Chapter Sixteen: Fierce Battle

  Guo Jingmeng turned around the stairs, Cao Sen followed closely behind, and the tactical flashlights on their guns illuminated the third floor brightly.

  Cao Sen took a deep breath, and he saw a male fierce ghost made of dark green silk threads. Unlike the female ghost Jing Zhe in stealth state, the ghost's silk threads were completely continuous, with a slightly thicker diameter and more density. Cao Sen could clearly see the expression on the ghost's face - it was a ferocious and venomous one, with a pair of triangular eyes emitting faint green light, staring at Guo Jing with extreme ferocity. The ghost held a dagger made of green silk threads in his hand, shining with a greenish luster. He slowly drifted down along one side of the stairs, raising the dagger in his hand, as if about to stab Guo Jing.

  Guo Jing could not see the ghost hiding behind him and was oblivious to the impending danger.

  "Guo Jing, 10 o'clock, 45 degrees! (Take Guo Jing himself as the reference point, shoot at a 45-degree angle in the direction of 10 o'clock)" Cao Sen ordered.

  Kuo Jing didn't hesitate, nor did he care about the direction Cao Sen was pointing to see if there were any enemies. He turned his gun around and pulled the trigger. A bright flame mixed with sparks shot out of the shotgun barrel, and a large number of lead bullets instantly shot towards the hidden fierce ghost.

  The green thread that made up the fierce ghost was hit by a lead bullet, and it stopped moving, looking at Cao Sen in surprise, as if it had understood that Cao Sen could see it. With a wave of its hand holding a dagger, it pounced over fiercely.

  Cao Sen was fearless, raised his gun and fired continuously. The 6mm steel balls whizzed through the air and shot into the fierce ghost's body, but this did not cause much harm to the fierce ghost. He still flew above Cao Sen, swinging his knife and stabbing fiercely.

  Cao Sen dodged the dagger and continued shooting with his gun.

  The fierce ghost struck with all its might but missed, and in a great rage it raised both hands holding the dagger, turned upside down, and plunged vertically from mid-air towards Cao Sen's head.

  At this moment, the weapons in Teng Fei, Ding Haitao, and Guo Jing's hands fired simultaneously, a large number of lead bullets and steel balls rapidly shot into Liji's body, penetrating it and then hitting the wall behind, causing dust to fly everywhere.

  "Massed fire! Don't stop!"

  The fierce ghost was beaten until it couldn't stop trembling, the green silk threads that made up its body twisted and turned in a strange way, like a tangled mess. It struggled to make the threads return to their original state, but under the concerted shooting of the four brothers, the distortion and deformation of its body became more and more severe, the threads were almost scattered and broken. The fierce ghost let out a sharp whistle with a sense of unwillingness, and disappeared through the wall.

  "Halt!" Cao Sen waved his hand to signal a stop to the shooting, quickly replaced the new magazine, and focused his attention on his eyes, searching around to prevent the fierce ghost from appearing again.

  Kuo Jing and the other two men also replenished their ammunition, but unlike Cao Sen, they did not observe their surroundings. Instead, all of them stared at Cao Sen.

  "Jing Zhe, has that guy left?" Cao Sen suddenly remembered the female ghost beside him, who could help find the evil spirit's trail.

  "I... I don't dare look." Jing Zhe buried his head in Cao Sen's chest, closed his eyes tightly, like a frightened ostrich.

  "Jing Zhe, you have to help us, or else we brothers will both die at the hands of that fierce ghost!" Cao Sen said.

  These words made Jing Zhe's body tremble, and after a struggle in his heart, he finally gathered the courage to leave Cao Sen's protection and rise into the air. He looked around cautiously and said, "He's gone." Then, with a whoosh, he dove back into Cao Sen's arms.

  "What thing, Sen Ge, what was it that we were fighting just now?" Ding Haitao couldn't help but ask.

  "What can't I see? How did you see it?" Guo Jing also asked.

  "Let's get out of here first, damn it, I don't feel right," said Tengfei.

  Cao Sen also felt unwell, perhaps it was the lingering yin energy after the fierce ghost appeared, he always felt that there was some kind of danger lurking in tonight's teaching building. "Let's go back to the car and I'll explain again."

  Kuo Ching rushed to the front, his firepower was the strongest among the brothers. The other two followed behind Kuo Ching, Cao Sen brought up the rear, before turning back, he habitually used his gun to sweep around the dark area, the beam of light emitted by the wolf eye tactical flashlight hung under the barrel, drawing an arc in the corridor and stairs.

  When the light beam swept across the third-floor corridor, Cao Sen seemed to see a bit of dark reflection. When playing night-time special warfare games before, he often encountered such situations. This kind of dark reflection under strong light beams usually represented that the enemy was approaching, and that dark reflection was the muzzle flash of a gun.

