Night slowly faded, carrying away everyone's time and disappearing into the horizon.
The gray clouds symbolized their desire to take over this land, and the night gradually dissipated.
"Kid, how's it going?" Lao Tie's voice suddenly rang in Luo Chen's ears.
Luo Chen cried out in pain, pulled his shoulder away, and rubbed it, saying, "My buddy, you have no idea how long it's been since I've been able to move my shoulder. If you hadn't woken up, I would have felt like the room next door wasn't even mine anymore."
Old Tie yawned, ignoring Luo Chen's words, and stood up abruptly, looking around: "I'm going to find some food. If we keep starving like this, we'll starve to death before those people even arrive."
"Go ahead and don't worry, leave this to me." Luo Chen stood up and waved his hand, constantly moving his left shoulder. If it had been any later, his arm would have been ruined.
After watching all night, Luo Chen's eyes were a little blurry. He rubbed his eyes and yawned.
Since the night before last, Luo Chen has only slept for a few hours. Even someone with the best physical condition can't withstand such exertion; he's not made of iron.
"Xiao, you rest for a while, I'll take over." Luo Chen felt the gravity and turned around to see Qi Tianlong.
Luo Chen did not refuse, nodded, and leaned against the rock, closing his eyes.
Before long, I drifted off to sleep.
This continuous fighting is too exhausting.
"A Qiu, A Qiu." In a blur, Luo Chen only felt something tickling his nose, and heard a muffled voice in his ear.
"Lazybones, get up and eat!"
"What a lazy pig! Hurry up and eat something, let's keep going."
Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes, and there was a head sticking out of his head.
He then suddenly stood up.
The two collided immediately, and Jiang Xian'er cried out.
"You lazy pig, why is your head as hard as iron?" Jiang Xian'er rubbed her forehead and scolded Luo Chen angrily.
"Hehe, there's an even harder one, wanna try it?" Luo Chen put on a roguish look and chuckled.
"What could be harder?"
"Fine, you've got me." Luo Chen's expression instantly turned boring. Talking such lewd things to such an innocent girl was just asking for trouble.
He snatched the fruit from Jiang Xian'er's hand and gulped down the juice.
Luo Chen was slightly surprised. It felt like a combination of apple and strawberry flavors, but its appearance resembled a pear.
Could it be the legendary combination?
"Hmph, there's nothing else. Why are you trying to steal mine?" Jiang Xian'er pouted, pointed at the fruit on the ground, and huffed.
Luo Chen pouted. "Don't you know that the one in someone else's hand smells better?"
"Replenish this as soon as possible. I've looked around the area, and this is the only edible one." Old Tie took a bite of the mixed-breed food and muttered, "It's getting light. Let's finish eating and leave as soon as possible. We need to speed things up now, or we'll be discovered very soon."
Luo Chen held a piece of fruit in each hand, taking a bite from each.
Suddenly, Luo Chen stopped what he was doing, and even stopped chewing.
"Keep quiet." Luo Chen frowned and gave a low shout.
Upon seeing this, the others instantly understood Luo Chen's meaning and stopped making any noise, looking at Luo Chen with suspicion.
Luo Chen slowly closed his eyes, listening intently to the sounds around him.
Suddenly, he looked up and shouted at the crowd, "Take cover! There's a bomb!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a whooshing sound came from the forest opposite.
boom!
A bomb exploded in front of them, sending dirt flying and scattering everywhere.
*Pfft!* Luo Chen spat out what he couldn't tell was fruit or dirt, and called out to those around him, "How's the situation?"
"Safety!"
"Safety!"
"Don't move for now." Luo Chen held up his sniper rifle and looked towards the forest ahead, where a group of men in black were moving rapidly toward them.
One of them was carrying a rocket launcher.
"They're catching up, they're about two or three hundred meters away, it's too late!" Luo Chen shouted, then quickly stood up.
He pulled Jiang Xian'er up from beneath him.
"I still have five magazines and two sniper rifle bullets. Mu Shanhai, you take the other two and retreat. The three of us will cover their escape." Luo Chen quickly tossed two magazines to Qi Tianlong and two to Lao Tie.
Mu Shanhai gripped the gun and nodded.
"Remember, be careful and stay close to Mu Shiyu," Luo Chen said to Jiang Xian'er beside him again.
There was no way around it; this girl needed more guidance. Mu Shiyu had been through a lot, but Jiang Xian'er was still that innocent girl who thought she was very clever.
Mu Shiyu pulled Jiang Xian'er close to Mu Shanhai.
"Xiao, watch out!" Jiang Xian'er turned around and shouted to Luo Chen.
Luo Chen nodded in response to the voice behind him.
"They've regrouped. One of them has a rocket launcher. Be careful." Luo Chen carefully lay prone on a rock, setting up his sniper rifle and watching the situation ahead.
"Why didn't that person show up?" Luo Chen noticed that none of these people were carrying sniper rifles.
This means that the sniper from last night was not among them.
"Be careful, they have a very skilled sniper on the other side." As Luo Chen spoke, he pulled the trigger.
With a whoosh.
Bang!
The man in black carrying the rocket launcher was shot right between the eyebrows.
"It's just ahead, sniper, watch out!" the one-eyed man shouted, waving his right hand to signal those behind him to be careful.
He hadn't expected that there were snipers among these people, otherwise he wouldn't have so voluntarily exposed his position.
Fortunately, the grass in the forest could vaguely cover his head, so as long as he hunched over, there seemed to be no problem.
Da da da!
Lao Tie and Qi Tianlong, positioned on the left and right respectively, began to suppress the enemy with firepower.
The two men adjusted their positions while firing their guns.
Upon seeing this, Luo Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "These two are seasoned veterans."
One truly deserves his over twenty-year career as a mercenary, and the other is worthy of his background in a top-tier mercenary group.
Under the crossfire of the two men, the men in black were momentarily too afraid to charge.
However, this is also because Luo Chen and his group are positioned relatively higher than the group of men in black.
It's simply a natural advantage.
Moreover, it is also covered by the surrounding trees and bushes.
Capturing a high ground is difficult in itself, and with the help of the environment, Luo Chen and his two companions were able to withstand a round of attacks quite well.
"Viper, you go from the left flank, I'll go from the right. Leave three or four men to go up from the middle, provide cross cover, and unleash full firepower." The one-eyed man calmly adjusted his position after a moment of calm.
They have an advantage; the other side has a geographical advantage, but they have a numerical advantage.
They outnumbered Luo Chen and his two companions by at least six times.
Da da da!
More than a dozen people got up at the same time to provide suppressive fire.
A barrage of bullets made it impossible for Luo Chen to raise his head.
Luo Chen shrank back, trying to adjust his position; he couldn't let things continue like this.
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