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"Gulp."

Someone's Adam's apple bobbed violently.

The entire team's breathing stopped completely at the same instant.

In the vast Laoyagou Valley, only the sound of raindrops pattering against helmets, gun barrels, and leaves could be heard, dense and cold.

"Chief...Director..."

A young militiaman was pale, and his rifle trembled violently.

"That...that's 'Crossing-the-River Dragon' Lei Dong, isn't it? His chest...his chest is all rotten..."

Wang Jianguo ignored him, his gaze fixed intently on Lu Qingshan.

What just happened here resembled a one-sided massacre.

Wang Jianguo felt that he was not facing a twenty-year-old at all.

Instead, it was a mountain king that had just finished a hunt and was surveying its territory with cold eyes.

It was covered in blood and wounds, yet it still exuded a ferocity that chilled any intruder.

"Xiao Lu..."

After a long while, Wang Jianguo finally managed to squeeze out two words through gritted teeth, his voice so hoarse that even he himself felt unfamiliar with it.

"Xiao Lu... tell me the truth... did you do all of this by yourself?"

More than thirty gazes, filled with indescribable shock, all turned to look at Lu Qingshan.

"Director Wang."

Lu Qingshan spoke, his voice soft yet clear enough to reach everyone's ears, "They have this."

He raised his uninjured right hand and pointed it towards Lei Dong's corpse.

A miniature submachine gun, half of which was stuck in the mud.

"That thing can wipe out an entire area in one sweep. I'm injured, I can't escape."

He paused, then added, a barely perceptible hint of weariness finally appearing in his voice.

"Erniu... is also about to die."

After saying those two sentences, he shut his mouth, his dark eyes staring silently at Wang Jianguo, offering no further explanation.

But Wang Jianguo understood everything.

He did not explain how he managed to kill more than a dozen ruthless bandits amidst a hail of bullets.

Nor did it boast about the deadly traps it set that were worthy of being written into textbooks.

He simply laid out his motives and premises nakedly on the table—self-preservation and saving others.

The simplest and most irrefutable reason.

Criminal police captain Zhang Zheng leaned close to Wang Jianguo's ear, his voice low and trembling slightly.

"Director, this matter... if we report it as it is, I'm afraid... I'm afraid Comrade Lu..."

He didn't dare finish his sentence, but the meaning was already quite clear.

This goes beyond the scope of "self-defense" and is more like... a premeditated hunt.

The procedure is simply not feasible, and Lu Qingshan will face endless scrutiny and trouble.

Wang Jianguo didn't answer him, but just waved his hand, signaling him to be quiet.

Just then, Lu Qingshan made a move.

He strode toward Lei Dong's unrecognizable corpse.

The rain washed over his wounds, and the excruciating pain made every step extremely difficult, but his back remained ramrod straight, and his steps were still frighteningly steady.

He crouched down beside the corpse, ignoring the gruesome sight of brains and blood mixed together, and reached into the pocket of the tattered vest.

A moment later, he took out a small stack of RMB notes, soaked in blood and mud and stuck together, stood up, walked over to Wang Jianguo, and handed them over.

"Director Wang, this is what we found on him. I didn't touch the others."

Wang Jianguo looked at the "garbage" handed to him.

The dark red bloodstains mixed with yellow mud on it, emitting a foul stench. He reached out his hand, but paused in mid-air.

He knew that once he accepted the money, it meant he had accepted the "tacit understanding" that Lu Qingshan was offering.

I took a deep breath, reached out, and steadily took the sticky wad of money. It was cold and sticky to the touch.

"About two or three hundred yuan,"

He weighed it in his hand and spoke to Zhang Zheng behind him in a businesslike tone.

"Captain Zhang, make a note of this. This is the stolen money that was seized on the spot."

"Yes..." Zhang Zheng was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

Lu Qingshan then made another move.

He used his feet to kick the scattered rifles and pistols of the bandits into the middle, gathering them together. The clanging of metal echoed through the valley.

"These weapons are all yours to handle."

After doing all this, he stepped back, returned to his original position, and quietly looked at Wang Jianguo, as if he had only done a trivial little thing.

Wang Jianguo's gaze swept from the meager amount of money in his hand to the few broken weapons, then to the scattered limbs on the ground, and finally settled on the deep, gruesome wounds on Lu Qingshan's chest and arms, where the bone was visible and the flesh was turned inside out.

In a flash, he understood everything.

The young man before him told him something with an almost savage frankness.

The things under the table—the real "stolen goods" that the thieves might be carrying.

He had already dealt with those things that couldn't be brought to light; they were spoils of war he had earned with his life.

This monumental achievement on the ground was enough to shake the entire Hongshi County Public Security System.

He didn't take a penny, leaving all the "trouble" and "handling" to himself.

This is a frighteningly intelligent young man, and even more so, a loyal and devoted ally who deserves to befriend you with all your might!

Just then, a police officer from the technical department responsible for the on-site investigation crouched down and quickly ran to Wang Jianguo's side.

His expression was extremely grave, and he held the deformed submachine gun in his hand, his voice lower than a mosquito's buzz:

"Chief, something terrible has happened! There's something wrong with this gun!"

"Something's not right?" Wang Jianguo's heart sank.

The technician pointed to the inscriptions and serial numbers on the gun, speaking very quickly.

"Look at the workmanship, the bolt action... this is active-duty weaponry from overseas! And those grenade fragments, I've checked them too, the serial numbers match!"

"This group of people is no ordinary thugs; they are definitely connected to a transnational arms smuggling network!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianguo's heart clenched, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He subconsciously looked up, his gaze drifting towards Lu Qingshan, his expression instantly becoming incredibly complex.

