“Holman, we’ve been forced into this situation. I think… we need to reassess Gao Jianfei’s power,” Dale sighed. “I think he’s not fighting alone! His family seems to be protecting him at all times!”
At this moment, a gunman leader from within the base approached Holman humbly and timidly, saying, "Sir, we...we've suffered too many losses. Currently, there are only 142 gunmen left in the base. Do you think it's possible to transfer some reinforcements from other places..."
"Shut up! Get out of here! Send reinforcements? Do you think the enemy can take over our fortified base by force? Alright, keep this a secret! A secret!" Holman said, his face ashen.
In Gao Jianfei's den of ghosts.
He had changed into a new set of pajamas and was smoking a cigarette. Several gunmen in black stood before him. Among them was Svensson, the gang leader Gao Jianfei had killed yesterday!
These gunmen were all level 2 ghosts worth several hundred exorcism points. This afternoon, Gao Jianfei, having nothing better to do, gathered them together and took them into his ghost den.
“Dear Xiao Gao, we are grateful that you brought us here. From this moment on, we are willing to pledge our allegiance to you in our own way.” The black gunman Svenson, along with several other gunmen, expressed their submission to Gao Jianfei, the master of the Ghost Den.
“This is a relatively long game, and I must see it through to the end. Therefore, I have to keep playing with Holman until… I take him down!” Gao Jianfei crossed his legs and exhaled a smoke ring. “Draw me a detailed map of the base’s interior.”
Chapter 468 Infiltrating the Base
Chapter 468 Infiltrating the Base
In fact, since Gao Jianfei had made up his mind to play an interesting game with Holman, he wouldn't just mess around aimlessly; he had to be targeted and planned.
Therefore, the gunmen killed last night, who were also Level 2 Ghosts, were recruited into Gao Jianfei's Ghost Den. The main purpose of bringing them into the Ghost Den was to extract the detailed layout of the base from them.
The gunmen's leader, 'Svensson,' was an excellent special reconnaissance soldier before joining Holman Base, and he was very skilled at drawing maps. Under Gao Jianfei's orders, he began sketching on a blank sheet of paper with a pencil… the main villa, the gunmen's quarters, the warehouse… in great detail!
On the other hand, Gao Jianfei also released a large number of level 1 ghosts to observe everything that happened outside the ghost den for him!
"call out!"
With a flash of phosphorescent light, a pale-faced American Level 1 ghost returned to the ghost den. The phosphorescent light twisted a few times before solidifying into a physical form.
"Dear Xiao Gao, it's burning outside! I mean, those guys have burned all the trees to ashes! Thick smoke covers an area of several kilometers around, and searchlights with high visibility are on in the base. Dozens of armed men are patrolling outside the base."
The level 1 ghost reported the truth.
"Oh?" Gao Jianfei frowned. "They burned all the trees... Wow, that's really impressive! Does that mean I can no longer use my bow and arrow to launch long-range attacks on this base..."
"It seems Holman has some brains, but... haha, I won't give up this killing spree because of such a small problem!"
After some deliberation, Gao Jianfei made a startling decision… to secretly infiltrate Holman's base! To sabotage something from inside the base!
With that thought in mind, Gao Jianfei selected a Vietnamese gunman from among the level 2 ghosts he had recruited into the Ghost Den and quickly made a human skin mask based on this Vietnamese gunman.
In between making the human skin mask, Gao Jianfei also spent some time learning 'city-level' firearms techniques. He learned them from the gunmen's leader, 'Svensson'. He had no problem handling ordinary pistols and sniper rifles! Of course, his shooting accuracy wasn't very high.
Around 3 a.m., Gao Jianfei put on a mask and exchanged several sets of gunman-specific clothing from those level 2 gunmen... black suits.
Then, he spent several thousand exorcism points to exchange for grenades, a pistol, and bullets. After confirming there wouldn't be any problems based on the feedback from the level 1 ghost scout outside, Gao Jianfei instantly flashed out of the ghost's lair!
In fact, the area outside the Ghost Den was quite smoky and chaotic at that moment.
The acrid smoke continued to billow and swirl. Indeed, thousands of trees outside Holman base had been burned by gasoline; the smoke wouldn't dissipate quickly. Even with gunmen patrolling with flashlights, and even with the intense beams of searchlights emanating from the base, visibility was still very low in the smoke.
