Chapter 370: Night of Chaotic Battle

Just as He Yuzhu and his party were about to withdraw from the high ground, a faint, almost imperceptible sound pierced the silence of the night.

No one else noticed, but He Yuzhu's entire body tensed, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back: it was the sound of a gun equipped with a Silencer!

Without a second thought, he abruptly opened his arms to embrace Liu Rusi beside him, using his own body as a cushion, and threw himself heavily to the ground with her.

His back slammed solidly against a protruding rock; it was a piercing pain, but he endured it, shouting, "Everyone get down, there are assassins!"

The group was stunned for a moment, not yet fully reacting, but seeing He Yuzhu already raising his gun, his muzzle pointed vigilantly toward the rear, they were suddenly jolted into awareness.

After all, they were all trained individuals; they dove to the ground almost simultaneously, crawling toward the left and right to find cover.

He Yuzhu endured the pain in his back and activated the Scanning Function.

In his field of vision, fifty meters away, six conspicuous red dots were using the terrain for alternating cover, silently closing in on them.

"Well-trained, they are special forces," he said in a low voice to Liu Rusi, who was pressed close to him, "It seems these British are determined to wipe out the gang members."

"Why didn't they come from the front of the beach, but instead chose to sneak up from this back mountain?" Liu Rusi asked urgently while nimbly loading bullets into her Pistol.

"I can't guess that either," He Yuzhu said.

With a shift of his intent, a Mosin-Nagant Sniper Rifle appeared out of thin air in his hands.

He quickly attached the Silencer, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

"Puff!" A gunshot as light as a sigh.

The figure walking in the lead paused abruptly, then fell backward, disappearing into the jagged rocks.

He Yuzhu's muzzle shifted slightly, the crosshairs locking onto another target on the right.

That person was extremely alert; the sudden fall of their companion made them instantly shrink back behind a large rock, with no further movement.

Just then, another person in the rear cautiously poked out half a head to observe.

A flash of light erupted from He Yuzhu's muzzle, and the bullet arrived in an instant, precisely piercing through the person's eye socket.

The scream sounded exceptionally shrill, finally alerting the others.

The remaining four red dots curled up completely behind the rocks, not daring to make any further moves.

"Zhuzi!" Martin shouted in a low voice from behind cover on the other side, "Barkley went to take a leak and hasn't come back!"

He Yuzhu's heart sank, and he said, "He may have... been taken out by the British sniper."

"Son of a bitch colonial dogs! I'll fight you to the death!" Martin's eyes instantly turned blood-red; he grabbed his Mauser C96 and, without even aiming, fired a wild burst into the darkness. The bullets struck the rocks in the distance, sparking a series of blinding flashes.

He Yuzhu shouted, "Attention everyone! The enemy is at the eleven o'clock and three o'clock positions to the north! Fire at will, suppress them!"

In an instant, the sound of gunfire erupted; the shots from the Mauser C96s and Pistols merged into one, breaking the brief, deathly silence of the high ground.

He Yuzhu turned to his side and quickly instructed Liu Rusi, "Sister, stay right here, don't move! I'm going to take care of the rest."

"Be careful, Zhuzi."

He Yuzhu ripped off the conspicuous golden suit jacket he was wearing, revealing a pitch-black night-ops outfit underneath.

Like a shadow, he hugged the ground and quickly circled toward the east.

After bypassing a patch of low shrubs, he suddenly went prone, set up his gun, aimed briefly, and pulled the trigger.

"Puff! Puff!"

After two soft sounds, the dull thud of heavy objects falling to the ground came from the distance.

The last two special forces soldiers, clearly terrified by the precise strikes from the flank, turned and crawled back the way they came.

He Yuzhu's muzzle followed them like a shadow, tracking those two rising and falling backs, and finally, as they stood up, he pulled the trigger repeatedly.

After being hit, the two men writhed a few times and then stopped moving.

He Yuzhu quickly scanned the surroundings again to confirm there were no more hidden enemies.

