Chapter 139 – Third Confrontation
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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During the battle in the Madagascar tropical rainforest, although Shen Yao won in the end, he suffered heavy losses and his strength was greatly reduced. He was not as powerful as the government with a large scientific research group and more than 20 years of accumulation. In that battle, most of his Dragon Blood men were dead. The rest that was left was definitely not enough for him to fight against the government forces. So he is eager to get the ‘Sea Dragon’ horn which is a Dragon Blood Mman stimulant in order to improve his individual strength. Obviously, now is Shen Yao’s most vulnerable time. So, it is the most suitable time to attack.
While sitting in the car and rushing to the destination, Shan Ming asked Tang Tingzhi, “If you detain Shen Yao, what are you going to do with him?”
“Imprisoned for life.” Tang Tingzhi said lightly, “Although the mistakes he committed were enough to execute him ten thousand times, the higher-ups compromised with Shen Changze’s request. After all, he was still his biological father.”
Shan Ming lit a cigarette and said in a deep voice, “For a person like Shen Yao, if you lock him up, it is already like death for him.”
“It depends on his consciousness. He is very useful to the country. Rather than punishing him, we pay more attention to the benefits he can bring to the country. If he has been obsessed with his race, he can only be locked up forever. But we will detain him first. Afterwards, he will find a way to change his way of thinking. This is also Shen Changze’s hope. He promised to help us on the premise of not executing Shen Yao.”
“Then what about Zhao Qingling?” Shan Ming thought of Shen Changze’s mother. Not only was he a little worried but that maverick woman acted on her own free will. In fact, the group of people now couldn’t figure out what she was thinking about and what her plans were. He knew that she wanted to stop her husband. But he didn’t know what she planned to achieve in the end. Tang Tingzhi sighed slightly, “Although I really want to recruit her, I have a private agreement with her. I will let her go after the mission is over. It’s a pity. I’m afraid there won’t be such an excellent and perfect female Dragon Blood Man ever again.” Tang Tingzhi’s expression was full of longing. The more Shan Ming looked at him, the more he felt that this person is beginning to show more different expressions these days. He looked more and more alive compared to before.
The first time he saw Tang Tingzhi, this person was similar to a clay doll, without unnecessary expressions or words. He only focused on his purpose like a robot. He didn’t know when Tang Tingzhi started to look more and more like a human being. Maybe it started when they started to fight side by side again and again. Or maybe it started when he praised Ayer’s blond hair.
When Ayer heard their conversation, he glared at Tang Ting with some dissatisfaction, “Is female Dragon Blood Man so attractive to you?”
“Of course it is. With Zhao Qingling included, there are only two of them out there now. There was one who had been participating in the experiment. But I haven’t seen her for a long time.”
Ayer’s eyebrows twitched. His expression was looking a little stiff, “So you miss her very much, right?”
Tang Tingzhi thought for a while. He was not sure if it was right to use the word ‘miss’ but he nodded anyway, “That woman is also a perfect Dragon Blood person. But unfortunately, she was never able to conceive.”
Ayer narrowed his eyes and stared at him. He couldn’t help but to stomp his feet on his shoes, “You were missing her so much. But even if she can conceive, it won’t be your child. What are you expecting?”
Tang Tingzhi looked at the obvious shoe print on his shiny military boots and was stunned. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped off the shoe print carefully. He then frowned and said to Ayer, “Why are you doing this? I just got it polished today.”
Ayer stretched his foot, “If you are not happy then you can also step on me.”
Tang Tingzhi glanced at him and whispered, “I just polished your shoes today too.”
Ayer shook his feet intentionally, “Oh, really? No wonder it’s so shiny. You’ll be in charge of it from now on.”
Tang Tingzhi pursed his lips and lowered his head.
“What’s the matter? Are you not happy?”
“No. I’ll take note of it.” He touched the small notebook in his pocket and wanted to take it out at that moment. But he didn’t dare to write it down in front of Ayer.
Yang Guan couldn’t bear to see how Ayer bullied his Colonel so much. During this period of time, it was unknown as to what was wrong with Ayer. He was like a primary school student. He always made trouble for the Colonel and he was always picking on those around the Colonel. He even wondered if the differences between Chinese and Western cultures were too great. Would it be necessary for Ayer to pester the Colonel all day long to cook for him? He also asked the Colonel to teach him even the most basic Chinese grammar. The Colonel is a national treasure-level scientist and that head of his is priceless. Is he someone who would do such meaningless things? The Colonel can’t just spoil him simply because he saved the Colonel. So he couldn’t help but say, “Let me polish it for you. The Colonel’s time is precious.”
Ayer glared at him, “This is none of your business.”
Tang Tingzhi waved his hands, “I’m fine…”
Yang Guan glared at Ayer angrily. Ayer also glared back at him, intentionally sitting closer to Tang Tingzhi. He frivolously flicked Tang Tingzhi’s hair with his hand and blew on it with his mouth.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this unscrupulous foreigner is always pestering their Senior Colonel. They all thought that he must be plotting something bad so they all looked anxious. But the Colonel is completely unaware. It was as if he was willing to accept Ayer’s harassment of him all day long.
