The blazing sun hung high in the sky, casting a brilliant glare over the vast, snow-covered plains.
Major Morikawa Ko of the Kwantung Army kicked aside the body of a fallen resistance fighter. The corpse sent a spray of blood-flecked snow into the air as the officer’s boot hooked the MP35 submachine gun lying in the drifts. As he raised the weapon, a cruel curve formed on Morikawa’s lips—a smile that looked particularly savage against the frozen landscape. He pulled the trigger with the speed of a striking viper, and a torrent of bullets rained down toward Leitao and Heilong. The rounds whistled through the air, piercing the silence and kicking up plumes of snow among the trees.
"Evasive maneuvers!" The neural synchronization system in Leitao’s mind flashed red in a millisecond, his thoughts accelerating far beyond human capacity. Heilong reacted almost simultaneously. The canine's AI-powered cybernetic eyes analyzed the bullet trajectories, rendering them as flowing orange lines that intersected across his blue-tinted vision like a lethal web. The dog flipped sideways like a bolt of black lightning, every muscle fiber firing with perfect precision as his front paws kicked off the ice, leaving a jagged, zig-zagging trail behind him. Leitao performed a roll at the same instant, his movements fluid and agile. The moment he dove into a snow pit, bullets hissed past his tactical backpack, shredding the fabric and leaving it fluttering in the wind—a frantic testament to the inte…
Chapter 495