Chapter 8 I bought a watch last year (looking for collection!)

  Time passed minute by minute and second by second. Except for the last twenty minutes, when sporadic gunfire and wailing could still be heard, everything had become extremely quiet.

  Stillness is not scary, what's scary is the unknown.

  Xu Ming didn't dare to relax for a moment, the perfect ambush spot was also a dead spot. In CF, there was no absolutely safe place, and in reality, it was the same. No terrain was worthy of trust, only oneself was worthy of trust.

  This principle was also summed up by Xu Ming after he died N^2 + N times in the game.

  An environment that seems to be free from danger can also cause a person's will to become slack, which is the most fatal. Therefore, Xu Ming instead became more vigilant and carefully listened to the sounds around him.

  He was like a sculpture thrown into the air vent, with the barrel tightly attached to the fan blades below, completely hidden under the fan blades, motionless.

  The other living room on the first floor was filled with a nauseating bloody smell everywhere. This living room is over sixty square meters and should be the main living room. The corridor leads to every room in this residential building.

  The living room was in shambles, with bullet holes of all sizes on the walls, mixed with blood, bones, and brain matter. At least ten corpses were strewn across the floor, their faces still bearing a hint of youth, silently telling people that a brutal and intense battle had taken place here.

  Suddenly, a corpse with its head blown off moved slightly. The body turned over and revealed a head of brown hair. A girl with blood all over her face emerged from the pile of dead bodies with great strength.

  Her eyes were somewhat red and swollen, but her body was unexpectedly steady without a single tremble. She lightly climbed over the corpses to behind an overturned tea table, the entire process making not a sound.

  At this moment, a hurried footsteps suddenly came from the corridor outside. Just as the girl had just hidden behind the coffee table, a blond-haired boy also appeared in the living room with a gun in his hand.

  "Huh?" The boy felt a little surprised, he saw that the placement of the corpse was somewhat off, and there were even some fish that had escaped the net. Having experienced the thrill of killing before, the boy's soul couldn't help but feel excited again, and at this moment he was so eager to relive that kind of thrill once more.

  Especially when he saw those pairs of fearful and desperate eyes, he became even more excited.

  It was originally a coward, which must be even more fun.

  "Hey, baby." The boy imitated Schwarzenegger's pose, holding the gun in one hand and raising it high, walking around the living room with interest. "Baby, are you under the sofa? Haha! I saw you, your butt isn't even hidden well."

  The girl hiding behind the tea table was startled, quickly turned her head to look at her buttocks, but didn't think that the revolver in her hand accidentally touched the tea table, making a crisp sound.

  The originally quiet living room was filled with gunpowder smell due to this loud noise.

  "So you were hiding here, baby."

  The boy let out a triumphant laugh, but his handgun remained trained on the direction of the coffee table.

  One step, two steps, three steps.

  It took only five steps from the boy's position to the coffee table, and at this time, the girl was no longer panicked. She took a deep breath, felt for a piece of charred wood beside her, and suddenly threw it out from the coffee table.

  Bang

  The boy subconsciously fired a shot, but didn't hit the moving wood. The wood still flew towards his head, and he hastily dodged to one side.

  Who would have thought that a girl suddenly rushed out from behind the coffee table, almost in three steps she was in front of him. The boy held the gun and wanted to aim at her, but he wasn't as fast as the girl.

  The girl suddenly kicked a foot into the boy's crotch.

  "Ah"

  A blood-curdling scream that seemed to shake heaven and earth echoed through the living room.

  The girl didn't stop, and her small foot in leather shoes heavily trampled on the boy's right hand that was holding the gun. The boy felt such pain that he almost fainted and let go of the gun.

  A shiny revolver suddenly appeared in the boy's mouth.

  Bang!

  As the gunshot rang out, the girl's tears finally flowed out, and she muttered: "Dad, Mom, Maya will avenge you, definitely will."

  The sky was gradually getting a bit dark, the lieutenant colonel was bored and squatting on the ground, scribbling randomly, raised his wrist to look at his watch, then stood up and stretched, yawning and said: "Time is almost up, Lieutenant, should be out of results, right?"

  An officer-like person next to him stepped forward, saluted and said: "Colonel, sir, there are currently three people alive in the civilian residence, two men and one woman, which just meets Colonel's requirements."

