Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 61: The Blood Hand Gang must die tonight!

Around 3-4 AM, when the human body is in deep sleep, it's also the time when guards are at their weakest and most fatigued.

Yu Yuan walked through the office area corridor, confirming his location by checking the door signs.

"This is Human Resources... Operations Department... Hmm? Purchasing Department, found it..."

Yu Yuan looked at the room marked "Purchasing Department" and pressed his ear against the door crack. Sure enough, faint snoring sounds came from inside.

After confirming the Purchasing Department's location, the Finance Department was quickly found, followed by the General Manager's Office.

These three rooms contained all the Blood-Hand Gang members, but just to be safe, Yu Yuan checked all the other department rooms as well. Most department doors were wide open, basically confirming no one was inside. Only then did Yu Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.

Now that the rooms were confirmed, he could begin his operation.

He went to the room at the very end of the corridor - the supermarket conference room. According to Nick, the last sentry was usually stationed inside.

However, the conference room door was tightly closed. Yu Yuan pressed against the door crack but heard no movement. After thinking for a moment...

Since this sentry couldn't be eliminated, and the door barrier meant he wouldn't easily discover Yu Yuan's presence, there was no need to alert him at this moment.Two bundles of homemade timed explosives appeared in Yu Yuan's hands. He placed them in the corridor corner right next to the conference room, checked the time, and activated the timer - 5 minutes countdown.

Then he placed timed explosives in the corridors outside the General Manager's Office, Finance Office, and Purchasing Department. Each room got two bundles of explosives with successively decreasing countdowns, but all set to explode at exactly the same final time.

When he finished setting the last bomb at the Purchasing Department, the countdown had only 1 minute and 11 seconds remaining.

Just as he was about to leave, the Finance Office door suddenly opened. Yu Yuan immediately looked up.

What he saw was an equally stunned figure. The other person held a flashlight and had also spotted Yu Yuan crouching by the Purchasing Department wall.

In the instant their eyes met, Yu Yuan already had the hand crossbow in hand, aiming at the person and pulling the trigger.

But the other person also understood what was happening the moment he saw the hand crossbow. His body flashed as he retreated behind the door, the crossbow bolt grazing his cheek and embedding in the doorframe.

Immediately after, a heart-rending scream echoed throughout the entire floor.

"ENEMY!!!"

"Damn it!" Yu Yuan cursed inwardly. Someone actually happened to come out at this exact moment.

But he had no choice. With only one minute left until the bombs exploded, no matter what, he had to keep the Blood-Hand Gang members pinned down.

He immediately threw a flashbang toward the Finance Office entrance, taking advantage of this opportunity to turn and run toward the passage behind him.

That was the office area's only escape passage. As long as he could hold this position and last the final minute, it would mean victory.

With that scream, the other sleeping Blood-Hand Gang members instantly woke up, grabbing their weapons ready for combat.

But the next moment, the flashbang exploded in front of the Finance Office.

BOOM—

With a brilliant, dazzling white flash accompanied by intense roaring.

The plunderer who discovered Yu Yuan bore the brunt first, covering his eyes while screaming in agony as he collapsed to the ground. Following closely were the plunderers in the Finance Office - because of their companion's shout, all their attention was directed toward the corridor.

The result was that this sudden flash in the darkness left everyone on the ground, continuously rolling and twisting their bodies.

Screams rose and fell one after another.

The doors to the General Manager's Office and conference room simultaneously opened.

Rat-tat-tat....

The Purchasing Department was even more direct - without even opening the door, bullets already penetrated through it, riddling the corridor walls with bullet holes.

"Damn it! What's happening, where's the enemy!" An angry shout came from the General Manager's Office.

A fat man wearing a bulletproof vest with an ammunition belt across his chest charged out holding a machine gun. The next moment, he spotted Yu Yuan who had just reached the corridor corner position.

"Damn it, over there!"

Rat-tat-tat-tat....

The machine gun already spat fire, the storm of bullets completely enveloping the spot where Yu Yuan had just been standing. The bullets punched deep pits into the walls at the corridor corner, the corner edge itself being worn smooth by the bullet barrage.

At the critical moment, Yu Yuan who had dodged behind the corner wall watched the bullet storm that had missed him by just one step, a cold sweat trickling down his temple.

"Damn it!" He felt intense fear in hindsight.

Checking the time - 53 seconds remaining on the countdown.

Another flashbang appeared in his hand. With the machine gun there, going out was impossible. Since that was the case, he could only rely on thrown weapons to buy time.

Pulling the safety pin, he threw the flashbang against the corridor wall. Bouncing off the wall, it ricocheted onto the floor rolling toward the office area direction, finally stopping in front of the Purchasing Department's shattered door.

The fat man also spotted the flashbang immediately, his eyes widening instantly as he dove toward the nearby office.

"Shit... grenade!"

In fact, because of the fat man's machine gun fire, the plunderers in the Purchasing Department didn't dare show their heads either. Now hearing the grenade warning, they didn't hesitate at all, all dropping to the ground.

The result was that when the flashbang's roar and flash reappeared in the corridor, everyone had already been hit.

In indoor environments, the explosive power of flashbangs increases geometrically. The first to bear the brunt were naturally the Purchasing Department plunderers.

The previous flashbang at least had the door as a barrier, but this time they took the full impact.

Each one covered their heads, collapsing to the ground, their combat capability already lost.

The night watchman in the conference room was undoubtedly the least affected. Therefore, after the flashbang exploded, he was the first to lean out, AK-74U aimed toward the passage direction opening fire.

But how could he be faster than Yu Yuan? The moment he leaned out, Yu Yuan had already noticed his movement, his gun muzzle locking on immediately.

Bang bang bang.... bang bang bang...

After three consecutive burst shots, the night watchman took one bullet each in his thigh and arm, collapsing to the ground.

But Yu Yuan's gaze was locked on the Virtual Light Screen, watching the time change.

"5 seconds left, time to withdraw!"

When only five seconds remained until the timed explosives detonated, Yu Yuan didn't hesitate at all, immediately holstering his gun and running toward the stairway passage behind him.

Just as he reached the stairway passage location—

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—

Continuous explosions sounded from behind, followed immediately by an earth-shaking sensation, as if the entire building was trembling.

Then Yu Yuan felt a scorching air current impact his back from behind.

Whoa....

He flew!

His body was enveloped in thick smoke and dust, or rather, the entire corridor passage was shrouded in smoke.

"Cough cough..."

Yu Yuan forcefully dispersed the thick smoke in front of him, opening the Virtual Light Screen to check the Conquest Card mission status.

But he didn't see any mission completion prompt, silently sighing inwardly.

AK-12 in hand, he resolutely charged back toward the office area direction, his gaze cold and sharp.

The Blood-Hand Gang—must die tonight!