Chapter 354: Zhoubao (IV)

Time passed by, and Ghost did not respond. When Cui Jian saw that the time had reached 30:, he said decisively: "I'll give you one minute. If you don't agree with my proposal, we will order the mercenaries to join the battle."

The broadcast said: "Do you think the mercenaries can catch us?"

Cui Jian said: "Just like I won't touch Hai Lan now, you won't want to confront the mercenaries head-on. Since you don't want to continue playing the game, why don't we take control of the situation. Or are you afraid? You have hostages in your hands and outnumber us, but you don't dare to confront us head-on?"

After Cui Jian finished speaking, he was silent for a while and then announced: "OK, we agree."

Baili Xiong received the call and immediately arranged for people to rush to Zhoubao. The bomb expert among the mercenaries carried a stepladder and sat on the back seat of the battery car to arrive at Zhoubao as soon as possible. Money is hard to earn, shit is hard to eat, and working under the eyes of powerful enemies, the pressure of the bomb expert is not small.

The bomb expert first checked the bomb and confirmed it was a real bomb. He then opened the cover of the monitor and unplugged the signal receiver as instructed on the radio. During this time, he also confirmed the bomb so that he could dismantle it easily in the near future.

Cui Jian remained alert: "One point should be given to Baili Xiong." Before this, Cui Jian only found the tire marks of the electric bike. Unexpectedly, Baili Xiong remembered it and had someone get a few electric bikes during this period of time.

Duanmu said, "This is our business, don't worry about it." After that, Duanmu fired a shot, but No. 30 dodged it first.

No. 30 took advantage of the conversation between the two to catch Duanmu off guard, but unfortunately Duanmu was not distracted. After the attempt failed, No. 30 continued to hide near the back door of the upper left room. No. 29 still stayed on the second floor of the grand staircase. No. 2 had disappeared.

The exchange of fire at the back door made the bomb expert's hands tremble, and his fingers almost pulled the wire. He took a deep breath to calm down, and under the surveillance, he installed the monitor back and looked at the monitor: "It's OK."

No. 29 watched the bomb expert's operation and replied: "OK, you can go now."

The bomb expert and the electric car driver came together, why didn't they take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack?
Baili Xiong and Duanmu have discussed this. The bomb expert can cut the rope, and the driver, Cui Jian and Duanmu can open fire to cover and recapture Hai Lan in one fell swoop.

Duanmu was not in a position to speak, so he rejected Baili Xiong's proposal by knocking. He thought that the other party was not so stupid as to let them in without any preparation. Moreover, Hailan was not light, and the stepladder was not high. The bomb expert had to stand at the top and tiptoe to cut the rope hanging Hailan. In this way, there would be many chaotic situations, and the situation would be out of control. For example, Hailan fell. For example, a ghost suddenly threw a grenade into the living room. For example, if someone was stationed on the second floor, the bomb expert would carry Hailan out of the main door, and the people above would throw bombs or grenades down.

For example, someone aimed at an electric bike in the dark.

03 watched the bomb assembler carry the ladder and sit on the battery car, feeling a little disappointed. He hoped that Duanmu would take action to rescue Hailan. When the three of them evacuated in the same battery car, it was enough time for him to aim for a few seconds. If Hailan was killed, the special mercenaries would definitely attack Zhoubao, and he would flee immediately after killing Hailan. The mercenaries eliminated No. 29 and No. 30, and all their wealth belonged to them.

But in this way, he would not be able to complete the task that Fidi had given him, to kill Duanmu. But what does it matter? It was just a failure of the task, and he was not Fidi's dog. Besides, would Fidi dare to sell him out to Luke? As for Luke, thinking of this old man, 03 still felt a little guilty.

So this is good too.

At 1 a.m., Zhoubao resumed the standoff. The difference was that the bomb expert put a knife in Hailan's hand when defusing the bomb. After Hailan woke up, she was fully capable of cutting the rope with the knife, but because the space for exerting force was small, it would take some time. Whether she would be discovered depended on Cui Jian and his team's ability to contain her.

Cui Jian and Duanmu heard Baili Xiong talk about this plan through the headset, and Duanmu confirmed Baili Xiong's plan with a tap. Cui Jian didn't say it was good or bad, he was more focused on the battlefield. In the previous fight and a series of details discussed later, Cui Jian was basically sure that the other party had someone to check the surveillance video, and this person was on the second floor.

Step one: Hailan wakes up and gives her enough time to figure out the situation she is facing.

Step 2: Attack the second floor, pin down the ghost, and free Hailan.

Step 3: I don’t know. After all, bullets have no eyes, and no one knows what the result will be.

The second step is the most dangerous one. Not only will he have to face the criminals on the second floor directly, but he may also be intercepted and attacked by other criminals. So this task can only be given to Duanmu. If there is no other candidate, Cui Jian will step forward, but with Duanmu around, it will never be Cui Jian's turn to take risks.

