Chapter 80: with translation of chapter title

Wang Qingshan wisely said nothing more.

As for Warrior School, he had no personal feelings toward it.

The reason he was worried was entirely because Wang Yanbing was currently inside.

As Shang Ming's most trusted subordinate, Wang Qingshan naturally knew what kind of force Shang Ming's organization had poured into this operation.

Three top-tier mercenary squads, plus more than a dozen of his strongest subordinates.

One could say that, aside from Wang Qingshan, all of Shang Ming's available forces were now attacking Warrior School.

The reason he kept Wang Qingshan was merely to ensure his own safety.

Shang Ming, leaning back in his chair to rest, naturally had nothing more to say.

He was waiting, waiting to see the most exciting segment of the "variety show" in the grand play he himself had directed.

The curtain had risen, but as the "general director," he could not sit in the audience to enjoy it; instead he had to stay here, adjusting the play's order and the timing of each main character's entrance based on the performances of the "audience" and "actors."

Even Wang Qingshan didn't know that, just two minutes earlier, the first lead of this grand play had already taken the stage in full makeup!

In the hospital of Warrior School, a figure dressed the same as the black-clad men silently approaching the small building where the Elder Principal lived slipped out from a half-open door at the end of the hallway, quickly crossed the corridor, and leapt from the second-floor balcony, landing lightly.

If anyone saw that figure up close at this moment, they would notice that, judging by her silhouette, she was a woman—and a young woman with an extremely hot figure.

After landing, the woman paused not a moment before darting into the darkness.

Her speed was so great as to be shocking.

Meanwhile, on the roof of a three-story building about fifty meters east of the small building where the Elder Principal lived, Liu Xiaotian, He Chen Guang, Wang Yanbing, and Li Erniu each took a corner, carefully observing the surroundings through night-vision triple magnifying scopes.

Several minutes had passed since they arrived at the rooftop, yet they had found nothing.

Suddenly, Liu Xiaotian heard the Elder Principal's voice through his earpiece:

"Liu Xiaotian, leave the rooftop now and come to me; I'm waiting for you in the first-floor restaurant."

Liu Xiaotian blinked slightly, then immediately replied:

"Yes! I'll be right there!"

Having said that, he sprang up from the ground, tossed his disguise aside, gave a quiet greeting to He Chen Guang and the others, telling them to shift their watch direction, then clipped his climbing rope's carabiner to the rebar at the corner and flipped himself off the rooftop.

Whether his sliding speed and moves were as cool as in movies, Liu Xiaotian didn't know nor care, but he had to admit that from flipping down to landing took him just over two seconds, which was actually not much different from the time needed to simply fall straight down.

The difference was that if he had just fallen, he would surely have been injured even if he didn't die, but Liu Xiaotian, upon landing, performed a forward roll, pushed off with his rear foot as he rose, and launched his whole body forward.

His speed was fast, and with each step forward his body angle and head position shifted accordingly.

One could say that even if a sniper rifle far off were currently aiming at him, it could not possibly hit him precisely.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"—three obviously silenced gunshots rang out from three different directions, all aimed at Liu Xiaotian, who was sprinting at full speed.

If Liu Xiaotian had not been continuously changing direction while sprinting at full speed, those three bullets would certainly have left three through-and-through holes in his body. And that was not even the most important part.

What truly made his scalp tingle was that, beforehand, "Jiaweis" had not even given a warning! After darting into a dead corner of the wall, Liu Xiaotian didn't even have time to catch his breath before immediately "questioning" Jiaweis:

"What's going on? You didn't notice someone shooting at me?!"

After a gap of two or three seconds, Jiaweis's voice sounded in his mind: "sri, sorry, your opponents are at least three levels above the system's level; I cannot track their positions or the danger they pose to you."

Liu Xiaotian:...

What does that mean? Exceeding the system level?

Do people in this world also have levels? I've never heard of that before! It seemed as if the system had "heard" Liu Xiaotian's question, and its mechanical voice immediately responded.

However, it also seemed to have accurately assessed the danger Liu Xiaotian now faced, speaking at least twice as fast as usual: "System notice: In a Special Forces Level 1 copy world, Level 2 combatants generally do not appear; the current crisis is a sudden situation and exceeds the system's control range. Please, host, judge the situation yourself and decide whether to activate the escape exit."

Liu Xiaotian froze: "What escape exit?"

"The escape exit is a temporary teleportation portal that allows the host to flee to a safe area when encountering opponents or dangers above the system level, but each use imposes a seven-day cooldown before the next use."

At that moment, Liu Xiaotian truly wanted to choose to leave immediately without hesitation.

But what would happen after he left? What should be done with the people here? "And what about after I leave?" Liu Xiaotian asked again.

"The system will automatically reboot the current copy, and you will return to the airplane where you activated the system.

That is, the current copy will be formatted, and everyone except you will be erased.

However, such a system reboot, before you upgrade the system to Platinum Level 2, allows only one reboot per level.

If after the reboot you still encounter this situation, the system will be unable to provide you any further help, including activating the escape exit."

Liu Xiaotian was dazed, completely dazed.

All right, this means I can start over, going back to when I first parachuted from the airplane and do it all again.

And He Chen Guang, Wang Yanbing, and Li Erniu will become strangers once more.

And as the host, he can alter the course of events through his own actions...

But if he still inevitably ends up here, there will be no second chance.

At that moment, He Chen Guang's voice, filled with worry and concern, suddenly came through the earpiece: "Xiaotian! How are you? You're not hurt, are you?"

"Don't panic; Yanbing and Erniu are looking for the target. I'm preparing to cover your advance into that building ahead. Get ready— in a moment I'll fire continuous bursts at the suspicious spots on both sides of you, which should have some effect on any hidden enemies."

"After I fire, you must enter that building as quickly as possible; otherwise, the dead‑corner you're in now will become your grave!"

(End of chapter)