"Damn it!" Mu Qiankun's heart skipped a beat. Before he could say anything, gunfire erupted intensely from all directions. "We've been ambushed?"
"Brothers! Attack!" Zhao Dong shouted, and the two squads engaged in a fierce shootout.
Bullets zipped through the dense forest, striking stones and sending sparks flying. Smoke quickly filled the air, mingled with gunfire and screams, shaking the entire woods.
Mu Qiankun realized the situation had turned for the worse. Without thinking, he turned around and ran.
Though he claimed not to fear death and had sworn to go all in, when push came to shove, fear still gripped him, driving him to flee.
He fled along the same path, hoping that amidst the chaos of the firefight, he might be forgotten.
Then, he could hide out in the mountains for a couple of days. When things settled, he would resurface, return to Dongshan Village, and carry on as if nothing had happened.
