Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 62: Killing Mahada, Evacuation

Thick smoke and flames filled the office area.

Yu Yuan had deployed a total of 7 bundles of homemade timed explosives to eliminate the Blood-Hand Gang, resulting in unparalleled destructive effects.

The floor was littered with wall fragments and rubble everywhere. Yu Yuan's sharp eyes scanned for survivors.

He didn't have much time.

This explosion was tremendously loud and would definitely attract attention from District 10, and even other districts.

Moreover, dawn was approaching, and District 10 was located at the outermost edge of the eastern city. The Thug Prison in the eastern suburbs had probably noticed the situation here too.

But what worried Yu Yuan the most was actually the Burning Fortress people.

They had been tracking the Blood-Hand Gang for several days. If they had already traced them to this vicinity, they were likely already on their way here.

Yu Yuan didn't have much time left. He needed to finish this quickly, which was why he had immediately returned here - he couldn't afford the risk of failure or waiting.

His footsteps crunched rapidly over gravel as he quickly reached the location of the purchasing department. The original walls had disappeared, revealing several bodies buried under rubble inside.Bang bang...

Yu Yuan didn't have time to check if they were alive or dead, directly shooting each corpse in the head while counting the numbers.

Three bodies in the purchasing department.

Then he moved to the finance department, where there were three more bodies. Just as he finished the finishing shots and was about to leave, a faint moan came from beneath a pile of broken bricks and tiles.

Yu Yuan quickly moved the rubble aside, revealing a bloody, mangled figure underneath. Though severely injured, there were still signs of life.

The person also saw Yu Yuan. Under the flashlight beam, he looked at Yu Yuan with his remaining left eye, his throat emitting weak pleas for help:

"Save... save..."

What greeted him was the dark muzzle of a gun instead.

Bang...

"Number seven..." Yu Yuan's gaze turned toward the general manager's office and conference room directions.

The Blood-Hand Gang originally had 16 members. Excluding the three who went missing or died, and Nick whom he killed earlier.

There should have been 12 people in this building. After removing the two sentries he killed, only ten remained.

But even now, the Fate Cards mission completion prompt still hadn't appeared.

It seemed the variable lay among the remaining three.

Arriving at the general manager's office, the first thing that caught his eye was the fat man's corpse, still clutching that machine gun.

After delivering the finishing shot, Yu Yuan collected the machine gun, the bullet belt on his body, and all other items into the Magician's Ring.

But he didn't see any trace of the thin man. Scanning the entire room, aside from broken rubble, there were no signs of anyone else.

Yu Yuan frowned slightly and turned to the conference room. After finishing off the last night watchman, he confirmed it.

The leader of the Mahada brothers, the thin one, was actually gone.

"My worst fear has come true."

Yu Yuan returned to the general manager's office and searched again, still finding no trace of the thin man. However, he spotted a bag half-buried in concrete in the corner. Nick had mentioned this bag - it was the Mahada brothers' backpack.

All the items looted from the motel were inside this bag.

After storing the bag in the Magician's Ring, Yu Yuan fired several angry shots at the ground in frustration, cursing:

"Dammit! How could he still escape? You're something else!"

After one last reluctant glance at the office area filled with continuous smoke and flames, he quickly ran toward the stairwell passage.

The explosion and gunfire at Green Forest Light Supermarket indeed attracted the attention of all nearby thugs, scavengers, and survivors, just as Yu Yuan had anticipated.

They were all drawn by the commotion and continuously burning flames.

Among them was Hans from the Burning Fortress, who had been searching for the Blood-Hand Gang. He stood on a high building rooftop, watching the distant flames.

"Boss Hans, that's the direction of District 10. We passed through there yesterday," one of his men explained behind him.

"Did we check that building?"

"Uh, no, we passed by from the adjacent street."

Hans withdrew his gaze and pulled out a map from his pocket, showing his tracking route following those plunderers. He glanced at the direction of the flames, compared it with his route again, and made a decision.

Putting away the map, he looked at the others and said gravely:

"Let's go, check it out!"

"Yes!"

Green Forest Light Supermarket, three minutes after Yu Yuan left.

A thin figure climbed in through the general manager's office window, covered in wounds and bloodstains on his body and face, but he paid them no mind.

He quickly went to the fat man's corpse, looking at the bullet hole in the head, his eyes revealing a mix of hatred, anger, resentment, and sorrow.

Especially when he saw that his backpack had also disappeared, his gaze turned even colder.

But these emotions flashed away quickly, replaced by caution and experience.

Mahada knew he had to leave here as soon as possible. Right now, this supermarket was like a torch in the dark night, soon to be surrounded by numerous moths and mosquitoes.

He had to escape the encirclement before that happened.

Particularly those guys who had been persistently chasing them - after chasing like mad dogs for so many days, they definitely wouldn't miss this opportunity and would certainly come to investigate.

Drawing his pistol from his waist, he immediately ran toward the stairwell passage.

Soon reaching the stairwell, he cautiously peered into the passage. Confirming no one was there, a flicker of satisfaction appeared in Mahada's eyes.

This was expected - after causing such a big commotion, that guy definitely wouldn't linger here, especially with the Thug Prison nearby. The other party had clearly already left.

This was precisely why Mahada had chosen to hide in District 10 in the first place.

Thinking this, Mahada's ears suddenly twitched - he heard the faint sound of an engine.

"Not good! Someone's coming."

Not daring to hesitate, he entered the stairwell and ran downward.

But just as he reached the stairwell corner and turned, he suddenly felt something trip under his foot, followed by a crisp sound.

Click—

"What? How is this possible!" Mahada looked incredulously in the direction of the sound, his expression horrified.

Not caring about anything else, he immediately dove forward in a fish-like leap down the stairs.

Just as his body tumbled down to the third-floor passage, a violent explosion occurred at the stairwell corner.

BOOM—Crash crash crash.

Grenade fragments flew everywhere. Mahada curled his whole body, covering his head with both hands.

The moment the explosion ended, Mahada immediately got up, but what he saw was the dark muzzle of a gun and an extremely cold pair of eyes.

Not giving him any chance to react.

The gunshot rang out.

Bang—

Blood intertwined with flames and darkness, creating a brilliant flower pattern.

Thump... Mahada's body heavily hit the ground.

Simultaneously, the long-awaited mechanical prompt sounded in Yu Yuan's ears.

[Fate Cards...]

Yu Yuan ignored it, quickly collecting all items from Mahada's body into the Magician's Ring, not even sparing his clothes.

After thoroughly checking everywhere including hair, armpits, crotch, and calves, he finally turned and ran downstairs.

He had to run!

The enemy had arrived.

During his retreat, a black armband got hooked on a wire...