The two silver guns had already slid into his sleeves, and Long Wu had also fastened a three-inch-long throwing knife in each of his hands.
Both men were clearly prepared to sacrifice themselves. Under these circumstances, they had no illusions left. Being discovered by the enemy before even landing meant only one outcome: death. They had no other choice but to hope that they could take as many people down with them before they died.
However, just as the two parachutes, tangled together, plummeted straight down to a height of over a hundred meters, and the bullets were already preparing to pull back the safety of their pistols, ready to descend a few dozen meters further and fire first, they suddenly felt their bodies abruptly stop, as if the parachutes, which had been constricted due to being tangled together, had fully unfolded again.
Both of them were slightly taken aback, then their faces lit up with ecstasy. When they looked up, they found that their umbrellas were still tangled together and in disarray. However, at this moment, their umbrellas were grabbed by another person, who, with the force of this grab, managed to stop their rapid descent. The other person then carried them both and drifted sideways, directly avoiding the ferry directly below and the lights on the small dock below, and headed diagonally towards a dark, rocky beach on the left.
At this point, Long Wu and Zidan's parachutes had almost completely collapsed together, leaving them with no buoyancy to rely on, which only increased their weight.
Given the combined weight of the two of them, anyone who rashly tries to grab them will only suffer the same fate as them. They are both carrying single-person parachutes, and now they have to support the weight of three people at once. The result is predictable...
But what surprised Long Wu and Zidan immensely was that... after the person above grabbed their parachutes and shared their weight, his descent speed only increased slightly. It turned out that a gust of wind had unexpectedly created an updraft, thus offsetting the downward force from the two burdens below. It didn't pull him down at all, and the person was still able to control the parachute's descent direction as usual, showing absolutely no signs of losing control...
This guy is something else... and... he's incredibly lucky. He was so fortunate to encounter an updraft, otherwise... they would probably have all fallen to the dock and been shot dead.
Whether it was luck or not, the three people, who had gone up and down twice, finally landed safely on the rocky beach close to the lakeside.
If an ordinary paratrooper were to land in such an uneven terrain, even if they didn't die from the fall, they would almost certainly be injured.
However, the people in front of him were no ordinary people. Long Wu was at the bottom and was the first to land. He knew that he was being dragged along by the two intertwined parachutes above. After landing, he would likely be dragged a long distance. If this were a beach, it would be fine. He could just run a few steps and wait for the parachutes above to fall completely.
But... this is a rocky beach... if he were dragged forward for ten or eight meters, he would probably be rubbed raw and injured by the rocks below.
Therefore, before he even truly landed, Long Wu unhesitatingly threw out his throwing knife, severing the parachute cord that was tangled with the bullet. Then, the two of them fell down one after the other, piled on top of each other...
Volume 3, Chapter 518 of "King of the City" is too ridiculous!
With Long Wu's skills, jumping down from a height of only a few meters would naturally pose no danger, even if the ground below was full of sharp rocks.
With a "whoosh," Long Wu landed silently on two tall rocks, stepping on the tip of one rock with one foot while raising his hands to catch the bullet that was about to fall.
With a quick bend of his knees, he had already reduced the momentum of his fall by half. Then, he leaped forward, as if stepping on plum blossom pillars, running seven or eight meters across the scattered rocks in one breath. Only when he reached a slightly flattened area of scattered rocks did he completely eliminate the force of his fall and stop.
The two parachutes that he had cut off and that were now tangled together had long been left behind by them.
"Crack, crack..." Just as Long Wu stopped, Zidan flicked the folded wheelchair that was slung over her shoulder. The thing that had shrunk into a backpack shape immediately seemed to come alive again, unfolding piece by piece, and finally transforming back into the shape of a wheelchair. Zidan placed it on the stone ground, and she gently pressed on Long Wu's shoulder, breaking free from his embrace and landing on the wheelchair like a light swallow.
Long Wu paused slightly, looked at the rocky beach around him, and said with a wry smile, "Boss... you're being too impatient, aren't you? There are rocks everywhere. How are you going to get around in this wheelchair? Shall I carry you out first?"
As Long Wu was about to bend down and pick up the bullet again, the bullet's face turned slightly cold, and he shook his head resolutely, saying, "Thank you for earlier, but... it's not necessary now."
