I Added Everything to Strength - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Sense of Security

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

An eerie silence fell around the room as everyone gawked at He Mu.

For some reason, He Mu felt a bit like a student who was brought to the teacher’s office by his parents at that moment.

He was confused and embarrassed.

“Hey, I’m the captain of this operation, Luo Sheng.”

At that moment, a middle-aged man in uniform extended his hand to He Mu, shattering this awkwardness.

“Hello, I’m He Mu.”

He Mu extended his hand and shook the middle-aged man’s hand. He took a deep breath, and his expression returned to a calm demeanor.

Seeing this, Luo Sheng smiled and said: “Since we’re here, let’s discuss tactics together. Young people like you have a more active mind.”

He said, gesturing an invitation to He Mu.

He Mu didn’t hold back either and immediately went over to look at the screen.

The screen was dotted with dense red dots, and looking at the distribution, each red dot should represent a person.

The Special Operations Unit member controlling the drone placed his hand on the screen and dragged it down. The image on the screen became three-dimensional at once.

A three-dimensional image of tall buildings appeared on the screen.

Red dots appeared clearly across the three-dimensional tall buildings, and even on several floors.

Wow…

He Mu exclaimed inwardly.

…

“Captain, there is no abnormal number of people found in any household.”

The Special Operations Unit member operating the drone dragged the screen several times, observing the buildings from all angles, and finally reported.

Luo Sheng frowned at his words and said: “Since this group of people escaped from Ancheng to Nancheng, they must have some skills. Xiao Zhou, continue to observe and see which houses have people walking around abnormally.”

“Yes, Captain!”

The Special Operations Unit member who was controlling the drone started fiddling with the screen again.

He Mu was silent on the side, his expression gradually becoming grave.

This was the difference between people and monsters. People had intelligence, while the vast majority of monsters had low intelligence.

According to the intelligence, the group had a total of seven people.

If the drone found any household that had seven people or more people, there was a high chance that it was the group of people they were looking for.

But that group was obviously very alert and didn’t gather together.

Captain Luo Sheng made Xiao Zhou observe for any abnormalities because he considered the fugitives’ psychology.

After all, as fugitives, they would be apprehensive, and perhaps couldn’t sleep most of the night. Walking back and forth in the house would be a normal phenomenon.

As for He Mu’s previous belief that the fugitives stayed in the higher floors, it wasn’t entirely right.

With the cunningness of this group of fugitives, there was a high possibility that they hid in the first to third floor, mixing within the ordinary people.

This was where this operation was quite tricky.

…

Unknowingly, seven or eight minutes had passed.

Xiao Zhou locked onto a building located near the intersection. Its first to third floors were occupied with people. The fourth floor was empty, and there was a person on the fifth floor.

Through drone monitoring, that person was pacing back and forth inside the house, and every now and then he would go to the window.

“Captain, this is most likely the sentry.”

Xiao Zhou pointed to the moving red dot on the screen and said with some excitement.

Luo Sheng nodded: “Mark it and continue to observe.”

Wei Lan, who was standing not far away, came over and pointed to the highest position of a building in the middle of the screen.

“This high position also has a red dot. Why do you not think that he is also on sentry duty?”

“Don’t worry, that’s the sniper we mixed in during the day.”

“Oh.”

Wei Lan gave a simple response and discreetly retreated to the side.

…

It must be said that this group of Special Operations Unit members was extremely patient. They observed the screen and discussed and surprisingly, it was over one o’clock now.

At that moment, more than an hour had passed since He Mu came to the courtyard.

Wei Gang and Wei Qiang had been restlessly walking back and forth in the courtyard.

Wei Lan complained in a low voice from time to time.

He Mu, on the other hand, had been standing next to them and listening to their discussions, as if he were a third-rate student in class.

Luo Sheng saw that He Mu remained calm, and his eyes showed some appreciation.

“Young man, you are neither arrogant nor impatient. How rare. In fact, we don’t want to delay the operation for too long either. But you should know that as long as we are cautious, the safety of the residents are also guaranteed.

