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Chapter 484 - 448: The Dragon Doffs Its Armor

Chapter 484: Chapter 448: The Dragon Doffs Its Armor

After four shots, the enemy didn’t fire again, but the hidden message in this caused Wu to become alert.

If it had been just one shot, Wu might have thought it was a fluke, but since all four shots had the same pattern, each perfectly predicted at the maximum range of his pounce, this indicated the enemy had come prepared.

"Had they studied me beforehand?"

Wu, having fought in the world’s top-level combat sports, was no stranger to pre-match data analysis. With Li Tongyun’s assistance, he had analyzed some opponents himself. He knew that with enough data collected before a match and a professional team to help, one could predict an opponent’s movement speed, punch strength, maximum step length, habitual movements, fighting techniques, and more.

Wu guessed that the people brought by Long Yu had probably analyzed his data in advance, so knowing his maximum pounce distance wasn’t surprising.

Swish!

Wu dashed out from behind a tree again; this time he deliberately held back, not sprinting at full speed.

The gunshot sounded, still missing its mark.

As expected, these people’s reaction speeds can’t keep up with me; they’re too naive to predict my movements with just a few pieces of data...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

However, just as this thought surfaced, so did a sense of danger, forcing Wu to change direction and hide behind a large tree once more.

"This..."

Wu had deliberately moderated his power when he moved, yet his forward path was anticipated and intercepted.

In the eyes of the five combat team members firing at Wu, the red silhouette that represented him had also changed speed. This was not an actual measurement taken after the silhouette moved; it was predicted.

Before Wu prepared to move, the red silhouette representing him crouched slightly, with the leg color deepening. As he started to move, other parts of the body also changed color, displaying his moving speed, not as an exact value, but as a range.

Then, based on this speed range and Wu’s forward path, several red aiming points appeared, and the five combat team members fired rapidly at these red dots.

The entire process seemed complex, but it happened in an instant. Wu had barely started moving when the corresponding red aiming points had appeared, giving Wu the false impression that his actions had been predicted.

Wu scanned left and right, seeing people approaching from not too far away; he knew he couldn’t stop, or he would be completely encircled.

Swish!

He dashed out again, this time only taking two strides before pivoting his knee, pushing off his foot, and suddenly changing direction to rush to the left for two steps, then again changing direction.

In this manner, Wu continuously changed direction, advancing in a zigzag pattern.

He didn’t know how the enemy was predicting his movements, but there must be a basis; thus, he decided to increase the ’variables.’

Even I don’t know where I’ll dash next; how can you predict it?

This method was indeed effective, and Wu could clearly feel that the enemy could no longer predict him.

But it wasn’t that they couldn’t predict; the red aiming points in their field of vision kept changing. One second it was here, and the next, it had moved positions, the red dots dancing and shifting too fast for the combat team members to follow.

"D group, support!"

The five members decisively called for backup without stubbornly resisting, and the five members of D group quickly arrived.

Swish!

A few seconds later, Wu reached one of the combat team members and slapped the top of his helmet with his palm.

Bang! A muffled sound rang out, and the combat team member’s eyes rolled back as if struck on the head by a Heavy Hammer.

Even with a high-quality helmet, the combat team member had suffered a concussion from the penetrating force of Wu’s Innate Gang Qi.

After delivering another punch to his opponent’s throat, Wu flashed behind a large tree, bent over, and rapidly massaged his knees with both hands.

While he had stopped the enemy from predicting his movements accurately, such continuous changes of direction were strenuous on the knees, and even Wu’s physical condition couldn’t sustain it for long.

Originally, with his speed, he could cover three or four meters in one step in this complex terrain, using the trees as cover to approach the enemy continuously. But now, to cross the same distance, he needed to change direction at least once, decreasing efficiency and increasing his exhaustion.

Bang!

After massaging himself in place for five seconds, Wu dashed out, and the tree he had been standing behind splintered under a hail of bullets.

"D group in position!"

"Activate data analysis, switch to combined mode!"

"Understood, entering combined mode!"

