Chapter 1

Long City, near Southeast Street and Hong'an Road.

After descending from the meteorological building, Yao Doudou utilized the complex surrounding environment and the dense buildings to evade the enemy's search parties as much as possible, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

During this process, the enemy reacted quickly. They adopted a "external perimeter, internal advance" search method. They cleared an area on the outer perimeter and, after confirming it was clear, left personnel to hold the observation points while other troops continued to advance towards the inner circle.

As a result, the space available for Yao Doudou to escape was constantly shrinking. Not only that, but his communication network was cut off by the enemy at the first opportunity, leaving him isolated and without support.

However, Yao Doudou did not give up. During his escape, he chose a defensive location that was ideal for a sniper.

This defensive location was an abandoned and empty schoolyard.

The school had a dilapidated main building and some functional buildings, with a fan-shaped open area in front that had originally been the school's playground, now overgrown with weeds. Behind the main building was the turbulent Dragon River, offering equally open views.

However, Yao Doudou did not choose the complex terrain of the teaching building, but instead selected a very conspicuous water tower next to it.

This water tower was quite old, built by the construction team when Long City was still under development. It was used to extract groundwater for construction purposes.

Later, after the school was built, the water tower was renovated and reused for emergencies.

Yao Doudou stepped into the water tower building and found that it was only two stories high, not very sturdy, and with a simple structure. Below was a dead water pump, connected to the second floor by an iron staircase.

Arriving on the second floor, he found only some winding pipes and two window frames without glass on the surrounding walls.

Yao Doudou turned his head and looked around, immediately detaching a set of his specialized observation equipment from his waist and placing it on the side window sill to collect visual data. At the same time, he connected the observation equipment to his combat instrument via wireless Bluetooth.

He then set up his large sniper rifle on the other window, allowing him to capture images from both the left and right sides in real time.

Immediately after, Yao Doudou picked up a spare iron box and used it to reinforce the wall below the window sill.

After doing all this, Yao Doudou pulled out his tactical pack, took out all the items inside, and placed them on the windowsill, counting them.

He had twenty-five rounds of sniper rifle ammunition left, one spare magazine, and two pistol magazines, each loaded with eight rounds, for a total of sixteen rounds.

In addition, there were four grenades, a combat knife, and a crumpled cigarette.

Yao Doudou clutched his aching abdomen, leaned against the wall, and tremblingly lit the last cigarette.

At this time, his hemostatic bandage was used up, and the blood from his abdomen was still flowing non-stop, soaking through his clothes and pants.

...

On Southeast Street, Dai Quan personally led a force of more than one hundred men, advancing along the street towards Yao Doudou's location!

Originally, Dai Quan had been observing from a building on the outer perimeter, but after discovering that Yao Doudou had run in this direction, he immediately organized personnel to start rescuing him! But after starting the operation, although they had tried their best to avoid and hide, they still unexpectedly encountered a group of the enemy's guards, and a fierce firefight broke out!

"Da da da!"

"Quick!" Dai Quan, holding an automatic rifle, shouted as he fired at the enemy, "Everyone, faster!"

A nearby officer, listening to the gunfire around him, couldn't help but shout, "Damn it! There are too many of them! There are at least five or six hundred people in the surrounding area! As soon as Chief Yao fired a shot, they locked down the outer perimeter!"

Dai Quan looked anxiously towards the school, his palms full of sweat! He hadn't heard gunfire from that side for a long time, and communications were cut off, which meant only two possibilities!

One was that Yao Doudou was still hiding, waiting there for their rescue, or moving towards them based on the sound of gunfire. The second was that he had been captured silently...

Thinking of this, Dai Quan immediately turned back and shouted to the officer behind him, "Ask the support troops how much longer!"

"Yes!"

...

Inside the water tower, Yao Doudou lay motionless on the windowsill, like a statue, waiting quietly. Beside the windowsill was half a cigarette that hadn't been smoked.

Three or four minutes later, footsteps and shouts sounded around him, and a large number of enemy armed personnel began to search the area. These people poured in through the distant gate and quickly passed through the playground, with more than twenty heading towards the teaching building.

Yao Doudou watched them through his binoculars, his breathing steady, without any movement.

A little later, seven or eight soldiers were running quickly towards him. They were fully armed, in neat formation, and equipped with observers, scanning towards the water tower the entire time.

Yao Doudou hid in the shadows, paused slightly, gritted his teeth, and set up his sniper rifle.

When the opponents approached to within about twenty meters, the figures of three of them began to overlap, approaching in a triangular formation. Yao Doudou quickly ran to the left window, aimed at them, held his breath, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The golden bullet casing ejected from the chamber!

"Puff puff puff!"

The opponent's bulletproof vests were like paper! The bullet tore through the air, instantly shattering the upper body of the first soldier, then leaving a spreading blood hole in the chest of the second soldier, and in the neck of the third soldier!

Blood mist exploded in the air, and the bodies fell apart! The surrounding soldiers were stunned for a moment, then quickly fired at the window where the shot came from, while retreating!

Yao Doudou reacted quickly, putting down his sniper rifle and immediately running to the right window, raising his pistol, aiming at the soldiers running below, and pulling the trigger repeatedly.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Under the surprise attack, the heads of four enemy soldiers exploded in a mist of blood, and their bodies fell to the ground one after another!

All seven soldiers who came over were killed by Yao Doudou in one round!

As soon as the gunfire stopped, the surroundings were instantly silent, as if no one was there! After discovering someone was there, the enemy soldiers did not rashly form an attack.

