Dragon's Origin

Chapter 8: Equipment Pod

Startled along with Song Tianze was his father. On his father's study desk, there was also a note, but instead of telling him to wash his neck clean, it instructed him to discipline his son, or the next time it wouldn't just be a note delivered. For a top-notch sniper whose strength had increased several times over, infiltrating such an ordinary mansion was simply too easy.

The thought that their father and son's heads could be taken from their home at any moment filled them with unspeakable terror. In all these years, no one had ever made them so afraid.

Although their family was a distant branch of the Song family, they were still the undisputed overlords in this small place. Their household was filled with servants and guards, yet even so, no one had noticed when the note had appeared on Song Tianze's neck, let alone seen a shadow of the person who put it there.

Amidst their fear, the Song family father and son erupted in fury. The servants and guards on duty that night were scolded mercilessly, and several guards who were supposed to be watching the inner courtyard were even whipped, bloodied, and tied up for public display in the Song family's main courtyard.

As dawn broke, many people were waiting to see Wang Sheng's embarrassment today. However, to their surprise, the young men who had confidently declared yesterday that they would teach Wang Sheng a lesson had not appeared since early morning. Someone inquired and was told that they were suffering from a sudden cold and were resting at home. Alas, it seemed the excitement was not to be seen.

Some were still unwilling to give up, waiting for Song Tianze, the most ruthless of the Song family, to take action. It was said that yesterday Song Tianze had even made a special trip to Baoqing Yu Tang to see Song Yan's fiancé, and had even made threatening remarks. Surely today he would give Wang Sheng a real beating, right?

In the end, Song Tianze's performance was even more disappointing. From beginning to end, Song Tianze didn't leave his house. Those who pried for information learned that Song Tianze had strained his arm while practicing his skills last night and was resting at home.

That was it, the excitement was completely gone. Many people were extremely disappointed, but they were unwilling to take the lead in provoking Wang Sheng themselves. Who didn't know that Wang Sheng was Song Yan's fiancé? Making things difficult for him openly would surely put them on Miss Song Yan's blacklist. Smart people wouldn't do such a thankless thing.

Wang Sheng didn't know about these things. He only knew that from today onwards, at least a group of people wouldn't dare to provoke him easily, which would buy him a few days to continue improving his physical fitness, allowing him to find the equipment pod.

These past two days, Wang Sheng hadn't done anything else. He was just waiting for the right time, then he would start consuming the Qi Cultivation Pill. After the effects of the medicine wore off, Wang Sheng would begin exercising his muscles without equipment. One Qi Cultivation Pill, plus the time spent exercising, would take about four to five hours. Three Qi Cultivation Pills a day were enough for Wang Sheng to spend the entire day.

For three consecutive days, Wang Sheng finally consumed all ten Qi Cultivation Pills. The defects of the Yuan Soul Little Fish were almost half-repaired, and his physical fitness had improved at least twice as much as on the first day.

Wang Sheng could now easily do a set of one thousand push-ups plus one thousand crunches without rest. In just four short days, he had completely broken through the common sense of Wang Sheng's training on Earth. Regardless of anything else, in terms of strength and endurance alone, Wang Sheng had increased several times compared to his time on Earth.

On the fifth day, Wang Sheng put on his camouflage uniform, carried his helmet, and leisurely went out. After strolling around the street, he bought some dry food and headed straight for the outskirts of the city. When moving around in the mountains and forests, his combat uniform was the most comfortable to wear.

As soon as Wang Sheng left the city, several people with ulterior motives secretly followed him. Before, Wang Sheng had been staying in the courtyard and hadn't come out, so it wasn't convenient to find trouble with him. Now that Wang Sheng had taken the initiative to leave the city, they couldn't be blamed for being ruthless.

The Song family was large, and Song Yan was not only admired by Song Tianze alone in this small city. At least a hundred young men of similar age had a good impression of Song Yan. Therefore, upon hearing that Song Yan had a fiancé, Wang Sheng became a public enemy. Everyone shared the same hatred and was determined to give Wang Sheng a solid lesson.

Song Tianze and a few sneaky young men who had been taught a lesson by Wang Sheng would not publicize it. How could they tell others about such a shameful thing? Since no one knew, there would naturally be no deterrent effect.

However, when a group of people followed Wang Sheng into the mountains and forests, they were all dumbfounded.

Wang Sheng's mountain camouflage uniform made him look like a chameleon when he entered the mountains and forests. The mottled color blocks quickly made his figure disappear into the mountains and forests. The guys following behind were only a hundred meters behind, but they couldn't see Wang Sheng's踪影 after entering.

Dozens of people appeared from all directions, looking at each other in confusion. Who would have known that following an insignificant kid would lead to such a ridiculous thing? So many people had actually lost track of him as soon as they entered the mountains and forests. It was simply an unprecedented setback!

