DB Chapter 36

Chapter 36 – Hot Pursuit

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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Shan Ming drove that Volkswagen commercial vehicle crazily through the bustling streets while the cars behind were chasing after him.

Shan Ming glanced at Shen Changze who was still in shock sitting at the co-pilot. He said in a deep voice, “What happened?”

The child shook his head, “I don’t know. Someone was following me and trying to kidnap me. You… How did you find me? Weren’t you…” The child thought about what he was doing before and his heart was filled with anger, “Weren’t you having a good time. Why did you come to me?”

“I can distinguish the gunshots of Walther PPK. You made such a loud noise, do you think we are too safe here?”

When the two of them came out this time, they only brought a small pistol like PPK. They were only out to play and they only brought weapons for self-defence out of habit. Otherwise, once they entered the casino and handed the gun to the security guard, if they took out a Desert Eagle, it would definitely cause panic in the casino. The two of them really didn’t expect that during the time they’re out to have fun after the mission, they would also attract danger.

The child argued: “There are too many of them and they have submachine guns. What can I do?”

Shan Ming looked at the blood and mud on the child’s body. His eyes became gloomy, “Do you know who they are?”

“I don’t know…They… they hit me with a car. And after seeing that I didn’t pass out, they took out a needle as thick as my arm and wanted to inject me with anaesthesia.” Looking at Shan Ming’s side face, the child gradually calmed down. It was just like when he was a child, when his father was around, he felt at ease. He felt like no one could hurt him because no one was his father’s opponent.

Shan Ming’s heart was shocked. He had a bad premonition. He immediately guessed that these people came for this little monster. But how did they find out? And what is the background of these people?

After a while, Shan Ming heard the screeching sound of sirens. Two police cars rushed over from the opposite street corner, trying to block his way forward.

Shan Ming lowered the window on Shen Changze’s side, “Tires.”

The child leaned out, squinted his eyes and raised his gun to aim. Shan Ming stepped on the accelerator as hard as he could. When he was less than 100 metres away from the car, a gunshot rang out. The left front tire of a police car was hit, causing the body of the car to tilt to one side.

The child immediately withdrew his body and buckled his seat belt with a snap. The next second, Shan Ming drove into the right side of the tilted police car, leaving a blank space for Shan Ming and the others.

Shan Ming passed through the two police cars and rushed forward dully.

Shan Ming could clearly see that there were four cars chasing them. They are all off-road cars. The speed was not comparable to his commercial vehicle. After a while, the leading car was getting closer and closer to them. Someone leaned out and shot at the car. In order to avoid the bullers, Shan Ming had no choice but to start driving in a zigzag formation.

If he had enough weapons in his hands, Shan Ming would rather get out of the car and fight them face to face. But the two of them only had two small pistols with a total of ten bullets in them.

Modern combat relies heavily on weapons and this is the first time Shan Ming has encountered such a situation where he is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of equipment.

This is not going to work. Sooner or later, they will catch up to him.

Before they knew it, they had already driven out of the city and approached the desert around the city.

Gunshots rang out frequently from behind. The rear glass of the car was hit and a bullet flew past Shan Ming’s ear. Immediately afterwards, Shan Ming felt a bang. He knew that one of his tires was blown out. The car slanted to the left out of control. The steering wheel was momentarily hit. Shan Ming tried his best to turn the front of the car back. Fortunately this car was front-wheel drive. Otherwise they wouldn’t be able to go forward. Even so, the speed of the car would be greatly affected and the front of an off-road car could almost stick to their car’s buttocks.

Shan Ming lowered his body to avoid being hit. He saw a scrapyard in front of him. He drove towards the scrapyard determinedly.

There are hundreds of scrapped cars parked outside the yard. The distance between each of them was narrow. It was like a maze, but it was temporarily convenient for Shan Ming to dodge the enemy’s attack.

In the end, the commercial vehicle smashed open into the rolling shutter door at the entrance and rushed into the scrapyard. A siren sounded suddenly and the ear-piercing chirping pierced straight into people’s heads.

But the sound made it easier for the two to hide. There was little light in the scrapyard. Shan Ming turned off the headlights and carefully shuttled through the building under the thin moonlight. He then turned off the engine and got out of the car with Shen Changze quietly. They hid in the complex environment of the scrapyard.

Four off-road vehicles also followed in. Judging from the sound of footsteps on the ground, there were at least twenty people on the other side.

A voice commanded: “Turn off the alarm and tell them not to get involved with the situation.”

Shan Ming could already guess who the so-called ‘they’ were.

Turn off the alarm… and don’t get involved…are they referring to the police? For such a large scrapyard, the police would be dispatched no more than three to five minutes after the alarm was sounded. If his judgement was correct, then these people had some kind of relationship with the police.

