Naming Technique of the Night

"Twenty-three off-road vehicles," Qing Chen glanced back casually and quickly tallied the number.

Those 23 black off-road vehicles had previously been hidden in the woods on both sides.

The old man looked at the vehicles and commented, "Solid rubber tires, bulletproof alloy armor covers the engine hood. They came well-prepared."

At that moment, when Qing Chen and his team's vehicle crossed the wilderness, it was as if a pack of wolves had latched onto them.

The roar of the off-road vehicles filled the air as they jolted across the wild terrain. The uneven dirt road made all the vehicles bob up and down, similar to the undulating bodies of hungry wolves in a sprint.

And Qing Chen's vehicle was like a lone gazelle being hunted by a pack of wolves.

No, not just a pack of wolves.

There was also a swarm.

From the convoy of off-road vehicles, suddenly hundreds of drones soared into the sky from behind.

The Jindai family's combat drone swarm, resembling hundreds of killer bees escaping the hive in an instant, buzzed rapidly as they swarmed in.

The terrifying dense swarm of black drones moved very fast over the wilderness, unimpeded by any terrain.

"Impossible to tell what kind of weapons they are carrying, nor can we tell if there's a B-Class Expert among them," Qing Chen stated calmly.

The old man said, "These are Shinpu-02 combat drones, equipped with heat-seeking Stinger missiles. Each drone costs hundreds of thousands, with the Stinger missiles accounting for half of that cost."

Hu Xiaoniu, looking in the rearview mirror at the menacing assassins, suddenly felt like he was facing a towering black tsunami.

The wave could crash down at any moment, sweeping them under.

He looked towards Qing Chen through the rearview mirror, only to find him bending his head, seemingly engaged in something else.

Unruffled.

Hu Xiaoniu stomped on the accelerator, hoping to speed up and widen the gap.

Xiao Niu stated, "Our off-road vehicle is better than theirs; suspension, chassis, axles, tires, horsepower, all superior. If it weren't for those drones, they wouldn't catch up with us; our gap is slowly widening."

However, Qing Chen said, "Don't drive too fast, slow down and keep pace with them."

Slow down?!

Xiao Niu was stunned. In such a moment of being chased, everyone would want to speed up. Why was Qing Chen asking him to slow down?!

Wait, was Qing Chen planning a counterattack?

But the disparity in numbers was too vast, and those drone swarms were approaching fast!

On the rugged terrain, the off-road vehicles could only reach up to 50 miles per hour, or they risked flipping over.

Their vehicle's quality was superior and had its advantages, but it could only go up to 55 miles per hour at most.

Yet the drones' speed clearly surpassed 62 miles per hour!

The old man, still unruffled, asked, "I know your sniper rifle is formidable, but not only did you not bring your sniper rifle, even if you did, and even if you hit every shot, it would take over fifty seconds to take them all down, by which time they would be within attack range. Just one getting within 656 feet and firing a mini heat-seeking Stinger missile would be the end of us."

With an impassive face, Qing Chen replied, "Why shoot the drones? Just shoot the people."

Then, Qing Chen infused his Knight Vital Energy into Puppeteer, sliced open the backseat, and handed out pieces of sponge to others.

"Plug your ears," Qing Chen instructed.

"You don't seem panicked at all. You were so solemn earlier, but now you seem relieved," the old man chuckled, apparently not overly concerned either.

"My biggest worry was if the enemy sent two A-Class individuals, but if they didn't, then there's little to worry about," Qing Chen contemplated, then said, "Xiao Niu, open the trunk."

"Ah?" Xiao Niu hesitated but still pressed the button to open the trunk.

Qing Chen continued, "Open all the windows, quickly plug your ears."

Panicked, Xiao Niu and others scrambled to stuff the sponge into their ears.

The next moment, they saw Qing Chen turn around, lean on the back seat, and suddenly a black, massive sniper rifle materialized.

That cold, hard 'Convincing Righteousness,' so hardcore it left people breathless, like the strongest muscle on a God's arm.

The old man, stunned, questioned, "So Uncle Li Dong helped you gather all this."

Qing Chen didn't reply because he had completely cut off his hearing.

The next moment, the young man pulled the trigger.

A deafening roar erupted within the vehicle, shattering the windshield of their off-road vehicle instantaneously.

Xiao Niu, Li Ke, and the old man felt as if someone had thumped their chests, causing ringing in their ears.

The immense firepower of the Black Sniper was matched by the ferocity of its roar.

And in the confined space of the vehicle, despite ear protection, the sound was still overwhelming, only slightly reduced by the sponge.

Meanwhile, in the rear convoy, an assassin, who was controlling twelve drones through a holographic eyeglass connected by neurons, suddenly sported a massive hole in his chest.

The palm-sized bullet passed through the assassin's body and the seat behind him, as well as through another assassin behind that seat.

Instantly, twelve drones in the swarm lost control, stumbling erratically to the sides and even colliding with other drones.

This was the simplest way to deal with it.

Just kill one person to disable twelve drones.

Previously in Weiyang Lake Park, he couldn't shoot Zhang San directly because the opponent was hidden.

At this moment, the assassins were sitting in the off-road vehicle, frantically chasing after him. To Qing Chen, these people seemed to be willingly locking themselves in a metal box, delivering themselves to be shot.

In fact, Qing Chen could have directly shot the driver, which would have caused the vehicle to go out of control.

