Ling Xiu wanted to retort, ”This is not simple.”
However, as he recalled Lin Xinghai’s performance in the first level, he could only step aside silently.
As the countdown ended, the second level officially began.
Whoosh!
When the first tennis ball was shot out, Lin Xinghai was slightly surprised.
The tennis ball had shrunk to almost half its size, becoming the size of an egg.
As the tennis ball shrunk its size in half, it doubled the difficulty of the second level.
Besides the changes in the size of the tennis ball, all previous tennis balls were ejected from the same launching port.
But now, the tennis balls randomly appeared from the 300 launching ports at the top.
“This is getting interesting.” Lin Xinghai muttered in his heart.
At the same time, he finally understood why he could rank in the top 100 by reaching 56% in the second level.
Compared with the first level, the difficulty level was a bit exaggerated.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lin Xinghai kept pulling the trigger. It was only a little surprising at the beginning.
However, after quickly adapting, with the marksmanship he had mastered, there was actually little difference between the second level and the first level.
Perhaps the biggest difference was that he completed the level even faster.
In the second level, the frequency of the tennis balls being shot out was shortened to one per second.
Moreover, not only had the frequency increased, but the shooting speed had also accelerated. The time it took for the tennis ball to travel from the shooting port to the ground was also reduced to one second.
Merely 50 seconds later, Lin Xinghai reached the checkpoint to reload his magazine.
“Amazing!”
“Brother Lin is almighty!”
Everyone rushed to praise him.
Now, the onlookers were no longer considering whether Lin Xinghai could enter the top 100. Instead, they shifted to guessing what final ranking Lin Xinghai could achieve.
After Lin Xinghai changed the magazine, he also took the time to look at the screen. His ranking had reached 156th.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
When the five-second ammo reloading break ended, Lin Xinghai seamlessly switched to shooting mode.
Another 50 seconds passed. Lin Xinghai once again passed the level without making any mistakes.
The next moment, even Ling Xiu couldn’t help but come over to flatter him.
As for saving his face, it no longer mattered at this moment.
After all, no matter how thick-skinned he was, it wouldn’t protect him from danger outside the shelter. Teammates of the caliber like Lin Xinghai would save his life.
Ling Xiu: “Brother Lin, in all my time as a mercenary, you are the best marksman I’ve ever seen.”
Zhuang Qiao: “Yes! I have seen quite a few mercenaries challenge the Sharpshooting Leaderboard and enter the top 100, but I’ve never seen anyone handle it as effortlessly as you, Mr. Lin.”
Zhang Meiling: “Brother Lin, let me give you another massage. I’m sure you can pass the third level without any mistakes later.”
Huang Nuo: “Brother Lin, you are probably going to become famous soon. After today, surely many mercenary groups will want to recruit you.”
As for Yao Cheng, who was usually quite reserved, such occasions were not his forte, and he found himself unsure of what to say at the moment.
In the end, he blurted out a sentence, “Would you be the first?”
As soon as these words were spoken, the few people in the room who had been ready to crack jokes instantly fell silent. How were they supposed to respond to this remark?
Not only them but even Lin Xinghai didn’t know how to reply!
Saying it was impossible would mean losing face, wouldn’t it?
Saying it was possible, and then failing to become first, wouldn’t that be more embarrassing?
“Go aside if you don’t know what to say.” Huang Nuo couldn’t help but reprimand, and then he turned to Lin Xinghai with a smile and said, “Brother Lin, my younger brother is usually like this, you know…”
It’s fine!” Lin Xinghai waved his hand dismissively, and then asked with interest, “Which level did the first place on the leaderboard reach?”
Regarding this question, Ling Xiu and the others did not know the answer, so they all turned their gaze towards Zhuang Qiao.
After recalling for a moment, Zhuang Qiao revealed, “The 5th level at 76% progress.”
Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows slightly after hearing this.
The difficulty increase between the first and second levels of this shooting challenge was massive.
If the difficulty increased to such an extent at every level, then the fact that the other person made it to the 5th level really spoke to their exceptional marksmanship.
“Interesting.” Lin Xinghai’s eyes finally took on a serious look.
As he spoke, he took a sip of orange juice, flexed his wrist, and said, “Let’s start the third level!”
Zhuang Qiao’s mouth moved as if she wanted to say something, but seeing the serious expression on Lin Xinghai’s face, she ultimately didn’t dare to speak up to dissuade him. Nodding her head, she then went to start the program for the third stage.
As the countdown began, Lin Xinghai also adjusted his state, ready to face the new challenges in the level.
Whoosh!
A ball flew out. As expected, it became smaller again.
Only the size of a table tennis ball.
As the targets flew out one by one, Lin Xinghai soon discovered that the most difficult thing about this third level was not that the targets had shrunk.
Instead, it was the randomized shooting frequency of the targets.
During the second level, despite the increased speed and balls flying out from different shooting ports, the frequency of the balls coming out remained unchanged, and the shooting speed was also constant.
But at this time, both of these factors were changing unpredictably.
Sometimes the interval between two balls was less than one second, but at other times, it extended to two seconds.
Moreover, the shooting speed was completely different; some were fast, while others were slow.
There were even times when the targets launched later would land faster than the recently shot target.
In this completely random situation, even Lin Xinghai had to focus his attention and couldn’t be as casual as before.
Phew!
When the third level ended, Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. He also felt tired for the first time.
He glanced at the screen and saw that his ranking had risen to 28th.
Several people waiting aside immediately flattered him.
However, Lin Xinghai was no longer in the mood to listen; he simply had Zhang Meiling massage his arms as he shut his eyes to rest.
When the others saw this, they all shut their mouths tacitly. The shooting range was silent for a moment, but the eyes of the group were fiery.
They all had a strong premonition that they might be able to witness the birth of a sharpshooter today.
This time, Lin Xinghai did not start the challenge early but used up all 10 minutes of rest time. When the countdown started, he opened his eyes.
He glanced at the adjacent screen. Sure enough, the progress bar for the fourth level had refreshed.
At 38% progress on the progress bar, the 10th place was highlighted in red font.
His gaze continued to move. At 98% progress on the progress bar, he saw the word “4th place.”
“Only three people managed to pass this fourth level?” Lin Xinghai’s expression showed a hint of seriousness.
Whoosh!
However, even though Lin Xinghai had mentally prepared himself, there was still a look of surprise in his eyes when he saw the first ball was launched.