Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 323: The Grand Graduation Ceremony

When choosing a sniping position, a sniper's primary principle is their own safety, and the secondary principle is accurate range. This range is determined by each person's abilities and doesn't involve the pursuit of extreme long-range shots like in movies.

After all, the most important thing in war and combat is eliminating the target. So, when Li Changqing ordered the Special Operations Team to select their combat positions, each sniper chose a location approximately 600 meters from the long street. This is the accurate firing range for a normal sniper.

While the trajectory is still slightly affected by the world and may have minor deviations, it's not a major problem. This is common knowledge among snipers.

However, at this time, a sniper unexpectedly and unreasonably set up their sniping point 2000 meters away from the battlefield, yet still accurately hit the battlefield targets. Not only that, but they also eliminated the enemy sniper from a distance of 2600 meters.

This is terrifying. And it completely subverts common sense.

What they didn't know is that for Qing Chen, there's no difference in shooting distances beyond 400 meters. It's all within the range of absolute gun sense.

Furthermore, Qing Chen used two precise shots to tell everyone that just because they can't do it doesn't mean others can't.

One shot could be a coincidence. But two shots hitting the target is definitely not a coincidence.

Shendai To and Qing Xing remained in the shadows, guarding against Li Changqing's remaining strategies. Logically, their preparations were thorough, and such an unexpected event shouldn't have occurred.

Timing: At a time of power transition within the Li Clan, the Li Clan's 081 Garrison Regiment stationed in City 18 was entirely transferred to the Ban Shan Mountain Estate.

Location: This battlefield suited Shendai To's expectations, and Li Changqing was indeed suppressed and unable to fully exert her strength.

People: An insider within the Li Clan had revealed almost all of Li Changqing's plans.

It was a perfect plan, so why did an accident occur?!

"Eliminate the surviving sniper," Shendai To coldly said in the communication channel.

"Sir, we can't," a sniper replied, "Although our positions differ, we are at least 2400 meters away from him. Under such circumstances, eliminating him is impossible."

"Then why could he do it?!" Shendai To's tone contained anger. He couldn't accept that his carefully planned scheme was about to fail.

It was like a mockery of his past thirty-one years of life.

"In the entire Federation, how many can hit a target from 2600 meters?" Shendai To asked.

"Sir, no more than three. Even if they have a record of hitting a target from 2600 meters, it's largely due to luck, and they fired at least three shots to hit the target," a sniper replied.

Sniper rifles have special tracer rounds. A tracer round, even in the evening, shines like a red-hot iron as it flies towards the target. The function of such tracers is to provide a visual trajectory for the sniper to correct their trajectory. It lets the sniper know how far they missed the target, allowing them to adjust.

Therefore, as the sniper said, for more than three shots to hit, the initial shots are used to correct the trajectory.

But Qing Chen omitted this process.

Shendai To said, "This sniper didn't correct their trajectory. Both shots were precise hits. Who else in the Federation can do this?"

"No one," the sniper hesitated before answering, "Sir, we truly don't know anyone who can do this. None of us fired, so this sniper can't find us. He's also waiting. If we fire now... we might die."

At that moment, Li Changqing was battling seven experts on the long street battlefield. After losing one B-class Gene Soldier, the battle array clearly changed. The defense was no longer as airtight as before.

Li Changqing had more room to maneuver. She moved with agility and grace, her movements both elegant and deadly, a sight to behold. However, she couldn't identify the A-class Gene Soldier among the seven, so she couldn't go all out and needed to save some energy for self-preservation.

She needed time. She needed more time to find the key to the situation! That would be the moment for a counterattack!

Outside the battlefield, Shendai To stood in the shadows looking at Li Changqing and smiled, "Boss Li is indeed amazing. Even with my thorough preparations, you still have hidden cards. I wonder, where did you find this sniper? Why haven't I heard of them before?"

Li Changqing didn't speak, because she couldn't disrupt her breathing.

Shendai To laughed, "Boss Li's cultivation is indeed orthodox. You can't speak during battle to avoid disrupting your Breathing Technique, right? I just want to know where you found this sniper, who's revered by other snipers."

In fact, Li Changqing didn't know. She had tried to cultivate top snipers for assassination, but only those who have done it understand that you can't train a 2600-meter range sniper simply with bullets. This requires unique talent.

Out of a thousand people, or even a billion, you might not find one.

Li Changqing also didn't know why such a sniper would participate in the turbulent war between conglomerates.

She had been engaged in wars between spies for years, traveling from City 7 to City 1, and from City 1 back to City 18.

This woman seemed to never have a real rest, always using work to distract herself, while also cultivating.

Therefore, Li Changqing didn't have many friends and didn't know who would help her at this moment.

No, she did have a friend.

