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the ninth
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The night had yet to recede.
"Come, give me your hand." Cassio put his arm down.
The slope here was very steep and it was difficult to climb. Crowley slowed down for a moment, then jumped. His feet left the ground, and he grabbed onto Kasro's hand before finally climbing up.
" Look, Jess Fu…" Crowley wiped the sweat off his forehead and stood up quickly.
The two of them put their hands on their hips. From the cliff, he could clearly see everything in the town, including the ruins.
Kasro shrugged his shoulders and pretended to comfort himself."Let's go. We'll reach it if we climb up.”
"Yes, kill that satellite." He was exhausted. He wanted to open his chest to cool down, but the bulletproof vest wouldn't allow it. Therefore, if it was hot, then so be it. At least it could ensure his own safety. He consoled himself as he continued to climb up with Kasro.
"I'll try to connect to that big guy.”Crowley turned on the machine, squatted on a rock, and quickly tapped the keyboard.
"I really didn't expect you to have such talent.”Cassro stood beside him with his gun on guard, then turned to look at him.
"Don't worry, I graduated from a proper university.”Crowley explained confidently. He glanced at the rapidly spinning Keskill text on the screen, then pressed his fingers on the keyboard.
"Where did you graduate?" Kasro pressed on.
"Vico fever."
"Then will you be discovered if you invade like this?”
"No, I have an encrypted password. These idiots can't crack it.”Crowley pressed the last button on the keyboard, and a string of codes finally appeared on the screen. In the middle of the code, there was an energy bar, indicating that the connection was in progress. " Please, please..." Crewe was anxious about the broken machine. It was about to succeed.
Cassro was full of confidence in Cluley. He continued to turn his head around to be on guard.
On one side, he could vaguely see orange searchlights shining wildly. Then, they heard a series of dragging footsteps. Could it be the valiant army?
Cassro called out to Cluley, then turned around and grabbed him, dragging him down the steep slope.
"Hey, hey, hey! What's going on?" Crowley put away the machine in a panic and was dragged down by him.
"Them! The valiant army is here again." Kasro gritted his teeth in anxiety. He held his gun and prepared to counterattack at any time.
"Are you kidding me? Why are they everywhere?”Crowley turned the screen upside down and pressed it under his thigh to prevent the valiant army from noticing the faint light.
A few valiant soldiers leisurely walked past them, not noticing the two of them at all. The last valiant soldier even deliberately turned his head to take a look, but he could only see the scattered rocks on the ground. He kicked a piece away and left with the team.
"…" Kasro let out a long sigh of relief. He then tugged at Crowley's clothes and asked softly,""Done, Crowley?"
Crowley took a step forward. When he took the thing out and looked at it again, it said, The connection was successful. He smiled excitedly, then showed it to Kasro and said,""Alright, let's go back."
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Cassro leaned his rifle against the corner of the wall, then walked over and sat down around everyone.
Danley and Kelin sat together. Coors sat with his back to them by the window, because he didn't want anyone to know he was repairing his gun.
"I have bad news, good news, and bad news to tell you.”Crowley sat down and said to everyone.
Du Kelin glanced at them and hugged the child tightly.
"Why is there one good news and two bad news?”Dan Lie frowned. He looked much better.
Crowley moved the machine over and pressed a button. A series of codes appeared in front of everyone.
"..." Danley was stunned and asked him,""What exactly is this?"
"I found an unstable signal.”"First, I hacked into their computer terminal and destroyed the satellite's control data," Crowley explained. However, I didn't expect this signal to be a trap.”
"What, could it be?"
Du Kelin listened to their conversation and felt a chill in her heart.
"Are you joking?" Kasro looked at Cluley in confusion.
"I'm not joking. I suspect that the enemy has already locked onto our position.”Crowley told him firmly.
"I have two pieces of bad news.”Coors turned his head and asked Cluley.
Crowley's face was pale. His body suddenly trembled as if something big had happened. "We can't go back and meet up with Roda and the others for now, or we'll implicate them…I'm sorry, it's all my fault…"
"Did you destroy the satellite bomb?”Cassro asked him.
