Chapter 63: Starting To Stir Things Up
Gao Zhong Dui stood on the Warrior Vehicle, holding binoculars in his hand, searching for Chang Ning’s figure.
Originally, this treatment should have been Xiao Zhuang’s in the original plot, but who let Chang Ning’s performance from beginning to end be even more dazzling than Xiao Zhuang, the protagonist? If he doesn’t attract Gao Zhong Dui’s attention, who does?
Besides, the two of them had a “grudge” in the last Red vs. Blue Confrontation Exercise.
“New grudges and old hatreds” added together, how could Gao Zhong Dui not come after him?
From the order to capture rookies until now, in just over ten minutes, rookies had been caught one after another and sent to the transport vehicle for unified management.
Some unruly rookies tried to slip away, but after being caught a second time, the special forces soldiers showed them no mercy and directly handcuffed them to the vehicle.
“Weren’t you trying to run? Now let’s see how you run!”
Gray Wolf Mada glanced at the situation with the captured rookies, saw nothing was wrong, turned back to Gao Zhong Dui and asked, “Wild Wolf, what are you looking at? So serious.”
After finding Chang Ning’s figure, Gao Zhong Dui put down the binoculars and instructed the several special forces soldiers on the vehicle: “You few take these rookies back to the Training Camp first. Gray Wolf, you drive, I’ll give you directions. Let’s go catch an interesting soldier.”
That soldier has good physical quality and runs pretty fast.
Faster than the soldiers under our command, it’s somewhat interesting.
Hearing this, Gray Wolf Mada laughed heartily, treating it as Gao Zhong Dui joking, and he smiled back, “Looks like that group of kids needs to be remolded; they can’t even outrun a rookie.”
After speaking, Gray Wolf tossed the newly issued 95-style assault rifle from his hand onto the vehicle, then flipped onto the vehicle and asked curiously: “Who is so unlucky? To actually catch Wild Wolf’s eye.
It wouldn’t be Chang Ning, would it?”
Gao Zhong Dui smiled without speaking, just picked up his own 95-style assault rifle beside him, took a magazine from the tactical vest on his chest, and replaced the original magazine on the gun.
Seeing Gao Zhong Dui not responding, Gray Wolf had it all figured out in his mind. As old partners, he knew Gao Zhong Dui well; usually in this situation, it meant he had guessed right, and Gao Zhong Dui’s target was indeed Chang Ning.
“How is it live ammunition!”
Gray Wolf Mada glanced at the magazine in Gao Zhong Dui’s hand and was somewhat shocked.
Gao Zhong Dui, with dogtail grass in his mouth and expressionless, chambered the bullets, then set the gun to burst mode: “Hunting, can it work without live ammunition? Let’s go, no more nonsense, or the rookies will all be gone later.”
Gray Wolf Mada shook his head with a wry smile: “Sigh, for Chang Ning to be targeted by you, he’s a bit unlucky.
But take it easy; if something happens, it’ll be trouble.”
“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Gao Zhong Dui said from the passenger seat.
In the forest, Chang Ning was still running frantically; he felt his throat dry and his legs getting softer.
He didn’t know how far he had run, nor that he had been targeted by Gao Zhong Dui and would replace Xiao Zhuang to receive the live ammunition baptism.
Gunshots, shouts, and dog barks came from all directions, mixed with the roar of car engines from time to time; the entire forest was in chaos!
Chang Ning ran nonstop like a startled rabbit, not knowing where was safe.
The plain was a mess, with people constantly being bound or handcuffed by Wolf Fang’s special forces soldiers, filled with defiant curses everywhere.
The most common phrase was, if you’ve got the guts, fight one-on-one!
“This isn’t right; why am I running?”
Chang Ning forced himself to calm down a bit; with his current strength, he wasn’t afraid of lone special forces soldiers at all.
Moreover, the reconnaissance soldiers who came to the Training Camp had already scattered and fled, so the special forces’ manpower would definitely be dispersed; why should he panic?
The right thing was to figure out how to give Gao Zhong Dui a big gift!
After figuring out his situation, Chang Ning stopped rushing to escape and instead sat on the ground to rest; the prolonged full-effort running had exhausted his stamina.
Following Gao Zhong Dui’s directions, Gray Wolf Mada drove the Warrior Jeep and could already see Chang Ning’s figure.
“This kid really needs a beating.”
Seeing Chang Ning sitting leisurely on the ground, Gray Wolf felt displeased; what was this? Looking down on whom?
At this moment, Gray Wolf inwardly fully agreed with Gao Zhong Dui’s idea; if he could redo it, he would raise both hands and even feet to show his agreement with Gao Zhong Dui’s actions.
Gao Zhong Dui didn’t hesitate either; he stood half-leaning on the seat, raised the 95-style assault rifle in his hand, and began aiming at Chang Ning.
The roar of a car engine suddenly sounded around him; Chang Ning was startled and looked toward the sound, instantly paling in terror.
‘Gao Zhong Dui?
Why is he here?
According to the plot, he should be troubling Xiao Zhuang now; what is he doing here?
Could Xiao Zhuang be in this direction too, and Gao Zhong Dui wants to deal with me on the way to find Xiao Zhuang?’
Chang Ning was full of doubt; he had just been plotting how to trouble them, and now the protagonist showed up—what was there not to mutter about?
