Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 473 Sniper Annihilation Battle (4000-word chapter)
Molten mine area, coordinates B151, H117.

Allen had just crossed a divided road when he bumped into a group of heretic believers who were on their way.

Although these people were all wearing protective clothing and helmets on their heads, making it difficult to see their faces clearly, Allen still recognized their identities in an instant.

A team of more than 30 people in total wore nearly [-] different types of protective clothing, including the bloated space work suit that had been out of production for decades—the name of this kind of clothing The overall structure refers to the extravehicular spacesuits of the old era, but in terms of materials and craftsmanship, it is completely opposite to the concept of tailor-made spacesuits and excellence. If I can sum it up in a few words, it is simple, cheap and modular .

This space work suit is equipped for "external hull maintenance workers"-this is a profession that once existed, but has now disappeared.During the 900 years of drifting of the Ark, various damages and failures will inevitably occur on the external hull. In most cases, such problems are solved by repair robots.

But robots are not omnipotent, and some complex operations still have to be done manually, which naturally gave birth to such a special profession.

An adult with normal intelligence and physical fitness can become an "external hull maintenance worker" after three months of training. Generally, ten to fifteen workers form a maintenance team, plus one Engineers serve as team leaders and technical guides—at the peak of this industry, there were nearly 10,000 people on the entire Ark engaged in "external hull maintenance".

The salary level of this profession is not high, just enough for daily expenses, but the subsidy for each maintenance operation is much higher than the per capita salary level of the residents of the ark - in that meal with meat (protein synthetic meat) and vegetables (bean sprouts and some fungi produced in hydroponic farms, the main edible vegetables during the drifting period) the standard meal was only [-] credits, and the subsidy for going out of the cabin for a maintenance operation was [-] to [-] credits. For urgent maintenance tasks, it is even higher.

Of course, high remuneration also means high risk. According to official statistics, the overall mortality rate of external hull maintenance workers is about 6.9%, which means that for every [-] workers who leave the cabin for maintenance operations , there were seven people who could not return to the ark alive.

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After the Ark landed on Alpha Planet, this high-risk occupation naturally disappeared from human history, and the thousands of space work suits in stock became useless "waste" in a blink of an eye. flowed into the public.

Many people who can't afford professional protective clothing will go to the black market to find these decades-old antiques as substitutes, but because these space work suits are originally the product of extremely reduced costs, coupled with years of disrepair, reliable performance Not high.In addition, this equipment was originally designed for the zero-gravity environment of space. Using it on the ground will greatly limit the wearer's ability to move - because the death rate caused by accidents caused by these space work suits is even higher than The drifting era is even higher.

Although there are quite a few people who bought them, they are basically rookie hunters who are poor or low-level mercenaries with little money. They also know that the performance of this thing is really not good. The place is okay, but if you wear this thing to the Molten Field, it's almost the same as courting death.

As for the team Allen ran into, almost half of them were wearing this kind of cheap space work suits, and the most worn-out ones were even patched and wrapped with tape...

Whether it is the search and rescue troops sent here or the staff in the base, it is impossible to wear this kind of equipment. The identity of this group of people can only be exiles living in the wilderness, and the exiles who appeared in the molten fire mine Or, it must be the group of "extremists" belonging to heretical sects.

Fortunately, this group of people did not find Allen.

Allen hid behind an overturned roadbed, and carefully watched the group of people with the scope attached to the sniper rifle—they seemed very anxious: the leader kept waving the automatic rifle in his hand, He seemed to be yelling at those who had fallen to the end of the line.But the distance was too far, and Allen couldn't hear his voice, and because they were all wearing helmets, he couldn't judge what he was talking about by observing the mouth shape.

"Could it be that this group of people rushed to support the friendly army?" This was the first thought that popped up in Alan's head, "Could it be that the commander and Team Leader Breya are exchanging fire with people from heretical sects?"

So this group of people is rushing to go deeper into the mine?

Allen's eyes swept over these people one by one—their equipment was poor, not only the protective clothing was colorful "Wan Guo brand", but also the weapons, and the best-looking one was the one held by the leader. He bought a [-]% new Type [-] rifle. In the eyes of an elite soldier like him, the things other people held were not even considered fire sticks.

Allen even suspected that in the high-temperature environment of the molten mine area, those things that were pieced together from miscellaneous parts and could barely be regarded as "guns" might explode as soon as they were fired...

As for high-tech equipment such as electromagnetic weapons and laser weapons that require strong logistical support, there is no such thing at all.

The combat effectiveness of this team is not considered high. Looking at their marching ranks, it is obvious that their combat quality is not good. As for the tacit understanding and cooperation between them, it is impossible to talk about it.

Even if it is the garrison regiment that Allen and the others look down on the most on weekdays, just pull out a ten-man squad, and without the help of "foreign objects" such as terrain, intelligence, and fire support, the two sides will confront each other head-on in an open area. Easily wipe out more than 30 people, and there is a high probability that they will not be injured.

"The distance between me and them is about 170 meters. Their weapons are basically mechanical sights... Some don't even have sights. The chance of hitting me is very low..." Allen thought to himself, "And there are two cracks several meters wide in the middle, it's hard for them to rush to my side in the first place."

His fingers lightly stroked the trigger guard of the sniper rifle, and he began to struggle in his heart.

"In order to speed up their march, they always choose open and flat places to walk, with few bunkers around. With my ability, I can completely wipe out these people here. Maybe this can share part of the pressure for the commander and the others... ..."

"But once there is a firefight with this group of people, my position will inevitably be exposed. If there are their people nearby, then I will be in a dangerous situation... The most deadly thing is that I can't move The news of the support base has been delivered to the commander and the others..."

