Chapter 487: Don't Blink! The Cool Part is Coming! |
"How come I keep having this ominous feeling?"
Watching the Big Bro who was full of vigor and high spirits, the chat barrage seemed a bit worried.
Mainly because the character Big Bro chose was just too ominous.
A Maozi rescuing hostages... hmm... it's hard to judge, honestly...
'《Mao-style Rescue》'
"I'm still very curious about what that 'impact grenade' thing is, it can't really be the kind of explosive used for demolishing buildings, right?"
"It shouldn't be, probably something similar to a breaching charge, something you stick on a window or lock to force entry."
"Probably not very powerful."
"The second mission directly ramps up the difficulty..."
"Hahahahahaha classic 'you already know 1+1, now try solving this calculus problem!'"
"Golden Wind's peculiar teaching methods."
"Butter players sure have a lot of memes, dying of laughter..."
......
Over here, the viewers were all speculating about what the skill effect of this Russian operator named FUZE actually was.
Meanwhile in the game, Big Bro had arrived in front of the mansion, sizing up this two-story house.
From a distance, the mansion didn't look particularly huge, two floors above ground, one basement level, three floors total.
The overall structure was square and angular, with a backyard.
However, perhaps to increase realism, *Rainbow Six* did not design a mini-map like other shooter games.
This was clearly a deliberate choice by Golden Wind; otherwise, for something as simple as a mini-map UI design, they wouldn't have been lazy or forgotten to do it.
Therefore, after Big Bro circled the mansion once, all he could understand was the external shape of this map.
As for the internal structure.
He had no way of knowing.
But thinking about it, it made sense.
In real counter-terrorism operations, facing various complex environments, counter-terrorism team members also wouldn't have a real-time mini-map UI.
While thinking this, Big Bro circled back to the front door of the mansion.
Just as he was about to raise his rifle butt to smash the wooden planks sealing the door,
Suddenly, a prompt appeared in his heads-up display—
[Use the drone to scout the operational area]
"A drone?"
*Buzz buzz—*
Before his question could even finish, Big Bro felt a vibration from the utility belt around his waist, near the right rear position.
Reaching back to the vibrating spot, he opened the long, rectangular tool case attached to his belt.
A cylindrical, wheeled vehicle about ten centimeters long and three fingers wide appeared before him.
Along with it, from the pocket of his combat shirt, came a large-screen phone.
"Huh...?"
Following the prompt, he deployed the scout car. The phone screen immediately displayed the real-time scout feed, leaving Big Bro somewhat bewildered:
"Wait? This scout car... isn't this the skill of that GIGN female operator from the trailer?"
He distinctly remembered that at the beginning of the trailer, that Gaulish female operator controlled a small car that slipped through a door gap into the aircraft cabin, not only destroying the cameras monitoring the situation but also precisely and covertly scouting out the enemy layout inside the plane.
But now, he was clearly an operator with a built-in shotgun impact grenade skill, why did he also have a scout car?
*Zzzz—*
Thinking!
Big Bro tapped the screen and immediately entered the low-angle perspective of the car!
After the smooth perspective switch, Big Bro instantly understood the difference between this car and the GIGN female operator's car—
Unlike the female operator's car equipped with shock bullets, the cars for their operators were the most basic scout cars, only having scouting functions, unable to destroy cameras or indoor electronic devices.
"So it looks like the shock car is that female operator's skill, pretty interesting..."
Big Bro, now clear on the setting, nodded, and followed suit, starting the car and driving it through the gap in the wooden planks on the mansion's front door into the villa.
As soon as he entered, a bright, open foyer appeared before him.
To the left of the foyer was a staircase leading to the second floor; to the right and straight ahead were two rooms, currently also sealed with wooden planks.
"Blocked up pretty damn tight."
Big Bro muttered.
As he spoke, with a *zzz* sound, the car moved forward, attempting to use the same trick, slipping through the gaps in the sealing planks to sneak into the room straight ahead for a look.
However.
The next second.
"Whoa, holy shit!!!"
A startled cry suddenly rang out in the livestream chat!
Followed by a muffled gunshot!
—!!!
"F*** you, you f***ing...! I f***ing...!"
Big Bro's heart rate instantly shot up to 130, clearly having been thoroughly frightened!
Because the moment he charged unprepared into the kitchen connected to the foyer!
A huge White Mask came face to face with him on the spot!
Keep in mind, Big Bro's perspective at this moment was synchronized with the car!
The car itself wasn't big. From this dwarf-like perspective, all the White Masks appeared as tall as giants!
Running into a ghost right after entering was already startling enough, plus that dead-man-like white mask face, the dark, gaping gun muzzle, and the massive shotgun blast that sounded right "next to his ear"!
Even though it was the car that got blown up.
To Big Bro, it felt like getting headshot in a dream, a cold sweat breaking out all over his forehead!
"Oh my... wait? They can see me?"
Probably stunned by the shot, Big Bro uttered a bewildering exclamation.
'Hahahahahaha do you want to hear what you're saying...'
'Shooter game (×); Horror game (√)'
'Damn Little Yellow, except for not doing jump scares in horror games, loves to throw a jump scare into every other kind of game.'
'Hahahahaha so true...'
