The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 423 - 416: Just Begging to Survive in the World

An Egg Bomb Squad soldier, his face smeared with blood, stood up. With a dejected look, he said to Ralph beside him, "He’s dead."

Ralph nodded, "Go help someone else."

The third casualty, Yuri, succumbed to his serious injuries.

Liu Deguang was killed in action, a member of the Egg Bomb Squad was killed in action, Yuri was killed in action.

They died at the enemy’s final line of defense.

But this shouldn’t be the end because too many people were seriously wounded.

Li Jingang was seriously wounded, Song Qian was seriously wounded, Cao Zhenjiang was seriously wounded, Yu Shunzhou was also seriously wounded, Nie Erlong was seriously wounded, one person from the Egg Bomb Squad was seriously wounded, Green Hat was seriously wounded.

There were no minor injuries because everyone was wearing bulletproof vests, and if you were still injured and incapacitated while wearing a bulletproof vest, it had to be a serious injury.

And almost all were seriously wounded by bullets that had pierced through the bulletproof vests.

The Egg Bomb Squad had two people who could serve as medics. Gao Yuan didn’t know their level of skill, but he knew that given the condition of the wounded, even highly skilled medics would be of no use.

A medic suddenly stopped. He had been treating his comrade, but stopping now meant an end.

The Egg Bomb Squad lost a second man.

Li Jingang and Song Qian both lost consciousness, so they received medical attention.

Gao Yuan came over to Yu Shunzhou, who was lying on the ground with his eyes gazing into the sky, and said softly, "I..."

"You won’t die."

Yu Shunzhou looked at Gao Yuan, "You..."

"I’m not leaving."

Yu Shunzhou let out a breath and said with resignation, "Dying here really doesn’t sit right with me. We’ve come so far only to be left behind one by one. It’s unfair."

"I said you won’t die."

"I was talking about Mr. Liu."

Yu Shunzhou sighed with a helpless expression, "He often said that he never got the chance to make a difference. I was looking forward to showing what I could do, so how could it just end like this? Such top talent, how could he just be gone? It’s such a pity, really, such a pity."

Upon finishing, Yu Shunzhou glanced at Nie Erlong lying beside him and said helplessly, "How come these guys seem fine, and it’s Mr. Liu who dies? He was so formidable, yet he never got the chance to show it. How could he just die like this? What a waste."

Gao Yuan said in a low voice, "Stop talking. It doesn’t work that way. None of you should die, none of you are supposed to die."

Yu Shunzhou said with a helpless look, "I just think a swap would have been so much better. That’s honestly how I feel right now."

Gao Yuan stood up, looked around at the wounded and dead bodies, and said softly, "Stop talking, I can’t stay and chat with you anymore. You’re not going to die, and I have things to do. Hang in there."

"Go ahead. If you can get away, take Xinghe with you. This time it’s really not looking good. But don’t let the sacrifices of so many be in vain. That’s what I want to tell you. I don’t think I should die and you should survive, but there must be some prioritization. Gao Yuan, your life isn’t yours alone anymore. You’re the hope of Shenzhou, the hope of humanity."

Yu Shunzhou seemed very calm. He seldom spoke anything sensible, but now he was desperately trying to make Gao Yuan understand his logic.

Gao Yuan kneeled down again, his voice a whisper near Yu Shunzhou’s ear, "I... don’t have any family left. My friends, all I have left is you. Everything I care about, everything that matters to me is here. Tell me, if I save the entire world, but all of you are gone, what meaning does saving this world have?"

After speaking, Gao Yuan gave a wry smile, "Besides, I can’t save the world."

Yu Shunzhou sighed, "You bastard, Gao. You can’t play the hero."

Gao Yuan smiled again, "I never wanted to be a hero. Many people and many things are pushing me to be one, but all I want is to scrape by in this world."

Yu Shunzhou tilted his head slightly, his voice low, "I’m not trying to convince you to be a hero, but don’t forget, you still have Luo Xingyu and Mr. Xiang, and the base with so many people waiting for you to complete the mission."

Gao Yuan stood up a second time and said softly, "I haven’t forgotten. So I’ll do my best. Of course, I’ll do my best. First, I’ll try my utmost to save your lives, then do my best to save the world. Stop talking. Rest now. I won’t leave until you’re all gone."

Many were injured, many died, but Renato, who had no combat ability, was alive and well, without even a scratch on him, still holding his sniper grenade launcher.

"Pass the sniper grenade launcher to someone who can use it, Harry!"

Harry Keen looked back, his face sweating profusely, he said urgently, "Boss, no signs of anything. No enemies have appeared near us for now."

Gao Yuan picked up the radio and shouted, "Can opener, Scarecrow, tell me your location! Over."

"Scarecrow here. I’m about a kilometer west of you. No enemy sightings yet. How’s it on your side?"

"Not good."

Gao Yuan put down the radio and went to Xinghe’s side, whispering, "If more enemies come, grab the stuff, and run east, Taoist Priest!"

Lizhizi was covered in blood, and when he looked at Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan pointed to an assault vehicle parked nearby and said, "If you spot any enemies, you and she take this vehicle and head east. This is an order."