"My primary task is to deliver information, but the commander and the others may be in a tough battle. Even if I can reach the battle area in time, I won't be able to get close to them..."

"Then it's better to eat this team first, and then make another plan..."

After Allen made up his mind, Dang even pushed a bullet into the chamber and began to search for the target.

The assault rifle filled with active ammunition was at his feet - if there was a container of Corrosion Seed in this group of people, he was fully capable of killing this monster.

He wouldn't even give the Seed of Corruption the chance to leap over the first chasm.

Although Allen is a sniper in the team, his automatic weapon shooting performance is also top-notch in the team. He shoots a moving target at a distance of 150 meters with a zero-one assault rifle. A magazine has 25 rounds of bullets, and the bullets that miss the target The number of rounds will not exceed three - this kind of moving target is not the kind of moving target that slowly translates like a grandmother in a wheelchair in a shooting gallery, but a UAV target with a speed of up to [-] meters per second and irregular movements. target.

The imaginary enemies they set up during training were completely based on the most ferocious native creatures in the wilderness or the enhanced Seed of Corrosion.

Allen moved the muzzle of the gun smoothly, and locked the front sight on a burly man in the middle of the team.

This big man carried an old-fashioned general-purpose machine gun on his shoulders. Although the rusty gun body meant that the daily maintenance of this thing was poor, or there was almost no daily maintenance, and the failure rate must be high when shooting. It can't be higher, but Allen didn't dare to gamble, and no one can guarantee that the machine gun will jam when it hits the first bullet.

More than 150 meters, within 300 meters... This is the most terrifying distance for this series of general-purpose machine guns. A full-power bullet with a caliber of ten millimeters can easily penetrate a rock that is one meter thick, and a chain of one hundred rounds guarantees Continuity of firepower-the machine gunner does not need to aim precisely at all, as long as he shoots "splashing water" at the place where Allen is hiding, he can press him down.

With the first shot, he had to kill the machine gunner who threatened him the most.

The ballistic calculator that comes with the sniper rifle scope can still work normally. Aaron does not need to waste energy to calculate parameters such as wind speed and air pressure. The computer has automatically adjusted the deviation of the front sight for him. The shooting distance of 170 meters is almost It can be said that where to hit.

"Boom! Boom!" He pulled the trigger.

One shot to the chest, one shot to the head.

The machine gunner fell at the sound!
The team instantly became a mess, some rushed to the nearest bunker immediately, and more people wandered around like headless chickens in place, and the most outrageous guy was tripped by his companion. He fell to the ground, rolled out for more than ten meters, and fell into a fissure full of magma.

As Allen expected, this group of people has not received any formal military training at all, and they have no contingency plans at all when they are ambushed.

As for the leader, his reaction was pretty quick, and he jumped behind a boulder immediately, but he didn't issue orders in time to gather his subordinates, but poked the gun in his hand from the edge of the boulder. He came out and fired wildly towards the outside.

As for the point where the bullet fell, it was thousands of miles away from Allen's hiding place.

Even this "commander" has no military accomplishment at all. Any rookie who came out of the recruit company will perform much better than him at this time.

This is not like a force rushing to support the friendly army, but more like a group of peons driven by the overseer.

"This guy, he doesn't even know in which direction he fired the gun..." Alan thought like this, and his confidence suddenly increased a lot.

Another two shots killed a person who wanted to pick up the machine gun that fell on the ground. For a while, those who failed to find cover were lying on the ground—maybe they thought they could escape from nowhere. Bullets flew in, but from the perspective of Allen, who was on a higher ground, these guys seemed to be lying on the ground waiting to die.

He even gave up the usual double-shot shooting, and used a single bullet to kill the enemies who were exposed under the scope one by one, as if the god of death was calling his name. Every few seconds, someone would be shot in the head , every shot is a one-hit kill, without exception.

Counting the first machine gunner who was killed, there were a total of 11 people who failed to find cover. It took Allen less than 1 minute to kill all 11 people, and he didn't even have the second magazine. Didn't miss out.

Until this time, this group of people hadn't found Alan's location, and the environment in the molten mine area greatly interfered with their judgment. They could only hear gunshots coming from a distance, and their companions were shot by a A kill, but they didn't even have a chance to fight back.

"The rest of the people are hiding behind the bunker... The air temperature is so high, thermal imaging is useless, and their location cannot be determined..." Allen moved the body of the gun slightly, and the front sight of the scope was on a few rocks They moved back and forth between them-at first, some people imitated their leader and stretched out their guns from the edge of the bunker to sweep around, but after Allen shot through the palm of one of them, no one did it again. dry.

In the molten mine area, as long as the protective clothing is damaged, even if the injury is not fatal, it is equivalent to a slow death-these people don't carry any repair tape or the like. I can only watch helplessly as all the oxygen in it leaks out...

This feeling might not be as pleasant as being shot to death...

No one showed up, and the situation suddenly fell into a stalemate.For Allen, this is not good news-although he suppressed the group, if the believers of other heretical sects heard the gunshots and moved towards this side, the situation would be bad .

【PS Thank you Lover Without Tears, Bai Piao Monster who never recharges, book friend 20190605141439292, the other side quickly surrendered, and rewarded 100 starting coins. 】

[PPS My personal writing style is to introduce some background stories of the Ark in the main text plot, because I think this can make the world described in my book gradually become real and concrete... But the words speak again, This seems to be a little suspicious of word count. I don't know if this will affect your reading experience, and I don't know if you like this kind of "plug-in" description. I hope you can give me some suggestions or opinions. 】

(End of this chapter)