As she spoke, Zidan reached out and pressed on the armrest of her wheelchair. Immediately, a hissing sound came from the two wheels of her wheelchair. The tires, which were originally two sizes smaller than normal wheels, suddenly expanded rapidly, becoming as exaggerated as two car tires in the blink of an eye.
A tiny chair sandwiched between two enormous tires, and a thin woman sitting on the chair... The image looked as bizarre as it could possibly be.
Once the two tires had expanded to their maximum size, the bullet, without even glancing at Long Wu, grabbed the two enormous tires with both hands and gently turned them. The bizarre wheelchair then moved swiftly and lightly across the rocky beach.
The scattered rocks and uneven ground seemed to pose no obstacle to her wheelchair, and the bullet inside the wheelchair didn't seem to experience any bumps. It seemed that the two behemoth-like tires could not only easily level the road surface on their own, but also had a highly efficient shock absorption effect.
The tire's material was undoubtedly very tough; even a sharp stone wouldn't leave a mark on it, let alone puncture it.
After the bullet spun its two large tires with force, it surged up a pile of rocks more than half a meter high, then soared through the air, drifting slowly forward for five or six meters before finally landing steadily on a patch of grass outside the rocky area. Only then did Long Wu click his tongue in astonishment, realizing that the two large tires weren't filled with ordinary high-pressure gas, but with hydrogen... No wonder it seemed so light and easy to walk through the rocky area, much easier than walking for Long Wu himself...
It seems this team leader is quite something. He's been in the Dragon Group for several years, but he's never discovered that Bullet's wheelchair has such a powerful function... Long Wu asked himself, if he had something this good, he probably would have been eager to show it off long ago.
Hmm... this woman is quite insightful...
Zhou Ziwei landed right behind the two, and naturally noticed the peculiarity of the wheelchair belonging to the bullet. His eyes lit up, and he nodded, thinking to himself: "This technology of automatically filling the tires with hydrogen is impressive. I need to study it carefully later. If I combine this technology with the principles of the aircraft obtained from the pilot plane, it's not impossible to design a top-of-the-line sports car suitable for use on land, sea, and air..."
When a sports car is driven into water, its tires automatically fill with a large amount of hydrogen, which naturally allows the car to float. If a rotating turbine is designed to propel it in the water, and the car's waterproofing is also solved, then using the sports car as a speedboat would not be a difficult task.
Injecting a large amount of hydrogen into the tires would also greatly increase the buoyancy of the sports car in the air. If four propulsion devices that can simultaneously inject hydrogen, oxygen, and fuel were installed on the four corners of the sports car, it would not be impossible to send a bulky sports car into the sky. If that really didn't work, two large wings that could automatically inject hydrogen at any time could be installed on the roof of the sports car... then there shouldn't be any more problems, right?
Zhou Ziwei became more and more excited as he thought about it, and in an instant he had found a good way to make a fortune.
In fact, he had a monopoly on the development rights of civilian products using water splitting technology, and he also had the basic design principles of pilot-scale spacecraft. So, it would be an easy thing for him to make a fortune using this technology. However, he had not figured out what kind of high-tech products using water as fuel he wanted to produce.
Of course... even if he doesn't need to think about anything, but simply uses the design principles of that aircraft to modify existing car engines and produce a truly environmentally friendly car that uses water as fuel, then he will immediately have endless money waiting for him to count.
However... this kind of modification, which has no technical content whatsoever, is so uncreative to him that it has almost killed his passion for his future dreams of getting rich.
But... if he could design a supercar that could travel on land, sea, and air, based on his previous idea, how incredibly fulfilling that would be...
"Bang bang bang..." Just as Zhou Ziwei was lost in thought, a series of gunshots rang out from the dock.
It turned out that it wasn't just a few of them who were unlucky and landed on the dock side during their parachute jump. One of the people who jumped last from the plane was also blown there by a sudden gust of wind. And she wasn't so lucky to have Zhou Ziwei helping her. As she continued to descend, she was spotted by the guards on the dock, and gunfire erupted. Five or six soldiers simultaneously raised their guns and fired at the parachutist who was slowly falling from the sky...
The building on the island in the middle of the lake originally belonged to a farmer. As a farmer's villa, it naturally couldn't be too ostentatious. So, at night, only a few inconspicuous lights adorned the small building on the island and the dock. The entire island was pitch black, appearing quite ordinary from a distance on the lake shore.
