Chapter 928: Can You Actually Do It or Not?

Zhang Jingwu's low voice came over the channel, "A giant eagle has appeared in the southern high sky, moving toward the Shi Zhu Forest. Eagle-Killing Squad, lock onto the target as quickly as possible."

"Holy shit! That's way too fast—no wonder it's worth so much?"

Zhang Jingwu answered in a low voice, "The magnetic field in the Shi Zhu Forest is chaotic; the vehicle-mounted radar can't lock onto the target accurately. Also, according to the data Gui Wu provided, the probability of hitting the giant eagle with a missile is only 60%. All members of the Eagle-Killing Squad—only fire if you're confident of a hit. You only have one chance today."

Humans' hot weapons are powerful, and the evolved beasts in the Evolution Forest—especially the brain-domain evolved beasts—have long known this. So when they catch the smell of gunpowder, they grow wary, and they've also learned to use terrain and other external factors to effectively dodge human weapons.

The Level-5 Vision advanced sniper Mo Shaozhi was well aware of her own limits. "Captain Zhang, how much longer before Luo Pei arrives?"

With her ability, sniping an eagle moving at this speed gave her no confidence of hitting the target—she could only rely on luck.

Zhang Jingwu gave a clear answer, "Luo Pei can't make it back in time."

Hearing that Luo Pei wasn't coming back, Level-6 Vision evolved advanced sniper Zhou Baldy immediately started ranting, "Night Heron was assigned to the tallest stone pillar, so she's definitely the best sniper among our six. Qinglong's Night Heron, how confident are you?"

"Your Qinglong Squad hogs the number-one spot at base, grabs all the resources, sends top snipers out to earn points, and dispatches someone like you who isn't even on the combat power rankings…"

A cold voice cut in, "Zhou Chuan'an, shut up. Don't disturb Night Heron."

This was a voice Xia Qing had never heard before—must be a military advanced sniper. The channel fell into a suffocating silence.

A few minutes later, Zhang Jingwu's voice came again, "The sixth wave of raptors has appeared thirty li to the southwest. First defensive line, prepare to snipe. The giant eagle will very likely use this chance to approach the Shi Zhu Forest again. Eagle-Killing Squad, prepare to snipe."

Xia Qing, beneath the bird's nest at the top of the tallest stone pillar in the Shi Zhu Forest, sat with her eyes closed, resting.

Ordinary people with sniper potential and non-vision evolvers can become intermediate snipers after training; ordinary vision evolvers can, after training, have a chance to become advanced snipers; but only advanced vision evolvers can become top snipers.

Because hitting a fast-moving target at long range demands that the sniper possess an extremely strong ability within farsightedness—rapid binocular focusing—meaning the ability to accurately track fast-moving targets.

This ability is unique to advanced vision evolvers.

Xia Qing is a Level-9.5 vision evolver; this ability of hers is already approaching the peak state attainable by humans. This is also why Luo Pei specifically called to ask her to join the mission.

To snipe a target like this, she only had one chance.

She couldn't take down two birds with one shot, but as long as she killed one, the two of them would have no way to breed offspring in Hui Three's Evolution Forest—unless the one that escaped was a female eagle already carrying eggs in her belly.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The sixth wave of the bird tide met Hui Three's southern first defensive line. The instant fierce gunfire rang out, the golden eagle on the nearby aggressive evolved tree let out another fearful low cry. Level-9 vision evolver Xia Qing opened her eyes, looked in the direction the golden eagle was staring at, and quickly saw two black dots shooting through the clouds.

The estimated distance was 3,000 meters—much closer than last time.

Xia Qing rapidly analyzed in her mind the flight speed and trajectory of the two giant eagles, focusing her breath and waiting for the opportunity.

Half an hour later, the seventh wave of the bird tide—the giant eagles flashed past 2,500 meters above the first stone pillar;

Fifty minutes later, the eighth wave of the bird tide—the giant eagles swept past at 2,200 meters above the first stone pillar.

Over an hour had passed. The defensive line was in fierce fighting, yet Night Heron still hadn't made a move. Zhou Baldy couldn't hold back again, "Night Heron, you're still not shooting? I can already see how many feathers are on that giant eagle's wing, so what exactly…"

"Chirp… chirp—"

The moment the golden eagle beside her, which had been cowering into a ball, suddenly let out a high-pitched cry, Xia Qing decisively pulled the trigger. Five bullets tore through the air, sealing off every direction the giant eagle could escape in.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

"Chirp————"

Accompanying a high, sharp scream, the giant eagle Xia Qing had hit flapped a few times in the high sky, then plummeted powerlessly. The other giant eagle fled swiftly, leaving behind a string of sharp cries.

"Hit it! Holy shit, holy shit, hit it! Night Heron!" Zhou Baldy was so excited he could barely speak. Though the others said nothing, they were equally thrilled and shaken.

Mo Shaozhi couldn't hold back either, "Night Heron, what's your vision level? You're a top sniper, right?"

The second giant eagle had abandoned its companion's corpse and fled; there would be no chance to shoot it today. Xia Qing glanced at the golden eagle five meters away, which had been so startled by the gunfire that its feathers were puffed up and its eyes wide as it pressed against the tree trunk, then said calmly, "Level-8 vision, advanced sniper. Got lucky."

Zhang Ling's vision evolution level is eight; her current training goal is to reach an effective range of 1,820 meters. That range is only 20 meters more than the passing line for an advanced sniper—still far from a top sniper.

Today Xia Qing was wearing Zhang Ling's skin; being able to shoot a giant eagle far beyond the effective range was naturally just a lucky fluke.

Whether the others believed it or not, Zhou Baldy did. If Night Heron had truly been confident, one shot would have been enough—not five in a row.

But the fact that she dared to fire at the critical moment and hit the target wasn't just luck. Her farsightedness, judgment, agility, and mental fortitude were all extremely high. Even if she wasn't one now, in the future she had a better chance than anyone present of becoming a top sniper.

Because she was a member of the Qinglong Squad, with Luo Pei teaching her hands-on.

Figuring this out, Zhou Baldy's voice turned respectful, "Night Heron, I was too anxious earlier and couldn't hold back from complaining. I'm sorry. I hope there's a chance to work with you again in the future."

Mo Shaozhi also said, "Night Heron, I'm Mo Shaozhi of the Ma Lu Squad. Looking forward to your guidance in the future."

"Night Heron, thank you." The military sniper expressed gratitude to Xia Qing.

Amid the fierce gunfire coming from the fourth defensive line, Zhang Jingwu announced, "Qinglong's Night Heron has successfully shot down one giant eagle; the other has fled. Eagle-Killing Squad mission is over. You may join the southern defensive line, or return directly."

Zhou Baldy immediately made a request to Xia Qing, "Night Heron, shall we head to the first defensive line together? With you there, the first defensive line will definitely be able to take down more raptors."

Killing a few raptors wasn't important—what mattered was seizing this chance to build a good relationship with this mysterious sniper from Qinglong.

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button and refused clearly, "I'm returning to the Northern Zone One territory to continue my mission."

An advanced sniper who hadn't spoken before reminded her, "Night Heron, the other giant eagle may be watching you. If you return directly now, you might lead the giant eagle toward the Northern Zone One territory."

That possibility did exist. Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button, "Understood. Thanks."

Xia Qing stopped locking eyes with the golden eagle on the opposite tree, and as she turned her head downward to look for the giant eagle she had shot down, she unexpectedly spotted a familiar figure.