Chapter 363: Within ten meters, fists are fast

"Come, stuff this into your pant leg, it's for bulletproofing, it will keep you safe and sound!"

Zhang Su handed the bulletproof leather to Tachibana Maiying.

Tachibana Maiying had seen Zhang Su's bulletproof hat before and didn't feel curious. She took the bulletproof leather, touched it, stretched it hard, and it was very tough. She didn't act arrogant either, properly tucking the leather into her pant leg, and then signaled the range to Tan Huajun.

Tan Huajun looked and said: "Don't worry, I will aim, I won't hurt you."

Tachibana Maiying didn't speak, smiled simply, walked about ten meters with her legs, and nodded to signal that they could start.

"Sister, please aim carefully, don't hurt Little Ju."

Yi Xiaoling stood on the side, a bit nervous.

Zhang Su hugged his arms and said: "Old Tan is a dead shot, Sakura claims she can dodge bullets, let's see who can win."

"I'm going to start, be careful!"

Tan Huajun assumed a standard pistol shooting posture and aimed at Tachibana Maiying, giving a reminder.

Tachibana Maiying nodded, the expression on her face very plain, holding the special long, thin steel bar in her hand, looking as relaxed as if she weren't facing a muzzle.

*Whoosh. *

A slightly cold breeze blew through the mountain stream. In an instant, Tachibana Maiying moved, her feet as if installed with springs, leaping toward Tan Huajun's direction!

Almost at the same moment Tachibana Maiying jumped, the gunshot rang out, and then a *poof* sound was heard; the bullet hit the ground not far behind the position where Tachibana Maiying had been standing!

Tan Huajun was stunned for a moment, and the other party's steel bar was already pointing at her heart. A faint smile appeared on her face, and then she put away the weapon quickly, took two steps back, and stood with her hands down.

The whole process was quite fast, fast to the point that if you didn't stare closely, it would be over before you could react. If you timed it with a stopwatch, you would find that from Tachibana Maiying's action to the weapon touching Tan Huajun, it was only one second—ten meters, one second.

"This... I, didn't hit..." Tan Huajun looked at Zhang Su in disbelief.

Zhang Su's attention had always been focused on Tachibana Maiying; he had completely understood what was going on.

"Old Tan, it's not that you didn't hit, but she predicted your action!"

"How to understand that?"

Tan Huajun looked at Zhang Su in confusion.

"I didn't record it. If you recorded the process just now with a video camera, you could find that Tachibana Maiying made a reaction before you pulled the trigger. This time difference is very small, but it's enough for her to dodge the bullet, because in that little time, even if you discover her action, the coordination between your brain and muscles isn't enough for you to re-aim. Simply put, she moved first, you fired later."

The limit of human reaction speed is about 0.1 seconds. On the Olympic running track, starting within 0.1 seconds after the starting gun sounds is considered a false start. Tachibana Maiying is even better; she moved before the gun even sounded!

"So that's it... Then if there are two guns, one in the light and one in the dark, and she can't see my action, wouldn't she be unable to predict it in advance?"

Although Tan Huajun was doing logistics work, she was constantly improving in combat, not only actively training but also thinking about combat details, especially after finding her daughter. She knew that besides executing the tasks given by the team, she had an extra responsibility. Having someone to protect, her desire to survive was fully mobilized, and she was more motivated!

"Hard to say, it depends on whether she predicts through her eyes or through that perception ability." Zhang Su said and looked at Tachibana Maiying: "Speak, how did you do it? Is it through micro-expressions and muscle changes, or other factors?"

Tachibana Maiying said one word, and Yi Xiaoling translated: "Brother Zhang, Little Ju says it's through sensing Qi."

"Qi again..." Zhang Su rubbed his forehead, unwilling to give up: "That is to say, at this distance just now, even if you were blindfolded, you could dodge it?"

"Ten meters!"

Tachibana Maiying said a word. This time Zhang Su understood clearly, knowing in his heart that the other party's ability range was ten meters. Beyond this area, she could be threatened, but within it, she was very strong.

A ten-meter radius, to put it broadly, a space of four hundred square meters. This range was already very considerable.

"Big brother, what are you guys busy with, why did you fire a gun?"

Zhao Dezhu, Liu Tianji, and Guo Dachao were attracted by the gunfire. Although the camp was safe, the gunfire still made people nervous.

