Chapter 1063: Creating Traces of Escape

Upon receiving He Yuzhu's order, Hu Bayi and the others quickly withdrew from the earthen pit and sprinted toward the dense forest.

Just then, Xu Damao let out an "Ouch!" and fell to the ground.

Hu Bayi thought he had been shot, so he and Wang Pangzi each grabbed one of his arms and dragged him into the woods.

He Yuzhu fought while running, using the cover along the way; those bullets that looked like they were about to hit his body were all collected by the System Space. They could not harm him at all.

The Government Army swarmed up like a plague of locusts, roaring crazily: "Kill him! Kill him!"

He Yuzhu fought his way to the edge of the large pit, leaped, and jumped directly into this dried-up pit.

He took a General-purpose Machine Gun out of the System Space and fired wildly at the swarm of Government Army soldiers rushing up.

The Government Army fell in droves; many of these people simply lay on the ground and played dead.

In an instant, the aggressive charge was abruptly halted.

He Yuzhu immediately took two hundred kilograms of High-explosive Explosives from the space, nimbly buried them in the large pit, and connected the Remote Detonation Device.

Once set up, he raised his gun and continued to fire at the Burmese Army soldiers rushing up.

The commander in the rear was almost driven mad; a force of over a thousand men was actually being suppressed by one person.

In a fit of shame and anger, he raised his hand and shot several soldiers who were lying on the ground playing dead on the spot.

None of the Government Army soldiers wanted to die under their own officer's gun, so they scrambled up one after another and surrounded the pit where He Yuzhu was hiding from all directions.

He Yuzhu fired for one minute, quickly put the machine gun back into the System Space, and used all his strength to sprint toward the mountain forest.

The firepower of the Burmese Army's Heavy Machine Gun poured over like a torrential rain, but as long as the bullets came within twenty meters of He Yuzhu, they would be collected by the system out of thin air.

He Yuzhu rushed to the edge of the woods, set up the machine gun again, and opened fire violently at the Government Army in hot pursuit behind him.

With nowhere to hide, the Government Army panicked and swarmed into the large pit, intending to use the pit as cover.

He Yuzhu lay on the edge of the earthen slope, staring coldly at the bottom of the pit, a smile slowly curling at the corners of his mouth.

The large pit was packed with people, at least four or five hundred of them, all huddled at the bottom of the pit, not daring to breathe loudly.

They were still foolishly thinking that this large pit was an excellent shelter and that they could save their lives by hiding inside.

"Very good, everyone is gathered." He Yuzhu whispered to himself, pressing his thumb hard onto the red button of the Remote Control.

"Boom——!!!"

This explosion was no small matter; it was as if a fire dragon had burst from the ground, flipping the entire large pit over along with the people and the soil.

They were thrown dozens of meters into the air, then crashed down heavily.

Hu Bayi and the others lay in the trees, watching in a daze.

Wang Pangzi's mouth was open wide enough to fit a steamed bun, unable to close it for a long time.

Xu Damao kept rubbing his ankle under the tree, "It's over, it's over, I can't walk anymore, Dajinya, you guys won't just leave me behind, right!"

The further he spoke, the less confident he became.

Hu Bayi had been observing the enemy situation and had no time to pay attention to him.

Wang Pangzi spoke up: "Hu, what kind of bomb do you think Master He used this time? How is the power so great?"

Dajinya sighed in the tree: "Master He, Master He alone can match a regiment! Hundreds of lives, just gone like that..."

He Yuzhu stopped firing and watched quietly, wanting to see if the remaining Government Army still had the guts to continue the charge.

The soldiers further away from the large pit witnessed this tragedy with their own eyes and were scared out of their wits; one by one, they lay flat on the ground, burying their heads in the dirt, not daring to move a muscle.

The officer in the rear was completely red-eyed with anxiety, lying on the ground and screaming hysterically: "Get up, all of you! Charge! Avenge our fallen brothers! Can't we, over a thousand men, beat one person? If you retreat, we will all be executed by military law!"

The soldiers on the ground acted as if they hadn't heard him; no matter how he roared and cursed, they remained motionless.

Only a few of the bolder ones raised their Rifles and fired a few symbolic shots in He Yuzhu's direction, while the vast majority remained lying on the ground, not daring to move.

With a thought, He Yuzhu took the Barrett M82A1 large-caliber sniper rifle from the space, the muzzle steadily locking onto the head of the officer who was screaming crazily.

He gently pulled the trigger with his fingertip.

"Bang!" A crisp gunshot rang out.

The officer's hysterical shouting came to an abrupt end.

The Government Army soldiers didn't react at first and remained lying on the ground.

After a moment, the soldiers beside the officer discovered that their superior had been shot and fallen to the ground.

A large hole had been blown in his forehead, and blood was gushing out like a spring.

"The officer is dead! The officer has been shot dead!" Someone shouted at the top of their lungs, not knowing who it was.

This shout was like poking a hornet's nest, and the team lying on the ground instantly fell into chaos.

But even in the chaos, no one dared to be the first to stand up, as everyone was afraid that the moment they poked their heads out, the next bullet would land on them.

The situation remained deadlocked for quite a while.

The soldiers in the back row could no longer withstand the immense psychological pressure; some of the bolder ones suddenly scrambled up and fled desperately toward the road.

These people ran a long way without being met with bullets, and seeing this, the others also gathered their courage and scrambled up to flee toward the back.

The soldiers in the front did not dare to stand up directly and could only crawl backward on the ground.

After crawling more than ten meters and confirming there was no danger, they jumped up one by one, not even bothering to pick up their guns, and scrambled toward the road.

He Yuzhu put away the sniper rifle and went up to meet with Hu Bayi and the others.

Hu Bayi gave him a thumbs-up and praised with a smile: "Master He, your strategy is truly brilliant! Blowing up the pit and then sniping the enemy leader—these guys have long since been scared out of their wits. We are safe for the moment."

Wang Pangzi looked excited: "Does that mean we can turn around and go back now?"

He Yuzhu looked serious and shook his head: "No, we must continue forward, heading toward the Shan State. We will deliberately leave footprints along the way, and even fake bloodstains, to make the illusion complete. Only after we've done all that will we turn back."

Wang Pangzi nodded: "You're right, should we go get some fresh blood to carry with us?"

He Yuzhu shook his head: "Useless. If you put fresh blood in a canteen, it will coagulate before long and won't be effective."

Just then, Xu Damao limped over with a bitter face: "Zhuzi... I stepped on a stone while running just now and sprained my ankle. Now my ankle is swollen like a steamed bun; I really can't walk on this mountain road anymore."

He bent down and squeezed his swollen ankle, grimacing in pain.

He Yuzhu looked down at his injured foot, pondered for a moment, and said, "Here is what we will do: I will first find a hidden spot to settle you in, then we will head forward to create some tracks, and once we are finished, we will come back to pick you up."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao was immediately unhappy, muttering, "Zhuzi, what if you guys come back and can't find me? This is a deep, desolate mountain forest with no one around!"

He Yuzhu patted him on the shoulder, his tone very firm: "Don't worry, as long as I want to find you, no matter what nook or cranny you are hiding in, I will be able to find you."

Xu Damao shook his head repeatedly: "No, you guys carry me on your backs; please, whatever you do, don't leave me behind."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Fine, then we will make a stretcher right here and carry you as we go; it will also serve to fake tracks of someone being seriously injured and retreating. However, we will need to get some blood from you."

"No, I'm afraid of pain!" Xu Damao said with a long face, putting on the appearance of someone being bullied.

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "It won't hurt, we'll just prick your finger to get some blood out."