Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Mission Variables

As a tactical commander.

Gu Ji must remain calm during combat and not be swayed by external factors. Otherwise, if he makes a wrong judgment, not only will the entire squad be doomed, but the entire airport could also fall.

It was precisely this one order from him that pulled several federal police officers, who had rarely seen dead bodies, out of the shadows.

Gu Ji quickly walked along the wall to the point of firefight where the thugs were just now. The walls on both sides were full of bullet holes, golden bullet casings, and a lot of debris scattered on the ground, and in the corner of the wall, there was a very obvious bloodstain.

“A thug is injured. Judging by the amount of blood, the injury should be serious!”

He followed the blood trail forward to another iron door with blood all over the handle.

The power of modern rifle bullets is immense, and even with a small-caliber rifle, being directly hit in the torso, excluding the arms, generally results in losing the ability to move. The graze that happened in Gu Ji’s first round was actually a very fortunate exception.

“Ahead is the stairwell. Prepare to breach. There may be an injured thug behind the door, so be very careful!.”

Gu Ji’s instant memory was good. After looking at the airport’s fire exit map a few times, he recalled the general layout.

With the previous coordination, everyone was now much more proficient.

The middle-aged policeman quickly ran to the door, tightened his grip on the handle, and waited for Gu Ji’s hand signal. As soon as it dropped, creak, the door opened, but before Gu Ji could break through, a burst of three-round burst swept over, instantly hitting the middle-aged policeman’s calf!

“Ah!”

“Retreat! Retreat!”

Gu Ji shouted against the wall, quickly pulling a grenade from his pocket with his left hand, pulling out the pin, and throwing it, “Close the door!”

Boom——!

A loud explosion, the shrapnel hit the metal iron door. Gu Ji shouted “Strong assault” again. The middle-aged policeman, enduring the sharp pain from his calf, gritted his teeth and pulled, whoosh, the door opened.

Rat-a-tat-tat!

Gu Ji pulled the trigger and swept out, Jillian and Jamie followed closely.

Under the suppression of firepower, in the corner of the stairwell leading underground, the thug was completely unable to come out. As he moved to aim, thud, the thug was finally hit!

Jillian circled to the stairway entrance, just getting ready to step down to check.

A sudden two-round burst came down from above.

The bullet pinged sharply, hitting the metal railing. Gu Ji quickly grabbed her and pulled her back, “Be careful, the thug is on the stairs!”

“Huff…huff…”

Jillian panted heavily. Through the emergency lights, one could see that her golden hair was already damp, and the skin on her chest and neck was covered in cold sweat and was heaving violently, seeming thoroughly frightened by that sudden shot.

“Be cautious in close combat.”

Gu Ji reminded her, then quickly positioned himself at an angle, aimed at the thug’s head, rat-a-tat, firing two more shots.

Having resolved the immediate crisis, looking back, the middle-aged policeman was already pale, collapsed against the door frame, with blood streaming from his calf.

Felsen and others, with worried faces, stood guard nearby.

“Leave one person to treat the injury, the rest continue forward! Quick! Quick!”

Leaving a word, Gu Ji started to slowly approach the stairs with his gun. You can’t blame him for being ruthless. In this crisis, delaying by one second might mean missing a chance to eliminate a thug, increasing the danger for the airport passengers.

According to his calculations.

A hall ambush inevitably resulted in at least one death and one injury, and the sound of gunfire from the corridor and stairwell earlier confirmed at most four guns.

Now that they’ve killed another, the thugs should only have three left.

On Gu Ji’s side, even subtracting the injured middle-aged policeman and the person looking after him, there were still five people, ensuring a strong firepower advantage.

Knowing that there was a thug setting up on the stairs above, Gu Ji approached with extreme caution.

In this highly tense environment, time seemed to slow down.

Especially since he was the number one person in the team, marching at the forefront, the pressure was even greater. After only a few steps, sweat was already beading on the tip of his nose.

Rat-a-tat!

Suddenly, gunshots rang out.

Unexpectedly, just as Gu Ji reached halfway up one flight of stairs, bullets from above swept across, chipping away at the stair’s concrete.

As Jillian and Jamie both moved up for a strong assault, the thug directly threw down a grenade, which exploded with a boom, forcing him to retreat, rendering it impossible to go up the stairs.

“Pinned down.”

Jillian still a bit anxious, “This person’s marksmanship is precise.”

Gu Ji surreptitiously eyed the second-floor stairwell. From this position, even throwing a grenade upwards would be difficult to aim accurately because the airport floor height was so tall, removing the suspended ceiling, it was at least seven or eight meters high, only reaching the second-floor stair corner at most, which couldn’t pose an effective threat to the thug.

Just as he pondered how to breach the stairway entrance, a system prompt suddenly echoed in his mind. The objective of surviving 20 minutes was completed, followed by the completion of finding Jillian’s objective.

For the two reward selections, he quickly chose the optimal solutions, respectively taking [Combat Specialist (Small)] and [Firearm Specialist (Small)].

Especially the mark enhancement from the second-round choice.

White[Firearm Specialist (Small)]: Increases gun shooting proficiency by 10% and firearm adaptability by 15%.

This undoubtedly increased Gu Ji’s proficiency with the Type 56 submachine gun quite a bit.

As everyone knows, the Type 56 uses a 7.62mm intermediate rifle round, with considerably more recoil than the Type 95 assault rifle, which uses a 5.8mm round, making it difficult to control muzzle jump in firing, thus affecting accuracy.

Now, wielding the Type 56, it felt significantly more manageable.

What surprised him was that

as the task to protect Jillian updated, the final mission appeared.

[Ultimate Objective: Prevent the massacre at Laird Airport and rescue at least 640 civilians.]

[Current number of civilians rescued: 812/640]

The mission numbers changed!

Gu Ji clearly remembered that in the previous round, oh no, previous two rounds, the ultimate mission requirement was clearly 480 people. Why did it suddenly increase by nearly 20%?

Was it because I died and restored twice, increasing task difficulty?

Indeed.

With these few death loops, the intel he gathered grew, reducing crisis difficulty, so the task variable increase was understandable.

With this in mind, Gu Ji felt an even stronger urge to break through the stairwell. Continuing to delay, the thug might break into the second-floor boarding gate, showering rounds and causing dozens more deaths!

“Jamie, Jillian!” Gu Ji called softly, pointing upward with his finger, gesturing for “cover me.” The others understood, realizing he wanted the thug to expose himself for a sniper opportunity.

With the bonus from the [Firearm Mastery (Small)] mark, he could at least attempt a single-shot precision hit. After all, he had trained in precision shooting at school, and while not top of the class, was at least in the upper ranks, previously only unfamiliar with the Type 56.

Jillian and Jamie nodded without hesitation, considering Gu Ji had shown strong combat capabilities thus far.

After receiving their response, he extended his right index finger, switched the fire selector from burst to single-shot, then crouched, braced his shoulder, took a deep breath, aiming through the U-notch front sight, post sight, and the stair railing gap towards the second floor.

As the two began sweep-shooting towards the upstairs, the thug moved, poking his head out to retaliate.

In that instant, Gu Ji decisively pulled the trigger, bang, a bullet struck the stair’s concrete edge, precisely where the thug stepped.

Startled, the thug lost balance, shifting his center of gravity outward.

Jamie, seizing the opportunity, immediately fired a two-round burst, hitting the thug in the chest.

“Charge!!”

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