Chapter 1481: Assault Rifle and Sniper Rifle

Half an hour later, Kuang Qingwei and Zhu Li, the married couple from Territory Six, sat in the meeting room beside the farmland of Territory Three, on the bench Tang Huai had just occupied.

Returning from his business trip, Kuang Qingwei clearly listed in his notebook the quantities of farm tools and crops he had sold at the agricultural trade fair, as well as the high-quality crop varieties he thought were worth introducing, and handed it to Alliance Leader Xia Qing, emphasizing the latter.

"The first kind is the high-yield Green Lantern onion cultivated by the Bai San base. According to the introduction, this onion has strong resistance to soil anaerobic bacteria, and is also cold-resistant, high-yielding, and easy to store. I asked about their soil conditions there, which aren't much different from ours, so once introduced, they can be planted after the third Harmful Rain. The second kind is the Yellow Lantern buckwheat cultivated by the Red Six base..."

The three discussed for a while, then Xia Qing made the decision: "All the samples Brother Qing brought back will be split into two parts—one part goes to Brother Qi, the other to the Soil Research Department. If the trial planting succeeds, we'll introduce these new varieties next year."

What Xia Qing was most interested in was the Yellow Lantern buckwheat, which had extremely low soil requirements and could be planted in spring, summer, and autumn. If the trial planting succeeded, she planned to plant buckwheat on a large scale in the uncultivated areas of the territory; as long as they could harvest some grain, it would be better than letting these farmlands lie fallow and grow weeds.

Chatting about high-quality crops and envisioning the bountiful harvest after a successful introduction, the farmers were full of drive and in high spirits.

Taking advantage of Xia Qing's good mood, Zhu Li brought up the matter of the supply split: "I've thought it over and over, and I feel that whether it's for self-defense within the territory or for executing missions with Sister Qing in the future, choosing an assault rifle would best bring out my evolution ability. What do you think, Sister Qing?"

If not for financial constraints, Zhu Li would have preferred to choose a sniper rifle.

Sniper rifles all have a range of over a thousand meters and belong to long-range attacks, so the safety factor for snipers is relatively high when teaming up for missions.

But the cost of becoming a sniper is too high—a sniper rifle costs several hundred thousand per piece, and each sniper bullet costs several hundred points. Zhu Li simply couldn't afford to practice.

If she could afford those points, Zhu Li wouldn't need to train hard and risk her life on missions.

Assault rifle bullets cost 40 points each, so the training cost is lower than for a sniper rifle. After discussing with her husband, Zhu Li felt this was more suitable.

Moreover, Zhu Li choosing an assault rifle to become an assault-type fighter meant she wasn't the same type as sniper Tang Huai. When Xia Qing needed hearing-evolution users, she could choose between the two of them based on mission needs, or bring them both.

Xia Qing asked, "What is your current hearing range?"

Zhu Li answered immediately, "If someone speaks at normal volume upwind, I can hear them clearly from 200 meters away."

Xia Qing nodded: "The assault rifle's range is 400 meters, and 200 meters is its advantage range. When shooting, use your hearing ability to judge wind direction and speed, lock onto the target's position, and you'll easily complete suppression-fire missions. If you're going on a mission, you must achieve a 90% hit rate within 350 meters for precise or single shots against exposed targets."

Zhu Li scribbled notes and humbly asked, "Sister Qing, should I use iron sights or optical sights to reach 90%?"

Xia Qing answered, "Iron sights. When fighting in the Evolution Forest, you can't rely entirely on optical sights."

"Understood, optical sights can fail under extreme conditions. Sister Qing, I'll work hard." Zhu Li swore earnestly.

"Thank you, Sister Qing. With you explaining it like this, Lili's goal for her efforts is much clearer." Kuang Qingwei added his thanks.

Kuang Qingwei didn't want his wife to take risks, but his wife was 23 years younger than him and was an evolver with a longer lifespan. Kuang Qingwei couldn't protect her for a lifetime. She wanted to improve her combat ability and venture out, so no matter how worried he was, Kuang Qingwei couldn't stop her.

Neither of the couple mentioned asking Xia Qing Sect to teach Zhu Li sniping skills. Xia Qing was a top-tier sniper, and the cost of having her teach was too high—they simply couldn't afford it.

After getting the gun, Zhu Li went to sign up for the assault rifle shooting training of the Green Dragon Squad, and once she learned, she'd come back to teach Kuang Qingwei. That way, it was more cost-effective.

