Hidden moth

Chapter 54: Can't Let Him Run Away
Gao Xue'e was silent at this moment, just staring at He Kao blankly, as if she didn't hear or understand. Her hair was still dripping with water, and her clothes were wet and sticking to her body.

Judging from her appearance, according to the old saying of the villagers, she looked like she was possessed and needed to be beaten with a broom.

He Kao simply squatted down to help Gao Xue'e put on her shoes. The shoes were a little big, but it didn't matter. Seeing that there was no broom around, he had to stand up and pat her face hard: "Ms. E, are you okay? Let's go!"

Gao Xue'e burst into tears, sat up straight, and then hugged He Kao, burying her face in his chest and abdomen to block out her cries... He Kao helped her up and quickly walked out of the room.

Gao Xue'e put her right hand on He Kao's shoulder and leaned softly on him. He Kao put his left arm around her waist and almost hugged her as he walked forward, holding a mobile phone between his fingers.

The flashlight function does not require unlocking, nor does emergency calls such as 110. This was the reason why he touched the phone, but when he accidentally swiped his finger just now, he found that the phone did not have a lock screen set at all.

When kidnappers do this kind of thing, they will not bring their own regular mobile phones, and it is very likely that they are not their own phones. It is quite troublesome to unlock them in an emergency, so it is most convenient to just scratch open and use them.

Just dim your phone's screen and turn off the sound and vibration.

Of course, He Kao didn't have time to think about it at the time, let alone use the phone to make a call. He hugged Gao Xue'e and walked out of the room, crossing the pedestrian street towards the hallway, when he suddenly heard movement in front of him.

"Someone!" Even Gao Xue'e heard it. She didn't dare to speak loudly, and whispered in He Kao's ear tremblingly, her lips almost touching his neck.

The shops outside all have windows, and the corridor can also be illuminated by some dim light from the stars and the moon. He Kao originally didn't turn on the flashlight, but now he turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone and shone it over there, while his right hand was holding the gun tightly and pointing it in the same direction.

The sound came from the front right. In the empty shop, a man was sitting against the wall. He was shot in the side of his waist and was barely bandaging it with clothes. At this moment, blood was oozing out again.

After being shot, this man dodged and hid in a nearby shop. After bandaging his wound, he sat down where he was. But then he heard the sound of He Kao firing a gun and heard footsteps coming towards him. He wanted to move in, but unexpectedly he made a noise.

Seeing the light and the muzzle of the gun pointed at him, the man quickly raised his hands and said, "Mercy..."

He was greeted by gunshots. He Kaolan fired two shots. Luckily, the first shot hit him right in the face, silencing all the words he was about to say. The second shot had recoil, and the bullet flew away to who knows where.

It's not that He Kao is bloodthirsty and murderous, this is a completely subconscious stress reaction. He didn't even understand what the other party was saying. He shot as soon as he saw that it was a kidnapper. After two shots, he realized that the other party might be begging for mercy.

From a bystander's perspective, if we strictly follow the definition of self-defense, this shot should have exceeded the legal standard. The opponent had lost the ability to continue to inflict harm, and the process of harming He Kao had ended. He even raised his hands to beg for mercy.

But He Kao isn't a soldier cleaning up the battlefield and capturing prisoners after a battle, nor is he a police officer catching bad guys. The masked man has disappeared, and Zhao Huanzhen and others are still pursuing him. He is still in great danger.

The kidnapper has an accomplice here. If he is seen running away with Gao Xue'e, he will still be a huge threat...

These were actually the comments made by bystanders afterwards. He Kao didn't have time to think about it. He was in a highly nervous state and subconsciously pulled the trigger when he saw the kidnapper.

The only real bystander was Gao Xue'e. When she saw this scene, she made a sound as if she was choking on water. Her body softened and she slid to the ground, with even her shirt lifted up.

At this time, another gunshot was heard in the amusement park outside, which sounded like the sound of a pistol, followed by another bang, which should be the masked man's shotgun retaliating.

Judging from where the gunshots came from, it seemed to be some distance away. He had just fired seven shots, and the noise must have spread, so he had to leave quickly.

He turned off the flashlight, put his cell phone in his pocket, squatted down and picked up Gao Xue'e, not as a princess, but carried her face down on his shoulder, with his left hand holding her hips and the gun in his right hand.

Gao Xue'e was obviously unable to walk anymore. She had been stumbling in the dark just now. It would have been faster to carry her than to hug her.

Gao Xue'e wasn't fat, but she had a nice figure, weighing just over 100 pounds. Normally, He Kao would have a hard time carrying her, but under these special circumstances, it seemed like she had unleashed her boundless potential, jogging along at a brisk pace.

The glass curtain wall of the hall had just been shattered. He went around the front door and out through the wall. He smelled a familiar smell of gunpowder and noticed out of the corner of his eye that several people were lying on the steps in front of the door.

Just now, Zhao Huanzhen asked Lao Hong to take five of his men to guard outside. The amusement park seemed eerie and creepy in the middle of the night, so they didn't dare to go far. They all gathered outside the gate and sat on the steps smoking.

Suddenly, a bundle of something, resembling small bamboo tubes tied together, was thrown from nowhere, causing everyone to jump. Then, the bundle exploded with a bang, sending the people flying several meters away and sending countless fragments flying.

The explosive power of a single bamboo tube might not be very strong, and it could only be thrown into the water to fry fish, but fifteen small bamboo tubes tied together would become a terrifying weapon.

Some people died on the spot, and even if some people did not die immediately, they would not be able to recover if they were not rescued in time.

