DB Chapter 122

Chapter 122 – Acting Separately

Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)

Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)

*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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While walking, Shan Ming studied the radio frequency. He searched all over the equipment on his body but he couldn’t find anything that could effectively block it for a short time without letting Shen Yao discover it. This is a big problem. How can he communicate with other people then? Even if he met Shen Changze, he can only communicate by handwriting.

The locator on Shan Ming’s body constantly received satellite positioning information from the signal terminal of the primitive tribe village. He adjusted his route according to the information. He knew of his own position and Shen Yao also knew it clearly. So he dared not slack off. He followed the instructions on the locator to move towards the specified direction.

After walking for about two hours, he found the bodies of several aborigines. They were all killed by machine guns. The wounds were already covered with insects in only a short period of time. He knelt down and touched a person’s skin. Due to the influence of the tropical rainforest climate, the temperature of the skin surface was still not cold. The body temperature of the person had not dissipated yet. So it means that the death time was very short.

He moved forward and found the body of a Chinese special soldier.

The man was placed on the ground with his hands folded on his chest. There were more than a dozen penetrating wounds on his chest and abdominal cavity. They were absolutely caused by cold weapons. Shan Ming looked up and saw that there was a bloody vine hanging from the big tree above his head, which had been cut off by a sharp weapon. He understood that this person fell into a trap and was hung in mid-air before being thrown down.

No matter how well the corpse was placed, it could not change his fate of being devoured by the creatures here. Shan Ming’s afraid that he will never have a chance to return to his homeland.

Shan Ming took out the insect repellent water from his arms and sprinkled most of it on him. Although it was futile to do so and it would only keep him intact for a few hours at most, if they could win this battle, they would still have a chance to come back to find his body and bring him home. Although he and these special forces have different original intentions and purposes of setting foot on this foreign land to fight, they are all still on the same side. Unless it is absolutely impossible, they must bring the bodies of the dead comrades back to their hometowns and bury them. This is the last thing they can do for them. 

When they die in the future, they also hope that their bodies will not remain in this evil battlefield, festering and rotting.

As Shan Ming continued to move forward, he encountered more traces of battles. On the way, he also encountered several traps set by the aborigines. He became more and more careful.

Judging from the chaotic traces on the ground, Shen Changze and the others should have already divided their troops. These aborigines are best at guerrilla warfare. They are good at hiding themselves and running away after fighting, taking advantage of the environment.

Next, there were more and more traces of the battle. The scene became even more tragic. Although most of the dead were aborigines, some of them were also some special forces. The only thing that comforted Shan Ming was that he had not seen any familiar faces.

A small stream could be seen from not far away. Shan Ming walked over to add some water for himself.

Shen Yao’s voice came from the earphone, “How is the situation? Have you found him yet?”

Shan Ming said in a low voice: “Many corpses were found. So, they must be very close.” He squatted down and put the sabre by his feet. He then bent down to drink some water and replenished his water bag.

A black shadow suddenly appeared on the reflection of the silver sabre. Shan Ming did not look back. He only glanced at the reflection of the sabre. He then slowly reached out to grab the trigger of his MP5K. He put the machine gun on his lap and as soon as he turned around later, he would shoot. He can let the triangular straps slide off. The machine gun would just slide into his hand. It would only take 0.4 seconds for him to fire.

It’s a pity that the person behind didn’t come any closer. When they were separated by a safe distance, the person said, “Turn around.”

Shan Ming was taken aback for a moment. He gave up the decision to take the gun. Instead, he raised his hands over the top of his head and slowly stood up. This was because he recognized the voice.

Shan Ming turned around. Despite the man wearing a camouflage straw hat and anti-mosquito camouflage strips on his face, Shen Changze recognized him at a glance.

“Baba!” Shen Changze was overwhelmed with surprise. He rushed up a few steps and hugged him. He then kissed him hard, “Baba, Baba. That’s great. You’re fine!”

Shan Ming said, “You’re fine too. That’s great”. He then made a booing gesture with one finger and pointed at his ear with the other finger.

Shen Changze lifted the straw hat and saw that there was a communication earphone with an eavesdropping function plugged into his ear. He looked at Shan Ming questioningly and Shan Ming only nodded in answer.

