Volume 1: The Beginning Chapter 35: Sneak Attack

  Perhaps it was the sixth sense of an excellent shooter, Liu Shunping did not notice anything unusual, but he could feel the danger approaching.

  He suddenly crouched down, looking around nervously in all directions while raising his hand to signal the two companions behind him to stop advancing.

  Xiong Dahi and Xiaofeng also crouched down at the same time, their eyes scanning the surroundings like lightning. However, after a good while of searching, the three of them still didn't find any signs of the enemy, and Xiong Dahi and Xiaofeng's suspicious gazes involuntarily fell on Liu Shunping.

  Liu Shunping himself found it strange, the enemy shouldn't have appeared here, and he really didn't see the enemy's shadow, why did a bad premonition arise in his heart?

  Could it be that my own feelings are wrong, and I'm just being overly suspicious?

  As he thought of this, he slowly stood up and turned his head back, just about to speak to Xiong Dahan and Xia Feng, when suddenly a gunshot rang out from not far away, and at the same time, his helmet on top of his head also made a crisp cracking sound.

  "There's an ambush..." As it turned out, his premonition was correct, but now it was too late to understand.

  Xia Wenjie shot this cold shot in the dark and didn't fire a second shot. He jumped up from the ground, turned around and ran away.

  Liu Shunping saw clearly, pointing at Xia Wenjie's fleeing back, shouting loudly: "Where? Where is the enemy?"

  Before he had finished speaking, Xiong Dahai and Xia Feng's guns had already swept past in a double burst of fire.

  Xia Wenjie, such a cautious and careful person, dared to set up an ambush here, had already observed everything in advance, and thought of a way out for himself. There are many obstacles here, after the exchange of fire, they can be used as cover, allowing him to escape smoothly from under the enemy's gunfire.

  He ran in an S-shape among the many obstacles, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, making it difficult for people to judge. The bullets shot by Xiong Dahai and Xia Feng also mostly hit the cover.

  "Charge!" Seeing that they couldn't hit the enemy, Xiong Dahai let out a loud roar and charged forward with his gun. Xia Feng's speed wasn't slow either, closely following behind him as they both went to pursue and kill Xia Wenjie.

  Both sides were not just blindly running, but also shooting at each other during the chase. Bullets flew back and forth, and several times Xia Wenjie felt that bullets were flying past his neck and cheek.

  The tighter he was chased, the faster he ran. Unbeknownst to him, he had already run from District 9 into District 10. If he continued running forward, he would reach the edge of District 10.

  He looked ahead, in front of him was the track, and beyond the track was the cafeteria. He turned his head back to take a look, and found that Xiong Dahan and Xia Feng had been left far behind by him. With obstacles blocking his view, he couldn't see their figures.

  He rolled his eyes and sprinted across the track, arriving at the entrance of the cafeteria. He pushed open a gap in the door and slipped inside sideways.

  The dining hall was empty and dark, he leaned against the door and sat down, panting heavily.

  He didn't know if hiding in the cafeteria was against the rules, but at the beginning, Yan Luo had already declared that every place in the training camp could be considered a battlefield, so it should include the cafeteria too.

  And then Xiong Dahai and Xia Feng ran to the track nearby, looking around in all directions, where was Xia Wenjie's figure?

  Xiong Dahai panted heavily, took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead with one hand, and scratched his hair, saying: "Strange, where did Xia Wenjie run to? Can he still hide and suddenly disappear?"

  Xia Feng gave him a white eye, although she also had a belly full of incomprehension. She hesitated for a moment and expressionlessly said to Xiong Dahai: "Split up and search."

  "Alright! You go left, I'll go right."

  "Alright." Xiaofeng nodded and walked towards the left side.

  Xiong Dahai watched as she walked further and further away, he himself also started to move slowly towards the right side, he was searching all around for Xia Wenjie's figure, suddenly, he heard a faint noise coming from the cafeteria on the other side of the track.

  He had a sudden movement in his heart, and Xia Wenjie might have hidden in the cafeteria. Thinking of this, he rolled his eyes around and carefully came to the door of the cafeteria through the runway.

  He held the rifle, first using the barrel to nudge the door, which was not locked. The barrel easily pushed the door open a crack. He narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly pushed the door open, stepping inside one step at a time.

  The lights in the cafeteria were all turned off, it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers when he stretched out his hand. He held a gun in one hand and raised the other to feel along the wall, soon he found the switch, with a soft click, the electric light on the top of the cafeteria was lit up.

  Just as the lights in the cafeteria were turned on, a fist came flying towards his face.

  Xiong Dahai himself was good at fighting and had a quick reaction. He dodged the incoming punch with a swift movement, and when he looked again, who was standing in front of him? It wasn't Xia Wenjie, but someone else.

  "You're really hiding here." Xiong Dahai exclaimed, then raised the gun in his hand, ready to shoot Xia Wenjie. His finger had already reached the trigger, but he couldn't pull it down, as Xia Wenjie had already pressed his finger on the back of the trigger.