However, the vehicle wouldn't immediately flip over once out of control; it would keep moving forward until it encountered an obstacle on the ground.

During this period of vehicle instability, if the assassins controlling the drones were determined to kill, they could still hazard their safety to maneuver the drones closer to Qing Chen for an attack.

Therefore, eliminating the operators of the drones was Qing Chen's best solution.

Qing Chen pulled the trigger three times in succession, each bullet hitting the assassins wearing holographic glasses with precision.

In just over a second, nearly half of the drones lost control.

The 23 off-road vehicles behind them turned on their high beams, the intense light shining on Qing Chen's face, making it impossible for him to see the people inside the vehicles.

He couldn't even make out the contours of the vehicles.

Moreover, the originally scattered convoy had, within just five seconds, decelerated to different extents, aligning all the vehicles in a straight line with Qing Chen's.

This way, from his angle, Qing Chen could only see the lead vehicle!

The old man sitting beside him yelled, "There are sunglasses in the glove compartment on the passenger side, want to wear them?"

Qing Chen calmly responded, "Sunglasses won't block out the high beams."

The old man, suffering from tinnitus and with sponges jammed in his ears, couldn't make out what Qing Chen was saying, "What? Sunglasses make you panic? Why the panic!"

Qing Chen glanced at him and ignored the comment.

Even if he could block the high beams, he still couldn't shoot through so many vehicles to kill the neuron connectors.

At that moment, Hu Xiaoniu also noticed the problem and suddenly shouted, "Hold tight!"

Instantly, the vehicle Qing Chen was in abruptly turned right and charged up a dirt mound, then the entire vehicle leaped into the air.

It was at that moment, their vehicle escaped the range of the high beams.

Moreover, Hu Xiaoniu's maneuver also meant they were no longer in a straight line with the convoy behind them.

This allowed the neuron connectors to be exposed again in Qing Chen's view!

Now was the moment.

While still in midair, Qing Chen, seemingly unfazed, continued to pull the trigger.

Bullets burst forth, time itself seeming to pause!

Seven consecutive shots, and the drones chasing behind them visibly diminished in number.

The terrifying tide of black that followed them had been dealt with decisively by Qing Chen in a swift move.

Qing Chen looked up at the night sky, where eleven Shenfeng-02 drones were still in flight, indicating he had missed one shot, the person in the vehicle having preemptively dodged it.

Hu Xiaoniu and the others had noticed this too, those remaining eleven drones like grim reapers hastening death, he could even imagine the scene of the firearm ports on the drones opening below.

They only needed to get a bit closer to be within the lock-on firing range!

Qing Chen wasn't sure which vehicle's neuron connector had dodged a bullet, but this time, he didn't shoot at people, instead firing eleven bullets in one go, effectively shooting down all eleven drones.

The last drone's heat-tracking missile had even started to fire, but before the Stinger missile could leave the firing port of the drone, its trajectory was altered by the tilting body of the drone.

Hitting the uninhabited wilderness, it burst into fierce flames.

The reason Qing Chen had told Hu Xiaoniu not to increase the distance was right here; he needed the shooting range to stay within 400 meters for more precise striking.

At this moment, the old man seemed completely unworried, copying Qing Chen by leaning against the seat's backrest looking behind, all the car windows were shattered, and the cold wind howled into the vehicle.

He shouted loudly, "Your sniper rifle is too powerful."

Not just the old man felt this, even Hu Xiaoniu and Li Ke, experiencing Qing Chen's combat up close for the first time, were amazed by the dominating capability of the sniper rifle, which was indescribable with mere words.

Qing Chen typed on his phone for Hu Xiaoniu to see, "Xiao Niu, increase the distance."

Understanding, Hu Xiaoniu stepped hard on the accelerator; now that the drone threat was neutralized, Qing Chen no longer needed a perfect 400 meters straight trajectory, allowing them to put even more distance between themselves and still allow Qing Chen to handle all the vehicles effortlessly.

But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw two black figures suddenly jump from the side doors of the two vehicles behind them.

These two black figures landed leaning forward after jumping from the vehicles, and just when Qing Chen thought they would roll on the ground, he found they had already steadied themselves, their legs explosively powering up, moving even faster than the off-road vehicles behind them!

The vehicles couldn't travel at full speed on the bumpy road, but these two seemed to effortlessly leap over the terrain, moving as if on flat ground.

In just a matter of seconds, these two figures, initially behind the convoy, had already overtaken it, rushing towards Qing Chen and his group like thunder.

As the two ran wildly, each footstep was extremely heavy, as if drumsticks hitting a drum, shaking one's soul.

What was even more eerie was that Qing Chen, having enabled his hearing, could detect strange sounds coming from their bodies from afar.

It sounded like precision parts meshing together.

"Machines?" Qing Chen frowned.

Uncle Li remarked, "It's the Jindai family's war robots. In the cities of the Jindai family, there are many war robots similar to the Mechanical Prison Guards of Prison 18, used to substitute for the duties of the PCE Security Management Committee. Once war begins, those so-called security machines instantly become war machines."

"Their speed is likely around 110 kilometers per hour, that's B-Class speed!" Qing Chen assessed, subconsciously aiming and pulling the trigger, but those two figures seemed to have already locked onto the trajectory, calculating their evasive actions beforehand.

The speed was too fast; combat machines with such capabilities were naturally the natural nemesis of snipers.

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Another chapter at 11 PM.