In the darkness, chaos erupted outside!
"Aren't you going out?" I snorted.
"My job is to keep an eye on you; outside matters are for outsiders to handle." The guy shook his head.
Exclamations of alarm came from outside from time to time, followed by muffled groans, then a flurry of gunfire, interspersed with screams and dying breaths...
One minute... two minutes...
I looked at this guy and noticed that he was sweating profusely, but then it suddenly became quiet again outside!
Suddenly, someone knocked lightly on the carriage door from the outside... bang, bang bang.
"Who is it!" The guy next to him frowned and asked loudly with a dark face.
No one answered, and then there were two more knocks... bang bang!
The man next to him didn't hesitate any longer. Suddenly, he pulled a pistol from his waist with his left hand and fired two shots into the carriage without saying a word!
He then rushed over, kicked open the carriage door with all his might, and jumped down!
...
!!! !!! !
From the angle from which I'm lying, I can see the scene outside through the open carriage door!
This was clearly a secluded road. It was already night, and all was silent. The distance was completely obscured by darkness. Outside, two other cars were parked, their headlights on. Within the range of their headlights, only the ground outside could be seen…
They're all dead!!
From my vantage point, I could see about five or six people lying on the ground. The driver of the car behind them was dead, slumped over the steering wheel, with a bullet hole in the windshield and splattered blood.
The closest corpse to me was a guy standing next to the car behind me. He was standing there, his arms hanging down, already dead, but his body didn't fall over... It turned out there was a long knife pinned to his neck! The knife had pierced his neck and was embedded in the car behind him...
Clearly, the last guy was stunned by what he saw!
He gripped a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, his eyes darting around rapidly...
"Who! Who!!"
Just then, I clearly saw a pair of hands slowly reaching down from behind him... Clearly, someone was hiding on the roof of our car!
A thin steel wire swiftly looped around the man's neck! Startled, the man struggled, but the hands were like steel clamps! The wire tightened instantly!
The man with the knife was no pushover either. He swiftly raised his pistol, fired repeatedly at the top, and swung his knife upwards with his other hand...
Snap!
He had only raised his arm halfway when he heard a crisp sound of bones breaking. His body went limp, and his neck tilted to the side...
Bang! The body was thrown heavily to the ground, and then with a whoosh, a figure jumped down from the roof of the car.
In the darkness, his dark skin resembled that of the Grim Reaper, while his eyes shone like those of a wild beast!
"Boss, are you still alive?"
*******
Tu was also injured, covered in blood, especially a deep wound on his left arm that exposed bone! He had also been shot, but he seemed oblivious to the pain... and judging from his movements, these injuries didn't seem to impede his actions at all!
Tu Fei quickly jumped onto the vehicle, pushed the stretcher I was lying on out of the carriage, and then pushed the stretcher as fast as he could towards the back.
Once I stepped out of the train carriage, I saw that there were three cars parked around us! And besides Tu and me...
They're all dead!
"Sorry, boss, I blew out the tires on the biggest car, so I'll have to make do with this." Tu opened the door of the last car, first dragging out the driver's body and throwing it on the ground, then he picked me up from the stretcher and put me in the back seat.
He then climbed into the driver's seat and calmly started the engine...
We left the scene very quickly.
"You...are you injured?" I asked, barely able to breathe.
"Just a minor injury." Tu looked at me in the rearview mirror: "Boss, I'm sorry, the two people who went out with me are both dead."
My heart clenched, but I didn't say anything.
Part Three: The Pinnacle, Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Beginning of Transformation
On the way, Tu told me. He took his men to the nearby town hospital to look for medical equipment and planned to get an ambulance.
However, it was clear that the people who were surrounding us and preparing to ambush us saw Tu lead his men out, and immediately sent a portion of them out to deal with Tu as well.
Just as we were being besieged, Tu had already arrived at the town's hospital. Almost simultaneously, fighting broke out on both sides.
Tu was highly skilled, and the ten men the enemy sent to deal with Tu and his group suffered a great loss; all ten of the enemy men died. However, one of my two men who went with Tu to find equipment was killed.
Then, Tu immediately realized I was in danger and rushed back with his men, but by the time he arrived, I had already hidden on the mountain with Fatty.
Later, while the other side was searching the mountain, Tu was also looking for us. However, Tu didn't find us. Instead, by a twist of fate, while I was unconscious, Fatty sent my last two men out to distract the other side. This action not only successfully drew away everyone except Old Cat, but also coincidentally lured Tu away as well!
As a result, Tu didn't find me. Instead, he clashed with the other side's men, fought fiercely, killed several people, and then retreated.
Tu's goal was to find me, not to fight them head-on. He searched along the river for a long time and finally found my trail... Unfortunately, I had already been captured by them, and with a large number of people surrounding me, Tu couldn't make a move.
“I brought men and followed them all the way here. This is the best ambush spot.” Tu said calmly as he drove. “This road only goes in one direction. I saw them take this road, so I simply circled around from the back to the front and chose this place to ambush them… It’s fortunate that you were injured, boss. They wanted you to live, so they drove very slowly. Just now… I had your last man fire from a distance to distract them so I could attack head-on, but he was shot and killed by them.”
I didn't say anything.
Tu's injuries were not minor, but he seemed to feel no pain. He simply told me, "Boss, the people who are causing you trouble are not simple. I fought with them several times today. There are several very skilled individuals among them, all experts, otherwise I wouldn't have been injured. As your bodyguard, I think you need to strengthen your security measures... After all, boss, I am a warrior, not a bodyguard. I am better at offense than defense."
