From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Boom! !

The explosion occurred in the front right of the van, lifting the soil and vegetation into the air, and the violent impact almost caused them to overturn.

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"What's going on?!"

"Oh my God!"

The sudden situation broke the original relaxed atmosphere, and made Sears and the four students at a loss, but fortunately no one made an annoying scream.

"Hold on! Keep your head down!"

While Leon reminded loudly, he stepped on the accelerator with his right foot and controlled the van to rush out of this muddy and dense forest area.

Buzz! !

The roar of the engine drove the four-wheel drive.

Whoosh~ Whoosh~!

The whistling of the shells falling and approaching.

Boom! Boom!

An explosion took place again around the van, and one of the shells even blew a giant tree in half, forcing the upper part to lose support and fall to the ground uncontrollably.

Chi-! !

Seeing this, Leon, who judged that it was a mortar attack, quickly turned the steering wheel to the left to avoid being hit by the giant tree and becoming a live target.

But he was very confused.

They were driving an old van produced by Volkswagen in the 1980s. Was it necessary to use mortars to "entertain"?

Could it be...

Da Da! !

Sure enough, just when Leon thought that the target of the mortar attack was not them, gunshots broke out on the right, and a violent conflict broke out instantly.

Ammunition and shells of different calibers passed through the dense forest, which had a better effect than chainsaws, "cutting" the dense vegetation between the warring parties, and creating a "clearing".

Gunpowder smoke filled the air. Although they were in the rainforest, a place with excellent air environment and filtration effect, everyone in the car could still smell the strong smell of gunpowder.

Bang!

Several stray bullets pierced the car window.

"Oh, my God...!"

"Professor... I want to go home..."

The teachers and students followed Lyon's reminder, covered their heads and ears with their hands, and curled up as much as possible to avoid being hit by stray bullets.

Fear and despair can be seen on their faces, and their hearts are full of regrets. Why did they leave their hometowns and risk running to this war-torn area to put themselves on the verge of death?

At this moment, Lyon had no time to comfort the emotions of the teachers and students, but was fully focused on driving.

And when he used his peripheral vision to observe the movements on the right, he could vaguely see the appearance of the two warring parties;

The side close to the east and north was the real target aimed at by the mortar. Everyone was wearing dark green clothes and holding Soviet weapons, which was obviously the standard of the rebels.

On the west side, which was the side of the village they were about to arrive at, there were still rebels with the same clothes and weapons.

Is it an internal conflict?

It is not uncommon for warlords or rebels to have internal conflicts due to interests and spoils.

Among the rebels on the side of the village, Lyon also found a lot of ragged civilians, who seemed to be forced into this internal conflict.

But Lyon could not explain why the civilians rushed forward more radically and "bravely" than the rebels.

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This was definitely not a sign of coercion.

Boom! Boom!

Several more shells fell nearby, and the explosions immediately made the earth tremble.

Bang! ~ Bang!

Shrapnel and fragments that were no less powerful than the warheads splashed out, making the van clang and become broken.

Maybe there was also good luck?

The shrapnel and fragments that could easily pierce the car skin did not cause any fatal injuries to the people in the car.

Only the female student who wanted to chat up Lyon had her left forearm cut by shrapnel and needed to stop the bleeding immediately.

But...

"Bang!"

The tire burst.

"Ah!!"

"Help!"

Accompanied by the shouting inside the car, the van that accompanied everyone through the dense forest finally lost its balance and overturned.

Due to inertia, the van rolled several times on the muddy ground and finally hit a huge tree before stopping.

Bang... Bang!

The already shattered windshield was kicked open by Leon who recovered immediately.

And the moment he climbed out of the van, he rolled up and took out the USP.40 from the holster and looked around.

The "car accident" happened to be at the intersection of the village and the dense forest. A few meters to the west, you can walk out of the rain forest, and turn your head to look to the east and north...

"Da! Da!"

The unique crisp sound of several .40sw caliber bullets when they were fired also began to mix in the fierce gun battle.

It turned out that Lyon found two rebels holding AKMs, who were about to rush to the rear of the car, so he raised his gun, aimed, pulled the trigger, and opened a bloody hole in the forehead of the two rebels in one go.

After solving the current threat, Lyon held the USP with his right hand to ensure that he could still fire at the first time, and pulled Sears out of the car.

The remaining four students were much more flexible than their professor. They climbed out of the car by themselves and squatted beside the front of the car with the engine.

After confirming that everyone was alive, Lyon took out the medical bag hanging on the waist belt and threw it to the female student, asking her to stop the bleeding and bandage her left arm that was missing a piece of flesh.

Although they were forced to get involved in a battle and each of them was scared to death, Sears and others understood that they must not shout at this moment.

Doing so seemed to vent emotions and relieve fear, but it would only expose the position and make Lyon, who was protecting them, feel anxious.

On the other hand, Lyon, the prospective investigator, was also trembling with fear.

No matter how high his psychological quality is and how rigorous his training is, it is inevitable that he will have great emotional fluctuations as it is his first time to kill someone, and his adrenaline surges, causing his hands to tremble unconsciously.

Fortunately, Klausa's teachings were engraved in his heart. Leon quickly adjusted his breathing rhythm, took out a smoke bomb, removed the pull ring, picked up the safety, and threw it to the south of the van.

Hiss!

The smoke quickly spread, providing more cover.

"Run to the village!"

"Okay!"

After receiving the signal, Sears and others hurriedly ran towards the nearest thatched house.

And Leon was at the back of the team, responsible for dealing with the approaching and following rebels.

When they escaped from the rainforest, bypassed the back of the thatched house, and were about to turn the corner to enter the village...

"Roar!!"

The male student walking in the front almost collided head-on with a "villager" who made a strange roar.

"My Jesus Christ!" The male student retreated again and again.

"Roar!!"

But the "Villager" chased after him relentlessly, and stretched out his hands, trying to strangle the boy's neck.

Hearing the noise, Leon immediately rushed to the side of the boy, pointed the gun at the "Villager's" left chest, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Da Da! Da!"

He fired two shots at the chest and one shot at the head.

The "Villager", who suffered three fatal attacks, looked up and fell to the ground with a "bang!".

If it was Leon in the police academy, he might have shouted "Stop! Or I'll shoot!" first, but the police regulations were obviously not applicable to the current situation.

"Bang! Bang!"

But the "Villager" was not dead at all, and suddenly began to twitch violently, and then his head exploded directly.

"Hiss!!"

At this time, the "Villager" also let out a sharper roar, and a large number of slender tentacles like thorny vines emerged from the broken neck.