The Rise of a Special Forces Soldier Abandoned by a Wealthy Family

At this moment, on the rooftop.

The figure holding the sniper rifle remained standing in the same spot.

He remained calm and composed.

She even let out a soft sigh.

Then, he slowly knelt down.

He was facing southeast—that's the direction of his hometown.

"Dad... Mom..."

His voice was low and choked with emotion:

"My son is unfilial..."

"I cannot... be there for you in your final days..."

Tears rolled down her cheeks.

But it only flowed for three seconds.

He suddenly raised his hand and fiercely wiped away his tears.

Stand up.

He carefully wrapped the sniper rifle in a black cloth that he had prepared beforehand and carried it on his shoulder.

Then, he put on a baseball cap, deliberately pulling the brim down to cover the upper half of his face.

Pace—neither too fast nor too slow.

It was neither a hasty escape nor a slow, hopeless retreat.

He walked down from the rooftop and entered the elevator lobby.

I deliberately lingered in front of the surveillance camera at the elevator entrance for about two seconds.

Make sure the camera can clearly capture his face—the same face that Yin Yi just tore off the mask from.

Then, he turned around and quickly walked towards the fire escape.

"grim Reaper!"

Xiaoya's voice rang in Ye Feng's earpiece again, tinged with urgency:

"The surveillance footage shows that the target has entered the fire escape staircase and will soon be going down to the first floor!"

Ye Feng had already rushed to the front of Building No. 3 in the residential area.

He frowned slightly when he heard "enter the fire escape staircase".

Not right.

Why is the other person taking so long to escape? He's almost there, and the other person has only just entered the fire escape staircase?

The fire door is just 250 meters ahead!

When Ye Feng reached 50 meters!

"Squeak—"

The door was pushed open.

A figure carrying a long black cloth bag and with the brim of a hat pulled low appeared, bending down and walking quickly towards the back gate of the residential area!

A cold glint flashed in Ye Feng's eyes!

No warning was given.

There was no announcement.

He raised his hand and fired two shots!

"Bang! Bang!"

Precise burst fire!

The bullet tore through the air and pierced the back of the figure's legs!

"Ugh—!!"

The figure screamed in agony, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to his knees!

The sniper rifle slipped from the black cloth bag from his shoulder and hit the ground with a dull thud.

The figure quickly drew a pistol and was about to turn around and shoot Ye Feng when...

Ye Feng fired two shots directly, and the figure was shot in the right wrist, the pistol falling to the ground.

His left hand was also shot and fell limp.

After seeing that the figure was unable to move its limbs, Ye Feng quickly ran towards it.

The figure knelt on the ground and turned around with difficulty.

Beneath the brim of his hat, his eyes were fixed on Ye Feng as he charged towards him.

In his eyes—there was no fear, only a near-mad, liberating joy.

Although his right hand was shot, his arm could still move.

He suddenly raised his right arm and slammed his elbow into his stomach!

"Thump!"

A dull thud!

Then, he looked up at the dark night sky—

"Hahaha...hahaha...!!!"

He let out a hoarse, maniacal laugh!

Laughter echoed through the quiet neighborhood, eerily unsettling!

The sound also rang in Yin Yi's ears. Yin Yi still kept his eyes closed, but his right hand under the covers pressed down hard on the remote control button.

Ye Feng, who was sprinting, heard this laughter the instant—

A sharp sense of crisis, like an ice pick piercing the spine, suddenly exploded!

wrong!

This is fucking—

Ye Feng's legs suddenly came to a screeching halt as he was running!

The soles of the shoes made a screeching sound as they rubbed against the ground!

Then, his core muscles in his waist and abdomen suddenly exploded, and his entire body twisted to the right at a bizarre angle that defied the laws of physics!

Pushing off the ground with both legs, he sprinted towards a corner of the wall.

Rolling wildly!

Almost at the same instant Ye Feng lunged into the corner—

The figure kneeling on the ground suddenly exploded in a blinding burst of fire from its abdomen!

"BOOM—!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A terrifying explosion, ten times more powerful than the sniper rifle shot from before, erupted with a deafening roar!

The figure was instantly blown to pieces! Blood and flesh flew everywhere!

The shockwave from the explosion was like an invisible giant hammer, smashing violently in all directions!

The scorching heatwave carried rubble, fragments, and steel scraps... sweeping across the area like a steel storm!

Although Ye Feng had already lunged into the corner, the aftershocks of the explosion still slammed into his back!

Countless shards whizzed past his tactical uniform, and a burning pain shot through his back!

But he gritted his teeth and, using the force of the shockwave, rolled forward again, completely hiding deep in the corner!

A matter of life and death!

Only 0.3 seconds away!

"Ye Feng—!!!"

Iron Pillar's roar came from afar!

He, Fang Rong, Jiang Tianhua, and others rushed over like raging beasts the moment they heard the explosion!

When they arrived, they found the place in complete disarray.

At the epicenter of the explosion was a charred crater two meters in diameter.

Scattered around were torn clothes, broken bones, and charred fragments...

And—several metal parts that clearly belong to a sniper rifle.

Ye Feng slowly stood up from the corner of the wall.

His tactical uniform on the back was torn in several places, with slight blood seeping out, indicating that it was only a minor injury.

"Damn it..." Tie Zhu rushed over, looking Ye Feng up and down, "Are you alright?!"

Ye Feng shook his head.

His eyes were fixed on the explosion site.

His eyes were filled with a cold, venomous suspicion.

