Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 700: Chapter 314: Rapid Assessment

"Could it be brought in by the rescue team? I saw quite a few rescue dogs when I was capturing them."

"Savi, go over there and check it out."

The turbaned thug waved his gun, just about to command his men to check, but unexpectedly, a shadow appeared at the corner—Xiao Jian.

It was indeed a dog he saw.

The thug named Savi instantly lowered his guard, even turned back to grin at his companion, intending to make a jest.

Swish!

In an instant, Gu Ji seized the opportunity, crouched down with his gun, and rushed out from the corner, using CQB corner-cutting. Taking the lead, he instantly aimed at the thug with the pink turban at the back, and pulled the trigger.

The thug didn’t even have time to see his appearance clearly.

He only caught a glimpse of a pair of eyes filled with murderous intent, eyebrows standing like an edge tempered by fire.

"Rat-a-tat!"

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

Han Yue and Wang Yuexi flanked left and right, sprinting simultaneously, almost pulling the triggers together with Gu Ji.

In an instant, the dim mine was lit with flashes of fire, blood splattering everywhere, golden brass shells ejecting from their guns and clattering on the ground. Then three thugs successively fell "thud," "thud," onto the floor, limp and lifeless.

"Ah——!"

"Help! Don’t kill us!"

"Everyone get down! Mr. Han, stay alert! Xi Zi, Mr. Zou, check the hostages’ identities!"

Gu Ji only had time to shout this before swiftly maneuvering through the panicking hostages, raising his gun again to fire a shot at the pink-turbaned thug’s head.

Only when he was sure the thug was dead did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He couldn’t help it; repeated counter-terrorism operations made him dread militants’ desperate counterattacks, especially after learning that the Shaye Organization had prepared explosives.

"Everyone, don’t panic, we are from the Xia Kingdom’s International Rescue Team. We received orders from command to come and rescue you!"

"Han, Mr. Han?"

Just as Wang Yuexi and Zou Lei were trying to calm everyone, a bearded Saudi rescuer recognized Han Yue, who was on alert, "Yes, that’s our captain. May I ask where the others are?"

"Thank God! We can finally leave this hellhole!"

An American rescuer clasped his hands in prayer over his chest, then grabbed Zou Lei’s hand and said, "We have many team members who fled deeper into the mine, and those thugs followed them. You must hurry to rescue them!"

"Fourteen left."

Gu Ji murmured the number of thugs to himself, then began sorting his ammunition.

At this moment, another rescue dog barked at the left side of the fork in the road ahead, and Han Yue, who was on alert, immediately shouted, "Something’s up!!"

"Cover the hostages as they retreat! Prepare to engage the enemy!!"

Without a word, Gu Ji loaded a magazine, clicked, pulled the gun bolt with a backhand motion, aimed at the checkpoint fork, and as soon as a silhouette appeared, he pulled the trigger.

"Retreat quickly!"

Han Yue urged the rear team while coordinating with Gu Ji to provide suppressive fire.

But then, a round object was tossed out from the left cave of the fork, landing with a "thud" in the center of the checkpoint.

"Watch out for the grenade!!"

"Get down!"

Grabbing Wang Yuexi, Gu Ji rolled to the kiosk, just as a deafening explosion rang out behind them.

But before they could catch their breath from the blast fragments, the entire mine began to rumble "rumble," with fragments of rock and soil falling like a waterfall.

"Damn it! This area is going to collapse! Move quickly!"

"Don’t go! It’s too late!"

Gu Ji got up and grabbed Zou Lei, who was about to rush over.

In the blink of an eye, a huge rock fell, kicking up dust and completely blocking the once clear cave entrance. The already spacious cave became dark and ominous.

Zou Lei stared wide-eyed at the blocked dirt pile, dazed.

"We’re screwed! We can’t go back!"

"Bian Shizhang! Wang Yuexi! Zou Lei!"

Meanwhile, Han Yue also rushed over, braving the falling debris.

In an instant, only four of them were left in the checkpoint, along with two rescue dogs, while the remaining companions and the Saudi and American team members were cut off on the other side by the debris.

That is to say,

They were wholly disconnected from the main group!!

"Mr. Zhan, Mr. Han, we now..." Wang Yuexi panicked upon seeing the blocked return path.

But before he finished speaking, Shaye’s gunshots came.

Bullets rattled like beans around the rocky walls and soil, the cave-in creating a dust cloud that served like a smoke grenade, disrupting vision.

Gu Ji decisively fired back, pulled out a poison needle trap mine from his pocket, and tossed it to the left, then grabbed Wang Yuexi and fled to the cave on the right of the fork, "We’ll figure it out on the go!"

After taking a few steps into the right cave, another blast echoed from behind.

Gu Ji knew it was the thug triggering the poison needle trap, but Han Yue and the others mistook it for another cave-in and dashed onward in panic.

As professional rescuers, they knew too well the horror of being buried under a mine.

They ran non-stop for over 100 meters.

Upon reaching another fork, Zou Lei stopped, turned to Han Yue and Gu Ji behind, asking the unfinished question from Wang Yuexi earlier, "What do we do now?"

In an unexpected turn, Han Yue did not speak but turned his gaze to Gu Ji.

Compared to them, Gu Ji appeared more composed.

He quickly pulled out a phone from his pocket, looked up the mine map, "The internal structure of the mine is vast and complex. Even if one path is blocked, we can find another way to dig out. Now disconnected from the main team, facing an attack by at least ten armed thugs is the crisis we must immediately address!"