Chapter 265: Coma
Seeing the red smoke rising from his body, Chang Ning knew he had been eliminated.
Strangely, he felt no frustration or other negative emotions; instead, he suddenly felt completely relaxed.
It was just like the boulder pressing on him had been removed— that instant felt so refreshing!
“Huh? Strange, why is everything in front of me pitch black?”
Before completely losing consciousness, Chang Ning was still worried if he would never be able to see again.
Black Tiger’s people watched as Chang Ning, who had just pulled off an extreme solo kill like Rambo possessed one second ago, suddenly lay stiffly on the ground the next second. Everyone on site was caught off guard, let alone stepping forward to check.
Who could have thought such a fierce guy would just collapse right in front of them.
“Go, quick, check it out. Maybe it’s stamina exhaustion.”
Black Tiger’s people came to their senses and stepped forward to check Chang Ning’s vital signs. Although this young man lying on the ground had badly beaten them up, they couldn’t just leave him unattended in the wilderness.
The group clumsily removed the equipment from Chang Ning’s body. But when they tried to take the gun from his hand, everyone was stumped again.
“This guy has such strong grip!”
One of Black Tiger’s soldiers saw the gun gripped in Chang Ning’s hand and tried to take it away.
Unexpectedly, no matter how hard he pried, he couldn’t open Chang Ning’s hand. The more he pried, the tighter Chang Ning gripped, his knuckles turning white.
“If we can’t get it off, forget it. Let’s carry him back.”
They had originally planned to carry Chang Ning back on their backs, but his two hands were like welded to the gun. Black Tiger’s people didn’t dare force his hands open for fear of injuring him, so they had to assign two people to lift and carry him.
By the time they carried Chang Ning back to camp and saw the sunset mostly blocked by the hilltop, Black Tiger’s pursuit squad realized they had run so far with him. They admired this unconscious guy even more in their hearts.
“Let me see exactly who this is that made us so embarrassed?”
The person hadn’t arrived, but the voice came first.
Lei Keming led Captain Gao and Hui Lang toward the pursuit squad.
Up to now, although Captain Gao suspected all this was Chang Ning’s doing, before seeing him, he still held a sliver of hope in his heart—what if it wasn’t Chang Ning?
Defying orders on the battlefield—that crime was too much for Chang Ning’s young shoulders to bear.
Even if he had decapitated Commander Lei, so what?
Defying orders was defying orders, no two ways about it!
Before even approaching, Captain Gao was silently praying in his heart: Please don’t let it be Chang Ning.
Just a few steps from Chang Ning, Captain Gao’s face was filled with bitterness. The worst result had come true for him.
Who else could the person being carried be but Chang Ning?
Should he collude with Hui Lang?
Seeing Chang Ning, Captain Gao’s heart was filled with conflict.
He didn’t want to cover for Chang Ning, but he also didn’t want to lose such a good prospect.
Hui Lang standing nearby also saw Chang Ning. Even with thick camouflage paint on his face, he could recognize that the person being carried was that brat Chang Ning.
At the same time, he was also very troubled. Why was this kid so worrisome?
“You two come take a look. Is this guy from your Wolf Fang?”
Lei Keming was very interested in this unconscious young man. Seeing Xiao Gao and Hui Lang lingering not far away, he called them over to identify the unconscious person.
What if he wasn’t from Wolf Fang? Then he could start poaching talent.
Captain Gao and Hui Lang saw Lei Keming calling them over, and naturally, they were a hundred times unwilling in their hearts.
Chang Ning’s current situation was extremely complicated, leaving them unsure whether to acknowledge him or deny him.
The fleeting expressions on their faces were caught by Lei Keming.
Why do these two look so bitter? Could this kid really not be from Wolf Fang?
At this thought, Lei Keming was delighted in his heart, but upon closer reflection, their reactions were full of suspicion.
