ryethenovel Chapter 61 Escape with all your might!
Chapter 61 Escape with all your might!
Titus and John went up to the first floor of the church, where he planned to rent a dark underground apartment to move all the files from the archives there.
Suddenly, the sound of breaking windows rang out. A cylindrical iron lump was thrown into the church, followed by another, and one after another, until all four windows were smashed.
Titus recognized it as a military smoke grenade. The smoke grenade rolled over with a "gurgling" sound, and he thought he would pick it up and try it after the third lung was implanted.
But now, he wisely chooses to avoid the limelight for the time being, probably because Vigo and his gang are coming to attack.
Because all he did in New York was oppose Vigo.
But Titus thought that Vigo was too confident. If he had sent people to besiege the two of them repeatedly and failed, he would have first thrown in a few instant bombs, and after the church collapsed, he would have used heavy firepower to carry out a saturation attack, using all the available firepower, instead of using such fancy smoke grenades. Was he playing Counter-Strike?
The smoke bomb emitted thick smoke, which was formed from tiny carbonic acid droplets mixed with various complex miscibles after red phosphorus was ignited.
Compared to the deadly white phosphorus smoke bombs, red phosphorus smoke bombs are much less toxic and corrosive, at most causing chemical pneumonia or eye burns, and are unlikely to cause death.
"Do these guys want to capture a god alive?" Titus thought arrogantly.
Before long, thick smoke enveloped the entire battlefield, making it resemble the misty town of Bridgeton in Stephen King's novels, so dark that visibility was extremely low, and the sound of light footsteps came from all directions.
John pulled out a Beryl M4 semi-automatic shotgun, which he had seized from the cultists he had killed.
It has a 10-round magazine and is loaded with No. 00 buckshot, which consists of nine 8.4mm lead pellets! It is powerful and an excellent choice for such skirmishes.
Meanwhile, our Emperor and Mr. Titus, chosen by the Four Gods, calmly took out his damn Desert Eagle, loaded the .50 bullets one by one into the magazine, then pulled back the slide, chambered a round, and checked the ammunition.
He'll just stand here today and see what Vigo can do to break through his defenses.
Titus thought to himself, "He's a demigod!"
In an instant, a brass bullet pierced Titus's lower chest, the sharp sound of it cutting through the air accompanied by a burst of blood!
The bullet tore through strong muscles and embedded itself in his bone plates, which were as hard as alloy!
It's a sniper round! Someone's using a large-caliber sniper round to snipe him!
If the shot had hit his chest instead of his lower chest, he would have had no choice but to passively activate his second heart and enter a state of suspended animation!
Titus took a half step back, his breath hitched, and the smile on his face froze instantly. Then, the Lariman cells began to work, and the wound began to slowly heal itself.
His expression turned cold, and he instantly dodged to find cover.
It's still too dangerous without calcite armor!
Titus hid behind a thick concrete pillar, untied the straps, and slammed the cello case to the ground with a clatter, but he did not take out the power axe.
Firstly, dragging a gravity axe is a bit cumbersome, and secondly, it's not worth it for someone who's just hiding in the shadows to snipe; even if he did use it, it wouldn't make much difference.
He held his breath, abandoning the safer approach of fighting and retreating, and instead ignored John's warning, turned and rushed into the billowing smoke.
He thought, if he doesn't find that damn sniper in thirty seconds, then Astartes is doomed!
Meanwhile, 800 meters away from the Little Russian Church on the Bermuda lawn, the assassin Ravi, camouflaged in camouflage, lay prone on the ground, his right index finger lightly hooking the trigger.
He used a British AI tactical sniper rifle (AI AXMC), a mid-range king, which uses 7.62×51mm NATO standard rounds. It was this thing that shot into Titus' body.
Ravi grinned slyly, chewing gum.
"I'm going to hit you, you big guy!"
"Damn it, Vigo insisted on taking him alive... He shot him in! That felt so good!"
"Still dare to launch an attack?"
The next moment, Ravi suddenly stopped chewing, and his smile gradually disappeared.
Because he couldn't find any trace of Titus!
The huge thing disappeared after it rushed into the thick smoke!
Damn it! Did that guy die in the smoke?
But if that's the case, why didn't those damned mercenaries report it?
Ravi pressed the headset and said:
"Sniper report: Target Jack Vizra has disappeared! Repeat! Target Jack Vizra has disappeared! OVER!"
Ravi chewed the tasteless gum rapidly, drooling profusely, while his right eye pressed tightly against the optical sight, frantically searching for the center of the red crosshair on the eyepiece.
The choir platform, the collapsed thick wooden chairs, the area around the small Russian church...
No, no, absolutely none!
Approximately 9 seconds after Titus disappeared into the thick smoke...
"Snap!"
Ravi heard the sound of a bullet being chambered and turned around in horror.
Titus’s tall figure completely enveloped him, his arms, as thick as intertwined tree branches, gripped the silver Desert Eagle, the .50 caliber bullet holes reflecting a cold gleam in the night!
He pulled the trigger, the Desert Eagle roared, and the lead bullet pierced Ravi's forehead, exiting from the back of his head, bringing with it a gush of watermelon-like slush.
Before the words "How could this be?" could even escape Ravi's throat, he died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
The reason for Titus's ghostly "long-range flash" is simple, without any complicated tactics or skills, just one thing:
Fast! Faster than human speed!
A normal Astartes can reach a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and its reaction speed can reduce visual persistence to 0.001 seconds.
The 7.62×51mm NATO standard round fired by the AI tactical sniper rifle has an initial velocity of approximately 834 m/s. Assuming a velocity of 0.001 s, the sniper round would only have a velocity of 0.834 m/s in the eyes of Astartes.
What appears to be a bullet in the blink of an eye to a normal person cannot even penetrate a meter in a second to him. So why couldn't Titus react to the bullet?
There are two reasons. First, the sniper bullets penetrated through the thick smoke, giving him less than a second to react, which can be described as fleeting.
Secondly, Titus has only performed six Space Marine modification surgeries so far, making it difficult for him to reach the limits of the Astartes.
Most importantly, he did not undergo the tenth modification surgery—the implantation of a visual controller.
This device allows his pupils to adapt to most complex environments; fog, dust, and darkness become as clear as day in front of the visual controller, while also significantly improving reaction speed.
Of course, there is also the eleventh surgery—the Lyman Ear, which allows him to accurately locate sounds.
Titus picked up the headset and connected to the communication channel.
Vigo Tarasov's furious roar filled the entire channel:
"What do you mean by 'it's dark'? John Wick has become a Boogeyman! (The Russian word 'Boogeyman' means 'night demon,' and its pronunciation is very similar to 'Babayega.')"
"What do you mean, 'Killer Jack didn't hide, but instead rushed into the thick smoke and surrounded all of you by himself'?"
"I'll stand right here and see who dares to back down even a step!"
Titus's eyes searched quickly, and soon he spotted Vigo in the window of an unfinished building about a kilometer away from the Little Russian Church.
Hajiwi, you've got guts to go to the battlefield in person!
Titus smiled slightly, pressed the headset button to turn on the microphone, and said:
"Vigo Tarasov, I've found you..."