29: Feint to the east while attacking the west

"Beautifully done!"

Behind Chen Xi, Shangguan Zhibiao slapped his thigh in excitement. His voice was kept extremely low, as if he were a thief.

Through the binoculars, he watched as the Japanese Army's hidden sentries on the river surface were picked off one by one, silently. His entire body trembled with excitement.

What kind of war was this?

This was practically an immortal capturing demons!

Chen Xi ignored his excitement.

His entire mind was immersed in the shared vision transmitted back by the drone.

In that cold, grayish-white thermal imaging screen, a tiny red figure emitting a faint heat—representing Yang Huimin—was inching closer and closer toward the warehouse.

Fifty meters.

Forty meters.

Thirty meters.

Close.

Getting closer.

The dawn of victory seemed to be right before his eyes.

The viewers in the livestream also breathed a slight sigh of relief from the extreme tension just now.

[Phew... scared me to death. Finally, all the dogs on the road have been cleared.]

[Go for it, little sister! You're almost there!]

[Master Xi is awesome! This slingshot skill is comparable to Li Guang shooting the stone or Hou Yi shooting the suns!]

However.

Just when everyone thought this escort mission was about to be completed without further incident.

A sudden change occurred!

A thick, white beam of light, as bright as day, suddenly swept over from the darkness on the opposite bank without any warning!

The beam of light was like a sharp giant sword, instantly slicing through the pitch-black night and arrogantly illuminating the stretch of river in front of the warehouse as bright as snow!

The beam swept across the water.

Yang Huimin's thin figure, and the ripples she created while paddling, had nowhere to hide under the intense light!

"Not good!"

Chen Xi's heart sank abruptly!

It was a searchlight!

He had cleared all the snipers and observation posts, but he had missed these two most lethal "eyes" powered by truck batteries!

Yang Huimin was clearly stunned by the sudden intense light.

She froze in the water, not daring to move. The freezing river water and the ghastly white light left her mind blank.

It was over.

"Da-da-da-da-da—!"

Almost at the same time, from the opposite bank, those surviving Japanese Army machine gun nests woke up instantly like sharks smelling blood!

Violent tongues of fire spewed out from several different directions, kicking up a dense series of splashes on the water's surface around Yang Huimin!

The sharp whistle of bullets tore through the silence of the night!

"Holy crap! Hide, quickly!"

[Little sister, dive into the water!]

The bullet chat of the livestream was instantly submerged by terrified screams.

Shangguan Zhibiao was even more anxious, his eyes turning red as he grabbed Chen Xi's arm.

"Mr. Chen! Quick! Take out that searchlight!"

Chen Xi didn't move.

He stared fixedly at the beam of light that was frantically sweeping across the drone's screen, his teeth gritting together audibly.

No!

He couldn't hit it directly!

There were at least two machine gun nests next to the searchlight!

If he fired his slingshot now, the stones would be silent, but the moment the searchlight exploded, the flash and the sound would immediately expose the position of his window!

At that time, all the machine guns would focus their fire here!

His own death wouldn't be a great loss.

But Yang Huimin would have absolutely no chance of survival under that kind of indiscriminate rain of bullets!

What to do?

What to do?!

Chen Xi's brain operated at its limit within a fraction of a second.

His gaze quickly swept across the ridiculously expensive items in the system mall.

Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb? Can't afford it.

Large-area Smoke Grenade? Not enough Emotion Points.

At this critical juncture, his eyes fell upon the sub-function list of the [Remote Control Model Airplane].

An inconspicuous function made his eyes light up suddenly.

[Miniature Speaker (Bird Repeller Module)]

[Description: Can play various high-frequency sound waves or record and play specified audio. An excellent companion for the brat in your house to play pranks.]

Got it!

Chen Xi didn't hesitate for a moment.

He immediately controlled that black "dragonfly" hovering in mid-air to fly rapidly downstream, away from Yang Huimin.

At the same time, he issued a brief command to the system.

"Record: sound of a glass bottle breaking."

"Play! Maximum volume!"

...Downstream, at an abandoned pier over a hundred meters away.

"Crash—!!!"

The crisp sound of a glass bottle being smashed hard against the concrete floor suddenly exploded in the silent night!

This sound traveled far across the open river surface.

On the opposite bank.

The Japanese Soldier who was controlling the searchlight, enjoying the cat-and-mouse pleasure, was startled by this sudden sound.

Subconsciously, he turned the control lever in his hand.

The death beam that had been locked onto Yang Huimin was instantly redirected, sweeping toward the downstream pier where the sound originated!

Now!

A few short seconds of precious darkness!

"Quick! Swim!"

Chen Xi shouted silently in his heart with all his strength.

Yang Huimin, in the river water, also reacted from her previous terror.

She didn't know what had happened.

But she knew this was her only chance!

The instinct to survive overwhelmed all exhaustion and cold.

Using the last bit of strength in her body, her arms frantically paddled the water like a fish out of water, making a final sprint toward the massive shadow of the warehouse that looked like a safe harbor!

Ten meters!

Five meters!

One meter!

Finally!

A second before her strength was exhausted, her body successfully swam into the deep darkness cast by the warehouse building!

Almost at the same time.

The searchlight beam that had swept downstream, after finding nothing, quickly swept back.

But it was too late.

The beam swept back and forth several times over the area of water where Yang Huimin had just been.

The river surface was empty.

Except for a few dissipating ripples, there was nothing.

It was as if the figure struggling in the water just now was merely a collective hallucination.

"Baka! Where is the person?!"

From the opposite bank came the exasperated roar of a Japanese officer.

On the third floor of the warehouse.

Chen Xi looked at the empty water surface, and his tense body finally relaxed slightly.

His entire person looked as if he had just been fished out of the water; his back was already soaked through with cold sweat.

"Success..." Shangguan Zhibiao lowered his binoculars and slumped onto the ground, panting heavily.

In the livestream, the bullet chat that had been submerged in terror and despair exploded with the wild joy of surviving a disaster after a few seconds of silence!

[Aaaaaaaaaah! Success! Success!]

[Scared me to death! My damn heart almost jumped out!]

[Master Xi is awesome! Feint to the east, strike in the west! A textbook-level tactical maneuver!]

[From today on, Master Xi is my blood brother from another mother! If anyone objects, I'll be the first to disagree!]}],