No matter what, the unconscious one was from the Southeast Military Region. Even if he didn’t belong to Wolf Fang for now, after the exercise ended, wasn’t it just a matter of a transfer order?
Why were these two so reluctant instead? Could Wolf Fang under Captain He already have such an abundance of talent?
If so, I’m not holding back.
Lei Keming was already plotting in his heart how to poach talent from the Southeast Military Region.
They were all comrades from the same system; with one glance, they knew exactly what the other was thinking.
Besides, the three of them had once been comrades in Wolf Fang, intimate comrades sharing the same pot.
Seeing the look on Lei Keming’s face as he stared at Chang Ning, Captain Gao knew trouble was coming. This guy was poaching his people right in front of him—unacceptable!
“Commander Lei’s eye for talent is as sharp as ever. I won’t beat around the bush with you—he is indeed from our Wolf Fang.”
At this point, Captain Gao decided not to hide it from Lei Keming and openly admitted Chang Ning’s identity.
But Chang Ning’s act of defying orders had to remain hidden for now; after the exercise, he would discuss it privately with the Captain.
Luckily, only Chang Ning, Hui Lang, and he had been present at the time.
Captain Gao secretly felt fortunate.
Inside the camp tent, realizing the one who had decapitated him was actually Chang Ning, Lei Keming suppressed his poaching thoughts only for them to stir again.
“So that kid is Chang Ning. I don’t see anything special about him.
Xiao Gao, how about this…”
“No, absolutely not!”
Before Lei Keming could finish, Captain Gao interrupted him.
“Xiao Gao, I haven’t even finished. Why don’t you hear the conditions first?”
Seeing this, Lei Keming stopped beating around the bush and laid his cards on the table—he had his eye on Chang Ning.
Who wouldn’t want talent?
“Commander Lei, I don’t have the say in this. You should go talk to Captain He.”
Captain Gao had no intention of hearing his old comrade’s conditions; he wouldn’t let go of Chang Ning.
Did they Black Tiger lack talent that badly?
Wolf Fang was short on it too!
Fine, once it involved Captain He, there was nothing to discuss.
Making him ask his old superior for someone—if they were from the same military region, there might be some hope.
“Alright, we’ll talk after the exercise ends.”
Though there might be no hope, Lei Keming still wanted to try—what if it worked?
Worst case, he could play pitiful in front of Captain He.
It hurts!
His whole body was in pain, accompanied by soreness and numbness.
Chang Ning felt like his body had fallen apart.
With an unconscious groan, his eyes were filled with a patch of bright light.
Good, he could still see.
Chang Ning felt a wave of relief in his heart. He didn’t even dare imagine what he would do if he couldn’t see.
He didn’t know how long he had been lying there, but his mouth was dry and parched; he just wanted a sip of water to moisten his throat.
“You’re awake!”
While looking for the water canteen, Chang Ning heard a familiar voice from the foot of the bed.
Looking up, it really was an acquaintance.
“You’re Xiao Ying. I remember you.
Has the exercise ended?”
He had been sent to the field hospital and didn’t know how long he had slept. Chang Ning urgently wanted to know the exercise result.
Xiao Ying shook her head: “Not yet.”
She had heard they received a Red Team scout, so she handed off her work to Xiao Fei and rushed over.
Afraid it was Xiao Zhuang who was injured.
The exercise hadn’t ended, so his coma hadn’t lasted long.
“Xiao Ying, can I ask you to keep an eye on the exercise situation for me?”
In the field hospital, the only person he knew was Xiao Ying; to learn about the outside, he had to go through her.
“Okay, rest and recover well.”
Xiao Ying didn’t refuse Chang Ning’s request. Anyway, because of Xiao Zhuang, she paid attention to the exercise every day, fearing he might have an accident.
Now she just had to share the information she gathered with Chang Ning—easy enough.
Besides, the guy in front of her was Xiao Zhuang’s good brother; she could help since he wasn’t an outsider.
