A black walkie-talkie was thrown from the back of a truck. Zhou Zhengde, shocked by the blood-stopping talisman, instinctively raised his hand to catch it. He recognized it immediately as an expensive anti-jamming model. Where did the Black Fire Gang get so much restricted equipment?
Zhou Zhengde looked again under the truck. With the light from the car's headlights, he spotted a pair of cheap sneakers commonly seen in the city.
"Zhi... Captain Zhou, are you okay?"
Zhou Zhengde replied in a hoarse voice, "I’m not dead, I think."
"Will there be more people from the Black Fire Gang coming?" Wang Jixuan asked.
"This is the territory of Joy City and the Silver Party. I hired their people... they should be on their way... The Black Fire Gang doesn’t operate here, so they shouldn’t be able to come."
Zhou Zhengde cursed the Black Fire Gang in his heart but maintained his composure on the surface, quickly asking, "How about you? Are you hurt?"
"Not for now. If you’re fine, I’ll leave."
"Wait! Wait!" Zhou Zhengde didn’t call Mu Liang’s name directly. "Are you here in the lower city to take revenge on the Black Fire Gang?"
"Not really revenge," Wang Jixuan said calmly, leaning against the back of the truck.
He had already seen the headlights of motorcycles approaching in the distance and heard the roar of engines.
"They want to kill me; I’m just defending myself. The people coming are probably your protectors."
"Support from the Silver Party. They like these vehicles... It seems the general self-defense rules don’t cover your actions right now... Mu Liang, do you want to cooperate?"
Zhou Zhengde glanced at the people beside him and decisively said, "You’re strong. I don’t know if you’re a psychic, but we can agree on this matter. I can help you deal with all the procedural troubles! How about we team up to take down the Black Fire Gang? I have a lot of resources at my disposal, not just as the captain of the city’s security team, even though I hate using these so-called connections."
Wang Jixuan leaned against the truck and thought for a moment. To be honest, he had a pretty good impression of this security captain who had helped him twice.
Zhi zhi.
Zhou Zhengde’s voice came through the walkie-talkie, sounding very sincere: "I really want to save Wei Na. She’s just an ordinary doctor, with no background, just has a few more friends. The Black Fire Gang is targeting me tonight; I can’t let this go.
I don’t know why they want to kill me like this; it might be related to someone I offended. I must say, based on tonight’s situation, cooperating with me might pull you into bigger trouble, but Mu... brother, I guarantee on my family’s honor that I will help you solve any troubles you encounter in this matter, unless I die."
Wang Jixuan stepped out from the front of the truck.
A few people beside Zhou Zhengde instinctively raised their guns, but Zhou Zhengde pressed down on their barrels with his arm.
"Who did you offend?" Wang Jixuan asked leisurely.
"The Thirteenth Institute."
Zhou Zhengde sighed: "The Thirteenth Biological Research Institute, the creator and controller of psychics, a giant organization spanning several war zones, claiming to be the savior of humanity. When I was the deputy captain of the fortress enforcement team, I exposed their long-term human experimentation, and then... I became the captain of the city’s security team."
He added, "The Black Fire Gang’s business is related to the Thirteenth Institute; they provide materials for them."
"Good, then I’ll cooperate with you, but only regarding the Black Fire Gang."
Wang Jixuan stepped forward slowly.
Zhou Zhengde patted a young man in a blue security uniform beside him. "Tao, go shake hands for me, and pay attention to the ceremony... I can’t get up right now; my wound hurts like hell!"
"Captain, you rest!"
The young man named Lin Tao put down his rifle and jumped up, quickly walking a few steps forward into the beam of a searchlight from a nearby building.
Bang!
Crack!
Right in front of Wang Jixuan.
The young man's temple suddenly exploded, his face contorting from the impact like a crumpled tablecloth. A sniper bullet pierced through his skull, spraying blood and brain matter into the darkness.
Wang Jixuan almost instantly dodged back, shrinking behind the truck.
Bang!
The dull sound of a sniper rifle echoed again from the depths of the darkness.
The motorcycle group that was rushing over fell into chaos!
The motorcycle at the front swerved towards the roadside, crashing and causing the fuel tank to explode, sending a brilliant fireball into the air.
The young security team member fell to the ground.
"Lin Tao!"
Zhou Zhengde’s eyes widened, his veins bulging on his neck and forehead.
The sound of the sniper rifle rang out again, and the approaching Silver Party motorcycle group erupted in panicked shouts.
"Sniper!"
"There’s a sniper! To the right! Quickly hide!"
"Turn off the lights! Quickly turn off the lights!"
"Help! Bring our armored car over to crush that bastard! Hurry!"
Bang!
Another sniper shot rang out.
Hiding at the front of the truck, Wang Jixuan could clearly see that among the gang members rushing in on motorcycles, one guy jumped into the ditch too slowly, and his chest exploded with a bloody hole!
The other gang members jumped into the ditch, crouching at the edge, all wailing.
A sniper?
‘A sniper who can blow someone’s head off from hundreds of meters away? Each of the seven major gangs has a few of those.’
