Chapter 470 – Fireworks Lighting Up the Night Sky

The target suddenly disappeared, and Yuanyuan’s brows immediately furrowed tightly.

The innocent-looking round face now bore a hint of ferocity.

“Where did they go!”

She held her rifle, held her breath, and her eyes darted around rapidly, searching for the target’s trace.

Swish——

Above!

Seeing the figure descending from above, Yuanyuan’s eyes widened instantly.

It was nighttime, and the shadowy trees behind further obstructed her view…

The obstructed vision was one thing, but more importantly, she hadn’t expected the figure’s reaction to be so quick, or their jumping ability to be so strong!

She estimated that the figure must have jumped just as she turned around.

In mid-air, Ye Lian stared blankly at Yuanyuan, her sniper rifle aimed directly at Yuanyuan’s head.

“Thor! It’s One-Eye’s Thor!”

The moment she was targeted, Yuanyuan felt an immense sense of life-and-death crisis.

At such close range, with Thor’s power, not to mention killing her, even a steel plate could be pierced.

“However… do you think everyone is a sharpshooter! Even if I rely on superpowers…”

She quickly calmed down and showed a disdainful expression.

But even so, she immediately rolled on the spot to evade, while raising her arm to try and shoot Ye Lian down.

Bang!

Even though her opponent was in mid-air, they fired within a fraction of a second after aiming.

Just as she finished rolling, Yuanyuan immediately clutched her shoulder.

Blood was pouring out from under her palm, and the intense pain nearly caused her to faint.

Her shoulder was only grazed, but it was already useless, the bone thoroughly shattered!

Gritting her teeth, Yuanyuan watched as the pistol held by her injured arm fell to the ground, but she didn’t dare pause.

Seeing Ye Lian land lightly on the ground, Yuanyuan immediately turned and retreated towards the back of the hotel.

The explosives hadn’t been fully set, detonating now would be meaningless; she had to deal with this woman who suddenly appeared…

“To aim and shoot in mid-air like that, even Yin Jie and One-Eye can’t do it, right? Although the bullets from their guns are more precise, this woman’s aiming ability is incredible! Since when did sniper rifles become so common?”

Yuanyuan cursed silently. Now, she could only use one hand, and her vision was beginning to blur.

“Was it Dong-Ge who sold me out? Fool! I actually felt a bit sorry for him. Even though he was the most annoying old member of the Air Force Corps in the 9th Squad, it was still pretty sad to be treated as a useless pawn and die in such a plan… But I never thought he’d betray me! If he was going to sell me out, he didn’t have to do it so quickly!”

She quickly deduced the reason for her exposure and gritted her teeth in anger.

As a superhuman, Yuanyuan’s abilities weren’t actually that weak. Most of the time, her innocent and cute demeanor was just an act.

Although not everyone bought into it, being a seemingly delicate and adorable girl always had its advantages.

Take the Smoking Man, for example. Even though he didn’t develop some inexplicable protective urge, he at least followed the plan obediently.

When assigning tasks, he also took on the more troublesome ones himself.

Of course, no matter how he arranged it, the result was always that he ended up as the pawn…

“Tch, this woman looks a lot like me! Innocent face, seemingly weak, but in reality, so ruthless!”

Yuanyuan was desperately fleeing towards the greenery behind her. The area, originally a small garden with pebbled paths, was now completely overgrown with weeds.

“This woman is so fast!”

Yuanyuan was running for her life as fast as she could, but when she turned her head, she saw that Ye Lian was less than twenty meters behind her!

She kept turning back to shoot, but Ye Lian maintained a blank expression, moving swiftly from side to side.

“I can’t hit her!”

Yuanyuan grew increasingly frantic. At this rate, not only would she fail to take down Ye Lian, but she herself might die from blood loss and pain.

“Aren’t you supposed to be a sniper? Where did you get such strong physical abilities!”

