Squid Who Loves Diving

Chapter 538: Courage

Bang!

A bullet shot out from Kristina's "Red River" pistol in her palm, hitting the area slightly forward and to the side of the coffee table.

This was originally where Shang Jianyao had been writhing and scratching.

But at this moment, Shang Jianyao had already sprung up and lunged to the side. Because of the pain, he curled up, and coupled with Kristina's current blindness, she was only shooting based on her perception of human consciousness, so her accuracy was definitely an issue, and she undoubtedly missed.

In mid-air, Shang Jianyao stretched out his hands, enduring the pain in his left arm, and reached into the tactical backpack he had already pulled into his arms.

His right hand drew his "United 202" from his waist, and he pulled the trigger at Kristina purely by feeling.

With his talent as a gene optimizer and the hard training after joining the "Old Task Force," his marksmanship, although not as good as Jiang Baimian's, was definitely better than Kristina's, who was clearly just an ordinary person in this regard.

Kristina suddenly had a strong premonition of something bad, and based on the room layout in her memory, she began to roll towards the bedroom and bathroom.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three consecutive bullets either passed over the spot where she had just stood, creating holes in the wall, or directly created dust kicked up in the places where she rolled.

If it weren't for her special ability, Kristina believed she would have been seriously injured or even killed on the spot in this round of shooting.

Startled by this, her rampant desire was effectively controlled.

Guessing that the other party had used pain to reduce the impact of the itch in a short period of time, a light flashed in her unfocused eyes, and an invisible vortex suddenly emerged from the third translucent button on her white shirt, showing signs of disintegration.

Having completed his shooting in mid-air, Shang Jianyao lost his balance just as he was about to touch the two items.

Bang!

He fell dizzy, and even his "United 202" came loose from his hand after hitting the ground.

His only fortune was that Shang Jianyao had been holding the tactical backpack in his arms, preventing it from getting away.

Kristina, who had been wholeheartedly dodging Shang Jianyao's shooting and countering the opponent, had long been unable to maintain the "itch control," and Long Yuehong and Bai Chen had both recovered by this point.

Long Yuehong didn't bother picking up the "United 202" that was right next to him because he didn't have time to change the magazine. He once again braced himself with one hand and flew horizontally towards Asuosi, drawing the "Icetrap" from his tactical belt with the other.

He thought that even if this round of shooting still couldn't hit Kristina, he would force her to roll hastily, constantly dodge, and make it difficult for her to concentrate her mind and make everyone unbearably itchy again.

Then, after landing next to Asuosi, he could seize the window of opportunity and first eliminate one enemy.

After nearly a year of tempering, Long Yuehong's tactical skills could be considered quite good.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His shooting was only a second or two slower, and he picked up Shang Jianyao's fire suppression, forcing Kristina to not dare to stop at all. She could only constantly roll towards the bedroom area based on the impressions in her mind, wanting to hide inside, survive this wave of counterattacks, and then plunge the enemies into an itchy state again.

Having lost her sight, she was in a state of extreme pain, and she would occasionally touch something along the way but didn't dare to stop. She could only endure the pain and rush past.

If it weren't for her outstanding "premonition" and extremely strong intuition, as if she knew where there was great danger and where it was relatively safe, she might have crashed into a piece of furniture or the corner of a wall, passively stopping her roll and being tragically hit by a bullet.

As Long Yuehong flew out and fired from a supine position, Bai Chen also drew the "United 202" from her waist.

--Her "Icetrap" had landed far away from her, and picking it up would at least delay her by two to three seconds, and now was the time to race against the clock.

Bai Chen's first reaction was to give Asuosi a magazine, but she knew that at this moment, she had to prioritize resolving Kristina, who could make everyone itchy.

If the other party recovered from this breath, the vitality that Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian had worked so hard to gain would be wasted in vain.

Bai Chen glanced over and, relying on her observation results and combat experience, intuitively believed that Kristina wanted to hide in the bedroom.

She immediately raised her hand and aimed at the corridor area at the entrance to the bedroom.

If Kristina continued to roll, she would be hit by Bai Chen. If she didn't do that and hesitated, Long Yuehong's magazine had not yet been emptied, and he was still in mid-air.

At this moment, Kristina, whose eyes were pitch black, only felt that there were wolves in front and tigers behind, not only dangerous, but also difficult to avoid.

She could only bite the bullet and continue to roll towards the corridor area at the entrance to the bedroom.

Just at this moment, Bai Chen's gaze suddenly froze.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Asuosi, not knowing when, had finished convulsing and sat up with a golden Aure coin between his fingers.

Clang!

The gold coin rolled and bounced into the air.

And a strong greed suddenly arose in Bai Chen's heart, a greed for money.

Although there was only one gold coin, she felt that this was something she could give up everything to pursue.

So, knowing that something was wrong, she gave up shooting Kristina, gave up the "United 202" in her palm, and pounced on the ball thrown by the master like a well-trained hound that had developed a conditioned reflex.

Bastard… In mid-air, Bai Chen showed an expression of self-reproach and regret.

Thump!

She fell to the ground, using her body to hold down the gold coin.

Then, she saw a familiar smile appear on Asuosi's face.