Bai Yuzai’s voice echoed in his ears.
Wang Jixuan thought to himself that it was bad.
From the sound of the gun, the enemy was over eighty zhang away. The power of their weapon was too great; the bullets they fired were more than twice as fast as a handgun. Even with his current soul power enhancing his vision, he couldn’t see the trajectory of such bullets.
Even if he used the movement talisman, the movement spell, and infused his legs with internal energy, he probably wouldn’t be able to dodge their shots.
Listening carefully, he identified the enemy’s position in the dimly lit neighborhood, likely on the roof of a flat building.
Wang Jixuan instinctively pressed down on the pocket added to his inner lining.
More than a hundred talismans lay quietly inside.
But now, how to close the distance with the enemy became the biggest problem.
Wang Jixuan glanced at Zhou Zhengde, who was almost losing control of his emotions, and at the body of the young man named Lin Tao lying on the ground, quickly thinking of a strategy.
"Damn it!"
Zhou Zhengde cursed loudly, grabbing the rifle from the person next to him, disregarding his abdominal wound, trying to get up.
Bang!
The sniper rifle fired, and Zhou Zhengde hadn’t even managed to stand when a bullet accurately struck the thick metal plate of the truck.
A nearby Silver Party member immediately rushed over, holding Zhou Zhengde tightly.
"Captain Zhou! It’s the Night Hawk! This is the Black Fire Gang’s Night Hawk! Don’t go to your death! You haven’t paid us the final payment!"
"The Night Hawk has come to the forty-sixth floor! We must kill him!"
"Damn it! Black Fire Gang, I’ll kill you!"
These Silver Party thugs cursed loudly.
Zhou Zhengde tightly closed his eyes, took several deep breaths, forcing down his anger, and quickly said, "Listen to the sound; the enemy is using a military-grade small-caliber sniper rifle! Standard 88 model! Universal 5.8 mm caliber ammunition, ten rounds in the magazine, muzzle velocity of nine hundred meters per second! It can penetrate three millimeters of steel plate at a thousand meters!
"They should be no more than three hundred meters away from us!
"There’s a building blocking the view in front; they should be on the right side of the building!
"Find a light source and shoot it! Locate them! The rest is up to me!"
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a vibration from the rear of the truck.
Zhou Zhengde cursed, "They’re trying to shoot our fuel tank! Find a way to take out the searchlight over here!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Three small metal tubes shot out from Wang Jixuan’s palm, and the three searchlights went out with the sound of breaking glass.
But the car that was still burning provided enough light.
Zhou Zhengde covered his abdomen, adjusted his breathing, and picked up the rifle in his hand, rhythmically firing a few shots at the burning car.
He was looking for the bullet trajectory of this rifle.
Bang!
The sound of the sniper rifle echoed again, and the car shook once more.
"Find a way to light up their position!"
Zhou Zhengde shouted.
The Silver Party members just huddled behind the car, their faces pale.
Bang!
The gunfire sounded again like a death knell.
Even if this car was covered with thick metal, it wasn’t certain how many more hits it could take. Once the fuel tank was pierced, there was a chance it could explode.
"I can get close to the enemy."
Wang Jixuan’s voice suddenly rang out, simply saying: "Let me handle it."
"Mu Liang, don’t be impulsive!" Zhou Zhengde shouted quickly, "This is likely an elite sniper from the military! Not easy to deal with!"
"Don’t worry, I have a plan."
Wang Jixuan took a deep breath, his expression becoming calmer.
With the light from the fire beside him, Zhou Zhengde barely saw Mu Liang take out several pink long strips of paper from his leather jacket and stick them on various parts of his body.
Then, a faint glow appeared around Mu Liang.
Wang Jixuan used five talismans in one breath.
The strength talisman increased his power, the diamond talisman enhanced his protection, and the blood-stopping talisman was preventive. The two movement talismans on his legs were almost out of energy, which he took off to replace.
Wang Daochang had actually thought of a way to deal with this. Hiding in front of the truck, he leaped forward, grabbing his handgun and smashing it down, easily shattering the truck's windshield, then swiftly diving inside.
Under the watch of Zhou Zhengde and the Silver Party thugs, Wang Jixuan kicked the truck door off its hinges with several powerful kicks.
Bang!
A sniper bullet nearly grazed the bottom of Wang Jixuan’s feet!
Wang Jixuan’s heart trembled, and he took a deep breath, his body shooting out like a cheetah, diving forward and landing perfectly in front of the truck door, grabbing the inner handle and lifting it up!
A shield was formed!
He steadied his heart, crouched behind the door, and quickly charged toward the direction of the gunfire!
There were scattered low buildings ahead; he just needed to cover twelve zhang to enter a place out of the enemy’s sight.
This twelve zhang would take him less than two breaths!
Bang!
Wang Jixuan suddenly felt a massive force hit his left shoulder, a powerful shockwave bursting from the door and his shoulder simultaneously!
He looked somewhat stunned, his body uncontrollably leaning back!
(End of Chapter)