CHAPTER 205: CHAPTER 203: SEIZING THE GATE

"Old Six, be alert later, don’t keep staring at women." Sitting in the car, looking at the heavy metal gate gradually descending ahead, Old Three kept reminding Old Six.

"Don’t worry, Third Brother, I know the importance of things, I won’t mess up in a situation like this." Old Six knew his own faults and didn’t find Old Three annoying when he reminded him, just nodded seriously.

Although both of them were seasoned veterans, they somehow felt a bit nervous at this moment. Their sixth sense, honed through years of life-and-death experiences, made them subconsciously feel that there was some danger present.

"Be careful." Old Three wasn’t careless. He reminded Old Six once, and after raising his own vigilance, he got out of the car together with Old Six.

The gate of the shelter in front of them had already opened. Chen Xin and Ding Ning stood together at the entrance, but Chen Xin hadn’t lowered the gate completely, only about two-thirds, leaving a third outside, resembling a chest-high wall.

This was a special use of this gate. Lowering two-thirds, leaving one-third outside, could serve as a necessary cover. It allowed people in the shelter to face those outside, without losing protection.

"Are you the people from the municipal government delivering supplies?" Chen Xin had no intention of opening the gate completely or coming out from the shelter, just standing behind the gate like a chest wall, asking Old Three and Old Six.

"Yes, comrade, we’ve come to deliver things to you. Can you open the gate and let us in?" Seeing the vigilant posture Chen Xin had adopted, Old Three felt an inexplicable sense of danger but still greeted Chen Xin, trying to get him to open the gate completely.

Yet Chen Xin remained unmoved, just asking them, "What materials have you brought? Are the things I asked for ready?"

"Building materials, steel, all the supplies you asked for are ready. Can you open the gate so we can drive the car in to unload? It’s quite cold outside." Old Three put on a simple and honest tone, speaking to Chen Xin, the sole purpose was to deceive him into opening the gate.

Although after the metal gate descended two-thirds, for mercenaries like him and Old Six, it was just a matter of a sprint to go over, the portion of the metal gate exposed above ground was still chest-high, and the car obviously couldn’t drive in anyway.

Moreover, only two people appeared in front of them, and there was an unknown female police officer somewhere. If they rushed in, others might already be holding guns ready to ambush them, wouldn’t they be rushing to their deaths?

The safest way was still to drive the car in directly, let the over twenty subordinates on the car pounce and subdue these three. If they couldn’t, lowering this "chest wall" in front of them would still allow their subordinates to rush in better.

However, Chen Xin remained unmoved, just shaking his head and saying, "Sorry, this gate seems to be frozen, it can’t go down. You’ll have to unload the car this way."

Saying this, Chen Xin even deliberately craned his head out to look, seemingly giving Old Three advice, "You can back the car up a bit, align the tailgate here, and just unload the cargo directly here, we can take it from here. If you come in to unload, you’ll have to help carry it, unloading like this might save you some effort."

Hearing this, Old Three felt like cursing, is this saving some effort?

I don’t need you to save effort, I just need you to open the gate! If you really want to save me some trouble, just open the gate and surrender, that would save the most trouble!

Despite his mind being filled with curses, Old Three still spoke to Chen Xin in a flattering manner, "There are many things on the car, unloading like this might be hard to move, and we can lend a hand too, can’t we? Where is the gate frozen? We have a hammer in the car, we can help de-ice it."

Saying this, Old Three really made a gesture of wanting to help de-ice, walking towards Chen Xin as if wanting to check where exactly the gate hadn’t descended due to frost.

Old Three walked towards them, while Old Six walked towards the rear of the delivery truck as if going to get tools.

However, seeing their actions, Chen Xin squinted his eyes slightly, a smile curling up on his lips, as if everything was going as he had predicted.

He didn’t stop Old Three’s actions, just signaled to Ding Ning beside him with a glance and walked towards the gate as well, but he walked to the side of the gate, looking like he was going to check the gate switch.

Old Three didn’t suspect anything, while Old Six was at the truck tail calling for the subordinates to get off, thinking they had succeeded, that Chen Xin had taken the bait, not realizing their every move was under the watch of Qin Lan in the observation room above.

"Ah Xin, be careful! There are more people on the opponents’ vehicle!" While warning Chen Xin, Qin Lan had already brought her eyes to the scope, aiming at the people getting off the truck, ready to fire at any moment.

