We couldn't wait any longer!
Captain Zhang looked at the silence around them, and his scalp kept tingling.
Having gone through countless battles, he understood that the quieter the environment, the greater the trouble lurking within it. Especially now, in this dense forest, they still had several kilometers to travel before reaching home, yet those few kilometers felt like an impassable chasm.
He gestured to Xiao Qi, then cautiously poked his head out and used the night-vision goggles in his hand to observe their surroundings.
Xiao Qi received the signal as well. He did his best to hide in the bushes and quietly took a step forward.
But just as he stepped out, a bullet instantly struck the ground in front of him, sending countless wood chips flying. Some even hit Xiao Qi in the face, making him immediately shrink back.
The others refused to believe it and followed suit, taking a step back in an attempt to retreat.
But before they expected it, sharp pops rang out nonstop, and several of them were instantly stopped by bullets. It was as if every step they took would earn them a warning shot.
Everyone in the group could only retreat to their original positions and hide themselves as thoroughly as possible. For a moment, they looked at one another in dismay. What was going on? Whoever had come did not want them to leave, yet had not opened fire at them either. What the hell were they supposed to do?
Could the person stopping them from leaving have some other motive?
But aside from Zhao Ning, there was really nothing worth taking from them. They were all poor bastards!
Captain Zhang kept observing the area through his night-vision goggles. He had just wanted to use the bullets' trajectories to locate the