Chapter 4: Rescue

  Further inside was a long corridor, with cells on both sides of the corridor. Some were empty, while others were packed with people. When Li Ang came over, they all stretched out their hands, some asking for food, some begging to be released, some crying and shouting, and some seemed to have given up hope and remained indifferent.

  Inside was a large room, with several guards lying on the ground, holding AK-47s. By the door, however, was the body of Kark, who had entered with Jin earlier, riddled with bullet holes. It seemed that this was where they were keeping the person they were looking for, judging by the quality of the guards.

  "It's a very thick door. I just searched them and they don't have the key on them. Probably needs something special." Jin said as soon as Liang walked in.

  Li Ang carefully examined the door and found that it was a room for storing valuable items. The only consolation was that the secrecy level of this vault was not even comparable to the one where Li Ang lived. This was not an underground structure vault, nor was it a complete structure storage room. The steel door was naturally impossible for Li Ang to open, as it required a password and iris scan. The iris scan was manageable, as one of the guards must have been able to open the door, but getting the password from a dead person was simply impossible.

  "I can't open the door, it requires an iris scan and a password."

  "This nonsense isn't worth a thousand taels, is there no other way?" Seeing Li Ang's calm demeanor, this old fox knew that it wasn't impossible to get in through this door.

  "This isn't a professional safe, I think there should be ventilation pipes that lead inside. Or can you find someone to ask for the password."

  "Rand, go take a look at the prisoners here and see if anyone knows the password. Then bring Mackie in, if not, rely on him. I'll take care of the iris scan. Liang, you find your ventilation pipe, we have to hurry, probably now Sha Dao already knows our purpose." Jin made a decision immediately.

  The ventilation pipe wasn't hard to find, and Li Ang discovered a vent in the corridor. It was just that even if he had lost a lot of weight, he would probably still get stuck inside, but for now, there weren't many other options, so he put down all his stuff and only took his MP5 as he crawled inside.

  Fortunately, the ventilation pipe was a bit larger than expected, and Li Ang didn't have to exert himself too much before he reached the exit of the vault section. He curled up his body and kicked hard, and the originally flimsy vent cover was kicked away by him. It was very dark inside, just as Li Ang was secretly rejoicing that a thousand taels were within his grasp, a cold gun muzzle pressed against his forehead.

  "I'm here to save you! Don't shoot." Li Ang hastily shouted. And in his heart, he secretly cursed the sand thief's military control for two sentences, what are they doing, letting prisoners arm themselves, it will lead to loss of life.

  It seemed that the other party did not intend to shoot, so Li Ang hurriedly continued to explain: "This rescue is organized by Mr. Blank, I believe you must know him. Let's hurry up and get out of here quickly."

  Before Li Ang could say another word, a heavy blow struck his nape, and he fell to the ground with a blackout.

  "Is this idiot really the destined one you prophesied for me? Oh heavens, how could I have believed your nonsense. What a unique man who can save me, wasted my time here for so long, and let go of so many opportunities to make money." Looking at Li Ang lying on the ground, a woman with a short skirt, slender yet curvy figure turned her head to ask a little girl opposite her.

  "Who can truly understand the guidance of fate? I only say that you will meet the person who can change your destiny. Maybe it's not this person, maybe it's not today, and maybe fate is not running in a straight line." The girl was young but her tone had an endless sense of vicissitude. Her pointed chin, thin lips with neat lip lines, nose not high but slightly upturned making her look very cute, eyebrows and eyes were also very delicate, only upon closer inspection would one discover that her eyes held an indescribable vicissitude.

  "It's time for you to leave anyway. It seems like there are many people looking for you? Why don't I just sell you to the Blanks instead, their Steel Brothers Guild probably won't mind the money, and it'll make up for the losses I've incurred from staying with you this month." The tall woman smiled sweetly at the little girl, without showing any embarrassment about selling her companion of a month.

  "It's just a change of prison, I don't care. But do you dare to reveal your abilities in front of Blanke, the most famous 'Strategic Eye' of the Steel Brotherhood?" The little girl retorted.

  "Money is good, but you also need to have a life to spend it, right? Unlike the prophet Snow who was fought over by many people, I'm just an ordinary and weak girl. Hehe, now we still need this hero in front of us to save us." In her laughter, Sakura grabbed Li Ang's head and shook it vigorously.

