At that moment, the pockmarked Shalu saw that Zheng Bin and the others were gone, leaving him the only one at the scene. Greed immediately surfaced on his face.
As long as he could take out Gu Yi, the loot would be his.
Although he and Zheng Bin were in the same gang, that did not mean they were of one mind.
As the saying went, men die for wealth as birds die for food.
Shalu then carefully crept toward Gu Yi.
At that moment, Gu Yi also noticed Shalu edging toward him. In despair, he muttered inwardly,
“I’m done for!”
Time passed second by second. Shalu drew closer to Gu Yi little by little, the muzzle of his gun trained on him the entire time. As soon as Gu Yi dared to show his head, he would fire at once.
Gu Yi was drenched in sweat. Never before had he felt time drag by so tormentingly. His heart grew more and more unwilling, but all he could do was quietly wait for death.
Just then, a gunshot suddenly rang out.
Gu Yi was startled. He poked his head out and saw Shalu collapse, turning into white light and leaving behind a backpack.
Immediately after, he saw Long Ming vault straight down from the staircase on the other side, land steadily on the ground, and quickly run toward him.
“Bro!”
Gu Yi shouted, overwhelmed with excitement.
Long Ming rushed to Gu Yi’s side and asked with concern,
“Are you okay?”
“My left foot got shot. It hurts like hell. What kind of crappy game is this? It’s way too realistic!”
Gu Yi complained through gritted teeth.
Long Ming glanced at Gu Yi’s left foot and saw that it was still bleeding.
He immediately reached out, grabbed Gu Yi’s clothes, and forcibly tore off a strip, binding the wound to reduce the bleeding.
“We need to get out of here. That group will catch up soon.”
No sooner had Long Ming finished speaking than Zheng Bin and the other two caught up.
They ran down from the upper staircase and saw Long Ming helping Gu Yi. They all raised their guns and shouted,
“Bastard, take him out!”
Long Ming immediately pulled Gu Yi with him, dodging around the statue’s circular base.
Bang, bang—
Bullets struck the base one after another, sparks flying in all directions.
After dodging the shots, Long Ming immediately raised the single-shot rifle in his hand, leaned out, and fired.
Bang!
The bullet grazed past Zheng Bin’s head.
Zheng Bin was so frightened that he retreated at once, while frantically raising his gun and firing at Long Ming.
Long Ming missed his shot and immediately ducked back behind the base, quickly ejecting the casing and reloading.
Then he took a deep breath, leaned out again, and fiercely pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Sun Wu was instantly shot in the head and collapsed.
Zheng Bin and Wu Kang were instantly terrified. They quickly retreated and hid behind two iron trash cans.
“Awesome! Bro, there are only two left.”
Seeing Long Ming take down another one, Gu Yi shouted in extreme excitement.
However, Long Ming said to Gu Yi in a low voice,
“I only have one bullet left. Do you have any ammo?”
“Ah, I’m out too.”
Gu Yi’s mood was like a roller coaster, plunging straight from the clouds into the abyss.
For a moment, Long Ming also felt that things were extremely tricky. One bullet could not possibly kill both of them. As for getting close, that would be very difficult as well, and there was no guarantee they could win in hand-to-hand combat.
On the other side, Wu Kang asked Zheng Bin nervously,
“Brother Zheng, what do we do now?”
“Go get help. I’ll keep an eye on them!”
Zheng Bin’s expression grew increasingly ugly. He had not expected Gu Yi’s newly arrived companion to be so strong. Three of their five men had been killed. If they relied on just themselves, they might very well end up being counter-killed.
“Okay!”
Hearing Zheng Bin’s words, Wu Kang immediately turned and ran.
Long Ming heard the movement and poked his head out, only to see Wu Kang turn and run.
Bang—
At that moment, Zheng Bin directly raised the single-shot rifle in his hand and fired at Long Ming’s exposed head.
Long Ming hurriedly shrank back. The bullet struck the base directly.
“What is it?”
Seeing Long Ming’s grave expression, Gu Yi hurriedly asked.
“One of them ran off. He’s probably gone to call for help.”
Long Ming speculated with a gloomy face.
“Then what do we do now?”
“We can only retreat. I’ll help you walk!”
“Forget it. That guy is watching us. If you take me with you, you won’t be able to run at all. Hurry and get out by yourself.”
Gu Yi shook his head, no longer holding out any hope.
Long Ming’s expression shifted for a moment. Then he lowered his voice and said,
“I have a way!”
“What way?”
Gu Yi was stunned and looked at Long Ming in astonishment.
“We can use this statue to block his line of sight and crawl backward with our hands!”
“That might actually work!”
“Let’s go!”
Long Ming immediately led Gu Yi to lie flat on the ground. After calculating the angle, the two of them crawled backward bit by bit using their hands.
Although Gu Yi’s foot was injured, his hands were fine, so moving was not too difficult.
At that moment, Zheng Bin hid behind the trash can, his eyes fixed firmly on the area where Long Ming was hiding.
But after watching for a long time, he still did not see Long Ming or Gu Yi show themselves. All he could hear were the occasional roars from time to time.
Although Zheng Bin felt somewhat puzzled, he did not take it to heart and continued watching.
Time passed second by second.
Seeing that Long Ming and Gu Yi had made no movement at all, Zheng Bin grew increasingly suspicious. However, he was alone and did not dare rashly go over to check.
Fortunately, at that moment, Wu Kang hurried over with three players.
“Brother Zheng, we’re here!”
“Good timing. They’re hiding behind the statue. Follow me and surround them!”
A fierce expression appeared on Zheng Bin’s face as he led Wu Kang and the others cautiously toward the statue.
They approached the statue step by step, their hearts almost leaping into their throats. Their grips on their guns tightened involuntarily.
The instant they got close, Zheng Bin and the others threw caution to the wind and charged forward with their guns raised.
But after they rushed over, they discovered that the area behind the statue was completely empty.
“Where are they?”
Wu Kang and the others looked at Zheng Bin in confusion.
“Damn it! No wonder there was no movement for so long. They actually ran!”
Zheng Bin stomped his foot in furious frustration.
“Then what do we do now?”
Wu Kang and the others looked at Zheng Bin with dark expressions.
At that moment, Zheng Bin noticed the bloodstains on the ground. A cold smile appeared on his face as he said,
“What’s the hurry? See the blood on the ground? They can’t have gotten far!”
“Then let’s chase them!”
Wu Kang and the others immediately looked delighted.
“Move!”
Zheng Bin led the group and chased after the bloodstains.
On the other side, Long Ming supported Gu Yi as they fled to the street leading into the fortress. The sewer entrance was just ahead.
“Hold on a little longer. The sewer entrance is right up ahead.”
“Okay. I really owe you this time.”
“It’s nothing. But how did you end up provoking them?”
“Who provoked them? That bunch from the City of Sin are disgusting as hell. The moment they saw we’d found something good, they got jealous.”
Gu Yi grew angry as he spoke.
“I see.”
Hearing this, Long Ming roughly understood what had happened.
Very soon, the two arrived at the sewer entrance, and Long Ming helped Gu Yi down.
“Careful.”
“Okay.”
Gu Yi then climbed down bit by bit.
But just then, Zheng Bin arrived with Wu Kang and the others. Seeing that Long Ming and Gu Yi were about to escape, they all raised their firearms and opened fire.
Long Ming also noticed Zheng Bin and the others catching up at the first moment. He decisively reached out and shoved Gu Yi down.