Special Forces: I Can See the Experience Bar

Chapter 136 Time Bomb
From breaking down the door to defeating Gao Sen, everything happened in the blink of an eye, in an extremely short time.

If Chang Ning hadn't been the first to enter, Gao Sen's plan would have succeeded; the others' reaction speed wasn't as fast as Chang Ning's.

Seeing Chang Ning heading towards Gao Sen, the old man following behind Chang Ning ran towards the positions of bandits number 2 and 3.

The location of the bandits had been scouted and marked on the floor plan of the fast food restaurant before the operation, and everyone memorized this information before the operation.

Bandit No. 2 and Bandit No. 3 had never seen special forces before. Before this, they had only undergone three months of military training in some remote mountain forest. They had never even killed anyone.

Seeing Lao Pao and Geng Jihui, masked and wearing black bulletproof vests, charging menacingly towards him, he was already trembling with fear and sweating profusely, let alone being able to fight back with a gun.

Of course, the bandits had no chance to fight back; from the moment they saw Lao Pao and Geng Jihui, their lives were no longer theirs.

After a few gunshots, the bandit lay motionless on the ground, his eyes dull and lifeless. Only the three pools of blood on the ground that had not yet congealed and the faint smell of gunpowder in the air told everyone that this was not a training exercise.

"So, we're just here to watch the fun."

Qiangzi glanced at the three fresh corpses lying on the ground in various states, his eyes filled with disappointment. Several others in the team had made a profit, but he had gotten nothing this time.

Holding the terrified and sobbing hostage in his arms, Xiao Zhuang gently comforted her. Hearing Qiangzi's words, he echoed, "Who says otherwise?"

The three who benefited from this deal remained silent, ignoring Qiangzi and Xiaozhuang's sarcastic remarks.

"Ahem, may I interject?"

An ostrich's slightly resentful voice came from the doorway. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the ostrich and the medic had come up at some point.

As he was talking, he walked into the hall and circled the bandit's corpse several times, making "tsk tsk" sounds as he spoke.

His comrades did their work cleanly and efficiently, so he couldn't find any fault with them. His idea of ​​finding fault with Chang Ning was thus thwarted.

Therefore, the emotion contained in the ostrich's gaze towards Chang Ning made Chang Ning's scalp tingle; its eyes were like those of a resentful woman confined to her boudoir.

Just as Chang Ning was about to explode, the ostrich turned its gaze to Xiao Zhuang and Qiangzi: "At least you two threw in a bombshell and had some sense of participation. What about us?"
We lay prone on the sniper position, watching everyone's performance the whole time. We felt no sense of participation whatsoever; we were just there to watch, and we had to be on high alert, afraid that something might happen and we wouldn't have time to react.

The ostrich poured out its grievances to everyone, and even the sanitation worker, who usually liked to undermine others, nodded repeatedly, clearly agreeing with the ostrich's statement.

"Well, let me take the child downstairs first."

Xiao Zhuang always enjoys watching these kinds of gossip moments, but nobody likes the feeling of having gossip happen to them. Besides, he's currently holding a hostage, so it's best not to let the child see the corpse and blood.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xiao Zhuang greeted everyone, carefully carried the child over the bandits' blood-soaked corpses, and prepared to hand the little girl over to her parents outside.

When he left, he carefully covered the child's eyes with his hand to prevent the child from seeing the corpse and splattered blood at the scene, which would affect the child's mental health.

When it comes to hostages, Chang Ning felt as if she had overlooked something important, and that something was related to hostages.

What exactly is it?

Chang Ning first looked around, focusing on the three bodies lying on the ground.

'Everyone's dead; there's no way they could cause any trouble.'

The bandits' chests weren't rising and falling at all, so it was obvious they couldn't still be alive. Besides, with that amount of bleeding, even if they were still alive, they would be in shock, practically dead. Where would they get the strength to cause trouble?

