Chen Xu turned off the location tracking system... In fact, he knew that doing so was futile—the other party had already arrived, so what was the point of turning it off?
However, Chen Xu wasn't afraid. There were only eight of them, and although it was dark, Chen Xu clearly knew their positions. On his side, Nangong Lan didn't seem to know how to use a gun, and the two trembling doctors and nurses were even less likely to be able to. But he and Douglas were still there. If they launched a surprise attack, they should be able to handle all eight of them—the house was well-equipped with weapons!
“I know their exact location, and they can’t pinpoint our location until the fire in the closet goes out,” Chen Xu said, revealing his thoughts. “We have a chance to win. Douglas, you and I, one gun each. We’ll each take out one of them. I’ll choose the leader on the left-hand side directly in front, and you choose the other sniper. We’ll count to three and fire simultaneously, taking out those two first!”
Douglas laughed; he was Black, so his teeth were exceptionally white. "Good idea, but we need to find a good position. We can't go near the window, because if we're close to the wall, their infrared equipment can still detect us, and if their bullets can penetrate the wall, we're done for. Also, what about the remaining six?"
“Let’s make a plan first. Look, there are eight of them. The guy on our left in front of us is number 1. Following the clockwise direction, the rest of the people are numbers 2 through 7.”
"Douglas, your target is number three. After that shot, I think I'll have one more chance to take out number two next to me. As for you, I hope you can take out another opponent, okay?"
"Can."
"Wait a minute, what about me?!" Nangong Lan said hurriedly, he hated being treated as useless.
"If you can't handle a gun, then go stand over there!" Chen Xu laughed and scolded. "Protect my woman and these two poor quails... We're being surrounded and killed right now. I'd rather let them escape than let any of us get hurt in the slightest. If they escape after we shoot, then all will be well. But if they resist and even try to break in, then we'll have a tough battle."
Nangong Lan remained silent, but Guan Yixing glared at her and said, "Hey! Don't underestimate me, I can handle guns too! I don't know how old you were when you started handling guns, but I was already receiving shooting training when I was seven! I can even handle a sniper rifle well."
Chen Xu glanced at her: "We're not playing with guns, we're killing people... I don't want your hands to get stained with blood."
Guan Yi was stunned when he heard this.
Although she wasn't afraid of corpses, she had never actually killed anyone.
Murder... Even though she was the future head of one of the four major Chinese families, she was still a girl, and she wouldn't normally think about such a thing.
"Me... and what about you? Aren't you going to do it yourself?"
Chen Xu smiled and pulled her into his arms: "My hands are already stained with blood, I don't care about one more time... but I don't want you to end up like me. After I killed Mivad and his men, I couldn't sleep for almost every night for the next few days. I know you're not afraid of corpses, but that's completely different from ending someone's life with your own hands... Be good, stay in the back. I don't want you to get hurt. Some things are a man's business."
Chen Xu released her and picked up the gun.
But when Chen Xu walked to the window, Guan Yi suddenly came up, also holding a sniper rifle.
The woman smiled and said, "Although it's my first time, I am indeed very nervous. But I can't just watch my man risk his life outside, getting his hands stained with blood for me. You know what? The moment your hands were stained with blood, whether I helped or not, my hands were also stained with blood. Because..."
Her smile was radiant, like the winter sun:
"We are one!"
Chapter 358 Counterattack
The night wind was cold.
As a city built on a desert landscape, Las Vegas experiences harsh winters. People often only see the glitz and glamour of this sin city, unaware that every winter, a number of people freeze to death on the streets and outskirts of Las Vegas.
Among these people were homeless people who came to the city to seek their fortune but ended up with nothing, and gamblers who fell from heaven to hell overnight. But death was never news in Las Vegas, because in this city of extravagance, its residents had heard too much about death, to the point of numbness.
Tonight, I don't know about other parts of Las Vegas, but near this suburban manor, a few more corpses are destined to be found!
The eight people outside were very careful.
Although they were surrounded by darkness, they kept moving around the manor, partly to see if there was any way to attack the enemy, and partly because they were afraid that if they stayed in one place for too long, the enemy would lock onto them and launch a sneak attack.
These people are all soldiers!
