After Lao Lü finished communicating with Li Yu, he slowly turned his head to look at the skinny man squatting on the ground.
The team member and Lao Lü exchanged glances.
Lao Lü nodded, then prepared to run forward.
After understanding the meaning in Lao Lü's eyes, the team member shot the skinny man directly in the back of the head.
Pew~
The silenced gun made a much quieter sound.
The team member looked at the skinny man, who was beyond dead, then stood up and quickly followed Lao Lü's pace.
The group ran towards the villa area.
In less than two minutes, they arrived at the villa area.
At 3:18 AM, they reached their respective pre-arranged positions.
Li Yu picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Lao Xie, Lao Lü, have you both reached your assigned positions?"
"Reached."
"Reached."
Li Yu said, "OK. Act."
He then led the charge into Villa No. 3, located in the center of the villa area. According to the information they had, this was where Elder Wu, the person in charge of Safe City, resided.
After climbing over the villa gate, Li Yu directly twisted the bedroom door handle.
But he didn't expect the villa door to be locked.
Just then, a light suddenly came on in a room on the first floor of the villa, and Li Yu immediately rushed over.
It was someone who had gotten up to use the restroom; Li Yu shot him directly.
A small gunshot rang out.
The others, including Li Hang, also began to act, but found that many doors were locked from the inside.
So they directly shot the doors open.
Many people inside were asleep and were shot dead by Li Hang and the others before they could react.
However, when they reached the second floor, some people were already awake.
Although the sound made downstairs wasn't very loud, these people reacted very quickly.
They quickly got up and ran downstairs.
Just as Li Yu was going upstairs, he saw them and immediately raised his submachine gun, sweeping them with bullets.
Immediately, four or five people fell.
Li Yu also took a few shots, but they were armed to the teeth this time, wearing bulletproof vests underneath and riot gear outside.
They also had large bulletproof helmets; they were completely covered from head to toe.
Moreover, these people who had just woken up were wearing slippers and had no time to put on any protection.
Gunshots rang out, and the battle song began.
Li Yu kicked open room doors one by one, then sprayed bullets.
More and more lights in the villa rooms were turned on.
But the gunshots also grew louder.
The gunshots pierced the silent night.
On the other side, Third Uncle, hearing the gunshots, also charged up, gun in hand.
Each squad had six people, and the six people were also divided into three groups.
Each group focused on shooting at one building.
Efficiency was very high.
On Lao Lü's side, they gunned down over a dozen people in the first wave.
But in the second wave, quite a few people had already woken up.
Thanks to their ample ammunition, they were able to conduct a saturation attack.
However, there were simply too many people on Ke Hanyu's side, and they also had firearms.
Lao Lü's side temporarily entered a stalemate.
Lao Lü, relying on their abundant firepower and excellent protective equipment, effectively kept Ke Hanyu's people tied down.
On the other side, Li Yu's group, plus Lao Xie's group, totaled twelve people.
Elder Wu's side, on the other hand, had already used 10 people at the four main gates, leaving fewer than 30 people inside the two villas.
Additionally, Li Yu and his team gained the upper hand from the start, killing nearly ten people in the first surprise attack.
When they reached upstairs, they also killed five or six people.
The remaining dozen or so people were comparable in number to Li Yu's group.
However, given Li Yu's team's well-equipped status, where even taking bullets didn't cause much impact, and their abundant ammunition, among other advantages, their assault on Elder Wu's side felt like a crushing victory, almost too easy.
Originally, according to Li Yu's plan, taking down Elder Wu and his people would be the most troublesome part.
After all, they had received professional training.
But in the darkness of night, under all these advantages, it was much easier than they had imagined.
Li Yu rushed to the third floor, where three more people came out to meet him.
Hearing Li Yu's footsteps, they moved quickly, flashing behind the door.
Li Yu directly sprayed bullets at the door.
A magazine was emptied, and then Li Yu hid under the stairs.
Just then, the three people opposite opened fire towards Li Yu's position.
Bang bang bang~
Very accurate, hitting Li Yu's hiding spot.
At that moment, Li Yu, letting go of the submachine gun hanging on his chest, pulled out two pistols from his thigh and fired at them.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
For a time, they exchanged fire several times.
In less than a minute, the three people opposite couldn't hold on any longer.
"Third Brother, I'm out of bullets. How about you?"
"I have two left."
"Damn it! I'll circle around and try to tackle him. He's wearing riot gear right now, so a shot to a vital spot won't hit."
Li Yu was a bit speechless; they were discussing their plan without avoiding him, which was outrageous.
He didn't want to waste any more time, so he took out two grenades from his waist, pulled the pins, waited for about two seconds, then threw them with force into two of the rooms.
They landed almost perfectly inside the rooms.
The people inside the rooms screamed, "Oh—damn it!"
Boom boom.
After two loud explosions, Li Yu slowly walked towards the last room, taking out another grenade.
He pulled the pin, waited two seconds, and lightly tossed it into the last room.
Boom~
Li Yu checked each room one by one.
The first two rooms had been blown up, and charred bodies proved the deaths of the people inside.
But in the third room, he actually found that person.
