Chapter Thirty-Three: Family Sound

  Looking at the phone in my hand, I felt a surge of emotions. This was what Tiancai had asked for as soon as he got off the plane back to the Congo base. It's said that this thing is a high-level permission that he secretly invaded the satellite system and set up during the switch between the Yttrium star systems, directly connected globally and free of charge.

  The familiar number that I couldn't be more familiar with flashed through my mind several times, my fingers hovered over the keyboard, but I didn't dare to press it. I don't know what I was afraid of! Maybe I was afraid of bringing trouble to my family, or maybe I was even more afraid that something had already happened at home! In the end, thinking that avoiding it wouldn't solve anything, I finally made up my mind and pressed the button.

  "Ding... Ding..." The ringing sound of the phone was more nerve-wracking than the gunfire, I propped up my forehead and cold sweat dripped down from my temples. "Hello! This is the Jian family, who's calling?" My mother's gentle voice came from the other end of the receiver, my heart sank to my stomach in an instant, at least the people at home were fine. Tears rolled around my eyes but didn't fall, I dared not speak, afraid that if I spoke, I would burst into tears.

  "......" On the other end of the phone, her mother also fell silent for a moment, as if she had sensed something, and trembled slightly as she said: "Xiao Tian? Is that you?"

  "Mom! It's me! Is everything okay at home?" I pinched my eyebrows and said with a deep breath.

  "What's going on at home? What's wrong with you? Your classmate called and said something happened to you! Then they came to our house and said you weren't dead, just missing, but we had to tell others that you were dead! And they wouldn't tell us what happened, what's going on?" My mom cried and spoke on the phone.

  "It's okay, mom! It's okay!" I comforted my mom while thinking that if I explained the current situation to her, she would be scared to death. If I told her I was fighting in a war outside, she would definitely be frightened to death. My brother is also in the military but not fighting, and yet my mom worries about him every day. If I were to tell her that I'm killing people every day and could be killed by someone at any time, I don't even dare to imagine the consequences.

  "I just had an accident, I lost my memory and was hospitalized for a long time, many things happened in between..." I racked my brains to make up a lie, when I was young, I often made up lies to escape responsibility, it's been a long time since I've done this, feeling a bit rusty.

  "Xiao Tian, you've never told the truth since you were little. Today, no matter what you say is true or false, you've grown up and I can't keep controlling you. I just want you to know that mom only cares about one thing: as long as you're living well. Just send me a message occasionally to let me know how your life is going, that's enough!" Mom is still mom, she can't be fooled.

  "I got it, mom!" Mom's words made me feel extremely guilty: "Where is dad? Mom?"

  "Wait a minute!" My mom handed the phone to my dad, and he said bluntly: "Son! Are you still alive?! I don't care what you're doing, just come back if you have no food to eat!"

  "Ah!" I responded, still feeling great about listening to Dad's words.

  "Is it a long way? If so, don't waste money. Come back for Chinese New Year if you can!" Dad said

  "This year's New Year's, I'm not sure if I'll go back or not. If I can go back, I will!" After saying two more sentences, I hung up the phone and let out a deep breath, feeling as exhausted as if I had just fought a battle. Finally, I got in touch with my family members, and it seems that everyone at home is safe, which makes me feel much more at ease. However, when Dad told me that there were many people who called to show concern for me but whom I didn't recognize, I thought maybe I shouldn't go back so soon. Maybe I'll wait a bit longer until things have cooled down."

  Emerging from the barracks, I saw black soldiers coming and going in the Congo base. The common point of all of them, apart from being black, was that when they passed by our camp, their head-turning rate was 200%, because two beauties and a kitten had set up two beach chairs, wearing bikinis and sunglasses to sunbathe. In this place where even pigs are male and women are rarely seen, the commotion caused by these two almost naked beauties can be imagined. Passing my phone to the genius who was also sunbathing beside me, FUCK! This kid in a skeleton onesie dared to come out and show off.

  "You stay here! It's more convenient for you! Isn't it!" The genius pushed up his sunglasses.