He Kao carried Gao Xue'e and ran in the opposite direction of the gunshot. There was a building in the indoor commercial pedestrian street between them. Even if the group of sorcerers had great powers, they should not be able to grasp his movements at this moment.

He Kao had heard from Qian Guran that a third-level cultivator could master spiritual awareness. Even if he lived in the apartment across the street, his spiritual awareness could penetrate several walls and know what He Kao was doing. He Kao had once asked Qian Guran about the limits of this ability. Qian Guran replied that, for walls like those in Sesame Apartments, penetrating three walls within twenty meters was his limit, so he wanted to live as close to He Kao as possible.

If it is in an open area, the distance that spiritual sense can detect can reach about 100 meters. It is not impossible to detect farther, but the perception will be too vague.

Is it necessary to use spiritual sense in open areas? Within a hundred meters or so, the eyes can see farther and more clearly! But in special circumstances, such as in darkness or when trying to detect something behind, spiritual sense is a more useful method.

He didn't know what the cultivation level of Zhao Huanzhen and others was, but judging from Qian Guran's tone, it should be about the same. As they were both cultivators in the third realm, he would use Qian Guran as a reference.

So he could no longer stay in places like pedestrian streets. If the kidnappers came back, he wouldn't be able to find them, but the kidnappers would know his location in advance, so even if he had a gun, it would be useless.

What's more, the other party also has a gun, and he only has three bullets left in his gun.

He wanted to find a place where he couldn't be easily discovered, and settle Gao Xue'e first. He had a plan before going out. He crossed an open space and bypassed two buildings, and ran all the way into the fun adventure house.

There are two adventure houses in the amusement park. The fun adventure house is for children to play in. The so-called "monsters" are dinosaurs, tigers, lions, aliens and the like.

The other one, called the Horror Haunted House, was for adults. It featured not only special effects horror scenes but also various NPCs played by the staff. Now abandoned, it seemed even more terrifying. He Kao didn't want to enter that kind of place in the middle of the night.

He Kao carried Gao Xue'e into the fun adventure house, which was deliberately arranged in a complicated manner. The roads were crooked and divided into various spaces. There was also a small railway along the route, so the children could take a train for sightseeing on weekdays.

He Kao left the tour route and entered a room inside the building. It should be the special effects control room where the staff stayed at the time. There were actually chairs inside.

He put Gao Xue'e down, pulled over a chair and helped her sit down, saying, "Boss E, it's safe here. You stay here for the time being. I'll go out and help out... Wait for me to come back!"

Gao Xue'e had just been carried on He Kao's shoulders while running. Her stomach was pressed against his shoulders and was shaking, which made her feel very uncomfortable. She had already vomited, but there was nothing in her stomach, and what she vomited was just acid.

Hearing that He Kao was about to leave, she subconsciously grabbed his hand, her lips trembling as she didn't know what she wanted to say. Maybe she wanted to beg him not to leave, or to tell him to be careful.

He Kao finally realized something and took out his phone and said to her, "Take this phone. The screen is unlocked, just swipe it open and you can use it... If I don't come back for too long, you can call for help yourself."

He placed the gun on the console next to him and took off his shirt. This shirt was thick enough to be a coat, and unlike the standard blue plaid for programmers, it was a gray and white plaid.

"You're all wet. Change into these clothes, or you'll get sick... Don't put them on straight away. Take them off and wring them out. Try to dry them out before putting them on... I won't watch. You can change after I'm gone."

After he finished speaking, he left the room with a gun. Gao Xue'e's voice came weakly from behind him: "Xiao Kao, don't die!"

What kind of words are these? Is it a blessing or encouragement? He Kao replied: "Don't worry, I won't, and you won't be in any trouble either!"

It's already like this, isn't it a problem? But he had to say something comforting and encouraging.

When he walked to the door of the Fun Adventure House and looked out under the cover of the door, he realized that his perception ability had been restored when he carried Gao Xue'e and ran out just now.

He had heard Qian explain the wonders of spiritual awareness before, but in fact, a sorcerer could not use spiritual awareness at all times, just like a fire control radar would not always be turned on.

Moreover, spiritual awareness can be considered a derivative of consciousness. It requires conscious exploration of a certain place before it can be detected. It's not like you can see through the two walls with just a casual glance.

Although the perception ability that He Kao possessed could not be considered true spiritual consciousness, it did have some similarities. Whether it was the environment or his mood, his perception would be ineffective in particularly chaotic situations, and he had to deliberately perceive in order to notice anything.

In this way, he would have some peace of mind. As long as he hid well and did not arouse the other party's suspicion, he could avoid being discovered to a large extent.

The outcome of the shootout between the masked man and the kidnappers is unknown, and he can't just stand by and watch.

He Kao had a knife on the left side of his belt and held a gun in both hands. He crouched down and quickly crossed the open space. A lot of weeds on the open space had grown to waist height, and there were also many messy shrubs that blocked the view in the distance.

He heard two more gunshots, then a shotgun blast, and the sound was getting closer. The masked man seemed to have circled and was heading back towards the commercial pedestrian street.

He Kao also moved forward, heading towards the direction of the masked man's gunshot. He arrived at the building where the pedestrian street was located, but he did not climb in through the window. Instead, he hid outside and ambushed in the corner of the wall near the back hall.

At this time, under the moonlight, a masked man with a slightly plump figure was seen running in circles around the tree. In the distance, the kidnapper's shouting could be heard again: "As long as the spiritual sense locks on, Yin Mo will not be able to disappear. We can't let him escape!"

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(End of this chapter)