A piercing squawk from the radio jolted Liu Peiqie, and his vision returned to normal.
"The target is trying to escape!" Price barked through the crackling comms. "Soap! Take Griggs and pursue him. We'll deal with the reinforcements and catch up. Go!"
Hearing this, Liu Peiqie scrambled to his feet, operating his mouse, and darted out like an arrow released from a bowstring.
Around a corner lay a junkyard, filled with abandoned cars, but no sign of the son of a bitch.
Vulture 1-6: "Team B, Vulture calling. I'm tracking the target. This kid runs like hell!"
Woof woof!!
Suddenly, a hound burst out from the front, lunging forward.
Liu Peiqie, engrossed in his sprint, flinched instinctively, and his real-life body shifted slightly, just like a netizen playing CF biochemical mode, completely immersed.
Rattata!
After dodging the hound's leap, Liu Peiqie raised his gun and dispatched the frightening beast.
"He's leaving the junkyard and moving northwest. Keep up, fast, fast!"
With Vulture's callouts, Liu Peiqie, who had momentarily lost sight of the target, found his direction again.
No one dared to slack off. With the assistance of his teammates' callouts, Liu Peiqie closely pursued the younger Zakhaev.
Despite the numerous enemy cover fire, the strength of the three allied forces was gradually converging.
As time passed, the enemy began to show signs of weakness, and the situation started to turn. Liu Peiqie, pressing his advantage, routed the enemy.
Of course, he paid for it with three lives.
Fortunately, they finally cornered the younger Zakhaev on the rooftop of a building.
At this moment, the younger Zakhaev was surrounded by everyone with their guns raised, trapped in a corner of the rooftop, with a free-fall experience point behind him.
Gates raised his gun and warned, "Drop your weapon! Drop it!"
Griggs said angrily, "I can take a shot at his leg, sir!"
Price intervened, "No! We can't risk it. Don't open fire!"
He turned to Liu Peiqie, who was spectating, "Soap! Disarm him and subdue him!"
"Me?"
Liu Peiqie pointed to himself in confusion. "I'm just a spectator. Oh well."
He walked slowly towards the younger Zakhaev, who had his hands raised, gun in hand. The latter looked at the height behind him, then at the enemies fanned out in front of him, their hands holding pistols steady.
Gates roared, "Drop your gun!"
Price urged, "Soap, subdue him!"
Gates: "You have nowhere to run! Drop your gun!"
Liu Peiqie approached cautiously, while the younger Zakhaev slowly lowered his raised arms and took a step forward.
"Wouldn't it have been easier to surrender earlier?"
Seeing that the younger Zakhaev had given up resistance, Liu Peiqie felt relieved and smiled, "You made everyone so tense..."
"No!"
Bang—!
Gates' voice rang out, followed by the sound of a gunshot.
To everyone's disbelief, the younger Zakhaev raised his gun and committed suicide!
The roar of the pistol echoed in the wilderness. The scene of bright red blood splattered more than ten meters high, leaving everyone stunned.
'What a tough guy!'
'A real beast!'
'If they had shot his leg, it would have been fine.'
'Shooting anywhere wouldn't have worked; it's a plot kill.'
'Putting aside allegiances, this guy has backbone.'
...
"He certainly has backbone, but it made my efforts in vain," Liu Peiqie said calmly, looking at the corpse on the rooftop.
Griggs grumbled, "Damn, that kid really had guts..."
Price confirmed Zakhaev's death, sighed, and tapped his comms to report, "Base, B-6 calling. Zakhaev's son is dead. Returning shortly."
Gates was somewhat exasperated, "Damn it, his son was our only lead."
Price said calmly, "Don't worry about it. I know this guy. He won't let it go at that. Let's go."
At this point, the mission "Paying for Father's Debts" concluded.
The game screen briefly went black, and the perspective shifted to Zakhaev. It was worth noting that Zakhaev's ID had turned red. The previous red-named NPC was Makarov; both had committed acts that defied heaven and earth.
"Our so-called leaders have sold us out to the West... destroyed our culture... our economy... our glory." Against the backdrop of a deserted Ferris wheel in Chernarus, Zakhaev's passionate speech was transmitted through audio: "Our blood flows on the soil of our motherland."
"My bloodline..." He paused, then said coldly, "was severed by their hands."
"They are invaders."
"All invaders must withdraw from Country E... or they will face the consequences..."
Even through the screen, Liu Peiqie could feel the immense rage hidden beneath Zakhaev's cold words. No one doubted the words of this anti-social leader who had lost his son. Nor could anyone bear the consequences.
Price: "The situation is simple. If we don't regain control of the launch facilities, there will be no 'tomorrow'."
Zakhaev issued his final ultimatum, but with the US Marine Corps suffering thirty thousand casualties, Price had to carry out the original mission: capture the main culprit, Zakhaev.
Like a clash of sharp edges, a great battle was imminent.
Price formulated the final operational plan: all team members would parachute in batches into the Altai Mountains of Country E.
However, the parachute drop encountered an accident. Griggs' landing deviated, and he was captured by extremists. Fortunately, he transmitted his coordinates. After Liu Peiqie paid the price with three lives, they successfully rescued Griggs.
Following that, they blew up the power tower, providing a convenient path for the assault team to breach the outer electronic defense system. After the team eliminated a large number of enemies, as Liu Peiqie and Price were about to enter the missile base where Zakhaev was located, an accident occurred.
Boom, boom, boom!!
Accompanied by blinding light and a roar, a missile launched into the sky!
No,
It was two!
As one deadly killer weapon ascended, another followed closely behind. To the stirring background music, everyone was dumbfounded!
‘◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢NUCLEAR ALERT◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢’
‘◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢NUCLEAR ALERT◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢’
‘Quickly blow it down with a grenade (dog)’
‘Real·Nuclear Warning!’
‘Once a country's nuclear weapon is launched, there is no self-destruct mechanism, unless it deviates from its trajectory or has a problem.’
‘This is an artistic work, processed artistically.’
‘Can't it be intercepted midway?’
‘If it's intercepted and destroyed, it will cause a nuclear explosion. It's absolutely impossible within the atmosphere, especially during the stratosphere phase. Therefore, the safest way is to detonate it in outer space. However, the game's background timeline does not have space-phase interception technology, so the only option is to obtain the self-destruct code and terminate it in outer space.’
‘These are multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles; interception is difficult to achieve 100%. If even one is missed, it's GG.’
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