I, the final BOSS of the beta test server!

This was the same flow state that Hiltina had experienced before, except that Hiltina relied on her Night Blade to enter that state of complete domination, while Rast relied on pure experience and unparalleled proficiency.

He has been working with this sniper rifle for more than two hundred years. The earliest sniper rifle in human civilization may not have been around for more than two hundred years.

Because of the reboot, Last was unable to improve his physical fitness through exercise. All he could do was to constantly hone his skills and spirit. Over the course of hundreds of years, Last had advanced many of his skills to unprecedented heights.

Entering the flow state is a rare opportunity for ordinary people, but for Last, it only requires a mental hint, and the sound of a loaded gun is the switch he set for himself.

The sound of rain disappears, the world becomes silent, and time slows down.

Rust's "temperature" governs the sniper rifle, the surrounding terrain, and the entire world within the scope's field of view.

The trigger was pulled, the bullet left the chamber, and the gunfire rang out.

There is no hit feedback in the real world like in shooting games, but Last knew that a hundred meters away in the rain, there was an Iron Cross who was also using a sniper rifle and his heart was pierced. The sound of a heavy object falling could be faintly heard in the sound of rain.

Luster slowly turned the muzzle of the gun, loaded the breech, and fired again...

Last repeated this mechanized process six times in a row. With each shot, a sniper Iron Cross was killed, and screams were heard at almost equal intervals.

After firing the sixth shot, Last suddenly fell sideways, and the next moment a steel core bullet pierced the steel plate behind him.

While in mid-air, Rast took aim again and fired, ending the life of the seventh Iron Cross sniper.

This was not a fair sniper duel. The violent rain blocked the view of the sniper scope. In this situation, every Iron Cross sniper was like a blind man. The seventh person's counterattack just now was due to the sacrifice of the previous six Iron Crosses. Only then did they roughly judge Last's position by the sound of gunfire.

Klast knew that the rain would subside in a minute, and these sniper rifles would become his biggest threat at that time, so he chose to resolve these hidden dangers in advance.

If this were the FPS game in Last's previous life, his blind sniping, which had no information and could not see the enemy at all, would quickly be labeled as "dog hanging" and "transparent world" and his account would be quickly banned. However, Last was able to do this not by relying on perspective.

In the past, Last had successfully reached the port area more than eight thousand times, and he had also died more than eight thousand times. This vast amount of experience allowed him to complete the nearly impossible backboard—

The weapons and firearms carried by every Iron Cross in the port area, their action modes, movement trajectories... and even the interference that heavy rain and strong winds at different times will cause to the sniper trajectory.

Even though there was nothing in Last's field of vision, he knew every detail in the port area in great detail, and was able to kill the enemy with one blow.

Rast doesn't have X-ray vision, but in a sense he is more terrifying than X-ray vision, because X-ray vision cannot calculate the trajectory drop and wind direction deviation.

Chapter 21: The Dark Tide

After firing those shots, Rast did nothing else, but waited in the heavy rain, like a quiet stone sculpture.

After a few dozen seconds, the rain really subsided, changing from a torrential waterfall to fine raindrops, but the footsteps that were previously obscured by the heavy rain also became closer.

Blood-red lights lit up in the rain. Without the cover of the mist, the first group of Iron Crosses had discovered Last's location.

Fanatical gazes were fixed on Rast's figure, as if he was some kind of rare delicacy and eating his flesh could make one immortal.

bang——

Close combat broke out in an instant. Rast dodged an Iron Cross's steel sword that was swinging towards him, and then used the reaction force of kicking it to jump high.

The next moment, the space where he was a moment ago was cut apart by dense barrage of bullets.

The barrage of bullets also covered several Iron Crosses who were close to them. Stimulated by the evil god statue and blood, the Iron Crosses were almost crazy and did not care about hurting their companions. The bodies of those unlucky guys were riddled with bullets in an instant and fell down limply like torn sacks.

Last took advantage of the momentum to make several jumps in the air, then cleverly hid behind the steel skeleton. The bullets missed and hit the metal bracket, splashing sparks.

