Chapter 30 The Final Battle Moment
“Hehe, of course not. I'm just delivering a message from our captain: for everyone's safety, it's best to be smart and give us the old guy. Once we get the virus sample, the game will naturally end. Everyone will be safe. What do you think?”
“What, starting to threaten us already?” I sneered. Even though I'm usually cautious, and sometimes people call me cowardly, I've never been scared. I want to see how these defenders plan to play.
“You can only blame your bad luck, but we found Dr. Koro first, and he doesn't want to go with you, so stop dreaming,” he said defiantly.
The defender named Xiao Rui seemed to anticipate my response and didn't get angry. Instead, he turned around and said, “It seems we can't reach an agreement. Well then, I'll advise you: the bullets of our Gunslinger captain don't have eyes.”
After speaking, Xiao Rui slowly walked into the shadows, and Dead Demon awkwardly smiled at me, following along.
Watching their departing backs, I thought to myself, “It seems things are beyond saving. Fine, a battle is inevitable sooner or later! I must notify everyone early so we can prepare to confront the defenders together.”
Defender Gathering Point.
“Xiao Rui, how's it going? That guy didn't agree?” a female fox-hunter mercenary asked. Xiao Rui looked at her and smiled helplessly, “Nothing we can do. This was the expected answer, wasn't it?”
“Hmph! You don't accept a toast but drink the punishment wine! Captain, after resting so long, it's about time for some action!” a defender chuckled. When he said that, all the defenders' eyes turned to the Gunslinger commander.
The Gunslinger glanced at everyone's eager eyes, corner of his mouth lifting slightly: “I see, let's end the game quickly!” Hearing this, everyone laughed triumphantly.
Dead Demon sighed at the scene: it seems there's no other way. Don't blame me for being frustrated.
Infiltrator Gathering Point.
I Airo and the others, who were originally bargaining with Dr. Koro, fell silent upon hearing my words. “Hmph!”"Glasses spoke first: 'Fight if we have to, do you think we'd be afraid of them?' Gaara said: 'Of course we're not afraid of them. The issue is that there aren't as many of us as there are of them, so we need to come up with a good way to deal with it.' After saying that, Gaara looked at Dr. Koro: 'Doctor, right now we are desperately trying to protect you and your scientific achievements. Are you really going to let us die in such a worthless way?' On the surface, Gaara's words seemed very sincere, both morally and in terms of interest. But if you listened carefully, you could discern a hidden threat in them: we're risking our lives for you, and you still don't trust us? That's cold! If you don't give us the virus samples, fine! Since we can't defeat the guards, you just wait and see someone come and take it!' Dr. Koro wasn't a fool either; he fell silent after hearing Gaara's words. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, 'Alright, as long as you can guarantee my safety, I can give you half of the virus samples! Now you have a reason to fight the guards!' 'Hehe, not bad! Just as you said, we now have a reason to fight the guards!' Now, as long as we defeat the guards, we can get the virus samples and complete the game mission, without having to tussle with those damn phantoms anymore. In other words—this is the final battle! And the most crucial one! If we win, we can end the game ahead of time and get a large reward; but if we lose, there won't be much to say. So this battle can only be won, not lost. We should carefully analyze the situation, Gaara pondered: 'First, although the guards might attack soon, at least they haven't come yet. This is a good opportunity—we need to use this time to prepare. Second, they outnumber us; we only have eight people, and some of us need to be assigned to protect the doctor, which makes things even more complicated. Fortunately, their weapons and equipment aren't as good as ours, which makes up for our lack of numbers.' 'But our situation is still very bad. Don't forget, after fighting the biochemical phantoms, everyone's ammunition isn't sufficient. Of course, things probably aren't much better on the guards' side either.'But the most important point is that the situation on the battlefield changes in an instant, and no one can say for sure that they will win. Once the fight starts, bullets will fly everywhere, so everyone needs to be careful!”
