Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger-Chapter 675 - 625: Big Trouble

"I never get lost!"

Mountain Eagle wrapped in a fur sat on a makeshift sled...

Balang, serving as the lead, guided the way ahead, with two strong cougars pulling the sled swiftly across the snow.

The 'Sled' stood at the rear of the sled, adjusting the simple helm on both sides occasionally, increasing friction on one side to steer the sled.

Driving a sled in the dark is an immense challenge...

Looking at the light on Balang's back ahead, the sled spoke uncertainly: "Boss, are you sure this is okay?

We're going fast now, if Balang leads the wrong way, we could deviate from the target by over ten kilometers."

Mountain Eagle adjusted his sitting position and laughed: "Don't worry, Balang definitely won't go the wrong direction.

Do you know why I choose to set off at night?"

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle looked through tactical glasses at the vast snowy plains and forests dotted with red, laughing: "It's a good time to visit friends, because they're certainly 'at home'!"

Mountain Eagle did not tell the sled that he was the one truly guiding; Balang's role was to scout ahead for a path the sled could pass.

The two cougars had plenty of energy, well-rested and keeping a steady pace, they could cover the hundred or so kilometers in basically a day and a half.

Mountain Eagle had already located the teams' positions through various complex radio signals and Crow's infrared detection.

Their position was further behind, but as long as they could cross the mountains tonight, entering a flat snowy plain, they could catch up before nightfall tomorrow.

......

Mountain Eagle was unaware that the goal of those two teams was to pursue the two thieves and eliminate them. He thought they wanted to catch up with the thieves to retreat together.

By chance, he missed a truly dangerous team, allowing them to carry the virus and vaccine data eastwards out of the battle zone.

At this moment, apart from Glasman and those two teams, no one knew the dangerous virus had been taken away from the conflict area.

The Department of Homeland Security received the news...

An outside terrorist organization called 'Atomic Weapon Master' claimed they obtained the virus and were preparing to launch an attack on the United States.

However, they were first skeptical, second, they dared not gamble, worried it might be a smoke bomb released by the thieves as a diversion.

The Department of Homeland Security's resources were extremely rich, and while they began tracking the Atomic Weapon Master, they increased their investment in the Alaska region.

The Death God drone, which returned due to the snowstorm, reloaded and took off again, conducting wide-range reconnaissance and search in the northern region.

Despite the Death God being able to find people from the snow plains, it couldn't determine if the ground targets were who they were looking for.

Thus, after spotting a target, ground personnel needed to pursue and identify it before they could launch an attack, finally cleaning up the battlefield by the ground troops.

The teams trapped in the snowstorm for a day and night not only failed to receive authorization to retreat, but were instead commanded to continue the pursuit at all costs.

......

And Mountain Eagle stopped when Crow detected the Death God reappearing...

He took out an infrared detection-resistant cloak resembling a raincoat from his bag, handed it to the sled to wear, then pointed to the sky, rejecting the sled's offer to start a fire.

Throwing half a sheep to the already panting cougars, Mountain Eagle leaned against a large tree, laughing through the drifting white snow: "Death God drones have come too, quite lively..."

The sled was a veteran as well, having participated in the most intense battle in Los Angeles, knowing the boss had high-tech airborne drones, so him locking onto targets was unsurprising...

He wasn't one to get bogged down in technical issues; seeing the boss in good spirits, he thought for a moment and said: "Boss, we have to change direction...

I suggest after crossing the mountains, we make a circle around the snow plains."

Saying this, the sled looked fondly at the steaming cougars, grinning with yellow teeth, joyfully said: "Our speed is quick enough, if we succeed, we can circle ahead of the opponent by tomorrow night."

Mountain Eagle nodded with a smile and said: "You're a Snow Domain expert, so we'll listen to you...

We'll rest here for two hours, then proceed a bit further, finding a cave or someplace like that to rest.

Anyway, they can't run fast either..."

The sled listened without wasting words, glanced at the distant trees where green eyes occasionally appeared, then moved to form a surveillance angle with Mountain Eagle.

Quickly scraping out a snow hole on the ground, the sled used paracord and waterproof cloth to create a makeshift windbreak wall, then sat down on a waterproof backpack, arms folded for rest.

The sub-zero temperatures seemed not to affect the sled much; during his break, he even took out some jerky, chewing it dry.

While the sled rested, Mountain Eagle stood there backed against a tree, like a sculpture...

