Chapter 161: Injured!

At that moment, Liu Xiaotian felt an inexplicable emotion.

The three bullets just now had almost silently grazed him.

Even he, who had narrowly escaped death and survived solely by instinct and luck, couldn't determine the exact direction the bullets came from; how could He Chen Guang and the other two on the roof possibly spot the target?

At the same time, he also knew how great a danger He Chen Guang and the two others would face if they tried to shield him in this situation.

It was obvious that the owner of those three guns had already discovered their hiding place on the roof beforehand, but the angle was insufficient to fire at them.

As for the other lethal weapons, if I'm not mistaken, they weren't used because they didn't want to cause too loud a disturbance too early.

Those people hiding in the dark probably didn't even regard the four inexperienced kids as worth noticing; if Liu Xiaotian hadn't been moving toward the building where the Elder Principal lived, those three bullets would never have left the barrels.

But if he left, how could he explain to He Chen Guang and the others even if they survived?

In one, at a glance `no, one mistaken version%!'

This had nothing to do with strength or weakness; rather, over this period, Liu Xiaotian had earned the three's respect and trust through his own ability and personal charm.

And if Liu Xiaotian lost, he would lose his own life.

Does a person without fighting spirit even deserve to wear this uniform?

At the same time, he also knew that at least one gun barrel was surely aimed at him.

From his tone, He Chen Guang and the other two heard his confidence.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Xiaotian made his decision:

An athlete who loses merely loses a chance to prove himself.

Obviously, at this moment his most rational choice should be to open the escape route and then plan further.

Was it camaraderie between comrades? Or the aroused fighting spirit? Or perhaps some other reason? But he simply had no time to think.

Since he inexplicably came to this world, is there anything that isn't dangerous? Is parachuting safe? Or is an airplane malfunction in midair safe? Or perhaps, is his first foray into the jungle, where he nearly got blown up by a scorpion, safe?

At the moment he rushed out of the dead angle, two bullets drilled into the ground in front of him, which Liu Xiaotian knew.

Liu Xiaotian knew, those were the bullets that followed.

And in their hearts, the three had long since regarded Liu Xiaotian as the leader of their four‑person "team"; they were willing to believe his words and to carry them out as orders!

Liu Xiaotian said "Okay," took another deep breath—essentially repeating his old trick—removed his bulletproof vest, outer clothing, and hat, stood up slowly yet firmly, and slowly exhaled that breath… just as the air in his lungs was gradually emptied, he suddenly shook his hand, and the three objects of different weight—his hat, outer clothing, and bulletproof vest—immediately flew out from that dead angle.

Then he took a deep breath:

Otherwise, he might not have a future at all.

As he leapt forward, with his upper body already entering the window of the building where the Elder Principal lived, a bullet flashed like lightning from the darkness and instantly burst into a bloom of blood on his left calf.

And Liu Xiaotian now had no sufficient acceleration process.

Moreover, while Liu Xiaotian was in danger, a small flame ignited in his heart and grew stronger; and just before he threw them, he lowered his upper body again, planted his right foot against the wall corner, and in the next second, as he flung them out, he exerted force explosively, his body shooting forward like a cannonball, almost skimming the ground.

The whole motion was extremely continuous, taking no more than 1.5 seconds.

"Well… you have to be careful! If you spot the target, tell us right away—after all, our position is a high point!" He Chen Guang said in a low voice without affectation.

He knew that flame should be called—fighting spirit!

So he had to be fast, as fast as he possibly could.

Especially after he had just beaten Tang Chengfeng badly on the boxing ring not long before.

"Ugh!" Liu Xiaotian grunted, his body fully entering the window.

Just before he appeared, two bullets almost instantly hit his clothing and hat the moment they appeared, then immediately drilled into the ground, producing a peculiar sound.

Over a distance of ten meters, the fastest speed humans can achieve according to known data is 1.6 seconds, and at that time the world champion in the 100‑meter sprint, when fully accelerated, reached the speed he had between 60 and 70 meters.

"Don't worry, I can handle it!"

Except that he is now also in a competition, but not to win a medal, rather to win back his right to live.

After Liu Xiaotian darted out, before his body even touched the ground, he planted both hands on the floor and pushed hard, rolling diagonally to the left front, then lunged forward again to the right front.

And emotion is also a fundamental difference between humans and other living beings.

Stay and fight side by side with his comrades! What's so dangerous about that?

If he died, how would he face his own conscience? The system's choice is absolutely rational and objective, but he is a living, breathing person!

Immediately, the two opened European‑style wooden windows shut with a bang, followed by two clear "ding" sounds.

"You three, get down immediately! The enemy is hiding in the dark; the roof has surely been discovered—no one should stand up!"

A person without fighting spirit—what's the point even if the system is rebooted and everything from the past four or five months is reset? "Jiaweis," activate the electronic scanner! Activate all auxiliary functions! After Liu Xiaotian issued the command to "Jiaweis" in his mind, he immediately pressed the communicator switch and said in a low voice:

But Liu Xiaotian still overestimated his speed and strength.

Thereafter, Liu Xiaotian, having returned to a standing position, hesitated not at all and leapt like lightning toward the open window of the building, which was only about ten meters away.

If Liu Xiaotian now chooses reason and decides to leave, then is he a machine or some kind of animal? In any case, he would have stepped outside the realm of humanity.

The fundamental difference between human thought and computer programs is that human thought is swayed and influenced by emotion, whereas computer programs merely analyze pros and cons according to their code and choose the option that harms them the least.

Even now, he still hasn't fully figured out why he is taking such a risk.

If it weren't for those two wooden windows closing in time and being bulletproof, he would certainly be seriously injured even if he weren't dead.

Although, he is already wounded now.

A chunk of muscle had been torn out from the back of his calf, which was fortunate in that it hadn't damaged tendons or bone.

But that wound, two centimeters deep and three centimeters wide, still made his face turn pale and a fine layer of sweat bead on his forehead…

(End of chapter)