Chapter 1390: The Backstop

"Gunshots?!"

Inside the camp tent, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei's expressions changed, and they stood up from their seats almost simultaneously.

"It's the direction Lu Xun and Wu Tongyuan left in..."

"Is it that group of American commandos? Damn it, they still managed to sneak in!"

A glimmer of aurora appeared in Yang Xiao's pupils, and he was about to rush out of the tent without hesitation. Just then, Chen Ling's calm voice suddenly sounded:

"Wait."

Yang Xiao was startled and looked back in confusion at Chen Ling, who was the only one sitting quietly in a chair.

The figure in the bright red opera robe slowly raised the teacup in his hand, placed it to his lips, and took a light sip.

"Don't worry about it."

"But Director Chen... their strength isn't high enough yet. What if something happens?"

Chen Ling glanced at the clock on the wall, his eerie, pitch-black face showing no expression, like an abyss: "If they can't even handle this level of enemy, then they aren't worthy of being the Nine Sovereigns."

Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei looked at each other, opened their mouths, but ultimately said nothing.

Seeming to see the worry in their hearts, Chen Ling chuckled:

"Don't worry... have you forgotten? Even if something really happens, there will be someone to back them up."

As he spoke, Chen Ling's gaze turned toward the outside of the tent.

Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei looked over simultaneously, only to see the tent flap dancing in the cold, wild wind. Dr. Wen was standing quietly at the entrance, his gaze fixed on the direction deep in the jungle...

In his pupils, a faint, imperceptible glimmer was flickering silently.

……

When the warm blood splattered on Wu Tongyuan's cheek, he was stunned at first, and only after a moment did he react, roaring with eyes about to split:

"OLD LU!!!!"

The shot Lu Xun fell backward to the ground, blood gushing incessantly from his chest, his face deathly pale.

Lu Xun was not Yang Xiao; he didn't have such a high rank, and starlight wouldn't be faster than a sniper bullet. His chest heaved violently, his eyes fixed on the direction from which the gunshot had just come...

"Old Lu! Old Lu!!! Are you okay??"

Wu Tongyuan rushed forward regardless of everything, looking at the chest now stained bright red, his face full of panic and anxiety.

"Be... careful..." Lu Xun said weakly, "Someone wants to... assassinate us..."

Bang, bang——!!

Immediately after, two more sniper shots rang out!

The direction these two shots came from was not the same as the first, indicating that there were at least three sniper teams in this jungle now, all eyeing them... Cruel beasts crouched in the darkness, baring their hideous fangs little by little.

At this moment, Shennongjia was filled with murderous intent!

The moment the shots rang out, the fallen Lu Xun barely managed to shroud them in starlight. Almost simultaneously, the second bullet slammed into the surface of the starlight.

The starlight erupted with a dazzling brilliance, deflecting the second bullet, but its light dimmed rapidly. By the time the third bullet followed, the starlight shattered completely!

"Pfft——"

The severely wounded Lu Xun spat out another mouthful of blood, nearing unconsciousness.

"Old Wu... survive..." Lu Xun murmured with his last bit of strength before losing consciousness completely, leaving only the blood that continued to stain the earth and Wu Tongyuan's hands.

The three thunderous sniper shots had left Wu Tongyuan in a daze. He had spent so many years doing research in an ivory tower; where had he ever seen such a scene? If Lu Xun hadn't shielded them with starlight for that brief moment, he would probably be a bloody mess just like Lu Xun right now.

"Old Lu!!!" Wu Tongyuan released Lu Xun's body with his scarlet hands, holding them in mid-air in a daze, his messy curly hair stained with blood, fluttering in the wind.

"...Damn it!!"

Fortunately, the current Wu Tongyuan had been tempered in the United States, and his psychological quality was much stronger than before. Reason overcame a portion of his panic. He cursed angrily and looked back at the deathly silent, dark jungle.

Lu Xun had already fallen, and they were now completely exposed under the enemy's sniper scopes. If they didn't do something, they wouldn't even survive for three seconds.

At this moment, Wu Tongyuan's brain was racing!

Anger, panic, and the desire to survive stimulated Wu Tongyuan's brain to an unprecedented level of activity. It was as if he were frantically searching for something in his mind. 0.5 seconds later, he raised his finger and gently flicked at the void in front of him...

Wu Tongyuan muttered to himself:

"The refraction of light in air follows Snell's Law, n₁sinθ₁= n₂sinθ₂. Adding the 'Spirit Void Coefficient' K to the right side of the equation, and adjusting the value of K from the initial 1 to 5... No, the coefficient adjustment range is too large; I might not be able to do it right now... Let's temporarily adjust the value of K to 1.05..."

Almost the moment Wu Tongyuan flicked the void, three gunshots rang out, almost simultaneously this time!!

Bang, bang, bang——!!

Wu Tongyuan instinctively hugged his head and crouched down, but the three bullets shifted upward by nearly half a meter this time, whistling over his head and burying themselves directly into the tree trunk beside him!

At this moment, the three snipers hidden in the dark were stunned simultaneously...

None of the three bullets hit?

What's going on?

They had clearly aimed!

You have to know that those who could participate in this assassination were battle-hardened executioners. The probability of a general sniper mission failing was very small, let alone three people missing at the same time, and missing so ridiculously...

They muttered suspiciously in their hearts and pressed their eyes back to their sniper scopes.

"As expected!" Although Wu Tongyuan was broken out in a cold sweat, seeing the three bullet holes on the tree trunk in the distance, a sharp glint still shone in his eyes.

"No wonder it was hit-or-miss before... It's probably because I adjusted the 'Spirit Void Coefficient' too exaggeratedly every time, exceeding the limit I could bear... If that's the case, as long as I master the degree of adjustment, I should be able to greatly increase the success rate!"

While muttering to himself, three more bullets came whistling over, but this time they shifted even more ridiculously, flying straight into the sky!

After Wu Tongyuan tampered with Snell's Law in this area, the law of light refraction in the air was also changed. The relationship between the snipers and the two of them was no longer the straight line seen by the naked eye; instead, it was like adding a lens. The position of Wu Tongyuan seen by the snipers was not his true position.

In other words, unless this group of snipers fired randomly, it was almost impossible for them to hit Wu Tongyuan with their "sniper accuracy."

After several consecutive misses, the three snipers also realized something was wrong.

"He must have used an ability to change the trajectory of the bullets. We can't snipe from a distance anymore... Before the other Nine Sovereigns arrive, get close and kill him!!"