  Nightmare, it must be a nightmare. A terrible continuous dream that lasted for three months.

  Just as Li Ang was about to faint, he suddenly felt himself shaking violently and opened his eyes to see a face full of apologetic smiles. Although Li Ang had developed immunity to beauties after experiencing various hardships in reality, he was still stunned by the temperament of the girl in front of him.

  It wasn't that he hadn't seen beautiful women before - his own girlfriends were also considered beauties - but having a beautiful girlfriend was too much trouble and expense, and he wasn't excellent himself. After several encounters, Li Ang had already determined that beauties were only for appreciation and deception, not for being with.

  She has an angelic appearance, yet with a pair of pale blue peach blossom eyes, the charm in her eyebrows and eyes perfectly complements her nobility. Her golden hair is high on her nose, her lips are not big but look very plump. And her figure is slender and full, as if this woman was born to interpret the face of an angel and the body of a devil.

  "Are you okay? I was so scared just now. I thought you were a desert bandit, but then Xiaoxue told me that maybe you're here to rescue her. Please, please save us! This place is too terrifying!" After saying this, she threw herself into Li Ang's arms and began sobbing.

  Suddenly, Xiang Yu's arms were full of Li Ang, who didn't hesitate to pat the delicate and smooth shoulders of the beauty in his embrace, saying: "Alright, alright. Nothing's wrong, let's hurry up and get out of here."

  Although that's what he said, the other hand didn't idle and picked up his own MP5 from beside him, and in a flash the muzzle was already aimed at the waist of the beauty in his arms.

  Obviously, this move frightened the sobbing woman. She raised her head and looked at Li Ang with eyes still filled with tears, asking: "What's wrong? I said it wasn't intentional, I was just scared earlier."

  "There's nothing, I just want to know one thing." Li Ang smiled and said: "How did you get a gun?" It's illogical for prisoners in the cell to have a .45 revolver, Li Ang is already past that naive age.

  "Xiaoxue, you tell him. I think no matter what I say, he won't necessarily believe it." Although being held at gunpoint, Sakura didn't panic but instead pushed the difficult problem onto someone else.

  "Sakura came in last night, and there was someone who wanted to bully her outside, but she managed to get the gun from that person. She couldn't run away, so she forced him to open the door and come in. As a result, when you burst in at midnight, I thought you were a sand thief and hit you." Xue said on the side. "My ears are very sharp. As soon as you went up, I knew it, that's why I told Sakura to be careful."

  Logically, it's completely reasonable. Li Ang thought for a moment and realized that he had indeed been beaten up for nothing. But the person Blank wants to save is this little girl? This child looks like a very pretty loli, but it's a big deal to rescue her, so she must be the daughter of some important figure.

  "Alright, let's hurry up and get out of here. We may not be able to hold on for much longer outside." Although he didn't understand why, this was no longer something Li Ang needed to worry about. The most important thing was to rescue the person and get the money, other things weren't his concern.

  "Isn't there anyone else with you outside? I know the password." Looking at Li Ang's disheveled appearance, Sakura obviously didn't have the awareness to climb out with him.

  Li Ang, who had obtained the password, didn't say much. Although he had wanted to take advantage of the situation to eat some tofu earlier, this was not the time for such thoughts.

  Only when they got outside did they realize that Jin had already lost his patience, and was starting to dig holes in the wall according to Mackie's request, apparently preparing for a fixed-point explosion. The only smooth thing was that Jin had just found the owner of the iris from the corpse, so Li Ang successfully opened the door of the safe, completing his first bounty hunter mission.

  Sakura's beauty indeed left even the crippled Kim astonished, and at the same time, Sakura also discovered that Li Ang's status in this team was not high so she didn't pay attention to him anymore. Because he didn't know what kind of person Blank wanted specifically, Jin could only take both girls away. In order to create chaos, he also released all the people imprisoned by the Sand Bandits and armed them randomly.

  Li Ang didn't reveal what happened inside, and being knocked unconscious by a girl wasn't something to be proud of. The password was also related to Li Ang's ability issue, and it seemed that this woman named Sakura also had an ulterior motive, both people were happy to pretend to be confused.

