Chapter 245: Chapter 245 Chaos and Deadly Attack_1 Chapter 245: Chapter 245 Chaos and Deadly Attack_1 “I have no idea how they’ll handle my situation when they arrive…”
Colin stood to the side, watching the few on the phone. He wasn’t in the mood to listen to what they were saying, just suddenly feeling his mind getting sowhat ssy, unsure of how to proceed with things.
From a rational perspective, he thought, the officials should not do anything irrational to him.
But, there was indeed a considerable chance that, under the pretext of research or sothing else, they would make him surrender his equipnt.
And the true combat power of an employee largely ca from the various equipnt combinations they used, beyond so inherent factors.
Compared to others, Colin was even more reliant on his equipnt.
He found that it was either bad luck or so other reason, but he would always get involved in various events, each of which carried a significant degree of danger.
Without sufficiently powerful equipnt, that would be almost like being sentenced to death.
He couldn’t achieve what the “Firebearer” did, who, even reduced to nothing but a heart, still possessed power so great it could suffocate the enemy.
However, the best-case scenario would of course be for both sides to set aside prejudices and cooperate in good faith, working towards a win-win situation.
With Lady Bunny’s endorsent from before, he felt the likelihood of the latter was not small…
But, what if so other bad situation really occurred?
“Logically, it shouldn’t happen…”
Colin rubbed his forehead, suddenly feeling overwheld by pressure. His mind was muddled by various thoughts, like a ball of yarn without an end, becoming more and more tangled.
After several dozen seconds, the indescribable sense of confusion suddenly vanished, and Colin let out a long sigh of relief.
He felt that his mindset seed off, as he usually had many thoughts, but they weren’t typically this disordered…
“Forget it, it’s aningless to think about this.”
Colin pressed his temples with his hand and sorted out his thoughts before looking back at the people present, counting them idly, only then noticing that exactly a hundred and eight children had escaped…
Just the right number for the heroes of the Water Margin.
There were Qin Chuan and the others next, originally five official Extraordinary Ones, eight ard personnel, and three “Bonfire Company” employees including Colin, the lung cancer patient, and the burn victim—sixteen people in total…
Now, four official Extraordinary Ones remained, only three out of the eight ard personnel survived, and among the “Bonfire Company” employees, only two were left. Seven had died, almost more than half of them.
As for injuries, generally speaking, everyone had suffered so to a certain extent.
“This is the first ti I’ve seen such a high casualty rate on a mission…”
Colin remarked with a sigh. This incident had been too unexpected, so much so that everyone was unprepared.
However, before he could think further, about ten or so minutes after their return to the real world, the roaring sound of engines approached from not too far away.
Listening to the sound, it seed that there was more than one vehicle coming…
Then, everyone quickly saw three armored vehicles, painted in green camouflage, erging from the shrubbery where there were barely any roads by the coast.
The complicated terrain was like flat ground under their wheels, and it didn’t take long before they stopped about fifty ters in front of the crowd—not too close but not too far, either.
Next, the rear door of one armored vehicle swung down from above.
First, a muscular man wearing slippers, beach shorts, and a floral shirt stepped out, followed by twelve fully ard individuals who ran down towards the crowd.
“Haha, congratulations on your return, I am the person in charge of the Anhai Region, Gao Sheng…”
Gao Sheng said with a hearty laugh on his rough face, glancing at Qin Chuan and the others, then at the children in uniform, “And these are?”
“Classified, can’t say for now…” Qin Chuan didn’t imdiately offer an explanation.
He felt it was not appropriate to disclose their identities before eting with higher-ranking officials…
“Alright.”
Gao Sheng, who seed to have been dragged along halfway through a leisurely activity, didn’t press further and chuckled, then continued, “Then as procedure dictates, hand over any weapons or dangerous items. I’ll take you to ‘Base No. 4’ as required.”
“Base No. 4?” Qin Chuan was taken aback upon hearing this, gradually gaining so awareness of their current location.
