The atmosphere was awkward.
Lin Qi returned and said apologetically, "Captain wants you to go over. This is your position, no one can replace you."
Xiao Jing clenched her teeth, and hesitantly walked out of the hall with her gun in hand.
It was a bit cold around the house, because it was already the second half of the night, and the temperature had dropped drastically.
Xiao Jing laid on the gra.s.s, as if flying insects had crawled across her forehead. She didn"t ask whether or not these insects would bite, and just kept her guard still.
"Are you deliberately avoiding me?"
The deep voice of a man came from behind her.
Xiao Jing was alerted and her back was stiff. She replied with a guilty conscience, "Captain, I was wrong. I just thought we should be fair."
"How"s that fair?"
"The original division was between you and Lin Qi. You shouldn"t have abused your power and intentionally switched places with us."
Xiao Jing said it all in one go.
"Did I deliberately change you guys?"
Shen Chengfeng repeated with interest before replying, "Yes, I did it on purpose."
"This is unfair to Lin Qi. This is his first mission, so he should have your protection."
"Do you think it"s safer to follow me?"
Shen Chengfeng pushed aside the gra.s.s and stared at the movement in front of him without blinking as he said coldly, "The soldiers following me will never have a greater sense of security because they do not need my protection."
"Unless you think you need my protection."
"I don"t need it."
Xiao Jing held onto the spear shaft tightly with both hands and whispered, "I was wrong."
"I don"t know what nonsense Xiao Zheng and you are talking about that makes you suddenly oppose me, but Second Lieutenant Xiao, you know in your heart that I have always treated you the same. What I want is for my soldiers to be able to leave every mission without a hitch, not intentionally giving them a sense of security."
Xiao Jing was silent.
"Our Special Forces are risking their lives to complete every single task, and not getting lucky. No one can guarantee that they won"t be blown away or shot through the head next time. All I can do is unleash their greatest potential and let them know that I"m never weak. Powerful people don"t need a sense of security behind their backs."
"Yes, captain"
Shen Chengfeng raised his hand to gently chase away the bug in Xiao Jing"s hair. His face remained calm, "Don"t say that I take special care of you. This is how you look down on yourself and how you don"t trust me."
Xiao Jing thought for a moment, then solemnly nodded, "Yes, captain."
"Pay attention, the rest of the night is not so peaceful."
Xiao Jing nodded seriously. Her eyes focused in front of her as she said, "Captain, are we going to the real battlefield next?"
Shen Chengfeng glanced at the small figure beside him but did not reply.
Xiao Jing tightened her grip on the spear shaft and said, "If I can"t go back, I want you to help me pa.s.s a message to my mother."
"No need."
Shen Chengfeng rejected without any hesitation.
Xiao Jing pursed her lips and smiled. "Captain is right. I don"t think there is a need. We will definitely be able to escape this mission safely."
Shen Chengfeng glanced at the figure beside him through the specks of light that came in through the moonlight. The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, as though he was smiling in a manner that was very light but very real.
Xiao Jing felt something crawling on her neck. She rubbed against it, but didn"t dare to make any big movements.
Shen Chengfeng raised his hand and silently captured the spider for him.
Xiao Jing instinctively shrank her neck when she felt his contact with her. She turned her head to the side and looked at him.
The light was dim, and the gra.s.s was hazy. Xiao Jing blinked, revealing a face close by. His breath was slightly hot, and when it landed on her face, it seemed to carry the scent of crackers.
Moonlight happened to drop a small dot between his eyebrows. His handsome features were unsmiling, even indifferent, especially his eyes, which were especially black, so dark that they seemed to devour his body. He was imprisoned in his eyes, and had nowhere to escape.
For a moment, Xiao Jing was lost in thought.
"Bang!"
A grenade descended from the sky and landed heavily in the middle of the courtyard. With a "pa" sound, the tree that was originally in flower exploded into pieces.
A group of people were sitting in the car. The heavy machine gun was aimed at the half room house. One of the people said, "The infrared ray shows signs of life here. Shoot."
"Cover me."
Before he could finish his words, Shen Chengfeng had already dashed out from the bushes.
