Escape

"Yinsen, do you think he can really get us out?" After Meng Zu left, Tony asked uneasily. According to the original plan, he would have finished the Mark One in a few more days and could have fought his way out then. If something went wrong now and alerted the Ten Rings, he might not even get another chance to complete the Mark One. Then he would truly never have a chance to leave.

"Tony, the moment he infiltrated this place, he was destined to be discovered by the Ten Rings eventually. Since he managed to get in without a sound, perhaps he really can create a miracle." Dr. Yinsen reassured Tony.

"Fine. Let's hope God blesses us. I really don't know why Pepper found such an idiot." Tony understood the situation perfectly well, but Meng Zu had turned him from the one taking the initiative into the passive party, and that irritated him.

After Tony and Yinsen 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 threw the two men onto the ground, tossed the bulletproof vests to Tony and Yinsen, then pointed at one of them and said to Tony, "Put on the vest, then hurry up and 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 and said unhappily, "That's your plan? Do you think these Ten Rings people are blind?"

"Of course. Though maybe they really are blind." Meng Zu slipped his hand into his clothes and took the disguise supplies he had prepared before setting out from his Storage Space.

Watching Meng Zu peel off the human-skin mask on his face right in front of them and reveal his true appearance, Tony praised him. "That's some impressive disguise work. Tell me your plan."

Meng Zu took out a new human-skin mask and compared it to 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 Yinsen out. Most of the Ten Rings are asleep right now, and there aren't many 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 said uneasily, "Are you sure you can cover us all the way to the jeep? There are sentries posted on the high ground around us."

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

Meng Zu put on the finished human-skin mask, then completed the other one and put 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 get moving. Oh, right, what are you planning 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. Plenty 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 still gets left behind and eventually ends up in Obadiah's hands.

But Meng Zu did not concern himself 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 Yinsen 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 Yinsen that the guards outside would definitely ask what they were doing, so he would say they were taking Yinsen to the toilet. Since Meng Zu did not speak their language, he had Yinsen teach him how to say it.

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. Yinsen 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 hassle."

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

At those words, Dr. Yinsen's expression immediately turned tense. He had thought the two men would simply 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 the two men, but he did not answer immediately. In any case, he could not understand what they were saying. From the moment he came out, he had been secretly watching to see whether any other Ten Rings members were paying attention here. He had found that no one was.

Meng Zu suddenly struck with lightning speed, chopping hard at both men's necks with his hands. The two immediately felt dizzy. Seeing them stagger and begin to collapse, Meng Zu quickly grabbed the backs of their clothes and steadied them. "Tony, lean them against the wall."

Tony hurried forward and supported one of them, copying Meng Zu as he propped the Ten Rings member against the wall, making the two appear as though they were still standing.

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

The three slowly made their way toward the jeep. A sentry on the mountain above spotted them and noticed Dr. Yinsen, but seeing two members guarding him, he ignored them and continued playing cards.

Just as the three 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 instead quickened their pace toward the jeep, he immediately sensed that something was wrong. He raised his gun at them and shouted, "Stop right there!"

Bang! Bang!

The two gunshots were piercingly loud in the silent camp. Every Ten Rings member on guard immediately realized something had happened. They grabbed their weapons and looked toward the source of the shots, only to see two Ten Rings members lying on the ground. Not far away, one member had brought Dr. Yinsen into the jeep, while the other held a gun, muzzle flashing as he fired at the rest of them.

The moment the other side raised their guns, Meng Zu had decisively opened fire. Two bullets took care of the pair, and he shouted to Tony and Yinsen, "Get in the car, now!"

Meng Zu knew that the moment he fired, they had been exposed. Before the other Ten Rings members could react, he immediately began firing at 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, shock still frozen on their faces.

"Fire!" The sentries on the high ground raised their automatic rifles and shot at Meng Zu. But Meng Zu moved like a slippery loach, dodging in advance every time as all the bullets struck empty space.

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

A Ten Rings member who was sweeping Meng Zu with an M249 suddenly felt his head go light before crumpling limply to the ground. The member beside him was startled. When he turned and looked, he saw a hole in the man's head and immediately crouched behind cover.

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

Meng Zu backed toward the jeep while firing at the surviving Ten Rings members. In just a few minutes, half of the Ten Rings members had been killed by Meng Zu. The rest hurriedly hid behind cover. Whenever one or two of them poked their heads out to fire, Meng Zu used Danger Sense to dodge in advance, then shot them in the head.

Meng Zu did not get inside the jeep. Instead, he jumped straight onto its roof. He would not be able to return fire from inside. "Go!" he shouted at Tony.

Tony floored the accelerator and charged toward the exit. By then, many Ten Rings members who had been sleeping had been awakened by the gunfire and rushed from their tents with guns in hand.

Meng Zu changed magazines and forced those Ten Rings members back. Then he took grenades from his Storage Space and threw them at the stacked ammunition crates and oil drums. With a tremendous boom, several nearby Ten Rings members were killed by the blast wave and flying shrapnel.

Meng Zu continued hurling grenades at the remaining ammunition crates. Another huge explosion erupted with fierce flames, forcing the surviving Ten Rings members to hide behind cover, too afraid to show themselves.

As Meng Zu used gunfire to suppress the sentries on the high ground, the jeep charged out of the Ten Rings camp.

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