While dodging in the air, there were a few shots that Last was unable to dodge completely. Under such a barrage density, even a seasoned expert would be limited by physics, but he blocked most of them with his bayonet. Only a few bullets hit non-vital parts, tearing holes in his flesh.

Although the injury was not serious, Last began to heal quickly without even bleeding due to the vitality boosted by taking the serum. However, this self-healing ability was not without cost. Each healing would drain a lot of his physical strength. If this dense fire suppression continued, Last would have no choice but to wait for death.

Fortunately, in the era of Deep Blue Port, there were no complete automatic firearms. The only automatic rifle prototypes were still in the trial stage. The ammunition capacity of the guns held by these Iron Crosses was not large. After a round of intensive volleys, they stopped firing and began to reload.

And what Last was waiting for was this short interval between reloading.

He kicked hard on the metal support behind him and rushed towards the Iron Crosses like lightning, moving swiftly through the crowd like a bullet leaving a gun.

The harsh friction sound of metal colliding sounded like drumbeats, and each collision meant that the bayonet in Last's hand was stabbed out, and then pulled out from the opponent's heart or throat, leaving an arc-shaped line of blood.

The black bayonet flickered in the rain, like a pitch-black thunder across the sky, piercing, flickering, and flickering again...

The black lightning that pierced the sky did not stop until Rast stopped his movements.

He stopped beside his sniper position, his bayonet hanging down, and inky blood dripping from the top of the triangular prism.

In front of Last, the last few Iron Crosses froze, then fell into the puddles created by the heavy rain, splashing small drops of water.

It's not that these Iron Crosses didn't try to fight back. Before being infected, they were all elite navy soldiers who had served for many years. In addition to marksmanship, they were also proficient in military combat. This combat experience was retained after they were transformed into Iron Crosses. Close combat was not their weakness.

But Rast is more experienced than them. Even the most elite navy only trains for a dozen or twenty years, but Rast's fighting skills have been honed for more than two hundred years.

When the Iron Cross serum made up for the last shortcoming of Last's physical fitness, his battle with these Iron Crosses of the army was no different from adults bullying children.

The short-lived victory did not make Rast relax, because new footsteps were heard again, and the Iron Crosses from the outer part of the port area arrived again.

……

If you stand on a high place in the port area at this time, you can see a very shocking scene.

The iron crosses on the periphery were like an inky tide, surging in layers, and Last and his sniper position were like a tiny grain of sand in front of the tide.

The sand and gravel should have been washed away by the tide, but Rast stood firm like a rock, breaking wave after wave of waves.

In the end, it was the wave of encirclement and suppression of the stubborn stones that stagnated.

The Iron Crosses gathered on the periphery, staring at Rast among them. Gunfire rang out continuously, but they no longer dared to move forward.

Around Last, the bodies of the Iron Crosses were densely packed, and his body was covered with scars of varying sizes, including gunshot wounds and sword wounds. These were the price he paid for repelling multiple waves of Iron Crosses.

Anyone could see that Rast was at the end of his strength, with both his physical strength and self-healing ability reaching their limits. However, no Iron Cross dared to deliver the final blow.

They were actually scared of being killed by a human.

Seeking profit and avoiding harm is a gene engraved in the bones of every living thing, even the Iron Cross is no exception. At this moment, facing Last, fear and the instinct for survival overwhelmed the Iron Crosses' desire for blood and sadism. No one wanted to be dragged into the water by Last at the last moment and make wedding dresses for other people of the same kind.

At this time, the Iron Crosses were no match for those brainless zombies. If they were zombies, Last would have been overwhelmed by the tide of zombies and eaten like Tang Monk.

The two sides fell into a brief stalemate. If the situation continued in this way, Last's goal of delaying time would soon be achieved.

But at this moment, Rast suddenly moved. He kicked the ground hard and bounced out, even though there seemed to be nothing beside him.