Just a moment ago, he was only distracted, but when he was staying behind, he was ambushed by others. If word got out, it would damage his reputation as a general.
Xiao Jing was fully concentrated on preparing for firing, ensuring that any enemy forces that attempted to shoot Shen Chengfeng would lose their ability to fight.
Shen Chengfeng moved quickly and in just one breath, he was already under the enemy"s car.
"There"s someone under the car."
The driver was alerted to the situation. Just as he said that, he felt a pain in his throat. He suddenly opened his eyes wide and fell onto the steering wheel. Blood trickled down the steering wheel and dyed his military uniform red.
"f.u.c.k you, you dare to challenge me?"
A person jumped down from the car and opened up a grenade. Before he could throw it out, a hand had already grabbed his hand. In the next moment, his pupils contracted as the bullet pierced through his heart.
Shen Chengfeng"s hand held onto the burning grenade and the grenade was ready to explode. It gradually melted in his palm and eventually turned into a puddle of water that fused into the soil, leaving no trace of it behind.
The rest of the people in the car reacted one by one and rushed out of the car with guns in hand.
Xiao Jing pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced through her enemy"s body like a sharp, unsheathed blade from the gra.s.s, leaving behind a shocking wound.
"Go to h.e.l.l!"
The man held the heavy machine gun and fired. The bullets were like a sudden torrential rain in the summer, hitting the soil one by one.
Shen Chengfeng sneaked into the car and grabbed the car"s b.u.mper with one hand and started removing the b.u.mper from the bottom of the car.
The man who was shooting crazily in the car suddenly felt the car sway. Before he could react, his body lost its balance and fell off the car.
Shen Chengfeng looked at the man who fell into his control. He placed a gun to his forehead and without any hesitation, fired at him from close range.
"Bang!"
The man was pushed back by the impact and heavily hit the car frame. Instinctively, he spasmed for a moment before falling to the ground.
"Everyone is ready, leave this place."
Shen Chengfeng changed into a magazine, scanned the crowd and said, "Seems like we can"t wait until daybreak. Let"s start now. If we don"t find the Secretary of State before 10 o"clock, we"ll retreat to the church and disperse."
Xiao Jing turned to look at Xiao Zheng, who was also arranging a mission.
Xiao Zheng seemed to have felt her gaze and turned his head to look at her as well.
The two of them nodded in understanding before they left.
Xiao Jing was following behind Shen Chengfeng. They were getting closer and closer to the capital. The war was magnified by countless times, and the whole neighborhood was in ruins. What was more terrifying was the sounds of gunfire, as if there were no interruptions.
From time to time, there would be a sudden explosion. The Fire Dragon seemed to have gotten its freedom, soaring into the sky and devouring the entire street.
"Wait a minute."
Shen Chengfeng signaled for Xiao Jing to stop moving.
The two of them hid in the corner and watched as several cars pa.s.sed by. On the roof of the car, a man held a gun and wildly fired at them, as if celebrating their short victory with the sound of gunfire.
"Start the party."
The copilot took out a bottle of champagne and shook it at the sky. The cork shot out and he laughed as he scattered the wine.
"General, 1 km ahead is a secret group of people."
A motorbike headed straight for the convoy. One of the motorists had an unconcealable smirk on his face.
"The prey is here, let"s go."
When Xiao Jing saw the carriages that had already disappeared into the streets, she whispered, "Could it be Lin Qi and the others?"
"It shouldn"t be. It"s impossible for them to expose themselves so easily. It"s very likely that they are the people we are looking for."
"You"re saying that it"s the State Minister Feng Qing and his men?"
Now that her target was exposed, it was very likely that before they rushed over, their target would have already been captured or killed.
Shen Chengfeng stood up straight with an unprecedented seriousness in his eyes and said, "Are you afraid of casualties?"
Xiao Jing saw him carefully confirming the magazine"s capacity, so she shook her head without a doubt, "I"m not afraid."
"Alright, follow me then."
Xiao Jing tightly gripped onto this heavy weapon with both hands. She stared intently at the figure walking in front of her. The morning sun broke through the horizon and landed warmly on the blood-stained ground.