The situation was a million times more complicated than he had imagined!

And what did Lu Qingshan take away from this group of people?

The thought flashed through his mind for a moment before he forcibly suppressed it.

Wang Jianguo took a deep breath, exhaling all the hesitation, fear, and scheming in his chest with that breath.

He straightened up abruptly, the shock and hesitation on his face vanishing instantly.

Instead, it was replaced by the authority and decisiveness of a police chief.

He suddenly turned around, facing Zhang Zheng, the criminal police captain who was staring in disbelief:

"Zhang Zheng! Write this down!"

Startled by the shout, Zhang Zheng immediately straightened up and shouted, "Here!"

"Situation Record at the Scene!"

Wang Jianguo's voice was loud and firm.

"The notorious criminal gang 'Thunderbolt' discovered our location during our search operation and put up a stubborn resistance with heavy firepower, attempting to escape!"

"With the heroic assistance of Comrade Lu Qingshan, a member of the local community, our forces engaged in a fierce firefight with the bandits! After suffering heavy losses, we finally succeeded in annihilating all five members of the criminal gang on the spot!"

"Comrade Lu Qingshan was seriously wounded in a fierce battle with the bandits. To protect the lives and property of the people and to assist our public security organs, he persisted until the very last moment! He is a true hero!"

He paused, his sharp gaze sweeping over everyone present, his voice suddenly turning cold.

"Notify all comrades involved in tonight's operation! This is the final and only official statement! Anyone who dares to utter a single word outside will face my wrath, Wang Jianguo! Do you understand?!"

These words, spoken with resounding force, echoed repeatedly in the silent, rainy valley.

More than thirty police officers and militiamen trembled in unison, a surge of patriotic fervor rising in their chests, and they replied in unison, "Yes! Understood!"

Wang Jianguo is using his own political future to endorse all of Lu Qingshan's illogical behavior tonight, and to cement his status as an "unshakeable hero"!

From this moment on, all the bloodshed, the bizarre events, and the inexplicable events of tonight have a perfect and justifiable explanation.

Upon hearing Wang Jianguo's assessment, a barely perceptible glint finally appeared in Lu Qingshan's usually calm and unwavering black eyes.

He didn't speak, but simply nodded very slightly and silently to Wang Jianguo.

Having accepted this weighty "kindness," they also confirmed the unspoken "covenant" between them.

He raised his finger and pointed to Li Erniu, who was unconscious in the distance.

"Director Wang, let's save them first."

In one sentence, Wang Jianguo's attention was once again drawn back to reality.

"Yes! Yes! Save them! Quick! Save them!"

Wang Jianguo slapped his forehead and immediately directed the team to launch a rescue operation. He personally ran to Lu Qingshan's side, and seeing his injuries, his eyes reddened.

"Xiao Lu, you...you hang in there! Uncle will take you to the hospital right away!"

Just then, two militiamen used felled tree trunks and vines to make a makeshift stretcher and carefully tried to lift Lu Qingshan onto it.

The moment my body touched the stretcher, my nerves, which had been tense for hours, finally relaxed completely.

The dizziness from excessive blood loss and the extreme exhaustion that penetrated to the bone, like a tidal wave bursting its banks, instantly overwhelmed his consciousness.

His eyelids felt incredibly heavy.

In his final moments before his consciousness began to fade, he saw Wang Jianguo personally directing his men to carefully wrap the mutilated corpses with tarpaulins.

He also heard Wang Jianguo give another stern order to his confidant Zhang Zheng.

"Keep this in mind: everything you saw tonight is a secret! Nothing bizarre happened in Hongshi County. It was just a case of police and civilians working together to help the heroes win a brilliant victory. Tell everyone who asks, understand?"

"clear!"

Lu Qingshan was completely relieved.

Wang Jianguo took care of everything.

……

"Waaah—waaah—"

The piercing siren shattered the tranquility of Hongshi County as the ambulance, flashing its red and blue lights, sped towards the county hospital.

Inside the carriage, Lu Qingshan, who had fallen into a coma, lay quietly on a stretcher.

The elderly doctor accompanying the vehicle was surnamed Liu; he was a top surgeon at the county hospital.

He quickly cut open the clothes on Lu Qingshan's left arm, which were soaked in blood and stuck to his skin.

When the experienced Dr. Liu saw the gruesome wound, his face turned deathly pale.

"Doctor, the wound... doesn't look very big..." the young nurse next to her whispered.

The wound pierced by the triangular bayonet, from the outside, was just a bloody hole that went straight through, and did not seem to be fatal.

But under Dr. Liu's professional palpation, the condition beneath the skin was a thousand times more terrifying than imagined!

"You don't know anything!"

This was the first time Dr. Liu had ever lost his composure like this. He shouted at the young nurse beside him in an almost screaming voice.

"You're only looking at the skin! I'm feeling inside! Quick! Call the hospital immediately and tell Director Li to prepare for a major surgery!"

The nurse trembled at the shout and asked in a shaky voice, "Dr. Liu... is it... is it that serious?"

Veins bulged on Dr. Liu's forehead, his eyes were bloodshot, and he gripped Lu Qingshan's arm tightly, his voice trembling:

"This wound was caused by a three-edged dagger; it must have been twisted inside! The tendons, nerve bundles, and aorta in his left arm... I feel them... I feel them, they're probably completely severed!!"

"This hand... if this hand isn't reattached properly, it'll be completely ruined! What are you standing there for! Go make a call!!"