But when the gunshots rang out at the dock, dozens of high-intensity solar lights suddenly appeared on the entire island, instantly illuminating the whole island as if it were daytime.
In addition, more than a dozen high-energy searchlights shone into the sky from various angles, instantly exposing the Dragon Group members, whether they had already landed on the ground or were slowly descending in the air, to the light.
This sudden change happened very quickly. However, as a seasoned team, the Dragon Group had naturally considered all possibilities before carrying out this mission. Although the situation was quite bad, it was not the worst. At least more than half of the people had landed safely on the island, and only three people remained in the air.
The bullet reacted immediately the moment the gunshot rang out, and then turned on the team's walkie-talkie to quickly transmit the latest orders through its earpiece.
"Ball, immediately activate the signal jamming equipment and cut off all possible internal and external communications with the enemy... The rest of you, split into two groups and, based on distance, immediately concentrate fire to suppress the enemies on the dock and in the small building, ensuring everyone lands safely..."
The main task of the ball in this mission was to cut off the enemy's communication capabilities, so he was naturally one of the first to parachute from the plane. He had already landed safely for a moment when he heard the bullet's order and immediately responded with "Received". At the same time, he quickly opened his backpack, took out a powerful signal jammer he had made himself, and immediately activated it.
This powerful signal jammer was developed by Pinball and its performance is quite terrifying. It can not only interfere with the transmission and transmission of wireless signals, but also interfere with wired and even encrypted signal transmissions.
Despite this powerful interference, wireless communication between members of the Dragon Group team remained uninterrupted.
The timely activation of the signal jammer can effectively prevent the enemy's actions on the entire island from falling into a state of disorganization. As a result, the enemy's combat power may not even be able to exert 30% of its full strength.
The moment the battle began, the blind child was in the most dangerous situation. She was the unlucky girl who was parachuted onto the dock. It was because the soldiers on night watch at the dock discovered her that the operation was exposed.
As for the other two, they were already close to landing and far from the area of concentrated enemy fire. When they realized the situation was bad, they didn't even have time to wait until they were completely on the ground. They took out the paratrooper knives strapped to their thighs, cut the parachute ropes, and jumped straight down from mid-air.
After the lights came on, several tongues of fire simultaneously spewed from two warehouse-like buildings on the dock, wildly spraying bullets at the blind child falling from the sky. Meanwhile, several soldiers dressed as ordinary people standing on the dock also opened fire on the blind child with their automatic rifles. In addition, the seemingly ordinary ferry suddenly revealed its ferocious fangs, with a row of gun barrels suddenly appearing on one side of the cabin, and then rows of bullets sprayed into the air like raindrops.
In an instant, a terrifying death zone formed around the blind child's frail body, as countless bullets whistled and completely engulfed her...
All the Dragon Group members who witnessed this scene couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Although everyone was desperately using their weapons to suppress the fire on the dock and the ferry, the two buildings on the dock disguised as warehouses were exceptionally sturdy. Their bullets only caused sparks to fly when they hit them. Clearly, the walls of the warehouses were made of metal, with only a layer of plaster covering them, making them look like earthen buildings.
Even when members of the Dragon Group who were nearby threw their high-explosive grenades, they couldn't blow the building down. So this barrage of firepower didn't have much effect. The people inside ignored them and focused their firepower on killing the blind child who was still floating in the air.
Furthermore, the ferry was exceptionally sturdy, allowing the gunners hiding inside to fire freely into the air without paying any attention to the Dragon Group members' barrage of fire.
Upon seeing this, the bullet's eyes immediately turned cold and bloodshot.
When a person's eyes turn bloodshot, they often become very excited and manic. However, Bullet's bloodshot eyes still exuded a chilling coldness. When the Dragon Group members saw Bullet's eyes, they knew that... this woman had already unleashed boundless killing intent. When her eyes turned bloodshot and cold, a tragic bloodbath was about to occur.
The two gleaming silver pistols appeared in her hands as if by magic, but she didn't rush to fire. Instead, she ripped open her clothes, revealing several magazines strapped to her chest, and then slowly replaced the magazines on the two silver guns in her hands with two new ones...
Bullet's movements were steady, but not very fast. She knew that even if she were faster, she wouldn't be able to save the blind child. She could only use her strongest fighting power and the most stable marksmanship to avenge the blind child. The blind child was certainly going to die... but Bullet swore that she would make all the American devils on this island pay with their lives.
