Chapter Thirty-two Return Journey

  Lying in the grass, I dodged the searching planes and wiped the blood from my face. Before I could even catch my breath, "Sasha!" A faint rustling sound came from behind me, and I swiftly turned around, gun drawn, firing at the blurry figure... Click! The gun was empty! My left hand instinctively reached for my chest, but it was empty too. Where's my rifle? Cold sweat poured down my face. The spare knife on my waist, the spare pistol on my leg - all gone! What about my weapons?! As the figure drew closer, I frantically searched around me and suddenly felt a metal rod in the grass. I hid the rod in my hand, lying flat on the ground, preparing to ambush him when he came to check if I was dead or alive.

  The slow-moving figure approached me, bent down to touch my neck artery, I suddenly turned over, one hand wrapped around his neck, the other hand with the iron bar desperately stabbed towards his lungs. Just when I thought it was all over, the figure suddenly grabbed my right hand holding the iron bar and pinned me to the ground, snatching away the iron bar.

  Suddenly, several figures burst out of the surrounding woods and pinned me to the ground. The leader yelled at me: "......" But I couldn't hear anything clearly. Another big guy next to him saw that I was still struggling and punched me in the face. A wave of intense pain spread through my brain, and my ears gradually became more sensitive, allowing me to make out what the leader was shouting: "Xing Tian! Wake up! Xing Tian! It's me! I'm Luo Jie! I'm the captain! Xing Tian!..."

  The blurry face gradually became clear, and the captain's long-bearded face appeared in front of me. He was pressing down on me with one hand while anxiously calling out my name with the other. The big man beside him also came into focus, revealing Butcher, Devil, and Werewolf among others. Everyone else had anxious faces fixed on me, except for Butcher who remained calm, clenching his fists.

  The captain saw that I didn't react and quieted down, not moving at all, scaring him. He touched and measured me everywhere while shouting loudly. After a busy half-day, I also reacted. The butcher on the side became impatient, pushed away the captain and said: "What's the fuss about? Look at my guarantee, he'll wake up immediately." He raised his fist to give me another punch.

  "If you dare to hit me, for the rest of your life, you'll only be able to use your left hand to wipe yourself." I said coldly.

  Everyone heard my words, first stunned, then suddenly burst into laughter, and the butcher also withdrew his fist with a cheap smile. It wasn't until then that I realized I had returned to the base. Looking around at the environment, I found myself lying in the former meeting place of military officers. The large wooden house was now empty, with only my hospital bed inside. I looked down at the pistol in my hand and the scalpel in the captain's hand. I slowly recalled everything before I fainted, until the butcher's nauseating voice.

  "How long have I been back? How did you find me?" I asked the butcher as I lay back on the bed, and the wound on my back cracked open again from the exertion just now.

  "You've been unconscious for three days. I carried you back myself. We always knew where you were!" The butcher replied calmly to me.

  I sprang up from the bed, "What? You've known where I was all along? How did you find me? Why didn't I notice you?" Hearing Butcher say that made me jump, I hadn't expected to be followed without being detected, this is too embarrassing.

  "Don't rush! Don't rush! What's the hurry? Hehe! We don't need to search, we have your coordinates." The butcher said, taking out the military watch I was wearing, then opening the GPS terminal and entering a password before handing it back to me: "Each member of our wolf pack has a locator on their watch. Only our own encrypted terminals can detect them. That's how we found you. Did you think we'd let a rookie with no wilderness survival experience carry out this suicidal mission?"

  I fiddled with the device in my hand and then returned it to the butcher, unexpectedly finding that this thing still had this function: "How come no one told me that this thing has this function? When did you guys catch up with me?" Although this thing explains that I was being followed because there were clues to be found, but being followed for such a long time without discovering it is really sad!

  "Quickly return and let's follow you, when you ambushed that jeep, we discovered you! Don't be discouraged! We just wanted to get closer to you, didn't expect you to almost discover us in your sleep, we were watching you from 3 kilometers away, don't underestimate us! If we were discovered by you at such a distance, we wouldn't need to live." The assassin chimed in.

  "You guys followed me, and I was chased by the search party, almost got caught. Why didn't you help?" I said angrily.

  "The butcher said that if he helped you, he would lose the original intention of training! Moreover, we don't know how you escaped from the search team. You escaped and the search team started chasing us, almost catching us!" The assassin pointed at the butcher while scratching his head and saying.

  The butcher had an expression of "it's my decision, what can you do about it!", which made me angry and helpless. Can't beat him, that's just the way it is! I'll try harder! When I finally get the better of him, I'll definitely settle accounts with him, this one's on record.

