Chapter 24

After the storage space was expanded, the originally cramped space, filled with Vulture's items, immediately became more spacious.

With so many weapons, Ye Yun naturally had no interest in using the P99 anymore and instead took out a Steyr SPP pistol.

Although the latter had average power, it excelled in having a large number of bullets, a fast firing rate, and the ability to fire in bursts, which was very helpful for the current situation.

He casually opened the system mall. The items were still the same, but two more daggers and one more pistol had been added. However, compared to Vulture's items, they were far inferior, so Ye Yun was about to close it without a second glance.

But then his eyes lit up.

He had not noticed before, but at the bottom of the mall interface, there was a blacksmith's symbol with the words "Repair" written on it. Ye Yun had played online games before, so he instinctively asked if the damaged Gatling M197 could be repaired.

The prompt said it could be repaired, but the cost was a staggering 3,300 points, which made Ye Yun shudder.

However, since it could be repaired...

Ye Yun took out the AK12 assault rifle and tried shouting "Sell" in his mind. The system actually responded with, "Do you want to sell the AK12 assault rifle?"

"Sell!"

"Selling price: 2,100 points. Do you confirm the sale?"

"Sell!"

Ye Yun's eyes turned red. Selling the AK12 along with all its magazines netted him 2,170 game points!

This was a pleasant surprise. He never thought these items could be sold! So...

Ye Yun had the idea of going out to collect more guns.

His shooting skills were average, and most of these weapons were not very useful (he was still just a sergeant and could foresee that in the upcoming regular missions, he wouldn't have many opportunities to use high-quality guns). So, Ye Yun decided to sell most of Vulture's "gifts" to the system mall.

Steyr SPP, 900 points? One was enough, sell!

Star M40 Felsztar pistol, 600 points? Sell one!

Desert Eagle (+5), 1,450 points? This... keep it.

SG550 assault rifle, 2,230 points? Carrying such a large gun in the country was asking for death, sell!

Steyr AUG assault rifle, 2,420 points? Same reason, sell!

Tavor assault rifle, 2,750 points? Hmm... it's +7, keep it.

M40A1 sniper rifle, 4,100 points? Well, it might be useful for a regular mission involving assassination, keep it.

M60E1 machine gun, 5,500 points? No hesitation, sell!

Gatling M197 (damaged), 5,100 points? Even damaged, it's so expensive... but no time for that, sell!

Neostead shotgun, 3,300 points? Keep this and sell the Winchester M1887... What? Only 2,300? Winchester, you're a disgrace to the shotgun family, sell!

Big profit!

Just by selling these unused weapons and ammunition, Ye Yun netted 28,070 + 790 (ammunition) = 28,860 game points.

However, when he tried to sell the P99, he learned that "real-world weapons must be used in at least three missions before they can be sold or upgraded."

This wasn't a big deal for Ye Yun. After making a big profit, he immediately wanted to pay back his debt, but considering the current crisis, he decided to hold off on paying back immediately, as it might be useful to convert game points into attribute points to help him escape danger.

Currently, Ye Yun's attributes are as follows:

Ye Yun:

Faction: T

Rank: Sergeant (2/10)

Title: None

Faction Path: Not chosen

Team: None

Bone Strength: 25.3 [Data on bearing body weight, absorbing recoil, and supporting attack power]

Muscle Strength: 32 [Data on exerting force and withstanding impact]

Nerve Reaction: 22.4 [Data on agility, situational awareness, and reflex speed]

Cell Activity: 18.5 [Data on physiological state and function, related to cell division, affecting all physiological functions]

Mental Strength: 17 [Data on all brain activities]

Energy: None

Bloodline: None

Skills [Sergeant Skill Slot: (1/5)]: Standing Defense.

Storage Space:

Weapons: Walther P99 × 1 / Steyr SPP × 1 (common caliber, 9mm 32-round magazine × 9), Star M40 Felsztar pistol × 1 (11.43mm 16-round magazine × 4); Desert Eagle (+5) × 2 (9.04mm 16-round magazine × 13), Tavor assault rifle × 1 (5.64mm 50-round magazine × 3), M40A1 sniper rifle × 1 (7.62mm 12-round magazine × 2), Neostead shotgun × 1 (16-round single-shot magazine × 9);

Items: Hemostatic spray × 3, military first-aid bandages × 4, antidote serum × 2, high-complex protein pills × 9 (pills), compressed water × 17 (pills);

Attachments: BCB polar gloves × 1, BCB goggles × 1, Mad Dog advanced tactical knife × 1, Rambo No. 1 combat knife × 1, various scopes × 3, Shadow 3-DAY tactical backpack × 1, paratrooper rope 450+ meters, Huz-sa knife × 1, polypropylene rope 40 meters, absorptive goggles × 1, "Counter-Terrorism Biweekly" × 1, miscellaneous items.

Game Points: 28,960.