As for whether it was as he thought, he only needed to see if the police came after a while or not to confirm it.

Just as he was thinking, all the lights in the factory suddenly turned back on.

Both Shan Ming and Shen Changze closed their eyes, having to adapt to the sudden light. When they opened their eyes, they could barely see how big the scrapyard was through the gap between the cars.

Rows of metal racks are filled with toy-like cars. The metal racks are nearly six metres high and seven to eight metres long. There are at least six to seven of such metal racks in a horizontal row and as many as forty rows in a vertical row. There are at least four to five thousand cars here with no end in sight. It is not easy to find two people who are hiding in such a large scrapyard.

It is estimated that the commander gave an order through gestures and their people started to act. The sound of chaotic footsteps scattered in the scrapyard. Shan Ming poked his head out quietly. What these people were wearing, holding in their hands, and the sound of their boots, these are all of which were standard equipment of the American SWAT team. Shan Ming just met with them a few days ago. They had made friends but at that time, they were still on the same front. These people have no scruples at all in their own territory, so they dare to shoot guns on the street and chase them all over the city.

However, Shan Ming did not see the SWAT captain.

Shen Changze also took a look and whispered, “He was not in the same group as the ones who chased me just now.”

Shan Ming thought carefully; The SWAT team were all elite special forces, how could a child like you be able to kill them easily? It must be that the previous wave of people failed to subdue Shen Changze so they moved out reinforcements. To be able to mobilise a SWAT team, it shouldn’t be due to small matters. It seems that they are determined to win this time.

Shan Ming knew that this would be a fierce battle. He was about to face a whole squad of SWAT and he only had a pistol. It would be difficult for him to get out of here.

Shan Ming displayed a bloodthirsty smile.

Come on, you goddamn Yankees. Let me deal with you. Even if I die, I will still hold you back! Shan was determined.

Shan Ming leaned closer to the child’s ear, “Did you bring your sabre?”

The child shook his head.

Shan Ming thought to himself; could there be any worse situation than this?

He took the child through rows of metal racks full of cars. In front of these several-stories of scrapped cars, they looked very small. It has to be said that this is an excellent place for covert warfare. For them to break in here when they are about to be overtaken, maybe God didn’t want them to die just yet. Shan Ming gritted his teeth, thinking of killing at least a few more people so that he won’t go down alone to hell.

Shan Ming passed by a car being refitted and found a screwdriver. It was probably left by a careless mechanic. But Shan Ming was overjoyed at this time.

He grabbed the screwdriver and tucked it into his sleeve. He evaded the search of the SWAT team among the rows of huge metal racks, looking for a lone prey.

Soon, a tall SWAT officer walked over from Shen Changze’s side. He was advancing very carefully in a circle with a gun in his hand.

Shan Ming was a little far away from him. There was a danger of being discovered if he climbed over the child. But if he stayed here without moving, he was also in danger of being discovered.

The child held out his hand and looked at him firmly with bright eyes.

Shan Ming hesitated and handed him the screwdriver.

The child gave a thumbs up. He then made a reassuring gesture and crawled towards the SWAT officer.

At this time, the small size played a very important role. When the child approached the person from behind, the other person didn’t even realise it.

The child covered his body with the car, pulled the opponent to turn his head, and jumped on the opponent’s back silently. He covered the opponent’s mouth with one hand and pierced the long screwdriver into the opponent’s lung from bottom to top with his other hand.

The SWAT officer’s lungs were stabbed in an instant and he couldn’t make a sound. Enduring the severe pain, he stretched out his hand to grab Shen Changze. The rifle in his hand was about to fall to the ground. If there is any movement on the ground, their location will be exposed!

In order not to make any noise, the child had already taken off his shoes. In a hurry, he stretched out his foot and hooked it. His toe just inserted into the trigger guard. Just when the barrel of the MP5K was about to hit the concrete floor, he pulled it up and caught it with one hand.

He jumped off the man, supported his fallen body with his hands and gently put the breathless SWAT officer on the ground.

The child turned around and smiled triumphantly at Shan Ming.

Shan Ming grinned slightly and gave him a thumbs up for the first time in his life.

The child was so excited that it was the first time in his life that Shan Ming expressed satisfaction and even admiration for his behaviour.

Shan Ming crawled over and the two quickly took off the equipment on the dead SWAT officer. Finally, Shan Ming thought about it and took off the clothes on the man. He put them on himself and then the two of them quietly stuffed the body into the narrow seal under the metal rack.

It is actually not safe to stuff a dead body here. As long as someone passes by, they will find it immediately. But if they just pass by outside the metal frame and don’t pay attention, they really can’t discover it.

Shan Ming put the MP5K and the sabre on himself. He stuffed Shen Changze with the pistol and grenades.

