Canary Wharf, Warehouse No. 98.

The sudden sound of gunfire erupted, bullets whizzed past Chen Wei's ear, striking the wooden crate behind him, wood chips flying.

"Second floor!" Chen Wei roared, throwing himself towards a nearby pillar while blind-firing two shots in the direction of the stairs.

"Rat-tat-tat!"

Two rifles began to roar from the position at the stairway on the second floor.

An Zai reacted quickly, leaping to the side while grabbing a fallen submachine gun from the ground, spraying bullets towards the iron staircase. The bullets sparked off the iron, forcing the people upstairs to pull their heads back.

Da Pao, on the other hand, grabbed an unconscious guard on the ground to use as a shield, crawling towards the base of the stairs.

At this moment, Eagle, who had entered the warehouse later, also quietly came up, but he did not fire his weapon. Instead, he quickly gestured towards Chen Wei across from him, which Chen Wei understood and nodded.

There were a total of six guards in the warehouse. One was dealt with at the door, two more were just taken down, and there were two upstairs. This meant there was still one person hidden in the shadows.

This person who hadn't fired was far more threatening than the upstairs firing positions, so after assessing the situation, Eagle quickly reacted, planning to stealthily find this person's location.

After An Zai finished spraying a burst from the submachine gun, he quickly ducked behind the nearby shelves, casually tossing the submachine gun aside and switching back to his pistol.

With the lack of suppressive fire from the submachine gun, the rifles upstairs fired again, shooting several times at An Zai's hiding spot. Bullets whizzed overhead, preventing An Zai from poking out his head.

Chen Wei, pressing against the pillar, took a breath and glanced up towards the iron staircase. The rifles upstairs kept firing sporadically, bullets popping against the nearby wooden crates.

Now both he and An Zai were pinned down, leaving only Da Pao free to move below the stairs.

In this situation, they had to act quickly; they couldn't predict when the enemy's reinforcements might arrive.

Besides, the gunshots could attract attention, who knows if a concerned citizen might call the police.

So the time left for them to act was not much.

After taking two deep breaths, Chen Wei yanked his earpiece and quickly said, "An Zai and I will draw their fire, Da Pao will find a chance to take out the two upstairs!"

"Three, two, one!"

As the words fell, Chen Wei suddenly leaned out from behind the pillar, firing three shots at the beams above the iron staircase!

The bullets clanged as they sparked, the guards upstairs instinctively ducking for cover, pausing their rifle fire for a half-second.

Almost simultaneously, An Zai raised his pistol and fired at the wooden box beside the stairway, bullets bouncing off the crate boards, creating the illusion that both of them were fiercely charging the front.

In this extremely brief window, Da Pao darted out of the shadows like an arrow from a bow.

He didn't charge directly at the middle of the stairs but climbed up the column on the inside of the iron staircase, his boot sole hooking onto the rung gaps, nearly hanging as he leveraged up, reaching the edge of the second-floor platform in an instant.

The guard on the left had just adjusted his aim when he caught sight of the motion out of the corner of his eye, snapping his head around to raise his gun.

But Da Pao was faster!

He lunged at the guard, his left hand clamping the opponent's gun-wielding wrist like a vice, yanking it towards his chest while his right elbow precisely jabbed under the guard's armpit.

The guard grunted as his rifle fell free, instinctively swinging fists in retaliation, but Da Pao dodged to the side, pressing a knee into his midsection, slamming him brutally onto the concrete floor with inertia.

Before the guard could struggle, Da Pao kicked fiercely at the guard's head, knocking him unconscious.

At the same time, he quickly drew a pistol from his waist, firing two shots at another guard three meters away, who was shooting downstairs.

The bullets thumped into the guard's shoulder, causing him to grunt and stagger backward, his rifle clattering to the ground as blood seeped from the wound.

Da Pao quickly advanced, this time choosing not to knock him out but instead swiftly confiscating the guard's weapons, then shouting into his earpiece: "Upstairs cleared!"

Meanwhile, Eagle had silently reached the highest stack of wooden crates on the right side.

He held his breath, pressing his ear against the crates, faintly hearing what seemed like soft breathing from above.

The enemy was indeed hiding up there!

Eagle's eyes sharpened as he surveyed the surroundings, then he released a surge of strength, stepping on the edge of the bottom crates, vaulting upward. Using this push, his left leg stepped onto the edge of the mid-level crates, his body leaping diagonally like a cheetah, landing steadily on the top crates.

The guard on top heard the disturbance and looked up, only to see Eagle already upon him!

He hurried to raise his gun to fire, but Eagle moved too swiftly, instantly extending his left hand, gripping the guard's wrist firmly and pressing down. The submachine gun bullets thudded into the boards, wood splinters flying.

The guard, startled, tried to raise his gun again, but Eagle did not give him the chance, kneeing his chest to knock him backward, both of them tumbling off the crates.

After hitting the ground, the guard started to rise, only to have a cold gun barrel already pressed against his head.

"I suggest you don't move!"

The guard's body stiffened immediately, taking a few heavy breaths, ultimately dropping the submachine gun and raising his hands.

From the moment Chen Wei and the others entered the warehouse to the time all the guards were dealt with, it took less than three minutes, even with the intent to subdue rather than kill.

If they had decided to just shoot to kill, it probably wouldn't have taken even a minute.

Eagle and his men were no less capable than Chen Wei and Niu Da; this was the power of top-notch retired special forces!

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