Yan Hao, fully concealed in the treetop, heard Zhou Rong’s deliberately lowered voice: “Can you snipe?”
“No.” Yan Hao whispered. “Damn, his positioning is too clever.”
Through the scope, Romuel was either blocked from the head due to angle or half-hidden by the open car door, barely exposing any gaps.
From this point alone, it was indeed impressive, something even Yan Hao would find difficult to achieve so seamlessly.
A shadow smaller than a mung bean moved in the lush trees behind the hillside.
Yan Hao: “Stop moving in the scope, Rong Bro. Aren’t you trying to tempt me to shoot you?”
Zhou Rong: “Give it up. Your skills aren’t good enough to shoot me. I’ll shoot you instead.”
Yan Hao: “Hehe, how would you know I’m not skilled if you haven’t tried? Why don’t we have a match later?”
Zhou Rong: “Let’s try it. Just be careful not to expose yourself. If you get caught by your brother-in-law later, watch out for your… flower.”
The channel fell silent, with only long and short breaths heard. After a while, Chun Cao finally coughed heavily:
“Uh, sorry… There’s absolutely nothing going on between our team’s captain and vice-captain. Over and out.”
At the bottom of the slope, Tang Hao pressed his gun hard against Si Nan’s forehead and shouted: “I’ve brought the person! Where’s the thing?”
Luo Muer opened the shock-resistant box: “It’s here.”
Three test tubes were fixed in a row on the rack inside the box, emitting a faint blue light in the sunlight. Luo Muer took out one tube, casually tossing it up and down, and asked with a smile: “Noah! When you boarded the plane with this briefcase half a year ago, did you ever imagine you’d be back in my hands, box and all?”
“…” Si Nan’s face turned pale, unable to utter a single word.
“Loosen up and let him speak,” Luo Muer instructed Tang Hao. “If you’re worried he’ll run, shooting his leg works too.”
Although Tang Hao knew Luo Muer was somewhat twisted, he was stunned by how casually he mentioned shooting someone’s leg.
“What?” Luo Muer laughed: “I’ve always said I just want a living Noah g. Broken hands, broken legs, disfigurement – it doesn’t matter, don’t you believe me?”
He glanced at Si Nan, asking with a smile: “Do you believe me?”
Tang Hao slightly loosened his elbow, and Si Nan immediately burst into a cough, barely stopping before rasping: “…You madman…”
Luo Muer was satisfied: “Seems like you understand me best.”
He casually tossed the test tube up, catching it again just as Tang Hao’s face was about to change, then asked: “Want it?”
“If I can’t get the antibody, I’ll kill Si Nan and detonate the grenade. We’ll all die together,” Tang Hao said coldly.
Luo Muer was about to speak when Si Nan sharply interrupted: “Even if you get it, how do you know the antibody in his hand is real?!”
Tang Hao was stunned.
“I told you, I can’t even remember where the antibody was left. How could he find it so quickly? He’s just using a fake to trick you. Once you hand me over, your death will be immediate!”
Si Nan’s words were clear and sharp, causing Tang Hao to hesitate.
Clap, clap, clap.
Luo Muer slowly clapped his hands: “Good question. Why can I immediately find the antibody you’ve been searching for?
The reason is here.”
Multiple gazes focused on his movement. Under everyone’s watch, he pointed the test tube at the briefcase handle: “Every antibody box handle in the White Eagle Base Central Laboratory is embedded with a chip signal transmitter, with a radiation range of exactly 150 meters. Don’t underestimate this chip. The moment the special agent stole the antibody box from the lab, I immediately knew the antibody sample was lost. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have almost caught you at the Florida airport.”
“How’s that?” Luo Muer smiled and asked, “Colonel Tang, do you still believe Noah g’s sweet talk?”
Tang Hao and Si Nan both had the same thought: So that’s how it is.
“I believe it’s real,” Tang Hao deliberated before decisively saying: “But he’s right about one thing! Once I hand him over, you’ll immediately want my life!”
Luo Muer’s smile faded.
Tang Hao coldly laughed: “I need to be alive to get the antibody and return for credit! Here’s the deal: I want the antibody and the car. I’ll push Si Nan out of the car once we’re out of range. Otherwise, no deal!”
Luo Muer’s chilling smile completely disappeared, looking down at Tang Hao with his typical Aryan blonde, blue-eyed face seemingly frozen in ice, without a trace of expression.
The air was extremely tense, as if about to explode.
“No deal?” Luo Muer repeated after a while.
Tang Hao knew he couldn’t show weakness at such a moment and decisively said: “Give me the antibody and the car! Otherwise, I won’t release him!”
Luo Muer nodded, suddenly throwing: “Here you go.”
The pale blue test tube drew an arc in the air.
The air instantly froze, with countless visible and hidden gazes simultaneously disbelieving.
Immediately, everyone erupted!
Yan Hao: “Damn it!”
Romuel didn’t hesitate at all, delivering a kick to Sinan’s chest that sent him staggering back.
Sinan rolled on the ground and got up, suddenly coughing out a mouthful of blood, protecting the glass test tube while dodging repeatedly. From the sniper scope in the distance, Yan Hao watched the situation intently, teeth clenched – Romuel was pressing close and aggressive, while Sinan was forced to constantly evade, making sniping impossible!
Bang—
Sinan was heavily pressed to the ground, and Romuel tried to grab the test tube, but was kicked back by Sinan’s knee, stumbling several steps.
“I knew it would be like this…” Romuel’s gray-blue pupils tightened, reflecting Sinan’s heavy panting face. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, giving a slight cold laugh: “Did you coordinate in advance to use yourself as bait? I never realized you were so self-sacrificing, Noah. This is truly beyond my expectations.”
Sinan stopped panting and slowly straightened up: “There’s a lot about me you don’t understand, Romuel.”
The two faced each other, Sinan’s hand gripping the test tube; however, Romuel didn’t glance at the antibody, his sharp gaze fixed firmly on Sinan.
His eyes had an intense light, like a beast starving to the extreme staring at its prey, or like a demon howling from the abyss, distorted by long-suppressed emotions:
“If only one thing could be left behind – the antibody or yourself – which would you choose?”
Sinan coldly replied: “I choose to leave your life.”
Sinan moved in a flash, and at the same moment, Romuel lunged forward, their exchange as quick as lightning. At the instant Sinan’s body dodged to grab the antibody, Romuel pulled a scarf from his neck, a fierce wind howling as he instantly wrapped it around Sinan’s throat!
“Dream on!” Romuel shouted.
In that split second, Sinan threw the test tube, and before his throat was completely locked, he let out a final cry: “Non-African!”
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Tang Hao roared and punched Jian, causing blood to spray from his nose and mouth. The two wrestled and fell, crushing a large area of low bushes. Jian hadn’t expected this special forces colonel to be even more difficult than anticipated. Cursing, he flipped Tang Hao over, careful not to touch the grenades and explosives at his waist. Tang Hao struck his cheek with an elbow, instantly making his ears ring, feeling blood gushing from his ear canal.
Tang Hao scrambled up, reaching for the gun kicked away by the female Alpha. At that moment, the test tube came spinning through the air!
“Don’t even think about it!” Jian shouted in English, grabbing Tang Hao’s leg to make him fall. Unexpectedly, Tang Hao delivered a fierce kick directly to the female Alpha’s chest, causing her to be kicked back, spitting blood, then quickly darting forward and catching the test tube perfectly!
The next moment, boom—
