"Hey! Who's willing to light this place up!" Luo Jun hid behind a large tree, more than fifteen meters away from those people, yelling at them in English.
Instantly, countless rifle bullets were fired towards Luo Jun's direction, as dense as rain.
The bullets penetrated through the short trees and bushes, hitting the trees behind Luo Jun, sending countless branches and wood chips flying outward. Fortunately, their bullets could not penetrate the trees, otherwise Luo Jun would have had nowhere to hide.
Luo Jun was not worried that they would throw grenades towards his current position. The reason was simple - there were too many trees around. If thrown blindly, the grenades would likely be obstructed by the trees, or even bounce back from the branches above them, inadvertently injuring themselves.
However, Luo Jun could not just stand behind the tree forever. After a while, they would encircle and ambush him from the surroundings.
At this moment, some noises were heard from where Luo Jun had just bombed. Luo Jun quickly realized that the survivors were trying to retrieve the guns and grenades from the corpses!
"Damn it!"
Luo Jun cursed in his heart. If they started a fire, the others could still hide, but now that they were going for the guns, those surviving mercenaries would definitely open fire or throw grenades at them!
Keep in mind that they were the closest to those mercenaries, probably no more than ten meters away.
At such a distance, even with just the remaining embers and moonlight, they could effectively throw grenades.
"Run away, quick!" Luo Jun shouted at them, no longer caring about anything else.
But it was too late. At the place where the survivors had just laid down, a few grenade explosions boomed!
Countless sand and stone fragments, mixed with blood and flesh, splashed in all directions!
Those people didn't even have time to scream before they were blown to pieces. Some who were further away were either knocked unconscious or temporarily deafened!
"Damn it!"
Luo Jun could no longer stay there. He directly abandoned those people and turned to walk towards the back of the woods.
It wasn't that he didn't want to save them, but he simply couldn't. The night completely obscured everything, and some of them had rifles, even assault rifles!
Whereas Luo Jun only had a pistol - not to mention a sniper rifle which would be useless in close combat, especially at night.
His scope also didn't have night vision capabilities.
So he decisively abandoned them. Additionally, the explosions here might attract the attention of those monsters, whether it was one or countless numbers. If they came and started a massacre, no one would survive.
Luo Jun took out the flashlight he had taken from the snipers, shining it through a layer of cloth. Utilizing the dim flashlight, he swiftly maneuvered through the valley like a nocturnal wolf.
He decided to rush back to the beach overnight and confirm whether the large ship was still there or not.
If it was still there, he would board the ship and kill off the remaining six mercenaries on board.
With no other obstacles, Luo Jun's solo traveling speed was rapid. After night-trekking for five hours, he felt utterly exhausted, but he did not intend to rest.
Firstly, it was too difficult to find a place to rest in the middle of the night. Secondly, time was so crucial - in case those mercenaries also returned by the same route, he would miss the opportunity to ambush the mothership.
Luo Jun continued marching until dawn, with a five-hour journey remaining to the beach.
Having not slept the entire night, Luo Jun's eyelids now felt heavy.
He took out a few chocolate bars to eat, replenishing his energy, then drank some water. After resting for about ten minutes, he resumed his journey towards the beach.
At noon, Luo Jun had arrived at the beach. Hiding behind a palm tree, he suddenly realized that the large ship at sea was gone.
Although he had anticipated this result, he was still gritting his teeth in frustration.
Driving this kind of diesel-electric hybrid passenger ship required only one person, although normal safe operation needed four people. In reality, it didn't require four people to operate simultaneously. Jones only needed to have turned the ship's head under the woman's coordination, then drove the women off the ship to leave smoothly.
Luo Jun noticed that those stupid women were still waiting in the tents.
The survivors hiding in the tents
If it wasn't himself returning this time, but those mercenaries instead, those women would definitely not survive either.
Now what Luo Jun was thinking was, if he brought those women away from here, the space in his shelter would definitely not be enough, and he wouldn't have time to expand it either.
Moreover, some of these women were physically weak and sickly, unable to walk such a long distance.
Furthermore, they would not easily trust a stranger like himself.
So Luo Jun did not plan to take them away. He would let them stay here for the time being. If those mercenaries killed and returned, he would come back to ambush them again.
In the meantime, some sacrifice from the women would be inevitable.
Luo Jun was no saint; he would only help others if he could ensure his own survival. If they were smart, they should have hidden in the woods themselves.
After observing the situation at the beach, Luo Jun headed back to the shelter.
When he returned to the shelter, the sun was about to set.
Both women were shocked to see Luo Jun returning alone. First, Luo Jun replenished his water, then ate some food before telling them that Li Shi was in the stone cave on the northern slope.
Luo Jun had thought Li Shi would return on her own, because even if she was injured, as long as she set out in the morning, she would have had enough time to make it back to the shelter before nightfall, even alone.
Luo Jun had no choice but to plan to go and pick her up in the morning.
Due to the continuous journey and lack of proper rest, after Luo Jun returned, ate and drank his fill, removed his excess belongings, laid his firearms by his side, he fell asleep as soon as he lay down.
Lorna covered Luo Jun with a bearskin, and she and Jennie did not disturb him that night.
Luo Jun slept until dawn.
Meanwhile, Li Shi, still in the cave by the tree, had not come out. Her food and fresh water had been depleted, and without energy, she could only lie there.
It wasn't until noon that Luo Jun returned to the stone cave and found Li Shi barely clinging to life.
He dismantled the stakes at the entrance and rushed inside.
"Li Shi! Wake up, quick!"
Luo Jun woke Li Shi up. When Li Shi opened her eyes groggily and saw Luo Jun, she thought she was hallucinating, thinking that Luo Jun had abandoned her like her family did when she was a child...
"Uncle, you're back!" Li Shi hugged Luo Jun tightly and burst into tears.
When Luo Jun had entered earlier, he had already noticed that for the past two days, Li Shi hadn't even gone out of the entrance, as the smell of urine outside was particularly obvious.
This girl was more timid than he had imagined!
But this was completely different from her usual display of courage and enthusiasm!
This really shocked Luo Jun!
He had originally planned to retrieve those sniper rifles on the way, but with Li Shi's condition, he clearly could not leave her alone here anymore.
"It's okay now. I promised to come back, and of course I would definitely come back. Now eat something and we'll go back!" Luo Jun gave Li Shi the food and fresh water he had brought.
Li Shi gratefully accepted it and ate. Luo Jun then asked her, "Did you notice anything unusual these past two days?"
Hearing Luo Jun's question, Li Shi's big eyes lost focus for a moment, then exchanged for a pair of terrified pupils.