Chapter 158 Gunfight
The artillery fire was roaring.
The bullets were whistling.
Li Qing rolled and dodged in panic on the riverbank, the smoking barrel of the gun in his hand already burning hot.
After gaining this ability, he never thought that one day he would be like an ordinary person, only able to rely on the power of guns to protect himself.
There was no way... Under the powerful ability of the biological explosion in the Galaxy Notebook, Li Qing, whose skills were all focused on close combat, was unable to exert his due strength.
The tree wall built by Giorno didn't have much effect.
There was no need to specially launch a battery to detonate it. All Syme had to do was bring his stand-in a little closer, and the seemingly tall and thick wall of trees would be blown into a cloud of flying wood chips.
Trees can also convert chemical energy into bioelectricity, and they are also explosive batteries.
Basically, everything Giorno makes is a "battery," a big firecracker that can be detonated before getting close to the enemy.
And the worst thing is... there are too many wounded on their side.
Fugo and Bucciarati were still able to move, but Narancia, Mista and Abbazi, who were injured in the car explosion, didn't even have the strength to move.
Five wounded soldiers were stranded on this dangerous battlefield, with no time to evacuate and no strength to fight back, and they were such a big and obvious target... To put it bluntly, they were now a huge burden, hostages held tightly in Syme's hands.
All Syme had to do was fire a few batteries in the direction of the wounded, and Li Qing and Giorno would have to run around trying to find ways to provide cover and block them.
In this situation, Li Qing could only take out his pistol and barely restrain the opponent.
This was the only way he could fight back.
Bang bang bang!
Gunshots rang out one after another, and bullets whizzed away in the face of the artillery fire.
Unfortunately, the results were minimal.
The first time Li Qing touched a gun was yesterday morning. He had always been mainly engaged in close combat, so he had no gun skills at all.
Although he had a strong sense and accurate aim, the bullet still uncontrollably deviated from his expected trajectory after leaving the chamber for more than ten meters.
But Saim was very careful, and even though Li Qing's shooting skills were not very good, he still did not dare to take any risks.
He carefully hid behind a large rock on the river beach, letting his stand-in stick his head out from behind the rock, and occasionally using the battery howitzer to fight with Li Qing's "steel gun".
"hateful…"
Li Qing was covered in dust by the batteries that were thrown at him.
Almost all the bullets he fired hit the rocks and had no chance of hitting Syme who was protected by the bunker.
"If only Mista and Naranja were not injured..."
"A long-range attack stand is more useful against this kind of untouchable enemy."
Li Qingmo counted his dwindling bullets and couldn't help but feel a headache.
However, Mista and Naranja, who were best at long-range attacks, were not only unable to provide any help at this moment, but also became injured and hindered the team.
"what to do?"
Li Qing frowned and thought as hard as he could.
At this moment, Giorno approached breathlessly.
He had already expended a lot of energy in order to build a tree wall to shield his injured companions from the battery. “How many bullets do you have left?”
“Two.” Li Qing sighed helplessly: “He’s hiding behind the bunker. I can’t hit him at all.”
"I have an idea... I don't know if it will work though."
Giorno thought for a moment and said, "Give me a bullet."
"Um."
Li Qing didn't ask why, and there was no time to ask why now.
As soon as he hears a stop in the gunfire, that guy will try to get closer, and the closer the two sides are, the more dangerous Li Qing and Giorno will be.
But the problem is that he and Giorno can't run now: the wounded are right behind them, and if they run, their companions will be blown to death.
Time is too tight.
After hearing Giorno's request, Li Qing immediately pulled out the magazine without hesitation, took out a bullet and handed it to Giorno.
"Wood big wood big wood big wood big!"
Golden Experience swung his fist, infusing the tiny bullet with invisible life energy.
A large amount of vitality is concentrated on this tiny bullet, giving this originally dead bullet a new life.
"quick!"
Giorno handed the bullet back to Li Qing and said:
"I have transformed the tip of this bullet into a seed. It will sprout in a few seconds."
"Shoot it out and hit that bunker rock."
"no problem."
Li Qing responded neatly and quickly loaded this unique biological bullet.
Although he couldn't hit Saim who was protected by the cover, Li Qing's shooting skills were not so bad that he couldn't even hit the cover.
The bullet is loaded, the gun is aimed, and the trigger is pulled...a flash of fire suddenly breaks out.