  Can't fire a shot, that would only attract all the enemies over. Otherwise, Xia Wenjie could have killed him with one shot when he just came in.

  He used one hand to press the rifle trigger while the other hand didn't idle, making a quick motion on the rifle with a swipe, and then the palm moved downwards in a smooth motion, only to hear a "click" sound, and the magazine was ejected.

  His movements were extremely fast, with no pause in between, and even Xiong Dahai was startled. He looked down at the rifle that had lost its magazine in his hand, and suddenly let out a loud shout, lifting his leg to kick Xia Wanjie's abdomen fiercely.

  Xia Wenjie dodged and retreated, avoiding the opponent's heavy kick while casually throwing away the clip in his hand and drawing out a dagger.

  It seems he wants to have a close combat with himself. Xiong Da reveals a cold smile on his face, throws away the rifle in his hand, and then pulls out a dagger.

  "Xia Wenjie, don't say I didn't warn you, a knife has no eyes, what if it hurts you..."

  "You'd better take care of yourself first." Xia Wenjie didn't have time to waste words with Xiong Dahai, he was very clear in his mind that outside there was still a Xia Feng, if he couldn't solve Xiong Dahai quickly, when Xia Feng came in, he would be finished.

  His words had barely fallen when he charged forward fiercely. Although he was slender, his explosive force was astonishingly strong, and when he pounced, it was as if a fierce tiger had burst out of its cage, carrying the momentum of thunder and lightning. Even Xiong Dahai did not dare to resist his sharp edge head-on, and retreated to avoid him.

  He dodged Xia Wenjie's full-force blow, but he never expected that Xia Wenjie's real target was not him, but the light switch behind him. With a soft click, the lights were turned off by Xia Wenjie, and the cafeteria instantly plunged into darkness again.

  Xiong Dahai let out a loud cry of surprise, he hadn't figured out Xia Wanjie's intentions yet, when suddenly he heard a dull thud, the sound of a flash grenade exploding.

  In an instant, a dazzling strong light burst out in the dark canteen. At the same time, Xiong Dahai couldn't see or hear anything. In front of him was a vast expanse of whiteness, and his ears were filled with buzzing noise.

  "Ah!" He silently cursed himself for being deceived, his mouth agape, just about to shout and call out to Xiaofeng outside, but before the sound could even escape his lips, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck, his vision turned black, and then, everything went dark.

  Xia Wenjie rushed up to him and struck his neck with a knife hand, knocking him out directly.

  If it were just a matter of close combat, Xia Wenjie would not be able to defeat Xiong Dahai no matter what, but he was quick-witted and skilled at calculation, knowing how to use all the advantageous factors around him, launching surprise attacks on his opponent when they least expected it.

  Brother, I'm sorry! He muttered to himself in his heart, first slowly putting the unconscious Xiong Dahai on the ground, and then he came to the door of the cafeteria, opened a gap and looked outside, didn't find any enemy, only then did he drag Xiong Dahai's heavy body out of the cafeteria.

  He dragged Xiong Dahai out and propped him against the wall, then slipped back into the dining hall.

  That's right, this is the trap he set up, and the target of the trap was Xia Feng who came with Xiong Da Hai.

  According to the agreement with Xiaofeng and Xiong Dahai, she searched on the left side, but after searching for a long time, she didn't see even a ghostly figure. She felt that Xia Wenjie was no longer in her search area, so Xiaofeng quickly turned back.

  As she walked near the track, she saw Xiong Dahan leaning against the wall of the cafeteria, hunching his back and lowering his head, seemingly resting. She furrowed her brow, walking up to him and asking, "Haven't you found Xia Wenjie either?"

  Xiong Dahai didn't move, not even lifting his head to look at him or responding. Xia Feng's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, quickening his pace by a few steps, and arrived in front of Xiong Dahai, saying in a deep voice with an air of superiority: "I'm asking you something."

  "Hey! Hey?" Not hearing any response, Xiaofeng couldn't help but push Xiong Dahai. If she hadn't pushed him, he would have been fine, but with this push, Xiong Dahai's massive body suddenly fell straight down.

  Xia Feng instinctively let out a cry, hastily crouched down, and anxiously asked: "What's wrong with you?" Just as she was checking on Xiong Dahai, the cafeteria door beside her silently opened, and a black figure flashed out from inside.

  Because Xiaofeng was facing the door with her back, she didn't notice the person coming from behind. However, she could see the shadow of a person reflected on the ground. She silently cursed herself for being ambushed! Without hesitation, she turned around with all her might and prepared to fire at the same time.

  Just as she turned back, the person behind her kicked out a foot, neither biased nor inclined, and kicked her 95-style rifle in her hand.

  Crack! With a crisp sound, the rifle in her hand flew out and fell far away. Xiaofeng hesitated for only a moment, then let out an angry roar and pounced on the opponent.