  "How much money?" I looked at him with a sly face and knew he wasn't that kind-hearted.

  "Talking about money hurts feelings! 10,000 is fine! This doesn't even require payment." The genius smiled.

  "No problem! Just swipe your card! And I need these items on this list!" I handed him a list of weapons I had prepared.

  "OK! Let me see, MTAC-50, STEYR SSG 69, PSG-1, HK21, HK23, M249, MP5K, Five-seveN, MK23 with 15-round magazine. Looks like you're planning to make a living off this for a long time!" The genius took a rough glance. "Some of the things you want are prohibited from trading, not easy to get!"

  "Did I hear that wrong? You said it's no good? If it's no good, then make one for me! What are you doing here?" I patted the genius on the head.

  "That's expensive!" Tiancai had a hungry look on his face: "Not much! A total of 100W, how about it? I'll definitely do my best for you! With spare parts. As for why I came here, it was to find a focusing lens for my laser amplifier. You know, diamond, otherwise who would come to this broken place?"

  "Diamonds? What diamonds?" I asked curiously.

  "Really! I heard you got some pretty good stuff. Let me take a look!" The genius stretched out his hand, took the package from me and opened it to take a glance, then shouted: "Give me this one piece and you won't have to pay for the gun!"

  I took a glance at what he was holding in his hand which wasn't a very large diamond: "No problem! Deal!"

  "You can't tell a good diamond from a bad one at first glance. This diamond has been cut to perfection, it's not just about the size, but also the clarity."

  "It's okay! I think the genius will make me feel that it was worth it!" I gritted my teeth and smiled at the genius, taking back the diamond bag he handed over.

  "Haha!!" The genius burst out laughing.

  "Since you're free, come and help me apply some sunscreen!" The beauty said.

  She handed me the sunscreen, and as she untied the knot on her top, I was taken aback. This was my first time applying this stuff to a woman, and I clumsily smeared it on like medicine. I hastily retreated, but the smooth skin sensation quickly stirred up my desire. Afraid of revealing my "loss of composure", I wanted to find a place to take a cool shower to calm down.

  "Don't go! How can you apply sunscreen like that? You have to rub it in for me, spread it evenly, or my skin tone will be uneven with some parts black and some white! You'll be responsible if that happens!" The beauty grabbed onto me.

  I turned around and was stunned. The beautiful woman had lifted up her upper body when she pulled me, and the two mounds of flesh on her chest were completely exposed, proudly facing me. I turned my head away, slowly sat back down beside her, narrowed my eyes and slowly started to apply sunscreen on her skin, feeling the slight tremble of her skin under my palm, the delicate skin felt like jelly under the smoothness of the sunscreen.

  Just as I was hesitating whether to wipe her breasts too, the beauty suddenly grabbed my hand and put it on his chest, then looked at me with a deep expression, making my head dizzy. What's going on?

  Suddenly, a pain, looking down, the beauty actually grabbed my naughty "little heaven".

  "Hey!! Let go!! What are you doing?! Ow! Ow!" I shouted.

  "Haha!! I thought you were a good person, but it turns out you're quite bad too!! How about it, do you want me to help you? I heard that young chicken is very nourishing!" The beauty blinked her big brown eyes, but the force in her hand was not what she meant.

  "No, no! Thank you! Thank you!" I hastily raised my hands in surrender, originally feeling that something was off, didn't expect to still fall for it.

  "Haha!! Haha!!" Amidst the two demons' maniacal laughter, I quickly fled and ran towards the butcher's workout place.

  Look at me running over with an embarrassed face, a group of guys stopped and stared at me, their expressions clearly written: I knew it would be like this! I ran to the side of the big bear with my head down and a red face, took off my shirt and picked up the dumbbells he had put down, and started doing arm curls.

  "Don't go provoking those two little demonesses, you'll be played to death!" Da Xiong said with a stifled smile.

  "I didn't want to either, they were just teasing me. Why? Is there something about me that makes women hate me?" I said helplessly, this wasn't the first time those two had played a trick on me.

