Updated: 2012-10-13

Explosions and gunshots are heard in the abandoned mall, and Sauron and Zero are chasing after each other. This race is a race with lives, and only one person can make it out of this battlefield alive.

And for now, the situation is quite unfavorable for Zero.

It is true that in a complex environment, Zero is more capable of exerting the ability of sniper sports. But as his opponent, Sauron possesses the ability of the fire elemental to inflict massive destruction in a limited space. From time to time, Sauron would shoot a pillar of fire, occasionally a wall of fire, and sporadically throw the flame spear in his hand to attack, causing the high temperature to burn and explode in an almost violent manner to clear the obstacles in front of him. This leaves Zero with no cover to conceal the shot, and for Sauron, Zero's attacks are more of a threat than armor-piercing bullets fired from a sniper rifle. As for the M500 revolver, unless Zero narrows the distance between the two to about 50 meters, the bullet will not be able to penetrate Sauron's elemental force field, not to mention that he also has a flame shield that can be used for secondary defense.

Zero did try, but at a distance of 50 meters, Sauron's abilities were far more destructive than Zero's revolver. After nearly being locked within Sauron's blast radius, Zero dismissed the idea.

And the most disadvantageous point for Zero is the lack of ammunition. Unlike Sauron, he doesn't need to carry any weapons or ammunition, but when needed, he can convert the energy of the fire elemental into a powerful weapon of war. Sauron, so to speak, is a mobile arsenal.

But zero can't do this, and snipers who rely on guns must be inseparable from the resources of guns and ammunition. Zero had plenty of ammo, but in the explosion in Windmill Town, the blaster tore through his backpack with ammunition and food. Zero returned to the battlefield afterwards, but less than 10% of the ammunition was recovered. Now his remaining special warheads can only support one round of firing at most, and as for Colt's ammunition, there are less than ten standard warheads left, and three armor-piercing bullets blessed with the fire element.

The afterglow of the explosion marked the traces of the battle between the two men, which stretched all the way to the fourth floor of the mall. The west side of the mall on the fourth floor has collapsed, and it is no longer possible to continue walking through the escalator from here. To go further, you can only go up the stairs through the fire escape. However, most of the buildings on the fifth floor collapsed, and it was difficult for any creatures to pass through them, except for some strange-shaped mutant beasts.

Obviously, Zero's body is also impassable, in other words, he has no way out.

On the fourth floor of the mall is a clothing store, most of the shops are in a damaged state, and only some of them are still intact. There were quite a few mannequins, as well as moldy old-era clothes.

Sauron chased Zero into a store, where he kept his speed at full speed to suppress Zero and ensure he couldn't stop sniping. A sinister smile appeared on Sauron's face, and it seemed to him that Zero had already bought himself a one-way ticket to Hell when he was in the mall.

The moment he entered the store, Sauron suddenly jumped up with all his strength. In his eyes, Zero, who had rushed into the store first, suddenly slid to the ground while the revolver opened fire in the direction of the doorway.

Sauron, who jumped up in time, let Zero's shot smash a glass vitrine window of the opposite shop in vain, and he casually threw his flame gun at Zero.

The shop was ablaze and the fire was nailed to the ground. Zero dodged the attack with a timely roll, but the explosion caused by the flame gun hitting the ground threw him into the fitting room.

A row of fitting rooms was divided into separate spaces with 5 centimeters of fireproof board, and when Sauron swooped into the fitting room, he saw that the fireproof board had been knocked open by a gap. Zero slammed into the fitting room at great speed and disappeared in an instant. Sauron didn't catch up either, but the flare spear that had just formed was a little in the direction of Zero. In an instant, a wall of high-temperature fire appeared out of thin air, and then ploughed after Zero's back like a bulldozer.

The cramped space of the fitting room could not withstand the rapid expansion of the hot air, and it exploded one after another. Seeing that the wall of fire was about to catch up with Zero, Zero suddenly flew sideways and crashed out of the door of the fitting room in Zuihou. The wall of fire exploded right behind him, rolling with his head in his hands, but the suit was still stained with flakes of flames. The flames formed by the fire element could not be extinguished naturally, and while rolling, Zero rudely tore off the radiation suit on his body, and the golden cicada threw the burning radiation suit on the ground like a shell, and then picked up the Colt next to him and crashed out directly through the glass window of the store.

Sauron gritted his teeth and followed, Zero was like an unkillable cockroach, much to Sauron's annoyance. He saw Zero turn into the fire escape, and Sauron rushed in without thinking about it. The fire escape was pitch black, but the flash of flames from Sauron's elemental armament allowed him to see clearly within five meters. Zero's figure appeared at the edge of his vision, and Sauron opened the way with a flare, increasing his speed to the limit and charging towards Zero.

He's going to take out this annoying opponent before the stairs behind the bend at the end of the passage where Zero enters!

In the dark passage, Sauron was seen wrapped in a stream of flames and rushed to the end of the passage. The distance of thirty meters disappeared under his feet in the blink of an eye, and Sauron faintly saw the bend in the passage, and Zero flashed away.

Damn it!

Zero's speed was still a line ahead of him, and when Sauron approached the exit of the T-shaped passage with a rage, he suddenly saw Zero raise his revolver at him.

Sauron roared, and the spear was thrown. Pierced Zero in the chest before he could finish his shooting move!

It worked!

Sauron was in ecstasy, but he heard the sound of glass shattering. In his eyes, the image of Zero was torn apart, and the reflection of the glass told him that the flame gun had pierced a mirror!

In the shards, Zero's revolver erupted in furious flames.

A deafening gunshot rang out from behind, followed by an erratic shaking of the elemental force field. Sauron turned abruptly, and Zero was behind him. As Sauron is distracted by the mirror, Zero approaches him and shoots him repeatedly. At the same time, Zero's left hand is on the outside of the thigh. The saber pinned to his lap came out of its sheath and swirled with a sharp whistling towards Sauron's face.

The elemental force field vibrated continuously, and was finally shattered by the fourth bullet fired at zero close range. The whistling saber passed through the energy fragments of the force field without any hindrance, swirling with the cold light of death!