Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 265: Too Late

The moment the sniper appeared, Nangeng Chen realized just how many pedestrians and actors were on Xingshu Road.

Instantly, the shadowy passersby put on their Bluetooth earphones and ran towards the gunfire.

And Nangeng Chen, who had been the target, was unceremoniously abandoned.

No one looked at him again.

The feeling was strange. Someone was kidnapped, implying importance.

With the sniper's appearance, he was discarded like trash, as if the kidnapping was only to draw out someone more important.

Nangeng Chen hid in the shadows, watching those backs. He opened his mouth, wanting to remind those ambushing on Xingshu Road to reconsider his value, but he held back.

Causing a commotion at this time might get someone killed.

Unknowingly, from the first sniper shot, Nangeng Chen wasn't as afraid.

He firmly believed Qing Chen was there, and the fact that Qing Chen was there was reassuring.

However, who was this sniper? Was it someone from Daybreak?

There had been no mention of such a figure in Daybreak before!

Was it Qing Chen?

It shouldn't be.

When Nangeng Chen visited Lao Jiu after his injury, the latter had said he hadn't had time to take Qing Chen to the shooting range yet.

Besides, Qing Chen had nowhere to hide a sniper rifle.

In fact, this was why Qing Chen dared to use a sniper rifle directly—no one knew he could use one; it was a brand-new identity.

Regardless of outside speculation, the sniper couldn't be Qing Chen.

The appearance of the sniper rifle completely disrupted the killers' plan. They had deployed everyone on Xingshu Road, so anyone coming to rescue Nangeng Chen would Face^[-] a tight encirclement.

However, they hadn't expected Qing Chen's bullets to come from outside the encirclement, nor had they anticipated the gunfire being so swift!

The killers had turned Xingshu Road into their domain, but Qing Chen didn't follow their plan at all!

No one would set up an extra encirclement a kilometer away from the main one!

Now, to find the sniper and the more important figure behind Nangeng Chen, the killers had to charge through several hundred meters.

But here's the problem: this was within the sniper's effective range.

Within the range of the cannon, truth is everywhere.

Sniper fire roared through the night, and the killers trying to rush towards the building fell one after another.

Conquer with Virtue was equipped with a flash hider, not a silencer, so the gunfire wasn't visible, but the terrifying sound of the shots could be heard.

As the bullets passed through the barrel, the rifling caused them to spin rapidly.

When the bullets pierced the human body, all muscle fibers were torn apart by the immense centrifugal force. After exiting the body, they left huge wounds and radiating blood spray.

The gray roll-up doors of the small shops along Xingshu Road were stained red.

No matter how fast the killers ran or what evasive maneuvers they used, it was futile.

The bullets would always fly across the night sky, arriving on time.

A killer, with a calm expression, ran a zigzag pattern down the middle of Xingshu Road, swift as a hunting dog.

The other killers hid behind trees, silently observing to see if this method was effective.

The zigzagging killer hadn't run far when a bullet hit his chest.

The sniper on the distant rooftop didn't even fire another shot.

It seemed that no matter how dazzling the maneuver, it was just a death throe.

A young man hid behind a tree, breathing slightly, and said into his Bluetooth earphone, "Boss, we've covered quite a distance, but the sniper is on the top of the Kailai Hotel, more than 500 meters away. We might not be able to reach him. We're relatively safe hiding behind the trees for now. What should we do next?"

A light, airy voice came from the earphones, "Just hide for now. I'll have others deal with him."

The killers on Xingshu Road, hearing that the Boss had a backup plan, breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment, everyone's Face^[-] stiffened.

A bullet pierced the tree trunk where the young man was hiding and then passed through his body!

The blood mist in the night was particularly cruel, splattering everywhere.

Along Xingshu Road were camphor trees and short green belts. Camphor trees grow very slowly and with difficulty, so most of the tree trunks on this road are only about thirty centimeters in diameter.

This thickness couldn't block the Conquer with Virtue's sniper fire.

"It's an anti-materiel sniper rifle!" the killers exclaimed.

"How could there be an anti-materiel sniper rifle in Luo City?"

An anti-materiel sniper rifle is used to destroy cover and fire armor-piercing rounds. While it can't penetrate a main battle tank, piercing an infantry fighting vehicle is easy.

In a sense, sniper rifles and anti-materiel sniper rifles are two different weapons!

Luo City didn't have the qualifications to use anti-materiel sniper rifles; normally, only the military would have them.

As a result, all the killers were forced to hide behind solid utility poles, not daring to show their heads.

Because showing their heads meant death.

Qing Chen remained calm. He silently locked his sights, even having time to take out his phone and send a message in the Daybreak group.

