novelraw Chapter 646 643: Blast Open This Door
Chapter 646 643: Blast Open This Door
Afternoon.
The afternoon sun was scorching, coupled with the arid highland climate, it seemed that even the wind carried a suffocating heat.
A certain person, angrily reprimanded by Chen Nuo as "unreliable at critical moments," climbed over a hill. The rocks, which should have been cold, felt hot under the sun's exposure.
The Son of the Sun spat fiercely as if to rid his mouth of imaginary sand, sat on a rock, dangled his legs, and took a cigarette out of his pocket.
Inhale, exhale.
The smoke couldn't extinguish the anxiety in the Son of the Sun's heart.
Actually... who would willingly resign themselves?
After the plane he was on got hit by a missile and exploded in the air, crashing to the ground, a warning from that stranger...
The Son of the Sun had truly been intimidated then.
Truly intimidated.
Although there was no direct confrontation, as a Controller, the heightened sensing power of an expert abruptly made him feel the danger!
This danger crazily signaled to him: this person standing before him had the actual capability to kill him!
Thus, the old man immediately displayed a submissive gesture.
The smooth slide and kneel, without hesitation.
But...
An old scoundrel, an old rogue, an old hardened soul who's been alive for "Fuck you" his entire life...
How could he easily surrender?
An old Controller, who'd been mixed up all his life, had been through countless battles as a veteran top-tier strongman.
Seemingly crude, yet actually...
His heart, how ruthless it was!
Surrendering on the spot, that's the old hardened soul's knack for adapting to circumstances and seeking fortune while avoiding danger.
But afterward, he went about his business as usual!
You don't want me to investigate?
Then there's surely something up!
There's a big matter for sure!
There must be some mystery!
You don't want me to investigate, right? Well, I'll secretly investigate; I've got to find the vein.
Otherwise, the old Controller wouldn't be so easily frightened, would he?
As long as I don't get caught, I'm good, right?
If I do get caught, then we'll talk again.
If it doesn't work, then I'll fight!
If I can't win, I'll flee!
If fleeing isn't possible, then I'll slide and kneel again!
Just ask yourself, what defines a hundred-year-old hardened soul.
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Thus, after the stranger who shot down his plane left, the old man retreated and deliberately circumvented dozens of kilometers in another direction.
Then, he circled back.
He first went to that small town to find the place the call came from.
He carefully questioned the store owner and found out that the caller was an adult man with a little girl.
They didn't seem like locals, and they seemed Asian.
Of course, no other valuable characteristics could be unearthed—carrying guns, etc., was meaningless.
In this war-torn place, more people might carry guns than those who don't carry guns.
Afterward, he inquired around the village and learned that:
A group of black-clad armed men attacked the village at night and then took people away.
There were no casualties; it seemed they just came to capture people.
With so many eyes watching at the time, it wasn't hard to find out: a man and a little girl were taken away.
The Son of the Sun then carefully asked some people, mainly to inquire about the group of black-clad armed men.
The locals said they didn't know these black-clad soldiers.
The local armed forces didn't have such units, nor such sophisticated equipment.
The small local militant groups, with their shootouts, mostly used Mao-style equipment, using a beat-up pickup truck, mounting a machine gun on the back, which already counted as rare heavy firepower.
Meanwhile, that group of black-clad armed men had both armored vehicles and helicopters.
Moreover, the weapons in their hands were all US-made firearms.
The Son of the Sun's first reaction was to suspect this group to be M forces.
But the US Army's military uniforms aren't black.
So he ruled out the M forces.
The Son of the Sun isn't an ordinary person, so he quickly considered:
In such a war-torn area, in a region contested by two large powers, Mao and the US.
Only a third-party armed force, with excellent equipment, capable of rapid and mobile response, could exist...
It could only be the private military allowed by the big powers.
Like mercenaries...
So then...
Naturally, the Son of the Sun came to a conclusion:
Could it be the field armed personnel of the Octopus Monster Company?
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This highland region, though not small.
But in the eyes of the Controller, it isn't that big either.
The old man spent two days rushing around, searching most of this area.
Although the Son of the Sun was often deceived by Chen Nuo on Chen Nuo's timeline, looking like a clown.
But how could an old mastermind who has mingled all his life truly be useless?
When bantering with Chen Xiaoguo, it was just for fun.
He quickly listed several search criteria.
The other party used a helicopter, which implies their stronghold wouldn't be very close to the village— if it were, there'd be no need for a helicopter.
But it wouldn't be too far either... as helicopter range is limited.
Plus, the villagers saw clearly that the helicopter flew away that night...
