Taxes are only within machine gun range!

Chapter 11 The Dominant Firepower Theory
According to police leads, the killers are likely hiding in a secret safe house in the old streets, where a close-quarters battle (CQB) is likely to break out soon.

In this kind of combat, even professional special forces can easily suffer heavy casualties if they are not careful, so it is essential to carefully select equipment.

Logically, this kind of operation requires at least two people, and the best way for a single soldier to deal with it is to turn around and leave... But, there was no other way, Milton had nowhere to escape.

Milton skipped over weapons and opened the page for armor.

Reality isn't a game where you can just restart after dying, or risk your life without any psychological burden, and if you fail, you just lose this round.

When someone is dead, they are truly dead.

With such fierce firepower from the enemy, it's essential to buy protective gear.

"To withstand the firepower of the TEC-9, generally speaking, meeting the NIJ II Level 2 Armor standard is sufficient."

“But… let’s leave ourselves some room for error, some redundancy.” Milton shook his head and looked at the equipment purchase interface for level 3 armor. “In reality, getting hit by a bullet isn’t as simple as losing some health.”

The potentially more powerful equipment in the assassin's safe house, the possibility of becoming incapacitated during combat, the subsequent treatment for injuries... all these are unforeseen accidents and disasters that Milton could hardly bear in his current state.

Upon opening the redemption interface, a notification immediately appeared on the panel.

[The host's current sphere of influence and manpower are insufficient. To exchange for Level 3 armor, red contraband points are required.]

[Confiscating Level 1 contraband will earn you corresponding points. Current points: 110380]

Milton nodded slightly as he read the message.

To exchange for better items with fewer points, you need to develop your own power.

Otherwise, you'll need to spend your precious red prohibited item points to redeem them, and at the current stage, there are still a lot of items in the exchange shop that are not available for redemption.

Even using red points won't allow you to redeem it!
Otherwise, Milton would have loved to buy an infrared thermal imager at a high price. With that, taking down a gang of thugs indoors would be a game-changer, wouldn't it?

Fortunately, while high-end equipment is unavailable for purchase, basic firearms and armor can still be obtained through exchange.

Milton quickly exchanged for a set of equipment.

[Paraclete RAV III three-stage connector and complete set, 3 points]

[RAV's tactical vest, 2000 points]

[PASGT Tactical Helmet, 5000 points]

The latest Paraclete Level 3 kit and the US military's current tactical helmet are now available!
Replacing a set of armor cost nearly 4 points, and those were all red points, making the cost-effectiveness extremely low.

But Milton couldn't afford to think about future points planning; he had to convert his points into combat power in the present and overcome the current difficulties before he could even consider the future.

[Exchange successful. Searching for a storage location. (Note: Exchanged items cannot appear directly in the host's possession. They can only appear in a safe location controlled by the host, based on proximity. Please make sure to exchange for all necessary items before the battle.)]

Your items have been placed in the storage compartment under the rear seats of the pickup truck. Please retrieve them promptly.

It wasn't delivered to my hands immediately...

However, it is indeed reasonable; otherwise, it would be too abstract for Milton to suddenly pull an RPG out of his crotch during a fight.

With the armor exchange complete and a considerable number of points remaining, Milton then turned his attention to weapon exchange.

56冲的火力已经相当充足，米尔顿花了3000普通积分兑换了120发子弹，兑换了3枚震爆弹和3枚MK3A2进攻型手榴弹——不是不想多兑换一点投掷物，而是兑换商店显示了【售罄补货中】的字样。

If your power isn't strong enough, you'll face restrictions everywhere; you can only exchange for three grenades at a time.

As for defensive grenades, they are inconvenient to use indoors due to their large shrapnel damage range. Given that he can only exchange for 3 grenades of various types, he does not consider exchanging for them.

After exchanging his throwables, Milton looked at the pistol exchange point.

He wanted to switch to a secondary weapon, which was a pistol.

It's not that the current M29 revolver is bad, but it's probably not suitable for the indoor combat scenarios we'll be discussing later. It's difficult to use it to suppress enemies wielding submachine guns, and it's too loud to launch a sneak attack.

