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Chapter 293 Ambush

The car didn't make it out of the Huai'an District.

Halfway through, its drive exploded.

Before picking up the passenger, the driver had already activated the mechanical device hanging by his ear, which effectively protected his brain from psychic inspection.

Then, along the way, he struck up a conversation with the passenger. Aside from the silent youth, the atmosphere between the two was quite nice.

Arman had been worried that the three of them would feel awkward with each other, but unexpectedly, his friend's friend was such a good talker that he didn't notice the time or distance at all.

Until suddenly, with a "bang," the car fell from the sky and landed on the outskirts below.

Thanks to the high-quality material, all three inside the car were unhurt, and the fallen vehicle sustained no damage.

But the two men looked at each other in dismay.

"Oh, the drive just burned out."

After glancing at the self-diagnostic system's results, the driver smiled, took out new equipment from the car, and went out to replace it.

Then the three continued on their way.

However, after taking off and not even five meters up, the car went "bang" again and fell to the ground, stopping its power for no apparent reason.

"...Oh, just a system failure, probably because I haven't done maintenance in a while, haha."

The driver smoothly opened the vehicle's panel, fixed the scrambled code, and the light of the car shone once again.

They restarted, and then—"boom!"

Arman: "..."

Driver: "..."

Silence, silence is today's Kang Qiao!

After a while, the green-eyed youth with lazy black hair leaning on the rear seat snickered lightly. Hearing this sound, the driver in front glanced subtly.

However, the youth didn't suddenly lash out. He just pushed open the door and walked out.

Arman, puzzled, thought the big shot was angry and quickly got out of the car to console him, "Hey, didn't expect our luck to be so bad today, haha, we could wait for the train here..."

The youth, with a languid posture standing on the desolate scorched earth, had an unreadable expression in his green eyes and tilted his head as he said, "Forget it, you two go ahead, I don't want to go anymore."

Arman felt a bit troubled, thinking even more that the big shot was upset.

At that moment, the driver, having repaired the car again, popped his head out and said, "It's fixed, turns out it was just the autonomous driving system malfunctioning, I've switched to manual control now, so there shouldn't be any more problems!"

Hearing this, Arman's hopeful gaze turned to the youth, then he gestured towards the car.

Except the youth didn't pay him any attention and emotionlessly turned and left, his exquisite and ornate clothing standing out starkly on the endless scorched landscape, appearing entirely out of place.

Outside Huai'an City lay a scorched wasteland, with air quality hundreds of times worse than inside the city, where ordinary people would feel very uncomfortable if they stayed for long periods.

Arman was about to persuade the big shot to come back when he saw the youth pull out a collapsible flying skate, step on it, and soar away into the distance.

Arman: "..." As expected of the big shot!

The New An Bureau member driving the car leaned out the window, watching the figure leave, feeling somewhat relieved.

While the other was seated in the back, the driver had the constant feeling he was being watched by a tiger on the prowl, ready to strike at any moment. That sensation of being on edge wasn't pleasant to bear.

His nerves were so taut that he was always prepared for a fight, and when the car broke down earlier, he almost took action.

Fortunately, he restrained himself after remembering the intelligence information.

If he'd fought, there might have been no going back.

Although he didn't know why the other person chose to leave, at least, the crisis seemed to have diminished for the moment.

"He's not going? Then let's hurry up, the expo should be starting soon, and I remember there's even a meet and greet with the top showstopper at the opening," urged the driver.

"Ah? Oh, oh!"

Having finally come to his senses as he saw the youth off, Arman remembered his idol on the god-tier listing and immediately dove into the car.

This time, the flying car took to the road normally, without encountering any other problems.

It effortlessly made its way out of the Huai'an District.

The two people sitting in the car glanced at each other and, without prior agreement, both let out sighs of relief. Then they shared a smile, and the atmosphere relaxed considerably more than before.

...

"The car has gone out." Stay connected through empire

After seeing the rural scenery through the satellite monitoring system in the clouds, another two people in the city also sighed in relief.

Then, Yin Banqian said with certainty, "He must be the same as us!"

Cheng Can finally got it too, "It seems so. Judging from the situation outside the city, it's almost certain!"

That unidentified person was a player!

Because they couldn't leave the Huai'an District!

Therefore, Cheng Can was doomed to miss the game exhibition in Mandala City; fortunately, the follow-up probing operation didn't require his attendance.

The car's earlier inability to leave the Huai'an District could have been the young man's tampering, but considering he chose to leave the car without further entanglement, it seemed more likely that he was a player too.

After all, if it were an opposing force, they could have simply destroyed the car and killed its occupants, possibly igniting a war among the New Humans!

But the other party didn't do that; perhaps they were considering something, unaware of the New An Bureau's operations, or maybe they were playing the long game.

There were too many possibilities.

"Forget it, let's leave this to the captain or Wei Ya to figure out what they can find," Cheng Can said, stretching and shutting off the satellite monitoring.

"Where do you want to go now?" asked Yin Banqian, who was driving.

The silver flying car parked at the suburban station started up, cruising along the neatly planned skyway back to the city. Yin Banqian was driving a flying car for the first time and chose not to use the autopilot, enjoying the manual thrill.

Sitting in the copilot seat and playing with his micro-end, Cheng Can said, "Since there's no new mission, let's check out the tech mall under the Long Group's control, get a lay of the land in advance."

Yin Banqian raised an eyebrow, "You're quite proactive."

"Come on, when have I ever been anything but proactive? I'm probably the most proactive person I know!" Cheng Can retorted angrily.

"But why are you getting so agitated? You feeling guilty or something?" Yin Banqian eyed him suspiciously.

"Hey!!"

Just as the young man beside him seemed about to explode, Yin Banqian laughed twice and stopped the teasing, following the navigation to turn the vehicle around.

But as he was turning, he suddenly spotted a flashy red flying car not too far away, barrelling towards them like lightning!

In that instant, Yin Banqian reflexively jerked the spherical steering wheel to the maximum!

But he was still a step too slow. The oncoming flying car, like an arrow off its bowstring, crashed into them with a thundering boom!

The collision of the two flying cars in mid-air was deafening!

The immense impact forced them off the skyway and slammed them into the wall of a nearby building, showering debris everywhere!

Even the toughest car body twisted and distorted from the violent crash, the voice system issued intermittent alarms, sparks burst from devices, and the interior was a complete mess!

In the flash of the crash, Yin Banqian glimpsed a wild and ferocious smile on the face of the red car's driver, like a vengeful Evil Ghost, his eyes brimming with an intense and crazed fervor!

Yin Banqian's face turned grim.

They had been ambushed!