  Almost instinctively, Cao Sen suddenly squatted down and half-knelt on the stairs, warning his companion: "Be careful, there's a problem behind you."

  Three brothers immediately squatted down, Guo Jing guarded the other end of the stairs, while Teng Fei and Ding Haitao lay beside Cao Sen. They occupied the upper half of the staircase between the third floor and the second floor.

  "Turn off the lights!" Cao Sen ordered.

  The corridor suddenly plunged into darkness.

  "What did you see?" Teng Fei asked in a very low voice.

  "It seems like a gun's reflection in the corridor," Cao Sen said softly. "Jing Zhe, sneak to the third floor corridor and take a look."

  "Hmm." Jing Zhe knew that tonight's situation was very special, so he plucked up the courage to float into the corridor according to Cao Sen's request.

  A moment later she returned to Cao Sen's side and also spoke in a very low voice: "I saw two soldiers crouching in the corridor, both holding guns."

  Soldiers? Cao Sen thought it was strange, how could there be soldiers in the teaching building?

  "Their uniforms are just like yours, and their faces are still covered with black cloth." Jing Zhe continued.

  "Like us?" Cao Sen asked in surprise.

  "Hmm, and they all have two guns." Jing Zhe replied.

  Special forces! Cao Sen thought, in this city, except for special forces, no one else wore the same combat uniform as him, and no other troops would carry two guns and wear a black mask when performing tasks. The soldier Jing Zhe saw must be a special forces soldier. The question is, what are the special forces doing here?

  "Jing Zhe, go back to the second floor and take a look. If there are soldiers, see how many there are and where they're positioned," said Cao Sen.

  Jing Zhe nodded and went along with it.

  "Cao Sen, what's going on?" Guo Jing asked through the earpiece.

  "Jing Zhe found two special soldiers in the third-floor corridor."

  "Is it the guy Zhu Jianjun brought that day?" asked Tengfei.

  At this time, Jing Zhe returned and said to Cao Sen: "There are also two, one at the corner of the second floor corridor, and one at the corner of the stairs. Their muzzles are aimed at our direction downstairs, be careful."

  "Damn, we're surrounded! Cao Sen told his brothers through the throat microphone what Jing Zhe saw, thought for a moment, and suddenly shouted loudly: "We are police officers, executing our duties, people on the third floor show your identities!"

  Before the words had fallen, two whizzing sounds shook the air, more intense than 6mm steel balls, tearing through Cao Sen's head, slapping against the wall and splashing out a few sparks, the powerful shockwave squeezing Cao Sen's head to one side.

  Silent rifle, Cao Sen thought in surprise, this is not a warning shot, they want to kill us! At the same time, these two shots also confirmed Cao Sen's previous inference that the enemy was indeed special forces. Apart from special forces, no military branch or armed force has silent rifles.

  Bang! Almost at the same time Cao Sen was shot, Guo Jing, who was guarding the bottom of the stairs, opened fire. He stretched out his shotgun and roughly aimed at the stairs below, and immediately heard a muffled hum from the corner of the second floor. The ambusher did not expect that Guo Jing could know his position in the dark and was hit by the sudden shot.

  Guo Jing's gun barrel had not yet retracted when a whizzing sound flew over his head, almost hitting Guo Jing. Another special forces soldier on the second floor launched a retaliatory counterattack.

  Kuo Jing fired a shot into the air with his shotgun and then fired another shot at the second floor, saying: "Teng Fei, come over and take my pistol. The handgun is useless against them." As a detective, the gun he wore on his body was naturally a real gun with live ammunition.

  Special forces will definitely be fully armed during combat, bulletproof vests and helmets are essential equipment. At this time, Cao Sen's simulated guns have basically lost their effect, and even if they hit the enemy, they can't cause much harm except for hitting the face.

  Teng Fei took up his gun and came back again. Damn it, this time let's see who can wipe out whom!

  "Be careful, they're coming!" Jing Zhe suddenly said anxiously.

  "Where?" Cao Sen asked.

  "Third floor!"

  Cao Sen had already removed the wolf-eye flashlight from his dog's hand and suddenly pressed it on and threw it out.

  Teng Fei took advantage of the light to aim and shoot, but with a "whoosh" sound, the flashlight in mid-air was shattered by the enemy.

  Good marksmanship! Cao Sen secretly praised.

  Taking advantage of the light just now, Teng Fei and Ding Haitao saw the position of the enemy clearly, relying on memory to open fire and shoot, the corridor heard the sound of bullets and steel balls hitting the wall - did not hit the enemy.

  The muzzle flash from Teng Fei's handgun illuminated his and Ding Haitao's position, Cao Sen hastily rushed over to push the two people down on the stairs.

  Whoosh! The enemy on the third floor reacted extremely quickly, and the bullets flew over the heads of the three people, creating a shockwave that caused their scalps to ache intensely.

