Chapter 876 - Charging ahead

Chapter 876: Charging ahead

Translator: Legge
P5092 was sitting in the command center with his arms crossed in front of his chest. He calmly watched the real-time images that were transmitted back by the recon company and suddenly realized they were advancing at a very fast pace. In fact, they were already about to overtake the infantry brigade.
The recon company and the infantry brigade had taken different routes. One was heading northwest while the other was heading northeast. The infantry brigade was in charge of launching a feint to distract the enemies while the recon company played the main role in this recon mission.
Next to him, his adjutant asked, “Will there be any problems with the recon company advancing at such a rapid pace?”
“Let’s wait and see.” P5092 did not interfere with the recon company’s plans and chose to observe the situation for the time being.
At this moment, the recon company was maintaining radio silence. As they were getting close to the edge of the forest, everyone started becoming more alert.
All of a sudden, the voice from the palace in Ren Xiaosu’s mind said, “Quest: It has been detected that your team members are extremely nervous. Please help ease their anxiety.”
Ren Xiaosu’s eyes lit up when he heard the voice from the palace assigning him a quest. He was very experienced at helping others ease their anxiety. He thought for a moment and said, “Um… it feels like everyone is very nervous, so let me sing a song for y’all.”
Saying that, he started singing “Five Little Ducks.”
T40219 was taken aback. “Sir, what are you doing?”
“What? You don’t like this song?” Ren Xiaosu wondered why the quest was still not complete. “I’ll sing a different song then.”
After that, he started singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.”
However, Ren Xiaosu’s ever-successful performances failed this time. When this song reverberated over the radio, it not only failed to ease everyone’s anxiety, but it made everyone even more nervous!
It was understandable they would feel nervous since they were going to enter the forest soon. Although the main infantry forces had launched a feint on the other side to help conceal their presence, was this the right time to be singing nursery rhymes? The enemy was just up ahead, yet one of them over here was actually singing?
This scene was simply too bizarre and absurd.
T40219 said nervously over the radio, “Sir, what are you doing?”
Their exchange was also being transmitted back to the command center in real time. All the staff officers in the command center were dumbfounded by what they heard. Having been in the Pyro Company for so many years, this was their first time encountering such a situation!
The deputy commander looked silently at P5092. “Sir…”
After a long silence, P5092 said, “Let’s wait and see. He must have his reasons for doing that….”
When Ren Xiaosu saw the palace had still not informed him about the completion of the quest, he immediately got anxious. “All of you, sing a song for me. Hurry up.”
When he heard everyone stumbling through the singing of the military song over the radio, the tension rose further.
Ren Xiaosu felt a little helpless. He had met his Waterloo for the first time ever in the process of doing a quest. What was with this situation?
But a moment later, the recon soldiers suddenly saw Ren Xiaosu, who was at the tip of the spear, get down on one knee and raise his gun to shoot.
After firing two shots, Ren Xiaosu picked up the pace and sprinted forward. He shouted on the radio, “Keep up!”
With that, Ren Xiaosu took the lead and charged into the forest. The recon company behind him was clueless about what was happening until they saw a barbarian who had fallen to the ground when they entered the forest a short while later.
This barbarian was likely a hidden sentry in the forest who was responsible for keeping watch. But the soldiers of the recon company were puzzled. How could Ren Xiaosu have spotted this barbarian?
Furthermore, the two shots from earlier had hit the barbarian in the eyes. If he were shot elsewhere, it would at most have hurt the barbarian slightly, but Ren Xiaosu was somehow able to kill him with those two shots.
To be precise, he had killed him with one shot. He only fired twice out of habit.
T40219 looked at the barbarian’s corpse in silence. There were two bloody wounds left where his eyes used to be. He knew he couldn’t shoot with such accuracy. Not only that, he would not even have discovered the barbarian’s presence in advance.
He suddenly realized that although the other party was a little unpredictable, it was just as he claimed. He was not someone who needed any protection.
Ren Xiaosu had charged ahead into the forest. T40219, who was behind him, hurriedly said on the radio, “Sir, don’t get separated from the group!”
However, Ren Xiaosu did not slow down at all. He simply answered, “Y’all’re quite fit as well, so you should be able to keep up with me. I’ll slow down a little bit for y’all.”
T40219 was stunned. Ren Xiaosu was saying that he would slow down and wait for them? That was to say, even though the other party knew the recon company was made up of T3 combatants, he still felt he had to slow down for them to keep up with him?
Intense gunfire rang out in the distance. It seemed that the main infantry forces were already exchanging fire with the barbarians.
Ren Xiaosu said, “Let’s charge forward while the main infantry’s taking fire from the enemy. We need to find out where the barbarians’ emplacements are.”
T40219 said anxiously, “Sir, our firepower might not be effective against the barbarians. If we get heavily surrounded, we’ll be in deep trouble.”
Ren Xiaosu said curiously, “Why would it be ineffective? Just shoot them in the eye.”
With that, he opened fire again as they advanced. The bullet burst out from the chamber of the rifle and hit a barbarian right in the eye.
T40219 thought to himself how they were always troubled by the barbarians’ “defense” when they faced them. The barbarians had such thick skin they could even block the bullets of automatic rifles.
But these barbarians were fragile as a sheet of paper in front of Ren Xiaosu. Just as Ren Xiaosu had said, since the barbarians had thick skin, they should just aim for the eye instead.
But T40219 was helpless and could not argue with him anymore. Shooting them in the eye was easier said than done. No matter how elite they were, it was impossible to guarantee they could always hit the barbarians’ in the eye with both sides moving so fast.
As they advanced, the recon troops following Ren Xiaosu did not even get a chance to shoot. Any barbarians Ren Xiaosu encountered would be immediately killed with a single shot!
P5092 showed a smile as he quietly watched the real-time footage that was transmitted back. This was what he wanted to see. Next to him, his adjutant had nothing more to say. From the look of it, that young man was indeed the crème de la crème.
But the recon company was only advancing from the flank, so the barbarians they encountered were only their scouts. No one knew what would’ve happened if it were the barbarians’ main forces they had bumped into instead.
Ren Xiaosu came to a sudden stop. T40219 asked nervously, “Sir, what’s the matter? Have you detected enemies?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. The barbarians ahead of us should be their right flank. I’ll go relieve myself first,” said Ren Xiaosu while running towards a denser part of the forest. Then everyone could hear the sound of water trickling.
T40219 believed those at the command center would definitely hear it as well!
T40219 felt a little helpless. Why did Ren Xiaosu have to suddenly mess up the impression he gave after his opinion of him had just changed for the better?
However, no one noticed that as Ren Xiaosu was moving away from the group to relieve himself, a shadow had emerged from behind him and instantly disappeared into the forest.