But now wasn’t the time to wonder why Gao Zhong Dui was blocking him; quickly finding a way to escape was the proper thing.
“Gao Zhong Dui, let’s talk nicely; can you put the gun down first? Be careful not to misfire.”
Chang Ning nervously swallowed saliva and said cautiously.
He knew the plot; Gao Zhong Dui’s gun was loaded with live ammunition right now!
Even if Gao Zhong Dui’s marksmanship was godlike and wouldn’t really hit him, Chang Ning’s heart was still pounding, even feeling his legs trembling a bit.
This feeling of putting his fate in someone else’s hands was utterly awful.
Who knew Gao Zhong Dui wouldn’t waste words with Chang Ning and directly greeted him with bullets.
The bullet flew past his right ear, the sound of it whizzing by echoing in his ear, and Chang Ning even felt a slight burning sensation.
Scared, Chang Ning jolted; this time he had truly brushed past the god of death.
Seeing Gao Zhong Dui’s demeanor, today he was determined not to let him off.
Seeing negotiation futile, Chang Ning didn’t waste words either; he turned and ran, even faster than before.
Watching Chang Ning’s disheveled state, Gao Zhong Dui and Gray Wolf Mada felt secretly pleased. They had been quite angered by Chang Ning before; this was revenge.
Gunshots kept ringing behind him; no need to say, Gao Zhong Dui had fired again.
This time the bullet changed direction, grazing past Chang Ning’s left ear.
Chang Ning’s scalp went numb, goosebumps erupting all over his body instantly.
He instinctively yelled, then lowered his head, desperately serpentine dodging.
Gao Zhong Dui wouldn’t spare Chang Ning just because he looked pitiful; he remained stern-faced, aiming and shooting.
This time he fired a short burst, bullets chasing Chang Ning’s feet and kicking up dust behind him.
Scared, Chang Ning sped up even more.
“I say, Wild Wolf, that’s enough, right?
If we keep this up, I think Chang Ning is going to break down; you know his combat power— if he goes berserk, we won’t be able to stop him without going all out.”
Gray Wolf Mada couldn’t bear to watch and spoke to dissuade Gao Zhong Dui.
“Alright, let’s go play with another rookie.”
Gao Zhong Dui thought seriously and felt Gray Wolf made sense.
After all, Chang Ning wasn’t like Xiao Zhuang whom they could easily subdue; if pushed too far, it would be hard to end.
Besides, they came for Chang Ning not to capture him; plainly put, it was to greet Chang Ning and release some of their “goodwill.”
While running, Chang Ning came to his senses; what was he afraid of? Anyway, Gao Zhong Dui wouldn’t really shoot him dead.
‘So why am I running? Even standing still, Gao Zhong Dui wouldn’t dare shoot me for real!’
“Gao Zhong Dui, I’m not running; if you’ve got the guts, shoot me dead!
Hey, why no sound?”
Just thinking how to shake off Gao Zhong Dui, Chang Ning stopped and looked back, seeing Gao Zhong Dui’s vehicle speeding away.
“Crazy!”
Since they left, Chang Ning didn’t need to worry about escaping Gao Zhong Dui anymore.
But thinking of how Gao Zhong Dui had toyed with him just now made him very unhappy.
Chang Ning came up with a plan: “You want to catch people; I won’t let you have your way!”
Chang Ning stared in the direction Gao Zhong Dui disappeared, his eyes flickering uncertainly.
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On the plain, Lao Pao ran desperately, with several Wolf Fang special forces soldiers chasing closely behind.
When he passed a patch of bushes, two special forces soldiers in ghillie suits suddenly leaped out and charged at him.
Lao Pao’s reaction was quick; instinctively, he flew-kicked at the two special forces soldiers.
After kicking twice in mid-air and flipping the two special forces soldiers to the ground, he landed steadily, ignored the ones he kicked down, and continued running ahead without looking back.
After jumping down an earthen slope, a rope net launched from the unremarkable ground and enveloped him.
Lao Pao couldn’t dodge in time and was caught in the net; its contracting force was extremely strong— as soon as he was covered, he felt bound, and the more he struggled, the tighter it got.
Seeing Lao Pao netted, a special forces soldier then jumped out from cover and quickly pinned him down.
Seeing no chance to break free, Lao Pao gave up resisting.
While running, he had been silently counting time in his mind, estimating that by now those ten unlucky guys were mostly caught.
The reason he kept running was to see how long he could hold out.
Before the special forces soldiers could get Lao Pao out of the net, they heard voices from the tree canopy above.
“Squad Leader, you look too disheveled.”
Chang Ning lay on the tree canopy, showing no sign of rescuing, instead grinning at Lao Pao.
Lao Pao, pinned by several special forces soldiers, couldn’t speak and could only roll his eyes to show his indignation.
“Was worrying how to catch this group of running rookies, didn’t expect one to deliver itself.
Hey, rookie, I advise you to come down obediently; don’t play tricks.
At such close range, blank rounds hitting the body aren’t fatal but will hurt a lot.”
A special forces soldier with the rank of sergeant raised his gun threatening Chang Ning, telling him to come down from the tree himself quickly.
‘I just went through your company commander’s live ammunition shooting; still afraid of your blank rounds?’
“If you tell me to come down, Squad Leader, then I come down, wouldn’t that make me lose face?”
Chang Ning continued to provoke.
“Kid, don’t refuse a toast but accept a penalty!”