After handing over control of his body to Min, Chen Xu drew a conclusion while observing their behavior.
Fortunately, they came in a hurry this time—although they even brought infrared detectors, if they hadn't been in a hurry and were afraid of exposing the secret of the robotic arm, they probably would have brought grenades, or even more powerful weapons such as grenade launchers and man-portable rocket launchers!
Even a single twin-barreled heavy machine gun could easily unleash a barrage of bullets on the manor. Whether these brick walls could withstand such powerful bullets is a huge question mark.
Of course, there is another possibility: this is still the outskirts of the city. Although the houses are built relatively sparsely, using such powerful weapons would still alert others. Judging from the fact that the sniper rifles these people are using are equipped with silencers, they must be a group of people who are not in the light of day. They are afraid that any action will expose them, so they dare not use powerful weapons.
Of course, if they knew that SMMH's apprentice and the butler's daughter, the first in line to inherit the throne, were in this room, they probably wouldn't care so much.
However, there are no "what ifs" in life!
The fire in the fireplace is gradually dying down.
After all, the only fuel is solid alcohol used for ignition. How long can these things burn?
The fact that the other side has been holding out like this must mean they've realized the fuel in the house is running low, which is why they're so patient.
By the time the other side had once again come to a standstill, Chen Xu and his team had already found their positions.
With Xiao Min's help, Chen Xu's superhuman eyes were able to accurately pinpoint the location of the enemy. So, after quickly helping Douglas and Guan Yi lock onto their targets, Chen Xu also set up his gun.
To be honest, Chen Xu wasn't very confident about their accuracy.
After all, it was Chen Xu who helped with the aiming; if the opponent moved even slightly, they could easily slip out of the sights.
Therefore, instead of aiming at the enemy's most vulnerable spot—between the eyebrows—Chen Xu helped them aim at the enemy's chest.
In this way, even if there is a slight miss, it should still be enough to hit the opponent's body. Even if it is not fatal, it can still injure the opponent and render them unable to fight.
Chen Xu also set up his own gun.
With Xiaomin's help, the three of them chose blind spots in each other's line of sight. At this point, the infrared detectors couldn't be used yet, but they only had that much time. As the fireplace fire dwindled and the room temperature dropped, the accuracy of the infrared detectors increased. Every second of delay meant more danger!
Chen Xu set his sights on the enemy's leader; he had understood the principle of capturing the king first.
"Ready, I'll count to three... One, two, three!"
"Bang!" Almost simultaneously, three loud gunshots rang out. Guan Yi was jolted to the ground by the powerful recoil of the sniper rifle, and Chen Xu quickly caught her.
The woman's shoulder was clearly swollen—you know, sniper rifles aren't something just anyone can handle.
The powerful recoil when the bullet left the barrel was almost unbearable even for Chen Xu, let alone Guan Yi, who had delicate skin!
At this moment, Chen Xu didn't consider the accuracy rate. He looked at Guan Yi, who smiled and shook her head, indicating that she was fine. She lowered her voice and said, "Quickly take a look at the results!"
A commotion erupted outside, followed immediately by several muffled thuds. Chen Xu glanced outside and immediately dropped to the ground, his expression turning strange.
"I hit him; I smashed the leader's head open, but..."
Guan Yi's face darkened slightly: "Did I miss? I'm sorry, this is my first time using a weapon with such high recoil, I..."
"Alright, it's nothing. Let's go downstairs now. Yi, you should stay downstairs and leave the rest to us... They haven't left yet, it looks like they're planning a full-scale attack."
There was no time to hesitate. The group immediately went downstairs. Nangong Lan stood guard at the door, while Douglas and Chen Xu stood by the window with guns in hand. Chen Xu glanced over and felt increasingly incredulous...
Of the three shots Chen Xu fired, he naturally hit the target—that's like shooting at a stationary target, how could he possibly miss?
However, there was indeed one person who missed the target, but that person was not Guan Yi... but Douglas!
A second before Douglas fired, the sniper he was aiming at moved slightly, so Douglas's bullet missed!
Guan Yi's prediction came true!
Xiaomin replayed the scene in Chen Xu's mind, and Chen Xu couldn't help but smile wryly.
