Chapter 61: Gunman

"You are all practitioners, so ordinary shooting training is not suitable for you. For example, this heavy machine gun: when ordinary people train, they must set up the tripod of the heavy machine gun, then lie on the ground, and use their shoulders to support the butt of the gun. The purpose of doing this is to reduce recoil and maintain stability in the shooting state, thereby improving accuracy."

"But you are different. With your physical fitness, you can lift this heavy machine gun with one hand and perform shooting actions, and the recoil is completely within the range you can bear."

"Therefore, for practitioners, I will only teach you some important firearm knowledge and shooting techniques. You can perform autonomous training on the training ground for the rest."

At this moment.

Inside the training ground of the first area, an instructor named Ma Qiang, wearing camouflage, was giving a lecture to several newcomers who had just entered, and Li Yi was among them.

"This is the weapon display area. Next, I will demonstrate the usage methods and techniques of all weapons for you. I hope you can listen carefully. If you have any questions later, you can also come to ask me. I will guide you as much as possible." Instructor Ma Qiang was very concise and clear in his work.

After a simple explanation, he immediately came to the weapon display area next to him, picked up a handgun directly, and then demonstrated the usage methods, precautions, and techniques for disassembling and assembling weapons for everyone.

Practitioners all have very good memories; everyone remembered it just by watching the demonstration once, and knew how to use it.

And it wasn't just one type of firearm; Instructor Ma Qiang demonstrated all the firearms in the display area.

"Everyone, are there any parts you don't understand? If there are, bring them up now. Otherwise, today's firearm explanation will end here." Afterward, Ma Qiang looked at everyone again.

Li Yi had no questions; he had already memorized the usage methods of all firearms in his mind. The rest was just for him to slowly get his hands on them and operate them.

"Instructor, I want to know, what kind of effect must firearm training reach to be considered qualified?" Suddenly, a man participating in this training asked.

Instructor Ma Qiang immediately said: "It's very simple. Mastering at least four different types of firearms and achieving a hit rate of no less than ninety percent for moving targets for each type of firearm is considered qualified. This is the minimum requirement. I'll have someone demonstrate for you what a moving target is."

Afterward, he shouted toward the shooting range: "Yuan Mingjin, are you still training?"

"Instructor, what's the matter?" A voice came from the shooting range.

"Come over and demonstrate moving target shooting for the newcomers," Instructor Ma Qiang said.

"Alright." Soon, the voice responded, and then a young man wearing a vest, headphones, and a sturdy build, carrying a sniper rifle, walked over quickly.

Li Yi glanced at the sniper rifle in this person's hand.

It wasn't the Extraordinary M200 model; it was another model he hadn't seen before.

Yuan Mingjin looked at everyone and greeted them: "Hello everyone. Instructor Ma Qiang is usually very busy, and he has to train another batch of newcomers later, so I will demonstrate moving target shooting for everyone next. Does anyone have coins on them? Yes, just ordinary coins. If you have them, do me a favor and throw them toward the shooting range, throw them a bit higher and further."

"I'll do it." At this time, a man stood up. He took out quite a few coins and said: "How many do you want?"

"The requirement for shooting qualification is to hit at least nine out of ten coins," Yuan Mingjin laughed.

"Alright, then ten coins. I also want to see how good the shooting of a shooting expert really is. I hope you won't disappoint me." This man was also a Spirit Medium Realm practitioner. He flicked his wrist, and the ten coins in his hand immediately flew toward the high sky in front.

At this moment, it was already evening.

The light was not good.

The coins were small in volume, and it was very difficult for ordinary people to see them even if they were thrown out. But this couldn't stump practitioners; they had opened their spiritual medium, and their eyesight was amazing. Even at night, they could see things around them clearly.

"Haha, watch closely." At this moment, Yuan Mingjin laughed loudly. Despite carrying a heavy sniper rifle, his body was incredibly agile. With a flip, he set up the sniper rifle in mid-air.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out.

Afterward, as soon as Yuan Mingjin landed, he pulled the bolt and fired again quickly, then changed his position again, and pulled the bolt to fire again.

His movements were incredibly skillful, and pulling the bolt and firing were done in one go, without any deliberate aiming at all.

And at this time, Li Yi noticed that there was no high-magnification scope installed on Yuan Mingjin's sniper rifle. In other words, he was firing entirely by feeling, not by aiming at all.

It was clearly a sniper rifle with an extremely slow rate of fire, but now it was played by him like an automatic rifle, and gunshots rang out one after another.

In just a few seconds, Yuan Mingjin had stopped firing.

At this moment.

The ten coins thrown into the sky had disappeared. Not a single coin landed; all those coins were hit in mid-air and exploded directly into fragments.

"Nine shots, this guy only fired nine shots?" The man who threw the coins earlier had a look of shock in his eyes, and at the same time, he saw the clue.

