Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 702: Chapter 315: Completely Resolved

After looking at the map, Gu Ji quickly formulated the next action plan.

Upon hearing that they had to continue going back to fight those ferocious thugs, the other two foreigners who couldn’t use guns seemed a bit hesitant.

But since they were able to join the National Rescue Team, it naturally proved that they were not ordinary people. Thinking about their teammates being in deep trouble, they gritted their teeth and followed along.

Thus, a group of 8 people, along with two dogs, continued to move deeper underground.

As the mineshaft grew deeper, the cold and eerie atmosphere gradually became bone-chilling.

The faint light from Gu Ji’s helmet made everything in the cave seem blurry and mysterious, especially when the rock wall ahead began to narrow due to collapse. When the occasional sound of water droplets echoed in the silence, it always made the team’s nerves tense up, as if endless terror and unknown dangers lurked within.

At that moment.

Xiao Jian, who was advancing, suddenly stopped and sat down, staring back at Gu Ji.

Seeing this, Gu Ji immediately raised his fist and signaled the team to stop and stay alert.

He slowly approached Xiao Jian.

As he lowered his head, the weak light from his helmet cast onto the ground, and in the dust-filled air, Gu Ji discovered a thin metal tripwire.

Following the line to the rock wall, he suddenly held his breath and turned off the light source.

"Alert! It’s tripwire explosives!"

"What!"

Han Yue couldn’t help but gasp.

In such a dim cave, it was hard enough to notice a small tripwire, let alone be aware of a pit underfoot.

Luckily, they had brought scent-sensitive rescue dogs; otherwise, if someone accidentally stepped on it, they could all have perished there.

"Have we been discovered?"

"Fuck! Could those armed thugs be hiding nearby? We should run!"

"Everyone calm down!"

Gu Ji softly rebuked, waking the few who were panicking, "If there was an ambush nearby, they would have fired already. Setting the tripwire bomb here is just to prevent being ambushed and to severely slow down advancement. Looks like someone in the Shaye Organization has received special military training."

"Can it be defused?" That was Han Yue’s primary concern.

"The explosives are old-style, with an unstable detonator, and it’ll take some time." Gu Ji briefly inspected the structure of the explosives.

Unable to use his headlamp to avoid detection, he had to use the dim light from his phone screen to observe.

This was a homemade makeshift bomb, with the explosives mixed with numerous nails and stones.

Once exploded, it would spray out in all directions like a fragmentation grenade and a Poison Needle Trap.

"I’ll help you." Wang Yuexi squatted down to assist Gu Ji with the bomb disposal.

Having come from the Engineering Corps, they were well acquainted with explosives, detonators, and fuses. At least in terms of detonation, few military branches are more professional than they are.

And just as Wang Yuexi was helping Gu Ji remove the tripwire.

Suddenly, Xiao Jian raised his head again, vigilantly staring ahead, and Gu Ji’s ears caught a sound.

The next moment, he decisively stopped.

He raised his rifle, quickly flicking on the tactical flashlight.

Under the strong light, at a bend 20 meters ahead in the cave, a white silhouette suddenly appeared, instinctively shielding itself with an arm against the sudden influx of light.

"Ratatata..."

Gu Ji instantly squeezed the trigger, killing one, and swiftly retreated: "Enemy attack! Watch the tripwire! Watch the tripwire!!"

As he fired and retreated, he continued loudly reminding his teammates not to accidentally step on the tripwire bomb.

It was fortunate he shouted; a Saudi hunter almost stepped on it.

Luckily, another bald American, who had served in the military, maintained his composure, and as Gu Ji pulled the trigger, he raised his gun to suppress with fire.

"Retreat! Widen the gap! There’s cover from the ruins behind!!"

Gu Ji fired another three-round burst, then commanded everyone to continue retreating.

Han Yue was shocked by his calm demeanor and quick thinking.

From encountering the tripwire mine to dealing with the bomb, then suddenly facing the thugs, even a reconnaissance soldier like him might not react so promptly.

It’s crucial to stay fully concentrated during bomb disposal.

Yet, not only did Gu Ji retaliate first and shoot a thug dead, he also calmly commanded the team’s counterattack, remembering the terrain they passed and making advantageous analyses.

And thanks to these ruins.

The group retreated behind the dirt pile, barely holding off the enemy’s suppression from behind cover.

As the armed thugs prepared to advance, Gu Ji suddenly plucked a grenade from his tactical vest and hurled it forward.

With a "boom," the mineshaft vibrated ominously, the wooden beams supporting the roof cracked and fell.

"Fuck! God, at this rate, the mineshaft will collapse..."

A brunette American at the back screamed, but before he could finish,

One of the pursuing thugs reached mid-way.

A more violent explosion erupted, and the entire mineshaft shook intensely. Flames and smoke filled the space as stones and soil scattered.

Everything happened too fast to react.

Two thugs were instantly blasted away by the shockwave, and the rock wall caved in under the force, forming a heap of earth with a triangular gap.

Gu Ji seized the opportunity, slipping to the gap’s side, and executed precise shots forward.

The bald American was frozen in shock by this sequence.

Gu Ji had used a grenade to trigger the thugs’ planted tripwire explosive; he truly had guts!

"Ah—!"

"Help!"

"Wait, Bian Shizhang, I hear someone shouting for help, it seems the thugs have a hostage!"

Just then, Han Yue caught his shoulder, signaling Gu Ji not to harm the trapped rescue team members.

"There are still two thugs left!"

Gu Ji dropped those words and moved out.

Wang Yuexi quickly followed.

Upon passing through the triangular gap, they finally saw two men with pink headscarves and white robes, holding guns and threatening a few rescue members, slowly advancing.

Indeed.

These were the two suspicious individuals Gu Ji had noticed on the road that morning.

Unlike the other thugs, they seemingly couldn’t speak English, constantly muttering in some incomprehensible language.

Fortunately, Han Yue could understand some, "He’s telling us to put down our guns."

"Mr. Han, try to stall them, Xi Zi, find an opportunity with me to take them out, remember, it must be simultaneous, and there’s only one chance!"

Gu Ji squinted and calmly said in a low voice.

Before Wang Yuexi could respond, the Saudi hunter remarked, "That’s too dangerous; our captain is still inside. If we fail, what if the thugs start a massacre?"

"If we don’t take them down, the thugs will still turn hostile."

Gu Ji moved, seeking the perfect shooting angle, "These Shaye Organization armed thugs have only these two left; it’s two against six. They know negotiations are impossible, just stalling for time."

"Stalling for time?"

"Yes, that tall thug’s movements seem off, as if preparing something..."

Gu Ji finally locked onto the tall thug’s head, just as he had that morning.

Then the thug seemed to notice Gu Ji, first stunned, then smirked, muttering something odd.

Not good!

"Take action!!"

Gu Ji’s gun moved faster than his voice; as he spoke, he simultaneously flicked on the tactical light and squeezed the trigger.

Under the intense light illuminating the cave, the thugs instinctively squinted.

Two "bang" sounds.

Wang Yuexi and Gu Ji both scored headshots!

"Got them!!"

"Quick! Move away from the two thugs, they’re rigged with explosives!!"

As Gu Ji blurted it out, everyone was startled. He stared intensely at the tall thug he shot dead, recalling his last words, eerily similar to what he heard in Jinbang during that training raid.

May human glory last forever!!