"Bang!"
The sound of the explosion echoed unabated through the dead neighborhood.
The flames began to boil, and waves of fire began to roll over.
"Wait a minute."
Shen Chengfeng grabbed Xiao Jing, who was moving forward, and continued to hide her in the corner of the alley.
The explosion continued to rumble, and both sides fired at the same time. The bullets shot through the water pipe and the water droplets sprayed out, extinguis.h.i.+ng a small piece of flame.
"Who are those people?"
Xiao Jing frowned. The person being surrounded and attacked wasn"t the person they were looking for.
Shen Chengfeng said in a hushed tone, "I think we met the right house. Let"s retreat first."
"BOOM!" "BOOM!" "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Xiao Jing lowered her head and looked at the thing that rolled to the bottom of their feet. The grenade was still smoking a.s.siduously.
"Lie down."
Shen Chengfeng threw himself to Xiao Jing"s side.
"Bang!"
The grenade exploded, breaking the wall in half and cras.h.i.+ng to the ground.
Xiao Jing"s mind was somewhat muddled. When she finally reacted, the thick smell of blood filled her nose.
"Are you alright?"
The hoa.r.s.e voices of men rose from the sides of her ears.
Xiao Jing touched her head. There was blood on her forehead. She hurriedly opened the brick that was thrown onto Shen Chengfeng"s body and asked, "Captain, captain, are you alright?"
Shen Chengfeng covered the back of his head with his hands as fresh blood soaked the entire glove.
"Captain —"
"Don"t talk."
Shen Chengfeng covered his mouth and as he heard the intermittent gunshots behind him, he lifted the rock and staggered to his feet, "Let"s go."
Xiao Jing wanted to support him, but he coldly stared at her.
Shen Chengfeng stood at the bottom of the wall and patted his knees, "Use the power to climb up."
Xiao Jing leaped onto the high wall and extended her hand towards Shen Chengfeng, "Captain."
Shen Chengfeng grabbed his hand and jumped onto the high wall as well. The two of them climbed over the wall and looked for a way out.
"It smells of blood."
The woman who was walking past the alley gave a sly smile as she held a high-precision a.s.sault rifle in her hand. She stepped towards the wall where she had been blown away. Her eyes darkened as she looked at the few drops of beautiful red frost on the rock, the smile on her face became even wider.
"Lillian, what"s wrong?"
The man noticed the woman who stopped and shouted.
The woman walked into the alley and said, "A fish escaped from the net."
The two of them stood by the wall at the same time, looking at the blood that hadn"t yet solidified on the ground, smiling at each other.
"I like to tease these disobedient kittens."
The woman raised her red lips proudly.
"I like it, too."
Almost at the same time, the two of them climbed up the high wall.
A broken beer bottle was rolling down a small, quiet block.
Xiao Jing stood in the center of the cross and gasped for breath. She asked, "Captain, where are we going now?"
Shen Chengfeng pressed his hand on his mouth and said cautiously, "Someone"s coming."
Xiao Jing listened attentively while humming a song in the air.
"Come out, I see you."
The man"s arrogant voice came from the quiet street.
"Big Brother, why are you so fierce?"
"It will scare our little pet."
The woman smiled playfully.
"Little sister is right. I have to be gentler, or else I"ll be playing them to death all of a sudden. That would be no fun at all."
The footsteps were getting closer.
Shen Chengfeng found the best shooting spot and waited quietly for the other party to approach.
However, the two of them didn"t take any further steps forward.
The man picked up his sniper rifle and fired.
Xiao Jing frowned, "The other side is reporting us."
"No choice, shoot."
Shen Chengfeng did not hesitate anymore. He did not care that the other party was hiding in a blind spot he could aim at from such a distance, so he just fired.
"Bang!"
The bullet landed on the lamppost and got stuck in the iron block, steaming hot.
The woman picked up the long spear and the cannon ball, and with a flick of her index finger, the cannon ball flew through the air along with its long tail.
Xiao Jing crawled on the ground and rolled twice. After that, she picked up the AK, pulled the trigger without any hesitation, and fired continuously.