"It's ruined. I've already destroyed that thing.”Crowley's eyes suddenly lit up, and he regained his confidence. " Yes," he muttered to himself,""I destroyed that thing.”
"You've done a great thing, Crowley.”Dan Lie placed his hand on Cluley's shoulder and praised him.
"Will the valiant army find us?”Kasro asked him again.
"Not for now. They have to go to the mountains to search for us first. When they didn't notice us, they would lock onto this small town.”
"If you say so, we still have a lot of time.”Kasro looked at Cluley.
Crowley exhaled and nodded."Indeed, we still have some time.”
"Then let's quickly pack up and prepare to leave.”Kasro was the first to step forward. He went to the corner to get his gun.
Dukelin stood up as well. Just as she was about to say something, she was stopped by Cassro, who asked,"Ms. Duklin, can you lead the way for us?”
"Where are you guys going?" Du Kelin looked at him in shock.
"Go to the other side of the mountain," explained Cassro,"and bring the valiant army as far away as possible.”
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2:18 AM.
It was very cold in the forest, and the ground was very dark. If one was not careful, they would fall. The five of them were now braving their courage to move forward, afraid that demons and ghosts would appear.
Ta ta, ta ta, ta ta…
The five of them immediately stopped in their tracks.
A gunshot rang out from behind him. A bullet brushed past Kasro's shoulder and shot into a big tree behind him.
"Damn it!" Kasro cursed at the air. He turned around and pointed at Kelin's nose, even though he knew that his behavior was very rude. "You have to give us an explanation, Ms. Dukelin.”
"I don't know anything!" Du Kelin had expected that Cassro would suspect her, but she was really an innocent person.
The gunshots behind them were getting more and more intense. It sounded like there were enemies in front of them as well.
"What do we do now?" Coors asked.
"Go ahead." Dan Lie could not hold an assault rifle, so he switched to a pistol. He stepped on the slope in front of him to relieve the pressure on his legs.
"What is this place?" Crowley slapped his watch, but he still couldn't see the time.
"This is Sen Ka Desert Mountain." Du Kelin told her. Her voice was very calm, like a fish swimming freely in the water.
"I see." Crowley nodded in confusion. He pulled the bolt and took out the machine gun.
"Are you planning to use this thing to waste time with them until the next morning?”Coors joked with him.
Crowley looked up at Coors. It was hard to tell what he looked like in the dark. If there was a light, he would know that he was talking to Danley. "Relying on it? Forget it. I counted, there were only a hundred bullets, it was not enough.”
Crowley paused for a moment and then added,""This thing can only suppress us. We only have this one chance.”
Whoosh! Clang!
Kasro and the others quickly lowered their heads to seek cover.
In the darkness, gunshots flashed.
"12 o'clock!"
Whoosh. A grenade fell from the sky and landed right at Kasro's feet. He turned around nervously and shouted,"Get down!”As soon as he finished speaking, he flew backward.
Bang!
The shockwave from the grenade's explosion sent him flying backward. Fortunately, he was not hit by the fragments of the grenade.
"Bah!" Crowley quickly shook off the dirt on his back. He saw a few shadows approaching.
Kasro rolled forward and steadily leaned against the back of a large tree. He raised his gun and aimed at the darkness, firing a few shots.
"Over there!" Crowley reminded him loudly.
Cassio had just turned his head.
"Clang, clang.
”
A few valiant soldiers fell to the ground. Behind a tree, Coors quickly opened fire and helped Kasro get rid of those enemies. "Be careful, Jess Fu."
Kasro nodded vigorously.
"Come, lady, come to me quickly!”Dan Lie ran towards Kelin with his hands on his head and pulled her back behind the tree.
Du Kelin hugged her head and wailed in fear at the sound of the gunshot.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
This time, the enemy switched to assault rifles with more ferocious firepower to deal with them. Seeing that they were no match for the enemy, Kasro and the others could only resort to guerrilla tactics, having no choice but to retreat while fighting.
