8: Pheasant Escort

At this moment, Liu Yan, standing before the portal, had completely re-evaluated his strategy.

His previous two failures were due to him being too conventional, habitually following the game's rules.

But why couldn't one hide under a manhole cover on a real battlefield?

Moreover, directly scaling a three-meter high wall was something completely impossible in the game, wasn't it?

"It seems I need to combine information from the game with the possibilities of real-world combat."

Liu Yan stood up, preparing to enter for the third time.

Just as Liu Yan stepped towards the portal, a faint breathing sound came from behind him.

Someone?

Liu Yan turned his head; the person lying on the ground was none other than Fuji from earlier.

Fuji was sprawled out on the ground, seemingly having also failed his recent extraction.

"Damn it! Which CS is crouching in an air cargo container to ambush people?!"

"My three sets of semi-modified M4s!!!"

Fuji, lying on the ground, took a while to react, then sat up and started cursing loudly at the sky.

"Why didn't I see your teammates?"

Liu Yan wasn't in a hurry to enter the portal; he walked over to Fuji and asked.

Fuji was just looking for teammates outside the door; could it be that even if teammates survived, dying here would still count as a failed extraction?

"It's you?"

Fuji glanced at Liu Yan, remembering he was the one who had rejected him earlier, and pouted with a disgruntled expression.

"No one teamed up with me, so I didn't even get a chance to be revived."

Liu Yan nodded. It seemed this point was still the same as in the game.

In the delta operation game, if teammates were alive, even if you died, you had one chance to revive.

"Three sets of gear plus a semi-modified M4, lost it in a regular Dam Zero run?" Liu Yan's tone carried a hint of provocation.

The other party had lost a full three sets of gear and a semi-modified M4, yet only cursed and complained a bit.

One should know that three sets of gear plus a semi-modified M4, not counting consumables, would cost nearly 300,000.

An ordinary person who lost 300,000 for nothing would have already had a mental breakdown.

From this, it was clear that the other party's financial situation was not bad.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Fuji heard Liu Yan's sarcasm, immediately stood up from the ground, and patted his backside.

"Nothing, do you need an escort?"

Liu Yan asked directly.

He urgently needed starting capital now, and he had largely figured out the differences between the Third District and the game he played.

Instead of doing something he wasn't good at, like running a knife, it would be faster to just kill people.

"Didn't you just die yourself?" Fuji looked Liu Yan up and down, a hint of suspicion in his voice.

He wasn't stupid; meeting in this open space meant Liu Yan must have died not long ago either.

"I wasn't wearing three sets of gear and a semi-modified M4. Isn't it normal to die empty-handed?"

Fuji was amused by Liu Yan's words.

"So, if you were wearing this gear, you wouldn't have died, right?"

"Alright, how much for the escort? Name your price. I want to see what you're capable of."

In this world, there was also the profession of escort, but the fees were very high, usually used for familiarizing oneself with the map.

After all, some wealthy individuals wouldn't suffer to familiarize themselves with a map.

The pain of bullets hitting the body was very real.

"You lend me the equipment, and we split the earnings 50/50." Liu Yan's tone suggested that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Hearing Liu Yan's proposal, Fuji's eyebrows gradually twisted into a knot.

"No, buddy, are you a wild escort?"

"And you expect the boss to provide your gear?" Fuji said, speechless.

"It's just that I've been doing too many aggressive pushes recently, so I'm a bit tight on cash." Liu Yan rubbed his fingers together.

Fuji nodded slightly, believing what Liu Yan said. It was completely normal for an aggressive player to go bankrupt, and this also indirectly showed Liu Yan's strength.

If one didn't have a certain level of skill, who would dare to play aggressively?

"Okay, but I want 60/40." Fuji nodded.

"No problem." Liu Yan readily agreed.

The deal was struck, and the two went together to the stall to buy equipment.

A Level 3 helmet, Level 3 armor, a Bee Bag, an HD3 Tactical Chest Rig, and a fully green-kitted M4.

For ammunition, they purchased 180 rounds of Level 3 M855 bullets.

This entire setup, including the bullets, cost nearly 400,000.

"You don't even have money for meds?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up."

Liu Yan dragged Fuji to the previous medicine stall.

"Damn it, is that you?!" Seeing that the person was Liu Yan, the stall owner immediately stood up.

Liu Yan ignored the owner and listed the medicines he needed this time:

"Two strong injectors, one field first-aid kit, one quick-release surgical kit, one bottle of antibiotics, plus one CAT tourniquet."

"Cash payment, including the last one, he's paying." Seeing that the stall owner didn't react, Liu Yan added.

Upon hearing this, the stall owner's expression instantly changed.

"Oh, you should have said you were coming earlier, I would have made you some tea, you see I wasn't prepared."

As he spoke, the stall owner packaged the medicines Liu Yan mentioned and eagerly handed them over.

Fuji skillfully scanned the QR code and paid. Having already spent nearly 400,000, a few tens of thousands more didn't matter.

As for the extra few thousand yuan owed, Fuji didn't even notice.

Once everything was ready, the two headed to the portal together.

Fuji stood in front of the portal, arms outstretched, facing Liu Yan.

"What are you doing?" Liu Yan was very confused.

"Hug to team up, have you ever even entered?"

Liu Yan paused for a moment, then opened his arms and hugged Fuji.

This method of teaming up, if Fuji hadn't said anything, Liu Yan might never have discovered it in his life.

The two hugged each other like this, moving sideways into the portal like crabs.

After passing through the portal, both appeared simultaneously in a helicopter.

"Engage, search, extract once done."

Ignoring the annoying voice broadcast, the two skillfully descended to the ground via ropes.

As soon as they landed, a deafening sound echoed in the sky.

"mandel brick and decryption device detected! Bring it back at all costs!"

At the same time, everyone had a radar watch on their wrist.

The watch marked two red dots, and in the middle was an arrow, representing their current location.

"Holy crap! What good luck!"

"Holy crap! How unlucky!"

Liu Yan and Fuji exclaimed at the same time.

However, before Fuji could say anything more, he saw Liu Yan rack his gun and run forward like a madman.

Their landing position this time was Position 1 of the West Building of the Administration Building.

Liu Yan planned to quickly set up to target the person at Position 1 of the East Building of the Administration Building.

The heavy armor and firearms on his body prevented Liu Yan from running at full speed.

"I'll pick up the helmet and armor later!"

Liu Yan instantly threw all his helmet and armor to the ground, even his chest rig.

Only the bullets were tucked into Liu Yan's pocket.

Relieved of the weight, Liu Yan felt his body lighten, and he quickly arrived in front of the truck at the Administration Building.

Bang —

Bang — — —

Using his running momentum, Liu Yan pushed off the side of the truck with his left foot, leaping upwards, then pushed off a second time in mid-air to gain more height.

Compared to the friction of the wall, the side of the truck's cargo compartment was much smoother.

If Liu Yan hadn't pushed off a second time in time, he would have almost made a fool of himself in public.

Fortunately, Liu Yan successfully climbed to the top of the truck.

In the game, he would have had to adjust the angle to aim at the box.

But this was reality, and Liu Yan, with his full coordination, could perform almost any parkour move.

Using the truck, Liu Yan successfully reached the balcony of the East Building of the Administration Building.

"Let me give you a hot...

Bang — — — —!!

A bullet instantly killed the Asara Soldiers on the balcony who had raised a rocket launcher but hadn't had time to fire.

At this point, Liu Yan had successfully set up his gun on the balcony.

Next, if nothing unexpected happened, the person from the East Building parking lot direction would appear in his sight within 5 seconds.