Son of the Stars

Chapter 18 The Footsteps of Revenge

The cultists were caught off guard.

They start out like balloons at a night market, or turkeys standing dazed on a lawn.Apart from being shot in the head or chest by the enemies lurking in the distance, the only thing he can do is run away.

Lu Chen began to take a deep breath, inhaled deeply and then exhaled quickly.

According to the "sweet but somewhat smelly" smell that Lu Chen smelled before he passed out, it is likely that the chemical substance that caused him to faint was sevoflurane mixed with other volatile anesthetics.Although the specific ingredients of other narcotic drugs cannot be determined, the metabolism rate of these drugs is actually very fast.

They are mainly eliminated through the lungs, and only about 5% of sevoflurane is metabolized through internal organs.

In clinical use, drugs such as sevoflurane do not require special use of antagonists such as naloxone to promote awakening.Generally speaking, as long as the inhalation is stopped for about 10 minutes, the patient can wake up.

However, the abuse of volatile anesthetics such as sevoflurane is still an extremely dangerous behavior. They themselves are addictive, and excessive doses can inhibit breathing and directly lead to the death of the anesthetized person.

Considering that this is a kidnapping operation rather than clinical anesthesia, the mixed use of sevoflurane and other volatile anesthetics is considered a very "humane" choice.After all, these cultists could have just killed all the victims present.

Lu Chen's deep breathing was still continuing, and basically all inhaled anesthetics were mainly eliminated through breathing.During the clinical process, the breathing of patients receiving anesthesia may even contaminate the operating room.In theory, as long as Lu Chen breathes enough, the more substances exchanged through his alveoli, the easier it is for him to wake up.

But panting is not enough. Rapid breathing like a bellows will cause him to lose a lot of carbon dioxide, and eventually fall into the risk of respiratory alkalosis.Going over before fully waking up... is too stupid, Lu Chen can't do it.

The good news is, his deep breaths do work.With several repeated breaths, Lu Chen could already start to move his hands and feet.The bad news is that the cultists who have been beaten like turkeys for a while seem to have finally come to their senses and started to resist-they also have weapons, and the number of survivors is still considerable.

They began to shoot desperately towards the distant mountains and forests, hiding back and forth in all the places that could be used as shelters, and even closed their eyes tightly in the direction of the shooting, stomping their feet and chanting, trembling and chanting.

Metaphysical methods are of course useless.But running back and forth, hiding behind cover, these actions and behaviors really interfered with the peripheral attack.Lu Chen saw with his own eyes that a cultist jumping back and forth dodged six bullets in a row - a large cloud of dust was shot out on the ground.

The street lights below the slope suddenly turned on, and the high-power LED chips worked at full capacity, making the scene so bright that squinting could barely accept it.Large gyroplanes and armored vehicles gleamed in the light of street lamps.At the same time as these equipments, there were dozens of fully armed Comprehensive Investigation Bureau operatives.

"You are already surrounded, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!" The negotiator of the Bureau of Investigation was preaching the policy loudly, but the firing from various firepower points around did not mean to stop at all - just as the representative shouted "Put down Weapons, we keep you safe" Half a second later, the cultist who dodged six bullets was smashed in the head.

Then the body was shot six more times.

Lu Chen finally regained his ability to act.But as a doctor, he really has no way to fight back now—even when his life is threatened, his clinical knowledge can basically only be used to save people.Killing and wounding is indeed hopeless.

If it was only Lu Chen himself, he might choose to just lie on the ground and wait for the investigation bureau officers to completely deal with the cultists.But the reality is very different from the ideal situation. Mu Zhiran was lying on the ground more than 20 meters away.There are more than a dozen ordinary civilians who were also kidnapped around - the eldest sister who wrenched off one of her hands is now lying on top of the headless administrator.There was blood all over her body, and she didn't know if she was still alive.

In this environment, Lu Chen's adrenaline secretion has reached its limit.Heart rate and blood pressure are rising rapidly.His body was primed for fight or flight.

Lu Chen tried to find a handy weapon, but this attempt quickly failed - all the cultists who died near him were shirtless, not to mention weapons, and they didn't even have jackets.

It also has no head.

In addition to this group of cultists who are confusing in various senses, there are three hostages who are "chrysalis" on the ground beside Lu Chen.And the one with half of the face swollen... the source of the big crash.

The woman just sat on the ground in a daze, the bullets shuttled back and forth around her, but none of them could hit her.The bruises on her face became more and more obvious, and Lu Chen even recognized the administrator's shoe soles from the swollen marks on her cheeks.

Lu Chen is currently the one with the strongest mobility and the clearest consciousness among the five people present.He turned over and said in a voice as low as possible, but other people must have heard it clearly, "Don't move, those people are busy confronting the investigation bureau, and they won't shoot us for the time being."

"Brother, can you untie the rope in my hand?" A big brother lying next to him asked aloud, "Just untie the rope—multiple people and multiple helpers, even if I fight them desperately later Help!"

Obviously, the kidnapping of Lu Chen and Mu Zhiran was an emergency.The hostages at the scene were almost all residents of the village where the canteen was located.Each of them was tied hands and feet with ropes and blindfolded, while Lu Chen and Mu Zhiran only covered their faces with black cloths, so their activities were not restricted.

"Wait a minute, if they find out if you move now... you will be killed." Lu Chen stopped the elder brother's thoughts, "You all don't move, I will check for weapons - there is a little soil in front of us Poe, sort of a bunker."

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, the woman kneeling on the ground suddenly moved.Lu Chen was taken aback by her action, he didn't care about it, and said in a low voice, "Get down quickly, do you want to die?"

The half-swollen woman turned around. Although her eyes were still dull, there was a weird smile on her bruised and deformed face.

She didn't nod, didn't shake her head, and didn't make a sound.After silently watching Lu Chen for a few seconds, she turned around and walked unsteadily towards the position where the cultists "hold on".

Her speed was very slow, and it was very difficult for her to walk on the dirt slope.Her bare feet stepped on the brass shell casings that had just been fired, and the skin on the soles of her feet was scalded with blisters.

The blisters were crushed, leaving behind blood and exudate.Then step on the ground one after another footprints.

Bloody footprints.

It was strange to say that the cultists who had dragged her around like a dog, now seemed to see a devil.

Bullets won't make them surrender, and armored vehicles won't make them give up resistance.But this woman with wounds on her feet and a dirty body that can't even see the color frightened the cultists to throw away the weapons in their hands, climb out of the bunker that protected them, and then began to run for their lives.

The woman walking staggeringly on the hillside, under the light of Bethlehem... looked like a vengeful ghost crawling out of hell.

(End of this chapter)