Chapter 34 – Three-Way Ambush
At the same time, in another operations room just one wall away, laughter and cheers filled the air.
“Hahaha, I didn’t die! I’m still alive! D*mn, I’m actually still alive—hahahaha…”
“Oh my god,” muttered White, the dark-skinned player, as he rubbed his forehead and glanced sideways at the blue figure on screen. “Can someone please kill this idi*t already?”
Black, a tall white guy, tried to calm him down. “As the ancient saying goes, ‘Heaven cherishes all living things.’ What that means is, when a child is born, they are very precious…”
White looked constipated. Just as he was about to snap back with a string of curses, Yang Sa cut their childish bickering short.
The flamboyant blue player who had been driving and looting finally sat up straight in front of his screen, dropping the joking demeanor. He glanced sideways at the others. “Ambush?”
Yang Sa shook his head, eyes calculating the distance between the last reported kill and their current location on the map. “He’s here.”
“Who?” asked the blue-haired driver, still confused.
Yang Sa placed a still-dazed White into the Dacia they had just claimed, and mapped out the next route. He turned to the driver: “Turn around. We’re going to intercept Xinghai’s second squad.”
White, now on guard duty, switched to a light machine gun with lower kill potential. Meanwhile, Blue listened intently for any sound cues, following Yang Sa’s instructions to avoid combat and conceal their movements as much as possible.
The team set up an ambush around the puzzle buildings near P City. This was the optimal route for anyone chasing LAP, and the area lacked any serious structures for cover. The next step was for Starsea’s vanguard to swing by this route, which would be the perfect setup for a triple-sided ambush. Yang Sa was certain they’d stop here to resupply.
Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on their side—the team that drove into P City turned out to be a full squad.
“Sa, what now?” asked Blue nervously as he filled up the gas tank.
“Get down. Drop your supplies at the door, and move into the small room.”
…
Before entering the city, Yang Sa had specifically reminded Blue to park the car at the usual vehicle spawn point, hoping it wouldn’t raise any suspicion from the Starsea players.
Footsteps echoed around them—the newly arrived team clearly wasn’t made up of seasoned players. They were running through buildings to loot supplies, completely lacking tactical awareness or coordination.
The upside? They hadn’t noticed anything unusual that might reveal Yang Sa’s group was hiding inside.
The downside? Their aimless looting made it all too likely they’d stumble into one of the ambush spots that had been so carefully chosen.
Half-crouched, Yang Sa once again slipped from the room at the end of the corridor to the outer railing. The player looting this particular building had forgotten that this area had already been cleared. He couldn’t risk staying in the previous hiding spot either—judging from the footsteps, more enemies were heading up to this floor.
“Sa, this isn’t gonna work,” grumbled Black, though his character was agilely parkouring between buildings.
Yang Sa reminded him not to get too cocky. The enemies might be newbies, but Black’s footsteps were way too loud.
Any premature engagement would completely ruin their ambush plan.
Suddenly, the roar of an engine grew louder—a roofless Jeep came barreling into the city.
Yang Sa scoped in, silently counting the heads in the vehicle. Behind him, the sound of looting continued steadily, unaffected.
That hearing… seriously. He suppressed his irritation and fired off a couple of shots at the approaching Jeep. Before the enemy could return fire, he ducked back into the corridor and slipped into the second room, gently closing the door behind him.
The shots finally alerted the looters—someone rushed to the balcony to defend, and moments later, the kill feed lit up:
[Starcraft-Sweet used Vector SMG to knock down Tom Cat]
[Starcraft-Sweet used Vector SMG to kill Tom Cat]
Passing through the hallway, Yang Sa glanced out the window at the bright green loot box below, then nimbly vaulted the wall to reposition.
Finally… they’ve arrived.
…
Although it wasn’t a coordinated attack, the chaotic shooting was still giving them a major headache.
Once the enemies in the building received word of their teammate’s death, they launched a three-way assault on the players in the car. While their accuracy wasn’t great, the suppressing fire was annoying enough.
Before entering the building, the Xinghai players took out two of the ambushers without even slowing down. They rammed the vehicle straight into a pillar to bring it to a stop, then two of them jumped out and flanked toward the last enemy hiding in a fake garage.
At that moment, both Xinghai players had their backs fully exposed—right within LAP’s firing range.
Yang Sa gave the order to his eager teammates: “Fire.”
Bullets rained from three directions, aimed directly at the Xinghai players. Including the random player hiding in the fake garage, one Xinghai member was knocked down. Before the other could revive him, Yang Sa, having switched to an SMG, locked down all exit routes with suppressive fire.
Just as it looked like everything was under control, a new kill feed message revealed the hidden truth.
[LAP-Killer used GROZA to knock down Starcraft-Sweet]
[LAP-Killer used GROZA to kill Starcraft-Sweet]
[Starcraft-River used Kar98K to knock down LAP-Blue]
Without a moment’s pause, Yang Sa left White behind for cover fire and maneuvered his character with precise jumps and dodges, heading in the opposite direction. As he moved, he curled his lips into a grin.
“That guy… he’s got some skills.”
“It’s too late. Don’t bother picking me up,” Blue said, pushing his keyboard aside with a resigned look, ready to accept his fate.
Naturally, the enemy hadn’t expected LAP to make a rescue attempt either—he was cleanly finished off.
[Starcraft-River used Kar98K to kill LAP-Blue]
Though this oddball squad usually slacked off and joked around, no one dared take the situation lightly now. Blue’s ghostly blue hand propped up his even-bluer head, twisting like a character from a horror movie, then quietly switched to spectate Black.
“He’s fine. Spectate me,” Yang Sa said, his eyes reflecting a faint greenish hue from the screen, unreadable in expression.
Blue cracked his neck twice, straightening it out while switching perspectives.
No way, he almost said aloud. This was the first time since they’d started playing together that Yang Sa had ever asked for backup.
And it wasn’t just him—this kind of moment was unprecedented for any of them, ever since they met this stubborn Chinese guy.
Blue fiddled with the clasp on his headset, trying to act nonchalant. “You’re giving them way too much credit.”
“No,” Yang Sa replied quietly. “It’s not them.”
From beginning to end, there was only one person he truly regarded as an opponent.
Whether three years ago, or now—
It had always been that one.
He had always known — that man was strong.
Xinghai splitting up to chase enemies should’ve been an opportunity for LAP. Unfortunately, the initial interference was too heavy, and they had no advantage in the terrain.
He had already figured out the other side’s situation and calculated that someone had advanced to a position too far away to offer timely support. But just when he thought he had it all planned out, his “arrangement” had already been seen through.
Truthfully, he had to admit—he admired the trust between the Xinghai teammates. They let two of their members swagger straight into his ambush zone, while the rest had to both fire misleading shots to confuse LAP’s vanguard and circle back within a time limit.
To avoid being discovered, they had abandoned their vehicle in advance. Then, using the chaos of the firefight on this side to perfectly mask their footsteps, they closed in. By the time LAP realized what was happening, the trap he’d prepared had turned against him.
[Starcraft-Keen used UZI to knock down LAP-White]
[Starcraft-Keen used UZI to kill LAP-White]