Am I the only one streaming Sword Art Online on the entire internet?

“I knew…we would have our final battle here, Sorinmarkov.” His voice was still that dry, hoarse, bellows-like quality, filled with provocation. But Sorin just looked at him and smiled, as if he were preparing something.

Looks like we're about to see some good stuff.

Do you think translation software can really translate such elaborate Chinese text completely?

"NMSL, WSND." Solin said this in a fairly calm tone, and before the mysterious man could react to what it meant, Solin flooded his eardrums with all sorts of trash talk.

I won't directly post the specifics of what he said, considering that this book will continue to be serialized. Moreover, his speech at that time was a mix of Russian and a lot of Northeastern Mandarin and Cantonese swear words that are difficult to type directly, so it would take a lot of effort to express the meaning accurately.

The mysterious man struggled for a long time, but couldn't utter a single word in response. After a period of confusion, he could only manage to stammer out a few words that weren't even coherent sentences, as a rebuttal to the vulgar language Suolin had just used.

"I hope that when you die, you will still be able to indulge in this moment of verbal sparring."

As he spoke, he stood up from his seat, slowly walked to the exit of the cabin, and jumped out. Sorin, however, wasn't in a hurry at all. After all, the C-gate of the airport he wanted to go to was at the very bottom of the flight path, so he could get off at the very end. Of course, many others shared the same idea, including Shino.

"Girl, aren't you really not considering changing your restaurant or something?"

Solin offered this advice, though he didn't really think Shino would actually change her point, given the girl's competitive spirit. He was just tactically disrupting her rhythm.

"Ha, may I assume that you are afraid?"

As expected, Shino immediately retorted with a sarcastic remark, and judging from her expression, she didn't seem to be affected at all. After saying that, she jumped off the plane, and after checking the map one last time, Sorin followed behind her with a leap of faith, plunging headfirst into the water.

249. The Airport Killer Arrives

Sorin neither knew nor cared where Shino, who had landed around the same time as him, had landed, because he was focused entirely on choosing his landing spot. If he could ensure that he landed before the others, landing on a rooftop was the best choice and the optimal time to finish off his enemies.

However, while browsing his inventory in mid-air, he suddenly noticed something: unlike normal PUBG battle royale, this mode was more like the survival mode in The Division 1. In that mode, looting shops or rooms only yielded materials and medicine, while weapons had to be crafted. But these weren't what Thorin was really concerned about; what really caught his attention was that he started with an HG with unlimited ammo—a USP.

"Isn't this more interesting? To be honest, this is much better than normal PUBG. At least there won't be battles where one side has guns and the other doesn't."

As he was explaining, he plunged headfirst straight down, forcibly opening his parachute at the last moment, still falling at a relatively fast speed. He hadn't actually studied how to descend at high speed while opening his parachute in this VR version of PUBG; he just flew levelly by instinct, and the last big loop ended up hanging right on the edge of a rooftop.

"That was close, I almost fell. Now let's see how many tens of thousands of people are around..."

Solin was just habitually prolonging his commentary to avoid being speechless at crucial moments. In fact, he had already seen from mid-air that a total of nine people had jumped from the C-shaped building area, landing on different rooftops, while there were still three people above him.

As the saying goes, the first to strike wins. In the brief moment between his landing and the other three's, Solin quickly eliminated the unfortunate guy who landed slightly later and hadn't jumped yet. Of course, the other two weren't novices either. Seeing Solin get a foothold on the rooftop first, they immediately cut their parachute lines, fell to the ground from mid-air, and then disappeared without a trace.

"Are you there? Come out and let's lane!"

Solin made a couple of sarcastic remarks, then pointed his gun at another person on a nearby building. Normally, it's difficult to deal significant damage with an HG at a distance of nearly twenty meters, and Solin's goal wasn't to inflict casualties; he simply wanted to force the people still on the roof to retreat. Because if he didn't kill or force the others who were spying on this position to the lower levels, he wouldn't be able to craft weapons and armor on the roof.

Solin wasn't a Battlefield player, or rather, quite the opposite; looking at iron sights was particularly unpleasant for him. So, he naturally opted for hip-fire at this moment. He held his breath, watching the crosshairs in front of him rapidly shrink, and then unleashed a barrage of fire at a player on alert in another nearby building.

