226: Have you ever seen a genius?

Siberian Federal District.

The dilapidated streets were lined with long-rotted corpses.

Beep beep beep — — — —!

Liu Yan raised his gun and casually shot a lone Hafke Soldier dead.

"Bear Country is a bit miserable..."

Along the way, Liu Yan had rarely seen anyone from Bear Country.

Instead, he had seen many Hafke Soldiers and Asala Soldiers.

Clearly, Bear Country, with its large territory and dispersed population, couldn't hold on.

"Everyone, remember to give the secret signal immediately if you encounter anything unusual."

Liu Yan reminded them using the microphone in his helmet.

At this moment, he and the Soldiers had completely dispersed.

Liu Yan and Cai Ning were in one group, while the others were in groups of 12 Soldiers each.

The Soldiers currently following Liu Yan, including those newly added in recent days and excluding those left in Xia Country to learn how to operate aircraft carriers and warships, totaled over 6,000.

As for the other Soldiers scattered in various places, Liu Yan planned to recall all of them soon.

Using their numbers, he intended to thoroughly scour the remaining part of Bear Country before Reis and Raven.

Bang — — — — — —!

A red light appeared above Liu Yan's head.

Liu Yan's pupils contracted, and he instinctively tilted his head, but the bullet also curved.

Clink — — — —

The heaven is round, earth is square in Liu Yan's bag shattered in response.

"Hmm?"

This was the first time Liu Yan had been attacked by a smoothbore gun.

Could that black man already know his name?

Impossible… viewing names from experimental data requires proximity.

Or perhaps the other party learned his name through the heart of africa… that's also impossible; if he had the heart of africa, would he only wish to know his name? No one with a brain would do that.

It shouldn't be that black man… Liu Yan frowned slightly. Ever since learning about the smoothbore gun's ability, Liu Yan had been very careful about his name.

He had almost never revealed his name.

Moreover, if someone really wanted to kill him, he should have been hit by a smoothbore gun sometime in the past three years, not just starting now.

"Hmph, karma's here. You reported Chen Yu's name, making him get hit by a smoothbore gun, and now look, someone's shooting at you too."

Cai Ning chuckled beside him, completely unconcerned.

If they shot, they shot. At worst, they'd just exchange resources.

Anyway, there were plenty of heaven is round, earth is square.

"Tsk, this feeling isn't too good."

Liu Yan shook his head and took out another heaven is round, earth is square.

After doing all this, the two continued forward.

Suddenly, Liu Yan stopped.

"What's wrong?" Cai Ning asked beside Liu Yan.

Liu Yan raised a hand, signaling Cai Ning to be silent.

"Something's not right..." Liu Yan's brows furrowed slightly.

He looked around the street and finally focused his eyes on the ground.

Bang — — — —!

Liu Yan kicked away an Asala Soldier's corpse.

Then, in the same manner, he kicked away several more corpses, clearing a space.

Having done all this, Liu Yan half-squatted, slowly bent down, and leaned his ear close to the ground.

Thump — —

Thump — —

Thump — —

Although the sound was extremely faint, if one concentrated and listened carefully, it could still be heard.

Below the ground, different frequencies of thumping sounds rose and fell.

If Liu Yan were to describe the sound he heard, it would be a dense, pulsating sound.

Liu Yan frowned, his entire body prostrate on the ground, his ear fully pressed against the blood-stained asphalt road.

"Brother, don't scare me. You're being really creepy like this."

Cai Ning stared at Liu Yan, speaking in a low voice.

The latter was now wide-eyed, his head tilted against the asphalt, his rear end sticking up.

And his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, but his eyes were wide open.

He was caught between confusion and shock.

In short, bewildered.

"This sound... it's a heartbeat!" Liu Yan suddenly looked up.

This sudden shout and movement startled Cai Ning.

"You were listening to heartbeats when you were lying on the ground just now?" Cai Ning looked suspicious.

"Yes."

Liu Yan nodded in response, then immediately ran a short distance forward.

At another clear spot, Liu Yan again kicked away a corpse, then quickly lay down to listen carefully.

From Cai Ning's perspective, Liu Yan scurried around, kicking away corpses wherever he went, then lying down to listen.

"Is there a shelter down there?" Cai Ning asked uncertainly, following behind Liu Yan.

Liu Yan nodded somewhat uncertainly.

"It should be, but if it's a shelter, it's a bit too crowded."

"The sounds I hear are all very close together."

After speaking, Liu Yan took out a portable military radar from quantum storage.

Bang bang bang bang — — — —!

Boom — — — —!

Da da da da da — — — —!

Suddenly, intense gunfire and sounds of battle erupted simultaneously.

At the same time, the rhythmic explosions of magnetic suction bombss sounded from the southwest!

Bang — — bang — — bang bang bang!

Liu Yan, who was about to activate the portable military radar, quickly put it back into quantum storage upon hearing the secret signal.

"Something's happening!"

"You wait here. If you encounter danger, just use the ten thousand gold tear crown to find me."

Liu Yan threw out this sentence, then turned and flew towards the direction of the sound.

Whoosh — — — — — —!

The other Soldiers in the vicinity, upon hearing the sound, simultaneously shot into the sky and flew together towards the direction of the sound.

Swoosh — — — — whoosh — — — —!

Number 66666 simultaneously used a grappling hook and a power propulsion device, his entire body forming a C-shape in the air.

After quickly approaching Liu Yan, the two landed on a rooftop and simultaneously saw the scene on the ground below.