The special bullet that condensed a large amount of vitality was shot out under the propulsion of gunpowder, flew over a distance of more than ten meters in an instant, and sank into the stone that protected Syme.
Syme thought it was just an ordinary bullet, and he just wanted to end this boring battle as soon as possible:
"It's almost time. I'm going to win soon."
"Those two idiots will never abandon their companions... As long as I focus on firing the batteries at those wounded soldiers who are holding back, they can only stand there stupidly and get bombed."
Syme thought so.
Now the only thing that can restrain his offensive is Li Qing's pistol.
But the pistol has limited bullets, and once the bullets are used up, he can win without any effort.
In order to force the enemy to use up their bullets as quickly as possible, it is necessary to continuously suppress the enemy with firepower, so that the enemy will be blown to death if he does not fight back to stop.
So, while the bullet was embedded in the stone, he was still driving the Galaxy Note to fire the battery forward.
soon…
Several batteries were thrown at high speed to the feet of Li Qing and Giorno.
Just like before, Galaxy Note released an invisible shock, preparing to detonate these batteries remotely.
“Success!”
There was a gleam in Giorno's eyes.
At the same time, the bullet that had just been driven into the stone had turned into a vibrant seed.
The seed sprouted and expanded rapidly in the middle of the big rock. In just a short moment, it had squeezed out a space inside the rock and grew thick and gnarled roots inside.
Syme saw none of this.
He was so eager to win that the noise of the batteries firing masked the sound of the stone breaking apart.
Therefore, when the Galaxy Note released the detonation shock, the first thing to explode was not the batteries under Li Qing's feet more than ten meters away, but the huge rhizome growing in the middle of the stone.
"What?!"
Syme was slightly startled.
He never expected that there would be something capable of detonating inside the stone in front of him that had previously been unresponsive.
But the explosion had already happened: its power was greatly enhanced in the confined space, and the detonated plant roots instantly released a powerful high-pressure shock in all directions.
The impact is secondary. The key is the stone chips that fly everywhere after being blasted. They are the sharp blades that can really take people's lives.
Syme's heart twitched violently at first, and then calmed down instantly under the influence of the desire to survive.
"Galaxy Notes!"
The tall and burly mecha soldier raised the muzzle of his gun slightly, and suddenly fired a battery in a flash.
This battery is obviously several sizes smaller than the one launched previously.
It exploded immediately after it was launched. The shock wave could only make the Galaxy Note, which was nearby, stagger back a few steps, and it was unable to cause any fatal damage.
However, although the power of the explosion was not great, the shock wave was just enough to withstand the stone chips flying from the front.
The shock waves of the two explosions collided and canceled each other out in the air, and the stone chips that were originally flying outwards at a rapid speed slowed down instantly, to the point where they could be blocked by a wave of the Galaxy Notebook.
“Not killed…”
Realizing that Syme was only slightly injured, Li Qing's expression became extremely solemn.
He dared not waste a single moment of time.
It was almost impossible for the same trick to work twice, and Giorno didn't have time to make another plant bullet.
So, while the rocks used as cover were blown to pieces and the enemy had not yet recovered, Li Qing directly fired the last bullet.
"Ah!" Syme let out a scream.
A distance of more than ten meters is not too far, and without the protection of cover, Li Qing's bullet successfully hit his shoulder.
However, it was just a shoulder.
The shoulder injury did not determine the overall situation, and Syme still stood there in good health.
After this last bullet was fired, the pistol, the only thing that could help Li Qing and Giorno to make up for their disadvantage, completely lost its function.
"Ha ha ha ha…"
Looking at the bolt that had run out of bullets and could not be reset, Syme realized that the opponent had lost the last means of fighting him from a distance and the only ability to stop him from moving forward.
The distance between him and Li Qing and others was only a dozen meters. When he got closer, Li Qing and Giorno would have to face a fatal choice - to abandon the wounded and escape, or to stay with their companions and be blown up together.
"Ha ha ha ha…"
Syme covered his bleeding shoulder and laughed wildly:
"Nice little trick, but unfortunately, I'm still alive!"
"Damn... I wish I could shoot more accurately."
Li Qing lowered his gun helplessly, but his frown remained on his face.
"No…"
Giorno stared at Syme's shoulder, which was bleeding. "That's enough ."
