Chapter 260: One Thought Rises, Gambling Life Against Life

Dragon City.

Jin Maohui walked quickly out of his office, saying into his phone: "Old Shi, take some people to Zha'nan District, quick, right now...!"

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On the mountain path rushing toward the great canyon's peak, Su Tianyu was covered in sweat, his body on the edge of exhaustion. With each running step, he could clearly feel the soreness of torn leg muscles.

Without shaking off the helicopter, they had no way to escape the ground forces' pursuit.

Why had Su Tianyu insisted on fleeing through sparsely populated dense forest before? Because he understood clearly that in the forest there weren't just the three of them, but many wild animals emitting heat, and at certain heights, these heat signatures the helicopter observed were just red dots on screen - they absolutely couldn't quickly lower altitude to screen through everything from start to finish.

This detail was only very clear to soldiers who had been on battlefields and frequently handled military equipment, so Secretary-General Lu and Li Mingsheng hadn't really understood his actions at the time.

But now was different - Su Tianyu's position was exposed, the helicopter had locked onto this area - if he ran according to rules, he definitely couldn't outrun the helicopter, so to break free, he could only find a way to shake off the aerial unit in one go.

Sprinting toward the peak, Su Tianyu recalled his experiences when first joining the army, running five, ten, twenty kilometers with heavy loads cross-country. At that time, by the end, the body's various functions seemed on the verge of collapse - feeling that one more step might mean sudden death, limbs starting to disobey commands.

But even becoming such a coward, not running wasn't an option. Though the body wouldn't obey, the veterans' and officers' curses and urging in the recruit company still rang endlessly. As long as you hadn't collapsed or fainted, you had to finish running with the main force.

Su Tianyu was already at the edge of physical collapse now - he had no instructor urging beside him, but his experience as a soldier gave him willpower beyond ordinary people.

One more step to reach the mountaintop!

Just hold on a few more seconds for victory!!

Frantically brainwashing himself, frantically suppressing the desire to give up, Su Tianyu finally broke through the forest to directly see the great canyon's peak.

At this time, the helicopter at the mountain foot was also rapidly flying upward, staying five meters above the treeline.

In fact, when Su Tianyu had been running straight up the mountain earlier, the helicopter's copilot had already identified his rough position. Because there was a red dot moving in a straight line on the display - unless you were an idiot, you'd definitely know this was extremely likely the target.

After reaching the peak, Su Tianyu took two heavy breaths before immediately pulling out four grenades he carried, laying them ready on the ground. Meanwhile he was also listening to the helicopter noise behind to judge their relative positions.

After taking out the grenades, Su Tianyu immediately undid his belt, skillfully tying it to the gun stock, on the hook originally meant for the gun strap.

"Rip!"

After tying the belt to the gun, Su Tianyu immediately tore the edges of his T-shirt, pulling off two strips of cloth.

In the helicopter cockpit, the copilot said urgently: "He... seems to have stopped moving!"

"Fire signal flares, guide position for ground personnel," the pilot replied.

"Yes!"

The private armed force member in the copilot seat immediately took out a flare gun, aiming at Su Tianyu's approximate hiding position based on the display.

"Whoosh!!!"

The flare gun shot out blazing light, arcing through the air directly toward Su Tianyu's position. Though there was some deviation, the general location was precise.

After tearing off the cloth strips, Su Tianyu suddenly looked back toward the mountainside, seeing the flare burst less than fifty meters away, his heart pounding.

"Damn it...!"

Su Tianyu's cheeks and hair were like they'd been drenched in rain, sweat dripping down in streamlines - this was the sign of someone completely exhausted and dehydrated.

Su Tianyu forcefully controlled his already somewhat disobedient hands, carefully tying the cloth strips to the protrusions of four grenades, specifically avoiding the release mechanisms.

After securing the four grenades, Su Tianyu took his gun and walked, quickly reaching the cliff edge on the great canyon's south side.

Cold wind blew gently as Su Tianyu looked down at the bottomless canyon crevice and the faint sound of water flowing below, feeling somewhat hesitant.