'《Old Thief's Trickery》'
'Extremists: We're bad, not blind.'
'They're not blind! Did Big Bro get stunned by the shot hahahahaha...'
"But their reaction was way too fast!"
'Because Big Bro chose the realistic difficulty, this is Golden Wind's AI, haven't you been beaten up by Wano Ichimonji? This thing's logic is even more bullshit than forced input reading.'
'True, to some extent, GW's AI is fiercer than real people.'
'Looks like you need to hide the car, can't just drive it in recklessly for scouting.'
'This setting is interesting, huh. If this were real player vs. player, just the scouting and counter-scouting would be enough for players to outwit each other.'
'Yeah, just thinking about it sounds fun.'
.....
As the viewers discussed, Big Bro over here took a long breath, calming his emotions a bit.
He didn't accomplish anything, just roughly observed the foyer and took a brief glance at the kitchen. The first car was wasted just like that.
But luckily, with the experience from the first time, Big Bro became extra cautious in his subsequent scouting.
The car weaved and dodged under his control, and before long, he had scouted most of the first floor—
The entrance area was the foyer.
Using it as a base point, the west side was an entertainment lounge, the east side was an office, and directly south was the kitchen.
On the east and west sides of the kitchen were the dining room and the west staircase, respectively.
Almost every location except the foyer was guarded by White Masks.
However!
Big Bro still hadn't found the hostage's location.
Remember, the mode for this combat training session was "Rescue Hostage."
According to the introduction, in this mode, the attacking side wins immediately as long as they completely extract the hostage to outside the building.
That means, if players can immediately identify where the hostage is being held and have corresponding breaching methods.
Even without firing a single shot, grabbing the hostage and running is a viable way to win.
In fact, compared to fighting through layer after layer, this "go straight for the objective" method saves more time and is safer.
After all, this is realistic difficulty.
From the White Mask's reaction to shooting the car just now, it's clear the AI on realistic difficulty is very powerful.
Not only fast reactions, but their aim is definitely not bad either.
If it were a traditional shooter game, one-on-one or one-against-five, Big Bro would still have some confidence to fight.
But in this situation...
The entire mansion was filled with people everywhere; just the first floor alone had over ten White Masks.
If he barged in recklessly, he'd probably flip the car on the spot.
So!
After much thought, Big Bro decided to stay hidden for now, first locate the hostage's position before planning the assault.
After all, as a former police officer, Big Bro's thinking was still very professional.
*Zzzz—*
As the scout car carefully drove up to the second floor.
Not long after!
"Found it!"
With Big Bro's excited voice,
In the master bedroom located in the southeast corner of the mansion's second floor, a hostage with hands tied behind their back was kneeling by the bed, guarded by three White Masks!
!!
Even though the next second, Big Bro's second car was destroyed by the enemy.
The information gathered by the car was enough to support his operation!
"The current situation is like this..."
After some thought, Big Bro quickly formulated a rescue plan:
"The hostage is currently in the bedroom on the southeast side of the second floor,"
"And right behind the hostage, adjacent to it, are two large windows,"
"If I can quickly breach the windows and enter the bedroom, with the help of smoke grenades, I can successfully grab the hostage and perform a rappel extraction."
Beautiful!
As he explained the plan, Big Bro also circled around to the south side of the mansion.
*Thwack—* *Click!*
The grappling hook securely attached to the mansion's roof. Following the rope, Big Bro, at an angle almost parallel to the ground, climbed up along the mansion's exterior wall, quickly taking position outside the two large windows of the bedroom.
It made the viewers in the chat barrage exclaim in amazement—
"Holy shit! So cool!"
"The grappling hook is so professional!"
"Truly all-round three-dimensional assault, so awesome."
"No wonder it's the unprecedented CQB FPS..."
"The feeling is instantly there!"
"Big Bro is really professional."
'Asir returning to his old trade.'
'Summoned the spirit of his pre-retirement self.'
'Hahahahahahaha...'
......
With his position ready!
Hanging mid-air, Big Bro finally pulled out his exclusive skill item—the impact grenade.
It was a military-green disc-shaped device about the size of a palm.
The device had four fixing claws around its perimeter, and on the back was a cylindrical protrusion with a safety pin.
The method of use was to attach the front of the device to a flat surface, then pull the safety pin like a hand grenade, and press the detonator to set it off.
Clearly, as the viewers guessed, this was a high-powered breaching tool for doors or windows.
Big Bro had never seen this thing before, but judging by its appearance, he could guess roughly what it was.
*Thud—* *Thud—*
With two dull thuds.
Without the slightest hesitation, Big Bro attached the impact grenades to the windows sealed with planks right behind the hostage.
One on each of the two windows.
"In a moment, I'll detonate the explosives on both sides simultaneously,"
After setting up the equipment, Big Bro pulled out a smoke grenade from his belt:
"The window breaching explosion will definitely cause confusion among the enemies inside,"
"At that time, I'll throw the smoke, take advantage of the chaos to grab the hostage!"
With that!
Big Bro shifted his position slightly, moving out of the blast damage zone.
One hand pulled the pin on the smoke grenade, the other hand held the detonator for the impact grenades:
"Don't blink!"
"The cool part is coming!"