  Dozens of prisoners who were originally doomed to death suddenly had a glimmer of hope and became bold. Although most of them didn't have decent weapons, they still charged towards the gate under the cover of the firepower group. Under the night sky, they successfully suppressed the sand thieves' attack. As the pressure eased, everyone retreated smoothly along the original path, and Mackey even detonated the explosives he had set up earlier, leaving behind a sea of flames that made it impossible for the sand thieves to pursue them.

  The sand thieves were indeed exceptionally ferocious, and apart from Kark who was beaten to death in the cell, two other gunmen from the firepower group also failed to come out. Even Rock, with his thick steel-plated skin, was injured. Li Ang carefully looked around and saw that only his group and the crippled Jin had no injuries, while everyone else was carrying wounds. Of course, among the prisoners, there were a few smart ones who didn't rush towards the door, but instead followed Jin's group through the broken opening. Gold didn't refuse this kind of free help, after all, there were still empty positions, and at least it counted as an extra hand. After firing a signal flare to report the success of the operation, he led everyone together towards their hiding place in broad daylight.

  It turned out to be a team of experts, and the Blanke Yangdong group originally had more enemies to deal with than Liang's side, yet not only did no one get hurt, but they also returned to the designated location one step ahead of them.

  In the desert camouflage, Blank saw the little Snowy being carried by Jin's back from a distance and hurriedly came to greet her. With a concerned face, he said: "Snowy, do you still remember your Uncle Blank? Since you and your brother left, we've been searching for your whereabouts all along. Only recently did we find out that you were kidnapped by the Sand Thieves, so the Elders immediately sent me to rescue you."

  In Li Ang's view, this little snow seemed to be not afraid of strangers at all and very obediently let Blank hold her up. It was obvious that they were quite familiar with each other. The only thing that made her curious was that the beautiful Sakura earlier did not go to Blank's side with Little Snow, but instead stayed beside the lame Jin who was wearing a powerful armor and whispered to him in a low voice. This old man's eyebrows were also flying up, and it was unknown what he was saying that made Sakura burst out laughing from time to time.

  Lao Yin Gun, Li Ang had a new evaluation of Jin in his heart. Sakura seemed to be a clever girl too, knowing that the most powerful person on this side was this old lecher, and she started to get close to him. What jokes could crippled Jin tell? Li Ang knew best in his heart. Calculating it, the one who went in to save her but got hurt by her was actually himself, yet now she didn't even bother to apologize.

  Because the task was completed, Li Ang's heart also became lighter. After a bloody battle, they finally got safe, some were treating their wounds; others started to lie down and rest. He also chatted with Red about the rifle, hoping that next time he could have such an auxiliary aiming device for long-range weapons.

  After settling down over there, Luo Li, Blank went to hand over to Jin and instead walked towards Li Ang, this unimportant person.

  "Young man, I heard you were picked up by Jin a few months ago not far from here. What are your plans for the next step?" Old Master Blank walked over with a smile, revealing his white teeth, and said to Li Ang.

  "I'll just continue being a hunter, no other plans." Li Ang said casually, but this wasn't something he was saying randomly. He really did plan on doing so. Once he had enough money to buy some equipment, he would return to the place where he first arrived in this world. Although the chances were slim, Li Ang still wanted to return to his original world. His parents, friends and everything else were all in that world, whereas here there was nothing that made him want to stay, except for gold bricks.

  "Why don't you come check out our Iron Brotherhood? Although we just met, I think you have great potential and hope you can become one of us." Then he turned to Red and said: "And you too, Red. The door to the Iron Brotherhood is also open to you. We have many experienced mentors who can provide further guidance to help you strengthen your power."

  Li Ang gave Blanke a strange feeling, with no outstanding aspects in terms of strength, coordination, explosive power, or even flexibility. What's even stranger is that his body has no variations from top to bottom, which is too clean. The harsh living environment should have caused some genetic changes in humans who survived, adapting to the harsh environment through natural selection. Perhaps it would be best to let the instruments at the base analyze this strange guy, as the Elders' Council needs fresh blood. Besides him, Blanke discovered two other outstanding individuals today. One was a sniper named Lede next to Li Ang, whose sensory organs showed obvious variations, with exceptional vision and hearing that could make him a perfect candidate for a scout with some training. The other was a blonde girl next to Jin who was exceptionally excellent, not only having variations in her motor system but also in her nervous system. Why would someone like this be simply imprisoned in the Sand Thief camp? For now, Blanke's task is to try to win over the two young people who seem powerless and give up on provoking another powerful being.