The next moment, a sharp blade cut through the skin on Last's neck, leaving a trail of blood, and was only a millimeter away from cutting his throat.

Fire burst out from the muzzle of the revolver, and the single-action rapid-fire gun fired all the full-metal jacket bullets in the magazine within a second.

In the face of the continuous Iron Cross offensive, Last had no time to reload, so he had been using a bayonet in close combat. The ammunition currently in the magazine was his last reserve for this battle, but at this moment Last was squandering it all on the air beside him.

This was not even the end. At the moment the single-action rapid fire ended, Last threw the revolver out, and then he kicked the sniper rifle on the stabilizing bracket next to him.

The slender sniper rifle spun in mid-air and was then firmly grasped by Last. He aimed in the air and pulled the trigger. It was a sniper shot almost face-to-face.

The steel core bullet spun and shot out in the firelight.

Then, accompanied by the sound of the bullet breaking through the body, the pointed bullet suddenly froze in the empty air.

Chapter 22 The Value of Eight Thousand Rewinds

"You actually know of my existence?"

A hoarse voice sounded in Rast's ears.

Along with ripples like rippling water, the figure of an iron cross quietly emerged in the empty space in front of Last.

This was a middle-aged man in military uniform, and the iron cross on his forehead was much deeper than any iron cross Last had ever seen.

The bullet fired by the sniper rifle was now embedded in the muscles of his left chest, and his skin had a diamond-like luster.

This pointed bullet, which was powerful enough to penetrate steel plates and had previously blown up the hearts of several Iron Crosses at a distance of a hundred meters, now hit at a distance of almost zero, but could not even penetrate the flesh and blood of this Iron Cross.

The next moment, his muscles rippled and surged, and the pointed bullet was squeezed out of his grayish-blue skin. The bullet twisted and transformed into a ball of bright yellow scrap metal and fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and the wound healed quickly.

Rast was very familiar with the figure in front of him, both before and after he was infected and became an Iron Cross.

When he was still a human, he was the captain of the Deep Blue Harbor Royal Marines. Most of Rust's Grand Theft Auto, Vice City journey was ended by the Marines led by him.

After being infected by the Iron Cross Plague, he became the leader of the Iron Cross in the port area and the strongest mutant.

A very small number of mutant individuals that have evolved special abilities will appear in the Iron Cross, but before this, Last and Hiltina had never encountered a single mutant... This was not because they were lucky, but because all the mutants that appeared in the entire port area were eaten by the Iron Cross in front of them.

The Iron Cross leader's mutant ability is devouring, which allows him to gain the special ability of devouring all mutants. Whether it is the "invisibility" he used when he attacked Rast before, or the "hardened skin" that can withstand a pointed bullet from a sniper, they are all products of his devouring.

If Deep Blue Harbor is compared to a level-breaking game, then apart from the pure background of the evil god who descended, the Iron Cross leader is the final boss of Deep Blue Harbor.

In the past cycles, Last had reached this final level more than eight thousand times, and had failed more than eight thousand times. Almost every death was related to the Iron Cross leader in front of him.

"I smell the same kind in your blood, but you are obviously not an ordinary infected person."

The figure of the Iron Cross leader appeared and disappeared in the air around Last, slowly circling around Last. He had actually arrived a long time ago, but he had been hiding and lurking on the side, observing and lurking until the time was right before he chose to show up.

"Looking at your strange shooting skills earlier, and seeing through my invisibility, I think you must be a special mutant too."

"And unlike other mutants, your mutation and uniqueness are manifested on a spiritual level. This allows you to suppress those desires and impulses, and not let sadistic desires dominate your rationality..."

"Also, you seem to be able to predict the future to some extent."

It was hard to imagine that under the dual stimulation of Last's blood and the evil god statue, this Iron Cross could still maintain such a level of rational analysis. If the plague swept across the continent in time and the Iron Cross became a new race, he might become the king of the Iron Cross tribe.

"Spiritual change, suppressing that sadistic desire, is very important to us."

"A species where desire and animality override rationality cannot survive for long, let alone build a complete order and society."