Although they don't know where it went.
But the direction is clear!
Well, that makes it much easier.
Chase in one direction consistently, and search within an area.
With the Controller's mobility and speed...
Two days would be enough!
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Sitting on the rocks of the slope, the old man's legs dangled over the cliff, leisurely finishing the cigarette in his mouth, flicking the butt away with his fingers, then taking a military binocular from his bag.
Down the slope in the distance... that base was not far away.
The Son of the Sun held the binoculars for a while, calculating how long it would take if he charged directly in.
Three minutes? Five minutes?
The base didn't look big, whether it had heavy weapons didn't concern the Son of the Sun.
Heavy weapons, no matter; even missiles, the Controller could catch them bare-handed.
As long as there's no "Peaceful Weapon of All Things," that thing, even regular Controllers can't withstand.
The only reason the Son of the Sun didn't rush straight into a base to find people was...
He worried that mysterious and dangerous stranger might suddenly appear, might be hiding in the base.
He took a sip from the water bottle and leaped down from the slope.
Landing on the ground, he dusted off his head, found a wind-sheltered spot at the base of a hill, and sat.
"Wait until it gets dark, then storm in, kill who needs killing, find who needs finding, then retreat with the target. As long as that mysterious stranger doesn't block me on the spot, the world is big, where's he gonna find me later? Humph!"
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By evening, Chen Nuo was brought out of the room.
That Jason, killed by Chen Nuo's plotting, seemed to have died with no trace left behind.
It was a female officer replacing Jason to watch over Chen Nuo.
She looked fit, with a devilish female soldier vibe.
With a Western face, sharply defined, and her feminine features were already very faint.
Chen Nuo estimated that her masseter muscles might be more developed than his own.
This female officer replacing Jason called herself Lola. Her face was stern, very serious.
In her every move, she wasn't flattering to Chen Nuo, nor was she harsh.
Just strictly business, with eyes full of vigilance— in short, her attitude was far from friendly.
Chen Nuo could understand the source of this hostility: after all, her predecessor and job was executed because of Chen Nuo.
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Chen Nuo was taken to the base's dining hall for dinner— the hall remained isolated, obviously for Chen Nuo's sole use.
As for where other soldiers in the base dined, it was none of Chen Nuo's concern.
Dinner was simple: spaghetti with ketchup, and fried meatballs.
As if aware of Chen Nuo's preference, they even specially prepared a large cup of Coke for him.
In the cup, ice cubes floated in the Coke, exuding coolness.
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Just as Chen Nuo sat down, Sally was brought into the dining hall and sat beside him.
Chen Nuo gave the little girl a gentle smile, then reached out and patted Sally's head.
"Were you scared these two days?"
Sally silently shook her head.
Chen Nuo served her some pasta, added a large spoonful of ketchup, and then, after thinking about it, pushed his own Coke cup toward Sally.
The two of them ate quietly.
Chen Nuo did not speak again, and although Sally almost spoke several times, seeing Chen Nuo silent, she remained obediently quiet.
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In the dining hall, the female officer named Lola stood at the entrance the entire time.
There were also two soldiers with guns standing, one at the north and one at the south of the dining hall.
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Chen Nuo tossed the last fried meatball on the plate into his mouth, chewing slowly while picking up a napkin to wipe his mouth.
Using this posture as a cover, Chen Nuo quickly said in a low voice:
"In a moment, get under the table!"
Sally clearly heard it, a flash of surprise in her eyes, but she was smart enough not to show any reaction, just lowered her head slowly.
Chen Nuo smiled, slowly stood up, and said loudly, "I'm done eating."
In the restaurant, two soldiers exchanged a glance, one stood still, and the other walked over to Chen Nuo, ready to take him away.
Just as Chen Nuo turned to step forward, he suddenly staggered.
Pretending to have lost his balance, he tripped over the leg of another dining table.
The soldier did not react defensively at first, instinctively reaching out as if to grab Chen Nuo.
Then, Chen Nuo suddenly exploded with action!
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His seemingly unbalanced body suddenly twisted fiercely, and he flipped over, falling to the ground!
The soldier who reached out to grab him was instantly wide-eyed!
Because somehow, from who knows where, Chen Nuo had already pulled out a gun!
The soldier's expression changed drastically, and judging by the movement of his lips, it was clear that he was about to let out a word starting with "F".
But he didn't have a chance to scream.
Bam!!
At such close range, a headshot!
The bullet hit the forehead of the soldier in black, blowing off the top of his skull, blood and brain matter spraying all over Chen Nuo!
As Chen Nuo fell to the ground, he immediately executed a rolling maneuver!