  "When will you find me again?" I turned my face away from the shameless butcher.

  "When you retreated from the 061 base, we dodged the second search party and approached you again. Sorry! We were powerless about the helicopter too, you know!" The assassin looked embarrassed.

  "That's nothing! Your judgment is correct, can't let more team members fall into danger for me!" The helicopter that specializes in infantry combat may not be able to save me even if they come out.

  "I told you he wouldn't mind!" The butcher patted the assassin on the back with a 'look at me, I'm so wise!' expression.

  Damn it! This guy is again taking advantage of our kindness! Screw him!

  "Let's just forget I said that! Xing Tian, how are you feeling?" The captain quickly changed the subject as he saw my face getting darker and darker.

  "It feels like I've been dumped in a pile of crap! But I won't die!" Lying on the bed, touching the gun in my hand: "Where's my knife?"

  "Here! You nearly killed the medic who was trying to change your dressing three times while you were unconscious, so we had to take it away from you and give you an empty gun instead. Otherwise, we would have all been done for!" The captain handed me my military knife.

  "Sorry! Did I just go crazy?" I looked embarrassed, only remembering that I had a bewildering dream while I was unconscious.

  "No! Haha! Just a minor fever!" The captain smiled, with an "I understand" expression.

  I picked up the military uniform on the ground, took out the shell from the pocket, added two scratches on it, and handed it to the quicksand machine: "I didn't complete my mission, I'm willing to accept any punishment!"

  "Stay behind!" The simulator didn't retrieve the shell casing, and scratched its head saying: "This is no longer a training session. Agreeing to let Butcher protect you was my mistake! I had no idea he would put you in such danger, and you even managed to take down an armed helicopter. This completely proves that you've completed an extremely outstanding mission, far beyond my imagination!"

  I didn't expect him to come out and protect me voluntarily! FUCK! There's no justice in heaven!!

  Just as I was complaining, the captain and others were preparing to go out and let me rest. Suddenly, the door curtain was lifted, and a large group of high-ranking rebels rushed in excitedly, shouting: "Haha! They've retreated! They've retreated! The big retreat! They don't even want their base!"

  We all looked at this group of people, listening to what he had to say. "I heard that two days ago, an important figure from the 061 base was taken out by a sniper! These past two days, as soon as I launched an attack on them, they were scattered and it seemed like headless flies!"

  The captain frowned and said, "It shouldn't be! Even if a commander died, at most they would just stop the attack, it's impossible to retreat on such a large scale. Don't rush in!" After finishing, he patted my head.

  "We have taken control of Base 061 and all surrounding military facilities. There were no problems whatsoever!" the rebel commander said.

  "How strange! Xing Tian! Who would have thought that taking out a big shot like you would make the government army turn into this!" The assassin teased me.

  "Ah? Is it the commander that Xing Tian's friend took down? That's truly thanks-worthy! Only, I don't know who you took down!" The commander exclaimed with a face full of excitement and agitation.

  "I'm not quite sure if he's in command, all I know is that his name is Tyler and he's a deputy secretary of defense!" I thought for a moment before recounting my experience at the 061 base.

  "What? What did you say?" The commander rushed a step forward, grabbed my shoulder and shook it while asking.

  I gritted my teeth and said, "Deputy Secretary of Defense, Tyler! Let go! If you don't let go, I'll beat you up!"

  "Oh! Sorry! Tyler! Tyler! Haha!! Haha!!" The commander let go of me and I ran off like a madman, hugging the captain.

  The captain slowly pushed away the enthusiastic commander, took a step back to keep his distance, and then asked: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

  "No problem! No problem! Thank you so much, Xing Tian! You've done a great job!! Do you know who Taylor is?" Seeing me shake my head, he continued: "He's the President's nephew, the biggest arms dealer in the government army. All the weapons in the government army were bought from the US and Taiwan by him, and he controlled all the military power! Without him, President Taylor will be like a cripple, unable to move!! Haha! I bet the commanders in the troops don't know how to report back to the President now!"

  After finishing speaking, he wanted to come over and hug me, but was stopped by the captain. I looked at the captain with gratitude, and the captain smiled wryly.

  "Xing Tian is tired, let's go out! Let him rest for a while!" The captain hurriedly drove the guests away.

  "Alright! Alright! It's time to rest! It's time to rest!" The commander was stunned by the news and felt a little dizzy!

  When a group of people all walked out of the house, only Slow and I were left in the house. I lay back on the bed, and Slow began to change my dressing.

  "You're really lucky to be alive!!" The medic said while changing my dressing, "Although the wound isn't serious, you had a low-grade fever and lost too much blood, it's like a nightmare."

