Chapter 51: Blunder
“Mommy, where the heck is this place?”
Chang Ning looked at the white scratch on the tree trunk, which he had left ten minutes ago, and it still looked brand new.
Half an hour ago, Chang Ning had been hurrying along in the dark, guided by the compass, until he reached the base of this big tree. But when he took out the compass again, he saw that the needle kept moving and never stopped.
Chang Ning thought, what’s the big deal? He had just accidentally entered a strong magnetic field zone. Stay calm…
Stay calm my ass. This was Blue Team’s territory, and behind him was Sharpshooter Fourth Company chasing him. Chang Ning wasn’t sure if they had given up pursuing him.
But he wasn’t planning to let his guard down. Just assume Sharpshooter Fourth Company hadn’t given up yet.
Chang Ning’s style was always to prepare for the worst first. In his view, only by being ready to face failure could one achieve success.
“Whatever, Iron Fist Regiment’s camp isn’t far from here. They must know the situation in the vicinity.
They probably won’t come to a place with such magnetic field disruption. I’ll rest here for a bit first.”
Leaning against the big tree he was using as a reference point, Chang Ning took a satisfying sip of the stream water he had stored earlier.
He had purification tablets issued by the company, so he dared to drink the stream water raw.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t drink stream water from the wilderness even if you were dying of thirst. Who knows what bacteria and little bugs are in there.
It was early spring now, but this place was in the southeast of the motherland, where the climate was warm and the grass and trees in the mountains had already turned lush and green.
As a scout, the company had definitely taught Chang Ning relevant knowledge about wilderness survival. Even on a cloudy night like tonight when the Big Dipper wasn’t visible, he could determine direction by observing the density of tree leaves.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the denser side of the leaves faces south. This is because, from the Northern Hemisphere’s perspective, the sun shines from the south, where sunlight is strongest, with longer exposure time and larger area, which benefits plant photosynthesis, so it’s denser.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the situation is the opposite, with the denser side facing north.
But the problem was, Chang Ning didn’t dare turn on his flashlight. What if the light attracted the pursuers? In this environment, he couldn’t take on dozens of people alone.
Without light, how could Chang Ning see the density of the leaves clearly? He wasn’t an animal with night vision, and his system wasn’t as powerful as others’, able to fuse traits from other species.
Chang Ning had no idea what Blue Team was doing now, but there was one thing he was extremely certain of. He had caused such a huge commotion in Blue Team’s rear and even taken out Iron Fist Regiment’s regiment commander. Red Team would definitely seize this critical opportunity.
Although he didn’t know what strategic intent Iron Fist Regiment had for deploying here, by decapitating Kang Regiment Commander, at least Iron Fist Regiment’s combat power would decline by thirty or forty percent, right?
This way, even if he didn’t know Iron Fist Regiment’s attack plan, it was enough to disrupt Blue Team’s arrangements to some extent.
So the question was, was it possible that Blue Team had no countermeasures at all after he did this?
Something unusual must mean trouble!
Chang Ning thought that no movement was the biggest movement. Blue Team must be holding back a big move against him.
Unknown enemies are the most terrifying because you know nothing about them.
Chang Ning now regretted eliminating Gao Zhong Dui. Although given the situation at the time, he had no choice. If he hadn’t eliminated Gao Zhong Dui, he would have been the one eliminated.
“Blue Team has no movement now, which means they’re not coming at me with a full-force assault. Besides, the frontal battlefield must be in full swing, so they don’t have spare manpower to chase me. The most likely scenario is dispatching a small elite unit to deal with me.
Wolf Fang people?
That doesn’t make sense either. Nowadays, there aren’t many capable ones left in Wolf Fang.
With Gao Zhong Dui eliminated, Captain He couldn’t possibly come personally.
If it’s Golden Eagle Fan Tianlei coming, that would be really interesting.”
Chang Ning amused himself with his own guess. He wondered if he accidentally shot Golden Eagle’s other leg, would he sit on the ground holding his leg and wail.
That would count as another famous scene, right?
To be fair, if Fan Tianlei hadn’t blocked He Weidong’s shooting line of sight back then, He Weidong wouldn’t have sacrificed himself to save him, and it would have been a different outcome.
What a pity!
Daydream over, Chang Ning’s tense nerves got effective relief. Time waits for no one; he had to leave this damned place soon.
Who knows what pervert characters from Wolf Fang might appear that weren’t in the original story. Chang Ning had to be cautious.
It’s no harm to be cautious. Chang Ning had avoided many dangers in this exercise thanks to his caution.
This time, Chang Ning couldn’t figure it out even if it killed him—He Da Dui was actually cheating by calling in an elite-level big boss to bully him, a newbie.
And right now, while this elite-level big boss was working hard to find a way out of the maze where Chang Ning had trapped him, he was confronting Sharpshooter Fourth Company.
When Chen Pai and Platoon Leader Wang led Sharpshooter Fourth Company back along the original path, they ran into the assassin chasing Chang Ning.
It was late at night, pitch black, and the assassin was alone, so a misunderstanding arose.
