797: Chapter 788 You’re Not Qualified 797: Chapter 788 You’re Not Qualified Gao Yang’s thoughts had changed at this point; he felt that after the experiences he had had along the way, combined with the last step of falling into a pit that clearly had a hidden entrance by someone, it might not be some deity looking down on him unfavorably, but rather a force leading him to this cave all along.
So, his luck wasn’t too bad; on the contrary, it was too good to be true, or at least that’s how Gao Yang consoled himself.
As the enemy got closer, when they finally stepped into the firing line that Gao Yang had set, he opened fire.
There were fewer enemies than Gao Yang had anticipated, and taking advantage of the light source provided by the enemies themselves, Gao Yang fired seven short bursts in succession.
There isn’t much to say about the shooting process; Gao Yang killed six people with eight short bursts, and when the last one holding the flashlight turned to run back, Gao Yang couldn’t make an accurate judgment, so he relied on the unfavorable light and the camera screen as an aid, correcting his aim twice before hitting the last enemy.
Gao Yang realized he had overlooked a problem; in the dark, if there is a light source, then eyes can only observe the area lit by the bright light.
Outside the bright light, everything becomes even darker.
The enemy brought in five flashlights, and after a burst of gunfire from Gao Yang, the individuals holding the flashlights fled, but at least three flashlights were aimed at his direction, two of which were directly shining into Gao Yang’s eyes.
Whether to shoot the flashlights, pick them up, or change the direction of their beams, after contemplating briefly, Gao Yang decided to just break them.
Retrieving them or changing their direction would’ve posed a great risk and wouldn’t have been of much use, whereas shooting them required just a flick of his fingers.
Gao Yang promptly took out all five flashlights.
The cave was dark once more, the only light being the camera screen in front of Gao Yang.
After a brief moment of chaos, the enemy made their move again, this time without using any light source, and two figures tiptoed slowly through the cave.
Since the curve of the cave was very slight, Gao Yang could see the enemy from afar, at least two hundred meters away.
The infrared Thermal Imaging System of the camera wasn’t as powerful as a professional thermal imager, but it could already make out a clear image of the targets at two hundred meters.
Watching the movements and postures of the two figures, Gao Yang thought they must be carrying Rocket Launchers.
Gao Yang decided to strike first and fired a shot into the darkness, but neither of the two people was hit; instead, they both crouched down on the ground.
The camera could allow Gao Yang to see the enemy, but it did not assist in aiming like a scope would, so in the darkness, without the ability to observe the bullet impact, Gao Yang had to repeatedly adjust his trajectory to hit the enemy.
After two more short bursts failed to hit the target accurately, Gao Yang simply fired continuously; he was now like a blind cat, only able to shoot in the manner of stumbling upon a dead Mouse.
Gao Yang fired continuously and indeed guessed right on one, but a rocket shooter also opened fire.
Seeing a flash of light, Gao Yang quickly ducked behind a statue and then heard a deafening explosion.
The blast from the rocket was very weak, and Gao knew that the enemy must be using armor-piercing shells, which are effective against armored vehicles or fortifications, but not nearly as deadly against personnel.
Therefore, even though the rocket had landed in the cave, Gao Yang had not suffered any injuries.
To be exact, except for his ears, Gao Yang hadn’t sustained any injuries.
Having loaded a new magazine, he rapidly fired another volley of bullets towards the enemy.
As he managed to push them back, Gao Yang couldn’t help but smile bitterly, then quickly took out a knife, cut two pieces of fabric from his clothes, rolled them into small balls, and stuffed them into his ears.
The cave had a particularly strong echo effect, and the noise of gunfire was already extremely loud; as for the sound of explosions, it was so powerful it could deafen someone.
By stuffing his ears, although it impaired his hearing, preventing Gao Yang from using the enemy’s footsteps to judge distance, it protected his poor ears from being damaged to the point of deafness for several days.
Moreover, with the continuous noise attack, even if his ears were deafened, he wouldn’t be able to hear footsteps anyway.
Just as he had plugged his ears, Gao Yang thought he vaguely heard someone shouting.
He had to remove one of the cloth balls and then heard someone desperately yelling, “Can you hear me?
Answer me!”
Since it had come down to attrition and there was plenty of time, Gao Yang leisurely shouted back, “Are you talking to me?
If you are, I didn’t hear it.”
After a brief silence, someone angrily shouted, “Then go to hell!”
“Sure, try to kill me!
Come on if you’re brave enough!”
Now the enemy had also figured out where the safe zone was, and following Gao Yang’s unhesitating invitation for the enemy to come and kill him, someone quickly exposed half of their body and fired towards Gao Yang for a long time, emptying an entire magazine before ducking back again.
“That won’t do, if you want to kill me, you’ll have to get closer.