The man pushed aside the smug woman at his side. The bullet went through his arm, and he swore, "d.a.m.n it."
The woman came back to her senses. Looking at her injured brother, she picked up the gun once again and fired two shots in fury, "Die!"
The artillery sh.e.l.l exploded ten meters behind the two of them. The wave of fire shook the sky and shook the earth.
Shen Chengfeng aimed at his target and his eyes darkened as he fired two bullets at the same time.
"Ah!"
The woman staggered a step forward, then leaned against the wall and slowly sat down.
The man luckily avoided the shot. Looking at the woman who had already closed her eyes, he frantically attacked the spot where the shot had been fired.
"Bang!"
When the bullet landed on the man"s forehead, his pupils constricted, his vision dissipated, and he fell on his back.
Jiang Xin and Lin Qi climbed down from the high wall. After confirming that the man had lost his combat strength, they hurriedly ran forward.
"Captain, I just received news that the Minister of State is to the south of the city. He is likely to be captured."
Jiang Xin reported directly.
Shen Chengfeng nodded, "Let"s go."
Lin Qi was about to leave, but the woman suddenly opened her eyes. She held a sniper rifle in her hand and aimed the muzzle at Xiao Jing, who was one meter in front of him.
"Bang!"
"Xiao Jing."
Lin Qi"s body instinctively pounced forward, the bullet piercing through his right waist and ricocheting off the wall, leaving behind a bright red mark.
"Bang, bang, bang."
The bullets descended upon the woman"s body from all directions until the magazine emptied Shen Chengfeng before she stopped firing.
"Lin Qi, Lin Qi?"
Xiao Jing held Lin Qi who was lying on the ground, her hands couldn"t stop shaking as she looked at the blood that was spreading underneath his body.
"I-I"m fine."
Lin Qi shook his head, trying to wake himself up.
Shen Chengfeng squatted down and carefully examined Lin Qi"s wounds. With a serious expression, he said, "Although he managed to avoid vital points, he still managed to pa.s.s through his body. For safety"s sake, he can"t continue his actions. Xiao Jing, bring him to the church, meet up with Jin Shan and the others and leave immediately."
"But captain …"
"This is an order."
Shen Chengfeng changed into a new magazine and glanced at Lin Qi, who had fainted. He then turned around and left without looking back.
Xiao Jing half-knelt on the ground, staring at the two figures as they left. She clenched her teeth, picked Lin Qi up from the ground, and ran towards the church while looking for the map in her memories.
"Second Lieutenant Xiao, let me down. Don"t worry about me, completing the mission is more important."
Lin Qi said drowsily.
"Captain and the others are already gone. My mission now is to take you away."
"My injuries are not serious. It will be very dangerous for the captain and the two of them to go rescue the Minister of State."
Lin Qi held Xiao Jing"s shoulder, his eyes heavy, "Our mission is only one from the beginning. Protect the Secretary of State and leave me here, I will protect myself well, and after you finish your mission, you can bring me back."
Xiao Jing tightened her grip on the spear in her hand, "I can"t leave my comrades behind."
"This is a battlefield, casualties are inevitable. In front of the country"s honor, our deaths are certain."
Lin Qi leaned against the wall and steadied himself.
Xiao Jing bit her lips. "But what if we encounter an enemy?"
"Don"t you believe in your comrades?"
"Although I am injured, my ability is still there. These ordinary soldiers can"t hurt me."
Lin Qi breathed heavily, blood oozing out from his wounds. He knew that although he looked at the terrifying wounds, there was no danger of them being too heavy.
Xiao Jing weighed the pros and cons.
"There are tens of thousands of enemies. Xiao Jing, the overall situation is more important."
Lin Qi said again.
"Yes."
Xiao Jing stood up with reddened eyes. She raised her head, straightened her chest, and saluted Lin Qi with her right hand.
Lin Qi weakly raised his right hand and said in a deep voice, "Be careful."
Overstatement -
Ha hha, yes, Xiao Man had no choice but to show off her true colors. Tomorrow, everyone must come as soon as possible. Master Shen San San finally discovered Second Lieutenant Xiao"s ident.i.ty, hha ha.