Escape

"Ethan, do you think he can really get us out?" After Meng Zu left, Tony asked uneasily. According to the original plan, he only needed a few more days to finish the Mark One and fight his way out. But now, if something went wrong and alerted the Ten Rings, he might never get another chance to build the Mark One. Then he would truly never have a chance to leave.

"Tony, the moment he infiltrated this place, the Ten Rings were bound to discover him sooner or later. Since he managed to get in unnoticed, maybe he really can create a miracle." Dr. Ethan tried to reassure Tony.

"All right. God willing. I really don't know why Pepper found such an idiot." Tony understood the situation, but Meng Zu had turned him from the one taking the initiative into the passive party, and that made him very unhappy.

After Tony and Ethan waited anxiously for a minute, the cave door was pushed open. Meng Zu walked in carrying two unconscious Ten Rings members over his shoulders, with two bulletproof vests in his hands.

Meng Zu tossed the two men onto the ground, then threw the vests to Tony and Ethan. Pointing at one of them, he said to Tony, "Put on the vest, then change into his clothes."

After saying that, Meng Zu stripped the clothes off the other man and put them on himself. Tony took off his own clothes, put on the bulletproof vest, then changed into the other man's clothes as well. He understood Meng Zu's plan, but said irritably, "That's your plan? Do you think the Ten Rings are blind?"

"Of course. Though maybe they really are blind." Meng Zu reached into his clothes and took out the disguise materials he had prepared before setting out from his storage space.

Tony watched Meng Zu peel off the human-skin mask on his face, revealing his true appearance. He praised him, "Not bad disguise work. Tell me your plan."

Meng Zu took out a new human-skin mask and compared it with the Ten Rings member whose clothes he had taken. As he modified it, he said, "You and I will disguise ourselves as these two and take Ethan out. Most of the Ten Rings are asleep right now, and there are only a few guards. There's a jeep in the camp. I'll cover you while you get into it, and then we can drive out of here."

Tony asked uneasily, "Are you sure you can cover us getting to the jeep? There are hidden sentries stationed on the high ground around us."

Meng Zu said confidently, "Don't worry. I'm confident I can deal with them."

Meng Zu put the finished human-skin mask on his face, then completed the other one and placed it on Tony's face. After making a few more adjustments, their faces became exactly identical to those of the two Ten Rings members lying on the ground.

"Let's go. By the way, what are you going to do with that?" Meng Zu pointed at the Mark One parts on the workbench and asked Tony.

"Leave it." Tony shook his head. The Mark One was not important. Any number of weapons manufacturers could make something like it. What mattered was the Miniature Reactor. Without the Miniature Reactor, it was just a toy.

Meng Zu raised an eyebrow. So this thing was still going to be preserved and eventually end up in Obadiah's hands.

But Meng Zu did not bother with it. Even if Obadiah got it, it had nothing to do with him. In any case, Obadiah would only go after Tony.

Meng Zu and Tony led Ethan toward the cave exit. As they passed the quarters of two Ten Rings members, Meng Zu picked up a rifle and handed another one to Tony. He also told Ethan that the guards outside would definitely ask what they were doing, and that he would say they were taking Ethan to the bathroom. He had Ethan teach him how to say it, since he did not speak their language.

When they reached the cave entrance, two Ten Rings members immediately spotted the three of them and asked, "What's going on?"

Following the words Dr. Ethan had just taught him, Meng Zu walked toward them and said in a lowered voice, "His stomach hurts. He says he needs to take a dump."

One of the Ten Rings members said impatiently, "What a pain."

The other looked at Meng Zu suspiciously and asked, "Ashlado, what happened to your voice?"

At those words, Dr. Ethan's expression immediately tightened. He had thought the two men would let them pass, but this unexpected complication had arisen. Meng Zu did not speak the local language. It looked like they were about to be exposed.

Meng Zu had already walked up to them, but he did not answer immediately. In any case, he could not understand the question. Ever since stepping outside, he had secretly watched to see whether any other Ten Rings members were paying attention here, and found that no one was.

Suddenly, with lightning speed, Meng Zu chopped down hard at both men's necks. They immediately felt dizzy and began to collapse. Meng Zu quickly grabbed the backs of their clothes to steady them. "Tony, lean them against the wall."

Tony hurried forward to support one of them, copying Meng Zu as he propped the Ten Rings member against the wall, making it look as though both men were still standing.

Meng Zu said to the two of them, "Now we head for the jeep."

The three of them slowly made their way toward the jeep. A sentry on the mountain saw them below and noticed Dr. Ethan, but seeing that two members were escorting him, he ignored them and went back to playing cards.

Just as they were about to reach the jeep, two Ten Rings members happened to approach from the other direction. Seeing them, they asked, "Hey, where are you going?"

Meng Zu gave the same reply. "His stomach hurts. He says he needs to take a dump."

"Then why are you going this way? The toilet's over there." The man asked suspiciously. But when Meng Zu did not answer and the three of them instead quickened their pace toward the jeep, he immediately sensed something was wrong. He raised his gun at them and shouted, "Stop right there!"

Bang! Bang!

The two gunshots sounded especially piercing in the silent camp. Every Ten Rings member on guard immediately realized something had happened. They grabbed their guns and looked toward the gunfire, only to see two Ten Rings members lying on the ground. Not far away, one member was climbing into the jeep with Dr. Ethan, while another held a gun, muzzle flashing as he fired at the other members.

The moment the other side raised their weapons, Meng Zu decisively opened fire. Two bullets took them both out. At the same time, he shouted at Tony and Ethan, "Get in the car!"

Meng Zu knew that he had been exposed the moment he fired, so before the other Ten Rings members could react, he immediately opened fire on the rest of the camp.

Every gunshot was accompanied by the death of a Ten Rings member. Each one was killed by a single bullet to the head, their faces still frozen in shock.

"Open fire!" The sentries on the high ground raised their automatic rifles and fired at Meng Zu. But he moved like a slippery eel, dodging in advance every time. All the bullets struck empty air.

Meng Zu threw away the rifle after emptying it, then directly took an M4 automatic rifle from his storage space and fired controlled shots at the sentries above.

A Ten Rings member who had been spraying Meng Zu with an M249 suddenly felt his head go light before collapsing limply. The member beside him jumped in fright. Turning his head, he saw a hole in the man's head and immediately crouched behind cover.

The jeep engine started. Tony stuck his head out and shouted to Meng Zu, "Get in!"

Meng Zu retreated toward the jeep while firing at the surviving Ten Rings members. In just a few minutes, he had killed half of them. The rest hurried behind cover. Whenever one or two of them dared poke their heads out to shoot, Meng Zu used his danger sense to dodge in advance, then put a bullet through their heads.

Meng Zu did not get into the jeep. Instead, he jumped onto its roof. He could not return fire from inside the vehicle. He shouted to Tony, "Go!"

Tony slammed down on the accelerator and charged toward the exit. By then, many Ten Rings members who had been asleep had been awakened by the gunfire and rushed out of their tents with guns in hand.

Meng Zu changed magazines and pinned those Ten Rings members down. Then he took grenades from his storage space and hurled them at the stacked ammunition crates and fuel barrels. With a deafening boom, several nearby Ten Rings members were killed by the blast wave and flying debris.

Meng Zu continued hurling grenades at the remaining ammunition crates. Boom! The massive explosions and raging flames forced the surviving Ten Rings members to hide behind cover, too afraid to show themselves.

As Meng Zu suppressed the sentries on the high ground with gunfire, the jeep burst out of the Ten Rings camp.