Back in the PC FPS era, there was a saying: the DPS of semi-automatic weapons depended entirely on hand speed; in other words, the faster your hand, the faster you could fire. Many players even used the scroll wheel to fire in a frenzied manner. However, in fully immersive games, the firing method for semi-automatic weapons remains the same: pulling the trigger instead of using the scroll wheel. This has resulted in most semi-automatic weapons being significantly nerfed.

This made the gunfight, with both sides at a distance of 20 meters and using HG rifles, seem like a water gun duel. However, just a second later, the other side realized that only his USP was a water gun, while Sorin's was a cannon, with every .45 caliber shot landing on his head and taking away nearly a third of his health.

Terrified, he immediately dropped to the ground, trembling at his sliver of health. He had a chance to jump, but his health was too low to escape, so he could only lie prone behind the platform, in Sorin's blind spot. Seeing the other person's reaction, the one on the opposite rooftop decisively gave up, running around while looting the roof before jumping off.

This gave Sorin some room to craft equipment using the materials he had. He had just collected 15 units of level 2 cloth, 5 units of level 1 RF parts, and 5 units of level 2 SMG parts on the rooftop. The 15 units of level 2 cloth were enough for him to make a level 2 body armor vest and backpack, while the 5 units of level 1 RF parts were just enough to make the Kar98K, the ultimate weapon that could turn the ordinary into the extraordinary in the hands of FPS pros.

[Game Over] *N

[Not necessarily. Miss Sinon is also in this area. What if she gets a 98K and a 12x scope first and snipes Uncle Suo from a distance?]

[Please stop spreading rumors. The materials for a 12x scope only drop from airdrops. Where are you going to find a 12x scope now?]

"So let's make the 98K first, and then these five SMG secondary parts... Reason tells me to make the MP5, but out of my infinite loyalty to steel plates, I choose to make the King of Cars."

While commentating, Solin started working, spending about half a minute crafting a level 2 body armor vest and a level 2 backpack. He then slung the 98K and UMP45 over his shoulder, intending to go downstairs to clear out the people inside. However, at that moment, the location of the next safe zone also appeared.

Unlike the original PC version of PUBG, in this fully stealth-based version, the safe zone shrinks at longer intervals, likely for better viewing experience. For example, right now, Solin sees ten minutes of remaining safe time displayed in the bottom right corner, while the safe zone covers the entire center of the map, completely enclosing the airport island and leaving only half of the bridge connecting the airport area to the inland.

"Looking at it now, this is an opportunity, but we need to clear out our subordinates. At least we should try to acquire as many airport resources as possible. And actually, I'm quite curious about where Miss Sinon will be waiting for me..."

He had just finished speaking when he suddenly had a bad feeling and immediately dropped to the ground. Sure enough, the instant he lay down, a 7.62mm bullet grazed the spot where he had just been standing, right where his head was.

"Speak of the devil and he appears...that's really scary..."

250, We are all sharpshooters

Even without any other information, Sorin was certain that the sniper who attacked him from somewhere was Shino, and no one else. Of course, he couldn't explain the basis of this speculation.

"Just how high is this level of hatred... Is it really necessary, Miss Sinon..."

Isn't this just a case of loving someone and wanting to kill them? (Just kidding)

[The pairings are all messed up! Even considering that Yuna-chan isn't around, Zoro's pairing is still Kirito!]

[It's probably because Sinon got pissed off by that forced one-for-one exchange, otherwise her hatred level wouldn't be this high.]

He muttered to himself, glancing at the comments from his viewers while trying to guess the approximate direction of the girl's sniping position. He wasn't sure how wide her field of fire was; blindly running away would only result in being fatally hit in the head by a 7.62mm bullet. He remained lying still, recalling the approximate location of the sound, and finally narrowed his considerations down to one building.

"NW... or that area. The gunshots coming from above indicate she's not on the ground, so there's only one sniper position left... on the outer steel frame!"

Sorin's tone was full of confidence, even though it was only a rather preliminary deduction. Of course, Sorin, who had only deduced this much, still dared not make any rash moves. After all, the dark brown steel frame nicknamed "Fried Dough Stick" was a very tall and long building, so Sinon could be hiding anywhere.

The situation is now quite bad. Sorin doesn't even have a basic red dot or holographic sight, and as for the other side... judging from the sharpness of that shot just now, Sinon most likely has a sight, and a fairly high magnification one at that.

