Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 703: Chapter 316: Escape from Danger

This was the third time Gu Ji heard it.

The previous two times, whether it was Wa Xueming interrogating and forcing Tangben Xiuyi to his death, or the Jinbang training where the desperado attacked on a motorcycle with homemade explosives.

Both people were on the brink of death or held a mindset of perishing together when they shouted this phrase.

Precisely because of this.

Gu Ji decisively fired his shot.

Fortunately, he had acquired a firearms expertise mark, and coupled with handling the 56 and AK series quite a bit in game scenarios, he managed to blind the tall thug with tactical flashlight bursts and nailed a headshot before the thug could act.

"Xi Zi, Mr. Han, immediately verify the hostages’ identities!"

Even in such a chaotic state, Gu Ji hadn’t forgotten identity verification, his index finger never leaving the trigger.

Because of the "Old Six" incident, he had been double-crossed quite a bit.

Until confirming none of the foreign rescue crew members were infiltrators from the Shaye Organization, did Gu Ji finally lower his weapon and walked over to the two thugs’ bodies.

He first lifted the robe of the tall man.

There, around the man’s waist, indeed was a circle of homemade explosives, similar to the tripwire bombs ambushing the cave earlier, linked by several red and black wires to a detonator, clutched in the tall thug’s hand.

"God! There really is a bomb!"

"Bian Shizhang, get back! It’s too dangerous!"

The crowd expressed their shock, with Han Yue shouting for Gu Ji to quickly get away.

But Gu Ji did not follow orders; instead, he cautiously removed the detonator and secured it safely.

He then began to meticulously inspect personal belongings and physical features such as special necklaces, rings, tattoos, and other identity-marking objects.

This was also his sole opportunity for a close encounter with these "mysterious apostles."

Gu Ji referred to these individuals as "apostles."

Because the methods of these violent assailants were indeed bizarre, completely unlike conventional gangs or armed thugs, their strange cry veered more towards an extremist sect or terrorist organization.

But in all the counter-terrorism cases Gu Ji had reviewed over the years, he’d never heard of an organization using "human" as its tenet; it was usually something related to "God."

First, it was Japan’s Ryoben Society, then the Jinbang desperado, followed by the armed thugs of Pakistan’s Shaye Organization—who knows what new organization might appear next?

Different countries, different races, different forces.

The scope was truly vast.

Whoever could connect these gangs, forces, and organizations worldwide, their shadowy controller must be terrifying indeed.

Perhaps more formidable than Al-Qaeda, the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks!

The only reasonable explanation Gu Ji found.

Was that some mysterious organization was infiltrating violent organizations worldwide with its operatives, lurking to create chaos and attacks, much like Hydra infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D in Marvel Comics.

If this were true.

The influence of this mysterious organization could be even more unfathomable than Volut and PM Company.

"Bian Shizhang! Stop rummaging; the thugs have been dealt with, weapons are useless now, we need to find a way out fast, or the cave might collapse at any moment."

Han Yue mistakenly thought Gu Ji was collecting weapons.

Seeing more rubble fall from the ceiling, he had no choice but to walk over and grab his shoulder.

Indeed, he found no identifiable items or characteristics.

That made sense.

If any clues existed, Wa Xueming would have discovered and informed him from Tangben Xiuyi.

Standing up slightly disappointed, Gu Ji began orchestrating everyone to evacuate through the triangular crevice.

With prior identification added to those foreign members they saved, they successfully rescued 52 people, with 4 still unaccounted for.

Through mutual inquiry, they confirmed two were killed by the thugs.

To ensure "no one left behind," and not to allow the two heroic rescuers to be buried abroad, Han Yue called for everyone to continue searching.

On the move.

Wang Yuexi couldn’t resist flashing a grin with his white teeth, asking, "Mr. Zhan, how did you think of using grenades to detonate the tripwire bombs and kill those armed thugs, weren’t you afraid of collapsing the cave and trapping all of us inside?"

"It’s simple, I said whoever set those tripwire bombs must be trained like us, their aim being defensive to prevent attacks, surely they wouldn’t dig their own graves; the bomb locations, I noted, were around sturdy wooden stakes that wouldn’t destroy the cave even if an explosion occurred."

"Bian Shizhang, your attention to detail is impressive."

Zou Lei clicked his tongue in amazement after hearing Gu Ji’s explanation.

Han Yue, on the side, also glanced at Gu Ji several times.

To be honest, the various abilities and command level displayed by Gu Ji today had far exceeded his conventional understanding, unlike a mere rescue soldier but more like a special operative unit acting on dangerous missions regularly.

But again.

As a dog handler, if Gu Ji didn’t have keen observational skills, he couldn’t possibly find the trapped under the earthquake ruins promptly.

Soon, they found one of the missing people; as for the other, he had perished in a collapse caused by multiple explosions in the mine tunnel.

Thus, the group, bearing three corpses.

Began retreating from the depth of the mine cave, heading back to the previous conflicted checkpoint.