Chapter 395: Chapter 393: The Still-Living Ancestor
The truth is, no fool would dare charge into the five notorious military bases, but not everyone is the same.
It’s not unusual for people to do irrational things when extremely angry, given that everyone is different. Some even believe they could slide-tackle a tiger.
Especially for Azu, whose brothers and men are all dead, if his burning rage could be used to boil water for power generation, his current output wouldn’t be worse than the micro-reactor made by Chen Xin.
Having lost all his brothers and subordinates, and being hunted like a stray dog, his rage has long pierced through his sanity.
Azu is indeed still alive. Even after causing such a huge incident back then, he managed to evade police capture and survive successfully.
Given the current environment, where the snow is thick and visibility is low, capturing someone is quite difficult. Adding to this, the brothers who escaped with Azu sacrificed themselves to hold off pursuers, buying him time to escape. His evasion was not impossible.
It’s undeniable that Azu possesses exceptional qualities to achieve something. During his escape from the city, he actually managed to traverse the mountain path between the city and Lin City by sheer manpower, reaching Lin City.
Keep in mind, this was during a night with extremely low visibility, and without any map for guidance or any other preparations, trekking through snow-covered mountains practically meant courting death.
Even though temperatures weren’t as low as they are now when Azu fled, walking dozens of miles of mountain paths and crossing snow-covered mountains was certainly a life-threatening ordeal.
Moreover, despite successfully crossing the snow mountain and fleeing from the city to Lin City, Azu paid a heavy price, nearly costing him his life.
By the time he reached Lin City, sustained by his willpower after walking those miles, he was severely frostbitten, suffering severe necrosis in his toes and fingers.
If it weren’t for the local medical facilities in Lin City, which had yet to encounter problems, treating him by amputating seven necrotic toes and four fingers, and him spending more than half a month in hospital, survival would have been quite difficult.
Prior to the disaster, Azu would have had no chance or possibility of escaping capture, given the era of the web. Not considering the all-seeing surveillance system made up of street cameras alone, the nationwide wanted notices would have left him cornered.
However, the impact of various disasters severely hindered communications between regions, even between the city and Lin City, preventing smooth communication as before.
Couple this with the frostbite Azu suffered while traversing the snow mountain, leaving him in the hospital growing a beard for more than half a month, he had changed significantly from before, becoming unrecognizable to those who were not familiar with him.
This allowed Azu to exploit a loophole and settle down in Lin City.
Being a local to begin with, Azu disguised himself as an ordinary survivor, even securing a job, and diligently going to work every day, seemingly intending to live quietly.
Yet, truth be told, deep within Azu’s heart, it’s filled with hatred and rage. He constantly thinks about how to exact revenge.
However, having lost all his brothers and subordinates, and with his body taking severe damage from walking dozens of kilometers through snow, he no longer possesses the means for revenge nor the opportunity to do so, which is why he has remained dormant and stabilized.
What Azu has now is simply his own miserable life.
Even if he seeks revenge, he’d only be staking his own life to kill one or two people.
Causing harm to one or two people hardly constitutes revenge for Azu.
In Azu’s eyes, only causing more people to feel pain, using many lives as offerings, can truly memorialize his deceased brothers.
Hence, Azu has been enduring, waiting for what he deems a suitable opportunity, the right chance for revenge.
Azu originally thought he might never get a chance for revenge in his lifetime, especially after a snowstorm hit, plunging Lin City into predicament, disease and hunger taking a toll. He even thought he might fall victim to illness or starvation.
However, the arrival of Chen Xin and the rescue team not only brought hope to Lin City but also gave Azu a glimpse of hope for revenge.
Destroying the rescue station set up by the rescue team would likely lead to many deaths, thereby bringing ruin to the city!
If he could use an entire city as a burial sacrifice for his brothers, Azu found this acceptable.
He hadn’t even planned how to destroy the rescue station when the special police accompanying the rescue team made him realize the gap in strength.
There is unmatched power disparity between a criminal with only a knife and a fully armed special police officer equipped with an exoskeleton, something not overcome by mere will or hatred.
Besides, Azu found a more suitable target than the rescue station—Chen Xin.
Without deliberate observation, Azu could deduce that Chen Xin was a key member of the rescue team. Killing him would certainly have a huge impact on the rescue team.
Though it wouldn’t directly destroy the rescue team and station, if he could bring misfortune to Chen Xin, thus affecting the entire rescue team, this would be a viable method.
Disguising himself as a grateful rescued person, Azu managed to gather information about Chen Xin through conversations with the rescue team’s special police, further strengthening his resolve to kill Chen Xin.
Not to mention, upon learning that his brothers were shot to pieces at Chen Xin’s house, Azu resolutely decided to kill Chen Xin.
If he doesn’t avenge this hatred, how could he face his dead brothers?
However, killing Chen Xin is not a simple task.
Despite prolonged observation, Azu couldn’t find an opportunity to kill Chen Xin, given Chen Xin is almost always wearing power armor, only taking it off to sleep in armored RV, Azu remains in constant wait for the right moment.
During Azu’s wait for an opportunity, special forces arrived to protect Chen Xin, leaving Azu almost in despair faced with a heavily guarded military camp.
A heavily guarded military camp, even if occupied by the world’s worst army, is not something he could break through.
Even with intense desire for revenge, Azu wouldn’t be foolish enough to charge into a military camp, and he discovered Chen Xin doesn’t stay in camp all the time, so he still has a chance.