Guan Yi had aimed, but this was her first time preparing to kill someone! Her hand couldn't help but tremble a little, but with that tremor, the scope actually drifted away from the target. Moreover, the huge recoil when the bullet was about to leave the barrel caused her to hold the gun askew.
However, by a twist of fate, the bullet hit another sniper!
And it was a direct headshot!
In Zhang Xiaohua's words, his head was like a piece of sachima (a type of Chinese pastry)!
Here, Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh; that guy's luck today was absolutely terrible! To be mistakenly hit by the secondary car under such circumstances—that's incredible luck… If he were still alive, Chen Xu could suggest he buy a lottery ticket. To encounter something with such a one-in-a-million probability—what kind of luck is that?!
Of course, Chen Xu didn't want Guan Yi to have blood on her hands in the first place, so since such a beautiful misunderstanding had occurred, Chen Xu went along with it and told her that no one had been hit...
Two of the opponents died instantly, their heads severed, throwing them into a panic.
Chen Xu saw that one of the guys was about to run away, but was called back by another person.
The remaining few people then desperately fired their guns at the house!
Two of the three snipers were already dead—the commander was a sniper himself—and the rest were frantically firing their submachine guns at the house!
Chen Xu and the others were hiding behind underground bunkers, so there was nothing to worry about, because submachine guns simply don't have much penetrating power.
During this time, Chen Xu went around to the back of the house and took care of the other two through the window.
There are only four of them left!
In the current situation, Chen Xu and his team have gained an absolute advantage!
But just then, there was a sudden "clang" above my head, something fell in, and then I saw that the whole top of my head was filled with smoke!
"Damn it, a smoke bomb!" Douglas's expression changed, and he immediately closed the basement door, but smoke could still seep through the gaps.
"Damn it, this is still tear gas!" Chen Xu cursed as his eyes stung. Guan Yi next to him was also coughing incessantly. Chen Xu quickly grabbed a bottle of mineral water, took off his shirt, tore off a piece, poured the water on it, and covered Guan Yi's face with it.
The others followed suit, and Chen Xu's suit, worth hundreds of thousands of US dollars, was reduced to a rag. Fortunately, this method was quite effective, and not much smoke got in. Otherwise, they would have been trapped inside and suffocated to death, except to escape as quickly as possible!
"That's too ruthless!" Chen Xu couldn't help but curse.
Douglas laughed and said, "We're actually lucky; thankfully, they only brought smoke grenades and not poison gas. So, how about we go charge in now?"
Chen Xu looked at him: "Is there no problem?"
"What's there to be afraid of with bulletproof vests? Besides, there's thick smoke up there. We're trapped in this basement. What other way out do we have but to rush up?"
Chen Xu thought about it and realized it made sense. Although they had been avoiding close combat, they had no other choice at this point. Just then, a hand landed on Chen Xu's shoulder: "I'll go with you!"
It's Nangong Lan!
Nangong Lan smiled and said, "Killing someone doesn't necessarily require a gun. In this darkness, it won't be so easy for them to aim at me."
Chen Xu wanted to refuse, but couldn't bring himself to say it. Finally, he sighed and nodded.
The enemy was using an infrared detector, not infrared goggles over their eyes. In close combat, they wouldn't have time to aim.
"Alright! I'll go take care of that sniper first... Everyone be careful! If any of you get hurt, I'll avenge you no matter what!"
Douglas and Nangong Lan had fought alongside Chen Xu before, and they both smiled upon hearing this. Douglas, with a wet cloth wrapped around his face, yanked open the basement door and hurled two grenades out!
Douglas, being a professionally trained soldier, managed to send two grenades flying straight through the broken window and explode right in front of him!
"boom!"
"boom!"
Chen Xu could see clearly that although the two grenades did not hit anyone, they caused chaos on the other side, and everyone fell to the ground in the grass.
Great opportunity!
After Douglas threw the grenade, he jumped up, followed by Chen Xu.
After Chen Xu went up, he rolled on the ground. Although the ground was covered with shards of glass and other debris, his liquid body armor protected his entire body. As long as his head and face didn't touch the ground, he would be completely unharmed. Chen Xu rolled to the window, set up his gun, and immediately searched for the location of the last enemy sniper!