"The enemy has six people. If we can find a way to take out one or two of them before the firefight begins, the difficulty of the entire battle will decrease exponentially."

"Let's get a silenced pistol, a suppressor, and a set of subsonic bullets. Even if we don't use them, they might come in handy for assassinations later." Many people also have a rather one-sided understanding of suppressors.

Some people think silencers are completely useless, as they can deafen people whether they're equipped or not; others think that weapons equipped with silencers are as quiet as a nail hitting the ground when fired.

In reality, for rifles, especially large-caliber rifles, the role of a suppressor is limited to reducing the probability of the enemy being able to locate them when fighting outdoors.

In layman's terms, it means that the gunshots that could be heard five blocks away could now be heard across the street.

It is very useful in field operations, but it is of no help in indoor operations.

However... for small-caliber pistols, the silencer is very effective.

If this small-caliber pistol were paired with a small-caliber, reduced-charge bullet with a muzzle velocity of around 200 m/s (subsonic), it could truly produce a sound like nails falling to the ground when fired.

In fact, the main noise at this point is not the gunpowder explosion, but the mechanical noise. Therefore, to ensure maximum quietness, it is best to set the pistol to manual firing mode and manually pull the slide to chamber a round, rather than relying on the automatic cycle of the semi-automatic pistol.

As long as the enemies are not too densely distributed, an indoor assassination can be carried out without alerting anyone!

Of course, this is only a theoretical operation. Indoor silent operations are too difficult, the environment is complex, and there are many variables. It requires extremely professional actions and a certain amount of luck.

Milton was just taking a chance; if he could reduce the enemy's numbers ahead of time, that would be an unexpected bonus, but if not, so be it.

[Ruger Mark II pistol, 10000 points]

[Aguila's 20 rounds of .22 Colibri subsonic bullets, 1400 points]

Outback II silencer, 5000 points

After reviewing the redemption list, Milton, just to be on the safe side, spent some more points to redeem an MP5 submachine gun and its accompanying ammunition.

This is to prevent special combat environments where the combat area is relatively narrow and assault rifles are difficult to deploy.

In this kind of environment, it's more reliable to use a submachine gun.

Finally, there are some miscellaneous exchange items.

Regarding sights, Milton spent 10000 points to redeem an Aimpoint Electronic red dot sight. The advantage of this sight is that you don't need to align the three points when aiming. No matter the angle, as long as you see the target in the red dot, you can shoot directly, which is very suitable for indoor combat.

Although it's bulky and has limited battery life, it's still a red dot sight.

Get me a Tahoo! Tiger TT tactical backpack, an adrenaline injector, a 110cm spin-compression tourniquet, and a pair of noise-canceling headsets...

These items used up another 3000 points.

[There is insufficient storage space under the rear seats, so the remaining supplies have been placed in the rear cargo box. A waterproof tarp is also included.]

……

Having exchanged almost everything, Milton closed the system panel and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Am I some kind of stage 3 sufferer of 'firepower deficiency phobia'?"

After a shopping spree, I only had a little over 40000 points left.

Milton unknowingly changed many guns and many bullets, fearing that he wouldn't have enough ammunition or firepower.

An assault rifle/submachine gun, a set of level 3 armor, a set of throwables, a silenced pistol...

In fact, such firepower is already excessive.

The rest... I'll have to rely on myself.

Milton continued to press the accelerator, driving towards the old streets of Malacan.

On the way to the old street, Milton would pass by Lydia's fruit shop, but he didn't see the father and daughter. The shop door was closed, and it seemed that no one was inside.

Perhaps they went to get supplies and repair the damaged stall...

Milton was in dire straits himself and had no time to care what others were doing. He just glanced at the scene and decided to continue driving to the old neighborhood.

At this moment, a man who had been waiting by the roadside and carefully observing the passing vehicles saw Milton's work clothes, his eyes lit up, and he quickly got up and walked over, waving his hand at Milton and rushing forward, seemingly trying to stop a car!
(End of this chapter)