Boss: "Liu Dezhu, send more people from Kunlun. There are many people to arrest behind the street utility poles."

He was on the rooftop of the Kailai Hotel, with a clear view of the street below.

Although he was far from Nangeng Chen's previous location, beyond the range of a typical sniper's precise shot,

the targets Qing Chen had been practicing on that morning extended to this distance!

This was well within his effective range for a hundred percent accuracy!

Qing Chen glanced at the killers huddled behind the utility poles. Killing them one by one was too troublesome; it was better to wait for Kunlun to finish the job, as this was their job.

Time passed unknowingly, and everyone waited.

Suddenly, in his broad field of vision, someone quickly approached the rooftop of a nearby residential building, raising binoculars towards the rooftop of the Kailai Hotel.

The person was wearing a hood and a black mask, their Face^[-] completely obscured. Qing Chen could only tell that they were of average build, about 185 cm tall, and male.

But as soon as the person raised the binoculars, they saw the black sniper rifle turning its muzzle towards them.

At the sight, their hair stood on end, and they quickly retreated into the dark passageway on the rooftop.

Qing Chen frowned. He felt that this person wasn't a killer.

Instead, they were more like a Time Traveler who had come to the top floor to watch the excitement!

Qing Chen pondered, wondering who this person could be. Could it be one of the known Time Travelers?

Suddenly, the slightly ajar rooftop iron door of the Kailai Hotel, which Qing Chen had violently damaged, was slowly pushed open.

The rusty iron door creaked as it opened, grating on the teeth.

A young man raised his gun at the sniper's back of the head and smiled, "Found you."

The sniper said, "When did you enter this building? Why didn't I see you?"

The young man smiled, "This is the best position to observe the ambush, and it's a hotel, so isn't it convenient for me to check in? Sorry, I live in the Kailai Hotel. Don't move; you'll die if you do. Your turning speed is definitely slower than my trigger speed."

He pressed his Bluetooth earphone, "Boss, I've found the sniper. Should I keep him alive?"

A surprised voice came from the other side of the Bluetooth earphone, "You found him so easily? No… Zhou Yong, disarm him first. Others will arrive within a few minutes. Take the sniper and leave using the escape route I've planned before Kunlun surrounds the area."

Zhou Yong replied, "Understood…"

Before he finished, the sniper, regardless of his life, turned around and pointed his sniper rifle at Zhou Yong!

Zhou Yong had no choice but to pull the trigger.

Bang! Bang!

Two shots rang through the night sky!

A voice asked solemnly from the Bluetooth earphone, "What happened?"

"He suddenly went crazy and tried to kill me. I had no choice but to shoot him," Zhou Yong slowly approached the sniper, but he suddenly froze, "Boss, it's Chen Siheng!"

"Chen Siheng?! Retreat!" a voice came from the Bluetooth earphone.

However…

In the Bluetooth earphone…

Behind Zhou Yong…

Someone simultaneously said,

"Too late."

In the cold wind on the rooftop, Zhou Yong's body completely stiffened. He felt the icy touch at his neck—a weapon capable of killing him.

Zhou Yong didn't even know when the person had come up behind him.

Qing Chen smiled and pressed the call button on his Bluetooth earphone, greeting in a hoarse voice, "I heard you were looking for me?"

A light laughter came from the Bluetooth earphone, "It was quite difficult to find you. It turns out your most powerful skill is sniping, but I'm curious where you got your sniper rifle. You shouldn't be able to bring it back from the Inner World, so I'll check the serial numbers of the anti-materiel sniper rifles in the military and see which one left the armory tonight. That should help me find you."

Qing Chen said softly, "It's alright; you can take your time."

Sorry, but Qing Chen did actually bring the sniper rifle from the Inner World.

The light, airy voice in the Bluetooth earphone was somewhat excited, "I feel I'm very close to you now. Be careful, or you'll become my slave."

Qing Chen smiled, "Don't talk to your master like that, you little brat, hehe."

Hearing that "hehe," the other side of the Bluetooth earphone finally confirmed that the person they were talking to was absolutely the "Boss" of the organization, because no one else was that annoying!

However, Qing Chen didn't continue to tangle with him on the earphone. He flicked his wrist, retracting the Marionette from Chen Siheng's wrist and wrapping it around Zhou Yong's wrist.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yong wasn't controlled by the Marionette as he expected.

Qing Chen used a dagger to cut Zhou Yong's carotid artery in surprise. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yong was actually a level D or above Metahuman!

The young man put away the Conquer with Virtue, picked up Zhou Yong's pistol, and turned to walk towards the dark corridor behind him.

He knew there were still people coming to surround them, and tonight, it seemed, had just begun…

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