  "It's not that I'm lucky, it's just that I don't want to die!" I said slowly: "Did I cause you guys a lot of trouble while I was unconscious?"

  "No! It's just that you can't get close to him, as soon as someone gets close to him, he'll launch a surprise attack on us! This is the seventh time already! I just don't understand, you clearly don't have any physical strength left, but whenever someone approaches you, you're always able to react quickly." The medic changed the dressing and started re-bandaging my wound.

  "That shows I'm not just afraid of death!" I laughed at myself, and my brother said that my sensitivity to danger comes from my extraordinary fear of death.

  "As long as I can survive on the battlefield, what's the fear of death!" After swapping out the magazines quickly, he patted my butt and said: "This is for my Lila (his SSG69)!"

  FUCK! He slapped right on the wound on my butt, he did it on purpose! I sent the shuttle away with my middle finger, then buried my face in the pillow, thinking about what happened these days, my heart was burning. DAMN IT! Walked along the death line for a while! Killed the nephew of a president, really over the top!

  Holding a dagger and pistol, I slowly enter the land of dreams again.

  When I woke up again, it was already noon on the second day. Outside, there were helicopters flying around. I curiously wanted to get up, and next to me was a set of clean military uniforms. I slowly put them on and sat up, but as soon as I straightened my body, I felt dizzy. It seemed that losing too much blood hadn't been replenished yet.

  The werewolf outside the door was surprised to see me getting up with a limp, then smiled and handed me a bowl of nutritious porridge. I took it and drank while looking at the helicopter not far away.

  "Has the captain called?" I asked the werewolf: "Are we going back?"

  "It wasn't the captain who called us, it was the plane of the jeweler who bought bloody diamonds, we just hitched a ride!" The werewolf pointed to a man in a suit.

  I watched the captain and those guys talking about something without saying another word, focusing on drinking my nutritional porridge. It's really hard to swallow! After a while, the captain and that guy reached an agreement, then walked towards us, seeing me standing at the door also unexpectedly stunned for a moment, I rolled my eyes, please! I'm not crippled or paralyzed, why do they look like they think I'll be bedridden for ten days?

  "Xing Tian, can you get out of bed? Not bad! Let the werewolf help him prepare, we're leaving!" The captain said and went to pack his things. Before long, everyone was fully armed and gathered on the helipad. I had a wound on my back, so the werewolf helped me carry my equipment, making me feel light and carefree. Just before boarding, Fasthand pointed at me with his sniper rifle, gesturing to the scratches on it, and gave me the middle finger. Geez, it's just a few small dents, do you have to look at me like I killed your wife or something?

  Everyone was ready to board the plane, when suddenly the commander stopped me and handed me a small package saying: "Thank you! You have done a great job! This is an extra reward for you!"

  I took the small package, thanked him and boarded the plane. I settled into my seat with the soft cushion that had been prepared for me. Before I could even sit down properly, Jian Sheng and his friends couldn't help themselves: "Hey! Xing Tian, what did he give you? Let us take a look too!" The group of people started teasing me, and the staff from the jewelry company also turned to stare at me. Just then, the plane took off.

  As the plane stabilized, I opened the small package and twenty or so roughly processed giant rough diamonds jumped into everyone's eyes. "Wow!" Everyone exclaimed together. The two guys from the jewelry company next door were immediately attracted over.

  "This is a top-grade item! The smallest one weighs at least 40 carats!" The two men drooled and said: "Sell this bag to us! We'll pay $15 million!"

  "Do you think we're idiots? This one alone is worth this much!" The knife-wielding man shouted from the side.

  Two people smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to speak. I looked at them, unexpectedly the things Africans used to exchange for rice and flour were making a huge profit in Europe, no wonder jewelers hired mercenaries to fight for them, tens of thousands of dollars' worth of arms exchanged for hundreds of millions of diamonds, if they stopped fighting where would this huge profit come from? This is not allowing the sale of ivory, otherwise elephant bones wouldn't even be buried underground and would be dug up to be washed and exchanged for Coca-Cola.

  I smiled, grabbed a handful and then gave one to each of the team members. Seeing everyone looking at me strangely, I laughed and said: "There's a Chinese saying that goes 'those who see it get a share!' One for each person, if I can make it back alive, you all have contributed, thank you!"

  "Ass! Xing Tian, you're quite bold, but don't think that just because of this, you won't have to treat me when we get back!" The demon said as he packed up the diamonds.

  “。。。。。。。。。。”

  Everyone burst out laughing, except for those two jewelers who looked at me and the diamond in my hand with an incredulous expression!

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