"Boss! Something terrible has happened! The treasure is gone!"
A man came running from the side of the mountain, his expression panicked.
Ge Dong strode up to the man, grabbed him by the collar, and asked, "What's going on?"
"We found the cave, and we found many traps, but it was empty, completely empty!"
Ge Dong shoved him to the ground and paced back and forth like a trapped beast. Suddenly, he stopped and asked the messenger, who had just gotten up, sharply, "Is there an ambush?"
"No one else was found."
"Damn it, could it be that A-Tian embezzled it and ran away with the money a long time ago?!" The bespectacled man kicked the rock hard in anger.
With a grim face, Ge Dong gritted his teeth and ordered, "Send a few more men to firmly guard the cave and strengthen security. If any outsiders approach, kill them!"
So many treasures could be moved away so quietly. Either A-Tian had ulterior motives and colluded with outsiders to embezzle them, or he was being followed by a powerful force!
They had gone to great lengths to reach the Red Flag Commune because of this treasure. He was unwilling to accept the immense effort and manpower they had expended along the way, only to return defeated and alone!
Xie Yuyao coldly watched the group of people pacing like ants on a hot pan, yet she remained unmoved.
She shrank into the shadows, trying to minimize her presence.
As the sun sets and the moon rises, all is silent.
A large number of cigarette butts were scattered at Ge Dong's feet. He threw away the cigarette in his hand and crushed it with his foot.
"Let's go take a look."
A group of people quietly moved towards the cave. Xie Yuyao wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but the woman was close by and she could not make any rash moves.
After walking for about half an hour, the man who led the way said, "Boss, it's just ahead."
"Okay, everyone follow." Ge Dong responded.
Soon, the group arrived at their destination—the open space in front of the cliff.
Ge Dong glanced at the cave, then ducked inside. Xie Yuyao was also pushed by the woman and followed him in.
There were many torches in the cave, and the people stationed there led the way until he pushed open the golden door.
Ge Dong looked at the empty underground chamber, raised his hand and made a gesture, and his entourage scattered to search around.
However, after searching high and low, there was still nothing there.
Ge Dong asked, "Did we come to the wrong place?"
"No, this is the place according to the map."
Ge Dong closed his eyes in anguish. If he had searched the wrong place, he could have sent people to continue the search, but now his last hope was extinguished.
How can he explain to his superiors that the treasure has been looted by others?
Bang bang bang!
A gunshot rang out from outside the cave.
A subordinate rushed in to report: "Boss! There's an ambush!"
Ge Dong, his face full of menacing features, gave a command: "Brothers, charge out!"
For some unknown reason, he grabbed Xie Yuyao's hand and led her outside.
To the subordinates who were unaware of the situation, this masked woman was the boss's new favorite, and he didn't forget to protect her even in a dangerous situation.
Xie Yuyao, however, had no choice but to be dragged along within the protective perimeter. Intense gunfire roared in her ears, and one person after another screamed and fell beside her.
In the silent mountains, a thrilling chase is unfolding.
Loyal subordinates stayed behind to cover their retreat, hindering Ye Xingchang, Hui Zi, and the others.
Ge Dong descended the mountain at a fast pace, gradually leaving the gunfire behind.
"Boss, you go first." The bespectacled man had been shot in the arm during the melee, and he was losing too much blood and was too weak to continue.
Ge Dong's eyes turned bloodshot from the shock, and he glared at him fiercely: "Hold on, we're going together!"
He was Ge Dong's right-hand man, and in this situation, staying meant certain death, so Ge Dong was unwilling to give him up.
So he ordered two of his subordinates to turn around and help the bespectacled man walk.
Bang!
Unexpected changes occurred.
One of the subordinates who went to help the man was shot in the forehead and died instantly.
"There's a sniper!"
Everyone crouched down, looking for nearby cover.
Xie Yuyao also took the opportunity to break free from Ge Dong's grasp, moved behind a large tree, and immediately activated her spatial vision to search for the hidden sniper.
However, the dense forest blocked the thin moonlight from the sky, and Xie Yuyao was unable to find the other party's location.
But what is certain is that the sniper was positioned at a high vantage point.
Those who shared the same idea, including Ge Dong, began to move down the mountain using coded language.
Bang!
Another person was shot and fell.
The fleeing crowd was horrified by what they saw and dared not make any further moves.
Xie Yuyao finally located the sniper's position.
The man was dressed in camouflage, blending almost perfectly into the forest. She wouldn't have noticed him if he hadn't been crouching and quickly shifting his position.
Xie Yuyao didn't want to sit and wait for death, so she found cover based on his position to avoid being exposed to gunfire.
On the other side, Ye Xingchang and Hui Zi's hearts jumped into their throats when they saw the woman next to the enemy agent leader: Didn't she go down the mountain? How did she end up with the enemy agents?
However, with the mission already underway, it was impossible to abandon the operation for her sake alone. The only option was to send Hei Zi to protect her in secret.
Hei Zi took a shortcut and sped off, positioning himself to the side of Ge Dong and the others. Under the cover of darkness, he lay in ambush, waiting for his chance to strike.
Bang!
Death has come again, and yet another person has lost their life.
"This can't go on, boss, I'll take care of him!" one of the men said fiercely.
Ge Dong knew that dragging things out would lead to certain death, so he selected three men to search for the sniper.
The remaining people continued moving down the mountain.
Meanwhile, Kuroko remained hidden in the shadows, taking advantage of the chaos to silently eliminate enemy agents on the periphery with a silenced gun and a dagger.
At this moment, Xie Yuyao shifted her consciousness to space to find the sniper who had moved to a new position dozens of meters away, as this was the biggest threat to her life.
Ge Dong had no time to spare for her and handed her over to that woman.
The woman pulled Xie Yuyao away, but because Xie Yuyao was not yet conscious, she hesitated for half a step and fell. The woman was shot and killed while trying to pull her away.
This was the closest Xie Yuyao had ever come to a bullet that would claim her life; she was so shocked that she lay on the ground, unwilling to move.
"It's you! You betrayed us!" The woman's head was crossed by a middle-aged man who pointed a gun at Xie Yuyao menacingly.
"Boss! I think she always manages to dodge sniper bullets; she must have a pre-arranged plan with them. Kill her!"
Ge Dong stared at Xie Yuyao suspiciously and asked coldly, "What do you have to say?"
Xie Yuyao feigned composure and pointed at the remaining people: "Those who didn't dodge are all dead, but they weren't hit either, so how come they weren't on the other side?"
The man jumped up in anger, pointing the gun at Xie Yuyao and waving it up and down: "You! You're just being unreasonable!"
Bang!
Gunshots rang out again, and the man fell to the ground with a thud after being shot in the head.
Correspondingly, the sniper's position was also exposed, and the three who went to snipe him ran in that direction. Soon, sporadic gunshots and screams could be heard.
With the sniper tied up, Ge Dong, still wanting to use Xie Yuyao as a hostage, ordered his men to keep a close watch on her and sped up his escape down the mountain.
Seeing that the group was about to escape, Hei Zi disregarded the risk of exposing himself, pointed his gun at Ge Dong, and pulled the trigger, the bullet flying out.
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