300: The Strongest Soldier

Beep — — — — — —!!

A bullet shot straight at me, and I instinctively closed my eyes.

Bang — — — —

Sizzle sizzle sizzle — — — —

The imagined death didn't come. I slowly opened my eyes and saw myself completely unharmed.

I'm not dead.

It was then that I noticed a white… drone… lying in front of me?

When?!

Was it this drone that blocked the bullet the boss fired at me?

No!

The boss was shooting at this drone!

But… I hadn't seen any drone in front of me before… Just as I was wondering, the boss released a medical robot.

That medical robot moved straight towards me, and before I could react…

My leg, which had been festering, gradually recovered as new!

Limb regeneration?!

I looked at the boss again in disbelief.

"Let me see the gun."

The boss pointed at the m14 marksman rifle in my hand.

Although I didn't know what the boss was going to do, I didn't hesitate for a moment and handed over the gun in my hand.

Click — — — —

After taking the gun, the boss fiddled with it twice and changed the magazine.

Bang bang bang bang bang — — — — —!!

The boss fired a burst of bullets in the direction I had shot earlier.

The m14 marksman rifle, which was like a jumping carp in my hands,

was now like a docile cat in the boss's hands.

100 meters… one point… "No wonder."

Despite such exaggerated accuracy, the boss frowned instead.

"It's a gun I picked up from someone else, completely uncalibrated."

Click — — — —

Slap — —

Click click — —

The boss muttered to himself while adjusting the buttstock and the position of the front grip.

After adjusting, the boss changed the magazine again.

Bang bang bang bang bang — — — — — —!!!

As the boss kept shooting, my mouth couldn't help but open.

This time, the m14 marksman rifle was like a laser gun, with no recoil at all!

"Try it again this time."

After changing the magazine again, the boss handed the m14 marksman rifle back to me.

After taking it, I stood up sheepishly, pulled the bolt, and prepared to shoot.

"Whoosh — —"

I forced myself to calm down. This was a new chance the boss gave me.

I absolutely cannot miss it!

Bang bang bang bang bang — — — — — —!!!

This time, the m14 marksman rifle in my hand was also like a docile and cute cat.

At a distance of one hundred meters, I actually hit almost the same spot!

With surprise on my face, I suddenly turned to look at the boss, anticipating his praise.

This time, the boss's lips curved slightly, and he nodded at me.

At that moment, I froze.

The boss… recognized me.

"Looking at it this way, your Soldiers are growing quite fast."

After the boss finished speaking, he glanced at the power propulsion device at my waist.

Then, he actually showed an embarrassed expression.

He mumbled something in a voice I could barely hear.

"Took the wrong brick…"

Later, I learned that what the boss gave me back then was a reinforced mandel brick.

And I, from the very beginning, had been using a reinforced power propulsion device that others could barely use.

I achieved results.

I'm very strong.

Stronger than anyone else except the boss!

"You're also using the power propulsion device well. You just fell because you tripped over this drone."

"Although military drones can be invisible, they are not entirely impossible to detect."

"Empty your gaze, let it become unfocused, and don't let any single scene attract your attention."

"The moment you empty your mind, constantly look for any abnormalities in the visual field of your eyes."

"Leaves and grass swaying in the wind, flowing streams, moving figures, distorted space."

"Try it more often, and next time you won't be tracked by military drones."

I took all of the boss's words to heart and nodded woodenly.

"Someone must have noticed your abnormality, so they are using military drones to monitor you."

After the boss finished speaking, he conjured dozens of military drones out of thin air from that USB drive-like object.

He successively activated all these drones.

The military drones instantly disappeared from my sight.

"These are for you to practice with."

After leaving all these drones for me, the boss also gave me some other items.

He even gave me a USB drive identical to the one in his hand.

"Boss… when will I see you next time?"

"When can I go with you?"

Seeing the boss preparing to leave, I asked reluctantly.

The boss stood still and thought for a moment.

"Soon, you will all descend eventually."

"If you insist on coming with me, it's not entirely impossible. The ten thousand gold tear crown can achieve it."

The boss's tone shifted.

"But… you can't help me much right now."

After speaking, the boss didn't wait for me to speak, turned around, and walked towards the evacuation point.

Leaving only me standing alone in the abandoned village.

From then on, I secretly vowed in my heart that one day, I would truly earn the boss's recognition.

I'm not useless!

From that day on, I trained even harder than before on the power propulsion device and marksmanship.

Gradually.

I was already able to achieve split-second precision while moving at high speed with the reinforced power propulsion device.

But it's still not enough!!

Under my masochistic training, military drones had nowhere to hide from my eyes.

Now, even if it's a hundred meters away, it only takes me two seconds to easily find the position of a military drone!

But, the boss never appeared.

He never saw my growth.

I could only place all my expectations on the 'descent' the boss mentioned.

During my time in Longbow Stream Valley, I met many people who came in fully armed to scavenge for supplies.

Now, even if all of them combined, they wouldn't be a match for me in a single bout.

My quantum storage also contained many items.

In their words… it seemed to be called big red.

But as time went on, I gradually became a bit bored.

The entire Longbow Stream Valley seemed to have only me as a "living person."

Even Reis was mindless, repeating his mechanical statements.

Aside from listening to those fully armed people beg for mercy, I had almost no opportunities to interact with others.

Eventually, out of boredom, I killed Reis's derivative body.

He was too weak.

I only used one military shell to blast the Diamond Queen Hotel in Longbow Stream Valley into rubble.

Since then, I once again fell into that maddening solitude.

Until one day, I again killed everyone who entered here.

As usual, I rummaged through and scavenged their spoils of war.

"What is this?"

I found a crystal clear diamond in the embrace of one of them.

"The top secret server can check, but how come I don't remember having this thing?"

"Then you remembered wrong, just check it, right?"

"Makes sense."

I muttered to myself as I took out the top secret server from the quantum storage.

After searching, there was no relevant information.

"Forget it, I'll keep it for the boss later…"

"…"

"What is that???"

After standing up, I stopped in my tracks.

In the distance, it was completely different from the scene in my memory.

Having been here for an unknown amount of time, I remembered every inch of grassland, every cliff, and every protrusion in Longbow Stream Valley clearly.

And now, I saw.

In the distance… a continuous, ten thousand li long city wall had appeared…