Soon, the staff led the group to the special shooting range.
However, looking at this so-called special shooting range, Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but wonder if he had been scammed.
The width of this shooting range was less than 5 meters. Fortunately, it was 100 meters in length, meeting the requirements for shooting practice.
Despite this, Lin Xinghai still found the place too small.
“Every inch of land in the shelter must be used as efficiently as possible, so the shooting ranges are relatively small. But rest assured, they are perfectly suitable for shooting practice, and our facilities are top-notch.” The female staff leading the way, Zhuang Qiao, explained.
Lin Xinghai nodded after hearing this. There was nothing he could do if he didn’t nod. There was no way he would ask the mercenary guild to build a shooting range.
After Zhuang Qiao finished explaining, she pressed the button on the wall. The metal wall near the entrance slowly slid open to reveal an entire wall of firearms.
“All the standard firearms sold in Star Shield Shelter are here.”
“In addition, the ones below are the spare parts of the firearm. You can replace them as you wish, or even assemble a firearm yourself.”
“If you are still not satisfied, you can also apply to use your firearm for this challenge.” Zhuang Qiao added.
In fact, many people would apply to use their own firearms for the challenge, as many skilled mercenaries often made modifications to their commonly used firearms to a certain extent.
Lin Xinghai didn’t have many strict requirements for these. His Basic Shooting Skill applied to all firearms of the same type.
As long as it was an automatic rifle and the difference wasn’t huge, it would be pretty much the same to him.
Of course, there would be a slight impact on his performance, so Lin Xinghai came to the row of Shredder Rifles and chose the G-3 Shredder Rifle configured by the Sky Fracture Mercenary Group.
“Can I test the gun first?” Lin Xinghai asked.
“Of course.” Zhuang Qiao replied.
Test firing was a necessary step because firearms, like fingerprints, could never be the same, especially the rifling inside the barrel.
Although people with ordinary marksmanship would not be able to detect that kind of subtle change, if the gun fell into the hands of a person with superb marksmanship, this subtle change would be obvious.
Especially when preparing for a shooting challenge, this subtle change might be the key to success or failure.
While Zhuang Qiao activated the moving target at the shooting range, she also handed a box of ammunition and ten magazines to Lin Xinghai.
Lin Xinghai first loaded all ten magazines with bullets and then placed them on the folding table in front of him within easy reach, so he could quickly change magazines when needed.
It was worth mentioning that Lin Xinghai also noticed that the bullets inside the box were different from regular bullets. These bullets, including the bullet heads, were made of ordinary iron instead of special alloys.
These bullets probably couldn’t even kill ordinary zombies, but they were sufficient for use in the shooting range.
Click, click, click!
While Lin Xinghai was loading magazines, on the other side of the shooting range, there was a mechanical sound. Numerous fist-sized openings appeared on the top, likely exceeding 300 in number.
At the bottom, the metal floor was moved aside, revealing a huge pitch-black hole.
Whoosh!
A spherical object resembling a tennis ball appeared from one of the top openings, dropped down, and then disappeared into the massive hole below in less than two seconds.
Lin Xinghai knew that this was the so-called moving target.
Shooting an object the size of a tennis ball from a distance of 100 meters and within a two-second time limit – the starting difficulty of this challenge was set quite high!
Of course, whether it was difficult or not depended on the individual.
Three seconds later, the second tennis ball appeared from the top opening and then dropped down.
Boom!
Lin Xinghai casually fired a shot, and the bullet effortlessly pierced through the tennis ball.
“You hit it so easily?” Ling Xiu raised an eyebrow as he watched from the side. Just from this shot alone, he understood that Lin Xinghai’s marksmanship was far superior to his.
If it were him using an unfamiliar firearm for the first time, he really couldn’t guarantee that he would be able to hit the target with the first shot, let alone hit it as easily and casually as Lin Xinghai.
It could be said that Lin Xinghai’s casual display of his shooting skills made Ling Xiu believe about 80% of what he had said earlier.
Not only Ling Xiu but also the rest of the Ability Users Alliance Squad witnessed it.
“Maybe our hunting squad will have a chance to shine.” Huang Nuo, the eldest of the twin brothers, couldn’t help but comment.
Due to the characteristics of the Buff ability, the stronger the allies, the higher the value of his ability. Therefore, he was almost the person most hopeful for strong reinforcements to join the team.
While the others weren’t as excited as Huang Nuo, they weren’t far off either. With danger lurking everywhere outside the shelter, everyone wished for strong companions by their side.
Especially Zhang Meiling, who was looking at Lin Xinghai with brilliant eyes.
Three seconds later, the third tennis ball dropped as expected.
Boom!
The tennis ball was hit with pinpoint accuracy again.
Boom!
The same happened to the fourth tennis ball that appeared!
“Okay, we can officially start the challenge.” At this time, Lin Xinghai said as he took out the magazine and reloaded it with bullets.
“That’s quick!” Ling Xiu was a little stunned.
Even Zhuang Qiao, who was waiting on the side, was somewhat surprised. She had served many mercenaries challenging the Sharpshooting Leaderboard. While not all of them were as skilled as Lin Xinghai, they all took their test shots seriously, trying to achieve the best possible synergy with their firearms.
Even if they didn’t empty a whole magazine of bullets, firing twenty or thirty shots was considered quite normal.
However, she had never seen someone finish their test shots after firing just three shots.
“Brother Lin, maybe you should fire a few more shots to get more familiar with the firearm?” At this time, Ling Xiu couldn’t help but advise him.
“No need, let’s start the challenge!” Lin Xinghai replied, glancing at the time on his wrist computer. It was already 9.00 a.m., and he still wanted to hunt some zombies!
Seeing Lin Xinghai’s determination, Ling Xiu didn’t say anything more. As for Zhuang Qiao on the side, she had no objections either. She immediately went to the nearby computer and started the challenge program.
In reality, Lin Xinghai wasn’t boasting. If someone picked up those three tennis balls and examined the bullet holes, they would see that the areas where they were hit got progressively closer to the center of the balls.
Especially the last tennis ball that was hit, it was squarely shot in the center.
It could be said that with 100% proficiency in Basic Shooting Skill, he truly familiarized himself with the Shredder Rifle within three shots.
“Sharpshooting Leaderboard challenge, a one-minute countdown begins. Challenger, please be ready. 60, 59, 58…” At this time, an electronic synthesized voice echoed in the training range.