Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 314 - 94: Found the First Hostage

Chapter 314: Chapter 94: Found the First Hostage

Gu Xiaoxi found that their missions were the same. But to complete the mission, they couldn’t form teams or alliances.

Each person held six handkerchiefs which had codes and names on them. If a military dog sniffed the wrong scent and rescued the wrong hostage, it would be judged invalid and points would be deducted as well.

The total score was one hundred points, a mistake cost ten points, and those who failed would also be eliminated.

Having learned from the experience of taking a wrong path during the last drill, Gu Xiaoxi took out the map this time, ready to start from scratch, embarking on a long trek for a thorough search.

"The map’s starting point is here, and the endpoint is here. It covers a huge area. Our maps indicate that the four mandatory routes are through a canyon, a river crossing, a swamp, and a mountain range. Let’s do this, tomorrow morning at this time, we’ll meet at the mouth of the canyon. During this period, everyone will split up to search for hostages and explosives," Gu Xiaoxi said with a serious expression.

"If any of us are eliminated, we won’t be able to make it tomorrow. Is it okay to meet up like this?" Yun Xiao asked worriedly.

"Everyone should be careful of ambushers along the way. Coming from a special forces background, each one of us is highly skilled. Avoid them if possible. If someone hasn’t reached the meeting point by the assembly time, they will be considered eliminated. We will not wait for them," Gu Xiaoxi said. The reason for meeting at the mouth of the canyon was that it was a route everyone had to take, certainly full of danger, but with many people, even if it came to a fight, the odds of winning were greater.

"Okay!"

"Alright, agreed!"

"Then let’s split up and go!"

Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao exchanged glances, reminding each other, "Take care on your way."

Yun Xiao looked determined, smiling at Gu Xiaoxi before turning around to leave with Xiao Xiao.

Gu Xiaoxi and Xiao Xiao parted ways with the others, each taking a different route.

At this moment, they began the first day of the drill.

Gu Xiaoxi let Xiao Xiao smell each of the six handkerchiefs, then patted its head, instructing, "Now we need to find the owners of these six handkerchiefs. Remember the scents, and don’t get them wrong."

Xiao Xiao whined twice, and Gu Xiaoxi patted its head, giving the command, "Let’s go!"

Xiao Xiao immediately stuck out its tongue and led the way ahead, rushing into the deep forest with Gu Xiaoxi.

When encountering people, Xiao Xiao would stop. Gu Xiaoxi would also listen to the sounds around her and cleverly avoid the attackers.

At this time, just a kilometer away from Gu Xiaoxi on a small hillside, six people were lying in ambush, clearly seeing Gu Xiaoxi walking towards them. To their surprise, she suddenly stopped and then changed direction.

Qin Zhong’s puzzled voice rose from the hillside, "Wild Wolf, isn’t this female soldier’s military dog’s nose too sensitive? As soon as the dog stopped, she immediately looked up at us, she must have spotted us."

"Nonsense, we’re hidden so well, someone with no counter-surveillance awareness couldn’t possibly find us, unless they have thermal imaging eyes," another retorted in a low voice.

"But she purposely walked around us, which is too strange," Qin Zhong said, puzzled.

Next to him, a man codenamed Wild Wolf was looking through binoculars, watching as Gu Xiaoxi walked farther and farther away from their ambush perimeter, appearing to have indeed spotted them.

"Interesting. She’s deliberately avoiding us, not engaging directly, and the coordination between her and the military dog is very tacit," Chen Zimo narrowed his eyes, a trace of interest arising. "Let’s move. Follow the direction she’s going and continue to ambush."

"Is this okay, Wild Wolf? I think maybe we should ambush a rookie here. As villains, we’re short on supplies; we need to grab some first," Qin Zhong reminded. This national military exercise wasn’t just about defeating new soldiers; it was also a basic assessment for them.

Therefore, their goal was to take down all participants; otherwise, they would have no face to show.

Gu Xiaoxi and Xiao Xiao moved quickly, since during extensive training, Xiao Xiao’s long-distance running was already impeccable. It had also developed various skills and feared no long marches. Xiao Xiao, once chubby and rotund, had turned fat into muscle, appearing strong and mighty, moving with a fierce and brave demeanor.

On their way, Xiao Xiao suddenly stopped.

Hiding in the bushes, Gu Xiaoxi looked around and unexpectedly saw someone pursuing her.

"Wild Wolf, that female soldier’s speed is too fast. We’ve lost her," Qin Zhong said as he searched for Gu Xiaoxi’s figure with his binoculars.

Hearing their conversation from afar, Gu Xiaoxi’s heart jumped; they had actually followed her here.

"She can’t have gone far, everyone be careful. If she’s within shooting range, open fire and take her down," Chen Zimo said coldly. At this moment, he was on full alert, slowly searching the surrounding bushes.