Shen Changze frowned. He immediately understood what was going on. He asked, “Where are the others? Aren’t you trapped here? But why are you here alone?”

“We were attacked by the natives and the team split up.”

Shen Changze scolded in a low voice: “We also met those indigenous people. They are barbaric and desperate. Damn it.” While talking, he took out his mobile phone and typed a few words for Shan Ming to read.

The phone displayed, “Ayer and Tang are together.“

Shan Ming nodded, “So you guys acted separately?”

“Yes. Acting separately can divert the opponent’s attack and find ways to deal with them better.”

Shen Yao’s voice came from the earphone, “Don’t talk too much nonsense. Take him to my place.”

Shan Ming said: “Have you prepared the boat? How do we leave from here?”

“There is a way to leave when we get to the beach. Now we need to find the others as soon as possible. How many of you were injured?”

Shan Ming said in a deep voice, “A lot.” While speaking, he had already typed out a few words on the mobile phone for Shen Changze to read.

The phone displayed, “He threatened me to take you away. Be careful.“

Shen Changze nodded, “Then let’s go find the injured people. I will notify Tang Tingzhi and the others to meet at a designated place.”

Shan Ming said: “Let’s go.”

Shan Ming walked in the front and Shen Changze fell behind. After the two opened a safe anti-eavesdropping distance, Shen Changze notified his teammates by radio. Then he caught up and told Shan Ming with his mobile phone that Ayer had found Shen Yao’s location and was rushing to rescue the injured members of ‘Peregrine Falcon’.

Shan Ming’s expression changed. He grabbed the phone and typed the words; “Stop him“.

Peregrine Falcon’s mercenaries are now under Shen Yao’s complete control. Shen Yao is right. It won’t even take a second for him to kill them. Just a single shot of a machine gun can instantly smash everyone into a sieve. Not only that, in the aborigines village, there are a lot of Dragon Blood people there. Without Shen Changze, how could they act rashly? It is likely to cause the death of the hostages.

Shen Changze had no choice but to distance himself from Shan Ming and reconnect again. After a while, he ran over and shook his head, expressing that it was too late. Ayer had already brought a few people into the village where there was a communication jammer. It was impossible to contact Ayer now.

Shan Ming was so anxious that he started to run towards the village.

Ayer shouldn’t be so reckless. He’s afraid this will really pissed Shen Yao off this time. So far, Ayer doesn’t know whether anyone other than himself is still alive. Whether he went to the enemy camp with the mentality of saving people or with the intention of revenge, it is already difficult to tell. If he can’t tell Ayer that the others are still alive, he’s afraid Ayer will do some extreme things.

They must rush back to the village as soon as possible to assist in the rescue. He didn’t want to hand over Shen Changze to that lunatic. But he also didn’t want the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ to be exterminated.

They ran for a long time. Shen Yao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke again with a somewhat urgent voice, “You are still 17 kilometres away from us. I will give you 40 minutes. If you can’t make it back on time, I will kill someone.”

“Damn it!” Shan Ming cursed angrily.

When Shan Ming got out, he deliberately delayed the time. But now he was going back like he was flying on air. About half an hour later, through the dense tree canopy, he can already see thick smoke rising from the direction of the village. It is definitely not the smoke of people cooking. The village was on fire.

Ayer had made his moves! What Shan Ming is most worried about now is that Shen Yao might start killing people. Shen Yao was so confident. He knew that Shen Changze will not come here alone. But he still dared to reveal his position. He even said that he wanted to eradicate Tang Tingzhi. It was obviously to attract them to the village and kill them. This attitude can only show that he was with adequate preparations. What effect can Ayer’s actions achieve?

Shan Ming kept telling himself to calm down. Calm down and trust Ayer. He is not sure if he won’t mess around. But just trust Ayer and trust the ‘Peregrine Falcon’.

He wiped off the sweat from his forehead and glanced back at Shen Changze.

Although it was inconvenient for the two to talk, the tacit understanding of fighting side by side for many years allowed them to understand each other’s thoughts. Shen Changze gave him a firm look.

Shan Ming gritted his teeth and ran to the village as fast as he could.

When they ran outside the village, they found that many wooden houses inside were already on fire. Although the surrounding air was humid, the materials of the wooden houses were all flammable old trees that had been dried for many years. Now the wooden houses have been burned in pieces and the sound of gunfire continues to drill into their eardrums. This is a battlefield they are familiar with. It will also be a heart-wrenching battlefield.

