Chapter 18: Retreat!

  What is elite?

  Elite troops are absolutely obedient! Any command, even if it's to shoot themselves, they will resolutely execute. It's clear that the "Black Snake" led by Nicholas is elite, and even among the elite, they are the crème de la crème!

  When the team members received Nicholas' command, there was not even a slight hesitation or questioning, and they executed it resolutely! Moreover, to Nicholas, this "head", they all gave unreserved trust and support.

  More bullets, denser bullets, shot out from the guns in their hands, rolling up a metal storm, forcing Li Xue and Yin Kuang to retreat back to their respective hiding spots.

  Yin Kuang had originally decided to kill the enemy in the clothing store, but unexpectedly, the other side not only didn't enter, but instead crazily poured bullets into the store, so he could only hide again.

  "This is simply shameful!"

  Yin Kuang gritted his teeth fiercely.

  In another place, Li Shuangmu, who was hiding at the foot of the wall, was hit by a stray bullet in his left foot and gritted his teeth in pain. However, he couldn't help but ignore the intense pain coming from his foot and instead furrowed his brow tightly, "Not right! Very abnormal! But... what's not right?"

  "First came the high-pitched Five-Four rifle shots...... then Barrett's gunfire...... Zeng Fei's AWM...... Suddenly intensified firepower...... Could it be...... No!!!"

  It seemed like she had thought of something, and Lei Shuang's face suddenly changed. Her originally pale face due to injury and blood loss instantly lost its last bit of color.

  Li Shuang took a deep breath, puffed out her chest and shouted loudly: "They're going to escape!"

  "Run... run run..."

  The echoes reverberated through the streets, intertwined with the intense gunfire.

  Yin Kuang was not far from Li Shuangyu, so he heard her words very clearly.

  "Escaping?" Yin Kuang was taken aback, and immediately his face lit up with joy, "They're going to run? We've won..." Suddenly, before he could even raise an eyebrow in excitement, his expression froze, "Run!? No good!"

  The enemy is running away, isn't it?

  Not only bad, but extremely terrible!!

  Why?

  The reason is very simple!

  When facing the enemy head-on, our side can't even lift their heads, but once they hide in the dark, the enemy is hidden while we are exposed, what awaits us is a very swift death!

  A group of newly graduated high school students were targeted by a group of mercenaries who had survived in the midst of iron and blood, where even drinking water could lead to being shot in the head, leaving no hope for survival.

  This task... really can't be done anymore!

  Give up the mission? It's no longer possible!

  They have already killed many of our people, and this vendetta has been thoroughly settled. I'm afraid they would like to cut every single one of us into pieces. Moreover, it's not the thieves that we're afraid of, but rather a group of desperate fugitives who are now their bullets!

  So, in order not to be killed by them, the only way is... to kill them all!!

  Thinking of this, Yin's face tightened, his teeth clenched together, "Already been forced to this point... Advance is death, retreat is also death! Good, very good! I want to see... Want to see..."

  Yin Kuang's face turned red with rage, his teeth clenched. Suddenly, he saw a human body model lying not far away, and without thinking, he picked it up and threw it out with force!

  Dada!

  A round of metal storm swept through, and the human body model was instantly beaten with a thousand holes.

  Taking advantage of the less-than-one-second shift in firepower, Yin Kuang quickly flipped out of the clothing store. Although he knew that after flipping out of the clothing store, he would be completely exposed to the enemy's gunfire, but he could only do so! Even if the next moment he would be shot like a human model into a beehive. Because, he had no choice.

  He closed his eyes tightly.

  When he emerged from the clothing store's low wall, he only felt that all the hairs on his body stood up, and his body seemed to sink into a cold lake on a winter day.

  Silence!

  He suddenly felt an eerie silence! As if he had gone deaf!

  But before he could savor the dead silence of the world, a piercing pain shot through his back.

  "This is... what it feels like to be shot? It really hurts so much."