It was a smile that controlled her life, death, suffering, and joy, watching her struggle and even beg bitterly.

No!

Bai Chen heavily slammed her forehead against the floor, wanting to rely on the pain to break free from the control of "greed."

In the sound of the bang, Long Yuehong landed next to her, near Asuosi.

Asuosi had already stood up and casually picked up the grenade launcher that Jiang Baimian had dropped.

He smiled and aimed at Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

Kristina, who had rolled to the door of the bedroom, seemed to have noticed something, stopped, no longer distracted, and prepared to restart the "itch."

Faced with that grenade launcher, Long Yuehong's thoughts seemed to be frozen, not turning so quickly, or as if a faucet had been opened, and all kinds of memories poured out:

That was his father's silent love and care, that was his mother's nagging, that was the admiring gaze of his younger brother and sister.

That was the satisfaction of a table full of meat dishes, that was the joy of finally getting a high score, that was the simple happiness of laughing and joking with Shang Jianyao, Yang Zhenyuan, and others.

That was the trepidation when joining the "Old Task Force," that was the satisfaction of self-growth after each mission, that was the tacit understanding and camaraderie between Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen.

No! I don't want to die! A force erupted in Long Yuehong's body, pushing him to pounce to the side to avoid the brunt of the attack.

Just then, a scene flashed through his mind for some reason:

That was in the "Underground Ark," when facing Dimarco's attack, he could have pushed Bai Chen, but because of his conditioned reflex fear, he jumped away on his own, causing Bai Chen to almost die, and an arm was disabled for a long time.

Bai Chen never mentioned this matter afterwards, but Long Yuehong always felt uneasy, feeling that he shouldn't have done that, that he couldn't be a coward and could have performed better.

In a flash, Long Yuehong gritted his teeth, his eyes red, turned his body, and pushed Bai Chen hard.

His strength was so great that Bai Chen, who had just straightened her back, was pushed out and crashed into the sofa in the distance.

After doing this, Long Yuehong hurriedly used the rebound force to pounce towards the corner of the wall.

Boom!

The grenade exploded behind where he and Bai Chen had been, and the expanding fire heavily slapped half of Long Yuehong's body.

His vision blurred and darkened, leaving only one thought echoing:

"I'm not a coward…"

Boom!

When Asuosi shot, he exerted force with his feet and flew backwards in a semi-recumbent position to avoid the aftershocks of the grenade explosion.

--He was too close to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, so he deliberately let the grenade explode a little further away and made an evasion.

Boom!

In the explosion, Shang Jianyao, who had just recovered somewhat and didn't have time to use "hand action loss" to stop it, quickly pulled his left hand out of the tactical backpack and threw a string of brown prayer beads towards the area where Asuosi landed.

His other fingers were firmly holding a necklace with a silver angel statue.

"Life Angel!"

Kristina, who had hid a little more in the bedroom because of the explosion, had completed "itch control" on several enemies.

Just as she was about to deepen the level, she suddenly had a strong premonition of danger, but she didn't know where to hide.

Then, there was a sharp pain in her heart area.

The pain was so terrible that she couldn't help but reach out a hand to grab it, wanting to stop it.

However, her hand only touched her shirt before stopping there, and her body fell to the side.

Her mind was blank, and her eyes were still dark.

"Sudden cardiac arrest!"

Asuosi, who had fired the grenade, successfully avoided the intrusion of the aftershocks, and began to think about the next countermeasure in his mind:

If Kristina successfully controlled the surviving enemies, then quickly eliminate them all to avoid any more accidents;

If not, he would use the "Flower of Lust" to detonate the desire of the male Awakened, let him deal with his female companion, and then free himself to solve them one by one.

Thump!

Asuosi landed on the ground, his back hurting from being pressed against something.

It was the "Six Senses Beads" that Shang Jianyao had thrown over.

Its negative effect is that, once touched, even through one or two layers of clothing, it will still increase one's lust.

And Asuosi's price was "sex addiction!"

The combination of the two would undoubtedly have an effect greater than two.

Asuosi's eyes became bloodshot, and his breathing became heavy.

He was no longer able to control himself, turned over, and furiously ran towards Bai Chen, who had knocked over the sofa and was using the latter to block the aftershocks of the grenade.

Bai Chen had just recovered from her dizziness when she saw his distorted face.

Above his face, his eyes burned with desire, making her shudder.

This was one of Bai Chen's lingering nightmares.

Asuosi grinned hideously and took to the air, pouncing on his prey. Bai Chen couldn't help but tremble, as if she had returned to the beginning.

Suddenly, Asuosi's expression froze.

His eyes were straight, and he desperately wanted to reach for his chest with his right hand.

Bang!

He fell heavily in front of Bai Chen, his limbs twitching, his face quickly turning blue and purple.

Bai Chen was stunned for a moment, and then let out a low roar from her throat that was both crying and laughing.

She pounced on Asuosi, senselessly tearing at his throat with her mouth.

Clumps of flesh were torn off, and streams of blood splattered out.

On the other side, Shang Jianyao took the tactical backpack, took out a first-aid kit, and ran towards Long Yuehong. Jiang Baimian also slowly recovered.