  "Because you are..." The devil shouted loudly on the side.

  "Virgin!" everyone chimed in unison.

  "My goodness! A 20-year-old virgin, as rare as the Virgin Mary!" The young master said with a smile.

  "This kind of thing is very normal in our China!" I tried to argue.

  "Oh, those Chinese women are so pitiful!! God save them! Amen!" said the priest as he made the sign of the cross.

  "Haha!! Haha!!" Another burst of laughter.

  I am speechless! Eloquence is silver, silence is gold! I finally understand this saying.

  "Master! Why didn't you go get the horse? I remember you're the kind of person who can't eat dinner without a woman for a day!" I decided to change the subject.

  "Brother! This is Africa!! 60% of people here have AIDS. I don't want to die!" The young master looked fearful.

  So that's how it is!

  "How do you vent your excess energy?"

  I can see that these people are all like wolves, even the big bear can't leave women alone. If they're not fighting on the battlefield, they'll be shooting guns at women! This is a universal rule for mercenaries. I can also understand why soldiers' desires are so strong. Because the killing on the battlefield can dig up a person's desire to its maximum, and if it accumulates too much and cannot be released, it's easy to cause trouble. Even now, I feel that my own desire for women is more easily aroused than before.

  "That's it!" The big bear pointed to the gate of the camp, I turned my head and saw that Butcher was carrying a tree trunk with no branches or roots, over 4 meters long, walking in. Then the big bear drew a circle on the ground with a diameter of about 8 meters. Butcher walked in and put the tree trunk in the center of the circle, then retreated. I estimated that the tree stump weighed at least 500 kilograms, with two military-grade cables as thick as an arm tied to both ends.

  "What is this?" I asked curiously.

  "SHOWTIME!" The big bear laughed.

  Everyone gathered around, even the blacks outside came over. The werewolf and the devil walked into the center of the circle first, then Tiancai shouted: "Place your bets! Place your bets! See who will be pushed out of the circle or whose wooden head will touch the ground first!"

  It turns out to be like this! It looks a bit like sumo and wrestling. Seeing everyone rushing to place bets, I'm also curious to join in! Looking at the odds, wow, mercenaries open one disk, ordinary soldiers open one disk, and mercenaries have to bet at least $10,000 per note.

  "I bet on the werewolf!! 100,000" I shouted, watching the werewolf and devil show off their flesh in the ring, it reminded me of the dog fights we often watched at home!

  Everyone had placed their bets, the werewolf and the devil came to the log, then one person took hold of each end of the rope and lifted the log up into position. At the kitten's command, the two people suddenly exerted force, trying to use the log to push the other out of the circle or knock them down. Looking at the tangled muscles and flowing sweat on their bodies, this was truly a great way to expend energy and build strength! It was amazing they had thought of it!

  In the deafening roar of cheering, the two fighters in the ring gave it their all, straining with every ounce of strength to outdo each other. The people outside were also going all out for the sake of money, and even I was caught up in the fervor, cheering wildly with blood pumping through my veins.

  "Come on!..."

  "Come on!!!"

  "Take him down!!!"

  "Look at his color!!!"

  A bunch of people were shouting all sorts of things!! The werewolf was just a werewolf, not human. Suddenly, a loud roar scared everyone, and by the time they came to their senses, the devil had already been pushed out of the circle.

  "Haha!! I won!!" A group of people who had won money ran to the genius's place with joy, while those who lost money were there sighing and complaining. Holding the white slip that the genius gave me as a symbol of my winning vote, this money came easily, no wonder so many people love to gamble with their lives!

  Anyone who thinks they have some strength can come down, of course, the premise is that you must be able to lift that wooden stick. Captain, Knight, Butcher, Big Bear, Fast and Slow Machine... Everyone comes up one by one, isn't it fun?

  Just as I was laughing brightly, suddenly, Banji walked out and pointed at me saying: "Xing Tian! Come on! Let's have some fun!!"