When Shan Ming came back to his senses, he suddenly found that the communication between him and Shen Yao had been interrupted. It was probably due to the communicator and the sub-band jammer having been destroyed. He didn’t have time to explain to Shen Changze more about what happened in the past three days. So he could only shout: “Hurry up and let’s save them.”

Shen Changze was at the front and Shan Ming followed behind him. The people who came to the village hunched over with their guns in their hands. There were constantly screaming natives running and crying. They were crying bitterly for their lost hometown. But those who didn’t hide, the bullets quickly tore all the people exposed under the gun to pieces.

Shan Ming saw the figure of a Dragon Blood Man from the enemy’s side. He hid behind a wooden house, looking for an opportunity to shoot. He doesn’t have a large-calibre sniper rifle on him now nor does he have bullets specially designed to deal with Dragon Blood people. What he has is just an MP5K that can’t penetrate dragon scales. This target will definitely be found by the opponent.

A short and stocky Dragon Blood Man sprang out from the other side and knocked down the Dragon Blood Man that was hiding with a punch. Shan Ming took a closer look. It was Crow!

The difference in height between the two is nearly a head but Crow has fully demonstrated his advantages at this time. He has insurmountable strength and a stable foot. The other Dragon Blood Man was beaten so badly that he couldn’t stand still. He turned bloodied by Crow. With a howl, he threw himself on Crow recklessly and bit Crow’s neck with his mouth open.

Crow’s fist hit the Dragon Blood Man’s head and horn like a hammer. He smashed off the hard dragon horn and the blood flowed down from the Dragon Blood Man’s head. It looked abnormal and tragic.

The Dragon Blood Man was obviously driven mad by the pain. No matter how much Crow hit him, he would not let go.

Shan Ming raised his gun and aimed at the Dragon Blood Man’s temple. He then firmly pulled the trigger.

There was a gunshot and the bullet pierced the unprotected temple of the Dragon Blood Man. He tilted and fell on Crow. Crow pushed him away and sat up clutching his slippery and bleeding neck. He looked at Shan Ming.

Shan Ming’s whole body was dressed in the field army’s attire so he could hardly tell what the person looked like. Crow looked at him suspiciously for two seconds before realising who this person was.

Shan Ming ran over and dragged him to the back of the wooden house. He took out a hemostatic spray from his backpack and sprayed it on his neck. Most of this hemostatic powder spray would be burned off by the acidic dragon’s blood. But a small part could still be effective.

Crow said: “Thank you… ugh… It hurts.”

Shan Ming stuffed the spray into his hand, “Where’s Ayer? Where are the others?”

“I don’t know. When we were ambushing from the outside, Ayer started to burn the houses and caused chaos. Afterwards, the members of ‘Peregrine Falcon’ broke free by themselves. They cooperated with each other and ran out of the village. We came in to deal with the Dragon Blood people. But I think I saw many Dragon Blood people also left the village to chase after them, including Shen Yao. I don’t know where they went. I think their situation is not good.”

At this time, Shen Changze also had cleared up a few Dragon Blood men and ran over from the other side.

Crow was surprised and said: “Major, we have been looking for you. The situation is a bit out of control. You have to subdue Shen Yao. Or else, we can only watch him run away again.”

Shen Changze said: “Okay. You rest here now and show us the direction.”

“Four o’clock. That’s where Ayer and the Colonel lead the members of the ‘Peregrine Falcon’. Shen Yao must be chasing after them. You go and protect the Colonel.”

Shen Changze took Shan Ming and they ran out of the village.

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*Translator’s Note: Only two chapters today. 😴 By the way, I don’t know if anyone noticed that I’m currently adding the translation of extra chapters for ‘Winner Takes All’ by Shui Qian Cheng as well. Along the way, I’ve also found extra chapters for ‘Beloved Enemy’, ‘Sissy’, ‘Additional Inheritance’, ‘Professional Body Double’ etc… Shui Qian Cheng wrote some extras for these that were not in the original books (I think? I haven’t read them all yet). So, if anyone is interested in translating them, or if the original translator of these novels wanted to translate these chapters, I can provide you with the raws. -K

Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)

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