Lizhizi didn’t hesitate and spoke softly, "Yes, Wang Dong is running."

Gao Yuan jumped onto the truck, pulled down the flags that were inserted at the highest points on both sides in front of the truck bed, and then he put a flagstaff on the right side of the assault vehicle and said, "Driving the assault vehicle might attract friendly fire, watch out that the flag doesn’t fall off."

The flag mounted on the vehicle was the national flag, and the one Gao Yuan held in his hand was his Fierce Tiger Brigade’s flag.

He planted the flagpole made of branches heavily into the ground, then took out another branch prepared earlier on the vehicle along with the company flag stored carefully in his chest pocket, cautiously threading the flag onto the branch.

Now there were three flags, the national flag, the brigade flag, and the company flag.

Xinghe suddenly said, "What are you doing?"

Gao Yuan waved the flags a couple of times and replied, "Nothing much. If... if this is Da Hong Third Company’s last battle, then at least I want our company’s flag to be raised."

Xinghe was silent for a moment, then she spoke softly, "Why... why can’t you humans unite against the Serpent People instead of slaughtering each other."

Gao Yuan did not look at Xinghe; with a serious tone, he said, "You’ve asked this question before, I’ll answer it again, because that’s human nature."

Xinghe sighed softly and then said to Gao Yuan, "You... never mind, it’s nothing."

Gao Yuan looked at Xinghe, then he looked at the wounded soldiers. At that moment, Ralph said a few words to his team and then shouted to Gao Yuan, "King Kong should be fine, but Song Qian is in critical danger. I have to give up treating Song Qian and save those who have a chance."

Whom to save? Whom not to save?

If there were more medics, if there were a field hospital, Song Qian would definitely still have a chance to survive. A gunshot wound to the lung is a long and painful death, but since the process of dying is relatively slow, there was still hope for survival.

But now, with the conditions here, there was no hope.

Gao Yuan could only nod silently, so the medics from the Egg Bomb Squad approached the remaining wounded soldiers.

Save those who were very badly hurt but still had a chance to survive.

That’s why Green Hat received medical treatment.

As the captain, Gao Yuan couldn’t dictate the order of treatment, especially now when it was time to listen to the medics.

Just then, Harry suddenly yelled, "Boss, come over here!"

Harry’s voice was urgent. Gao Yuan immediately pulled the two flagpoles out of the ground and walked briskly over.

Harry Keen lifted the display and spoke quietly, "Boss, the enemy is coming..."

Gao Yuan looked at the display, where dust could be seen rising in the distance. As the camera zoomed in, the source of the dust was revealed to be armored vehicles, not just any assault vehicle.

Gao Yuan took a deep breath and asked, "Which direction, how far?"

"The drone is in the southwest, 6.2 kilometers away. The enemy’s vanguard is around four kilometers from the drone, which means about ten kilometers from us. They’ll be here in at most ten minutes."

Gao Yuan exhaled softly and murmured, "They’re coming fast!"

There were too many wounded, and they couldn’t be moved, primarily because there wasn’t enough time to move them. Otherwise, Gao Yuan would have chosen to take the wounded with him as a first move, even just to relocate a little, which was better than staying put.

But the problem was that the wounded simply didn’t have time to be moved. To choose to move would mean to let all those seriously injured die.

Gao Yuan didn’t face a choice because he couldn’t let all of his comrades die, so there was no need to choose.

Gao Yuan picked up the radio again, his voice grave, "The enemy is coming, from the southwest. Ol’Gun and Scarecrow, come join me in holding off the enemy."

After speaking, Gao Yuan turned around and shouted loudly, "The enemy is upon us!"

Ralph looked up at Gao Yuan, then stood up and stopped assisting his team with the surgery, walking straight towards Renato, from whom he took the sniper grenade launcher.

Gao Yuan called out strongly, "Ol’Gun."

Ashraf stood up, patting off the dust on his buttocks, and calmly approached Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan looked at Renato and said, "You go and start a truck."

Afterwards, he addressed Ralph, "Is it possible to take the wounded and go, even if just to leave for one kilometer and then treat them? Can you?"

Ralph shook his head and said with a serious tone, "Either abandon the wounded, or treat them here, it’s impossible to transport them over a long distance for treatment. There’s no time; even a short distance won’t do. He’ll die for certain if moved, even if just for a minute."

Ralph was referring to Li Jingang. Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Understood. Then wait until the enemy starts firing, that’s when you’ll give up on the wounded."

With a helpless and desolate smile towards Xinghe, Gao Yuan then loudly said to Lizhizi, "Don’t forget what I asked of you. Alright, Ol’Gun, let’s go!"

Sirte and Klaus had already driven over, parking their vehicle. Gao Yuan gestured with his hand and said, "Five of us, we’re going to stop the enemy. The enemy has armored vehicles..."

Right then, Harry Keen interjected with dejection, "And tanks, boss, there are also tanks..."

Gao Yuan glanced at the display, then nodded and said, "And tanks, assault vehicles, too. Alright guys, grab all the rocket launchers, let’s go."