Chapter 9 Fierce Battle (2/2)
You have been shot in your right arm by a 73-WASP! 17 damage taken!
You have been inflicted with a gun wound! You are now bleeding (light), and will lose 1 HP every second for 15 seconds. Quickly bandage your wound!
You have been shot in your left leg by an N9-SMG! 21 damage taken!
You have been inflicted with a gun wound! You are now bleeding (light), and will lose 1 HP every second for 15 seconds. Quickly bandage your wound!
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If not for Baltar's 'training', he would definitely not be able to endure the pain.
Han Xiao grit his teeth and threw out another grenade.
Bang!
The blast of the grenade caused Han Xiao's ears to ring in pain. He growled it off and proceeded with his onslaught.
One minute later, Team C no longer existed. Han Xiao proceeded to bandage his wounds. He had lost 110 HP - more than a third of his max HP.
”A head-on assault is too costly. If only I had active skills...”
”Team C, Team C, please respond. What's the situation?” asked a guard over the intercom.
Han Xiao pinched his throat and replied, ”Cough, cough. Team C has suffered heavy losses. We have trapped the target inside the lab. The target has been shot. Please send reinforcements quickly!”
He then picked a submachine gun on the floor and casually sprayed it to create the illusion of a fierce battle.
”Roger that. Please hold on. Team B is on the way!”
The guard did not doubt him at all. As Han Xiao's silent act was deeply ingrained in their minds, the idea that he could employ such tactics simply did not occur to them.
Han Xiao proceeded to tie his three remaining hand grenades together and hung them on the door of the laboratory. He then hid behind a desk and loaded three submachine guns before firing his handgun multiple times to create the illusion of a crossfire.
Footsteps approached and the door was kicked opened.
Kaboom!
As soon as the guards began to scream, Han Xiao rushed forward under the cover of the smoke and stuck two SMGs out of the door to open fire onto either side. Although vision was limited, Han Xiao could hear his shots landing, and when he had emptied his clip, the guards were no longer making any sound.
The standard tactic to attack a room was for one person to kick the door while the others hid on either side. As the guards in the base were not an elite squad, Han Xiao had known that they would employ this tactic. Although most of Team B had been lucky to survive the first round of grenades, they were unable to hide from the ensuing storm of bullets.
His interface lit up like crazy.
When the smoke cleared, Han Xiao saw that three guards remained. When they saw Han Xiao emerge from the room, their eyes grew wide with shock and fear.
Is this really that dim-witted Zero‽
Han Xiao fired three consecutive shots to finish them off.
”What was that explosion? What's going on‽” Team A's leader shouted through the intercom.
Han Xiao randomly picked up several scattered guns and fired them around casually.
”Team B is under ambush! We are engaged with the enemy in the experiment lab. Requesting assistance! Requesting assistance!”
”Team A is coming right now!” Something seemed off about the entire situation to him, but he could not figure out what.
It was only when they reached basement 3 did the Team A leader finally realize what was bothering him, and he hurriedly ordered, ”All guards, listen up. Zero might have infiltrated our comms. From now on, only take orders from me!”
It suddenly became apparent that Zero could be baiting them. After all, they hadn't heard of any other Team B member speaking since then.
An unbelievable notion occurred to the Team A leader; did Zero already wipe out both Team B and Team C?
The notion caused him to shiver.
If that was what had happened, it would mean that Zero had wiped out over half of the entire base's guards alone! Although he was unwilling to believe the idea, everything pointed to the fact that it indeed what had happened!
Was Zero baiting them? Or was he trying to divide them while he made a run for the main gate?
”Team D, any abnormalities at the main gate?” he asked through the intercom.
”None yet.”
The Team A leader sighed a breath of relief. He couldn't let Zero play them for a fool any longer. The situation at present was already extremely bad. He knew that hoping to kill Zero now was no longer realistic, and that he had to inform Hila ASAP.
”Team A, listen up. Return to the main gate right now!”
He decided it would be better to gather all the remaining people to fortify the main gate. There, they could simply wait for reinforcements. This was the plan that appeared safest and surest to him.
No matter what Zero's aim was, his fate would be sealed as long as he had nowhere to run!