179: Chapter 178 Resistance is Futile 179: Chapter 178 Resistance is Futile Torrey Gandyman looked very angry and scared, and his face, twisted in pain, made him seem quite fierce.
“Don’t treat me like a fool.
If I do what you say, I’ll be the one who dies!”
After getting shot, Torrey Gandyman became even more defiant; he yelled at Gao Yang and with a desperate look firmly fixed on Gao Yang, he refused to order his bodyguards to clear the path.
Gao Yang naturally was reluctant to kill Torrey Gandyman; he would rather use Torrey’s life to exchange for the safety of Simon, Bob, and the others.
Gao Yang was extremely anxious inside, but luckily his face was covered, so Torrey Gandyman couldn’t see any expression of abnormality.
“If we give up on rescuing Bob, how much money can you give us?”
After pondering for a moment, Gao Yang blurted out a sentence, but upon hearing Gao Yang’s question, some spark returned to Torrey Gandyman’s eyes.
“I have cash, I do!
But I have less than two million in cash.
I can give you a check for fifty million, a bearer check, you can withdraw the money from any bank in the United States, believe me, this money is nothing to me, I just want to survive.”
Gao Yang shook his head with a tone of regret, “If you were in my shoes, would you accept a check?
Forget it, I might as well try to rescue Bob.
At least I know for certain that bringing him back guarantees me ten million in cash.
It’s a pity, but you’re of no use anymore.”
Watching Gao Yang aim the gun at his forehead, Torrey Gandyman shouted loudly, “Don’t shoot, take Bob away, and then I’ll give you all the money here.
That way, you can earn more, and we don’t have to continue fighting.
Is that acceptable?”
Gao Yang did not move the gun away; after a brief silence, he said, “That sounds like a good idea.
I can get ten million and then some more.
Alright, your life is spared.
Now tell your men to cease fire, and let our men come up.”
After gasping for a few breaths, Torrey Gandyman yelled, “Take me downstairs, let me talk to my people.”
Gao Yang nodded, and immediately Frey stepped forward, grabbing Torrey Gandyman by the collar like handling a dead dog and dragged him to the staircase.
Once Frey had dragged Torrey Gandyman away, Gao Yang loudly asked Li Jinfang who was still leaning against the doorframe, “How about it?
Can you walk?”
Li Jinfang shook his head vigorously and said, “A bit dizzy, but not a big problem.
You?
Is the blood loss severe?”
Gao Yang looked at the wound on his leg and shook his head, “Didn’t hit the artery, I can hold on for a while.”
After speaking, Gao Yang limped behind Frey, and Li Jinfang, swaying, followed behind Gao Yang.
They made it to the stairwell, and then Torrey Gandyman yelled down the stairwell, “Don’t shoot, I’m Torrey.
I’m coming down, cease fire, everyone cease fire!”
People downstairs were still trying to rush up, but Glolov held the stairwell entrance firmly with his shotgun.
Once Torrey Gandyman finished shouting, the people gathered at the third floor ceased firing.
Gao Yang gestured to Li Jinfang and then spoke with a deep voice, “You’re injured, stay here.
We three will go down.”
Li Jinfang understood Gao Yang’s gesture and nodded, saying, “Got it, be careful.”
After that, the impeded Gao Yang, with the gun on Torrey Gandyman, and Glolov and Frey leading the way, the three of them surrounded Torrey and slowly descended the stairs.
Just as Glolov and Frey, who were in front, reached the turn of the staircase between the third and fourth floors, the gunfire, which had ceased on the third floor, suddenly burst out again.
Glolov and Frey had nowhere to hide and were both hit and fell immediately.
Gao Yang had thought that with a hostage, the drug traffickers wouldn’t dare to shoot, but he never expected the gang members not only to shoot but also to show no mercy towards Torrey Gandyman.
As he watched Glolov and Frey fall one after the other, and even Torrey Gandyman getting shot and rolling down the stairs, only Gao Yang, at the back, did not get hit.
Gao Yang felt a rush of anger surge to his head and, in a moment of desperation, he disregarded everything else.
They had been caught off guard by the third-floor shooters.
There was no going back.
If they couldn’t take out all the enemies blocking the stairs, none of them would survive.
Gao Yang’s eyes were bloodshot, hardly feeling the pain in his leg as he swung the shotgun around.
With a leap, he jumped onto the flat ground at the corner.
The moment he sprang out, Gao Yang’s shotgun fired without a pause, and in an instant, he took down the two people he saw.
Gao Yang ran down the stairs quickly, firing a shot with each step.
His shotgun was semi-automatic, but at this moment, in his hands, it fired almost as fast as if it were fully automatic.
With each shot, Gao Yang shoved a cartridge into the chamber, and as his left hand fed the ammunition and gripped the barrel, his right hand pulled the trigger.
