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Chapter 658 - 649, Sniper (Third Update) _1

Chapter 658: 649, Sniper (Third Update) _1

"I’m giving you three one more chance to rethink your words and then look me in the eyes and tell me, what was that beam of light all about?" Li Kun said calmly.

"It really was a flashlight!" The three unlucky kids felt they were incredibly unlucky, as they couldn’t stop their tears and couldn’t see a thing, and yet this group still didn’t believe that it was just a flashlight!

Li Kun stood beside the three, chuckling to himself. A flashlight... I’d have to be cursed to believe that!

"Just now, Longfei had us sneak over to see what you were doing here, and on the way back, some wild man stopped us and then shone a flashlight at us, blinding us!"

"Is that really what happened!"

Li Kun’s eyebrows furrowed: "If you say it was a wild man, where would a wild man get a flashlight from?"

Now Li Kun was very curious about what could emit such a strong light, but he didn’t believe for a second it was a flashlight, and he wasn’t the only one; no one else believed it either.

Even if they were uneducated, they were raised with a materialist education, especially Li Kun, who had gone to police college in Zhengzhou and later worked as a criminal detective for five years.

Now, to have someone tell him that a flashlight could illuminate such a vast desert, he would have to insult his 36 years of common sense to believe that...

But what to do with these three, it was necessary to detain them, but being on someone else’s turf without permission, Li Longfei was no pushover either. If Longfei noticed his men missing for too long, he would surely come looking. What then? Engage in a firefight?

Li Kun frowned. No matter how tough they might appear to outsiders, a firefight was the last thing they wanted to see happen. They might as well make some extra money instead of wasting time on such things.

"Just let us go," pleaded the man lying on the ground, fearing a terrible beating as Li Kun didn’t believe their explanation, "Longfei is nearby and could show up any minute!"

Li Kun sneered, "I advise you to talk less."

He nodded to the people beside him to take the lead in roughing up the three, then told his men, "After the beating, hurry up and pack up. We’re heading to the salt lake to the south."

Li Kun’s intent was not to have a shootout, so he planned to leave and stop hunting yaks on Li Longfei’s turf.

Just then, his walkie-talkie crackled to life: "Brother Kun, Brother Kun, a herd of yaks has appeared by the lake, could be around twenty heads. We might be able to close this deal in one go!"

Li Kun’s eyes lit up when he heard this. It was not in vain that he had endured a week of sand in this spot; the yak herd had finally shown up!

Under normal circumstances, yaks are gregarious animals, so if one waits by the lake, they could be spotted provided luck was on their side. In Karamay, yaks are rare, but in Kekexili, it’s possible to encounter two to three hundred wild yaks at once.

So, for the past week, Li Kun had been considering that if they really couldn’t find yaks in Karamay, they’d have to take the risk and head to Kekexili.

But as luck would have it, the herd of yaks finally appeared!

Li Kun still had reservations though, "Li Longfei is nearby, try not to fire any shots to avoid drawing them here. Yaks aren’t that fast anyway, and gregarious yaks don’t pose much danger. Just use knives to take them down!" After saying this, Li Kun led his men toward the lakeside.

Normally, gregarious yaks tend to avoid danger and are quite docile. However, solitary yaks, on the other hand, are quite the opposite, being incredibly aggressive.

If it had been a solitary yak, Li Kun would have had to use a gun, as it would be too dangerous to not. Humans are no match for such solitary beasts, but it’s different with gregarious ones.

This kind of thing, they as poachers knew all too well.

The person who had just spoken on the walkie-talkie was the lookout they had arranged to take turns guarding by the lake, this way everyone wouldn’t get too tired.

Just now, Ren He had just parked the car again and stealthily returned from the north, but as soon as he reached near Li Kun’s camp, hiding on the other side of the sand slope and looking out, he was shocked to find Li Kun’s group sprinting towards the lake.

Ren He was stunned, they must have encountered yaks! His recent trip to repark the car had caused him to fall slightly behind, and if he tried to catch up from behind, it was possible that someone might have already started killing the yaks.

With that thought, Ren He started to sprint towards his car from behind the sand slope—he couldn’t let a single yak die!

Ren He’s equipment had already been placed back into the secret compartment of the car’s trunk, and all he had with him was a handgun, which, according to him, was enough to deal with this group of people.

However, now that wouldn’t suffice, he had to use a sniper. This place was still a kilometer away from the lake, and Ren He glanced at a huge sand slope to the north, which was a perfect vantage point overlooking the lake.

Ren He pulled out his sniper rifle, slung it over his shoulder, and ran towards the high point of the sand slope, feeling utterly sick of the three idiots that had forced him to alter his plans on the fly. Next time he saw them, he was going to use Emetic Water on them as well.

Li Kun and the others were closing in on the lake, they could even see the outline of the yak herd lowering their heads to drink by the lake. Li Kun lifted his binoculars to count, 22 yaks!

That would do, this would fulfill the investor’s requirements in one go!

However, as they were rushing to stealthily approach the yak herd, a flash of fire suddenly shot from the northwest, followed by a tremendous roar!

The sandy soil in front of them exploded as if bombed, kicking up a huge cloud of dust!

Li Kun was startled, what was that, a cannon? To be honest, even during his time in the criminal police force, he had never encountered a sniper rifle with such a large caliber!

He turned abruptly toward the northwest and was taken aback to see, under the moonlight, atop the sand slope, a towering figure holding a sniper rifle with extreme presence!

"Sniper rifle!" Li Kun exclaimed.

A sniper rifle! How could there be a sniper rifle in this Desert?! The distance between them was at least a kilometer, and even Li Kun needed binoculars to see the figure. Although he had never witnessed such a large-caliber sniper rifle in action, he knew very well what the existence of a sniper with an effective range of over a kilometer meant!

What on earth was happening? One moment there were three idiots talking about flashlights as bright as the sun, and the next, a sniper of mythical proportions appeared!

Li Kun was certain the other party was not the police; he had dabbled in the public security system for 5 years, and this kind of sniper rifle was not something the public security forces could have, not even common on a real battlefield!

When someone heard Li Kun cry out "sniper rifle," everyone dropped to the ground, no longer caring about the yaks that had been startled away by the gunshots. Their own lives were at stake, who would care about the yaks?

One of Li Kun’s henchmen pulled out an automatic rifle from his back and was about to spray gunfire in the direction of the flash; he had no idea how far the sniper was or had ever faced a sniper rifle before. Li Kun wanted to tell him to get down, but before he could speak, the man’s automatic rifle, which he hadn’t even raised yet, was shattered by a sniper bullet during the drawing process, and the bandit’s hand was bleeding profusely from the massive shock!

What level of marksmanship was this?! Fear filled Li Kun’s eyes!

At this moment, Li Kun recalled the fleeting glimpse he had through the binoculars just now; the sniper was like a statue of a deity, as if he were the master of this Desert.

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Bonus update for reaching the reward goal