“Platoon Leader, there’s someone ahead, walking towards us.”
The soldier leading the way at the front spotted the assassin and quickly ran back to report to the two platoon leaders.
Chen Pai and Platoon Leader Wang looked at each other, both seeing doubt and confusion in the other’s eyes.
“Could it be some Red Team scout?”
Platoon Leader Chen asked.
“I think it’s very likely. That guy is too cunning. He played that trick of ‘repairing the plank road openly while sneaking through Chen Cang’ really smoothly.
He must have used his speed advantage to leave misleading traces beforehand, then quietly doubled back, exploiting the ‘under the lamp, it’s dark’ blind spot to evade our pursuit.”
Seeing Old Wang’s analysis so logical, Platoon Leader Chen felt something was off but couldn’t pinpoint it.
“Then let’s surround him first and question him. Don’t accidentally injure friendly forces.”
Platoon Leader Chen stayed cautious and suggested.
“Hey, surround my ass. You know what that Red Team scout is capable of. Surrounding him is just delivering ourselves on a platter!
Listen to me, we’ll fire a few shots and find out.
If it’s a misunderstanding, I’ll apologize to Old Wang!”
Platoon Leader Wang had been badly burned by Chang Ning and now wanted to catch him personally more than anything.
“What if it’s one of our Blue Team’s scouts?” Platoon Leader Chen said.
“Old Chen, I think you’re being overly cautious. Our Blue Team special forces soldiers always operate in squads, at least six people at the minimum.
Trust me on this.”
Seeing Platoon Leader Chen hesitate, Old Wang grew anxious, fearing the suspected Red Team scout would spot them. He quickly gathered his platoon and ordered them to fire towards the approaching figure.
Gunshots rang out instantly, startling birds in the forest into flying from their nests.
“Fuck!
Are these Blue Team guys crazy?
Shooting their own people!”
The assassin had spotted the group ahead long ago. He was planning to go up, say hello, and ask if they had any news on Chang Ning.
But as soon as he approached, they greeted him with bullets. What hospitable friendly forces.
This was Blue Team’s frontline position. Maybe one or two Red Team soldiers could infiltrate, but a group of dozens appearing like this would require a Blue Team traitor, so the assassin let his guard down.
Who would think friendly forces would suddenly give him a burst of bullets as a greeting gift.
If they weren’t on the same Blue Team, the assassin would definitely argue with them about manners.
“I’m from Wolf Fang, here to pursue a Red Team scout.”
Unable to fire back at friendly forces, the assassin shouted his identity loudly.
“That kid acts just like the real deal.”
But Platoon Leader Wang refused to believe the assassin and kept ordering fire.
Seeing the other side not only not stop firing but increase firepower, the assassin switched to another cover and said, “If you don’t believe me, confirm with your superiors. My code name is Assassin!”
“Old Wang, it seems like he really is friendly.” Platoon Leader Chen said.
“Old Chen, have your platoon contact the political commissar.”
After instructing Platoon Leader Chen, Old Wang said to the assassin, “Come out from cover first. I need to see you.”
The assassin complied. He wasn’t from Red Team, so what was there to fear?
“Old Chen, no need to contact. That guy really is one of our Blue Team’s. Weird, when did Wolf Fang start solo operations?”
Seeing the assassin boldly step out from cover, Old Wang immediately believed him.
“Old Wang, just contacted the political commissar. He is indeed from Wolf Fang.
I can answer your earlier question—his code name is the answer.”
Platoon Leader Chen guessed something, his expression a mix of amusement and helplessness.
“Assassin… Assassin!”
Platoon Leader Wang suddenly realized: “So it’s that pervert Assassin. Back then, this guy’s battle record was insane—one man suppressing an entire company!”
Seeing the friendly forces lower their gun muzzles, confirming his identity, the assassin walked over. He still had questions.
Both sides had camouflage paint on their faces, so expressions were hard to make out.
The assassin had no friendship with this group and got straight to the point.
“Can you answer my earlier question now?”
“That scout you asked about fled in the direction behind us. We had other missions, so we didn’t continue the pursuit.”
The one answering was Platoon Leader Chen. Old Wang felt awkward about the huge blunder he had just caused and was playing ostrich right now.
“Got it, thanks.”
With that, the assassin headed in the direction Platoon Leader Chen pointed.
Meanwhile, Chang Ning had been struggling in the place that trapped him for over an hour. Now his eyes were lifeless, staring blankly at the occasional stars in the sky, mumbling something.
“Whatever, no more struggling. Anyway, I’ve been eliminated now, and it’s been worth it.”
Right now, Chang Ning was thinking of two things: a Blue Team soldier coming to eliminate him, then getting a good sleep. This minute-by-minute life of fear and anxiety was too tormenting.
Maybe after he joined the special forces and received professional training, this wouldn’t happen again. But right now, Chang Ning was just a new recruit.
Chang Ning had been an ordinary person in both lives; his mental resilience couldn’t be that great. It was already impressive that he wasn’t screaming his head off.
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