There were five super-large bases or research institutes dostically, starting with No. 1 in the north to No. 5 in the south.
The area they had been in was close to Shelter No. 5…
But that wasn’t a big issue.
They just had to cross the Qionghai Strait to get ho…
As for surrendering items, he had few doubts, after all, they had just erged from a dangerous area, and it was indeed possible that they had picked up a dangerous scent.
After confiscating so items from Qin Chuan and the others, Gao Sheng wearing a floral shirt approached Colin.
“You’re an employee of the Bonfire Company, right?” Gao Sheng asked, holding a piece of parchnt he had received from the burn victim, yet, unfortunately, without the required clearance, he was unable to access any information.
Without giving it much thought, he handed over the items he had picked up to the ard personnel beside him, then looked at the silent Colin, “Would you mind handing over your items…”
“Sure.”
Colin took out a “small-sized” piece of parchnt from his pocket and handed it over to the other party.
After all, this thing wasn’t particularly important to him…
However, after receiving the parchnt, Gao Sheng didn’t leave. He glanced at it, handed it to his assistant, and then continued with a smile:
“Sorry, not this one…”
“Is it this one?” Colin took out another parchnt with the na “Colin” on it.
The text on it had already been wiped clean by him upon his exit…
“Yeah…”
Gao Sheng took it, looked it over, handed it to soone else, and shook his head, “I’m referring to… the one you use yourself, Mr. Colin.”
When he finished this sentence, the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
‘Buddy, asking further is becoming impolite, isn’t it?’
Colin squinted at the official Extraordinary One, who returned the gaze with a smile. However, while they made eye contact, he gestured, and the ard personnel began to move, subtly intending to surround Colin.
“Sorry, friend, we’re just following protocol, please cooperate, or we won’t be able to avoid an unnecessary conflict…” Gao Sheng’s words contained an implicit warning.
anwhile, Qin Chuan, witnessing the situation, first froze—this… isn’t this going about it the wrong way?
In his opinion, they should first calm everyone down rather than provoke a conflict at this mont.
“What’s going on?” He halted his steps toward the armored vehicle and turned to approach.
“This friend here doesn’t want to cooperate with us and hand over the dangerous items, his own piece of parchnt…”
“Didn’t I see him hand over two pieces of parchnt?”
“No, no, I an his own piece…” Gao Sheng cheerfully replied.
“There aren’t any more, right? I rember he only had two…”
Qin Chuan’s words seed to offer a protective edge, not that he especially wanted to help Colin, but that if a real issue arose.
There were no high-ranking personnel on the scene, and they might not be enough to stop Colin if he decided to attack…
Moreover, subsequent to the displeasure here, it could potentially lead to serious issues with the Bonfire Company.
At the sa ti, Hu Zheng, Xia Liufang, and another person approached to help explain.
“Don’t worry, I can vouch for him here. As a Fourth Level ‘Fate Propeller’ mber and ‘Great Wall’ Reservist, I should qualify to offer this assurance…”
“I can also vouch for him, I trust Mr. Colin…”
“Indeed, if there were any issues, he probably would have acted already.”
Listening to the group, Gao Sheng’s expression remained unchanged. Just when Qin Chuan and the others thought that this attempt at communication might be ineffective, Gao Sheng suddenly exclaid, “Ah, forget it, co with …”
Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, about to speak to Colin, when suddenly a thought struck him, his expression turning suddenly, “Sothing’s not right!”
He clearly had not yet reported Colin’s situation to the higher-ups, only asking them to send senior employees if possible; how did these people know there was an issue with Colin?
No, if he himself didn’t know how many pieces of parchnt Colin had, how could they be certain?
But before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a strong sense of impending crisis, followed by a contraction of his pupils as he saw a flash of orange light on the bodies of the dozen or so ard personnel surrounding them—
Damn it, were they wearing bombs instead of bulletproof vests?!
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