The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 165 Lurker

Having escaped the chaotic battle and understood their current situation, the new students gradually began to disperse and fight independently.

As time went on, everyone gradually realized that there was something genuinely interesting about this competition game.

In the end, only a few people can be called sharpshooters on the field. Most people, even after training, can only be said to know how to hold a gun, and are still far from being able to aim and hit the target.

But once a bullet is fired, it cannot be turned back. Whether it hits or misses, it will still cause some noise, and alerting the enemy is a common occurrence. And the enemy won't just sit there like a target and be eliminated; they will definitely put up a fight.

If the opponent is also equally matched, then the scene will probably turn into a battle of wits between two noobs.

If there are several other groups of people waiting to take advantage of the situation, how could these people let go of such a chance to plunder?

So the new recruits, separated from the clearly visible war zone, gradually moved into the uneven jungle, which essentially turned into another kind of free-for-all. To avoid being eliminated, besides having to be accurate, you also had to be good at surviving.

That's what a classmate, whom we'll call "Xiao Wu," thought.

He was one of the few who "survived" the chaotic war zone at the beginning. He was a mecha pilot; his shooting skills weren't great, but his second awakening of mental power was barely passable, and his senses were very strong.

So although there was a period of chaos at the beginning, we managed to hold on and managed to escape the chaotic area when two war zones clashed, and then successfully escaped to this side.

Aside from those who relentlessly attacked him as soon as they saw him, trying to score points against him, or those whose shooting skills were terrible and who were looking for easy targets to cheat with, he didn't encounter any reliable teammates, so he made his way here one way.

He has been holed up in some uneven woodland for quite some time now.

This area mimics the typical landform and ecological environment of Planet 732. The forest consists of either towering trees tens of meters tall or dense shrubs several meters high, and the terrain is uneven, with the trees hidden among the grass and shrubs.

Therefore, one must be very careful when walking through it, otherwise one might stumble into a deep pit and never be able to get out. Moreover, it is easy to expose oneself, which is almost equivalent to sending one's location to others. Without the ability to fight back or quickly hide, one is at the mercy of others.

However, Xiao Wu was lucky. He quickly found a fairly concealed and easily defensible position. There were two large rocks to his left, right, and rear, and several dark bushes behind him, enough to conceal a person's figure. The only problem was that the space was a bit narrow, and if he wasn't careful, he could easily make a noise and give himself away.

Some people might ask, it sounds like shooting might expose you, but staying here is pointless, so what is Xiao Wu doing here?
The forest was utterly silent; trees were trees, rocks were rocks, and there wasn't even a breath of wind in the air. The space was filled with a stagnant atmosphere. If Xiao Wu hadn't seen it with his own eyes earlier, he would have even doubted whether there was anyone around at all.

Suddenly, a different sound came from the quiet forest.

Someone is coming!
Xiao Wu's eyebrows twitched, and he stared intently in the direction of the sound. His hand gripping the gun involuntarily tightened, his thumb slowly rubbing the handle, and his index finger hovering over the trigger, but he didn't fire immediately.

Clearly, the newcomers were unaware that they had been exposed to the hunters. Xiao Wu could still roughly judge from the scattered movements that it was a group of several people, and the footsteps were very chaotic.

Unfortunately, it wasn't just one person.

He was slightly disappointed with the result, but he didn't relax his movements. In fact, he further suppressed his breathing, staring intently at the trail of sound. Not yet... not yet... These guys are incredibly patient!
Just as he was about to lose his temper, a gunshot suddenly rang out from the bushes, aimed directly at the source of the sound.

Xiao Wu perked up immediately. Here it comes!

The gunshot seemed to have triggered a series of attacks from all directions, as if everyone wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make their move.

But for some reason, Xiao Wu still didn't fire. His index finger gripped the trigger, tightening and then suddenly releasing it, going back and forth several times.

The area in the middle, which had been besieged, remained completely still, as if it had been hit by a siege. Then suddenly, the people in that area started darting around like madmen, and the commotion could be felt even through the thick layer of bushes.

The lurking soldiers, who had been firing wildly all around, fell silent for a moment, then unleashed another round of even denser and fiercer fire, this time from all directions. The constant barrage of gunfire made it impossible to discern which direction the shots were coming from, or which direction they might come from the next moment.

But that's not what Xiao Wu wants.

Suddenly, the throbbing seemed to shift to another area without warning, landing a few meters to Xiao Wu's left. Although it only bounced once, it triggered more than a dozen shots.

Amidst several sounds not far away, Xiao Wu's eyes brightened slightly. He lowered his body further, but the gun barrel had somehow moved and was now aimed at a very close direction to his right.

Then, as the opponent fires their second shot, you fire one.

Because they were so close, Xiao Wu could even hear the "thump" of someone falling down, and a sense of satisfaction welled up inside him.

He finally caught him! He'd felt something was off the whole time, sensing a presence nearby, very close at hand. But the other person was clearly skilled at concealment; no matter how hard he tried to sense them, he couldn't pinpoint their location. This prevented Xiao Wu from making a move, causing him to miss several opportunities to pick off spies.

He had held back from making a move just now, waiting for the other party to lose their temper first, and finally he caught this lurking venomous snake.

As for the other lurkers, they were either too far away to shoot accurately at him, or their shooting skills were so bad that they couldn't even handle a small squad and just fired randomly... He only needed to be careful to avoid these people.

It's strange, though. It's been so long, three minutes should have passed by now... Why hasn't a rescue ship come to pick them up yet? Did it miss? Xiao Wu felt a strange unease.

Then, as if in response to this strange feeling in his heart, a gunshot rang out in the jungle, which had returned to calm.

This time, however, seemed different from the previous random firing. Each shot seemed to have been precisely calculated, landing steadily and accurately.

Xiao Wu subconsciously sensed something was wrong and tried to escape through the only escape route at the back. The next moment, the hair on his back stood on end, and a chill ran down his spine.

(End of this chapter)