Everyone nodded. Gaara was very meticulous in his thinking and made a thorough summary. Just as we were about to assign personnel, a small situation arose: we were made up of two teams, and when the fight started, you would fight on your own and I would fight on mine, making it hard for anyone to command the other. To ensure better coordination in battle, we decided to follow the defenders' example and choose a commander.
This was a bit tricky. We had two team leaders here, so who should take command? Of course, I wanted to be the commander, but considering Black Sniper's self-confident personality, he might not agree. Unexpectedly, Black Sniper suddenly acted out of character: “Let the gloomy guy be the commander!”
Seeing everyone's confused expressions, Black Sniper seemed a little embarrassed: “Bullets have already been lost due to my mistake, and I absolutely cannot act on my own again! You have more people and stronger fighting capabilities, and you even saved my life before. Morally and logically, I shouldn't seize this position.”
I didn't expect Black Sniper to be so reasonable this time. It seemed the incident with the bullets had indeed changed him. Since that's the case, from now on I would be the commander, with Gaara assisting me as a strategist.
Things were different now. Perhaps before, our two teams were like loose sand, but now, in order to deal with a common enemy, everyone had started to unite completely.
“Now I'll start assigning tasks. Black Sniper, your team will set traps to surprise the defenders; Lao Wan and Xiao Bai are responsible for protecting the old guy (everyone froze—old guy?), oh, no, protecting Dr. Koro. Glasses and I will scout the defenders' movements nearby. Everyone, organize your ammunition and equipment and start moving!”
Seeing everyone spring into action, Gaara looked somewhat puzzled. “Gloomy guy, why didn't you tell me?”
Hehe, how could I ever forget the most important person? Your task is special: I want you to find an escape route for us. If we can't hold our position, you must lead us to escape and prevent the enemy from catching us!
Hearing my words, Gaara looked at me with slight surprise for the first time: “Prepare for both options?”You can do it! With you here, it looks like I'm no longer needed here.” After saying that, I followed Luo to find our way out.
Black Sniper patted my shoulder and said, “It seems I made the right choice. You really are more suited than me to be the chief commander.”
Hehe, I smiled shyly. Actually, they didn't know that ever since I had contact with the Guardians, I had already started thinking of plans in my mind.
……
At the Guardians' gathering place.
‘Click!' A Guardian pulled back the safety on his gun, a bit impatiently saying, “Captain, we've waited long enough. We gave them so much time, yet they haven't brought Dr. Koro over. It seems they've made up their minds. Why aren't we attacking yet?”
“Fenghuo, don't get too excited. We'll move out now!” Gun God's eyes carried a hint of killing intent: “Infiltrators, you're forcing my hand!”
After organizing their equipment, everyone walked upright and proud towards the infiltrators. Each of them was full of fighting spirit, ready to teach the ungrateful infiltrators a lesson. Only Dead Demon intentionally stayed at the very end.
Others might not understand, but could I not understand them? I realized this back when the Frustrated One was captured by us. This guy was no pushover. Since he dared to challenge the Guardians, he certainly wouldn't give up easily!
“Wait! We are now entering the infiltrators' area, everyone slow down.” Gun God said, leading the way down the passage. Seeing Gun God's expression, everyone began to slow their pace.
As they walked, Gun God suddenly stopped. He crouched down and looked at the thin wire on the ground, smiling proudly: “Hmph, these idiots seriously underestimate me! See that? This is an infiltrator trap. Everyone be careful not to step on it.”
The door of the passage was right in front. Gun God lifted his foot over the white wire on the ground. Just as he was about to move forward, ‘Ding!' A clear sound suddenly rang from somewhere. Gun God's face changed: “This, this sound is... the pin of a grenade going off?!”
“Damn, everyone, get down quickly!”
‘Bang!'As soon as 'the gun god' finished speaking, he suddenly leapt toward the door. A deafening explosion followed, and the entire passage was blown into a pile of rubble! In an instant, flames rose high and thick smoke filled the air, with continuous screams and moans echoing throughout the passage. (End of this chapter)
