Chapter 181 181. Wipe out with bare hands
"All squads be advised, the target has received professional training and is extremely dangerous, exercise caution during capture."
Andre watched the giant display coldly, issuing the order.
On the screen, Lu Yao's and our own squad's positions were clear as day, looking almost like playing an RTS game, allowing the commander to make crisp decisions based on the situation.
On the left side of the screen were another 20 small frames, footage from the recording devices carried by the special forces, giving the commander the feel of being on the front line.
Seeing that the target was completely surrounded, Andre felt that there was no suspense left in the situation, so he casually handed over command to the squad leader on the front line and turned to organize his most cherished "little toy."
He took out an exquisite briefcase and, opening it, revealed a series of neatly arranged "dental instruments."
Electric drills, saws, pliers, scissors, and various drugs—everything was present.
It was unmistakably a complete set of torture devices!
Andre carefully checked each instrument, then laid out a plastic sheet in the car, to prevent the blood of the tortured from dirtying the place.
The subordinates beside him were not surprised by the scene; they all knew about their boss's little hobby.
At that moment, a subordinate operating a drone asked, "Commander, should we hack into the target's phone?"
Andre decisively refused, "No need, your clearance isn't high enough, strictly forbidden to touch the opponent's electronic devices, I'll handle the interrogation alone."
The plump subordinate said nothing more, knowing that the less you know about certain things, the longer you live.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Then, Andre pulled out two strange wires, with clamps attached to them—his favorite. Clamping them onto the subject's head, they would bring endless pleasure to both the victim and himself.
Just as Andre was lost in his thoughts, an unexpected event occurred!
The plump subordinate operating the drone exclaimed in shock, "The drone has crashed! The drone has crashed! I've lost the feed!"
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And through the earpiece came the shocked and pained cries of the special forces, with signals on the display vanishing one after another.
Each disappearance represented the death of a team member!
Andre roared, "What's happening!? Answer me, what's happening!?"
"Monster!! It's a monster!!"
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Since there were enemies approaching, there was nothing more to be said.
Lu Yao stuck his fingers in his mouth and let out a loud whistle, pointing at the drone; Ping An immediately took to the sky.
At that moment, the trunk of a nearby tree was hit by a gunshot and exploded abruptly. It was a warning!
60 meters away, 20 fully armed soldiers with automatic rifles slowly encircled him in a semi-circle.
One person holding a megaphone shouted in both the summer language and the Star Alliance language, "You've been captured! Hands on your head and lie down on the ground, now!"
As he finished speaking, a red dot from a laser sight appeared on Lu Yao's forehead. This was a show of force by the sniper.
"You want to capture me alive?" Lu Yao had some guesses about the identity of his adversaries:
Fully armed, well-trained, with blood-type patches on their arms—they were professional soldiers. On Blue Star, he had only made one force an enemy—the Foreign Affairs Bureau!
By then, Ping An had already begun its dive, reaching speeds of 500 kilometers per hour! The fastest recorded dive speed for falcons on Blue Star is—460 kilometers per hour.
Ping An glided past the drone faster than an arrow.
The drone, designed for lightness to maximize endurance, could not withstand this blow and disintegrated in mid-air, leaving the enemy without visual.
Lu Yao also sprang into action!
He broke the ground beneath his feet and sidestepped over 50 meters in an instant, escaping the encirclement, then used the "Eave Dragon Stake," zipping low to the ground!
In a Spirit Refining State, everything in his eyes moved at 0.3 times the normal speed, making the movements and expressions of his enemies seem somewhat comical.
The elite soldiers suddenly lost sight of their target, their eyes slowly moving in all directions, the muzzles of their guns swaying idly, taking a moment to locate Lu Yao.
"6 o'clock direction! He's charging at you!"
It was the sniper's warning from a distance that finally revealed the target, but alas, it was too late.
The two sides were more than 50 meters apart, which was just the distance of a leap for Lu Yao. In the blink of an eye, they were face to face; he rose to his feet, punching and snatching the gun in one fluid motion.
With a muffled thud, the soldier who had been punched spurted blood and flew backwards, knocking down two of his closest teammates and they all tumbled to the ground like rolling gourds.
Lu Yao picked up the gun, but something felt off in his hand. The trigger area was red with a "Locked" indicator visible.
"Fingerprint-locked gun?"
This type of gun would recognize the user's fingerprint; if the fingerprint didn't match, the trigger would lock and render the weapon unusable.
"No matter, my fists are enough."
Lu Yao slightly turned his head, letting the sniper's bullets vainly whizz by, then surged forward with the power of his legs into the crowd.
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Lu Yao's fists roared through the air, sounding massive explosions as he sent his enemies flying one after another.
Each of them seemed as if they were struck by a car, screaming as they flew off the ground and smashed into their comrades, the scene turned to chaos.
They were all wearing heavy bulletproof vests, but under the three-ton force of the punches, their organs were shattered, and they quickly died after landing, bleeding from seven holes.
The remaining men fired futilely into the air; even the ejected shell casings seemed so feeble.
With a single bound, Lu Yao could instantly cover 50 meters, a pace not even professional soldiers could match. They couldn't catch sight of him in their retinas, spun around completely.
The sniper, from a distance, could see him and was using an FAL, a very flexible semi-automatic rifle, but the moment he fired, his target would dodge the bullets with the smallest of movements.
After being dodged repeatedly, this face-painted sniper was the most shocked person on the field!
He couldn't believe a human could achieve this feat!
Amid his shock, he didn't even notice a large bird swooping down fast upon him.
The next second, the sniper vaguely saw a dark shadow sweep by, felt a sudden chill and then warmth on the side of his neck as blood sprayed out in profusion.
All his strength drained away with the blood, he clutched at the wound and fell from the tree where he was hidden.
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Lu Yao saw that Ping An had taken care of the distant sniper and felt a great sense of relief, like seeing one's own child growing up.
While feeling relieved, he didn't delay the slaughter; he initiated "Eave Dragon Stake" to dodge a round of gunfire, stood up with a punch, and hurled an enemy into his comrades.
Then he forcefully shifted laterally, avoiding the bullets and launching another punch that sent one more flying.
Under his highly efficient killing, the enemy numbers dwindled, their communications filled with panicked cries:
[Monster!! He's not human!!]
[He can dodge bullets!]
[Too fast, I can't see him at all!]
[Retreat! Retreat quickly!]
At this point, only a little more than a minute had passed since the sides had confronted each other, and of the twenty special forces operatives, only three remained!
The ground was littered with dead teammates, the air thick with the smell of gunsmoke and blood. This monster had taken them all down with his fists—his adversaries had never even seen what he looked like!
The remaining three completely collapsed. Standing back-to-back, they fired their guns wildly in all directions, frenziedly cursing, "F~~~uck!!!"
In the Spirit Refining State, Lu Yao could clearly lock on to the direction of their gun barrels, having already anticipated where the bullets would fire.
Launching "Eave Dragon Stake," he closed in instantly and in 0.1 seconds, burst forth with three punches, sending the three enemies flying simultaneously; the scene finally fell silent.
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After taking care of a fully armed special forces squadron, Lu Yao was slightly sweaty, yet not a single hair had fallen from his head.
At that moment, Ping An was circling a spot incessantly, calling out shrilly, as if to alert its master.
Lu Yao propelled himself rapidly and indeed saw a van that had been started up, the very command vehicle!