Only in this way could he maintain control over the rapid reloading and shooting, preventing the shotgun from getting out of control due to one-handed firing, all the while replenishing ammunition to ensure the shotgun didn’t run out.
Gao Yang descended fourteen steps, fired fourteen shots, and killed fourteen people.
His upper body, the biggest target, took at least three more hits; if not for his heavy body armor, he would have been dead several times over.
As Gao Yang charged and shot, finally stepping onto the third floor, a bullet struck his helmet from the side.
The force of the bullet knocked Gao Yang’s head sideways.
Although the bullet didn’t penetrate his helmet, the huge impact left him dizzy and disoriented.
Gao Yang immediately turned and aimed his shotgun, then he saw a drug dealer holding a revolver, who, while staring at him in horror, kept firing.
Although they were no more than five meters apart, the drug dealer shot his bullets into the sky.
Fighting through his dizziness, Gao Yang fired once, missing his target.
The second shot made the drug dealer sway, but didn’t take him down.
Despite this, the drug dealer kept pulling his trigger at Gao Yang, although his revolver was out of bullets.
He was futilely pulling the trigger on an empty gun, but he didn’t stop until Gao Yang’s third shot blew a large hole in his chest, causing the drug dealer to finally collapse.
Even lying on the ground, the now-dead drug dealer’s fingers still mechanically tugged at the trigger under the control of his nervous system.
After killing the last drug dealer guarding the third floor, Gao Yang took a couple of deep breaths.
Then he saw Torrey Gandyman, bloody all over, and anger flared up in his brain.
Li Jinfang had already come running down when he noticed something amiss on the third floor, but by then Gao Yang had slaughtered everyone there, so Li Jinfang didn’t go down the stairs.
Instead, he ran to Frey, who was situated a bit higher up, and turned over Frey’s face-down body, only to find Frey lying face full of blood on the ground.
After being turned over, a weak Frey said, “Toad, I’ve been shot, am I going to die?”
Li Jinfang shouted anxiously, “Where did you get shot?”
Pointing toward the root of his thigh, Frey said softly, “Seems like here, it hurts so much, my chest and face hurt too.”
Li Jinfang checked Frey’s face and then, ignoring Frey’s upper body protected by body armor, went straight to inspect the thigh area.
After just a glance, Li Jinfang loudly declared, “His injury isn’t serious.”
Having told Gao Yang about Frey’s condition, Li Jinfang immediately said to Frey, “You’re not going to die, your face got hurt when you fell down, and the wound on your thigh isn’t that bad either.
The bullet hit the edge of the body armor and then changed direction to your thigh, losing most of its force.
I guarantee you won’t die.”
While Li Jinfang was assessing Frey’s injuries, Gao Yang went to check on Glolov, who was lying on his back.
But he was surprised to find that Glolov didn’t have any serious injuries, except for a scorch mark from a bullet graze on his right cheek, which went past the ear, piercing a small hole before exiting and creating a wound behind the ear.
Glolov seemed to be just superficially wounded and wasn’t too serious, but he was unconscious.
Gao Yang was briefly taken aback, then remembered what he had learned: when a person’s inner ear is severely damaged, they can lose balance, and in severe cases, fall into a coma.
Since Glolov wasn’t in mortal danger, Gao Yang simply pushed him a few times, and Glolov opened his eyes.
Checking the injuries of Glolov and Frey took only a few seconds.
Now, Gao Yang and his team didn’t have much time, only enough to confirm that Frey and Glolov weren’t in life-threatening danger.
Gao Yang, furious, kicked Torrey Gandyman from the stairs up to the third floor, then he was astonished to find that Torrey Gandyman, who had no protection on his body whatsoever, was not dead, having been shot just once in the arm and once in the shoulder, but with no fatal wounds.
Seeing Gao Yang furious, Li Jinfang immediately said, “Calm down!”
Gao Yang wasn’t blinded by rage.
He didn’t shoot Torrey Gandyman dead but instead crouched down and said harshly to him, “You planned to get us killed.”
Torrey Gandyman shook his head weakly, “They are drug dealers; how could I deal with them directly?
Their boss would obey my every command, but they wouldn’t.
I was negligent; I simply forgot this point.”
Gao Yang sneered coldly, “Don’t try to fool me.
I know the difference between falling because you’re shot and falling on purpose.
When you threw yourself forward and rolled all the way down, I knew you did it deliberately.
It seems you have a strong will to live and are daring enough to try such a dangerous way to survive.
Since you want to live so badly, stop your futile resistance.
Give the order to your men to stop shooting right now.”
Torrey Gandyman wasted no more words.
He immediately yelled at the top of his lungs toward the stairs below, “I’m Toller, cease fire, everyone cease fire!”(To be continued.
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