However, what I didn't know was that this failed ambush operation in the Great Circle, in a way, also brought a huge shock to the enemy!
Especially... slaughter!
From the moment Tu led his men to the hospital to retrieve medical equipment, during the ambush at the hospital, he almost single-handedly killed ten of the opposing team! Then, during the search in the mountains, a chaotic battle ensued in the jungle, where Tu easily killed six of the enemy and escaped unscathed. Jungle combat clearly allowed him to better utilize his strengths.
Then, during the rescue operation just now...
In just five minutes, Tu wiped out all twenty-six members of the opposing convoy!
What shocked the Big Circle even more about the failure of this operation was that... the Big Circle had sent all the top experts to ambush me!
Besides the old cat I killed, and the chipmunk with the bayonet... there were also several other very skilled veterans!
For example, the guy who was guarding me in the carriage just now, I fought him in the smoke. He wasn't necessarily less skilled than me, but Tu easily killed him.
More importantly, today the Big Circle sent a team of "paratroopers"! They were all wiped out by Tu!
“The guys in the jungle are tough; they’re not ordinary people, they’re all experienced warriors,” Tu told me.
Among those slaughtered were not only several highly skilled individuals, but also a squad of paratroopers! The operation to capture me failed, but the larger circle learned that I had an incredibly powerful "killing god" by my side!
"Boss, you need to rest now." Seeing that I was lying there with my eyes open and not saying anything, Tu suddenly slammed on the brakes, then pulled something out of his pocket, leaned over, and gently stabbed it into my thigh.
"What's this……"
“Morphine.” Tu looked me in the eye. “I found it on the bodies of two guys I killed in the mountains. These weren’t ordinary enemies; they were warriors, because this kind of morphine is standard issue for field armies in various countries.”
The morphine injected into my body did indeed alleviate the pain considerably. I lay in the back seat of the car, but my mind still couldn't calm down; all sorts of thoughts flooded my head. Finally, I laughed.
My laughter wasn't loud, but it carried an unusually mocking tone.
Tu, who was driving, frowned: "Boss?"
"I'm fine," I said calmly. "I just find it funny... I think I'm ridiculous."
*****
The car returned to Shanghai, and instead of going to the hospital, I took it directly to Old Fox Qiao's club. It also offered top-notch medical care.
Actually, my wounds were almost completely treated, and even the bullets had been removed. However, those large bandages were just a quick fix to keep me alive. Back at the club, under the advanced medical care, my wounds were re-treated, stitched up, and my lungs were cleared of blood clots, etc…
The most serious problem is that several of my wounds have become infected, and...
When they learned that I had been ambushed and seriously injured, everyone rushed to my aid, even Fang Nan, who wasn't in Shanghai, came after hearing the news (Ning Yan told her this).
But as I instructed, I did not see anyone!
Even the news of my injury was kept strictly confidential.
After the injury, the only person I saw was Qiaoqiao's father, and I talked to him for about ten minutes. During that time, people outside seemed to be able to hear arguing coming from the ward, but no one knew what we were talking about.
When Qiaoqiao's father finally left the ward, he couldn't help but curse at me, "I think you've gone mad!"
However, he still compromised with me, and I... signed the contract for him!
Qiaoqiao, Aze, and others all wanted to see me, but I had them all turned away by my people.
The reason given was that I was too injured and weak to visit.
In her haste, Miss Qiao almost rushed in to see me, but in the end, her father took her back.
Seeing that I didn't want to see anyone, Mu Tou and A Ze went to question Tu carefully and learned everything that had happened from him.
The next day, my wound became severely infected, which led to complications. I developed a high fever and even went into shock, nearly dying. The lung infection also almost caused me to stop breathing.
I remained unconscious for two more days. During that time, my vital signs plummeted to their lowest point. Medical personnel performed emergency resuscitation three times before finally pulling me back from the brink of death.
I finally woke up two days later.
After waking up, I still didn't see anyone, but under the careful care of the medical staff, I recovered quickly.
On the fifth day, the doctor announced to all my relatives and friends who were waiting outside that I was ready for visits.
After waiting for five days, Qiaoqiao was the first to rush into my ward, followed by Fang Nan, Aze, Mutou, Amei, and everyone else.
The ward was spacious, with the large curtains drawn, letting in the bright sunlight. I lay quietly on the bed, pale-faced and wearing a white nightgown.
Beside me is one of the top doctors who was urgently brought in from Germany, and he is giving me a physical examination.
"You've arrived." I looked at the crowd rushing in and smiled calmly.
Seeing that I could still speak and laugh, Fang Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief, but tears welled up in her eyes. As for Qiao Qiao... Qiao Qiao shouted, "Chen Yang, why didn't you see us the past few days! Were you hiding away and crying by yourself...? Even if you want to cry, I can cry with you."
After saying that, the strong-willed Qiaoqiao slowly walked to my side, suddenly sat down, and said with tears in her eyes, "You...you bastard...I thought you were going to die..."
I shook my head: "See, I'm still alive."
Then I turned to the doctor and said, "Please continue. I also want to know when I will be fully recovered... I still have a lot to do!"
Several professional nurses helped me up. The doctor had a gloomy face and said in English, "Sir, you have already seen the test results... I can only say that it is not optimistic... very not optimistic! So I hope you can prepare for the worst."