87: Airdrop

His eyes were cold, but his expression was somewhat frustrated; he had already hit the target in the haystacks five times, including one headshot and three chest shots.

Logically speaking, that should have been his third confirmed kill, but the kid was still alive.

Now he could only guess that the opponent either had higher-level body armor and used some potent healing potions, or else he would have been dead for sure.

"Since that's the case, I definitely can't let you get away!"

In his eyes, it was very important to eliminate targets early that might become his final enemies.

The middle-aged man's backpack was already bulging; besides this sniper rifle, he even had an assault rifle on his back.

Li Xiao had the same thought. The temptation of the sniper rifle made Li Xiao decide that even if he had to waste thousands or tens of thousands of HP, he had to obtain it.

So, when the Death Zone was about to cover this Wheat Field, Li Xiao suddenly rushed out from the haystack.

Bang!

Without a doubt, the sniper in the wooden shed shot him directly.

Not going down after one shot was already within the middle-aged man's expectations, but he didn't believe that in such a short time, the opponent could have fully recovered his HP!

So, with the second, third, and fourth shots, the middle-aged man fired bullet after bullet, each one accurately hitting the confidently sprinting Li Xiao.

But the person in the scope was like a devil, seemingly fearless of any physical damage, closing the distance between them to a hundred meters in a short time.

At this moment, the Death Zone had already covered the area they were in, and the damage value of five points per second began to continuously deduct their health points.

The middle-aged man began to realize something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think too much; he had to resolve this trouble as quickly as possible.

He pulled an adrenaline shot from his backpack and injected it, and his health began to recover by ten points per second.

"Come on! Even if you are a Level 10 base, I don't think you can withstand this damage!"

The middle-aged man put down the sniper rifle, took an HK416 assault rifle that used 5.56mm rifle rounds from his body, and disengaged the safety.

He assumed a half-squatting position to steady his aim, then centered his sights on Li Xiao.

Following that, gunfire echoed through the Wheat Field. The middle-aged man tried his best to control the recoil from the automatic fire, perfectly suppressing his target with dozens of bullets.

The high-speed bullets had great inertia, and Li Xiao, having taken over a dozen shots, was knocked to the ground.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man finally curled his lips in satisfaction. However, just as he intended to run over to loot the spoils of war, he discovered that Li Xiao had actually stood up again, a wicked smile on his face that was as eerie as it could be.

"What the hell!"

The middle-aged man stared in astonishment at the approaching Li Xiao, immediately disregarding everything else, picked up his sniper rifle, and sprinted north.

The safe zone was still a kilometer away; if he dragged this out any longer, he would be in danger. He didn't want to die unjustly in the forbidden zone.

Seeing that his opponent had actually run away, Li Xiao followed closely, but the middle-aged man was agile and ran extremely fast, causing Li Xiao to be left further and further behind.

"Damn! As expected, the final round is full of talented people!"

Unable to catch up, Li Xiao had to give up and turned around to continue toward Hongshi Mountain.

After Li Xiao reached a small patch of dead woods on the outskirts of Hongshi Mountain, the system prompted that there were thirty-nine survivors left.

At this moment, the diameter of the circle on the map was only two kilometers left, and he could even hear gunfire coming from very far away.

At this point, Li Xiao also became cautious. Although he had a Life Pool with 600,000 HP, who knew if the Black Hawk Patrol or other players had any weapons capable of dealing explosive damage.

Finding a random patch of grass to lie down in, Li Xiao planned to wait until the third Death Zone refreshed before slowly sneaking into the safe zone; that way, at least he wouldn't have to worry about anyone ambushing him from behind.

However, right at that moment, a roaring sound suddenly came from the sky. Li Xiao was all too familiar with this sound—it was the sound of a bomber.

He looked up and saw a huge plane flying low over Hongshi Mountain, heading forward.

Li Xiao secretly thought that a bomber couldn't possibly fly this low while executing a bombing mission, so what was this plane doing?

Soon, Li Xiao saw the answer. He saw the plane drop a cube-shaped object from five hundred meters away, and then this thing immediately opened a parachute and slowly drifted toward the ground.

Once the object landed, red smoke immediately rose up; judging by the shape, it seemed to be a crate.

"Airdrop supplies?" Li Xiao was startled. Things airdropped by the system must be good stuff.

Without a second thought, Li Xiao got up and sprinted toward the crate. However, before he could run down the hillside, he noticed two people on the east and west sides of the Wheat Field sprinting toward the airdrop crate at the same time.

Li Xiao seemed to realize something and quickly stopped.

At this time, both parties running toward the airdrop crate discovered each other, and they began exchanging fire across the open Wheat Field.

One person had a rifle, the other a submachine gun; they attacked each other's vital points without mercy. Within a dozen seconds, the person using the submachine gun was knocked to the ground.

There was no helping it; the submachine gun had low single-shot damage and high recoil, making it only suitable for close-quarters combat around fifty meters, so dying wasn't surprising.

The winner immediately ran happily toward the airdrop crate. He quickly put on a helmet that covered his entire face with a strong metallic texture, and also put on a heavy bulletproof vest; one look and you could tell its damage reduction capability was incredibly strong.

That wasn't all; afterwards, the man threw away the rifle in his hands and picked up a peculiar rifle with a short, compact body and a very short barrel.

Finally, the opponent also picked up an ultra-thin briefcase that looked like a laptop and stuffed it into his oversized backpack, which he had scrounged from who knows where.

This series of actions made Li Xiao drool. He glanced at his own small pistol and shook his head—truly, comparing people to people only leads to frustration.

But just at this moment, Li Xiao saw thick smoke billowing in the distance; it was actually two Black Hawk off-road vehicles sprinting toward the airdrop crate.

That survivor also saw the Black Hawk Patrol and was so scared that he turned around and ran in Li Xiao's direction.

"What the hell! Why are you running toward me!"

This move completely bewildered Li Xiao, and he quickly found a deeper patch of grass to lie down in.

With the Black Hawk off-road vehicles still two or three hundred meters away, the patrol members on the vehicles opened fire with their light machine guns. The bullets whizzed past the survivor, snapping quite a few wheat stalks and wild grasses.

A few bullets also hit him, but it seemed they didn't cause much damage. He quickly reached the bushes directly in front of Li Xiao and started lying down to use healing items.

Although the Black Hawk Patrol arrived a few seconds late, they had effectively locked onto his position, and the vehicles stopped outside the bushes.

Five burly men holding rifles, shotguns, and submachine guns surrounded the area.