"Awesome!"
"Totally awesome!"
"Worth every minute!"
Dai Xiaomei was hyped, her face flushed with excitement, clearly wanting more.
"Come on, again!"
Just then, a message arrived from command headquarters, confirming Al-Asad was hiding in the capital.
According to SAS intelligence, Al-Asad might have a nuclear warhead.
This news sobered Dai Xiaomei up considerably.
Fortunately, the Marine Corps and air defense suppression units had already destroyed most of the air defenses, but Al-Asad's ground forces remained an obstacle.
Time was running out; they had to capture him and find the warhead quickly to end the war.
The start of this new level saw the player, as Paul Jackson, boarding a special reconnaissance team's aircraft and heading directly to the capital.
Eliminate enemies and search for Al-Asad. At this point, Dai Xiaomei didn't know this massive...
Every few shots, the aircraft took hits and sputtered, and a moment's delay meant facing certain doom.
It was a completely different experience from the thrilling helicopter battle over the Imperial Palace under the night sky in Call of Duty.
This felt like struggling to get going, only to be constantly interrupted by one problem after another, killing the momentum and leaving it limp, devoid of passion.
How could you enjoy a roller coaster if it kept stopping?
At this moment, a message came from command: "The advance team is trapped in a heavy combat zone. They've deployed green smoke grenades to mark their position."
Thug 2-5: "Understood, target sighted. Over."
As the helicopter pilot responded, Dai Xiaomei also spotted the area of green smoke below.
Because friendly forces were fiercely engaged below, the enemy's anti-air suppression had slightly weakened, giving Dai Xiaomei a brief window of opportunity.
Pew, pew, pew!!
As soon as she was unleashed, Dai Xiaomei fired over a dozen rockets, as if they were free.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last. The helicopter slowly descended into a wide, open area.
Upon landing, Dai Xiaomei's advantage in terms of aerial view vanished instantly.
From the tail ramp, Lieutenant Vasquez instructed, "Watch out for the friendly forces in the green smoke! Rescue them and get out!"
"Yes!"
Dai Xiaomei, fully immersed in the role, replied earnestly from outside the screen.
After clearing a path, the group reached the signal point.
"Do not fire! Do not fire! We are on the second floor! Repeat, friendly forces are on the second floor!"
As they rushed into the building, the friendly forces immediately identified themselves to avoid friendly fire.
After regrouping with the trapped team, all members pushed outwards together.
Warthog Pilot: "Thugs, this is Death. Ammunition and fuel reloaded. Did you miss me?"
"Who is this woman? Why does she sound so flirtatious?"
As a woman herself, Dai Xiaomei disliked Warthog's tone. This happened just as everyone was about to break out.
Of course, the Thugs ignored the provocative woman and instead piloted their helicopter to the nearest point to rendezvous with Dai Xiaomei and her team.
At this moment, command sent a message: "Thugs, be advised, we have a problem. Over."
"Command, proceed. Over."
Command: "Navy SEAL Team 6 has located a suspected nuclear device near Al-Asad's official residence in the southwest. The nuclear emergency search team has been dispatched. All units must withdraw to the east until the device is confirmed safe. Over."
"A nuclear bomb?" Dai Xiaomei instantly became alert.
RUMBLE!!
As she was lost in thought, an explosion interrupted her reverie. The Warthog, flying nearby, was hit by ground-based anti-air mortars, its tail catching fire.
A nuclear bomb, thirty thousand soldiers, Shepherd?!!
"Damn it!"
"No wonder I hate this provocative woman so much!"
Dai Xiaomei suddenly realized. Could this be Shepherd's thirty thousand soldiers? Did that mean they were all going to die today?
Warthog Pilot: "We've been hit! We've been hit! The tail rotor is destroyed!"
"Mayday! Death is falling fast! We're going to crash!"
Watching the helicopter crash-land on the rooftop of a low-rise building in a residential area, and finally crash into it, Dai Xiaomei was furious.
"This woman is useless, she can't be saved! The nuclear bomb is about to detonate!"
However, she was the only one in the game who knew the plot in advance. In this situation, with teammates still alive, the friendly forces couldn't abandon them.
As expected, after circling for a moment, the Thugs immediately turned around and headed for the Warthog's crash site.
Despite her reluctance, Dai Xiaomei had to follow her teammates' lead and rescue the sole surviving pilot.
After a battle that wasn't particularly fierce, the provocative female pilot was successfully rescued.
To Dai Xiaomei's despair, not long after the helicopter ascended, at just the right altitude, an unforgettable scene unfolded:
A mushroom cloud erupted from the core of the southwestern urban area and rose into the sky.
It looked like the most beautiful art in the world, or like the most brutal demon unleashed upon this world.
The next second, blinding light engulfed the live stream, forcing everyone to shut their eyes against the brilliance of the hydrogen bomb's explosion.
Along with the light came a shockwave extending hundreds of miles. The helicopter behind them, like a fragile paper boat on a stormy sea, was instantly swallowed.
The buildings below, flimsy as paper, turned to rubble in an instant.
It's over!
Even without experiencing it firsthand, Dai Xiaomei closed her eyes in despair. The pressure of death was too immense.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!!
In an instant, the shockwave destroyed the helicopter Dai Xiaomei was on, and it plummeted.
BANG!
A deafening sound echoed, and the screen went black for a moment.
Silence!
A deathly silence filled the entire live stream.
At this moment, no one could utter a word, only the faint breathing of Paul Jackson, who was not yet dead.
On the verge of death, the dying Paul slowly crawled out of the cabin. His vision blurred, as if the highest concentration of nuclear radiation was steadily consuming the life of the warrior who had just been killing enemies.
The sky seemed stained blood-red, with smoke rising from scattered aircraft wreckage, and ruins of broken walls, resembling the end of the world.
Cold, deathly quiet, desperate.
But through Paul's dimming gaze, Dai Xiaomei saw the beauty of this world.
...
(How was that? Was I fast enough?)