We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

boom--!

The terrifying recoil even caused the entire off-road vehicle, which was speeding through the air, to suddenly stop!

But Lin Ye's arm, which was gripping the gun, remained motionless, as if it were a steel bar welded to the car window frame.

His seemingly frail body steadily withstood the enormous impact that would have shattered an ordinary person's shoulder blades into powder.

The specially designed 25mm armor-piercing incendiary round drew a deadly straight line in the air that was almost invisible to the naked eye, and with unparalleled precision, it plunged into the most vulnerable connection between the fuel tank and the hydraulic system under the Apache's main rotor!

"Pfft!"

A faint, almost drowned-out sound of metal tearing apart rang out.

Inside the helicopter cockpit, a hint of relief at surviving the ordeal had just appeared on the pilot's face, which was contorted with terror.

He saw the car fly past him and about to crash.

But the next second, a series of piercing red alarm lights instantly filled the entire dial.

Oil tank pressure reduced to zero!

Hydraulic system failure!

Before he could react, a stream of scalding liquid gushed out from the rotor's connection point, instantly ignited by the high-speed rotating blades and the high-temperature gases expelled from the engine.

Boom-! ! ! !

A huge fireball exploded in mid-air, less than fifty meters above the ground!

The Apache attack helicopter, representing the Shadow Network's highest level of force and striking fear into the hearts of countless mercenaries, didn't even have time to utter a mournful cry before it transformed into a giant torch burning fiercely in the night sky.

The broken rotor, wreathed in flames, flew away into the distance like the scythe of death.

The powerless steel machine spun around, trailing thick smoke and flames, and crashed heavily towards the center of the town!

……

Dragon Kingdom, capital city, underground command center.

The instant Apache turned into a fireball, the entire command center erupted in thunderous cheers and applause!

"Well done!!!"

Chief Li was so excited that he slammed his hand on the table, causing the water in the teacup to splash out, but he didn't care at all, his face flushed.

"Air-to-air combat! They're shooting down planes with cars! I've led troops my whole life, and I've never seen such an outrageous battle!"

The intelligence chief took off his glasses, wiped them hard, put them back on, and repeatedly checked that he hadn't misread the image on the screen. He was so excited that he was trembling all over.

An elderly general with white hair suddenly stood up, his voice booming like a bell: "This young man is a national hero of my Dragon Kingdom!"

……

boom--!!!

Lin Ye's off-road vehicle, under the influence of gravity, ended its short but glorious flying career, crashing heavily back onto the sand in a tragic manner.

The shock absorption system of all four tires was completely destroyed the moment it hit the ground, and the entire frame groaned under the strain.

But just before landing, Lin Ye, relying on the muscle memory brought by his [All-Terrain Vehicle Driving Mastery], suddenly turned the steering wheel.

The car completed a 100-meter-long, spark-splattering extreme drift on the soft sand before finally managing to stabilize itself and come to a stop.

Almost simultaneously, not far away, the wreckage of a helicopter crashed into the town's central square, triggering an even more violent secondary explosion.

Rumble—!

Countless burning aircraft parts and aviation fuel, like a rain of fire from the sky, turned the entire abandoned town into a sea of ​​flames.

Lin Ye pushed open the already crushed and deformed car door and jumped out of the driver's seat.

He patted the dust off his clothes and adjusted the still-perfect pink children's helmet on his head.

He shouldered the extravagantly designed XM109 heavy sniper rifle, and, braving the falling sparks and burning debris, strolled leisurely toward the basement where the Ghost Captain had been hiding.

The figure, illuminated by the towering flames, resembled a demon god returning from hell.

……

In the basement.

The Ghost Captain had just slowly regained consciousness from the violent tremors.

He struggled to crawl to the basement door, and through the crack in the kicked-open door, he could see everything that was happening outside.

he saw...

He saw the wrecked car fly into the sky...

He saw the boy fire a gun in mid-air...

He saw the Apache helicopter, representing the highest level of military power in headquarters, fall like a broken toy shot down by a child's slingshot, turning into a fireball and plummeting to the ground...

"Ah...ah..."

The Ghost Captain made incomprehensible hoarse sounds from his throat, his pupils were unfocused, drool dripped from the corner of his mouth, and he curled up in the corner, trembling violently.

His spirit completely collapsed after witnessing this scene that exceeded the limits of human cognition.

Just then.

boom! ! !

The already rickety wooden door to the basement was kicked away from the outside with tremendous force, shattering into pieces.

A figure, elongated by the firelight, appeared at the doorway.

Lin Ye bent down and, like picking up a chicken waiting to be slaughtered, lifted the terrified Ghost Captain off the ground with one hand and dragged him out of the basement.

He casually tossed the priceless heavy sniper rifle back into the bulging snakeskin bag on his back.

The Ghost Captain was thrown onto the scorching sand, finally recovering from the extreme terror. He looked at the unharmed boy before him, at his face flickering in the firelight, and only one thought remained in his mind:

run!

But just as he was about to struggle, he met Lin Ye's eyes.

What kind of eyes were those?

There was no murderous intent, no anger, only one kind of... the pure, simple frustration of a worker who discovers their attendance card has been damaged before leaving get off work.

Looking at the terrified Ghost Captain, who was urinating and defecating, Lin Ye slowly revealed an extremely "kind" smile.

"Feed".

Lin Ye spoke.

"That helicopter, you called it, didn't you?"

He pointed to the still-burning inferno in the distance, then to the direction where the water tower had collapsed, his tone eerily calm.

"My laptop got blown up."

"Compensation for emotional distress, lost wages, and my game reputation points..."

Lin Ye counted on his fingers, calculating each item one by one, his smile growing even brighter. "Let's calculate how you plan to pay this debt?"

"I'll pay you back! I'll pay you back everything!"

The ghost, like a dog with its spine removed, kowtowed on the ground, tears streaming down its face, its forehead striking the hard gravel and bleeding, but it didn't care.

"I'll give you all my money! I just beg you... I just beg you to spare my life!"

Seeing his expression, Lin Ye's annoyance at being disturbed from getting off work finally subsided a little.

He was very satisfied with this problem-solving attitude.

"Why didn't you say that earlier?"

As Lin Ye spoke, he pulled a secondhand smartphone with several cracks on the screen from the pocket of his brightly colored shorts.

He skillfully unlocked the app, opened a bank app with a golden key icon, brought up the international transfer QR code interface, and shoved it right in front of Ghost Captain's face.

The light from the phone screen illuminated the Ghost Captain's face, which was covered in blood, snot, and despair.

"Spin it."

Lin Ye's tone was calm.

"Accounts and passwords, one at a time. I'm very patient."