Li Yu quickly rushed to the window and saw a person limping downstairs, struggling to crawl out.
This... this was the third floor.
Li Yu admired this person a bit.
He then opened fire, shooting the person dead.
So far, the legendary Elder Wu had not been found, and Li Yu was getting anxious.
Just as he was getting anxious, he suddenly saw someone running out of the villa.
Li Yu immediately aimed and fired three shots in succession.
The person finally fell to the ground, completely still.
Li Yu looked around, then performed a final kill.
He returned to the first floor.
At the same time, Yang Tianlong and Da Pao, among others, had already dealt with their respective targets.
Everyone tallied the numbers. Based on their in-depth understanding of them from the short time at Da Zhangshu Base, Li Yu and his team were very clear about how many people Ke Hanyu had and how many Elder Wu had.
"Excluding the 10 people on duty at the gate, Elder Wu's side is still missing two people," Li Gang said.
Lao Xie, beside him, was also a bit confused; he hadn't seen anyone escape just now.
Li Yu pointed to a corpse on the concrete ground outside the villa and said, "Add that one."
As he spoke, Li Yu slowly walked over and flipped the person over.
"It's not Elder Wu," Li Yu said. They had a basic profile for all key figures in Safe City. While not drawn, each key figure had a descriptive characteristic.
The person Li Yu had just shot upstairs, based on Elder Wu's characteristics, was clearly not him; even the age didn't match.
"OK. That leaves one Elder Wu. But before we look for him, we need to go support Lao Lü and his team.
Here's the plan: Lao Xie, you go support Third Uncle's team. Although the people they're facing don't have firearms, there are simply too many of these civilians.
Go help them first, and don't let anyone escape!"
Lao Xie nodded and said, "Alright."
This moment was an extreme test of humanity; they would definitely face the choice of whether to kill or not.
However, they had already killed so many people at Da Zhangshu Base.
Those they killed back then were due to the struggle for food in the base; killing them was inevitable and reasonable.
But now, these people they were about to kill...
Many of them must be their friends and family.
The grudge had long been established.
Even if Li Yu had considered letting them go.
But what would be the consequences of letting them go?
Li Yu dared not gamble.
Nor did he dare to imagine.
Since that was the case, he convinced himself to be a ruthless person.
It was difficult, but once he got past it, it would be fine.
It was agonizing, but what Li Yu wanted was simple. It had never changed.
It was just that this apocalypse had forced him to become like this.
Survival of the fittest.
He felt an endless hatred. Why must the weak always be plundered? Why do people always want to gain without effort, so greedy?
If Li Yu and his team had been weak back then, their fate might have been even more tragic than these people's.
By the same logic, Li Yu did not want to become such a tragic person, so he had to become a cold-hearted one.
There was no third path.
If there was, it was merely a beautiful fantasy.
The apocalypse was a cruel and realistic world.
The gunshots had not stopped.
Every gunshot represented the death of another life.
Li Yu, along with Li Gang and others, rushed towards Lao Lü's side; the gunshots there had been going on for a while.
Meanwhile, Lao Xie rushed to Third Uncle's side for support.
Third Uncle's side was already a hell.
As Li Yu had originally envisioned, some people would definitely be unable to bring themselves to do it.
That's why he arranged for Second Uncle to go.
Second Uncle had rarely appeared or spoken.
Ever since being rescued by Li Yu in Liberation City and returning to Da Zhangshu Base, he had taken on the role of constantly brainwashing the people in the base.
He constantly told everyone not to trust people outside the base.
Don't easily trust others. Many people outside the base are devils.
It was a bit extreme, but there were reasons for him becoming like this.
Since the outbreak of the apocalypse, he had traveled from the north, experiencing life and death, almost not making it back alive.
The people he met and the things he encountered shattered his worldview.
Even Li Yu's aunt's husband died because he trusted a friend on the journey.
Even Second Uncle himself almost didn't survive. If Li Yu hadn't found them back then, perhaps his aunt, Second Uncle, and others would all be gone.
The radical Second Uncle was somewhat in contrast to the more conservative First Uncle.
This time, Second Uncle was needed to kill these civilians.
Second Uncle had, after all, been in the base for a long time, so his marksmanship had greatly improved.
There were very few people who could be so ruthless.
Slaughter brought no pleasure.
But Li Yu harbored intense hatred.
He hated why they always had to cause him trouble.
Why couldn't everyone just get along?
Perhaps they were also forced by food shortages.
But don't come after him.
He didn't like to kill, but he had to kill.
Upon arriving at Ke Hanyu's side.
Li Yu's eyes were bloodshot.
"Rocket launcher," Li Yu said to Da Pao.
Da Pao brought over the rocket launcher.
Li Yu made some simple adjustments.
He then aimed at the back of the gate, where seven or eight people were hiding.
Load the shell.
Press the button.
Fire.
Boom boom boom~
Loaded another shell.
Fire.
He fired three in a row.
Li Yu looked at the already devastated pillars in front of him and put down the rocket launcher.
And from the other side, a voice rang out:
"Damn it!
Who the hell are you people?
Why are you ambushing us?
How have we offended you?"
