Chapter 83: Happiness comes from comparison

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It’s the darkest night under the sky at two o’clock in the morning.

On the mountainside, large groups of ordinary people were still clearing mines bit by bit.

At the end of the team, there was still the row of soldiers with guns. None of them were in front, but they were all guarding the back.

What to keep? Of course, he was guarding the ordinary people in front of him from escaping. If he saw anyone trying to escape, he would kill every one!

This scene really looks like soldiers herding ordinary people like sheep.

Faced with such oppression, ordinary people have no way of resisting.

After all, in today's apocalyptic environment, no one will listen if we talk about human rights.

Whoever masters weapons with more powerful deterrent power has higher rights.

Under power, the herd effect formed by most ordinary people will only become more obvious.

However, those soldiers never thought that there were so many wolves hidden among the sheep!

The soldiers were all at the back, so they didn't know that several people in the front group had performed certain actions.

Liu Junqi is a soldier who has been stationed on the border for more than ten years. Even though he has been retired for many years, various qualities have been deeply ingrained in his bones.

For example, I still fold my quilt into tofu blocks every day, run five kilometers with weights in the morning to exercise, and practice boxing training whenever I have free time, etc...

Really, some things, once integrated into life, will never be forgotten.

In the hidden mountain forest, Liu Junqi looked at the few people he picked out from the crowd.

These people look young and strong. The most important thing is that they also have similarities with Liu Junqi.

At this moment, Liu Junqi stared at them with sharp eyes like a knife, and said seriously and solemnly;

"Everyone has the experience of being a soldier, and they are all soldiers from the most ordinary civilian background."

"No more nonsense, we are going to carry out a mission now. Only if we complete it well can we save thousands of people."

"I am older than you, and I am from the Border Special Operations Force. I have worked there for more than ten years. What I am best at is ambushing and fighting in wilderness environments."

"So I won't be polite to you and temporarily serve as the captain of this operation. Next, I hope you can follow the command in all actions just like you did when you were a soldier..."

After some words of mobilization, the eyes of those young and strong people flickered.

They have long been unhappy with the soldiers who oppressed the people.

But having served as soldiers, they know better that rash personal impulses cannot solve any problem except losing their lives.

Now that Liu Junqi has stepped forward to take the lead, if these retired soldiers get together and plan carefully, they will definitely achieve a lot!

Taking advantage of the darkest night, the action begins...

As mentioned before, thousands of ordinary people are moving forward bit by bit to clear mines.

Not only are they slow, but they also have a wide range. After all, there are thousands of people.

As a result, the soldiers behind had to spread out and follow the guards in a semi-encirclement formation.

There were only more than a hundred soldiers in total, and half of them had to be left behind to set up defenses at the foot of the mountain to prevent anyone from escaping by chance and running out from here.

But in fact, this is just a nice thing to say. Those who stayed at the foot of the mountain to set up defenses were all people with higher positions and stronger backgrounds, and their classes were equally clear.

Isn't it like this at any time and anywhere? Only those at the highest level have the right to stay in the safest place. As for those at the front, it is always the people at the lowest level.

There were more than fifty soldiers guarding thousands of people, and they had to spread out widely.

But even so, none of the soldiers were afraid. The guns in their hands gave them a sense of security.

Perhaps this is the happiness of the 'middle class'. Although they cannot stay in the safest place, they still have something to rely on.

Especially when looking at the ordinary people in front of them, no matter how careful they are, from time to time someone will be unfortunately injured and scream in the light of the explosion.

People's happiness comes from comparison. As long as you are not the worst one, you can feel a sense of superiority.

Just like in the past society, the middle class who had just achieved financial freedom were the most proud.

Moving up, they want to reach higher classes but are not qualified.

But looking down, you can easily see that too many ordinary people are not as good as them.

For example, a "fang brother" or "fang sister" who owns more than a dozen or dozens of houses can live comfortably for the rest of their lives by renting out their houses.

And looking at the vast majority of ordinary people, they have to rent their house and pay rent, or they have to bear a mortgage for 20 to 30 years before they can buy a house.

There are even unfinished buildings that are unlucky enough to be hit by thunderstorms. How many 20 or 30 years does a person have in his life?

For most ordinary people, encountering a terrible unfinished building basically means that they will be trapped in it for half their lives.

It is precisely because of the unsatisfactory lives of these people, those 'fang brothers' and 'fang sisters' who own more than a dozen or dozens of houses, that they can feel that they are even happier.

Back to the present, these gun-wielding soldiers, the guns in their hands, every bullet can easily take away a person's life.

Ever since, dozens of bullets in the gun, like the resources they control, can mean the lives of dozens of people.

Looking at the ordinary people walking at the front, those who were unlucky enough to be injured or killed during mine clearance are similar to the concept of encountering a 'house struck by thunderstorm'.

In comparison, these soldiers who can control the lives and deaths of dozens of people in front of them without having to rain thunder from the front are just too happy.

After all, this is also a kind of human nature. It seems that only by seeing the suffering of others can we feel our own happiness.

But their happiness is about to end.

As the large army advanced bit by bit, the soldiers followed closely behind and advanced step by step.

But just as a soldier was passing by a very thick tree, a figure suddenly jumped out from behind the tree in the darkness.

The figure in the dark night appeared behind the soldier like a ghost, but the soldier didn't notice it at all.

In the flash of lightning, a hand covered the soldier's mouth, and at the same time, a touch of coolness passed across his neck.

The soldier wanted to shout out, but the throat in his neck was severed and he couldn't make a sound at all.

Soon, the soldier's consciousness disappeared and his body fell limp.

But the figure behind him wouldn't let him fall to the ground and make any noise.

Taking advantage of the situation, he grabbed him and pulled him behind the tree in an instant.

Everything happened so without warning, and so cleanly, without anyone noticing.

And similar things happened to several other soldiers at the same time...

After Liu Junqi picked up the gun from the soldier's corpse, he looked at several other places and found that everything went smoothly.

He nodded with satisfaction and thought to himself;

'Sure enough, as I thought, these soldiers who rely on connections are useless in the real battlefield. '

'The first step of the plan was a complete success. The next step is the most critical second step. I hope my marksmanship has not deteriorated too much. '

After reciting the words in his heart, he tightened his grip on the gun.

Although Liu Junqi has not touched a gun for a long time since he retired from the army.

But after holding the gun tightly, a familiar feeling of spiritual connection still emerged from the bottom of my heart...

On the other side, in the room on the 18th floor on the top floor of the Villa Hotel.

Tian Feng was in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at everything in the distant mountains and forests through professional-level night vision binoculars, and the corners of his mouth curled up;

"I'm really looking forward to seeing the performance of a generation of military kings from such a good position."

"I think in my previous life, I didn't have this kind of honor..."