Li Changqing thought silently, and that friend did have absolute gun sense.

But...

Many people have absolute gun sense, and that friend was only effective at close range within 400 meters. She had even watched them train with sniper rifles before, but they had never used one before.

But for some reason, Li Changqing had a strong feeling it was that young man.

Besides him, it couldn't be anyone else.

Even if the young man pretended to have never touched a sniper rifle, they could act!

At that moment, the sniper 2000 meters away fired again. The lone sniper who controlled the battlefield was patient. They waited for a long time, finally finding an opportunity.

The bullet flew through the air, hitting a B-class Gene Soldier beside Li Changqing. Li Changqing was close enough to hear the loud sound of the bullet hitting flesh, piercing the Gene Soldier's alloy Bionic Skin.

Shendai To's preparations were indeed thorough. Li Changqing discovered that these B-class Gene Soldiers had alloy Bionic Skin all over their bodies.

To create such an assassin, Shendai must have spent tens of millions!

All eight of them were implanted with it, the cost was astronomical!

These were Shendai's most elite assassins!

However, no matter how tough the alloy Bionic Skin was, it couldn't withstand the armor of a light infantry fighting vehicle.

And anti-materiel sniper rifles, paired with tungsten core armor-piercing rounds, are meant to take down infantry fighting vehicles!

Especially the "Conquer with Virtue," which is more terrifying than ordinary anti-materiel sniper rifles.

In an instant, Li Changqing only had six Gene Soldiers left, and the pressure lessened.

She began planning a counterattack.

Old Nine was severely injured and unconscious, and Little Eagle wasn't capable of fighting.

But at that moment, Li Changqing suddenly stopped deliberately avoiding the bullets. Even though Shendai Family still had five snipers hiding, she felt fearless.

Even though she was alone against six people in the long street, she didn't feel lonely.

It was an inexplicable trust. She believed that her friend, 2000 meters away, wouldn't disappoint her.

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Shendai To frowned. Time was slipping away, and his plan was failing. If this continued, not only would Li Changqing's amazing combat abilities come into full play, but once the 081 Garrison Regiment reacted, everyone would die.

"Eliminate that sniper, no matter what," Shendai To said in the communication channel, "Aren't you all self-proclaimed sharpshooters? There are five of you, and only one of him. Killing you all takes time, which gives you a chance to correct the trajectory!"

"Sir, we use 7.62mm caliber sniper rifles. Only Shendai Changchuan has a 12.7mm anti-materiel sniper rifle. The 7.62mm rifles are 2400 meters away from him. Unless we hit his eyes, it's impossible to kill him," a sniper said.

"What caliber is he using?" Shendai To asked.

"It sounds like a 12.7mm anti-materiel sniper rifle, but there are many differences in sound. Sir, an ordinary anti-materiel sniper rifle might injure a B-class expert covered in alloy Bionic Skin from two thousand meters, but it wouldn't cause a penetrating injury. The kinetic energy should start to decay rapidly at 1600 meters."

But the other sniper rifle was different. That shot pierced through the B-class Gene Soldier, meaning the armor-piercing round pierced two layers of alloy Bionic Skin from two thousand meters away.

This is no sniper rifle; this is an anti-materiel sniper cannon!

Shendai To asked, "Shendai Changchuan, what's your longest shooting record?"

Shendai Changchuan hesitated before answering, "1721 meters, four shots to correct the trajectory, and the fifth shot hit."

Shendai To coldly said, "Now's your moment to surpass yourself and contribute to the family."

Shendai Changchuan responded, "Understood."

"The other four provide continuous cover fire," Shendai To said grimly, "Give Shendai Changchuan time, time to correct his trajectory, kill him!"

The snipers fell silent. Continuous cover fire meant serving as targets for the sniper, sacrificing their lives to give Shendai Changchuan time to correct his trajectory. But they were soldiers; obeying orders was their duty. So, even knowing it was a suicide mission, they had to execute it.

At this moment, they knew Shendai To might not have any hope for them. Anyone knew they couldn't hit the target. If Shendai Changchuan could hit, that would be best. Even if he couldn't, they wouldn't have entirely failed.

Because as long as they fired, the sniper's attention would shift to them, buying time for the experts surrounding Li Changqing on the long street.

Ten seconds. Shendai To only needed ten seconds from these snipers! Then, the A-class expert hidden among the crowd could act without any worries.

Shendai To didn't want to wait any longer.

This time, many snipers would die.

Shendai To calmly said in the communication channel, "The family will remember your achievements, and your names will be added to the stone tablets in the shrine. Jade shattering."

"Jade shattering' was the final mobilization before Shendai Family launched a suicide attack.

From that second, all snipers were determined to die.

