Chapter 2 Emergency Call

Gao Yi returned to the operating room and struggled to squat down to pick up the boss's fallen mobile phone.

The mobile phone was still operating and had not gone black; the screen displayed an ongoing video recording when he picked it up.

Gao Yi just wanted to make a call for help as soon as possible. He unhesitatingly exited the video recording function, but after exiting video mode, what he saw was an English APP page.

Below the option to submit the video was a submission box marked with "ok."

Gao Yi just wanted to make a call quickly. He swiped up to reveal the back button and chose to exit the page directly.

He couldn't call the police or make emergency calls directly because Gao Yi felt that under these circumstances, it was best to seek help from the embassy.

But Gao Yi quickly realized that he couldn't make the call.

After dialing, there was no response at all, not a sound from the phone, no matter how much he pressed, the phone's essential calling function had no response.

The number was definitely correct; Gao Yi had memorized the embassy's 24-hour helpline.

The owner of the phone had been making calls earlier, so it shouldn't be a problem with the phone.

Gao Yi switched to the emergency number, dialed again, but the result was the same; the calls could not go through.

Could it be a problem with the SIM card, or perhaps this phone was never meant for making calls.

Having tried twice and with no time to waste, Gao Yi set the mobile phone back on the ground. He crawled around the room, trying to find another phone.

But there were four corpses in the room, and only the boss had a mobile phone on him.

Two more bodies were outside, but at this moment, Gao Yi was seeing stars; he knew he had reached his limit and could pass out again at any time, or even die.

He could only pick up the unusable phone again, but this time Gao Yi didn't dial numbers in vain; he brought up the interface he had closed to run in the background.

If the boss hadn't been making a call, then he must have been using a communication app.

The page had no call function, but after Gao Yi backed out of the page, several more options appeared on it.

The page was exceptionally simplistic, and although it was in English, Gao Yi could roughly understand.

There were four options in total: Complete, Fail, Help, and one marked SOS.

The bottom option was the red font SOS, which implies an emergency distress signal.

Emergency distress?

This phone belonged to the head of a criminal organization involved in human organ trafficking, he was just using this phone to contact someone, so who could this emergency distress be for?

It couldn't possibly be meant for a victim like himself, right?

But Gao Yi pressed it without hesitation.

He was going to die anyway, so what harm was there in trying?

If this was a platform, then the people Gao Yi was asking for help from had nothing to do with the boss he had just taken down, and that meant there was hope for rescue.

If those who respond to the emergency signal were the boss's associates, then Gao Yi really didn't mind taking down two more if he had the chance.

Calls couldn't get through, but after selecting the emergency distress option on the page, it only took a few seconds before Gao Yi heard a faint voice through the phone's earpiece.

"What can I do for you?"

Gao Yi heard the voice, saw hope, but he wasn't very good at speaking English now, not completely incapable, but he had some problems with communication.

"help me, save me…"

Instinctively uttering his native language, after waiting for a moment, the person on the other end immediately responded in not very fluent Chinese, "You… er… need… help, or rescue."

The words were spoken haltingly, but each was pronounced distinctly.

"Yes, I've been shot... save me…"

"Okay, I will locate your position, how much... amount are you willing to pay, oh no, I mean how much reward money?"

Gao Yi hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said, "I… don't have any money."

"Good luck to you."

"Wait, I don't have money now… if you save me, then I will have money, I offer, I offer US$ 100,000?"

Gao Yi really didn't understand what these words meant, neither did he know how much it would cost to save his life, so he tried stating an amount.

"Okay, USD 100,000, please wait, I will find people willing to help you for rescue, will you move from your location?"

US$ 100,000? Actually, the unit Gao Yi had quoted wasn't in US Dollar, but now didn't seem like the time to correct that.

"I can't move, hurry, I… am dying…"

"Understood, the reward has been posted. For you to be better assisted, can you describe where you've been shot?"

"Chest, lung, lung…"

"Okay, good luck again, goodbye."

The customer service representative's Chinese got more fluent, but he didn't mean to say more, the call ended abruptly.

Gao Yi didn't know who he was asking for help, but now it seemed unlikely they were associates of the boss; it felt more like a reward platform, and this gave him some hope.

He didn't throw the phone away, as it would provide the fastest confirmation of his status as someone seeking help. He placed the handgun on the ground, hid it beneath the surgeon's white coat at an arm's reach. After doing this, Gao Yi sat down by the operating table.

He closed his eyes and didn't move.

Gao Yi looked very much like he was completely dead, but he wasn't only alive; he was even conscious.

If the person coming was a savior, that would be the best outcome; if they were associates of the boss, Gao Yi wanted to take a couple more down with him.

About half an hour later, soft footsteps approached again. Someone hurried to the doorway but did not enter.