"Cease fire!" He stood up and shouted, "The enemies are all dead! Clear the battlefield and stay alert!"

Martin was the first to rush out from behind cover, searching frantically through the jagged rocks and shrubs.

Finally, at the edge of the cliff, he found Barkley.

There was a shocking hole in the back of his head, and the surrounding blood had already congealed into a dark brown.

Martin's legs went weak, and he knelt beside his companion's corpse. His shoulders shook violently, but he made no sound, only sobbing.

He Yuzhu walked up silently, patted Martin's shoulder a few times, turned toward Barkley's corpse, and bowed deeply three times.

"Barkley, I have avenged you... but it's not enough; I will continue to kill."

Before his voice had even faded, dense gunfire and the sound of artillery explosions erupted from the direction of the beach below the mountain.

He Yuzhu immediately raised his Telescope: he saw that on the pitch-black sea, the silhouettes of over a dozen police boats were clearly visible, and soldiers were continuously jumping off the boats.

The soldiers who had already landed dispersed into tactical formations, using obstacles on the beach to fire violently toward the interior of the island.

The gang members were also fighting back desperately.

He turned abruptly and aimed the Telescope at the more distant sea.

The massive silhouette of a Warship was slowly approaching Henglan Island, and that thick, long cannon barrel was adjusting its direction, aiming at the island!

"Martin! Is there a Cave nearby? A gunboat has arrived at sea! Once they discover that the people they sent up are all dead, they will definitely shell us!"

Martin forced himself to pull away from his grief and rage, thought for a moment, and said, "Up ahead... there is a Cave not far from here; it's not big, but... it should be enough to hide for a while..."

"Quick! Everyone, pack your things, we must hide in the Cave immediately!" He Yuzhu ordered without hesitation.

Rewinding time to half an hour ago, in a temporary tent, Ge Laoda of the 14K and Xiang Qian of the Yi'an Gang were arguing until their faces were red over the division of territory.

Xiang Qian tapped his finger heavily on the map spread out over the rough wooden boards: "Other places can be negotiated, but the protection money for Yau Ma Tei must be collected by our Yi'an Gang! We lost over forty brothers for this piece of turf; their blood cannot be shed in vain!"

Ge Laoda picked up his copper pipe unhurriedly, knocked the ash against the sole of his shoe, and shook his head, saying, "Half for each, that is my bottom line. Brother Xiang, if you insist on being deadlocked here tonight, then our two families might as well fight to the death."

Xiang Qian was so angry he slapped the table, making the map jump: "Fine! Then give me the two new streets you took in Kowloon and the New Territories! Otherwise, we'll decide the winner right here on this island tonight!"

Ge Laoda stared at him for a few seconds and nodded slowly: "Fine, it's a deal. However, don't you go coveting North Point Pier anymore."

Xiang Qian let out a breath: "Deal!"

With the spoils divided, the atmosphere eased slightly.

Ge Laoda signaled his subordinates: "Pour the wine! Let's celebrate our two families working together with one heart from now on!"

Just as the wine glasses were filled, a lackey scrambled into the tent, his face deathly pale: "B-Big Brother! It's bad! There are many ships on the sea, it's the Police Department! They've surrounded us!"

Ge Laoda slammed his wine glass onto the ground, "Damn it! There must be a mole!"

Xiang Qian also stood up abruptly: "What do we do now? Let's retreat!"

"Retreat? Retreat where?" Ge Laoda's eyes were sinister, "If I'm not mistaken, they've definitely pinned the account of the Police Department building bombing on us. They aren't here to make arrests, they're here to silence us! Since we're dead either way, let's fight them!"

At this moment, inside the Cave, He Yuzhu and the others were also nervously discussing countermeasures.

Liu Rusi said: "We have too few people right now, and our equipment is insufficient. It would be better to wait for the Police and 14K to decide the winner, then find an opportunity to leave while the scene is chaotic."