Rex only takes a short pistol with him and rushes straight into the forest. He crouches towards the
hillside. As he approaches the depths of the forest, he finds it more difficult to see the surroundings
clearly. He is only able to see the white mist. He is shrouded in mist, with visibility less than 20 meters.
It is terrible to walk in the forest with complicated-terrain mountains in mist. A pouring rain is even
better than the mist.
Rex is completely alone. He doesn’t take any equipment for communication with him, and takes actions
entirely through his own senses and intuition.
Along the way, his clothes almost have been wet. He walks and leans against thick trees. With it, on
the one hand, he could cover himself better. On the other hand, he uses the trees as a reference to
clarify the direction.
About 10 minutes later, the sound of water rushes out of his ears. It means that he has already been
close to the river.
Knowing it, Rex loads his pistol and slows down. He looks around vigilantly without missing any sound.
Even the moving leaves could attract his absolute attention.
In a real combat, people are always exceptionally sensitive to the changes in their surroundings. Rex is
no exception. The moment he reaches the center of the forest, the air falls into dead silence. He turns
around and leans against a thick trunk. He picks up a thumb-sized stone from his feet and throws it into
the bush that is over a meter tall.
...
...
Two low sounds ring out in Rex’s ears. He is familiar with such sounds, which are made by a pistol of
muffler. Even if the similar sounds ring out ten thousand times in his ears, he would never mishear.
Someone is in that bush!
Rex leans against the trunk to cover his body as he focuses on the movement in the bush. Judging by
the position and size of it, there could only be one or two people hiding there. He should quietly move
towards that bush, quickly from one tree to the next one. It will take him two seconds to make it with his
highest speed.
Rex takes a deep breath and staggers over.
The moment he leaves the trunk, the mud beneath his feet is shot by a bullet. The mud even splashes
onto the hem of his trousers. If he had left a second later, his feet would have been shot and broken by
that bullet.
Rex's gaze becomes sharp. The distance is enough. There are only eight bullets in his pistol. Without
hesitation, he raises his pistol and fires two shots at the bush.
It is not surprising that he missed, but his shots could force the opponent out. Once the other party’s
location is known, he would no longer be able to escape.
Sure enough, in the next second, a person rolls out of the bush neatly. He directly rolls behind a large
rock. Unfortunately, apart from the main part, the rock could not cover his entire body.
But the exposed corner of the black clothes causes Rex to stop pulling the trigger.
"Who's that?" he asks in a low voice.
When the other party hears the voice, he freezes for a moment before revealing half of his body.
Seeing Rex standing behind a tree, he is shocked and asks, "Why are you here?"
Rex and the captain gaze at each other. Both heave a sigh of relief inwardly. Then, they get nervous
again, especially the captain. The last one he wants to see in this forest is Rex.
They have no time to chat or make clear why Rex is here. They immediately meet up and each of them
hides behind a tree. The 1.8-meter-tall men actually don’t make a sound at all.
"Take this." The captain takes out a long gun from his back pocket and throws it at Rex's feet. "There
are 15 bullets inside. I don't have enough magazines on me. Do not waste them."
Rex picks it up at once and puts it on his back.
"How's the situation up there?"
"Hawk is cunning. He tied Lily and escaped, but there are no other traces on the scene. They must be
alive." The captain just chased down the river and fought with a few Y locals halfway. His arm is
scratched by a stray bullet. Fortunately, it isn't serious. "Do you wear a vest?"
Rex notices the captain's left hand trembling slightly, his expression darkening, but he doesn’t say
anything. He takes a deep breath and looks away. Then he continues to observe the surroundings and
answers, "Yes."
"Hawk should be on this section. Our people are on the rest sections of the river. He has no place to
hide apart from here. And our people have been guarding around the whole mountain. Unless he has
wings, he has no room to escape. Right now, the most important thing is to find out where he is."
Although the police have already laid a trap in this huge mountain, finding two people is still difficult.
Moreover, Hawk is a cunning criminal, who is almost professional at avoiding detection, so one should
be exceptionally careful when facing with him. Otherwise, he would get into Hawk’s trap.
After Rex and the captain share the information they have gotten, they decide to split up and use the
method of “distraction”. The captain will deliberately make a sound in front to distract the enemy, while
Rex hides not far behind to carry out a sniper attack.
As they circle around, they find two Y locals and hit them in the arm or leg to make them fall on the
ground. But after searching for a longer while, they can't find Hawk.
The captain rushes in first and breaks out in cold sweat. If it weren't for the urgency, no one wants to
expose himself to distract enemies. But on the other hand, it could see how the captain trusts Rex.
They continue forward with the captain ahead and Rex at the back. Finally, in a wooded area, as the
captain rushes forward, a bullet flies over from the south and hits his abdomen.
The tremendous force causes the captain's body to shake. He immediately turns around and hides
behind a trunk. The other party fires four or five shots at the trunk, as if he wants to pierce through it.
The captain touches his abdomen. Fortunately, he is wearing a bulletproof vest. Otherwise, he would
have been killed by that shot.
Once again, the air falls into silence. Rex could clearly determine where the bullet comes from. It
happens to be a lowland.
But in fact, it is only half a meter lower than the place where they are. With such a height, it is enough
for people standing at the higher place to see the scene below, but at the meantime, their positions
would also be exposed.
However, there shouldn't be a lowland in such a forest, unless someone has dug a hole as a lowland in
advance to better snipe them.
Rex fixes his eyes at the edge of the mud. He could say the person hiding inside must be Hawk. He
keeps calm along the whole journey, but thinking that Lily is also there, he could no longer remain calm.
He has to use up his rationality to resist his impulse of charging down and shooting Hawk.
The captain winks at him and looks behind the lowland. It would take at least 15 minutes to get to the
back of the lowland from where they are. But only when they split up could they catch Hawk off guard.
Rex nods and raises his pistol while the captain is setting out, firing two shots at the lowland.
Soon, bullets fly out from inside. Rex narrows his eyes and is about to squat down when he suddenly
hears a familiar voice coming from not far away—
"Ah..."
The painful cries from a woman are so clear that he thinks he is dreaming. During these 10 days, he
has heard this voice countless times in his dreams, in the dark night, and in his illusion. He would never
forget that voice no matter how many years or decades pass.
Rex closes his eyes. When he opens his eyes, his eyes have been filled with anger and the eagerness
for slaughter. He clenches his fingers so tightly that his arms begin to tremble because of this
tremendous force.
‘That's Lily, my Lily.’
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