  "Hmm... " The lieutenant colonel said listlessly: "Then bring them all out, by the way, is there anything interesting?"

  The lieutenant was a bit embarrassed, but still replied: "Major, there shouldn't be anything interesting. However, there is one person who meets the requirements for entering the assault team and can be trained as a sniper."

  "Who is it?" The lieutenant colonel suddenly became interested.

  "It's said that he is a death row convict from the Huaxia side..." The lieutenant only mentioned it briefly and didn't say anything more about this matter, then continued: "He has already killed three people in a row. The first one was with a knife, cutting the opponent's throat to death. Another one was when two people met on the second floor, he shot his opponent in the head. The third person was in an ambush situation, and he took advantage of the opponent's psychology, making a clever counterattack to kill him. Moreover, he has been hiding for nearly 40 minutes without moving at all. Considering these factors, he can be included in the reserve list of the assault team."

  "Well, all right." The major patted the lieutenant's shoulder and smiled: "It's still a bit early to conclude now. Let them all come out."

  "Yes. Major."

  The lieutenant saluted again and made a gesture. Three soldiers from the team standing behind him rushed out of the queue and quickly ran towards the civilian residence.

  Xu Ming calculated the time and thought it should be about right, but as he got closer to the end, he felt increasingly uneasy.

  Suddenly, a sense of extreme danger filled his entire body. Xu Ming's hair stood on end as the urgent footsteps grew louder and clearer, from muffled to distinct.

  No good! Exposed!

  At this time, crawling back to the ventilation duct was no different from looking for death. Xu Ming used his shoulder with all his might and crashed into the exhaust fan. The old and rotten exhaust fan fell heavily to the ground, and Xu Ming also fell to the ground along with it.

  Clang

  The door of the room was kicked open with great force, and a sinister laugh sounded.

  "Hey kid, you still want to run? Assessment..."

  "Hmm"

  The sound of the assassin's gunfire interrupted the visitor's words, and he found that Xu Ming had fired a shot. He hastily dodged to the side, but after all, he was not faster than the bullet. The bullet with sparks grazed his left shoulder, taking away a piece of flesh and blood.

  "Not bad! You actually dare to hurt me."

  The newcomer was about one meter eight or nine in height, with well-developed muscles all over his body. The muscles on his arms were even thicker than Xu Ming's calves.

  Xu Ming's heart sank to the bottom, it turned out to be an examiner, could it be that he himself was not qualified? Alright, even if I die, I'll drag you down as a scapegoat.

  That examiner was shot and didn't make a sound, coldly laughed, suddenly took a step forward, his right fist quickly rushed towards Xu Ming.

  The distance between the two had been shortened by a single stride of the examiner and was now very close.

  Xu Ming didn't even have time to fire his gun, and could only dodge to the side. Unexpectedly, the examiner's right fist changed into a slap, and he slapped Xu Ming's shoulder with great force. With one pull, he lifted up his right leg and dealt a heavy knee strike to Xu Ming's abdomen.

  Xu Ming suddenly felt dizzy and his lower abdomen was in severe pain. A mouthful of warm liquid had already reached the back of his throat.

  Before Xu Ming could even catch his breath, he felt a heavy blow to the back of his neck. He instantly couldn't support himself anymore, spitting out a mouthful of blood as his eyes turned black and he fainted.

  "Hmph! Your fur isn't even fully grown yet, and you dare to hurt me. If it weren't for Lieutenant's favor towards you, you'd be more than just a beating!"

  The examiner let out a cold snort, picked up Xu Ming and slung him over his shoulder, striding away.

  The lieutenant colonel smiled and looked at Xu Ming, who was still unconscious on the ground, and said to the examiner: "You go bandage your wound first."

  The examiner saluted and turned to leave, the lieutenant colonel then said to a soldier: "Go get a basin of dirty water and wake him up." Then he pointed at the corpse of a boy on the ground and asked: "What's going on here?"

  The boy's death was quite unusual, and it was clear that he had been strangled to death by someone.

  One of the soldiers loudly replied: "This man has no record of killing enemies and does not meet the assessment requirements, eliminated."

  "Is this really the main reason?" The lieutenant colonel was somewhat skeptical.

  The soldier said with extreme indignation: "I told him you didn't have a watch? The time has come. He actually told me, I bought a watch last year..."