The sky was grey and overcast. Luo Feng moved swiftly through the reinforced concrete suburbs of City No. 003 like a nimble ape. City No. 003 truly deserved its reputation as the largest city of the past. Even in the suburbs, high-rise buildings stood one after another, residential compounds stretched on endlessly, and the land was used with extreme efficiency.
At times, Luo Feng ran at full speed. At other times, he suddenly stopped and hid by a wall corner. Only after more than ten monsters searching for food had passed did he continue forward.
With his spiritual force scanning his surroundings from time to time, Luo Feng could clearly judge whether there was danger ahead, around corners, and in other places.
“This one will do.” Luo Feng’s body shot up like a cannonball, leaping straight into the third-floor window of a three-storey townhouse.
No one had lived here for decades, so the house was already covered in dust. Still, the household appliances and other furniture could be recognised at a glance, though some of them had collapsed or broken. Luo Feng quickly flipped over the Simmons mattress on the bed, and sure enough, the underside was much cleaner. A little tidying would make it suitable for sleeping.
After putting down his backpack, Luo Feng quickly took out his binoculars and came to the north window.
The window glass was covered in dust, making the originally transparent glass look almost black. He pulled the window open a little and looked north with the binoculars. The place he was staying in was inside the Vanke Dream City residential compound. From this position, he could clearly observe the Jinjiang chain hotel to the north.
He could also see the street in front of the hotel at a glance. The distance between them was about two li, and with Luo Feng’s eyesight, he could see the situation on the distant street even without binoculars. With the binoculars, he could see it even more clearly.
“Jinjiang.” Luo Feng stood by the window and watched quietly.
Five minutes later.
“Hm?” A trace of delight appeared on Luo Feng’s face. “So they are in that room!” Through the binoculars, Luo Feng clearly saw two people standing on one of the balconies on the sixth floor of that hotel, looking outward with binoculars. Those two were Zhang Zehu and the gunman called Li Xiao.
“Opportunities are waited for.” Luo Feng put down the binoculars and began his days of waiting.
…
At that moment, inside the Jinjiang chain hotel opposite.
The Tiger Fang team leader said coldly, “Huzi, A Xiao, you two keep your eyes sharp. You must find the Fire Hammer Squad’s hiding place. Based on my estimation, if their squad member Chen Gu wants to use a sniper rifle, then he must be staying somewhere high up. So search the upper floors of those tall buildings.”
“Yes, Captain.” Zhang Zehu and A Xiao stood on the balcony, constantly using binoculars to inspect the tall buildings in Vanke Dream City in the distance.
“Panya, are the Fire Hammer Squad intelligence details you gave me correct?” The elderly man with grey-white hair frowned.
The Tiger Fang team leader immediately said, “Absolutely correct. The information on these six people is very accurate. The only variable is this Luo Feng. He was recruited ahead of time by the Ultimate Hall, and his talent is extremely high. His strength should be at the level of a primary combat general.”
“Mm.”
The elderly man surnamed Liu nodded slightly. “In that case, Panya, come find me again after your team locates the Fire Hammer Squad.”
“Yes.” The Tiger Fang team leader replied with a smile.
…
Unfortunately, by nightfall, the Tiger Fang Squad members still had not found any trace of the Fire Hammer Squad. The next morning.
“Young Master, according to the training plan, this morning’s target is a monster at the primary beast general level, one with stronger strength but weaker speed. Later, I and Kalon will not make a move.” The elderly man surnamed Liu said with a smile. The mixed-race young man laughed and said, “Fine, you and Kalon can just watch from the side. I’ll deal with it myself.”
The burly white man also smiled faintly.
“Panya.” The elderly man surnamed Liu turned and instructed him, “The two members of your Tiger Fang Squad who were on night watch yesterday should rest today. The rest of you will come with us.”
“Understood.” The Tiger Fang team leader, Panya, grinned.
The Tiger Fang Squad now had two intermediate combat generals and four primary combat generals.
“Tie Tou, A Dong. You two were on night watch yesterday, so rest here today.” Panya instructed. Protecting that young master came first, so if anyone had to stay behind, it should be the weakest two. And among the Tiger Fang Squad’s weakest members, two would naturally be selected from the four primary combat generals.