Ten minutes later, Hailan still hadn't woken up. Cui Jian continued to sense the battlefield, and he judged that there must be a ghost at the staircase on the second floor. But he couldn't tell where the ghost No. 2 and No. 30 who attacked Duanmu were. Maybe they had already escaped, or maybe they were separated from him by a wall.

Cui Jian felt something was wrong. The other side was fighting in scattered groups, not as a team. He and Duanmu were fighting as a team, lacking flexibility and requiring communication. It was difficult to communicate with sign language, and speaking would allow the other side to detect their position.

Cui Jian recalled the positions of the cameras along the way and found that there were many blind spots, even regional blind spots.

Should I leave the upper left room, or stay and wait for Hailan to wake up?
Baili Xiong's voice came from the headset: "Someone is approaching the living room from the northwest." This was information obtained from drone reconnaissance, indicating that the person was outdoors.

Cui Jian said: "Cover me."

The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and the people around could hear it. Everyone's heart tightened, wondering what Cui Jian was going to do. Cui Jian leaned out and fired three shots in a row, destroying all three surveillance cameras in the living room. Then he immediately changed his position, moved to the back door where Duanmu was, and destroyed the two surveillance cameras near the back door.

Is surveillance important? Surveillance is important to No. 29, 03 basically does not need surveillance, and No. 30 uses surveillance as an auxiliary tool. Cui Jian had not taken action against the surveillance before because he was guarding the unsurveilled room on the upper left, ready to wait. Now he found that the other party had basically determined the location of himself and Duanmu. In this case, he could only expand the scope of activities. To expand the scope of activities, he must first destroy the surveillance.

No. 30, who was lying in ambush near the back door, saw that the surveillance camera in the back door area was destroyed and retreated decisively. He did not want to confront Cui Jian and Duanmu head-on without surveillance.

After completing the destruction, Cui Jian returned to the upper left position, with the phone still on the ground. Perhaps because of the gunshot, Hai Lan seemed to be waking up.

Cui Jian leaned against the wall and watched quietly. Suddenly, a white object fell from the upper floor and landed in front of the window of this room. Cui Jian did not see it, but Duanmu, who was hiding in the back door, saw it clearly and immediately leaned forward to shoot.

Cui Jian was a little confused for a moment, because Duanmu was shooting in the direction of the outdoors, and Baili Xiong had been using drones to investigate outdoor conditions, so how could someone suddenly appear at the window?
So Cui Jian fired two shots at the back door.

Cui Jian imagined that someone upstairs would suddenly throw down a mannequin or something, attracting Duanmu's attention to the front door window. The killer downstairs took the opportunity to attack Duanmu from the back door. But this time Cui Jian was wrong. The ghost attacked the front door guarded by Cui Jian, not the back door.

A stun grenade was thrown at Cui Jian's feet. It was either Cui Jian's bad luck or the other party's bad luck that the grenade was thrown directly at the tip of Cui Jian's right foot. Cui Jian subconsciously used his toes to pick up the stun grenade, which was picked up into the living room and exploded in the air.

03 and Cui Jian who sneaked into the living room were attacked by super strong sonic waves at the same time.

03 He rolled out of the main door, then rolled to the left, and hit the doorpost. Cui Jian tried to turn around and squat, but the stun grenade exploded just as he started to move. He lost his sense of direction, and when he turned around, he hit his forehead against the wall.

03 Not caring about exposing his position: "Hurry up." Cui Jian lost his ability to resist in at least ten seconds.

No. 30 seemed particularly smart. Hearing this, he asked back: "Why don't you go up?" This is a correct question. You are near Cui Jian. If you can go up, why don't you go up and instead give Cui Jian's points to me?
The sequelae of the stun grenade made 03 unable to speak very complex language. He couldn't hear what No. 30 said, or even what he said. His entire head was filled with sharp echoes, causing him great pain.

Duanmu did not run over out of brotherly love to see if Cui Jian was okay. He huddled in the corner, trying his best to guard the entrance near Cui Jian and the back door that he was supposed to guard.

No. 29 and 03 cooperated and knew what had happened, but No. 29, who was hanging the sheet dummy, had already left the vicinity of the living room and was currently located above the main entrance on the second floor. There was no way for No. to reach Cui Jian's room in a short time.

The echo lingering in his ears subsided slightly, and Cui Jian could finally hear Baili Xiong's voice: "Hide behind the right stone lion." There are two stone lions on the left and right of the gate.

Cui Jian stabilized his body and felt that there was no problem. He turned over the window and went outside. He was seven meters away from the left stone lion and eleven meters away from the right stone lion. The cochlea was still affected by the stun grenade, and Cui Jian fell to the ground due to imbalance.

Dare to shock me!

