Doomsday Sacrifice

Chapter 5 Return
Li Xun had to leave before the pirates arrived, and there was still something to do before that.

He stuffed the assault rifle into the hands of the corpse, adjusted the position, took off the earphones and put them back on after thinking for a while. This thing shouldn't attract too much attention, and although it is a little risky, it can grasp the pirate's intelligence. The situation is worth the risk.

The traces on the ground were not destroyed, he was very careful when he came over, and with the blessing of hunting proficiency, he would subconsciously pay attention to these details.

Li Xun carefully left and ran quietly to the port side. Although the speed was not very fast, there was no sound at all. This is also a skill in hunting proficiency. With the further integration of the skills and experience rewarded by the system and his body, he used it It has become more and more handy, it has become the instinct of the body, this feeling is great.

Turning a corner in the port aisle, Li Xun went straight to the bow, got into the passage only one row of containers away from the bow, and hid behind a vertical beam.

Soon, a conversation came from the headset.

"Head, I found Frank, he's dead."

"Damn, how did you die?"

"I guess he fell off the deck and fell to his death. His head was smashed."

"Hehe, it's funny, a special soldier fell to his death." Ryan's sneer came from the earphone.

"Head, he retired two years ago."

"Okay, leave him alone, we have to speed up, without helicopters we have to evacuate at least two hours before the arrival of the warship, Hulk, you go and watch those idiots and let them find them quickly."

"Ghost, tell Grizzly to bring the boat over."

"receive."

Li Xun, who had been eavesdropping, was surprised. Those people in camouflage uniforms were special forces, as he expected, but they hijacked the ship not to ask for ransom, but to find something, aren't they pirates? ?
What exactly was being targeted by these people?

But don't worry about it, what they mean is to evacuate before the arrival of the warship, this is the best news I heard today.

Li Xun confirmed the direction on the deck just now, and now the Comet is heading west, the target should be the sea area notorious for its rampant pirates, and it has not deviated much from the established route. If the Xizhu Navy does not delay, there will probably be another You can catch up in seven or eight hours.

Fortunately, he has not been discovered by the pirates so far, and now he has headphones to keep track of their situation at any time. During this period, he can continue to open the box to sacrifice.

The pirates continued to open boxes at the stern to find things. Li Xun hid alone in the bow and was also working hard to open boxes. He could open about 30 boxes per hour, and he opened more and more smoothly.

For five hours in a row, except for a few minutes to fill his stomach when he opened a box of canned luncheon meat in the middle, Li Xun opened nearly 200 boxes in one breath, which was a lot but the harvest was mediocre.

The rewards obtained include a motorcycle design blueprint, a communicator design blueprint, and a drug formula, and the rest is energy.

More than half of the items that were opened were clothing, bags, food, toys, and mechanical and electrical products, and there were not many that were worth offering sacrifices.

Li Xun also initially figured out the preferences of the system. It is like a fanatical scientist, who likes technical things and various metal materials, and has no interest in daily items such as food and clothing.

The situation on the pirate side didn't seem to be very good. The news heard from the earphones was that although they asked the crew to open the boxes to look for them, more than half of the more than 2000 containers at the stern had not been found yet.

The pirates have been looking at the stern, and they seem to be sure that what they want is not elsewhere, and they should have some information.

There is also bad news. The pirate mother ship came over two hours ago, and five more pirates boarded the Comet.

Counting the time, it was almost time for these pirates to retreat, and Li Xun quietly came to the deck.

He found that there were two fishing boats not far from the port side of the Comet, and there were two speedboats behind one of the fishing boats. Could it be that the pirates had two mother ships?
Strange as it may be, it appears that the pirates were indeed planning to retreat before the warships arrived.

After staying on the deck for more than half an hour, Li Xun finally waited for good news.

"Head, I found something."

"Very good, ghost, let the grizzly bear come over immediately, we withdraw."

"receive."

Ten minutes later, Li Xun saw a special soldier in camouflage uniform pick up the three special soldiers on the Comet and a crew member on a speedboat, and boarded one of the fishing boats. The crew member seemed to be the second officer, and then the fishing boat left.

Li Xun was overjoyed, but he was not happy for long. He saw that another fishing boat did not leave, but approached instead. Those black pirates were still on the Comet, and they were constantly moving boxes out.