Gently rubbing her chin, Chang Ning couldn't quite figure out what she had overlooked.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock."

Chang Ning asked, "Did you hear anything?"

His body had been enhanced by the system, making his hearing much more sensitive.

Everyone was caught off guard by Chang Ning's abrupt question, and their relaxed nerves tensed up again. At this moment, apart from the little girl who was sobbing, everyone else in the fast food restaurant held their breath and listened intently.

“Tick-tick~”

Although the sound was faint, it was still barely audible to everyone. Xiao Zhuang almost dropped the child in his arms. He looked in horror at the hostage's stomach, where the "tick-tock" sound was very clear.

No wonder it felt off when I picked him up earlier; the bandits had strapped bombs to the hostages. How insidious!

'Oops! ’

Upon hearing the ticking sound again, Chang Ning's expression changed drastically. He remembered something he had forgotten: in the original story, the little girl was still strapped with a time bomb!
The voice was so familiar to everyone; they had heard it all the time during bomb disposal training.

Everyone was in an uproar. Before anyone could react, a series of short commands flew from Geng Jihui's mouth: "Quick, drag the bandit's body behind the counter. I'll report to Wild Wolf, Siberian Wolf will hand the hostage over to Mountain Wolf."

"Don't drag it, carry it."

Despite the blood stains, Chang Ning quickly carried the body of Bandit No. 1 and reminded everyone.

Dragging the body would leave large bloodstains on the floor, and we can't keep the little girl blindfolded when defusing the bomb later; children's psychological resilience isn't as high as adults'.

After hiding the body and covering the blood with the bandits' clothes, the fast food restaurant looked perfectly normal except for being a little dirty and messy.

After settling everything down, Xiao Zhuang handed the girl over to Lao Pao.

"Understood, I will ask the police to cooperate with you."

Through the headset, the high school team not only heard Geng Jihui's description of the scene, but also vaguely heard Chang Ning supplementing Geng Jihui's orders.

Not being on-site, he wasn't sure what type of bomb Team B had encountered. Although he trusted Team B and the veteran's expertise, this was, after all, a real-world operation concerning the safety of the hostages, so Captain Gao still planned to have the police's experienced engineers handle the situation.

"Wild Wolf, there's no need to send anyone."

Looking at the constantly fluctuating numbers, the masked veteran forced a bitter smile.

"There's only one minute left. Even if the police send someone up now, it'll be too late."

Upon hearing this, the high school team's heart, which had just calmed down, was in suspense again.

This time, he couldn't offer any help to the team members inside the fast food restaurant and could only watch from the outside. To be honest, this feeling was extremely agonizing, and it would have been better if he had gone up there himself.

But eaglets must eventually leave the nest, and it's time for Chang Ning and the wolf cubs of Group B to carry out their missions on their own. He can't keep an eye on them forever.

"It's really uncomfortable to just stand outside and watch."

Gray Wolf stood next to the high school team, muttering to himself. Time passed slowly, and all he could hear in his earpiece was heavy breathing. His heart was in his throat.

"We can only stand here now. We can't exactly rush up there, can we? Gray Wolf, you're a seasoned special forces soldier."

Seeing his old partner pacing anxiously in front of him, Gao Zhong still understood Gray Wolf's feelings, so he didn't say anything excessive.

"The situation is a bit complicated now. Everyone else, leave immediately."

With only thirty seconds left, the veteran still hadn't determined which wire was actually connected to the detonator.

The situation was serious, and he wasn't confident he could successfully detonate the bomb on the hostage. If he failed, he didn't want to endanger his comrades.

Whether out of genuine concern or to comply with the brigade's regulations, Lao Pao really didn't want his comrades to be in the fast food restaurant at this moment; it was too dangerous.

To put it bluntly, even if he hadn't been able to defuse the bomb, Team B wouldn't have been completely wiped out if everyone had evacuated the fast food restaurant.

(End of this chapter)