There were no patrolling gunmen near where Gao Jianfei appeared. He used his eyesight to look left and right, and saw several gunmen patrolling about 10 meters to his right, walking towards him.
Gao Jianfei calmed down and pretended to be on patrol as well.
"Hey buddy, time to head back to base. Captain Suk just told me that another group of guys will be coming to replace us in 20 minutes." A bearded man with a walkie-talkie, accompanied by two gunmen, walked up to Gao Jianfei.
“Damn it, that murderous devil really got us into trouble! I’m still terrified. But… he shouldn’t be coming back.” Another gunman patted the Desert Eagle pistol at his waist, trying to bolster his courage. “Without these trees for cover, he can’t fire arrows at the base anymore.”
“Who says otherwise?” Gao Jianfei shrugged and agreed.
"Uh... Nguyen, have a cigarette." The bearded man with the walkie-talkie patted Gao Jianfei's shoulder affectionately. It's important to know that Gao Jianfei is currently impersonating a retired Vietnamese soldier surnamed "Nguyen." Presumably, this "Nguyen" had a good relationship with the bearded gunman in his previous life.
Suddenly! The hand that was pressing on Gao Jianfei's shoulder turned ice-cold!
His face paled visibly, and a blank, terrified, and incredulous look seeped from deep within his eyes. His lips twitched... "Ruan...you...you...you weren't dead? Yesterday, you were...you were shot to death! I...I was...standing next to you...you..."
"Hehe... Got found out? Damn it! I ran into someone this guy knew from his past life!" Gao Jianfei's lips twitched. In a flash, he flipped his right hand, and a military dagger appeared in his hand. Then, using Tian Boguang's fast knife skills, he swiftly and decisively killed the bearded man and his two henchmen with a few quick slashes!
Then, Gao Jianfei touched the Heavenly Disintegration Powder and sprinkled it on the corpses of the bearded man and his two men. White smoke billowed up, and their bodies quickly decomposed.
After finishing these tasks, Gao Jianfei continued his "patrol" as if nothing had happened.
Shortly afterward, dozens of fully armed gunmen poured out of the base. The gunmen patrolling in the thick smoke all breathed a sigh of relief and then walked into the base.
Shift change.
The gunmen inside the base were divided into two squads, patrolling outside the base all night to prevent further enemy attacks.
Gao Jianfei calmly followed some bodyguards into the base.
In fact, although Gao Jianfei's disguised identity was that of a Vietnamese man who had been killed yesterday, there were hundreds of gunmen in this base, and their relationships weren't necessarily harmonious. Therefore, although the Vietnamese man "Nguyen" had been killed, not every comrade would care about his life or death, nor would they all see through his disguise like the bearded man earlier, realizing that "Nguyen" had died last night.
Gao Jianfei was a gambler. He pretended to be a "dead man," blended in with a group of gunmen, and returned to the base.
Gao Jianfei won his gamble! Until he entered the base, no one noticed anything amiss! In fact, several black gunmen even greeted him!
Gao Jianfei breathed a sigh of relief, and after entering the base, a sinister smile crept onto his lips. He began to examine the buildings within the base.
Inside the den of iniquity, Gao Jianfei had already studied the sketch drawn by 'Svensson'. Therefore, although it was his first time entering Holman's military base, everything within it felt familiar.
"Hmm. That's Holman's main villa over there... those are the dormitories, and over there is a warehouse storing military supplies... uh, there's also a small bar... an indoor billiards room... good, everything's under control!" Gao Jianfei sneered. His gaze swept across the room, spotting two aloof figures standing on the wall, whispering amongst themselves. A twitch appeared at the corner of Gao Jianfei's eye. Just from their backs and the aura they exuded, Gao Jianfei had already guessed that those two figures were two ancient martial arts masters who had rushed out of the base—people from the Holy Land! One of them was undoubtedly Holman!
"Heh, Holman, I'm going to your base to kill you!" Gao Jianfei sneered inwardly. He had completely concealed his aura, but he didn't dare to observe any further. He only glanced at Holman and Dale's backs before heading towards the dormitory building.