Hearing Qin Lan’s warning through the earpiece, a look of ’as expected’ flashed in Chen Xin’s eyes, but he showed no expression, just standing by the gate.

Although it appeared that he was checking the gate switch, the remote control for the gate was always in his pocket and he could close the gate at any time.

Old Three, unaware they had been exposed, still acted enthusiastic, pretending to inspect the gate and said to Chen Xin, "Comrade, there doesn’t seem to be any problem outside, why don’t you try to open it again? Or maybe I can come in and help you check, maybe it’s frozen on the inside?"

As he said this, Old Three intended to climb the "chest wall" and get into the shelter.

Chen Xin simply smiled and said, "Alright, I’ll see if I can open it."

While speaking, he pressed the remote control in his hand, raising the gate again.

Seeing the gate rising, the third brother panicked and shouted loudly while climbing over the wall, "Old Six!"

Hearing the third brother’s shout, Old Six realized something had changed and shouted to the people in the carriage, "Charge with me!" Then he rushed toward the gate of the shelter.

The third brother was quite agile, and even though the gate was rising, he quickly climbed over it. But just as he wanted to rush over to subdue Chen Xin, Ding Ning had already pulled out her pistol and aimed at him, shouting, "Don’t move! Raise your hands!"

At this moment, the shelter gate behind him had already risen halfway. Chen Xin had also opened the hidden door beside the gate and grabbed the handle of a double-barreled Maxim machine gun.

The third brother had no idea what Chen Xin was doing. Due to the angle, he couldn’t see the machine gun hidden in the wall. He thought it was just the gate control switch. But he didn’t hesitate and directly crouched down, lunging towards Ding Ning, trying to snatch the pistol from her, subdue her first, and then subdue Chen Xin to lower the gate again.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out.

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Meanwhile, Secretary Li was trying to delay the municipal supply truck’s speed.

"Driver, the snow is so deep on this road, drive a bit slower, be careful. We’re not in a hurry anyway, it doesn’t matter if we’re a little late." Secretary Li told the driver, appearing concerned about safety, but in reality, just stalling for time.

The driver seemed unconcerned, just nodding and saying, "Don’t worry, boss, I’ve been driving for over ten years, I’m steady! There won’t be any problems."

Facing the driver’s attitude, Secretary Li couldn’t say much more and just awkwardly kept quiet.

Delaying the truck’s speed was just one of Secretary Li’s tactics. The real plan to gain time was to have Ah Zu’s men block the truck’s route ahead of time, forcing it to detour.

They didn’t plan on stopping the truck on the road, as that would be too obvious.

So what Ah Zu asked Secretary Li to do was simply reroute and drive a bit slower, trying to give the third and sixth brothers more time to capture Chen Xin’s shelter.

Secretary Li had been involved in planning the supply truck’s route, so he knew there was a critical point on the route. Once blocked, it would require a large detour, taking at least twenty minutes even before the disaster. In this current environment, a detour would take over half an hour.

As for roadblocks, Secretary Li didn’t need to worry about them. Luu, who got the route from him, would inform Ah Zu’s men to handle it.

Sure enough, when the supply truck reached the bridge leading out of town, there was a car sideways on the bridge, seemingly stuck in the snow.

"Boss, there seems to be a situation ahead." The driver naturally noticed the situation ahead and asked Secretary Li how to handle it.

"Ask about the situation first. If we can help, let’s lend a hand." Secretary Li feigned kindness, showing no particular concern.

He, of course, knew that the car ahead was prepared by Ah Zu’s men. He could choose to detour or let the supply truck help drag the car stuck in the snow, both taking about the same time, though towing would take slightly less time.

However, Secretary Li found it strange. The footprints around the car stuck in the snow were messy, making the ground chaotic.

This inevitably annoyed him, thinking Ah Zu’s men were sloppy with their work.

The driver slowly stopped the truck, seemed to inquire for a while, and quickly came back to tell Secretary Li, "Boss, their car is stuck in the snow, and they want us to help tow it out. Do you think we should lend a hand?"

"Will it delay us?" Secretary Li pretended to look at his watch before saying to the driver, "If it doesn’t hold us up, then lend a hand."

"Alright! It’s just a ten-minute job, it’ll be done soon, they’re not too stuck." The driver cheerfully took tools from the vehicle’s toolbox, got off, and started working, while Secretary Li watched the driver busy at work, feeling slightly reassured.