Chapter 1041: Breaking Down the Defense

BANG!

She pressed the trigger and the bullet pierced through the thick smoke.

The sniper one kilometer away used the radio life detection device on its scope to harvest the life of the mercenaries attempting to retreat. But when Arrow mercenaries realized this, five people had already fallen under her sniper.

“Sh*t! He can see us!”

The cement slag splashed against his face, and a frightened mercenary fell behind cover while yelling into the intercom on his shoulder. The bullets of the automatic rifle scratched over his helmet, but he didn’t dare to fire back at the “rioters”. He saw with his own eyes that a comrade five meters away died under the muzzle of the sniper rifle.

He couldn’t understand how the sniper locked onto them through the thick smoke.

Their smoke bombs had a pseudo-infrared function. Even with thermal imaging, it was only possible to see bright white or bright red.

Just as he was still shocked about what happened, a white pickup truck slammed through the entrance of the institute and rushed toward his rear. He saw from the corners of his eyes that there was no one in the driver seat, and two burning oil drums were tied behind the carriage.

He had no time to react, and the deafening explosion pierced his eardrums.

The scorching air swept through the open space in front of the institute, and the burning fire swallowed all the smoke.

“Perfect.”

The militant leader peeked out from cover and looked at the defense engulfed in flames. A merciless smile formed on his already cold face.

He raised his hand and waved his fist forward. A dozen armed soldiers left cover and fired in the direction of the institute. Under the cover of heavy machine guns and a sniper rifle, they pushed forward.

The protesting crowd had disappeared, and bullets flew freely between the two sides. Arrow’s mercenaries placed two heavy machine guns on the roof and hid behind the steel reinforcements to fire at the militant soldiers.

The sudden, unexpected firepower caught the militants off-guard as five soldiers were torn into pieces by heavy machine guns.

“Fu*k, they hid two heavy machine guns in the institute.”

Behind the armored police car, the militant leader cursed and gestured to the soldiers behind hi