“Their lives may not mean much to this world. But to them and their loved ones, they are everything.”

“I understand, Captain Luo.”

He Mu nodded in acknowledgment.

He certainly knew that it was inevitable for an operation like this to affect a few ordinary people.

For this group of Special Operations Unit members, be it four or five ordinary people died, it was just a matter of data being reported, and it was impossible for the top to blame them.

It went without saying as for what that one additional dead person meant.

But, in fact, Captain Luo actually said it to the three Wei siblings, and not to He Mu who listened quietly.

As expected, the three Wei siblings heard his speech and immediately quietened down, and Wei Lan also didn’t forget to glare at He Mu in shame.

…

Just like that, another half hour passed and the time was close to 2:00 am.

At that moment, a dark cloud drifted over the blood moon, and almost all the lights in Jiayuan district had been turned off, surrounded by darkness.

Xiao Zhou, who continued to observe the screen, suddenly spoke: “Done! All seven targets located!”

Everyone looked at the screen in unison.

There was a red line on the screen, linked to seven red dots scattered in different locations.

“Captain, I used a wireless signal-jamming device to monitor the suspected sentry who communicated with a person in another building six times in the past two hours.

“That person, in turn, communicated with others two to three times. Apart from that, others communicated with one another several times as well, forming a communication network in a sense.

“Not surprisingly, these seven people are the seven fugitives!”

Luo Sheng took a deep breath, and looked up at the dark clouds in the sky.

“In that case, let’s move out.”

He commanded and members of the Special Operations Unit except Xiao Zhou put on their tactical helmets, checked their firearms, silencers, loaded bullets, and lined up.

Finally, they fiddled with a switch on his uniform.

In an instant, the uniforms of the group of Special Operations Unit members became darker, as if they had completely melted into the darkness of the night.

This uniform was made of a special light-absorbing material, which was nearly invisible in the dark night. So if one didn’t look closely enough, one wouldn’t be able to see any signs at all.

Feeling this sudden aura of murderous intent, He Mu and the three Wei siblings subconsciously stood up straight.

“A word of caution. Although the intelligence shows that there are seven of them, there may be more of them, so we can never let our guard down.”

Luo Sheng waited for the members to finish lining up, and said in a serious voice.

“Yes, Captain!”

The crowd answered in a low voice.

Luo Sheng walked up to the three Wei siblings, and handed out two small black objects to each of them.

One was a monaural wireless headset, and the other was a positioning device.

“If we encounter Red Mist Fighters who we can’t defeat, we’ll need the three of you to help.”

Wei Lan smiled valiantly in response: “Don’t worry, no one can resist the swing of my dagger.”

“Good.”

Luo Sheng nodded slightly, and walked up to He Mu again.

After sizing him up, he also put the headset and positioning device into his hand.

In addition, he took out a smoke bomb, flash bomb, and flare gun from his waist and handed it to him.

“Young man, Xiao Zhou is our eyes, so your task is to protect him here. If you are defeated, you will use these to cover his retreat, understand?”

He Mu’s expression stiffened slightly when he heard that, but after a moment, he understood the good intentions of this captain, and had to reluctantly agree: “Don’t worry, Captain Luo, I will protect Xiao Zhou.”

“Good, I believe you.”

Luo Sheng looked at the others, and said with a cold and unusual tone: “Finally, everyone confirm the appearance of the seven people again!”

Hearing this order, Xiao Zhou raised the screen. Pictures of the criminals along with their height and body type information were displayed like a PowerPoint presentation.

Including He Mu, all eyes stared at the screen.

Until five minutes later, Luo Sheng withdrew his gaze and looked outside the courtyard.

“Let’s move out!”

Saying that, he led the way towards the outside of the courtyard, and although they were quick, hardly any footsteps were heard.

The other Special Operations Unit members followed closely behind, while the three Wei siblings were at the rear.

A few seconds later, a group of people disappeared into the dark night.

…

“As stable as a mountain and as quick as lightning. Maybe this is what it means to have a sense of security.”

Looking at the darkness in the distance, He Mu unknowingly calmed down a lot.