"Damn it! If my old man didn't leave me a mountain of gold, then fucking wanting to make a career means gambling with my life!" Su Tianyu roared softly to encourage himself, immediately wedging his automatic rifle behind a large rock readily visible at the cliff edge.

After securing the gun, Su Tianyu pulled hard on the belt tied to the gun stock, and seeing its strength could support a person's weight, turned without thinking to grab the cliff edge, carefully climbing down.

The cliff had irregular protrusions and depressions - as soon as Su Tianyu went down, he instantly felt the cold wind blowing from both sides of the great canyon.

Hanging at the cliff edge, that feeling was really just like walking a tightrope - there was absolutely no sense of security in his heart.

Su Tianyu tied the belt buckle to his left arm, freeing both hands to hold two sets of grenades tied together.

As cold wind blew past, Su Tianyu held his breath, quietly listening to movements in the forest.

At a position lower on the mountainside, over ten men who had rushed out of SUVs were already heading toward where the signal flare had lit up at top speed, carrying guns.

Less than three meters above the forest, the helicopter was slowly ascending.

In the cabin, the young copilot exclaimed: "Something's wrong - he's disappeared - thermal imager can't scan him!"

"Impossible!" The pilot replied frowning: "His position just now was already at the cliff edge."

"Could he be hiding behind some big rock?"

"Possible. I'll lower altitude again, scan forward," the pilot immediately ordered: "You take the gun, prepare to sweep downward."

"Good!"

The copilot unbuckled his safety belt, going directly to the cabin belly to set up the small aircraft machine gun.

As dawn was about to break, a helicopter brushed past the mountaintop forest canopy, slowly moving forward to approach the cliff edge.

The pilot's eyes scanned the pitch-black mountaintop, then looked at the thermal imager, still unable to find Su Tianyu hanging outside the cliff.

This was a blind spot for thermal imaging detection, because as the helicopter slowly flew from behind, its fan-shaped forward detection area had no way to project heat signatures from behind the cliff.

This was why Dog Six had run toward the great canyon!

Because hiding on the mountain was useless - if you found a rock or cave to hide in, the helicopter couldn't see you but could just signal your disappearance point, gain altitude, and let ground personnel rush over.

So, to thoroughly solve the tracking problem, the best way was...

Su Tianyu held the belt, listening to the noise less than three meters above his head, his heart pounding.

"Damn, is he hiding in some cave, or did he climb down?" The pilot muttered, working the helicopter's directional control stick to slowly pull the aircraft out over the canyon peak, hovering into the empty space in the middle of the canyon.

Su Tianyu looked up, watching the helicopter poke its head out over the canyon peak, and roughly estimated the distance - it was less than three meters above his position.

"Go to your mother's, I'll let you follow!" Su Tianyu shouted through gritted teeth, directly pushing off the grenades' safety rings with his thumbs, waiting two seconds before using all his strength to throw the double eggs upward!

"Whoosh!"

The grenades instantly rose skyward, but due to Su Tianyu's physical exhaustion, his throwing accuracy was off - the grenades almost brushed past the helicopter cabin door as they flew up.

"Boom!!!"

The explosion echoed in the canyon crevice as a burst of fire instantly lit up the sky, the helicopter visibly shifting leftward.

"Pull back, quick, pull back, he's on the cliff!" the copilot shouted wildly.

"Whoosh!"

The second set of double eggs followed immediately after, directly flying through the tilted helicopter's left side into the cabin with its open door and mounted gun.

Su Tianyu didn't immediately climb up after throwing, but held the belt with both hands, body curled up preparing to resist the impact.

"Boom!!!"

An orange fireball exploded in the sky as the small reconnaissance aircraft directly disintegrated.

"Whoosh!!!"

A fragment of exploded small rotor, like a cannonball, shot toward the cliff where Su Tianyu was, flames instantly spreading out, even enveloping Dog Six's body.

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Dragon City.

Five burly men got out of their car, heading straight for the Su family's front door.