The gunmen's dormitory building was constructed as a multi-story building. "Ruan" lived on the fourth floor of one of these buildings, in room 4-3.
Gao Jianfei entered the room, lay comfortably on the bed, and crossed his legs. It was a private room, so Gao Jianfei didn't need to worry about being discovered.
Meanwhile, Holman and Dale were still standing on the wall, straining their eyes to look out of the base's perimeter through the bright beam of their searchlights.
The burning of the trees was nearing its end, and the thick smoke was beginning to dissipate. Dale and Holman could clearly see dozens of gunmen patrolling and monitoring the area in the distance.
“Deacon Dale, judging from the current situation, that terrible archer can no longer come to ambush us!” Holman breathed a sigh of relief. “I believe that even the best assassins in the world, or even masters of ancient martial arts and internal martial arts, cannot infiltrate the base or its perimeter to launch a long-range attack under the illumination of our searchlights and the tight control of our gunmen.”
“Yes, Holman, after paying a heavy price, we have finally brought the situation under control. However, while Gao Jianfei’s people are unable to cause any disruption, we must speed up our investigation of New York City! We now control New York’s main transportation routes, subway stations, bus stations, and every street and alleyway. We have our people and the police with us. What we need to do is go door-to-door to investigate!” Dale said carefully.
"Yes, Deacon Dale, I believe that good fortune will not always accompany Gao Jianfei!" Now, Holman was filled with rage whenever Gao Jianfei was mentioned.
Gao Jianfei slept for two hours in his former dormitory, and then quietly got up at around 5 a.m.
Pushing open the door, I was greeted by a profound silence throughout the base. Only a few gunmen patrolled the area, but they all appeared listless, their concentration clearly lacking.
That's right. Around 5 a.m. is a time when people are physiologically tired, sleepy, and want to sleep.
Holman and Dale had also left that wall and returned to their main villa.
Gao Jianfei crouched down and walked a few steps in the corridor outside the dormitory. He could vaguely hear snoring coming from the other rooms on the fourth floor.
"Hehe, it's my performance time again!" Gao Jianfei smiled mysteriously.
Chapter 469 The Big Bang
Chapter 469 The Big Bang
At 5 a.m., Gao Jianfei leisurely walked out of 'Ruan's' room. At this hour, the base was utterly silent. The machine gunners and snipers on the walls were all extremely exhausted. During the first half of the night, they were still dutifully monitoring the situation outside the base. But in the second half, they comforted themselves… “Okay, taking a nap won't hurt. Anyway, there are still dozens of brothers patrolling outside, and there's an electric fence on the base walls. Besides, the enemy wouldn't dare to rush in so openly… Uh, I need a rest, I'm too sleepy…”
As a result, even some of the key defense personnel began to slack off and doze off. The bright searchlights became nothing more than decorations! Of course, the gunmen outside the base dared not slack off at all, maintaining their patrols with great effort, fearing the return of the mysterious archers.
The dormitory building where Gao Jianfei was stationed housed over a hundred gunmen. It had 10 floors, with about a dozen rooms on each floor. Each gunman had a single room.
Gao Jianfei was on the 4th floor. As soon as he left his room, he went to the end of the corridor, to the door of room 4-13, and took a toothpick from his pocket. He listened intently to the sounds coming from inside… someone was snoring! There was indeed a gunman living in that room.
Gao Jianfei skillfully used a toothpick to gently pry open the door and tiptoed inside.
The room was dark, the lights off. Gao Jianfei strained his eyes and saw a figure lying on the large bed, rising and falling slightly, snoring—the man was fast asleep. Gao Jianfei silently approached, unleashing his One Yang Finger technique. The force pierced the forehead of the gunman, who was in his sleep having sex with a beautiful woman, killing him instantly. There wasn't a single wound, not a drop of blood.
The body gradually grew cold and stiff, and the snoring stopped abruptly.
"Goodbye." Gao Jianfei gave the corpse a gentlemanly salute, then lit a cigarette, walked out, and properly closed the door.
He went to the door of room 4-12, entered the room in the same way, and killed the gunman in the same manner.
Just like that, within 10 minutes, all the dozen or so gunmen on the fourth floor were fast asleep. The faint snoring from the fourth floor suddenly stopped, leaving only a deathly silence, like a graveyard!