"How do I play this, teacher? Please teach me! What should I do?"

[Here it comes, Grandpa Su's three-part combo!]

Whenever Grandpa Su says these three sentences, it means he has a solution, and it's usually a rather unsavory one.

【How do I play this, teacher? Please teach me! What should I do?】*n

Solin continued making strange remarks in the live stream, seemingly trying to ease the tense atmosphere and adjust his mindset. Even if his opponent was a well-known high-level player in the FPS world, being eliminated at this crucial early stage of the game would be embarrassing, especially since he was tasked with finding Deathgun and identifying him.

"I won't stop. As long as you don't stop, I'll be waiting for you up ahead—so don't stop!"

Sorin casually quoted the captain's famous line to set a reverse flag for himself, and then used the gap in the cover in front of him to observe the possible hiding positions of the enemy.

I am persecuting myself.

[Sorin Olga says it's established, QED]

"You guys don't understand the power of this kind of anti-flag. Those who watched my SAO livestream before should understand. This isn't some kind of 'push-the-flag' strategy, so how could something go wrong? To be honest, if we had a smokescreen, everything would be solved. It's just a pity that there are no materials on this platform, so we can only continue to AFK here and wait for an opportunity."

Sorin continued his awkward chatter, because since he couldn't find Sinon, he was stuck in place, AFK. At this point, a possible problem was that Sinon had only fired a threatening shot at him and then moved on. This possibility existed, and the probability wasn't low, but Sorin didn't dare to gamble.

Of course, while he might not dare to gamble, others were. Another player, previously forced into cover by Solin on the rooftop, saw this killing machine also hiding and decided to try and escape the top floor of the C-shaped building. However, he was mistaken. Of course, this also presented Solin with an opportunity. Solin watched as the player opposite him stood up, then seized the chance to throw out a pre-prepared level 2 backpack, before jumping down from the other side.

As expected, after shooting and killing the player, Shino fired a second shot very quickly. However, her second shot was instinctively aimed at the backpack that Sorin had thrown, giving Sorin an opening. In the end, she still failed to fire a third bullet, allowing Sorin to escape successfully from the rooftop.

"Nice! Then let's just climb through the window and go into the building. Don't give her a chance to adjust her position and continue sniping me. If we hide inside the building, she won't be able to hit me."

He slipped into the interior of Building C, where all the spare parts and medicines had already been looted—something he was prepared for. After all, if the materials and medicines weren't on the ground, they were definitely on the person; all he had to do was knock them down and loot their belongings—a fairly simple principle.

"We are all sharpshooters, each bullet eliminating an enemy; we are all air force soldiers, no matter how high the mountains or how deep the rivers!"

Sorin even started singing awkwardly in the live stream, completely unrestrained. What's more interesting is that he turned on public audio and sang with such enthusiasm that even Shino, who was on the other side of the overpass, could hear his faint voice.

This was undeniably a form of mockery, and sure enough, after Solin finished singing the first four lines, someone came after him. Although Solin was awkwardly singing, he could still hear the background noise. He clearly heard the man's blatant footsteps, then hid behind the stairs. As soon as the man reached the top, he unleashed a barrage of .45 bullets from his still-un-damaged Car King, instantly blowing his head off.

The kill notification for the ID SorinMarkov appeared again in the lower right corner of the screen, and the remaining people in the area heard Sorin's next song: "No food, no clothes, the enemy will provide them; no guns, no cannons, the enemy will make them for us!"

In fact, Sorin's singing wasn't bad, but the lyrics, when translated by the built-in translator and transmitted to the surrounding players, sounded rather awkward. Sorin walked up to the person's box and, judging from the number of items the person was carrying, deduced that more than one battle had taken place there.

He carried some first-aid supplies, including a medkit and bandages, but only three bandages. In this game, the number of bandages crafted is always a multiple of ten, indicating he had engaged in numerous battles beforehand, and these items were acquired after surviving those battles, representing all the supplies he had in the building.

"That's why I said that if we don't have guns and cannons, the enemy will make them for us. That's the reason."

251. Shino's Choice

On the top of this abandoned radar station, steeped in Soviet style, a young woman holding a 98K rifle stood watching the tiny black dot, barely bigger than an ant, disappear beneath the C-shaped building below, letting out a helpless sigh. Behind her, four boxes were stacked on the platform, a testament to the intensity of the battle that had just taken place.