"It's nothing, talking about things with them, you guys go ahead."

"Ah? Oh, got it."

Zhao Dezhu and the others saw nothing happened and left the mountain stream.

Tachibana Maiying's magical ability, similar to opening the heavenly eye, made Zhang Su feel very novel. After Zhao Dezhu and the others left, he couldn't help but do another test. This time he didn't use a gun, but a stone. Of course, he didn't throw it directly at Tachibana Maiying, but from behind her, and blindfolded her eyes and ears.

When throwing the stone, Zhang Su deliberately distracted himself by chatting with Tan Huajun and Yi Xiaoling, throwing it without warning. However, he saw Tachibana Maiying move slightly.

*Swish. *

The stone brushed past her arm and flew into the distance, with considerable force and accuracy.

This time Zhang Su had to be convinced. She could do it even after shielding her vision and hearing. If that wasn't perception, what was it?

Observation Haki...

"Good, the test ends here. You guys are tired today too. According to our previous agreement, Old Tan, you take them to find a big room, rest well, and prepare for dinner."

Witnessing Tachibana Maiying's ability, Zhang Su was even more determined in his thoughts. This person must be kept, and he had to learn the skills on her body for himself!

"Mom, Brother Zhang, you're finally here!"

Returning from the mountain stream to the camp, before Zhang Su could catch his breath, Duan Wuhu was waiting on the only path. Seeing him walk over, he greeted him eagerly.

"I said Old Duan, I just got back and didn't even have time to change my clothes. Do you have to be so anxious?"

Zhang Su rubbed his temples speechlessly. He had activated a backup energy bar before, and now 98% remained. He wasn't tired, just felt very busy, one thing after another...

"Oh, I have no choice, come, come, have a cigarette to relieve fatigue..." Duan Wuhu handed over a cigarette very eagerly, shielding the fire to light it for Zhang Su, then lit one for himself, and smiled helplessly: "Brother Zhang, you don't know. Originally, Weijun was the only one doing research, quietly, at most doing some small work, but now it's different. After Dr. Xie came, the two of them together are incredible..."

"Incredible? How incredible?"

Zhang Su frowned and asked. The research department of Sky Horse Island didn't have many staff, but the things they did weren't small. If someone was making trouble, it must be nipped in the bud!

Duan Wuhu stole a glance at Cuilengxuan, saw the laboratory windows tightly closed and the curtains drawn, and then continued to tell Zhang Su: "Before, Weijun's research direction was mainly based on the diversified utilization of zombies, but now it's different. Although they sometimes push me away when talking about important topics, I've overheard some content!"

"The two's research direction is getting more and more off-beat, more and more strange, what transformation, blocking, mutation, blah blah, in short, it's definitely not a serious research direction. I think it's necessary for you to intervene, lest things get out of hand."

Regarding zombie research, Duan Wuhu's attitude had always been very conservative, quite afraid that Fu Weijun would walk the old path of the Survivor Alliance again.

Zhang Su's psychology was different. He had been relatively traditional like Duan Wuhu before, feeling that strange research shouldn't be done, but since seeing the transformed zombies of the Green Dragon Legion, his thinking had undergone some changes, until he saw Li Zhaohua become neither human nor zombie, but with super strong combat power. From that moment on, he felt that research was very necessary!

The world is so big, the entire Qincheng is not worth mentioning on a national scale. Even the Green Dragon Legion could tinker with transformed zombies with such powerful combat power, couldn't other camps do it?

The tiny Qingxian could give birth to a venom zombie, whose venom stock solution could produce explosive power comparable to a missile. Weren't there more perverted existences in other places?

The zombie crisis had always existed, but as long as the camp's development tended to be normal and the defensive power slowly kept up, the threat of the zombie horde would gradually decrease. At most, encounters in the wild would be very dangerous, but as long as they were in the camp, safety would be guaranteed, unless the zombies became stronger again, but that was an unpredictable thing.

When zombies wouldn't pose a fatal threat to humans, the threat would completely change from zombies to other survivors!

Resources were limited, and rebuilding order was difficult. In this process, they would inevitably collide with other survivor camps, perhaps mutual integration, perhaps the strong swallowing the weak, or it could be destroying the other party or being destroyed by the other party...

No matter which process it was, wanting to occupy the leading position required powerful strength. Zhang Su didn't want to be passive, so he only had to improve the strength of the entire camp!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 364 =====