Today it was Tie Tou and A Dong. Tomorrow it would be Huzi and A Xiao. They took turns.
“Understood.” The bald, muscular man and A Dong, who was wiping his firearm, said with smiles.
“Let’s go.” The elderly man surnamed Liu gave the order.
The mixed-race young man, the elderly man surnamed Liu, the burly white man, and four members of the Tiger Fang Squad, seven people in total, all left the hotel. In the empty room, only the bald muscular man and A Dong were left.
“Damn, having a strong father is just great,” the bald muscular man could not help saying. “You can accumulate combat experience against monsters, and even hire two advanced combat generals as bodyguards, and even have our whole squad protect you. Tsk tsk. Back when I was out there mixing around, I was risking my life every day.”
A Dong sneered. “How can we compare with them? Did not hear that? That so called Elder Liu was talking like some butler, saying, ‘This morning’s target for the young master is a monster at the primary beast general level, one with stronger strength but weaker speed.’ Damn it, they even plan the training sequence in advance. Which kind of monster to fight first, which kind to fight later!”
In the wilderness zone, danger was everywhere.
What right did warriors have to choose?
If they encountered a powerful monster, could they shout, ‘I am not fighting this one’? Impossible. If they did not fight, the monster would instead hunt them down and force them to take action.
“The young master is different. When he meets a powerful monster, that Elder Liu steps in and deals with it. They even wait specifically for a primary beast general to let the young master train on it.” The bald muscular man shook his head and sneered.
Early in the morning, Luo Feng, who had woken up and waited all this time, soon discovered that seven members of the Thunder team had left the hotel.
“Seven people? Weren’t there nine in total?”
A thought flashed through Luo Feng’s mind. “The remaining two should still be in the hotel!”
Luo Feng knew his own strength very well.
He could sweep aside an intermediate combat general without any problem, but facing an advanced combat general was another matter. If he launched a sneak attack, he might be able to kill the opponent instantly. But if the sneak attack failed, things would become troublesome. After all, in a direct confrontation, an advanced combat general could still dodge sniper bullets instantly.
An advanced combat general’s neural reaction speed was far faster than his.
“Among those nine members of the Thunder team, that burly white man and the elderly man surnamed Liu are probably advanced combat generals. Otherwise, they would not have been so arrogant back then, trying to take the corpse of the twin-headed black thread snake.”
“If I were alone and went after all nine of them, then with a sneak attack and some luck, I might succeed. But if just one of them managed to send out the message that I was the killer through their wristwatch before dying, then I would be in big trouble.” Luo Feng knew very well that from the attitudes of the elderly man surnamed Liu and the burly white man toward the mixed-race young man, and from the way they addressed him as ‘Young Master’, it was obvious.
That mixed-race young man had a terrifying background.
After all, being able to arrange two advanced combat generals as bodyguards meant one thing, the great figure behind this mixed-race young man was at least a War God. Perhaps even higher in status and power than a War God.
“Now there are only two people left in the hotel. Kill them or not?”
After a brief hesitation, Luo Feng rejected the idea.
“No, I cannot kill them. If I kill these two people, the other seven who are still alive will definitely become alert. Then if I want to kill the Tiger Fang team leader and Zhang Zehu again, it will be troublesome.”
Endure.
“I do not believe I cannot wait for an opportunity.”
…
Day after day passed. The Thunder team did not find the Fire Hammer Squad’s trace, and Luo Feng also failed to find the best chance to act. Every time the Thunder team left the hotel, they left behind the two people who had been on night watch and had not rested. On the first day, it was Tie Tou and A Dong. On the second day, it was Huzi and A Xiao.
They took turns.
Luo Feng endured for a full nine days.
“Damn it!”
“It is too regular!” Luo Feng wore a bitter expression. “This Thunder team is basically the young master’s nanny squad!” During these few days, Luo Feng not only kept watch on the hotel, but also secretly observed the seven people who went out hunting, to see whether he could find an opportunity for the Tiger Fang Squad and Elder Liu to separate temporarily.
But he did not find even a single chance.
The Thunder team was always protecting that mixed-race young man and never moved too far away, leaving Luo Feng with absolutely no opportunity.
