Book 4: Chapter 20: Run, Tang Tang!

Book 4: Chapter 20: Run, Tang Tang!

Fatty lit the signal flare and calculated the angle so that the whole top of the mountain gap was illuminated like there was a small sun. I continued smoking my cigarette as I used the binoculars to look down. Soon, I saw Jin Wantang's blood-covered hand sticking out of the gap.

He was under several large rocks with a big one pinning his legs down.

As soon as I saw this, I already knew in my heart that his legs werent completely crushed. The rocks didnt look particularly heavy, so with the three of us using our strength, we could actually free him.New novel chapters are published on

Jin Wantang couldn't move because of his ribs, and he was in so much pain that he couldnt muster up the strength to push hard against the rocks pinning him down.

If the heavenly gift had the power to move the human body and spur the rocks to collapse, then there would be no need for the Zhang family to travel around the world and interfere with its development. The heavenly gift was a very passive force, so there was absolutely no way that it magically moved Jin Wantang here and moved the stones from a distance to hold him down.

This was a man-made trap, and human strength was limited. This meant that all of the rocks where Jin Wantang was located could be moved by one person. Someone had obviously broken Jin Wantang's ribs and made him unable to move, because he could have actually broken free on his own if he was in good condition.

The person who set this trap up had to be nearby. I cleared my throat and began to speak to Jin Wantang in English. He was used to fooling foreigners in Beijing all day, so his English should at least be adequate.

I kept the explanation very brief just in case, but Jin Wantang was so weak that all he could do was hum. I didnt know if he understood me or not.

"Why did you start speaking in a foreign language?" Fatty asked me.

I made a gesture to indicate that the walls had ears. The signal flare went out at this time, so I said to Poker-Face, "I need a cold firework to land under the pile of stones pinning Tang Tang down."

A hundred meters was close to the farthest record a human had thrown something, so Poker-Face would probably need to calculate the bounce if he wanted the cold firework to land accurately.

But as soon as Fatty set off another signal flare and the area around us lit up again, Poker-Face lit a cold firework and threw it out.

I was familiar with his accuracy. The cold firework hit a rock about eighty meters away, directly bounced off of it, flew for more than twenty meters, and then landed directly under Jin Wantang's hand.

Now that the area was very bright, I could see that a few rocks had been stacked into a triangular shape. The purpose of this was to prevent him from seeing the outside situation clearly. After looking at those rocks and determining the basic mechanics, I instinctively felt that the basic structure wouldnt collapse no matter which stones were broken.

But there was also a lot of risk here. On the off chance that the vibration caused any unexpected changes, then the rocks would completely fall. Although ordinary people wouldnt die, Jin Wantangs ribs would skewer his lungs.

"Do you have anything else to say? I asked Jin Wantang. What comes next is very risky. Ill try my best, but you have to be prepared."

Just as I had expected, his feet werent crushed at all.

He lay on his back as we gradually pulled him towards us bit by bit. There was a lot of gravel in the middle, each piece enough to burst his internal organs if they managed to hit a vulnerable spot. As a result, we could only rely on his will.

After pulling him about ten meters out, another person suddenly crawled out of the stone cave where Jin Wantang had been lying just now. The person quickly went over to Jin Wantang, lifted him up, and put a Mongolian knife against his neck.

It was the young man with the white T-shirt.

He and I looked at each other and smiled. Seeing that he was about to slide the Mongolian knife across Jin Wantang's throatthe trap had failed, so he didn't hesitate to dispose of the baitI immediately lifted my gun up. But when I did, I found that he was completely blocked by Jin Wantangs body. The knife pierced Jin Wantang's neck, but before it could actually slit his throat, Jin Wantang suddenly took something out and sprayed it in the man's face.

The man immediately turned and covered his eyes, dropping Jin Wantang to the ground in the process. I didn't hesitate and quickly shot the guy in the head with a "bang". Fatty immediately quickened his pace to pull Jin Wantang over to us.

This was what I had said in English before. Poker-Face didnt actually need to measure the distance at all, so his test throws were really just a cover for him to accurately throw something into Jin Wantang's hand. It was a can of pepper spray. This kind of bait trap was obviously a traditional hunter's trick. They stayed on the other side, so if the prey didnt take the bait, they wouldnt let the bait go at all.

The man fell into the stone crevice and disappeared. At this distance, I clearly felt that the other person had turned his head just now, which meant that I had missed the shot.

This kind of reaction speed wasnt uncommon among ethnic minorities.

I didnt know where he found the strength, but Jin Wantang suddenly stood up and stumbled over while gripping his neck. As he rushed towards us, we finally managed to drag him over at an extremely fast speed.

He started to fall down, but Poker-Face grabbed the back of his shirt collar to keep him from colliding with the rocks. Fatty and I immediately went up to stop the bleeding while Poker-Face looked at the cold firework in the distance. I also turned my head to take a look.

Sure enough, that man wasnt dead.

I saw his hand suddenly come out of the gap, grab the cold firework, and drag it into the gap.

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TN Notes:

(1) Cutting an X into the top of a bullet guarantees that itll fragment upon striking the body, thereby creating more severe wounds. Wu Xie wanted to shatter the rock so that's why he cut the top of the bullet.