At this time, Shan Ming’s state of mind has changed. He no longer feels that this child is a burden that needs his protection all the time. But he is a comrade in arms who can deal with any dangerous situations. Especially in this situation. He could only stand side by side with Shen Changze in a fight.

The radio on the dead SWAT officer rustled. But no one spoke.

Shan Ming thought for a while and picked up the radio. He took Shen Changze to change location. Shan Ming wanted to go around to the entrance of the scrapyard. Most of the SWAT team had been dispersed so there were at most only a few people guarding there. If they could kill those people and grab a car, they still had a chance to leave the place. Unless it was a last resort, Shan Ming didn’t want to compete head-to-head with them.

After crawling forward for a while, another SWAT officer appeared not far away, changing the direction of his body step by step as if they were walking away. Shan Ming looked back and there were two SWAT officers patrolling behind him. They were caught in the middle.

Shan Ming drew out his sabre and listened to the approaching footsteps of the SWAT officers. He waited for the best opportunity.

Suddenly there was a voice on the radio, which startled everyone.

“Jom was killed!”

It appears that the body has been found.

Shan Ming seized the moment when the SWAT officer was stunned. He jumped up, covered his mouth with one hand and cut his throat with the other.

It happened that another SWAT officer behind them turned around and found Shan Ming.

Without even thinking about it, the man raised his gun and aimed at Shan Ming’s back.

Shen Changze suddenly rushed out from the hiding place. With a cold shot, half of the SWAT officer’s head was blown off.

As soon as the gunshots fired, their plan failed completely.

Shan Ming quickly picked up the submachine gun on the corpse and threw it to Shen Changze, pulling him towards the depths of the metal frame.

The nearby enemies had already spotted them. The bullets chased them all the way and the car next to them was full of bullet holes.

There are many places to take cover here and the two of them sat leaning against the car body. Shan Ming gestured for Shen Changze to cover for him. He then rolled out from his hiding place and the submachine gun in his hand spat out bullets, throwing the two who rushed over to their death.

Shen Changze killed another who was trying to target Shan Ming.

The whole process took only two or three seconds. Shan Ming had already rolled into another row of metal racks.

Now no one dared to step forward rashly. Shan Ming quickly changed a magazine and looked at Shen Changze to make sure that neither of them was injured.

At this time, a cold voice came from the radio, “Hmph, Asian pig. I’m going to skin you and bury you with my teammates.”

There was a cold light in Shan Ming’s eyes.

As soon as the words fell, the sound of metal objects rubbing against the ground sounded. Shan Ming found a grenade rolling towards them in his peripheral vision.

It turned out that the person who spoke just now was just trying to distract them!

It was too late to kick them away. The grenade exploded. Een if they were not killed, the car that fell from the top of their heads was enough to smash them into meatloaf!

Shan Ming yelled, “Grenade!” After saying that, he ran frantically in the opposite direction.

The child also rushed out the first time.

With a loud bang, the hot wave chased after their heels and blasted towards them. The two were knocked to the ground by the impact. The fragments pierced their bodies. They hurt like being scorched by an iron.

The foundation of the metal frame that Shan Ming was covering just now was blown off, unable to support the car weighing more than ten tons. It all fell to one side and hit a row of metal frames in front of it. Under the huge weight, the front row of metal frames also snapped. Next, everyone witnessed forty rows of metal frames holding more than ten tons of cars being crushed one after another like dominoes. The whole scrapyard was shaken and dust was flying around. The whole scene was unbelievable.

There are overturned cars between Shan Ming and Shen Changze. They could no longer see each other and the SWAT team also lost their targets.

Shan Ming only felt severe pain all over his body. When he looked down, his thigh was pierced by metal fragments and there was a bloody hole. Although it didn’t affect his walking, his feet felt a burning pain whenever it touched the ground.

If this is already the case for him, he is afraid that Shen Changze’s situation could be even worse.

Shan Ming was furious. He sincerely thought of using the same method to retaliate against those SWAT officers. But thinking of the destructive power caused by a grenade here, he dared not use it casually for fear that both of them could not escape and would be crushed into a pulp.

He must find the child quickly!

Shan Ming took out the hemostatic powder and bandages from the special policeman’s military jacket. He wrapped his thigh hastily and then ran towards the domino caused by the grenade with a gun in his hand.

The row of metal racks that fell just divided the factory building into two sides. Shan Ming was at one end and the child was at the other. If he wanted to find him, he had to pass through the middle.

Shan Ming raised his head and glanced at the huge ruins in front of him. Many of the cars’ fixtures had been destroyed. There is some extra debris lying on the ground. A slight collision could make the cars slide down and hit his head. Such dangers could happen any time. Passing through here is tantamount to courting death.

Shan Ming however gritted his teeth and rushed forward.

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