The Omniscient
Chapter 90

Living Against the Odds

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The Black Captain wasn't dead. After passing out, he was jolted awake by a violent tremor and a deafening blast.

He crawled through the smoke billowing inside the Bell Tower, barely conscious.

His jaw throbbed. Both arms and one leg were dislocated, leaving him to drag himself along the floor with his one good leg...

"Who am I? Where am I? Who the fuck smashed my jaw?"

When the smoke cleared, his memory came back. Lin Li took me down in one hit...

"Ugh! Ah! Ghh!" He couldn't speak, only groan.

The Black Captain stubbornly wriggled across the room. Then he spotted a phone on the floor!

It looked exactly like his, but someone had stomped on it hard enough to crack the casing.

He hurriedly rolled over and, fighting through the pain, inched his fingers toward the phone.

His arms and elbows were dislocated, but his fingers still worked.

The Black Captain tapped the screen. It still worked!

Lin Li stepped on it. He must've thought he'd broken it, but he only cracked the casing.

Overjoyed, the Black Captain hurried to text the others.

He told them he wasn't dead. Lin Li had ambushed him, and his jaw was shattered, so he couldn't talk. He could only type with his fingers...

Muni and the others received the message and glanced at the still-smoking Bell Tower. If Lin Li had ambushed the captain, wouldn't his marksmanship have finished him off?

The whole tower had been blasted apart. How could the captain still be alive?

Muni called immediately. The Black Captain froze, then had no choice but to answer.

But with his jaw shattered, all he could manage was, "Ugh! Nngh! Ghhghh!"

"..." Only then did Muni remember that the man had said his jaw was shattered and he could only

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