Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 471 - 115: Application of Buckshot

Chapter 471: Chapter 115: Application of Buckshot

Although Nyx had a low opinion of Suzuki Swift, she still possessed some abilities.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to secure her position as Heavenly Ingenious Star.

Before Nyx’s arrival, she had already examined the battle traces around Sky Fury Star’s death scene.

"There are quite a few bullet holes around, but most of them were left by Sky Fury himself," Suzuki Swift said, "Black Hand Bright Flame only fired a few shots."

Nyx also set down Sky Fury Star’s storage device and said, "No traces of Gu were found. No other Internal Strength Masters were assisting."

He stood up and looked around. This was a complex mountainous area with several discontinuous steep slopes and a crack in between, which seemed to bear signs of excavation from a century ago.

The terrain here was complex, making it a good place for an entangled fight.

"Black Hand chose such a place," Suzuki Swift said. "Along the way, he kept discarding the broken armor pieces from his body, throwing them away. It was to reduce weight and to draw out the Green Forest with the highest mobility, to separate that guy from the main force."

"Then when he got here, he first prepared to counter-attack. He seems to have used a construction robot to create a mark fifty meters away, while he himself shrank into a concealed corner. There are shotgun marks on the ground. He should still have two shotgun rounds hidden on him."

"Shotgun?" Nyx was a bit surprised, "Firearms Path experts rarely use that, especially sniping experts."

The disadvantages of a shotgun were very clear. It had small magazine capacity, low effective range, and weak penetration.

The so-called shotgun rounds were bullets containing multiple pellets. In the past, the main types of shotgun rounds included single-head shot, dart shot, bean bag rounds, special ammo, tear gas rounds, and less-lethal rounds, among others. Shotguns were quite popular in hunting large animals.

Beyond that, after breaching a trench, shotguns could also show immense power in close-quarters combat. For instance, the famous Winchester M1897 pump-action shotgun. Soldiers could continuously fire at the enemy after breaching a trench, each time spraying a cone of lead pellets. Even soldiers with basic shooting training could use it to shoot down grenades in the air.

It was indeed suitable for both offense and defense.

Another advantage was its low requirements for ammunition.

But in this era, few people used shotguns.

The reason was very simple: their penetration was too low. In the era when carbon-based life was average, the low penetration of shotgun rounds could still maintain lethality, but in an era when external armor was common, the lethality of shotgun rounds was quite lacking.

Nyx found it hard to imagine a sniping expert using a shotgun.

"To disable a prosthetic eye, I guess," Suzuki Swift said. "Shoot a wide area and the distance is so close. If the prosthetic eye doesn’t have a protective structure that can close, it’s easy to get hit, right?"

"Moreover, another advantage of a shotgun is the kinetic energy at the muzzle. Although the bullet velocity is low and decreases quickly after leaving the barrel, the caliber is large and the bullet mass is also significant, so the kinetic energy at the muzzle can even be higher than that of a sniper rifle. In close-quarters spear fight technique, a shotgun can be used to flip over the body of a Lightweight Prosthetic Martial Artist, breaking their stance."

For Martial Artists who sacrificed body weight for speed, shotguns were also very dangerous. At a distance of around ten meters, such bullets were almost impossible to dodge. Although those tiny scattered pellets find it hard to penetrate their external armor, the kinetic energy they carry can disrupt their stance.

Once their stance is broken, they can neither defend nor maintain their movement technique. The opposing Martial Artist can go straight in and subdue the enemy with a move.

Because the application range of shotguns is narrow, most Martial Artists seldom consider this matter. However, Martial Artists specialized in speed must understand it.

Nyx nodded. Although Sky Fury Star wasn’t specialized in speed, to strengthen his mobility in complex terrains, his prosthetic body was also very heavy.

"Moreover, the second shotgun round was also special, mixed with a metal heat agent, it created short-term uneven heating on the surface of Sky Fury’s prosthetic body. Due to the stress, the strength of several pieces of his external armor became extremely low." Suzuki Swift pointed at a few fragments by his feet, "Notice these cracks. They are not the result of a normal explosion."

Champion Earth Star clapped his hands, "Brilliant. Lead Angry Hand eventually slid a gun to him. That gun might still have had a guided bullet. It seems that the bullet that entered the power section following the weakened external armor was indeed that one."

After being attacked, Sky Fury Star actually didn’t make any mistakes in his response. He chose to suppress with omnidirectional firepower, forcing Black Hand Master to distance himself before looking for an opportunity to regroup.

But since he was flipped over by the shotgun, his shooting angle was restricted.

The traces at the scene weren’t sufficient for the two Green Forest members to judge the strategy Black Hand eventually used, but he bypassed the fire blockade and then fired the guided bullet into Sky Fury Star’s chest.

The capacitor struck by the heavy blow exploded directly.

Sky Fury Star died on the spot.

"But Black Hand Bright Flame wasn’t without injuries. Drones found metallic fragments that didn’t belong to Sky Fury." Suzuki Swift said, "What do you think?"

"Let’s keep chasing." Champion Earth Star said, "Black Hand and Tang Yun fought side by side at close range for over a dozen seconds. That’s enough time for Lead Angry Hand to transmit information via wireless signal. And though Sky Fury was a waste, he at least further weakened Black Hand. Bring along Earth Outstanding Star."

Although Black Hand Master was already injured while escaping and was shot again when counter-killing Sky Fury Star, further depleting his ammo.

But nobody dared to underestimate this Hero now.

Even though pressure from the government was minimal, the internal relationships within Green Forest were less harmonious than in Jianghu, and before the "Righteousness Assembly," there was little mutual assistance, so the average lifespan of a master was actually lower than that of a Jianghu person.

These young Green Forest members here clearly recognized an old Jianghu’s understanding of Martial Arts for the first time.

Nyx had never seen someone who had some exposure to all kinds of Firearms Path Martial Arts and could flexibly match and build Tactics.

Then, over a thousand meters away, they had a new discovery.

A gun, a severed hand, many pieces of external armor.

"Is this to... reduce weight?" Champion Earth Star looked at Suzuki Swift.

Suzuki Swift picked up the casually damaged shotgun and looked at it, "Shotgun, probably the one that flipped Sky Fury over. It seems he didn’t carry many shotgun rounds, so it was discarded as excess weight."

"It could also be a feint. Shotguns are quite short. He might have another one on him." Nyx said, better be cautious.