After answering Zhu Li's questions, Xia Qing continued with the matter of the supply split: "That half-condition sniper rifle is worth 30,000 points, seized from the elastic evolver, and the 250 assault rifle bullets I found in the backpack from Mountain Fifty are worth 10,000 points. There are still points left—what do you want?"

Hearing that Xia Qing was also giving her the bullets she had later harvested, Zhu Li was extremely excited: "Thank you, Sister Qing. I want the new-material dagger worn by that elastic evolver, and the protective suit and protective boots of that female evolver. May I?"

The four bounty hunters that Xia Qing and Zhu Li had hunted were well-equipped. That female evolver was about the same build as Zhu Li, so Zhu Li could wear her protective suit. That new-material dagger, worth 2,000 points, was a fine weapon for close combat and self-defense. Zhu Li wanted to trade for it for her husband to use.

As for the fact that these pieces of equipment had been stripped from the dead—well, it was the eleventh year of the Calamity, and no one minded.

Xia Qing nodded, opened the seized supplies she had brought from home to the meeting room, took out what Zhu Li wanted, and placed it on the table.

The total value of the supplies Zhu Li wanted was how many points? Just as Xia Qing was about to ask what else she wanted, Kuang Qingwei pulled a bag of seeds from his protective suit pocket and handed them to Xia Qing with both hands: "Sister Qing, these are the Green Lantern Ice Mist Grass seeds that the Hui Six delegation brought to the exhibition. I pulled some strings to buy two extra portions. The remaining points from your mission with Lili, plus these two portions of seeds—can they be used to trade for a field-grade Level Four protective mask?"

At the exhibition, Kuang Qingwei had seen the high-quality forage grass seeds and immediately took photos and sent them to Xia Qing.

Hui Six Base and Hui Three Base are at comparable latitudes with similar growing environments, so forage grass that thrives at Hui Six Base should also grow on their territory. So Xia Qing immediately made the decision and asked Kuang Qingwei to bring a portion back for her.

She now had sheep and cattle and needed to expand the area planted with forage grass. If the seeds Hui Six had brought weren't limited—each attending delegation could only purchase one portion—Xia Qing would definitely have bought more.

Reseller Kuang Qingwei understood Xia Qing's needs, so he got friendly with other delegations and used their quotas to buy two extra portions.

One portion of seeds was 500 grains for 300 points. Kuang Qingwei bought 2 extra portions, so Xia Qing should pay Kuang Qingwei 900 points. Added to the remaining mission points for Zhu Li, it was just enough to trade for a 90%-condition field-grade Level Four protective mask.

Xia Qing pointed to the supplies beside her: "Brother Qing, pick one. If there are any other supplies you've taken a liking to, you can also take them at the estimated price."

"Thank you, Sister Qing." Reseller Kuang Qingwei was overjoyed. He went and picked out the best helmet, and looking at the bullet hole punched through the helmet's neck guard, Kuang Qingwei once again marveled at Xia Qing's divine sniping ability.

After seeing the two off, Xia Qing drove and handed all the remaining supplies to Yue Haiying, asking him to arrange for them to be cleaned up and then used to equip the security team of the Ninth Center.

Of course, these supplies were sold by Xia Qing to the Ninth Center. Public is public, private is private—in a Calamity year, if you want free supplies, you have to go seize them yourself.

Xia Qing's feat of shooting and killing the Hui One bounty hunter squad on Mountain Fifty had already spread throughout Hui City, so there was no need to hide this batch of supplies.

After seeing the autopsy videos of those four bounty hunters online, the number of bounty hunters wanting to kill Xia Qing immediately dropped by more than half.

Why?

Because three of the bounty hunters were killed by the same sniper rifle—two with a single shot, one with two shots. The remaining one had it worse: he was killed by Xia Qing who broke his spine with her bare fists!

With Xia Qing's terrifying hit rate and brutal killing methods, rushing at her wouldn't be claiming a bounty—it would be delivering equipment.

After killing these four people, the name of Hui Three's top sniper, Xia Qing, finally appeared on the Huaguo Sniper Rankings. Posts analyzing when Xia Qing could break into the top ten were actively discussed and shared by the people of Hui Three Base, at one point pushing up to fifth place on the trending search list.

And the much-discussed sniper Xia Qing was currently in the laboratory she and her idol's beloved disciple Xiao Duan had jointly funded, studying the footage of the little monkey Ergua together.