In fact, it was fortunate that Gao Jianfei learned from the dead gunman 'Svensson' that the surveillance equipment in these dormitories usually stopped working at 3 a.m. and would only start operating again at 7 a.m. the next day. Therefore, Gao Jianfei was able to kill easily without any worries.
"Hmm, hurry up." Gao Jianfei's mind raced, and he increased his killing efficiency. Within half an hour, Gao Jianfei had visited every single occupied room in the ten-story dormitory building. He left behind a total of 87 cold corpses.
It was 6 a.m., and since it was winter, the sky was still pitch black. Gao Jianfei made the most of the time, stealthily making his way down the dormitory building and pinpointing the largest armory in the base. Following the description on the 'Svensson' map, Gao Jianfei approached the armory efficiently, using a concealed weapon to eliminate the five dozing gunmen guarding it. He retrieved the key from their bodies and then entered the armory!
A mountain of guns! Bullets! Grenades! Bombs!
Although there weren't any particularly heavy weapons, there were still plenty of AK47s, Desert Eagles, rifles, grenades, and so on.
Having learned Svensson's military skills, Gao Jianfei could easily make a simple time bomb.
Gao Jianfei quickly gathered the materials... gunpowder, fuse, and an ordinary alarm clock he had exchanged from a level 1 ghost in the ghost den, and began to make a time bomb!
In half an hour, the time bomb was made and hidden by Gao Jianfei under a pile of hand grenades. It was scheduled to detonate automatically in 3 hours.
By the time he finished everything, it was already 7 a.m., and the sky was beginning to brighten. Gao Jianfei slipped out of the warehouse, found a nearby sewer, lifted the metal cover, climbed down, closed the cover, and then slipped into the den of ghosts. The filth and stench of the sewer had nothing to do with Gao Jianfei.
After entering the haunted house, he immediately changed into a set of light clothing.
Inside the ghost den, there was a large amount of food he had brought in before, as well as simple cooking tools. Gao Jianfei, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, lit a fire and began to cook noodles.
While Gao Jianfei was happily eating breakfast with a few hard-boiled eggs, chaos began to break out in Holman's base!
Here's what happened: Dale and Holman both got up around 7 a.m., their nerves on edge. After all, the massacre of dozens of people at the base had left them extremely embarrassed and furious. They also couldn't get a good night's sleep.
After getting up, Dale and Holman simply ate some bread and coffee in the living room before leaving the villa to arrange the day's tasks. Holman arranged for the gunmen who had slept the night before to go outside the base and replace the exhausted gunmen who had patrolled all night.
After leaving the villa, Holman realized something was wrong! His base was normally under full military control, with gunmen required to be up before 7 a.m. But now, there were only a dozen or so scattered gunmen who had been on night watch!
A bad feeling welled up in Holman's heart!
Dale followed him out, and he quickly realized something was wrong! His eye twitched. "Something seems off!"
At this moment, the gunman leader who had been on night watch the previous night, his eyes bloodshot and dark circles under his eyes, walked over to Holman complainingly, "Boss, what's going on today? My men have been on watch all night, doing their duty diligently, and they're exhausted! That Dante guy, he and his men are still fast asleep, it's already 7:30! It's really... really infuriating!"
It's like going to work. The gunmen at Holman base are sometimes divided into two shifts, rotating 24 hours a day. This method ensures that, during special periods, there are always gunmen patrolling and guarding the base 24 hours a day.
"Go to the dorm and find that guy Dante!" Holman said, somewhat exasperated.
The gunman leader continued to grumble, "Boss, I'm fine, but the brothers on night watch outside the base are really exhausted after being exposed to the cold wind all night..." With that, he ran towards the dormitory building, cursing all the while.
"Wait, I'm going to tear Dante apart with my own hands!" Holman grinned maliciously.
Unexpectedly, after the gunman leader entered the dormitory, three minutes passed and he didn't come out; five minutes later, he still hadn't emerged...
Holman and Dale exchanged a glance, both seeing horror in each other's eyes!
They were originally formidable figures with exceptional martial arts skills and strong mental fortitude, but now, they all felt their legs were a little weak!
"Go check the dorm!" Dale said, trembling. "I...I...I think I smell death..."