"If your abilities can resolve this shortcoming, then the Iron Cross will be humanity's superior evolutionary form. We may be able to work together to build a new civilization that surpasses humanity, and you will be the prophet of our race."

The Iron Cross leader spoke sweet words, but he was always looking for the moment when Last would show a flaw. He didn't need any tribe's prophets, as long as he devoured Last, he himself would be a prophet.

He had no doubt that he could devour Last, just as he devoured other mutants effortlessly. The Iron Cross leader gained some kind of perception ability through devouring, so he could clearly see that Last's life was like a candle in the wind.

The efficacy of the serum has begun to wear off, and with it come sequelae and backlash. Last's internal organs are groaning fragilely, a precursor to organ failure.

However, the Iron Cross leader was somewhat afraid of Last's ability to predict the future, so he decided to wait for Last to show signs of fatigue before taking action. Anyway, given the other party's physical condition, he would not be able to hold on for too long.

In fact, he soon waited for this opportunity. Last's legs softened and he could no longer maintain the alert posture with the bayonet in his hand, and fell to the side weakly.

At the same time, the Iron Cross leader also moved, and the blade stabbed towards Rast's abdomen.

He couldn't wait to see the wonderful sight of the boy being ripped open and his intestines mixed with blood splattered all over the ground. This was his nature as an Iron Cross, which had been suppressed for a long time before and he could no longer endure it at this moment.

The white blade pierced through Rast's soft abdomen, and the blood that was so tempting to him splattered. The Iron Cross leader stared at Rast's face, trying to see the panic and despair of the prey when he was about to die.

But in the rain of blood, a curve was clearly outlined on Rast's pale face.

What is he laughing at?

Just as this thought came to his mind, the next moment, the Iron Cross leader heard the creaking sound of breaking metal above his head.

It was the six pistol bullets that Last had fired with a single-action rapid-fire pistol. The Iron Cross leader had dodged them easily at that time, but now it seemed that those six full-metal jacket bullets were not aimed at him at all.

Even the sniper rifle using pointed bullets only temporarily hindered the Iron Cross leader's movements and caused him minor injuries... How could Last waste his last pistol bullets on such meaningless shooting?

Above the two men's heads was a metal platform weighing dozens of tons, and Last was aiming at the weak connections of the metal structure from beginning to end.

The plan to destroy the building structure had already begun when Rast fired the first shot in front of Hiltina. The platform was already shaky, and these six bullets hit the last six breakpoints.

In order to realize this plan, Rast took into consideration the time it would take for the metal to break and even the psychological activities of the Iron Cross leader.

It is true that Last failed thousands of times in this level, but that was because he was alone in the previous cycles. Last had to retain the physical strength and condition for the subsequent installation of the bomb and evacuation of the port area, otherwise it would be meaningless even if he defeated the final BOSS in front of him.

But this time, Rast no longer has these constraints and shackles because he has a teammate like Hiltina.

Therefore, he could freely exchange injuries for injuries, lives for lives, and use violent tactics that he had not been able to use before.

boom--

As the last metal support rod broke, the steel structure collapsed and fell from a high altitude, taking with it dozens of tons of steel bars and fuel tanks placed on the platform.

Chapter 23 True Name Liberation

A huge shadow enveloped Rast and the Iron Cross leader.

No longer caring about Rast, whose abdomen was pierced and who had no power to fight back, the Iron Cross leader suddenly drew his sword and tried to escape from the shadow range that was like a collapsing mountain.

Escaping a distance of dozens of meters in one or two seconds sounds a little incredible, but with his physical fitness after devouring so many mutants, it may not be impossible.

But at this moment, the Iron Cross leader saw the young man in front of him suddenly raised his revolver and put it against his temple.

What does he want to do?

suicide?

But his pistol was clearly empty, and he couldn't even commit suicide.

The boy's face was extremely pale from excessive blood loss, but at this moment he could still smile: "Captain Lenglet, aren't you very curious about my abilities?"