The five newly arrived members, along with the four remaining ones, spread out and encircled Wu in a relatively small area, then constantly adjusted their positions based on the location of the red silhouette to find firing paths.

Originally there were only four red aiming points, but now the number of red aiming points had doubled to eight!

The number of targeting points had doubled, which naturally halved their changing speed. With the reaction speed of these combat team members, they could now keep up.

Nine people were like playing Whac-A-Mole, firing at the corresponding targeting points as soon as they appeared.

Wu Li was rapidly changing direction, soon feeling the pressure as the opposition seemed to predict his movements again.

Nine guns, with the assistance of the devices, wove a net of bullets intending to completely trap Wu Li within!

Had it not been for the trees everywhere providing cover, and had Wu Li’s directional changes not been swift enough, he would already be dead.

Even so, Wu Li had already been hit by four bullets, all stopped by his Bullet-Proof Vest. Yet it felt like he was being pounded by a Grandmaster Level expert with more than a dozen strikes of Innate Gang Qi—it was hardly bearable.

He could feel the invisible net continue to tighten as the group closed the distance with him.

Bang!

A bullet struck his waist, like a heavy punch. Wu Li’s abdominal muscles tensed in response, his Qi and blood circulating to dissipate some of the impact with the Golden Bell Shield.

But the bullet’s speed was too fast; even though Wu Li’s Golden Bell Shield had become a subconscious reflex, it was still a beat too slow to negate much of the force.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Wu Li knew this year would probably not be easy to get through.

...

"Hit by six bullets; right shoulder, back, and chest power affected, movement speed reduced by 10%."

Such a line of text appeared before Victor, who, along with the combat team members, wore the same devices that shared information.

The full name of the device setup was the Intelligent Data Analysis and Aiming Assistant. It was one of Le Yuan’s core innovative results, intended to help operators target their objectives.

Of course, this equipment wasn’t just a glance away from giving detailed data. On the contrary, it required the input of large amounts of data and the establishment of complete models beforehand to provide real-time target analysis during combat.

Le Yuan had started collecting data on Wu Li long ago and had only completed his character model a month ago, incorporating it into the intelligent assistance system, and through calibration, made it ready for real combat.

This required tremendous time and resources, and the monetary cost was astronomical. Moreover, because huge amounts of data were analyzed, each device could only match one character model.

That is to say, the devices the group was carrying were tailored only for Wu Li. They could be used to analyze others, like Long Yu, but the margin of error would be significant. For a master like Long Yu, even a slight error could lead to a completely different outcome.

Such single-target devices, exorbitant in their R&D costs, were a luxury for any organization. Therefore, Le Yuan always targeted Grandmaster Level experts like Wu Li and Long Yu.

Previously, when Victor told Long Yu their research was on how to kill a Grandmaster, it was no joke!

"Predicted another ten shots, the target’s speed will decrease by over 30%, and the probability of killing the target will exceed 60%."

Victor read the line before him, his lips curling upwards.

"This is getting interesting."

Long Yu, who was also observing the battle, originally didn’t think Victor’s men could pose a threat to Wu Li. He planned to wait until Wu Li was worn down, or even injured, and then make a move to finish him off.

But it appeared he had underestimated Le Yuan’s strength.

With a new caution, Long Yu picked up the communicator and asked, "Suzuki, where are you?"

"We’ll be there in three minutes."

Suzuki’s voice came through the communicator, and Long Yu nodded in satisfaction. Looking towards the woods where Wu Li was located, his gaze was cold: it seems you can only die here tonight.

On the other side, Wu Li dodged behind a large tree once more.

He had been shot seven times and was struggling to support his own knees.

"Huff!"

Exhaling deeply, Wu Li’s eyes were resolute as he made his decision.

Bang!

This time it wasn’t a gunshot, but the sound of something heavy hitting the ground—Wu Li had thrown off his heavy Bullet-Proof Vest!

Relieved of the 90-pound burden, Wu Li dashed out even faster.

He moved like a dragon!

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