Shame! A group of experts claiming to be at the first level or even the second level of the Qi Refining Stage had actually lost track of a third-rate brute! What was going on? But, what could they do if they couldn't see Wang Sheng? The group of people really had no other choice but to look at each other.

At least half of the people had no choice but to turn back. Anyway, Wang Sheng wasn't going to stay away forever. When he came back, they would find a chance to teach him a lesson. The remaining half felt that their tracking skills were good, so even if they couldn't see Wang Sheng, they could still catch up by following the traces he left behind.

After chasing for a few more miles, the group had already begun to split into several parts. Each group felt that the traces they had discovered were the real ones, left behind by Wang Sheng. So, they inevitably separated and tracked their own chosen targets.

After setting up a few distracting small traps, Wang Sheng himself quickly went down the mountain along a small stream. After finding a place that wouldn't leave traces near the bottom of the mountain and leaving the stream, and after crossing two mountain peaks, there was no one within two hundred meters behind him.

The bright spot displayed on the individual combat terminal was still tens of kilometers away. After crossing a few more mountains, they would reach the territory of demonic beasts. The equipment pod had obviously gone deep into it. This area was only entered by those demonic beast hunters or experts who wanted to train.

The insect repellent injected into his body before leaving Earth was still working. That injection could make Wang Sheng's body emit a smell that insects extremely disliked for half a month. After carefully observing with binoculars from a mountaintop, Wang Sheng silently merged into the mountains and forests again.

A while after Wang Sheng's figure entered the demonic beast area, a ghostly figure appeared where Wang Sheng had been staying. This was a true tracking expert. The distracting traps set up by Wang Sheng didn't fool him. Instead, taking advantage of the opportunity when others were led away, he followed alone.

The tracker was puzzled. Wang Sheng walked in front without stopping at all. But he himself was already annoyed by the insects in the jungle. After only chasing for a dozen miles, almost every inch of his exposed skin was in bad shape.

No one expected Wang Sheng to enter the mountains and forests, so the tracker hadn't prepared many things. Now he suffered a lot but couldn't say a word. After figuring out Wang Sheng's purpose, he would torture this guy until he begged for death.

Wang Sheng in front seemed unaware that someone was tracking him. He didn't play any more tricks along the way and went straight to his destination. Dozens of miles of mountain roads would have taken more than a day on Earth, but now, Wang Sheng's average marching speed was at least half as fast as on Earth. It took him less than half a day to reach his destination.

Fortunately, no particularly powerful demonic beasts appeared along the way. Of course, it was also related to Wang Sheng carefully avoiding places that looked like the habitats of fierce demonic beasts. Many wilderness survival skills from Earth were still very useful in this world.

The military green camouflage equipment pod lay quietly on the ground in the woods, having fallen from a high altitude and directly slammed halfway into the ground. However, military equipment was durable. Despite being smashed into this shape, it wasn't damaged at all, and the wireless signal was still transmitting normally.

The original design of the equipment pod was to protect the equipment inside, with safety, waterproof, and shockproof multi-functions integrated into one. Even if it fell at a faster speed, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Pulling the equipment pod out of the ground, he quickly entered a long string of passwords on the panel. After the equipment pod emitted a soft beep, Wang Sheng entered another set of passwords. With a slight click, the equipment pod's automatic lock opened from the inside.

Wang Sheng lifted the equipment pod cover and began to check the equipment inside one by one.

The slender, complete box inside the equipment pod was a sniper rifle, the CheyTac M-200. Because there were two layers of protection inside and out, Wang Sheng didn't immediately inspect the sniper rifle, but instead sorted out the other items.

A first aid kit, three syringes for emergency injections, two smoke grenades, two incendiary bombs, four scatterable anti-tracking mines, two flat directional blast mines, two remote-controlled high-explosive bombs, a week's worth of military rations (seven energy bars), two strips of twenty-four water purification tablets, plus a backpack, that was all.

There weren't many items. Including firearms, the limit was within twenty kilograms. Any more than that wouldn't be a mission, but a weighted march. After sorting and fixing these items in the backpack, Wang Sheng began to check the sniper rifle.

The gun was in good condition. Even after falling from a height of more than one hundred meters, the two-layer anti-collision system ensured that the sniper rifle was intact. The bullets in the three magazines were carefully selected and were also intact.

The mission this time was relatively special, so the prepared bullets were not ordinary sniper bullets, but all armor-piercing bullets. Each magazine held seven bullets, for a total of twenty-one bullets, including the magazines, all intact.

There was a prepared backpack inside. Wang Sheng quickly divided the items and put them into the backpack, then put a batch of stones he picked up along the way into the equipment pod, closed it, and activated the equipment pod's self-destruct program.

After doing all this, Wang Sheng quickly left with the backpack on his back. After running a few hundred meters, he quietly lurked and began to wait.