However, just as the bullets were being reloaded and before a single shot was fired... the blind child, who had been surrounded by a hail of bullets in the sky, suddenly vanished without a trace before everyone's eyes.
In mid-air, only an empty parachute remained, but it had been riddled with bullets and was now collapsing rapidly, like a honeycomb, before swaying and plummeting toward the ground.
Everyone who witnessed the blind child vanish into thin air, regardless of friend or foe, was involuntarily shocked and gasped. The gunfire on the dock side stopped abruptly almost simultaneously, with only sporadic gunfire still occasionally emanating from the small building.
Even if a living person's body is riddled with bullets, at least some flesh and blood should remain, right? But... how could the blind child have vanished without a trace all of a trace? A chill ran down many people's spines.
"Thank you for saving me again."
Just as Zidan and Longwu were staring blankly at the swaying parachute, a clear child's voice suddenly rang out behind them. Upon hearing the voice, the two were immediately shocked. When they turned around to look, sure enough... the blind child was standing perfectly fine on the rocky beach not far behind them.
What on earth is going on? Is this some kind of ghost? Could the thing appearing behind them be the wronged spirit of the blind child who just died unjustly?
This was the first thought that arose in the minds of both Zidan and Longwu.
Because they had known the blind child for quite some time, they naturally knew a great deal about her abilities. Although they knew that despite her young age and frail physique, the blind child possessed incredibly strong arms, exceptionally sharp hearing despite being blind, and a masterful slingshot technique, capable of using plastic pellets fired from her slingshot to deflect bullets aimed at her…
However, they had never heard of a blind child possessing such miraculous teleportation abilities... Indeed, what she had just demonstrated was exactly like teleportation described in fantasy novels. She was able to move so fast that it was impossible for the naked eye to detect it. What else could it be but teleportation? Neither Zidan nor Long Wu believed that anyone in the world could be so incredibly fast, so they could only suspect that the blind child standing before them was no longer human.
Fortunately, the two quickly remembered what the blind child had said earlier... "Thank you for saving me again!" Could it be that... she didn't fly down from mid-air on her own, but... was rescued by someone?
Thinking of this, Long Wu and Zidan realized that the blind boy was talking to Zhou Ziwei, and that a black rope had somehow been wrapped around the boy's waist, with the other end of the rope held in Zhou Ziwei's hand.
The black rope looked very familiar, as if it had been cut from a parachute. Moreover, the rope was clearly made of three or four ropes connected together. When the two turned their heads to look to the side, they were horrified to find that the longest rope from the parachute that they and Zhou Ziwei had just used had indeed been cut off.
The two looked at each other in horror again. It was as if Zhou Ziwei, seeing the blind child in danger, had run to cut the longest rope from the three parachutes nearby, then connected the three ropes together, and then... used the long rope to lasso the blind child, who was under a barrage of bullets, and pull him to safety.
This is... way too ridiculous!
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 519: That was awesome...
Putting aside the question of how Zhou Ziwei could have pulled the blind child from mid-air so quickly... how could he have been so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye? He was just cutting one rope after another from the parachute and connecting them together... If someone else were to do the same thing, it would probably take at least three to five minutes. How could Zhou Ziwei have done it all in the blink of an eye?
Long Wu and Zidan could hardly believe their eyes and couldn't confirm what they were seeing. They involuntarily raised their hands and rubbed their eyes hard, shaking their heads. When they opened their eyes again, they found that what they saw and heard was still the same. Only then did they have to accept this fact in horror.
It turns out there really are people in this world who can achieve such terrifying speed. Compared to him, Leopard, who used to be known for his speed in the Dragon Group, is practically... practically no different from a baby who has just learned to walk!
As expected of the leader of the Dragon Group, Bullet quickly recovered from his extreme shock. He then slightly adjusted the earpiece hanging on his ear and urgently ordered, "Everyone, please note that Blind Child has landed safely. We will immediately concentrate our firepower to remove the fangs, cannon barrels, and gunpowder barrels on this side of the dock. You two are responsible for removing those two firing points on the dock. I will take care of destroying the ferry... The rest of you will take care of the scattered personnel on the perimeter. Eagle Eye, you are in charge of lookout. Pay attention to the movements over at the small building. As soon as you see anyone peek out, take them out immediately!"