At this moment, Qing Chen calmly lay on the open-air terrace on the 121st floor of Jinmao Building. His eyes left the scope, searching for the remaining Shendai Family snipers in the vast field of vision.

The next second, there was a flash of light on the 130th floor of the Chun Lei Building in the distance.

That was a sniper rifle firing without a flash suppressor.

There were also shots from the 129th and 121st floors of the neighboring Changlin Building.

Almost simultaneously, the remaining four Shendai Family snipers opened fire, rapidly firing one shot after another.

The glass walls of Jinmao Building shattered one after another, making crisp sounds in the night.

Amidst this chaos, Shendai Changchuan pulled the trigger. He used tracer rounds. The red-hot bullet shot straight into the night sky, then fell in a parabolic arc three meters to the left of Qing Chen.

"Three meters, the error is only three meters," a sniper said in the communication channel, "He doesn't need four shots to adjust. I feel Shendai Changchuan can hit him with two more shots!"

For a sniper, at a range of 2000 meters, a three-meter error is very small.

At this time, a sniper looked at Jinmao Building through the optical sight. They felt that the sniper's figure hadn't moved at all, as if they weren't worried about their shots at all.

The sniper suddenly felt a sense of inferiority. They couldn't even make the sniper feel the slightest concern! It was as if they weren't worthy of being considered equals.

Qing Chen expressionlessly moved his vision back to the scope. With only the slight movement of his body with his breathing to move the gun, he decisively pulled the trigger.

The moment they fired, he remembered the position of each sniper.

One shot, two shots, three shots, four shots, five shots!

Without any pause.

Every muscle in Qing Chen's body served his will. He didn't need to consciously calculate the trajectory. The dull practice and efforts in that mysterious world had transformed into the inevitable result on the battlefield and the fate of five people.

This was the answer given by time.

Qing Chen had graduated from the mysterious world of "Conquer with Virtue' a few days ago.

But he had been lacking a grand and brilliant graduation ceremony.

There was no cheering from classmates, nor a principal placing a graduation cap on his head.

Qing Chen didn't need it.

A sniper's graduation ceremony is destined to be lonely, cold, and decisive.

He only needs to enjoy this moment outside the stage and wait for the bullet to cross time and space, ending fate. The fate of others.

Shendai Changchuan's first shot was only three meters from Qing Chen.

But these three meters...were a gap he couldn't bridge in a lifetime.

It seemed like a long time had passed, or perhaps just an instant.

In Qing Chen's vision, five bullets pierced through the scopes of the five snipers, crossing a distance of over 2300 meters, precisely hitting their heads.

"Phew," Qing Chen lightly exhaled.

Only then had a sniper truly graduated.

When Shendai To's snipers fired, he was about to signal the A-class expert, ready to end the battle at a greater cost. It was to sacrifice three or four B-class experts in exchange for Li Changqing's life. While B-class experts were rare, Shendai could afford it.

In the Federation, Metahumans experts are divided by B-class. Below B-class can be mass-produced using Gene Medicine, and although the number is small, new ones will always be created.

However, to Shendai To's surprise, before he could give the instructions, the battle between the snipers ended.

They were dead. Almost all snipers were shot in the head at the same time.

Shendai Changchuan was the same!

This sharpshooter of the Shendai Family died so unclearly!

Shendai To thought these snipers would buy him enough time, but they didn't get anything.

Are these snipers real? Firing without thinking, then five shots hit? This was a complete dominination! No one knew that Qing Chen had specifically chosen Jinmao Building because any sniper would have to cross at least 2300 meters to take him down. This choice of sniping point was like bullying someone.

It's like an adult fighting a child. The adult grabs the child's Face^[-], and the child's arms are too short to reach the adult. This analogy perfectly describes the battle between snipers.

Within 2600 meters, any distance is the same for Qing Chen, but for other snipers, these 2300 meters are an insurmountable gap.

In the long street, the five gunshots echoed in the sky, and the corner of Li Changqing's lips slightly curled up.

The sounds that were soul-stirring to the enemy sounded like distant but warm greetings in her ears.

Seizing the moment when the Gene Soldiers were distracted, Li Changqing suddenly attacked, a jade-green dart flying from her sleeve, blinding a B-class Gene Soldier.

Shendai To, standing in the shadows of the long street, was astonished, "You're from the Li Clan Conglomerate, yet you're also a director of the Hu Family Intelligence Agency! You've started cultivating darts!"

Li Changqing had kept this trump card, waiting for the most crucial moment.

Now, the dart was incomplete and couldn't break through the enemy's alloy Bionic Skin. If the dart were destroyed, she would also suffer severe backlash.

Originally, Li Changqing thought she wouldn't use this dart, but Qing Chen had created a chance for a counterattack!

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