The moment the door opened!
Da Xiong leaped forward, immediately pressing the device on the first kidnapper.
Beep beep beep—
The first kidnapper who walked out was instantly eliminated!
The second kidnapper, holding the hostage, clearly hadn't reacted yet.
Seizing this opportunity, Da Xiong quickly found his device.
Another sound rang out, and the second kidnapper was also eliminated.
After doing this, Da Xiong didn't rush to untie the hostage, but peeked into the room and looked around.
After confirming there was no one else inside, he slowly emerged.
The hostage's hands were bound, and his mouth was gagged.
He watched Da Xiong's actions with a smile.
Only after Da Xiong removed the restraints from the hostage's hands and mouth did the hostage exclaim, "You're too smart!"
That's right.
The hostage outside was a trap!
If a careless team didn't notice, they would be eliminated by the hostage outside!
But Da Xiong not only found the correct answer but also lured the two kidnappers inside, resolving them one by one.
His mind was truly remarkable.
Looking at the time, only about six minutes had passed.
Including the time Da Xiong spent climbing up.
This indicated that the moment Da Xiong saw the hostage outside, he didn't hesitate much and discovered the trick!
"Can you tell me how you realized the hostage outside was fake?" the hostage asked.
Da Xiong was rummaging through the kidnappers' weapons.
He replied, "Hostages don't have elimination devices. Like us teammates, they only get eliminated if hit by a marker gun."
"But the hostage outside did!"
This was something Da Xiong discovered when he was preparing to untie the hostage.
"Impressive," the hostage nodded in approval.
After Da Xiong took the weapons from the kidnappers, he peeked outside.
His teammates were locked in a fierce battle with the kidnappers outside!
And the kidnapper disguised as a hostage was still sitting in a chair, drenched in sweat.
That kidnapper knew Da Xiong had seen through him.
But to make his disguise as a hostage more convincing, his mouth and the ropes binding him were incredibly tight, leaving no room for error.
This prevented the kidnapper from even warning his accomplices!
After Da Xiong tidied things up, he told the hostage to continue hiding inside and agreed on a signal.
If the signal was wrong, he was not to open the door!
Although it was just an exercise, the hostage still complied obediently.
Da Xiong, armed with the kidnappers' weapons, charged out with all his might!
At this moment, Da Xiong's teammates were already engaged in a heated battle outside.
Several people were in a chaotic melee.
Da Xiong's arrival immediately relieved his teammates, reducing their pressure significantly.
"Where's the hostage?" one of the teammates asked, looking up at the hostage still on the upper floor, his expression puzzled.
They were responsible for the frontal assault, and Da Xiong was supposed to be rescuing the hostage!
But now, the hostage was still bound upstairs, and Da Xiong had come down by himself?
Da Xiong quickly explained, "That hostage was fake. I rescued the real hostage and hid him in the utility room."
"Now our only remaining task is to eliminate the kidnappers!"
The teammates, though half-believing, continued to fight the kidnappers with grim determination.
Da Xiong seized the opportune moment, while the kidnappers' attention was fully focused on his teammates.
He stealthily reached for their devices.
Beep beep beep—
Beep beep beep—
A series of sounds announced the elimination of all the kidnappers.
After being eliminated, these kidnappers had to pretend to be injured and lie motionless on the ground.
Da Xiong and his companions leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
The strength of these kidnappers was actually not that great, certainly not martial artists.
Their main advantage was the marker guns.
As long as they grazed Da Xiong and the others, they would be eliminated.
This was why they had been so restricted in their movements!
With the kidnappers dealt with, Da Xiong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"The one upstairs..."
A teammate looked up.
"I've dealt with him," Da Xiong said after resting, standing up and signaling for the others to follow.
They saw the kidnapper disguised as a hostage upstairs, motionless.
The device on his body was still glowing red.
It seemed Da Xiong had eliminated him.
Da Xiong calmly walked past the fake hostage and led his teammates to the utility room.
After three short knocks followed by two long ones – the agreed signal – the hostage opened the door.
"This... there's another hostage!" a teammate exclaimed, his gaze towards Da Xiong filled with admiration.
They never imagined that what Da Xiong said was all true!
There were real and fake hostages!
Da Xiong nodded calmly, "It seems this is a test within the training program, evaluating our observation skills."
Fortunately, Da Xiong's observation skills were excellent, otherwise they would have fallen into the trap!
Time was pressing.
Da Xiong and his teammates immediately escorted the hostage downstairs.
Although the kidnappers upstairs had been cleared out.
To be safe, Da Xiong and his team surrounded the hostage in the center, forming a protective circle.
To prevent kidnappers from suddenly appearing from somewhere!
The journey was uneventful, and Da Xiong, with the hostage, arrived at the designated location.
A member of the Dragon Group was there, holding a stopwatch.
When Da Xiong and his group arrived, the Dragon Group member immediately stopped the stopwatch.
"Congratulations, you have completed the hostage rescue mission!"
The Dragon Group member said in surprise.
When they designed this training exercise, they had set the fastest possible time at at least twenty minutes.
After all, they had to distinguish between real and fake hostages, rescue the hostage, and deal with the kidnappers.
With so many tasks, even with teamwork, they would be slowed down.
But they hadn't expected Da Xiong and his group to finish in just thirteen minutes...
"Thank you," Da Xiong wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Only now could he finally relax completely.
The Dragon Group member nodded and directed Da Xiong and his group, "Please come here to rest. Some people haven't completed their missions yet, and we'll return to the training base together later."
Da Xiong and his group immediately followed.
There was a small screen here, which showed the performance of some of the groups.
As soon as he sat down, Da Xiong's gaze fell on Zhang Shaohua and Ouyang Feng's group.
He saw that Ouyang Feng had already been eliminated.
Zhang Shaohua, unaware of this, was currently engaged in a direct confrontation with the kidnappers.
It had to be said that Zhang Shaohua's abilities were indeed quite good.
Not only was he fighting three kidnappers alone, but he hadn't even been grazed by the marker guns.
Zhang Shaohua dealt with the three kidnappers.
He panted, calculating that time was running out.
He immediately shouted upstairs.
"Ouyang Feng, did you rescue the hostage?"
There was no response from upstairs.
Zhang Shaohua muttered, "Where did Ouyang Feng go?"
Puzzled, he headed upstairs.
He saw that the hostage was still tied to the chair.
But Ouyang Feng was nowhere to be seen!