Qi Yang's eyes widened in alarm, but his expression remained unchanged.
His footsteps were steady, and he continued to walk forward.
Suddenly retreating?!
They had finally found the opponent's stronghold; they absolutely could not let these people escape so easily!
Qi Yang clenched his fists. He had surveyed the surroundings of Villa Number Nine when he had been shooting from a tall building nearby.
To the east was his previous shooting position, and to the west were rows of villas.
To the south was the small path he was currently on, and to the north was a patch of green woods belonging to the villa compound.
The opponents intended to escape through the woods!
If they were in the woods, sniping would be pointless with too many obstructions!
As he reached the corner, he turned directly into the patch of woods.
Outside Sunshine Community.
Qi Zhen held his phone, walking into the compound with a grim expression. Before he could enter, several cars stopped at the entrance.
Qin He, dressed in a trench coat, wore a bulletproof vest underneath.
"Qi Zhen, where are you going?" Qin He approached Qi Zhen. "Didn't I tell you to maintain a silent state?"
Qi Zhen gritted his teeth, "Boss, Qi Yang has infiltrated secretly and located Villa Number Nine!"
Qin He's face changed. On the other side, Qian Zimao also got out of his car and walked over.
"What's going on?"
After a brief exchange, Qin He instructed Qi Zhen to get into the last RV to change equipment.
Soon, more than a dozen people entered the compound.
But before they could reach Villa Number Nine, they heard a gunshot from that direction.
Qin He's face paled, "Qi Yang has been discovered, speed up!"
The dozen or so people immediately broke into a run.
Qi Zhen's face was ashen as he ran ahead of everyone else.
The gunshot just now was from Qi Yang. What situation had made him not even have time to attach a silencer!
Three minutes later, Qin He and his group stormed into Villa Number Nine.
The villa was already empty. Her gaze scanned the surroundings cautiously, finally settling on the villa's unlocked back door.
Outside the back door was a small garden of about forty square meters. Beyond the low fence of the garden lay the green woods.
Qian Zimao, Qin He, and Shen Ruiyi simultaneously charged towards the woods.
They were extremely vigilant, paying attention to their surroundings.
Soon, a voice came through their earpieces from the logistics department.
"Drones have checked. There are no other people in the villa, and no bombs have been installed around it. There are several thermal imaging traces in that patch of woods."
Following the instructions, Qin He reached the nearest thermal imaging point. She rounded a large tree and froze.
A few steps away, Qi Yang was clutching his abdomen, blood gushing from his wound.
It was unclear what kind of weapon the opponent had used. It was not a simple gunshot wound, but a bloody hole about seven or eight centimeters in diameter.
Qi Yang's hands couldn't stop the bleeding!
They all cried out in unison, "Qi Yang!"
Qi Zhen rushed over, "Xiao Yang, don't be afraid, I'll take you to the hospital right away!"
Qi Yang coughed up blood, his face as pale as paper.
Qin He strode forward, "Qian Zimao, you immediately take people to get the first-aid kit. It's in the RV we brought!"
With Qi Yang's severe blood loss, it would be too difficult to reach the hospital. She intended to suture and stop the bleeding on-site!
Qi Zhen's entire body was trembling!
Qin He stepped forward and pulled him aside.
"Don't be afraid! I'm here, Qi Yang will be alright!"
"Yes, your boss of Green Crab also has the title of Professor Harlana, he'll be fine," Qian Zimao left a parting remark before ordering someone to retrieve the first-aid kit.
He looked into the depths of the woods, "Those people—"
Qin He pressed on Qi Yang's wound with her hands, her decision firm, "We're not pursuing them! Qi Yang's life is the most important!"
Qi Yang stared at Qin He, his mouth opening as if to speak, but only blood foam came out. He couldn't say a word and was on the verge of losing consciousness.
Qin He noticed Qi Yang's attempt to move. His fingers were covered in blood. Now that Qin He was holding his wound, he raised his hand and moved it in front of Qin He.
The blood on his fingers slowly wrote words.
Jun, Shi.
Jun Shi?!
Qin He's eyes widened. Lev Organization's second-in-command, the person responsible for the current situation in Qingcheng. The people in the villa just now included this person?!
Qi Yang continued to write.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on Qi Yang's fingers, while Qin He held his wound.
The next moment, a hurried voice came through the earpiece.
"Boss! Thermal imaging shows someone approaching! And, and a helicopter?! We didn't detect it before!"
"What?!"
Qin He was taken aback. The next second, a deafening gunshot rang out.
Qin He reacted swiftly, throwing herself onto Qi Yang. Even though the bullet hit her bulletproof vest, the force caused her back to ache intensely!
Those around them immediately retaliated, the roar of the helicopter deafening.
A long ladder extended from the helicopter door. A man in a black overcoat held a gun in one hand and the ladder in the other.
The wind howled. The person who had just fired the shot was him!
The men brought by Qian Zimao did not hesitate. Shen Ruiyi had already released the safety and was taking aim.
However, the man in the air did not dodge. Two figures appeared on the helicopter, providing cover for the person on the rope ladder.
Qin He quickly regained her senses from the daze caused by the pain. Her heart trembled. Fortunately, she had protected Qi Yang!
Everyone else could hide, but Qi Yang was injured, a sitting duck!
As she prepared to push herself up from Qi Yang, she looked up, and another massive gunshot rang out.
Blood splattered Qin He's face. The warmth of the blood, the face in front of her that was blown to unrecognizable pieces, and even those specks of white.
Qin He heard Qi Zhen's mournful roar, heard the anger of all the people from the Qingyan Mansion who had come.
Shen Ruiyi impulsively ran out from behind the cover of the trees, spraying bullets at the person in the air.
But it was useless.
Before coming, no one expected that a place like Sunshine Community would have a hidden helicopter!
No one knew when a helicopter had quietly entered Qingcheng.
Qin He did not wipe the blood from her face, her entire being seemed to have lost its soul, maintaining a half-raised posture.
Qi Zhen had already rushed to Qi Yang's side, but a single glance at Qi Yang's "head" made his face turn crimson, and his entire body slumped backward.
He had fainted.
Qin He stared for a long time until Qian Zimao came to pull her.
Her eyes were filled with tears, falling one by one.
"Qi Yang?"
The time they had spent together flashed through her mind. The two of them had planned to assassinate her but were caught by Shi Shi.
Their reaction upon discovering she was Green Crab. Their heads being shaved into a crew cut by Di Shi Shi.
Later, in the villa, the fierce aura had terrified the researchers.
From the moment they met, Qi Zhen and Qi Yang had always taken on her missions, but now, Qi Yang had been blown up within a foot of her—
Qin He's fingers trembled, her throat felt as if it were being squeezed.
Originally, she could have saved him.
Qian Zimao forcibly pried open Qin He's fingers, one by one, from the hand that was gripping Qi Yang's sleeve, and then pulled her up.
"Qin He, calm down!"