Chapter 288: Art Is An Explosion
“Boss, it’s too dark, and you won’t let me use the flashlight. I can’t see clearly.”
Lai Tou was almost aggrieved to tears. If it weren’t for the boss insisting on taking the small path, they might have already reached the rest place.
“If you turn on the flashlight and attract the Armed Police, what then? Stop talking nonsense and find the way quickly!”
While the group was searching for the path, they were unaware that danger had quietly arrived.
It was precisely this conversation between Ma Boss and Lai Tou that exposed his position, allowing Chang Ning to find him.
Don’t forget, Chang Ning’s stealth position was not far from Ma Boss and the others, so he could clearly hear their voices.
“Sniper Team, I’ve found the target. I’ll mark him with a green fluorescent marker round.
Everyone pay attention: do not shoot at anyone with a green fluorescent mark on them.”
Chang Ning announced to the entire team via his earpiece.
Only after everyone acknowledged did Chang Ning take action.
He subtly switched to a marker round and fired one next to a hunched man walking by.
Even with a silencer, the rifle stood out in this quiet environment.
Ma Boss heard what sounded like a gunshot from his left, and immediately felt intense pain in his chest.
He let out a miserable scream, clutching his chest as he fell to the ground, not forgetting to warn his younger brothers that something was wrong nearby.
“Ambush! Return fire! Return fire!”
After Ma Boss fell, gunshots erupted all around instantly.
However, unlike Team B, they didn’t have night vision goggles and could only fire blindly nearby, which inadvertently suppressed Chang Ning so he couldn’t lift his head.
I can’t die. I still need to take over the family business. I haven’t earned my father’s approval yet!
Ma Boss was now surrounded by the fear named death. The intense pain from his chest made him think he’d been shot, leaving him no time to worry about the goods transport team.
“Boss, run quick!”
Lai Tou pulled up Ma Boss from the ground and supported him as they retreated while firing.
“Lai Tou, I’ve been shot. I’m afraid I can’t run.
If you get out, go report to my family.”
Ma Boss was utterly despondent at this point, only hoping Lai Tou could escape and report to his father Ma Shichang, then avenge him.
“Boss, what nonsense are you saying? You weren’t shot.”
At such close range, Lai Tou vaguely didn’t see any blood on the boss or signs of being shot.
It was just that his chest was stained with some plant sap, glowing green in the dark.
Not shot?
A light named hope sparked in Ma Boss’s eyes.
“You say I wasn’t shot?”
“Yeah, Boss.
Let’s run quick!”
Lai Tou supported the boss as they stumbled deeper into the forest.
Reminded by his younger brother, Ma Boss realized he indeed wasn’t shot; aside from some chest pain, nothing else was wrong.
After touching the painful spot on his chest and holding his hand up to his eyes, he indeed saw no blood.
Only then did he truly confirm he wasn’t hit by a bullet, and the desire for survival instantly overtook his reason.
An unknown surge of strength propelled him to flee; he no longer needed Lai Tou’s support.
After Chang Ning withdrew from the criminals’ wild firing range, he finally had a chance to observe the battle situation.
But left and right, he couldn’t spot the figure he’d marked.
Oh no, the man’s gone!
“Sniper Team, I’ve lost the target’s trail here.”
“Don’t worry, he can’t escape. Bald-tailed Wolf and I are on him.”
The speaker was Ostrich. Hearing the voice in the earpiece, Chang Ning inferred that Ostrich and the medic were moving quickly.
The distance between their sniper position and the target was quite far, so to keep up, they had to run fast.
Luckily, Chang Ning had marked the target from the start, or that guy really would have escaped in the chaos.
Since the Sniper Team was handling the pursuit, Chang Ning stopped worrying.
He began focusing on dealing with the lucky ones breaking out of the encirclement.
The gaps in the encirclement were guarded by Xiao Zhuang and Qiang Zi, so very few could actually escape.
Thus, Chang Ning temporarily became the idlest person in Team B.
The Assault Team faithfully executed the tactical plan, tightly sealing the criminal gang inside the encirclement.
The criminals inside were in dire straits; one misstep onto a landmine would turn them into a wasp nest.
Even without landmines, they’d be blown up. Lao Pao had also set up remote satchel charges in the encirclement, with considerable power.
The encirclement was extremely lively as explosions boomed one after another, deafening.
Lao Pao put on a show of explosive art for everyone.
“Mountain Wolf, how much explosives did you really set up in there?”
The explosions were so frequent that Geng Jihui curiously asked.
“Yeah, tell us honestly: how many meters are you planning to blast the ground down?” Qiang Zi’s voice came over the public channel.
“Not much, just used what Chang Ning brought out plus my stock. Probably a few dozen kilos.”
Listen to this—is it even human talk? Against a small 20-man criminal gang, they used several dozen kilos of high explosive.
Outsiders would think they were encircling and suppressing terrorists!
Could it be that thick-browed, big-eyed Lao Pao was also corrupted by Chang Ning?
Everyone was speechless.
You’ve used up all your stock—what now?
As the explosions in the encirclement gradually stopped, Team B, except for the Sniper Team pursuing the target, began entering the encirclement from different directions.
Seeing the battlefield full of craters and black soil, even Lao Pao was a bit shocked. He knew he’d used a lot this time, but he really hadn’t meant to blast the ground down several meters.
“Alright, probably no survivors.”
Chang Ning held his rifle and gently kicked away a charred, elongated chunk with his foot, unsure which unlucky guy it came from.
After everyone searched the smoke-filled battlefield, as Chang Ning expected, there were indeed no survivors.
The entire battlefield not only had no living people but not even complete bodies; limbs and body parts were everywhere.
“Mountain Wolf, you’re truly brutal!”
Qiang Zi smacked his lips, unsure what to say amid the devastation.
“This is the art of explosion!”
Seeing Lao Pao a bit embarrassed, Chang Ning spoke up to bail him out.
“Art? We have an art guy right here.
Might as well let the professional evaluate it.”
Geng Jihui was furious seeing the limbs and body parts; this time they’d gone too far, not matching their military unit’s usual style.
Thinking of facing Wolf Fang’s investigation after the operation, he worried for Lao Pao.
This kind of scene was impossible to explain—it was too reckless. At least leave them whole corpses.
Xiao Zhuang hadn’t expected Geng Jihui to ask him; how was he supposed to answer?
One was his Old Squad Leader, the other his Team Leader—both good comrades and brothers; he didn’t want to offend either.
“Don’t drag me into this. I’ve never properly studied it; my art appreciation skills aren’t great.”
With no choice, Xiao Zhuang frantically claimed his lack of art appreciation ability.