After about ten seconds, more than a dozen smoke grenades were suddenly thrown over from behind the school's wall, landing around the water tower!

"Sizzle!"

These smoke grenades rotated on the ground, spewing out billowing smoke, instantly enveloping the entire area in a gray fog!

Immediately after, a dense sound of footsteps came from the gray fog!

Seeing this scene, Yao Doudou immediately pulled out a small drone from the pocket on his waist, unfolded the folding wings on it, and released it into the air from the window with a snap, controlling it with a joystick.

"Buzz buzz..."

The drone flew to a position about ten meters above Yao Doudou's head in the blink of an eye, hovering there, and scanning the entire school area in a covering manner.

Yao Doudou glanced at the combat instrument hanging on the wall. From an aerial perspective, he instantly estimated the opponent's position from the location of the heat signatures. He raised his sniper rifle and worked the bolt again.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"...!"

Each time a bullet casing slid out, an enemy fell! In the gray fog, a pungent bloody smell permeated the air!

Soon, the footsteps gradually faded away, and the smoke enveloping the area gradually dissipated, leaving only a pile of incomplete corpses on the ground. After seven or eight people were killed, the opponent retreated again like a tide.

Yao Doudou's expression did not change. He quickly put down the sniper rifle, ran quickly, and slipped under an iron box next to him, hugging his head with his hands and lying on the ground.

Sure enough, three seconds later, three RPGs were suddenly fired from outside the distant wall, and with the sound of tearing through the air, they exploded on the water tower in the blink of an eye!

"Boom boom boom!!"

With three violent explosions, the top of the water tower was directly blown off! Flames wrapped around a large number of cement blocks, flying in all directions, and the iron pipes were also twisted and bent!

"Whirr!"

A large amount of rubble and iron plates fell, hitting Yao Doudou's body. He gritted his teeth, endured the heart-wrenching pain in his back, and lay motionless on the ground!

"Boom boom!"

When the opponent fired two more RPGs, almost leveling the upper half of the water tower, making the cover irregular, dense footsteps sounded again around him.

"Whirr..."

Yao Doudou propped himself up, shook off the dust on his body, and stood up from a pile of rubble. He found that the upper part of the building was almost shattered, with blasted holes everywhere, letting in the midday sun.

"Sizzle..."

Several more smoke grenades were thrown over, enveloping the water tower in smoke again.

"Pa pa pa..."

The footsteps around him were getting closer and closer. Yao Doudou shook his dizzy head, braced himself, stretched out his blood-streaked hand, and slowly picked up the sniper rifle buried under the rubble.

The drone had been destroyed, and he had lost the ability to observe from the air. But he found a crack in the wall, so he stretched the muzzle out through the crack, his ears twitching, listening to the footsteps outside, and pulled the trigger again.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang..."

Bullet after bullet was fired, and the enemies close by were shot and killed again, falling into pools of blood. However, because the visibility was too poor, relying only on hearing, the accuracy was obviously reduced, and several shots missed.

"Pa!"

When a soldier finally stepped onto the grass near the water tower, he heard a crisp sound.

"Boom!"

Two booby traps were detonated one after another, and a large number of shrapnel flew out, tearing apart the three closest soldiers!

"There are booby traps!"

"Be careful, don't go over there!"

The enemies were panicked and retreated again!

In this way, Yao Doudou used the water tower to hold off the opponent for nearly ten minutes, killing and wounding more than thirty of them, fighting until he ran out of ammunition and supplies.

The opponent attacked in two waves, bombed with RPGs twice, but still did not get close! Of course, it was also possible that the opponent was aiming to capture him alive, which allowed him to survive until now. Even the firing angle of the RPGs was aimed at destroying the cover.

Yao Doudou slowly put down his pistol; all the bullets were gone. He touched the empty tactical pack, clutched his wound, and moved it forcefully, leaning heavily against the broken wall behind him, his consciousness already blurred.

He used all his strength, straining his neck and shouting outside, "Don't even think about it, capturing me alive...impossible!"

It was quiet outside, and no one responded.

Yao Doudou lowered his head, dripping with blood, picked up the remaining half of the cigarette from the rubble on the ground, slowly put it in his mouth, and stretched out his trembling right hand to take out the lighter.

"Click!"

"Click!"

After clicking twice in a row, the cigarette was finally lit.

He took a deep puff, and his whole body instantly relaxed. He closed his eyes and whispered, "I've wandered around the southern map for most of my life, participated in independent wars, helped politicians, and sold my life to benefactors, killing countless people along the way...but only today, only this shot...is for ourselves...Alright, it's worth it!!!"

The cigarette burned with a sizzle, and Yao Doudou raised his dagger, aimed it at his neck, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Whoosh—"

Just as he was about to stab down, a sound of tearing through the air suddenly came from outside!

Yao Doudou suddenly opened his eyes and looked out the window, only to see two medium-sized drones whizzing past, diving over the school in the blink of an eye!

"Beep beep beep—"

The thermal locking system on the planes instantly circled the enemies hiding behind the wall.

"Da da da!"

A burst of dense rain of bullets cut through the air, the wall collapsed with a bang, and the bodies of more than a dozen soldiers were torn apart by the bullets!

Immediately after, Tan Mingchao's shout came from afar, "We've come to take home the War God who assassinated Commander Wang!"

Immediately after, a roaring shout like a tsunami surged in: "We've come to take you home!!"