Come on, I won’t shoot, we’ll have a fight to the death once you’re close enough.
If you dare, why don’t you come over like a man and face me, huh?”
Having switched on taunt mode, Gao Yang’s mood improved considerably, of course, the main reason he felt good was that his toothache was gone.
After another brief silence, someone growled, “Don’t get too smug, bastard.
We can just block the entrance and trap you alive in here.
Are you still laughing now?”
“Hahaha, fine, why not?
Leave then, and seal off the entrance.
We can call a truce, thanks.”
Whether the other two lava tubes connected to the outside was still an issue.
Thus, if the enemy sealed off the cave, it was indeed a fatal move.
The more critical the situation, the more he needed to appear relaxed.
Apparently uncertain where Gao Yang’s confidence stemmed from, the person shouting at Gao Yang switched to a somewhat calmer tone, bellowing, “Who the hell are you?
Why did you attack us, and what do you want?”
Gao Yang said leisurely, “What if I say I’m a superhero, just trying to rescue those pitiful people you’ve taken as slaves, would you believe that?
And who are you?
Are you Captain Sadiq?”
“Exactly, it’s me.
It seems you already know my name.
You’ve killed my business partner and dozens of my men.
Where the hell did you freak come from!”
Gao Yang replied nonchalantly, “You, son of a bitch, are just a wretched coward hiding in the back.
I don’t like the word ‘freak.’ If you want to talk to me, you need to be a bit more polite.”
“You’re trying to enrage me, but I won’t fall for your tricks because I don’t quarrel with a dead man.”
“Yes, I’m about to die, I only have a few decades of life left, I’m so scared.”
Gao Yang would never believe that Sadiq would let him go, and likewise, Captain Sadiq wouldn’t be foolish enough to try to coax Gao into giving up resistance with the ploy of letting him go.
Their dialogue was just a temporary attempt to psych out the other, since neither could do anything about their opponent for the moment.
Unfortunately for Sadiq, it was bad enough that he had already suffered losses in his ranks.
Trying to get a verbal upper hand wasn’t working either, even though he actually held the absolute advantage in reality.
After another pause, Captain Sadiq suddenly said, “I’ve heard you painted your face red?
Just like those Wild Men I killed, right?
Superhero, what’s your relationship with those Wild Men I hunted?
If there is one, I’d be very happy to tell you, I’ve slaughtered them all, hahaha!”
Gao Yang’s heart sunk; Captain Sadiq had indeed hit a sore spot.
Panic started to creep in for Gao Yang.
Everything he had done was in the hopes of ensuring the Chieftain and his people were safe.
If they were indeed dead, then everything he had done would have been in vain.
After a moment of panic, Gao Yang forced himself to calm down.
As he fell silent, Sadiq laughed loudly, very pleased with himself and said, “It seems I was right, what a pity.
I should’ve brought the corpses to show you, those Wild Men begging pitifully for their lives were such a delight to remember.”
Gao Yang snorted with laugher, “Idiot, you’re celebrating too early.
You got the wrong method to strike at me, you brainless idiot filled with shit.”
Hearing Sadiq’s words, Gao Yang immediately felt at ease.
He could guarantee the Chieftain and his people were definitely not dead.
The people from the Akuri tribe, when they needed to take revenge, would just pick up their bows and silently seek it, without any need for discussion.
If they failed, they would silently accept death.
Begging for mercy was simply out of the question.
Sadiq should have left Gao feeling uneasy for a while with fewer words, but he said too much and gave himself away immediately.
With confidence restored, Gao Yang had the leisure to continue taunting Sadiq.
Enraged by Gao Yang’s sudden change in attitude, Sadiq, who dared not show weakness, gritted his teeth and said word by word, “You’ll regret messing with me; your end will be unpleasant.
I won’t make it easy for you.
I’ll make sure you realize you’ve meddled with the wrong person.
No matter who you are, no matter what your intentions, in the end, you’ll suffer.”
After a hearty laugh, Gao Yang shouted, “You got it all wrong, Captain, and ridiculously so.
Let me tell you where you’ve erred.
First off, how many of your men did I take down today?
Forty?
Fifty?
Or maybe sixty?”
Sadiq said disdainfully, “If you hadn’t scurried around like a Mouse, you’d be dead by now.”
Gao Yang laughed, “Fine, perhaps guerrilla tactics don’t instill fear in you.
So, Captain Sadiq, I want to ask, with things having gotten to this point, do you not think that I’m a bit different from the ordinary folks who can be easily bullied?”
Sadiq fell silent, and Gao Yang kept laughing, “I’ve gotten myself into this pitfall, and you’ve pushed me to this pass, there’s nothing to be said there.
But let me tell you, I’m not someone you can threaten.
You completely lack the qualifications.” (To be continued.
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