Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 75 - 74: Start
Soon, under the female attendant’s guidance, they arrived at the expert shooting range.
However, looking at this so-called expert shooting range, Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but wonder if he’d been ripped off.
The range was less than 5 meters wide. Fortunately, it was 100 meters long, which at least met the basic requirements for shooting practice.
But even so, it still felt incredibly small to Lin Xinghai.
"Inside the Shelter, every inch of land must be used as efficiently as possible, so these training ranges are a bit on the small side. But rest assured, it’s perfectly fine for shooting practice, and our supporting facilities are excellent," the female attendant leading the way, Zhuang Qiao, explained.
Lin Xinghai listened and nodded. It wasn’t as if he had any other choice; he couldn’t possibly ask the Mercenary Guild to build him a new shooting range.
After her explanation, Zhuang Qiao pressed a button on the wall. A section of the metal wall near the entrance slowly slid open to either side, revealing an entire wall of firearms.
"All the standard model firearms sold in the Star Shield Shelter are here."
"Additionally, those below are firearm components. You can freely swap them out or even assemble a custom firearm to use."
"If you’re still not satisfied, you can also request to use your own firearm for this challenge," Zhuang Qiao said.
In fact, many people requested to use their own firearms for the challenge. After all, many Mercenaries with good Gun Technique would modify their frequently used firearms to some degree.
Lin Xinghai didn’t really have many requirements in this regard. His Basic Level Shooting Skill was applicable to all firearms of the same type.
As long as it was an Automatic Rifle, and the differences weren’t too great, they were all more or less the same to him.
Of course, there would still be some minor differences, so Lin Xinghai walked over to the row of Tearing Rifles and selected the G-3 Type Tearing Rifle, the standard issue for the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps.
"Can I test the gun first?" Lin Xinghai asked.
"Of course," Zhuang Qiao replied.
Test firing was a necessary step. Firearms are like fingerprints; no two are exactly the same, especially the rifling inside the barrel.
While someone with average Gun Technique might not notice such subtle variations, in the hands of a master marksman, these tiny differences become obvious.
Especially when undertaking an extreme shooting challenge, such a subtle variation could be the very key to success or failure.
While helping to activate the range’s moving targets, Zhuang Qiao also brought out a box of bullets and ten magazines for Lin Xinghai.
Lin Xinghai first loaded all ten magazines with bullets, then placed them on the folding table in front of him where they would be easy to grab. This way, he could reload faster when needed.
It was worth noting that Lin Xinghai also discovered the bullets in the box were different from ordinary ones. These bullets, including their tips, were made of plain iron, not a special alloy.
Bullets like these probably couldn’t even kill an Ordinary Zombie, but they were sufficient for use at the training range.
K-K-KA!
While Lin Xinghai was loading the magazines, mechanical sounds echoed from the other end of the shooting range as fist-sized holes appeared in the ceiling, so numerous that there were likely over three hundred of them.
And below, the entire metal floor slid away, revealing a huge, pitch-black chasm.
WHOOSH!
An object resembling a tennis ball appeared from one of the holes in the ceiling, fell downward, and vanished into the massive chasm. The entire process took less than two seconds.
Lin Xinghai knew this was the so-called moving target.
Shooting a tennis-ball-sized object from a hundred meters away, with a time limit of under two seconds. He had to admit, the starting difficulty for this challenge was set quite high!
Of course, whether or not it was difficult all depended on the person.
Three seconds later, a second tennis ball appeared from a hole in the ceiling and began to fall.
BANG!
Lin Xinghai fired a casual shot, and the bullet pierced the tennis ball without any suspense.
’He hit it that easily?’ Ling Xiu, watching from the side, raised an eyebrow. From that single shot alone, he understood that Lin Xinghai’s Gun Technique was far superior to his own. ’If it were me using an unfamiliar firearm for the first time, I couldn’t guarantee a hit on the first shot, let alone with the casual ease Lin Xinghai just displayed.’
It could be said that this casual display of skill from Lin Xinghai had made Ling Xiu believe eighty percent of what he had said earlier.
It wasn’t just Ling Xiu; the other members of the Superpower Alliance saw it too.
"Maybe our hunting squad will finally have a chance to shine," Huang Nuo, the elder of the twin brothers, couldn’t help but say.
Due to the nature of his Enhancing Superpower, the stronger his team members were, the more valuable his Superpower became. Therefore, he was perhaps the one most hopeful for a powerful ally to join their team.
Though the others weren’t as ecstatic as Huang Nuo, they weren’t far from it. Dangers lurked everywhere outside the Shelter; everyone hoped to have strong companions by their side.
Zhang Meiling, in particular, was now looking at Lin Xinghai with a brilliant sparkle in her eyes.
Three seconds later, the third tennis ball dropped right on schedule.
BANG!
The tennis ball was hit with precision once again.
BANG!
The fourth tennis ball that appeared met the same fate!
"Alright, we can officially start the challenge now," Lin Xinghai said as he took out the magazine and reloaded it until it was full.
"So soon?" Ling Xiu was a bit stunned.
Even Zhuang Qiao, who was waiting at the side, was a little surprised. She had assisted at least eighty, if not a hundred, Mercenaries attempting the shooting challenge, and every single one of them had taken their time during the test firing, carefully getting a feel for the weapon to achieve peak familiarity with it.
Even if they didn’t fire off an entire magazine, shooting twenty or thirty rounds was perfectly normal.
But she had truly never seen anyone finish their test firing after just three shots.
"Brother Lin, why don’t you fire a few more shots to get more familiar with the firearm?" Ling Xiu couldn’t help but advise.
"No need. Let’s start the challenge!" Lin Xinghai said, glancing at the time on his wrist-mounted computer. It was already nine in the morning, and he wanted to go hunt more Zombies!
Seeing Lin Xinghai’s insistence, Ling Xiu didn’t press the issue. As for Zhuang Qiao on the other side, she certainly had no objections either and immediately went to a nearby computer to initiate the challenge program.
In truth, Lin Xinghai wasn’t being arrogant. If someone were to pick up those three tennis balls and examine the bullet holes, they would discover that each shot had landed progressively closer to the center of the ball.
The last tennis ball, in particular, was hit dead center.
It was safe to say that, thanks to his 100% proficiency in the Basic Level Shooting Skill, he truly had familiarized himself with the Tearing Rifle in his hands within just three shots.
"Shooting leaderboard challenge. One-minute countdown initiated. Challenger, please prepare. 60... 59... 58..." At that moment, a synthesized electronic voice echoed through the training range.