On the tenth day.
“If I keep enduring like this, they might return to the base city and I still will not have a chance. I cannot wait any longer!” Luo Feng gritted his teeth, a glint of cold light flashing in his eyes. “Today is the tenth day. It should be Zhang Zehu and that gunman Li Xiao staying in the hotel. Zhang Zehu, hmph, today I will wipe you two out!”
…
On the Jinjiang chain hotel side.
“Huzi, A Xiao, the two of you have not slept all night. Rest well.” The Tiger Fang team leader said with a smile.
“Understood, Captain.”
Zhang Zehu and Li Xiao both replied with smiles.
“Let’s go.”
With a command from the elderly man surnamed Liu, the Tiger Fang team leader and the others followed him. Seven people in total left the hotel. And at the same time Luo Feng, who had seen from afar that these seven people had left, quietly departed from his own base and advanced toward the hotel along another route.
On a winter morning, it was very cold. On the ground, even the bloodstains and remains of some monsters had frozen over with frost. Luo Feng was walking quietly through this alley, where two shadow cats in the distance were bowing their heads and tearing at the flesh of another iron-haired wild boar, eating happily. But the moment they noticed a human approaching, the two shadow cats actually flashed away at once.
Monsters had a bit of intelligence too. The human warriors living in City No. 003 were all very strong, and one or two beast soldier level monsters simply could not stop them.
“Those two shadow cats probably went to call other shadow cats.”
Luo Feng quickly passed through the alley and continued forward. He deliberately took a wide detour and wasted some time on the way, moving slowly. Only then did he spend half an hour reaching the back entrance on the north side of the hotel.
The back entrance of the hotel was filthy, and the ground was stained with some dark blood that even rainwater could not wash away. Luo Feng stood there alone.
“Half an hour has passed. Those seven members of the Thunder team should already be far away.” Luo Feng looked at the badly damaged back door in front of him. He immediately controlled his spiritual force to act on the two arm guards, as well as the shield and battle blade on his back. That powerful force made Luo Feng feel as light as a swallow, and every step was extremely quiet.
“Upstairs!”
He went up the stairs step by step, without making the slightest sound.
Luo Feng was extremely careful, but when he reached the third floor, he immediately saw a huge tiger mastiff dog monster slowly moving along the corridor. It also spotted Luo Feng, the human warrior, at once. The two sides almost discovered each other at the same time, and Luo Feng was so startled that cold sweat nearly broke out on him.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Two black shadows flashed past the tiger mastiff dog monster almost instantly. Before the monster could even roar, its huge head had already been cleanly cut off and fallen to the ground. Two flying knives flew out from afar, then returned to the knife pouches hanging outside Luo Feng’s thighs.
“Phew, that is good.” Luo Feng let out a slight breath of relief. “Fortunately this monster did not manage to roar in time. If it had drawn the attention of Zhang Zehu and Li Xiao, it would have become rather troublesome.”
Although killing Zhang Zehu and Li Xiao would be as easy as killing chickens.
But if Zhang Zehu and Li Xiao were alert, they might contact the other members of the Thunder team before dying. Once the others in the Thunder team found out that a human warrior was assassinating them, Luo Feng’s next move would surely become ten times, even a hundred times harder.
“Sixth floor!”
When Luo Feng reached the sixth floor, he could not help showing a smile. Luckily, from the first floor to the sixth floor, he had only encountered one monster. It was probably because the Thunder team had swept through the hotel once when they first came in, and that tiger mastiff dog monster likely had only recently entered the hotel.
Luo Feng advanced slowly along the sixth-floor corridor.
“A room with a south-facing window, the eighth window from east to west.” Luo Feng could not determine which room corresponded to that eighth window.
“It should be one of these three or four rooms.”
Luo Feng held his breath, his body floating lightly and making no sound. He walked to one of the rooms and stopped outside it, then pressed his ear to the wall and listened carefully. Sure enough, he could faintly hear some talking and chatting sounds, which allowed Luo Feng to determine the room where the two were located, and he quietly came to the outside of the room.
“It should be this room.” Luo Feng quickly swept the room’s situation with his spiritual force.