Gu Xiaoxi and Xiao Xiao lay on the ground, quietly observing them, but Xiao Xiao’s breathing was too loud. Gu Xiaoxi discreetly took some beef jerky from her pocket and tossed a piece into its mouth, silencing its sounds immediately.

It was not advisable for her to confront them head-on now; they were numerous and armed, capable of eliminating her at any moment.

She had no doubt about their abilities; as special forces, bullets were as close to them as brothers, hitting the head when asked, never the feet.

If they discovered her, a combined attack from six people would be too much for her, even if she had wings, escaping would be difficult.

This is why so many were eliminated from the start. Regardless of the global competition, she had to swallow her pride. She couldn’t afford to end the competition before the mission even began.

Gu Xiaoxi lay motionless in the bushes, and after a while, she heard the voices of those people growing fainter and fainter.

Only then did she emerge from the bushes.

At that moment, Xiao Xiao gave two soft barks and excitedly dashed toward a spot not far away, leading Gu Xiaoxi.

Half an hour later, Xiao Xiao squatted on the ground and wouldn’t move, staring straight ahead with intense focus.

Looking up, Gu Xiaoxi got a shock, as the people who were chasing her were all right nearby.

Weren’t they supposed to avoid those people? Why had Xiao Xiao led her right to them?

Alarmed, Gu Xiaoxi immediately prepared to take Xiao Xiao and leave.

However, Xiao Xiao just squatted there and refused to move.

Gu Xiaoxi sensed that Xiao Xiao must have discovered something; perhaps the hostages she was looking for or the explosives-stocked hideout was right there.

She didn’t rashly approach but instead hid with Xiao Xiao behind a large tree. Then she ordered Xiao Xiao to lie down and quickly climbed to the top of the tree to observe the situation from afar.

Behind a hidden stone, ten men showed their heads, and behind them, sitting on a large tree was a man dressed in blue camouflage. A handkerchief was tied around his sleeve. Seeing this, Gu Xiaoxi’s eyes lit up; that could be the first hostage she was looking for.

But with so many people lying in ambush around the hostage, what was she to do?

Gu Xiaoxi sat on a tree branch, resting her chin in one hand, lost in thought.

What to do now?

She had found the hostage, but how should she rescue him? The ambushers were armed, and she was without even a single weapon, so she obviously couldn’t take them head-on.

Considering the number of the opponents, aside from the group that had been pursuing her, there was an additional squad of men.

This was bad news.

Gu Xiaoxi sat at the top of the tree, waiting for an opportunity.

And so two hours passed as she waited. The ten men seemed convinced that someone would come to this point, so they remained in ambush, exhibiting considerable patience.

Just as Gu Xiaoxi was growing impatient, suddenly two men burst into the area, shattering the long silence.

Two male soldiers, clearly good friends, followed one of their military dogs that had found the trail to this place.

With no defenses up, they followed the military dog towards the hostage. Suddenly, the dog stopped. The man didn’t understand what was happening and continued to issue commands to his military dog, "Get on with it!"

Gu Xiaoxi watched as the two men entered the enemy’s ambush zone, feeling anxious. If they were taken out quickly,

she had no idea how long she would have to wait for another chance.

"It’s an ambush, run!" Gu Xiaoxi suddenly stood up, yelled toward the distance, and then turned with Xiao Xiao to rush into the jungle.

Just as she hid in the bushes, gunfire broke out behind her.

The instructor leading the way was shot in the helmet, and after a puff of blue smoke, he was declared out of action.

The man accompanying him reacted quickly, taking his military dog and immediately running back the way they came.

The ambushers failed to hit him, and all ten men jumped out from behind the large stone, unhesitatingly moving forward to give chase.

"Wild Wolf, I just heard a woman’s voice. It couldn’t have been that female soldier nearby, could it?" Qin Zhong asked as he ran.

Chen Zimo didn’t answer his question, but he was certain that someone was nearby, lying in wait not far away; they had simply failed to notice. "Split into two groups to chase; that female soldier couldn’t have gotten far."

By the time Chen Zimo led his men to the tree where Gu Xiaoxi had been,

Gu Xiaoxi had already circled around, returning to where they had been ambushing earlier and arrived in front of the hostage.

She quickly patted Xiao Xiao’s head and asked, "Are you sure this is the person we’re looking for?" If she was wrong, they would lose ten points.

The hostage looked at her and said nothing. Gu Xiaoxi took out five handkerchiefs and let Xiao Xiao smell them once more.

Xiao Xiao immediately picked out one of the handkerchiefs labeled with the name Zhang Qi.

Without any time to hesitate, Gu Xiaoxi stepped forward and removed the handkerchief tied around the soldier’s arm, then compared it carefully; indeed, the name and code were an exact match.