Ambush

Before long, Xiao Qi and the others sprinted in a panic through a narrow alley. Close on their heels, Felonka pursued with a horde of subordinates. At that moment, just as the last pursuer was about to run past the alley entrance, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from a small doorway to the right and yanked him inside. Immediately, Du Yin and several others clamped down on his mouth and pinned his limbs. The player's eyes bulged wide as he thrashed frantically, letting out muffled whimpers. Long Ming reached out, grabbed the man's head, and twisted sharply. *Crack!* Instantly killed, the player slumped limp to the ground. Long Ming at once picked up the single-shot rifle from the guy's hands, then fished a box of bullets out of the corpse's pocket. The corpse then slowly dissolved into white light, leaving a backpack behind on the floor. Long Ming swiftly rifled through the backpack, but found only a tactical dagger, some compressed biscuits, and water. Meanwhile, the two City of Sin players running second- and third-to-last heard the strange commotion and instinctively glanced back over their shoulders. "Weird, where did Cato go?" "No idea. He was right behind us just a second ago!" "Something's wrong!" Both players immediately grew vigilant and began backtracking with their single-shot rifles raised. When they reached the doorway, Long Ming darted out without warning and pulled the trigger! *Bang!* In an instant, one of the City of Sin players had his head blown open. Just as the other player raised his gun to shoot Long Ming, Johnny burst out from behind the door, lunging forward and tackling him straight to the ground. Du Yin and the others rushed up as well, pinning the man's arms and legs. Long Ming quickly stepped in, swung his rifle butt hard against the man's forehead, and finished him off. "Quick, grab the guns!" Long Ming said to Johnny and the others. "On it!" Johnny and Du Yin hurriedly picked up the dropped rifles and ammunition. "Move!" Long Ming led them forward, giving chase after Felonka's group. By then, Felonka and his subordinates were having a grand time hunting their prey. Every now and then, they fired a few shots to pick off a rat, jeering in high spirits. "Run! Come on, run faster!" Hearing the taunts from Felonka and his men, Xiao Qi and her crew burned with fury. One after another, out-of-breath members of the Rat Squad gasped to Xiao Qi: "Sister Qi, we really can't run anymore!" "I'm done for too!" They had already burned through vast amounts of stamina while fleeing the horde of corpse monsters. Now pursued by Felonka and his men, their endurance had truly hit rock bottom. Listening to them, Xiao Qi bit her lower lip. Only one option lay before them now: order everyone to scatter, run for their lives, or hide their loot. Yet making that call was essentially mutually destructive. While scattering could prevent the loot from falling into enemy hands, a lone player stood virtually no chance of surviving long enough to evacuate. Still, Xiao Qi quickly made up her mind. She would rather fail the mission entirely than let these bastards get what they wanted. With that thought, she was just about to tell everyone to scatter and run for their lives. Just then, a flurry of gunshots rang out. "Aah!" Felonka's subordinates dropped one after another as bullets struck them. "What's going on?" Felonka was taken aback. "Boss, someone's attacking us from behind!" Tangke hurriedly reported to Felonka. At that moment, Yun Yu exclaimed to Xiao Qi with delight, "Sister Qi, Sister Mila came to save us!" "No, it's not Sister Mila—it's Long Ming and Johnny!" Xiao Qi looked back and spotted Long Ming and the others crouched behind street cover, firing continuously into Felonka's squad. Tang Ye and the others were dumbfounded. "How could it be Long Ming and his guys?" "Don't worry about that now, just run!" Xiao Qi shouted urgently to everyone. "Right!" The crew spurred their legs and bolted ahead. Seeing Xiao Qi and her group seizing the chance to flee, Felonka grew enraged. He whipped around to Tangke and ordered, "Tangke, take five men and stay behind to take them out!" "Got it, Boss." Tangke stayed behind with five subordinates, returning fierce fire at Long Ming and his team. Long Ming and his companions immediately scattered behind parked cars. *Bang! Bang!* In an instant, a dense hail of bullets slammed into their cover. *Bang, bang!* Pinned down so hard they couldn't even poke their heads out, Johnny and the others called to Long Ming anxiously, "Brother, what do we do now?" "Pin them down!" Long Ming's expression shifted before he shouted back to Johnny and the rest. "What? We pin them down?!" Johnny and the others were stunned. Without waiting to see if they agreed, Long Ming seized the gap while the enemy was reloading, hunched low, sprinted out from behind the car, and bolted toward a nearby building. Tangke instantly raised his automatic pistol and fired repeatedly at Long Ming. *Bang! Bang!* Bullets whistled past Long Ming. With a flying leap, Long Ming dived into the building. "Dammit!" Seeing this, Tangke cursed under his breath. Taking advantage of the moment, Johnny and the others peeked out and fired back at Tangke. *Bang, bang!* One of Tangke's subordinates took a bullet to the chest and collapsed unwillingly. Tangke and his men promptly returned fire! "Aargh!" A beat too slow to dodge, Du Yin was struck by two rounds and went down. Buck-toothed Zhang Yu forced down his terror and rushed over, scooped up Du Yin's dropped gun, and tremblingly poked his head out. The moment his head emerged, a headshot took him down instantly! As the remaining two, Wu Qing and Doken, moved to retrieve the gun, Johnny quickly yelled to stop them, "Don't bother! Even if you pick it up, it's useless!" "Then what do we do?" Hearing Johnny, the two could only shrink back beside him. Just then, Long Ming appeared at a second-story window, took aim at an enemy player, and squeezed the trigger. *Bang!* In a flash, a player took a shot to the belly, tumbling to the ground with an agonized howl! Though it wasn't an immediately fatal hit, without medical supplies, a gut shot was practically a death sentence; there was no need to waste another round to finish him. "Damn it!" Seeing another subordinate taken down, Tangke immediately fired at Long Ming. Long Ming quickly pulled back, reloaded, leaned out from an adjacent window, and pulled the trigger once more! *Bang!* Another City of Sin player collapsed instantly. Tangke was stunned by the sight. How could his marksmanship be this deadly? He quickly snapped out of it, though, and shouted to Tuke, "Suppress him!" Old Tu and the others immediately unleashed continuous fire at Long Ming. Seizing the opening, Tangke pulled the pin on a high-explosive grenade, cooked it for a count, and hurled it through the second-story window where Long Ming was positioned. *Boom!* A massive explosion ripped through the room. "You bastards!" Seeing this, Johnny furiously raised his gun and fired a shot at Tangke. *Clang!* The bullet grazed Tangke's right cheek, leaving behind a bloody gash. Tangke hurriedly ducked behind a car. Furious, Old Tu pulled the pin on another high-explosive grenade, cooked it, and lobbed it straight toward Johnny's position. Before Johnny could even react, the grenade landed right in front of them. *Boom!* A colossal explosion tore through the area. "Beautiful work!" Tangke said excitedly.