Cui Jian stood up with one hand and walked towards the right stone lion. Ghost 03's body functions were basically restored. He heard Cui Jian fall and stand up. He did not gamble whether he could shoot Cui Jian in the head or be shot in the head by Cui Jian, but chose to turn around and run away. Relying on the cover of night, 03 successfully escaped to the north outdoor, and then entered the building from the north outdoor window to avoid the pursuit of the drone.

Was Cui Jian reckless? He was indeed reckless, but not reckless. Under the circumstances at the time, it was in line with the rule that the bravest of two armies wins. Others have already squeezed your living space into a very small area, and you can no longer retreat.

If Hai Lan hadn't been there, Cui Jian would have transformed from a bodyguard to a killer, and he wouldn't have to stay in one place. To put it nicely, it's called waiting for the rabbit to come to you, to put it bluntly, it's passively taking a beating.

Because this wave of fighting was quite intense, Hai Lan was finally awakened. Hai Lan was very smart and did not open her eyes immediately. She listened for a while, then opened her eyes a little and found the mobile phone on the floor of the upper left room.

Cui Jian chased 03 away and returned to the upper left room. Whether as a bodyguard or an assassin, he didn't like to stay in one place. If Hai Lan didn't wake up, he planned to transform into Yue Yao and fight the three assassins.

He used his signature moves to pass through the gate. He fell on his back, exerted force on his feet, and held the gun with both hands. Cui Jian slid past the gate. In this short time, he found that Hailan's eyes were already open. The two sides met. Cui Jian climbed through the window into the upper left room and returned to his position.

Hai Lan's hands were already moving in the phone, she was opening the knife. Cui Jian leaned out, ready to explain the situation in sign language, but a bullet flew from the lower right side of the living room, almost grazing Cui Jian's forehead.

Cui Jian dodged back, took a deep breath and cursed in his heart to calm down. He leaned forward and looked at Hai Lan at an angle, revealing only a little of his body. The direction of the bullet was a straight line. In other words, the gunman fired the gun when he could only see his head, which was the size of his thumbs, and almost blew up his own intelligent head.

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian at the back door, hoping he could explain the current situation.

Cui Jian gestured: "They know Hailan is awake." After Hailan woke up, he and Duanmu would definitely communicate with Hailan, so the other party took advantage of this to set an ambush. If I had been careless at that time, my life would have been gone. Thinking about the details of not being attacked when I slid through the gate, I guessed that the other party had just moved to the ambush position.

It was strange. I had destroyed all the surveillance cameras in the living room, so how could they find out that Hailan had woken up in the first place? Could she have used a cell phone as well?
Duanmu made a gesture of changing positions, and he must be responsible for the dangerous task of rescuing Hai Lan.

Cui Duan changed his position, Duanmu leaned against the wall by the door, stretched out a hand and went out, so that Hailan could barely see. Duanmu gestured: There are three enemies, be prepared, don't escape for the time being.

If the threat in the cleared area is not cleared, Hailan will cut the rope and fall down, and she will most likely become a target of shooting. Duanmu has a way to deal with it, but he needs Hailan to cooperate with him.

Duanmu and Hailan were talking at the front door, while Cui Jian and No. 30 were exchanging fire at the back door. They were separated by a corridor, eight meters away, and both of them were leaning against the wall, sticking their pistols out of the door and firing blindly in each other's direction.

Cui Jian heard the sound of the gun running out of bullets, and immediately went out the back door, leaned his back against the corridor, and moved towards the room where No. 30 was. No. 30 replaced the magazine and continued to shoot blindly at the back door, while Cui Jian slowly approached.

Suddenly a voice came over the radio: "He's coming, run."

No. 30 did not hesitate and immediately ran towards the back door of the room. Cui Jian followed him to the door. He did not rush into the room, but continued forward along the corridor. When he rushed past the door, he saw a C4 as big as a baby's fist taped to the wall next to the door.

Cui Jian flashed through the door, and there was an explosion from inside, followed by the sound of gravel hitting like rain, and it took a while for the sound to quiet down.

No. 30 has retreated to the back door, located in the main corridor. The main corridor crosses the grand staircase and goes all the way to the restaurant, with a length of 25 meters.

No. 30 was extremely annoyed and couldn't help but curse: "Can't this kill you, you bastard?"

Cui Jian ignored him. The voice coming from the radio telling No. 30 to run away was an attempt to cover up the truth. Don't the three of you have a communication system? Is it more convenient to pick up the radio microphone to talk, or to press the earphone? In other words, No. 30's hands were too slippery, giving Cui Jian too little time to react, so Cui Jian didn't take advantage of the situation.

Cui Jian did not stop, and immediately returned to the upper left room after forcing No. 30 to retreat. No. 30's behavior at this time was obviously related to Hai Lan's awakening, leaving Duanmu alone in the upper left room for a long time, and he really had to attend his funeral later.

(End of this chapter)