Chapter 1 A Trap

A helicopter landed on the helipad of the Rose Armed Forces' base. Three men stepped out, their faces stern, exuding an aura that warned others to keep away. Their auras seemed to be cast from the same mold.

Epsilon Three, Epsilon Five, and Epsilon Nine, assassins trained in the same camp.

"What's the situation?" Epsilon Three, the leader, asked directly.

Luo Qing explained the situation.

Epsilon Three narrowed his eyes and said, "The enemy is a sniper-type assassin. This ambush was a test. Judging from the decoy tactics he used, the enemy has detailed information about you. According to your clues, his base is at the Farrian Group's stronghold, but the Farrian Group is not to be trifled with. We can't assassinate the enemy there."

Luo Qing asked, "What do you want to do?"

"The assassin's target is you, so we will use you as bait. Send people out as usual. He will definitely make a move. The three of us will lie in ambush and intercept him."

Luo Qing immediately ordered, "Gui Hu, take your team out for the next few days."

Gui Hu nodded.

...

Farrian base.

Inside a room, Han Xiao stroked the stubble on his chin, a cloud of doubt lingering in his mind.

"The Rose Armed Forces seem too easily defeated..."

The performance of Dorothy and the others puzzled him. If the Rose Armed Forces were only this strong, there was no reason the bounty hadn't been completed for so long.

The habitually suspicious Han Da Technician started up again, feeling he had missed some key information, so he sought Antonov for information.

Knocking on the door of Antonov's office, Han Xiao peeked through the crack. Antonov was sitting behind his desk, reviewing documents.

"What is it this time?" Antonov asked with a chuckle.

Han Xiao sat down opposite him and asked, "I want to know more about the powers in the Somal Desert."

"Didn't I already give you the information? You already know their armed forces and territory."

"I'm asking about the things that aren't written in the intelligence reports." Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. "You know, the things behind the scenes."

Antonov lit a cigar and said with a smile, "It seems you've noticed. These armed groups are just tools. They all have backers who fund them to search for Filonia. If you can't eliminate the leaders in one go, their forces will be endless."

"For example, Gordon's backer is the Chaiselode family, which is also the one who posted your bounty. Hehe, don't be surprised, the Rose Armed Forces' bounty is public."

Han Xiao wasn't surprised. He pondered silently that, in this case, to complete the task, he had to eliminate all members of the Rose Armed Forces, leaving no survivors. The most important thing was to kill the leader, Luo Qing.

Antonov took a puff of his cigar and said slowly, "The Rose Armed Forces' backer is a political consortium in Audifenna, which funds parties to manipulate politics and secretly runs mercenary training camps and assassin training camps. The headquarters are in West Continent. They don't have much influence in South Continent, but they're not comparable to ordinary small organizations."

Han Xiao had a flash of inspiration and suddenly understood. No wonder so many Dark Net assassins had failed in the past. It must have been the Rose Armed Forces' backer who sent people to support them.

"What exactly is Filonia that it can attract so many powers?" Han Xiao had a feeling that it was related to his special reward.

Since an unknown number of reinforcements might appear, he couldn't act rashly in the next step.

He originally had two plans: one was to wait for the Rose Armed Forces to come out on their own; the other was to lure the enemy away from the base. Both methods required the Rose Armed Forces to leave the base. The enemy reinforcements would also think of this, and were very likely to make the Rose Armed Forces take the initiative to go out as bait to lure him to attack, and then ambush him.

"What should I do… Maybe I can do the opposite?"

Han Xiao's eyes darted around. If he first set up a trap in one place, and then deliberately played along, pretending to fall into the ambush and fleeing in panic, luring all the enemies into the trap, he might be able to successfully counter-ambush them.

"I need to prepare more weapons for that."

...

Gui Hu led her team out for the third time, wandering aimlessly in the desert. She was a little impatient and asked in the communicator, "Why hasn't that assassin appeared yet? Is he afraid to come out?"

In the communicator, Epsilon Three said calmly, "Assassins are very cautious. After the last successful ambush, he will wait for a while to observe your performance."

...

It was another night. Recently, Han Xiao found himself always causing trouble at night.

He loaded all the latest creations onto the car and drove away from the base to set up a trap in advance.

The off-road vehicle drove out of the Farrian base gate, its headlights disappearing into the night... and also appearing in the lens of a telescope.

On a sand dune a kilometer away, Epsilon Nine was draped in yellow camouflage cloth, watching the off-road vehicle disappear into the distance with a high-powered telescope, a cold smile on his lips.

"The target left the base late at night, heading north, guessing he's going to set up a trap. The other party may have noticed our existence and wants to use reverse thinking to turn the tables on us and lure us into a trap..."

Since they knew Han Xiao was in Farrian's territory, how could they not send someone to monitor his movements?

"This enemy is a little green." Epsilon Three looked calm, feeling that this mission should be very simple, everything was under control.

...

At dawn, Han Xiao returned to the base, covered in dust, and went to Antonov.

"You want to ask me to drive for you?"

Antonov looked surprised.

"Yeah, I need to use my gun and I don't have a hand to drive, so I'm counting on you."

"Wait a minute, what does your mission have to do with me? Why should I help you?" Antonov was baffled.

"It's not easy to go out for a trip, how can you stay at home? Go out to see the mountains and rivers, and see the beautiful scenery."

Antonov pointed to the endless desert outside the barbed wire fence, "See the mountains and rivers?"

"Don't be entangled in these appearances, maybe you can see a mirage somewhere. There will be mountains and there will be water, the desert is wide, but sincerity is the key."

"We don't seem to be familiar at all." Antonov's mouth twitched.

"I'm giving you a chance to be friends with me." Han Xiao chuckled.

"...Has anyone ever said that your face is thick?"

Han Xiao touched his mask. Well, with two layers, how could it not be thick?

Although Antonov looked bloated and fat, he had hidden fierce fighting power. He chose him as the driver simply because Antonov would not die so easily.

If he chose an ordinary person as the driver, they might be shot dead by a stray bullet, and he would suffer a heavy loss.

Antonov thought for a while and said, "If you let me participate in the mission, according to the rules, I have to share the money."

"How about I give you 5% of the reward?"

"Not good, too little." Antonov shook his head.

"Don't mess around, you're just driving, 5% is good enough for you."

"If we encounter the enemy, the driver is the first one to be shot… At least give me twenty percent."

Han Xiao's eyes widened, "Why don't you just rob me?"

"Aren't I robbing you now." Antonov's small eyes flickered with shrewdness.

After haggling for a long time, Han Xiao finally used the cost of 200,000 in cash to get Antonov to agree to help. Paying immediately was more reliable than an uncertain reward. The nature of the deal also changed from partnership to employment. Hiring a driver at this price, and only using him once, was simply extravagant.

Antonov squeezed his fat body into the driver's seat with great difficulty, while Han Xiao sat in the back, handed over the coordinate radar, and explained the plan in detail.

After listening, Antonov grinned.

"Interesting."

...

Later in the morning, the sun was scorching, and the air in the desert was distorted by the high temperature.

Gui Hu's team was only sitting in two cars, wandering in the desert, observing the surroundings.

"A car is coming!" A mercenary shouted.

In the distance, an armored off-road vehicle appeared on the sand dune, advancing parallel to Gui Hu's team. It was Han Xiao and Antonov.

"The enemy is here!" Gui Hu's face lit up with joy.

Epsilon Three's voice came from the walkie-talkie, with a hint of killing intent in his coldness, "The prey has finally stepped into the trap!"