“They are actually both sitting there chatting?” Luo Feng smiled.
Inside the room.
Zhang Zehu was sitting against a broken sofa, while Li Xiao was wiping the machine gun in his hand. The two were chatting casually.
“That Fire Hammer Squad is really timid. The last time they met us, they immediately ran back to the supply base. No wonder we could not find any trace of them before.” Zhang Zehu cursed under his breath. Li Xiao sneered, “They may escape the first day of the first month, but can they escape the fifteenth? Since they have formed a deadly feud with us, the Fire Hammer Squad is finished.”
Zhang Zehu sneered. “Them? They still want to fight us? Hm?”
Zhang Zehu’s expression changed slightly, and Li Xiao’s also changed slightly.
“It felt like something just happened.” Zhang Zehu looked at Li Xiao. Li Xiao also frowned and nodded. “I felt a bit uneasy just now too.”
When one wandered between life and death for years, there would always be a psychological warning when danger approached. What was more, the reason they felt it so clearly was because Luo Feng had just swept the area with his spiritual force. This spiritual force spread out invisibly, and ordinary people would find it very hard to detect. But strong warriors could still sense it a little.
“Could there be monsters outside?” Zhang Zehu asked in a low voice.
“Very possible.” Li Xiao nodded. “The first time we came here, we did clear out all the monsters in the hotel, but maybe some monster group has entered the hotel.”
Click.
Li Xiao was holding the machine gun, and Zhang Zehu was also holding a mountain-splitting blade. The two stood up and walked toward the door. The lock on this room had been corroded by decades of time and was already broken. Zhang Zehu gave a light pull, and the door opened. But outside the door, there was neither a person nor a monster in sight.
“There is no sound.” Zhang Zehu and Li Xiao exchanged a look, then Zhang Zehu took a deep breath and cautiously prepared to step outside and take a look.
At that moment.
Swoosh, swoosh.
Two dark black lights instantly appeared in front of Zhang Zehu and Li Xiao. One of the dark black lights flashed across Zhang Zehu’s left arm in an instant, directly severing it. After cutting off the arm, the black light did not stop, and in the next moment it swept across gunman Li Xiao’s neck, sending his head flying.
The second dark black light instantly swept across Zhang Zehu’s throat.
Puff, a slit throat.
Blood sprayed out.
“Uh, uh.” Zhang Zehu widened his eyes, unable to make any sound at all.
The two dark black lights were simply too fast. The distance between Zhang Zehu and the black light was probably only one or two metres, and the distance between Li Xiao and the black light was only three or four metres. At such a short distance, under a speed more terrifying than sniper bullets, how could they possibly dodge?
Perhaps an advanced combat general still had a sliver of hope. As for them, they had not even the slightest chance.
“Uh.” Zhang Zehu wanted to speak, but could not make a sound. He wanted to press his communication wristwatch, but his left arm had already been cut off, and the wristwatch had long since fallen to the ground.
“I am going to die? I, how could I die?”
Zhang Zehu covered his throat with his right hand. Blood from his throat sprayed out madly, and he could clearly feel his life slipping away bit by bit. “How could this happen? How could this happen!”
Suddenly, a figure appeared at the door, wearing a warrior combat suit, steel combat boots, with a shield and battle blade on his back, and a pair of cold eyes staring at him.
“Uh!” Zhang Zehu’s eyes instantly widened to the limit, staring in disbelief at the warrior before him.
It was Luo Feng!
It was actually Luo Feng!
It was actually that rookie newcomer Luo Feng whom he looked down on???
“You go first. The other members of the Tiger Fang Squad will come to keep you company very soon.” Luo Feng’s voice rang out. Zhang Zehu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his throat had been slit and his neck was leaking air, so he could not say a word. Moreover, Zhang Zehu also felt waves of darkness rising before his eyes. At this moment, the two dark black lights actually flew to Luo Feng’s side and hovered in front of him. They were clearly two flying knives.
The two black flying knives hovered there, then fell into the knife pouches on Luo Feng’s thighs.
“A, a.” Zhang Zehu widened his eyes, trying to say something, but his body suddenly trembled and collapsed straight to the ground with a heavy thud.