Chapter 61 - Perils Everywhere

Ye Chenfeng, Wang Li, Wu Kunming, and others stood before the long corridor, eyes fixed on the path ahead yet unwilling to take the first step.The safer it seemed, the more likely it was to be fraught with untold dangers.

“Based on my estimation, this passage isn’t as simple as it looks.

There must be mechanisms or traps installed on the floor or walls,” Ye Chenfeng said, his brow furrowed.

Since the terrorists hadn’t made their move at the entrance, they must have laid a deadly web inside the underground base to ensure that any intruders wouldn’t leave alive.

“I agree with Chenfeng,” Wu Kunming immediately seconded.

“We can’t afford to act rashly.”

“Then what do you two suggest we do?

Just stand here like idiots?” Wang Li asked impatiently, always quick to react in urgent situations.

“If you’re eager to die, you can go ahead and try,” Ye Chenfeng retorted as he picked up a sizable rock from the ground and hurled it down the long corridor.

“Ratatatatatatatatat—”

The ground of the passage endured a severe impact as several automatic guns emerged from both sides of the walls and began shooting incessantly, filling the passage with streaks of gunfire.

If Ye Chenfeng and the others had walked down the corridor, they’d probably be riddled with bullets by now.

After firing continuously for over a minute, the automatic guns retracted into the walls, and calm returned to the passage as if nothing had happened.

“Now do you think being hasty is useful?

With your temperament, you’ll end up dead on a mission one of these days, and you might even jeopardize your teammates,” Ye Chenfeng bluntly told Wang Li.

Wang Li’s face turned red with embarrassment.

He knew he was sometimes too impulsive, and despite years of effort, he hadn’t managed to change.

During his time with the Soldier King Group, his hastiness had nearly compromised the mission on three occasions.

Taking a deep breath to quell his anger, Wang Li responded, “Ye Chenfeng, you’re right.

So how can we safely get across this passage?”

Wang Li wasn’t too proud to accept criticism.

He was well aware of his flaws and had been trying to change his impatient nature over the years.

“There is a way to safely cross this passage.

The automatic guns in the walls are all mechanized and not manually operated, so their ammunition will inevitably run out.

All we need to do is keep throwing rocks into the corridor until they have no bullets left,” Ye Chenfeng confidently suggested.

“Chenfeng, that’s a great idea!

Why didn’t we think of that?” Wu Kunming immediately ordered his subordinates to exit the underground base and gather some large rocks.

There weren’t many sizable stones inside the underground base.

After all, Ye Chenfeng’s soul came from five hundred years in the future, and in that world, he was considered a strong person, let alone five hundred years in the past.

If he couldn’t outsmart the people from five hundred years ago, he’d rather die from a head-on collision.

The large rocks were quickly ready.

Ye Chenfeng, Wu Kunming, Wang Li, and the others each picked up a stone and threw it onto the passage floor.

As the stones hit the ground, the guns inside the walls appeared again and fiercely rained bullets upon the passageway.

Ye Chenfeng and the others did not stop throwing stones for a moment, the passageway was filled with flares from bullets being fired, and the loud machine gun noises pierced the eardrums of everyone present.

About half an hour later, the gunfire gradually weakened until finally, when Ye Chenfeng and his group threw stones in the corridor, the machine guns on both sides of the walls did not respond, it seemed that the bullets in the machine guns had been exhausted.

“That was truly exhausting, to think we actually threw stones for a full half hour just to deplete the bullets in the machine guns?” Wu Kunming said, shaking his somewhat sore shoulders. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NovᴇlFir(e).nᴇt

However, Wu Kunming felt very fortunate that Ye Chenfeng was traveling with them; otherwise, they might have been on their way to the Road to Netherworld by now.

“It should be safe now, but everyone must remain vigilant at all times, dangers could arise out of nowhere,” Ye Chenfeng led the way into the passageway, elevating his Soul Force to the Peak of the third level, constantly sensing the dangers around him.

After carefully walking for about ten minutes, Ye Chenfeng and the others did not encounter any danger, and some people were already beginning to relax their guard.

It was at this moment that Ye Chenfeng suddenly yelled, “Careful, there’s danger!”

As soon as Ye Chenfeng’s words fell, more than a dozen figures dressed in Ninja outfits suddenly appeared from the walls, each holding a ninja sword.

Their movements were extremely fast, and besides Ye Chenfeng, Wang Li, and Wu Kunming, who were more skilled and could dodge the attacks, the other people were all throat-slit by the Ninjas who suddenly emerged from the walls.

After killing their targets, these Ninjas immediately vanished back into the walls.

This must be one of the deceptive techniques in Ninjutsu; they could use props or terrain to make them undiscoverable, much like chameleons blending in with their environment.

Wu Kunming’s eyes turned red, like an enraged bull.

These were the people he had personally trained, and off the battlefield, they were very close.

Could he accept that in the blink of an eye, they were all dead?

“Agh—” Roaring, Wu Kunming rushed towards the wall, but no matter how he collided with it, the wall remained immovable, as if the Ninjas that had appeared could pass through walls.

“Uncle Wu, calm down.

I think those Ninjas haven’t gone far.

Don’t forget your responsibilities.

If you want to avenge your men, you need to calm down even more,” Ye Chenfeng grabbed Wu Kunming.

If Wu Kunming did not control his emotions, he might be the next one to die.

“Ye Chenfeng, can you sense the presence of the enemy?

This is my first encounter with the Ninjutsu of the Island Nation,” Wang Li whispered, his eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

If Ye Chenfeng’s Soul Force had maintained its former Peak state from his previous life, he would have been able to sense them, but now he was only at the third level of Soul Force, and these Ninjas were very good at hiding the murderous intent emanating from within their bodies.

To clearly sense their location was extremely difficult.

Wu Kunming looked at the dozens of corpses on the ground, with blood still gushing from their throats, his inner rage grew more furious; he was determined to avenge his fallen men.

“Let’s all calm down.

Sometimes your eyes may deceive you; we have to rely on our hearts to sense, and on our ears to distinguish the movements in our surroundings,” Ye Chenfeng closed his eyes, sensing the dangers hidden in the darkness.

Wu Kunming and Wang Li heeded Ye Chenfeng’s words, and unknowingly, they had come to regard Ye Chenfeng as the backbone, even the leader.