The Age of the Wolf Pack Tyrant

Chapter 6 Gathering on the 4th Floor

"If we could get our hands on that crossbow, wouldn't our chances of a successful sneak attack increase?"

Chen Jun's heart skipped a beat.

Launching a surprise attack at close range would make it difficult for even armed bandits to react. If you can successfully kill one bandit, you can easily obtain a gun.

With a gun in hand, and by joining forces with Xing Tian and the others, they can turn the tables and take the initiative.

"There's no time to lose, we need to act quickly."

Chen Jun slowly shrank back, retreating from the corridor to the back passageway leading to the restroom, and began to think about his next move: "How do I get to the fourth floor?"

Although there is only one floor between the third and fourth floors, the criminals have already taken control of all the elevators and staircases.

The thugs have been searching the second floor for half a day now. They came up from the escalator on the first floor. There are also thugs on the third floor. They came out of the elevator and are already searching towards Chen Jun's location.

So the remaining people are very likely to take the stairs to the fourth floor.

The elevator is a dead end, and going up the stairs will likely lead to encountering the bandits. In other words, both routes are completely blocked.

That leaves only one option: the escalators located at the left and right ends of the mall.

The robbers on the third floor came up by elevator, which is located right in the middle of the mall. Therefore, there is a high probability that there are no robbers guarding the escalators at either end.

Taking the escalator to the fourth floor is a feasible route.

However, if Chen Jun wanted to get to the escalator, he would have to walk dozens of meters along the outside corridor, and on the way there, he would likely be seen by the thugs who were also on the third floor.

The consequences would be unimaginable if the bandits discovered them. The bandits on the fourth floor would surround the lower floors, the bandits on the second floor would sandwich the middle, and the bandits on the third floor would chase directly.

With three people sandwiched between them, Chen Jun was doomed.

"All roads are blocked, and taking the escalator is the only way out. But if I want to make this way work, I have to find a way to avoid their sight."

Chen Jun kept scanning the bandits around him, trying to find an opportunity from them.

However, after searching for a long time, they couldn't find an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Fortunately, the sky is endless.

Just as Chen Jun was in a state of panic, a large number of police sirens sounded outside the building, and it was clear from the sound that there were at least dozens of vehicles.

It is clear that gunfire was heard from this building, which attracted the attention of the city police, who dispatched a large number of officers to provide support.

With the arrival of this large group of uncles, even the most professional thugs in the building were somewhat affected by their professional restraint.

The thugs on the first floor, worried that their uncle would force his way in, started locking both the front and back doors with a large padlock.

Individual gunshots rang out from upstairs.

The gunfire was much louder than the gunfire from the thugs inside the building, and it was a series of individual shots. Anyone who has watched a few war movies could tell that it was a more professional sniper rifle, used to suppress the police cars below.

The fact that the bandits had professional snipers made Chen Jun's face even uglier, but at that moment, he discovered an opportunity to go to the fourth floor.

The two thugs searching on the third floor were also affected by the arrival of the police cars outside.

The two of them went outside, leaned on the corridor railing, and looked out through the glass door on the first floor, trying to figure out what was going on with the uncle who had come over.

"This is the opportunity."

Taking advantage of the fact that the bandits' attention was drawn to his uncle, Chen Jun acted decisively.

Crouching low and keeping as close to the shops as possible, he tried to minimize the chances of being seen by the bandits.

I crouched down and made my way to the escalator, then crawled up onto it.

Lying down on top reduces visibility; even though Chen Jun is 2.38 meters tall, as long as you don't look up from below the escalator, you won't be able to spot him at all.

Since the escalator didn't require any human intervention, I slowly made my way up to the fourth floor.

Chen Jun remained motionless at the escalator exit, his wary eyes carefully scanning his surroundings, but he did not spot the bandits who had come up to the fourth floor.

"The fact that the bandits aren't here is both good and bad news. Looks like we have no choice but to gamble."

Chen Jun came up to the west section of the mall. He didn't see the bandits, which meant they might be in the south or north section, or even the east section.

The outdoor equipment store is located in the East District.

Therefore, Chen Jun could only gamble on luck this time, hoping that the bandits were not in the East District, so that he could successfully obtain the crossbow and gain the capital for further plans.

To avoid being discovered by the robbers on the fourth floor, Chen Jun chose to crawl and lie prone as he made his way to the East District.

Chen Jun's physique was simply too large. If he stood up and walked down the corridor, not only the fourth floor, but even the bandits on the first floor could see him.

It's quite a coincidence.

Chen Jun was heading to an outdoor equipment store in the East District, while Xing Tian on the other side had the same plan.

Although Xing Tian didn't have the same physical attributes as Chen Jun—able to fight tigers and lions one-on-one—he was born with an awesome older brother.

Every time Xing Feng, the older brother, returned from his family visit leave, he would subject Xing Tian to military-style training.

This allowed Xing Tian to grow significantly in terms of personal combat, courage, and strategy, far surpassing that of ordinary college students.

Although Xing Tian was equally frightened by the sudden robbery, his rationality and composure were no less than Chen Jun's.

After witnessing the bandits' brutality firsthand, Xing Tian and Chen Jun made the same judgment: if they simply tried to hide, they would definitely be caught.

Offense is the best form of defense.

To survive this crisis, you must find a way to strengthen yourself, acquire the resources to survive, and fight against these bandits.

This is what Xing Tian thought, and this is what he did.

He was swept into the elevator by the crowd, and when he came out, he found himself at the bottom, in a large supermarket on the basement floor of the building.

I wandered around the supermarket but didn't find anything, except for a greasy meat cleaver at the butcher's stall.

When Xing Tian saw the bandits coming down to search the supermarket, he didn't think of using the meat cleaver to fight them. Instead, like Chen Jun, he thought of the crossbow in the outdoor store.

He also wanted to get his hands on the crossbow so that he would have the means to fight against rifles.

Fortunately, the freight elevator was located in the supermarket on the basement floor. During this time, Xing Tian racked his brains and used various methods to evade the first wave of the bandits' search.

They returned to the security guard post where the thugs had killed them and retrieved the key to activate the freight elevator.

I want to go to the fourth floor via the mall's freight elevator.

As a result, when they arrived at the elevator area, they discovered that one of the other elevators was stopped on the fourth floor, which startled Xing Tian and made him change his mind.

I decided to take the elevator to the sixth floor first. The freight elevator can only go up to the sixth floor, and it requires a special key to stop midway, so I don't have to worry about encountering bandits.

Then, using counterintuitive thinking, go down the stairs from the sixth floor to the fourth floor.

Xing Tian didn't believe these bandits would be so idle as to walk from the first floor to the sixth floor when there was an elevator, so he was safe taking the stairs.