Meanwhile, seventy to eighty kilometers away, a series of explosions slowed down the teams rushing through the night.

......

"Bang"

An explosion rang out amidst a pine forest, startling numerous animals within the snow-clad pines.

"Fuck..."

A young man wearing a hat and dressed in a cold-resistant suit was so frightened that he fell to the ground. Then, a woman beside him rushed over, grabbed him, and ran through the snow towards a nearby fallen tree...

When they reached the tree, the woman kicked away the snow forcefully, knelt down, dug frantically, and then pulled the young man in.

"What's happening? What happened?"

The woman didn't answer the young man's question but shut off all the lights, closed her eyes, and began listening intently...

Minutes later, in the darkness, the woman pushed away the man's arms hugging her waist and solemnly said, "It's the drone, Death God is back!"

The man got startled upon hearing this, banging his head heavily against the tree trunk above...

After a "bang," the man painfully held his head and said, "That was a missile just now, they're using missiles to bomb us?

I just stole something, why are they using missiles to bomb us?

We're doomed, we're doomed!"

The woman lifted her ski mask, revealing a slightly weary face, and said, "That wasn't a missile; it seemed more like a triggered trick mine."

As she spoke, the woman took a rope from her waist and said, "The blizzard will cover up part of our escape traces. We are at least a day ahead of the opponent right now.

I'll find a way to eliminate our walking traces, and then we'll find a place to rest until dawn.

The patrol time of the Death God drone isn't long; after dawn, it will return to base."

Just as the woman spoke, an explosion erupted several kilometers behind them...

This time, the victims were a special forces team from the Department of Homeland Security pursuing behind the thief!

Mountain Eagle didn't intend to harm these special forces; Crow's purpose of throwing hand grenades was merely to intimidate and to inform these special forces that there are two more teams following behind them.

Mountain Eagle planned to expose all the remaining people and teams in this area, making them panicky and suspicious.

No matter who you are, let's bomb you all first!

Mountain Eagle couldn't figure out who these people were, nor could he deduce their relationships and stances.

With fewer numbers, the most advantageous situation for him was 'chaos.'

After achieving his goals amidst 'chaos,' he would use the 'chaos' to withdraw; this was Mountain Eagle's purpose.

As long as he officially appears in Anchorage, any deaths afterwards in Marshall Town couldn't be pinned on him.

Mountain Eagle's actions caused all the teams to halt...

The explosion first stopped them in their tracks; after checking the blast site, these people switched from traveling mode to combat mode, beginning to search the surrounding void for enemy traces.

At the ground's request, the Death God drone began to lower altitude, circling in search...

Then the unofficial teams all got exposed!

The strong team that attacked the National Guard swiftly disengaged from the special forces guarding the crash site from the Department of Homeland Security after confirming the virus had been taken off the battlefield, starting to retreat southbound.

...

A few guys in snow camo quickly left the combat zone, pulling away from the Department of Homeland Security through rolling retreat, but their actions couldn't evade the surveillance from the Death God drone above.

By now, the Department of Homeland Security, already burning with anger, paid no mind to the identities of these guys. Upon confirming the locations of their allies, the Death God drone fired two deadly Hellfire missiles from about 3,000 meters above ground.

The fierce explosion swept through a large area, and several guys running got blown away...

As the rising smoke from the explosion covered that area, a tall, agile man rolled and scrambled towards a gap between rocks, forcefully grabbing a Russian-made 9K38M Igla-S man-portable air-defense missile...

Quickly activating the missile, the tall man locked onto the low-flying circling Death God drone and decisively launched the missile.

"Whoosh"

A streak of red light with smoke charged towards the looming Death God drone and then exploded by its side.

"Boom"

Numerous fragments damaged the wings and sides of the Death God drone, causing it to lose control and plummet to the ground.

Seeing the explosion flare up on the snowfield in the distance, the tall man discarded the launcher, pulled up his ski mask, and yelled through the radio in Arabic, "Retreat, withdraw south..."

...

Mountain Eagle never thought his "mischief" would cause such a big uproar...

Through Crow, he listened in on the radio communication of those audacious folks. Unfortunately, Mountain Eagle couldn't understand Arabic, not knowing what they were saying.

But through Crow's perspective, seeing the Death God drone crash, Mountain Eagle knew this time things had truly blown up...

Noticing the sled made some noises, Mountain Eagle loudly said, "We're leaving immediately...

Fuck, I have a feeling this situation will be very troublesome!"