Chapter 692 - 692: The New Elite? No, Not for Long (2nd Update)
Chapter 692: Chapter 692: The New Elite? No, Not for Long (2nd Update)
Xue An’s heart stirred, and his entire being vanished from the spot in an instant.
When he reappeared, he was already above Su Shanna.
Of course, Su Shanna had no clue about any of this.
At that moment, she was running strenuously through the snow-covered ground.
The once glamorous colonel was now in dire straits.
Her neat military uniform was now tattered, her hat missing, her blonde hair scattered but unable to hide the panic and anger in those blue eyes.
Xue An remained silent, quietly following her.
After rounding a small hill ahead and arriving at a place sheltered from the cold wind,
Su Shanna leaned against a large tree, too exhausted to even shake off the snow from her body. It was clear she was on the verge of collapse.
But in Xue An’s Divine Sense, at least three squads were rapidly approaching, and their target was Su Shanna.
Xue An hid high above, quietly observing.
A moment later,
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A rhythmic series of footsteps came from the distant forest, spreading out and surrounding her at great speed.
Su Shanna’s face showed despair as she drew a small silver pistol from her waist.
“You damned bastards, what will it take for you to let me go?”
“Heh heh, Su Shanna,” we have to admit, you’re tough enough to survive in these Siberian forests for half a month, evading our capture! But now I advise you to give up resisting! Just come with us peacefully, and I promise the general won’t kill you!”
Along with the voice, a young E-country officer appeared from behind a tree, with a smug smile on his face.
But as soon as he showed himself, Su Shanna raised her hand and fired.
Pop.
The sound of the gunshot echoed, and the officer’s cap was shot right off his head.
Startled, he ducked his head and hurriedly hid behind the tree, and then shouted furiously, “Attack!”
At the command,
The soldiers began to close the encircling net.
Su Shanna leaned against the tree, and only when some of the leading soldiers got within two to three hundred meters of her did she suddenly swing out from behind the tree and open fire.
Pop pop several shots rang out.
Those soldiers fell to the ground as neat bullet holes appeared on their foreheads, clearly dead.
This action stunned the rest of the soldiers, all of whom took cover behind trees.
The young officer yelled, “That bitch is out of bullets! Whoever captures her, the general will surely reward you handsomely!”
Hearing those words, the soldiers’ eyes glinted with greed, and they began to slowly approach Su Shanna, using the trees for cover.
Su Shanna hid behind the tree, taking a deep breath before letting out a self-deprecating bitter smile.
As the officer had said, the only thing she had left was the single “glory bullet” in her pistol; she was completely out of ammo.
As of today, Su Shanna had been on the run for half a month.
Both her mental and physical strength were no longer enough to keep going.
Thus, a look of resignation gradually appeared on Su Shanna’s face as she slowly raised the gun, aimed it at her temple, closed her eyes, and was about to pull the trigger.
Just then, a calm voice sounded next to her ear.
“As a soldier, are you going to seek death so easily?”
Hearing this familiar voice, Su Shanna’s body shook, and she immediately thought she was hallucinating.
After all, how could he possibly be here?
But when she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Xue An standing on a nearby tree, smiling at her.
“Xue… Instructor Xue?”
Su Shanna could hardly believe her eyes.
Xue An glanced at the soldiers surrounding from all directions and said indifferently, “Are all these people here to capture you?”
Su Shanna smiled bitterly and nodded.
At that moment, the young military officer also spotted Xue An standing atop the tree and couldn’t help but be startled.
“What are you…”.
The rest of his words failed to leave his mouth because he had already recognized Xue An.
After all, who in the world didn’t know Xue An by now?
Yet it was this realization that nearly caused the young officer to faint with fear.
Xue An swept his gaze over the soldiers before his eyes settled on the officer, “You recognize me?”
The man nodded tremblingly.
“Yes… I do!”
“Good, go back and tell your so-called general that Su Shanna is now a citizen of China. If she’s harassed again, you will bear the consequences!” Xue An said calmly.
“Yes, my lord!” The officer, as if receiving a reprieve, nodded like a pecking chicken.
Xue An waved his hand dismissively.
The officer turned and ran.
With his escape, the pursuing soldiers also scattered in all directions.
In a blink of an eye, the desperate situation that had almost driven Su Shanna to suicide dissipated with just a few words from Xue An.
Su Shanna watched the scene with a blank mind.
It was then that Xue An leapt down from the tree and came to Su Shanna’s side, smiling slightly, “Su Shanna, long time no see!”
Su Shanna nodded with a confused look on her face, “Xue… Instructor Xue, how come you are here?”
“Oh, I came here to open up a secret realm. But what about you, why are you being hunted by your own country’s soldiers?” Xue An inquired.
Upon hearing this, Su Shanna smiled bitterly.
As the former head instructor of the Far East special forces, Su Shanna had always held a high position in Country E.
But ever since the great turmoil, the situation in Country E had undergone drastic changes.
Most of Su Shanna’s supporters in this upheaval either fell from power or died.
This dealt a heavy blow to Su Shanna’s foundation in the military.
If that had been all, it wouldn’t have been too bad.
She could simply leave Country E and serve as an instructor in another country.
Su Shanna had done this before, such as when she served under Commander Hu and competed alongside Xue An’s Fire Phoenix Special Forces.
But she was thinking too simplistically.
Having been caught in the whirlpool of power, how could she possibly extricate herself so easily?
After the great change in Country E’s hierarchy, a general named Dmitry came into power.
This man had once served in the same unit as Su Shanna and had also pursued her madly, only to be sternly rejected by her and knocked to the ground in front of many soldiers.
As a result, Dmitry held onto this grudge in his heart.
Upon rising to power, he immediately began to target Su Shanna.
He started by stripping her of all her positions and then used various means to subdue her, wishing to make her his captive.
However, against his expectations, Su Shanna firmly refused.
Finally, the conflict escalated, and Su Shanna resolutely fled the capital of Country E and headed south, attempting to cross the uninhabited expanse of Siberia to seek asylum in China.
But Dmitry, adamant about possessing Su Shanna, flew into a rage upon learning of her escape and immediately dispatched forces to pursue and intercept her.
This was the reason Su Shanna found herself in such a dire situation.
After listening to her story, Xue An smiled faintly, “A rising star in the military? No, not for long.”