The other soldier nearby reacted quickly too, shouting as he picked up his gun!
However, Chen Nuo was on the ground, and his position was obscured by several dining tables in the soldier's line of sight!
Unable to get a clear shot, the soldier tried to reposition, and as he took two steps forward, Chen Nuo lay beside the dining table and fired a second shot through the gap!
Bam!
This bullet hit the soldier's shoulder blade, bursting open a bloom of blood.
The soldier screamed in pain, fell to the ground, and cursed as he quickly dragged his body to a corner, seeking cover.
At the restaurant entrance, female officer Lola had already drawn her gun and was firing toward Chen Nuo continuously.
Chen Nuo rolled on the ground, a few bullets hit the dining tables, and he quickly crawled to a blind spot from her view.
Lola held her gun with both hands, shouting warnings, calling out into the distance as if summoning comrades.
At the same time, she advanced with her gun aimed at Chen Nuo.
Then…
Bam!
A gunshot rang out, and Lola's eyes suddenly widened before she fell prone to the floor.
The back of her head had been blown apart.
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Vanel, fully armed, rushed into the restaurant, with six similarly armed soldiers in black following him.
The soldier in the corner whose shoulder blade had been shot through kept yelling, but was quickly gunned down by Vanel and his men!
Chen Nuo climbed up from the ground, glanced at Vanel, and then at the six soldiers behind him—honestly, Chen Nuo was a bit surprised.
Vanel gave Chen Nuo a look, and Chen Nuo wisely kept his questions to himself.
Chen Nuo walked over, pushed aside a dining table, and helped Sally, who was hiding underneath, to her feet—from the moment Chen Nuo fired the first shot, Sally had quickly crawled under the table.
The girl's face showed some fear, but despite the blood and brain matter on Chen Nuo, she still hugged him.
Chen Nuo took a deep breath and swiftly asked Vanel, "Retreat route?"
"Ready, two cars," Vanel nodded.
"Send someone to take her to the car first. We have to do what we came here for!"
With a reluctant look, Sally was taken away by one of Vanel's men.
By this time, outside the restaurant, sounds of shouting and alarms were already coming from the base in the distance, along with intermittent gunfire.
Vanel tossed a bunch of items on the dining table. Chen Nuo glanced and recognized a bulletproof vest and tac vest.
He put them on without hesitation—he was just an ordinary person now, not capable of dodging bullets with his bare hands.
The bulletproof vest was the insert plate type, heavy, but it gave Chen Nuo a certain sense of security.
Chen Nuo took an M4 from Vanel, and with fluent motions, quickly checked it, then slotted two spare magazines into his tac vest and grabbed two grenades.
"Where's the target?", Chen Nuo asked Vanel.
Vanel said quickly, "Still in the command room of the fortified position, my men are watching."
Chen Nuo took a deep breath: "Let's go! Take him out!"
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Exiting from the restaurant door led to a hallway.
Vanel's five men led the way, while Chen Nuo and Vanel brought up the rear.
Just around the corner, three armed soldiers in black rushed out ahead, shouting questions with guns in hand.
The expressions on their faces were clearly confused, with a hint of bewilderment.
Vanel jumped to the front of the group and shouted at them, "Elders' Council secret order, ordered to suppress the rebellion!!"
The opposition was visibly confused.
But looking at the group led by Vanel in front of him, they were all colleagues or even superiors he knew from the base, obviously at a loss for what to do momentarily.
One of them attempted to negotiate loudly, "We haven't received orders…"
Bang bang bang!
Vanel opened fire directly!
As soon as he fired, his five subordinates followed suit immediately, and after a burst of bullets, all three people opposite turned over and fell dead on the spot.
Vanel had already made a gesture, and everyone quickened their pace, rushing outward.
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During the process of rushing out of the barracks, they encountered two more blockades along the way.
The first time, Vanel employed the same trick, shouting some secret orders from the Elders' Council, mentioning rebellion or something...
The few soldiers in the first blockade quickly became equally bewildered, then were directly bulldozed over by Vanel's force, annihilated in just a few seconds.
The second wave of blockers had a larger number, and it was apparent the leader's position was not low,
Vanel tried to shout similar secret orders for quelling the rebellion, only to be rebuked loudly from the other side saying there were no such orders, demanding Vanel to surrender immediately.
Vanel directly tossed a string of grenades!
As a Body Technique Special Ability User, Vanel's strength allowed him to throw the grenades right into the crowd on the opposite side.
Amidst the explosion, Vanel already shouted hurray, raised his gun, and charged through.