The loud explosion had already awakened all the residents of the community.

The lights in the windows turned on one by one.

Some people peered out in alarm.

Someone ran downstairs in their pajamas and turned pale with fright when they saw fully armed soldiers and wreckage all over the ground.

"The military is on a mission! Residents, please do not panic! Return home! Do not gather around!"

Zeng Sheng's officer and his soldiers arrived quickly, reassuring the residents while setting up a cordon and sealing off the explosion area.

Qi Liang walked to the center of the explosion and squatted down.

His brows gradually furrowed.

"grim Reaper."

Qi Liang picked up a few pieces of electronic components and examined the shape of the explosion crater and the traces of radiation.

He raised his head and looked at Ye Feng:

"What exactly happened just now?"

Ye Feng briefly described the process: He caught up with the target, shot and wounded his limbs, the target knelt down, he turned around, slammed his right elbow into the abdomen, laughed wildly, and then exploded.

Qi Liang frowned even more deeply after hearing this.

Logically speaking... it seems to make sense.

"The suicide bomber, strapped with a suicide bomb, will detonate it after being discovered, intending to take everyone down with him."

"but……"

He held up a charred fragment of a circuit board:

"The model of this detonator is... a bit too 'exquisite'."

"It is generally used for remote detonation, not for suicide-style close-range triggering."

Xiaoya also came over at this time.

She handed the tablet to Ye Feng.

On the screen are several surveillance screenshots:

First image: Street surveillance footage shows a figure carrying a long black cloth bag walking towards the residential area.

Second photo: Surveillance footage from the community gate, showing the same person in profile, with the brim of their hat pulled low.

The third image: A relatively clear face from the elevator lobby surveillance camera—it's the same person who just went into the explosion.

Fourth image: Fire door surveillance footage shows the same person bending down to walk out.

"All the surveillance timelines are consistent." Xiaoya's voice was calm:

He went up to the rooftop alone, and came down alone.

"There is no record of anyone else entering or leaving the building during that time."

"Based on the data... it's a perfect closed loop."

Ye Feng stared at the photos on the screen, then looked at the explosion site.

His brain was working at full speed.

One person went up.

One person came down.

Shoot and kill.

He was caught and detonated a bomb to commit suicide.

The logical chain is complete, and the evidence chain is comprehensive.

but--

That cold, unsettling feeling, like a venomous snake coiling in my heart, grew stronger and stronger.

"There's something else that's strange."

Xiaoya pointed to the timestamp on the surveillance camera:

"After he fired the shot, it took him too long to get from the rooftop downstairs and out of the fire exit."

"If he were to run at full speed, given his physical abilities, he could easily have escaped the neighborhood before I even notified you."

But he didn't.

"On the contrary... it's like they're deliberately waiting for us to catch up."

Fang Rong scratched his head:

"So... this bastard intended to take us all down with him from the very beginning?"

"You want to silence the Mad God first, and then drag us all down with you because you know you can't escape?"

Tie Zhu spat fiercely: "Damn it! That bastard got off too easily! He died too quickly!"

Jiang Tianhua said coldly, "At least... the mastermind behind this is ruthless enough to wipe out even their own people so cleanly."

The Longhui team members huddled together, analyzing the situation in hushed tones.

All the clues seem to point to one conclusion:

This was a sniper sent to silence witnesses, and he had completed his mission. Surrounded outside and pursued by soldiers on the scene, knowing he couldn't escape, he chose to self-destruct, attempting to take his pursuers with him.

The logic holds true.

The evidence is sufficient.

But Ye Feng and Xiao Ya remained silent.

Their eyes, in the darkness, flickered with an unshakeable doubt.

they do not know.

The real sniper, Yin Yi, is currently lying on the master bedroom bed on the ninth floor, "sleeping peacefully."

they do not know.

The "persona swap" on the rooftop was executed flawlessly under the cover of darkness and meticulous planning.

They knew even less.

The truly insidious aspect of Wu Jun's scheme lies in—

They silenced the mad god.

They also dealt with the doubles (suicide agents).

It also perfectly concealed the real killer (Hidden One).

They even attempted to blow up Ye Feng and other core members of the Dragon Return team!

Killing four birds with one stone!

The only thing Wu Jun miscalculated was—

Ye Feng's reaction speed and battlefield instincts exceeded his expectations.

That 0.3-second difference allowed Ye Feng to escape the deadly explosion.

Wu Jun had no idea of ​​Ye Feng and the others' true strength or identities.

This is the situation caused by information asymmetry.

It was also Zeng Linglong who deliberately revealed another soldier's identity to mislead Wu Jun.

If Wu Jun discovers that they are Squad Zero and knows their true strength...

Then Zeng Linglong's attack tonight must have involved far more than just this few people.

The Zhou organization and Wu Jun will use all their strength to assassinate him.

Ye Feng raised his head and looked at the residential building.

His intuition screamed—something they had missed.

But logic and evidence point to a "reasonable" outcome.

Ye Feng thought for a long time but couldn't find any clues. He could only call over the officer and ask him to seal off the area so that no one could enter or leave.

Xiaoya then put away her tablet and whispered:

"Let's go back to Shangyi Residence first."

"Autopsy."

"Look at those assassins... haven't they all 'changed their faces' too?"

Ye Feng took one last look at the explosion site and turned away.

"Walk."

The Dragon Return team members followed.

Even in the darkness of night, their figures remained upright, and their murderous aura remained palpable.

But a layer of unease shrouds everyone's heart—

An inescapable fog.