They threw the box into the sea, and the people on the fishing boat got it up again. It seems that they found something valuable and good in the container.

Li Xun looked at the pirates who were constantly busy like worker ants, and felt that they were really pathetic.

They take desperate risks to live a better life, but they don't know that the end is coming soon, and before long a piece of bread may be worth more than these things.

Countdown to Doom: 23 hours, 32 minutes and 37 seconds.

Li Xun returned to the cabin again, the hopes that had just been ignited were shattered again, and the remaining pirates showed no signs of leaving, so it was better to continue opening the box than wasting time on it.

Before opening the box, he first came to the corpse in the bilge, and he had an idea to verify.

This idea suddenly appeared a few hours ago, because the system's first sacrifice request was a part of his body. At that time, Li Xun was in a dying state, not much different from a corpse, and the system didn't dislike it at all, so he felt that this body Corpses may also be sacrificed.

In order to prevent a few special forces from coming to check the corpse again, Li Xun patiently waited until they left before coming to try to sacrifice.

"System, I want to sacrifice the corpses on the ground."

"sure?"

Hearing the system's inquiry, Li Xun smiled: "Wait."

He retrieved a pistol and a saber from the pirate, and the pirate who came to inspect the body took only the assault rifle and magazines, and left these things behind.

Li Xun said silently: "OK, let's make a sacrifice."

A red light flashed, and the corpse and bloodstains disappeared, and the system reward arrived in seconds.

"Sacrifice reward: 100 energy points, special forces occupation."

"call……"

Li Xun heaved a sigh of relief and smiled happily. He finally expected a satisfactory reward.

Special forces occupations, including fighting skills, weapon use, diving, blasting, downhill, sniping, skydiving, various vehicle driving, field survival, etc.

If the proficiency of each of these items is graded from junior high school to high school, then there are three items that can reach advanced levels, namely, the use of weapons that are familiar with all kinds of thermal weapons, the driving of vehicles that can even drive tanks and airplanes, and the ability to kill people. Fighting skills for the purpose.

The special forces profession has greatly improved Li Xun's strength. The most direct effect is that he disassembled and assembled the M10 in his hand in less than 9 seconds, and he had never touched a firearm before.

Li Xun even felt that now he could kill all the pirates on the ship, his self-confidence was bursting, and there was an inexplicable self-confidence in his bones.

Of course, this is only for the current ordinary black pirates. If those special forces are still there, he will not swell to the point of life and death.

With the skills of the special forces, he realized that it was a fluke to shoot the special soldier named Frank. Frank's carelessness, unexpected sneak attack, and the blessing of hunting proficiency, all kinds of factors came together to result in a one-hit fatal result.

After opening the box for another hour, Li Xun, who found nothing, finally waited for the warship of the Xizhu Navy.

Li Xun, who was attracted to the deck by the gunfire, saw two guided missile destroyers of the Xizhu Navy behind the Comet.

The pirates on the ship were concentrated on the stern deck and platforms on both sides of the wheelhouse, and they were exchanging fire with two approaching assault boats. The two assault boats sent by the destroyer each had five marines on board.

The two sides fought fiercely for 10 minutes, and ended the first contact with the result that the assault boat was repelled by the pirates, and the helicopters suppressing firepower killed two pirates.

This time Li Xun didn't look on, and quietly approached the bridge when the two sides were exchanging fire, and slipped into the engine room through the hatch that he came out of before.

In order to rush back to China as soon as possible, Li Xun, who has special forces skills and hunting proficiency, decides to help the Xizhu Navy.

There was still no one in the engine room, and Li Xun approached the central control room without a sound. The second engineer Cronan and the mechanic Edward were still there, and they were sitting on the ground with their heads down against the wall.

The guarded pirate turned into a man, sitting on a chair and eating, with a few pieces of pizza, several cans of beer and an AK47 on the table in front of him.

Taking out his pistol, Li Xun gently turned the handle, pushed open the door and dodged in. He raised his hand and shot the pirate between the eyebrows. A few pieces of pizza were splashed with blood, which had a special appeal.

Cronan and Edward were taken aback when they heard the gunshot, looked to this side in horror, and were stunned.

"Li, are you alive?"

"Lee, you killed the pirates?"

"Good luck." Li Xun smiled, didn't say much, and immediately changed the subject: "Do you know the situation of other people?"

"They're all in the cab," Cronan replied.