Each member of the Dragon Group has their own strengths. There's the blind boy with amazing hearing, and of course, there's Hawkeye with his superhuman eyesight. Hawkeye is the Dragon Group's sniper, and his sniper rifle usually doesn't have a scope because his eyesight is truly extraordinary. Even targets a kilometer away, he can focus clearly with just a slight squint. He boasts that he can even distinguish whether a mosquito a kilometer away is male or female! With such abnormal eyesight, being a long-range sniper is a perfect fit!
Gunpowder Keg, on the other hand, is an expert in handling explosives. This guy is a monster with only one leg and one hand, but he looks relatively normal on the surface. Both his severed hand and leg are fitted with prosthetics, so you can't tell anything when he walks. However, he does have some difficulty moving around.
This guy's favorite thing to do is tinker with explosives. He has invented and researched countless new types of explosives and bombs, but he is even more skilled at placing explosives and launching bombs.
He worked diligently and conscientiously for this purpose. His severed hand and foot were sacrificed during continuous experiments, not during actual missions.
When the two men saw that the two warehouses on the dock couldn't be destroyed even by grenades, they knew something was wrong. However, at the time, they didn't have any heavy weapons and were helpless against the two buildings that seemed to be protected by tortoise shells.
The team was naturally equipped with heavy weapons and explosives, but these things were both dangerous and very heavy. So, before anyone jumped, the first group was strapped with parachutes and dropped, landing in a secluded corner on the left side of the island.
When the cannon and the powder keg realized that the two warehouses couldn't be destroyed with ordinary grenades, they immediately ran towards the place where the heavy equipment had fallen. Their livelihood depended on those items, and if they didn't get them first, they would be practically useless in the team. So even though the blind child in the air was still in danger, they knew they couldn't help much, and without any hesitation, they decided to get their gear first, and then avenge the blind child by blasting those bastards to pieces!
Upon hearing from the ear that the blind child had escaped danger, everyone gasped in disbelief. Then, those closer to Zhou Ziwei and the others saw the blind child indeed standing there, and they couldn't help but marvel.
However, now under the watchful eyes of the enemy, the group had no time to be amazed. Following the instructions of the bullet, they first found cover and took refuge before beginning to mop up the scattered soldiers wandering on the island with firepower...
The cannon and gunpowder barrel moved extremely fast. Shortly after the order to fire was given, they found the large wooden crate that had been the first to be dropped on the island. The gunpowder barrel kicked the crate open and violently pulled out a dozen or so simple bombs that he had quickly made using various materials provided to him by the agents at the mining base. Then, it skimmed along the ground and rushed toward a warehouse on the left side of the dock.
Cannonball was a loud and hot-tempered person, but being around Gunpowder Keg made him feel like he'd lose at least ten or eight years of his life. This guy was just... terrifying! You see, this wooden box was full of flammable and explosive things, but that guy didn't even think twice before kicking the box to pieces, not even worried that he might accidentally blast all the bombs he had concocted into the sky!
After the gunpowder barrel was removed, the cannon did not rush to act. Instead, it took out a large number of odds and ends from the big wooden box.
This jumble of things contained all sorts of things; some looked like they were taken from the engine of a well truck, others like they were taken from a heavy machine gun, and still others were various small, miscellaneous parts, all haphazardly placed in a smaller wooden box.
The cannon barrel emptied out all the jumbled parts one by one, and then two large, seemingly rough and clumsy hands moved with the speed of butterflies flitting among flowers, assembling a uniquely shaped short-bore cannon from the pile of messy parts in a short time.
The barrel of this short-bore cannon looked like it was made from a bucket-like object. Of course, it couldn't be a real bucket; no bucket in the world could withstand the force of a cannonball. Its turret base was clearly an engine mount… A bizarre mess of people had created this monstrosity. Zhou Ziwei, watching from a distance, couldn't help but gasp in astonishment. When he saw the barrel then cramming a large-caliber cannonball—which looked clearly specially modified—into the breech, he instinctively took a few steps back. This thing… it just didn't give him any sense of security!
Cannon was clearly very satisfied with his creation. It was a composite of all the weapons and equipment that the agents from the US could provide. He had been busy designing this thing for over an hour at the mine outpost. Because of limited resources, he didn't have time to create something more powerful, so he had to make do with this cannon for now. However, the thing he had worked on for so long could only fire one shot before it had to be scrapped. Its utilization rate was too low, but there was nothing he could do about it.