Merit Medals: C-Class Merit Medals × 4.

Such attributes and such a collection of items would make it hard for anyone to believe that Ye Yun was just a rookie who had only experienced one regular mission!

Putting everything into the storage space, Ye Yun held a Steyr SPP pistol in his right hand and a Rambo No. 1 combat knife in his left, crouching by the kitchen counter, deep in thought.

Since the teleportation was random, Ye Yun didn't know which floor he was on. From the current situation, no floor was the safest.

Explosions were heard outside, and the building occasionally shook, making Ye Yun suspect that both sides were using explosives recklessly inside the building.

Initially, there were no such explosions. The continuous explosions started after the system gave a five-minute warning, which made Ye Yun more cautious.

The game system was so amazing that Ye Yun strongly suspected that the reason both sides were using explosives so recklessly was due to the "three-hour lockdown" of the building.

This game was so "considerate" and "smart" that it wouldn't deliberately give a "three-hour" limit if it knew both sides had many explosives... What if the building was blown up before the three hours were up? Would the system just let the combatants be buried under the collapsed building?

This was clearly impossible... So, considering the system's magical effects, it was likely that the building had been reinforced by some unknown force, making it unbreakable even by a nuclear bomb for these three hours.

What would happen after the three hours? Once the system's power was withdrawn, what would happen?

Ye Yun's thoughts were deep and calm.

For him, the best way to survive was to hide in a safe place for over two hours, then try to move to the first floor before the time limit ended and immediately escape once the time was up.

One thing was certain: the red beret man, no matter how much he hated Ye Yun, would have no chance to chase him around.

Ye Yun vaguely felt that the system's three-hour limit was not meant to trap the winner until the end... If the CTs won, it would be fine, but what if the Ts won? Was the system keeping them there for three hours to wait for the military to arrive and eliminate them?

If not, there was only one possibility: the three hours were the time the system estimated for one side to be completely annihilated! And if the T faction won, just as the building was reinforced by an unknown force, the incoming police and military would also be blocked by an unknown force, giving the Ts enough time to escape.

This reasoning made everything clear.

So, the question was:

How could Ye Yun escape from this battle he had no power to participate in?

The answer was only one: hide.

Find a safe place to hide, wait until the battle is almost over, and by then, even if one side hasn't truly won, both sides will have suffered heavy casualties, and the building's defenses will be much reduced, making it easier to escape.

Ye Yun immediately made up his mind and hid in a dark corner, not daring to make a sound.

Dear readers, I know such a protagonist may seem very cowardly, and I believe you want to see a protagonist who can fight his way out with one person, even snatch the bottle of blood (which you already know what it is) from the enemy, and show his prowess. But let's analyze the current situation.

There were two main reasons why Ye Yun decided to be cowardly:

First, as mentioned earlier, Ye Yun was very clear that the lowest rank in the major events was at least a lieutenant, and the system repeatedly emphasized that his chances of survival in this event were very slim.

Take the man named Zhang Husheng, one of the three people Ye Yun questioned in the exhibition hall. He was a former special forces expert and a bodyguard for a large company. Ye Yun was absolutely certain that in a hand-to-hand fight, he would only have a 40% chance of winning, even after spending 5,300 game points to enhance himself. What happened to Zhang Husheng? He was turned into mincemeat by the machine gun on the back of a Hummer dropped by a helicopter.

The other bodyguards were also strong. Men who could be bodyguards for billionaires worth billions of dollars wouldn't be ashamed to take the salary if they couldn't handle three or four special forces soldiers. What happened to them? They died.

What about Vulture? He was strong and intelligent, even surviving a Metal Storm, but he still died due to a moment of relaxation. Could Ye Yun guarantee that he wouldn't have a moment of relaxation or oversight?

The current situation in the building was a game, but it was also a war. Do you think the CH47C Chinook medium transport helicopters, which were used to drop Hummers, were just for dropping vehicles? Don't forget, the CH47C is a troop transport! To put it bluntly, the Hummers rushing into the building were not the main force of the Ts, but rather the vanguard. The real plan was to shock the enemy with a few Hummers and then send in large numbers of troops through the broken windows.

To describe the current situation as a war, it's not an exaggeration to say that Ye Yun suspected that the number of ordinary soldiers under the command of the two factions combined would be in the thousands, enough to wage a prolonged urban battle in a town.

Ye Yun didn't have the ability to face bullets or to slaughter like a god. So, he had to be cowardly to survive.

However, I don't think Ye Yun would mind. To survive, he would abandon anything. Being cowardly was not a big deal, especially with the second reason making it necessary for him to be cowardly.

PS: Thank you to Lin Qiu Security and Not Memory for your generous donations!

PSS: To be frank, I want to write a protagonist who is a real person. He might become more cold-blooded in the future, but before that, he needs a process of character development. Even though this is a beginner's novel, I don't want to make it too simplistic...