Chapter 688 - 424: Crossing the Horizon (2)

Finally, when the viewfinder reached the corresponding coordinates, it slowed down and stopped.

A line-drawn silhouette appeared in the center of her vision.

"Target located," Shangguan Li said. "The data panel shows Tsukimori Iori is 273 meters below the Earth’s surface, likely in an underground defense complex built by the Black Domain Group."

Chu Nanyi muttered, "Wow, that’s really deep. Even the world’s most advanced bunker-buster bombs can’t reach that depth."

Shangguan Li: "It doesn’t matter; no underground structure is completely sealed. There must be a ventilation system."

She slightly adjusted the frequency band of her prosthetic eye, starting to scan the complex beneath the earth’s layers.

Corridors, passageways, doors, pipes... these structural designs were automatically extracted by the prosthetic eye and compiled into clean, simple line structures that formed a visual pattern.

Eventually, all the structures comprising this underground complex were captured. A continuously curving red line extended from Tsukimori Iori’s location and connected to Shangguan Li’s position above ground.

"Path... located."

The burden caused by this path analysis had brought Shangguan Li to her limit, almost causing her to faint, yet she forcefully held on.

If she fell at this moment, not only would all prior efforts be in vain, but Nuobai and Hibell, voluntarily acting as human bait, would also be in great danger.

Shangguan Li injected all the remaining immunosuppressive agents into her body, forcing herself to endure the burden.

The blood vessels in her body were continually rupturing, and fresh blood was oozing from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Just speaking took all her strength.

"Time for the protagonist to take the stage..."

Chu Nanyi immediately pulled out a uniquely styled handgun from his pocket, its black barrel glistening with a cold light under the distant glow of battle.

The gun’s technical name is "Intelligent Guided Tracking Handgun."

Nickname — Handicraft Treasure.

Chu Nanyi activated Handicraft Treasure using the pre-recorded user permissions.

The gun’s body lit up, followed by the resentful voice of the intelligent persona: "Men are all the same, leaving me to gather dust for over three years, and now they remember to use me."

Chu Nanyi jested: "Well, the protagonist always appears last, and now this is your solo showcase."

With his words, he connected remotely with Shangguan Li and Handicraft Treasure, receiving path data feedback from Shangguan Li while inputting it into Handicraft Treasure’s system.

As Future had initially analyzed Handicraft Treasure, its ammunition wasn’t conventional "bullets."

Once a bullet leaves the barrel, it becomes uncontrollable, influenced only by inertia, gravity, air friction, and other external factors.

Handicraft Treasure’s "bullets" are actually miniature tracking missiles shaped like bullets, capable of automatic acceleration, deceleration, and directional turns after leaving the chamber, achieving a "lock-on" effect.

Typically, Handicraft Treasure’s "lock-on" mode has a range of only about 150 meters, far from the exaggerated distance of 50 kilometers.

But this time, Handicraft Treasure didn’t rely on its system; instead, it used path data observed and analyzed by Shangguan Li with her Apocalypse-level prosthetic eye.

This data would be parsed by Handicraft Treasure and directly inputted into its bullets, allowing range and trajectory to exceed system limitations.

Moreover, Future customized ultra-long endurance ammunition.

Together, they enabled this 50-kilometer ultra-view sniper spree.

Chu Nanyi placed his finger on the trigger and aimed the barrel at the sky.

His tone turned serious: "Treasure, it’s all on you; this shot cannot miss."

"Miss?" Handicraft Treasure sneered coldly, "Don’t you know I’m hacked."

Chu Nanyi pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" The bullet left the chamber.

The bullet was like the blade of Death, leaving a short yet dazzling mark in the sky before speeding towards the horizon.

In just 47 seconds, the bullet traversed 50 kilometers, like a wildly dancing silver snake, drawing several lines before entering that seemingly insignificant building through a broken window.

In the blink of an eye, it completed over a dozen directional changes, darting out from the top floor room’s door gap, weaving through stairways and corridors, finally entering a 5-centimeter ventilation window at ground level.

It sped through maze-like winding pipelines, passing the duty room, armory, logistics, and traversing various gaps, crossing 63 floors en route to the deepest layer, ultimately emerging from the personnel hiding room’s ventilation duct, directly shooting at the suspended female body in the life support device.

...

Tsukimori Iori floated in the life support device’s nutrient fluid, the red marks on her Spiritual Brain flashing rhythmically, controlling two Blade Remains Tyrants underground at the Black Domain Group Headquarters, dozens of kilometers away.

Through the Blade Remains Tyrant’s visual feedback, she watched the struggling Nuobai and Hibell, letting out a manic laugh: "Foolish idiots."

"You think you can assassinate me? My life is not something you can take!"

"Only the worst Spiritual Brain Modifiers allow their true form to be easily found."

"I’m different from those guys; no one can find me! I’m not anywhere on the battlefield, but the ferocious beasts I control are everywhere, ready to deliver death to you at any moment."

"Death befalls you!!"

The blood spread.

The sudden "clang" made everyone in the room shudder, from the guards responsible for surveillance to the technicians maintaining the life-support equipment, all turning their eyes toward the source of the sound.

In an instant, everyone’s hands and feet turned cold, their hearts seemingly plunged into an icehouse.

A hole was opened in the life-support apparatus; blood-stained nutrient fluid gurgled out, with Tsukimori Iori’s body floating in the device, her skull completely blown off by a bullet, her facial expression frozen in a defiant smile at her moment of death.

meters underground.

At the deepest part of the 63-layer underground defense complex.

isolation doors capable of withstanding high explosives.

elite soldiers patrolling tirelessly 24 hours a day.

Under these extreme protection conditions, Black Domain Group’s strongest Spiritual Brain Modifier was sniped.

...

Fifty kilometers away from the sniper point, Shangguan Li could no longer hold on, forced to exit the ultra-view state as she lay on the ground, gasping for air, blood continuously seeping from her mouth and nose.

Chu Nanyi injected a spare immunosuppressive agent into Shangguan Li and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Shangguan Li took a deep breath, suppressing the nausea within her, and said in a deep voice, "I’m fine, won’t die; quickly check how they’re doing over there."

Chu Nanyi established a communication link with Hibell, urgently asking, "We’ve fired here, how are things on your end?"

The sound of slashing continued to come from the other end of the communication, accompanied by the piercing shrieks of Mechanical Ferocious Beasts.

Hibell’s voice soon came through, full of excitement: "The Blade Remains Tyrant suddenly went out of control just now; Tsukimori Iori should be dead!"

Chu Nanyi clenched his fist and quietly exclaimed a "Yes," then asked, "How about the key, did you get it? Did you encounter any problems? I can call for support."

Hibell: "No worries, got the key, Nuobai and I are breaking through. Black Domain Group is in chaos here; the out-of-control Mechanical Ferocious Beasts are fighting with their own people; we shouldn’t have any issues, we’ll meet at the predetermined location!"

After ending the call, Chu Nanyi picked up the exhausted Shangguan Li and said, "It’s a success over there, let’s go. Whew... fortunately, our team didn’t drag Dongdong and Fenrir down."

From Chu Nanyi’s pocket, Handicraft Treasure’s cold voice sounded: "Useless humans, this victory was all thanks to me; you two are just my humanoid accessories."

Chu Nanyi: "Well said, I’ll reward you with an hour alone with Sister Dong when we get back."

Handicraft Treasure’s body instantaneously dimmed.

"System Prompt: Intelligent persona module is offline."