America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 148 Sudden attack

Is this how Americans react?
Li Xiaoen complained in his heart and couldn't help but turn his head to look in the direction of Fang Qian's gunshot.

【Character: Li Xiaoen】

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[State 2: Triggered Protective Shield: When the host is sensed to have suffered fatal damage, it will automatically trigger and establish a protective shield based on the host itself, which lasts for 12 hours.]

After confirming the status of the lower panel, Li Xiaoen looked down at Victoria in his arms and said, "Let's go back. There are curtains in the rest area."

"it is good."

Victoria obviously realized what was happening, her face turned pale with fear, and she nodded quickly.

Without saying anything else, Li Xiaoen held Victoria in his arms and walked quickly towards the rest area with his back bent.

"Seraphina, do you know what happened?"

Under the anxious gazes of the three women, Li Xiaoen returned to the rest area, looked around, overturned the table in the middle, pointed at the curtain in the direction of the gunshot, and asked.

"do not know."

Seraphina was holding a pager in her hand and shook her head solemnly, "I've already notified the housekeepers and they're on their way."

"it is good."

Li Xiaoen nodded, his spirit tense, and glanced at the girls. Except for Victoria, the other three girls were in good condition. Among them, Seraphina was the calmest.

"Let's continue squatting and waiting for rescue."

Li Xiaoen looked around and saw that it was all open space. There was no obstacle at all on the way back to the mansion from the shooting range. Only then did he realize that the design of the manor training ground was also a target for people outside the field.

Half-kneeling, Li Xiaoen slowly moved to the erected table.

"Sean..."

Su Feier, who had been paying attention to Li Xiaoen's movements, quickly reached out and pulled him, frowning and shouting in a low voice.

"It's fine."

Li Xiaoen flipped his wrist and grabbed Sufei's arm, then nodded in relief.

The previous triggered protective shield status has been maintained. Isn’t it designed to deal with this situation?

Compared to the frightened state of the other girls, he was the most at ease. If he was not worried about waste and afraid that the girls or even other people or surveillance cameras would notice his "abnormality", he could boldly walk out to the flat ground and serve as a target to lure out the shooter.

"Sean, don't do this..."

The actions of the two attracted the attention of other girls. Victoria came back to her senses and quickly pulled the young man's arm.

"It's okay, don't worry."

The system cannot be shown to others, Li Xiaoen replied in a deep voice, shaking his head helplessly.

bang bang...

Just as he finished speaking, two gunshots were heard from the other side of the training ground facing the woods. Everyone's bodies suddenly tensed up and they turned around to look over there.

There was still no one to be seen.

Li Xiaoen's face became solemn. If it was one direction, he would still have a chance to block it with the protective shield, but in two directions, he was powerless.

[Use advanced virtual time card, select direction: firearms comprehensive shooting, investment time: one year]

[Advanced virtual time card used successfully, ignoring all obstacles, automatically simulating the host to participate in firearms comprehensive shooting training in the current environment, the duration is 1 year]

[Current time card retention: 4 years]

[One year of training experience, virtual exercises loading...]

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Watching the subtitles floating up quickly on the screen, Li Xiaoen hardened his heart, replaced the magazine he had prepared long ago into the gun, and looked towards the uphill slope.

"Sean, they're coming..."

At that moment, Victoria suddenly pulled his arm. Li Xiaoen looked back and saw two heavy jeeps approaching quickly from the direction of the mansion. He felt a little relieved.

Several more gunshots were heard from both sides. This time there was no accident. The two jeeps crashed through the supports of the rest area roof with an unstoppable force and blocked the woods on both sides of the gunshots.

What a professional security team.

Li Xiaoen felt emotional. After the man in a suit got out of the car and gave instructions, the group finally bent down and hid in two cars, then quickly returned towards the mansion.

As the butler of the mansion, the middle-aged man in a suit naturally rode in the same car with Seraphina, while Li Xiaoen, Victoria and Sufei got in another.

Looking back at the training ground that was getting farther and farther away, there were still a few gunshots coming from time to time. Several people couldn't help but feel a lingering fear, and Li Xiaoen frowned.