Shan Ming glanced at Ayer and the two eyes met. He could clearly see the deep smile in Ayer’s eyes. Shan Ming couldn’t help curling his lips. Anyway, Ayer and Tang Tingzhi were a good match when they stood together. He only wanted his brother to live a happy life.
They drove for more than four hours along the rugged mountain road. They finally found the place where Shen Yao was hiding. They had already seen the abandoned hospital two kilometres away so they prepared to ambush on the spot.
Observing through a telescope, there are people guarding the outside of the hospital. A high-voltage power grid was pulled on the wall. There are two snipers on the heights. The hospital is small and has a large yard, which was a very easy place to patrol and defend.
Shan Ming acted as a vanguard this time. He cut in from the blind spot of the sniper’s vision and quietly lurked near the hospital under the cover of the woods. He spent two hours observing the distribution of their personnel.
Gradually, the sky darkened. Shan Ming returned to the place where they were gathered. They ate some dry food and began to prepare for the night’s action.
“Have you contacted Shen Changze?”
“Yes.”
“Fix the time of action and ask him to send us Zhao Qingling’s location.”
“He said that Zhao Qingling would be in charge of that. We should just clear the periphery. This is the map he passed on to us.”
“Huang Ying, there are still seven minutes before they change guards. You have about a minute or so to take out the minefield around the main entrance.” Huang Ying was already equipped. Upon hearing Tang Tingzhi’s order, he hurriedly said: “Okay.”
Huang Ying brought a large can of bright-coloured spray, which is invisible to the naked eye. The colour can only be seen through a special filter of the night vision device. After he was fully equipped, he walked from their gathering place to the abandoned hospital.
After crossing the hidden high slope, Huang Ying could only crawl forward for the next one kilometre. Due to the extremely dark light, he was wearing a spectral camouflage uniform that could change its colour to adapt to the surrounding environment like a chameleon. His actions were silent and even Tang Tingzhi and the others could not see him in a blink of an eye.
Half an hour later, through the filter installed on the telescope, they saw some fluorescent green light spots appearing at a slow speed on the ground in front of the hospital. It slowly became connected together even more.
When Huang Ying was still a human being, his nickname was ‘Demoman’. He joined the army at the age of seventeen and was already an expert in mine clearance at the age of twenty-one. Once, a teammate of his made a wrong judgement on a mission. In order to save people, he sacrificed himself by being blown up by TNT explosives. Both of his hands were gone. He was very desperate. At that time, he was very young and he had a lot of passion and blood to serve the motherland. Unfortunately, he could never go to the battlefield again. Even the rest of his life would not be burdened with his disability. Later, the scientists of the ‘National Weapons Program’ found him and told him that it is impossible to change his disability through modern medical methods. They asked if he was willing to take the risk to join this program. Once he becomes a Dragon Blood Man, fortunately, his two hands regenerated. For him at the time, nothing was more painful than the status quo. So he agreed without hesitation. Since then, he has become an explosive expert with dragon blood genes, playing an extremely important role in the entire team of Dragon Blood people.
This time, with his rich experience, he took out all the minefields in the team’s way forward and removed a big obstacle for them.
Lily’s eyes sparkled in excitement. She couldn’t stop saying, “He’s really good.” It made Huang Ying’s bachelor comrades envious.
Huang Ying was no more than 30 metres away from the guard at the gate. Under such circumstances, his mission was completed silently. When he quietly returned to a hiding place, while the traces of fluorescent spray on the ground did not disappear, they brought their equipment and set off.
The departure time was exactly in line with the time agreed by Shen Changze.
Although Tang Tingzhi is in command, Ayer has more actual combat experience than him. With his experience of leading the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ for more than ten years, it can be said that he is more qualified and capable of command than anyone here. So when they started to act, Ayer began to assign personnel. He divided the team into three teams. He led a small team to eliminate the guards at the gate while Yang Guan and Shan Ming led people in charge of the east and west guards respectively. They could tell that the guards they faced this time were all human beings. Shen Yao suffered heavy losses last time so this time, he might have found local mercenaries as helpers. But these people are really vulnerable in their eyes.
After killing the guards, they all bypassed the minefield and entered through the main entrance. It was in the dead of night. It was the time when people were most tired and fell into deep sleep. They entered the hospital silently.
The long corridor of the hospital was looking eerie. Due to the dim light, it has been engulfed in complete darkness for more than ten metres away. Nothing can be seen at a glance. This corridor seemed like it was an entrance to hell. The smell of mold and disinfection was everywhere. The mottled traces on the walls and floors made it hard for people to imagine what happened here. After a gust of wind, everyone shrank their necks unconsciously. They didn’t know how many unjust lives were taken and buried in this field hospital.
They were divided into two teams and entered the interior from the corridors on both sides of the hospital. When Shan Ming and the others found the stairs and planned to go up, gunshots came from the direction of the other team.
Since gunfire started over there, they were already exposed. A few figures suddenly appeared at the dark corner of the stairs. A violent sweep hit their feet and the people behind retreated to the corner. Shan Ming, who was walking at the front, was grabbed by Crow by the backpack. He was pulled back suddenly. A bullet grazed the toes on his boots. In the empty hospital, the sound of gunshots were deafening.
The battle has started. This is their third confrontation with Shen Yao.
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*Translator’s Note: ‘Demoman’ is a character from the game Team Fortress who is a master of explosives. -K
Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)
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