"Is the communication on the ship broken?"

"No, that Ryan turned off the satellite dish."

"Understood, let's slow down the boat."

"I can turn off the host."

"No, not a full stop, one or two knots."

"no problem."

"Okay, go ahead, Edward, can you speak Russian?"

"Yes." The mechanic nodded.

"Very good, now call the captain in Russian and tell him that I need to use the satellite phone to contact the Xizhu Navy and let him think of a way." Li Xun handed him the walkie-talkie.

Edward took the walkie-talkie, took a breath, and started calling: "..."

Semkiff's answer came quickly over the intercom, along with the pirate's shout.

"Li, the captain said he was trying to restore the signal." Edward looked at him, visibly nervous.

Li Xun nodded, took the AK on the table, handed it to Cronan, and asked, "Will it work?"

"Yes." Cronan took the gun and nodded.

"Let's get out of here and go to the safety cabin." Li Xun walked to the door, glanced outside, opened the door and walked out first.

The three returned to the safety cabin, Li Xun closed the door, picked up the satellite phone and tried it, but there was still no signal.

"Lee, what should we do? Save the captain and the others?" Cronan asked.

"No, the Xizhu warship is here. It depends on them to repel the pirates. We need to contact the warship to tell them about the pirates and help them get on board."

"Li, where did you get the pistol?"

"I found a pirate's body while I was hiding under the cabin, and the gun was recovered from the body."

"Do you know kung fu? You are so skilled, you killed that pirate with one shot." Cronan was amazed, while Edward nodded.

"I don't know kung fu, but I have been a soldier." Li Xun lied. In fact, he has never been a soldier, but this can conceal his ability that is different from ordinary people.

"Well, people who have been soldiers are different." Cronan continued to sigh.

Li Xun picked up the satellite phone again, this time there was a signal, he contacted the ship owner according to the emergency contact method, and then finally contacted a destroyer of the Xizhu Navy through the ship owner.

He notified the navy of the pirates and crew, and the navy quickly formulated a battle plan.

First send the helicopter to destroy the radar on the ship, and continue to harass and attack the pirates, and then use the helicopter and an assault boat to attack the starboard side of the cargo ship to attract the attention of the pirates. Board the ship and defeat the pirates.

The attack time was agreed upon, and the rescue operation code-named "Tsunami" officially began.

21 hours and 21 minutes from the end.

At 10:30 on October 16th, New Zealand time, Li Xun asked Cronan and Edward to stay in the safety cabin, and used satellite phones and walkie-talkies to be in charge of the navy's communication with him, leaving the AK to them.

He tied a white towel around his left arm as an identification mark, took another walkie-talkie, and took a pistol and saber to the deck again.

At 16:50, the Sea King helicopter on the destroyer approached the Comet and destroyed the radar with heavy machine gun fire. The pirates counterattacked and one person was killed by the helicopter.

At 17:10, two Sea King helicopters began to alternately approach the Comet to harass and attack. The harassing tactics that lasted for nearly an hour made the pirates exhausted and annoyed.

At 18:08, Edward used the walkie-talkie to remind the crew to hide in a safe area. Two minutes later, the Sea King helicopter and an assault boat launched a fierce attack on the starboard side of the Comet, and shot the bridge with machine guns, which attracted the attention of the pirates. The pirates fought back , 2 marine was slightly injured, and 1 pirates were killed.

At 18:15, Li Xun, who had been hiding in the cabin and took the time to open a few containers, lowered the rope ladder on the port side, and 10 marines with two assault boats quietly approached the port side and boarded the ship smoothly.

At 18:32, under the guidance of Li Xun, the commandos began to attack the cab in two ways, and had a fierce battle with the pirates in the cab. confrontation.

At 18:35, the marines used flash bombs to control the situation, broke into the cab, and all the remaining pirates surrendered. Operation "Tsunami" ended successfully.

During this operation, two marines were slightly injured, first officer Vasuta was hit in the abdomen by stray bullets but not fatally, and Li Xun, who participated in the battle, shot and killed one pirate.

At 19 hours and 01 minutes before the end of the day, the injured two marines and first mate Vasuta were sent to Del's hospital for treatment by helicopter. At Li Xun's request, the Navy agreed to go to Del with him.

Li Xun bid farewell to the crew one by one, and embarked on a journey back home.

(End of this chapter)