Whoosh-Bang! A bullet shot through the tree trunk and into the soil on the ground.
Those valiant soldiers fired in the direction where Kasro had fled. Kasro sprinted back and forth between the trees, almost colliding with bullets several times.
"Ah!" Du Kelin suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, while Danley was still running forward with his hand out.
Coors caught up with her from behind. He bent down and pulled her up. "Hurry!" Coors turned around and fired." Ma 'am, let's go!”
Crowley ran and hid behind a big tree. He exposed the muzzle of the machine gun and pulled the trigger to stop the charging soldiers.
Bang bang, bang, bang…
The weight of the machine gun was getting lighter and lighter. Crowley had to pick up the gun and run away.
Whoosh! A bullet suddenly hit Crowley's backpack. It felt like a rock had hit his back. Fortunately, the bullet was stuck in the bulletproof vest.
A soldier took out a grenade launcher and fired in the direction of the five people.
Three grenades landed behind them, creating a large crater in the ground. There was also a tree trunk that had been blown up and fell to the side.
The explosive force of the grenade instantly sent Casro and Coors flying. The two of them fell forward before narrowly avoiding it.
Coors plucked a Flaring Bullet and threw it backward-Bang!
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The moon came out.
A valiant soldier struggled to get up from the ground. Kasro quickly rushed up and pointed the gun at his head, pulling the trigger without hesitation.
Clang! Clang!
"Ah!" The enemy was shot in the head and he fell down.
Putting away his gun, Cassro continued to run forward with the group.
Everyone jumped over a bumpy terrain and almost fell down several times.
Looking back, there were at least a few dozen soldiers charging at them.
Kasro turned around and fired in the direction the enemies were charging in. The enemies all stopped and hid behind the trees.
"Team One, surround the left side! Team Two, charge with me!" A valiant soldier gestured for everyone to quickly allocate their battle positions.
On the other side, Kasro ran as he removed the magazine and threw it away. Then, he quickly took out a new magazine from his waist and put it back on.
Bang bang (Gunshots).
Whoosh-Dong!
Du Kelin hugged her head and lay down. Her entire body was curled up behind a tree, and she was crying in fear.
"Coors, give me the magazine!" Crowley crouched behind a tree and asked Coors for bullets.
Curls lay paralyzed, then quickly took out a new magazine from his waist and threw it into the air. Crowley raised his hand to catch it.
"You have to take us out of here!" Crowley shouted at Colleen, thinking that she couldn't hear the gunshots.
Du Kelin was shocked by him. She replied with a trembling voice,"Go north and you'll reach the snow mountain."
Bang!
A grenade landed under the tree behind them and exploded, causing Danley's head to buzz. "Dammit!"
"Report, we have arrived at the designated area. Please instruct us!”A valiant soldier approached the steep slope and hurriedly reported the news to his superior.
When Kasro heard the commotion below him, he quickly took out a frag grenade and tossed it down lightly.
Whoosh. The grenade fell to the ground and rolled in a circle. The soldiers below were still busy talking to each other and did not notice the danger.
Bang!
The explosion of the grenade overturned the surrounding soil and splattered it all over Kasro. He got up from the ground and jumped down without hesitation.
Clang! Clang!
A soldier with a twisted expression and a bloody lower body struggled. He covered his thigh with his palm, and blood kept flowing from it. A few corpses lay beside him.
Cassro aimed the gun at his head. That person wasn't afraid or fearful. He smiled, smiled at Kasro.
"Shoot." the enemy calmly told Kasro.
" For the Clancy people…" Seeing the enemy's actions, Cassio hesitated. His finger landed on the trigger, but he didn't pull it.
How much courage did it take for a person to face death calmly?
As soon as he finished speaking,"Clang!"
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The howling cold wind blew on the mountain, making people unconsciously think of the snow falling outside the window in winter and the wind blowing outside the window after the autumn rain.
The five of them walked up with difficulty. In the forest behind them, there were countless corpses of the fallen soldiers…
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[To be continued]
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