After observing for a while, finally someone entered the blood-filled operating room.

Using the corner of his eye's faint light, Gao Yi saw that it was a caucasian man.

The caucasian walked into the operating room, first looked around, saw the several corpses on the ground, and finally his gaze settled on Gao Yi slumped against the operating table.

Gao Yi was naked, and the gunshot wound above his left chest was apparent, as was the mobile phone in his hand.

Shot in the heart, he should be dead by now, and he also appeared to be dead.

But dead people don't seek help.

The caucasian looked puzzled, but he approached Gao Yi without hesitation, first reaching over to pull out Gao Yi's mobile phone, and then his right hand immediately pressed down on Gao Yi's neck.

While the caucasian bent down to inspect Gao Yi's gunshot wound, he suddenly kicked out, booting the handgun hidden beneath the doctor's coat away.

"Hid a gun, still thinking of fighting back… Eh?"

After a surprised gasp, the caucasian shouted, "He's not dead yet, come in."

Two Southeast Asians who had been guarding the entrance promptly slipped inside, one of them looking at Gao Yi and frowning, "This is the target we're supposed to save? But he's already dead."

"No, he's not dead yet."

"How could he not die with a gunshot to the heart."

"Then it's not a gunshot to the heart."

The Southeast Asian also pressed his hand on Gao Yi's neck for a while, then exclaimed in surprise, "He's really not dead."

Once they confirmed Gao Yi was still alive, the Southeast Asian whispered, "He's not dead now, but the chances of him surviving are slim, and we can't get paid for a dead man, give up, this mission won't get any reward money."

Hearing this, Gao Yi could be sure.

That website was a reward platform, and these people were indeed here to rescue him.

Gao Yi opened his eyes slightly and then spoke in an extremely weak voice, "Save me, will give money…"

Both men stepped back, clearly startled, and the Southeast Asian began cursively whispering in Thai, while the caucasian was extremely surprised, exclaimed, "He can still talk!"

Gao Yi strained to lift his eyelids, once again weakly saying, "Save me… will give money…"

The caucasian was both shocked and delighted, immediately replying, "Did you kill these people? You took them down after being shot?"

With the current situation, what was the point in denying it?

Gao Yi said powerlessly, "Yes."

The caucasian seemed to make a decision, speaking urgently, "I can save you, but your medical fees are extra, not included in the reward money!"

Gao Yi no longer had the strength to nod; he could only whisper, "Okay."

"Deal!"

Deal means the agreement is concluded; hearing this word, Gao Yi finally let go of the breath he was holding.

Gao Yi couldn't persist any longer, his head tilted, and he finally passed out.

The caucasian eagerly flipped Gao Yi's eyelids and felt for the pulse on his neck; he had to make sure whether Gao Yi had fainted or died.

Confirming Gao Yi still had a faint pulse, the caucasian immediately said, "Save him, I'll prepay the medical fees, I'll also advance you twenty thousand dollars, even if he dies, you can still get twenty thousand dollars, if he lives, I'll pay you the full forty thousand dollars, whether he's dead or alive you won't lose."

The one with the gun agreed without hesitation, "Alright, the only question is, do you have the money?"

The caucasian exhaled and instinctively rubbed his nose, assertively replying, "Yes!"

The Southeast Asians gave a nod, shouting loudly, "Bring him to the car, emergency, to the hospital!"

Two more Southeast Asians entered the room, slinging their guns behind their backs, they lifted Gao Yi quickly and left through the door.

And the caucasian didn't rush to leave; he began to examine the corpses meticulously, and with each inspection of a corpse, he became more excited.

The caucasian was thrilled, while the Southeast Asian looked on with a worried expression, whispering to the side, "We should leave quickly, don't attract trouble."

The caucasian confidently said, "Don't worry, it's secluded here, no one will come for a short while, fancy making some extra cash?"

The Southeast Asians looked wary towards the caucasian, asking carefully, "Extra cash?"

"This is the waste disposal site, these dead are Scavengers, the Dark Web is willing to pay for the destruction of this scene. Would you like to earn this money? If you're willing, I'll handle the business."

"If it's just cleaning the site, of course."

The caucasian immediately picked up the phone, the interface he opened was almost identical to what Gao Yi had seen, with just a few more options.

He tapped the phone a couple of times, after entering a page, he made a voice call to an online human customer service.

Shortly after, the caucasian whispered, "I'm reporting a possible information leak at the waste disposal site, all Scavengers are dead, now I can clean up the traces, may I ask how much reward money the Dark Web is willing to offer?"

"Twenty thousand dollars, final payment after performance evaluation."

"Okay, thank you."

The caucasian hung up the call and said to the Southeast Asian, "Four thousand, we split two thousand each, just need to burn everything here with gasoline, isn't this an easy way to make money?"