"Excuse me, do you know what happened?"

The butler was not there, so Li Xiaoen asked a man in the front row who was obviously a team leader.

"We don't know either."

The man in the front seat was fully armed, with only his eyes visible. He carefully held a rifle in his hands. He shook his head, "Not only at the shooting training ground, but also in our physical training ground, the rest dormitory, and outside the manor, we've heard gunfire from many directions."

"But please rest assured, the entire manor is on full alert, and we have organized several teams to search the woods outside."

"Does this kind of thing happen often here?"

Li Xiaoen frowned and couldn't help feeling a little depressed. This was in the interior of the United States. If you didn't know, you would think this was an important area of ​​a country during wartime.

“This is the first time we’ve encountered this, too.”

The team leader took a deep breath and shook his head. "If there really is an occasional, or even rare, attack from an external enemy, our security plan will definitely arrange for a team to patrol the woods outside."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you."

After nodding to end the conversation, Li Xiaoen let out a long breath and sat back in the chair helplessly.

This is so damn lucky. His first time here for training is also the first time this manor has encountered a suspicious foreign enemy attack?
With a sigh in his heart, he glanced around at the situation on the flat ground in the manor, and then he realized that in a hurry just now, he seemed to have sat between Victoria and Sufeil, and his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Suddenly, he felt his neck tighten. Li Xiaoen looked down and saw that the hem of his clothes was being grabbed by a small hand and was spinning around. He looked up at Victoria and was met with a pair of angry emerald green eyes.

Are you blaming him for taking the initiative to stand in front?
Li Xiaoen felt mixed emotions and was about to say something light-hearted to amuse the girl, but he suddenly felt another sharp pain in his lower back. The pain made him grimace and he quickly raised his hand to touch his face.

"what happened?"

Victoria frowned slightly and asked softly, "No, nothing."

Li Xiaoen sat up straight and glanced at Sufeil inconspicuously. The girl's head was looking out the window, but her mood was obviously not good.

Noticing Victoria's scrutinizing gaze, Li Xiaoen forced a smile helplessly, "Wasn't the face I made just now funny?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Victoria's face darkened. Before Li Xiaoen could react, the pain in his lower back became even worse.

Now, is it spinning together?
After failing to change the subject, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but let out a long hiss from his throat, and his hands reached forward and backward, each grabbing a soft hand.

"I'm fine, and it's over, isn't it?"

Li Xiaoen said a word of comfort and pinched the two girls' breasts with his hands.

The system couldn't say it out loud, there were outsiders here, and two girls were present at the same time. Otherwise, he could say some coaxing words to make the other person blush and change the subject, but unfortunately he couldn't do anything, and he could only give such a pale explanation.

Sure enough, he should spend some time alone with a few girls.

As soon as he finished speaking, seeing Victoria's temper subsided, Li Xiaoen quickly sat back in the front seat, his hands on the backrest, and said, "Hey, man. I think I have to ask, is the glass of this car bulletproof?"

"Naturally it's bulletproof."

The team leader in front turned around and nodded. "These are the modified bulletproof vehicles that our security company must be equipped with. We also have other cars, SUVs, and other models."

"Oh……"

Li Xiaoen nodded thoughtfully, "What about the tires? Have they been modified with special security measures?"

"Yes, sir. Our modified tires..."

This car is bulletproof, as Seraphina had mentioned before.

The two girls at the back grumbled in their hearts and couldn't help but give the young man sitting next to them a cold look. The other party was seriously chatting with others, so it was not appropriate for them to act out of temper secretly.

Two cars drove into the garage of the mansion and were escorted by several security guards to the lobby on the second floor of the mansion. The group finally breathed a sigh of relief.

There were two staircases above and below, and a circular corridor outside. Every few steps there was a fully armed security guard standing. As he walked up and sat on the sofa, Li Xiaoen had some understanding of the scale of the Seraphina family security company.

Looking up and around, he noticed that the windows on the second floor were all angled on all four sides, with a small inner layer and a large outer layer. Isn't this the design of a machine gun muzzle in a fortress during war?
Li Xiaoen was shocked, and felt more and more that this mansion was converted from an old-time shelter.