The crowd blocking them, hit by the grenades, was torn asunder, instantly killing five or six.
A few with quick reflexes and agile movements took advantage of the terrain to leap aside rapidly, escaping death. But Vanel quickly dashed towards the front like a tiger among sheep!
The leading officer was also a Special Ability User, and just as two flames emerged from his hands, before he could activate his ability, Vanel was upon him, delivering an elbow strike to his chest!
Since the rebellion happened suddenly, those who came to intercept weren't wearing protective suits or bulletproof vests.
This single elbow strike, combined with Vanel's powerful Body Technique Special Ability outburst, caused the fire-ability leader to scream miserably, spewing blood with his chest bones shattered, collapsing to the ground.
Vanel stepped forward, stomped on his neck, extinguishing the two flames that barely emerged from his hands.
"Secret order from the Elders' Council, ordered to execute traitors! Anyone blocking will be killed without mercy! Everyone, lay down your weapons and await processing on the spot!!"
Vanel raised his gun and fired a barrage of bullets into the air.
Quickly, the remaining three or four black-clad soldiers silently tossed away their guns, clasped their heads with both hands, and knelt down.
"Move!"
Without pausing, Vanel led Chen Nuo and others to continue rushing outward.
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The upper left corner of the base was a permanent fortification built with concrete, and the command room where the Mother Clone was hiding was beneath this fortification.
When Chen Nuo followed Vanel to the bunkers, he found four black-clad soldiers already waiting there.
Without waiting for Chen Nuo to speak, the four quickly saluted Vanel.
"My men!" Vanel quickly explained to Chen Nuo, then shouted loudly, "Where's the equipment?"
"Got it!"
Chen Nuo widened his eyes, seeing that behind the four soldiers, on a base transport vehicle, there actually...
"Did you really get the cannon?" Chen Nuo couldn't help but look at Vanel.
Vanel rolled his eyes, "Of course, he's hiding in the command room of the fortification; without heavy weapons, it can't be breached."
Speaking quickly, Vanel led Chen Nuo inside: "Although TNT could also blow it open, setting up TNT takes time, needs wiring and detonators, which is too cumbersome... if others in the base react, just my few men can't hold them off!
So everything needs to be quick, so I brought the cannon."
Taking advantage of Vanel's subordinates storming into the fortification, chaotic gunfire sounds soon came from inside.
Chen Nuo, seeing no one around, finally couldn't help asking: "How could you make these people die for you? Make them betray the Octopus Monster Company?"
Vanel grinned, "This morning, each of them received a secret order from the headquarters' Elders' Council, accompanied by a secret seal and the personal signature of a certain elder from the Elders' Council.
The order stated that there were traitors with infiltrating enemy factions in the base, requiring everyone who received the order to immediately secretly suppress the rebellion, with all actions to unconditionally follow Commander Vanel's command."
Vanel spoke, then lowered his voice, "Of course, this order was forged by me, but it was directly issued to everyone through the official channels of the Octopus Monster Company, not through me… so they all believed it.
The only pity is that this channel can only be used once; after this, the Octopus Monster Company will abandon it."
Chen Nuo nodded: "It's a pity there are so few people. Since you had this method, why not directly turn the entire base?"
Vanel glanced at Chen Nuo and shook his head: "It's impossible. If the number of armed personnel responding to the order exceeds a certain amount, then you should use a more advanced channel to issue the order… and we haven't infiltrated the more advanced channel yet.
Swaying this team under my command is already the limit.
If there are more people, according to the internal system of the Octopus Monster Company, it'd be obviously fake."
At this point, Vanel looked at Chen Nuo curiously: "Don't you understand these circumstances?"
Chen Nuo immediately said, "I have never been responsible for undercover operations with the Octopus Monster Company; my duties within Noah's Ark were to track down the Mother's whereabouts, so…"
"Alright.", Vanel shook his head.
By this time, the gunfire within the fortification had gradually subsided.
A whistle sounded from inside, and Vanel immediately led Chen Nuo to rush in.
In front of the metallic door to the command room, five corpses lay on the ground.
Two of them were guards at this gate, while the other three were Vanel's subordinates.
Vanel glanced at his remaining men, gritting his teeth and commanded: "Go! Push the cannon in for me! Blast open this door!!"
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[My father underwent surgery a few days ago, and today, he has been successfully discharged from the hospital, thank you for the concern from some friends.
Starting today, there will be no more interruptions until it ends. Sigh…
If it weren't for this unexpected incident, I had originally intended to write through to the end in one go.
The remaining story is not much, I will give it my all, to provide a satisfactory ending to this story.]
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