Twelve Soldiers were neatly tied up in the center of the crossroads.

In front of them stood a white-haired man in a bartender's uniform, who looked about the same age as Liu Yan.

He leaned on an M7 assault rifle, one foot standing guard, the other keeping watch, his posture very relaxed.

At the same time, he held a half-smoked thin cigar in his mouth.

Seeing himself surrounded by Liu Yan and the other Soldiers, his expression remained completely unfazed.

He looked up, his gaze meeting Liu Yan's on the rooftop.

The latter's eyes were filled with killing intent.

But he merely smiled slightly.

At this moment, not only Liu Yan, but the other Soldiers, upon seeing this scene, simultaneously glared with wide eyes.

"You're asking for death!"

"You can kill our brothers, but you cannot humiliate them!"

Bang bang bang bang bang — — — —!

The Soldiers on the rooftop and on the ground opened fire almost simultaneously.

Over 6,000 gun lines shot towards the man at the same time.

Dense bullets almost completely surrounded him.

However, the bullets all froze in front of him.

Several Soldiers instantly reacted, raising their hands on the spot to signal their comrades to cease fire.

"He has a pocket watch! Everyone, take turns firing!"

Bang bang bang — —!

Da da da — — — —!

Deafening gunfire rang out again!

The Soldiers fired in an orderly, staggered manner.

What no one expected was that Ivan, at this moment, raised his left hand.

Like a magician producing cards out of thin air, he would pull out a pocket watch, activate it, then discard it, and then pull out another one from thin air.

At the same time, an experimental data suddenly appeared in his right hand.

Through the experimental data, he saw Liu Yan's name and smiled slightly.

The Soldiers were collectively stunned, unsure whether to continue firing.

During the pause in firing, Ivan's lips parted:

"I'm not very talented, just a bit of sleight of hand. Please excuse me."

"Hello, Liu Yan."

"My name is Ivan; you should have heard my name too."

After Ivan finished speaking, he exhaled a puff of smoke and, facing Liu Yan's direction, inclined his upper body slightly in a very gentlemanly manner.

"Regarding Jacob, I'd like to talk to you..."

Ivan's words were cut short by Liu Yan.

"Never heard of him."

Liu Yan took out the experimental data from quantum storage, then inserted his finger into the hole in the center of the disc and rotated it a few times.

A data wave, difficult to discern with the naked eye, spread outwards.

When the spreading data touched the Soldiers, nothing happened.

But when it touched Ivan, his information was clearly listed above his head.

Name: Ivan Brashaw

As for the information that followed, Liu Yan had no time to look.

After confirming the name was correct, Liu Yan immediately pulled out a bundle of smoothbore guns.

"I'm not very talented either; I have a bit of magic gun."

In Liu Yan's view, the other party was putting on an act, simply having many pocket watches.

If it came to the quantity of items, Liu Yan would not lose to anyone.

If that didn't work, there was still Cai Ning.

Bang — — — —!

A red light suddenly appeared above Ivan's head.

Clink — — — —

After one smoothbore gun disappeared, Liu Yan immediately activated another.

He performed the inspection action one after another.

He had tied up 12 of his Soldiers and was now showing off in front of him.

And he wanted to talk? What the hell was there to talk about?

If the Soldiers weren't so close to him, Liu Yan, fearing friendly fire, would have started bombing already.

Seeing this, Ivan raised his left arm almost instantly.

Whoosh — —!

The bracelet on his left arm opened into a semicircular defensive shield, enveloping him within it.

"Jacob told me about you; he must have mentioned me to you as well."

"The choice is in your hands and in the hands of someone named Cai Fuji, isn't it?"

Ivan's elegant voice came from within the shield.

Liu Yan paused, then remembered that when Jacob invited him, he did seem to have mentioned Ivan.

He had also been invited by Jacob.

Liu Yan looked at the semicircular shield, his face thoughtful.

The shield couldn't block a smoothbore gun; the other party couldn't possibly not know that.

Yet he still put up the shield.

Whoosh — — — —

The semicircular shield disappeared, and Ivan's figure appeared with it.

At this moment, he was already wearing a thick black overcoat, extremely bulky, with no telling what was inside.

A top hat also appeared on his head.

"Liu Yan, you're a bit too aggressive, do you know that?"

"The power to choose should absolutely not be in the hands of someone like you."

"I really don't understand, what did Jacob see in you?"

Ivan grabbed both sides of the black overcoat with both hands, then flung it open.

The inside of the overcoat was almost completely covered with heaven is round, earth is square.

After taking off the overcoat, Ivan imperceptibly glanced at the heaven is round, earth is square, feeling a pang in his heart.

In just a few words, Liu Yan had fired an unknown number of smoothbore guns at him.

Is this truly a normal person? Completely impossible to communicate with!

Ivan slowly took off his top hat and waved it a few times in front of him.

"Liu Yan, you must die."

As his words fell, Ivan performed a very standard gentleman's bow.

Then Ivan covered his face with one hand, his shoulders trembling slightly.

Following that was an elegant hum mixed with a crazy chuckle.

This series of moves completely bewildered Liu Yan and the Soldiers present.

If Liu Yan were to describe it, he would say he was a madman.

But if he had to use a more precise word, it would be 'yandere'.

And, he was a white-haired male yandere.

After the laughter ended, Ivan turned the top hat over.

"Liu Yan, have you..."

"...ever seen a genius?"