Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 74 - 73: Challenging the Shooting Leaderboard
When Lin Xinghai said this, looks of surprise appeared on everyone’s faces.
"A shooting Superpower? There’s really a Superpower like that?" Zhang Meiling looked at Lin Xinghai, her eyes filled with curiosity and a desire for answers.
"Is your Superpower also something that enhances your vision? The one-hundred-percent hit rate you mentioned—what Level of Zombie is that against? And within what range can you guarantee it?" As the vice-captain, Ling Xiu immediately asked a series of crucial questions.
The most important function of his Thousand-Mile Eye Superpower was to aid his marksmanship. If the target was an Ordinary Zombie, he, too, would dare claim a one-hundred-percent hit rate within a hundred meters.
But that was impossible against an Intermediate or High Level Zombie.
Zombies of that Level weren’t just fast; they also had an extremely keen sense of danger. Hitting them required more than just precision—accurate predictive abilities were even more crucial.
But predictive ability was something built from a massive amount of shooting experience, which was not something his Thousand-Mile Eye Superpower could make up for.
Hearing Ling Xiu’s detailed questions, Lin Xinghai had to focus, choosing his words carefully. "My Superpower isn’t purely for enhancing vision. After activating it, I can hit Ordinary Zombies with one-hundred-percent accuracy within two hundred meters, Intermediate Zombies within one hundred meters, and High Level Zombies within fifty meters."
As for Mutated Zombies, Lin Xinghai didn’t mention them, since encountering one meant they would definitely have to flee.
Lin Xinghai’s answer left them all stunned.
To them, a Superpower like that was simply incredible.
The claim that he could hit a High Level Zombie with one-hundred-percent accuracy within fifty meters was particularly unimaginable.
For a hunting squad like theirs, which didn’t dare venture into the urban center, the greatest threat wasn’t the Mutated Zombie, but the occasional High Level Zombie that appeared.
With a High Level Zombie’s terrifying dodging ability, hitting one was almost unthinkable unless one’s Gun Technique had reached a certain standard.
A comparison with Roger made this clear. He needed the cooperation of Vice-Captain Xu Hao to kill a High Level Zombie from over thirty meters away.
Of course, it wasn’t that Roger couldn’t kill a High Level Zombie on his own, but that would require waiting for it to get within ten meters—or even closer.
At that distance, it was practically hand-to-hand combat.
Tragically, this was the method most hunting squads used to deal with High Level Zombies.
Just yesterday, they had run into a High Level Zombie. Their captain, Gao Mountain, was gravely injured while desperately holding it back to create a close-range opportunity for Ling Xiu to shoot.
If their hunting squad had a Mercenary with the ability to kill High Level Zombies from a distance, they would be almost comparable to those newly formed Mercenary Corps.
"Can you really do that? If your Gun Technique is really so incredible, why haven’t I seen your name on the shooting leaderboards?" Ling Xiu asked, frowning.
Lin Xinghai replied, "Because I only awakened my Superpower recently and haven’t had a chance to challenge the leaderboards."
Ling Xiu asked, "Then can you let us see for ourselves?"
"I can!" Lin Xinghai nodded.
’I don’t actually have a shooting Superpower, but I wasn’t lying about anything else. No matter what kind of test they run, it won’t be a problem.’
Next, Ling Xiu accompanied Lin Xinghai to the shooting range on the third floor of the Mercenary Guild.
Ling Xiu had originally intended for the others to stay behind to see if any more Mercenaries wanted to join.
However, the rest of the group all wanted to go and watch. After a moment’s thought, Ling Xiu didn’t stop them. After all, if Lin Xinghai’s Superpower was truly as miraculous as he described, then his joining alone would be sufficient.
Besides, with fewer people, everyone’s cut of the final spoils would be larger.
The third floor of the Mercenary Guild was filled with all sorts of training grounds, including shooting ranges, combat training areas, Gravity training rooms, Mecha piloting simulators, and so on.
All of these training grounds came with a full suite of supporting equipment.
The shooting range, for instance, provided various Firearms, moving targets, and analyzers. If necessary, you could even hire a specialized coach for instruction.
"Hello, we’d like to use a shooting range," Ling Xiu said as they approached the service desk.
"Of course. What Level of training range would you like? We have Basic, Intermediate, and High Level," the female receptionist inquired.
Ling Xiu didn’t answer, instead turning his gaze to Lin Xinghai.
"I’d like to challenge the shooting leaderboard. What’s the procedure for that?" Lin Xinghai said after a moment of thought.
’Since I’m here anyway, I don’t mind getting on the leaderboard.’
’Besides, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps is about to start recruiting new members. Earning the title of Divine Sharpshooter right now should be a great help in boosting the corps’s reputation.’
"Challenging the shooting leaderboard has very high requirements for the moving targets. You’ll need to pay one thousand Points to open a special-grade training range," the female receptionist said, sticking to the official procedure.
Hearing this, Lin Xinghai’s mouth twitched. ’That’s not a fee an ordinary person can afford!’
"If you make it into the top one hundred on the shooting leaderboard, the challenge fee is refunded. If you can break into the top ten, you not only receive a weekly cash prize but also earn the title of Divine Sharpshooter," Ling Xiu added from the side.
Compared to just firing a few rounds on a training range, a challenge like this would be a much better test of Lin Xinghai’s true skill.
Besides, if the man could really kill a High Level Zombie from fifty meters away, that level of Gun Technique was a shoo-in for the top one hundred, so they wouldn’t have to worry about the fee.
After saying this, Ling Xiu’s gaze fell upon Lin Xinghai’s face. If the man didn’t even dare to accept such a challenge, then he would have serious reservations about the truth of his claims.
Then, he saw the deep frown on Lin Xinghai’s face instantly smooth out.
"Alright, open a special-grade training range for me then!" Lin Xinghai said, pulling out his Identity Card and transferring one thousand Points.
"Right this way, please." After collecting the Points, the female receptionist began to lead the way.
Under normal circumstances, the Mercenary Guild’s staff treated Mercenaries with a lukewarm indifference.
But that only referred to ordinary Mercenaries.
If a Mercenary Corps Leader or some particularly powerful Mercenaries came by, they would receive a certain degree of preferential treatment, almost like VIP customers.
A Mercenary who dared to challenge the shooting leaderboard was considered a semi-VIP, so it wasn’t strange for a staff member to personally escort them.
It wasn’t just the staff member, either. Even the attitudes of Ling Xiu and his group toward Lin Xinghai had started to shift.
A Mercenary capable of breaking into the top one hundred on the shooting leaderboard was far more valuable than a Superpower User like them.
After all, every Mercenary Corps had at least one or two Superpower Users, but not every Mercenary Corps had a member ranked in the top one hundred on the shooting leaderboard.
In the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, for example, the person with the best Gun Technique was Roger, and his rank on the shooting leaderboard was 138th.
This was actually quite normal. After all, there were a hundred Mercenary Corps in the Star Shield Shelter alone.
While that meant, on average, each Mercenary Corps could have one Mercenary from the top one hundred on the shooting leaderboard...
...in reality, Mercenaries with such good Gun Technique were all targets for recruitment by the Second Level and even Third Level Mercenary Corps.