That is to say, one of the shots simultaneously hit two coins.

"Did you see it clearly, everyone?" Yuan Mingjin said with a smile, carrying the sniper rifle.

"Very precise shooting, but the movements seem a bit flashy. Although they all hit, such shooting is not very steady, and I think it's not conducive to actual combat," someone commented.

Yuan Mingjin glanced at him: "If you don't understand, don't speak. It's embarrassing."

That person's face sank, and he was speechless.

Li Yi pondered for a moment and said directly: "I understood a little. The timing of each of your shots was very poor—either in mid-air, just after standing steady, or suddenly during the flip... This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of shooting to a great extent."

"You're not bad; you saw something," Yuan Mingjin nodded: "But do you know why I did this?"

"Because most of the things we want to snipe aren't people, but fierce beasts, extraordinary creatures, and even some monsters we've never seen before. Therefore, a sniper needs to be able to fire key shots in various extreme environments. Those monsters won't let you squat in the distance and aim at them peacefully," Li Yi said.

Yuan Mingjin said: "You're right. That's the situation. What's most important for a gunman? It's grasping the timing of the shot. Your bullet must provide the most important support to your teammates at the critical moment. So, no matter what state you are in, you must ensure you can hit the target."

"What I just demonstrated is still relatively simple. After all, the falling speed of the coins isn't fast, and the pattern is easy to judge. And I was standing on flat ground without obstacles. What if those coins were fierce beasts moving extremely fast, and I was in the process of running away? For example, what if I just jumped down from the third floor, and a teammate suddenly needed me to fire a shot for support? Can I accurately hit the target while falling?"

"Do you know why there's no scope on my gun? Because in the vast majority of cases, you don't have time to aim at all. You must rely on your body's instinct to fire that shot."

"If you can't do that, I advise you not to practice with guns, lest you get your teammates killed at a critical moment."

Hearing this, the others' expressions turned solemn immediately.

Because Yuan Mingjin was right. Just by hearing this, everyone realized that guns didn't seem so easy to practice. Wanting to become a qualified gunman required a lot of time and energy.

"By the way, what's your name?" Suddenly, Yuan Mingjin asked.

"My name is Li Yi."

Li Yi?

Hearing this name, many people nearby looked at him in unison.

Yuan Mingjin was also stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Li Yi, I've heard of you. Just a week ago, you committed a major murder case in the old city district, beating eight Spirit Medium Realm practitioners to death with your bare hands, including a wanted criminal named Wang Kui. Even that Spirit Perception Realm practitioner named Ning Wu was no match for you, and after fighting you to the end, she had to lose a leg."

"You are a fierce person."

After speaking, he gave Li Yi a thumbs up.

Taking down eight people alone, and even crippling a Spirit Perception Realm practitioner in the process—such a battle record wasn't something that could be achieved just by chance.

"So he is Li Yi. I didn't expect him to join the Investigation Bureau so quickly."

"When did the Investigation Bureau absorb such a fierce person?"

"Damn, no wonder I felt uneasy sitting next to him. This guy has a murderous aura at such a young age."

The others couldn't help but mutter.

Li Yi said very casually: "I'm not that powerful. It was just a desperate fight and an explosion of potential."

"Haha, I didn't expect you to be so humble. Li Yi, since you've joined the Investigation Bureau, we'll be colleagues from now on. Do you want to practice shooting? I can guide you and let you get started quickly," Yuan Mingjin said very enthusiastically.

Li Yi asked very sincerely: "I want to get shooting qualification quickly. Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Understood. You practice martial arts, so shooting is indeed not suitable for you. However, to get shooting qualification, you must know at least four types of firearms. No matter which four types of firearms, the sniper rifle is indispensable. As for handguns and submachine guns, their power is too small. Dealing with fierce beasts and extraordinary creatures is like scratching an itch; they can't cause fatal damage at all. You should practice firearms with great power, and just play with the others casually," Yuan Mingjin gave reasonable advice.

"Makes sense." Li Yi nodded, followed the advice, and then looked at the weapon display area.

Soon, he had selected four weapons in his mind.

"Alright, saying is not as good as doing. Go practice at the shooting range now. If you don't understand anything, come ask me," Yuan Mingjin said with a smile, then left carrying the sniper rifle.

At this time, Instructor Ma Qiang walked over and added: "The training ground can be trained twenty-four hours a day. If you are tired, the dormitory building over there can provide accommodation. Alright, everyone, free activities next."

After having a plan, Li Yi didn't waste time. He immediately headed to the shooting range to participate in training, striving to qualify as soon as possible, and then go to perfect his combat technique. ===== CHAPTER 62 =====

After Li Yi had a plan, he didn't waste time; he immediately went to the shooting range to participate in training, striving to qualify as soon as possible so he could go and perfect his combat techniques.