The round-faced girl fumed with anger. Judging by her opponent’s jumping ability and speed, she knew the girl’s close combat skills must be formidable.

She wasn’t sure about her punching power, but her legwork was definitely not lacking.

“Good thing she’s using a sniper rifle. She can’t possibly aim and shoot while running, especially with the obstructed view here…”

After successfully dashing into the greenery behind her, Yuanyuan’s tense nerves slightly relaxed. “Come in here, and you’re dead!”

She let out a sinister laugh and slowly backed away with her handgun.

“Ah…”

Ye Lian hesitated for a moment after following her into the greenery.

All she saw were chaotic branches. Although her eyes could see well in the dark, her vision was still obstructed.

Her opponent was using a silenced handgun; firing rashly would only reveal her position.

And once the enemy fired, Ye Lian wouldn’t be able to locate her…

In fact, Yuanyuan was thinking the same thing. She crouched in a thicket, quietly watching the front.

She also took out her night vision goggles and put them on. “You ordinary survivors, even if you manage to get hold of Thor, without proper equipment, how can you compete with us? Just wait, I’ll soon turn your pretty face into a mess!”

If her opponent were a man, she might still pretend to be weak.

But since they were both women, it was all about who was tougher…

“Can’t be scared to come in, right…”

Yuanyuan temporarily set down her gun and groped around on the ground, picking up a stone.

Clang!

She suddenly threw the stone, hitting a flower bed.

“Now you should come in.”

Yuanyuan was about to grab her handgun but suddenly found it missing.

Her fingers scrabbled on the ground, then stopped abruptly, cold sweat breaking out all over her body.

“How did she find me…”

Yuanyuan was drenched in sweat, knowing her opponent’s gun was now aimed directly at her.

It’s so frustrating… She had moved so quietly and even used a diversion tactic, so how did she get discovered?!

If Yuanyuan turned around at that moment, she would see Ye Lian lightly sniffing the air…

After crouching for a second, Yuanyuan suddenly leaped forward. But just as she was about to make her escape, something resembling a javelin struck her in the hindbrain.

“Are you using Thor like a javelin?!”

Before the “javelin” hit the ground, Ye Lian had already darted forward and caught it.

She stepped on the round-faced girl’s back, sniffed again, and said, “Still got questions… for you…”

“Questions? Let’s die together!”

The round-faced girl, driven by desperation, reached for her waist and pulled the pin on a grenade.

The process was quite complex, but the round-faced girl had impressive dexterity…

“Heh, let’s die together.”

Yuanyuan screamed with a twisted expression, grabbing Ye Lian’s leg with her good hand.

Just three seconds. In three seconds, this woman who had disabled her arm would be blown apart.

“Yin Jie, I’ve done my best. Don’t blame me for the mission’s failure!”

But as the grenade was about to explode, Yuanyuan suddenly saw the seemingly dazed girl glance down at her, then step back with her other foot.

“Still struggling? It’s too late to struggle now!”

This thought barely crossed Yuanyuan’s mind when she saw Ye Lian’s expression change, almost as if she were angry.

“Why frown! You’re about to be blown up, and all you do is frown? Struggle a bit, will you? Hahaha…”

Yuanyuan laughed internally.

Her waist pinned the grenade beneath her. As long as she could hold Ye Lian for over three seconds, it would be enough!

“Who said… you could hug me!”

Ye Lian lifted her foot and kicked Yuanyuan’s waist.

Yuanyuan felt a tremendous force hit her, like being struck by a locomotive.

Though not quite that severe, she couldn’t help but let go and was sent flying backward.

There was no time to react; almost as soon as she felt herself airborne, the grenade exploded.

Boom!

A massive flame erupted mid-air, illuminating the overgrown greenery.

Ye Lian quietly looked up at the ball of flame, watching bits and pieces fall.

Then, this perpetually bewildered-looking zombie girl suddenly spoke: “…Fireworks?”