetrate your years-hardened carbon-based body within fifty meters, disregarding all your skills!
Even a single pistol bullet possesses such power, to say nothing of the sniper rifle bullet now fired at Zhang Beixing, which was many times more powerful and possessed a far greater range than any pistol bullet.
Even though he, as a Great Grandmaster, was highly perceptive and had already sensed the danger, reacting instantly by pulling his body aside, it was too late! The fastest reaction time for an ordinary person is 0.1 seconds. Even Zhang Beixing, having reached the status of Great Grandmaster and the Physical Limit, was still within the bounds of an ordinary Human as long as he wasn’t Transcendent; his reaction time would still be at least 0.05 seconds. The speed of a sniper bullet generally exceeds 1,000 meters per second! Considering the distance between them and the speed of sound, this meant that by the time the sound of the air tearing reached him, the bullet had already arrived!
Zhang Beixing’s pupils contracted to pinpoints, a sign of extreme fear. He didn’t have time to think; driven by the instinct for self-preservation, he subconsciously mobilized all the Vital Energy in his body. Vital Energy surged from him! In fact, even before he consciously registered the danger, his body had already initiated a preemptive dodge. At that critical moment, he strained to tilt his head and twist his body. Then...
WHOOSH— PFFT!
Zhang Beixing felt a roar and a burning sensation beside his ear. Immediately after, though he couldn’t see it, he intuitively sensed his hastily released Vital Energy make contact with an incredibly sharp object. It struggled against the projectile; though it couldn’t block it completely, it managed to slightly alter its trajectory!
WHEW!
The next moment, Zhang Beixing felt cold sweat break out on his forehead and a sharp pain in his shoulder. Thanks to his powerful physique and dragon-like agility, he only stumbled back two steps and didn’t fall.
...
All of this happened within a single, fleeting second!
BOOM—
A muffled impact echoed. People instinctively turned their heads towards the sound’s origin. They saw a small hole punched into the cement wall, dust spraying from it. In front of the wall stood a man.
Had it been any other time, they would surely have marveled at the man’s striking looks. But now, no one was in the mood. They noticed a ghastly, bloody wound on the man’s shoulder, so deep the bone was visible!
!!!
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd was dumbfounded. They stared at Zhang Beixing, lips quivering. After a long moment, a sound finally emerged from their throats.
"AAAAH!"
A piercing scream reverberated through the entire shopping street, immediately followed by panicked shouts, "A gun! It’s a gun! Someone’s shooting people!"
The words were like water thrown into hot oil; chaos erupted instantly! People snapped back to reality and, faces stricken with panic, scattered in all directions.
Their Great Xia was a country where guns were banned, unlike America, where shootings occurred daily and residents had grown accustomed to them. Thus, it was quite normal for them to panic when they saw someone walking down the street suddenly get shot, with the culprit nowhere to be found. After all, no one could be sure if the gunman, having fired once, wouldn’t target them next. The scene was utter chaos, everyone fearing for their own safety, wondering if they would be the next to fall.
...
Meanwhile, on a rooftop over a hundred meters away, the man who had shot at Zhang Beixing was completely bewildered. He watched through his scope as Zhang Beixing narrowly evaded the bullet. How? He couldn’t make sense of it.
I had the initiative, a gun, and from such a distance that the sound might not even have reached him. How could he dodge my bullet?! This isn’t an ordinary handgun; it’s a sniper rifle! How did he manage to predict it? Luck? Or something else? This is too bizarre!
But I can’t afford to dwell on it now. Firing that shot has already alerted them—I need to get out of here. Otherwise, once the Shishi police find out, given how seriously Great Xia treats shootings and how fast they respond, I’ll have no chance of escape!
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「On the other side,」
After taking such a heavy hit, Zhang Beixing quickly calmed himself. Ignoring the wound on his shoulder, he vigilantly scanned his surroundings, his concentration absolute, his guard fully up.
The fact that they found me in this crowd and targeted me specifically... it’s clear they were after me! They fired once, and I’m not dead. If they follow up with another shot...