  The power of real guns is really shocking, all three people think so, and this hasn't even hit the target yet. If it really hits, that would be unbearable. The enthusiasts who have always been fascinated by special warfare finally experienced a real gun battle.

  The sound of gunfire continued, bullets constantly whizzing over the heads of the three people, suppressing them from lifting their heads. The enemies on the second and third floors coordinated tacitly, also strengthening their attack on Guo Jing, leaving him no chance to provide firepower support for Cao Sen and his two companions.

  "They're coming with guns!" Jing Zhe said anxiously, seeing the dark third-floor corridor where two small but bright muzzle flashes flickered from time to time. Two special forces soldiers took turns firing suppressive shots at Cao Sen and his men, crouching their bodies and taking steady, rapid steps, silently approaching the stairs.

  For the first time experiencing real combat, the weapons in their hands were far from comparable to those of the enemy. Cao Sen and the others were somewhat flustered, cold sweat dripping down their temples, clinging tightly to the stairs, not daring to lift their heads, completely losing the ability to counterattack. The enemy was getting closer and closer, and as soon as they moved near the stairwell entrance, they could easily annihilate the four young people from a superior position.

  At this critical moment, a gust of wind swept through the corridor, and the scene in the darkness flickered. The two special soldiers on the third floor suddenly stopped firing, seemingly disoriented, constantly rotating their gun barrels to search for something.

  "I've trapped them, you guys hurry up!" Jing Zhe whispered into Cao Sen's ear, "But the yang energy on their bodies is too strong, I won't be able to trap them for long, hurry! Go up to the fourth floor and leave from another staircase!"

  Ashamed! Cao Sen shouted in his heart, and was actually rescued by a female ghost. He gritted his teeth and whispered into the throat microphone: "Go up to the fourth floor along the stairs, quickly!"

  Long-term playing of special warfare games had cultivated absolute obedience to orders in Guo Jing and the other two, leaving them no time to think about why Cao Sen gave such an order, as they followed behind Cao Sen, feeling their way in the dark towards the fourth floor.

  The uninjured special forces soldier on the second floor reacted extremely quickly, and as soon as Guo Jing moved, he followed closely behind. He barely made it to the third floor before also falling into the maze, inexplicably turning in circles and losing his sense of direction.

  Cao Sen and the other three fled in disarray from the fourth floor down another staircase out of the teaching building, back to the Buick. Guo Jing's eyes were red, he pulled out a bulletproof vest from the car and put it on, turning around to go back and fight to the death.

  Teng Fei grabbed him with one hand, "Their firepower is too strong, can't go!"

  "Let go of me!" Guo Jing struggled free from Teng Fei and ran towards the teaching building.

  "Come back here! Car keys!" Cao Sen yelled from the driver's seat.

  Ding Haitao and Tengfei together carried Guo Jing into the car, took out the car key from Guo Jing's body and threw it to Cao Sen.

  Kuo Ching-yang opened the door and pushed Ding Haitao and Tengfei away, angrily throwing the shotgun onto the car seat.

  "Jing Zhe, are you there?" asked Cao Sen.

  "Hmm, here." Jing Zhe appeared beside Cao Sen.

  Cao Sen stopped talking, started the engine, stepped on the clutch and shifted into fourth gear. As soon as he released the clutch, he floored it, and the tires of the Buick screeched loudly as the car shot forward, leaving a cloud of dust behind.

  Cao Sen drove the car to a safe place and turned off the engine, letting out a sigh of relief. After a moment of silence, he said to Guo Jing: "Call the police, Guo Jing. You figure out what to say yourself, just don't implicate us three."

  Kuo Ching contacted the police station as Cao Sen said, saying that he was investigating a suspicious case and was attacked by unidentified persons at Dongda, and the suspect's firepower was strong, calling for rapid support from the police station.

  "Where can I buy a black gun?" Cao Sen asked Guo Jing again.

  "I'll take you there tomorrow," Guo Jing replied.

  "Damn you to death, I've survived this far and if I don't wipe out your whole family, I'll take your surname! " Ding Haitao gritted his teeth and cursed the unknown enemy. Although he liked special operations and had been through many dangers, being threatened with powerful firepower that endangered his life was a first, and the opponent's intention was very clear - to kill him, which made Ding Haitao extremely angry.

  The other three were also burning with anger, these four fearless young people who had narrowly escaped death would not rest until they had taken crazy revenge, it was unthinkable that a tiger would be bitten by a rabbit and not fight back.

  What made Cao Sen even more furious was that he had been saved by Jing Zhe, although Jing Zhe was not a woman but a female ghost. This made it impossible for Cao Sen to accept, as he had always looked down on women and believed that men should protect them. But tonight, the situation was reversed, like a little white rabbit saving a majestic tiger. This reversal of the strong and weak relationship added fuel to Cao Sen's anger.

  Cao Sen would never let his enemies off.