Chapter 181: Terrifying Liu Xiaotian!

Liu Xiaotian understood Gong Jian's gesture, which meant he should not fire.

While on the plane, Fan Tianlei had Liu Xiaotian and the others switch back to the Type 95 assault rifle because a suppressor could be attached.

But Liu Xiaotian refused.

His reason was that in close-quarters combat, having a suppressor or not makes no real difference.

He really thought that a suppressed gun would just make a little "pff" sound like in the movies, quieter than a fart?

Liu Xiaotian originally thought the same, but reality proved that movies are just movies.

Even after crossing into this film-and-TV world, isn't everything still noticeably different?

What's more, the Type 95 assault rifle itself has a relatively high chance of jamming, and adding a suppressor increases that chance by about twenty percent.

At one, as soon as seen, `nothing`, one mistaken version%!

The blade is 33 centimeters long, slightly curved, single-edged, with no serrations on the spine, but the shark-fin-shaped protrusion at the tip can easily snap rebar no thicker than six millimeters given enough force.

Who could bear such a cost?

At the moment he made his move, that still-young face, already lacking any youthful innocence, showed only ferocity…

What they feared were, first, the CVX2 poison gas bomb on this ship, and second, the missiles hanging under the armed helicopters.

Gong Jian saw Liu Xiaotian simply gripping a military knife with one hand and swiftly crossing the open deck area, and he almost shouted in anger.

Of course, this military knife was not equipment brought by Fan Tianlei, but a gift given separately to Liu Xiaotian by the Elder Principal after that dinner.

He certainly didn't expect that, from the moment he heard Liu Xiaotian say that Qin Yuxi was also on this ship, he had already decided to show no mercy in this operation.

Have you seen the tubular tool butchers use to bleed livestock when slaughtering? The bleeding effect of this military knife after it penetrates a human body is similar to that tool, and even exceeds it.

He also personally test-fired guns with suppressors attached and discovered that this thing only reduces gunfire to a certain extent, and at close range it's utterly useless.

The 5.5-centimeter-wide blade has three blood grooves, something the other military knives lack.

To speak frankly, if it's a pistol duel, body armor will absolutely save your life; but if it's a rifle duel, it depends on how accurate and fast your shooting is.

What Liu Xiaotian didn't know was that the maker and original owner of this military knife was none other than the "Western Old Yangguo" who, that night, had been looking down on troublemakers from the rooftop of the Elder Principal's small building, and who had arranged for it to be passed on to Liu Xiaotian.

In the control room, the four henchmen of Owl were carefully holding their guns, watching several armed helicopters hovering in the distance.

And Liu Xiaotian, after finishing covering for him, immediately engaged the safety, slung the AK-103 behind his back, and drew the multifunctional military knife from his calf with a backhand motion.

It could even reduce this country's population by one-fifth!

But the military knife in Liu Xiaotian's hand is not a triangular bayonet; it is a traditional dagger shape, and its third blood groove is internal rather than on the surface.

If a pistol with a suppressor worked somewhat better, but a rifle…

The only thing is, that ending would be everyone playing together to the end.

That thing, even if they didn't say each armed helicopter carries two, even if all the helicopters together only had one, if it came flying at them, nobody on this ship could walk away alive. Speaking of which, the piece of equipment he's most satisfied with on his person is this military knife.

As for the body armor… just put your doubts to rest, nothing else helps.

Gong Jian was fast, crossing the open deck area in under five seconds and ducking into a corner.

Gong Jian barely suppressed his shock, then followed up.

At that distance, even while aboard an unsteady helicopter, they weren't worried about whether they'd be picked off by a sniper.

At that moment, Gong Jian felt he no longer recognized the recruit who, two months ago, always wore a sunny, easygoing smile like a bright-eyed young man.

Liu Xiaotian then, right after the knife flew from his hand, hooked a finger onto the trigger, gripped the knife again with his other hand, and with both hands heaved the man whose mouth had been pierced by the knife sideways and tossed him over the rail…

Only the old triangular bayonets ever had three blood grooves.

If the gun jammed at a critical moment, at almost face‑to‑face range the difference between body armor and a plastic plate would actually be slight, and the bullet might even deform and tumble when it meets resistance in the armor, causing greater damage once inside the body.

And just then, a sharp sound came from outside the control room, startling the four of them so much they all jerked and nearly pulled the trigger.

Ordinary dagger‑type weapons usually have only two blood grooves, one on each side of the blade.

Just as luck would have it, at that very moment a guy wielding a submachine gun happened to come out from the passageway on the left side of the rail, almost colliding face‑to‑face with Liu Xiaotian, who had just arrived.

I'm afraid the poor sod who dies under this military knife will remember its shape in his next life, even ten bowls of Mengpo soup won't erase that memory.

One can imagine how "stimulating" it would be to get hit by this military knife.

Gong Jian instinctively raised his gun, his finger already on the verge of pulling the trigger, but he stared in disbelief as Liu Xiaotian simply lifted his hand and the military knife plunged straight into the unlucky fellow's just‑opened mouth.

Is this kid opposing me?

Not letting him fire was to ensure mission success, but this kid charging forward with just a knife—what's he trying to do? Give away his head?

Anyway, if you fire on the deck, the people in the first deck below will definitely hear it clearly.

After taking out one man, Liu Xiaotian acted as if nothing had happened, not even wiping the blood spattered on his face, then turned and gestured to Gong Jian before slipping into the passageway.

Owl had told them that once this CVX2 they were wearing was detonated, even if they had just entered the waters of this ancient kingdom, it would inevitably bring the country an unbearable disaster.

Getting startled in this situation and having an accidental discharge is nothing unusual.

"Kuban, go have a look!" one of the obvious squad leaders, a big‑bearded tough guy, ordered the fellow nearest the door.

The named fellow was obviously unwilling, but he also knew that if he didn't obey, he'd only die sooner.

Besides, these people are all desperate outlaws, and their fear now comes entirely from being completely surrounded by fully armed troops.

However, regarding a single possible target who might board this ship, they actually don't feel any fear…

(End of chapter)