  After his body touched the concrete ground outside the low wall, he rolled forward with all his might. There was a overturned car there, and as long as he could roll to that place, he could avoid those bullets like a storm.

  However, from a distance, that white man William suddenly appeared out of nowhere, his face twisted in a fierce expression as he bit open a hand grenade and let out a loud roar: "Lona! I've avenged you!!"

  After finishing speaking, he made a throwing gesture with his still movable left hand...

  "William!!"

  Not far away, Nicholas's eyes were bloodshot and his hoarse voice cracked as he bellowed.

  But it's too late!

  Another bullet from the dark flew through the black night and pierced his bulletproof vest, entering William's heart!

  A cluster of blood flowers splashed out.

  William only felt his whole body becoming light and airy, the power in his left hand also quickly draining away like a burst dam, "Xie Te..."

  Boom!

  The grenade exploded, and the boiling flames instantly engulfed his entire body.

  Nicholas hastily lay down a short distance away from him and thus avoided being affected by the shockwave of the explosion.

  And almost at the same time, the explosion illuminated the positions of several mercenaries.

  "Damn it, William!" Nicholas gritted his teeth and gave a decisive order, "Blue Whale, Sagittarius, you two stay behind to cover our retreat! The rest of you, increase firepower and immediately leave the battlefield. Then regroup at the old place. Don't worry, everyone... we'll settle this account with them properly."

  "Right, boss!"

  That long-haired young man on the other side responded with a loud voice, saying to his teammate beside him: "Sagittarius, let's stay behind and cut off their retreat."

  "After...alright." The man let out a bitter smile, then with a resolute expression said: "The time has come! This is the final judgment. Please forgive my sins, Lord...even if I end up by Satan's side...my heart will forever serve You..."

  He drew a cross on his chest as if praying like a devout believer.

  The lingering flames illuminated his smoke-filled face, which was a deep red, and despite the centipede-like scar on his cheek, he looked so devout.

  On one side, the blue whale quietly watched him pray, with bright eyes leaping flames, "It's great to have faith. Even if it's death, his will cannot be defeated..."

  "Alright." The Sagittarius kissed the silver cross in his hand and then put it into his chest.

  "Hmm." Blue Whale lazily responded, saying: "This time... in the words of ancient China, it's ' capsizing in a ditch'. To be honest, up until now, we still don't know who the other party is or why they ambushed us. Moreover, their tactics are extremely poor, to the point where you could say they have no tactics at all. I can even see that they're just fighting individually, without any coordination between them. Until now, I still can't figure out where we went wrong."

  "Sagittarius asked: 'Does it matter?'"

  “….” The blue whale gently shook his finger, and his narrow face was full of comfort, as if he were basking in the sun on a Hawaiian beach, rather than on a battlefield with gunfire, bullets, flames, and darkness. "The Chinese say 'know yourself and know your enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.'" His Mandarin was extremely standard, even with a Beijing accent, and just listening to his voice might make one think he was a native Beijinger. "If we knew who they were... why they attacked us... perhaps we could start from here and counterattack them. Unfortunately, headquarters hasn't sent over any information at all. As a result, we lost five comrades, and still don't know what the enemy's goal is."

  "This is no time for reasoning, Blue Whale." The Sagittarius said coldly: "Pick up the gun in your hand, use your bullets to forgive your enemy, this is what you should do."

  The blue whale let out a faint sigh, and deep disappointment flowed from his eyes. He didn't know what he was disappointed about either. "Alright... Let's carry out our mission."

  The two of them had the leisure to chat here because their teammates were buying time for them to rest and adjust. In the midst of their conversation, the hail of bullets in the air did not cease. Apparently, this group of "Black Snakes" was venting their anger by firing bullets, they wanted to fire all the bullets, releasing the resentment and frustration in their hearts!

  They retreated and fought, gradually their figures were about to be engulfed by the dark night...

  But in the dark place where they couldn't see, two pairs of eyes were emitting a faint, cold glow...

  A pair, crawling forward on all fours, with elbows and knees ground bloody by the cement floor.

  Another pair is...