"How is it? Have you found out the cause?"

Seeing Seraphina coming back after negotiating with the housekeeper, Li Xiaoen asked hurriedly.

"Our team saw traces of a group of people in the woods outside, and a small firefight occurred."

Seraphina sat down on the sofa with a serious expression. Just as she finished speaking, a loud noise was heard outside the mansion.

Bang!
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and turned to look out the window in disbelief. The many guards on the corridor quickly tensed up, holding rifles on full alert, and patrolling the open space below for any figures.

"Miss Seraphina, Mr. Augustus."

A team leader walked in from the corridor, looked at Seraphina and the butler, and nodded grimly. "The bomb went off in the playground. We haven't seen anyone there yet. It must have been planted there in advance."

The words were not finished, but the meaning was conveyed, and everyone frowned.

The fact that they were able to place a bomb in the playground where many security personnel train daily without telling their eyes means that either the enemy had entered the manor through a route unknown to them and evaded their strict surveillance, or there was a traitor in the manor.

"I'll notify Mr. Henry and have him return by helicopter to expedite the squadron's return."

Augustus, the butler, looked around with a sullen expression. "Miss Seraphina, I want you and your friends to hide in the shelter beneath the house now, until Mr. Henry returns, or until we can find out the cause of this attack and eliminate the danger."

"..."

The current situation clearly did not allow them to act willfully, and the man's expression did not indicate a willingness to negotiate. Seraphina pondered for a moment, looked around at everyone, and finally her gaze stopped on Li Xiaoen.

"Let's hide in the underground shelter first. Don't worry, we have the control over the door to the shelter. It's absolutely safe down there."

"Safety is the most important thing now."

Li Xiaoen had no objection. He turned his head to look at Victoria, who was frightened by the bomb and clung to his side, and the two girls, Sufeil. After getting unanimous approval, the group was escorted by the guards to a dark room on the first floor of the mansion and walked down the stairs to the shelter at the end.

Raising his hand to support Victoria, Li Xiaoen walked down the stairs with a slight frown and came to a metal door of the shelter.

He couldn't help but feel a little weird in his heart, but he couldn't put it into words for the time being.

The heavy metal door opened and closed, and the slow and heavy sound made everyone feel more at ease. The group of five people who had just visited today were locked in this huge shelter.

"The ventilation design here is very complete. Our family inspects this shelter every year, and it can also filter out toxic gases, so there's no need to worry."

Arriving at the shelter, Seraphina finally felt a lot more relaxed. She cheered herself up and nodded to everyone with relief.

She walked casually to a wall, pointed at a sign posted on it, and excitedly introduced:

"Also, there's plenty of supplies here, enough for us to survive for several years. There are separate areas for exercise, entertainment, playing games, and even studying. There's absolutely no need to worry."

This is the shelter that we finally use after preparing for many years. Are you excited?

Li Xiaoen felt strange in his heart, moved his feet, and sat on a high chair beside him.

Also, I'm talking about even learning to read...

Sure enough, Seraphina is not a person who likes to study.

Although they were locked up in the shelter, at least the safety of the group was ensured. Li Xiaoen felt relieved and shook his head with emotion.

He accidentally exchanged glances with Sufeil, and the thoughts that he had been racking his brains for finally began to unravel, and he couldn't help but frown.

"You're looking at me like that?"

Sufeil was sitting on the chair next to him and kicked it in dissatisfaction.

"No."

Li Xiaoen shook his head to deny it, and pondered for a long time before suddenly opening his eyes wide and hurriedly walking towards Seraphina who was mixing drinks with Mary.

"Sean, would you like a drink?"

Seeing Li Xiaoen coming over, Seraphina raised her chin with a smile, "As long as I can say it, I will do it."

"Never mind the wine for now."

Li Xiaoen took a deep breath and shook his head. The seriousness on his face made Seraphina restrain her smile.

"Seraphina, I went to the bathroom at noon and came back late. You said you suspected I was stealing from your house."

Li Xiaoen chose his words carefully and looked at Seraphina. "Do you have anything important here that could be easily stolen?"

(End of this chapter)