Of course, if we rewind the scene a bit, we'll find that the battle wasn't actually that intense. Sinon used her skillful maneuvers to land steadily on top of the radar station (which is also called the steel frame or the "fried dough stick"). Then, taking advantage of being one step ahead, she picked up all the parts and medicines on the top platform and made a 98K before the people below could run up.

This basically represents the ending of the entire story. The reason most people think the 98K is unsuitable for close combat is that it's difficult to consistently land headshots. If you can't take down your opponent immediately in close combat, then during the long bolt-action reload, an opponent wielding a fully automatic weapon will likely riddle you with bullets. However, in the hands of a high-level sniper like Sinon, this gun becomes the most efficient weapon for reaping kills. From beginning to end, on the top platform of the steel frame, there were only four shots fired, and Sinon is still at full health.

"He actually got away. That was the best opportunity. If only I hadn't been so greedy for that kill."

Sinon crouched down on the spot and activated her [Crafting] skill. It's worth mentioning here that this crafting skill might be the only truly magical thing in this near-future sci-fi world: although its description is "using available materials to create related props," the actual process is simply placing the materials there and letting them automatically mold. Excluding the possibility that the agents carry 3D printing equipment, only Force-based crafting can explain this.

Even more perplexing is that the tool Sinon is currently crafting is an "8x ACOG sight," while her 98K is completely empty. This means that all those precise shots were fired using iron sights.

[Battlefield Player's Daily Routine +1]

Battlefield players are terrifyingly powerful.

[Grandpa Zoro next door is still wondering where Sinon got her high-powered scope.]

[That can't be right, it's not like Grandpa Zoro doesn't know that Sinon is a human-shaped walking high-powered scope.]

[The guerrilla song is highly praised (Does it seem a bit inappropriate to say this here?)]

[Historical references are being ridiculed everywhere...]

At this moment, Shino also heard the faint singing coming from inside the C-shaped building, but she no longer intended to continue fighting Sorin to the death. After all, her goal was not just to defeat Sorin—in this battle royale, all the strong individuals were her targets.

“We can analyze this. There should still be survivors in Buildings 1 and 3 of the C-shaped complex, while Building 2 was most likely wiped out by Solin. We see that the safe zone has now been spawned on the outer side of the entire airport island, and it happens to cut off half of the bridge connecting the airport to the outside.”

Sinon opened the map, and while explaining, she also conjured a Bison, a basic magnification holographic sight, and the 8x scope she had been crafting. The Division 3 actually has 12x and 15x scopes, but Sinon didn't have the materials for those. However, under normal circumstances, an 8x scope is sufficient for most battles.

"We have plenty of ammunition and medicine now. If we're just trying to survive longer or aim for a chicken dinner, there's no point in staying at the airport and being an airport killer. So we have two options now: either try to block the bridge or go straight into the safe zone and find a good place to hide while there are fewer people around, so we can avoid running into the poison gas."

She outlined two relatively reliable options. The first option is generally the first choice for streamers, as it creates excellent entertainment value, which is exactly what viewers enjoy. The second option is more suitable for large-scale competitions like BoB, because this playstyle is more stable.

Sinon paused for a moment and glanced at the comments in the upper right corner. Although some viewers were eager to see Sinon block the bridge, most wanted her to play more steadily so that she could go further in the finals.

"Then let's head towards the center of the safe zone. We need to get a vehicle first, and then try to avoid being affected by the enemies in the K and A buildings."

Shino rechecked her equipment and then walked down from one side of the steel frame. She had actually been a little confused herself. She could indeed get headshots with iron sights from over 200 meters away, but not like before, where almost every shot was aimed at the head, almost like she was using a cheat code. Not only that, she even had the illusion that her frame rate was "significantly higher than when she logged in before."

She tried to attribute this change to "using special equipment when logging in," but she had never felt this way when using the sealed pod for stealth before. This made her fall into deep thought.

"Why is this happening? Could it be Miss Rebecca..."

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"How could he even come up with such a way to mock someone... Is this really the basic quality of a top streamer...?"

Yuna looked at the screen on TV and sighed (or rather, complained). Now there were three people sitting in front of the TV, and their postures had changed quite a bit—Yuna was sitting upright on the sofa, while Ivy rested her head on Yuna's shoulder, and also provided Vector with a lap pillow below.